3
Stute Pey Scute Stuys tu r n
Public Workers' Losses Pun
Into M illions since 1942
By FLO Y D Q U E R Y
W hile an, exhaustive report on pay of
state employees as compared w ith indus
try and other service is not intended,
we are presenting B f e w | ^ S p 4 r w ns
¿and an outline, of w hat the Oregon State
Emp^wgesf AssSK^Bioix T ^ rvingluo do.
The table below shows average
m onthly earnings, 193 8 through 1947.
FiguB B r industry were secured from
the U nem ploym ent Com pensation C om
mission. Figures for I|g g iB |m p lo y e e s
were I ^Secured from inform ation pub -
lished by the Budget DiW gtor, and from
state departm ents who keep a ^ g jprd
of average m onthly earnings. A m o u n ^
I ^ O t h o s e t h e end of each year.
A v e ra g e M onthly R ates of P a y
C o m p ara tiv e G a in or Loss to S tate
E m ployees In W a g e s
year
19 ^ 8
’ I I
. -
$ 840,000 I
$
1940
672,000
1941
12^ S °
1942
______ ■
■ B ^ ^ H ________
T o th jM —
I
2,016,000
_4,158,i?Q0
1944
19;45
1946
1947
I
-4,074,000
0,000
12 ’5 2 0 ’0 0 0
|H jjh
TO 638,000
3,78O;d0O
» 1 1 , 068,000
M&T'rtrnb'g« of Ig K iS W ^S B B ^tim a te d as 7,000
1939 th ro u g h 1945. 10,000 in 1946 a n d 1947.
u ly
1947. th ro jjO M B jyi?-1948 vagim i fro m 10,269
MoW u g f M w i t h w m H ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ é d in A pril.
Employees who carried on grame,'f un c-
tions during the w ar took a financial
1
+ $ 9
beating. Their relative position was
$108
1938
+ 11
120
im proved to some extent by the $20
109
1939
B H
+
5
||§ H o f M 3iBg'adjustm ent e f f e S v é from
113
1940
-
2
125
June 1 to December 31, 1948, b u t they
127
1941
-
46
144,
are stillI considerably below their coun
190
1942.'
H I
-5 3
159
terparts in industry. The Ez/gzizccrz'/zg
212
H l6
-4 4
^ S S y E c^^albuj>l|hhgrand construction
172
1944
- B
196
1945|1 1
180
Indexes show a ' T f c ^ :^ W eragj| for
J u l y B ^ ^ |m l $ 1 . 3 8 6 per hour for c ò n i-1
-2 6
220
1946
-3 7
202
mon construction B bor and
per
1947
245 -
hour
for
skilled
labor.
G
etting
closer
ra
te
s
a
t
t
h
e
* T he
. en d BOÉB45 fre&ipwsÉÜ^gBpôs't; w a r a d ju s t-
home, we fin d tffa S T illa ^ ffl^ C o u n ty |
m ent
o v e rtim e pay, etc.
pays $1.20 per hour for common la
bor. Compare this w ith the $1.05 per
H ow H a v e S tate E m ployees F a re d ? I
hour paid by thÉ 3§gté ;df O regnn, and
I f . one calculates the com parative
th a t am ount^ only '; since. June 1, 1948
earning'^pf state^ r m d o y e e s " ^ a group
w ith those of industrial workers in to prior to w hich the rate; was $0.94!
Perhaps the large financial loss sus
tal dollars, some sta r
tained by state employees who stayed
T p rth ! In ?'the I table w hich follows, the
com parative status of state employees w ith the State dùrihgf p B M o ^ a and
p art of the burden of being a
is arrived at as follows: End of year
hand,
dollar differences are; averaged and ap publ^ijjservant, b u t on the
state employees can state w ith Jwstifi-
plied to the/.averaggl num ber of - state
,4eation th a t tELe; lastlappropriation voted
employees for th a t year.
■Erid o f
In d u stri/
S ta te
$117
BEH
State
¿ ^ D iffe r e n c e