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the other hand, the greater number of male wage- 
earners, either of native birth and of foreign father 
or of foreign birth, were receiving as a result of their 
labor less than $600 per annum. It is a striking fact 
that of the total number of foreign-born male wage- 
earners 77.9 per cent, were receiving under $600 per 
year, and 43.5 per cent, under $400. Only 1.9 per 
cent, of the foreign-born males earned more than 
$1,000 a year, as contrasted with 6.6 per cent, of the 
native-born wage-earners of foreign father, and 11.4 
per cent, of the native-born white persons of native 
father, or native Americans. The earning ability of 
the foreign-born wage-earners of past immigration 
from Great Britain and northern Europe is consider- 
ably greater than that of recent immigrants from 
southern and eastern Europe. 
The yearly earnings of the female wage-earners 
are considerably lower than those of the men. This 
fact is set forth in the next table, which shows, by 
general nativity, the approximate average annual earn 
ings of 3,609 females who were eighteen years of age 
or over and who were employed for wages outside 
the home: 
Native-Born of Native Father— 
White 
Negro 
Native-Born of Foreign Father. 
Total Native-Born 
Total Foreign-Born 
Grand Total 
Total 
Average Annual 
Number 
Earnings 
338 
$365 
10 
106 
875 
339 
1,223 
344 
2,386 
284 
3,609 
304 
The average annual earnings, as shown in the fore 
going table, for the 3,609 females who were working