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f th e a r e a s s t u d ie d f o r g e o g r a p h ic r e g i o n s a n d f o r th e U n ite d S t a t e s A m a j o r c o n s i d e r a t i o n in th e p r o g r a m i s th e n e e d f o r g r e a t e r i n s i g h t i n t o 1 th e m o v e m e n t o f w a g e s b y o c c u p a t i o n a l c a t e g o r y a n d s k il l l e v e l a n d 2 th e s t r u c tu re a n d le v e l o f w a g e s a m o n g a r e a s a n d in d u s tr y d iv is io n s I n t r o d u c t i o n W a g e t r e n d s f o r s e l e c t e d o c c u p a t i o n a l g r o u p s T a b le s 1 E s t a b l i s h m e n t s a n d w o r k e r s w i t h i n s c o p e o f s u r v e y a n d n u m b e r s t u d i e d In d e x e s o f s ta n d a rd w e e k ly s a la r ie s a n d s tr a ig h t t im e h o u r ly e a r n in g s f o r s e le c t e d o c c u p a t io n a l g r o u p s an d p e r c e n t s o f i n c r e a s e f o r s e l e c t e d p e r i o d s A A t th e e n d o f e a c h s u r v e y a n in d iv id u a l a r e a b u l le tin p r e s e n t s th e s u r v e y r e s u l t s A fte r c o m p le tio n o f a ll o f th e in d iv id u a l a r e a b u lle t in s f o r a r o u n d o f s u r v e y s tw o s u m m a r y b u lle tin s a r e is s u e d T h e f i r s t b r in g s d a ta f o r e a c h o f th e m e t r o p o lit a n a r e a s s tu d ie d in t o o n e b u lle t in T h e s e c o n d p r e s e n t s i n f o r m a t io n w h ic h h a s b e e n p r o j e c t e d f r o m in d iv id u a l m e t r o p o lit a n a r e a d a ta to r e la t e to g e o g r a p h ic r e g i o n s a n d th e U n ite d S t a t e s O c c u p a t io n a l e a r n in g s A 1 O f f i c e o c c u p a t i o n s m e n a n d w o m e n A 2 P r o f e s s i o n a l a n d t e c h n i c a l o c c u p a t i o n s m e n a n d w o m e n A 3 O ffic e p r o fe s s io n a l a n d t e c h n ic a l o c c u p a tio n s m e n a n d w o m e n c o m b i n e d A 4 M a i n t e n a n c e a n d p o w e r p l a n t o c c u p a t i o n s A 5 C u s t o d i a l a n d m a t e r i a l m o v e m e n t o c c u p a t i o n s A p p e n d ix O c c u p a t i o n a l d e s c r i p t i o n s N in e t y a r e a s c u r r e n t l y a r e in c lu d e d in th e p r o gram In e a c h a r e a in fo r m a tio n on o c c u p a tio n a l e a r n in g s is c o l l e c t e d a n n u a lly a n d on e s ta b lis h m e n c p r a c t i c e s a n d s u p p le m e n t a r y w a g e p r o v is io n s b ie n n ia lly T h is b u lle t in p r e s e n t s r e s u lts o f t h e s u r v e y in L a w r e n c e H a v e r h i l l M a s s N H i n J u n e T h e S t a n d a r d M e t r o p o lit a n S t a t is t ic a l A r e a a s d e fin e d b y th e B u r e a u o f th e B u d g e t th r o u g h J a n u a r y c o n s i s t s o f th e c i t i e s o f L a w r e n c e a n d H a v e r h ill th e to w n s o f A n d o v e r G e o r g e t o w n G r o v e la n d M e r r im a c M eth u en N o rth A n d o v e r and W e st N e w b u r y in E s s e x C o u n t y M a s s a n d th e t o w n s o f N e w to n P la is t o w and S a le m in R o c k in g h a m C o u n t y N H T h is s t u d y w a s c o n d u c t e d b y t h e B u r e a u s r e g i o n a l o f f i c e in B o s t o n M a s s u n d e r th e g e n e r a l d ir e c tio n of Paul V M u lk e r n A s s is t a n t R e g io n a l D i r e c t o r f o r O p e r a t io n s areas iii NOTE S e e S im ila r ta b u la tio n s in s id e b a c k c o v e r are a v a ila b le fo r oth er In tr o d u c tio n T h i s a r e a i s 1 o f 9 0 i n w h i c h t h e U S D e p a r t m e n t o f L a b o r s B u r e a u o f L a b o r S ta t is t ic s c o n d u c ts s u r v e y s o f o c c u p a t io n a l e a r n in g s and r e la te d b e n e fits on an a r e a w id e b a s i s 1 e i t h e r 1 e m p l o y m e n t in t h e o c c u p a t i o n i s t o o s m a l l t o p r o v i d e e n o u g h d a t a t o m e r i t p r e s e n t a t i o n o r 2 t h e r e i s p o s s i b i l i t y o f d i s c l o s u r e o f in d iv id u a l e s t a b lis h m e n t d a ta E a r n in g s d a ta n o t s h o w n s e p a r a t e ly f o r in d u s t r y d i v i s i o n s a r e in c lu d e d in a ll in d u s t r ie s c o m b in e d d a ta w h e r e s h o w n L i k e w i s e d a ta a r e in c lu d e d in th e o v e r a l l c l a s s i f i c a t i o n w h en a s u b c la s s ific a t io n o f s e c r e t a r ie s o r t r u c k d r iv e r s is n ot sh ow n o r in fo r m a tio n to s u b c la s s ify is n o t a v a ila b le T h is b u lle t in p r e s e n t s c u r r e n t o c c u p a t io n a l e m p lo y m e n t a n d e a r n in g s in fo r m a t io n o b ta in e d la r g e l y b y m a il f r o m th e e s t a b lis h m e n t s v i s i t e d b y B u r e a u f i e l d e c o n o m i s t s in th e la s t p r e v io u s s u r v e y f o r o c c u p a t io n s r e p o r t e d in th a t e a r l i e r s tu d y P e r s o n a l v i s i t s w e r e m a d e to n o n r e s p o n d e n ts a n d to th o s e r e s p o n d e n ts r e p o r t in g u n u su a l ch a n g e s s in c e th e p r e v io u s s u r v e y O c c u p a t io n a l e m p lo y m e n t a n d e a r n in g s d a ta a r e sh ow n fo r fu ll t im e w o r k e r s i e th o s e h ir e d to w o r k a r e g u la r w e e k ly s c h e d u le in th e g iv e n o c c u p a t io n a l c l a s s i f ic a t i o n E a r n in g s d a ta e x c lu d e p r e m iu m p a y fo r o v e r tim e and fo r w o rk on w eek en d s h o lid a y s and la te s h ifts N o n p r o d u c tio n b o n u s e s a r e e x c lu d e d but c o s t o f l i v i n g a llo w a n c e s a n d in c e n t iv e e a r n in g s a r e in c lu d e d W h e r e w e e k ly h o u r s a r e r e p o r t e d a s f o r o f f i c e c l e r i c a l o c c u p a t io n s r e f e r e n c e is to th e s ta n d a r d w o r k w e e k r o u n d e d t o th e n e a r e s t h a lf h o u r f o r w h ic h e m p lo y e e s r e c e iv e t h e ir r e g u la r s tr a ig h t t im e s a la r ie s e x c lu s iv e o f p a y f o r o v e r tim e at r e g u la r a n d o r p r e m iu m r a t e s A v e r a g e w e e k ly e a r n in g s f o r t h e s e o c c u p a t io n s h a v e b e e n r o u n d e d t o th e n e a r e s t h a lf d o lla r In e a c h a r e a d a t a a r e o b t a i n e d f r o m re p r e s e n ta tiv e e s ta b lis h m e n t s w ith in s ix b r o a d in d u s t r y d i v i s i o n s M a n u fa c tu r in g t r a n s p o r t a tio n c o m m u n ic a t io n and o th e r p u b lic u t ilit ie s w h o le s a le t r a d e r e t a il t r a d e fin a n c e in s u r a n c e and r e a l e s ta t e a n d s e r v i c e s M a jo r in d u s t r y g r o u p s e x c lu d e d f r o m th e s e s tu d ie s a r e g o v e r n m e n t o p e r a t io n s a n d th e c o n s t r u c t io n a n d e x t r a c t iv e in d u s t r ie s E s ta b lis h m e n ts h a v in g f e w e r th a n a p r e s c r i b e d n u m b e r o f w o r k e r s a r e o m it t e d b e c a u s e t h e y te n d to fu r n is h in s u ffic ie n t e m p lo y m e n t in th e o c c u p a t io n s s tu d ie d to w a r r a n t in c lu s io n S e p a r a t e ta b u la tio n s a r e p r o v id e d f o r e a c h o f th e b r o a d in d u s t r y d iv is io n s w h ic h m e e t p u b lic a t io n c r i t e r i a T h e s e s u r v e y s m e a s u r e th e l e v e l o f o c c u p a t i o n a l e a r n in g s in a n a r e a a t a p a r t ic u l a r t im e C o m p a r is o n s o f in d iv id u a l o c c u p a t io n a l a verages o v e r t im e m a y n o t r e f l e c t e x p e c t e d w a g e c h a n g e s The a v e r a g e s f o r in d iv id u a l j o b s a r e a f f e c t e d b y c h a n g e s in w a g e s a n d e m p lo y m e n t p a t t e r n s F o r e x a m p le p r o p o r t io n s o f w o r k e r s e m p lo y e d b y h ig h o r lo w w a g e fir m s m a y ch a n g e o r h ig h w a g e w o r k e r s m a y a d v a n ce to b e tte r jo b s and b e r e p la c e d b y n ew w o r k e r s at lo w e r ra te s S u c h s h if t s in e m p lo y m e n t c o u ld d e c r e a s e a n o c c u p a t i o n a l a v e r a g e e v e n th o u g h m o s t e s t a b lis h m e n t s in a n a r e a i n c r e a s e w a g e s d u r in g th e y e a r T r e n d s in e a r n in g s o f o c c u p a t io n a l g r o u p s s h o w n in t a b le 2 a r e b e t t e r i n d ic a t o r s o f w a g e t r e n d s th a n in d iv id u a l jo b s w ith in th e g r o u p s T h e s e s u r v e y s a r e c o n d u c te d on a s a m p le b a s is b e c a u s e o f th e u n n e c e s s a r y c o s t in v o lv e d in s u r v e y in g a ll e s t a b lis h m e n t s To o b ta in o p t im u m a c c u r a c y a t m in im u m c o s t a g r e a t e r p r o p o r t i o n o f l a r g e t h a n o f s m a l l e s t a b l is h m e n t s is s t u d ie d In c o m b in i n g t h e d a t a h o w e v e r a ll e s t a b lis h m e n t s a r e g iv e n t h e ir a p p r o p r ia t e w e ig h t E s t im a t e s b a s e d o n th e e s t a b lis h m e n t s s tu d ie d a r e p r e s e n t e d t h e r e f o r e a s r e la t in g t o a ll e s t a b lis h m e n t s in th e in d u s t r y g r o u p in g a n d a r e a e x c e p t f o r t h o s e b e lo w th e m in im u m s iz e s tu d ie d O c c u p a t io n s a n d E a r n in g s T h e o cc u p a tio n s s e le c te d f o r stu d y a r e c o m m o n to a v a r ie t y o f m a n u fa c t u r in g a n d n o n m a n u fa c tu r in g in d u s t r ie s a n d a r e o f th e fo llo w in g t y p e s l O f f i c e c l e r i c a l 2 p r o f e s s i o n a l a n d t e c h n ic a l 3 m a i n t e n a n c e a n d p o w e r p l a n t a n d 4 c u s t o d i a l a n d m a t e r i a l m o v e m en t O c c u p a t io n a l c la s s if ic a t io n is b a s e d o n a u n ifo r m s e t o f jo b d e s c r ip t io n s d e s ig n e d to ta k e a c c o u n t o f in t e r e s t a b lis h m e n t v a r ia t io n in d u tie s w ith in th e s a m e jo b T h e o c c u p a tio n s s e le c t e d fo r stu d y T h e a v e ra g e s p resen ted r e f le c t c o m p o s it e a r e a w id e e s t i m a tes I n d u s t r ie s a n d e s t a b lis h m e n t s d i f f e r in p a y l e v e l a n d jo b s ta ffin g a n d th u s c o n tr ib u t e d iffe r e n t ly to th e e s t im a t e s f o r e a c h jo b T h e p a y r e la t io n s h ip o b ta in a b le fr o m th e a v e r a g e s m a y f a il t o r e f l e c t a c c u r a t e l y t h e w a g e s p r e a d o r d i f f e r e n t i a l m a i n t a i n e d a m o n g j o b s in in d iv id u a l e s t a b lis h m e n t s S im i l a r ly d i f f e r e n c e s in a v e r a g e p a y l e v e ls f o r m e n a n d w o m e n in a n y o f th e s e le c t e d o c c u p a t io n s s h o u ld n o t b e a s s u m e d to r e f l e c t d i f f e r e n c e s in p a y t r e a t m e n t o f th e s e x e s w ith in in d iv id u a l e s t a b lis h m e n t s O t h e r p o s s i b le f a c t o r s w h ic h m a y c o n t r ib u t e t o d i f f e r e n c e s in p a y f o r m e n a n d w o m e n i n c lu d e D i f f e r e n c e s in p r o g r e s s i o n w it h in e s t a b l is h e d r a te r a n g e s s in c e o n ly th e a c t u a l 1 Included in the 90 areas are four studies conducted under contract with the New York State r a t e s p a id i n c u m b e n t s a r e c o l l e c t e d a n d d i f f e r e n c e s in s p e c i f i c d u t ie s Department of Labor These areas are Binghamton New Yoric portion only Rochester o ffice occu p e r f o r m e d a lth o u g h th e w o r k e r s a r e c l a s s i f i e d a p p r o p r ia t e ly w ith in pations only Syracuse and Utica Rome In addition the Bureau conducts more limited area studies th e s a m e s u r v e y j o b d e s c r i p t i o n J o b d e s c r i p t i o n s u s e d in c l a s s i f y i n g in 77 areas at the request of the Wage and Hour Division of the U S Department of Labor a r e l i s t e d a n d d e s c r i b e d in th e a p p e n d ix T h e e a r n in g s d a ta fo llo w in g th e jo b t it le s a r e f o r a ll in d u s t r ie s c o m b in e d E a r n in g s d a ta f o r s o m e o f th e o c c u p a t io n s l is t e d a n d d e s c r i b e d o r f o r s o m e in d u s t r y d iv is io n s w it h in o c c u p a t i o n s a r e n o t p r e s e n t e d in th e A s e r i e s t a b l e s b e c a u s e 1 2 e m p lo y e e s in t h e s e s u r v e y s a r e u s u a lly m o r e g e n e r a l iz e d th a n t h o s e u s e d in in d iv id u a l e s t a b lis h m e n t s a n d a llo w f o r m in o r d i f f e r e n c e s a m o n g e s t a b lis h m e n t s in th e s p e c i f i c d u t ie s p e r f o r m e d O c c u p a t io n a l e m p lo y m e n t e s t i m a t e s r e p r e s e n t th e t o t a l in a ll e s t a b lis h m e n t s w ith in th e s c o p e o f th e s tu d y a n d n o t th e n u m b e r a c t u a lly s u r v e y e d B e c a u s e o f d i f f e r e n c e s in o c c u p a t io n a l s t r u c t u r e a m o n g e s t a b lis h m e n t s th e e s t im a t e s o f o c c u p a t io n a l e m p lo y m e n t o b ta in e d f r o m th e s a m p le o f e s t a b lis h m e n t s s tu d ie d s e r v e o n ly to in d ic a t e th e r e la t iv e im p o r t a n c e o f th e j o b s s tu d ie d T h e s e d iffe r e n c e s in o c c u p a t io n a l s t r u c t u r e d o n o t a ffe c t m a t e r i a l l y th e a c c u r a c y o f th e e a r n in g s d a ta E s ta b lis h m e n t P r a c t ic e s a n d S u p p le m e n t a r y W a g e P r o v i s i o n s T a b u la tio n s o n s e le c t e d e s ta b lis h m e n t p r a c t i c e s a n d s u p p le m e n t a r y w a g e p r o v i s i o n s B s e r i e s t a b le s a r e n o t p r e s e n t e d in t h is b u lle tin I n fo r m a t io n f o r t h e s e ta b u la tio n s is c o lle c t e d b ie n n ia lly T h e s e t a b u la t io n s o n m in im u m e n tra n ce s a la r ie s fo r in e x p e r ie n c e d w o m e n o f f ic e w o r k e r s s h ift d iffe r e n t ia ls s c h e d u le d w e e k ly h o u r s p a id h o l i d a y s p a id v a c a t i o n s a n d h e a lth in s u r a n c e and p e n s io n p la n s a r e p r e s e n t e d in th e B s e r i e s t a b le s in p r e v io u s b u lle t in s f o r t h is a r e a T a b le 1 Establishm ents and w o rk e rs within scope of survey and n um ber studied in L a w re n c e Haverhill M ass N H 1 by m ajo r industry division 2 June 1971 Minimum em ploym ent in esta b lish ments in sdope o f study Industry division A ll division s Manufacturing Nonmanufa c tur ing Transportation com m unication and other public utilities W holesale trade R etail trade Finance insurance and rea l estate 6 S ervices b W orkers in establishm ents Number o f establishm ents Within scope o f study4 Within scope o f study Studied Studied Number P ercent The Lawrence averhill Standard M etropolitan Statistical A rea as defined by the Bureau of the Budget through January 1968 con sists of H the citie s of Law rence and H averhill the towns r Andover G eorgetow n Groveland M errim a c Methuen North A ndover and West Newbury in E s s e x County M ass and the towns ot Newton P iaistow and Salem in Kockingham County N H The w ork ers within scope of study estim ates shown j n this table provide a reasonably accu rate descrip tion of the size and com position of the labor fo r c e included in the survey The estim ates are not intended how ever to serve as a basis of com parison with other em ploym ent indexes fo r the area to m easure em ploym ent trends or levels since 1 planning of wage surveys requ ires the use of establishm ent data com piled con sid era b ly in advance of the payroll period studied and 2 sm all establishm ents are excluded from the scope of the survey 2 The 1967 edition of the Standard Industrial C la ssifica tion Manual was used in classifyin g establishm ents by industry division 3 Includes all establishm ents with total em ploym ent at or above the m inim um lim itation A ll outlets within the area of com panies in such industries as trade finance auto repair s e rv ice and m otion picture theaters are con sid ered as 1 establishm ent 4 Includes all w orkers in all establishm ents with total em ploym ent within the area at or above the m inim um lim itation 5 Taxicabs and s e rv ice s incidental to water transportation w ere excluded 6 This industry d ivision is represented in estim ates for a ll in du stries and nonm anufacturing in the S eries A tables Separate presentation of data fo r this division is not m ade fo r one or m o re of the follow ing rea son s 1 Employment in the d ivision is too sm all to provide enough data to m e rit separate study 2 the sam ple was not designed initially to perm it separate presentation 3 response was insufficient or inadequate to perm it separate presentation and 4 there is p ossib ility of d isclo s u re of individual establishm ent data 7 Hotels and m otels laundries and other personal s e r v ic e s busin ess s e r v ic e s autom obile rep a ir rental and parking m otion pictu res nonprofit m em bersh ip organizations excluding religiou s and charitable organ ization s and engineering and arch itectu ral s e r v ic e s Over fou r fifth s of the w ork ers within scope of the survey in the Law rence averhill H area w ere em ployed in manufacturing fir m s The follow ing presents the m ajor industry groups and sp ecific industries as a percen t of all m anufacturing Industry groups S pecific industries E le c tr ic a l equipment and supplies Leather and leather p ro d u cts Ordnance and a c c e s s o r ie s Textile m ill p ro d u cts Rubber and p lastics p ro d u cts A pparel and other textile p ro d u cts M achinery except e le ctrica l 6 Com m unication equipment F ootw ear except ru b b e r O rdnance M iscellaneou s p lastics p ro d u cts Yarn and thread m il l s This inform ation is based on estim ates of total em ploym ent derived fro m universe m ateria ls com p iled p rio r to actual survey P rop ortion s in variou s industry d ivision s m ay d iffer fro m p rop ortions based on the results of the survey as shown in table 1 above W a g e T re n d s fo r S e le c te d O c c u p a tio n a l G ro u p s P r e s e n t e d in ta b le 2 a r e in d e x e s and p e r c e n t a g e s o f ch a n g e in a v e r a g e s a la r ie s o f o f f i c e c l e r i c a l w o r k e r s and in d u s t r ia l n u r s e s and in a v e r a g e e a r n in g s o f s e l e c t e d p la n t w o r k e r g r o u p s T h e in d e x e s a r e a m e a s u r e o f w a g e s at a g iv e n t i m e e x p r e s s e d as a p e r c e n t o f w a g e s d u rin g the b a s e p e r io d S u b tr a c tin g 100 f r o m th e in d e x y ie ld s the p e r c e n t a g e c h a n g e in w a g e s f r o m th e b a s e p e r io d to th e da te o f the in d e x T h e p e r c e n t a g e s o f ch a n g e o r i n c r e a s e r e la t e to w a g e c h a n g e s b e tw e e n the in d ic a t e d d a t e s Annual ra te s o f in c r e a s e w h ere sh ow n r e f l e c t th e a m ou n t o f i n c r e a s e f o r 12 m o n th s w h en the tim e p e r io d b e tw e e n s u r v e y s w a s o th e r than 12 m o n th s T h e s e c o m p u ta tio n s w e r e b a s e d o n th e a s s u m p tio n th at w a g e s i n c r e a s e d at a c o n s t a n t ra te b e tw e e n s u r v e y s T h e s e e s t im a t e s a r e m e a s u r e s o f c h a n g e in a v e r a g e s f o r th e a r e a th e y a r e n ot in te n d e d to m e a s u r e a v e r a g e p a y c h a n g e s in the e s t a b lis h m e n t s in th e a r e a s h o w s th e p e r c e n t a g e c h a n g e T h e in d e x is th e p r o d u c t o f m u lt ip ly in g the b a s e y e a r r e la t iv e b y th e r e la t iv e f o r th e n e x t s u c c e e d in g y e a r and co n tin u in g to m u lt ip ly c o m p o u n d e a c h y e a r s r e la t iv e b y the p r e v io u s y e a r s in d e x F o r o f f i c e c l e r i c a l w o r k e r s and in d u s t r ia l n u r s e s the w a ge tr e n d s r e la t e to r e g u la r w e e k ly s a l a r i e s f o r the n o r m a l w o r k w e e k e x c lu s iv e o f e a r n in g s f o r o v e r t i m e F o r p la n t w o r k e r g r o u p s th e y m e a s u r e c h a n g e s in a v e r a g e s t r a ig h t t im e h o u r ly e a r n in g s e x c lu d in g p r e m iu m p a y f o r o v e r t im e and f o r w o r k on w e e k e n d s h o lid a y s and la te s h if t s T h e p e r c e n t a g e s a re b a s e d o n d a ta f o r s e l e c t e d k e y o c c u p a tio n s and in c lu d e m o s t o f th e n u m e r ic a lly im p o r t a n t jo b s w ith in ea ch grou p L im it a t io n s o f D a ta M e th o d o f C o m p u tin g T h e in d e x e s and p e r c e n t a g e s o f c h a n g e as m e a s u r e s o f ch a n g e in a r e a a v e r a g e s a r e in flu e n c e d b y 1 g e n e r a l s a la r y and w a g e c h a n g e s 2 m e r i t o r o t h e r i n c r e a s e s in p a y r e c e i v e d b y in d i v id u a l w o r k e r s w h ile in th e s a m e jo b and 3 c h a n g e s in a v e r a g e w a g e s due to c h a n g e s in th e l a b o r f o r c e r e s u lt in g f r o m la b o r tu r n o v e r f o r c e e x p a n s io n s f o r c e r e d u c t io n s and c h a n g e s in the p r o p o r tio n s o f w o r k e r s e m p lo y e d b y e s t a b lis h m e n t s w ith d if f e r e n t p a y l e v e l s C h a n g e s in the la b o r f o r c e c a n c a u s e i n c r e a s e s o r d e c r e a s e s in the o c c u p a t io n a l a v e r a g e s w ith ou t a c tu a l w a g e c h a n g e s It is c o n c e iv a b le that e v e n th ou gh a ll e s t a b lis h m e n t s in an a r e a g a v e w a g e i n c r e a s e s a v e r a g e w a g e s m a y h av e d e c lin e d b e c a u s e l o w e r p a y in g e s ta b lis h m e n ts e n te r e d the a r e a o r e x p a n d e d t h e ir w o r k f o r c e s S im ila r ly w a g e s m a y h ave r e m a in e d r e la t iv e ly c o n s t a n t y e t th e a v e r a g e s f p r an a r e a m a y h av e r i s e n c o n s i d e r a b l y b e c a u s e h ig h e r p a y in g e s t a b lis h m e n t s e n t e r e d the a r e a E a c h o f th e f o llo w in g k e y o c c u p a t io n s w ith in an o c c u p a t io n a l g r o u p w a s a s s ig n e d a c o n s t a n t w e ig h t b a s e d on it s p r o p o r t io n a t e e m p lo y m e n t in the o c c u p a t io n a l g r o u p Office clerical men and women Office clerical men and women Skilled maintenance men Carpenters Continued Bookkeeping machine Electricians Secretaries operators class B Machinists Stenographers general Cledts accounting classes Mechanics Stenographers senior A and B Mechanics automotive Switchboard operators classes Cleiks file classes Painters A and B A B and C Pipefitters Tabulating machine operators Cleiks order Tool and die makers class B Cleiks payroll Typists classes A and B Comptometer operators Unskilled plant men Keypunch operators classes Janitors porters and cleaners Industrial nurses men and women A and B Laborers material handling Nurses industrial registered Office boys and girls The p lie d b y th e in th e g r o u p w e r e r e la t e d g a te f o r th e T h e u s e o f c o n s t a n t e m p lo y m e n t w e ig h ts e lim in a t e s the e f f e c t o f c h a n g e s in the p r o p o r t io n o f w o r k e r s r e p r e s e n t e d in e a c h j o b i n c lu d e d in th e d a ta T h e p e r c e n t a g e s o f ch a n g e r e f l e c t o n ly ch a n g e s in a v e r a g e p a y f o r s t r a ig h t t im e h o u r s T h e y a r e n ot in flu e n c e d b y c h a n g e s in s ta n d a r d w o r k s c h e d u le s as s u c h o r b y p r e m iu m pa y fo r o v e r t im e W h e re n e c e s s a r y d a ta w e r e a d ju s te d to r e m o v e f r o m the in d e x e s and p e r c e n t a g e s o f c h a n g e any s ig n ific a n t e f f e c t c a u s e d b y c h a n g e s in th e s c o p e o f th e s u r v e y a v e r a g e m e a n e a r n in g s f o r e a c h o c c u p a t io n w e r e m u lt i o c c u p a t io n a l w e ig h t and th e p r o d u c t s f o r a ll o c c u p a t io n s w e r e t o t a le d T h e a g g r e g a t e s f o r 2 c o n s e c u t iv e y e a r s b y d iv id in g th e a g g r e g a t e f o r th e la t e r y e a r b y the a g g r e e a r lie r y e a r T h e r e s u lta n t r e la t iv e l e s s 100 p e r c e n t 4 T a b le 2 Ind exes o f standard w e e kly salaries and straigh t tim e hourly earnings fo r selected occupational groups in L aw re n c e Haverhill M ass N H une 1 9 7 0 and June 1971 and percents of increase fo r selected periods A ll industries P eriod O ffice cle r ic a l men and wom en Industrial nurses men and wom en Skilled maintenance trades men Manufacturing Unskilled plant w ork ers men O ffice cle r ic a l men and wom en Industrial nurses men and wom en Skilled maintenance trades men U nskilled plant w orkers men Indexes June June June O Indexes June June June n C P e rce n ts of in crease June June June June June June June June June June June to to to to to to to to to to to June June June June June June June June June June June n M n C M Data do not m eet publication cr ite ria NOTE Mosjt p rev iou sly published indexes fo r the L aw rence averh ill area used June 1961 as H the base p erio d They can be con verted to the new base p eriod by dividing them by the corresp on din g index num bers fo r June 1967 on the June 1961 base p e rio d as shown in the table The resu lt should be m ultiplied by A Occupational earnings T a b le A 1 O f f ic e o c c u p a tio n s m e n a n d w o m e n Average straight time weekly hours and earnings for selected occupations studied on an area basis by industry division Lawrence Haverhill Mass N H June 1971 Weekly earnings 1 standard Sex occupation and industry division Number of woikers Num ber o f w ork ers re ce ivin g straigh t tim e w eekly earnings o f t weekly S 65 Mean 2 standard Median S t t S 140 t s and under Middle range2 70 and over HEN CLERKS ACCOUNTING CLASS A WOMEN BOOKKEEPING MACHINE CLAj j 0 OPERATORS j 0 C L E R K S A C C O U N T I N G C L A S S A M A N U F A C T U R I N G C L E R K S A C C O U N T I N G C L A S S B M A N U F A C T U R I N G ii ii ii rU U u u C L E R K S P A Y R O L L M A N U F A C T U R I N G KEYPUNCH OPERATORS CLASS A An n S E C R E T A R I E S C L A S S B M A N U F A C T U R I N G CLASS C ii ro rU UU GU OO S E C R E T A R I E S C L A S S M A N U F A C T U R I N G GENERAL SWITCHBOARD OPERATORS CLASS A SWITCHBOARD OPERATORS CLASS B SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR RECEPTIONISTSM A N U F A C T U R I N G See footnotes at end of tables u u STENOGRAPHERS nn w w w S E C R E T A R I E S M A N U F A C T U R I N G N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G SECRETARIES T a b le A 2 P r o fe s s io n a l a n d te c h n ic a l o c c u p a tio n s m e n a n d w o m e n A v e r a g e s t r a i g h t t i m e w e e k l y h o u r s a n d e a r n i n g s f o r s e l e c t e d o c c u p a t i o n s st u d i e d o n a n a r e a b a s i s b y i n d u s t r y division L a w r e n c e H a v e r h i l l M a s s N H T u n e 1971 Weekly earnings 1 standard Number of workers S e x o c c u p a t i o n a n d i n d u s t r y di vision N u m b e r of w o r k e r s r e c e i v i n g s t r a i g h t t i m e w e e k l y e a r n i n g s of r Li nder weekly Mean 2 Middle range2 Median2 standard t 135 i 140 t 145 t 150 t t t 165 t 170 t 175 t 180 t 18 and under and over MEN C O M P U T E R O P E R A T O R S C L A S S B M A N U F A C T U R I N G z WOMEN N U R S E S I N D U S T R I A L R E G I S T E R E D M A N U F A C T U R I N G S e e fo o t n o t e s at e n d of tables T a b le A 3 O f fic e p ro fe s s io n a l a n d te c h n ic a l o c c u p a tio n s m e n a n d w o m e n c o m b in e d A v e r a g e s t r a i g h t t i m e w e e k l y h o u r s a n d e a r n i n g s for s e l e c t e d o c c u p a t i o n s s t u d i e d o n a n a r e a b a s i s b y i n d u s t r y division L a w r e n c e H a v e r h i l l Average O c c u p a t i o n a n d i n d u s t r y d i vi si on OFFICE Number of workers Weekly Weekly earnings standard standard OCCUPATIONS Mass N H J u n e 1971 Average Number of O c c u p a t i o n a n d i n d u s t r y d i vi si on OFFICE OCCUPATIONS Weekly earnings 1 standard Weekly hours 1 standard Average OFFICE CONTINUED Number of workers O c c u p a t i o n a n d i n d u s t r y division OCCUPATIONS Weekly hours 1 standard CONTINUED v t U K t 1A K 1 t a AU O An n TYPISTS CLASS B MANUFACTURING SECRETARIESi CLASS C OPERATORSt CLASS A V O i U1 e n 1n i lo SwITCh BOARD 39 Aa A 4U U PR03RAMERS u v v u r M i l l HO COMPUTER r OPERATOR RECEPTIONISTS NONMANUFACTURING S e e foot no te at e n d of tables SWITCHBOARD 86 00 Weekly earnings 1 standard NURSES INDUSTRIAL REGISTERED t n in i n nn T a b le A 4 M a in te n a n c e an d p o w e r p la n t o c c u p a tio n s Average straight time hourly earnings for selected occupations studied on an area basis by industry division Law rence Haver hill M ass H June 1971 N Number of workers receiving straight time hourly earnings of t t t S S t S Hourly earnings3 Sex occupation and industry division Number of workers 2 60 Mean 2 M edian2 Middle range 2 t S t 6 80 t IQ 6 2f l t l l and under 2 50 MEN C A R P E N T E R S M A I N T E N A N C E M A N U F A C T U R I N G E L E C T R I C I A N S M A I N T E N A N C E M A N U F A C T U R I N G E N G I N E E R S S T A T I O N A R Y M A N U F A C T U R I N G F I R E M E N S T A T I O N A R Y B O I L E R M A N U F A C T U R I N G HELPERS M A C H I N I S T S M A I N T E N A N C E M A N U F A C T U R I N G M E C H A N I C S M A I N T E N A N C E M A N U F A C T U R I N G P I P E F I T T E R S M A I N T E N A N C E M A N U F A C T U R I N G T O O L A N D D I E M A K E R S M A N U F A C T U R I N G MAINTENANCE TRADES MECHANICS AUTOMOTIVE M A I N T E N A N C E M A N U F A C T U R I N G N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G See footnotes at end of tables i i T a b le A 5 C u s to d ia l a n d m a te ria l m o v e m e n t o c c u p a tio n s Average straight time hourly earnings for selected occupations studied on an area basis by industry division Lawrence Haverhill M ass H June 1971 N Number of workers receiving straight time hourly earnings of Hourly earnings3 Sex occupation and industry division Number of woricers i i i i i i i i n I i T f TT Mean 2 Median2 Middle range Under if and 1 801 undei HEN G U A R D S A N D W A T C H M E N M A N U F A C T U R I N G GUARDS M A N U F A C T U R I N G i WATCHMEN M A N U F A C T U R I N G J A N I T O R S P O R T E R S A N D C L E A N E R S M A N U F A C T U R I N G L A B O R E R S M A T E R I A L H A N D L I N G M A N U F A C T U R I N G N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G i ORDER P A C K E R S S H I P P I N G M A N U F A C T U R I N G R E C E I V I N G C L E R K S M A N U F A C T U R I N G S H I P P I N G C L E R K S M A N U F A C T U R I N G S H I P P I N G A N D R E C E I V I N G C L E R K S M A N U F A C T U R I N G i TRUCKDRIVERS M A N U F A C T U R I N G N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G TRUCKDRIVERS LIGHT UNDER T O NS TRUCKDRIVERS MEDIUM 11 1 2 TO A N D I N C L U D I N G 4 T O N S M A N U F A C T U R I N G M A N U F A C T U R I N G T R U C K E R S P O W E R F O R K L I F T M A N U F A C T U R I N G FILLERS TRUCKDRIVERS HEAVY OVER i i i TONS See footnotes at end of tables F o o tn o te s 1 S ta n d a rd h o u r s r e f l e c t th e w o r k w e e k f o r w h ic h e m p lo y e e s r e c e i v e t h e ir r e g u la r s t r a ig h t t im e s a l a r i e s e x c l u s i v e o f p a y f o r o v e r t im e at r e g u la r a n d o r p r e m iu m r a t e s and th e e a r n in g s c o r r e s p o n d to th e s e w e e k ly h o u r s 2 T h e m e a n is c o m p u te d f o r e a c h j o b b y to ta lin g the e a r n in g s o f a ll w o r k e r s and d iv id in g b y th e n u m b e r o f w o r k e r s T h e m e d ia n d e s ig n a te s p o s it io n h a lf o f the e m p lo y e e s s u r v e y e d r e c e i v e m o r e than th e ra te sh ow n h a lf r e c e i v e l e s s than th e ra te sh ow n T h e m id d le ra n g e is d e fin e d b y 2 r a t e s o f p a y a fo u r t h o f the w o r k e r s e a r n l e s s than th e lo w e r o f t h e s e r a t e s and a fo u r t h e a r n m o r e than th e h ig h e r r a te 3 E x c lu d e s p r e m iu m p a y f o r o v e r t im e and f o r w o r k on w e e k e n d s h o lid a y s and la te s h ift s Appendix Occupational Descriptions The p rim ary purpose of preparing job d escrip tions fo r the B ureau s wage surveys is to a ss ist its field staff in cla ssifyin g into appropriate occupations w orkers who are em ployed under a variety of payroll titles and different w ork arrangem ents from establishm ent to establishm ent and from area to area This perm its the grouping o f occupational wage rates representing com parable jo b content Because of this em phasis on interestablishm ent and interarea com parability of occupational content the B ureau s job d escrip tions may differ significantly fro m those in use in individual establishm ents or those prepared fo r other purposes In applying these job descrip tion s the B ureau s field econ om ists are instructed to exclude working su p ervisors apprentices lea rn ers beginners train ees and handicapped p a rt tim e tem porary and probationary w ork ers OFFICE CLERK FILE BILLER MACHINE P rep ares statem ents b ills and in voices on a m achine other than an ordinary or e le c tr o m atic typew riter May a lso keep re co rd s as to billings or shipping ch arges or p erform other c le r ic a l work incidental to billing operations F or wage study purposes b ille r s m achine are cla ss ified by type of m achine as follow s C lass A In an established filing system containing a number of varied subject m atter file s cla s s ifie s and indexes file m aterial such as corresp on den ce re p o rts technical d ocu m ents etc May also file this m aterial May keep re co rd s of various types in conjunction with the file s May lead a sm all group of low er level file cle rk s B iller machine billing m achine Uses a special billing machine Moon Hopkins E lliott F ish er Burroughs e tc which are com bination typing and adding m achines to prepare bills and in voices from cu stom ers purchase o rd e rs internally prepared o rd e rs shipping m em o randums etc Usually involves application of predeterm ined discounts and shipping ch arges and entry of n e c e ss a r y extensions which m ay or m ay not be computed on the billing m achine and totals which are autom atically accum ulated by m achine The operation usually involves a large number of carbon cop ies of the bill being prepared and is often done on a fanfold m achine C lass B Sorts cod es and file s un classified m aterial by sim ple subject matter head ing s o r partly cla ssifie d m aterial by finer subheadings P rep ares sim ple related index and c r o s s r e fe r e n c e aids As requested loca tes cle a rly identified m aterial in file s and forw ards m aterial May p erform related c le r ic a l tasks required to maintain and se rv ice file s C lass C P erfo rm s routine filing of m aterial that has already been cla ssifie d or which is ea sily cla ss ifie d in a sim ple se ria l cla ssifica tio n system e g alphabetical ch ronological or n u m erical As requested loca tes read ily available m aterial in file s and forw ards m a teria l and m ay fill out withdrawal ch arge P e rfo rm s sim ple c le r ic a l and manual tasks r e quired to maintain and se rv ice file s B iller m achine bookkeeping m achine Uses a bookkeeping m achine Sundstrand E lliott F ish er Remington Rand e tc which m ay or m ay not have typew riter keyboard to prepare cu stom ers b ills as part of the accounts receiv a ble operation Generally involves t he sim ulta neous entry of figu res on cu stom ers ledger re c o rd The m achine autom atically accum ulates figu res on a number of vertica l colum ns and com putes and usually prints autom atically the debit or cred it balances Does not involve a knowledge of bookkeeping W orks fro m uniform and standard types of sales and cred it slip s CLERK ORDER R eceives cu sto m e rs ord e rs fo r m aterial or m erchandise by m ail phone or personally Duties involve any com bination of the follow in g Quoting p rice s to cu stom ers making out an ord er sheet listing the item s to make up the o rd e r checking p rice s and quantities of item s on ord er sheet and distributing ord er sheets to resp ectiv e departments to be filled May check with credit department to determ ine cre d it rating of cu stom er acknowledge receip t of o rd e rs fro m cu stom ers follow up ord e rs to see that they have been fille d keep file of ord ers re ceiv ed and check shipping in voices with original o rd e rs BOOKKEEPING MACHINE OPERATOR Operates a bookkeeping m achine Remington Rand E lliott F ish er Sundstrand Burroughs National Cash R egister with or without a typew riter keyboard to keep a re co rd of business transactions C lass A Keeps a set of re co rd s requiring a knowledge of and exp erien ce in basic bookkeeping p rin cip les and fam ilia rity with the structure of the particular accounting system used D eterm ines p roper record s and distribution of debit and cred it item s to be used in each phase of the w ork May prepare consolidated rep orts balance sheets and other record s by hand CLERK PAYROLL Computes wages of com pany em ployees and enters the n ecessary data on the payroll sheets Duties involve Calculating w o rk e rs earnings based on time or production re c o rd s and posting calculated data on payroll sheet showing inform ation such as w o rk e r s name working days tim e rate deductions fo r insurance and total wages due May make out paychecks and a ss ist paym aster in making up and distributing pay envelopes May use a calculating m achine C lass B Keeps a re co rd of one or m ore phases or section s of a set of re co rd s usually requiring little knowledge of basic bookkeeping Phases or sections include accounts payable p ayroll cu stom ers accounts not including a sim ple type of billing d escrib ed under b ille r m achine cost distribution expense distribution inventory con trol etc May check or a ssist in preparation of trial balances and prepare con trol sheets fo r the accounting department COMPTOMETER OPERATOR CLERK ACCOUNTING P rim a ry duty is to operate a C om ptom eter to p erform m athem atical com putations This job is not to be confused with that of statistical or other type of cle rk which m ay involve f r e quent use of a C om ptom eter but in which use of this machine is incidental to perform ance of other duties Class A Under general d irection of a bookkeeper or accountant has resp on sib ility fo r keeping one or m ore sections of a com plete set of books or re co rd s relating to one phase of an establishm ent s business transactions Work involves posting and balancing subsidiary ledger or ledgers such as accounts receiva ble or accounts payable examining and coding in voices or vouchers with proper accounting distribution and req u ires judgment and ex p e ri ence in making proper assignations and a llocation s May a ssist in preparing adjusting and closin g journal entries and m ay d irect cla ss B accounting cle rk s KEYPUNCH OPERATOR C lass A Operates a num erical a n d o r alphabetical or com bination keypunch machine to tra n scrib e data fro m various source docum ents to keypunch tabulating ca rd s P e rfo rm s same tasks as low er level keypunch operator but in addition work requires application of coding skills and the making of som e determ inations fo r exam ple loca tes on the source docum ent the item s to be punched extracts inform ation fro m several docum ents and searches fo r and interprets inform ation on the docum ent to determ ine inform ation to be punched May train inexperienced op era tors C lass B Under supervision p erform s one or m ore routine accounting operations such as posting sim ple journal vouchers or accounts payable vou chers entering vouchers in voucher re g iste rs recon cilin g bank accounts and posting subsidiary led gers con trolled by general led g ers or posting sim ple cost accounting data This job does not require a knowl edge of accounting and bookkeeping principles but is found in o ffice s in which the m ore routine accounting work is subdivided on a functional basis among several w ork ers SECRETARY Continued KEYPUNCH OPERATOR Continued C lass B Under clo s e supervision or follow ing s p e cific procedu res or instructions tra n scrib es data from sou rce docum ents to punched ca rd s Operates a num erical a n d or alphabetical or com bination keypunch m achine to keypunch tabulating ca rd s May v e rify ca rd s Working from various standardized sou rce docum ents follow s specified sequences which have been coded or p rescrib ed in detail and require little or no selecting coding or interpreting of data to be punched P rob lem s a rising from erron eou s item s or co d e s m issin g inform ation e tc are re fe rre d to su p ervisor d S ecreta ry to the head of an individual plant fa cto ry etc o r other equivalent level o f o fficia l that em ploys in all over 5 000 p e rs o n s or e S ecreta ry to the head of a la rge and im portant organizational segm ent e g a middle management su p ervisor of an organizational segm ent often involving as many as several hundred persons of a com pany that em p loys in all o v e r 25 000 p e rs o n s C lass C OFFICE BOY OR GIRL P erform s various routine duties such as running erran ds operating m inor o ffice m a chines such as sealers or m a ile rs opening and distributing m ail and other m inor c le r ic a l work SECRETARY A ssigned as personal s ecreta ry norm ally to one individual Maintains a clo se and highly responsive relationship to the d a y to d a y w ork activities of the su p ervisor Works fa ir ly inde pendently receiving a m inimum of detailed supervision and guidance P e rfo rm s varied cle rica l and secreta ria l duties usually including m ost of the follo w in g a R eceives telephone ca lls personal c a lle r s and incom ing m ail answ ers routine inqu iries and routes the technical inquiries to the prop er p ersons b esta b lish es m aintains and rev ises the s u p e rv is o r s file s c maintains the s u p erv isor s calendar and m akes appointments as instructed d relays m essages fro m super v isor to subordinates e review s corresp on d en ce m em orandum s and reports p repared by others fo r the s u p erv isor s signature to a ssure procedu ral and typographic accu ra cy and f p erform s stenographic and typing work May a lso p erform other c le r ic a l and secreta ria l tasks of com parable nature and d ifficulty The w ork typ ically req u ires knowledge of office routine and understanding of the organization p rogra m s and procedu res related to the work of the su p ervisor E xclusions Not all positions that are titled s e c r e ta r y p oss es s the above ch a ra cte ris tics Exam ples of positions which are excluded fro m the definition are as fo llo w s a P ositions which do not m eet the p erson a l se cre ta ry concept d escrib ed above b stenographers not fully trained in s e cre ta ria l type duties c stenographers serving as office assistants to a group of p rofession a l technical or m anagerial p ersons d s e cre ta ry positions in which the duties are either substantially m ore routine or substantially m ore com p lex and resp onsible than those ch aracterized in the definition and e assistant type positions which involve m ore difficult or m ore responsible technical admin istra tive su p ervisory or specialized cle r ic a l duties which are not typical of se cre ta ria l work N OTE The term co rp o ra te o f f i c e r used in the level definitions follow ing re fe rs to those officia ls who have a significant corp ora te w id e policym aking role with regard to m ajor com pany a ctiv ities The title v ic e p re s id e n t though norm ally indicative of this ro le does not in all ca ses identify such p ositions V ice presidents whose p rim ary resp on sib ility is to act p e r sonally on individual ca ses or transactions e g approve or deny individual loan or credit actions adm inister individual trust accounts d irectly supervise a c le r ic a l staff are not con sidered to be corp ora te o ffic e r s fo r purposes of applying the follow ing level definition s C lass A a S ecreta ry to the chairm an of the board or president of a com pany that em ploys in all over 100 but few er than 5 0 0 0 p e rs o n s or b S ecreta ry to a corp orate o ffice r other than the chairm an of the b oard or president of a com pany that em ploys in all over 5 000 but few er than 25 000 p e rs o n s or c S ecreta ry to the head im m ediately below the corp orate o ffice r level o f a m ajor segm ent o r subsidiary o f a com pany that em ploys in all over 25 000 p e rs o n s C lass B a S ecreta ry to the chairm an of the board or president of a com pany that em ploys in all few er than 100 p e rs o n s or b S ecreta ry to a corp orate o ffice r other than the chairm an of the board o r president of a com pany that em p loys in all over 100 but few er than 5 000 p e rs o n s or c S ecreta ry to the head im m ediately below corp ora te w id e functional activity e g m arketing tions etc o r a m ajor geographic o r organizational a m ajor division of a com pany that em ploys in em p loy ees or the o ffice r level over either a m ajor re se a rch operation s industrial re la segm ent e g a regional headquarters all over 5 000 but few er them 25 000 a S ecreta ry to an executive or m anagerial person whose resp on sib ility is not equivalent to one of the s p e cific level situations in the definition fo r cla ss B but whose subordinate staff norm ally numbers at least se ve ra l dozen em ployees and is usually divided into organizational segm ents which are often in turn further subdivided In som e com panies this le v e l includes a wide range of organizational ech elon s in oth e rs only one o r two o b S ecreta ry to the head of an individual plant fa cto ry etc o r other equivalent level of o fficia l that em ploys in all few er than 5 000 p e rs o n s Class D a S ecreta ry to the su p ervisor o r head of a sm all organizational unit e g few er than about 25 o r 30 p e rso n s r b S ecreta ry to a n on sup ervisory staff s p e cia list p ro fe ssio n a l em p loyee adm inistra tive o ffic e r o r assistant skilled technician o r expert NOTE Many com panies assign stenographers rather than s e cre ta rie s as d e scrib e d above to this le v e l of su p ervisory or n on sup ervisory w orker STENOGRAPHER GENERAL P rim a ry duty is to take dictation involving a norm al routine vocabulary fro m one or m ore p ersons either in shorthand or by Stenotype or sim ilar m achine and tra n scrib e dictation May a lso type fro m written copy May maintain file s keep sim ple r e c o rd s or p erform other relatively routine c le r ic a l tasks May operate fro m a stenographic pool Does not include tra n scrib in gm achine w ork See transcribin g m achine o p e ra to r STENOGRAPHER SENIOR P rim a ry duty is to take dictation involving a varied technical or specialized vocabulary such as in legal b rie fs or rep orts on scien tific re s e a rch fro m one or m ore persons either in short hand or by Stenotype or sim ilar m achine and tra n scrib e dictation May a lso type fro m written copy May also set up and maintain file s keep re c o r d s etc OR P erfo rm s stenographic duties requiring significantly greater independence and re sp o n si bility than stenographers general as evidenced by the follow ing Work requires high d egree of stenographic speed and a ccu ra cy and a thorough working knowledge of general business and office p roced u res and of the s p e cific business operation s organization p o lic ie s p ro ce d u re s file s w orkflow etc Uses this knowledge in perform ing stenographic duties and resp onsible cle rica l tasks such a s maintaining followup file s assem bling m aterial fo r re p o rts m em orandum s letters e tc com posing sim ple letters fro m general instructions reading and routing incom ing m ail and answering routine questions e tc Does not include tra n scribin g m achine work SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR C la ss A O perates a sin gle o r m ultiple position telephone sw itchboard handling incom ing outgoing intraplant o r o ffice ca lls P e rfo r m s fu ll telephone inform ation s e rv ice o r handles com p lex ca lls such as con fe re n ce co lle ct o v e r se a s o r sim ila r ca lls either in addition to doing routine w ork as d e scrib e d fo r sw itchboard o p era tor cla ss B or as a fu ll tim e assignm ent F u ll telephone inform ation s e rv ice o cc u rs when the establishm ent has varied functions that are not read ily understandable fo r telephone inform ation p u rp oses e g because of overlapping o r in terrelated functions and consequently p resent frequent p rob lem s as to which extensions are appropriate fo r ca lls C lass B O perates a single o r m ultiple position telephone sw itchboard handling incom ing outgoing intraplant o r o ffice ca lls May handle routine long distance ca lls and re c o rd tolls May p e rfo rm lim ited telephone inform ation s e rv ice L im ite d telephone inform ation se rv ice o cc u rs if the functions of the establishm ent s e rv ice d are read ily understandable fo r telephone inform ation p u rp oses o r if the requests are routine e g giving extension num bers when s p e cific names are furnished or if com p lex ca lls are re fe rr e d to another operator 13 S W I T C H B O A R D O P E R A T O R R E C E P T I O N I S T T A B U L A T I N G M A C H I N E I n a d d i t i o n to p e r f o r m i n g d u t i e s of o p e r a t o r o n a s i n g l e p o s i t i o n o r m o n i t o r t y p e s w i t c h b o a r d a c t s a s r e c e p t i o n i s t a n d m a y a l s o t y p e o r p e r f o r m r o u t i n e c l e r i c a l w o r k a s p a r t of r e g u l a r duties T h i s t y p i n g o r c l e r i c a l w o r k m a y t a k e t h e m a j o r p a r t o f th is w o r k e r s t i m e w h i l e at switchboard O P E R A T O R Class C Operates s i m p l e tabulating o r electrical a c c o u n t i n g m a c h i n e s s u c h as the s o r t e r r e p r o d u c i n g p u n c h c o l l a t o r etc w i t h s p e c i f i c i n s t r u c t i o n s M a y include s i m p l e w i r i n g f r o m d i a g r a m s a n d s o m e filing w o r k T h e w o r k t y p i c a l l y i n v o l v e s p o r t i o n s of a w o r k unit f o r e x a m p l e i n d i v i d u a l s o r t i n g o r c o l l a t i n g r u n s o r r e p e t i t i v e o p e r a t i o n s T R A N S C R I B I N G M A C H I N E T A B U L A T I N G M A C H I N E Continued O P E R A T O R G E N E R A L O P E R A T O R C l a s s A O p e r a t e s a v a r i e t y of t a b u l a t i n g o r e l e c t r i c a l a c c o u n t i n g m a c h i n e s t y p i c a l l y including s u c h m a c h i n e s as the tabulator calculator i n t e r p r e t e r collator arid o t h e r s P e r f o r m s c o m p l e t e r e p o r t i n g a s s i g n m e n t s w i t h o u t c l o s e s u p e r v i s i o n a n d p e r f o r m s difficult wi r i n g as required T h e c o m p l e t e r e p o r t i n g a n d tabulating a s s i g n m e n t s typically in vo lv e a v a r i e t y o f l o n g a n d c o m p l e x r e p o r t s w h i c h o f t e n a r e of i r r e g u l a r o r n o n r e c u r r i n g t y p e r e q u i r i n g s o m e p l a n n i n g a n d s e q u e n c i n g of s t e p s to b e t a k e n A s a m o r e e x p e r i e n c e d o p e r a t o r is t y p i c a l l y i n v o l v e d in t r a i n i n g n e w o p e r a t o r s in m a c h i n e o p e r a t i o n s o r p a r t i a l l y t r a i n e d o p e r a t o r s in w i r i n g f r o m d i a g r a m s a n d o p e r a t i n g s e q u e n c e s of l o n g a n d c o m p l e x r e p o r t s D o e s not include w o r k i n g s u p e r v i s o r s p e r f o r m i n g t a b u l a t i n g m a c h i n e o p er at io ns a n d da y to d a y s u p e r v i s i o n of t h e w o r k a n d p r o d u c t i o n of a g r o u p of t a b u l a t i n g m a c h i n e o p e r a t o r s C l a s s B O p e r a t e s m o r e difficult t a b u l a t i n g o r e l e c t r i c a l a c c o u n t i n g m a c h i n e s s u c h a s t h e t a b u l a t o r a n d c a l c u l a t o r in a d d i t i o n to t h e s o r t e r r e p r o d u c e r a n d co l l a t o r T h i s w o r k is p e r f o r m e d u n d e r s p e c i f i c i n s t r u c t i o n s a n d m a y i n c l u d e t h e p e r f o r m a n c e of s o m e w i r i n g f r o m diagrams T h e w o r k typically involves for e x a m p l e tabulations involving a repetitive a c c o u n t i n g e x e r c i s e a c o m p l e t e b u t s m a l l ta b u l a t i n g st ud y o r p a r t s of a l o n g e r a n d m o r e c o m p l e x report S u c h r e p o r t s a n d s t u d i e s a r e u s u a l l y of a r e c u r r i n g n a t u r e w h e r e t h e p r o c e d u r e s a r e w e l l established M a y a l s o i n c l u d e t h e t r a i n i n g of n e w e m p l o y e e s in t h e b a s i c o p e r a t i o n of t h e m a c h i n e P r i m a r y d u t y is t o t r a n s c r i b e d i c t a t i o n i n v o l v i n g a n o r m a l r o u t i n e v o c a b u l a r y f r o m tr an scribing machine records M a y a l so ty pe f r o m w r i t t e n c o p y a n d d o s i m p l e clerical w o r k W o r k e r s t r a n s c r i b i n g dictation in volving a v a r i e d tech ni ca l o r sp ec i a l i z e d v o c a b u l a r y s u c h a s legal b r i e f s o r r e p o r t s o n s c i e nt if ic r e s e a r c h a r e n o t i n c l u d e d A w o r k e r w h o t a k e s d i c t a t i o n in s h o r t h a n d o r b y S t e n o t y p e o r s i m i l a r m a c h i n e is c l a s s i f i e d a s a s t e n o g r a p h e r g e n e r a l TYPIST U s e s a t y p e w r i t e r to m a k e c o p i e s of v a r i o u s m a t e r i a l o r t o m a k e o u t bills a f t e r c a l c u l a tions h a v e b e e n m a d e b y a n o t h e r p e r s o n M a y i n c l u d e t y p i n g of s t e n c i l s m a t s o r s i m i l a r m a t e ri a l s f o r u s e in d u p l i c a t i n g p r o c e s s e s M a y d o c l e r i c a l w o r k i n v o l v i n g little s p e c i a l t r a i n i n g s u c h a s k e e p i n g s i m p l e r e c o r d s filing r e c o r d s a n d r e p o r t s o r s o r t i n g a n d d i s t r i b u t i n g i n c o m i n g m a i l Class A P e r f o r m s o n e o r m o r e of t h e f o l l o w i n g T y p i n g m a t e r i a l in final f o r m w h e n it i n v o l v e s c o m b i n i n g m a t e r i a l f r o m s e v e r a l s o u r c e s o r r e s p o n s i b i l i t y f o r c o r r e c t sp e l l i n g s y l l a b i c a t i o n p u n c t u a t i o n etc of t e c h n i c a l o r u n u s u a l w o r d s o r f o r e i g n l a n g u a g e m a t e r i a l a n d p l a n n i n g l a y o u t a n d t y p i n g o f c o m p l i c a t e d statistical t a b l e s t o m a i n t a i n u n i f o r m i t y a n d b a l a n c e in s p a c i n g M a y t y p e r o u t i n e f o r m l e t t e r s v a r y i n g d e t a i l s t o suit c i r c u m s t a n c e s C l a s s B P e r f o r m s o n e o r m o r e of t h e f o l l o w i n g C o p y t y p i n g f r o m r o u g h o r c l e a r d r af ts r o u t i n e t y p i n g of f o r m s i n s u r a n c e p o l i c i e s etc a n d s e t t i n g u p s i m p l e s t a n d a r d t a b u l a t i o n s or c o p y i n g m o r e c o m p l e x tables a l r e a d y se tu p a n d s p a c e d pr op er ly P R O F E S S IO N A L AN D T E C H N IC A L COMPUTER OPERATOR COMPUTER PROGRAMER BUSINESS M onitors and operates the con trol con sole of a digital com puter to p ro ce s s data accordin g to operating instructions usually p repared by a p rog ra m er W ork includes m ost of the follow ing Studies instructions to determ ine equipment setup and op erations loads equipment with required item s tape re e ls ca rd s etc switches n ecessa ry auxiliary equipment into circu it and starts and operates com puter m akes adjustments to com puter to c o r r e c t operating p roblem s and m eet special conditions review s e r r o r s made during operation and determ ines cause or re fe rs problem to su p ervisor or p rog ra m er and maintains operating re co rd s May test and a ssist in correctin g p rogram C onverts statements of business p ro b le m s typically prepared by a system s analyst into a sequence of detailed instructions which are required to solve the p roblem s by automatic data p ro ce ssin g equipment Working fro m charts o r diagram s the p rog ra m er develops the p re cis e instructions which when entered into the com puter system in coded language cause the m anipu lation of data to achieve d esired results W ork involves m ost of the follow ing A pplies knowledge of computer cap a bilities m athem atics lo g ic em ployed by com puters and particular subject m atter involved to analyze charts and diagram s of the p rob lem to be program ed D evelops sequence of p rog ra m steps w rites detailed flow charts to show o rd e r in which data w ill be p ro ce s s e d con verts these charts to coded instructions fo r m achine to follow tests and c o r r e c t s p rog ra m s p rep ares instructions fo r operating p ersonnel during production run analyzes review s and alters p rogram s to in crease operating e fficie n cy o r adapt to new requirem ents m aintains re co rd s of p rogram developm ent and rev ision s NOTE W orkers perform ing both system s analysis and p r o gram ing should be cla ss ifie d as system s analysts if this is the skill used to determ ine their pay F or wage study purp oses com puter operators are cla ss ifie d as fo llo w s C lass A O perates independently or under only general direction a com puter running p rogra m s with m ost of the follow ing ch a ra cteristics New p rogram s are frequently tested and introduced scheduling requirem ents are of cr itica l im portance to m in im ize downtime the p rogra m s are of com p lex design so that identification of e r r o r sou rce often requires a working knowledge of the total p rogra m and alternate p rogram s m ay not be available May give d irection and guidance to low er lev el op era tors C lass B O perates independently or under only general direction a com puter running p rogra m s with m ost o f the follow ing ch a ra cteris tics M ost of the p rogra m s are established production runs typ ica lly run on a regularly recu rrin g b a s is there is little or no testing of new p rogram s required alternate p rogra m s are p rovided in ca se origin al p rogram needs m ajor change or cannot be c o r re cte d within a reasonable tim e In com m on e r r o r situations diagnoses cause and takes co r re ctiv e action This usually involves applying p reviou sly p r o gram ed co r re ctiv e steps or using standard c o r re ctio n techniques Does not include em ployees p rim a rily resp onsible fo r the management or supervision of other e le ctro n ic data p ro ce ssin g EDP em p loyees o r p rog ra m ers p rim arily con cerned with scien tific a n d o r engineering p rob lem s F o r wage study p u rp oses p ro g ra m e rs are cla ss ifie d as follow s C lass A W orks independently o r under only general d irection on com p lex p roblem s which require com petence in all phases of program ing concepts and p ra ctice s W orking from d ia gram s and charts which identify the nature of d esired results m ajor p ro ce s s in g steps to be accom p lish ed and the relationships between variou s steps of the p rob lem solving routine plans the full range of p rogram ing actions needed to efficiently utilize the com puter system in achieving d e sired end products OR O perates under d irect supervision a com puter running p rog ra m s or segm ents of p rogram s with the ch a ra cteristics d escrib ed for cla ss A May a ssist a higher le ve l operator by inde pendently perform ing le ss d ifficult tasks assigned and p erform in g difficult tasks following detailed instructions and with frequent review of operations perform ed C lass C W orks on routine p rogram s under clo s e supervision Is expected to develop working knowledge of the com puter equipment used and ability to detect p rob lem s involved in running routine p rog ra m s U sually has receiv ed som e form a l training in com puter operation May a ssist higher lev el op era tor on com plex p rog ra m s At this le vel program ing is d ifficult because com puter equipment must be organized to produce se ve ra l interrelated but d iverse products fro m num erous and d iverse data elem ents A wide va riety and extensive number of internal p ro ce s s in g actions must o cc u r This requires such actions as developm ent of com m on operations which can be reused establishm ent of linkage points between operations adjustments to data when p rogram requirem ents exceed com puter storage capacity and Substantial manipulation and resequencing of data elements to fo rm a highly integrated program May provide functional d irection to low er le v e l p rog ra m ers who are assigned to a ssist 14 C O M P U T E R P R O G R A M E R BUSINESS Continued C O M P U T E R C l a s s B W o r k s i n d e p e n d e n t l y o r u n d e r o n l y g e n e r a l di r e c t i o n o n relatively s i m p l e p r o g r a m s o r o n s i m p l e s e g m e n t s of c o m p l e x p r o g r a m s P r o g r a m s or s e g m e n t s u s u a l l y p r o c e s s i n f o r m a t i o n to p r o d u c e d a t a in t w o o r t h r e e v a r i e d s e q u e n c e s o r f o r m a t s R e p o r t s a n d listings a r e p r o d u c e d b y refining ad ap ti ng a r r a y i n g o r m a k i n g m i n o r ad di ti on s to o r d e l e ti on s f r o m input d a t a w h i c h a r e r e a d i l y available While n u m e r o u s records m a y be p r o c e s s e d the d a t a h a v e b e e n r e f i n e d in p r i o r ac ti on s s o that the a c c u r a c y a n d s e q u e n c i n g of d a t a c a n b e t e s t e d b y u s i n g a f e w ro u t i n e c h e c k s T y p i ca ll y the p r o g r a m d e a l s w i t h r o ut in e r e c o r d k e e p i n g t y p e o p e r a t i o n s O R W o r k s o n c o m p l e x p r o g r a m s as d e s c r i b e d for cl a s s A u n d e r c l o s e di re c t i o n of a h i g h e r level p r o g r a m e r o r s u p e r v i s o r M a y a s si st h i g h e r level p r o g r a m e r b y i n d e p e n d e n t l y p e r f o r m i n g l e ss difficult t a s k s a s s i g n e d a n d p e r f o r m i n g m o r e difficult t a s k s u n d e r fairly c l o s e direction May guide or inst ru ct l o w e r level p r o g r a m e r s SYSTEMS ANALYST BUSINESS A n a l y z e s b u s i n e s s p r o b l e m s to f o r m u l a t e p r o c e d u r e s for solv in g t h e m b y u s e of el ec t r o n i c d a t a p r o c e s s i n g e q u i p m e n t D e v e l o p s a c o m p l e t e d e s c r i p t i o n of all sp ecifications n e e d e d to e n a b l e p r o g r a m e r s to p r e p a r e r e q u i r e d digital c o m p u t e r p r o g r a m s W o r k i n v o l v e s m o s t of the f o l l o w i n g A n a l y z e s s u b j e c t m a t t e r o p e r a t i o n s to b e a u t o m a t e d a n d identifies c o n d it io ns a n d crit er ia r e q u i r e d to a c h i e v e sa ti s f a c t o r y results sp ec if ie s n u m b e r a n d t y p e s of r e c o r d s files a n d d o c u m e n t s to b e u s e d outlines a c ti on s to b e p e r f o r m e d b y p e r s o n n e l a n d c o m p u t e r s in sufficient detail for p r e s e n t a t i o n to m a n a g e m e n t a n d f o r p r o g r a m i n g typically this i n v o l v e s p r e p a r a t i o n of w o r k a n d d a t a f l o w ch arts c o o r d i n a t e s t h e d e v e l o p m e n t of test p r o b l e m s a n d pa rt ic ip at es in trial r u n s of n e w a n d r e v i s e d s y s t e m s a n d r e c o m m e n d s e q u i p m e n t c h a n g e s to o b ta in m o r e effective o v e r a l l op er a t i o n s N O T E W o r k e r s p e r f o r m i n g b o t h s y s t e m s a n a l y s i s a n d p r o g r a m i n g s h o u l d b e c l a s sified a s s y s t e m s a n a l y s t s if this is the skill u s e d to d e t e r m i n e their pay D o e s n o t in c l u d e e m p l o y e e s p r i m a r i l y r e s p o n s i b l e f o r the m a n a g e m e n t o r s u p e r v i s i o n of other electronic data p r o c e s s i n g E D P e m p l o y e e s o r s y s t e m s analysts p r i m a r i l y c o n c e r n e d with scientific o r e n g i n e e r i n g p r o b l e m s For wage study p u rp os es systems analysts are p r o v i d e functi on al direction to l o w e r BUSINESS Continued O R W o r k s o n a s e g m e n t of a c o m p l e x d a t a p r o c e s s i n g s c h e m e o r s y s t e m a s d e s c r i b e d for c l a s s A W o r k s i n d e p e n d e n t l y o n r o ut in e a s s i g n m e n t s a n d r e c e i v e s in st ru ct io n a n d g u i d a n c e o n c o m p l e x a s s i g n m e n t s W o r k is r e v i e w e d for a c c u r a c y of j u d g m e n t c o m p l i a n c e w i t h in structions a n d to i n s u r e p r o p e r a l i n e m e n t w i t h the o v e r a l l s y s t e m C l a s s C W o r k s u n d e r i m m e d i a t e s u p e r v i s i o n c a r r y i n g out a n a l y s e s a s a s s i g n e d u s u a l l y of a single activity A s s i g n m e n t s a r e d e s i g n e d to d e v e l o p a n d e x p a n d p r a c t i c a l e x p e r i e n c e in the a p pl ic at io n of p r o c e d u r e s a n d skills r e q u i r e d f o r s y s t e m s a n a l y s i s w o r k F o r e x a m p l e m a y a s si st a h i g h e r level s y s t e m s a n a l y s t b y p r e p a r i n g the d e ta il ed sp ec if ic at io ns r e q u i r e d b y p r o g r a m e r s f r o m i n f o r m a t i o n d e v e l o p e d b y the h i g h e r level analyst level s y s t e m s analysts w h o C l a s s A P l a n s the g r a p h i c p r e s e n t a t i o n of c o m p l e x i t e m s h a v i n g distinctive d e s i g n f e a t u r e s that differ significantly f r o m e s t a b l i s h e d draf ti ng p r e c e d e n t s W o r k s in c l o s e s u p p o r t w i t h the d e s i g n orig in at or a n d m a y r e c o m m e n d m i n o r d e s i g n c h a n g e s A n a l y z e s the effect of e a c h c h a n g e o n the details of f o r m function a n d p o si ti on al re la t i o n s h i p s of c o m p o n e n t s a n d parts W o r k s w i t h a m i n i m u m of s u p e r v i s o r y a s s i s t a n c e C o m p l e t e d w o r k is r e v i e w e d b y d e s i g n o r i g i n a t o r for c o n s i s t e n c y w i t h p r i o r e n g i n e e r i n g d e t e r m i n a t i o n s May ei ther p r e p a r e d r a w i n g s o r d i r e c t their p r e p a r a t i o n b y l o w e r level d r a f t s m e n C l a s s B P e r f o r m s n o n r o u t i n e a n d c o m p l e x draf ti ng a s s i g n m e n t s that r e q u i r e the a p p l i c a ti on of m o s t of the s t a n d a r d i z e d d r a w i n g t e c h n i q u e s r e g u l a r l y us e d D u t i e s typically i n v o l v e s u c h w o r k as P r e p a r e s w o r k i n g d r a w i n g s of s u b a s s e m b l i e s w i t h i r r e g u l a r s h a p e s m u l t i p l e functions a n d p r e c i s e po si ti on al re l a t i o n s h i p s b e t w e e n c o m p o n e n t s p r e p a r e s a r c h i tect ur al d r a w i n g s fo r c o n s t r u c t i o n of a b u il di ng in c l u d i n g detail d r a w i n g s of f o u n d a t i o n s w a l l sections floor pl an s a n d roof U s e s a c c e p t e d f o r m u l a s a n d m a n u a l s in m a k i n g n e c e s s a r y c o m p u t a t i o n s to d e t e r m i n e quantities of m a t e r i a l s to b e u s e d l o a d ca pa ci ti es streng th s s t r e s s e s etc R e c e i v e s initial in structions r e q u i r e m e n t s a n d a d v i c e f r o m s u p e r v i s o r C o m p l e t e d w o r k is c h e c k e d f o r t e c h n i c a l a d e q u a c y C l a s s C P r e p a r e s detail d r a w i n g s of single u nits o r p a r t s for e n g i n e e r i n g c o ns tr uc ti on m a n u f a c t u r i n g o r r e p a i r p u r p o s e s T y p e s of d r a w i n g s p r e p a r e d i n c l u d e i s o m e t r i c p r o j e c t i o n s depicting t h r e e d i m i n s i o n s in a c c u r a t e scale a n d se ct io na l v i e w s to clarify p o si ti on in g of c o m p o n e n t s a n d c o n v e y n e e d e d i n f o r m a t i o n C o n s o l i d a t e s details f r o m a n u m b e r of s o u r c e s a n d ad j u s t s o r t r a n s p o s e s s c a l e a s r e q u i r e d S u g g e s t e d m e t h o d s of a p p r o a c h ap pl i c a b l e p r e c e d e n t s a n d a d v i c e o n s o u r c e m a t e r i a l s a r e g i v e n w i t h initial a s s i g n m e n t s I n s t ru ct io ns a r e l e ss c o m p l e t e w h e n a s s i g n m e n t s r e c u r W o r k m a y be sp ot c he ck ed during progress D R A F T S M A N T R A C E R classified as follows C l a s s A W o r k s i n de pe nd en tl y or u n d e r only g e n e r a l direction o n c o m p l e x p r o b l e m s in vo lv in g all p h a s e s of s y s t e m s an al ys is P r o b l e m s a r e c o m p l e x b e c a u s e of d i v e r s e s o u r c e s of input d a t a a n d m u l t i p l e u s e r e q u i r e m e n t s of o u t p u t data F o r e x a m p l e d e v e l o p s a n in te g r a t e d p r o d u c t i o n s c h e d u l i n g i n v e n t o r y control c o s t an al ys is a n d sa le s a n a l y s i s r e c o r d in w h i c h e v e r y i t e m of e a c h t y p e is a u t o m a t i c a l l y p r o c e s s e d t h r o u g h the full s y s t e m of r e c o r d s a n d a p p r o p r i a t e f o l l o w u p ac t i o n s a r e initiated b y the c o m p u t e r C o n f e r s w i t h p e r s o n s c o n c e r n e d to d e t e r m i n e th e d a t a p r o c e s s i n g p r o b l e m s a n d a d v i s e s s u b j e c t m a t t e r p e r s o n n e l o n the i m p l i c a t i o n s of n e w o r r e v i s e d s y s t e m s of d a t a p r o c e s s i n g op e r a t i o n s Makes recom m e n d a t i o n s if n e e d e d for a p p r o v a l of m a j o r s y s t e m s installations o r c h a n g e s a n d for ob ta in in g e q u i p m e n t May assist ANALYST D R A F T S M A N C l a s s C M a k e s p r a c t i c a l ap pl ic at io ns of p r o g r a m i n g p r a c t i c e s a n d c o n c e p t s u s u a l l y l e a r n e d in f o r m a l trai ni ng c o u r s e s A s s i g n m e n t s a r e d e s i g n e d to d e v e l o p c o m p e t e n c e in the a p pl ic at io n of s t a n d a r d p r o c e d u r e s to r o ut in e p r o b l e m s R e c e i v e s c l o s e s u p e r v i s i o n o n n e w a s p e c t s of a s s i g n m e n t s a n d w o r k is r e v i e w e d to v e r i f y its a c c u r a c y a n d c o n f o r m a n c e w i t h required procedures C O M P U T E R SYSTEMS m a i n t a i n i n g a c c o u n t s r e c e i v a b l e in a retail e s t a b l i s h m e n t o r m a i n t a i n i n g i n v e n t o r y a c c o u n t s in a m a n u f a c t u r i n g or w h o l e s a l e e s t a b l i s h m e n t C o n f e r s w i t h p e r s o n s c o n c e r n e d to d e t e r m i n e the d a t a p r o c e s s i n g p r o b l e m s a n d a d v i s e s s u b j e c t m a t t e r p e r s o n n e l o n the i m p l i c a t i o n s of the d a t a p r o c e s s i n g s y s t e m s to b e applied are assigned to C l a s s B W o r k s i n d e p e n d e n t l y o r u n d e r o n l y g e n e r a l di re c t i o n o n p r o b l e m s that a r e relatively u n c o m p l i c a t e d to a n a l y z e plan p r o g r a m a n d o p e r a t e P r o b l e m s a r e of l i m i t e d c o m p l e x i t y b e c a u s e s o u r c e s of input d a t a a r e h o m o g e n e o u s a n d the o u tp ut d a t a a r e cl o s e l y related F o r e x a m p l e d e v e l o p s s y s t e m s for m a i n t a i n i n g d e p o s i t o r a c c o u n t s in a b a n k C o p i e s p l a n s a n d d r a w i n g s p r e p a r e d b y o t h e r s b y p l a c i n g t r a c i n g cloth o r p a p e r o v e r d r a w i n g s a n d t r a c i n g w i t h p e n o r pencil D o e s n o t i n c l u d e t r a c i n g l i m i t e d to p l a n s p r i m a r i l y c o n s i s t i n g of straight lines a n d a l a r g e sc a l e no t r e q u i r i n g c l o s e de li neation and or P r ep ar es simple during progress NURSE or INDUSTRIAL repetitive d r a w i n g s of e a si ly v i s u a l i z e d i t e m s Work is c l o s e l y supervised R egistered A r e g i s t e r e d n u r s e w h o g i v e s n u r s i n g s e r v i c e u n d e r g e n e r a l m e d i c a l d i r e c t i o n to ill o r i n j u r e d e m p l o y e e s o r o t h e r p e r s o n s w h o b e c o m e ill o r suffer a n a c c i d e n t o n the p r e m i s e s of a f a c t o r y o r o t h e r e s t a b l i s h m e n t D u t i e s in v o l v e a c o m b i n a t i o n of the f o l l o w i n g G i v i n g first aid to the ill o r in jured a t t e nd in g to s u b s e q u e n t d r e s s i n g of e m p l o y e e s injuries k e e p i n g r e c o r d s of pa tients tr eated p r e p a r i n g a c c i d e n t r e p o r t s f o r c o m p e n s a t i o n o r o t h e r p u r p o s e s as s i s t i n g in p h y s i c a l e x a m i n a t i o n s a n d h e a l t h e v a l u a t i o n s of a p p l i c a n t s a n d e m p l o y e e s a n d p l a n n i n g a n d c a r r y ing out p r o g r a m s in v o l v i n g h e a l t h ed uc a t i o n a c c i d e n t p r e v e n t i o n e v a l u a t i o n of pl a n t e n v i r o n m e n t o r o t h e r activities affecting the health w e l f a r e a n d sa fe ty of all p e r s o n n e l MAINTENANCE AND POW ERPLANT CARPENTER M A IN TE NA NC E P e r f o r m s t h e c a r p e n t r y du ti es n e c e s s a r y to c o n s t r u c t a n d m a i n t a i n in g o o d r e p a i r b u il di ng w o o d w o r k a n d e q u i p m e n t s u c h a s bins cr ibs c o u n t e r s b e n c h e s partitions d o o r s floors stairs c a s i n g s a n d t r i m m a d e of w o o d in a n e s t a b l i s h m e n t W o r k i n v o l v e s m o s t of th e f o l l o w i n g P l a n n i n g a n d l a yi ng ou t of w o r k f r o m b l ue pr in ts d r a w i n g s m o d e l s o r v e r b a l in st ru ct io ns u s i n g a v a r i e t y CARPENTER MA I N T E N A N C E Continued of c a r p e n t e r s h a n d t o o l s p o r t a b l e p o w e r tools a n d s t a n d a r d m e a s u r i n g i n s t r u m e n t s m a k i n g s t a n d a r d s h o p c o m p u t a t i o n s relating to d i m e n s i o n s of w o r k a n d se le ct in g m a t e r i a l s n e c e s s a r y f o r t h e w o r k In g e n e r a l t h e w o r k of the m a i n t e n a n c e c a r p e n t e r r e q u i r e s r o u n d e d t r ai ni ng a n d e x p e r i e n c e u s u a l l y a c q u i r e d t h r o u g h a f o r m a l a p p r e n t i c e s h i p o r e q u i v a l e n t t r ai ni ng a n d e x p e r i e n c e 15 ELECTRICIAN MAINTENANCE MECHANIC AUTOMOTIVE Maintenance Continued P e rfo rm s a variety of e le ctrica l trade functions such as the installation m aintenance or rep a ir of equipment for the generation distribution or utilization of e le c tr ic energy in an establishm ent W ork involves m ost of the follow ing Installing or repairing any of a va riety of e le ctrica l equipment such as gen era tors tra n s form ers sw itchboards co n tr o lle rs circu it brea k e r s m o to r s heating units conduit system s or other tra n sm ission equipment working from blueprints drawings layouts or other specification s locating and diagnosing trouble in the e le ctrica l system or equipment working standard computations relating to load requirem ents pf w iring o r e le ctrica l equipment and using a va riety of e le ctricia n s handtools and m easuring afid testing instrum ents In gen eral the work of the maintenance e le ctricia n requires rounded tra in ing and exp erien ce usually acquired through a form a l apprenticeship o r equivalent training and exp erien ce the various assem blies in the veh icle and making n ecessa ry adjustments and alining w h eels adjusting brakes and lights or tightening body bolts In general the w ork of the automotive m echanic requires rounded training and experien ce usually acquired through a form a l appren ticesh ip or equivalent training and exp erien ce ENGINEER STATIONARY Operates and maintains and may also supervise the operation of stationary engines and equipment m echanical or electrica l to supply the establishm ent in which em ployed with pow er heat refrig era tion or a ir conditioning W ork involves Operating and maintaining equipment such as steam engines air co m p re s s o rs gen era tors m oto rs turbines ventilating and r e fr ig erating equipment steam b o ile rs and b o ile r fe d water pum ps making equipment re p a irs and keeping a re c o rd of operation of m achinery tem perature and fuel consum ption May also su p e rv ise these operation s Head o r ch ief engineers in establishm ents em ploying m ore than one engineer are excluded FIREMAN STATIONARY BOILER F ire s stationary b o ile rs to furnish the establishm ent in which em ployed with heat pow er or steam Feeds fuels to fir e by hand or operates a m echanical stoker or gas o r o il burner and checks water and safety valves May clean o il or a ssist in repairing b o ile r ro o m equipment H ELPER MAINTENANCE TRADES A ss ists one or m ore w orkers in the skilled maintenance tra d es by perform ing s p e cific or general duties of le s s e r skill such as keeping a w orker supplied with m aterials and to o ls cleaning working a rea m achine and equipment assisting journeym an by holding m aterials or to o ls and perform ing other unskilled tasks as d irected by journeym an The kind of w ork the helper is perm itted to p erform varies from trade to trade In som e trades the helper is con fined to supplying lifting and holding m aterials and tools and cleaning working a rea s and in others he is perm itted to p erform specialized m achine operation s or parts of a trade that are also p erform ed by w ork ers on a fu ll tim e b a sis MACHINE TOOL OPERATO R TOOLROOM S pecializes in the operation of one or m ore types of m achine to o ls such as jig b o r e r s cylin d rical or surface grin d ers engine lathes or m illing m achines in the construction of m achine shop to o ls gages jig s fixtu res or d ies W ork involves m ost of the follow ing Plan ning and perform ing difficult machining operation s p rocessin g item s requiring com plicated setups or a high d egree of accu ra cy using a va riety of p re cis io n m easuring instrum ents selecting fe e d s speeds toolin g and operation sequence and making n e ce ss a ry adjustments during operation to achieve requisite toleran ces or dim ensions May be required to recogn ize when to o ls need d r e s s ing to d ress to o ls and to select prop er coolants and cutting and lubricating o ils F o r c r o s s industry wage study p u rp oses m achine tool op era tors toolro o m in tool and die jobbing shops are excluded from this cla ssification MACHINIST MAINTENANCE Produ ces replacem ent parts and new parts in making rep a irs of m etal parts of m echan ica l equipment operated in an establishm ent W ork involves m ost of the follow ing Interpreting w ritten instructions and specification s planning and laying out of w ork using a va riety of m a ch in ist s handtools and p re cis io n m easuring instrum ents setting up and operating standard m achine to ols shaping of m etal parts to close toleran ces making standard shop computations relating to dim ensions of w ork toolin g feed s and speeds of m achining knowledge of the working p rop erties of the com m on m etals selecting standard m ateria ls p a rts and equipment required fo r his w ork and fitting and assem bling parts into m echanical equipment In gen eral the m achinist s work norm ally req u ires a rounded training in m achine shop p ra ctice usually acquired through a form a l apprenticeship or equivalent training and exp erien ce MECHANIC MAINTENANCE R epairs m achinery or m echanical equipment of an establishm ent Work involves m ost of the follow ing Examining m achines and m echanical equipment to diagnose sou rce of trouble dism antling o r partly dismantling m achines and p erform in g rep a irs that m ainly involve the use of handtools in scraping and fitting parts replacing broken or defective parts with item s obtained from stock orderin g the production of a replacem ent part by a machine shop or sending of the m achine to a m achine shop fo r m ajor re p a irs preparing written specifications fo r m ajor repairs or fo r the production of parts o rd ered fro m m achine shop reassem bling m achines and making all n e ce ss a ry adjustments fo r operation In gen eral the work of a maintenance m echanic r e quires rounded training and experien ce usually acquired through a form a l apprenticeship or equivalent training and exp erien ce Excluded fro m this cla ssifica tio n are w ork ers whose prim ary duties involve setting up or adjusting m achines MILLWRIGHT Installs new m achines o r heavy equipment and dism antles and installs m achines or heavy equipment when changes in the plant layout are required W ork involves m ost of the f o l low ing Planning and laying out of the w ork interpreting blueprints or other specification s using a va riety of handtools and rigging making standard shop computations relating to s tr e s s e s strength of m ateria ls and centers o f gravity alining and balancing of equipment selecting stand ard to o ls equipment and parts to be used and installing and maintaining in good ord er power tra n sm ission equipment such as d rives and speed re d u ce rs In general the m illw right s work norm ally requires a rounded training and experien ce in the trade acquired through a form al apprenticeship or equivalent training and experien ce OILER L u b rica tes with o il or g rea se the m oving parts or wearing su rfa ces equipment of an establishm ent of m echanical PAINTER MAINTENANCE Paints and red ecora tes w a lls w oodw ork and fixtures of an establishm ent W ork in volves the follow in g Knowledge of surface p eculiarities and types of paint required fo r different applications preparing surface fo r painting by rem oving old finish or by placing putty or fille r in nail holes and in te rstice s and applying paint with spray gun or brush May m ix c o lo r s o ils white lead and other paint ingredients to obtain prop er co lo r or con sistency In general the w ork of the maintenance painter req u ires rounded training and experience usually acquired through a form a l apprenticeship or equivalent training and exp erien ce PIP E F IT T E R MAINTENANCE Installs or rep a irs w ater steam gas or other types of pipe and pipefittings in an establishm ent W ork involves m ost of the follow ing Laying out of w ork and m easuring to lo cate position of pipe fro m drawings or other written specification s cutting various sizes of pipe to co r re ct lengths with ch isel and ham m er or oxyacetylene torch or pipe cutting m achine thread ing pipe with stocks and d ies bending pipe by hand driven or p ow er d riv en m achines assem bling pipe with couplings and fastening pipe to hangers making standard shop computations relating to p re s su re s flow and size of pipe required and making standard tests to determ ine whether finished pipes m eet sp ecification s In general the w ork of the maintenance pipefitter requires rounded training and exp erien ce usually acquired through a form a l apprenticeship or equivalent training and exp erien ce W orkers p rim a rily engaged in installing and repairing building sanita tion or heating system s are excluded PLU M BER MAINTENANCE Keeps the plumbing system of an establishm ent in good ord er W ork involves Knowledge of sanitary codes regarding installation of vents and traps in plumbing system installing or r e pairing pipes and fixtu res and opening clogged drains with a plunger or p lu m b e r s snake In gen eral the w ork of the maintenance plum ber requires rounded training and experien ce usually acquired through a form a l apprenticeship or equivalent training and experien ce MECHANIC AUTOMOTIVE Maintenance SH EE T M E TAL WORKER MAINTENANCE R epairs autom obiles bu ses m otortru ck s and tra cto rs of an establishm ent W ork in volves m ost of the follow ing Examining automotive equipment to diagnose sou rce of trouble disassem bling equipment and perform ing rep a irs that involve the use of such handtools as w ren ch es gages d r ills or specialized equipment in d isassem bling or fitting parts replacing broken o r defective parts from stock grinding and adjusting valves rea ssem b lin g and installing F a b rica te s installs and maintains in good rep a ir the sheet m etal equipment and fix tures such as m achine guards grease pans shelves lo ck e rs tanks ven tilators chutes ducts m etal roofing of an establishm ent W ork involves m ost of the follow ing Planning and laying out all types of sheet m etal maintenance w ork fro m blueprints m od els or other specification s setting up and operating all available types of sheet m etal working m achines using a va riety of 16 S H E E T M E T A L W O R K E R T O O L M A I N T E N A N C E C o n t i n u e d h a n d t o o l s in c u tt in g b e n d i n g f o r m i n g s h a p i n g fitting a n d a s s e m b l i n g a n d in st a l l i n g s h e e t m e t a l articles a s re q u i r e d I n g e n e r a l t h e w o r k of t h e m a i n t e n a n c e s h e e t m e t a l w o r k e r r e q u i r e s r o u n d e d training a n d ex p e r i e n c e usually a c q u i r e d t h r o u g h a f o r m a l ap pr en ti ce sh ip or equivalent training a n d e x p e r i e n c e T O O L A N D Die DIE M A K E R maker jig m a k e r tool m a k e r fixture maker gage maker C o n s t r u c t s a n d r e p a i r s m a c h i n e s h o p t o o l s g a g e s jigs f i x t u r e s o r d i e s f o r f o r g i n g s punching a n d other m e t a l f o r m i n g w o r k Work i n v o l v e s m o s t of t h e f o l l o w i n g P l a n n i n g a n d l a y i n g o u t of w o r k f r o m m o d e l s b l u e p r i n t s d r a w i n g s o r o t h e r o r a l a n d w r i t t e n s p e c i f i c a t i o n s A N D DIE M A K E R Continued u s i n g a v a r i e t y of t o ol a n d d i e m a k e r s h a n d t o o l s a n d p r e c i s i o n m e a s u r i n g i n s t r u m e n t s u n d e r s t a n d i n g of t h e w o r k i n g p r o p e r t i e s of c o m m o n m e t a l s a n d a l l o y s s e t t i n g u p a n d o p e r a t i n g of m a c h i n e t o o l s a n d r e l a t e d e q u i p m e n t m a k i n g n e c e s s a r y s h o p c o m p u t a t i o n s r e l a t i n g to d i m e n s i o n s of w o r k s p e e d s f e e d s a n d t o o l i n g of m a c h i n e s h e a t t r e a t i n g o f m e t a l p a r t s d u r i n g f a b r i c a t i o n a s w e l l a s o f f i n i s h e d t o o l s a n d d i e s t o a c h i e v e r e q u i r e d q u a l it ie s w o r k i n g t o c l o s e t o l e r a n c e s fitting a n d a s s e m b l i n g of p a r t s to p r e s c r i b e d t o l e r a n c e s a n d a l l o w a n c e s a n d s e l e c t i n g a p p r o p r i a t e m a t e r i a l s t o ol s a n d p r o c e s s e s I n g e n e r a l t h e t o ol a n d d i e m a k e r s w o r k r e q u i r e s a r o u n d e d t r a i n i n g in m a c h i n e s h o p a n d t o o l r o o m p r a c t i c e u s u a l l y a c q u i r e d t h r o u g h a f o r m a l a p p r e n t i c e s h i p or equivalent training a n d e x pe ri en ce shops F o r cross industry w a g e study pu rp os es a r e e x c l u d e d f r o m t h is c l a s s i f i c a t i o n tool a n d die makers in tool and die j o b b i n g C U S T O D IA L AN D M A TER IA L M O V E M E N T G U A R D A N D SHIPPING W A T C H M A N G u a r d P e r f o r m s r o u t i n e p o l i c e d u t i e s e i t h e r at f i x e d p o s t o r order using a r m s or force w h e r e ne ce ss ar y Includes g a t e m e n w h o and check on i d e n t i t y of Watchman theft JANITOR and Makes and other of p r e m i s e s persons entering p e r i o d i c a l l y in p r o t e c t i n g property against fire il legal e n t r y P O R T E R Sweeper employees rounds o n tour m a i n t a i n i n g a r e s t a t i o n e d at g a t e O R C L E A N E R charwoman A N D For M A T E R I A L Loader or warehouse ware helper A w o r k e r e m p l o y e d i n a w a r e h o u s e m a n u f a c t u r i n g pl an t s t o r e o r o t h e r e s t a b l i s h m e n t w h o s e d u t i e s i n v o l v e o n e o r m o r e of t h e f o l l o w i n g L o a d i n g a n d unloading various materials an d m e r c h a n d i s e o n or f r o m freight c a rs t r u c k s o r o t he r t r a n s p o r t i n g d e v i c e s u n p a c k i n g shelving o r p l a c i n g m a t e r i a l s o r m e r c h a n d i s e in p r o p e r s t o r a g e l o c a t i o n a n d t r a n s p o r t i n g m a t e r i a l s o r m e r c h a n d i s e b y h a n d t r u c k car or w h e e l b a r r o w L o n g s h o r e m e n w h o load a n d u n lo ad ships are FI L L E R Order picker stock selector warehouse stockman F i l l s s h i p p i n g o r t r a n s f e r o r d e r s f o r f i n i s h e d g o o d s f r o m s t o r e d m e r c h a n d i s e in a c c o r d a n c e w i t h s p e c i f i c a t i o n s o n s a l e s slips c u s t o m e r s o r d e r s o r o t h e r i n s t r u c t i o n s M a y inaddition to filling o r d e r s a n d i n d i c a t i n g i t e m s filled o r o m i t t e d k e e p r e c o r d s of o u t g o i n g o r d e r s r e q u i si ti on a d d i t i o n a l s t o c k o r r e p o r t s h o r t s u p p l i e s t o s u p e r v i s o r a n d p e r f o r m o t h e r r e l a t e d d u ti es purposes workers are classified as follows clerk D r i v e s a t r u c k w i t h i n a c i ty o r i n d u s t r i a l a r e a t o t r a n s p o r t m a t e r i a l s m e r c h a n d i s e e q u i p m e n t o r m e n b e t w e e n v a r i o u s t y p e s of e s t a b l i s h m e n t s s u c h a s M a n u f a c t u r i n g plants freight d e p o t s w a r e h o u s e s w h o l e s a l e a n d re ta il e s t a b l i s h m e n t s o r b e t w e e n re ta il e s t a b l i s h m e n t s a n d c u s t o m e r s h o u s e s o r p l a c e s of b u s i n e s s M a y also load or u n lo ad tr uc k w i t h or without helpers m a k e m i n o r m e c h a n i c a l r e p a i r s a n d k e e p t r u c k in g o o d w o r k i n g o r d e r Dr iv er s al es me n and ov er t he r oa d drivers ar e ex cl ud ed For wage study purp os es truckdrivers follows Tractor trailer should be rated o n a r e classified b y size a n d t y pe th e b a s i s of tr ai le r capacity of e q u i p m e n t T r u c k d r i v e r c o m b i n a t i o n of s i z e s l i s t e d s e p a r a t e l y T r u c k d r i v e r light u n d e r I V 2 to ns T r u c k d r i v e r m e d i u m I V2 to a n d i n c l u d i n g 4 tons T r u c k d r i v e r h e a v y o v e r 4 t o ns tr ailer type T r u c k d r i v e r h e a v y o v e r 4 t o n s o t h e r t h a n t r a i l e r ty p e T R U C K E R P A C K E R study Re ce iv in g clerk Shipping clerk Shipping a n d receiving as excluded O R D E R wage T R U C K D R I V E R H A N D L I N G a n d unloader h a n d l e r a n d stacker shelver trucker s t o c k m a n or stock helper houseman C L E R K janitress Cleans and keeps in a n o r d e r l y c o n d i t i o n f a c t o r y w o r k i n g a r e a s a n d w a s h r o o m s o r p r e m i s e s of a n office a p a r t m e n t h o u s e o r c o m m e r c i a l o r o t h e r e s t a b l i s h m e n t D u t i e s involve a c o m b i n a t i o n of t h e f o l l o w i n g S w e e p i n g m o p p i n g o r s c r u b b i n g a n d p o l i s h i n g f l o o r s r e m o v i n g c h ip s t r a s h a n d o t h e r re f u s e d u s t i n g e q u i p m e n t f u rn it ur e o r fixtures p o l i s h i n g m e t a l f i xt ur es or t r i m m i n g s p r o v i d i n g su pp li es a n d m i n o r m a i n t e n a n c e se rv ic es a n d c l ea ni ng lavatories s h o w ers a n d r e s t r o o m s W o r k e r s w h o s p e c i a l i z e in w i n d o w w a s h i n g a r e e x c l u d e d L A B O R E R RE CE IV IN G P r e p a r e s m e r c h a n d i s e f o r s h i p m e n t o r r e c e i v e s a n d is r e s p o n s i b l e f o r i n c o m i n g s h i p m e n t s of m e r c h a n d i s e o r o t h e r m a t e r i a l s Shipping w o r k involves A k n o w l e d g e of s h i p p i n g p r o c e d u r e s p r a c t i c e s r o u t e s a v a i l a b l e m e a n s of t r a n s p o r t a t i o n a n d ra te a n d p r e p a r i n g r e c o r d s of t h e g o o d s s h i p p e d m a k i n g u p bills of l a d i n g p o s t i n g w e i g h t a n d s h i p p i n g c h a r g e s a n d k e e p i n g a file of s h i p p i n g r e c o r d s M a y d i r e c t o r a s s i s t in p r e p a r i n g t h e m e r c h a n d i s e f o r s h i p ment R e c e i v i n g w o r k i n v o l v e s V e r i f y i n g o r d i r e c t i n g o t h e r s in v e r i f y i n g t h e c o r r e c t n e s s of s h i p m e n t s a g a i n s t bills of l a d i n g i n v o i c e s o r o t h e r r e c o r d s c h e c k i n g f o r s h o r t a g e s a n d r e j e c t i n g d a m a g e d g o o d s r o u t i n g m e r c h a n d i s e o r m a t e r i a l s to p r o p e r d e p a r t m e n t s a n d m a i n t a i n i n g n e c e s s a r y r e c o r d s a n d files P O W E R SHIPPING P r e p a r e s f i n i s h e d p r o d u c t s f o r s h i p m e n t o r s t o r a g e b y p l a c i n g t h e m in s h i p p i n g c o n t a i n e r s t h e s p e c i f i c o p e r a t i o n s p e r f o r m e d b e i n g d e p e n d e n t u p o n t h e t y p e si z e a n d n u m b e r of u n i t s t o b e p a c k e d t h e t y p e of c o n t a i n e r e m p l o y e d a n d m e t h o d of s h i p m e n t W o r k r e q u i r e s the p l a c i n g of i t e m s i n s h i p p i n g c o n t a i n e r s a n d m a y i n v o l v e o n e o r m o r e of t h e f o l l o w i n g K n o w l e d g e of v a r i o u s i t e m s o f s t o c k in o r d e r t o v e r i f y c o n t e n t s e l e c t i o n of a p p r o p r i a t e t y p e a n d s i z e of c o n t a i n e r i n s e r t i n g e n c l o s u r e s i n c o n t a i n e r u s i n g e x c e l s i o r o r o t h e r m a t e r i a l t o p r e v e n t b r e a k a g e o r d a m a g e c l o s i n g a n d s e a l i n g c o n t a i n e r a n d a p p l y i n g l a b e l s o r e n t e r i n g identifying data o n container P a c k e r s w h o also m a k e w o o d e n b o x e s or cr at es a r e excluded Operates a transport goods an d establishment m a n u a l l y controlled gasolinem a t e r i a l s o f all k i n d s a b o u t a For wage study pu rp os es Trucker Trucker power power or el ec tr ic p ow er ed truck or tractor to w a r e h o u s e m a n u f a c t u r i n g pl an t o r o t h e r w o r k e r s a re c l a s s i f i e d b y t y p e of t r u c k forklift o t h e r t h a n forklift as follows A rea W age Surveys A l i s t o f t h e l a t e s t a v a i l a b l e b u l l e t i n s i s p r e s e n t e d b e l o w A d i r e c t o r y o f a r e a w a g e s t u d i e s i n c l u d i n g m o r e l i m i t e d s t u d i e s c o n d u c t e d at t h e r e q u e s t o f t h e W a g e a n d H o u r D i v i s i o n o f t h e D e p a r t m e n t o f L a b o r i s a v a i l a b l e o n r e q u e s t B u l l e t i n s m a y b e p u r c h a s e d f r o m th e S u p e r i n t e n d e n t o f D o c u m e n t s U S G o v e r n m e n t P r i n t i n g O f f i c e W a s h i n g t o n D C o r f r o m a n y o f t h e B L S r e g i o n a l s a l e s o f f i c e s s h o w n o n t h e i n s i d e f r o n t c o v e r A rea A k r o n O h i o J u l y A lb a n y S c h e n e c t a d y T r o y N Y M a r A l b u q u e r q u e N M e x M a r A lle n t o w n B e t h l e h e m E a s t o n P a N J M a y A t la n t a G a M a y B a l t i m o r e M d Aug B e a u m o n t P o r t A rt h u r O r a n g e T e x M a y B i n g h a m t o n N Y J u ly B i r m i n g h a m A l a M a r B o i s e C it y Idaho N o v B o s t o n M a s s Aug B u f f a l o N Y O c t B u r l i n g t o n V t M a r C a n to n O h i o M a y C h a r l e s t o n W V a M a r C h a r l o t t e N C Jan C h a t t a n o o g a T e n n G a Sept C h i c a g o 111 June C i n c i n n a t i O h i o y I n d F e b K C l e v e l a n d O h i o Sep t C o l u m b u s O h i o O c t D a l l a s T e x O ct D a v e n p o r t R o c k Isla nd M o l i n e Iowa 111 F e b D a y to n O h i o D e c D e n v e r C o l o D e c D e s M o i n e s Io w a M a y D e t r o i t M i c h F e b F o r t W o r t h T e x O c t G r e e n B a y W i s J u l y G r e e n v i l l e S C M a y H o u s t o n T e x A p r I n d ia n a p o lis Ind O c t J a c k s o n M i s s Jan J a c k s o n v i l l e F l a D e c K a n s a s C it y M o K a n s Sep t L a w r e n c e H a v e r h i l l M a s s N H June L it t l e R o c k o r t h L it tl e R o c k A r k J u ly N L o s A n g e l e s L o n g B e a c h and A n a h e im Santa A n a G a r d e n G r o v e C a l i f M a r L o u i s v i l l e K y I n d N o v L u b b o c k T e x M a r M a n c h e s t e r N H J u l y M e m p h i s T e n n A r k N o v M i a m i F l a N o v M id la n d and O d e s s a T e x Jan M i l w a u k e e W i s M a y M i n n e a p o l i s St P a u l M in n Jan Data on establishment practices B ulletin n u m b er and p r i c e c e n t s 35ce n ts 30ce n ts 30 c e n t s 40 c e n t s 50ce n ts 35c e n t s 30ce n ts 40 c e n ts 35ce n ts 50 c e n t s 50cen ts 35ce n ts 30 c e n t s 30ce n ts 30ce n ts 35c e n t s 60 c e n t s ce n ts 5 0 ce n ts 4 0 ce n ts 5 0 ce n ts cen ts 40 ce n ts 35ce n ts 30cents 50 c e n ts 35ce n ts 35c e n t s 35c e n ts 50 c e n t s 40 ce n ts 35ce n ts 35ce n ts 45 c e n t s 30 c e n t s 35c e n t s c e n ts 30ce n ts 30ce n ts 35c e n t s 30ce n ts 40 cen ts 30ce n ts 35c e n ts 40 ce n ts and supplementary wage provisions are also presented A rea M u s k e g o n M u s k e g o n H e i g h t s M i c h June N e w a r k and J e r s e y C it y N J Jan N ew H av e n C o n n Jan N e w O r l e a n s L a Jan N e w Y o r k N Y A p r N o r f o l k P o r t s m o u t h and N e w p o r t N e w s H a m p t o n V a Jan O k l a h o m a C it y O k la J u ly O m a h a N e b r I o w a Sept P a t e r so n l i f t o n a s s a i c N J June C P P h i l a d e l p h i a P a N J N o v P h o e n i x A r i z M a r P i t t s b u r g h P a Jan P o r t l a n d M a in e N o v P o r t l a n d O r e g a s h M a y W P r o v i d e n c e P a w t u c k e t W a r w i c k R I M a s s M a y R a l e i g h N C A u g R i c h m o n d V a M a r R o c h e s t e r N Y o f f i c e o c c u p a t i o n s o n ly A u g R o c k f o r d 111 M a y St 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