based Upon Ministry of Labour Gazette revort
Since 1959 the tiinistry of Labour has carried out an ennual enquiry into the earnings of selaried emptoyees, The latest, which relates to October 1963, indicates that average earnings of male administrative, technical and clerical employees in the production industries (excluding agriculture, forestry and fishing) were £114, 3s, far the month in the case of those paid monthly, £16. 12s. 9d. for the last pay-week in the case of those paid weekly and, combining the two on a weekly basis, £22, 2a. 2d, Female employees *serned £49. lls. 34. (monthly-paid), £3. Ss. 1lld. (weekly paid) and, combining the two, £9, 28. 9d. Compared with Cetober, 1962, there has been an increase of 4.8.) for all males but only 4.0% for all females. ‘the position is even worse when considered over a len-er period; the average level of salary earnings rose between Getober, 1959, and Cctober 1963, by 22.450 for all malescovered by the enquivybut only by 20.2): for 211 females. Thus the elready bad position is setting worse. :
The position in particular industries is shown by the following table: