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Show Women in the Labor Force 157 Local public health nurses in staff nurse positions received median annual salaries of $5,313 in official agencies and $4,829 in nonofficial agencies, as reported in a 1963 survey by the National League for N ursing." By region, salaries were highest in the Pacific States, next highest in the Middle Atlantic States, and lowest in the Southeast. School nurses employed in public schools received average (mean) salaries of $6,125 (enrollment of 25,000 or more), $5,754 (enrollment of 3,000 to 24,999) and $5,095 (enrollment of 300 to 2,999), according to a National Education Association study made for the school year , 1962-63.14 Nurse educators employed on a full-time basis received a median annual salary of $6,000, as reported in October 1963 in an American Nurses' Association survey of nursing educational programs." Median salaries were $5,580 for teachers in professional hospital nurs ing schools and $6,860 for teachers in collegiate schools. Industrial nurses' salaries vary considerably among metropolitan Their salaries are surveyed annually by the Bureau of Labor areas. Statistics. Between July 1963 and June 1964, women industrial nurses received weekly salaries ranging from a median of $82 in Greenville, S.C., to a median of $121 in Beaumont-Port Arthur, Tex. (table 76). This would mean a range of $4,264 to $6,292 for a full year's (52 weeks) work. Table 76.-MEDIAN WEEKLY SALARIES 1 OF WOMEN INDUSTRIAL NURSES, 59 METROPOLITAN AREAS, 1963-64 6-64 Akron 3-64 Albany-Schenectady-Troy _ 2-64 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton 5-64 Atlanta 11-63 Baltimore 5-64 Beaumont-Port Arthur 4-64 Birmingham 10-63 Buffalo 4-64 Canton 4-64 Charleston 9-63 Chattanooga Chicago 3-64 9-63 _ _ _ _ _ _ Boston 12-63 4-64 utnber Metropolitan area Date _ _ _ _ . _ CincinnatL _ Cleveland _ Median weekly salary 69 $107.00 45 106.50 35 103.00 81 107.50 139 104.50 37 121. 00 37 101. 00 277 98.00 182 107.00 60 106.00 45 113.50 23 97.00 659 107.50 103 106.00 245 108.50 See footnote at end of table. "Yearly Review, 1963." National League for Nursing. 1962--63," "Twenty-first Biennial Salary Survey of Public School Employees, Report 1963-R 7. National Education. Association. 1964. 1.8 14 111 "Facts About Nursing." Ameriean Nurses' Association. 1965 Edition. Research |
