ther important women employing industries
receiving under $8, $8 to $12, and $12 and over per week.]

The comparison of the wages paid men employees shown in Diagram 9 is
somewhat less favorable. Women's clothing ranks with printing and
publishing as to the proportion of male workers receiving the highest
specified earnings per week. Men's clothing ranks sixth among the
industries compared.

The various kinds of work do not command fixed wage rates, as do many
other types of industrial employment. Quantity of output as well as
quality of workmanship is an important factor in the determination of
wages. Men generally turn out a greater output than women on the same
kind of work and piece workers usually earn more than those paid by
the week. The lowest, average, and highest wages for each of the
principal occupations in the two branches of the industry are shown in
Tables 16 and 17.

One reason often given for the higher earnings received by workers on
women's garments is the greater irregularity of employment in this
branch of the industry. This, however, does not sufficiently account
for the difference. The most weighty reason is that a higher degree of
adaptability is required of workers than is the case in the
manufacture of men's clothing.

[Illustration: Diagram 9.--Percentage of men in men's and women's
clothing and seven other manufacturing industries receiving under $18,
$18 to $25, and $25 and over per week]

TABLE 16.--WAGES FOR FULL-TIME WORKING WEEK, WOMEN'S CLOTHING,
CLEVELAND, 1915

---------------------------------------+--------+----------+---------+
Workers | Lowest | Average | Highest |
---------------------------------------+--------+----------+---------+
Assorters, women | $6.00 | $8.75 | $14.00 |
Hand sewers, women | 6.00 | 10.00 | 20.00 |
Trimming girls | 7.00 | 10.25 | 15.00 |
Operators,* women | 6.00 | 12.00 | 30.00 |
Sample makers, women | 10.00 | 12.75 | 15.00 |
Examiners, women | 8.00 | 13.50 | 18.00 |
Models, suit and cloak | 10.00 | 15.25 | 21.00 |
Forewomen | 9.00 | 16.25 | 25.00 |
Operators,* men | 7.00 | 17.75 | 50.00 |
Pressers, men | 9.00 | 18.25 | 35.00 |
Cutters,