Hours and earnings of men and women in the hosiery industry

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Identifikator:: 183162205X

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-221554

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: Hours and earnings of men and women in the hosiery industry

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Year of publication:: [1930]

Scope:: 119, [1] Seiten

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Earnings

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had median annual earnings exceeding $1508, the median for all men in the industry. Women’s annual median earnings were low in the seamless hosiery industry, in no occupational group reaching the $1000 mark. The lowest median reported, $617, was for women employed as examiners, the highest, $995 was for women in the string knitting de- partment (Chart 12). Median annual earnings by geographical district Median annual earnings for men in the full-fashioned hosiery in- dustry reached the $2000 mark only in the Philadelphia area where the median was $2666. Women in Berks county had the highest median earnings, $1265. In no other area did their median earnings equal $1200. In the seamless hosiery industry median annual earnings were highest for both men and women in the Philadelphia area (Chart 13). Median annual earnings by individual plant Median annual earnings for men in the various plants ranged from $1363 to mearly $3500. In only six plants, five of which were full- fashioned hosiery plants, were men’s median earnings as much as $2000. There was no plant in which the median annual earnings for women equalled $1500; in more than one-half of the plants women’s median annual earnings were between $750 and $1000. In eight full- Fashioned hosiery plants women’s median annual earnings were over $1000 (Table 18).

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