The State Census figures are more detailed than those of the Federal Census. For example, under domestic and personal service, the Federal Census has grouped together male waiters and servants, while the State Census figures have been tabulated separately. It is also probable that the classification in 1890 and 1900 included wage-earners who were classified differently in 1905 and _vice versa_. And in 1905 professional occupations as well as all persons doing business on their own account were excluded. Differences in the figures may, therefore, be allowed.
Table XVII, which follows, shows the latest figures available on the scope of employment of Negro wage-earners:
TABLE XVII. OCCUPATIONS OF NEGRO WAGE-EARNERS, FIFTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND OVER, MANHATTAN, 1905.[A]
MALE -------------------------------------+--------+-----+--------- Occupation. | Totals.| No. |Per cent -------------------------------------+--------+-----+--------- Public service | 55 | -- | 1.4 Sailors and mariners (U.S.) | -- | 3 | -- Federal employees (custom house, | | | immigration, etc.) | -- | 6 | -- Post office (clerks) | -- | 13 | -- Post office (carriers) | -- | 9 | -- Street cleaning department | -- | 23 | -- Miscellaneous | -- | 1 | -- | | | Domestic and personal service | 1,527 | -- | 0.2 Barbers | -- | 27 | -- Bartenders | -- | 24 | -- Bellmen and doormen | -- | 154 | 4.0 Bootblacks | -- | 2 | -- Butlers | -- | 41 | -- Chauffeurs | -- | 9 | -- Cleaners (house, etc.) | -- | 15 | -- Coachmen | -- | 68 | 1.8 Cooks | -- | 110 | 2.9 Cooks (dining car) | -- | 7 | -- Chimney sweeps | -- | 2 | -- Domestic servants (not specified) | -- | 12 | -- Elevatormen | -- | 365 | 9.6 Hallmen (hotel, etc.) | -- | 90 | 2.4 Hotel managers | -- | 3 | -- Housemen | -- | 29 | -- Janitors and caretakers | -- | 83 | 2.2 Stewards | -- | 38 | -- Valets | -- | 18 | -- Waiters | -- | 425 | 11.2 Miscellaneous | -- | 5 | -- | | | Manufacturers and mechanical pursuits| 300 | -- | 7.9 Asphalt layers | -- | 6 | -- Blacksmiths | -- | 5 | -- Carpenters | -- | 18 | -- Confectioners | -- | 3 | -- Drill runners | -- | 5 | -- Electricians | -- | 3 | -- Engineers (not locomotive) | -- | 48 | -- Firemen (not locomotive) | -- | 19 | -- Factory employees (not specified) | -- | 6 | -- Hodcarriers | -- | 9 | -- Harness and saddlemakers | -- | 2 | -- Cigarmakers | -- | 32 | -- Kalsominers | -- | 8 | -- Machinists | -- | 12 | -- Mechanics (automobile, bicycle, | | | etc.) | -- | 9 | -- Masons (stone) | -- | 2 | -- Masons (brick) | -- | 8 | -- Masons (not specified) | -- | 5 | -- Painters and decorators | -- | 26 | -- Plasterers | -- | 7 | -- Plumbers, steam and gas fitters | -- | 5 | -- Printers and compositors | -- | 14 | -- Shoemakers and repairers | -- | 6 | -- Tailors | -- | 20 | -- Miscellaneous | -- | 22 | -- | | | Trade | 783 | -- | 20.6 Agents (real estate) | -- | 4 | -- Bookkeepers | -- | 3 | -- Clerks (office, banks, etc.) | -- | 11 | -- Shipping clerks | -- | 9 | -- Clerks and salesmen (in stores, | | | etc.) | -- | 63 | 1.7 Laundry employees | -- | 13 | -- Messengers, errand boys and | | | office boys | -- | 60 | 1.6 Watchmen | -- | 10 | -- Porters (stores, etc.) | -- | 587 | 15.4 Stenographers | -- | 5 | -- Miscellaneous | -- | 19 | -- | | | Transportation | 359 | -- | 9.4 Boatmen and seamen | -- | 17 | -- Expressmen, truckmen and drivers | -- | 119 | 3.1 Hostlers and stablemen | -- | 47 | 1.2 Longshoremen | -- | 75 | 2.0 Porters (railway) | -- | 83 | 2.2 Porters (street railway) | -- | 7 | -- Steamship company (not specified) | -- | 4 | -- Street railway (not specified) | -- | 3 | -- Telephone operators | -- | 3 | -- Car cleaner | -- | 1 | -- | | | Unclassified | 778 | -- | 20.5 Gardeners | -- | 3 | -- Laborers (not specified) | -- | 616 | 16.2 Musicians and musical performers | -- | 55 | 1.4 Foremen (not specified) | -- | 9 | -- Theatrical (not specified) | -- | 6 | -- Unknown | -- | 94 | -- Total for all occupations | 3,802 | | -------------------------------------+--------+-----+---------