TABLE XI
Classified Daily and Weekly Wages by Occupations

Occupation Under $1 $1, but under $2 $2, but under $3 $3, but under $4 $4, but 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 $11 $11, but under $12 $12, but under $13 $13, but under $14 Over $14 Total
Schedule of Employers Earning Weekly
Women
General servants 1 33 251 276 39 5 1 606
Second girls 17 50 76 18 4 1 4 170
Cooks and laundresses 4 21 70 41 5 141
Cooks 4 6 38 104 86 31 7 3 1 280
Chambermaids and waitresses 2 9 44 69 7 2 133
Chambermaids 1 6 18 45 18 4 92
Waitresses 3 43 32 23 2 103
Nurses 1 11 30 46 18 9 6 4 125
Housekeepers 1 2 1 4
Total 9 89 495 619 252 62 8 11 1 3 5 1,654
Men
Butlers 3 2 5 3 8 6 4 3 6 2 1 1 44
Coachmen and gardeners 2 7 11 18 22 21 3 12 10 11 4 1 1 123
Coachmen 1 5 8 10 14 17 3 9 12 7 11 3 6 3 109
Cooks 1 1 3 2 3 3 1 3 17
Total 7 14 25 34 46 47 13 25 31 20 16 4 8 3 293
Schedule of Employers Earning Daily
Women
Laundresses 123 121 244
Seamstresses 48 51 6 105
Total 171 172 6 349
Men
Gardeners 26 87 8 1
Choremen 24 14 1
Total 50 101 9 1 161
Schedule of Employees Earning Weekly
General servants 1 16 152 187 24 3 383
Second girls 11 18 10 39
Cooks and laundresses 4 6 22 13 45
Cooks 1 3 20 39 23 11 3 1 101
Chambermaids and waitresses 6 15 1 1 23
Chambermaids 1 7 9 6 1 1 25
Waitresses 2 14 16 1 2 1 36
Nurses 1 5 10 1 1 18
Housekeepers 2 1 1 4
Total 2 27 221 318 80 19 4 1 1 1 674

TABLE XII[209]
Average Weekly and Daily Wages by Occupations

Occupation Person replying
Employer Employee
Average weekly wages Per cent receiving more than average Per cent receiving the same or less than the average Average weekly wages Per cent receiving more than average Per cent receiving the same or less than the average
Women
General servants $2.94 52.97 47.03 $2.88 55.87 43.13
Second girls 3.04 40.00 60.00 3.27 53.85 46.15
Cooks and laundresses 3.50 43.97 56.03 3.27 53.33 46.67
Cooks 3.80 45.71 54.29 3.64 43.56 56.44
Chambermaids and waitresses 2.99 58.65 41.35 3.21 52.17 47.83
Chambermaids 3.31 47.83 52.17 3.47 32.00 68.00
Waitresses 3.23 43.69 56.31 3.15 44.44 55.56
Nurses 3.53 36.00 64.00 3.03 33.33 66.67
Housekeepers 5.15 25.00 75.00 5.15 25.00 75.00
Total $3.23 47.88 52.12 $3.11 50.95 49.05
Men
Butlers $6.11 50.00 50.00
Coachmen and gardeners 6.54 44.72 55.28
Coachmen 7.84 46.79 53.21
Cooks 6.09 47.06 52.94
Total $6.93 46.42 53.58
Average daily wages
Women
Laundresses $0.82 53.28 46.72
Seamstresses 1.01 39.05 60.95
Total $0.90 49.00 51.00
Men
Gardeners $1.33 56.56 43.44
Choremen .87 43.59 56.41
Total $1.29 53.42 46.58

The following tables show the classified and average wages paid in the principal occupations as reported by a Boston employment bureau:

TABLE XIII
Classified Weekly Wages by Occupations

Occupation Earning Weekly
$1, but under $2 $2, but under $3 $3, but under $4 $4, but 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 $11 Total
General servants 8 183 577 143 3 914
Second girls 2 41 363 69 475
Cooks 1 3 39 347 145 28 4 3 4 574
Chambermaids 3 40 37 2 82
Waitresses 4 29 16 1 50
Parlor maids 11 45 1 57
Nursery maids 7 45 119 57 3 1 1 233
Laundresses 1 9 27 15 1 53
Total 18 280 1,187 741 170 30 5 3 4 2,438