Area Wage Survey, Area Wage Survey: The Davenport-Rock Island-Moline, Iowa-Illinois, Metropolitan Area, February 1972 : Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, No. 1725-55 | FRASER | St. Louis Fed\nAREA WAGE SURVEY T h e D a v e n p o r t R o c k Is la n d M oline Io w a Illinois M etro p o litan A re a F ebruary B u lle t in U S DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Bureau of Labor Statistics BUREAU OF LABOR S T A T IS T IC S R E G IO N A L O F F IC E S ALASKA New York N Y 10036 Phone Area Code Filbert St Philadelphia Pa 19107 Phone Area Code Peachtree St NE Atlanta Ga 30309 Phone Area Code 404 Region VI Region V 1100 Commerce St Rm 6B7 8th Floor 300 South Wacker Drive Dallas Tex 75202 Chicago III 60606 Phone Area Code 214 Phone Area Code 312 Regions V II and V III Federal Office Building 911 Walnut St 10th Floor Kansas City Mo 64106 Phone Area Code 816 Regions IX and X 450 Golden Gate Ave Box 36017 San Francisco Calif 94102 Phone Area Code 415 Government Center Boston Mass 02203 Phone Area Code 617 Regions V II and V III will be serviced by Kansas City Regions IX and X will be serviced by San Francisco AREA WAGE SURVEY B u lle tin June 1972 U S DEPARTM ENT OF LABOR J D Hodgson Secretary B U R E A U O F L A B O R S T A T IS T IC S G e o ffre y H M o o re C om m issioner T h e D a v e n p o r t R o c k I s l a n d M o l i n e I o w a Illinois M e t r o p o l i t a n A r e a F e b r u a r y 1 9 7 2 CONTENTS Page 1 5 Introduction W age trends fo r selected occupational groups T a b le s E stablishm ents and w o rk ers within scope o f su rvey and number studied Indexes o f standard w eek ly s a la rie s and s tra ig h t tim e hourly earnings fo r sele c te d occupational grou ps and p ercen ts o f in c re a s e fo r sele c te d period s A Occupational earnings A l O ffic e occupations men and women A 2 P r o fe s s io n a l and tech n ical occupations men and wom en A 3 O ffic e p ro fe s s io n a l and tech n ical occupations men and wom en com bined A 4 M aintenance and pow erplant occupations A 5 Custodial and m a te ria l m ovem en t occupations B E stablishm ent p ra c tic e s and supplem entary wage p ro v is io n s B l M inim um entrance s a la rie s fo r wom en o ffic e w o rk e rs B 2 Shift d iffe re n tia ls B 3 Scheduled w eek ly hours and days B 4 P a id holidays B 5 P a id vacations B 6 H ealth in su ran ce and pension plans Appendix Occupational d escrip tion s For sale by the Superin ten d en t o f D ocum ents U S G o vernm ent P rinting O ffic e W ashington D C P r ic e 3 5 cents Preface The Bureau of L a b o r S ta tis tic s p ro g ra m of annual occupa tion al w age su rveys in m etro p o lita n a re a s is designed to p ro v id e data on occupational earn in gs and estab lish m en t p ra c tic e s and supplem en ta ry w age p ro v is io n s It y ie ld s d eta iled data by s e le c te d industry d ivisio n fo r each of the a rea s studied fo r geograp h ic reg io n s and fo r the United States A m a jo r co n sid era tio n in the p ro g ra m is the need fo r g r e a te r insight into 1 the m ovem en t o f w ages by occupational c a te g o ry and s k ill le v e l and 2 the stru ctu re and le v e l of w ages among a rea s and industry d iv is io n s A t the end of each s u rv e y an individual area bu lletin p r e sents the re s u lts A ft e r com p letion o f a ll individual area bulletins fo r a round o f su rvey s two su m m ary bulletins are issued The fir s t b rin gs data fo r each of the m e tro p o lita n a re a s studied into one bulletin Th e second presen ts in form a tion w hich has been p ro je c te d fro m in d ividu al m etro p o lita n a re a data to re la te to geogra p h ic region s and the United States N in e ty fo u r a re a s c u rre n tly a re included in the p ro g ra m In each a re a in form a tion on occupational earn in gs is c o lle c te d annually and on establish m en t p ra c tic e s and supplem entary w age p ro visio n s b ien n ia lly T h is bu lletin presen ts resu lts of the su rvey in D aven p ortRock Island o lin e Iowa 111 in F e b ru a ry 1972 The Standard M e t r o M politan S ta tis tic a l A r e a as d efin ed by the O ffic e of M anagem ent and Budget fo r m e r ly the Bureau o f the Budget through January 1968 con sists of Scott County Iow a and H en ry and Rock Island Counties 111 T h is study was conducted by the B u reau s re g io n a l o ffic e in Kansas C ity M o under the g e n e ra l d ire c tio n of Edw ard Chaiken A s s is ta n t R egio n a l D ir e c to r fo r O perations Note S im ila r tabulations inside back c o v e r a re a v a ila b le fo r oth er a rea s See Union w age ra tes in d ica tive o f p re v a ilin g pay le v e ls in the D avenport Rock Island olin e a rea a re also ava ila b le fo r M seven sele c te d building tra d es In tro d u c tio n This a rea is 1 o f 94 in which the U S D epartm ent o f L a b o r s Bureau of L a b o r S tatistics conducts surveys of occupational earnings and re la te d ben efits on an area w id e b a s is 1 In this a rea data w e re ob tained by p erson a l v is its o f Bureau fie ld econom ists to re p resen ta tive establish m en ts within s ix broad industry d ivis io n s M anufacturing tran sp ortation com m unication and other public u tilitie s w h olesale tra d e r e ta il trad e finance insurance and re a l estate and s e r v ic e s M a jo r industry groups excluded fro m these studies a re governm ent operation s and the construction and e x tra c tiv e in d u stries E sta b lish m ents having fe w e r than a p re s c rib e d number of w o rk e rs a re om itted because they tend to furnish in su fficien t em ploym ent in the occupations studied to w arran t inclusion Separate tabulations a re p rovid ed fo r each o f the broad industry d ivisio n s which m eet publication c r ite r ia Occupational em ploym ent and earnings data are shown fo r fu ll tim e w o rk ers i e those h ired to w ork a reg u la r w eek ly schedule Earnings data exclude prem iu m pay fo r o v e rtim e and fo r w ork on w eekends h olid ays and late sh ifts Nonproduction bonuses a re e x cluded but c o s t o f liv in g allow ances and in cen tive earnings a re in cluded W here w eek ly hours a re rep orted as fo r o ffic e c le r ic a l occu pations r e fe re n c e is to the standard w orkw eek rounded to the n earest h alf hour fo r which em ployees r e c e iv e th e ir reg u la r stra igh t tim e s a la rie s e x c lu s iv e o f pay fo r o v e rtim e at reg u la r and or prem ium ra te s A v e r a g e w eek ly earnings fo r these occupations have been rounded to the n ea rest h alf d o lla r T h ese surveys a re conducted on a sam ple basis because o f the u n n ecessary cost in volved in su rveyin g a ll establish m en ts To obtain optim um accu racy at m inim um cost a g r e a te r p rop ortion of la r g e than o f sm all establishm ents is studied In com bining the data h o w e v e r a ll establishm ents a re given th e ir ap p rop riate w eight E s t i m ates based on the establishm ents studied a re presen ted th e re fo re as re la tin g to a ll establishm ents in the industry grouping and area except fo r those below the m inim um s ize studied T h ese su rveys m easu re the le v e l of occupational earnings in an a rea at a p a rticu la r tim e C om parisons o f individual occupational a vera g es o v e r tim e m ay not r e fle c t expected w age changes The a vera g es fo r individual jobs a re affected by changes in w ages and em ploym ent pattern s F o r exam ple prop ortion s o f w o rk ers em ployed by high o r lo w w a g e firm s m ay change or h igh w age w ork ers m ay advance to b e tte r jobs and be rep laced by new w o rk e rs at lo w er ra tes Such shifts in em ploym ent could d ec re a s e an occupational a vera g e even though m ost establishm ents in an a rea in c re a s e w ages during the y e a r Tren ds in earnings o f occupational groups shown in table 2 a re better in d ica tors o f w age trends than individual jobs within the groups Occupations and Earnings The occupations selected fo r study a re com m on to a v a rie ty o f m anufacturing and nonm anufacturing in d u stries and are o f the fo llo w in g types 1 O ffic e c le r ic a l 2 p ro fe s s io n a l and technical 3 m aintenance and pow erplant and 4 cu stodial and m a te ria l m o v e m ent Occupational c la s s ific a tio n is based on a uniform set o f job d escrip tion s designed to take account o f in terestab lish m en t va ria tio n in duties within the same job The occupations selected fo r study a re lis te d and d escrib ed in the appendix U nless oth erw ise indicated the earnings data fo llo w in g the jo b title s a re fo r all in du stries c o m bined E arnings data fo r som e of the occupations lis te d and d escrib ed o r fo r som e industry d ivisio n s within occupations a re not p resen ted in the A s e r ie s ta b les because eith er 1 em ploym ent in the occupa tion is too sm all to p ro vid e enough data to m e r it presen tation or 2 th ere is p o s s ib ility o f d is c lo s u re of individual establishm ent data E arn in gs data not shown sep a ra tely fo r industry d ivision s a re included in a ll in du stries com bined data w h ere shown L ik e w is e data are included in the o v e r a ll c la s s ific a tio n when a su b cla ssifica tion o f s e c r e ta r ie s o r tru c k d riv e rs is not shown o r in form ation to su b classify is not ava ila b le The a v e ra g e s p resen ted r e fle c t com p osite areaw ide e s ti m a tes In du stries and establishm ents d iffe r in pay le v e l and job staffin g and thus contribute d iffe re n tly to the estim ates fo r each job The pay relation sh ip obtainable fro m the a vera g es m ay fa il to r e fle c t a ccu ra tely the w age spread o r d iffe re n tia l m aintained among jobs in individual establish m en ts S im ila rly d iffe re n c e s in a vera g e pay le v e ls fo r m en and wom en in any o f the selected occupations should not be assum ed to r e fle c t d iffe re n c e s in pay treatm en t of the sexes within individual establish m en ts Other p ossib le fa c to rs which m ay con tribu te to d iffe re n c e s in pay fo r m en and wom en include D ifferen ces in p ro g re s s io n within establish ed rate ranges since only the actual rates paid incumbents a re c o lle c te d and d iffe re n c e s in sp ecific duties p e rfo rm e d although the w o rk e rs a re c la s s ifie d a p p rop ria tely within the same su rvey job d escrip tion Job d escrip tion s used in cla ssifyin g em p loyees in these su rveys a re usually m o re g e n e ra lize d than those used in individual establishm ents and allow fo r m in or d ifferen ces among establishm ents in the sp e c ific duties p e rfo rm ed 1 Included in the 94 areas are eight studies conducted by the Bureau under contract These areas are Binghamton N Y N ew York portion only Durham N C Fort Lauderdale H ollyw ood and O ccupational em ploym ent estim ates rep resen t the total in a ll W est Palm Beach F la Huntsville A l a Poughkeepsie Kingston Newburgh N Y Rochester N Y establishm ents within the scope o f the study and not the number actu o ffic e occupations only Syracuse N Y and U tica Rom e N Y In addition the Bureau conducts a lly su rveyed B ecause o f d iffe re n c e s in occupational structure among more lim ite d area studies in 64 areas at the request o f the Employment Standards Adm inistration of establish m en ts the U S Department o f Labor 1 the estim ates o f occupational em ploym ent obtained 2 fro m the sam ple o f establish m en ts studied s e rv e only to indicate the r e la tiv e im p o rta n ce o f the jobs studied Th ese d iffe re n c e s in occupational stru ctu re do not a ffe c t m a te r ia lly the a ccu racy o f the earnings data E stablish m en t P r a c tic e s and Supplem entary W age P ro v is io n s In form ation is presen ted in the B s e r ie s tab les on selected establishm ent p ra c tic e s and su pplem en tary w age p ro visio n s as they re la te to plant and o ffic e w o r k e r s Data fo r industry d ivisio n s not presen ted se p a ra te ly a re included in the estim a tes fo r a ll in d u s trie s A d m in is tra tiv e e x ecu tive and p ro fe s s io n a l em p loyees and con stru c tion w o rk e rs who a re u tilize d as a sep arate w ork fo rc e a re excluded P la n tw o r k e r s include w orking fo re m e n and a ll n on su p ervisory w o rk e rs including leadm en and tra in e e s engaged in non office functions O ffic e w o r k e r s include w o r k i n g s u p e rv is o rs and n on su p ervisory w o rk ers p e rfo rm in g c le r ic a l o r re la te d functions C a fe te ria w o rk ers and routem en a re excluded in m anufacturing in d u stries but included in nonm anufacturing in d u stries M inim um entrance s a la rie s fo r w om en o ffic e w o rk e rs table B l re la te only to the establish m en ts v is ite d B ecause o f the optimum sam pling techniques used and the p ro b a b ility that la r g e e sta b lish m ents a re m o re lik e ly to have fo r m a l entrance ra tes fo r w o rk e rs above the s u b c le ric a l le v e l than sm a ll establish m en ts the table is m o r e re p re s e n ta tiv e o f p o lic ie s in m edium and la r g e establish m en ts Shift d iffe r e n tia l data table B 2 a re lim ite d to p lan tw orkers in m anufacturing in d u stries T h is in fo rm a tio n is p resen ted both in te rm s o f 1 establish m en t p o lic y 2 p resen ted in te rm s o f total plantw o rk e r em ploym en t and 2 e ffe c tiv e p r a c tic e p resen ted in te rm s o f w o rk e rs actu ally em p loyed on the s p e c ifie d shift at the tim e o f the su rvey In establish m en ts having v a rie d d iffe r e n tia ls the amount applying to a m a jo r ity was used o r i f no amount applied to a m a jo rity the c la s s ific a tio n o th e r was used In establish m en ts in which som e la te s h ift hours a re paid at n orm al ra te s a d iffe re n tia l was rec o rd e d only i f it applied to a m a jo r ity o f the shift hours The scheduled w e e k ly hours and days table B 3 o f a m a jo r it y o f the fir s t s h ift w o rk e rs in an establish m en t a re tabulated as applying to a ll o f the plant o r o ffic e w o r k e r s of that establishm ent Scheduled w eek ly hours and days a re those which a m a jo r ity o f fu ll tim e em p lo yees w e re expected to w ork w hether they w e re paid fo r at s tra ig h t tim e o r o v e rtim e ra te s P a id h olid ays paid vacation s and health insurance and pen sion plans tab les B 4 through B 6 a re tre a te d s ta tis tic a lly on the basis that th ese a re ap p licab le to a ll plant o r o ffic e w o rk e rs i f a 2 An establishm ent was considered as having a policy if it met either of the following condi tions 1 Operated late shifts at the time of the survey or 2 had formal provisions covering late shifts An establishm ent was considered as having formal provisions if it 1 had operated late shifts during the 1 m 2 onths prior to the survey or 2 had provisions in written form for operating late shifts m a jo r ity o f such w o rk e rs a re e lig ib le or m a y even tu ally qu alify fo r the p ra c tic e s lis te d Sums o f in d ividu al item s in tab les B 2 through B 6 m ay not equal tota ls because o f rounding Data on paid h olid ays tab le B 4 a re lim ite d to data on h o li days granted annually on a fo r m a l b asis i e 1 a re p rovid ed fo r in w ritte n fo rm o r 2 have been estab lish ed by custom H olidays o r d i n a rily granted a re included even though they m ay fa ll on a nonworkday and the w o rk e r is not granted another day o ff The fir s t p art of the paid holidays table presen ts the num ber o f w hole and h alf holidays actu ally granted The second p a rt com bines w hole and half holidays to show total h olid ay t im e The sum m ary o f vacation plans table B 5 is lim ite d to a s ta tis tic a l m ea su re o f va ca tion p ro v is io n s It is not intended as a m ea su re o f the p ro p o rtio n o f w o rk e rs actu ally re c e iv in g sp e c ific bene fits P r o v is io n s o f an establish m en t fo r a ll lengths o f s e r v ic e w e re tabulated as applying to a ll plant o r o ffic e w o r k e r s o f the esta b lish m ent re g a r d le s s o f length o f s e r v ic e P ro v is io n s fo r paym ent on other than a tim e basis w e re con verted to a tim e basis fo r exam ple a paym ent o f 2 p ercen t o f annual earn in gs was co n sid ered as the eq u iv alent o f 1 w e e k s pay Only b a sic plans a re included E stim a tes e x clude vacation bonus and v a ca tio n sa vin g s plans and those which o ffe r e x te n d e d o r s a b b a tic a l b en efits beyond b asic plans with qu alifying lengths o f s e r v ic e Such exclu sion s a re ty p ic a l in the ste e l aluminum and can in d u stries Data on health insu rance and pension plans table B 6 in clude those plans fo r which the e m p lo y e r pays at le a s t a part o f the cost Such plans include those u n derw ritten by a c o m m e rc ia l insurance com pany and those p ro vid ed through a union fund o r paid d ir e c tly by the e m p lo y e r out o f cu rren t op eratin g funds or fro m a fund set aside fo r this pu rpose An establish m en t was co n sid ered to have a plan i f the m a jo r ity o f em p lo yees was e lig ib le to be c o v e re d under the plan even i f le s s than a m a jo r ity ele c te d to p a rticip a te because em p loyees w e re re q u ire d to contribute tow ard the cost o f the plan L e g a lly r e qu ired plans such as w ork m en s com pensation so c ia l secu rity and ra ilro a d re tire m e n t w e re excluded Sickness and accident insurance is lim ite d to that type o f in surance under which p re d e te rm in e d cash paym ents a re m ade d ir e c tly to the insured during te m p o ra ry illn e s s o r accident d is a b ility In fo r m ation is p resen ted fo r a ll such plans to which the em p lo y er c o n trib utes H o w ever in N ew Y o rk and N ew J e r s e y which have enacted te m p o ra ry d is a b ility insurance law s which re q u ire em p lo y er con tribu t io n s 3 plans a re included only i f the em p lo y e r 1 contributes m o re than is le g a lly req u ired o r 2 p ro v id e s the em p loyee with benefits which exceed the req u irem en ts o f the law Tabulations o f paid sick 3 contributions The temporary disability laws in California and Rhode Island do not require employer 3 le a v e plans a re lim ite d to fo rm a l plans 4 which p ro v id e fu ll pay o r a p ro p o rtio n o f the w o r k e r s pay during absence fro m w ork because o f illn e s s Separate tabulations a re p resen ted a ccord in g to 1 plans which p ro v id e fu ll pay and no w aitin g p e rio d and 2 plans which p r o vid e e ith er p a rtia l pay o r a w aitin g p e rio d In addition to the p re s e n tation o f the prop ortion s o f w o rk e rs who a re p ro vid ed sickness and acciden t insurance o r paid sick le a v e an unduplicated total is shown o f w o rk e rs who r e c e iv e eith er o r both types o f b en efits the d is a b ility a m axim u m age o r e lig ib ilit y fo r re tire m e n t b en efits Paym ents m a y be at fu ll o r p a rtia l pay but a re alm ost alw ays r e duced by so c ia l s e c u rity w o rk m en s com pensation and p riva te pension ben efits payable to the d isab led em p lo yee M a jo r m e d ic a l insurance includes those plans which a re d e signed to p ro te c t em p lo yees in case o f sickn ess and in ju ry in volvin g expenses beyond the c o v e ra g e o f b asic h o sp ita liza tion m e d ic a l and s u rg ic a l plans M e d ic a l insurance r e fe r s to plans p ro vid in g fo r co m L o n g te rm d is a b ility plans p ro v id e paym ents to to ta lly d is p lete o r p a rtia l paym ent o f d o c to rs fe e s Dental insurance usually abled em p loyees upon the ex p ira tio n o f th e ir paid sick le a v e and or c o v e r s fillin g s e x tra ctio n s and X r a y s E xclu ded a re plans which sickn ess and accident insu rance o r a fte r a p re d e te rm in e d p e rio d o f c o v e r only o r a l s u rg e ry o r accident dam age P lan s m ay be u nder d is a b ility ty p ic a lly 6 m onths Paym en ts a re m ade until the end o f w ritte n by c o m m e ric a l insurance com panies o r non profit organ ization s o r they m a y be paid fo r by the em p lo y e r out o f a fund set aside fo r 4 An establishm ent was considered as having a formal plan if it established at least the mini this pu rpose Tabulations o f re tire m e n t pension plans a re lim ite d to those plans that p ro v id e re g u la r paym ents fo r the rem a in d er o f the mum num ber of days of sick leave available to each employee Such a plan need not be written w o r k e r s life but informal sick leave allowances determ ined on an individual basis were excluded 4 T a b le 1 E s ta b lis h m e n ts and w o rk e rs w ith in sc ope o f su rv ey and n u m b e r studied in D a v e n p o r t R o c k Is la n d M o lin e Io w a III 1 by m a jo r in d u s try d iv is io n 1 e b ru a ry 1 9 7 2 F Num ber o f establishm ents M inim u m em ploym en t in esta b lis h m ents in scope o f study Industry division W ork ers in establishm ents W ithin scope o f study W ithin scope o f stu dy3 Studied T o t a l4 Studied Plan t Num ber A l l d ivision s M an u factu rin g Non m anu factu rin g T ran sp o rta tion com m unication and other public u tilitie s W ho lesa le tra d e R e ta il tr a d e Fin ance in su rance and r e a l estate S e rv ic e s O ffic e P ercen t T o t a l The D a ven p o rt R o ck Is la n d M o lin e Standard M etrop o lita n S ta tistica l A re a as defined by the O ffic e o f M anagem ent and Budget fo r m e r ly the Bureau o f the Budget through January 1968 con sists o f Scott County Iow a and H en ry and Rock Island Counties 111 Th e w o r k e r s w ithin scope o f study estim a tes shown in this table p ro v id e a reason a b ly a ccu ra te d es crip tio n o f the s iz e and co m position o f the la b o r fo r c e included in the su rvey The estim ates a re not intended h o w eve r to s e r v e as a b a sis o f co m pa rison with oth er em ploym ent in dexes fo r the a re a to m easu re em ploym en t tren ds o r le v e ls sin ce 1 planning o f w a ge su rveys re q u ires the use o f establishm ent data co m p iled co n s id era b ly in advance o f the p a y r o ll p e rio d studied and 2 s m a ll establish m ents a re exclu ded fr o m the scope o f the su rvey 2 Th e 1967 ed ition o f the Standard In du strial C la s s ific a tio n Manual was used in c la s s ify in g establish m ents b y in du stry d ivision 3 Includes a ll establish m ents w ith tota l em ploym en t at o r above the m inim um lim ita tion A l l outlets w ithin the a rea o f com panies in such in du stries as tra d e fin ance auto re p a ir s e r v ic e and m otion p ictu re th eaters a re co n s id ere d as 1 establishm ent 4 Includes ex ecu tive p r o fe s s io n a l and oth er w o r k e r s excluded fr o m the sep ara te plant and o ffic e c a te g o rie s 5 A b b revia ted to p u b lic u t ilitie s in the A and B s e r ie s tables Ta x ica b s and s e r v ic e s in ciden tal to w a te r tran sportation w e re excluded 6 T h is in du stry d iv is io n is re p res en ted in estim ates fo r a l l in d u stries and nonm anu factu ring in the S e rie s A ta b les and fo r a l l in d u stries in the S e rie s B tables Separate presen tation o f data fo r this d iv is io n is not m ade fo r one o r m o re o f the fo llow in g reason s 1 E m ploym en t in the d ivis io n is too sm all to p ro vid e enough data to m e r it sep ara te study 2 the sam ple w as not design ed in itia lly to p e r m it sep ara te presen tatio n 3 response w as in su fficien t o r inadequate to p e r m it sep ara te p resen tation and 4 th ere is p o s s ib ility o f d is c lo s u re o f in dividu al establish m ent data 7 W o rk ers fr o m this en tire in du stry d iv is io n a re re p resen ted in estim ates fo r a l l in d u stries and nonm anufacturing in the S e ries A ta b les but fr o m the re a l estate p o rtio n only in estim ates fo r a l l in d u stries in the S e rie s B tables S eparate p resen tation o f data fo r this d ivis ion is not m ade fo r one o r m o re o f the reason s given in footnote 6 above 8 H otels and m o te ls lau ndries and oth er p erso n a l s e r v ic e s business s e r v ic e s autom obile re p a ir rental and park ing m otion p ictu re s n on profit m em b ersh ip o rga n izatio n s exclu din g re lig io u s and ch a rita ble o rg a n iza tio n s and en gin eerin g and a rch itectu ra l s e rv ic e s O ver th re e fifth s of the w o rk ers within scope of the su rv ey in the D aven port Rock Islan d o lin e a rea w ere em ployed in m anufacturing fir m s The fo llow in g presen ts the m a jo r M in du stry groups and s p e c ific in du stries as a p ercen t of a ll m anufacturing Industry groups M a ch in ery except e le c t r ic a l P r im a r y m eta l in d u stries 16 Food and kindred products 12 S p ecific in du stries F a r m m a ch in ery N o n ferrou s ro llin g and draw in g Iron and s te e l fo u n d r ie s Constru ction and related m a c h in e ry M eat p ro d u cts T h is in form a tion is based on estim ates o f tota l em ploym en t d e riv e d fr o m u n iverse m a te r ia ls com piled p r io r to actual su rvey P r o p o rtio n s in va rio u s in du stry d ivision s m ay d iffe r fr o m p roportion s based on the resu lts o f the su rvey 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 re s e n te d in table 2 a re indexes and p ercen ta ges o f change in a v e ra g e s a la rie s o f o ffic e c le r ic a l w o rk e rs and in d u stria l nu rses and in a v e ra g e earn in gs o f s e le c te d p la n tw ork er groups The indexes a re a m ea su re o f w ages at a giv e n tim e e x p ressed as a p ercen t of w ages during the base p erio d Subtracting 100 fro m the index yield s the p ercen ta g e change in w ages fr o m the base p e rio d to the date of the index Th e p e rcen ta g es o f change or in c re a s e re la te to wage changes betw een the in dicated dates Annual ra tes of in c re a s e w h ere shown r e fle c t the amount o f in c re a s e fo r 12 months when the tim e p e rio d betw een su rveys w as other than 12 months T h ese com putations w e r e based on the assum ption that w ages in c re a s e d at a constant rate betw een su rveys T h e s e estim a tes a re m ea su res of change in a v e r ages fo r the a re a they a re not intended to m ea su re a v e ra g e pay changes in the establish m en ts in the area shows the p ercen ta ge change The index is the product o f m u ltiplyin g the base y e a r r e la tiv e 100 by the re la tiv e fo r the next succeeding y e a r and continuing to m u ltip ly compound each y e a r s re la tiv e by the p reviou s y e a r s index F o r o ffic e c le r ic a l w o rk e rs and in du strial nu rses the w age trends re la te to re g u la r w e e k ly s a la rie s fo r the n orm al w orkw eek ex c lu s iv e o f earnings fo r o v e rtim e F o r p lan tw ork er groups they m easu re changes in a v e ra g e s tra ig h t tim e h ou rly earn in gs excluding p rem iu m pay fo r o v e rtim e and fo r w o rk on w eekends holidays and late shifts The p ercen ta g es a re based on data fo r selected k ey occu pations and include m ost o f the n u m e ric a lly im portant jobs within each group L im ita tio n s o f Data M ethod o f Com puting The indexes and percen tages o f change as m easu res of change in a rea a v e ra g e s a re influenced by 1 g e n e ra l s a la ry and w age changes 2 m e r it or other in c re a s e s in pay r e c e iv e d by in d i vid u al w o rk e rs w h ile in the sam e job and 3 changes in a v e ra g e w ages due to changes in the lab or fo r c e resu ltin g fro m labor tu rn o v e r fo r c e expansions fo r c e reductions and changes in the p r o p o r tions o f w o rk e rs em ployed by establishm ents with d iffe re n t pay le v e ls Changes in the la b or fo r c e can cause in c re a s e s o r d ec re a s e s in the occupational a v e ra g e s without actual w age changes It is con ceivab le that even though a ll establishm ents in an a rea gave w age in c re a s e s a v e ra g e w ages m ay have d eclin ed because lo w e r p a y in g establishm ents en tered the a re a o r expanded th e ir w ork fo r c e s S im ila rly w ages m ay have rem ain ed r e la tiv e ly constant yet the a v e ra g e s fo r an area m ay have ris e n c o n sid era b ly because h igh er p a yin g establishm ents en tered the area E ach o f the fo llo w in g k ey occupations w ithin an occupational group was assign ed a constant w eigh t based on its p rop ortion ate e m ploym en t in the occupational group Office clerical men and women Office clerical men and women Skilled maintenance men Bookkeeping machine Continued Carpenters operators class B Secretaries Electricians Clerks accounting classes M achinists Stenographers general A and B Stenographers senior Mechanics Clerks file classes Switchboard operators classes Mechanics automotive A B and C A and B Painters Pipefitters Clerks order Tabulating machine operators Clerks payroll class B Tool and die m akers Comptometer operators Typists classes A and B Keypunch operators classes Unskilled plant men A and B Janitors porters and Industrial nurses men and M essengers office boys or cleaners women girls Nurses industrial registered Laborers material handling The use o f constant em ploym ent w eights elim in a tes the e ffe c t o f changes in the p ro p o rtio n o f w o rk e rs rep resen ted in each job in cluded in the data The p ercen ta ges o f change r e fle c t only changes in a v e ra g e pay fo r s tra ig h t tim e hours T h ey a re not influenced by changes in standard w ork schedules as such o r by prem iu m pay fo r o v e rtim e W h ere n e c e s s a ry data w e re adjusted to rem o ve fro m the indexes and p ercen ta ges o f change any sign ifican t e ffe c t caused by changes in the scope o f the su rvey The a v e ra g e m ean earnings fo r each occupation w e re m u lti p lie d by the occupational w eigh t and the products fo r a ll occupations in the group w e re totaled The a g g re g a te s fo r 2 con secu tive y e a rs w e r e re la te d by d ividin g the a g g re g a te fo r the la te r y e a r by the a g g r e gate fo r the e a r lie r y e a r The resultant r e la tiv e le s s 100 p ercen t 5 6 T a b le 2 In d e x e s o f s ta n d a rd w e e k ly s a la rie s an d s tra ig h t tim e h o u rly e a rn in g s fo r s e le c te d o c c u p a tio n a l g ro u p s in D a v e n p o rt R o c k Is la n d M o lin e Io w a III F e b ru a ry 19 71 and F e b r u a r y and p e rc e n ts o f c h a n g e fo r s e le c te d pe rio d s A ll in du stries O ffic e c le r ic a l men and w om en P e r io d Indu strial nurses m en and w om en M anufacturing S k illed maintenance tra d es m en U nskilled plant w o rk e rs m en O ffic e c le r ic a l m en and w om en In du strial nurses men and w om en S k illed maintenance tra d es m en U nskilled plantwo rk ers m en Indexes O cto b er F e b ru a ry F e b ru a ry P e r c e n ts o f ch a n g e1 O ctober 1960 to O cto b er O ctober 1961 to O cto b er O cto b er 1962 to O cto b er 1963 O ctober 1963 to O cto b er O ctober 1964 to O cto b er O ctober 1965 to O cto b er O ctober 1966 to O ctober 1967 O cto b er 1967 to O cto b er O ctober 1968 to O cto b er O ctober 1969 to F e b ru a ry month in c r e a s e Annual rate o f in c re a s e F e b ru a ry 1971 to F e b ru a ry A l l changes a re in c re a s e s unless oth erw ise indicated 2 T h is d e c re a s e p r im a r ily r e fle c ts tu rn over and changes in em ploym ent ra th er than w age d e c rea ses 7 A O c c u p a tio n a l e a rn in g s Tab le A 1 O ffice occupations men and women A verage straight tim e weekly hours and earnings fo r selected occupations studied on an area basis by industry division Davenport Rock Island Moline Iowa February 1972 Weekly earnings 1 standard Mumber of w orker s receivin g straight tim e weekly earnings of t Sex occupation and industry division Number of woiken Mean2 M edian2 Middle range2 t t 60 Average weekly hours1 standard t s s no S no t A0 1A i t S and under 65 and over HEN LLtKRbi A L t U U N 11 N o LL A b j A H A N U r A L 1U K 1No AO O A l i i i WOMEN O o BO OK KE EP IN G MA CH IN E OPERATORS CLASS B BO OK KE EP IN G MA CH IN E OPERATORS CL AS S A A a nr 269 i a I 13 cn WX CLERKS ACCOUNTING CLASS B MA NU FA CT UR IN G i NUrlnAriUr AU 1UK 1Nv AO O i 2A A A A i A AO O AO O A i i KE YPUNCH OPERATORS CLASS A MA NU FA CT UR IN G NONMANUF AC TU RI NG AO O 1A AO O A KEYP UN CH OPERATORS CLASS B HANUF AC IUk 1 NG NONMAN UF AC TU RI NG A 50 AO O 10A 0O AO O A CLERKS ORDER o o O O n 1 0 u u CLERKS PAYROLL MA NUFACTURING NONMAN UF AC TU RI NG NO NM AN UF AC TU RI NG A MESSENGERS IOFFICE GIRLS MANUFA CT UR IN G NO NHANUF ACT UR ING SECRETARIES MA NU FA CT UR IN G NONMANUF AC TU RI NG PUBLIC UTILITIES A A2 See footnotes at end of tables AO O AO O 39 5 AO O AA A 50 1AA A A IA 1 1 i A A A i A A A AA A AA i A A 8 T a b le 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 C o n t i n u e d A v e r a g e s tr a ig h t tim e w e e k ly hou rs and ea rn in gs fo r s e le c te d occupations studied on an a re a b a sis by in d u stry d iv is io n D avenport R ock Is la n d M o lin e Iowa 111 F e b r u a r y 1972 Weekly earnings Number of workers Number of w orkers receivin g straight tim e w eekly earnings of t t t weekly S M ean2 M edian2 Middle range2 standard Sex occupation and industry division S t t f and under and over WOMEN CONTINUED SECRETARIES CONTINUED SECRETARIES CLASS A SECRETARIES CLASS B MANUFACTURING NONMANUFACTURING SECRETARIES CLASS C MANUFACTURING NONMANUFACTURING PUBLIC UTILITIES SECRETARIES CLASS D MANUFACTURING NONMANUFACTURING MANUFACTURING NONMANUFACTURING PUBLIC UTILITIES STENOGRAPHERS SENIOR MANUFACTURING NONMANUFACTURING SWITCHBOARD OPERATORS CLASS A SWITCHBOARD OPERATORS CLASS B NONMANUFACTURING SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR RECEPTIONISTSMANUFACTURING NONMANUFACTURING TRANSCRIBING MACHINE o p e r a t o r s GENERAL NONMANUFACTURING TYPISTS CLASS A MANUFACTURING NONMANUFACTURING TYPISTS CLASS B MANUFACTURING NONMANUFACTURING STENO G RAPHERS G ENERAL See footn otes at end o f ta b le s T a b le A 2 P r o f e s s i o n a l a nd 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 v e r a g e straight time w e e k l y hou r s and earnings for selected occupations studied on an area basis b y industry division D a v e n p o r t R o c k Island Moline Iowa F e b r u a r y 1972 Weekly earnings 1 standard Sex occupation and industry division Average weekly hours1 standard N u m b e r of w o r k e r s receiving straight time w e e k l y earnings of 90 M ean2 Middle range2 M edian2 t t Number of workers S t S t i S t t i and under and over HEN to o 1 8 w j T a aa COMPUTER PROGRAMERS A 1 2 COMPUTER PROGRAMERS MJ O ZZ j j O L 1 COMPUTER SYSTEMS ANALYSTS An n l T nl 50 AO r W EN OM NURSES INDUSTRIAL REGISTERED W o r k e r s w e r e distributed as follows See footnotes at end of tables i i at 290 to at 300 to at 310 to at 320 to 330 and 2 at 330 to i T a b le A 3 O f f i c e p r o fe s s io n a l a nd te c h n ic a l o c c u p a t i o n s m e n a nd w o m e n c o m b in e d A verage straight time w e e k l y hou r s and earnings for selected occupations studied on an area basis b y industry division D a v e n p o r t R o c k Island Moline Iowar Ill F e b r u a r y 1972 Average Average Weekly Weekly hours 1 earnings 1 standard standard of OFFICE OCCUPATIONS BOOKKEEPING MACHINE OPERATORS CLASS A Average Number Number Occupation and industry division Occupation and industry division Weekly hours 1 standard of Weekly earnings 1 standard TYPISTS CLASS B SECRETARIES CONTINUEO SECRETARIES CLASS A of Weekly hours 1 standard Weekly earnings 1 standard OFFICE OCCUPATIONS CONTINUEO OFFICE OCCUPATIONS CONTINUED Number Occupation and industry division BOOKKEEPING MACHINE OPERATORS CLASS B CLERKS ACCOUNTING CLASS A MANUFACTURING NONMANUFACTURING c l e r k s a c c o u n t in g c l a s s NONMANUFACTURING PUBLIC U TILITIE S b ICC CLERKS ORDER MANUFACTURING CLERKS PAYROLL NONMANUFACTURING J KEYPUNCH OPERATORS CLASS A PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL OCCUPATIONS t6 in U COMPUTER PROGRAMERS n ao nn 41 0 C AA nn T TRANSCRIBING MACHINE OPERATORS MESSENGERS IOFFICE BOYS AND G IR L S SECRET ARIES MANUFACTURING rU u L lL U 1I L 1 1i Lo See footnote at end of tables MANUFACTURING DRAFTSMEN CLASS C NURSES INDUSTRIAL REGISTERED T a b le A 4 M a i n t e n a n c e an d p o w e r p l a n t o c c u p a t i o n s A v erage straigh t tim e hourly earnings fo r selected occupations studied on an a rea ba sis by industry division Davenport Rock Islan d M o lin e Iowa 111 F e b ru a ry 1972 N u m b e r of w o r k e r s receiving straight time hourly earnings of Hourly earnings Sex occupation a n d industry division t S t t Number of workers M ean2 M edian2 Middle range 2 s S i S S t 4 00 S 4 10 t T over and under HEN CARPENTERS MAINTENANCE MANUFACTURING ELECTRICIANS MAINTENANCE MANUFACTURING ENGINEERS STATIONARY MANUFACTURING NONMANUFACTURING FIREMEN STATIONARY BOILER MANUFACTURING HELPERS MAINTENANCE TRADES MANUFACTURING MACHINE TOOL OPERATORS TOOLROOM MANUFACTURING MACHINISTS MAINTENANCE MANUFACTURING MECHANICS AUTOMOTIVE MAINTENANCE MECHANICS MAINTENANCE MANUFACTURING MILLWRIGHTS MANUFACTURING PAINTERS MAINTENANCE MANUFACTURING SHEET METAL WORKERS MAINTENANCE MANUFACTURING V TOOL AND DIE MAKERS MANUFACTURING W o r k e r s w e r e distributed as follows See footnotes at end of tables i l ii ii at 6 40 to 6 60 a n d 1 at 6 60 to M A N U F A C T U R IN G PIPEFITTERS MAINTENANCE MANUFACTURING NONMANUFACTURING PUBLIC U TILITIE S i i i i T a b le A 5 C u s t o d ia l a nd m a t e r ia l m o v e m e n t o c c u p a ti o n s A v erage straigh t tim e hourly earnings fo r selected occupations studied on an a re a ba sis by industry division Davenport Rock Island M o lin e Iowa 111 F e b ru a ry 1972 N u m b e r of w o r k e r s receiving straight time hourly earnings of Hourly earnings3 Sex occupation a n d industry division Number of workers M edian2 Middle range 2 1 t i t t i t t AO AO t t t t t A 60 A 00 A 2 0 A A O A s t t 5 A0 5 60 and under and AO A A 0 0 A 20 A A 0 A 60 A A over HEN GUARDS AND WATCHMEN MANUFACTURING A A A 5 A GUARDS MANUFACTURING A 38 A A9 A 36 A 56 JANITORS PORTERS AND CLEANERS MANUFACTURING NONMANUFACTURING PUBLIC U TILITIE S A A A A A LABORERS MATERIAL HANDLING MANUFACTURING NONMANUFACTURING A3 A A 17 A 21 A 18 A A 3 A A A ORDER FILLERS MANUFACTURING A A A 3 A PACKERS SHIPPING MANUFACTURING A A 1A A 16 A A3 A A3 A 19 A A6 A 23 A AA RECEIVING CLERKS MANUFACTURING NONMANUFACTURING A 3 6A 3 63 3 6A A A A 2 A SHIPPING CLERKS MANUFACTURING NONMANUFACTURING A A6 3 A 6 A A A A A9 SHIPPING AND RECEIVING CLERKS MANUFACTURING A TRUCKORIVERS MANUFACTURING NONMANUFACTURING PUBLIC U TILITIE S A5 1 A3 A02 198 A 50 A 16 A A A5 A A8 A A0 5 A A A A2 3 65 A 56 A 32 5 AA 5 A 1 5 A 7 TRUCKORIVERS LIGHT UNDER 1 1 2 TONS I MANUFACTURING A A5 A A 55 TRUCKORIVERS MEDIUM TO AND INCLUDING A TONSI MANUFACTURING NONMANUFACTURING A A A A A A A 5 TRUCKORIVERS HEAVY OVER A TONS TRAILER TYPE MANUFACTURING NONMANUFACTURING A 68 A 08 A 78 A 39 A AA A A 1A A 1 A A A0 A A A A5 3 97 A A6 9 A See footnotes at end of tables 2 A A A 1A A A A A A A A i i 2A 2A A A AA AA A i A i A A i A 33 5 A A 73 A 3 A 5 A2 TRUCKERS POWER FORKLIFT MANUFACTURING n A2 A i A A A 1A A A A A ii A 1A A80 A C u s t o d ia l a n d m a t e r ia l m o v e m e n t o c c u p a t i o n s C o n t i n u e d T a b le A 5 A v e r a g e straight time hourly earnings for selected occupations studied o n an ar e a basis b y industry division D a v e n p o r t R o c k Island Moline Iowa Ill F e b r u a r y 1972 N u m b e r of w o r k e r s receiving straight time hourly earnings of Hourly earnings3 Sex occupation and industry division of workers Mean 2 Median2 Middle range 2 s Number TRUCKERS POWER A o o t 3 A t A 00 A 20 A A0 A 60 A A3 A 50 A 36 a 2 A A A 00 A 20 A A 0 A 60 A I3 3 t 39 34 WOMEN JANITORS PORTERS AND CLEANERS See footnotes at end of tables t A A0 5 60 over and CONTINUED OTHER THAN S and und e r 1 70 HEN A B Establishment practices and supplementary w a g e provisions T a b le B 1 M in im u m en tra n c e s a la rie s fo r w o m e n o ffic e w o rk e rs Distribution of e s t a b l i s h m e n t s studied in all industries a n d in industry divisions b y m i n i m u m e n t r a n c e salary for selected categories of i n e x p e r i e n c e d w o m e n o f f i ceworkers D a v e n p o r t R o c k Island M o l i n e Io w a F e b r u a r y 1972 Ine x p e r i e n c e d typists Manufacturing M i n i m u m w e e k l y straight time s a l a r y 4 O t h e r in e x p e r i e n c e d clerical w o r k e r s 5 Nonmanufacturing B a s e d o n stan d a r d w e e k l y h o u r s 6 of All industries All schedules All schedules XXX E s t a b l i s h m e n t s h a v i n g n o specified m i n i m u m XXX 18 E s t a b l i s h m e n t s w h i c h did not e m p l o y w o r k e r s in this c a t e g o r y XXX 28 E s t a b l i s h m e n t s h a v i n g a specified m i n i m u m and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and under under under under under under under under under under under under under under under and and and and and and and and under under under under under under under o ver See footnotes at end of t a b le s Nonmanufacturing B a s e d o n s t a n d a r d w e e k l y h o u r s 6 of All sched u l e s E s t a b l i s h m e n t s s t u d i e d Manufacturing All industries 40 All s c hedules 40 XXX XXX 54 XXX l l l l l l l XXX XX X 21 XXX XXX 25 8 XXX 17 XXX 1 T a b le B 2 S h ift d iffe re n tia ls Late shift p a y provi s i o n s for m a n u f a c t u r i n g p l a n t w o r k e r s b y type a n d a m o u n t of p a y differential D a v e n p o r t R o c k Island M o l i n e I o w a F e b r u a r y 197E Al jDlantworkej jnjTTanufacturing JiO O j er ent P e r c e n t of m a n u f a c t u r i n g p l a n t w o r k e r s In establishments having provisions 7 for late shifts Late shift pay provision Second shift T ota l No pay differential for work on late shift Actually working on late shifts Third or other shift Second shift Third or other shift Pay differential for work on late shift Type and amount of differential Uniform cents per hour cents cents cents cents cents cents cents cents cents cents V cents cents cents cents Uniform percentage percent percent percent 8 Other form al pay differen tial See footnotes at end of ta b le s T a b le B 3 S c h e d u le d w e e k ly h ou rs and days P e r c e n t distribution of p l a n t w o r k e r s a n d of f i c e w o r k e r s in all industries a n d in i n dustry divisions b y s c h e d u l e d w e e k l y h o u r s of first shift w o r k e r s D a v e n p o r t R o c k Island Mo l i n e I o w a F e b r u a r y 1972 Officeworkers Plantworkers W e e k l y hours and days All industries All w o r k e r s h o u r s 5 d a y s h o u r s 5 d a y s h o u r s 5 d a y s V 2 h o u r s 5 d a y s h o u r s 5 d a y s V 2 h o u r s 5 d a y s h o u r s 5 d a y s A 4 0 h o u r s 5 d a y s O v e r 4 0 a n d u n d e r 4 5 h o u r s d a y s V 2 d a y s d a y s h o u r s d a y s V 2 d a y s d a y s V 2 h o u r s d a y s V 2 d a y s V 2 h o u r s 5 V 2 d a y s h o u r s 6 d a y s h o u r s 6 V 2 d a y s S e e footnote at e n d of tables l Manufacturing P u blic utilities All industries Manufacturing P u b l i c utilities n n T a b le B 4 P a id h o lid a y s Percent distribution of plantworkers and officeworkers in all industries and in industry divisions by number of paid holidays provided annually Davenport Rock Island Moline Iowa February P la n tw o rk e rs O ffic e w o rk e rs Item A ll in d u stries A l l w o r k e r s W o r k e r s in e stab lish m en ts provid in g paid h o lid a y s W o r k e r s in e stablish m en ts provid in g no paid h o lid a y s M an u factu rin g P u b lic utilities A ll in d u stries M an u factu rin g P u b lic u tilities N u m b e r of days 1 h o lid a y h oliday plus 5 h a lf d a y s h o lid a y s h o lid a y s h o lid a y s plus 1 o r 2 h a lf d a y s h o lid a y s h o lid a y s h o lid ay s plu s 2 h a lf d ay s h o lid ay s holidays plus 1 h a lf d a y h olidays plus 2 h a lf d ay s h o lid a y s h o lid a y s h o lid a y s h olidays plus 1 h a lf day h o lid a y s T o ta l h o lid ay tim e 1 0 15 d a y s Vz days o r m o r e days o r m o r e days o r m o r e days o r m o r e V2 days o r m o r e days o r m o r e days o r m o r e days o r m o r e V2 days o r m o r e days o r m o r e days o r m o r e V2 days o r m o r e day o r m o r e See footnotes at end of tables T a b le B 5 P a id v a c a t io n s Percent distribution of plantworkers and officeworkers in all industries and in industry divisions by vacation pay provisions Davenport Rock Island Moline Iowa February P la n tw o rk e rs O ffic e w o r k e r s V acatio n p o lic y A ll in d u strie s A l l w o r k e r s M an u factu rin g P u b lic u tilities A l l in d u stries M an u factu rin g P u b lic u tilities n M ethod of paym ent W o r k e r s in esta b lish m e n ts p ro v id in g paid v a c a tio n s L e n g t h o f t im e paym ent P e rc e n ta g e paym ent W o r k e r s in esta b lish m e n ts p ro v id in g no paid v a c a tio n s Am ount of v a catio n pay 1 1 A ft e r 6 m onths of s e r v ic e U n d er 1 w eek w eek O v e r 1 and un der 2 w e e k s w e e k s After 1 y e a r of s e r v ic e 1 w eek O v e r 1 and un der 2 w e e k s weeks O v e r 2 and u n der 3 w e e k s w e e k s A ft e r 2 y e a r s of s e r v ic e 1 w eek O v e r 1 and u n der 2 w e e k s w e e k s O v e r 2 and u n d er 3 w e e k s w e e k s A ft e r 3 y e a r s of s e r v ic e 1 w eek O v e r 1 and un der 2 w e e k s w e e k s O v e r 2 and un der 3 w e e k s w e e k s O v e r 3 and un der 4 w e e k s A ft e r 4 y e a r s of s e r v ic e l Week O v e r 1 and u n d er 2 w e e k s w eek s O v e r 2 and u n d er 3 w e e k s w eeks r O v e r 3 and u n d er 4 w e e k s See footnotes at end of tables T a b le B 5 P a id v a c a t io n s C o n t in u e d Percent distribution of plantworkers and officeworkers in all industries and in industry divisions by vacation pay provisions Davenport Rock Island Moline Iowa February P la n t w o r k e r s O ff ic e w o r ke r s V a catio n p o lic y A ll in d u strie s M an u factu rin g P u b lic utilities A l l in d u stries M an u factu rin g P u b lic u tilities Am ount of v acation pay 11 Continued A ft e r 5 y e a r s of s e r v ic e 1 w eek O v e r 1 and un der 2 w e e k s w e e k s O v e r 2 and un der 3 w e e k s w e e k s O v e r 3 and u n d er 4 w e e k s A ft e r 10 y e a r s of s e r v ic e W eek w e e k s O v e r 2 and un der 3 w e e k s w e e k s O v e r 3 and under 4 w e e k s w e e k s O v e r 4 and un der 5 w e e k s A ft e r 12 y e a r s of s e rv ic e 1 w eek weeks O v e r 2 and un der 3 w e e k s w e e k s O v e r 3 and un d er 4 w e e k s w e e k s O v e r 4 and un der 5 w e e k s A ft e r 15 y e a r s of s e r v ic e 1 w e e k w e e k s O v e r 2 and u n d er 3 w e e k s w e e k s O v e r 3 and un d er 4 w e e k s w e e k s O v e r 4 and un der 5 w e e k s n A ft e r 20 y e a r s of s e r v ic e l w eek w e e k s O v e r 2 and un der 3 w e e k s w e e k s O v e r 3 and un der 4 w e e k s w e e k s O v e r 4 and un der 5 w e e k s w eeks O v e r 5 and u n d er 6 w e e k s See footnotes at end of tables i T a b le B 5 P a id v a c a t io n s C o n tin u e d P e r c e n t d istrib u tio n of p lant w orkers and o ffic e w o r k e r s in a ll in d u s trie s and in in d u stry d iv isio n s b y v a catio n pay p r o v is io n s D aven port o c k Is la n d M o lin e Iow a 111 F e b r u a r y 1972 R O ffic e w o r k e r s P la n tw o rk e r s V ac a tio n p o lic y A l l in d u strie s M an u factu rin g i n i P u b lic u tilities A l l in d u stries M an u factu rin g P u b lic u tilities Am ount of vacatio n p o l i c y 11 Continued A ft e r 25 y e a r s of s e r v ic e 1 w eek w e e k s O v e r 2 and u n der 3 w e e k s w e e k s O v e r 3 and u n der 4 w e e k s w e e k s O v e r 4 and un der 5 w e e k s w e e k s O v e r 5 and un der 6 w e e k s A ft e r 30 y e a r s of s e r v ic e 1 1 w e e k w e e k s O v e r 2 and un der 3 w e e k s w e e k s O v e r 3 and u n d er 4 w e e k s w e e k s O v e r 4 and un der 5 w e e k s w e e k s O v e r 5 and under 6 w e e k s w e e k s M a x im u m vacatio n a v a ila b le 1 w e e k w e e k s O v e r 2 and u n d er 3 w e e k s w e e k s O v e r 3 and u n der 4 w e e k s w e e k s O v e r 4 and u n der 5 w e e k s w e e k s O v e r 5 and under 6 w e e k s w e e k s O v e r 6 w e e k s See footnotes at end of tables s T a b le B 6 H e a lt h in s u r a n c e a n d p e n s io n p la n s P e r c e n t of p la n tw o rk e rs and o ffic e w o r k e r s in a ll in d u s trie s and in in d u stry d iv isio n s em p loyed in esta b lish m e n ts p ro v id in g health in s u ra n c e o r pen sion b en efits D avenport R ock Islan d M o lin e Iowa Ill F e b r u a r y 1972 P la n tw o rk e rs Type of ben efit and financing 1 2 A ll in d u stries M an u factu rin g O ffic e w o rk e rs P u b lic u tilities A ll in du stries M an u factu rin g P u b lic u tilities A l l w o r k e r s W o r k e r s in esta b lish m e n ts p ro vid in g at le a s t 1 o f the ben efits shown b e lo w L ife in s u r a n c e N o n co n tribu to ry p la n s A c c id e n ta l death and d ism e m b e rm e n t in su ra n c e N o n co n trib u to ry p la n s S ick n ess and accident in su ran ce o r sick le a v e o r both S ick n ess and accident in su ra n c e N on co n tribu to ry p la n s Sick le a v e fu ll pay and no w aitin g p e r io d Sick le a v e p a r t ia l pay or w aitin g p e r io d L o n g t e r m d is a b ility in su ra n c e N o n co n trib u to ry p la n s H o sp ita liza tio n in su ra n c e N on co n tribu to ry p la n s S u rg ic a l in su ra n c e N o n co n tribu to ry p la n s M e d ic a l in s u r a n c e N o n co n tribu to ry p la n s M a jo r m e d ic a l in s u r a n c e N o n co n tribu to ry p la n s D ental in s u r a n c e N o n co n trib u to ry p la n s R etirem en t pension N o n co n tribu to ry p la n s See footnotes at end o f t a b le s Footnotes A ll of th ese 1 at S tan d ard re g u la r 2 The is m ean 3 4 is by E x c lu d e s T h ese th e of ra te s of and th e pay each a t h is fo r jo b b u lle t in w h ic h by of t o t a lin g th e o v e rtim e fo r m a lly e m p lo y e e s co rresp o n d su rv ey ed fo u rth fo r to to e a rn in g s e m p lo y e e s pay r e la t e a p p ly w o rk w eek fo r th e p re m iu m s a la r ie s not r a t e s co m p u ted h a lf 2 m ay r e fle c t p re m iu m p o s itio n d e fin e d fo o tn o te s h o u rs an d or d e s ig n a te s ran ge stan d ard th e re c e iv e w o rk e rs and fo r e s t a b lis h e d th e ir th e se w e e k ly e a rn in g s m o re earn w o rk re c e iv e to on of th an le s s a ll w o rk e rs rate th e th an lo w e r and sh ow n of h o lid a y s s ta rtin g s tra ig h t tim e s a la r ie s e x c lu s iv e of pay fo r o v e rtim e h o u rs th e w eek en d s m in im u m re g u la r th ese and h ir in g d iv id in g h a lf ra te s la t e by th e re c e iv e and le s s a n u m ber th an fo u rth of th e e arn w o rk e rs ra te The show n m o re th an m e d ia n The th e m id d le h ig h e r rate s h ifts r e g u la r s tra ig h t t im e s a la r ie s th at are p a id fo r stan d ard w o rk w eek s 5 E x c lu d e s w o rk e rs 6 D ata p resen ted i In c lu d e s s h ift s even to ta l A ll 1 3 lim it e d of th o se p ay m en ts 10 in fu ll as e s t a b lis h m e n t s and w it h 9 and o n ly r e fle c t lis te d th o se U n d u p lic a t e d a llo w a n c e s th e w e re h a lf fu ll not days days m e sse n g e r c o m b in e d c u r r e n t ly c u r r e n t ly th at and w h ic h th an le n g t h of in d iv id u a l th o se a fte r typ e p la n s add to no h a lf of and fo r o p e ra tin g th e la t e o p e ra tin g la t e th e am ount days fo r 5 and fo r 3 a re e n t ir e ly such annual p ro v is io n s b e n e fit fin a n c e d t im e betw een e lig ib le of of 2 p ercen t o c c u rrin g in c lu d e s r a ilr o a d th o se o th er a paym ent p ro v is io n s y e a rs E s tim a te s to in such w o rk w eek s m ost com m on s h ifts and stan d ard w o rk w eek s e s t a b lis h m e n t s w h ose rep o rte d fo rm a l p ro v is io n s co ver la t e s h ifts p ercen t e x a m p le n e c e s s a r ily in c lu d e s e c u rity le a v e fo r changes 1 2 jo b s stan d ard sam e 8 fu ll days a re and c o m b in e d 2 h a lf fo r d ays e x a m p le 7 fu ll days th e and p r o p o r t io n 4 h a lf d ay s of w o rk e rs and so on re c e iv in g a P ro p o rtio n s c u m u la t e d a fte r p la n s in c lu d e s In c lu d e s do not m o re a ll p ercen t c o m b in a tio n s days s u b c le r ic a l fo r e s t a b lis h m e n t s th an b a s is in c lu d e th e th an 9 1 1 and th ou gh in p la n t w o r k e r s L e ss w e re t im e a ll L e ss of th en a re 10 fo r a ll th e p ercen tage of annual w a s c o n s id e re d p ro g re s s io n F o r e x a m p le y e a rs E s tim a te s a re m o re a fte r fe w e r p la n s o r fo r e m p lo y e r w h ic h at e a rn in g s as pay w eek s by as e a rn in g s le a s t E x c lu d e d are o r 1 w e e k s th e changes c u m u la t iv e y e a rs a p art le g a lly fla t s u m pay of of in p ay m en ts P e rio d s of p r o p o r t io n s T h u s th e c o n v erted s e rv ic e w e re in d ic a t e d p ro p o rtio n at e lig ib le to an ch osen e q u iv a le n t a r b it r a r ily 10 y e a r s fo r 3 s e rv ic e w eek s pay or s e rv ic e th e cost re q u ire d is p la n s bo rn e such b y as th e e m p lo y e r w o r k m e n s N o n c o n t r ib u t o r y c o m p e n s a tio n s o c ia l re t ir e m e n t to tal of w o rk e rs d e fin it e ly d e te rm in e d on re c e iv in g e s t a b lis h an at in d iv id u a l s ic k le a s t b a s is le a v e th e a re o r s ic k n e s s m in im u m n u m ber and of a c c id e n t d ay s pay in s u ra n c e th at can sh ow n be s e p a r a t e ly exp ected by b e lo w each S ic k e m p lo y e e le a v e p la n s In fo rm a l are s ic k e x c lu d e d J A p p e n d ix O c c u p a tio n a l D e s c rip tio n s T h e p r im a r y p u rp o s e o f p r e p a r in g jo b d e s c r ip t io n s fo r th e B u r e a u s w a g e s u r v e y s is to a s s is t its f ie ld s t a ff in c la s s ify in g in to a p p r o p r ia te o c c u p a tio n s w o r k e r s who a r e e m p lo y e d u n d er a v a r ie t y o f p a y r o ll t i t l e s and d iffe r e n t w o r k a r r a n g e m e n ts f r o m e s ta b lis h m e n t to e s ta b lis h m e n t and fr o m a r e a to a r e a T h is p e r m it s th e g ro u p in g o f o c c u p a tio n a l w a g e r a t e s r e p r e s e n t in g c o m p a r a b le jo b c o n ten t B e c a u s e o f th is e m p h a s is on in te r e s ta b lis h m e n t and in t e r a r e a c o m p a r a b ilit y o f o c c u p a tio n a l con te n t th e B u r e a u s jo b d e s c r ip t io n s m a y d i f f e r s ig n ific a n t ly f r o m th o s e in u se in in d iv id u a l e s ta b lis h m e n ts o r th o s e p r e p a r e d fo r o th e r p u r p o s e s In a p p ly in g th e s e jo b d e s c r ip t io n s th e B u r e a u s f i e l d e c o n o m is ts a r e in s tr u c te d to e x c lu d e w o r k in g s u p e r v is o r s a p p r e n tic e s le a r n e r s b e g in n e r s t r a in e e s and h a n d ica p p ed p a r t t im e t e m p o r a r y and p r o b a t io n a r y w o r k e r s O F F IC E C L E R K A C C O U N T IN G C o n tin u ed B I L L E R M A C H IN E P r e p a r e s s ta te m e n ts b i l l s and in v o ic e s on a m a c h in e o th e r than an o r d in a r y o r e l e c t r o m a t ic t y p e w r it e r M a y a ls o k e e p r e c o r d s as to b illin g s o r sh ip p in g c h a r g e s o r p e r f o r m o th e r c l e r i c a l w o r k in c id e n ta l to b illin g o p e r a t io n s F o r w a g e stu d y p u r p o s e s b i l l e r s m a c h in e a r e c l a s s if ie d b y ty p e o f m a c h in e as f o llo w s P o s it io n s a r e B i l l e r m a c h in e b illin g m a c h in e U s e s a s p e c ia l b illin g m a c h in e c o m b in a tio n ty p in g and a d d in g m a c h in e to p r e p a r e b ills and in v o ic e s f r o m c u s t o m e r s p u rc h a s e o r d e r s in t e r n a lly p r e p a r e d o r d e r s sh ip p in g m e m o r a n d u m s e t c U s u a lly in v o lv e s a p p lic a tio n o f p r e d e te r m in e d d is c o u n ts and sh ip p in g c h a r g e s and e n t r y o f n e c e s s a r y e x te n s io n s w h ich m a y o r m a y not be co m p u te d on the b illin g m a c h in e and to ta ls w h ich a r e a u to m a tic a lly a c c u m u la te d b y m a c h in e T h e o p e r a tio n u s u a lly in v o lv e s a l a r g e n u m b e r o f c a rb o n c o p ie s o f th e b i l l b e in g p r e p a r e d and is o fte n d on e on a fa n fo ld m a c h in e CLERK C la s s A C l a s s i f i e s and in d e x e s f i l e m a t e r ia l such a s c o r r e s p o n d e n c e r e p o r t s te c h n ic a l d o c u m e n ts e t c in an e s ta b lis h e d f ilin g s y s te m c o n ta in in g a n u m b er o f v a r ie d s u b je c t m a t t e r f i l e s M a y a ls o f i l e th is m a t e r ia l M a y k e e p r e c o r d s o f v a r io u s ty p e s in con ju n ctio n w ith th e f i l e s M a y le a d a s m a ll g ro u p o f lo w e r l e v e l f i l e c le r k s O p e r a te s a b o o k k e e p in g m a c h in e w ith o r w ith o u t a t y p e w r it e r k e y b o a r d to k e e p a r e c o r d o f b u s in e s s t r a n s a c tio n s C la s s B S o r t s c o d e s and f i l e s in g s o r p a r t ly c l a s s i f i e d m a t e r ia l b y c r o s s r e f e r e n c e a id s A s r e q u e s te d w a rd s m a t e r ia l M a y p e r f o r m r e la t e d C la s s A K e e p s a s e t o f r e c o r d s r e q u ir in g a k n o w le d g e o f and e x p e r ie n c e in b a s ic b o o k k e e p in g p r in c ip le s and f a m i l i a r i t y w ith th e s t r u c tu r e o f th e p a r t ic u la r a c c o u n tin g s y s te m u s e d D e t e r m in e s p r o p e r r e c o r d s and d is tr ib u tio n o f d e b it and c r e d it it e m s to be u sed in e a ch p h a s e o f th e w o r k M a y p r e p a r e c o n s o lid a te d r e p o r t s b a la n c e s h e e ts and o th e r r e c o r d s b y hand T h e w o r k r e q u ir e s a k n o w le d g e o f c l e r i c a l m e th o d s and o f f ic e p r a c t ic e s and p r o c e d u r e s w h ic h r e la t e s to th e c l e r i c a l p r o c e s s in g and r e c o r d in g o f tr a n s a c tio n s and a c c o u n tin g in fo r m a tio n W ith e x p e r ie n c e th e w o r k e r t y p ic a lly b e c o m e s f a m i l i a r w ith the b o o k k e e p in g and a cc o u n tin g t e r m s and p r o c e d u r e s u sed in th e a s s ig n e d w o r k but is not r e q u ir e d to h a v e a k n o w le d g e o f the fo r m a l p r in c ip le s o f b o o k k e e p in g and a c c o u n tin g NO TE u n c la s s ifie d m a t e r ia l b y s im p le s u b je c t m a t t e r h ea d f in e r s u b h ea d in gs P r e p a r e s s im p le r e la t e d in d e x and lo c a t e s c l e a r l y id e n t ifie d m a t e r ia l in f i l e s and f o r c l e r i c a l ta s k s r e q u ir e d to m a in ta in and s e r v ic e f il e s C la s s C P e r f o r m s ro u tin e f ilin g o f m a t e r ia l th a t has a lr e a d y b e e n c la s s if ie d o r w hich is e a s ily c l a s s i f i e d in a s im p le s e r ia l c la s s ific a t io n s y s te m e g 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E x c lu s io n s N o t a l l p o s it io n s th a t a r e t it le d s e c r e t a r y p o s s e s s th e a b o v e c h a r a c t e r is t ic s o f p o s it io n s w h ic h a r e e x c lu d e d f r o m th e d e fin it io n a r e as fo llo w s a P o s it io n s b s e r v in g m eet th e as o f f i c e p e r s o n a l secre ta ry concept C 2 S e c r e t a r y to th e h ea d o f an in d iv id u a l p la n t f a c t o r y e t c o r o th e r e q u iv a le n t l e v e l o f o f f i c i a l th a t e m p lo y s in a ll f e w e r th an p e r s o n s D 1 S e c r e t a r y to th e s u p e r v is o r o r h ea d o f a s m a ll o r g a n iz a t io n a l u n it e g fe w e r than about 25 o r 30 p e r s o n s or 2 S e c r e t a r y to a n o n s u p e r v is o r y s t a ff s p e c ia lis t p r o fe s s io n a l e m p lo y e e a d m in is t r a t i v e o f f i c e r o r a s s is t a n t s k ille d te c h n ic ia n o r e x p e r t N O T E M a n y c o m p a n ie s a s s ig n s t e n o g r a p h e r s r a 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y f o f a m a jo r 2 S e c r e t a r y to a c o r p o r a t e o f f i c e r o t h e r than th e c h a ir m a n o f th e b o a r d o r p r e s id e n t o f a c o m p a n y th a t e m p lo y s in a ll o v e r 100 but f e w e r than p e r s o n s o r M E S S E N G E R O ffic e B oy o r G ir l b 1 S e c r e t a r y to th e c h a ir m a n o f th e b o a r d o r p r e s id e n t o f a c o m p a n y th a t e m p lo y s in o v e r 100 but f e w e r th an p e r s o n s o r 1 above P r i m a r y d u ty is to ta k e d ic t a t io n u s in g sh o rth a n d and to t r a n s c r ib e th e d ic ta tio n M a y a ls o ty p e fr o m w r it t e n c o p y M a y o p e r a t e fr o m a s te n o g r a p h ic p o o l M a y o c c a s io n a lly t r a n s c r ib e fr o m v o ic e r e c o r d in g s i f p r i m a r y duty is t r a n s c r ib in g f r o m r e c o r d in g s s e e T r a n s c r ib in g M a c h in e O p e r a t o r G e n e r a l a s s is ta n ts t o a g r o u p o f p r o fe s s io n a l te c h n ic a l o r d S e c r e t a r y p o s it io n s in w h ic h th e d u tie s a r e e it h e r s u b s ta n tia lly m o r e r o u tin e o r su b s t a n t ia lly m o r e c o m p le x and r e s p o n s ib le than th o s e c h a r a c t e r iz e d in the d e fin itio n N O T E T h is jo b is d is tin g u is h e d fr o m th a t o f a s e c r e t a r y in th a t a s e c r e t a r y n o r m a lly w o r k s in a c o n fid e n t ia l r e la t io n s h ip w ith o n ly on e m a n a g e r o r e x e c u t iv e and p e r fo r m s m o r e r e s p o n s ib le and d is c r e t io n a r y ta s k s as d e s c r ib e d in th e s e c r e t a r y jo b d e fin itio n S te n o g r a p h e r G e n e r a l e A s s is t a n t ty p e p o s it io n s w h ic h in v o lv e m o r e d if f ic u lt o r m o r e n ic a l a d m in is t r a t iv e s u p e r v is o r y o r s p e c ia liz e d c l e r i c a l d u tie s w h ic h s e c r e ta r ia l w o rk r e s p o n s ib le t e c h a r e n ot t y p ic a l o f D ic ta tio n in v o lv e s a n o r m a l r o u tin e v o c a b u la r y M a y m a in ta in f i l e s k e e p s im p le r e c o r d s o r p e r f o r m o t h e r r e l a t i v e l y ro u tin e c l e r i c a l t a s k s 25 T A B U L A T IN G M A C H IN E O P E R A T O R E le c tr ic A ccounting Machine O p era to r Continued S T E N O G R A P H E R Continued P o sition s a re c la s s ifie d into le v e ls on the basis o f the fo llo w in g definitions Stenographer Senior D ictation in vo lv es a v a rie d tech n ical o r s p e c ia lize d voca b u la ry such as in le g a l b r ie fs o r re p orts on scie n tific re sea rch M ay also set up and m aintain file s keep r e c o r d s etc OR P e r fo r m s stenographic duties re q u irin g sig n ific a n tly g r e a te r independence and resp o n s ib ility than sten ograph er ge n era l as evidenced by the fo llow in g W ork re q u ire s a high d eg ree o f stenographic speed and a ccu racy a thorough w orkin g knowledge o f ge n era l business and o ffic e procedu re and o f the sp e c ific business opera tio n s orga n ization p o lic ie s p r o c e du res file s w orkflow etc Uses this knowledge in p erfo rm in g stenographic duties and respon sib le c le r ic a l tasks such as m aintaining follow u p file s a ssem blin g m a te r ia l fo r re p o rts m em orandum s and le tte rs com posing sim ple le tte rs fr o m gen era l in stru ction s read ing and routing incom ing m a il and answ erin g routine qu estions etc SW ITC H B O AR D O P E R A T O R C lass A O perates a sin gle o r m u ltiple p osition telephone sw itchboard handling incom ing outgoing intraplant o r o ffic e c a lls P e r fo r m s fu ll telephone in form a tion s e r v ic e o r handles com p lex c a lls such as co n feren ce c o lle c t o v e rs e a s o r s im ila r c a lls eith er in addition to doing routine w ork as d escrib ed fo r sw itchboard o p e ra to r cla ss B o r as a fu ll tim e assignm ent F u ll telephone in form a tion s e r v ic e o ccu rs when the establish m ent has v a rie d functions that a re not re a d ily understandable fo r telephone in form a tion pu rp oses e g because o f o verla p p in g o r in te rre la te d functions and consequently p resen t frequ ent p rob le m s as to which extensions a re a p propriate fo r c a lls C lass B O perates a single o r m u ltiple p osition telephone sw itchboard handling in com ing outgoing intraplant o r o ffic e c a lls M ay handle routine long distance c a lls and re c o r d to lls M ay p e r fo rm lim ite d telephone in form a tion s e r v ic e L im it e d telephone in form a tion s e r v ic e o ccu rs i f the functions o f the establishm ent s e r v ic e d a re re a d ily understandable fo r telephone in form a tion pu rposes o r i f the requ ests a re routine e g givin g extension numbers when s p e c ific names a re furnished o r i f co m p le x ca lls a re r e fe r r e d to another o p e ra to r Th ese c la ssifica tio n s do not include sw itchboard o p era to rs in telephone com panies who a ssist cu stom ers in placing ca lls SW ITC H B O AR D O P E R A T O R R E C E P T IO N IS T In addition to p erfo rm in g duties o f o p era to r on a s in gle p o sitio n o r m o n ito r ty p e sw itch board acts as recep tio n ist and m ay also type o r p e r fo rm routine c le r ic a l w ork as part o f regu la r duties Th is typing o r c le r ic a l w ork m ay take the m a jo r p a rt o f this w o r k e r s tim e w hile at sw itchboard T A B U L A T IN G M A C H IN E O P E R A T O R E le c tr ic A ccounting Machine O p era to r O perates one o r a v a rie ty o f m achines such as the tabu lator ca lcu la tor c o lla to r in t e r p r e te r s o rte r reprodu cing punch etc Excluded fro m this defin ition a re w orkin g s u p erviso rs A ls o excluded a re o p era to rs o f ele c tro n ic d ig ita l com pu ters even though they m ay also o pera te E A M equipment C la ss A P e r fo r m s com p lete re p ortin g and tabulating assignm ents including d evisin g d iffic u lt co n trol panel w irin g under gen era l su p ervision A ssignm ents ty p ic a lly in vo lv e a v a rie ty o f long and co m p lex re p o rts which often a re ir r e g u la r o r n on recu rrin g re q u irin g som e planning o f the nature and sequencing o f operations and the use o f a v a rie ty o f m a chines Is ty p ic a lly in volved in train in g new o p era to rs in m achine operations o r train in g lo w e r le v e l o p era to rs in w irin g fro m dia gra m s and in the o pera tin g sequences o f long and com p lex re p o r ts Does not include position s in which w irin g re s p o n s ib ility is lim ite d to sele ction and in s ertio n o f p r e w ire d boards C la ss B P e r fo r m s w ork accordin g to establish ed p roced u res and under sp e c ific in stru ctions A ssign m en ts ty p ic a lly in volve com plete but routine and re c u rrin g re p orts o r parts o f la r g e r and m o re com p lex re p o rts O perates m o re d iffic u lt tabulating o r e le c tr ic a l a c counting m achines such as the tabulator and ca lcu la tor in addition to the sim p ler m achines used by cla ss C o p e ra to rs M ay be requ ired to do som e w irin g fr o m d ia gra m s M ay tra in new em p loy ees in basic m achine operations C la ss C Under sp e c ific in stru ction s o pera tes sim ple tabulating o r e le c tr ic a l accounting m achines such as the s o rte r in te rp r e te r reprodu cin g punch c o lla to r etc A ssign m en ts ty p ic a lly in vo lv e portions o f a w ork unit fo r exam ple individual so rtin g o r co lla tin g runs o r re p e titiv e o p era tio n s M ay p e r fo rm sim ple w irin g fr o m d ia gra m s and do som e filin g w ork T R A N S C R IB IN G M A C H IN E O P E R A T O R G E N E R A L P r im a r y duty is to tra n s c rib e dictation in volvin g a n orm a l routine vocabu lary fro m tra n scrib in g m a ch in e re c o r d s M ay also type fro m w ritten copy and do sim ple c le r ic a l w ork W ork ers tra n scrib in g dictation in volvin g a v a rie d tech nical o r s p e c ia lize d voca bu la ry such as le g a l b r ie fs o r re p o rts on sc ie n tific re sea rch a re not included A w o rk e r who takes dictation in shorthand o r by Stenotype o r s im ila r m achine is c la s s ifie d as a sten ograph er T Y P IS T U ses a ty p e w r ite r to m ake copies o f variou s m a te r ia ls o r to m ake out b ills a fte r ca lcu la tions have been m ade by another person M ay include typing o f sten cils m ats o r s im ila r m a te ria ls fo r use in duplicating p r o c e s s e s M ay do c le r ic a l w ork in volvin g lit t le sp e cia l tra in in g such as keeping sim ple re c o r d s filin g re co rd s and re p o rts o r sortin g and distribu tin g incom ing m a il C la ss A P e r fo r m s one o r m o re o f the fo llo w in g Typing m a te r ia l in final fo rm when it in volv es com bining m a te r ia l fro m s e v e ra l sou rces o r re s p o n s ib ility fo r c o r r e c t spellin g sy llab ica tio n punctuation etc o f tech nical o r unusual w ords o r fo re ig n language m a te ria l o r planning layout and typing o f com plicated s ta tistica l ta b les to m aintain u n iform ity and balance in spacing M ay type routine fo rm le tte r s v a ry in g d eta ils to suit circu m sta n ces C lass B P e r fo r m s one o r m o re o f the fo llo w in g Copy typing fro m rough o r c le a r d rafts o r routine typing o f fo rm s insurance p o lic ie s etc o r setting up sim ple standard tabulations o r copyin g m o re com plex tables a lrea d y set up and spaced p r o p e rly P R O F E S S IO N A L A N D T E C H N IC A L C O M P U T E R O P E R A T O R Continued C O M PU TER OPER ATO R M o n ito rs and o perates the control console o f a d ig ita l com puter to p ro ce ss data accordin g to o peratin g in stru ction s usually p rep a red by a p r o g ra m e r W ork includes m o st o f the fo llo w in g Studies in stru ction s to determ in e equipment setup and o peration s loads equipment with requ ired item s tape r e e ls card s e tc sw itches n ecess a ry a u x ilia ry equipment into c ir c u it and starts and op era tes com puter m akes adjustments to com puter to c o r r e c t operatin g problem s and m eet sp e cia l conditions re view s e r r o r s m ade during operation and determ in es cause o r r e fe r s p roblem to su p erviso r o r p ro g ra m e r and m aintains operatin g re c o r d s M ay test and a s s is t in c o rr e c tin g p ro g ra m F o r w age study pu rposes com puter o p era to rs a re c la s s ifie d as fo llo w s C lass A O perates independently o r under only gen era l d irection a com puter running p rog ra m s with m ost o f the fo llow in g c h a ra c te ris tic s N ew p rog ra m s a re freq u en tly tested and introduced scheduling requ irem en ts a re o f c r itic a l im portan ce to m in im iz e downtime the p ro g ra m s a re o f com plex design so that id en tifica tion o f e r r o r sou rce often re q u ires a w orking knowledge o f the total p ro g ra m and altern ate p rog ra m s m a y not be a va ila b le M ay g iv e d irectio n and guidance to lo w e r le v e l o p era to rs C lass B O perates independently o r under only ge n era l d irection a com puter running p ro g ra m s with m ost o f the fo llo w in g c h a ra c te ris tic s M ost o f the p ro g ra m s a re establish ed production runs ty p ic a lly run on a re g u la rly re c u rrin g basis there is lit t le o r no testin g o f new p ro g ra m s re q u ired a ltern a te p ro g ra m s a re provid ed in case o rig in a l p rogra m needs m a jo r change o r cannot be c o rr e c te d within a reason able tim e In comm on e r r o r situa tion s diagn oses cause and takes c o r r e c t iv e action Th is usually in vo lv es applying p revio u s ly p ro g ra m ed c o r r e c t iv e steps o r using standard c o rr e c tio n techniques OR O perates under d ir e c t su p ervisio n a com puter running p ro g ra m s o r segm ents o f p rog ra m s with the c h a ra c te ris tic s d es crib e d fo r cla ss A M ay a ssist a h igh er le v e l o p era to r by in de pendently p e r fo rm in g le s s d iffic u lt tasks a ssigned and p e r fo rm in g d ifficu lt tasks fo llow in g d eta iled in stru ction s and with frequent r e v ie w o f operations p e rfo rm e d C lass C W orks on routine p rog ra m s under clo s e su p ervision Is expected to d evelop w orking know ledge o f the com puter equipment used and a b ility to detect problem s in volved in running routine p ro g ra m s U su ally has re c e iv e d som e fo rm a l tra in in g in com puter operation M ay a s s is t h igh er le v e l o p era to r on com p lex p ro g ra m s C O M P U T E R P R O G R A M E R BUSINESS C on verts statem ents o f business p rob le m s ty p ic a lly p rep a red by a system s analyst into a sequence o f deta iled in stru ction s which a re re q u ired to so lve the problem s by automatic data p ro ce ssin g equipm ent W orking fro m charts o r d ia gra m s the p r o g ra m e r develops the p r e c is e in structions which when en tered into the com puter system in coded language cause the manipulation 26 C O M PU TE R P R O G R A M E R BUSINESS Continued o f data to a ch ieve d es ire d re su lts W ork in volv es m o st o f the fo llo w in g A p p lies knowledge o f com puter c a p a b ilities m a th em a tics lo g ic em ployed by com pu ters and p a rticu la r subject m a tter in volved to analyze charts and d ia gra m s o f the p rob le m to be p rogra m ed develop s sequence o f p rog ra m steps w rite s deta iled flo w charts to show o rd e r in which data w ill be p roce ssed co n verts these charts to coded instructions fo r m achine to fo llow tests and c o rr e c ts p rog ra m s p rep a res instructions fo r operatin g personn el during production run a nalyzes re v ie w s and a lters p rog ra m s to in cre a s e operatin g e ffic ie n c y o r adapt to new requ irem en ts m aintains re c o rd s o f p rog ra m developm en t and re v is io n s N O T E W ork ers p erfo rm in g both system s analysis and p r o gram in g should be c la s s ifie d as system s analysts i f this is the sk ill used to determ in e th e ir pay Does not include em p loyees p r im a r ily resp o n sib le fo r the managem ent o r su pervision o f other elec tro n ic data p ro ce ssin g em p lo y ees o r p r o g ra m e r s p r im a rily concerned with scie n tific and or en gin eering p ro b le m s F o r w age study p u rp oses p r o g ra m e r s a re c la s s ifie d as fo llow s C lass A W orks independently o r under only ge n era l d irectio n on com p lex prob lem s which re q u ire com petence in a ll phases o f p rog ra m in g concepts and p ra c tic es W orking fro m d ia gram s and charts which id en tify the nature o f d es ire d re su lts m a jo r p ro ce ssin g steps to be accom plished and the relationships betw een va rio u s steps o f the p roblem solvin g routine plans the fu ll ran ge o f prog ra m in g actions needed to e ffic ie n tly u tilize the com puter system in ach ievin g d es ire d end products A t this le v e l p rog ra m in g is d ifficu lt because com puter equipment m ust be o rga n ized to produce s e v e ra l in te rre la te d but d iv e rs e products fro m numerous and d iv e rs e data elem en ts A w ide v a rie ty and exten sive number o f in tern al p ro ce ssin g actions must o ccu r This requ ires such actions as developm en t o f com m on operations which can be reused establishm ent of linkage points betw een o p era tio n s adjustm ents to data when p rog ra m requ irem en ts exceed com puter stora ge capacity and substantial m anipulation and resequ encing o f data elem ents to fo rm a h igh ly in tegra ted p ro g ra m M ay p rovid e functional d ire c tio n to lo w e r le v e l p ro g ra m e rs who a re assigned to a ssist C lass B W orks independently o r under only gen era l d irection on r e la tiv e ly sim ple p ro g ra m s o r on sim ple segm ents o f co m p lex p ro g ra m s P ro g ra m s o r segm en ts usually p ro ce ss in form a tion to produce data in two o r th ree v a rie d sequences o r fo rm a ts R eports and listin g s a re produced by refin in g adapting a rra y in g o r making m in o r additions to or deletion s fr o m input data which a re re a d ily a va ila b le W hile numerous re c o rd s m ay be p ro ce ssed the data have been refin ed in p r io r actions so that the accu ra cy and sequencing o f data can be tested by using a few routine checks T y p ic a lly the p rog ra m deals with routine re co rd k ee p in g type operations OR W orks on co m p lex p rog ra m s as d es crib e d fo r cla ss A under clo se d irectio n o f a high er le v e l p r o g ra m e r o r su p erviso r M ay a ssist h igh er le v e l p ro g ra m e r by independently p e r fo rm in g le s s d iffic u lt tasks assigned and p erfo rm in g m o re d ifficu lt tasks under fa ir ly clo se d irection M ay guide o r in stru ct lo w e r le v e l p r o g ra m e r s C la ss C M akes p r a c tic a l applications o f p rog ra m in g p ra c tic es and concepts usually lea rn ed in fo rm a l tra in in g c o u rses A ssign m en ts a re designed to develop com petence in the application o f standard proced u res to routine p rob lem s R e c e iv e s clo se su pervision on new aspects o f assignm ents and w ork is re view ed to v e r ify its accu racy and conform ance with re q u ired p roce d u res C O M P U T E R SYS TE M S A N A L Y S T BUSINESS A n a ly ze s business prob lem s to form u la te p rocedu res fo r solvin g them by use o f e lec tro n ic data p ro ce ssin g equipment D evelops a com plete descrip tio n o f a ll sp ecification s needed to enable p ro g ra m e rs to p re p a re re q u ired d ig ita l com puter p ro g ra m s W ork in volves m ost of the fo llo w in g A n a ly zes su b jec t m a tter operations to be automated and id en tifies conditions and c r ite r ia requ ired to ach ieve s a tis fa c to ry resu lts s p e cifies number and types of re c o rd s file s and documents to be used outlines actions to be p e rfo rm e d by personn el and com puters in su fficient detail fo r presen tation to m anagem ent and fo r prog ra m in g ty p ic a lly this in volves preparation o f w ork and data flo w ch a rts coordin ates the developm ent o f test problem s and p a rticip ates in tr ia l runs of new and re v is e d sy stem s and recom m en ds equipment changes to obtain m o re e ffe c tiv e o v e r a ll o p era tio n s N O T E W ork ers p erfo rm in g both system s analysis and progra m in g should be c la s s ifie d as system s analysts i f this is the sk ill used to determ in e th eir pay Does not include em p loy ees p r im a r ily respon sib le fo r the m anagem ent o r su pervision o f other e le c tro n ic data p ro ce ssin g em p loy ees o r system s analysts p r im a r ily concerned with scie n tific o r en gin eerin g p rob le m s F o r w age study pu rposes system s analysts a re c la s s ifie d as fo llow s C la ss A W orks independently o r under only gen era l d irection on com plex problem s in vo lv in g a ll phases o f system s a n a lysis P ro b le m s a re com p lex because o f d iv e rs e sou rces o f input data and m u ltip le u se requ irem en ts o f output data F o r exam ple develops an in tegrated production scheduling in ven to ry co n trol cost ana lysis and sales analysis re c o rd in which C O M P U T E R SYSTEM S A N A L Y S T BUSINESS Continued e v e ry item o f each type is a u tom atically p r o ce ssed through the fu ll sy stem o f re co rd s and a ppropriate follow u p actions a re in itia ted by the com puter C o n fers with person s concern ed to determ in e the data p ro ce ssin g prob lem s and advises s u b jec t m a tter person n el on the im p lic a tions o f new o r re v is e d system s of data p ro ce ssin g o peration s M akes recom m en dation s i f needed fo r a p proval o f m a jo r system s in stallations o r changes and fo r obtaining equipment M ay p rovid e functional d irectio n to lo w e r a ssist le v e l system s analysts who a re assigned to C la ss B W orks independently o r under only ge n era l d ire c tio n on prob lem s that a re r e la t iv e ly uncom plicated to a nalyze plan p ro g ra m and o p era te P ro b le m s a re o f lim ite d co m p le xity because sou rces o f input data a re hom ogeneous and the output data a re c lo s e ly related F o r exa m ple d evelop s system s fo r m aintaining d ep osito r accounts in a bank m aintaining accounts re c e iv a b le in a re ta il establish m ent o r m aintaining in ven tory accounts in a m anufacturing o r w holesa le establish m en t C o n fers with person s concern ed to d eterm in e the data p ro ce ssin g problem s and a d vises su b jec t m a tter person n el on the im p lica tio n s o f the data p ro ce ssin g system s to be applied OR W orks on a segm ent o f a co m p lex data p ro c e s s in g schem e o r sy stem as d e s crib e d fo r cla ss A W orks independently on routine assignm ents and r e c e iv e s in stru ction and guidance on com p lex assignm ents W ork is re v ie w e d fo r a ccu ra cy o f judgm ent com plian ce with in stru ctions and to in su re p rop e r alinem ent with the o v e r a ll system C la ss C W orks under im m edia te su p ervision c a rr y in g out analyses as assigned usually o f a sin gle a ctiv ity A ssignm ents a re designed to develop and expand p r a c tic a l ex p erien c e in the application o f proced u res and sk ills re qu ired fo r system s analysis w ork F o r exam ple m a y a s s is t a h igh er le v e l system s analyst by p rep a rin g the d eta iled sp e cifica tion s re q u ired by p r o g ra m e r s fro m in form a tion develop ed by the h igh er le v e l analyst DRAFTSM AN C lass A Plan s the graphic presen tation o f com plex item s having d istin ctive design fea tu res that d iffe r sig n ific a n tly fr o m establish ed draftin g p reced en ts W orks in c lo s e sup port with the design o rig in a to r and m a y recom m en d m in o r design changes A n a ly zes the e ffe c t o f each change on the deta ils o f fo rm function and po sition a l relation sh ips o f c o m ponents and p a rts W orks w ith a m inim um o f s u p e rv is o ry assista n ce C om pleted w ork is re v ie w e d by design o rig in a to r fo r con sisten cy with p r io r en gin eerin g d eterm in a tion s M ay eith er p re p a re d raw in gs o r d ire c t th e ir p rep a ra tion by lo w e r le v e l draftsm en C la ss B P e r fo r m s nonroutine and com p lex draftin g assignm ents that re q u ire the a p p li cation o f m o st o f the standardized draw in g techniques re g u la rly used Duties ty p ic a lly in vo lv e such w ork as P r e p a re s w orkin g draw ings of su bassem blies with ir r e g u la r shapes m u ltip le functions and p r e c is e p o sition al relation sh ips betw een com ponents p rep a res a r c h i tectu ra l draw ings fo r constru ction o f a building including d eta il draw in gs o f foundations w a ll section s flo o r plans and ro o f U ses accepted form u las and manuals in making n ecess a ry computations to determ in e quantities o f m a te ria ls to be used load c a p a cities strengths s tre s s e s etc R e c e iv e s in itia l in stru ction s re qu irem en ts and advice fr o m s u p erviso r C om pleted w ork is checked fo r tech n ical adequacy C lass C P r e p a re s d eta il draw ings o f sin gle units o r parts fo r en gin eerin g construction m anufacturing o r re p a ir pu rp oses Typ es of draw ings p rep a red include is o m e tr ic p rojectio n s dep icting th ree dim ensions in accu rate s c a le and section al view s to c la r ify position in g o f components and convey needed in form ation C on solid ates deta ils fro m a number o f sou rces and adjusts o r tra n sp oses sca le as requ ired Suggested m ethods o f approach applicable p reced en ts and advice on sou rce m a te r ia ls a re given with in itia l assignm ents Instructions a re le s s com plete when assignm ents re cu r W ork m a y be spot ch ecked during p r o g re s s D R A F T S M A N T R A C E R C opies plans and draw ings p rep a red by oth ers by placin g tra c in g cloth o r paper o v e r draw ings and tra cin g with pen o r pen cil Does not include tra cin g lim ite d to plans p r im a r ily consisting o f straigh t lin es and a la rg e sca le not re q u irin g clo s e delin ea tion AND OR P r e p a re s sim ple o r re p e titiv e draw ings o f e a s ily visu a liz e d item s during p r o g re s s W ork is c lo s e ly su p ervised E L E C T R O N IC T E C H N IC IA N W orks on va riou s types of ele c tro n ic equipment o r system s by p e r fo rm in g one o r m o re o f the fo llow in g operations M odifyin g in stallin g re p a irin g and o verh au ling T h ese operations re q u ire the p erfo rm a n ce o f m o st o r all o f the fo llo w in g tasks A ssem b lin g testin g adjusting ca lib ratin g tuning and alining W ork is n on rep etitive and re q u ires a know ledge o f the th e o ry and p r a c tic e o f e lec tro n ics pertain in g to the use o f gen era l and sp e cia lize d e le c tro n ic test equipment trou ble analysis and the operation relatio n sh ip and alinem ent o f e le c tro n ic system s su bsystem s and c ircu its having a v a rie ty o f component p a rts 27 E L E C T R O N IC TE C H N IC IA N Continued NU RSE IN D U S T R IA L R e g is te re d E le c tr o n ic equipment o r system s w orked on ty p ic a lly include one o r m o re o f the fo llo w in g Ground v e h ic le o r a irb o rn e radio com m unications sy stem s r e la y sy stem s navigation aids a irb o rn e o r ground radar system s ra dio and te le v is io n tra n sm ittin g o r re cord in g system s e le c tro n ic com pu ters m is s ile and sp a cecra ft guidance and co n tro l system s in du strial and m ed ica l m easu rin g indicating and co n trollin g d ev ices etc A re g is te r e d nurse who g iv es nursing s e r v ic e under gen era l m e d ica l direction to i l l o r injured em p loyees or other persons who becom e i l l o r su ffer an accident on the p rem ise s o f a fa c to ry o r other establishm ent Duties in volve a combination o f the fo llo w in g G iving fir s t aid to the i l l o r injured attending to subsequent d ressin g o f em p lo y ees in ju ries keeping re cord s o f patients trea ted p rep a rin g accident re p orts fo r com pensation o r other purposes assistin g in p h ysical exam inations and health evaluations o f applicants and em ployees and planning and c a r r y ing out p rog ra m s in volvin g health education accident preven tion evaluation o f plant environm ent o r other a c tiv itie s a ffectin g the health w e lfa re and safety o f a ll personn el Nu rsing su p erviso rs o r head nurses in establish m ents em ploying m o re than one nurse a re excluded Exclude production a ssem b lers and te s te r s cra fts m en draftsm en d es ig n e rs en gin eers and rep a irm en of such standard ele c tro n ic equipment as o ffic e m achines ra dio and tele v is io n re c e iv in g s e ts M A IN T E N A N C E A N D P O W E R P L A N T C A R P E N T E R M A IN T E N A N C E M A C H IN IS T M A IN T E N A N C E P e r fo r m s the ca rp en try duties n e c e s s a ry to constru ct and maintain in good re p a ir bu ild ing w oodw ork and equipment such as bins c r ib s cou nters benches p a rtitio n s d o ors flo o r s sta irs casin gs and t r im m ade of wood in an establishm ent W ork in volves m ost o f the fo llo w in g Planning and laying out of w ork fro m blu eprints d raw in gs m o d els o r verb a l in stru ction s using a v a rie ty o f c a rp en ter s handtools portable pow er to o ls and standard m easuring instrum ents m a k ing standard shop computations relatin g to dim ensions o f w ork and selectin g m a teria ls n ecess a ry fo r the w ork In ge n era l the w ork o f the maintenance ca rp en ter re q u ires rounded tra in in g and exp erien ce usually acqu ired through a fo rm a l apprenticeship or equivalent tra in in g and ex p erien c e Produ ces repla cem en t parts and new parts in making re p a irs o f m eta l parts of m echan ical equipment operated in an establishm ent W ork in volves m ost o f the fo llo w in g In terp retin g w ritten instructions and sp e cifica tion s planning and laying out o f w ork using a v a rie ty o f m a ch in ist s handtools and p recisio n m easu ring instrum ents setting up and operatin g standard machine too ls shaping o f m eta l parts to clo se tole ra n c es making standard shop computations relatin g to dim en sions o f w ork too lin g fee d s and speeds of machining know ledge o f the w orkin g p r o p e rties of the com m on m e ta ls sele ctin g standard m a te ria ls p a rts and equipment requ ired fo r his w ork and fittin g and a ssem blin g parts into m echan ical equipment In g e n era l the m a ch in ist s w ork n o rm a lly re q u ires a rounded tra in in g in m achine shop p r a c tic e usually acq u ired through a fo rm a l apprenticeship or equ ivalent tra in in g and ex p erien ce E L E C T R IC IA N M A IN T E N A N C E P e r fo r m s a v a rie ty o f e le c tr ic a l tra d e functions such as the in stallation m aintenance or re p a ir of equipment fo r the gen era tion distribu tion o r u tiliza tio n o f e le c tr ic en ergy in an esta b lish m en t W ork in volves m ost o f the fo llo w in g In sta llin g o r re p a irin g any o f a v a rie ty of e le c t r ic a l equipment such as g e n era to rs t ra n s fo rm e rs sw itch boards c o n tr o lle r s c ircu it b rea k ers m o tors heating units conduit sy stem s o r other tra n sm iss ion equipment w orkin g fr o m blu e prints draw ings layouts or other sp e cifica tion s locatin g and diagnosing trou ble in the e le c tr ic a l system or equipment w orking standard computations relatin g to load requ irem en ts o f w irin g o r e le c tr ic a l equipment and using a v a r ie ty o f e le c tr ic ia n s handtools and m easu ring and testin g instrum ents In g e n era l the w ork o f the maintenance e le c tr ic ia n re q u ires rounded train in g and ex p erien ce usually acqu ired through a fo rm a l apprenticeship o r equivalent train in g and ex p erien c e E N G IN E E R S T A T IO N A R Y O perates and m aintains and m ay also su p ervise the operation o f station ary engines and equipment m echan ical or e le c tr ic a l to supply the establish m ent in which em ployed with pow er heat re frig e ra tio n o r air co n d ition in g W ork in vo lv es O perating and maintaining equipment such as steam engines a ir c o m p re s s o rs g e n era to rs m o to rs turbines ven tilatin g and r e f r i g eratin g equipment steam b o ile rs and b o ile r fe d w a te r pumps making equipment re p a irs and keeping a re c o rd of operation of m ach in ery tem p era tu re and fu el consumption M ay also su p e r v is e these operations Head or ch ief en gin eers in establishm ents em ploying m o re than one en gin eer a re exclu ded F IR E M A N S T A T IO N A R Y B O IL E R F ir e s station ary b o ile rs to furnish the establishm ent in which em ployed w ith heat pow er o r steam F eed s fu els to fir e by hand o r operates a m ech an ical stoker gas o r o il bu rn er and checks w a te r and safety v a lv e s May clean o il o r a ssist in rep a irin g b o ile rr o o m equipment H E L P E R M A IN T E N A N C E TRAD ES A s s is ts one o r m o re w o rk ers in the sk ille d maintenance tra d es by p erfo rm in g sp e c ific o r g e n era l duties o f le s s e r s k ill such as keeping a w o rk e r supplied with m a te ria ls and too ls clean ing w orkin g a rea m achine and equipment a ssistin g journeym an by holding m a te ria ls or to o ls and p erfo rm in g other u nskilled tasks as d ire c te d by journeym an The kind o f w ork the h elp er is p erm itted to p e r fo rm v a rie s fr o m tra d e to tra d e In som e trades the h elp er is confined to supplying liftin g and holding m a te r ia ls and to o ls and cleaning w orking a rea s and in others he is p erm itted to p e r fo rm s p e cia lize d machine o peration s o r parts o f a tra d e that a re also p erfo rm e d by w o rk ers on a fu ll tim e basis M A C H IN E T O O L O P E R A T O R T O O L R O O M S p ecia lizes in the operation o f one o r m o re types o f machine to o ls such as jig b o re r s cy lin d ric a l o r su rface g rin d e rs engine lathes o r m illin g m achines in the construction o f m achine shop to o ls ga ges jig s fix tu res or dies W ork in volves m ost o f the fo llo w in g Planning and p erfo rm in g d ifficu lt machining operations p roce ssin g item s requ irin g co m plicated setups or a high d eg ree o f a ccu racy using a v a rie ty o f p recisio n m easu ring instrum ents selectin g feed s speeds too lin g and operation sequence and making n ec e s s a ry adjustments during operation to ach ieve re q u isite tolera n ces or dim ensions M ay be requ ired to re co g n ize when tools need d ressin g to d ress to o ls and to select p rop e r coolants and cutting and lu bricatin g o ils For cro ss in d u stry w age study purposes m a ch in e too l o p era to rs to o lro o m in to o l and die jobbing shops a re excluded fro m this cla ssifica tio n M E C H A N IC A U T O M O T IV E M aintenance R ep a irs au tom obiles buses m o tortru ck s and t ra c to rs o f an establishm ent W ork in vo lv e s m ost o f the fo llo w in g Exam ining autom otive equipment to diagnose sou rce o f trou ble d is assem blin g equipment and p erfo rm in g re p a irs that in vo lv e the use o f such handtools as w ren ch es ga ges d r ills o r s p e c ia lize d equipment in d isa ssem blin g o r fittin g p a rts replacing broken or d efe c tiv e parts fr o m stock grinding and adjusting v a lv e s reassem b lin g and in stallin g the variou s a ssem b lies in the ve h ic le and making n e c e s s a ry adjustm ents and alinin g w h eels adjusting brakes and ligh ts o r tightening body bolts In gen era l the w ork o f the autom otive m echanic requ ires rounded tra in in g and ex p erien c e usually acqu ired through a fo rm a l apprenticeship or equ ivalent t ra in in g an d e x p e rie n c e Th is cla s s ific a tio n does not include m echan ics who re p a ir cu sto m ers veh icles in auto m o b ile re p a ir shops M E C H A N IC M A IN T E N A N C E R ep a irs m a ch in ery o r m echan ical equipment o f an establishm ent W ork in volves m ost o f the fo llo w in g Exam ining machines and m echan ical equipment to diagnose source of trou ble dism antling o r p a rtly dism antling m achines and p erfo rm in g re p a irs that m ain ly in volve the use o f handtools in scraping and fittin g parts replacin g broken o r d efe c tiv e parts with item s obtained fr o m stock o rd erin g the production o f a replacem en t part by a machine shop o r sending o f the m achine to a m achine shop fo r m a jo r re p a irs prep a rin g w ritten specifica tion s fo r m a jo r repa irs or fo r the production o f parts o rd ered fr o m m achine shop reassem b lin g m achines and making a ll n ecess a ry adjustm ents fo r operation In ge n era l the w ork of a maintenance mechanic requ ires rounded tra in in g and ex p erien c e usually acqu ired through a fo rm a l apprenticeship or equivalent train ing and e x p erien c e Excluded fr o m this cla s s ific a tio n a re w o rk ers whose prim a ry duties in volve setting up or adjusting m achines M IL L W R IG H T In sta lls new m achines o r heavy equipment and dism antles and in stalls machines or heavy equipment when changes in the plant layout a re requ ired W ork in volv es m ost o f the fo llo w in g Planning and laying out o f the w ork in terp retin g blueprints or other sp ecifica tion s using a v a rie ty o f handtools and rig gin g making standard shop computations relatin g to s tre s s e s strength of m a te r ia ls and cen ters o f g ra v ity alining and balancing o f equipment selectin g standard to o ls equipment and parts to be used and in stallin g and m aintaining in good o rd e r pow er tra n sm ission equipment such as d r iv e s and speed red u cers In g e n era l the m illw rig h t s w ork n orm a lly requ ires a rounded train in g and ex p erien c e in the tra d e acqu ired through a fo rm a l apprenticeship o r equ ivalent tra in in g and ex p erien c e P A IN T E R M A IN T E N A N C E Pain ts and re d eco ra tes w a lls w oodw ork and fix tu res o f an establishm ent W ork in volves the fo llo w in g Know ledge o f su rface p e c u lia ritie s and types o f paint re qu ired fo r d ifferen t a p p lica tion s p repa rin g su rface fo r painting by rem o vin g old fin ish o r by placing putty o r f ille r in nail 28 P A IN T E R M A IN T E N A N C E Continued S H E E T M E T A L W O RKER M A IN T E N A N C E Continued holes and in te rs tic e s and applying paint with spra y gun o r brush M ay m ix c o lo r s o ils white lead and oth er paint in gred ien ts to obtain p ro p e r c o lo r o r con sisten cy In ge n era l the w ork o f the m aintenance pain ter re q u ire s rounded tra in in g and e x p erien c e usually acq u ired through a fo rm a l apprenticeship o r equ ivalen t tra in in g and ex p erien c e up and operatin g a ll a va ila b le types o f sh eet m eta l w orkin g m ach in es using a v a r ie ty o f handtools in cutting bending fo rm in g shaping fittin g and a ssem blin g and in stallin g sh eet m eta l a rtic le s as re q u ired In ge n era l the w ork o f the m aintenance sh eet m e ta l w o rk e r re q u ire s rounded train in g and e x p erien c e usually a cq u ired through a fo rm a l a ppren ticesh ip o r equ ivalent tra in in g and ex p erien c e P I P E F I T T E R M A IN T E N A N C E In sta lls o r re p a irs w a ter steam gas o r oth er types o f pipe and pip efittin gs in an establish m ent W ork in vo lv es m o st o f the fo llo w in g L a yin g out o f w ork and m easu rin g to lo ca te position o f pipe fro m draw in gs o r oth er w ritten sp e cifica tio n s cutting va rio u s siz e s o f pipe to c o r r e c t lengths with ch isel and h am m er o r o xy a c etylen e torch o r pipe cu ttin g m achines threading pipe with stocks and d ies bending pipe by h an d driven o r p o w e r d riv e n m ach in es a ssem blin g pipe with couplings and fasten ing pipe to h an gers m aking standard shop computations re la tin g to p r e s s u re s flo w and s iz e o f pipe requ ired and m aking standard tests to d eterm in e w hether fin ished pipes m e et s p e cifica tio n s In g e n era l the w ork o f the maintenance p ip e fitte r re q u ires rounded tra in in g and e x p erien c e usually a cq u ired through a fo rm a l apprenticeship o r equivalent tra in in g and e x p erien c e W ork ers p r im a r ily en gaged in in stallin g and re p a irin g building sanitation o r heating system s a re ex clu ded S H E E T M E T A L W O RKER M A IN T E N A N C E F a b ric a te s in s ta lls and m aintains in good re p a ir the sh eet m eta l equipm ent and fix tu res such as m achine guards g r e a s e pans s h elves lo c k e r s tanks v e n tila to rs chutes ducts m eta l ro o fin g o f an establish m ent W ork in vo lv es m o st o f the fo llo w in g Planning and layin g out a ll types o f sh eet m e ta l m aintenance w ork fro m blu eprin ts m o d els o r other sp e cifica tio n s setting T O O L A N D DIE M A K E R D ie m a k er j i g m a k er too l m a k e r fix tu re m a k e r gage m a k e r Constructs and re p a irs m ach in e sh op to o ls ga ges jig s fix tu res o r dies fo r fo rg in g s punching and oth er m e ta l fo rm in g w ork W ork in vo lv es m o st o f the fo llo w in g Planning and la yin g out o f w ork fr o m m o d els blu eprin ts d raw in gs o r oth er o ra l and w ritten sp ecifica tion s using a v a r ie ty o f to o l and die m a k e r s handtools and p r e c is io n m easu rin g in stru m en ts u nd er standing o f the w orkin g p r o p e rtie s o f com m on m e ta ls and a llo y s settin g up and operatin g o f m achine too ls and re la ted equipment m aking n ece s s a ry shop com putations re la tin g to dim ensions o f w ork speeds fee d s and too lin g o f m ach in es h ea t trea tin g o f m e ta l parts during fa b rica tio n as w ell as o f fin ish ed too ls and dies to ach ieve re q u ired q u alities w orkin g to c lo s e to le ra n c es fittin g and assem blin g o f parts to p r e s c r ib e d tole ra n c e s and a llow an ces and s ele ctin g appropriate m a te r ia ls to o ls and p ro c e s s e s In ge n era l the too l and die m a k e r s w ork re q u ire s a rounded train in g in m ach in e sh op and to o lro o m p ra c tic e usually a cq u ired through a fo rm a l apprenticeship o r equ ivalent tra in in g and ex p erien c e F o r cr o s s in d u s tr y w age study pu rp oses tool and d ie m a k e rs in to o l shops a re excluded fr o m this cla s s ific a tio n and die jobbing C U S T O D IA L A N D M A T E R IA L M O V E M E N T GU ARD A N D W A T C H M A N P A C K E R S H IP P IN G Continued G u ard P e r fo r m s routine p o lic e duties eith e r at fix ed post o r on tou r m aintaining o rd e r using a rm s o r fo r c e w h ere n ec e s s a ry Includes gatem en who a re stationed at gate and check on iden tity o f em p loy ees and oth er person s en terin g and s iz e o f con tain er in sertin g en closu res in container using e x c e ls io r o r oth er m a te r ia l to preven t breakage o r dam age clo sin g and sealin g con ta in er and applying la b els o r en terin g iden tifyin g data on con tain er P a c k e rs who also m ake w ooden boxes o r cra te s a re exclu d ed W atchm an M akes rounds o f p re m is e s p e r io d ic a lly in p rotectin g p ro p e rty against fir e theft and ille g a l en try S H IP P IN G A N D R E C E IV IN G C L E R K J A N IT O R P O R T E R OR C L E A N E R S w eeper charwom an ja n itr e s s Cleans and keeps in an o r d e r ly condition fa c to ry w orkin g areas and w ash room s o r p re m is e s o f an o ffic e apartm ent house o r c o m m e rc ia l o r oth er establishm ent Duties in volve a com bination o f the fo llo w in g Sweeping m opping o r scrubbing and polish ing flo o r s rem o vin g chips trash and oth er re fu se dusting equipment fu rn itu re o r fixtu res polish ing m eta l fi x tu res o r trim m in g s p rovid in g supplies and m in o r m aintenance s e r v ic e s and clean ing la v a to r ie s sh ow ers and re s tro o m s W ork ers who s p e c ia lize in window washing are exclu ded P r e p a re s m erch a n d ise fo r shipment o r re c e iv e s and is re sp o n sib le fo r incom ing ship m ents o f m erch a n dise o r other m a te r ia ls Shipping w ork in v o lv e s A know ledge o f shipping p r o ced u res p r a c tic e s rou tes a va ila b le m eans o f tra n sp o rta tio n and ra tes and p rep a rin g re c o rd s o f the goods shipped m aking up b ills o f ladin g posting w eight and shipping ch a rges and keeping a file o f shipping re c o rd s M ay d ir e c t o r a s s is t in p r ep a rin g the m erch a n dise fo r shipment R ec eivin g w ork in v o lv e s V e r ify in g o r d ire c tin g oth ers in v e r ify in g the c o rr e c tn e s s o f shipments against b ills o f ladin g in v o ic e s o r oth er re c o r d s checking fo r sh ortages and re je c tin g dam aged goods routing m erch a n dise o r m a te r ia ls to p rop e r departm ents and m aintaining n ece s s a ry re c o rd s and file s F o r wage study pu rp oses w o rk e rs a re c la s s ifie d as fo llo w s R ec eivin g c le r k Shipping c le r k Shipping and re c e iv in g c le r k L A B O R E R M A T E R IA L H A N D L IN G L o a d e r and unloader handler and stacker w arehousem an o r w areh ou se h elp er s h elver tru ck e r stockman o r stock h elp er T R U C K D R IV E R A w o rk e r em ployed in a w arehou se m anufacturing plant s to re o r oth er establishm ent whose duties in volv e one o r m o re o f the fo llo w in g Loading and unloading va riou s m a te r ia ls and m erch a n dise on o r fr o m fr e ig h t c a rs tru cks o r oth er tra n sp o rtin g d ev ices unpacking sh elvin g o r p lacin g m a te r ia ls o r m e rch a n d is e in p ro p e r sto ra ge location and tra n sp ortin g m a te r ia ls o r m erch a n d ise by handtruck c a r o r w h e elb a rrow Lon gsh orem en who load and unload ships a re exclu ded D riv e s a tru ck w ithin a city o r in du strial a rea to tra n sp o rt m a te r ia ls m erch a n dise equipm ent o r m en betw een va rio u s types o f establish m ents such as M anufacturing plants fre ig h t depots w areh ou ses w h o lesa le and r e ta il establish m ents o r betw een r e ta il establish m ents and c u sto m ers houses o r pla ces o f business M ay also load o r unload tru ck with o r without h elp ers m ake m in o r m ech an ical r e p a irs and keep tru ck in good w orkin g o r d e r D riv e r s a le s m e n and o v e r th e r o a d d r iv e r s a re exclu d ed ORDER F IL L E R fo llo w s O rd e r p ic k e r stock s e le c to r w arehou se stockman F ills shipping o r tra n s fe r o rd e r s fo r fin ish ed goods fr o m stored m erch an dise in a c c o rd ance with sp e cifica tio n s on sales slip s cu s to m e rs o r d e r s o r oth er in stru ction s M ay in addition to fillin g o r d e r s and in dicating item s fille d o r om itted keep re co rd s o f outgoing o rd e r s re q u i sitio n additional stock o r re p o r t sh ort supplies to su p e rv is o r and p e rfo rm oth er re la ted duties F o r w age study pu rposes tru c k d riv e r s a re c la s s ifie d by siz e and type o f equipment as T r a c t o r t r a ile r should be rated on the basis o f t r a ile r ca p a city T r u c k d riv e r T r u c k d riv e r T r u c k d riv e r T r u c k d riv e r T r u c k d riv e r com bin ation o f siz e s lis te d s e p a ra te ly lig h t under IV 2 tons m ediu m 1 V2 to and including 4 tons heavy o v e r 4 tons t r a ile r type h eavy o v e r 4 tons oth er than t r a ile r type T R U C K E R PO W E R P A C K E R S H IP P IN G P r e p a r e s fin ish ed produ cts fo r shipment o r sto ra ge by placing them in shipping con ta in e rs the s p e c ific operations p e r fo rm e d being dependent upon the type s iz e and number o f units to be packed the type o f contain er em ployed and m ethod o f shipment W ork re q u ires the placin g o f item s in shipping contain ers and m ay in vo lv e one or m o re o f the fo llo w in g K n ow led ge o f va rio u s item s o f stock in o rd e r to v e r ify content selection o f a ppropria te type O perates a m an u ally c o n tro lled gasolin e o r e le c tr ic p o w e re d tru ck o r t r a c to r to tra n sp o rt goods and m a te r ia ls o f a ll kinds about a w areh ou se m anufacturing plant o r other establishm ent F o r w age study pu rposes w o rk e rs a re c la s s ifie d by type o f tru ck T r u c k e r T r u c k e r p ow er fo r k lift pow er oth er than fo r k lift as fo llow s A v a ila b le O n R e q u e s t The follow ing areas are surveyed p e rio d ica lly for use in adm inistering the S ervice Contract A ct of 1965 available at no cost while supplies last from any of the BLS regional o ffices shown on the inside front cover Copies o f public releases are Laredo Tex Las Vegas Nev Lexington Ky Low er Eastern Shore Md Va Macon Ga M arquette Escanaba Sault Ste M a rie Mich M eridian M iss M iddlesex Monmouth Ocean and Som erset C os N J M obile A la and Pensacola Fla M ontgom ery Ala N ash ville Tenn New London Groton Norwich Conn Northeastern Maine Ogden Utah Orlando Fla Oxnard Ventura C alif Panama City Fla Pine Bluff A rk Portsm outh N H Maine ass M Pueblo Colo Reno Nev Sacramento C alif Santa Barbara C alif Shreveport La Springfield Chicopee olyoke M ass Conn H Stockton C alif Tacom a Wash Topeka Kans Tucson A r iz V a lle jo Napa C alif Wichita F a lls Tex Wilmington D e l N J Md Alaska Albany Ga Alpena Standish and Tawas City Mich A m a rillo Tex A sh eville N C Atlantic City N J Augusta G a S C Austin Tex B akersfield C alif Baton Rouge La B iloxi Gulfport and Pascagoula M iss B ridgeport Norwalk and Stam ford Conn Charleston S C C la rk s v ille Tenn and Hopkinsville Ky Colorado Springs Colo Columbia S C Columbus Ga Ala Crane Ind Dothan Ala Duluth u perior Minn Wis S Durham N C E l Paso Tex Eugene O reg F a rgo Moorhead N Dak Minn F a yetteville N C Fitchburg e o m in s te r M ass L F o rt Smith A rk Okla F red erick Hagerstown Md Pa W Va Great F a lls Mont Greensboro Winston Salem High Point N C H arrisburg Pa Huntsville Ala K n oxville Tenn The eleventh annual report on salaries fo r accountants auditors chief accountants attorneys job analysts d irecto rs o f personnel buyers chem ists engineers engineering technicians draftsm en and c le ric a l em ployees O rder as BLS Bulletin 1693 National Survey of P rofession a l A d m in istrative Technical and C le ric a l Pay June a copy from the Superintendent o f Documents U S Government Printing O ffice Washington D C or any o f its regional sales o ffices U S G O V E R N M E N T P R IN T IN G O F F IC E V A r e a W a g e S u rveys A list of the latest available bulletins is presented below A d ire c to ry of area wage studies including m ore lim ited studies conducted at the request of the Employment Standards A dm inistration of the Department of Labor is available on request Bulletins m ay be purchased from the Superintendent of Documents U S Government Printing O ffice Washington D C or fro m any of the BLS regional sales o ffic e s shown on the inside front cover A re a Bulletin number and p rice Akron Ohio July Albany Schenectady T ro y N Y M ar Albuquerque N M ex M ar Allentown Bethlehem Easton P a N J May Atlanta Ga May B altim ore Md Aug Beaumont P o rt Arthur Orange T ex May Binghamton N Y July Birm ingham A la M ar Boise City Idaho Nov Boston M ass Aug Buffalo N Y Oct Burlington Vt Dec Canton Ohio May Charleston W Va M ar C harlotte N C Jan Chattanooga Tenn Ga Sept Chicago 111 June Cincinnati Ohio Ky Ind Feb Cleveland Ohio Sept Columbus Ohio Oct Dallas T ex Oct cents 30 cents 30 cents 30 cents 40 cents 35 cents 35 cents 35 cents 40 cents 30 cents 40 cents 45 cents 25 cents 30 cents 30 cents 35 cents 30 cents 70 cents 45 cents 40 cents 30 cents 35 cents Davenport Rock Island o lin e Iowa 111 Feb 1972 M cents Dayton Ohio Dec Denver Colo Dec Des M oines Iowa May D etroit M ich Feb Durham N C to be surveyed in 1972 F ort Lauderdale Hollywood and West Palm Beach Fla to be surveyed in 1972 F ort Worth Tex Oct Green Bay W is July G reen ville S C May Houston T ex A pr Huntsville Ala February Indianapolis Ind Oct Jackson M iss Jan Jacksonville Fla Dec Kansas City M o K ans Sept Law rence a verh ill M ass N H June H L ittle R ock N orth L ittle Rock A rk July Los Angeles Long Beach and Anaheim Santa A n aGarden G rove C alif M ar L o u is v ille K y In d Nov Lubbock T ex M ar M anchester N H July Memphis Tenn rk Nov A M iam i F la Nov Midland and Odessa T ex Jan Milwaukee W is May cents 35 cents 30 cents 50 cents 1 Data http fraser stlouisfed org on establishment Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis A rea Minneapolis St Paul Minn Jan Muskegon Muskegon Heights M ich June Newark and J ersey City N J Jan New Haven Conn Jan New O rleans La Jan New York N Y Apr N orfolk Portsm outh and Newport News Hampton Va Jan Oklahoma City Okla July Omaha Nebr Iowa Sept Paterson Clifton a s s a ic N J June P Philadelphia P a N J Nov Phoenix A r iz June Pittsburgh Pa Jan Portland Maine Nov Portland O reg Wash May Bulletin number and p rice cents 30cents 50 cents 35cents 30cents 65 cents cents cents cents cents cents cents cents cents cents Poughkeepsie Kingston Newburgh N Y to be surveyed in 1972 Providence Pawtucket Warwick R I Mass May Raleigh N C Aug Richmond Va M ar R ochester N Y office occupations only July Rockford 111 May St Louis Mo I I M ar I Salt Lake City Utah Nov San Antonio T ex May cents 30 cents 30 cents 35 cents cents 50 cents 30 cents 35 cents cents 35 cents 50 cents 35 cents 30 cents 30 cents 30 cents 25 cents 30 cents 30 cents 35 cents 35 cents 40 cents 30 cents 35 cents 40 cents 35 cents 30 cents 30 cents 30 cents 35 cents 35 cents San Bernardino Riverside Ontario Calif cents 30 cents 35 cents 50 cents 35 cents 30 cents 30 cents 30 cents 35 cents 30 cents 30 cents cents cents cents cents cents cents cents cents practices and supplementary wage provisions are also presented Dec San Deigo C a lif Nov San F ran cisco Oakland C a lif Oct San Jose C a lif Aug Savannah Ga May Scranton Pa July Seattle verett Wash Jan E Sioux F a lls S Dak Dec South Bend Ind M ar Spokane Wash June Syracuse N Y July Tampa St P etersb u rg F la Nov Toledo O hio M ich A pr Trenton N J Sept Utica Rom e N Y July Washington D C d Va A pr M W aterbury Conn M ar W aterloo Iowa Nov Wichita Kans A pr W orcester M ass May York Pa Feb Youngstown Warren Ohio Nov S DEPARTMENT OF LABOR FIRST CLASS MAIL tUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS W ASHING TO N D C 20212 O F F IC IA L BUSINESS P E N A L T Y FO R P R IV A T E USE 30 0 POSTAGE A N D FEES PA ID U S DEPARTMENT OF LABOR\nShow Document (13.43 MB)\nUnited States. Bureau of Labor Statistics.\t"Area Wage Survey: The Davenport-Rock Island-Moline, Iowa-Illinois, Metropolitan Area, February 1972 : Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, No. 1725-55," Area Wage Survey (1972). https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/title/4655/item/498831, accessed on November 17, 2019.