§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish indices for each year since 1950 comparing the earnings of skilled engineers and of labourers, in each of the main categories of engineering.
§ Mr. Jim LesterThe following table expresses average weekly earnings of skilled male manual employees as a percentage of those of labourers for the four sectors of engineering regularly distinguished in articles on occupational earnings inEmployment Gazette, annually since 1963, the earliest year for which official information on occupational earnings is available.
Relative changes in average weekly earnings between different occupational groups may reflect changes in hours 755W worked, in the composition of the labour force arising from industrial and technical change, etc., and do not necessarily imply corresponding relative changes in basic pay rates for different levels of skill within a specific industrial process.
Following is the information:
AVERAGE GROSS WEEKLY EARNINGS OF SKILLED ADULT MALE MANUAL WORKERS EXPRESSED AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE EARNINGS OF ADULT MALE LABOURERS IN CERTAIN BROAD SECTORS OF ENGINEERING
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Year (June) Timeworkers Payment-by-results workers 1963 139.0 134.0 1964 136.9 137.8 1965 137.9 138.3 1966 138.8 138.4 1967 139.2 138.9 1968 137.2 136.7 1969 139.3 136.2 1970 134.8 135.5 1971 133.0 134.8 1972 134.1 133.0 1973 131.6 132.6 1974 130.8 127.3 1975 127.4 123.6 1976 127.0 122.3 1977 127.0 125.1 1978 127.4 123.4 1979 130.4 126.0
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING Year (June) Timeworkers Payment-by-results workers 1963 139.4 131.3 1964 139.1 128.4 1965 141.6 132.0 1966 142.3 132.3 1967 141.7 135.3 1968 141.0 135.4 1969 144.1 143.9 1970 138.3 137.4 1971 139.6 136.8 1972 138.8 129.6 1973 132.8 136.1 1974 132.7 136.1 1975 134.6 132.0 1976 130.0 127.3 1977 128.1 127.4 1978 131.5 128.0 1979 134.8 118.8 756W
MOTOR VEHICLE MANUFACTURING Year (June) Timeworkers Payment-by-results workers 1963 136.9 140.1 1964 140.4 140.1 1965 133.5 144.8 1966 140.7 142.5 1967 145.0 144.6 1968 141.0 148.7 1969 140.5 142.5 1970 142.0 139.0
Year (June) Payment-by-results workers Timeworkers 1971 135.3 146.5 1972 134.4 142.3 1973 132.6 138.4 1974 128.8 140.8 1975 123.2 124.9 1976 121.0 129.3 1977 121.8 127.5 1978 121.0 123.7 1979 117.6 121.4
AEROSPACE EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING AND REPAIRING Year (June) Timeworkers Payment-by-results workers 1963 141.6 157.9 1964 142.9 141.2 1965 139.0 140.9 1966 140.2 141.3 1967 142.0 142.3 1968 140.3 156.7 1969 142.5 148.2 1970 143.7 133.6 1971 147.7 140.4 1972 143.0 137.1 1973 139.6 131.1 1974 137.3 141.1 1975 130.5 132.8 1976 129.0 130.4 1977 128.9 127.5 1978 130.8 130.4 1979 131.3 131.1