Occupational salary levels for white-collar workers, 1984.

From: Monthly Labor Review | Date: October 1, 1984| Author: | Copyright information

Average salaries increased at the lowest rates in more than 10 years, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' March 1984 survey of pay for professional, administrative, technical, and clerical occupations in medium and large firms. Salary levels rose between 3 and 6 percent for most of the 25 occupations compared with the March 1983 survey. In contrast, occupational salary increases averaged about 7 percent yearly during the 1970's and rose to more than 9 percent in 1981 and 1982. (See table 1.) The annual survey is used in the pay comparability process for Federal ...

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