The public schools and women in office service . e clerk, so alsois the requisite time to reach the same wage median stenographer or middle girl reached $8 andless than $10 in one year, $10 and less than $12 in twoyears. Four years were necessary for the middle girlto earn $12 and less than $15; seven years to earn $15and less than $18; and ten years or more to earn $18and over. Both the median clerk and the medianstenographer required about the same length of timeto reach the high wage of $15 or more, showing that thewoman earning this wage, whether called a clerk or astenographer
The public schools and women in office service . e clerk, so alsois the requisite time to reach the same wage median stenographer or middle girl reached $8 andless than $10 in one year, $10 and less than $12 in twoyears. Four years were necessary for the middle girlto earn $12 and less than $15; seven years to earn $15and less than $18; and ten years or more to earn $18and over. Both the median clerk and the medianstenographer required about the same length of timeto reach the high wage of $15 or more, showing that thewoman earning this wage, whether called a clerk or astenographer, represents much the same degree ofability and responsibility. 1 101 clerks earned $12 and less than $15. Since 12 are unclassified by length ofexperience, 89 are taken as a basis for study. WAGES. 137 Chart IX.— Showing Relation of Schooling and Experience to Wage. (The section below the black dividing line signifies a wage of less than$10. The section above signifies a wage of $10 or more. Five years expe-rience and over is shown thus ?). High SchoolQraJuatrwlthoulAddilionalTraining. High School Non-Qraduata with Additioiu) Training. High School Qrammar arammar School School with without Additional Additional Additional Training. Training. Training. STENOGRAPHERS. 100 120 W iOO 62 ii 413 m 60 = 40 ^^ 20) 0_ High School High School High School High School Grammar Graduate Non-Oraduate Non-Oraduate with uilh • Hhoul Additional Additional AdJilional Additional Additional Training. Training Training. Training. Training. •This total includt^a 5 who had Grammar School Training without Additional Training,but not 2G unclassified by schooling. 22 unclassified by schooling not included in this total. 138 WOMEN IN OFFICE SERVICE. Experience or special equipment are most clearlyexpressed in the wage of $12 and over. ]\Iore than one-half ( per cent) of the stenographers earned S12 ormore, which, for the majority ( per cent), requireda minimum experience of three years. All
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