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Full resolution (TIFF) - On this page / på denna sida - Appendices - 6. Pre-War Conditions of the Negro Wage Earner in Selected Industries and Occupations - 15. The Slaughtering and Meat-Packing Industry
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An American Dilemma
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Concerning the wage level, we may refer to the following average figures contained
in a study in 1937 by the Department of Labor.
Males
Section and Race Total Skilled Semi-skilled Unskilled Females
The North
Negroes I.71 f.84 $.71 $.63 >.53
Whites .69 .82 .67 .60 .51
The South
Negroes .46 •54 .49 .40 ft
Whites •S3 .67 .50 .4S .38
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. “Earnings and Hours in the Meat-Packing Industry, December
1937,*’ Monthly Labor Review (October, 1939). p. 9S3*
• Number of workers in sample too small for computing of average.
We find that the wage structure is characterized by a rather large differential between
North and South. In Northern states there is the rather exceptional phenomenon that
Negroes at each occupational level and also in general, earned slightly more per hour
than did whites. This is probably due to the fact that Negro workers, more than whites,
are concentrated in some of the largest plants. In the South, on the other hand, Negroes
usually earned less than whites, not only generally but also at each occupational level.
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