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Show Utah's Wage Income Is $300 Million Utah's total wage income for 1948 is expected to pass the $300 million mark. The average wagej earner in the state receives $212 1 monthly according to a press release issued by the state pub-' licity department. This is the highest salary peak in the state's history. , The new income is three times greater than the pre-war normal. It is five tim?s higher than the depression low. The total wage income for the past four months (May, June, July and August) was $77.13S.085. This figure is an increase of $2,829,085 over the first four-month four-month period of 1948. The ps-st four-month figure is also $12,-1 138.085 greater than the same period in 1947. During the past four months 12,449 business establishments es-tablishments employed 121,270 workers at an average mont'.ily of $212.03. Wages for some type of workers are higher tha noth-ers. noth-ers. Employment officials do not attempt to present an optimistic opti-mistic picture of the employment employ-ment future. Their reports do show that Utah wages in general have kept in line with the rising cost of living. |
