The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-05-27
MINISTER'S PAY
SHOWN BY CENSUS
The Census Bureau Shows the Aver
age Annual Salary
at ssss.

Washington, ID. g., May 21-The
average annual salary Of minister
Of the gospel is but s66S, in all the
denominations represented in the
compilations on this subject in Part
] Of a special report on the census Of
religious bodies for 1906, which is
now in press preparatory to its sub
mission by United States Census Di-
rector Durand to Secretary Nagel of
the department of commerce and la
Dor. The report was compiled under
the supervision of Mr. William G.
Hunt chief statistician Of population
in the census bureau, and the statis-
ties were collected partly by cores
pondence and partly by special agents.
First official Statistics Concerning
Pay of Ministers.
It is pointed out in the introduction
that this is the first time an attempt
has been made in a United States GEN.
sus to secure official statistics con-
cerning salaries paid to ministers. It
is stated that the results of the cen
sus are not entirely satisfactory on
account Of the failure Of some minis
ters to report their salary and of 9TH
ers to report with sufficient clearness.
OF the grand total of 1856 denomina-
tions in continental United States, the
report states that Is have no regular
ministry and So either pay no stated
salaries or made returns which were
not sufficiently complete to warrant
tabulation.
OF the 201. 1851 organizations COM
posing the 102 remaining denomina-
tions, there were 164,229 or 81.6 per
cent, which made returns to the cen
sus inquiry, and the report states there
is reason to believe that these are
substantially complete and accurate,
and it is thought that they embrace q
sufficient number of organizations of
the respective denominations to be
fairly representative of the conditions
as to the average salaries paid to
ministers. The figures in the tables
are for continental United States. for
each of the four principal classes OF
cities-that is. those having popula'
ton in 1900 of $4,000 to $4,000, of So
900 to 100000, of 100000 to 100000 and
OF 100000 and over, and for the area
outside of them.
unitarians Show Highest Average
Salary
The denomination showing the high
est average is the Unitarian, with
1858, while the denominations next
in order are the Protestant Episcopal
church, $1,242; the Universalists
81 1,23S; the General Convention ef the
New Jerusalem in the United States
of America, $1,233; the lewis, con
gregations, 81 292e; the Presbyterian
church in the United States of Amer
lea, $1,177; the Reformed church il
America, $1,17O; the United Presbyter
ian church Of North America, 81 1,096;
the Congregationalists, $1-042; the
the Christian Catholic church in Zion
S1,OS7; and the Synod Of the Reform
ed Presbyterian church of Nortf
America, $l,oO8.
Among the denominations showing
an average salary considerably lower
than the general average for the Unit
ed States are the Advent Christian
church; all the Baptist bodies excep'
the Northern Baptist convention; The
Christian Union; the Christians
(Christian Connection); the Churcl
of Christ, Scientist; the General Eld
ership & the Churches of God in Nortl
America; the Society Of Friends
(Orthoiox); the colored Methods
bodies; the Methodist Protestant
Wesleyan Methodist. and Free Meth
odist churches; the Salvation Army
and the Volunteers of America. II
the case of most of these last-namet
bodies as shown by the report, manl
of them are doubtless in rural regions
and this fact accounts largely for thu
comparatiyely low average salary. Th'