Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 138, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 June 1917 — Wage Average $16.15. [ARTICLE]

Wage Average $16.15.

New York, June 25.-—Manufactur-ing in New York state is at top speed, and with the single exception of one jnonth—April, 1917—the pay roll was larger in May than in any previous month in the state’s history. This statement is made by the New York industrial commission. The commission estimates the increase in wages during May over the wages paid in April at 3& per cent. The number of employes, however, was smaller by 1 per cent. The average per capita earnings for one week in May for all employes of both sexes were $16.15, compared with $15.50 in April, $14.24 in May, 1916, and $12.74 in May, 1915.