British Mandate: A Survey of Palestine: Volume II - Page 735. Chapter XVII: Labour And Wages: Section 2: Wages and Earnings : Table 1: Daily Wage Rates For Selected Industrial Occupations, 1939 -1944

CHAPTER XVII.

13. Wage rates must be distinguished from earnings. The former connotes the rate of remuneration for a specified period of time per hour, day, week or month. The latter refers to the actual amount received during a certain period, including all allowances, overtime pay and bonuses.

14. In table l are shown the daily wage rates paid to Arab males, Jewish males and Jewish females in various branches of industry, during the years 1939 to 1944. To facilitate comparison, the actual wage rates in any given year are also expressed as a percentage of 1939.

Table 1.

DAILY WAGE RATES FOR SELECTED INDUSTRIAL OCCUPATIONS 1939-1944.

T Index Numbers 1939 = 100
OCCUPATION 1989 liMl/1942 1949 19441 19U) 1942/1949 I 1944
I 1939
A, ARAB LABOUR, MALES: mils mils mils mils mils I
Tile maker HO 160 181 s es 100.0 u-.e 129.9 884.9
Carpenter 000 288 eas esa 100.0 119.0 212.5 929.0
Machine printer 22' '40 ass 549 100.0 100.0 107.1 176.9 245.l
Rand compositor 290 sec 231! "' '" 100.0 95.7 100.9 182.2 236.'1
Cardboard box maker 102 981 100.0 ase.s
Tobacco - all operations 142 "' 216 867 HO 100.0 107.0 152.1 258.5 288.7
Baker 219 260 976 000 100.0 118.7 171.7 228.9
Fitter 294 316 sas 818 100.0 107.5 178.6 278.2
Unweighted geometric -- -- --.-- -- -- --
average ~~ 118.2 ~ 272.4
B. JEWISH LABOUR, MALES:
Baker - all operations 511 600 728 I~ nos 100.0 !17.4 142.15 176.1 196.7
Tobacco •- all operations 480 1010 100.0 100.0 - 156.2 210.4
Carpenter 970 aas 558 "' lOIO 100.0 104.0 150.8 '208.IS 278.0
Machine printer cs 480 596 900 1060 100.0 106.0 181.6 198.7 284.0
Linotype operator 667 "' 767 985 1276 100.0 112.7 115.0 14.7.7 191.S
Hand compositor "' "' 506 940 lHO 100 0 100 2 114.0 211.7 256.8
Weaver aaa oe sea 880 1040 1()00 / ias.a 182.6 278.S esa o
Knitter eao ~60 s ** ees 1000 100 0 107 0 138.6 205.8 29-J.6
Shoe maker uc 460 000 709 900 100 0 112 2 122.0 171.5 219.5
Fitter 946 976 "' 886 nos 1000 1087 156.9 241.6 818.8
Iron moulder 869 869 9U 1200 100.01100.0 - 255.0 aas.a
Turner "' 615 887 1152 100.0 100.0 145.0 209.2 271.7
Welder 400 616 890 Hl67 100.0 - 154.0 222.5 256.8
Unweighted geometric ---------
average ~~~ 202.7 251.5
c. JEWISH ucscnn,
FEMALES:
Cardboard makers 182 200 280 506 640 100.oj 100.5 153.8 218.0 951.6
Packers - leaf sorters 200 245 282 505 670 100.0 122.s ie.e 252.5 sas.c
Winders 214 292 828 550 740 100.0 108.9 150.9 267.0 945.8
Shirt makers 190 - 388 570 650 100.0 - 204.2 800.0 342.1
Sewers 218 256 997 588 690 ~1~~~~
Unweighted geometric -i--
average 100.0 nu 169.5 270.9 898.0

15. In this connection mention should be made of the agreement concluded between the Jewish Labour Federation and the Palestine Manufacturers' Association according to which the recommendations of the Wages Committee of 1942 were incorporated in the payment of a compensatory allowance. According to the agreement, the amount of the allowance is linked to movements in the cost-of-living index, compiled by the Govern-

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