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Serial No. R. 884
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 1938
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UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE • WASHINGTON • 1939
CONTENTS
Summary of employment reports for December 1938:
Total nonagricultural employment
Industrial and business employment
Public employment
Detailed tables for December 1938:
Industrial and business employment
Public employment
1
1
4
8
37
Tables
SUMMARY
TABLE 1.—All manufacturing industries combined and nonmanufacturing
industries—employment, pay rolls, and weekly earnings,
December 1938
TABLE 2.—Federal employment and pay rolls—summary, December
1938
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 1938, third quarter of 1938, and fourth
quarter of 1937
5
7
8
INDUSTRIAL AND BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT
TABLE 4.—Manufacturing and nonmanufacturing industries—employment, pay rolls, hours, and earnings, December 1938
TABLE 5.—Manufacturing and nonmanufacturing industries—employment, pay rolls, hours, and earnings, October through
December 1938
TABLE 6.—Manufacturing and nonmanufacturing industries—indexes
of employment and pay rolls
TABLE 7.—Geographic divisions and States—comparison of employment
and pay rolls in identical establishments in November and
December 1938
TABLE 8.—Principal metropolitan areas—comparison of employment
and pay rolls in identical establishments in November and
December 1938
10
16
23
34
36
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
TABLE 9.—Executive service of the Federal Government—employment
and pay rolls in November and December 1938
TABLE 10.—Construction projects financed by Public Works Administration funds—employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked,
December 1938, by type of project
_
__
(ni)
37
38
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Page
TABLE 11.—Projects financed by The Works Program—employment, pay
rolls, and man-hours worked, December 1938, by type of
project
TABLE 12.—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
programs
TABLE 13.—Civilian Conservation Corps—employment and pay rolls.
November and December 1938
TABLE 14.—Construction projects financed by the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation—employment, pay rolls, and man-hours
worked, December 1938, by type of project
TABLE 15.—Construction projects financed from regular Federal appropriations—employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked,
December 1938, by type of project
TABLE 16.—Construction and maintenance of State roads—employment
and pay-roll disbursements, December 1938, November
1938, and December 1937
41
43
44
44
45
46
PURCHASES FROM PUBLIC FUNDS
TABLE 17.—Value of material orders placed on construction projects
financed by Federal funds, fourth quarter of 1938, by type
of project
TABLE 18.—Value of material orders placed on construction projects
financed by Federal funds, third quarter of 1938, by type of
project
r
TABLE 19.—Value of material orders placed on Federal professional,
technical, and clerical projects financed by The Works
Program, fourth quarter of 1938, third quarter of 1938, and
fourth quarter of 1937
TABLE 20.—Rentals and services on projects operated by the Works
Progress Administration, third quarter of 1938, second
quarter of 1938, and third quarter of 1937
TABLE 21.—Rentals and services on work projects of the National Youth
Administration, third quarter of 1938, second quarter of
1938, and third quarter of 1937
TABLE 22.—Value of public contracts awarded for materials, fourth quarter
of 1938, third quarter of 1938, and fourth quarter of 1937
47
49
50
50
51
51
Employment and Pay Rolls
SUMMARY OF REPORTS FOR DECEMBER 1938
Total Nonagricultural
Employment
THERE was a further increase of 200,000 in employment in nonagricultural industries in December. The most significant features of the
December gain were the continued increase in factory employment,
which normally declines at this season, and an unusually large expansion in retail trade. Since July almost 1,200,000 workers have been
reemployed in nonagricultural occupations. These figures do not
include employees on projects of the Works Progress Administration
and other Federal emergency agencies or certain temporary workers
who are hired only during peaks of activity in some industries.
In addition to the gain of approximately 55,000 workers in manufacturing industries, approximately 440,000 additional persons w^ere
employed in retail stores between mid-November and mid-December
to handle the holiday trade. Smaller increases were reported in metal
and coal mining, wholesale trade, brokerage, and insurance. In
quarries, dyeing and cleaning plants, and private building construction
there were substantial seasonal recessions. In building, the decline
was much less pronounced than is usual in December. Class I
railroads laid off nearly 18,000 workers. The seasonal reductions in
employment in crude-petroleum producing, utilities, hotels, and laundries were not large.
In December employment gains were reported on P. W. A. projects,
on low-cost housing projects of the United States Housing Authority,
on Federal projects under The Works Program, and on work projects
of the National Youth Administration. Decreases in the number
working occurred on all other programs. In the regular services of the
Federal Government increases occurred in the executive, judicial, and
military services; a decrease occurred in the legislative service.
Industrial and Business Employment
Increases in employment were reported by 49 of the 87 manufacturing industries surveyed by the Bureau and 7 of the 16 nonmanufacturing industries covered. Pay-roll increases were reported by 63 of the
manufacturing and 8 of the nonmanufacturing industries.
(l)
The rise of 0.8 percent (55,000 workers) in factory employment
continued the succession of increases which began in July 1938,
although in December employment normally declines by about 1
percent. The Bureau of Labor Statistics index of factory employment
(91.2 percent of the 1923-25 average) is above that for any month
during the past year. It shows a reduction of 3.5 percent from December 1937. The gain of 3.0 percent in factory pay rolls was much more
pronounced than the usual seasonal increase of 0.4 percent and represented an addition of $4,800,000 in weekly disbursements to factory
wage earners. The Bureau index of factory pay rolls for December
(86.6 percent of the 1923-25 average) reached the highest level since
November 1937 and was 2.9 percent above the December 1937 level.
The employment increases in the separate manufacturing industries
were in most instances either more pronounced than seasonal or contraseasonal, while most of the declines were smaller than usual. The
most pronounced gains were in the durable-goods industries, in which
employment rose 1.2 percent as compared with 0.4 percent in the
nondurable goods group. The manufacturing industries in which
the most substantial numbers of workers were returned to employment
between November and December were as follows: Automobiles,
(20,100), woolen goods (12,200), foundries and machine shops (11,200),
shoes (9,100), steel (5,700), cotton goods (4,400), agricultural implements (3,700), and book and job printing (3,000). Among the manufacturing industries showing comparatively large seasonal declines
were canning (15,100), sawmills (6,700), beet sugar (3,500), and men's
clothing (1,800).
In retail trade the employment gain of 12.8 percent (440,000
workers) reflected the expansion necessary to handle holiday volume
and was the most pronounced employment increase in this month
during the last 10 years. In the general merchandising group (department, variety, and general merchandise stores and mail-order houses)
the gain of 37.9 percent in employment brought the index for December to 144.1 percent of the 1929 average, the highest level shown during
the past decade with the exception of December 1937, and represented a substantially larger gain than the usual December increase
of 26 percent. Pronounced gains were also reported in the following
lines of retail trade: Jewelry (21.4 percent); apparel (13.3 percent);
furniture (5.2 percent); hardware (4.3 percent); drugs (3.4 percent);
coal, wood, and ice (2.8 percent); cigars (2.5 percent); automotive
(1.3 percent); and food (1.2 percent).
Wholesale trade showed a contraseasonal employment gain of 0.3
percent, or 3,200 persons. This increase brought the employment
level for this industry to the highest point since February 1938.
Among the important wholesale groups which shared in the increase
were: Farm products (1.7 percent), paper and paper products (3.7
percent), automotive (0.8 percent), electrical (0.5 percent), furniture
(0.7 percent), and groceries (0.1 percent). Among the wholesale lines
reporting employment declines were food products, dry goods and
apparel, and lumber and building materials.
The employment gain of 0.6 percent or 400 workers in metal mines
continued the upward movement of the last 4 months and brought
the employment level above that of any month since March 1938.
Bituminous-coal mines took on 3,200 additional workers, while
quarries and oil wells curtailed employment slightly less than seasonally, by approximately 4,000 workers. Anthracite mines showed an
employment gain of 0.6 percent coupled with a pay-roll increase of
17.3 percent. Laundries and dyeing and cleaning plants reduced
their forces seasonally by 0.3 percent and 4.5 percent, respectively.
Telephone and telegraph companies curtailed their forces by 0.2
percent, electric light and power companies by 0.5 percent, and
electric railroads by 0.3 percent. Year-round hotels reduced their
staffs by 0.6 percent, which is less than usual for December.
Private building construction firms reported a decline of 6.7 percent
in employment according to reports received from 15,137 contractors
employing 121,428 workers. This was the smallest curtailment reported for December in the last 6 years with the exception of 1935.
Corresponding pay rolls decreased 6.6 percent. Decreases in building
construction employment were reported in each geographic division.
The reports on which these figures are based do not cover construction
projects financed by the Public Works Administration, the Works
Progress Administration, and the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, or by regular appropriations of the Federal, State, and local
Governments.
Average employment and pay rolls for the year 1938 were below
those for 1937 for most of the major industrial groups surveyed
monthly by the Bureau. In employment the outstanding decreases
from 1937 to 1938 were 26 percent for the durable-goods group of
manufacturing industries (nondurable goods showed a decline of 11
percent and manufacturing as a whole showed a drop of 18 percent),
26 percent for private building construction, 23 percent for metal
mining, 18 percent for quarrying, 15 percent for brokerage, and 13
percent for coal mining. The pay-roll declines for these industries
were equal to or more pronounced than the employment decreases.
With the exception of the insurance industry which showed an employment gain of 2 percent and the telephone and telegraph industry,
which showed a pay-roll gain of 3 percent, all of the remaining industries covered showed decreases. The declines ranged from 2 percent
to 6 percent for employment and from less than 1 percent to 4 percent
for pay rolls.
A preliminary report of the Interstate Commerce Commission
indicated a decrease between November and December of 1.8 percent,
or 17,620 in the number of employees on class I railroads. The total
number reported in December was 943,082. Corresponding pay-roll
figures for December were not available when this report was prepared.
For November they amounted to $149,011, 526 as against $155,270,047
for October, a decrease of 4.0 percent.
| Hours and earnings.—The average hours worked per week by wage
earners in manufacturing industries were 37.1 in December, an increase of 2.0 percent since November. The corresponding average
hourly earnings were 64.8 cents, an increase of 0.5 percent as compared
with the preceding month. Average weekly earnings increased 2.3
percent to $24.24.
i|& Of the 14 nonmanufacturing industries for which man-hour data are
available, 8 showed increases in average hours worked per wxek and
4 showed gains in average hourly earnings. Average weekly earnings
were higher for 10 of the 16 nonmanufacturing industries surveyed.
Employment and pay-roll indexes and average weekly earnings in
December 1938 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, are presented in table 1.
Public Employment
Employment on projects of the Public Works Administration
showed an increase of 21,000 for the month ending December 15.
The gains in the number working on projects financed from funds
provided by the Public Works Administration Appropriation Act
of 1938 were sufficiently great to offset declines in employment on
P. W. A. projects financed from other funds. Of the 195,000 at work
in December, 12,000 were working on Federal and non-Federal projects ^financed from National Industrial Recovery Act funds, 46,000
on non-Federal projects financed from funds provided by the Emergency Relief Appropriation Acts of 1935, 1936, and 1937, and 137,000
on Federal and non-Federal projects financed with funds provided
by the Public Works Administration Appropriation Act of 1938.
Pay-roll disbursements for the period amounted to $16,170,000.
During the month ending December 15 more than 2,000 men were
working on new construction and demolition projects of the United
States Housing Authority; pay rolls amounted to $293,000. These
figures pertain only to new projects under the United States Housing
Authority and not to those formerly under the Public Works Administration.
TABLE 1.—Employment,
Pay Rolls, and Earnings in All Manufacturing Industries
Combined and in Nonmanufacturing Industries, December 1938
Employment
Average weekly
earnings
Pay roll
Percentage
Percentage
ber
ber
Index, change from— Index. change from—
DeDecem- NocemNoDeDeber
ber
vem- cemvemcem1938
1938
Industry
1938
ber
1937
1937
Percentage
change from—
November
1938
December
1937
{1923-25
=100)
All manufacturing
industries
combined 1
_._
-3.5
Class I steam railroads 3
-6.3
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
RetailGeneral merchandising
Other than general
merchandising
_.
Hotels (year-round) i 7 Laundries 5
__ 5
_.
Dyeing and cleaning
Brokerage
Insurance
_
Building construction
ber
Average
m
December
1938
62.3
41.4
67.7
+.0
+.8
+.6
-16.4
-10.2
-11.6
-6.7
-5.6
-11.4
+3.0
+2.9
100)
42.5 +17.3
80.9
-.6
54.1 +3.5
-17.1
-14.9
-16.9
86.6
33.7
62.5
-9.6
-1.3
+.9
-10.4
+2.0
+6.6
26.99 +16.6
24.05 - 1 . 4
27.16 +2.8
-5.3
-6.0
-3.2
-.5
+6.9
+1.2
»24.
24
20.42
33.41
+2.9
74.2
-.2
-4.8
92.7
-.3
-2.1
<J 30. 71
91.4
-.5
-4.8
98.2
-.5
-4.1
6 33. 72
+.1
+.7
69.4
-.3
-4.8
69.5
+1.0
-3.3
o 32. 59
+.3
-3.5
-2.3
+.4
75.6
79.4 +11.1
-2.7
-1.5
6 29.10
o 20.13
+1.3
+.1
+1.5
90.0
98.1
-1.2
122.9 +33.9
-.3
16.95
-2.9
+4.5
-2.0
-1.8
-1.3
-.4
-12.7
-.5
-11.8
6 24.12
« 15. 02
17.43
0
+.5
+1.2
8 36. 59
e 35. 79
28.97
+.7
+1.1
+.2
+.9
+.9
+1.3
+2.5
+.9
144.1
86.0
91.9
93.4
97.9
+12.8
+37.9
+4.5
-.6
-.3
-4.5
+.2
+.1
-6.7
-2.9
-3.1
-3.7
-1.2
-9.9
+2.2
-15.5
70.3
81.1
80.0
68.3
(
-.2
+.9
-7.5
+.9
+1.2
19.23
-1.6
-3.1
-3.1
-2.6
+3.9
i Revised indexes. Adjusted to 1935 Census of Manufactures. Indexes for earlier months and years
given in August issue of this pamphlet.
* Does not include railroad repair shops.
s4 Preliminary. Source: Interstate Commerce Commission.
Not available.
* Indexes adjusted to 1935 Census. Comparable series back to January 1929 presented in January 1938
issue of this pamphlet.
* Average weekly earnings not strictly comparable with figures published in issues of this pamphlet dated
earlier than January 1938, as they now exclude corporation officers, executives, and other employees whoso
duties
are mainly supervisory.
7
Cash payments only; the additional value of board, room, and tips cannot be computed.
The seasonal decline in construction work, usual at this time of
the year, was reflected in the drop of 25,000 in the number of men
working on construction projects financed by regular Federal appropriations. Decreases in emplo}Tment were reported for all types of
projects with the following exceptions: Building construction, dredging, dikes, revetments, etc., ship construction, streets and roads, and
miscellaneous projects. During the month ending December 15,
215,000 men were at work; pay rolls for the period amounted to
$20,191,000.
128626—39
2
Nearly 3,000 men were working on construction projects financed
by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation during the month ending December 15. Monthly pay rolls for this period amounted to
$308,000.
In December there was a drop from November of 226,000 in employment on projects operated by the Works Progress Administration. However, the number at work, 2,987,000, was more than
1,316,000 above the employment level of a year ago. Pay rolls for
December 1938 amounted to $167,160,000, a decrease of $5,214,000
when compared with the preceding month but a gain of $82,447,000
over the pay rolls for December 1937. There was a small increase
in the number working on Federal projects under The Works
Program during the month ending December 15. A gain of 12,000
in employment was reported on work projects of the National Youth
Administration. Data on employment and pay rolls for Student
Aid in December will not be available until next month.
In the regular services of the Federal Government increases in employment were reported in the number working in the executive,
judicial, and military services; a decrease was shown for the legislative
service. Of the 917,000 employees in the executive service in December, 120,000 were working in the District of Columbia and 797,000
outside the District. Force-account employees (employees who are on
the Federal pay roll and are engaged on construction projects) were
10 percent of the total number of employees in the executive service.
Increases in employment occurred in the Post Office Department, the
Navy Department, and the administrative offices of the Public Works
Administration. The following reported declines in employment:
War, Interior, Agriculture, and the Tennessee Valley Authority.
As usual at the end of an enlistment period there was a decrease in
employment in the Civilian Conservation Corps. In December 15,000
were dropped from the rolls, reducing the total number in camps to
321,000. Of this total 284,000 were enrollees, 5,000 Reserve officers,
300 nurses, 1,600 educational advisers, and 30,000 supervisory and
technical employees. For all groups of workers monthly pay-roll
disbursements totaled $14,450,000.
As a result of seasonal influences, employment on State-financed
road projects declined during the month ending December 15. Of the
184,000 at work, 21,000 were employed on new road construction and
163,000 were engaged in maintenance work. Pay rolls for both types
of road work were $11,439,000.
A summary of Federal employment and pay-roll data for November
and December is given in table 2.
TABLE 2.—Summary of Federal Employment and Pay Rolls, December 1938 *
[Preliminary figures]
Employment
Class
Federal services:
Executive a
Judicial
Legislative
_
Military....
_
Construction projects:
Financed by P . W. A.<
U. S. H. A. low-cost housing
Financed by R. F . C.s
Financed by regular Federal
appropriations
Federal projects under The Works
Program
Projects operated by W. P . A.
National Youth Administration:
Work projects
Student Aid
Civilian Conservation Corps
Percentage
change
December November
Pay rolls
December
November
Percentage
change
+7.9
+1.8
917,303
2,271
5,145
340,891
»869,256
2,264
5,163
339,938
+5.5
194,677
2,301
2,892
173,310
1,199
3,243
+12.3
+91.9
-10.8
16,169,889
292, 583
308,347
14,861,489
149, 530
390,238
214,844
239, 511
-10.3
20,190,980
23,014,693
-12.3
124,074
2,986,931
123,119
3, 213,115
+.8
5,914,821
167,159, 709
5,925, 239
172, 373,413
-.2
-3.0
237,399
(•)
320,975
225,088
361,067
335,479
+5.5
4,328, 281
(fl)
14,449,956
4,110,810
2, 400,437
14,718,482
+5.3
±1
+.3
-7.0
~-4"3"
$141,924,984 3 $131,568,899
554,388
544,630
1, 197, 211
1, 205,224
26,935,537
26,795,878
+'5
+8.8
+95.7
-21.0
-1.8
»Includes
data on projects financed wholly or partially from Federal funds.
J
Includes force-account and supervisory and technical employees shown under other classifications to
the extent of 125,033 employees and pay-roll disbursements of $14,681,831 for December and 125,546 employees
and pay-roll disbursements of $14,814,599 for November.
1
Revised.
* Data covering P. W. A. projects financed from Emergency Relief Appropriation Acts of 1935, 1936,
and 1937 funds and Public Works Administration Appropriation Act of 1938 funds are included. These
data are not shown under The Works Program. Includes 46,049 wage earners and $4,106,952 pay roll for
December; 57,000 wage earners and $5,191,123 for November, covering Public Works Administration projects financed from Emergency Relief Appropriation Acts of 1935, 1936, and 1937 funds. Includes 136,966
wage earners and $10,747,455 pay roll for December; 101,590 wage earners and $8,085,341 pay roll for November, covering Public Works Administration projects financed from funds provided by the Public Works
Administration Appropriation Act of 1938.
«Includes 241 employees and pay-roll disbursements of $19,499 for December; 347 employees and pay-roll
disbursements of $35,177 for November on projects financed by the RFC Mortgage Co.
• December data not available.
The value of material orders placed on projects financed from
regular Federal appropriations during the fourth quarter of 1938
amounted to $95,778,000. Approximately 243,000 man-months of
labor were involved in the final fabrication of these materials. On
P. W. A. projects orders were placed for $91,329,000 worth of materials,
for which it is estimated 267,000 man-months of labor were required
in final fabrication processes.
The value of material orders placed on the various programs
financed by Federal funds during the fourth quarter of 1938, the third
quarter of 1938, and the fourth quarter of 1937, and the man-months
of employment created in the final fabrication of the materials used
are shown in table 3.
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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
Program
Fourth
quarter
of 1938
Third
Quarter
of 1938
Public Works Administration i
$91, 329, 283 $51, 993, 271
689,920
94, 219
Q. S. H . A. low-cost housing
Reconstruction Finance Corporation 2. 1,392,913
1,568,564
Regular Federal appropriations
95, 778,000 113,673,966
Federal projects under The Works
Program:
3, 748, 80fi
8,133, 096
Construction
_
69, C09
Professional, technical, and clerical41,914
84, 852, 699
Projects operated by W. P . A
(3)
Rentals and services on 1 rojects oper56, 254,967
ated by W. P . A
„..
National Youth Administration:
1, 687, 675
Work projects
_.
Rentals and services on work projects.
493, 026
Fourth
quarter
of 1937
Man-months of labor created in final fabrication
Fourth
quarter
of 1938
Third
quarter
of 1938
267, 023
2,037
6, 607, 6S3
3, 484
72,156, 428 243, 474
147,972
286
5. 494
286, 837
146, 730
19, 823, 395
165. 449
61, 096,814
21, 743
231
248, 208
51,417
513
182, 246
4, 938
(3)
3, 010
(3)
$55,163,148
10,322
140
Fourth
quarter
of 1937
15,121
184, 584
44,151,434
883,739
683,127
1
Data covering projects financed from E. R. A. A. 1935,1936,1937, and P. W. A. A. 1938 funds are included.
These data are not shown under The Works Program. Includes low-cost housing projects financed from
funds of N. I. R. A. and E. R. A. A., 1935.
23 Includes R F C Mortgage Co.
Data not available.
DETAILED TABLES FOR DECEMBER 1938
Industrial and Business Employment
MONTHLY reports on employment and pay rolls are available for
the following groups: 87 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 as well as average hours
worked per week, average hourly earnings, and average weekly
earnings in manufacturing and nonmanufacturing industries in
December 1938 are shown in table 4. Percentage changes from
November 1938 and December 1937 are also given.
The indexes for the manufacturing industries have been adjusted
to the 1935 Census of Manufactures and are not comparable to those
published in the July 1938 and earlier issues of this pamphlet. Comparable indexes for earlier months and years are available on request.
Electric- and steam-railroad repair shops have been excluded from the
new series in keeping with the reclassification for the 1937 Census of
Manufactures.
The average hours worked per week, average hourly earnings, and
average weekly earnings for all manufacturing industries combined
now relate to 87 industries, instead of 89 as heretofore, because of
the exclusion of electric- and steam-railroad repair shops. This
exclusion also affects the averages for the durable-goods group because these industries were classified in that group. The average
hours and hourly earnings for the 87 manufacturing industries combined, and for the manufacturing groups, are weighted on the basis
of estimated employment for the separate industries. As these
estimates have been affected by the revision of the indexes, it follows
that the weighted averages for November and December differ from
the averages that would result if the former estimates of employment
were used as weights. Revised averages for earlier months will be
computed and made available in the near future.
TABLE 4.—Employment, Pay Rolls, Hours, and Earnings in Manufacturing and Nonmanufacturing Industries, December 1938
MANUFACTURING
[Indexes are based on 3-year average, 1923-25=100, and are adjusted to 1935 Census of Manufactures. Not comparable to indexes published in pamphlets prior to August 1938. Comparable series available upon request]
Industry
All manufacturing
Index,
December
1938
Average weekly earnings »
Pay rolls
Employment
Percentage
change from—
November
December
1937
Index,
December
1938
Percentage
change from—
Percentage
change from—
December
1938
November
1938
December
1937
$24.24
+2.3
+8.6
+6.7
27.25
2L52
+1.5
+2.7
+9.6
+4.9
+(3)
November
December
1937
+2.9
-.7
_
91.2
+0.8
-3.5
6.6
Durable goods
_
Nondurable goods
Durable goods
Iron and steel and their products, not including
machinery
Blast furnaces, steel works, and rolling mills. _
Bolts, nuts, washers, and rivets
Cast-iron pipe
Cutlery (not including silver and plated cutlery) and edge tools
-Forgings, iron and steel
Hardware
Plumbers' supplies
Stamped and enameled ware
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
_
__
83.1
+1.2
+.4
-9.4
+1.5
80.4
93.5
+3.0
+2.7
+3.2
-12.4
-5.2
-.8
80.8
83.2
94.4
55.7
+2.1
+1.5
+4.2
+2.2
+8.3
+11.8
+22.2
+1.1
26.90
28.49
26.41
2001
+19.2
+1.1 +27.7
November
1938
December
1937
Cents
64.8
+0.5
37.4
+1.1
+2.6
72.6
58.4
+.4
+.4
75.7
84.2
69.7
58.4
+00
60.7
76.2
66.7
66.1
62.9
+1.2
+1.7
-3.2
-.7
+8.9
+.8
+7.3
+18.2
+16.9
+7.8
+7.1
+5.8
-2.1
+6.3
+.5
+4.4
+15.4
-15.7
-7.8
25.05
24.30
27.18
22.76
+7.6
+3.3
+4.3
+1.1
+8.4
+14.2
-1.9
+1.3
+8.1
+3.1
+6.5
+17.4
24.19
26.16
+4.3
+11.0
+21.6
39.6
38.6
+.3
+3.3
+2.3
-.5
-7.4
-17.0
-3.3
+1.1
-5.9
78.6
49.4
90.1
60.4
136.0
+4.2
+11.2
-3.4
+10.0
+1.8
-.6
-2.0
+13.2
67.9
74.7
61.9
84.1
-1.7
-5.3
+1.9
-3.7
+1-1
-14.1
-9.4
56.4
61.4
53.2
87.9
83.9
171.6
+3.7
+4.2
-4.0
-4.6
82.0
185.9
-1.0
November
1938
+2.0
23.93
29.25
25.31
23.55
24.33
82.9
49.6
86.3
72.6
134.3
+28.8
+2.1
Percentage
change from—
December
1938
37.1
+2.4
+1.5
+3.8
+7.6
-5.5
+10.6
+1.3
+1.0
+1.5
Average hourly earn-
Percentage
change from—
December
1938
35.6 + 1.5
()
33.8
+.5
38.0 +2.5 +23.9
+28.3
34.0
+.4
+1.1
39.8 +1.9 +6.5
38.4 +5.8 +13.6
38.0 -2.5 +17.1
35.7 +11.5 +10.1
38.5 +1.1 +11.4
35.9 +6.0 +8.3
36.9 +4.1 +10.8
37.4 +4.3 -2.9
37.7 +1.2
+.7
87.4
91.1
91.6
66.1
+.5
Average hours worked
per week i
+4.3 +12.8
+24.6
0
-.2
+.7
+00
December
1937
()
+2.5
+.5
+.5
-1.0
+3.5
-.2
-2.3
-3.3
67.2
72.7
60.8
+.2
+2.7
+.9
+1.6
61.2
67.8
-2.0
—1.1
Machinery, not including transportation equipment
Agricultural implements (including tractors)..
Cash registers, adding machines, and calculating machines
Electrical machinery, apparatus, and supplies.
Engines, turbines, water wheels, and windmills
Foundry and machine-shop products
Machine tools
Radios and phonographs
Textile machinery and parts
Typewriters and parts
Transportation equipment
__.
Aircraft
Automobiles
Cars, electric- and steam-railroad
Locomotives
Shipbuilding
Nonferrous metals and their products
Aluminum manufactures
Brass, bronze, and copper products
Clocks and watches and time-recording devices.
Jewelry
Lighting equipment _ _
Silverwareand
and plated
ware.
Smelting
refining—copper,
lead, and
sine—
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
_
91.8
105.0
+2.6
+8.7
-18.7
-37.4
89.2
113.5
+6.3
+19.4
-18.8
-36.7
26.93
29.76
+3.7
+9.9
+1.1
134.6
83.7
-.6
-7.9
-20.1
118.8
82.4
-.8
-18.0
-19.1
28.51
27.08
-.2
-11.0
-11.4
-18.5
-23.9
-13.1
-18.2
-30.0
+5.3
+1.3
+1.8
98.0
75.9
120.0
107.6
66.9
130.3
98.7
879.6
107.4
28.2
13.7
107.3
90.1
144.0
98.9
83.2
84.9
84.7
68.3
-9.9
-1.2
-2.3
68.2
56.1
67.8
+2.9
+22.1 -43.7
+7.3 -74.3
+13.9 -11.8
-.1
+3.7
-2.7
+1.0
-.9
+14.1
- 4 . 5 -16.4
+2.6 +6.9
+1.6 +15.3
+3.2 +17.6
+3.7 -14.1
-.2
+9.6
+4.4 +7.0
+.2 +9.8
- 3 . 3 +11.2
-.5
+6.0
+1.0 +15.4
—.4
-10.2
+.8 +3.0
+2.3 - 3 . 3
+1.5 +12.0
29.73
26.48
28.44
22.62
26.08
24.46
32.64
31.72
33.15
25.93
25.34
31.87
25.76
26.33
26.92
21.23
24.11
24.41
28.07
+6.3 +17.3
+4.9 +18.9
+6.3 +47.2
+2.8 +11.7
+6.3 +26.4
+4.8 +12.2
+7.6 - 1 . 9
+.8 +20.2
85.3
81.7
119.9
118.0
67.0
127.9
96.1
845.1
106.9
29.8
17.4
100.5
94.8
140.4
100.2
82.9
96.9
94.2
66.9
72.5
64.1
79.8
+.6
+2.1
+3.6
+2.0
-.7
+4.3
-.8
+4.9
+3.7
+4.9
+13.1
+2.9
+4.1
-.6
-2.0
-.3
-1.5
-4.1
+2.9
+.6
+2.1
-1.7
+.4
+7.5
-6.2
-2.1
-7.1
-4.9
-3.2
-39.8
-64.3
-9.3
-4.0
-7.4
-1.1
-17.3
54.0
50.9
70.5
51.3
62.6
93.0
42.3
79.9
-1.7
-2.6
-1.5
-2.1
-7.6
+.9
44.6
44.9
63.5
39.4
57.2
99.4
31.4
75.5
98.6
91.8
81.5
87.1
84.5
112.1
82.4
115.1
+1.8 +5.9
+2.6 +7.6
+2.5 +5.1
+1.1 +2.6
+1.9 +10.0
+2.6 +6.3
-.5
-10.6
+.8 +7.0
83.3
81.1
71.1
75.7
82.2
97.2
75.3
119.5
+.9
-1.2
-.1
-1.2
-2.8
+2.7
-4.3
-6.9
-4.8
+2.5
+7.0
+7.6
+8.3
+.6
+9.0
-.5
+2.9
+10.1
-.2
+14.2
+4.2
+10.6
+8.5
+7.7
+17.4
26.58
20.14
20.60
21.71
19.27
24.03
20.06
25.50
25.76
25.08
23.56
+2.0
+4.8
+3.8
+6.2
+1.3
+4.6
+.3
-1.9
+6.2
-4.0
+8.0
+4.3
+9.4
+.5
-.7
-.6
-3.0
+7.0
-1.7
+2.6
+1.6
+1.5
+4.0
+1.9
-.1
+1.2
-2.1
-1.0
-7.9
+6.3
+11.0
+6.4
+16.7
+13.3
+24.2
-6.5
-28.0
-1.3
+8.0
+9.1
+15.6
+.5
+1.4
+14.1
+15.6
-4.8
37.4
37.3
+3.3
+8.9
(»)
+.9
72.1
80.2
35.1
37.0
+.3
-11.2
82.1
73.2
37.7
37.2
38.4
38.8
41.0
38.1
36.4
42.0
36.0
35.6
32.9
37.5
38.6
38.5
38.2
36.9
40.8
36.3
43.3
38.4
38.0
39.4
+10.9
+9.0
+7.0
-.8
+12.6
+1.1 +9.1
+12.4
+3.1
-2.8
+3.3
-.1
+11.6
+3.6 +3.1
+1.6 +11.0
40.2
36.7
36.5
37.2
37.1
35.7
35.4
37.3
+4.4 +10.7
+2.2 +10.4
+3.6 +35.9
+1.7 +8.3
+4.4 +14.9
+2.2 +5.5
+8.0 +9.5
-.1
+19.0
35.7
37.1
36.8
36.8
39.1
89.0
34.0
36.8
+1.0 +2.0
+3.8 - 3 . 7
+3.7
+.6
+5.8 - 8 . 5
+1.2 +15.4
+11.8 +15.2
+.7 +13.0
-1.5
+4.6 +4.5
- 3 . 4 +20.8
+9.4 - 2 . 9
+3.7 -24.3
+8.5 - 1J . 7
-.3
-4.4
2
-3.3
()
+10.4
+19.7
+3.3
+4.3 +7.5
- 2 . 7 +11.3
+2.0 +13.8
+1.4
+1.1
+3.9
+1.1
-5.2
(')
+8.8
+8.8
-.6
+1.5
+.5
+10.1
+1.9
-2.7
+2.5
-.3
+9.2
+2.7 +( 8 )
+1.8 +5.9
79.3
71.2
74.0
58.2
63.5
64.1
89.8
76.5
92.1
72.8
77.0
84.7
66.7
68.3
70.8
57.6
59.2
69.1
65.0
+.8
+1.1
-.3
+.1
+.5
+.8
-.6
+.8
+.2
+.4
+1.7
+.4
+.3
-6.4
-.4
-.5
+1.7
-7.3
-3.6
-.1
(»)
+.6
+10.0
+1.3
-3.7
-4.7
+4.1
+1.0
+.3
-1.1
-3.5
-2.2
-4.8
+1.7
+1.7
-.7
-1.3
+1.1
+1.1
+3.8
-.3
+.3
69.2
53.2
52.7
+.3
+.2
+.5
54.1
53.3
65.1
53.7
68.8
72.3
71.0
63.1
+.7
+.7
+1.5
-.2
-.1
+1.6
+.2
-2.8
-1.7
+10. C
0)
+.8
+1.6
+1.5
+1.0
+1.3
Nondurable yoods
Textiles and their products
Fabrics
_
Carpets and rugs
Cotton goods
_
Cotton small wares
_
Dyeing and finishing textiles—
Hats, fur-felt.
Knit goods
See footnotes at end of table.
16.99
16.80
23.03
14.13
18.46
20.87
23.84
18.15
+3.4
+2.3
+3.8
+1.6
+3.6
+2.1
+8.4
+.1
(2)
(2)
+44.2
+19.0
+15.8
+13.8
+10.5
+15.5
48.2
46.1
62.6
38.4
47.7
53.2
70.5
50.4
+.8
+•1
—.1
+• 3
+ 4
+.5
-.4
()
-2.5
-8.5
-2.4
-7.6
-1.7
-1.9
TABLE 4.—Employment, Pay Rolls, Hours, and Earnings in Manufacturing and Nonmanufacturing Industries, December 1938—Continued
MANUFACTURING—Continued
Indexes are based on 3-year average, 1923-25=100, and are adjusted to 1935 Census of Manufactures. Not comparable to indexes published in pamphlets prior to August 1938. Comparable series available upon request]
Industry
Index,
December
1938
1938
Nondurable
Percentage
change from—
Percentage
change from—
November
Average weekly earnings
Pay rolls
Employment
December
1937
Index,
December
1938
November
1938
December
1937
-0.6
+6.7
+1.5
+6.0
+6.6
+ 14.4
+8.6
+8.2
+12.8
+3.0
-4.9
+7.1
+1.1
412.2
+16.4
+3.5
-1.2
-1.1
-2.9
-2.4
-10.0
+19.9
+20.0
+21.3
+23.5
+8.5
+40.8
+14.2
+23.0
+7.4
+14.8
+30.1
-.5
+18.0
+14.8
+11.9
+22.8
December
1938
Percentage
change from—
November
1938
December
1937
-1.3
+5.6
+1.0
+3.1
+3.9
+5.2
+8.5
+9.4
+11.3
+1.9
-4.4
+2.1
+2.2
+7.3
+10.8
+2.0
+1.5
-.4
-.3
-.5
+12.6
+5.1
+16.7
+15. 8
+8.7
+5.6
+11.2
+15.4
+9.3
+14.8
+15.8
+6.5
+12.9
+10.8
+9.3
+10.6
-.1
-.3
+1.3
+1.7
+2.1
+2.7
-3.6
Average hours worked
per week
December
1938
Percentage
change from—
November
1938
December
Average hourly earnings
December
1938
1937
Percentage
change from—
November
1938
December
1937
goods—Continued
Textiles and their products—Continued.
Fabrics—Continued.
Knit goods—Continued.
Hosiery
Knitted outerwear
Knitted underwear
Knitted cloth
Silk and rayon goods
Woolen and worsted goods
._
Wearing apparel
Clothing, men's
____
Clothing women's
Corsets and allied garments
Men's furnishings .
Millinery
S h i r t s a n d collars
Leather a n d its m a n u f a c t u r e s
Boots a n d shoes
Leather
_ _
Food a n d k i n d r e d p r o d u c t s
Baking _ _ .
Beverages
Butter
Canning and preserving
Confectionery
Flour
_________
._
_.
_____
_
___
145.7
79.0
71.2
160. 2
63.2
85.3
112.2
97.1
160. 6
99.6
149.0
57.8
116.4
88.6
87.6
85.3
120.1
143.5
223. 3
95.1
85. 3
91.3
78.1
+0.7
+1.0
+.5
+2.9
+2.5
+8.8
+.2
-1.1
+1.4
+1.1
-.5
+4.9
+6.3
+14.1
+4.1
+7.1
+33.4
+2.7
+6.6
-1.7
+.2
+14.0
-6.5
-1.1
+5. 1
+4.5
+3.6
+5.1
+2.0
+1. 5 +10.9
-2.7
+.4
-.8
-2.6
+.2
-4.0
-1.8
-17.4
-7.0
+1.4
+.8
+.7
164.1
73.3
62.4
126.8
51.8
72.8
84.7
68.3
114.8
102.8
143.3
43.2
105.3
70.0
63.3
87.6
120.9
138.2
257.2
80.4
77.4
91.5
73.0
+7.8
-1.1
+.3
-.3
+1.5
-2.4
-4.9
+4.3
-3.0
19.51
17.87
14.75
17.93
15.79
19.80
17.61
18.39
18.88
17.38
15.08
19.12
14.00
18.62
17.11
24.77
24.72
25.26
32.02
22.10
16.55
18.65
24.42
+9.0
+7.0
-1.1
-0.7
36.9
+3.6
38.0
35.0
+.9
38. 1 +2.2
+4.7
37.2
+5.8
37.8
+5.4
33.1
31.5
+8.8
+7.4
33.5
+1.4
37.3
-6.0
35.6
28.7
+.7
35.4
36.2 +10.3
35.5 +13.2
+1.6
39.2
40.4
+.8
41.3
37.4
-.8
-.4
45.4
35.4
+5.0
40.3
+7.1
-2.4
40.8
+14.2
+3.9
+11.7
+22.4
+14.6
+18.4
+21.0
+10.9
+16.8
+24.1
-\-6.6
+13.7
+18.0
+11.3
-.9
-1.1
+1.9
+3.3
+2.0
-5.4
Cents
53.3
46.7
42.2
46.9
42.3
52.4
52.1
58.7
51.8
46.3
37.9
63.9
39.6
52.6
50.0
63.1
61.9
61.6
86.4
48.8
48.1
46.6
59.7
-1.1
+1.5
+1.3
+1.4
0
-.5
+2.0
+1.9
+3.2
+.3
-1.5
-3.5
+2.0
-1.0
-1.2
+.3
+.9
+.2
+.5
-.2
+2.6
+'8
-1.3
+1.7
-4.4
+.2
-5.6
-11.1
-5.3
-2.7
-.7
+1.4
+2.2
-3.5
-3.6
-.8
%7
+2.3
+1.1
-1.3
+.1
+2.0
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
Petroleum refining
Other than petroleum refining
Chemicals
Cottonseed—oil, cake, and meal
Druggists' preparations
Explosives
Fertilizers
Paints and varnishes
Rayon and allied products
Soap
Rubber products.
Rubber boots and shoes....
Rubber tires and inner tubes
Rubber goods other
footnotes at rnd of table,
-2.0
+2.2
+38.5
-5.6
0
-.1
-1.3
+3.0
-.4
60.0
112. 5
221.9
72.9
59.6
73. 0
57. 9
107.3
109. 4
103.4
-3.7
-1.2
-4.7
-4.5
-4.8
-0.4
-13.3
-4.6
-7.4
-9.2
-4.1
-1.0
+1.2
90.9
113.2
-2.3
-5.1
-8.9
+7.7
120.1
134.1
115.8
129.8
95. 5
120. 2
9">.l
70.0
115.4
302.4
89.7
89.0
f>5. 9
79.0
133. 7
+1.4
+.6
+4.1
-1.4
-1-3.9
+1.3
+'5 +11.9
+6.3
29. 21
27.68
24.75
23.29
16.92
18.40
16.56
28.61
21.49
23.85
-3.4
-.3
31.10
38.56
+6.3
+2.5
+1.1
+1.0
+1.2
+1.7
-2.5
-1.0
-.4
-1.9
-19.4
-3. 3
-.3
+56.6
+2.3
+5. 6
-11.4
-.7
-I.I
-L-S. 7
+3. 3
+.8
-1.9
+.3 - 3 . 6
+ 1.0 — 1.2
+1.3 - 1 . 2
-4. 6 - 1 7 . 8
+.5 - 2 . 8
+3. 7 - 2 . 6
+7.4 - 1 3 . 8
+1.5 + 1.7
- . 1 +2.9
+ 1.5
+.6
+ 4.5 + 15.1
+8.8 +9.3
+4.9 +14.1
+2. 3 +19. 6
28.52
35.30
25. 60
30. 72
12. 76
24.80
31. 64
1.'. 75
27.80
23.80
28.80
23.40
23.17
33.80
23.44
-4.0
-.7
+2.2
+5.3
+1.8
+3.0
+.7
+.2
+1.0
+3.8
+2. 5
+1.5
+.3
+1.S
+3.0
+5.9
+3.1
+1.4
+1.6
-4.0
+13.8
-5.5
-.7
+4.8
-1.4
+2.7
+8.7
+6.7
+.3
+1.0
+3.0
+1.0
+3.7
•i-5A)
-5.1
+3.0
+6.0
-4.8
+6.1
+3.9
-.6
+17.9
+15.3
+25.4
+11.0
45.2
40.8
47.0
38.2
35.9
36.3
35. 9
38.6
40.3
39.0
39.3
36.7
38.2
36.4
38.9
39.4
43.4
39.6
39.5
35. 5
39.9
37.1
3S.8
37.4
38.8
35. 2
39.4
+1.0
+.7
-8.3
+1.2
+.6
+6.1
+00
+2.3
-1.3
-3.7
+15. 8
-13.5
(2)
+2.8
-3.8
(2)
+.3 +8.1
+.3 + 9 . (>
+6.0 - 1 . 6
+1.4 - 1 . 5
+1.1
(2)
+1.3
+.3
+1.0
(2)
+ 1.1 +5.0
-20.0
-2.5
+2.5
+.2
+4.0 +4.6
+4.6 - 6 . 3
+ 1.2 +5.4
+.3 +5.3
+1.9 _ ( 3 )
0)
+2.0
+6.0 +16. 5
+2.0 +25.7
+.7 +15.4
63.8
68.2
53.0
61.0
46.9
50.9
46.4
77.1
53.8
61.3
+.5
-.4
+4.6
79.8
101.1
-.3
74.3
97.4
65.8
78.1
29.0
59.3
80.1
44.4
69.9
64.1
74.5
76.4
59.7
9f>.3
60.1
-2.0
+1.7
-.8
+2.0
+.4
+.5
-.1
+2.8
-.1
-3.9
+7.2
(3)
+ 1.7
+2.
3
a
()
+.5
—2.6
+.8
+1.3
+2.1
-.1
(3)
-.5
+.1
+.6
+.3
-.1
-.1
-2.0
+.3
+.1
-.1
+ 1.0
-.1
+1.1
+1.0
+.3
(2)
+.5
+17.6
+2.3
+•7
+2.1
+.7
-1.3
-.8
<2)
-1.2
+00
-2.7
TABLE 4.—Employment, Pay Rolls, Hours, and Earnings in Manufacturing and Nonmanufacturing Industries, December 1938—Continued
NONMAJNUFACTURING
[Indexes are based on 12-month average, 1929=100]
Industry
Coal mining: 4
Anthracite
Index,
December
1938
_ _.
Metalliferous mining
__ _ _ __ .
Qnprryinp anii nnnrnptaHip mining
Cpide-[)P-t'"nlflnm producing
Public utilities:
Telephone and telegraph 5
- .
Electric
light and power and manufactured
gas 6
Electric-railroad8 and motorbus operation and
maintenance
Trade:
Wholesale«
Retail 5
- General merchandising 5
_
5
Other than general
merchandising
Hotels (year-round) *5 6
-- Laundries*
. ,
Dyeing and5 cleaning *
Brokerage3
Insurance
Building construction
_ _
Percentage
change from—
November
1938
December
1937
+.6
+.8
+.6
51.3
89.3
62.3
41.4
67.7
-6.7
-.9
-16.4
-10.2
-11.6
-5.6
-11.4
74.2
—.2
-4.8
91.4
-.5
-4.8
69.4
-.3
-4. a
90.0
98.1
144.1
86.0
91.9
93.4
97.9
+12.8
+37.9
+4.5
-.6
+.3
-3.5
-2.3
-1.2
-2.9
-3.1
-3.7
-1.2
-9.9
7
()
(7)
-.3
-4.5
+•2
+• 1 +2.2
- 6 . 7 -15.5
Index,
Decem1938
Percentage
change from—
December
1938
December
1937
+16.6
-1.4
-.8
-10.4
26.99
24.05
27.16
20.42
33.41
-2.1
30.71
-.1
-4.1
33.72
-3.3
32.59
+.1
+1.3
+.1
December
1937
42.5
80.9
54.3
33.7
62.5
+17.3
-17.1
-14.9
-16.9
92.7
-.3
98.2
-.5
+1.0
+.4
75.6
79.4 +11.1
122.9 +33.9
+4.5
70.3
-2.7
-1.5
29.10
20.13
16.95
24.12
15.02
17.43
19.23
36.59
35. 79
28.97
-.6
+3.5
+.9
-9.6
-1.3
69.5
81.1
80.0
68.3
O)
(7)
V)
-.3
-2.0
-1.8
-1.3
-.4
-12.7
-.2
+.9
+.9
+1.2
-7.5
-.5
-11.8
-6. 6
3
Percentage
change from—
November
1938
November
1938
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 smaller number of establishments, as all reporting firms do not furnish man-hours.
The figures are not strictly comparable from month to month because of changes in the
size and composition of the reporting sample. Hours and earnings for all manufacturing
industries now relate to 87 industries instead of 89 which were covered in the July and prior
issues of the pamphlet. The two industries excluded are electric- and steam-railroad
repair shops. The averages for the durable goods group have also been affected by this
exclusion. See text in section headed, "Employment, Pay Rolls, Hours, and Earnings."
-' Not yet computed.
Average weekly earnings
Pay rolls>
Employment
+2.8
-3.2
-.5
-1.6
-2.9
0
+.5
+1.2
-3.1
+.7
+1.1
+.2
-5.3
-6.0
+6.9
+1.2
+2.9
Average hours worked
per week
" December
1938
December
1937
29.3
27.5
39.8
37.2
39.0
+17.7
-1.4
-O)
-5.7
-6.2
+6.6
-3.0
Cents
91.7
88.1
68.5
55.1
86.3
39.3
+.2
+.3
+.2
81.2
39.9
+.8
+.7
+.9
+.9
+1.3
+2.5
41.8
42.7
41.0
43.5
46.3
42.2
40.7
+.9
December
1938
November
1938
+.7
+1.5
-3.1
-2.6
+3.9
Percentage
change from—
Average hourljr earnings
45.6
(7)
31.7
+2.4
-2.1
-.2
+1.5
+.3
+1.0
+5.2
+.2
-.6
+ 1.2
-1.2
(7)
-1.1
Percentage
change from—
November
1938
-(3)
+.4
+.5
-.2
-.1
-.9
-1.2
84.5
—.4
-.7
70.4
-.3
-1.0
69.6
52.6
44.4
56. 5
32.3
41.4
48.7
—.1
-3.2
-7.7
-.7
-.9
+•4
-1.4
-.9
-.1
+1.0
V)
+.6
(7)
91.4
+.7
-.5
-1.8
(")
+1.3
Decemberj
.1937
+. 1
+1 3
+.3
+.8
+3.7
+1.5
+2 1
+2.2
+1.1
+1 9
+8
+2.6
+2 1
+2 6
-1.5
(7)
+3.0
Less than Mo of 1 percent.
• Indexes adjusted to 1935 census. Comparable series back to January 1929 presented
in6January 1938 issue of this pamphlet.
Average weekly earnings, hourly earnings, and hours not strictly comparable with
figures published in pamphlets prior to January 1938 as they now exclude corporation
officers,
executives, and other employees whose duties are mainly supervisory.
6
Cash payments only: the additional value of board, room, and tips cannot be computed.
7
Not available.
15
The indexes and averages for the iron and steel group and the nonferrous metal products group have been affected by the transfer of the
stamped and enameled ware industry from the latter group to the
former. The indexes, hours, and hourly earnings for the knit-goods
industry are now weighted on the basis of four subdivisions (hosiery,
knitted outerwear, knitted underwear, and knitted cloth) for which
separate figures are now given. Tractor manufacturing establishments have been transferred from the engine, turbine, water wheel,
and windmill industry to the agricultural implement industry, thereby affecting the figures for both industries.
The revised series of employment and pay-roll indexes, as well as
average hours worked per week, average hourly earnings, and average
weekly earnings for October, November, and December 1938, where
available, are presented in table 5. The October and November
figures, where given, may differ in some instances from those previously
published, not only because of the foregoing, but also because of revisions necessitated by the inclusion of late reports and other causes.
The weekly average 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 are not strictly comparable
from month to month. The sample, however, is believed to be sufficiently adequate in virtually all instances to indicate the general movements of earnings and hours over the period shown. The changes from
the preceding month, expressed as percentages, are based on identical
lists of firms for the 2 months, but the changes from December 1937
are computed from chain indexes based on the month-to-month
percentage changes.
TABLE 5.—Employment, Pay Rolls, Hours, and Earnings in Manufacturing and Nonmanufacturing Industries
MANUFACTURING
[Indexes are based on 3-year average, 1923-25=100, and are adjusted to 1935 Census of Manufactures. Not comparable to indexes published in pamphlets prior to August 1938. Comparable series available upon request]
Industry
Employment index
Pay-roll index
Average weekly
earnings l
Average hours worked
per week l
Average hourly
earnings l
Decem- Novem- October
ber
ber
1938
1938
1938
Decem- Novem- October
ber
ber
1938
1938
1938
Decem- Novem- October
ber
ber
1938
1938
1938
Decem- Novem- October
ber
ber
1938
1938
1938
Decem- Novem- October
ber
ber
1938
1938
1938
_
91.2
90.5
89.5
86.6
84.1
83.8
24.24
.23.82
.23. 95
37.1
36.5
37.4
Cents
64.8
Cents
64.5
Cents
63.7
Durable goods
Nondurable goods
_
Durable goods
Iron and steel and their products, not including
machinery . _
Blast furnaces, steel works, and rolling mills. _
Bolts, nuts, washers, and rivets
Cast-iron pipe __
__
__ __ Cutlery (not including silver and plated cutlery) and edge tools
_
Forgings, iron and steel
_
Hardware
Plumbers'supplies
Stamped and enameled ware
Steam and hot-water heating apparatus and
ste^m fitt'ngs
Stoves
Structural and ornamental metal work _ Tin cans and other tinware
Tools (not including edge tools, machine tools,
files, and saws)
_ _ __
_.
"Wircwork
Machinery, not including transportation equipmentAgricultural implements (including tractors)_.
Cash registers, adding machines, and calculating machines
Electrical machinery, apparatus, and suppliesEngines, turbines, water wheels, and windmills ..
_Foundry and machine-shop products
83.1
98.8
82.1
98.4
79.0
99.4
80.4
93.5
78.3
90.6
75.2
93.4
27.25
21.52
27.11
20.85
26.95
21.35
36.8
37.4
36.5
36.4
37.4
37.4
72.6
58.4
72.4
58.0
71.0
57.9
87.4
91.1
91.6
66.1
86.5
89.8
90.0
65.7
83.9
86.1
84.9
65.4
80.8
83.2
94.4
55. 7
79.1
81.9
90.6
54.5
74.9
73.9
81.0
53.8
26.90
28.49
26. 41
20.01
26.64
28.48
25. 69
19. 71
25.94
26.79
24.42
19. 54
35.6
33.8
33.0
34.0
35.1
33.8
37.1
33.9
34.9
31.9
35.0
34.1
75.7
84.2
69.7
58.4
75.7
84.1
69. 5
58.0
75.3
83.9
69.9
56.9
82.9
49.6
86.3
72.6
134. 3
82.6
48.0
84.4
73.0
133. 6
80.2
45.6
79.5
73.1
128.7
78.6
49.4
90.1
60.4
136.0
75.5
44.4
93.2
54. 9
133. 5
73.6
41.9
86.3
62.0
133.3
23.93
29. 25
25.31
23. 55
24.33
23.11
27.18
26. 79
21.34
24.03
23.22
26.94
26.32
24.14
24.88
39.8
33.4
38.0
35.7
38.5
39.0
36.0
39.0
32.0
38.1
39.3
36.3
38.8
36.1
39.7
60.7
76.2
66.7
66.1
62.9
60.2
74.6
68.9
66.6
63.2
59.7
74.3
68.0
66.7
62.1
67.9
74.7
61.9
84.1
83.9
171 6
91.8
105.0
69.1
78 9
60.7
84.6
71.3
83 1
61.1
86.2
56.4
01 4
53. 2
87.9
59.0
75 7
50. 5
89. 2
25.05
24 30
27. IS
22. 76
23.27
23 55
26. 07
22. 50
24.98
26 98
26.12
22.50
35.9
36 9
37.4
37.7
33.9
35. 5
36.0
37.3
36.3
41.0
36. 3
37.3
69.9
67 2
72.7
60.8
68.9
66 7
72.5
60. 7
69.0
66 2
72.0
60. 6
80.9
164 6
89.5
96.6
77.0
146 5
87.2
93.7
82.0
185 9
89.2
113.5
53. 3
(52 7
r,i). i
87.5
75.8
180 2
83.9
95.0
71.9
156.1
81.9
92.4
24.19
26 16
26.93
29.76
23.24
26 39
26.04
27.08
23.11
25 65
26.07
27.11
39.6
38.6
37.4
37.3
38.0
38.8
36.2
34.3
38.2
37.9
36.3
35.2
61.2
67 8
72.1
80.2
61.2
68 1
72.0
79.4
134. 6
83.7
135.4
83.2
136.1
80.7
118.8
82.4
119.7
80.4
119.7
78.0
28.51
27.08
28. 57
26.69
28.43
26.71
35.1
37.0
35.0
36.7
34.9
36.5
82.1
73.2
82.3
73.0
60.8
68 0
71.7
77.7
82.2
73.2
85.3
81.7
83.5
78.9
83.4
77.5
98.0
75.9
91.6
70.6
90.4
69.4
29.73
26.48
28.35
25.51
28.01
25.54
37.7
37.2
36.2
35.8
35.8
36.0
79.3
71.2
78.6
71.3
78.5
70.9
All manufacturing.
_
_
Machine tools
_
Radios and phonographs
Textile machinery and parts. __
Typewriters and parts
Transportation equipment
Aircraft
Automobiles
Cars, electric- and steam-railroad...
Locomotives
Shipbuild ing
Nonferrous metals and their products
Aluminum manufactures
Brass, bronze, and copper products
Clocks and watches and time-recording devices.
Jewelry
Lighting equipment
Silverware and plated ware
Smelting and refining—Copper, lead, and zinc.
Lumber and allied products
Furniture
_
Lumber:
Millwork
_
_
Sawmills
Stone, clay, and glass products
Brick, tile, and terracotta...
_
Cement
Glass
Marble, granite, slate, and other products
Pottery
___
119.9
118.0
67.0
127.9
96.1
845.1
100.9
29.8
100.5
94.8
140.4
100.2
82.9
96.9
94.2
C6.9
72.5
64.1
79.8
117.6
118.8
64.2
128.9
91.6
814.9
101.9
20. 3
16.9
90.6
95.4
143. 2
100. 5
84.1
101. 0
91.6
06. 5
71.1
65.2
79.5
115.8
108.0
61.3
125.3
79.4
785.8
86.3
25. 3
16.1
92.1
92.2
142.4
90. 4
83.6
100.3
85.4
64.0
66.4
65.7
79.7
120.0
107.6
60.9
130.3
98.7
879. 6
107.4
28.2
13.7
107. 3
90.1
144.0
98.9
83.2
84.9
84.7
68.3
68.2
56.1
67.8
110.8
106.9
61.3
130.9
95.9
799.0
107.6
23.1
12.8
94.2
90.2
148.0
99.8
87.1
82.7
83.4
66.2
65.8
56.2
64.9
110.5
97.9
50. 5
128.1
83.8
780.8
91.3
23.5
11.1
95.1
88. 5
148.4
90.2
85.6
91.8
78.1
62.4
62.2
60.0
68.4
28.44
22.62
26.08
24.40
32.64
31.72
33.15
25.93
25.34
31.87
25.76
20. 33
20. 92
21. 23
24.11
24.41
28.07
26. 58
20.14
20.60
26.78
22.40
24.83
24.39
33.64
29.81
34. 89
24.21
24.30
29.05
25.70
26.44
27.14
21.88
22.81
25.43
27.39
26.03
19.91
19.75
27.12
22.53
24.09
24.55
33.88
30. 79
34.98
25. 62
22.14
30.75
26.06
26. 60
27.28
21.66
25.89
25. 53
26. 77
20.34
21.09
20.77
38.4
38.8
41.0
38.1
36.4
42.0
36.0
35.6
32.9
37.5
38.6
38.5
38.2
36.9
40.8
36.6
43.3
38.4
38.0
39.4
36.3
38.5
36.6
37.9
37.1
40.2
37.5
32.7
31.7
34.5
38.7
40.4
38.3
38.1
39.2
37.6
42.4
37.9
37.6
37.9
36.8
39.1
36.6
38.0
38.6
40.4
38.7
34.7
29.2
36.9
39.7
40.1
38.5
37.7
45. 2
38.7
41.5
38.2
41.0
40.5
74.0
58.2
63.5
64.1
89.8
76.5
92.4
72.8
77.0
84.7
66.7
68.3
70.8
57.6
59.2
69.1
65.0
69.2
53.2
52.7
73.8
58.2
67.9
64.4
90.6
75.1
93.2
74.0
76.5
83.8
66.2
65.5
71.0
57.9
57.6
67.7
64.9
68.8
53.3
52 A
73.8
57.7
66.0
64. 6
87.8
75.5
90.6
73.9
75.9
83.2
65.9
66. 5
70.9
57.5
56.3
65.9
64.5
68.9
52.0
51.8
54.0
50.9
70.5
51.3
02. 0
93.0
42.3
79.9
54.9
52.3
71.6
52.4
67.8
92.1
42.9
80.0
54.0
53.1
70.1
52.0
70.1
87.5
42.3
77.7
44.6
44.9
63.5
39.4
57.2
99.4
31.4
75.5
44.5
46.4
63.8
39.0
63.7
98. 6
30.7
74.5
46.0
50.4
63.0
40.6
65.4
92.9
30.1
73.2
21.71
19.27
24.03
20. 06
25. 50
25. 76
25. 08
23.56
21.40
19. 57
23.82
19.46
26.15
25. 6S
24.12
23.12
22.40
20.94
23.96
20.37
26.02
25.47
23.87
23.41
40.2
36.7
36.5
37.2
37.1
35.7
35.4
37.3
39.7
37.0
36.3
36.5
3*.O
35.7
34.9
36.8
42.4
40.9
37.1
38.8
37.8
35.6
35.2
37.2
54.1
53.3
65.1
53.7
68.8
72.3
71.0
63.1
54.0
53.7
64.5
53.1
68.8
72.2
68.8
62.4
52.8
52.0
64.0
52.6
69.2
71.6
66.8
62.6
91.8
81.5
87.1
81 5
112.1
82.4
115. 1
145.7
79.0
71.2
100. 2
63.2
85.3
96.9
89.5
79.5
86.1
S3.0
109. 3
82.8
114.2
144.8
78.2
70.9
155.8
61.7
78.4
97.5
87.2
76.7
83.7
79.9
105. 8
89.1
114. 5
143.9
83.3
70.2
150. 3
61.2
71.9
83.3
81.1
71.1
75.7
82.2
97.2
75.3
119. 5
164.1
73.3
62.4
126.8
51.8
72.8
78.4
77.3
66.9
73.6
77.3
92.7
70.1
118.5
165.0
68. 6
61.4
119. 6
48.6
63.7
83.1
76.5
66.0
72.4
77.4
92.0
78.0
122.1
167. 0
77.0
62.7
131.0
50.2
58.1
16.99
16.80
23.03
14.13
18.46
20.87
23.84
18.15
19.51
17.87
14. 75
17.93
15.79
19.80
16.35
16.35
22.29
13.89
17.81
20.47
21.77
18.18
19.74
16.81
14. 5S
17.45
15.15
18.78
17.00
16.65
22.78
14.04
18.56
20.99
22.13
18. 68
20.13
17.91
15.06
18.99
15.83
18.75
35.7
37.1
36.8
36.8
39.1
39.0
34.7
36.8
36.9
38.0
35.0
38.1
37.2
37.8
34.6
36.3
35.5
36.2
38.0
38.2
31.5
36.8
37.2
36.6
35.0
37.2
35.6
35.8
35.5
37.0
36.0
36.8
39.9
39.2
31.2
37.7
37.5
39.2
36.1
40.8
37.2
35.6
48.2
46.1
62.6
38.4
47.7
53.2
70.5
50.4
53.3
46.7
42.2
46.9
42.3
52.4
47.8
46.0
62.7
38.4
47.4
53.0
69.7
50.5
53.8
45.9
41.5
46.9
42.1
52.6
48.6
45.9
63.2
38.2
46.9
53.0
67.2
50.8
54.4
45.4
41.5
46.0
42.2
52.7
17.4
Nondurable goods
Textiles and their products
Fabrics
Carpets Rnd rugs,..
Cotton goods
Cotton small wares
Dyeing and finishing textiles..
Hats, fur-felt
Knit goods
Hosiery
Knitted outerwear
_.
Knitted underwear
_.
Knitted cloth
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—Continued
MANUFACTURING—Continued
Industry
Employment index
Pay-roll index
Average weekly
earnings
Average hours worked
per week
Average hourly
earnings
Decem- Novem- October
ber
ber
1938
1938
1938
Decem- Novem- October
ber
ber
1938
1938
1938
Decem- Novem- October
ber
ber
1938
1938
1938
Decem- Novem- October
ber
ber
1938
1938
1938
Decem- Novem- October
ber
ber
1938
1938
Nondurable goods—Continued
Textiles and their products—Continued.
Wearing apparel
Clothing, men's
Clothing, women's
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
_._
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...
_
112.2
97.1
160.6
99.6
149.0
57.8
116.4
88.6
87.6
85.3
120.1
143.5
223.3
95.1
85.3
91.3
78.1
68.7
102.4
230.7
84.4
65.2
62.1
65.6
108.0
103.9
106.3
112.0
98.1
158.5
98.5
149.7
55.1
117.7
84.8
83.3
84.0
123.4
144.6
229.2
96.8
103.3
90.6
78.2
70.4
100.7
274.8
61.9
67.5
107.0
105.2
105.9
119.6
101. 5
171.4
98.9
149.2
74.2
119.2
81.2
128.8
144.3
233.6
99.4
147.3
93.0
77.5
73.7
97.4
270.3
89.0
66.3
57.7
67.4
105.5
102.8
104.8
84.7
68.3
114.8
102.8
143.3
43.2
105.3
70.0
63.3
87.6
120.9
138.2
257.2
80.4
77.4
91.5
73.0
60.0
112.5
221.9
72.9
59.6
73.0
57.9
107.3
109.4
103.4
78.0
63.1
101.7
99.8
150.7
40.4
104.1
62.4
54.4
84.7
122.4
139. 7
264.7
82.4
86.0
84.9
73.8
60.7
110.0
275.3
75.4
59.8
69.1
58.5
103.3
110.0
102.9
93.0 $17. 61 $16.35 $18.01
16. 73 18.68
74.9
18.39
17.10
19.94
128.8
18.88
16.96
17.75
104.8
17.38
15.91
14.85
15.08
140.1
18.99
21.92
19.12
62.7
13.70
12.84
14.00
99.3
17.22
18.32
18.62
69.6
15.41
16.97
17.11
64.5
24.30
24.23
24.77
81.7
24.22
24.11
24.72
127.0
25.21
25.30
25.26
139.5
32.11
32.50
32.02
272.6
22.27
22.52
22.10
85.6
15. 14 16.07
16.55
130.3
17.40
18.23
18.65
91.6
24.67
26.88
24.42
79.7
28.89
29.06
29.21
63.6
27.54
28.51
27.68
110.0
21.74
24. 75 25.77
228.4
23.46
23.96
23.29
79.3
16.55
16.84
16.92
60.7
17.47
17.17
18.40
63. 3
16.33
16.77
16.56
60.3
27.58
28.14
28.61
103.7
21.34
22.20
21.49
112.7
24.85
106.5 23.85 23.78
33.1
31.5
33.5
37.3
35.6
28.7
35.4
38.2
35.5
39.2
40.4
41.3
37.4
45.4
35.4
40.3
40.8
45.2
40.8
47.0
38.2
35.9
36.3
35.9
38.6
40.3
39.0
31.4
28.9
31.1
36.8
38.3
28.6
35.3
32.8
31.3
38.6
40.1
41.6
37.8
45.8
33.5
37.8
41.6
44.9
40.5
51.2
37.7
35.8
34.2
35.9
37.9
40.4
38.9
33.1
31.4
33.0
38.8
36.7
33.9
34.7
35.3
34.6
38.5
41.0
42.0
38.5
46.6
37.3
40.2
45.2
45.1
41.8
42.5
38.5
37.1
35.0
37.4
38.6
42.2
40.6
Cents
52.1
58.7
51.8
46.3
37.9
63.9
39.6
52.6
50.0
63.1
61.9
61.6
86.4
48.8
48.1
46.6
59.7
63.8
68.2
53.0
61.0
46.9
50.9
46.4
77.1
53.8
61.3
Cents
51.0
57.2
50.5
46.0
38.0
66.3
38.9
53.3
50.8
62.9
61.2
61.1
85.7
48.7
47.0
46.7
59.5
63.5
68.5
50.6
62.2
46.2
51.3
45.6
76.2
53.3
61.3
Cents
53.1
59.1
54.8
45.8
36.4
62.3
37.0
53.0
50.6
63.0
59.8
60.9
85.5
48.3
44.9
45.9
58.7
63.4
68.5
51.4
62.3
45.6
49.3
45.2
76.4
53.2
61.3
OO
Printing and publishing:
Book and job
Newspapers and periodicals
Chemicals and allied products, and petroleum refining___
Petroleum refining
Other than petroleum refining
_
Chemicals
Cottonseed—oil, cake, and meal
Druggists' preparations
Explosives
__
_
Fertilisers
_
Paints and varnishes
Rayon and allied products
_
Soap
_
Rubber products
Rubber boots and shoes
Rubber tires and inner tubes
Rubber goods, other
_
103.7
108,0
101.4
107.1
99.6
106.0
96.9
113.2
89.1
109.6
87.9
108.7
31.10
38. 56
29.22
37.11
29.35
37.25
39.3
36.7
37.1
36.4
37.3
36.5
79.8
101.1
79.8
98.5
79.9
99.1
112.7
118.1
111.4
116.9
113.9
109.2
82.7
82.3
112. 4
311.3
88.6
83.6
65.1
67.2
134.7
113.0
118.9
111.6
117.2
116.3
109.7
82.8
78.5
112.4
312.8
86.9
82.4
63.4
66.1
133.6
113.4
119.5
111.9
11*. 8
122.1
110.3
84.1
79.5
112.9
314.4
93.2
77.7
60.1
63.5
123.3
120.1
134.1
115.8
129.8
95.5
120.2
95.1
70.0
115.4
302.4
89.7
89.0
65.9
79.0
133.7
119.1
133. 6
114.6
128.1
100.1
119.6
91.7
65.2
113.8
302.7
88.3
85.2
60.6
75.3
130.7
120.1
132. 8
116.2
128.1
104.0
123.9
96.5
70.1
116. 3
302.6
94.8
79.7
61.6
69.1
122.6
28.52
35. 30
25.66
30.72
12.76
24.80
31.64
15.75
28.26
34.86
25.41
30. 22
13.11
24. 54
30.45
15.38
27. 34
23.74
28. 20
27.58
21.88
32.77
23.09
28.41
34.45
25.79
30.88
13.04
25.31
31.62
16.41
27.83
23.63
28.98
27.27
23.48
31.25
23.43
38.2
36.4
39.6
39.5
35.5
39.9
37.1
38 8
37.4
38 8
35.2
39.4
37.8
35.8
38.6
38.9
44.7
38.7
38.0
33.9
39.4
37.0
38.0
36.7
36.6
34.5
39.2
38.7
35.5
39.9
39.8
51.3
40.3
39.4
36.7
40.1
37.0
39.4
36.6
38.7
33.1
40.0
74.3
97.4
65.8
78.1
29.0
59.3
80.1
44.4
69.9
64.1
74.5
76.4
59.7
%. 3
60.1
74.4
9/. 9
65.7
77.6
28.8
59.2
80.2
45.4
69.5
64.1
74.6
75.6
59.7
95.2
59.5
73.6
97.6
64.8
77.5
25.2
58.9
80.3
44.8
69.4
63.9
73.7
75.6
60.7
94.4
59.2
29.3
27.5
39.8
37.2
39.0
24.9
27.7
38.7
38.1
39.0
28.8
26.8
39.5
40.9
39.7
Cents
91.7
88.1
68.5
55.1
86.3
Cents
91.7
87.8
68.4
55.4
86.1
Cents
92.5
88.7
67.5
54.4
83.9
27. bO
23.80
28.80
28.40
23.17
33.80
23.44
38. V)
39 1
43 4
NONMANUFACTURING
[Indexes are based on 12-month average, 1929=100]
Coal mining: 8
Anthracite
_
Bituminous *
_
Metalliferous mining
Quarrying and nonmetallic mining
Crude-petroleum producing.
_
Public utilities:
Telephone and telegraph 3
Electric
light and power and manufactured
gas 3
Electric-railroad3 and motorbus operation and
maintenance
_
Trade:
Wholesale 3
Retail» «
General merchandising 3
Other than general merchandising '
See footnotes at end of table.
51.3
89.3
62.3
41.4
67.7
51.0
88.6
61.9
44.4
68.3
52 A
87.2
57.9
44.4
69.5
42.5
80.9
54.3
33.7
62.5
36.2
81.4
52.3
37.2
63.3
43.4
78.3
49.2
39.2
63.7
$26.99
24.05
27.16
20.42
33.41
$23.14 $26. 99
24.31
23.84
26. 36 26. 52
21.03
22.37
34.22
33.81
74.2
74.4
74.7
92.7
93.0
95.3
30.71
30.96
31.57
39.3
39.2
39.8
81.2
82.4
82.7
91.4
91.9
92.5
98.2
98.6
99.9
33.72
33. 61
33.72
39.9
39.8
39.8
84.5
84.7
84.5
69.4
69.5
69.9
69.5
68.8
68.9
32.59
32.35
32.23
45.6
44.9
44.7
70.4
71.1
71.2
90.0
98.1
146.0
86.0
89.8
86.9
104.5
82.3
89.1
85.9
99.4
82.3
75.6
79.4
122.9
70.3
75.4
71.5
91.8
67.3
75.1
70.8
88.3
67.2
29.10
20.13
16.95
24.12
29.35
20.76
17.43
23. 91
29.70
21.04
17.62
24.04
41.8
42.7
41.0
43.5
41.8
42.3
39.1
43.4
42.3
42.4
39.0
43.5
69.6
52.6
44.4
56.5
70.1
54.0
47.9
56.1
70.6
53.8
48.1
55,7
TABLE 5.—Employment, Pay Rolls, Hours, and Earnings in Manufacturing and Nonmanufacturing Industries—Continued
NONMANUFACTURING—Continued
[Indexes are based on 12-month average, 1929=100]
Employment index
Industry
Brokerage
Insurance 357 . _
Building construction s
.
91.9
93.4
97.9
._
__.
+.2
+.1
-6.7
1938
1938
92.5
93.7
102.5
92.9
94.4
106.8
-.2
-.9
-.5
-4.2
+3.3
+.7
1938
81.1
80.0
68.3
+.9
+1.2
-6.6
1938
81.3
79. 3
73.9
+1.5
+1.3
* 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 smaller number of establishments, as all reporting firms do not furnish man-hours.
Tho figures are not strictly comparable from month to month because of changes in the
size and composition of the reporting sample. Hours and earnings for all manufacturing
industries now relate to 87 industries instead of 89 which were covered in the July and
prior issues of the pamphlet. The 2 industries excluded are electric- and ^'team-railroad
repair shops. The averages for the durable goods group have also been a tfected by this
exclusion. See test in section headed, "Employment, pay rolls, hours, and earnings."
»Indexes adjusted to 1935 census. Comparable series back to January 3929 presented
in January 1938 issue of this publication.
'Average weekly earnings, hourly earnings, and hours not strictly comparable with
Average hours worked
per week
Average hourly
earnings
Decem- Novem- Octo- Decem- Novem- Octo- Decem- Novem- Octo- Decem- Novem- Octo- Decem- Novem- October
ber
ber
ber
ber
ber
ber
ber
ber
ber
ber
ber
ber
ber
ber
1938
23
Hotels (year-round)
*
Laundries 2
2
Dyeing and
cleaning
35
Average weekly
earnings
Pay-roll index
-8.4
1938
80.8
79.5
78.0
+1.2
+.2
+5.2
1938
1938
$15.02 $15.07
17.43
17.30
19.23
19.66
36.22
36. 59
35.79
36.00
28.97
28.95
1938
$15. 01
17.24
19.91
35. 76
35.56
30.11
1938
1938
1938
46.3
42.2
40.7
47.2
41.8
41.4
46.7
41.4
42.1
(6)
(6)
(6)
31.7
31.9
33.8
1938
1938
1938
Cents
32.3
41.4
48.7
Cents
31.8
41.6
48 5
Cents
31 9
41.8
47 9
(6)
(8)
(6)
91.4
90.7
(6)
CO
89.2
figures published in pamphlets prior to January 1938 as they now exclude corporation
officers,
executives, and other employees whose duties are mainly supervisory.
4
Cash payments only; the additional value of board, room, and tips cannot be computed.
5
Indexes of employment and pay rolls are not available; percentage changes from preceding
month substituted.
6
Not available.
7
Percentage change in employment from August to September 1938 revised from
+0.6 to - 0 . 3 .
° September 1938 indexes for retail trade revised as follows: Total, employment 84.7
pay roll 69.4; general merchandising group, employment 97.0, pay roll 85.3.
to
o
21
INDEXES OF EMPLOYMENT AND PAY ROLLS
Indexes of employment and pay rolls are given in table 6 for all
manufacturing industries combined, for specified groups and subgroups of manufacturing industries, for each of 87 manufacturing
industries, and for each of 13 nonmanufacturing industries, including
2 subgroups under retail trade, by years where available from 1923 to
1938, inclusive, and by months, from January 1938 to December 1938,
inclusive. The accompanying chart indicates the trend of factory
employment and pay rolls from January 1919 to December 1938.
The indexes of factory employment and pay rolls are based on the
3-year average 1923-25 as 100. They relate to wage earners only and
are computed from reports supplied by representative manufacturing
establishments in 87 manufacturing industries. These reports covermore 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 87 industries included in the monthly survey of the Bureau
of Labor Statistics.
The indexes for the nonmanufacturing industries are based on the
12-month average for 1929 as 100. Figures for mining, laundries, and
dyeing and cleaning cover wage earners only, but the figures for public
utilities, trade, and hotels relate to all employees, except corporation
officers, executives, and other employees whose duties are mainly
supervisory. For crude-petroleum producing they cover wage earners and clerical field force. The coverage of the reporting samples for
the various nonmanufacturing industries ranges from 25 percent for
wholesale trade to 90 percent for quarrying and nonmetallic mining.
Data for both manufacturing and nonmanufacturirig 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.
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1—
__.
40
... _
20
]
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i
i
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1919 1920 192/ /922 1923 J924 1925 1926 1927/928 1929 1930 193/ 1932 !933 /934 /935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940
UNITEO STATES BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
23
TABLE 6.—Employment and Pay-Roll
Indexes
MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES
[3-year average, 1923-25=100]
Year and
month
All indus1 ries
ElliI'loyment
"ToiuF
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932.-..
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1938
96.4
S9.8
101.7
S9.5
99.7
106.0
1.4
78.1
66.3
73.4
85.7
91.3
97.8
105.8
January
February...
March
April
_.
May
June
July
August
September..
October
November..
December..
Year and
month
Employment
"10279 104.1
96. 4
96.0
99. 5
101.1
104.2 J02. 5
96. 5
102.4
103.5
97.7
110.4 100. 2
87. 0
67.8
07.7
46.7
52.8
50.1
57. 5
64.5
73.0
74.1
si. a
85.6
91.5
102.0 10-1.0
77.5
77.3
87.8
88.2
87.7
85.7
83.4
81.6
81.9
85.7
88.8
89.5
90.5
91.2
1935
1936
1937
1938
_
_._
Pay
rolls
75.0
76.9
77.1
74.6
72.9
70.8
70.6
76.9
81.0
83.8
84.1
Cast-iron
pipe
Employment
1923
1924
1925
1920
.1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
Durablegoods group i
Pay
rolls
94. 6
101. 7
103.7
HO. 5
98.2
85. 3
85. 2
75. 3
55.1
25.1
22. I
34.0
39. 2
51. 4
"i'-\. 7
05.2
03. 3
51.0
96.0
101.6
102.4
110.1
101.8
92. 4
87.
80.4
71.5
40. 3
42. 1
57. 5
60. 3
09. 9
Nondurablegoods group 2
Employment
103.2
203. 0
95. 9
96.4
100. 9 100.0
101. 8 100. 9
102. 3
98.9
102. 3 101.0
105.9
111.
90.9
83.8
i>b. 0 87.9
79.2
33. 4
88. 5
30.8
97.8
52. 5
100.7
(55.0
103.8
81.7
103. 5 107.0
96.0
OX. 2
Pay
rolls
Pay
rolls
102.5
96.1
1.01. 4
103. 6
100.3
104. 9
109.6
95.6
81.4
61. 6
05. 0
78.0
51.2
89.9
100.4
88. 0
Iron and. steel-<tiia tueir products, not
including machinery
Blast furBolts, nuts,
Iron and
naces, steel
and
steel group
w rks, and washers,
rivets
rolling mills
EmEmEmploy- Pay
ploy- Pay
ploy- P a y
ment rolls ment rolls ment rolls
104.1
97.0
98.9
102.3
97.1
97.0
103.3
89.9
70.3
57.4
65.8
80.2
87.1
99.0
111.4
82.7
103. 5
96.5
100.0
104.8
98.5
!00. 6
108.3
86.3
55.7
31.3
39.9
53.9
66.5
86.6
109.8
66.6
104.5
97.1
98.4
101.0
95.7
96.2
103.2
90.3
68.4
57.8
71.0
86.2
92.1
105.4
120.0
87.7
101.5
S6.5
99.0
103.0
98. 7
100.6
109.6
87.7
53. 6
27.4
40. 5
55.0
68.7
92.2
120.5
06. 9
112.5
89.5
98.0
96.0
95.6
114.0
122.0
'~74.~2 "56." 2
55. 2
32.5
59. 8
39.5
70.0
57.2
88.1
73.8
99.5
93.3
113.6
114. 6
82.4
69.2
(57. 1
93.7
84.0
8J.7
86.4
60.9
83.1
94. 5
00.7
07.2
95. 9
87.8
80.1
85.3
63.2
92.7
63. 7
83. 2
07.4
95. 8
87. 9
79. 3
84.4
64.3
04.5
90.9
81.1
05. 6
94. 0
84.7
77. 0
64.3
82.3
63.3
S8.2
80.0
04.2
62.9
91.5
82. 0
75.0
80.7
62.7
85.8
80.7
01.7
58. 1
90.3
80. 9
72.4
77.8
59.1
82.3
77.3
58. 6
56.8
92. 0
84.1
76.7
57.4
70. 3
82.2
77.2
03. 7
05. 3
99. 0
91.7
79.4
65.3
71. 7
83.8
78. 1
0-*. 7 101.7
67. 6
94.9
81.7
68.6
7"). 3
84.7
81.9
75.2
73. «J
99.4
93. 4
83.9
74.9
79. 0
86.1
84. 9
78.3
81.9
98. 4.
90. 0
88.5
79.1
82.1
89.8
90.0
SO. 4
83.2
98. S
93. 5
87.4
80.8
83. 1
91. 1
91.6
<{ii(l st,ejJ and tneir produces, noi itidu.lin<r machinery—Continued
Cm lory (not
including
silver and
Forgings—
Hardware
plated cut- iron and steel
lery; and
edge tools
EmEmEmPay ployPay ployPay
ploy- rolls
ment rolls ment rolls
ment
97. 9 110.5 113.9 101. 6 100.1
99.6
96. 0
96.3
97.4
97.4
102.4
101.8
86.1
98.0
88.7 101.8 103. 6
100.3
89.5
87.5
87.8
97.8
~74.~2~
67. 4
64. 5
80.0
81.9
84.0
93. 7
78. 3
"o'o.T
87.0
66. 3
"41.9"
32.1
33. 4
40. 3
51.5
58. 0
OS). 4
4,1. 9
"32." 5"
17.9
20.9
34.4
42.9
52. 8
08.4
36. 6
100.8
93.0
92.8
101. 7
88.6
70.3
58. 9
03.4
76.5
80.8
85.5
99.0
70. I
82.7
X2.8
66. 6
67.2
60.9
63. 6
01.7
01.5
52.1
60. 9
67. 5
73. 6
75. 5
78.6
51.0
47.8
45. 8
43.6
42,8
40. 2
38. 5
41.5
43.5
45.6
48.0
49 6
37.4
35.3
35.4
32.7
31.9
29. 3
28.9
31.5
37.7
41.9
44.4
49.4
75.2
71.8
70. 5
64.9
63.5
61.3
56. 5
60. 6
66. 9
79. 5
81.4
86.3
""94." (V '"93.T
47.2
43.8
59. 0
07.0
/••». 1
~66.~ 7
106. 3
96.1
96.0
100.9
81.6
58.9
38.4
42.6
56. 5
67.0
80.7
100.8
64. 2
55.5
59.3
56. 4
51.8
53.2
52. 4
48.3
57.6
65. 7
86. %
93.2
90.1
Plumbers'
supplies
57.4
61.9
61. 6
59.9
65. 0
61. 1
58. 5
60. 3
73. 1
81.0
90.6
94.4
Stamped and
enameled
ware
Employment
89.5
110.1
89.9
100.0
95.7
100.1
110.5
110.0
94.2
96.9
~94.~6~ 93. 0
104.1
92.5
87.2 120.5
106.3
"65." I" ~48.~6" 85.4
27.3
79. 5
48.3
30.3
97.2
52.6
29.4
131.9
40. 3
50. 0 150. 5
&). 6
00. 4 100. 2
75.9
72.0
171.0
82.6
56. 5 122. 7
72.1
Employment
111.5
89.5
99.0
Pay
rolls
Pay
rolls
111.2
92.8
96.0
98.3
95.7
108.0
125. 6
104.9
76.8
56. 5
66.7
102. 3
128.2
147.4
169.1
115.1
1958
January
February...
March
April
_.
May
June
July
August
September..
October
November..
December..
61.4
41. 7
fiO. 6 43.8
61.5
48.5
63. 3
50. 5
63. 3
50. 6
63. 5
51. 1
6.1.7
51. 9
63.0
53. 0
53.8
64. 6
53.8
65. 4
54.5
65. 7
55. 7
60. 1
8). 4
8J.0
76. 6
75.4
63.9
74.5
77.7
80. 2
82.0
82.9
See footnotes at end of table.
70.6
71.3
70.6
70.9
71.8
72.5
72.5
73.1
73.2
73.1
73.0
72. 0
53.3
51.6
52. 5
51.2
58.9
57.6
55. 3
57.3
59. 6
62.0
54.8
00.4
122.5
122.8
128.1
120. 0
122.6
112.5
105.1
114.1
121.6
128.7
133.6
134.3
104.2
109.3
118.8
115.6
109.1
99.7
92.0
109.9
119.9
133.3
133.5
136. 0
TABLE 6.—Employment and Pay-Roll Indexes—Continued
MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES—Continued
Iron and steel and their products, not including machinery—Continued
Year and
month
1923
19241925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1933
Steam and
hot-water
heating
apparatus
and steam
fittings
Stoves
Structural
and ornamental
Employment
Employment
Pay
rolls
Employment
Pay
rolls
102.2
97.7
100.1
102.6
99.3
92.4
91.6
78.3
67.1
47.4
51.6
58.9
62.7
75.6
86.1
66.7
101.7
98. 0
100.3
JO"). 5
101.6
94.4
92.4
69.0
46.3
26.8
30.6
39.6
45.1
60.9
77.7
51.2
106.0
95.0
99.0
104.2
96.2
94.0
99.3
83.1
(JO. 4
55.0
64. 3
78.4
88.9
98.2
102.0
73.6
103.5
96.0
100.5
105.8
97.5
93.5
98.8
74.3
53. 4
33.4
40. 8
52. 6
66. 9
81.4
86.1
58.8
97.7
97.9
107.5
106.1
106.5
111.2
98.9
76.0
49.7
43.3
54.3
55.2
69.1
79.2
61.2
104.0
96.6
99.4
109. 9
108. 8
111.0
112.8
94.2
61.5
29.9
23.9
:J4. 7
36.2
53. 2
70.8
50. 4
64. 6
63.7
64. 7
63.6
65.1
61. 9
67.1
69.0
69.8
71.3
69.1
67.9
47.8
46.6
47.0
45. 9
47. 5
51.0
51. 5
55. 5
53. 3
59. 0
53.3
56.4
61. 1
70.8
73.3
72.1
73.4
71.4
68.2
76.0
79. 7
83. 1
78.9
74.7
41.7
53.8
57.4
56. 3
58.4
55. 4
52.0
61.5
69. 2
75. 7
62.7
61.4
66.2
63.7
62.0
61. 2
59.7
58.3
59. I
59.8
60. 5
61.1
60.7
(J1.9
54. 2
52.0
50. 6
49.4
48.8
46.7
48.8
51.2
49.7
50. 5
50.1
53. 2
J01.4
Pay
rolls
Tools, not
edge
Tin cans and including
tools, maother tinware chine
tools,
file;, and saws
Wirework
Employment
Pay
rolls
Employment
Pay
rolls
Employment
Pay
rolls
101.0
100.0
99.0
07.7
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
98." 4
161" 2
'9L7
95.6
120. 4
"I22.~5
104"3'
113* 6
107.6
117.8
124." 2"
129."3
83.7
73. 3
77.3
88.6
91.0
99.5
105.4
89.3
83.3
do. 8
67.6
78.7
82.9
<J4. 5
109. 5
93.1
60.4
48.8
53. 5
64. 6
70.4
83.2
93.4
76.9
51.1
33. 2
37.2
50. 6
60. 6
7*. 4
98.0
68.2
95.6
87.6
97.9
124.1
139. 7
1(54. 2
194. 8
135.3
80.6
56.8
65.6
93.4
117.8
151.4
194.7
128.9
87.9
86. 9
88.3
88.7
87. 5
88.9
91.4
99. 5
97.6
86.2
84. 6
84. 1
8<J. 6
8(J. 6
92. 9
91.2
91.8
92. 6
94. 4
107. 0
103. 0
81). 2
87.5
87.9
81.3
79.3
79.2
76.6
74.8
73.0
69. 7
71.9
71.8
77.0
80.»
83. 9
70.8
68.0
71.2
65.3
64.0
00. y
57.0
63. 0
67. 4
71.9
75. 8
82.0
148.1
138.1
134. 7
131.0
129.4
1 ir>. 5
109. 6
106. 2
127. 9
146. 5
16i. 6
171.6
125.4
118.1
122.7
118.7
114.4
99.8
91.6
99. 8
134. 2
156. 1
180.2
185.9
1938
January
February
March
April
May
_
June
July..
August
September
October
November
December. ___..
Year and month
1923..
1924..
1925-.
1926-.
1927..
1928..
1929..
1930..
1931..
1932..
1933..
1934..
1935..
J936-.
1937..
1938..
Machinery, not including transportation equipment
Cash registers, Electrical maAgricultural
Engines, turadding maimplements
chinery,
bines, water
Machinery
chines, and
(including
apparatus,
and
wheels and
group
calculating
tractors)
supplies
windmills
machines
Employ- Pay Employ- Pay Employ- Pay Employ- Pay Employ- Pay
rolls
rolls
ment
rolls
ment
rolls
ment
ment
ment
rolls
110.2
107.4
105.1
103.0
100.1
105.8 104.1
110.1
99.0
101.6
86.8
97.2
94.9
94.9
85.6
97.3
97.9
99.2
90.0
88.6
103.0
95.4
99.3 101.0
104.3
111.0
99.1
100.7
97.0
109. 8
117.8
107.4 111.1
124.1
121. 9
134. 6
116.1
102.4 106.2
121.7
117.3
100.4
131. 4
103.1
132.0
104.9 111.3
140.7
118.3
140.1
145.5
125.9 134.3
154.4
129.0
J34. 4
150. 9
120.8
137.3
127.3
115.2
104.9 102.7
107. 9
98. 4
102. 7
109.3
107.1
65.8
64.2
78.3
52.1
70.3
59.4
87.3
69.1
80.9
68.7
36.5
37.3
57.0
23.5
44.8
27.1
74.9
60. 6
52.5
39.7
43.3
40.5
60.8
30.0
48.3
33.8
78.2
58.8
60.1
38. 9
72.2
59.6
79.4
54. 2
62.0
52.1
108.0
73.0
88.5
54.7
118.9
73.5
89.1
103. 9
69. 2
61.1
116.0
80.7
95.4
66.6
139. 4 130. 2
103.3 94.1
81.4
81.2
130.3
91.5
115.0
82.3
167.4
123.9 126.9
185.2
L03. 6
118.5
150.6
114. 9 115.9
149. 6
121.2
83.1
90.9
124.0
86.7
94.4
138.6
81.6
123. 4
71. 9
1938
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September...
October
November...
December
104.0
99.7
96.9
93.2
89.7
86.1
82.9
84.1
85.5
87.2
89.5
91.8
95.1
91.1
88.0
83.6
80.6
76.4
72.7
76.1
78.6
81.9
83.9
See footnotes at end of table.
158. 7
152.8
150. 3
147.8
133.8
125.2
100.6
99.8
90.3
93.7
96.6
105.0
169.1
161.8
160.7
152.9
137.2
124.1
98.6
95.6
87.1
92.4
95.0
113.5
143.0
143.7
142.4
141. 9
140. 1
137. 3
137.5
135.0
136.4
136.1
135.4
134. 6
134. 2
129. 4
130.0
120. 6
122.0
121.4
123.1
120.5
120.8
119.7
119.7
118.8
96.0
89.9
86.5
81.6
78.1
75.3
73.0
74.0
77.4
80.7
83 2
83.7
87.3
80.9
77.4
72.0
68. 4
66. 6
64.1
67.7
73.0
73.0
80.4
82.4
92.0
91.4
89.4
92.4
90.1
85.5
82.1
82.6
83.1
83.4
83.5
85.3
98.8
99.2
100.8
101.7
97.1
89.4
85.9
89.9
90.0
90.4
91.6
98.0
25
TABLE 6.—Employment and Pay-Boll
Indexes—Continued
MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES—Continued
Machinery, not including transportation equipment—Continued
Year a n d m o n t h
Foundry and
machine-shop
products
Employment
1923
1924
1925 ._1926
1927 . .
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
19331934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1GS8
Januarv
February
March
April
May
June
July
August .September
Employment
Payrolls
Radios and
phonographs
Textile machinery and
parts
Typewriters
and parts
Employment
Employment
Employment
Pay
rolls
34! 9
52.2
62. fi
83.0
110.6
71.2
108.1
92.0
99.9
119 3
114.3
127. 9
167.2
126.0
74.7
42 1
44.9
75. 8
99.5
125. 2
158.7
123.4
105.3
90.8
103.9
125. 3
116.3
139.8
187.6
121.9
61.5
28.6
30.9
60.7
91.4
125.5
179.3
115.5
204. 5 202.9
141.0 139.8
124.4
96.5
80.4
60.5
112.1
81.4
158.6 110.0
152. 7 117.8
168.1 136.8
154.3 134.4
90.9
78.9
79.8
77.5
75.2
71.4
70 0
65 7
63. 7
67.2
68.1
69.4
70.6
75. 9
148.1
142.3
135.8
129.9
123.8
115 8
110.6
107.1
114.2
115.8
117.6
119.9
151.2
138.4
129.1
116.5
111.3
99.0
94.2
97.4
107.8
110.5
110.8
120.0
86.0
72.7
84. 4 68.3
76. 1 57.9
77.9
65.8
76.3
66.8
81.6
71.6
81.6
72.4
88.9
75.5
93.5
83.5
108.0
97.9
118.8 106.9
118.0 107.6
108.4
93.9
97.7
103 3
97.7
98. 8
111.3
91.2
69.7
51.1
51.6
71.0
78. 5
92. 4
110.5
81.6
100 7
93.6
99.7
107.4
99.9
102.0
117.9
89.0
55.4
92.4
89.1
87.1
83. 5
81.0
77 4
75.8
77.1
77.7r
77 >
78.9
81.7
November
December
Pavrolls
Machine tools
89.5
105.9
104.6
Pay
rolls
116.4 117.5
92.7
86.8
90.9
95.7
90.1
95 7
93.2
85.3
78 5 84 2
88.1
96.7
71.2
66.0
54 3
61.3
48.4
35.1
60.5
47.9
67.6
55.6
62.1
54.3
69.3
66.4
80.6
86. 3
60.5
53.3
88.1
107.5
104.4
66.5
63.9
61.5
58.3
58.0
54.2
53.9
57.7
59.9
61.3
64.2
67.0
54.9
52.8
51.3
49.4
49 3
47.2
45.3
50.2
54.1
56. 5
61.3
66.9
Pay
rolls
100.0
100.0
100.0
98.4
100.0
101.6
111.5
113.0
121.1
130.1
77.8
61.6
6S.5
102.5
110.0
119.5
152.3
119.4
60 0
35.8
44.1
87.6
97.0
115.4
152.8
104.7
119.5
116.8
115.4
114.1
115.6
115.0
115.5
117.7
121.6
125. 3
128.9
127. 9
88.0
102. 4
94.1
91.5
92.4
93.7
91.5
97.9
115.7
128.1
130.9
130.3
Transportation equipment
Year and
month
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
193°
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
Transportation group
Employment
Pay
rolls
107.6
93. 1
99 3
99.1
87.9
96 2
103.5
80.2
66.3
55 5
54.5
83.4
102.9
117.7
73.3
107.7
90.8
101.5
99 5
89.8
101.6
105.4
70 2
52.3
37 8
35 6
61.4
78.1
93.4
115.7
68 7
82.6
79.9
77.4
71.9
68.2
62.4
55.5
51.0
63.7
79.4
91.6
96.1
67.6
65 9
65 1
64 9
59.5
57.4
51 0
49.9
64.7
83.8
95.9
98.7
953
19S8
January
February
March
April
May
June
Julv
August.- . _ .
September
OctoberNovember
December
Aircraft
Cars, electricand steamLocomotives Shipbuilding
railroad
Employment
Pay
rolls
Employment
Pay
rolls
Employment
Pay
rolls
Employment
Employment
Pay
rolls
103.6
103.4
100.0
96.6
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
102.8
124.1
69.3
126.9
93.8
79.3
75.0
59.9
48.4
63.1
54.7
29.6
24.9
22.5
36. 6
33.9
46.4
60.0
29.5
128.7
94.3
77.0
70.9
60.4
48.2
63.1
53.2
25.4
20.5
14.6
27.3
25.6
39.4
61.4
27.6
157.7 168.1 114.5
72.9
93.2
76.4
59.0
92.3
65.9
80.6
97.4
86.2
57.2 101.3
66.7
39.6
79.5
45.4
56. 8 58.3 101. 3
51.5 107.3
52.3
83.0
18.1
28.0
9.0
66.7
17.7
12.2
56.8
6.0
74.6
13.9
23.9
12.8
82.4
19.5
21.9 103.9
27.6
47.5 111.0
47.9
21.0
96.8
25.5
112.8
94.9
92.3
100.9
108.3
85.0
109.7
113.5
76.8
54.1
42.1
58.9
68.8
95.5
113.2
100.7
64.4
62.7
62.3
63.3
56.8
5i4
47.4
47.0
66.3
91.3
107.6
107.4
39.4
37.3
34.4
32.9
28.4
25.3
22.8
24.3
27.4
25.3
26.3
29.8
37.7
36. 9
33.5
30.5
26.5
24.0
20.2
22.3
25.3
23.5
23.1
28.2
37.6
36.9
32.5
25.6
22.3
19.6
15.5
13.1
11.1
11.1
12.8
13.7
109.8
105.2
105.1
101.9
102.6
104.7
99.9
90.0
92.3
95.1
94.2
107.3
157.9
156.8
525.2
501.5
353.1
244.2
279. 6
358. 5
407.2
655. 6
908.9
828.2
354.8
234.3
236. 2
283.9
341.3
551.7
818.0
784.9
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
113.9
128.3
75.9
877. 6 786. 8
8S2. 9 814.7
887.9 816.4
871.6 803.6
847. 5 797.0
813. 6 764. 3
794. 6 736. 5
758. 7 712. 8
75.r). 5 727. 2
785. 8 780. 8
814.9 709. 0
845.1 879. 6
84.7
82.1
79.3
72.9
68.6
61.5
53.1
48.0
64.9
86.3
101.9
106.9
100. 0
96.4
See footnotes at end of table.
Automobiles
42.9
39.4
35.9
30.8
27.1
25.1
20.2
18.0
16.1
16.1
16.9
17.4
Pay
rolls
104.8
100.6
100.0
95.7
98.4
98.2
95.8
89.1
89.9
92.1
96.6
100.5
26
TABLE 6.—Employment and Pay.RoU Indexes—Continued
MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES—Continued
Nonferrous metals and their products
Nonferrous
group
Year and
month
Clocks,
bronze, watches,
Aluminum Brass,copper
and
manufactures and
time-recordproducts
ing devices
Employment
Pay
rolls
Employment
Pay
rolls
104.8
1923
96.8
1924
98.4
1925
1926
,
_.
97.0
1927
1928
110.2
1929
1930
72.4
1931
58.0
1932
62.6
1933
1934
76.3
86.3
1935
1936
96.2
1937 _ . . 108.8
86.8
1938
19S8
Januarv
88.8
88.0
February
March __ . . 86.9
84.2
April
81.8
May
79.8
June
79.1
July
83.0
August
87.9
September
October
92.2
November
95.4
94.8
December
102.8
96.3
100.9
106.3
100.0
93.7
100 2
100.0
99.8
101.1
96.6
105.5
115.3
138.4
150.0
61.4
38.6
41.1
55.3
68.3
82.7
105.1
76.6
90.2
73.0
89.1
106.0
125.9
144.4
164.0
133.0
74.9
74.4
74.3
69.0
69.0
66.3
67.0
74.1
81.4
88.5
90.2
90.1
138.0
134.9
133. 5
129.0
126.1
121.5
122.0
128. 5
136.3
142.4
143.2
140.4
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
_.
.
_-.
19S8
January _. ..
February
March...
April
May
Lighting
equipment
Employment
Pay
rolls
Employment
Pay
rolls
Employment
Pay
rolls
101.3
95.6
103.1
107.4
104.7
115.6
128.3
88.7
60.3
39.1
48.0
62.8
79.0
96.9
123.4
83.2
97.6
100.0
102.4
95 7
100 0
104.3
105.1
99.8
95.1
105.9
91.8
102 3
101 3
100.0
98 7
96 7
100.0
103 3
102.9
108.1
96.2
106.9
92.9
97.3
98.2
102.2
111.4
113.3
104.2
110.6
74.3
58.1
58.9
74.1
82.6
94.8
106.4
81.3
02.2
38.0
39.7
59. 5
72. 5
90.9
113.1
74.8
74.1
59.5
59.3
73.0
78.7
83.4
94.1
87.5
65. 0
42.8
37.7
53.3
60.0
65. 5
79. 9
71 1
65. 3
47 0
40. 5
58.3
73.0
87 3
101 0
74 9
60.4
35 3
31.6
42.5
57.3
74 2
94.2
61 8
77.1
75.8
77.5
74.5
76.0
72.5
77.9
83.4
89.1
90.2
99.8
98.9
84.5
88.1
85.9
81.7
78.9
75.2
73.6
77. 7
79.9
83. 0
84.1
82.9
82.0
84.3
79.1
04.7
04.4
59.0
59.6
70.3
78.1
85.6
87.1
83.2
84.1
86.1
80.8
80.0
75.3
77.6
79.2
80.7
90.0
100.3
101.0
90. 9
68.0
69 1
67.9
58.8
56.9
60.4
61.2
70.1
81.4
91.8
82.7
84.0
73.9
73 8
71.0
70. 0
67.9
03.7
62.8
08.4
70.2
85.4
91.0
04.2
53.7
56 2
55. 6
51 8
51.7
50.6
49 6
58.2
09.2
78.1
83.4
84.7
Employment
Pay
rolls
81.3
46.7
60.1
77.6
102.8
127.0
164.6
128.7
103.4
96.6
100.0
102.7
101.2
J07.3
121.5
96.6
74.9
62.5
73.4
86.6
96.7
108.5
122.4
91.8
124.9
125. 2
129.5
119.3
119.0
109.4
111.5
125.8
138. 8
148.4
148.0
144.0
93.1
91.2
90.5
88.8
87.3
85.7
80.1
89.0
92.7
90.4
100.5
100.2
Nonferrous metals and their
products
Year and
month
Jewelry
Lumber and allied products
Silverware
and plated
ware
Smelting and
refining—
copper, lead,
and zinc
Employment
Pay
rolls
Employment
Pay
rolls
Employment
Pay
rolls
Employment
Pay
rolls
Employment
Pay
rolls
Employment
Pay
rolls
100.6
100.0
99.4
98.1
100.0
101.9
102.8
100.0
97.2
103.2
100.0
96.8
98.4
102.3
89.9
90.4
92.6
96.5
91.3
99.4
65.3
53.7
54.1
62.4
60.1
57.0
64.9
00. 5
54.3
36.8
35.1
45.1
47.3
47.2
59.8
51.9
54.4
41.4
42.9
57.2
66.2
73.7
82.1
68. 5
45.9
26.6
27.4
39.6
50.3
62.9
81.5
03.9
101.5
98.3
100.2
100.3
93.9
92.1
95.2
75.8
56.0
43.6
49.9
56.6
63.6
71.1
76.6
62.6
100.0
98.5
101.5
102.4
96.6
94.1
97.3
72.5
46.2
26.6
30.3
37.4
45.9
57.6
67.2
53.0
98.1
96.2
105.7
110.3
108.8
106.7
111.9
89.0
73.7
57.4
61.0
64.6
75. 6
84.8
94.0
75.2
96.9
90.4
106.7
113.4
111.8
107. 5
114.0
80.7
59.2
34.6
35.9
42.1
53.0
00. 0
78.0
58.0
96.7
98.8
104. 5
102. 7
90. 7
80.7
84.0
04. 4
51.1
35. 0
33.2
30.8
45. 3
54.1
00.7
51. 5
95.6
99.3
105.1
103. 3
90.5
86.1
83.5
01 1
42.0
21.4
18.7
22.0
30.2
41.0
49.3
41.5
103.6
98 8
97.6
95.5
80.6
84.4
87.7
07 6
41.1
31.7
39.6
48.2
53. 4
59.1
62.1
51 0
102.5
99 2
98 3
90.6
89.0
87 2
90.7
67 6
33.6
18.4
24.4
32.8
39 5
49. 2
50. 5
45 1
59.7
61.3
61.0
60.7
59.3
58.4
50.8
57. 5
59.8
64.0
66.5
66.9
46.3
48.9
51.1
46. 5
46.3
44.6
38.1
48.5
55. 6
62.4
66.1
68.3
76.5
72.5
70.9
69.0
67.0
64.5
63.5
63.1
65. 4
66.4
71.1
72.5
73.3
68. 5
65.5
64.1
63.4
60.4
56.8
57.9
60. 3
62.2
65.8
68.2
60.0
60.6
62.3
61.6
61.0
60.7
60.7
64.0
65.8
65.7
65.2
64.1
45.1
48.0
51.8
50.1
50.5
51.2
48.7
58.1
60.0
60.0
56.2
56.1
75.1
74.8
74.6
71.8
70.0
70.8
71.2
76.0
79.0
79.7
79.5
79.8
52.0
50.3
50.8
51.9
50.4
52. 4
51.3
62.5
68.1
08.4
64.9
67. 8
48.4
50. 5
50. 7
49.9
48.7
49.7
50. 9
52. 8
54.0
54.0
54.9
54.0
34.7
38.0
39. 5
38. 0
39. 5
40.3
41.0
45. 6
45. 5
46.0
44.5
44.6
47.9
48. 3
51.0
51. 0
51.1
50. 1
49 8
52.4
53.5
53 1
52.3
50.9
37. 5
30.3
44. 5
44.4
45.4
45.4
41 0
50.2
50. 0
50 4
46.4
44.9
June
Julv
August
September
October
November
December
See footnotes at end of table,
Lumber
group
Furniture
Lumber,
millwork
Lumber,
sawmills
27
TABLE 6.—Employment and Pay-Roll Indexes—Continued
MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES—Continued
Stone, clay, and glass products
Stone, clay,
and glass
group
Year and
month
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927 .
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933.
1934
1935.1936
1937...
1938
1938
January
February
March .
April
May .
June.
Julv
August
September
October
November
December
Brick, tile,
and terra
cotta
Employment
Cement
Employment
Employment
Pay
rolls
100.4
98 9
100.7
103 8
99 9
95.7
93 8
80.2
63 7
46.7
49.4
61 6
66. 6
73 9
80. 6
66.5
98.3 100.6
98.1
95.0
100.5 98.7 101.1 101.0
101.2 100.7 100.8 104.0
104 2 102 9 101 8 102.1
96.7
98.3
100.5 99.0
87.5 92.6
9t). 2 92.3
91.5
84.7
90.3
93.7
72.2
84.6
62.2
76.9
35.2
65.8
53 9 50.2
15.5
45.8
31.8
30.6
31.3
15.0
42.8
30.8
41.7
38.0
21.2
55.4
27.4
56.0
49.0
43.7
40.2
62.0
60. 2 55.2
71.1
72.5 60.5 48.2
48.2
34.8
64.5
56.6
63 1
63 0
63.7
65 4
66.0
65.8
64. 6
66. 3
67. 8
70.1
71.6
70.5
47.9
51 3
53. 0
54. 3
57.7
56. 4
53.1
5fi. 5
5S.3
63. 0
63.8
63. 5
42.8
42.9
43. 8
47.0
48.4
48.3
48.8
49.9
51.2
52.0
52.4
51.3
Pay
rolls
26.9
28.2
28.8
32.3
35.7
36.0
35.4
37.2
38.6
40.6
39.0
39.4
54.3
53.3
57.7
64.6
66.7
68.1
70.3
69.9
68.0
70.1
67.8
62. 6
Marble, granite, slate,
and other
products
Glass
Pottery
Employment
Pay
rolls
Employment
Pay
rolls
Employment
Pay
rolls
94.6 105.1
102.9
95.5
102. 5 99.4
100.9 103.8
101.1 94.3
96.9
92.6
92.9
96.7
83.4
83.8
56.9
71.5
29.8
59.6
26.4
71.3
38.7
91.5
39.8
96.1
51.0
98.4
65. 9 107.4
59.0
83.9
103.4
96.9
99.7
103.9
93.6
94.5
100.9
82.9
66.5
45.5
52.0
70.9
82.2
91.8
112.5
82.9
104.5 101.7
100 0 100.0
95.5 98.3
97.8
104.3
97.9
99 3
94.5
93.9
91.4
74.1
56.4
35.9
37.4
49.5
58.7
65 5
76.7
65.0
57 6
66.2
67.5
63 8
65.5
61.0
53.1
58.7
63.9
73.2
74.5
75.5
Pay
rolls
43.9
44.2
49.7
58.0
65.7
65.1
66.0
65.4
63.4
65.4
63.7
57.2
87.6
85.4
83.5
81.6
80.7
79.3
74.7
78.7
82.1
87.5
92.1
93.0
77.7
80.7
81.4
77.6
79.1
77.6
69.1
78.6
82.6
92.9
98.6
99.4
105.6
113.0
98.7
104.0
72.2
47.9
43.1
43.3
39.7
46.8
49.1
42.1
68.8
35.3
27.7
28.3
26.8
35.0
37.8
31.5
98.5
103.8
97.7
99.7
98.0
98.8
94.7
82.9
72.3
58.6
63.2
74.5
77.1
78.6
83.0
75.0
36.7
40.2
41.2
41.8
43.4
43.7
44.0
43.3
43.0
42.3
42.9
42.3
24.9
30.3
31.6
33.1
35.5
33.8
33.5
32. 0
31.3
30.1
30.7
31.4
74.4
75.1
75. 5
74.4
73.3
73.0
69.5
72.3
74.8
77.7
80.0
79.9
Textiles and their products
Year and
Textiles
group
Fabric
(subgroup)
Carpets and
rugs
small
Cotton goods Cotton
wares
Dyeing and
finishing
textiles
Employment
Employment
month
Employment
Pay
rolls
Employment
Employment
Pay
rolls
Employ- Pay
ment rolls
105.8
93.8
100.4
100.2
106.8
101.7
105.2
85 6
75.2
53.6
61.8
73.4
83.2
86.8
92.4
75.0
105.4 106.0 103.8 109.2 106.7 110.1 104.4
94.2
93.4
96.2
93.3
92.5
91.6
92.6
100.4 100. 6 100.0
97.5 100.8 98.3 103.0
99. 2 99.4
97.8
93. 8 101. 9 98.5
101. 3 103. 8 96. 9 94.5 105. 8 105.7 95.3
95. 5 88.4
92.8
96. 2 95.8
85.7
90.1 96.1 90.1
99.2 99. 4 96.2
97.4
86.0
59.7
80.7
69.4
79.4
74.2
70.2
54.3
81.7
80.3
74.5
61.0
67.5
72.2
31.4
67.1 43.9
71.9
50. 4 52.9
41.0
60.2 84.3
85.9
86.4
61.4
62.8
90.4
69.8
68.7
45.0
89.3
68.2
86.0
95.0
77.9
81.5
62.5
83.5
65.8
85.8
74.0
87.0
96.3
66. 6 88.8
80.6
85.4
95. 7 77.5
95.5
99. 0 88.1
86. 9 89.8
74.2
52.3
83.6
69.7
66.8
69.1
81.6
105.5
91.8
102.7
..
105.2
94 9
99 9
99 9
104.0
101 3
104.8
92 9
87 2
77.9
90.5
96.7
103 5
106.7
108.5
93.0
76.8
56.2
66.5
71.1
73.4
77.8
82.6
67.3
97.4
96.1
93.9
92.7
108.7 111.2
110.8 114.2
113.5 121.5
114.9 121 8
121.8 124.8
112.0 108 7
103. 3 101 2
92.8
73.8
101.8
77.5
113.6
88.5
118.2
94 5
115.8
97 3
114.8 100. 5
104.0
87.2
September
October . . .
November
December
89.7
94.7
95.0
91.8
87.4
84.6
86.6
95.1
97.9
97.5
96.9
98.6
68.0
77.9
78.0
71.6
66.3
62.4
66.6
80.0
84.0
83.1
78,4
83.3
59.0
65.8
67.2
61.3
62.0
59.9
58.8
65.3
71.1
77.4
77.3
82.2
103.8
105.1
105. 2
103.6
101.9
98.0
97.0
101.9
104.1
105.8
109.3
112.1
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
_ ...
1938
January
February
March.
April
May
June
Julv .
•Vimust
82.1
83.1
82.2
79.5
78.0
77.2
80.4
85.1
86. 6
87.2
89.5
01.8
See footnotes at end of table.
Pay
rolls
64.4
69.0
(57.6
63. 3
62.0
61.2
65.7
73.4
74.7
76.5
77.3
81.1
66.2
71.8
71.8
67.8
63.1
48.0
62.8
67. 6
72.7
76.7
79.5
81.5
Pay
rolls
40. 5
48.5
50.7
46.0
41.5
35.5
44.7
55.4
60.8
66.0
66.9
71.1
82.6
81.8
82.4
79.3
77. 1
76.0
78.2
81.3
83.2
83.7
86.1
87.1
Pay
rolls
64.3
65.1
m. 5
62.1
60. 3
58. 5
63.7
68.4
71.0
72.4
73.6
75.7
71.4
73.0
72.7
70.7
70.4
68.3
67.7
72.1
76.4
79.9
83.0
84.5
101.3
102.1
84 1
89.7
89.1
86.1
83.2
76.8
78.3
87 4
89.5
92.0
92.7
97.2
28
TABLE 6.—Employment and Pay-Roll Indexes—Continued
MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES—Continued
Textiles and their products—Continued
Year and month
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
Hats, fur-felt
Knit goods 3
Employment
Employment
....
_ .
- 1938
January
February
ATarch
April
Mav
June.July
August
September
October
November
December
Pay
rolls
Pay
rolls
Silk and rayon
goods
Employment
Woolen and Wearing apparel
worsted goods
(subgroup)
Employment
PasT
roll
Pay
rolls
Employment
Pay
rolls
82.5
54. 5
59.5
71.0
82.0
88.7
89.3
74.4
105.1
93.9
101.0
101.4
103. 0
104.8
112.9
103. 2
96.3
94.2
102.7
110. 5
119.0
121.8
122.3
108.7
103.9
92.0
104.1
108.6
116.1
117.4
130. 1
109. 7
92.3
77.2
81.5
100.2
113.9
118.0
123.1
108.9
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
59.6
97 4
93. 0
109. 6
107 8
107. 6
107 5
105 ft
87
74 8
48 4
50 9
60 0
68 8
61. 5
64 ft
40 5
109. 3
97.9
92.8
84.1
86.7
83.1
82.0
67.2
67.1
56.0
71.4
67.5
90.4
80. 5
83.4
66.2
109.1
97.6
93.3
84.0
84.7
79.2
80.1
60. 5
57.3
38.9
49.7
49.1
71.5
68.1
72.2
53.0
105.4
90.1
98.5
99.8
105.8
108.3
113.3
105 0
99.7
89.1
97.7
108. 7
121.0
128.9
128.2
112.9
105.6
94.9
99.5
99. 6
107.6
107.5
111.0
93. 6
80.6
57.2
60.0
77.3
90.7
95.9
97.6
82.8
77.5
86.2
79.9
63.4
56.4
48. 5
74.9
87.2
95. 0
78.0
70.1
75.3
103.4
107. 9
108.6
107.8
103.3
103. 9
104. 0
109.2
111.8
114.5
114.2
115.1
94.2
108.4
110.7
106.5
101.6
99.9
98.2
111.7
116.0
122.1
118.5
119.5
57.8
59.4
59.8
59. 7
59. 2
53.5
55.0
61.3
63.2
61.2
61.7
63.2
40. 1
45. 3
46. 6
45 4
40 1
40. 8
42. 2
50
50. 6
50
48. 6
51. 8
61.9
62.6
54.4
48.8
54.1
61.0
68.4
75.1
72.7
71.9
78.4
85.3
51.0
52.5
41. 1
35.4
38 9
47.4
55. 5
62. 1
57.5
58.1
03. 7
72.8
105.3
119. 8
122. 7
118. 5
107.2
99.7
98. 9
116.3
122. 1
119.0
112.0
112.2
72.0
92.8
95 8
85. 6
72 5
62.0
60. 0
90 4
99.5
93 0
78. 0
84.7
106.4
97.1
96.5
107.4
90.5
102.1
101.2
114.1
105.3
112.3
89.6
72.6
79.8
80.4
93.3
96.3
95.2
84.4
91.3
92.4
92.3
89. 1
74.4
61.3
79.8
88.1
90.0
89.1
82.8
82.4
Textiles and their products—Continued
Year and
month
Clothing,
men's
Clothing,
women's
Corsets and
allied garments
Men's furnishings
Employment
Employment
Millinery
Employment
Pay
rolls
Employment
Pay
rolls
107.0
1923
97.3
1924
95.7
1925
1926....
_. 97.4
102.5
1927
101 3
1928
103.2
1929
91.4
1930
84.9
1931
1932
79 4
90.5
1933
99.3
1934
111.3
1935
115.7
1936
1937
_ . 115.4
96.7
1938 —
1938
109.3
96.1
94.6
94.8
99.5
95.5
95.8
74.7
62.8
44.8
52.8
65.3
79.7
81.6
85.3
65.2
104.3
90.6
99.1
104.2
121.0
133.7
146.8
142.2
135. 8
116.9
125. 1
150.3
172.7
189.0
184.2
165.2
94.6
103.2 105.2 103.4
93.6 103.2
94.3 100.0 100.0 100.1
96.1
94.8
102.5
94.8
96.6 105.3 110.3 102.0
98.0
104.7
123.6 "90"6" ~~96.~7~ ~125.~7" "139"5" 104.8
132 5
105 7
132.7 145.5 101.3
89.2
97.0
142 6
127.9
91.3
120.1 109. 5
89.6
83.7
91.3
110.5
103.8
74.8
76.4
89.3
75.2
73.9
110.7
73.2
91.6
79.1
71.0
74.5
117.8 102.8
86.9
103.0
97.8
72.9
125. 1 113.3
93.8
120.8 102.2
71.6
141.4 122.4
95.0
129.9
99.6
75.6
148.1 127.7
97.4
129.2 101.7
73.6
131.6 114.1
116.1
94.0
97.5
69.5
90.5
103.9
105.7
93. 2
82.6
78.2
89.8
104.3
107.5
104.5
98.1
97.1
58.4
74.1
75.7
64.5
48.0
43.2
57.4
74.4
80.1
74.9
63.1
68.3
160.0
179.6
182.1
178.7
165. 6
148.0
134.6
105. 9
177.1
171.4
158.5
160.6
10T2.9
134.5
136.1
123.1
109.7
89.5
86.0
128.1
137.6
128.8
101.7
114.8
January
February
March April
May
June
July
August __
September
October
November
December
See footnotes at end of table.
96.0
98.3
99.0
99.0
98.3
97. 1
93.2
94.7
97.3
98.9
98.5
99.6
Pay
rolls
83.7
94.3
99.6
97.0
95.1
85.9
82.5
85.8
96.1
104.8
99.8
102.8
107.5
126.8
133.3
128.1
120.0
123.8
120 5
127.2
138.1
149.2
149.7
149.0
Pay
rolls
81.6
108.4
115.1
102.9
97.7
100.8
94.0
109.5
124.9
140.1
150. 7
143.3
Employment
70.2
78. 1
82.8
85.1
73 0
60.0
49.9
68.2
79.3
74.2
55.1
57.8
Shirts and
collars
Pay
rolls
Employment
100.8
94. 5
104.7
103.6
113.9
112 3
104.0
88.6
79.2
60.9
49.4
56.5
58.3
06.7
04.6
59.4
107.9 109.7
93.0
91.9
99.1
98.4
101.7 101.9
105.1 109.9
106 3 107 1
109.1 109.2
102.7
90 3
104.0
82.7
91.0
58.0
103.1
68.3
107.1
85.7
113.9
96. 6
120. 1 102.1
124.2 106.5
113.0
90.8
54.6
69.1
80.6
74.0
55.5
44.5
36.4
59.6
91.6
62.7
40.4
43.2
92.8
109.6
117.1
115.0
112.0
113.4
107.5
117.3
117.9
119.2
117.7
116.4
Pay
rolls
72.2
87.1
94.1
88.7
86.6
83.1
77.8
93.4
97.4
99.3
104.1
105.3
TABLE 6.—Employment and Pay-Roll Indexes—Continued
MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES—Continued
Leather and its manufactures
Year and
month
Leather group
Employment
1923_
1924
1925_
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934—
1935
1936
1937—
1938
1988
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Pay
rolls
106. C 106. 9
96. 3 95.3
97.8
97.1
96.6
98. 9
97.7 100. 3
95. 0 95. 8
98. 5 99. 0
91. 2 82.3
84. 3 72.1
81.2
57.0
87.2
61.2
94.0
73.2
96.1
76. 9
95.8
75. 9
97. 7 81.7
89.5
69. 5
89.6
93.5
94.2
92.1
86. 0
81. S
89. 3
92.7
92. 3
89.0
84.8
88.0
69. 0
77.0
76. 6
70.6
00. 9
57.5
09.4
77.0
74.0
G9. 0
02.4
70. 0
Boots and
shoes
Employment
Pay
rolls
Food and kindred products
Leather
Employment
Pay
rolls
100.0 107.6 109.1 107. 9
00. 7 95. 3 95.4
95.8
97. 3 97.1
95. 5 96. 3
1)5. 0 96. 1 96.7
99. 5
Of). 6 96. 8 90. 6 99. 3
02. 7 91. 3 94.3
05. 5
90. 7 95. 6 91.1
92.8
00. 2 78.3
84.6
83. 0
70. <) 72. 5
8f>. 3 70.2
58. 3 08.8
84.5
54. 0
80.8
01.1
80.7
63. 0
80.8
05. 0 72.0
73. 3
05.1
74.1
92. 0 81.4
71.3
04.3
93. 7 85. 6
97.2
77.0
91.5
91. 4
90.9
60.3
76.9
75.1
01.5
00. 0
07. 2
05. 0
87.0
82. 5
01.4
04.0
03. 8
80. 9
83. 3
87.0
67.2
70. 5
70.5
09.9
57.0
52.8
67.0
75.1
70. 9
64.5
54.4
63.3
74.9
75.9
74.7
72.9
72.3
72.2
73.9
77.3
78.6
81.2
84. 0
85.3
69. 9
72.9
71.1
67.0
67.9
69. 2
72.1
77.9
78.9
81.7
84.7
87.6
Food group
Baking
Beverages
Employment
Pay
rolls
Employment
Pay
rolls
Employment
Pay
rolls
101.4
98.3
100.3
99.7
100.2
103.8
111.1
107.8
95.6
88.6
100.3
119.2
120. 1
123.8
128.7
122.3
99.8
99.3
100.9
102 0
103.0
106 3
112.9
108 0
92.0
7o.O
78 7
98.1
101 4
109.8
125.4
122.0
100.1
101.1
98.8
101 4
105. 9
112 2
123.6
121 5
112.0
106. 8
112 2
130. 3
134 4
139.9
146. 7
143.4
98.0
101.7
100.3
104.1
107.8
113 3
125.3
123 7
109. 0
92.3
89.9
107. 6
113 6
124.2
140. 5
139. 5
104.9
97.0
98.1
104.4
05 8
99.8
96.6
100.0
101.3
106.1
85. 5
79.1
138.2
188.9
200. 6
223.9
243.7
238.5
83.1
71.2
131 9
101. 5
215 7
254.4
287.9
282.9
114.7
113.3
112.0
112.6
113.6
119.4
128.6
138.3
142.7
128.8
123.4
120.1
116.6
114.2
113.3
114.1
117.3
121.7
128.5
131.1
136.7
127.0
122.4
120.9
141.8
141.9
141.7
141.8
141.8
144.2
145.0
144.5
145. 6
144.3
144. 6
143.5
136. 3
137.3
137.7
137.5
139. 5
141.9
142. 8
130.8
143. 5
139. 5
130. 7
138.2
221.5 250. 6
225.2 2G1.1
230. 5 271.2
234. 0 278.3
242. 0 290. 9
251.9 305. 7
259. 6 322. 8
260. 0 322.0
250. 3 207. 6
233. 6 272. 0
229.2 204.7
223.3 257.2
Food and kindred products—Continued
Year and
month
1923
1924
1925
1926 .
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934 . .
1935
_.
19361937
1938
1938
January.
February
March
April
May
June
July
August. _ __ _
September
October .
November
December
Butter
Canning and Confectionery
preserving
Employment
Pay
rolls
Employment
Pay
rolls
Employment
106.7
100.0
93.3
105. 7
u;o. o
94.3
07.7
80. 9
115.4
97.8
86. 9
115.3
105.0
108. 2
112.0
108.7
100.3
102.5
82.0
80.6
86.7
98.2
96.9
100.9
105.7
102.6
134.6
138.8
79.1 106.1
(58. 3 86.1
03.8 112.7
71.8 143.7
74.2 155.0
79.9 15.1.8
87.5 159. 4
87.5 130.4
129.4
120.7
91.5
65.0
76.8
99.9
118.8
116. 0
144.8
114.0
101.7 100.9
96. 5 97.7
101.8 101.4
105. 8 106. 8
101. 1 104.7
98.9 101.0
101.7 103.7
92.1
93.3
82.0
77.5
74.8
60. 6
81.0
60.7
82.6
70.1
83.4
72.2
71.0
80.6
82.2
79.1
76.1
79.1
97.7
V7.9
99.5
103.8
106. 7
110.1
110.9
110.1
103.7
99.4
96.8
95.1
82.4
83.2
83.2
80.0
92. 5
94.5
95.9
94.4
90. 0
85.0
82.4
80.4
74.9
84.6
73.3
81.8
70.0
78.0
82.9
75.6
85.4
80.3
113.9 100.7
178.6 157.2
251. 2 203.8
272.0 238.1
147.3 130.3
103.3 86.0
85.3
77.4
See footnotes at end of table.
79.0
78.4
77.1
74.0
69.1
69.7
67.5
71.6
87.9
93. 0
90.0
91.3
Pay
rolls
74.7
75.0
73.5
66. 8
64.2
67.9
03.1
09.3
90.9
91.6
84.9
91.5
Flour
Employment
Pay
rolls
104.9 101.9
99. 7 101.0
95. 4 97.1
91.8
94.4
89.4
91.8
85.5 89.7
80.6
85.7
73.9
78 7
08.1
66.7
05.7
56.4
69.2
55.2
79.0
64.5
79.0
66.2
77.1 69. 5
78.0
76.2
76.5
75.7
76.2
76.1
75.7
74.2
73.9
75.3
77.9
77.9
77.2
77.5
78.2
78.1
74.5
74.3
73.5
72.1
72.5
75.6
79.4
78.7
81.2
79.7
73.8
73.0
Ice cream
Slaughtering
and meat
packing
E m - Pay
ployment rolls
Employment
Pay
rolls
99.2
102.0
98.8
96.3
94.0
95.5
96.0
89.0
76.0
64.6
61.6
71.9
74.3
77.1
81.5
78.9
98.7 104.7
99.7 100.3
101.6
95.0
103. 2 93.2
100. 6 94.0
103.2 94.8
102.7 96.7
93.0
92.1
76.9
84.1
56.7
80.6
89.3
49.1
56.8 108.8
58.1
92.0
97.8
61.1
99.2
08.0
67.6
96.2
68.0
68.3
69.9
77.0
87.4
91. 6
94.7
93.1
83.4
73.7
70.4
08.7
58.4
5S.4
60.7
66.5
73.8
77.5
80.6
80.3
70.1
63.6
60.7
60.0
102.3
97.0
93.0
91.5
91.9
93.5
94.7
94.2
95.5
97.4
100.7
102.4
102.6
99.9
97.5
07.8
98.9
100 1
101.5
96 3
82.2
65.7
68.7
93.9
83.5
92.6
107.2
107.3
118.7
105.0
100.7
100.8
103.fi
104.7
107.9
104.8
108.7
110.0
110.0
112.5
30
TABLE 6.—Employment and Pay-Roll Indexes—Continued
MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES—Continued
Food and kindred products—Con.
Sugar, beet
Year and month
Employment
92.1
100.0
107.9
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
Pav
rolls
91.1
100.0
108.9
90.0
87.5
91.2
90.3
75.8
90.4
130.0
101.3
112.1
105.7
103. 6
104.2
68.1
68.5
98.2
69.7
84.3
87.5
96. 0
101.7
Sugar refining,
cane
Employment
Pay
rolls
103.4 102.6
08.2 100.4
08.4
07.0
94. 8 91.5
91 9 90.6
80.4
87.5
94.3
91.4
92.3
89.7
80. 3 79. 6
73.9
66. 5
77.9
62.7
90. 7 66. 8
93. 7 71.3
91.9
71.1
88. 4 79.2
86.4
76.7
Tobacco mailufactures
Chewing and
Tobacco group smoking tobacco and snuit
Employment
105.7
98.8
95.5
90.9
93.4
90.7
83.9
78.3
72.1
65.6
63.1
68.1
65.4
65.5
65.3
63.8
Pay
rolls
104.1
99.4
96.5
92.1
91.0
86. 1
81.8
72.7
60.1
48.2
44.1
50.6
51.5
54.0
59.0
56.8
Employment
Pay
rolls
Cigars and
cigarettes
Employment
Pay
rolls
102.7
102.7
04. 6
93.1
82. 6
75.6
68.0
69.8
71.9
71.0
64. 2
67.1
63.3
61.9
62.1
61.4
101.4
101.6
97.0
94.0
84.8
77.4
71.3
71.3
69.0
62.4
56. 0
61.0
60.7
61.8
68.8
68. 6
106.2
98.2
95.6
90. 4
94.9
92. 8
86.0
79.4
72.1
64.9
62.9
68. 2
65. 6
65. 9
65. 7
64.1
104.5
99.2
96.3
91.8
91.8
87.2
83.1
72.9
58.9
46.4
42.6
49.3
50.3
53.0
57.7
55.3
62.8
64.4
62. 0
61.8
61 0
60. 6
59. 8
60. 4
62. 6
57. 7
61.9
62.1
68.7
70. 3
67. 4
08. 3
65 8
70.4
68.8
(56.1
71.8
63. 3
69.1
73.0
54.8
63. 0
04. 0
63. 6
64 2
65. 3
61.7
64.8
66.8
67.4
67. 5
65. 6
45.4
50.3
53.0
51.3
55 4
58.0
55 6
58.0
59.6
60.3
58.5
57.9
1988
January
February
March
April
. . _-May
June
July
\ugUSt
September
October
November
- -ppcember ...
Year and month
41.9
37.9
35.2
42.9
38.8
44.2
44.1
47.6
43 5 48 3
47. 4 51.5
53.2
53.1
67.7
74.7
100. 2 07.3
270. 3 228.4
274. 8 275. 3
230. 7 221.0
Paper and
printing group
Employment
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936 .._
1937
1938
_-
--
-
Pay
rolls
78.1
84.9
81.5
70.7
91 0
00. 5
S8. 1
00.1
92.7
80.0
86. 6
84.4
67. 0
72. 9
68. 4
73. 9
82 5
81.4
81.3
80.1
84.8
79.3
75. 4
72.9
Boxes, paper
Employment
Pay
rolls
55.7
48.0
63.2
52.6
63.8
54.7
53.2
63.4
63 8
56 6
59.4
64.8
61.5
57. 1
64.3
59.0
66.3
61.0
66.3
60.7
66.9
59.8
65.2
59.6
Paper and printing
Printing and
Printing and
publishing,
Paper and pulp publishing, book newspapers
and
and job
periodicals
Employment
Pay
rolls
Employment
Pay
rolls
Employment
Pay
rolls
96.2
99.5
104.3
110.8
111.0
112.3
119.5
114.6
97.3
74.8
68.3
80.4
88.4
96.3
107.9
100.5
100.0
99.5
100. 5
102.1
09.2
96.3
97.9
90.7
81.8
73. 5
8H.0
93.2
97. 2
100.2
106.6
96.4
97.3
09.7
103.0
106.9
104.0
102.0
102. 9
91.6
79.0
62. 4
67. 7
S3. 0
91.0
97. 5
10S.6
98.1
100.0
97. 3
102.7
105.8
102.2
100.8
106.1
102. 5
89.5
81.9
80. 0
102.9
105.3
106.8
114.3
104.3
98.4
97.5
104. 1
109.1
105.3
105. 3
112.5
104 6
82.1
61.4
64 4
78.1
86.7
95. 6
113.9
100. 3
98.3
100.7
101.0
104.9
106.9
107.4
113.1
110 9
100. 7
85. 3
7S 5
88.6
05. 0
100.0
107. 0
100.8
95. 5
100.0
104.5
112.5
114.1
113.6
118.7
115.6
99.1
72.4
60 6
71.6
79.3
85. 5
06. 8
89.5
98.9
101.0
100.1
101.7
102.2
104. 5
111.0
109 9
101.8
92. 9
93 4
99.5
101.6
105.5
107 9
105.4
94.7
100.6
104.7
110.3
111 1
113.6
121.8
119 4
108 0
88.6
78 6
87.8
92.7
101.4
107 9
106.1
106.1 100.3
108.1 101.2
105. 3 101.3
104.6
99.4
103.4
98.5
96.0
101.9
101.5
95.9
102.7
98.0
104.3 101.1
105.5 103.7
107.0 103.3
108.0 107.3
03.0
93.5
94.5
93. 5
92.7
92. 2
92.4
94.8
9S.8
102.8
105.2
103.9
87. 5
92. 3
94.2
91.8
92.2
90.9
93.0
97.3
105. 4
112.7
110.0
100.4
105.5
106.0
105.4
104. 3
102.9
101.9
101.6
102.8
104.0
104.8
105.9
106. 3
96. 3
101.4
101.8
98. 4
97. 2
94.9
96. 9
101.9
101.5
106 5
102.9
103.4
105.4
104.7
102.0
100.8
99. 2
96. 6
97.7
99.0
98.9
99.6
101.4
103.7
05. 3
93. 2
01.7
88.8
87.6
84.0
85.0
86.2
88.2
87.9
89.1
96.9
105.5
105. 6
105 9
106. 3
105.6
104.7
102.1
102.5
105.1
106 0
107.1
108.0
105. 3
105.1
106 4
106.5
106.0
104.3
101.1
101.1
106.4
108 7
109.6
113.2
99.2
99.7
101.1
104.1
104.1
F5.0
111.3
108.0
96.3
85.5
86.7
97.4
102.0
105.8
111.7
104.7
1988
January..
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
. .
gee footnotes at end of table.
31
TABLE 6.—Employment and Pay-Roll Indexes—Continued
MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES—Continued
Chemicals and allied products
Year and month
Chemicals
group
Other than
petroleum refining (subgroup)
Employ- Pay Employ- P a y
ment
ment
rolls
rolls
1923 . _ . . .
1924
1925
1926
1927 .
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1938
_ .
January
February..
March
April ..._
Mav
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Chemicals
Employment
Cottonseedoil, cake, and
meal
Druggists'
preparations
Employ
ment
Pay
rolls
Employ
105.7
98.0
96.3
101.8
98.1
100.1
87.8
100.5
111.7
83.9
94.9
121.2
91.8
97 5
110.7
113 4
119.2
113 1
124.4
116 3
105.3
85.3
86 7
96.4
101 4
105. 2
120 8
116.8
118.0
115.6
114.8
114.3
114 1
114.4
111 3
117.2
118.6
123.9
119.6
120.2
ment
102.9
96.8
100.3
106.5
104.2
103.0
115.7
109.4
95.4
85.6
97.1
110.8
112.5
115.4
125.3
111.4
102.2
96.4
101.4
108.7
107.8
108.0
120.9
112.2
92.0
71.7
76.2
90.9
97.4
106.1
130.2
116.6
102.9
96.9
100.2
105.4
102.8
102.5
113.6
105 6
92.7
82.4
94.8
108.6
110.8
114.0
124.8
109.1
127.0
151.3
108.0
118.4
106. 6
87.7
66.9
72.5
87.5
94.2
103.4
127.7
110.7
109.2
99 5
85.1
76.0
93.3
115.6
115. 5
123.4
136.5
113. 4
120.0
103. 5
84.2
64.6
75.2
96. 3
102.2
116.1
146. 7
121. 9
109. 0
118.9
84.5
95.2
98.1
94.7
91.1
83.4
96.2
96. 6
88.5
70.5
57.1
61.9
62.8
60.0
79.0
81.3
97.7
96.8
105. 5
103. 3
110.4
106 6
116.4
108 2
103.2
92.3
94.7
105.4
106. 5
106. 4
114.7
108.8
114.6
115.1
115.1
112.4
108.8
105.2
105.0
108.1
113.0
113.4
113.0
112.7
115.7
117.3
117.3
114.3
115.7
112.8
111.1
116.9
118.9
120.1
119.1
120.1
112.6
113.4
113.6
110.2
105.9
101.4
101.0
104.8
111. 1
111.9
111.6
111.4
109.5
110.8
111.3
108.0
10S. 3
105.1
103. 7
• 110. 4
114.1
116. 2
11.4.6
115.8
120. 2
117.3
113.4
111.4
109. 6
109. 7
107. 8
110.3
112.5
114.8
117.2
116.9
125.3
123.6
118.5
117.4
116.8
118.1
114.5
121.0
121. 4
128. 1
128.1
.129.8
124. 9
119.9
104.6
89.5
69.0
57.8
59. 3
68.4
113.5
122.1
116.3
113.9
107.4
100.0
87.2
72.1
57.4
48.0
51. 2
57.0
95.1
104. 0
100.1
95. 5
109.8
109.9
108. 6
10S. 1
107.8
107.6
107.1
108. 2
109. 6
110.3
109. 7
109.2
102.1
97.0
100.9
107.4
Pay
rolls
Pay
rolls
ion. 8
Chemicals and allied products—Continued
Year and month
Explosives
Employ- Pay
ment
rolls
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
___
1988
January
February
March
April _
Mav
June
July
.
August
September
October
November
December
.
Fertilizers
Employment
Pay
rolls
108.5
94.8
96.7
98.7
98.5
95.4
95.3
79.7
80.4
63.6
70.8
84.8
77.6
79.9
88.2
82.4
109.5
97.6
92.9
92.2
97.6
92.2
102.0
74.7
66.9
43.9
49.6
65.5
67.7
80.5
99.1
89.2
100.5
93.1
106.4
112.8
1C0. 8
107.6
113.4
111.0
78.8
56. 5
70.7
93.8
94.6
90.4
103.1
90.5
99.1
93.6
107.3
118.4
103.9
109.1
108.3
104.2
73.4
43.7
44.0
63.8
66. 3
69.8
92.6
80.3
85.0
82.4
82.5
81.4
80.3
80.2
80.5
81.9
84.9
84.1
82.8
82.7
80.1
90.0
88.1
83.8
83.2
86.4
89.4
93.1
93.1
96.5
91.7
95.1
92.1
104.2
129.5
136. 3
100.1
69.0
64.0
68.9
82.1
79.5
78.5
82.3
78.7
87.0
109.2
118.8
93.9
65.0
63.1
65.4
77.4
70.1
65.2
70.0
See footnotes at end of table.
Paints and
varnishes
Employment
Pay
rolls
Rayon a n d
allied products
Employment
Pay
rolls
Soap
Employ- Pay
ment
rolls
91.3
95.5
113.2
104.9
100.0
95.1
105.7
100.0
94.3
164.8
141.2
82.9
100.3
220.2
214.1
188.4
146. 2
190.3
219.8
219.8
271.4
344.4
275.4
88.6
96.7
90.3
71.1
73.0
88.1
98.8
110.8
129. 2
112.9
244.4
242.2
241.9
214.3
276. 7
292.3
315.7
325. 6
356.0
297.0
87.4
82.7
88.3
91.0
85.9
85.2
95. 3
88.7
90.2
74.4
71.9
77.2
78.0
79.0
93.7
89.3
104.0
108.1
110.8
114.1
119.5
115.6
111.0
111.2
114.5
116.3
113.8
115.4
294.3
307.3
312.1
283.0
283.8
265.4
270.5
293.9
315.2
314.4
312.8
311. 3
258. 3
265. 8
281.7
244.2
257.9
242.1
249.5
289.0
80S. 2
302.6
302.7
302.4
87.1
89.2
89.0
86.9
85.0
85.0
87.6
90.7
92.6
93.2
88.9
88.6
87.5
89.2
89.7
87.0
86.0
85.9
87.1
91.2
94.6
94.8
88.3
89.7
95. 6
97.6
106.8
91.6
99.8
108.6
117.5
123.3
122.3
129.6
94.4
87.3
95.9
110.4
116.0
120.5
128. 2
112.7
112.5
112.2
113.5
114.2
114.9
113.0
110.8
110.6
112.5
112.9
112.4
112.4
87.3
93.1
119.6
32
TABLE 6.—Employment and Pay-Roll Indexes—Continued
MANUFACTURING
INDUSTRIES-Continued
Chemicals and
allied products—Cont.
Rubber products
R u b b e r goods,
Year and month
Petroleum
refining
Rubber group
Rubber boots other t h a n boots,
shoes, tires,
and shoes
and inner tubes
Employment
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
L931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
_
-
Pay
rolls
Employ- Pay Employ- P a y
ment
rolls
ment
rolls
103.0
96.1
100.9
110.8
100. 9
104. 7
124 4
124. 9
10(i. 2
98. 7
106 5
119.8
119.4
121. 3
127.2
120. 9
102. 3
94. 6
103.1
112.7
111.9
108. 3
129 2
130. 4
105. 8
87.5
88 4
101.8
107. 9
115.0
13S. 1
136.0
102.6
91.8
105.6
105.1
105.7
111. 1
111.0
85.9
73.9
67.6
79. 1
88.8
85.4
90.4
96.8
75.0
122.8
121.7
121.2
121. 3
120 9
121. 1
121.8
121.9
121.0
119.5
118.9
118.1
135 9
138. 2
136. 5
134. 9
139. 6
137.8
135. 3
138. 1
134. 6
132.8
133. 6
134. 1
77.9
74.1
72.9
72.7
71.4
70.6
68.7
72.5
75.9
77.7
82.4
83.6
101.0
92.9
106.1
107.0
110.0
117.5
115.1
84.7
62.5
47.4
55.0
69.3
74.2
87.5
96.9
69.9
Employment
117.0
83.6
99.4
103.0
106. 8
105. 0
102. 1
82.0
63.2
59.6
72.0
77.5
68.6
• 75.2
75.1
56.2
118.7
82.3
99. 0
101. 7
113.2
.107.1
1C-5 6
77.4
48.6
42.4
51. 0
58. 3
56.9
66.1
74.1
50.1
103.1
91.6
105. 3
59.6
50. 2
55. 1
54.3
52. 8
48.9
43.8
44.4
42.0
43.8
45 2
36. 7
50. 9
57.7
61.6
60 6
65. 9
Rubber tires
and their inner tubes
Pay Employ- Pay
rolls
ment
rolls
100.1
92.7
107. 2
110. 3
115.5
120. 3
126.4
102. 3
91.3
105. 3
116.7
120.6
129.0
142. 5
116. 5
89. 9
68. 1
75.3
89. 1
99.0
115 2
138.3
107.4
97.7
94.5
107.8
105.4
103. 3
109. 9
110.0
79.0
64.9
59.8
69. 9
80. 2
75.4
78.5
84.0
63.0
112.2
112.6
111.6
112.6
110.3
106.3
106. 6
113.2
121.0
123.3
133 6
134.7
95.5
97.8
99. 0
99. 3
97.5
93 4
95.0
107. 7
116.6
122. 6
130 7
133.7
68.8
63.1
61.7
61.2
60.4
60 4
60.7
60.6
61.9
63.5
66 1
67.2
96.8
95.7
107. 5
107.2
107. 0
116.8
113 2
79.3
56.2
41.2
48.8
65. 1
69.8
83.1
87.9
61.6
60 0
49.0
51.5
53.7
56.1
57 5
60.0
60.6
67.3
69.1
75 3
79.0
1988
Jan liar v
February_
March
April.
May
June
Julv
August
_
September
October
November
December. _
-.
66.1
58.9
60.9
61.9
63.3
63 5
64.1
69.5
76.7
79.7
85.2
89.0
5'i. 9
42.3
54.1
58.0
60.1
63.4
65.1
NONMANUFACTURING
11929 = 100]
Anthracite
mining
Bituminouscoal mining
Metalliferous
mining
Month and year
Employ- Pay
ment
rolls
100.0 100.0
96.0
95.2
76.9
84.3
56.0
68.2
49.0
59.5
59.9
69.4
52.2
64.7
49.6
62.5
46.9
60.2
52. 3 38.2
1929..-.
1930
1931
1932
• 1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
Quarrying and
nonmetallic
mining
Crude-petroleum producing
Employ- Pay Employ- Pay Employ- P a y
y Employp y P a yy
ment
rolls
ment
rolls
rolls
ment
rolls
ment
100.0
96.1
88.9
76.3
79.9
92.3
94.9
97.5
99.3
86.7
100.0
83.0
61.2
41.3
45.4
64.0
70.1
82.7
88.5
67.9
100.0
83.2
59.1
36.5
34.6
41.6
47.3
60.3
76.8
59.0
100.0
78.0
44.8
21.6
20.6
26.7
33.9
48.4
74.0
50.5
100.0
84.3
67.4
49.0
44.9
48.9
46.0
49.5
51.4
42.3
100.0
79. 3
53.4
29.1
24.7
29.6
30.7
38.9
45.4
35.1
100.0
87.4
65.7
55.3
62.2
77.7
74.9
72.9
76.5
72.1
100.0
85.9
61.7
44.1
44.1
56.9
57.9
58.6
68.2
66.5
96.9
95. 5
93.2
85.8
82.2
80.2
78.5
80,1
83.4
87.2
88.6
89.3
70.4
74.0
68.4
56.3
55.3
57.0
56.8
64.2
71.9
78.3
81.4
80.9
67.4
63.6
62.3
61.6
58.8
56.0
49.7
51.4
55. 2
57.9
61.9
62. 3
59.1
55.8
56.3
53.3
51.2
46.1
38.0
43.7
46.1
49.2
52.3
54.1
38.2
37.8
38.9
41.7
43.7
43.6
44.1
44.6
44.6
44.4
44.4
41.4
27.7
28.6
30.2
33.9
38.3
37.3
37.0
39.2
38.4
39.2
37.2
33.7
75.3
74.2
73.6
73.8
73.2
72.8
72.3
72.4
71.5
69.5
68.3
67.7
68. 2
69.6
68.0
68.0
66.7
67.6
66.7
66.8
66.5
63.7
63.3
62.5
19S8
January
February...
March
April
May
June
July
August
September..
October
November..
December. .
59.6
60.0
59.3
57.0
52.8
56.0
44.6
37.6
46.4
52.4
51.0
51.3
46.5
46.1
47.3
39.0
38.3
49.7
20.2
20.0
29.4
43.4
36.2
42.5
See footnotes at end of table.
33
TABLE 6.—Employment and Pay-Roll Indexes—Continued
NONMANUFACTURIlNG INDUSTRIES—Continued
light and
Telephone and tel- Electric
power, and manegraph
ufaefured gas
Electric-railroad
and motorbus
operation and
maintenance
Employment
Employment
Month and year
1929.
1930.
1931.
J932.
1933.
1934.
1935.
1930.
1937.
1038.
Employment
Pay
rolls
Pay
rolls
Pay
rolls
Wholesale trade
Employment
Pay
rolls
100. 0
97. 9
80. 6
79.1
70.4
70.3
70.1
72 ''
7?! S
7f>. 1
100. 0
102. 9
93. 7
Sl.l
08.2
71.5
74.5
7S. 9
89. 0
92.2
100.0
103.0
95. 0
83.0
78.8
83.8
84.8
DO. 5
95. 6
92. 3
100.0
104. 3
90. 7
79.8
72.0
77.9
81.4
SS.8
99. 0
98.5
100. 0
93.4
84.7
75. 5
70.0
72.1
71.2
72.0
73.1
70.3
100.0
93. 5
83.4
08. 0
58. 9
02.2
63. 7
07. 2
70. 0
100.0
95.7
85.8
70.8
70.1
82.8
84.0
80. 7
92.0
88.8
100.0
95.3
81.9
64.2
56.8
63.0
65.6
69.4
76.6
74.7
77.8
75. 7
74.9
74.8
75. 0
74.8
74.9
74.8
74.9
74.7
74.4
74.2
93.7
89.9
92. 0
91.0
91.3
90.9
90.9
91.3
92. 0
95. 3
93.0
92.7
93.8
92. G
92.0
91.8
91.7
92.2
92.3
92. 7
92. 5
92. 5
91. 9
91.4
98. 9
98. 5
98. 0
97.0
97.4
98.6
98. 3
98.9
98.4
99. 9
98.0
98.2
72.3
71.2
70.8
71.1
70.6
70.4
70.1
09. 5
69. 3
09.9
09. 5
09. 4
70. 6
70.2
09.9
70.0
71.2
09.7
09. 0
69.5
08.4
08. 9
08.8
09. 5
91.0
90. 4
89.1
88.5
87.3
87.2
80.8
87.6
88.5
89.1
89.8
90. 0
75.4
75.3
74.7
74.6
75.1
73.8
73.6
73.7
74.3
75.1
75.4
75.6
19S8
January
February...
A F arch
April..
May
Junc._
July
August
September.
October
November..
December. _
Ketail trade
Month and
- year
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933..
1934
1935
1930.
1937
1938
Other than
Total retail
General
mertrade
merchandising general
chandising
Employment
Payrolls
Employment
100.0
90. 8
87.7
76. 8
70.1
82.1
82. 3
85.7
89.8
85.2
100. 0
95. 3
83.1
03.2
55. 2
00. 9
02.1
06.3
73.1
70.4
84.1
82.4
83.0
88.2
83.8
83. 0
81.1
80.0
84.7
85. 9
80. 9
98.1
70.1
08.4
08.0
72.2
70.0
09. 5
08.1
66.8
09.4
70.8
71.5
79.4
Year-round
hotels
Laundries
Pay
rolls
Employment
Pay
rolls
Employment
Pay
rolls
100.0
94.1
92. 2
82. 6
84.2
92.8
94.2
99.1
104.3
98.0
100. 0
93.3
87.4
C9.5
65. 4
75.1
78.0
83. 5
92.5
100.0
97. 5
86.7
75. 2
74.0
79.2
79.1
82.2
85.9
81.8
100.0
95. 7
82.2
01. 9
53.1
58. 0
58.8
02.7
09.1
00.8
100. 0
90.5
80.3
741
70.1
83.2
87.4
90.9
94. 9
92.7
100.0
90. 5
81.4
00. 9
51.0
03.8
08.2
72.7
80.0
80.3
85.4
83.1
87.9
90.1
95. 0
100.0
95. 7
91.5
88.8
90.5
101.0
92.4
91.9
87.9
80.4
97.0
99. 4
104.5
144.1
84.6
81.5
82.2
89.4
84.4
84. 3
4
78.8
85. 3
8S.3
91.8
122. 9
82.1
80.7
81.0
84.9
81.5
81.4
79.3
78.3
81.5
82.3
82.3
80.0
07.1
05. 7
05. 8
08.6
07. 0
06.4
05. 6
04. 3
00.1
07.2
07. 3
70.3
94. 3
94. 5
93.4
93. 5
93. 7
92.2
90.7
90.4
91.8
92.9
92.5
91. 9
81.6
83.0
80.9
80. 5
80. 5
79. 0
77.4
77.4
78. 9
80.8
81.3
81. J
90.8
95. 7
94.8
95. 4
90. 2
90. 6
97.8
97. 5
90. 5
94. 4
93. 7
93. 4
Employment
100.0
93.T
Pay
rolls
100.0
Dyeing and
cleaning
Em-
100.0
100.0
""88." 3" 85.6
70.5
79.8
60.3
84.4
00. 0
92.7
08.4
97.7
75. 6 104.4
83.0
107.5
80.0
104. 0
~76~1
59. 3
53. 7
02.6
66.3
71.9
77.6
75.3
1938
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August.
September
October
November
December
80.1
79. 1
78.6
80. 6
80.9
81.8
83.0
83.1
81.4
79. 5
79. 3
80.0
95.0
98. 5
111.8
109.9
110.8
108.6
105.0
107.8
100.8
102.5
97. 9
65.5
65.2
68.2
87.2
80.7
83. 3
77.5
74.3
81.7
78.0
73.9
68.3
1 Includes: Iron and steel, machinery, transportation equipment, railroad repair shops, nonferrous metals,
lumber
and allied products, and stone, clay, and glass products.
2
Includes: 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.
3
Indexes for subdivisions under knit goods, namely hosiery, knitted outerwear, knitted underwear, and
knitted doth, back to January 1923, available on request.
34
TREND OF INDUSTRIAL AND BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT, BY STATES
A comparison of employment and pay rolls, by States and geographic
divisions, in November and December 1938 is shown in table 7 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 87 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.
Similar comparisons showing only percentage changes are available
in mimeographed form for "all groups combined," for "all manufacturing/' for anthracite mining, bituminous-coal mining, metalliferous
mining, quarrying and nonmetallic mining, crude-petroleum producing, public utilities, wholesale trade, retail trade, hotels, laundries,
dyeing and cleaning, and brokerage and insurance.
TABLE 7.—Comparison of Employment and Pay Rolls in Identical Establishments in
November and December 1938 by Geographic Divisions and by States
[Figures in italics are not compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, but are taken from reports issued by
cooperating State organizations]
Manufacturing
Total—all groups
Geographic division Numand State
ber of
establishments
13,317
New England
756
Maine
New Hamp625
shire
461
Vermont
Massachusetts. 17,908
1,177
Rhode Island.
Connecticut.... 2, 390
Percentage
NumAmount
ber on change of pav roll
pay roll from (1 week)
Decem- NoDecember 1938 vem- ber 1938
ber
1938
873,943
51,622
Percentage
Amount
Num- Numchange ber of ber on change of pav roll
from estab- pay roll from (1 week)
Nolish- Decem- N o Decemvem- ments ber 1938 vem- ber 1938
ber
ber
1938
1938
Percentage
Dollars
+3.2 19,852, 860 +5.1
1,
014, 878 +11.3
+4.6
3,590
280
595,898
42,884
211
33, 936
795,973 +11.9
+4.0
152
10,135
337,461 +5.4
+3.6
+3.7 11,008,593 +4-1 1,782 269,936
434
78,854
+4.6 1,992,137 +8.8
731 160,153
+2.1 4, 708,818 +3.5
31, 867 2, 084, 849 +3.2 54,174,168 +4.4 6,459 1,176, 250
Middle Atlantic
19, 773 942, 711 +4.5 25,431,794 +4.6 2 2,566 429,572
New York
4, 376 354, 578 +1.9 9,121,101 +3.6 1,607 276. 316
New Jersey
Pennsylvania.. 7,718 7S7. 560 -1-2. 2 19, 021,273 +4.5 2,286 470.362
East North Central.. 24, 988 2, 126, 521 +3.7 57,185, 406 +3.5 8,512 1, 545,427
7,068 548,158 +4.7 14,423. 925 +5.3 2,415 388, 078
Ohio .
2,947 252. 751 +8.3 6,366, 760 +4.9 1,078 194, 720
Indiana
Illinois
< 6,850 598,614 +2.9 15. 618. 672 +4 1 2,449 377,148
3,770 493, 478 +4. 2 14, 954, 014 +1.1 1,062 428,678
Michigan
» 4,358 238,520 +2.7 5,822,035 +2.5 •1,618 156,808
Wisconsin
Soft footnotes at end of table.
39, 459
16, 095
474,019
96, 745
196,003
Percentage
change
from
November
1938
Dollars
+2.2 13,135,167 +6.0
825, 673 +13.3
+4.8
685,125 +13.1
+3.5
207,850 +7.8
+5.6
+1.6 6,984.025 +4-8
+4.3 I, 588,927 +10.1
+1.0 3,843, 567 +3.5
+1.0 29,918,283 +3.6
+1.111,553,969 +11
+.7 7, 032, 278 +3.9
»+.* 11,332,036 '+2.7
+2.1 43, 587, 502 +3.1
+1-7 10,655,932 +3.7
+1.3 5,115,329 +4.2
+1.0 9,900.993 +8.7
+4.2 18, 903,073 +1.9
3 + 7 . 0 4,012,175 3+0.7
35
TABLE 7.—Comparison of Employment
and Pay Rolls in Identical Establishments
in
November and December 1938 by Geographic Divisions and by States—Continued
[Figures in italics are not compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, but are taken from reports issued by
cooperating State organizations]
Total—all groups
Geographic division Num- Numand State
ber of ber on
estab- pay roll
lish- Decemments ber 1938
West Worth Central. 11,842 443, 533
Minnesota
7 2, 710 126,131
Iowa
_ 1,986
59, 863
Missouri
2, 735 161,716
530
North Dakota..
4,894
456
South Dakota..
8,132
Nebraska
1,076
29,472
Kansas
* 8,849 68,325
Percentage
Amount
change of pav roll
from (1 week)
NoDecemvem- ber 1938
ber
1938
+2.9
+1.5
+2.9
+4.5
+.6
-.6
+3.8
Dollars
10, 661, 489
3,291,001
1,378,028
3, 795,976
113,281
211,640
647,054
1,224,609
+2.8 16, 646,350
+4.7 353,381
+4-6 3,192, 798
+11. 6 965,913
+1.8 2,074,933
+.5 3, 377, 003
+.9 2, 666, 250
+1.1 1. 305, 787
+2.9 1,910, 528
+11.2 799, 757
+2.2 5,453, 798
+2.4 1, 735, 527
+1.8 1, 750,028
+2.9 1, 722, 2(52
874, 403
15,146
134,577
4,519
1,311
1,243
1,454
511
297, 855
83, 885
100,051
96,620
17,299
West South Central- 5,899
Arkansas
"1,188
Louisiana
1,005
Oklahoma
1,364
Texas..
2,892
227,006
36,810
53. 710
39, 783
96,703
4, 919, 942
615,988
1,061,879
965,470
2,276,655
303
405
554
174
11, 757
8,624
43, 775
6,470
15,412
21, 620
2, 650
3,300,328
547,602
282,602
255,143
1,080,084
+1.1
-.9
137, 742
+3.4 400.188
515,967
+4.1
-1.3
81,000
10,199
2,645
1,292
u 6,262
448, 575
85,131
44,869
318,575
East South Central. _
Kentucky
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Mountain
Montana..
Idaho. _
__
Wyoming
Colorado
New Mexico
Arizona.-.
Utah,...
Nevada
Pacific.—
Washington
Oregon
California
4,181
658
512
320
1,255
-.4
+2.1
+8.0
-.1
+1.3
+8.3
129, 932 +1.6
19,624 +3.3
Percentage
change
from
November
Number of
establishments
Number on
pay roll
Decem-
ber 1938
245,981
2,483
644
379
813
29
34
138
446
2,940
83
631
40
451
217
674
252
393
199
1,040
2S8
367
298
87
1,343
315
238
140
650
-.8
+1.7 12, 669, 379 +1.9
2,619
- 1 . 0 2, 213, 512
—. 7 1,155. 418
ber
1938
Dollar a
+3.4
+.2
+4.3
+7.4
—. 2
+2.3
+2.1
3
+.2
+4.0
+8.1
+5.6
+9.0
+3.9
-(10)
+2.5
+2.2
+5.1
+13. 5
+2.1
+1.0
+2.3
+3.4
+.3
+1.6
+1.4
+2.0
+( 10 )
+2.1
+ 1.3
+5.8
559
76
65
38
199
30
40
97
14
-1.6
-2.2
PerPercentcentage
Amount age
change of pay roll change
from (1 week) from
NoDecem- Novem- ber 1938 vember
1938
1938
10, 764
South Atlantic
249
Delaware.
Maryland
1,589
District of Columbia
_. 1,008
Virginia
2,011
West Virginia.. 1,190
North Carolina
1, 509
782
South Carolina.
Georgia
1,441
Florida
985
38,801
113.431
137,061
175, 728
91,611
121,112
46,936
Manufacturing
-2.9
-3.0
-.5
-1.4
+4.0
+4.5
-1.3
-.7
+2.7 9,800,449 +3.0
209,918
49,131
32,932
91, 544
447
2,471
10,279
23,114
+2.1 5,101,310
+4.1
-.8
/, 300,686
+.3
+2.8 790, 322 +6.5
+4.1 2,080, 258 +6.6
-2.4
11.826 +3.4
-.8
66,502 +8.4
-.1
259, 616 +2.5
-.5
592,100
593,598 +1.2 10, 444,108 +3.5
10,808 +2.6
239,255 +5.6
88,621 3 +1.2 2,111,603 3+3.5
118,193 +39
3,435
+.1
77.797
+.7 1,404,156 +4.0
50,585
+.5 1,257,104 +2.6
+.6 2,419,297 +2.6
161, 558
83, 788 +.8 1,165,863 +2.2
93,990 +1.8 1,363,674 +5 0
23,616 +7.0
365,063 +9.5
+.4 3,188, 704
+2.1
+4.5
+1.6
+1.7
182, 591
34,812
72, 319
63,978
11,482
740, 272
1, 252.831
+1.9 1,041.989
-3.2
153, 612
105,386
22,289
30,142
9,410
43,645
2,240, 595
+.8
375,013 +1.0
-2.4
571, 53R
+.9
-2.5
219, 345 - 1 . 0
+.5 1,074, 701 +1.1
-.2
-.1
38,391 - 4 . 0
5,403 +2.7
4,328 - 7 . 4
1,676 - 1 2 . 3
15,684 - 4 . 7
915 - 5 . 4
-.9
2.734
7,380 - 4 . 3
271
-1.9
-.8
-.8
+.7
948,001
140,843
103,171
53,135
391, 233
15,058
61,889
174,973
7,699
-3.7
+7.5
-9.1
-7.7
-5.6
-.8
-4.2
-3.4
+4.6
218,917
46,944
25, 257
- 3 . 6 6,092,023
-.9
554
- 4 . 6 1,219,135 - 3 . 5
307
-4.4
642.636 - 2 . 4
1,758 146,716 -8.1 4,230,252 +.8
1 Includes banks and trust companies; construction, municipal, agricultural, and office employment;
amusement
and recreation; professional services; and trucking and handling.
2
Includes laundering and cleaning; and water, light, and power.
*4 Weighted percentage change.
Includes automobile and miscellaneous services; restaurants; and building and contracting.
I
Includes construction but not public works.
•7 Does not include logging.
Includes banks; real estate; pipe-line transportation; trucking and transfers; railroads (other than repairshops); motor transportation (other than operation and maintenance); water transportation; hospitals and
clinics;
personal, business, mechanical repair, and miscellaneous services; and building construction.
8
Includes financial institutions, miscellaneous services, and restaurants.
B
Weighted
percentage change including hired farm labor.
J0
Less than Ho of 1 percent.
II
Includes
automobile
dealers and garages; and sand, gravel, and building stone.
12
Includes banks, insurance, and office employment.
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INDUSTRIAL AND BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT IN PRINCIPAL
METROPOLITAN AREAS
A comparison of employment and pay rolls in November and
December 1938 is made in table 8 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.
Data concerning them are presented in a supplementary tabulation
which is available on request.
Footnotes to 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.
Revisions made in the figures after they have gone to press, chiefly
because of late reports by cooperating firms, are incorporated in the
supplementary tabulation mentioned above. This supplementary
tabulation covers these 13 metropolitan areas as well as other metropolitan areas and cities having a population of 100,000 or more according to the 1930 Census of Population.
TABLE 8.—Comparison of Employment and Pay Rolls in Identical Establishments in
November, December 1938 by Principal Metropolitan Areas
of
Number
on
establishments
ber
Number
Metropolitan area
New York, N. Y.L..
Chicago, 111.*
_.
Philadelphia, Pa. 3 ...
Detroit, Mich
Los Angeles, Calif.4..
pay roll
Decem-
14. 306
4, 456
2,098
1, 572
2,979
635, 495
429, 575
202, 090
311,583
159,821
Cleveland, Ohio..
St. Louis, Mo
Baltimore, Md._.
Boston, Mass.s...
Pittsburgh, P a . . .
1,649
1.441
1,126
1, 452
1,104
125,716
121,753
100,441
102,312
164,806
San Francisco, CalifA.
Buffalo, N. Y
Milwaukee, Wis
1,670
860
1,112
84,053
69,413
98,433
Percentage
change
from
November
+5.1
-1-3.4
+4.2
+5.2
+4.6
+7.1
+4.4
+4.8
+3.1
+2.0
+3.3
+3.7
+6.0
Amount of
pay roll
(1 week)
December
$16,844, 971
11,724,705
5, 420, 342
10,190,947
4,652, 867
3, 326. 435
2,955, 864
2, 389, 265
2, 664,382
4, 31.2, 780
2,511,414
1,816,826
2,626,350
* Does not include Elizabeth, Jersey City, Newark, or Paterson, N. J., nor Yonkers, N. Y.
Does not include Gary, Ind.
Does not include Camden, N. J.
* Does not include Long Beach, Calif.
6 Figures relate to city of Boston only.
* Does not include Oakland, Calif.
8
3
Percentage
change
from
November
+6.4
+5.1
+5.3
+3.1
+5.2
+6.0
+7.1
+5.8
+4.0
+1.6
+3.9
+2.5
+3.8
37
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.
EXECUTIVE SERVICE OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
Statistics of employment and pay rolls for the Executive service
of the Federal Government in November and December 1938 are
given in table 9.
TABLE 9.—Employment and Pay Rolls for the Executive Service of the United States
Government, November and December 1938 1
[Subject to revision]
Employment
Pay rolls
Percentage
Decem- N o v e m - change
ber 2
ber
Item
Entire service:
Total
Regular approprialion _
Emergency appropriation
Force-account (regular and emergency
Inside the District of Columbia:
Total
Regular appropriation
Emergency appropriation
Force-account (regular and emergency)
-.
Outside the District of Columbia:
Total
Regular appropriation
Emergency appropriation
Force-account (regular and emergency)
Percentage
change
December
November
$141,924,984
.$131,508,899
123,753,020
7, 787, 325
113,311,050
7,718,012
+7.9
+9.2
+.9
10, 384,039
10,539,237
-1.5
917,303
809, 250
702, 5S0
01,005
714, 178
01,802
03, IIS
93,210
120. 5S9
JJ8.985
+ 1.3
21,523,822
21,104,921
105. 509
9. 950
J04. 208
9. 8*7
+1.3
19, 210. 981
1, 540, 348
18, 900, 874
1,515,005
+1.7
+ 1.6
+2.1
700, 493
742.982
+3.2
4, 890
+5. 5
+0.8
-.4
+.7
+3. 0
790,714
750,271
+0.2
120,401,102
110, 403, 978
+9.1
057,011
51,049
009, 970
51,975
+7.7
104, 542, 039
6, 240, 977
94,404, 170
0, 203, 547
+10.7
88,054
88, 320
9,017,546
9,790, 255
-.6
+.0
1 Data include number of employees receiving pay during the last pay period of the month.
2
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 10, by type of project.
38
TABLE 10.—Employment and Pay Rolls on Projects Financed From Public Works
Administration Funds, December 1938 *
[Subject to revision]
Wage earners
Type of project
Maximum
number
employed 2
Weekly
average
Monthly
pay-roll
disbursements
Number of
man-hours Average
worked
earnings
(luring
per hour
month
Value of
material
orders
placed
during
month
Federal projects financed from National Industrial Recovery Act funds
All projects
--.
Building construction.
Naval vessels..
Public Roads«
Reclamation
River, harbor, and flood control-_
Streets and roads..
Water and sewerage.
Miscellaneous-_
3 4,725
4,548
230
408
184
400
2,890
650
352
8
63
1
697
422
10
67
1
20,562
64.768
217,264
82,600
17, 827
596
7,751
150
578, 700
$0. 711
$311,379
15, 905
06,883
353,855
100,875
33, 953
481
6,508
240
1.293
.968
.614
.819
.525
1.239
1.191
.625
81,043
7,964
140,000
35,183
37, 529
649
9,011
0
Federal projects financed from Public Works Administration
Appropriation Act 1038 funds
All projects
36,464
32,051
$4,010,889
4,464,794
$0.898
$5,730, 629
Building construction
Electrification
_.
Reclamation
River, harbor, and flood control._
Ship construction
Streets and roads
Water and sewerage.-Miscellaneous..
Professional, technical, and clerical
19, 703
592
12,072
296
443
244
524
1,529
16, 528
566
11,491
268
373
207
456
1,380
1,692. 422
57, 646
1,954,863
40, 759
21, 758
13.305
28, 717
94, 728
1, 937,458
81, 554
2,019,928
43, 602
29, 910
19,550
42,041
147,058
.874
.707
.968
.935
.727
.681
.683
.644
3, 733, 763
85,445
1,443,185
95,256
110, 481
42,081
75,061
134,434
782
106,691
.742
10, 923
1,061
143,693
Non-Federal projects financed from National Industrial Recovery Act
funds
All projectsfl
6,937
5,967
$903,964
620, 658
$1 456
$733,791
Building construction •.
Railroad construction..
Streets and roads
Water and sewerage
Miscellaneous
3,867
14
534
1,378
1,144
3,505
14
393
1,163
892
633, 550
20
12,167
156, 861
101, 366
349,103
42
21.837
119,907
129, 769
1 815
476
557
1 308
781
383, 533
0
59, 456
202, 526
88,276
Projects financed from Emergency Relief Appropriation Act 1935, 1936,
and 1937 funds 1
All projects»
46,049
38,660
$4,106,952
4, 719,139
Building construction 8
__
Electrification
Heavy engineering
Reclamation
River, harbor, and flood control. _
Streets and roads
Water and sewerage
Miscellaneous
29,374
1,468
4,335
1,165
243
2,822
6,600
42
24,439
1, 236
3,720
1,063
202
2,294
5,667
39
2,658,771
111,686
447, 907
101, 525
14, 245
165,361
603,305
4,152
2, 806,882
159, 905
528,148
153,774
23,547
284, 342
756,331
6, 210
See footnotes at end of table.
$0.870
.947
. 698
.848
.660
.605
.582
.798
.669
$7,906,390
4,571, 561
612, 788
1, 542,946
79,888
19,243
197,149
793.792
89,023
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TABLE 10.—Employment and Pay Rolls on Projects Financed From Public IForks
Administration Funds, December 1938—Continued
[Subject to revision]
Wage earners
Type of project
Maximum
number
employed
Weekly
average
Monthly
pay-roll
disbursements
Number of
man-hours Average
worked
earnings
during
per hour
month
Value of
material
orders
placed
during
month
Non-Federal projects Gnanceri from Public Works Administration
Appropriation Act 1938 funds
All projects.
Building construction
Electrification
_
Heavy engineering
_.
Reclamation
River, harbor, and flood control. _
Streets and roads
Water and sewerage
Miscellaneous
100,502
79, 549
$6, 736, 566
8,472,024
$0,795
64, 256
651
1, 584
344
436
15,316
17,193
722
50,9S6
503
1,316
254
354
11,814
13, 695
592
4,371,571
39,100
148, 219
22,000
37,133
893,875
1,177, 029
47,039
5,161. 132
57,631
141,498
27, 446
41, 270
1,304.849
1, 672, 249
65, 949
.847
.678
1.047
.802
. 900
.685
.704
.713
$21,490,129
10,409, 702
395,591
419, 589
46. 619
250; 931
1. 659,632
8,157, 390
150,675
1 Data are for the month ending on the 15th.
2 Maximum number employed during any one week of the month by each contractor and Government
agency
doing force-account work.
3
Includes weekly a\ erage for public roads.
* Under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Public Roads.
6
Not available; weekly average included in total for all projects.
• Includes data for workers engaged in construction of underground tunnel who, because of the additional
risk involved, were paid at rates higher than those usually paid for building construction.
7
These data are also included in separate tables covering projects financed by The Works Program.
8
Includes a maximum of 207 and an average of 180 employees working on low-cost housing projects
financed from E. R. A. A. 1935 funds who were paid $9,230 for 16,392 man-hours of labor. Material orders in
the amount of $225,914 were placed for these projects. These data are also included in separate tables covering projects financed from The Works Program.
Construction projects financed by the Public Works Administration
are those projects authorized by title II of the National Industrial
Recovery Act of June 1G, 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 and the
Public Works Administration Appropriation Act of 1938 further
continued the program to June 30, 1941.
Federal construction projects for which data are included in table
10 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. Federal construction projects are
40
also financed by allotments from funds provided under the Public
Works Administration Appropriation Act of 1938. The work isperformed 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, the First Deficiency Appropriation Act of 1936, the
Public Works Administration Extension Act of 1937, or the Public
Works Administration Appropriation Act of 1938. 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, the First
Deficiency Appropriation Act of 1936, the Public Works Administration Extension Act of 1937, or the Public Works Administration Appropriation Act of 1938 are used to finance a non-Federal 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 jusiiiy 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, locomotives and passenger- and freight-car building in commercial shops.
THE WORKS PROGRAM
By authority of Public Resolution No. 11, Seventy-fourth Congress,
approved April 8, 1935, the President, in a series of Executive orders,
41
inaugurated a broad program of work to be carried out by 61 units of
the Federal Government. The Works Program was continued bytitle 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. The Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1938 extended this program to
June 30, 1939. 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.
A record of employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked on projects financed by The Works Program in December is shown in table
11, by type of project.
TABLE 11.—Employment and Pay Rolls on Projects Financed by The Works Program,
December 1938 1
[Subject to revision]
Wage earners
Type of project
Maximum
number
employed
Weekly
average
Monthly
pay-roll disbursements
Number of
man-hours Average
worked
earnings
during
per hour
month
Value of
material
orders
placed
during
month
Federal projects
All projects
_
Building construction
Electrification
_.
Forestry 3
_
_.
Grade-crossing elimination *
Hydroelectiic power plants »
Plant, crop,3 and livestock conservation
Professional, technical, and clerical
Public roads 4
Reclamation—
_
River, harbor, and flood control
Streets and roads
_
Water and sewerage
Miscellaneous
See footnotes at end of table.
2 124,074
114.941
47,800
311
10, 217
1,935
1,834
43,643
267
9,319
1,588
1,792
11,352
3,979
1,408
28, 742
1,462
2,935
920
11,179
$5,914,821
13.001,853
$0.455
$1,104, 658
2,247.548
14, 698
440, 592
91. 970
58,329
4,390,891
35,974
1.020,056
166, 756
258.651
.512
.409
.432
.552
.226
322,755
3,371
46,251
66, 554
21,256
10, 312
519,474
1,436,618
.362
63, 756
3,833
1,205
27,919
1,220
2.726
834
10, 283
296,044
88,340
1 434,751
87,324
93,145
31,712
310,894
446,233
151,114
3,363,953
155,045
321,980
92, 219
1,162,363
.663
.585
.427
.563
.289
.344
.267
18,066
119,801
330,085
31,304
10,819
11,038
59,602
42
TABLE 11.—Employment and Pay Rolls on Projects Financed by The Works Program,
December 1938—Continued
[Subject to revision]
Wage earners
Type of project
Maximum
number
employed
Weekly
average
Number of
man-hours Average
Monthly
pay-roll disworked
earnings
bursements
during
per hour
month
Value of
material
orders
placed
during
month
P. W. A. projects financed from Emergency Relief Appropriation
Act funds of 1935, 1936, and 1937 •
All projects
Building construction
Electrification
Heavy engineering
Reclamation
River, harbor, and flood controlStreets and loads
Water and sewerage
Miscellaneous
a 46,049
38, 660
$4,106,952
4,719,139
$0 870
$7,906,390
29,374
24,439
1,236
3,720
1,063
202
2,294
2,658,771
111, 686
447,907
101, 525
14, 245
165,361
603,305
4,152
2,806,882
159.905
528,148
153,774
23, 547
284,342
756,331
6,210
.947
.698
.848
.660
.605
.582
.798
.669
4,571,561
612,788
1, 542,946
79,888
19, 243
197,149
793, 792
89,023
1,468
4,335
1,165
243
2,822
6,600
42
6,667
39
Projects operated by Works Progress Administration T
All projects
8
2,986,931
$167,159,709 336,799,305
$0,496
i Unless otherwise noted 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.
»The data 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 45,842 employees working on non-Federal projects and 207 employees working on lowcost housing projects. These data are included in separate tables covering projects under the jurisdiction
of 7the Public Works Administration.
Data are for the calendar month. Not available by type of project.
•9 Represents number of names on pay roll for week ending Dec. 31,1938.
Data on a monthly basis are not available.
Table 12 shows the employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked
on work projects of the National Youth Administration from the
beginning of the program in January 1936 to December 1938, inclusive.
Similar data for Student Aid are shown from September 1935, the
starting date, to November 1938, inclusive.
43
TABLE 12.—Employment and Pay Rolls on National Youth Administration Projects
Financed by The Works Program From the Beginning of Program Through December
1938 l
[Subject to revision]
Year and month
Number of
persons
employed
Pay-roll disbursements
Number of
man-hours
worked
Average
earnings
per hour
Value of
material
orders
placed
Work projects
January 1936 to December 1938, inclusive.
January to December 1936..
January to December 1937_.
January 1938
February 1938
March 1938April 1938
-.
May 1938
June 1938
July 1938
August 1938
September 1938..
October 1938
November 1938..
December 1938..
$102,571,431
279,440,543
$0.367 a$ll, 198,371
TST
.374
144,797
151,406
154,567
158,082
172,134
202,184
28,883, 589
32,601,360
2, 549,914
2,667,226
2, 751, 797
2, 760, 533
2,967,134
3,437,299
75,827,799
87,092,351
6,896,668
7,288,377
7,610,360
7,673,809
8,286,913
9, 519,163
.370
.366
.362
.360
.358
.361
213,972
221,307
220, 756
220,066
225,088
237,399
3,685,148
3,888,640
3,927,491
4,012,209
4,110,810
4,328,281
10,332,962
11,125,311
11,421,877
11,628,976
12,028,462
12,707,515
.357
.350
.344
.345
.342
.341
Student Aid
September 1935 to November 1938, inclusive
_.
September to December 1935.
January to December 1936
January to December 1937
January 1938
_
February 1938
..
March 1938
April 1938
May 1938
_
June 1938
July 1938 *__
August 1938
September 1938..
October 1933
November 1938..
$73,566,226
247,844,948
$0,297
307,544
319,707
328,037
333,902
326,644
217,447
6,363,503
25,888,559
24,188,039
2,001, 786
2,162,506
2,217,742
2,256,566
2,393, 532
1,538,947
19,612,976
85,424,616
83,028,847
6,980,595
7,584,382
7,781,022
7,920,942
8,355, 521
5,123,792
.324
.303
.291
.287
.285
.285
.285
.286
.300
1,780
44,865
316,536
361,067
5,696
196,999
1,951,914
2,400,437
31,871
817,901
6,832,838
8,349,645
.179
.241
.286
.287
* Data are for a calendar month.
» Data on a monthly basis are not available. This total represents expenditures through Sept. 30,1938,
and
includes rentals and services and some sponsors' contributions.
1
No expenditures for materials on this type of project.
* Student Aid program was not active.
CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS
The Civilian Conservation Corps was created by an act of Congress
approved June 28, 1937, and succeeded the Emergency Conservation
Work which had been set up in April 1933.
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
44
month, and leaders, not to exceed 6 percent, may receive up to $45
per month.
Employment and pay rolls in the Civilian Conservation Corps in
November and December 1938 are presented in table 13.
TABLE 13.—Employment and Pay Rolls in the Civilian Conservation Corps, November
and December 1938 1
[Subject to revision]
Number of employees
Amount of pay rolls
Group
December
November
December
November
All groups..
320,975
335,479
$14, 449,956
$14, 718,482
Enrolled personnel a
Reserve officers
Nurses 3
Educational advisers 8
Supervisory and technical »_
284,125
4,935
282
1,583
30,050
298,065
5,084
287
1,576
30,467
8, 866,055
1, 286.109
30,008
264, 322
4,003,462
9, 303, 256
1,139,864
29,926
263, 249
3,982,187
i Data on number of employees refer to employment on last day of month. Amount of pay rolls are for
the entire month.
J December data include 3,763 enrollees and pay roll of $90,213 outside continental United States; in
November
the corresponding figures were 3,760 enrollees and pay roll of $87,680.
3
Included in executive service, table 9.
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 14, by type of project.
TABLE 14.—Employment and Pay Rolls on Projects Financed by the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation, by Type of Project, December 1938 1
[Subject to revision]
Type of project
Maximum Monthly
number of
pay-roll
wage earn-. disbursements
ers»
All projects
2,892
Building construction 3 .
Water and sewerage
Miscellaneous
1,325
1, 565
2
Number of
man-hours
worked
during
month
Value of
material
orders
placed during month
Average
earnings
per hour
$308,347
387, 787
$0,795
$305,723
208,392
59
156,886
230,843
58
.903
1.017
214, 325
661
90, 737
1 D a t a are for the month ending o i the 15th.
CSS
2 M a x i m u m number employed during any 1 week'of the month b y each contractor.
3 Includes 241 employees; pay-roll disbursements of $19,499; 20,422 man-hours worked; a n d material orders
placed of $29,578 on projects financed b y R F C Mortgage Co.
CONSTRUCTION
PROJECTS FINANCED FROM REGULAR
APPROPRIATIONS
FEDERAL
When a construction contract is awarded or force-account work is
started by a department or agency of the Federal Government, the
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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, 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.
Data concerning employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked on
construction projects financed from regular Federal appropriations
during December are given in table 15, by type of project.
TABLE 15.—Employment and Pay Rolls on Construction Projects Financed From
Regular Federal Appropriations, by Type of Project, December 1938 1
[Subject to revision]
Number of wage
earners
Type of project
All projects
Maximum 2 Weekly
number
employed average
_..
Value of
Number of
man-hours Average material
orders
earnings
worked
per hour placed durduring
ing month
month
200,393 $20,190,980
28,150,308
$0.717
$31,104,087
16,490
13,488
1, 507,990
1,576,917
.956
2, 771,199
6,477
135
90
111
(6)
14,895
5,383
91
78
77
70,101
14,028
375,939
4,062
4,584
7,580
5,165,288
1, 717,056
709,797
6,071
8,242
9,453
8,683,727
2,150,418
.530
.669
.556
.802
.595
.798
2,021,273
1,984
3,913
2,176
8,608,813
1,844, 729
43, 735
8,791
37,156
8,031
3,681, 541
1,051,014
5,848,542
1,360,099
.773
2,918, 775
4,061,101
43,060
5,695
4,030
298
42,165
5,106
3,661
234
794
5,860,785
494,521
241,465
19,529
59,626
6,617,416
597,474
469,148
29,701
83, 303
.828
.515
.658
.716
6, 526,414
1, 567,692
482,011
74,700
219,307
3 214,844
Building construction
Electrification:
Rural Electrification Administration projects *
Other than R. E. A. projectsForestry
_
Ileavy engineering
8
Public roads
.___
_..
Reclamation..
River, harbor, and flood control:
Dredging, dikes, revetments,
etc
_
-.
Locks and dams
Ship construction:
Naval vessels
Other than naval vessels
Streets and roads
Water and sewerage,
_
Miscellaneous—
__
Monthly
pay-roll
disbursements
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.
3
Includes weekly average for public-road projects.
*8 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.
STATE-ROADS PROJECTS
A record of employment and pay-roll disbursements in the construction and maintenance of roads financed wholly from State or local
funds in December 1938, compared with November 1938, and December 1937, is presented in table 16.
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TABLE 16.—Employment
and Pay
Rolls on Construction and Maintenance
of State
Roads, December 1938, November 1938, and December 1937 1
[Subject to revision]
Number of employees >
Item
December
1937
Pay-roll disbursements
December
1938
November
1938
Total
184,361
231,759
170,165 $11,438,613 $14,959,749
New roads
Maintenance
21,223
163,138
28,439
203,320
23,825
146,340
1
2
December
1938
1,308,990
10,039,623
November
1938
1,899,410
13,060,339
December
1937
$10,377,340
1,533,040
8,844,300
Data are for the month ending on the 15th and are for projects financed wholly from State or local funds.
Average number working during month.
PURCHASES FROM PUBLIC FUND i
The value of material orders placed on construction projects
financed by Federal funds in the fourth quarter of 1938 is presented
in table 17.
In the fourth quarter of 1938 on the Public Works Administration
program, orders were placed for materials valued at approximately
$91,329,000. Of this amount $26,659,000 was expended for iron and
steel products, $13,554,000 for cement and concrete products,
$9,099,000 for machinery, and $8,638,000 for forest products.
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.
Estimates have been made of the man-months of labor that have
been, or will be created in fabricating the materials used on the various
programs (see table 3). The estimates include 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 them 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
1
Unless otherwise specified, data presented in this section are as of the 15th of the month.
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by contractors the Bureau estimates the man-months of labor created.
This estimate is based upon the findings of the Census of Manufactures, 1935.
TABLE 17.—Value of Material Orders Placed on Construction Projects Financed by
Federal Funds for the Fourth Quarter of 1938 1
[Subject to revision]
Type of material
All materials
Textiles and their products
Awnings, Jents, canvas, etc
Carpets and rugs
. . _.
Cordage and twine
Cotton goods
Felt goods
.
Jute goods
Linoleum
Sacks and bags
Waste
Forest products
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
Asbestos products, n. e. c
Brick, hollow tile and other clay products
Cement
Concrete products
Crushed stone
Glas*
Lime
Marble, granite, slate, and other stone
products _.
Minerals and earths, ground or otherwise treated
. .
Sand and gravel..
Tiling, floor and wall, and terrazzo
Wail plaster, wallboard, and ins-ulation
board
Iron and steel and their products, not including machinery..
Bolts, nuts, washers, etc
Cast-iron pipe and fittings
Doors, shutters, and window sash and
frames, molding, and trim (metal)
Forgings, iron and steel
Hardware miscellaneous
Heating, and ventilating equipment
Nails and spikes
Rail fastenings, excluding spikes
Rails, steel
Springs, steel
Steel works and rolling-mill products,
n. e. c
See footnotes at end of table.
Reconstruction
Finance
Corporation *
Federal
Regular
construcFederal
tion
under
appropria- The Works
tions
Program
Public
Works
Administration 2
U.S.H.A.
low-cost
housing
$91,329,283
$689,920
135,794
1,049
500
70,433
5,404
20,884
17,394
9,237
3,626
5,023
6,028
70,844
647
2,111
28
500
7,832
69
26,136
803
171
793
27,343
3,084
4,202
2,066
$1,392,913 $95,778,006
1,021
$3,748,806
1,072
311
973
283
33
292
369
60,041
52,016
3,800,759
400,607
57,825
2,216
410
38,84T
12,759
12,847
3,423,118
353,110
90
343,572
56,828
11,684
117
767,762
2,667
32,555
811, 208
97,815
1,309
26,910
19,641
233,446
486,456
193
1,408
1,066
4,591
23,928
4,036
44
25,880
16,673
547,230
221,381
17.292
2,951
47,702
29,870
27,215,255
156,869
189,908
25,947, 771
1,168, 792
8, 637,659
44,852
6,189,807
2,393,152
9,848
122,407
4,736
5,057
435, 529
11,467,895
I, 254,970
4,464,650
83,450
2,689
53,685
673,580
84,968
103, 682
7, 765
1,007
4,893,463
5,493,585
8,060,008
937,656
590,941
41, 280
18,575
9,479
116,305
16
1,610
15,017
81,214
28,325
18,052
5,071
82
2,185,080
3,780
1,108
1,038,759
42,644
159,963
27,247
1,955
3,251.187
790,580
7,078
38,104
639
1,068
6,906,209
90,833
847,113
26
2,296
196,983
9,188
26,658,983
311,032
527,362
14,161,877
690,109
356,933
3,342,224
51, 700
1:467
6,187
243, 305
462,800
13,956
88,419
1,261
1,362
18,402
35,554
788
669,299
590,055
527,327
671,757
66,858
8,218
76,262
35,033
8,297
80,936
23,676
19,488
2,690,667
59.040
1,808,695
186,929
1,214,394
4,372,550
198,681
64,918
302,872
250
3,886,901
31,843
39,208
27,600
75~
106,286
385,536
7~761
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TABLE 17.—Value of Material Orders Placed on Construction Projects Financed by
Federal Funds for the Fourth Quarter of 1938—Continued
[Subject to revision]
Reconstruction
Finance
Corporation
Type of material
Public
Works
Administration
Iron and steel and their" products, not including machinery—Continued.
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
$3,190
9, 494, 534
331
32, 700
862, 653
530, 228
$3,200
39,120
$35,865
1,586
148
10,341
489,478
6, 585
Aluminum manufactures
Copper
products
Lead
products
Nonferrous-metal alloys and products,
n. e c
Sheet-metal products
Zinc products _
_
Machinery, not including transportation
equipment _ Electrical machinery, apparatus, and
supplies
Elevators and elevator equipment
Engines, turbines, tractors, and waterwheels
_
Foundry and machine shop products,
n. e. c
Machine tools
Meters (gas, water, etc.) and gas generators
Pumps and pumping equipment
Kefrigerators and refrigerating and icemaking apparatus __
Transportation equipment, air, land, and
water
Boats, steel and wooden (small)
Carriages and wagons . _
_.
Motor vehicles, passenger
Motor vehicles, trucks
Miscellaneous. _ _
_.
Belting, miscellaneous
Coal
Creosote
Electric wiring and fixtures
Furniture, including store and office
fixtures
Instruments, professional and scientificMattresses and bedsprings
Models and patterns
__
Paper products
Paving materials and mixtures, n. e. c .
Petroleum products.
___
Photographic apparatus and materials..
Plumbing supplies, n. e. c
__
Radio apparatus and supplies
Roofing materials, n. e. c
Rubber goods
Steam and other packing, pipe and
• boiler covering, and gaskets
Theatrical scenery and stage equipment.
Window shades and fixtures
_
Other materials
u.s.n. A.
low-cost
housing
36,097
102, 595
53,165
Regular
Federal
appropriations
Federal
construction under
The Works
Program
$124
275,059
1,013
284
39, 568
$172
6,913,652
8,000
20. 940
694, 300
518, 265
8,191
416,842
57,962
148
668
41
96.166
5, 755
1, 670
3,006
377
45. 959
26, 623
5,738
62,187
233, 744
1,690
6,513
72
28
7,306
165.346
147, 799
106
1,514
52,869
196
9,098,887
7,042
361,808
31, 724, 739
357, 009
2,454,900
405,115
85
521
23,088
89
8, 558, 540
434, 614
63,422
799
8,148,020
57,968
3,741, 832
180, 250
6,053
338, 281
12,956,151
251, 221
194, 639
11,169
140,119
628,101
383
350
3,278
1, 362, 424
105
28,741
10, 491
166
411
501, 989
20, 556
411
329,878
1,253
15.938
154,920
194
175
449
19,738
1, 527, 329
21, 241
337,911
198,195
1,372
4,900
133, 444
17, 987, 554
1,422
21,881
943
4, 627, 680
780,058
87, 825
7,0>)4
1,968
19,047
972, 603
1, 222,168
4, 269
2,768.917
5.124
733, 988
77, 645
141,322
24, 359
47, 512
6,441, 729
144, 224
220, 573
18, 342, 388
950, 552
989
290
32
3,513
154, 845
590
4, 250, 243
227
3,441
1,015
58,819
11,221
2,718
1,283
81,484
246,150
430
76, 908
15, 828
6,249
26, 795
38, 886
8,505
30, 524
35
353
2.392
6, 729
112,766
56, 324
694
140
13,197
1,933,621
4,757,794
10, 245
634,444
7. 651
134,585
57, 438
514
57,127
2,164
115, 543
315
6,156, 856
357
431, 563
19, 367
47
3
91,716
25,163
7,609
i This table includes certain items which are not actually construction materials, i. e., fuel, transportation
equipment, tools, furniture, etc. Data for projects operated by W. P. A. are not available.
* Includes material orders placed on Public Works Administration projects financed by the Emergency
Relief Appropriation Acts of 1935, 1936. and 1937, and P. W. A. A. 1938 funds. Data on low-cost housing
projectsfinancedfrom N. I. R. A. and E. R. A. A. 1935 funds are also included.
* Includes projectsfinancedby RFC Mortgage Co.
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Table 18 shows the value of material orders placed on construction
projects financed by Federal funds during the third quarter of 1938,
by type of project.
TABLE 18.—Value of Material Orders7Placed on Construction Projects Financed byFederal Funds for the Third Quarter of 1938 l
[Subject to revision]
Projects
Total
Type of material
All materials
_
Public
Works
Administration 3
U.S.
H. A.
lowcost
housing
Reconstruction
Finance
Corporations
Federal
construction under Operated
by
The
W. P . A.
Works
Program
$262,003,490 851,993,271 894,219 81,568,564 8113,673,966 83,133,096 836,540,374
65,028
4,175,201
14,288
745,918
2,719,071
8,065,379
169, 651
2,835,223
667
326
42,022
200,744
693,192
111,961
57,690
1,370,858
1,464,365
34,386
231, 838
34,191,340
2, 583,123 33, 442,307
18,083
158,822
885
408
38,814
458, 441
15,876,353
678,841
6, 065,888
9,366,142
130, 209
1,402,040
171,239
167,118
535,468
3,677,676
9,359,336
4, 994,182
6,762,780
6,403,282
14,826
1,745,675
177,049
2,245,051
469, 664
1,669
19,385,842
15,730
752,274
41,470
618,809
42,414
9,591,946
703,274
3,635,952
38,010
95,062
1,643,928
518
14,957
Textiles and their products.
Forest products
Chemicals and allied products...
_
_
2,903,352
16,818, 213
4, 469, 771
527, 946
42,348
Paints and varnishes
Other chemicals
Stone, clay, a n d glass
products
_
Brick, hollow tile, and
other clay products
Cement
Concrete products
Crushed s t o n e . Sand and gravel.
Other stone, clay, a n d
glass products
Iron and steel and their
products, not including
machinery
_
Cast-iron pipe and fittingsHeating and ventilating
equipment
_
Structural and reinforcing
steel
_.
Tools, other t h a n machine tools
Other products of iron
and s t e e l . . .
Nonferrous metals a n d
their products
Machinery, not including
transportation e q u i p ment..
Electrical machinery, apparatus, and supplies
Foundry and machineshop products, n. e. c
Other machinery
Transportation equipment,
air, land, and water
_
2,055, 560
2,414,202
371,6S0
156,266
83, 824, 351 13,341,357
Motor vehicles, trucks
Other t r a n s p o r t a t i o n
equipment
Miscellaneous
__
Coal
Furniture, including store
and office fixtures
Paving materials and mixtures
Petroleum products
Plumbing supplies, n. e. c.
Rubber goods
Other materials
Regular
Federal
7,094, 207
29,697,143
7,851,391
13,791,230
18,040,564
7,349,816
104,447
3, 772, 567
2, 809, 798
2,H98, O8 1,884
1,974,492 31,752
795,036
1,696,108 """750
3,167,215
53,337,834 15,896,987
5, 672,651 1,096,852
14,338
44,191
383,322
1,800,664 15, 770,339
68,812 4,121,996
4,870,913
3,442, 630
19,846,208
5,867,100
1,806,553
29, 553
21,141,509
5,460,852
8,816
409,851
8,620,290
892,046
5,749,654
1, 788, 779
724,110
1,898
9,128
538, 995
77,974
436,674
47,409, 685
7,754,124
649,355
34,386,966
860,753
3,753,487
5,522
13,092,514
2,843,656
108,217
8,483,677
145,826
1,511,138
22,117,911
12,199,260
2,766, 733
2,143,735
529, 980
11,158
16,929,291
8,973,998
519,89;
195,032
1,372,012
875,337
708, 759
37,455
39
80,200
59, 868
531,197
666,765
32,309
39
46,618
56,602
531,197
41,994
50, 742, 746
5,146
9, 834,278
27,455
122, 001
33,582
19,956,458
1,289
158,504
3,266
1, 820, 857 18,981,697
100,770
2,216
276,55J
13,772
1,942,739
1,199,821
16,515
14,920
711,483
11,790,188
8,929,091
4,337, 893
411,919
23,054,365
597,691
686, 790
2,059,095
32,296
5,244,807
2,263,511
5,443,645
515,019
23,350
11,535,914
282,927
447, 502
145,007
21,613
906,672
8,646,059
2,325,070
1, 597,114
322,341
5,278,860
1,956
24,210
24,122
21,658
12,319
63,902
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 Public Works Administration projects financed by the Emergency
Relief Appropriation Acts of 1935,1936, and 1937, and P. W. A. A. 1938 funds. Data on low-cost housing
projects financed from N. I. R. A. and E. R. A. A. 1935 funds are also included.
»Includes projects financed by RFC Mortgage Co.
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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 1938, the third quarter of 1938, and
the fourth quarter of 1937 is shown in table 19.
TABLE 19.—Value of Material Orders Placed on Federal Professional, Technical, and
Clerical Projects Financed by The Works Program
[Subject to revision]
Fourth
quarter of
1938
Type of material
All materials
Computing machines
Furniture
Office supplies
Stationery
_
Typewriters
_
Other office machines
Other materials
_
Rental of machinery and equipment
Third
quarter of
1938
Fourth
quarter of
1937
$41,914
$69,009
$165,449
3
2,155
5,083
356
293
92
29,790
4,142
2,303
1,268
9,848
966
1,249
1,503
45,650
6,222
1,813
7,749
20,858
412
3,952
78,091
45,891
Rentals and services on projects operated by the Works Progress
Administration for the third quarter of 1938, the second quarter of
1938, and the third quarter of 1937 are shown in table 20, by type of
rental and service.
TABLE 20.—Rentals and Services on Projects Operated by Works Progress Administration
[Subject to revision]
Type of rental and service
All rentals and services
Motor vehicles
Teams and wagons
Paving, road building, and construction equipment
Other equipment (including office equipment)
Space rentals and services
Other services (including utilities)
1
1
1
Third
quarter of
19381
Second
quarter of
1938»
Third
quarter of
1937*
$56,254,967
$48,342,335
$41,632,998
26,148,930
850,600
19,704,116
1,340,827
3,822,545
4,387,949
21,969,993
680,229
17,932, 573
1,111.723
2,921,491
3,726,326
20,343,989
1,005,987
13,820,540
695,192
2,074, 500
3,fl02,790
Quarterly period ending Sept. 30,1938.
Quarterly period ending June 30,1938.
Quarterly period ending Sept. 30,1937.
Table 21 shows rentals and services on work projects of the National
Youth Administration for the third quarter of 1938, the second quarter
of 1938, and the third quarter of 1937.
51
TABLE 21.—Rentals and Services on Work Projects of National Youth Administration
[Subject to revision]
Third quar- Second quar- Third quarter of 1938» ter of 1938» ter of 1937*
Type of rental and service
All rentals and services
_
Motor vehicles
Teams and wagons
Paving, road building, and construction equipment—
Other equipment (including office equipment)
Space rentals and services
Other services (including utilities)
$493,026
=====
108,701
3,979
40,984
110, 245
148,700
80, 417
$604,725
$383,447
109,528
7,541
41,577
85,985
82,555
4,172
26,972
39,974
174,049
55,725
262,340
97,754
i Quarterly period ending Sept. 30,1938.
J
Quarterly period ending June 30,1938.
» Quarterly period ending Sept. 30,1937.
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.
The first public contracts were awarded under the act in September
1936.
Table 22 shows the value of public contracts awarded under the
act for materials during the fourth quarter of 1938, the third quarter
of 1938, and the fourth quarter of 1937.
TABLE 22.—Value of Supply Contracts Awarded by the Federal Government, Which
Contain Agreements To Comply With the Public Contracts Act9 by Type of Material
[Subject to revision]
Value of contracts awarded
Type of materials
Fourth quar- Third quar- Fourth quarter 1938 i
ter 1937 *
ter 1938 a
All materials
Food and kindred products..
Canned fruits and vegetables
_
Canned sea foods
Cereal preparations
_
Coffee and tea
Condensed and evaporated milk
Feeds, prepared, for animals and fowls
_
Flour and other grain mill products
Meat-packing products
Shortening and vegetable cooking oil
Sugar
_
Miscellaneous subsistence stores and supplies
Textiles and their products.,
Canvas bags and covers
Clothing (overcoats, suits, trousers, etc.)...
Clothing, manufacture only *
Cordage and twine, including thread
Cotton gloves
_
Cotton goods (drills, prints, sheeting, etc.).
Cotton shirts
See footnotes a t end of table.
_
_
_
$56,743,853
$116,855,438
$75,306,282
1,562,696
2,041,490
2, 516,131
379,518
68,378
798,361
37,426
157,307
37,083
103,335
82,737
392,238
238,207
89,939
217,682
116,356
160,378
181,722
333,561
209,958
281,467
78,883
24,797
712,664
84,119
255,165
123,945
364,831
58,998
218,442
312,820
3,875,430
6,254,255
12,213,250
21,500
85,220
10,518
102,963
391,756
517,498
19,290
1,313,535
1,776,012
11,560
205, 612
57,043
547,684
84,434
111,170
2,850,789
52
TABLE 22.—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
Type of materials
Fourth quar- Third quar- Fourth quarter 1937
ter 1938
ter 1938
Textiles and their products—Continued.
Furnishing goods, men's, n. e. c_
_
Housefurnishing goods (pillow cases, sheets, etc.).
Knit goods (hosiery, underwear, etc.)
Linoleum
_
Woolen goods (flannels, suiting, etc.)
Work clothing
Miscellaneous textile products
_.
Forest products
Furniture
__
Lumber and timber products, n. e. c .
Planing-mill products
Treated lumber and timber
_..
Miscellaneous forest products
Chemicals and allied products.
$76,110
102,655
49,600
75,258
1,715,367
148,311
277,356
$825,448
333,239
611,346
775,618
55, 215
834, 310
$210,097
523, 296
532, 755
87,935
5,980,195
356,419
665,921
488,904
1,475,102
2,799,035
254,384
144,749
25, 307
64,464
902,195
33,410
12, 769
133, 396
393, 332
1, 648, 505
590,931
40, 505
249, 753
269, 341
2,186, 222
7, 511, 550
2, 627,178
Ammunition and related products.
Explosives
Linseed oil
Paints and varnishes
__
Soap and soap chips
__
Miscellaneous chemicals
10, 856
1,251, 790
51,423
54,823
65, 307
752,023
2, 760, 348
3,429,515
130,611
179, 348
51,014
960, 714
433, 622
1, 887,803
Products of asphalt, coal, and petroleum..
3,408,427
8, 518, 720
14,086, 526
379, 397
148, 194
1, 333, 705
1, 277, 223
102,122
167,786
860, 586
466, 568
2, 637, 285
4, 320,696
233, 591
697, 221
410, 817
7, 556, 568
4,940,037
99,058
382,825
Leather and its manufactures..
Boots and shoes
_
Gloves
_
Miscellaneous leather goods..
667,622
331,033
243,103
571, 704
95,918
280, 554
20, 375
30,104
63, 522
47, 269
132,312
Stone, clay, and glass products...
1,878, 282
8,886,217
2,750,897
109,809
755, 561
133,175
217, 592
67, 725
89,612
6,036,048
234, 502
391, 784
245,536
22, 539
45, 377
19,035
299,964
31,176
11,490
20, 247
11,050
156,081
48, 817
169,340
1,095,504
149, 750
75, 700
88,376
268, 718
22,828
15,467
387,029
~225,~426
3,212,239
11,967,928
5,828,894
26,992
62,703
35,301
212,031
595,062
5,862, 748
37, 265
215,226
270, 781
25,964
116,676
37, 690
475,081
Asphalt, oil, tar, and mixtures
Coal and coke
___
Fuel oil..
Gasoline
Lubricating oils and greases
_.
Miscellaneous coal and petroleum products.
Brick
Cement
_
Concrete pipe
_
Concrete, ready mixed
Crushed stone
Glass
Granite and marble...
Riprap stone
Sand and gravel
Soil, black earth
Terracotta
_
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, n. e. c
_
Plumbingfixturesand supplies
Rails, steel
Railway tie plates
Reinforcing steel
Steel pipe and fittings
Steel sheets, plates, shapes, and strips
See footnotes at end of table.
_
17, 978
8,098
19,178
28, 571
14, 614
15,990
87,313
22,402
670,418
182, 529
79,034
44,190
29, 346
199, 504
42,377
93, 768
36, 227
13, 364
79,774
34,857
16,055
45,589
193,736
45,182
17, 248
534, 350
96,515
335,143
499, 742
349,890
1,720,900
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TABLE 22.—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
Type of materials
Fourth quar- Third quar- Fourth quarter 1938
ter 1938
ter 1937
Iron and steel and their products, not including machinery—Con.
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 equipment
_
Elevators 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 equipment—
Refrigerators and refrigerating and ice-making machinery.
Road machinery
Windlasses, winches, and capstans
Miscellaneous machinery and parts
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
Sparkplugs
Switchboards, relay and control equipment
Telephone and telegraph apparatus
Transformers
Welding equipment
Miscellaneous electrical machinery, apparatus, and
supplies
Transportation equipment..
Aircraft
Aircraft parts and equipment
Boats and boat equipment
Motor vehicles, passenger
Motor vehicles, trucks
Naval vessels
Miscellaneous transportation equipment-,See footnotes a t end of table.
$29,410
933,171
$43,031
612,407
24,430
61,473
901,579
79,774
3,229,712
$568.917
56,731
128,808
1,499,191
2,788,796
2,634,521
1,735,533
251,356
351,559
39,250
11,456
92,877
11,350
101,400
268,302
312,728
118, 722
148,915
84,773
15,255
22,176
52,213
65,683
12,609
595,300
23,217
814,628
6,553,971
15,296,110
1,020,030
41,720
41,665
809,276
42,648
17,000
88,340
122,390
979,060
62,684
103,121
25,450
3,200,587
9,347,787
10,424
54,125
1,913,003
91,961
34,500
115,975
11,168
198,429
71,530
217,171
22,815
3,164,036
112,326
30,514
50,968
12,810
10,400
84,950
1,489,083
2,331,192
5,492,028
5,213,593
104,140
323,078
143,631
539,926
33,000
407,118
254,338
722,736
2,438,501
6,719
10,500
145,329
223,814
489,793
1,026,311
35,856
76,924
81,464
101,406
546,632
299,934
1,808,538
47,503
57,188
235,652
109,303
1,782,963
15,385
131,200
230,257
162,250
240,835
116,859
59,050
117,615
14,745
27,673
289,170
43,186
14,431
752,104
185,002
10,796
72,327
28,290
35,518
691,478
134,346
13,500
538,504
124,467
545,756
1,034,306
26,013,329
38,561,704
12,760,004
912,448
1,029,286
303,132
3,719,851
15,085
32,160
1,084,074
33,177,000
230,402
9,838,353
1,497,447
54,813
768,531
23,196,000
52,251
275,621
753,498
395,085
54
TABLE 22.—Value of Supply Contracts Awarded by the Federal Government, Which
Contain Agreements To Comply With the Public Contracts Act, by Type of Material—
Continued
Value of contracts awarded
Type of materials
Fourth quar- Third quar- Fourth quar
4-SVM
mOO
+
A « » 1937
1AOT
ter 1938
ter 1938
ter
$1,776,743
$7,984,774
$9,327,741
Brooms, brushes, bristles, etc
Dental goods and equipment
Instruments, professional and scientific....
Paper and allied products
Photographic apparatus and materials
Printing, publishing, and subscriptions. _.
Rubber products
34,282
22,273
471,133
398,408
12,220
20,815
173,685
53,652
4,366,665
219,417
350,651
205,411
95,574
Steam and other packing, pipe, and boiler covering.
Surgical and orthopedic supplies and appliances
Tobacco manufactures
Other materials
Rentals, services, etc.*
195,868
16,544
230,428
201,087
239,009
43,115
856,129
1,555,151
187,797
65,014
1,294,263
2,805,783
743,670
131,331
247,234
56,800
13,626
85,742
89,413
2,982,161
624,907
Miscellaneous...
i For period ending Dec. 31,1938.
a For period ending Sept. 30,1938. Revised.
» For period ending Dec. 31,1937. Revised.
* Labor only. Materials furnished by U. S. Government.
* Includes equipment rental, repairs, aerial surveys, etc.
The value of public contracts awarded for materials by Federal
agencies totaled $56,744,000 during the fourth quarter of 1938. Of
the contracts awarded in the fourth quarter of 1938, $26,013,000 was
for transportation equipment; $3,875,000 for textiles and textile
products; $3,408,000 for asphalt, coal, and petroleum; and $3,212,000
for iron and steel products.
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