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Serial No. R. 699
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Frances Perkins, Secretary
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
Isador Lubin, Commissioner
EMPLOYMENT
AND PAY ROLLS
Prepared by
DIVISION OF EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS
Lewis E. Talbert, Chief
and
DIVISION OF CONSTRUCTION AND
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
Herman B. Byer, Chief
DECEMBER 1937
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UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE • WASHINGTON » 1938
CONTENTS
Summary of employment reports for December 1937:
Industrial and business employment
Public employment
Detailed reports for December 1937:
Industrial and business employment
Public employment
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Tables
TABLE 1.—-All manufacturing industries combined and nonmanufacturing
industries—employment, pay rolls, and weekly earnings,
December 1937
TABLE 2.—Federal employment and pay rolls—summary, December
1937
TABLE 3.—Value of material orders placed on projects financed wholly or
partially from Federal funds and number of man-months of
labor, created in final fabrication of materials purchased,
fourth quarter of 1937, third quarter of 1937, and fourth
quarter of 1936
TABLE 4.—Manufacturing and nonmanufacturing industries—employment, pay rolls, hours, and earnings, December 1937
TABLE 5.—Manufacturing and nonmanufacturing industries—employment, pay rolls, hours, and earnings, October through
December 1937
TABLE 6.—All manufacturing industries combined and the durable- and
nondurable-goods groups—indexes of employment and pay
rolls, January 1936 to December 1937
TABLE 7.—Selected nonmanufacturing industries—indexes of employment and pay rolls, January 1936 to December 1937
TABLE 8.-—Manufacturing industries—indexes of employment and pay
rolls by yearly averages, 1923-37, and by months, January
to December 1937
TABLE 9.—Geographic divisions and States—comparison of employment
and pay rolls in identical establishments in November and
December 1937
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TABLE 10.—Principal metropolitan areas—comparison of employment and
pay rolls in identical establishments in November and
December 1937
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TABLE 11.—Executive service of the Federal Government—employment
and pay rolls in November and December 1937
TABLE 12.—Executive service of the Federal Government—monthly
record of employment from December 1936 to December
1937, inclusive..
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TABLE 13.—-Construction projects financed by Public Works Administration funds—employment, play rolls, and man-hours worked,
December 1937, by type of project
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TABLE 14.—Construction projects financed by Public Works Administration funds—summary of employment pay rolls, and manhours worked, from July 1933 to December 1937, inclusive.TABLE 15.—Projects financed by The Works Program—employment, pay
rolls, and man-hours worked, December 1937, by type of
project
TABLE 16.—National Youth Administration work projects and Student
Aid financed by The Works Program—employment, pay
rolls, and man-hours worked, December 1937
TABLE 17.—Projects financed fry The Works Program—employment, pay
rolls, and man-hours worked from the beginning of the
program in July 1935 to December 1937, inclusive
TABLE 18.—National Youth Administration work projects, and Student
Aid financed by The Works Program—employment, pay
rolls, and man-hours worked from the beginning of the
projects to December 1937, inclusive
TABLE 19.—Civilian Conservation Corps—employment and pay rolls,
November and December 1937
TABLE 20.—Civilian Conservation Corps—employment and pay rolls, from
December 1936 to December 1937, inclusive
TABLE 21.—Construction projects financed by the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation—employment, pay rolls, and man-hours
worked, December 1937, by type of project
TABLE 22.—Construction projects financed by the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation—summary of employment, pay rolls, and manhours worked, from December 1936 to December 1937, inclusive
TABLE 23.—-Construction projects financed from regular Federal appropriations—employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked,
December 1937, by type of project
TABLE 24.—Construction projects financed from regular Federal appropriations—-employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked,
from December 1936 to December 1937, inclusive
TABLE 25.—Construction and maintenance of State roads—employment
and pay-roll disbursements, from December 1936 to December 1937, inclusive
TABLE 26.—Value of material orders placed on construction projects
financed by Federal funds, fourth quarter of 1937, by type
of material
TABLE 27.—Value of material orders placed on Federal professional, technical, and clerical projects financed by The Works Program,
fourth quarter of 1937, third quarter of 1937, and fourth
quarter of 1936
TABLE 28.—Rentals and services on projects operated by the Works Progress Administration, first, second, third, and fourth quaiters
of 1937
TABLE 29.—Rentals and services on work projects of the National Youth
Administration, third and fourth quarters of 1937
TABLE 30.—Value of public contracts awarded for materials, first, second,
third, and fourth quarters of 1937
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Employment and Pay Rolls
SUMMARY OF REPORTS FOR DECEMBER 1937
THERE were estimated decreases in December of 276,000 in employment and $15,300,000 in weekly pay rolls in all manufacturing industries combined and in the 16 nonmanufacturing industries surveyed each month by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Approximately 747,000 fewer workers were employed by these
industries in December 1937 than in the same month a year ago and
weekly pay rolls were $19,100,000 smaller than in December 1936.
The average number employed in the year 1937, however, was over
1,000,000 higher than the average for the year 1936 and weekly pay
rolls for 1937 were $50,900,000 larger.
A preliminary tabulation by the Interstate Commerce Commission
showed that class I railroads employed 995,725 workers in December,
exclusive of executives, officials, and staff assistants, a decrease of
52,050 since November.
Employment in the executive, judicial, and military services of
the Federal Government was greater in December than in the preceding month, while employment in the legislative service decreased.
An increase in the employment level occurred on Federal projects
under The Works Program, projects operated by the Works Progress
Administration, and on work projects of the National Youth Administration and Student Aid. Decreases in the number of workers
employed occurred on P. W. A. construction projects, projects
financed from regular Federal appropriations, and on projects financed
by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. There was a decrease
in the number of workers in the Civilian Conservation Corps.
Industrial and Business Employment
Decreased employment from November to December was shown
in 13 of the 16 nonmanufacturing industries surveyed by the Bureau
of Labor Statistics and in 79 of the 89 manufacturing industries
covered. Pay rolls were lower in 10 of the nonmanufacturing and
72 of the manufacturing industries.
For all manufacturing industries combined, it is estimated that
513,000 wage earners (6.4 percent) were laid off between November
and December. Although employment declines in factories have been
noted for December in 13 of the preceding 18 years, the present drop
(l)
was the largest with but one exception (1920). Because of the
shortening of work schedules and the spreading of work, factory pay
rolls fell more sharply than employment, the estimated decline in
weekly wage disbursements being $17,600,000 or 9.6 percent.
A comparison with December 1936 shows that the factory employment level was 9.7 percent (797,000) lower in December 1937 and
that weekly wage disbursements were 15 percent ($29,203,000)
lower. The average employment index for 1937 was 99.3 on the basis
of the 1923-25 average as 100; this was 8.1 percent above the 1936
level. In terms of workers the increase between the two years was
624,000. The average 1937 pay-roll index was 98.0, a gain of 18.9
percent compared with the 1936 level. In terms of weekly wage
disbursements, the increase was nearly $31,700,000.
The most pronounced percentage decreases in manufacturing employment from November to December were in industries for which
sharp seasonal curtailment is generally reported in December. Beetsugar plants, having passed the peak of seasonal activity, reduced
their forces 42.0 percent and canning and preserving establishments
reported a decline of 24.9 percent, reflecting seasonal reductions in
operations. Radio and phonograph factories also reported a sharp
seasonal decline (20.9 percent) in number of workers. Due to the
decrease in production schedules, employment in the automobile
industry declined 15.2 percent from November to December and
weekly pay rolls fell 27.8 percent. Electric and steam railroad carbuilding companies reported 15.2 percent fewer employees in December. The decrease of 15.2 percent in employment in the stove
industry was somewhat larger than seasonal and the 14.8 percent
decline in the stamped and enameled ware industry was also more
pronounced than the usual December declines. Plants manufacturing plumbers' supplies reported a decrease (partly seasonal) of 11.0
percent in employment, and firms manufacturing jewelry reported a
seasonal decline of 10.3 percent.
Decreases in employment ranging from 9.0 percent to 10.2 percent
were reported in marble, slate, and granite works; in steam railroad
repair shops; in sawmills; and in factories making brick, tile, and
terra cotta; wirework; cottonseed oil, cake, and meal; and rayon.
Other industries of major importance in which substantial declines
were shown included blast furnaces, steel works, and rolling mills;
foundries and machine shops; men's clothing; glass; silk and rayon
goods; cotton goods; and paper and pulp.
Among the 10 manufacturing industries reporting gains in numbers
of workers over the month interval were fertilizers (8.3 percent), cane
sugar refining (6.6 percent), cast-iron pipe (4.0 percent), boots and
shoes (3.7 percent), and woolen and worsted goods (2.1 percent). The
increases in cane sugar refining and wool were contraseasonal and the
gains in the remaining three industries were larger than seasonal.
Smaller increases were reported in the millinery, fur-felt hat, electric
railroad repair shop, slaughtering and meat packing, and chewing
and smoking tobacco industries.
In the nonmanufacturing group retail trade was the only industry
which increased employment to any appreciable extent. Christmas
trade was largely responsible for the increase of 9.2 percent in employment in retail stores. The December index of employment in retail
trade (100.1) was above the average for the year 1929 (100.0), and
was at the highest level of any month since December 1930. The
major portion of this increase was in the general merchandising group
of retail establishments (department, variety, and general merchandising stores and mail-order houses) in which a gain of 31.8 percent
or 284,000 workers was shown. Employment in this group in December 1937 exceeded the level of any preceding month, including
December 1929. Employment in other lines of retail trade increased
by 1.8 percent or approximately 46,500 workers. There were substantial employment gains in stores dealing in jewelry, apparel, hardware, furniture and housefurnishings, and in wood, coal, and ice firms.
Retail lumber and building material dealers reported a greater-thanseasonal decline and retail automobile dealers also reported fewer
workers. Retail food stores showed an employment decrease of 0.5
percent.
Anthracite mines reported a somewhat less-than-seasonal increase
of 0.6 percent in employment from November to December and
insurance firms hired a small additional number of workers. In the
13 nonmanufacturing industries reporting losses in employment, the
most pronounced decline was in the private building construction
industry. While employment in this industry normally recedes from
November to December, the current decrease of 17.2 percent is larger
than the December decreases shown in 4 of the preceding 5 years for
which data are available. Other industries in which substantial
declines, largely seasonal, were reported were quarrying and nonmetallic mining (12.0 percent) and dyeing and cleaning (4.2 percent).
Metal mines further reduced their working forces in December,
employment falling 6.6 percent over the month interval. Bituminous-coal mines reported a decrease of 2.0 percent in number of
workers and year-round hotels also reported a seasonal curtailment
of 1.8 percent. In the remaining industries surveyed (crude petroleum producing, telephone and telegraph, power and light and manufactured gas, electric railroad and motorbus operation, wholesale
trade, laundries, and brokerage) the decreases ranged from 1.6 percent
to 0.3 percent.
Aggregate employment in the combined 16 nonmanufacturing
industries surveyed showed a net increase (237,000 workers) between
November and December, and aggregate weekly pay rolls were
$2,300,000 greater in December than in the preceding month. Comparisons of the averages for 1937 with the averages for 1936 show that
only one industry, anthracite mining, had fewer workers and smaller
pay rolls in the current year. The 16 nonmanufacturing industries
combined employed 382,600 more workers in 1937 than in 1936 and
paid out $19,246,000 more per week in wages and salaries. The 1937
employment level exceeded the 1936 level by 27.4 percent in metalliferous mining, by 7.9 percent in the telephone and telegraph industry,
and by 10.4 percent in private building construction. Gains in average employment between 1936 and 1937 ranging from 4.5 percent to
6.1 percent were shown in wholesale trade, retail trade, electric light
and power, hotels, and laundries.
There were 52,050 fewer workers (exclusive of executives, officials,
and staff assistants) employed by class I railroads in December than
in November according to a prelininary report of the Interstate Commerce Commission. This report showed 995,725 such workers on
pay rolls in December, a decrease of 5.0 percent since November.
December pay-roll figures were not available when this report was
prepared. For November, the wage disbursements were $154,856,765,
a decrease of 8.3 percent or $14,081,513 from October.
Hours and earnings.—The average hours worked per week by
factory wage earners was 34.4 in December according to reports
covering full- and part-time workers. This average was 3.1 percent
below the November figure. Average hourly earnings fell 0.1 percent to 66.6 cents and average weekly earnings fell 3.4 percent to
$22.93. Comparisons with December 1936 show that current average hours were 16.5 percent lower, average hourly earnings, 12.2
percent higher, and average weekly earnings, 5.9 percent lower than
a year ago.
Of the 14 nonmanufacturing industries for which man-hour data
are available, 6 showed gains over the month interval in average
hours worked per week and 5 showed increases in average hourly
earnings. Average weekly earnings were higher in 6 of the 16 nonmanufacturing industries covered.
A summary is presented in table 1 of employment and pay-roll
indexes and average weekly earnings in December 1937 for all manufacturing industries combined, for selected nonmanufacturing industries, and for class I railroads, with percentage changes over the month
and year intervals except in the few industries for which data are
not available.
TABLE 1.—Employment, Pay Rolls, and Earnings in All Manufacturing Industries
Combined and in Nonmanufacturing Industries, December 1937
Employment
Percentage
change from—
Industry
Index,
December No1937 vember
1937
All manufacturing
industries
combined 1
Class I steam railroads 2
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 motorbus operation and
maintenance
Trade:
Wholesale
Retail
General merchandising.
Other than general
merchandising
Hotels (year-round) 4 --Laundries
Dyeing and cleaning
Brokerage
Insurance
Building construction
December
1936
88.6
-6.4
56.4
-5.1
-9.7
+.6
-2.0
-6.6
-7.2
-4.0
+9.4
43.9 -12.0
76.5
-11.2
+5.6
50.9
80.5
70.4
78.0
-1.1
+5.9
96.1
-1.2
+3.0
72.8
-.5
+.4
+2.5
+.5
+.9
-.3
93.3
100.1 +9.2
144.7 +31.8
88.4
87.3
87.3
77.1
Percentage
change from—
Index,
December No1937 vember
1937
+1.8
-1.8
-.8
-4.2
-1.6
+.4
+3.9
-.3
-.7
-6.9
80.9
-15.0
$22. 93
-3.4
-5.9
-8.2
-.4
+3.2
(
=100)
47.2 +4.6
81.3 +4.4
65.1 - 9 . 0
33.4 -20.1
69.8
-.7
94.7
+3.6
102.4
-1.4
-14.8
-4.5
+12.9
27.02
25.49
29.43
+3.9
+6.5
-2.5
-15.3
+13.9
19.32
34.11
-9.2
+.1
71.9
+14.9
31.44
+9.1
34.38
-.2
+3.7
32.26
+.6
+3.2
+4.3
+5.6
+5.3
.+5.8
+5.1
+4.4
+3.4
+.9
+2.5
+3.5
+6.9
+6.2
+6.3
30.00
21.55
18.59
-.4
-2.0
-3.5
+1.3
-2.0
5
+6.2
+9.3
+4.0
+2.7
-6.1
+4.3
-10.9
24.57
15.25
17.03
19.09
38.36
38.91
28.53
-2.8
-1.0
-.9
-6.7
71.7
76.3
79.2
58.9
+( )
-6.9
-2.6
-.8
-22.7
-4.7
+7.8
+.3
+4.7
77.8
-.7
80.6 +7.0
123.5 +27.2
+.2 +1.8
8 -17.2
-13.9
3
( ) Census of Manufactures.
1 Revised indexes. Adjusted to 1933
2 Preliminary. Source: Interstate Commerce Commission.
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4
6
December
1936
Percentage
change from—
Average in
DeDeNocember vemcem1937
ber
ber
1936
1937
(1923-25
100)
(1988-86
100)
(1929
=100)
Average weekly
earnings
Pay roll
-.2
+.8
+8.5
+5.9
Not availal" le.
Cash payments only; the additional value of board, room, and tips cannot be computed.
Less than Ho of 1 percent.
Public Employment
During the month ending on December 15, 1937, 105,000 workers
were employed on P. W. A. construction projects. Compared with
the period ending in mid-November this represented a decrease of
16,000, or 13.5 percent. Employment reductions on this work, as
on other construction programs, was in part seasonal. Federal and
non-Federal N. I. R. A. projects employed more than 34,000 workers;
and projects financed from E. R. A. A. 1935, 1936, and 1937 funds,
70,000. Pay-roll disbursements on all P. W. A. projects totaled
$8,990,000.
Construction projects financed from regular Federal appropriations
employed 181,000 workers. This was a decrease of over 30,000 com44397—38
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pared with the period ending in mid-November. The decreases
reported on nonresidential building construction, forestry, public roads,
dredging, dikes, and revetments, naval vessels, and miscellaneous
projects offset increases in employment on electrification projects,
locks and dams, ship construction and repair other than naval vessels,
and streets and roads. Employment on residential building construction projects, underpasses, and water and sewerage construction
projects remained virtually the same. Pay-roll disbursements
amounted to $17,162,000, a reduction of $3,142,000, from the preceding month.
Employment on construction projects financed by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation totaled 4,000 for the period from midNovember to mid-December. Decreases were shown in the number
of workers employed on building construction and water and sewerage
projects, while an increase occurred on miscellaneous projects. Payroll disbursements amounting to $550,000 were $52,000 less than
during the month ending in mid-November.
With the expansion of The Works Program to meet increasing
unemployment, the number of workers engaged on projects of The
Works Program was 2,280,000 in December, a net increase of more
than 118,000 since November. Of the total number working on this
program 186,000 were employed on Federal projects under The Works
Program, 1,668,000 on projects operated by the Works Progress
Administration, and 426,000 on work projects of the National Youth
Administration and on Student Aid. Pay rolls for the program as a
whole totaled $98,980,000 and were $1,199,000 greater than in
November.
Increases in employment in the regular services of the Federal
Government were reported in the executive, judicial, and military
services, while employment in the legislative service decreased. Of
the 889,000 employees in the executive service in December, 114,000
were working in the District of Columbia and 775,000 outside the
District. Approximately 85.2 percent of the total number of employees in the executive service were paid from regular appropriations
and 7.1 percent from emergency funds. Day labor hired by the
Federal Government for construction work (force-account) was 7.7
percent of the total employment in the executive service. Among the
departments reporting pronounced increases in employment were the
Post Office Department, the Department of Commerce, and the
Department of the Interior. Decreases occurred in the Department
of Agriculture and the Department of Labor.
Workers employed in the Civilian Conservation Corps numbered
338,000, a decrease of more than 12,000 compared with November.
Decreases in employment were registered for all groups of workers
with the exception of nurses. Of the total number in camps during
the current month 292,000 were enrolled workers, 5,000 reserve
officers, 300 nurses, 2,000 educational advisers, and 39,000 other
supervisory and technical workers. Pay rolls for all groups of workers
exceeded $16,070,000.
For the month ending December 15, 170,000 workers were employed
on road projects financed wholly from State funds, more than 22,000
less than during the preceding period. Of the total, 24,000, or 14
percent, were working on new construction and 146,000, or 86 percent, on maintenance and repairs. Pay-roll disbursements for both
types of work amounted to $10,377,000.
A summary of Federal employment and pay-roll statistics for
November and December is given in table 2.
TABLE 2.—Summary of Federal Employment and Pay Rolls, December 1937 *
[Preliminary figures]
Employment
Class
Federal services:
Executive 2
Judicial—
Legislative
Military..
Construction projects:
Financed by P . W. A.*
Financed by R. F. C.»
Financed by regular Federal
appropriations
Federal projects under The Works
Program
Projects operated by W. P . A
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National Youth Administration:
Work projects
Student Aid
Civilian Conservation Corps
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December
November
889,550
2,008
5,188
326, 667
3 821,271
1,999
5,345
323,403
104, 718
4,028
121,102
4, 421
180, 594
211,004
186,133
1, 668, 085
184, 654
1, 566, 697
137, 929
288,131
338, 217
3 126,852
3 283, 269
350, 714
Percentage
change
+8.3
+.5
-2.9
+1.0
-13.5
-8.9
-14.4
+.8
+6.5
+8.7
+1.7
-3.6
Pay rolls
December
November
$137, 217, 360 3 $124, 664,980
514, 920
547, 685
1, 209, 723
1,219,978
24,659,262
25,856,294
8, 989, 667
550,135
10,959,110
602, 221
17,162, 379
20,303,903
10,173,186
84, 570,148
10,857, 382
82, 714, 339
2, 397, 423
1,839, 242
16, 070,030
3 2, 232,473
* 1,976,864
16, 335,123
Percentage
change
+10.1
-6.0
Q
+4." 9
-18.0
-8.7
-15.5
-6.3
+2.2
+7.4
-7.0
-1.6
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Includes data on projects financed wholly or partially from Federal funds.
2 Includes force-account and supervisory and technical employees shown under other classifications t o
the extent of 109,488 employees and pay-roll disbursements of $13,385,359 for December and 112,827 employees
and pay-roll disbursements of $13,706,612 for November.
3 Revised.
< Data covering P. W. A. projects financed from E. R. A. A. 1935, 1936, and 1937 funds are included.
These data are not shown under The Works Program. Includes 70,228 wage earners and $5,685,040 pay roll
for December; 80,541 wage earners and $6,814,004 pay roll for November covering P. W. A. projects financed
from
E. R. A. A. 1935, 1936, and 1937 funds.
6
Includes 116 employees and $9,760 pay-roll disbursements for December and 167 employees and $11,824
pay-roll disbursements for November on projects financed by the RFC Mortgage Co.
The value of material orders placed on projects financed wholly or
partially from Federal funds during the fourth quarter of 1937
amounted to $250,064,000. It is estimated that approximately 562,000
man-months of labor were created in the final fabrication of these
materials. In the corresponding quarter of 1936 the value of material
orders placed amounted to $294,533,000 and 833,000 man-months of
labor were created in final fabrication, and in the third quarter of
1937 material orders valued at $283,000,000 were placed and 662,000
man-months of labor were created in final fabrication.
The value of material orders placed on the various programs
financed by Federal funds during the fourth quarter of 1937, the third
•quarter of 1937, and the fourth quarter of 1936, and the man-months
of employment created in the final fabrication of the materials used
are shown in table 3.
TABLE 3.—Value of Material Orders Placed on Projects Financed Wholly or Partially
From Federal Funds and Number of Man-Months of Labor Created
[Subject to revision]
Value of material orders placed
Man-months of labor
created in final fabrication
Program
Fourth
quarter
of 1937
Third
quarter
of 1937
Fourth
quarter
of 1936
Fourth Third Fourth
quarter quarter quarter
of 1937 of 1937 of 1936
$250,063,579 $282,999,979 $294,532,906 562,331 662,378 832,917
Total
Public Works Administration i
Reconstruction Finance Corporation 2
Regular Federal appropriations 3
Federal projects under The Works Program:
Construction
_
___
Professional, technical, and clerical
Projects operated by W. P. A . . .
Rentals and services on projects operated
by Works Progress Administration
National Youth Administration:
Work projects
Rentals and services on work projects.
50,240,810
4,591,658
72,156,428
74,186,957 110,699,534 139,643 209,868 317,108
3,089,971
6,832,882 10,509
7,601 14,144
86,144,157 53,642,121 184,584 215,997 137,897
16,103,046
156,523
61,096,814
19,375,780
161,265
57,303,258
44,151,434
41,632,998
683,127
722,146
383,447
32,400,924 41,851 51,726 85,764
347,609
488
1,146
507
90,236,094 182,246 174,480 275,619
373,742
(4)
3,010
2,199
()
1,239
()
1 Data covering P. W. A. projects financed from E. R. A. A. 1935,1936, and 1937 funds are included. These
data
are not shown under The Works Program.
2
Includes R F C Mortgage Co. Does not include projects for which contracts were awarded before March
15, 1934.
3 Does not include projects for which contracts were awarded before July 1,1934.
* Data not available.
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DETAILED REPORTS FOR DECEMBER 1937
Industrialjind Business Employment
MONTHLY reports on employment and pay rolls are available for
the following groups: 89 manufacturing industries; 16 nonmanufacturing industries, including private building construction; and
class I steam railroads. The reports for the first two of these groups—
manufacturing and nonmanufacturing—are based on sample surveys
by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and in virtually all industries the
samples are large enough to be entirely representative. The figures
on class I steam railroads are compiled by the Interstate Commerce
Commission and are presented in the foregoing summary.
EMPLOYMENT, PAY ROLLS, HOURS, AND EARNINGS
The indexes of employment and pay rolls, average hours worked
per week, average hourly earnings, and average weekly earnings in
manufacturing and nonmanufacturing industries in December 1937
are shown in table 4. Percentage changes from November 1937 and
December 1936 are also given.
Indexes of employment and pay rolls as well as average hours
worked per week, average hourly earnings, and average weekly earnings for October, November, and December 1937, are presented in
table 5. The October and November figures may differ in some
instances from those previously published because of revisions necessitated by the inclusion of late reports and other causes.
Average weekly earnings shown in tables 4 and 5 are computed by
dividing the total weekly pay rolls in the reporting establishments by
the total number of full- and part-time employees reported. As all
reporting establishments do not supply man-hour data, average
hours worked per week and average hourly earnings are necessarily
based on data supplied by a smaller number of reporting firms. The*
size and composition of the reporting sample varies slightly from
month to month and therefore the average hours per week, average
hourly earnings, and average weekly earnings shown in the two following tables are not strictly comparable from month to month..
The sample, however, is believed to sufficiently adequate in virtually
all instances to indicate the general movements of earnings and hoursover the period shown.
TABLE 4.—Employment, Pay Rolls, Hours, and Earnings in Manufacturing and Nonmanufacturing Industries, December 1937
MANUFACTURING
[Indexes are based on 3-year average 1923-25=100 and are adjusted to 1933 Census of Manufactures. Not comparable> to indexes published in pamphlets prior to October 1936.
Comparable series available on request]
Industry
Index
December
1937
All manufacturing industries
Durable goods
Nondurable goods
Average weekly
earnings *
Pay rolls
Employment
Average hours worked
per week i
Average hourly
earnings i
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
change from—
change from—
change from—
change from—
Index
DeDeDeDecember
cember
cember
DeNoNoDeNo1937
1937
DeNoDe1937
De- cember
November cember
vember cember
vember cember
vember cember 1937 vember cember
1936
1936
1936
1937
1937
1937
1936
1936
1937
1937
Percentage
change from—
88.6
-6.4
-9.7
80.9
-9.6
-15.0
$22.93
-3.4
-5.9
34.4
-3.1
-16.5
66.6
-0.1
+12.2
84.3
93.3
-8.8
-4.1
-9.1
-10.3
77.0
85.8
-14.3
-3.6
—17.6
-12.0
24.95
20.68
-6.2
-9.4
-1.9
34.4
34.3
-5.6
-19.8
-12.8
72.9
60.0
-.3
+13.3
+10.6
-8.3
-8.3
-8.7
71.9
75.5
66.1
44.3
-16.1
-18.7
-16.0
-30.3
-34.5
-32.8
-15.7
22.49
22.47
20.39
19.65
-8.6
-11.3
-8.0
-22.3
-28.1
-23.4
-6.3
30.1
27.3
29.7
33.7
-7.6
-11.1
-8.0
+.3
-31.0
-37.1
-33. 2
-17.9
76.1
82.8
68. 9
58.1
-.1
-(I)
+4.0
-10.4
-8.9
-12.3
-10.0
+13.9
+13.7
+14.5
+13.8
-5.0
-6.3
-8.3
-11.0
-3.7
—11.2
-12.2
-8.7
74.6
49.0
80.6
55.3
7.3
-12.2
-19.3
-12.9
-12.6
-27. 5
-30.6
-20.6
22.32
24.60
21.63
21.96
2.4
-6.3
-12.0
-2.2
—9.3
-18.3
-20.9
-131
37.5
33.7
32.2
32.3
-3.4
-5.5
-9.3
-3.9
-18.7
-25.7
—30.3
25.4
61.2
73.3
67.2
67.9
+2.0
-6.7
—15.2
-7.3
-5.8
-15.5
—28.4
-1.0
-3.4
49.1
56.0
68.2
94.4
-7.5
-13.8
-8.5
-5.4
-27.1
-41.7
-.9
-13.7
—18.6
+1 7
—1.3
+4.8
+.4 +4.5
32.8
33.3
38.4
37.6
—.6
+3.8
+1.0
22.90
21.26
27.59
23.10
+2.1
—1.8
+.2
-26.3
—23 8
-8.9
-6.4
69.6
65.4
72.0
62.2
+.9
+.6
+.6
+12.8
+10.5
+12.3
+16.8
+16.4
+8.1
+15 3
+12.6
-4.5
-10.2
—9.0
-14.1
82.4
136.1
-8.7
-16.2
—21.1
-25.4
21.96
21.47
—4.4
-6.7
-13.4
-13.2
35.2
31.5
—4.3
-6.4
—24.2
-27.3
62.2
68.2
—.4
-.3
+14.2
+19.2
—.9
110.6
173.5
-8.7
—6.0
-2.6
27.25
27.67
-2.0
—3.6
—1.8
36.9
37.3
-2.7
—4.1
-15.3
-8.5
73.1
74.4
+.6
137.9
102.9
-2.3
-9.9
33.05
27.01
+1.1
39.6
36.1
— 1
-1.1
-2.9
-7.3
-14.4
84.1
74.8
+1.2
+15.4
+16.0
+13.2
+16.7
+.5
-.2
+.8
Dvrable good*
Iron and steel and their products, not including
90.0
machinery. _
99.6
Blast furnaces, steel works, and rolling mills-.
73.5
Bolts, nuts, washers, and rivets
60.2
Cast-iron pipe... __
Cutlery (not including silver and plated cut83 9
lery) and edge tools _
60.6
Forgings, iron and steel
84.0
Hardware
79.8
Plumbers' supplies
Steam and hot-water heating apparatus and
61.8
steam
fittings
_
_ __
77.2
Stoves
69.5
Structural and ornamental metal work
91.3
Tin cans and other tinware
Tools (not including edge tools, machine tools,
87.6
files, and saws)
161.2
Wirework
Machinery, not including transportation equipment
_
113.1
139.6
Agricultural implements __
Cash registers, adding machines, and calculating machines
_
129.0
Electrical machinery, apparatus, and supplies- 104.7
-6.8
-2.4
-3.4
-7.4
+35.6
+6.9
+4.1
+42.8
+12.2
+.2
-2.7
+5.2
+4.9
+1.1
+.2
-.8
-3.2
+1.8
—.3
+.5
+.2
Engines, turbines, tractors, and water wheels- 141.2
Foundry and machine-shop products
98.1
Machine tools
148.1
Radios and phonographs
124.0
Textile machinery and parts
73.7
Typewriters and parts
_. 127.0
Transportation equipment
105.5
Aircraft
781.0
Automobiles
_
112.9
Cars, electric- and steam-railroad
55.8
Locomotives
59.5
Shipbuilding
104.8
Kailroad repair shops
52.7
Electric railroad
63.5
r
Steam railroad
51.9
Nonferrous metals and their products
98.9
Aluminum manufactures
114.1
Brass, bronze, and copper products
97.0
Clocks and watches and time-recording devices. 115.3
Jewelry
89.9
Lighting equipment
87.1
Silverware and plated ware
76.1
Smelting and refining—copper, lead, and zinc.
85.3
Stamped and enameled ware
122.6
Lumber and allied products
58.1
Furniture
74.5
Lumber:
47.6
Millwork
_
Sawmills...
_
42.8
Stone, clay, and glass products
63.2
Brick, tile, and terra cotta
41.1
Cement
_
60.5
Glass
__._
_
100.0
Marble, granite, slate, and other products
38.0
Pottery
74.1
-4.5
-6.4
-3.8
-20.9
-5.2
-8.2
-13.4
-l.g
-15.2
-15.2
-3.5
—1.0
-8.2
+14.3
-1.3
+13.3
-9.0
-8.8
-7.6
-8.1
-7.8
-10.3
-8.9
-4.0
-3.0
-14.8
-8.5
-6.3
-14.9
-11.4
-3.1
-16.6
-5.0
-3.1
-14.2
-7.0
-10.1
-7.3
-9.5
-8.5
-6.2
-9.5
-3.6
-11.9
-12.7
-5.8
-15.7
-2.3
-4.1
-3.7
-8.6
-2.4
-7.0
-3.2
+.7
143.6
93.0
149.0
98.7
63.4
106.6
92.4
700.7
90.8
65.0
53.7
126.5
55.7
70.1
54.7
86.5
110.7
80.3
105.3
70.6
72.1
67.7
80.2
114.7
48.4
60.0
-13.2
-13.4
-13.4
-12.8
-14.0
-10.4
-23.6
-6.8
-4.3
-18.9
-12.2
-8.8
-7.6
-16.2
-14.3
-15.3
-13.8
-14.4
-11. 0
-14.7
-15.6
-18.5
-7.8
-24.7
-1.3
-7.2
-3.1
42.8
33.9
54.5
30.8
58.0
95.8
30.8
59.7
-17.1
-17.4
-20.0
-12.3
-19.8
-14.3
-2.4
-15.2
-22.3
-33.3
-16.7
-22.0
-14.9
68.7
68.9
54.4
74.1
74.9
86.5
64.9
95.1
48.1
49.6
65.2
55.5
86.0
-3.9
-3.6
-38.8
-4.2
-11.5
-13.6
+13.0
-18.6
-1.8
+35.7
+16.6
-13.9
+.2
+3.6
+5.2
-24.5
-13.4
-15.1
-.6
-7.3
-8.7
-5.6
-19.7
-9.6
+.6
-23.0
-3.4
-27.8
-19.9
+4.4
+4.2
+2.8
-12.0
31.32
26.47
31.03
20.90
23.53
22.40
27.40
28.06
26.44
27.93
35.15
32.69
30.48
31.38
30.33
23.49
24.18
23.36
20.72
23.53
21.31
24.18
27.73
21.69
18.62
19.27
-16.1
-2.9
-1.3
-4.9
-4.0
-2.6
-7.3
-8.4
20.38
17.56
21.86
17.95
24.34
23.01
23.64
21.19
-6.8
-7.6
-6.4
-5.9
-8.7
-1.6
-11.5
-27.4
-28.8
-43.6
-24.5
-29.9
-25.7
-21.3
-24.6
-29.7
-41.2
-24.4
-34.6
-17.0
15.42
15.36
16.50
13.13
16.47
19.81
21.13
16.00
14.75
18.69
15.60
15.61
17.85
+22.1
-7.2
+10.0
-41.0
-19.6
-22.5
-23.6
+13.0
-33.1
+8.5
+70.7
+39.5
-15.0
+4.0
-16.6
-18.0
-3.5
-28.1
-10.7
-5.3
-30.8
-5.1
+14.4
-30.1
-20.0
-23.4
+.7
-3.0
-2.4
-1.9
+1.5
-4.7
+9.6
-11.1
-1.6
-14.8
-5.6
+6.8
-5.9
-3.0
—3.6
-16.0
-12.5
-11.5
+(>)
-17.8
+10.5
+8.3 +25. 8
+19.6
+5.1
-1.2
-4.2
+2.1 +3.8
-4.6
-5.1
-6.2
-5.2
-6.8
-.1
-.7
-1.9
-7.4
-.4
-13.8
-6.1
-2.3
-19.3
-8.6
+8.6
-7.6
-7.6
-9.6
37.9
37.0
42.2
33.2
35.7
35.2
31.2
39.8
29.2
36.9
43.5
37.9
41.5
44.8
41.2
35.1
35.3
31.9
35.4
38.2
31.7
37.7
40.2
35.0
36.3
36.0
-5.5
37.0
36.4
33.8
33.8
36.1
32.4
35.1
34.9
-12.4
-13.9
-29.6
-14.1
-12.5
-13.4
-19.3
-11.1
-9.6
-11.8
-9.3
-16.3
-2.5
30.3
31.4
25.6
30.9
33.5
34.0
30.8
31.7
32.0
31.7
28.2
25.2
29.4
-4.3
-6.8
-2.2
-10.7
+1.0
+1.3
+.2
-3.3
-3.4
-1.5
-6.9
-18.6
-11.5
-12.1
-21.2
-21.0
-22.5
-11.2
-28.3
-3.8
-5.5
-2.9
-2.8
-7.0
-1.3
-7.5
-20.2
-16.5
-28.2
-19. 2
-8.8
-29.0
-18.2
-5.6
-21.3
-16.6
-20.5
82.9
71.3
73.5
63.0
66.1
63.7
88.1
70.4
90.5
75.7
80.8
85.0
73.3
68.6
73.7
66.5
68.6
73.0
58.5
61.3
67.5
64.1
69.0
61.8
51.3
53.7
-2.2
-3.0
-7.3
-5.5
-5.9
-9.5
-3.7
-7.6
-19.6
-13.2
-15.3
-20.4
-11.5
-13.2
-8.4
-16.9
55.2
48.8
64.9
53.5
67.4
71.2
67.5
63.1
-19.7
-21.0
-39.3
-21.8
+1.2 -19.2
-20.0
+9! 5 -22.3
- 6 . 0 -18.6
+.7 -16.8
+14.3 -20.8
- 2 . 7 -16.9
- 3 . 7 -26.0
-9.3
+.5
51.1
49.0
64.4
42.3
50.0
58.0
70.6
51.3
46.0
59.2
55.3
62.4
56.8
+.5
-3.9
+8.1
-10.9
-1.6
-14.6
-4.1
+5.1
+2.2
-3.6
+2.0
-4.1
-5.8
-8.2
-5.2
-8.2
-4.3
-16.0
- 32 . 1
()
+3.1
+8.8
+.3
+.6
,
A
+'9
-.9
+1.5
-.5
-.6
-.5
-1.5
+3.0
+1.4
-.5
+.5
-.6
+.9
+2.1
(2)
+1.6
+5.5
-.2
+.1
+•7
-1.6
+.3
+1.6
-1.2
-3.8
+.8
8
+1.0
+2.2
+.6
+14.4
+15.2
+9,5
+10.9
+7.0
+10.8
+13.6
+13.4
+14.9
+14.8
+ 22.0
+6.8
+5.7
+5.2
+5.8
+16.1
+19.3
+19.9
+16.6
+6.6
+13.9
+7.5
+15.0
+17.3
+11.0
+13.6
+18.8
+7.4
+15.4
+13.5
+13.6
+16.6
+9.2
+15.0
Nondurable goods
Textiles and their products
Fabrics.
Carpets and rugs
Cotton goods
Cotton small wares
Dyeing andfinishingtextiles
Hats, fur-felt
Knit goods
Silk and rayon goods
Woolen and worsted goods..
Wearing apparel
Clothing, men's
Clothing, women's...
See footnotes at end of table.
_
._.
88.2
84.0
78.3
89.0
84.9
105.3
83.5
103.3
63.2
61.1
95.6
84.0
131.0
+.6
-7.7
-6.5
+2.1
-5.3
-7.3
-2.9
+9.5
-3.5
-5.2
-2.8
+6.3
-15.3
-5.3
+15.9
-5.0
-9.2
+2.2
+.3
0
+19.8
-1.1
+1.9
+.4
+5.7
-8.2
+1.2
+13.6
+.4
-2.1
+5.2
-1.0
-.2
+20.8
-1.9
+.7
-!8
+.4
-.3
+1.1
-1.5
-2.1
-!3
+2.8
+1.2
+5.7
+8.6
+9.2
+14.7
+10.0
+9.1
+8.7
+5.5
+9.1
+9.6
+11.5
+7.6
+12.1
+6.8
TABLE 4.—Employment, Pay Rolls, Hours, and Earnings in Manufacturing and Nonmanufacturing Industries, December 1937—Continued
MANUFACTURING—Continued
Industry
Nondurable goods—Continued
Textiles and their products—Continued.
Wearing apparel—Continued.
Corsets and allied garments
Men's furnishings
Millinery
Shirts and collars—
Leather and its manufactures
Boots and shoes
Leather
__
Food and kindred products
Baking
Beverages
Butter
Canning and preserving
Confectionery
Flour
Icecream
_
Slaughtering and meat packing
Sugar, beet
Sugar refining, cane
Tobacco manufactures
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
„
„,„,.,. - - , . - ,
„
Average weekly
earnings
Pay rolls
Employment
Average hours worked
per week
Average hourly
earnings
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
change from—
change from—
change from—
change from—
change from—
Index
Index
DeDeDeDeDecember
cember
cember
cember NoNo1937
NoDe- cember
De1937
NoDeDeNoDe1937
1937 vember cember
1937 vember
cember
vember cember
vember cember
vember cembe
1937
1936
1936
1937
1937
1937
1937
1936
1936
87.6
118.8
44.1
106.3
81.8
83.8
78.6
107.3
131.6
187.4
81.6
89.1
87.2
75.1
63.7
90.9
146.1
75.0
60.8
56.9
61.2
104.1
96.9
109.4
-8.9
+.8
-7.3
+1-9
+3.7
-5.2
—6.4
-2.7
-3.6
-2.6
-24.9
-5.1
-1.3
-2.2
-1.9
-15. 5
—1.7
-13.4
—13.0
-10.9
-20.1
—3.0
-.5
+3.5
_(2)
79.7
89.8
27.4
87.3
58.4
53.2
78.5
110.4
127.4
202.0
65.8
86.6
86.8
74.0
60.4
104.7
135. 8
72.4
55.7
67.9
54.2
100.8
92.8
-2.9
-13.5
+2.4
-14.9
+8.6
+15.6
-5.1
—4.7
-2.3
-5.0
-2.2
-22.2
-3.3
-3.5
-1.8
+2.3
-49.2
+8.5
—2.6
+6.5
-3.9
—.7
-9.6
-6.2
-42.0
+6.6
—3.3
-8.0
-3.8
+1.0
+4.1
-8.6
-15.3
+8.8
—3.9
-3.8
—2.2
-6.3
—3. 6
-4.5
—1.8
-8.9
-3.0
98.0
106.6
-.3
-.3
+.6
+.6
95.9
108.4
+3.0
+2.2
116.3
115.4
122,6
—5.2
-5.7
-5,5
—2.5
-3.3
-5,0
124.4
120.3
130.4
—5.8
-7.2
-8.0
+.4
+.3
+.9
-9.4
-22.0
-6.2
-22.1
—25.4
-25. 5
-25.2
+4.4
+6.3
+7.7
+4.5
-4.6
+.6
+6.3
+9.6
+3.1
-10.6
+22.1
+.5
+4.9
-.2
—1.8
-14.4
-9.0
+2.9
+2.9
+5.2
+1.9
-1,6
14. 85 - 2 . 3
-7.6
13.16
-7.5
-5.0
18.00
+1.5 - 4 . 7
12.11
- 8 . 3 -10.0
16.61
+6.6 —14.3
15.25 +11.4
-16.4
2
22.23 +( )
-6.4
24.93
+1.8 +7.6
25.22
+.4 +6.8
31.65
+4.0
-1.5
22.27
+.4 +4.5
16.22 +3.6
+3.6
18.11 +1.9
+4.5
25.52
+5.3
-2.3
29. 25
+.3 + 5.4
28.89 +1.9 +12.8
21.98 - 1 2 . 4
+5.6
26/87 +1.7 +12.3
16.88
+.8 +4.7
18.11 +6.2
+3.9
16.62
+4.6
27.62
+L5
0
19.78
—3. 6
-5.9
22.47
-2.7
-6.3
30.75
38.45
+3.3
+2.5
+2.2
+2.2
25.06
29.51
-1.6
-2.6
+7.9
+5.4
+3.6
32.0
31.5
30.2
31.1
30.1
35.2
40.5
41.4
37.9
33.6
39.7
42.7
46.6
42.2
40.4
43.0
37.1
35.8
37.3
37.6
37.3
35.6
39.7
37.7
38.0
38.5
37.4
-3.3
-4.5
-12.1
-20.7
46.7
36.6
-17.6
41.0
53.6
51.1
63.8
61.2
61.3
84.4
+8.9 —19.9
+12.4 - 2 1 . 0
-.2
+.2
+ (2)
-2.4
-.9
+1.9
-2.5
-15. 0
—4.0
-.6
-2.8
-12.3
-4.8
—5.1
+.6 +1.1
+2.7 -3.8
-12.6
+5.1
-18.5
Q
+6.'7
—1.6
0
-4.5
-2.6
+2.7
+1.8
—1.7
-2.5
-3,2
-£?
-5.4
— 1.3
—9.4
-16.8
-18.0
-2.2
-2.8
-6.0
49.6
45.6
58.9
61.7
68.0
55.6
60.8
45.5
51.1
44.9
76.5
53.4
63.1
78.3
99.1
74.3
66.2
78.9
+1.5
+ 1.3
—1.7
-2.1
+.9
+1.8
+.2
+.8
-H.6
+.3
+.3
-.5
+9.4
-3.1
+1.4
-.2
+1.5
+1.1
+.8
+()
+.6
+1.3
+.7
+.6
+.6
+6.9
+6.6
+9.5
+6.0
+5.1
+10.4
+11.6
+7.1
+7.1
+18.7
+11.9
+9.6
+4.7
+17/5
+22f.9
+10.8
+7.9
+10.3
+7.4
+8.6
+12.4
+14.4
+4.7
+5.3
+13.6
+12.1
+14.0
to
Cottonseed—oil, cake, and meal._
Druggists' preparations
Explosives
Fertilizers
Paints and varnishes
£
_.
.
_
S3
R a y o n a n d allied p r o d u c t s
co
Soap
„
7*
P e t r o l e u m refining
I R u b b e r products
oo
R u b b e r boots a n d shoes.I
R u b b e r goods, other t h a n boots, shoes, tires,
and inner tubes
Rubber tires and inner tubes
^
_
109.9
110.5
94.7
81.6
121.1
336.8
94.6
120.2
86.0
68.0
+12.1
+3.7
+1.6
+8.3 +1.5
-5.4
-9.9
-5.7
-3.0
-5.4
-5.4
120.9
76.6
-5.7
-5.2
-9.2
-1.8
-15.6
-17.5
104.8
124. 0
100.3
82.3
116.1
313.5
111.2
137.9
77.1
54.6
-6.9
-13.0
-4.9
-1.8
-6.0
-12.1
-12.2
-17.2
110.9
70.8
-8.9
-2.8
-.7
-5.0
-7.1
-4.2
+.5
-7.3
—1.4
-5.9
+6.3
+2.1 +14.0
-26.4
—28.9
13.48
24.40
29.48
16.74
26.40
22.98
28.58
34.88
23.90
20.08
-20.3
-28.9
21.15
26.91
-3.3
+27.7
+10.2
+2.4
+15.0
-4.5
-2.4
+6.7
+15.4
+.4
-5.2
-1.9
-1.6
-3.4
+.9
+1.3
-0.6
-7.0
+2.5
+6.2
+.7
+13.2
+.6
+5.0
+11.5
+14.8
+1.3
+1.5
-12.7
-13.8
55.0
39.8
37.8
38.2
37.8
35.3
38.7
36.3
31.1
33.6
-9.2
-14.2
34.5
28.0
-8.2
28.9
29.1
43.1
34.7
40.1
-5.2
— 9
-2. 4
—4.5
-1.2
-6.6
-1.7
-6.7
-19.4
-19.6
24.7
57.7
78.0
43.9
69.9
65.1
74.3
97.1
78.9
59.8
-4.6
-17.1
-21.4
61.3
96.7
+1.3
-.3
92.0
86.6
68.6
55.8
83.8
+1.5
-10.2
-16.7
-12.7
-2.9
-15.4
39.2
+3.8
+1.5
84.1
+.9
40.2
-.4
-1.3
85.7
-.1
45.7
-.3
-2.1
69.7
+.8
42.5
43.2
40.4
44.4
47.4
42.0
40.2
-.5
+1.2
+6.4
+.4
—1.1
+1.1
- 14 . 5
-1.6
-2.2
-2.6
-1.7
-4.1
-2.6
- 34 . 3
69.9
54.8
50.1
56.9
32.2
40.5
49.1
4
-6.4
-7.4
+1.0
+3.0
+.9
-.9
—.9
-9.4
-7.T
-3.4
-.5
+.8
-1.0
+.1
-1.0
+.8
+1.2
+2.1
+.3
+.1
-.4
— 4
+12.8
+6.1
+7.9
+15.3
+10.8
+14.1
+15. 7
+15.7
+9.2
+8.3
+10.9
+9.3
NONMANUFAGTURING
[Indexes are based on 12-month average 1929=100J
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 motorbus operation and
maintenance
Trade:
Wholesale
_
Retail
General merchandising
Other than general merchandising
Hotels (year-round) 3
Laundries
Dyeing and cleaning
Brokerage
Insurance
Building construction.._
1
+0.6
-7.2
-4.0
50.9
80.5
70.4
43.9
76.5
-2.0
-6.6
-12.0
78.0
-1.1
96.1
-1.2
72.8
-.5
+9.4
-11. 2
+5.6
+5.9
+3.0
+.4
93.3
100.1
144.7
88.4
87.3
87.3
77.1
4
-.3
+2.5
()
(4)
(4)
-.9
+9.2
+31.8
+1.8
-1.8
-.8
-4.2
-1.6
+.2
-17.2
+.5
+9
+.4
+3.9
-.3
-.7
-6.9
+1.8
-13.9
47.2
81.3
65.1
33.4
69.8
+4.6
+4.4
-9.0
-20. 1
-.7
94.7
+3.6
102.4
-1.4
71.9
+.1
77.8
80.6
123.5
71.7
76.3
79.2
58.9
4
-.7
()
(4)
(4)
+7.0
+27.2
+1.3
- 22. 0
+(
)
-6.9
-2.6
-.8
-22.7
Average weekly earnings are computed fromfiguresfurnished by all reporting establishments. Average hours and average hourly earnings are computed from data supplied
by a smaller number of establishments as all reporting firms do not furnish man-hours.
Percentage changes over year are computed from indexes. Percentage changes over
month in average weekly earnings for the manufacturing groups, for all manufacturing
industries combined, and for retail trade are also computed from indexes.
-14.8
-4.5
+12.9
-15.3
+13.9
+14.9
+9.1
+3.7
+6.9
+6.2
+6.3
+6.2
+9.3
+4.0
+2.7
-6.1
+4.3
-10.9
27.02
25.49
29.43
19.32
34.11
+3.9
+6.5
-2.5
-9.2
31.44
+.3
+4.7
34.38
-.2
32.26
+.6
30. 00
21.55
18.59
24.57
15.25
17.03
19.09
38.36
38.91
28.53
-.4
-2.0
-3.5
-.5
-.2
+.8
-2.8
-1.0
-.9
-6.7
-.4
+3.2
-4.7
+7.8
+8.5
+5.9
+3.2
+4.3
+5.6
+5.3
+5.8
+5.1
+4.4
+3.4
+.9
+2.5
+3.5
830.9
+2.1
+8.3
-.2
+.9
()
(4)
()
(4)
()
(4)
91.9
—1.4
-2.2
+1.7
-.5
-.2
-3.3
-7.9
-1.1
+.4
—.4
-.2
(4)
(4)
_(2)
+9.5
+10.2
+6.3
+12.0
+7.6
+6.9
+8.2
+5.6
+6.6
+8.7
+11.1
+7.5
+7.8
+7.2
+7.5
()
()
+12.1
2 Less than Mo of 1 percent.
3 Cash payments only; the additional value of board, room, and tips cannot be computed.
4
Not available.
CO
TABLE 5.—Employment, Pay Rolls, Hours, and Earnings in Manufacturing and Nonmanufacturing Industries, December, November, and October, 1937
MANUFACTURING
[Indexes are based on 3-year average 1923-25= 100 and are adjusted to 1933 Census of Manufactures. Not comparable to indexes published in pamphlets prior to October 1936. Comparable series available on request]
Industry
All manufacturing industries
-
Nondurable goods
Employment index
Pay-roll index
Average weekly
earnings l
Average hours worked
per week i
Average hourly
earnings *
Decem- Novem- October
ber
ber
1937
1937
1937
Decem- Novem- October
ber
ber
1937
1937
1937
Decem- Novem- October
ber
ber
1937
1937
1937
Decem- Novem- October
ber
ber
1937
1937
1937
Decem- Novem- October
ber
ber
1937
1937
1937
88.6
94.7
100.5
80.9
89.5
100.1
$22.93
$23.92
$25.39
34.4
35.4
37.6
Cents
66.6
Cents
66.7
Cents
66.6
84.3
93.3
92.4
97.3
97.6
103.6
77.0
85.8
89.9
89.0
101.7
98.2
24.95
20.68
26.80
20.54
28.83
21.37
34.4
34.3
36.4
34.4
39.1
35.9
72.9
60.0
73.3
59.6
73.0
59.6
90.0
99.6
73.5
60. 2
98.1
108.6
80.5
57.9
105.8
117.5
84.8
62.1
71.9
75.5
66.1
44.3
85.7
92.9
78.7
42.6
106.8
118.9
96.9
46.3
22.49
22.47
20.39
19. 65
24.64
25.33
22.34
19.68
28.50
29.96
25.94
19.98
30.1
27.3
29.7
33.7
32.6
30.7
32.3
33.5
37.0
35.7
38.2
34.4
76.1
82.8
68.9
58.1
76.3
82.8
69.2
58.5
76.8
83.7
68.0
57.7
83.9
60.6
84.0
79.8
88.3
64.7
91.5
89.6
89.8
71.6
94.4
93.6
74.6
49.0
80.6
55.3
80.5
55.8
99.9
63.5
85.9
67.6
114.5
76.2
22.32
24.60
21.63
21.96
22.94
26.22
24. 55
22.45
24.06
28.86
27.26
25.83
37.5
33.7
32 2
32.3
38.9
35.6
35 4
33.6
40.4
39.5
39 3
39 0
61.2
73 3
67 2
67 9
60.2
74 1
69 4
66 8
60.6
73.3
69 3
66.4
61.8
77.2
69.5
91.3
66.3
91.1
75.0
96.8
73.5
108. 3
79.1
100.8
49.1
56.0
68.2
94.4
53.1
65.0
74.5
99.8
66.6
94.2
81.6
107.5
22.90
21.26
27.59
23.10
23.18
21.02
27.99
23.07
26. 24
25.59
29.04
23.85
32.8
38.4
37.6
33.1
32.3
39.3
37.5
37 7
39.3
40.9
38.6
69 6
65.4
72.0
62.2
69 8
65.5
71.4
61.9
69.4
65.4
71.2
62.0
87.6
161.2
91.7
179.5
97.0
187.2
82.4
136.1
90.3
162.3
100.7
202.3
21.96
21.47
22.95
23.00
24.20
26.79
35.2
31.5
36.7
33.5
39 0
37.9
62 2
68.2
62.2
68.7
61.9
70.8
113.1
139.6
121.4
143.0
128.9
150.5
110.6
173.5
121.2
184.5
134.2
203.5
27.25
27.67
27.79
28.74
28.86
30.14
36.9
37.3
37.9
38.9
39.9
40.6
73.1
74.4
72.6
74.1
72.0
74.5
129.0
104.7
141.2
98.1
148.1
133.6
113.1
147.8
104.8
153.9
136.3
119.3
152.5
110.4
157.7
137.9
102.9
143.6
93.0
149.0
141.2
114.3
155.0
101.8
157.9
148.4
124.8
159.4
113.5
170.3
33.05
27.01
31.32
26.47
31.03
32.61
27.74
32.38
27.12
31.63
33.61
28.65
32.36
28.69
33.31
39.6
36.1
37.9
37.0
42.2
39.7
37.2
39.3
38.3
42.9
41.1
39.0
39.4
40.6
45.1
84.1
74.8
82.9
71.3
73.5
82.7
74.6
82.8
70.8
73.8
82.5
73.6
82.5
70.6
73.9
Durable goods
Iron and steel and their products, not including
machinery
- - Blnst furnaces, steel works, and rolling mills..
Tiolls nuts washers and rivets
Cast-iron pipe
- - --Cutlery (not including silver and plated cutlerv} and edse tools
_ __ .
Forgincs iron and steel
Hardware
--- --Plumbers' supplies
.
Steam and hot-water heating apparatus and
steam fittings
--Stoves
Structural and ornamental metalwork
Tin cans and other tinware
Tools (not including edge tools, machine tools,
files, and saws)
Wirework
_
Machinery, not including transportation equipment
__
Agricultural implements
-.
Cash registers, adding machines, and calculating machines
- Electrical machinery, apparatus, and suppliesEngines, turbines, tractors, and water wheels._
Foundry and machine-shop products Machine tools
--
oo
o
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
Nonferrous metals and their products
Aluminum manufactures
Brass, bronze, and copper products
Clocks and watches and time-recording de>
vices
Jewelry
Lighting equipment
Silverware and plated ware
Smelting and refining—copper, lead, and zinc.
Stamped and enameled ware
Lumber and allied products
Furniture
._
Lumber:
Millwork
Sawmills
Stone, clay, and glass products
Brick, tile, and terra cotta
Cement
Glass
Marble, granite, slate, and other products
Pottery
124.0
73.7
127. 0
105.5
781.0
112.9
55. 8
59.5
104.8
52.7
63.5
51.9
98.9
114.1
97.0
156.7
77.7
138.4
121.8
795.0
133.2
65.8
61.6
105.9
57.4
63.1
57.0
108.4
123. 5
105.5
200. 5
82.8
147.9
122.7
784.0
133.9
67.9
64.1
106.8
59.0
63.3
58.7
112.7
104.7
113.1
98.7
63.4
106.6
92.4
700.7
90.8
65.0
53.7
126. 5
55.7
70.1
54.7
86.5
110.7
80.3
123.0
70.2
106.0
120.0
725.3
125. 8
81.1
51.4
121.4
63.3
68.2
63.0
99.9
127.8
92.1
165.5
80.9
128.4
129.9
723.0
138.3
82.5
56.0
124.4
64.9
68.0
64.9
109.9
115.9
106.7
20.90
23.53
22.40
27.40
28.06
26. 44
27. 93
35.15
32.69
30.48
31.38
30.33
23.49
24.18
23. 36
20.74
24.50
20.43
31.03
27.89
31.23
29.61
32.47
31.02
31.61
30.63
31.78
24.63
25.82
24.77
21. 67
26.26
23.17
33.37
28.17
34.07
29.13
34.08
31.54
31. 58
30.46
31.76
26.18
27.63
26.76
33.2
35.7
35.2
31.2
39.8
29.2
36.9
43.5
37.9
41.5
44.8
41.2
35.1
35.3
31.9
33.2
37.0
32.5
35.1
39.7
34.3
38.5
41.4
36.9
43.0
43.6
43.0
37.3
38.5
33.7
35.6
39.3
37.0
37.7
40.6
37.3
38.9
44.0
37.3
43.2
43.7
43.2
39.7
40.4
36.7
63.0
66.1
63.7
88.1
70.4
90.5
75.7
80.8
85.0
73.3
68.6
73.7
66.5
68.6
73.0
62.5
66.6
62.7
88.9
70.2
91.3
76.9
78.5
83.8
73.6
68.5
74.1
65.9
67.2
73.4
61.1
67.2
62.6
88.6
69.5
91.4
74.8
77.4
83.0
73.4
68.0
73.8
65.8
68.4
73.0
115. 3
89.9
87.1
76.1
85.3
122.6
58.1
74.5
125.0
100. 3
95.6
79.3
88.0
144.0
63.5
79.5
127.5
106.4
100.1
80.8
92.1
154.0
69.5
86.8
105.3
70.6
72.1
67.7
80.2
114.7
48.4
60.0
122.3
78.8
94.4
72.6
83.8
141.5
55.1
65.8
132.7
89.4
104.3
80.7
90.9
156. 4
85.3
76.8
20.72
23.53
21.31
24.18
27.73
21.69
18.62
19.27
22.22
24.09
25.07
24.84
27.90
22.76
19.48
19.66
23.62
25.80
26.18
27.10
29.10
23.70
21.23
21.11
35.4
38.2
31.7
37.7
40.2
35.0
36.3
36.0
38.6
40.3
38.3
38.8
39.9
37.1
37.2
37.0
41.1
43.2
39.9
42.4
41.7
39.1
40.3
40.4
58.5
61.3
67.5
64.1
69.0
61.8
51.3
53.7
57.6
58.9
65.4
64.1
69.8
61.2
52.8
53.2
57.5
59.2
65.7
64.3
69.8
60.6
53.3
52.4
47.6
42.8
63.2
41.1
60.5
100.0
38.0
74.1
51.2
47.6
68.2
45.5
66.1
106.7
42.1
76.9
54.3
52.7
71.4
50.0
69.2
109.9
43.4
78.6
42.8
33.9
54.5
30.8
58.0
95.8
30.8
59.7
46.3
40.4
63.6
36.4
67.3
111.9
34.6
70.0
51.7
49.4
69.6
44.2
72.2
119.2
37.8
72.9
20.38
17.56
21.86
17.95
24.34
23.01
23.64
21.19
20.58
18.99
23.71
19.18
25.73
25.21
23.88
24.05
21.90
21.13
24.74
21.19
26.34
26.10
25.37
24.29
37.0
36.4
33.8
33.8
36.1
32.4
35.1
34.9
37.7
37.3
36.5
35.8
38.2
35.8
36.2
37.9
40.2
40.2
38.7
39.6
39.1
37.5
38.7
39.8
55.2
48.8
64.9
53.5
67.4
71.2
67.5
63.1
54.7
52.0
64.4
53.4
67.4
70.5
66.3
63.1
54.5
53.6
63.9
53.3
67.3
70.0
66.2
62.1
88.2
84.0
78.3
89.0
84.9
105.3
83.5
103.3
63.2
61.1
92.0
87.2
85.7
91.1
91.2
108.8
83.0
111.9
67.6
59.8
98.8
91.9
88.7
93.9
98.4
112.2
83.0
116.3
75.4
68.4
68.7
68.9
54.4
74.1
74.9
86.5
64.9
95.1
48.1
49.6
71.5
71.5
49.7
76.8
79.0
89.0
61.0
112.3
50.8
42,8
84.2
81.0
64.2
85.1
96.8
94.6
62.0
122.8
62.4
52.8
15.42
15.36
16.50
13.13
16.47
19.81
21.13
16.00
14.75
18.69
15.37
15.24
13.77
13.25
16.10
19. 87
19.96
17.40
14.54
16.43
16.87
16.45
17.07
14.30
18.35
20.49
20.20
18.33
16.02
17.73 i
30.3
31.4
25.6
30.9
33.5
34.0
30.8
31.7
32.0
31,7
30.6
31.5
21.2
31.5
33.1
34.4
28.2
33.7
31.7
27.7
32.8
33.6
26.4
33.7
37.1
35.3
26.7
35.6
34.2
30.3
51.1
49.0
64.4
42.3
50.0
58.0
70.6
51.3
46.0
59.2
50.9
49.2
64.9
42.1
50.0
57.6
71.6
52.4
46.2
59.4
52.1
49.4
64.6
42.4
50.3
57.5
72.4
52.3
46.9
58.6
Nondurable goods
Textile and their products
Fabrics
Carpets and rugs
Cotton goods
Cotton small wares
Dyeing and finishing textiles
Hats, fur-felt
Knit goods
Silk and rayon goods
Woolen and worsted goods
See footnotes at end of table.
___
_..
TABLE 5.—Employment, Pay Rolls, Hours, and Earnings in Manufacturing and Nonmanufacturing Industries, December* November, and October
2937—Continued
MANUFACTURING—Continued
Industry
Employment index
Pay-roll index
Average weekly
earnings
Decem- Novem- October
ber
ber
1937
1937
1937
Decem- Novem- October
ber
ber
1937
1937
1937
Decem- Novem- October
ber! i ber
1937
1837 j , 1937
Average hours worked
per week
Average hourly
earnings
Decem- Novem- Octo- Decem- Novem- October
ber
ber
ber
ber
ber
1937
1937
1937
1937
1937
1937
Nondurable goods—Continued
Textile and their products—Continued.
Wearing apparel
Clothing, men's
_
Clothing, women's
Corsets and allied garments
Men's furnishings
IVLillinery
Shirts and collars. _
Leather and its manufactures
._
_
Boots and shoes
Leather
Food and kindred products....
Baking___
Beverages
Butter
Canning and preserving
Confectionery
Flour
Ice cream
Slaughtering and meat packing
Sugar, beet
_ _
Sugar refining, cane
Tobacco manufactures
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
95.6
84.0
131.0
87.6
118.8
44 1
106.3
81.8
83.8
78.6
107.3
131.6
187.4
81.6
89.1
87.2
75.1
63.7
90.9
146.1
75 0
60 8
56.9
61.2
104.1
96.9
109.4
112.1
101.0
90.7
103.5
134.9
150.4
88.1
89.7
130.4
135.9
43 8
52 0
114.6
120.7
80.3
89.5
80.8
90.7
82.9
89.6
114.6
125.0
135.2 1138.4
194.3 202. 7
83.7 P86.4
118.7 H185. 9
91.8
95.5
76.9
76.0
65.1
68.8
89.4
90.5
252.1 253.0
70 4
68 8
62 6
62 9
56.2
56.7
63.3
63.6
107.9
108.4
103.3
104.8
113.6
117.3
65.2
55.5
86.0
79.7
89.8
27 4
87.3
58.4
[53. 2
78 5
110.4
127.4
202.0
65.8
86.6
86.8
74.0
60.4
104.7
135.8
72 4
55 7
67.9
54.2
100.8
92.8
98.8
68.6
61.1
84.2
82.1
103.8
26.7
102.6
53.8
46.0
82.7
115.9
130.3
212.7
67.2
111.4
89.8
76.7
61.5
102.3
267.4
66.8
57 2
63.8
56.4
101.5
102.6
105.4
87.0
80.2
110.1
87.3
111.8
35.5
112.5
66.3
58.7
95.0
125.0
137.3
222.4
70.3
187.7
98.4
80.9
63.9
100.1
224.3
64 2
57.9
68.2
56.6
105.1
108.9
116.7
98.0
106.6
98.3
107.0
95.9
108.4
93.1
106.1
92.6
107.3
30.75
38.45
29.96
37.42
116.3
115.4
126 5 124.4
122.7
122.4 1 126.7 I 120.3
132.1
129.6
137.5
136.1
27.93
25.06
28.07
25.59
98.8
107.5
$15. 60 $15.74
15.61
15.82
17.85
17.25
14.85
15.52
14.36
13.16
18.00
17.40
12.11
13.14
16.61
15.48
15.25
13.72
22.23 22.13
24.46
24.93
25.22
25.10
31.65 32.22
22.42
22.27
16.22
15.74
18.11
17.63
25.52
26.10
29.25 29.16
28.89
28.31
21.98
25.09
26.41
26.87
16.88
16.72
18.11
17.06
16.62
16.66
27.62
27.48
19.78
20.42
22.47
23.26
Cents
55.3
62.4
56.8
46.7
36.6
Cents
54.3
61.1
55.5
46.0
37.3
Cents
57 A
62.1
61.7
47.8
37.6
40.4
54.5
52.3
62.8
60.2
61.1
84.2
40.8
54.2
51.9
63 3
58.8
60.6
83.5
36.3
41.3
45.6
46.1
40.8
? 41. 6
38. 5
37.6
35.8
37.9
38.7
40.8
39.5
41.0
53.6
51.1
63.8
61.2
61.3
84.4
49; 6
45.6
58.9
61.7
68.0
55.6
60.8
45.5
51.1
44.9
78.5
53.4
63.1
47.8
45.6
58.8
61.3
68.1
50.8
62.8
44.9
51.1
44.2
75.7
52.8
63.2
46.5
45.5
59.0
60.1
68.8
52.4
66.8
45.1
51.3
44.4
75.6
52.7
63.1
38.7
37.1
38.3
37.1
78.3
99.1
78.5
97.1
78.5
97.4
38.5
39.5
39.2
40.3
74.3
66.2
78.8
65.8
73.4
65.4
28.2
25.2
29.4
32.0
31. 5
28.9
26.1
29.2
33.6
32.8
31.3
29.5
31.2
33.3
35.6
30.2
31.1
30.1
35.2
40.5
41.4
37.9
33.1
28.6
26.9
35.2
40.3
41.4
38.8
34.7
31.8
30.4
37.5
40.9
43.0
39.2
33.6
39.7
42.7
46.6
42.2
40.4
43.0
37.1
35.8
37.3
37.6
37.3
35.6
33.8
38.7
43.7
46.5
41.1
49.6
40.9
37.4
33.5
37.9
37.7
39.0
36.9
29.71
37.59
39.7
37.7
28.32
25.99
38.0
38.5
$17.99
18.14
20.29
16.17
14.7,9
20.30
13.97
17.14
15.50
23.60
23.77
25.84
32.36
22.71
16.24
18.62
27.30
28.54
28.01
20.97
25.97
17 03
18.20
16. 80
28.26
21.35
24.90
Chemicals..
___
Cottonseed—oil, cake, and meal
Druggists' preparations
Explosives
Fertilizers
_
Paints and varnishes
Rayon and allied products
Soap
Petroleum refining
Bubber products
_
Rubber boots and shoes
Rubber goods, other than boots, shoes, tires,
and inner tubes
Rubber tires and inner tubes
_
122.6
109.9
110.5
94.7
81.6
121.1
336.8
94.6
120.2
86.0
68.0
129.8
121.0
112. 5
95.4
75.3
128.0
374.0
100.4
123.9
90.9
71.9
135.2
127.1
114.8
97.3
80.5
131.6
387. 5
102.8
125.7
97.7
77.5
130.4
104.8
124.0
100.3
82.3
116.1
313. 5
111.2
137.9
77.1
54.6
141.7
113.0
125.8
106.6
77.4
124.8
360.3
116.9
140.4
82.0
62.1
150.6
118.9
128.9
110.5
83.2
134.1
374.9
121.1
142.3
94.3
70.4
29.51
13.48
24. 40
29.48
16.74
26.40
22.98
28.58
34.88
23.90
20.08
30.25
13.18
24.33
31.64
17.02
26.95
23.79
28.23
34.42
24.11
21.70
30.84
13.14
24.47
32.18
17.16
28.17
23.89
28.55
34.43
25.83
22.83
37.4
55.0
39.8
37.8
38.2
37.8
35.3
38.7
36.3
31.1
33.6
38.7
53.5
39.2
39.7
38.6
38.8
37.0
39.2
35.8
31.6
35.9
39.6
54.1
39.6
40.5
38.8
40.5
37.4
40.0
35.9
33.8
37.5
78.9
24.7
57.7
78.0
43.9
69.9
65.1
74.3
97.1
78.9
59.8
78.2
24.8
58.3
79.8
44.1
69.6
64.4
72.4
97.0
79.0
60.4
77.9
24.5
58.4
79.5
44.2
69.7
63.8
71.9
96.9
79.0
60.9
120.9
76.6
128.2
80.8
137.3
87.0
110.9
70.8
121.7
72.9
139.5
84.3
21.15
26.91
21.93
26.26
23. 61
28.24
34.5
28.0
36.0
27.2
38.8
29.3
61.3
96.7
60.9
97.2
61.4
96.6
26.00
24.00
30.05
21.48
34.12
29.14
26.25
31.26
23.70
33.64
28.9
29.1
43.1
34.7
40.1
28.3
26.9
43.1
38.9
39.9
31.4
29.6
44.2
42.6
39.9
92.0
86.6
68.6
55.8
83.8
90.7
87.8
69.9
55.0
84.3
91.2
88.7
70.8
55.4
83.3
NONMANUFACTURING
[Indexes are based on 12-month average 1929=100]
Coal mining:
Anthracite-.Bituminous
Metalliferous mining
Quarrying and noninetallic mining
Crude-petroleum producing,
Public utilities:
Telephone and telegraph
Electric light and power and manufactured
gas
Electric-railroad and motorbus operation and
maintenance
Trade:
Wholesale
-Retail
General merchandising
Other than general merchandising.
_.
Hotels (year-round) 3
Laundries
Dyeing and cleaning
Brokerage *
Insurance *
Building construction s
___
50.9
80.5
70.4
43.9
76.5
50.5
82.1
75.4
49.9
77.2
51.0
82.9
82.9
53.3
77.5
78.0
2 78.9
96.1
97.3
72.8
93.3
100.1
144.7
88.4
87.3
87.3
77.1
-1.6
+.2
-17.2
47.2
81.3
65.1
33.4
69.8
45.1
77.8
71.6
41.7
70.2
51.0
86.0
81.7
49.3
69.9
27.02
25.49
29.43
19.32
34.11
2 79.6
94.7
2 91.4
2 94.9
31.44
39.2
2 37.8
2 39.5
85.1
2 84.4
2 83.2
98.5
102.4
103.8
105. 3
34. 38
34.44
34.23
40.2
40.4
40.4
85.7
85.8
85.1
73.2
73.4
71.9
71.8
71.4
32.26
32.17
31.93
45.7
45.9
45.9
69.7
69.4
68.7
93.5
91.7
109.8
86.9
88.9
88.0
80.5
77. S
80.6
123.5
71.7
76.3
79.2
58.9
-2.6
79.3
75.9
96.2
71.7
77.7
81.5
71.8
-3.2
30.45
21.96
18.55
24.80
15.11
16.96
20.89
38.52
38.45
31.22
42.9
43.0
39.4
44.2
47.1
42.1
42.5
8
70.6
56,5
51.5
58.1
31.7
40.3
50.5
()
(6)
(5)
(8)
70.6
55.9
51.2
57.5
32.2
40.7
49.1
-22.7
30.27
21.65
18.37
24.55
15.25
16.90
19.53
38.60
39.15
30.52
42.7
42.7
39.2
43.9
47.2
41.6
40.8
5
-3.3
30.00
21.55
18.59
24.57
15.25
17.03
19.09
38.36
38.91
28.53
42.5
43.2
40.4
44.4
47.4
42.0
40.2
8
-6.4:
78.3
75.3
97.1
70.8
77.9
79.2
63.3
+1.1
+1.8
-8.1
69.9
54.8
50.1
56.9
32.2
40.5
49.1
+.8
94.0
92.1
108.1
87.9
89.2
89.9
85.9
-2.9
30.9
33.1
34.3
91.9
-.1
-.8
i Average weekly earnings are computed from figures furnished by all reporting establishments. Average hours and average hourly earnings are computed from data supplied
by a small number of establishments as all reporting firms do not furnish man-hours.
The figures are not strictly comparable from month to month because of change? in the
size and composition of the reporting sample.
+.3
-3.0
2
3
2 30.12 2 31.01
()
(5)
()
(5)
(«)
(5)
91.6
()
90.8
Revised.
Cash payments only; the additional value of board, room, and tips cannot be computed.
* Indexes of employment and pay rolls not available; percentage changes from preceding
month substituted.
6
Not available.
18
INDEXES OF EMPLOYMENT AND PAY ROLLS
Indexes of employment and pay rolls are given in tables 6 and 7 for
all manufacturing industries combined, for the durable- and nondurable-goods groups of manufacturing industries, and for 13 nonmanufacturing industries, including 2 subgroups under retail trade, by
months, from January 1936 to December 1937, inclusive. The accompanying chart indicates the trend of factory employment and pay
rolls from January 1919 to December 1937.
The indexes of factory employment and pay rolls are computed
from returns supplied by representative establishments in 89 manufacturing industries and cover wage earners only. The base used in
computing these indexes is the 3-year average, 1923-25, as 100. In
December 1937 reports were received from 25,041 manufacturing
establishments employing 4,327,180 workers, whose weekly earnings
were $99,195,710. The employment reports received from these
establishments cover more than 55 percent of the total wage earners
in all manufacturing industries of the country and more than 65
percent of the wage earners in the 89 industries included in the
monthly survey of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
TABLE 6.—Indexes of Employment
and Pay Rolls in All Manufacturing
Industries
Combined and hi the Durable- and Nondurable-Goods Groups 1
[Adjusted to 1\)33 Census of Manufactures—3-year average 1923-25=100]
]Manufacturing
Durable goods
Total
Month
January February
March
April
May
June.
July
August
September
October _ _
November
December
Average
Employment
_
Pay rolls
Employment
Nondurable goods 3
2
Pay rolls
Employment
Pay rolls
1936
1937
1936
1937
1936
1937
1936
1937
1936
1937
1936
1937
86.8
86.9
87.9
89.1
89.8
90.1
96.5
99.0
101.1
102.1
102.3
101.1
73.8
73.7
77.6
79.3
80.8
81.1
90.7
95.8
101.1
104.9
105.2
102.9
78.7
78.6
80.2
82.3
84.0
84.7
90.4
93.2
96.4
98.6
99.9
98.8
66.9
66.6
71.8
76.0
78.5
79.0
86.6
92.5
100.0
106.4
107.5
104.6
95.4
95.8
96.1
96.3
96.0
95.9
103.0
105.2
106.1
105.9
104.8
103.5
82.5
82.7
84.9
83.5
83.8
83.9
96.0
99.9
102.6
102.9
102.3
100.8
91.2
93.5
95.5
96.7
96.9
98.1
101.4
102.3
102.1
100.5
94.7
88.6
80.2
83.5
83.6
89.0
90.7
95.2
100.4
103.8
100.1
100.1
89.5
80.9
84.6
84.7
85.7
89.2
91.0
92.7
98.9
98.1
97.3
97.6
92.4
84.3
75.9
77.0
77.2
85.3
88.9
93.4
100.7
104.0
99.4
101.7
89.9
77.0
98.2
102.8
105.9
104.7
103.3
104.0
104.1
106.9
107.3
103.6
97.3
93.3
85.6
91.8
91.6
93.7
92.9
97.5
100.0
103.5
100.9
98.2
89.0
85.8
91.9
99.3
82.4
98.0
84.7
95.5
78.0
97.5
99.5
103.4
87.9
98.5
1 Comparable indexes for earlier years will be found in the February 1937 issue of this report, or in the
April 1937 issue of the Monthly Labor Review.
2 Includes the following groups of manufacturing industries: Iron and steel; machinery; transportation
equipment; railroad repair shops; nonferrous metals; lumber and allied products; and stone, clay, and glass
products.
3 Includes the following groups of manufacturing industries: Textiles and their products, leather and
its manufactures, food and kindred products, tobacco manufactures, paper and printing, chemicals and
allied products, products of petroleum and coal, rubber products, and a number of miscellaneous industries
not included in other groups.
EMPLOYMENT & PAY BOLLS
ALL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES
J92325=100
foc/er Numbers
Index Numbers
/AH
"*
120
100
60
120
u
1
V /
60
J
^y Rol
/V
\
V
20
/I
0
too
80
60
>
40
V
40
20
Q
w
t/
A
1919 1920 J92I /922 1923 1924 1925 1926 192/ /928 /929 /930 193/ 1932 1933 /934 1935 /936 1937 /938 u
1/wrro STATES BUREJI/ OF LABOR STAT/WCS
20
The indexes for nonmanufacturing industries are based on the
12-month average for 1929 as 100. Figures for mining, laundries,
dyeing and cleaning, and building construction cover wage earners
only, but the figures for public utilities, trade, hotels, brokerage, and
insurance relate to all employees, including executives. For crudepetroleum producing they cover wage earners and clerical field force.
Data for both manufacturing and nonmanufacturing industries
are based on reports of the number of employees and amount of pay
rolls for the pay period ending nearest the 15th of the month.
TABLE 7.—Indexes
of Employment
and Pay
Rolls
in
Selected
Nonmanufacturing
Industries, January 1936 to December 1937 x
[12-month average 1929=100]
Anthracite mining
Month
Employment
Pay rolls
Bituminous-coal
mining
Employment
Pay rolls
and nonMetalliferous mining Quarrying
metallic mining
Employment
Pay rolls
Employment
Pay rolls
1936 1937 1936 1937 1936 1937 1936 1937 1936 1937 1936 1937 1936 1937 1936 1937
Januarv.
February
March _ __
April
May
June
59.1
61.2
52 5
49.8
54 9
51.2
54.1
52.7
48.9
54.0
51 0
51.1
54.4
76.7
42 6
28.6
56 3
42.0
42 7
41.0
37 8
63.9
44 4
50.9
79.8
80.2
80.4
77.5
76 2
75.7
84.6
84.8
85.9
72.6
77 8
77.9
70.6
78.4
70.2
62.6
62.2
61.5
79.9
82.4
88.4
54.4
67 8
71.2
54.2
55.5
55.9
57.5
60 8
61.9
66.8
69.6
73.1
76.2
78.5
79.5
41 7
42.8
45.1
45.5
47 7
48.2
58.4
63.4
70.6
76.9
79.8
77.7
39.4
36.9
42.2
48.4
52.0
53.5
45 7
46.7
49.1
53.1
54 9
55.4
25.5
23.9
30.9
36.1
42.1
44.0
34.6
37.8
41 3
48.1
51.4
52 6
July
August
September
October,
November
December
48.4
41.1
47.6
49.9
51.5
54.8
45.0
41.2
48.2
51.0
50.5
50.9
37.2
31.4
34.9
48.5
40.3
45.4
35 2
27.2
31.5
51.0
45.1
47.2
75 5
76.9
78.2
81.1
82.3
83.9
75 8
78.8
80.5
82.9
82.1
80.5
62 6
65.4
71.0
79.2
80.7
85.0
66.4
73.8
77.7
86.0
77.8
81.3
61.3
61.6
63.1
64.2
62.9
64.4
82.0
83.4
84.1
82.9
75 4
70.4
46.1
48.2
50.0
53.7
54 6
57.7
77.8
83.0
82.2
81.7
71 6
65.1
54.4
55.3
54.9
54.6
52 6
49.4
55.5
54.9
54.7
53.3
49 9
43.9
43.9
46.2
44.8
46.2
43 5
39.4
50 8
53.2
50.1
49 3
41.7
33.4
Average- 51.8 49.9 45.7 43.2 79.0 80.4 70.8 75.6 60.3 76.8 48.4 74.0 49.5 51.4 38.9 45.4
Crude-petroleum
producing
Month
Employment
Pay rolls
Telephone and telegraph
and
Electric light and Electric-railroad
motorbus
operapower, and manution and
mainte2
factured gas
nance
Employment
Employment
Pay rolls
Pay rolls
Employment
Pay rolls
1936 1937 1936 1937 1936 1937 1936 1937 1936 1937 1936 1937 1936 1937 1936 1937
January
February
March
April
May
June.. __ __
71.1
70.8
70.9
71.3
72.7
73.7
72.7
73.5
74.2
75.8
76.7
78.5
55.7
55.7
56.0
57.1
58.0
58.9
61.2
64.1
63.9
67.7
68.2
70.4
70.1
69.9
70.2
70.8
71.6
72.1
July
August
September
October
November
December
75.4
75.0
74.5
73.6
73.2
72.4
78.5
79.3
78.2
77.5
77.2
76.0
60.4
59.7
60.4
59.6
60.1
61.3
70.5
70.8
71.2
69.9
70.2
69.8
73.1 79.7
73.5 79.8
73.7 3 79.8
73.8 3 79.6
73.7 3 78.9
73.6 78.0
74.4
74.8
75.4
76.6
77.7
78.5
83.6
82.2
87 2
86.3
89.5
88.6
86.1
86.1
86.8
88.0
89.0
90.4
92.1
92.2
92.4
93.1
94.6
96.3
84.8
84.7
85.9
86.2
87.0
88.1
92.3
93.6
94.8
95.5
97.9
100.4
70.7
71.7
71.2
71.3
71.5
71.7
72.5
72.5
72.6
72.9
73.3
73.3
65.0
68.3
67.8
65.9
66.1
66.8
79.9 92 1
81.2 92.1
78.8 92.3
83.1 3 94.9
81.6 3 91.4
82.4 94.7
91 7
93.1
93.5
94.0
93.5
93.2
97.5
98.3
98.6
98.5
97.3
96.1
89 8 102 2
89.8 102.6
91.4 104.0
92.7 105.3
91.8 103.8
93.8 102.4
72 4
72.4
72.8
73.1
73.0
72.5
73.4
73.4
73.7
73.4
73.2
72.8
66.5 70.8
66.5 73.1
66.4 71.6
67.7 71.4
69.7 3 71.8
69.3 71.9
75.0
76.2
77.2
76.0
78.5
77.4
68.0
68.7
69.2
69.4
70.1
71.1
Average— 72.9 76.5 58.6 68.2 72.2 77.8 78.9 89.6 90.5 95.6 88.8 99.6 72.0 73.1 67.2 70.6
1 Comparable indexes for earlier years for all of these industries, except year-round hotels, will be found
in the November 1934 and subsequent issues of this pamphlet, or the February 1935 and subsequent issues
of the Monthly Labor Review. Comparable indexes for year-round hotels will be found in the June 1935
issue of this pamphlet, cr the September 1935 issue of the Monthly Labor Review.
2 Not including electric-railroad car building and repairing; see transportation equipment and railroad
repair-shop
groups, manufacturing industries, table 3*
3
Revised.
21
TABLE 7.- -Indexes of Employment and Pay Rolls in Selected
Nonmanufacturing
Industries, January 1936 to December 1937—Continued
Wholesale trade
Month
Total retail trade
Retail trade—general merchandising
Retail trade—other
than general merchandising
Employ- Pay rolls Employ- Pay rolls Employ- Pay rolls Employ- Pay rolls
ment
ment
ment
ment
1936 1937 1936 1937 1936 1937 1936 1937 1936 1937 1936 1937 1936 1937 1936 1937
January
February. _
March
April.
May
June
July__
August
September
October
November
December
Average..
85.6
85.0
85.6
85.7
84.6
84.6
90.7
92.0
92.1
91.9
90.8
90.3
66.6
66.6
69.0
67.9
68.2
68.4
72.6
74.1
75.0
75.4
76.1
76.3
80.4
79.7
81.9
85.2
85.0
85.5
85.4
85.2
88.5
88.8
89.9
90.5
62.1
61.6
63.5
65.3
65.8
66.4
68.0
67.9
70.5
71.9
73.5
74.4
88.2
85.1
90.9
97.4
95.5
96.4
95.1
93.9
100.3
99.6
102.1
102.9
76.4
73.9
77.3
81.0
80.8
81.3
83.8
82.9
87.6
89.1
91.5
92.5
78.4
78.3
79.5
82.0
82.3
82.6
82.9
82.9
85.4
86.0
86.7
87.2
59.1
59.1
60.7
62.1
62.7
63.3
64.7
64.8
67.0
68.3
69.8
70.6
85.4
86.3
88.0
89.0
89.7
91.0
90.6
91.8
93.0
94.0
93.5
93.3
69.0
69.7
70.5
71.5
73.1
72.8
76.9
79.0
78.3
79.3
78.3
77.8
83.2
82.4
86.6
88.7
90.1
99.6
87.6
86.2
90.7
92.1
91.7
100.1
65.1
64.4
66.6
68.3
70.1
75.9
72.8
72.3
74.4
75.9
75.3
80.6
90.7
89.4
98.5
103.9
109.3
143.4
95.9
93.8
103.7
108.1
109.8
144.7
77.3
76.4
82.8
87.2
91.4
116.2
87.3
85.7
92.4
96.2
97.1
123.5
81.2
80.5
83.5
84.7
85.1
88.1
85.4
84.2
87.3
87.9
86.9
88.4
62.6
61.9
63.3
64.4
65.7
67.6
69.8
69.5
70.7
71,7
70.8
71.7
86.7 92.0 69.4 76.6 85.7 89.7 66.3 73.1 99.1 104.2 83.5 92.5 82.2 85.9 62.7 69.1
Dyeing and cleaning
Laundries
Year-round hotels
Employ- Pay rolls Employ- Pay rolls Employ- Pay rolls
ment
ment
ment
]Month
1936 1937 1936 1937 1936 1937 1936 1937 1936 1937 1936 1937
January, _
February
March
April
May
June..
July
August
September.
October
November. _ __
December
Average _
81.9
82.8
82.8
83.2
84.1
83.9
85.5
86.4
86.9
88.4
87.7
86.9
64.9
66.5
66.0
66.3
67.0
66.6
70.4
72.5
72 7
74.5
73.6
74.0
81.5
81.2
82.1
83.2
85.5
87.2
88.5
88.6
88.7
88.5
90.3
93.5
68.3
67.8
69.9
70.9
75.6
75.8
76.4
76.3
77.5
78.5
81.4
85.5
71.5
70.3
74.7
81.8
87.3
87.5
76.8
76.2
81.1
84.9
88 6
92.1
51.6
49.0
56.4
64.1
72.2
69.2
55.6
54.6
61.7
68.8
73.9
79.2
83.3
83.2
84.2
85.4
84.6
84.0
86.1
86.8
88.1
89.2
88.9
87.3
66.0
66 1
67.5
69.6
69.6
69.8
73.3
74.4
76.1
77.7
77.9
76.3
90.5
89.6
89.6
87.6
87.0
87.6
95.2
94.2
93.7
89.9
88.0
87.3
79.0
76.7
76.6
75.3
74.5
76.1
86.9
86.0
84.4
81.5
79.2
79.2
85.5
83.5
86.7
86.5
81.3
77.7
3 86.3
85.8
387.7
385.9
3 80.5
77.1
64.8
63.2
66 1
66.7
60.2
57.3
3 68.3
3 69.8
3 73.6
3 71.8
3 63.8
58.9
3
83.6 87.4 67.2 74.5 86.1 90.5 73.9 81.1 81.2 83.6 61.7 66.6
s Revised.
In table 8 are presented general indexes of factory employment and
pay rolls by yearly averages, 1923 to 1937, inclusive, and by months
January to December 1937, inclusive. Indexes for the same periods,
where available, are also presented for each of the 89 manufacturing
industries surveyed, for the durable- and nondurable-goods groups,
and for the 14 smaller groups and 2 subgroups into which they are
classified.
The indexes have been adjusted to conform with the annual averages
and totals shown in published reports of the Census of Manufactures
through 1933, and are subject to further revision when adjustments
are made to bring them into conformity with later census data.
44397—38
4
22
TABLE 8.—Employment and Pay-Roll Indexes, Manufacturing
Industries
[3-year average, 1923-25=100]
General index
Durablegoods group
Nondurablegoods group
Iron and steel and their products, not
including machinery
Blast furnuts,
steel Bolts,
washers,
Group index naces,
works, and
and
rivets
rolling mills
Employment
Pay
rolls
Employment
Pay
rolls
Employment
rolls
Employment
rolls
Employment
104.1
96.4
99.5
101.3
98.9
98.7
104.7
91.3
77.3
65.5
72.0
82.5
86.0
91.9
99.3
103.3
96.0
100.7
103.7
101.7
102.4
109.1
88.5
67.4
46.4
49.4
62.9
71.3
82.4
98.0
104.6
96.4
99.0
101.7
95.6
96.1
103.7
86.1
67.3
52.8
56.7
69.7
75.5
84.7
95.5
104.1
95.7
100.2
103.8
97.9
100.4
108.8
83.0
56.3
34.4
37.2
51.7
62.6
78.0
97.5
103.5
96.4
100.1
100.9
102.4
101.6
105.8
96.9
87.9
79.2
88.4
96.2
97.3
99.5
103.4
102.4
96.2
101.4
103.6
106.4
104.9
109.4
95.5
81.5
61.7
64.9
77.1
82.5
87.9
98.5
103.9
97.0
99.1
102.5
97.2
96.6
102.6
89.2
69.7
56.5
64.6
76.2
81.1
92.3
104.1
103.2
96.7
100.1
105.0
98.6
100.4
107.8
85.7
55.0
30.4
39.0
52.3
64.4
84.2
107.3
104.5
97.1
98.4
101.0
95.7
96.2
103.2
90.3
68.4
57.8
71.0
83.6
88.4
100.9
114.9
96.5
99.0
101.1
102.1
102.3
101.1
101.4
102.3
102.1
100.5
94.7
90.7
95.8
101.1
104.9
105.2
102.9
100.4
103.8
100.1
100.1
89.5
80.9
90.4
93.2
96.4
98.6
99.9
98.8
98.9
98.1
97.3
97.6
92.4
84.3
86.6
92.5
100.0
106.4
107.5
104.6
100.7
104.0
99.4
101.7
89.9
77.0
103.0
105.2
106.1
105.9
104.8
103.5
104.1
106.9
107.3
103.6
97.3
93.3
96.0
99.9
102.6
102.9
102.3
100.8
100.0
103.5
100.9
98.2
89.0
85.8
100.0
103.4
106.8
108.9
110.1
101.4
107.6
108.7
108.8
105.8
98.1
90.0
103.9
112.6
124.5
124.7
110.4
113.5
120.4
112.8
106.8
85.7
71.9
Month and
year
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929,.
1930
1931
1932...
1933
1934—.
1935
1936..
1937
19S7
January
February
March
April.
May...
June.
July
_
August
September
October.
November
December
Pay
Pay
111.5
113.6
117.1
120.2
122.0
106.2
119.9
121.4
121.4
117.5
108.6
Pay
rolls
104.5
96.5
99.0
103.0
96.7
100.6
109.6
87.7
53.6
27.4
Employment
Pay
rolls
112.5
89.5
98.0
111.5
89.5
99.0
96.0
0)
95.6
0)
0)
114.0
122.0
0)
0)
55.4
69.8
93.6
122.3
74.2
55.2
59.8
66.4
67.6
75.6
56.2
32.5
39.5
51.4
61.4
78.5
97.3
115.9
118.5
127.2
145.6
145.6
123.4
132.4
142.3
129.7
118.9
92.9
75.5
86.9
88.7
90.2
93.2
93.8
81.9
87.8
86.7
87.5
84.8
80.5
73.5
97.8
105.8
108.2
116.0
113.4
93.3
93.6
100.7
96.9
96.9
78.7
66.1
4a 5
Iron and steel and their products, not including machinery—Continued
Cast-iron
Month and
year
pipe
1923..
1924..
1925..
19261927192819291930193119321933..
1934..
19351936..
1937-
Employment
Pay
rolls
96.0
101.6
102.4
110.1
101.8
92.4
87.8
80.4
71.5
46.3
42.1
54.5
53.6
63.1
66.6
94.6
101.7
103.7
110.5
98.2
85.3
85.2
75.3
55.1
25.1
22.1
30.5
31.1
44.3
52.6
67.8
67.1
69.1
70.9
71.5
70.6
69.2
67.6
64.9
62.1
57.9
60.2
50.7
51.6
55.5
61.5
62.4
59.7
53.7
53.5
48.9
46.3
42.6
44.3
Cutlery (except silver
and plated
cutlery) and
edge tools
iron and steel
Employment
Pay
rolls
Employment
Pay
rolls
102.4
98.0
97.9
101.8
100.3
116.5
97.4
86.1
113.9
97.4
88.7
93.7
65.5
66.7
87.5
87.8
0)
0)
97.8
0)
Forgings—
Hardware
Employment
Pay
rolls
74.2
67.4
64.5
77.0
77.3
79.3
87.9
60.4
47.2
43.8
56.5
62.1
69.9
82.9
41.9
32.1
33.4
46.4
51.9
59.5
70.6
32.5
17.9
20.9
34.7
42.0
50.5
66.6
101.6
96.6
101.8
100.8
93.0
92.8
101.7
88.6
70.3
58.9
63.4
77.8
75.8
80.4
93.2
87.1
88.2
89.4
89.7
89.0
86.2
84.0
89.1
80.3
80.6
84.1
86.1
86.9
86.2
78.0
85.1
86.7
85.9
80.5
74.6
69.2
71.1
72.7
74.0
74.0
72.6
72.3
71.8
73.0
71.6
64.7
60.6
65.1
68.2
72.1
75.5
74.1
71.5
63.6
67.1
69.6
67.6
55.8
49.0
80.2
97.0
100.1
99.8
98.5
96.7
93.3
89.8
92.6
94.4
91.5
84.0
(0
94.6
0)
89.5
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
Employment
Pay
rolls
100.1
96.3
103.6
106.3
96.1
96.0
106.9
81.6
58.9
38.4
42.6
59.6
68.6
81.7
102.0
89.9
100.1
110.0
89.5
100.0
110.5
81.6
90.0
116.6
114.1
117.4
96.5
107.8
103.8
101.4
114.5
99.9
80.6
90.7
91.3
95.7
94.6
95.9
93.2
92.6
93.6
94.5
1937
JanuaryFebruary
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October—
November
December
1
_
_.
__
Not available.
88.3
83.9
Plumbers'
supplies
0)
96.7
0)
92.5
(0
65.1
48.3
52.6
52.2
75.4
85.0
92.1
79.8
Steam and
hot-water
heating apparatus and
steam
fittings
Employment
Pay
rolls
48.0
27.3
30.3
31.6
51.1
61.3
72.1
102.2
97.7
100.1
102.6
99.3
92.4
91.6
78.3
67.1
47.4
51.6
49.6
54.8
66.5
75.5
101.7
98.0
100.3
105.5
101.6
94.4
92.4
69.0
46.3
26.8
30.6
34.3
41.4
55.8
70.8
68.7
68.4
80.4
77.5
77.1
76.3
71.9
76.6
72.7
76.2
63.5
55.3
73.7
77.2
79.7
81.7
81.7
79.8
77.0
76.4
77.4
73.5
66.3
61.8
69.1
74.8
78.6
84.5
82.5
76.4
70.9
71.7
72.2
66.6
53.1
49.1
0)
94.6
0)
87.2
0)
23
TABLE 8.—Employment and Pay-Roll Indexes, Manufacturing
Industries—Continued
Iron and steel and their products, not including machinery—Continued
Stoves
Month and year
Structural and
ornamental
metalwork
Tin cans and
other tinware
Tools, not including edge
tools, machine
tools, files,
and saws
Wirework
Employ- Pay Employ- Pay Employ- Pay Employ- Pay Employ- Pay
ment
rolls
rolls
rolls ment
rolls
ment
ment
ment
rolls
1923
1924___
1925_
1926.
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932...
1933.
1934.
1935.
1936_.
1937
-.
97.7
100.0
102.3
105.7
102.2
92.1
103.1
101.8
95.1
93.1
100.0
106.9
89.6
100.0
110.4
0)
0)
91.7
0)
95.6
120.4
122.5
0)
60.4
48.8
53.5
64.7
70.6
83.4
98.6
51.1
33.2
37.2
52.9
65.4
83.9
104.9
0)
124.2
0)
95.6
87.6
97.9
118.4
127.1
154.0
178.1
80.6
56.8
65.6
89.4
105.8
136.7
171.6
97.5
99.8
102.0
102.2
103.3
101.6
102.0
100.4
98.4
97.0
91.7
87.6
102.8
109.3
110.9
115.5
113.9
114.9
107.6
106.7
103.6
100.7
90.3
82.4
178.8
176.1
186.5
186.0
182.8
181.2
175.9
171.3
170.3
187.2
179.5
161.2
161.0
156.0
180.3
184.2
189.1
188.5
171. a
160.7,
166.8;
202. 3.
162. a
136.1
106.0
95.0
99.0
104.2
96.2
94.0
99.3
83.1
69.4
55.0
64.3
82.0
92.7
102.5
106.3
103.5
96.0
100.5
105.8
97.5
93.5
98.8
74.3
53.4
33.4
40.8
56.0
70.9
85.8
90.6
104. 4
97.7
97.9
107.5
106.1
106. 5
111. 2
98.9
76. 0
49.7
43.3
53.6
53.4
66.6
76.3
104.0
96.6
99.4
109.9
108.8
111.0
112.8
94.2
61.5
29.9
23.9
36.0
39.0
57.5
76.5
101.0
100.0
99.0
C1)
98.4
104.3
C1)
83.7
73.3
77.3
89.2
92.5
98.3
103.9
83.3
65.8
67.6
81.1
87.9
95.6
109.1
96.7
108.1
113.0
115.2
116.9
119.0
104.6
112.6
113.4
108.3
91.1
77.2
76.8
96.8
102.4
106.4
106.7
106.2
82.2
96.9
97.8
94.2
65.0
56.0
70.8
71.8
74.2
75.7
76.9
78.7
80.6
81.4
82 3
79! 1
75.0
69.5
63.3
67.5
72.2
78.5
78.5
82.4
82.3
84.7
83.9
81.6
74.5
68.2
95.8
98.4
100.2
102.2
104.9
109.2
114.8
117.9
114.0
100.8
96.8
91.3
94.4
99.4
104.2
108.2
111.7
116.6
122.0
128.5
122.6
107.5
99.8
94.4
0)
104.2
0)
113.6
0)
107.6
0)
0)
(0
117.8
(0
0)
0)
129.3
0)
1937
January
February. _.
March
April
May
June
July
August
September-.
October
November..
December...
Machinery, not including transportation equipment
Month and year
Group index
Agricultural
implements
Cash registers,
Electrical
Engines, turadding mamachinery,
bines, tractors,
chines, and
apparatus,
and
and water
calculating
supplies
wheels
machines
Employ- Pay Employ- Pay Employ- Pay Employ- Pay Employ- Pay
ment
rolls
ment
rolls
rolls
ment
ment rolls
ment rolls
1923
1924.
1925_
1926—.
1927
1928..
1929
1930
1931...
1932.
1933.
1934...
1935...
19361937
105.8
94.9
99.3
107.4
102.4
104.9
125.9
104.9
78.3
57.0
60.8
80.0
89.7
103.7
124.0
104.1
94.9
101.0
111.1
106.2
111.3
134.3
102.7
64.2
37.3
40.5
60.4
74.4
94.8
127.6
110.0
88.1
101.9
115.3
118.5
137.9
147.9
110.7
62.3
36.8
39.6
68.8
100.2
113.1
136.6
109.9
88.7
101.4
119.1
125.9
152.4
160.0
106.9
51.9
26.9
26.7
62.8
103.0
121.2
173.9
107.4
97.2
95.4
87.3
74.9
78.2
100.5
103.0
115.0
132.4
69.1
52.5
60.1
83.6
90.6
108.4
141.3
114.9
118.6
121.2
124.3
126.1
129.2
129.9
130.2
130.7
128.9
121.4
113.1
111.0
118.2
125.5
133.9
134.9
137.2
133.6
137.1
134.3
134.2
121.2
110.6
111. 3 131.6
119.0 139.6
131.5 162.1
137.5 180.0
139.7 183.9
140.6 182.7
138.6 172.5
141.0 184.2
147.2 189.2
150.5 203.5
143.0 184.5
139.6 173.5
123.3
127.2
130.5
131.3
133.5
135.9
137.1
135.0
136.5
136.3
133.6
129.0
120.8
130.2
140.3
148.0
149.0
146.7
146.7
140.0
146.5
148.4
141.2
137.9
0)
0)
103.1
120.8
0)
1937
January
February. _.
March
April
May..
June
July..
August
September..
October
November-.
December...
1
Not available.
105.1
97.3
97.6
0)
100.4
0)
137.3
(0
103.0
97.9
99.1
(
0)
h
127.3
107.1
80.9
60.6
58.8
72.5
80.6
91.4
114.8
104.0
109.3
111.2
114.6
117.8
119.9
121.0
121.0
121.3
119.3
113.1
104.7
97.0
107.3
112.1
121.0
123.5
126.1
124.1
126.8
124.1
124.8
114.3
102.9
99.1
96.0
104.9
115.4
111.3
113.2
125.3
106.1
68.1
43.5
47.0
72.4
101.2
119.4
145.1
99.5
96.7
103.8
119.2
119.3
125.5
138.9
107.2
54.0
27.4
32.5
54.5
84.3
104.6
148.6
125.3
134.9
139.8
144.3
148.8
149.9
151.6
151.1
153.6
152.5
147.8
141.2
120.3
131.1
139.2
152. e
156.5
156.4
155.0
155.5
158.8
159.4
155.0
143.6
24
TABLE 8.—Employment and Pay-Roll Indexes, Manufacturing Industries—Continued
Machinery, not including transportation equipment—Continued
Month and year
Foundry and
machine-shop
products
Machine tools
Textile machinery and
parts
Radios and
phonographs
Typewriters
and parts
Employ- Pay Employ- Pay Employ- Pay Employ- Pay Employ- Pay
ment
rolls ment
rolls ment
rolls ment
rolls ment
rolls
1923...
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928.
1929
1930
19311932
1933
—
1934
1935
1936...
1937
108.4
93.9
97.7
103.3
97.7
98.8
111.3
94.2
69.7
51.1
54.6
ZQA
76.9
90.4
108.1
106.7
93.6
99.7
107.4
99.9
102.6
117.9
89.0
55.4
31.9
34.9
52.3
62.7
83.1
110.7
108.1
92.0
99.9
119.3
114.3
127.9
167.2
126.0
74.7
42.1
44.9
73.0
93.2
117.6
149.1
105.3
90.8
103.9
125.3
116.3
139.8
187.6
121.9
61.5
28.6
30,9
56.1
80.1
111.0
156.6
101.3
104.4
106.8
109.7
111.7
112.7
112.5
112.5
111.9
110.4
104.8
98.1
98.7
105.0
111.6
118.5
119.4
119.5
114.8
118.9
114.2
113.5
101.8
93.0
134.9
138.3
142.8
146.7
149.6
152.7
152.7
154.6
157.6
157.7
153.9
148.1
136.9
142.3
152.7
159.1
161.6
164.6
159.3
160.2
165.5
170.3
157.9
149.0
1987
January
February-..
March
&£:.:::::
June
July...
August
September..
October
November..
December...
89.5
105.9
104.6
8
0)
204.5
141.0
124.4
80.4
112.1
167.6
173.6
189.9
174.3
187.1
170.6
163.0
158.4
139.9
182.3
196.8
203.5
208.3
200.5
156.7
124.0
116.4
92.7
90.9
90.1
85.3
78.5
88.1
71.2
61.3
48.4
60.5
68.5
64.0
71.6
83.3
117.5
86.8
95.7
95.7
93.2
84.2
96.7
66.0
54.3
35.1
47.9
55.3
53.8
65.6
85.2
79.6
82.5
84.9
87.0
87.5
87.3
86.2
85.8
84.0
82.8
77.7
73.7
83.1
87.5
89.6
95.8
95.3
93.6
89.5
88.2
85.2
80.9
70.2
63.4
146.0
124.2
127.1
126.8
108.5
156.2
166.1
175.8
173.9
165.5
123.0
98.7
100.0
100.0
100.0
98.4
100.0
101.6
111.5
&0
(0
0)
121.1
0)
0)
77.8
61.6
68.5
101,1
107.0
116.2
148.0
60.0
35.8
44.1
83.2
87.5
104.3
138.2
146.2
146.6
152.8
154.3
153.7
153.8
152.3
152.0
151.2
147.9
138.4
127.0
131.2
137.7
153.2
156.7
155.2
151.1
145.6
143.8
142.8
128.4
106.0
106.6
Transportation equipment
Month and
year
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930.
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
-
Group index
Aircraft
Automobiles
Cars, electric
and steam
railroad
Locomotives
Shipbuilding
Employment
Pay
rolls
Employment
Pay
rolls
Employment
Pay
rolls
Employment
Pay
rolls
Employment
Pay
rolls
Employ- Pay
ment rolls
107.6
93.1
99.3
99.1
87.9
96.2
103.5
80.2
66.3
55.5
54.5
83.5
95.7
103.4
118.2
107.7
90.8
101.5
99.5
89.8
101.6
105.4
70.2
52.3
37.8
35.6
61.8
79.2
94.2
117.0
103.6
100.0
96.4
103.4
100.0
96.6
0)
0)
353.1
244.2
279.6
338.0
363.5
578.6
789.4
354.8
234.3
236.2
265.0
301.0
482.4
703.7
100.6
93.6
105.8
104.8
91.9
108.1
111.3
80.3
71.0
60.5
60.6
94.5
110.4
114.1
128.3
100.6
90.6
108.8
104.8
93.3
113.9
111.6
65.7
53.4
38.8
38.3
68.2
89.5
102.0
123.1
126.9
93.8
79.3
75.0
59.9
48.4
63.1
54.7
29.6
24.9
22.5
39.1
39.3
53.8
68.4
128.7
94.3
77.0
70.9
60.4
48.2
63.1
53.2
25.4
20.5
14.6
31.3
34.1
51.3
79.5
157.7
76.4
65.9
86.2
66.7
45.4
56.8
52.3
28.0
17.7
12.2
25.7
23.9
33.7
58.4
168.1
72.9
59.0
80.6
57.2
39.6
58.3
51.5
18.1
9.0
6.0
14.0
13.2
21.9
47.7
114.5
93.2
92.3
97.4
101.3
79.5
101.3
107.3
83.0
66.7
56.8
71.7
76.5
96.2
103.8
112.8
94.9
92.3
100.9
108.3
85.0
109.7
113.5
76.8
54.1
42.1
58.6
68.5
95.3
115.7
112.7
116.0
121.0
125.4
128.3
126.4
119.9
111.8
107.0
122.7
121.8
105.5
100.7
112.3
123.6
128.6
134.1
127.8
117.5
112.8
104.4
129.9
120.0
92.4
725.4 606.3 125.2
756.3 652.4 127.4
790.8 703.4 131.6
813.7 738.7 136.2
823.2 739.4 140.0
834.0 751.3 137.8
790.7 682.7 130.4
812.1 750.8 118.7
766.8 670.4 112.5
784.0 723.0 133.9
795.0 725.3 133.2
781.0 700.7 112.9
108.2
121.8
132.2
136.0
143.8
135.2
123.6
115.3
105.6
138.3
125.8
90.8
55.7
62.9
70.2
75.1
77.7
76.5
71.6
72.7
68.5
67.9
65.8
55.8
58.8
66.7
79.1
89.1
89.9
91.4
83.4
87.4
79.7
82.5
81.1
65.0
44.9
50.4
54.2
57.4
58.8
59.5
62.5
63.3
64.4
64.1
61.6
59.5
31.1
37.2
40.8
45.1
47.3
51.4
50.5
52.6
55.0
56.0
51.4
53.7
94.5
98.7
106.8
109.0
106.7
103.3
100.2
102.4
106.2
106.8
105.9
104.8
96.8
97.9
116.0
122.7
118.7
114.5
111.7
118.8
119.0
124.4
121.4
126.5
0)
157.9
0)
525.2
0)
156.8
0)
501.5
1987
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
1
Not available.
25
TABLE 8.—Employment and Pay-Roll Indexes, Manufacturing Industries—Continued
Railroad repair shops
Month and
year
1923
1924
1925
1926.
1927
1928.
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
Nonferrous metals and their products
Group index
Aluminum
manufactures
Brass,
bronze, and
copper
products
Pay
rolls
Employment
Pay
rolls
Employment
Pay
rolls
Employ- Pay
ment rolls
108.9
96.3
94.8
95.4
88.6
83.3
82.2
72.4
62.9
51.1
49.2
52.8
51.0
58.0
60.8
110.2
95.5
94.3
95.7
91.4
86.3
89.8
74.8
60.4
40.4
39.3
45.8
48.2
59.3
64.2
105.4
96.7
97.9
103.7
95.9
100.4
106.3
100.0
93.7
100.2
100.0
99.8
96.5
96.6
C1)
138.4
105.5
150.0
(0
74.0
60.4
66.7
81.1
90.2
99.6
111.4
100.5
i&
0)
63.1
40.3
43.8
58.8
70.9
85.2
106.1
90.2
73.0
89.1
91.8
95.8
108.7
123.5
81.3
46.7
60.1
66.3
79.6
98.6
127.8
103.4
96.6
100.0
102.7
101.2
107.3
121.5
96.6
74.9
62.5
73.4
84.9
93.0
103.8
117.2
101.3
95.6
103.1
107.4
104.7
115.6
128.3
88.7
60.3
39.1
48.0
61.7
73.9
89.7
114.3
61.0
61.5
62.1
63.3
63.6
64.1
63.8
62.0
60.2
58.7
57.0
51.9
61.1
63.4
65.9
67.6
67.4
69.0
63.3
67.4
62.9
64.9
63.0
54.7
106.9
111.5
114.6
115.5
115.5
113.9
111.5
112.8
114.1
112.7
108.4
98.9
97.1
103.5
111.8
114.2
113.1
111.5
105.3
109.9
110.1
109.9
99.9
86.5
118.9
122.2
124.2
124.4
125.8
129.5
131.5
132.6
131.0
104.7
123.5
114.1
114.7
121.7
130.4
130.7
134.8
135.6
134.5
141.2
135.7
115.9
127.8
110.7
118.5
121.7
124.1
127.6
125.7
122.3
119.0
116.9
114.8
113.1
105.5
97.0
113.1
120.2
127.8
132.7
126.5
125.3
116.7
116.6
113.2
106.7
92.1
80.3
Group index
Electric railroad
Steam railroad
Employment
Pay
rolls
Employment
Pay
rolls
Employment
108.6
96.4
95.0
95.5
89.0
83.8
82.6
73.4
64.1
52.5
50.2
53.5
51.7
58.3
60.9
109.6
95.6
94.8
96.1
92.0
87.2
90.4
76.1
61.7
42.0
40.3
46.5
48.8
59.4
64.3
104.0
99.1
96.9
96.5
94.1
89.6
87.8
85.8
79.3
70.0
62.9
62.4
61.8
62.5
63.4
101.5
98.8
99.7
100.4
99.8
97.9
97.2
93.0
80.2
64.3
55.1
58.0
59.7
62.9
67.3
61.2
61.6
62.2
63.3
63.6
64.0
63.8
62.1
60.4
59.0
57.4
52.7
61.2
63.4
65.8
67.4
67.1
68.7
63.5
67.3
63.1
64.9
63.3
55.7
63.4
63.3
64.0
63.8
63.4
62.7
63.3
63.0
63.4
63.3
63.1
63.5
64.5
64.8
67.1
67.6
66.4
67.1
67.0
68.7
67.7
68.0
68.2
70.1
0)
0)
111.4
0)
0)
0)
0)
(0
1937
January.-.
February-_
March
April
May
June
July
August
September.
October
November.
December.
Nonferrous metals and their products—Continued
Month and
year
1923
1924.
1925
1926
1927.
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
Clocks,
watches, and
timerecording
devices
Pay
rolls
Employment
97.6
100.0
102.4
95.7
100.0
104.3
0)
102.9
108.1
0)
0)
98.2
(0
74.3
58.1
58.9
79.2
94.6
108.9
121.8
102.2
0)
62.2
38.0
39.7
62.4
80.1
98.7
118.5
1987
1
118.4
120.1
122.1
123. 0
123.4
121. 6
114.8
123.7
127.0
127.5
125.0
115.3
109.1
111.0
120.2
122.1
122.3
118.5
108.4
121.9
128.0
132.7
122.3
105.3
Not available.
Smelting
and refinSilverware
ing—copper,
and plated
lead, and
ware
zinc
Employment
0)
January
February..
March
April
May..
June
July
August
September.
October
NovemberDecember.
Jewelry
Lighting
equipment
Stamped
and
enameled
ware
ay
lls
Employment
Pay
rolls
Employment
Pay
rolls
Employment
Pay
rolls
Employ- Pay
ment rolls
105.1
99.8
95.1
C1)
96.2
C1)
111.4
105.9
91.8
102.3
101.3
100.0
98.7
96.7
100.0
103.3
100.6
100.0
99.4
102.8
100.0
97.2
103.2
100.0
96.8
106.9
92.9
C1)
104.2
98.4
89.9
96.5
91.3
99.4
(0
65.6
42.8
37.7
50.0
54.9
60.4
72.3
65.3
47.0
46.5
59.0
68.2
80.9
94.4
0)
0)
0)
0)
90.4
0)
98.1
100.0
101.9
(*)
102.3
60.4
35.3
31.6
44.2
55.9
73.3
93.1
92.6
54.3
36.8
35.1
49.0
53.0
53.6
69.8
41.4
42.9
59.1
70.2
78.1
87.0
45.9
26.6
27.4
39.8
50.8
63.5
82.3
110.1 111.2
95.7
92.8
94.2
96.0
96.9
98.3
93. 0 95.7
104.1 108.0
120.5 125.6
106.3 104.9
85.4
76.8
79.5
56.5
97.2
66.7
119.4
90.3
132.2 110.3
142.5 130.1
153.5 152.0
62.3
66.1
69.2
68.0
69.1
70.3
67.8
74.1
81.7
89.4
78.8
70.6
73.3
96.8
103.8
101.4
99.7
96.1
91.5
90.7
97.2
100.1
95.6
69.4
89.8
109.3
107.1
101.6
95.3
88.8
86.8
98.5
104.3
94.4
72.1
57.6
62.8
67.9
68.5
69.7
69.1
66.9
72.5
81.4
80.7
72.6
67.7
80.4
78.9
81.1
84.6
87.5
88.8
91.8
92.1
93.0
92.1
88.0
85.3
68.5
68.9
75.2
81.9
84.8
85.2
87.2
92.4
88.6
90.9
83.8
80.2
154.8
159.1
165.3
162.4
162.8
159.2
151.0
153. 4
153.2
154.0
144.0
122.6
74.1
59.5
59.3
72.1
78.4
82.9
92.6
84.4
88.5
88.6
87.5
88.6
89.1
90.8
95.9
101.1
106.4
100.3
0)
0)
113.3
(0
0)
0)
87.1
(0
110.6
0)
65.3
53.7
54.1
67.2
68.7
65.8
75.3
69.3
71.8
73.8
74.4
74.4
74.4
73.8
76.3
79.5
80.8
79.3
76.1
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
148.4
154.9
163.2
164.1
166.0
162.4
146.2
157.0
149.2
156.4
141.5
114.7
26
TABLE 8.—Employment and Pay-Roll Indexes, Manufacturing Industries—Continued
Stone, clay, and
glass products
Lumber and allied products
Month and year
Group index
Furniture
Lumber millwor
Lumber, sawmills
Group index
Employ- Pay Employ- Pay Employ- Pay Employ- Pay Employ- Pay
rolls ment
rolls ment
rolls ment
rolls ment
ment
rolls
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
_
101.5
98.3
100.2
100.3
93.9
92.1
95.2
75.8
56.0
43.6
49.9
54.5
58.7
64.7
68.7
100.0
98.5
101.5
102.4
96.6
94.1
97.3
72.5
46.2
26.6
30.3
36.9
44.6
55.3
63.5
98.1
96.2
105 7
110.3
108.8
106.7
111.9
89.0
73.7
57.4
61.0
62.4
70.2
78.2
85.8
96.9
96.4
106 7
113.4
111.8
107.5
114.0
80.7
59.2
34.6
. 35.9
41.5
52.0
63.6
74.3
65.0
65.8
69.8
70.6
71.6
72.9
72.9
73.0
71.8
69.5
63.5
58.1
54.9
58.2
64.6
68.3
68.2
72.3
67.3
71.4
68.2
65.8
55.1
48.4
85.9
86.1
87.5
86.9
87.4
89.1
87.9
89.2
89.1
86.8
79.5
74.5
71.4
75.0
76.9
78.5
76.7
78.7
73.9
79.2
78.2
76.8
65.8
60.0
96.7
95.6
98.8
99.3
104.5 105.1
102.7 103.3
90.7
90.5
86 7 86.1
84.6
83.5
64.4
61.1
51.1 42.0
35.0
21.4
33.2
18.7
35.4
22.3
41.8
31.6
49.3 43.2
55.1
51.9
103.6
98.8
97.6
95.5
86.6
84.4
87.7
67.6
41.1
31.7
39.6
45.0
46.4
50.2
51.7
102.5
99.2
98.3
96.6
89.0
87.2
90.7
67.6
33.6
18.4
24.4
30.9
34.9
42.6
47.7
100.4
98.9
100 7
103.8
99.9
95.7
93.8
80.2
63.7
46.7
49.4
57.6
58.6
64.2
70.0
98.3
100.3
101.2
104.2
100.5
96 2
93.7
76.9
53.9
30.6
30.8
39.5
44.2
54.2
65.6
46.8
47.6
52.3
53.4
54.7
55.7
56.3
56.0
54.7
52.7
47.6
42.8
37.2
39.7
48.0
52.0
52.9
57.4
52.8
56.3
52.6
49.4
40.4
33.9
62.5
67.2
70.3
73.0
74.4
74.0
71.7
71.9
72.7
71.4
68.2
63.2
52.7
59.8
66.1
71.1
1987
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
- __
-
SeDtember
October
November
December
*-
53.8
55.0
56.7
57.7
57.3
57.5
57.3
57.1
55.6
54.3
51.2
47.6
47.1
50.4
52.6
55.6
54.9
57.5
54.8
56.1
53.2
51.7
46.3
42.8
72. a
71.4
66.1
70.5
69.9
69.6
63.6
54. &
Stone, clay, and glass products>—Continued
Month and year
Brick, tile, and
terra cotta
Cement
Marble, granite,
slate, and other
Glass
products
Pottery
Employ- Pay Employ- Pay Employ- Pay Employ- Pay Employ- Pay
rolls
rolls
rolls
ment
ment
rolls
ment
ment
ment
rolls
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
100.6
98.7
100.7
102.9
99.0
92.3
91.5
72.2
50.2
31.8
31.3
34.8
36.3
45.6
49.9
98.1
101.1
100.8
101.8
96.7
87.5
84.7
62.2
35.2
15.5
15.0
20.0
24.2
35.7
42.9
95.0
101.0
104.0
102.1
98.3
92.6
90.3
84.6
65.8
45.8
42.8
51.7
52.0
57.4
65.8
94.6
102.9
102.5
100.9
101.1
96.9
92.9
83.4
56.9
29.8
26.4
37.7
39.7
51.6
66.6
105.1
95.5
99.4
103.8
94.3
92.6
96.7
83.8
71.5
59.6
71.3
91.6
96.3
98.6
107.6
103.4
96.9
99.7
103.9
93.6
94.5
100.9
82.9
66.5
45.5
52.0
70.7
81.6
91.1
111.7
104.5
100.0
95.5
72.2
47.9
43.1
39.6
34.2
39.7
42.0
68.8
35.3
27.7
26.5
24.5
32.6
35.9
45.6
46.6
49.3
53.3
55.0
54.5
53.8
52.0
52.3
50.0
45.5
41.1
36.4
37.9
42.6
49.2
49.1
49.1
46.2
46.2
46.4
44.2
36.4
30.8
57.1
58.2
63.5
66.9
68.5
69.7
69.7
69.9
69.9
69.2
66.1
60.5
49.9
52.6
62.5
68.5
71.4
75.0
72.4
77.1
72.8
72.2
67.3
58.0
92.8
107.6
110.1
110.9
112.3
112.4
107.9
109.6
111.1
109.9
106.7
100.0
84.6
107.2
115.1
120.2
118.9
119.4
108.6
120.3
118.7
119.2
111.9
95.8
36.3
37.5
40.4
43.1
44.9
44.1
44.4
44.5
44.9
43.4
42.1
38.0
28.5
29.9
33.5
38.8
41.3
37.6
38.4
39.7
39.8
37.8
34.6
30.8
0)
105.6
(0
98.7
0)
101.7
100.0
98.3
0)
113.0
0)
104.0
0)
98.5
103.8
97.7
99.7
98.0
98.8
94.7
82.9
72.3
58.6
63.2
72.2
72.6
73.6
77.7
97.8
104.3
97.9
99.3
94.5
93.9
91.4
74.1
56.4
35.0
37 4
46.4
52.1
58 0
67.9
19S7
January.—
February
March. _ _.
April
May
June.. _ _
July
August
September
October
November
T^eceT^ber
1
Not available.
74.8
77 6
81.1
82.1
81 7
80.0
72.8
75 8
77.0
78 6
76.9
74.1
63.2
67 6
73.9
72.2
75 0
70.3
59.0
64 7
66.8
72 9
70.0
59.7
27
TABLE 8.—Employment and Pay-Roll Indexes, Manufacturing Industries—Continued
Textiles and their products
Group index
Month and year
Fabric
(subgroup)
Carpets and
rugs
Cotton goods
Cotton small
wares
Employ- Pay Employ- Pay Employ- Pay Employ- Pay Employ- Payrolls ment
rolls
ment
ment
ment
ment
rolls
rolls
rolls
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932.
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
__
January.
February : .
March
April
May
June
July
-. ----August "
September
October
November December
105.2
94.9
99.9
99.9
104.0
101.3
104.8
92.9
87.2
77.9
90.5
94.4
98.4
100.7
102.7
105.8
93.8
100.4
100.2
106.8
101.7
105.2
85.6
75.2
53.6
61.8
72.4
81.0
83.6
89.6
105.4
94.2
100.4
99.2
101.3
96.2
99.2
86.0
80.3
71.9
86.4
89.7
93.2
94.3
97.4
106.0
93.4
100.6
99.4
103.8
95.8
99.4
79.4
70.2
50.4
61.4
70.2
78.2
81.1
89.1
103.8
96.2
100.0
97.8
96.9
92.8
96.2
74.2
67.5
52.9
62.8
69.1
82.2
86.3
96.7
109.2
93.3
97.5
93.8
94.5
85.7
90.1
59.7
54.3
31.4
41.0
48.3
69.7
75.0
87.2
106.7
92.5
100.8
101.9
105.8
95.5
96.1
80.7
74.5
67.1
85.9
91.2
87.8
93.1
100.1
110.1
91.6
98.3
98.5
105.7
88.4
90.1
69.4
61.0
43.9
60.2
71.0
72.0
80.8
95.0
104 4
92.6
103.0
107.1
110.2
111.2
109.9
107.3
103.4
100.0
102.8
101.6
98.8
92.0
88.2
94.6
100.1
103.2
100.2
96.2
91.3
85.5
92.1
87.1
84.2
71.5
68.7
102.3
103.6
103.8
103.7
102.2
99.7
98.0
97.3
94.9
91.9
87.2
84.0
96.0
97.6
97.5
100.3
98.0
93.8
89.6
90.0
85.3
81.0
71.5
68.9
98.1
100.0
102.3
102.9
102.2
101.6
99.8
100.8
99.4
88.7
85.7
78.3
95.9
98.3
102.8
101.5
100.7
100.2
97.0
97.6
84.5
64.2
49.7
54.4
102.7
104.3
105.1
105.7
105.6
103.0
102.0
100.9
98.4
93.9
91.1
89.0
100.1
100.4
101.4
107.6
106.5
101.2
96.7
97.0
92.5
85.1
76.8
74.1
105 5
91 8
102.7
(i)
(i)
95.3
101.3
(i)
(l)
97.4
10? 1
0)
(i)
81.7
72.2
84.3
90.1
94.4
96 1
99.2
76 8
56.2
66.5
76.5
85.0
89 6
95.2
106.7
107. 0
108.6
107.9
98.2
97.4
96.0
96.4
97.8
98.4
91.2
84.9
104.3
105.0
109.3
108.3
95.7
91.6
90.4
90 8
95.9
96 8
79.0
74.9
Textiles and their products—Continued
Dyeing and
Hats, fur-felt
Month and year finishing textiles
Knit goods
Silk and rayon
goods
Woolen and
worsted goods
Employ- Pay Employ- Pay Employ- Pay Employ- Pay Employ- Pay
rolls ment
rolls ment
rolls
rolls ment
ment
ment
rolls
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930.1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
97.4
93.9
108.7
110.8
113.5
114.9
121.8
112.0
103.3
92.8
101.8
113.6
118.1
115.6
114.6
96.1
92.7
111.2
114.2
121.5
121.8
124.8
108.7
101.2
73.8
77.5
88.5
94.4
97.2
100.5
122.3
122.8
123. 1
123.1
118.8
109.7
109.1
109.4
110.5
112.2
108.8
105.3
112.2
111.9
112.6
114.6
106.2
95.8
94.1
93.8
94.9
94.6
89.0
86.5
106.4
97.1
96.5
107.4
90.5
102.1
89.6
72.6
79.8
82.8
85.8
86.5
86.0
82.5
54.5
59.5
66.8
70.5
74.5
75.3
0)
104.8
94.5
100.7
101.3
102.6
102.6
112.5
102.9
96.0
94.1
102.3
107.7
112.5
116.0
117.6
88.4
90.1
90.8
88.0
82.9
83.9
83.9
88.7
85.5
83.0
83.0
83.5
86.4
93.9
89.5
65.9
69.3
73.8
80.8
87.0
69.2
62.0
61.0
64.9
120.4
122.7
123.7
123.4
121.7
118.1
116.3
116.3
116.5
116.3
111.9
103.3
0)
0)
101. 2
114.1
105. 3
112.3
0)
0)
0)
103.7
92.3
104.0
109.1
116.0
115.4
129.8
108.6
92.2
75.5
81.4
98.6
108.2
112.9
118.7
99.7
94.8
105.5
102.9
101.5
101.0
103.8
95.1
86.9
74.0
87.8
88.4
86.5
77.8
78.0
93.0
109.6
107.8
107.6
107.5
105.6
87.2
74.8
48.4
56.9
66.0
68.8
61.5
65.1
97.T
109.3
97.9
92.8
84.1
86.7
83.1
82.6
67.2
67.1
56.0
71.4
65.7
86.5
82.6
79.7
109.1
97.6
93.3
84.0
84.7
79.2
80.1
60.5
57.3
38.9
49.7
47.7
68.5
65.3
69.2
120.2
126.6
127.0
127.5
125.1
119.0
112.6
119.4
116.9
122.8
112.3
95.1
83.0
83.7
82.7
82.2
78.7
79.1
79.7
80.2
79.9
75.4
67.6
63.2
68.5
71.4
70.7
71.3
68.4
68.4
67.4
65.7
68.2
62.4
50.8
48.1
92.5
92.3
90.3
89.0
87.9
86.0
80.7
78.3
70.4
68.4
59.8
61.1
83.1
82.2
79.0
83.3
81.4
78.5
71.8
68.5
57.6
52.8
42.8
49.6
19S7
January
February
March April
May
June
July . . . .
August
September
October
Novem ber
December
1
Not available.
28
TABLE 8.—Employment
and Pay-Roll inde:ces, Manufacturing Industries—Continued
Textiles and their products—Continued
Wearing apparel Clothing , men's Clothing, womCorsets and
(subgroup)
allied garments
en's
Month and year
Men's furnishings
Employ- Pay Employ- Pay Employ- Pay Employ- Pay Employ- Pay
ment
rolls
ment
rolls
ment
ment
rolls
ment
rolls
rolls
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
_ _
105.4
96.1
98.5
99.8
105.8
108.3
113.3
105.0
99.7
89.1
97.7
102.9
107.8
112.8
112.5
105.6
94.9
99.5
99.6
107.6
107.5
111.0
93.6
80.6
57.2
60.0
74.0
83.0
85.2
86.7
]07.0
97.3
95.7
97.4
102.5
101.3
103.2
91.4
84.9
79.4
90.5
95.8
103.7
106.8
106.6
109.3
96.1
94.6
94.8
99.5
95.5
95.8
74.7
62.8
44.8
52.8
65.4
79.9
81.7
85.3
104.3
96.6
99.1
104.2
121.0
133.7
146.8
142.2
135.8
116.9
125.1
136.0
142.8
152.0
147.8
103.2
94.3
102.5
104.7
123.6
132. 5
142.6
127 9
110.5
76.4
74.5
94.8
102 7
105.5
104.5
105.2
100.0
94.8
91.3
89.3
91.6
93.1
91.3
87.8
89.8
89.6
74.8
73.2
84.3
85.0
85.5
87.0
120.1
103.8
110.7
113.1
115.4
127.4
134.6
109.5
75.2
79.1
92.5
94.5
100.1
104.6
115.6
122.6
125.5
121.8
116.5
109.3
102.0
113.0
114.4
112.1
101.0
95.6
88.1
100.9
110.4
95.7
88.9
82.5
73.8
92.4
87.0
87.0
68.6
65.2
109.8
114.4
116.2
114.8
111.5
106.6
107.4
111.0
108.7
103.5
90.7
84.0
87.8
98.9
105.7
95.7
89.9
86.7
86.4
91.8
83.9
80.2
61.1
55.5
154.9
165.6
169.9
161.8
152.6
137.3
117.0
146.2
152.2
150.4
134.9
131.0
107.7
125.0
138.0
112.6
105.9
91.6
71.3
114.7
106.3
110.1
84.2
86.0
89.0
91.6
93.2
92.4
91.4
89.6
88.1
88.1
88.9
89.7
88.1
87.6
85.2
92.6
98.2
96.0
91.8
85.2
80.2
81.7
84.2
87.3
82.1
79.7
130.0
142.8
147.6
146.8
141.9
136.5
129.7
127.6
127.7
135.9
130.4
118.8
93. a
113.5
123.1
115.7
106.0
103.7
96.6102.4
95.4
111.8
103. &
89.8
0)
90.0
(i)
89.2
(i)
103.4
100.0
96.6
0)
96.7
0)
97.0
(i)
94.6
100.1
105.3
93.5
96.1
110 3
0)
139.5
0)
125.7
(i)
132.7
145.5
(i)
19S7
February
-
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November -December
-
Textiles and their productsContinued
Month and year
Millinery
Shirts and
collars
Leather and its manufactures
Group index
Boots and shoes
Leather
Employ- Pay Employ- Pay Employ- Pay Employ- Pay Employ- Pay
ment
rolls
ment
rolls
ment
ment
ment
rolls
rolls
rolls
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
.
-
-
103.2
94.8
102.0
98.0
104.8
105.7
101.3
91.3
83.7
73.9
71.0
64.9
54.7
54.9
53.4
100.8
94.5
104.7
103.6
113.9
112.3
104.0
88.6
79.2
60.9
49.4
49.0
42.4
41.7
40.3
107.9
93.0
99.1
101.7
105.1
106.3
109.1
102.7
104.0
91.0
103.1
104.4
108.5
114.0
119.2
109.7
91.9
98.4
101.9
109 9
107.1
109.2
90.3
82.7
58.0
68.3
85 2
95.9
100.7
104.7
108.6
96.3
97.1
96.6
97.7
95.6
98.5
91.2
84.3
81.2
87.2
92.4
92.5
91.9
93.6
106.9
95.3
97.8
98.9
100.3
95.8
99.0
82.3
72.1
57.6
61.2
71.7
55.4
61.5
66.8
61.0
56.0
51.2
38.8
52.9
56.7
52.0
43.8
44.1
41.4
50.4
64.7
48.6
38.6
37.4
23.8
40.3
49.0
35.5
26.7
27.4
119 2
126.6
130.1
126.6
120.2
118.0
113 4
116.0
119.2
120.7
114.6
106.3
99.6
111.8
122.4
114.6
101.6
101.7
95.9
102.8
103.0
112.5
102.6
87.3
97.5
99.9
100.8
98.3
95.1
93.8
96.3
96.6
92.7
89.5
80.3
81.8
72.8
78.2
106.0
96.7
97.3
95.6
95.6
92.7
96.7
90.2
85.3
84.5
89.8
94.1
93.1
92.1
94.8
107.6
95.3
97.1
96.1
96.8
91.3
95.6
78.3
70.2
58.3
61.1
71.2
70.3
67.3
72.4
109.1
95.4
95.5
96.7
96.6
94.3
91.1
84.6
76.9
68.8
80.7
90.5
94.9
95.8
93.6
107.9*
95.896.3
99.5
99.3
95.5
92.8
83.0
72.5 ;
54. 0
63.0
76.1
89.6
94.2
100.6-
86.3
90.9
92.4
87.7
81.6
80.6
84.6
83.7
71.8
66 3
53.8
58.4
99.0
101.9
102.7
99.3
95.3
94.0
98.0
98.6
94.0
90.7
80.8
83.8
82.4
87.9
89.0
81.6
74.1
73.3
79.8
78.7
64.5
58.7
46.0
53.2
97.0
97.5
98.8
100.0
99.1
98.0
94.7
93.9
92.5
89.6
82.9
78.6
102. 5
104.6.
107.3
111.4
74.1
1987
January
February
March
April
_
May__
June
July
August
September .
October
November
December
1
Not available.
no.
a
108.4
104.0
103.8
98.6
95.082.7
78.5
29
TABLE 8.—Employment and Pay-Roll Indexes, Manufacturing Industries—Continued
Food and kindred products
Month and year
Group index
Employment
Baking
Pay
rolls
101.4
1923..
1924..
1925..
1926..
1927..
1928..
19291930..
1931..
1932..
1933..
1934..
1935..
1936..
1937. .
Employment
Pay
rolls
100.3
99.7
100.2
103.8
111.1
107.8
95.6
88.6
100.3
114.5
109.4
111.1
115.5
100.9
102.0
103.0
106.3
112.9
108.0
92.0
75.0
78.7
95.1
94.4
101.3
115.5
100.1
101.1
98.8
101.4
105.9
112.2
123.6
121. 5
212.6
106.8
112.2
125.5
124.3
128.5
134.5
98.0
101.7
100.3
104.1
107.8
113.3
125.3
123.7
109.0
92.3
89.9
103.6
105.1
114.3
129.2
105.2
105.1
105.7
107.7
107.9
112.6
124.9
132.5
137.8
125.0
114.6
107.3
100.5
101.3
104.1
108.2
111.6
115.8
128.3
131.2
133.2
125.0
115.9
110.4
130.5
132.2
133.7
132.7
134.6
136.6
136.7
135.3
136.7
138.4
135.2
131.6
118.4
121.9
124.1
123.4
130.3
133.8
134.9
132.4
136.1
137.3
130.3
127.4
98.3
Canning and
preserving
Butter
Employment
Employment
Pay
rolls
Pay
rolls
97.8
86.9
115.3
108.2
0)
102.5
C1)
79.1
68.3
63.8
65.8
61.5
64.9
0)
134.6
138.8
106.1
86.1
112.7
140.8
148.7
141.3
149.9
129.4
126.7
91.5
65.0
76.8
101.9
123.1
123.3
154.2
62.4
64.1
64.4
66.2
71.3
76.6
78.1
77.8
73.8
70.3
67.2
65.8
90.4
92.4
89.6
110.8
99.6
122.7
209.8
278.0
311.5
185.9
118.7
89.1
86.3
97.1
89.5
113.3
108.5
123.5
245.0
293.9
307.1
187.7
111.4
106.7
100.0
93.3
105.7
100.0
94.3
100.0
(0
106.1
105.6
(»)
100.3
85.5
79.1
138.2
175.8
172.7
188.2
204.9
83.1
71.2
131.9
173.7
177.6
202.8
229.5
82.0
80.6
86.7
91.4
82.3
83.8
87.3
182.3
182.1
192.5
196.7
207.4
224.4
234.4
230.7
223.3
202.7
194.3
187.4
187.8
189.3
211.0
220.2
236.9
260.5
284.8
273.4
253.0
222.4
212.7
202.0
(0
101.3
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
(0
1987
January
February
March
April.
May..
June
July—.......
AugustSeptember...
October.
November. _.
December
Pay
rolls
97.7
86.9
115.4
104.4
95.8
99.8
104.9
97.0
98.1
(')
96.6
Employment
80.4
80.9
82.3
83.9
89.0
95.6
97.3
94.3
91.6
86.4
83.7
81.6
0)
Food and kindred products—Continued
Month and
year
1923
1924
1925..
1926.
1927
1928
1929
1930
19311932
1933.
1934
1935
1936
1937
Confectionery
Slaughtering
Flour
Ice cream
and meat
packing
1
Sugar refining, cane
Employment
Pay
rolls
Employment
rolls
Employment
Pay
rolls
Employment
Pay
rolls
Employment
Pay
rolls
Employ- Pay
ment rolls
101.7
96.5
101.8
105.8
101.1
98.9
101.7
92.1
82.0
74.8
81.0
81.3
80.8
78.1
79.6
100.9
97.7
101.4
106.8
104.7
101.0
103.7
93.3
77.5
60.6
60.7
69.7
71.4
70.3
78.3
104.9
99.7
95.4
91.8
89.4
85.5
80.6
73.9
68.1
65.7
69.2
78.2
76.9
75.1
75.5
101.9
101.0
97.1
94.4
91.8
89.7
85.7
78.7
66.7
56.4
55.2
64.9
67.4
70.1
75.4
99.2
102.0
98.8
96.3
94.0
95.5
96.0
89.0
76.0
64.6
61.6
69.7
69.3
70.4
74.3
98.7
99.7
101.6
103.2
100.6
103.2
102.7
93.0
76.9
56.7
49.1
57.0
58.5
62.0
68.6
104.7
100.3
95.0
93.2
94.0
94.8
96.7
92.1
84.1
80.6
89.3
105.7
84.3
102.6
99.9
97.5
97.8
98.9
100.1
101.5
96.3
82.2
65.7
68.7
91.7
77.1
84.7
97.9
92.1
100.0
107.9
91.1
100.0
108.9
68.1
68.5
98.2
70.6
89.3
92.5
95.5
103.4
98.2
98.4
94.8
94.9
89.4
94.3
92.3
80.3
73.9
77.9
85.5
80.8
77.2
74.1
102.6
100.4
97.0
91.5
90.6
87.5
91.4
89.7
79.6
66.5
62.7
65.0
65.8
64.9
70.3
79.9
79.4
78.8
74.2
71.2
68.9
69.2
73.3
85.4
95.5
91.8
87.2
76.2
75.5
76.2
70.5
69.2
68.0
64.3
75.2
89.0
98.4
74.5
74.7
74.2
74.4
73.8
73.6
77.9
77.5
76.8
76.9
76.0
75.1
71.4
70.8
70.4
72.3
73.4
74.2
79.6
80.2
80.7
80.9
76.7
74.0
61.1
61.8
64.6
69.2
82.0
90.6
93.2
89.8
82.2
68.8
65.1
63.7
55.8
56.5
59.4
64.4
75.8
81.5
85.6
84.2
74.0
63.9
61.5
60.4
96.4
91.3
90.7
88.4
89.3
88.9
89.9
41.9
43.6
44.8
50.3
51.1
55.2
56.0
74.6
100.7
224.3
267.4
135.8
61.6
75.3
76.2
83.7
78.3
74.9
81.0
76.9
67.2
68.8
70.4
75.0
50.9
66.2
80.7
80.5
71.6
68.4
80.9
81.2
60.1
64.2
66.8
72.4
Pay
1987
January...
February..
March
April
May
June
July
August
September.
October
November.
December.
Sugar, beet
Not available.
89.4
90.5
90.9
0)
90.0
(0
91.2
0)
75.8
90.4
130.0
94.9
100.8
99.5
93.4
95.8
38.1
88.4
37.3
91.5 38.9
98.7
44.0
99.0
46.7
99.2 49.3
99.9
52.9
96.6
71.3
98.0 91.6
100. 1 253.0
102.3 252.1
104.7 146.1
0)
87.5
0)
90.3
0)
30
TABLE 8.—Employment and Pay-Roll Indexes, Manufacturing Industries—Continued
Paper and
printing
Tobacco manufactures
Month and year
Group index
Chewing and
smoking tobacco
a n d snuff
Cigars and
cigarettes
Group index
Employ- Pay Employ- Pay Employ- Pay Employ- Pay
ment rolls ment
rolls ment
ment
rolls
rolls
1923....
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928.
1929
1930
1931
1932....
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937.-
_.
January
February..
March..
April
May
June
_
July..
August...
September
October
November
December
1987
105.7
98.8
95.5
90.9
93.4
90.7
83.9
78.3
72.1
65.6
63.1
66.2
61.3
61.0
60.8
104.1
99.4
96.5
92.1
91.0
86.1
81.8
72.7
60.1
48.2
44.1
48.8
47.7
50.0
54.5
102.7
102.7
94.6
93.1
82.6
75.6
68.0
69.8
71.9
71.0
64.2
64.6
57.9
56.0
56.5
101.4
101.6
97.0
94.0
84.8
77.4
71.3
71.3
69.0
62.4
56.0
59.7
58.7
59.5
66.7
106.2
98.2
95.6
90.4
94.9
92.8
86.0
79.4
72.1
64.9
62.9
66.3
61.6
61.6
61.2
104.5
99.2
96.3
91.8
91.8
87.2
83.1
72.9
58.9
46.4
42.6
47.5
46.4
48.8
53.0
99.2
99.7
101.1
104.1
104.1
105.0
111.3
108.0
96.3
85.5
86.7
95.4
97.6
100.8
106.4
96. £
99.5
104.3
110.8
111. G
112. a
119.5
114.6
97.3
74.8
68.3
78.5
84.2
91.6
102. 9
57.1
«0.5
60.8
60.2
59.9
60.1
60.6
61.8
62.1
62.6
62.9
60.8
47.1
52.6
52.4
52.3
53.6
55.7
55.8
57.2
56.5
57.9
57.2
55.7
57.2
58.9
57.0
56.0
55.9
56.4
55.4
55.7
55.8
56.2
56.7
56.9
63.7
67.3
65.5
65.7
66.4
69.4
66.0
66.3
70.0
68.2
63.8
67.9
57.0
60.6
61.2
60.6
60.3
60.5
61.2
62.5
62.8
63.3
63.6
61.2
45.1
50.8
50.8
50.7
52.0
54.0
54.5
56.1
54.9
56.6
56.4
54.2
104.3
105.7
107.1
107.2
107.7
106.9
106.0
106.3
107.7
107.9
106.4
104.1
98.7
100.5
104.1
104.8
105.9
104.9
101.6
102.6
103.7
105.1
101.5
100. 8
Paper and printing—Continued
Month and year
Boxes, paper
Paper and
pulp
Printing and
publishing,
book and
job
Printing and
publishing,
newspapers and
periodicals
Employ- Pay Employ- Pay Employ- Pay Employ- Pay
ment
rolls ment
rolls ment
rolls ment
rolls
1923.
1924.
1925.
1926.
1927.
1928.
1929.
1930.
1931.
1932.
1933.
1934..
1935.
1936.
1937.
January
February.. _
March
April
May
June
_.
July
August
September..
October
November..
December. _
100.0
99.5
100.5
102.1
99.2
96.3
97.9
90.7
81.8
73.5
83.0
91.5
93.4
96.2
102.4
97.3
99.7
103.0
106.9
104.0
102.0
102.9
91.6
79.0
62.4
67.7
81.1
86.6
92.5
103.1
100.0
97.3
102.7
105.8
102.2
100.8
106.1
102.5
89.5
81.9
89.0
103.8
107.6
109.4
117.1
98.4
97.5
104.1
109.1
105.3
105.3
112.5
104.6
82.1
61.4
64.4
78.6
88.0
97.0
115.6
98.3
100.7
101.0
104.9
106.9
107.4
113.1
110.9
100.7
85.3
78.5
84.7
86.8
91.0
97.3
95.5
100.0
104.5
112.5
114.1
113.6
118.7
115.6
99.1
72.4
60.6
70.0
75.8
81.7
92.5
98.9
101.0
100.1
101.7
102.2
104.5
111.0
109.9
101.8
92.9
93.4
98.6
99.3
102.9
105.3
94.7
100.6
104. 7
110. £
111.1
113. 6
121.8
119.4
108.0
88.6
78.6
85.9=
88.696.8
103. 0>
100.1
101.5
103.7
104.0
103.6
103.0
102.2
102.6
102.8
104.8
103. 3
96.9
98.0
103.2
106.7
107.9
106.2
104.4
100.3
102.8
103.3
108.9
102.6
92.8
113.7
116.1
117.6
119.1
120.2
120.5
119.5
119.1
119.1
117.3
113.6
109.4
109.9
113.5
116. 5
119.6
121.8
124.3
119.2
123.8
117.6
116.7
105.4
98.8
96.2
97.5
98.0
96.9
97.3
95.4
95.6
96.9
98.9
98.8
98.3
98.0
91.4
91.1
94.2
93.4
94.6
91.3
90.1
89.6
92.8
92.6
93.1
95.9
103.4
103.9
105.6
105.6
106.1
105.4
103.2
102.9
105.9
107.5
107.0
106.6
97.2
98.8103. a
103.7
104.7
103.6
99.8
99.1
103.8
107.3
106.1
108.4
19S7
31
1
TABLE 8.—Employment and Pay-Roll Indexes, Manufacturing
Industries—Continued
Chemicals and allied products
(jroup index
Month and year
Other than
petroleum
refining (subgroup)
Cottonseedoil, cake, and
meal
Chemicals
Druggists'
preparations
Employ- Pay Employ- Pay Employ- Pay Employ- Pay Employ- Pay
rolls
ment
ment
rolls
ment
rolls
ment
rolls
ment
rolls
1923
1924
1925 _
1926
1927
1928
. __
1929
1930
1931 . . . .
1932
1933
1934 . .
1935
1936
1937
120.9 102.2
96.4
96.8
100.3 101.4
106.5 108.7
104.2 107.8
103.0 108.0
115.7 120.9
109.4 112.2
92.0
95.4
71.7
85.5
76 2
97.5
91.6
110.7
111.9
98.9
114 6 107 8
123.8 132.7
102.9
96.9
100.2
105.4
102.8
102.5
113.6
105.6
92.7
82.2
95.4
108.8
110.7
113.8
123.8
102.1
97.0
100.9
107.4
106.8
108.0
118.4
106.6
87.7
66.9
72.5
89.0
96.9
106.4
131.4
109. 2
99. 5
85. 1
76. 0
93. 3
114. 9
113. 7
121. 3
134. 1
120.0
103.5
84.2
64.6
75.2
96.1
101.7
115.5
145.6
109.0
84.5
95.2
98.1
92.0
78.0
71.1
80.6
119.4
123.6
128.1
136.4
136.7
137 4
136.8
140.7
139.0
137.5
132.1
124.4
120.4
122.4
126.0
127.7
124.6
123.4
123.5
124.1
128.9
126.7
122.4
115.4
119.4
123.9
128.8
136.2
136.2
135.7
134.9
137.7
137.7
136.1
129.6
120.3
130.8
131. 4
134. 0
135.6
137. 5
138.5
139. 5
137. 2
137. 4
135. 2
129. 8
122. 6
131.8
135.2
140.2
150.6
152.5
153.5
153.9
156.1
150.9
150.6
141.7
130.4
91.1
82.1
68.7
58.7
47.8
43.9
41.8
54.3
120.7
127.1
121.0
109.9
105.7
98.0
96.3
0)
(0
0)
101.8
98.1
100.1
0)
0)
0)
87.8
100.5
111.7
83.9
94.9
121.2
127.0
151.3
(0
88.5
70.5
57.1
61.6
57.8
55.7
72.1
(0
97.7
96.8
105 5
108.3
110.4
106.6
116.4
108.2
103.2
92.3
94.7
105.2
102.9
102.5
110.6
91.8
97.5
110 7
113.4
119.2
113.1
124.4
116.3
105.3
85.3
86 7
98.1
102.0
105 4
121.1
76.2
67.3
58.6
50.3
42.3
38.6
35.3
47.9
112.4
118.9
113.0
104.8
106.5
110.0
112.2
111.5
108.3
108.8
106.2
111.8
114.1
114.8
112.5
110.5
113.1
119.3
121.2
119.8
118.0
121.3
112.0
123.0
127.3
128.9
125.8
124.0
0)
(i)
(i)
118.9
(0
J9S7
January
February
March
April.
May
June
July _
August
September
October
November
December. .
120.2
121.9
124.9
128.6
124.5
123 9
124.3
124.9
128.6
126.5
122.7
116.3
Chemicals and allied products—Continued
Month and
year
1923.
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929.
1930
1931.
1932.
1933
1934
1935
1936.
1937.
.
.
_
.
Explosives
Fertilizers
Paints and
varnishes
Rayon and
allied products
Employment
Pay
rolls
Employment
Pay
rolls
Employment
Pay
rolls
Employment
Pay
rolls
108.5
109.5
97.6
92.9
92.2
97.6
92.2
102.0
74.7
66.9
43.9
49.6
68.2
70.6
85.0
103.1
100.5
93.1
106.4
112.8
100.8
107.6
113.4
111.0
78.8
56.5
70.7
92.4
88.3
82.1
93.0
99.1
93.6
107.3
118.4
106.9
109.1
108.3
104.2
73.4
43.7
44.0
64.8
69.1
72.2
94.6
95.6
97.6
106.8
91.6
99.8
108.6
87.3
93.1
119.6
91.3
95.5
113.2
97.8
93.0
97.5
107.6
103.2
103.0
103.8
107.1
106.4
110.5
106.6
100.3
87.1
96.1
135.9
151.6
104.6
75.7
69.8
73.2
84.6
80.5
75.3
81.6
77.8
86.9
127.6
150.9
116.2
79.2
77.1
79.0
97.2
83.2
77.4
82.3
94
96
98
98
95
95
79
80
63
70
8
7
7
5
4
3
7
4
6
8
87.6
81 8
86 3
94 3
(i)
(i)
(i)
117.5
123.3
164.8
(i)
0)
(i)
0)
0)
141.2
94 4 90.3
87.3
71.1
95.9
73.0
112.2
89.5
120.0 101.9
125.1 114.5
132.8 132.6
244.4
242.2
241.9
214.3
276.7
302.3
337.0
348.7
381.2
220.2
214.1
188.4
146.2
190.3
227.3
265.9
289.4
367.2
128.0
131.2
134.6
138.2
140.2
138.9
136.3
132.8
132.4
131.6
128.0
121.1
367.6
370.4
373.3
378.1
384.0
391.4
401.0
403.4
407.1
387.5
374.0
336.8
338.1
344.5
349.7
364.8
382.0
391.8
392.9
400.7
393.6
374.9
360.3
313.5
122.3
129.6
(i)
(i)
Petroleum
refining
Soap
Employment
104 9
100 0
95 1
<l)
82 9
ro
en
87 4
88 6
8?
88
98
99
7
3
6
2
98.5
103 3
Pay
rolls
Employment
Pay
rolls
105.7
100.0
94.3
90.2
74.4
71.9
85.5
93.9
97.0
117.2
103.0
96.1
100.9
110.8
109.9
104.7
124.4
124.9
106.2
98.7
106.5
118.3
116.7
118.3
123.7
102.3
94.6
103.1
112.7
111.9
108.3
129.2
130.4
105.8
87.5
88.4
100.3
105.6
112.4
137.0
107.1
124.5
123.2
116.4
113.8
115.1
116.9
117.7
122.1
121.1
116.9
111.2
119.4
119.6
120.5
122.0
124.1
126.0
127.5
128.2
127.2
125.7
123.9
120.2
119.5
122.7
125.6
137.0
138.3
143.0
143.1
150.5
143.1
142.3
140.4
137.9
(i)
100.3
0)
0)
96.7
19S7
January _. __
February.
March
April
May
June
July
August .
September
October
November
December
1
94
93
90
9?
90
94
95
95
0
2
?,
4
7
8
3
8
97.6
97.3
95 4
94 7
Not available.
120.3
127.2
133.1
142.1
145.0
142.7
138.3
135.4
131.6
134.1
124.8
116.1
100.3
109
111
107
103
102
102
101
8
0
6
3
5
4
9
103 1
102 8
100. 4
94 6
32
TABLE 8.—Employment and Pay-Roll Indexes, Manufacturing Industries—Continued
Rubber products
Month and year
Group index
Rubber boots
and shoes
Rubber goods,
other than
boots, shoes,
tires, and inner
tubes
Rubber tires
and inner
tubes
Employ- Pay Employ- Pay Employ- Pay Employ- Pay
rolls
rolls
ment
ment
rolls
rolls
ment
ment
19231924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
_.
19S7
January
February
March
April
May-June
_
July.
August
September
October
November
December
1
_..
102.6
91.8
105.6
105.1
105.7
111.1
111.0
85.9
73.9
67.6
79.1
88.4
85.6
90.8
97.3
101.0
92.9
106.1
107.0
110.0
117.5
115.1
84.7
62.5
47.4
55.0
68.8
74.2
87.6
96.8
117.0
83,6
99.4
103.0
106.8
105.0
102.1
82.0
63.2
59.6
72.0
76.8
67.5
74.0
74.2
118.7
82.3
99.0
101.7
113.2
107.1
105. 6
77.4
48.6
42.4
51.0
55.4
51.2
59.9
67.1
101.3
101.6
96.7
96.7
103.6
101.2
96.2
97.9
98.0
97.7
90.9
86.0
99.4
104.4
99.8
100.3
109.2
103.8
96.8
97.0
97.4
94.3
82.0
77.1
77.3
73.3
80.2
76.0
76.3
72.5
61.8
77.1
78.7
77.5
71.9
68.0
64.9
72.2
68.2
72.7
69.7
54.7
73.2
75.9
70.4
62.1
54.6
103.1
91.6
105.3
100.1
92.7
107.2
110.3
115.5
0)
0)
120.3
0)
102.3
91.3
105.3
114.3
116.6
124.7
137.8
138.7
141. 5
144.2
147.1
146.6
142.1
136.7
135.1
134.7
137.3
128.2
120.9
0)
0)
126.4
0)
89.9
68.1
75.3
87.7
98.3
114.4
137.3
136.3
141.2
146.0
150.8
153.5
144.9
135.8
134.1
132.6
139.5
121.7
110.9
97.7
94.5
107.8
105.4
103.3
109.9
110.0
79.0
64.9
59.8
69.9
80.9
77.9
81.5
87.2
96.8
95.7
107.5
107.2
107.0
116.8
113.2
79.3
56.2
41.2
48.8
65.5
71.4
85.1
89.9
92.7
93.4
81.2
81.4
93.7
92.7
89.7
88.4
88.3
87.0
80.8
76.6
94.6
101.3
90.4
90.5
102.7
97.9
93.6
89.8
90.4
84.3
72.9
70.8
Not available.
TREND OF INDUSTRIAL AND BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT, BY STATES
A comparison of employment and pay rolls, by States and geographic divisions, in November and December 1937, is shown in
table 9 for all groups combined, and for all manufacturing industries
combined based on data supplied by reporting establishments. The
percentage changes shown, unless otherwise noted, are unweighted—
that is, the industries included in the manufacturing group and in the
grand total have not been weighted according to their relative importance.
The totals for all manufacturing industries combined include
figures for miscellaneous manufacturing industries in addition to the
89 manufacturing industries presented in table 4. The totals for all
groups combined include all manufacturing industries, each of the
nonmanufacturing industries presented in table 4 except building
construction, and seasonal hotels.
33
T A B L E 9.—Comparison of Employment
and Pay Rolls in Identical Establishments
in
November and December 1937 by Geographic Divisions and by States
[Figures in italics are not compiled by tbe Bureau of Labor Statistics, but are taken from reports issued by
cooperating State organizations]
Total—all groups
Geographic
division
and State
New England
_
Maine
New
Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts.
Rhode Island __
Connecticut...
Middle Atlantic
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania..
East North CentralOhio
Indiana
_
Illinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
West North Central.
Minnesota
Iowa
Missouri
North Dakota.
South Dakota..
Nebraska
Kansas
South Atlantic
Delaware
Maryland
District of Columbia __
Virginia
West Virginia..
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
___
Florida
East South CentralKentucky.
Tennessee
Alabama..
Mississippi
West South Central.
Arkansas,
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Texas
Mountain
Montana
Idaho
Wyoming
Colorado..
New Mexico. _.
Arizona
Utah.
Nevada
Pacific
_
Washington
Oregon...
California
PerNum- Number centage
ber
on
of
pay roll change
from
estab- Decem- Nolishber
vemments
1937
ber
1937
13,403 843,727
51,159
810
620
35,185
475
15, 526
i 8,304 461, 933
84, 554
1,257
1,937 195, 370
32,627 2, 170,648
20, 666 965, 425
4,281 345,682
7,680 859, 541
24,467 2, 276, 576
7,975 620,449
2,564
8 6,361 626,782
3,833 516,626
6 3,734 250, 490
11,802 433,160
87, 316
2,189
64,327
1,744
3,083 172,441
4,982
500
415
7,557
1,524
34,979
61,558
* 2,847
11,017 851,141
15, 092
214
1,576 134,204
1,107
2,131
1,237
1,412
781
1,49'
1,062
4,645
1,320
1,434
1,270
621
4,893
10 733
1,033
1,392
ii 1,735
4,259
684
463
324
1,229
314
468
588
189
9,577
2,949
1,375
3 5,253
45,459
118,032
146, 334
151,053
78,058
111, 974
50,935
295,007
84, 597
100, 643
89, 323
20,444
208,372
28,915
48, 238
44,893
86,326
141,990
20,484
11, 689
10,263
48, 359
7,012
17, 781
23,100
3,302
428, 224
92,018
47, 636
288,570
Amount
of
pay roll
(1 week)
December
1937
Dollars
18,726,717
Manufacturing
Percentage
change
from
November
1937
-2.8
+1.1 1,022,069 +5.
PerPerAmount centNum- Number centage
of
age
ber
on
pay roll change
of
pay roll change
from
(1
week)
from
estab- Decem- NoDecemNolishber
vember
vemments
1937
ber
1937
ber
1937
1937
3,552
291
557,297
39, 658
Dollars
- 5 . 2 11, 656, 259
+.4
747, 711
-5.1
+6.1
-.6
-2.6
-6.0
+6.7
-10.1
2.9
668,520
205
27,532 - 3 . 5
4S5, 759
-5.5
335, 520
9,012
144
184, 784
1.9 10,516,451
1,
256,257 -5.4 5, 471,459
1.9 1, 788.035 +5.6
64, 267 - 4 . 1 1, 272, 556
417
4.7 4, 396,122 -7.
742 160, 571
3, 494, 010
5,919,627 —2
[, 195,159 - 5 . 3 29, 091, 741
- 1 . 9 55,
5, 446 1,
26,491,014
429,182
-3.2
-4.1
11,
-3.0 8,870,062 -Z. *2,266
,220,787 -4.4
4 248,496
- 3 . 61 20, 558,551 -5.3 2,340 517,551 ' -6.0 11, 558, 730—10.5
57, 542, 749 -10.1 8, 324 1, 765, 554 - 8 . 1 45;, 697, 763 -15.6
- 4 .. 7 57,
-2.1 15,313,027 -7.0 2,532 43S,333 - 6 . 1 10,,i 840,696 -11.7
, 746,260 -15.4
-6.8 6,118,095 -11.6
926
-10.2
-2.5 16,262,266 -3.4 2,455 419,406 -5. 3 10, 710,531 -6.T
13,699, 356 -20.0
. 166,356 -24-4
-11.6
971 533,152
-3.5 ?, 150,005 -7.7 11,460 171,331 i-4.3
• -7. &
,
379,
848
-3.7
-2.4 2,412 207,156
, 882, 340 -5.8
-. 7 10,
414
38,981 -8.2 , 037,488 - 6 . 2
-2.6 2, 284,911 -2.7
-1.0 1, 527,953 -2.0
36,304 -2.0
403
876,377 -4.2
+.5 3,975,168 - 2 .
878
,919,530 -6.5
91,001 - 1 .
126, 241 -1.9
54
18,204 -4.8
631
201,005 -2.1
36
2,084
56, 577 -4.4
-2! 8
820,470 -2.9
164
11,775 - 6 . 9
290,726 -11.0
—.5
463
26, S80
683, 438 -2.9
• -.7 1,444,100 4-1. 7
-1.0 16,454,768 -2.5 2,789 547,741
,412,765 -7.2
371.678 -1.3
85 10,953 -5.6
268,149
—. 2
596 87,681 i -6.9 , 927,879i-10.3
-2.4 3,057, 795 -5.4
1.167, 377
35
3,010
+.2
2,263,963
465 79,088 - 1 . 3
3,605. 271 -5.9
26G
56,348 - 6 . 8
2, 233, 391 -2.6
571 135,017 - 3 . 4
7
1,080, 432
212
69,437 - 2 . 7
1,766, 706 - 2 !
369 84,341 - 2 . 5
908,155 +8.4
1S6 21,866 +5.
5,309, 623 -3.1 1,003 179,252 - 4 . 3
1, 762,018 -2.2
295
33,933 —6.7
1,735,059 -6.1
373
71,987 - 5 . 3
239
60, 757 - . 6
+.3 1,494,829 —.6
317, 717 -2.8
96
12, 575 - 8 . 5
-5.0
98, 375 - 5 . 3
-1.9 4, 741,868 -1.7 1,142
509,326 -2.4
248 18,060 -1.4
—1.
936,690 -2.5
226
23, 930 - 8 . 4
-2.9
-.8
142
11,851 - 4 . 9
- 1 . 1,121,802
i
2,174,050
526 44,534 -5.1
-1.
3,739,975 -5'. 8
547 41,220 - 1 2 . 6
-4.
602, 514
78
5,522 - 6 . 5
-8.2
g 5
295, 706 -14! 1
51
3,652 - 2 5 . 5
-11.
310, 507 (12)
39
2,169 - 1 0 . 6
-2.3
183
17, 564 - 1 0 . 5
-2.5 1,221,296 -3.6
158,371
31
728 - 1 2 . 8
-1.4
-.5
40
+.2 467, 332 -4.0
-4.8
583, 702 -7.5
101
7,891 - 1 7 . 3
-5.9
100, 547 -5.5
24
886 - 6 . 6
-5.
- 2 . 6 11., 919, 824 -2.2 2,471 216,022 - 9 . 5
-5.6 2,370, 514 -6.6
45, 962 - 1 2 . 4
546
-7.4 1,188, 356 -8.4
303
25, 058 - 1 4 . 9
14
8,360,
95i
145,002 -7.6
-.7
1,
+7.9
-10
-2.8
-2.4
-1.
+10.7
-1.7
-1.4
-2.9
103.643 +1.6
1,464,
-.9
1,270, 789 -16.6
1,959,282 -3.0
918,129 -8.5
1,152, 308 -4.5
348, 487 -1.1
2,950,215 -6.1
662, 289 -3.7
1,168, 531 -9.8
948, 644 -2.7
170,751 -6.9
2,082,877 -5.2
296,681 -2.1
283,163
1,106,639
1,010,269
141,027
76,008
66,964
418,219
13,057
72, 216
196,017
26, 761
5, 807, 596
1,099,827
561,933
4,145,836
-9.1
-3.7
-5.0
-16.6
-10.5
-36.4
-11.6
-16.1
-10.7
-5.1
-18.6
-6.8
-8.6
-14.0
-16.8
-5.8:
1 Includes banks and trust companies, construction, municipal, agricultural, and office employment*
amusement and recreation, professional services, and trucking and handling.
3 includes laundries,
4
a Includes laundering and cleaning, and water, light and power.
Weighted percentage change.
• Includes automobiles, and miscellaneous services, restaurants,
and
building
and
contracting.
7
•8 Includes construction, but not public works.
Does not include logging.
Includes financial institutions, miscellaneous services, and restaurants.
• Weighted percentage change including hired farm labor.
w Includes automobile dealers and garages, and sand, gravel,
and building stone.
12
n Includes business and personal service.
Less than Ho of 1 percent.
J' Includes banks, insurance, and office employment.
*< Includes crude-petroleum producing.
34
INDUSTRIAL AND BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT IN PRINCIPAL
METROPOLITAN AREAS
A comparison of employment and pay rolls in November and December 1937 is made in table 10 for 13 metropolitan areas which had a
population of 500,000 or over in 1930. Cities within these areas, but
having a population of 100,000 or over are not included as data concerning them are tabulated separately and are available on request.
Footnotes in the table indicate which cities are excluded. The figures represent reports from cooperating establishments and cover
both full- and part-time workers in the manufacturing and nonmanufacturing industries presented in table 4, with the exception of building
construction, and include also miscellaneous industries.
TABLE 10.—Comparison of Employment and Pay Rolls in Identical Establishments in
November and December 1937 by Principal Metropolitan Areas
Metropolitan area
New York 1
Chicago 2
Philadelphia 3 ...
Detroit... 4
Los Angeles
Cleveland
St. Louis
Baltimore
Boston 8__
Pittsburgh
San Francisco 6_.
Buffalo
Milwaukee
Number
of establishments
14,829
4,428
2,303
1,658
2,868
1,747
1,571
1,178
1,543
1,197
1,629
832
1,070
\ T | i VYl Y^/11*
Percentage
i\ umDer
change
on pay roll
from
uecemDer November
1Q07
Ivol
1937
646,945
474, 787
205,758
328,409
154,386
145,381
130,380
110, 522
108, 728
202, 217
87,008
61, 522
106, 036
+0.4
-2.3
-2.6
-10.6
-.1
+.6
-2.5
-.7
-.9
-6.5
+.9
-6.5
-3.6
Amount of
pay roll
(1 week)
December
1937
$17,184,236
12, 928,278
5,507, 514
9, 277,753
4,297, 217
3, 667,410
3,052,125
2,623, 434
2,925, 705
4,867, 850
2,616,407
1, 619, 797
2,776,699
Percentage
change
from
November
1937
+0.8
-3.2
-2.6
-20.6
-.6
-4.3
-6.0
-4.4
+.2
—10.0
+1.5
-8.6
-7.4
t Does not include Elizabeth, Jersey City, Newark, or Paterson, N . J.; nor Yonkers, N . Y.
* Does not include Gary, Ind.
6
s Does not include Camden, N . J.
Figures relate only to city of Boston.
6
* Does not include Long Beach, Calif.
Does not include Oakland, Calif.
Public Employment
Employment created by the Federal Government includes employment in the regular agencies of the Government, employment on the
various construction programs wholly or partially financed by Federal funds, and employment on relief-work projects.
Construction projects financed by the Public Works Administration
are those projects authorized by title II of the National Industrial
Recovery Act of June 16, 1933. This program of public works was
extended to June 30, 1937, by the Emergency Relief Appropriation
Act of 1935 and title II of the First Deficiency Appropriation Act of
1936. The First Deficiency Appropriation Act of 1936, cited as the
Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1936, reappropriated unobligated funds originally made available under the Emergency Relief
Appropriation Act of 1935 and authorized the use of $300,000,000
from funds on hand or received from the sale of securities. The
Public Works Administration was continued until July 1, 1939, by
the Public Works Administration Extension Act of 1937.
35
By authority of Public Resolution No. 11, Seventy-fourth Congress,
approved April 8, 1935, the President, in a series of Executive orders,
inaugurated a broad program of work to be carried out by 61 units of
the Federal Government. The Works Program was continued by
title II of the First Deficiency Appropriation Act of 1936, cited as the
Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1936, and was further continued by the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1937. Employment created by this program includes employment on Federal
projects and employment on projects operated by the Works Progress
Administration. Federal projects are those conducted by Federal
agencies which have received allotments from The Works Program
fund. Projects operated by the Works Progress Administration are
those projects conducted under the supervision of the Works Progress
Administration with the cooperation of States, cities, or counties.
The Civilian Conservation Corps, created in April 1933, was further
extended under the authority of the Emergency Relief Appropriation
Act of 1935. During the fiscal year 1937 the Civilian Conservation
Corps was continued from appropriations authorized by the First
Deficiency Appropriation Act of 1936. Beginning with July 1, 1937,
the Civilian Conservation Corps was continued for 3 years by an act
•of Congress.
EXECUTIVE SERVICE OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
Statistics of employment and pay rolls for the executive service
of the Federal Government in November and December 1937 are given
in table 11.
TABLE 11.—Employment and Pay Rolls for the Executive Service of the United States
Government, November and December 1937 *
[Subject to revision]
Employment
Item
Entire service:
Total
Regular appropriation
Emergency appropriation
Force-account
Inside the District of Columbia:
Total
Regular appropriation
Emergency appropriation
Force-account
Outside the District of Columbia:
Total
Regular appropriation
Emergency appropriation
Force-account
Pay rolls
PerDecem- Novem- centage
change
ber
ber 2
December
November 2
Percentage
change
889,550 821,271 +8.31
757,529 685,022 +10.58
63, 593 66,178 -3.91
70,071 -2.34
68,428
$137,217,360
120,397,119
8, 605,128
8,215,113
$124,664,980
107,340, 280
8,935,035
8,389,665
+10.07
+ 12.16
-3.69
-2.08
19,614,936
16,690,302
2,046,553
878,081
+2.94
+2.72
+5.41
+ 1.33
114,120 112,176
92, 507
93,885
14, 501 13,799
5, 734
5,870
+1.73
+1.49
+5.09
-2.32
20,191,679
17,144,647
2,157,301
889,731
709,095
592, 515
52,379
64, 201
+9.35
+ 12.00
-6.28
-2.35
117,025, 681
103,252, 472
6, 447,827
7,325,382
_ 775,430
663, 644
49,092
62,694
105,050, 044 +11.40
90, 649,978 + 13.90
6,888,482
-6.40
7, 511, 584 -2.48
1
Data includes number of employees receiving pay during the last pay period of the month.
2 Revised.
The monthly record of employment in the executive service of the
United States Government from December 1936 to December 1937,
inclusive, is shown in table 12.
36
TABLE 12.—Employment in the Executive Service of the United States Government, by
Months, December 1936 Through December 1937 1
[Subject to revision]
Month
Outside
District District
of
of
Columbia Columbia
1936
December
1987
January
February
March
April
May
Total
Distiict
of
Columbia
Month
1937
116,345
712,962
829,307
June.
116,259
116,259
116. 535
116, 755
116, 274
713,924
710,462
713,047
718,884
724. 247
830,183
826, 721
829, 582
835, 639
840, 521
July 2__ 2
August _
September *
October 2
November 2
December..
__
_
_.__
111,981
110, 942
111,301
111, 296
110.808
112,176
114,120
Outside
District Total
of
Columbia
870, 737
849,063
843,106836, 635
828, 462
821, 271
889, 55^
758, 756
738,121
731,805
725, 339
717, 654
709,095
775, 430
1 From June 1937 data include number of employees receiving pay during the last pay period of the month.
* Revised.
CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS FINANCED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS
ADMINISTRATION
Details concerning employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked
during December on construction projects financed by Public Works
Administration funds are given in table 13, by type of project.
TABLE 13.—Employment and Pay Rolls on Projects Financed From Public Works
Administration Funds, December 1937 l
[Subject to revision]
Wage earners
Type of project
Maximum
number
employed 2
Weekly
average
Monthly
pay-roll
disbursements
Number of
man-hours
worked
during
month
Aver- Value of
age
material
earnorders
ings placed
durper
ing
month
hour
Federal projects financed from N. I. R. A. funds
All projects
Building construction
..Naval vessels Public roads K _ ._
Reclamation
River, harbor, and flood control. __
Miscellaneous
3 18, 587
3,291
4,893
(5)
2,066
2,583
263
17,150
$1,904,304
2, 364,456
$0. 805
$l,439,20£
2,688
4,782
5,491
1,934
2,033
222
379, 571
634, 030
341, 638
237,639
290,141
21, 285
335, 267
727, 098
639, 867
289, 521
350,442
22, 261
1.132
.872
.534
.821
.828
.956
539, 203
109,704
275,00O
420,388
88,215
6,699-
Non-Federal projects financed from N. I. R. A. funds
All projects
Building construction
Railroad construction
Streets and roads
Water and sewerage
Miscellaneous.
_
15, 903
6, 834
64
1,240
6,171
1,594
13,083
$1, 400, 323
1, 389, 384
$1. 008
$2,475,905
5,670
64
998
5,016
1,335
648, 833
224
59, 608
593, 914
97, 744
559, 977
445
80, 635
590,777
157, 550
1.159
.503
.739
1. 005
.620
1,147,03a
0
110, 776
1,041,123
176,976
Projects financed from E. R. A. A. 1935, 1936, and 1937 funds •
All projects 7
Building construction 7
Electrification
-_
Heavy engineering
_
Reclamation _
River, harbor, and flood control...
Streets and roads
Water and sewerage
Miscellaneous
70, 228
35,411
604
5,931
698
129
14,090
12,001
1,364
57,932
$5, 685,040
6, 734,009
$0.844
$9, 538, 378
29, 013
501
5,052
641
93
11,410
10,069
1,153
3,046, 998
39, 900
527, 712
79, 235
2,737
839, 807
996, 711
151, 940
3,162, 275
53, 212
662, 881
95, 427
6,128
1,371,055
1, 204,047
178, 984
.964
.750
.796
.830
.447
.613
.828
.849
4, 579,088
107,88a
915,765
137, 561
5,311
1,420, 289
2,161,093
211, 388
i Data are for the month ending on the 15th.
* Maximum number employed during any 1 week of the month by each contractor and Government
agency doing force-account work.
34 Includes weekly average for public roads.
Under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Public Roads.
8
Not available; weekly average included in total for all projects.
6
These data are also included in separate tables covering projects financed by The Works Program.
7
Includes a maximum of 8,331 and an average of 6,748 employees working on low-cost housing projects
financed from E. R. A. A. 1935 funds who were paid $879,347 for 833,606 man-hours of labor. Material orders
in the amount of $725,399 were placed for these projects. These data are also included in separate tables
covering projects financed from The Works Program.
37
Federal construction projects for which data are included in tables
13 and 14 are financed by allotments made by the Public Works
Administration to the various agencies and departments of the Federal
Government from funds provided under the National Industrial
Recovery Act. The major portion of the low-cost housing program
now under way, however, is financed by funds provided under the
Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935. The work is performed either by commercial firms which have been awarded contracts,
or by day labor hired directly by the Federal agencies.
Non-Federal projects are financed by allotments made by the Public
Works Administration from funds available under either the National
Industrial Recovery Act, the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of
1935, or the First Deficiency Appropriation Act of 1936. Most of the
allotments have been made to the States and their political subdivisions, but occasionally allotments have been made to commercial
firms. In financing projects for the States or their political subdivisions
from funds appropriated under the National Industrial Recovery Act,
the Public Works Administration makes a direct grant of not more than
30 percent of the total labor and material cost. When funds provided
under the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 or the First
Deficiency Appropriation Act of 1936 are used to finance a nonFederal project, as much as 45 percent of the total cost may be furnished in the form of a grant. The remaining 55 percent or more of
the cost is financed by the recipient. When circumstances justify
such action, the Public Works Administration may provide the grantee
with the additional funds by means of a loan. Allotments to commercial enterprises are made only as loans. All loans made by the
Public Works Administration carry interest charges and have a definite date of maturity. Collateral posted with the Public Works
Administration to secure loans may be offered for sale to the public.
In this way a revolving fund is provided which enlarges the scope of
the activities of the Public Works Administration.
Commercial loans have been made, for the most part, to railroads.
Railroad work financed by loans made by the Public Works Administration falls under three headings: First, construction work in the form
of electrification, the laying of rails and ties, repairs to buildings,
bridges, etc.; second, the building and repairing of locomotives and
passenger and freight cars in shops operated by the railroads; and
third, locomotive and passenger- and freight-car building in commercial shops.
MONTHLY TREND
A summary of employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked on
projects financed from Public Works Administration funds from July
1933 to December 1937, inclusive, is given in table 14.
38
TABLE 14.—Employment and Pay Rolls, July 1933 to December 1937, Inclusive,
Projects Financed From Public Works Administration Funds l
[Subject to revision]
Yeax and month
Maximum
number of
wage
earners 2
July 1933 to December 19373
1937 3
July...
_
August
September. _.
October
November 55_
December -_
Number of
man-hours
worked
$1,052,471, Oil
1,537,861,240
Average
earnings
per hour
$0. 684
Value of
material
orders placed
$1,833,113,302
33, 244,066
308,393, 662
270, 548,829
271, 331,937
62, 209,479
523,484, 012
392,127,344
353, 259,435
.: , =
.534
.589
.690
.768
202,175
174,990
173,574
192,201
206,019
204,098
15,439, 981
13,796,390
13,353,904
15,242,390
15,850, 554
16,430,649
18,768,676
16,580,393
16,341, 250
19,068,352
19,984,975
20,510,465
.823
.832
.817
.799
.793
.801
26, 922,308
19,390,733
20, 652,435
26,135,173
32,077, 717
26,151, 770
198,483
187,822
166, 958
149, 564
121,102
104, 718
16, 250,846
15,426,466
14,309,249
12,903,311
10,959,110
8,989, 667
20,057, 290
19,115,326
17,382,805
15, 551,087
12,932, 502
10,487,849
.810
.807
.823
.830
.847
.857
24,945,172
25, 714,152
23, 527, 633
20,924,319
15,862,999
13,453,492
July to December 1933
January to December 1934...
January to December 193533..
January to December 1936 -.
January. _.
February..
March
April
May
June
Pay-roll
disbursements
75,587,773.
* 610,009,7ia
* 439, 244,485* 432, 513,42a
1
2
Data are for the month ending on the 15th.
Maximum number employed during any 1 week of the month by each contractor and Government
agency doing force-account work. Includes weekly average for public-roads projects.
a Includes employees working on non-Federal projects financed from E. R. A. A. 1935 and 1936 funds and
low-cost housing projects financed from E. R. A. A. 1935 funds. These data are also included in separate
tables covering projects financed by The Works Program.
* Includes orders placed by railroads for new equipment.
* Includes employees working on non-Federal projects financed from E. R. A. A. 1937 funds. These
data are also included in separate tables covering projects financed by The Works Program.
THE WORKS PROGRAM
A detailed record of employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked
on projects financed by The Works Program in December is shown in
table 15, by type or project.
TABLE 15.—Employment and Pay Rolls on Projects Financed by The Works Program
December 1937 *
[Subject to revision]
Wage earners
Type of project
MaxiWeekly
mum
number average
employed
Monthly
pay-roll
disbursements
Number of
Value of
material
man-hours Average
orders
worked
earnings
during
per hour placed during month
month
Federal projects
All projects
Building construction—
Electrification
_
Forestry 3
Grade-crossing elimination *5 _
Hydroelectric power plants
Plant, crop, and livestock conservation *
Professional, 4technical, and clerical.
Public roads
_
Reclamation
River, harbor, and flood control
Streets and roads
Water and sewerage
Miscellaneous
See footnotes at end of table.
» 186,133
168,176 $10,173,186
19,720,376
$0. 516
$4,845,962
52,866
779
14,338
10,100
4,264
48,295
650
12,078
8,035
3,838
3, 011,317
51,902
596,481
585, 561
131, 789
5,420,321
86,042
1,445,036
938, 814
590,982
.556
.603
.413
.624
.223,
831, 770
207, 638
111, 949
915, 087
31,000
13,723
7,485
10,523
46,146
16,852
5,758
1,137
2,162
13,026
7,133
8,340
43, 517
15, 261
5,007
1,037
1,959
648, 984
510,549
548,626
2, 781,334
938,182
241, 522
34,526
92, 413
1, 716, 496
948,307
965,952
5,303, 963
1,422,206
541,390
127,023
213,844
.378
.538
.568
.524,
.660
.446
.272
.432
135,444
38, 703
933, 459
1, 211, 901
25S. 393
85,908
31, 741
52,969
39
TABLE 15.—Employment and Pay Rolls on Projects Financed by The Works Program
December 1937 1~ Continued
Wage earners
Type of project
MaxiWeekly
mum
number average
smployed
Monthly
pay-roll
disbursement?
Number of
Value of
man-hours Average material
worked
earnings
orders
during
per hour placed durmonth
ing month
P. W. A. projects financed from E. 6R. A. A. 1935, 1936, and
1937 funds
All projects
Building construction
Electrification. _
Heavy engineering
Reclamation
River, harbor, and flood control
Streets and roads
Water and sewerage__
Miscellaneous
2 70, 228
35,411
604
5,931
698
129
14, 090
12, 001
1,364
57, 932 $5,685,040
734,009
$0. 844
$9, 538, 378
29,013
501
5,052
641
93
11,410
10,069
1,153
162, 275
53, 212
662,881
95,427
6,128
371,055
204,047
178, 984
.964
.750
.796
.830
.447
.613
.828
.849
4,579,088
107,883
915, 765
137, 561
5,311
1, 420, 289
2,161,093
211,388
3, 046, 998
39, 900
527, 712
79, 235
2,737
839,807
996, 711
151,940
Projects operated by Works Progress Administration '
All projects.
Conservation
Highway, road, and street
Housing
__
Professional, technical, and clerical..
Public buildings
Publicly owned or operated utilities.
Recreational facilities9
Sanitation and health
Sewing, canning, gardening, etc
Transportation
Not elsewhere classified
$84,570,148 162,858, 030
61,719
617,191
1,578
195,166
166, 899
155,132
143, 455
51,711
185,157
30, 026
60, 051
3, 044, 525
27,485, 300
113,324
13, 531, 223
9,358, 532
8, 203,304
7,780, 454
2, 283,394
8,118, 734
1, 691,403
2, 959,955
6, 025, 747
58, 791, 749
162,858
20, 357, 254
14,168,649
15, 308,655
13,191, 500
5, 211, 457
20, 357, 254
2,768, 586
6, 514,321
:0. 519
.505
.468
.696
.665
.661
.536
.590
.438
.399
.611
.454
1 Unless otherwise noted data are for the month ending on the 15th.
2 Maximum number employed during any 1 week of the month by each contractor and Government
agency doing force-account work.
3 The date for the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine, under plant, crop, and livestock conservation and the Bureau of Forest Service, under forestry, are for the calendar month.
* These data are for projects under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Public Roads.
* These data are for projects under construction in Puerto Rico.
* Includes data for 61,897 employees working on non-Federal projects and 8,331 employees working on
low-cost housing projects. These data are included in separate tables covering projects under the jurisdiction
of P. W. A.
7
Data are for the calendar month.
8
Data on a monthly basis are not available.
8
Exclusive of buildings.
Statistics on employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked on
National Youth Administration work projects and Student Aid in
December are shown in table 16, by type of project.
40
TABLE 16.—Employment and Pay Rolls on National Youth Administration Projects
Financed by The Works Program, December 1937 l
[Subject to revision]
Type of program
Total
Work projects
Student Aid
Number
of persons
employed
Number
of
man-hours
worked
during
month
Monthly
pay-roll
disbursements
Average
earnings
per hour
426,060
$4,236,665
13,076,042
$0.324
137,929
288,131
2, 397, 423
1,839,243
6,376,430
6,699,612
.376
.275
Value of
material
orders
placed
during
month
8
t These data are for the calendar month.
2 Data are not available on a monthly basis.
3 No expenditures for materials on this type of project.
MONTHLY TREND
Employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked on projects financed
by The Works Program from the beginning of the program in July
1935 to December 1937, inclusive, are given in table 17.
TABLE 17.—Employment and Pay Rolls July 1935 to December 1937, Inclusive, on
Projects Financed by The Works Program l
[Subject to revision]
Month and year
Maximum Pay-roll disnumber
employed 2 bursements
Number of
man-hours
worked
Average
of maearn- Value
orders
ings terial
placed
per
hour
Federal projects
July 1935 to December 1937, inclusive 3
$421, 757,458
July to December 1935
January to December 1936..
January...
February..
March
April
May
June
1937
July
August
September..
October
November..
December..
1
2
888, 294, 764 $0.475
$262, 841,149
34,813,554
234,065, 335
77, 558, 683
515, 733, 359
.449
.454
284,893
15, 652,964
13,024,133
12, 504,895
13,432, 725
14,154, 856
14, 794, 640
32,064, 351
27, 260, 313
25, 666, 281
26, 680, 307
27,170, 573
28, 754,978
.488
.478
.487
.503
.521
.515
7, 595, 246
6, 874,851
7, 356, 372
6, 901, 508
7, 563, 201
8, 608, 759
262, 487
207, 331
193,114
192, 631
184, 654
186,133
12, 799, 774
12,004,981
11, 500,978
11, 452, 256
10,857, 382
10,173,186
24, 371, 372
21, 623, 626
20, 583,498
20, 335,431
19, 511, 587
19, 720, 376
.525
.555
.559
.563
.556
.516
7,041,736
6,929,085
5, 566, 224
6,261,009
5,193, 777
4, 845,962
328,867
267, 525
249, 690
254, 524
34, 358,011
147,745,408
Unless otherwise noted data are for the month ending on the 15th.
Maximum number employed during any 1 week of the month on Federal and P. W. A. projects by
ach
contractor and Government agency doing force-account work.
3
Since in November 1937, some reports were changed to a calendar-month basis, the total includes some
data for the period October 16 through October 31,1937, which are not shown in the monthly figures. These
data consist of $525,799 in pay-rolls and 1,260,029 man-hours.
41
TABLE 17.—Employment and Pay Rolls July 1935 to December 1937, Inclusive, on
Projects Financed by The Works Program—Continued
Aver-
Month and year
Maximum Pay-roll disnumber
employed 2 bursements
Number of
man-hours
worked
age
per
Value of material orders
placed
hour
P. W. A. projects financed from E. R. A. A. 1935, 1936, and
1937 funds 4
July 1935 to December 1937, inclusive-
$232, 533, 433
298, 388,
793
$0. 779
$425, 552, 509
1,132, 784
123,396,077
1, 718,758
163, 682, 866
.659
.754
2,095, 506
229,999,173
9, 346, 663
8, 428, 606
8,254, 306
9, 618, 255
10, 339,137
10,960,950
11, 390, 883
10, 212, 726
10,147,405
12,027,623
13,049,326
13, 655, 399
.821
.825
.813
.800
.792
.803
16, 361,268
13, 543,480
April
May
June
131,153
115. 214
113,930
129, 887
139, 561
141, 708
18, 563, 586
20,996, 436
18,813,454
July
August
SeptemberOctober
November..
December..
139, 701
131, 547
114, 803
101,864
80, 541
70, 228
10, 811, 528
10,183, 970
9, 309,180
8, 252,933
6,814,004
5, 685, 040
13, 339, 272
12,808, 735
11, 411,949
10,100, 289
8,109, 553
6,734,009
.811
.795
.816
.817
.840
.844
18, 542, 402
19, 420, 304
16,065, 674
15, 681, 287
11, 445,172
9, 538, 378
July to December 1935
January to December 1936..
January. _.
FebruaryMarch
1937
Projects operated b y W o r k s Progress Administration 6
July 1935 to December 1937, inclusive
$3,018, 622,122 6,299,811,920
July to December 1935
January to December 1936..
January. _.
February..
March
April
May
June
July
August
SeptemberOctober
November..
December,.
238,018, 075 570,184, 607
1, 592,942,964 3, 432, 621, 686
1987
$0. 479
$948,201,876
.417
.464
2, 243, 545
2, 255,067
2, 216, 499
2, 201, 404
2,133, 472
2,020. 218
115,065, 444
116, 256, 506
117,124,860
114, 004, 768
112, 382, 869
106, 975,172
223, 245, 896
233, 853, 339
230,166,494
225,291,463
217, 780, 857
205, 215, 318
.515
.504
.509
.506
.516
.521
1,
1,601,054
1, 536,029
1, 527, 604
1, 566, 697
1, 668,085
92,967, 642
82,861, 644
81,250,907
81,486, 784
82, 714, 339
84, 570,148
177,161, 345
159,050, 326
153, 858,375
153, 731,640
157, 792, 544
162,858,030
.525
.521
.528
.530
.524
.519
4
These data are included in tables covering projects under the jurisdiction of the Public Works Administration. The data for December include 61,897 employees working on non-Federal projects and
8,331
employees working on low-cost housing projects.
fi
These data are for a calendar month and exclude both work projects and Student Aid of the National
Youth
Administration, which appear in a separate table.
6
Data on a monthly basis are not available. Includes rentals and services and some sponsors' contributions.
Table 18 shows the employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked
on work projects of the National Youth Administration from January
1936 to December 1937, inclusive. Similar data for Student Aid are
shown from September 1935 to December 1937, inclusive.
42
TABLE 18.—Employment and Pay Rolls From Beginning of Program Through December
1937 on National Youth Administration Projects Financed by The Works Program l
[Subject to revision]
Month and year
Number of
man-hours
worked
Number of Pay-roll dispersons
employed bursements
Average
earnings
per hour
Value of
material
orders
placed
Work projects
January 1936 to December 1937, inclusive
$61,484,949
162,920,150
January to December 1936..
$0,377 2 $5,549,074
75,827,799
.381
January...
FebruaryMarch
April
May
June
191,583
192,132
184, 556
172,816
3,087,288
3, 244,612
3,225,694
3,190, 767
3,106,114
2,920,141
8,220,880
8,745,281
8,727,263
8,679,905
8,361,816
7,794,377
.376
.371
.370
.368
.371
.375
July
August
September....
October
Novembers,.
December
149,836
133, 111
127, 219
122,827
126,852
137,929
2,491,265
2,347,639
2,192, 605
2,165,339
2,232,473
2,397,423
6,567,200
6,109,319
5,832,949
5, 723, 700
5,953,231
6,376,430
.379
.384
.376
.378
.375
.376
184,807
Student Aid
September
1935 to December 1937, inJepten
clusr
$56,240,623
187,793,604
6,363,503
25,888,559
19,612,976
85,424,616
.324
.303
417,064
427,396
440,382
440,823
424,117
249,175
2,967,461
3, 227,243
3,315,595
3,339,376
3,641, 529
1,992,288
10,214,889
11,136,339
11,452,356
11, 574,122
12,453,598
6,441,372
.291
.290
.290
.289
.292
35
30,879
237,307
283,269
288,131
141
139,188
1,549,634
1, 976,864
1,839,242
730
555, 283
5,388, 717
6,838,994
6,699,612
.193
.251
.288
.289
.275
September to December 1935.
January to December 1936
January. _.
FebruaryMarch
April
May
June
19S7
July».
August
September...
October
November 3 .
December. __
$0,299
12 Data are for a calendar month.
These data are not available on a monthly basis. Includes rentals and services and some sponsors'
contributions.
3
Revised.
< No expenditures for materials on this type of project.
*No students received aid during this period.
CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS
Statistics concerning employment and pay rolls in the Civilian Conservation Corps in November and December 1937 are presented in
table 19. The Civilian Conservation Corps is usually regarded as a
part of The Works Program, although it is now financed by a separate
appropriation.
43
TABLE 19.—Employment and Pay Rolls in the Civilian Conservation Corps, November
and December 1937 1
[Subject to revision]
Number of employees
Amount of pay rolls
Group
December
All groups
_
Enrolled personnel 2
Reserve officers
Nurses 3
.
Educational advisers 3
Supervisory and technical 3
_
November
December
November
338,217
350,714
$16,070,030
$16,335,123
291,658
5,501
281
1,642
39,137
302,207
5,751
278
1,660
40,818
9,183,358
1,716,426
29,365
278,048
4,862,833
9,495.196
1,522,980
28,589
283,454
5,004,904
1 Data on number of employees refer to employment on last day of month. Amounts of pay rolls are for
the entire month.
2 December data include 4,221 enrollees and pay roll of $100,631; November, 3,984 enrollees and pay roll of
$88,197 outside continental United States.
3 Included in executive service, tables 11 and 12.
Employment and pay-roll data for the Civilian Conservation
Corps are collected by the Bureau of Labor Statistics from the War
Department, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of
Commerce, and the Department of the Interior. The monthly pay
of the enrolled personnel is $30 per month. Assistant leaders, not to
exceed 10 percent of the total number of enrollees, may receive up to
$36 per month, and leaders, not to exceed 6 percent, may receive up
to $45 per month.
Monthly statistics of employment and pay rolls in the Civilian
Conservation Corps from December 1936 to December 1937, inclusive,
are given in table 20.
TABLE 20.—Employment and Pay Rolls in the Civilian Conservation Corps, by Months,
December 1936 Through December 1937 l
[Subject to revision]
Month
December
Number of
employees
374,791
Monthly
pay-roll disbursements
$17,738,865
1987
January
February
March
ApriL
May
407,723
394,521
» 307,336
369,309
348,905
18,650,537
18,314,594
15,770,090
17,502,905
16.719.019
Number of
employees
Month
1937—Continued
June
July
August
SeptemberOctober
November
December
_..
_..
Monthly
pay-roll disbursements
$16,085,832
348,779
2 327,360
289,167
363,256
350,714
338,217
16,851,511
16,380,024
14,950,554
15,622,911
16,335,299
16,070,030
* Data on number of employees refer to employment on last day of month. Amounts of pay rolls are
for2 entire month.
Revised.
44
CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS FINANCED BY RECONSTRUCTION
FINANCE CORPORATION
Statistics of employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked on
construction projects financed by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation in December are presented in table 21, by type of project.
TABLE 21.—Employment
and Pay
Rolls on Projects Financed by the
Reconstruction
Finance Corporation, by Type of Project, December 1937 *
[Subject to revision]
Number
of wage
earners 2
Type of project
Monthlypay-roll
disbursements
Number of
man-hours
worked
during
month
Average
earnings
per hour
Value of
material
orders
placed during month
All projects
4,028
$550,135
634, 645
$0. 867
$483,329
Building construction
Water and sewerage. _
Miscellaneous
339
3,586
103
25, 227
516,493
8,415
28,190
594,432
12, 023
.895
.869
.700
58,215
423,660
1,454
1
Data are for the month ending on the 15th.
2 Maximum number employed during any 1 week of the month by each contractor.
s Includes 116 employees; pay-roll disbursements of $9,760; 8,268 man-hours worked, and material orders
placed during the month of $58,215 on projects financed by R F C Mortgage Co.
A monthly summary of employment, pay rolls, and man-hours
worked on construction projects financed by the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation from December 1936 to December 1937, inclusive, is given in table 22.
TABLE 22.—Employment
and Pay
Rolls on Projects Financed by the
Reconstruction
Finance Corporation, December 1936 Through December 1937 x
[Subject to revision]
Month
December
January.
February
March
April
May
June
July..
August
September
October
November
December
Number of
wage
earners 2
Monthly
pay-roll
disbursements
Number of
man-hours
worked during month
Average
earnings
per hour
Value of
material
orders
placed during month
10,355
$1, 237,007
1, 697, 935
$0. 729
$1,488,306
9,934
9,194
8,873
8,671
7,346
5,596
1,117,933
1,071, 267
1,060,411
1,106,357
950,924
766,705
1, 521,162
1,441,322
1,371,966
1, 385, 854
1,174, 266
898,038
.735
.743
.773
.798
.810
.854
2, 538,060
1, 238,932
3 1, 707,821
1,071, 983
942,696
927, 929
4,880
4,789
4,056
4,261
4,421
4,028
654,167
660,987
541, 264
558,419
602, 221
550,135
759,161
769,236
634, 777
656,890
702, 485
634, 645
.862
.859
.853
.850
.857
.867
1,673,752
789, 251
910,473
3,197,856
483,329
19S7
_
_.
__.
*2 Includes projects financed by the R F C Mortgage Co. Data are for month ending on the 15th.
Maximum number employed during any 1 week of the month.
3 Revised.
45
CONSTRUCTION
PROJECTS FINANCED FROM REGULAR
APPROPRIATIONS
FEDERAL
Whenever a construction contract is awarded or force-account work
is started by a Department or agency of the Federal Government, the
Bureau of Labor Statistics is immediately notified, on forms supplied
by the Bureau, of the name and address of the contractor, the amount
•of the contract, and the type of work to be performed. Blanks are
then mailed by the Bureau to the contractor or Government agency
doing the work. These reports are returned to the Bureau and show
the number of men on pay rolls, and the amounts disbursed for pay,
the number of man-hours worked on the project, and the value of the
different types of materials for which orders were placed during the
month.
The following tables present data concerning construction projects
for which contracts have been awarded since July 1, 1934. The
Bureau does not have statistics covering projects financed from regular
Federal appropriations for which contracts were awarded previous to
that date.
Data concerning employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked on
construction projects financed from regular Federal appropriations
during December are given in table 23, by type of project.
T A B L E 23.—Employment on Construction Projects Financed From Regular Federal
Appropriations, by Type of Project, December 1937 1
[Subject to revision]
Number of wage
earners
Type of project
All projects
Building construction:
Nonresidential
Residential.
Electrification:
Rural Electrificationi Administration projects
Other than R. E. A. projects
Forestry
Grade-crossing
elimination:
Underpass construction
Heavy engineering
Public roads 8
Reclamation
River, harbor, and flood control:
Dredging, dikes, revetments,
etc
Locks and dams
Ship construction and repair:
Naval vessels
Other than naval vessels
Streets and roads
_.
Water and sewerage
Miscellaneous
Maximum
number
employed 2
3180, 594
Weekly
average
Monthly
pay-roll
disbursements
Number
of manhours
worked
during
month
Average
earnings
per hour
Value of
material
orders
placed
during
month
168,609 $17,162,379
23,964,127
$0. 716
$23,897,187
16, 767
71
1, 785, 744
6,310
1,902,146
7,354
.939
.858
2, 678, 581
16,846
127
227
5,813
94
219
444,469
7,819
8,070
807,467
13,171
21, 574
.550
.594
.374
1,951,789
7,663
2,764
13
72
(6)
12,182
10
64
53,216
11,341
1,049
5,666
3,927,048
1,378,646
1,060
5,215
6, 737,329
1, 731,875
1.086
.583
.796
10,617
158,353
6,545,080
2,855,373
29,974
10,251
26,204
9,096
2,606,252
1,034, 814
4,246,287
1,455,282
.614
.711
2,425,071
2,069,064
40,779
53
3,852
270
2,034
40,152
42
3,556
216
1,748
5,580,085
7,262
225, 579
20,683
122,883
6,414,814
6,352
415, 071
23,031
176,099
.870
1.143
.543
4,591,017
0
253,225
68, 657
263,087
20, 570
1
Data are for the month ending on the 15th.
2 Maximum number employed during any 1 week of the month by each contractor and Government
agency doing force-account work.
s Includes weekly average for public roads.
46 Financed by Rural Electrification Administration loans.
Under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Public Roads.
6
Not available; weekly average included in total for all projects.
46
Employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked on construction
projects financed from regular Federal appropriations from December
1936 to December 1937. inclusive, are shown by months in table 24.
TABLE 24.—Employment on Construction Projects Financed From Regular Federal
Appropriations, December 1936 Through December 1937 l
[Subject to revision]
Number
of wage
earners 2
Month
1986
_.
December
January
February...
March.
April
May
June
Monthly
pay-roll
disbursements
Number of Average
man-hours earnings
worked dur- per
hour
ing month
Value of material orders
placed during month
152,499
$14,290,708
20,311,195
$0,704
$14,321,802
119,853
112,770
120,175
132,639
160.346
177,265
11,857,007
10,904,648
11,847, 783
13,855,633
15,278,529
16,980,060
16,506,278
14, 735,028
16,280,905
19,545,518
21,858,124
24,532,459
.718
.740
.728
.709
11,729,532
13,613,251
12,820,438
15,572,168
18, 508,278
19,574,535
193,695
204,174
206,663
218.347
211,004
180, 594
19,599,384
19,571,849
21,667,700
20, 911,266
20,303,903
17,162,379
29,236,412
28,396,014
31,476,926
29, 940, 767
28,858, 259
23,964,127
.670
24,485,499
29, 665, 521
31, 993,137
24,400,381
23,858,860
23,897,187
1937
_
July
August.....
September
October
November
December
.704
.716
* Data are for the month ending on the 15th.
i Maximum number employed during any 1 week of the month by each contractor and Government
agency doing force*account work. Includes weekly average for public roads.
STATE-ROADS PROJECTS
A record of employment and pay-roll disbursements in the construction and maintenance of State roads from December 1936 to
December 1937, inclusive, is presented in table 25.
TABLE 25.—Employment on Construction and Maintenance of State Roads, December
1936 Through December 1937 1
[Subject to revision]
Number of employees working on *
Month
New roads
December
January
February
March
April
May
June
Maintenance
Total
21,394
138,540
159,934
$10,000,371
15,622
11,706
11,802
13,164
17,241
19,382
117,576
120,786
119,046
124,761
159,167
148,392
133,198
132,492
130,848
137,925
176,408
167,774
8,387,864
8,560,561
8,333,600
9,108,030
10,850,394
11,069,510
25,140
28,379
26,632
27,280
29,491
23,825
149,907
160,143
167,028
160,045
163,182
146,340
175,047
188,522
193, 660
187,325
192,673
170,165
11,998,370
12,815, 790
12,843,370
12,134,860
12,776,701
10,377,340
1937
...
July....
August
September
October..
November
December
Total pay
roll
1
Excluding employment furnished by projects financed from Public Works Administration and Works
Progress
Administration funds. Data are for the month ending on the 15th.
2
Monthly average.
47
MATERIAL ORDERS PLACED l
The value of material orders placed on construction projects
financed by Federal funds in the fourth quarter of 1937 is presented
in table 26.
In the fourth quarter of 1937 on the Public Works Administration
program, orders were placed for materials valued at approximately
$50,241,000. Of this amount $14,393,000 was expended for iron and
steel products, $3,748,000 for cement, $3,666,000 for forest products,
and $7,694,000 for machinery. On projects operated by the Works
Progress Administration, material orders placed in the fourth quarter
of 1937 amounted to $61,981,000.
Previous sections of this report have shown the number of workers
employed at the site of construction projects financed from Federal
funds. The direct employment, however, is only a partial picture, as
the manufacture of the materials used on the projects also creates a
large amount of employment.
It is estimated that in fabricating the materials used on the various
programs (table 3) approximately 562,000 man-months of labor have
been, or will be created. This includes only the labor required in the
fabrication of material in the form in which it is to be used. No
estimate is made of the labor required in producing the raw materials
or in transporting it to the point of manufacture. In manufacturing
structural steel, for example, the only labor included is that occurring
in the fabricating mills; no estimate is made for the labor created in
mining, smelting, and transporting the ore; nor for the labor in the
blast furnaces, the open hearth furnaces, and the blooming mills.
The information concerning man-months of labor created in fabricating materials is obtained by sending a questionnaire to each firm
receiving an award for materials to be financed from Federal or State
funds. The manufacturer is requested to make an estimate of the
number of man-hours created in his plant in manufacturing the materials specified in the contract. For materials purchased directly by
contractors the Bureau estimates the man-months of labor created.
This estimate is based upon the findings of the Census of Manufacturers for 1935.
* Unless otherwise specified, data presented in this section are of the 15th of the month.
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T A B L E 26.—Value of Material
Orders Placed
on Construction
Projects
Financed
by
Federal Funds for the Fourth Quarter, 1937 *
[Subject to revision]
Projects
Type of material
All materials
Total
ReconPublic
struction
Works
Finance
Adminis- Corporatration 2
tion 3
Federal
construcRegular tion under Operated
by
Federal * The Works
W . P . A.*
Program
$205,072,495 $50,240,810 $4,591,658 $72,156,428 516,103,046 $61,980,553
Textiles and their products.
Forest products..
63,732
12,207
9,454
111
13,981
3,783
843
384
32, 783
543
5,822
225,283
29,116
7,622
21, 696
5,576
8,800
4,424
219,631
1,187
152
4,960
13,840
5,657
6,053
1,595
7,531
3,375
185,657
190
1,850
1,574
198
426
665
1,191
454
152
1,725
15,497,427
3,666,261
51,774
3,777,522
1,359,400
39,305
21,736
9
13,301
4,259
7,166,529
1, 587,645
2,662,672
941,202
28,848
22, 582
3,352,580
391,278
1,122,429
232,583
Cork products
Lumber and timber products,
n. e. c
Planing mill products
Window and door screens and
weatherstrip.
_
•Chemicals and allied products
Ammunition and related products
__.
Chemicals, miscellaneous
Compressed and liquefied gases.
Explosives
Paints and varnishes
Stone, clay, and glass products
1,942
e 4,311,584
Awnings, tents, canvas, etc
Carpets and rugs
Cordage and twine
Cotton goods
_
Felt goods
_
Jute goods.__
_
Linoleum
Sacks and bags
Upholstering materials, n. e. c._
Waste
-
1,854
88
1,385
61,478
40,651
335
20,363
129
3, 377,870
592, 547
34,089
489, 789
282,849
7,668
45,573
63,970
662,166
1,821,857
7,668
23,898
16,365
233, 704
310,912
8,719
23,835
1,535
9,078
19,435
290, 778
170,498
12, 597
19,451
113,849
136,952
57,826, 280 13,481,683
Asbestos products, n. e. c
22,917
Brick,|hollow tile, and other clay
products
__. 5, 372,898
Cement
19,001,879
Concrete products
6,859,219
Crushed stone
7, 518, 786
Glass
335,043
Lime
19, 970
Marble, granite, slate, ajid other
stone products
2,637,052
Minerals and earth, ground or
otherwise treated
6,065
Sand and gravel
11,964,795
Tiling, floor and wall, and terrazzo
613,004
Wall plaster, wall board, and
622,159
insulating board
__
415, 822 18, 372,937
5,396
1,908
11, 574
300, 707
2,459
479
2,262
8
512, 548
7,951, 544
474,827
3,016,824
86,830
4,390
229,387
1,753,011
723,822
374,007
10,489
958
1,127,277
1,323
1,364,459
143,993
92,673
5,201
4,681,006
60
1,026,930
1,389
148,474
36,661
2,948
121,438
48,579
804
1, 753,057
449,194
Iron and steel and their products,
not including machinery
6 44,709,708 14,392,606 2,824,398 12,148,680
Bolts, nuts, washers, etc...
Cast iron pipe and fittings
Doors, shutters and window
sash and frames, molding and
trim (metal)...
Firearms
_
Forgings, iron and steel
Hardware, miscellaneous
Heating and ventilating equipment
Nails and spikes
Rail fastenings, excluding spikes.
Rails, steel
Springs, steel
See footnotes at end of table.
78,240
136,192
1,213
688,652
26, 695
1,556
71,689
559,299
388,803
53, 543
237, 619
771,026
51,873
1,487
40,278
78,363
55,158
560
840
520
136,113
1, 775,659
2,523
1,204
1,849,343
1,132, 783
740,822
1,459,746
126,424
761, 635
3,590,319
182, 235
24,435
198, 668
520
1,959,038
75,103
22, 388
157, 550
7,724
101
6
1,978,596
1,201,960
2,385,143
5,248,494
2,846,288
3,462,486
4,411,129
4,658,498 610,685,526
194,287
306,066
411,163
5,145,776
6 6,642,470
4,349,805 6 21,206,033
2,234,246
3,748,123
2,811,823
664,990
235,462
14,614
15, 613
K 0087420
2,926,655
774,168
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TABLE 26.—Value of Material Orders Placed on Construction Projects Financed by
Federal Funds for the Fourth Quarter, 1937—Continued
Projects
Type of material
Iron and steel and their products,
not including machinery—Con.
Steel works and rolling mill
products, n. e. c
_
Stoves and ranges, other than
electric
Structural and reinforcing steel..
Switches, railway
Tools, other than machine tools.
Wire products, n. e. c...
Wrought pipe
Nonferrous metals and their products
Aluminum manufactures
Copper products
Lead products
Nonferrous-metal alloys and
their products, n. e. c
Sheet-metal work._.
Zinc products
Machinery, not including transportation equipment
Electrical machinery, apparatus, and supplies
Elevators and elevator equipment
Engines, turbines, tractors, and
water wheels
Foundry and machine shop
products, n. e. c—
Machine tools
Meters, (gas, water, etc.) and
gas generators
Pumps and pumping equipment
Refrigerators and refrigerating
and ice-making apparatus
Transportation equipment, air,
land, and water .
Aircraft (new)
Boats, steel and wooden (small)
Carriages and wagons
Locomotives, other than steam._
Motor vehicles, passenger
Motor vehicles, trucks
Railways cars, mail and express
Total
Public
Works
Administration
$7,549,691
$1,991,724
6,914
17,286,739
4,548
1,126,551
1,484,079
313, 699
6,447
5,695,053
4,548
29,046
301,743
217,352
8 1,382,595
699,099
82,932
162,322
27, 604
58, 343
93,752
17,779
284,797
513,513
936
182,347
346,733
145
Regular
Federal
Federal
construction under
The Works
Program
Operated
by
W . P . A.
$2,641,304 $2,302,778
$613,885
93,212
5,502,080
467
3,086,834
2,424
1,448
236,082
1,025,798
80,171
118,316
155,090
16,176
740,68a
5,447
269, 602
97,958
• 310,491
882
24,459
64, 777
9,454
130
2,911
371
3,370
1,184
11
97,881
72,499
532
1,199
93. 097
248
637,163,555
7,694,449 1,022,917 23,830,360
1,692,108
6 2,923,721
13,715,723
2,821,945
8,598,270
551,005
1,510,758
1,237,661
459,348
776,167
2,146
4,696,982
403,073
2,960
3,968,893
322,056
15,309.463
241,933
3,431,955
41,390
786.069
143
9,086,905
178,673
637, 278
21,727,
233,745
$2,909,560
1,367,256
31,376
28,220
2,983
173
1,740,693
422,665
1,160, 633
157,395
144, 017
85,853
57,836
328
424,896
51,404
73,864
51,356
28,749
2,800
23,000
1,100
23,000
28,680
193
69
1,507
21, 546
348,801
27,304
9.317
35,674
12,229
37,551
248, 272
13,129,942
3,640,046
13,977.024
40,419,759
Miscellaneous 5,958
Belting, miscellaneous
421,817
Goal
-3,797
•4 Creosote
6,343,422
Electric wiring and fixtures.
Furniture, including store and
2,265,888
office fixtures
Instruments, professional and
8.998
scientific.
2,157
Mattresses and bed springs
2,546
Models and patterns
23,025
Paper products
See footnotes at end of table.
Reconstruction
Finance
Corporation
9,437,478
235,269
654
30,562
51
2, 232,416
23, 291
124,146
2,068
3,728,832
5,304
11,036
1,729
358,883
1,409, 510
8,929
42,394
5,509
2,124
474
3,425
719
6,400
2,157
2,546
18,804
77
248,272
256,022
799,546
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TABLE 26.-—Value of Material Orders Placed on Construction Projects Financed by
Federal Funds for the Fourth Quarter, 1937—Continued
Projects
Type of material
Total
Miscellaneous—Continued.
Paving materials and mixtures,
n. e. c
$8,165,154
Petroleum products
_. 7,856,582
Photographic apparatus and
materials
18,172
Plumbing supplies, n. e. c
2,700,776
Radio apparatus and s u p p l i e s 6,085
Roofing materials, n. e. c
648,867
Rubber goods
267,168
Steam and other packing, pipe
and boiler covering, and
gaskets
275,271
Theatrical scenery and stage
equipment
40,696
Window shades and fixtures
46,246
Other materials
11,317,134
ReconPublic struction
Works
Finance
Adminis- Corporatration
tion
$799,072
1,179,073
82,449
Federal
construc- Operated
tion under
by
TheWorks W. P . A.
Program
Regular
Federal
$1,273,154
3,652,496
$447,144
1,154, 215
$5,645,746
1,788,349
541
173,683
708.467
100, 382
42,640
120,947
8,595
1,309,099
6,067
379,812
58,153
1,491
11,488
4,997
18,509
7,545
498,039
18
163,676
26,919
204,769
501
48,790
21,211
40,509
43,541
187
1, 705, 739
83,261
1,519
3,554,797
1.186
1,315,390
4,657,947
1
This table includes certain items which are not actually construction materials, i. e., fuel, transportation
equipment, tools, furniture, etc.
2
Includes material orders placed on P. W. A. projects financed by the Emergency Relief Appropriation
Acts of 1935,1936, and 1937.
* Does not include material orders placed on projects for which contracts were awarded before Mar. 15,
1934.
Includes projects financed by RFC Mortgage Co.
4
Does not include material orders placed on projects for which contracts were awarded before July 1,1934.
* Includes material orders placed to Dec. 31, 1937. Includes National Youth Administration projects.
* Includes material orders placed for projects operated by W. P. A. which are not classified in detail.
The value of material orders placed on Federal professional, technical, and clerical projects financed by The Works Program, by type
of material, for the fourth quarter of 1937, the third quarter of 1937,
and the fourth quarter of 1936 is shown in table 27.
TABLE 27.—Value of Material Orders Placed on Federal Professional, Technical, and
Clerical Projects Financed by The Works Program
[Subject to revision]
Type of material
All materials
Computing machines
Furniture.—
Office supplies
Stationery.
Typewriters
Other office machines
Other materials
Rental of machinery and equipment.
Fourth
quarter
of 1937
Third
quarter
of 1937
Fourth
quarter
of 1936
$156,523
$161,265
$347,609
1,310
7,749
18,297
5,519
307
3,916
352
2,825
35,529
6,502
270
866
72,763
42,158
5,499
13,074
25,632
12,139
1,203
948
246,178
42,936
42,727
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Rentals and services on projects operated by the Works Progress
Administration for the first, second, third, and fourth quarters of
1937, are shown in table 28, by type of rental and service.
TABLE 28.—Rentals and Sendees on Projects Operated by the Works Progress
Administration
[Subject to revision]
Type of rental and service
All rentals and services
Busses and autos
Teams and wagons
Trucks and vans
Paving, road-building, and construction equipment
Other equipment (including office equipment).
Space rentals and services
Other services (including utilities)
First
quarter of
19371
Second
quarter of
$46,150,914
$39,128,795
$41,632,998
$44,151,434
742,342
2,202,463
22,734,107
565,237
1,313,122
18,160,926
487,329
1,005,987
19,856,660
580,647
1,149,911
19,419,123
13,532,815
685,243
2,043,446
4,210,498
11,723,627
836,416
2,359,897
4,169,570
13,820,540
695,192
2,074,500
15,649,200
764,806
2,658,342
3,929,405
1937
2
Third
quarter of
1937 3
3,692,790
Fourth
quarter of
1937*
1 Quarterly period ending Mar. 31, 1937.
2 Quarterly period ending June 30, 1937.
3 Quarterly period ending Sept. 30, 1937.
« Quarterly period ending Dec. 31.1937.
Table 29 shows rentals and services on work projects of the National Youth Administration for the third and fourth quarters of 1937.
TABLE 29.—Rentals and Services on Work Projects of National Youth Administration
[Subject to revision]
Type of rental and service
All rentals and services
Third quar- Fourth quarter of 1937 i ter of 1937 a
$383,447
$683,127
• -;
Buses and autos
Teams and wagons
Trucks and vans
.._
Paving, road-building, and construction equipment._
Other equipment (including office equipment)
Space rentals and services
Other services (including utilities)
5,564
4,172
76,991
26,972
39,974
174,049
55, 725
. 3
3,779
5,104
80,567
56,201
91,934
330,510
115,032
1 Quarterly period ending Sept. 30,1937.
2 Quarterly period ending Dec. 31,1937.
In connection with the administration of the Public Contracts Act
the Bureau of Labor Statistics has been collecting data on supply
contracts awarded by Federal agencies of the United States for the
manufacture or furnishing of materials, supplies, articles, and equipment in any amount exceeding $10,000.
Table 30 shows the value of public contracts awarded under the act
for materials during the first, second, third, and fourth quarters of
1937.
The first public contracts were awarded under the act in September
1936.
52
TABLE 30.—Value of Supply Contracts Awarded by the Federal Government, Which Con~
tain Agreements to Comply with the Public Contracts Act, by Type of Material
[Subject to revision]
Value of contracts awarded during 1937
Type of materials
All materials
Food and kindred products.
Canned fruits and vegetables
.-.
Canned sea foods
Cereal preparations
_
_
Coffee
Condensed and evaporated milk..
Feeds, prepared, for animals and fowls
Flour and other grain mill products
Meat-packing product?
Shortening and vegetable cooking oil
Sugar
_
_
Miscellaneous subsistence stores and supplies.
Textiles and their products..
First
quarter i
Second
quarter 2
Cork and cork products
_
Furniture
Lumber and timber products, n. e. c.
Planing-mill products
Treated lumber and timber
...
Miscellaneous forest products
Chemicals and allied products..
Ammunition and related products.
Compressed and liquefied gases
Explosives
Linseed oil
Paints and varnishes.__
___
Soap and soap chips
Miscellaneous chemicals
Products of asphalt, coal, and petroleum.
Asphalt, oil, tar, and mixtures
Coal
_
Coke
_
_
.".
Fuel oil
Gasoline
_
_
Lubricating oils and greases
Miscellaneous coal and petroleum products...
Leather and its manufactures.
Fourth
quarter 4
$78,905,478 $97,057,708 $57,920,986 $45,530,806
4,066,107
3,187,996
2,621,496
265,654
425, 974
26, 326
633, «03
329, 639
392, 322
197, 533
367, 443
98, 855
426, 790
1,327, 242
11,682
383,056
619, 898
219, 420
291, 746
189,648
1,266, 861
88,251
12. 741
185, 984
39, 559
218,793
241,740
162,620
385,122
661, 450
208, 205
196, 742
34,127,602
10,953,105
286,697
195, 576
Canvas bags and covers...
_
32, 099
304, 547
Clothing (overcoats, suits, trousers,
etc.)
278, 935
Clothing, manufacture only 5
_. 1, 578, 643
504,925
Cordage and twine, including thread
182,853
267,403
Cotton gloves
243, 516
3
982, 293
Cotton goods (drills, prints, sheeting, etc.)
4, 503, 608
Cotton shirts
_
_
_
10, 253
404, 297
Furnishing goods, men's, n. e. c
367, 584
250,822
Ilousefurnishing goods (pillow cases, sheets, etc.)
1,031,418
Knit goods (hosiery, underwear, etc.)
_
1,942, 308 2,698, 227
756, 302
Woolen goods (flannels, suiting, etc.)
_
21, 208, 221
733,165
Work clothing,_
_
_. 1,960,082
576,613
Miscellaneous textile products
_
780, 320
Forest products.
Third
quarter 3
822, 271
2, 526, 955
47, 378
462, 912
165, 638
130, 297
16,046
30.658
1, 236,910
701, 962
161,226
242, 561
153,638
2, 284,309
281,467
78,883
24, 797
633, 572
84,119
255,165
90,184
339, 770
31,998
175,615
288, 739
8,001.485
10,922, 518
18, 975
332,138
205, 512
69,340
578,687
73,088
111,170
2,036, 705
26.102
21,910
2, 207, 275
17,540
1,125,423
66,633
576, 922
3,094,815
137,830
375,922
210,097
405,013
532, 755
5,768,907
282,699
648, 575
477,191
853,957
52, 559
173,213
88,489
378,420
29, 394
142,445
215,209
251, 419
1,133.495
5,904,144
3,097, 764
37,044
32,080
114,105
59, 557
205, 427
327, 215
358,067
4,177,458
234, 503
448, 529
62, 577
298.364
60,441
622, 272
1,034,660
5,096,152
23, 260, 749
517,909
24, 659
3,837,954
635, 690
,
65.036
26, 282
171,520
383, 330
5,928,095
1,701,792
2, 816, 825
13,967
21,000
8, 856,
7, 773,
1, 735,
421,
247
695
211
952
456.871
526, 304
16,136
971, 748
3, 604, 984
60, 425
291, 627
569, 436
60,031
~36l,~053
57, 688
79. 034
11, 630
8. 436,148
615,245
323, 518
5,922,015
1, 366, 716
99,058
109, 596
3,105,231
1, 614,883
2,176,170
227,490
Boots and shoes..
Boots and shoes, cut stock...
Gloves..
_
Shoe upper—leather
Miscellaneous leather goods.
I, 380
15, 077
38,319
112,455
1,267, 538
""l85,"798"
1,767,361
103,479
29,380
257, 275
18, 675
47,269
"ll6,"699
Stone, clay, and glass products..
2, 284,895
4, 550,804
2,868,924
2, 518, 603
45, 500
1,034,984
101,189
2, 260,425
1,682,376
1,678,401
Brick..
Cement..
_
See footnotes at end of table.
63,522
53
TABLE 30.—Value of Supply Contracts Awarded by the Federal Government, Which Contain Agreements to Comply with the Public Contracts Act, by Type of Material—Con.
Value of contracts awarded during 1937
Type of materials
Stone, clay, and glass products—Continued.
Concrete pipe.__
Concrete, ready mixed
_
Crushed stone
Glass.™
_
Granite and marble
-.--_
Riprap stone
Sand and gravel
Soil, black earth
Terra cotta
Tile, clay, including drain
Vitrified clay and terra cotta pipe
Miscellaneous stone, clay, and glass products
Iron and steel and their products, not including machinery
Bolts, nuts, rivets, washers, etc.
Cast-iron pipe and fittings
Fencing materials
Forgings, iron and steel
Hardware, miscellaneous
Metal doors, sash, and frames.__
Metal furniture
Metal shingles and roofing
Pipe and fittings
Plumbing fixtures and supplies..
Rails, steel
Railway tie plates
Reinforcing steel
Steel pipe and fittings
Steel sheets, plates, shapes, and strips.
Stoves and ranges, other than electric
Structural steel, fabricated, and sheet-steel piling
Tools, other than machine tools
Wire rope
Miscellaneous iron and steel products
Nonferrous metals and their alloys.
Aluminum manufactures
Brass products
Bronze products
Copper products
Fixtures, gas and'electric...
Lead products
Magnesium
Nickel
Plated ware
Sheet-metal work
Tin
Zinc
_.
Miscellaneous nonferrous metals and alloys..
Machinery, not including transportation equipment and
electrical equipment
„
Air-conditioning equipmentElevators and elevator equipment
Engines, turbines, tractors, and parts
Filter and purification equipment
Laundry machinery and equipment..
Machine tools.
Office equipment
Phonographs and accessories
Power shovels and draglines
Printing and publishing machinery
Pumps and pumping equipmentRefrigerators and refrigerating and ice-making machinery
_
_
Road machinery
Windlasses, hawsers, etc
Miscellaneous machinery and parts.
See footnotes at end of table.
First
quarter
Second
quarter
$231,921
240,093
149,628
16,397
15,119
59,480
124, 731
63,384
$14,360
64, 695
150,161
10,800
$181, 584
31,414
11,090
133, 578
527,896
34, 630
75,700
72,696
258,638
78,906
85,366
139,386
$169,384
324, 530
518,384
51, 557
164, 640
17, 250
567,384
85,840
16,866
10,801
22, 778
239, 776
45, 622
204,806
"l72,"853
6, 221,987
5,433, 533
7,494,234
4,804,489
15,995
220,453
10,472
809,125
72,769
44, 559
115,156
47,168
65, 720
38,382
69,740
75,345
200,701
69,032
3,567,341
36,076
25,964
116,676
37,690
393,142
23,494
677,208
91,816
77,748
Third
quarter
127,226
42,081
97,635
10,338
79,348
Fourth
quarter
36,227
13,364
79,774
45,182
17,248
761,455
10,320
654,065
«6,124
269, 239
170, 519
14, 925
593,413
339,978
2,565,422
201,307
2, 228,838
132, 737
619,083
26, 791
829,563
145,964
44, 750
724,445
2,076,603
1, 657,448
2,198,352
1,534, 682
87,700
191,887
15,270
577,239
356,306
12,874
23,892
611,983
240,062
72, 747
211,215
12,417
278,237
659,351
43, 750
33,386
40,143
122,650
28,047
119,151
94,204
144,972
54,367
53,750
12,420
23,738
482,947
72, 573
443,690
59,085
163, 669
122,250
240,835
116,859
63,993
11,926
117, 615
14,745
15,348
289,170
7,598,749
8,567,356
98,823
35,670
1,089,124
28,130
54,978
311, 558
12,348
404,421
6,285,570
57,500
792,741
665,778
271,251
258,309
1,720,900
433, 567
12,929
128,808
1,249, 685
319,187
2,839,417
108,228
1,989,610
23,492
35, 643
360,151
45,837
3,577,476
304,847
12,750
247,481
296,092
43, 300
46,596
78,025
606,959
190,336
197,927
219,685
3,868,461
53,745
3,496,704
362,760
35,518
538,158
116,308
13,500
371,982
16,354
50,968
12,810
10,400
84,950
1,489,083
54
TABLE 30.—Value of Supply Contracts Awarded by the Federal Government, Which Contain
Agreements to Comply with the Public Contracts Act, by Type of Material—Con.
Value of contracts awarded during 1937
Type of materials
Electrical machinery, apparatus, and supplies..
Batteries.
Circuit breakers and switches __..,__-----Electric cable, wire, and other conductors
Generators and spare parts
_
Heaters and ranges
_
_
Lamps, incandescent, and X-ray tubes
Motors
Radio equipment and supplies
Spark plugs
Starters
Switchboards, relay find control equipment
Telephone and telegraph apparatus
Transformers
Welding equipment
Miscellaneous electrical machinery, apparatus and
supplies
First
quarter
Second
quarter
Third
quarter
Fourth
quarter
$5,121,273
$6,051,051
$7,314,981
$5,020,162
317, 748
822,067
1,281,851
518,266
145,329
223,814
475,877
1,026,311
15.660
1,043,031
274,590
1,885,982
299, 684
108,021
11,694
868,007
99,336
99,240
"41," 206"
Miscellaneous.
Brooms, brushes, bristles, etc
_
Dental goods and equipment
Instruments, professional and scientific
Linoleum
Oyster shell
Paper and allied products
Photographic apparatus and materials
Printing, publishing, and subscriptions
Rubber products
Slag..
Steam and other packing, pipe and boiler covering..
Surgical and orthopedic supplies and appliances
Tobacco manufactures
-.
Other materials
_
_
Rentals, services, etc.6
30,914
10,628
1, 767,493
47,503
422, 263
129, 235
1,499,711
57,188
211,253
95,783
2,206,222
688,618
953,951
10,778.718
2,201,331
2,120, 241
88,018
3,457,059
39,359
575,673
1,779,139
5,018,570
3,335,384
«27,642
1,729, 793
67,329
83,785
840,463
76,208
236,741
905, 269
68,865
525,810
365, 736
50,461
275,621
681,343
221, 270
2,625,044
13, 539,573
4,973,607
3, 399, 324
220.155
52,082
417,893
102,919
39,214
1,737,032
67,236
159,740
187,797
65,014
593.528
87,935
Transportation equipment.
Aircraft
Aircraft parts and equipment
Boats awd boat equipment
Motor vehicles, passenger
Motor vehicles, trucks
_..
Miscellaneous transportation equipment.
199,084
1,358,895
304,024
65, 705
57,829
57,813
1,146,152
165,630
56,289
187,907
78,080
131,827
35, 594
415,955
195,907
273, 741
364,046
27,017
455,287
202,871
24,165
5,705,514
368, 520
200,000
348,894
22,623
415,358
571,967
264,260
1,301,977
2, 369,894
T 608," 543"
557,681
314,899
455,148
190,903
2()4,083
26,050
18,908
190,006
38,624
212,310
38,471
1,093,113
„304,175
13,626
85,742
89,413
1, 235,787
601,435
1 For period ending Mar. 31, 1937. Revised.
2 For period ending June 30, 1937. Revised.
3 For period ending Sept. 30, 1937. Revised.
• For period ending Dec. 31, 1937.
• Labor only. Materials furnished by United States Government.
• Includes equipment rental, repairs, aerial surveys, etc.
The value of public contracts awarded for materials by Federal
agencies totaled $45,531,000 during the fourth quarter of 1937. Of
the contracts awarded in the fourth quarter of 1937, $10,923,000 was
for textiles and textile products; $2,839,000, for machinery, not
including transportation and electrical equipment; $4,804,000, for
iron and steel and their products, not including machinery; and
$5,020,000, for electrical machinery, apparatus, and supplies.
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