In 1890 and 1900 a large number of occupations could not be included in the table because the figures for 1890 were not available. The comparison of the two censuses shows clearly that there is for Negro wage-earners a probable enlargement of the scope of occupations outside of domestic and personal service.
Table XVI below gives in detail the number and percent of increase of the native white and Negro wage-earners, ten years of age and over, engaged in selected occupations in New York City in 1890 and 1900:
TABLE XVI. NATIVE WHITE AND NEGRO WAGE-EARNERS, TEN YEARS OF AGE AND OVER, ENGAGED IN SELECTED OCCUPATIONS, NEW YORK CITY, 1890 AND 1900.[A]
-------------------------+------------------------------------------------ | Male. +------------------------+----------------------- Occupation. | Native white. | Negro. -------------------------+-------+-------+--------+------+-------+-------- | | |Per cent| | |Per cent | 1890. | 1900. |increase|1890. | 1900. |increase -------------------------+-------+-------+--------+------+-------+-------- Domestic and personal | | | | | | service | 16,887| 42,621| 152.4 | 4,975| 27,956| 461.9 Barbers and | | | | | | hairdressers | 1,017| 1,936| 60.9 | 111| 215| -- Bartenders | 2,530| 5,776| 128.3 | 29| 84| -- Janitors and sextons | 712| 2,037| 186.2 | 336| 800| 118.6 Laborers (not | | | | | | classified) | 8,807| 26,669| 203.1 | 882| 3,719| 352.4 Servants and waiters[B] | 3,821| 6,473| 69.4 | 3,647| 6,280| 72.2 Trade and transportation | 69,162|170,350| 146.3 | 1,520| 5,338| 450.3 Boatmen and sailors | 1,024| 3,675| 258.9 | 106| 145| 36.8 Bookkeepers and | | | | | | accountants[F] | 34,960| 16,526| -- | 236| 33| -- Clerks and copyists | --| 62,921| -- | --| 423| -- Draymen, hackmen, | | | | | | teamsters, etc. | 12,908| 31,695| 145.5 | 476| 1,439| 202.3 Hostlers[C] | 840| 1,659| -- | 100| 633| -- Messengers, errand and | | | | | | office boys[D] |} |{ 10,578|} | |{ 355|} Packers and shippers |} 7,711|{ 2,026|} 117.4 | 559|{ 23|} 347.4 Porters and helpers (in |} |{ |} | |{ |} stores) |} |{ 4,157|} | |{ 2,143|} Salesmen | 8,398| 29,889| 255.9 | 15| 94| 526.7 Steam railroad employees| 3,321| 7,224| 121.1 | 28| 70| 150.0 Manufacturing and | | | | | | mechanical pursuits | 30,180| 71,613| 137.3 | 427| 1,026| 140.3 Blacksmiths | 1,169| 2,490| 113.0 | 9| 29| -- Masons (brick and stone)| 2,278| 5,032| 120.1 | 20| 94| 370.0 Painters, glaziers and | | | | | | varnishers | 5,805| 12,947| 123.0 | 99| 177| 78.8 Plasterers | 701| 1,592| 127.1 | 10| 51| 410.0 Plumbers, gas and steam | | | | | | fitters | 5,225| 12,355| 136.4 | 11| 31| -- Carpenters and joiners | 4,712| 11,471| 143.4 | 33| 94| 184.8 Tobacco and cigar | | | | | | factory operatives | 1,940| 2,182| 12.0 | 146| 189| 29.4 Tailors | 2,200| 4,545| 106.6 | 20| 69| 245.0 Upholsterers | 860| 1,447| 68.2 | 11| 18| 63.3 Engineers and firemen | | | | | | (not locomotive) | 2,622| 8,129| 210.0 | 61| 227| 272.1 Machinists | 2,368| 9,423| 297.9 | 7| 47| -- -------------------------+-------+-------+--------+------+-------+------- Total |116,224|284,584| 144.8 | 6,922| 34,321| 395.8 -------------------------+-------+-------+--------+------+-------+-------