The public schools and women in office service . the Civil Service Commission of Massachusetts, 1913. Two supervisors and five inspectors. and typists, who again constitute a selected group.^An examination for speed and general knowledge ofletter form and spelling eliminates the incompetent. • Department of Research, Womens Educational and Industrial Union, Vocalionafor the Trained Woman, Part H, Tables 1 and 2, pages 129 and 131. All earning lessthan $10 were eUminated. » See Chapter III, page 8. WAGES. 117 According to young high school graduates, however,the ability to take stenographic not
The public schools and women in office service . the Civil Service Commission of Massachusetts, 1913. Two supervisors and five inspectors. and typists, who again constitute a selected group.^An examination for speed and general knowledge ofletter form and spelling eliminates the incompetent. • Department of Research, Womens Educational and Industrial Union, Vocalionafor the Trained Woman, Part H, Tables 1 and 2, pages 129 and 131. All earning lessthan $10 were eUminated. » See Chapter III, page 8. WAGES. 117 According to young high school graduates, however,the ability to take stenographic notes at the rate of100 words a minute is not an exorbitant requirementnor too severe a test. More than one-half ( percent) of the 9,488 stenographers placed by the fivetypewriter agencies during 1913 received S12 to SI5,inclusive, per cent earning $12 or more. In aboutequal proportions, per cent earned $9 and less Chart V.— Showing Wages of 9,488 Stenographers and Typists placedby Five Typewriter Agencies during the Year Under $6. $7. $8. $9. $10. $11. $12. $13. $14. $15. $16. $17. $18. Over $6. 566 492 1163 853 1261 42 2711 56 78 2019 19 5 172 $18. 12 39 than $12 and per cent earned less than S9. There-fore, per cent of those placed by the agencies, ascompared with per cent of the stenographers andtypists in Civil Service, earned less than $12. An employment bureau pro\ided still another sourceof information for a group of 509 office workers. Hereagain, a certain amount of selection eliminated the lessdesirable, but no specific test was required. Nearlythree-fourths ( per cent) earned less than $12, whileless than one-tenth (9 per cent) earned $15 and over. 118 WOMEN IN OFFICE SERVICE. Since office service includes all kinds of workersranging from clerks engaged in comparatively routinework to secretaries engaged in administrative andexecutive duties, a comparison of the wage by occu-pation is more significant than a wage comparison o
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