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EMPLOYEE EARNINGS IN RETAIL TRADE IN OCTOBER 1956

DISTRIBUTION OF NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES BY AVERAGE EARNINGS

GENERAL MERCHANDISE STORES

Bulletin No. 1220- 2

Department Stores Variety Stores

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR James P. Mitchell, Secretary

BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS

Ewan Clagua, Commissionor

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Bulletins in the Retail Trade Series, October 1956

The Bureau of Labor Statistics* study of Employee Earnings in Retail Trade, October 1956, covered all major retail trade industry groups, except eating and drinking places. The final results of this study are published in a series of separate bulletins for each of these major groups. As indicated, some of these bulletins include separate tabulations for specific lines of business. The final bulletin in this series relates to retail trade as a group and provides summary information for the various lines of retail activity.

Bull. No. Title

1220*1

1220*2

1220 -3

1220-4

1220-5

1220-6

1220-7

1220

BUILDING MATERIALS AND FARM EQUIPMENT DEALERS

GENERAL MERCHANDISE STORES (Separate data for Department Stores and for Variety Stores)

FOOD STORES (Separate data for Grocery Stores)

AUTOMOTIVE DEALERS AND GASOLINE SERVICE STATIONS (Separate data for Franchised Motor Vehicle Dealers, and for Gasoline Service Stations)

APPAREL AND ACCESSORIES STORES (Separate data for Men's and Boys* Clothing Stores, Women's Ready-to-Wear Stores, and Shoe Stores)

FURNITURE, HOME FURNISHINGS, AND APPLIANCE STORES (Separate data for Furniture and Home Furnishings Stores and for Household Appliance and Radio Stores)

DRUG STORES AND PROPRIETARY STORES

RETAIL TRADE (A summary bulletin)

Availability of Bulletins

For information relating to the availability and price of the above named bulletins, write to the U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Washington 25, D. C., or any of the regional offices listed on the inside back cover.

NOTE: An initial report entitled EMPLOYEE EARNINGS IN RETAIL TRADE, OCTOBER 1956 (BLS Report 119), containing detailed tabulations for the retail trade industry as a whole was issued in May 1957 and may be purchased from the Superintendent of Documents or from the Bureau's regional offices at 30 cents a copy.


EMPLOYEE EARNINGS IN RETAIL TRADE IN OCTOBER 1956

D IS T R IB U T IO N OF N O N SU P ER V ISO R Y EM PLO YEES B Y A V ER A G E E A R N IN G S

GENERAL MERCHANDISE STORES

Departm ent Stores

Variety Stores

B u lle tin No. 1 2 2 0 -2

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR James P. Mitchell, Secretary

BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS Ewan Clague, Commissioner

July 1957

For m I by the Superintendent o f Documents, U. S. Government Printing Office, .Washington 26, D. C. Price 35 cents


Contents

Page

Introduction____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1General Merchandise Stores _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1

Variety Stores ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5

Chart: Straight-time average hourly earnings of nonsupervisory employees in General Merchandise Stores, United States and regions,by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan area counties, October 1956 ______________________________________________________________________ 7

General Merchandise Stores

Tables:

Distribution of nonsupervisory employees by straight-time average hourly earnings and hours worked in week, October 1956

1: United States: By sex________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 81-A: Northeast: By se x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 91-B: South: By s e x _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 101-C: North Central: By sex __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 111- D: West: By sex _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 12

2: United States: By sex and metropolitan and nonmetropolitan area counties________________________________________________________ 132 - A: Northeast: By sex and metropolitan and nonmetropolitan area counties_______________________________________________________________ 142-B: South: By sex and metropolitan and nonmetropolitan area counties _____ 152-C: North Central: By sex and metropolitan and nonmetropolitan area counties_________________________________________________________ 162-D: West: By sex and metropolitan and nonmetropolitan area counties_________________________________________________ 17

3: United States and regions: By size of community and number of stores operated_____________________________________________________ 18

Number and straight-time average weekly earnings of nonsupervisory employees by hours worked in week, October 1956

4: United States and regions________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 21

Department Stores


5: United States: By sex ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 225-A: Northeast: By se x _____________________________ 235-B: South: By se x _____________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ 245-C: North Central: By s e x ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ;______________________ 255-D: West: By sex ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 26

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Contents - Continued

Page

Tables: - Continued

6: United States: By sex and metropolitan and nonmetropolitan area counties__________________________________________________________ 276-A: Northeast: By sex and metropolitan and nonmetropolitan area counties ______________________________________________________________ 286-B : South: By sex and metropolitan and nonmetropolitan area counties __________________________________________________________________ 296 -C: North Central: By sex and metropolitan and nonmetropolitan area counties__________________________________________________________ 306-D: West: By sex and metropolitan and nonmetropolitan area counties ___________________________________________________________________ 31

7: United States and regions: By size of community and number of stores operated ___________________________________________________ 3 2


8: United States and regions_________________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________ 3 5

Variety Stores


9: United States: By sex______________________________________ 369-A: Northeast: By se x ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________ 379-B: South: By se x ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 389-C: North Central: By sex ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 399-D: West: By sex ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 40

10: United States: By sex and metropolitan and nonmetropolitan area counties___________________________________________________________ 4110-A: Northeast: By sex and metropolitan and nonmetropolitan area counties______________________ 4210-B: South: By sex and metropolitan and nonmetropolitan area counties___________________________________________________________________ 4310-C: North Central: By sex and metropolitan and nonmetropolitan area counties________________ 4410-D: West: By sex and metropolitan and nonmetropolitan area counties___________________________________ _________________________________ 45

11: United States and regions: By size of community and number of stores operated______________ r____________________________________ 46


12: United State s and regions ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________ 49

Appendix: Scope and method of survey_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 50

Industry classification_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 50Sampling and collection procedure________________________________________________________________________________________________ 50Estimating procedure______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 51Problems of nonresponse__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 51Criteria for publication of estimates---------------------------------------- 1^Definition of term s_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 52

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Employee Earnings in Retail Trade in October 1956

General Merchandise Stores *

Introduction

The U. S. Department of Laborl s Bureau of Labor Statistics conducted a comprehensive study of straight-time earnings of nonsupervisory employees in retail trade (except eating and drinking places) for an October 1956 payroll period. This bulletin provides information for that portion of the study relating to general merchandise stores. Other publications relating to the broad study of retail trade are listed on the inside front cover.

The general merchandise group includes retail stores which sell a number of lines of merchandise. The stores included in this group are designated by such titles as department stores, variety stores, drygoods stores, general stores, etc. A complete definition of the group is contained in the appendix. Separate data are provided in this bulletin for department stores and variety stores which accounted for 59 and 23* percent, respectively, of the nonsupervisory employment in the general merchandise group.

As shown in the accompanying tables, the survey provides information on the number of employees at various wage levels between 50 cents and $3 an hour. In recognition of the wide variation that exists in weekly work schedules, distributions of employees by wage intervals are provided by hours worked in a week. In addition to data for the United States and broad regions, tabulations are provided by community size and number of stores operated by company. Summary information on average weekly earnings is also shown.

General Merchandise Stores

Retail stores in the general merchandise group, although commonly associated through their practice of selling a number of distinct lines of merchandise, include stores that differ in many characteristics that affect the level and distribution of wages. For example, the broad group includes department stores, which are virtually confined to the larger cities, as well as general stores, which are usually located in rural communities; stores which make widespread use of the commission or bonus form of wage payment in contrast with variety stores, for example, which use the time-rate method of wage pay-

* Prepared in the Division of Wages and Industrial Relations. NOTE: See appendix, page 52, for definition of terms used in

this bulletin.

ment almost exclusively; stores with employment confined largely to women, as compared with stores employing substantial proportions of men; stores having only a few employees, as compared with those having more than 5,000 as in the case of the larger department stores and mail order houses; and stores with product lines requiring sales personnel of substantial skill and experience, in contrast with stores in which the selling function is largely routine. These and other variable factors are reflected in the wide dispersion of individual earnings which range from less than 50 cents to more than $3 an hour.

Nationwide, general merchandise stores employed approximately 1,321,000 nonsupervisory employees in October 1956. As a group, these employees averaged $1.20 an hour, excluding overtime pay but including commission or bonuses (table l). An estimated203.000 employees, or 15 percent of the total, earned less than 75 centsan hour; 527,000, or 40 percent, under $1; and 891,000, or 67 percent, under $1.25. About 34,000 employees, or 3 percent of the total, earned $2.50 or more an hour. The largest concentrations in any 5-cent wage interval were as follows: $1 and under $1 .05 , 10 percent; and 75 cents and under 80 cents, 6 percent.

Substantial variation was noted in the hours worked by individual employees in the mid-October survey week. An estimated392.000 employees worked less than 35 hours a week. As a group, these employees averaged 99 cents an hour. More than 601,000 employees (45 percent of the total) worked from 35 tp 40 hours a week and averaged $1 .31. An average of $1.14 was recorded for the 20 9,000 employees who worked from 41 to 47 hours. Hours of 48 or more were worked by approximately 118,000 employees who averaged $1.13.

Earnings of Men and Women

Women accounted for nearly three-fourths (983,000) of the employees in the general merchandise group and averaged $1.05 an hour. Eighteen percent earned less than 75 cents an hour; 48 percent under $1; and 78 percent under $1 .25. Comparatively few women (less than 0.5 percent) earned $2.50 or more an hour. Eleven percent of the women had earnings of $ 1 and less than $1.05.

The earnings of the 339,000 men in nonsupervisory jobs were at a considerably higher level than the average for women. Men as a group averag-ed $1.59 an hour. Hourly earnings of less than 75 cents were recorded for 7 percent of the men; 17 percent earned less than $1, and 3 7 percent earned less than $1.25. Nine percent of the men earned $2.50 or more an hour.

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2A larger proportion of women than of men worked on a part- time basis. This difference and the fact that both men and women employees working from 35 to 40 hours had higher average earnings than employees on either shorter or longer work schedules are illustrated in the tabulation below:

Hoursworked Percent

in ofweek total

1 to 34 ___________ 2235 to 40 _________ 4041 to 47 _________ 1848 or more --------- 20

Men WomenStraight- Straight-

time timeaverage Percent averagehourly of hourly

earnings total earnings

$1.15 32 $0. 961.82 47 1. 161.66 15 . 931.36 5 . 81

Earnings by Region

For purposes of this study, the 48 States and the District of Columbia were grouped into 4 broad regions. Total nonsupervisory employment in the general merchandise group was distributed among these regions as follows: Northeast 9 States, 326, 000;South 16 Statesand the District of Columbia, 376,000; North Central----12 States,439,000; and West 11 States, 180,000.

The averages and proportions of employees earning less than any given amount, particularly at the lower pay levels, varied widely among the regions as indicated below:

Straight- Percent withtime hourly earnings

average of less thanhourly

Region earnings $0. 75 $1 $1.25

United States $1.20 15 40 67

Northeast _ __ __ ____ . 1.25 8 35 65South_______________ __ . 1.01 35 60 80North Central __________ 1.26 10 35 65West .................... 1.38 3 19 51

Proportions of men earning less than $ 1 an hour ranged from7 percent in the West to 35 percent in the South. Similarly, the proportions of women earning less than $1 ranged from 23 percent in the West to 68 percent in the South.

Although the South accounted for only 28 percent of the total nonsupervisory employment in general merchandise stores, it accounted for 42 percent of the employees earning less than $1 and 64 percent earning less than 75 cents an hour. By contrast, the West accounted for 14 percent of the total employment in the general merchandise group, 6 percent of those earning less than $1, and 2 percent of those earning less than 75 cents an hour.

Earnings by Community Size

Stores and auxiliary units were also classified according to location in metropolitan areas or in counties not included in such areas; in addition, separation was provided between central cities and other than central cities in metropolitan areas and between communities with 5,000 or more and under 5,000 population in the case of nonmetropolitan area counties (tables 2 and 3). Nationwide, 71 percent of the employment was concentrated in metropolitan areas mostly in central cities. In the nonmetropolitan counties, employment in communities of 5,000 or more population was more than 4 times that in smaller communities.

The relationship between community size and employee hourly earnings for general merchandise stores can be noted from the averages and the proportions earning less than $ 1 as shown in the following tabulation:

Size of community

Straight-time

averagehourly

earnings

Percent earning

less than $ 1 an hour

Metropolitan areas ___________ $1.28 31Central cities _____________ -------- 1.29 30Communities other than

central cities ____________ _____ 1.22 36

Nonmetropolitan areas ______ ___ 1.02 61Communities of 5,000

or m o re_______________________ 1.04 59Communities of less

than 5, 000 . 92 70

Although a generally similar wage relationship by community size was noted within each region, the differences shown in nationwide comparisons reflect, in part, regional differences in general pay levels and in distributions of employment by community size. Thus, employment in metropolitan areas in the comparatively high wage Northeast region exceeded that in nonmetropolitan areas in the ratio of almost 7 to 1; in the South, however, the ratio was 3 to 2.


Earnings by Number of Stores Operated

Nationwide, 56 percent of the nonsupervisory employment in general merchandising in October 1956 was accounted for by companies operating 11 or more stores (table 3). Single store retailers accounted for 25 percent of the employment in the group, employers operating 2 or 3 stores accounted for 10 percent, and 4- to 10-store firms accounted for 9 percent. This pattern also held, with only minor variations, within each of the four broad regions.

Earnings of employees in single stores were considerably lower than those of employees of companies operating several stores. Nationwide, employees of single stores averaged $1.06 an hour compared with $1.25 for employees of companies operating 4 to 10 stores and $1.26 for employees of chains of 11 or more stores. The proportions of employees earning less than $1 were: Single stores,51 percent; 2 or 3 stores, 36 percent; 4 to 10 stores, 30 percent; and 11 or more stores, 37 percent.

Part-time employees accounted for a larger proportion of employment in chains operating 4 or more stores than in the companies operating fewer stores: 31 percent of the employees in companies with 4 to 10 and 11 or more stores worked less than 35 hours a week as compared with 2 6 percent in both the single store group and companies of 2 or 3 stores.

Weekly Earnings

Nationwide, weekly earnings varied according to hours worked during the payroll period studied as follows: 1 to 34 hours, $18.68;35 to 40 hours, $51.57; 41 to 47 hours, $49.44; and 48 or more hours, $56.78 (table 4). Tabulations for the Northeast and West indicate a progressive increase in weekly earnings for each succeeding hours group; however, this relationship does not hold for the South where employees working 35 to 40 hours averaged $46.68 a week compared with $4-2.96 for employees working 48 or more hours, nor in the North Central region where employees working 3 5 to 40 hours averaged slightly more a week than employees working 41 to 47 hours.

Department Stores

Department stores accounted for 59 percent of the nonsupervisory employees in the general merchandise group in October 1956. Concentrated to a very large extent in metropolitan areas or in cities of 5,000 or more population, these stores carry a number of lines of merchandise, including apparel and home furnishings, normally arranged in separate departments integrated under a single management. In terms of retail trade stores, employment of individual department stores is comparatively large. Store employment typically exceeds 100; many department stores employ more than 1,000 workers.

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Sales persons of these stores are frequently eligible for commission or bonus earnings based on the amount of individual sales, and this accounts in part for the wide variation in individual earnings.

Nationwide, department stores employed approximately 777,000 nonsupervisory employees in October 1956 (table 5). As a group, these employees averaged $1.33 an hour, excluding overtime pay but including commissions or bonuses. An estimated 47,000 employees, or 6 percent of the total, earned less than 75 cents an hour; 201,000, or 26 percent, under $1; and 459,000, or 59 percent, under $1 .25. About 31,000 employees, or 4 percent of the total, earned $2.50 or more an hour. The largest concentrations in any 5-cent wage interval were: $1 and under $1.05, 12 percent; and $1.10 and under $1.15,6 percent.

Substantial variation was noted in the hours worked by individual employees in the mid-October survey week. An estimated203,000 employees worked less than 35 hours a week. As a group, these employees averaged $1.10 an hour. About 430,000 employees (55 percent of the total) worked from 35 to 40 hours a week and averaged $1.37. An average of $1.32 was recorded for the 108,000 employees who worked from 41 to 47 hours. Hours of 48 or more were worked by 34,000 employees who averaged $1.45.

Earnings of Men and WomenWomen accounted for 71 percent (551,000) of the employees

in department stores and averaged $1.15 an hour. Seven percent earned less than 75 cents an hour; 32 percent under $1; and 71 percent under $1.25. Comparatively few women (l percent) earned $2.50 or more an hour. Fourteen percent of the women had earnings of $1 and less than $ 1.05.

The earnings of the 227,000 men in nonsupervisory jobs were at a considerably higher level than the average for women. Men as a group averaged $1.74 an hour. Hourly earnings of less than 75 cents were recorded for 3 percent of the men; 10 percent earned less than $1, and 29 percent earned less than $1.25. Twelve percent of the men earned $2.50 or more an hour.

A larger proportion of women than of men worked on a part- time basis. This difference and the fact that both men and women employees working from 35 to 40 hours earned more an hour than employees on either shorter or longer work schedules are illustrated in the tabulation below:

Men Women

Hoursworked

inweek

Percentof

total

Straight-time

averagehourly

earnings

Percentof

total

Straight-time

averagehourly

earnings

1 to 3 4 _______ 20 $1.26 29 $1.063 5 to 40 _ 49 1.87 57 1.2041 to 47 _____ - 20 1.74 12 1.0348 or more 11 1.60 2 1.08


4Earnings by Region

Total nonsupervisory employment in department stores was distributed among the 4 broad regions approximately as follows: Northeast 200,000; South 199,000; North Central 268,000; and West 110 , 000 .


Straight-time

average

Percent with hourly earnings of less than

Regionhourly

earnings $0.75 $1 $1.25

United States______________ $1.33 6 26 59

Northeast __ 1.36 3 23 57South 1.17 16 44 72North Central__ 1.37 4 23 59West ______________ _____ 1.50 ( l ) 7 40

1 Less than 0.5 percent.

Proportions of women earning less than $1 an hour ranged from 10 percent in the West to 52 percent in the South. Similarly, the proportions of men earning less than $1 ranged from 2 percent in the West to 23 percent in the South.

Although the South accounted for only 26 percent of the total nonsupervisory employment in department stores, it accounted for 43 percent of the employees earning less than $1 and 68 percent of those earning less than 75 cents an hour. contrast, the Westaccounted for 14 percent of the total employment in the department store group, 4 percent of those earning less than $1, and less than 1 percent of those earning less than 75 cents an hour.


Stores and auxiliary units were also classified according to location in metropolitan areas or in counties not included in such areas; in addition, separation was provided between central cities and other than central cities in metropolitan areas and between communities with 5,000 or more and under 5,000 population in the case of nonmetropolitan area counties (tables 6 and 7). Nationwide, 81 percent of the employment was concentrated in metropolitan areas mostly in central cities. In the nonmetropolitan counties, employment in communities of 5,000 or more population was more than 11 times that :rs smaller communities.

The relationship between community size and employee hourly earnings for department stores can be noted from the averages and the proportions earning less than $1 as shown in the following tabulation:

Straight-time Percent

average earninghourly less than

Size of community earnings $ 1 an hour

Metropolitan areas_________________ $1.35 22Central cities 1.36 23Communities other than

central cities ____ __ __ 1.35 22

Nonmetropolitan areas 1.22 40Communities of 5,000

or m o re________________________ 1.22 39Communities of less

than 5t 000 (>) (*)

1 Insufficient data to warrant presentation.

Although a generally similar relationship was noted within each region, the differences shown in nationwide comparisons reflect, in part, regional differences in general pay levels and in distributions of employment by community size. Thus, employment in metropolitan areas in the comparatively high wage Northeast region exceeded that in nonmetropolitan areas in the ratio of 9 to 1; in the South, however, the ratio was 3 to 1.


Nationwide, 49 percent of the nonsupervisory employment of department stores in October 1956 was accounted for by companies operating 11 or more stores. Single store retailers accounted for 26 percent of the employment in the group, employers operating 2 or 3 stores accounted for 12 percent, and 4- to 10 -store firms accounted for 13 percent (table 7). This pattern also held, with relatively minor variations, within each of the four broad regions.

Earnings of employees in single stores were considerably lower than those of employees of companies operating several stores. Nationwide, employees of single stores averaged $1.11 an hour compared with $1.33 for employees of companies operating 4 to 10 stores and $1.47 for employees of chains of 11 or more stores. The proportions of employees earning less than $1 were: Single stores,48 percent; 2 or 3 stores, 28 percent; 4 to 10 stores, 21 percent; and 11 or more stores, 15 percent.

Part-time employees accounted for a larger proportion of employment in chains operating 4 or more stores than in the companies operating fewer stores: Twenty-nine percent of the employees


in companies with 4 to 10 stores and 27 percent in companies with 11 or more stores worked less than 35 hours a week as compared with 23 percent in the single store group and 25 percent in companies of 2 or 3 stores.

Weekly Earnings

Nationwide, weekly earnings varied according to hours worked during the payroll period studied as follows: 1 to 34 hours, $21.59;35 to 40 hours, $54.25; 41 to 47 hours, $56.74; and 48 or more hours, $72.29. In metropolitan areas, employees working 35 or more hours averaged $56.50 compared with $52.93 for workers in nonmetropolitan areas (table 8).

Variety Stores

Variety stores accounted for 23 percent of the nonsupervisory employees in the general merchandise group in October 1956. Still commonly referred to as "5 and 10 cent stores,1' although changes both in the level of prices and in merchandising policy have ,made this description outmoded, these stores are located for the most part in metropolitan areas or in cities of more than 5,000 population. Almost 85 percent of the total workforce was accounted for by companies operating 11 or more stores. Women employees outnumbered men 9 to 1 and were usually paid on a time-rate basis.

Nationwide, variety stores employed approximately 305,000 nonsupervisory employees in October 1956 (table 9). As a group, these employees averaged 89 cents an hour, excluding overtime pay but including commissions or bonuses. An estimated 108,000 employees, or 35 percent of the total, earned less than 75 cents an hour; 227,000, or 74 percent under $1; and 278,000, or 91 percent, under $1.25. About 300 employees, or less than one-half of 1 percent of the total, earned $2.50 or more an hour. The largest concentrations in any 5-cent wage interval were: 75 cents and under 80 cents, 12 percent; and 85 cents and under 90 cents, 9 percent.

Substantial variation was noted in the hours worked by individual employees in the mid-October survey week. An estimated124,000 employees worked less than 35 hours a week. As a group, these employees averaged 78 cents an hour. More than 90,000 employees (30 percent of the total) worked from 35 to 40 hours a week and averaged 98 cents an hour. An average of 83 cents an hour was recorded for the 57,000 employees who worked from 41 to 47 hours. Hours of 48 or more were worked by 32,000 employees who averaged 91 cents an hour.

Earnings of Men and Women

Women accounted for nearly nine-tenths (274,000) of the employees in the variety store group, and averaged 85 cents an hour. Approximately 37 percent earned less than 75 cents an hour; 78 per

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cent under $1; and 94 percent under $1 .25 . Comparatively few women (less than one-tenth of 1 percent) earned $2.50 or more an hour. Twelve percent of the women had earnings at the 75- to 80-cent interval (table 9).

The earnings of the 31,000 men in nonsupervisory jobs were at a considerably higher level than the average for women. Men as a group averaged $1.15 an hour. Hourly earnings of less than 75 cents were recorded for 19 percent of the men; 44 percent earned less than $1, and 68 percent earned less than $1 .25 . One percent of the men earned $2.50 or more an hour.

A larger proportion of women than of men worked on a part- time basis. This difference and the fact that both men and women employees working from 35 to 40 hours earned more an hour than employees on either shorter or longer work schedules are illustrated in the tabulation below:

Men Women

Hoursworked

inweek

Percentof

total

Straight-time

averagehourly

earnings

Percentof

total

Straight-time

averagehourly

earnings

1 to 3 4 ___________ 39 $0.87 41 $0.7735 to 40 12 1.40 31 .9641 to 47 ______ 6 1.13 20 .8148 or more 42 1.19 7 .72

Earnings by Region

Total estimated nonsupervisory employment in the variety store group was distributed among the 4 broad regions as follows: Northeast 88,000; South 93,000; North Central 89,000; and West35,000.


Straight- Percent withtime hourly earnings

average of les s than-hourly

Region earnings $0.75 $1 $1.25

United States ________ ___ $0.89 35 74 91

Northeast____________ ...................97 21 69 88South ___ .72 70 90 96North Central ...................93 24 72 91West ______ 1.02 8 53 87


6Proportions of men earning less than $1 an hour ranged from 27 percent in the West to 6l percent in the South. Similarly, the proportions of women earning less than $1 ranged from 56 percent in the West to 93 percent in the South.

Although the South accounted for only 3 0 percent of the total nonsupervisory employment in variety stores, it accounted for 37 percent of the employees earning less than $1 and 60 percent earning less than 75 cents an hour. By contrast, the West accounted for 12 percent of the total employment in the variety store group, 8 percent of those earning less than $1, and 3 percent of those earning less than 75 cents an hour.


Stores and auxiliary units were also classified according to location in metropolitan areas or in counties not included in such areas; in addition, separation was provided between central cities and other than central cities in metropolitan areas, and between communities with 5,000 or more and under 5,000 population in nonmetropolitan area counties (tables 10 and 11). Nationwide, 63 percent of the employment was concentrated in metropolitan areas mostly in central cities. In the nonmetropolitan counties, employment in communities of 5,000 or more population was more than 5 times that in smaller communities.

The relationship between community size and employee hourly earnings for variety stores can be noted from the averages and the proportions earning less than $1 as shown in the following tabulation:

Straight-time Percent

average earninghourly less than

Size of community earnings $ 1 an hour

Metropolitan areas ________ _____ $0.96 68Central cities .95 71Communities other than

central cities .97 61

Nonmetropolitan areas ____________ .77 87Communities of 5,000

or m ore_______________________ .78 86Communities of less

than 5, 000 .73 87

Although a generally similar relationship was noted within each region, the differences shown in nationwide comparisons reflect, in part, regional differences in general pay levels and in distributions of employment by community size. Thus, employment in metropolitan areas in the comparatively high wage Northeast region exceeded that in nonmetropolitan areas in the ratio of 5 to 1; in the South, however, a slight majority of the employees were in nonmetropolitan areas.


Nationwide, 85 percent of the nonsupervisory employment in October 1956 in variety stores was accounted for by companies operating 11 or more stores. Single store retailers accounted for 10 percent of the employment in the group, employers operating 2 or 3 stores accounted for 3 percent, and 4- to 10 -store firms accounted for 3 percent (table 11).

Earnings of employees in companies operating 11 or more stores were slightly higher than those of employees of companies operating fewer stores. Nationwide, employees of single stores averaged 83 cents an hour compared with 85 cents for employees of companies operating 2 or 3 stores, 82 cents an hour for employees of companies operating 4 to 10 stores, and 90 cents an hour for employees of chains of 11 or more stores. The proportions of employees earning less than $1 were: Single stores, 70 percent; 2 or 3 stores, 82 percent; 4 to 10 stores, 83 percent; and 11 or more stores, 75 percent.

Part-time employees accounted for a slightly larger proportion of employment in chains operating 2 or 3 or 4 to 10 stores than in the companies operating either single stores or 11 or more stores: Approximately 45 percent of the employees in companies with 2 or 3 and 4 to 10 stores worked less than 35 hours a week as compared with 39 percent in the single store group and 41 percent in companies operating 11 or more stores.

Weekly Earnings

Nationwide, weekly earnings varied according to hours worked during the payroll period studied as follows: 1 to 34 hours, $13.53;35 to 40 hours, $38.57; 41 to 47 hours, $35.85; and 48 or more hours, $44.59. Tabulations for the West indicate a progressive increase in weekly earnings for each succeeding hours group; however, this relationship does not hold for the other three regions.


7STRAIGHT-TIME AVERAGE HOURLY EARNINGS OF NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEESGeneral Merchandise Stores

UNITED STATES AND REGIONS, BY METROPOLITAN AND NONMETROPOLITAN AREA COUNTIES

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABORBUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS


Table 1; D istribution of n onsupervisory em ployees by stra ig h t-tim e average hourly earnings and hours worked in w eek, O ctober 1956

GENERAL MERCHANDISE STORES - UNITED STATES: BY SEX

(Num ber of em ployees in hundreds)

A verage hourly earnings (in cents)

A ll em ployees M en W om en

Total

H ours worked in week Hours worked in week

Total

H ours worked in week1

to34

35to40

41to47

48or

m ore

Total 1to34

35to

* 0

41to47

48or

m ore

1to34

35to

* 0

41to47

48or

m ore

Under 50 ___________________________________________________________ 794 1 0 1 16 36 50 31 1 1 4 1 14 171 901 1 0 ' 3 5> 35

50 and under 5 5 __________________________________________________ 318 183 76 a ? 67 44 76 4 ci 8 274 156* 23 37 5955 and under 6 0 __________________________________________________ 337 93 73 69 57 1 8 1 2 8 218 85 2 0 67 4560 and under 6 5 __________________________________________________ 4 3 ? 1 8 4 5 3 107 82 51 ?5 6 3 15 371 1591 49 98 6 665 and under 70 ___________________________________ _____ _________ 4 6 6 714 78 1 1 1 51 51 30 6 3 1 ? 4 04 185 , 72 10 9 3870 and under 7 5 __________________________________________________ 3 97 170 77 103 47 41 15 a 4 2 2 3 56 1561 73 99 26

75 and under 8 0 __________________________________________________ 807 785 779 146 55 81 45 16 5 16 7 26 340 705 141 3980 and under 8 5 __________________________________________________ 690 727 718 1 77 47 67 2 3 1 1 14 19 551 204 707 113 2785 and under 9 0 __________________________________________________ 735 763 315 1 7 7 3 3 79 29 23 13 15 6 56 235 793 1 1 1 1 890 and under 9 5 __________________________________________________ 635 714 785 9? 4 5 78 7 5 17 7 79 558 189 267 84 1695 and under 100 ________________________________________________ 438 119 726 71 7 0 43 9 1 1 1 0 1 1 . 395 n o 71.4 63 9

100 and under 1 0 5 _____ ________________________________________ 1 3 6 9 549 596 131 95 254 l i e 5? 2 1 55 1117 4 32 538 1 0 ?1 3 910 5 and under 110 _______________________________________________ 635 165 356 83 79 94 78 ^0 16 70 54 0 135 326 6 0 0110 and under 115 _______________________________________________ 681 1.84 38 3 75 40 132 40 43 2 0 28 549 144 338 5 5 1 2115 and under 120 ____________________________________________ __ 501 171 791 6 7 76 89 74 3? 17 17 41 ? 97 759 4? 9120 and under 125 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4 60 1 18 7 5? 60 77 1 0 1 31 33 17 2 0 3 57 3 7 2 2 0 4 4 8

125 and under 130 _______________________________________________ 560 144 312 57 45 171 57 59 ? 1 33 390 8 8 254 36. 1 2130 and under 135 _______________________________________________ 3 63 67 777 Ulx 7 5 0 9 2 0 4 0 1 7 2 1 265 46 187 77 6135 and under 140 _______________________________________________ 361 60 777 45 7 4 1 1 1 2 1 44 18 7 .1 750 40 1 78 76, 6140 and under 145 _______________________________________________ 300 49 1 84 43 74 93 16 37 1 19 706 33 147 7 7 6145 and under 150 _______________________________________________ 7 *5 41 141 35 19 82 18 3 2 16 15 153 23 109 191 4

150 and under 160 ________________________________ _____________ 515 87 308 64 55 22 5 49 9 0 42 45 289 41 217 23l 1 0160 and under 1 7 0 ____________________________________________ __ 3 87 46 728 60 47 197 19 87 4 ? 42 189 26 1.40 17 5170 and under 180 _______________________________________________ 302 32 188 5 A 28 171 15 90 4 7 24 131 16 98 1 31 4180 and under 1 9 0 _______________________________________________ 2 44 26 144 48 27 156 1 2 79 3 8 27 90 13 64 0' 21 9 0 and under 2 0 0 _______________________________________________ 165 1 1 95 36 70 11.9 6 63 31 19 46 7 34 5

2 0 0 and under 2 1 0 __ ________________________________ _____ __ 171 17 99 36 2 1 17? 7 63 79 2 0 50 9 34 72 1 0 and under 2 2 0 _________________________________________________ 124 5 77 34 1 2 96 3 52 79 1 2 28 2 2 1 5220 and under 230 ________________________________________________ 107 8 63 23 15 8 8 5 48 2 1 14 19 2 14 ?230 and under 240 ____________________________________ _________ 79 5 50 17 5 6 5 7 40 16 5 15 2 1 7240 and under 250 _________________ ____________________________ 51 3 32 17 4 43 3 75 1 0 3 9 1 6

250 and under 260 _____________ _____________________ _________ 59 7 34 1 0 7 51 6 30 9 7 9 2 6 1260 and under 270 ________________________________ _____ ___ 46 3 30 7 c 38 26 6 5 7 2 5 12 70 and under 280 30 1 2 ? 6 1 26 18 6 1 6 4 1280 and under 2 9 0 ________________________________ _____________ 31 1 70 5 4 78 17 5 4 3 1290 and under 300 71 2 13 4 1 17 1 1 1 3 1 3 1 1

300 and o v e r _______________________________________________ _____ 153 1 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 139 5 103 19 1 1 14 4 9

Num ber of em ployees (in hundreds) _______________________ ,1 3 2 1 3 3915 6014 2 0 9 4 1177 3 3 8 7 751 1352 597 664 9 8 2 7 3161 4 6 5 5 1497 507

A verage hourly earnings (dollars) __________________________ . 1 . 2 0 .9 9 1 .3 1 1 .1 4 1 .1 3 1 .5 9 1 .1 5 1 .8 2 1 . 6 6 1 .3 6 1 .0 5 96 1 .1 6 93 .8 1

N O T E : F o r definitions of term s used in this tab le , see Appendix.A bsence of a colum n entry indicates le s s than 50 em ployees

B ecau se of rounding, sum s of individual item s do not n e c e ssa r ily equal to ta ls .


Table 1 -A : D istribution of n onsupervisory em ployees by stra ig h t-tim e average hourly earnings and hours worked in w eek, O ctober 1956

GENERAL MERCHANDISE STORES - NORTHEAST: RY SEX



All em ployees M en W om en

Total

Hours worked in week

Total


Total

H ours worked in week

1to34

35to40

41to47

48or

m ore

1to34

35to40

41to47

48or

m ore

1to34

35to40

41to

4 7

48or

m ore

Under 50 ___________________________________________________________ 8 3 1 4 7 3 4

50 and under 5 5 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 22 15 4 3 1 5 2 1 1 18 13 3 255 and under 6 0 __________________________________________________ 22 13 3 6 1 21 13 2 660 and under 6 5 ------------------------ ---------------------------------------------------- 49 33 8 7 3 2 46 31 8 765 and under 7 0 __________________________________________________ 66 40 15 11 5 A 1 61 37 13 1170 and under 75 _ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 86 5* 16 14 3 7 4 1 3 79 50 15 13

75 and under 8 0 __________________________________________________ 202 117 55 27 2 12 9 2 1 1 190 108 54 27 180 and under 8 5 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 169 34 60 21 4 13 6 3 3 2 155 78 57 18i 285 and under 9 0 __________________________________________________ 227 105 91 26 A 20 12 4 1 3 207 93 87 26- 190 and under 9 5 ______________________________________________ __ 181 74 85 14 8 21 10 4 1 6 160 63 81 13! 295 and under 100 _______ J-------------------- ------------------------------------- 13 9 AQ 66 11 2 10 4 3 2 1 109 36 63 10 1

100 and under 1 0 5 -------- ------------------------------------------- -------------- 388 169 170 31 19 77 39 20 4 14 312 131 1501 26 5105 and under 110 _______________________________________________ 174 56 96 17 5 27 11 9 2 4 147 4 4 87 15 1110 and under 1 1 5 -------------------------- ------------------------------------------- 168 49 96 16 7 34 12 12 5 4 134 37 84 11 2115 and under 1 2 0 ___________________________________________ 113 8 4 65 10 4 22 7 9 3 3 91 26 561 ( 1120 and under 125 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 114 34 61 1 2 6 29 1 1 1 1 3 4 84 23 501 9> 2

125 and under 130 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 140 37 81 1 0 1 2 49 15 2 0 4 1 0 92 23 62 6 2130 and under 1 3 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 97 2 0 59 1 1 7 30 6 1 2 5 6 6 8 14 47 6> 1135 and under 140 _______________________________________________ 94 16 60 1 0 9 31 5 14 4 8 63 1 1 461 5> 1140 and under 145 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 85 13 56 1 0 6 24 3 1 2 5 5 6 0 1 C1 4 4 5> 1145 and under 1 5 0 _________________________________________________ 78 1 1 34 9 6 27 3 13 6 5 51 7 41 3i 1

1 50 and under 1 6 0 ________________________________ _____________ 144 27 84 16 17 6 8 13 29 1 1 15 761 15i 55 5 2160 and under 170 _______________________________________________ 115 14 73 13 15 55 4 28 9' 14 59' 10 45i 'S 1170 and under 180 _______________________________________________ 92 1 1 61 13 8 55 4 32 1 1 8 37 6> 29> 2180 and under 1 9 0 _______________________________________________ 6 6 7 43 1 1 6 41 2 23 9* 6 261 5 19 ]1 9 0 and under 2 0 0 __________________________ _______________________ 41 2 28 7 3 30 2 0 6> 3 1 1 2' 9' 1

2 0 0 and under 2 1 0 __ ------------------------------------------------- -------- __ 42 5 27 6 5 30 1 18 c 5 13 3i 8; l2 1 0 and under 2 2 0 _______________________________________________ 33 1 2 < 8 3 26 1 15 r 3 7 1 5> 1220 and under 230 _______________________________________________ 2 0 1 1 3 4 2 15 1 9 4 1 4 1 3230 and under 240 ____________________________________ _________ 2 0 1 14 4 1 17 1 1 1 4240 and under 250 -------- -------------- ------------------------------------------- 1 1 1 6 3 9 1 5 3 2 1

250 and under 260 ------------------------- -------------------- ----------------------- 13 1 9 2 1 0 1 7 3 1 2260 and under 270 ________________________________________ ___ 9 7 1 l 8 6 1 1 1 1270 and under 280 _______________________________________________ 7 5 1 6 4 1 1 1280 and under 2 9 0 _______________________________________________ 7 5 1 6 4 1 1290 and under 300 _____ ________________________________________ 4 2 1 3 2 1 1

300 and o v e r ______________________________________________ _____ 37 2 28 5 2 34 1 26 5> 2 3: 1 2

N um ber of em ployees (in hundreds) ________________________ . 3 2 6 3 1090 1627 3 76 168 8 6 C1 194 389 1 130 139 2 * 0 4 396 1 233 245 27

A verage hourly earnings (dollars) ______________________ __ , l . ? 5 1 . 0 1 1 .3 2 1 .2 4 1 .4 0 1 .6 3 1 .1 5 1 .8 0 2 .7 2 ! 1 .4 5 1 .1 0 .9 8 1 .1 6 .9 8 1 .1 7

N O T E: F o r definitions of term s used in this tab le , see Appendix.A bsence of a colum n entry indicates le s s than 50 em ployees

B ecause of rounding, sum s oi individual item s do not n e c e ssa r ily equal to ta ls .


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Table 1 -B : D istribution of n onsu pervisory em ployees by stra ig h t-tim e average hourly earnings and hours worked in w eek, O ctober 1956

GENERAL MERCHANDISE STORES - SOUTH: BY SEX

(N um ber o f em ployees in hundreds)



Total

H ours worked in week Hours worked in week

Total


1

to34

3 T ^to40

41to47

48or

m ore

Total Ito34

35to40

41to47

48or

m ore

1

to34

35to40

41to

4 7

48or

m ore

Under 5 0 _________________ ____________________________ _____ 187 96 13 30 48 31 1 1 4 1 14 156 85 9 29 33

50 and under 5 5 _______________________ -------------------- -------- 25 4 140 2 0 30 63 33 19 2 5 7 2 2 1 1 2 1 18 26 5655 and under 60 __________________________________________________ 180 65 18 49 49 15 6 1 2 7 165 59 17 47 4260 and under 6 5 ___________________________________ __ __ -------- 268 87 39 70 73 33 1 2 5 3 13 235 75 34 6 6 i 5965 and under 7 0 __________________________________________________ 241 94 44 6 6 36 38 2 2 5 3 8 203 72 40 64 2770 and under 75 _ ____________________________ _____ _____ __ 168 38 33 63 34 24 5 3 3 15 144 34 30 60' 19

75 and under 8 0 ------- ------------------------------------------------- -------------- 276 8 6 95 58 36 34 1 0 9 3 1 2 242 76 8 6 55 2480 and under 8 5 ........................................................ .............................. 193 37 71 56 29 36 7 6 8 14 157 30 65 48 1485 and under 9 0 ....................... ...... ............................................................ 199 42 92 46 19 38 8 14 7 9 1 6 1 34 78 39' 1 090 and under 9 5 ------------------------------ ------------------------------------- 159 32 70 33 24 36 4 9 4 18 123 28 61 29 595 and under 100 __________________________________________________ 1 1 1 16 *56 28 1 1 2 0 2 5 6 7 91 14 50 2 2 4

100 and under 1 0 5 _____ ____________________________ _________ 293 81 140 40 33 84 29 23 9 2 2 209 51 117 30i 1 1105 and under 110 __ ------------------------------------------------------- -------- 150 2 1 83 34 1 2 35 6 1 1 9 9 115 15 72 25i 3110 and under 115 ___ __ ________________________ _________ 145 19 8 6 25 14 43 6 15 1 0 1 2 1 0 2 13 71 15i 2115 and under 1 2 0 ____________________________________________ -- 109 1 1 61 25 1 1 32 4 1 1 9 9 77 8 51 17 21 2 0 and under 1 2 5 ------------------ -------------- --------------- ----------------------- 87 1 2 47 18 9 27 4 8 8 7 60 8 39 1 1 2

125 and under 1 3 0 ____________________________________ _________ 1 0 2 16 58 2 0 8 37 8 1 2 1 1 6 65 8 4 6 91 2130 and under 135 ___ -------- -------- -------------- 69 8 42 14 5 31 3 16 7 5 38 4 26 7 1135 and under 1 4 0 _________________________________________________ 63 4 37 15 7 27 2 1 0 8 6 36 2 26 7 1140 and under 1 4 5 -------------- -------------------- ------------------------- 47 4 23 14 6 2 1 1 7 7 5 26 3 16 7 1145 and under 150 __ -------------- __ -------------------- -------- 37 3 18 1 1 5 16 1 6 4 4 2 1 2 1 2 7 1

150 and under 1 6 0 ________________________________ _________ 84 6 46 18 14 44 3 17 13 1 1 39 4 28 5 3160 and under 170 ____________________________________________ ~ 64 3 37 17 7 38 2 17 1 2 7 26 1 2 0 A 1170 and under 1 8 0 ____________________________________ _________ 46 2 25 14 5 29 1 14 1 0 4 17 1 1 1 A 1180 and under 1 9 0 __ ------------------------------------------- -------------- 4 4 3 24 15 3 29 2 15 1 0 3 15 1 9 A1 9 0 and under 2 0 0 _____________________ __ -------- 23 1 1 1 8 2 17 1 8 6 2 6 1 3 2

2 0 0 and under 2 1 0 ------------------------------------------- ~ 29 3 15 7 4 2 0 1 1 0 4 4 9 2 5 32 1 0 and under 2 2 0 __ _________ _____________ ___ _________ 18 1 1 1 5 1 1 2 8 3 1 6 4 2220 and under 230 __ _________ __ __ -------- __ __ 17 2 1 0 3 2 14 2 8 2 2 3 2 1230 and under 240 _________ __ _____ _____ _____ __ __ __ 15 1 0 2 1 1 1 8 2 1 3 3240 and under 250 __ ~ __ __ -------- __ __ __ -------- 9 6 2 1 8 4 2 1 2 1

250 and under 260 __ __ -------- ----- ----- __ 1 2 1 6 2 3 1 0 6 1 3 2 1 1 12 60 and under 270 ______________ ___ _________ __ __ 1 0 7 2 1 8 6 1 1 2 1 127 0 and under 280 __ __ _________ __ __ _________ ~ _____ 6 5 1 5 4 1 1 1 1280 and under 2 9 0 __ ------------------------------------------- -------- _ 5 3 2 5 3 2290 and under 300 _____ _____ _____ __ __ _____ 5 1 2 2 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 1

300 and o v e r ________ __ _________________ _________ __ 32 1 27 4 1 29 25 3 1 3 1 2

N um ber of em ployees (in hundreds) __ __ ------------------ 3 7 5 7 93 6 1391 849 578 9 7 4 183 33 6 2 0*0 251 27 8 2 754 10 5 5 649 3 2 4

A verage hourly earnings (d ollars) _______ __ __ 1 * 0 1 80 1*1 8 .9 9 85 1 .3 2 91 1 .6 2 1 .4 0 1 .0 7 .8 9 77 1 * 0 4 86 68

N O T E : F o r definitions of term s used in this table, see Appendix.A bsen ce of a colum n entry indicates le s s than 50 em ployees

B ecau se of rounding, su m s o f individual item s do not n e c e ssa r ily equal totals*


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Table 1 -C : D istribution of n onsu pervisory em ployees by stra ig h t-tim e average hourly earnings and hours worked in w eek, O ctober 1956

GENERAL MERCHANDISE STORES - NORTH CENTRAL: RY SEX

(N um ber of em ployees in hundreds)



Total'


Total

H ours w orked in week

Total

H ours worked in weekI

to34

3 3 to40

41to47

46or

m ore

Ito34

35to

* 0

41to47

48or

m ore

1

to34

35to40

41to47

48or

Under 50 ___________________________________________________________ 8 2 2 2 2 ? 2 1 2 2

50 and under 5 5 ____________________ __ _____________ _________ 33 2 2 1 8 1 4 3 1 29 19 1 8 155 and under 6 0 __________________________________________________ 32 14 2 14 3 3 2 1 29 1 2 1 14 260 and under 6 5 _________________________________ _________________ 9 7 59 7 24 7 1 0 7 1 1 87 52 6 24 665 and under 7 0 __________________________________________________ 138 77 18 33 9 4 3 1 134 74 18 33 870 and under 75 _ _______________________________________________ 127 75 25 24 3 7 6 1 1 2 0 69 25 24 2

75 and under 8 0 ------- ------------------------------------------------- -------------- 280 152 62 54 1 2 28 2 2 3 1 2 252 130 59 53 1 080 and under 8 5 ____________ ____________________________________ 208 85 70 41 1 2 15 9 1 2 3 193 76 69 39 985 and under 90 _ ------------------------------------------------- -------------- 247 84 1 1 1 45 7 18 7 4 5 2 229 77 108 40 590 and under 95 _ _________________________________________________ 2 2 0 80 90 39 1 1 16 8 3 2 4 204 73 8 6 37 795 and under 100 --------------------------------- ------------------------------------- 153 48 70 23 6 1 1 2 3 2 3 142 46 67 27 3

100 and under 1 0 5 _________________________________________________ 48 4 213 193 45 33 6 8 36 1 2 7 13 416 178 181 38 19105 and under 110 __ _____________________________________________ 2 2 0 67 124 2 1 7 25 9 8 4 5 194 57 116 18 2110 and under 1 1 5 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 248 81 133 23 1 1 39 16 1 1 4 8 209 65 1 2 2 191 4115 and under 1 2 0 _________________ ________________ _______ __ 191 53 113 2 1 4 26 1 0 1 0 4 2 165 43 103 17 2120 and under 125 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 179 49 1 0 0 23 7 33 1 2 1 1 5 5 145 37 891 18i 2

125 and under 130 _______________________________________________ 198 54 n o 19 14 55 2 1 19 5 1 0 143 33 91 15 4130 and under 1 3 5 _____________ ________________________________ 123 25 76 14 e 28 9 9 4 6 95 16 67 1 0 2135 and under 140 _______________________________________________ 131 24 80 16 1 1 36 9 1 4 5 8 5 16 6 6 * 1 1 2140 and under 1 4 5 _______________________________________________ 108 2 1 64 15 7 34 9 1 2 6 6 74 1 2 53> 8 2145 and under 150 .................................................................................. ........ 76 17 4 2 1 2 8 26 9 3 5 4 51 9 34 7' 1

150 and under 1 6 0 ------------------------------------------- __ -------------------- 176 37 105 2 1 13 72 23 27 13 1 C 104 15- 78! 8 3160 and under 170 _______________________________________________ 129 19 69 2.1 19 65 g 26 15 16 64 1 1 43i 1r 3170 and under 180 _______________________________________________ 104 1 2 62 18 1 1 59 7 2 7 15, 9 46 61 34 4i- 2180 and voider 1 9 0 _______________________________________________ 81 8 48 13 1 1 53 3 27 1 2 ! 1 1 28i 5> 2 1 1 11 9 0 and under 2 0 0 ________________________________ _____________ 6 6 4 3 5 16 1 1 46 1 2 0 14 1C 2 0 1 3i 15 2

2 0 0 and under 2 1 0 __ ------------------------------------------------- -------- __ 67 5 to 13 7 47 3 24 1 ? 7 2 0 1 3! 15> 22 1 0 and under 2 2 0 _______________________________________________ tC 2 23 13 6 39 1 2 C 1 2 6 1 0 1 8 1220 and under 230 _________________________________________________ 46 3 24 1 ? 7 38 1 18 1 2 7 8 1 61 1230 and under 240 _____________ _____ _____________ _____ __ 3 0 3 17 8 7 25 2 13 7' 2 5 1 4240 and under 250 _________________ ____________________________ 2 0 1 13 4 2 17 1 1 1 3 1 3 1 2

250 and under 260 _____________ ____________________________ __ 23 4 13 3 2 2 0 4 1 1 i 2 3 2260 and under 270 ________________________________ _____ ___ 16 3 1 0 1 1 13 9 2 1 3 1 2270 and under 280 _____ ________________________ _____________ 1 0 1 7 2 9 6 2 2 1280 and under 2 9 0 __ ________________________________ _____ __ 1 0 1 7 1 1 9 6 1 1 1290 and under 300 _____ _________________ _____________________ 8 1 6 1 7 5 1 1 1

300 and o v e r _______________________ _________ _________ _____ 58 5 A3 8 3 52 3 3 9 r 3 61 1 4

N um ber of em ployees (in hundreds) __________________________ 4 3 9 4 1411 2 0 2 0 680 276 1056 266 4 1 9 1931 171 3 3 3 7 1145i 15 99 48 8 104

A verage hourly earnings (d ollars) _ ___________ 1 ?6 1 .0 3 1 *3 4 1 *2 0 1 35 1 *73i 1 .2 3 1 1 .9 4 1 .7 9 1 .5 6 1 .0 9 .9 9 1 .1 8 . 9 6 #99

N O T E : F o r definitions of term s u sed in this table , see Appendix.Absen ce of a colum n entry indicates le s s than 50 em ployees

B ecau se of rounding, su m s of individual item s do not n e c e ssa r ily equal to ta ls .


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Table 1 -D : D istribution o f n onsupervisory em ployees by stra ig h t-tim e average hourly earnings and hours worked in w eek , O ctober 1956

GENERAL MERCHANDISE STORES - WEST: RY SEX




Total


Total


Total


1to34

35to40

41to47

48or

m ore

1to34

35to

* 0

41to47

48or

m ore

1to34

35to40

41to47

48or

rtaore

Under 5 0 _________ ______________________________________________ _ 1 1

50 and under 5 5 _________________________________________________ 9 6 1 1 2 2 2 6 3 1 1 255 and under 6 0 _________________________________________________ 3 1 1 3 1 160 and under 6 5 _________________________________________________ __ 8 5 1 1 2 5 4 1 3 1 1 165 and under 7 0 _________________________________________________ 1 0 3 1 1 6 4 1 3 6 2 1 1 370 and unde r 7 5 _______________________________________________ 16 3 3 2 7 3 3 13 3 3 2 5

75 and under 8 0 _________________________________________________ 49 30 8 7 5 7 4 2 1 42 26 6 6, 480 and under 8 5 _______________________________________ ________ _ 50 2 1 17 9 2 3 1 i 1 46 2 0 16 8 285 and under 9 0 ___________________________________ ___________ 62 32 2 1 6 3 3 2 i 1 59 31 2 0i 5. 290 and under 9 5 _______________________________________________ _ 75 2 3 40 6 2 5 3 1 1 71 25 39 i 295 ahd under 100 ______________________ ____________________ 55 15 34 4 1 2 1 53 14 34 4 1

100 and under 1 0 5 -------- ----------------------------------------------------------- 204 8 6 93 15 10 25 14 3 1 6 180 72 90' 14 4105 and under 110 ______________________________________________ .. 91 2 1 53 1 1 5 7 2 2 1 2 19 51 1 1 3110 and under 115 ______________________________________________ 1 2 0 35 67 1 1 8 16 6 5 1 4 104 29 61 1 C! 4115 and under 120 ______________________________________________ 8 8 23 52 6 7 9 3 2 1 3 7 9 7 C 49 8. 4120 and under 125 ______________________________________________ 80 23 45 7 5 1 2 4 3 1 4 6 8 19 42 6 2

125 and under 130 ______________________________________________ 1 2 0 37 63 3 1 1 3 0 13 8 1 7 90 2 4 55 6 4130 and u n d e r 135 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 74 14 50 5 5 1 0 ?. 3 1 4 64 1 ? 47 4 1135 and under 140 ______________________________________________ 73 16 46 4 7 17 5 6 1 5 6 6 1 1 40 I 1140 and under 1 4 5 ______________________________________________ 60 1 1 41 4 5 14 3 6 1 3 46 8 34 1 1145 and under 150 ______________________________________________ 44 1 0 27 3 3 13 5 5 1 2 ? c 5 2 2 2: l

150 and under 1 6 0 ________________________________ ____________ 1 1 1 17 73 9 1 1 41 1 0 17 5 9 70 7 56 5> 21 6 0 and under 1 7 0 ____________________________________________ . 74 1 0 49 9 6 34 5 16 6' 5 40 4 3 2170 and under 180 ______________________________________________ ___ 60 7 40 9 4 29 3 17 6 31 11 9 0 and under 2 0 0 ______________________________________________ 35 4 2 1 5 4 26 3 15 5 4 9 1 7

2 0 0 and under 2 1 0 __ ________________________________________ . 33 3 17 8 5 25 2 1 1 7 4 8 1 6 12 1 0 and under 2 2 0 ______________________________________________ 24 1 13 8 2 19 1 9 7 2 5 4 1220 and under 230 ______________________________________________ 24 2 16 3 4 2 1 1 13 3 4 4 3230 and under 240 ____________________________________ ________ 14 1 9 3 1 1 2 8 3i 1 3 1 2240 and under 250 _________________ _________ _______________ 1 1 1 7 3 1 o 1 5 2 1 2 2

250 and under 2 6 0 _____________ _________ ___ _____________ 1 1 1 6 3 2 1 1 1 6 3 ~2 1 1260 and under 2 70 ________________________________ _____ 1 1 1 6 2 2 9 5 2 2 1 1 12 70 and under 280 _________________________ _________ ________ 7 5 2 1 6 4 2 1 2 1280 and under 2 9 0 ________________________________ _________ . 9 5 1 3 8 4 1 3 1 1290 and under 300 _____ ________________________________ ____ 4 3 3 3

300 and o v e r _______________________________ _________ ~ __ . 26 2 14 4 5 24 1 13 4 5 2 1 1

N um ber of em ployees (in hundreds) __ ___________________ . , 1799 478 976 189 155 497 105 203 74 103 13 04 366 768 115i 52

A verage hourly earnings (d ollars) _______________ _____ . 1 3 81 .1 6 1 .4 1 1 .4 7 1 .4 4 1 .8 0 1 .3 4 1 .9 4 1 .9 7 1 .6 3 1 . 2 1 1 . 1 1 1*2 6 1 .1 5 1 .0 5

N O T E : F o r definitions of term s used in this tab le , see Appendix.Absence of a colum n entry indicates le s s than 50 em ployees

B ecau se of rounding, su m s of individual item s do not n e c e ssa r ily equal to ta ls .


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Table 2: Distribution of n onsu pervisory em ployees by stra ig h t-tim e average hourly earnings and hours worked in w eek, O ctober 1956

GENERAL MERCHANDISE STORES - UNITED STATES: BY SEX AND METROPOLITAN AND NONMETROPOLITAN AREA COUNTIES




M etropolitan area counties

Nonm etropolitan a rea counties


Nonm etropolitan area counties


Nonirare

letropolitan a counties

T otal

worked in week T otal

Hours worked in week Total

H ours worked in week T otal

Hours worked in week T otal

Hours w orked in week T otal

Hours worked in week___

1to34

35or

m o re

1to34

35or

m ore

1to34

35or

m ore

1to34

35or

m ore

1to34

35or

m ore

1to34

35or

m ore

Under 50 __________________________________ ___ __ ----- 41 ] 6 24 1 5 P 8 4 7 9 6 6 74 10 14 35 16 18 134 74 63

50 and under 5 5 _________________________________________ ? 4 5 36 2'a ' 133 98 1? 5 6 30 21 10 70 40 30 203 112 8855 and under 6 0 ________________ _____________ _______ 8 7 3 S 49 ] 4 8 5 7 5 0 1 9 13 5 7 82 37 46 135 47 8860 and under 6 5 ___________________________________ ___ 154 70 83 266 113 155 14 5 0 3 5 20 17 140 65 74 231 93 13865 and under 7 0 ___________________________________________ 218 114 104 937 100 1 3 7 18 P q ?4 21 12 200 106 95 203 79 12570 and under 7 5 ___________________________ ___________ 2^6 1 1 1 9 5 ] 8 3 9 6 1 7 i 16 7 8 26 7 18 19C 104 87 162 49 113

75 and under 8 0 ___________________________________ _____ 4 63 9 3 8 226 9 A9 147 n 4 35 n 16 45 ?5 19 4 219 210 297 122 17580 and under 8 5 ________________________________ ,__________ 4 0 ^ 156 248 217 7 7 14 3 3 0 13 27 29 10 19 362 143 221 138 62 12985 and under 90 _________________________________________ 5 "7 2 0 8 298 9 97 54 175 5 0 18 31 3 0 8 20 4 57 190 267 197 46 15590 and under 9 5 ___________________________________________ 177 296 162 0 c 1 2,8 4 9 1 0 3? 29 6 24 4 2 2 150 264 133 29 10495 and under 100 _____________________________ _________ 3 102 99Q 109 18 0 1 27 7 22 13 2 1 2 301 95 206 96 16 79

100 and under 1 0 5 ________________________________________ 1 0 6 7 447 617 7 3 9 n o 7 n 174 p ] 90 80 37 47 893 366 527 223 66 155105 and under 110 ______________________________________ 500 1 50 372 1 16 1 6 98 69 25 45 25 5 19 451 125 327 91 11 79110 and under 1 1 5 -------------- ------------------------------------------- 548 157 388 1 9 9 9 9 110 Q9 33 61 38 6 3 3 455 124 327 95 16 77115 and under 1 2 0 _____________ ______________________ 416 108 3 08 8 4 1 4 71 66 20 4 4 22 4 19 350 88 264 62 10 52120 and under 1 2 5 ______________________________________ 370 1 0 5 274 0 0 1 2 64 7 5 26 4 7 7 8 4 2? 3 04 79 227 52 8 42

125 and under 130 ________________________________________ 4 6 ] 1 27 3 3 2 1 0 9 16 8 1 13 1 47 85 41 n 29 330 80 247 61 5 52130 and under 135 --------------------------------------------------------- 905 58 9 9,/, 6 4 4 58 67 17 48 2 1 27 228 41 186 35 3 31135 and under 140 _____________________ _______________ 3 0 7 5 6 3 4.0 9 6 4 c 1 8 9 16 64 30 9 26 224 40 185 26 2 25140 and under 145 ------------------------------------------------------- 252 44 9 ^ 6 4 4 9 4 2 70 14 54 2 2 2 20 182 30 152 22 22145 and under 1 5 0 ________________________________________ 2 0 4 38 169 5 9 9 2 9 6 5 16 49 19 2 16 139 22 113 13 13

150 and under 1 6 0 _______________ _______________ _____ 4 9 6 7 4 9 4 9 p c 1 1. 76 163 9 ^ 126 6 3 c 52 262 36 223 26 2 84160 and under 170 ______________________________________ 8 15 4 0 2 74 6 8 4 6 3 140 1 6 125 53 3 49 175 24 149 15 1 14170 and under 180 ______________________________________ 245 " 7 ~ n 5 1 9 4 9 1 3 1 1 3 117 39 2 37 114 14 100 12 12180 and under 1 9 0 _____________ ------------------------------------ l o q 2 0 17 ? l; 9 0 3 0 1 92 7 1 1 2 33 i 32 77 11 66 9 2 7190 and under 200 ______________________________________ 13 7 11 ' I K 9 6 7 4 9 6 4 91 23 21 41 7 34 3 3

20 0 and under 2 1 0 ______________________________________ 140 1 3 1 7 27 25 7 6 9 91 2? 2C 44 8 36 5 5210 and under 220 _____________ __ --------------------------------- 1 0 2 h. n7 1 O 1 n 7 8 9 76 15 15 24 2 21 4 422 0 and under 230 ---------- ------------------------------------------------------- 8 5 6 78 J 9 ] 19 6 ? 9 64 17 1 17 17 1 14 2 2230 and under 240 ______________________________________ 6 6 1 9 12 c; 1 4 0 1 1 1? 12 1 11240 and under 250 -----_ ------------------------------------------------------------------ 30 1 8 7 P 9 ? 1 n 8 8 7 52 50 and under 260 ______________________________________ 43 2 37 16 2 1 3 5 E 9 82 15 2 13 8 5 1260 and under 270 ________________________________________ 36 ] 3 6 P 7 7 1 31 6 6 5 1 4 2 ]_270 and under 280 _______________________________________________ 25 9 4 4 4 9 0 ? 8 4 4 5 42 80 and under 290 ------------------ -------------------------------- -------------- 23 22 5 5 71 21 5 5 2 1290 and under 300 _____________________ _______ ______________ 17 1 13 5 4 1 5 1 13 4 3 2 1 1

300 and over _ -------- __ -------------------- -------------- 131 7 1 2? 21 9 9 1 1 9 E 114 21 20 1 ? 2 9

N um ber of em ployees (in hundreds) __ -------- ----- 94 2 9 ', 772 66 2 5 3729 1083 2 6 3 ? 2379 4 0 6 m e 983 22 8 744 70 50 2276 475 5 2739 P E E 1878

A verage hourly earnings (dollars) ----------------- ----- 1 .2 8 1 .0 6 1 .3 2 1 .0 2 .8 0 1 .0 5 1 .6 9 1 .2 5 1 . 7 4 1 .3 7 .9 1 1 .4 3 1 .1 2 1 .0 1 1 .1 5 .8 7 .7 7 .8 9

N O T E : F or definitions of term s used in this tab le , see Appendix.A bsen ce of a colum n entry indicates le s s than 50 em ployees

B ecause of rounding, sum s of individual item s do not n e c e ssa r ily equal to ta ls .


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Table 2 -A : D istribution of n onsu pervisory em ployees by stra ig h t-tim e average h ourly earnings and hours worked in w eek, O ctober 1956

GENERAL MERCHANDISE STORES - NORTHEAST: RY SEX AND METROPOLITAN AND NONMETROPOLITAN AREA COUNTIES


Under 50

50 and under 55 ________________________________55 and under 6 0 ________________________________60 and under 6 5 ________________________________65 and under 7 0 ________________________________70 and under 7 5 ________________________________

75 and under 8 0 ________________________________80 and under 8 5 ________________________________85 and under 9 0 ________________________________90 and under 9 5 ________________________________95 and under 100 ______________________________

100 and under 1 0 5 _____________________________105 and under 1 1 0 _____________________________110 and under 1 1 5 _____________________________115 and under 1 2 0 _____________________________120 and under 1 2 5 _____________________________

125 and under 1 3 0 _____________________________130 and under 1 3 5 _____________________________135 and under 1 4 0 _____________________________140 and under 1 4 5 _____________________________145 and under 1 5 0 _____________________________

150 and under 1 6 0 _____________________________160 and under 1 7 0 --------------------------------------------170 and under 1 8 0 _____________________________180 and under 1 9 0 _____________________________190 and under 200 _____________________________

200 and under 2 1 0 _____________________________210 and under 220 --------------------------------------------22 0 and under 230 _____________________________230 and under 240 _____________________________240 and under 2 50 _____________________________

250 and under 260 ----- --------------------------------------2 60 and under 270 _____________________________2 70 and under 280 _____________________________280 and under 290 _____________________________29 0 and under 300 --------------------------------------------

300 and o v e r ----- -- ----------------------------------------------

N um ber of em ployees (in hundreds)

A verage h ourly earnings (d ollars) -



M etropolitan Nonm etropolitan M etropolitan Nonm etropolitan M etropolitan Nonm etropolitanarea counties area counties area counties ar;a counties area counties are a counties

Hours Hours Hour 8 Mours Hours Hoursworked worked w orked worked worked workedin week in week Total in week Total ____in week____ T otal in week T otal in week___1 35 Total 1 35 1 35 1 35 1 35 1 35to or to or to or to or to or to or34 m o re 34 m ore 34 m o re 34 m ore 34 m ore 34

5 7 u 3 2 3 2 4 7 ?13 9 3 9 4 4 3 ? 1 1 1 10 7 2 8 4 312 8 . 8 4 5 12 3 4 8 4 533 26 7 16 7 P 1 1 2 1 32 25 7 14 6 .?4 4 32 1 2 23 9 13 2 ? L 7 1 4? 30 12 19 7 1265 44 22 20 9 10 4 3 1 3 1 p 61 41 21 17 8 P,

145 90 55 56 2 8 29 8 5 3 4 3 137 85 52 52 2 5 29135 75 62 3? 9 25 11 6 6 2 2 124 69 56 30 9 23185 95 90 42 11 31 17 11 6 3 1 2 168 8 4 84 39 10 29160 69 90 20 4 17 19 o 9 2 1 2 141 60 81 13 ?. 15104 36 70 15 4 10 8 3 6 2 1 1 96 33 64 13 3 o

341 153 185 47 16 32 61 31 27 16 7 10 280 122 158 31 9 22162 54 109 11 1 9 23 13 12 ? ? 139 43 97 8 1 7153 45 105 15 1 13 29 10 18 3 1 3 124 3 5 87 12 10105 34 72 7 6 19 8 11 3 2 86 26 61 4 &'101 33 70 11 2 9 23 10 13 6 1 5 78 23 57 k 1 4

124 36 89 16 1 14 42 14 29 7 1 6 82 22 60 9 886 18 67 9 9 23 5 17 6 6 63 13 50 3 388 15 73 9 9 27 4 2? 6 6 61 11 51 3 378 11 66 6 6 21 2 19 3 3 57 o 47 3 375 11 62 5 5 24 4 20 4 4 51 7 42 1 1

129 27 104 15 14 56 13 44 13 12 73 14 60 2 2105 13 92 9 9 48 4 45 7 7 57 o 47 2 2

83 8 75 7 1 6 48 3 45 6 1 5 35 5 30 1 161 7 56 4 4 37 2 35 4 4 24 5 2140 2 37 1 1 29 28 1 1 11 2 9

39 4 36 2 1 27 1 26 2 1 12 3 1031 1 30 2 2 24 24 2 2 7 1 619 16 1 1 14 13 1 1 5 319 19 1 1 16 16 1 1 3 3

8 8 1 1 7 7 1 1 1 1

12 10 1 1 9 o 1 1 3 18 8 1 1 7 7 1 1 1 16 6 5 5 1 16 6 6 64 3 3 3 1

36 2 34 1 1 33 1 32 1 1 3 1 2

2 8 1 8 958 1855 42 7 114 309 73 4 165 565 121 21 96 2084 793 12 90 306 931 213

1 .2 9 1 .0 3 1 .3 5 1 .0 5 .8 4 1 .0 9 1 .6 8 1 .1 8 1 .7 5 1 .3 6 .9 7 1 .4 0 1 .1 3 o o 1 .1 7 91 RC1 .9 3

N O T E : F o r definitions of term s u sed in this tab le , see Appendix.A bsen ce of a colum n entry indicates le s s than 50 em ployees

B ecause of rounding, su m s of individual item s do not n e c e ssa r ily equal to ta ls .


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Table 2 -B : Distribution of n onsu pervisory em ployees by stra ig h t-tim e average hourly earnings and hours worked in w eek, O ctober 1956

GENERAL MERCHANDISE STORES - SOUTH: RY SEX AND METROPOLITAN AND NONMETROPOLITAN AREA COUNTIES





Nonm etropolitan a rea counties


N onm etropolitan area counties


Nonrrare

Letropolitan a counties

T o ta l'






Hours worked in week___

1to34

35or

m o re

1to34

35or

m ore

1to34

35.or

m ore

1to34

35or

m ore

1to34

35or

m ore

1to34

35or

m ore

Under 50 __ __ ___________ __ _______ ___ __ __ 38 16 2 2 1 47 7C 70 6 6 24 1 O' 14 32 16 16 12" 69 5650 and under 5 5 ___________________________________________ 65 34 32 1 87 105 p2 8 7 5 24 16 9 5 7 31 27 163 89 7355 and under 60 _ -------------- __ __ -------- _____ 72 28 43 1 0 " 9 6 72 5 1 7 10 4 6 67 97 40 9S 32 6660 and under 65 _ _________ __ __ __ _________ ___ 105 33 72 1 6? *4 11--! 11 7 p 21 7 14 0 4 30 64 141 45 9665 and under 7 0 ________ __ _____ _________________ 119 42 73 1 2 ^ c 2 6 1? 5 p 24 17 3 106 37 70 96 35 6170 and under 75 _ __ __ ... __ _________ __ 81 22 59 8 6 15 71 9 2 7 15 2 13 72 20 52 71 13 5875 and under 8 0 ________________ __ _____________ ___ 158 42 116 113 4 5 73 1 5 4 11 20 7 13 143 38 105 98 38 6080 and under 85 _ _____ _________ __ ___ 126 19 108 67 1 9 4 9 17 9 15 19 4 15 10 16 93 48 15 3485 and under 9 0 ________ __ __ _____ __ __ __ 139 28 110 60 13 uc. 23 2 2 0 15 5 11 116 26 90 45 8 3890 and under 95 _ -------- -------- __ __ __ __ __ 115 26 9 0 44 6 7 Cl 18 4 15 18 18 97 22 75 26 6 2195 and under 100 __________ _____ _________ __ 81 15 67 3"' 1 2 8 11 2 10 7 7 70 13 57 23 1 21100 and under 105 ___________________________________ 20 7 60 148 8 6 ?? 64 49 16 34 35 14 22 158 44 114 51 8 42105 and under 1 1 0 .................................... . __ _____ __ 112 18 c c 39 5 34 20 5 16 16 2 13 92 13 . 79 23 3 21110 and under 1 1 5 _________ _________ _____ _____ 106 15 on 3 9 3 36 25 5 19 19 1 18 81 10 71 20 2 18115 and under 1 2 0 ________ ___ _______ ___ _____________ 83 9 72. 27 .3 2 5 21 3 17 11 1 11 6? 6 55 16 ? 14120 and under 1 2 5 _________________ __ _________ 64 9 54 24 3 19 1 3 15 O 1 8 45 6 39 15 2 11125 and under 1 3 0 ________________________ __ __ _ 81 11 67 2 4 4 19 29 7 22 10 3 7 52 6 45 14 1 12130 and under 135 ___ _____ __ __ _____ ______ 49 5 44 19 2 16 18 9 15 12 11 31 2 29 7 2 5135 and undei- 140 __ -------- -------- __ __ __ 50 4 45 12 11 18 1 16 9 8 32 3 29 3 3140 and under 145 -------------------- -------------- ----------- 35 3 32 1? 12 13 1 12 8 8 22 2 20 4 4145 and under 150 ----- -------------- __ __ -------- 28 2 ? s o 9 11 1 10 6 6 17 1 15 3 3150 and under 1 6 0 _____ _____ _______ __ __ __ 61 4 55 23 1 21 28 2 26 16 15 33 2 29 7 1 6160 and under 1 7 0 -------------------- -------- -------- 47 2 44 18 1 7 2 4 1 23 14 13 23 1 21 4 4170 and under 1 8 0 ___________ __ _____ ___ _________ 34 2 3? 10 10 20 1 19 8 8 14 1 13 2 2180 and under 190 __ -------------- __ __ -------- ----------- 34 2 31 9 0 23 1 21 6 6 11 1 10 3 3190 and under 200 -------- -------------- -------------------- ----- 18 1 17 5 5 13 13 4 4 5 1 4 1 1200 and under 2 1 0 _________________ _____ ___ ___ 21 3 19 7 7 14 1 14 5 5 7 2 5 2 2210 and under 220 __ _________ __ __ 11 11 15 5 7 7 7 3 4 4 2 2220 and under 230 _____ __ -------------- -------------- 11 1 a 9 5 0 1 7 4 4 2 2 1 1230 and under 240 _________________ __ __ __ __ __ 10 1 n 9 7 7 7 7 3 7 3240 and under 250 ______________________ _____ ___ 6 6 7 3 6 5 7 3 1 1250 and under 260 __ __ ~ -------- -------------- __ 6 6 6 5 5 s 5 5 1 1 1260 and under 270 ________________________ _________ 7 7 2 2 6 6 1 1 1 1 1 1270 and under 280 _________ _____________ ___ 5 p ] 1 4 4 1 1 1 1280 and under 290 _________ _____ _______ -3 2 1 1 7 7 1 12 90 and under 300 _________ __ __ -------- --------------- 4 1 7 ? 2 4 1 7 1 1 1 1300 and over _ _____ ___ _____ __ _____ __ 25 24 P, R 2 2. 7 7 s 8 3 2

N um ber o f em ployees (in hundreds) 2 2 1 7 457 1751 15 23 4f3 1061 5 5 7 8 0 46 c 415 96 321 1664 377 1292 1113 37? 74 0A verage hourly earnings (dollars) -------- __ 1*1 0 90 1 .1 3 88 67 91 1.45 1.07 1.47 1.16 .74 1.20 .98 .87 .99 .76 64 . 7 p

N O T E : F o r definitions of term s used in this tab le , see Appendix.A bsen ce of a colum n entry indicates le s s than 50 em ployees

B ecause of rounding, su m s of individual item s do not n e c e ssa r ily equal to ta ls .


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Table 2-C: Distribution of nonsupervisory employees by straight-time average hourly earnings and hours worked in week, October 1956

GENERAL MERCHANDISE STORES - NORTH CENTRAL: BY SEX AND METROPOLITAN AND NONMETROPOLITAN AREA COUNTIES

(Number of employees in hundreds)

Average hourly earnings (in cents)

All employees Men WomenMetropolitan area counties

Nonmetropolitan area counties

Metropolitan area counties



Nonirare

letropolitan a counties

Total



worked in week Total


Hour 8 worked in week Total

Hours worked in week__

1to34

35or

more

1to34

35or

more

1to34

35or

more

1to34

35or

more

1to34

35or

more

1to34

35or

more

Under 50 ___________________________________________ 7 2 5 7 2 5

50 and under 55 ____________________ _______ 4 2 1 29 19 9 1 3 3 3 7 1 26 16 955 and under 6 0 -------------------- ----------------- --------- 3 2 2 29 1 1 16 3 1 1 3 2 2 26 10 1560 and under 6 5 ------------------------------------------------------- 16 11 4 SO 47 34 2 1 1 7 6 2 14 10 3 73 41 3265 and under 7 0 ---------------- ------- ---------------------- __ 54 40 13 85 37 43 3 1 1 2 1 51 39 12 83 36 4870 and under 7 5 _______ __ ------- __ __ _________ 60 45 14 67 3 0 37 3 2 5 4 57 43 14 62 26 37

75 and under 8 0 __________ _________________ ____ 149 98 51 131 54 76 12 10 2 15 12 3 1.37 8 8 49 116 47 7380 and under 8 5 ---------- ------------ --------------------------- 1 1 2 49 63 96 36 60 8 4 4 7 5 2 104 45 59 89 31 5885 and under 9 0 __________ __ ------- ------------------- 150 60 39 97 22 76 9 4 5 9 2 7 141 56 84 88 70 6090 and under 9 5 _______ ____ ____ __ __ ------------ 156 66 92 63 15 48 10 5 7 6 3 3 146 61 85 57 12 4595 and under 100 __________________________________ 114 M 72 40 8 33 8 2 6 3 1 3 106 39 66 37 7 30

100 and under 105_________________________________ 371 171 201 114 42 71 48 25 73 21 1 1 10 3 23 146 178 93 31 61105 and under 110------- ------- --------------------------- 184 62 12 3 36 5 30 20 8 12 5 2 4 164 54 1 1 1 31 3 26110 and under 115--------------- ------ ---------------------- _ 205 71 134 43 9 34 79 14 17 10 2 8 176 57 117 33 7 76115 and under 120------------ --------------- ------------------ 164 4 8 116 27 6 22 22 8 13 4 2 3 147 40 10 3 73 4 19120 and under 125______________ ____ _________ 152 45 107 27 4 22 2 5 1 1 14 c 1 7 127 34 93 la 3 15

125 and under 130 ________________________________ 166 49 118 32 5 25 40 19 23 15 3 11 126 30 95 17 2 14130 and under 135 -------------- ----------------------------- 103 22 80 19 2 16 21 3 13 6 1 5 82 14 67 13 1 11135 and under 140------------ ------------ ------------------- 110 24 87 19 7 18 27 g 19 8 1 7 83 16 68 11 1 11140 and under 145 __ ____________________________ 93 20 73 1.4 1 1 ? 27 8 18 7 1 5 66 12 55 7 7145 and under 150_________________________________ 66 15 50 10 1 8 20 7 13 6 1 4 46 8 37 4 4

150 and under 1 6 0 ------------------- ----------------------------- 147 29 117 79 8 21 51 15 36 22 7 14 96 14 81 7 1 7160 and under 170 ______________________________ 103 17 87 27 3 24 43 7 37 22 2 20 60 10 50 5 1 4170 and under 180_________________________________ 83 1 1 72 20 I 19 42 6 36 16 1 15 41 5 36 4 4180 and under 1 90 __ ____ _ __ ------------------------ 65 6 58 16 1 15 40 2 38 13 13 25 4 20 3 1 2190 and under 200 _______________________________ 54 4 51 1 1 1 0 37 1 36 o 8 17 3 15 2 2

200 and under 2 1 0 _______________________________ 56 4 52 10 10 38 7 36 8 8 18 2 16 2 2210 and under 220 -------------- ------------ ------- 43 2 41 5 5 34 1 33 4 4 9 1 8 1 1220 and under 230 ------- ------------------------------------ 39 2 37 6 6 32 1 31 5 5 7 1 6 1 1230 and under 240 __ -------------------------- -------------- 23 2 21 6 1 5 19 1 18 6 1 '5 4 1 3240 and under 250 _______________________________ 17 1 16 2 2 14 1 14 2 2 3 2

2 50 and under 260 ---------------------------------------------- 17 2 14 6 2 4 14 2 12 6 2 4 3 2260 and under 270 _________________________________ 13 1 12 2 1 1 1 11 1 1 2 1 1 1270 and under 280 _________________________________ 9 8 1 1 7 7 1 1 2 1280 and under 290 _________________________________ 8 7 1. 1 7 7 1 1 12 90 and under 300 --------------------------------------------------- 6 5 2 1 5 5 2 1 1

300 and over _ ____ __ __ ------------------------------- 51 4 47 6 6 46 3 43 6 6 5 1 4

Number of employees (in hundreds) ---------------------- 3166 1026 2135 1215 374 831 775 187 591 275 76 193 2391 839 1544 940 298 638

Average hourly earnings (dollars) -------------- ---- 1 .34 1.09 1.39 1.06 .85 1.09 1.90 1.32 1.87 1.53 1 .0 0 1.61 1.17 1.04 1 .2 0 .91 .81 92

NOTE: For definitions of terms used in this table, see Appendix.Absence of a column entry indicates less than 50 employees

Because of rounding, sums of individual items do not necessarily equal totals.


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Table 2-D: Distribution of nonsupervisory employees by straight-time average hourly earnings and hours worked in week, October 1956

GENERAL MERCHANDISE STORES - WEST: BY SEX AND METROPOLITAN AND NONMETROPOLITAN AREA COUNTIES

(Number of employees in hundreds)

Average hourly earnings (in cents)

All employees Men WomenMetropolitan area counties




Melare;

tropolitan a. counties

Nonrrare

letropolitan a counties__

Total*







1to34

35or

1to34

35or

more

1to34

35or

more

1to34

35or

more

1to34

35or

more

1to34

35or

more

Under 5 0 ______ _________ _________ ___ __ ___

50 and under 5 5 _______ ------------ ------------------- 3 5 3 2 7 6 3 355 and under 6 0 _____________ ___________ ______ 3 1 7 3 1 260 and under 6 5 --------------- -------------------------- ---- 8 5 3 5 4 1 3 1 265 and under 7 0 __________ ______________________ 1 1 o 2 7 4 1 3 1 1 5 1 470 and under 7 5 ________________ ____ _______ __ 15 2 1 3 3 3 12 2 10

75 and under 8 0 _____________________________ ____ n 8 4 37 20 16 6 3 3 1 1 8 4 31 17 1380 and voider 8 5 ___________________________________ 77 13 15 22 3 14 2 2 1 1 25 13 13 21 7 1485 and under 9 0 __________ _______ ____________ 33 3 5 9 28 S 19 1 1 3 32 24 9 25 3 1990 and under 95 _ -------------- ---------------------- __ 39 16 24 o 5 1 C 24 1 1 3 2 1 38 16 23 32 8 2395 and under 100 ________ ______________ ____ 99 19 19 24 " 5 29 1 1 29 10 19 23 5 19

100 and under 105_________________________________ 148 63 33 5 6 23 3 5 16 Q 6 8 5 5 132 54 77 48 18 30105 and under 110_______________________________ 63 16 4 5 30 5 5 6 1 5 1 1 56 15 40 29 4 75110 and under 115_______ ______________________ 84 36 5 36 9 77 10 4 7 6 2 4 74 27 57 30 7 73115 and under 120 __ ____ __ ___________________ 64 17 43 23 K 13 4 1 3 4 1 3 60 16 45 19 4 15120 and under 125------- ------------ -------

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