WAGES IN THE UNITED STATES.
CHAPTER II
STATE WAGE STATISTICS
I. The Scope of State Wage Statistics
The data of most value, in a wage study, would normally be secured from the States in which the largest amounts of wages are paid. These States, described by the Census of Manufactures in terms of "capital invested," "number of wage earners employed," "value of product," etc., may, for convenience of discussion, be designated as "great industrial States." In the order of their industrial importance, the first ten of these States are:
| 1. New York | 6. New Jersey |
| 2. Pennsylvania | 7. Missouri |
| 3. Illinois | 8. Michigan |
| 4. Massachusetts | 9. Wisconsin |
| 5. Ohio | 10. Indiana[1] |
Though these States represent the industries
of the United States paying the most wages and
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- ↑ Census of Manufactures, 1905, Vol. I, pp. cxcviii-cxcix.
