Thank you both for your insight. Perhaps I should give a short synopsis.
About ten days ago, I was rummaging around the back pages of the internet and came upon a complete day broadcast of D-Day by CBS and NBC on archive.org. Was down in the barn working and listening to the broadcast and imagined what it would be like actually listening to this as it unfurled in 1944. So, the mind churned and thus a potential novel. One of the characters is a black woman shipyard worker in Oakland/Richmond, CA, hence my question regarding wages.
Once again, thanks for your input.
Dig around in the following and it may help you some.
It does list hourly wages but will take some digging.
http://libraryguides.missouri.edu/c.php?g=28284&p=174168