United States yearbook - 1982 (1)

Blue Collar Workers— Minority Group Employment 269
No. 459. Full-Time Civilian Blue-Collar Employment by Selected Major Occupation
G r o u p : i 9 6 0 t o 1981
[Covers full-time civilan blue-collar employment as of October 31 in all Federal departments and agencies except members and
staff of Congress, the Congressional Budget Office, Copyright Royalty Tribunal, Office of Technology Assessment, most of the
Judicial Branch, and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. The Central Intelligence a n d N a tional S ecurity agencies
are exempt by law from reporting personnel data to Office of Personnel Management. Excludes foreign nationals employed
overseas; beginning 1980 excludes the U.S. Postal Service]
MAJOR OCCUPATION
GROUP
I9 6 0 1970 1980 1981
M AJOR OCCUPATION
GROUP
1960 1970 1980 1961
Total.......................... 6 3 5 ,2 0 7 5 7 4 ,9 2 6 4 5 2 ,8 3 4 4 5 2 ,0 6 9
Electronic equip, install.
and maintenance......... 2 2 ,8 3 6 2 9 ,8 9 8 2 3 ,8 9 6 23,8 6 5
Electrical Installation
and maintenance......... 3 2 ,3 2 4 28,723 25,5 3 3 24,453
Instrument work............. . 6,2 2 3 7,7 2 7 6,0 2 9 6,108
Machine tool work_____ 3 1 ,9 3 8 21,751 17,763 17,991
General services and
support work.............. 9 0 ,7 7 6 6 0 ,6 5 4 39,374 37,720
Metal processing........... 15,262 11,190 8,9 5 2 9,1 6 6
Metal work..................... 2 3 ,2 1 7 2 1 ,5 4 7 24,1 5 0 2 8 ,5 79
Painting and
paperhanging.............. 13,865 11,202 10,095 10,207
Plumbing and pipefitting... 17,707 15,901 79,097 18,640
Printing........................... 14,869 14,091 10,345 0,301
Woodwork..................... 2 1 ,9 2 9 17,861 13,891 12,707
General maintenance
and operation.............. 12,520 16,670 17,905 17,415
Miscellaneous
occupations................
Industrial equipment
maintenance................
Industrial equipment
operation.....................
Transportation/moblle
equip, operations.........
Transportation/mobile
equip, maintenance.....
Armament work..............
Warehousing and sfock
handling......................
Packing and processing...
Food preparation and
serving........................
Engine overhaul..............
Aircraft overhaul.............
Other.............................
_ 725 4,932 5,009
16,183 19,096 19,249 19,928
37,340 28,365 18,375 18,061
48,257 45,463 26,836 28,627
24,184
6,161
50,799
10,323
27,858
11,367
21,343
78,926
29,215
6,491
46,597
8,518
29,703
8,155
18,473
76.912
23,485
5,156
37,654
8,380
23,745
5,237
16,599
44,166
23,041
5,311
39,762
8,761
22,680
5,538
17,200
45,999
- Represents zero.
Source: U.S. Office of Personnel Management, O c c u p a tio n s o f F e d e ra l B lu e -C o lla r W orkers, annual.
N o . 4 6 0 . M in o r i t y G r o u p F u l l - T i m e E m p l o y m e n t in t h e F e d e r a l G o v e r n m e n t , A l l A g e n c ie s ,
B y P a y S y s t e m : 1 9 7 9 a n d 1 9 8 0
(As of Nov. 30. Excludes Hawaii, Guam, Puerto Rico, and foreign nationals abroad]
PAY SYSTEM
Total
employees
(1.000)
Total
(1,000) ‘
1979 1980
Minority groups
Percent
of
total
Black
(1.000)
Hispanic
(1,000)
Total
employees
(1,000)
Total
(1,000)1
Minority groups
Percent
of
total
Black
(1,000)
Hispanic
(1,000)
A ll pay systems, total__ 2,419.0 553.2 22.9 402.4 95.1 2,436.9 574.0 23.5 414.3 100.4
General schedule and
1,430.9 284.3 19.9 199.5 47 6 1,455.5 302.6 20.6 211.3 51.9
272.8
32.9 65.8 13.4
436.9 26.2 87.9 18.2
GS 1-4 ($7,960-$14,248)....
GS 5-8 ($12,266-$21,875)..
87.4
110.1
32.0
25.2
64.2
82.9
12.4
17.0
273.9
445.0
90.2
116.6
GS 9-12 ($18,585-
$35,033)......................... 511.4 70.9 13.9 43.4 14.9 521.0 77.4 14,9 47.2 16.6
GS 13-15 ($32,048-
$57,912).......................... 209.8 15.9 7.6 9.1 3.2 215.6 18.3 8.5 10.5 3.7
Executive, total...................... 8.9 .5 5.6 .4 (2) 6.4 .6 7.1 .4 W
Wage systems... ................... 442.6 131.7 29.8 92.2 28.0 440.9 131.1 29.7 91.4 27.7
WG—Regular nonsupervlsory.................................
322.1 105.6 32.8 72.7 23.6 320.0 104.8 32.8 71.9 23.3
WL—Regular leader........... 11.5 3.6 31.3 2.5 .a 11.5 3.7 32.2 2.5 .8
WS—Regular supervisory.,.. 37.8 8.6 22.8 5.6 2.0 37.5 8.7 23.2 5.9 2.0
Other wage systems......... 71.2 13.9 19.5 11.2 1.6 71.9 13.9 19.3 11.1 1.6
U.S. Postal Service................ 516.4 133.6 25.9 108.0 18.9 512.6 136.5 26.6 109.2 20.2
Level 1-5.......................... 369.1 95.1 25.8 77.0 13.9 364.5 96.3 26.4 77.1 14.7
Level 6-12.......................... 85.7 28.1 32.8 22.7 3.7 85.4 28.8 33,7 23.0 3.6
Level 13 and above........... 61,6 10.4 16.9 B.3 1.4 62.7 11.4 18.2 9.0 1.7
Other pay systems................ 20.3 3.0 14.8 2.2 ,5 21.4 3.2 15.0 2.0 .5
Z Fewer than 50. ‘Includes American Indians and Orientals, 8Pay rates as of Oct. t980 for general schedule. Each
grade (except Executive) includes several salary steps. Range is from lowest to highest step of grades shown.
Source: U.S. Office of Personnel Management, E q u a l E m p loym ent O p p o rtu n ity S ta tistics, annual.