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Union Wages and Hours:

Local-Transit Operating Employees, July 1,1973Bulletin 1818U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Bureau of Labor Statistics1974

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Union Wages and Hours:

Local-Transit Operating Employees, July 1,1973Bulletin 1818

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Peter J. Brennan, SecretaryBUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS Julius Shiskin, Commissioner 1974

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Preface

The Bureau of Labor Statistics conducts annual surveys of wage rates and scheduled hours of work for specified crafts or jobs as provided in labor-management agreements in the building construction, printing, local-transit, and local trucking industries. A biennial survey of grocery stores also is included in this program. These studies present the wage rates in effect on July 1, as reported to the Bureau by the appropriate local labor organizations in each of the cities included in the survey.

Preliminary listings of union wage rates and hours for local-transit operating employees in each city were issued earlier. Copies of these are available from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Washington, D.C. 20212, or any of its regional offices listed on the inside back cover of this bulletin.

This study was conducted in the Bureau's Office of Wages and Industrial Relations. Mary Kay Rieg, in the Division of Occupational Wage Structures, prepared this bulletin, which provides a comprehensive account of the current study and includes indexes of wage rates for 1929-73.

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Contents

PageSurvey findings......................................................................................................................... 1Scope and method of study.................................................................................................... g

Charts:1. Annual increases in wage rates of local-transit operating employees, by

classification, 1963 to 1973 ....................................................................... 22. Annual increases in actual and real wage rates of local-transit operating

employees and in the Consumer Price Index, 1963 to 1973 ................ 4

Tables:1. Wage rate indexes: United States, 1929-73 ............................................... 62. Average wage rates: United States, July 1, 1973 ...................................... g3. Wage rate distribution: United States, July 1, 1973 ............................... 74. Cents-per-hour changes in wage rates: United States,

July 1, 1972-July 1, 1973 ........................................................................... 85. Percent changes in wage rates: United States,

July 1, 1972-July 1, 1973 ........................................................................... 86 . Weekly hours: United States, July 1, 1973 ............................................... 97. Average wage rates and changes: Regions, July 1, 1973 ........................ 98 . Average wage rates by population group: Selected cities,

July 1 ,1973 .................................................................................................... 109. Average wage rates by region: Selected cities, July 1, 1973................... 11

10. Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions to funds:Selected cities, July 1, 1973 ............................................


Local-Transit Operating Employees

Survey findings

Union wage rates for local-transit operating employees in cities of 100,000 inhabitants or more averaged $5.04 an hour on July 1, 1973 - - up 34 cents or 7.2 percent over the July 1, 1972 rate. The average increase for operators of surface cars and buses was 7.4 percent compared with 6.0 percent for elevated and subway operators (table 2). Despite a substantially different pattern of wage rate increases for the two groups between 1962 and 1973 (chart 1), their overall average annual increase was about the same - - 6.2 percent for surface car and bus operators and 6.4 percent for elevated and subway operators.

The 1972-73 increase of 7.2 percent for all local- transit operating employees, which raised the Bureau's wage rate index (1967 = 100) for these employees to 155.4 (table 1), was slightly higher than the 6.7-percent rise in the year ended July 1972. It was, however, below the July-to-July increases for the 3 years immediately preceding the Economic Stabilization Program.

About 96 percent of the local-transit workers received wage rate increases between July 1, 1972, and July 1, 1973 (table 4). Wage rates rose by 5 to 7 percent for nearly half of the employees, including workers in Chicago, Houston, and New York, and such smaller cities as Albuquerque, Grand Rapids, and Trenton. One-fifth of the workers received rate increases of 7 to 9 percent and one-eighth received 9 to 11 percent (table 5).

As in the preceding decade, 1972-73 increases in local-transit wage rates outstripped advances in the BLS Consumer Price Index (CPI). The "real" pay gain (average wage rate increase deflated by the rise in the CPI) of 1.3 percent for the 1972-73 span, however, was smaller than any reported during that 10-year period (chart 2).

The average wage rate for operators of surface cars and buses, seven-eighths of the workers covered by the survey, was $4.99 an hour compared with $5.45 for operators of elevated and subway equipment. Boston, Chicago, and New York City, three relatively high wage areas in the survey, accounted for nearly 95 percent of the elevated and subway operators, but for only 31 percent of surface car and bus operators.

In three of the six cities reporting both types of workers, average wage rates for surface car and bus operators and for elevated and subway operators were the same; in the remaining three cities the rates differed by less than 10 cents per hour, as shown in the following tabulation:

Surface car and Elevated and subwaybus operators equipment operators

Boston................... $5.45 $5.37Chicago................ 5.64 5.58Cleveland.............. 4.85 4.85Newark................... 5.24 5.24New Y o r k ............ 5.56 5.47Philadelphia......... 4.98 4.98

As in past surveys, the average wage rate for all operating employees was highest in the Middle Atlantic region ($5.31), which is heavily influenced by the employment concentration in New York - - the city with the second highest average rate in the survey. Lowest averages were found in the Southwest ($3.84) and in the Southeast ($3.97).

Regionally, percentage increases between July 1972 and July 1973 were largest in the Southeast (9.5 percent) and in the Pacific States (9.2 percent). The New England region recorded the smallest relative increase (2.4 percent), primarily because wage negotiations in Boston were not concluded at the time of the July 1973 survey. Average increases in the Southwest and Middle West also tended to fall below the national advance of 7.2 percent.


Chart 1. Annual increases in wage rates of local-transit operating employees,

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by classification, 1963 to 1973____ SURFACE CARS AND BUSES____ ELEVATED AND SUBWAY EQUIPMENT

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Larger cities tended to have higher wage rates for local-transit employees. The average recorded for workers in cities of 1,000,000 inhabitants or more ($5.44) was 7 percent higher than the average for cities of 500,000 to 1,000,000 ($5.08); 17 percent higher than that for cities of 250,000 to 500,000 ($4.65); and nearly 37 percent higher than the average for cities of 100,000 to 250,000 ($3.98). Nevertheless, considerable overlapping of individual city averages among population groupings was noted (table 8). Averages for 20 of the 25 cities shown in the 100,000 to 250,000 population category equaled or exceeded averages for a number of cities having 500,000 to 1,000,000 inhabitants. Still, average wage rates of $5 or more were reported in 11 of the 26 cities of 500,000 inhabitants or more, but in only4 of the 41 smaller cities studied.

Population size seems to be less important in explaining some of the wage rate variations than location of city and, perhaps, variations in bargaining power among union locals. When comparisons were limited to the same region, for example, cities in the smallest population group sometimes had higher average rates than those in the larger size groups. (See table 9). Such observations are common in other union wage surveys conducted by the Bureau.

Union contracts in all but three of the cities surveyed provided for wage rate progressions on the basis of length of service, usually from an entrance or starting rate to one or more intermediate rates, and then to a maximum or top rate (table 10). The rates for new workers are typically increased after a period of either 3 or 6 months on the job, with the maximum rates reached after a year of service. Other length-of-service requirements for attaining maximum job rates were 15 months (one city), 18 months (four cities), 24 months (six cities), and 36 months (two cities). In more than half of the 64 cities reporting length-of-service progressions, pay increments from entry to top rate ranged from5 to 25 cents an hour over a 1-year period.

Straight-time weekly hours were reported for workers in 60 out of 67 1 cities surveyed. These weekly hours, applicable to nearly 97 percent of the workers studied, averaged 40.2 on July 1, 1973 (table 6 ). A scheduled straight-time workweek of 40 hours (generally

consisting of 5 consecutive 8 -hour days) was in effect in 48 cities and applied to 91 percent of surface car and bus operators and to all operators of elevated and subway equipment. A small number of agreements (covering only 3 percent of the workers studied) did not establish daily or weekly hours before overtime payments are required; instead, they stipulated a standard workday consisting of a specified number of runs to be completed by an operator during one shift.

Because of wide variations in demand for mass transit during a day, agreements frequently permit "split shifts" which consist of two or more daily assignments of several runs each, separated by time off. Typically, the intervening time between parts of such a shift is not paid for, although some agreements require that pay be given for short intervals, such as 30 minutes to one hour. Workers on split shifts exceeding 10 or 11 hours usually earn premium pay for work beyond those specified hours; many agreements, however, limit the number of split-shift assignments to an average of less than 50 percent of all workers scheduled on week days and a smaller percentage on Saturdays, Sundays or holidays.

Health and welfare plans wholly or partly financed by employers were provided to virtually all local-transit operating employees covered by the survey. Plans included one or more of the following benefits: Life insurance, hospitalization, and medical, surgical, and other similar types of health and welfare benefits. Over nine-tenths of the employees surveyed were under contracts providing retirement pension benefits (other than social security). Most operating personnel studied were under plans providing from one to four or five weeks of vacation, depending on length of service, and 6 to 8 paid holidays a year.

Most of the contracts covering local-transit operating employees are negotiated by locals of the Amalgamated Transit Union or the Transport Workers Union of America. Other major unions representing local-transit workers include the United Transport Union and the

IThis count includes St. Paul, Minn, and Oakland, Calif,

as separate cities, even though data for them are presented under headings for Minneapolis-St. Paul, and San Francisco-Oakland in tables 8, 9, and 10.


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Chart 2. Annual increases in actual and real wage rates of local-transitoperating employees and in the Consumer Price Index, 1963 to 1973

____ ACTUAL WAGE RATES____ CONSUMER PRICE INDEX.... REAL WAGE RATES

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1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973


International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America.

Scope and method of study

Union wage rates and hours reported in this bulletin were agreed on through collective bargaining between trade unions and employers, and are defined as (1) the basic (minimum) wage rates (excluding holiday, vacation, and other benefit payments made regularly or credited to the workers each pay period) and (2) the maximum schedules of hours at straight-time rates. Wage rates exceeding the negotiated minimum, which may be paid for special qualifications or other reasons, are excluded.

The information presented was based on union wage rates in effect on July 1, 1973, for approximately 59,000 local-transit operating employees in 67 cities. Local-transit operating employees, for purposes of the study, include persons engaged in the operation of moving transit equipment (for example, trolley cars, buses, and elevated and subway trains) and workers in related occupations, such as guards, conductors, and platform workers. (Workers in these related occupations, found only in elevated and subway equipment operations, constitute less than 7 percent of the workers covered by the study. They were combined with elevated and subway equipment operators in tables 2 through 7.) Track workers and maintenance workers were excluded from the study. Operating employees of municipally

owned transit systems were included if unions acted as the bargaining agents. Data were obtained primarily from local union officials by mail questionnaire; in some instances, Bureau economists visited local union officials to obtain the desired information.

The current survey was designed to reflect the union wage rates of local-transit operating employees in all cities of 100,000 inhabitants or more, excluding Honolulu, based on the 1970 Census of Population. All cities that had 500,000 inhabitants or more were included, as were most cities of 250,000 to 500,000 inhabitants. Data for the cities studied were weighted to compensate for cities not surveyed. In order to provide appropriate regional representation, each region was considered separately when city weights were assigned.

Average wage rates, designed to show current levels, were based on top rates reported in each city on July 1, 1973. The top wage rates were weighted by the number of union members at that rate in the areas. These averages were not designed for precise year-to-year comparisons because of fluctuations in membership and in the classifications studied. Average cents-per-hour and percent changes from July 1, 1972 to July 1, 1973, however, were based on comparable quotations for the various job classifications in both periods, weighted by the memberships reported for the current (1973) survey. The index series, designed for trend purposes, was constructed similarly.


(Indexes1 of union hourly wage rates of local-transit operating employees: 1967.= 100)

Index Date

22.3 1951 Oct. 1 .................................................................................................22.5 1952 Oct. 1 .................................................................................................

1953 July 1 .................................................................................................22.5 1954 July 1 .................................................................................................22.1

/ 2*1955 July 1 .................................................................................................

21.5 1956 : July 1 .................................................................................................

22.2 1957 : July 1 .................................................................................................1958: July 1 .................................................................................................

22.4 1959:: July 1 .................................................................................................

23.5 1960:: July 1 .................................................................................................

24.224.4

1961:: July 1 .................................................................................................

24.61962:: July 1 .................................................................................................1963:: July 1 .................................................................................................

25.61964:: July 1 .................................................................................................

27.4 1965:: July 1 .................................................................................................

29.2 1966 July 1 .................................................................................................29.4 1967 July 1 .................................................................................................29.7 1968 July 1 .................................................................................................

1969 July 1 .................................................................................................34.9 1970 July 1 .................................................................................................39.443.3 1971 July 1 .................................................................................................45.1 1972 July 1 .................................................................................................47.2 1973 July 1 .................................................................................................

1929: May 15 . 1930: May 15 .

1931: May 15 . 1932: May 15 . 1933: May 15 . 1934: May 15 . 1935: May 15 .

1936: May 15 . 1937: May 15 . 1938: June 1. . 1939: June 1. . 1940: June 1. .

1941: June 1. . 1942: July 1 . . 1943: July 1 . . 1944: July 1 . . 1945: July 1 . .

1946: July 1 . . 1947: Oct. 1 . . 1948: Oct. 1 . . 1949: Oct. 1 . . 1950: Oct. 1 . .

50.3 54.155.358.059.8

62.164.7 68.671.273.9

76.779.982.986.289.8

93.7100.0106.6115.0125.2

135.8144.9 155.4

1 Index series designed for trend purposes; periodic changes in union wage rates are based on comparable quotations for the various occupations in consecutive periods, weighted by number of union members reported at each quotation in the current survey period.

2 Information not available.

Table 2. Average wage rates: United States, July 1, 1973

(Average union hourly wage rates of local-transit operating employees)

Classification Hourly average 1

Increase from July 1, 1972

Cents per hour Percent

All local-transit operating employees ............................................................................... $5 .04 34 7.2

Operators of surface cars and buses .............................................................................................. $4.99 34 7.4Elevated and subway operators ...................................................................................................... 5.45 31 6.0

Wage rates used in the calculation of these averages represent those available and payable on July 1, 1973, and do not include increases made later that are retroactive to July 1 or before.


(Percent distribution of local-transit operating employees by union hourly wage rate)

Hourly rate Allworkers

Operators of surface cars

and buses

Elevated and subway

operators

Total 100.0 100.0 100.0

Under $ 3 .2 0 ............................................................................................................................................. 0.7 0.7 _

$3.20 and under $ 3 .3 0 ......................................................................................................................... 1.3 1.4 -$3.30 and under $ 3 .4 0 ......................................................................................................................... 1.0 1.1$3.40 and under $ 3 .5 0 ......................................................................................................................... 1.0 1.0$3.50 and under $ 3 .6 0 ......................................................................................................................... - -$3.60 and under $ 3 .7 0 ......................................................................................................................... .5 .6

$3.70 and under $ 3 .8 0 ......................................................................................................................... ( 1) <1)$3.80 and under $ 3 .9 0 ......................................................................................................................... - -$3.90 and under $ 4 .0 0 ......................................................................................................................... 1.7 2.0$4.00 and under $ 4 .1 0 ......................................................................................................................... 2.2 2.4$4.10 and under $ 4 .2 0 ......................................................................................................................... 3.8 4.3

$4.20 and under $ 4 .3 0 ......................................................................................................................... 5.9 6.8$4.30 and under $ 4 .4 0 ......................................................................................................................... 4.8 5.5$4.40 and under $ 4 .5 0 ......................................................................................................................... .5 .6$4.50 and under $ 4 .6 0 ......................................................................................................................... .7 .8$4.60 and under $ 4 .7 0 ......................................................................................................................... 1.5 1.7

$4.70 and under $ 4 .8 0 ......................................................................................................................... .9 1.0 -

$4.80 and under $ 4 .9 0 ......................................................................................................................... 2.0 2.1 1.5$4.90 and under $ 5 .0 0 ......................................................................................................................... 7.3 7.8 3.4$5.00 and under $ 5 .1 0 ......................................................................................................................... 7.2 2.6 40.0$5.10 and under $ 5 .2 0 ......................................................................................................................... - - -

$5.20 and under $ 5 .3 0 ......................................................................................................................... 10.1 11.4 .7$5.30 and under $ 5 .4 0 ......................................................................................................................... 10.7 11.7 4.6$5.40 and under $ 5 .5 0 ......................................................................................................................... 4.0 4.2 1.9$5.50 and under $ 5 .6 0 ......................................................................................................................... 17.8 18.5 11.7$5.60 and under $ 5 .7 0 ......................................................................................................................... 9.5 10.2 4.6

$5.70 and under $ 5 .8 0 ......................................................................................................................... .4 .5$5.80 and under $ 5 .9 0 ......................................................................................................................... - - -$5.90 and under $ 6 .0 0 ......................................................................................................................... 3.9 .3 31.5$6.00 and over........................................................................................................................................ .6 .8 -

Average hourly r a te ......................................................................................................................... $5.04 $4.99 $5.45

Less than 0.05 percent.

NOTE: Because of rounding, sums of individual items may not equal 100.


(Percent distribution of local-transit operating employees by cents-per-hour change in union hourly wage rate)

Change in hourly rate Allworkers


and buses

Elevated and subway

operators

Total 100.0 100.0 100.0

No ch an g e ................................................................................................................................. 4.4 4.1 6.7

Under 15 cents........................................................................................................................................ 2.8 3.1 -

15 and under 20 c en ts ......................................................................................................................... 1.3 1.5

20 and under 25 c en ts ......................................................................................................................... 3.6 4.0

25 and under 30 c en ts ......................................................................................................................... 14.4 10.9 40.0

30 and under 35 c en ts ......................................................................................................................... 37.4 36.2 47.9

35 and under 40 c e n ts ......................................................................................................................... 11.4 12.7 1.5

40 and under 45 c e n ts ......................................................................................................................... 9.7 10.8 -45 and under 50 ce n ts ......................................................................................................................... 3.6 4.0 .5

50 and under 55 c en ts ......................................................................................................................... 1.8 2.0 -

55 cents and over................................................................................................................................... 9.7 10.5 3.4

NO TE: Because of rounding, sums of individual items may not equal 100.

Table 5. Percent changes in wage rates: United States, July 1, 1972 - July 1, 1973

(Percent distribution of local-transit operating employees by percent change in union hourly wage rate)

Change in hourly rate Allworkers


and buses

Elevated and subway

operators

Total 100.0 100.0 100.0

No change ................................................................................................................................ 4.4 4.1 6.7

Under 4 percent..................................................................................................................................... 2.6 2.94 and under 5 p e rc e n t......................................................................................................................... 1.3 1.5

5 and under 6 p e rc e n t......................................................................................................................... 22.3 21.0 31.56 and under 7 p e rc e n t......................................................................................................................... 24.9 20.7 56.47 and under 8 p e rc e n t......................................................................................................................... 11.3 12.9 -

8 and under 9 p e rc e n t......................................................................................................................... 8.4 9.3 1.59 and under 10 p e rc e n t....................................................................................................................... 7.5 8.5 -

10 and under 11 p e rc e n t.................................................................................................................... 5.6 6.3 .511 and under 12 p e rc e n t.................................................................................................................... 2.0 2.3 -

12 and under 13 p e rc e n t.................................................................................................................... 5.4 5.7 3.413 percent and o v e r.............................................................................................................................. 4.3 4.8

NOTE: Because of rounding, sums of individual items may not equal 100.


(Percent distribution of local-transit operating employees by straight-time weekly hours)

Weekly hours Allworkers


and buses

Elevated and subway

operators

Total 100.0 100.0 100.0

Reporting straight-time h o u rs .......................................................................................................... 96.7 96.0 100.0

40 h o u rs ............................................................................................................................................. 91.4 90.2 100.0

Over 40 and under 44 h o u rs ........................................................................................................ 3.2 3.6 -44 and under 48 h o u rs .................................................................................................................. 1.0 1.1 -48 hours and o v e r ............................................................................................................................ 1.1 1.1

Reporting no straight-time hours.............................................................................................. 3.4 3.9

Average weekly hours reported.......................................................................................................... 40.2 40.3 40.0

NO TE: Because of rounding, sums of individual items may not equal totals.

Table 7. Average wage rates and changes: Regions, July 1, 1973

(Average union hourly wage rates of local-transit operating employees and changes, July 1, 1972 - July 1, 1973)

All workers Operators of surface cars and buses Elevated and subway operators

Region 1 HourlyIncrease from July 1, 1972

HourlyIncrease from July 1, 1972

HourlyIncrease from July 1, 1972

rateCents per hour Percent

rateCents per hour Percent rate Cents per hour Percent

United States................. $5.04 34 7.2 $4.99 34 7.4 $5.45 31 6.0

New E ng land ................................... $4.94 11 2.4 $4.88 13 2.7 $5.37 2 _ 2 -

Middle A t la n t ic .............................. 5.31 37 7.4 5.25 38 7.8 5.45 33 6.4Border S tates................................... 4.97 39 8.6 4.97 39 8.6 - - -

Southeast.......................................... 3.97 34 9.5 3.97 34 9.5 - _ -

S o u th w est........................................ 3 .84 20 5.6 3.84 20 5.6 - _ -

Great Lakes .......................................... 5.18 34 6.9 5.15 34 . 7.0 5.50 34 6.7Middle W est .......................................... 4.53 21 4.9 4.53 21 4.9 - - -

M o u n ta in .......................................... 4 .40 34 8.4 4 .40 34 8.4 - - -

P a c if ic ............................................... 5.23 44 9.2 5.23 44 9.2

1 The regions in this study include: New England — Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Verm ont; Middle Atlantic — New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania; Border States — Delaware, District of Columbia, Kentucky, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia; Southeast — Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee; Southwest — Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas; Great Lakes - Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin; Middle West — Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota; Mountain — Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming; and Pacific — Alaska, California, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington. Hawaii was excluded from the survey.

2 Excludes retroactive pay adjustments under an agreement signed in September 1973 for operators of elevated and subway equipment in Boston, the only city in New England with such workers. See table 8, footnote 1, for details.



City and population group

Average

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City and population group

Average

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Cents per hour

PercentCents per

hourPercent

All c it ie s ................................................................... $5.04 34 7.2 Population group 111—Continued

Population group I (1 ,000 ,000 or more)................................ $5.44 38 7.5 Newark, N. J ............................................................ $5.24 49 10.3Norfolk, V a .............................................................. 3.93 35 9.8

Chicago, I I I .............................................................. 5.63 34 6.4 Oklahoma City, O k la ............................................. 2.81 9 3.3Detroit, Mich ......................................................... 5.31 37 7.5 Omaha, N e b r ............................................................ 4.26 40 10.4Houston, T ex........................................................... 4.21 21 5.3 Portland, O re g ......................................................... 5.34 49 10.1Los Angeles, C a lif .................................................. 5.21 63 13.8 Rochester, N. Y ....................................................... 4.78 34 7.7New York N Y . .................... 5 53 33 6 4 Sacramento, Calif .................................................. 5.01 35 7.5Philadelphia, Pa .................................................... 4 .98 55 12.4 Toledo, O h io ............................................................ 4.35 42 10.7

Tulsa, Okla .............................................................. 3.35 30 9.8Population group II (500,00 to 1 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 ) ......................... 5.08 27 5.7

Baltimore, M d ......................................................... 5.26 45 9.2 Population group IV (100 ,000 to 2 5 0 ,0 0 0 )......................... 3 .98 28 7.7

Boston, Mass ......................................................... 5.44 1 - 1 -Cleveland, O h io ....................................................... 4 .85 29 6.4Columbus, Ohio...................................................... 4.15 26 6.7 Albuquerque, N. M ............................................... 4.23 24 6.0Denver, Colo ......................................................... 4.87 44 9.9 Charlotte, N. C ....................................................... 3.22 19 6.3Indianapolis, Ind..................................................... 4.23 30 7.6 Dayton, O h io ......................................................... 4.20 35 9.1Jacksonville, F l a .................................................... 4.04 42 11.6 Des Moines, Io w a .................................................. 4.05 26 6.9Kansas City, M o .................................................... 5.00 40 8.7 Erie, P a ................................................................... 3.71 37 11.1Memphis, T e n n ....................................................... 4.32 33 8.3 Evansville, Ind .......................................................... 3.26 13 4.0Milwaukee, W is ...................................................... 4.92 25 5.4 Fresno, C a lif ............................................................ 4.91 42 9.4New Orleans, L a .................................................... 4.13 22 5.6 Grand Rapids, M ic h ............................................. 3.60 22 6.5Phoenix, Ariz ......................................................... 3.41 34 11.1 Jackson, M is s ...................................................... 3.43 29 9.2Pittsburgh, P a ......................................................... 5.24 36 7.4 Knoxville, Tenn............................................... 3.46 32 10.2St. Louis, Mo ......................................................... 4.65 3 0.6 Little Rock, A r k .................................................... 3.61 28 8.3San Antonio, T e x .................................................. 3.30 9 2.8 Madison, W is ............................................................ 4.51 28 6.6San Diego, Calif....................................................... 5.53 25 4.7 New Haven, C o n n .................................................. 4.21 26 6.6San Francisco - Oakland, Calif ......................... 5.44 37 7.3 Peoria, II I ................................................................... 4.37 17 4.0Seattle, W ash........................................................... 4.91 25 5.4 Providence, R. I ....................................................... 4.20 34 8.8Washington, D. C .................................................... 5.39 41 8.1 Richmond, Va ....................................................... 3.93 32 8.9

Salt Lake City, U ta h ............................................. 3.36 14 4.2Population group III (250 ,000 to 5 0 0 ,0 0 0 )......................... 4.65 41 9.6 Scranton, P a ............................................................ 3.20 56 21.2

Shreveport, L a ....................................................... 3.18 10 3.2Atlanta, G a .............................................................. 4.36 39 9.8 South Bend, I n d .................................................... 4 .29 38 9.7Birmingham, A la ..................................................... 4.05 43 11.9 Spokane, W a s h ....................................................... 4 .32 31 7.7Buffalo N Y ......................................................... 4.50 30 7.1 Springfield, Mass.................................................... 4 .09 26 6.8Cincinnati, O h io .................................................... 4.23 31 7.9 Syracuse, N. Y ......................................................... 4 .15 27 7.0Louisville, K y ......................................................... 4.23 33 8.5 Topeka, Kans ......................................................... 3.05 55 22.0Minneapolis - St. Paul, M in n .............................. 5.00 51 11.4 Trenton, N. J ......................................................... 4.21 22 5.5

1 No change in rate between July 1, 1972 and July 1, 1973, the cutoff date for information included in this survey. A new agreement, retroactive to January 1973, was conducted in September 1973. Until it expires in December 1975, this agreement provides for a series of quarterly cost-of-living adjustments tied to increases in the Consumer Price Index for Boston. Additional increases of 2.5 percent each are also effective as of January 1, 1974 and January 1, 1975.



City, and region 1

Average

hourly

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City and region 1

Average

hourly

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Cents per hour

PercentCents per

hourPercent

All cities ................................................................ $ 5 .0 4 . 34 7.2 Southwest—Continued

New Eng land .......................................................................... $4.94 11 2.4 Shreveport, La. ( I V ) ............................................. $3.18 10 3.2Boston, Mass. ( I I ) .................................................. 5.44 2 _ 2 _ Tulsa, Okla. ( I l l ) ........................................................... 3.35 30 9.8New Haven, Conn. ( I V ) ..................................... 4.21 26 6.6 Great Lakes ............................................................................. 5.18 34 6.9Providence, R. I. ( IV ) .......................................... 4 .20 34 8.8 Chicago, III. ( I ) ....................................................... 5.63 34 6.4Springfield, Mass. ( I V ) ........................................ 4.09 26 6.8 Cincinnati, Ohio ( I I I ) .......................................... 4.23 31 7.9

Cleveland, Ohio ( I I ) ............................................. 4.85 29 6.4Middle A t la n t ic ..................................................................... 5.31 37 7.4 Columbus, Ohio ( I I ) ............................................. 4 .15 26 6.7

Buffalo, N. Y . ( I l l ) ............................................... 4 .50 30 7.1 Dayton, Ohio ( I V ) ............................................... 4.20 35 9.1Erie, Pa. ( I V ) ......................................................... 3.71 37 11.1 Detroit, Mich. ( I ) .................................................. 5.31 37 7.5New York, N. Y . ( I ) ............................................. 5.53 33 6.4 Evansville, Ind. ( I V ) ............................................. 3.26 13 4.0Newark, N. J. ( I l l ) ............................................... 5.24 49 10.3

Grand Rapids, Mich. ( IV ) ................................... 3.60 22 6.5Philadelphia, Pa. ( I ) ............................................ 4 .98 55 12.4

Indianapolis, Ind. ( I I ) .......................................... 4.23 30 7.6Pittsburgh, Pa. ( I I ) ............................................... 5.24 36 7.4

Madison, Wis. ( I V ) ............................................... 4.51 28 6.6Rochester, N. Y . ( I l l ) .......................................... 4 .78 34 7.7

Milwaukee, Wis. ( I I ) ............................................. 4.92 25 5.4Scranton, Pa. ( I V ) ............................................... 3.20 56 21.2

Minneapolis - St. Paul, Minn. ( I l l ) ................. 5.00 51 11.4Syracuse, N. Y. ( IV ) ............................................. 4 .15 27 7.0

Peoria, III. ( IV ) ....................................................... 4.37 17 4.0Trenton, N. J. ( IV ) ............................................... 4.21 22 5.5

South Bend, Ind. ( IV ) .......................................... 4 .29 38 9.7Toledo, Ohio ( I I I ) ............................................... 4.35 42 10.7

Border S tates.......................................................................... 4.97 39 8.6Baltimore, Md. ( I I ) ............................................... 5.26 45 9.2 Middle W est............................................................................. 4.53 21 4.9Louisville, Ky. ( I l l ) ............................................ 4 .23 33 8.5 Des Moines, Iowa ( I V ) ........................................ 4.05 26 6.9Norfolk, Va. ( I l l ) ................................................. 3.93 35 9.8 Kansas City, Mo. ( I I ) ............................................. 5.00 40 8.7Richmond, Va. (I V ) ............................................ 3.93 32 8.9 Omaha, Nebr. ( I l l ) ............................................... 4.26 40 10.4Washington, D. C. ( I I ) ........................................ 5.39 41 8.1 St. Louis, Mo. ( II) ............................................. 4.65 3 0.6

Topeka, Kans. ( IV ) ............................................... 3.05 55 22.0Southeast.................................................................................. 3.97 34 9.5

Atlanta, Ga. ( I l l ) ................................................. 4 .36 39 9.8 M ou n ta in .................................................................................. 4.40 34 8.4Birmingham, Ala. ( I l l ) ........................................ 4 .05 43 11.9 Albuquerque, N. Mex. ( IV ) ................................ 4.23 24 6.0Charlotte, N. C. ( I V ) .......................................... 3.22 19 6.3 Denver, Colo. ( I I ) .................................................. 4.87 44 9.9Jackson, Miss. ( IV ) ............................................... 3.43 29 9.2 Phoenix, Ariz. ( I I ) ............................................... 3.41 34 11.1Jacksonville, Fla. ( I I ) .......................................... 4.04 42 11.6 Salt Lake City, Utah ( IV ) ................................... 3.36 14 4.2Knoxville, Tenn. ( IV ) .......................................... 3.46 32 10.2 P a c ific ....................................................................................... 5.23 44 9.2Memphis, Tenn. ( I I ) ............................................. 4.32 33 8.3 Fresno, Calif. ( I V ) ............................................... 4.91 42 9.4

Los Angeles, Calif. ( I ) .......................................... 5.21 63 13.8S ou th w est............................................................................... 3.84 20 5.6 Portland, Oreg. ( I l l ) ............................................ 5.34 49 10.1

Houston, Tex. ( I ) ............................................... • 4.21 21 5.3 Sacramento, Calif. ( I l l ) ........................................ 5.01 35 7.5Little Rock, Ark. ( I V ) ........................................ 3.61 28 8.3 San Diego, Calif. ( I I ) ............................................. 5.53 25 4.7New Orleans, La. ( I I ) .......................................... 4 .13 22 5.6 San Francisco - Oakland, Calif. ( I I ) .................. 5.44 37 7.3Oklahoma City, Okla. ( I l l ) ................................ 2.81 9 3.3 Seattle, Wash. ( I I ) .................................................. 4.91 25 5.4San Antonio, Tex. ( I I ) ........................................ 3.30 9 2.8 Spokane, Wash. ( I V ) ............................................. 4.32 31 7.7

1 See table 7, footnote 1, for definition of regions used in this study. Population size of city is shown in parenthesis as follows: Group I = 1,000,000 or more; Group II = 500 ,000 to 1,000,000; Group III = 250 ,000 to 500,00; and Group IV = 100,000 to 250,000.

2 See table 8, footnote 1.


(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments for local-transit operating employees)

July 1, 1972 July 1, 1973

July 1, 1972

July 1, 1973

Employer contribu- Employer contribuCity and classification Rata Rate Hours tions to funds3 City and classification Rate Rate Hours tions to funds3

par par perInsurance4

per per perInsurance4

hour1 hour1 week2 Pension hour hour1 week2 Pension

A LB U Q U E R Q U E , N. M EX. CHIC A G O , IL L .

Buses: $ $( 5)

Buses: $ $( S)First 6 months ................................... 3 .210 3.210 _ ( 5) First 3 months ................................... 5.240 5.580 40 13%

7 — 12 m o n th s ................................... 3 .500 3.700 _ ( 5) (5) 4 — 12 m o n th s ................................... 5 .270 5.610 40 ( S) 13%12 — 24 months................................... 3 .620 3.850 — (S) (5) After 1 year:24 — 36 months................................... 3 .760 4.000 _ ( 5) ( 5) D ays.................................................. 5 .290 5.630 40 ( 5) 13%A fter 36 m o n th s ................................ 3 .890 4.230 — ( S) (5) Nights:

( S)Before 2 a.m.............................. 5.340 5.680 40 13%A T L A N T A , GA. A fter 2 a.m ................................ 5 .360 5.700 40 ( 5) 13%

Buses: Elevated and subway railways:First 6 months ................................... 3.870 4.260 40 ( )

( 5)6 1/e% Motormen:

7 — 12 m o n th s ................................... 3 .930 4.320 40 6 1/e% First 3 m o n th s .............................. 5.202 5.542 40 ( S) 13%After 1 year.......................................... 3.970 4.360 40 ( 5) 6 1/e% 4 — 12 m o n th s .............................. 5.211 5.551 40 ( 5) 13%

B A LTIM O R E , M D.A fter 1 y e a r ...................................

Conductors (regular):5 .256 5.596 40 ( 5) 13%

Buses: First y e a r ........................................ 5.188 5.528 40 (S) 13%First 6 months..................................... 4.715 4.880 40 ( 5)

0(5)

After 1 y e a r ................................... 5.206 5.546 40 ( 5) 13%7 — 12 m o n th s ................................... 4 .765 4.980 40 H

Conductors (fare collecting):A fter 1 year.......................................... 4 .815 5.260 40 ( S) ( 5)

First y e a r ........................................ 5.238 5.578 40 (5) 13%

B IR M IN G H A M , A L A .A fter 1 y ear....................................

Operator (1-man car):5.256 5.596 40 (S) 13%

Buses:First 3 m o n th s .............................. _ 5.580 40 ( 5) 13%

191/2 $ 6 1/2%4 — 12 m o n th s .............................. 5.610 40 ( S) 13%

First 6 months ................................... 3 .570 4.000 40 A fter 1 y e a r.................................... 5.290 5.630 40 (S) 13%7 — 12 months ................................... 3.590 4.020 40 191/2 $ 6 1/2% Student conductor.............................. 5.038 5.378 40 ( S) 13%A fter 1 y ear.......................................... 3 .620 4.050 40 191/2 $ 6 1/2%

BOSTON, MASS. C IN C IN N A T I, O H IO

Buses: Buses:( 5)( S)( S)

First 3 months .................................. 5.145 6 5.145 40 (5 ) 115/s %First 6 months ................................... 3 .720 3 .8 6 0 4 0 17$

4 — 6 m o n th s ..................................... 5 .265 6 5.265 40 (5 ) 115/s %7 — 12 m o n th s ................................... 3 .770 3.910 40 17$

7 — 9 m o n th s ..................................... " 5.300 6 5.300 40 (5 ) 115/s %1 3 — 18 m o n th s ................................ 3 .820 3.960 40 17$

1 0 — 12 m o n th s ................................ 5.347 6 5.347 40 (5 ) 115/a %19 — 24 m o n th s ................................ 3 .870 4.010 40 ( S) 17$

A fter 1 year..........................................P.C.C. surface lines operators:

5.445 6 5.445 40 (5 ) 115/s %A fter 2 years........................................ 3 .920 4.230 40 ( 5) 17$

First 3 months..................................... 5 .265 6 5.265 40 (5 ) 115/s % C L E V E L A N D , O H IO4 — 6 months........................................ 5.387 6 5.387 40 (5 > 115/a %7 — 9 months........................................ 5.420 6 5.420 40 (5 ) 115/s% Buses-1 0 — 12 m o n th s ................................After 1 year..........................................

5.4655.562

6 5.465 6 5.562

4040

(5 )(5 )

115/s % 115/a %

First year ..................................... 4 .370 4.650 40 26$ OORapid transit lines:

1 — 2 y e a rs .................... 4 .470 4.750 40 26$

Guards:A fter 2 years..................................... 4 .570 4.850 40 26$ O

First 3 m onths............................... 5.022 6 5.022 40 <5 ) 115/s %Rapid transit — Trainmen:

4.270 O( 7)( 7)

4 — 6 m o n th s ................................ 5.145 6 5.145 40 (5 ) 115/s %First y e a r ..................................... 4 .650 40 26$

7 — 9 m o n th s ................................ 5.182 6 5.182 40 (5 ) 115/s %1 — 2 y e a rs ...................... 4 .370 4.750 40 26$

1 0 — 12 m o n th s ........................... 5.227 6 5.227 40 <5 ) 115/s%After 2 years................................ 4 .470 4.850 40 26$

A fter 1 y e a r ...................................Motormen:

5.327 6 5.327 40 (5 ) 115/s %CO LUM BUS, O H IO

Road................................................. 5.387 6 5.387 40 (5 ) 115/s%Y a rd ................................................. 5.445 6 5.445 40 (5 ) 115/s % Buses:

( 5)(5)

Platform men: First 26 weeks ................................... 3 .790 4.050 40 12$

G atem en.......................................... 5.227 6 5.227 40 (5 ) 115/s % 27 — 52 weeks ................................... 3 .840 4.100 40 12$A fter 1 year ........................................ 3 .890 4.150 40 ( S) 12$

B U FFA LO , N .Y . D A Y T O N , O H IO

Buses:First 3 months...................................

Buses:

4 .150 4.450 40 (S) ( 5) First 6 months ..................................... 3 .750 4.100 40 (5) 92/s%

4 12 m o n th s ................................ 4.180 4.480 40 ( S) ( s) 7 — 12 m o n th s ..................................... 3 .800 4.150 40 (S)( S)

92/5%

A fter 1 year ..................................... 4 .200 4.500 40 ( S) (s) A fter 1 year .......................................... 3 .850 4.200 40 92/5%

D E N V E R , COLO.

C H A R L O T T E , N.C. Buses:First 3 months..................................... 4 .390 8 4.370 40 293/5 $ 3%

Buses: 4 12 months..................................... 4 .400 8 4.520 40 293/s $ 3%First 2 months ................................... 2 .930 3.120 — — — 1 3 — 18 months................................... 4 .410 8 4 .670 40 293/5 $ 3%3 6 months ..................................... 2 .980 3.170 — — — 1 9 — 24 months................................... 4 .420 8 4 .770 40 293/5 $ 3%After 6 m o n th s ................................... 3 .030 3.220 — — — After 2 years........................................ 4 .430 8 4 .870 40 293/5 $ 3%



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1972 July 1, 1973

Employer contribu- Employer contribuCity and classification Rate Rate Hours tions to funds3 City and classification Rate Rate Hours tions to funds3



hour1 hour1 week2 Pension hour1 hour1 week2 Pension

DES M O IN ES, IOW A JA C K S O N V IL L E , FLA .

Buses: $ $ Buses: $ $101/3 $First 3 months..................................... 3 .710 3.970 40 9283/4 $ 6$ First 3 months ................................... 3 .520 3.940 40 16$

4 — 12 months..................................... ' 3 .740 4.000 40 9283/4 $ 6$ 4 — 6 m o n th s ..................................... 3 .570 3.990 40 101/3 $ 16$A fter 1 year.......................................... 3 .790 4.050 40 9283/4 $ 6$ A fter 6 m o n th s ................................... 3 .620 4.040 40 101/3 $ 16$

D E T R O IT , M ICH. KANSAS C IT Y , MO.

Buses:4 .840 5.210 40 f 10144: $1.75 Buses:

4 .545 4.945 40404040

29$29$29$29$

20$20$20$20$

4.890 5.260 40 f 1014$ $1.75 First 4 months.....................................

4 .940 5.310 40 14$ $1.75 5 8 months........................................ 4 .5654.585

4.9654.9855.000

5.100 5.460 40 14$ $1.75 9 12 months.....................................After 1 year ........................................

K N O X V IL L E , TE N N .

4 .600

E R IE , PA.

Buses: Buses:First 6 months ................................ 3 .320 3.540 40 7 1/2 $ 4$ First year............................................... 3 .040 3.360 48 ( 5) 6 7/ io $7 — 12 m o n th s ................................ 3 .390 3.610 40 7 1/2 $ 4$ A fter 1 year.......................................... 3 .140 3.460 48 ( 5) 6 7/ io $A fter 1 year ..................................... 3 .420 3.640 40 7 1/ 2 $ 4$

L IT T L E ROCK, A R K .E V A N S V IL L E , IN D .

Buses:( S)Buses: First 6 months..................................... 3 .230 3.510 4 2 1/2 _

First 6 months ........................... 2.980 3.105 40 ( 5) 11% 7 12 months..................................... 3 .280 3.560 4 2 1/2 ( 5) _7 — 12 m o n th s ........................... 3 .050 3.175 40 ( s) 11% A fter 1 year.......................................... 3 .330 3.610 4 2 1/ 2 ( S) —A fter 1 year ........................... 3.130 3.255 40 ( s) 11%

LOS ANG ELES, C A L IF .FRESNO, C A L IF .

Buses:Buses:

( S)First 3 months..................................... _ 4.428 40 31 7/ i o$ 123/ s %

First 6 months..................................... 3 .700 4.045 40 I4 3/ s $ Second 3 months................................ _ 4 .689 40 31 7/ i o $ 123/ s %7 — 12 m o n th s ................................... 3 .880 4.245 40 143/ s $ ( S) Third 3 m onths................................... _ 4 .845 40 3 1 7/ i o $ 123/ b%1 — 2 y e a rs .......................................... 4 .080 4.450 40 143/ s $ ( S) Fourth 3 m onths................................ — 5.002 40 31 7/ i o$ 123/ s %2 — 3 y e a rs .......................................... 4 .280 4.670 40 143/ s $ ( S) After 1 year ........................................ 4 .580 5.210 40 31 7/ io $ 123/ s %After 3 years........................................ 4 .490 4.910 40 143/ s $ ( 5)

L O U IS V IL L E , KY.G R A N D RAPIDS, M IC H .

Buses:Buses: First 3 months ................................... 3 .750 4.080 40 ( 5) ( S)First 3 months..................................... 3 .280 3.500 44 ( 5) 39/ 1 o $ 4 — 6 m o n th s ..................................... 3 .830 4.160 40 ( S) ( 5)

4 — 12 m o n th s ................................... 3 .330 3.550 44 ( ! ) 39/ i o $ 7 — 12 m o n th s ................................... 3 .880 4.210 40 (5)( S) ( S)

A fter 1 year 3 .380 3.600 o9/, _ A A fter 1 year.......................................... 4 .230 40f ) J /1 O '

H O USTO N, T E X .M A D ISO N , WIS.

Buses: Buses:302/ b $ 7 1/2%First 3 months ....................

4 — 8 m o n th s .........................8 — 12 m o n th s ......................1 2 — 18 m o n th s .........................

3 .250First 3 months..................................... _ 4.290 40

3.460 4 2 1/2 12$ ( S) 4 _ 6 m o n th s ..................................... 4 .390 40 302/ b $ 7 1/2%3.300 3.510 4 2 1/2 12$ ( 5) D a y ......................................................... 4 .210 4 .490 40 302/5 $ 7 1/2%3.3503.500

3.5603.710

4 2 1/24 2 1/2

12$12$

( | )( 5)( 5)

N ig h t....................................................... 4 .330 4.610 40 302/ b $ 71/2%

A fter 24 m o n th s .................... 4 .000 4.210 4 2 1/2 12$ M EM PHIS, TE N N .

IN D IA N A P O L IS , IN D . Buses:

l0 121/5 $ 6 1/2 %First 6 months..................................... 3 .790 4.120 40 ( S) 6 1/2 %

Buses ...................................................... 3 .930 4.230 40 j 7 — 12 m o n th s ................................... 3 .890 4.220 40 ( S) 6 1/2 %A fter 12 m o n th s ................................ f 3 .990 4.320 40 ( 5) 6 1/2 %

JACKSON, MISS. M ILW A U K E E , WIS.

Buses: Buses:27z/ 3 $First year ............................................. 1 3 .090

f 3.1403.3803.430

f 11} F irs t year 4.630 4.880 40

00 0

0-e

- -o

-

C11) A fte r 1 year 4.670 4.920 40 272/ 3 $



July 1, 1972 July 1, 1973 July 1,

1972 July 1, 1973



per per perhour1 hour1 week2 Pension hour1 hour1 week2 Insur

ance4 Pension

M IN N E A P O L IS - ST. PAUL, M IN N . NEW Y O R K , N .Y .-C o n tin u ed

Buses:First 3 months ...................................4 — 12 m o n th s ...................................After 1 year..........................................

$

4.490

$4.8004.8505.000

404040

00( 5)

94/5%94/5%94/5%

Buses—ContinuedJamaica, Inc.-C ontinued

13 18 m o n th s ............................A fter 18 months .........................

$4 .7854.933

$5.3785.540

4040

32$32$

46$46$

Manhattan — Bronx SurfaceAuthority:

o( )

NEW A R K , N.J. First 6 m o n th s ..............................7 12 m o n th s ..............................

4.7184.960

5.0005.257

4040 8

p A fter 1 y e a r ................................... 5.228 5.540 40 ( s) ( s)

First 6 months ................................... 4 .170 4.870 40 ( ! ) ( 5)Queens Transit Corp.:

First 6 m onths............................... 4 .595 5.160 40 32$ 46 $7 — 12 m o n th s ................................... 4 .280 4.980 40 ( ) 0 7 12 m o n th s .............................. 4 .690 5.268 40 32$ 46$1 3 — 18 m o n th s ................................ 4 .390 5.090 40 ( ! )

(s)( ) 13 18 m o n th s ........................... 4 .770 5.348 40 32$ 46$

A fter 18 m o n th s ................................ 4 .750 5.240 40 ( s) After 18 months ......................... 4 .933 5.540 40 32$ 46$Subway: Staten Island:

OMotormen: First 6 m o n th s .............................. 4 .718 5.000 40 ( ! )

First 6 m o n th s .............................. 4 .170 4.870 40 (5) ( ! )( 5)

7 12 m o n th s .............................. 4 .960 5.257 40 o ( ! )( s)7 — 12 m o n th s .............................. 4 .280 4.980 40 n After 1 y e a r ................................... 5 .220 5.540 40 ( S)

1 3 — 18 m o n th s ........................... 4 .390 5.090 40 ( ! ) ( ! ) Steinway Transit Corp.:A fter 18 m onths........................... 4 .750 5.240 40 ( ) o First 6 m onths............................... 4.595 5.160 40 32$ 46$

Platform m e n ..................................... 4 .750 5.240 40 (5) ( s) 7 12 m o n th s .............................. 4 .690 5.268 40 32$ 46$13 18 m o n th s ........................... 4 .770 5.348 40 32 $ 46$A fter 18 m onths........................... 4 .933 5.540 40 32$ 46$

NEW H A V E N , CONN. Tri-Boro Coach Corp. :First 12 m o n th s ........................... 4 .580 5.150 40 32$ 46$

Buses: 13 18 m o n th s ........................... 4 .800 5.400 40 32$ 4 6$First 3 months ................................... 3 .860 4.120 40 <5 ) 54 A fter 18 m onths........................... 4 .933 5.540 40 32$ 46$4 — 12 m o n th s .................................. 3.900 4.160 40 <5 ) 54 Subway:After 1 year.......................................... 3 .950 4.210 40 <5 > 54 Conductors:

(SS> (*5)First y e a r ........................................ 4 .405 4 .670 40After 1 y e a r ................................... 4.788 5.075 40 ( S) ( 5)

NEW O R LEA N S, LA. Motormen:Road:

8( ! )(5)

1-man cars and buses:First 6 months..................................... 3.845 3.965 40 57 $ 259/ i o 4

First y e a r ........................................A fter 1 y e a r ...................................

5 .4855.618

5.8155.955

4040

7 — 12 m o n th s ...................................After 1 year..........................................

3 .8753.905

3.9954.125

4040

57 $ 57 $

259/ i o 4259/ i o 4

Yard:First y e a r ........................................A fter 1 y e a r ...................................

5.2435.360

5.5575.682

4040 8

( 5)( s)

N O R F O L K , V A .NEW Y O R K , N .Y .

Buses: Buses:Avenue B and East First 3 months..................................... 3 .480 3.830 _ ( s) 3 3/4%

Broadway Transit Co. 4 — 12 m o n th s ................................... 3 .530 3.880 — ( 5) 3 3/4%First 6 m onths......................... 4 .600 5.160 40 324: 464 A fter 1 year.......................................... 3 .580 3.930 — (5) 33/4%7 — 12 m onths......................... 4 .680 5.268 40 324 4641 3 —18 m o n th s ...................... 4 .770 5.358 40 324 464A fter 18 m o n th s .................... 4 .933 5.540 40 324 464 O A K L A N D , C A L IF .

Brooklyn Division; (Scales listed underBrooklyn Division No. 2; San Francisco, Alameda, andManhattan Division: Marin counties, Calif.)

First 6 m onths......................... 4.718 5.000 40 ( S) 07 — 12 m onths......................... 4 .960 5.257 40 ( ! )

( s)O( 5)

O K LA H O M A C IT Y , O K LA .A fter 1 year ........................... 5 .228 5.540 40

Queens Division: Buses-First 6 m o n th s ..............................7 — 12 m o n th s ..............................

4.7174.961

5.0005.250

4040

314314

( ! ) ( )

First 6 months..................................... 2 .420 2.680 430 3%

A fter 1 y e a r ................................... 5.228 5.540 40 314 n 7 — 12 months..................................... 2.590 2.730 43 ( ! )( 5)

3%

Green Lines:After 1 year ........................................ 2.720 2.810 43 3%

First 6 m o n th s .............................. 5 .220 5.720 40 4 7 1/ 5 4 4047 — 12 m o n th s .............................. 5 .270 5.770 40 4 7 1/s 4 404 O M A H A , NEBR.1 3 — 18 m o n th s ........................... 5.340 5.840 40 4 7 V 5 4 404A fter 18 m onths........................... 5 .500 6.000 40 4 7 1/ 5 $ 404 Buses:

Jamaica, Inc.: First 6 months ................................... f 3 .790 4.190 45 16$O

First 6 m o n th s .............................. 4 .610 5.180 40 324 464 7 12 m o n th s ................................... f 3 .830 4.230 45 16$ ( ! )7 _ 1 2 m o n th s .............................. 4 .700 5.283 40 324 464 After 1 year.......................................... 3 .860 4.260 45 16$ (5)


(Union hourly wage rates and straight-time weekly hours and employer insurance and pension payments for local-transit operating employees)'

July 1, 1972 July 1, 1973 July 1,

1972 July 1, 1973




hour hour1 week2 Pension hour hour1 week2 Pension

PEO R IA , IL L . S A C R A M EN TO , C A L IF .

Buses: $ $ Buses: $ $First 9 months ................................... 4 .100 4.270 40 6$ 154 First 6 months ................................... 4 .420 4.730 40 153/5 $ 94/5%10 18 m o n th s ................................ 4 .150 4.320 40 6 * 154 7 12 m o n th s ................................... 4 .540 4.730 40 153/5<C 94/5%A fter 18 m o n th s ................................ 4 .200 4.370 40 6$ 154 A fter 1 year ........................................ 4 .660 5.010 40 153/ s $ 94/5%

P H IL A D E L P H IA , PA. ST. LO UIS, MO.

Buses: Buses:( 5)First 6 months ................................ 4 .280 4.680 40 ( S) ( ! )

( )

First 3 months ................................... 4 .370 12 3 .900 40 ( 5)7 — 12 m o n th s ................................ 4 .330 4.830 40 ( S) Second 3 months................................ 4 .370 1 2 4.050 40 ( S) ( s)A fter 12 m o n th s .............................. 4 .430 4.980 40 (5) H Third 3 m onths................................... 4 .620 12 4.200 40 ( ! ) ( 5)

Elevated, high speed and Fourth 3 m onths................................ 4 .620 1 2 4 .350 40 ( 5) osubway lines: Fifth 3 m o n th s ................................... 4 .620 1 2 4.500 40 ( S) ( 5)

Operators: After 15 m o n th s ................................ 4 .620 1 2 4 .650 40 ( S) ( s)First 6 m o n th s ........................... 4 .280 4.680 40 ( 5) ( s)7 — 12 m o n th s ...........................A fter 12 m onths.........................

4 .3304.430

4.8304.980

4040 (5}

(5)( ! )( 5)

ST. PAUL, M IN N .

P H O E N IX , A R IZ . (Scales listed underMinneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.)

Buses:First year............................................... 3 .070 3.410 — o _ S A LT LAKE C IT Y , U T A HA fter 1 year.......................................... 3 .170 3.510 — ( s) —

Buses:First 6 m o n th s ................................... 3 .140 3.270 f 45 ( S) 6 2/5 $

P ITTSB U R G H , PA. After 6 m o n th s ................................... 3 .220 3.355 f 45 ( 5) 6 2/5 $

Buses:First 3 months ................................ 4.505 5.020 40 284 8% SAN A N T O N IO , T E X .4 12 m o n th s ................................ 4 .630 5.120 40 284 8%After 1 year........................................ 4 .880 5.240 40 284 8%

Buses:First 6 months..................................... 2.963 3.050 43 3/4 ( ! )

O( ! )( ! )

P O R TLA N D , OREG. 7 — 12 months..................................... 3 .053 3.140 43 3A1 3 — 18 months................................... 3 .120 3.210 43 3/4 ( ! ) ( )Buses:

( S)A fter 18 m o n th s ................................ 3 .210 3.300 43 3/4 ( 5) (5)

First 6 months..................................... 4 .200 4.690 40 234/ 5 47 — 12 months..................................... 4 .600 5.090 40 234/5 4 ( S)1 3 — 18 m o n th s ................................ 4 .650 5.140 40 234/ 5 4 ( S) SAN D IE G O , C A L IF .

19 — 24 m o n th s ................................ 4 .700 5.190 40 234/ s 4 ( 5)After 2 years........................................ 4 .850 5.340 40 234/ s 4 ( S) Buses:

First 3 months ................................... 5 .180 5.430 40 39<: ( s)4 — 12 months..................................... 5 .230 5.480 40 39$ o

PR O V ID E N C E , R.l. A fter 1 year ........................................ 5 .280 5.530 40 39$ ( s)

Buses: SAN FRANCISCO , A L A M E D A , A N DFirst 3 months..................................... 3 .760 4.100 40 ( 5) ( 5) M A R IN C O U N TIES, C A L IF .4 — 12 months..................................... 3 .810 4 .150 40 5A fter 1 year.......................................... 3 .860 4.200 40 ( S) ( s) Bay Area Rapid Transit:

Transportation Man II .................... _ 5 .980 40 ( S) ( ! )R IC H M O N D , V A . Transportation Man I II .................

San Francisco:- 6 .580 40 ( 5) ( 5)

Buses- Buses, trackless trolleys, cable

(S)First 3 months..................................... 3 .510 3.830 _ # 3 3/4%gripmen, and conductors ............

Oakland:4.934 5.320 40 (5)

4 — 12 m o n th s ................................... 3 .560 3.880 — ( ! ) 33/4% Buses:First 3 m o n th s ..............................

A fter 1 year.......................................... 3 .610 3.930 - ( S) 33/4% 5.000 5.340 40 313/ i o $ 5%Second 3 m o n th s ......................... 5 .100 5.440 40 313/ i o$ 5%

RO CHESTER, N. Y.A fter 6 months ...........................

San Francisco-Marin:5 .200 5.540 40 313/ i o $ 5%

Buses:Golden Gate T ra n s it ......................... - 5 .420 40 7 3 1/*5$ ( S)

First 6 months................................... 3.400 3.610 40 ( 5) (s) S C R A N TO N , PA.7 — 12 m o n th s ................................ 3.600 3.820 40 ( 5) 01 3 — 18 m o n th s .............................. 3.800 4.030 40 ( S) ( ) Buses:19 — 24 m o n th s .............................. 4 .000 4.240 40 ( ! ) ( )

( s)R egu lar............................................... 2.640 3.200 4 2 1/2 4 2 1/2 $ 80$

A fter 24 m o n th s .............................. 4 .440 4.780 40 ( 5) Extra M e n .......................................... 2.640 3.200 4 2 1/ 2 4 2 1/ 2 $ 20$



July 1, 1972 July 1, 1973

July 1, 1972 July 1, 1973




hour1 hour1 week2 Pension hour1 hour1 week2 Pension

S E A TTLE , WASH. SYRACUSE, N .Y .

Buses: $ $ Buses: $ $First 6 months..................................... 4 .592 4.847 40 27$

9First 6 months................................... 3.610 3.870 40 32$

0After 6 m o n th s .................................. 4 .658 4.910 40 27$ ( 5) 7 — 12 m o n th s ................................ 3.650 3.900 40 32$

9A fter 1 year ..................................... 3.880 4.150 40 32$ ( s)

TO LE D O , O H IOS H R E VEPO R T, LA.

Buses:

Buses:First 6 months..................................... 2.970 3.070 50 ( 5) 5 1/2%

First 6 months ................................7 12 m o n th s ................................

3 .8803.900

4.3004.320

4040 0

0( 5)

9 1/5%9 1/5°/o

7 12 months..................................... 3 .020 3.120 50 9 5 1/2°/o After 1 year ..................................... 3 .930 4.350 40 9 1/ s %

A fter 1 year ....................................... 3.080 3.180 50 ( S) 5 1/2% TO PEK A , KANS.

Buses:SO UTH BEND, IN D . First 6 months................................... 2 .423 2.973 -

0_

After 6 m o n th s ................................ 2.500 3.050 ( s) _Buses:

First 6 months..................................... 3.860 4.240 40 19$ 17$ T R E N T O N , N.J.7 — 12 m o n th s ................................... 3.885 4.260 40 19$ 17$A fter 1 year.......................................... 3.910 4.290 40 19$ 17$ Buses:

( 5) 163/ i o 1First 3 months................................... 3 .910 4.130 404 — 12 months................................... 3 .950 4.170 40 ( 5) 163/ i o

SPOKANE, WASH. A fter 1 year ..................................... 3 .990 4.210 40 ( s) 163/ i o

Buses:73/5 $

T U LS A , O K LA .First 6 months .................................. 3 .910 4.220 4 2 1/2 11 Vs $7 12 m o n th s ................................... 3 .960 4.270 4 2 1/2 111 /s $ 73/5 $ Buses:A fter 1 year ....................................... 4 .010 4.320 4 2 1/2 11 V s $ 73/5 $ First 6 m onths................................... 2.950 3.250 4 3 t /3 7 1/2 $ ( 5)

After 6 m o n th s ................................ 3 .050 3.350 4 3 1/3 7 1/2 $ ( S)

S P R IN G F IE L D , MASS. W A SH IN G TO N , D.C.

Buses: Buses:First 3 months..................................... 3 .730 4.000 40 344/ i 0 $ 15$ First 3 months................................... 4.765 4.850 40 ( s) 12%4 — 12 m o n th s ................................... 3.785 4.040 40 344/ 1 o $ 15$ 4 — 12 m o n th s ................................ 4.915 5.120 40 9

( 5)12%

A fter 1 year.......................................... 3 .830 4.090 40 344/ i o$ 15$ A fter 1 year....................................... 4 .985 5.390 40 12%

1 Basic (minimum) wage rates, excluding holiday, vacation, or other benefit payments made or credited regularly to the employee. Wage rates indicated represent rates available and payable on July 1 of the survey year, and do not include increases made later that are retroactive to July 1 or before.

2 Weekly hours are the same for both years unless otherwise indicated. Hours are shown only for those unions that reported a regular workweek after which premium overtime rates were paid.

3 Shown in terms of cents per hour or as percent of hourly wage rate; in actual practice, however, some employer payments are calculated on the basis of total hours or gross payroll. These variations in method of computation are not indicated in the above tabulation.

4 Includes life insurance, hospitalization, and other types of health and welfare benefits; excludes payments into holiday, vacation, and unemployment funds when such programs have been negotiated.

5 Agreement provides for employer-financed plan - - amount of employer payment not available.

6 Rate in effect prior to July 1, 1973; new rate in negotiation at time of survey.

7 Public employees retirement system, financed by the State of Ohio; amount of employer payment not available.

8 Since July 1, 1972, the pay structure for these workers has been altered so that employees now enter at a lower hourly rate and receive a higher rate when they have reached the journeyman level.

9 Agreement provides for additional employer-financed plan - - amount of additional employer payment not available.

10 Contribution is for employees only and does not include dependent coverage.

11 Employer contributes $ 15 per month for plan.

12 Rate in effect prior to July 1, 1973; on that date, negotiations for a new agreement were in progress. Since July 1, 1972, the classification structure for these workers has been altered so that new employees now receive a lower hourly rate and achieve length-of-service wage increases at three-month (instead of six-month) intervals.

t Revision of data previously reported.

☆ U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1974 O - 543-766 (155)


BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS REGIONAL OFFICES

Region I1603 JFK Federal Building Government Center Boston, Mass. 02203 Phone: 223-6762 (Area Code 617)

Region IISuite 34001515 BroadwayNew York, N.Y. 10036Phone: 971-5405 (Area Code 212)

Region MlP.O. Box 13309Philadelphia, Pa. 19101Phone: 597-1154 (Area Code 215)

Region IVSuite 5401371 Peachtree St., NE.Atlanta, Ga. 30309Phone: 526-5418 (Area Code 404)

Region V8th Floor, 300 South Wacker DriveChicago, III. 60606Phone: 353-1880 (Area Code 312)

Region VI1100 Commerce St., Rm. 6B7Dallas, Tex. 75202Phone: 749-3516 (Area Code 214)

Regions VII and VIII *Federal Office Building 911 Walnut St., 15th Floor Kansas City, Mo. 64106 Phone: 374-2481 (Area Code 816)

Regions IX and X **450 Golden Gate Ave.Box 36017San Francisco, Calif. 94102 Phone: 556-4678 (Area Code 415)

Regions VII and VIII are serviced by Kansas City Regions IX and X are serviced by San Francisco


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