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Serial No. R. 72
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
FRANCES PERKINS, Secretary
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
ISADOR LUBIN, Commissioner
TREND OF EMPLOYMENT
DECEMBER 1933
By Industries:
Pa*®
Manufacturing Industries.................................... .... . 1-34
Nonmanufacturlng In d u stries.................................... 35-40
Anthracite and Bituminous Coal Mining
Metalliferous Mining
Quarrying and Nonmetallic Mining
Crude Petroleum Producing
Public Utilities:
Telephone and Telegraph
Power and Light
Electric Railroads
Wholesale and Retail Trade
Hotels
Canning and Preserving
Laundries
Dyeing and Cleaning
Banks, Brokerage, Insurance, and Real Estate
Building Construction............................................. .... 43-44
Public Works P rojects................................................. 60-67
Public R o a d s .......................................................... ....
68
Federal S e r v i c e .......................................................... 53-55
Class I Steam R a ilroa d s.............................................
56
By S t a t e s ........................................................................ .... 45-52
By Cities • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
53
Average Hours and Average Hourly Earnings.................. 40-43
Wage C h a n g e s ................................................................... 56-60
Prepared by Division of Employment Statistics
LEWIS E. TALBERT, Chief
UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
W A SH IN G T O N : 19S4
TREND OF EMPLOYMENT
December 1933
HE Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department
of Labor presents herewith data compiled from pay-roll reports
supplied by representative establishments in 89 of the principal man
ufacturing industries of the country and 16 nonmanufacturing indus
tries, covering the pay period ending nearest the 15th of the month.
Additional information is presented concerning employment on publicworks projects, public roads, the Federal service, and class I steam
railroads.
Employment in Selected Manufacturing Industries in December
1933
Comparison of Employment and Pay-Roll Totals in December 1933 with
November 1933 and December 1932
ACTORY employment decreased 1.8 percent in December 1933
as compared with November 1933 and pay rolls decreased 1 p er
cent over the month interval, according to reports received from
representative establishments in 89 important manufacturing indus^
tries of the country. Comparing the indexes of employment in
December 1933 and December 1932, the level of employment in the
former month is 20.2 percent above the level in December 1932. The
December 1933 pay-roll index, compared with the December 1932
pay-roll index indicates an increase of 32.1 percent in pay rolls over
the corresponding month of the preceding year.
The index of employment in December 1933 was 70.1, as compared
with 71.4 in November 1933, 74 in October 1933 and 58.3 in December
1932; the pay-roll index in December 1933 was 49.8, as compared
with 50.3 in November 1933, 53.6 in October 1933, and 37.7 in
December 1932. The 12-month average for 1926 equals 100.
These changes in employment and pay rolls in December 1933 are
based on reports supplied by 18,015 establishments in 89 of the
principal manufacturing industries of the United States. These estab
lishments reported 3,125,093 employees on their pay rolls during the
pay period ending nearest December 15 whose combined weekly
earnings were $56,352,943. The employment reports received irom
these cooperating establishments cover approximately 50 percent of
the total wage earners in all manufacturing industries of the country
Declines in factory employment in December as compared with
November have been recorded in 7 of the 10 preceding years for which
data are available. The decrease, therefore, in employment over the
F
( 1)
2
month interval is not unexpected, although the decline of 1.8 percent
in December is greater than the average decrease of 0.8 percent shown
in December over the 10-year period 1923-32. The decrease of
1 percent in pay rolls in December 1933 is contrary to the average
change in pay rolls between November and December over the pre
ceding 10-year period (an average increase of less than one tenth of 1
percent).
This percentage decrease in factory employment between Novem
ber and December represents the release of approximately 113,000
workers from gainful employment in manufacturing establishments
over the month interval. The percentage decline in pay rolls reduces
the estimated amount of weekly wages disbursed in December by
$880,000 as compared with November.
The index of factory employment in December 1933 compared with
the March employment index (55.1) shows a gain of 27.2 percent in
employment over this 9-month interval. A similar comparison of
the pay-roll indexes in these 2 months indicates an increase in Decem
ber of 49.1 percent over the March pay-roll index (33.4). These
percentage gains indicate an increase in actual number of workers
over this interval of approximately 1,338,000 and in weekly pay rolls
of approximately $36,200,000.
Increases in employment were reported in 25 of the 89 manufacturing
industries surveyed, and 37 industries reported increases in pay rolls
over the month interval. While 64 industries reported decreased
employment, a number of the decreases were of seasonal character,
the clothing industries regularly reporting declines in employment at
this time of year as do the industries connected with building con
struction, i.e., brick, cement, sawmills, millwork, and steam fittings.
Other seasonal declines were reported in the confectionery, ice cream,
baking, flour, shoe, paper box, stove, and furniture industries. The
most pronounced gains in both employment and pay rolls between
November and December were in the automobile industry, in which
increases of 16.7 percent in employment and 16.3 percent in pay
rolls were reported. These sharp increases reflect the increased
operations in automobile plants, marking the production of new
models. The electric- and steam-car building industry reported a
gain of 11.9 percent in employment and a corresponding gain in pay
roll totals, and the agricultural implement industry reported an
increase of 9.2 percent in number of workers with a larger gain in
earnings. The most pronounced decline in employment over the
month interval (19.7 percent) was reported in the men’s furnishings
industry. The stove industry reported a drop of 15.4 percent in
number of employees, and the radio and cement industries reported
decreases of 11.6 and 11.3 percent, respectively. Decreases in em
ployment ranging from 10 to 10.6 percent were reported in the shirt
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and collar, women’s clothing, cane-sugar refining, and confectionery
industries. The highly seasonal beet-sugar industry reported a de
crease of 9 percent in employment, denoting the slackening in
operations following the November peak activities.
Two of the 14 groups into which the manufacturing industries are
classified showed gains in employment between November and Decem
ber, the remaining 12 groups reporting decreased employment over
the month interval. The increase in employment in the transporta
tion group was quite pronounced (14.4 percent) and was due primarily
to sharp increases in employment in the automobile, electric- and
steam-car building, and shipbuilding industries. The increase in
employment in the paper and printing group was small (0.3 percent)
and was due to increased employment in the book and job and the
newspaper and periodical printing industries, which more than offset
the declines in employment in the paper box and the paper and pulp
industries. The most pronounced decline in employment (6 percent)
over the month interval in the 12 groups reporting decreased employ
ment was shown in the tobacco manufactures group, in which de
creases in both the cigar and cigarette and the chewing and smoking
tobacco industries were reported. The textile group reported a de
cline of 4.8 percent in employment between November and December,
each of the 14 industries in this group reporting decreased employ
ment. A number of the decreases in this group were seasonal.
The lumber group reported a decrease of 4.5 percent in employment,
due chiefly to declines in the furniture and sawmill industries, and the
nonferrous metals group reported a decrease of 3.4 percent, each of
the eight industries comprising this group reporting decreased em
ployment. The food group reported a decrease of 3 percent in em
ployment between November and December, due largely to seasonal
declines in the confectionery, ice cream, beet sugar, and baking in
dustries. The rubber products group reported a decrease of 2.9 per
cent, due chiefly to the sharp decline in the rubber goods, other than
shoes and tires, industry, and the stone-clay-glass group reported a
decrease of 2.6 percent reflecting the seasonal declines in the brick,
cement, and marble-slate-granite industries. The railroad repair shop
group reported a decrease of 2.2 percent in employment between Novem
ber and December. The iron and steel and machinery groups reported
decreases of 1.6 percent each. In the former group, the iron and
steel industry reported a decrease of 1.3 percent in employment,
coupled with an increase of 1.9 percent in pay rolls, reflecting improved
operating time in certain plants, while in the latter group, the foundry
and machine-shop and the electrical-machinery industries reported
decreases of 1.9 and 1.4 percent, respectively. Among the industries
which reported increased employment in this last-named group are
two industries, agricultural implements and machine tools, in which
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the changes are of especial significance. Both of these industries
have shown consistent expansion since the early part of this year,
and while still employing only approximately 50 percent of the num
ber normally employed in the industry, have reached in December
the highest point registered in these industries since 1931.
A comparison of the indexes of employment and pay roll in manu
facturing industries in December 1933 with December 1932 shows
that 81 of the 89 industries surveyed reported increased employment
over the year interval while 82 industries had increased pay rolls.
The beverage industry showed the most pronounced gain in employ
ment over the year interval, 120.3 percent, due to legalizing the manu
facture of beer. Other outstanding percentage gains in employment
over the year interval were shown in radios, typewriters, fertilizers,
agricultural implements, machine tools, textile machinery, forgings,
and engines-turbines-tractors. Increases in employment ranging
from 35 to 46.1 percent were reported in the turpentine and rosin,
glass, chemicals, smelting, plumbers’ supplies, wirework, iron and
steel, aircraft, cash registers, stoves, carpets, tools, rubber tires,
and sawmill industries. Decreases in both employment and pay roll
over the 12-month period were reported in seven industries— women’s
clothing, corsets and allied garments, men’s furnishings, millinery,
electric-railroad repair shops, marble-granite-slate, and cigars and
cigarettes. The shirt and collar industry reported a decrease in
employment in December 1933, compared with December 1932,
coupled with an increase in pay rolls.
In table 1, which follows, are shown the number of identical estab
lishments reporting in both November and December 1933 in the 89
manufacturing industries surveyed, together with the total number
of employees on the pay rolls of these establishments during the pay
period ending nearest December 15, the amount of their earnings
for 1 week in December, the percentages of change over the month
and year intervals, and the indexes of employment and pay roll in
December 1933.
The monthly percentages of change for each of the 89 separate
industries are computed by direct comparison of the total number of
employees and of the amount of weekly pay roll reported in identical
establishments for the 2 months considered. The percentages of
change over the month interval in the several groups and in the total
of the 89 manufacturing industries are computed from the index
numbers of these groups, which are obtained by weighting the index
numbers of the several industries in the groups by the number of
employees or wages paid in the industries. The percentages of change
over the year interval in the separate industries, in the groups and in
the totals, are computed from the index numbers of employment and
pay-roll totals.
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a b l e 1.—C O M P A R IS O N OF E M P L O Y M E N T A N D P A Y R O L L S IN M ANUFACTU RING
E S T A B L IS H M E N T S IN D E C E M B E R 1933 W IT H N O V E M B E R 1933 A N D D E C E M B E R 1932
T
Industry
Food and kindred prod
ucts....... ................................
Baking.................................
Beverages............................
Butter. ......................... ......
Confectionery................... Flour....................................
Ice cream.............................
Slaughtering arid meat
packing_______________
Sugar, beet............... .........
Sugar refining, cane..........
Employment
Pay-roll totals
Index num
bers Decem
Estab
ber 1933 (av
lish
Percent of
erage 1926—
Porcent of
ments
change
change
100)
report
ing in
both
Amount
N um
NoN o
of pay
D e
N o
D e
ber on
| vemvem
roll (1
cem
cem
vem
pay roll
ber
ber
week)
ber
ber
ber
Em
Decem
and
to
1932 to ploy P ay
1932 to Decem
to
roll
ber 1933
D e
D e
ber 1933
D e
D e
D e
cem
cem ment totals
cem
cem
cem
ber
ber
ber
ber
ber
1933
1933
+ 1.0 +25.1
- . 8 +11.0
+8.6 +150.2
98.5
86.9
140.8
101.1
87.7
94.0
66
81.2
71.7
126.6
74.6
71.4
74.7
49.8
+7.1 +34.8
-1 4 .0 +56. *
- 11.2
+ .2
106.8
263.1
91.8
175.6
61.3
+26.6
+32.7
+57.1
+54.5
+17.7
79.7
86.7
71.6
95.
85.6
56.7
65.8
48.7
77.1
64.4
+ 12.1
+23.8
+ 9 .2
+18.2
91.3
69.3
86.8
61.6
45.3
66.5
45.5
+18.7 1,049,669
+26.5
84.9
65.4
- 3 .4 1,710,975
+ 3 .2
832,599
434,490
-1 1 .3
+ 9 .9
-1 5 .2 +27.7
-1 1 .4
63.0
67.1
56.6
38.8
39.2
35.8
-.9
-2 3 .
-.3
+ 2 .7 - 5 . 5
- 2 4 .7 -1 7 .2
-.8
-1 5 .1 +14.5
97.4
53.1
59.7
62.7
72.4
33.7
35.2
47.4
3,951
982
382
275
290
287,711
66,898
23,033
4,128
37,069
16,721
8,155
+18.4 $6,046,322
1,464,472
652,116
80,436
+ 7 .8
- 10.6
566,860
+ 1. 5
342,400
- 2.1 +13.5
205,179
-5 .1
+ 6 .9
235
57
13
102,975
20,198
8,534
+23.9 2,185,465
370,924
- 9 . 0 +30.8
-1 0 .4
178,470
10.0
Textiles and their products.
F a b ric s............................
Carpets and rugs........
Cotton goods...............
Cotton small wares., .
Dyeing and finishing
textiles.......................
Hats, fur-felt................
K nit goods...............
Silk and rayon goods.
Woolen and worsted
goods......... ...............
3,266
1,967
27
696
113
710,249
591,164
16,659
297,787
9,650
-4 .8
- 4 .0
-7 .0
-3 .0
- 5 .1
154
31
454
252
39,840
5,357
109,130
49,544
- 1 .4
-2 .
240
63,187
- 4 .0
Wearing apparel.............
Clothing, men’s..........
Clothing, wom en’s _
_
Corsets and allied gar
ments.........................
M en's furnishings___
Millinery............. .........
Shirts and collars........
1,299
382
558
119,095
59,640
25,461
- 7 .5
- 5 .9
30
75
138
116
5,001
6,331
7,275
15,387
1,383
401,717
-3 .0
- 1 .4
+3.1
-1 .5
+ 10.1
+120.3
+
+11.8
9,964,016
+17.5 8,253,041
274,312
+36.6
+27.5 3,670,596
144,703
8.6
+
+17.1
714,688
+ 6 .3
104,816
+ 1 .9 1,607,568
- 6.0
+ 3 .2
-5 .6
+1.4
-2 .9
- 3 .3 +12.1
+ .2 + 12.2
- 4 .3
6.0
+
- 7 .4
- 5 .9
-1 0 .2
- 5 .3
-3 .9
- 3 .5
- 7 .4
-
11.2
-7 .8
.
66.0
I
Iron and steel and their
products, not including
m achinery........ ....................
Bolts, nuts, washers, and
rivets.................... ...........
Cast-iron pipe................. .
Cutlery (not including
silver and plated cut
lery) and edge tools........
Forgings, iron and steel.__
Hardware............................
Iron and steel............ .........
Plumbers’ supplies............
Steam and hot-water heat
ing apparatus and steam
fittings..............................
Stoves...................................
Structural and ornamen
tal metalwork.................
Tin cans and other tin
ware....... ...........................
Tools (not including edge
tools, machine tools,
files, and saw s)...........~
W irework............................
13,103
6,611
82
205
73
11,286
8,040
26,479
240,865
8,079
97
160
24,440
19,993
131
66
10.1
-
-1 9 .7
- 1.
10.0
-
-
2.0
69,224
76,745
116,456
181,461
-
12 .0
+78.9
69.8
43.3
228,321
102, 691
- 5 .3 +62.9
+15.8 +52.0
82.8
34.9
54.9
22.5
- 2.2 +25.1
217,057
156,023
+58.1
463,342
+ 5 .5 +16.5
- 1 .3 +39.9 4,213,822
- 4 . 6 +42.3
118,428
+ 1. +40.2
+ 5. +104.3
+15.8 +41.2
+ 1 .9 102.7
+61.1
76.7
84.4
58.0
72.9
65.6
55.1
56.8
35.3
44.4
34.0
+46.8
+•
-21.9 +52.3
43.8
68.0
27.9
39.3
-
1.6 +35.8 7,086,366
- 3 . 7 +34.6
+ 4 .4 +20.3
+1.6
- 3 .4 +28.8
-1 5 .4 +37.4
450,524
338,065
+ .9
+
120
73
16,163
-
1 . 2 +23.5
291,572
+44.0
49.4
31.4
10,394
195
+ 3 .0 +22.9
205,894
+ 9.1 +30.6
87.4
55.5
155,737
144,890
+8.0
+ 1 .3 +57.1
+88.4
83.2
123.0
54.5
99.5
8,568
-.2
+ .4
+36.2
+40.9
6
T
1.—C O M P A R IS O N OF E M P L O Y M E N T A N D P A Y R O L L S IN M ANUFACTURIN G
E S T A B L IS H M E N T S IN D E C E M B E R 1933 W IT H N O V E M B E R 1933 A N D D E C E M B E R
1932—Continued
able
industry
M achinery, n o t including
transportation equip
m e n t..................... ........... .
Agricultural implements.
Cash registers, adding
machines, and calculat
ing machines.................
Electrical machinery, ap
paratus, and supplies - _.
Engines, turbines, trac
tors, and water wheels..
Foundry and machineshop products.................
Machine tools___________
Radios and phonographs..
Textiles machinery and
parts____ _____________
Typewriters and supplies.
E mployment
Pay-roll totals
Index num
Estab
bers Decem
lish
ber 1933 (av
ments
Percent of
Percent of
erage 1926=
change
100)
change
report
ing in
both
A mount
N um
N o
D e
of pay
N o
D e
N o
ber on
vem
vem
cem
vem
roll (1
cem
pay roll
ber
ber
ber
week)
ber
ber
Em
Decem
Pay
and
to
1932 to Decem
to
1932 to ploy
roll
ber 1933
D e
ber 1933
D e
D e
D e
D e
ment totals
cem
cem
cem
cem
cem
ber
ber
ber
ber
ber
1933
1933
1933
1933
1,777
76
340,033
10,473
- 1 .4 +58.9
+11.7 +118.3
63.1
44.1
394,490
+ 2 .4 +58 1
87.2
72.1
- 3 .5
+38.2
61.7
44.9
468,658
+10.7 +70.8
61.5
42.7
- 1 . 9 + 32.0 2,062,997
361, 753
+ 2.1 +67.1
679,684
-1 1 .6 +112. 5
- 1 . 2 + 54.9
+ 4 .4 +101.1
-1 4 .6 +121. 2
58.2
52.3
149.
112.6
15,641
+ .6
103,821
33
- 1 .4
20,861
1,033
155
44
111, 203
16,787
36,306
12,121
12,820
Nonferrous metals and
their products___________
Aluminum manufactures.
Brass, bronze, and copper
products______________
Clocks and watches and
time-recording devices..
Jewelry_________________
Lighting equipm ent_____
Silverware and plated
ware__________________
Smelting and re fin in g copper, lead, and zinc .
Stamped and enameled
ware__________________
26
119
52
101,243
3,695
+38.2
+27.0 1,934,347
+ 5.1 +53.4
- 3 . 2 +59.8
+ 2 .3 +73.4
250,725
260,519
- 3 .4
- 1 .0
+27.5 1/842,671
+31.4
60, 493
38,449
627
17
42.9
39.3
- 1 .6 +39.0 $6,608,956
195,783
+ 9 .2 +69.6
- 3 .8
+31.8
725, 280
8, 671
7,406
3,631
- 8 .9
- 8 .6
-.4
+10.9
+ 8 .5
+26.8
154, 448
142, 319
67,202
36.1
37.8
64.5
71.0
- 5 .2 +86.4
+ 8 .8 +121. 2
- 3 .6
- 2 .7
+44.0
+ 41.4
-.6
+56.4
48.0
40.7
85.2
48.4
41.0
67.2
-1 3 .0 +36.6
- 8 .7 +12.7
+ 3 .0 +37.3
67.7
62.4
38.8
30.2
64.0
8,818
- 4 .9
+23.2
174,897
- 6 .7
+39.9
76.6
52.9
13, 421
- 2 .9
+43.2
239, 767
- 6 .1
+37.7
84.2
51.9
'
17,152
- 1 .9
+16.8
278, 265
- 4 .1
+ 48.0
69.7
51.2
25
265,738
7,145
215,482
+14.4 +28.4 5,363,313
176,938
- . 3 +38.5
+16.7 +29.7 4,304,091
+14.0 +32.2
- 3 .5 +19.4
+16.3 + 35.7
58.7
259.9
59.9
41.5
231.0
42.2
+11.9 +22.5
- 7 .5 +34.5
+ 6 .0 +20.7
175,906
48,942
657,436
+11.8 + 22.4
-1 0 .7 +27.4
+ 5 .5 +16.7
24.5
18.7
80.6
60.1
-.4
- 2 .7
+ .8
2,148,217
488,690
1,659, 527
- 2 .9
+ 1 .0
-3 .5
+ 4 .9
-4 .0
+ 5 .8
49.7
64.1
48.6
40.9
52.3
40.0
+28.1 2,049,383
+17.2
694,815
- 7 .7
-1 1 .0
+46.3
+27.7
46.9
53.8
27.5
30.4
Transportation
equip
m e n t ..................................
Aircraft.............. ...........
Automobiles____ ________
Cars, electric- and steamrailroad____ ___________
Locom otives_____ _______
Shipbuilding.....................
101
9,803
2,599
30,709
Railroad repair sh o p s..
Electric railroad............
Steam railroad________
892
359
533
90,268
19,045
71,223
- 2 .2
+ .1
- 2 .5
1,565
456
148,143
49,698
- 4 .5
- 8 .9
599
21
20,514
76,135
1,796
302, 534
- 2 .5 +14.5
- 4 .1 + 35.0 1,030,365
21,669
+ 6 .5 +46.1
- . 9 +25.7
- 8 .5 +68.4
+ 7 .8 +50. 8
37.8
45.1
66.9
23.0
26.6
56.4
1,276
640
129
172
97,630
17,923
10,851
46,300
- 2 .6 +20.6 1,610,957
221,685
- 7 .3 +12.6
172,067
-1 1 .3 + 2.1
840,270
+ .9 +44.1
- 2 .6 +26.4
- 7 .2 +25.3
-1 7 .1
+ 2 .3
+ 2 .2 +57.6
49.1
26.
2.4
30.2
12.4
17.6
60.5
217
118
4,743
17, 813
- 3 .5
+0)
-2 1 .4
+26.8
39.
74.2
22.1
46.8
Lum ber and allied prod
ucts.........................................
Furniture_______________
Lumber:
M illw ork____________
Sawmills______ _____
Turpentine and rosin.......
Stone, d a y , and glass prod
u c ts ........................................
Brick, tile, and terra cotta.
Cement____ ____ ________
Glass. ...................................
Marble, granite, slate, and
other products____ ____
Pottery................................
51
11
1 Less than one tenth of 1 percent.
- 8 .3
+19.1
84,147
292,788
- 1 .7
- 2 .8
14.2
12.1
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1.—C O M P A R IS O N OF E M P L O Y M E N T A N D P A Y R O L L S IN M AN UFACTU RIN G
E S T A B L IS H M E N T S IN D E C E M B E R 1933 W I T H N O V E M B E R 1933 A N D D E C E M B E R
1932—Continued
able
Em ploym ent
Pay-roll totals
Estab
lish
ments
Percent of
Percent of
report
change
change
ing in
both
Am ount
N um
N o
D e
of pay
N o
D e
ber on . N o
vem
roll (1
vem
cem
cem
pay roll vem
ber
week)
ber
ber
ber
ber
Decem
and
to
1932 to Decem
1932 to
to
ber 1933
D e
ber 1933
De
De
D e
D e
cem
cem
cem
cem
cem
ber
ber
ber
ber
ber
1933
1933
1933
1933
Industry
L ea th er a n d its m a n u f a c
tu re s _____________________
Boots and shoes.......... .......
Leather__________________
Index num
bers Decem
ber 1933 (av
erage 1926=
100)
Em
ploy
ment
P ay
roll
totals
468
314
154
124,905
93,711
31,194
—.3 + 7 .6 $2,062,903
+ 2 .6 1,436,556
- 1 .5
626,347
+ 3 .5 +27.2
+ 1 .9 + 29.5
+• 2 +25.3
+ 6 .2 + 39.7
74.6
70.8
89.9
52.7
46.6
74.2
1,920
322
432
230,618
25,334
103,317
+ .3 +13.8 5,193,523
- 5 .4 +16.3
440,676
- 1 .2 +26.0 1,817,073
+ 2 .1 +10.6
- 3 . 9 +19.7
- . 9 +31.5
90.5
83.6
92.0
71.8
69.4
61.4
735
46,181
+ 3 .8
+ 6 .3 1,177,032
+ 6 .2
+ 5 .7
77.3
62.7
431
55, 786
+ 1 .4
+ 9 .5 1,758,742
+ 2 .2
+ 3 .8
107.3
89.1
1,093
110
180,230
27, 492
-.8
-.5
+28.7 3,858,992
+43.4
644,863
+ .4 +29.3
+ 1 .8 + 47.0
97.3
121.3
77.2
87.9
108
56
31
169
339
148
5,579
8, 213
4,399
8,789
15,242
61,457
-4 .2
+ 1 .2
- 2 .8
+ 4 .3
- 1 .0
+ 1.1
55, 441
+ 2 .3
158,672
+16.8
+30.3
87,480
+72.6
109,153
+17.2
314,895
+18.7 1, 562, 791
- 6 .7
+ .2
- 5 .6
+ 8 .7
+ .8
-.5
+ 7 .2
+15.7
+ 36.2
+ 58.2
+20.5
+15.4
52.3
83.4
103.3
75.1
77.0
74.2
47.5
82.0
70.4
48.1
59.4
59.8
23
109
34,195
14,864
- 3 .0
- 4 .7
+30.6
+13.1
+ .9
- 3 .7
+42.4
+11.4
191.8
106.9
174.5
88.2
Rubber products__________
Rubber boots and shoes..
Rubber goods, other than
boots, shoes, tires, and
Inner tubes____ ____ _
Rubber tires and inner
tubes__________________
146
10
93,408
15,321
—2.9 +31.2 1,817,773
276,969
+ .8 +19.5
+ 2 .1 +45.8
+ 2 .7 +29.4
84.6
70.4
59.2
63.3
98
23,718
-7 .4
72.7
38
54,369
-.9
Tobacco m anufactures___
Chewing and smoking to
bacco and snuff________
Cigars and cigiarettes-------
237
53,200
- 6 .0
- 1 .8
32
205
9, 726
43,474
- 2 .3
- 6 .5
+ 1 .2
-2 .3
18,015 3,125,093
- 1 .8
P ap er a n d p r in t in g -----------Boxes, p a p e r ,.__________
Paper and pulp____ _____
Printing and publishing:
Book and job ...............
Newspapers and peri
odicals.,___________
C h em ica ls a n d allied p r o d
u c t s :......................................
Chemicals_______________
Cottonseed—oil, cake, and
meal.................... ..............
Druggists’ preparations—Explosives_______________
Fertilizers____________ __
Paints and varnishes____
Petroleum refining...........
R ayon and allied prod
ucts___________________
Soap____________________
Total, 89 industries- __
+29.8
625,159
300,538
409,224
- 5 .4
+29.1
108.5
+ 5 .6 +60.7
79.1
53.5
699,551
- 7 .3
+ .2
69.5
53.6
133,284
566,267
+ 2 .2
- 8 .7
+ 6 .3
-.8
87.8
67.2
73.8
51.2
+20,2 56,352,943
- 1 .0
+32.1
70.1
49.8
+35.7 1,131,580
Per Capita Earnings in Manufacturing Industries
P e r capita weekly earnings in December 1933 for each of the 89
manufacturing industries surveyed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics
and for all industries combined, together with the percentages of
change in December 1933 as compared with November 1933 and
December 1932, are shown in table 2.
These earnings must not be confused with full-time weekly rates of
wages. They are per capita weekly earnings, computed by dividing
the total amount of pay roll for the week by the total number of
employees (part-time as well as full-time workers).
34966—34------2
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2.—P E R C A P IT A W E E K L Y E A R N IN G S IN M A N U F A C T U R IN G IN D U S T R IE S IN
D E C E M B E R 1933 A N D C O M P A R IS O N W IT H N O V E M B E R 1933 A N D D E C E M B E R 1932
able
Percent of change
Industry
Food and kindred products:
Baking....................................... .......
Beverages.........................................
B utter...............................................
C onfectionery-...............................
Flour........... ....................................
Ice cream.................... ....................
Slaughtering and meat packing. _
Sugar, b e e t ..______ ____________
Sugar refining, cane_____________
Textiles and their products:
Fabrics:
Carpets and rugs........ ............
Cotton goods__________ _____
Cotton small wares...... ..........
Dyeing and finishing textiles
Hats, fur-felt............_v ...........
_
Knit goods_____ ___________
Silk and rayon goods
W oolen and worsted
Wearing apparel:
Clothing, men’s ____ _____________ _____ _____ ____________
Clothing, w om en’s................. ............................... .................... .
Corsets and allied garments.........................................................
M en’s furnishings.......................................................................
M illinery.................... .......... ..........................................................
Shirts and collars...................... .......................................... ..........
Iron and steel and their products, not including machinery:
Bolts, nuts, washers, and rivets....... .......... .......... ............................
Cast-iron pipe...... .............................................. ...................................
Cutlery (not including silver and plated cutlery) and edge tools.
Forgings, iron and steel......... .......... ..................................... ........... .
H ardw are........................... .............................. .......... ..........................
Iron and steel........................... ..................... ....................................... .
Plumbers’ supplies_______ ___________________ ________ ______ _
Steam and hot-water heating apparatus and steam fittings.........
Stoves.................................................................................................. .
Structural and ornamental metalwork.............................. ........... .
T in cans and other tinware_____ ________________________ _____
Tools (not including edge tools, machine tools, files, and saws)..
W irew ork________ ____ _____________________ ____ ____ ______ _
M achinery, not including transportation equipment:
Agricultural implements______________________________________
Cash registers, adding machines, and calculating machines____
Electrical machinery, apparatus, and supplies________ _______
Engines, turbines, tractors, and water wheels......... .....................
Foundry and machine-shop products........ .....................................
Machine t o o ls ............... .......... ...................................... ..................
Radios and phonographs. ...................................................................
Textile machinery and parts...............................................................
Typewriters and supplies.................. .................................................
Nonferrous metals and their products:
Aluminum manufactures.....................................................................
Brass, bronze, and copper products...................................................
Clocks and watches and time-recording devices............................
Jewelry............................................................................................... .
Lighting equipm ent............_............ ....................................................
Silverware and plated ware..................................................................
Smelting and refining—copper, lead, and zinc............. - - - - - - ___
Stamped and enameled ware.............. ........................................ .......
Transportation equipment:
Aircraft....................... ............................................................................
Automobiles............................................................................................
Cars, electric- and steam-railroad.......................................................
Locom otives...........................................................................................
Shipbuilding................... ......... .......... ..................................................
Railroad repair shops:
Electric railroad................. ............. ....................................................
Steam ra ilro a d ................... .............................. ...................................
Lum ber and allied products:
Furniture......................................... ............................................... .......
Lumber:
M ill work.................................................. .................. ..................
Sawmills........ .............................. . . ................... ............ ................
Turpentine and rosin............................... ................................... .......
weekly
nings in Novem ber
scember
19331933
December
1933
December
1932December
1933
$21.89
28.31
19.49
15.29
20.48
25.16
21.22
18.36
20.91
+ 0 .6
+ 5 .3
- 1 .4
+ 8 .1
+ 2 .4
+. 9
+ 8 .0
-5 .5
-.9
+ 0 .8
+13.5
-6 .0
+10.1
- 1 .1
-.5
+ 8 .8
+19.6
- 8 .7
16.47
12.33
15.00
17.94
19. 57
14.73
13.86
16. 61
-3 .5
-2 .4
+ 1 .2
-2 .2
-5 .2
-5 .6
- 2 .4
+ 3 .2
+15.0
+20.5
+ 7 .9
+ 6 .0
+ 2 .7
+ 9 .7
+14.3
+ 6.1
13.96
17.06
13.84
12.12
16. 01
11.79
- 9 .9
-1 .5
+ 3 .7
- 6 .2
+ .6
-5 .6
+23.7
+12.5
- 4 .5
+ 8 .4
+■ 2
+16.8
17.43
15. 53
19.23
19.41
17. 50
17.49
14. 66
18.43
16.91
18.04
19.81
18.18
18.83
-1 .6
+10.8
+ 3 .9
+ 3 .7
+ 9 .8
+ 3 .2
+ 3 .9
+ 4.1
- 7 .7
- 2 .4
+ 5 .9
+ 1 .6
+ 7 .5
+20.8
+26.2
+11.7
+29.7
+21.3
+45.6
+13.4
+14.2
+11.2
+16.5
+ 6 .2
+15.7
+33.5
18.69
25. 22
18. 63
22.47
18. 55
21.55
18. 72
20.69
20. 32
+ 2 .2
+ 1 .8
- 2 .1
+ 5 .3
+. 7
+ 2 .3
- 3 .4
- 2 .1
+ 6 .3
+28.7
+14.2
+ 8 .6
+11.5
+17.3
+19.7
+ 4 .0
+16.6
+28.0
16.37
18.86
17.81
19.22
18.51
19.83
17.87
16.22
- 1 .7
+ 3 .3
-4 .6
-.1
+ 3 .4
-1 .9
- 3 .3
-2 .2
+ 7 .5
+18.8
+23.1
+ 3 .6
+ 8 .0
+13.6
- 3 .7
+26.8
24.76
19.97
17.94
18.83
21.41
- 3 .2
-.4
-.1
-3 .4
-.4
-1 3 .9
+5’ 0
-.3
- 5 .7
- 3 .3
25.66
23.30
+ .9
-1 .0
- 1 .5
+ 4 .7
13.96
-2 .4
+ 8 .8
14. 75
13.53
12.07
+ 1 .7
-4 .7
+ 1 .3
+ 9 .8
+24.4
+ 3 .0
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a.—P E E C A P IT A W E E K L Y E A R N IN G S IN M AN UFACTU RING IN D U S T R IE S IN
D E C E M B E R 1933 A N D C O M P A R IS O N W IT H N O V E M B E R 1933 A N D D E C E M B E R 1932—
Continued
able
Industry
Stone, clay, and glass produets:
Brick, tile, and terra cotta............... .......... .........................................
Glass................................... ........................................... ........................
Marble, granite, slate, and other products................. .....................
Pottery.................................... ................................................................
Leather and its manufactures:
Boots and shoes............ .......... ....................................... .......... ...........
Leather______ ______ _______________________ ________________
Paper and printing:
Boxes, p a p e r .._________ ____________ _________________________
Paper and p u lp .................. ..................... ................................. _
Printing and publishing:
Book aod jo b ________ _____________________ ____________.
Newspapers and periodicals____ ___________ ____ _________
Cliemicals and allied products:
Chem icals.............................................. ............... ............ ...................
Cottonseed—oil, cake, and meal_____ ______ _________ ________ _
Druggists’ preparations____ ________ ____ ______________________
Explosives.____ ___ ________________ ____________ . ________
............... ...................... ............ .............. ............ ..................
Fertilizers
Paints and varnishes____ ___________ ________________ _________
Petroleum refining__________________________ _____ _____ ______
Rayon and allied products.— ______ _____________ ____________
________ ____ _______________ _ _________ ______ _______
Soap
Rubber products:
Rubber boots and shoes___________
________ _____ ____
R ubber goods, other than boots, shoes, tires, and inner tubes___
Rubber tires and inner tubes___________ ______ ___ __________
T obacco manufactures:
Chewing and smoking tobacco and snuff_______________________
Cigars and cigarettes_______________________ _________________
Total, 89 industires______ _______ __________ _______________
Percent of change
Per capita
weekly
earnings in Novem ber December
1932December
1933December* Deoember
1933
1933
1933
$12.37
15.86
18.15
17.74
16.44
+ 0.1
—6.6
+ 1 .3
+ 1 .9
- 2 .8
+11.2
+ .2
+ 9 .5
-1 3 .9
+ 6 .2
15.33
20.08
+ 1 .7
+ 2 .7
+ 21.8
+10.3
17.39
17.59
+ 1 .6
+ .3
+ 2 .7
+ 4 .4
25.49
31.53
+ 2 .4
+ .9
-.5
-5 .3
23.46
9.94
19.32
19.89
12.42
20.66
25.43
18.28
20. 22
+ 2 .4
—2.5
—1.0
—2.8
+ 4 .3
+ 1 .7
—1. 7
+ 4 .0
+ 1 ,0
+ 2 .9
+ 5 .3
-.8
+ 4 .5
- 8 .1
+ 2 .7
- 2 .S
+ 8 .8
-1 .7
18.08
17.25
20.81
+ 1 ,9
+ 2.1
+ 6 .6
+ 7 -9
-.4
+ 18.3
13.70
13.03
+ 4 ,6
-2 .4
+ 5 .3
+ 1 .8
18.03
1 + ,9
* + 9 .7
1 Weighted.
General Index Numbers of Employment and Pay-Roll Totals in Manufacturing
Industries
G e n e r a l index numbers of employment and pay-roll totals in
manufacturing industries, by months, from January 1926 to December
1933, inclusive, together with average indexes for each of the years
from 1926 to 1933, inclusive, are shown in the following table. In
computing these general indexes the index numbers of each of the
separate industries are weighted according to their relative importance
in the total.
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able
3 —G E N E R A L I N D E X E S OF E M P L O Y M E N T A N D P A Y R O L L S IN M AN U FAC
TU R IN G IN D U S T R IE S , J A N U A R Y 1926 T O D E C E M B E R 1933
[12-month average, 1926=100]
Em ploym ent
P ay rolls
M on th
1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933
January..........
February-----M a rch ______
A pril...............
M a y ...... .........
June...............
July.................
A ugust--------Septem ber. __
October..........
N o v e m b e r ...
Decem ber___
Average. . .
1926
100.4
101.5
102.0
101.0
99.8
99.3
97.7
98.7
100.3
100.7
99.5
98.9
98.0 94.9 89.6 94.5 88.1 63.7 48.6 35.8
102.2 100.6 93.9 101.8 91.3 68.1 49.6 36.4
103.4 102.0 95.2 103.9 91.6 69.6 48.2 33.4
101.5 100.8 93.8 104.6 90.7 68.5 44.7 34.9
99.8 99.8 94.1 104.8 88.6 67.7 42.5 38.9
99.7 97.4 94.2 102.8 85.2 63.8 39.3 43.1
95. 2 93.0 91.2 98.2 77.0 60.3 36.2 46.5
98.7 95.0 94.2 102.1 75.0 59.7 36.3 51.9
99.3 94.1 95.4 102.6 75.4 56.7 38.1 53.3
102.9 95.2 99.0 102.4 74.0 55.3 39.9 53.6
99.6 91.6 96.1 95.4 69.6 52.5 38.6 50.3
99.8 93.2 97.7 92.4 68.8 52.2 37.7 49.8
97.3
99.0
99.5
98.6
97.6
97.0
95.0
95.1
95.8
95.3
93.5
92.6
91.6 95.2
93.0 97.4
93.7 98.6
93.3 99.1
93.0 99.2
93.1 98.8
92.2 . 98.2
93.6 98.6
95.0 99.3
95.9 98.4
95.4 95.0
95.5 92.3
90.7
90.9
90.5
89.9
88.6
86.5
82.7
81.0
80.9
79.9
77.9
76.6
74.6
75.3
75.9
75.7
75.2
73.4
71.7
71.2
70.9
68.9
67.1
66.7
64.8
65.6
64.5
62.2
59.7
57.5
55.2
56.0
58.5
59.9
59.4
58.3
56.6
57.5
55.1
56.0
58.7
62.8
67.3
71.6
73.9
74.0
71.4
70.1
100.0 96.4 93.8 97.5 84.7 72.2 60.1 64.6 100.0
1927
1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933
96.5 94.5 100.5 81.3 61.5 41.6 44.0
Index numbers showing relatively the variation in employment and
pay rolls for each of the 89 industries included in the Bureau’s survey,
for each of the 14 groups of industries, and for all manufacturing in
dustries combined, are shown in table 4, by months, for the years of
1931, 1932, and 1933, together with average indexes for each of the
years from 1923 through 1933, where available.
The expansion of the Bureau’s employment survey in 1931 to include
35 additional manufacturing industries, affected the comparability of
certain group indexes over the entire period. The group indexes for
years prior to 1931 are therefore not presented in the following tables
except where the index numbers are strictly comparable with the
group indexes now published.
The average general index of employment for the 12 months of 1933
for the 8.9 industries combined was 7.5 percent above the average
index for 1932, and the pay-roll index was 5.8 percent higher than the
average index for 1932.
Following table 4 are two charts which show the course of employ
ment and pay-roll totals in all manufacturing industries combined for
each month of the years 1926 to 1933, inclusive.
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4.—IN D E X E S OF E M P L O Y M E N T A N D P A Y R O L L S IN M AN UFACTU RIN G IN D US
T R IE S —Y E A R L Y A V E R A G E S 1923 T H R O U G H 1933 A N D B Y M O N T H S J A N U A R Y 1931
T H R O U G H D E C E M B E R 1933
able
[12-month average 1926=* 100]
Food and kindred products
General
index
Group index
Baking
Beverages
Butter
Month anti year
Confection'
cry
Em Pay E m Pay E m
ploy roll ploy roll p loy
ment totals ment totals ment
1923 average-------------1924 average-------------1925 average_________
1926 a verage..............
1927 average-------------1928 average-------------1929 average-------------1930 average_____ __
1931 average_________
1932 average-------------1933 average--------- . . .
Pay
roll
totals
Em
ploy
ment
Pay
roll
totals
Empiyoment
Pay Em Pay
roll
ploy roll
totals ment totals
108.8 104.3
0)
0)
98.2 94.6
0)
(0
99.2 97.7
0)
(0
100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
96.4 96.5
(1)
0)
93.8 94.5
(!)
<0
97.5 100.5
0)
<0
Si. 7 81.3
0)
0)
72.2 61.5 88.7 85.6
60.1 41.6 82.1 69.5
64.6 44.0 89.0 70.9
99.2
100.5
98.7
100.0
101.4
100.9
102.1
96.8
90.5
81.8
81.7
94.8
98.4
97.1
100.0
102.2
101. 6
103.5
98.5
87.1
70.9
66.2
0)
0)
0)
100.0
0)
0)
0)
0)
85.7
74.2
128.2
0)
0)
0)
100.0
0)
0)
0)
0)
80.4
62.2
114.2
0)
(i)
0)
100.0
(!)
0)
0)
0)
105.9
97.3
98.4
116.3
0)
103.2
0)
98.1
0)
100.0 100.0
96.5
0)
93.0
0)
92.3
0)
85.9
0)
100.1 82.4
83.1 76.3
74.2 82.0
107.0
99.9
96.4
100.0
97.9
93.3
94.1
86.2
75.6
59.7
59.3
1931
January__________ ..
February-----------------M arch______ ___ ___
April-----------------------M a y ------------------------June------------------------July_________________
August______________
S e p t e m b e r ...---------October.
________
N ovem ber__________
December___________
74.6
75.3
75.9
75.7
75.2
73.4
71.7
71.2
70.9
68.9
67.1
66.7
63.7
68.1
69.6
68.5
67.7
63.8
60.3
59.7
56.7
55.3
52.5
52.2
90.5
87.9
86.9
86.6
87.8
88.3
88.3
88.3
89.7
91.0
90.0
89.2
90.2
87.8
85.7
85.2
86.8
87.1
86.3
84.9
85.1
84.5
82.7
81.0
90.5
90.6
90.6
90.1
91.7
91.9
92.5
91.6
91.2
90.1
88.0
86.8
89.6
89.5
88.9
87.5
89. 7
89.7
88.8
86.7
86.7
85.1
82.7
80.4
79.7
80.6
81.9
86.3
89.2
93.1
97.5
94.5
89.5
83.9
77.0
75.3
74.1
75.7
78.0
82.8
86.0
88.9
95.7
91.3
84.5
75.2
67.6
64.5
97.5
97.1
99. 5
106.8
107.7
110.9
116. 3
113. 6
113.7
105. 5
103.7
98. 2
96.3
98.8
98. 1
102.1
103.9
106.2
106.3
103.4
104.0
95.6
95.6
90.7
83.1
83.9
82.3
78.1
78.6
77.3
69.2
74.0
89.5
93.0
90.3
89.2
81.1
79.1
77.2
73.2
73.3
72.5
59 . a
67.1
82.6
83.4
79.1
79.Q
1932
January___ _________
February-----------------M arch______________
April--------- ------------M a y _____________ . . .
June---------- ----------J u ly................... ..........
August......................
September_____ ____
October-------------------N ovem ber__________
December___________
64.8
65.6
64.5
62.2
59.7
§7.5
55.2
56.0
58.5
59.9
59.4
58.3
48.6
49.6
48.2
44.7
42.5
39.3
36.2
36.3
38.1
39.9
38.6
37.7
83.1
81.1
80.2
79.8
80.5
80.9
79.4
80.6
83.6
87.1
85.4
83.2
75.2
72.8
71.3
T .3
O
70.9
69.9
66.8
66.2
68.7
69.7
66.7
64.9
84.3
83.2
83.5
82.9
82.8
82,4
81.6
80.7
80.4
80.9
79.4
78.9
77.8
76.4
75.8
73.0
72.4
71.4
68.8
67.6
68.7
68.5
66.2
64.6
73.3
72.1
72.3
76.2
77.9
82.1
79.8
74.8
77.0
72.6
68.0
63.9
61.6
60.6
61.5
65.1
69.6
74.8
70.0
63.8
62.0
55.2
51.4
50.6
91.5
84.2
93.7
97.3
100. 7
103.4
104.7
103.5
101.8
96.8
95.7
93.8
82.7
79.6
84.9
85.9
90.1
89.0
87.2
85.6
83.4
78.5
76.7
73.6
75. 7
74.5
71.2
68.6
65.4
65.2
58.7
71.5
88.9
97.3
92.6
86.4
66.2
62.9
59.3
56.5
52.5
51.2
43.2
53. 3
69.1
73.6
64.9
63. 7
1933
January------ ----------February____________
M arch______________
April________________
M a y ________________
June________________
July....... ............ ..........
A ugust------------- ------September__________
October_____________
N ovem ber__________
December______ ____
56.6
57.5
55.1
56.0
58.7
62.8
67.3
71.5
73.9
74.0
71.4
70.1
35.8 78.7
36.4 77.4
33.4 76.4
34.9 80.1
38.9 83.2
43.1 86.5
46.5 88.1
51.9 94.0
53.3 100.1
53.6 103.7
50.3 101.5
49.8 98.5
62.1
60.1
58.1
63.9
67.1
69.7
71.8
74.7
80.1
81.7
80.4
81.2
77.3
77.0
76.4
77.3
78.2
79.3
80.4
82.9
87.9
89.0
88.2
86.9
63.4
62.1
60.3
61.5
62.5
63.7
65.5
66.5
72.3
72.5
72.3
71.7
63.5
64.8
76.2
117.3
136.1
160.8
166.9
163.0
161.4
150.9
136.6
140.8
49.4
49.7
58.4
112.1
132.1
151.6
155.7
148.9
141.6
127.7
116.6
126.6
88.6
89.0
88.9
91.8
94.6
102.0
102.9
105.9
107.3
106.0
102.7
101.1
71.0 76.3
68.8 75.5
68.3 70.7
68.9 73.8
71.5 74.1
75.7 73.6
77.3 70.8
77.6 85.6
79.5 94.8
80.7 102.4
76.8 98.1
74.6 87.7
54.0
52.6
44.7
48.5
51.0
48.6
47.5
63.2
75. 7
80.1
73.8
71.4.
1 Data not available.
12
T a b l e 4 . —IN D E X E S OF E M P L O Y M E N T A N D P A Y R O L L S IN M ANUFACTURING' IN D U S
T R IE S —Y E A R L Y A V E R A G E S 1923 T H R O U G H 1933 A N D B Y M O N T H S J A N U A R Y 1931
T H R O U G H D E C E M B E R 1933—Continued
Food and kindred products— Continued
Flour
Ice cream
M onth and year
Slaughtering
and meat
packing
Sugar, beet
Sugar refining,,
cane
Em
ploy
ment
Pay
roll
totals
Em
ploy
ment
Pay
roll
totals
Em
p loy
ment
Pay
roll
totals
Em
ploy
ment
Pay
roll
totals
Em
ploy
ment
1923 average-----------1924 average...............
1925 average-........ . . .
1926 average------------1927 average...............
1928 average------------1929 average------------1930 average— ..........
1931 average------------1932 average
—
1933 average-------- - ~
114.2
108.1
103.1
100.0
99,3
100.0
102.1
97.0
88.2
83.9
87.3
110.9
108.2
102.5
100.0
99.4
102.1
105.3
99.9
84.2
70.2
67.7
103.9
100.-3
101.3
100.0
94.0
92.4
91.9
87.6
80.6
72.8
71.1
95.8
93.1
98.3
100.0
93.4
93.1
93.0
87.5
78.2
61.7
53.2
122.9
115.1
104.4
100.0
99.5
99.5
101.0
97.1
90.8
86.9
95.4
118.4
111.8
102.6
100.0
99.9
101.0
103.2
100.2
89.8
72.9
75.8
0)
0)
0)
100.0
0)
0)
0)
0)
83.7
84.6
113.1
0)
0)
0)
100.0
0)
0)
0)
0)
72.5
59.9
78.5
106.8
104.6
104. 5
100.0
98.8
91.1
94.0
91.6
81.7
76.3
80.9
104.6
105.4
104.6
100! 0
98.8
94.9
98.5
94.4
80.0
66.9
65. 3.
1931
January------ -----------F ebruary.- i . - - . ~ - M arch---------------April------ ----------- - -M a y _______ _
June-----------------------Julv
- ______
August-......................
September-------------October.......................
N ovem ber..................
D e cem b er..--.........
90.4
89.0
87.7
87.9
86.3
85.3
90.5
90.0
88.9
88.5
87.9
85.7
87.7
87.9
85.2
84.4
84.1
81.5
86.7
86.4
83.3
84.0
83.3
75.3
74.3
74.7
76.2
78.5
83.7
90.3
94.5
93.2
86.8
76.7
70.1
68.7
73.9
76.2
76.9
79.4
82.6
87.3
90.7
87.6
82.4
71.8
66.1
63.8
96.6
94.0
90.2
89.4
90.6
90.2
89.1
88.2
88.3
89.0
90.4
93.3
101.7
96.3
90.2
90.0
91.6
91.0
89.5
86.5
85.3
84.9
82.9
87.1
138.1
33.0
29.4
29.5
30.3
34.6
39.8
52.7
54.9
177.9
203.3
180.3
95.6
40.0
36.5
33.9
35.1
38.8
41.6
50.0
55.8
129.8
177.5
135.5
81.4
79.9
82.2
83.5
79.1
80.7
84.2
84.3
82.8
79.8
82.2
80.0
79.3
82.3
84.5
83.5
79.5
81.6
86.8
82.1
79.7
75.4
74.3
70.6
1932
January........... ..........
February---------------M arch........................
A pril..........................
M a y . - -------- -----------June............................
July________________
August-------------------Septem ber--------------October------------------N ovem ber--------------D ec e m b e r..---..........
85.1
84.3
84.8
84.7
84.5
82.8
83.2
82.5
84.6
84.7
83.0
82.8
73.6
72.2
71.2
72.7
72.7
68.3
68.8
67.9
68.9
72.3
67.7
66.6
68.2
68.4
68.3
71.0
76.7
84.7
83.4
81.6
76.5
68.5
64.1
61.9
62.8
62.8
62.8
64.3
67.2
70.9
69.0
66.4
61.5
55.0
50.4
47.0
91.5
89.8
85.9
84.7
86.8
86.2
85.2
85.0
87.1
87.7
86.2
86.2
83.0
79.2
74.8
74.3
76.0
73.6
69.9
67.8
70.8
70.8
66.9
68.1
51.0
25.6
26.5
29.1
33.5
39.7
40.8
52.3
62.6
213.9
238.5
201.1
42.4
30.5
28.3
29.8
34.7
35.7
33.1
41.0
49.4
125.7
156.3
111.9
79.2
75.7
76.6
74.4
76.0
74.7
75.8
76.4
77.4
77.8
76.4
74.7
68.2
67.4
69.7
67.4
68.7
66.7
69.4
68.9
68.5
64.7
62.5
61.2
1933
January.----------------February
M arch---------- - - ------A pril________ _
M a y ------June-----------------------July______ __________
August....... ............. September--------------October------------------N ovem ber........ .........
Decem ber..................
82.2
81.0
80.5
83.3
84.0
82.8
87.9
85.3
94.0
96.2
96.0
94.0
66.5
61.9
60.9
66.8
66.2
62.6
70.6
62.1
70.8
75.3
74.5
74.7
61.3
61.7
61.9
63.2
67.4
78.0
80.0
82.5
83.9
76.8
69.8
66.2
47.1
46.6
46.0
47.1
50.9
58.8
59.8
61.5
61.1
57.5
52.0
49.8
84.5
84.6
82.5
83.3
87.5
90.3
92.8
102.6
111.4
110.5
107.8
106.8
67.1
65.9
61.4
65.9
69.6
72.6
74.4
80.7
87.5
87.0
85.7
91.8
114.4
49.1
35.4
39.3
43.6
48.9
52.5
81.5
91.8
248.8
289.1
263.1
66.7
33.6
30.1
32.2
33.8
36.2
40.1
59.2
66.9
163.0
204.1
175.6
71.8
74.1
74.6
75.1
78.0
78.3
80.4
84.3
86.6
93.2
91.8
82.2
56.2
57.7
65.0
65.1
68.1
68.8
71.5
67.9
65.1
68.0
69.1
61.3
............
___
---- -----
i Data not available.
Pay
roll
totals
13
T
4»—IN D E X E S OF E M P L O Y M E N T A N D P A Y R O L L S IN M AN U FACTU RIN G IN D U S
T R IE S —Y E A R L Y A V E R A G E S 1923 T H R O U G H 1933 A N D B Y M O N T H S J A N U A R Y 1931
T H R O U G H D E C E M B E R 1933—Continued
able
Textiles and their products
Month and
year
Fabrics
Textile
group index group index
Carpets
and rugs
Cotton
goods
Dyeing and Hats, furCotton
small wares finishing
felt
textiles
E m Pay E m Pay Em- Pay E m Pay E m Pay E m Pay E m P ay
ploy roll ploy roll Ploy- roll ploy roll ploy roll ploy roll ploy roll
ment totals ment totals ment totals ment totals ment totals ment totals ment totals
106.5 110.1
1923 average—_ 0)
0)
0)
(0
98.1 95.2
1924 a v e r a g e - 0)
0)
0)
0)
100.7 101.2
1925 average... 0)
0)
0)
0)
1926 a v e r a g e - 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
102.5 104.1
1927 a v e r a g e - 0)
(0
0)
0)
101.0 95.9
1928 average... (0
0)
0)
0)
106.8 101.4
1929 average.
0)
0)
0)
81.9 66.0
1930 average... 0)
(0
0)
(0
1931 average.. . 77.7 66.0 77.3 67.4 72.2 57.2
1932 average... 68.1 46.1 69.0 48.1 54.4 32.6
1933 average... 79.0 «>3.8 83.2 59.6 63.4 43.0
1931
January...........
February____
M arch.............
April-------------M a y ._ ........... .
June_________
July__________
August.............
September___
October______
N ovem ber___
Decem ber.. _
I
1932
January______
February.........
M arch..............
April................
M a y .................
June.................
July_________
August_______
September___
October...........
Novem ber___
December____
1933
January...........
February.........
M arch_______
April......... .......
M a y ............... .
J u n e................
July..................
August............
September___
October...........
N ovem ber___
December
120.3
99.9
101.1
100.0
105.0
95.2
95.5
80.6
75.4
69.1
89.1
102.1
123.5 0)
0)
99.6 0)
94.0
0)
101.1 0)
101.7
0)
100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
LO9
O.
108.5 0)
0)
91.7 0)
99.5
0)
94.3 0)
101.8
0)
73.3 0)
93.0
0)
64.9 93.2 84.6 88.0
47.7 78.4 57.7 77.2
66.3 88.3 64.6 82.0
99.9 0)
(0
91.8 0)
0)
102.3 0)
0)
100.0 100.0 100.0
102.8 0)
0)
101.0 0)
0)
102.2 0)
0)
87.9 0)
0)
80.7 82.2 56.7
57.2 65.8 39.6
58.2 71.1 45.2
65.2
72.7
75.9
71.8
69.2
65.8
64.5
67.0
65.3
62.0
56.6
56.0
75.5
78.0
79.9
79.1
80.1
78.1
77.3
77.7
77.5
75.6
74.8
74.5
66.7
72.7
74.1
71.9
72.8
69.0
67.1
68.3
65.0
62.4
59.4
59.3
67.0
71.7
76.1
77.2
78.2
77.1
75.2
76.6
69.7
69.5
65.1
63. 1
!
50.2
62.8
64.6
64.6
65.4
63.0
60.4
59.0
52.6
50.9
48.1
44.9
73.2
73.3
76.8
77.3
79.1
77.0
76.2
75.0
75.4
74.1
73.5
73.8
65.3 94.0 89.1
65.8 99.4 98.2
69.8 104.1 105.5
71.4 104.0 99.6
72.6 100.4 94.8
68.1 94.4 84.9
65.8 90.5 79.7
64.3 88.4 75.8
62.4 87.9 74.2
60.1 86.5 75.3
56.1 85.6 69.8
56.8 82.9 68.8
92.9
95.5
95.4
93.5
91.2
86.0
82.7
84.1
86.0
82.9
82.5
83.0
85.9
96.2
94.5
90.6
84.7
76.2
73.7
77.4
76.6
70.9
70.4
71.5
87.1
88.8
89.5
87.9
81.5
77.9
83.9
85.7
85.8
78.4
70.0
69.8
63.1
66.6
60.4
51.0
53.4
52.5
60.4
67.0
69.1
51.1
43.1
42.5
72.2
75.1
73.4
67.9
62.7
58.6
55.3
62.3
71.1
74.7
73.0
71.3
54.0
57.6
55.3
46.2
39.1
35.2
32.1
40.1
49.5
52.1
47.4
44.8
73.4
75.9
73.1
67.1
62.1
58.1
56.5
63.9
72.5
76.1
74.9
73.8
56.7
59.8
55.2
46.1
39.6
36.4
34.4
42.1
51.4
54.7
51.3
49.6
62.9
61.8
62.4
58.1
54.9
52.0
44.4
47.1
47.2
54.2
55.1
52.4
44.5
40.6
41.3
36.3
30.1
26.2
23.3
24.2
25.3
34.6
33.2
31.0
72.9
75.6
75.0
69.3
63.6
57.4
55.5
61.2
71.9
75.9
75.5
75.2
55.3
58.5
57.0
48.5
40.9
35.2
32.9
38.4
50.3
53.6
51.6
49.9
60.6
72.1
67.5
69.5
73.3
80.7
86.4
88.8
88.5
87.9
83.7
79.7
42.2
45.8
39.0
42.0
45.4
52.7
57.6
66.3
68.9
67.7
61.2
56.7
72.5
73.5
67.8
69.3
75.4
85.4
93.7
96.2
94.3
93.6
90.3
86.7
46.2
48.1
40.2
42.4
49.6
60.1
66.9
76.5
74.6
74.4
69.9
65.8
51.2
49.6
47.8
47.3
51.2
59.1
70.2
74.6
78.4
82.8
77.0
71.6
27.0
25.2
25.6
25.3
32.9
42.3
50.6
57.2
61.2
65.7
54.3
48.7
74.8
74.3
72.0
73.5
79.3
91.7
101.4
103.5
101.4
102.6
98.8
95.9
76.0
79.2
81.5
80.6
80.3
77.9
76.5
77.9
78.6
76.4
74.0
73.1
i
1 Data not available.
84.8
87.5
86.6
81.8
75.2
71.6
69.3
68.5
73.0
81.0
82.3
78.8
71.9
75.1
70.0
59.3
52.3
47.9
44.8
44.3
53.1
61.5
57.5
54.7
83.0
86.2
85.8
80.7
74.9
71.5
64.1
68.1
77.8
77.9
78.1
78.0
70.0
75.4
72.4
59.7
49.4
49.5
37.8
47.3
60.0
57.6
54.0
53.3
69.1
67.0
67.0
62.2
56.9
56.4
59.4
68.0
74.4
74.1
69.4
65.2
42.3
40.2
41.5
29.2
24.6
27.7
32.6
44.0
57.0
51.7
42.9
41.5
48.4 76.0
48.0 79.8
44.0 74.8
45.7 76.2
52.5 81.2
65.1 89.2
73.7 99.4
87.8 105.4
85.6 101.8
86.4 99.6
81.4 90.2
77.1 85.6
50.8
56.8
48.0
48.9
58.9
66.4
76.4
82.2
78.4
77.4
67.0
64.4
77.3
78.2
75.3
76.4
77.2
81.0
88.5
93.1
77.4
75.7
92.6
91.3
52.5
56.7
49.4
53.4
55.2
60.2
64.6
65.8
52.7
54.0
68.4
66.0
64.9
66.5
64.3
66.6
67.2
68.5
70.5
82.6
84.8
76.8
71.0
69.3
38.8
37.1
33.4
34.1
36.4
43.8
46.1
57.3
63.7
57.6
48.9
45.3
14
4 . — IN D E X E S OF E M P L O Y M E N T A N D P A Y R O L L S IN M ANUFACTU RING IN D U S
T R IE S —Y E A R L Y A V E R A G E S 1923 T H R O U G H 1933 A N D B Y M O N T H S J A N U A R Y 1931
T H R O U G H D E C E M B E R 1933—Continued
table
Textiles and their products—Continued
Knit goods
M onth and year
Silk and rayon
goods
Em
p loy
ment
Pay
roll
totals
Em
ploy
ment
Pay
roll
totals
1923 average-----------1924 average________
1925 average------------1926 average________
1927 average.. _ ___
1928 average-----------1929 average________
1930 average-----------1931 average-----------1932 average________
1933 average________
102.1
92.6
100.2
100.0
99.0
94. 7
98.1
£7.5
81.3
79.6
86.5
91.3
82.9
96.4
100.0
102.2
97.3
104. 3
84.6
69.9
56.5
60.9
99.8
94.1
103.1
100.0
98.4
96.9
98.0
86.5
73.9
56.6
62.1
93.9
88.6
102.7
100.0
99.2
100.2
100.9
81.7
64.5
38.1
42.6
1931
January____________
February__________
M a rc h ,. . . . ______
April_______ _______
M a y _______________
June_____________ July________________
August------------ ------September. . . ___
O c t o b e r . ... .
N ovem ber_________
December---------------
75.0
79.3
80.1
80.6
81.4
81.9
79.9
81.3
81.6
84.5
85.8
84.5
64.4
72.0
73.4
72.9
74.7
72.4
64.4
67.2
67.4
70.6
70.3
68.8
81.6
84.3
83.2
80.7
76.9
67.4
63.6
65.3
69.5
73.0
70.7
70.9
1932
January... ------------February__________
M arch........ ................
A pril....... ....................
M a y .... .......................
June_______________
J u ly.— ...................August— ............. .
September.................
October______ ______
N ovem ber_ _______
_
December---------------
80. i
81.6
81.6
79.3
75.8
74.7
67.5
72.7
80.9
86.8
89.1
85.2
59.2
63.4
62.5
56.8
50.1
49. 1
40.4
46.2
58.3
66.7
66.1
59.3
1933
January------------------February______ __
M arch _____________
April_____ __________
M a y _______ ________
June_______________
July________________
A ugust....... ................
September_________
October____________
N ovem ber_________
Decem ber__________
79.3
79.7
77.2
78.9
82.7
89.2
90.6
89.0
95.1
96.6
92.4
86.8
48.4
50.1
46.0
48.7
54.0
59.6
59.2
68.6
75.4
79.5
74.9
66.5
i Data not available.
W oolen and Wearing apparel
worsted goods
group index
Em
ploy
ment
Clothing,
m en’s
P ay
roll
totals
Em
ploy
ment
Pay
roll
totals
Em
p loy
ment
Pay
roll
totals
124.5
113.3
110. 7
100.0
99.7
95.0
96.0
77.7
75.4
65.4
85.9
126.7
114.1
110.6
100.0
100.6
94.4
96.3
72.7
68.1
48.5
63.9
0)
0)
0)
100.0
0)
0)
0)
0)
78.4
66.2
68.9
0)
0)
0)
100.0
0)
0)
0)
0)
63.3
42.3
42.4
118.6
106.9
103.1
100.0
97.8
92.2
91.9
80.4
74.6
65.3
70.5
128.4
111.0
105.8
100.0
97.3
89.0
88.2
67.9
56.2
37.3
41.8
70.8
78.6
76.2
71.9
66.9
58.1
55.6
58.9
59.2
62.4
57.2
57.9
68.8
74.8
76.4
71.7
77.4
80.9
84.8
86.6
81.4
68.6
67.4
66.0
61.9
71.9
73.0
65.4
72.4
74. 5
78.6
81.4
68.3
58.1
55.9
55.2
77.0
82.0
85.3
84.4
80.7
77.5
74.5
78.3
81.1
78.4
72.0
69.9
62.4
72.9
79.5
71.5
62.2
59.4
59.3
64.5
65.9
61.2
51.2
49.5
71.2
75.6
77.5
76.1
72.8
73.3
76.3
78.7
79.8
77.0
69.7
66.8
53.9
62.9
66.2
58.2
50.7
55.6
62.1
65.0
59.3
54.8
43.0
42.8
69.5
69.3
58.0
52.9
46.0
41.2
41.4
53.7
61.2
64.9
60.8
59.7
52.9
51.3
38.6
34.4
28.6
24.9
25.8
36.8
41.3
44.9
39.6
38.5
67.3
73.8
66.5
54.0
50.7
49.2
56.9
70.4
76.1
76.9
71.3
71.5
56.9
63.4
53.4
37.7
34.5
32.6
38.4
50.4
56.4
56.7
49.7
51.7
69.4
73.1
74.2
69.8
64.2
59.8
52.2
58.6
67.9
71.5
68.3
65.2
48.8
53.4
55.6
46.6
38.1
32.8
27.5
36.4
45.7
47.0
39.8
35.3
66.6
71.8
71.2
65.5
59.8
55.9
56.4
62.3
68.3
70.9
69.7
65.0
43.4
47.8
47.4
36.2
30.2
25.9
26.0
35.7
42.9
43.9
38.0
30.7
59.7
59.6
51.3
51.7
57.0
59.7
68.1
73.9
72.5
65.2
65.3
61.6
35.8
36.5
29.5
29.5
35.7
39.3
46.6
58.2
54.4
50.5
49.3
45. 5
71.4
78.3
59.9
62.6
75.6
93.3
105.5
108. 6
102.8
99.6
88.4
84.9
49.9
57.1
35.5
39.5
52.6
72.1
82.2
86.6
82.1
78.1
66.0
65.4
62.9
68.7
66.9
69.8
68.4
69.4
69.0
71.3
74.6
74.3
68.1
63.0
34.4
41.1
36.5
41.3
37.1
38.0
39.3
46.3
57.5
54.5
44.1
38.8
62.1
68.2
66.5
66.0
64.6
69.9
76.2
77.8
78.7
77.1
71.3
67.1
31.3
39.1
35.7
32.5
31.1
36.9
45.4
51.9
56.4
55.3
46.2
39.2
15
T
4 .—IN D E X E S OF E M P L O Y M E N T A N D P A Y R O L L S IN M A N U F A C T U R IN G IN D U S
T R IE S —Y E A R L Y A V E R A G E S 1932 T H R O U G H 1933 A N D B Y M O N T H S J A N U A R Y 1931
T H R O U G H D E C E M B E R 1933—Continued
able
Textiles and their products— Continued
Clothing,
wom en’s
M onth and year
Corsets and
allied gar
ments
M en’s
furnishings
Millinery and
lace goods
Shirts and
collars
Em
ploy
ment
Pay
roll
totals
Em
ploy
ment
Pay
roll
totals
Em
ploy
ment
Pay
roll
totals
Em
ploy
ment
P ay
roll
totals
Em
ploy
ment
1923 average........... „
1924 average........... .
1925 average............. 1926 average...........__
1927 a v era g e--.........
1928 average________
1929 average________
1930 average........... __
1931 average— ........1932 average________
1933 average............. .
126.3
111.9
105.6
100.0
105.4
105.4
105.4
94.2
85.3
66.7
66.5
124.4
108.6
109.3
100.0
107.4
105.2
105.1
87.2
70.3
44.3
40.6
0)
<
»>
0)
100.0
0)
(»>
<
l>
0)
102.8
100.0
100.2
0)
0)
0)
100.0
0)
(0
0)
0)
95.9
79.2
76.0
0)
0)
0)
100.0
0)
(1
)
0)
0)
73.9
61.1
62.5
(0
0)
0)
100.0
0)
0)
0)
0)
66.1
40.4
37.8
138.1
120.3
117.1
100.0
95.6
93.5
93.1
85.1
76.4
68.6
68.1
133.1
117.1
115.8
100.0
96.8
92.7
91.1
78.4
63.8
48.6
43.1
118.9
100.6
103.3
100.0
95.0
92.2
92.7
81.1
72.3
58.4
64.0
117.1
97.5
103.2
100.0
96.3
89.9
90.8
70.9
57.1
37.6
44.4
1931
January____________
February.............. .
M arch______ ______
April......... ............ .
M a y _______________
June............................
J u ly ........... ...........
August.......................
September..............—
October..................
N ovem ber_________
December__________
87.8
93.6
98.6
98.3
93.2
84.9
74.1
80.1
85.4
80.2
73.5
73.5
72.1
85.3
93.8
83.7
72.4
62.4
57.2
63.5
73.6
67.4
56.6
55.4
99.0
101.2
104.1
109.1
108.2
104.2
99.3
101.4
105.1
103.3
100.8
98.0
92.7
103.6
117.1
121.8
102.5
97.9
85.0
85.8
84.0
91.7
87.2
81.7
72.4
78.2
79.7
77.7
77.4
74.2
68.7
66.2
70.6
76.9
72.1
72.4
62.5
75.4
80.3
66.4
69.5
62.7
60.9
59.4
60.7
68.4
66.7
59.9
76.8
82.4
88.3
84.4
76.5
72.4
67.9
77.4
79.6
75.2
68.1
67.5
63.3
73.0
86.1
77.7
60.9
56.6
51.4
66.6
68.3
60.0
51.9
49.9
67.2
71.5
74.2
75.1
74.9
72.7
71.4
72.4
74.6
75.9
71.8
65.3
52.9
59.1
62.4
62.8
62.7
57.8
59.4
59.1
59.0
57.0
50.3
42.9
1932
January.................. .
February................ —
M arch........ ........... .
A pril......... ............. .
M a y ...... .................
J u n e ..-.....................
July_______________
August_____________
September_________
October........ .......... .
Novem ber............ .
December__________
71.5
74.4
77.5
76.2
71.6
64.8
45.4
53.4
66.8
70.6
64.8
63.8
50.1
55.4
61.9
54.2
44.5
36.6
25.6
34.9
45.5
48.1
38.4
36.0
101.4
105.6
108.1
105.2
101.4
99.0
90.9
92.6
96.2
101.0
99.7
98.3
86.1
95.5
95.2
86.7
80.0
71.6
63.2
61.6
70.7
85.6
77.0
76.6
62.4
64.3
66.1
61.7
56.9
56.8
46.6
46.3
60.2
68.8
73.2
69.5
46.8
48.5
51.0
40.5
34.8
35.7
28.4
26.0
37.7
45.4
49.1
40.7
77.0
82.0
84.3
75.8
62.6
55.7
47.1
62.4
75.7
76.7
64.1
59.9
60.9
65.9
67.3
58.4
41.6
35.2
28.5
43.1
59.4
49.9
37.6
35.3
60.0
60.8
60.3
57.1
55.5
55.0
51.3
50.7
57.4
63.8
65.3
64.0
40.0
41.9
41.1
36.8
33.5
34.1
30.5
31.8
34.7
42.0
43.7
41.4
1933
January____________
February...................
M arch_____________
April_______________
M a y ...... ............ ........
June-----------------------July________________
August_____________
September_________
October_____ ______
N ovem ber____ ____
December__________
63.6
69.5
67.0
74.6
74.2
68.2
59.3
59.8
70.6
71.7
63.0
56.6
34.8
42.2
35.8
46.7
39.3
33.9
31.0
34.1
58.9
54.5
40.4
35.8
96.6
102.6
102.4
101.4
100.5
100.8
99.4
101.3
105.7
95.5
98.2
97.4
68.6
80.7
68.1
72.4
76.2
77.5
73.4
83.9
88.1
80.6
70.5
72.4
61.7
63.3
60.3
59.2
58.4
63.0
66.7
68.3
62.7
67.1
66.1
53.1
32.1
33.8
32.2
31.0
33.0
37. 4
37.3
47.7
42.1
48.9
44.8
33.7
64.9
72.0
69.8
77.5
71.4
68.8
58.6
72.5
72.2
69.6
60.5
59.7
39.8
43.2
37.5
54.5
44.3
42.4
33.6
49.5
57.5
43.9
35.5
35.2
53.4
58.2
57.9
58.8
59.3
65.1
70.8
69.3
69.6
73.4
69.7
62.7
30.2
34.5
34.7
35.1
36.1
43.0
44.4
54.3
54.6
62.8
55.9
47.4
1 Data not available.
34966—34------3
P ay
roll
totals
16
T
4 .—I N D E X E S OF E M P L O Y M E N T A N D P A Y R O L L S IN M A N U F A T C U R IN G IN D U S
T R IE S —Y E A R L Y A V E R A G E S 1923 T H R O U G H 1933 A N D B Y M O N T H S J A N U A R Y 1931
T H R O U G H D E C E M B E R 1933—Continued
able
Iron and steel and their products, not including machinery
Group index
M onth and year
Bolts, nuts,
washers, and
rivets
Cast-iron pipe
Cutlery and
edge tools
Forgings, iron
and steel
Em
ploy
ment
Pay
roll
totals
Em
ploy
ment
Pay
roll
totals
Em
ploy
ment
Pay
roll
totals
Em
ploy
ment
Pay
roll
totals
Em
ploy
ment
0)
0
0)
100.0
0)
(J
)
0)
100.0
0)
(1
)
0)
100.0
0)
(')
0)
100.0
0)
0)
(l),
70.1
55.7
61.4
w
0)
0)
(0
52.5
28.7
35.9
(1}
0)
(0
0)
78.2
64.1
74.9
0)
0)
(0
60.7
36.5
45.5
94.3
98.2
95.6
100.0
89.8
80.1
76.1
67.4
55.6
33.8
29.1
92.8
97.8
96.2
100.0
88.1
75.9
75.5
65.6
46.3
19.7
16.1
0)
0)
0)
100.0
0)
0)
0)
(0
74.7
68.1
65.5
0)
0)
0)
100.0
0)
0)
0)
0)
60.6
46.9
43.0
C)
1
0)
(l)
100.0
0)
(1
)
0)
0)
68.1
58.2
66.3
0)
0)
0)
100.0
0)
0)
0)
0)
51.0
31.3
39.2
1931
January......................
February....................
M arch.........................
A pril....... ....................
M a y ............................
June...... .....................
J u ly................- ..........
August— ...................
September.................
October.......................
N ovem ber..................
December...................
73.8
74.0
75.0
74.7
73.1
70.8
68.6
69.0
67.2
65.9
64.6
64.0
58.1
62.1
64.2
63.4
60.0
54.2
50.3
49.0
44.2
43.4
40.9
40.5
81.5
82.2
83.1
82.7
82.9
82.4
78.0
77.2
72.6
73.1
71.5
71.4
64.6
68.6
71.1
70.9
69.7
66.7
58.6
58.0
50.7
50.6
48.9
49.4
53.8
56.8
58.5
60.6
61.0
59.2
58.0
56.5
53.3
51.1
49.7
49.1
46.8
50.6
54.6
58.2
55.8
48.6
48.6
44.2
37.7
36.7
36.2
37.0
76.6
77.2
77.9
79.0
75.4
74.2
72.9
71.8
72.9
73.2
73.1
72.3
65.2
65.5
68.2
65.6
65.0
60.2
59.7
55.8
52.6
57.5
56.7
54.7
73.4
68.5
66.5
65.9
64.9
62.6
63.7
68.6
70.1
68.7
73.2
70.5
56.7
54.1
55.3
59.6
55.3
47.2
47.1
50.5
44.6
45.8
49.2
46.9
1932
January------------------February....................
M arch.........................
April............................
M a y ............................
June............................
July.............................
August........................
September.................
October. ............... .....
N ovem ber............ .
December...................
62.1
62.3
61.0
59.1
56.8
54.9
51.6
50.8
51.8
53.1
53.2
51.4
36.0
36.8
35.2
32.0
30.5
26.9
23.1
23.1
24.2
26.6
26.0
24.2
71.5
70.8
68.0
66.3
59.8
64.1
62.6
60.3
61.0
62.3
61.4
61.5
47.7
46.6
42.5
39.2
34.7
35.7
31.7
29.2
29.5
33.6
34.4
33.7
45.5
42.1
38.1
35.0
33.7
31.3
32.1
30.7
28.1
29.6
30.1
29.0
30.5
27.8
25.4
22.9
19.9
17.5
17.1
15.8
15.8
14.9
14.3
14.8
70.7
74.3
74.9
75.2
73.9
68.9
62.2
63.0
63.6
64.4
64.2
61.3
52.3
56.4
55.1
55.5
53.2
46.4
40.4
39.5
39.1
43.8
42.3
39.3
67.2
66.9
67.7
58.6
60.2
58.2
54.8
53.0
49.9
55.2
53.1
53.4
41.8
41.7
39.9
32.0
32.2
31.0
30.2
25.1
21.9
25.9
26.3
27.8
1933
January......................
February....................
M arch.........................
A pril...........................
M a y ............................
June............................
July— ............. ...........
August— .................
September____ _____
October......................
N ovem ber..................
Decem ber..................
49.0
51.3
49.1
50.2
53.3
58.5
64.9
71.7
74.8
73.2
70.9
69.8
22.6
24.5
22.5
24.2
29.5
36.0
41.1
49.7
47.1
47.3
42.9
43.3
59.9
61.1
59.2
61.0
64.9
73.0
82.5
88.8
90.7
88.8
85.9
82.8
30.9
32.6
28.1
29.5
36.4
47.3
53.2
57.6
58.7
58.8
57.9
54.9
27.0
23.4
19.4
23.5
24.5
29.4
32.1
32.7
34.1
35.1
33.4
34.9
13.1
11.2
11.0
12.4
13.2
16.1
18.0
19.0
18.2
19.0
19.4
22.5
57.8
59.3
54.2
55.9
58.2
60.6
61.8
69.1
75.4
79.0
78.5
76.7
35.3
37.6
26.7
31.4
37.0
41.7
44.6
47.0
51.1
54.3
54.3
55.1
52.9
51.4
50.1
50.8
56.2
63.1
67.1
76.1
83.2
76.7
83.1
84.4
27.0
24.9
22.8
23.3
31.7
39.2
41.7
50.1
48.7
49.6
54.0
56.8
1923 average...............
1924 average........... .
1925 average...............
1926 average...............
1927 average...............
1928 average...............
1929 average...............
1930 average...............
1931 average...............
1932 average________
1933 average...............
i Data not available.
P ay
roll
totals
17
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4 —I N D E X E S OF E M P L O Y M E N T A N D P A Y R O L L S IN M A N U F A C T U R IN G I N D U S
T R IE S —Y E A R L Y A V E R A G E S 1923 T H R O U G H 1933 A N D B Y M O N T H S J A N U A R Y 1931
T H R O U G H D E C E M B E R 1933—Continued
able
Iron and steel and their products, not including machinery—Continued
Hardware
Iron and steel
M onth and year
Em
ploy
ment
Pay-roll
totals
Em
ploy
ment
Pay-roll
totals
Plum ber’s
supplies
Em
ploy
ment
Pay-roll
totals
Steam and hot-1
water heating i
apparatus and
steam fittings
Em
p loy
ment
Pay-roll
totals
Stoves.
Em
p loy
ment
Pay-roll
totals
1923 average...............
1924 average-----------1925 average________
1926 average________
1927 average________
1928 average...............
1929 average........... .
1930 average........... .
1931 average________
1932 average— ..........
1933 average...............
113.4
104.2
103.6
100.0
92.2
88.9
91.9
78.8
65.3
52.3
53.0
102.0
95.7
98.4
100.0
90.9
88.4
93.7
68.5
47.4
27.8
28.2
102.1
95.4
97.9
100.0
92.9
90.9
94.7
84.5
70.0
55.9
63.6
97.3
91.3
96.4
100.0
91.4
92.7
99.3
79.8
51.8
25.7
36.6
0)
(0
(0
100.0
0)
0)
0)
0)
76.5
60.1
68.4
0)
0)
0)
100.0
0)
0)
0)
0)
59.8
34.3
38.7
103.3
98.6
100.1
100.0
92.5
82.2
78.5
65.2
54.8
37.5
39.9
98.0
95.4
97.4
100.0
91.9
81.9
78.8
58.7
40.7
22.4
24.0
116.3
100.3
97.8
100.0
91.2
87.6
90.8
74.3
60.6
49.2
59.0
113.9
101.0
97.8
100.0
90.4
84.7
87.3
64.1
44.7
28.5
35.8
1931
January------------------February....................
M arch................. .......
A p ril...........................
M a y .......................... .
June............................
July________________
A ugust_____________
September_________
October......................
N ovem ber.................
December..................
69.7
69.2
69.3
68.8
68.0
66.7
64.4
62.0
61.5
61.8
61.2
60.4
53.5
54.1
55.2
53.6
53.2
48.8
44.3
44.2
39.3
42.2
40.8
40.1
74.8
75.1
76.2
76.2
74.2
70.7
69.7
68.2
65.6
63.5
62.5
63.0
58.8
64.9
67.8
67.3
62.1
54.1
48.3
46.2
40.4
38.3
36.3
37.1
82.4
82.3
81.2
76.7
75.8
76.0
77.2
75.0
73.2
75.0
73.1
70.0
63.2
65.5
63.1
59.2
60.6
60.2
63.5
62.9
56.1
59.6
52.7
50.4
60.9
60.0
60.1
57.7
55.8
54.6
53.2
51.4
51.0
53.4
51.4
48.0
49.8
49.9
47.4
44.7
41.9
40.0
38.5
37.4
34.3
38.3
34.3
31.5
52.7
60.0
64.7
65.4
64.8
62.6
54.8
60.0
63.8
64.3
60.0
53.5
38.5
47.1
50.3
50.0
50.3
46.0
39.4
43.4
48.0
48.7
41.0
33. a
1932
January.....................
February....................
M arch...... ..................
A p ril....... ...................
M a y ............................
June.......... .................
Ju ly....... .....................
A ugust____________
September.................
October____________
N ovem ber.................
December..................
59.3
58.5
57.6
55.9
53.3
52.4
47.6
46.4
48.2
49.2
49.9
49.8
37.8
36.0
34.8
31.2
28.1
26.9
21.6
20.9
22.7
24.3
24.5
25.0
62.5
62.8
61.6
59.8
57.6
54.9
51.7
50.4
51.3
53.0
53.2
52.1
32.9
34.3
32.8
29.4
28.3
23.3
19.7
19.5
20.4
23.2
23.0
21.9
70.6
68.9
65.5
64.7
64.1
63.6
61.4
59.0
50.2
51.2
55.5
46.1
43.3
42.7
39.2
37.5
37.4
37.3
30.9
34.4
27.5
28.7
31.8
21.1
44.1
45.0
43.6
39.2
33.8
33.7
32.5
33.1
35.5
37.3
38.4
34.0
26.9
28.4
26.0
23.7
20.4
20.5
18.5
18.8
20.4
23.6
22.3
19.0
44.4
50.6
51.4
51.6
49.9
46.3
40.7
43.7
51.7
55.4
55.0
49.5
26.4
30.7
30.6
29.4
28.1
25.1
21.7
23.8
31.6
37.2
31.7
25.8
1933
January.. ...................
F e b r u a r y --..............
M arch.........................
A p ril....................... .
M a y ............................
June............................
J uly.............................
A ugust.......................
September.................
October......................
N ovem ber.................
December........... .......
48.3
49.0
47.0
47.2
48.6
52.6
55.9
59.9
59.0
55.3
55.0
58.0
22.4
23.2
20.7
21.0
24.6
29.5
33.2
34.5
33.2
30.6
30.5
35.3
50.6
53.0
50.1
51.3
54.2
59.4
67.6
75.9
78.1
76.4
73.8
72.9
21.4
23.6
21.3
23.3
28.7
35.9
42.8
54.8
49.3
49.5
43.6
44.4
44.1
54.5
58.8
53.4
66.8
77.9
81.7
80.9
87.6
81.6
68.8
65.6
19.3
25.9
32.5
27.3
41.7
51.9
48.5
48.7
53.3
46.5
34.3
34.0
31.3
34.8
30.5
34.0
36.7
40.0
43.0
46.6
48.3
44.6
45.4
43.8
16.7
18.2
16.0
18.0
21.8
25.1
27.4
30.6
30.3
27.8
27.8
27.9
37.8
43.0
41.9
45.1
48. 7
53.4
60.2
69.1
78. 3
82.7
80.3
68.0.
18.6
23.2
21.7
25.0
29.2
33.6
38.1
43.9
50.2
56. 4
50. 4
39. 3
1 Data not available.
18
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4.—IN D E X E S OF E M P L O Y M E N T A N D P A Y R O L L S IN M A N U F A C T U R IN G IN D U S
T R IE S —Y E A R L Y A V E R A G E S 1923 T H R O U G H 1933 A N D B Y M O N T H S J A N U A R Y 1931
T H R O U G H D E C E M B E R 1933—Continued
able
Iron and steel and their products, not including machinery—Con.
Structural and
ornamental
metal work
Tin cans and
other tinware
Em
ploy
ment
M onth and year
Pay-roll
totals
Em
ploy
ment
Tools (not in
cluding edge or
machine tools)
Em
Pay-roll ploy
totals
ment
Pay-roll
totals
1923 average........... - ................................
1924 average..............................................
1925 average__________ ______ ________
1926 average..............................................
1927 average.............................. ..............
1928 average______ ___________ _______
1929 average............. . . . ............ .............
1930 average................................. ............
1931 average.......................................... .
1932 average...................... .......................
1933 average...................................... .......
100.8
91.7
92.5
100.0
94.9
95.0
102.1
92.2
71.1
47.6
43.3
93.9
86.3
91.5
100.0
95.0
97.9
104.4
89.0
57.4
28.7
24.2
(0
0)
0)
100.0
0)
0)
0)
0)
84.6
74.7
79.6
0)
0)
0)
100.0
0)
0)
0)
0)
56.7
45.8
48.1
0)
0)
0)
100.0
0)
(0
0)
(0
85.4
65.8
69.1
0)
0)
0)
100.0
(0
(0
1931
January.....................................................
February.......... ............... ............. .........
M arch...... .......... .....................................
A pril............................... ............ .......... __
M a y ................................. ........................
June................... ............ ..................... . . .
July— ............. —-----------------------------August......................... ............................
September................... ............................
O ctober....................................................
N ovem ber................... ............ ............ _.
December--------- --------------------- ----------
78.9
75.8
75.4
74.1
72.5
71.2
71.9
72.1
69.3
65.6
63.7
62.2
67.4
64.6
63.9
60.7
60.8
58.7
61.0
57.8
54.1
49.0
46.1
44.5
87.2
88.7
88.8
91.1
89.4
87.0
86.7
87.6
81.7
77.1
74.2
76.2
59.7
58.2
61.8
63.3
59.3
58.2
57.7
57.6
55.3
51.1
48.7
49.2
1932
January------ ------------------------------ ------February------------------------------------------M arch---------- -----------------------------------A pril............................ ............. ..............
M a y ________________ ________________
June...... ...................................................
J u ly............ — ....................... ..................
August____________ _______ __________
Septem ber............... ...............................
October_____________ ______________
N ovem ber_____ ________________ ____
D ecem b er...............................................
58.8
55.6
54.3
51.9
49.4
47.7
45.2
44.6
42.7
41.2
40.3
40.0
40.3
36/6
34.4
32.4
30.4
27.1
25.0
25.0
23.9
23.6
23.5
21.8
74.4
72.8
73.4
73.7
71.9
76.7
75.1
75.5
81.2
76.8
73.2
71.1
1933
January.................... ................................
February...................................................
M arch................... ....................................
A pril..... ....................................................
M a y ...... ................................................. .
June____ ____________________________
J uly...........................................................
August......................................................
September................................................
October.....................................................
N ovem ber................................................
December.................................................
38.1
37.3
37.8
38.5
38.0
39.4
42.6
46.1
50.6
51.2
50.0
49.4
18.5
17.4
17.2
18.5
19.8
21.0
22.1
27.4
31.1
33.0
32.6
31.4
67.7
70.3
68.4
71.3
73.8
78.9
82.7
90.8
93.4
85.9
84.9
87.4
1 Data not available.
Wirework
Em
p lo y Pay-roll
totals
ment
(0
61.3
38.6
41.6
1
0)
100.0
(0
0)
0)
(l)
99.1
93.6
107.0
0)
(0
0)
100.0
(0
(0
0)
(0
87.5
67.2
82.2
88.8
88.2
88.6
88.5
85.4
85.6
86.2
82.4
84.3
82.9
81.4
82.2
63.4
65.9
66.9
67.2
64.8
62.2
61.3
57.9
54.8
57.9
56.2
56.5
91.4
89.1
92.3
93.2
94.4
96.4
97.8
108.1
105.5
106.4
107.9
106.8
81.1
81.8
88.9
85.6
87.4
89.0
87.3
95.8
88.0
90.8
87.7
87.1
48.0
45.3
46.7
46.0
43.8
46.8
43.5
45.2
52.4
47.4
41.7
42.5
77.5
76.8
73.2
71.8
68.8
65.3
59.2
54.4
59.0
60.2
61.8
61.1
49.6
50.9
47.4
44.3
40.2
37.6
29.1
26.6
32.4
35.1
35.7
34.7
100.6
102.3
98.1
95.2
94.4
93.7
87.3
90.2
92.7
91.5
90.1
87.3
77.1
85.2
81.8
70.9
71.2
65.9
53.4
59.5
63.2
64.4
61.3
52.8
39.8
39.7
38.4
41.3
45.7
50.3
52.8
55.0
55.8
51.5
50.9
55.5
59.4
59.2
55.7
56.1
58.0
63.0
69.9
77.5
80.2
83.1
83.3
83.2
33.0
30.6
27.2
27.2
31.0
40.0
46.0
50.0
51.5
54.0
53.8
54.5
84.7
89.1
87.4
87.5
93.0
104.3
113.5
122.0
128.8
128.2
122.5
123.0
50.6
58.6
52.1
58.3
72.3
87.5
97.1
112.2
102.2
103.9
92.1
99.5
19
T
4 .—I N D E X E S OF E M P L O Y M E N T A N D P A Y R O L L S IN M A N U F A C T U R IN G IN D U S
T R IE S —Y E A R L Y A V E R A G E S 1923 T H R O U G H 1933 A N D B Y M O N T H S J A N U A R Y 1931
T H R O U G H D E C E M B E R 1933—Continued
able
Machinery, not including transportation equipment
Group index
M onth and year
Agricultural
implements
Cash registers,
adding
machines, and
calculating
machines
Electrical
machinery,
apparatus, and
supplies
Em
ploy
ment
Em
p loy
ment
Pay
roll
totals
Em
p loy
ment
Pay
roll
totals
Em
ploy
ment
Pay
roll
totals
0)
0)
0)
100.0
0)
0)
C)
0)
0)
0)
0)
100.0
0)
0)
0)
0)
101.3
81.2
93.6
100.0
91.9
106.8
121.1
92.3
47.8
28.2
32.0
89.8
75.2
90.8
100.0
92.2
111.8
125.3
85.6
37.4
21.3
24.7
0)
0)
0)
100.0
0)
0)
0)
0)
80.6
69.6
73.4
0)
0)
0)
100.0
0)
0)
0)
0)
67.9
49.8
55.4
101.3
95.1
92.1
100.0
95.1
93.9
118.3
101.6
80.9
58.9
53.3
79.2
79.0
77.5
76.2
74.3
71.8
64.4
62.9
62.4
65.5
66.9
66.5
64.5
63.0
58.4
53.8
51.7
48.4
47.9
46.1
46.3
77.6
75.8
66.4
59.9
49.7
43.9
35.2
31.3
31.0
32.0
34.2
66.8
66.6
53.7
43.6
36.3
32.0
27.6
24.0
23.2
23.5
24.8
26.7
84.3
83.7
83.6
82.0
81.0
77.0
80.9
77.9
76.5
76.7
76.4
73.8
73.8
73.2
72.7
72.2
63.1
68.0
57.6
60.8
61.0
62.3
87.7
87.0
86.2
84.3
82.4
79.7
77.1
77.3
75.6
73.3
72.7
1932
January____
F ebruary...
M arch.........
April---------M a y .............
June_______
July_______
August____
Septem ber..
October____
N ovem ber..
December—.
59.8
59.8
58.1
55.3
53.1
50.1
47.3
45.2
45.3
45.6
45.8
45.4
42.4
42.3
39.8
36.7
33.9
30.6
27.4
25.7
26.2
27.1
26.7
27.0
38.8
41.4
40.8
36.4
28.5
22.1
19.8
21.7
21.0
19.4
22.6
26.0
27.6
35.3
34.0
28.2
22.7
16.4
14.0
15.5
14.6
14.0
15.7
18.0
77.7
77.3
75.3
73.7
74.3
71.1
70.4
62.1
62.9
63.8
63.4
63.1
59.6
55.7
54.5
52.3
51.9
47.5
47.0
45.1
45.4
46.8
45.6
45.6
1933
January.......
F eb ru a ry ...
M arch_____
April______
M a y . . .........
June.............
J u ly ........... .
August........
September..
October____
N ovem ber..
Decem ber...
43.4
43.9
42.4
42.8
44.6
48.2
51.9
57.4
61.7
64.0
64.1
63.1
25.0
25.4
23.2
23.9
27.0
31.3
34.6
38.2
40.8
43.6
43.5
42.9
27.4
29.9
28.8
27.6
25.5
27.7
28.9
31.3
34.7
37.7
40.4
44.1
18.9
21.6
19.0
18.5
18.4
21.7
21.6
24.3
27.2
31.1
35.2
39.3
62.2
62.5
61.5
62.4
64.6
70.6
73.8
79.7
83.7
85.7
86.7
87.2
42. S
42.7
41.0
44. c
48.1
53.5
56.9
61.0
64.4
67.4
70.4
72.1
1923 average
1924 average.
1925 average.
1926 average.
1927 average.
1928 average.
1929 average.
1930 average.
1931 average.
1932 average.
1933 average.
1931
January.......
F e b ru a ry ...
M arch_____
A pril______
M a y .............
June.............
July_______
August.........
September..
October____
N ovem ber..
D ecem ber...
70.7
50.9
52.3
68.8
66.2
66.2
1 Data not available.
56.6
32.2
Pay
roll
totals
Engines, tur
bines, tractors,
and waterwheels
Em
ploy
ment
Pay
roll
totals
97.0
94.7
92.2
100.0
95.7
95.9
121.5
102.0
71.4
41.9
37.9
0)
(0
0)
100.0
94.4
97.4
112.1
99.0
67.6
44.0
46.5
0)
(0
0)
ioo. o
91.7
96. 3»
113.5
94.0
54. 0,
27. 6
29. 6
*
78.8
80.5
80.5
78.9
78.1
73.0
68.9
69.0
64.3
62.7
61.7
83.2
82.3
81.4
76.2
68.7
66.7
64.9
60.7
57.5
56.8
55.1
57.2
71. 3
'.
73.2
72.4
66.0
58.8
54.7
48.7
43.7
40.8
40.1
38. 3.
39.7
71.9
70.8
69.3
65.7
63.1
59.6
55.5
53.5
50.6
49.3
49.1
48.6
57.9
56.5
53.2
48.9
44.5
40.9
37.0
33.4
32.9
32.8
32.5
32.5
44.2
52.0
51.4
48.5
46.6
45.0
41.7
39.4
39.3
39.8
39.7
40.1
30 7
34. 8
33. 9
32.1
29.5
27.6
23.9
23.1
22. &
24.9
23. 6,
25.0
46.4
46.4
45.3
45.7
47.3
49.8
53.4
57.1
60.7
62.9
62.6
61.7
30.5
30.3
28.9
30.0
33.0
36.6
40.4
42.4
44.7
46.9
46.6
44.9
39.9
40.0
37.9
38.2
38.5
42.4
45.4
45.2
55.2
55.4
58.5
61.5
24. a
24.7
22.8
23.1
23.9
27.9
29.5
27. T
34.1
36.4
38.6.
42.7
20
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4 .—IN D E X E S OF E M P L O Y M E N T A N D P A Y R O L L S IN M A N U F A C T U R IN G IN D U S *
T R IE S —Y E A R L Y A V E R A G E S 1923 T H R O U G H 1933 A N D B Y M O N T H S J A N U A R Y 1931
T H R O U G H D E C E M B E R 1933—Continued
able
Machinery, not including transportation equipment—Continued
M onth and year
Foundry and
machine-shop
products
Machine tools
Radios and
phonographs
Textile machin
ery and parts
Typewriters
and supplies
Em
ploy
ment
Pay
roll
totals
Em
p loy
ment
Pay
roll
totals
Em
ploy
ment
Pay
roll
totals
Em
ploy
ment
Pay
roll
totals
Em
ploy
ment
1923 average..............
1924 average...............
1925 average...............
1926 average............ .
1927 average..............
' 1928-average........... .
1929 average..............
1930 average________
1931 average.........
1932 average________
1933 average...............
0)
0)
0)
100.0
93.8
93.7
104.3
87.9
65.8
47.9
50.0
0)
0)
0)
100.0
92.1
93.9
107.6
80.7
49.2
27.1
28.7
98.1
82.0
85.8
100.0
92.8
100.8
129.8
98.7
62.6
35.9
37.0
88.5
74.9
83.4
100.0
92.2
107.5
139.8
90.2
48.4
22.9
24.1
(l)
0)
0)
100.0
0)
0)
213.1
123.3
92.5
68.2
103.2
0)
0)
0)
100.0
0)
0)
213.0
130.3
86.0
55.0
74.9
0)
0)
0)
100.0
95.1
92.4
111.6
91.3
73.5
56.3
70.7
0)
0)
0)
100.0
95.5
93.5
121.1
84.7
61.2
37.7
50.0
0)
0)
0)
100.0
(0
0)
(l)
0)
81.4
61.3
65.6
0)
0)
0)
100.0
0)
0)
0)
0)
60.9
35.7
43.1
1931
January......................
February................. .
M arch______ _____ _
A pril................ ..........
M a y ________ _____ _
June............................
J u l y . ................ .........
August........................
September. _________
October...... ................
Novem ber............... .
December__________
72.8
73.1
72.4
71.4
71.0
67.8
64.6
61.1
60.8
58.7
57.7
57.7
56.8
58.9
59.5
57.8
56.8
51.7
46.9
43.3
40.8
40.1
38.4
39.3
74.4
73.0
72.9
70.8
68.7
65.3
61.1
54.3
55.8
54.4
50.2
50.1
56.6
57.6
58.3
56.1
54.5
50.6
49.1
44.1
39.8
40.2
36.6
37.2
100.3
94.9
74.6
81.8
75.4
82.1
90.6
99.2
114.1
111.5
104.1
81.0
92.2
84.9
73.9
81.0
78.9
81.7
84.4
92.8
95.3
106.7
86.5
73.3
76.8
77.5
78.1
76.9
76.5
74.5
67.5
74.5
72.6
69.7
68.7
68.3
67.7
67.9
68.0
64.8
66.7
64.1
56.5
61.4
54.4
53.2
52.1
58.1
90.6
89.2
89.1
84.2
82.9
82.5
78.5
76.4
76.6
73.6
75.8
77.2
71.4
70.3
67.6
67.0
67.0
65.1
58.3
54.5
51.8
53.0
53.5
51.0
1932
January......................
February. .................
M arch................. .......
A pril______ ________
M a y ...... .....................
June............................
J u l y . .____ ________
August........................
September_________
October_____ ______
N ovem ber........ .........
D ecem ber..................
55.0
54.7
53.2
51.2
49.6
46.9
45.3
42.8
43.4
44.0
44.3
44.1
34.5
34.9
33.1
30.8
29.1
26. 1
23.3
21.9
22.2
23.3
23.0
23.3
47.8
47.3
44.6
40.5
35.5
34.5
30.7
28.6
30.2
29.6
30.5
31.3
34.8
34.4
30.1
26.6
22.0
20.3
17.8
16.9
17.7
17.1
18.3
18.8
77.9
72.0
64.1
57.3
61.0
63.9
62.5
63.1
68.1
79.8
77.7
70.4
73.0
61.4
51.1
46.3
53.6
54.0
47.8
44.9
56.1
62.9
58.4
50.9
68.0
68.7
66.1
61.3
56.0
52.0
41.5
49.3
52.3
53.6
52.9
54.2
56.9
55.6
50.6
43.7
33.7
27.4
21.6
28.9
33.0
34.0
32.2
34.6
74.1
72.1
71.4
70.6
68.4
58.9
57.2
40.7
55.8
55.9
59.2
51.8
46.3
48.3
45.8
43.5
38.2
31.6
28.9
21.7
29.1
30.4
32.7
32.1
1933
January......................
February__________
M a rc h .. ............. .......
A p r il.................. .......
M a y ........ .......... .........
J u n e .......................
July........................
August........................
September.................
October......................
N ovem ber..................
December..................
41.6
42.3
40.8
41.3
43.0
46.5
50.3
56.4
59.2
60.4
59.4
58.2
20.9
21.6
19.4
19.7
23.0
27.3
30.8
34.8
36.1
37.8
36.5
36.1
31.7
31.0
27. $
3
26.9
27.8
31.2
33.3
39.1
44.5
48.0
51.2
52.3
19.6
18.8
15.0
14.7
15.5
20.2
22.0
25.6
30.1
33.1
36.2
37.8
57.9
61.9
61.0
67.2
81.3
92.1
94.1
108.2
133.6
162.4
169.3
149.6
41.9
45.5
42.0
50.5
62.3
65.5
55.7
73.9
91.2
125.2
131.9
112.6
54.5
55.0
53.2
51.3
54.1
62.5
72.9
87.9
90.8
90.0
89.5
86.6
33.8
32.7
29.2
28.3
33.5
47.2
58.9
65.7
69.1
69.3
68.1
64.5
57.4
53.8
52.0
52.4
55.1
54.0
57.7
69.6
76.1
81.2
87.7
89.8
32.7
29.8
27.5
26.3
30.4
31.7
36.4
49.6
55.0
61.3
65.2
71.0
i Data not available.
Pay
roll
totals
21
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4 .—IN D E X E S O F E M P L O Y M E N T A N D P A Y R O L L S IN M A N U F A C T U R IN G IN D U S
T R IE S —Y E A R L Y A V E R A G E S 1923 T H R O U G H 1933 A N D B Y M O N T H S J A N U A R Y 1931
T H R O U G H D E C E M B E R 1933—Continued
able
Nonferrous metals and their products
Group index
M onth and year
Clocks,
Brass,
A luminum bronze, and watches, and
timemanufac
copper
recording
tures
products
devices
Jewelry
Lighting
equipment
E m Pay E m Pay E m Pay E m P ay E m P ay E m P ay
ploy roll ploy roll ploy roll ploy roll ploy roll ploy roll
ment totals ment totals ment totals ment totals ment totals ment totals
1923 average..........................
1924 average...........................
1925 average...........................
1926 average.........................
1927 average............................
1928 average............................
1929 average........................ .
1930 average............................
1931 average........................ .
1932 average........................ .
1933 average.................... .......
0)
0)
0)
(0
(»)
0)
0)
0)
0) 101.3 98.9
95.2 92.9
0)
(0
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
99.2 99.1
0)
0)
(0
0)
(0
(1
)
0)
<0
0)
100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
94.5 92.0
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
(0
0)
0)
0)
94.4 98.0
(!)
(0
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
C)
1
0) 101.1 107.4
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
(0
0)
79.7 74.9
0)
0)
C)
1
0)
0
0)
0)
0)
0)
68.3 58.5 69.5 56.9 66.7 54.2 61.1 52.6 50.8 41.7 89.3
55.2 37.1 49.6 29.5 53.9 33.7 44.9 29.9 39.5 27.7 67.7
59.7 39.7 55.4 35.7 59.9 38.9 42.6 29.1 38.0 25.2 70.3
0)
0)
0)
100.0
0)
0)
(»)
0)
76.9
49.4
49.3
1931
January.................... ...........
February................................
M arch.......................... ..........
April........................................
M a y .........................................
June............................ ...........
July— ........................ ..........
August......................... ..........
September..............................
October. .................................
N ovem ber..............................
December...............................
71.7
72.4
72.3
71.8
70.3
69.3
67.3
65.3
65.9
65.6
64.3
63.2
63.3
67.2
69.0
66.8
63.9
60.4
53.4
53.2
53.0
53.1
49.8
49.2
75.6
79.1
80.3
80.7
78.4
76.8
75.9
60.6
58.9
58.2
55.0
54.8
59.1
74.6
76.1
74.7
67.1
63.7
60.5
46.7
45.7
38.3
36.9
39.4
70.2
69.8
70.7
69.7
69.5
67.7
66.3
64.2
64.4
63.3
62.6
62.3
60.1
60.6
62.7
61.5
60.7
56.3
52.2
50.0
47.7
47.0
46.1
45.6
63.5
63.2
62.7
61.8
59.8
57.4
58.1
57.9
61.5
62.3
63.6
61.7
58.8
58.7
57.9
53.3
50.4
48.9
46.8
49.6
54.0
54.3
53.1
45.0
52.4
53.9
52.7
52.1
50.4
49.7
48.8
49.6
52.5
52.2
49.2
46.0
45.5
42.8
45.7
43.8
41.8
40.7
33.9
39.6
43.1
43.8
40.3
39.9
93.7
93.5
92.8
92.8
91.0
90.0
88.0
88.5
88.5
85.0
85.4
82.9
84.4
81.0
82.4
82.4
80.3
79.7
76.5
74.1
73.5
71.2
68.8
68.5
1932
January...................................
February................................
M arch.......... ............ ..............
A pril........................................
M a y .........................................
J u n e........................................
July..........................................
August....................................
September................... ..........
October........................ ..........
N ovem ber................... .........
December........................ .......
60.8
61.4
60.6
58.0
55.4
53.7
48.9
50.2
52.4
54.0
54.4
53.1
44.4
45.6
43.1
39.9
36.7
34.4
29.9
30.6
33.6
37.0
36.1
33.6
54.6
55.1
55.5
52.7
48.6
46.7
44.4
46.3
47.5
47.7
48.3
47.5
38.7
39.3
33.1
31.5
26.8
23.9
21.8
23.5
25.8
29.5
30.5
29.0
60.9
60.8
59.6
56.3
53.9
51.9
49.8
49.3
50.3
51.1
51.9
51.0
43.5
43.4
40.1
35.9
32.9
30.7
28.6
27.8
29.3
31.5
31.0
29.6
56.0
54.7
52.0
47.7
44.7
42.5
30.6
41.6
40.1
41.6
43.5
43.3
37.8
38.0
33.1
32.4
26.8
26.1
19.0
26.4
26.9
31.4
32.5
28.4
41.7
43.8
43.3
40.6
37.1
35.8
31.0
35.4
40.7
44.0
42.7
37.5
33.3
34.6
31.9
27.9
24.2
22.9
19.6
21.9
27.9
32.6
29.2
26.8
77.5
76.4
74.7
72.8
68.6
68.5
48.3
60.6
63.2
66.6
67.5
67.2
59.2
58.9
57.8
53.6
50.1
50.7
34.2
41.4
45.1
46.8
48.5
46.6
1933
January...................................
February................................
M a rch . ...................................
A pril........................................
M a y .........................................
Ju n e........................................
July........... - ...........................
August...................... .............
September..............................
October___________ ________
N ovem ber..............................
December...............................
50.1
50.8
48.7
49.9
52.0
55.8
59.5
66.9
71.8
73.0
70.1
67.7
29.9
30.4
28.1
29.4
34.2
38.5
40.9
45.6
49.0
51.4
50.2
48.4
46.8
47.8
47.6
48.1
49.4
52.2
55.7
62.0
65.1
64.2
63.0
62.4
28.0
29.6
28.5
28.0
31.5
35.3
37.2
41.4
41.7
43.6
42.1
41.0
48.6
48.7
46.0
47.8
51.5
57.7
64.5
71.1
73.0
72.4
69.8
67.2
27.1
26.5
24.3
26.4
33.6
40.2
46.0
49.9
50.9
49.5
46.5
46.3
39.1
38.0
34.9
33.5
35.7
40.0
40.6
46.0
49.9
52.6
52.7
48.0
23.0
22.3
16.6
16.6
19.6
23.9
27.9
33.1
38.6
43.7
44.6
38.8
33.0
34.8
33.2
33.1
33.8
36.0
34.2
40.1
45.2
47.8
44.6
40.7
20.9
21.1
19.1
20.0
21.4
22.9
22.0
26.0
31.2
34.7
33.0
30.2
62.6
60.5
55.7
57.9
60.5
64.8
68.6
75.8
82.1
84.1
85.5
85.2
42.5
40.4
35.1
36.6
41.9
47.8
49.8
53.5
58. 6
59.4
62.1
64.0
1 Data not available.
22
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4.—IN D E X E S OF E M P L O Y M E N T A N D P A Y R O L L S IN M A N U F A C T U R IN G IN D U S
T R IE S —Y E A R L Y A V E R A G E S 1923 T H R O U G H 1933 A N D B Y M O N T H S J A N U A R Y 1931
T H R O U G H D E C E M B E R 1933—Continued
able
Nonferrous metals, and their
products—Continued
M onth and year
Smelting
Stamped
Silverware and refin
and plated ing—copper, and enam
lead, and
eled ware
ware
zinc
Transportation equipment
Group
index
Aircraft
E m Pay E m Pay Em Pay E m Pay E m
ploy roll ploy roll ploy roll ploy roll ploy
ment totals ment totals ment totals ment totals ment
1923 average_____________
0)
0) 105.2 109.3
0)
0)
(l)
1924 average_____________
94.7 93.2
0)
0)
0)
(0
0)
99.0 100.2
1925 average_____________
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
1926 average_____________ 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
88.9 90.6
1927 average_____________
(0
0)
0)
0)
(0
88.8 90.4
1928 average_____________
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
90.4 91.1
1929 average_____________
0)
0)
0)
0)
(0
77.9 71.8
1930 a verage_____________
0)
0)
0)
0)
(0
1931 average_____________ 74.3 59.1 73.5 69.3 70.6 58.8 6 .8
6
1932 average_____________ 61.8 40.5 61.1 41.2 62.1 41.2 54.0
1933 average_____________ 63.4 39.5 68.4 44.1 68.1 43.9 53.2
1931
January____________ ____
February_______________
M arch__________________
April______________
M a y ___________________
June______ _ __
July____________________
August___________
September______________
October_________________
N ovem ber______________
December_______________
77.8
79.9
80.0
76.2
75.5
75.8
70.5
71.2
71.3
71.6
71.1
70.6
58.6
67.4
68.6
65.7
60.8
56.9
51.2
54.9
57.6
61.1
51.5
54.5
81.8
79.7
78.1
77.7
74.6
73.5
69.3
68.0
68.1
71.4
70.5
69.1
87.7
85.8
90.2
83.1
79.5
74.3
51.7
55.7
55.3
59.7
57.0
52.0
68.6
72.7
72.7
73.8
72.3
72.6
70.8
70.2
70.7
69.2
66.9
66.2
54.8
67.0
67.3
67.3
63.9
62.0
55.6
56. 7
56.3
54.5
50.9
49.8
1932
January____________ _____
February________________
M arch______ ________
April_______ _ ______
M a y _______
June__..........
July_______ ______________
August_____________ _____
September_______ _______
October_________________
N ovem ber______________
December_______________
64.3
65.1
64.6
63.7
61.9
60.6
53.3
57.5
60.5
63.7
64.0
62.2
44.0
46.6
46.6
43.4
39.0
36.3
31.8
34.0
37.9
45.5
43.4
37.8
69.3
69.1
66.8
64.7
61.8
60.5
58.0
53.9
54.9
58.8
57.0
58.8
50.5
51.3
45.9
44. 1
42.9
40. 1
36.7
33.1
35.7
39.3
37.5
37.7
63.0
65.6
67.1
65. 2
64.3
61.8
56.7
57.0
61.7
60.4
62.9
59.7
43.5
48.1
49.4
46.6
43.8
40.6
33.8
34.6
40.0
40.1
39.2
34.6
1933
January_________________
February________________
M arch_____ ____________
April...................................
M a y _____ ______________
June____ _______________
July____________________
August__________________
September_____ ________
October...............................
N ovem ber..........................
December...........................
55.1
58.7
58.0
56.8
59.1
60.2
50.4
56.9
70.6
77.5
80.6
76.6
30.0
31.8
31.3
30.3
35.0
37.0
31.4
35.8
46.0
55.2
56.7
52.9
58.7
55.9
56.6
56.8
56.5
56.8
63.8
74.4
84.4
86.3
86.7
84.2
36.8
35.0
33.4
35.0
36.4
38.6
45.6
51.2
53.8
55.9
55.2
51.9
54.8
60.5
55.9
59.8
62.4
67.1
71.2
79.5
82.3
83.1
71.0
69. 7
30.8
35.9
31.7
35.1
39.2
43.4
45.3
52.3
52.7
55.9
53.4
51.2
i Data not available.
Autom o
biles
Pay E m P ay
roll ploy roll
totals ment totals
0)
0)
0)
100.0
(0
0)
0)
0)
53.5
38.9
37.6
0)
0)
0)
100.0
0)
0)
(0
0)
272.8
196.0
230.6
93.0
0)
87.0
0)
99.0
0)
100.0 100.0
91.2
0)
111.3
0)
116.9
0)
83.7
0)
283.8 67.7
200.8 55.2
215.6 54.2
92.0
83.8
102.4
100.0
90.3
114.4
118.7
74.6
53.0
38.9
39.3
60.8
43.7
59.9
65.0
67.5
70.8
59.8
51.9
49.3
43.1
42.0
42.4
47.1
313.5
298.5
303.2
292.9
302.3
317.7
274.2
236. 9
244.0
225.0
229.9
235.4
305.6
301.6
335.1
309.0
320.1
341.2
281.2
242.4
245.8
230.8
249.7
243.5
69.9
71.5
75.2
76.8
79.1
74.3
68.8
67.0
65.4
51.7
51.1
61.6
38.9
59.4
65.9
68.8
73.5
60.4
51.8
49.0
40.4
40.3
41.2
46.7
62.7
64.8
63.3
59.4
59.6
59.0
56.8
50.5
45.0
39.5
46.3
49.8
49.0
46.3
50.3
44.6
41.4
33.0
33.6
34.7
228.2
224.5
229.9
214.3
208.3
196.6
180.5
170.7
161.5
166.8
183.5
187.6
233.5
227.9
234. 5
218.8
206.7
202.6
181.3
183.2
167.2
174.1
186. 3
193.5
64.9
67.2
65.2
60.2
61.1
61.0
59.2
52.0
45.3
38.2
41.5
46.2
46.4
50.6
49.9
45.8
52.1
45.8
42.3
31.8
21.6
22.7
26.9
31.1
34.1
30.6
36.3
30.3
36.9
39.0
41.7
47.5
46.0
41.2
36.4
41.5
182.7
185.8
196.4
206.4
244.8
251.2
251.4
241.8
238.7
247.3
260. 7
259. 9
181.1
187.7
197.4
205.7
232.5
233.1
223.4
226.0
207.5
222.6
239.3
231.0
51.6
50.8
44.9
45.4
48.9
52.8
59.8
62.3
35.3
31.3
26.3
31.4
39.3
42.1
44.8
51.1
48.7
42.2
36.3
42. 2
7 .2
0
70.9
73.7
75.1
76.1
7 .4
2
6 .5
7
65.3
64.1
5 .8
2
5 .4
2
4 .1 2 .7
2 7
4 .7 31.4
5
4 .5
9
4 .5
8
4 .5
3
43.6
46.9
49.9
56.
59.1
61.8
56.9
51.3
58.7
2
64.9
58.2
51.3
59.9
23
T
4 .—I N D E X E S OF E M P L O Y M E N T A N D P A Y R O L L S IN M A N U F A C T U R IN G IN D U S
T R IE S —Y E A R L Y A V E R A G E S 1923 T H R O U G H 1933 A N D B Y M O N T H S J A N U A R Y 1931
T H R O U G H D E C E M B E R 1933—Continued
able
Railroad repair shops
Transportation equipment— Contd.
M onth and year
Cars, elec
tric and
steamrailroad
Locom o
tives
Shipbuild
ing
Group
index
Electric
railroad
Steam rail
road
E m Pay E m Pay E m Pay E m P ay E m P ay E m P ay
ploy roll ploy roll ploy roll ploy roll p loy roll ploy roll
ment totals ment totals ment totals ment totals ment totals ment totals
1923 average_______________
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0) 108.6 103.0
(1
}
90.2 88.8
1924 average_______________
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
1925 average_______________
92.6 90.3
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
1926 average____ ____ _____ 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
1927 average_______________ 79.1 79.1 79.5 73.1 104.8 105.8 93.0 95.3 100.4 99.9 92.4
1928 average—............. .......... 63.4 60.8 56.1 50.4 82.8 83.0 87.4 90.0 96.5 97.4 86.7
1929 average_______________ 83.1 84.1 70.5 72.0 105.3 108.1 86.0 93.5 93.7 95.2 85.4
1930 average_______________ 68.1 65.4 62.9 63.6 114.9 116.4 74.6 77.0 89.0 89.3 73.5
1931 average____ ____ _____ 27.5 18.9 28.6 25.2 95.8 88.0 61.7 58.9 78.1 75.0 60.4
1932 average......................... 20.2 12.2 17.6 13.7 79.1 63.9 49.6 39.1 68.9 59.2 48.1
9.0 66.3 47.4 48.3 38.2 63.7 50.7 47.1
1933 average—............. .......... 19.5 10.7 14.1
(1
}
(1
0)
100.0
94.9
89.5
93.4
76.0
57.6
37.6
37.2
1931
January__________ ____ _ __
February____ ____ _______
M arch. _______ _________
A p ril..................... ..................
M a y ...... ........ ............. ..........
June.......... ................... ..........
July--------------------- ------- -----August___ ____ ___________
September________________
October______ ____ _______
Novem ber________________
December_________________
33.9
32.5
32.8
33.2
26.4
27.5
26.5
27.0
26.3
22.8
20.2
20.8
26.1
25.0
24.2
24.6
17.8
18.1
16.4
17.7
17.8
14.7
12.4
12.4
33.4
33.9
36.7
34.6
31.0
29.6
28.8
26.4
24.5
22.1
21.1
21.5
26.1 103.7
28.3 100.3
32.9 97.6
31.7 100.3
28.5 98.2
27.9 98.0
26.1 94.8
23.1 88.9
21.9 90.5
19.2 89.8
17.8 93.3
18.8 93.9
98.3
96.2
92.3
94.9
96.6
89.8
84.0
81.4
77.4
82.0
80.0
83.3
68.5
67.7
66.1
65.3
64.3
62.5
60.3
59.2
58.4
57.2
55.6
54.9
64.2
68.1
66.5
66.0
63.9
61.1
56.6
55.2
52.4
51.7
51.1
49.6
82.5
82.4
82.1
81.6
80.6
79.3
77.0
75.0
74.8
74.2
74.2
73.6
79.4
80.5
81.6
80.2
78.6
76.8
73.2
70.0
68.5
69.4
70.8
70.5
67.4
66.6
64.9
64.0
63.0
61.2
59.0
58.0
57.1
55.9
54.2
53.4
63.0
67.1
65.3
64.9
62.8
59.9
55.3
54.1
51.1
50.3
49.6
48.0
1932
January_____ _____________
F ebruary.____ _______ . . . .
M arch____________________
April_____ ________________
M a y ______________________
June_____ ____ _____ _____
Ju ly_______________________
August________ ___________
September________________
October______ ____ _______
N ovem b er.............................
December.................... ..........
17.5
21.3
22.8
22.0
20.5
19.0
19.7
18.6
19.3
21.1
21.1
20.0
10.3
13.7
14.8
14.1
13.0
11.3
11.4
11.1
11.1
12.4
11.7
11.6
20.8
21.1
20.6
21.4
20.2
18.0
16.6
15.9
14.5
13.8
14.1
13.9
17.4
17.9
18.2
18.4
17.0
14.3
12.1
11.6
9.4
9.4
9.7
9.5
90.1
90.0
88.7
91.1
87.0
83.9
76.2
71.5
69.0
67.7
66.7
66.8
79.7
77.8
73.7
80.4
69.7
66.2
63.7
52.6
51.6
52.4
47.9
51.5
51.5
52.2
52.5
52.9
51.4
48.3
47.1
44.8
46.5
48.6
50.2
49.5
44.4
42.6
42.9
43.3
43.2
38.3
34.2
33.0
33.5
36.2
39.1
39.0
73.3
72.4
71.4
71.3
70.0
69.4
68.2
66.7
66.5
65.5
65.6
65.9
67.4 49.8
65.2 50.6
65.8 51.0
64.6 51.5
62.5 50.0
60.9 46.7
57.1 1 45.5
54.6 43.1
53.7 44.9
51.8 47.3
52.5 49.0
54.5 48.2
42.6
40.9
41.1
41.6
41.7
36.5
32.4
31.3
31.9
35.0
38.1
37.8
1933
January___________________
February--------------------------M arch_____ ______ _______
April______________________
M a y . _____________________
June_______________ ____
J u ly ..________ ____________
A ugust._______ ___________
September________________
October___________________
N ovem ber. _______________
December........... .......... .........
18.0
17.2
17.2
17.4
17.5
15.2
19.0
22.6
21.9
21. 4
21.9
24.5
10.0
9.0
9.2
9.6
9.3
7.5
9.4
12.6
12.0
12.6
12.7
14.2
12.7
11.8
10.3
10.0
9.9
10.6
11.9
15.8
16.8
20.3
20.2
18.7
8.3
7.6
6.5
6.1
6.2
6.8
8.2
9.3
10.2
13.2
13.5
12.1
65.0
61.1
57.8
53.2
57.0
57.5
62.7
69.0
76.9
79.1
76.1
80.6
45.8
43.4
39.6
36.7
39.6
39.6
44.1
48.7
55.8
57.8
57.0
60.1
48.1
47.3
47.0
44.8
46.2
45.0
48.0
50.3
51.1
51.0
50.8
49.7
35.8 65.6
35.9 65.0
34.8 64.4
33.2 64.0
35.6 63.6
34.9 63.0
36.5 62.6
42.0 62.1
41.4 62.5
44.7 63.2
42.1 64.0
40.9 1 64.1
52.9
52.5
52.1
49.7
51.1
49.8
48.7
49.1
48.8
50.0
51.7
52.3
34.5
34.6
33.5
31.9
34.4
33.7
35.6
41.4
40.8
44.3
41.4
40.0
* Data not available.
z m t —u —
4
46.7
45.9
45.7
43.3
44.9
43.6
46.9
49.4
50.2
50.1
49.8
48.6
24
T
4 .—I N D E X E S OF E M P L O Y M E N T A N D P A Y R O L L S I N M A N U F A C T U R IN G I N D U S
T R IE S —Y E A R L Y A V E R A G E S 1923 T H R O U G H 1933 A N D B Y M O N T H S J A N U A R Y 1931
T H R O U G H D E C E M B E R 1933—Continued
able
Lum ber and allied products
M onth and year
Group index
Furniture
Lumber, saw
mills
Lumber, millwork
Turpentine
and rosin
Em
ploy
ment
Pay-roll
totals
Em
ploy
ment
Pay-roll
totals
Em
ploy
ment
Pay-roll
totals
Em
ploy
ment
Pay-roll
totals
Em
ploy
ment
Pay-roll
totals
1923 average...............
1924 average________
1925 average...............
1926 average________
1927 average________
1928 average...............
1929 average............
1930 average...............
1931 average—.........
1932 average________
1933 average________
0)
0)
0)
100.0
(0
0)
0)
0)
52.0
38.7
41.5
0)
0)
0)
100.0
0)
0)
0)
0)
41.0
21.9
23.2
100.4
95.2
99.1
100.0
96.1
92.5
95.9
75.2
61.0
47.3
50.4
94.2
90.7
95.6
100.0
98.2
93.2
97.0
66.6
46.6
26.4
27.6
115.1
108.0
103.6
100.0
91.0
86.7
85.9
67.7
48.3
35.5
38.8
106.5
102.8
101.7
100.0
92.4
88.0
86.9
65.0
37.1
18 9
21.3
101.5
101.2
103.0
100.0
89.2
85.5
83.1
63.9
52.2
36.9
35.9
95.5
98.0
101.8
100.0
89.2
85.6
82.8
61.0
43.0
22.7
20.5
0)
0)
0)
100.0
0)
0)
(0
0)
55.1
44.7
51.9
0)
(0
0)
100.0
0)
0)
(l)
0)
54.8
37.7
41.9
1931
January____________
February.................
M arch........ ........... .
A p ril...........................
M a y . . . ............... .......
June......................... .
July........................... .
August........................
September_________
O ctob er.....................
N ovem ber_________
December__________
54.3
54.4
54.2
54.6
54.8
54.2
52.2
51.7
50.8
49.7
48.1
44.8
43.4
45.1
45.7
44.4
45.3
44.1
41.4
40.7
39.7
37.6
33.9
30.7
62.7
63.7
63.4
62.2
61.5
60.4
58.5
60.5
61.4
61.5
59.4
56.9
48.4
52.2
52.4
49.7
48.7
45.8
43.6
45.6
46.9
46.3
40.8
38.6
50.9
50.6
50.3
51.1
51.6
51.6
49.3
48.3
47.0
45.7
43.8
39.7
40.0
40.3
41.2
40.1
41.8
41.9
38.7
37.1
36.1
33.2
29.9
25.4
53.6
54.8
55.0
55.2
56.0
54.3
53.1
52.6
49.3
48.0
47.7
46.5
44.9
47.1
47.6
47.7
49.1
47.3
44.6
43.5
38.7
36.6
34.7
34.3
60.3
58.1
57.3
61.2
60.2
58.7
56.2
50.2
53.2
49.1
49.0
47.3
55.1
63.4
66.3
64.9
61.5
55.9
58.3
49.4
50.3
48.3
43.3
40.6
1932
January......................
February.............. .
M arch_____ ________
A pril_______________
M a y ............... ............
June_____ _________
July____ ___________
August.......................
September_________
October____________
N ovem ber_________
December__________
42.2
41.7
40.1
39.6
38.5
37.8
36.4
36.4
37.7
39.0
38.1
36.6
26.3
25.6
24.1
23.0
22.1
20.9
19.1
19.3
20.8
22.2
20.8
18.8
53.3
56.2
51.8
48.4
45.0
43.0
40.7
41.6
45.3
48.4
47.4
45.9
33.4
33.7
31.4
27.5
24.0
22.1
19.2
21.8
25.7
28.7
25.6
23.8
37.4
36.0
35.3
36.1
35.8
35.8
34.7
34.5
35.2
36.1
35.1
33.4
21.1
20.4
19.9
20.0
20.0
19.3
17.8
17.3
18.1
19.1
18.1
15.8
43.3
41.4
40.4
38.5
38.1
36.5
34.8
34.6
34.5
34.2
33.9
33.0
30.1
27.5
25.1
24.1
24.0
22.3
20.8
19.9
20.0
20.1
20.0
18.3
47.7
46.8
45.1
44.8
43.9
44.0
44.7
41.5
42.1
45.2
44.8
45.8
40.0
41.6
35.4
37.2
39.5
36.4
39.1
36.7
35.1
37.6
36.8
37.4
1933
January____________
February___________
M arch ........................
A pril______ _________
M a y _______________
June_______________
J u ly ............................
A ugust.......................
September_________
October.....................
N ovem ber.............
December..................
33.9
33.4
31.9
32.8
35.3
39.9
44.0
47.6
51.1
51.8
49.1
46.9
16.3
16.2
14.4
15.6
17.9
21.6
24.4
28.5
32.7
33.2
29.8
27.5
42.2
43.1
39.9
40.1
43.8
48.5
51.0
56.0
63.0
64.1
59.0
53.8
19.8
21.2
16.7
18.5
21.9
25.8
27.3
33.3
40.0
41.7
34.2
30.4
31.0
29.8
29.0
30.2
32.0
36.9
41.7
45.4
48.2
49.0
47.0
45.1
14.0
13.3
12.8
13.5
15.3
19.2
22.7
26.9
30.9
31.0
29.0
26.6
30.4
31.2
28.7
30.6
33.1
36.3
40.3
41.3
41.5
40.3
38.7
37.8
16.2
15.8
13.8
16.1
18.2
21.1
23.8
25.0
25.3
24.6
23.2
23.0
43.5
40.9
42.0
39.5
44.7
50.4
51.9
55.5
60.6
64.6
62.8
66.9
36.8
32.1
33.4
30.5
36.0
38.3
39.4
41.9
49.9
55.8
52.3
56.4
i Data not available.
25
T
4 .—I N D E X E S OF E M P L O Y M E N T A N D P A Y R O L L S IN M A N U F A C T U R IN G I N D U S
T R IE S —Y E A R L Y A V E R A G E S 1923 T H R O U G H 1933 A N D B Y M O N T H S J A N U A R Y 1931
T H R O U G H D E C E M B E R 1933—Continued
able
Stone, clay, and glass products
M onth and year
Group
index
Brick, tile,
and terra
cotta
Cement
Glass
Marble,
granite,
slate, and
other
products
Pottery
E m Pay E m Pay E m Pay E m Pay Em Pay Em Pay
ploy roll ploy roll ploy roll ploy roll ploy roll ploy roll
ment totals ment totals ment totals ment totals ment totals ment totals'
1923 average__________ _____
1924 average......................... .
1925 average................ . .........
1926 average____ __________
1927 average_______________
1928 average.. _ ____ ______
1929 average.........................
1930 average----------------------1931 average___ ____ ______
1932 average_______________
1933 average...........................
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
100.0
100.0
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
(0
0)
0)
99.3 95.1
97.4 98.5
98.9 99.1
100.0 100.0
94.3 94.1
84.9 82.8
80.5 76.9
63.1 55.3
46.8 32.6
29.3 13.7
26.7 11.8
109.0
108.9
105.3
100.0
95.8
87.7
81.1
74.1
59.2
41.2
37.8
93.7
104.2 101.1 92.6
0)
0)
107.9 91.4 88.2
0)
0) 100.6
98.3
104.9 94.4 93.4
0)
0)
100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
94.5
96.5 94.2 93.4
0)
0)
95.3
88.3 92.9 94.3
0)
0)
94.2
81.0 94.6 97.3
0)
0)
84.7
71.5 81.3 78.3
0)
0)
50.4 70.4 62.6 83.3 75.4 76.0
25.6 58.5 43.1 49.8 34.8 61.1
20.5 69.4 49.7 38.9 22.7 64.6
85.8 ■
95.1
96. 3
100.0
94.2
93. 4
91.0
74.7
58.8:
37.4
38. 2-
6 2 .8
4 4 .8
4 5 .1
5 2 .3
2 8 .6
2 6 .9
1931
J an u a ry ..________________
February..................... ..........
M arch_________ ____ ______
A pril______________________
M a y ____________ _________
June______ _______________
July............ ............ ................
August____________________
Septem ber.________________
October-----------------------------Novem ber________________
December_________________
6 1 .5
6 2 .8
6 5 .2
6 7 .5
6 8 .9
6 8.4
6 4 .0
6 3.3
6 2.3
5 9 .5
5 6 .4
5 3 .3
5 2.0
5 5.8
5 8 .5
6 0 .5
6 1.1
5 8.7
5 1 .7
50.9
4 8.9
4 6.7
4 3 .0
3 9.3
43.9
44.5
47.7
51.1
52.7
52.9
50.9
48.8
46.9
43.2
41.5
37.3
32.0
34.0
36.8
38.5
39.4
37.9
34.6
32.5
30.8
27.6
25.7
21.8
56.1
56.9
60.0
63.9
66.1
64.2
64.5
61.3
58.2
56.9
52.7
49.1
44.4
50.3
53.2
57.6
61.1
60.4
56.3
52.8
48.2
45.3
40.8
34.9
67.3
70.1
72.2
72.9
74.0
76.1
69.1
70.9
72.3
69.3
65.3
65.4
59.3
67.3
69.1
68.1
69.0
69.5
61.3
61.9
61.4
58.0
53.7
52.6
88.0
89.2
92.3
93.7
93.9
91.8
82.6
80.6
79.1
75.1
69.1
64.0
84.0
83.0
86.6
91.0
89.4
85.7
72.3
69.9
67.7
65.6
57.5
52.2
78.5
79.5
79.1
80.6
82.1
77.9
71.7
73.9
73.8
73.5
72.4
69.0
1932
January.......................... .......
February_____ ____________
M arch____ ________ ______
A pril______________________
M a y ___ ____ ______________
J u n e ...____ _______________
July_______________________
August...................................
S e p t e m b e r ._____ _______
October........................... .......
N ovem ber________________
D ecem ber_________________
4 7 .1
4 7 .9
4 8 .1
4 8 .1
4 6 .0
4 3 .5
4 1 .8
4 2 .3
4 3 .5
4 4 .6
4 3 .7
4 0.7
3 2.0
3 3.6
3 3.2
3 2.9
3 0.6
2 7 .0
2 4 .8
2 5 .5
2 6 .0
2 7 .5
2 5 .9
2 3.9
31.0
29.5
29.5
30.9
31.6
29.8
29.4
29.9
29.6
28.8
27.4
23.8
15.9
14.8
14.2
14.9
15.7
13.8
13.1
13.7
13.7
13.0
11. 5
9.9
44.2
43.3
43.1
43.4
41.4
41.5
40.6
38.0
41.9
42.9
41.0
32.9
29.2
29.3
28.4
27.9
28.0
26.6
24.1
23.4
24.5
25.2
23.2
17.2
60.1
63.4
64.9
63.2
58.9
57.8
54.5
52.7
54.3
57.0
57.9
57.2
45.7
51.9
50.8
50.0
46.9
43.9
37.6
36.5
36.4
39.4
40.2
38.4
52.3
53.6
52.4
53.4
49.0
42.1
47.5
52.2
52.9
51.8
46.6
43.2
39.2
39.3
40.3
41.4
34.6
27.2
32.3
35.6
35.6
35.3
28.9
28.1
65.5
69.1
69.2
67.7
63.8
58.1
48.3
52.0
54.6
60.2
62.7
62.3
44.4
48.2
48. 4
r
45.1
38. 6
31.6
24. 3
26.7
29.8
37. 5
37.8
36.9
1933
January__________ _______
February.____ ____________
M arch____________________
A pril................ ................... .
M a y ______________________
June______ ________________
July_______________________
A u gu st.___________________
September________________
October________ ___________
N ovem ber..............................
December_____ _____ ______
3 5.4
3 6.7
3 7.1
3 8 .4
4 1 .2
4 6 .0
4 9 .3
5 2 .9
52.9
51.7
50.4
4 9.1
2 0 .1
2 0 .8
2 0 .7
2 1 .0
2 3 .8
2 7 .8
2 9 .2
3 3.0
3 2 .5
3 2.8
3 1.0
30.2
19.2
19.4
19.3
21.2
24.1
27.7
32.9
35.2
34.4
31.5
28.9
26.8
7.7
7.7
7.2
8.0
9.7
12.3
15.2
17.0
16.2
14.7
13.4
12.4
30.0
29.7
30.0
35.5
37.2
42.7
46.1
48.8
44.0
38.0
37.8
33.6
15.0
14.9
15.3
17.1
19.7
23.4
25.7
29.5
23.9
22.9
21.2
17.6
53.1
55.4
56.6
59.5
64.2
70.6
71.5
77.3
79.8
80.6
81.7
82.4
36.6
37.9
37.4
40.6
46.7
52.9
50.6
56.1
58.4
59.6
59.2
60.5
33.6
36.6
37.4
31.8
32.8
38.4
42.3
43.6
44.6
45.4
41.0
39.6
20.9
21.3
22.5
16.7
18.2
22.7
25.7
26.3
26.2
27.3
22.5
22.1
54.8
57.3
57.0
56.7
58.8
61.8
63.9
69.9
72.0
74.7
74.2
74.2
28.1
31.0
30.4
29.931.3
34.935.6
45. 7
46.6
50. 2:
48.1
46. &
1 Data not available.
60.1
65.4
67. 4
70. 6
69.0
58.5
48.9
53. 7
51.7
55-2*
54. 2
50.7'
26
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4 .—IN D E X E S OF E M P L O Y M E N T A N D P A Y R O L L S IN M A N U F A C T U R IN G IN D U S
T R IE S —Y E A R L Y A V E R A G E S 1932 T H R O U G H 1933 A N D B Y M O N T H S J A N U A R Y 1931
T H R O U G H D E C E M B E R 1933—Continued
able
Leather and its manufactures
M onth and year
Group index
Boots and shoes
Leather
E m ploy
ment
Pay-roll
totals
E m ploy
ment
Pay-roll
totals
E m ploy
ment
1923 average.......................................................
1924 average...................... ................ ................
1925 average.................... ................................
1926 average.................. ............. .....................
1927 average------------ ------------------ -----------1928 average_______ _______________________
1929 average____ __________________________
1930 average................................................... .
1931 average........... . ................ .......... ..............
1932 average__________ ____________________
1933 average__________ ___________________
110.7
100.3
101.9
100.0
97.9
93.8
92.8
85.0
79.2
74.7
78.7
113.9
100.6
101.8
100.0
97.4
89.7
89.9
72.9
62.7
49.6
53.9
111.1
101.6
102.9
100.0
97.7
91.9
92.9
85.0
79.9
76.2
78.3
117.0
102.8
103.6
100.0
97.6
88.0
89.0
70.1
60.6
48.8
51.4
109.6
96.9
98.7
100.0
98.4
95.4
92.2
85.2
76.6
68.4
80.5
107.0
95.7
97.5
100.0
97.2
93.7
93.2
83.0
70.0
52.6
62.9
1931
January........... .............. ........... ......................
F eb ru a ry ........................................ ..................
M arch ........................ ............. .........................
A pril___________ __________________________
M a y . . . ___________ _______________________
June....................................... .............................
July............................................... .....................
August.................. ............. .......................... .
September______________________ _________
O ctober................................... ............. ..........
N o v em b er.______ ________________________
D ecem b er.._______ _______________________
76.7
79.4
82.3
81.5
79.9
78.8
83.6
85.7
83.3
78.3
68.9
72.4
58.6
66.5
70.9
68.2
66.5
64.5
70.2
72.9
65.4
54.6
45.6
48.6
76.5
79.9
83.3
82.5
80.6
79.2
84.7
87.1
84.7
79.2
68.2
73.0
55.4
64.9
70.1
66.8
64.4
62.1
69.0
72.1
63.9
51.5
41.4
46.0
77.6
77.6
78.4
77.6
77.3
77.3
79.2
80.1
77.5
74.6
71.6
69.9
69.9
72.0
73.8
73.3
73.8
73.1
74.2
75.7
70.6
65.6
60.1
57.9
1932
January________ __________________________
February.......... .......... .....................................
M a rch ..................... .......... ......................... .......
A pril............................... ....................................
M a y ____________ _________________________
June________ _____ _______________________
July---------------------------------------------------------August________ ___________________________
September_____ __________________________
October________________ _________ _______
N ovem ber_______________________________
December____ ______________ __________
74.9
79.1
80.2
77.8
71.9
.69.7
70.8
75.2
77.0
78.1
71.9
69.3
51.5
59.3
60.2
53.8
44.1
43.4
44.7
49.8
52.7
53.1
42.4
40.7
76.0
80.9
82.6
79.7
73.0
71.3
72.7
77.9.
79.5
80.1
72.0
69.0
50.4
59.4
60.9
53.5
42.6
42.5
44.3
50.3
53.0
52.5
39.0
37.2
70.3
71.7
70.7
70.3
67.3
63.4
63.1
64.4
67.0
69.9
71.7
70.7
55.4
58.8
57.7
54.8
49.5
46.6
45.9
48.2
51.5
55.4
54.1
53.1
72.5
76.5
75.8
74.1
75.6
78.9
84.5
87.8
85.7
84.1
74.8
74.6
42.3
48.4
45.5
44.3
49.1
55.5
62.1
67.0
66.4
62.0
51.7
52.7
73.1
77.7
77.3
76.2
76.3
78.5
84.3
87.0
84.3
82.5
71.8
70.8
40.1
47.0
44.4
44.2
47.2
52.7
59.7
65.0
64.4
58.5
46.5
46.6
70.1
71.6
69.7
65.7
73.0
80.3
85.5
91.2
91.6
90.5
86.8
89.9
50.1
53.1
49.5
44.7
55.7
65.4
70.3
73.9
73.6
74.1
69.8
74.2
1933
January_________ _________________________
February___________ _____________________
M arch_________ __________________________
A p r il..._________ ______________________
M a y ______ ____ __________________________
J uly..................... ............ ............ .....................
August------ ----------- ----------------------------------September_____ __________________________
October___________________ ____ _______ _
N ovem ber______ _________________________
December............................................... ..........
Pay-roll
totals
T
4 .—IN D E X E S OF E M P L O Y M E N T A N D P A Y R O LLS IN M A N U F A C T U R IN G IN D U S
T R IE S —Y E A R L Y A V E R A G E S 1923 T H R O U G H 1933 A N D B Y M O N T H S J A N U A R Y 1931
T H R O U G H D E C E M B E R 1933—Continued
able
Paper and printing
Group index
Paper boxes
Paper and pulp
Month and year
Printing, newspaper and
periodicals
Pay
roll
totals
Em
ploy
ment
Pay
roll
totals
Em
ploy
ment
104. 6
98.6
98.7
100.0
97.5
94.4
95.5
91.3
80.8
74.9
82.2
97.6
94.4
96.8
100.0
96.6
94.9
98.2
89.8
70.3
52.8
55.5
96.1
97.9
97. 5
100.0
100.3
99.2
102.6
99.5
89.7
76.1
70.5
87.8
90. 8
93.1
100.0
102.1
101. 6
105.8
102.6
87.6
64.6
55.1
89.5
93.1
95.4
100. 0
103.4
105.2
108.3
108. 5
105.6
98.6
99.1
84.5
89.7
93.0
100.0
104.6
107.4
112.8
112. a
106.6
89.5
80.9
79.8
80.6
83.0
82.1
81.7
79.8
76.9
78.0
77.7
82.8
78.4
74.6
82.5
82.4
82.0
82.0
82.6
81.0
81.1
81.2
79.5
79.6
78.4
77.6
74.9
77.9
77.1
75.5
75.2
71.2
68. 1
69.5
64.2
65.4
63.6
61.5
96.8
94.8
93.0
91.9
91.5
88.7
88.1
88.4
86.0
85.3
85.7
86.7
97.3
94.0
94.4
92.6
90.9
87.5
85.2
85.0
80.8
79.8
80.6
83. 2
107.1
105.8
107.9
107.6
107.7
106.2
104.5
102.6
103.0
105.1
104.9
105.1
108.1
107.2
110.4
110.2
110.3
107.9
104.8
102.2
103.2
105. 0
104.4
105.1
74.6
73.4
73.3
72.5
69.1
69.1
66.5
66.6
69.8
73.6
74.1
71.9
65.6
65.1
65.9
63.4
58.6
57.8
52.8
52.8
59.0
63.8
61.6
58.0
77.4
77.7
77.8
76.4
75.0
73.3
72.2
72.2
74.1
75.2
75.0
73.0
57.9
61.2
61.0
57.2
54.8
49.9
45.9
46.7
49.4
52.0
50.3
46.7
85.9
82.4
80.1
78.7
77.4
75.1
73.9
70.9
71.7
72.6
71.8
72.7
79.6
74.4
71.9
69.0
66.9
62.8
59.9
56.8
58.6
59.5
57.0
59.3
102.8
101.4
101.1
100.4
99.4
97.7
96.0
95.1
96.3
97.4
97.9
98.0
98.5
95.9
95. S
94.4
92.0
88.4
85.1
83.0
84.7
85.4
85. 7
.
85.8
67.3
68.3
68.9
67.0
69.1
73.6
77.9
86.1
90.9
92.6
88.4
83.6
51.4
53.7
51.4
51.1
55.8
61.4
65.7
71.5
76.3
76.0
72.2
69.4
72.2
72.5
72.5
72.6
74.8
77.3
81.9
88.8
83.9
94.8
93.1
92.0
45.0
46.5
45.2
45.6
50.2
54.1
58.4
65.1
66.4
66.3
62.0
61.4
71.7
71.0
67.5
66.7
66.7
67.4
66.9
70.2
72.4
73.5
74.5
77.3
57.6
54.9
51.9
50.2
51.9
52.2
52.4
53.4
56.6
57.8
59.0
62.7
97.1
96.8
95.8
96.5
96.5
96.2
95.8
96.5
100.8
104.1
105.8
107.3
82.6
80.2
77.8
77.1.
77.5
77.5
76.3
77.2
82.5
85.3
87. a
89.1
Em
ploy
ment
Pay
roll
totals
Em
ploy
ment
Pay
roll
totals
1923 average._______
1924 average...
_
1925 average — ___
1926 average________
1927 average________
1923 average________
1929 average________
1930 average____
1931 average________
1932 average_____
1933 average........... .
96.5
96.7
97.3
100.0
100.1
99.2
101.3
98.3
90.5
81.2
82.6
89.7
91.7
94.3
100.0
101.2
101.5
106.0
101.9
89.0
69.6
64.5
98.9
98.2
98.8
100.0
96.8
94.0
96.0
89.7
82.1
71.2
77.8
91.3
93.3
95.6
100.0
99.0
99.4
103. 3
92.9
79.6
60.4
63.0
1931
January____________
February___________
M arch________ ____
April______ _______
M a y . _____________
June________ _______
July________________
August_____________
September____ ____
O c to b e r___________
N ovem ber_________
December__________
93.6
92.6
92.4
92.0
92.0
90.2
89.5
89.2
88.4
89.0
88.6
88.4
93.9
93.3
94.5
93.4
92.7
89.6
86.8
86.3
83.9
84.9
84.2
84.4
82.8
81.7
81.9
82.0
81.4
80.9
80.1
81.1
83.1
84.7
83.9
81.5
1932
January____________
February....... ...........
M arch_____________
April— ...................
M a y ........ ............ .......
June...........................
July.............................
August— ...................
September............ .
October.................. .
N ovem ber............... J
December..................
86.5
85.0
84.2
83.1
81.6
79.9
78.4
77.3
78.8
80.2
80.1
79.5
79.4
77.5
76.5
74.1
71.6
67.7
64.2
62.7
65.1
66.7
65.3
64.9
1933
January________
February..... ........ .
M arch_____________
April....... ............ .......
M a y _____ _________
June........ ............ .......
July— _____ _______
August....... .......... .
September........ .........
October—...................
Novem ber........ .........
December— ...........
78.2
78.1
76.8
76.5
77.4
78.9
80.5
84.8
88.7
90.5
90.2
90.5
62.3
61.2
58.8
58.1
60.3
61.9
63.0
65.8
69.3
70.6
70.3
71.8
Printing, book
and job
Em
ploy
ment
P ay
roll
totals
28
T
4 .—I N D E X E S OF E M P L O Y M E N T A N D P A Y R O L L S IN M A N U F A C T U R IN G IN D U S
T R IE S —Y E A R L Y A V E R A G E S 1923 T H R O U G H 1933 A N D B Y M O N T H S J A N U A R Y 1931
T H R O U G H D E C E M B E R 1933—Continued
able
Chemicals and allied products
M onth and year
Group
index
Chemicals
C otton
seed—oil,
cake, and
meal
Druggists’
prepara
tions
Explosives
Fertilizers
E m P ay E m Pay E m Pay E m Pay E m P ay E m P ay
p loy roll ploy roll p loy roll ploy roll ploy roll p loy roll
ment totals ment totals ment totals ment totals ment totals ment totals
1923 average........................
1924 average........................
1925 average.................... .
1926 average.................... .
1927 average....................
1928 average.................... . .
1929 average.................... .
1930 average.......................
1931 average.................... ..
1932 average.................... .
1933 average........................
(0
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
100.0 100.0
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
86.0 82.5
75.2 63.2
85.5 67.2
0)
0)
0)
100.0
102.5
103.5
110.9
104.4
95.8
85.5
102.2
0)
0)
(0
(0
0)
0)
0)
0)
(l)
(0
(0
0)
(0
0)
0)
0)
0)
100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
104.0
95.5 106.1 107.2
0)
0)
104.7
88.1 98.8 115.5
0)
0)
107.4
93.4 105.1 131.5
0)
0)
95.0
86.1 98.2 112.9
0)
0)
82.2 47.0 48.9 83.0 91.6 99.3
63.9 41.8 39.8 73.0 72.8 76.0
72.9 40.6 37.4 73.4 71.5 87.3
1931
January...............................
February..................... .......
M arch------- --------------------A pril..................................
M a y . ................................
June...... ................... - .........
J uly— ............. - ................
August.................................
September.........................O ctob er...............................
Novem ber---------- -----------D ecem ber............................
92.5
90.8
89.5
92.8
88.1
84.0
83.0
81.5
82.9
83.1
82.2
81.0
87.9
88.9
87.2
89.5
87.5
83.3
81.0
79.3
78.7
79.0
74.4
73.4
101.5
100.8
98.6
96.2
95.1
95.1
95.2
92.1
95.2
95.9
93.4
91.0
85.7
87.5
86.9
84.1
83.6
82.6
81.6
78.5
81.0
82.3
77.1
75.1
87.8
67.4
57.8
54.5
37.8
28.4
26.0
22.1
30.6
40.5
56.8
53.7
81.4
60.7
52.9
52.6
40.5
31.3
28.8
29.3
37.6
48.2
63.0
60.7
84.9
86.4
86.0
81.9
80.4
77.7
79.6
82.2
86.5
86.5
83.8
80.4
95.0
98.7
98.5
93.1
90.2
86.4
86.9
88.5
91.3
94.7
88.6
87.0
110.4
108.8
104.8
104.0
98.4
94.7
98.3
97.1
96.0
95.0
94.3
89.9
1932
January...............................
February.............................
M arch ..................... - .........
A p ril........... ............ ............
M a y ........................... .........
June................... - .............. J u ly......................................
August............................... September..........................
October........ .......................
N ovem ber..............- ..........
Decem ber.........................
80.2
80.3
79.9
80.6
76.1
69.3
68.0
67.6
73.4
75.5
76.0
75.6
70.1
70.6
69.7
68.2
65.5
60.4
56.5
56.1
59.5
60.9
60.8
59.7
89.9
88.9
88.9
87.7
86.1
83.6
82.1
81.3
82.3
84.7
85.3
84.6
71.1
70.7
70.9
68.0
65.6
61.6
58.6
58.6
58.5
61.7
61.6
59.8
45.5
48.2
46.5
41.1
34.7
23.8
28.1
27.5
46.3
54.1
54.7
51.1
49.0
49.5
45.3
40.4
34.3
26.4
28.3
28.1
40.3
44.9
47.0
44.3
80.7
78.8
79.6
74.2
73.3
70.5
66.1
68.2
69.7
71.7
71.9
71.4
82.8
81.2
79.7
74.5
73.4
70.6
64.2
65.7
68.1
70.4
71.8
70.9
86.8
84.3
77.9
75.4
75.0
71.3
66.6
69.2
71.6
75.7
79.0
79.3
1933
January.............................
February..................... .......
M a rch ........ ............... .........
A pril__________ _______ _
M a y ............... ..................
June...................................
July....... ................... ..........
August— ............................
September........ .................
October................................
N ovem ber........ ..................
D ecem ber_____ __________
75.2
76.5
76.4
79.1
77.3
78.8
83.1
89.5
95.9
98.7
98.1
97.3
59.5
59.7
58.5
58.6
61.1
64.4
67.2
71.0
74.2
77.8
76.9
77.2
85.4
86.8
86.4
85.2
88.4
94.3
103.0
113.6
118.6
120.9
121.9
121.3
60.4
61.4
60.2
59.4
63.7
69.1
75.5
82.2
81.8
57.0
86.3
87.9
36.6
40.6
38.4
27.8
23.2
27.9
31.4
37.3
54.4
62.9
54.6
52.3
33.1
34.1
33.0
23.3
22.0
27.7
30.9
36.0
49.8
60.3
50.9
47.5
73.9
70.5
69.8
67.7
66.2
67.0
69.9
71.7
76.9
80.8
82.4
83.4
72.5
70.0
66.5
62.3
63.1
66.1
66.6
71.5
75.4
80.3
81.8
82.0
75.9
76.2
75.7
75.1
75.0
75.4
83.3
91.3
103.8
105.9
106.3
103.3
* Data not available.
96.2
0)
86.9
0)
95.1
0)
100.0 100.0
107.8 91.2
108.9 95.4
131.2 95.2
99.8 89.5
80.8 62.9
50.9 49.5
58.7 65.4
91.8
83.6
90.6
100.0
94.0
97.1
94.7
87.5
56.2
34.9
39.2
76.5 73.5
88.8 74.2
87.8 93.7
84.4 116.4
80.9 72.9
78.9 44.5
80.8 41.3
82.8 44.2
81.5 50.1
81.9 49.0
78.3 46.8
67.1 48.5
66.6
66. 5
78.3
105.4
66.5
44.2
40.7
40.8
44.0
41.3
38.3
41.2
51.2
56.6
63.9
90.0
58.3
32.5
30.4
34.2
42.5
45.1
46.0
43.5
40.6
40.4
42.7
58.2
41.1
25. 1
24.0
25.2
29.6
30.1
30.8
30.4
46.6 49.9
47.0 56.7
47.7 67.4
44.9 117.4
46.9 67.2
51.2 44.3
58.5 46.5
67.8 50.9
71.7 65.2
77.4 72.1
74.6 72.0
70.4 75.1
32.5
32.6
36.3
59.4
36.8
27.9
29.8
32.6
42.5
48.0
44.2
48. 1
56.0
58.6
56.4
51.5
54.3
45.5
42.8
43.6
44.8
51.2
54.1
51.7
29
T
4 .—IN D E X E S O F E M P L O Y M E N T A N D P A Y R O L L S IN M A N U F A C T U R IN G IN D U S
T R IE S —Y E A R L Y A V E R A G E S 1923 T H R O U G H 1933 A N D B Y M O N T H S J A N U A R Y 1931
T H R O U G H D E C E M B E R 1933—Continued
able
Chemicals and allied products—Continued
M onth and year
Paints and
varnishes
Petroleum
refining
Em
ploy
ment
100.0
0
0
171.3
162.6
149.5
129.2
167.9
0
0
0
100.0
0
0
173.2
168.5
148.4
110.8
141.2
0)
0
0
100.0
0
0
0
0
100.3
95.6
103.0
0)
0
0
100.0
0
0
0
0
103.1
85.6
83.8
81.8
83.1
74.8
79.7
79.2
75.1
73.8
70.5
68.4
66.6
64.2
64.1
137.3
138.0
144.8
148.0
151.4
154.5
156.5
158.6
153.5
153.5
149.5
147.9
141.2
141.6
150.4
149.8
158.6
157.7
157.0
158.4
148.8
152.6
132.6
132.6
98.9
99.4
99.3
101.6
103.4
100.1
100.5
99.2
102.8
101.6
99.0
97.7
109.7
107.9
107.3
109.1
112.2
105.5
96.9
103.0
100.9
101.7
92.0
90.5
67.2
66.4
65.2
65.1
64.8
64.7
64.1
62.8
63.4
61.8
61.5
62.5
62.5
61.9
60.1
58.7
59.8
59.4
56.8
56.2
54.6
52.2
52.0
51.8
149.9
149.2
143.7
138.8
129.9
93.4
92.9
92.8
130.9
139.6
142.8
146.9
128.5
136.5
133.1
125.6
110.6
78.3
71.2
74.5
110.8
118.3
120.2
122.5
95.9
96.5
96.8
96.5
94.2
95.7
93.1
93.9
94.5
96.9
98.3
94.5
87.9
89.7
89.4
90.5
85.4
90.5
82.6
81.5
83.3
84.4
83.0
79.2
62.1
62.7
62.8
62.9
63.6
64.7
64.7
66.0
70.0
72.7
73.4
74.2
53.3
53.0
53.2
52.6
53.7
54.6
54.5
55.0
57.6
59.8
60.1
59.8
149.3
149.1
142.0
133.1
147.0
154.9
167.6
188.3
196.7
197.3
197.7
191.8
123.5
121.0
114.5
103.1
117.8
130.1
140.1
156.3
168.3
172.4
172.9
174.5
94.2
95.1
93.7
94.0
95.8
99.5
101.5
110.9
116.0
116.7
112.1
106.9
77.0
78.0
76.3
76.8
78.8
83.2
84.9
86.0
91.9
92.6
91.6
88.2
Pay
roll
totals
Em
ploy
ment
Pay
roll
totals
1923 average.............- ..................... .........
1924 average............................................ 1925 average-.....................- .....................
1926 average-............... - ...........................
1927 average............. ...............................
1928 average........... .................................
1929 average— .........................................
1930 average......... ...................................
1931 average......... ....................................
1932 average........... - ................................
1933 average............. ...............................
0)
0
0
100.0
0
0
0
0
80.6
70.2
73.2
0
0
0
100.0
(1}
1
0)
0
77.8
57.5
55.5
99.7
91.8
94.0
100.0
94.6
84.8
96.5
92.6
73.5
64.1
66.7
102.1
91.7
95.2
100.0
95.6
87.2
99.1
95.9
73.4
57.2
55.6
1931
January.................. .................................
February. ................................................
M arch......................................................
April........... ..............................................
M a y ........................ .................................
June........................ .................................
July............................................................
August.................... .................................
September.......... .....................................
October.....................................................
N ovem ber..................................... ..........
December................................................
81.0
81.9
82.9
84.2
86.3
85.6
80.9
78.5
78.3
77.6
75.3
74.6
77.9
81.9
84.0
84.7
87.8
85.3
78.2
74.3
72.5
71.4
68.0
67.3
81.0
79.7
71.5
77.9
78.1
75.4
73.7
71.6
69.9
68.8
67.4
67.3
1932
January.................... ...............................
F ebruary. ................................................
M arch.......................................................
A pril...................... ...................................
M a y ..................... ..................................
June...........................................................
July............................................................
August.......................................................
September.......... .....................................
October.....................................................
N ovem ber........ .......................................
December............... ..................................
73.4
73.9
74.2
72.8
73.1
72.3
68.9
66.0
66.9
68.2
67.1
65.7
63.2
64.3
65.0
62.8
64.4
61.8
53.0
48.7
51.6
54.6
51.7
49.3
1933
January....................................................
February..................................................
M arch.......................................................
April......................___..............................
M a y ............................................... .........
June...........................................................
July.............................. .............. ..............
August......................................................
September........ .......................................
October................. ............. ....................
N ovem ber............ ............ .......................
December................................................
63.6
64.2
63.3
65.3
71.6
76.4
78.7
80.0
80.4
80.4
77.8
77.0
45.9
47.3
43.5
48.7
57.9
62.3
61.5
60.2
59.2
61.0
58.9
59.4
Em
ploy
ment
Soap
Pay
roll
totals
Em
p loy
ment
1 Data not available.
Rayon and
allied products
0
0
Pay
roll
totals
30
4 .—IN D E X E S OF E M P L O Y M E N T A N D P A Y R O LLS IN M A N U F A C T U R IN G I N D U S
T R IE S —Y E A R L Y A V E R A G E S 1923 T H R O U G H 1933 A N D B Y M O N T H S J A N U A R Y 1931
T H R O U G H D E C E M B E R 1933—Continued
T a b le
Tobacco manufactures
R ubber products
M onth and
year
Group index
Rubber
boots and
shoes
Rubber
Chewing
goods, other
Rubber
and smok
than boots,
tires and Group index ing tobacco
shoes, tires, inner tubes
and inner
and snuff
tubes
Cigars and
cigarettes
E m Pay E m P ay E m Pay E m Pay E m Pay E m Pay E m P ay
p loy roll p loy roll p loy roll p loy roll ploy roll ploy roll p loy roll
ment totals ment totals ment totals ment totals ment totals ment totals ment totals
1923 average1924 average...
1925 a v e ra g e 1926 a v e ra g e 1927 averaee—.
1928 average1929 average1930 average—
1931 average1932 average1933 average—
0)
0)
0)
(!)
0)
0)
100.0 100.0
0)
0)
0)
0)
7 3 .0
66.2
7 4 .6
0)
0)
0)
0)
5 9 .6
4 5 .1
5 0 .4
116.7
82.7
97.1
100.0
103.3
101.1
97.6
80.2
66.3
56.3
54.6
107.2
(0 91.1 88.2
0)
88.6 88.1
76.6
0) 0) 102.2 100.4
97.7
0)
0)
100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
107.7
97.3 98.2
0)
0)
101.0
0)
0) 103.3 105.7
99.3
0) 104.1 101.8
0)
74.2
77.6 73.4
0)
0)
50.0 88.6 72.0 68.6 57.6
39.7 81.5 56.1 62.9 42.5
44.7 97.2 63.6 71.3 47.2
116.9
109.8
107.5
8 9 .5
8 1 .3
7 1.7
6 6 .9
9 7 .1
9 3 .5
9 2 .8
8 4 .1
6 9 .3
5 4 .6
4 8 .9
6 9 .3
7 2 .4
6 9 .5
7 2 .3
7 2.6
7 1 .4
7 0.2
6 6 .4
6 8 .5
6 8 .4
6 2 .5
114.0
108.9
105.7
100.0 100.0
9 8 .1
9 6 .0
93.6
105.4 100.1 118.3
105.2 101.2 110.4
97.0 98.3 109.0
100.0 100.0 100.0
97.7 97.7 98.1
95.2 94.1 96.0
89.3 89.6 94.2
89.5 87.7 89.5
86.1 79.3 80.7
88.9 73.7 69.5
87.0 70.5 64.3
115.9
109.9
106.7
100.0
97.0
93.4
93.2
83.7
68.1
52.2
46.3
93.7
93.8
92.2
79.8
84.6
81.8
80.7
83.3
82.4
84.9
87.4
88.8
87.2
88.1
84.3
73.9
78.7
77.1
76.8
78.5
75.1
78.0
74.6
79.2
75.6
84.6
84.1
82.4
82.4
81.7
81.4
80.7
81.3
81.4
80.6
71.8
65.9
67.0
71.0
69.0
71.5
72.0
70.8
69.2
65.4
67.3
67.6
60.5
83.6
81.1
72.6
72.2
71.6
73.3
69.9
71.8
74.2
73.3
71.8
69.4
68.5
71.6
70.4
68.4
67.0
68.7
68.1
67.9
70.0
71.9
72.9
68.8
53.2
54.0
53.4
50.0
49.1
53.3
52.8
50.2
51.8
53.7
53.7
51.6
74.2
65.4
59.5
62.1
69.9
70.8
68.1
76.0
77.0
77.0
72.3
73.8
5 8 .9
36.9
40.1
35.9
35.5
46.0
47.9
48.1
48.3
53.0
56.8
56.0
51.2
1931
January—
February___
M arch_____
A pril— ........
M a y ..............
June_________
July-----------A u gu st........
September. _
October........
N ovem ber___
December........
6 1 .6
5 9 .7
5 3 .7
5 3 .8
5 0 .4
5 1 .6
54.7
47.4
34.9
43.9
45.6
48.1
51.1
51.8
57.1
57.0
54.9
53.0
89.4
89.2
90.1
89.7
90.2
90.3
89.0
87.4
88.0
87.4
86.6
85.9
74.6
74.2
76.0
74.7
75.1
74.5
72.5
70.0
67.5
70.9
67.2
66.5
68.3
69.0
72.5
73.3
71.1
69.4
67.3
65.5
65.1
64.9
59.0
60.9
63.3
65.1
69.4
70.5
60.2
58.0
48.1
47.1
43.5
46.1
7 7.7
8 5 .6
8 5 .0
8 2 .1
8 2 .7
8 1 .7
8 1 .3
8 1 .0
8 1 .4
8 1 .8
8 1 .4
7 3 .7
6 9 .6
6 9 .6
6 8 .5
6 7 .5
6 6 .7
6 7 .6
6 5 .5
6 4.1
6 2 .3
6 3 .9
6 4 .6
6 4 .5
5 1 .4
5 2 .2
4 9 .8
4 6 .7
4 6 .4
5 1 .1
4 3 .8
4 0 .1
3 7 .6
4 1 .1
4 0 .2
4 0 .6
65.6
62.0
59.8
57.3
55.6
55.8
50.6
53.8
49.5
52.0
55.2
58.9
45.2
41.4
43.4
38.3
38.9
35.4
28.8
33.4
37.3
39.7
45.2
48.9
82.9
84.4
83.3
81.1
79.6
80.5
77.5
76.2
78.8
84.3
85.4
83.6
61.8
61.6
60.3
56.1
53.3
53.5
50.1
47.7
53.3
61.2
58.0
56.3
65.3
65.8
65.1
64.9
64.7
65.8
65.0
62.2
59.3
59.0
58.8
58.3
49.2
51.4
47.7
45.4
45.8
53.9
45.1
39.0
32.2
34.5
32.8
33.3
7 1.2
7 4 .0
7 2 .5
7 0 .5
6 9 .3
7 1 .1
7 0 .3
7 0 .3
7 2 .0
7 3.9
7 4.8
7 0.8
5 1 .5
5 5 .5
5 4 .6
5 2 .5
5 4 .2
5 5 .8
5 5 .7
5 3 .5
92.0
92.4
88.9
87.0
87.1
89.4
87.7
88.7
87.5
89.8
89.2
86.8
6 2 .2
6 2 .6
6 0 .2
6 0 .1
6 3 .0
7 0 .4
7 8.7
8 7 .5
8 9 .4
8 9 .1
8 7 .1
8 4 .6
3 6 .6
3 6 .8
3 2 .2
3 4 .8
4 4 .4
5 4 .4
6 1 .6
6 2 .5
6 1 .6
6 2 .8
5 8 .0
5 9 .2
51.4
49.2
45.3
45.6
39.8
42.2
48.8
57.0
67.4
35.5
34.0
26.8
28.3
32.5
36.0
44.3
52.9
59.3
61.7
61.7
63.3
81.6
82.0
79.7
78.6
81.6
88.1
96.0
113.9
118.6
120.9
117.2
108.5
51.8
51.7
46.1
47.7
52.1
61.3
68.5
75.3
76.8
82.6
76.9
72.7
57.4
58.6
56.7
56.8
62.4
71.6
80.6
85.8
84.0
82.2
79.8
79.1
31.5
32.3
28.7
31.9
44.5
56.2
63 2
60.3
56.9
56.2
50.6
53. 5
6 2 .4
6 5 .6
5 9 .7
5 8.3
6 6 .3
6 8 .4
6 7 .5
6 9 .6
6 9 .1
7 2.3
7 3.9
6 9 .5
4 0 .9
4 2 .8
3 8 .5
3 8 .4
4 8 .6
5 0 .4
5 0 .3
5 1 .3
5 5 .6
5 9 .0
5 7 .8
5 3 .6
90.0
86.0
83.7
80.7
84.6
87.4
84.0
88.5
89.5
91.7
89.8
87.8
6 1 .8
6 1 .8
6 1 .9
6 4 .1
6 7 .2
68.1
69.7
68.2
55.8
61.7
63.5
66.2
67.0
62.4
69.5
69.5
72.4
69.8
7 4 .0
7 3 .2
7 1 .3
7 2 .7
7 5 .2
7 6 .1
7 4 .7
7 2 .5
7 2 .7
7 1 .5
7 1 .6
7 0 .8
68.1
68.9
68.1
1932
January___
F e b ru a ry ..
M arch_____
A pril...........
M a y _______
June............
J uly.............
August.......
September___
October............
N ovem ber___
December—
5 6 .5
5 6 .9
5 5 .5
52.4
1933
January........
February___
M arch..........
A pril.............
M a y . . ..........
June.............
J u l y . ...............
August— ........
September___
O ctober.........
N ovem ber.
Decem ber___
i Data not available.
68.6
69.9
70.4
63.0
56.6
55.4
63.9
66.0
65.4
67.2
66.5
69.8
71.9
67.2
31
MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES.
MOMTHLY INDEXES 1926-1933MONTHLY
34966— 34------- 5
AVERAGE!
192.6=100.
32
MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES.
MONTHLY INDEXES 1926-1933.
MONTHLY AVERAGE!
19 2 .6 = IOO.
PAY- ROLL TOTALS
105
105
192.9
V ***
100
100
19Z
S5
95
1928
90
90
1930
85
65
60
60
75
75
70
70
65
65
60
60
55
55
50
50
45
45
4o
40
Id33
35
35
APR.
MAY
JUNE JULY
AUG.
SEPT. OCT.
MOV.
DEC.
33
Time Worked in Manufacturing Industries December 1
‘935
R e p o r t s as to working time in December were received from 14,48$
establishments in 89 manufacturing industries. Of these establish
ments 3 percent were idle, 67 percent operated on a full-time basis,,
and 31 percent worked on a part-time schedule.
An average of 92 percent of full-time operation in December was
shown by reports received from all the operating establishments
included in table 5. The establishments working part time in
December averaged 75 percent of full-time operation.
T able
5 .—P R O P O R T IO N OF F U L L T I M E W O R K E D IN M A N U F A C T U R IN G IN D U S T R I E S
B Y E S T A B L IS H M E N T S R E P O R T IN G IN D E C E M B E R 1933
Establishm ents
reporting
Percent of es
tablishments
op e ra tm g -
Average
full tim
by—
Total Percent
number idle
Full
time
All oper Estab
ating es lishments'
tablish o p era tin g
ments part tim e
Industry
Food and kindred products___________________
Baking____ ___________________________________
Beverages____________________________________
Butter
_ _
_____________________________
Confectionery______________ _________________
Flour..........................................................................
Ice cream____________________________________
Slaughtering and meat packing_______________
Sugar, beet___________________________________
Sugar refining, c a n e _______ ________________
3,546
906
325
217
248
358
246
192
42
12
Textiles and their products....................................
Fabrics:
Carpets and rugs_________________________
Cotton goods_____________________ ________
Cotton small wares_______________________
Dyeing and finishing textiles_____________
Hats, fur-felt_____________________________
Knit goods___________________ ___________
Silk and rayon goods_____________________
W oolen and worsted goods_______________
Wearing apparel:
Clothing, men’s__________________________
Clothing, wom en’s_______________________
Corsets and allied garments_______ ______
M en’s furnishings________________________
M illinery. _______________________________
Shirts and collars_________________________
3,619
20
646
102
139
19
402
216
214
Iron and steel and their products no t includ
ing m achinery ______________________________
Bolts, nuts, washers, and rivets______________
Cast-iron pipe________________________ _____
Cutlery (not including silver and plated
cutlery) and edge tools_______________ _____
Forgings, iron and steel_ ____________ ______
_
Hardware_________________ __________________
Iron and steel_____ __________________________
Plumbers’ supplies______ ____________________
Steam and hot-water heating apparatus and
steam fittings____ ___________________ _____
Stoves_______________________________________
Structural and ornamental metal work_______
Tin cans and other tinware___________________
Tools (not including edge tools, machine
tools, files, and saws).........................................
W irework............. .................................................
i Less than one half of 1 percent.
U
15
42
42
32
12
32
26
2
33
95
98
91
90
93
96
93
95
100
93
80
86
79
80
77
68
78
82
80
80
5
0)
75
84
58
57
68
88
67
74
98
67
70
24
92
67
10
2
2
2
«
0)
0)
75
66
69
71
26
78
87
82
15
32
29
27
74
20
8
17
93
90
92
93
77
94
97
95
57
67
72
73
69
70
68
72
69
60
23
52
73
79
23
22
77
38
23
17
90
88
75
89
94
94
61
55
67
75
76
67
46
37
30
50
63
45
86
83
77
n
72
61
38
38
44
61
36
59
62
56
27
64
83
84
84
93
77
77
75
72
77
64
1
l
2
6
0
262
357
22
52
84
84
10
5
5
1,114
65
40
25
111
37
61
135
59
Part
time
8
18
4
4
11
80
141
178
55
4
35
45
71
44
65
55
24
56
79
84
95
88
71
81
77
102
50
3
29
44
68
56
80
84
75
72
34
T a b l e 5 — P R O P O R T IO N OF F U L L T I M E W O R K E D IN M A N U F A C T U R IN G IN D U S T R IE S
B Y E S T A B L IS H M E N T S R E P O R T IN G IN D E C E M B E R 1933—Continued
Establishm ents
reporting
Percent of es
tablishments
operating—
Average percent of
full time reported
by—
Total Percent
number idle
Full
time
Part
time
All oper Estab
ating es lishments
tablish operating
ments part time
Industry
M a ch in e ry , n o t in c lu d in g tr a n s p o r ta tio n
e q u ip m e n t ___________________________________
1, 469
Agricultural implements_____________________
54
Cash registers, adding machines, and calculat
ing machines_____ . ________________________
26
Electrical machinery, apparatus, and supplies.
230
Engines, turbines, tractors, and water w heels..
70
872
Foundry and machine-shop products_________
Machine tools________________________________
134
Radios and phonographs_____________________
41
Textile machinery and parts_________________
35
Typewriters and supplies____________________
7
N o n fe rr o u s m eta ls a n d th eir p r o d u c ts _______
530
Aluminum manufactures_____________________
14
Brass, bronze, and copper products___________
202
Clocks and watches and time-recording devices
19
Jewelry______________________________________
96
Lighting equipment__________________________
43
Silverware and plated ware__________________
47
Smelting and refining—copper, lead, and zinc._
24
Stamped and enameled ware_________________
85
T r a n s p o r t a t io n e q u ip m e n t ___________________
313
Aircraft_________________________________ _____
25
A utom obiles_________________________________
164
Cars, electric- and steam-railroad_____________
29
Locom otives_________________________________
7
Shipbuilding_________________________________
88
R ailroa d repair s h o p s __________________________
665
Electric railroad______________________________
242
Steam railroad_______________________________
423
L u m b e r a n d allied p r o d u c ts __________________
1,284
Furniture____________________________________
370
Lumber:
M illw ork________________________________
405
Sawmills_________________________________
493
Turpentine and rosin_________________________
16
S to n e , cla y, a n d glass p r o d u c ts _______________
710
Brick, tile, and terra cotta____________________
229
Cement______________________________________
65
Glass_________________________________________
148
Marble, granite, slate, and other products____
178
Pottery______________________________________
90
L ea th er a n d its m a n u fa c t u r e s ________________
380
Boots and shoes______________________________
244
Leather________________________________ ______
136
P ap er a n d p r in t in g ____________________________
1,673
Boxes, paper____________ _____________________
278
Paper and p u lp ______________________________
369
Printing and publishing:
642
Book and jo b _____________________________
Newspapers and periodicals---------------------383
C h e m ica ls a n d allied p r o d u c ts ------------------------862
Chemicals____________________________________
78
Cottonseed—oil, cake, and meal______________
87
Druggists’ preparations_________________ _____
29
Explosives___________________________________
15
Fertilizers____________________________________
157
Paints and varnishes__________ _______________
302
Petroleum refining___________________________
97
R ayon and allied products___________________
15
Soap_________________________________________
82
R u b b e r p r o d u c ts ______________________ ____ ____
124
R ubber boots and shoes______________________
9
R ubber goods, other than boots, shoes, tires,
and inner tubes____________________________
89
R ubber tires and inner tubes____________ ____
26
T o b a c c o m a n u fa c t u r e s ________________________
198
31
Chewing and smoking tobacco and snuff..........
Cigars and cigarettes_________________________
.167
_____ T o ta l, 89 in d u s trie s _______________________ 14,486
1 Less than one half of 1 percent.
1
2
1
1
0)
0)
1
2
1
10
2
1
1
2
2
2
1
6
14
25
15
1
16
3
7
9
1
1
0)
3
0)
2
1
10
1
2
3
3
2
3
62
83
37
15
91
96
74
75
46
65
29
62
67
88
57
71
52
43
65
5
29
40
32
79
69
67
68
71
17
51
93
27
66
73
54
35
70
37
33
12
43
29
47
57
34
95
70
60
68
21
31
31
32
29
72
100
16
48
7
72
33
25
88
94
79
90
91
98
91
96
89
91
93
81
84
84
83
95
92
95
94
96
74
72
98
90
99
86
93
93
78
83
72
72
74
86
79
86
76
77
78
79
77
74
75
76
72
82
82
84
78
72
88
80
82
80
75
72
62
65
31
55
51
68
83
19
78
74
66
90
81
75
62
36
34
63
31
24
17
16
65
19
19
25
8
19
24
36
91
92
87
90
91
93
97
78
94
93
90
99
96
94
90
76
76
80
73
72
64
83
72
71
66
63
85
76
77
74
88
91
70
95
62
52
27
96
52
91
100
56
40
89
12
9
28
4
28
48
73
4
47
7
82
37
31
58
52
59
67
44
60
11
63
69
40
45
39
31
74
97
87
99
78
94
91
100
72
91
81
91
74
81
73
99
78
89
91
99
100
91 ............. 80
73
84
90
99
82
82
89
90
89
92
72
75
74
78
73
75
35
Employment in Nonmanufacturing Industries in December
1933
I NCREASED employment in December, as compared with Novem
ber, was reported in 6 of the 15 nonmanufacturing industries sur
veyed monthly by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and increased pay
rolls were reported in 10 industries. Data for the building-construction industry are not presented here but are shown in more detail under
the section “ Building construction.”
The most pronounced percentage gains in employment and pay
rolls over the month interval were shown in the retail-trade industry.
Reports received from 19,062 retail establishments indicated a net
increase of 15.1 percent in employment and 10.6 percent in pay rolls in
these establishments between November 15 and December 15. These
pronounced percentage gains are due largely to seasonal fluctuations
in the group of retail establishments composed of department, variety,
general merchandise stores and mail-order houses, in which the Christ
mas trade resulted in an increase of 23.1 percent in employment and
17.6 percent in pay rolls. The remaining retail establishments sur
veyed showed a gain of 1.2 percent in employment over the month
interval combined with an increase of 0.7 percent in pay rolls. The
crude-petroleum-producing industry reported gains of 3.8 percent in
employment and 5.7 percent in pay rolls, and the hotel industry re
ported increases of 2.4 percent in number of workers and 4.2 percent in
pay rolls. The bituminous-coal mining and the telephone and tele
graph industries reported increases in employment of 0.8 percent each
combined with smaller gains in pay rolls, and the metalliferous-mining
industry reported an increase of less than one tenth of 1 percent in
employment combined with an increase of 2.6 percent in pay rolls.
The most pronounced declines in employment and pay rolls in this
group of nonmanufacturing industries were seasonal declines. The
canning industry reported decreases of 28.7 percent in employment and
23.2 percent in pay rolls. The quarrying and nonmetallic-mining
industry reported a seasonal decrease of 11.3 percent in employment
and 13.7 percent in pay rolls. Employment in the anthracite-mining
industry decreased 10.6 percent between November and December
and the dyeing and cleaning industry reported a decline, largely
seasonal, of 7.3 percent. The power and light industry reported a
decrease of 1 percent in employment. In the remaining four indus
tries in which decreases in employment occurred (electric-railroad and
motor-bus operation, wholesale trade, banks-brokerage-insurancereal-estate, and laundries), the decreases were three tenths of 1 percent
or less.
Eleven of the 15 nonmanufacturing industries appearing in the
following table reported increased employment and pay rolls between
December 1932 and December 1933, the canning, crude-petroleum,
36
and metalliferous-mining industries reporting the largest percent
age gains in employment over the year interval. Four industries
(electric-railroad and motor-bus operation and maintenance, laun
dries, anthracite mining, and telephone and telegraph) reported fewer
employees and smaller pay-roll totals in December 1933 than in
December 1932.
In the following table are presented employment and pay-roll
data for the nonmanufacturing industries surveyed, exclusive of
building construction.
T
1.—C O M P A R IS O N OF E M P L O Y M E N T A N D P A Y R O L L S IN N O N M A N U F A C T U R IN G
E S T A B L IS H M E N T S IN D E C E M B E R 1933 W IT H N O V E M B E R 1933 A N D D E C E M B E R 1932
able
Employment
Industrial group
Estabments
report
ing in
both
N ovem
ber and
Decem
ber
1933
Coal mining:
Anthracite____ _________
161
Bituminous................... .
1,503
Metalliferous mining..............
288
Quarrying and nonmetallic
m ining___________________
1,162
Crude-petroleum producing.
253
Public utilities:
Telephone and telegraph. 8,192
Power and light.......... .
3,135
E le c tr ic -r a ilr o a d and
motor-bus operation
and maintenance_____
498
Trade:
Wholesale..........................
3,036
Retail____ _____ _______ 19, 062
Hotels (cash payments only)2 2,356
.
Canning and preserving........
803
Laundries__________________
1, 239
Dyeing and cleaning________
342
Banks, brokerage, insurance,
and real estate...................... 4, 395
Pay-roll totals
Percent of
change
Percent of
change
1
'; Index num
bers, Decem
ber 1933 (av! erage 1929=
100)
Amount
Number
D e
of pay
D e !
on pay
i
cem
roll (1
cem
roll D e
week)
N ovem ber
cember N ovem ber
E m Pay
ber to 1932 to December ber to 1932 to
1933
ploy
roll
Decem D e
1933
Decem D e
ber 1933 cem
ber 1933 cem ment totals
ber
ber
1933
|
I 1933
i
75, 765
232,031
27, 555
30, 658
28, 207
248,039
204, 734
131,741
-1 0 .6 -1 2 .5 $1,794, 015
+ .8 + 7 .7 4,020,905
+21.9
574,014
0)
-1 1 .3 + 7 .1
+ 3 .8 +31.1
- 7 . 2 -2 1 .2
+ .2 + 34.7
+ 2 .6 +40.1
+ .8
- 1 .0
-7 .2
+ 4 .3
6, 554,172
5,907,376
-.2
-.8
3, 542,879
88,845
513, 941
129, 718
39, 319
66, 024
10,134
-.2
+ 8 .2
+15.1 +10.7
+ 2 .4
+ 6 .0
-2 8 .7 +46.6
-.1
-.9
- 7 .3
+ 1 .5
2, 315,049
9,477,847
1, 697,276
496, 713
972, 648
170,186
175,190
3- . 3 3+1 .3
5,819,731
j
44. 3
50.8
26.2
-1 3 .7 +10.4 i 45.3
+5. 7 +27.6
75.0
434, 751
758, 568
54.5
75.4
40.6
24.4
53. 2
- 7 .9 i 69.4
+ 1 .6 I 81. S
67.7
74.4
- 3 .7 ! 70.8
1
+ .6
+ 3 .0 1 83.3
+10.6 + 9 .1 I 105.4
+ 4 .2 +1. 8 1 77.6
-2 3 .2 +52.3 j 49.4
+ .6
- . 7 i 75.2
- 9 .8
+ 3.3 j 76.3
i
3+1.5 3+2.2 |3 99. 3
64.5
80.3
57.6
39.0
58.3
50.0
+ .1
-.1
+. 3
59.6
3 87.4
1 Less than one tenth of 1 percent.
2 The additional value of board, room, and tips cannot be computed.
3 Weighted.
Per capita weekly earnings in December 1933 for 15 nonmanufacturing industries included in the Bureau’s monthly trend-ofemplovment survey, together with the percents of change in Decem
ber 1933 as compared with November 1933 and December 1932,
are given in the table following. These per capita weekly earnings
must not be confused with full-time weekly rates of wages; they are
per capita weekly earnings computed by dividing the total amount
of pay roll for the week by the total number of employees (part-time
as well as full-time workers).
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2 ,—P E R C A P IT A W E E K L Y E A R N IN G S IN 15 N O N M A N U F A C T U R IN G IN D U S T R IE S
IN D E C E M B E R 1933 A N D C O M P A R IS O N W IT H N O V E M B E R 1933 A N D D E C E M B E R
1932
able
I
Industrial group
Percent of change
Per capita
weekly
earnings in N ovem ber December
1932 to
1933 to
December
December December
1933
1933
1933
C oal mining:
Anthracite............................................ ............. ....................... ............
Bituminous______ _____________ _ _____________ ______________
Metalliferous m ining............ ............... ................... ...............................
___ _____ _________ ________
■Quarrying and nonmetallic mining
Crude-petroleum p ro d u c in g ________ __________ __________________
Public utilities:
Telephone and telegraph _ ........... ....................................... ..........
Power and lig h t.____ ________ _______ _______ ___________ ____
Electric-railroad and motor-bus operation and maintenance___
Trade:
Wholesale...... ................. ............. .................... ............ .....................
Retail______ ____________ _________________ _______ ___________
_____________________ ______ ________
Hotels (cash payments o n ly )1
Canning and preserving........................ .......
........................... ..........
Laundries____ ________________ ___ _______________________________
Dyeing and cleaning......................... ________ _________________
Banks, brokerage, insurance, and real estate............. ............................
$23.68
17.33
20.83
14.18
26.89
+ 3 .9
—.6
+ 2 .6
-2 .7
+ 1 .7
- 9 .9
+25.0
+14.8
+ 3 .3
-2 . 7
26.42
28.85
26.89
-.7
+ .9
+ .5
-.7
- 2 .6
- 2 .9
26.06
18.44
13.08
12,63
14.73
16.79
33. 22
+ .9
- 3 .9
+ 1 .8
+ 7 .8
+ .7
- 2 .7
2 + 1 .9
- 4 .8
- 1 .4
-4 .0
+ 3 .8
+ .3
+ 1 .7
2 -4-. 9
1 The additional value of board, room, and tips cannot be computed.
2 Weighted.
Indexes of Employment and Pay-Roll Totals for Nonmanufacturing Industries
I n d e x numbers of employment and pay-roll totals for 15 nonmanufacturing industries are presented in the following table. These
index numbers show the variation in employment and pay rolls by
months, from January 1930 to December 1933, in all nonmanufac
turing industries except the laundry, dyeing and cleaning, and the
banks, brokerage, insurance, and real-estate industries for which
information over the entire period is not available. The Bureau has
secured data concerning employment and pay rolls for the index base
year 1929 from establishments in these industries and has computed
index numbers for those months for which data are available from
the Bureau’s files. These indexes are shown in this tabulation.
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OF E M P L O Y M E N T A N D P A Y R O L L S F O R N O N M A N U F A C T U R IN G
IN D U S T R IE S , J A N U A R Y T O D E C E M B E R 1930, 1931, 1932, A N D 1933
3 .— IN D E X E S
[12-month average, 1929=100]
Anthracite mining
M onth
Bituminous -coal mining
Pay rolls
Employment
Employment
Pay rolls
1930 1931 1932 1933 1930 1931 1932 1933 1930 1931 1932 1933 1930 1931 1932 1933
January_________
February_______
M arch__________
A pril____________
M a y ____________
June____________
July_____________
August__________
September______
October_________
N ovem ber______
December_______
Average___
102.1
106.9
82.6
84.1
93.8
90.8
91.6
80.2
93.8
99.0
97.2
99.1
90.6
89.5
82.0
85.2
80.3
76.1
65.1
67.3
80.0
86.8
83.5
79.8
76.2
71.2
73.7
70.1
66.9
53.0
44.5
49.2
55.8
63.9
62.7
62.3
52.5 105.8
58.7 121.5
54.6 78.5
51.6 75.0
43.2 98.8
39.5 94.3
43.8 84.0
47.7 78.8
56.8 91.6
56.9 117.2
61.0 98.0
54.5 100.0
89.3
101.9
71.3
75.2
76.1
66.7
53.7
56.4
64.9
91.1
79.5
78.4
61.5
57.3
61.2
72.0
58.0
37.4
34.5
41.4
47.0
66.7
51.0
56.2
43.2
56.8
48.8
37.4
30.0
34.3
38.2
46.6
60.7
61.6
47.8
44.3
93.9
91.5
88.8
85.9
82.4
78.4
76. 4
77.0
80.4
81.3
81.1
81.2
80.8
77.4
75.2
65.5
62.6
60.5
58.6
59.4
62.4
67.0
69.4
70.0
69.8
69.3
67.6
63.7
61.2
61.3
63.2
68.6
71.8
68.0
74.8
75.4
101.4
102.1
86.4
81.7
77.5
75.6
68.9
71.1
74.9
79.4
79.1
77.7
73.3
68.3
65.2
58.6
54.4
52.4
50.4
50.6
53.6
56.2
54.6
52.3
47.0
47.0
46.8
33.9
30.7
27.3
24.4
26.4
30.2
37. 8
38.0
37.7
36.1
37. 2
30.7
26.6
26.9
29.2
33.6
43.3
44.1
44.1
50. 7
50.8
93.4 80.5 62.5 51.7 95.3 75.4 53.7 45.8 93.4 83.2 67.4 67.9 81.3 57.5 35.6 37.8
Metalliferous mining
January_________
February_______
M arch___ _______
A pril____________
M a y ____________
J u n e.. _________
July......... ...........
August--------------September______
October. _______
N ovem ber.......... .
December_______
102.5
102.4
98.6
94.4
90.4
88.4
88.0
89.2
90.5
91.8
92.5
92.5
95.7
92.3
90.9
89.3
87.5
84.6
80.5
79.0
78.1
77.2
72.8
70.1
68.3
65.3
63.5
63.9
62.4
60.0
56.2
55.8
55.5
53.8
52.8
51.2
49.3
46.9
45.0
43.3
38.3
32.2
29.5
28.6
29.3
30.5
31.9
33.3
32.4
31.5
30.0
29.4
30.0
31.5
33.0
36.8
38.9
40.7
40.6
40.6
92.7
92.5
90.8
88.3
85.6
81.6
71.9
71.0
69.9
68.6
63.4
59.9
55.0
54.6
52.8
51.4
49.3
46.1
41.3
40.2
40.0
37.4
35.1
34.3
Quarrying and nonmetallic mining
29.7
27.8
26.5
25.0
23.8
20.1
16.9
16.5
17.0
18.0
18.7
18.7
18.1
17.8
17.4
16.4
17.0
18.3
19.0
21.9
23.9
25.9
25.6
26.2
79.6
79.8
83.0
87.4
90.8
90.3
89.9
89.3
87.7
84.7
78.3
70.2
64.4
66.6
70.0
76.1
75.0
72.3
71.0
68.9
66.6
64.5
59.3
53.9
48.9
47.4
46.0
48.6
50.6
49.5
49.5
51.1
52.4
52.4
49.4
42.3
35.1
34.8
35.1
39.3
43.4
47.3
49.5
51.6
52.6
53.2
51.1
45.3
71.9
73.5
80.0
85.4
90.2
90.9
85.5
85.8
82.5
79.3
66.8
59.9
50.4
54.4
58.2
62.6
62.3
60.1
57.3
55.1
51.2
48.7
43.3
36.9
30.2
29.6
28.7
30.0
32.3
30.0
29.1
29.7
30.5
30.1
27.1
22.1
18.1
17.4
17.8
20.2
23.8
27. 5
28.4
29. 9
29.3
31.2
28.3
24. 4
Average___ 83.2 59.1 36.5 34.6 78.0 44.8 21.6 20.6 84.3 67.4 49.0 44.9 79.3 53.4 29.1 24.7
Crude-petroleum producing
January_________
February_______
M arch___ ______
A p r i l ___________
M a y ____________
June____________
J u ly ..____ ______
August--------------September______
October_________
N ovem ber______
December_______
Average___
92.7
90.8
89.3
86.8
89.8
90.2
89.9
87.7
85.0
85.2
83.6
77.4
74.8
73.2
72.2
69.8
67.8
65.0
65.3
62.4
61.2
60.4
57.6
58.2
54.9
54.4
51.4
54.9
54.5
54.2
55.4
57.4
56.2
56.8
56.5
57.2
57.2
57.0
56.5
56.8
56.9
58.0
59.5
60.8
66.2
70.6
72.2
75.0
94.0
88.6
91.3
86.6
85.4
87.1
88.5
86.0
84.0
82.6
80.0
77.2
71.5
70.0
73.2
66.3
64.7
62.7
59.2
56.3
55.2
54.4
52.0
54.9
46.5
46.9
43.2
44.5
47.1
44.8
44.6
42.9
41.9
42.5
42.4
41.7
Telephone and telegraph
39.9
41.7
42.5
40.1
41.6
40.6
42.2
42.5
44.4
50.1
50.3
53.2
90.5
89.2
88.6
88.1
87.4
86.9
86.6
85.9
85.0
84.1
83.5
83.1
83.0
82.0
81.7
81.2
80.6
79.9
79.1
78.1
77.4
76.2
75.5
74.8
74.6 105.1
73.9 101.9
73. 2 105.8
72.3 103.4
70.1 103.2
69.2 103.4
68.5 106.6
68.1 102.5
68.3 102.2
68.7 100.9
68.9 97.9
69.4 101.3
96.3
94.8
97.9
95.0
94.1
95.0
93.3
92.3
92.1
91.6
89.7
92.7
89.1
89.6
88.2
83.4
82.8
82.1
79.6
79.1
75.9
75.7
74.3
73.5
71.7
71.9
71.6
67.8
68.5
66.6
66.7
66.1
64.6
67.0
67.7
67.7
87.4 65.7 55.3 62.2 85.9 61.7 44.1 44.1 97.9 86.6 79.1 70.4 102.9 93.7 81.1 68.2
Electric-railroad and motor-bus operation
and maintenance 1
Power and light
January_________
February_______
M arch__________
A pril____________
M a y ____________
June____________
July-------------------August__________
September______
October_________
N ovem ber______
December_______
101.6
100.2
99.4
98.9
99.7
99.8
100.0
98.8
96.8
94.5
93.0
91.6
99.6
98.8
99.7
100.7
103.4
104.6
105.9
106.4
105.2
104.8
103.4
103.2
99.2
97.8
96.7
97.1
97.6
97.2
96.7
95.9
94.7
92.7
91.3
90.3
89.3
87.2
85.5
84.8
84.0
83.2
82.3
81.5
81.0
79.9
79.1
78.4
77.7
77.4
76.9
76.9
76.9
77.3
77.5
78.1
80.3
82.2
82.6
81.8
99.7 98.6
100.4 99.7
102.1 102.4
102.6 97.6
104.5 98.7
107.8 98.3
106.7 97.4
106.6 96.2
106.1 94.3
105. 6 93.2
103. 7 93.3
106.3 91.2
88.4
86.0
85.'4
82.4
84.2
80.5
78.7
76.7
74.7
74.4
73.2
73.2
73.0
71.6
71.9
69.4
69.9
69.9
70.0
70.9
71.8
76.2
74.5
74.4
97.1
95.1
94.4
95.2
95.2
94.8
95.3
92.9
91.8
91.0
89.3
88.8
86.9
86.6
86.4
86.8
85.9
85.3
85.6
84.8
84.0
82.7
81.5
79.9
79.5
78.9
77.6
78.0
76.9
76.5
75.6
74. 1
73.5
72.3
71.8
71.4
70.6
70.4
69.8
69.5
69.1
69.3
69.4
69.5
69.7
70.6
71.0
70.8
97.8
95.7
95.4
97.1
96.0
97.0
95.6
92.1
90.5
88.9
87.7
88.6
85.6
87.1
88.1
86.6
85.1
84.8
83.3
81.9
81.2
79.0
79.7
77.8
75.4
74.8
73.6
71.8
72.2
70.2
66.4
63.8
62.5
61.5
61.7
61.9
60.9
60.6
59.4
58.1
58.2
58.0
57.4
58.2
57.8
59.8
59.4
59.6
Average___ 103. 0 95.6 83.0 78.8 104.3 96.7 79. 8 72.0 93.4 84.7 75.5 70.0 93.5 83.4 68.0 58.9
i N ot including eleetrie-railroad-car building and repairing; see transportation equipment and railroad
repair-shop groups, manufacturing industries, table 1.
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3 . — IN D E X E S OF E M P L O Y M E N T A N D P A Y R O L L S F O R N O N M A N U F A C T U R IN Gr
IN D U S T R IE S , J A N U A R Y T O D E C E M B E R 1930, 1931, 1932, A N D 1933—Continued
able
Retail trade
Wholesale trade
Em ploym ent
Employment
Pay rolls
Pay rolls
1930 1931 1932 1933 1930 1931 1932 1933 1930 1931 1932 1933 1930 1931 1932 1933
January_________
February........
M arch. ............... .
A pril____________
M a y ........ .............
June.......................
July......... .............
August..................
September______
O ctober................
N ovem ber............
D ecem ber............
100.0
98.5
97.7
97.3
96.8
96.5
96.0
95.0
94.8
94.2
92.6
92.0
89.5
88.2
87.4
87.4
87.1
87.1
86.8
86.5
86.1
85.2
84.1
83.7
81.8
80.9
79.8
78.9
77.9
77.0
76.6
76.4
77.1
77.8
77.6
77.0
75.3 100.0
74.1 98.3
73.1 99.7
73.3 97.9
74.0 97.4
75.7 98.6
76.9 96.0
79.7 93.6
82.1 93.6
83.5 92.9
83.4 91.0
83.3 91.3
87.5
88.4
89.1
85.2
84.7
84.1
83.3
82.1
81.4
79.9
79.7
77.8
74.1
72.5
71.3
68.9
69.7
66.2
64.7
63.2
63.1
63.9
63.3
62.6
61.7
58.6
57.1
56.0
57.4
57.3
59.1
60.8
62.3
66.0
64.1
64.5
98.9
94.4
93.9
97.3
96.7
93.9
89.0
85.6
92.0
95.5
98.4
115.1
84.3
80.5
81.4
81.6
80.9
79.4
74.6
72.6
77.8
81.3
81.7
95.2
90.0
87.1
87.8
90.1
89.9
89.1
83.9
81.8
86.6
89.8
90.9
106.2
76.9 99.7
73.4 96.0
71.4 95.5
78.6 97.5
77.0 97.3
78.3 96.8
74.6 91.7
78.1 87.6
86.0 92.4
89.6 95.1
91.6 96.8
105.4 107.7
89.4
86.7
87.5
88.3
88.0
87.6
83.3
80.3
83.5
84.6
85.4
94.1
78.0
73.7
73.4
72.7
71.1
68.2
63.3
60.7
64.6
67.1
66.9
73.6
62. 7
58.4
55.1
60.4
59.5
60.5
58.1
62. 7
69.2
72.3
72.6
80. 3.
Average___ 96.0 86.6 78.2 77.9 95.9 83.6 67.0 60.4 95.9 89.4 80.9 81.7 96.2 86.6 69.4 64. 3
Hotels
January.. .............
February..............
M arch...................
A pril— ...............
M a y ......................
June____________
July.......................
August..................
September............
October.................
N ovem ber............
December.............
Average___
100.4
102.4
102.4
100.1
98.0
98.0
101.3
101.5
100.1
97.5
95.2
93.5
95.0
96.8
96.8
95.9
92.5
91.6
93.3
92.8
90.6
87.4
84.9
83.1
83.2
84.3
84.0
82.7
80.1
78.0
78.4
77.6
77.0
75.4
74.3
73.2
73.8 100.3
73.8 103.8
72.4 104.4
71.9 100.3
71.9 98.4
73.6 98.1
75.6 99.8
77.1 98.6
78.7 97.1
77.0 95.5
75.8 93.6
77.6 91.5
Canning and preserving
91.0
93.7
93.4
89.9
87.7
85.4
85.2
83.8
81.9
79.7
77.1
75.4
73.9
73.9
72.4
69.6
67.0
63.8
61.8
59.6
59.1
58.6
57.5
56.6
55.7 46.1
55.9 45.7
53.5 49.7
51.7 74.8
51.8 65.7
52.3 83.0
53.3 126.3
54.0 185.7
55.6 246.6
56.2 164.7
55.2 96.7
57.6 61.6
48.9
48.3
53.0
59.6
56.0
70.6
102.2
142.9
180.1
108.1
60.8
40.7
35.0
37.1
36.3
47.0
40.5
55.5
73.0
99.0
125.3
81.1
50.5
33.7
34.1 50.3 46.1
35.1 51.5 48.6
33.2 50.8 50.3
49.2 72.6 57.1
45.5 66.9 56.0
55.6 81.5 58.6
76.6 112.7 74.2
112.7 172.0 104.7
175.6 214.8 129.4
126.3 140.0 77.6
69.3 82.9 48.1
49.4 57.4 36.9
31.8
32.7
31.9
37.9
36.0
40.5
47.5
65.6
75.1
51.8
34.4
25.6
24. $.
25.9*
24.2
33.5
31.8
36.7
46.2
68.3
127.0s
87.1
50.8
39.0
99.2 91.7 79.0 74.9 98.5 85.4 64.5 54.4 103.9 80.9 59.5 71.9 96.1 65.6 42.6 49. 6
Laundries
E mployment
Dyeing and cleaning
Pay rolls
Em ploym ent
P ay rolls
B an k s, b ro k e ra g e ,
in s u ra n ce , and
real estate
E m ploy
ment
P ay rolls
1931 1932 1933 1931 1932 1933 1931 1932 1933 1931 1932 1933 1932 1933 1932 1933
January............. .
F e b ru a ry -...........
M arch...................
A pril......................
M a y ........ .............
June.......................
J u ly.......................
August..................
September............
October.................
N ovem ber............
December.............
Average—
90.5
90.0
89.5
90.5
90.3
91.0
91.8
90.2
89.3
88.1
86.2
85.3
84.7
82.9
82.0
82.0
81.4
81.0
80.3
78.9
78.6
77.5
76.2
75.9
75.4 86.6
74.4 1 85.6
73.0 85. 6
73.4 86.8
73.5 86.5
76.0 87.1
76.3 87.4
77.9 84.6
79.3 84.1
78.0 81.8
75.3 78.9
75.2 77.4:
76.4
73.3
71.6
71.4
70.6
68.6
66.3
63.9
62.9
61.2
59.1
58.7
57.9 88.9
55.5 87.4
52.9 88.0
54.0 95.7
54.5 96.7
56.7 99.0
56.1 98.6
57.6 93.5
60.6 95.3
59.7 94.2
57.91 90.1
58.3 84.9
82.1
80.5
80.6
83.3
84.5
85.1
82.4
79.5
83.3
82.3
78. C
75.2!
73.0
70.9
71.2
81.1
82.0i
85.6i
82.9'
83.1
88.6I
88.4:
82.4:
76.31
77.7
75.1
75.6
86.3
86.6
89.1
86.2
80. C
82. €
81.4
74.7
67. S
65.8 46.6
62.2 42.4
61.7 41.0
65.9 54.6
67.3; 53.9
65.81 56.7
60.0I 52.8
56.31 52.8
61. C 60.3
1
58.81 60.6
52.3I 55.4
48.4: 50. C
98.3 97.5 93.5 85.2
98.3 96.8 93.0 84.3.
98.9 96.5 92. S 83.7
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98.0 96.2 92.7' 83.2
97.9 97.3 90.01 84.4
98.4 97.7 89. S 84.8
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98.5 98.31 88.2! 84.4
98.4 99.01 87.1 84.5
98.6i 99.4: 86.3! 84.7
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1
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40
A comparison of the yearly average indexes of employment for
1932 and 1933 indicates that employment in four of the 15 nonmanu
facturing industries was higher in 1933 than in 1932. These four
industries were canning and preserving, crude-petroleum producing,
retail trade, and bituminous-coal mining. The increases in employ
ment in the canning and preserving and the crude-petroleum-produc
ing industries were pronounced, while the 1933 average indexes of
employment in retail trade and bituminous-coal mining were only
slightly above the 1932 level. Yearly indexes of pay rolls were
higher in 1933 than in 1932 in only two industries, canning and
preserving and bituminous-coal mining. The greatest decrease in
employment in the comparison of these annual averages was shown
in the anthracite-mining industry in which the 1933 average index
was 17.3 percent below the average of the year 1932. Other large
percentage declines in employment in this comparison were shown
in the telephone and telegraph (11 percent), quarrying and nonmetal
lic mining (8.4 percent), and electric-railroad and motor-bus operation
and maintenance (7.3 percent). Employment in 1933 in the metal
liferous mining, power and light, hotel, and laundry industries ranged
from 5.1 to 5.6 percent below the annual average of 1932. The
decreases in employment in the remaining three industries in which
the 12-month averages for 1933 were below the 1932 averages were
small. The most pronounced decrease in pay rolls in this comparison
was in the telephone and telegraph group (15.9 percent), although the
decreases in the quarrying, hotel, and laundry industries were only
slightly less.
Average Man-Hours Worked and Average Hourly Earnings
I N THE following tables the Bureau presents a tabulation of
man-hours worked per week and average hourly earnings based on
reports supplied by identical establishments in November and Decem
ber 1933 in 15 industrial groups and 78 separate manufacturing
industries. Man-hour data for the building-construction group and
for the insurance, real estate, banking, and brokerage group are not
available, and data for several of the 89 manufacturing industries
surveyed monthly are omitted from these tables due to lack of
adequate information.
The total number of establishments supplying man-hour data in
these 15 industrial groups represents approximately 50 percent of the
establishments supplying monthly employment data.
The tabulations are based on reports supplying actual man-hours
worked and do not include nominal man-hour totals, obtained by
multiplying the total number of employees in the establishment by
the plant operating time.
41
Table 1 shows the average hours worked per employee per week
and average hourly earnings in 15 industrial groups and for all groups
combined. The average hours per week and average hourly earnings
for the combined total of the 15 industrial groups are weighted aver
ages, wherein the average man-hours and average hourly earnings in
each industrial group are multiplied by the total number of employees
in the group in the current month and the sum of these products
divided by the total number of employees in the combined 15 indus
trial groups. The average man-hours and hourly earnings for the
combined 89 manufacturing industries have been weighted in the
same manner as the averages for all industrial groups combined,
table 1.
In presenting information for the separate manufacturing industries
shown in table 2, data are published for only those industries in
which the available man-hour information covers 20 percent or more
of the total number of employees in the industry at the present time.
T
1 .— A V E R A G E H OU RS W O R K E D P E R W E E K P E R E M P L O Y E E A N D A V E R A G E
H O U R L Y E A R N IN G S IN 15 I N D U S T R IA L G R O U P S , N O V E M B E R A N D D E C E M B E R
1933
able
Average hours per
week
Average hourly
earnings
Industrial group
N ovem
ber 1933
Manufacturing — ................. ........................ ................- ...................
Coal mining:
Anthracite..................................... . . . .............................................
B itum inous......................................................................................
Metalliferous m ining............................................................................
Quarrying and nonmetallic m ining............. ...................................
Crude-petroleum producing........ ............ ..........................................
Public utilities:
Telephone and telegraph.............................................. . ............ .
Power and light-..................................... . ............ - .......................
Electric-railroad and motor-bus operation and maintenance.
Trade:
Wholesale........................ .......................................... ....................
Retail
__________________________________________________
Hotels _______________________________________________________
Canning and preserving...................................................... ...............
Laundries_____________________________________________________
D yeing and cleaning...... ....................................................... ..............
Average.................... ............ .......................................................
Decem
ber 1933
N ovem
ber 1933
Hours
34.4
Hours
34.2
Cents
52.3
Cents
52.6
28.1
29.7
37.8
32.5
35.1
29.8
29.9
38.8
31.3
35.1
80.8
57.8
53.0
45.7
76.5
80.1
58.9
53.0
46.1
77.3
37.5
42.4
45.5
37.4
43.0
45.3
71.9
67.1
58.5
71.5
66.9
58.8
42.2
39.7
50.5
32.0
37.7
40.5
41.9
41.9
49.8
32.7
37.9
39.2
60.0
48.7
24.3
37.3
37.5
43.1
61.1
44.4
24.9
39.3
37.9
43.6
37.1
37.7
52.3
51.2
Decem
ber 1933
Per capita weekly earnings, computed by multiplying the average
man-hours worked per week by the average hourly earnings, are not
identical with the per capita weekly earnings appearing elsewhere in
this trend-of-employment compilation, which are obtained by divid
ing the total weekly earnings in all establishments reporting by the
total number of employees in those establishments. As already
noted, the basic information upon which the average weekly manhours and average hourly earnings are computed covers approximately
50 percent of the establishments reporting monthly employment data.
42
T
2 .—A V E R A G E H O U R S W O R K E D P E R W E E K P E R E M P L O Y E E A N D A V E R A G E
H O U R L Y E A R N IN G S IN S E L E C T E D M A N U F A C T U R IN G IN D U S T R IE S , N O V E M B E R
A N D D E C E M B E R 1933
able
Average hours per
week
Average hourly
earnings
Industry
N ovem
ber 1933
Food and kindred products:
Baking_______________________ ________________ __________
Beverages_________ _____ ______________ _____ _____________
Confectionery____ ______________ _____ ___________________
Ice cream________________________ ____ ____________ ______
Slaughtering and meat p a ck in g-____________ _____________
Sugar, beet______ _____________________ ________________ _
Sugar refining, cane_____________________ ________ __ __
Textiles and their products:
Carpets and rugs.. __________________________ ___
______
Dyp.irig and finishing tftvt.ilfis
_
.............
Knit goods____________________________ __________ ____ ___
Silk and rayon goods_______ _____ ______ _________________
WT
oolen and worsted goods___ ____ _______________________
Iron and steel and their products, not including machinery:
Bolts, nuts, washers, and rivets_________ _____ ____________
Cast-iron pipe ______________________________________ ____
Cutlery (not including silver and plated cutlery) and edge
t o o l s .____ ____________________________________________
Iron and steel_____________________________________________
Plumbers’ supplies____ _________ _______________ ___ __
Steam and hot-water heating apparatus and steam fittings.
Stoves____ ________ ___________ _____ ______________ ______
Structural and ornamental metal work_______ _____ _______
Tin cans and other tinware_________________________
__
Tools (not including edge tools, machine tools, files, and
saws)______ _____________________________________ _______
Wire work_________________ _______________________________
Machinery, not including transportation equipment:
Agricultural implements__________________________________
Cash registers, adding machines, and calculating machines.
Electrical machinery, apparatus, and supplies____ _ _ _____
Engines, turbines, tractors, and water wheels_____________
Foundry and machine-shop products_______________ _____
Machine tools_____________________________________________
Radios and phonographs __ _______________________________
Textile machinery and parts______________________________
Typewriters and supplies____________ ____________________
Nonferrous metals and their products:
Aluminum manufactures_____________________ __________
Brass, bronze, and copper products________________________
Clocks and watches and time-recording devices___________
Jewelry____ ______________________________________________
Lighting equipment_______________________________________
Silverware and plated ware_______________________________
Smelting and refining—copper, lead, and zinc........ .......... .....
Stamped and enameled ware__.......................................... .........
Transportation equipment:
Aircraft_______ ________________ ________ _________________
Automobiles. ____________________________________________
Cars, electric and steam railroad__________ ______ ________
Locom otives. ______________ _________________ ___________
Shipbuilding_______________ ____ _______ ______________ ___
Railroad repair shops:
Electric railroad............................ .............. .............................. .
Steam railroad............... ...................................... .........................
Lum ber and allied products:
Furniture. .................................. ........... .......... ............ ..............
Lumber:
M illw ork___________________________________ _______
Sawmills. ____________________ ______________ _______
Stone, clay, and glass products:
Brick, tile, and terra cotta_______ ___________ _____________
Cement. _________________________________________________
Glass _ _ _____ ___________________________ ____ ________ ___
Marble, granite, slate, and other products________ ____ ___
P ottery__________________ ________ ______________ _________
Leather and its manufactures:
Leather...................................................................... ........... .........
Decem
ber 1933
N ovem
ber 1933
Hours
40.9
37.6
33. 9
38. 5
40.8
39.8
49. 7
36.0
Hours
40.8
38. 2
37.1
38.1
42.1
40. 2
47.9
34. 7
Cents
50. 5
73.1
39. 5
49. 7
63.1
49.4
40. 3
56. 2
Cents
50. 7
76.7
40.3
51.4
61.1
52. 6
41. 9
57. 6
32. 7
34. 6
35. 0
35. 8
36.0
33.7
32.9
32.0
33. 5
35.1
35. 5
33.9
31.7
34.3
51.1
36. 6
43. 5
51. 9
45. 8
42. 3
49.0
51.1
36.9
44.4
51.6
45. 7
42.9
48. 4
34.6
27. 5
33.8
33. 2
50. 5
51. 0
50.3
47.4
37.1
33.9
32.1
28.9
28.1
31.9
35.6
33.7
35.6
37.4
34.6
34.3
30.0
28. 7
32.9
31.9
32.6
37. 2
51.0
56.1
50.8
58.3
50.0
55.5
51. 5
55.1
52.0
52.4
56. 7
53.3
58.5
51.4
55.7
52. 5
55.3
52.0
37.4
32.3
35.1
35.2
48.8
53.6
51.2
53.2
35.5
38.8
32.8
35.4
33.2
36.4
34.6
38.1
38.8
35.8
39.7
31.8
37.1
33.1
37.1
31.6
36.9
40.7
51.8
64.8
56.6
60.6
56.2
57.9
50.0
59.6
49.5
52. 5
64.6
57.5
60.9
56.8
57.7
51.2
60.0
50.2
35.3
34.7
41.2
38.5
37.3
39.2
36.0
35.7
34.4
35.3
38.1
36.8
38.1
39. 7
33.9
33.9
47.3
52. 5
44.6
48.7
49.1
50.6
50.6
46.2
47.7
53.3
45.7
51.1
50.2
49.8
51.5
47.7
37.5
30.6
34.2
32.8
29.5
38.4
30.4
33.2
32.1
31.2
65.3
65.6
57.9
60.7
67.6
63.4
64.2
58.2
59.8
65.1
43.7
37.6
44.1
37.6
57.8
62.4
58.0
61.7
Decem
ber 1933
35.1
33.0
42. 7
43.7
34.1
34.5
34.5
33.1
43.2
42.5
43.3
42.4
30.4
32. 0
33.1
31.7
39.0
30.1
28.5
34.0
31.6
37.3
39.7
52.8
52.1
59.2
44.1
40.9
54.2
52.6
61.0
45.0
37.8
38.2
50.5
51.5
43
T
2 .—A V E R A G E H O U R S W O R K E D P E R W E E K P E R E M P L O Y E E A N D A V E R A G E
H O U R L Y E A R N IN G S IN S E L E C T E D M A N U F A C T U R IN G IN D U S T R IE S , N O V E M B E R
A N D D E C E M B E R 1933— Continued
able
Average hours per
week
Industry
Average hourly
earnings
Decem
ber 1933
N ovem
ber 1933
Paper and printing:
Boxes, paper _______ _______ ____________________________
Paper and pulp __________________________________________
Printing and publishing:
Book and jo b - _____________________________________ Newspapers and periodicals.-______ ________ ________
Chemicals aad allied products:
Chemicals___
_____________ ____ ____________ ________
Cottonseed—oil, cake, and meal___________________________
Druggists’ preparations___ _________ _____ _____ _________
Explosives
____ _____ ____________ ____________ _______
Fertilizers_______________ ___________ _________ __________
Paints and varnishes_________ __________________ ________
Petroleum refining ___________________ _____ _____________
R ayon and allied products _________________ __________
Soap _ __________ ____________ ____ _______
______ . . .
R ubber products:
Rubber goods, other than boots, shoes, tires, and inner
tubes________________ ________________ _____ ___________
Rubber tires and inner tubes______________________________
Tobacco manufactures:
Chewing and smoking tobacco and snuff______ ___________
Cigars and cigarettes____________________________________ _
Decem
ber 1933
N ovem
ber 1933
Hours
36.6
36.6
Hours
36.4
35.3
Cents
46.9
48.1
Cents
48.2
49.7
35.8
36.5
36.6
36.9
70.3
83.0
70.8
83.0
39.1
42.0
39.1
33.4
32.3
37.9
35. 3
37.6
38.5
39.7
40.4
38.1
33.7
33.1
38.2
35.8
37.9
37.9
59.1
25.1
47.4
62.2
37.3
53.7
69.0
46.8
50.9
60.0
26.1
46.9
60.6
37.1
53.9
68.7
48.2
52.2
33.9
28. 5
34.8
29.5
49.5
70.7
48.8
72.4
34.5
37.0
34.9
36.9
37.6
35.7
38.3
36.1
Employment in Building Construction in December 1933
M PLOYM ENT in the building-construction industry decreased
17.7
percent in December as compared with November and pay
rolls decreased 19.7 percent over the month interval.
The percent of change in employment and pay-roll totals in
December as compared with November are based on returns made
by 10,840 firms engaged on public and private projects not aided by
public-works funds. These firms employed in December 67,768
workers in the various trades in the building-construction industry
whose combined weekly earnings during the pay period ending nearest
December 15 were $1,448,123. These reports cover building opera
tion in various localities in 34 States and the District of Columbia.
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C O M P A R IS O N OF E M P L O Y M E N T A N D T O T A L P A Y R O L L IN T H E B U IL D IN G C O N
S T R U C T IO N IN D U S T R Y IN ID E N T IC A L F IR M S , N O V E M B E R A N D D E C E M B E R 1933
Locality
Alabama: Birmingham......................
California:
Los Angeles *___________ _____ _
San Francisco-Oakland 1........... .
Other reporting localities *_........
Colorado: D enver...............................
Connecticut:
Bridgeport— ............. .................
Hartford.____ __________________
N ew H aven___________ _______
Delaware: W ilm ington............ ..........
District of C olu m bia........... .............
Florida:
Jacksonville____ ___________ _ _
M iam i....................... ............. .
N um Number on pay roll
Amount of pay roll
ber of
Percent
Percent
firms
of change
of change
report N ov. 15 Dec. 15
N ov. 15 D ec. 15
ing
72
387
246
-3 6 .4
$5, 296
$3,129
-4 0 .9
23
32
16
202
946
890
363
772
1,186
745
333
598
+25.4
-1 6 .3
-8 .3
-2 2 .5
17, 550
21, 023
7,910
14, 079
24,243
15, 669
7, 232
12,379
+38.1
- 2 5 .5
-8 .6
-1 2 .1
124
257
178
111
498
580
1,199
963
853
7, 357
371
827
801
592
6,105
-3 6 .0
-3 1 .0
-1 6 .8
-3 0 .6
-1 7 .0
11, 920
25,826
22, 526
17, 374
205,800
7,417
16, 522
16, 272
10, 505
157, 287
-3 7 .8
-3 6 .0
-2 7 .8
- 3 9 .5
-2 3 .6
59
83
406
1,007
377
846
- 7 .1
-1 6 .0
6,465
19, 519
6, 936
16,634
+ 7 .3
- 1 4 .8
5 Data supplied b y cooperating Staite Bure:ms.
44
CO M PAR ISO N OF E M P L O Y M E N T A N D T O T A L P A Y R O LL IN T H E BU ILD ING C ON
S T R U C T IO N IN D U S T R Y IN ID E N T IC A L F IR M S, N O V E M B E R A N D D E C E M B E R
1933—Continued
Locality
Georgia: Atlanta.................................
Illinois:
Chicago i.......................................
Other reporting localities1........
Indiana:
Evansville....................................
Fort Wayne..................................
Indianapolis.................................
South Bend..................................
Iowa: Des Moines..............................
Kansas: Wichita.................................
Kentucky: Louisville........................
Louisiana: New Orleans...................
Maine: Portland.................................
Maryland: Baltimore1......................
Massachusetts: All reporting local
ities i..................................................
Michigan:
Detroit...........................................
Flint...............................................
Grand Rapids..............................
Minnesota:
Duluth..........................................
Minneapolis.................................
St. PauL.......................................
Missouri:
Kansas City 2...............................
St. Louis.......................................
Nebraska: Omaha................. .............
New York:
New York C ity 1.........................
Other reporting localities1........
North Carolina: Charlotte...............
Ohio:
Akron.............................................
Cincinnati8..................................
Cleveland.......... ...........................
Dayton..........................................
Youngstown.................................
Oklahoma:
Oklahoma City.... .......................
Tulsa.................... ........................
Oregon: Portland...............................
Pennsylvania:*
Erie area *.....................................
Philadelphia area1. ...................
Pittsburgh area1. .......................
Reading-Lebanon area1............
Scranton area1.............................
Other reporting a r e a s ..........
Rhode Island: Providence................
Tennessee:
Chattanooga.................................
Knoxville.................. ..... ..............
Memphis.......................................
Nashville.......................................
Texas:
Dallas............................................
El Paso..........................................
Houston.........................................
San Antonio.................................
Utah: Salt Lake City.......................
Virginia:
Norfolk-Portsmouth...................
Richmond.....................................
Washington:
Seattle................ ~ .......................
Spokane.........................................
Tacoma.........- .............................
West Virginia: Wheeling.................
Wisconsin: All reporting localities1
Total, all localities..
Amount of pay roll
Num Number on pay roll
ber of
Percent
Percent
firms
of change
of change
report Nov. 15 Dec. 15
Nov. 15 Dec. 15
ing
137
947
821
-1 3 .3
$13,897
$13,356
-3 .9
116
67
1,661
1,925
1,233
1,385
-2 5 .8
-2 8 .1
49,793
29,903
43,657
-3 9 .9
—31.9*
54
87
158
41
94
67
146
121
99
106
318
332
899
260
384
219
1,139
912
348
822
142
323
865
255
262
168
854
5,177
5,572
18,031
4,125
6,880
3,650
20,192
15,844
6,997
14,297
2,412
6.198
16,245
4,896
5,212
2,685
15,351
11,362
6,028
10,683
+11.2
631
-5 5 .3
-2 .7
- 3 .8
-1 .9
-3 1 .8
- 2 3 .3
- 2 5 .0
- 2 5 .1
-1 2 .9
- 2 3 .2
703
4,617
4,011
-1 3 .1
105,289
91,794
-
-9 .9
+ 18.7
- 2 4 .2
- 2 6 .4
- 2 4 .0
- 2 8 .3
-1 3 .8
-2 5 .3
12.8
484
58
106
3,580
254
429
3,126
183
292
-1 2 .7
- 2 8 .0
-3 1 .9
70,009
4,412
6,847
63,678
2,860
4,278
-9 .0
-3 5 .2
- 3 7 .5
54
223
299
1,490
210
1,081
741
-2 9 .8
-2 7 .4
-1 6 .7
4,677
28,350
18,608
4,415
20,224
15,618
-5 .6
- 2 8 .7
-1 6 .1
1,367
2,785
657
-
20.0
-1 7 .7
-6 .5
37,083
85,007
14,115
29,584
74,020
14,378
-
152
1,708
3,386
703
334
253
57
5,807
5,906
4,655
5,327
254
-1 9 .8
- 9 .8
-2 3 .5
181,825
130,501
5,311
137,172
118,618
3,985
79
470
610
120
75
236
1,504
2,003
394
206
-
1,907
2,276
403
294
-2 1 .1
- 12.0
-2 .2
-2 9 .9
20.8
5,278
42,382
53,196
7,273
5,104
4,073
32,960
47,467
6,708
3.198
-
94
57
184
567
238
994
434
184
716
-2 3 .5
-2 2 .7
-2 8 .0
9,595
3,776
19,452
7,867
3,139
15,179
- 1 8 .0
-1 6 .9
25
419
209
48
21
285
253
494
5,118
1,388
275
108
2,425
1,550
515
4,165
1,329
2,155
1,258
+ 4 .3
-1 8 .6
- 4 .3
+ 4 .7
- 9 .3
- 11.1
-1 8 .8
3,310
95,930
31,746
4,235
2,271
45,580
33,847
3,340
76,026
28,482
4,969
1,957
37,013
25,205
+ .9
-2 0 .7
-1 0 .3
+17.3
-1 3 .8
-1 8 .8
-2 5 .5
191
362
455
126
293
398
528
-3 4 .0
-1 9 .1
-1 2 .5
- 6 .2
2,734
5,204
7,674
-3 6 .0
8,010
1,751
4,068
4,945
8,085
183
29
174
116
717
173
1,367
388
278
567
106
973
370
-2 0 .9
-3 8 .7
- 2 8 .8
- 4 .6
-1 9 .8
10,543
2,172
25,249
4,976
5,134
7,668
1,568
16,531
5,158
3,649
- 2 7 .3
- 2 7 .8
-3 4 .5
+ 3 .7
87
136
720
921
475
651
-3 4 .0
13,013
17,075
7,451
11,745
-4 2 .7
- 3 1 .2
157
54
81
46
57
667
306
163
208
1,219
557
231
250
90
804
-1 6 .5
- 2 4 .5
+53.4
-5 6 .7
-3 4 .0
12,378
6,022
2,601
3,944
17,289
10,393
4,808
3,807
1,533
14,543
- 1 6 .0
- 2 0 .2
+46.4
-6 1 .1
-1 5 .9
10,840
82,323
67,768
-17.7
1,448,123
- 1 9 .7
81
85
1 Data supplied by cooperating State Bureaus.
2 Includes both Kansas City, M o., and Kansas City, Kans.
Includes Covington and Newport, Ky.
* Each separate area includes from 2 to 8 counties.
3
-5 3 .4
20.2
- 1 2 .9
+ 1 .9
-2 4 .6
- 9 .1
-2 5 .0
22.8
22.2
10.8
- 7 .8
-3 7 .3
-
-
22.0
21.8
-3 5 .6
+ .9
45
Trend of Employment in December 1933, by States
I N THE following table are shown the fluctuations in employment
and pay-roll totals in December 1933 as compared with November
1933, in certain industrial groups by States. These tabulations have
been prepared from data secured directly from reporting establish
ments and from information supplied by cooperating State agencies.
The combined total of all groups does not include building-construction data, information concerning which is published elsewhere in a
separate tabulation by city and State totals. In addition to the com
bined total of all groups, the trend of employment and pay rolls in
the manufacturing, public utility, hotel, wholesale trade, retail trade,,
bituminous-coal mining, crude-petroleum producing, quarrying and.
nonmetallic mining, metalliferous mining, laundry, and dyeing and
cleaning groups is presented. In this State compilation, the totals of
the telephone and telegraph, power and light, and electric-railroad
operation groups have been combined and are presented as one
group— public utilities. Due to the extreme seasonal fluctuations in;
the canning and preserving industry, and the fact that during certain
months the activity in this industry in a number of States is negligible,
data for this industry are not presented separately. The number of
employees and the amount of weekly pay roll in November and De
cember 1933 as reported by identical establishments in this industry
are included, however, in the combined total of “ all groups.”
The percents of change shown in the accompanying table, unless
otherwise noted, are unweighted percentages of change; that is, the
industries included in the groups, and the groups comprising the
total of all groups, have not been weighted according to their relative
importance in the combined totals.
The State totals for the anthracite-mining industry, which is
confined entirely to the State of Pennsylvania, will be found in table
1, nonmanufacturing industries.
When the identity of any reporting company would be disclosed by
the publication of a State total for any industrial group, figures for
the group do not appear in the separate industrial-group tabulation,
but are included in the State totals for “ all groups.” Data are not
presented for any industrial group when the representation in the'
State covers less than three establishments.
46
C O M P A R IS O N OF E M P L O Y M E N T A N D P A Y R O L L S IN ID E N T IC A L E S T A B L IS H M E N T S
IN N O V E M B E R A N D D E C E M B E R 1933, B Y S T A T E S
[Figures in italics are not compiled b y the Bureau of Labor Statistics, but are taken from reports issued
b y cooperating State organizations]
Total, all groups
State
Alabama___
Arizona____
Arkansas___
California___
Colorado____
N um
ber of
estab
lish
ments
Manufacturing
N um
Amount
ber on
Per of pay roll Per
pay roll cent of (1 week) cent of
D ecem change Decem change
ber 1933
ber 1933
N um
ber of
estab
lish
ments
A mount
N um
ber on
Per of pay roll Per
pay roll cent of (1 week) cent of
D ecem change Decem change
ber 1933
ber 1933
67,126
9,479
18,206
2 1,889 255,267
822 36, 539
+ 3 .0
+ 5 .4
-.5
-.4
$894, 717
186,110
248,217
6,029,804
737,810
+ 7 .0
+ 4 .0
-3 .9
-.2
-.4
210 47,943
44
2,074
176 12,681
1,091 136,831
119 15, 065
+ 3 .7 $618,553
38,448
+ .9
- .3
157,341
- 4 .6 3,055,151
292,487
- 3 .1
+ 7 .8
+ 2 .8
—•4
- 2 .8
-2 .1
1,112 158, 629
Connecticut.
Delaware____
157 10, 579
Dist. of Columbia.
619 33,968
Florida............
636 29, 232
Georgia.................
1,007 89,107
-2 .6
- 1 .7
+ 6 .0
+ 5 .3
-2 .2
3, 009,486
220,625
735,983
470,903
1,183,439
- 1 .2
+. 4
+ 3 .9
+ 4 .3
- 3 .5
639 136,959
49
7, 333
1, 983
46
127 13, 975
307 70,806
- 3 .4 2,455,788
143, 563
- 2 .7
- 1 .5
61, 751
- 8 .6
197,184
826,851
- 2 .5
-1 .9
+ .4
+ 2.1
-8 .8
- 5 .1
Idaho... .................
232 10,122
Illinois................... 31,716 SSI, 834
Indiana.................
1,321 130,369
Io w a ...................... 1,164 47,338
Kansas_________ * 1,338 70,188
- 1 .9
-1 .0
- 2 .9
+ 1 .9
-1 .8
188,106
6,855,415
2 ,358, 426
882, 780
1,559,750
-4 .0
-■ 4
-3 .4
+ 2 .6
-1 .9
5,359
35
1,100 208,270
559 95,408
395 24,668
27,543
- 2 .3
93, 505
- 1 .2 3,942,821
- 2 . 7 1,683,782
453, 822
582,687
- 8 .6
+ .6
-4 .5
+ 1 .7
- 1 .0
K entucky.............
69,946
Louisiana.............
458 35,206
M aine. ............. .
546 45, 617
829 89,063
M aryland— ........
Massachusetts-. . ^8,027 378,178
- 1 .9
- 1 .5
-.6
-.8
- 2 .0
1,098,207
558,478
764, 741
/, 755, 740
7,712,818
- 4 .4
- 2 .6
+ 2 .4
+ .8
- 1 .9
194 24, 466
197 21,913
175 38,855
458 61,347
1,137 188,018
399, 366
-1 .8
- 2 .4
296,419
+ 2 .4
625,692
1- 4 .8 1,161,438
- 5 .2 3,487,588
+ 8 .8
-7 .3
+ 3 .7
5 - 2 .5
-5 .2
M ichigan..............
M innesota............
Mississippi...........
Missouri...............
Montana...............
1,669 303, 580
1,144 71,130
369
9,890
1,216 111, 967
343 11,436
+ 9 .6
- 2 .3
-1 .8
+ .2
6, 216,914
1, 464, 292
126, 902
2, 229,309
270, 621
+ 9 .2
+ .2
- 7 .5
+ 2 .4
_(6)
257,361
31, 241
6,194
57,679
3,907
+ 9 .7 5,110,448
625, 564
- 5 .3
- 5 .7
70, 237
- 2 .5 1,055,536
79, 268
+10.2
-.6
-1 4 .3
+ 1 .3
+ .7
Nebraska________
N evada_________
New HampshireNew Jersey..........
New M exico........
730 24,636
133
1, 517
486 35, 059
1, 539 214, 963
189
4,940
-1 .7
-6 .8
-2 .7
+ 1.1
+ 8 .5
505, 089 - 2 . 2
37, 567 - 3 .2
568,159 - 3 .5
+ .2
4,730, 542
93,147 +13.7
116 12,165
248
20
182 30,436
1691 194,283
24
657
-5 .9
248,960
-7 .1
6,047
469,733
-3 .5
-1 .0 4,079, 719
-7 .9
10, 585
- 4 .2
-.8
-4 .4
- 1 .8
-1 4 .6
N ew Y ork.......... .
North Carolina. _
North D a kota .__
O h io ....................
Oklahoma............
8, 203 590,871
920 137, 566
338
4,086
4,896 424,945
31,430
+ 2 .3 13, 841, 863
- 3 .2
1, 725,369
- 3 .4
81,431
+ .3 8,142,449
617,457
- .1
+ 1 .7 « 1,806 347,890
562 131,815
- 3 .9
879
57
- 3 .1
+ 2 .9 1,838 302,145
127 10,144
+ .5
- 1.8 7,804,088
-3 .5 1, 632, 719
17,545
-8 .6
-1 .1 5, 571, 784
-2 .4
180,052
-1 .0
- 4 .1
-7 .6
+ 2 .2
- 1 .9
155 17,835
1,754 377,833
252 41, 377
174 54, 505
44
2,168
316,410
-9 .3
-3 .0 6,559,171
-8 .7
691,538
-2 .4
665,131
45,356
- 9 .7
—2.7
-8 .2
-4 .0
+ 6 .1
666, 431
633,544
115, 631
92,187
952,271
-2 .3
+ 1 .7
-2 .8
+ 1 .7
-.4
+ 2.1
531,991
827,394
-.5
&-2.S 1,982,815
-1 5 .0
38,216
-.8
- 2 .9
6 -4 .0
- 1 5 .0
523
401
Oregon____ _____
697 30,673
Pennsylvania___
4, 661 655, 709
883 54, 626
Rhode Island___
414 59,140
South Carolina___
259
6,232
South Dakota.
Tennessee____
Texas...............
U ta h ..............
Verm ont_____
Virginia...........
W ashington—.
W est Virginia.
Wisconsin.......
W yom ing........
290
71
509
54
- 2 .0
- 5 .9
- 1 .7
- .2
604,140
12, 615, 326
998,053
732, 680
151, 424
- 7 .4
- 1 .5
- 5 .1
- 3 .2
+ 2 .0
65,160
54,504
15, 511
9,966
89,094
- .7
+ .4
- 4 .4
-1 .7
983, 642
1,069,673
312, 582
179,049
1, 459, 656
-. 1
+ 1 .8
(®
)
—2.1
—. 4
252
378
76
110
391
1,137 57,607
869 117,868
9 IM S 148,612
6,192
192
+ .4
- 1 .1
1,139, 799
2,133,488
2,571,242
151, 621
-4 .5
-1 .5
+ 2 .3
246 29,045
177 45,062
775 117,616
25
1,525
727
785
327
378
1, 259
- 3 .9
46,451
S3,598
6,235
5, 240
61,818
-7 .7
-1 .2
1 Includes automobile dealers and garages, and sand, gravel, and building construction.
2 Includes banks, insurance, and office employment.
3 Includes building and contracting.
* Includes construction, municipal, agricultural, and office employment, amusement and recreation,
.professional, and transportation services.
6 Weighted percent of change.
6 Less than one tenth of 1 percent.
7 Includes laundries.
p Includes laundering and cleaning.
i Includes construction but does not include hotels and restaurants, and public works.
47
C O M P A R IS O N OF E M P L O Y M E N T A N D P A Y R O L L S IN ID E N T IC A L E S T A B L IS H M E N T S
IN N O V E M B E R A N D D E C E M B E R 1933, B Y S T A T E S — Continued
[Figures in italics are not compiled b y the Bureau of Labor Statistics, but are taken from reports issued
b y cooperating State organizations]
Retail trade
Wholesale trade
State
N um
ber of
estab
lish
ments
N um
Amount
ber on
Per of pay roll Per
pay roll cent of (1 week) cent of
D ecem change
Decem change
ber 1933
ber 1933
Alabama_________
Arizona............... __
Arkansas____ ____
California________
Colorado_________
14
24
21
105
28
594
220
540
5,802
936
+ 2 .9
+ 5 .8
- 2.5
-.8
- 2 .4
Connecticut______
Delaware________
Dist. of Columbia.
Florida___________
G e o r g i a . .........
56
7
29
69
34
1,011
115
423
990
638
+ 1 .8
+ 2 .7
+ 1 .0
-3 .0
- 2 .9
29,620
2,331
12,471
22, 568
16,211
Idaho____________
Illinois....................
Indiana...................
Iow a........................
Kansas....................
10
47
78
38
82
133
2,818
1,736
1,132
2,101
- 4 .3
- 6. 4.
-3 .0
-.4
-1 .5
K entucky________
Louisiana________
M aine............ ........
M aryland......... .
Massachusetts___
23
24
19
U
111
474
666
452
756
15,317
+ 9 .2
+ .5
+ .2
-.3
- 1 .5
Michigan________
M innesota.............
Mississippi........... .
M issouri____ ____
Montana_________
66
78
4
61
14
2,993
5,255
126
4,892
244
+ 12.6
-.3
+10.5
-.5
+ .8
Nebraska________
N evada........... .......
N ew Hampshire. _
New Jersey______
N ew M exico_____
35
8
16
24
6
1,068
113
168
651
79
+ 4 .6
-1 .7
(10)
-.8
-9 .2
26, 572
3, 426
4, 377
17,996
2,938
+ .9
+ .7
+ 1.1
+• 1
- 2 .1
N ew Y ork..............
North Carolina_
_
North D akota____
Ohio........................
Oklahoma________
441
16
15
241
53
13,910
189
248
5,553
1,014
+ .4
- 2 .1
-1 .2
+ .2
-.4
422,554
4,034
6, 538
135,729
22,125
+ 2.1
- 1 .9
+ 2 .1
-.5
+ 2.7
Oregon....................
Pennsylvania____
R hode Island_____
South Carolina___
South Dakota____
51
125
42
14
9
1,377
3,606
1,101
205
115
-.1
+• 1
+ 1 .6
- 2 .4
- 2 .5
35,418
94,851
26,575
4,846
2, 916
+ 1 .7
+. 4
+ 2 .7
-.6
-.3
178
372
475
115
15
Tennessee...............
Texas............... .......
U tah________ ____
Verm ont_________
Virginia__________
37
144
14
5
41
863
3,249
500
117
1,150
- 2 .7
+ 1.1
-1 .2
+ 1 .7
-4 .2
17,850
78,642
12,423
2,709
25, 328
-.4
+ .7
+ .4
+ .4
- 3 .5
W ashington______
West Virginia........
W isconsin....... .......
W yom ing. ...........
108
27
46
8
2,333
610
2,225
61
+. 5
+ 2 .2
- 1 .2
(10)
60, 221
15,986
46,907
1,717
+• 6
+ 3 .5
-1 .8
-.6
6 Less than one tenth of 1 percent.
1 N o change.
6
$16,872 +12.6
5,548
-.9
14,099 -3 .1
161,342
-.2
25,837 - 2 .3
N um
ber of
estab
lish
ments
N um
Amount
ber on
Per of pay roll Per
pay roll cent of (1 week) cent of
D ecem change Decem change
ber 1933
ber 1933
67
181
119
117
278
2,735
2 ,161
1,702
30,441
4,887
+16.8
+18.1
-.9
+22.0
+12.4
$43,991
32,259
19,411
591, 713
89,319
+11.8
+ 3 .8
-8 .6
+16.8
+ 7 .4
+ 1 .4
+ 1 .7
+ 1 .0
+ .6
-.5
120
33
415
100
367
5,875
722
14,724
2,758
5,533
+10.8
+16.3
+12.9
+21.6
+ 8 .2
110,316
13,458
277,891
47,929
83,999
+ 6 .3
+ 9 .8
+ 7 .4
+18.1
+ 2 .8
3,396
55,778
39,991
27,713
48,866
-.1
- 4 .5
- 1 .9
+ 1 .4
-.4
67
150
190
122
456
927
28,054
8,467
3,896
7,058
+ 1 .1
+ 6 .5
+16.4
+11.6
+9.1
14, 759
541,641
142,013
63,592
117,836
+ (6
)
+ 6.1
+11.5
+ 7 .1
+ 2 .7
9,964
15,404
10,661
17,026
394,507
+ 5 .3
+ 2 .2
+ 1 .8
+ 2 .6
-.8
72
23
64
88
4,166
4,149
3,688
1,162
8,888
74,992
+12.9
65, 786
+ 2 .3
56,712
+ 7 .7
20,425
+20.4
144,709
+10.2 1,405,178
+ 6 .3
+ 7 .9
+ 7 .5
+16.6
+7.1.
73,406 +13.3
134,518
-.2
2,386 + 7.7
125, 285
+. 1
7, 323 + 3 .0
156
283
46
138
69
16,451
10,012
595
12,619
1,053
+25.0
+ 2 .0
+24.2
+12.9
+ 9 .5
295,355
158,336
5,729
228,999
19,133
+18.3
+ 2.4.
+ 9 .8
+11.1
+ 4 .3
192
40
70
417
49
2, 360
261
1,124
U, 193
249
+11.4
+ 4 .0
+14.2
+23.4
+ .4
40,483
5,756
14,712
224, 755
5,975
+ 3 .8
+ 5 .4
+ 5.1
+16.3
+ .7
+20.9 2,044,653
+10.4
14,000
+ 8 .0
4,899
+16.5
791,080
+ 7 .6
55,585
+13.7
-4 .2
+ 7.3.
+ 12.8
+ 1 .3
2,454
37,102
6,153
1,653
162
+ 5 .2
+15.1
+ 9 .3
+21.5
+ 5 .9
46,339
697,049
110,291
16,487
2, 587
+. 4
+13.3
+ 3 .6
+10. 2
+ 1 .3
58
76
71
39
476
4,845
7,414
575
547
6,052
+23.5
+ 7 .6
+ 8 .3
+ 20.2
+15.0
72,879
123, 429
12,494
8,314
106,035
+19.1
+ 4 .7
+ 4 .1
+18.4
+ 8 .4
389
52
51
44
8,612
1,174
18,178
271
+28.9
+23.8
+18.8
+ 4 .2
142, 598
17,882
174,286
5,825
+13.8
+12.1
+ 13.8
-1 .0
4,095 103,867
157
776
13
349
1,510 44,617
157
3,142
48
C O M P A R IS O N OF E M P L O Y M E N T A N D P A Y R O L L S IN ID E N T IC A L E S T A B L IS H M E N T S
IN N O V E M B E R A N D D E C E M B E R 1933, B Y S T A T E S — Continued
[Figures in italics are not compiled b y the Bureau of Labor Statistics, but are taken from reports issued
b y cooperating State organizations]
Metalliferous mining
Quarrying and nonmetallic mining
State
N um
ber of
estab
lish
ments
N um
Amount
ber on
Per of pay roll Per
pay roll cent of (1 week) cent of
D ecem change Decem change
ber 1933
ber 1933
N um
ber of
estab
lish
ments
N um
Amount
ber on
Per of pay roll Per
pay roll cent of (1 week) cent of
D ecem change Decem change
ber 1933
ber 1933
798
51
239
1,032
30
- 7 .4
+27.5
+46.6
—7.8
—31.8
Connecticut
Delaware_
_
Dist,. of Onlnmhfo
Florida______ _
Georgia. _
26
3
257
60
—25.9
-1 7 .8
18
23
952
1,142
+ 7 .7
-3 .0
Idaho......................
Illinois,-,,. „ _
Indiana..,,... _
Iow a_____________
Kansas___________
23
71
33
26
633
1,324
390
1,184
—10.1
—16.6
—18.1
-6 .4
10,096 —16.2
19,393 —17.5
5,193 -2 0 .2
21,864 —1.2
K entucky________
Louisiana. _ _
M a ine___________
M aryland________
M assachusetts___
38
7
9
n
22
945
603
422
212
337
—10.0
—4.7
+ 3 .4
—27.2
—22.9
M ichigan................
M innesota_______
Mississippi_______
Missouri_________
M ontana_________
47
27
11
52
9
1,039
321
219
1,261
44
-2 5 .0
—15.5
+ 2 .8
—5.8
—21.4
14,988 -3 3 .1
4,944 -1 6 .9
2,521 + 9 .9
17,214 - 7 .8
647 —15.1
Nebraska___ ____
N evada__________
New Hampshire - _
New Jersey______
New M e x i c o . ___
10
136
-5 0 .7
135
583
—17.7
-1 8 .8
1,815
385
—17.6
-1 2 .5
36,128
4,709
131
14
2,971
206
—16.0
-2 3 .1
41,821 —14.5
1,574 -3 0 .2
Oregon___________
Pennsylvania____
Rhode Island____
South Carolina___
South Dakota____
5
158
62
4,716
-1 8 .4
-1 0 .3
64
34
—3.0
-1 9 .0
22
21
7
38
30
1,254
699
162
2,050
1,100
-.8
+33.7
—15.2
—7.6
—14.3
16,634 + 1 .1
12,196 + 41.4
2,541
+ .4
36,306 -1 2 .7
9,171 —20.1
Washington______
W est Virginia____
Wisconsin________
W yom ing __________
14
20
u
169
785
m
-3 6 .5
-8 .2
-2 7 . S
3,109 -3 4 .7
9,322 —17.7
2,194 -1 8 .9
2,996
1,044
-.5
- 2 .3
72, 743
27,583
—.1
+ 3 .4
2,144
-.7
49, 535
+ 1 .7
14
1,155
+ 6.1
23,429
-2 .0
39
32
4,187
1,467
+ 5 .4
+ 2 .2
61,344
25,104
+ 9 .1
-2 .2
15
16
1,725
2,378
(1 )
0
- 4 .7
22,844
68,483
- 3 .2
+ 1 .3
361
-1 4 .5
8, 740
-1 1 .8
3
5
17
924
+21.4
- 2 .9
339
17,834
+ 1 .2
+ 5 .7
32
1, 552
+ 2 .6
25,734
7
83
435 -2 4 .9
524 —25.5
Tennessee________
Texas____________
U tah.......................
Verm ont_________
Virginia________ __
35
14
1,116 - 1 .2
58,611 -1 9 .0
4
4
+ (6
)
+ 6 .6
2,531 -2 9 .2
9,820 -2 6 .6
80
14
$22,382
54,738
1,879 -5 1 .9
11
39
6 Less than one tenth of 1 percent.
1 N o change.
0
1 N ot available.
1
+11.9
+ 2 .5
+72.9
-2 3 .7
-5 1 .4
- 7 .1
-.7
10,392 - 8 . 0
—.9
9,113
6,383 —3.8
2,610 -3 5 .6
6,505 —27.1
N ew Y ork _______
North Carolina___
North Dakota____
Ohio........................
Oklahoma________
$9,492
530
3,061
16, 554
319
1,630
2,294
14
20
3
9
37
5
9
21
9
Alabama.................
Arizona__________
Arkansas_______
California__ _
Colorado_________
3,887 -3 1 .0
810 -3 7 .9
11,250
11,137
+ 7 .4
—6.3
- 3 .1
- 2 .2
(10)
1,677
+ 5 .5
+ 1 .7
4
311
-.3
5,820
-5 .0
12
2,035
+ 1 .9
41,349
+ 3 .1
231
+12.7
6,038
+16.8
(“ )
49
C O M P A R IS O N OF E M P L O Y M E N T A N D P A Y R O L L S IN ID E N T IC A L E S T A B L IS H M E N T S
IN N O V E M B E R A N D D E C E M B E R 1933, B Y S T A T E S —Continued
I Figures in italics are not compiled b y the Bureau of Labor Statistics, but are taken from reports issued
b y cooperating State organizations]
Crude-petroleum producing
Bituminous-coal mining
State
Alabama
. .
A r iz o n a _________
Arkansas ,
N um
ber of
estab
lish
ments
N um
Amount
ber on
Per of pay roll Per
pay roll cent of (1 week) cent of
D ecem change Decem change
ber 1933
ber 1933
47
8,622
-0 .8
8
99
- 30.7
52
5,419
(1 )
0
95, 551
82
7, 423
+ 6.7
5,918
2,069
+ 3.2
+ 3 .0
-3 .7
142,732
51
20
128,498
37,062
+ 5 .6
+ 3 .0
$110,460
N um
ber of
estab
lish
ments
N um
Amount
ber on
Per of pay roll Per
pay roll cent of (1 week) cent of
D ecem change Decem change
ber 1933
ber 1933
+ 5 .1
3,513 - 28.8
8
36
461
7,886
+ 1 .3
+ .4
$10,540
234,359
-1 .8
+ 2 .4
9
4
226
24
+ 10.2
-1 4 .3
4,651
348
+ 8 .3
-1 2 .1
+ .4
Delaware
___
Dist. of Columbia.
Florida___________
I d a h o ____ _______
Illinois___________
Indiana...................
Iow a ._................. ___
Kansas
27
1,431
- 1.8
- 1.8
26
1,637
+ 6 .2
36,808
+ 3 .3
Kentucky
_____
Louisiana .............
Maine .
M aryland
_ _ _
Massachusetts___
152
28,907
- 4 .7
396,677 -1 8 .2
5
8
242
232
+ 5 .7
+ 3 .6
3,387
5, 681
+10.9
+ 6 .6
16
1,544
+ .5
28,483 + 22.2
Michigan
_____
Minnesota _____
Mississippi.............
Missouri __ Montana ............
3
884
+ 9 .0
18,854 +21.5
20
10
1,791
773
+ 3 .9
-.4
25,100
20,323
+ 2 .8
-6 .2
3
28
+ 3 .7
456
-4 .8
1,838
+36.8
34,979 + 52.2
4
35
( io)
891
-1 .9
5
218
+10.1
4, 583
-8 .7
—II. 9
+ 2.1
768
144,699
+ .3
+ 4 .7
26,980
'
1
■
N e v a d a ____ _____ ________
N p.w H a m n sh irp . ! _
N eb ra sk a
New Jersey______
N ew Mexico ___
..............
North Carolina
North Dakota___
Ohio........................
Oklahoma..............
14
New Y ork
8
78
19
486
12,353
804
-1 5 .6
- 6 .7
-1 1 .3
9,857 -1 2 .9
229, 319 - 4 . 4
13,238 -1 5 .0
6
62
59
5,986
456
71, 627
+ 7 .7
1, 276,022 +11.8
19
807
-.4
17,319
- 7 .8
Tennessee________
Texas........ ........... .
Utah__.....................
V erm on t...............
Virginia__________
21
5
15
2,445
352
2,238
-1 .5
- 1 .1
+ 5 .9
31,830
5,696
53, 766
42
9,770
+ 8 .5
280,549
+11.4
38
8,405
-5 .4
145,303
- 3 .1
W ashington______
West Virginia........
W isconsin.............
W yom ing________
11
366
1,328
61,864
+. 8
- 2 .0
33, 708
1,073,693
+ 4 .1
-6 .8
8
410
-5 .3
8,538
+ 1 .1
31
3, 316
+ .3
82,996 +14.2
7
177
- 1 .1
4,761
-1 .9
Oregon _________
Pennsylvania____
Rhode Island____
South Carolina
South Dakota.
N o change.
-.5
- 4 .6
+ 7 .8
50
CO M PARISON OP E M P L O Y M E N T A N D P A Y ROLLS IN ID EN TICAL E S T A B L IS H M E N T S
IN N O V E M B E R A N D D E C E M B E R 1933, B Y STATES—Continued
Figures in italics are not compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, but are taken from reports issued
by cooperating State organizations]
Hotels
Public utilities
State
Num
ber of
estab
lish
ments
Num
Num
Amount
ber on
Per of pay roll Per ber of
pay roll cent of (1 week) cent of estab
Decem change Decem change lish
ber 1933
ber 1933
ments
Alabama................
Arizona_____ ____
Arkansas................
California...............
Colorado.................
89
68
67
46
192
1,769
1,558
1,876
42,784
5,286
+ 1 .0
+ 6 .4
Connecticut...........
Delaware. .............
Dist. of Columbia.
Florida....................
Georgia...................
135
28
21
184
186
Idaho.......................
Illinois.....................
Indiana...................
Iowa........................
Kansas.................... «
Num
ber on
Per
pay roll cent of
Decem change
ber 1933
Amount
of pay roll Per
(1 week) cent of
Decem- change
| ber 1933
+ .6
+ .5
$36,820
36,030
86,686
1,179,186
131,615
-0 .4
+ 2 .4
-2 .4
+(«)
+ .6
25
19
16
167
51
1,271
455
696
8,896
1,259
+ 8 .2
+ 6 .1
+ 8 .8
+. 7
+ 1 .9
$10,625
6,724
6,684
129,890
17,088
+ 9 .8
+ 8 .5
+ 7 .0
-.6
+ .5
9,639
1,116
8,666
4,464
6,519
+ 1 .0
- .7
+ 1 .3
+ .6
-.2
292,511
31,307
231,475
112,564
179,161
+ .5
-.1
+ .9
+ 2 .9
-.5
25
6
44
71
22
1,030
261
4,199
1,856
898
+ 1 .4
+ 2 .4
+ 4 .2
+27.0
+12.1
12,683
3,615
62,070
20,206
7,059
+ 2 .2
+ 5 .3
+ 7 .8
+42.9
+17.1
56
82
135
431
m
773
70,641
9,116
10,316
7,490
+ .9
-.9
-2 .7
+ 9 .1
-.8
15,174
1,901,846
217,703
221,912
172,172
+ 1 .7
-2 .8
-.9
+ 5 .8
-.9
20
1 44
2
74
56
81
343
8,898
2,778
2,196
696
-1 .2
- 6 .2
-3 .0
-1 .8
+ 1 .6
4,022
181,698
28,030
20,314
7,418
+ 1 .3
-1 .7
-.6
- 2 .4
-.8
Kentucky...............
Louisiana...............
M a in e ...................
Maryland...............
Massachusetts____
289
148
168
98
181
6,139
5,487
2,692
12,401
46,199
—.8
+09
+ 1 .5
- 1.9
-.6
139,751
137,195
70,401
846,248
1,272,862
-.8
+ 2 .2
+ 1 .5
+ 1.6
+ 1 -4
34
21
22
&6
81
1,938
1,655
701
1,849
6,061
+ 7 .3
+ .6
-1 2 .2
+ 4.1
+ 4 .5
Michigan................
Minnesota..............
Mississippi............
Missouri.................
Montana................
414
232
190
179
100
22,717
12,491
1,760
19,239
1,968
+ (6
)
- 1 .1
+ 5 .0
-.1
- .7
663,944
313,027
35,574
502,393
55,987
-2 .1
+. 4
+ 2 .0
+. 5
-2 .0
93
73
17
85
28
4,618
3,228
395
4,412
433
+ 3 .1
-1 .2
-4 .6
+ 3 .5
+ 1 .2
55,043
36,926
2,725
52,761
5.704
+ 9 .4
- 1 .3
- 3 .2
+ 4 .1
+ .1
Nebraska................
Nevada...................
New Hampshire..
New Jersey............
New Mexico..........
299
38
140
265
53
5,593
386
2,269
21,388
565
-8 .3
+ 1 :9
+ 1 .1
- 2 .1
-.2
138,847
10,763
59,350
595,420
11,606
-.7
-2 .1
+ 2 .5
+ .6
-.5
40
8
10
54
14
1,800
82
169
2,988
315
+19.9
-5 .7
- 6 .1
+ 7 .7
- 2 .5
16,435
1,456
2,134
34,663
3,221
+12.3
-6 .8
-.2
+ 9 .2
-1 .3
New York..............
North Carolina. . .
North Dakota____
Ohio........................
O klahom a............
857
92
171
481
242
98,620
1,694
1,221
33,521
5,854
+ .4
+ .3
-.5
+ .3
+ .1
3,015,387
35,240
29,052
886,897
132,290
+ .1
- 1 .2
+ (6
)
+ 2 .4
+ .3
240
33
22
140
49
30,895
1,284
398
8,898
1,147
+ 3 .0
+15.4
+ 3 .9
+ 2 .9
+ .6
486,977
10,474
3,634
109,530
11,742
+ 6 .0
+15.6
+ .2
+ 6 .2
- 1 .3
Oregon....................
Pennsylvania........
Rhode Island.........
South Carolina___
South Dakota. ...
183
697
42
70
129
5,495
48,660
3,339
1,671
1,023
-.7
-( « )
+ 1 .2
+ 4 .5
-2 .3
136,411
1,195,878
97,905
34,178
24,808
-.6
+ .4
+ 3 .5
+ 4 .1
-1 .4
58
158
11
16
18
1,144
9,102
145
412
298
- 2 .2
+ 1 .3
+ 6 .6
-.5
+ 3 .1
14,263
115,323
1,761
3,442
3,623
+. 9
+ 3 .8
+10.8
+ 8 .5
+ 3 .7
Tennessee...............
Texas.......................
Utah........................
Vermont.................
Virginia...................
245
m
69
122
179
4,513
6,664
1,840
1,112
5,910
+ .7
-8 .9
-3 .5
+ .3
+ .3
100,408
160,269
37,132
26,103
140,675
+ .4
-.6
-3 .4
- 3 .2
- .4
36
88
11
24
29
2,096
2,899
393
510
1,751
+ .7
-.9
+ 2 .1
-6 .6
-7 .8
17,749
86,288
4,810
4,933
18,636
+ 3 .5
-8 .2
+ 2 .0
-7 .3
-4 .9
Washington...........
West Virginia____
Wisconsin..............
Wyoming...............
196
117
“ 41
48
9,651
5,508
10,660
453
-.1
+ .9
-.8
+ .2
259,359
142,090
294,815
10,444
+ .8
+ 1 .5
- 1.8
+ (f
l)
80
36
1*43
7
2,495
1,100
1,260
102
+ 1 .9
+ 2 .1
-.2
- 4 .7
28,967
11,680
(ll>
1,382
+ 2 .8
+ 2 .8
* Less than one tenth of 1 percent.
1 Not available.
1
1 Includes restaurants.
8
1 Includes steam railroads.
3
1 Includes railways and express.
4
+ 1 0.0
19,893
+ 2 .7
17,433
I
8,727 i - 6 . 0
16, 7 0 1 ;
;
+ -s
69,761 ! + 5 .8
51
C O M P A R IS O N OF E M P L O Y M E N T A N D P A Y R O LLS IN ID E N T IC A L E S T A B L IS H M E N T S
IN N O V E M B E R A N D D E C E M B E R 1933, B Y S T A T E S —Continued
[Figures in italics are not compiled b y the Bureau of Labor Statistics, but are taken from reports issued b y
cooperating State organizations]
Dyeing and cleaning
Laundries
State
N um
ber of
estab
lish
ments
N um
Amount
ber on
Per of pay roll Per
pay roll cent of (1 week) cent of
D ecem change Decem change
ber 1933
ber 1933
18
11
12
is.70
1,027
422
820
o,865
1,176
- 1 .2
+ 2 .4
+ 1 .3
-1 .9
$9,143 + 0 .4
5, 743 + 3.3
3,141 +11.7
96,960 - 1 .5
15, 413 _(6)
44
3
18
21
29
1,663
232
2, 517
970
2, 282
- 1 .5
-.9
-.5
+ 6 .8
- 1 .6
26, 352
-.1
+ .6
4,008
39,813
+• 1
9,292 +13.7
23,898 + 2 .3
16
is 26
46
31
i5 38
293
1,515
1,919
1,086
+ 1 .7
- 1 .6
- 1 .7
- 1 .1
- 2 .0
4, 385
21,093
25,041
14, 614
11,847
+ .5
-.8
- 1 .4
-.3
+ 2 .6
31
6
27
23
m
1, 502
377
566
1,779
3,797
+ .5
- 1 .3
-2 .2
+ 1 .5
- 1 .2
18, 609
3,827
8,051
26, 603
61,429
+ 3 .3
-.2
-.5
- 1 .7
_(6)
M ich ig a n ...
Minnesota - .
Mississippi..
Missouri___
Montana—
58
38
11
50
14
2,458
1, 509
325
2, 939
325
-.3
- 2 .9
+23.9
+ .3
Nebraska_______
N evada_________
New Hampshire.
New Jersey_____
New M exico____
13
3
16
41
4
720
37
268
4, 543
189
- 5 .4
+ 2 .8
- 1 .5
-.9
-.5
New Y o r k .........
North Carolina .
North Dakota....
Ohio........... .........
Oklahoma...........
68
14
11
74
17
6,704
762
207
3, 799
790
Oregon. ........... .
P ennsylvania...
Rhode I sla n d ...
South CarolinaSouth D akota...
23
8
7
Tennessee..
Texas.........
Utah______
V erm ont...
Virginia___
13
21
11
9
17
N um
ber of
estab
lish
ments
Alabam a...
Arizona—
Arkansas...
California.
Colorado...
Connecticut..........
Delaware...............
Dist. of Columbia.
Florida....... .......... .
Georgia__________
Id a h o .. .
Illinois..
Indiana.
Iow a___
Kansas..
Kentucky_____
Louisiana_____
M aine........ .......
M aryland_____
Massachusetts.
Washington___
West Virginia..
Wisconsin....... .
W yom ing_____
11
16
1 28
5
7
-15.5
-5 .9
- 1 4 .3
416
-1 1 .1
140
"—471'
"2,'403'
—2.6
185
- 1 0 .2
3,531
-1 4 .3
113
123
87
-2 .6
+ 1 .7
+ 1 .2
2,040
2.017
1.018
-4 .6
+ 10.2
+ 2 .8
173
221
-1 2 .2
- 1 .3
2,725
3,634
153
75
10
$1,075
36
+ 2 .7
- 1 .3
2, 281
833
+ 7 .6
- 1 .8
2,676
27,392
—11.7
-2 1 .3
10
+ .6
32,885
22, 339
+ .1
2.925 -1 1 .2
39, 603 +22.4
+ .6
5, 459
491
401
- 5 .9
-7 .8
9,136
6, 598
450
20
+• 9
(10)
7,417
432
-2 .4
-2 .7
9,325
616
3.926
82,466
2, 760
-7 .5
-.2
- 1 .5
-6
+ .4
99
+ 1 .0
1,723
- 3 .1
209
-1 1 .1
4, 815
-13.9
- 1 .4
- 2 .1
- 1 .0
-.7
-1 .4
116, 631
8,125
2,953
57,666
9,685
- 1 .7
-1 .8
-5 .5
+ 2 .7
406
- 9 .8
7, 323
-14.4
1,459
168
-3 .2
- 5 .1
25, 227
2,360
- 3 .8
-3 .6
303
2,749
1,159
336
179
- 1 .9
- 1 .6
-2 .4
- 1 .5
- 3 .2
4,392
41,785
18, 753
3,391
2, 272
+ .5
-.8
-4 .8
+ 3 .0
- 6 .2
42
865
271
-8 .7
-3 .7
-1 3 .7
781
14,169
4, 463
1,178
983
644
141
- 1 .4
-.2
+ 1 .9
+ .7
-4 .2
11,057
10,138
9,294
1,695
10,925
+ 1 .3
- 1 .1
+ 3 .0
- 3 .7
- 4 .3
51
419
97
- 1 .9
- 5 .4
-
11.8
621
6,929
1,558
-3 .9
+ .3
-1 5 .6
265
-10.8
3,713
- 8 .5
6,456
6,814
12,023
2,288
52
203
- 7 .1
- 2 .9
831
551
922
142
-1 .0
+ 2 .0
- 1 .8
+ 4 .4
-8 .5
-2 .4
6 Less than one tenth of 1 percent.
1 N o change.
0
15 Includes dyeing and cleaning.
N um
Amount
ber on
Per of pay roll Per
pay roll cent of (1 week) cent of
D ecem change Decem change
ber 1933
ber 1933
38
+09
+ 2 .2
+ .1
+ 5 .5
4
13
7
-6 .0
-8 .6
-
2 1 .8
52
C O M P A R IS O N OF E M P L O Y M E N T A N D P A Y R O L L S IN ID E N T IC A L E S T A B L IS H M E N T S
IN N O V E M B E R A N D D E C E M B E R 1933, B Y S T A T E S -C o n tin u e d
[Figures in italics are not compiled b y the Bureau of Labor Statistics, but are taken from reports issued
b y cooperating State organizations]
Banks, brokerage, insurance, and real estate
State
Number
Number
of estab on pay roll
lish
December
ments
1933
Percent
of
change
Amount of
pa yroll (1
week) D e
cember 1933
Percent
of
change
A la b a m a .................. . . ................................ ............
Arizona.................................................................... .
Arkansas........................... ................................... .
California..................................................................
Colorado................. - .................................. ..............
17
27
19
1,138
29
470
194
243
23,127
1,002
+ 0 .4
(10)
+ 1 .7
-.5
+ .8
$13,641
5,210
5,796
755,456
35, 328
+ 2 .4
+ 1 .6
+ .2
-.5
- 2 .6
Connecticut.............................................................
Delaware............... ...................................................
District of Colum bia............ ................... ...........
F lorida.....................................................................
Georgia......... .............................................................
59
15
41
18
29
1,999
561
1,343
574
1,121
+ .8
-.2
-.3
+ .7
(10)
74, 569
19,308
48, 472
18,573
33,466
+ 6 .8
-.3
+ 1 .9
+ 7 .9
+ 3 .0
Idaho.................. ................................................... .
Illinois.......................................................................
Indiana......................... .............................................
Kansas............................................................... .......
15
94
44
17
8
,%
136
10,735
1,573
972
801
+ 2 .3
-1 .0
-1 0 .9
- 1 .1
-A
3,269
381,887
50,138
31,290
25,238
+ 1 .4
+ 1 .6
- 8 .5
+ .2
+ 1.2
K entucky.................................................................
Louisiana....... ....................... ...................................
M aine.................. .................................................. __
M a ry la n d ..-------- ------------------------------ ---------Massachusetts............. ............................................
21
10
16
24
is 273
836
385
256
855
7,328
-.1
+ 1 .6
+ 1 .2
-.2
(i°)
30,158
14, 653
6, 562
31,980
216, 428
+ 2.6
+ 7 .0
-.3
+ 2 .2
+ .6
M ichigan..................... ............. .......... ...................
Minnesota................ ...............................................
Mississippi___ _____ ________________ ________
Missouri...................................................................
M o n ta n a ......................... .......................................
94
56
16
85
21
4,367
4,766
189
4,744
244
+ 1 .1
+ 2 .8
(10)
+ .2
(10)
139,885
132,444
4,175
148,048
6,961
+ 4 .4
+ 3.1
+ .2
+ 6 .5
+ 1 .2
Nebraska............................. .............................. .......
Nevada_______________________________________
New Hampshire............................................... .......
New Jersey--------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------New M exico......... ....................................................
18
537
-.6
18, 714
+ 2 .4
39
126
15
460
12,691
81
-.9
+. 5
+ 3 .8
10,996 !
363,095
2, 340
-.4
+• 1
+ 2 .4
Oklahoma.................................................................
726
29
38
295
24
53,209
611
273
8,075
623
-.2
+ 1 .5
-.7
-.2
+ 2 .0
1, 884,034
15, 560
6, 546
273,992
18, 373
+ 1 .2
+ 1 .7
-.3
+ 3 .7
+ 3 .0
Oregon-------- --------------------------- -----------------------Pennsylvania............................................................
Rhode Island— .......................... ............................
South Carolina............................................ ...........
South D akota........ ..............................................
25
678
31
11
31
1,191
18,387
1,063
118
239
+ .9
-.1
-.4
+ 5 .4
+ 1 .3
39, 446
592, 705
46,479
3, 252
5,950
+13.6
+ 1 .6
+ 3 .6
- 2 .8
+ .3
Tennessee.................................................................
T exa s...................................................................
U tah............... .............................. .................... .......
Verm ont__________ __________ _______ _______
Virginia................................................ ....................
34
30
14
28
32
1,152
1, 525
463
226
1,362
+ .2
+ .1
+ .4
(1 )
0
+ .1
42, 347
43,129
17,255
6,442
44, 622
+ 6 .4
+. 1
+ 7 .0
-.4
+ 2 .0
W ashington..............................................................
W est Virginia................... .....................................
W isconsin...... ................................ ..........................
W yom ing......................... .........................................
38
43
17
11
1,383
601
918
88
-.4
+ .2
+ .2
- 3 .3
43,841
17,400
31,690
2,693
+ 2 .8
-.3
+ 2 .6
-2 .8
N ew Y ork............................. ....................................
North Carolina_____________ ____________ ____
North Dakota............... ................................... .......
10 N o
change.
is Does not.include^brokerage and real estate.
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Employment and Pay Rolls in December 1933 in Cities of Over
500,000 Population
I N THE following table are presented the fluctuations in employ
ment and pay-roll totals in December 1933 as compared with
November 1933 in 13 cities of the United States having a population of
500,000 or over. These changes are computed from reports received
from identical establishments in each of the months considered.
In addition to including reports received from establishments in the
several industrial groups regularly covered in the Bureau’s survey,
excluding building construction, reports have also been secured from
other establishments in these cities for inclusion in these totals.
Information concerning employment in building construction is not
available for all cities at this time and therefore has not been included.
F L U C T U A T IO N S IN E M P L O Y M E N T A N D P A Y R O L L S IN D E C E M B E R 1933 AS C O M
P A R E D W IT H N O V E M B E R 1933
Cities.
N ew York C ity __.............
Chicago, 111..........................
Philadelphia, P a__............
Detroit, M ich...... ..............
Los Angeles, Calif. ...........
Cleveland, Ohio____ ____
St. Louis, M o .....................
Baltimore, M d _____ ____
Boston, Mass......................
Pittsburgh, P a...................
San Francisco, Calif..........
Buffalo, N .Y _______ ____
Milwaukee, W is.................
Num ber of
Am ount of pay roll
Num ber on pay roll
establish
(1 week)
Percent
Percent?
ments re
of
of
porting in
change Novem ber December change
both
November December
months
1933
1933
1933
1933
5,189
1,822
780
546
805
1,121
512
562
3,569
381
1,126
425
449
347,628
240,889
147,704
163,388
74,182
95,813
67,353
53,658
94,185
52,694
49,151
42,065
43,825
361,420
234,196
145,521
181,260
76,758
99,640
68,297
53,135
94, 759
54,880
49,735
42,870
43,706
+ 4 .0
-2 .8
-1 .5
+10.9
+ 3 .5
+ 4 .0
+ 1 .4
-.1
+ .6
+ 4.1
+ 1 .2
+ 1 .9
-.3
9,030,127
5,546,811
3,206,773
3,538,993
1,759,821
1,915,801
1,364,751
1,052,879
2,291,559
1,082,889
1,179,965
919,549
874,697
9,213,669
5,529,152
3,164,030
3,879,661
1,781,071
1,994,564
1,410,909
1,054,049
2,290,904
1,111,407
1,197,390
962,458
886,262
+ 2 .0
-.3
-1 .3
+ 9 .6
+ 1 .2
+ 4 .1
+ 3 .4
+. 1
-0 )
+ 2 .6
+ 1 .5
+ 4 .7
+1.3.
1 Less than one tenth of 1 percent.
Employment in the Various Branches of the Federal
Government, December 1933
HERE were 591,675 employees on the pay rolls of the executive
departments of the United States Government on December 31,
1933. This is an increase of 27,572 employees or 4.9 percent as com
pared with December 31, 1932, and an increase of 3,640 employees
or 0.6 percent, as compared with November 30, 1933.
The information shown in table 1 is compiled by the various depart
ments and offices of the United States Government and sent to the
United States Civil Service Commission where it is assembled. The
figures were tabulated by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and are
published here in compliance with the direction of Congress.
Table 1 shows the number of employees in the executive depart
ments of the Federal Government inside of the District of Columbia,
T
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the number outside the District of Columbia, and the total number of
such employees.
Approximately 12 percent of the workers in the executive branch of
the United States Government are located in the city of Washington.
T
able
1 — EM PLOYEES
IN T H E E X E C U T IV E C IV IL S E R V IC E OF T H E U N IT E D S T A T E S
D E C E M B E R 1932 A N D N O V E M B E R A N D D E C E M B E R 1933
District of Columbia
Item
Perma
nent
T em
pora
ry 1
Total
Num ber of employees:
December 1932............ .
64,214
2,088 66,302
November 1933. ........... .
7,301 73,131
65,830
December 1933— _______
66,894
8, 556 75,450
Gain or loss:
December 1932-December 1933_______________ + 2, 680 +6,468 +9,148
November 1933-December 1933_______________ +1,064 +1,255 +2,319
Percent of change:
December 1932-Decem+ 4 .2 +309.8 +13.8
ber 1933_______________
November 1933-Decem+ 3 .2
ber 1933_______________
+ 1 .6 +17.2
Labor Turnover—December
1933:
A dditions____ _________
1,900
1,881
3,781
1,462
Separations____________
836
626
Turnover rate per 100—
1.26
7. 90
1. 97
1
Outside the District
Perma
nent
468,769
459,965
463, 618
Tem
pora
ry i
Total
Entire Service
Perma
nent
29,032 497,801 532,983
54,939 514,904 525,795
52, 607 516, 225 530, 512
T em
pora
ry!
Total
31,120 564,103
62,240 588,035
61,163 591,675
-5,151 +23, 575 +18,424 -2,471 +30, 043 +27,572
+3,653 -2,332 +1,321 +4,717 -1 ,0 7 7 +3, 640
- 1 .1
+81.2
+ 3 .7
-.5
+96.5
+ 4.9
+ .8
- 4 .2
+ .3
+ .9
-1 .7
+ .6
7, 451
4,057
.88
24, 819
27,151
46.16
32, 270
31, 208
6. 05
9,610
4,893
.93
26, 700
27, 777
43. 27
36, 310
32,670
5.54
1 N ot including field employees of the Post Office Department.
Comparing December 1933 with December 1932, there was an in
crease of 9,148 or 13.8 percent in the number of employees on the pay
rolls of the executive departments of the United States Government
in the District of Columbia. The number of permanent employees
increased 4.2 percent while temporary employees increased over 300
percent during the same period. The increase in the number of
temporary employees is due to the creation of the emergency Govern
ment units such as the Public Works Administration, National
Recovery Administration, Agricultural Adjustment Administra
tion, etc.
Comparing December 1933 with November 1933, there was an
increase of 1.6 percent in the number of permanent employees, an
increase of 17.2 percent in the number of temporary employees, and
an increase of 3.2 percent in total employment in the executive
departments in the District of Columbia.
The turnover rate for the entire executive service within the Dis
trict of Columbia was 1.97.
Outside of the District of Columbia the number of permanent
employees decreased 1.1 percent and the number of temporary em
ployees increased 81.2 percent, comparing December 1933 with
December 1932.
Comparing December 1933 with November 1933, there was an
increase of 0.8 percent in the number of permanent employees
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and an increase of 4.2 percent in the number of temporary employees,
making a net increase of 0.3 percent in employment in the executive
Federal departments outside of the District of Columbia.
The pay roll for the executive departments throughout the United
States for the month of November was $75,977,254. December pay
rolls totalled $80,414,086.
Table 2 shows employment in the executive departments of the
United States, by months, for the calendar year 1933.
T a bl e 2 .— E M P L O Y M E N T
IN T H E E X E C U T IV E D E P A R T M E N T S OF T H E U N IT E D
S T A T E S B Y M O N T H S , 1933, F O R D IS T R IC T OF C O L U M B IA , O U T S ID E D IS T R IC T OF
C O L U M B IA , A N D T O T A L S
Outside
District District
of Co
of Co
lumbia lumbia
Months
Outside
District District
of Co
of Co
lumbia lumbia
Totals
Months
January.................... .
February.......................
M arch.......... ............. .
April...............................
M a y __________ ______
June...............................
66,800 496,361
66,802 496,685
67,557 499,429
67,063 501, 665
66,560 507,346
65,437 1 499,995
563,161
563,487
566,986
568,728
573,906
565,432
July................................
August_____ __________
September_____ _____
October___ ____ ______
N ovem ber. ................. .
December____________
66,062
67,715
69,740
71,054
73,131
75,450
Totals
555,052
556,339
566,356
577,170
588,035
591,675
488,990
488,624
496,616
506,116
514,904
530,512
The high point in employment in the executive departments of the
Federal Government for 1933 occurred in December. The peak em
ployment both inside and outside the District occurred that month.
The low point in employment during 1933 occurred in July, when
there were 555,052 on the pay rolls of the executive departments
throughout the United States. The low for the District of Columbia
occurred in June, while outside the District of Columbia fewer people
were on the pay rolls in August than any other month of the year.
Table 3 shows the number of employees and amounts of pay rolls
in the various branches of the United States Government during
November and December 1933.
T a b l e 3 .— N U M B E R OF E M P L O Y E E S A N D A M O U N T S OF P A Y R O L L S IN T H E V A R IO U S
B R A N C H E S OF T H E U N IT E D S T A T E S G O V E R N M E N T , N O V E M B E R A N D D E C E M B E R
1933
Employees
Pay roll
Branch of service
Novem ber
December
Novem ber
December
Executive service________ ______ _____________________
M ilitary service____________ ____ _______ ________ ____
Judicial service....... ...................................... ........................
Legislative service________________ ______ ____________
588,035
263,017
1,864
0)
591,675 $75,977,254
263,622 18,271,482
425,219
1,872
3,864
(0
$80,414,086
17,656,909
432,435
886,781
T otal_______ ________________________ ___________
2 852,916
861,033 294,673,955
99,390,211
* Data not available.
2 See notes to details.
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Employment on Class I Steam Railroads in the United States
EPORTS of the Interstate Commerce Commission for class I
railroads show that the number of employees (exclusive of
executives and officials) decreased from 985,434 on November 15,1933,
to 952,275 on December 15, 1933, or 3.4 percent. Data are not yet
available concerning total compensation of employees for December
1933. The latest pay-roll information available shows a decrease from
$121,981,119 in October to $114,470,607 in November, or 6.2 percent.
The monthly trend of employment from January 1923 to December
1933 on class I railroads— that is, all roads having operating revenues
of $1,000,000 or over—is shown by index numbers published in the
following table. These index numbers are constructed from monthly
reports of the Interstate Commerce Commission, using the 12-month
average for 1926 as 100.
R
T able
1.—I N D E X E S OF E M P L O Y M E N T ON C L A S S I S T E A M R A IL R O A D S IN T H E
U N IT E D S T A T E S , J A N U A R Y 1923 T O D E C E M B E R 1933
[12-month average, 1926=100]
M onth
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
January______ ________
February............. ..........
M arch........................
A pril----------- --------------M a y.................................
June.................................
July.................................
August............................
September......................
O ctober..........................
N ovem ber-.....................
December.......................
98.3
98.6
100.5
102. 0
105. 0
107.1
108.2
109.4
107.8
107.3
105.2
99.4
96.6
97.0
97.4
98.9
99.2
98.0
98.1
99.0
99.7
100.8
99.0
96.0
95.6
95.4
95.2
96.6
97.8
98.6
99.4
99.7
99.9
100.7
99.1
97.1
95.8
96.0
96.7
98.9
100.2
101.6
102.9
102.7
102.8
103.4
101.2
98.2
95.5
95.3
95.8
97.4
99.4
100.9
101.0
99.5
99.1
98.9
95.7
91.9
89.4
89.0
89.9
91.7
94.5
95.9
95.6
95.7
95.3
95.3
92.9
89.7
88.2
88.9
90.1
92. 2
91.9
96.1
96.6
97.4
96.8
96.9
93.0
88.8
86.3
85.4
85.5
87.0
88.0
86.5
84.7
83.7
82.2
80.4
77.0
74.9
73.3
72.7
72.9
73.5
73.9
72.8
72.4
71.2
69.3
67.7
64.5
62.6
61.2
60.3
60.5
60.0
59.7 i
57.8
56.4
55.0
55.8
57.0
•55.9
54.8
53.0
52.7
51.5
51.8
52.5
53.6
55.4
56.8
57.7
57.5
55.9
54.0
Average................ 104.1
98.3
97.9
iOO.O
97.5
92.9
93.3
83.5
70.6
57.9
54.4
1933
Wage-Rate Changes in American Industries
Manufacturing Industries
HE following table presents information concerning wage-rate
adjustments occurring between November 15 and December 15,
1933, as shown by reports received from manufacturing establish
ments supplying employment data to this Bureau.
Increases in wage rates averageing 10.2 percent and affecting
40,212 employees were reported by 174 of the 18,015 manufacturing
establishments surveyed in December. Twenty-one establishments
in the slaughtering and meat packing industry reported wage-rate
increases averaging 10 percent and affecting 15,732 employees.
Thirty-eight establishments in the paper and pulp industry reported
increases in wage rates also averaging 10 percent and affecting
6,747 employees. Increased wage rates averaging 7.8 percent and
affecting 7,143 employees were reported in 3 rayon establishments
between November and December. Nine establishments in the
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automobile industry reported increased wage rates averaging 9.1
percent and affecting 3,222 employees. Increases in wage rates
averaging 12.6 percent and affecting 1,694 employees were reported
in the foundry and machine-shop products industry. Two establish
ments in the soap industry reported wage-rate increases averaging
10.1 percent and affecting 1,202 employees. In each of the remaining
establishments which reported wage rate increases in December, the
employees affected numbered less than 1,000.
Of the 18,015 manufacturing establishments included in the Decem
ber survey, 17,820 establishments, or 98.9 percent of the total, reported
no change in wage rates over the month interval. The 3,084,213
employees not affected by changes in wage rates constituted 98.7
percent of the total number of employees covered by the December
trend-of-employment survey of manufacturing industries.
Twenty-one manufacturing establishments in 11 industries reported
wage-rate decreases affecting 668 employees between November
and December.
T4.8LE 1.—W A G E -R A T E C H A N G E S IN M A N U F A C T U R IN G IN D U S T R IE S D U R IN G M O N T H
E N D IN G D E C E M B E R 15, 1933
Industry
All manufacturing industries-.
Percent of total...............
Estab
lish
ments
report
ing
18,015 3,125,093
100.0
100.0
Food and kindred products:
Baking.......... ......................
Beverages-.............................
Butter....................................
Confectionery........................
Flour______ ______________
Ice cream...... ........................
Slaughtering and meat
packing..............................
Sugar, beet....... ................... .
Sugar refining, cane.............
Textiles and their products:
Fabrics:
Carpets and rugs...........
Cotton goods..................
Cotton small wares.......
Dyeing and finishing
textiles.........................
Hats, fur-felt..................
Knit goods......................
Silk and rayon goods—.
W oolen and worsted
goods............................
Wearing apparel:
Clothing, m en’s—
Clothing, w om en's.
Corsets and allied gar
ments........- .................
M en's furnishings—,.—.
M illinery...................
Shirts and collars...........
Less than one tenth oi I percent.
Number of establish
ments reporting—
Total
number
of em
ployees
982
382
275
290
408
Number of employees
having—
No
Wage- Wage- N o wagewage- rate in rate de
rate
rate
creases creases changes
changes
17,820
98.9
174
1.0
3,084,213
98.7
23,033
4,128
37,069
16,721
8,155
377
275
290
407
102,975
20,198
8,534
214
57
13
87,243
20,198
8,534
27
696
113
16,659
297,787
9,650
27
696
111
16,659
297,787
9,459
154
31
454
252
39,840
5,357
109,130
49,544
154
31
453
252
39,840
5,357
108,923
49,544
240
63,187
240
59,640
25,461
380
549
59,541
25,276
30
74
138
116
5,001
6,316
7,275
15,387
Wagerate de
0)
63,187
382
558
40,212
1.3
66,898
22,962
4,128
37,069
16,561
8,155
235
57
13
Wagerate in-
30
75
138
116
*£
7,275
15,387
32
15,732
191
207
94
58
T
able
1.
-W A G E -R A T E C H A N G E S IN M A N U F A C T U R IN G IN D U S T R IE S D U R IN G M O N T H
E N D IN G D E C E M B E R 15, 1933—Continued
Industry
Iron and steel and their prod
ucts, not including machin
ery:
Bolts, nuts, washers, and
rivets................. ..................
Cast-iron pipe....... ................
Cutlery (not including sil
ver and plated cutlery)
and edge tools....................
Forgings, iron and steel----Hardware...............................
Iron and steel........................
Plumbers’ supplies.. . ..........
Steam and hot-water heat
ing apparatus and steam
fittings__________________
Stoves................... ..................
Structural and ornamental
metal work---- ------- --------T in cans and other tinware
Tools (not including edge
tools, machine tools, files,
and saws)-------------- --------W ire w o rk ..-------- --------------M achinery, not including trans
portation equipment:
Agricultural implements. __
Cash registers, adding ma
chines, and calculating
machines_______________
Electrical machinery, ap
paratus, and supplies-----Engines, turbines, tractors,
and waterwheels------------Foundry and machine-shop
products.............................
M achine tools........................
Radios and phonographs.. .
Textile machinery and
parts........... ........................
Typewriters and supplies. .
Nonferrous metals and their
products:
Aluminum manufactures.
Brass, bronze, and copper
products.......................... .
Clocks and watches and
time-recording devices—
Jewelry-------- --------------------Lighting equipment_______
Silverware and plated ware.
Smelting and refining—cop
per, lead, and zinc............
Stamped and enameled
w a r e ...............................
Transportation equipment:
A ircraft_________ _________
Autom obiles. ............. ..........
Cars, electric- and steamrailroad___ _____________
Locom otives-........................
Shipbuilding______________
Railroad repair shops:
Electric railroad....................
Steam railroad____ ______
Lum ber and allied products:
Furniture.. _________ _____
Lumber:
M illw ork................... .
Sawmills.................. .......
Turpentine and rosin---------
Estab
lish
ments
report
ing
Num ber of establish
ments reporting—
Total
number
of em
ployees
No
wagerate
Number of employees
having—
Wage- Wage- N o wagerate in rate de
rate
creases creases changes
Wagerate in
creases
13,103
6,611
13,103
6,611
82
205
73
11,286
8,040
26,479
240,865
8,079
80
204
71
10,923
8,040
26,405
240,755
8, 040
97
160
24,440
19,993
97
159
24,440
19,899
195
60
16,163
10,394
190
60
15,948
10,394
120
8,568
7,696
119
72
8,555
7,691
10,473
75
10,181
131
66
73
Wagerate de
creases
33
15, 641
32
103,821
280
74
110
94
105
15, 634
282
363
103,672
91
20,861
91
20, 861
1,033
155
44
111,203
16,787
36,306
1,019
152
44
109,509
16,765
36,306
1,694
22
12,121
12,820
12,121
12,820
17
3, 695
16
218
38,449
217
38,397
26
119
52
55
8,671
7,406
3,631
8,818
118
52
55
8,671
7,349
3,631
8, 818
40
40
13,421
100
17,152
25
226
7,145
215,482
51
11
101
9,803
2, 599
30,709
359
533
19,045
71,223
359
530
456
49,698
452
489
599
21
20,514
76,135
1,796
488
596
509
25
216
7,
212,
3,222
9,766
2,599
30,668
20
37
49,297
401
41
10
186
110
59
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1 —W A G E -R A T E CH A N G E S IN M A N U F A C T U R IN G IN D U S T R IE S D U R IN G
M O N T H E N D IN G D E C E M B E R 15, 1933-Continued
Industry
Stone, clay, and glass prod
ucts:
Brick, tile, and terra cotta __
Cem ent___________________
Glass______________________
Marble, granite, slate, and
other products__________
Pottery-----------------------------Leather and its manufactures:
Boots and shoes___________
Leather___________________
Paper and printing:
Boxes, paper______________
Paper and pu lp ....................
Printing and publishing:
Book and jo b _________
Newspapers and peri
odicals_____ ________
Chemicals and allied products:
Chemicals....... .......................
Cottonseed—oil, cake, and
meal____________________
Druggists preparations___
Explosives........ .............. .......
Fertilizers...............................
Paints and varnishes.........
Petroleum refining------------Rayon and allied products.
Soap______________________
Rubber products:
Rubber boots and shoes___
Rubber goods, other than
boots, shoes, tires, and
inner tubes................ ........
Rubber tires and inner
tubes....... .......... .................
T obacco manufactures:
Chewing and smoking to
bacco and snuff.................
Oigars and cigarettes______
Num ber of establish
ments reporting—
Estab
lish
ments
report
ing
Totol
number
of em
ployees
640
129
172
17,923
10,851
46,300
617
129
172
217
118
4, 743
17,813
314
154
N um ber of employees
having
No
Wage- Wage- N o wage- Wage
wage rate in- rate de
rate in
rate
rate
creases
creases changes
changes
Wagerate de
crease
20
672
154
216
116
1
2
11
324
93,711
31.194
313
153
1
1
322
432
25, 334
103,317
320
393
2
38
735
46,181
735
46,
431
55,786
429
55,
27,492
110
27,
108
56
31
169
339
148
23
109
5,579
8,213
4,399
8,789
15, 242
61,457
34.195
14,864
10T
56
31
168
332
148
20
107
5,
10
15, 321
15,321
23,718
23,718
54,369
54,369
32
205
9, 726
43, 474
32
205
31,
1
25
6
25,
96,
55
6,747
132
32
18
12
7,143
1,202
9,726
43,474
Nonmanufacturing Industries
D a t a concerning wage-rate changes occurring between November
15 and December 15, 1933, reported by cooperating establishments
in 15 nonmanufacturing industries are presented in the following table.
No changes in wage rates were reported in the anthracite mining,
metalliferous mining, crude-petroleum producing, and telephone and
telegraph industries. Increases were reported in each of the remain
ing 11 industries and decreases were reported in 6 industries over the
month interval. Wage-rate increases averaging 12.6 percent and
affecting 1,747 employees were reported in the hotel industry. In
creases averaging 17.1 percent and affecting 1,611 employees were
reported in the bituminous coal-mining industry. The other increases
or decreases in rates were not of especial significance.
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T a b le
3 .-W A G E -R A T E CH ANGES IN N ON M AN U FACTU RIN G IN D U ST R IES DU R IN G
M O N T H E N D IN G D E C E M B E R 15, 1933
i
Num ber of establish
ments reporting—
Estab
lish
ments
report
ing
Total
number
of em
ployees
Anthracite m ining................... .
161
Percent of total.............. ......
100.0
Bituminous-coal mining......... .
1,503
Percent of total___________
100.0
Metalliferous mining..................
288
Percent of total................... .
100.0
Quarrying and nonmetallic
1,162
m in in g,....................... .............
100.0
Percent of total.....................
Crude-petroleum producing___
253
Percent of total.......... .......... 100.0
Telephone and telegraph______
8,192
100.0
Percent of total...................
Power and light........................... 3,135
Percent of total.............. ....... 100.0
Electrio-railroad and motor-bus
operation and maintenance—
100.0
Percent of total.....................
3,036
Wholesale trade......... - ............ .
100.0
Percent of total___________
Retail trade__________ _________ 19,062
Percent of total. ............ ....... 100.0
2,356
H otels---------- --------------------------Percent of total___________
100.0
803
Canning and preserving_______
Percent of to ta l.____ ______ 100.0
L aundries..-................................
1,239
Percent of total___________
100.0
Dyeing and cleaning__________
342
Percent of total____________
100.0
Banks, brokerage, insurance,
and real estate........................... 4, 395
Percent of total____________ 100.0
75,765
100.0
232,031
100.00
27,555
100.0
161
100.0
1,496
99.5
288
30,658
100.0
28,207
100.0
248,039
100.0
204, 734
100.0
1,149
98.9
253
100.0
8,192
100.0
3,126
99.7
131,741
100.0
88,845
100.0
513,941
100.0
129, 718
100.0
39, 319
496
99.6
3,031
99.8
19,057
100.0
2,325
98.7
802
99.9
1,230
99.3
338
98.8
Industrial group
100.0
66,024
100.0
10,134
100.0
175,190
100.0
N um ber of employees
having—
No
wage- Wage- Wage- N o wage- Wagerate in rate derate
rate in
rate
changes
creases
changes creases
75.765 !
100.0
230,420
99.3
27, 555
100.0
Wagerate de
creases
1,611
.7
100.0
12
1.0
30,431
99.3
28,207
100.0
248,039
100.0
204,659
100.0
2
A
4
.1
4
W .
0)
30
1.3
1
.1
7
.6
4
1.2
0) '
131,642
99.9
88, 724
99.9
513,880
100.0
127,966
98.6
39,314
100.0
65,651
99.4
9, 977
98.5
214
.7
0)
75
0)
.
1
112
.1
27
0)
1,747
1.3
5
0)
308
.5
157
1.5
0) '
0)
(0
175,092
3 Less than one tenth of 1 percent.
Em ploym ent Created by the Public-W orks Fund
HE $3,300,000,000 public-works fund was voted by Congress
to create employment throughout the United States. It is the
duty of the Bureau of Labor Statistics to publish each month the
number of wage earners, the amounts of pay rolls, and the number of
man-hours worked by persons employed from this fund.
Allotments for construction projects awarded by the Public Works
Administration are divided into two groups—first, Federal allotments,
and second, non-Federal allotments.
Projects to be built from Federal allotments are financed wholly
by public-works funds. They are built either by force account
(that is the Federal department which has charge of the work hires
the laborers directly) or contracts are awarded to commercial firms
by the Federal departments. They include such types of construc
tion as post-office buildings; Federal courthouses; naval vessel; river,
harbor, and flood-control projects; reclamation projects; and forestry
service. They are supervised entirely by representatives of the
Federal Government. Whenever a contract is awarded by one of the
T
61
Federal agencies the name and address of the contractor, type of
project, and the amount of the contract is at once furnished the
Bureau of Labor Statistics. A copy of the Bureau’s form BLS 742
is then sent to each contractor asking for the number of wage earners
employed, the amounts of pay rolls, and the number of man-hours
worked, as well as the total amount of expenditures for materials for
all pay-roll periods ending between the 15th of the past month and
the 15th of the current month. The primary contractor also furnishes
the names and addresses of the subcontractors. The Bureau in turn
mails its questionnaires to each subcontractor. For work done under
force account the Federal agency doing the work supplies the
Bureau each month with the same information as is obtained from
the contractors.
Information concerning non-Federal projects is obtained from the
State engineers of the Public Works Administration. For the most
part non-Federal projects are confined to building construction (such
as school buildings, city and county buildings, housing projects, etc.),,
street and road paving, and water and sewerage plants. The Public
Works Administration makes a direct grant of 30 percent of the total
cost of non-Federal work, and in many cases will loan the remaining;
70 percent.
Table 1 shows, by types of project, employment, pay rolls, and
man-hours worked during December 1933 on projects financed from
public-works funds.
T
1 . — E M P L O Y M E N T , P A Y R O L L S , A N D M A N -H O U R S W O R K E D D U R IN G D E C E M
B E R 1933 ON P R O J E C T S F IN A N C E D F R O M P U B L IC -W O R K S F U N D S , B Y T Y P E O F
PRO JEC T
able
Aver
age
num
ber of Expendi
tures for
hours
worked material
in
month
N um
ber of
Amount
wage
earners of pay roll
em
ployed
Number
of manhours
worked
Aver
age
earn
ings
per
hour
$893,326
8,533,300
2,462,384
324,377
431,055
210,086
1,250,616
302,972
612,497
1,288,996
(9
4,812,722
571,172
562,798
347,831
2,104,462
495, 724
1,024,486
$0.693
0)
.512
.568
.766
.604
.594
.611
.598
72.4
0)
99.7
74.4
138.6
129.7
99.3
81.3
127.3
$2,105,737
(0
4,122,958
434,258
2,315,984
530,909
746,912
1,404,656
3 1,615,334
Total....................... ..................................... 267, 990 15,020,613 *11,208,191
* .579
*96.8
*13,276,748
Type of project
Building construction................................
Public roads....................... ....................................
River, harbor, and flood control........................
Streets and roa d s2.....................................
Naval vessels............... .........................................
Reclam ation.....................................................
Forestry__________________ __________________
W ater and sewerage.................... - .....................
M iscellaneous........................................................
17,816
152,144
48,270
7,682
4,060
2,681
21,194
6,096
8,047
1 Data not available.
2 Other than those reported b y the Bureau of Public Roads.
3 Includes $1,133,578 worth of material which cannot be charged to any specifie type of project.
* Excluding data for Bureau of Public Roads
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There were 267,990 employees directly engaged in construction
projects financed by public-works funds during the month ending
December 15, 1933. These figures exclude all clerks and office
workers.
More than half of the total employment under public-works con
struction projects were engaged in building roads under the direction
of the Bureau of Public Roads of the Department of Agriculture.
Nearly 50,000 men were working on river, harbor, and flood-control
projects, and over 20,000 in forestry work. Building construction
employed nearly 18,000 workers.
The pay rolls for workers on all types of projects amounted to more
than $15,000,000. Workers on public roads received over $8,500,000;
workers on river, harbor, and flood-control projects nearly $2,500,000 ;
and forestry workers over $1,200,000. On no other type of construc
tion projects were the workers paid as much as $1,000,000.
Data concerning man-hours were not obtained from the Bureau of
Public Roads. Excluding workers on public roads, there were 115,846
employees on public-works construction projects. The average
hourly earnings of these employees for the month of December was
approximately 58 cents. Workers engaged on naval vessels received
the highest hourly pay, earning nearly 77 cents per hour. The next
highest hourly earnings were received by workers on building con
struction, where the rate paid was nearly 70 cents per hour. Workers
on reclamation projects and water and sewerage systems received
over 60 cents per hour. In no other case was the rate of pay less
than 51 cents per hour.
The average hours worked during the month (excluding publicroads projects) was 96.8. Workers constructing naval vessels put in
139 hours per month, those on reclamation projects 130 hours per
month, and those on miscellaneous projects 127 hours per month. No
other type of work averaged as much as 100 hours per month.
Expenditures for materials during the month totaled over
$13,000,000. Contractors on river, harbor, and flood-control work
spent approximately 30 percent of this total.
Table 2 shows employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked dur
ing December on projects financed from public-works funds, by
geographic divisions.
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2 ___E M P L O Y M E N T , P A Y R O L L S , A N D M A N -H O U R S W O R K E D D U R IN G D E C E M
B E R 1933 ON P R O J E C T S F IN A N C E D F R O M P U B L IC -W O R K S F U N D S , B Y G E O G R A P H IC
D IV IS IO N
T able
Number of wage
em ployed on—
Geographic division
Public
roads
N ew England__________
M iddle Atlantic________
East North Central........
W est North Central
South Atlantic............. _.
Eiast South Central........
West South Central
M ountain______________
Pacific.............................
Total continental
United States...
O u t s i d e continental
United States....... .......
Grand total______
Projects
other
than
public
roads
5,422
23.406
12,133
28,893
16,983
10, 321
27, 297
20, 587
7,102
5,519
6,013
10,179
18,146
13,948
19,383
14, 656
11,301
15,323
152,144 2114,516
0)
152,144
1,330
115,846
A mount of pay roll
on—
Public
roads
Projects
other
than
public
roads
$337,709
1, 273,874
877, 235
1, 389,927
704,274
358, 752
1, 258,616
1, 724, 379
608, 534
$439,555
451,420
585,038
819,060
869,226
1,005,475
698,933
545, 741
968, 540
A ver A ver
age
Number
age number
earn of hours Expendi
of mantures for
hours
ings worked materials *
worked 1 per
in
h o u r1 month 1
650,117 $0.676
657,888
.686
.639
915,997
1,507,680
.543
.604
1,440,016
2, 111, 532
.476
1,380,816
.506
941,092
.580
.717
1,351,033
117.8
109.4
90.0
83.1
103.2
109.0
94.2
83.3
88.2
$713,460
1,440,556
1,504,763
1,437,540
1,597,592
1,959,186
1,944,061
243,793
1,215,711
8, 533, 300 26,389, 386 210,963,581
2.583
244,610
.400
183.9
86,354
6,487, 313 11, 208,191
.579
96.8
13,276,748
0)
8, 533,300
97,927
2 95.7 313,190,394
1 Excluding data for public roads which are not available.
2 Including data for 48 wage earners which cannot be charged to any specific geographic division.
3 Includes $1,133,578 worth of material which cannot be charged to any specific geographic division.
Of the 267,990 wage earners paid from public-works funds, more
than 47,000 were working in the West North Central States during
December. Nearly 42,000 were working in the West South Central
States, and more than 30,000 each in the South Atlantic and Moun
tain States. Fewer workers were employed in the New England
States than in any other geographic division.
Pay rolls reached a total of over $2,000,000 in the West North
Central States, the West South Central States, and the Mountain
States. New England was the only geographic division having a
pay roll of less than $1,000,000.
Since data on man-hours were not available for public-roads work,
the average earnings per hour as shown in the tables are for projects
other than those under the supervision of the Bureau of Public Roads.
The Pacific Division had the highest hourly rate, 72 cents. Work
ers in the New England, Middle Atlantic, East North Central, and
South Atlantic divisions averaged 60 cents per hour or more. The
lowest hourly rate, 48 cents, was shown in the East South Central
States.
Material orders placed by contractors in the East South Central
and the West South Central States reached a higher total than any
other geographic division.
Table 3 shows expenditures for materials during the month ending
December 15, 1933, by types of material.
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T able 3«—M A T E R IA L S P U R C H A S E D D U R IN G M O N T H E N D IN G D E O . 15, 1933, F O R
P U B L IC -W O R K S P R O J E C T S , B Y T Y P E OF M A T E R I A L
T yp e of material
Amount
expended 1
$97,747
A u t o tr u c k s -........................................ ...................................................... ............... . ......................
332,981
Cast-iron pipe and fittings............... ...................................... ...........................................
............
361,635
Cement_____________ _____________ _ ................................................................................... ...........
254,685
<31ay products............... ............................................................................................................................
703,572
Concrete products___________ ____ ________________ ______________ ___________________ ______
10,412
.. ................... ..........
............... .................
Cordage and tw ine.... ............................ ...... ..
40,880
____ __________
Crushed stone__________ _______ _______________________ ________________
66,527
Doors, shutters, and window sash and frames, molding, and trim, metal_____________ _______
238,523
Electrical machinery and supplies____________________ _______ _______ __________ ___________
40,388
Explosives______ __________________ ___ _ _
_
.... ................................ ............. ...
Firearms
301,390
Forgings, iron and steel, not made in plants operated in connection with steel works or roll
ing mills__ _
.
204,024
929,827
Foundry and machine-shop products, not elsewhere classified......... ................... ..........................
18,254
Glass.... .......................... .......... ............. ................................................................... ................. ...
_
128,229
Hardware, miscellaneous............................................ ........ ........................................................... .........
39, 280
Instruments, professional and scientific_________ __________ ____________ ____________________
36,079
Lighting equipment____ ____ _________________________ _________ ____________________ ______
1, 671,239
Lumber and timber products_________ ______________ _____________________ _________________
318, 111
Machine tools............... ....................................... ........ ....................................................................... .
1, 713,412
Marble, granite, slate, and other stone products____________________ _________ _____________
Nonferrous-metal alloys; nonferrous-metal products, except aluminum, not elsewhere classi
32,105
fied____ ______ ___________________ ______ _______ ___________ ____________________________
30,772
Paints and varnishes____ ______ ____________ __________ ____________________________ ______
135, 289
Paving materials and mixtures____________ __________ __________________ ___________________
190,076
Planing-mill products_______ _______ _______________________ ______________________________
100,437
Plum bing supplies....... ............ ............ ..... ............ ............................................ .......... ...........................
305,809
Pumps and pumping equipment_______ _______ _______ ___________________________________
39, 261
Roofing, built-up and roll; asphalt shingles; roof coatings other than paint_____________ _____
313,009
Sand and gravel____________ ________________________________ __________ ___ ________________
31, 712
Sheet-metal w ork-___________ _________ _________ ______________ _____________ ______________
239,966
Steam and hot-water heating apparatus___ ____ ______ ________________________ _____________
3. 301,471
Steel-works and rolling-mill products, including structural and ornamental metal w o r k ____
15, 690
Tools, other than machine tools_________________ _____________ __________________ _______
14,935
Wall plaster, wall board, insulating board, and floor com position-______ ___________________
245,252
Wire, drawn from purchased rods_____________________________ _________ _________________
_
43,537
Wire work not elsewhere classified_________ ____ ________ __________________________________
730, 232
Other.......................................................................... .................................................................................
Total.......................... ............................................................................................ ...........................
13, 276, 748
i Excluding material purchased b y Bureau of Public Roads.
During the month ending December 15, 1933, expenditures for
materials by contractors on public-works projects, other than those
working under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Public Roads, totaled
over $13,000,000. Expenditures for steel products totaled over
$3,000,000; expenditures for stone products, and for lumber and
timber products totaled over $1,000,000.
It is estimated that the fabrication of materials purchased during
this month will create approximately 40,000 man-months of labor.
Table 4 shows data concerning employment, pay rolls, and manhours worked during each of the three months for which employment
has been created by projects financed by public-works funds.
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4.— E M P L O Y M E N T , P A Y R O L L S , A N D M A N -H O U R S W O R K E D D U R IN G O C T O
B E R , N O V E M B E R , A N D D E C E M B E R 1933 ON P R O J E C T S F IN A N C E D F R O M P U B L IC
W ORKS FUNDS
T a b le
1933
Item
October
120,555
Number of wage earners em ployed............ .........................................
Amount of pay roll ____ ______________________________________ i $7,223,371
2,488,284
N um ber of man-hours worked 2. . . ......... .................... ............ ..........
Average earnings per hour 2_
______ _______ ________________
$0.634
Average number of hours worked in month 2........................... .........
95.0
Expenditures for material 2_. ___ ______________________ _______ $10,457,231
Novem ber
December
251,851
$14,172,544
9,110,316
$0. 583
87 8
$11, 615, 580
267,990
$15,020,613
11,208,191
$0. 579
96.8
$13,276,748
i Includes estimated pay roll for Bureau of Public Roads.
3 Excluding data of Bureau of Public Roads.
In October there were slightly more than 120,000 employees work
ing on public works projects. This number was more than doubled
during November, while December showed an increase of approxi
mately 16,000 as compared with the previous month.
Pay rolls were not available for public road work during October.
The Bureau estimated the October pay roll at $5,646,000. Pay rolls
for other types of construction totaled slightly over $1,500,000,
During November and December total pay roll figures are available.
Disbursements for this purpose totaled over $14,000,000 in Novem
ber and more than $15,000,000 in December.
Materials purchases for the 3 months entailed an expenditure of
more than $35,000,000.
Civil Works Administration
T h e Public Works Administration, early in November, made an
allotment of $400,000,000 to the Civil Works Administration. This
money was to be used in providing jobs during the winter to people
who were out of work. The greater part of the civil works employees
were taken from the relief rolls throughout the United States. The
people from the civil works rolls have now been given employment
on needed projects and are entirely self supporting.
It is some time after a contract is awarded before the maximum
employment is reached on the type of projects included under the
regular Public Works Administration. The Civil Works Adminis
tration is giving jobs to people to bridge these gaps. Employees
from the civil works rolls are engaged at the present in repairing
buildings and bridges, in street and road work, working on slum clear
ance projects, landscaping, and mosquito eradication.
Table 5 shows the number of civil works employees on the pay rolls
for weeks ending December 2, 1933, and January 18, 1934, as well
as the pay roll for the week ending January 18, 1934.
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5 .—C IV IL W O R K S E M P L O Y E E S D E C E M B E R 2, 1933, A N D J A N U A R Y 18, 1934
Number
Geographic division
Dec. 2,
1933
New E n g la n d ____ _____________________________ _ - __
M iddle A t l a n t i c .- - ___ _________ ________________ - - . ________
East North Central____________ - ____________________ _________ W est North Central
__ . . __________ _______ _____________
South Atlantic______________
_______ ________ ________
__ _ :
East South Central _ __________ ____________________ ____
__ _
West South Central- ______ _ - _ ________________ _____
- _
M ountain_______ __________ _____________________ ___ ___________
Pacific _____ ____ ___ _________________ - ______ ___ ___________
T otal..
- - __ __
Percent of fihanee
__ _______
______
-
Jan. 18,
1934
Pay rolls,
week end
ing Jan.
18, 1934
232,258
723,480
865, 322
460,446
532,852
529,463
512,892
134,681
248,080
$3, 762,410
11,394,489
15, 652, 585
7,103,739
6,898,762
3,709,471
5,763,530
2, 567, 669
4,493, 038
1, 523,967
_____ __________
49, 539
208,089
313, 023
118, 234
291,481
94, 778
302, 499
46, 930
99, 394
4,039,474
+165.1
61,345,693
i
During the week ending January 18, 1934, over 4,000,000 employees
drew pay for w
rork on civil-works projects. This is an increase of
nearly 2,500,000 or 126 percent as compared with December 2. These
employees were paid over $61,000,000 for W'ork performed during
the week ending January 18, 1934.
The number of employees shown in the above table are those in the
continental United States who drew pay during the week ending Janu
ary 18, 1934. It does not represent the total number of people on
public-works pay rolls for two reasons. In some localities the stagger
system is used. That is, work is provided for a definite number of
employees, and since it is impossible for the employers to provide
jobs for all these employees at one time, one half are given jobs for one
week and the other half the following week. This means that in some
localities twice as many persons are given jobs as would draw pay for
a given week. Weather conditions also affect employment, as most
of the jobs are outside work and may be “ rained ou t” for an entire
week, therefore no pay would be drawn for that period.
No data are shown for localities outside the continental United
States, although many people are doing work in outlying territories.
Emergency Conservation Work
E m p l o y e e s on the rolls of the Emergency Conservation Work are
now paid by allotments made from Public Works Fund.
Table 6 shows the employment and pay rolls in the Emergency Con
servation Work during the months of November and December 1933.
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6 — EM PLOYM ENT
A N D P A Y R O L L S IN T H E E M E R G E N C Y C O N S E R V A T IO N
W O R K , N O V E M B E R A N D D E C E M B E R 1933
Number
Pay rolls
Group
November
Enrolled personnel____________________________
Reserve officers, line__________________ ______
Reserve officers, m edical.........................................
Supervisory and technical........... ............. ............
Carpenters and laborers_______________________
T otal............................. ............................ .
i Data not available.
December
Novem ber
December
296,026
3,494
1,085
14.054
26.054
288,855
3,588 }
781
13,168
11,343
$9,244,887
783,682
1,657,575
2,400,304
$9,020,943
340, 713
317,735
14,086,448
2 11,599,304
0)
1,362,724
1,215,637
2 See notes to details.
There was a decrease of more than 10,000 people engaged in Emer
gency Conservation Work comparing December with November.
This decrease was largely caused by the completion of the erection of
cabins for winter quarters of the Civilian Conservation Corps, al
though there was a slight falling off in both the enlisted personnel and
supervisory and technical force. There was an increase in line
Reserve officers but a decrease in medical Reserve officers.
Information concerning employment and pay rolls in the Emer
gency Conservation Work is collected by the Bureau of Labor
Statistics from the War Department, the Department of Agriculture,
and the Department of the Interior.
The pay of the enlisted personnel is $30 per month, except that 5
percent of the personnel of each company are paid $45 and an addi
tional 8 percent are paid $36 per month. The pay roll of this branch
of the service is figured on this basis.
The carpenters and laborers shown in the above) table are con
structing barracks to be used as winter quarters by the Civilian
Conservation Corps. This work is practically finished. However,
the construction of recreation buildings in a number of the camps has
been started which will engage the services of a number of building
tradesmen during the months of January and February.
Table 7 shows the monthly totals of the employees and pay rolls of
the Emergency Conservation Work from the inception of the work in
May to December 1933.
T able
7.— M O N T H L Y T O T A L S OF E M P L O Y E E S A N D P A Y R O L L S IN T H E E M E R G E N C Y
C O N S E R V A T IO N W O R K F R O M M A Y 1933 T O D E C E M B E R 1933
Months
M a y ......... . .
June......................................
July.......................................
August_________ ________
1 Subject to revision.
Employees
191,113
281,861
314,142
305,039
Pay roll
M onths
i $6,217,594
i 9,392,300
i 10,767,847
i 10,835,204
September—
__ __
October___ ______________
Novem ber_______________
D ecem ber...........................
Employees
240,901
269,644
340,713
317,735
Pay roll
$9,487,755
10,232,875
14,086,448
i 11,599,304
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Employment on Public Roads (Other Than Public Works)
HE following table shows the number of employees, exclusive of
those paid from Public Works Fund, engaged in building and
maintaining public roads, State and Federal, during the months of
November and December, by geographic divisions.
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TABLE 1 . — N U M B E R
OF E M P L O Y E E S E N G A G E D IN T H E C O N S T R U C T IO N A N D M A I N
T E N A N C E OF P U B L IC R O A D S , S T A T E A N D F E D E R A L , D U R IN G N O V E M B E R A N D
D E C E M B E R 1933, B Y G E O G R A P H IC D IV ISIO N S >
Federal
Geographic division
Number
State
Pay rolls
N ovem Decem N ovem
ber
ber
ber
N ew England..........................
M iddle A tlantic.—........... .
East North Central________
W est North Central..............
South Atlantic-------------------East South Central.......... .
W est South Central-----------Mountain---------------------------Pacific---------------------------------
1,769
3,441
6,631
2,555
6, 017
4,288
7,105
3,650
2,656
Total........ - ............ ....... 38,112
Percent of change_________
855
1, 619
2, 886
1, 854
3,537
3,311
4,839
1,525
919
$105,309
255,313
379,639
158,030
233, 783
173,296
308,943
286,126
224,126
Number
Pay rolls
Decem N ovem Decem N ovem
ber
ber
ber
ber
$51,670
113, 030
163,161
104,243
159,457
127,665
223,565
117,174
74,761
24,100
45, 729
48,227
33,462
40,655
12,142
11,503
6,065
12, 249
Decem
ber
14,213 $2,160,491 $1,316,448
32,632 3,924,922 1,677,643
34, 849 2,814,909 1,867,178
29,600 1, 803, 261 1,567, 817
34,481 1,444,317 1, 238,904
594,930
514,117
13, 040
741, 796
12,034
820, 761
538,683
507,396
8,167
765, 774
8,607 1,122, 817
21,345 2,124,565 1,134,726 234,132 187, 623 15,193,804 10,228, 360
-3 2 .7
-1 9 .9
-4 4 .0
-4 6 .6
i Excluding employment furnished by projects financed from Public Works Fund.
The number of employees engaged in Federal road building financed
under the old State-aid law decreased 44 percent comparing December
with November. It should be borne in mind that practically all of
the new contracts awarded for road building are now financed from
Public Works Fund.
There was an increase in the number of employees working on Fed
eral road work financed from Public Works Fund comparing these two
months. (See table 1, p. 61.) Pay rolls for Federal road projects
other than public works, decreased 46.6 percent in December as com
pared with the previous month. There was a decrease of 19.9 percent
in the number of employees engaged in road work financed by State
governments. December pay rolls for these men decreased 32.7
percent as compared with November.
Seventy-five and one tenth percent of the workers engaged on
State roads were working on maintenance and only 24.9 percent in
building new roads.
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