WHITE-COLLAR WORKERS.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18367, 28 April 1925, Page 13

WHITE-COLLAR WORKERS.

NUMEROUS IN NEW YORK CITY. Most of the workers of New York hold white-collar jobs. A census of the tity'g population shows that tho men *ho perform manual labour are in the minority, says the "New York Times." Bwro are about 2,300,000 men and *onien regularly employed in New iork City at present. After classifying ttis vast army into about fifty different .pupations it is found that clerks, not thc«e employed in stores, ,'srm tho largest group. There are „|f employed. Compared with this '*£ re are less than 30,000 male derks J.JW 13,000 female clerks in the store.':. feSA' distinction is made between Ijwrks and salesmen and saljswornen.

sales group includes moro than K&OOp men and 30,000 women. No s*«y in the woild provides employment s£f so many stenographers as New ■*•"? proportion of men to women

since there are but 5000 %fy& as compared t 0 moro than 70 000 Women have also monopolised "£»e telephone trades. Loss than 1400 $vr fl i and moro than 20 000 women arc &Sfi"*Ved as telephone operators. fTrThcro arc more than 80,000 bßokrv* cashiers, and accountants in K* "rk, with the positions almost *, equally divided between men and j SMBGn. As might be supposed New lork is well provided with servants u Waitm - Or this lanre group S-Vk^vl 000 are m ? n and 95^000 women. other occupation employs so many '!r jj toen ; The semi-skilled women opera- ') SwJL m «" occupations number but y <w,uoo. j n t j, o cf c d uca tio n there 80 * 03 male smool teachers, as ■ wmnarod Trith n , )out < BOOO wcmen

New York is tho greatest K centre of tho countrv, a U fc~! p * rntlve '. v spall part of its popula- "■. fi^L* 66108 to find emplovment in tht ir^? 8 - , There are less than 10,000 . „ >«ncr and stone masons. The carpsntnmber 42,000, and there are Jectricians. It is surprising to ■t there are onh" 23.000 labourthe building trades and 10 000 s, helpers, and porters in" the .There are moro than 35,000 *men and stevedores, and =7,000 teamsters and express *he- total number of painters » and varnishers exceeds 25,000 nen listed as retail dealers arc >n number, ns compared with women so occupied. Managers [wHntendents arc a numerous wiling 15,000 me*. /*nd to opcr-

ate tho city's elevatprs a force of 10,000 male and 1000 female attendants is required. There are 5000 clergymen, 12,000 policemen, 13,000 trained nurses, and more than 50,000 chauffeurs in New York.