CHAPTER III.

ECONOMIC STATUS.

TABLE 79.-Industrial condition before coming to the United States of foreign-born males who were 16 years of age or over at time of coming, by industry.

TABLE 80.-Industrial condition before coming to the United States of foreign-born females who were 16 years of age or over at time of coming, by industry.

TABLE 81.—Average amount of weekly earnings of male employees, by general nativity

and industry.*

(STUDY OF EMPLOYEES.)

18 YEARS OF AGE OR OVER.

Total.

10.61

11.02

14.24

11.22

13.96

12.72

9.75

14.83

12. 15

11.50

10.27

10.64

12.07

12.46

13.67

14.01

13.71

13.81

12.89

12.13

13.42

12.50

8.25

11.62

11.82

(a)

10.49

*This table shows wages or earnings for the period indicated, but no account is taken of voluntary lost time or lost time from shutdowns or other causes. In the various tables in this report showing annual

earnings allowance is made for time lost during the year.

a Not computed, owing to small number involved.

Average earnings per week in each specified industry, by general nativity and industry.

NATIVE-BORN

FOREIGN-BORN

TABLE 81.-Average amount of weekly earnings of male employees, by general nativity and industry*—Continued.

*This table shows wages or earnings for the period indicated, but no account is taken of voluntary lost time or lost time from shutdowns or other causes. In the various tables in this report showing annual earnings allowance is made for time lost during the year.

a Not computed, owing to small number involved.