TABLE NUMBER IXOccupations of Migrants in Pittsburgh as Compared with Statementsof Occupations in South[5]OCCUPATIONSIN PITTSBURGHPERCENTAGEIN SOUTHPERCENTAGECommon Laborer4689528654Skilled or semi-skilled2045911Farmer8115Miner367Saw Mill Workers92Ran own farm or father’s farm336Ran farm on crop sharing basis225Other Occupations5100493100529100
TABLE NUMBER IX
Occupations of Migrants in Pittsburgh as Compared with Statementsof Occupations in South[5]
From the foregoing table, it is apparent that ninety-five percent of the migrants who stated their occupations, were doing unskilled labor, in the steel mills, the building trades, on the railroads, or acting as servants, porters, janitors, cooks and cleaners. Only twenty or four percent out of four hundred and ninety-three migrants whose occupations were ascertained, were doing what may be called semi-skilled or skilled work, as puddlers, mold-setters, painters and carpenters. On the other hand, in the South fifty-nine of five hundred and twenty-nine claimed to have been engaged in skilled labor, while a large number were rural workers.