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Show Women in the Labor Force 141 Earnings in Selected Manufacturing Industries 69. Detailed information on a nationwide basis or on an area basis is available on women's earnings in selected manufacturing and service industries recently surveyed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Area centered wage surveys rather than industrywide surveys are some times conducted in manufacturing industries that are highly con centrated in a few areas of the country. Ootton tewtiles.-The largest of the textile industries, cotton textiles, in May 1963 employed 85,538 women, who constituted 38 percent of all workers in that industry (table 65). Since 93 percent of the workers were located in the Southeast, women's average hourly earn ings in the Nation ($1.47) were almost the same as in the Southeast ($1.46). The 4,000 women workers located in New England aver aged $1.55 in hourly earnings. Numerically, the major jobs held in this industry were those of ring-frame spinner, yarn winder, and Almost all of the ring-frame spinners, yarn winders, and weaver. were .women, Their average hourly earnings were hands battery about the same as those of men. W ea vers were the highest paid- Table 65.-AVERAGE HOURLY EARNINGS TON TEXTILE IN SELECTED OCCUPATIONS IN THE COT INDUSTRY, BY SEX, UNITED STATES AND SOUTHEAST REGION, MAY 1963 Women Region and selected occupation United States ______________ Battery hands Inspectors, cloth, machine Spinners, ring-frame Warper tenders ____________________ _________ ______________ ___________________ Weave _________________________ Winders, yarn ____________________ Southeast __________________ Battery hands Inspectors, cloth, machine Spinners, ring-frame Warper tenders ____________________ _________ ______________ ___________________ Weavers _________________________ Winders, yarn 1 ____________________ Number As percent of total employed Average hourly earnings 1 Women Men 85,538 37.9 $1. 47 $1. 56 9,869 4,472 20,039 1,061 9,950 16, 772 79,167 94.3 1. 36 1. 38 84.4 1. 42 1. 48 99.1' 1.48 1. 48 56.9 1.48 1. 55 48.7 1. 73 1. 77 98.1 37.8 1. 44 1. 51 1. 46 1. 56 9,197 4,048 (2) 95.1 1. 36 1. 37 85.5 1. 42 1. 49 (2) 945 (2) 55.4 9,174 15,684 (2) 1. 49 1. 52 48.8 1. 73 1. 75 98.5 1. 43 1. 44 Excludes premium pay for overtime and for work on weekends, holidays, and late shifts. 2 Not available. Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics: "Industry Wage Survey-Cotton Textiles, May 1963." Bull. No. 1410. August 1964. |
