average American family, which earned about sixty thousand dollars.

　　The Department of Labor measures the pay of industrial workers differently. It measures the average hourly and weekly pay for industrial workers. This is because factory workers are generally paid by the hour unlike farmers who earn income from their farm businesses. Generally, the average hourly pay for all industrial workers is about sixteen dollars. And the average weekly pay, about five hundred fifty dollars.

　　Industrial and other services employ about eighty-six percent of the labor force.

　　Title: _1_____________ in the U.S.

Farm

workers Changes in times In the 1930s In the _2________ In 2004 _3__________in income 25%of the farm families had about_4_______ the income of the non-farmer families Almost equal The average farm family earned $_5______ thousand more than the average American family Industrial workers Percentage of the _6_______ force About _7_______ About 14% Ways to_8______ By the hour By the _9___________ The amount at per unit $_10__________ $550