TABLE C-5.-Percentage of workers earning less than specified amounts per hour1 in selected manufacturing industries, April 1954-Continued Excludes premium pay for overtime and for work on weekends, holidays, and late shifts. ? Also includes data for industry groups or industries not shown separately. Less than 0.05 percent. Source: U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. TABLE C-6.—Estimates of the percent of production workers earning less than 85 cents, 90 cents, $1 and $1.25 an hour, and the percent direct increase in the wage bill resulting from these minimum-wage rates, in recently surveyed low-wage industries, United States 1 Less than 0.5 of 1 percent. 9521∞ 311 eeeeee 84 67 41 5 23 45 23 30 11 14 816271623111 10 2 10 19 12 NOTE. These earnings data derived from surveys made in recent years, have been adjusted to reflect significant changes in wage levels since the dates of the surveys. Employment data are as of the dates of the surveys. TABLE C-7.-Estimates of the percent of Production workers earning less than 85 cents, 90 cents, $1, and $1.25, and the present direct increase in the wage bill resulting from these minimum wage rates, in recently surveyed low-wage industries, Southern States Less than 0.5 of 1 percent. 54323 eeee ee 74 60 65 39 31 27 13 97731-3221 84 77 48 38 19 21 1 72 67 63 8 NOTE. These earnings data derived from surveys made in recent years, have been adjusted to reflect significant changes in wage levels since the dates of the surveys. Employment data are as of the dates of the surveys. TABLE C-8.-Percent of workers in specified branches of the communications industry earning less than 90 cents, $1, and $1.25, October 1953 Less than .05 percent. Interstate telephone carriers with annual operating revenue exceeding $250,000. Excludes 34 employees working outside the continental United States. Covers employees of radio and telegraph carriers with annual operating revenue exceeding $50,000, excludes 1,163 employees working outside the continental United States. Covers employees of ocean-cable carriers with annual operating revenue exceeding $50,000, excludes 4,335 employees working outside the continental United States. |