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Industry Wage Survey: Communications October - December 1975U.S. Department of Labor Ray Marshall, SecretaryBureau of Labor Statistics Julius Shiskin, Commissioner 1977

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Preface

This summary of data on employment and hourly rates of pay in the communications industry in 1975 is based on annual reports filed with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) by telephone carriers, the Western Union Telegraph Co., and international telegraph carriers, as required by the amended Communications Act of 1934. Under a cooperative arrangement with the FCC, the Bureau of Labor Statistics tabulates and publishes the data annually.

The study was conducted in the Bureau’s Office of Wages and Industrial Relations. Harry B. Williams of the Division of Occupational Wage Structures prepared the analysis in this bulletin.

Other reports available from the Bureau’s program of industry wage studies, as well as the addresses of the Bureau’s regional offices, are listed at the end of this bulletin.

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Contents

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Summary .........................................................................................................................................................................1Telephone carriers ..............................................................................................................................................................1

Employment and wages in 1975 ................................................................................................................................1Trends in wages and employment ......................................................................................................; .................. 2

Western Union Telegraph Co................................................................................................................................................ 4International telegraph carriers........................................................................................................................................... 5

Chart:Wage rates of communications workers except

officials and managerial assistants, 1947-75 .......................................................................................................... 2

Text tables:1. Pay rates of non-Bell carriers relative to Bell carriers, 1975 ............................................................................... 22. Relative pay levels for all telephone carriers by occupation and region, 1975 ...................................................23. Annual increases in average hourly rates for telephone carriers, 1965-75 ..........................................................34. Telephone workers by major occupational category and sex, selected dates.....................................................35. Earnings for major occupational categories, telephone workers, 1947 and 1975,

and percent increases, 1947-75 ................................................................................................................... 46. Regional pay relatives for telephone workers, selected periods......................................................................... 47. Average hourly rates in major occupational categories, Western Union Telegraph Co.,

selected periods, and percent increases, October 1947 to October 1975 ...................................................58. Occupational composition of work force, Western Union Telegraph Co.,

selected periods.......................................................................................................................................... 5

Reference tables:Percent distribution of employees in occupational groups by average hourly

rates, December 1975, for—1. Telephone carriers ................................................................................................................................72. Bell System telephone carriers...............................................................................................................33. Non-Bell telephone carriers....................................................................................................................9

Average hourly rates of employees in selected occupations by region,December 1975, for—

4. All and Bell System telephone carriers ...................................................................................................10Percent distribution of employees in occupational groups by average

hourly rates, October 1975, for—5. Western Union Telegraph Company....................................................................................................... 126. International telegraph carriers.............................................................................................................. 13

Appendix: Scope and method of survey............................................................................................................................ 14

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Communications, October-December 1975

Summary

Hourly wage rates for all communications workers (except officials and managerial assistants) averaged $6.73 in late 1975—11.4 percent above the level of a year earlier. This was the third largest yearly gain recorded since the Bureau of Labor Statistics annual surveys began in 1947.1 Telephone and telegraph carriers surveyed employed 833,838 workers in late 1975—a 5-percent decline from the total reported in 1974.2 (About seven-eighths of the Nation’s 1 million workers in telephone and telegraph communication were covered by the 1975 study).

Telephone carrier employees, 98 percent of all communication workers within the scope of the survey, averaged $6.73 an hour in December 1975. Wages rates for the Bell System carriers averaged $6.82 an hour—27 percent more than non-Bell carriers ($5.36).3 Wage rates for the nonmessenger work force of five international telegraph carriers averaged $7.95 an hour compared with $6.22 for similar employees of the Western Union Telegraph Company.

Telephone carriers

E m p l o y m e n t a n d w a g e s in 1 9 7 5 . Straight-time hourly earnings of the 816,533 workers employed by the Nation’s 61 principal telephone carriers averaged $6.73 in December 1975 (table 1). Individual earnings of five-sixths of the work force fell within a range of $2.50 to $8.50 an hour. The middle 50 percent of those workers earned between $5.20 and $7.48. Contributing to the dispersion of earnings were the broad range of skills required by the industry, differences in pay by carrier and locality, and pay rates that vary within a given occupation by employees’ length of service.

Wages and working conditions at carriers employing more than nine-tenths of the workers surveyed were determined under collective bargaining agreements, usually with the Communications Workers of America (CWA). A number of carriers had several agreements covering

1 See appendix for scope and method of survey including definitions of employment covered and pay rates.

2 See I n d u s t r y Wage S u r v e y : C o m m u n ic a tio n s , O c t o b e r - D e c e m b e r 1 9 7 4 , Bulletin 1909 (Bureau o f Labor Statistics, 1976).

3 The study was limited to the 61 carriers that had annual operating revenues exceeding $1 million and were engaged in interstate or foreign communications services either through use of their own facilities or else through connections with another carrier under direct or indirect common control. Officials and managerial assistants o f these carriers, numbering approximately 23,300, were not included in the study.

employees in various departments or geographic areas. The New York Telephone Co., for example, maintained separate agreements for its plant, traffic, and commercial departments in the New York City area and different agreements for those groups in the rest of the State.

The occupations for which wage data are presented represent the full spectrum of activities performed by employees in the telephone industry. Average hourly earnings in December 1975 ranged from $10.76 for professional and semiprofessional employees (other than drafters) to $3.75 for telephone operators-in-training. Experienced switchboard operators—the most heavily populated occupation studied, with about 129,000 incumbents—averaged $4.90 an hour. Some other numerically important job classifications and their hourly averages were: Nonsuper- visory business office and sales employees, $6.31; nonsupervisory clerical employees, $5.50; supervisors of telephone craftworkers, $9.30; central office repairers, $6.95; and PBX and station installers, $6.75.

The Bell System companies accounted for 94 percent of the 816,533 workers in the industry. The proportion of Bell System workers ranged from seven-eighths in the Great Lakes region to slightly over nine-tenths in the Chesapeake, Pacific, and South Central regions, and to virtually all in the Middle Atlantic, Mountain, New England, North Central, and Southeast regions.

Bell System companies, which often serve an entire State or group of States, were typically much larger than other carriers. Fourteen of the 25 Bell carriers, for example, employed more than 25,000 workers whereas the largest of the 36 non-Bell companies had only 5,100 employees, and 22 reported fewer than 500 workers.4

Employees of Bell System carriers held a 27-percent average wage advantage over those of non-Bell carriers— $6.82 in contrast to $5.36. Similar pay relationships were also found among various occupational groups studied. For example, averages for non-Bell workers typically ranged from 71 percent to 87 percent of those for Bell employees. (See tables 2 and 3.) Differences between the two worker groups narrowed slightly when weekly earnings were compared, reflecting, for some occupational

4 See appendix for definition of carriers included in this study.In 1975, more than 1,600 independent telephone carriers,

employing an estimated 158,000 workers, operated in the United States; o f these, 36, employing 49,060 workers, were within the scope o f the survey.

For more information regarding the independent carriers, see In d e p e n d e n t T e le p h o n e S ta tis tic s , Vol. 1, 1976 edition (Washington, D.C., U.S. Independent Telephone Association).

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T e x t table 1. Pay rates o f non-Bell carriers relative to

Bell carriers, 1975

(Bel l car r iers = 1 0 0 )

O ccupationa l categoryAverageh o u rlyrates

Averagew eekly

rates

A ll employees, except o ffic ia ls andmanagerial a s s is ta n ts ........................... 79 81

Clerical employees, nonsupervisory . . . 72 77Experienced sw itchboard operators . . . 76 81Central o ff ice re p a ire rs .............................. 86 87PBX and sta tion in s ta l le r s ....................... 83 83Exchange re p a ire rs ..................................... 87 87Line w o rk e rs .................................................. 78 78

groups, the longer average workweeks reported for non- Bell workers (text table 1).

Workers in the Middle Atlantic States, the largest region in terms of employment, recorded the highest average— $7.43 an hour. Other regional averages ranged between $6 and $7 an hour in December 1975. The 40,142 employees of the American Telephone and Telegraph Co.’s Long Lines and General Departments were not allocable to individual regions, but were included in the nationwide total. Hourly averages for these workers were $8.54 in December 1975.5

Regional differences in average wages varied slightly by occupation. In at least 7 of the 9 regions studied, for

T ex t table 2. Relative pay levels fo r all telephone carriers

by occupation and region, 1975( S o u t h e a s t = 1 0 0 )

RegionClerical

em ployees(nonsupervisory)

Experiencedsw itchboard

operators

Centralo ff ice

repairers

New England . . 111 101 110M idd le A tla n tic 121 118 110Great Lakes . . 107 104 105Chesapeake. . . 106 102 103S ou th eas t. . . . 100 100 100N orth Centrai . 100 100 103South Central . 97 104 102M ounta in . . . . 102 91 99P a c ific ................. 110 105 107

example, averages for three numerically important jobs studied—central office repairers, experienced switchboard operators, and nonsupervisory clerical employees—fell within about a 10-percent spread (text table 2).

Trends in wages and employment. Wage levels for the principal telephone carriers rose l l .4 percent in 1975— the third largest annual gain ever reported for these workers. Since the initial BLS survey of the communications industry in 1947. wage rates have increased at an average annual rate of 6.3 percent—from $1.26 an hour to S6.73 (chart 1). During the first half of the 1970's, however, yearly gains


Text table 3. Annual increases in average hourly rates for telephone carriers, 1965*75(Percent)

YearAll

telephonecarriers

Bellsystemcarriers

Non-Bellcarriers

1965 -6 6 ............. 3.3 3.6 2.919 66 -6 7 ............. 3.5 3.1 6.119 67-68 ............. 7.1 7.3 5.71968-69 .............. 4 .0 3.7 7.219 69 -7 0 ............. 7.5 7.7 8.11970 -7 1 ............. 14.9 15.3 10.319 71-7 2 ............. 9 .4 9 .5 8.819 72 -7 3 ............. 9 .4 9.5 8.119 73 -7 4 .............. 12.9 13.1 11.519 74 -7 5 ............. 11.4 11.1 15.5

have substantially exceeded this long-term trend (text table 3), resulting in a doubling of the average rate of increase over the past decade.

Changes in the occupational composition of the industry’s work force have been partly responsible for the increase in average wage rates over the years. Since 1947, for example, the proportion of higher paid professional and semiprofessional employees has more than doubled, while the proportion of lower paid telephone operators has declined by more than one-half (text table 4). The effect of such shifts can be observed by weighting 1975 wage averages by 1947 employment levels. This technique results in an average of $5.96—77cents below that recorded by the current study.

Part of the change in average wages resulted from general wage increases negotiated under collective bargaining agreements. For example, Bell System carrier agreements negotiated in July 1974 provided for a deferred wage increase in August 1975 (which did not apply to minimum rates but which ranged up to 3.3 percent for maximum rates). The cost-of-living escalator clause of the same agreements also provided for an adjustment in August 1975: The formula called for a flat increase of 50 cents a week plus 0.6 percent of the individual employee’s rate, rounded to the nearest 50 cents, for each full 1- percent increase in the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Consumer Price Index during the preceding May-to-May period. Any additional increase in the index less than the next full percentage point was to be applied proportionately.5 6

Average wage rate increases between 1974 and 1975 were not uniform among the major occupational groups;

5 Also excluded from the regional tabulations but included in the U.S. totals were carriers operating in Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. These carriers, none o f which were affiliated with the Bell System, employed 5,952 workers averaging $6.67 an hour.

6 For a more detailed explanation, see Wage Chronology - American Telephone and Telegraph Co.-Long Lines Department- and Communications Workers o f America, July 19 74-August 1977, Supplement to BLS Bulletin 1812 (Bureau o f Labor Statistics, May1976).

T e x t table 4. Telephone workers b y major occupationalcategory and sex, selected dates

ItemOctober

1947December

1972December

1975

Total, all employees:N um ber............................................... 552,700 841 ,200 816 ,500Percent ............................................... 100 100 100

Professional and semiprofessional 5 11 11C le r ic a l........................................... 17 22 25Telephone operators.................... 46 22 20Construction, installation, and

maintenance.................................. 23 33 33AH o t h e r ........................................ 9 11 12

Men:N um ber............................................... 179,700 400,500 399,000Percent of t o t a l .............................. 33 48 49

Women:N um ber............................................... 373 ,000 440,700 417 ,600Percent of total ............................... 67 52 51

NOTE: Excludes officials and managerial assistants. Employment estimates rounded to the nearest hundred.

they ranged from 8 percent for professional and semiprofessional employees to 16 percent for telephone operators and for building, supplies, and motor vehicle employees. As indicated in text table 5, wage gains have varied significantly among occupational groups since 1947.

Since 1951, Bell System wages have increased at an average annual rate of 6.1 percent, in contrast to 6.7 percent for non-Bell carriers.7 As a result, the spread between average wage rates for the two carrier groups has decreased from 43 percent in 1951 to 27 percent in 1975.

Over the past two decades, regional relationships in average wages for all carriers have changed little. Hourly averages were typically highest in the Middle Atlantic region and lowest in the Mountain, South Central, and Southeast regions (text table 6).

Telephone carriers included in the Bureau survey employed 816,533 workers in December 1975, a decline of 5 percent, or 43,964 workers, since 1974. Of this total, Bell System carriers cut back their work force 5 percent, from 804,842 to 767,473 workers; non-Bell carriers reduced their staff nearly 12 percent, from 55,655 to 49,060 workers.

The 5-percent decline for all telephone carriers in 1975 followed a 1-percent drop during 1974. Employment change between the 1974 and 1975 surveys varied among the occupational categories studied, ranging from declines of 18 percent for building, supplies, and motor vehicle employees and 20 percent for professional and semiprofes-

7 Detailed occupational data for Bell System and non-Bell companies as reported to the Federal Communications Commission in earlier years are not comparable with those reported since 1951. (For more information on employment and earnings trends in Bell System carriers from 1945 to 1965, see “Employment and Wage Trends in Bell System Companies”, Monthly Labor Review, March 1967, pp. 38-41.)


Text table 5. Earnings for major occupational categories, telephone workers, 1947 and 1975, and percent increases, 1947-75

Average hourly earnings PercentOccupational category October

1947December

1975increase,1947-75

Professional and semiprofessional employees . $2.72 $10.19 275

Clerical employees............. 1.19 5.79 387Telephone operators . . . 1.00 5.17 417Construction, installation,

and maintenance workers............................. 1.55 7.18 363

Building, supplies, and motor vehicle em ployees...................... 1.19 6.09 412

sional employees to a 9-percent increase in clerical workers.The overall employment decreases in recent years have

reversed the long-term trend in the industry. Prior to the 1974 and 1975 surveys, the only decreases in telephone carrier employment occurred between 1957 and 1962, when technological change resulted in a sharp decline in the number of telephone operators.8

Over the years, growth in telephone carrier employment has been associated with changes in the occupational makeup of the industry and in the proportion of men employed. Since 1971, men have made up nearly one-half of the work force, compared with only one-third in 1947. Part of this shift can be explained by the relative growth over the years in professional and semiprofessional occupations and in the construction, installation, and maintenance departments, all staffed mostly by men.

Significant changes have occurred in the proportion of men and women in individual occupational classifications in recent years. Between 1970 and 1975, for example, the number of male nonsupervisory clerical workers rose from 11,261 to 27,546 and the number of women in construction, installation, and maintenance jobs increased from 2,273 to 15,119. Most of the increase in both groups occurred in Bell System carriers.9

Text table 6. Regional pay relatives for telephone workers, selected periods

(National average = 100)

Region October1955

December1965

December1974

December1975

New England...................... 97 102 102 103Middle A t la n t ic ................ 105 107 111 110Great L a k e s ...................... 105 102 99 99Chesapeake ...................... 99 97 96 97Southeast ...................... 87 87 90 91North C e n tra l................... 94 93 92 92South C e n tra l................... 95 89 91 91M ountain............................. 88 95 93 91Pacific................................... 105 105 102 101

Western Union Telegraph Co.

Hourly wage rates for Western Union’s 12,210 nonmessenger employees averaged $6.22 in October 1975. This was 9.3 percent above the $5.69 average reported in October1974. The average for the 609 messengers employed by the Western Union Telegraph Company in October 1975 was $3.90 an hour—up 15 percent from a year earlier. Motor messengers held a 45-percent average wage advantage over those who either walk or use bicycles to perform their duties—$4.18 compared to $2.88.

Wage rates for Western Union bargaining unit employees are determined by labor agreements with the United Telegraph Workers (UTW) in all areas except the New York City metropolitan area where agreements are with the Communications Workers of America (CWA).

Under terms of 3-year agreements effective July 28,1973, workers in both the CWA and UTW bargaining units received across-the-board wage increases approximating 6 percent in July 1973 and July 1974 and 5 percent in July1975. The agreements also provided for certain job classification adjustments and for a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) of 1 cent per hour for each full 0.4-point increase, based on the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Consumer Price index (1967=100), of June 1975 over that of January1974. The maximum increase provided under each of the COLA provisions—25 cents per hour—was granted to these workers on July 28, 1975.

Established rate ranges are provided for all classifications covered by UTW and CWA agreements. Advancement through the several progression steps is automatic after specified periods of service for employees meeting requirements of the job. Differences between the starting and maximum rates for some occupations amounted to 75 cents an hour or m ore.

In UTW contracts, rate ranges for most job classifications varied by locality, according to the amount of business in each office. Nationwide contract rates, however, applied to the technical classifications, walking and bicycle messengers, and certain headquarters groups.

Among the major occupational groups studied, the professional and semiprofessional staff recorded the highest average—$8.90 an hour. Construction, installation, and maintenance employees (the most heavily populated group

8During the 1957-62 period, overall employment declined by 85,300 workers and the number o f telephone operators dropped by 68,500.

9In January 1973, the American Telephone and Telegraph Co. (the Bell System) entered into a consent decree with the U.S. Department of Labor and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Under terms o f the decree, AT&T agreed to provide more job opportunities for women and minorities, particularly in the higher paid craft positions. A portion of the recent growth in employment o f female construction, installation, and maintenance workers may be attributable to this agreement.


studied) averaged $7.08 an hour. Other key employee groups and their average hourly rates were: Telegraph office superintendents and managers, $6.07; sales employees, $6.06; clerical employees, $5.67; telegraph operators, $4.78; and building service employees, $4.71.

Wage rates for the highest paid workers exceeded those of the lowest paid by $4 an hour or more for most employee groups. In a few jobs, however, rates were within a narrow spread. For example, individual earnings fell between $2.50 and $3 for four-fifths of the walking and bicycle messengers, between $3.25 and $3.50 for 94 percent of the operators in training, and between $6.50 and $7.50 for seven-eighths of the subscribers’ equipment maintainers.

The 9-percent rise in average rates for nonmessenger employees between October 1974 and October 1975 followed an increase of 8 percent during the October1973-74 period. The hourly rate of $6.22 reported in 1975 was 492 percent above the $1.05 average recorded by the first survey in 1947. Changes in the occupational composition of the company’s work force accounted for 73 cents of the $5.17 increase in the average rate over the 28-year period.1 0 Since 1947, increases in average rates for major occupational groups have ranged from 294 to 473 percent (text table 7).

Average pay rates between 1974 and 1975 rose 10 percent for four major employee groups (professional and semiprofessional, telegraph office superintendents and

Text table 7. Average hourly rates in major occupational categories, Western Union Telegraph Co., selected periods, and percent increases, October 1947 to October 1975

Occupational category

Average hourly rates, October

Percent increase,

October 1947- October 19751947 1955 1965 1975

All employees, except officials, managerial assistants, and messengers................... $1.05 $1.86 $2.89 $6.22 492Professional and

semiprofessional . . . 2.26 3.17 4.94 8.90 294Telegraph office super

intendents and managers................... 1.07 1.92 2.84 6.07 467

Sales employees . . . . 1.45 2.54 3.93 6.06 318Clerical employees. . . .99 1.73 2.74 5.67 473

Nonsupervisory . . . .99 1.70 2.60 5.32 437Telegraph operators . . .94 1.66 2.45 4.78 409Construction, installa

tion, and maintenance em ployees................ 1.26 2.19 3.21 7.08 462Traffic testing

and regulating em ployees............ 1.43 2.31 3.31 6.96 387

Subscribers' equipment maintainers . 1.23 2.09 3.24 6.88 459

Messengers...................... .69 1.00 1.66 3.90 465M o to r............................ .87 1.32 2.12 4.18 380Walking and bicycle . . .65 .90 1.30 2.88 343

managers, telegraph operators, and construction, installation, and maintenance employees), 9 percent for clerical employees, 8 percent for building service employees, and 4 percent for sales personnel.

Total employment at Western Union dropped 4 percent since the October 1974 survey when 13,344 workers were employed. Declines ranging from nearly 4 percent to 17 percent have been reported over the past 7 years. The October 1975 work force of 12,819 employees was only about one-fourth as large as that recorded in the initial survey in 1947,11 about one-third that in 1955, and half as great as in 1965 (text table 8). The occupational composition of the work force in 1975 remained basically unchanged from 1974, but dramatic shifts have occurred among major groups studied during the 28-year period covered by these surveys.

International telegraph carriers

Wage rates for the five international telegraph carriers included in the October 1975 survey averaged $7.95 an hour—up 17 percent from the $6.78 rate recorded in 1974. This was the largest year-to-year gain ever reported

Text table 8. Occupational composition of work force. Western Union Telegraph Co., selected periods

Occupational categoryOctober

1947 1955 1965 1975

All employees, except officials and managerial assistants:

Number1 ................................... 53,100 37,500 25,900 12,800Percent ...................................... 100 100 100 100

Percent of employees classifiedas:

Professional and semiprofessional................... 2 3 4 7

Telegraph office superintendents and managers . . 8 9 10 4

Sales employees...................... (2) 1 1 5Clerical employees................... 19 19 22 21Telegraph operators................ 34 31 24 23Construction, installation,

and maintenance em ployees............................ 13 14 23 34

Building service employees . . 3 3 2 1Messengers, m otor................... 3 4 6 4Messengers, walking and

b ic y c le ................................... 18 16 9 1

1 Employment estimates rounded to the nearest hundred.2 Less than 0.5 percent.

NOTE: Because of rounding, sums of individual items may not equal 100.

1 o

Weighting occupational averages for 1975 by occupational employment in 1947 results in an average of $5.49 rather than $6.22.

1 1 Exclusive of officials and managerial assistants reportedin selected years.


for such workers in a BLS survey. The 4,932 nonmessenger employees, who made up 97 percent of all workers studied, averaged $8.10 an hour; messengers, the lowest paying employee group studied, averaged $2.73. Hourly rates for most occupations studied fell between $5 and $8 (table 6).

Total employment of the five carriers rose 3 percent to 5,095 workers in October 1975.12 The professional and semiprofessional staff, which increased 17 percent, accounted for much of the growth during the 12-month period. Other employment increases noted among major occupational categories were: Building service employees (9 percent), construction, installation, maintenance, and other technical workers (8 percent), and sales personnel (5 percent). Declines were reported in such categories as office or station superintendents and assistants (12

12 The study excluded 102 officials and assistants and approximately 800 employees working outside the United States. The study covered international telegraph carriers whose annual operating revenues are over $50,000.

percent), messengers (6 percent), and clerical employees and operators (3 percent).

Men made up nearly five-sixths of the work force in October 1975 and were predominant in nearly all occupational groups. Three numerically important categories employing virtually all men had average hourly rates as follows: Engineers and engineering assistants, $10.44; mechanics and maintenance technicians, $7.43; and radio operating technicians, $7.13. Women were employed primarily as teletype-multiplex operators and nonsupervisory clerical employees—groups which averaged $6.43 and $5.83 an hour, respectively.

Included in the study are carriers engaged in nonvocal international telegraph communication either by radio or ocean cable. Although many of the occupational categories studied are common to both operations, some are exclusive to one carrier group. For example, radio operators and radiotelegraph riggers were reported only by radio telegraph carriers, and cable operators were employed only in ocean cable operations.


Table 1. Telephone carriers:1 Percent distribution of employees in occupational groups by average hourly rates,2 December 1975

Occupational group

Number of employees Averagescheduledweeklyhours

Averagehourlyrates

Percent of emplo'/0<«: receiving—

UNDER$2 . 1 0

$ 2 . 1 0AND

UNDER2.30

[$2.30

$2.50

$2.50

$2.75

$2.75

$3.00

$3.00

$3.25

$3.25

$3.50

$3.50

$3.75

$3.75

$4.00

$4.00

$4.50

$4.50

$5.00

$5.00

$5.50

$5.50

$6 . 0 0

$6 . 0 0

$6.50

$6.50

$7.00

$7.00

$7.50

$7.50

$8 . 0 0

$8 . 0 0

$8.50

$3.50ANDOVER

Total Men Women

ALL EMPLOYEES, EXCEPT OFFICIALS ANDMANAGERIAL ASSISTANTS....................... 816,533 398,961 417,572 38.4 $6.73 * * 4c . 1 . 2 . 5 .9 1.4 2 . 0 5.0 11.5 14.6 9.2 5.7 10. 8 13.5 5.4 2.4 16.7PART TI ME..................................... 15,275 1,826 13,449 24.1 4.63 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - _ _FULL T I ME..................................... 801,216 397,192 404,024 38.6 6.76 - - - - - - - - - - - - _ - - _ _ _ _

PROFESSIONAL AND SEMIPROFESSIONALEMPLOYEES...................................... 90,190 61,667 28,523 38.1 10.19 * - 4c 4c 4< . 1 .1 . 2 .4 1 . 0 2.4 5.8 3.0 2.3 2.7 3.0 3.3 4.4 71 .1DRAFTERS...................................... 9,629 1,546 8,083 38.5 5.46 - - - - 4c . 6 . 8 1 . 6 2.3 6.7 16.6 40.0 1 1 . 6 4.3 5.6 2.7 2.4 1.4 3.2OTHERS........................................ 80,561 60,121 20,440 38.0 10.76 * - 4c 4< 4c 4c . 1 .1 . 2 .3 .7 1.7 2 . 0 2 . 0 2. 3 3.1 3.4 4.8 79.3

BUSINESS OFFICE AND SALES EMPLOYEES....... 65,537 17,999 47,538 38 .0 6.80 * * - . 1 . 2 . 4 . 6 .9 1.3 4.0 6 . 1 18.0 2 1 . 0 8.4 7.2 2.3 3.5 3.5 22.5SUPERVISORS.................................. 9,309 3,349 5, 960 38.2 9.69 * - - - - - - 4c . 1 . 1 .3 .5 .5 1 . 2 1 . 6 4 .0 8 . 1 10.3 73.5NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES.................. 56,228 14,650 41,578 38.0 6.31 * * - . 1 . 2 .4 .7 1 . 0 1 . 6 4.6 7.1 20.9 24.3 9.6 8 . 2 2 . 1 2 . 8 2.3 14.0

CLERICAL EMPLOYEES............................ 202,944 33,141 169,803 38.1 5.79 * ♦ 4c . 2 .3 . 8 1.3 1.9 2.7 6.9 16.8 26.2 14.2 5.5 4.9 4.6 2.5 2. 1 9.2SUPERVISORS.................................. 19,312 5,595 13,717 38.3 8.59 - - - 4< 4< 4c 4c . 1 4c . 2 .4 1 . 0 2 . 6 4.9 7.3 8.9 1 1 . 8 12. 6 50.3NONSUPERVISORY............................... 183,632 27,546 156,086 38.1 5.50 * * 4c . 2 . 3 .9 1.4 2 . 1 3.0 7.6 18.6 28.8 15.4 5.6 4.7 4.1 1.5 1 . 0 4.9

COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT................... 38,498 4,726 33,772 37.4 5.23 * * 4c . 1 . 2 1 . 1 2 . 2 2.9 3.9 9.6 18.8 31.4 16.7 5.3 2.7 . 8 . 6 . 5 3.3TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT....................... 27,155 1,839 25,316 38.1 5.50 ♦ - - .5 . 3 . 4 . 6 1 . 1 1 . 8 4.0 18.5 37.0 20.7 3.1 2 . 2 2.3 1.1 1. 0 5.2PLANT DEPARTMENT.......................... 57,794 11,350 46,444 38.8 5.45 - * 4> . 1 . 3 .9 1 . 2 1 . 8 2.9 6.9 23.5 27.4 8 . 8 5.4 7.9 8.7 1.7 . 5 2 . 0ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT................... 34,142 5, 562 28,580 37.9 5.76 * * - . 1 . 2 .7 1 . 1 1.7 2.4 6.5 13.3 28.6 21.7 7.6 2.5 1.9 1.5 1.7 8.7ALL OTHER DEPARTMENTS.................... 26,043 4,069 21,974 37 . 8 5.65 * * 4c . 2 .5 1.3 2 . 1 3. 1 3.9 11.4 14.3 2 0 . 0 14.4 6.4 5.6 3.5 2 . 6 2 . 2 8.4

TELEPHONE OPERATORS........................... 159,496 8,965 150,531 36.2 5.17 * ♦ 4c .3 .5 1.3 2 . 2 3.8 5. 1 1 1 . 6 27.4 23.2 7.7 6 . 0 3.5 1 . 2 1. 1 1 . 0 4.0CHIEF OPERATORS.............................. 9,814 757 9, C57 38.2 8.63 * - - 4c - - 4= 4c 4c . 4 . 8 1.5 1.9 4.4 8.9 11 .9 1 2 . 8 10. 7 46.6SERVICE ASSISTANTS AND INSTRUCTORS...... 10,424 286 10,138 36.5 5.92 * - - 4< * 4c . 1 . 1 . 6 2 . 0 9.2 32.4 23.0 9.0 8.4 3.6 2 . 6 2.4 6.4EXPERIENCED SWITCHBOARD OPERATORS....... 129,088 5,678 123,410 36.0 4.90 - 4c 4c .3 . 6 . 8 1.5 3. 1 5.1 13.2 32.6 25.1 7. 2 6 . 2 2.9 .3 . 2 .1 . 8OPERATORS IN TRAINING...................... 7,903 2,170 5,733 35.8 3.75 - 4c . 2 . 2 .9 12.4 20.9 25.5 18.4 14.2 3.5 1.3 1.7 . 6 . 2 . 1 *OTHER SWITCHBOARD EMPLOYEES............... 2,267 74 2,193 38.4 5.69 - . 1 - .5 .9 .7 .3 .3 4c 1.7 11.9 48.7 13.2 5.0 4.2 1.9 2 . 0 2 . 2 6 . 2

CONSTRUCTION, INSTALLATION, ANDMAINTENANCE EMPLOYEES....................... 269,856 254,737 15,119 39.9 7.18 * 4c _ 4c 4= 4c . 1 . 2 . 2 .9 2.3 3.2 5.0 5.9 23.3 34.1 11.4 2.5 10.9SUPERVISORS OF TELEPHONE CRAFT WORKERS.. 34, 256 33,357 899 39.9 9.30 - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4c 4c 4> . 3 . 6 1.3 3.4 6.7 9.6 78.1CENTRAL OFFICE CRAFT WORKERS.............. 94,743 82,804 11,939 39.9 7.00 * 4c - 4c 4c 4c . 1 .1 . 2 .7 1.5 2 . 6 6 . 8 5.8 23.5 38.0 16.2 2 . 8 1 . 8

TEST BOARD AND REPEATER WORKERS....... 2 2 , 111 18,902 3,209 39.7 7.24 - - - - - 4c . 1 .1 . 2 .5 1 . 0 2 . 1 3.1 2.3 20 . 1 43.4 19.7 3.3 4.1CENTRAL OFFICE REPAIRERS................ 68,951 60,479 8,472 39.9 6.95 * 4c - - 4c 4c 4< . 1 .1 . 6 1.5 2 . 6 7.9 6.5 25.0 36.3 15.6 2 . 8 1.1OTHERS...................................... 3,681 3,423 258 39.9 6.60 - . 1 - . 1 4c . 1 . 8 .5 1 . 0 4.0 4.6 3.8 6.5 12.7 17.6 38.0 6.9 1.7 1.5

INSTALLATION AND EXCHANGE REPAIRCRAFT WORKERS............................... 94,610 92,970 1,640 40.0 6.83 - 4c - 4c 4c 4c 4« . 2 .3 1 . 0 2.9 3.8 4.7 7.6 28.4 39 . 6 10.3 . 4 . 6PBX AND STATION INSTALLERS............. 45,916 44,778 1,138 40.0 6.75 - 4c - - 4> 4c . 1 .3 .3 1.3 3.9 5.3 6.3 6.4 26.4 38.9 10.3 .3 .3EXCHANGE REPAIRERS....................... 28,536 28,261 275 40.0 7.01 - - - 4t 4c 4* 4c . 1 . 2 .4 1.3 2 . 0 2.4 5.2 27.9 44.0 15.2 . 7 .5OTHERS...................................... 20,158 19,931 227 40.0 6.76 - - - - 4> 4c - .3 .4 1 . 2 2 . 8 3.0 4.4 13.8 33.7 35.1 3.4 . 3 1 . 6

LINE, CABLE, AND CONDUIT CRAFT WORKERS.. 46,206 45,573 633 40.0 6.70 * - - 4c 4c . 1 . 2 .5 . 6 2 . 0 4.2 5.7 5.7 6 . 6 28.6 -37.4 7.0 . 5 .9LINE WORKERS............................... 17,679 17,472 207 40.0 6.49 * - - - . 1 . 2 . 2 .9 1 . 0 3.4 6 . 1 7.3 6.9 8.7 26.8 30.2 7.2 . 4 . 6CABLE SPLICERS............................ 21,029 20,773 256 40.0 6 . 8 6 - - - - 4c 4c 4c . 2 . 2 1 . 1 2.9 3.8 5.2 6.3 26.4 45.0 8 . 1 . 3 # 5CABLE SPLICERS' HELPERS................. 1 , 0 0 0 918 82 40.0 5.46 - - - . 1 . 1 . 1 - 1.7 2.3 7.3 16.6 34.1 17.4 3.3 9.2 6.5 1. 1 - . 2OTHERS...................................... 6,498 6,410 88 40.0 6.94 - - - - - 4c .4 . 2 .3 . 6 1.5 3.0 2. 3 2.4 43.4 37.0 4.0 1 . 8 3.0

LABORERS...................................... 41 33 8 39.6 6.15 - - - - - - - - 2.4 - _ 4.9 7. 3 85.4 - _ _ _ _BUILDING, SUPPLIES, AND MOTOR VEHICLEEMPLOYEES...................................... 27,283 21,621 5,662 38.9 6.09 - 4c .1 . 1 . 5 . 5 .9 1.4 2.3 8 . 6 14.8 1 1 . 8 15. 6 8.5 9.3 9.4 4.8 2 . 5 8 . 9SUPERVISORS.................................. 2,976 2,633 343 39.6 8.89 - - - - - - - - .1 . 1 . 9 1 . 2 1 . 2 1.9 3.2 5.9 7 . 8 11.7 6 6 . 0MECHANICS..................................... 2,775 2,723 52 39.8 6.96 - - .1 .1 . 3 . 4 . 4 .5 .5 1 . 2 2 . 2 4.2 4.9 7.6 17.6 41.6 12 . 2 2.3 4.0OTHER BUILDING SERVICE EMPLOYEES......... 9,480 6, 111 3,369 37.8 5.03 - 4c . 2 . 4 1. 2 1. 1 1. 6 2.5 4.3 17.4 29.5 15.4 15. 1 2.7 3.9 2.3 1 . 0 . 3 1 .1OTHER SUPPLIES AND MOTOR VEHICLEEMPLOYEES................................... 12,052 10,154 1,898 39.3 6.00 - - - - 4c . 1 . 7 1. 0 1.7 5.4 9.6 13.3 22. 1 15.0 13.2 8.5 5 . 5 2 . 1 1.9

ALL EMPLOYEES NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED.... 1,227 831 396 38.0 8 .3 3 .2 . 3 1. 1 1. 6 1.3 2.9 2. 2 2. 0 3 . 3 3.0 4.6 5.0 7.2 7 . 7 5 .8 5 . 5 8.4 39.2

Covers 61 telephone carriers which have annual operating revenues exceeding $1,000,000. These carriers are engaged in interstate or foreign NOTE: Asterisk indicates less than 0.05 percent. Dashes indicate that no data were reported. Because of rounding,sums of individual itemscommunication service using their own facilities or through connection with those of another carrier under direct or indirect common control. may not equal 100.

3 See appendix for definition of hours and rates used in this bulletin.


Table 2. Bell System telephone carriers:1 Percent distribution of employees In occupational groups by average hourly rates,* December 1975

Occupational group

Number of employee! Averagescheduled

weeklyhouri

Averagehourlyrates

" ' " " ............................ h •cent employeesi receiving

UNDER$ 2 . 1 0

$ 2 . 1 0AND

UNDER2 . 3 0

$ 2 .3 0

$ 2 . 5 0 .

$ 2 . 5 0

$ 2 . 7 5

$ 2 . 7 5

$ 3 . 0 0

$ 3 . 0 0

$ 3 . 2 5

$ 3 . 2 5

$ 3 . 5 0

$ 3 . 5 0

$ 3 . 7 5

$ 3 . 7 5

$ 4 . 0 0

$ 4 .0 0

$ 4 . 5 0

$ 4 , 5 0

$ 5 . 0 0

$ 5 . 0 0

$ 5 . 5 0

$ 5 . 5 0

$ 6 . 0 0

$ 6 . 0 0

$ 6 . 5 0

$ 6 . 5 0

$ 7 . 0 0

$ 7 . 0 0

$ 7 . 5 0

$7 .5 0

$ 9 .0 0

$ 8 . CO

$ 8 . 5 0

$ 8 .5 0ANDOVER

Total Men Women

M I EMPLOYEES, EXCEPT OFFICIALS ANDMANAGERIAL ASSISTANTS................. . 7 6 7 , 4 7 3 3 7 2 , 1 1 6 3 9 5 , 3 5 7 3 8 . 3 $ 6 . 8 2 * a a a a . 3 . 6 1 .2 1 . 6 4 . 5 1 1 . 7 1 5 . 1 9 . 2 5 . 4 1 0 . 8 1 4 . 0 5 .6 2 . 4 1 7 .4PART TIME....................... ........... . 1 3 , 4 0 2 1 , 5 7 2 1 1 , 8 3 0 2 4 . 5 4 . 7 9 - _ _ - _ . • . • - - - - - - - -FULL T I NE..................................... 7 5 3 , 9 6 3 3 7 0 , 5 3 7 3 8 3 , 4 2 6 3 8 . 5 6 . 8 4 - - - - - . . - . - - - . - - - - -

PROFESSIONAL AND SEMI PROFESSIONALEMPLOYEES............................ .. ................... 8 5 , 1 3 3 5 7 , 6 2 3 2 7 , 5 1 0 3 8 . 0 1 0 . 3 7 - _ a a a . 1 .1 . 2 .3 .9 2 .3 5 . 8 2 . 9 1 . 9 2 . 2 2 . 6 2 .9 4 . 2 7 3 . 7DRAFTERS ..................................................................................... 9 , 2 5 9 1 , 3 0 0 7 , 9 5 9 3 8 . 4 5 . 4 7 - . - - a . 6 . 7 1 . 5 2 .1 6 . 4 1 6 . 8 4 1 . 1 1 1 . 3 4 . 1 5 . 6 2 . 7 2. 5 1 . 5 3 . 2OTHERS....... .................................. 7 5 , 8 7 4 5 6 , 3 2 3 1 9 ,5 51 3 7 . 9 1 0 . 9 7 - - a a - a a a .1 .2 .5 1 . 5 1 . 8 1 , 6 1 . 8 2 . 6 2 . 9 4 . 5 8 2 . 3

BUSINESS OFFICE AND SALES EMPLOYEES ................. 6 2 , 4 3 4 1 7 , 4 1 1 4 5 , 0 2 3 3 7 . 9 6 . 9 0 a a - a a . 1 .3 .6 . 8 3 . 0 6 . 0 1 8 . 7 2 1 . 8 8 . 6 7 . 5 2 . 3 3 . 6 3 . 5 2 3 . 3SUPERVISORS .............. .. ................ ....................................... 8 , 7 9 6 3 , 0 7 3 5 ,7 2 3 3 8 .1 9 . 8 5 - - - - - - - - - a - a . 1 . 3 1 .0 3 . 5 8 . 1 10. 4 7 6 . 4NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES .......................................... 5 3 , 6 3 8 1 4 , 3 3 8 3 9 ,3 0 0 3 7 .9 6 .4 1 a a - a a .1 .4 .7 1 .0 3 .4 6 . 9 2 1 . 7 2 5 . 3 1 0 .0 8 . 5 2 . 1 2 , 8 2. 4 1 4 .6

CIZRICAL EMPLOYEES ............................................................... 1 9 3 , 5 4 9 3 2 , 2 8 4 1 6 1 , 2 6 5 3 8 . 0 5 . 8 8 * a a a a . 5 1 . 0 1 . 5 2 .1 6 . 0 1 7 . 0 2 7 . 3 1 4 . 8 5 . 7 5 .1 4 . 7 2 . 6 2 . 2 9 . 6SUPERVISORS ............................................................................. 1 8 , 7 8 7 5 ,3 7 6 1 3 ,4 11 3 8 . 3 8 . 6 5 - - - - - • - a a a . 1 . 7 2. 3 4 . 7 7 , 3 8 . 8 1 1 ,9 1 2 . 8 51 .4NONSUPERVISORY................. .. ........................... 1 7 4 , 7 6 2 2 6 , 9 0 8 1 4 7 ,8 5 4 3 8 . 0 5 . 5 8 * a a a a , 5 1 .1 1 . 7 2 . 3 6 . 7 1 8 . 8 3 0 . 1 16. 1 5 . 8 4 . 9 4 . 3 1 . 6 1 . 1 5 .1

COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT........ ....................... 3 6 , 9 0 8 4 , 6 3 2 3 2 , 2 7 6 3 7 . 5 5 . 2 8 a a - - a . 8 1 . 9 2 . 6 3 . 4 9 . 0 1 8 . 6 3 2 . 7 1 7 . 4 5 . 5 2 . 8 . 8 . 6 . 5 3 . 4TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT....................... 2 6 , 1 3 9 1 , 7 8 6 2 4 , 3 5 3 3 7 . 9 5 . 5 6 a - - a a . 2 . 4 . 8 1 .1 3 . 4 1 8 . 8 3 8 . 4 2 1 . 5 3 . 2 2 . 3 2 . 3 1 . 1 1 . 1 5 . 4PLANT DEPARTMENT.......................... 5 5 , 0 2 5 1 1 , 1 8 8 4 3 , 837 3 8 . 8 5 . 5 3 - a a a a . 5 . 7 1 . 3 2 . 0 6 .1 2 4 . 2 2 8 . 7 9 . 2 5 . 5 8. 3 9 . 1 1 . 8 .6 2 . 1ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT.................... 3 2 , 8 1 1 5 , 4 8 9 2 7 , 3 2 2 3 7 . 5 5 . 8 4 a a - a a . 4 . 8 1 . 4 1 , 9 5 .3 1 3 . 3 2 9 . 7 2 2 . 5 7 . 8 2 .6 2 . 0 1 . 6 1 . 7 9 . 0ALL OTHER DEPARTMENTS.................... 2 3 , 8 7 9 3 , 8 1 3 2 0 , 0 6 6 3 7 . 5 5 . 8 0 a a a a a . 8 1 . 6 2 . 5 3 .1 1 0 . 1 1 4 . 1 2 1 . 2 1 5 . 4 6 . 9 6. 1 3 . 8 2 . 9 2 . 4 9 . 1

TELEPHONE OPERATORS........................... 1 5 0 , 2 0 3 8 , 6 8 5 1 4 1 ,5 1 8 3 6 .1 5 . 2 4 a a a a . 1 . 8 1 . 7 3 . 3 4 . 4 1 0 . 9 2 8 . 7 2 4 . 5 8 . 1 6 . 3 3 . 6 1 . 2 1 . 2 1 . 0 4 . 2CHIEF OPERATORS ........................... ........ .. 9 , 2 9 2 740 8 , 5 5 2 3 8 .1 8 . 7 8 - - - - - - a a a a .1 . 4 1 . 1 4 . 0 9 . 0 1 2 . 3 1 3 . 2 1 1 . 1 4 9 . 8SERVICE ASSISTANTS AND INSTRUCTORS .......... 9 ,9 4 6 281 9 , 6 6 5 3 6 . 4 5 . 9 6 a - - a a a a a . 3 1 .4 7 . 9 3 3 . 3 2 4 . 0 9 .1 8 . 6 3 . 4 2 . 6 2 . 5 6 . 7EXPERIENCED SWITCHBOARD OPERATORS ............ 1 2 1 , 2 0 4 5 , 4 4 7 1 1 5 , 7 5 7 3 5 . 9 4 . 9 8 - a a a a . 2 . 8 2. 4 4 . 3 1 2 . 5 3 4 . 5 2 6 . 6 7 . 7 6 . 6 2 . 9 .3 . 2 , 2 . 8OPERATORS IN TRAINING ................................... 7 , 5 8 0 2 , 1 5 3 5 ,4 2 7 3 5 . 6 3 . 6 9 - a a a . 9 1 2 . 8 2 1 . 7 2 6 . 4 1 8 . 4 1 4 . 8 3 . 6 . 7 . 3 .1 * a - - aOTHER SWITCHBOARD EMPLOYEES ........................ 2 ,1 8 1 64 2 ,1 1 7 3 8 . 3 5 . 7 7 - - - - - . 1 . 1 . 2 a . 9 1 2 . 2 5 0 . 6 1 3 . 8 5 .2 4 . 4 1 . 9 2 . 1 2 . 3 6 . 2

CONSTRUCTION, INSTALLATION, ANDMAINTENANCE EMPLOYEES....................... 2 5 0 , 0 3 2 2 3 5 , 6 4 4 1 4 , 3 8 8 3 9 . 9 7 . 2 7 a a - a a a a .1 .1 . 7 1 . 8 2 . 7 3 . 9 4 . 8 2 3 . 6 3 6 . 2 1 2 . 0 2 . 5 1 1 . 5SUPERVISORS OP TELEPHONE CRAFT WORKERS.. 3 1 , 9 4 3 3 1 , 0 8 9 854 3 9 . 9 9 . 4 2 - - - - - - - - - - a a . 1 . 2 .3 2 . 1 5. 3 9 . 2 8 2 . 7CENTRAL OFFICE CRAFT WORKERS.............. 8 8 , 6 6 4 7 7 , 1 7 7 1 1 , 4 8 7 3 9 . 9 7 . 0 7 a a - a - a a .1 .1 . 4 1 . 2 2 . 1 5 . 7 5 . 0 2 3 . 3 3 9 . 8 1 7 .3 3 . 0 1.9

TEST BOARD AND REPEATER WORKERS....... 2 1 , 5 7 4 1 8 , 4 4 9 3 , 1 2 5 3 9 . 7 7 . 2 7 - - - - - a a a . 2 .4 .9 2 . 0 2 . 4 1 .6 2 0 , 2 4 4 . 5 2 0 . 2 3 . 4 4 .2CENTRAL OFFICE REPAIRERS................ 6 5 , 1 7 6 5 6 , 8 7 4 8 ,3 0 2 3 9 . 9 7 . 0 0 a - - - - a a a .1 . 4 1 . 3 2 . 2 7 . 0 6 .1 2 4 . 5 3 7 . 7 1 6 .5 2. 9 1 . 1OTHERS ............................................................ 1 , 9 1 4 1 , 8 5 4 60 3 9 . 8 7 . 1 3 - . 1 - . 1 - - . 7 . 5 .1 . 7 . 6 . 6 . 8 1 .9 1 6 .2 5 8 . 8 13. 1 3 . 2 2 .7

INSTALLATION AND EXCHANGE REPAIRCRAFT WORKERS................................................. 8 7 , 0 4 2 8 5 , 5 7 1 1 ,4 7 1 4 0 . 0 6 . 9 0 - a - a a a a . 2 . 2 .7 2 . 3 3 . 1 3 . 3 6 . 3 2 9 . 3 4 2 . 7 1 1 . 2 . 4 . 3PBX AND STATION INSTALLERS ...................... 4 1 , 9 2 7 4 0 , 8 1 8 1 ,1 0 9 4 0 . 0 6 . 8 5 - a - - - - a . 2 . 2 .9 3 .0 4 . 2 4 . 4 5 . 5 2 7 . 4 4 2 . 4 1 1 .3 . 3 t 7

EXCHANGE REPAIRERS ..................................... 2 7 , 5 4 8 2 7 , 3 7 1 177 4 0 . 0 7 . 0 4 - - - a - - a a a . 3 1 . 2 1 . 9 2 . 1 5 . 3 2 6 . 8 4 5 . 2 1 5 .7 . 7 !sOTHERS ............................................................ 1 7 , 5 6 7 1 7 , 3 8 2 185 4 0 . 0 6 . 8 0 - - - - a a - . 2 . 3 1 .0 2 . 2 2 . 2 2 . 4 1 0 . 0 3 7 . 4 3 9 . 7 3 .9 .4 , 9

LINE, CABLE, AND CONDUIT CRAFT WORKERS.. 4 2 , 3 8 3 4 1 , 8 0 7 576 4 0 . 0 6 . 8 0 a - - a - a a . 4 . 3 1 .5 3 . 5 5 . 1 4 . 3 4 . 9 3 0 . 2 4 0 . 6 7 . 7 . 6 1 . 6LINE WORKERS................................................. 1 5 , 9 0 9 1 5 , 7 1 0 199 4 0 . 0 6 . 6 3 a - - - - a a . 7 . 5 2 . 3 5 . 0 6 . 6 5 . 6 7 . 6 29. C 3 3 . 6 8. 0 . 4 .7CABLE SPLICERS............................ 1 9 , 0 9 6 1 8 , 8 4 9 247 4 0 . 0 6 . 9 5 - - - - - - a . 2 . 2 . 9 2 . 3 3 . 0 3 . 3 3 . 5 2 7 . 6 4 9 . 3 9 . 0 . 3 . 6CABLE SPLICERS* HELPERS................. 985 903 82 4 0 . 0 5 . 4 7 - - - . 1 - .1 - 1 . 7 2 . 0 7 . 0 1 6 . 8 3 4 . 5 1 7 . 6 3 . 4 9 . 3 6 . 2 1 . 1 _ . 2OTHERS .................................................................................... 6 , 3 9 3 6 , 3 4 5 48 4 0 . 0 6 . 9 8 - - - - , - - a a a . 2 1 . 5 3 . 0 2 . 3 2 . 5 4 4 . 0 3 7 . 5 4. 1 1 . 8 3 . 0

LABORERS .................................................................................... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - _ - -BUILDING, SUPPLIES, AND MOTOR VEHICLEEMPLOYEES ............................................................ 2 5 , 1 8 6 1 9 , 8 8 2 5 , 3 0 4 3 8 . 9 6 . 1 9 - a a a a . 1 . 4 . 7 1 . 7 8 . 4 1 5 . 1 1 2 . 1 1 6 . 2 8 . 7 9 . 7 1 0 .0 5 .1 2 . 7 9 . 2SUPERVISORS ...................................................... 2 , 7 4 6 2 , 4 1 7 329 3 9 . 6 9 . 0 7 - - - - - - - - - - . 1 . 3 . 8 1 . 5 2 .3 5 . 1 7 . 1 1 2 . 1 7 0 . 6MECHANICS .......................................................... 2 , 4 6 5 2 , 4 4 2 23 3 9 . 9 7 . 0 9 - - - - - - a a .1 . 4 1 . 4 3 . 9 3 . 9 5 . 6 1 8 . 3 4 6 . 9 1 3 .7 2 . 6 3 . 1OTHER BUILDING SERVICE EMPLOYEES .............. 8 , 6 6 5 5 , 5 2 5 3 ,1 4 0 3 7 . 7 5 . 1 5 - a a a . 1 . 2 . 5 1 .1 3 . 3 1 8 . 2 3 1 . 7 1 6 . 6 1 6 . 3 2 . 9 4 . 1 2 . 5 1 . 1 . 3 1 . 2OTHER SUPPLIES AND MOTOR VEHICLEEMPLOYEES ....................................................................... 1 1 , 3 1 0 9 , 4 9 8 1 ,8 1 2 3 9 . 3 6 . 0 6 - - - - a . 1 . 5 . 7 1 . 2 4 . 7 9 . 1 1 3 . 2 2 2 . 5 1 5 .5 1 3 . 9 9 . 0 5 . 8 2 . 2 1 . 7

ALL EMPLOYEES NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED.... 936 587 349 3 7 . 6 9 . 0 3 .1 .1 . 5 1 . 2 1 . 4 1 . 5 1 . 8 . 9 1 .9 2 . 4 5 .1 5 . 4 4 . 5 5 . 0 6 . 9 6 . 6 9 . 2 4 6 . 4

1 Covers 25 Bell System telephone carriers which have annual operating revenues exceeding $1,000,000. These carriers are engaged in interstate 2 See appendix for definition of hours and rates used in this bulletin,or foreign communication service using their own facilities or through connection with those of another carrier under direct or indirect common NOTE: Asterisk indicates less than 0.05 percent. Dashes indicate that no data were reported. Because of rounding,sums of individual itemscontrol. may not equal 100.


Table 3. Non-Bell telephone carriers:1 Percent distribution of employees in occupational groups by average hourly rates,2 December 1975

Occupational group

Number of employees Averagescheduled

weeklyhours

Averagehourlyrates

Percent of employees receiving-

UNDER$ 2 . 1 0

$ 2 . 1 0AND

UNDER2 . 3 0

$ 2 . 3 0

$ 2 . 5 0

$ 2 .

$ 2 .

.50

.75

$ 2 . 7 5

$ 3 . 0 0

$3,

$3 .

. 00

.25

$3 .

? 3 .

.25

.50

$3.

$3 .

.50

.75

$3.

$4.

.75

. 00

$4.

$4 .

,00

,50

$4,

$5,

.5 0

. 00

$5

$5,

. 00

. 50

$5,

$ 6 .

. 5 0

. 00

$6

$6

. 00

. 5 0

$6

$7,

. 5C

. 00

$7

$7

. 00

. 5 0

17.

$ 8 ,

,50

.00

$8

$8

. 0 ̂

. 50

$8 . 50 ANDOVE3

Total Men Women

ALL EMPLOYEES, EXCEPT OFFICIALS ANDMANAGERIAL ASSISTANTS.................................................... t*9, 060 26 845 2 2 , 215 39 7 $ 5 . 36 * * . 1 1 ..7 3., 1 3.,8 4. ,6 5..5 8 ,. 1 13., 0 8 ,.5 6 ,. 7 9..9 10 . 3 1 0 ,. 0 4 .9 2 ,.8 2 ,. 0 5 > -

PART TIME.................................................................................. 1 , 873 254 1 , 619 21 3 3 27 - - -FULL TIME.................................................................................. 47 253 26, 655 20 598 40 1 5 43 - - -

PROFESSIONAL AND SEMIPROFESSIONALEMPLOYEES.................................................................................... 5, 057 4, 044 1 C13 39 9 7 41 * - - . 1 . 4 ,8 .9 2 ,. 2 3, .2 4,.0 5,. 6 6 .. 3 8 ,. 2 9,.8 10 .7 1 1 ,. 1 8 ,. 9 27 .9

DRAFTERS..................................................................................... 370 246 124 39 4 5. 23 - - - , 8 2 .. 4 3],8 6..2 7..8 15.. 1 1 2 .. 2 1 0 ,. 5 19.. 2 8 ,.9 6 ,.5 1 . 6 , 3 . 5 4 . 1OTHERS.......................................................................................... 4 , 687 3 798 889 40 0 7 . 58 * - - * . 2 ,6 .5 1 ..7 2 ..2 3,.4 5,. 2 5., 3 8 ,. 2 1 0 ,. 1 1 1 . 4 1 1 ,.9 9,. 5 29 .7

BUSINESS OFFICE AND SALES EMPLOYEES................. 3, 103 588 2 515 39 9 4. 88 . 1 - - 1 .. 3 4,.0 5,. 5 6 ..3 7. .6 1 1 ..5 24 . ,4 8 ,.7 5.. 3 4., 1 3,.9 2 ,.9 3 . 2 3,.0 2 ,. 6 5 . 6SUPERVISORS............................................................................. 513 276 237 40 0 7 . 18 . 4 - - . 6 1 ..0 1 ..2 4,.9 9 ,. 2 5..7 15,.4 1 C..9 10 . 9 8 ,.8 S ,. 2 23 ,NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES......................................... 2, 590 312 2 278 39 9 4. 42 - - - 1 ,.5 4. .8 6 ,. 6 7..5 9..0 13, .6 29 . ,0 9,.5 4,.6 3.. 8 1 .6 1 ,.3 1 .7 1 .,8 1 ,. 5 2 ,. 2

CLERICAL EMPLOYEES............................................................... 9 , 395 857 8 538 40 5 4. 16 ♦ - . 1 3..3 5.. 4 7 , .0 8 ..0 9. .7 15. .8 2 4 . ,5 13, .8 3,.9 2 .. 2 2 . 2 1 ,.3 1 . 1 .6 . 4 .7SUPERVISORS............................................................................ 525 219 306 39 9 6 . 42 - - - . 2 .4 . 8 1 .. 1 1 ..9 1 ..3 5.,7 1 1 ,.0 9,.9 1 1 ,.3 1 0 ,.5 6 ..9 12 .4 9._ Q 5,. 5 1 0 ..7NONSUPERVISORY.................................................................... 8 , 870 638 8 232 40 6 4. 03 * - . 1 3,, 5 5,.7 7..3 8 ..4 1 0 .. 2 16, .6 25 . ,6 14, .0 3,. 5 1 ..6 1 .7 1 ..0 . 5 . 1

, 1. 1 , 1

COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT............................................ 1 , 590 94 1 , 4 96 36 3 3. ,95 - - . 4 3,.6 5.. 0 8 ..3 9..6 1 0 ..5 13. .8 2 2 .,6 2 2 ,. 0 2 ,. 0 1 .. 1 . 2 .5 . 3 , 1TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT.................................................... 1 , 016 53 963 41. .4 3. ,93 - - - 1 2 .. 1 7,. 2 3..9 6 ..4 9,,4 2 1 ,.5 2 0 .,0 1 0 ,.8 2 ,. 0 1 ..8 .9 1 ..3 1 ,. 8 . 4 _ c , 2PLANT DEPARTMENT......................................................... 2 , 769 162 2 ,,607 39. .5 4. ,00 - - * 1 ,.9 5..9 8 .. 2 9. .6 1 1 ..8 2 0 ,. 1 24 .,4 9..5 2 ,.9 .5 3 ,.3 1 ..5 . 3 ; * , 1ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT............................................ 1 , 331 73 1 ,,258 46 ,.8 4. ,15 - - - 1 ,.3 4 ,.5 7. .7 7..5 8 ..3 14, .8 36, .2 1 2 ,.4 3,. 2 1 ..7 1 ,

1 ,.4 .8 . 1 . 1

ALL OTHER DEPARTMENTS............................................ 2 , 164 256 1 ,,908 40..9 4 . ,08 . 1 - . 1 2 ..7 6 .. 1 6 .. 8 7. .6 9., 3 13,. 1 25. .4 16..4 6 ,.4 3..4 .4 .6 .4 * . 2TELEPHONE OPERATORS............................................................ 9 , 293 280 9,,013 38 ,.2 4 . 05 ♦ * . 2 4,. 8 7. .6 9,. 1 1 0 .. 2 1 2 .,0 15..9 2 1 ..7 6 ,. 2 3..6 2 .. 2 1 .. 5 2 ..6 1 ,. 3 , 5 . 2 , 5

CHIEF OPERATORS.................................................................. 522 17 505 40, .0 6 ., 1 0 . 4 - - . 2 . 2 .4 6 ..5 1 2 ..5 2 1 ,.8 1 5., 9 1 1 ,.5 8 ..4 5,.0 6 ..3 2 ,. 9 8 ., 0SERVICE ASSISTANTS AND INSTRUCTORS.............. 478 5 473 40. .0 5. , 1 2 . 2 - - - . 2 1 ..9 2 .. 3 7,.9 14, .9 36, .0 13.. 2 2 .. 5 6 .. 3 3.,3 9,. 0 2 .. 3EXPERIENCED SWITCHBOARD OPERATORS................. 7, ,884 231 7,,653 38. .0 3.,80 - ♦ . 1 5,. 3 8 ..7 1 0 ,. 5 1 1 ..7 13. .8 17..5 23 ..9 4.. 2 1 .. 4 * k 2 ., 1 .6 *OPERATORS IN TR AINING................................................ 323 17 306 39. , 1 5.,04 - - 3 . 4 4,.3 . 6 . 9 1 ..9 3,.4 18,.0 ,6 14.

1 ., 2 34 . , 4 13. .0 4.,3 > 0

OTHER SWITCHBOARD EMPLOYEES................................. 86 10 76 38,.7 3.,6 9 - 2 . 3 - 1 2 ,. 8 24. . 4 M , . 4 5,.8 3.. 5 23, .3 3..5 , 2 5,,8CONSTRUCTION, INSTALLATION, ANDMAINTENANCE EMPLOYEES.................................................... 19,,824 19,, 093 731 40. . 1 6 ., 1 2 _ * _ . 2 . 4 .8 .8 1 ,.7 4,.6 7. .8 9 . ,8 19., 1 2 0 ..0 19., 2 7 ,. 6 2 ., 9 1 ,, 9 3 ,, 1

S U P E R V I S O R S O F T E L E P H O N E C R A F T W O R K E R S . . 2 ,,313 2 ,f 268 45 40. . 1 7. ,65 - - _ .3 .4 . 1 2 ., 1 7.. 2 14., 2 2 0 ,.7 25., 0 15., 7 1 4 ., 3C E N T R A L O F F I C E C R A F T W O R K E R S ............................ 6 ,,079 5,, 627 452 40, . 1 6 ..00 - * - * .3 .8 . 6 1 ,. 2 4..5 5 ].7 8'..9 2 1 ., 5 17..9 27.. 1 1 1 ,. 2 , 1 . 1 . 1

T E S T B O A R D A N D R E P E A T E R W O R K E R S ................ 537 453 84 40, . 1 5.,79 - _ _ 2 ,. 6 . 9 1 .3 6 ,. 1 4,.3 7. , 6 32 . , 0 30.. 4 14,.5 . 2C E N T R A L O F F I C E R E P A I R E R S .................................... 3, 775 3,, 605 170 40. . 1 6 .,03 - . 1 - * . 3 .5 . 6 .8 2 .,8 4., 3 9..7 24 ., 1 13. .0 32 ,.7 10 ,.7 , 1 . 1 , 1O T H E R S .................................................................................... 1 ,,767 1 ,, 569 198 39..9 6 .,02 - - - . 1 . 1 . 3 .8 . 6 2..0 7. ,6 8 .,9 7 . ,4 1 2 .,7 24 , .4 19., 1 15..5 2 . 1 , 2

I N S T A L L A T I O N A N D E X C H A N G E R E P A I RC R A F T W O R K E R S ................................................................ 7,, 568 7,,3 9 9 169 40 ,. 1 6 ., 01 - - - .3 . 2 .6 .8 1 ..8 4..3 9.,8 1 2 ., 4 2 1 .,5 2 2 ..4 18.,7 3 .,6 3 . 8

P B X A N D S T A T I O N I N S T A L L E R S ............................ 3,,989 3,, 960 29 40, .2 5.,67 - - _ .4 .3 .8 .9 1 .,5 5.,5 13. ,2 16 . 9 2 6 . , 3 16., 2 15.,9 2 ,, 1E X C H A N G E R E P A I R E R S ................................................ 988 890 98 40. . 1 6 .,13 - - - .7 . 4 ,9 1 ..2 5..6 4. 1 2 .,9 3. ,8 1 1 .,7 2 ..4 56. ,6 9.. 5O T H E R S .................................................................................... 2 ,,591 2 ,, 549 42 39,.9 6 .,50 - - - k ,4 .9 2 .,4 7. ,1 8 .,6 1 7 . , 9 39..5 8 .,4 3..7 1 1 .. 0

L I N E , C A B L E , A N D C O N D U I T C R A F T W O R K E R S . . 3,,823 3,,7 6 6 57 40, . 1 5..57 - - - - ( 5 1 .. 1 1 ..7 1 ., 8 3..3 8 ., 1 1 2 .,0 1 2 .. 1 2 0 ., 7 25. ,7 1 1 .,0 1 ..8 , 1 *L I N E W O R K E R S .................................................................... 1 ,,770 1 ,, 7 6 2 8 39..9 5. , 20 - - - l ! !o 2 ..0 2 ., 1 3., 1 5., 1 1 2 .,8 16 . ,3 13 . , 4 18 . , 4 18.,5 7.,2 , 1C A B L E S P L I C E R S ........................................................... 1 , 933 1,,9 2 4 9 40..4 5. ,95 - - - . 1 . 2 ,2 ,3 .8 2 .,8 8 .,7 1 1 .,5 2 3 . 8 33.,9 14. ,8 2 ., 9C A B L E S P L I C E R S ' H E L P E R S .................................... 15 15 40, .0 5. , 02 - - - 6 ,.7 2 0 !.0 26 . ,7 6 .,7 6 .,7 6 . 7 26.,7O T H E R S .............................................................................. 105 65 40 38..9 4..64 - - - 2 ..9 2 2 .,9 9. , 5 18.. 1 2 2 ., 9 1 .,0 3 . 8 6 .,7 7. .6 3 .. 8 1 ,.0

L A B O R E R S ..................................................................................... 41 33 8 39 ,.6 6 .,15 - - - 2 ..4 4 . 9 7 . 3 8 5 . ,4B U I L D I N G , S U P P L I E S , A N D M O T O R V E H I C L E

E M P L O Y E E S .................................................................................... 2 ,, 097 1 ,, 7 3 9 358 39 ,. 2 4. , 88 - . 1 . 9 1 ..8 5.,7 5. .0 7..5 9., 3 9..6 1 0 .,7 1 1 .,3 8 . 4 8 . 8 7. , 1 4.,7 2 .. 0 2 . r, , 7 4 ,, 3S U P E R V I S O R S ....................................................................... 230 216 14 40. .0 6 .,7 8 - - - - 1 ,.7 1 .,3 1 0 .,4 1 1 ., 3 5. 7 6 .,5 13.,9 16 .. 1 15. ,2 6 .. 5 1 1 .. 3M E C H A N I C S ............................................................................ 310 281 29 38, .8 5.,97 - - . 6 1 ..3 2 .,9 ' 3.. 2 2 ..9 3..9 3,.5 7. ,1 9 . ,0 6 ., 5 1 2 . 6 23 ., 2 1 2 . 3 1 1 .O T H E R B U I L D I N G S E R V I C E E M P L O Y E E S .................. 815 586 229 38, .6 3.,75 - . 4 2 . 1 4.. 2 13. , 6 1 0 ..9 13.,9 17. , 1 14, .8 8 .,8 6 .,9 1 . 8 2 . 1 1 .,2 1 . 3 , 1 4 , 4O T H E R S U P P L I E S A N D M O T O R V E H I C L E

E M P L O Y E E S .......................................................................... 742 656 86 39, ,6 5.,06 - - - .7 4.,7 6 .. 1 8 ,.8 17. ,3 17 . 4 15. ,5 1 5 . ,5 7. ,0 2 .,4 .4 5 3 ., 0A L L E M P L O Y E E S N O T E L S E W H E R E C L A S S I F I E D . . . . 291 244 47 39..6 6 .,17 . 3 1 . 0 2 .,7 3., 1 l i .0 7. ,2 3..4 5..5 7 . ,6 5. ,2 2 ..7 3 . ,4 15. ,8 16. ,2 2 ,. 1 1 .7 8 ., 9 1 2 ,, 0

Covers 36 non-Bell telephone carriers which have annual operating revenues exceeding $1,000,000. These carriers are engaged in interstate or foreign communication service using their own facilities or through connection with those of another carrier under direct or indirect common control.

2 See appendix for definition of hours and rates used in this bulletin.NOTE: Asterisk indicates less than 0.05 percent. Dashes indicate that no data were reported. Because of rounding,sums of individual items

may not equal 100.


Table 4. AH and Bell System telephone carriers:1 Average hourly rates2 of employees in selected occupations by region, December 1975

Occupational group

United States New England Middle Atlantic Great Lakes Chesapeake Southeast North Central South Central Mountain Pacific

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ALL EMPLOYEES, EXCEPT OFFICIALS ANDMANAGERIAL ASSISTANTS.................................................... 8 1 6 , 5 3 3 $ 6 . 7 3 5 4 , 1 4 5 $ 6 .9 1 1 4 3 , 6 6 7 $ 7 . 4 3 1 3 6 , 8 7 8 $ 6 . 6 4 4 6 , 1 9 7 $ 6 . 5 2 1 1 9 , 2 7 1 $ 6 . 1 5 2 8 , 0 0 5 $ 6 .2 1 8 5 , 1 5 4 $ 6 . 1 0 4 0 , 4 7 6 $ 6 . 1 2 1 1 6 , 6 4 6 $ 6 .8 1

PART TIME.................................................................................. 1 5 , 2 7 5 4 . 6 3 1 , 6 5 9 4 . 5 0 4 , 1 6 5 5 . 0 8 2 , 2 8 2 4 . 3 0 607 4. 20 9 58 4 . 4 1 798 4 .7 2 680 3 . 8 8 1 ,6 1 8 3 . 9 2 2, 081 5 .0 6EDLL TIME.................................................................................. 8 0 1 , 2 1 6 6 . 7 6 5 2 , 4 6 2 6 . 9 6 1 3 9 , 5 0 7 7 . 4 8 1 3 4 , 6 5 9 6 . 6 7 4 5 , 4 9 8 6 . 4 9 1 1 8 , 3 1 3 6 . 1 6 2 7 , 2 0 7 6 . 2 6 8 4 , 4 7 4 6 . 1 1 3 8 , 8 5 8 6 . 1 8 1 1 4 , 5 6 9 6 .8 3

PROFESSIONAL AND SEMIPROFESSIONALEMPLOYEES..................................................................................... 9 0 , 1 9 0 1 0 . 1 9 5 , 8 8 9 1 0 . 3 8 1 4 , 8 0 5 1 1 . 5 4 1 5 , 2 8 0 9 . 7 5 5 , 3 1 3 9 . 5 0 10 ,6 4 9 9 . 2 9 2 , 8 0 2 9 . 0 5 6 , 8 9 7 9 . 2 1 4 , 4 4 8 9 . 0 4 1 3 , 3 0 4 9 .8 3

DRAFTERS..................................................................................... 9 , 6 2 9 5 . 4 6 599 5 . 3 4 1 , 5 2 0 6 . 2 1 1 , 5 3 9 5 . 6 1 654 5. 40 1 , 3 3 2 5 .0 0 332 5 .0 0 974 4 . 7 8 380 4 . 8 8 1 , 9 6 4 5 .4 3OTHERS.......................................................................................... 8 0 , 5 6 1 1 0 . 7 6 5 , 2 9 0 1 0 . 9 5 1 3 , 2 8 5 1 2 . 1 5 1 3 ,7 4 1 1 0 . 2 2 4 , 6 5 9 1 0 . 0 7 9 , 3 1 7 9 . 8 9 2 , 4 7 0 9 . 6 0 5 , 9 2 3 9 . 9 4 4 , 0 6 8 9 . 4 3 1 1 , 3 4 0 1 0 .6 1

BUSINESS OFFICE AND SALES EMPLOYEES................. 6 5 , 5 3 7 6 . 8 0 4 , 0 0 1 7 . 1 4 1 2 , 0 1 8 7 . 6 7 1 1 , 2 6 5 6 . 4 4 3 , 2 4 5 6. 59 9 ,4 0 4 6 . 1 9 2 , 4 7 7 6 . 14 7 , 9 3 5 5 . 8 5 3 , 4 4 4 6 .5 1 9 , 8 3 4 7 . 2 6SUPERVISORS............................................................................. 9 , 3 0 9 9 . 6 9 599 1 0 . 1 4 1 , 6 0 7 1 0 . 7 1 1 ,4 4 0 9 . 2 5 482 8. 82 1 , 3 7 8 8 . 9 3 323 8 . 9 5 1 , 0 7 8 8 . 8 1 503 9 . 4 2 1 , 5 1 2 1 0 . 1 2NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES.......................................... 5 6 , 2 2 8 6 . 3 1 3 , 4 0 2 6 . 6 0 1 0 ,4 1 1 7 . 20 9 , 8 2 5 6 . 0 2 2 , 7 6 3 6 . 1 9 8 , 0 2 6 5 . 7 2 2 , 1 5 4 5 .7 1 6 , 8 5 7 5 . 3 8 2 ,9 4 1 6 . 0 1 8 , 3 2 2 6 . 7 4

CLERICAL EMPLOYEES............................................................... 2 0 2 , 9 4 4 5 . 7 9 1 3 , 7 5 9 5 . 8 9 3 6 , 5 2 0 6 . 4 6 3 2 , 9 1 9 5 . 6 9 1 2 , 0 2 3 5 . 5 8 2 7 , 5 0 0 5 .3 1 7 , 3 6 5 5 . 3 2 1 9 , 0 6 4 5 . 1 5 1 0 ,0 2 1 5 . 4 0 3 0 , 5 5 1 5 . 8 9SUPERVISORS............................................................................. 1 9 , 3 1 2 8 . 5 9 1 ,2 0 0 8 . 4 9 4 , 2 2 7 9 . 2 6 2 , 8 8 0 8. 50 885 8 . 3 9 2 , 6 7 8 7 . 6 5 742 7 . 9 0 1 , 6 9 4 7 . 6 5 908 8 . 1 2 2 , 7 9 6 8 . 9 3NONSUPERVISORY.................................................................... 1 8 3 , 6 3 2 5 . 5 0 1 2 ,5 5 9 5 . 6 3 3 2 , 2 9 3 6 . 0 9 3 0 , 0 3 9 5 . 4 2 1 1 , 1 3 8 5 . 3 6 2 4 , 8 2 2 5 . 0 5 6 , 6 2 3 5 . 0 3 1 7 , 3 7 0 4 . 9 1 9 , 1 1 3 5 . 1 3 2 7 , 7 5 5 5. 58

COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT............................................ 3 8 , 4 9 8 5 . 2 3 2 , 8 4 6 5 . 3 9 6 , 4 5 4 5 . 8 2 5 , 8 0 3 5 . 1 4 2 , 4 9 5 5 . 0 5 5 , 4 3 6 4 . 8 8 1 , 8 6 7 4 .7 1 4 , 2 6 9 4 . 7 6 2 , 0 5 3 4 . 8 8 6 , 2 8 7 5 .4 1TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT.................................................... 2 7 , 1 5 5 5 . 5 0 1 , 6 2 9 5 . 5 2 4 , 6 2 9 6 . 2 4 4 , 2 8 4 5 . 3 7 1 , 6 8 8 5 . 6 5 3 , 6 9 0 5 . 0 6 811 5 . 2 3 3 , 4 0 0 4 . 3 9 1 , 6 4 4 4 . 3 5 4 , 1 9 1 5 .7 1PLANT DEPARTMENT......................................................... 5 7 , 7 9 4 5 . 4 5 3 , 6 9 6 5 . 6 1 1 0 , 1 7 8 5 . 8 4 9 , 6 3 8 5 . 5 1 3 , 5 9 6 5 . 1 1 9 , 1 6 6 4 . 9 7 1 , 8 0 4 5 . 0 5 5 , 3 4 4 4 . 9 7 2 , 7 2 9 5 . 3 1 8 , 5 6 2 5 . 5 3ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT............................................ 3 4 , 1 4 2 5 . 7 6 2 , 8 7 5 6 . 0 1 7 , 2 4 4 6 . 3 7 5 , 7 9 5 5 . 6 5 1 , 8 8 5 5 . 8 2 3 , 5 7 2 5 . 3 1 1 , 2 9 3 5 . 2 3 2 , 6 4 6 4 . 9 4 1 ,5 5 9 5 . 2 1 4 , 9 6 3 5 .7 1ALL OTHER DEPARTMENTS............................................ 2 6 , 0 4 3 5 . 6 5 1 , 5 1 3 5 . 5 5 3 , 7 8 8 6 . 5 6 4 , 5 1 9 5 . 3 2 1 , 4 7 4 5 . 6 0 2 , 9 5 8 5 . 2 8 848 5 . 1 9 1 , 7 1 1 5 . 0 7 1 , 1 2 8 5 . 2 6 3 , 7 5 2 5 .7 0

TELEPHONE OPERATORS............................................................ 1 5 9 , 4 9 6 5 . 1 7 1 0 , 7 1 3 5 . 1 3 2 5 , 2 5 5 5 . 8 8 2 4 , 9 7 2 5 . 1 6 8 , 5 1 6 5 . 0 9 2 7 , 7 9 7 4 . 8 8 6 , 1 7 9 4 . 9 4 2 0 , 1 2 5 5 . 0 8 9 , 2 7 3 4. 52 2 2 , 5 9 9 5 .2 0CHIEF OPERATORS................................................................. 9 , 8 1 4 8 . 6 3 693 9 . 0 3 1 , 4 4 0 9 . 8 9 1 , 4 3 6 8 . 5 8 500 8 . 5 8 1 , 9 5 7 7 . 7 6 394 8 . 4 4 1 , 4 1 8 8 . 0 9 588 7 . 7 5 1 ,1 5 8 9. 40SERVICE ASSISTANTS AND INSTRUCTORS.............. 1 0 , 4 2 4 5 . 9 2 652 5 . 9 2 2 , 6 0 8 6 . 5 0 2 , 1 7 7 5 . 7 8 444 5 . 9 8 1 , 1 0 4 5 . 4 0 398 5 . 5 3 913 5 . 5 2 457 5 . 1 8 1 ,4 1 7 6 . 0 8EXPERIENCED SWITCHBOARD OPERATORS................. 1 2 9 , 0 8 8 4 . 9 0 9 , 1 3 3 4 . 7 6 2 0 , 3 1 8 5 . 5 4 2 0 , 2 3 2 4 . 8 7 7 , 2 1 1 4 . 8 0 2 2 , 8 6 6 4 . 7 0 4 , 7 7 5 4 . 7 1 1 5 , 6 8 3 4 . 9 0 7 , 4 1 8 4 . 30 1 8 , 2 7 6 4 . 9 5OPERATORS IN TRAINING................................................. 7 , 9 0 3 3 . 7 5 76 3 . 3 4 512 3 . 8 1 739 3 . 8 4 192 3 . 8 4 1 , 5 5 6 3 . 3 6 533 3 . 6 6 1 , 8 3 5 3 . 7 3 673 3. 20 1 , 4 2 7 4 . 0 3OTHER SWITCHBOARD EMPLOYEES................................. 2 , 2 6 7 5 . 6 9 159 5 . 6 5 377 6 . 2 6 388 5 . 7 5 169 5 . 8 2 314 5 . 6 8 79 5 . 6 4 276 5 . 37 137 4 . 7 7 321 5 . 4 2

CONSTRUCTION, INSTALLATION, ANDMAINTENANCE EMPLOYEES.................................................... 2 6 9 , 8 5 6 7 . 1 8 1 7 , 0 0 8 7 . 6 5 4 9 , 1 2 4 7 . 6 9 4 5 , 4 7 5 7 . 1 7 1 5 , 4 2 7 7 . 0 1 4 1 , 5 6 4 6 . 7 1 8 , 2 7 4 6 . 9 6 2 9 , 6 6 1 6 . 7 0 1 1 , 7 7 4 6 . 7 8 3 6 , 7 4 3 7 . 3 2

SUPERVISORS OF TELEPHONE CRAFT WORKERS.. 3 4 , 2 5 6 9 . 3 0 2 , 7 3 2 9 . 7 0 6 , 1 1 7 1 0 . 1 6 5 , 5 9 0 9 . 2 9 1 , 9 6 0 8 . 8 7 5 , 0 8 7 8 . 5 6 1 , 0 8 3 8 . 8 6 3 , 4 1 4 8 . 7 2 1 , 5 5 9 8 . 7 1 4 , 8 6 6 9 .4 0CENTRAL OFFICE CRAFT WORKERS............................... 9 4 , 7 4 3 7 . 0 0 6 , 7 5 4 7 . 2 9 1 5 , 8 8 2 7 . 3 7 1 4 , 1 1 7 6 . 9 4 4 , 7 4 9 6 . 8 8 1 2 , 5 3 7 6 . 6 4 ’ 2 , 3 9 0 6 . 8 2 9 , 5 8 7 6 . 6 7 3 , 6 9 8 6 . 5 4 1 3 , 9 8 4 7 . 0 7

TEST BOARD AND REPEATER WORKERS................. 2 2 , 1 1 1 7 . 2 4 1 , 5 2 8 7 . 4 1 3 , 3 1 4 7 . 7 8 2 , 7 5 0 7 . 18 809 7 . 4 0 2 , 6 0 9 6 . 8 7 452 6 . 9 8 1 , 6 8 5 6 . 9 3 584 6 . 8 0 3 , 7 4 9 7 . 1 9CENTRAL OFFICE REPAIRERS.................................... 6 8 , 9 5 1 6 . 9 5 3 , 9 5 5 7 . 2 6 1 2 ,5 5 1 7 . 2 6 1 0 , 8 1 9 6. 94 3 , 9 2 4 6 . 7 8 9 , 8 2 3 6 . 5 8 1 , 9 2 0 6 . 7 9 7 , 4 4 8 6 . 6 9 2 , 9 4 0 6 . 5 3 9 , 8 8 3 7 . 0 5OTHERS..................................................................................... 3 , 6 8 1 6 . 6 0 1 ,2 7 1 7 . 2 3 17 7 . 5 1 548 5 . 7 7 16 4 . 9 7 105 6 . 1 3 18 5 . 8 9 454 5. 41 174 5 . 8 8 352 6 . 4 7

INSTALLATION AND EXCHANGE REPAIRCRAFT WORKERS..................................................................... 9 4 , 6 1 0 6 . 8 3 5 , 1 0 7 7 . 2 0 1 8 ,6 1 1 7 . 3 4 1 7 , 0 9 5 6 . 8 9 5 , 9 6 5 6 . 6 8 1 5 , 5 1 7 6 . 3 1 3 , 0 7 0 6 . 6 7 1 1 , 2 2 2 6 . 4 8 4 , 5 1 5 6 . 5 0 1 2 , 4 7 0 6 . 9 5

PBX AND STATION INSTALLERS.............................. 4 5 , 9 1 6 6 . 7 5 1 , 9 3 5 7 . 1 4 8 , 9 2 1 7 . 3 3 8 , 1 9 2 6 . 8 8 3 , 2 8 0 6 . 4 7 7 , 1 9 1 6 .2 1 1 , 1 3 3 6 . 7 4 6 , 0 5 4 6 . 3 3 2 , 0 6 6 6 . 3 8 6 , 6 5 8 6 . 9 5EXCHANGE REPAIRERS.................................................... 2 8 , 5 3 6 7 . 0 1 1 , 5 3 7 7 . 2 6 6 , 0 0 0 7 . 4 6 5 , 0 4 5 7 . 0 7 1 , 6 2 6 7 . 0 7 5 , 3 5 5 6 . 4 7 489 6 . 8 1 2 , 9 7 8 6 . 8 9 1 , 1 0 6 6 . 6 9 4 , 2 9 0 7 . 0 7OTHERS.................................................................................... 2 0 , 1 5 8 6 . 7 6 1 , 6 3 5 7 . 2 0 3 , 6 9 0 7 . 2 0 3 , 8 5 8 6 . 6 6 1 , 0 5 9 6 . 7 2 2 , 9 7 1 6 . 2 8 1 , 4 4 8 6 . 5 7 2 , 1 9 0 6 . 3 4 1 , 3 4 3 6 . 5 1 1 , 5 2 2 6 . 6 7

LINE, CABLE, AND CONDUIT CRAFT WORKERS.. 4 6 , 2 0 6 6 . 7 0 2 , 4 1 5 7 . 3 3 8 , 5 1 4 7 . 2 5 8 , 6 3 3 6 . 7 2 2 , 7 5 3 6 . 6 0 8 , 4 2 3 6 . 4 2 1 ,7 3 1 6 . 4 8 5 , 4 3 8 5 . 9 2 2 ,0 0 1 6 . 3 5 5 ,4 2 3 6 . 9 5LINE WORKERS.................................................................... 1 7 , 6 7 9 6 . 4 9 1 ,1 6 6 7 . 2 2 3 , 2 7 8 7 . 2 1 3 ,3 9 1 6 . 4 7 1 , 0 4 8 6 . 2 7 2 , 8 0 0 6 . 0 6 557 6 . 0 6 2 , 4 2 5 5 . 7 7 701 5 . 9 5 2 , 1 1 4 6 . 7 6CABLE SPLICERS................................................. .. 21 , 0 2 9 6 . 8 6 1 ,0 3 6 7 . 3 7 4 , 4 2 5 7 . 3 7 3 , 9 8 4 6 . 8 7 1 , 4 2 2 6 . 8 0 3 , 2 4 4 6 . 6 3 817 6 . 6 4 2 , 3 7 0 6 . 0 6 893 6. 53 2 , 5 5 6 6. 99CABLE SPLICERS* HELPERS....................................... 1 , 0 0 0 5 . 4 6 13 6 . 7 9 358 5 . 7 0 69 6 . 1 6 62 5 . 7 5 232 5 . 3 9 1 6 . 5 5 228 4 . 7 6 12 6 . 6 2 9 5 .8 7OTHERS.................................................................................... 6 , 4 9 8 6 . 9 4 200 7 . 7 3 453 7 . 6 1 1 , 1 8 9 6 . 9 9 221 7 . 0 9 2 , 1 4 7 6 . 6 9 356 6 . 7 9 ' 415 6 . 5 6 39 5 6 . 6 3 744 7. 34

LABORERS......................................................... ... ....................... 41 6 . 1 5 - - - - 40 6 . 1 9 - - - - - - - - 1 3. 92 - -BUILDING, SUPPLIES, AND MOTOR VEHICLE

EMPLOYEES................................... . ............................................ 2 7 , 2 8 3 6 . 0 9 2 , 7 5 5 6 . 1 8 5 , 8 1 3 6 . 4 1 6 , 7 0 5 6 . 0 2 1 , 6 2 7 5 . 8 4 2 , 1 9 3 5 . 6 9 908 5 . 7 7 1 , 4 0 9 5 . 2 9 1 , 3 8 2 5 . 4 5 3 , 3 5 3 6 . 4 6SUPERVISORS............................................................................ 2 , 9 7 6 8 . 8 9 282 8 . 9 7 657 9 . 7 1 765 8 . 7 3 246 8 . 1 1 218 7 . 9 7 59 8 . 3 5 91 7 . 9 4 155 8 . 0 2 404 9 . 2 2MECHANICS................................................................................. 2 , 7 7 5 6 . 9 6 171 6 . 6 8 649 7 . 3 4 625 6 . 8 1 134 6 . 6 9 55 5 . 3 4 74 6 . 8 3 217 6 . 8 8 104 6 . 0 1 499 6 .8 6OTHER BUILDING SERVICE EMPLOYEES.................... 9 , 4 8 0 5 . 0 3 1 ,1 7 1 5 . 4 2 2 , 3 4 4 5 . 2 7 2 , 6 8 8 4 . 8 7 486 4 . 48 52 5 4 . 3 9 437 4 . 8 3 321 4 . 1 9 380 4 . 4 9 650 5 .41OTHER SUPPLIES AND MOTOR VEHICLE

EMPLOYEES............................................................................... 1 2 , 0 5 2 6 . 0 0 1 ,1 3 1 6 . 1 6 2 , 1 6 3 6 . 3 1 2 , 6 2 7 6 . 1 7 761 5 . 7 9 1 , 3 9 5 5 . 8 3 338 6 . 1 7 780 4 . 9 6 743 5 . 2 8 1 ,8 0 0 6 .1 0ALL EMPLOYEES NOT ELSEWHERE C L A S S I F I E D . . . . 1 , 2 2 7 8 . 3 3 20 9 . 7 5 132 1 0 . 0 9 262 9 . 6 5 46 9 . 9 0 164 8 . 2 4

"~ 63 7 . 7 8 134 7 . 1 8 262 5 .9 9

See footnotes at end of table.


Table 4. All and Bell System telephone carriers:1 Average hourly rates2 of employees in selected occupations by region, December 1975 — Continued

Occupational group

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ALL EMPLOYEES, EXCEPT OFFICIALS ANDMANAGERIAL ASSISTANTS.................................................... 7 6 7 , 4 7 3 $ 6 . 8 2 5 4 , 0 9 7 $ 6 . 9 1 1 4 2 , 6 5 3 $ 7 . 4 4 1 1 7 , 8 5 8 $ 6 . 8 7 4 1 , 5 8 2 $ 6 . 7 4 1 1 6 , 6 5 6 $ 6 . 1 9 2 7 , 8 3 3 $ 6 . 2 2 7 7 , 4 8 2 $ 6 . 2 1 4 0 , 1 1 5 $ 6 . 13 1 0 9 , 0 5 5 $ 6 . 8 8

PART TIME.................................................................................. 1 3 , 4 0 2 4 . 7 9 1 , 6 5 8 4 . 5 1 4 , 0 6 5 5 . 1 2 1 ,7 0 1 4 . 7 3 469 4 . 7 0 9 2 2 4 . 5 0 78 3 4 . 7 4 451 4 . 6 1 1 , 6 0 7 3 . 9 3 1 , 4 0 8 5 . 2 5FOIL TIME.................................................................................. 7 5 3 , 9 6 3 6 . 8 4 5 2 , 4 1 8 6 . 9 6 1 3 8 , 5 9 3 7 . 4 9 1 1 6 , 1 5 7 6 . 8 9 4 1 , 0 2 1 6 . 7 0 1 1 5 , 7 3 4 6 . 1 9 2 7 , 0 5 0 6 . 2 5 7 7 , 0 3 1 6.22 3 8 , 5 0 8 6 . 1 8 1 0 7 , 6 4 7 6 . 9 0

PROFESSIONAL AND SEMIPROFESSIONALEMPLOYEES..................................................................................... 8 5 , 1 3 3 1 0 . 3 7 5 , 8 8 6 1 0 . 3 8 1 4 , 7 1 8 1 1 . 5 7 1 3 ,3 8 1 1 0 . 1 3 4 , 7 8 5 9 . 9 4 1 0 , 4 5 0 9 . 3 5 2 , 7 8 8 9 . 0 7 6 , 1 8 2 9 . 4 1 4 , 4 3 0 9 . 0 5 1 2 , 5 1 0 9 . 9 9

DRAFTERS..................................................................................... 9 , 2 5 9 5 . 4 7 599 5 . 3 4 1 , 5 1 5 6.22 1 ,4 4 1 5 . 6 8 632 5 . 4 3 1 , 3 2 9 5 . 0 0 327 5 . 0 2 832 4 . 7 1 377 4 . 8 5 1 , 9 1 0 5 . 4 4OTHERS.......................................................................................... 7 5 , 8 7 4 1 0 . 9 7 5 , 2 8 7 1 0 . 9 5 1 3 , 2 0 3 1 2 . 1 9 1 1 , 9 4 0 10.68 4 , 1 5 3 1 0 . 6 2 9 , 1 2 1 9 . 9 8 2 , 4 6 1 9 . 6 0 5 , 3 5 0 1 0 . 1 4 4 , 0 5 3 9 . 4 4 1 0 ,6 0 0 1 0 . 8 3

BUSINESS OFFICE AND SALES EMPLOYEES................. 6 2 , 4 3 4 6 . 9 0 3 , 9 9 0 7 . 1 5 1 1 , 9 6 9 7 . 6 8 9 , 7 7 6 6 . 7 1 3 , 1 4 8 6 . 6 2 9 , 3 3 8 6.20 2 , 4 7 2 6 . 1 4 7 , 2 4 1 6.02 3 , 4 2 0 6 . 5 2 9 , 5 1 8 7 . 3 0SUPERVISORS............................................................................. 8 , 7 9 6 9 . 8 5 598 1 0 . 1 5 1 , 6 0 3 1 0 . 7 2 1 , 2 3 9 9 . 5 5 438 9. 18 1 , 3 7 0 8 . 9 5 320 8 . 9 7 992 8 . 9 8 498 9 . 4 5 1 , 3 8 3 1 0 . 3 9NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES......................................... 5 3 , 6 3 8 6 . 4 1 3 , 3 9 2 6 . 6 2 1 0 , 3 6 6 7 . 2 1 8 , 5 3 7 6 . 2 9 2 , 7 1 0 6.21 7 , 9 6 8 5 . 7 3 2 , 1 5 2 5 . 7 1 6 , 2 4 9 5 . 5 5 2 , 9 2 2 6.01 8 , 1 3 5 6 . 7 7

CLERICAL EMPLOYEES............................................................... 1 9 3 , 5 4 9 5 . 8 8 1 3 ,7 5 3 5 . 8 9 3 6 , 3 1 0 6 . 4 8 2 9 , 6 9 8 5 . 8 7 1 1 , 1 3 6 5 . 7 4 2 6 , 9 5 7 5 . 3 4 7 , 3 2 7 5 . 3 3 1 7 , 4 0 5 5 . 2 6 9 , 9 6 5 5 . 4 1 2 8 , 8 7 7 5 . 9 6SUPERVISORS............................................................................. 1 8 , 7 8 7 8 . 6 5 1 , 1 9 7 8 . 5 0 4 , 2 2 4 9 . 2 6 2 , 7 6 2 8 . 6 2 869 8 . 4 3 2 , 6 4 3 7 . 6 8 742 7 . 9 0 1 , 4 5 1 7 . 8 5 907 8.12 2 , 7 7 3 8 . 9 5NONSUPERVISORY.................................... ................................ 1 7 4 , 7 6 2 5 . 5 8 1 2 , 5 5 6 5 . 6 3 3 2 , 0 8 6 6.11 2 6 , 9 3 6 5 . 5 9 1 0 , 2 6 7 5 .5 1 2 4 , 3 1 4 5 . 0 8 6 , 5 8 5 5 . 0 4 1 5 , 9 5 4 5 . 0 3 9 , 0 5 8 5 . 1 3 2 6 , 1 0 4 5 . 6 4

COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT............................................ 3 6 , 9 0 8 5 . 2 8 2 , 8 4 6 5 . 3 9 6 , 4 1 9 5 . 8 3 5 , 5 2 3 5 . 2 0 2 , 1 6 3 5 . 3 0 5 , 3 0 6 4 . 9 3 1 , 8 4 1 4 . 7 2 4 , 2 0 4 4 . 7 7 2 , 0 3 5 4 . 8 9 5 , 6 2 4 5 . 5 1TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT.................................................... 2 6 , 1 3 9 5 . 5 6 1 ,6 2 9 5 . 5 2 4 , 6 1 4 6 . 2 7 3 , 9 8 8 5 . 4 8 1 , 5 7 3 5 . 7 6 3 , 6 1 8 5 . 0 9 806 5 . 2 4 3 , 1 0 0 5 . 0 6 1 ,6 4 2 4 . 9 5 4 , 0 8 1 5 . 7 3PLANT DEPARTMENT......................................................... 5 5 , 0 2 5 5 . 5 3 3 , 6 9 4 5 .6 1 1 0 , 1 1 8 5 . 8 5 8 , 4 9 7 5 . 7 1 3 , 3 7 0 5 . 2 3 9 , 0 4 8 4 . 9 9 1 , 7 9 8 5 . 0 5 4 , 8 0 0 5 . 1 2 2 , 7 0 2 5 . 3 2 8 , 1 1 8 5 . 5 7ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT............................................ 3 2 , 8 1 1 5 . 8 4 2 , 8 7 4 6.01 7 , 1 8 9 6. 39 5 , 3 2 9 5 . 8 1 1 , 7 7 5 5 . 9 5 3 , 5 0 0 5 . 3 4 1 , 2 9 2 5 . 2 3 2 , 4 2 7 5 . 0 4 1 , 5 5 6 5 . 2 1 4 , 7 5 5 5 . 7 7ALL OTHER DEPARTMENTS............................................ 23 , 879 5 . 8 0 1 , 5 1 3 5 . 5 5 3 , 7 4 6 6 . 5 9 3 , 5 9 9 5 . 6 9 1 , 3 8 6 5 . 7 2 2 , 8 4 2 5 . 3 5 848 5 . 1 9 1 , 4 2 3 5 . 3 3 1 , 1 2 3 5 . 2 7 3 , 5 2 6 5 . 7 6

TELEPHONE OPERATORS............................................................ 1 5 0 , 2 0 3 5 . 2 4 1 0 , 7 1 3 5 . 1 3 2 5 , 0 5 0 5 . 9 0 2 1 , 4 6 7 5 . 3 6 7 , 5 4 6 5 . 3 3 2 7 , 1 7 9 4 . 9 2 6 , 1 3 8 4 . 9 5 1 8 , 8 9 1 5 . 1 9 9 , 1 7 2 4 . 5 3 2 1 , 0 4 4 5 . 2 6CHIEF OPERATORS.................................................................. 9 , 2 9 2 8 . 7 8 693 9 . 0 3 1 , 4 2 3 9 . 9 4 1,220 9 . 0 5 483 8 . 6 7 1 , 8 9 6 7 . 8 8 392 8 . 4 5 1 , 3 6 1 8 . 1 7 58 2 7 . 7 6 1 , 0 5 8 9 . 7 4SERVICE ASSISTANTS AND INSTRUCTORS.............. 9 , 9 4 6 5 . 9 6 652 5 . 9 2 2 , 6 0 2 6 . 5 0 1 , 9 4 3 5 . 8 7 342 6 . 4 1 1 , 0 9 1 5 . 4 1 397 5 . 5 3 873 5 . 6 1 453 5 . 1S 1 , 4 0 9 6 . 0 8EXPERIENCED SWITCHBOARD OPERATORS................. 1 2 1 , 2 0 4 4 . 9 8 9 , 1 3 3 4 . 7 6 2 0 , 1 3 6 5 . 5 5 1 7 , 1 9 8 5 . 0 7 6 , 3 6 0 5 . 0 4 2 2 , 3 3 8 4 . 7 3 4 , 7 3 7 4 . 7 2 1 4 , 5 5 0 5 . 0 3 7 , 3 6 0 4 . 3 0 1 6 , 8 7 2 5 . 0 0OPERATORS IN TRAINING................................................. 7 , 5 8 0 3 . 6 9 76 3 . 3 4 512 3 . 8 1 719 3 . 8 7 192 3 . 8 4 1 , 5 4 0 3 . 3 7 533 3 . 6 6 1 , 8 3 5 3 . 7 3 673 3 . 2 0 1 , 4 2 7 4 . 0 3OTHER SWITCHBOARD EMPLOYEES................................. 2 , 1 8 1 5 . 7 7 159 5 . 6 5 377 6 . 2 6 387 5 . 7 6 169 5 . 8 2 3 1 4 5 . 6 8 79 5 . 6 4 272 5 . 3 8 104 5 . 3 3 278 5 . 7 4

CONSTRUCTION, INSTALLATION, ANDMAINTENANCE EMPLOYEES.................................................... 2 5 0 , 0 3 2 7 . 2 7 1 6 , 9 8 3 7 . 6 6 4 8 , 7 1 9 7 . 7 0 3 7 , 6 0 3 7 . 4 1 1 3 , 5 0 0 7 . 2 4 4 0 , 4 8 0 6 . 7 4 8,210 6 . 9 7 2 6 , 5 3 8 6 . 8 2 1 1 , 6 1 7 6 . 7 9 3 3 , 8 8 2 7 . 3 8

SUPERVISORS OF TELEPHONE CRAFT WORKERS.. 3 1 , 9 4 3 9 . 4 2 2 , 7 2 9 9 . 7 0 6 , 0 6 4 1 0 . 1 8 4 , 7 6 8 9 . 5 6 1 , 6 5 4 9 . 2 6 4 , 9 1 8 8 . 6 2 1 ,0 7 0 8 . 8 9 3 , 0 3 2 8.88 1 , 5 4 2 8 . 7 2 4 , 5 7 3 9 . 5 0CENTRAL OFFICE CRAFT WORKERS.............................. 8 8 , 6 6 4 7 . 0 7 6 , 7 4 5 7 . 2 9 1 5 , 7 6 0 7 . 3 8 1 1 , 5 5 7 7 . 1 5 4 , 1 1 6 7 . 1 1 1 2 , 1 3 9 6 . 6 9 2 , 3 7 3 6 . 8 3 8 , 7 2 8 6 . 7 8 3 , 6 2 9 6 . 5 4 1 3 , 3 3 2 7 . 1 0

TEST BOARD AND REPEATER WORKERS................. 2 1 , 5 7 4 7 . 2 7 1 , 5 2 7 7 . 4 1 3 , 3 0 6 7 . 7 9 2 , 4 9 6 7 . 3 4 7 6 5 7 . 5 1 2 , 5 3 4 6 . 9 1 452 6 . 9 8 1 , 6 1 5 6 . 9 7 576 6 . 7 9 3 , 7 1 3 7 . 1 9CENTRAL OFFICE REPAIRERS.................................... 6 5 , 1 7 6 7 . 0 0 3 , 9 4 7 7 . 2 6 1 2 , 4 4 1 7 . 2 7 9 , 0 3 5 7 . 10 3 , 3 5 1 7 . 0 2 9 , 5 5 1 6 . 6 2 1 , 9 2 0 6 . 7 9 7 , 1 1 3 6 . 7 4 2 , 8 8 2 6 . 5 3 9 , 5 9 9 7 . 0 6OTHERS..................................................................................... 1 , 9 1 4 7 . 1 3 1 ,2 7 1 7 . 2 3 13 8 . 3 2 26 7 . 3 9 - 54 6 . 9 9 1 10.88 - - 171 5 . 8 6 21 7 . 3 9

INSTALLATION AND EXCHANGE REPAIRCRAFT WORKERS.................................................................... 8 7 , 0 4 2 6 . 9 0 5 , 1 0 2 7 . 2 0 1 8 , 4 7 6 7 . 3 5 1 4 , 4 2 2 7 . 0 9 5 , 2 8 5 6 . 8 9 1 5 , 1 6 6 6 . 3 4 3 , 0 4 5 6.68 9 , 9 7 9 6 . 6 2 4 , 4 6 2 6 . 5 1 1 1 , 0 8 3 7 . 0 2

PBX AND STATION INSTALLERS........... .. ................ 4 1 , 9 2 7 6 . 8 5 1 , 9 3 5 7 . 1 4 8 , 7 9 6 7 . 3 4 6 , 9 6 9 7 . 0 6 2 , 6 4 9 6 . 8 2 6 , 9 0 9 6 . 2 6 1 , 1 0 8 6 . 7 7 5 , 1 2 9 6 . 5 2 2 , 0 1 9 6 . 4 1 6 , 4 1 0 6 . 9 5EXCHANGE REPAIRERS.................................................... 2 7 , 5 4 8 7 . 0 4 1 ,5 3 7 7 . 2 6 6,000 7 . 4 6 4 ,7 1 1 7 . 2 1 1 , 6 2 6 7 . 0 7 5 , 3 5 5 6 . 4 7 489 6 .8 1 2 , 9 7 3 6 . 8 9 1,102 6 . 6 9 3 , 7 4 6 7 . 14OTHERS.................................................................................... 1 7 , 5 6 7 6 . 8 0 1 ,6 3 0 7 . 2 0 3 , 6 8 0 7 . 2 0 2 , 7 4 2 6 . 9 8 1,010 6 . 8 0 2 , 9 0 2 6 . 3 1 1 , 4 4 8 6 . 5 7 1 , 8 7 7 6 . 4 4 1,341 6 . 5 1 9 2 7 7 . 0 5

LINE, CABLE, AND CONDUIT CRAFT WORKERS.. 4 2 , 3 8 3 6 . 8 0 2 , 4 0 7 7 . 3 3 8 , 4 1 9 7 . 2 6 6 , 8 5 6 7 . 0 2 2 , 4 4 5 6 .8 1 8 , 2 5 7 6 . 4 6 1 , 7 2 2 6 . 4 9 4 , 7 9 9 6 . 0 3 1 ,9 8 4 6 . 3 6 4 , 8 9 4 7 . 0 2LINE WORKERS.................................................................... 1 5 ,9 0 9 6 . 6 3 1 ,1 6 1 7 . 2 3 3 , 2 2 6 7 . 2 3 2 , 5 8 3 6 . 8 2 903 6 . 5 6 2 , 7 0 2 6.12 550 6 . 0 7 2 , 1 3 6 5 . 9 4 688 5 . 9 8 1 , 8 5 0 6 . 8 7CABLE SPLICERS............................................................... 1 9 , 0 9 6 6 . 9 5 1 , 0 3 3 7 . 3 7 4 , 3 8 2 7 . 38 3 , 1 1 5 7 . 1 4 1 , 2 5 9 7 . 0 0 3 , 1 7 7 6.66 815 6 . 6 4 2 , 0 2 8 6 . 1 5 889 6 . 5 3 2 , 2 9 8 7 . 0 4CABLE SPLICERS' HELPERS...................................... 9 8 5 5 . 4 7 13 6 . 7 9 358 5 . 7 0 69 6 . 1 6 62 5 . 7 5 231 5 . 4 0 1 6 . 5 5 221 4 . 7 8 12 6 . 6 2 2 4 . 3 6OTHERS.................................................................................... 6 , 3 9 3 6 . 9 8 200 7 . 7 3 453 7 . 6 1 1 ,0 8 9 7 . 2 1 221 7 . 0 9 2 , 1 4 7 6 . 6 9 356 6 . 7 9 414 6 . 5 6 395 6 . 6 3 7 4 4 7. 34

LABORERS.................................................................................... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -BUILDING, SU PPLIES, AND MOTOR VEHICLE

EMPLOYEES..................................................................................... 2 5 , 1 8 6 6 . 1 9 2 , 7 5 2 6 . 1 9 5 , 7 5 5 6 . 4 2 5 , 7 6 0 6 . 2 3 1 , 4 2 3 6 . 0 9 2 , 0 8 8 5 . 8 1 898 5 . 7 9 1 , 1 6 2 5 . 4 6 1 ,3 7 8 5 . 4 6 3 , 0 9 6 6 . 5 5SUPERVISORS............................................................................ 2 , 7 4 6 9 . 0 7 282 8 . 9 7 651 9 . 7 3 661 9 . 0 1 190 8 . 8 5 214 8.02 58 8 . 4 0 66 8 . 2 7 155 8.02 389 9 .31MECHANICS.................................................................................. 2 , 4 6 5 7 . 0 9 171 6.68 642 7 . 3 6 527 7 . 1 7 124 6 . 8 1 29 6 . 8 0 74 6 . 8 3 210 6 . 9 3 104 6.01 403 7 . 1 2OTHER BUILDING SERVICE EMPLOYEES.................... 8 , 6 6 5 5 . 1 5 1 , 1 6 8 5 . 4 2 2 , 3 2 0 5 . 2 8 2 , 3 0 9 5 . 0 3 379 4 . 8 8 46 2 4 . 6 2 428 4 . 8 6 250 4 . 4 6 376 4 . 5 0 6 0 2 5 . 4 8OTHER SUPPLIES AND MOTOR VEHICLE

EMPLOYEES............................................................................... 1 1 , 3 1 0 6 . 0 6 1 ,1 3 1 6 . 1 6 2 , 1 4 2 6 . 3 3 2 , 2 6 3 6 . 3 6 730 5 . 8 5 1 , 3 8 3 5 . 8 4 338 6 . 1 7 636 5 . 0 3 743 5 . 2 8 1 , 7 0 2 6 . 1 5ALL EMPLOYEES NOT ELSEWHERE C L A S S I F I E D . . . . 936 9 . 0 3 20 9 . 7 5 132 1 0 . 0 9 173 1 1 . 4 8 44 1 0 . 2 7 164 8 . 2 4 ~ 63 7 . 7 8 133 7 . 1 8 1 2 8 6 . 9 2

1 Covers telephone carriers which have operating revenues exceeding $1,000,000. These carriers are engaged in interstate or foreign communication service using their own facilities or through connection with those of another carrier under direct or indirect common control.

2 See appendix for definition of hours and rates used in this bulletin.3 May include employees in occupations in addition to those shown separately.4 Includes data for employees in Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands, and employees of the American Telephone and Telegraph

Company, which are excluded from the regional tabulations. (For scope of survey, see appendix.)

NOTE: For purposes of this study, the regions for which separate data are presented include: New England-Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont; Middle Atlantic— Delaware, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania; Great Lakes— Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin; Chesapeake— District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia; Southeast—Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee; North Central— Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota; South Central— Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas (except El Paso County); Mountain— Arizona, Colorado, Idaho (south of the Salmon River), Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas (El Paso County), Utah, and Wyoming; and Pacific—California, Idaho (north of the Salmon River), Oregon, and Washington.

Dashes indicate that no data were reported.


Table 5. Western Union Telegraph Company: Percent distribution of employees1 in occupational groups by average hourly rates,2 October 1975

Occupational group

All employees except officials, managerialassistants, and messengers..............................

Professional and semiprofessional employees.Engineers and engineering assistants.................

O thers ................................................................Telegraph office superintendents and

managers.............................................................Sales employees.....................................................Clerical employees...............................................

Supervisors........................................................Nonsupervisory employees............................

Commercial departm ent.........................Traffic department....................................All other departments...............................

Route aides.......................................................Telegraph operators............................................

Traffic managers, chief operators,supervisors, and instructors......................

Experienced telegraph operators(except Morse operators)............................

Commercial departm ent.........................Traff ic department....................................

Operators-in-training.......................................Construction, installation, and

maintenance employees....................................Traffic testing and regulating employees. . Construction, installation, and

maintenance employees...............................Supervisors..................................................Subscribers' equipment maintainers . . .Line and cable workers............................O thers..........................................................

Laborers.............................................................Building service employees.................................

Mechanics..........................................................O thers................................................................

Messengers.............................................................F u ll-tim e ..........................................................P art-tim e..........................................................Walking and bicycle messengers.................Motor messengers............................................

Number of employees Average Percent of employees receiving-

sched- Average $2.10 $2.30 $2.50 $2.75 $3.00 $3.25 $3.50 $3.75 $4.00 $4.50 $5.00 $5.50 $6.00 $6.50 $7.00 $7.50 $8.00 $8.50

Total Men Women uledweeklyhours

hourlyrates1 2

andunder$2.30 $2.50 $2.75 $3.00 $3.25 $3.50 $3.75 $4.00 $4.50 $5.00 $5.50 $6.00 $6.50 $7.00 $7.50 $8.00 $8.50

andover

12,210 7,361 4,849 38.9 $6.22 0.2 0.2 0.1 2.5 0.9 1.0 10.6 13.8 10.1 10.5 6.9 19.1 10.5 2.8 2.3 8.4898 735 163 37.9 8.90 _ _ — - - .3 - .3 2.3 6.6 5.7 9.5 2.4 3.7 6.0 7.1 56.0209 205 4 38.5 9.07 _ _ _ - - - 1.4 - 1.0 1.4 1.9 4.3 7.7 1.0 4.3 7.7 7.2 62.2689 530 159 37.8 8.85 - - - - - - - - .2 2.6 8.0 6.1 10.0 2.9 3.5 5.5 7.1 54.1

530 331 199 39.8 6.07 _ _ _ _ .2 _ .2 _ 1.7 9.3 21.1 23.8 25.7 5.5 2.5 2.8 2.5 4.9681 600 81 36.7 6.06 _ _ .1 3.5 .1 10.7 6.3 .3 12.0 12.5 8.4 6.0 4.0 9.4 3.5 2.9 3.2 16.9

2,739 808 1,931 37.0 5.67 _ _ — - 3 .4 1.1 1.9 8.6 17.7 17.5 22.8 13.8 6.9 2.3 2.2 1.8 3.2573 340 233 37.4 6.96 — . - - - - - - - 1.4 11.0 18.5 14.7 15.9 7.2 9.2 7.9 14.3

2,161 466 1,695 36.9 5.32 - _ - - 3 .5 1.3 2.4 10.9 21.9 19.2 24.0 13.6 4.5 1.0 .3 .1 .2977 158 819 36.9 5.26 - - - - - .1 1.6 3.7 10.6 21.2 17.7 33.3 5.0 6.3 .1 .1 .1 .1

68 22 46 40.0 4.64 - _ - - - - - 1.5 26.5 61.8 10.3 - - - - - - -1,116 286 830 36.7 5.43 - - - - .1 .8 1.2 1.3 10.1 20.2 21.1 17.4 21.9 3.1 1.9 .5 .2 .4

5 2 3 40.0 4.33 - _ - - - - - 40.0 20.0 40.0 - - - - - - - -

2,900 609 2,291 39.9 4.78 - - - - .3 7.5 1.0 1.4 30.2 34.2 14.5 4.9 1.6 1.2 .9 .6 .5 1.3

558 284 274 39.7 6.15 - - - - - - - .2 3.2 7.0 37.5 21.3 7.3 6.5 4.8 3.0 2.5 6.6

2,113 310 1,803 40.0 4.56 _ _ _ _ .2 3 1.3 1.9 40.2 45.1 10.0 1.1 .2 - _ - - -

691 166 525 40.0 4.71 - - - - .4 .1 1.6 1.9 14.8 67.3 10.3 3.2 .4 - - - - -

1,422 144 1,278 40.0 4.49 - - - - .1 - 1.2 1.9 52.5 34.2 9.8 .1 .1 - - - - -

229 15 214 40.0 3.47 - - - - 2.2 94.3 - - 3.5 - - - - - - - - -

4,314 4,172 142 39.8 7.08 _ _ 3 _ _ _ _ _ .4 1.2 2.5 6.4 3.6 45.7 26.0 4.1 4.1 6.11,121 1,100 21 40.0 6.96 - - - - - - - - .3 - 1.9 3.3 3.2 44.1 45.1 2.2 - -

3,173 3,053 120 39.8 7.14 _ _ 3 _ _ _ _ _ .3 1.2 2.6 7.6 3.8 46.6 19.4 4.8 5.6 8.3771 756 15 39.1 8.34 - - - - - - - - - - .4 .6 .6 3.0 25.0 14.9 21.9 33.5

1,520 1,518 2 40.0 6.88 - - - - - - - - - .3 2.2 4.0 6.6 69.5 16.6 .7 - -

125 125 _ 40.0 6.78 - - .8 - - - - - 3.2 2.4 3.2 7.2 4.0 39.2 28.8 8.0 2.4 •9757 654 103 40.0 6.53 - - - - - - - - .7 4.0 5.4 21.8 1.5 46.1 17.6 2.0 .7 .4

20 19 1 40.0 4.70 - - - - - - - - 15.0 60.0 25.0 - - - - - - -148 106 42 40.0 4.71 - - - .7 1.4 .7 .7 16.9 49.3 1.4 1.4 8.8 6.8 10.8 1.4 - - -

35 33 2 40.0 6.40 - - - - - - - - - 2.9 25.7 22.9 42.9 5.7 - - -

113 73 40 40.0 4.18 - - .9 1.8 .9 .9 22.1 64.6 1.8 .9 3.5 1.8 .9 - - - -

609 595 14 38.6 3.90 4.8 .3 1.0 19.0 - .7 1.2 15.4 48.6 9.0 - - - - - - - -556 542 14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

53 53 — - — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

146 140 6 34.3 2.88 19.9 _ 2.7 77.4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

463 455 8 40.0 4.18 — .4 .4 .7 — .9 1.5 20.3 63.9 11.9" " " "

1 Includes em ployees w o rk in g in th e conterm inous 4 8 States and the D istrict of C olum bia; 3 |_ess than 0 .0 5 percent,the com pany does n o t operate in A laska and H aw aii.

2 Excludes prem ium pay fo r overtim e and fo r w ork on weekends, holidays, and late N O T E : Dashes indicate th a t no data were reported . Because o f rounding, sums ofshifts. individual item s m ay no t equal 100.


Table 6. International telegraph carriers1 : Percent distribution of employees in occupational groups by average hourly rates,2 October 1975

Number of employees Average Percent of employees receiving—

Occupational groupTotal Men Women

scheduled

weeklyhours

Averagehourlyrates2

$2.10and

under$2.30

$2.30

$2.50

$2.50

$2.75

$2.75

$3.00

$3.00

$3.25

$3.25

$3.50

$3.50

$3.75

$3.75

$4.00

$4.00

$4.50

$4.50

$5.00

$5.00

$5.50

$5.50

$6.00

$6.00

$6.50

$6.50

$7.00

$7.00

$7.50

$7.50

$8.00

$8.00

$8.50

$8.50andover

All employees except officers and assistants . . . 5,095 4,191 904 37.0 $7.95 1.4 0.4 0.1 0.3 0.2 1.1 0.7 1.2 3.7 5.1 5.4 6.2 9.0 9.2 11.9 6.7 7.3 30.1All employees except officers and

assistants, and messengers............................ 4,932 4,036 896 37.2 8.10 3 .1 .2 .6 1.2 3.8 5.3 5.5 6.4 9.3 9.5 12.3 6.9 7.5 31.1Professional and semiprofessional employees. . . 931 902 29 37.3 12.55 - - - - - - - - - .1 .1 1.0 2.7 3.4 3.4 5.3 8.2 75.8

Engineers and engineering assistants............... .404 401 3 37.1 10.44 - - - - - - - - .2 _ 2.7 3.0 2.7 5.2 5.7 80.4O thers................................................................ 527 501 26 38.0 12.22 - - - - - - - .2 1.7 2.7 3.8 4.0 5.3 10.1 72.3

Office or station superintendents andassistants........................................................ 14 14 36.8 11.02 14.3 85.7

Sales employees..................................................... 349 320 29 36.4 8.08 - .3 - - - - .9 1.4 2.6 8.0 8.0 13.2 11.2 8.3 10.9 35.2Clerical employees................................................ 1,287 626 661 37.0 6.17 - - - - .2 .7 1.8 3.3 11.0 13.9 9.8 9.6 11.3 13.5 7.4 4.3 2.7 10.6

Supervisors........................................................ 146 135 11 36.6 8.81 - - - - - - — .7 2.1 1.4 6.2 4.8 6.2 11.0 67.8Nonsupervisory employees.............................. 1,141 491 650 37.0 5.83 - - - - .2 .8 2.0 3.7 12.4 15.6 11.0 10.5 12.5 14.5 7.7 4.0 1.7 3.3

Operating department................................. 198 99 99 37.4 5.72 - - - - - 1.0 1.0 2.0 12.6 8.6 7.6 13.6 18.7 18.2 6.6 7.1 1.5 1.5Commercial departm ent............................ 230 119 111 37.5 6.11 - - - - - .4 .4 2.2 10.9 13.5 10.4 7.4 10.4 20.9 14.8 3.0 1.3 4.3Accounting department.............................. 351 154 197 37.1 5.83 - - - - .6 .6 2.0 5.7 11.4 15.1 8.3 11.7 15.7 16.5 7.1 2.8 2.0 .6Engineering departm en t............................ 62 29 33 37.3 6.36 - - - - - - 3.2 1.6 9.7 12.9 11.3 12.9 11.3 8.1 8.1 6.5 _ 14.5All other departments................................. 300 90 210 36.2 5.58 - - - - - 1.3 3.7 4.0 15.3 23.0 17.0 9.0 6.7 6.0 3.7 3.7 2.0 4.7

Operators............................................................... 1,028 862 166 37.5 7.05 - - - - .1 .1 .6 1.3 2.5 2.3 5.1 3.6 19.7 11.4 30.1 5.4 6.5 11.4Traffic chiefs, dispatchers, supervisors,

instructors, and assistants............................ 173 167 6 37.4 9.02 . 6 .6 2.3 1.2 4.0 10.4 13.9 67.1Nonsupervisory operators.............................. 855 695 160 37.5 6.65 - - - - .1 .1 .6 1.5 3.0 2.7 5.6 4.3 23.6 13.4 35.3 4.6 4.9 .1

Radio operators........................................... 6 6 - 34.9 6.93 - - - - - - - - - - _ 16.7 _ 66.7 16.7 —

Marine coastal station operators............... 115 115 - 37.5 7.07 - - - - - - - - 1.7 - 7.8 9.6 12.2 5.2 29.6 12.2 20.9 .9Cable operators........................................... 109 98 11 37.5 6.78 - - - - - - - - 4.6 3.7 .9 1.8 16.5 16.5 36.7 19.3 _ _

Teletype-multiplex operators.................... 519 389 130 37.5 6.43 - - - - .2 .2 1.0 2.5 3.7 3.7 6.6 3.5 30.6 15.6 32.6 _

Telephone operators.................................... 52 39 13 37.5 6.99 - - - - - - - - - - 3.8 - 17.3 11.5 67.3 _

All other operators ..................................................................... 54 48 6 37.5 7.24 - - - - - - - - - - 3.7 11.1 1.9 7.4 37.0 5.6 33.3 _

Messengers............................................................................................................... 163 155 8 31.3 2.73 42.3 10.4 3.1 10.4 1.8 26.4 1.2 .6 1.8 .6 .6 — .6 _ _ _ _ _

Foot and b icyc le ................................................................................... 159 151 8 31.1 2.69 43.4 10.7 3.1 10.7 1.9 27.0 .6 — .6 .6 .6 _ .6 _ _ _ _ __

M o to r ................................................................ 4 4 - 37.5 4.02 - - - - - - 25.0 25.0 50.0 — _ _ _ __ _ _ _

Construction, installation, maintenance, and other technical employees......................... 1,228 1,218 10 37.1 7.83 .1 .1 .1 .2 1.0 3.8 6.0 7.2 3.8 7.8 10.3 12.1 11.6 35.8

Supervisors........................................................ 167 166 1 37.4 10.37 - - - - - - - - - - - .6 .6 3.0 3.6 5.4 5.4 81.4Mechanics and maintenance

technicians ................................................................................................. 518 516 2 37.5 7.43 .2 .2 .2 .8 2.1 8.1 7.1 3.5 9.5 10.0 17.4 5.8 35.1Radio operating technicians ................................................... 128 123 5 37.5 7.13 - - - - - - - - - - 7.0 18.0 4.7 10.9 21.9 10.9 3.1 23.4Radio telegraph riggers ................................................................ 10 10 - 37.5 8.23 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 10.0 — _ — 90.0O thers................................................................ 395 393 2 36.5 7.54 - - - - - - - .5 1.3 8.9 5.6 7.1 5.3 6.1 10.1 9.1 25.1 21.0

Building service employees.................................... 85 84 1 42.3 5.14 - - - - 2.4 1.2 2.4 3.5 5.9 4.7 9.4 37.6 8.2 3.5 4.7 3.5 11.8 1.2All employees, not elsewhere classified............... 10 10 37.6 6.32

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10.0 20.0 30.0 30.0 — - 10.0

C o v e rs em ployees o f in terna tio na l telegraph carriers which have annual operating revenues exceeding $ 5 0 ,0 0 0 ; excludes employees w ork ing fo r in ternationa l telegraph carriers outside th e con term inou s 4 8 States and the D istrict o f Colum bia.

2See append ix fo r d e fin itio n o f hours and rates used in this bu lle tin .

3 Less than 0 .0 5 percent.

N O T E : Dashes indicate th a t no data were reported . Because o f rounding, sums of individual items may not equal 100.


Appendix. Scope and Method of Survey

Data presented in this study are based on annual reports filed with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) by communication carriers, as required by the amended Communications Act of 1934. All carriers engaged in interstate or foreign communications service by means of their own facilities or through connection with the facilities of another carrier under direct or indirect common control are subject to the full jurisdiction of the Commission. A large number of telephone carriers engaged in interstate or foreign service only by connections with the facilities of another unaffiliated carrier are not subject to the full jurisdiction of the Commission and are not required to file annual reports of hours and earnings of employees.

Tabulations for telephone carriers relate to those having annual operating revenues over $1 million, and which are subject to the full jurisdiction of the FCC. Included are 25 Bell System companies and 36 companies not affiliated with the Bell System.

Tabulations for wire-telegraph and international telegraph carriers were confined to companies with annual revenues exceeding $50,000 which are engaged in interstate or foreign commerce. Western Union Telegraph Co. is the only wire-telegraph company included. Four companies engaged in nonvocal radio or cable communications are included in the international telegraph tabulations.

Employees and occupational groups covered by the study

Officials and managerial assistants were not included in the tabulations. Also excluded were employees working outside the 50 States and the District of Columbia, except telephone carrier employees in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. All other employees, both full-time and part-time, were included. Part-time employees are defined as those regularly assigned shorter hours than a full-time schedule.

Occupational groups for which separate data are presented are defined in the FCC’s R u l e s a n d R e g u l a t i o n s , volume X, part 51, applying to telephone carriers, and part 52, applying to telegraph companies. Copies of this volume are on sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 20402.

Hours and rates

Average hourly rates presented in this bulletin were computed by dividing total “scheduled weekly compensation” by total “scheduled weekly hours.” Average sche

duled weekly hours were obtained by dividing the total scheduled weekly hours by the number of employees.

The terms “scheduled weekly hours” and “scheduled weekly compensation” for the three carrier groups covered by the study are defined, according to the FCC’s R u l e s a n d

R e g u l a t i o n s , as follows:

Telephone carriers

51.12(b). “Scheduled weekly hours” means the number of regular hours, excluding overtime hours, in the duty tours which the employee is scheduled to work during the week in which December 31 occurs, whether or not excused because o f a holiday, vacation, leave of absence, or other reason.

51.13(b). “Scheduled weekly compensation” means compensation to the employee at the rate of pay in effect on December 31 for the “scheduled weekly hours.” It includes the basic weekly pay rate plus any regularly scheduled supplementary compensation, such as differentials for evening and night tours, equivalent value of board and lodging for unlocated employees, equivalent value of meals furnished dining service employees, and equivalent value of living quarters and maintenance furnished for managers o f agency offices. It excludes pay for overtime work and pay in excess of weekday rates for Sunday and holiday work.

Western Union Telegraph Co.

52.21(b). “Scheduled weekly hours” are defined as an employee’s regular daily tour o f duty multiplied by the number o f days, or fraction of days, scheduled to be worked during a week. *

52.22(b). “Scheduled weekly compensation” is defined as wages scheduled to be paid for scheduled weekly hours as defined in 52.21(b). This should include employee contributions for old-age benefits, unemployment insurance, and similar deductions, paid vacation and holiday hours, the regularly scheduled weekly compensation for employees temporarily on leave due to disability or sickness, and the scheduled weekly compensation of both full- and part-time employees.

The company reports that “scheduled weekly compensation” excludes premium pay for overtime and for work on weekends, holidays, and late shifts.

International telegraph carriers

International telegraph carriers are instructed to report scheduled weekly hours and compensation for their employees as defined for the Western Union Telegraph Co., except that scheduled weekly compensation should include regularly scheduled maintenance, travel, or other allowances.

Distribution of workers by earnings classes

In the tables, workers are distributed according to the percentage having stipulated hourly rates of pay. Because of rounding, sums of individual items may not equal 100.


Industry Wage Studies

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69. BLS Bulletin 1671Electric and Gas Utilities, 1972. BLS Bulletin 1834 Hospitals, 1975-76. BLS Bulletin 1949 Hotels and Motels, 1973. BLS Bulletin 1883 Laundry and Cleaning Services, 1968. BLS Bulletin 16451 Life Insurance, 1971. BLS Bulletin 1791 Metal Mining, 1972. BLS Bulletin 1820 Motion Picture Theaters, 1966. BLS Bulletin 15421 Nursing Homes and Related Facilities, 1973. BLS Bulletin

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