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WAGE STATISTICS OF MASSACHUSETTS
PERCENTAGE OF ADULT MALES AND FEMALES RECEIVING CLASSIFIED WEEKLY WAGES IN MASSACHUSETTS INDUSTRIES, HAVING AN APPROXIMATELY EQUAL PROPORTION OF MALES AND FEMALES.-MASSACHUSETTS, 1908[1]
CLASSIFIED WEEKLY EARNINGS
| Industries | Total Employees | Under $5 Per Ct. |
$5, but under $6 Per Ct. |
$6, but under $7 Per Ct. |
$7, but under $8 Per Ct. |
$8, but under $9 Per Ct. |
$9, but under $10 Per Ct. |
$10, but under $12 Per Ct. |
$12, but under $15 Per Ct. |
$15, but under $20 Per Ct. |
$20 and Over Per Ct. |
Totals Per Ct. | |
| Cotton Goods | Male | 48,472 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 100 |
| Female | 38,609 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 3 | — | — | 100 | |
| Clothing (Men's) | Male | 2,172 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 23 | 26 | 10 | 100 |
| Female | 2,564 | 12 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 3 | * | * | 100 | |
| Carpets & Rugs | Male | 2,662 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 8 | 15 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 100 |
| Female | 2,233 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 23 | 4 | * | — | 100 | |
| Paper Goods | Male | 1,498 | * | * | 1 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 25 | 25 | 8 | 100 |
| Female | 1,063 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 25 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 4 | * | — | 100 | |
| Book-binding | Male | 1,012 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 21 | 32 | 12 | 100 |
| Female | 909 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 28 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | — | 100 | |
* Less than 1 per cent.
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- ↑ Ibid.
