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Show fh Employment Security SMSFi- Agency Releases vuJsF,!U Payro" Data iQi flflOt "I iha average monthly wage tor i-4,VWvt'B I the vtah industrial worker during jsgSKjSs- 1940 was $105.65, according to flg- 5gi?5lp ures released by Iiay R. Adams, J'&!jLr&r Executive Director ot the Depart- A. IlX " 1 ment of Placement and Unemploy- CtXS. fwrr& '4.I ment Insurance. Mr. Adams stated 2C AuAuufAcnmin 20.1 that his figures were based upon if nfj' "r(CSml ti reports from approximately seven lftO fCVX""'"B thousand Utah employers who em- I N ployed an average of 80.1S5 workers I I.. JsSy 1 lor each month of the year. I V V Sr'-' The average monthly wage In the f f yf., ll mining industry was $133.92. This $V -fmmli was $3.00 more than the average Vh. r&& 0T those working for finance, ln- f--rS aurance, and real estate companies, (7( SsAt wJpSi. an(i approximately $17.00 more than tjQS wa3 pai(1 tnose working for intra- state transportation, communlca- Air iv L tion and utilities- Tne average i w Q Jg ) hum iiTI wage for construction workers was 3fej7J5KHM 94-l a month; for wholesale and 11 f O retail workers, $95.41; service XlO-l'' workers, $77.48; and for manufao- W- OtAZtU" urinB workers. $110.83. ' JQQ'j nuAKci The state wide average monthly Sniw " wase f $105.65 was $2.00 less than (S&ff&Zt sitvict it the state wide average for 1937, OV S but $3.00 more than the average (f55X 3?CS-". Uj e5 for 1938. The total payroll for the $ff . year, exclusive ot intrastate rail- , rWV-x, , I roads, agriculture, domestic, and S" (vftyUhSSm- "i public payroll, was $102,000,000. I 0ViiX2S,1M This Is within $6,000,000 of the big I z4cwmiutioiiWi pay roll years of the 1920's, and VT 31 I approximately $44,000,000 more than VSp -"Vva mil moi V the pay roll in the depths of the 0?3' 1 depression. ,,,., (TSlS""'"1 Mr- Adams stated that the up- W eWZfK wki i , "i 1 turn in Utah began in December of XSsMS 1938 and that the defense program fir TfAk has accelerated the upturn. The It JQk month of December, 1940, showed I' a Payroll of $10,000,000, which Is "V J i f believed to be an all-time record. (Cut Courtesy of S. L. Tribune) The Department of Employment Security As A Basic Information Agency Before any logical attack on the problem of unemployment can be made, currently correct Information must be available. Gathering statistical data for the use of labor, business and public, to answer current and future problems Is one of the chief functions of the Department of Placement and Unemployment Unemploy-ment Insurance, (Department of Employment Security after July 1, 1941). f Here's a sure way to beat the heat on your vacation trip step into the air-conditioned comfort of a Union Pacific train. In modern Coaches, economical Challenger Sleepers or superbly -appointed Standard Pullmans, Pull-mans, you'll ride relaxed and arrive refreshed. Delicious Dining Car meals. Registered Nurse-Stewardess service on principal trains. SAMPLE LOW ROUND TRIP FARES from Salt Lake City to : In Challenger In Sfnndard In Coaches Slecp.ng Car6 Sleeping Cars Los Angeles. . . $22.40 $33.35 $35.10 Chicago .... 47.00 48.60 59.35 Denver 21.25 23.95 26.55 Kansas City . . . 39.25 43.00 51.90 Portland .... 29.65 33.35 35.10 Berth extra. Similar low fares to other points. ' Liberal return limits. Also very low one-way fares. Ask about travel on credit no money down pay later For further details conduit: City Ticket Office, Hotel Utah Bldg., Phono 3-1544 C.H. SALTMARSH, General Agont Fascenoer Department |