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Table 14. Weekly Earnings of Men and Women 
Weekly earnings 
Less than $10 _... 
310 and less than 
M2 conv 
$12 and less than 
$d eee 
314 and less than 
BIB mpm 
$16 and less than 
$18 eae 
$18 and less than 
B icaimmimn 
$20 and less than 
$25 eee 
325 and less than 
ot 
330 and less than 
$40 ae 
340 and less than 
$50 cnnsmmm 
350 and less than 
$60 eae 
60 and less than 
$B comer 
}75 and over __... 
Total ooo. 
Median earnings ... 
Full-fashioned hosiery 
Men 
‘Women 
Number | Per cent | Number | Per cent 
148 
150 
257 
176 
141 
188 
467 
327 
882 
364 
Q 
hi 1 
e.5 
Re 
DY A 
0 
8 
7.4 
332 7.9 
113 9.6 
B47 19.6 
735 17.0 
"47 15.0 
6 1.5 
[4 
8 
2 
1.9 
8.3 
9.7 
2.3 
0.6 
rE 
Seamless hosiery 
Men 
Women 
Number | Per cent Number | Per cent 
614 
19 
“ec 
34.1 
13.8 
1.8 
9.2 
8.7 
7.3 
10.1 
s2 
8 
'5 
3 
0° 
) 
“7 
51 
-4 
or 
“ny 
1802 | 100.0 
$12.85 
06 
100.0 
$95.99 
Median weekly earnings by occupational classification 
In the full-fashioned hosiery industry the men knitters and machine 
fixers are by far the most highly paid in the trade. Their median weekly 
parnings ranged from $57.67 in the legging department to $70.08 in 
the footing department and to $70.50 for machine fixers. No women 
were employed as full-fashioned knitters in any of the establishments 
included in this survey. The highest median earnings received by 
women were $27.21 in the topping department. The next best paid 
seeupation for women was boarding, where their median weekly earn- 
ings were $23.99, almost $10 less than the median for men in the 
same department. Median earnings were lowest for women employed at 
examining and miscellaneous occupations. 
In the seamless hosiery industry the median of $25.99 for all men 
was exceeded in only three departments, maintenance, machine fixing, 
and rib knitting. The median of $12.35 reported for all women in the 
seamless hosiery industry was exceeded in six departments, boarding, 
mending, string knitting, seaming, winding, and miscellaneous. The 
highest median reported for women was $19.25 in the string knitting 
department, the lowest $9.30 in the examining department (Chart 8). 
Median weekly earnings by geographical district 
Earnings in the hosiery industry varied considerably in the different 
geographical areas. The medium earnings both of men and of women