EARNINGS 
WEEKLY EARNINGS 
The June pay period which was chosen for study proved to be a 
nearly normal period in the hosiery industry for the year. The figures 
on weekly earnings as presented in this study, therefore, represent an 
average week’s earnings for men and women in the hosiery industry 
in 1928. 
Weekly earnings of all workers 
The earnings of both men and women were higher in the full-fash- 
ioned than in the seamless hosiery industry. In the full-fashioned 
hosiery industry a little more than one-half of the men and less than 
one-fifth of the women had weekly earnings of $30 or more. In the 
same industry 27 per cent of the men and 47 per cent of the women 
sarned less than $20 a week. In the seamless hosiery industry 40 per 
cent of the men earned $30 or more and 34 per cent earned less than 
$20. Only one per cent of the women in the seamless hosiery industry 
earned as much as $30 a week and 34 per cent earned less than $10 
(Chart 7). Men’s median weekly earnings of $32.49 in the full- 
fashioned hosiery industry were nearly $12 higher than the median 
earnings for women in the same industry. In the seamless hosiery 
industry men’s median earnings of $25.99 were nearly $14 higher 
than the women’s (Table 14). 
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