Average Monthly Earnings for Workers in
the Cotton Weaving Industry (2 and 3 shifts combined)
Excluding fringe benefits:
Average Monthly Earnings
1.
Year
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1965 (August)
1966
1966 (September)
2.
Including fringe benefits:
Year
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1965 (August)
1966
1966 (September)
$149.31
$160.15
$177.94
$184.05
$180.87
$207.73
$240.14
$251.65
$251.64
$254.14
Average Monthly Earnings
$202.71
$216.96
$240.34
$242.62
$244.53
$282.57
$311.97
$324.28
$329.15
$332.85
Note: 1. Fringe benefits include: (i) cash benefits, such as New
Year bonus, good attendance and efficiency bonuses and other cash allowances, e.g. electricity allowances; (ii) frce or subsidized food or food allowance; (iii) free or subsidized accommodation; and (iv) paid holidays.
2. No overtime payment has been included.
3. All earnings refer to the position in March each year
except as indicated.