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wages?" This summary can best be presented in two ways:—First, by a statement of classified weekly earnings for the entire State; second, by a study of classified weekly earnings in the four industries of the State employing the largest number of persons.

The following summary of classified weekly wages for the entire State is computed from page 82 of the Massachusetts Report for 1908.

 

CLASSIFIED WEEKLY WAGES—ALL INDUSTRIES, WITH PERCENTAGE IN EACH WAGE GROUP FOR MALES, FEMALES AND YOUNG PERSONS (UNDER 21 YEARS).—MASSACHUSETTS, 1908^[1]

Classified Weekly Earnings				Adult Males (21 yrs. and over)		Adult Females (21 yrs. and over)		Young Persons (under 21 yrs.)
				No.	Per Ct.	No.	Per Ct.	No.	Per Ct.
Under $5				5,049	1	10,945	8	19,352	24
$5	to	$6		6,216	2	14,610	10	17,919	22
6	to	7		13,584	4	23,309	16	18,057	23
7	to	8		22,469	7	24,414	17	10,854	14
8	to	9		31,472	9	21,780	15	6,399	8
9	to	10		41,399	12	18,609	13	4,196	5
10	to	12		61,632	17	18,426	13	2,810	3
12	to	15		70,293	20	8,769	6	1,032	1
15	to	20		69,996	20	3,363	2	281	[* 1]
20 and over				28,008	8	710	[* 1]	44	[* 1]
				————	—	————	—	————	—
Totals				350,118	100	144,935	100	80,944	100
Less than 1 per cent.

Thus, in 1908, of the adult male wage workers in Massachusetts, one-half received less than $12

1. Supra, p. 82.

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