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Serial j\o. K. 1083
U N I T E D 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
JANUARY 1940
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE • WASHINGTON • 1940
CONTENTS
Page
Summary of employment reports for January 1940:
Total nonagricultural employment.
Industrial and business employment_
Public employment
.__
...
Detailed tables for January 1940:
Industrial and business employment.
Public employment-
.
..
1
2
5
7
24
Tables
SUMMARY
TABLE
TABLE
1.—All manufacturing industries combined and nonmanufacturing
industries—employment, pay rolls, and weekly earnings,
January 1940_ __.
__.
__.
2.--Federal employment and pay rolls—summary, Januar}^ 1940_
INDUSTRIAL AND BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT
TABLE
3.—Manufacturing and nonmanufacturing industries—employment, pay rolls, hours, and earnings, January 1940_
TABLE 4.—Manufacturing and nonmanufacturing industries—employment, pa}^ rolls, hours, and earnings, November 1939
through January 1940
__.
TABLE 5.—Manufacturing and nonmanufacturing industries—indexes of
employment and pay rolls, January 1939 through January
1940
.__
__.
__
TABLE 6.—Geographic divisions and States—comparison of employment
and pay rolls in identical establishments in December 1939
and January 1940_
___ ..
TABLE 7.—Principal metropolitan areas—comparison of employment and
pay rolls in identical establishments in December 1939 and
January 1940-
10
15
20
21
23
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
TABLE 8.—Executive service of the Federal Government—Employment
and p&y rolls in December 1939 and January 1940_ .
TABLE 9.-—Construction projects financed by Public Works Administration funds—employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked,
January 1940, by type of project__
TABLE 10.—Housing projects of the United States Housing Authorityemployment, pa,y rolls, and man-hours worked, January
1940, by geographic division,
(Hi)
24
25
26
IV
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11.—Projects financed by the Work Projects Administration—employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked, on Federal
agency projects, January 1940, by type of project and
employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked on projects
operated by the Work Projects Administration, January 1940 _
TABLE 12.—Projects operated by the Work Projects Administration—
employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked, December
1939, by type of project
. . . .
TABLE 13.—National Youth Administration student work program and
out-of-school work program, employment and pay rolls,
December 1939 and January 1940
TABLE 14.—Civilian Conservation Corps—employment and pay rolls,
December 1939 and January 1940
TABLE 15.—Construction projects financed by the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation—employment, pay rolls, and man-hours
worked, January 1940, by type of project
TABLE 16.—Construction projects financed from regular Federal appropriations—employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked,
January 1940, by type of project
TABLE 17.—Construction and maintenance of State roads—employment
and pay-roll disbursements, January 1940, December 1939,
and January 1939
TABLE
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28
28
29
29
30
Employment and Pay Rolls
SUMMARY OF REPORTS FOR JANUARY 1940
Total Nonagricultural Employment
SEASONAL factors contributed largely to the decline of approximately 1,160,000 workers in nonagricultural employment in January.
This decline was about 100,000 greater than that which took place in
January of last year. There were, however, 1,100,000 more workers
engaged in nonagricultural occupations in January 1940 than in
January 1939. Substantial seasonal employment declines from
December to January were reported in retail trade, manufacturing,
construction, and transportation. In retail trade there was an
employment reduction of 15.3 percent, or 600,000 workers, following
the greater-than-seasonal expansion in December to handle holiday
trade. This decline was of about the same proportions as the decreases from December to January in the past 2 years. Factory
employment declined by 2.5 percent (207,000 workers) from the midDecember level, the first recession since May of last year. Class I
steam railroads reported a seasonal decrease of 20,000 workers, while
private building construction employment was reduced more than
seasonally, partly because of the unusually severe weather in January.
In anthracite mining, in which a small employment gain was reported,
pay rolls were nearly double the very low level prevailing in midDecember.
These figures do not include emergency employment, which increased 177,000 as follows: 122,000 on projects operated by the
Work Projects Administration, 27,000 on the out-of-school work
program of the National Youth Administration, and 28,000 in the
Civilian Conservation Corps.
REVISED INDEXES OF EMPLOYMENT AND PAY ROLLS FOR RETAIL
TRADE AND PUBLIC UTILITIES
The Bureau of Labor Statistics has revised its indexes of employment and pay rolls for retail trade and the three public utilities regularly surveyed. In accordance with an established policy, the Bureau's
indexes, which are based on reports supplied by cooperating establishments and which do not cover all employees in a given industry, are
(1)
revised periodically to conform to levels or trends as indicated by
Bureau of the Census summaries.
The retail-trade series have been adjusted to conform in general
with employment and pay-roll data shown in the censuses of retail
distribution for 1929, 1933, and 1935, and the utility indexes have
likewise been adjusted to data shown in the censuses of electrical
industries for 1932 and 1937. These new series supersede those
formerly published.
The revised indexes for all retail trade combined, which were previously roughly weighted by two broad groups, have now been
weighted by the various lines of trade, following the same general
procedure used in compiling the weighted indexes of factory employment and pay rolls. For the utilities, in addition to the adjustment
to census data, the composition of the power and light and the electricrailroad and motorbus operation industries has been changed. The
indexes for the electric light and power industry now exclude manufactured gas, which had previously been included, and the indexes for
street railways and busses (formerly entitled electric-railroad and
motorbus operation) include data for electric-railroad repair shops,
which until September 1938 constituted a separate industry in the
Bureau's manufacturing series. Mimeographed sheets showing the
revised indexes, together with more complete text relative to the
revisions, are available upon request,
Industrial and Business Employment
Declines in employment and pay rolls were quite general with 74
of the 90 manufacturing industries surveyed by the Bureau of Labor
Statistics showing reduced employment in January and 80 reporting
decreased pay rolls. Of the 16 nonmanufacturing industries covered,
11 showed employment declines and 12 showed pay-roll reductions.
For all manufacturing industries combined there were larger than
seasonal declines of 2.5 percent (or 207,000 workers) in employment
and 5.2 percent (or nearly $10,300,000) in weekly wages between
December and January. The expected seasonal declines for this
month are 1.8 percent in employment and 4 percent in pay rolls,
declines being customary in January because of shut-downs for repairs
and inventory taking. Compared with January of last year, there
were gains of 10.1 percent in employment and 17.4 percent in pay
rolls. Among the more important December-January declines in
manufacturing employment were: Sawmills (18,200 workers); beet
sugar (10,100); steel (9,800); cigars and cigarettes (9,700); automobiles
(9,300); canning and preserving (8,700); woolen and worsted goods
(8,500); confectionery (8,200); furniture (7,800); radios and phonographs (7,700); newspapers and periodicals (6,100); brick, tile, and
terra cotta (5,700); baking (5,600); stoves (5,300); and paper boxes
(5,000).
Employment in the aircraft industry showed a gain of 7.6 percent,
or 4,000 workers, this being the sixteenth consecutive monthly
advance. Other industries showing employment gains were: Boots
and shoes (10,700 workers); millinery (4,000); agricultural implements (1,900); engines, turbines, water wheels, and windmills (1,800);
and machine tools (1,300).
Employment in retail trade was reduced by 15.3 percent and pay
rolls by 12 percent, reflecting the release of temporary employees
hired to handle the holiday trade. Losses were general among the
various lines of retail trade, the only pronounced employment gain
being one of 13.8 percent reported by dealers in fuel. Department
stores reduced their forces by 34 percent, variety stores by 50 percent,
jewelers by 22 percent, and confectionery dealers by 19 percent.
Compared with January of last year, retail trade as a whole showed
an employment gain of 3.4 percent and a pay-roll increase of 4.1
percent.
Wholesale firms reported seasonal declines of 1.8 percent in employment and 2.3 percent in pay rolls between December and January.
From January 1939 to January 1940 there were gains of 2.5 percent in
both employment and pay rolls. Among the more important lines
showing employment decreases over the month interval were: Farm
products; lumber and building materials; food products; hardware;
electrical appliances; machinery, equipment, and supplies; and dry
goods and apparel.
Employment in anthracite mines increased slightly between
December and January, while pay rolls were nearly doubled, due to
greatly increased production from the low levels of mid-December.
In bituminous-coal mines an employment decline of 0.9 percent was
accompanied by a pay-roll increase of 3.2 percent. Metal mines
curtailed employment slightly, reflecting the slowing down of operations during cold weather. Winter weather also affected operations
in quarries which showed an employment drop of 14.8 percent.
Employment in private building construction dropped 16.7 percent from December to January according to reports from 13,781
contractors employing 111,535 workers. This decline was larger than
the 12 percent average reduction shown in January in the past 8
years, largely because of unusually severe weather conditions in most
sections of the country.
A preliminary report of the Interstate Commerce Commission
showed an employment decline by class I railroads from December to
January of 2.1 percent, the total number employed in the current
month being 988,870. Corresponding pay rolls were not available
when this report was prepared. For December they were $159,828,397,
a decline of 24.8 percent from November.
Hours and earnings.—The average hours worked per week by wage
earners in manufacturing industries were 37.4 in January, a decrease
of 3.0 percent since December. The average hourly earnings of these
workers were 66.3 cents, an increase of 0.2 percent over the preceding
month. Average weekly earnings of factory workers were $25.51,
a decrease of 3 percent since December.
Of the 14 nonmanufacturing industries for which man-hours are
available 5 showed increases in average hours worked per week and 10
reported gains in average hourly earnings. Six of the sixteen nonmanufacturing industries surveyed reported higher average weekly
earnings.
Employment and pay-roll indexes and average weekly earnings in
January 1940 for all manufacturing industries combined, for selected
nonmanufacturing industries, and for class I railroads with percentage
changes over the month and year intervals are given in table 1.
TABLE 1.—Employment, Pay Rolls, and Earnings in All Manufacturing Industries
Combined and in Nonmanufacturing Industries, January 1940
Industry
All manufacturing industries combined L...
Class I steam railroads 2 .. ..
Index
January
1940
Percentage
change from—
December
1939
= 100)
101.5 -2.5 +10.1
55.4 - 2 . 1
(1929 =
Coal mining: 4
100)
Anthracite ...
51.5 +1.0
Bituminous 4
91.8
Q
66.6
Metalliferous mining
37.5 -14. 8
Quarrying and nonmetallic mining.
63.1 - 1 . 0
Crude-petroleum production
Public utilities:
5
76.2
Telephone and telegraph 5 . _ , ..
+.7
Electric light and power 5 8
89.0 - 1 . 3
"7
Street railways and busses _ _
68.5
Trade:
Wholesale .
90.5 - 1 . 8
Retails
88.3 - 1 5 . 3
49
Hotels (year-round)
__
91.4
+.7
4
Laundries
+.3
95.8
Dyeing and cleaning 4__
93.9 - 3 . 6
Brokerage-.9
Insurance
+.6
Building construction
-16.7
1
2
January
1939
Average weekly
earnings
Pay rolls
Employment
Percentage
change from— AverIndex
age in
JanuJanuary
Deary
1940
cem- Janu1940
ary
ber
1939
1939
(1923-25
•100)
98.3 - 5 . 2 +17. 4
$25. 51
Percentage
change
from—
December
1939
January
1939
-2.8
+6.6
+6.1
()
(1929 =
100)
+3.0
52.5 +97. 0 +38.1
+3.4
87.0 +3.2 +11. 2
+6.3
63.1 - 2 . 9 +14.1
-2.2
29.8 - 2 3 . 8 - 1 . 3
-5.7
58.4 - 1 . 4 - 4 . 1
+ 1.5
+1.87
()
+2.5
+3.4
-.4
+2.7
-.3
-2.6
+ 1.5
-1.5
33.46 +95.0 +34.1
+7.5
25. 71 +4.1
29. 68 - 1 . 9
+7.3
19. 66 - 1 0 . 6
+•»
- . 4 +1.7
33.99
+ 1.2
+4.9
+4.0
6 31.79
6 34. 63
6 33. 26
77.3 - 2 . 3
80.8 - 1 2 . 0
81.0
-. 1
83.3
-.4
65.8 - 5 . 8
-1.7
+2.5
+4.1
+1.0
+4.6
7
e 29. 65
6 21.43
615. 39
17.76
19. 41
e 37.15
e 37. 06
29. 74
101.1
69.3
-1.3
+2.6
-20.1
-1.1
+( )
-2.6
+2.9
+3.9
+.5 +3.4
- O +2.1
+.2 - 1 . 0
-.5
+3.9
-.7
-.7
-2.3
-.8
+2.0
-4.0
-.1
+.7
+1.4
+1.9
+.3
7
+ (()J
)J
+1.3
+5.3
Revised indexes—Adjusted to 1937 Census of Manufactures.
Preliminary—Source: Interstate Commerce Commission.
34 Not available.
Indexes adjusted to 1935 census. Comparable series back to January 1929 presented in January 1938
issue
of this pamphlet.
5
Retail trade indexes adjusted to 1935 census and public utility indexes to 1937 census. Comparable
series
for earlier months available upon request.
6
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
whose
duties are mainly supervisory.
" Less than \io of 1 percent.
8
Covers street railways and trolley and motorbus operations of subsidiary, affiliated, and successor companies.
Formerly
''electric
railroad
and
motorbus
operation
and maintenance."
8
Cash payments only; the additional value of board, room, and tips cannot be computed.
Public Employment
Many construction projects under the Public Works Administration
program are nearing completion and as a result employment on this
program declined 34,000 in the month ending January 15, leaving
133,000 building-trades workers still employed. Wage payments of
$12,328,000 to workers on these projects were $3,585,000 less than in
December.
Because of extremely cold weather, employment on low-rent projects
of the United States Housing Authority fell from 33,000 in December
to 32,000 in the month ending January 15. Pay-roll disbursements of
$2,987,000 were $560,000 less than in December. These figures cover
new construction and demolition.
Seasonal influences, particularly on Federal-aid roads and dredging
projects, were responsible for diminished employment on construction
projects financed from regular Federal appropriations. Increases
were reported on the construction of naval vessels, forestry, and miscellaneous projects while all other types of projects showed decreases.
The number of workers employed on all projects during the month
ending January 15 was 207,000, a decrease of 48,000 from December.
Pay rolls for the month amounted to $22,259,000.
Employment on construction projects financed by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation remained at approximately 2,300 during the
month ending January 15. Pay rolls for the month totaled $228,000.
Employment on work-relief projects of the Work Projects Administration rose again in January with an increase of 122,000 over December. The number at work in January was 2,192,000 as compared
with 2,070,000 in the preceding month. Because of inclement weather
and a consequent stoppage of work on many projects, pay rolls of
$106,142,000 in January, in spite of increased employment, were
$1,516,000 less than in December. A decrease of 1,000 was reported
in employment on Federal agency projects financed by the Work
Projects Administration. Employment for the month was 97,000 and
wage payments amounted to $4,411,000.
The number of young people employed on the out-of-school work
program of the National Youth Administration increased 27,000 in
January, and 3,000 more students were given employment on the
student work program.
The beginning of an enlistment period resulted in a gain of 28,000
in the number of persons employed in camps of the Civilian Conservation Corps in January. Of the 337,000 on the pay roll, 300,300
were enrollees; 1,700, educational advisors; 300, nurses; and 34,700,
supervisory and technical employees. Pay-roll disbursements for all
employees amounted to $14,666,000.
217248—40
2
In the regular services of the Federal Government, increases were
reported in the judicial, legislative, and military services, and a
decrease in the executive service. Of the 936,000 employees in the
executive service 127,000 were working in the District of Columbia
and 809,000 outside the District. Force-account employees (employees on the pay roll of the United States Government who are engaged on construction projects and whose period of employment
terminates as the project is completed) were 9.1 percent of the total
number of employees in the executive service. Increased employment
was reported in the Department of Commerce, Navy Department,
Federal Security Agency, and Veterans7 Bureau, while decreases were
reported in the Post Office Department, Department of Agriculture,
War Department, and Tennessee Valley Authority.
Employment on State-financed road projects decreased 4,000 in the
month ending January 31. Of the 119,000 at work 16,000 were engaged in the construction of new roads and 103,100 on maintenance.
Pay rolls for both types of road work were $9,018,000.
A summary of Federal employment and pay-roll data for January
is given in table 2.
TABLE 2.—Summary of Federal Employment and Pay Rolls, January 1940 and December
1939 1
[Preliminary figures]
Employment
Class
January
1940
PerDecember centage
1939
change
Pay rolls
January
1940
December
1939
Federal services:
936, 689
3 986, 742
Executive 2 ..
- 5 . 1 $143,963, 368 3 $152,256,658
550, 008
2,360
2,268
598, 399
+4.1
Judicial
1, 252, 503
5,889
5,535
1,297, 362
+6.4
Legislative..
29,705, 737
434, 061
421, 245
+3.0 28,842,203
Military
Construction projects:
12, 327, 754
15,912,909
132, 538
166,657 -20.5
Financed by P. W. A.*
._
3, 547,123
33,170
2,987,099
32, 313
-2.6
U. S. H. A. low-rent housing.. ._
250,882
2,322
227,685
2,260
Financed by R. F. C.s
-2.7
Financed by regular Federal ap27, 293, 719
255,106 -18.9
propriations
206,945
22,259,156
Federal agency projects financed
by Work Projects Administra4, 744,815
4,411,390
tion
_ __. __
96, 663
98,109
-1.5
Projects operated by W. P . A._ _.. ._ 2,191, 741 3 2,069, 754
+5.9 106,141, 564 3 107, 658,148
National Youth Administration:
322, 367
5,815, 229
5,428,157
+9.2
Out-of-school work program.. ._
295,295
2,967, 327
437,457
2,858,839
Student work program
._
434, 350
+.7
13,775,996
Civilian Conservation Corps-.
336, 725
308, 569
+9.1 14,666,446
1
2
Percentage
change
-5.4
+8.8
+3.6
-2.9
-22.5
-15.8
-9.2
-18.4
-7.0
-1.4
+7.1
-3.7
+6.5
Includes data on projects financed wholly or partially from Federal funds.
Includes force-account and supervisory and technical employees shown under other classifications to
the extent of 122,327 employees and pay-roll disbursements of $16,222,483 for January 1940, and 130,011 employees
and pay-roll disbursements of $16,030,425 for December 1939.
3
Revised.
4
Data covering P. W. A. projects financed from National Industrial Recovery Act funds, 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 projects financed by the Work Projects
Administration. Includes 9,466 wage earners and $862,605 pay roll for January 1940; 12,093 wage earners and
$1,172,452 pay roll for December 1939, covering Public Works Administration projects financed from Emergency Relief Appropriation Acts of 1935,1936, and 1937 funds. Includes 117,799 wage earners and $10,854,124
pay roll for January 1940; 147,856 wage earners and $14,038,629 pay roll for December 1939, covering Public
Works Administration projects financed from funds provided by the Public Works Administration Appropriation Act of 1938.
* Includes 803 employees and pay-roll disbursements of $75,852 for January 1940; 932 employees and payroll disbursements of $93,259 for December 1939 on projects financed by the R F C Mortgage Co.
DETAILED TABLES FOR JANUARY 1940
Industrial and Business Employment
SCOPE AND METHOD
MONTHLY reports on employment and pay rolls are available for
the following groups: ninety 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. The figures on class I steam railroads are compiled by the Interstate Commerce Commission and are
presented in the foregoing summary.
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 90 manufacturing industries. These reports cover
more than 55 percent of the total wage earners in all manufacturing
industries of the country and more than 65 percent of the wage earners in the 90 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 production they cover wage earners and the clerical field force. The coverage of the reporting samples
for the various nonmanufacturing industries ranges from approximately 25 percent for wholesale trade and dyeing and cleaning to
approximately 80 percent for quarrying and nonmetallic mining,
anthracite mining, and public utilities.
The indexes for retail trade have been adjusted back to 1929 to
conform in general with the 1929, 1933, and 1935 censuses of retail
distribution and to allow for weighting by lines of trade. The indexes
for the public utilities have been adjusted to the 1932 and 1937
censuses of electrical industries.
Data for both manufacturing and nonmanufacturing industries are
based on reports of the number of employees and amount of pay rolls
for the pay period ending nearest the 15th of the month.
The average weekly earnings shown in tables 3 and 4 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
not all reporting establishments supply man-hours, average hours
worked per week and average hourly earnings are necessarily based
on data furnished by a smaller number of reporting firms. The size
and composition of the reporting sample vary slightly from month to
month. Therefore, the average hours per week, average hourly
earnings, and average weekly earnings shown may not be 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 January 1939 are computed from chain indexes based on the
month-to-month percentage changes.
EMPLOYMENT AND PAY-ROLL INDEXES, AVERAGE HOURS, AND
AVERAGE 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 January 1940
are shown in table 3. Percentage changes from December 1939 and
January 1939 are also given.
The employment and pay-roll indexes, as well as average hours
worked per week, average hourly earnings, and average weekly earnings for November and December 1939 and January 1940, where
available, are presented in table 4. The November and December
figures, where given, may differ in some instances from those previously
published because of revisions necessitated primarily by the inclusion
of late reports.
In table 5, indexes of employment and pay rolls are given for all
manufacturing industries combined, for the durable- and nondurablegoods groups of manufacturing industries, and for each of 13 nonmanufacturing industries, by months, from January 1939 to January
1940, inclusive. The accompanying chart indicates the trend of
factory employment and pay rolls from January 1919 to January
1940.
EMPLOYMENT AND PAY ROLLS
ALL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES
1923-25*100
CO
60
40
20
1919
1920 !92I
1922 1923
1924
UNITED STATES BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
j
1932
1933
1934 1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
20
ADJUSTED TO 1937 CENSUS
TABLE 3.—Employment, Pay Rolls, Hours, and Earnings in Manufacturing and Nonmanufacturing Industries, January 1940
MANUFACTURING
[indexes are based on 3-year average, 1923-25=100. New series—adjusted to 1937 Census of Manufactures for all industries except automobiles, and not comparable to indexes published in the July 1939 and earlier issues of the pamphlet. Comparable series available upon request]
Industry
All manufacturing..
Durable goods
Nondurable goo ds_.
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 _
Hardware7
Plumbers supplies
Stamped and enameled wTare
Steam and hot-wrater heating apparatus and
steam fittings.
Stoves
Structural and ornamental metal work.
Tin cans and other tinware
Tools (not including edge tools, machine tools,
files, and saws).
Wirework.
Index
January
1940
Percentage
change from—
DeJanucember ary
1939
1939
Index
January
1940
Percentage
change from—
DeJanucember ary
1939
1939
101.5
-2.5
+10.1
98.3
97.4
105.3
-2.6
-2.5
+18.3
+3.5
98.2
98.5
-6.1
-4.2
108.3
120.9
117.2
74.4
-2.0
-2.2
+22.0
+28.3
+22.1
+5.0
106.3
119.3
124.4
64.8
-7.8
-7.6
-13.3
-9.6
104.6
72.3
103.5
82.2
158.0
-3.8 +18.6
- . 3 +32.1
-2.0 +16.0
-2.*0 ! +12." 7
-4.6 +11.6
93.3
85.8
108.9
70,8
160.2
+16.5
+13.1
+20.1
+7.6
73.9
64.6
62.6
96.9
- . 8 +15.7
-2.5 I +11.8
97.5
188.8
83.2
78.0
73.4
93.6
96.1
171.9
-3.5
-12.6
-2.7
-1.9
Average weekly earnings i
Pay rolls
Employment
+17.4
January
1940
Percentage
change from—
JanuDecember ary
1939
1939
Average hours worked
per week l
January
1940
Percentage
change from—
DeJanucember ary
1939
1939
Percentage
change from—
JanuDecember ary
1939
1939
+0.2
+3.1
+5.7
72.7
60.7
()
+.4
+2.4
+2.6
=
-4.7
-4.8
-11.4
-7.4
+7.3
+9.6
+5.0
+7.3
76.6
84.1
68.4
59.8
60.8
78.2
67.0
68.0
63.8
-1.1
+1.6
+.5
-2.8
+6.6
37.4
-3.0
+2.2
28.96
21.87
-3.6
-1.8
+9.2
+2.9
38.1
36.9
-3.7
-2.3
29.07
31.25
25.87
21.14
-5.1
-5.8
-11.4
-5.8
+9.7
+10.1
+3.1
+9.6
37.6
37.1
37.9
35.1
-8.4
-2.7
-7.0
-8.9
-7.8
+33.7
+41.2
+26.1
+15.3
+19.1
+54.2
+28.7
+17.0
+13.5
23. 28
32.27
26.01
25.02
24.05
+.3
-4.8
-2.4 +16.6
- 5 . 1 +11.1
-7.0
+4.1
- 3 . 3 i +1.8
39.0
41.3
38.8
36.8
37.9
-5.6
-1.9
-3.6
-6.6
-4.1
+1.5
+13.9
+9.5
+2.2
+2.0
-7.6
-17. 7
-6 8
-3.5
+28. 5
+18.3
+24.7
+10.3
27.20
23.75
27.65
23.46
38.7
35.7
37,9
37.9
-4.0
-5.6
-3.7
-1.8
+9.1
+2.9
+3.1
- 4 . 4 +24. 7
-7.7 I +28.3
25. 71
27.31
+9.9
+4.6
+3.7
-1.7
+2.4
+7.9
-3.7
48
-5.2 I +
+14,8
41.3
39.3
-4.2
-4.1
+3.6
+10.1
I
January
1940
Cents
66.3
5. 51
-4.3
Average hourly earnings i
+.7
+ (2)
+1.6
-1.5
+2.3
+1.0
-.5
-1.5
-.5
-.5
+2.6
+1.4
+1.9
-.2
-.5
-.6
+1.1
+1.4
+.3
+1.2
62.6
+.7
69.5 I - 1 . 2
+4.3
+4,2
70.4
66.7
72.7
61.9
+.6
H-I
O
+22.8
+16.1
119.1
155.8
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..
112.4
135.2
Transportation equipment..
Aircraft
Automobiles
Cars, electric- and steam-railroad_.
Locomotives-.
Shipbuilding..
115.5
029.7
115. 8
52,8
28.3
137.5
+19.6
118.3
+7.6 +127. 8 1,900. 6
-2.0
+9.1
119.9
+1.3 +65.1
47.3
+1.1 +58.2
27.2
-1.4
+31.7
148.0
109.7
169.5
135.7
-2.8
-.5
-1.5
+19.6
+30.9
+30.7
108.7
191.5
150.3
_2
-9.
-5.
-6.
+9.3
+5.8
+10.6
+9.5
+12.1
92.9
72.7
74.2
61.3
86.5
7
+9.6
+11.9
58.8
74.6
61.5
59.5
-3 3
-6. 1
+11. 4
+8.2
47.0
51.1
77. 7
57. 0
57. 7
-7.1
-8.9
-13.0
—9 7
-19.9
-2.6
+8.1
+8.5
+7.4
+ 10.7
-5.9
+9. 4
66.9
43.4
50.5
113.1
23. 9
80.7
_
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:
Mill work.
Sawmills..
•
Stone, clay, and glass products-.
Brick, tile, and terra cotta..
CementGlass
Marble, granite, slate, and other products.
Pottery.
See footnotes a t end of table.
..
-.6
+3.3
126.4
101.7
-1.3
-.9
—3. 6
+22.8
128.6
112. 4
125.3
97.2
196.8
136.2
86.2
122.6
+4.6
+2.4
+44.8
+22.5
+53.8
+13.7
+24.0
-3.3
161.4
95.2
258.5
122.2
83.5
111.3
90.6
89.0
92.8
71.7
86.9
67.3
90.3
Ori
j»
38. 8
92. 4
-16.1
+.5
-3.7
-.9
7
7
3
5
-co
-5. 3
-2.5
+37.7
+29.1
+8.6
-2.3
-1.6
+34.5
+3.1 +68.7
-3.4 +36.4
+.9 +99.3
-17.9 +15.0
-2.6 +32.9
-8.4 - 4 . 8
-4.7 +26.9
+6.9 +111.2
-6.2
+18.4
+.9 +84.6
-1.0
+76.6
-3.1
+34. 8
+33.0
-6.7
-2.7
+37.8
-5.4
+55.2
-4.1
+21. 3
-15.9
+5.9
-12.4
+14.1
-19. 5 +10.2
-1.6
+17.5
+13.7
-9.8
-12.8
+ 17.2
-9.6
+ 12.5
-7.8
+11.9
-12.4
+10. 8
-15.9
+9.0
-20. 2
+9.5
-4.8
+ 17.1
+2.8
-31.4
-10.4
-14.3
+ 11.1
29.74
30.91
-1.9
-.4
32.11
29.67
-1.0
-.7
34.10
29. 27
36.41
22.22
26.65
22.27
-1.5
-3.4
-1.5
-2.1
-3.1
-4.9
33.23
29.21
34.28
28.06
29.49
32.32
-3.8
-.6
-4.3
-.3
-2.1
-1.8
27.37
27.62
30.28
-4.0
-2.1
-4.0
22.75
22.89
25.54
24.74
27.94
-1.5
-6.9
-7.5
-13.9
-1.6
18.10
19.95
-4.7
-8.4
21.27
17.73
-6. 5
-2.1
23. 58
19.52
24.96
26.27
21.54
22.20
-5.8
-7.6
-8.2
-2.2
-14.3
-7.9
+12.2
+11.3
+12.6
+9.4
+16.6
+11.4
+29.4
+1.1
+7.0
40.4
38.9
-2.3
-.9
39.1
39.7
-.7
-1.5
42.6
40.4
47.4
37.0
40.6
34.9
-1.3
-3.2
-1.4
-4.0
-2.1
-4.5
+6.1
37.4
41.5
36.7
38.5
37.7
38.2
-2.8
-1.9
-3.6
-.2
-2.2
-.2
39.2
39.3
40.5
-3.9
-2.4
-3.2
38.5
37.7
36.2
38.9
38.9
-1.3
-5.5
-8.1
-11.9
-1.6
38.9
37.4
-4.4
-6.9
39.3
36. 1
-6.5
-2.4
35.1
34.8
35.5
35.0
31.4
37.0
-6.4
-8.1
-8.6
-3.5
-12.9
-5.2
-1.5
-7.2
+8.5
+12.0
+11.8
+2.4
+11.2
+5.4
+18. 8
+11.0
+.2
+3.0
+.4
+4.9
+3.8
+4.7
+ 1.1
+ 1.3
4-2.5
+.3
+2.0
+5.7
-8.7
+ 1.6
+10.2
+10.7
+11.7
+8.8
+14.0
+9.9
+24.7
-1.9
+7.0
-1.4
+7.4
-.7
+7.1
+12.4
+11.1
. +1.9
+5.4
+2.8
+10.9
+8.0
-2.1
+1.5
+.1
+.7
-2.7
+1.1
+.7
-5.5
+.3
-4.1
+.5
+3.2
+4.6
.-7.4
73.5
79.6
+.4
+.4
82.5
74.9
+.9
80.4
72.6
76.9
59.8
65.8
63.7
89.4
74.1
93.4
72.9
78.2
84.6
70.1
70.1
75.2
-.2
-.2
-.3
1
+L5Q
-15
-.8
+.9
__ J
-!i
+.1
-1.3
-.3
+.1
-.8
59.5
60.5
70.6
63.0
71.9
-.1
-1.0
51.2
53.8
-.3
-1.5
54.2
49.1
66.4
55.8
70.4
74.8
69.0
62.9
+.7
+.1
-3.2
-.1
+.3
+.7
+.2
+.4
+1.5
-2.2
+.6
+1.5
+.4
+.3
+.7
+2.3
+1.5
+4.0
+2.1
+.1
-.1
-.3
-3.0
+1.2
+*6
+1.3
+5.1
+1.9
+7.3
+2.9
+2.8
+2.1
-1.2
+4.2
A
+4.9
+2.8
+.2
+7.2
+2.6
+4.2
+1.5
+2.6
+•3
TABLE 3.—Employment, Pay Rolls, Hours, and Earnings in Manufacturing and Nonmanufacturing Industries, January 1940—Continued
MANUFACTURING—Continued
[Indexes are based on 3-year average, 1923-25 = 100. New series—adjusted to 1937 Census of Manufactures for all industries except automobiles, and not comparable to indexes published in the July 1939 and earlier issues of the pamphlet. Comparable series available upon request]
Employment
Industry
Index
January
1940
Average weekly earnings
Pay rolls
Percentage
change from—
DeJanucember a r y
1939
1939
Index
January
1940
Percentage
change from—
JanuDecember a r y
1939
1939
Average hours worked
per week
Percentage
January
1940
change from—
JanuDecember a r y
1939
1939
Percentage
January
1940
change from —
JanuDecember a r y
1939
1939
Nondurable goods
Textiles a n d their products..
Fabrics
Carpets and rugs_.
Cotton goods
Cotton small wares
Dyeing and finishing textiles
Hats, fur-felt.
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
Shirts and collars..
Leather a n d its manufactures
Boots and shoes..
Leather..
103.7
96.1
82.3
95.9
87.5
129.7
90.9
143.8
59.4
75.4
139.9
63.2
86.5
116.1
105. 5
162.2
114.8
111.5
78.7
119.5
97.4
95.8
87.4
-2.0
-2.6
-2.4
+2.8
+3.6
+9.5
+ 10.4
+6.9
+4.3
+.9
87.6
84.8
72.3
89.0
81.4
109.5
84.8
-4.6
-5.3
-4.6
-2.7
-6.7
-5.9
-4.4
+5.3
+5.9
+19.5
+ 19.2
+6.4
+3.1
+8.1
$17. 26
17.07
24.31
15.18
18.05
20.64
25. 26
-2.6
-2.8
-2.3
-1.9
-3.0
-3.3
-4.0
+2.4
+2.2
+9.2
+7.9
-3.0
-4.8
-8.4
-2.6
- 4 . 4 + 10.6
- 2 . 9 ' +7.4
-3.1
-3.7
-5.2
-3.3
y +1.5
146.1
47.4
66.0
112.0
53.1
73.1
-8.1
-5.0
-8.9
-3.8
-6.5
-6.8
-9.5
18.49
17.12
14.78
18.51
16.03
19.46
-5.3
-5.0
+3.7
+2.1
+3.6
87.4
80.1
112.8
110.4
95.0
58.5
97.7
-3.1
2
—4. 0
-7.4
-24.7
-.9
-3.8
-2.6
-.4
+*4
-1.4
-1.0
-13.6
+6.4
-2.2
+8.6
-8.9
+19.0
-2.5
+.1
+1.9
+4.5
+5.5
+.5
-1.6
-1.9
2
+()
82.3
79.1
86.1
+25.8
-.5
+14.7
+4.8
+.1
-3.1
+4.2
+ 13.3
-1.8
+4.0
-4.3
-4.9
-12.0
+8.1
+9.2
+12.6
-1.2
-.4
-.8
+.3
-4.7
+1.0
-3.5
-1.6
17.85
19.60
18. 74
15.87
13.15
21.47
13.11
-2.5
-2.6
-6.4
-12.8
19.89
18.78
24.55
+4.4
+6.7
-.5
+5.6
-9.7
-.9
-.6
-1.2
+7.3
-.4
-+4.1
+.4
+2.7
+6. 5
+.5
-4.1
+5.2
-5. 1
+5.9
+.3
+.6
+.1
Average hourl3r earnings
34.8
36.0
36.8
36.8
37.9
37.6
35.3
-3.1
-3.0
-2.4
-2.1
-2.8
-3.7
-4.1
33.1
35.3
35.3
37.6
35.0
36.2
-6.0
+ 1.7
-4.3
+1.9
-4.2
-2.4
32.4
32.9
32.0
33.3
32.3
32.3
32.0
-3.3
-1.0
-2.7
-6.8
-8.6
37.2
37.0
38.3
+4.4
+6.0
-.6
-9.3
-1.4
-1.0
-1.7
+3.0
+.1
-2.0
-2.9
+3.0
-7.1
-1.8
+2.9
-2.8
-3.8
-2.0
+.2
+4.2
January
1940
Cents
49.9
48.1
66.2
41.2
48. 4
54.4
73.3
55.5
48.4
42.4
47.9
45.5
53.7
-2.1
-8.5
-1.8
-2.2
-1.5
53.3
59.0
52.8
47.1
40.1
62.6
41.3
-3.6
-4.0
-1.5
53.4
50.8
64.2
Percentage
change from—
JanuDecember a r y
1939
1939
+0.3
+.3
+.1
+.2
+.5
+.5
-.3
+.5
+2.7
+.8
-1.3
+3.2
+4.2
+5.9
+7.7
+ 1.9
+ 1.3
+3.9
+4.3
+4.4
+2.4
+.2
+.5
+.8
+.2
+7.8
+2.4
+1.7
+2.9
+.4
+3.1
+7.8
-.4
-.5
-2.6
+1.6
+1.0
-.5
-.4
+.2
+ .3
-3.4
+7.9
+1.7
+ 1.9
+1.3
fcO
Food and kindred products
Baking
Beverages..
'
Butter
5
Canning and preserving,.
ConfectioneryFlour
Icecream
Slaughtering and meat packing..
Sugar, beet
Sugar refining, cane.
Tobaceo manufactures,
Chewing and smoking tobacco and snuff.
Cigarsand cigarettes
Paper and printing.
Boxes, paper
Paper and pulp
Printing and publishing:
Book and job.—
Newspapers and periodicals..
Chemical, petroleum, and coal products._.
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.
See footnotes at end of table.
119.5
141.4
254.9
89.7
91.0
-5.2
-2.4
-2.2
-3.1
-10.3
+2.2
+.3
+1.6
+.2
-.6
117.1
131.1
278.8
75.1
80.6
-5.9
-2.2
-6.7
-3.9
-9.7
82.9
79.0
66.1
111.8
67.8
90.1
-13.7
+1.5
+1.3
-.3
+10.3
-25.5
-1.6
81.2
73.4
55.6
118.9
62.6
72.6
-18.7
59.0
63.7
58.4
115.1
116.2
114.1
+.4
-2.7
-.3
-64.6
-5.4
-4.6
-.9
19.07
25.18
29.55
27.94
23.98
22.68
-5.8
+1.2
-.3
-1.9
+2.0
+1.3
16.52
17. 33
16. 35
-5.3
-3.2
-6.1
+6.8
-4.6
+5.8
+.9
+6.3
+6.6
+9.2
+14.5
+3.7
+2.1
28.66
20.75
25.35
-3.0
-4.9
-3.2
31.30
37.55
29.22
34.42
27.24
31.82
15.69
+1.4
-17.3
-5.8
110.0
121.2 -11.5
117.6
-4.0
+1.1
+.5
91.6
105.7
-2.7
-8.1
+6.9
+2.8
+7.9
+15.6
-5.3
+8.8
+20.9
+ 2.0
+2.8 +6.1
+4.4
-L9
+5.6
- 3 . 2 +10.7
-6.4
+1.7
- 1 . 5 +10.6
-4.0 +14.1
131.0
133.5
130.3
159.8
99.3
+10.8
-.8
+14.4
+22.7
+13.5
+9.3
-2.3
- 6 . 0 +27.2
+.5 +9.8
- 1 . 5 +11.5
+2.0 +13.1
+5.7
-1.8
- 6 . 4 +14.5
-14.1
-1.1
- 4 . 8 + 15.3
- 6 . 8 +18.1
-2.9
-7.0
-1.4
-4.3
121.0
121.6
120.9
135. 8
103.2
-1.1
-.6
-1.1
-1.3
-10.2
2
-4.1
90.0
59.1
73.6
150.3
-3.0
-2.2
-63.9
-4.1
25.32
25.84
32.13
22.31
17.41
-2.5
+2.5
-3.0
+4.1
+9.0
+8.2
-10.3
+4.7
-11.9
102.6
113.5
118.5
103.5
105.1
123.5
313.5
83.5
+1.6
+3.5
+1.2
+2.2
-1.0
+5.7
+6.1
+2.1
-.9
+10.1
-20.5
-6.2
+3.1
+3.3
+3.1
52.9
68.1
51.0
129.2
120.9
82.5
128.5
320.4
100.3
94.1
56.4
85.6
144.8
-15.1
-1.8
-3.0
-1.3
-1.6
-9.9
-.7
+• 1
+.7
+1.3
+1.0
+.7
-1.2
+6.6
+4.7
+.6
39.7
40.9
36.9
45.0
35.4
38.4
41.2
44.3
41.2
34.8
35.0
-1.9
-4.2
-1.5
-.5
-1.2
-1.5
-.6
-1.4
-2.6
64.1
63. 5
87.7
49.2
50.5
-7.3
+3.0
49.8
60.8
64.7
67.7
69.0
64.9
+.1
+1.0
-.4
-3.9
-.1
-1.9
-2.1
-22.9
-3.5
+1.9
-3.7
33.3
33.2
33.3
-7.0
-2.3
-7.6
+2.5
-2.8
+3.2
49.6
51.8
49.3
+2.5
+.1
+5.7
88.1
37.5
40.0
-3.3
-6.4
-3.8
+.8
78.4
55.9
63.5
-1.4
-4.0
+2.5
+1.5
38.9
35.7
-1.7
-3.0
-.7
+3.2
-3.5
+6.0
+6.2
+ 19.7
38.4
35.5
39.4
39.8
46.3
-1.5
-2.7
-1.1
-1.1
+.4
+5.3
+6.1
+4.1
+8.4
-.2
+3.5
-2.7
+4.3
+3.4
39.6
38.2
34.0
39.7
38.8
39.4
-1.7
-3.2
-.7
-1.8
0
-2.4
Q
-2.1
-2.0
-2.4
-1.0
24.76
32. OS
14.27
28.44
26.24
28.12
+ 1.6
+.1
28.54
21.92
34.08
23.53
-3.2
-8.3
-3.4
-3.0
36.6
36.0
35.1
38.5
+. 1
. n
-8.0
-2.7
-3.5
-1.5
+3.0
+1.1
+.5
-3.5
+1.9
+1.8
+5.7
+.8
+1.3
2
+1*7
+2.4
+• 1
+1.4
-2.5
+3.0
+.8
81.5
101.8
75.6
97.4
68.0
80.0
33.5
59.5
83.9
42.0
71.8
67.6
71.3
77.6
60.8
96.5
61.7
+. 40
+2.0
+2.6
+ 1.1
-1.7
+5.0
+2.0
+1.4
+3.2
+.1
+29. 9
+4.9
+1-
2 |
+. 42
+' 84
+1. 2
+1.
-.3
+4+1.
9
-.9
3
-1. 4
+1,
5
+3.2
+3.6
+3.2
+. 1
+1. 6
+. 6
+. 7
-1.0
+• 8
+ 03
+1.
+. 91
+1.
8
+1 3
7
8
+1. 6
9
+
+
+1.6
+2.5
+3.3
-.2
+5.9
+4.2
+13.9
-.5
+4.0
+8.1
+2.4
+5.8
2
+1.3
0
+
+1.4
+1.4
+2.5
4
9
6
+3.0
CO
TABLE 3.—Employment, Pay Rolls, Hours, and Earnings in Manufacturing and Nonmanufacturing Industries, January 1940—Continued
NONMANUFACTURING
[Indexes are based on 12-month average, 1929=100]
Employment
Percentage
Index change from—
January
DeJanu1940 cember
ary
1939
1939
Industry
Coal mining: 3
Anthracite .Bituminous 3
Metalliferous mining
Quarrying and nonmetallic mining..
Crude-petroleum production.
Public utilities:
Telephone and telegraph44 5s
Electric light and power
Street railways and busses 4 5 6
Trade:
4
Wholesale
....
Retail 4 *.__
Food 5
General merchandising 4 »
Apparel *
_.
Furniture •
Automotive*
Lumber 8 3 4 8
Hotels (year-round)
__
Laundries 3
. .
Dyeing and cleaning s_.
Brokerage 4
Insurance 4
Building construction
__.
+1.0
51.5
91.8
66.6
37.5
63.1
-.9
-1.0
-14.8
-1.0
76.2
89.0
68.5
-1.3
90.5
88.3
103.0
90.7
78.2
76.0
81.1
69.6
91.4
95 8
93.9
(7)
(7)
+.7
-1.8
-15.3
-2.8
-38.0
-21.9
-8.5
-.9
-5.2
+.7
+.3
-3.6
—.9
+6
-16.7
Index
January
1940
Percentage
change from—
DeJanucember ary
1939
1939
+3.0
+3.4
+6.3
52.5
87.0
63.1
29.8
58.4
+97.0
+3.2
-2.9
+1.5
+1.8
98.6
101.1
69.3
+1.2
+2.5
+3.4
+3.0
+4.7
+1.7
77.3
80.8
95.3
84.3
73.6
66.8
72.8
64.4
81.0
83.3
65.8
-2.3
-12.0
-1.2
-33.0
-17.8
-11.2
-4.6
-6.9
-.1
—.4
-5.8
-1.7
-2.2
-5.7
-.1
+4.9
+1.2
-.4
+2.7
-.3
—2. 6
+1.5
-1.5
(7)
(7)
January
1940
+38.1 $33.46
+11.2 25.71
+14.1 29.68
-23.8
-1.4
-1.3
-.5
+95.0
+4.1
-1.9
+4.9
+4.0
31.79
34.63
33.26
+.5
+.2
+2.5
+4.1
+4.3
+4.5
+1.4
+1.4
+6.1
+2.7
+1.0
+4.6
29.65
21.43
23.48
18.26
22.09
28.31
26.69
25.77
15.39
17.76
19.41
37.15
37.06
29.74
-.5
+3.9
+1.6
+8.1
+5.3
+2.9
+3.9
4
DeJanucember ary
1939
1939
19.66
33.99
-2.6
+2.6
Percentage
change from—
-1.3
-4.1
-1.1
-20.1
* Revised series. Mimeographed sheets giving averages by years, 1932 to 1938, inclusive, and b y months, January 1938 to September 1939, inclusive, available on request.
Average hours and average hourly earnings are computed from data supplied b y a smaller
number of establishments than average weekly earnings, as not all reporting -firms
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.
2
Less than Mo of 1 percent.
3
Indexes adjusted to 1935 census. Comparable series back to January 1929 presented
in January 1938 issue of this publication.
Average weekly earnings
Pay rolls
-10.6
-.4
-2.9
-3.8
-1.9
-.7
-.7
-2.3
-.8
+2.0
-4.0
Average hours worked
per week
January
Percentage
change from—
1940
DeJanucember ary
1939
1939
+34.1
+7.5
+7.3
+.9
+1.7
+3.4
+2.1
36.8
29.4
40.6
34.9
37.5
+95.1
+4.5
-1.5
39.2
39.1
45.4
+1.1
-.1
40.6
43.0
43.5
39.2
39.7
43.5
47.2
41.6
46.2
42.9
39.9
-2.3
-1.0
+.7
+1.2
-.3
-.3
+1.5
+1.2
+1.5
+1.4
+1.9
+.3
+1.3
+5.3
(7)
30.8
-11.8
-.9
-1.6
-1.4
+.1
-.1
-2.8
+.6
-1.5
-.8
-2.9
-.4
+34.7
+9.3
+1.2
-4.1
+.1
+1.5
-2.4
-2.7
1
-3.8
+.3
- +.7
2.9
(7)
(7)
-6.0
+1.6
Average hourlji earnings
January
1940
Cents
91.9
87.6
73.5
56.3
88.8
80.5
88.7
72.0
72.9
54.1
52.2
46.2
55.1
67.8
56.7
63.3
33.2
41.5
49.9
(7)
97.0
Percentage
change from—
DeJanucember ary
1939
1939
+0.8
-1.6
-.3
-1.1
-1.8
+.9
+.6
+6.3
+5.2
+1.4
-.5
+1.4
+1.8
+.8
+1.9
+5.0
+1.4
+11.4
+4.0
+.6
-2.6
+.9
+.2
—.5
9
t'
+2.4
(7)
+.8
+3.2
(7)
+1.8
+1.4
+3.6
(7)
+3.7
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.
5
Retail trade indexes adjusted to 1935 census and public utility indexes to 1937 census.
Comparable
series for earlier months available upon request.
6
Covers street railways and trolley and motorbus operations of subsidiary, affiliated,
and successor companies; formerly "electric-railroad and motorbus operation and
maintenance."
7
Not available. 8 Cash payments only; value of board, room, and tips not included.
TABLE 4.—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 1937 Census of Manufactures for all industries except automobiles. Not comparable to indexes published in
pamphlets prior to August 1939. Comparable series available upon request]
Employment index
Industry
Average weekly
earnings i
Average hours worked
per week *
Average hourly
earningsl
Novem- January Decem- Novem- January Decem- Novem- January Decem- Novem- January Decem- NovemJanuary December
ber
ber
ber
ber
ber
ber
ber
ber
ber
1940
1940
1940
1940
1940
1939
1939
1939
1939
1939
1939
1939
1939
1939
1939
All manufacturings
Durable goods _ ... ..
Nondurable goods.
Pay-roll index
-
37.4
38.6
38.5
Cents
66.3
Cents
66.2
Cents
65.3
29.41
22.03
38.1
36.9
39.6
37.7
39.6
37.6
72.7
60.7
72.7
60.5
71.5
59.9
30.71
33.19
29.18
22.43
30.55
33.08
29.32
23.12
37.6
37.1
37.9
35.1
39.4
39.0
42.7
37.9
39.6
39.2
43.0
39.4
76.6
84.1
68.4
59.8
77.2
85.1
68.4
58.7
76.7
84.7
68.2
58.3
23.28
32.27
26.01
25.02
24.05
24.46
33.05
27.44
26.96
25.01
24.22
32.59
27.58
27.07
24.49
39.0
41.3
38.8
36.8
37.9
41.3
42.1
40.2
39.4
39.4
41.3
41.8
40.3
39.7
39.3
60.8
78.2
67.0
68.0
63.8
60.2
78.6
68.0
68.4
63.4
59.8
78.1
68.5
68.2
62.2
79.8
88.4
67.1
105.4
27.20
23.75
27.65
23.46
28.38
25.24
28.74
23.82
28.00
26.51
28.52
23.70
38.7
35. 7
37.9
37. 9
40.2
38.0
39.3
38.6
40.1
39,3
39.3
38.9
70.4
66.7
72.7
6L9
70.5
66.9
73.1
-61.9
69.9
67.4
72.5
61.4
102.0
204.4
97.3
199.7
25. 71
27.31
26.66
28.81
25.77
28.73
41.3
39.3
43.0
40.9
41.7
41.1
62.6
69.5
62.2
70.5
62.0
70.0
122.1
151.5
117.1
140.5
29. 74
30.91
30.25
31.07
29.51
30.27
40.4
38.9
40.9
38.7
73.5
79.6
73.2
79.3
131.6
128.6
32.11
32.48
31.93
39.1
41.3
39.3
39.4
38.9
82.5
82.8
72.3
78.7
82.3
101.5
104.1
103.8
98.3
103.7
101.6
97.4
105.3
100.0
108.0
98.2
109.2
98.2
98.5
104.6
102.8
100.9
102.4
28. 96
21.87
30.04
22.30
108.3
120.9
117.2
74.4
111.4
123.3
119.8
77.5
111.1
121.8
118.3
77.4
106.3
119.3
124.4
64.8
115.3
129.2
143.5
71.7
114.7
127.3
142.4
73.9
29.07
31.25
25.87
21.14
104.6
72.3
103.5
82.2
358.0
108.7
72.6
105.6
83.9
165.6
109.3
70.1
106.4
83.2
166.3
93.3
85.8
108.9
70.8
160.2
101.9
88.2
117.0
77.7
173.7
101.7
83.7
118.6
77.6
171.3
83.2
78.0
73.4
93.6
86.2
89.3
75.4
95.4
87.3
96.0
76.0
100.6
73.9
64.6
62.6
96.9
79.9
78.5
67.2
100.4
96.1
171.9
96.9
176.4
97.5
188.8
112.4
135.2
113.1
130.9
95.3
172.8
111.0
124.6
126.4
128.1
127.1
119.1
155.8
128.6
$25. 51 $26. 26 $25. 73
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
Machinery, not including transportation equipment.
Agricultural implements (including tractors)..
Cash registers, adding machines, and calculating machines.
_See footnotes at end of table.
TABLE 4.—Employment, Pay Rolls, Hours, and Earnings in Manufacturing and Nonmanufacturing Industries—Continued
MANUFACTURING-Continued
[Indexes are based on 3-year average, 1923-25=100, and are adjusted to 1937 Census of Manufactures for all industries except automobiles. Not comparable to indexes published in
pamphlets prior to August 1939. Comparable series available upon request]
Employment index
Industry
Average weekly
earnings
Pay-roll index
Average hours worked
per week
Average hourly
earnings
Novem- January Decem- Novem- Tanuary Decem- Novem- January Decem- Novem- January Decem -NovemTanuary December
ber
ber
ber
ber
ber
ber
ber
ber
ber
1940
1940
1940
1940
1940
1939
1939
1939
1939
1939
1939
1939
1939
1939
1939
Durable goods—Continued
Machinery—Continued.
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
JewelryLighting equipment 2
_
Silverware and plated ware__
Smelting and refining—copper, lead, and zinc.
Lumber and allied products..
Furniture
Lumber:
Millwork
Sawmills
,
„_
__„
101.7
102.6
100.4
112.4
114.2
109.6
$29.67
$29.89
$29.34
39.7
40.4
40.2
Cents
74.9
Cents
74.2
Cents
73.1
125.3
97.2
196.8
136.2
86.2
122.6
119.8
97.2
192.2
162.3
85.7
127.3
109.8
95.4
183.9
179.7
84.3
128.0
161.4
95.2
258.5
122.2
83.5
111.3
156.6
98.6
256.2
148.8
85.7
121.5
139.1
94.3
237.8
170.3
82.4
125.7
34.10
29.27
36.41
22.22
26.65
22.27
34.49
30.35
37.03
22.71
27.48
23.41
33.46
29.43
35.91
23.47
27.01
24.09
42.6
40.4
47.4
37.0
40.6
34.9
43.0
41.7
48.2
38.6
41.5
36.6
42.1
40.9
47.0
40.3
41.2
37.9
80.4
72.6
76.9
59.8
65.8
63.7
80.5
72.7
77.0
59.0
66.3
64.0
115.5
116.5
102.9
105.6
118.3 124.1
2,029.7 1,886.0 1,749.5 1,900.6 1,777.9 1,718.0
115.8
118.1 102.3 119.9 127.9
106.0
52.8
52.1
46.5
47.3
46.8
40.2
28.3
28.0
26.1
27.2
27.5
25.1
137.5 139.4
132.9 148.0
152.8
141.0
33.23
29.21
34.28
28.06
29.49
32.32
34.51
29.39
35.81
28.12
30.12
32.90
33.26
30.65
34.25
27.03
29.54
31.85
37.4
41.5
36.7
38.5
37.7
38.2
38.5
42.3
38.1
38.6
38.6
38.2
37.6
41.8
37.2
37.1
38.0
37.9
89.4
74.1
93.4
72.9
78.2
84.6
90.1
73.5
94.0
72.9
78.1
85.8
79.9
72.0
76.5
58.3
65.7
63.5
88.6
74.8
92.2
72.8
77.8
84.4
109.7
169.5
135.7
90.6
89.0
112.9
170.4
137.7
93.1
98.6
113.5
174.3
137.4
93.1
107.0
108.7
191.5
150.3
92.9
72.7
116.5
196.8
158.9
96.9
86.5
115.4
195.5
157.0
99.8
90.9
27.37
27.62
30.28
22.75
22.89
28.67
28.22
31.63
23.09
24.63
28.26
27.37
31.39
23.84
23.94
39.2
39.3
40.5
38.5
37.7
40.9
40.3
41.8
39.1
40.1
41.0
40.6
41.7
40.4
41.0
70.1
70.1
75.2
59.5
60.5
70.3
70.0
75.8
59.6
61.2
69.0
67.4
75.3
59.1
57.7
92.8
71.7
86.9
98.0
76.7
86.9
93.4
76.2
86.0
74.2
61.3
86.5
84.7
76.2
87.8
78.2
75.1
85.3
25.54
24.74
27.94
27.66
28.72
28.36
26.84
28.52
27.80
36.2
38.9
38.9
39.5
44.2
39.6
39.5
44.0
39.1
70.6
63.0
71.9
70.0
65.1
71.7
68.0
65.2
71.2
67.3
90.3
71.1
94.8
73.0
96.8
58.8
74.6
65.2
85.5
68.8
86.2
19.10
19.95
20.18
21.87
20.63
21.63
36.9
37.4
38.6
40.3
39.7
40.5
51.2
53.8
51.3
54.4
51.4
53.6
61.5
59.5
63.6
63.3
64.1
65.5
47.0
51.1
52.0
55.4
52.8
60.8
21.27
17.73
22.73
18.11
22.94
19.20
39.3
36.1
41.9
37.0
42.6
38.6
54.2
49.1
54.2
48.9
54.0
49.7
Stone, clay, and glass products.- ....
Brick, tile, and terra cotta..
Cement..
Glass
Marble, granite, slate, and other products..
Pottery.
77.7
57.0
57.7
105. 6
38.8
92.4
83.6
62.6
66.4
108.5
48.5
94.9
85.5
64.7
70.2
109.3
50.1
95.1
66.9
43.4
50.5
113.1
23.9
80.7
76.4
51.6
63.2
118.9
34.8
90.1
78.9
54.3
66.5
121.0
38.5
89.1
23.58
19.52
24.96
26.27
21.54
22.20
25. 01
21.18
27.33
26.78
25.00
24.12
25.24
21.58
27.06
27.06
26. 76
23.83
35.1
34.8
35.5
35.0
31.4
37.0
37.5
37.9
39.0
36.4
36.0
39.0
37.9
38.5
38.8
36.9
38.0
38.4
66.4
55.8
70.4
74.8
69.0
62.9
66.0
55.8
70.1
73.7
70.4
62.7
65.7
55.6
69.8
73.4
71.4
62.1
103.7
96.1
82.3
95.9
87.5
105.8
98.7
84.4
96.8
91.0
107.9
100.9
85.2
96.9
92.9
87.6
84.8
72.3
89.0
81.4
91.8
89.5
75.8
91.5
87.3
92.9
91.7
75.9
90.9
90.3
17.26
17.07
24.31
15.18
18.05
17.72
17.54
24.86
15.43
18. 61
17.68
17.64
24.67
15.36
18.89
34.8
36.0
36.8
36.8
37.9
35.9
37.2
37.6
37.6
39.0
36.1
37.4
37.5
37.4
39.8
49.9
48.1
66.2
41.2
48.4
49.7
47.9
66.1
41.0
48.1
49.3
47.7
65.7
41.0
48.1
129.7
90.9
143.8
59.4
75.4
133.2
91.3
148.2
64.8
78.9
134.2
88.4
154.6
77.7
8C.8
109.5
84.8
148.1
47.4
66.0
116.4
88.7
159.0
49.9
72.4
115.2
73.1
170.0
63.5
75.0
20.64
25.26
18.49
17.12
14.78
21.33
26.23
19.52
16.54
15. 48
20.96
22.41
19.95
17.62
15.72
37.6
35.3
33.1
35.3
35.3
39.1
36.6
35.4
34.7
37.0
38.7
31.4
36.0
37.2
37.5
54.4
73.3
55.5
48.4
42.4
54.0
73.2
55.4
47.1
41.9
53.7
71.2
55.4
46.8
42.1
139.9
63.2
86.5
116.1
105.5
144.1
65.2
91.3
116.9
105.1
154.1
67.6
95.0
118.7
104.7
112.0
53.1
73.1
87.4
80.1
116.4
56.8
78.4
90.2
80.2
131.4
60.0
81.9
89.2
76.1
18.51
16.03
19.46
17.85
19.60
18. 34
16.58
19.83
18.26
19.76
19.27
16.90
19.89
17.81
18.84
37.6
35.0
36.2
32.4
32.9
37.0
36.5
37.1
33. 5
33.5
39.2
37.4
37.8
33.7
32.2
47.9
45.5
53.7
53.3
59.0
48.7
45.2
53.4
53.3
59 2
48.0
44.9
52.7
52.5
58.4
162.2
114. 8
111.5
78.7
119.5
164.6
116.0
129.0
66.1
122.6
168.0
116.6
136.7
66.5
127.6
112.8
110.4
95.0
58.5
97.7
117.4
119.2
126.0
46.5
111.0
116.1
120.8
138.8
48.5
117.5
18.74
15.87
13.15
21.47
13.11
19.24
16.95
15.13
20.21
14.47
18.64
17.12
15.73
* 20. 94
14.80
32.0
33.3
32.3
32.3
32.0
32.6
35.7
35.2
32.5
35.5
33.6
36.6
37.4
32.5
36.1
52.8
47.1
40.1
62.6
41.3
53.3
46.7
41.3
61.6
40.9
51.8
46.1
41.1
63.6
40.9
Leather and its manufactures..
Boots and shoes..
Leather.
.97.4
95.8
87.4
93.2
90.8
87.0
91.9
89.0
87.9
82.3
79.1
86.1
75.4
70.2
86.5
71.1
64.6
87.2
19.89
18.78
24.55
19.09
17.62
24.88
18.20
16.46
24.76
37.2
37.0
38.3
35.7
34.9
38.8
33.8
32.5
38.7
53.4
50.8
64.2
53.7
51.1
64.3
53.9
51.4
63.9
Food and kindred products..
Baking
.....
Beverages..
Butter
Canning and preserving .
119.5
141.4
254.9
89.7
91.0
126.0
144.8
260.6
92.5
101.4
129.8
146. 5
261.2
94.1
121.2
117.1
131.1
278.8
75.1
80.6
124.4
134.1
298.8
78.1
. 89. 3
125.3
136.9
293.7
79.1
101. 2
25.32
25.84
32.13
22.31
17.41
25.48
25.83
33.56
22.51
17.37
24.80
25.97
32.89
22.49
16.53
39.7
40.9
36.9
45.0
35.4
40.5
41.0
38.5
45.8
35.6
40.1
41.7
37.7
46.1
34.5
64.1
63.5
87.7
49.2
50.5
63.3
63.3
88.0
48.8
50.6
62.5
62.7
88.1
48.4
49.0
79.0
66.1
111.8
67.8
90.1
96.0
78.7
68.0
112.1
191.9
95.2
98.0
77.9
69.3
107.9
286.8
93.8
81.2
73.4
55.6
118.9
62.6
72.6
99.8
72.2
57.3
121. 5
173.5
75.8
96.2
70.5
57.8
112.7
283.0
77.4
19.07
25.18
29.55
27.94
23.98
22.68
20.25
24.83
29.62
28.51
23. 54
22.39
19.06
24.48
29.32
27.45
25.69
23.21
38.4
41.2
44.3
•41.2
34.8
35.0
41.4
40.8
45.2
42.1
45.2
36.2
39.5
40.5
44.1
40.1
50.3
36.9
49.8
60.8
64.7
67.7
69.0
64.9
49.3
60.4
64.0
67.8
53.0
61.8
48.8
60.2
64.2
68.4
51.6
Nondurable goods
Textiles and their products..
Fabrics
Carpets and rugs..
Cotton goods
Cotton small wares..
Dyeing and finishing textiles..
Hats, fur-felt.
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
Shirts and collars..
Confectionery..
Flour
Ice cream
Slaughtering and meat packing..
Sugar, beet
Sugar refining, cane..
See footnotes a t end of table.
TABLE 4.—Employment* Pay Rolls, Hours, and Earnings in Manufacturing and Nonmanufacturing Industries—Continued
MANUFACTURING—Continued
[Indexes are based on 3-year average, 1923-25=100, and are adjusted to 1937 Census of Manufactures for all industries except automobiles. Not comparable to indexes published in
pamphlets prior to August 1939. Comparable series available upon request]
Employment index
Industry
Nondurable
Avt rage weekly
Pay-roll index
earnings
Average hours worked
per week
Average hourly
earnings
Tanuary Decem- Novem- Tanuary Decem- Novem- J a n u a r y Decem- Novem- Tanuary Decem- Novem- January Decem- November
ber
ber
ber
ber
ber
ber
ber
ber
ber
1940
1939
1940
1939
1939
1939
1940
1939
1939
1940
1939
1939
1939
1939
goods—Continued
Tobacco manufactures
Chewing and smoking tobacco and snufiL
Cigars and cigarettes,.
59.0
63.7
58.4
65.8
60.8
66.3
66.4
61.0
66.9
52.9
68.1
51.0
62.3
67.2
61.6
62.9
67.7
62.2
$16. 52
17.33
16.35
$17. 47
17.90
17.37
$17. 50
17.92
17.40
33.3
33.2
33.3
35.8
34.2
36.0
36.6
34.2
36.9
Cents
49.6
51.8
49.3
Cents
48.9
52.5
48.4
Cents
47.9
52.4
47.4
Paper and printing..
Boxes, paper
Paper and pulp
Printing and publishing:
Book and job
Newspapers and periodicals..
115.1
116.2
114.1
118.5
124.9
115.1
117.5
128.9
115.2
110.0
121.2
117.6
116.8
136.9
122.5
114.2
145.4
124.6
28.66
20.75
25.35
29.51
21.92
26.19
29.26
22.60
26.61
38.1
37.5
40.0
39.4
40.1
41.6
39.5
41.7
42.5
78.4
55.9
63.5
78.3
55.0
63.1
77.4
54.5
62.7
102.6
113.5
104.1
118.7
101.0
116.6
91.6
105.7
94.1
115.0
88.7
109.3
31.30
37.55
31.63
39.04
30.71
37.81
38.9
35.7
39.6
36.7
38.7
36.1
81.5
101.8
80.9
102.7
80.6
101.6
Chemical, petroleum, and coal products..
Petroleum refining
Other than petroleum refining.
Chemicals
Cottonseed—oil, cake, and meal..
121.0
121.6
120.9
135.8
103.2
122.3
122.3
122.3
137.6
114.9
122.6
123.7
122.3
137.7
119.7
131.0
133.5
130.3
159.8
99.3
133.4
137.6
132.0
162.3
110.2
133.1
137.9
131.6
161.5
114.8
29.22
34.42
27.24
31.82
15.69
29.61
35.27
27.35
32.07
15.64
29.49
34.94
27.26
31.86
15.60
38.4
35.5
39.4
39.8
46.3
39.0
36.4
39.8
40.3
46.2
38.9
36.1
39.8
40.3
46.0
75.6
97.4
68.0
80.0
33.5
75.1
97.2
67.5
79.6
33.1
75.1
97.2
67.4
79.2
33.0
118.5
103.5
105.1
123.5
313.5
83.5
118.8
107.8
102.2
124.2
312.2
85.1
117.7
106.1
91.5
125.1
313.4
88.6
129.2
120.9
82.5
128.5
320.4
100.3
132.2
128.7
82.2
130.5
314.0
102.1
131.1
127.6
75.9
131.5
310.4
104.4
24.76
32.08
14.27
28.44
26.24
28.12
25.37
32.74
14.65
28.75
25.82
28.09
25.37
32.98
15.32
28.72
25.42
27. 60
39.6
38.2
34.0
39.7
38.8
39.4
40.2
39.5
34.2
40.3
38.8
39.7
40.6
39.9
34.0
40.2
38.6
39.6
59.5
83.9
42.0
71.8
67.6
71.3
60.0
82.8
42.8
71.4
66.5
70.7
59.5
82.6
45.1
71.5
65.9
69.7
90.0
59.1
73.6
150. 3
93.0
63.1
74.7
156.5
93.9
62.3
74.5
161.3
94.1
56.4
85.6
144.8
100.5
65. 7
89.9
155.4
99.8
66.6
85.9
162.6
28.54
21.92
34.08
23.53
29.50
23.90
35.11
24.19
28.95
24.51
33.64
24.55
36.6
36.0
35.1
38.5
38.1
39.1
36.1
39.9
38.0
40.1
35.1
40.4
77.6
60.8
96.5
61.7
77.6
61.1
97.4
61.2
76.8
61.1
96.1
61.2
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..
oo
NONMANUFACTURING- Continued
[Indexes are based on 12-month average, 1929 = 100]
Coal mining: 3
Anthracite .._
Bituminous 3
Metalliferous mining
Quarrying and nonmetallic mining..
Crude-petroleum production..
Public utilities:
Telephone and telegraph 445 K
Electric light and power
Street railways and busses 4 5 6 .
Trade:
4
Wholesale
.
R e t a i l 4 5 -5- .
Food
General merchandistion 4 5Apparel 5_.
51.5
91.8
66.6
37.5
63.1
51.0
92.6
67.3
44.0
63.8
51.3
94.9
66.5
47.1
63.8
52.5
87.0
63.1
29.8
58.4
26.6
84.3
65.0
39.2
59.2
42.0
96.3
63.9
42.9
59.6
33.46
25.71
29.68
19.66
33.99
17.16
24.65
30.25
21.99
34.11
26.90
27.59
30.36
22.14
34.31
36.8
29.4
40.6
34.9
37.5
18.9
28.1
41.2
39.5
37.8
28.8
31.4
41.5
40.1
38.3
91.9
87.6
73.5
56.3
88.8
91.2
88.9
73.7
55.9
88.3
92.3
88.8
73.6
54.8
87.8
76.2
89.0
68.5
75.8
90.1
69.0
76.1
90.3
69.3
98.6
101.1
69.3
97.4
102.4
69.6
96.4
102.5
69.4
31.79
34.63
33.26
31.62
34.64
33.19
31.22
34.62
33.02
39.2
39.1
45.4
38.8
39.7
46.0
39.1
40.0
45.7
80.5
88.7
72.0
80.9
87.1
71.5
80.3
86.5
71.5
90.5
88.3
103.0
90.7
78.2
92.2
104.2
106.0
146.4
100.1
92.1
93.3
103.8
105.9
90.6
77.3
80.8
95.3
84.3
73.6
79.1
91.8
96.5
125.8
89.5
79.0
83.6
94.3
92.4
82.6
29.65
21.43
23.48
18.26
22.09
29.79
20.11
23.21
17.05
20.90
30.18
20.71
23.12
17.30
21.36
40.6
43.0
43.5
39.2
39.7
41.6
43.0
43.6
40.3
39.4
41.5
42.6
43.7
38.5
38.7
72.9
54.1
52.2
46.3
55.1
71.5
51.5
51.5
41.5
53.0
51.9
44.9
54.6
Furniture 5 5
Automotive
_.
Lumber 5 3 4 7
Hotels (year-round)
__
Laundries 3 ..
76.0
81.1
69.6
91.4
95.8
83.1
81.8
73.4
90.8
95.6
80.6
81.4
75.1
91.8
95.6
66.8
72.8
64.4
.81.0
83.3
75.2
76.3
69.2
81.1
83.7
72.1
75.3
70.7
81.8
82.9
28.31
26.69
25.77
15.39
17.76
29.16
27.73
26.33
15.51
17.88
28.66
27.51
26.30
15.54
17.68
43.5
47.2
41.6
46.2
42.9
44.2
47.6
42.8
46.4
42.9
44.1
47.6
42.8
46.5
42.4
67.8
56.7
63. 3
33.2
41.5
67.4
58.2
62.7
33.1
41.7
67.1
57.9
62.8
33.2
41.7
Dyeing and cleaning 3_.
Brokerage 44 88
Insurance
Building construction 8
93.9
69.9
70.8
-1.2
19.41
37.15
37.06
29.74
19.86
37.44
36.34
30.91
19.89
36.44
36.21
30.89
39.9
41.5
41.2
49.9
49.5
(9)
(9)
(9)
(9)
(9)
(9)
(9)
(9)
50.0
(
()
92.6
97.4
97.8
-.9
-.8
+.6
(10)
-.9
-.1
-6.9
-3.1
-16.7
65.8
-1.7
+2.6
-20.1
+1.7
+.9
-7.0
1 Revised series. Mimeographed sheets, giving averages by years, 1932 to 1938, inclusive, Lnd by months, January 1933 to September 1939, inclusive, available on request.
Average hours and average hourly earnings are computed from data supplied by a
smaller number of establishments than average weekly earnings, as not all reporting firms
furnish man-hours. The figures are not strictly comparable from month to month because
of 2changes in the size and composition of the reporting sample.
Average weekly earnings, average hours, and average hourly earnings not comparable
to previously published averages because of change in reporting sample. Comparable
October average weekly earnings, $26.86; average hours, 39.1; average hourly earnings,
68.7
cents.
3
Indexes adjusted to 1935 census. Comparable series back to January 1929 presented
in 4January 1938 issue of this publication.
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.
+.3
-3.6
5
30.8
32.8
33.4
97.0
(9)
(9)
94.3
Retail trade indexes adjusted to 1935 census and public utility indexes to 1937 census.
Comparable
series for earlier months available upon request.
6
Covers street railways and trolley and motorbus operations of subsidiary, affiliated,
and successor companies; formerly ^"electric-railroad and motorbus operation and
maintenance."
7
Cash payments only; additional value of board, room, and tips not included.
8
Indexes of employment and pay rolls are not available; percentage changes from preceding
month substituted.
9
Not available.
10
Less than Ho of 1 percent.
* Average weekly earnings not comparable to previously published average because of
change in reporting sample due to addition of new firms. Comparable October figure
is $21.53.
20
TABLE 5.—Indexes of Employment and Pay Rolls in Selected Manufacturing 1 and Nonmanufacturing 2 Industries, January 1939 to January 1940, Inclusive
Employment
1939
Industry
Av.
1939
1940
Jan. Feb.]Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan.
Manufacturing
96.8 92.2 93.6 94.3 94.1 93.0 93.4 93.5 96. 3 100. 2 103. 6 103. 8 104.1 101.5
All industries
...
98.2 100.0 97.4
Durable goods 3 4 .- 87.8 82.3 83.3 84.1 84.8 84.0 84.6 83.0 83.9 89.8
105.5 101. 7 103. 5 104.0 103.0 101. 6 101.8 103. 5 108.1 110.2
Nondurable goods
8 109. 2 108. 0 105. 3
Nonmanufacturing
Anthracite mining 5
Bituminous-coal mining 5_.
Metalliferous mining
Quarrying and nonmetallic
mining
Crude-petroleum production
Telephone and telegraph6 e.
Electric light and power __
Street6 7 railways and busses
Wholesale trade.....
Retail trade 6
Year-round5 hotels 8
Laundries
Dyeing and cleaning 5
50.6 50.0 52.2 51.7 53.0 52.6 51.2 44.7
78.6 88.7 88.6 87.4 25.9 i 47.9 78.3 79.4
62.7 62.6 60.! 61.0 61.5 61.9 61.6 60.4
48.5 49.4 51.
51.3 51.0 51.5
81.4 85.4 93.0 94.9 92.6 91.8
60.4 62.9 65.3 66.5 67.3 66.6
44.i
48.1 47.9 48.0 47.1 44.0
38.3 37.9 40.1 43.0 45.6 47.3 47.5
37.5
65.8 67.0 66.4 66.2 65.8 66.1 67.0 67.3 66.7 65.0; 64.3 63.8 63.8 63. 1
75.8 75.1 74.3 74.4 75.1 75.8 76.4 76.5 76.6 76.4: 76.5 76.1 75.8 76.2
89.0 87.4 86.9 87.0 87.7 88.2 89.2 90.0 90.6 90.6 90.4 90.3 90.1 89. a
69.0
89.2
89.8
92.0
95.9
101.3
68.6
88.3
85.4
91.8
93.3
94.2
68.7
87.9
84.9
92.6
92.8
92.1
68.5 68.9
87.3 87.2
88.5! 88.8
- J . 2 93.9
93. 5! 95. 5|
95. 41102. 2 107.0
68.9
87.4
86.9
92.7
69.3
88.1 87.9
89.4 87.2
92.8 90.3
98. 7 100.i.O
110.1 106. 5
69.2 69.2)
89.0 90.5
86.3 90.5!
89.8 91. 31
99.1 97.8!
102. 71105. 2
69.5
92.4
91.7
92.9
96.0
105.1
69.3
92.1
93. 3
91.8
95.8
97.8
69.0
92.2
104. 2
90.8
95.6
97.4
68.5
90.5
88.3
91.4
95.8
93.9
Pay rolls
Manufactu
ring
All industries
Durable goods 3
Nondurable goods
Nonmanufacturin
4
90.8 83.7 86.0 87.6
85.2 76.0 77.7 79.4
97.0 92.4 95.3 96.7
85.0 86.5 84.4
78.8 80.7 76.0
91.9 93.0 93.7
89.7 93. 8 101. 6 101. 6 103.7
81.5 87.8 99.6 100.! 104.6
99. 0 100. 5 103.9 103.4 102.8
52.2 42.0 26.6 52.5
33.8
74.6 80.2 97.6 96.3 84.3 87.0
63.4 63.9 65.0 63.1
53.0
g
Anthracite mining 5
Bituminous-coal m i n i n g 5 . .
Metalliferous mining
Quarrying and nonmetallic
mining
Crude-petroleum production
Telephone and telegraph«_
Electric light and power 6 -_
Street railways and busses 8 7
Wholesale t r a d e .
Retail trade 6
Year-round hotels 5 _.
Laundries 5
Dyeing and cleaning 5
1
2
39.5 38.0
69.9 78.2 81.2
56.0 55.3 53.4
38.7 30.2 29.7
61.0 60.9 62.7
95.6 93.9 93.6
100.4 97.3
69.5
76.6
80.8
81.2
83.1
73.6
70.0
75.5
77.6
80.2
79.6
65.8
68.7
74.1
76.5
82.8
78.
63.2
34.2
77.
53.6
43.4
17.6
52.6
57.0 36.1 25.2
20.4 66.5 64.5
54.1 53.8 48.5
33.1
35.9
39.7 41.7 40.9 42.9 42.7 45.6 42.9 39.2 29.8
61.2 62.5 61.9 62.0 60.8 58.8 59.6 59.2 58.4
61.3 60.
93.8 94.0 95.7 95. 71 96.6 96.3 96.9 97.2 96.4 97.4 98. 6
98.2 98.3 99.9 101.2 101. 1 102. 2 102. 2 102.0 102. 5 102. 4 101.1
69.3 68.4 68.9 70.0 69.4 69.8
74.7 74.8 74.9 75.8 75.8 76.2
77.7 79.6 79.9 81.1 79.5 78.0
81.1 81.9 82.4 82.0 79.1 79.2
79.3 79.9 83.9 86.9 88.0 85.9
67.7 73.3 83.0 84.2 77.1 73.0
69.2
78.0
80.9
80.4
84.5
78.3
71.2
80.3
83.2!
82.2
83.9
77.3
69.4
79.0
83.6
81.8
82.9
70.8
69.6
79.1
91.8
81.1
83.7
69.9
69.3
77. 3
80.8
81.0
83.3
65. &
3-year average 1923-25=100—adjusted to 1937 Census of Manufactures.
12-month average for 1929=100. Comparable indexes for quarrying, metal mining, and crude-petroleum
production are in November 1934 and subsequent issues of EMPLOYMENT AND PAY ROLLS, or in February
1935 and subsequent issues of MONTHLY LABOR REVIEW. For other nonmanufacturing indexes see notes 5
and
6.
?
Includes: Iron and steel, machinery, transportation equipment, nonferrous metals, lumber and allied
products,
and stone, clay, and glass products.
4
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 othei groups.
5
Indexes have been adjusted to the 1935 census. Comparable series from January 1929 forward are presented
in
January
1938 and subsequent issues of EMPLOYMENT AND PAY ROLLS.
6
Retail trade indexes adjusted to 1935 census and public utility indexes to 1937 census. Comparable series
January
1929
to
December
1939 available in mimeographed form.
7
Covers street railways and trolley and motorbus operations of subsidiary, affiliated, and successor companies.
21
TREND OF INDUSTRIAL AND BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT, BY STATES
A comparison of employment and pay rolls, by States and geographic
divisions, in December 1939 and January 1940 is shown in table 6
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 maunfacturing group and in the total for
all groups 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 90
manufacturing industries presented in table 3. The totals for all
groups combined include all manufacturing industries, each of the
nonmanufacturing industries presented in table 3 (except building
construction), and seasonal hotels.
Similar comparisons showing only percentage changes are available
in mimeographed form for all groups combined, all manufacturing,
anthracite mining, bituminous-coal mining, metalliferous mining,
quarrying and nonmetallic mining, crude-petroleum production,
public utilities, wholesale trade, retail trade, hotels, laundries, dyeing
and cleaning, and brokerage and insurance.
TABLE 6.—Comparison of Employment and Pay Rolls in Identical Establishments in
December 1939 and January 1940, 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
Tota
I
Geographic division and State
PerPerPerPercent- Amount centcent- Amount centage
age Num- Numage
Num- Numage
of
pay
of
pay
ber of ber on change roll (1 change ber of ber on change roll (1 change
from
from estab- pay roll from
estab- pay roll from
week)
w^eek)
lish- January De- January
DeDelish- January De- January
cemcemcemcem1940
1940
ments
1940
1940
ber
ber
ber
ber
1939
1939
1939
1939
New England
12,472
839
Maine
627
New Hampshire.475
Vermont
Massachusetts.... 2 7, 569
Rhode Island. .. 1,129
1,833
Connecticut..
905, 248
57, 837
42. 242
18,063
480,520
94,835
211, 751
Dollars
-4. 0 21,876,697 - 3 . 9
- 1 . 5 1, 230, 303 - 1 . 2
-2.0
906, 927 - 1 . 2
-5.4
405,418 - 7 . 7
-4-7 11.592, 294 -3.9
-6.4 2,114, 235 -7.0
-2.4 5, 627, 520 - 3 . 6
Dollars
3,
273
198
148
1,801
393
679
632, 709
L4,814,181
-3.3
47, 975
988, 756 - . 1
-13
35.195
739, 844 -0)
251,002
-5.
11,
286, 502 -1.3 6, 588,271 -10.3
76,130 - 5 . 4 1, 643, 015 -2.4
175, 509 - 1 . 3 4, 603, 293 -6.9
--5.
5 . 5 59,I, 498,197
- 6 . 8 26,>, 591, 804
-3.7 ~9, 684, 530
-4.8 23, 221, 863
-4.4
-5.
-5.4
-2.5
6,820 1,344,439
- 2 . 2 36!, 219, 770 - 3 . 9
1.
\ 139, 493 - 4 . 6
2, 773 474, 020 -1.913,
-3.5
1,613 •605, 641 -3.1 8,115,752
14,964,525 - 5 . 5
2,434 564, 778
3, 253,330
East North Central.. 25, 259 2, 234,343 - 4 .
_ K
5, 768,179
7,685 566, 409
Ohio
2, 735 243,522 -5.5 6, 405,462
Indiana.
s 6, 565 631, 828 -4.2 17,173,416
Illinois..__
Michigan.. .___ 4,448 551,182 -4.2 17, 597, 563
« 3, 826 241, 402 -4.9 6, 308, 710
Wisconsin
-6.3
-8.0
-8.7
-4.8
-5.4
8,121 1,690, 250
2.263 429, 625
1,044 196, 945
2,375 425, 758
1,002 466,104 4
1 '" 171,818
31,017 2,175, 860
Middle Atlantic
18, 905 944, 493
New York...
New Jersey
.. 3,574 362, 893
Pennsylvania. .. 8,538 868, 474
See footnotes at end of table.
--2.
2 . 5 49,', 068,662
--2.
2 . 2 12!:, 334, 561
-4-9 5, 291, 535
-2.1 11.554,378
2. 8 15,
• T, 346,124
-2.0 4,542,064
-5.3
-7.3
-8.1
-4.3
-3.0
-5.3
22
T A B L E 6.—Comparison of Employment
and Pay Rolls in Identical
Establishments
in
December 1939 and January 19'4rx. by Geographic Divisions and by States—Continued
[Figures in italics are not compiled by t
cc
ureau of Labor Statistics, but are taken from reports issued by
.,ting State organizations]
Manufacturing
Total—all groups
Geographic division and State
PerPerPerPercent- Amount • centcent- Amount centNumNum- NumNumage
age
age
of pay
of pay i age
ber of ber on change roll (1 change ber of ber on change roll (1 change
from
from
estab- pay roll from
pay
roll
estabweek)
week) , from
DeDelish- January Delish- January DeJanuary cemcemments
cemcem- January
ments
1940
1940
1940
1940 *
ber
ber
ber
ber
1939
1939
1939
1939
West Worth Central- 12, 281 444,978 - 5 . 7
8 2, 536 124,201 -8.0
Minnesota.
1, 906 64, 858 - 3 . 8
Iowa
3, 111 162,512 - 4 . 4
Missouri
499
4,392 - 7 . 0
North Dakota-..481
South Dakota
6,535 - 2 . 0
Nebraska1,318
27,
709 - 6 . 9
6
Kansas-.
2, 430 54, 771 ^-22.4
Dollars
11,144,616 - 5 . 7
3,384,462 -8.7
1, 605. 702 —3. 2
3 974,207 - 4 . 4
109, 564 - 2 . 8
153, 559 - 4 . 5
638,976 - 4 . 8
1, 278,146 4 -5.5
614, 766 - 1 5 11, 568,198 - 4 , 0
11, 453 -1.8
277, 399 -4.0
109, 832 * —1.8 2,761,712 4 -8. f
-9.6
-3.7
-4.1
-4.5
-1.4
-4.6
-4.5
39
430
195
659
249
370
183
3,173
85, 403
53. 311
153, 561
79,147
97, 418
21, 468
109, 186 - 5 . 6
-2.8
- 1 . 2 1, 665, 874 - 2 . '5
- 3 . 6 1, 351, 754 - s ! 5
- 1 . 2 2, 413, 858 -4. ii!
+.6 1,172, 955
- 1 . 4 1, 476,070 -A. 5
-9.0
339.390 - 1 0 . 9
5,843,071 - 2 . 6
1, 853, 967 +3.0
1, 832, 753 - 5 . 5
1, 834, 504 - 3 . 8
321,847 - 8 . 4
978
191, 282
36, 069
71,912
69, 492
13, 809
- 3 . 0 3, 522,329
-2.6
795, 636
- 3 . 3 1, 333, 384
- 2 . 0 1,202,832
-7.9
190,477
-4. a
276
341
269
92
100, 963
18,376
28, 747
10, 520
43,320
- 3 . 9 2,178, 852
-8.4
301,871
-6.6
536, 866
5
.
9
254, 94f>
1
1,085,669
+.1
-6,4
-10 0
—9. 9
4,662
1,389
1, 345
1,340
300,897
83, 441
98,185
98,457
20, 814
West South Central. _
Arkansas-.
Louisiana-.
Oklahoma-.
Texas-.
4,986
n 771
201, 387 - 5 . 8 4,499, 795
440,944
26, 251 -11.3
52, 989 - 7 . 2 1,054,193
36, 391 -4.9
903, 265
85, 756 -3.3 2,101,393
Mountain
_
Montana..
Idaho
Wyoming,.
Colorado
..
New Mexico..
Arizona.
Utah_.-_
Nevada .
3,926
Pacific
Washington..
Oregon
California..
._
581
476
323
1,149
276
413
553
155
10,130
2,449
1,118
12
6,563
- 2 7 18, 086,444
39, 959 - 1 4 . 0 1,089,467
120,066 - 4 . 0 2, 381,125
140, 324 - 3 . 5 3, 574, 877
168, 300 - 2 . 9 2, 663, 585
I 1, 305, 308
86. 228
130, 232 +4! 7 1,997,075
48. 581 — l . f i
875, 210
-4.7
-4.5
-5.7
—2 {
-8.'8
-5.8
-8.3
-8.4
-5.1
-4.I
1,170
119,615 - 7 . 5 3, 212, 291 - 4 . 9
17, 164 - 8 . 1
495', 298 - 7 . 8
10,086 - 1 5 . 9
251,035 - 1 5 . 7
7,729 - 6 . 7
222,453 - 2 . 1
39, 608 —6.3 1,050, 233 - 2 . 1
5,671 + 0)
125, 812 +1.5
2(
16,084
469, 257 - 1 . 3
20,926 - 1 1 ! 0
528, 040 -7.1
2,347 - 4 . 5
70,163 - 5 . 6
526
66
58
35
184
27
34
108
14
474,616
87, 385
41, 896
845, 335
396
2, 654
9,430
25, 062
Dollars
- 2 , 2 5,468,639 - 4 , T
-4.4 1,332,278 - 8 , •?
-1.6
981, 210 - 3 . 2
— .6 2 206 592 - 3 . 3
-2.9
10,079 - 3 . 3
67, 862 +2. 3
+2.6
-6.2
243, 098 - 4 . 3
-2.8
-1-3
627,520
78
64O
East South C e n t r a l Kentucky-.
Tennessee..
Alabama
Mississippi-.
1,299
1,930
449
220,084
50, 739
38, 489
93, 314
2,843
900,938
16, 420
150, 828
986
619
345
732
27
26
135
-4.6
-3.5
405, £35 - 5 . 5
-4.9 3, 794, 261 -5.0
South Atlantic
10,031
Delaware _
237
Maryland
1,555
District of Columbia-.
1,051
Virginia
1,693
West Virginia
1,189
North Carolina^ 1,440
706
South Carolina...
1,219
Georgia .
941
Florida-
588
2,333
-5.7
-5.S
-7.5
-5.5
13, 567, 598
2, 382, 609
1, 064, 688
10,120, 301
-5.5
-3.7
-7 9
-5.6
242
220
135
573
2,653
513
283
1,857
32,435 -15.7
4,320 - 1 7 . 6
2,464 -38. 5
1,068 -28.0
14,974 - 9 . 0
697
-.9
2,693 - 4 . 8
5,967 -20. 0
252 - 1 6 . 8
252, 859
52,532
24, 959
175,368
831, 784
116, 932
56,115
34, 954
396, 719
13, 381
65, 684
140,789
7:210
-2.8
-4.2
-4. 3
n ,p,
-s!:*
4 - 2 , *
-15.8
• - 1 8 , . *}
-41. *
-24. 5
-8.1
—2 7
-5." 1
-20. S
-19. 1
- 2 . 8 7, 082,345 - 4 . 6
-. 1
- 1 . 7 1,451,476
-8.1
622, 425 - 9 . 8
-t. 3 5, 008, U4 -5.1
12 Less than Ho of 1 percent.
Includes banks and trust companies; construction, municipal, agricultural, and office employment;
amusement and recreation; professional services; and trucking and handling.
34 Includes laundering and cleaning; and water, light, and power.
Weighted percentage change.
6
Includes automobile and miscellaneous services; restaurants; and building and contracting,
e7 Includes construction but not public works.
Does not include logging.
* Includes banks; real estate; pipe-line transportation; motor transportation (other than operation and
maintenance); water transportation; hospitals and clinics; and personal, business, mechanical repair, and
miscellaneous services.
9 Includes financial institutions, miscellaneous services, and restaurants.
10 Weighted percentage change, including hired farm labor.
11
Includes automobile dealers and garages; and sand, gravel, and building stone.
12 Includes banks, insurance, and office employment.
23
INDUSTRIAL AND BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT IN PRINCIPAL METROPOLITAN
AREAS
A comparison of employment and pay rolls in December 1939 and
January 1940 is made in table 7 for 13 metropolitan areas, each of
which had a population of 100,000 or over in 1930. Cities within
these areas but having a population of 100,000 or over, are not included. Footnotes to the table specify which cities are excluded.
Data concerning them have been prepared in a supplementary tabulation which is available on request. The figures represent reports
from cooperating establishments and cover both full- and part-time
workers in the manufacturing and nonmanufacturing industries presented in table 3, 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 7.—Comparison of Employment and Pay Rolls in Identical Establishments in
December 1939 and January 1940 by Principal Metropolitan Areas
Metropolitan area
Number
of establishments
January
1940
New York i.
Chicago 2
Philadelphia K.
Detroit
Los Angeles 4__
13, 277
4,328
2,250
1,609
2,922
on pay roll
January
1940
Percentage
change
from
December
1939
616, 432
454, 979
209, 975
360, 209
164,150
-7.9
-4.6
-5.0
-3.7
-6.5
-7.1
-3.7
-5.7
-6.2
-4.5
-6.2
-4.4
-4.6
XN U.JJj.Ut/1
Cleveland.
St. Louis.Baltimore
.
Boston 5
Pittsburgh.
1,533
1,331
1,136
2,996
1,166
119,
123,
115,
183,
192,
San Francisco 6__
Buffalo
Milwaukee..
1,584
767
980
78, 238
72, 538
102,996
1
2
285
356
769
304
810
Amount of
pay roll
(1 week)
January
1940
$17, 026, 529
12, 830, 594
5, 758, 680
12, 252, 084
4, 751, 572
-7.3
-5.3
-5.3
-3.6
-6.7
502
730
352
988
723
-8.6
-4.9
-5.6
-4.9
-7.2
2, 326, 834
2, 036, 937
2, 913, 704
-6.7
-6.4
-5.4
3, 452,
3,121,
2, 925,
4, 669,
5, 697,
Does not include Elizabeth, Jersey City, Newark, or Paterson, N. J., or Yonkers, N. Y.
Does not include Gary, Ind.
3
Does not include Camden, N. J.
4
Does not include Long Beach, Calif.
6
Does
not include Cambridge, Lynn, or Somerville, Mass.
6
Does not include Oakland, Calif.
Percentage
change
from
December
1939
24
Public Employment
Employment created by the Federal Government includes employment financed from both regular and emergency appropriations.
EXECUTIVE SERVICE OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
Statistics of employment and pay rolls for the executive service of
the Federal Government in January 1940 and December 1939 are
given in table 8.
TABLE 8.—Employment and Pay Rolls for the Executive Service of the United States
Government, January 1940 and December 1939 l
[Subject to revision]
Employment
Class
1940
December
936,689
986, 742
793,411
57, 604
85, 674
835,814
57,902
93, 026
January
Entire service:
Total
Regular appropriation
....
Emergency appropriation.. ._
Force-account
1939 2
Pay rolls
Percentage
change
Percentage
change
January
December
1940
1939 2
-5.1
$143, 963, 368
$152, 256, 658
-5.4
-5.1
125, 658, 053
7,410,060
10,895, 255
134,163, 345
7, 396, 238
10, 697, 075
-6.3
+.2
+1.9
-7! 9
Inside the District of Columbia:
Total.
127, 418
127,406
(3)
22, 794, 111
22, 599. 056
+.9
Regular appropriation
Emergency appropriation
Force-account
112, 280
8, 701
6,437
112, 276
8,853
6,277
(3)
-1.7
+2.5
20, 392, 222
1, 348, 085
1, 053, 804
20, 254, 304
1, 381,159
963, 593
+.7
-2.4
+9.4
809, 271
859, 336
-5.8
121,169, 257
129, 657, 602
-6.5
681,131
48,903
79, 23,7
723, 538
49, 049
86, 749
-5.9
-.3
-8.7
105, 265,831
6, 061,975
9, 841, 451
113,909,041
6, 015,079
9, 733, 482
-7.6
+.8
+1-1
_
Outside the District of Columbia:
Total.
Regular appropriation
Emergency appropriation.. ._
Force-account
1
Data include number of employees receiving pay during the last pay period of the month.
32 Revised.
Increase less than Mo of 1 percent.
CONSTRUCTION
PROJECTS
FINANCED
BY
THE
PUBLIC
WORKS
ADMINISTRATION
Details concerning employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked
during January on construction projects financed by Public Works
Administration funds are given in table 9, by type of project.
25
TABLE 9.—Employment and Pay Rolls on Projects Financed From Public Works
Administration Funds, January 1940 1
[Subject to revision]
Wage earners
Type of project
Maximum Weekly
number
employed 2 average
All programs..
132,538
Value of
of Aver- material
Monthly Number
age
pay-roll man-hours
orders
earnworked
disburseduring ings per placed
during
ments
hour
month
month
108,285 $12,327,754 12,783,407
$0,964 $24,474,435
Federal projects financed from National Industrial Recovery
Act funds
All projects
3 815
736
$65,562
Building construction...
Naval vessels..
.....
.
Public roads 4
Reclamation
River, harbor, and flood control.. .
Water and sewerage..
Miscellaneous
226
5
)
107
54
157
23
181
5
243
101
36
147
23
20,911
675
21,423
12,122
2,004
5,311
3,116
94, 507 $0. 694
$104,253
1.137
.966
.712
.753
.597
.236
.925
41, 235
65
42, 900
4,828
3,300
11, 650
275
18, 388
699
30,082
16,100
3,354
22, 515
3.369
Federal projects financed from Public Works Administration
Appropriation Act 1938 funds
All projects
4,148
11, 850
Airport construction (exclusive of build
ings)
Building construction..
Electrification
Reclamation
River, harbor, and flood control.—
Ship construction..
Streets and roads
Water and sewerage
Miscellaneous
•
Professional, technical, and clerical....
711
9,721
748
1,155
619
313
77
201
313
290
649
7,960
685
1,024
525
257
73
179
279
219
393, 766 $0.994
68,145
933, 355
86, 037
123, 762
55, 227
31, 221
7,897
11,917
29, 777
37,380
98, 816
886, 922
63, 279
150,839
62,074
29, 934
9,964
13, 826
36, 320
41, 792
.690
1.052
1.360
.820
.890
1.043
.793
.862
.820
.894
37,784
1, 284,084
143,491
117, 298
21, 792
31,189
9,702
7,469
13, 975
3,134
Non-Federal projects financed from National Industrial Recovery
Act funds
All projects 6
_
Building construction 6
Railroad construction..
Streets and roads
Water and sewerage..
Miscellaneous
..
4,458
3,876
$545, 463
549, 388
$0,993
H, 973
2,571
35
383
40
1,429
2,325
35
242
31
1,243
444,952
64
16,015
2,830
81, 602
339, 048
94
23, 749
1,828
184,669
1.312
.681
.674
1.548
.442
290,831
0
46, 739
5,238
149,165
Non-Federal projects financed from Emergency Relief
Appropriation Act 1935, 1936, and 1937 funds
All projects
9,466
Building construction..
Electrification
Heavy engineering
Reclamation
Streets and roads
Water and sewerage. ..
Miscellaneous
1,124
940
4,998
807
19
1,564
14
7,929
$862, 605
777
4,213
617
13
1,340
107, 900
66, 512
442,820
104, 607
305
140,199
262
1,120, 965 $0.770
109, 753
98, 640
608, 338
132, 203
392
171,158
481
.983
.674
.728
.791
.778
.819
.545
$1,323,176
331, 589
152, 398
349, 674
21, 921
211,000
261, 594
0
I
12 Data are for the month ending on the 15th.
Maximum number employed during any 1 week of the month by each contractor and Government
agency doing force-account work.
34 Includes weekly average for public roads.
Under the jurisdiction of the Public Roads Administration.
5
Not available; weekly average included in total for all projects.
e Includes data for workers engaged in construction of underground tunnel who, because of th3 addtional risk involved, were paid at rates higher than those usually paid for building construction.
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TABLE 9.—Employment and Pay Rolls on Projects Financed From Public Works
Administration Funds, January 1940—Continued
[Subject to revision]
of
of Aver- Value
Monthly Number
material
age
pay-roll man-hours
orders
earnworked
disburseplaced
during ings per during
ments
hour
month
month
Wage earners
Type of project
Maximum Weekly
number
employed average
Non-Federal projects financed 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.-
103, 651
83, 894
$9, 469, 406
9, 624. 781
53, 418
1,588
15, 804
764
128
14,129
17, 706
114
43, 364
1, 284
13, 056
603
104
10, 949
14, 450
84
4, 672, 429
101,198
1, 808, 060
70, 792
10, 041
1, 125, 904
1, 676,147
4,835
4 476, 793
134, 474
1 560. 931
86, 923
13, 234
1 415, 063
1 931 085
6, 278
$0. 984 $20, 880,115
1. 044
.753
1.158
.814
.759
.796
.868
.770
9, 256,158
587,097
2, 960, 503
33,053
15,210
2,059, 697
2,419,210
3, 549,187
UNITED STATES HOUSING AUTHORITY
Table 10 shows data for January 1940 on projects of the United
States Housing Authority. These figures pertain only to new projects
under the United States Housing Authority and not to those formerly
under the Public Works Administration.
TABLE 10.- -Employment and Pay Rolls on Loiv-Rent Housing Projects Operated by
the United States Housing Authority, January 1940
[Subject to revision]
Employment
Geographic division
Nine divisions..
Maximum
number
employed l
Weekly
average
Value of
material
orders
placed
during
month
Monthly
pay-roll
disbursements
Number of
man-hours
worked
during
month
$2,987,099
3,016,420
$0.990
$5, 616, 865
127, 770
888, 607
307,189
48, 514
780, 227
1.051
1.265
1.158
.899
.775
94, 609
1, 648, 999
436, 526
41, 570
1, 694,942
450,
341,
48,
22,
.845
.811
1.069
.654
1,034, 856
480. 243
79, 640
105, 480
32, 313
26, 770
New England
Middle Atlantic
East North Central..
West North Central.
South Atlantic...
1,294
9, 843
3,092
567
8,135
1,182
8, 016
2, 470
379
6,881
134, 292
1,123, 672
355, 802
43, 632
604,752
East South Central-.
West South CentralPacific. _
_
Outside continental United States. .
5,339
3.320
466
257
4,367
2,886
369
220
381,025
276, 992
51,951
14,981
Average
earnings
per hour
857
722
614
920
i Maximum employed during any 1 week of the month.
WORK PROJECTS ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM
A record of employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked on
Federal agency projects financed by the Work Projects Administration
and on projects financed and operated by the Work Projects Administration in January is shown in table 11, by type of project.
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TABLE 11.—Employment and Pay Rolls on Projects Financed by the Work Projects
Administration, January 1940
[Subject to revision]
Wage earners
Type of project
Maximum Weekly
number
employed average
Number of
man-hours
worked
during
month
Monthly
pay-roll
disbursements
Value of
Average
earnings
per
hour
material
orders
placed
during
month
Federal agency projects
All projects.
Airport construction (exclusive of
buildings)
Building construction,.
Electrification.
Forestry
Grade-crossing elimination 2 . .
Hydroelectric power plants 3
Plant, crop, and livestock conservation
.'._.
_._
Professional, 2technical, and clerical __
Public roads _.
Reclamation
... ._
River, harbor, and flood control. _
Streets and roads
Water and sewerage Miscellaneous -
i 96, 663
92,141
$4,411, 390
10, 778, 896
$0.409
$600, 235
1,360
41,102
145
8,215
206
1,069
1,351
38, 790
133
8,163
171
1,022
64, 239
1, 911, 303
5,686
397, 163
8,708
38,127
152, 029
4, 357, 585
15,192
979, 095
18, 779
154, 093
.423
.439
.374
.406
.464
.247
3,490
296, 333
523
51, 509
24, 555
18, 910
7,368
5,304
466
18, 989
642
3,251
668
7,878
7,210
5,221
369
18, 300
538
2,985
586
7,302
387, 715
370,177
32, 722
827, 918
32, 760
105, 893
17, 693
211, 286
851,
628,
46,
2,167,
59,
376,
64,
907,
.455
.589
.706
.382
.547
.281
.275
.233
47, 080
10,123
13, 466
72, 283
13, 806
7,759
8. 096
32, 302
641
421
371
612
848
888
266
076
Projects operated by Work Projects Administration
5
A1I projects.
2, 191, 741
$106, 141, 564 240, 335, 978
$0. 442
4
(6)
1
Maximum number employed during any 1 week of the month by each contractor and Government
agency
doing force-account work.
!
These data are for projects under the jurisdiction of the Public Roads Administration.
?
These data are for projects under construction in Puerto Rico.
4
Data are for the calendar month. Not available by type of project.
f
Represents number of names on pay roll as of Jan. 31, 1940.
' Data on a monthly basis are not available.
A record of employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked on
projects operated by the Work Projects Administration in December
is shown in table 12, by type of project.
TABLE 12.—Employment and Pay Rolls on Projects Operated by the Work Projects
Administration, by Type of Project, for Month of December 1939 1
[Subject to revision]
Type of project
All projects_
Number
employed 2
Pay-roll
disbursements
Number of
man-hours
worked
2,069, 754
Average
earnings
per hour
$107,658,148
245,842, 653
$0.438
Conservation, .
_ _.
Highway, road, and street
Professional, technical, and clerical-.
Public buildings
Publicly owned or operated utilities..
61,672
903,613
327,728
164,411
208,992
3,093,776
42, 328, 930
20,685,306
9, 585, 730
10,787,364
7, 200.028
106,003, 787
41,115,775
19, 641,197
23, 789, 944
.430
.399
.503
.488
.453
Recreational facilities..
Sanitation and health. . . .
Sewing, canning, and gardening, etc_Transportation
.
Not elsewhere classified...
125,893
36,229
169, 528
23, 543
48,145
6,905, 608
1,724,853
7, 745,663
1,468, 315
3, 332, 603
14, 689,651
4,288,046
20,165,120
2,806,145
6,142,960
.470
.402
.384
.523
.543
• Revised.
i Data are as of Dec. 27, 1939.
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NATIONAL YOUTH ADMINISTRATION
Employment and pay rolls on the National Youth Administration
projects.for December 1939 and January 1940 are shown in table 13.
TABLE 13.—Employment and Pay Rolls on National Youth Administration Projects,
December 1939 and January 1940
[Subject to re vision]
Number of employees
Amount of pay rolls
January
January
Type of project
December
December
Total- ..
759,824
729,645
$8,674,068
$8, 395,484
Student work program _
Out-of-school work program
437, 457
322, 367
434, 350
295,295
2,858, 839
5,815, 229
2, 967, 327
5,428,157
CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS
Employment and pay rolls in the Civilian Conservation Corps in
December 1939 and January 1940 are presented in table 14.
TABLE 14.—Employment and Pay Rolls in the Civilian Conservation Corps, December
1939 and January 1940 l
[Subject to revision]
Number of employees
Group
January
1940
Amount of pay rolls
December
January
1939
1940
December
1939
All groups
336,725
308, 569
$14,666,446
$13,775,996
Enrolled
personnel 2._
Nurses 3
Educational advisers 3
Supervisory and technical 3_
300,072
287
1,686
34, 680
271, 584
293
1,591
35,101
9, 339,218
39, 897
295, 325
4,992,006
8,442,646
40,056
268, 951
5,024, 343
__
.._
1
Data on number of employees refer to employment on last day of month. Amount of pay rolls are for the
entire
month.
2
January data include 4,381 enrollees and pay roll of $97,023 outside continental United States; in December3 the corresponding figures were 4,672 enrollees and pay roll of $102,425.
Included in executive service, table 8.
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 January are presented in table 15, b}^ type of project.
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TABLE 15.—Employment and Pay Rolls on Projects Financed by the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation* by Type of Project, January 1940 1
[Subject to revision]
Type of project.
Maximum
number of
wage
earners 2
Monthly
pay-roll
disbursements
Number of
man-hours
worked
during
month
Value of
material
orders
placed during month
Average
earnings
per hour
All projects..
2,260
$227, 685
239, 285
$0.952
$519,921
Streets and roads
Building construction 3 _.
Water and sewerage,.
14
2,109
137
1, Oil
204, 540
22,134
• 1,286
216,550
21, 449
.786
.945
1.032
46, 528
455, 360
18, 033
1
Data are for the month ending on the 15th.
2 Maximum number employed during any 1 week of the month by each contractor.
Includes 803 employees, pay-roll disbursements of $75,852, 70,244 man-hours worked, and material
orders placed of $141,336 on projects financed by the RFC Mortgage Co.
3
CONSTRUCTION
PROJECTS FINANCED FROM REGULAR
APPROPRIATIONS
FEDERAL
Data concerning employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked
on construction projects financed from regular Federal appropriations
during January are given in table 16, by type of project.
TABLE 16.—Employment and Pay Rolls on Construction Projects Financed From
Regular Federal Appropriations, by Type of Project, January 1940 1
[Subject to revision)
Number of wage
earners
Type of project
All projects..
Building construction..
Electrification:
Rural Electrification
Administration projects 4
Other than R. E. A. projects...
Forestry
Heavy engineering.. .
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
1
2
Maximum Weekly
number
employed2 average
3 206, 845
Monthly
pay-roll
disbursements
Number
of manhours
worked
during
month
189,120 $22, 259,156 27,883,432
Average
earnings per
hour
Value of
material
orders
placed
during
month
$0. 798 $36,963,254
21, 222
17,514
1,954,016
2,019,059
.968
3,907,514
11,864
192
34
70
(6)
21, 539
9,683
123
34
60
25,277
20,051
642,657
7,653
1,440
9,059
2,057,109
2, 621, 039
1,254,119
12,096
3,299
7,678
3,230, 536
2, 924, 203
.512
.633
.436
1.180
.637
.896
2, 538,806
1,593
552
1,176
3, 428, 515
2,658,327
28, 684
8,355
24, 482
7, 532
2, 582, 594
1, 051, 524
3,961, 355
1,212,021
.652
.868
2,876,013
848,383
62, 922
18,197
2,812
354
5,423
60, 745
15, 785
2,496
238
5,100
8, 945,145 10,104,965
1,827, 645 2, 228, 698
191, 077
302, 429
17, 668
23, 731
350, 530
599, 243
.885
.820
.632
.745
.585
10,646, 513
8, 533, 785
218,485
43,853
1, 259,739
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.
3
Includes weekly average for public-road projects.
*{ Financed by Rural Electrification Administration loans.
Under the jurisdiction of the Public Roads Administration.
6
Not available, weekly average included in the total for all projects.
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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 January 1940, compared with December 1939, and
January 1939, is presented in table 17.
TABLE 17.—Employment and Pay Rolls on Construction and Maintenance, of State
Roads, January 1940, December 1939, and January 1939 1
[Subject to revision]
Number of employees 2
Pay-roll disbursements
Item
January December January
1939
1940
1939
Total
New roads
Maintenance
_._
._
January
1940
December
1939
January
1939
119,249
122,882
143,445
$9,017,665
$9,030,150
$10,243,100
16, 502
102, 747
19,066
103, 816
15, 254
128,191
1,091,019
7,926, 646
1, 246,390
7, 783, 760
989, 610
9, 253, 490
1
January 1940 data are for the calendar month; January and December 1939, for months ending on the
15th. Data are for projects financed wholly from State or local funds.
2
Average number working during month.
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