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WAGES IN THE UNITED STATES.
PERCENTAGES OF ADULT MALES RECEIVING CERTAIN CLASSIFIED WAGES.—MASSACHUSETTS, 1908[1]
Industries Total Adult
Male Wage
Earners.
Under
$5
$5, but
under
$6
$6, but
under
$7
$7, but
under
$8
$8, but
under
$9
$9, but
under
$10
$10, but
under
$12
$12, but
under
$15
$15, but
under
$20
$20 and
Over
Totals
Per Ct. Per Ct. Per Ct. Per Ct. Per Ct. Per Ct. Per Ct. Per Ct. Per Ct. Per Ct.
Cotton Goods 48,472 3 4 9 15 14 14 18 14 6 3 100
Boots & Shoes 49,619 3 1 3 4 6 7 13 21 26 16 100
Foundry & Machine
Shop
34,698 [^ 1] [^ 1] 2 4 9 13 18 22 26 6 100
Worsted Goods 14,267 [^ 1] 4 7 10 14 12 17 19 14 3 100
Woollen Goods 11,643 2 2 7 14 14 14 21 16 8 2 100
Leather (tanned &
finished)
10,623 1 1 3 7 10 17 27 18 14 2 100
Paper & Wood Pulp 8,306 [^ 1] [^ 1] 2 3 5 24 29 19 14 4 100
Dyeing & Finishing 6,443 [^ 1] 1 6 14 30 17 11 8 6 6 100
Furniture 5,997 2 2 3 8 10 17 20 21 14 3 100
Jewelry 4,819 1 1 2 4 6 5 13 21 27 20 100
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Less than 1 per cent.
  1. Statistics of Manufactures for the year 1908. Pub. Doc. No. 36. Boston, 1909. Table V.

Note.—All percentages in this and the following tables throughout the book were computed from the State reports, which publish numbers only.