Full text of Employment and Payrolls : December 1934
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Serial No. R. 206
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
FRANCES PERKINS, Secretary
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
ISADOR LUBIN, Commissioner
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Prepared by Division of Employment Statistics
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H erm an B. B y e r,
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UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON : 1935
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CONTENTS
Industrial:
By industries:
Page
Manufacturing industries______________________________________ 1-26
Nonmanufacturing industries__________________________________ 26-31
Anthracite and bituminous coal mining
Metalliferous mining
Quarrying and nonmetallic mining
Crude-petroleum producing
Public utilities:
Telephone and telegraph
Electric light and power and manufactured gas
Electric railroads
Wholesale and retail trade
Hotels
Laundries
Dyeing and cleaning
Banks, brokerage, insurance, and real estate
Building______________________________________________________ 31-34
Class I steam railroads________________________________________ 43-44
By States__________________________________________________________ 35-42
By cities_______________________________________________ ___________
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Public:
Federal employees_________________________________________________ 44-46
Public Works Administration______________________________________ 47-53
Emergency work relief_____________________________________________ 53-54
Emergency conservation work_____________________________________ 55-56
Public roads not financed by P. W. A ______________________________ 56-57
Construction projects financed by R. F. C _________________________ 57-59
Construction projects financed from regular governmental appropria
tions____________________________________________________________ 59-62
Wage-rate changes_____________________________________________________ 62-66
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TREND OF EMPLOYMENT
Trend of Employment, December 1934
HE Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Departmentof Labor presents herewith data compiled from pay-roll reports*
supplied by representative establishments in 90 of the principal mami~
facturing industries of the country and 18 nonmanufacturing indus
tries, covering the pay period ending nearest the 15th of the month.
Additional information is presented concerning employment on Public
Works Administration projects, public roads, the Federal service, anA
class I steam railroads.
T
Manufacturing Industries
F a c t o r y employment increased 1.7 percent from November to
December and pay rolls increased 6.2 percent. The employment
increase is contrary to the movement shown in December in 12 of the
15 preceding years. Declines in pay rolls have been shown in 8 of
the 15 preceding years. Forty-two of the 90 manufacturing industries
surveyed reported gains in employment over the month interval and
62 industries reported increased pay rolls.
The general indexes of factory employment and pay rolls for
December 1934 are 78.1 and 63.2, respectively. A comparison of
these indexes with those of December 1933 shows increases over the
year interval of 5 percent in employment and 16 percent in pay rolls,;
A similar comparison for the separate industries shows more employees
in December 1934 in 63 industries and larger pay rolls in 76.
The average of the 12 monthly employment indexes of 1934 for aU
manufacturing industries combined was 14.2 percent higher than the
average for 1933, and 22.9 percent above the average for 1932. A
similar comparison for pay rolls shows that the 1934 average wasi
27.6 percent higher than the 1933 average and 34.3 percent higher
than the 1932 average.
The indexes of factory employment and pay rolls are computed
from data supplied by representative establishments in 90 important
manufacturing industries of the country. Reports were received im
December from 25,322 establishments employing 3,637,978 workers^
whose weekly earnings were $71,778,392 during the pay period ending:
nearest December 15. The employment reports received from these
(1 )
2
cooperating establishments cover more than 50 percent of the total
wage earners in all manufacturing industries of the country.
Increased activity in automobile plants, due to production of new
models, was reflected in gains in that industry from November to
December of 32.5 percent in employment and 48.9 percent in pay
rolls, while the resulting demand for automobile hardware was a
primary cause for the gains in the hardware industry of 11.1 percent
in employment and 20 per cent in pay rolls. The gains of 25.7 per
cent in employment and 36.1 percent in pay rolls in the dyeing and
finishing textiles industry were due primarily to the settlement of
labor difficulties in this industry and more than offset the sharp
declines reported in the preceding month.
Other important industries which showed gains in both employ
ment and pay rolls were: Blast furnaces, steel works and rolling mills,
foundries and machine shops, machine tools, woolen and worsted
goods, cotton goods, silk and rayon goods, and boots and shoes.
The gains in factory employment and pay rolls were in both the
durable and nondurable goods groups of industries, although the
increases were much more pronounced in the durable goods group, in
which gains of 3.4 percent in employment and 9.3 percent in pay rolls
were shown. Employment increased 0.5 percent in the nondurable
goods group and pay rolls increased 3.8 percent. The index numbers
of employment and pay rolls for the durable and nondurable goods
groups are presented in table 5.
Per capita weekly earnings in all manufacturing industries com
bined rose 4.4 percent from November 1934 to December 1934 and
10.4 percent from December 1933 to December 1934. Gains from
November to December were shown in 71 of the 90 individual manu
facturing industries surveyed and ranged from 0.2 percent to 15.4
percent.
The per capita earnings shown in the following table 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).
Man-hour data supplied by identical establishments in November
and December 1934 showed an increase over the month interval of
3.5 percent in average hours worked per week for all manufacturing
industries combined and an increase of 0.9 percent in average hourly
earnings. Seventy of the industries covered showed increases in
average hours worked and 53 reported increased hourly earnings.
As all reporting establishments do not furnish man-hour information,
the Bureau’s figures on average hours worked per week and average
hourly earnings are necessarily computed from data furnished by a
smaller number of establishments than are covered in the monthly sur
3
vey of manufacturing industries. Average hours worked per week and
average hourly earnings are presented for only those manufacturing
industries for which available information covers at least 20 percent
of all the employees in the industry.
In table 1 are shown indexes of employment and pay rolls in
December 1934 for each of the 90 manufacturing industries surveyed,
for the 14 major groups and 2 subgroups into which these industries
are classified, and for manufacturing as a whole, together with per
centage changes from November 1934 and December 1933. Per
capita weekly earnings in December 1934, together with percentage
changes from the previous month and from December of the previous
year for each of the 90 manufacturing industries and for manufacturing
as a whole are also presented in this table. Average hours worked
per week in December 1934 and average hourly earnings, together
with percentage changes from November 1934 and December 1933
are likewise presented for manufacturing as a whole and for each
industry for which man-hour data covering at least 20 percent of the
total employees in the industry were received.
Table 1.— Employment, Pay Rolls, Hours, and Earnings in Manufacturing Industries, December 1934
Employment
Industry
All industries.-
____________________________
Iron and steel and their products, n ot includ
ing m achinery.. _______ _ _______________
Blast furnaces, steel works, and rolling mills___
Bolts, nuts, washers, and rivets______________
Cast-iron p ip e .____________________ - ____
Cutlery (not including silver and plated cut
lery), and edge tools.. -------------- -------------Forgings, iron and steel......
. -------------Hardware_________ - ----- - ----------------Plumbers’ supplies_______ ____ _____________
Steam and hot-water heating apparatus and
steam ntnngs----------------------------Stoves.----------- -------- ------ ------- -Structural and ornamental metal work-----------Tin cans and other tinware__________________
Tools (not including edge tools, machine tools,
files, and saws)___________________________
W irework... ------- ----------------- ------- -------M achinery, n o t including transportation
equipm ent. ________ _______________ ____ ___
Agricultural implements_____________________
Cash registers, adding machines, and calculat
ing 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 parts----------------------------------
Per capita weekly
earnings 1
Pay rolls
Average hours worked
per week 1
Average hourly
earnings 1
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Index
Index
change from—
change from—
change from—
change from—
change from—
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= 100)
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35.2
+3.2
+3.4
Cents
2 56.0
+1.1
+6.2
+8.2
+11.2
-3 .5
29.1
33.0
31.2
+9.0
+15.8
+4.7
-3 .3
+4.7
-8 .3
66.2
55.3
49.9
+0.8
(3)
+1.0
+11.3
+6. 6
+4.5
+3.3
+12.6
+8.1
+3.6
+4.3
+13.7
+10.3
+27.2
37.5
37.4
35.7
35.6
+1.1
+10.7
-1-8.5
+4.4
-1 .1
+5.5
+9.7
+20.2
55.1
61.3
54.4
55.2
+1.8
+2.3
(3)
- .7
+6.5
+9.9
-2 .5
+6.7
20.81
18. 75
19. 05
19. 36
-.3
-.6
-4 .3
+5.1
+14.1
+16.4
+4.6
-1 .5
34.9
34.7
32.3
36.3
-.9
+ .6
-4 .2
+3.4
+4.1
+8.3
-1 .3
-4 .0
59.1
54.5
59.0
53.1
+• 2
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- .3
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+9.0
+6.9
+6.3
+3.7
20.11
19.47
+5.3
+9.0
+13.4
+10.1
35.0
34.7
+ .6
+7.4
+ .8
+13.7
57.6
55.9
+5.1
+1.5
+15.1
+10. 5
23.10
+1.0
+11.1
38.5
+1.0
+1.8
60.4
+ .3
+12.3
26.83
22.06
24.57
20.89
23.45
19.86
22.17
23.39
+4.8
+4.1
+ .9
+5.1
+4.1
+3.6
+14.0
+1.1
+5.4
+19.0
+9.8
+10.8
+2.2
+8.7
+1.5
+14.1
40.5
35.4
37.8
34.7
38.2
35.2
36.8
40.8
+6.0
+3.5
+. 3
+4.8
+4.1
+2.9
+13.2
+1.0
-.2
+9.9
+4.0
+5.0
-2 .7
+11.9
-.6
+1.2
66.4
61.1
65.0
60.2
61.3
56.5
60.3
56.9
-1 .0
-.8
+ .6
+ .7
-.2
+ .5
+ .7
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+7.9
+5.6
+6.0
+4.7
+9.6
+1.1
+12.9
78.1
+1.7
+5.0
63.2
+6.2
+16.0
Dollars
19. 73
+4.4
+10.4
66.6
66.9
74.7
48.5
+ .6
+1.6
+3.5
-1 .7
(3)
-0.1
-4 .7
+3.2
47.6
46.5
53.7
27.4
+7.7
+11.4
+19. 5
+3.7
+8.9
+8.1
+5.7
-.4
19.12
18.12
15. 57
+9.6
+15.4
+5.6
76.6
54.9
50.4
64.2
-2 .9
+7.8
+11.1
+2.3
+ .4
+5.6
-17.4
+15.1
57.6
43.5
41.1
39.9
+ .3
+21.4
+20.0
+6.0
+4.9
+20.2
-8 .9
+46.2
20. 69
22. 60
19.42
19.66
48.6
86.1
57.6
85.5
-1 .5
-8 .3
-.5
-4 .6
-10.7
+8.8
+9.3
-1 .0
31.4
61.1
39.2
79.6
-1 .8
-8 .8
-4 .7
+ .3
+1. 9
+26. 5
+14. 6
-2 .3
59.3
126.1
+2.2
+4.1
+• 7
+6.1
52.1
107.2
+7.7
+13.5
+14.5
+17.0
78.5
83.8
+ .8
+5.3
+9.3
+36.9
60.2
91.2
+5.2
+6.4
+22.6
+52.5
99.9
65.6
76.7
66.8
72.2
207.9
62.5
104.4
-6 .4
+. 4
+4.3
+1.3
+2.9
-3 .1
+2.8
-1 .6
+5.8
+10.4
+29.3
+8.8
+22.6
-5 .2
-16.6
+21.8
81.7
52.2
52.7
49.7
56.4
132.0
50.9
97.3
-1 .9
+4.5
+5.3
+6.5
+7.2
+ .4
+17.2
-.5
+11.5
+31.2
+42.0
+20.3
+25.3
+2.8
-16.0
+39.4
2
Transportation equ ipm ent___________________
Aircraft_____ ______________________________
Automobiles_______________________________
Cars, electric- and steam-railroad_____________
Locomotives_______________________ ____ ___
Shipbuilding_______________________________
Railroad repair shops_________________________
Electric railroad__________________ - ________
Steam railroad______________________________
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_________________
Lum ber and allied products__________________
Furniture______ _____________________ ____
Lumber:
Millwork_______________________________
Sawmills_______________________________
Turpentine and rosin----------------------------- --Stone, d ay, and glass products_______________
Brick, tile, and terra cotta----------------------------Cement_____________________________ _____
Glass______________________________________
Marble, granite, slate, and other products_____
Textiles and their p roducts_____
Fabrics__________ ____________
Carpets and rugs__________
Cotton goods______________
Cotton small wares________
Dyeing and finishing textiles.
Hats, fur-felt______________
Knit goods................. ...........
Silk and rayon goods_______
Woolen and worsted goods __
Wearing apparel............. .............
Clothing, men’s ___________
Clothing, women’s_________
Corsets and allied garments _
Men’s furnishings_________
Millinery----------- --------------Shirts and collars__________
Leather and its m an u factu res. __
Boots and shoes..........................Leather.........................................
See footnotes at end of table.
78.4
269.4
88.9
34.0
36.5
68.5
52.0
65.5
51.0
76.9
62.2
74.0
79.0
74.4
69.8
70.7
74.7
87.5
47.8
65.0
+26.0
+7.6
+32.5
+4.9
-2 .6
-1 .1
+ .8
-.3
+1.3
+1.2
-.4
+2.8
+1.8
—3. 2
+1.2
-1 .4
+ .2
+4.2
-1 .6
-.2
+28.3
-19.9
+34.5
+6.9
+76.3
+1.8
-2 .8
-1 .8
-2 .9
+10.2
-23.1
+2.6
+35.5
+25.3
+11.9
+5.2
+19.9
+11.9
-4 .0
-1 .4
67.6
233.4
76.4
31.5
16.6
55.3
44.4
58.4
43.5
61.5
56.2
55.6
65.8
63.4
60.1
55.6
46.6
79.1
33.3
45.9
+38.7
54.7
+8.8 -19.1
+48.9 +66.1
+5.0 +15.8
- . 2 +112. 8
+2.5 +11.9
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+2.8
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+4.4
-3 .9
+8.4 +13.5
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+3.6 +19.7
-1 .9 +14.4
+ . 5 +35.9
+10.0 +29.9
- .9
+7.4
+3.2 +14.5
36.7
31.6
92. 9
50.1
28.0
41.6
87.4
25.2
70.(3
92.8
94.0
63.8
96.0
83.0
114.8
77.0
110.4
76.3
85.6
86.0
79.1
111.6
89.3
108.4
55.9
90.5
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92.7
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-3 .6
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-6 .5
-13.7
-1 .2
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34.4
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71.9
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75.3
80.2
51.0
81.2
70.8
99.6
71.3
109.2
64.9
66.6
61.3
52.6
77.6
85.1
77.7
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12.02
+2.5
-1 .3
+5.6
-4 .3
+3.6
-9 .3
+14.7
+8.8
+22.3
+10.7
+11.1
+11.2
25.1
+ .8
+ .4
61.7
+2.0
+16.1
33.3
31.6
+7.4
-8 .7
+29.0
+8.7
45.8
42.4
-.4
+3.7
-.8
+14.8
29.8
-12.4
+7.4
40.3
+4.1
+6.4
16.43
20.88
+12.4
+1.6
+4.5
+7.6
+11.9
+1.9
-3 .7
-1 .9
50.7
56.1
-.8
-.4
+5.2
+5.5
33.0
37.3
Table 1.— Employment, Pay Rolls, Hours, and Earnings in Manufacturing Industries, December 1934— Continued
Employment
Industry
Food and kindred products. ..................... .........
Baking..................................................................
Beverages................. .......... - ........................ —
Butter................ .............. ........... ........................
Canning and preserving..............- ......... ............
Confectionery...................... ............... - ..............
Flour---------------------------------------------------------Ice cream-------- ----------------- ------ ------------------Slaughtering and meat packing.................... —
Sugar, beet----------- ---------- --------------------------Sugar refining, cane................... - .............. .........
T obacco m anufactures ___ _______
____
Chewing and smoking tobacco and snuff— .......
Cigars and cigarettes............................................
Paper and printing_____________ ______ _____
Boxes, paper...............................- ........- ..............
Paper and pulp...................................................Printing and publishing:
Book and job..................................................
Newspapers and periodicals........ ...............
Chemicals and allied products, and petroleum
refining
__ ___________ ___________
Other than petroleum refining________________
Chemicals___
----------------------------Cottonseed—oil, cake, and meal__________
Druggists’ preparations--------------- -----------Explosives_______________ ______ _____
Fertilizers................................ ......... ...........
Paints and varnishes------- ----------------------Rayon and allied products----------- ------ ----Soap............................................- ........- ........
Petroleum refining--------. . . — - ........................
Percentage
Index
change from—
De
cember
1934
(3-year No
De
average vember
1923-25 1934 cember
1933
= 100)
Per capita weekly
earnings1
Pay rolls
Average hours worked
per week 1
Average hourly
earnings 1
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Index
change from— Aver change from— Aver change from— Aver change from—
De
cember
age in
age in
age in
1934
De
De
De
(3-year No
De cember
No
De cember
No
De cember
No
De
average vember
1934
1934
1934
vember cember
vember cember
vember cember
1923-25 1934 cember
1934
1933
1933
1934
1933
1934
1933
=100)
103.8
115.4
148.7
72.3
69.0
91.3
77.2
61.0
105.5
113.0
87.7
61.0
71.5
60.6
97.8
88.5
108.3
-4 .8
-(*)
-2 .1
-4 .9
-22.0
-.2
- .7
-4 .0
-3 .5
-40.2
-6 .3
-3 .3
-3 .1
-3 .3
+ .8
-2 .0
+ .5
+4.6
+7.1
+5.8
-7 .7
+11.3
+7.0
+5.8
+4.1
+7.7
-52.7
+9.8
-.3
-4 .9
+. 3
+3.5
+6.9
+7.1
93.9
98.7
135.0
53.0
72.5
82.8
63.6
49.1
98.4
68.3
72.5
49.9
67.4
47.7
86.5
82.7
84.2
-3 .3
+ .1
-5 .1
-6 .0
-17.2
+8.1
+• 5
-2 .2
-2 .3
-53.6
-.4
+3.3
+8.4
+1.3
+4.5
+1.7
+1.9
+10.1
+10.2
+3.2
-10.0
+22.1
+15.6
+7.3
+7.9
+20.0
-58.6
+15.3
+7.3
+2.0
+8.2
+13.0
+19.9
+17.1
89.3
100.4
+2.4
+ .6
+2.5
-.5
80.1
94.2
+7.7
+4.2
108.8
108.3
103.9
91.4
102.8
90.6
99.5
99.5
329.5
99.6
110.8
+ .8
+ .4
-.4
+1.0
-2 .6
-1 .1
+9.1
-.3
+2.7
-4 .8
-1 .0
+1.1
+1.5
+ .4
-18.5
-.2
+. 3
+5.0
+10.4
+2.3
+7.0
-.4
91.7
89.9
90.0
86.9
94.8
70.7
75.5
78.1
240.1
90.7
97.8
+ .9
+ .9
-.8
+6.7
-2 .1
-.7
+8.4
-.5
+3.7
-2 .0
+1.1
Dollars
Cents
21.43
27.33
19.40
13.24
16.29
20.57
25.34
23.32
15.27
21.56
+ .2
-3 .1
-1 .2
+6.2
+8.3
+1.1
+1.8
+1.2
-22.3
+6.3
+2.9
-2 .5
-2 .7
+26.9
+7.7
+1.4
+4.2
+11.5
-12.3
+5.0
39.7
35.8
+ .5
-2 .5
-2 .9
-6 .4
54.0
75.5
00
-.3
+7.8
+3.0
33.0
37.9
38.0
43.3
40.1
33.3
40.4
+4.8
+7.4
+1.3
+• 9
-2 .0
-32.5
+7.4
+3.3
+5.2
+1.3
+• 1
+2.6
-31.7
+10.6
39.3
42.9
54.3
54.8
57.3
45.7
52.0
+2.3
+1.4
-.5
+1.5
+3.8
+11.5
-2 .3
+2.7
+4.4
+1.1
+2.7
+9.6
+14.0
-6 .4
14.36
14.10
+11.8
+4.8
+7.3
+7.9
34.8
36.5
+7.7
+5.2
+1.1
-2 .1
41.4
39.0
+3.8
+ .5
+7.3
+8.0
19.12
19.56
+3.7
+1.5
+12.4
+9.6
37.9
37.1
+3.6
+1.4
+4.9
+4.5
50.6
52.7
+ .2
(8)
+6.9
+5.9
+12.5
+6.8
27.41
34.30
+5.1
+3.6
+9.8
+7.4
37.3
37.7
+4.2
+2.4
+4.3
+1.2
73.5
88.2
+. 5
+1.6
+5.8
+7.0
+8.0
+7.7
+3.9
-7 .8
+2.0
+12.8
+10.2
+13.5
+8.7
+17.5
+9.4
24.15
10.80
18.60
22.29
12.04
21.87
19.35
22.36
26.92
-.4
+5.7
+ .5
+ .5
-.7
-.2
+1.0
+2.9
+2.2
+3.6
+13.4
+2.4
+12.7
+4.9
+2.9
+6.1
+9.5
+10.0
38.7
45.0
38.8
34.4
34.3
37.9
38.1
38.4
34.6
+ .3
+. 7
+1.8
-.3
+ .9
-.3
+1.1
+1.6
+1.5
-1 .7
+15.9
+4.6
+1.3
-4 .6
-4 .4
(3)
-3 .5
-.5
62.3
24.2
48.1
64.8
35.0
57.6
50.8
58.3
78.1
+• 2
+5.2
-1 .0
+ .8
-1 .7
(3)
-.2
+1.4
+ .6
+4.5
-3 .3
+2.4
+3.7
+13.2
+6.5
+6.9
+13.6
+11.3
112178— 35------------- 2
Rubber p r o d u c t s ................. .................* _____
Rubber boots and shoes....... ................... ...........
Rubber goods, other than boots, shoes, tires,
and inner tubes.................................... ............
Rubber tires and inner tubes..............................
?9.0
52.8
+3.1
-2 .1
-5 .8
-19.5
66.0
52.1
+13.6
+4.5
+11.9
-13.5
19.30
+6.7
+10.9
36.7
+6.4
+5.0
115.1
71.9
+2.7
+4.6
-8 .1
+.1
92.5
60.0
+8.6
+19.1
+1.8
+26.8
18.81
26.62
+5.7
+13.9
+11.0
+26.9
36.9
33.4
+7.0
+13.6
+2.8
+13.2
52.6
+ .2
+2.0
51.1
80.7
-1 .4
+ .5
+6.0
+12.1
1 Per capita weekly earnings are computed from figures furnished by all reporting establishments. Average hours and average hourly earnings are computed from data furnished
by a smaller number of establishments as some firms do not report man-hour information. Figures for groups not computed. Percentages of change over year on per capita weekly
earnings, average hours worked per week, and average hourly earnings computed from indexes. Percentage change over month on per capita weekly earnings in “ All industries”
also computed from indexes.
2 Weighted.
a No change.
* Less than Ho of 1 percent.
8
Estimated Number of Wage Earners and Weekly Pay Rolls in Manufacturing
Industries
In t a b l e 2 are presented the estimated number of wage earners and
weekly pay rolls in all manufacturing industries combined and in the
14 major groups and 2 subgroups into which these manufacturing
industries have been classified, for the years 1919 to 1934, inclusive,
and for the 12 months of 1934. These estimates have been com
puted by multiplying the weighting factors of the several groups of
industries (number employed or weekly pay roll in the index base
period 1923-25) by the Bureau’s index numbers of employment or
pay rolls (which have been adjusted to conform with census trends
over the period 1919-31) and dividing by 100. Data are not available
for all groups over the entire period shown. The totals for all man
ufacturing industries combined, however, have been adjusted to
include all groups. The estimated total employment and weekly
pay rolls for all manufacturing industries combined do not include
the manufactured-gas industry (which is included in the Bureau’s
electric light and power and manufactured-gas industry) or the
motion-picture industry.
9
Table 2 .— Estimated Number of Wage Earners and Weekly Wages in all Manu*
facturing Industries Combined and in Industry Groups
Year and month
Total manu
facturing
Ii on and Machinery,
includ Transpor
steel, and not
tation
ing trans
their
portation
products equipment equipment
Railroad
repair
shops
Nonferrous
metals and
their prod
ucts
0)
0)
0)
(0
E m p loym en t
1919 average____
192 0
192 1
192 2
192 3
192 4
192 5
192 6
192 7
192 8
192 9
] 930____________
193 1
193 2
193 3
1934: January___
February...
March____
April_____
M ay______
June______
July---------August____
September..
October___
November..
December. _
8.983.900
9,065,600
6,899, 700
7, 592, 700
8.724.900
8,083, 700
8,328, 200
8,484,400
8, 288,400
8, 285,800
8, 785, 600
7,668, 400
6,484, 300
5, 374, 200
5, 778,400
6.146.000
6, 514, 200
6, 770,100
6,906,100
6, 912, 600
6, 799,900
6, 593, 500
6, 666, 200
6.351.900
6, 569, 500
6.435.000
6, 544, 400
858,600
926, 300
572.400
722, 500
892.400
833,700
851,200
880, 200
834.900
829,800
881,000
766, 200
598.400
458,100
503.400
545, 500
572, 200
601.400
623, 700
646.000
656.400
603.900
589, 300
567.000
567.000
568, 700
572, 200
1,026,800
1,131,700
680, 700
717.400
928, 600
835.400
870, 500
946, 700
897.800
922, 500
1,105, 700
918, 700
687.000
494,600
517.100
614, 700
640.100
674.400
705.100
713.900
709, 500
693, 700
692.800
684.900
684.000
684.000
689, 300
8
8
606, 200
524,500
559, 600
558.600
495.100
541,900
583,200
451.800
373.800
315, 700
305.600
401, 200
476, 700
526,300
560.100
561.800
538, 700
498.100
471, 700
418.100
361.800
350, 500
441.800
(0
523, 700
464.900
458.100
460,700
428.900
404.000
398,200
353,800
309.000
257.400
250, 600
254.500
257.400
267, 600
278, 700
287.300
288.300
281.100
266,100
268.500
259.900
248, 800
250, 700
(O’
(O'
(0
(0
(0
(O'
(O'
(0
(0
(p
209,000
164, 200
175, 200
190, 200'
200, 400
212, 200
217,300
219, 900
214,500
206, 600
207,400206,900
212,200
214, 800217/300’
Weekly pay rolls
1919 average_______________ $198,145,000 $23,937,000 $24,534,000
(0
(0
238, 300,000 30, 531,000 31,982,000
1920 _____________________
(0
(0
1921______________________
155,008,000 14,049,000 16,450,000
(0
(0
1922______________________
165,406,000 17,400,000 16,982,000
(0
(0
1923______________________
210,065,000 25,442,000 24, 618,000 $18,532,000 $14,856,000
1924______________________
195,376,000 23,834,000 22, 531,000 15,636,000 12,972,000
204,665,000 24, 680,000 23,843,000 17, 478,000 12,847,000
1925______________________
211,061,000 25,875,000 26, 310,000 17,126,000 13,025,000
1926____________ ______ _
1927............ ............................ 206,980,000 24, 289,000 25,095,000 15,450,000 12,475,000
208, 334,000 24, 740,000 26, 334,000 17,494,000 11,817,000
1928____________________ _
221,937,000 26,568,000 31, 761,000 18,136,000 12,255,000
1929______________________
1930______________________
180, 507,000 21,126,000 24,197,000 12,076,000 10,316,000
8,366,000
137, 256,000 13, 562,000 15,135,000
9,008,000
1931______________________
1932______________________
5, 793,000
93, 757,000
7,164,000
8, 546,000
7,012,000
98,623,000
8,925,000
5,652,000
8,975,000
6, 799,000
1933______________________
1934: January_____________ 109,806,000 10,134,000 11, 260,000
9,072,000
5, 710,000
February..................
123, 395,000 11, 269,000 12, 253,000 12,377,000
6,185,000
March_____ ______ _
131,852,000 12, 650,000 13,199,000 14, 529,000
6, 578,000
April________________ 136,962,000 14,006,000 14,311,000 15,906,000
7,188,000
M ay________________
136, 575,000 15,115,000 14,713,000 15,200,000
7,297,000
June.___ ____________ 132,040,000 15,436,000 14, 571,000 13, 513,000
7, 297,000
July_________________ 123,011,000 11, 737,000 13,838,000 11,361,000
6,931,000
126, 603,000 11, 219,000 13, 744,000 12,119,000
6,578,000
August______________
September__ _______
118,089,000 10,134,000 13,152,000
9,003,000
6,185,000
October___ ____ _____
124,138,000 10, 554,000 13,483,000
8, 555,000
6,347,000
November___________ 121,085,000 10,899,000 13, 531,000
6,022,000
8,332,000
December....... ........... . 128, 593, 000 11,737,000 14, 240,000 11, 637,000
6,022,000
i Comparable data not available.
(0
(0
(0
(O
(0
0>
(O'
(i>
(i)
0)
(0
(0
$4,622,000
2,865,000
3,039,000
3,452,000
3,826,000
4,163,000
4,317,000
4,441,000
4, 243,000
3,928,000
3,899,000
3,958,000
4,214,000
4,309,000
4 , 507 , o o a
1 0
Table 2 .— Estimated Number of Wage Earners and Weekly Wages in all Manu
facturing Industries Combined and in Industry Groups— Continued
Year and month
Lumber
and allied
products
Stone,
clay, and
glass
products
Textiles and their products
Fabrics
Wearing
apparel
Group
Leather
and its
manu
factures
E m p loym en t
1919 average_______________
1920
1921
192?
1928
1924
1925
1926
1927
3928
1929
1930
1931
1932
,1933
1934: January. ----------------February____________
March---------------------April________________
M a y ----------- ----------June________________
July_________________
August______________
September---------------October-------------------November___________
December____ _______
863,800
821,200
703,000
894,300
932,100
901,300
921,600
922, 300
864,100
848,100
876, 500
699,400
516,900
377,800
406,100
418,800
432,600
445,400
453, 700
468,400
459,200
448, 200
450,000
452,800
454,600
446,300
439,000
302,700
314,500
253,000
299,600
351,400
346,400
352,700
363, 500
349,800
334,900
328,500
280,800
222,800
156,000
157, 500
165,700
174,400
182,500
193,700
202,100
200,000
189,900
186,000
185,300
181,800
182,900
175, 500
1,052,600
1,045,300
994,300
1,054,900
1,164,400
1,041,900
1,109, 500
1,095,700
1,119, 200
1,062,400
1,095,900
950,400
886,700
794,100
952,600
988,400
1,065,800
1,087,900
1,070,200
1,049,200
993,900
961,900
946,400
685,500
991,700
991,700
1,039,300
507,800
519,400
473,900
487,800
499,300
455,800
466,500
472,800
501,400
513,100
536,700
497,700
472,000
401,800
418,100
385,900
442,800
471, 300
474,100
449,000
423,400
378,300
427,200
452,800
447,600
424,800
407, 700
1,609,400
1,612,400
1,509,400
1,585,500
1,714, 300
1, 545,500
1,627,400
1,628,000
1,694,400
1,651,300
1,706,900
1, 513,000
1,421,000
1,250,300
1,432, 700
1,437,100
1,577,300
1,629,400
1,614, 700
1,565,900
1,481,100
1,399,700
1,437,100
1,191,100
1,503,900
1,481,100
1, 512,100
349,600
318,600
280,100
314,600
344,800
311, 700
314,200
312,700
316,000
309,400
318,600
295,100
272,800
255, 500
269,400
268,200
292,100
299,900
298,600
295, 700
283,700
289,200
294, 700
277,200
269,800
264,000
274,300
$6,397,000 $17,494,000 $10,121,000 $28,440,000
8,239,000 21,005,000 12,124,000 34,115,000
5,907,000 17, 235,000 10, 266,000 28, 284,000
6,442,000 17, 747,000 10,438,000 28,962,000
8, 726,000 21,590,000 10,919,000 33,511,000
9,804,000 29, 712,000
8,926,000 19,014,000
8,985,000 20,497,000 10,284,000 31,795,000
9, 257,000 20, 241,000 10, 297,000 31,731,000
8,929,000 21,135,000 11,123,000 33,817,000
8, 541,000 19, 510,000 11,114,000 32,199,000
8,323,000 20, 251,000 11,476,000 33,321,000
6,828,000 16,167,000
9,680,000 27,115,000
4, 786,000 14,308,000
8,338,000 23,799,000
2, 588,000 10, 367,000
5,733,000 16,947,000
2,455,000 12,664,000
5, 757,000 19, 394,000
2, 655,000 13, 647,000
5,850,000 20, 526,000
2,956,000 15,948,000
7,473,000 24,676,000
3,081,000 16,457,000
8,414,000 26,164,000
3,445,000 16,152,000
7,866,000 25, 277,000
3, 507,000 15,256,000
7,039,000 23,472,000
3,445,000 13,626,000
6,377,000 21,033,000
3,205,000 13,117,000
5,716,000 19, 798,000
3,098,000 13,178,000
7, 297,000 21,571,000
3,081,000 10,001,000
7, 328,000 18, 214,000
3,152,000 14,889,000
7,587,000 23, 662,000
3,161,000 14, 767,000
6, 625,000 22,522,000
3,054,000 16, 335,000
6,336,000 23,852,000
$6, 978,000
7,437,000
6,040,000
6,711,000
7,472,000
6,654,000
6,831,000
6,909,000
7,009,000
6,696,000
6,915,000
5, 748,000
5,035,000
4,060,000
4,394,000
4, 716,000
5,708,000
5,896,000
5,736,000
5,512,000
5,093,000
5,393,000
5,498,000
4,834,000
4,492,000
4, 261,000
4,827,000
Weekly pay rolls
1919 average_____ ____. . .
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934: January_____________
February— ________
March________ ______
A p ril... __________ _
M ay ------ -----------------June------------------------July_______ _____
August______________
September____ ____ _
O cto b e r......................
November_____ _____
December___________
$16, 549,000
20,358,000
13,161,000
15, 234,000
18, 526,000
18, 228,000
18,824, 000
18,997,000
17,916,000
17,454,000
18,062,000
13,464,000
8, 641,000
4,656,000
4,900,000
5,075,000
5, 650,000
5,909,000
6,168,000
6,409,000
6,279,000
5,853,000
6, 205,000
6, 279,000
6, 520,000
6, 224,000
6,168,000
1 1
Table 2 .— Estimated Number of Wage Earners and Weekly Wages in all Manu
facturing Industries Combined and in Industry Groups— Continued
Year and month
Foods and
kindred
products
Tobacco
manufac
tures
Paper and
printing
Chemicals
and allied
products
Rubber
products
E m p loym en t
1919 average.......
192 0
_____
192 1
1922.......... .........
192 3
192 4
192 5
192 6
192 7
192 8
192 9
193 0
193 1
193 2
193 3
1934: January...
February..
March___
A pril........
M ay_____
June..........
July_____
August—
September.
October__
November.
December.
733,600
713,000
626,400
651,400
681,900
657,800
664,400
664,400
679,400
707,100
753, 500
731,100
650,500
577,100
631,000
628,700
627,800
643,100
649, 500
665,400
702,600
735,800
816,100
849, 700
798,900
728,800
693,800
157,000
154,000
149,900
146,400
146,300
136,700
132,100
125,700
129,300
125,600
116,100
108,300
99, 700
88,600
82,700
75,400
85,900
89,100
89, 500
84,800
86,400
84,600
90,100
89, 500
90,400
88,600
85, 700
510,100
549,100
467,100
489,400
527,400
529,200
537,100
553,600
553, 500
558,300
591,500
574,100
511,800
451,700
458,400
490,700
494, 500
497, 600
505,100
509,300
503,000
496, 000
498, 200
506,100
512,000
515, 200
519,400
0)
0)
0)
(0
342,700
322,200
334,200
355,100
346,700
342, 500
384,800
364,700
316,800
279,700
315,400
359, 200
368,300
375,600
377,400
353,500
348,100
350,800
356,000
361,800
364, 300
361,800
362,300
<*)
0)
0)
0)
137,800
123,200
141,800
141,200
142,000
149,200
149,100
115,500
99,200
87,800
99,300
110,100
113,600
117,000
120,900
119,700
115,000
112,700
108,400
105,300
103,900
102,900
106,100
(0
0)
0)
0)
$8,499,000
8,013,000
8,444,000
9,055,000
8,978,000
8,997,000
10,068,000
9, 334,000
7,643,000
5,861,000
6,179,000
7,035, 000
7, 257,000
7,417,000
7,683,000
7,352,000
7, 333,000
7, 381, 000
7, 487,000
7,479,000
7, 621, COO
7, 565,000
7,633,000
0)
0)
0)
0)
$3,500,000
3,223,000
3,676,000
3,707,000
3,810,000
4,069,000
3,966,000
2,934,000
2,165,000
1, 555,000
1,740,000
2,036,000
2,261,000
2,445,000
2,546,000
2,438,000
2,306,000
2,147,000
2,039,000
1,946,000
2,022,000
2,015,000
2,289,00©
Weekly pay rolls
1919__________________________
1920_____ _____________________
1921..______________ __________
1922. _____ ____________________
1923.... ................................ ..........
1924_______ ____ _______ _______
1925--...................... ...................
1926_______________ ______ ____
1927_______________ ______ ____
1928__________________________
1929___ ____ __________________
1930__________________________
1931______________ _____ ______
1932. _________ ________________
1933__________________________
1934: January______ _________
February.......... ...............
M a rch _________________
April_________ _______ _
M ay_______________ ____
June____________________
July____________________
August__________________
September_______________
October ___ ____________
November.______________
December_______________
i Comparable data not available.
$14,879,000
16,698,000
14, 333,000
14,142,000
15,296,000
15,155,000
15, 268,000
15, 503,000
15,838, COO
16, 388,000
17, 344,000
16,593,000
14,173,000
11,308,000
11,604, 000
12, 301,000
12, 352,000
12, 522, 0G0
12, 663,000
13, 296,000
14,008,000
14, 571, COO
16, 022,000
16, 661,000
15, 752,000
14, 651,000
14,156,000
$2, 386,000
2,772,000
2, 325,000
2, 206,000
2, 317,000
2,213,000
2,147,000
2,049,000
2,025,000
1,916,000
1,819,000
1,617,000
1,336,000
1,052, 000
944,000
886,000
1,012,000
1,019,0C0
1, 028,000
1,030,000
1,057, 000
1, 052, 0C0
1,097, COO
1,119, 000
1,090,000
1,086,000
1,110,000
$10,873,000
14,729,000
12,259,000
12, 762,000
14, 304, 000
14,797,000
15, 506,000
16, 478, 000
16,501,000
16, 691,000
17,771,000
17,036,000
14,461,000
11,126,000
10, 299,000
11, 045,000
11, 297,000
11,550,000
11,847,000
11,981, 000
11, 728, 000
11, 491,000
11, 654,000
11,937,000
12, 293,000
12, 308,000
12,858,000
1 2
Index Numbers of Employment and Pay-Roll Totals in Manufacturing
Industries
G e n e r a l index numbers of factory employment and pay rolls
by months, from January 1919 to December 1934, inclusive, together
with average indexes for each of these years, based on the 3-year
average, 1923-25 as 100, are shown in table 3. A chart of these
indexes also follows.
Table 3.— General Indexes of Employment and Pay Rolls in Manufacturing
Industries— January 1919 to December 1934
13-year average, 1923-25=100]
E m ploym en t
Month
January------February___
March------ -April----------M ay-----------June.- ------July-----------August-------September.
October._ . . .
Novem ber...
December___
1919
1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934
105.3
102.0
102.4
102.5
103.1
104.3
106.9
109.7
111.7
111.3
112.6
114.4
114.9
113. 7
116.0
114,5
112.0
111. 1
108.5
108. 8
107.5
103. 7
97. 4
89. 7
81.0 82.5
82.6 84.6
83.2 85.9
82.1 85.8
81.9 87.9
81.0 89.8
79.8 88.2
81. 2 91.4
83.4 94.5
84.1 97.0
84.2 99.0
83.3 100.5
100.7 100.2 96.3
102.5 101.5 98.1
104. 6 101.7 98.8
105.0 99.9 98.7
105.3 96.8 98.1
106.0 93.8 98.0
104.9 91.0 97.8
105. 2 92.1 99.5
105. 7 94.4 101. 5
104. 5 95.3 102.2
103.2 94.8 101.8
101.4 96.1 101.5
100.5 98.2 95.0 100.8
101.5 99.7 06.5 102.9
102.1 100.2 97.6 104.1
101.4 99.6 97.1 105.3
100.4 99.1 97.0 105.3
100.3 99.1 97.8 105.6
99.4 98.1 97.7 106.1
101.4 99.3 100.1 107.9
103.4 100.5 102.2 109.0
103.1 99.6 102. 6 107.7
101.4 97.4 101.7 103.6
100.0 96.1 101. 2 99.8
97.3
97.4
96.9
96. 3
94.8
92.9
89. 5
88.8
89.6
87.7
84.6
82.3
79.6
80.3
80.7
80.7
80.1
78.4
77.0
77.1
77.4
74.4
71.8
71.0
68.7
69.5
68.4
66.1
63.4
61.2
58.9
60.1
63.3
64.4
63.4
62.1
60.2
61.1
58.8
59. 9
62.6
66.9
71.5
76.4
80.0
79.6
76.2
74.4
73.3
77.7
80.8
82.4
82.5
81.1
78.7
79.5
75.8
78.4
76.8
78.1
A v e r a g e .--- 107.3 108.2 82.3 90.6 104.1 96.5 99.4 101.2 98.9 98.9 104.8 91.5 77.4 64.1 69.0 78.8
Pay rolls
January------February___
March--------April----------M ay ----------June-----------July-----------August-------September. ..
October_____
November__
December___
Average. __
95.3
89.6
90.0
89.2
90.0
92.0
94.8
99.9
104.7
102.2
106.7
114.0
117.2
115.5
123.7
120.9
122.4
124.2
119.3
121.6
119.8
115.8
107.0
98.0
82.8
81.3
81.7
79.0
77.3
75.4
71.7
73.9
73.4
72.6
71.7
73.3
69.6
72.4
74.9
73.8
77.2
80.5
78.5
83.0
87.0
89.5
93.4
95.7
94.6 98.8 95.4
97.9 104.1 100.8
102. 5 104.1 102.4
103.8 101.8 100.0
107. 3 97. 5 100.7
107.5 92.4 98.7
103.3 85.7 96.8
103.8 89.3 99.3
104.3 92.5 98.8
106. 6 95. 1 104.6
104.5 93.7 104.6
102.9 97.6 105.2
100.9 98.4 96.0 102.3
105.0 104.4 101.2 109.3
106.5 105.7 102. 5 111.6
104.4 104.5 100.5 112.6
103.1 104.0 101.3 112.9
103.3 102.4 101.7 111.2
99.0 98.5 99.0 107.2
103. 4 101.9 103.3 112.0
104.4 101.4 104.7 112.9
107.6 102. 1 108.2 112.4
104.1 98.5 105.0 104.1
103. 5 99.5 105.6 100.7
95.9
98.8
98.8
97.7
95.4
92.3
84.3
83.3
84.1
82.2
76.8
75.2
70.0
74.3
75.6
74.-4
73.4
69.7
66.2
65.9
63.4
61.3
58.1
57.6
53.5
54.6
53.1
49.5
46.8
43.4
39.8
40.6
42.9
44.7
42.9
41.5
39.5
40.2
37.1
38.8
42.7
47.2
50.8
56.8
59.1
59.4
55.5
54.5
54.0
60.6
64.8
67.3
67.1
64.9
60.5
62.2
58.0
61.0
59.5
63.2
97.4 117.1 76.2 81.3 103.3 96.1 100.6 103.8 101.8 102.4 109.1 88.7 67.5 46.1 48.5 61.9
For comparative purposes the Bureau has computed the group and
general index numbers of employment and pay rolls for December
1934 based on the 12-month average for 1926 as 100. These are a
continuation of the former series of indexes covering 89 industries and
show some slight differences in percentage changes from the previous
month when compared with those shown by the revised series. These
differences are due to changes in method of construction and weighting
factors and to the inclusion of the canning and preserving industry
in the revised series of indexes. These indexes on the 1926 base are
presented in table 4.
E m p lo y m e n t c P a y R o l l s
,,, u„-
M a n u fa ctu rin g In du stries
3-year average 1()23
=100
U.S.Department of Labor
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
Washington
Index
Numbers
Index
Numbers
m -
140
130-
130
-Employment
120-
120
110-
110
100-
100
90-
<>0
80-
SO
70-
70
60
Pau Rolls
-
60
5°:
50
40-
40
30-
30
20
-
20
10 -
10
0-
1919 1920
1921
1922
1923 1924
192)
1926 1927
1928
1929 1^30
1931 1932
1933
1934
1935
0
14
Table 4.— Indexes of Employment and Pay Rolls in 14 Groups, 2 Subgroups
and All Manufacturing Combined, December 1934
[Average for 1926=100]
Employ
Pay-roll in
dex
ment index
Group
Total manufacturing.... ............................. ............................................................
73.4
57.8
Iron and steel and their products, not including machinery................................
Machinery, not including transportation equipment...........................................
Transportation equipment______________________________________________ .
Railroad repair shops.—. ......................... ..................... ................... ...................
Nonferrous metals and their products_________ ___ _______ _____ ____ ______
Lumber and allied products________________ ____ _____________ ______ ____
Stone, clay, and glass products............................................... ...............................
Textiles and their products.....................................................................................
Fabrics..................................... .......................................................................
Wearing apparel...............................................................................................
Leather and its manufactures______________________ _______ ______________
Food and kindred products.......................... ........................................................ .
Tobacco manufactures.................- ................ ................. ................. ...................
Paper and printing............. ...................... .............................................................
Chemicals and allied products and petroleum refining__________ ____________
Rubber products................................................................. ........ ............................
70.2
69.3
75.3
48.3
74.2
45.1
50.1
83.5
90.8
66.1
80.2
101.7
69.2
93.6
98.8
80.1
47.6
52.8
64.8
40.6
58.1
29. a
33.4
66.3
76.&
45.9
59.5
88. &
57.5
80.2
83.2
67.3
In table 5 are presented employment and pay-roll indexes for the
durable and nondurable groups by months, January 1923 to December
1934, inclusive. These indexes'are based on the 3-year average,
1923-25 as 100.
Table 5*— Indexes of Employment and Pay Rolls in the Durable and Nondurable
Groups, January 1923 to December 1934
[3-year average, 1923-25=100]
Durable group
1
E m ploym en t
Month
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
99. 2
101. 5
104. 0
105. 6
106. 6
107. 7
106. 6
106. 4
106. 0
105. 4
104. 3
102. 0
100.6
102.0
103.1
102.7
98.8
94.7
91.1
91.0
91.8
93.4
93.1
94.7
95.3
97.0
98.3
99.3
99.1
98.4
97.3
98.2
99.7
101.4
101.8
101.9
100.9
102.3
103.3
103.5
102.8
102.3
101.1
102.1
102.7
102.2
100.3
98.3
95.6
97.3
98.2
98.1
98.0
97.1
94.9
95.3
94.9
94.3
92.1
90.9
89.8
91.8
93.7
94.7
96.1
96.6
95.8
98.1
99.4
99.8
99.3
98.8
99.1
101.7
103.5
105.3
106.5
106.4
106.3
107.3
106.8
105.0
100.3
95.8
93.1
93.3
93.1
92.8
91.8
89.1
84.7
82.2
81.0
79.6
77.1
74.9
71.9
72.1
72.2
72.2
71.4
69.5
66.8
65.3
64.5
61.8
60.3
59.7
57.3
57.8
56.5
54.6
52.9
50.9
48.5
46.9
47.3
47.7
48.1
47.3
45.4
45.8
43.9
44.4
47.0
50.7
55.3
60.1
63.4
63.2
61.2
60.7
59.8
63.5
67.1
70.0
71.5
70.8
67.4
66.1
64.2
62.8
62.2
64.3
Average.. 104. 6
96.4
99.0
101.8
95.6
96.2
103.7
86.1
67.3
51.3
53.4
65.8
January.......... .
February_____
March-----------April.................
M ay-------------June-------------July__________
August----------September.......
October______
November-----December.........
1934
Pay rolls
91. 6
95. 8
101. 4
104. 6
109. 1
110. 0
104. 5
106. 0
105. 2
108. 9
107. 4
104. 0
97.9
105.5
106.6
105.7
100.3
93.0
84.0
87.3
89.0
93.0
91.8
95.9
92.5
99.7
101.7
100.8
101.9
99.2
95.4
97.5
97.1
104.6
105.3
105.7
99.0
105.2
107.3
106.5
105.2
104.9
99.1
103.7
103.1
107.0
103.2
100.9
93.3
101.1
103.4
103.2
103.2
99.8
93.9
97.5
95.1
96.8
93.3
94.1
89.5
96.8
99.5
99.8
101.8
101.2
97.1
102.0
102.3
107.0
104.2
103.9
100.0
109.0
112.0
114. 7
115.8
112.9
107.1
112.6
111.7
111.1
101.7
96.7
90.1
94.6
95.1
95.3
93.3
89.1
78.1
75.6
74.7
73.7
68.4
66.4
59.8
64.4
65.7
65.1
64.1
59.4
54.3
52.9
49.6
48.5
46.4
45.8
41.3
42.0
40.4
38.0
37.0
33.3
29.8
28.2
27.9
29.8
30.0
29.4
27.6
27.7
25.3
26.6
30.8
34.7
38.0
43.9
44.7
45.4
42.5
42.3
41.6
47.9
52.8
57.4
58.656.9
49.9
50.0
45.5
46.4
46.1
50.4
Average— 104.0
95.8
100.1
103.8
97.9
100.4
108.8
82.9
56.3
33.9
35.8
50.3’
January. ..........
February.........
March-----------April— ..........
M ay-------------June_________
July........ ..........
August.............
September____
October---------November____
December........
i Includes the following groups of manufacturing industries: Iron and steel; machinery; transportation
equipment; railroad repairjshops; nonferrous metals; lumber and allied products; and stone, clay, and
glass products.
15
Table 5 .- -Indexes of Employment and Pay Rolls in the Durable and Nondurable
Groups, January 1923 to December 1934— Continued
Nondurable group
5
E m p loym en t
jviontn
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
102.5
103.8
105.3
104.4
104.1
104.2
103.3
104.0
105. 2
103. 6
102.2
100.8
99.8
100.8
100.1
97.0
94.6
93.0
90.9
93.4
97.3
97.3
96.7
97.7
97.5
99.3
99.5
98.3
97.0
97.5
98.5
101.0
103.5
103.2
101.9
101.1
100.2
100.6
100.9
99.1
97.8
98.3
97.5
100.6
104.1
104.2
102. 5
101.9
101.0
102.3
102.5
101.3
100.3
101.2
101.6
103. 5
106.5
105|2
103.1
101.7
100.6
101.8
101.8
99.6
98.0
99.0
99.7
102.3
105.3
105.6
104.3
103.7
102.7
104.3
104.9
105.4
104.1
104.7
105.8
108.6
111.4
110.6
107.1
104.0
101.8
101.7
100.9
100.1
98.0
96.9
94.7
95.9
98.9
96.5
92.7
90.1
87.8
89.0
90.0
89.8
89.3
88.0
88.2
89.8
91.1
88.0
84.2
83.0
80.9
82.2
81.2
78.5
74.8
72.4
70.1
74.2
80.4
82.3
79.9
77.8
76.0
77.6
74.7
76.5
79.3
84.3
88.9
93.9
97.8
97.2
92.2
89.1
87.9
93.0
95. 4
95.8
94.3
92.3
90.8
94.0
88.2
95.1
92.4
92.9
Average— 103.6
96.6
99.8
100.6
102.5
101.8
106.1
97.4
88.2
77.9
85.6
92.7
January______
February_____
March________
A p ril________
M ay_________
June...............
July__________
August_______
September____
October_____..
November____
December____
1934
Pay rolls
January______
February_____
March_____ _
April_________
M ay_________
June_________
July__________
August_______
September____
O ctober______
November____
December____
98.5
100.8
104.1
103.1
105.0
104. 5
101.9
101.1
103.2
103.6
100.8
101.6
99.8
102.2
101.0
96.8
94.1
91.6
88.0
91.9
96.9
97.8
96.1
100.0
99.3
102.1
103.4
99.0
99.2
98.2
98.6
101.7
101.0
104.7
103.7
104.6
103.5
104.9
105.5
101.8
100.4
101.3
98.9
103.0
105. 9
108.5
105.3
106.8
104.7
108.6
108.7
106.1
105.1
105.8
104.3
107.4
109.6
108.8
105.1
106.3
104.1
106.8
106.4
101.5
100.8
102.5
101.6
104. 9
107.6
109.8
106.1
107.8
105.3
109.8
111.0
110. 2
109.3
109.1
107.3
111.3
114.4
114.2
107.4
105.8
103.2
104.1
103.5
100.8
98.3
96.5
92.3
93.2
96.0
93.0
87.4
86.5
83.0
86.9
88.3
86.3
85.2
82.7
81.3
82.5
80.8
77.6
73.0
72.5
69.1
70.7
69.2
64.0
59.3
56.2
52.6
56.3
61.8
63.6
59.2
56.9
54.5
56.2
52.1
54.4
57.9
63.1
67.0
73.3
77.6
77.3
72.1
70.1
69.7
76.9
80.1
80.0
78.1
75.1
73.9
77.8
74.0
79.6
76.6
79.5
Average.. 102.4
96.4
101.3
103.8
106.7
105.0
109.6
96.2
81.7
61.6
64.6
76.8
2 Includes remaining groups of manufacturing industries not shown under footnote 1.
In table 6 are presented general indexes of factory employment
and pay rolls by yearly averages, 1919 to 1934, inclusive, and by
months, January to December 1934, inclusive. Indexes for the same
periods are also presented for each of the 90 manufacturing industries
surveyed and for the 14 major and 2 subgroups into which they are
classified.
112178-35-
-3
16
Table 6*— Indexes of Employment and Pay Rolls in Manufacturing Industries
[3-year average, 1923-25=100]
Iron and steel and their products, not including machinery
General index
Month and year
1919 average..............
1920 average..............
1921 average.............
1922 average.............
1923 average_______
1924 average_______
1925 average-..........
1926 average....... ......
1927 average.......... .
1928 average_______
1929 average....... ......
1930 average_______
1931 average_______
1932 average.......... .
1933 average-............
1934 average.............
1934
January___________
February..................
March......... ............
April______________
M ay______________
June.........................
July_______________
August.___________
September_________
October___________
November................
December_________
Group index
Blast furnaces,
steel works,
and rolling
mills
Bolts, nuts,
washers, and
rivets
Cast-iron pipe
Em
ploy
ment
Pay
rolls
Em
ploy
ment
Pay
rolls
Em
ploy
ment
Pay
rolls
Em
ploy
ment
Pay
rolls
Em
ploy
ment
107.2
108.2
82.3
90.6
104.1
96.5
99.4
101.2
98.9
98.9
104.8
91.5
77.4
64.1
69.0
78.8
97.4
117.1
76.2
81.3
103.3
96.1
100.6
103.8
101.8
102.4
109.1
88.7
67.5
46.1
48.5
61.9
99.9
107.8
66.6
84.1
103.9
97.0
99.1
102.5
97.2
96.6
102.6
89.2
69.7
53.3
58.6
69.0
97.1
123.8
57.0
70.6
103.2
96.7
100.1
105.0
98.6
100.4
107.8
85.7
55.0
29.1
36.2
49.0
0)
0)
0)
0)
104.5
97.1
98.4
101.0
95.7
96.2
103.2
90.3
68.4
51.5
58.5
69.7
0)
0)
0)
0)
104.5
96.5
99.0
103.0
96.7
100.6
109.6
87.7
53.6
24.8
35.4
49.2
0)
0)
0)
0)
112.5
89.5
98.0
0)
96.0
0)
114.0
0)
74.2
60.8
71.0
78.1
0)
0)
0)
0)
111.5
89.5
99.0
0)
95.6
0)
122.0
0)
56.2
33.8
42.1
54.3
0)
0)
0)
0)
96.0
101.6
102.4
110.1
101.8
92.4
87.8
80.4
71.5
45.5
39.2
51.1
0)
0)
0)
0)
94.6
101. 7
103.7
110.5
98.2
85.3
85.2
75.3
55.1
24.2
19.7
27.8
73.3
77.7
80.8
82.4
82.5
81.1
78.7
79.5
75.8
78.4
76.8
78.1
54.0
60.6
64.8
67.3
67.1
64.9
60.5
62.2
58.0
61.0
59.5
63.2
63.5
66.6
70.0
72.6
75.2
76.4
70.3
68.6
66.0
66.0
66.2
66.6
41.1
45.7
51.3
56.8
61.3
62.6
47.6
45.5
41.1
42.8
44.2
47.6
65.0
67.3
70.1
72.9
76.8
79.1
72.4
69.7
65.3
65.4
65.9
66.9
41.2
46.1
52.2
59.4
66.1
68.9
47.9
44.0
37.3
39.2
41.7
46.5
74.6
78.4
80.1
83.8
87.1
84.8
79.8
77.7
71.7
72.5
72.2
74.7
48.7
55.0
59.4
64.7
68.1
64.5
55.4
53.3
39.6
43.9
44.9
53.7
50.6
49.6
50.3
51.5
51.1
53.6
51.9
53.8
52.1
50.8
49.3
48.5
28.0
27.0
26.1
28.0
29.9
28.9
27.4
29.2
28.2
27.5
26.4
27.4
Pay
rolls
Iron and steel and their products, not including machinery—'Continued
Month and year
Cutlery (not
including silver
and plated
cutlery) and
edge tools
1919 average_______
1920 average— .........
1921 average_______
1922 average______
1923 average....... ......
1924 average...........
1925 average_______
1926 average_______
1927 average_______
1928 average..............
1929 average.............
1930 average........ .
1931 average_______
1932 average_______
1933 average_______
1934 average..............
1934
January___________
February.................
March.... ..............
April..... ....................
M ay....... ................
June...................... .
July_______________
August-----------------September_________
October___________
November_________
December_________
Forgings—iron
and steel
Hardware
Plumbers’
supplies
Steam and hotwater heating
apparatus
and steam
fittings
Em
ploy
ment
Pay
rolls
Em
ploy
ment
Pay
rolls
Em
ploy
ment
Pay
rolls
Em
ploy
ment
Pay
rolls
Em
ploy
ment
0)
0)
0)
0)
99.6
102.4
98.0
0)
94.6
0)
89.5
0)
74.2
67.6
65.1
77.6
0)
(ll
0)
0)
97.9
101.8
100.3
0)
93.7
0)
87.5
0)
60.4
46.8
42.8
55.4
0)
0)
0)
0)
116.5
97.4
86.1
0)
65.5
0)
87.8
0)
41.9
35.8
40.8
54.6
0)
(1J
0)
0)
113.9
97.4
88.7
0)
66.7
0)
97.8
0)
32.5
19.9
25.0
39.4
103.5
102.5
69.0
88.9
101.6
96.6
101.8
100.8
93.0
92.8
101.7
88.6
70.3
55.1
55.8
62.7
93.6
99.0
58.4
72.4
100.1
96.3
103.6
106.3
96.1
96.0
106.9
81.6
58.9
35.5
36.1
47.0
0)
0)
0)
(0
89.9
100.1
110.0
0)
96.7
0)
92.5
0)
65.1
51.1
58.2
58.4
0)
(1}
0)
0)
89.5
100.0
110.5
0)
94.6
0)
87.2
0)
48.0
27.6
31.1
32.6
0)
0)
0)
0)
102.2
97.7
100.1
102.6
99.3
92.4
91.6
78.3
67.1
46.5
49.5
47.6
0)
0)
0)
0)
101.7
98.0
100.3
105.5
101.6
94.4
92.4
69.0
46.3
24.7
26.4
29.9
70.6
74.2
79.9
81.9
81.3
79.7
75.4
77.7
76.7
78.3
78.9
76.6
48.8
53.0
57.2
59.4
59.3
56.5
53.4
53.0
53.2
55.9
57.4
57.6
53.1
55.8
61.8
59.2
60.7
59.0
51.5
51.9
47.5
49.2
51.0
54.9
37.2
42.8
48.1
47.0
45.7
42.9
34.3
34.7
29.1
31.5
35.8
43.5
69.0
73.7
80.6
85.3
82.0
73.0
51.8
51.3
45.8
44.2
45.4
50.4
49.7
55.7
64.6
70.3
61.8
52.5
34.8
37.9
29.2
31.8
34.2
41.1
42.3
54.6
57.2
54.7
54.1
64.3
64.0
60.5
59.7
61.9
62.7
64.2
19.5
27.7
30.1
30.3
30.4
38.3
36.4
34.0
31.0
36.3
37.6
39.9
43.9
45.4
45.8
45.8
47.7
49.2
48.3
48.6
48.8
49.6
49.3
48.6
25.8
26.8
27.7
28.3
30.6
31.8
31.2
30.3
30.7
32.4
32.0
31.4
1 Data not available.
Pay
rolls
17
Table 6 .— Indexes o f Em ploym ent and Pay Rolls in M anufacturing Industries Continued
Iron and steel and their products, not including machinery—Continued
Stoves
Month and year
1919 average..............
1920 average_______
1921 average______
1922 average_______
1923 average.......... .
1924 average.............
1925 average_______
1926 average_______
1927 average______
1928 average_______
1929 average_______
1930 average.............
1931 average..... ........
1932 average_______
1933 average..... ........
1934 average........ .
1934
January__________
February__________
March____________
April______________
M ay________ _____
June... . _________
July_____ ____ ____
August____________
September............ .
October___________
November_________
December____ ____
Structural and
ornamental
metal work
Tin cans and
other tinware
Tools, not in
cluding edge
tools, machine
tools, files,
and saws
Wire work
Em
ploy
ment
Pay
rolls
Em
ploy
ment
Pay
rolls
Em
ploy
ment
Pay
rolls
Em
ploy
ment
Pay
rolls
Em
ploy
ment
0)
0)
0)
0)
106.0
95.0
99.0
104.2
96.2
94.0
99.3
83.1
69.4
57.3
68.7
87.2
0)
0)
0)
0)
103.5
96.0
100.5
105.8
97.5
93.5
98.8
74.3
53.4
35.0
43.9
60.1
0)
(M
0)
0)
104.4
97.7
97.9
107.5
106.1
106.5
111.2
98.9
76.0
50.8
46.1
56.8
0)
0)
0)
0)
104.0
96.6
99.4
109.9
108.8
311.0
112.8
94.2
61.5
31.1
26.3
38.9
0)
0)
0)
0)
101.0
100.0
99.0
C1)
98.4
0)
104.3
0)
83.7
73.8
78.7
90.7
0)
0)
0)
0)
97.7
100.0
102.3
0)
104.2
0)
113.6
0)
83.8
67.3
70.6
84.4
0)
0)
0)
0)
105.7
102.2
92.1
0)
91.7
0)
107.6
0)
60.4
46.5
48.9
59.8
0)
0)
0)
0)
103.1
101.8
95.1
0)
95.6
0)
117.8
0)
51.1
32.2
34.7
49.9
0)
0)
0)
0)
93.1
100.0
106.9
0)
120.4
0)
124.2
0)
95.6
90.3
103.3
124.4
0)
0)
0)
0)
89. 6
100.0
110.4
0)
122. 5
0)
129. 3:
0)
80.6
61.9*
75.7
101.0
65.0
75.4
83.7
90.9
95.5
94.2
86.6
87.7
91.6
95.3
93.9
86.1
37.5 i
48.3 i
57.0
63.8
68.5
66.2
56.5
57.7
65.8
71.9
67.0
61.1
51.6
52.8
53.9
56.0
58.5
59.7
59.0
59.0
58.6
57.1
57.9
57.6
31.9
33.5
35.1
37.6
41. 5
42.7
40.6
41.8
40.5
40.8
41.2
39.2
79.1
79.6
85.4
88.2
91.2
96.7
99.6
99.1
101.0
93.9
89.6
85.5
71.1
70.5
79.7
84.2
86.9
94.1
94.5
93. 6
96.2
82.5
79.4
79.6
59.1
61.0
62.4
63.0
61.8
61.1
59.3
57.4
57.2
57.7
58.1
59.3
45.6
48.6
52.5
52.9
54.0
52.7
49.0
49.0
47.0
47.4
48.4
52.1
119.6
120.7
125.5
131.4
134.8
131.4
123.6
116.3
120.2
121.4
121.2
126.1
91. 7
92. 5
99.5
110. 6
123.1
119. &
96.0
90.1
92. 0
95.9;
94.5
107. 2'
Pay
rolls-
Machinery, not including transportation equipment
Month and year
1919 average_______
1920 average..........
1921 average_______
1922 average_______
1923 average.............
1924 average_____
1925 average......... .
1926 average..______
1927 average_______
1928 average.............
1929 average........... .
1930 average______
1931 average_______
1932 average_______
1933 average........... .
1934 average........ .
1934
January........ ..........
February__________
March____________
April______________
M ay___ ____ ______
June______________
July______________
August—..................
September_________
October___________
November_________
December.................
Group index
Agricultural
implements
Cash registers,
adding
machines, and
calculating
machines
Electrical
machinery,
apparatus and
supplies
Engines, tur
bines, trac
tors, and
water wheels
Em
ploy
ment
Pay
rolls
Em
ploy
ment
Pay
rolls
Em
ploy
ment
Pay
rolls
Em
ploy
ment
Pay
rolls
Em
ploy
ment
1 1 6 .9
1 2 8 .9
7 7 .5
8 1 .7
1 0 5 .8
9 5 .1
9 9 .1
1 0 7 .8
1 0 2 .3
1 0 5 .1
1 2 5 .9
1 0 4 .6
7 8 .3
5 6 .3
5 8 .9
7 7 .7
1 0 3 .7
1 3 5 .2
6 9 .5
7 1 .8
1 0 4 .0
9 5 .3
1 0 0 .7
1 1 1 .2
1 0 6 .0
1 1 1 .3
1 3 4 .2
1 0 2 .2
6 3 .9
3 6 .1
3 7 .9
5 7 .2
0)
0)
0)
0)
110.0
88.1
101.9
115.3
118.5
137. 9
147.9
110.7
62.3
39.2
44.5
75.1
0)
0)
0)
0)
109.9
88.7
101.4
119.1
125.9
152.4
160.0
106.9
51.9
32.4
37.7
77.7
0)
0)
0)
0)
107.4
97.2
95.4
0)
103.1
0)
120.8
87.3
75.4
79.5
102.0
0)
0)
(1J
0)
105.1
97.3
97.6
0)
100.4
0)
137.3
0)
69.1
50.6
56.4
79.4
C1)
0)
0)
0)
103.0
97.9
99.1
0)
0)
0)
127.3
107.1
80.9
56.8
51.3
63.9
0)
0)
0)
0)
100.1
99.2
100.7
0)
0)
0)
134.4
109.3
68.7
37.1
33.6
47.7
0)
0)
0)
0)
99.1
96.0
104.9
115.4
111.3
113.2
125.3
106.1
68.1
42.4
44.8
69.7
0)
0)
0)
0)
99.5
96.7
103.8
119.2
119. a
125.5
138. 9
107. 2
54.0
24.0
25.7
45.7
7 0 .0
7 2 .9
7 6 .8
8 0 .3
8 1 .3
8 0 .8
7 9 .0
7 8 .9
7 8 .0
7 7 .9
7 7 .9
4 7 .6
5 1 .8
5 5 .8
6 0 .5
6 2 .2
6 1 .6
65.8
75.6
75.9
87.2
83.0
73.3
69.3
66.8
67.8
72.9
79.6
83.8
65.2
75.7
78.2
93.6
87.2
76.1
70.2
68.3
66.7
74.4
85.7
91.2
96.0
98.2
99.5
102.0
103.9
94.5
104.6
105.7
106.0
106.7
106.7
99.9
74.0
71.8
72.8
76.7
82.3
75.6
86.3
84.0
85.1
78.7
83.3
81.7
57.8
59.2
61.8
63.7
65.4
66.2
65.1
65.3
65.9
65.0
65.4
65.6
38.2
40.9
43.8
47.8
49.9
51.8
49.8
50.2
48.0
49.3
50.0
52.2
59. 7
62.8
65.8
69.3
68.9
72.6
71.4
71.8
71.1
72.3
73.5
76.7
36.8
39.6
41.3
44.8
45.2
49.6
45.6
47.9
46.1
48.4
50.0
52.7
1 Data not available.
78.5
58.5
58.1
55.6
5 7 .0
5 7 .2
6 0 .2
0)
Pay
rolls
1 8
Table 6.— Indexes o f Em ploym ent and Pay Rolls in M anufacturing Industries—
Continued
Machinery, not including transportation equipment—Continued
Month and year
Foundry and
machine-shop
products
Machine tools
Radios and
phonographs
Em
ploy
ment
Em
ploy
ment
Em
ploy
ment
1919 average_______
1920 average---------1921 average_______
1922 average..........
1923 average_______
1924 average----------1925 average_______
1926 average_______
1927 average----------1928 average----------1929 average_______
1930 average_______
1931 average_______
1932 average----------1933 average----------1934 average_______
3934
January---- -----------February__________
March____________
April--------------------M ay______________
June--------------------July______________
August-----------------September.. --------O ctober__________
November_________
December_________
Pay
rolls
Pay
rolls
Pay
rolls
Textile
machinery
and parts
Em
ploy
ment
Pay
rolls
Typewriters
and parts
Em
ploy
ment
Pay
rolls
0)
(l)
0)
0)
108.4
93.9
97.7
103.3
97.7
98.8
111.3
94.2
69.7
50.4
52.6
68.0
0)
0)
0)
0)
106.7
93.6
99.7
107.4
99.9
102.6
117.9
89.0
55.4
31.1
32.8
49.6
0)
0)
0)
0)
108.1
92.0
99.9
119.3
114.3
127.9
167.2
126.0
74.7
40.5
41.7
69.0
0)
0)
0)
0)
105.3
90.8
103.9
125. 3
116.3
139.8
187.6
121.9
61.5
27.5
28.7
53. 4
0)
C1)
(1}
0)
89.5
105.9
104.6
0)
0)
0)
204. 5
141.0
124.4
100.0
151.4
203.5
0)
0)
0)
0)
88.1
107.5
104.4
0)
0)
0)
202.9
139.8
96.5
62.7
85.4
116.5
0)
0)
0)
0)
116.4
92.7
90.9
90.1
85.3
78.5
88.1
71.2
61.3
48.7
61.1
69.1
0)
0)
0)
0)
117.5
86.8
95.7
95.7
93.2
84.2
96.7
66.0
54.3
35.4
47.0
54.4
0)
0)
0)
0)
100. 0
100.0
100.0
0)
111.5
0)
121.1
0)
77.8
58.7
62.7
94.4
0)
0)
0)
0)
98.4
100.0
101.6
0)
113.0
0)
130.1
0)
60.0
35.2
42.4
81.1
61.2
64.1
68.3
71.6
73.6
73. 1
69.5
69.0
66.8
66.4
66.0
66.8
41.3
45.4
49.9
54.4
56.8
55. 5
51.1
50.3
46.7
47.6
46.6
49.7
58.9
67.8
70.9
70.8
71.9
70.9
69.1
66.1
69.7
69.1
70.2
72.2
44.5
54.2
57.4
57.7
59.3
57.0
51.5
49.0
50.8
50.3
52.6
56.4
181.7
177.5
187.6
200.2
201. 2
206.0
205.0
217.5
219.9
222.8
214.5
207.9
95.1
96.5
101.5
108.9
112.4
117.4
114.4
123.1
127.0
137.8
131.5
132.0
71.1
74.1
75.8
75.0
75.9
73.2
71.3
66.5
62.2
60.8
60.8
62.5
57.5
60.6
61.6
60.9
62.9
59.5
56.1
49.3
45.4
44.8
43.4
50.9
85.7
90.9
97.8
102.6
78.8
64.5
96.8
99.7
101.3
104.1
106.1
104.4
66.0
74. 2
81.3
84.1
62.3
53.4
84.8
86.6
92.5
92.5
97.8
97.3
Transportation equipment
Month and year
Group index
Em
ploy
ment
1919 average_______
0)
1920 average_____
0)
1921 average----------0)
1922 average_______
0
)
1923 average----------- 107.6
93.1
1924 average_______
99.3
1925 average_______
99.1
1926 average_______
87.9
1927 average_______
96.2
1928 average_______
1929 average----------- 103.5
80.2
1930 average_______
66.3
1931 average----------56.0
1932 average_______
54.2
1933 average_______
82.9
1934 average_______
1934
January----------------- 71.2
84.6
February----- --------93.4
March____________
April------- -------- ----- 99.4
99.7
M ay______________
95.6
June______________
July........ ...... ........... 88.4
83.7
August-----------------September....... ........ 74.2
October.___________ 64.2
November_________ 62.2
78.4
December..... .........
i Data not available.
Aircraft
Automobiles
Cars, electric
and steam
railroad
Pay
rolls
Em
ploy
ment
Pay
rolls
Em
ploy
ment
Pay
rolls
Em
ploy
ment
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
74.8
90.3
48.7
65.7
100.6
90.6
108.8
104.8
93.3
113.9
111.6
65.7
53.4
42.3
42.8
76.1
0)
0)
0)
0)
126. 9
93. 8
79. 3
75. 0
59. 9
48. 4
63. 1
54. 7
29. 6
26. 3
25. 4
43. 4
58.3
82.3
98.1
107.4
100.4
85.8
70.7
76.5
54.3
52.0
51.3
76.4
31. 5
37. 7
41. 1
46. 2
50. 6
57. 8
55. 8
51. 7
44. 8
36. 6
32. 4
34. 0
107.7
90.8
101.5
99.5
89.8
101.6
105.4
70.2
52.3
40.7
39.5
68.6
103. 6
100. 0
96. 4
0)
157. 9
0)
525. 2
0)
353. 1
253. 7
298. 5
332. 5
103. 4
100. 0
96. 6
0)
156. 8
0)
501. 5
0)
354. 8
251. 0
269. 5
288. 2
85.1
88.1
52.9
71.9
100.6
93.6
105. 8
104.8
91.9
108.1
111.3
80.3
71.0
60.8
59.8
93.2
52.7
71.9
84.4
92.4
88.3
78.5
66.0
70.4
52.3
49.7
48.4
67.6
336. 3
347. 1
334. 6
395. 8
371. 3
418. 1
372. 5
333. 4
296. 0
265. 0
250. 4
269. 4
287. 0
304. 5
288. 1
331. 9
314. 9
366. 3
324. 9
301. 8
255. 6
234. 9
214. 5
233. 4
80.3
97.4
108.4
114.9
114.4
106.8
98.4
92.5
80.9
68.7
67.1
88.9
Locomo
tives
Shipbuild
ing
Em Pay Em
Pay ploy
Pay
ploy rolls
rolls ment
rolls ment
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
26.2
35.4
38.9
44.8
49.2
56.7
50.7
51.2
40.0
34.4
30.0
31.5
19.8
19.5
22.7
25.3
29.2
32.5
35.5
38.5
37.7
38.0
37.5
36.5
7.5
7.7
9.1
10.9
12.7
14.6
16.4
17.7
17.4
17.0
16.6
16.6
64.4
66.0
69.3
71.7
73.1
76.6
69.2
71.2
71.3
71.2
69.3
68.5
128.7 157.7 168.1 114.5
94.3 76.4 72.9 93.2
77.0 €5.9 59.0 92.3
70.9 86.2 80.6 97.4
60.4 66.7 57.2 101.3
48.2 45.4 39.6 79.5
63.1 56.8 58.3 101.3
53.2 52.3 51.5 107.3
25.4 28.0 18.1 83.0
23.5 19.4
8.9 66.0
20.5 15.6
5.8 55.4
40.8 31.1 13.7 70.2
0)
0)
0)
0)
112.8
94.9
92.3
100.9
108.3
85.0
109.7
113.5
76.8
52.5
38.9
54.9
48.2
49.0
52.4
53.9
60.0
60.2
55.6
56.4
57.0
56.2
54.0
55.3
19
Table 6 .— Indexes o f Em ploym ent and Pay Rolls in M anufacturing Industries—■
Continued
Railroad repair shops
Month and year
Group index
Electric
railroad
Nonferrous metals and their products
Steam
railroad
Group index
Brass,
Aluminum
bronze,
manufac and
copper
tures
products
Em
ploy
ment
Pay
rolls
Em
ploy
ment
Pay
rolls
Em
ploy
ment
Pay
rolls
Em Pay Em Pay Em Pay
ploy rolls ploy rolls
ploy rolls
ment
ment
ment
1919 average.. _____
0)
1920 average_______
0)
1921 average.-. .
0)
1922 average.- _____
0)
1923 average______
108.6
1924 average._______ 96.4
1925 average_______
95.0
1926 average_____ . 95.5
1927 average______
89.0
1928 average_______
83.8
1929 average_______
83.6
1930 average______
7 3 .4
1931 average_______
6 4 .1
1932 average_______
5 3 .4
1933 average_______
5 2 .0
1934 average____ ._ 5 5 .5
1934
January___________ 5 2 .8
February _. _____ 5 3 .4
March____________
5 5 .5
April___
5 7 .8
M ay______________ 5 9 .6
June_________ .
5 9 .8
July______________
5 8 .3
August... ______ .. 5 5 .2
September________
5 5 .7
October
______
5 3 .9
November-_ ___
5 1 .6
December_________
5 2 .0
0)
0)
0)
0)
109.6
95.6
94.8
96.1
92.0
87.2
90.4
7 6 .1
6 1 .7
4 2 .7
4 1 .7
4 8 .1
0)
0)
0)
0)
104.0
99.1
96.9
96.5
94.1
89.6
87.8
85.8
79.3
71.7
66.3
66.0
0)
0)
0)
0)
101.5
98.8
99.7
100.4
99.8
97.9
97.2
93.0
80.2
64.3
55.1
58.0
0)
0)
0)
0)
108.9
96.3
94.8
95.4
88.6
83.3
82.2
72.4
62.9
52.0
50.9
54. 7
0)
0)
0)
0)
110.2
95.5
94.3
95.7
91.4
86.3
89.8
74.8
60.4
41.2
40.8
47.5
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
.0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
, 0)
0)
105.4 103.7 106.3 100.2 103.4
96.7 95.9 100.0 100.0 96.6
97.9 100.4 93.7 99.8 100.0
0)
0) 102.7
0)
0)
96.5 100.5 96.6 105.5 101.2
0)
0)
0)
0) 107.3
1 1 1 .4 1 1 6 .4 138.4 150.0 121.5
96.6
0)
0)
0)
0)
7 4 .0
6 3 .1
90.2 81.3 74.9
3 9 .1
64.3 42.1 57.8
5 8 .1
6 2 .0
4 1 .5
71.8 50.9 64.1
7 4 .3
5 6 .0
71.2 54.4 74.6
0)
0)
0)
0)
101.3
95.6
103.1
107.4
104.7
115.6
128.3
88.7
60.3
35.841. a
53. S’
4 2 .1
4 5 .6
4 8 .5
5 3 .0
5 3 .8
5 3 .8
5 1 .1
4 8 .5
4 5 .6
4 6 .8
4 4 .4
4 4 .4
65.9
65.8
66.3
66.3
66.7
66.7
66.3
66.0
65.7
65.1
65.7
65.5
55.4
56.4
58.6
59.2
59.4
59.6
58.8
58.5
56.9
57.1
57.4
58.4
51.8
52.5
54.7
57.2
59.1
59.3
57.7
54.4
55.0
53.1
50.5
51.0
41.2
44.9
47.9
52.7
53.5
53.5
50.6
47.9
44.9
46.2
43.5
43. 5
78.0
79.6
81.5
82.2
78.1
76.0
67.5
67.7
57.5
61.8
62.5
62.2
48. 3'
51.4
56.3
59.8’
62.1
58. 4.
54. 4
51.2
48. 7'
49. 5
51. 3
55.6-
6 7 .3
7 0 .9
7 5 .1
7 6 .9
7 7 .8
7 5 .9
7 3 .1
7 3 .4
7 3 .2
7 5 .1
7 6 .0
7 6 .9
4 7 .1
5 2 .2
5 6 .8
5 8 ,9
6 0 .6
5 7 .9
5 3 .6
5 3 .2
5 4 .0
5 7 .5
5 8 .8
6 1 .5
50.9
61.1
64.2
67.0
63.5
59.1
43.8
40.8
41.4
51.1
53.8
56.2
70.9
72.7
78.1
79.1
81.2
78.2
75.0
72.7
70.8
71.0
72.0
74.0
Nonferrous inetals and their products—Continued
Month and year
Clocks,
watches, and
time-record
ing devices
Em
ploy
ment
Pay
rolls
Jewelry
Em
ploy
ment
Pay
rolls
Lighting
equipment
Em
ploy
ment
Pay
rolls
Silverware
and plated
ware
Smelting
and refining Stamped
enam
copper, lead and
elled ware
and zinc
Em Pay
Em
Em
ploy Pay ploy Pay ploy
ment rolls ment rolls ment rolls
1919 average-. _____
0)
(0
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
(0
C1)
0)
0)
1920 average.. _____
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
1921 a v e r a g e . _ 0)
0)
0)
0)
i1)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
1922 average_______
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
C1)
0)
0)
0)
0)
1923 average— _____ 97. 6 95. 7 105. 1 105. 9 101. 3 96. 7 100. 6 98.1 102.8 103.2 110.1
1924 average.. ..
100. 0 100. 0
99. 8 91. 8 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100.0 100.0 100.0 95.7
1925 average.. . . . _ 102. 4 104. 3
95. 1 102. 3 98. 7 103. 3 99. 4 101.9 97. 2 96.8 94.2
1926 average_______
96.9
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
1927 average_______ 102. 9 108. 1 96. 2 106. 9 92. 9 97. 3 98. 4 102.3 89.9 90.4 93.0
1928 a v e r a g e . - (0
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0) 104.1
1929 average____
98. 2 102. 2 111. 4 113. 3 104. 2 110. 6 92. 6 96.5 91.3 99.4 120.5
1930 average. _ _____
0)
0)
0)
0)
0) 106.3
0)
0)
(0
0)
0)
1931 average.. _____ 74. 3
62. 2 74. 1 65. 6 65. 3 60. 4
65. 3 54.3 54.4 45.9 85.4
1932 average_______
54. 3 37.2 45.3 27.3 69.8
54. 5 35. 4
57. 6 43. 5 49. 5 38. 8
1933 average.. . . .
55. 5 39. 6
51. 4 38. 7
55. 6 36.2 50.7 29. 2 76.5
51. 7 34. 4
1934 average_______
68. 9 50.3 68. 1 42. 1 86.6
70. 1 55. 7 67. 5 52. 2 64. 4
51. 9
1934
January___________
59. 6 44. 9
64. 1 43.2 61.6 35.7 72.7
55. 3
40. 6
57. 1 41. 3
62. 0 48. 3
February__________ 62. 8 49. 9
60. 7 45. 7
66. 7 46.6 64.1 37.7 79.8
64.
March____________
4
7
53.
65.
1
48.
9
51.
3
69. 4 50.3 64.2 39.9 87.5
67.
0
A pril_ _______
52. 3
72. 7 51.2 62.8 38.7 94.0
56. 1 66. 4
49. 6 65. 4
70. 4
M ay____ _____ __ 72. 1 58. 7 65. 9
49. 0 65. 6 52. 7 71. 1 52.0 65.3 42.0 95.6
52. 9
64. 6 48. 3 61. 9 49. 8
69. 3 49.8 67.4 43.5 93.0
June _______ _____ 69. 4
July.______________ 68. 2 50. 3
45. 2
61. 3 43.6 68.6 43.2 90.3
61. 8
61. 7 49. 2
54. 3 65. 7 49. 7 61. 9 48. 2 69. 3 48.3 70.5 42.8 87.1
August___ ______
68. 9
September_____ . . .
69. 5 52.1 69.9 42.7 84.4
72. 4
59. 2 73. 7 57. 7 64. 5 52. 0
October___________
70. 6 53.8 73.1 45.9 82.9
75. 1 61. 8
79. 6 65. 4 67. 1 56. 3
_____ 77. 6 64. 7
November.
76. 9
63. 1 68. 9 58. 0
71. 7 56.7 74.5 46.4 83.9
69. 8 60. 1 70. 7 55.6 74.7 46.6 87.5
December_________
74. 4 63. 4
79. 0
65. 8
1 Data not available.
0)
0)
0)
0)
111. 2
92.8
96.0
98.3
95.7
108.0
125.6*
104.9
76.8
49.0*
52. 3
72. 9;
56.866.2
75. 880.8
83. 6*
80.1
72.9
70.866.7
70.4
71.9
79. 1
20
Table 6 .— Indexes o f Em ploym ent and Pay Rolls in M anufacturing Industries—
Continued
Lumber and allied products
Group index
Month and year
1919 average_______
1920 average_______
1921 average_______
1922 average_______
1923 average_______
1924 average_______
1925 average... ____
1926 average_______
1927 average_______
1928 average_______
1929 average_______
1930 average_______
1931 average_______
1932 average_______
1933 average_____ .
1934 average_______
1934
January___________
February _________
March____________
April_______ _____
M ay______________
June............ .............
July---------------------August____________
■September________
October_________ _
November_________
December_________
Furniture
Lumber, millwork
Lumber, saw
mills
Em
ploy
ment
Em
ploy
ment
Pay
rolls
Em
ploy
ment
Pay
rolls
Em
ploy
ment
Pay
rolls
94.1
89.4
76.6
97.4
101.5
98.1
100.4
100.4
94.1
92.4
95.4
76.1
56.3
41.1
44.2
48.7
89.3
109.9
69.7
82.2
100.0
98.4
101.6
102.5
96.7
94.2
97.4
72.6
46.6
25.1
26.4
32.7
82.3
90.7
73.0
86.5
98.1
96.2
105.7
110.3
108.8
106.7
111.9
89.0
73.7
57.8
61. 7
63.0
69.0
90.9
69.2
82.4
96.9
96.4
106.7
113.4
111. 8
107.5
114.0
80.7
59.2
34.8
36.3
41.9
0)
0)
0)
0)
96.7
98.8
104.5
102.7
90.7
86.7
84.6
64.4
51.1
35.6
34.5
36.8
0)
0)
0)
0)
95.6
99.3
105.1
103.3
90.5
86.1
83.5
61.1
42.0
21.7
19.5
23.3
45.6
47.1
48.5
49.4
51.0
50.0
48.8
49.0
49.3
49.5
48.6
47.8
27.4
30.5
31.9
33.3
34.6
33.9
31.6
33.5
33.9
35.2
33.6
33.3
60.0
62.4
63.0
60.8
61.3
62.4
62.0
62.9
65.0
66.5
65.2
65.0
35.3
40.5
41.1
40.3
40.5
41.2
39.3
42.7
44.6
47. 2
44.5
45.9
33.3
36.1
37.6
39.4
40.4
37.9
37.0
36.2
34.6
36.3
36.3
36.7
19.7
21.7
23.2
24.6
25.3
24. 1
23. 1
23.1
21.8
24.1
24.0
24. 6
Turpentine and
rosin
Em
ploy
ment
Pay
rolls
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
102. 5
103.6
99. 2
98.8
97.6
98. 3
96. 6
95.5
89. 0
86.6
84.4 i 87. 2
87.7
90. 7
67. 6
67.6
33. 6
41.1
26.1
14. 2
16. 0
28.7
33.4
21. 4
30. 7 I!
31.3
32.6
34.3
36.1
35.1
33.8
33.9
34.1
33.9
32.8
31.6
17. 4
19. 1
20. 7
22. 5
24. 2
23. 2
20. 9
22. 1
22. 3
22. 6
21. 3
20. 0
Pay
rolls
(0
0)
(0
(0
107.7
100.0
92.3
0)
119.0
0)
126.0
0)
88.6
71.9
83.6
97.2
0)
(0
0)
0)
100.8
100.0
99.2
0)
110. 7
0)
98.2
(0
47.5
32.7
36.3
50.1
97.8
98. 6
101.4
101. 2
102.4
98.6
97.3
98.3
96.2
89.3
92.4
92.9
50.4
51.7
46.2
53.7
51.4
51.0
50.3
51.3
52.2
45. 1
47.9
50.2
Stone, clay, and glass products
Group index
Month and year
Brick, tile,
and terra
cotta
Cement
Glass
Em
ploy
ment
Pay
rolls
Em
ploy
ment
Pay
rolls
Em
ploy
ment
Pay
rolls
Em
ploy
ment
86.4
1919 average___
1920 average_______
89.8
1921 average_____ . 72.2
85.5
1922 average_______
1923 average— _____ 100.4
1924 average_______
98.9
1925 average_______ 100.7
1926 average_______ 103.8
1927 average.__ ____ 99.9
1928 average_______
95.7
1929 average_______
93.8
1930 average............ 80.2
1931 average..... ........ 63.7
1932 average_______
44.6
1933 average_______
45.0
1934 average_______
52.8
1934
January___________ 47.3
February__________ 49.8
March____ ________ 52.1
April______ ______ _ 55.3
M ay_________ ____
57.7
June.......................... 57.1
54.2
July--------- --------- 53.1
August_______ ____
Septem ber..-........... 52.9
October___________
51.9
November_________ 52.2
December....... .........
50.1
72.1
92.8
66.5
72.6
98.3
100.5
101.2
104,2
100.5
96.2
93.7
76.9
53.9
29.1
27.6
35.5
0)
0)
0)
0)
100.6
98.7
100.7
102.9
99.0
92.3
91.5
72.2
50.2
29.6
27.0
29.7
0)
0)
0)
0)
98. 1
101. 1
100. 8
101. 8
96. 7
87. 5
84. 7
62. 2
35. 2
14. 0
12. 0
16. 0
69.0
83.3
69.6
89.9
95.0
101. 0
104.0
102.1
98.3
92.6
90.3
84.6
65.8
44.9
41.1
49.3
62.5
91.7
65.2
83.9
94.6
102.9
102.5
100.9
101.1
96.9
92.9
83.4
56.9
27.7
22.2
30.6
112.7
119.6
82.7
97.4
105.1
95.5
99.4
103.8
94.3
92.6
96.7
83.8
71.5
58.9
69.8
89.8
29.9
33.3
34.7
38.8
39.5
38.8
36.1
34.9
34.7
35.5
35.6
34.4
24.7
25.6
26.9
30.5
33.1
34.4
31.7
31.8
30.4
29.9
29.9
28.0
12. 2
13. 1
13. 7
16. 4
18. 1
19. 3
17. 0
16. 8
16. 1
16. 9
16. 5
15. 3
35.6
41.0
42.4
48.0
57.6
59.1
58.4
55.0
54.0
50.7
48.2
41.6
19.4
22.5
24.1
30.6
35.8
39.9
39.1
35.4
33.9
32.4
29.4
24.1
83.8
89.5
93.9
95.9
95.1
93.6
89.1
87.6
87.3,
86.1
88.5
87.4
1 Data not available.
Marble,
granite,
slate, and
other
products
Pottery
Em Pay Em Pay
Pay ploy
ploy rolls
rolls ment
rolls ment
100.8
0)
0)
0)
128.5
0)
0)
0)
78.7
0)
(0
0)
84.7
0)
0)
0)
103. 4 104.5 101.7 98.5
96.9 100. 0 100.0 103.8
99.7 95.5 98.3 97.7
103.9
99.7
0)
0)
93.6 105.6 113.0 98.0
98.8
94.5
0)
0)
100.9 98.7 104.0 94.7
82.9
82.9
0)
(0
66.5 72.2 68.8 72.3
45.9 43.2 31.8 57.0
52.9 33.7 20.7 60.2
71.8 30.7 19.4 69.0
65.3
73.5
74.6
80.8
75.8
73.4
69.5
68.2
67.4
69.4
72.0
71.9
30.6
27.7
29.6
32.3
34.6
33.8
33.1
31.3
32.2
29.7
28.6
25.2
15.6
16.5
18.9
21.5
24.9
22.8
21.5
20.1
20.2
18.6
17.3
15.1
66.5
69.3
71.7
73.9
74.9
69.4
64.1
63.4
66.2
68.4
69.7
70.6
0)
0)
0)
0)
97.8
104.3
97.9
99.3
94.5
93.9
91.4
74.1
56.4
35.1
35.8
44.7
40.5
44.1
47.2
50.0
50.2
43.7
38.4
37.8
41.1
45.7
47.7
50.0
21
Table 6 .— Indexes o f Em ploym ent and P ay Rolls in M anufacturing Industrie$r
Continued
Textiles and their products
Group index
Fabrics (sub
group)
Em
ploy
ment
Pay
rolls
Em
ploy
ment
Month and year
1919 average_____ _
1920 average_______
1921 average_______
1922 average_______
1923 average_______
1924 average______
1925 average______
1926 average_______
1927 average_______
1928 average_______
1929 average_______
1930 average_____ _
1931 average_______
1932 average_______
1933 average.............
1934 average_______
98.8
99.0
89.8
107.7
9 2 .6
9 7 .3
1 0 5 .2
9 4 .9
9 9 .9
9 9 .9
1 0 4 .0
1 0 1 .3
1 0 4 .8
9 2 .9
8 7 .2
7 6 .7
8 7 .9
9 1 .2
8 9 .3
9 1 .4
1 0 5 .8
9 3 .8
1 0 0 .4
1 0 0 .2
1 0 6 .8
1 0 1 .7
1 0 5 .2
8 5 .6
7 5 .1
6 1 .2
7 1 .2
95.2
94.6
89.9
95.4
105.4
94.2
100.4
99.2
101.3
96.2
99.2
86.0
80.3
71.9
86.2
89.5
1934
January.-________
February
_____ _
March ___________
April_____ _ _____
M ay. ____________
June_ ___________
July---------------------August__ _ ______
September_________
O ctober__________
November________
December..... .........
8 8 .2
9 6 .8
1 0 0 .0
9 9 .1
9 6 .1
9 0 .9
8 5 .9
8 8 .2
7 3 .1
9 2 .3
9 0 .9
9 2 .8
6 4 .8
7 7 .9
8 2 .6
7 9 .8
7 4 .1
6 6 .4
6 2 .5
6 8 .1
5 7 .5
7 4 .7
7 1 .1
7 5 .3
89.4
96.4
98.4
96.8
94.9
89.9
87.0
85.6
62.0
89.7
89.7
94.0
53.5
Carpets and
rugs
Cotton goods"
Cotton small
wares
Em
ploy
ment
Em
ploy
ment
Pay
rolls
Em
ploy
ment
Pay
rolls
85.9
103.1
84.6
87.1
106.0
93.4
100. 6
99.4
103.8
95.8
99.4
79. 4
70.2
50.9
62.2
70.9
0)
0)
0)
0)
103. 8
96.2
100.0
97.8
96.9
92.8
96.2
74.2
67.5
52.0
60. 6
66.7
0)
0)
0)
0)
109.2
93.3
97.5
93.8
94.5
85.7
90.1
59.7
54.3
32.2
42.6
50.1
97.4
97.7
93.1
93.8
106.7
92.5
100.8
101.9
105.8
95.5
96.1
80.7
74.5
67.8
87.5
92.9
96.4
122.7
86.6
110.1
91.6
98.3
98.5
105.7
88.4
90.1
69.4
61.0
44.6
62.1
73.0
0)
0)
0)
0)
104.4
92.6
103.0
(0
95.3
0)
97.4
0)
81.7
68.7
77.4
82.1
67.0
78.3
80.8
79.3
74.9
66.9
64.4
64.7
49.1
73.1
72.5
80.2
66.9
69.7
72.6
70.2
68.0
68. 5
67.4
65.5
64.6
63.4
60.1
63.8
49.7
48.0
55.0
54.7
53.3
56.6
48.4
47.9
46.5
46.3
43.6
51.0
95.0
99.8
103.1
103.3
101.4
94.2
92.2
88.7
52.0
94.5
94.2
96.0
74.5
80.6
84.9
85.9
79.5
65.3
66.1
63.3
40.4
78.6
75.7
81.2
73.9
86.7
93.8
93.1
87.0
80.5
76.2
77.4
71.2
82.2
80.4
83.0
Pay
rolls
8 9 .0
Pay
rolls
0)
0)
0)
0)
105.5
91.8
102.7
(0
101.3
0)
102.1
(0
76.8
5 2 .4
5 8 .8
67.2
5 9 .2
73.6
80.3
78.7
70.8
63.3
59.2
60.8
55.8
69.2
64.7
70.8
Textiles and their products—Continued
Month and year
Dyeing and
finishing textiles
Em
ploy
ment
1919 average_______
1920 average_______
1921 average_______
1922 average_______
1923 average_______
1924 average_______
1925 average_______
1926 average_______
1927 average_______
1928 average_______
1929 average_______
1930 average.. _____
1931 average_______
1932 average............
1933 average_______
1934 average.............
1934
January___________
February..................
March................. .
April._____________
M a y ___ ________
June______________
July______________
August____________
September......... .
October. ...............
November________
December_________
Pay
rolls
Hats, fur-felt
Em
ploy
ment
Pay
rolls
Knit goods
Em
ploy
ment
Pay
rolls
Silk and rayon
goods
W oolen and
worsted goods
Em
ploy
ment
Em
ploy
ment
Pay
rolls
Pay
rolls
85.4
80.8
78.2
83.8
97.4
93.9
108.7
110.8
113.5
114.9
121. 8
112.0
103.3
89.3
94.8
106.2
75.6
8S.5
76.6
77.6
96.1
92.7
111.2
114.2
121.5
121.8
124. 8
108.7
101.2
72.3
73.6
84.2
0)
0)
0)
0)
106. 4
97. 1
96. 5
0)
101. 2
(0
105. 3
0)
89. 6
71. 7
77. 5
80. 1
0)
0)
0)
0)
107.4
90.4
102.1
0)
114.1
0)
112.3
0)
82.5
57.6
65.8
74.3
92.8
96.7
87.4
104.4
104.8
94. 5
100.7
101.3
102. 6
102.6
112.5
102.9
96.0
94.1
102.2
107.6
77.2
98.6
81.4
94.1
103.7
92.3
104.0
109.1
116.0
115.4
129.8
108.6
92.2
75.5
81.4
98.6
101. 9
104.5
97.8
95.2
99.7
94.8
105. 5
102.9
101.5
101.0
103.8
95.1
86.9
68.7
75.5
75.4
82.9
97.3
87.1
79.2
97.4
93.0
109.6
107.8
107.6
107.5
105. 6
87.2
74.8
46.4
51.8
60.0
0)
0)
0)
0)
109.3
97.9
92.8
84.1
86.7
83.1
82.6
67.2
67.1
59.5
78.2
72.4
0)
0)
0)
0)
109.:
97. <
9 3 .:
84. (
84.'
79.:
80.:
60. i
57.:
41. J
54. i
52. j
104.9
113.1
117.2
116.4
113.0
105. 6
99.4
100.6
91.1
106.7
91.4
114.8
81.3
96.5
98.2
94.8
87.8
72.9
70.6
76.9
75.6
83.0
73.2
99.6
79. 1
83. 2
84. 9
85. 2
84. 7
74. 8
76. 9
82. 8
83. 9
75. 6
73. 5
77. 0
67.8
78.4
79.7
70.7
79.2
68.8
83.2
90.8
79.0
60.5
62.0
71.3
97.3
107.1
112.3
114.5
113.9
110.6
101.9
102.6
100.6
109.5
110.6
110.4
71.3
98.9
107.0
108.9
106.4
100.0
86.0
89.4
91.0
107.1
107.9
109.2
74.9
85.5
84.7
78.4
72.8
75.4
73.4
73.9
58.2
75.9
75.0
76.3
55.8
69.6
68.3
63.3
56.3
59.0
55.9
59.7
41.1
63.7
62.3
64.9
79.1
85.9
82.3
74.9
75.3
68.8
70.1
68.4
35.8
68.1
75.0
85.6
56.1
64. ‘
60. i
55.'
54.:
49.:
50.:
48. (
24J
46.!
53. (
66. <
1 Data not available.
22
Table 6.— Indexes o f Em ploym ent and Pay Rolls in M anufacturing Industries—
Continued
Textiles and their products--Continued
Wearing
apparel
(subgroup)
Month and year
Em
ploy
ment
Clothing,
men’s
Pay
rolls
Em
ploy
ment
Pay
rolls
Clothing,
women’s
Em
ploy
ment
Corsets and
allied
garments
Pay
rolls
Em
ploy
ment
Pay
rolls
Men’s furnish
ings
Em
ploy
ment
Pay
rolls
1919 average_______
1920 average_______
1921 average_______
1922 average..... ........
1923 average_______
1924 average_____
1925 average_______
1926 average_______
1927 average_______
1928 average_______
1929 average_______
1930 average_______
1931 average_______
1932 average______
1933 average_______
1934 average...........
107.1
109.6
100.0
102.6
105.4
96.1
98.5
99.8
105.8
108.3
113. 3
105. 0
99.6
84.8
88.2
91.1
97.9
117.3
99.3
100.6
105.6
94.9
99.5
99.6
107.6
107.5
111.0
93.6
80.7
55.5
55.7
67.7
96.5
101.6
90.7
100.2
107.0
97.3
95.7
97.4
102.5
101.3
103.2
91.4
84.9
74.4
80.3
84.0
91.8
117.1
93.6
99.4
109.3
96.1
94.6
94.8
99.5
95.5
95.8
74.7
62.8
42.3
47.3
57.9
128.9
122.3
112.6
103.8
104.3
96.6
99.1
104.2
121.0
133.7
146.8
142.2
135.8
110.4
110.0
116.1
114.4
124.2
108.2
103.1
103.2
94.3
102. 5
104.7
123.6
132.5
142. 6
127.9
110.5
73.9
68.0
84.9
0)
0)
0)
0)
105.2
100.0
94.8
0)
90.0
0)
89.2
(0
91.3
88.0
.88.9
90.1
0)
0)
0)
0)
103.4
100.0
96.6
0)
96.7
0)
97.0
0)
89.6
74.0
71.0
81.4
0)
0)
0)
0)
94.6
100.1
105.3
0)
125.7
0)
132.7
0)
120.1
99.2
101. 5
101.6
0)
0)
0)
0)
93.6
96.1
110.3
0)
139.5
0)
145.5
0)
109.5
67.0
62.7
70.6
1934
January___________
February__________
March____________
April______ _____
M ay__________ . . .
June______________
July______________
August-....................
September________
O ctober__________
November__ ______
December_________
81.4
93.4
99.4
100.0
94.7
89.3
79.8
90.1
95.5
94.4
89. 6
86.0
56.6
72.3
81.4
76.1
68.1
61.7
55.3
70.6
70.9
73.4
64.1
61.3
76.7
85.5
88.7
88.0
81.5
81.6
81.4
88.4
89.5
86.8
80.3
79.1
48.8
60.6
65.9
61.4
53.3
54.6
54.5
65.6
62.2
62.6
52.1
52.6
102.3
119.0
130. 5
132.2
126.5
113. 4
89.6
110.0
121.0
121.7
115. 5
111.6
71.2
94.1
108.3
98.6
88.6
72.6
60.9
85.2
85.2
94.8
81.3
77.6
85.1
91.4
95.1
96.7
94.8
87.5
86.8
87.8
88.6
89.2
89.3
89.3
73.1
85.7
91.1
93.8
85.2
76.4
69.4
75.6
81.0
79.4
80.7
85.1
77.7
101.0
110.1
112.9
104.0
96.2
89.5
94.3
101.4
107.0
116.9
108.4
47.2
70.9
80.0
80.1
71.9
66.7
56.7
62.9
67.5
78.6
87.5
77.7
Textiles and their products—
Continued
Month and year
Millinery
Em
ploy
ment
Pay
rolls
Shirts and
collars
Em
ploy
ment
Pay
rolls
Leather and its manufactures
Group index
Em
ploy
ment
Pay
rolls
Boots and
shoes
Em
ploy
ment
Pay
rolls
Leather
Em
ploy
ment
Pay
rolls
1919 average.._____
1920 average_______
1921 average_______
1922 average..............
1923 average_______
1924 average_______
1925 average_____ _
1926 average_______
1927 average_______
1928 average_____ .
1929 average_______
1930 average_____ _
1931 average_______
1932 average— _____
1933 average............
1934 average_______
96.9
100.1
102. 5
101.7
103.2
94.8
102.0
98.0
104.8
105.7
101.3
91.3
83.7
76.3
75.9
70.4
88.6
99.8
95.0
94.5
100.8
94.5
104.7
103.6
113.9
112.3
104.0
88.6
79.2
65.2
57.9
60.6
92.3
107.1
98.1
109.3
107.9
93.0
99.1
101.7
105.1
106.3
109.1
102.7
104.0
90.5
99.0
99.8
79.5
114.1
96.3
105.3
109.7
91.9
98.4
101.9
109.9
107.1
109.2
90.3
82.7
61.0
72.1
89.7
108.1
98.5
86.6
97.3
106.6
96.3
97.1
96.6
97.7
95.6
98.5
91.3
84.3
79.0
83.3
87.8
99.9
106.5
86.5
96.1
106.9
95.3
97.8
98.9
100.3
95.8
99.0
83.3
73.1
58.1
63.9
73.9
101.8
94.0
87.1
95.9
106.0
96.7
97.3
95.6
95.6
92.7
96.7
90.2
85.3
81.7
83.9
87.0
92.3
100.0
88.7
97.7
107. 6
95.3
97.1
96.1
96.8
91.3
95.6
78.3
70.2
58.5
61.5
71.7
133.2
119.3
92.4
106.8
109.1
95.4
95.5
96.7
96.6
94.3
91.1
84.6
76.9
69.1
81.3
91.1
127.3
131.7
84.6
95.4
107.9
95.8
96.3
99.5
99.3
95.5
92.8
83.0
72.5
56.0
66.8
80.2
1934
January..................
February_____ ____
March____________
April______ _____
M ay______________
June______________
July______________
August____________
September____ ____
October___________
November_________
December____ ____
73.5
83.9
86.3
83.3
78.0
64.6
50.1
65.4
76.0
68.8
59.3
55.9
58.1
71.3
84.4
76.9
67.9
51.5
37.7
59.4
75.5
54.8
45. 1
44.1
84.3
98.6
105.0
108.3
106.7
104.6
93.7
97.3
103. 5
103.4
101.3
90.5
67.4
84.0
95.2
97.9
94.1
94.1
82.2
90.7
93.2
99.8
98.3
79.7
83.9
90.3
93.7
93.3
91.4
87.7
89.4
91.1
85.7
83.4
81.6
84.8
67.5
81.7
84.4
83.1
78.9
73.9
77.3
78.7
69.3
64.3
61.0
69.1
80.8
89.6
92.2
92.2
91.3
86.8
89.0
91.9
85.5
82.3
79.8
82.9
64.2
81.0
84.1
81.8
77.6
70.5
76.2
79.1
67.7
60.4
54.6
63.7
91.4
93.6
95.1
93.2
92.1
91.5
91.5
88.4
86.8
88.2
89.2
92.7
77.9
82.6
83.9
81.9
82.0
79.8
79.2
76.1
73.6
76.9
82.0
86.5
1Data not available.
23
Table 6 .— Indexes o f E m ploym ent and Pay Rolls in M anufacturing Industries—
Continued
Food and kindred products
Group index
Month and year
Em
ploy
ment
1919 average... ____
1920 average_______
1921 average_______
1922 average_______
1923 average.., ____
1924 average_______
1925 average_______
1926 average_______
1927 average_______
1928 average_______
1929 average_______
1930 average_______
1931 average.. _____
1932 average_______
1933 average____ .
1934 average______
1934
January. __ _______
February___
March____________
April______________
M ay_____________
June______________
July______________
August... . _______
September________
October. _________ _
November_______ .
December_________
1 0 9 .8
1 0 6 .7
9 3 .7
9 7 .5
102.1
9 8 .4
9 9 .5
9 9 .5
1 0 1 .7
1 0 5 .8
112.8
1 0 9 .4
9 7 .4
8 6 .4
9 4 .4
1 0 6 .5
9 4 .1
9 3 .9
9 6 .2
9 7 .2
9 9 .6
1 0 5 .1
110.1
122.1
1 2 7 .1
1 1 9 .5
1 0 9 .0
1 0 3 .8
Pay
rolls
Baking
Em
ploy
ment
Beverages
Em
ploy
ment
Pay
rolls
Pay
rolls
Canning and
preserving
Butter
Em
ploy
ment
Pay
rolls
Em
ploy
ment
Pay
rolls
1 0 4 .0
1 0 7 .6
1 1 3 .9
1 0 8 .9
9 3 .0
7 4 .2
7 6 .2
9 2 .4
87.3
95.7
92.4
92.3
100.1
101.1
98.8
101.4
105.9
112.2
123.6
121.5
112.6
101.2
101.2
113.2
73.3
96.6
92.1
87.3
98.0
101.7
100.3
104.1
107.8
113.3
125.3
123.7
109.0
88.6
82.7
95.5
(0
(0
0)
0)
104.9
97.0
98.1
0)
96.6
0)
101.3
0)
85.5
74.0
127.9
163. 2
(0
0)
0)
0)
104.4
95.8
99.8
0)
100.0
0)
106.1
0)
83.1
64.3
118.0
156.2
0)
(0
(0
(0
106.7
100.0
93.3
0)
105.6
0)
100.3
0)
82.0
75.3
76.1
80.0
0)
0)
0)
0)
105.7
100.0
94.3
0)
108.2
0)
102.5
0)
79.1
65.7
58.7
60.3
0)
0)
0)
0)
97.7
86.9
115.4
0)
112.0
(0
134.6
138.8
106.1
74.8
90.3
101.7
0)
0)
0)
0)
97.8
86.9
115.3
0)
108.7
0)
129.4
126.7
91.5
64.9
75.5
99.4
8 0 .7
8 1 .1
8 2 .2
8 3 .1
8 7 .2
9 1 .9
9 5 .6
1 0 5 .1
1 0 9 .3
1 0 3 .4
9 6 .1
9 2 .9
106.4
108.4
110.3
111.2
113.2
114.6
116.3
115.8
115.7
116.1
115.4
115.4
88.5
91.4
91.8
91.3
95.3
96.5
98.2
97.8
99.6
98.3
98.6
98.7
140.5
141.5
147. 7
156.6
169.1
183.0
188.9
185.8
176.7
168.2
151.9
148.7
127.7
128.5
138.3
150.9
167.0
182. 5
193.5
185.0
167.0
157. 2
142.2
135.0
76.5
74.2
76.8
79.2
84.4
88.8
86.9
85.5
81.1
77.7
76.0
72.3
56.7
56.5
58.4
61.9
64.7
68.0
66.6
62.7
60.4
58.3
56. 4
53.0
54.0
54.3
67.7
71.9
67.9
90.7
120.6
194.3
204.4
137.3
88.4
69.0
53.9
56.9
67.2
69.5
68.6
84.2
103.6
195.4
199.5
134.4
87.5
72.5
9 7 .6
1 0 9 .6
9 4 .1
9 2 .8
1 0 0 .4
9 9 .4
100.2
101.8
Food and kindred products—Continued
Month and year
Confectionery
1919 average_______
1920 average_______
1921 average_______
1922 average_____
1923 average_______
1924 average_______
1925 average_______
1926 average____ _
1927 average____
1928 average_______
1929 average_____
1930 average_______
1931 average____ ___
1932 average________
1933 average_______
1934 average_______
1934
January________ __
February__________
March______ ___
April___ ______ __
M ay___________
June_____ ________
July___ ________
August— _______
September________
October__________
November____ ____
December_________
Flour
Ice cream
Slaughtering
Sugar, beet Sugar refin
and meat
ing, cane
packing
Em
ploy
ment
Pay
rolls
Em
ploy
ment
Pay
rolls
Em
ploy
ment
Pay
rolls
Em
Em
Em
ploy Pay ploy Pay ploy Pay
ment rolls ment rolls ment rolls
(0
0)
0)
0)
101. 7
96. 5
101. 8
105. 8
101. 1
98. 9
101. 7
92. 1
82. 0
74. 2
79. 7
80. 0
0)
0)
0)
0)
100. 9
97. 7
101. 4
106. 8
104. 7
101. 0
103. 7
93. 3
77. 5
59. 9
59. 5
68. 5
135.0
121. 7
105.3
106.9
104.9
99.7
95.4
91.8
89.4
85.5
80.6
73.9
68.1
65.1
67.7
76.5
124.0
130.1
104.6
98.2
101.9
101.0
97.1
94.4
91.8
89.7
85.7
78.7
66.7
55.9
53.9
63.4
0)
0)
0)
(0
99.2
102.0
98.8
96.3
94.0
95.5
96.0
89.0
76.0
64.5
62.9
71.4
0)
0)
0)
0)
98. 7
99. 7
101. 6
103. 2
100. 6
103. 2
102. 7
93. 0
76. 9
56. 4
48. 6
56. 4
127.2
111.8
94.4
91.7
104.7
100. 3
95.0
93.2
94.0
94.8
96.7
92.1
84.1
79.8
87.6
103.7
74. 6
79. 2
80. 3
74. 7
71. 6
68. 9
66. 4
71. 5
93. 1
96. 6
91. 5
91. 3
64. 1
67. 2
68. 0
61. 8
60. 6
58. 0
55. 4
60. 8
82. 6
84. 1
76. 5
82. 8
73.2
75.4
74.6
74.5
74.0
74.8
77.5
78.2
80.2
80.5
77.7
77.2
60.3
61.6
60.2
61.2
61.2
62.7
65.0
64.8
68.6
68.5
63.3
63.6
57.9
57.1
59.2
64.9
79.6
86.7
90.8
88.7
77.3
69.8
63.5
61.0
45. 3
44. 3
46. 5
51. 4
63. 7
68. 9
72. 6
68. 8
60. 5
55. 2
50. 2
49. 1
1Data not available.
112178— 35------ 4
128.3
0)
(0
124.6
(0
(0
93.5
CO
(0
87.1
(0
(0
102.6 92.1 91.1
99.9 100.0 100.0
97.5 107.9 108.9
97.8
(0
0)
98.9 90.0 87.5
100.1
0)
(0
101.5 91.2 90.3
96.3
(0
(0
82.2 75.8 68.1
65.2 76.7 56.2
67.7 102.6 73.7
90.5 84.7 61.0
123.8
117.0
105.5
122.6
103.4
98.2
98.4
94.8
94.9
89.4
94.3
92.3
80.3
74.2
78.6
86.4
116. 2
132.2
99.3
110.4
102.6
100.4
97.0
91.5
90.6
87.5
91.4
89.7
79.6
68.7
67.0
70.1
96.5 81.8 117.4 67.9
95.5 78.6 31.1 29.4
92.8 75.9 31.8 29.1
92.4 76.1 37.3 33.8
96.7 80.7 43.8 36.2
101.4 87.2 47.6 38.9
103.5 91.4 54.5 40.7
112.4 99.0 73.4 56.7
121.2 109.2 76.9 58.5
117.6 107.0 200.4 125.6
109.3 100.7 189.0 147.2
105.5 98.4 113.0 68.3
76.8
83.2
86.2
84.7
86.4
89.5
82.3
87.5
88.1
90.9
93.6
87.7
58.5
66.4
66.5
70.4
70.5
77.3
65.9
74.0
72.4
74.0
72.8
72.5
24
Table 6«— Indexes o f Em ploym ent and Pay Rolls in M anufacturing Industries—
Continued
Paper and
printing
Tobacco manufactures
Month and year
1919 average_______ ________ _______
1920 average_______________________
1921 average________ _______ _ _
1922 average________________ ______
1923 average_________ _____________
1924 average_______________________
1925 average__________ ____ ________
1926 average..... ................ ............... . .
1927 average____________________ __
192S average_______________________
1929 average__________ _____ ___
1930 average..... ..................................
1931 average________ _____________
1932 average_______________________
1933 average___________ ________
1934 average.........................................
1934
January................................................
February______ ______ ________ ____
M arch__________ ____ ________ ____
April____________________ ________
M ay......................... ............................
June.____ _________________ _______
July..................... .................................
August.................................................
September___________ _____ _______
October. _____ ___________________
November............................................
December__________ ____ __________
Group index
Chewing and
smoking tobacco
and snuff
Em
ploy
ment
Pay
rolls
Em
ploy
ment
113.4
111.3
108.3
105.8
105.7
98.8
95.5
9o. 9
93.4
90.7
83.9
78.3
72.1
64.0
59.7
62.6
107.3
124.6
104.5
99.1
104.1
99.4
96.5
92.1
91.0
86.1
81.8
72.7
60.1
47.3
42.5
47.1
0)
0)
0)
0)
102.7
102.7
94.6
93.1
82.6
75.6
68.0
69.8
71.9
76.2
74.5
75.6
0)
0)
0)
0)
101. 4
101.6
97.0
94.0
84.8
77.4
71.3
71.3
69.0
66.0
63.1
67.4
54.5
62.1
64.4
64.7
61.3
62.4
61.1
65.1
64.7
65.3
64.0
61.9
39.8
45.5
45.8
46.2
46.3
47.5
47.3
49.3
50.3
49.0
48.8
49.9
76.0
81.0
81.1
79.3
76.9
73.2
72.9
73.6
73.7
73.5
73.8
71.5
68.3
74.1
72.2
66.3
65.3
66.6
67.0
66.6
68.7
63.9
62.2
67.4
Pay
rolls
Cigars and
cigarettes
Em
ploy
ment
Group index
Pay
rolls
Em
ploy
ment
0)
0)
0)
0)
106.2
98.2
95.6
90.4
94.9
92.8
86.0
79.4
72. 1
62.5
57.9
60.9
0)
0)
0)
0)
104.5
99.2
96.3
91.8
91.8
87.2
83.1
72.9
58.9
45.0
39.9
44.6
96.0
103.4
88.0
92.2
99.2
99.7
101.1
104.1
104.1
105.0
111.3
108.0
96.3
85.0
86.2
94.9
73.1
99.1
82.5
85.9
96.2
99.5
104.3
110.8
111.0
112.3
119.5
114.6
97.3
74.8
69.3
79.6
51.6
59.7
62.2
62.8
59.3
61.0
59.6
64.0
63.5
64.2
62.7
60.6
36.2
41.9
42.5
43.6
43.9
45.1
44.8
47. 1
47.9
47.1
47.1
47.7
92.4
93.1
93.7
95.1
95.9
94.7
93.4
93.8
95.3
96.4
97.0
97.8
74.3
76.0
77.7
77.7
80.6
78.9
77.3
78.4
80.3
82.7
82.8
86.5
Pay
rolls
Paper and printing—Continued
Month and year
Boxes, paper
Em
ploy
ment
1919 average_______________________
1920 average______________ _________
1921 average___________ ________ ___
1922 average_______________________
1923 average............ ................ .............
1924 average..........................................
1925 average_________ _____________
1926 average_______________________
1927 average._________ ____________
1928 average.........................................
1929 average_______________________
1930 average______________ _____ ___
1931 average.......... .................. ............
1932 average___ _____ ______________
1933 average______ -____ ___________
1934 average____________ __________
1934
January_______________________ ___
February... ....... ........... ...... .........
March____________________________
April______________________________
M ay_____________ _____ _________ _
June______________________________
July_______________ _____ _______
August____________________ _______
September_____ ____ ______________
October__________ ________________
November_______
______________
December_________________________
1 Data not available.
Pay
rolls
Paper and
pulp
Em
ploy
ment
Pay
rolls
Printing and
publishing,
book and job
Printing and
publishing,
newspapers
and periodicals
Em
ploy
ment
Pay
rolls
Em
ploy
ment
Pay
rolls
97.8
103.8
81.5
87.1
100.0
99.5
100.5
102.1
99.2
96.3
97.9
90.7
81.8
70.5
77.0
84.9
77.9
97.5
72.3
80.7
97.3
99.7
103.0
106.9
104.0
102.0
102.9
91.6
79.0
60.1
62.7
75.4
94.0
108.6
87.1
90.7
100.0
97.3
102.7
105.8
102.2
100.8
106.1
102.5
89.5
S2.4
90.3
105.4
88. 1
125.0
84.1
83.4
98.4
97.5
104.1
109. 1
105.3
105.3
112.5
104.6
82. 1
61.7
64.9
79.3
0)
0)
(0
0)
98.3
100.7
101.0
104.9
106.9
107.4
113.1
110.9
100.7
85.8
79.4
85.7
0)
0)
0)
0)
95.5
100.0
104.5
112.5
114.1
113.6
118.7
115.6
99.1
73.4
62.5
72.0
0)
0)
0)
0)
98.9
101.0
100.1
101.7
102.2
104.5
111.0
109.9
101.8
92.8
93.3
98.5
0)
0)
0)
0)
94.7
100.6
104.7
110.3
111. 1
113.6
121.8
119.4
108.0
88.6
80.0
87.4
77.9
80.7
83.8
85.3
85.3
83.9
83.1
84.1
86.5
89.7
90.3
88.5
63.6
69.6
74.8
75.7
76.2
73.8
71.6
74.5
77.8
82.6
81.3
82.7
100.3
102.5
104.4
106.8
107.2
106.0
104.8
104.8
105.4
106.6
107.7
108.3
71.3
76.4
78.6
81.3
79.8
78.5
77.1
78.8
79.6
83.2
82.6
84.2
85.7
85.0
83.5
84. 7
86.6
84.8
83.7
85.0
86.3
87.0
87. 2
89.3
69.3
68.3
68.9
70.8
73.4
71.0
70.3
71.6
72.4
73.7
74.4
80. 1
98.1
98.0
98.2
99.0
99.1
98.8
96.8
96.6
98.5
99.2
99.8
100.4
S3. 3
84.0
85.7
87.3
88.4
87.5
84.8
84.9
88.2
89.9
90.4
94.2
25
Table 6 .— Indexes o f E m ploym ent and Pay Rolls in M anufacturing Industries
Continued
Chemicals and allied products
Month and year
Group index
Em
ploy
ment
Pay
rolls
Other than
petroleum
refining
Em
ploy
ment
Chemicals
Em
ploy
ment
Pay
rolls
Cottonseed—oil, Druggists’ prep
cake, and meal
arations
Pay
rolls
Em
ploy
ment
Em
ploy
ment
Pay
rolls
Pay
rolls
1919 average... _____
1920 average..... ........
1921 average_______
1922 average_______
1923 average_______
1924 average_______
1925 average..... ........
1926 average—. .........
1927 average..... ........
1928 average_______
1929 average..... ........
1930 average.............
1931 average_______
1932 average.............
1933 average............
1934 average_______
0)
0)
0)
0)
102.9
96.7
100.4
106.7
104.1
102.9
115.6
109.5
95.1
84.0
94.7
108.6
0)
0)
0)
0)
102.2
96.3
101.5
108.8
107.9
108.1
121.0
112.2
91.8
70.4
74.3
89.4
0)
(i)
0)
0)
102. 9
96.9
100.2
105.6
102. 7
102.4
113.4
105.8
92.5
81.1
93.5
108.0
0)
0)
0)
0)
102. 1
96.8
101.0
107.6
106.7
108.1
118.5
106.6
87.5
65.8
71.6
87.9
0)
0)
(0
0)
105.7
98.0
96.3
0)
0)
0)
109.2
99.5
85.1
72.9
87.2
108.1
0)
0)
0)
0)
101.8
98.1
100.1
0)
0)
0)
120.0
103.5
84.2
63.0
71.9
92.4
0)
0)
0)
0)
87.8
100.5
111.7
0)
127.0
0)
109.0
0)
84.5
89.7
87.2
83.4
0)
0)
0)
0)
83.9
94.9
121.2
0)
151.3
0)
118.9
0)
88.5
79.0
74.2
76.2
0)
0)
0)
&
^97.7
96.8
105.5
108.3
110.4
106.6
116.4
108.2
103.2
90.3
90.7
101.1
0)
0)
0)
0)
91.8
97.5
110.7
113.4
119.2
113.1
124.4
116.3
105.3
82.4
81.0
92.1
1934
January... ............ .
February__________
March____________
April______________
M ay______________
June______________
July______________
August-----------------September________
October............. ...
November_________
December_________
107.9
110.6
112.8
113.3
106.1
104.5
105.3
106.9
108.6
109.4
108.6
108.8
84.5
87.2
89.1
92.3
88.3
88.1
88.7
90.0
89.9
91.6
90.9
91.7
107.3
110.6
113.4
114.7
105.3
102.9
103.8
105.3
107.6
108.5
107.9
108.3
83.0
86.1
88.3
92.4
87.0
86.6
86.6
87.8
87.9
89.6
89.1
89.9
104.8
104.8
107.7
110.8
111.2
111.7
112.3
110.9
108.0
106.5
104.4
103.9
86.9
88.0
89.1
95.8
94.4
96.1
96.6
96.5
92.1
92.4
90.7
90.0
100.4
111. 1
95.5
70.4
56.5
50.7
54.8
72.4
98.1
109.3
90.5
91.4
86.9
97.9
84.9
62.5
50.6
48.0
53.7
68.4
92.0
101.0
81.4
86.9
101.9
102.4
103.1
100.6
97.7
96.9
93.8
98.6
103. 0
106.8
105. 5
102.8
90.9
91.8
92.6
92.4
88.5
90.3
86.1
89.9
92.3
99.1
96.8
94.8
Chemicals and allied products—-Continued
Explosives
Month and year
Em
ploy
ment
Pay
rolls
Fertilizers
Em
ploy
ment
Pay
rolls
Paints and
varnishes
Em
ploy
ment
Pay
rolls
1919 average_______
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
1920 average_______
0)
0)
0)
(l)
0)
0)
1921 average..... ........
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
1922 average..... ........
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
1923 average_______ 108.5 109. 5 100.5
91.6
99.1
95.6
1924 average.._____ 94.8
97.6
93.1
93.6
97.6
99.8
1925 average_______
96. 7 92.9 106.4 107. 3 106. 8 108.6
1926 average_______
98. 7 92.2 112.8 118.4
0)
0)
1927 average._______ 98.5
97.6 100.8 106.9 117. 5 123.3
95.4
1928 average_______
92.2 107.6 109.1
0)
0)
1929 average_______
95.3 102.0 113.4 108.3 122.3 129.6
1930 average_______
79.7
74.7 111.0 104. 2
0)
0)
80.4
73.4
90.3
1931 average_______
78.8
94.4
66.9
62.4
1932 average_______
66.4
66.8
45.3
82.2
49.6
64.3
1933 average_______
52.3
82.5
55.8
85.7
76.3
1934 average_______
93.6
79.0
71.6 106.4
79.3 100.3
1934
64.4 106.6
January___________ 89.9
71.5
76.9
93.9
February...... ........._ 95.6
68.8 121.5
81.6
97.6
74.5
March____________
98.4
94.7
70.5 160.4 107.3
77.1
April______________ 99.2
78.6 181.5 132.1 102. 6 83.0
75.2 111.8
M ay. ------------------ 98.3
87.9
84.0 107.4
74.4
June______________
95. 7
73.5
86.3
57.5 106.1
July-------- --------- 71.0
78.8
92.0
71.0
56.9 101.2
August......... ........... 90.5
72.9
72.5
57.5
99.1
77.9
September___ _____
93.2
95.0
75.8
69.5
78.5
98.8
O ctober__________
91.8
72.5
91.5
73.5
78.1
99.6
71.2
91.2
November_________ 91.6
69.7
99.7
78.5
December_________
70.7
90.6
99.5
75.5
99.5
78.1
1 Data not available.
Rayon and
allied
products
Soap
Petroleum
refining
Em
Em
Em
ploy Pay ploy Pay ploy Pay
ment rolls ment rolls ment rolls
0)
0)
0)
0)
87.3
93.1
119.6
0)
164.8
(0
244.4
242.2
241.9
217.0
281.9
307.6
0)
0)
0)
0)
91.3
95.5
113.2
0)
141.2
0)
220.2
214. 1
188.4
140.4
178.8
215.4
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
104.9 105.7 103.0 102.3
100.0 100.0 96.1
94.6
95.1 94.3 100.9 103.1
0)
0) 110.8 112.7
82.9 100.3 109.9 111.9
0) 104.7 108.3
0)
88.6 96.7 124.4 129.2
0)
0) 124.9 130.4
87.4 90.2 106.2 105.8
85. 4
83.3 75.0 96.1
83.1
89.8 73.3 99.8
100.4 87.2 111. 1 94.3
319.4
325.2
321.9
319.0
267.7
273.8
296.8
304.2
305.5
307.0
320.8
329.5
208.1
220.0
218. 2
221.3
191. 2
200.0
208.6
213. 2
215.5
217.2
231. 6
240.1
91.6
98.0
103.1
104.5
102.3
99.9
97.7
98.6
98.6
105.7
104.6
99.6
76.5
83.5
88.4
88.8
87.1
86.0
84.3
86.1
87.3
94.6
92.5
90.7
110.3
110.6
110.2
107.8
109.5
111.4
111.7
113.4
112.9
112.9
111.9
110.8
89.5
90.8
92.0
92.0
92.7
93.1
95.7
97.2
96.3
97.9
96.8
97.8
26
*Table 6 .— Indexes o f Em ploym ent and Pay Rolls in M anufacturing Industries—
Continued
Rubber products
Month and year
Group index
Rubber boots
and shoes
Rubber goods,
other than
Rubber tires
boots, shoes,
tires, and inner and inner tubes
tubes
Em
ploy
ment
Pay
rolls
Em
ploy
ment
Pay
rolls
Em
ploy
ment
Pay
rolls
Em
ploy
ment
1919 average___________ _____ ____
1920 average_______________________
_______ _ _ . . .
1921 average____
1922 average_______________________
1923 average_______________________
1924 average______________ _____
1925 average_______________________
1926 average_______________________
1927 average_______________________
1928 average_______________________
1929 average_______________________
1930 average_______________________
1931 average_______________________
1932 average_______ ______________
1933 average_______________________
1934 average_______________________
0)
0)
0)
(0
102.6
91.8
105.6
105.1
105.7
111.1
111.0
85.9
73.9
65.4
73.9
82.9
0)
0)
0)
0)
101.0
92.9
106.1
107.0
110.0
117.5
115.1
84.7
62.5
44.9
50.2
63.7
(0
0)
0)
0)
117.0
83.6
99.4
103.0
106.8
105.0
102.1
82.0
63.2
52.5
50.9
54. 0
0)
0)
0)
0)
118.7
82.3
99.0
101.7
113.2
107.1
105.6
77.4
48.6
37.7
42.5
48.8
0)
0)
0)
0)
103.1
91.6
105.3
0)
110.3
(0
120.3
0)
102.3
94.1
112.2
122.4
0)
0)
0)
0)
100.1
92.7
107.2
0)
115.5
0)
126.4
0)
89.9
70.0
79.5
94.3
0)
0)
0)
0)
97.7
94.5
107.8
105.4
103.3
109.9
110.0
79.0
64.9
57.1
64.7
75.2
0)
0)
0)
0)
96.8
95.7
107.5
107.2
107.0
116.8
113. 2
79.3
56.2
37.7
41.7
56.4
1934
January___________________________
February............. ....... . . . ______
March_______ ___________________
April--------------------------------------------M ay--------------------------------------------June____ _____ ____________________
July---------------------------------------------August___________________ ________
September________________________
October________ ____ _____________
November____ _ _____ ______ ____
December__________ _______ ______
82.0
84.6
87.1
90.0
89.1
85.6
83.9
80.7
78.4
77.4
76.6
79.0
58.7
65.2
70.5
73.4
70.3
66.5
61.9
58.8
56.1
58.3
58.1
66.0
60.0
56.1
55.3
55.8
47.8
46.6
53.4
55.2
56.4
54.7
53.9
52.8
52.2
47.7
48.3
51.4
42.8
41.1
49.4
50.5
50.4
50.3
49.8
52.1
122.7
129.2
131.8
134.1
135. 2
124.2
122.1
115.9
113.5
113. 1
112. 1
115. 1
91.2
97.8
106.0
105.1
105.8
99.4
87.5
89.4
83.7
88.1
85.2
92.5
71.5
74.6
78.1
82.1
82.7
81.7
77.4
73.9
70.4
69.4
68.7
71.9
48.6
57.9
63.4
67.6
64.5
61.1
55.9
49.9
47.6
49.6
50.4
60.0
Pay
rolls
1 Data not available.
Em ploym ent in T^onm anufacturing Industries in Decem ber 1934
Six of the seventeen nonmanufacturing industries surveyed monthly
by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics showed increases in
employment and nine showed gains in pay rolls. Data for the build
ing construction industry are not presented here, but are shown in
detail under the section, “ Building Cons truetion.”
The retail-trade industry reported increases from November to
December of 8.5 percent in the number of employees and 6.8 percent
in pay rolls, this being due for the most part to holiday trade. The
group of department stores, variety stores, general merchandise,
and mail-order establishments, which is most affected by the Christ
mas trade, showed an increase of 27 percent in employment, while the
remaining 53,698 retail-trade establishments which reported, showed
a gain over the month interval of only 2.3 percent.
A comparison of the 12-month average for 1933 with the average
for 1934 shows that there were more employees in the current year in
each of the nonmanufacturing industries except telephones and tele
27
graphs, which showed a decline of 0.1 percent. The increases ranged
from 3 percent in electric-railroad and motor-bus operation and
maintenance, to 24.9 percent in crude-petroleum producing. Employ
ment in metalliferous mining increased 20.2 percent, anthracite
mining 15.3 percent, bituminous-coal mining 13.7 percent, and hotels
13.4 percent. Gains in pay rolls were shown in each of the non
manufacturing industries. In every instance the pay-roll increases
were greater than the employment gains.
In table 7 are shown indexes of employment and pay rolls, per capita
weekly earnings, average hours worked per week, and average
hourly earnings in December 1934 for 13 of the nonmanufacturing
industries surveyed monthly by the Bureau of Labor Statistics,
together with percentage changes from November 1934 and Decem
ber 1933. Per capita weekly earnings in banks, brokerage, insurance,
and real estate, together with percentage changes from November
1934 and December 1933 in these per capita earnings and in employ
ment and pay rolls are also presented. Indexes of employment and
pay rolls for these industries are not available.
Table 7.— Employment, Pay Rolls, Hours, and Earnings in Noiimanufacturing Industries, December 1934
Employment
Industry
Coal mining:
Anthracite____ ____________ __________ _____
Bituminous.................................................. ........
Metalliferous mining______________ ______ _______
Quarrying and nonmetallic mining__________ ____
Crude-petroleum producing_________________ ____
Public utilities:
Telephone and telegraph____________________
Electric light and power and manufactured gas..
Electric-railroad and motor-bus operation and
maintenance________________ _____________
Trade:
Wholesale______________ . ________________
Retail______________ _____ __________________
General merchandising____________ _____________
Other than general merchandising________ ____
Hotels (cash payments only) 4____________ ____
Laundries________ _____ ______ _____ _______ ____
Dyeing and cleaning__ _________________________
Banks............... ...................................... ............ .
Brokerage__________________ ______ ____________
Insurance®__ _______________ _____ ___________
Real estate______ ______________________________
Average hours worked
per week i
Average hourly earn
ings 1
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Index
Index
change from—
Decem change from— Decem change from— Aver change from— Aver change from—
Aver
ber 1934
ber 1934
age in
age in
age in
(aver
(aver
Decem
Decem No
No Decem age
No Decem ber
No Decem Decem No
age
Decem
ber
1934
1934
ber
1934 vember Decem
vember ber 1933
1929 vember ber 1933 1929 vember ber 1933
vember
1934
1934
1934 ber 1933
= 100)
1934
= 100)
1934 ber 1933
61.6
79.7
44.4
42.1
78.7
+1.4
-.1
+2.8
-15.1
-.2
+13.0
+5.7
+9.4
-7 .1
+4.9
52.3
57.0
29.4
23.6
59.5
+2.2
-2 .3
+3.2
-20.0
+ .9
+18.1
+12.2
+12.2
-3 .3
+11.8
$24. 78
18. 61
21.53
14. 30
26. 78
+0.9
-2 .3
+ .4
-5 .7
+1.1
+4.4
+6.1
+2.6
+4.1
+6.6
30.5
26.5
36.4
29.6
34.4
+3.7
-.4
+1.1
-6 .9
-1 .4
-1 .1
—8.7
-5 .7
-2 .3
+ .6
Cents
81.5
70.9
58.1
47.9
79.4
-1 .6
-.1
-1 .2
+ .6
+2.3
+3.2
+18.5
+8.7
+6.2
+6.4
69.7
83.6
-.3
-2 .2
+ .4
+2.2
73.2
78.3
+ 1.3
-1 .6
+8.1
+5.2
27.83
29. 85
+1.7
+ .6
+7.6
+3.0
38.2
38.7
+ .3
-.3
+3.6
-1 .7
74.6
77.2
+1.4
+1.2
+6.8
+7.2
71.0
-1 .0
+ .3
62.3
+ .8
+4.5
28.02
+1.8
+4.2
45.6
+2.0
+ .8
61.1
+ .5
+8.4
2 85.0
290.8
127.3
81.2
83.3
79.5
72.4
(5)
(5)
(5)
(4)
-.1
+8.5
+27.0
+2.3
-.5
-1 .0
-4 .6
-.1
+ .3
+ .1
+.1
+4.3
+1.9
+7.1
-. 1
+7.3
+1.4
+2.7
-.3
-24.8
+ .9
+3.5
264.8
266.0
97.8
59.4
64.9
63.3
51.1
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
+ .9
+6.8
+22.5
+2.3
-.1
-.6
-5 .2
-.4
+ .4
+1.9
-.1
+6.4
+3.1
+8.5
+1.4
+12.7
+3.6
+8.0
+• 2
-28.1
+1.1
+3.8
26.12
19.14
15.76
22.42
13. 48
14.95
17.17
31.46
34. 32
35.53
21.49
+1.0
-3 .1
-3 .5
(3)
+ .4
+ .4
-.6
-.3
+• 1
+1.8
-. 1
+2.0
+1.3
+1.3
+1.5
+5.0
+2.2
+5.2
+ .5
-4 .3
+• 1
+ .2
41.0
41.6
40.5
42.6
47.3
39.2
39.7
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
+ .7
+3.5
+7.7
+1.4
+ .2
+ .5
(3)
(5)
(5)
(6)
(5)
+1.8
-1 .9
-4 .2
+1.9
-4 .5
+3.1
+1.1
(5)
(5)
(*)
(5)
63.4
48.3
41.1
54.2
27.8
37.4
43.2
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
-.2
-6 .4
-10.5
-1 .6
-.4
-.5
-.7
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
-.6
+6; 6
+5.6
+3.7
+9.0
-1 .4
+3.9
0)
0)
(5)
(3)
1 Per capita weekly earnings are computed from figures furnished by all reporting es
tablishments. Average hours and average hourly earnings are computed from data fur
nished by a smaller number of establishments as some firms do not report man-hour
information. Percentage changes over year computed from indexes.
2 Revised to conform to the trend shown by 1929 and 1933 census totals.
3 No change.
4 The additional value of board, room, and tips cannot be computed.
* Not available.
Per capita weekly
earnings 1
Pay rolls
6 October and November data revised as follows:
Percentage change Percentage change Aver
age per Percentage change
in employment
in pay roll
from—
capita
from—
from—
Month
weekly
Previous Previous Previous Previous earn Previous Previous
month
year
month
year
month
ings
year
October 1934_______
+0.1
+1.2
+0.6
+4.9
+0.5
$34.37
+3.7
November 1934____
-.4
+ .2
+ .7
+2.2
34.72
+ .9
+1.4
29
Indexes of Employment and Pay-Roll Totals for Nonmanufacturing Industries
I n t a b l e 8 are presented index numbers of employment and pay
roll totals for 13 nonmanufacturing industries and 2 subdivisions
under retail trade, by months, January 1931 through December 1934.
The indexes for wholesale and retail trade have recently been
revised to conform with the trends shown by the 1929 and 1933
census averages.
The indexes for “ total retail trade” have been computed by
weighing the indexes of the two subgroups, “ general merchandising”
and “ other than general merchandising.”
Table 8.— Indexes of Employment and Pay Rolls for Nonmanufacturing Indus
tries January 1931 to December 1934
[12-month average, 1929=100]
Bituminous-coal mining
Anthracite mining
Month
Employment
Pay rolls
Employment
Pay rolls
1931 1932 1933 1934 1931 1932 1933 1934 1931 1932 1933 1934 1931 1932 1933 1934
January............
February........... .
March_________
April___________
M ay___________
June___________
July____________
August..... .........
September______
October________
November______
December______
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
58.7
54.6
51.6
43.2
39.5
43.8
47.7
56.8
56.9
61.0
54.5
64.1 89.3
63.2 101.9
67.5 71.3
58.2 75.2
63.8 76.1
57.5 66.7
53.6 53.7
49.5 56.4
56.9 64.9
58.5 91.1
60.7 79.5
61.6 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
73.2
65.8
82.4
51.7
64.0
53.3
42.3
39.7
47.0
48.3
51.2
52.3
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
75.8
76.1
77.8
72.2
76.7
76.7
77.0
77.1
78.2
79.3
79.8
79.7
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
51.3
54.6
58.9
51.4
54.4
55.1
49.7
50.4
51.4
57.6
58.3
57.0
Average___ 80.5 62.5 51.7 59.6 75.4 53.7 45.8 55.9 83.2 67.4 67.9 77.2 57.5 35.6 37.8 54.2
Metalliferous mining
January...............
February.............
March. ................
April______ ____
M ay....... .............
June.....................
July-------- --------August..... ...........
September______
October________
November______
December______
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
39.6
40.3
39.8
41.7
40.8
41.0
39.9
42.7
42.3
43.3
43.2
44.4
55.0
54.6
52.8
51.4
49.3
46.1
41.3
40.2
40.0
37.4
35.1
34.3
29.7
27.8
26.5
25.0
23.8
20.1
16.9
16.5
17.0
18.0
18.7
18.7
Quarrying and nonmetallic mining
18.1
17.8
17.4
16.4
17.0
18.3
19.0
21.9
23.9
25.9
25.6
26.2
25.4
26.0
25.9
27.2
25.6
26.7
25.1
27.0
25. 9
28.2
28.5
29.4
64.4
66.0
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
39.7
38.8
42.0
48.7
54.3
56.6
55.6
54.7
53.3
51.8
49.5
42.1
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
21.3
21.0
24.1
29.9
35.0
37.0
35.0
34.0
32.4
32.1
29.4
23.6
Average___ 59.1 36.5 34.6 41.6 44.8 21.6 20.6 26.7 67.4 49.0 44.9 48.9 53.4 29.1 24.7 29.6
Crude-petroleum producing
January...............
February.............
March..................
April...................
M ay....... .............
J u n e ...................
July____________
August............... .
September...........
October............
November______
December............
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
73.2
72.4
72.8
74.0
76.7
80.0
81.6
82.7
81.8
79.5
78-8
78.7
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
39.9
41.7
42.5
40.1
41.6
40.6
42.2
42.5
44.4
50.1
50.3
53.2
Telephone and telegraph
53.0
50.5
52.5
53.4
56.4
56.9
60.0
61.2
59.7
60.8
59.0
59.5
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
73.9
73.2
72.3
70.1
69.2
68.5
68.1
68.3
68.7
68.9
69.4
70.2
69.8
70.0
70.2
70.2
70.4
71.0
71.0
70.9
70.3
69.9
69.7
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
69.0
67.9
70.4
68.8
71.4
71.3
72.3
74.0
72.2
74.9
72.2
73.2
Average___ 65.7 55.3 62.2 77.7 61.7 44.1 44.1 56.9 86.6 79.1 70.4 70.3 93.7 81.1 68.2 71.5
30
Table 8.— Indexes of Employment and Pay Rolls for Nonmanufacturing Indus
tries, January 1931 to December 1934— Continued
[12-month average, 1929 = 100]
Electric light and power and manufac
tured gas
Month
Employment
Pay rolls
Electric-railroad and motor-bus operation
and maintenance 1
Employment
Pay rolls
1931 1932 1933 1934 1931 1932 1933 1934 1931 1932 1933 1934 1931 1932 1933 1934
99. 2
February----------- 97.8
96.7
97.1
M ay___________ 97.6
June___________ 97. 2
96. 7
J u ly ________
95.9
September______ 94.7
92.7
91.3
D ecem ber..____ 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
82. 2 98. 6
81.2 99.7
81. 7 102.4
82.4 97 6
83.1 98.7
84.0 98. 3
85.0 97 4
85.6 96.2
85.8 94.3
85.8 93.2
85.5 93.3
83.6 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
73.8
74.4
75.6
76.8
77.6
77.8
81.1
79.9
79.3
80.6
79.6
78.3
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
70. 5
71.0
71. 7
72. 2
72.6
73. 2
73.1
72.8
72.5
72.2
71. 8
71.0
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
59.2
60.1
62.2
62.9
63.0
63. 2
63.8
62.8
62.4
63.0
61.8
62.3
Average---- 95.6 83.0 78.8 83.8 96.7 79.8 72.0 77.9 84.7 75.5 70.0 72.1 83.4 68.0 58.9 62.2
Wholesale Trade
88.9
February_______ 87. 6
86.7
86. 7
M ay___________ 86.3
June
_______- 86. 3
July .............. . 85.9
August_________ 85. 6
September....... . 85.1
________ 84.2
November______ 83.1
December______ 82.6
80.7 73. 6 80. 6
79. 7 72.4 81.2
78. 6 71.3 81.8
71. 5 82.1
77.6
76. 6 72. 2 82.8
75. 6 73. 9 82. 3
75. 2 75.1 82. 2
74. 9 77. 9 82. 5
75. 6 80. 3 83. 5
76. 2 October
81.7 84.3
76.0 81. 6 85.1
75.4 81.5 85.0
Total retail trade
86 3 71.8 58.3 *60.3
87.1 70.1 55.1 61.0
87 7 68. 8 53.5 62.0
52. 4 63.1
83. 7 66.3
83. 2 67.1 53.8 62. 6
82. 5 63. 5 53. 7 62. 8
81. 6 61.9 55. 5 63.8
80.3 60. 3 57.2 62. 7
79.5 60.1 58. 7 63. 6
77. 9 60.8 62. 4 64. 5
77. 6 60.1 60. 5 64. 2
75.6 59.3 60.9 64.8
92.3
89.3
89.2
91.3
90.8
90.7
84.2
81.2
83.3
85. 2
84.8
90.6
80. 3
78.3
78.6
78. 7
77.2
76.3
73.1
71.8
74.2
76. 3
75.4
80.9
72.1
70.4
68.9
73. 3
72.1
73. 2
71.0
75.4
80.6
83. 3
83.9
89.1
79.8
79. 6
81. 5
82. 5
82.9
82.6
79.0
77.8
81. 7
82. 6
83. 7
90.9
88.1
86.4
86.8
87.5
86.8
86. 7
81. 3
77.9
78.3
78.9
78. 3
80.4
71.9
69.1
68. 5
67. 7
65. 5
62. 7
59. 2
56.9
58. 3
59. 7
58.6
60.4
54.7
51. 8
49.0
52.0
51. 3
52.2
51. 0
54 9
58.7
61. 6
61.4
64.0
59.0
58.8
59.8
61.2
61.5
61.4
60.1
58.4
60.6
61.9
61.8
66.0
Average---- 85.8 76.8 76.1 82.8 81.9 64.2 56.8 63.0 87.7 76.8 76.1 82.0 83.1 63.2 55.2 60.9
Retail trade other than general merchan
dise
General merchandising
January________
February_______
March_________
April___________
M ay___________
June __________
July ...............
August_________
Septem ber_____
October________
November--------December_____Average—
92.1 84.8 76. 4 86. 6 90. 3
89. 3 81. 2 73.0 85.0 87.1
90.8 82. 6 70. 7 90.1 88.0
93.0 82. 7 80. 7 91.0 88.8
92.8 82.1 78.5 92.0 88.5
91.4 80.3 79.9 90. 6 87.9
84. 7 74.1 74. 7 83.0 82.3
81.6 71. 5 78.4 81. 2 78.7
88.7 78.7 89.0 91. 5 83.9
92.1 83. 7 93. 6 94.2 85.3
94.1 84.6 97.0 100.2 86.9
116.2 104.7 118.9 127.3 100.7
78.1
73.1
73.1
72. 3
70.5
67.6
61. 3
58.5
64.3
67. 7
67.9
79.2
61. 4
57.1
53.4
60.8
59.3
60.6
56.4
62.4
71. 8
75.3
76.1
90.1
71.1
68.9
71. 5
74.0
74.5
73.9
69. 5
66.9
74.0
77. 3
79.8
97.8
92.4
89.3
88.8
90.9
90.3
90.5
84.1
81.1
81.9
83.4
82.3
83.9
79.1
77.6
77. 5
77.6
75.9
75.2
72.8
71.9
73.0
74.3
73.0
74.6
71. 0
69. 7
68. 4
71. 3
70. 4
71.5
70.0
74. 6
78.4
80. 6
80.4
81.3
87.7
86.2
86. 5
87. 2
86.5
86.4
81.1
77. 7
77.2
77. 6
76.5
76.2
70.6
68.3
67.5
66. 7
64. 5
61. 7
58.8
56. 6
57.1
58.1
56.7
56.5
53.3
50. 7
48.1
50. 2
49. 7
50. 5
49.9
53. 4
56.0
58.8
58.3
58.6
56.5
56.7
57. 4
58.5
58.8
58.8
58.2
56.6
57.8
58.7
58.1
59.4
92.2 82.6 84.2 92.7 87.4 69.5 65.4 74.9 86.7 75.2 74.0 79.2 82.2 61.9 53.1 58.0
Laundries
Hotels
January________
February_______
March_________
A p r il__________
M ay................. .
June __________
July ..................
........ ........
September______
October________
November______
December______
78. 0
78. 2
79.3
80. 3
80.5
80. 5
77. 9
76.9
79.1
79.5
79.4
81.2
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 81. 5 91.0
73.8 84.8 93. 7
72.4 86.4 93.4
71.9 86.6 89.9
71.9 85.7 87.7
73.6 86.2 85.4
75. 6 86. 3 85. 2
77.1 August
86. 2 83.8
78. 7 84.4 81.9
77.0 84.2 79.7
75.8 83.7 77.1
77.6 83.3 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
55.9
53.5
51. 7
51.8
52.3
53.3
54.0
55.6
56.2
55.2
57.6
60.8
65.2
66.6
66.5
65.9
66.2
65. 6
64. 5
64.3
65.3
64.9
64.9
94.3
93.7
93.2
94.3
94.1
94.8
95.6
94.0
93.0
91.8
89.8
88.8
88. 2
86. 3
85.4
85.4
84.8
84.4
83. 6
82.2
81.9
80.7
79.4
79.1
78.6
77.5
76.1
76. 5
76.6
79.2
79. 5
81.1
82. 6
81.3
78.4
78.4
78. 5
78.4
79.2
80. 5
82.1
84.0
84. 6
83.7
82.9
81.7
80.3
79.5
90.7
89.6
89.6
90.9
90.5
91.2
91.5
88.6
88.0
85.6
82.6
81.0
80.0
76.7
75.0
74.7
73.9
71.8
69.4
66.9
65.8
64.1
61.9
61.4
60.7
58.1
55.4
56.6
57.1
59.4
58.7
60 3
63. 5
62. 5
60.7
61.1
61.7
61.7
62.7
64.4
66.9
68.3
68.2
66. 6
65.9
64.8
63.7
63.3
Average— 91.7 79.0 74.9 84.9 85.4 64.5 54.4 65.1 93.1 83.5 78.8 81.3 88.3 70.1 59.5 64.9
i Not including electric-railroad car building and repairing; see transportation equipment and railroad
repair-shop groups, manufacturing industries, table 1.
31
Table 8 .— Indexesof Em ploym ent and Pay Rolls for Nonmanufacturing Indus
tries, January 1931 to Decem ber 1934— Continued
fl2-month average, 1929 = 100]
Dyeing and cleaning
Month
Employment
Pay rolls
Employment
Pay rolls
1931 1932 1933 1934 1931 1932 1933 1934 1931 1932 1933 1934 1931 1932 1933 1934
January________
February_______
March_____ __
April_______ _
M ay_______
_
June..............
July____________
August__ __
September. _ __
October________
November______
December___
82.1
80.7
81.3
88.4
89.3
91.4
91.1
86.4
88.0
87.0
83.2
78.4
75.8
74.4
74.4
76.9
78.0
78.6
76.1
73.4
76.9
76.0
72.0
69. 5
67.4
65.6
65.8
74.9
75.7
79.1
76.6
76.8
81.9
81.6
76.1
70.5
68.1
68.1
72.4
79.9
84.3
84.9
80.5
78.6
80.0
80.3
75.8
72.4
73.7
71.2
71.7
81.9
82.1
84.5
81.8
75.9
78.3
77.2
70.8
64.4
62.4
59.0
58.5
62.5
63.8
62.4
56.9
53.4
57.9
55.8
49.6
45.9
44.2
40.2
38.9
51.7
51.0
53.7
50.0
50.0
57.1
57.4
52.5
47.3
46.8
46.3
51.7
60.8
65.1
64.1
58.9
56.7
59.0
59.1
53.9
51.1
Average___ 85.6 75.2 74.3 77.1 76.1 57.3 49.5 56.1
------
------
Em ploym ent in B uilding C onstruction in Decem ber 1934
T h e percentages of change in employment, pay rolls, and man-hours
in building construction in December as compared with November
were as follows:
Percent
Total employment_______________________________________
Total pay rolls__________________________________________
Total man-hours worked_________________________________
Average weekly earnings________________________________
Average hours per week per man_________________________
Average hourly earnings_________________________________
—11.
—13.
—14.
—1.
—3.
+2.
6
1
1
7
8
6
The following table is based on returns made by 10,453 firms
engaged in public and private building-construction projects not aided
by Public Works Administration funds. These reports include all
trades, from excavation through painting and interior decoration,
which are engaged in erecting, altering, or repairing buildings. Work
on roads, bridges, docks, etc., is omitted. The reports cover building
operations in various localities in 34 States and the District of
Columbia.
For purposes of comparison in this study, all reports were reduced
to a 1-week basis if not originally so reported.
In December the weekly pay roll for 74,129 workers amounted to
$1,713,453 as compared with $1,972,715 earned by 83,862 workers
employed by the identical firms in November.
In December the average weekly earnings were $23.11 as compared
with $23.52 for November. These are per capita weekly earnings*
computed by dividing the total amount of the weekly pay roll by the
total number of employees— part time as well as full time.
112178r- 35-------- 5
32
Reports from 10,054 firms— 96.2 percent of the 10,453 cooperating
firms— gave the man-hours worked by the employees, namely, 1,959,360 in December as compared with 2,280,512 in Noveihber.
The average hours per week per man— 27.8 in December and 28.9
in November— were computed by dividing the number of man-hours
by the number of workers employed by those firms which reported
man-hours.
The average hourly earnings— 83.5 cents in December and 81.4
cents in November— were computed by dividing the pay roll of those
firms which reported man-hours by the number of man-hours.
Table 9 .— Employment, Pay Rolls, Hours, and Earnings in the BuildingConstruction Industry, December 1934
[ Figures in italics are not compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics but are taken from reports issued by
cooperating State bureaus]
Dollars
Dollars
All localities...................... 10,453 74,129 -11.6 1,713,453 -13.1 23.11 : _ L 7
517 -6 .2
86
8,423 -14.5 16.29 - 8.9
Alabama: Birmingham...
California:
Los Angeles................
San Francisco - Oak
land..........................
Other localities...........
Percentage change
from November 1934
Average
hourly
earnings 1
December 1934
Percentage change
from November 1934
Average
hours per
week per
man 1
Number December
1934
Percentage change
from November 1934
Average
weekly
earnings
Amount December
1934
Percentage change
from November 1934
Pay rolls
Amount December
1934
Percentage change
from November 1934
Number December
1934
Locality
Number of firms reporting
\
Employment
27.8
-3 .8
Cents
83.5 + 2.6
26.3
-7 .7
62.5 -1 .0
18
885 -12.5
18,868 - 14.1
21.32
- 1.9
29.8 -1 2.9
71.6 +12.6
26
19
650
198
+4* 8
+3.7
13,643 -5 .5
4,963 +26.4
20.99 - 9.9
25.07|+22.0
21.6 -22.3
81.4 +14-2
97.2 +16.1
79.9 +5.8
68 1,788
-4 .9
37,474
-7 .1
21.62\ -2 .3
26.9 -14.1
80.4 +13.7
Colorado: Denver............
205
687 +17.8
14,342 +23.5
20.88| +4.8
23.7
+6.8
87.8 -1 .0
Connecticut:
Bridgeport..................
Hartford......................
New Haven................
109
480 -22.7
261 1,033 -1 0.2
151
757 -10.3
10,718 -29.7
24,196 -8 .3
15,113 -30.2
22.33I -9 .1
23.42 +2.0
19.96 -2 2.2
28.5 -8 .7
31.9 -3 .0
26.5 -21.4
78.5 -1 .1
72.8 +4.7
76.0 -1 .2
The State. ..............
521 2,270 -1 3.2
50,027 -21.0
22.04
101
851 -10.2
361 3,699 -15.0
17,092 -22.9
102,192 -16.4
The State. ..............
Delaware: Wilmington. —
District of Columbia____
Florida:
Jacksonville................
Miami.........................
47
233
67 1,302
-9 .7
+4.8
-9 .0
29.4 -10.4
74.8
20.08 -14.1
27.63 1 " L6
29.2 -1 1.8
30.9 -3 .7
68.8 -2 .4
90.8 + 4.0
62.1 +5.4
69.6 -1 .3
4,444
28,893
+3.7
+8.6
19.07: +14.8
22.191 +3.6
30.7
31.9
+8.9
+4.9
+ .9
114 1,535 +2.3
33,337
+7.9
21.72
+5.5
31.7
+5.7
68.5
Georgia: Atlanta..............
134
14,485
-5 .8
16.94
-1 .2
24.6
-9 .6
68.9 +9.9
Illinois:
Chicago.......................
Other localities...........
125 1,105 -42.4
77 1,131 -26.4
26,827 -51.7
21,660 -22.9
24.28 -16.1
19.15\ + 4.8
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
The State................
202 2,286 -35.8
48,487 - 42.0
$1.6$ -10.4
0)
(2)
(2)
(2)
The State................
See footnotes at end of table.
855
-4 .7
-.1
33
Table 9 .— Em ploym ent, Pay Rolls, Hours, and Earnings in the BuildingConstruction Industry, Decem ber 1934— Continued
Indiana:
Evansville-................
Fort Wayne...............
Indianapolis...............
South Bend................
The S tate-.............
Iowa: Des Moines............
Kansas: Wichita...............
Kentucky: Louisville___
Louisiana: New Orleans—
Maine: Portland....... ......
Maryland: Baltimore----Massachusetts: All locali
ties.................... - ...........
Michigan:
Detroit........................
F l i n t .- ....... — .........
Grand Rapids............
61
77
149
35
335 -3 9.2
200 -2 5.4
939 -21.7
133 -30.7
Dollars
7,330
3,758
20,282
2,515
-36.8
-3 5.4
-29.9
-40.1
322 1,607 -27.3
33,885 -33.0
87
370
57
227
137
758
105 837
87
325
104 2,112
- 12.1
-21.5
-15.4
-15.1
-7 .4
-8 .0
7,465
3,969
14, 713
15,199
6,815
40,400
-21.3
- 22.0
-13.3
-12.3
-4 .1
-7 .7
685 4,850 -1 0.2
120,326
-8 .4
470 3,537 -2 .7
52
147 -7 .5
102
264 - 22.6
624 3,948
Dollars
+3.9
18.79 -1 3.5
21.60 -1 0.4
18.91 -1 3.6
21.88
Percentage change
from November 1934
December 1934
Percentage change
from November 1934
79.5 +5.9
-4 .9
-5 .2
-4 .8
(3)
-1 .4
—8.3
80.3
69.3
71.7
64.1
75.8
66.0
+2.0
29.4
-1 .7
84.4 + 3.6
104,835 +14.3
2,838 - 11.2
4,357 -24.9
29.64 +17.5
19.31 -3 .9
16.50 -3 .0
33.0
27.5
25.6
+ 6.1
-3 .8
-7 .9
90.0 + 10.8
70.2 - . 3
64.4 + 5.4
28.38 +16.5
32.3
+5.2
88.0 + 11.0
25.5 - 11.1
27.1 - 1.8
30.9 - 1.6
74.0 +2.4
80.5 +4.4
77.2 -4 .9
24.81
112,030 + 11.2
45
115 - 21.2
211 1,007 -2 2.3
+7.2
2,238 -26.5
22,088 -2 0.5
19,969
+ .5
19.46
21.93
23.89
- 6.6
+2.3
- 6.2
- .8
836
Cents
87.0 +15.8
76.9 +14.9
78.3 +• 6
73.5 +4.9
25.4
25.3
27.8
28.3
27.6
29.9
-4 .5
153
-10.4
-24.7.
- 11.0
-16.9
26.5 -13.1
Minnesota:
Duluth........................
Minneapolis...............
St. Paul......................
The State................
25.1
24.4
27.6
26.0
Average
hourly
earnings
20.18 -1 0.4
-.7
17.48
19.41 +2.4
18.16 +3.3
20.97 +3.6
19.13 - 1 9
21.09
-7 .7
Average
hours per
week per
man
Number December
1934
Percentage change
from November 1934
December
1934
Average
weekly
earnings
Amount
§!
Percentage change
from November 1934
o
December
1934
8
Pay rolls
Amount
Locality
Percentage change
from November 1934
3
g
p<
Number December
1934
Employment
The State................
409 1,958 -11.9
44,295 - 12.6
22.62
Missouri:
Kansas City 4- _ .........
St. Louis.....................
269 1,533 -9 .8
570 2,540 -15.3
32,397 -23.7
61,382 - 21.8
21.13 -1 5.4
7.7
24.17
The State--............
28.7
78.6
+ .4
94.3
-7 .8 101.4
+ .2
+ .2
- 1.0
22.6 -1 6.0
23.8
-5 .4
+4.8
+7.3
+ 3.4
+ 4.8
+4.9
839 4,073 -13.3
93,779 -22.5
23.02 - 10.6
23.4 -1 0.7
98.9
+ .3
Nebraska: Omaha............
160
- 8.6
12,136 -15.7
18.73
-7 .8
26.2
- 6.8
71.7
-.7
New York:
New York City-------Other localities...........
688 9,264 -5 .7
358 7,105 -1 7.6
273,280 -10.4
160,808 -16.7
29.50
22.68
-5 .0
+1.0
26.8
27.1
-4 .6 109.9 —.5
-8 .6 88.4 +4.6
The State--............
891 16,869 -1 1.2
484,088 -12.8
26.52
-1 .8
27.0
-8 .9
f/8.8 +'J>.8
5,270 -13. 5
18.17
-2 .5
28.6
-4 .0
63.6 + 1.6
-1 7.9
-1 7.9
-21.5
-2 4.6
-1 8.5
22.49
21.04
24.43
20.76
24.89
+3.6
-5 .1
- 2.0
- 6.1
+3.2
29.3 + 2.1
26.1 -4 .7
25.1
- .8
25.7 -11.4
29.7 (3)
76.8 + 1.5
80.9 -. 1
.7
97.6 —
80.9 + 6.2
83.9 +3.3
112, 251 -20.3
22.94
-2 .7
26.0
North Carolina: Charlotte
45
648
290 -11.3
Ohio:
Akron....... ..................
Cincinnati 5................
Cleveland...................
Dayton.......................
Youngstown...............
86
271 - 20.8
421 1,554 -13.5
609 2,242 -1 9.9
148 454 -19.6
89
372 - 21.0
The State--............
1,353 4,893 -18.1
6,096
32,697
54,777
9,423
9,258
-3 .0
88.2
+. 5
Oklahoma:
Oklahoma City..........
Tulsa...........................
85
51
427 +47.2
268 -20.5
7,393 +61.2
5,111 -1 7.2
17.31
19.07
+9.5
+4.0
25.0 +14.2
27.9
-.4
The State......... ......
136
695 + 10.8
12, 504 +16.2
17.99
+4.8
26.2
+4.0
69.1 + 1.6
Oregon: Portland.............
171
749
14,191 -13.9
18.95
- 8.2
23.0
-8 .4
82.6
See footnotes at end of table.
- 6.1
68.7 -3 .6
69.7 +5.8
+ .1
34
Table 9 .— Em ploym ent, Pay Rolls, Hours, and Earnings in the Building
Construction Industry, Decem ber 1934— Continued
Pennsylvania:6
Erie area.....................
Philadelphia area.......
Pittsburgh area..........
Heading - Lebanon
area..........................
Scranton area.............
Other areas.................
20
191 - 1 1 3
m 2,136 -1 4 .2
161 1,269 - 7.4
Percentage change
from November 1934 1
Average
hourly
earnings
December 1934
Percentage change
from November 1934
Average
hours per
week per
man
Number December
1934
Percentage change
from November 1934
Average
weekly
earnings
Amount December
1934
Percentage change
from November 1934
December
1934
1
Pay rolls
Amount
0
Percentage change
from November 1934
ft
£
Locality
Employment
Number December
1934
M
>
d
Dollars
Dollars
2,220 -22.4 11.62 -9 .4
-.9
43,260 -1 6.0 20.26
36,643 +4.4 29.03 +12.7
12.0 -1 3.7
28.9 -1 -4
30.0 +12.4
Cents
72.6 - 1 .0
70.6 - . 8
97.6 + .6
37
160 - 18.6
23
103 -1 8.3
216 1,688 -2 0 .0
2,813 -2 1.9
2,364 -1 1.3
29,698 -24.1
17.68
22.86
18.64
-9 .8
+8.6
-6 .1
26.2 -1 0 .9
27.6 -6 .6
29.3 -7 .6
67.2 +U483.0 +12.6
62.9 + 1.9
The State................
740 6,437 -1 4.6
116,778 -1 2.8
21.48
+2.1
28.7
-1 .4
76.2 + 2.9
Rhode Island: Providence.
247 1,394 -1 4.8
30,971 -1 6.2
22.22
-1 .6
30.2
-8 .5
74.4 + 8.5
128 —19.0
379 -4 .5
293 -1 2.5
650 -20.1
1,819 -3 3.5
6,206 +6.5
4,813 -1 0.4
11,138 -22.1
14.21 -1 7.9
16.37 +11.5
16.43 +2.5
17.14 - 2 .5
22.4 -2 0.8
24.3 - 2 .0
25.6 +5.8
27.8 - 1 .8
62.3 + 1.0
67.8 +15.7
63.4 - 3 .4
61.7 - . 6
The State................
216 1,450 -1 4.9
23,976 -15.1
16.54
-.2
26.0
-2 .6
63.5 + 2.6
Texas:
Dallas..........................
El Paso.......................
Houston......................
San Antonio...............
193 1,002 +26.8
25
126 +11.5
187 1,048 -5 .7
92
262 -1 2.4
15.578 +16.4
2,316 +22.2
21,103 +2.5
4,001 -1 1.7
15.55
18.38
20.14
15.27
-8 .2
+9.5
+8.6
+ .8
25.7 -6 .2
26.8 +13.6
29.5 +6.5
27.8 +14.9
60.7 - 2 .4
68.6 - 3 .7
68.6 + 2.5
55.0 -1 2 .3
Tennessee:
Chattanooga...............
Knoxville....................
Memphis....................
Nashville....................
The State................
33
38
70
75
497 2,438
+5.4
Utah: Salt Lake C i t y __
74
196
-8 .0
Virginia:
N orfolk- Portsmouth-.
Richmond...................
72
114
358
884
-1 .1
+4.7
186 1,242
+3.0
The State................
+6.4
17.64
+1.0
27.6
+2.6
64.0 - 1 .5
4,464 -1 3.9
22.78
-6 .4
26.4
-7 .7
83.5
6,450
18,039
-6 .7
+2.1
18.02
20.41
-5 .7
- 2 .5
25.4 -1 0.6
28.9 -6 .8
70.9 + 5.3
70.5 + 3.5
24,489
-.4
19.72
-3 .3
27.9
-7 .6
70.6 + 4 .0
-7 .5
+4.8
+5.1
22.9
26.5
21.5
-4 .2
-2 .6
+ 7.0
92.9 - 3 .5
95.4 + 7 .8
90.0 - 1 .6
42,998
-.4
Washington:
Seattle.........................
Spokane......................
Tacoma.......................
156
50
82
604 -2 .6
136 -2 0.9
195 -1 7.7
12,856 -9 .9
3,437 -17.1
3,778 -1 3 .5
21.28
25.27
19.37
The State................
288
935
-9 .1
20,071 -1 1.9
21.47
-3 .0
23.1
-2 .1
92.8 - 1 .2
56
177 -1 6.9
160 1,768 -■U4
3,520 -1 0 .9
37,016 + 1,6
19.89
20,94
+7.3
+ 3.0
28.8
31.2
+• 3
- 1.3
69.0 + 6 .8
66.0 + 3 .7
West Virginia: Wheeling..
Wisconsin: All localities...
1 Averages computed from reports furnished by 10,054 firms.
2 Data not available.
3 No change.
4 Includes both Kansas City, Mo., and Kansas City, Kans.
* Includes Covington and Newport, Ky.
e Each separate area includes from 2 to 8 counties.
35
T ren d o f Em ploym ent in D ecem ber 1934 by States
F l u c t u a t i o n s in employment and pay-roll totals in December
1934, as compared with November 1934, in certain industrial groups
are shown by States in table 10. These tabulations have been pre
pared from data secured directly from reporting establishments
and from information supplied by cooperating State agencies. The
combined total of all groups does not include building-construction
data, which are shown by city and State totals in the section, “ Build
ing construction” . In addition to the combined 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, dyeing and cleaning, and banks,
brokerage, insurance, real-estate groups is presented. In this State
compilation, the totals of the telephone and telegraph, power and
light, and electric-railroad operations groups have been combined and
are presented as one group— public utilities.
The percentage changes shown in the accompanying table, unless
otherwise noted, are unweighted; 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 anthracite-mining industry, which is confined entirely to the
State of Pennsylvania, showed increases from November to December
of 1.4 percent in employment and 2.2 percent in pay rolls. These
percentages are based on reports received from 160 mines, which em
ployed in December 85,461 workers whose earnings in 1 week ending
nearest the 15th were $2,117,587.
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.
36
Table 10.— Com parison o f Em ploym ent and Pay Rolls in Identical Establish
ments in N ovem ber and D ecem ber 1934, b y States
(Figures in italics are not compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, but are taken from reports issued b
cooperating State organizations]
Total—all groups
State
Per
Num cent
Num ber on age
ber of pay roll change
estab De
from
lish
cem
No
ber
ments
vem
1934
ber
1934
Manufacturing
Per
cent
Num
Amount
age
of pay roll change ber of
(1 week) from estab
lish
Decem
No
ber 1934 vem ments
ber
1934
Num
Per
Per
ber on centage Amount centage
pay change of pay change
roll
from
roll (1
from
week)
De
No
No
cem
vem Decem vem
ber
ber
ber 1934
ber
1934
1934
1934
Alabama________ 1,337 70,198
556 15, 517
Arizona............ .
Arkansas........ ...... i 764 25,287
California.............. 2 1,787 244,416
Colorado............ . 1,401 47, 742
+2.2 $1,026, 715 +4.5
+4.1
294,187 +4.5
387, 266
+ .5
+ 1.1
+1.7 6 , 628,471 +13.9
-.3
955, 430 -4 .7
249 46,422
52
2,568
340 17,348
960 122,105
189 15, 514
+2.4 $623,469
46,949
+. 6
+ 1 .2
347, 680
-2 ,4 2,920,678
276,397
-11.1
+4.7
+1.9
+ .4
+ 1,1
-22.1
Connecticut.......... 2,422 185, ISO
230 11, 894
Delaware-----------979 36,902
Dist. of Columbia.
Florida__________ 1,316 49, 622
Georgia_________ 1, 693 98, 574
+2.0
-.6
+8.0
+4.8
+ .8
736 145,226
74
7, 504
51
3, 719
228 21, 974
388 71, 462
+1.9 2,851,407
-2 .3
145,017
+1.7
126,168
+1.4
310,333
-.2
929,856
+5.5
-2 .0
+4.3
+1.4
+1.3
71
3,089
272, 352
702 117, 751
422 29, 950
406
28,338
-27.8
59, 727
- . 5 5,691,786
+3.1 2,410, 275
+3.3
619, 543
-6 .7
624,405
-25.8
+ 1 .6
+11.5
+8.7
-6 .9
3, 771,463
248,188
830,416
793, 439
1, 438, 974
+4.5
+. 2
+6.3
+5.4
+1.9
Idaho------ ----------Illinois---------------Indiana_______
Iowa____________
Kansas__________
542
9, 861 -10.4
187, 468
34,448 457,896 + 1 .0 10,009,104
2,788 171, 575 +3.6 3, 501, 277
1, 902 62, 266 +3.1 1, 259, 734
* 1,811 55, 546 - 1 .8 1,163,266
-9 .0
+2.4
+9.2
+5.5
-2 .5
Kentucky----------L ou isian a..------Maine - ................
M aryland-..........
Massachusetts-----
1,732 89, 857
1,145 47, 232
914 49,135
1,607 105,945
* 8,841 438, 743
2,002
+ .6
+ .3
+2.7
+ 2 .6
+3.4
1, 573, 959 - ( 5)
781, 952
-.5
899,128 +10.7
2, 089,085 + 2.1
9,276, 581 +9.0
326 33, 766
253 25, 080
271 39, 318
629 66, 882
1,575 232,932
Michigan________ 3, 586 362,182 +18. 5
Minnesota---------- 2,321 89,827
+ .6
661 18, 631 -2 .1
Mississippi______
Missouri................ 3, 918 172, 754 +1.2
832 18, 427 +3.4
Montana________
8, 647, 416 +27.7
1, 967, 797 +1.6
253, 752 -2 .9
3, 563,155 +2.6
438, 618 +2.7
Nebraska________ 2,009 37,148
271
Nevada_________
3,548
799 47,324
New Hampshire. _
New Jersey®......... 3,877 251,683
408
7,812
New Mexico_____
-2 .7
+. 1
+4.1
+4.5
-.3
767, 333 -2 .9
-.6
87,176
865, 724 +14.6
5,617, 994 +5.9
145, 703 +2.8
New Y o r k ...........
North Carolina—
North Dakota___
Ohio....... ...............
Oklahoma.............
20, 770 799, 111
1,379 140,892
612
6, 654
9,586 531,178
1, 666 42,510
+2.4 19, 742, 715
2, 009, 222
+ ( fi)
-1 .2
141,885
+3.7 11, 302,454
+ .9
825, 994
Oregon------- -------Pennysl vania.......
Rhode Island........
South Carolina___
South Dakota____
Tennessee..............
Texas.....................
U tah....................
Vermont...............
Virginia.................
Washington-------West Virginia.......
Wisconsin.............
Wyoming..............
1,482 44, 479
9,569 782,108
1,306 91, 383
748 64, 389
485
8, 742
1,490 86, 942
1,814
72,569
667 19,149
569 14, 938
2,072 92, 020
3,295 91, 010
1,384 148, 582
* 1,025 158,562
416
8, 898
-4 .1
916,311 -4 .2
+2.0 15,996, 715 +3.4
+6.7 1, 797, 323 +11.9
+ .5
851,065
+ .6
-1 .4
-.2
208,153
+1.3 1,397,170 +2.8
+•4 1,669,847 + ( 5)
-.5
399, 596 -2 .5
+1.5
277, 658 +5.6
+1.9 1, 578,380 +2.7
-.3
- . 8 1,895,753
+ . 2 2,865, 594 -2 .9
+3.0 3,168,269 +3.9
-2 .6
223, 678 +2.1
+3.3
+3.8
-3 .9
+7.7
+1.2
-. 1
-2 .1
+3.3
587,030
350, 763
689,102
* - . 1 1,227, 711
+3.6 4,568,710
+5.5
-4 .4
+14.6
e -. 6
+12.5
1,024 384,459
420 35, 437
116 11, 354
895 77, 032
103
5,169
+ 1 1 .6 7,866,562
-3 .6
760, 877
-5 .4
135, 828
-1 .3 1,497, 790
+1.6
106,133
+ 2 2 .2
-.8
-6 .8
+2.1
-5 .9
178 12, 596
31
963
221 39, 833
7712 202,452
34
1,202
-1 4.0
277, 018
+2.2
23, 488
+4.3
700,895
+• 4 4,486,045
-4 .5
20, 748
-1 2.0
-1 .1
+17.6
+2.4
+ .1
8 1, 887 373,576
606 128, 616
782
50
2,628 357, 726
170 11,173
+ .s 8,826,417
- . 1 1,819, 234
-6 .8
17, 660
+2.1 7, 646, 654
-3 .0
220, 269
+3.4
+4.1
-1 1.3
+ 9.2
-3 .6
292 22,053
-9 .3
407,186
2,146 418,805
+ 1.1 7,966,877
440 69,130
+7.1 1, 273, 794
225 56, 341
-.1
723,006
35
2,087
-8 .1
46,157
342 58,031
-.5
885,193
875 38,779
- 1 .8
840,845
117
5,745 -1 0.0
111, 173
148 8,621
154, 661
+ ( s)
459 57, 352
929,189
+ .5
539 42,100
-7 .6
815, 591
278 54,379
+3.1 1,092,041
759 128,592 a + 2 .0 2, 474,882
2,242
53
-6 .3
56, 270
-1 0.9
+8.4
+15.6
+ .1
-.4
+2.0
-2 .9
-7 .8
+6.8
+2.1
-4 .1
+7.9
8 + 5.6
-1 .3
1Includes automobile dealers and garages, and sand, gravel, and building stone.
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.
8 Less than Mo of 1 percent.
6 Weighted percentage change.
7 Includes laundries.
8Includes laundering and cleaning, but does not include food, canning, and preserving.
0Includes construction, but does not include hotels and restaurants, and public works.
* See p. 37 (footnote a) revised data for total—all groups.
37
Table 10.— Comparison o f Em ploym ent and Pay Rolls in Identical Establish
ments in Novem ber and Decem ber 1934, b y States— Continued
I Figures in italics are not compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, but are taken from reports issued by
cooperating State organizations]
Retail trade
Wholesale trade
Num
Num ber on
ber of payroll
estab De
cem
lish
ber
ments
1934
State
Per
Per
cent
Num
Amount cent
age
age
ber of
change of pay roll change
from (1 week)
estab
NoDecem
lish
No
ments
vem ber 1934 bember
ber
1934
1934
Per
Num
Per
ber on centage Amount centage
change
of
pay
change
pay
from
roll (1
from
roll
week)
No
No
De
vem Decem vem
cem
ber
ber 1934
ber
ber
1934
1934
1934
Alabama________
Arizona_________
Arkansas___ ____
C alifornia.--------Colorado------------
121
73
77
101
156
2,428
2, 241
1,287
5,615
3,536
-2 .1
-.4
-4 .9
-.3
-.1
$60,343
28,823
34,032
156,985
89, 690
+4.0
+3.1
-.6
+1.0
+ .3
722
290
224
114
632
2 ,942
35,990
11,914
+10.4
+10.7
+ 2.8
+26.1
+16.4
$122,050
73,039
44,565
695, 753
211, 607
+7.7
+5.2
+1.0
+19.5
+10.2
Connecticut-------Delaware________
Dist. of Columbia.
Florida.___ _____
Georgia_________
224
17
58
226
116
7,684
573
926
8, 632
1, 656
-4 .5
-.9
+1.8
+2.3
-1 .7
149,498
12,698
27, 685
131,989
40, 539
-2 .8
-1 .1
+4.0
+4.6
+2.9
1,150
84
741
522
845
17,133
1,556
17, 219
8, 675
11, 241
+10.8
+8.8
+19.1
+15. 4
+9.5
342, 533
29,513
334,062
149,933
175,964
+6.3
+7.8
+15.0
+13.2
+7.4
Idaho....................
Illinois------ --------Indiana_________
Iowa____________
Kansas---------------
63
374
314
186
171
672 -11.9
13,261
+. 6
5,888 +1.2
3, 378 -1 .5
2,983 -1 .9
13, 753
360,805
139,518
83,681
67,100
-6 .4
+1.7
+ .5
-1 .6
-1 .1
296
1,337
1,292
691
795
2, 774
70,468
24,811
13,198
9,985
+5.6
47, 581
+14-3 1,346,940
+12.3
452, 748
+6.6
238, 385
+ 9.9
176,118
+5.2
+12.4
+8.6
+3.7
+6.4
Kentucky..............
Louisiana_______
Maine_______ _
Maryland----------Massachusetts___
183
214
108
223
863
2,920 +17.9
3,359 -2 .0
1, 734
+■ 2
3,465 +2.7
18,162
-.7
55,091
78,832
41, 292
82,702
481,571
+4.3
+1.0
+ .5
+ .8
+ .8
636
450
283
589
4,479
9, 894
8,688
3, 256
18, 838
81,686
170,080
+ 10.1
+8.8
138,899
60, 227
+ 11.7
352.701
+ 19.7
+ 13.2 1,558,946
+7.3
+8.3
+10.7
+16.5
+ 11.6
M ichigan.............
Minnesota_______
Mississippi........ ..
Missouri________
Montana..............
317
336
74
735
100
6,338
9, 536
1, 235
15,755
1,371
-1 .0
+4.1
-4 .6
-.4
+ .1
159,008
248, 570
24, 507
393,902
32,404
-.7
+3.4
-2 .4
+1. 5
+2.3
1,675
1,086
225
1,581
392
42, 535
21,177
2,837
39,050
3,881
+21.6
+11.4
+10.0
+9.9
+5.3
837,187
392, 546
38,659
756,902
81, 540
+17.8
+9.1
+6.7
+7.5
+5.6
Nebraska.............
Nevada_________
New Hampshire .
New Jersey______
New Mexico_____
456
52
40
232
39
3,837
302
450
4,326
335
+ .5
-1 .6
-1 .7
-.6
-1 .5
100, 589
9,764
11,829
124, 567
6,941
+2.4
-1 .0
-1 .2
+ .3
+2.2
924
114
319
2,152
217
11, 397
992
3, 410
25,974
1,964
+13.2
+2.2
+9.3
+ 19.8
+6.0
188, 451
22,130
62, 749
550,194
35, 378
+8.6
+3.3
+6.4
+14.4
+4.1
New York_______ 3, 359
North Carolina__
61
North Dakota___
124
Ohio____________ 1,095
Oklahoma—..........
181
59, 702
899
592
17,314
2, 764
+. 4
+3.1
-1 .2
+ .7
-.7
1,828,473
24, 548
14, 694
448,524
65,972
+. 5
+3.3
-1 .4
+1.7
+ .2
+10.6 4,132,659
+3.2
83,169
50,403
+2.0
+18.5 1,441,194
+6.1
172,409
+6.9
+1.4
-5.7
+13.4
+5.3
Oregon__________
299
Pennsylvania____ 1, 224
Rhode Island____
98
South Carolina—
66
South Dakota-----56
3,863
20,416
1,852
849
562
-3 .7
+• 1
+1.6
+ .2
-1 .4
105,987
560,476
50,042
19,979
13, 597
-.5
-.2
+4.1
+ .2
-.4
601
3,693
605
329
197
10,159
79,986
11,365
4,263
2,105
+6.5
189, 591
+14.9 1, 523,491
+11.3
205,859
+13.0
55, 311
+3.8
39, 589
+4.9
+11.2
+7.6
+7.3
+2.9
7, 307
4,173
12,869 189,476
521
6,163
180
2, 523
4,63.1 80,683
807 11,336
Tennessee_______
T exas... . ______
U tah..._________
Vermont________
Virginia_________
227
200
79
28
221
3,473
4,393
1,025
497
4, 580
-.3
+. 8
+1.7
-1 .2
+7.1
77,518
110,344
28,880
11,260
88, 373
+2.1
+1.7
+2.0
-.4
+1.5
538
324
306
174
996
11, 726
11,717
3,927
1,872
13,339
+13.0
+ 12.3
+11.9
+4.3
+13.0
193,355
214,781
68,709
34,706
232,294
+10.4
b9.5
b4.8
-2.5
-9.8
Washington..........
West Virginia,.
Wisconsin.............
Wyoming..............
777
119
U
29
10,139
1,942
1,969
258
-7 .7
+1.2
+ 1.8
+ 4.5
273,903
50,519
45,728
7,110
-3 .2
-.3
+4- 4
+5.5
1,586
327
53
206
21,979
4,893
14,055
1,448
+20.8
+16.5
+22.6
+ 2.4
386,148
78, 566
182,039
29,545
+10.3
+7.8
+17.8
+ 3.2
® October and November data for New Jersey (Total—all groups, p. 36) revised as follows:
Month
October, 1934..... ..................... .
November, 1934.........................
Percentage
Number of em change
from pre
ployees
vious month
264,436
206,060
—0.4
-3 .4
Pay roll
$5,937,301
4,528,630
Percentage
change from pre
vious month
+1.9
-3 .3
38
Table 10.— Com parison o f Em ploym ent and Pay Rolls in Identical Establish
ments in Novem ber and D ecem ber 1934, by States— Continued
[Figures in italics are not compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, but are taken from reports issued by
cooperating State organizations]
Metalliferous mining
Quarrying andf nonmetallic mining
State
Per
Num cent
Num ber on
age
ber of pay roll change
from
estab De
No
lish
cem
vem
ments
ber
ber
1934
1934
Per
Amount cent
age
of pay roll change
(1 week)
No
Decem
ber 1934 vem
ber
1934
Num
ber of
estab
lish
ments
Per
Per
Num
ber on centage Amount centage
change of pay change
pay
from
from
roll (I
roll
week)
No
No
De
vem Decem vem
cem
ber
ber
ber 1934
ber
1934
1934
1934
9
20
775
3, 712
-1 . 8
+4.0
$9, 482
86, 222
—19.6
+6.4
34
12
2,543
1,097
_(5)
+6.9
66, 801
28, 826
+ .5
+2.8
8
1, 720
7
37, 546
+ .5
15
1,249
+44-7
22, 677
+ 66.6
40
32
4, 553
1,446
-2 . 8
-14.3
69, 520
28,166
-3 . 8
-8 .4
13
16
1,834
3,481
-2 . 8
+13.4
19,023
100, 616
—2.4
+14. 1
15
587
-1 .8
IB, 276
-2 .9
3
5
18
959
—5.3
-6 .4
370
17, 673
—9. 5
-8 .4
47,887 —23.3
1,608 + 1.5
29
1, 329
+28.0
21,188
+34.4
63 Oregon
-4 .5
4, 258 -18.4
1,029 +1.4
57, 678 -21.8
3
42
—2. 3
1,139
+26.0
5
6
141 -2 3.0
44 -31.2
1,493 -29.0
602 -45.0
Tennessee_______
Texas___________
U tah..................
Vermont............. .
Virginia...............
22
12
7
38
31
710 -6 .4
137 -57. S
93 -13.1
1,690 -6 .9
1,192
-.9
8, 260 —16.9
2,588 -45.5
1, 670 -22.3
28,231 —7.6
12, 639 -7 .6
Washington_____
West Virginia____
Wisconsin.............
Wyoming_______
13
20
12
205 -2 .8
787 -10.1
111 -37. 6
2, 850 -3 .1
9, 881 -13.1
1,515 -40.7
Alabama. - ..........
Arizona________
Arkansas..__ ..
California______
..........
15
3
4
38
5
424 -2 .3
$5,013 —5. 8
33 -15.4
361 -33.1
91 -9 .0
869 —21. 4
952 -3 .2
16,035 —11. 7
+100.0
40 Colorado..
578 +100.0
Connecticut.........
Delaware________
Dist. of Columbia.
Florida___....... .....
Georgia_________
23
203 -42.2
17
26
1,035
1,526
+. 6
-3 .8
Idaho.. ________
Illinois ...............
Indiana_________
Iowa _____ ___
Kansas..................
24
94
26
29
514
1,260
345
1,100
-33.8
-15. 3
-17.3
—11.6
Kentucky_______
Louisiana. ______
Maine___________
Maryland_______
Massachusetts___
42
7
11
8
18
1,162 —9. 5
642 -8 .9
257 -51.1
147 -32.9
355 —14. 5
Michigan________
Minnesota.... ........
Mississippi............
Missouri__ ______
Montana...............
48
26
10
59
8
1, 028
205
147
1,249
83
Nebraska________
Nevada_________
New Hampshire._
New Jersey______
New Mexico_____
10
231 -47.1
8
34
203 —19.8
545 -12.0
79
11
2,017 —12.0
225 -27.7
35, 612 -20.6
2,210 -40.0
130
13
3,427 -15.3
139
+ .7
..... ......... .
Pennsylvania____
Rhode Island____
South Carolina___
South Dakota.......
5
156
New York_______
North Carolina__
North Dakota___
Ohio____________
Oklahoma...........
5 Less than Ho of 1 percent.
Not available.
-34.4
-33.9
+14.0
-20.1
+10.7
3, 329 -21.8
12, 809
15, 754
+2.0
-6 .5
8, 723 -33.8
19,098 —17. 4
5,064 —31.2
22,817 —5.9
11,112
7,863
3,418
1,801
6,904
—17. 2
-13. 5
-66.1
-48.1
-19.9
17, 850 -33.5
3,194 -40.1
1,296 +3.8
16,110 —28.7
1,250 —8.3
1,759 -67.4
6,027
10, 385
+5.2
-8 .9
4
335
+1.5
6, 613
-6 .0
13
2,223
+1.5
48,444
-3 .3
733
-4 .3
16,459
+4.0
(10)
39
Table 10,— Comparison o f Em ploym ent and Pay Rolls in Identical Establish
ments in Novem ber and D ecem ber 1934, 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]
Bituminous-coal mining
State
Alabama . . ___
Arizona ______
Arkansas.____..
_____
C olorado.______
Num
Num ber on
ber of payroll
estab De
lish
cem
ber
ments
1934
Per
cent
age
change
from
No
vem
ber
1934
Crude-petroleum producing
Per
cent
Num
Amount
age
of pay roll change ber of
(1 week) from estab
Decem
lish
No
ber 1934 vem ments
ber
1934
$129,151
+5.5
California
110,117
+1.4
+8. 5
56
8, 302
-1 .3
49
5, 383
30
52
18
20
9,275
+ .9
6,215 +2.5
1, 504 +8.4
1,897 +24.4
Per
Per
Num
ber on centage Amount centage
of pay change
change
pay
from
from
roll
roll (1
week)
No
De
No
cem
vem Decem vem
ber 1934
ber
ber
ber
1934
1934
1934
31
529
5, 517
+9.1
+1.8
$12, 382
183,483
+3.9
+4.7
10
4
210
21
-2 .3
-8 .7
4, 398
321
-2 . 5
—7. 5
23
1.489
-3 .6
35,160
-2 .6
5
9
254
306
+2.0
+3.0
3,919
7,973
+5. 3
+2.7
1,203
+34.6
+2.9
719
-28.3
9
Connecticut_____
Delaware__
Dist. of Columbia.
Florida_________
Georgia_____ _
Idaho_______
Illinois__________
Indiana. ___
Iowa______ ____
Kansas____
Kentucky...
Louisiana ______
M aine... ._
Maryland .
Massachusetts. _
226, 200 +¥l. 8
142, 709 +9.5
31,301 +33.9
34,711 +8. 3
148
30, 398
-2 .2
U
1,463
+2.3
28,126 +20.2
523, 087
-7 .8
Michigan ..
Minnesota____
Mississippi____
Missouri __ . ..
M ontana____ ..
3
886
+4.6
21,195 +13.3
3
84 +100. 0
18
11
1, 685
1,058
+• 1
+1.1
29,162 +12. 6
29,160 +7.7
5
36
Nebraska______ _
Nevada_____ __
New Hampshire
New Jersey__ ___
New Mexico. ___
14
1,870
+ .5
36, 639 +11.7
6
207
-3 .3
5,436
+1.7
6
271
-3 .2
5,826
+ .3
9
71
220
5, 465
+4.3
-2 .7
4,105
131, 669
-.9
-1 .7
777
+1.4
18,456
+ .4
7,675
+ .8
264, 359
+4.0
11
662
+19.3
12,853
+4.3
9
196
-28.7
5, 694
-22.3
New York_______
North Carolina
North Dakota__
Ohio____________
Oklahoma__ . . .
Oregon. _ _____
Pennsylvania.. ._
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota.. ._
Tennessee _______
T e x a s .________
Utah____________
Vermont_____. . .
Virginia_________
W ashington..___
West Virginia___
Wisconsin_______
W yom ing______
12, 630 —6. 5
261,122
+ .7
16,157 +28.6
7
68
17
587
13, 270
796
-6 .8
+1.3
+ .4
444
77,930
+1.2
1, 376, 705
-.2
20
13
5
16
2, 661
367
2, 535
+1.5
+3.4
+4.7
39,140
6,652
65,737
+ .2
+5.4
-3 .8
u
23
4, 590
+1.1
81,856
+3.3
11
394
1,019
76,510
+ .5
—2.2
32
3,810
-1 .2
26,922 +15.6
1,407, 742 —10.7
104, 224
+5.6
40
Table 10.— Comparison o f Em ploym ent and Pay Rolls in Identical Establish
ments in N ovem ber and D ecem ber 1934, by States— Continued
Figures in italics are not compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, but are taken from reports issued by
cooperating State organizations]
Public utilities
State
Num
Num ber on
ber of payroll
estab De
cem
lish
ber
ments
1934
Per
cent
age
change
from
No
vem
ber
1934
Hotels
Per
cent
Num
Amount
age
of pay roll change ber of
from estab
(1 week)
Decem
lish
No
ber 1934 vem ments
ber
1934
Num
Per
Per
ber on centage Amount centage
pay
change of pay change
from
roll
roll (1
from
week)
De
No
No
vem Decem vem
cem
ber
ber
ber
ber 1934
1934
1934
1934
Alabama________
Arizona_________
Arkansas........ ......
California_______
Colorado________
89
69
25
44
212
1,887
1, 568
1,268
41,733
5,852
+0.5
-2 .3
+2.8
-.7
-.7
$40,857
38, 742
30, 020
1,219,464
149, 692
+3.0
+1.0
+5.7
+ 4•0
+ .6
21
20
31
175
51
1,142
678
978
9,432
1,310
-4 .8
+11.0
+3.5
+ ( 5)
-1 .4
151, 87.1
17, 821
8,484
-4 .9
+13.6
-.7
+1.6
-.3
Connecticut..........
Delaware. ......... .
Dist. of Columbia.
Florida........... ......
Georgia.............. .
133
29
21
185
186
9,851
1,118
6, 658
5, 219
7,410
-.5
-1 .3
-1 .0
+3.8
+1.1
307, 259
32, 680
182,144
127, 809
195,363
-.3
+4.8
-.1
+5.6
+1.0
30
4
47
78
36
1, 306
268
4, 286
1,925
1,468
-3 .8
-1 .1
_(5)
+20.5
+1.2
17,550
3, 694
67,388
19, 701
12, 319
-2 .1
-. 1
-.4
+26.3
+2.1
Idaho___________
Illinois__________
Indiana_________
Iowa____________
Kansas__________
57
83
124
448
1 2 163
803
70, Jfl6
8,875
9,152
6, 517
+ .8
-1 .8
-.5
+1. 4
-2 .2
16, 396
2, 015,074
224, 520
209, 594
153,226
+2.8
-.8
+ .7
+1.4
- 1.6
19
» 275
64
56
31
413
-1 .9
-2 .0
-4 .2
+1.3
—. 8
4,945
216,079
30,032
23, 525
8,030
+ .3
-1.3.
-3 .2
+ .6
-1 .0
Kentucky ----------Louisiana..... ........
Maine___________
Maryland_______
Massachusetts___
284
152
169
93
127
6, 655
5,931
2,930
12, 554
46,993
+ .7
+1.1
+ .7
-1 .2
+ ( 5)
149, 023
143,954
78,806
358,326
1,334,797
+ .6
+1.1
-. 1
-3 .4
+2.6
33
20
17
20
67
1,866
2,079
611
742
6, 059
-.7
+ .8
-1 .3
+ ;.$
19,481
23,052
7,791
9,131
87,291
+3.9
-1 .3
-2 .1
+ .5
-.9
Michigan_____ _
Minnesota_______
Mississippi............
Missouri. _______
Montana________
408
236
144
288
113
28,951
12,661
1,089
20, 970
2,158
-1 .0
-.8
+ .1
+. 1
-4 .6
870, 575
339,636
22, 307
567, 726
65,163
+2.5
+1.1
+2.3
+1.0
-1 .5
91
69
16
90
35
5, 682
3,080
473
5,132
544
+
-
5.0
3.0
+ . 2
7
2.0
68, 351
37,646
3, 774
62,478
7,658
+ .2
-3 .0
+ .3
—. 7
+1.0
Nebraska..............
Nevada_________
New Hampshire. _
New Jersey.........
New Mexico_____
358
38
141
266
54
5, 765
400
.2, 349
20,966
631
-.7
-2 .9
-.8
-.6
-1 .7
146, 285
11, 567
64,808
622,861
13,078
+1.2
-3 .0
+1.8
+1.4
+1.0
36
14
10
73
14
1,624
240
260
3, 941
314
-
+ . 3
4.0
+ .8
-.9
-.9
18,026
3,485
3,086
50,555
3,224
+1.9
-2 .6
+2.2
-2 .1
-.8
New York_______
North Carolina__
North Dakota___
Ohio.................
Oklahoma___ . . .
882 123,836
1,937
93
1,340
182
437 35, 295
269
6,490
-.2
+1.8
-1 .6
-1 .5
-.7
4, 015, 023
41, 427
32,517
961, 978
151, 745
+ .9
+1. 4
+1.6
+. 1
+1.8
207
37
16
129
44
29,407
1,695
273
9,186
1,419
-.6
+2.0
-. 7
-.9
+ .5
474,852
14, 360
2,927
118,976
15, 727
+ .6
+• 8
+2.6
-1 .9
-.3
O regon.._______
Pennsylvania____
Rhode Island........
South Carolina___
South Dakota____
183
651
47
77
130
5, 652
44,927
5, 540
1,811
1, 058
-1 .5
+ .8
+• 1
-3 .6
-.2
157,833
1,320,487
166, 764
39, 215
25, 962
+ .3
+ .2
+ .8
+2.4
+2.5
62
150
10
15
20
1,376
9, 921
356
343
341
+ .1
-.5
-1 .7
+3.6
( 13)
18, 089
136,159
5,033
3, 069
4,044
+ 1.7
+1.6
-1 .8
+2. 5
+ .2
Tennessee_______
Texas___________
Utah.___________
Vermont------------Virginia_________
247
359
70
126
177
113, 947 +2.8
211,018 - 1 .0
36, 084 + (5)
35, 750 +23.4
142, 831 +1.1
37
30
14
14
35
2,481
2, 025
511
325
1,836
4
-3 .7
+1.4
-5 .5
-13.2
21, 386
25,912
6,414
3,171
19, 448
+ .1
-2 .8
-.4
-7 .0
-13. 2
Washington_____
West Virginia...
Wisconsin___ ..
Wyoming_______
199
120
nU
49
286, 570
171,029
331, 910
11.835
87
37
42
12
2, 637
1,232
1,391
98
-.3
-1 .5
-1 .4
-3 .0
32,101
13, 649
(10)
1, 332
+ .8
+ .9
12
5, 049 +1.4
7, 843 -1 .6
1, 714 -1 .8
1,471 +24.7
5,825 -1 .5
10,055
6, 684
10,940
502
5 Less than Ho of 1 percent.
10 Not available.
11 Includes restaurants.
12 Includes steam railways.
13 No change.
14 Includes railways and express
-2 .4
-5 .8
+ .1
4-. 4
-.6
-.4
+1.0
+ 1.5
14,222
2,808
2,482
733
- . 4
-.
$9,903
10,141
-1 . 8
41
Table 10.— Com parison o f Em ploym ent and Pay Rolls in Identical Establish*
ments in N ovem ber and Decem ber 1934, by States— Continued
Figures in italics are not compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, but are taken from reports issued
by cooperating State organizations]
Dyeing and cleaning
Laundries
State
Per
Per
Num cent
cent
Num ber
on
Amount
age
age
ber of
De change of pay roll change
estab cem
Decem
No
No
lish
vem ber 1934 vem
ber
ments 1934
ber
ber
1934
1934
Alabama________
Arizona_________
Arkansas________
California_______
Colorado________
17
10
16
is 64
33
836
273
516
4,722
1,483
-3 .2
+• 7
+2.4
-.5
-.3
$8,306
3, 672
5,267
83, 541
20,182
Connecticut_____
Delaware-----------Dist. of Columbia.
Florida__________
Georgia_________
38
4
20
24
21
1, 521
300
2, 666
1,209
2,116
-1 .4
-1 .0
-.9
+7.1
-.2
24, 320 -1 .8
5,185
-.4
42,037
-.7
12, 998 +11.3
23, 565
+ .5
Idaho___________
Illinois__________
Indiana_________
Iowa____ _____
Kansas... ______
11
is 69
44
29
is 39
238
3, 273
1, 934
1,120
911
+3. 5
-2 .8
-.3
-1 .4
-1 .1
3, 814
54,365
26, 700
14,870'
12 ,047
+5.0
—2 1
+1.5
-1 .0
-1 .1
Kentucky_______
Louisiana______
Maine__________
Maryland_______
Massachusetts___
40
7
28
22
128
1, 834
458
592
1,706
5,270
+. 2
( 13)
-1 .5
-1 .3
+ .7
23,197
4, 666
8, 205
26,089
85, 604
Michigan________
Minnesota..Mississippi______
Missouri________
Montana________
65
38
7
52
15
3, 081
1, 559
308
3, 002
349
Nebraska-----------Nevada_________
New Hampshire. _
New Jersey........ .
New Mexico_____
17
3
20
42
4
New York---------North Carolina—
North Dakota___
Ohio____________
Oklahoma- --------
Num
ber of
estab
lish
ments
Per
Per
Num cent Amount cent
ber on
age
age
pay change
De change ofroll
cem
No
No
Decem vem
vem ber
ber
1934
1934
ber
ber
1934
87
+0.8
+2.8
-.4
+ .3
+ .8
~26
+2.4
-------
"216"
282
$1,163
- 4 .0
387’
—5.8
4,006
—2.8
5, 666
-10.0
95
295
-8 .4
+8.0
-6 .3
1,863
1, 335
4,245
-4 .4
+7.1
-6 .4
633
178
-5 .8
-4 .3
9,983
3, 017
- 8 .2
-7 .0
+ 1.2
-4 .0
-.4
+1.9
+ .9
361
102
151
148
1,953
-2 .7
-5 .6
-5 .0
-4 .5
-6 .1
5, 000
1, 351
2,643
2,498
34,053
+2.1
-6 .3
-6 .1
-9 .6
-1 .2
-1 .0
+ .4
-.9
44, 763 -10.7
24, 724
-.2
3, 407 +1.9
37, 863 -3 .0
5,968 +2.2
902
518
61
1,020
47
-4 .8
-6 .5
-3 .2
-2 .9
( 13)
17, 383
8,930
884
16, 396
937
-5 .9
-5 .9
-6 .0
-2 .2
-3 .2
984
47
324
4,760
197
-6 .9
+2.2
(!3)
-1 .3
+ .5
13, 572
910
4, 661
76, 520
3,164
-7 .8
+1.7
-.4
-2 .6
+ .2
42
310
-6 .7
-3 .7
723
1,643
+3.3
-1 .8
75
11
12
80
20
7, 258
623
259
3, 973
895
-.2
+ .8
-1 .1
-.2
-.8
127,734
6, 677
3, 995
63, 553
11,183
-.5
+ .1
-.9
+1.3
+ .2
513
150
-4 .6
+ .7
9, 543
1,828
- 4 .8
1,916
186
-5 .5
-10.1
34, 508
2,460
-5 . 7
Oregon__________
Pennsylvania.......
Rhode Island____
South Carolina___
South Dakota____
13
38
21
10
7
416
2, 734
1,087
438
146
( 13)
+ .2
-.4
-1 .4
-2 .0
6,807
42,149
18,115
4,033
1, 902
+2.3
+ .1
-1 .2
+1.5
+ .8
52
1, 651
255
77
38
-1 .9
-5 .1
-6 .3
+1.3
-2 .6
1, 064
28,082
4,786
1,051
-5 .1
Tennessee_______
Texas___________
Utah____________
Vermont------------Virginia_________
13
36
11
7
26
1, 216
1,838
647
164
1, 293
-.9
-3 .9
+1.6
-1 .2
-.7
12, 311
+. 6
21, 229 -10.9
9,568 +2.7
2,077
+. 5
15, 836 +1.0
162
475
133
74
423
-2 .4
-7 .0
-4 .3
-2 .6
-1 .9
2,038
7,400
2,414
1,109
6, 308
-8 .4
-11.4
- 3 .2
+ .3
-4 .5
Washington_____
West Virginia____
Wisconsin_______
W yoming.............
17
17
is 28
8
711
622
906
155
-2 .5
+. 3
-3 .2
-3 .1
12, 582
8, 552
12, 413
2,601
195
286
-1 .5
-1 .0
3, 332
4,017
-1 .3
-1 .3
20
( 13)
424
- 3 .0
is No change.
lfi Includes dyeing and cleaning.
-.4
-1 .5
-3 .8
+ .4
40
145
-1 .9
- 2. a
-.8
-3 .9
42
Table 10.— Com parison o f Em ploym ent and Pay Rolls in Identical Establish
ments in N ovem ber and Decem ber 1934, 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]
Banks, brokerage, insurance, and real estate
Number
Number of
on pay
establish
roll
December
ments
1934
State
Percent Amount of Percentage
age
pay roll
change
change
(1 week)
from
from
December
November
Novem
1934
1934
ber 1934
Alabama________________ ______ __________
Arizona..______ _________________________
Arkansas________ _____ ____ ____ _________
California____ ________ ___________________
Colorado.______ ________________ _______
33
17
20
1,162
46
588
263
244
22, 398
1, 369
-0 .3
+12.9
(13)
-1 . 1
+ .1
$16,978
6,103
6,009
732, 765
45, 708
+0.3
+13.0
_(5)
-2 .0
+1.5
Connecticut________________ ________ ..
Delaware___________ _____________________
District of Columbia______________________
Florida__________________________________
Georgia__________________________________
74
14
37
26
67
1,974
479
1,330
858
1,400
+ .2
+ .6
+ .2
+ .7
+1.7
69,901
17,289
49, 069
26, 532
41, 369
+ .4
-1 .0
+ .8
+ .8
+1.5
Idaho____________________________________
Illinois___________ ______________________
Indiana..____ __________________________
Iowa___ _______ _________ ___________
Kansas__________________________________
15
108
58
17
16 49
136
11, 455
1,379
959
970
-1 .4
-.5
-.2
-.4
+•6
3, 409
401, 303
45, 373
30, 754
31,370
-.5
-.5
—7
+• 2
+ .5
Kentucky___________________ _______ . . .
Louisiana_______________ „ _______________
M aine.____________ ____________________
Maryland________________________________
Massachusetts____________________________
25
27
21
37
16 227
747
587
286
1,182
7, 733
-. 1
0 s)
—. 3
—1.7
+ .3
26,939
24,599
7, 644
41, 629
226, 425
-1 .6
+3.4
-.8
-.4
+ i. 4
Michigan._____ _________________________
Minnesota____ ___________ ______ _______
Mississippi................................................
Missouri__________________________ ____ _
Montana___________________________ _____
196
58
16
163
27
7,033
4, 208
192
6, 025
250
+3.5
-2 .3
-2 .0
+• 1
+1.6
216, 662
123, 508
4,313
165, 803
7, 070
+1.4
-.4
-.8
1
+1.1
Nebraska_______ ________________________
Nevada______________ ___________________
New Hampshire_______ _______ _________
New Jersey 17_. ________ . ______ ______
New Mexico___ ________________________
19
3
37
153
19
569
13
453
13. 464
128
-.4
(13)
-.2
+ .5
+ .8
19, 215
456
10, 946
394, 235
3, 381
+ .2
+2.9
-.3
+2.9
+ .4
New York.. ____________________________
North Carolina_____________ ____ _________
North Dakota............ ................... .........
Oklahoma__________ ________ _____ _______
902
29
38
301
31
63, 603
584
272
8,168
518
+ (5)
-.8
-.4
-.2
+ .6 ,
2,066, 341
15, 769
6, 579
273, 953
15, 607
+ .9
-.4
-.3
+1.6
-.5
Oregon__________________________________
Pennsylvania____________ _______ ______ _
Rhode Island................................................
South Carolina.______________ ______ _ . . .
South Dakota................................... .............
18
is 526
77
12
30
803
16, 713
1,773
126
246
27,586
531,385
72, 644
3, 908
6, 078
+ .9
+ .4
+2.9
+ .7
-.3
Tennessee_____________ _________________
Texas______________________________ _____
Utah____________________________________
Vermont___ _____ ___________________ ____
Virginia____________ _____________________
36
49
23
28
70
1,098
1, 758
590
224
1,590
( 13)
+ .7
-.2
-.4
+ .1
37, 409
48, 645
20, 207
6, 693
49, 606
+. 3
+1.3
+ .2
-. 1
+ .4
Washington____ _________ ______ __________
West Virginia_________ ________________ . . .
Wisconsin___ _____ _______ ____ ___ _____
W yom ing._____ ______________ ___________
50
48
42
13
1,956
585
1,123
119
+ .8
+ .3
-.4
+1.7
55, 532
16, 745
38,097
3, 602
+ .3
-1 .8
-.6
+ .5
+ .5
-.3
( 13)
-.8
+ .4
5 Less than Ho of 1 percent.
13 No change.
16 Does not include brokerage and real estate.
17 October and November data revised as follows:
Month
October 1934 _______________
November 1934__ ___ ___
Number of em
ployees
13, 380
13, 327
Percentage
change from
previous month
-0 . 2
(5)
Pay roll
$381, 413
381,197
Percentage
change from
previous month
+ 0.2
+ .4
43
Em ploym ent and Pay Rolls in D ecem ber 1934 in Cities o f O ver
500,000 P opulation
F l u c t u a t i o n s in employment and pay-roll totals in December
1934 as compared with November 1934 in 13 cities of the United States
having a population of 500,000 or over are presented in table 11.
These changes are computed from reports received from identical
establishments in each of the months considered.
In addition to reports received from establishments in the several
industrial groups regularly covered in the survey of the Bureau,
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.
Table 11.— Fluctuations in Employment and Pay Rolls in December 1934 as
Compared With November 1934
Cities
Amount of pay roll
Per
Number on pay roll
Number of
(1 week)
centage
Percentage
establish
change
change from
ments
from
reporting
Sep November December September
1934
November December tember
in both
1934
1934
1934
1934
months
1934
New York City_____
Chicago, 111_________
Philadelphia, Pa____
Detroit, Mich__ ____
Los Angeles, Calif___
Cleveland, Ohio_____
St. Louis, M o_______
Baltimore, M d ______
Boston, Mass_______
Pittsburgh, Pa______
San Francisco, Calif..
Buffalo, N. Y _______
Milwaukee, Wis____
15,910
3, 992
2,802
1,565
2,311
2,175
2,076
1,425
3,647
1,448
1,584
1,041
835
584, 650
355, 958
200,892
192, 516
108, 526
122, 207
117, 286
80,440
157, 335
119,431
68, 564
59, 459
64, 068
602, 756
357, 751
208,333
244,494
112, 632
128, 366
118, 719
82,964
160, 759
123, 578
69, 254
60, 638
66, 211
+3.1 $14,980, 583 $15, 506, 651
+ .5
8,359,182
8, 486, 398
+3. 7 4,487,445
4, 723, 576
+27.0
4, 493, 265
6,167,123
2,459,965
2, 589,942
+3.8
2, 679, 328
2,894, 663
+5.0
2, 388,823
+1.2
2,451,015
1, 602, 365
+3.1
1, 672,076
+2.2
3, 508, 666
3, 651, 220
+3. 5
2,486, 654
2, 620, 946
1, 682,983
+1.0
1, 697, 857
1,330,982
+2.0
1, 278,985
1,418,106
1,467, 006
+3.3
+3. 5.
+1.5
+5.3
+37.3
+5.3
+8. 0
+2.6
+4.4
+4.1
+5.4
+ .9
+4.1
+3.4
Em ploym ent on Class I Steam Railroads in the U nited States
R e p o r t s of the Interstate Commerce Commission for class I rail
roads show that the number of employees, exclusive of executives
and officials, decreased for 966,819 on November 15, 1934, to
948,902 (preliminary) on December 15, 1934, or 1.9 percent. Data
are not yet available concerning total compensation of employees for
December 1934. The latest pay-roll information available shows a
decrease from $127,411,527 in October 1934 to $117,962,289 in No
vember 1934, or 7.4 percent.
The monthly trend of employment from January 1923 to November
1934 on class I railroads— that is, all roads having operating revenues
of $1,000,000 or over— is shown by index numbers published in table
12. These index numbers, constructed by the Interstate Commerce
Commission, are based on the 3-year average, 1923-25, as 100, and
cover all employees.
44
Table 12.— Indexes of Employment on Class I Steam Railroads in the United
States, January 1923 to December 1934
[3-year average, 1923-25=100]
Month
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
January........................
February_______ ____
March..........................
April........ ........... ........
May__.............. ...........
June______ ____ _____
July.............................
August------------ ------September...................
October. ......................
November.............. .
December___________
98.4
98.6
100.4
101.9
104.8
107.1
108.2
109.2
107.7
107.1
105.0
99.1
96.7
96.9
97.3
98.8
99.1
97.9
98.0
98.9
99.6
100.7
98.9
96.0
95.5
95.3
95.1
96.5
97.7
98.5
99.3
99.5
99.7
100.4
98.9
96.9
95.6
95.8
96.5
98.6
100.0
101.3
102.6
102.4
102.5
103.1
101.0
98.0
95.2
95.0
95.6
97.1
99.1
100.7
100.7
99.2
98.8
98.5
95.5
91.7
89.1
88.7
89.7
91.5
94.4
95.8
95.4
95.5
95.1
95.2
92.7
89.5
88.0
88.6
89.8
91.9
94.6
95.8
96.3
97.1
96.5
96.6
92.8
88.5
86.1
85.2
85.3
86.7
88.3
86.3
84.5
83.5
82.0
80.2
76.9
74.8
73.5 61.1
72.6 60.2
72.7 60. 5
73.4 59.9
73.8 59.6
72. 7 57.7
72.3 56.3
71.0 54.9
69.2 55.7
67.6 56.9
64.4 55.8
62.5 54.7
54.1
53.0
54.6
52.7
51.5
55.9
51.8
56.9
58.5
52.5
53.6
59.0
55.4
58.7
56.8
57.8
57.0
57.7
57.4 1 56.6
55.8 i 54.8
54.0 153.8
Average_______
104.0
98.2
97.8
99.8
97.3
92.7
93.1
83.3
70.6
54.4
1932
57.8
1933
1934
56.5
1 Preliminary.
Source: Interstate Commerce Commission.
Employment and Pay Rolls in the Federal Service, December 1934
T h e r e were 672,273 employees on the rolls of the executive depart
ments of the United States Government on December 31, 1934. This
is an increase of 63,603 employees as compared with December 1933
and a decrease of 3,169 employees as compared with November 1934.
Data concerning employment in the executive departments are
collected by the United States Civil Service Commission from the
various departments and offices of the United States Government.
The figures are tabulated by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Infor
mation concerning employment in the legislative, judicial, and military
branches of the United States Government is collected and compiled
directly by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Table 13 shows the number of employees in the executive depart
ments of the Federal Government.
Data for the District of Columbia are shown separately. Approx
imately 13 percent of the employees in the executive departments
work in the city of Washington.
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Table 13.— Employees in The Executive Service of the United States, December
1933, November 1934, and December 1934
District of Columbia
Item
Perma Tem
nent porary
Total
Outside the District
Entire service
Perma Tem Total
nent porary 1
Perma Tem Total
nent porary 1
Number of employees:
December 1933____
66,894
8, 556 75,450 468,481 64,739 533, 220 535,375 73,295 608,670
November 1934 ...
85,689
8,138 93,827 502,952 78,663 581, 615 588, 641 86,801 675,442
December 1934____
86,451
7, 599 94,050 502,371 75,852 578, 223 588,822 83,451 672,273
Gain or loss:
December 1933 to December 1934___ .
+19,557
-957 +18,600 +33,890 +11,113 +45,003 +53,447 +10,156 +63,603
November 1934 to December 1934___ .
+762
-539
-581 -2,811 -3,392
+181 -3,350 -3,169
+223
Percentage change:
December 1933 to December 1934_____
+29. 24 -11.19 +24. 65 +7.23 +17.17 +8.44 +9.98 +13.86 +10.45
November 1934 to December 1934_____
+0.89 -6.62 +0. 24 -0.12 -3 . 57 -0 . 58 +0.03 -3.86 -0.47
Labor turn-over, December
1934:
943
2, 902
5,712 13, 325 19,037
7, 671 14,268 21,939
1,959
Additions 2. _____
Separations 2______
2, 597
6,401 15,837 22, 238
7,571 17,264 24,835
1,170
1,427
16. 76
3. 26
Turn-over rate per 100..
1.36
11.98
2. 76
17.25
3.28
1. 29
1.14
1 Not including field employees of the Post Office Department or 29,291 employees hired under letters
of authorization by the Department of Agriculture with a pay roll of $1,124,311.
2 Not including employees transferred within the Government service as such transfers should not be
regarded as labor turn-over.
There was an increase of 18,600 or 24.7 percent in the number of
Federal employees working in the District of Columbia comparing
December 1934 with the corresponding month of the previous year.
Comparing December with November there was an increase of less
than one-fourth of 1 percent. The number of Federal workers em
ployed outside of the District of Columbia increased 8.44 percent
comparing December 1934 with December 1933 and decreased 0.58
percent comparing December 1934 with November.
Table 14 shows employment in the executive departments of the
United States Government, by months, January to December 1934,
inclusive.
Table 14.— Employment in the Executive Departments of the United States by
months, 1934
Months
January__________
February_________
March___________
April.___________
M ay____________
June_____________
District
of Co
lumbia
Outside
District
of Co
lumbia
78,045
79,913
81, 569
83,850
85,939
87,196
530,094
531,839
541,990
560, 258
573,147
573,898
!
Total
608,139
611, 752
623, 559
644,108
659,086
661,094
Months
July_________ ____
August___________
September________
October__________
November________
December.. ______
District
of Co
lumbia
Outside
District
of Co
lumbia
87,978
91, 065
92,557
93,322
93,827
94, 050
583, 531
585, 772
589,280
590,183
581, 615
578,223
Total
671, 509
676.837
681.837
683, 505
675, 442
672, 273
During the year there has been an increase of 18,600 in the number
of employees in the executive departments of the United States
Government working in the city of Washington. The increase
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amounted to 24.65 percent. The number of employees outside of
the District of Columbia increased by 45,003 or 8.44 percent.
Table 15 shows the number of employees and amount of pay rolls
in the various branches of the United States Government during
November and December 1934.
Table 15.— Employment and Pay Roll for the United States Government,.
December and November 1934
Number of employees
Amount of pay roll
Branch of service
December
November
December
November
All branches.._______ ______________________
950, 982
954,529
$123, 212,155
i $124,096, 468
Executive service__ ______________________
Military service___________ ________________
Judicial service____________ ______ ______
Legislative service__ _____ _____ .. ___ ___
672, 273
272, 200
1,861
4, 648
675,442
272, 572
1,885
i 4,630
100,736,351
20,971, 678
446,130
1,057,996
i 100,787,487
21, 786, 447
451, 653.
11.070,881
1 Revised.
Over the month period a small increase in the number of employees
was registered in the legislative service, while slight decreases were
shown in the executive, military, and judicial branches.
Table 16 shows the number of employees and the amount of pay
rolls for all branches of the United States Government, by months,
December 1933 to December 1934, inclusive.
Table 16.— Employment and Pay Roll for the United States Government,.
December 1933 to December 1934
Executive service
Month
Number
of em
ployees
Amount of
pay roll
1933
December_________
601,670
$82,011, 601
1934
January.......... .........
February__ . . .
March ___________
April______________
M ay______________
June______________
July______________
August____________
September________
October________ _
November. _______
December_________
608,139
77,450,498
83, 524,296
611,752
84, 837,493
623, 559
644,108
85,090, 283
89, 577,479
659,086
661,094
91, 540, 629
671,509
95,184,175
98,467, 579
676,837
681, 837
98, 743,983
683, 505
101, 516, 284
675,442 i 100, 787,487
672; 273
100,736,351
Total, 1934
1 Revised.
1,107, 456, 537
Military service
Judicial service
Legislative service
Num Amount
Number Amount of Num
ber of Amount
ber of
of em
of pay
of pay
em
em
pay
roll
ployees
roll
roll
ployees
ployees
263, 622 $17, 656, 909
1, 872
262,942
263,464
266, 285
266,923
266, 864
267,038
268, 257
268,712
269.489
270.490
272,572
272,200
1,780
1, 742
1, 854
1,904
1,913
1,881
1,750
1,690
1,777
1,846
1,885
1,861
18,499, 516
19, 532, 832
19, 050,158
18, 816, 636
19, 216,150
19,539,020
20,391, 629
20, 501,900
20,855,093
19,945, 777
21,786,447
20,971, 678
239,106, 836
$432, 435
3.864
$886, 781
3,845
417,000
871, 753,
430,843
3, 852
926, 363
443,505
3,867
928,368
432, 401
3.865
926,484
442,896
3, 862
940, 666
439,170
3,878
944, 758
434, 736
3,713
978,908
3,723
439,014
977, 966
3,721
486,410
976, 516.
3,700
975, 850
453,217
451, 653 i 4, 630 i 1,070, 881
4,648 1,057,996
446,130
5, 316,975
11, 576, 509
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Em ploym ent Created by P ublic Wor\s A dm inistration Fund,
Decem ber 1934
D u r i n g the month ending December 15, there were 382,594 em
ployees working at the site of Public Works Administration con
struction projects. These men earned $22,500,000 for their month’s
work. More than 35,000,000 man-hours of work were provided at
the site of these construction projects. Hourly earnings averaged
over 64 cents.
This employment was created on construction projects financed
either wholly or in part from the Public Works Administration fund.
Orders for construction material valued at nearly $46,800,000 were
placed during the month.
Employment on Construction Projects, by Type of Project
T a b l e 17 shows, by type of project, employment, pay rolls, and
man-hours worked during the month of December 1934 1 on Federal
construction projects financed by the Public Works Administration
fund.
Table 17.— Employment and Pay Rolls on Federal Projects Financed from
Public Works Funds, December 1934
[Subject to revision]
Type of project
Number Amount of Number of Average
of wage
earnings
pay rolls man-hours
worked
per hour
earners
Value of
material
orders
placed
All projects___________ _____ ________ •_______
254, 665 $14,599,128
23,921, 893
$0.610
$21, 682, 290
Building construction
____________ _______
Public Roads
__ _________ ______ ________
River, harbor, and flood control_____________
Streets and roads 2__________________ _______
Naval vessels__________________ ___________
Reclamation___ ___________________ ______
Forestry _ _________ _______
__________
Water and sewerage__ _____ ________________
Miscellaneous__ ___ _______ __ ________ ___
16, 829
132, 668
43,181
7,483
20,124
18, 204
1,626
907
13, 643
1,097, 248
4,802, 612
2,938, 669
325, 562
2,318,140
1,804, 814
150, 436
52,976
1,108, 671
1,351, 738
9, 680,942
4, 471, 634
624,010
2, 730,093
2,996,092
179,141
82, 778
1,805,465
.812
.496
.657
. 522
.849
.602
. 840
.640
.614
1,946,901
6,709,000
5,905,094
287,464
2,332, 738
3, 275, 542
63,760
80, 838
1,080,953
1 Estimated by the Bureau of Public Roads.
2 Other than those reported by the Bureau of Public Roads.
Federal construction projects are financed entirely by allotments
made by the Public Works Administration to various departments and
agencies of the Federal Government. The work is performed either
by commercial firms to which contracts have been awarded or by
day labor hired directly by the Federal agencies.
There were 254,665 wage earners employed at the site of Public
Works Administration construction projects during the month of
December. This is a decrease of 72,000 as compared with Novem
ber. The largest decrease occurred in road building. However, a
i Whenever the month of December is spoken of in this study it is assumed to mean the month ending
Dec. 15.
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sizable falling off in employment also occured in building construc
tion; river, harbor, and flood-control work; and forestry projects.
Workers on Federal construction projects had average earnings of 61
cents per hour. Road building was the only type of project on which
the earnings were less than 50 cents per hour.
Table 18 shows, by type of project, employment, pay rolls, and manhours worked during the month of December on non-Federal con
struction projects financed from the Public Works Administration
fund.
Table 18.— Employment and Pay Rolls on Non-Federal Projects Financed from
Public Works Funds, December 1934
[Subject to revision]
Type of project
Number Amount of Number of Average
of wage
earnings
pay rolls man-hours
earners
worked
per hour
Value of
material
orders
placed
All projects___________ ____________________
109, 515
$6, 543, 798
9,019,001
$0.726
$11,654, 547
Building construction...... ........... ................ ......
Streets and roads. .......... ......... ........................
W ater and sewerage......................... ..................
Railroad construction .........................................
Miscellaneous__ _____ ____________ _______
40, 583
16, 279
35, 801
15, 670
1,182
2, 611,059
701, 928
1,937, 342
1, 212, 714
80,755
2, 924, 335
1,106, 796
2, 774,811
2,101,840
111, 219
.893
.634
.698
.577
.726
5, 514, 550
1, 502, 568
4, 267, 543
184,350
185, 536
Non-Federal projects are financed from allotments made by the
Public Works Administration to a State, political subdivision thereof,
or in some cases, to commercial firms. In the case of allotments to
States and their political subdivisions, the Public Works Adminis
tration makes a direct grant of not more than 30 percent of the total
construction cost. The public agency to which the loan is made fi
nances the other 70 percent. In come cases this is obtained as a loan
from the Public Works Administration; in other cases, the loan is pro
cured from outside sources. Where the Public Works Administra
tion makes a loan it charges interest and specifies the time in which
the loan must be repaid in full.
No grants are made to commercial firms. Commercial allotments
have been made to railroads. Railroad work financed from Public
Works Administration loans falls under three headings: First, con
struction work such as electrification, laying of rails and ties, repairs
to buildings, etc.; second, the building and repairing of locomotives
and passenger and freight cars in railroad shops; third, the building of
locomotives and passenger and freight cars in commercial shops.
Data concerning employment created by railroad construction is
shown in table 18. Employment in railroad car and locomotive shops
is shown in tabel 21, page 50. Employment in commercial car and
locomotive shops is shown in table 22, page 50.
There were nearly 110,000 people working at the site of non-Federal
construction projects during the month of December. This is a de
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crease of 12,000 as compared with the previous month. A decrease
of over $1,000,000 was shown in disbursements for pay rolls comparing
these 2 months.
Employment on Construction Projects, by Geographic Divisions
Table 19 shows employment, pay rolls, and man-hours, worked
during December 1934 on Federal construction projects financed from
the Public Works Administration fund, by geographic divisions.
Table 19.— Employment and Pay Rolls on Federal Projects Financed From
Public-Works Funds, December 1934
[Subject to revision]
Wage earners
Geographic division
Number Weekly
em
ployed average
All divisions 1______________________
254,665
New England___________________
Middle Atlantic____________________
East North Central............
_____
West North Central____ __________
South A tlantic________ ________
East South Central_____________ ___
West South Central_______ _____ _
Mountain_________________________
___________
Pacific______________
Outside continental United States------
14,110
28,127
27, 046
43,971
40, 884
32, 816
26, 591
22, 298
13,871
4, 591
of Average
Amount of Number
earnings
pay rolls man-hours
worked
per hour
243,108 $14, 599,128
13, 764
27,197
25, 560
40, 609
39,140
32, 228
25,444
21,492
13, 220
4,094
1,007, 925
1, 721, 801
1,497, 900
1, 600,100
2, 578, 069
1, 676,139
1, 061, 666
1,901, 417
1, 275, 589
244, 210
23,921,893
1, 527, 997
2, 608,908
2,150,416
2, 764, 517
4, 094, 302
3, 550,835
2, 228, 227
2,897, 305
1, 585, 754
467, 357
Value of
material
orders
placed
$0.610 2$21,682,290
.660
.660
.697
.579
. 630
.472
.476
.656
.804
.523
680,728
1, 584,027
1,158, 211
1,495,326
2,357, 734
1,109, 579
917,673
3, 541,887
1, 761,055
359,801
1 Includes data for 360 wage earners which cannot be charged to any specific geographic division.
2 Includes $6,709,000, estimated value of material orders placed for public-road projects which cannot be
charged to any specific geographic division.
Comparing December with November 1934 decreases in employ
ment were shown in all nine geographic divisions. Average earnings
per hour on Federal construction projects ranged from slightly more
than 47 cents in the East South Central and the West South Central
States to more than 80 cents in the Pacific States.
Table 20 shows employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked
during December 1934 on non-Federal projects financed from the
Public Works Administration fund, by geographic divisions.
Hourly earnings on non-Federal projects averaged nearly 73 cents
per hour in December compared with 70.5 cents in November. The
East South Central States showed the lowest earnings per hour and
the East North Central States the highest.
Table 21 shows employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked in
car and locomotive shops operated by railroads on work financed
from the Public Works Administration fund during December 1934,
by geographic divisions.
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Table 20.— Em ploym ent and Pay Rolls on N on-Federal Projects Financed From
Public-W orks Funds, Decem ber 1934
[Subject to revision]
Wage earners
Geographic division
Num Weekly
ber em average
ployed
Amount of
pay rolls
Number
of manhours
worked
Average
earnings
per hour
Value of
material
orders
placed
All divisions_______________________
109,515
91,650
$6,543,798
9,019,001
$0. 726
$11,654,547
New England________ ____________
Middle Atlantic_________________ __
East North Central.............................
West North Central________________
South Atlantic_____________________
East South Central_________________
West South Central_______________ _
Mountain__________________________
____________ ___
Pacific
Outside continental United States___
16,721
18, 597
15,017
13, 046
22,453
6,103
6,002
3, 297
7,482
797
13,496
15,860
12, 561
10, 515
19, 715
5,189
4,972
2, 670
6,056
616
986, 673
1, 343,180
944,162
659, 642
1,423, 729
255, 496
265, 758
196, 326
436,941
31,891
1,390,634
1, 572, 663
1, 084, 745
873, 666
2,349,925
439, 823
444,890
263, 586
543,810
55, 259
.710
.854
.870
. 755
.606
.581
. 597
.745
.803
.577
1,632, 704
2, 542, 757
1,824,923
1, 705,922
1,095,794
449,396
592,874
339, 407
1, 398,822
71,948
Table 2 1 .— Employment and Pay Rolls in Railroad Shops on Work Financed
From Public-Works Funds, December 1934
[Subject to revision]
Number Amount of Number of Average
of wage
earnings
pay rolls man-hours
earners
worked
per hour
Geographic division
All divisions— _______________________
New England______________________________
Middle Atlantic_____________ ________ ______
East North Central________ ____ ____________
West North Central__________ _________
South Atlantic____________ ____ ____________
East South Central_____ __________________ _
West South Central________________________
Mountain_________________________________
Pacific___ _________________________________
Value of
material
orders
placed
11,829
$636,497
997,763
$0.638
$8, 883,158
484
3,047
1, 620
1,251
587
186
1, 505
577
2, 572
50,695
152,142
108,874
64,895
55,139
4,747
69,862
18, 928
111, 215
76,054
229,906
172,877
102, 369
91, 643
7,869
112,821
29, 757
174, 467
.667
.662
.630
.634
.602
.603
.619
.636
.637
12, 848
8,491,819
46, 495
13,163
254,969
801
23, 776
9, 250
30,037
The program of car building in railroad repair shops which is financed
from Public Works Administration funds is being rapidly completed.
There are now less than 12,000 wage earners on this work compared
with more than 15,000 in November and nearly 19,000 in October.
Table 22 shows employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked in
commercial car and locomotive shops on contracts financed from the
Public Works Administration fund during December 1934, by
geographic divisions.
Table 2 2 .— Employment and Pay Rolls in Commercial Car and Locomotive
Shops on Work Financed From Public Works-Funds
[Subject to revision]
Geographic division
Number of Amount of Number of
wage earn pay rolls man-hours
ers
worked
Average
earnings
per hour
All divisions........... ................................. ........................
6,585
$712,269
1,083,207
$0.658
New England......... ....................................... ...................
Middle Atlantic_________________ _____ _ __
East North Central...........................................................
West North Central.........................................................
South Atlantic................................... ........................ ......
669
3, 584
1,686
599
47
67, 782
426,665
167,846
45,377
4,599
110,175
632,087
243,588
90,656
6,701
.615
.675
. 689
. 501
.686
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Several new orders have been placed recently for the manufacture of
streamline locomotives and cars in commercial railroad shops. While
the old orders are being completed, there is a slight increase in
employment comparing December with November.
Table 23 shows expenditures for materials from the beginning of the
Public Works Administration program in August 1933 to December
15, 1934, inclusive, by type of material.
Table 23.— Value of Material Orders Placed on Public-Works Projects, by Type
of Material
[Subject to revision]
Value of material orders
placed—
Type of material
All material.
Aircraft (new)________ ___________
Airplane parts. ................................
Aluminum manufactures.................
Ammunition and related products .
Asbestos.
Awnings, tents, canvas, etc__..................
Belting, miscellaneous_________________
Boat building, steel and wooden (small)..
Bolts, nuts, washers, etc_________ ______
Carpets and rugs___________ ____ ______
Carriages and wagons..............................
Cast-iron pipe and fittings_____________
Cement.
Chemicals_______ __________________________
Clay products, including brick and hollow tile.
Coal.
Compressed and liquefied gases.
Concrete products.....................
Copper products______________
Cordage and twine............. ........
Cork products________ _____ _
Cotton g oods..............................
Creosote.
Crushed stone....................................................... ...... ........... ............ ..............
Doors, shutters, and window sash and frames, molding and trim (metal)__
Electrical machinery, apparatus, and supplies_____ _____________ _______ _
Elevators and parts.________________ __________________________ _______ _
Engines, turbines, tractors, water wheels, and windmills....... ............ ..........
Explosives____ ____ _________ _____________ ____ _______________________
Felt goods_________ ______ ____________________________ ______ _________
Firearms.
Forgings, iron and steel____ _______________________________
Foundry and machine shop products, not elsewhere classified.
Furniture, including store and office fixtures.............................
Glass ..
Hardware, miscellaneous______________
Instruments, professional and scientific..
Jute goods. ...............................................
Lighting equipment........... ....................
Lime..
Linoleum.............................................................................................................
Locomotives, other than steam................................................. ........................
Locomotives, steam ............................... .............................................................
Lumber and timber products.............. ..............................................................
Machine tools......... ......................... ............ ...................... ............................
Marble, granite, slate, and other stone products....... ........... ..........................
Mattresses and bed springs............. ................................................ .................
Meters (gas, water, etc.) and gas generators......................................................
Minerals and earths, ground or otherwise treated_____ ___________________
Motor vehicles, passenger...................................................................................
Motor vehicles, trucks........................................................................................
Nails and spikes...................................................................................................
Nonferrous-metal alloys, nonferrous-metal products, except aluminum, not
elsewhere classified.............................. ............................................... .......... .
Paints and varnishes.......... ................................................................ ............ .
From begin
ning of pro
gram to
Nov. 15,1934
During
month end
ing Dec.
15, 1934
$625, 716,999
$46, 792,081
4,284,890
4,481,533
134,456
662,153
57,483
162,330
28,162
1,125,139
1,964,442
42,881
28,893
10,055,133
89,729,159
197,162
7,810, 503
860,959
194,058
10, 356,602
429, 579
204,492
51,033
71,017
469,261
24, 252, 506
2,472,948
25,134,445
176, 469
4,969,394
2,565,631
165,077
748,990
3,180,903
67,037, 626
906,880
399,910
2, 645, 664
1, 433, 427
44, 551
1, 594,061
162,369
21, 568
4,959,622
6,837,064
30,098,830
3, 721,648
9, 400, 935
15, 771
195,470
97,925
708, 264
8, 430, 611
612,506
47,850
31, 679
15,262
79,511
300
3,625
110
22,809
105,141
18
....... 7,"358
31,095
912,950
1,328,285
14,547
85, 245
1,464, 443
4, 086, 409
7,208
912,801
165,870
7,698
1,440, 387
27, 312
3,842
12, 485
1, 259, 331
318, 217
7,156,860
45, 531
770,854
137, 472
91
3,662
90, 605
3, 524,829
41,448
51, 096
244,438
30,849
2,016
332,176
2,494
6,9£6
5,702, 211
1^838,989
165, 444
1, 087,184
22~350
148
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Table 23.— Value of Material Orders Placed on Public-Works Projects, by Type
of Material— Continued
[Subject to Revision]
Value of material orders
placed
Type of material
Paper products..--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Paving materials and mixtures_________________________________________
Petroleum products----------------------------------------------------------------------------Photographic apparatus and materials__________________________________
Planing mill products-------------------------------------------------------------------------Plumbing supplies____________________________________________________
Pumps and pumping equipment-----------------------------------------•----------------Radio apparatus and supplies__________________________________________
Rail fastenings, excluding spikes------ ---------------------------------------------------Rails, steel---------- ------ -----------------------------------------------------------------------Railway cars, freight---------------------------------------------------------------------------Railway cars, mail and express-------------------------------------------------------------Railway cars, passenger_______________________________________________
Refrigerators and refrigerator cabinets, including mechanical refrigerators,..
Roofing, built-up and roll; asphalt; shingles; roof coatings, other than paint.
Rubber goods------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Sacks and bags________________________________ _______________________
Sand and gravel--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Sheet-metal work_____________________________________________________
Smelting and refining lead_____________________________________________
Smelting and refining zinc_____________________________________________
Springs, steel-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Steam and hot-water heating apparatus________________________________
Steam and other packing, pipe and boiler covering, and gaskets__________
Steel-works and rolling-mill products, other than steel rails, including struc
tural and ornamental metal work____________________________________
•Stoves and ranges (other than electric) and warm-air furnaces____________
Switches, railway_____________________________________________________
Theatrical scenery and stage equipment________________________________
Tools, other than machine tools________________________________________
Upholstering materials, not elsewhere classified--------------------------------------Wall plaster, wall board, insulating board, and floor composition_________
Waste_______________________________________________________________
Window and door screens and weather strip------------------------------------------Window shades and fixtures___________________________________________
Wire, drawn from purchased rods______________________________________
Wirework, not elsewhere classified_____________________________________
Wrought pipe, welded and heavy riveted_______________________________
Other_______________________ ____ ________ ___________________________
From begin
ning of pro
gram to
Nov. 15,1934
$35, 981
10, 437, 856
18, 563, 981
152,800
3,118, 241
5, 514, 623
6, 894, 712
586, 425
4, 921, 483
17, 901, 986
34, 664,151
429, 443
7,152, 435
571, 569
1, 672, 980
256, 210
18,171
40, 330, 261
1, 996, 709
132,922
18,035
572, 063
3, 800,864
536, 599
87,155, 324
171, 632
774, 631
31,051
3, 438, 326
99, 084
1, 303, 567
23, 542
74, 307
49,457
2, 653,874
799,131
431, 902
28, 747, 051
During
month end
ing Dec.
15, 1934
$4, 535
538,716
1,151,140
535
341, 348
484, 349
575, 474
809
14,287
49, 764
728, 400
2, 286
183, 726
15,133
1,556
2,181,199
50, 423
4,625
3,086
2, 549
603,330
19,412
6,056, 218
26, 417
502
148,817
779
133, 310
99
203
2,593
103,601
72, 791
26, 728
1,854, 393
Materials valued at over $670,000,000 have been purchased by
contractors working on Public Works Administration construction
projects. Manufacturers of all types of material have profited by
orders from this fund. For example, cement manufacturers received
orders valued at over $93,000,000. Founderies and machine shops
have received material orders totaling $70,000,000. Steel-mill orders
amounted to over $110,000,000. The fabrication of this material will
create more than 2,000,000 man-months of labor.
Material valued at nearly $47,000,000 was purchased during De
cember. It is estimated that the fabrication of these materials will
create 135,000 man-months of labor. This accounts only for labor in
the fabrication of material in the form in which it is to be used. For
example, only labor in manufacturing brick is counted— not the labor
in taking the clay from the pits or in hauling the clay and other
materials used in the brick plant. In fabricating steel rails only the
labor in the rolling mill is counted— not labor created in mining,
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smelting, and transporting the ore, nor labor in the blast furnaces,
the open-hearth furnaces, nor the blooming mills.
In order to obtain data concerning the man-months of labor created
in fabricating material, blanks are sent to each firm receiving a mate
rial order from the United States Government or from State govern
ments or political subdivisions thereof, to be financed from the publicworks fund, asking them to estimate the number of man-hours of
labor created in their plant in manufacturing the material specified
in the contract. For materials purchased direct by contractors on
the job, the Bureau estimates the man-months of labor created.
This estimation is made using the experience of the manufacturing
plants as shown by the Census of Manufacture.
Table 24 shows employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked by
employees since the inception of the public-works program in August
1933 to December 1934, inclusive.
Table 24.— Employment and Pay Rolls, August 1933 to December 1934, on
Projects Financed From Public-Works Funds
[Subject to revision]
Number of
wage
earners
Month
August 1933 to December 1934______
Amount of
pay rolls
Number of
man-hours
worked
$341, 972,433
596,613, 306
$0.573
$672, 509,080
Average
Value of
earnings
material
per hour orders placed
1933
A u g u st._______________ ________
September_____ _________________
October____________ __________ .
November__________ _____ ________
December.. __ ______ __________
4,699
33,836
121, 403
254, 784
270, 408
280,040
1,961,496
7,325, 313
14,458,364
15,424,700
539,454
3,920,009
14, 636,603
27,862, 280
29, 866, 249
.519
.500
.500
.519
.516
202,100
1, 622, 365
i 22, 513,767
24,299,055
24, 850,188
1934
January.. ______ _____________
February-------------------------------------March___ ____ _ _ _ ____ ___________
April_____ . . . . _ _______________
M ay---------------------- -------------------June-------------------------------------------July______________________________
August. _____________ _
September______ . ___________
October___ _______________________
November_____ ________ _______
December________________________
273, .583
295,741
292, 696
371, 234
491,166
592,057
624, 286
602,581
549,910
507, 799
469,874
382, 594
14,574,960
15, 246, 423
15,636, 545
17,907,842
25,076,908
32, 783,533
33,829,858
35,142, 770
31, 720, 317
29, 280, 240
28, 831, 432
22, 491, 692
27, 658, 591
28,938,177
29,171, 634
31, 559,966
44,912, 412
58,335,119
59,436, 314
59,943,328
51, 699,495
46, 617, 616
46, 494,195
35, 021,864
.527
.527
.536
.567
.558
.562
.569
.586
.614
.622
.620
.642
23,793, 459
24, 565, 004
2 69, 334, 408
267,150, 664
2 49, 720, 378
2 57, 589, 895
2 51,644,]74
2 53,282, 956
2 50,685,634
2 50, 234, 495
54,228, 457
246, 792, 081
1 Includes orders placed for naval vessels prior to October 1933.
Includes orders placed by railroads for new equipment.
2
Nearly $342,000,000 have been disbursed for pay rolls for work at the
site of the construction projects since the beginning of the public-works
program. Earnings over the 17-month period have averaged 57 cents.
Em ergency-W or\-Program
T h e r e was an increase of nearly 170,000 workers on the emergencywork program of the Federal Emergency Relief Administration, com
paring the last week in December with the last week in November.
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There were more than 1,500,000 workers on the pay rolls during the
week ending December 27. Pay rolls for this period amounted to over
$14,000,000.
Table 25 shows the number of employees and the amount of pay
rolls for workers on the emergency-work program for the weeks ending
November 29 and December 27.
Table 25.— Employment and Pay Rolls on Emergency-Work Program
Number of employees
week ending—
Amount of pay rolls
week ending—
Geographic division
Dec. 27
Nov. 29
Dec. 27
Nov. 20
All divisions...... .................................................
Percentage change
-.
- ...................... ........
1,571,588
+12. 09
1,402, 039
$14,137,896
+6.17
$13, 316,167
New England.......................................................
Middle Atlantic.......................... ........... . . . ........
East North Central___________ _____________
West North Central______ _____ _______ _____
South Atlantic____________ _________________
East South Central________________ _________
West South Central_____ ______ ________ ____
Mountain________ ____ _____ _____ __________
......... ............................................
Pacific
...........
132,450
270,455
229, 205
292, 643
177, 570
93,329
165, 551
69,308
151, 077
115, 211
249, 585
220,860
204, 697
175,029
83,022
172, 730
50,913
129,992
1, 556, 423
3,831, 601
2,142, 258
2,150, 347
1, 004,104
427, 559
925, 643
602,303
1,497,658
1, 242, 616
3, 579, 279
2, 224, 403
1, 715, 493
1,136,148
421, 472
1, 142,188
535, 642
1, 318, 926
There were increases in the number of employees in 8 of the 9
geographic divisions, comparing the 2 weeks under discussion. In
the West South Central States, however, there was a decrease of more
than 7,000 employees.
Table 26 shows the number of employees and amount of pay rolls
for those given employment by the emergency-work program of the
Federal Emergency Relief Administration, by months, from the
inception of the program in March to December 1934, inclusive.
Table 26.— Employment and Pay Rolls for Workers on Emergency-Work
Program by Months, 1934
Month
Number of Amount of
employees1 pay roll
22, 934
March_____ ____________
April___________________
1,176, 818
M ay________ . . . . ____ 2 1, 343, 214
June ________ ___ ____ 2 1, 477, 753
July____________________ 2 1, 723, 295
$842, 000
38, 953, 678
42, 214, 039
42, 221, 757
47, 244, 553
Month
Number of Amount of
employees1 pay rolls
A ugust____________ ___ 2 1, 922,029 2 $54,370, 823
September. _ - _______ 2 1, 950, 728 2 50, 178, 571
October _____ _ ______
1, 998,167
52, 861,038
November. _ _________ 2 2,147, 091 2 62, 845, 540
December..
____
__ 3 2, 350, 000 3 65, 000, 000
1 Wage earners shown in this report represent the number that worked any part of the month. These
employees are allowed to work each month till a certain specified maximum is earned, then replaced by
other workers taken from the relief roles.
2 Revised.
3 Preliminary.
More than 2,000,000 people were provided with work during
December by the emergency-work program. This does not mean,
however, that as many as 2,000,000 employees are working at any
given time. Because of the fact that a limit is placed on the earnings
of the employees, not more than 60 percent of this number are work
ing during any given week.
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Em ergency C onservation Wor\
B e c a u s e of the close of the recruiting period, there was a decrease
of more than 37,000 in the number of workers in Civilian Conserva
tion Camps comparing December with November, 1934.
Table 27 shows employment and pay rolls for emergency conser
vation work for the months of November and December 1934, by
type of work.
Table 27.— Employment and Pay Rolls in the Emergency Conservation Work,
November and December 1934
i
Number of employees
Amount of pay rolls
Group
December
November
December
November
All groups___ ________________ ____ _________
350,028
387,329
$15,414, 634
$16,622,110
Enrolled personnel__________________________
Reserve officers______ ____ __________________
Educational advisers___ ______ _____ _________
Supervisory and technical! . . . ............- ........... .
311,793
6,194
1,271
2 30, 770
348,583
6,191
1,111
3 31,444
9,737,298
1, 552,889
203,172
23,921, 275
10, 886,247
1, 545, 883
178,177
3 4,011,803
Includes carpenters, electricians, and laborers.
28,496 employees and pay roll of $3,685,425 included in the executive service table.
- 28,432 employees, and pay roll of $3,680,902 included in the executive service table.
Pay rolls for the month of December amounted to over $15,400,000.
In addition to their pay, enrolled workers received free board,
clothing, and medical attention. The information concerning
employment and pay rolls for emergency conservation work is col
lected by the Bureau of Labor Statistics from the War Department,
Department of Agriculture, Treasury Department, and the Depart
ment of the Interior. The pay of the enrolled workers is figured as
follows: 5 percent are paid $45 per month, 8 percent $36 per month,
and the remaining 87 percent $30 per month.
Table 28 shows monthly totals of employees and pay rolls in
emergency conservation work from the inception of the program in
May 1933 to December 1934, inclusive.
Table 28.— Monthly Totals of Employees and Pay Rolls in the Emergency
Conservation Work, May 1933 to December 1934
Number of
employees
Amount of
pay roll
Month
M ay___ ______ ________
June___ ____ __________
Julv__________________
August______ _______
September. _
______
October_______________
November_______ _____
December___ _______
191,380
283, 481
316,109
307,100
242,968
294, 861
344, 273
321, 701
$6, 388,760
9,876, 780
11,482, 262
11,604,401
9,759,628
12,311,033
14, 554, 695
12,951,042
1934
January
February____ _________
331, 594
321,829
13, 581, 506
13,081, 393
March .
...
April.-.
......................
May
June
July__________________
August_______________
Septem ber....................
October_______________
November______ ______
December.. _______ __
Month
1933
Number of
employees
Amount of
pay roll
1934—Continued
Total, 1934.
247,591
314,664
335,871
280, 271
389,104
385, 340
335, 785
391, 894
387, 329
350, 028
$10,792, 319
13, 214, 018
14, 047, 512
12, 641,401
16, 032,734
16, 363,826
15, 022, 969
16, 939, 595
16,622,110
15,414, 634
173, 754, 017
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Employment in Civilian Conservation Camps reached the peak of
nearly 392,000 in October 1934. The low point was slightly over
191.000 in May 1933.
During the 20-month period disbursements for pay rolls have
amounted to $262,682,618.
Em ploym ent on State^Road Projects
C o m p a r i n g December with November, there was a decrease o f
50.000 in the number of workers employed on maintaining and
building State roads. The total number employed during December
was 176,600.
Table 29 shows the number of employees engaged in building and
maintaining State roads during the months of November and De
cember 1934, by geographic divisions.
Table 29.— Employment and Maintenance of State Roads, by Geographic
Divisions 1
New
Geographic division
Number of
employees
De
cem
ber
Maintenance
Amount of pay roll
No
vem
ber
Decem
ber
Novem
ber
Number of
employees
De
cem
ber
Amount of pay roll
Novem
ber
Decem
ber
Novem
ber
All divisions___________ 41,919
Percentage change -36. 59
66,106 $1,726,621 $2,935,879 134, 680 a159,451 $5,029,466 $8,983,804
-15.54
-41.19
-44. 04
New England._________
Middle Atlantic________
East North Central_____
West North Central. _ _.
South Atlantic_________
East South Central____
West South Central_____
Mountain______________
Pacific_________________
O utside co n tin en tal
United States________
9,112
3, 050
6, 244
4, 662
7, 993
1,773
3,131
2, 467
3,487
18,048
5,089
12,531
6,073
10,345
3,096
4,193
3,436
3, 295
446,638
207,804
310, 780
110,881
152, 056
74,747
116,025
141,376
166,314
828,955
346,929
702,420
149, 746
216,172
153,463
157,102
198, 704
182,388
6,673
30,909
20,182
18,971
25,080
10,226
9,501
6,740
6,327
8,059
42,890
25,477
19,067
28,905
10,780
10,310
7,404
6,485
418,055
1,086,291
827,659
512, 707
701, 592
238,854
427,923
365,418
445,689
649,196
2,172, 043
1,457,065
1,111,935
1, 334,848
410,391
760, 348
468, 043
613,587
0
0
0
0
71
74
5,278
6, 348
1 Excluding employment furnished by projects financed from public-works fund.
2 Revised.
Of the State-road workers, 23.7 percent were engaged in building
new roads and 76.3 percent in maintaining existing roads. The usual
seasonal decreases were shown in both types of work, comparing
December with November 1934. December pay rolls amounted to
over $6,700,000.
Table 30 shows the number of employees engaged in the construc
tion and maintenance of State roads, January to December 1934,
inclusive.
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Table 30.— Employment and Pay Rolls on Construction and Maintenance of
State Roads 1
Number of employees working on—
Month
New roads
January______ . . . _______ __________ ____
February__________________________________
March_____ ______ _____ _________ ______
April_______________________________
____
M ay_________ _ _____ _
______ ______
June____________ ..
- .. _____________
July__________________________________
...
August____________________________________
September___________ ________ . _________
October____________________________________
November__________________________ __ ____
December_________________________________
Mainte
nance
25, 345
22, 311
19,985
21,510
27,161
37, 642
45,478
53, 540
61,865
71,008
66,106
41,919
Total pay
roll
Total
136, 440
126,904
132,144
136, 038
167, 274
170,879
168, 428
180, 270
188, 323
169,235
159,451
134, 680
161, 785
149, 215
152,129
157, 548
194,435
208, 521
213,906
233,810
250,188
240, 243
225, 557
176, 599
$8,684,109
7,131, 604
7,989, 765
8,407,644
10, 275,139
11, 221,299
11, 255, 685
12,435,163
13, 012, 305
12,439, 738
11,919, 683
6, 756, 087
1 Excluding employment furnished by projects financed from public-works fund.
Em ploym ent on C on stru ction Projects Financed by the R econ struction Finance C orporation, D ecem ber 1934
T h e r e were 14,300 workers engaged on construction projects
financed by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation during the
month ended December 15. These employees were paid over
$1,300,000 for their month’s work.
Many of the large projects financed by the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation are being completed, and no new money is being loaned
by this organization for construction.
Table 31 shows employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked on
construction projects financed by the Reconstruction Finance Cor
poration during December 1934, by type of project.
Table 31.— Employment and Pay Rolls on Projects Financed by the Reconstruc
tion Finance Corporation, by Type of Project
[Subject to revision]
Type of project
Number of Amount of Number of
wage
man-hours
pay roll
earners
worked
Average
earnings
per hour
Value of
material
orders
placed
All projects_______ ________________ ____
14,321
$1,337,719
1,859,226
$0.720
$2,440,620
Railroad construction___________________
Building construction...... .........................
Bridges______ _________________________
Reclamation.................................................
Water and sewerage____________________
Miscellaneous...... ................................. ......
132
1,070
5,305
1,765
4,938
1,111
4,773
85,882
422,473
99,328
613,423
111, 840
10,147
85,408
494,489
244,899
858,265
166,018
.470
1.006
.854
.406
.715
.674
33,987
36,396
1, 394,968
34,953
536,673
403, 643
The completion of “ Knickerbocker Village” in New York ac
counted for the decrease of workers in building construction. Workers
on Reconstruction Finance Corporation projects earned an average
of 72 cents per hour. Earnings ranged from 40 cents in the case of
reclamation projects to over $1 per hour for building construction.
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Table 32 shows employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked on
construction projects financed by the Reconstruction Finance Cor
poration during December 1934 by geographic divisions.
Table 3 2 .— Employment and Pay Rolls on Projects Financed by the Reconstruc
tion Finance Corporation, by Geographic Division
[Subject to revision]
Number of Amount of Number of
man-hours
wage
pay roll
earners
worked
Geographic division
All divisions__________________ ______ _
New England__________________________
Middle A tlantic____________ _________
East North Central...... ...... ........... ............
West North Central...................................
South Atlantic______________ _____ ____ East South Central___________ _____ ____
West South Central___________ _________
Mountain____ _____ ______________ ____ _
Pacific... ............... - ......................... .......
Average
earnings
per hour
Value of
material
orders
placed
14,321
$1,337,719
1,859,226
$0.720
$2,440,620
0
1,751
313
0
8
146
677
1,766
9,660
0
149,485
36,884
0
687
5,124
50,958
99,352
995, 229
0
154,542
32,349
0
773
11,130
69,825
244,939
1,345, 668
0
.960
1.140
0
.889
.460
.730
.406
.740
0
1,007,448
57,758
0
0
33,987
15,208
34,953
1, 291, 266
Nearly 70 percent of Reconstruction Finance Corporation construc
tion workers were employed in the Pacific States. The building of the
bridge from San Francisco to Oakland employs a large part of these
workers. Hourly earnings averaged 41 cents in the Mountain States
and $1.14 in the East North Central States.
Table 33 shows information concerning employment, pay rolls,
and man-hours worked during the months, April to December 1934,
inclusive, on construction projects financed by the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation.
Table 33.— Employment and Pay Rolls on Projects Financed by the Reconstruc
tion Finance Corporation
[Subject to revision]
Month
April________ ________ ________ ______
M ay____ _____ ______________________
June __ _______________ ____ ________
July___________________________________
August_________________ _________ ____
September___
......................................
October.........................................................
November.- ............ ................. ..............
December______________ _______________
Number of Amount of Number of
wage
pay roll man-hours
earners
worked
i
i
i
i
i
i
18,731
19,429
19,022
17,475
17, 221
16,809
17,482
16, 502
14,321
i $1,516,915
i 1,649,920
i 1,676, 075
i 1,612,848
i 1, 697,161
i 1,637,047
1,596,996
1,621,468
1,337,719
i 2,308,580
i 2, 358,966
i 2,314,136
i 2,141,945
i 2,282,181
i 2, 203,881
2,181,846
2,233,928
1,859,226
Average
earnings
per hour
Value of
material
orders,
placed
i $0.657 i $2, 357,408
i .699 i 2,143,864
i .724 i 2,230, 065
i . 753 i 2,402,174
i .744 i 2,384,887
i .743 i 2, 579,969
.732
2, 274,174
.726
2,856,371
2,440,620
.720
1 Revised.
During the period, March 15 to December 15, 1934, inclusive, pur
chase orders for material valued at over $21,000,000 have been placed.
Over $8,000,000 of this amount was used for the purchase of steel
works and rolling-mill products, and nearly $2,000,000 for foundry
and machine-shop products.
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Table 34 shows the value of material for which orders have been
placed by contractors working on Reconstruction Finance Corporation
construction projects, by type of material.
Table 34.— Value of Material Orders Placed for Projects Financed by the Recon
struction Finance Corporation, by Type of Material
Value of material orders
placed—
Type of material
From Mar. to During period
Dec.
Nov. 15,19341 ending
15, 1934
All material________ ____________ _____________________ _____ ___ _____ _
$19, 228,912
$2,440, 620
Bolts, nuts, rivets, etc ..... ......................... . ................. .............................
Cast-iron pipe and fittings____ _____ . . _____ ______________ ___________
4, 546
347,171
1, 208,882
305,331
49,567
26,410
1,199, 813
997,762
4,671
31, 572
28,407
721,836
748, 235
4,447
1,705,670
49,241
272,178
3,157
358,102
67,437
8,850
27,371
1, 051,298
101,102
110,641
28,012
223, 269
12,844
15,057
4, 516
25, 780
370,853
26,918
53,971
7,666, 511
71,071
262,387
1,034,026
2,312
15,947
137,489
11,648
1.675
3.675
123,000
178,981
Clay products_________________________________________________________
Coal- . . ____________________ _________________________ ____________
Compressed and liquefied gases_____________ __________________________
Concrete products______ __________ _____ _ _______
____ ___________
Copper products___________________ _ . - ____________________________
Cordage and twine______________ _______
_______
_____________
Cotton goods____________ _______________ ____________ ________ _______
Crushed stone_________ _________ _____ _______ _______________________
Electrical machinery and supplies ________ _______ __________________
Explosives________________ _______ _____
__ ______ ________________
Felt goods........... - ___________ _____ __________________________________
Foundry and machine-shop products, not elsewhere classified.. _________
Fuel oil . _____ ______ _______ _________ - ____________________
Gasoline
___ ___________ ___- - - ___ ___ - ________ ________
Glass _ ______________ ________ _______ ___________________ _____ ___
Hardware, miscellaneous_____ ____________ - . _____________________ __
Insulation materials _ _________________________________________________
Lime___________ ____ __________ _____ . ___ ___________ _______________
Lubricating oils and greases__________ _ - ............ .............................. .....
Lumber and timber products__________ ________________ ____ ____________
Marble, granite, slate, and other stone products_________________________
Motor vehicles and supplies____________ - ____________________________
Paints and varnishes._______________ __ _____________________________
Plumbing supplies____ _____ __________ .. _____________ _______ _______
Pumps and pumping equipm ent__ _____ _____ __ _______________________
Rails________________________________________ ______________ _______ __
Roofing_______________________________ - ________ ____ ______________
Rubber goods_________ _ ------------------------------------------------------------------Sand and gravel__ ____________ _____
. ____________________ _______
Sheet-metal work . .
. . __
________ ________ _____
Steam and hot-water heating apparatus_________________________________
Steel-works and rolling-mill products..- ___________________ ________ __
Tools____ _ ________ ____________________________________ ____ _____
Wire and wirework, not elsewhere classified__________ __________________
Other______________ _________________ . _____________________________
4,"925
9,070
85,514
43,525
212,"534
-- ---- - ----
1,669
52,404
7,’ 475
2.048
7.048
4,489
- - --27,747
1,327
7,715
1,404,451
2, 874
43,"927
* Revised.
Em ploym ent on C onstruction P rojects Financed From R egular
G overnm ental A pprop riation s
D u r i n g the month of December there were nearly 16,300 employees
working at the site of construction projects financed from govern
mental appropriations made by the Congress direct to the various
executive departments.
These men earned over $860,000 for their month's pay. Hourly
earnings averaged 58% cents. The number of workers as shown in
the following tables include only employees working on contracts
awarded since July 1, 1934.
60
Whenever a contract is awarded by a Government department, the
Bureau of Labor Statistics is immediately notified on post-card form
of the name and address of the contractor. Schedules are then mailed
to the contractor, wrho returns his report to the Bureau showing the
number of men on his pay rolls, the amount of the pay rolls, the num
ber of man-hours worked, and the value of orders placed for each of
the different kinds of material he has purchased.
The following tables show information concerning such work on
construction projects on which work started since July 1, 1934. The
Bureau has no data for projects that were under way previous to that
date.
Table 35 shows employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked on
construction projects started subsequent to July 1, 1934, for Decem
ber 1934, financed from direct appropriations to the various Govern
ment agencies.
Table 35.— Employment on Construction Projects Financed From Regular
Governmental Appropriations, by Type of Project
[Subject to revision]
Number of Amount of Number of
man-hours
wage earn pay roll
worked
ers
Type of project
All projects________ _____
___ ____
Building construction________________ __
Public roads______ ________ _____ _______
River, harbor, and flood control_________
Streets and roads_______ _______________
Naval vessels__________ ____ ___________
Forestry________________ _____ _________
Water and sewerage. ________________
Miscellaneous___ ____ _______ _____ _____
Average
earnings
per hour
Value of
material or
ders placed
16,276
$859,998
1,468,741
$0.586
$1,966,441
2,942
3,157
5,633
2, 864
795
6
257
622
176, 366
165,371
315,628
100,305
66,890
107
7,095
28, 236
233,498
284,375
594,848
227, 660
77,069
167
13,224
37,900
.755
.582
.531
.441
.868
.641
.537
.745
214,977
208,938
342,790
31,450
1,093,970
19,832
54,484
Completion of Civilian Conservation Corps winter quarters
accounted for the large decrease in employees working on building
construction, comparing December with November 1934. The
decrease in work on public roads was caused both by seasonal decrease
and by the fact that State-aid appropriations have been almost
exhausted.
Table 36 shows for the month of December employment, pay rolls,
and man-hours worked on construction projects started since July 1,
1934, which are financed from regular governmental appropriations
for December 1934, by geographic divisions.
61
Table 36.— Em ploym ent on Construction Projects Financed From Regular
Governm ental Appropriations, b y Geographic Division
[Subject to revision]
Wage earners
Geographic division
Number
employed
Weekly
average
of
Amount of Number
man-hours
pay roll
worked
Average
earnings
per hour
Value of
material or
ders placed
All divisions________________
16, 276
14,001
$859, 998
1,468,741
$0.586
i $1,966,441
New England_______________
Middle Atlantic_____________
East North Central_________
West North Central_________
South Atlantic______________
East South Central_________
West South Central_________
Mountain__________________
Pacific_____________________
Outside continental United
States. _________ ______
830
877
1, 781
1, 552
2, 765
2,084
3,059
1,625
1,512
800
810
1,104
1,409
2, 528
1,857
2,321
1, 556
1,435
59, 744
63, 816
94, 588
61, 603
147,127
84,385
167,972
95,011
74,195
82,928
86, 226
143,617
121, 081
229,491
164,289
335,034
171,442
113,011
.720
.740
.659
.509
.641
.514
.501
.554
.657
86, 280
220,981
63,527
33,267
948, 546
177,947
163,633
21,828
41,494
191
181
11, 557
21, 622
.535
1 Includes $208,938 estimated value of orders placed for public-road projects which cannot be charged to
any specific geographic division.
The average earnings per hour ranged from 50 cents in the West
South Central States to 74 cents in the Middle Atlantic States.
Table 37 shows for the months August to December, inclusive,
employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked on construction
projects started since July 1, 1934, which are financed from direct
governmental appropriations, through December 1934.
Table 37.— Employment on Construction Projects Financed From Regular
Governmental Appropriations
[Subject to revision]
Month
August________________________________ !
September_____________________________ ,
October _____________________________ :
November_____ ______________________ i
December______________________________i
Number
of wage
earners
Amount of
pay roll
Number
of manhours
5,601
9,800
13,593
18,211
16,276
$329,440
493,363
689,604
1,014,945
859,998
557,747
773,685
1,103, 523
1, 690,488
1,468, 741
Average
earnings
per hour
$0.591
.638
.625
.600
.586
Value of
material
orders
placed
$150,506
842,292
982,835
3,334,648
1,966,441
Employment on these construction projects, while lower than for
November, was higher than for any other month of the period
covered.
Purchase orders have been placed for materials valued at over
$7,200,000 during the 5 months ending December 15, 1934.
Table 38 shows the value of material orders placed during the
period July to December 1934 for use on construction projects on
which work has started since July 1, 1934, financed from direct
governmental appropriations, by type of material.
62
Table 38.— Material Orders Placed for Use on Construction Projects Financed
From Regular Governmental Appropriations, by Type of Material
Value of material orders
placed—
Type of material
All material..
From July 1 During period
to Nov. 15,
Nov. 15 to
1934
Dec. 15, 1934
5,159,775
Asbestos_________________
Bolts, nuts, rivets, etc____
Brick and hollow tile_____
Cast-iron pipe and fittings _
Cement and lime_________
Coal..
Concrete products_____ ____ ______________________________
Copper products_______________________________ ____ ______
Cordage and twine________ ______ ____________ ______ ______
Crushed stone________ : ____________ ____ _________________
Electric wiring and fixtures ____________ _____ ____ _______
Electrical machinery and supplies__________ ____ ____ ____
Elevators and parts_________________________ ____ _________
Engines, turbines, tractors....... ................................................
Explosives_____ ______________ ____________________________
Forgings, iron and steel____________________________________
Foundry and machine-shop products, not elsewhere classified..
Glass.
Hardware, miscellaneous_____________ ______ ___________________
Heating and ventilating equipment_____________________________
Linoleum_____________________________________________________
Lumber and timber products_______________________ ____ ______
Machine tools_________________________________________________
Marble, granite, slate, and other stone products__________________
Metal doors, shutters, window sash and frames, molding and trim.
Motor vehicles_________ ___________________ _____ _____________
Nails and spikes_____________ ____ _____________ ________ ______
Paints and varnishes__________________________________________
Paving mixtures.________ ___ _________________________________
Petroleum products_______ ____ __________________ _____ _______
Planing-mill products___________ ______ _____ ____ _____________
Plumbing supplies___________________________ _____ ___________
Pumps and pumping e q u ip m e n t-____________________________
Refrigerating equipment_____ _______ _________ ________ _________
Roofing materials.............. ..................................................................
Sand and gravel...__________________ _____ _______ ____________
Sheet-metal work______________________________________________
Steel-works and rolling-mill products, not elsewhere classified_____
Structural and reinforcing steel___________ ______________________
Tiling, floor and wall, and terrazzo....... .............. ..............................
Tools, other than machine tools___________________________ _____
Wall plaster, wall board, and insulating board______ ____ ________
Waterproofing materials___________________________ _____ ______
Wire products, not elsewhere classified____________ ______ _______
Other_____________________________ ____ ______ ________________
13,529
41,637
13,018
226,469
14,655
34,830
35,273
4,876
70,982
20,482
109,288
3, 701
24,768
8,321
233,695
1,907
36,438
43,189
3,639
539,486
2,480
93,315
7,035
1,952
12,527
48,160
40,087
117,191
19,885
80,982
49,430
15,843
52,783
109,863
39,269
593,670
2, 111, 630
7,876
51,143
4,997
30,786
188, 688
$1,966,441
1,250
4,950
6,528
5,916
77,035
9,025
9,600
12,168
24,856
4,737
22,680
8,757
611,674
3, 589
84,501
88,182
6,039
22,204
8,205
133,832
1,518
74,783
4,224
1,306
1,366
14,622
9,204
86,866
10,599
14,993
86,889
6,631
1,638
45,769
38,592
45,684
297,872:
3,857
3,458
4,037
'"22,"224
44,581
W age-R ate Changes in A m erica n Industries
Manufacturing Industries
T a b l e 39 presents information concerning wage-rate adjustments
occurring between November 15 and December 15,1934, as shown by
reports received from 25,322 manufacturing establishments employing
3,637,978 workers in December.
Forty-four establishments in 15 industries reported wage-rate
increases averaging 10 percent and affecting 3,872 employees. Five
establishments in 2 industries reported decreases which averaged
9.7 percent and affected 387 workers.
63
Two dyeing and finishing textile establishments reported increases
in wage rates averaging 13 percent and affecting 1,139 employees,
6 newspaper and periodical establishments reported increases averag
ing 6.5 percent and affecting 624 employees, and 4 woolen and worsted
goods establishments reported increases averaging 10.4 percent and
affecting 616 workers. The increases in each of the remaining indus
tries affected 374 employees or less.
Table 39.— Wage-Rate Changes in Manufacturing Industries During Month
Ending Dec. 15, 1934
Industry
Estab
Total
lish
ments number
of em
report ployees
ing
All manufacturing industries....... 25,322 3,637,978
100.0
Percentage of total.................
100.0
Iron and steel and their products,
not including machinery:
Blast furnaces, steel works
and rolling mills. ......... ......
Bolts, nuts, washers, and
rivets------ --------- ------------Cast-iron pipe______________
Cutlery (not including silver
and plated cutlery) and
edge tools________________
Forgings, iron and steel_____
Hardware_________________
Plumbers’ supplies........ ........
Steam and hot-water heating
apparatus and steam fit
tings............... ...................
Stoves__....... ......................
Structural and ornamental
metalwork...........................
Tin cans and other tinware—
Tools (not including edge
tools, machine tools, files,
and saws)_______________
Wirework__________________
Machinery, not including trans
portation equipment:
Agricultural implements.......
Cash registers, adding ma
chines, and calculating
m arines ___________
Electwfel machinery, apparatjarf, and supplies________
Engines, turbines, tractors,
and water wheels____ ____
Foundry and machine-shop
products...............................
Machine tools.........................
Radios and phonographs.......
Textile machinery and parts.
Typewriters and parts...........
Transportation equipment:
Aircraft....................................
Automobiles...........................
Cars, electric- and steam-railroad......... ............................
Locomotives...........................
Shipbuilding...........................
Railroad repair shops:
Electric railroad......................
Steam railroad........................
* Less than Ho of 1 percent.
240
252,017
Number of establish
ments reporting—
No
Wage
rate
in
rate
changes creases
25,273
99.8
240
9,196
Wage
rate
de-
(0
Number of employees
having—
No wage Wage
rate
rate
in
changes creases
,633.719
99.9
3,872
.1
252,017
9,196
8,001
8,001
170
90
112
13,468
9,574
27,554
9,679
170
90
111
13.468
9, 574
27.468
9,679
92
205
20,414
20,575
92
204
20,414
20, 549
308
62
21,066
10,255
308
62
21,066
10, 255
140
114
10, 531
11,624
140
114
10,531
11,624
23,008
23,008
14, 577
30
14,577
406
122,208
405
122,181
27
143,657
23,088
37,822
16,490
11,285
218
56
179
139
12
143,518
23,088
37,822
16,490
11,285
33
4,822
260,399
33
320
4,822
260,399
115
11
12,776
4,636
31,269
116
11
12,776
4,636
31,269
568
18,713
78,280
362
658
18,612
78,280
108
218
66
179
12
Wage
rate
de-
101
0)
64
Table 39.— W age-Rate Changes in M anufacturing Industries During M onth
Ending D ec. 15, 1934— Continued
Industry
Estab
Total
lish
ments number
of
em
report ployees
ing
.
Nonferrous metals and their
products:
AJnmiTinm manufactures ...
Brass, bronze, and copper
Clocks and watches and time-
Silverware and plated wTare. _
Smelting and refining—cop
per, lead, ajid zinc-----------Stamped and enameled ware_
Lumber and allied products:
Lumber:
Sawm ills._____________
Stone, clay, and glass products:
Brick, tile, and terra cotta—
Number of employees
having—
No
Wage Wage No wage Wage Wage
wagerate
rate
rate
rate
rate
in
rate
in
de
de
changes creases creases changes creases creases
36
6,900
36
6,900
316
40,710
316
40,710
28
182
73
68
11,739
10,608
4,399
8,616
28
182
73
68
11,739
10,608
4,399
8,616
44
221
17,411
24,621
44
218
576
53, 616
576
53,616
638
681
33
26,598
77,808
2,569
638
681
33
26,598
77,808
2, 569
525
131
181
19,363
15, 241
51,658
525
131
181
19,363
15, 241
51,658
4,514
20,360
255
128
16,975
285,084
10,018
33
692
117
41,965
7,633
123,408
49,787
159
49
485
267
2
132,110
524
109, 780
39, 560
1,565
684
6, 567
9,651
6,981
23, 777
38
89
144
169
111,732
33,609
339
169
70,935
27, 346
4,877
44,737
44, 459
17, 054
8,991
1,169
575
348
762
327
424
383
117,158
12,136
9, 716
318
71
15
117,158
12,136
9, 716
9,852
50, 620
39
241
9,852
50, 620
40,076
107,713
738
434
40,076
107, 713
61,005
1,430
8
60,933
72
50, 337
549
6
49,713
624
Marble, granite, slate, and
255
other products. _________
J29
Pottery
. _____._________
Textiles and their products:
Fabrics:
33
Carpets and ru gs______
692
Cotton goods ________
Cotton small wares_____
117
Dyeing and finishing tex
161
tiles
________
49
Hats, fur-felt_______ ___
485
Knit goods___ _______
272
Silk and rayon goods-----Woolen and worsted
528
goods________________
Wearing apparel:
1,566
Clothing, men’s ______
684
Clothing, women’s Corsets and allied gar
38
ments ________ - -- !
89
Men’s furnishings
__ !
Millinery
- .. '
144
Shirts and collars
__ | 172
Leather and its manufactures:
339
Boots and shoes - - ___
169
Leather ____ ____ __ _____
Food and kindred products:
1,170
B aking___ - - _ __ __
575
Beverages
__
348
Butter
__ _
__
762
Canning and preserving Confectionery
- __ I
327
Flour
___ __ _____
429
Ice cream
_____ - . _ ..
383
Slaughtering and meat pack
ing ____ ______
_
318
Sugar, beet
_
- _
71
15
Sugar refining, c a n e .______
Tobacco manufactures:
Chewing and smoking tobac
39
co and snuff___ ________
241
Cigars and cigarettes________
Paper and printing:
Boxes, p a p e r____________ _
738
434
Paper and pulp____ ________
Printing and publishing:
Book and jo b ______ ____
1,438
Newspapers and periodi
555
cals__________________
Number of establish
ments reporting—
17,411
24, 247
3
4,514
20,298
1
374
62
16,975
285,084
10,018
40,826
7, 633
123,408
49,444
1,139
4
131,494
616
1
109, 698
39, 560
82
1
4
6, 567
9, 651
6,981
23,617
3
57
28**
160
111,732
33, 609
1
5
70,834
27,346
4,877
44,737
44,459
16, 747
8,991
101
307
65
Table 39,— W age-Rate Changes in M anufacturing Industries During M onth
Ending D ec. 15, 1934— Continued
Estab
Total
lish
ments number
of
em
report ployees
ing
Industry
Chemicals and allied products,
and petroleum refining:
Other than petroleum refin
ings:
Chemicals_________ ____
Cottonseed—oil,
cake,
and meal.. __________
Druggists’ preparations..
Explosives. __________
Fertilizers_______ ______
Paints and varnishes____
Rayon and allied prod
ucts_______ _________
Soap. . . . _____________
Petroleum refining________
Rubber products:
Rubber boots and shoes_____
Rubber goods, other than
boots, shoes, tires, and in
ner tubes_____ _________
Rubber tires and inner tubes.
Number of establish
ments reporting—
Number of employees
having—
No
Wage Wage No wage Wage Wage
rate
wagerate
rate
rate
rate
rate
in
in
de
de
changes creases creases changes creases creases
132
25,754
132
25, 754
102
69
31
313
693
5,616
7, 584
4,402
12,342
19,875
102
69
31
313
693
5,616
7, 584
4,402
12, 342
19, 875
30
112
169
47,476
15,737
55, 631
30
112
169
47, 476
15. 737
55, 631
12
18, 307
12
18, 307
179
41
27, 785
49,407
179
41
27, 785
49, 407
Nonmanufacturing Industries
D a t a relating to changes in wage rates occurring between November
15 and December 15, 1934, in 17 nonmanufacturing industries are
presented in table 40.
Increases affecting 1,587 workers were reported by 373 establish
ments in 7 industries. Twelve hundred and ninety-five of these
1,587 employees were in retail-trade establishments and received an
average wage-rate increase of 19 percent.
The decreases reported affected only 142 employees in 33 estab
lishments.
66
Table 40.— W age-R ate Changes in Nonmanufacturing Industries During M onth
Ending D ec. 15, 1934
Industrial group
Estab
Total
lish
ments number
of
em
report ployees
ing
Number of establish
ments reporting—
No
Wage- Wagewage- Wagewagerate
rate Norate
rate
rate
de
inin
changes
creases changes
Anthracite mining_____________
160
85,461
Percentage of total_____ ____
100.0
100.0
Bituminous-coal mining___ ____
254, 058
1,474
Percentage of total_________
100.0
100.0
Metalliferous mining.___________
277
29, 707
Percentage of total_________
100.0
100.0
Quarrying and nonmetallic min
ing--------------------------------------29, 252
1,156
Percentage of total................. 100.0
100.0
Crude petroleum producing_____
19, 099
278
Percentage of total_________
100.0
100.0
Telephone and telegraph_______
8,168
257, 386
Percentage of to ta l............ .
100.0
100.0
Electric light and power and man
ufactured gas............. .............. . 2, 692
243,641
Percentage of total_________
100.0
100.0
Electric-railroad and motor-bus
124,352
operation and maintenance.......
539
Percentage of total..............
100.0
100.0
292,786
Wholesale trade....................... .
16,024
Percentage of total......... ........ 100.0
100.0
Retail trade__________ _________ 58,478 1,041,488
100.0
100.0
Percentage of total.................
Hotels...... .............. ....................... 2,439
140,149
Percentage of total_________
100.0
100.0
Laundries_____________________
1, 363
73,080
Percentage of total_________
100.0
100.0
Dyeing and cleaning......... ...........
679
15,581
Percentage of total.................. 100.0
100.0
93,584
Banks............................................ 2,900
Percentage of total.................
100.0
100.0
Brokerage............... ......................
393
11,398
Percentage of total.................
100.0
100.0
Insurance___________ ______ ___
1,047
66,747
Percentage of total.................. 100.0
100.0
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728
18,890
Percentage of total................. 100.0
100.0
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Number of employees
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rate
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85,461
100.0
100.0
1,474
254, 058
100.0
100.0
277
29, 707
100.0
100.0
1,156
29, 252
100.0
100.0
277
19, 087
99.9
257, 386
100.0
2
243,475
99.9
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1
124,316
6
292,687
538
99.8
16,071
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358
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58,129
99.4
2,439
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i:
100.0
1,040,150
99.9
140,149
100.0
100.0
1,360
99.8
679
73,006
99.9
15, 581
100.0
2,898
99.9
393
100.0
1,047
100.0
728
100.0
129
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100.0
100.0
100.0
18,890
100.0
37
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1,295
93, 580
11,398
100.0
66,747
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