TABLE IX.-Estimated annual cost of a minimum budget for single employed pers living in a furnished room and eating meals in restaurants in Maine, Dece 1950 Estimated er annual con (men and wome $5 ཐད་ 38. 1.6% * Savings and insurance 4. Total cost of budget. 2,23% 1 The original budget, adopted by Maine in 1948 to meet the minimum requirements for either a matr a women, was based on prices obtained by Maine in 7 representative communities in June 1948. The December 1950 figures are estimates made by the U. S. Department of Labor, Women's Bureau. (F explanation of method used, see p. 5.) 2 Federal and State income taxes and social-security taxes were not provided for in the 1948 budget. They have been computed by the Women's Bureau at rates applicable as of December 1950 and are shown wh the State's permission. 3 The State of Maine does not levy an income tax. Savings and insurance are calculated at the rate of 10 percent of the total budget. No allowance wa made for these items in the 1948 budget. Source: Department of Labor and Industry, State of Maine. Cost of Living Survey for June 198. Mimeograph. TABLE X.-Estimated annual cost of a budget for a single employed woman living in a furnished room and eating meals in restaurants in Pennsylvania, November 1949 The original budget adopted by the State of Pennsylvania in 1938 was based on prices prevailing in 12 Pennsylvania cities in March 1938. The November 1949 figures are revised estimates made by the U. S. Department of Labor, Women's Bureau. (For explanation of method used, see p. 5.) The allowances for occupational expense and contributions were calculated as the same percentages of total cost of commodities and services as in original budget. Federal income tax was not provided for in the 1938 budget. It has been computed by the Women's Bureau at the rate applicable as of November 1949 and is shown with the State's permission. The State of Pennsylvania does not levy an income tax. The original State budget included an item for a sales tax levied by Philadelphia. This tax was repealed in 1939 and has been replaced by the Philadelphia income tax which is withheld from wages and salaries. The latter, properly weighted, has replaced the former in the 1949 figures. Calculated as the same percentage of total cost of commodities and services as in original budget. Source: Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry, Bureau of Research and Information. Minimum Wage Budget for Employed Women in Pennsylvania. October 1938. Mimeograph. A TABLE XI.-Estimated annual cost of a budget for an employed woman in Arizona. February 1954 1 1 Exinde $321 34 781.00 285.83 513.9 108.82 82 $7 76 17. 68.60 25.9 50.00 1, 90213 296. 9 46. 57.80 2,312 16 1 Report of the Minimum Wage Division of the Industrial Commission of Arizona on Cost of Living Survey and Wage Studies, 1937-38. The original budget was based on prices prevailing throughout Arizona during the winter months 1937-38. The February 1954 figures represent revised estimates made by the U. S. Department of Laber Bureau of Labor Statistics, by applying to the April 1948 cost estimates percent changes in the appl components of the Consumer Price Index. The February 1954 costs for food, clothing, personal care ( modities), and recreation include an allowance for the Arizona sales tax of 2 percent. 3 Federal and State income taxes were not included in the official budget of 1937. However, as the creased incidence of such taxes since 1937 has made them a significant item in any cost of living figure, both Federal and State income taxes have been incorporated in the April 1948 and February 1954 estimates The Federal and State income taxes for February 1954 are computed at the 1954 rates. II. Estimated annual cost of adequate maintenance and protection of health for a single working woman in Kentucky, February 1949 housing, clothing, and transportation costs of 1946 budget were based on prices obtained e State. Costs for other categories were derived in part from price data published by the of Labor Statistics for March 1946. The February 1949 figures are estimates made by the nent of Labor, Women's Bureau. (For explanation of method used, see p. 5.) ice for laundry and dry cleaning was included in budget, although the 1946 State report indiof March-April 1946 the average cost for this service was from $1.50 to $4 per week. timate based on the State's recent mail survey of transportation costs in the Kentucky cities e original survey. 3 for organizational dues and contributions and $32 for incidentals. The latter is a revised the former is the same money allowance as shown in the 1946 budget. 1 State income taxes and social-security taxes were not provided for in the 1946 budget. They puted by the Women's Bureau on the basis of 1949 tax rates and are shown with the State's 1 percent, weighted in accordance with the percent that Louisville's population bears to the the State as a whole (1940 census), amounts to less than $2.55 per year. Since this is less than he total cost of either budget it has not been included in the revised estimate. at same percentages of total for commodities and services plus savings as in the original tucky Department of Industrial Relations. Evidence and Information Pertaining to Wages Minors in the Hotel and Restaurant Industry, February 1949. Mimeograph. See also Information Pertaining to Wages of Women and Minors in Laundry and Dry Cleaning, taurant, and Other Industries, July 1946. Mimeograph. Total cost of comm Federal income tax. Social security tax... Total cost of budget. 1 In 1937 a budget to cover the cost in the District of Columbia, amount called by the District Minimum Wa rent cost of living for an employed w Department of Labor, Bureau of Lab portation, were revised on the basis to May 1953, as measured by percent sumer Price Index for the District of 2 Represents cost of single woman lunches in restaurants. Of the total food, and $288, or 29 percent, for rent. Based on 52 weekly passes at $2.40 Taxes were not shown in the orig Labor Statistics and are shown with t basis of the rate becoming effective on District of Columbia levies a per: into effect on Jan. 1, 1950 (the exempt at the income level of this budget. An item for savings and insurane budgets have allowed a larger proport Source: Budget recommended by Minimum Wage and Industrial Safet |