White-collar salaries vary widely in the service industries.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' first nationwide white-collar pay survey of all private sector industries, during March 1987 employees of engineering and research firms earned more on the average than workers in other service industries. The study also revealed that skill and experienc...

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Published in:Monthly Labor Review Vol. 110; pp. 21 - 23
Main Author: Cooper, C. Joseph
Format: Article
Published: US Department of Labor November 1987
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Summary:According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' first nationwide white-collar pay survey of all private sector industries, during March 1987 employees of engineering and research firms earned more on the average than workers in other service industries. The study also revealed that skill and experience play a major role in levels of white-collar pay. Tables list average pay scales in white-collar jobs.