were brought into a final comparison.
Often but one wage is given, and it then becomes naturally both highest
and lowest; but all figures are made to indicate an entire occupation or
branch of industry, and not a few high or low paid employees in that
branch. It is only with the final comparison that we are able to deal,
the reader being referred to the reports themselves for the invaluable
details given at full length and including many hundred pages.

The divisions of occupations are the same as those of the tenth census,
and the tables are made on the same system. To determine the general
conditions for the twenty thousand at work, it was necessary to have
accurate detail as to one thousand; and, in fact, 1,032 were
interviewed. Directly after the work in this direction had ended, and
before the report was ready for publication, a general reduction of ten
per cent in wages took place, and this must be kept in mind in dealing
with the returns recorded. In this, recapitulation is given in full,
and, as will be seen, includes all occupations open to women.

RECAPITULATION.
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| BOSTON. |OTHER PARTS OF MASS.| OTHER STATES.
|----------------+--------------------+----------------
| Number|Average | Number | Average | Number| Average
| | Weekly | | Weekly | | Weekly
| |Earnings| | Earnings | |Earnings
|-------+--------+---------+----------+-------+--------
Government and | | | | | |
professional | 7 | $5 57 | 5 | $6 40 | 10 | $6 28
Domestic and | | | | | |
personal office | 178 | 5 94 | 27 | 5 33 | 21 | 4 69
Trade and | | | | | |
transportation | 221 | 5 00 | 4 | 9 25 | 4 | 7 25
Manufactures and | | | | | |
mechanical | | | | | |
industries | 1,293 | 6 22 | 72 | 7 06 | 49 | 7 58
|-------+--------+---------+----------+-------+--------
All occupations | 1,699 | $6 03 | 108 | $6 68 | 84 | $6 69
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