WAGES AND SALARIES 



497 



The wage rates for the manufacturing industries are, for con- 

 venience, summarized in Tables VI. and VII. Practically all of the 

 figures show wage rates rather than earnings. 



Table VI 

 Compensation "Wages foe Male Wage-earners in Certain Manufacturing 



Industries 



Total 

 Employed 



Per Cent, of Males Receiving Wage 

 Rates Per Year of Lets Than 



8250 S.500 S750 SI, 000 81,250 81,500 



Iron and steel industry (1910) 



Textiles— cotton (1910-11), 



North 



South 



Woolen and worsted (1910-11), 



Dyeing 



Finishing 



Lawrence (1911) 



Little Falls (1912) 



Woolen (Bureau of Labor 1910-11). 

 Cotton (Bureau of Labor 1910-11) . 

 Pulp and paper industry (1910) . . . . 



Lumber (1910-11) 



Mill work (1910-11) 



Furniture (1910-11) 



Cigar (1910-11) 



Meat packing (1910-11) 



172,706 



11,041 

 3,784 



791 



1,644 



11,075 



2,502 



17,178 



28,478 



9,173 



59,228 



32,405 



34,095 



3,615 



7,096 



5 

 22 



12 



8 



54 

 85 



87 

 76 

 56 

 63 

 30 

 57 

 32 

 39 

 14 

 10 

 6 

 39 



60 



94 

 97 



92 



85 



85 



87 

 77 

 97 

 83 

 91 

 57 

 47 

 29 

 83 



96 

 97 



94 

 96 

 74 

 93 

 53 

 96 



96 



97 



96 

 99 

 98 

 99 

 96 



Table VII 

 Compensation Bates for Female Wage-earners in (Certain Manufactueino 



Industries 



Textiles— cotton (1910-11) 



North 



South 



Woolen and worsted (1910-11), Finishing 



Lawrence (1911) 



Little Falls (1912) 



Woolen (Bureau of Labor 1910-11) 



Cotton (Bureau of Labor 1910-11) 



Cigar (1910-11) 



Glass finishing (1909) 



Meat packing (1910) 



There is every diflBculty in the way of generalizing from these 

 scattered instances. On the face of the returns, the wages for men are 

 much higher than the wages for women. Both appear distributed over 

 the wage scale in varying proportions, depending upon the industry. 

 With the exception of the finishing departments of the woolen mills, the 

 wages paid in the textile industry appear to be lower than those paid in 

 any other of these industries; the wage rates fall in the vast majority 



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