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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
FRANCES PERKINS, Secretary
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
CHARLES E. BALDW IN, Acting Commissioner
TREND OF EMPLOYMENT
MAY 1933
Page
By Industries:
1 -1 2
Manufacturing Industries. .
12-16
Nonmanufacturing Industries
Anthracite and Bituminous Coal Mining
Metalliferous Mining
Quarrying and Nonmetallic Mining
Crude Petroleum Producing
Public Utilities:
Telephone and Telegraph
Power and Light
Electric Railroads
Wholesale and Retail Trade
Hotels
Canning and Preserving
Laundries
Dyeing and Cleaning
Banks, Brokerage, Insurance, and Real Estate
Building C on stru ction ..................................................... 19-20
Executive Civil Service.....................................................29-30
Class I Steam R a ilr o a d s ................................................ 30-31
By S t a t e s ............................................................................ • 21-28
By C i t i e s .................................................................................
29
Average hours and average hourly e a r n i n g s ................... 17-19
Wage C h a n g e s ........................................................................ 31-34
U N ITED STATES
GO VE R N M EN T PR IN TIN G OFFICE
W A S H IN G TO N : 1933
TREND OF EMPLOYMENT
May 1933
HE Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department
of Labor presents in the following tables data compiled from
pay-roll reports supplied by cooperating establishments in 17 of the
important industrial groups of the country and covering the pay
period ending nearest the 15th of the month.
Information for each of the 89 separate manufacturing industries and
for the manufacturing industries combined is shown, following which
are presented tabulations showing the changes in employment and pay
rolls in the 16 nonmanufacturing groups included in the Bureau’s;
monthly survey, together with information available concerning:
employment in the executive civil service and on class I railroads.
T
Employment in Selected Manufacturing Industries in May 1933
Comparison of Employment and Pay-Roll Totals in May 1933 with April 1933
and May 1932
M PLOYM EN T in manufacturing industries increased 4.8 per
cent in May 1933 as compared with April 1933 and pay-roll
totals increased 11.5 percent over the month interval. Comparing
M ay 1933 with May 1932, decreases of 1.7 percent in employment
and 8.5 percent in pay rolls are shown over the 12-month period.
The index of employment in May 1933 was 58.7 as compared with
56.0 in April 1933, 55.1 in March 1933, and 59.7 in M ay 1932; the
pay-roll index in May 1933 was 38.9 as compared with 34.9 in April
1933, 33.4 in March 1933, and 42.5 in May 1932. The 12-month
average for 1926 = 100.
The percents of change in employment and pay-roll totals in May
1933 as compared with April 1933 are based on returns made by
17,923 establishments in 89 of the principal manufacturing industries
in the United States, having in May 2,632,335 employees whose
combined earnings in 1 week were $45,794,311.
The increases m employment and pay rolls in May 1933 as com
pared with April 1933 mdicate a general expansion in manufacturing
activities. An upward trend in employment was shown in 72 of the
89 manufacturing industries included in the Bureau’s survey, and
gains in pay-roll totals were reported in 81 of the 89 industries. This
improvement in the employment situation over the month interval
is of especial significance, as employment and pay rolls ordinarily
show a decline from April to May. A portion of the advance in M ay
should, as was the case in April, be regarded as recovery from the
precipitate decline in employment and pay rolls following the bank
holiday in early March.
Of the 72 industries in which increased employment was reported
in M ay 1933 the most pronounced gain in employment between
April and May (25.2 percent) was reported in the plumbers’ supplies
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2
industry. The woolen and worsted goods and the radio industries
reported gains of 20.9 percent each in number of workers from April
to May. The aircraft industry reported a gain of 18.6 percent in
employment, and the beverage industry, due to the continued expan
sion in brewery activities, coupled with a seasonal gain in other
beverage manufacturing establishments, reported a gain of 16 percent
in employment over the month interval. Numerous manufactur
ing establishments in other branches of industry continued to note
on their monthly reports that the increase in employment shown in
their establishment was due to the manufacture of various beer
supplies. The cigar and cigarette industry reported an increase of
15.6 percent, the brick industry reported a gain of 13.7 percent, and
the turpentine industry reported an increase of 13.3 percent. The
leather industry reported an increase in employment of 11.2 percent
between April and May. This increase is contrary to the usual trend
shown in the industry in May, as employment in leather manufactur
ing establishments normally declines from April to May. This
increase in employment in M ay is due partly to the settlement of the
strike which had been existing in certain Massachusetts localities
and partly to a general expansion in operations reported in establish
ments in other localities. Increases in employment ranging from
10 to 11 percent were reported in the rubber-tire, silk, rayon, forgings,
and beet-sugar industries. The furniture and the paint and varnish
industries reported gains in employment of slightly more than 9 per
cent each; steam fittings, millwork, and carpets reported gains of 8
percent or more; and shipbuilding, automobiles, brass, cotton, stoves,
and glass reported gains ranging from 7.1 to 7.9 percent. Increases
in employment of slightly more than 6 percent were reported in the
wirework, sawmill, bolt and nut, clock, cotton small ware, and ice
cream industries; increases ranging from 5.1 percent to 5.6 percent
were reported in the slaughtering, typewriter, textile machinery, and
iron and steel industries. The increases in the remaining 37 indus
tries in which increased employment were reported were less than 5
percent.
The gains in pay roll over the month interval were more pro
nounced than the gains in employment. The plum bed supplies
industry reported a gain of 52.6 percent in pay rolls from April to
May. Four industries including the woolen and worsted goods in
dustry reported gains ranging from 30 to 40 percent. Twelve indus
tries including iron and steel, automobiles, and leather reported
increases in pay rolls ranging from 20 to 30 percent, 29 industries
reported increases in pay rolls ranging from 10 to 20 percent, and 19
industries reported gains in pay rolls ranging from 5 to 10 percent.
In the 17 industries in which decreases in employment were reported
in May 1933 the declines in practically all instances were seasonal.
Seven of these 17 industries reported losses of less than 1 percent.
The fertilizer industry reported the greatest decline in number of
workers over the month interval (42.7 percent) marking the close of the
spring shipping season, and the cottonseed-oil-cake-meal industry
reported a seasonal decrease of 16.6 percent.
The general improvement in the employment situation is reflected
in the increasing number of industries reporting more employees on
their pay rolls in the current month than were shown in the corre
sponding month of the preceding year. The maximum number of
industries in any recent month reporting improved conditions over
3
the year interval was 12 industries in April 1933. This number was
expanded to 33 industries in M ay 1933, and two additional industries
reported the same level of employment in May as was shown in the
corresponding month of the previous year. Twenty-six industries
reported increased pay rolls in M ay 1933, as compared with M ay 1932.
The substantial increase in employment in M ay has brought the
level of employment in May 1933 to a point only 1.7 percent below
the level of May 1932. This is the narrowest margin of decrease
reported over the year interval in any month since November 1929.
In table 1, which follows, are shown the number of identical estab
lishments reporting in both April and May 1933 in the 89 manufac
turing industries, together with the total number of employees on the
pay rolls of these establishments during the pay period ending nearest
May 15, the amount of their earnings for 1 week in May, the percents
of change over the month and year intervals, and the indexes of
employment and pay roll in May 1933.
The monthly percents of change for each of the 89 separate indus
tries are computed by direct comparison of the total number of
employees and of the amount of weekly pay roll reported in identical
establishments for the 2 months considered. The percents of change
over the month interval in the several groups and in the total of the
89 manufacturing industries are computed from the index numbers of
these groups, winch are obtained by weighting the index numbers of
the several industries in the groups by the number of employees or
wages paid in the industries. The percents of change over the year in
terval in the separate industries, in the groups and in the totals, are
computed from the index numbers of employment and pay-roll totals.
T able 1 —C O M P A R IS O N O F E M P L O Y M E N T A N D P A Y R O L L S IN M A N U F A C T U R IN G
E S T A B L IS H M E N T S IN M A Y 1933 W IT H A P R I L 1933 A N D M A Y 1932
Industry
F o o d a n d k in d red p r o d
u c t s ......... ............................
Baking..............................
Beverages.........................
Butter...............................
Confectionery..................
Flour......... ......................
Ice cream..........................
Slaughtering and meat
packing.........................
Sugar, beet.......................
Sugar refining, ca n e...
Textiles a n d th eir p r o d
u c t s ......... ................... .........
F a b rics :...........................
Carpets and r u g s ...
Cotton goods............
Cotton small wares _
D yeing and finish
ing textiles.............
Hats, fur-felt............
K nit g ood s...............
Silk and rayon goods
W oolen and worsted
goods......................
Em ploym ent
Pay-roll totals
Index num
Estab
lish
bers M a y
ments
1933
(average
Percent of
Percent of
1926*100)
report
change
change
ing in
A m oun t nf
Num ber
both
on pay
pay roll
April
April
M ay
April
(1 week)
M
ay
roll
M
ay
and
Em
Pay
to
1933
1932 to ploy
to
1932 to M a y 1933
M ay
roll
M
ay
M
ay
M
a
y
M
ay
1933
totals
ment
1933
1933
1933
1933
+ 5 .0
+ 1 .6
+17.8
+ 3 .8
+ 5 .1
-1 .0
+ 8 .0
- 5 .4
-1 3 .7
+89.8
-2 0 .6
-2 .9
-8 .9
-2 4 .3
83.2
78.2
136.1
94.6
74.1
84.0
67.4
67. t
62.5
132.1
71.5.
51.0
66. 2
50.9*
1,805,395
84,112
198,681
+ 5 .6
+ 5 .2
+ 4 .7
-8 .4
-2 .6
-.9
87.5
43.6
78.0
69. &
33.8.
68.1
+ 5 .5 +16.9
+ 8 .8 +21.4
+ 8 .2 - 6 .7
+ 7 .8 +24.7
+ 6 .5 + 8 .0
7,812,239
6,296,143
207,346
2,546, 720
139,153
+ 8 .1
+17.0
+30.1
+15.1
+20.5
+16.1
+25.3
+ 9 .3
+28.4
+12.6
73.3
75.4
51.2
79.3
81.2
45. 4:
49.6
32.91
52.5
58.9
34,641
5,254
104,751
44,704
+ 1 .0 + 3.1
+ .9 +18.1
+ 4 .9 + 9.1
+10.1 +23.9
627,240
84,936
1,325,468
545,385
+ 3 .2 +11.7
+ 6 .8 +48.0
+ 11.0 + 7 .8
+21.1 + 24.8
77.2
67.2
82.7
57.0
55.2
36.4
54.0
35.7
54,150
+20.9 +49.1
819,895
+ 33.2 +52.5
75.6
52.6
3,038
1,000
346
292
314
425
342
249,577
62,966
19,702
5,318
32,552
16,005
10,772
+ 3 .9 + 3 .4 $5,176,574
+ 1 .1 - 5 . 6 1,354,465
+16.0 +74.7
596,262
+ 3 .1 - 6 . 1
109,833
+ .4 +13.3
421,774
+ .8
-.6
331,623
+ 6 .7 -1 2 .1
274,429
248
58
13
90,284
3,941
8,037
+ 5 .1
+. 8
+ 11.0 +30.1
+ 3 .8 + 2 .6
3,094
1,920
31
669
113
632,084
510,636
12,839
244,937
9,360
151
33
446
238
239
4
1.—COM PARISON OF E M PL O Y M E N T AND PAY ROLLS IN MANUFACTURING
ESTABLISHM ENTS IN M A Y 1933 W ITH A PRIL 1933 AN D M A Y 1932—Continued
T a b le
Industry
Textiles and their prod
ucts—Continued
Wearing apparel.........
Clothing, m en’s___
Clothing, wom en’s .
Corsets and allied
garments...............
M en’s furnishings ~
M illinery..................
Shirts and collars.. .
Iron and steel and their
products, n o t includ
ing m achinery................
Bolts, nuts, washers,
and rivets..... ............. .
Cast-iron pipe................
Cutlery (not including
silver and plated cut
lery) and edge tools ...
Forgings, iron and steel.
Hardware....................... .
Iron and steel................ .
Plumbers’ supplies____
Steam and hot-water
heating
apparatus
and steam fittings___
Structural and orna
mental metal w o r k ...
T in cans and other tin
ware............................. .
Tools (not including
edge tools, machine
tools, files and saws).
W irework.......................
M achinery, n o t includ
in g t r a n s p o r ta tio n
equipm ent...................... .
Agricultural implements
Cash registers, adding
machines, and calcu
lating machines......... .
Electrical machinery,
apparatus, and sup
plies...............................
Engines, turbines, trac
tors and water wheels.
Foundry and machineshop products............ .
Machine tools...............
Radios and phonographs
Textile machinery and
parts..............................
Typewriters and sup
plies...............................
Nonferrous m etals and
their parts........................
A lu m in u m m anufac
tures..............................
Brass, bronze, and cop
per products............... .
C locks and watches
and tim e-recording
devices..........................
Jewelry.............................
Lighting equipment___
Silverware and plated
ware............................. .
Smelting and re fin in g copper, lead, and zinc.
Stam ped and enameled
ware.........................
Estab
Employment
Pay-roll totals
Index num
lish
bers M a y
ments
1933 (average
Percent of
report
Percent of
1926=100)
ing in
change
change
Amount of
Number
both
on pay
pay roll
April
April
April
M ay
M ay
roll M a y
(1 week)
and
to
to
1932 to M
to E m P ay
1933
a y 1933 M a y 1932
roll
M ay
M ay
M ay
M a y ploy
1933
1933
1933
1933
1933 ment totals
!
1,174
374
454
131,448
56,102
28,065
33
72
125
116
5,690
7,353
9,291
14,947
- 3 .0
-2 .1
-.5
+ 6 .5 $1,516,096
+ 8 .0
653,465
+ 3 .6
417,003
-.9
-.9
- 1 .4
+ 2 .6
-7 .9 +14.1
+ .9 + 6 .8
80,657
76,638
146,350
141,983
-1 0 .3
- 3 .6
- 4 .2 + 3 .0
-1 5 .9 -1 1 .7
+ 5 .3
+ 6 .4
-1 8 .6
+ 2 .8
- 4 .7
—5.2
+ 6 .5
+ 7 .8
68
32
37.1
31.1
39.3
100.5
58.4
71.4
59.3
76.2
33.0
44.3
36.1
i
i
1,358
68.4
64.6
74.2
1
29!, 889 1 + 6 .3 - 6 .3
|
+ 6 .4 + 8 .5
8,535
4,801 ! + 4 .0 -2 7 .3
4,791,189
135,325
62,727
i
+ 4 .1 -2 1 .2
+10.6 - 6 .6
+ 3 .0 - 8 .8
+ 5 .6 - 5 .9
+25.2 + 4 .2
142,129
87,882
272,931
2,897,479
130,292
+31.9
- 3 .3
o3,3
39.5
+23.6 + 4 .9 1 64.9
+6. 5 -3 3 .7
24.5
j
36.4
13.2
+17.8 -30.5
+35.9 -1 .6
+17.2 -12. 5
+23.2 +1.4
+52.6 +11.5
58.2
56.2
48.6
37.0
31.7
24.6
+20.5
+17.0
+6.9
+3.9
36.7
48.7
+7.0 -34.9
130
63
105
200
70
8,370
5,162
20,163
180,829
7,512
96
154
13, 726
15,971
188
12,300
-1 .2 -23.1
184,817
38.0
19.8
61
8, 519
+3.5
+2.6
165,220
+10.4
+4.3
73.8
45.7
123
68
6,404
5,597
+3.3 -15.7
+6.2 -1.5
96,491
104,005
+14.0 -22.9
+24.0 +1.5
58.0
93.0
31.0
72.3
1,799
74
370,319
6,281
+ 4 .3 -1 6 .0
4,995,130
+13.0 -3 0 .4
44.6
37.0
39
12,862
+3.5 -13.1
308,565
-7 .3
64.6
48.1
289
97,195
+3.4 -25.0
1,990,904
+10.2 -2 5 .8
47.3
33.0
90
14,531
+.8 -17.4
284,652
+3.7 -19.0
38.5
23.9
1,054
143
44
93,941
9,585
21,076
+4.0 -13.3
+3.3 -21.7
+20.9 +33.3
1,527,175
163,751
389,638
+16.9 -21.0
+5.2 -29.5
+23.4 +16.2
43.0
27.8
81.3
23.0
15.5
62.3
-.6
54.1
33.5
116,892 +15.7 -20.4
55.1
30.4
+8.0
+7.9
+8.6
-2.4
-7.8 -10.5
-3 .4
233,185
278,706
99,155
- . 7 -18.9
+7.0
114,388 +18.5
50
6,649
+5.4
16
8,099
+5.3 -19.4
630
77,981
+ 4 .3
-6.1
1,333,983
26
4,990
+2.7
+1.6
82,889
206
28,039
+7.7
-4 .5
515,076
27
141
51
6,541
6,929
2,557
+6.4 -20.1
+2.1 -8.9
+4.5 -11.8
54.2
66.8
25.5
28.7
41.7
21.8
29.2
18.4
-6.8
53.0
34.3
+12.5 +17.5
49.4
31.5
+27.5
+2.1
51.5
33.6
81,272 +17.7 -26.9
121,022 +7.1 -11.6
44,340 +14.4 -16.4
35.7
33.8
60.5
19.6
21.4
41.9
+16.3
51
7.101
+4.1
-4 .5
122,246
+15.7 -10.3
59.1
35.0
40
9,314
-.6
-8 .6
168,582
+4.1 -15.2
56.5
36.4
88
12,510
+4.3
-3 .0
198,555
+11.7 -10.5
62.4
39.2
5
1.—COMPARISON OF EMPLOYMENT AND PAY ROLLS IN MANUFACTURING
ESTABLISHMENTS IN MAY 1933 WITH APRIL 1933 AND MAY 1933—Continued
T a b le
Employment
Pay-roll totals
Estab
Index num
lish
bers M ay
ments
1933 (average
Percent
of
Percent
of
report
1926*100)
change
change
ing in
Amount of
both Number
on pay
pay roll
April
May
(1 week)
April May Em
roll May
and
1932 to M ay 1933
1933
Ar
to
1932 to ploy Pay
M ay
roll
May
May
May
May
1933
1933
1933
1933
1933 ment totals
Industry
Transportation equip
m e n t...................................
Aircraft.............................
Automobiles....................
Cars, electric and steam
railroad..........................
Locomotives....................
Shipbuilding...................
Railroad repair shops___
Electric railroad..............
Steam railroad.................
L um ber and allied prod
ucts......................................
Furniture.........................
Lumber, millwork..........
Lumber, sawmills..........
Turpentine and rosin__
Stone, clay, and glass
products.............................
Brick, tile, and terra
cotta..............................
Cement.............................
Glass.................................
Marble, granite, slate,
and other products...
Pottery.............................
Leather and its m a n u
factures..............................
Boots and shoes..............
Leather.............................
Paper and printing..........
Boxes, paper....................
Paper and pulp...............
Printing and publish
ing—book and job___
Printing and publish
ing—newspapers and
periodicals....................
Chemicals and allied
products.............................
Chemicals........................
Cottonseed, oil, cake,
and meal.......................
Druggists’ preparations.
Explosives........................
Fertilizers.........................
Paints and varnishes . . .
Petroleum refining.........
Rayon and allied prod
ucts................................
Soap..................................
409
29
237
213,417
7,897
177,802
39
11
93
937
391
546
4,658
1,383
21,677
91,942
20,022
71,920
1,525
441
455
604
25
115,825
41,106
16,999
56,433
1,287
1,294
651
123
187
+ 7 .6 -2 1 .3 $4,934,828
+18.6 +17.5
220,959
+ 7 .6 -2 0 .0 4,169,587
+ .8
- 1 .7
+ 7 .1
+ 3 .1
-.7
+ 3 .7
+22.2 -2 6 .5
+13.0 +12.5
+25.3 -2 4 .6
46.9
2448
48.9
36.9
232.5
39.3
-2 8 .5
-6 3 .5
-4 3 .2
-1 7 .6
-1 8 .2
-1 7 .5
17.5
9.9
57.0
46.2
63.6
449
9.3
6.2
39.6
35.6
51.1
34.4
+14.7 -1 9 .0
+18.1 - 8 . 7
+13.2 -2 4 .2
+13.6 -2 3 .5
+18.2 - 8 .9
35.3
43.8
33.1
32.0
44 7
17.9
21.9
18.2
15.3
36.0
-1 4 .6
-5 1 .0
-3 4 .5
-1 0 .1
- 9 .1
-1 0 .2
76,818
25,544
441,920
2,103,303
505,988
1,597,315
- 2 .4
+ 1 .7
+ 8 .0
+ 7 .2
+ 2 .9
+ 7 .6
+ 7 .6 - 8 .3
+ 9 .2 - 2 .7
+ 8 .2 -1 3 .1
+ 6 .2 -1 0 .6
+13.3 + 1 .8
1,393,702
517,856
230,441
628,769
16,636
85,407
+ 7 .3 -1 0 .4
1,366,232
+13.3 -2 2 .2
41.2
23.8
16,093
13,151
37,612
+13.7 -2 3 .7
+ 4 .8 -1 0 .1
+ 7 .9 + 9 .0
175,754
215,352
693,012
+21.2 -3 8 .2
+15.1 -2 9 .6
+15.0
-.4
241
37.2
64.2
9.7
19.7
46.7
217
116
4,148
14,403
+ 3 .1 -3 3 .1
+ 3 .6 - 7 .8
73,778
208,336
+ 8 .8 -4 7 .4
+ 4 .7 -1 8 .9
32.8
58.8
18.2
31.3
481
329
152
1,883
313
400
119,743
95,488
24,255
204,671
19,879
77,486
+ 2 .0
0)
+11.2
+ 1 .2
+ 3 .1
+ 3 .0
+ 5 .1
+ 4 .5
+ 8 .5
- 5 .1
(2)
-.3
1,761,072
1,311,464
449,608
4,776,057
339,476
1,392,170
+11,3
+10.8
+12.5
-1 5 .8
-4 8
-8 .4
75.6
76.3
73.0
77.4
69.1
74.8
49.1
47.2
55.7
60.3
55.8
50.2
728
42,421
+0)
-1 3 .8
1,063,471
+ 3 .4 -2 2 .4
66.7
51.9
+10.8
+ 6 .9
+24.6
+ 3 .8
+ 9 .3
+10.1
442
64,885
-.1
- 2 .9
1,980,940
+ .6
-1 5 .8
96.5
77.5
1,083
112
150,686
20,255
-2 .3
+ 3 .7
+ 1 .6
+ 2 .7
3,251,536
481,486
+ 4 .3
+ 7 .2
- 6 .7
- 2 .9
77.3
88.4
61.1
63.7
108
42
30
198
345
131
2,549
6,050
3,281
9,134
15,298
50,984
-1 6 .6 -3 3 .1
- 2 .3
- 9 .7
-.2
(*)
-4 2 .7 +15.3
+ 9 .7 - 2 .1
+ 1 .2 - 1 .9
26,762
113,944
61,388
96,726
343,142
1,357,188
- 5 .6
+ 1 .4
+4 6
-3 8 .1
+18.8
+ 2 .1
-3 5 .9
-1 4 0
-1 3 .6
-1 0 .5
-1 0 .1
-1 0 .2
23.2
66.2
75.0
67.2
71.6
63.6
22.0
63.1
46.9
36.8
57.9
53.7
23
94
28,762
14,373
+10.4 +13.2
+ 2 .0 + 1 .7
468,026
302,874
+14 2
+ 2 .6
+ 6 .5
- 7 .7
147.0
95.8
117.8
78.8
R ubber products...............
Rubber boots and shoes.
Rubber goods, other
than boots, shoes,
tires, and inner tubes.
Rubber tires and inner
tubes..............................
150
8
71,330
8,095
+ 4 .8 - 5 .5
-1 2 .9 -2 8 .4
1,441,987
136,046
+27.6 - 4 .3
+14.9 -1 6 .5
63.0
39.8
44.4
32.5
52.1
Tobacco m anufactures..
Chewing and smoking
tobacco and snuff.. . .
Cigars and cigarettes...
100
18,512
+ 3 .8
+ 2 .5
313,741
+ 9 .4
- 2 .3
81.6
42
44,723
+10.0
-3 .6
992,200
+39.5
- 2 .8
62.4
44.5
m
51,564
+13.7
- 4 .5
656,490
+26.6
- 5 .8
66.2
48.5
33
209
9,966
41,598
+ 4 .5
+15.6
-.5
- 5 .1
135,937
520,553
+13.5 - 1 .3
-+29.3 - 6 7
86.7
63.6
70.7
45.8
Total, 89 industries. 17,923 2,632,335
+ 4 .8
- 8 .5
58.7
38.9
i Less than one tenth of 1 percent.
- 1 .7 45,794,311
+11.5
2No change.
6
Per Capita Earnings in Manufacturing Industries
P e r capita weekly earnings in May 1933 for each of the 89 manu
facturing industries surveyed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and
for all industries combined, together with the percents of change in
May 1933 as compared with April 1933 and May 1932, are shown in
table 2.
These earnings must not be confused with full-time weekly rates of
wages. They are per capita weekly earnings, computed by dividing
the total amount of pay roll for the week by the total number of
employees (part-time as well as full-time workers).
P E R C A P IT A W E E K L Y E A R N IN G S IN M A N U F A C T U R IN G IN D U S T R IE S IN M A Y 1933
A N D C O M P A R IS O N W IT H A P R I L 1933 A N D M A Y 1932
Industry
F ood and kindred products:
Baking________________________________________________________
Beverages_______________________________ ____ ________________
B utter............................................................. ......................................
Confectionery_________________________________ ______ ________
Flour...................................... ..................................................................
Ice cream__________________________________ ____ ______________
Slaughtering and meat packing____________ ____ ______________
Sugar, beet____________________________________________________
Sugar refining, cane___________________________________________
Textiles and their products:
Fabrics:
Carpets and rugs................. ....................................... _..................
Cotton goods______________________________________________
Cotton, small wares.............. .........................................................
Dyeing and finishing textiles.. ___________________________
Hats, fur-felt.............................. ......................................................
K nit goods________________________________________________
Silk and rayon goods______________________________________
W oolen and worsted goods....................................... ...................
Wearing apparel:
Clothing, m en’s___________________________________________
Clothing, women’s..... ............ ..... .............................. ...................
Corsets and allied garments..................................... ............. .....
M en’s furnishings_____________________________________
Millinery__________________________________________________
Shirts and collars_____________ ____________________________
Iron and steel and their products, not including machinery:
Bolts, nuts, washers, and rivets________________________________
Cast-iron p ip e___________________________________________ _____
Cutlery (not including silver and plated cutlery) and edge tools.
Forgings, iron and steel________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
Hardware
Iron and steel_________________________________________________
Plumbers’ supplies______________________ ______ ______________
Steam and hot water heating apparatus and steam fittings..........
Stoves_________________________________________________________
Structural and ornamental metalwork.......................... ...................
T in nans and other tinware____________________________________
Tools (not including edge tools, machine tools, files, and saw s)..
W ire w o rk ..___________________________________________________
Machinery, not including transportation equipment:
Agricultural implements........................... ...........................................
Cash registers, adding machines, and calculating machines.........
Electrical machinery, apparatus, and supplies ________________
Engines, turbines, tractors, and water wheels______ ____ _______
Foundry and machine-shop products........ ................. ....................
Machine tools................. .......................................................................
Radios and phonographs____________ ____________ ____________
Textile machinery and parts................................................................
Typewriters and supplies— .......................................................... .
Percent of change com
pared w ith—
Per capita
weekly
earnings
in M ay
1933
April 1933
$21.51
30.26
20.65
12.96
20.72
25.48
20.00
21.34
24.72
+ 0 .5
+ 1 .5
+ .7
+ 4 .7
—1.8
+ 1 .2
+ .6
•=-5.2
+ .9
—8.5
+ 8 .4
—15.6
—14.4
—8.3
—13.7
—9.1
- 2 5 .0
—3.0
16.15
10.40
14.87
18.11
16.17
12.65
12.20
15.14
+20.3
+ 6 .8
+13.1
+ 2 .2
+ 5 .9
+ 5 .8
+10.0
+10.1
+16.7
+ 3 .0
+ 4 .2
+ 8 .4
+25.3
—1.3
+ 1 .3
+ 2 .0
11.65
14.86
14.18
10.42
15.75
9.50
- 2 .1
-1 5 .5
+ 6 .2
+ 8 .0
-1 1 .6
+ 1 .8
—4.6
-1 4 .9
-3 .8
—7.6
—6.2
+ 1 .0
15.86
13.07
16.98
17.02
13.54
16.02
17.34
16.99
17.45
15.03
19.39
15.07
18.58
+ 16.2
+ 2 .5
+ 13.2
+ 22.9
+ 13.8
+16.7
+ 21.9
+11.6
+ 8 .5
+ 8 .4
+ 6 .7
+ 10.4
+16.8
—3.4
—8.3
—11.9
+ 5 .3
—3.8
15.79
23.99
20.48
19.59
16.26
17.08
18.49
17.20
14.43
+ 7 .6
+ 3 .3
+ 6 .6
+ 2 .9
+ 12.4
+ 1 .8
+ 2 .1
+12.4
+ 9 .9
-9 .6
+ 6 .6
—.6
- 2 .0
-8 .9
-1 0 .2
-1 2 .7
+ 2 .9
-.8
M a y 1932
+7.3
+ 6 .9
-1 .9
+ 6 .4
—15.3
+ 1 .5
- 8 .4
+ 2 .9
7
PE R C APITA W E E K L Y EARNINGS IN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES IN M A Y 1933
AN D COM PARISON W ITH A P R IL 1933 AND M A Y 1932—Continued
Industry
Nonferrous metals and their parts:
Aluminum manufactures
______ ___
,
.........
Brass, bronze, and copper products—................................................
Clocks and watcher and t.imp.-rp.nnrding <1pyice$
Jewelry________________________________ ________ ___ _____ ____
Lighting equipment...... .......................................................................
Silverware and plated ware .. ... ... ..
Smelting and refining—copper, lead, and zinc........... ....................
Stamped and enameled ware
Transportation equipment:
Aircraft__________________________________________________ ____
Automobiles__________ ________________ ______________________
Cars, electric and steam railroad______________________________
Locomotives-____ ___________ _______________ ___________ _____
................................ ..... ................ ...... ..........
Shipbuilding-, ^
Railroad repair shops:
Electric railroad... - _____ _ _______ ________ _______ ___ __
Steam railroad. - ......... .......... .......................... . .. . . . . . . ___
Lumber and allied products:
Furniture______________________________________ ____ ______ ___
Lumber, millwork_______________________________ _____________
Lumber, sawmills______________________________________ ______
Turpentine and rosin__________ ____ __________________________
Stone, (day, and glass products:
Brick, tile, and terra cotta_____________________________________
Cement_______________________________________________________
Glass...................... ............................................................................ .....
Marble, granite, slate, and other products______________________
Pottery__________________ _______ __ __________ ___ _________
Leather and its manufactures:
Boots and shoes............................ ........... ..................................... .
Leather_______________________________________________________
Paper and printing:
Boxes, paper__________________________________________________
Paper and pulp___________________________________________ ___
Printing and publishing—book and job________________________
Printing and publishing—newspapers and periodicals__________
Chemicals and allied products:
Chemicals_____________________________________________________
Cottonseed, oil, cake, and meal________________________________
Druggists’ preparations________________________________________
Explosives____________________________________________________
Fertilizers____________ ____ _____________________ ______ - ..........
Paints and varnishes__________________________________________
Petroleum refining____________________________________________
Rayon and allied products_____________________________________
Soap________________ _________________________________________
Rubber products:
Rubber boots and shoes_______________________________________
Rubber goods, other than boots, shoes, tires, and inner tubes___
Rubber tires and inner tubes__________________________________
Tobacco and manufactures:
Chewing and smoking tobacco and snuff_______________________
Cigars and cigarettes__________________________________________
Total, 89 industries....................................................... - .................
Percent of change com
pared with—
Per capita
weekly
earnings
in May
1933
April 1933
$16.61
18.37
12.43
17.47
17.34
17.22
18.10
15.87
+ 9 .5
+18.3
+10.6
+ 5 .0
+ 9 .5
+11.2
+ 4 .7
+ 7 .1
+15.4
+ 6 .7
—8.5
- 2 .8
- 4 .9
—6.1
—7.4
—7.9
27.98
23.45
16.49
18.47
20.39
—4.7
+16.4
- 3 .3
+ 3 .4
+ .8
—4.4
—5.7
-1 5 .8
—24.9
—13.1
25.27
22.21
+ 3 .5
+ 3 .7
—10.2
—8.4
12.60
13.56
11.14
12.93
+ 8 .2
+ 4 .6
+ 7 .0
+ 4 .4
—6.2
—12.8
—14.9
—10.5
10.92
16.38
18.43
17.79
14.46
+ 6 .5
+ 9 .9
+ 6 .6
+ 5 .6
+ 1 .0
—19.6
—22.0
—9.0
—21.7
—12.0
13.73
18.54
+ 6 .9
+12.1
+ 6 .3
+ 3 .5
17.08
17.97
25.07
30.53
+ 6 .0
+ 6 .8
+ 3 .4
+ .6
—4.6
—8.2
- 9 .8
-1 3 .3
23.77
10.50
18.83
18.71
10.59
22.43
26.62
16.27
21.07
+ 3 .4
+13.3
+ 3 .8
+ 4 .8
+ 8 .2
+ 8 .3
+. 8
+ 3 .4
+ .5
- 5 .3
—4.1
—4.8
—13.4
—21.9
- 8 .3
- 8 .6
—6.2
—9.9
16.81
16.95
22.19
+32.1
+ 5 .3
+ 26.9
+16.9
- 4 .5
+ .6
13.64
12.51
+ 8 .6
+11.8
—1.0
- 1 .4
17.40
+11.7
-2 .2
M ay 1932
General Index Numbers of Employment and Pay-Roll Totals in Manufacturing
Industries
G e n e r a l index numbers of employment and pay-roll totals in
manufacturing industries by months, from January 1926 to May 1933,
together with average indexes for each of the years from 1926 to 1932,
and for the 5-month period, January to M ay 1933, inclusive, are
181823— 33------- 2
8
shown in the following table. In computing these general indexes
the index numbers of each of the separate mdustries are weighted
according to their relative importance in the total. Following this
table are two charts prepared from these general indexes showing the
course of employment and pay rolls from January 1926, to M ay 1933,
inclusive.
T able 3 .—G E N E R A L IN D E X E S OF E M P L O Y M E N T A N D P A Y R O L L S IN M A N U F A C T U R
IN G I N D U S T R IE S , J A N U A R Y 1926 T O M A Y 1933
[12-month average, 1926=* 100]
Employment
M onth
January.........
February____
M arch............
April...............
M a y ...............
June................
July................
August...........
September.
October..........
N ovem b er.. .
December___
P ay rolls
1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1926
100.4
101.5
102.0
101.0
99.8
99.3
97.7
98.7
100.3
100.7
99.5
98.9
97.3
99.0
99.5
98.6
97.6
97.0
95.0
95.1
95.8
95.3
93.5
92.6
91.6
93.0
93.7
93.3
93.0
93.1
92.2
93.6
95.0
95.9
95.4
95.5
95.2
97.4
98.6
99.1
99.2
98.8
98.2
98.6
99.3
98.4
95.0
92.3
90.7
90.9
90.5
89.9
88.6
86.5
82.7
81.0
80.9
79.9
77.9
76.6
74.6
75.3
75.9
75.7
75.2
73.4
71.7
71.2
70.9
68.9
67.1
66.7
64.8
65.6
64.5
62.2
59.7
57.5
55.2
56.0
58.5
59.9
59.4
58.3
1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933
56.6 98.0 94.9 89.6 94.5 88.1 63.7
57.5 102.2 100.6 93.9 101.8 91.3 68.1
55.1 103.4 102.0 95.2 103.9 91.6 69.6
56.0 101.5 100.8 93.8 104.6 90.7 68.5
58.7 99.8 99.8 94.1 104.8 88.6 67.7
____
99.7 97.4 94.2 102.8 85.2 63.8
____
95.2 93.0 91.2 98.2 77.0 60.3
98.7 95.0 94.2 102.1 75.0 59.7
99.3 94.1 95.4 102.6 75.4 56.7
____ 102.9 95.2 99.0 102.4 74.0 55.3
____
99.6 91.6 96.1 95.4 69.6 52.5
99.8 93.2 97.7 92.4 68.8 52.2
A verage... 100.0 96.4 93.8 97.5 84.7 72.2 60.1 156.8 100.0
48.6
49.6
48.2
44.7
42.5
39.3
36.2
36.3
38.1
39.9
38.6
37.7
35.8
36.4
33.4
34.9
38.9
90.5 94.5 100.5 81.3 61.5 41.6 i35.»
i Average for 5 months.
Time Worked in Manufacturing Industries in May 1933
R e p o r t s as to working time in May were received from 13,688
establishments in 89 manufacturing industries. Three percent of
these establishments were idle, 51 percent operated on a full-time
basis, and 46 percent worked on a part-time schedule.
An average of 88 percent of full-time operation in May was shown
by reports received from all the operating establishments included
in table 4. The establishments working part time in May averaged
75 percent of full-time operation.
A number of establishments supplying data concerning plant-oper
ating time have reported full-time operations, but have qualified the
hours reported with a statement that, while the plant was operating
full time, the work in the establishment was being shared and the
employees were not working the full-time hours operated by the
plant.
9
10
MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES.
MONTHLY INDEXES 1926-1933.
MONTHLY
AVERAGE.
192.6= 100.
PAY-ROLL TOTALS
105
105
192.9
192.7
100
1 00
95
95
\/
90
90
85
65
60
80
75
75
70
70
65
65
GO
60
55
55
50
1592
50
45
45
40
40
1533
35
35
™»R.
MAY
JUNE JULY
AUG.
SEPT. OCT.
MOV.
OEC.
11
T a b le
4 —PROPORTION OF FULL TIM E W ORKED IN MANUFACTURING IN DUSTRIES
BY ESTABLISHM ENTS REPO RTIN G IN M AY 1933
Percent of estab
lishments oper
ating—
Establishments
reporting
Industry
Total
number
F o o d a n d k in d re d p r o d u c ts ____ ____
Baking........................... ...........................
Beverages..................................................
Butter.......................................................
Confectionery...........................................
Flour.........................................................
Ice cream................... ...............................
Slaughtering and meat packing............
Sugar, beet................................................
Sugar refining, cane................................
T extiles a n d th eir p r o d u c ts ......... ............
Fabrics:
Carpets and rugs............. - ...............
Cotton goods.................................... .
Cotton small wares........................ .
Dyeing and finishing textiles_____
Hats, fur-felt......................................
Knit goods............................... ..........
Silk and rayon goods...................... .
W oolen and worsted goods_______
Wearing apparel:
Clothing, men’s .............. ............... .
Clothing, wom en’s...........................
Corsets and allied garments...........
M en’s furnishings.............................
M illinery............................................
Shirts and collars..............................
I r o n a n d steel a n d th eir p r o d u c ts n o t
in c lu d in g m a c h in e r y .............................
Bolts, nuts, washers, and rivets...........
Cast-iron pipe..........................................
Cutlery (not including silver and
plated cutlery) and edge tools...........
Forgings, iron and steel..........................
Hardware...................................................
Iron and steel............................................
Plumbers* supplies................................. .
Steam and hot-water heating appara
tus and steam fittings........................ .
Stoves.........................................................
Structural and ornamental metal
work........................................................
T in cans and other tinware.................. .
Tools (not including edge tools, ma
chine tools, files, and saws)........... .
Wire work...................................................
M a c h in e r y , n o t in c lu d in g tra n s p o r
t a t io n e q u ip m e n t .................................. .
Agricultural implements........................
Cash registers, adding machines, and
calculating machines.......................... .
Electrical machinery, apparatus, and
supplies...................................................
Engines, turbines, tractors, and water
wheels.....................................................
Foundry and machine-shop products..
Machine tools.......................................... .
Radios and phonographs...................... .
Textile machinery and parts.................
Typewriters and supplies..................... .
N o n fe rr o u s m e ta ls a n d th eir p a rts—
Aluminum manufactures.......................
Brass, bronze, and copper products— .
Clocks and watches and time-record
ing devices............................................ .
Jewelry.......................................................
Lighting equipment............................... .
Silverware and plated ware...................
Smelting and refining—copper, lead,
and zinc.................................................
Stamped and enameled ware...............
1Less than one half of 1 percent.
2,488
797
277
243
261
388
257
205
49
]1
2,538
!
Percent
idle
Average percent of
full time reported
by—
All oper Establish
ating
ments op
Fulltime Part time establish
erating
ments part time
72
81
81
74
45
69
67
70
86
82
65
27
19
19
26
54
30
32
30
12
18
31
95
97
97
96
86
93
94
96
98
95
93
8*
82'
77
84=
74
7T
82:
8887
76*
79
37
71
54
60
52
68
61
72
42
27
45
38
48
30
30
22
84
95
90
93
87
95
92
96
69
81
77
82
69*
82;
77
82:
59
65
59
58
64
60
38
25
41
37
35
33
92
92
91
92
93
93
80:
71
78
79'
27
25
11
68
75
61
77
77
63
68
69
57
2
14
26
14
19
34
44
71
86
80
53
56
77
67
74
77
86
67
61
68
6&
75
83
131
4
6
17
21
80
73
65
78
5&
71
87
55
4
32
51
68
45
84
90
77
80
102
46
2
2
19
30
79
67
74
83
67
75
1,33?
46
1
26
24
73
76
76
75
«T
67
75
1
V)
0)
1
l
1
1
2
4
19
639
98
141
21
384
238
219
21
2
1
2
288
268
27
57
75
84
4
10
986
59
36
102
35
59
137
54
2
8
5
5
1
7
5
25
3
SO
81
48
52
87
205
1
20
79
77
71
71
795
114
34
32
9
413
18
78
3
1
4
18
28
18
29
38
22
31
44
28
79
71
77
71
63
78
68
56
72
75
75
74
81
84
74
81
90
84
69
64
68
74
74
65.
73.
8a
7T
2
25
25
19
29
70
71
81
69
70
77
80
79
59
70s
75;
70i
1
68
36
32
62
93
85.
7870.
31
20
110
43
48
22
74
2
5
5
12
T a b le
4.—PROPO RTION OF FULL TIM E W ORKED IN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES
BY ESTABLISHM ENTS REPO RTIN G IN M A Y 1933—Continued
Establishments
reporting
Industry
Total
number
Transportation eq uipm ent....................
Aircraft..................................................... .
Automobiles..................................- ..........
Cars, electric and steam railroad..........
Locomotives..............................................
Shipbuilding..............................................
Railroad repair shops.................................
Electric railroad........................................
Steam railroad......................................... .
L um ber and allied products...................
Furniture.............................. .....................
Lumber, mill work...................................
Lumber, sawmills................................... .
Turpentine and rosin..............................
S tone, d a y , and glass products.............
Brick, tile, and terra cotta.................... .
Cement................................................ —
Glass.......................................................... .
Marble, granite, slate, and other prod
ucts......................................................... .
Pottery.......................................................
Leather and its m anufactures............. .
Boots and shoes........................................
Leather......................................................
Paper and printing.....................................
Boxes, paper................. ...........................
Paper and pulp........................................
Printing and publishing:
Book and job..................................
Newspapers and periodicals...........
Chemicals and allied products............. .
Chemicals..................................................
Cottonseed, oil, cake, and meal............
Druggists’ preparations..........................
Explosives.................................................
Fertilizers...................................................
Paints and varnishes...............................
Petroleum refining...................................
Rayon and allied products....................
Soap............................................................
Rubber products..........................................
Rubber boots and shoes..........................
Rubber goods, other than boots, shoes,
tires, and inner tubes...........................
Rubber tires and inner tubes................
Tobacco m anufactures.............................
Chewing and smoking tobacco and
snuff.........................................................
Cigars and cigarettes.............................. .
T otal, 89 industries...........................
26
139
32
7
85
758
341
417
1,085
340
302
421
22
684
190
80
144
Percent
idle
Percent of estab
lishments oper
ating—
All oper Establish
ating
ments op
Full time Part time establish
erating
ments part time
77
85
79
64
63
80
79
83
78
72
72
71
72
85
71
64
72
75
(9
172
98
356
235
121
1,575
254
610
391
839
80
64
26
11
163
304
95
11
85
m
Average percent of
full time reported
by—
77
72
80
79
82
78
76
74
8
75
79
88
81
82
74
82
76
80
82
87
80
81
76
81
87
30
215
75
79
73
182
13,688
67
74
75
51
46
» Less than one half of 1 percent.
E m ploym ent in N onm anufacturing Industries in M ay 1933
I NCREASES in employment in M ay as compared with April were
reported in 8 of the 15 nonmanufacturing industries covered by
the Bureau’s monthly employment survey, and increased pay-roll
totals were reported in 11 of these nonmanufacturing industries.
The most pronounced gain in employment between April and M ay
was shown in the quarrying and nonmetallic mining industry, in
which the increase of 10.5 percent was somewhat larger than the
usual seasonal increase reported in this industry in May. The
metalliferous mining industry reported a gain of 2.2 percent in em-
13
ployment and the dyeing and cleaning industry reported an increase
of 1.1 percent. In the remaining five industries in which increased
employment was reported in May, the upward trend was less than
1 percent and was as follows: Wholesale trade, 0.9 percent; crude
petroleum producing, 0.3 percent; laundries, 0.2 percent; power and
light and banks-brokerage-insurance-real estate, 0.1 percent each.
The most pronounced decrease in employment from April to M ay
(16.4 percent) was reported in the anthracite-mining industry.
While seasonal in character, this decrease is slightly greater than the
average decline shown in this industry in May. The decrease of
7.5 percent in employment in the canning and preserving industry
is also seasonal, reflecting a between-season period in which the
California canneries show a marked decline and canneries in other
sections of the country have not begun operations. The bituminous
coal mining and the telephone and telegraph industries reported
losses in employment of 3.8 percent and 3.1 percent, respectively,
coupled, however, with small increases in pay rolls. The retail-trade
industry reported a drop of 2.1 percent in employment, the electricrailroad and bus-operation industry reported a decrease of 0.5 percent,
and the hotel industry reported a decrease of less than one tenth of
1 percent in number of employees over the month interval.
In the following table are presented employment and pay-roll data
for 15 groups of nonmanufacturing industries. Data concerning the
building-construction industry are not included in the following
tabulation, but are shown in more detail under the section ‘ ‘ Building
construction.”
T able
1.—C O M P A R IS O N O F E M P L O Y M E N T A N D P A Y R O L L S IN N O N M A N U F A C T U R
IN G E S T A B L IS H M E N T S IN M A Y 1933 W I T H A P R I L 1933 A N D M A Y 1932
Industrial group
Employment
Pay-roll totals
Index num
Estab
lish
bers, M a y
ments
1933
(average
Percent of
Percent of
1929=100)
report
change
change
ing in Number
Amount nf
on pay
both
pay roll
roll,
April
M
a
y
(1 week),
M ay
Pay
M a y April to 1932 to M a y 1933 April to 1932 to Em
and
roll
M ay
M ay
1933
M ay
M ay
M
a y ploy
1933
1933
1933
1933 ment totals
1933
Coal mining:
160
Anthracite.........................
Bituminous____________
1,438
Metalliferous m ining.............
263
Quarrying and nonmetallic
mining___________________
987
Crude petroleum p rod u cin g259
Public utilities:
Telephone and telegraph. 7,634
3,069
Power and light...............
Electric - railroad and
motor-bus operation
583
and maintenance..........
Trade:
2,949
Wholesale..........................
R etail................................. 17,363
Hotels (cash payments only)1.
Canning and preserving........ 2,635
Laundries.................................
826
944
Dyeing and cleaning...............
327
Banks, brokerage, insurance,
and real estate....................... 3,380
59,031
178,840
19,655
27,048
23,129
-1 6 .4 -3 5 .4 $1,192,133
- 2 . 2 2,041,259
-3 .8
+ 2 .2 -2 1 .7
359,312
-1 9 .7 -4 8 .3
+ 1 .4 -1 2 .4
+ 3 .7 - 2 8 .6
43.2
61.2
30.0
30.0
26.9
17.0
+10.5 -1 4 .2
+ .3 + 4 .4
391,302
651,663
+17.9 -2 6 .3
+ 3 .9 -1 1 .7
43.4
56.9
23.8
41.6
+ 1 .1 -1 7 .3
+ .7 - 1 7 .0
70.1
76.9
68.5
69.9
- 3 .1
+ .1
-1 3 .0
-8 .5
6,626,510
5,689,964
133,239
-.5
-1 0 .1
3,557,336
+ .2 - 1 9 .4
69.1
58.2
74,834
353,987
+ .9
- 2 .1
-5 .0
- 4 .8
1,962,402
6,710,739
+ 2 .5 -1 7 .6
- 1 . 5 - 1 6 .3
74.0
77.0
57.4
59.5
128,653
38,790
52,874
10,585
130,018
“ (2) -1 0 .2
- 7 .5 +12.3
+ .2
- 9 .7
+ 1.1 - 3 . 0
3+ . l 3 -1 .8
1, 619,697
453,395
772,134
179,443
4,401,287
+. 1
-5 .0
+ .9
-1 .3
3+.4
71.9
-2 2 .7
- 1 1 .7
45.5
- 2 2 .8
73.5
- 1 9 .9
82.0
3 -10.3 3 96.4
51.8
31.8
54.5
53.9
383.6
250,717
198,626
i The additional value of board, room, and tips cannot be computed.
* Less than one tenth of 1 percent.
* Weighted.
14
Per capita weekly earnings in May 1933 for 15 nonmanufacturing
industries included in the Bureau's monthly trend-of-employment
survey, together with the percents of change in May 1933 as com
pared with April 1933 and May 1932, are given in the table following.
These per capita weekly earnings must not be confused with full-time
weekly rates of wages; they are per capita weekly earnings computed
by dividing the total amount of pay roll for the week by the total
number of employees (part-time as well as full-time workers).
T able
2 .—P E R C A P IT A W E E K L Y E A R N IN G S IN 15 N O N M A N U F A C T U R IN G IN D U S T R IE S
I N M A Y 1933 A N D C O M P A R IS O N W IT H A P R I L 1933 A N D M A Y 1932
Industrial group
Coal mining:
Anthracite__________________________________________________________
B itum inous_________________________________ ____ ___________ _______
Metalliferous mining________________________________________________
Quarrying and nonmetallic m ining____ ________ __________ _____________
Crude petroleum producing_______________ _______________ _____________
Public utilities:
Telephone and telegraph_______________ c____ ______________________
Power and light_____________________________________________________
Electric-railroad and motor-bus operation and m aintenance____ ______
Trade:
Wholesale_____________________ ______ __________________ ___________
R etail_______________________________________________________________
Hotels (cash payments only) 1 __________________________________________
Canning and preserving_________________________________________________
Laundries ______________________________________________________________
D yeing and cleaning_____________________________________________________
Banks, brokerage, insurance, and real estate____ ______ _________________
Per cap Percent of change.
ita
M a y 1933, com
weekly
pared with—
earnings
in M a y
1933
April 1933 M a y 1932
$20.20
11.41
18.28
14.47
28.18
—3.9
+ 5 .4
+ 1 .4
+ 6 .8
+ 3 .6
—20.0
—10.2
—8.7
—14.1
—15.4
26.43
28.65
26.70
+ 4 .3
+ .6
+ .7
- 4 .9
—9.3
—10.3
26.22
18.96
12.59
11.69
14.60
16.95
33.85
+ 1 .7
+ .6
+ .2
+ 2 .7
+ .7
-2 .4
* + .2
—13.3
—12.1
—13.9
—21.4
—14.5
—17.5
2 -8 .6
1 The additional value of board, room, and tips cannot be computed.
2 Weighted.
Indexes of Employment and Pay-Roll Totals for Nonmanufacturing Industries
I n d e x numbers of employment and pay roll totals for 15 nonmanu
facturing industries are presented in the following table. These
index numbers show the variation in employment and pay rolls by
months, from January 1930 to May 1933, in all nonmanufacturing
industries with the exception of the laundry, dyeing and cleaning,
and the banks, brokerage, insurance, and real-estate industries for
which information over the entire period is not available. The
Bureau has secured data concerning employment and pay rolls for the
index base year 1929 from establishments in these industries and has
computed index numbers for those months for which data are available
from the Bureau's files. These indexes are shown in this tabulation.
15
INDEXES OF EMPLOYMENT AND PAY ROLLS FOR NONMANUFACTURING
INDUSTRIES,
JANUARY TO DECEMBER 1930, 1931, AND 1932, AND JANUARY TO
MAY 1933
T a b le 3 .—
[12-month average, 1929=100]
Anthracite mining
M onth
Em ploym ent
Bituminous-coal mining
Pay rolls
Em ploym ent
Pay rolls
1930 1931 1932 1933 1930 1931 1932 1933 1930 1931 1932 1933 1930 1931 1932 1933
January.................
February..............
M arch...................
A pril......................
M a y ......................
June............... .......
J uly.......................
August..................
September............
October.................
N ovem ber............
December.............
Average___
102.1
106.9
82.6
84.1
93. h
90. i
91. (
80.2
93. *
99. (
97.2
99.1
90.6
89.5
82. (
85.2
80.5
76.1
65.]
67. £
80. (
86. i
83.5
79.8
76.2
71.2
73.7
70.]
66. {
53. (
44.5
49.2
55A
63A
62.7
62.3
52.5
58.7
54.6
51.6
43.2
____
____
____
____
____
105.8
121.5
78.5
75.0
98.8
94.3
84.0
78.8
91.6
117.2
98.0
------- 100.0
89.3
101.9
71.3
75.2
76.1
66.7
53.7
56.4
64.9
91.1
79.5
78.4
61.5
57.3
61.2
72.0
58.0
37.4
34.5
41.4
47.0
66.7
51.0
56.2
43.2
56.8
48.8
37.4
30.0
____
____
____
____
____
........
93.9
91.5
88.8
85.9
82.4
78.4
76.4
77.0
80.4
81.3
81.1
81.2
80.8 69.8
77.4 69.3
75.2 67.6
65.5 63.7
62.6 61.2
60.5
58.6
59.4 ____
62.4 ____
67.0 ____
69.4 ____
70.0
101.4
102.1
86.4
81.7
77.5
75.6
68.9
71.1
74.9
79.4
79.1
77.7
73.3
68.3
65.2
58.6
54.4
52.4
50.4
50.6
53.6
56.2
54.6
52.3
47.0
47.0
46.8
33.9
30.7
27.3
24.4
26.4
30.2
37.8
38.0
37.7
36.1
37.2
30.7
26.6
26.9
93.4 80.5 62.5 152.1 95.3 75.4 53.7 143.2 93.4 83.2 67.4 166.3 81.3 57.5 35.6 131.5
Metalliferous mining
January.................
February..............
M arch...................
A pril....... ...........
M a y ...... ................
June...... ................
July.......................
A ugust..................
September............
October.................
N ovem ber............
December.............
102.5
102.4
98.6
94.4
90.4
88.4
88.0
89.2
90.5
91.8
92.5
92.5
95.7
92.3
90. S
89.3
87.5
84.6
80.5
79.0
78.1
77.2
72.8
70.1
68.3
65.2
63.5
63.9
62.4
60.0
56.2
55.8
55.5
53.8
52.8
51.2
49.3 32.4
46. i 31.5
45. C 30. C
43.3 29.4
38.3 30.0
32.2
29.5 ____
28.6 ____
29.3
30.5 ____
31.9
33.3 ------
92.7
92.5
90.8
88.3
85.6
81.6
71.9
71.0
69.9
68.6
63.4
59.9
55.0
54.6
52.8
51.4
49.3
46.1
41.3
40.2
40.0
37.4
35.1
34.3
Quarrying and nonmetallic mining
29.7 18.1
27.8 17.8
26.5 17.4
25.0 16.4
23.8 17.0
20.1 ____
16.9 ____
16.5 ____
17.0 ____
18.0 ____
18.7 ____
18.7 ........
79.6
79.8
83.0
87.4
90.8
90.3
89.9
89.3
87.7
84.7
78.3
70.2
64.4
66.6
70.0
76.1
75.0
72.3
71.0
68.9
66.6
64.5
59.3
53.9
48.9 35.1
47.4 34.8
46.0 35.1
48.6 39.3
50.6 43.4
49.5 ____
49.5 ____
51.1 ____
52.4 ____
52.4 ____
49.4 ____
42.3 ........
71.9
73.5
80.0
85.4
90.2
90.9
85.5
85.8
82.5
79.3
66.8
59.9
50.4
54.4
58.2
62.6
62.3
60.1
57.3
55.1
51.2
48.7
43.3
36.9
30.2 18.1
29.6 17.4
28.7 17.8
30.0 20.2
32.3 23.8
30.0
29.1 ____
29.7 ____
30.5
30.1 ____
27.1 ____
22.1 ........
Average___ 83.2 59.1 36.5 130.7 78.0 44.8 21.6117.3 84.3 67.4 49.0 137.5 79.3 53.4 29.1 U9.5
Crude petroleum producing
January.................
February..............
M arch...................
A pril......................
M a y ...... ................
June__________ _
July.......................
August________
September............
October—.............
N ovem ber______
December.............
Average—
92.7
90.8
89.3
86.8
89.8
90.2
89.9
87.7
85.0
85.2
83.6
77.4
74.8
73.2
72.2
69.8
67.8
65.0
65.3
62.4
61.2
60.4
57.6
58.2
54.9
54.4
51.4
54.9
54.5
54.2
55.4
57.4
56.2
56.8
56.5
57.2
57.2
57.0
56.5
56.8
56.9
____
94.0
88.6
91.3
86.6
85.4
87.1
88.5
86.0
84.0
82.6
80.0
77.2
71.5 46.5
70.0 46.9
73.2 43.2
66.3 44.-5
64.7 47.1
62.71I 44.8
59.2 44.6
56.3 42.9
55.2 41.9
54.4 42.5
52.0] 42.4
54.9 41.7
Telephone and telegraph
39.9
41.7
42.5
40.1
41.6
Average—
90.5
89.2
88.6
88.1
87.4
86.9
86.6
85.9
85.0
84.1
83.5
83.1
83.0 74.6 105.1
82.0 73.9 101.9
81.7 73.2 105.8
81.2 72.3 103.4
80.6 70.1 103.2
103.4
79.9
79.1
106.6
78.1
102.5
77.4 ........ 102.2
76.2 ____ 100.9
75.5
97.9
74.8
101 3
96.3
94.8
97.9
95.0
94.1
95.0
93.3
92.3
92.1
91.6
89.7
92.7
89.1 71.7
89.6 71.9
88.2 71.6
83.4 67.8
82.8 68.5
82.1
79.6
79.1
75.9
75.7 ____
74.3
73.5 ........
87.4 65.7 55.3 156.9 85.9 61.7 44.1 141.2 97.9 86.6 79.1 172.8 102.9 93.7 81.1 170.3
Electric-railroad and motor-bus operation
and m aintenance2
Power and light
January............. ...
February..............
M arch ...................
A pril......................
M a y .......................
June.
July........................
August..................
S e p te m b e r.____
O c t o b e r ______
N ovem ber............
December.............
101.6
100.2
99.4
98.9
99.7
99.8
100.0
98.8
96.8
94.5
93.0
91.6
99.6
98.8
99.7
100.7
103.4
104.6
105.9
106.4
105.2
104.8
103.4
103.2
99.2
97.8
96.7
97.1
97.6
97.2
96.7
95.9
94. 7
92.7
91.3
90.3
89.3 77.7 99.7 98.6
87.2 77.4 100.4 99.7
85.5 76.9 102.1 102.4
84.8 76.9 102.6 97.6
84.0 76.9 104.5 98.7
107.8 98.3
83.2
106.7 97.4
82.3
106.6 96.2
81.5
106.1 94.3
81.0
105.6 93.2
79.9
103.7 93.3
79.1
78.4 ........ 106.3 91.2
88.4 73.0
86.0 71.6
85.4 71.9
82.4 69.4
84.2 69.9
80.5
78.7
76.7 ____
74.7
74.4
73.2
73.2 ........
97.1
95.1
94.4
95.2
95.2
94.8
95.3
92.9
91.8
91.0
89.3
88.8
86.9
86.6
86.4
86.8
85.9
85.3
85.6
84.8
84.0
82.7
81.5
79.9
79.5 70.6
78.9 70.4
77.6 69.8
78.0 69.5
76.9 69.1
76.5
75.6
74.1 ____
73.5
72.3
71.8 ____
71.4 -------
97.8
95.7
95.4
97.1
96.0
97.0
95.6
92.1
90.5
88.9
87.7
88.6
85.6
87.1
88.1
86.6
85.1
84.8
83.3
81.9
81.2
79.0
79.7
77.8
75.4 60.9
74.8 60.6
73.6 59.4
71.8 58.1
72.2 58.2
70.2
66.4
63.8
62.5
61.5
61.7 ____
61.9 ........
103.0 95.6 83.0 177.2 104.3 96.7 79.8 171.2 93.4 84.7 75.5I169.9 93.5 83.4 68.0 159.4
1 Average for 5 months.
2 Not including electric-railroad car building and repairing; see transportation equipment and railroad
repair-shop groups, manufacturing industries, table 1.
181823— 33--------3
16
OF E M PL O Y M E N T AND PAY ROLLS FOR NONMANUFACTURINtt
INDUSTRIES, JANUARY TO DE C E M B E R 1930, 1931, AND 1932, AND JANUARY TO
M A Y 1933—Continued
[12-month average, 1929=100]
T a b l e 3 — IN D E XE S
Retail trade
W holesale trade
M onth
Pay rolls
Employment
1930 1931 1932 1933 1930 1931 1932 1933 1930 1931 1932 1933
1930 1931 1932
January...........
February..........
M arch ..............
A pril................
M a y ................. .
June.................
July..................
August..............
September____
October............
N ovem ber____
December........
Average.
100.0
98.5
97.7
97.3
96.8
96.5
96.0
95.0
94.8
94.2
92.6
92.0
89.5
88.2
87.4
87.4
87.1
87.1
86.8
86.5
86.1
85.2
84.1
83.7
81.8
80.9
79.8
78.9
77.9
77.0
76.6
76.4
77.1
77.8
77.6
77.0
75.3
74.1
73.1
73.3
74.0
87.5
88.4
89.]
85.2
84.7
84.1
83.3
82.1
81.4
79.9
79.7
77.8
74.1
72.5
71.3
68.9
69.7
66.2
64.7
63.2
63.1
63.9
63.3
62.6
61.7
58.6
57.1
56.0
57.4
98.9
94.4
93.9
97.3
96.7
93.9
89.0
85.6
92.0
95.5
98.4
115.1
Average-
100.4
102.4
102.4
100.1
98.0
98.0
101.3
101.5
100.1
97.5
95.2
93.5
95.0
96.8
96.8
95.9
92.5
91.6
93.3
92.8
90.6
87.4
84.9
83.1
83.2
84.3
84.0
82.7
80.1
78.0
78.4
77.6
77.0
75.4
74.3
73.2
73.8
73.8
72.4
71.9
71.9
9.2 91.7 79.0 1 72.8
Em ploym ent
1931 1932
Average___
84.3
80.5
81.4
81.6
80.9
79.4
74.6
72.6
77.8
81.3
81.7
95.2
76.9
73.4
71.4
78.6
77.0
100.3
103.8
104.4
100.3
98.4
98.1
99.8
98.6
97.1
95.5
93.6
91.5
90.5
90.0
89.5
90.5
90.
91.0
91.8
90.2
89.3
88.1
86.
85.3
84.7
82.9
82.0
82.0
81.4
81.0
80.3
78.9
78.6
77.5
76.2
75.9
91.0
93.7
93.4
89.9
87.7
85.4
85.2
83.8
81.9
79.7
77.1
75.4
73.9
73.9
72.4
69.6
67.0
63.8
61.8
59.6
59.1
58.6
57.5
56.6
».4 80.1173.1
i Average for 5 months.
46.1 48.
45.7 48.
49.7 53.
74.8 59.
65.7 56.
83.0 70.
126.3 102.
185.7 142.
246.6 180.
164.7 108.
96.7
61.6 40.7
35.0
37.1
36.3
47.0
40.5
55.5
73.0
99.0
125.3
81.1
50.5
33.7
34.1
35.1
33.2
49.2
45.5
76.4
73.3
71.6
71.4
70.6
68.6
66.3
63.9
62.9
61.2
59.1
58.7
78.0
73.7
73.4
72.7
71.1
68.2
63.3
60.7
64.6
67.1
66.9
73.6
6.2 86.6
>9.4
62.7
58.4
55.1
60.4
59.5
Em ploym ent
88.9
87.4
88.0
95.7
96.7
99.0
98.6
93.5
95.3
94.2
90.1
84.9
82.1
80.5
80.6
83.3
84.5
85.1
82.4
79.5
83.3
82.3
78.0
75.2
73.0
70.9
71.2
81.1
82.0
Pay rolls
84.4 67.0 155.0 92.7 81.4 1 75.
77.7
75.1
75.6
86.3
86.6
89.1
86.2
80.0
82.6
81.4
74.7
67.9
31.8
32.7
31.9
37.9
36.0
40.5
47.5
65.6
75.1
51.8
34.4
25.6
24.8
25.9
24.2
33.5
31.8
Banks, b r o k e r a g e
insurance, and real
1931 1932 1933 1931 1932
57.9
55.5
52.9
54.0
54.5
50.3 46.1
51.5 48.6
50.8 50.3
72.6 57.1
66.9 56.0
81.5 58.6
112.7 74.2
172.0 104.7
214.8 129.4
140.0 77.6
82.9 48.1
57.4 36.9
>9.5 139.4 96.1 65.6 42.6 1 28.0
Dyeing and cleaning
Pay rolls
85.6
85.6
86.8
86.5
87.1
87.4
84.6
84.1
81.8
78.9
77.4
55.7
55.9
53.5
51.7
51.8
18.5 85.4 64.5 i 53.7 103.9 80.9
1931 1932
75.4
74.4
73.0
73.4
73.5
89.4
86.7
87.5
88.3
88.0
87.6
83.3
80.3
83.5
84.6
85.4
94.1
99.7
96.0
95.5
97.5
97.3
96.8
91.7
87.6
92.4
95.1
96.8
107.7
Canning and preserving
Laundries
January...........
February.........
M arch..............
April.................
M a y .................
June.................
July..................
August.............
September____
October............
N ovem ber____
December........
90.0
87.1
87.8
90.1
89.9
89.1
83.9
81.8
86.6
89.8
90.9
106.2
96.0 86.6 78.2 174.0 95.9 83.6 67.0 i 58.2 95.9 89.4 80.9 175.5
Hotels
January...........
February.........
M arch..............
A pril................
M a y .................
June.................
July..................
August.............
September____
October............
N ovem ber____
December........
Pay rolls
Em ploym ent
65.8
62.2
61.7
65.9
67.3
65.8
60.0
56.3
61.0
58.8
52.3
48.4
46.6
42.4
41.0
54.6
53.9
80.3 60.5 147.7
E m ploy
ment
Pay rolls
1932
1932 1933
98.6
98.6
99.1
98.8
98.2
98.1
98.5,
98.7
98.6
98.7
98.2
98.0
97.6
97.0
96.8
96.3
96.4
94.0
93.5
93.
92.4
93.2
90.4
90.1
88.5
87.3
86.5
86.0
85.7
85.5
84.7
84.1
83.3
83.6
196.8 9 0.1 1 84.2
17
Average Man-Hours Worked and Average Hourly Earnings
I N THE following tables the Bureau presents a tabulation of man-
hours worked per week and average hourly earnings, based on
reports supplied by identical establishments in April and May 1933,
in 15 industrial groups and 74 separate manufacturing industries.
Man-hour data for the building-construction group and for the insur
ance, real-estate, banking, and brokerage groups are not available, and
data for several of the 89 manufacturing industries surveyed monthly
are omitted from these tables due to lack of adequate information.
The total number of establishments supplying man-hour data in
these 15 industrial groups represents approximately 50 percent of the
establishments supplying monthly employment data.
The tabulations are based on reports supplying actual man-hours
worked and do not include nominal man-hour totals, obtained by
multiplying the total number of employees in the establishment by
the plant operating time.
Table 1 shows the average hours worked per employee per week and
average hourly earnings in 15 industrial groups and for all groups
combined. The average hours per week and average hourly earnings
for the combined total of the 15 industrial groups are weighted aver
ages, wherein the average man-hours and average hourly earnings in
each industrial group are multiplied by the total number of employees
in the group in the current month and the sum of these products
divided by the total number of employees in the combined 15 indus
trial groups.
In presenting information for the separate manufacturing industries
shown in table 2, data are published for only those industries in which
the available man-hour information covers 20 percent or more of the
total number of employees in the industry at the present time. The
average man-hours and hourly earnings for the combined 89 manu
facturing industries have been weighted in the same manner as the
averages for all industrial groups combined, table 1.
T able
1 .—A V E R A G E H O U R S W O R K E D P E R W E E K P E R E M P L O Y E E A N D A V E R A G E
H O U R L Y E A R N IN G S IN 15 IN D U S T R IA L G R O U P S , A P R I L A N D M A Y 1933
Average hours per
week
Average hourly
earnings
Industrial group
April
1933
M ay
1933
April
1933
M ay
1933
Manufacturing - __ . _ _ _ __
__________ _____________
Anthracite mining_________________________________________
Bituminous coal mining_______________________________________
Metalliferous mining. ________________________________________
Quarrying and nonmetallic mining__________________________
Crude petroleum producing_______ ______ ____________________
Telephone and teleg ra p h _____________________________________
Power and light_______________________________________________
Electric-railroad and motor-bus operation and maintenance___
Wholesale trade_______________________________________________
Retail trade___________________________________________________
Hotels.
_______ _ _________________________________________
Canning and preserving_______________________________________
Laundries.. . . _ __
______________________________________
Dyeing and cleaning__________________________________________
Hours
38.0
25.2
24.2
37.4
36.0
44.0
36.7
45.8
44.9
46.7
44.6
50.8
41.7
41.9
47.3
Hours
40.8
24.6
26.1
40.0
38.9
44.1
37.4
46.1
45.7
47.4
44.9
51.4
42.9
42.4
46.8
Cents
42.9
81.6
45.2
49.7
37.8
61.2
69.9
62.1
58.3
54.2
41.2
23.2
34.1
33.6
37.7
Cents
42.3
81.4
45.2
47.5
37.2
63.6
71.8
61.7
57.5
54.1
41.4
23.0
32.6
33.3
36.9
T otal___________________________________________________
37.1
38.6
40.6
40.4
18
Per capita weekly earnings, computed by multiplying the average
man-hours worked per week by the average hourly earnings shown in
the following table, are not identical with the per capita weekly
earnings appearing elsewhere in this trend-of-employment compila
tion, which are obtained by dividing the total weekly earnings in all
establishments reporting by the total number of employees in those
establishments. As already noted, the basic information upon which
the average weekly man-hours and average hourly earnings are com
puted covers approximately 50 percent of the establishments report
ing monthly employment data.
T a b l e 3 .— A V E R A G E HOURS W O R K E D PER W E E K PER E M P L O Y E E A N D A V E R A G E
H O U R L Y E AR N IN G S, IN SEL EC T ED M A N U F A C T U R IN G IN D U ST R IES, AP R IL A N D
M A Y 1933
Average hours per
week
Average hourly
earnings
Industry
Food and kindred products:
Raking
_ _
______
Beverages_________________________________________________
Confectionery_____________________________________________
Flour............ ...................................................................................
Ice cream______________________________________________ __
Slaughtering and meat packing___________________________
Sugar, beet________________________________________________
Sugar refining, cane_________________ _____________________
Textiles and their products:
Carpets and rugs________ ___ ______ ________ _____________
Cotton goods______________________________________________
Cotton fimfl.11 wares________________________________________
Dyeing and finishing textiles______________________________
Knit goods________________________________________________
Silk and rayon goods_____ ________________________________
Woolen and worsted goods________________________________
Iron and steel and their products, not including machinery:
Bolts, nuts, washers, and rivets___________________________
Cast-iron pipe_____________________________________________
Cutlery (not including silver and plated cutlery) and edge
tools___________ ________________________________________
Forgings, iron and steel___________________________________
Hardware_________________________________________________
Iron and steel_____________________________________________
Plumbers’ supplies________________________________________
Steam and hot-water heating apparatus and steam fittings_
Stoves____________________________________________________
Structural and ornamental metal work____________________
Tools (not including edge tools, machine tools, files, and
saws)___________________________________________________
Machinery, not including transportation equipment:
Agricultural implements__________________________________
Cash registers, adding machines, and calculating machines.
Electrical machinery, apparatus, and supplies_____________
Engines, turbines, tractors, and water wheels_____________
Foundry and machine-shop products______________________
Machine tools_____________________________________________
Radios and phonographs__________________________________
Textile machinery and parts______________________________
Typewriters and supplies__ '______________________________
Nonferrous metals and their parts:
Aluminum manufactures__________________________________
Brass, bronze, and copper products ______________________
Clocks and watches and time-recording devices____:_______
Jewelry______ ____________________________________________
Silverware and plated ware_______________________________
Smelting and refining—copper, lead, and zinc............ ............
Stamped and enameled ware______________________________
Transportation equipment:
Aircraft________________________________ ____________ - ........
Automobiles______________________________________________
Locomotives______________________________________________
ShiDbuilding....................................................................................
April
1933
May
1933
Hours
46.8
49.2
39.4
49.1
52.0
47.8
45.1
54.7
Cents
43.3
63.7
33.0
41.4
49.5
43.2
48.4
45.1
Cents
42.9
60.1
33.7
41.7
48.3
42.6
51.9
43.4
34.1
45.1
39.3
46.5
41.8
36.1
41.8
40.8
47.9
44.2
48.1
44.2
39.6
46.4
38.4
21.5
33.6
38.1
30.4
30.6
32.7
38.9
21.6
33.8
36.9
30.2
30.3
32.3
28.4
25.9
35.3
31.5
43.8
49.3
42.8
41.5
37.1
29.7
29.2
28.6
31.7
30.7
33.4
30.6
40.3
34.6
34.0
32.7
41.4
35.6
38.7
33.6
44.1
46.2
•42.8
47.9
45.8
49.7
44.9
42.6
46.1
46.3
41.7
48.7
43.5
48.1
43.8
42.6
28.8
32.2
44.5
44.1
29.9
35.0
30.2
32.8
28.5
29.9
39.0
26.6
29.8
32.9
38.4
33.8
35.4
32.8
31.1
42.9
31.6
33.9
47.7
66.8
56.2
56.2
50.8
54.7
39.3
55.4
45.7
46.6
63.8
55.4
54.7
49.5
53.3
38.5
54.6
44.7
37.2
31.6
28.3
31.8
31.1
36.6
37.1
39.7
39.0
36.1
33.9
37.6
38.4
39.6
42.4
47.5
38.6
47.9
45.9
46.8
39.3
41.4
46.5
37.0
46.4
44.7
47.4
39.6
47.5
34.7
36.4
31.5
44.9
41.0
38.1
33.0
63.3
57.2
51.0
56.2
61.3
57.0
50.2
55.6
April
1933
M ay
1933
Hours
46.5
44.8
37.7
49.3
50.6
45.4
49.7
53.7
19
T a b le 2 — AVERAGE HOURS W ORKED PER W EE K PER E M PLOYEE A N D AVERAG E
HOU RLY EARNINGS, IN SELECTED M AN UFACTU RIN G INDUSTRIES, A P R IL AND
M A Y 1933—Continued
Average hours per
week
Average hourly
earnings
Industry
Railroad repair shops:
Electric railroad____ ______ ____________ _______ ____ _____
Sfowri railrofld
Lum ber and allied products:
Furniture....................... ................................... ................... ........
Lumber:
M illw ork________________ _____ __________________ ____
Sawmills______ _____ ________ ________________________
Stone, clay, and glass products:
Brick, tile, and terra cotta_____________ ______ ___________
Cem ent-____ _____________________________ ____ __ ____ ___
Glass_______ _________ ________ ____ _____ ______ _________
Marble, granite, slate, and other products_____ ____ ______
P ottery__________ _____________________________ ____ _____
Leather and its manufactures__________________________________
Paper and printing:
Boxes, paper____ ______ _____ _________ __________________
Paper and p ulp ____ _____ ______ ___ ______ _____ ________
Printing and publishing:
Book and job_ ________________ _______________________
Newspapers and periodicals______ ______________ _____
Chemicals and allied products:
Chemicals......... ................................ .................................... ........
Cottonseed, oil, cake, and meal
_____ _____ _____ _______
Druggists’ preparations___________________________________
Explosives.......................... .................................................. .........
Fertilizers____ . _______ ______________ ____________________
Paints and varnishes______________________________ ______ _
Petroleum refining. ........... .......
_____________________
R ayon and allied products______ ____ ___________ ________
Soap............................................... .............. ............ ......................
R ubber products:
R ubber goods, other than boots, shoes, tires, and inner tubes.
Rubber tires and inner tubes....................................................
Tobacco manufactures:
Chewing and smoking tobacco and snuff__________________
Cigars and cigarettes_______ _____ ________________________
April
1933
M ay
1933
April
1933
M ay
1933
Hours
42.4
35.5
Hours
44.5
36.8
Cents
56.7
63.4
Cents
56.1
63.2
33.0
36.9
33.2
32.5
39.1
36.2
40.2
40.4
32.9
27.4
32.9
26.9
31.4
32.7
36.3
36.6
36.3
40.8
33.7
37.5
39.0
34.7
34.4
45.2
33.0
41.6
44.7
48.6
39.6
38.5
32.2
40.8
45.0
50.4
39.9
39.4
39.4
40.5
42.5
43.4
41.1
41.2
40.6
41.3
35.4
40.6
36.8
41.0
67.9
73.4
67.1
73.2
41.8
51.9
36.3
31.3
49.5
42.2
39.5
43.2
42.0
43.5
52.2
37.4
35.0
41.0
46.9
40.1
44.6
42.9
55.1
19.3
47. 3
58.5
19.6
49.0
62.8
38.0
45.9
54.9
22. 3
47. 2
55.0
25.1
47.0
62.0
37.5
45.9
39.0
29.7
40.5
37.7
42.9
58.5
41.3
58.4
38.5
35.8
43.9
41.7
33.5
32.1
31.5
31.0
Employment in Building Construction in May 1933
M PLO YM EN T in the building construction industry increased
9 percent in May as compared with April and pay rolls in
creased 10.9 percent over the month interval.
The percents of change of employment and pay-roll totals in May
as compared with April are based on returns made by 10,257 firms
employing in May 72,884 workers in the various trades in the building
construction industry. These reports cover building operations in
various localities in 34 States and the District of Columbia.
E
C O M P A R IS O N OF E M P L O Y M E N T A N D T O T A L P A Y R O L L IN T H E BU ILD IN G CON
ST R U C T IO N IN D U S T R Y IN I D E N T I C A L F IR M S , A P R I L A N D M A Y 1933
Locality
Alabama: Birmingham......................
California:
Los Angeles 1.................................
San Francisco-Oakland 1.............
Other reporting localities 1..........
Colorado: Denver................................
Connecticut:
Bridgeport.....................................
Hartford.........................................
N ew H aven...................................
Delaware: W ilm ington......................
District of Colum bia...........................
N um
ber of Number on pay roll Percent Am ount of pay roll Percent
firms
of
of
report Apr. 15 M a y 15 change A pr. 15 M a y 15 change
ing
68
361
310
-1 4 .1
$4,211
$3,866
-8 .2
25
29
16
186
1,196
963
1,072
544
671
797
704
605
-4 3 .9
-1 7 .2
-3 4 .3
+11.2
23,713
22,182
22,345
9,658
14,918
17,655
14,205
11,549
- 3 7 .1
-2 0 .4
-3 6 .4
+19.6
120
195
167
113
513
435
738
974
851
7,521
514
823
887
927
7,942
+ 18.2
+ 11.5
- 8 .9
+ 8 .9
+ 5 .6
8,527
16,329
19,246
16,135
194,197
11,008
18,038
21,286
17,822
215,133
+29.1
+ 10.5
+10.6
+10.5
+10.8
i Data supplied by cooperating State bureaus.
20
COM PARISON OF E M PL O Y M E N T AN D T O TAL P A Y ROLL IN THE BUILDING CON
STRUCTION IN D U STRY IN ID E N T IC A L FIRM S, A P R IL AND M A Y 1933—Continued
Locality
N um
Am ount of pay roll Percent
ber of Num ber on pay roll
Percent
firms
of
of
report Apr. 15 M a y 15
change Apr. 15 M a y 15 change
ing
Florida:
Jacksonville.......................... .
51
Miami........................................
75
Georgia: Atlanta............................
128
Illinois:
132
Chicago 1...................................
Other reporting localities 1_._
78
Indiana:
51
Evansville.................................
90
Fort Wayne..............................
Indianapolis..............................
155
35
South Bend..............................
102
Iowa: Des Moines..........................
69
Kansas: Wichita............................
117
Kentucky: Louisville....................
121
Louisiana: New Orelans...............
99
Maine: Portland............................
103
Maryland: Baltimore1.......................
Massachusetts: All reporting local
726
ities l__...............................................
Michigan:
395
Detroit............................................
50
Flint................................................
91
Grand Rapids.,............................
Minnesota:
52
Duluth............................................
215
Minneapolis...,............................
150
St. Paul...........................................
Missouri:
238
Kansas City 2-.._..........................
448
St. Louis.........................................
132
Nebraska: Omaha...............................
New York:
304
New York City 1..........................
195
Other reporting localities1..........
40
North Carolina: Charlotte................
Ohio:
74
Akron..............................................
462
Cincinnati 3_ . , . „ ..........................
527
Cleveland.......................................
110
Dayton............................................
70
Youngstown...................................
Oklahoma:
77
Oklahoma City.............................
50
Tulsa.................. ............................
178
Oregon: Portland.................................
Pennsylvania:4
27
Erie area1.......................................
527
Philadelphia area1.......................
262
Pittsburgh area1...........................
55
Reading-Lebanon area1..............
41
Scranton area1..............................
335
Other reporting areas1.................
Rhode Island: Providence.................
Tennessee:
Chattanooga..................................
Knoxville........................................
Memphis........... ............................
Nashville........................................
Texas:
153
Dallas............... .............................
27
El Paso............................................
143
Houston..........................................
113
San Antonio...................................
80
Utah: Salt Lake City.........................
Virginia:
85
N orfolk-Portsmouth.....................
134
Richmond.......................................
Washington:
147
Seattle..............................................
50
Spokane..........................................
73
Tacoma...........................................
44
West Virginia: Wheeling...................
60
Wisconsin: All reporting localities1.
Total, all localities.................... 10,257
345
447
941
361
524
1,130
+ 4 .6
+17.2
+20.1
$5,524
8.293
14,667
$5,984
7,960
17,731
+ 8 .3
-4 .0
+ 20.9
1,377
332
2,248
381
+63.3
+14.8
42,392
7.294
76,868
7,872
+81.3
+ 7 .9
247
223
843
109
359
256
628
1,238
316
661
312
233
872
102
435
258
804
1,308
411
690
+26.3
+ 4 .5
+ 3 .4
-6 .4
+ 21.2
+ .8
+28.0
+ 5 .7
+30.1
+ 4 .4
3,732
2,830
15,347
1,845
5,888
3,969
10,497
19,212
6,277
9,320
4,473
3.451
16,020
1,387
7,786
3,593
12,347
18,778
8,600
9,967
+19.9
+21.9
+ 4 .4
-2 4 .8
+ 32.2
- 9 .5
+ 17.6
-2 .3
+ 37.0
+ 6 .9
3,473
4,312
+ 24.2
75,734
106,114
+40.1
1,775
112
276
2,117
135
+19.3
+ 20.5
+ 4 .7
33,589
1,533
39,100
2,012
4,186
+16.4
+31.2
+ 7 .5
256
999
449
1,215
667
+ 4 .7
+ 21.6
+48.6
3,967
19,133
8,497
4,230
24,460
12,317
+ 6 .6
+27.8
+45.0
1,195
2,177
1,272
2,380
+ 6 .4
+ 9 .3
+ 37.2
26,803
52,416
29,084
58,225
14,388
+ 8 .5
+11.1
+44.6
5,865
3,703
201
5,145
4,535
207
-1 2 .3
+ 22.5
+ 3 .0
195,180
87,159
2,021
164,188
113,504
2,658
-1 5 .9
+30.2
+31.5
216
2,293
2,063
340
186
201
2,221
2,418
389
252
- 3 .1
+ 17 .2
+14.4
+ 35.5
2,935
54,672
48,115
5,382
2,698
2,710
51,539
55,003
6,521
4,715
-7 .7
—5.7,
+14.3
+21 .2
+74.8
287
196
554
279
200
600
- 2 .8
+ 2 .0
+ 8 .3
3,916
2,555
10,189
4,164
2,646
10,413
+ 6 .3
+ 3 .6
+ 2 .2
137
3,995
1,492
237
227
1,910
1,105
145
4,510
1,614
267
224
2,263
1,245
+ 5 .8
+12.9
+ 8 .2
+ 12.7
-1 .3
+ 18 .5
+ 12.7
1,852
67,228
36,576
3,724
20,829
2,427
74,884
36,306
4,211
5,246
34,759
26,105
+31.0
+11.4
-.7
+13.1
+11.6
+12.6
+25.3
361
311
300
802
335
485
373
727
-7 .2
+ 55.9
+ 24.3
-9 .4
5,560
2,871
4,846
10,459
6,078
5,204
6,003
10,010
+ 9 .3
+81.3
+ 23.9
- 4 .3
1,194
166
761
874
+ 42.5
-.6
+ 8 .6
+ 24.5
+ 9 .4
11,919
1.589
9,955
7,923
3,906
17,846
1,670
12,011
10,300
4,605
+49.7
+ 5 .1
+20.7
+30.0
+17.9
754
765
709
+ 10.5
- 6 .0
9,937
11,399
12,416
12,323
+ 24.9
+ 8 .1
475
196
123
125
712
66,894
472
145
142
135
780
72,884
-.6
8,054
8,299
-2 6 .0
2,944
2,341
+15.4
1.589
2.451
+ 8 .0
2,297
2,496
12,852
12,223
+ 9 .5
+ 9 .0 1,417,209 1,571,317
+ 3 .0
-2 0 .5
+ 54 .2
+ 8 .7
+ 5 .1
+ 10.9
167
701
702
310
1 Data supplied b y cooperating State bureaus.
2 Includes both Kansas C ity, M o., and Kansas City, Kans.
3 Includes Covington and Newport, K y .
4 Each separate area includes from 2 to 8 counties.
21
Trend of Employment in May 1933, by States
I N THE following table are shown the fluctuations in employment
and pay-roll totals in May 1933 as compared with April 1933,
in certain industrial groups by States. These tabulations have
been prepared from data secured directly from reporting establish
ments and from information supplied by cooperating State agencies.
The combined total of all groups does not include building-construction data, information concerning which is published elsewhere in a
separate tabulation by city and State totals. In addition to the
combined total of all groups, the trend of employment and pay rolls
in the manufacturing, public utility, hotel, wholesale trade, retail
trade, bituminous-coal mining, crude-petroleum producing, quarry
ing and nonmetallic mining, metalliferous mining, laundry, and
dyeing and cleaning groups is presented. In this State compilation,
the totals of the telephone and telegraph, power and light, and eleciric-railroad operation groups have been combined and are presented
as one group— public utilities. Due to the extreme seasonal fluctu
ations in the canning and preserving industry, and the fact that
during certain months the activity in this industry in a number of
States is negligible, data for this industry are not presented separately.
The number of employees and the amount of weekly pay roll in April
and M ay 1933 as reported by identical establishments in this indus
try are included, however, in the combined total of “ All groups.”
The percents of change shown in the accompanying table, unless
otherwise noted, are unweighted percents of change; that is, the
industries included in the groups, and the groups comprising the
total of all groups, have not been weighted according to their relative
importance in the combined totals.
As the anthracite-mining industry is confined entirely to the State
of Pennsylvania, the changes reported in this industry in table 1,
nonmanufacturing industries, are the fluctuations in this industry by
State totals.
When the identity of any reporting company would be disclosed by
the publication of a State total for any industrial group, figures for
the group do not appear in the separate industrial-group tabulation,
but are included in the State totals for “ All groups.” Data are not
presented for any industrial group when the representation in the
State covers less than three establishments.
22
COM PARISON OF E M PL O Y M E N T AND PAY ROLLS IN IDENTICAL ESTABLISHM ENTS
IN A P R IL AND M A Y 1933 BY STATES
[Figures in italics are not compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics but are taken from reports issued
by cooperating State organizations]
Total all groups
State
Manufacturing
Num
Num
Amount
Amount
Num ber
Num ber
on
on
pay
ber of
Percent of
Percent of pay Percent
Percent ber of
roll
(1
roll (1
pay
pay
of
estab roll,
of
of
estab roll,
of
week),
lish
change
change lish
change week), change
May
May
May
May
ments 1933
ments
1933
1933
1933
490 50,863 • + 1 .9 $553,700
Alabama.................
7,854
390
- 4 .3
158,555
Arizona...................
+ 6 .9
208, 716
Arkansas.............
l 4 # 15,246
- 2.8 5,448,872
California............... 21,875 229,666
-.1
547,084
652 27,239
Colorado.................
+10.6
- 3 .8
+ 7 .6
+ 1 .7
+ 2 .2
202 34,363
57
2,053
184 10,126
1,080 118,914
121 10,505
+ 2 .8 $360,512
+ 1 .9
41,197
+ 9 .2
118,715
- 8 .7 2,647,647
+ 3 .9
199,825
+ 12 .6
+ 2 .1
+ 14.2
+ 3 .0
+ 6 .6
+ 4 .4 2,361,099
+ 3 .9
189,298
+15.8
+ 8 .8
648 112,427
49
6,600
+ 5 .3 1,853,330
+ 4 .2
128,409
+ 20.6
+ 1 2 .0
+ 3 .0
+ 5 .2
+ 5 .8
124,546
164,487
612,520
+ 4 .8
+ 10 .7
+ 7 .4
2,744
40
1,069 169,548
550 80,822
435 22,157
42,852
+12.9
+ 3 .7 3,086,707
+ 4 .8 1,531,805
+ 5 .2
407,415
+4* 8
488,808
+16.8
+10.9
+ 15.5
+ 12 .2
+ 4.6
21,266
17,569
33,878
+ 14 .7
+ 8 .9
+ 19 .2
*+ 7 .0
+ 10.9
Connecticut...........
Delaware................
District of Colum
bia........................
Florida....................
Georgia...................
1,097 132,039
9,237
131
720,424
362,480
883,224
+ .4
- 1 .5
+ 6.1
6,464
208
Idaho.......................
Illinois..................... 3 1,610 272,802
1,220 110,235
Indiana...................
1,120 40,072
Iowa........................
*986 61,890
Kansas....................
+ 7 .2
108,977
+ 2 .4 5,555,528
+ 3 .1 2,065,682
+ 2 .1
748,056
+ 2.0 1,340,947
+11.0
+ 8,0
+10.8
+ 6 .6
809 54,920
Kentucky.—..........
490 28,832
Louisiana...............
524 39,988
Maine......................
72, 860
Maryland...............
Massachusetts----- «8,188 829,812
+ 3 .2
793,077
+ 2 .8
413,792
+ 9 .6
648,143
+ 2.0 1,885,572
+ 2.5 6,688,176
+ 8 .8
+ 5 .0
+15.1
+ 5 .1
+ 4 .9
1,126 157,866
+ 10.0
331,523
+ 3 .5
223,859
+11.3
521,735
6+ 1.2
854,678
+ 4 .0 2,786,743
Michigan................
Minnesota..............
Mississippi.............
Missouri.................
Montana.................
1,508 229,996
1,016 58,166
366
7,763
1,171 101,367
8,404
335
+ 5 .7 5,187,112
+.3 1,204,419
-1 .8
92,904
+ .2 2,023,588
+ 3 .1
194,443
+19.0
+ .4
+ 6 .0
+ 3 .5
+ 6 .6
898 178,579
269 28,061
72
4,574
509 57,812
51
2,443
+ 7 .7 4, 028,284
+ 2 .0
546,518
44,280
+ ( 7)
+ 1 .5 1,066,519
- .5
47,321
+28. e
+ 1 .5
+ 9 .4
+ 5 .8
-2 .4 :
Nebraska................
Nevada...................
New Hampshire..
New Jersey............
New Mexico..........
720 21,089
132
1,245
444 33,923
1,465 174,413
4,325
174
+ 3 .5
441,613
+ 4 .4
30,807
+ 6 .0
511,996
+ 3 .3 3,817,740
+ 3 .0
67,820
+ 4 .3
+ 6 .6
+11.3
+ 4 .9
+ 6 .5
123 10,173
21
248
184 30,221
8676 162,766
21
406
+ 5 .0
207,860
+ 3 .3
6,447
+ 5 .9
423,475
+4-7 8,169,614
+28.1
6,272
+ 7 .4
+ 1 0 .3
+12.1
+ 6 .5
+ 1 2 .0
New York..............
North Carolina...
North Dakota. .. .
Ohio.........................
Oklahoma...............
7,629 478,473
866 112,299
269
3,703
4,900 367,376
676 23,953
+ .4 11,331,301
+ 6 .5 1,268,453
-2 .6
75,597
+ 4 .1 7,035,695
+ 3 .5
455,643
+ 2 .4 9 1,668 299,988
+15.0
536 107,516
+ 1 .8
59
997
+12.5 1,895 266,052
+ 4 .4
8,954
106
+ 5 .3 6,446,007
+ 6 .8 1,197,555
+ 4 .5
22,138
+ 6 .4 5,021,926
+ 2 .3
164,837
+ 6.6
+ 1 6 .0
+ 3 .4
+ 17 .9
+ 1 .4
Oregon....................
Pennsylvania........
Rhode Island.........
South Carolina___
South Dakota____
711 25,316
4,459 568,346
905 54,613
310 53,457
160
5,050
+ 6 .8
476,118
+ .7 9,836,041
+ 5 .4
954,099
502,384
+ 1 .5
+ 1 .2
125,982
+ 6 .5
+ 2 .8
+ 8 .3
+ 6 .2
+ 7.1
+12.9
213,159
+ 5 .8 4,754,519
+ 7 .3
681,782
452,741
+ 2 .5
+ 2 .5
37,974
+ 1 4 .7
+14.1
+ 12 .4
+ 7 .5
+20.
Tennessee...............
Texas.......................
Utah........................
Vermont.................
Virginia..................
731
762
286
355
1,257
59,531
54,868
11,640
8,737
78,571
+ 4 .8
805,141
+ 2.8 1,194,878
-.8
220,903
+ 4 .9
156,654
+ 2 .3 1,185,734
+ 7 .0
+ 8.2
+ .2
+ 8 .4
+ 7 .6
259
43,973
84
114
415
3,898
4,637
54,450
1,162 46,672
Washington...........
796 90,048
West Virginia.
Wisconsin............... w 1,068 128,527
3,924
Wyoming...............
168
+ 2 .0
948,030
+ .5 1,369,447
+ 8 .8 2,091,248
-4 .2
83,998
+ 4 .2
+ 7 .2
+10.8
- 1 .3
250
170
789
26
22,086
32,532
97,487
1,285
630
587
652
30,709
23,438
74,588
-.1
-4 .8
+ 4 .5
+ .6
58
128
306
3,882
12,619
61,862
406 28,648
199
204
183
482 48,428
146 13,748
1,748 812,346
255 42,970
178 50,397
47
1,879
400 80,540
+ 6 .8
+4-8
+ 6 .2
+ 5 .4
+ 3 .4
562,305
697,363
74,018
78,882
770,498
+ 9 .5
+ 7 .&
+ 3 .7
+11.1
+ 9 .3
+ 3 .7
417,496
+ 6 .0
+ 3 .6
615,194 + 12 .7
6+8.7 1,670,917 *+14,0
+ 2 .2
33,910
+ 4 .3
1 Includes automobile dealers and garages, and sand, gravel, and building construction.
2 Includes banks, insurance, and office employment.
3 Includes building and contracting.
* Includes transportation, financial institutions, restaurants, and building construction,
a Weighted percent of change.
6 Includes construction, municipal, agricultural, and office employment, amusement and recreation,
professional and transportation services.
7 Less than one tenth of 1 percent.
8 Includes laundries.
9 Includes laundering and cleaning.
»• Includes construction, but does not include hotels and restaurants.
23
COM PARISON OF E M PLO Y M E N T AND PAY ROLLS IN IDENTICAL ESTABLISHM ENTS
IN A PRIL AND M A Y 1933 B Y STATES—Continued
[Figures in italics are not compiled b y the Bureau of Labor Statistics but are taken from reports issued
b y cooperating State organizations]
Retail trade
Wholesale trade
State
Amount
A m ount
N um
um N um
N um ber
on
pay
of pay Percent N
ber of ber on Percent of
ber of
roll (1
roll (1 Percent
pay Percent
of
estab
of
of
of
estab
week)
week)
roll
Y
S
lish
change lish
change
M ay
M ay
M ay change
M a y change
ments
ments
1933
1933
1933
1933
$14,384
4,498
9,420
123,937
22.167
+ 2.1
+. 5
+ 9 .5
+ .9
+ 3.3
61
176
130
m
117
28, 792
2,986
-2 .8
-4 .4
+12.1
-1 .3
-4 .8
$28,542
25,132
22,074
483,416
54,765
- 1 .1
+ .5
-1 .5
+ 8.1
-3 .6
34,129
2,205
+ 2 .5
+ 4 .3
117
9
4,709
144
-.6
-2 1 .3
90,753
2,105
+. 3
-8 .2
(“ )
+ .6
-.2
12,308
18,694
12,542
+ .8
- 3 .9
+ 4.1
402
81
30
10, 598
1,125
1,999
- 3 .1
- 8 .3
+ 3 .1
212,541
20,522
30,780
- 3 .1
- 7 .5
- .2
108
955
1,065
1,073
1,821
- 2 .7
+10
+. 4
+ 2 .1
+ 2.4
3.030
21,168
26,413
24,869
41,869
+ 4.1
+ 1 .2
+ 1.1
+ 1 .5
+ 2 .4
68
95
1.80
124
299
697
20,054
5,997
3,068
5,194
+ 8 .7
- 1 .8
-4 .6
+ 1 .9
-.7
11,242
395,007
98, 245
49,242
87,684
+ 9 .4
+ .8
-1 .5
+ 1 .7
-1 .9
20
28
18
84
748
404
692
444.
730
18,891
+ 2 .3
+. 1
-3 .9
+ui
8,561
14,687
10,382
14,812
864,002
-2 .0
-.1
-4 .0
-.5
+ 1 .2
29
48
70
85
4.215
1,539
2,856
888
5 ,1S8
58,478
+ 2 .2
21,049
-2 .4
39,073
-1 .2
15,514
- 8 .1
81,766
1,182,167
- 1 .4
+ .3
- 2 .1
-.6
-6 .3
- 1 .1
M ichigan................
Minnesota.............
Mississippi.............
Missouri.................
M ontana................
58
59
4
60
14
1,532
3,796
104
4,338
231
+ 4 .7
+ 1 .8
(“ )
-.6
(“ )
38,896
100,248
1,855
107,693
6,416
+10.9
+ 3.1
+ 2.1
+ 1.7
+ 1 .4
153
282
57
128
82
10,166
7,297
402
6,611
682
+ 1 .4
- 3 .1
-1 0 .7
-2 .0
+ .9
171,022
123,075
4,104
117,945
14,618
+ 6 .8
- 2 .1
- 3 .5
-4 .9
+ 3 .1
Nebraska................
N evada...................
N ew Hampshire. _
N ew Jersey............
N ew M exico..........
36
7
18
28
6
881
76
191
596
80
-.6
- 3 .8
+ 9 .8
-1 .2
+ 6 .7
23,248
2,524
4,912
17,714
2,514
-.2
+ 8 .1
+ 7 .7
-2 .0
+13.4
187
40
58
407
48
1,652
222
529
7,256
232
-.2
-2 .2
-.4
-1 .7
- 2 .1
29,912
5,342
9,616
156,476
5,259
- 1 .9
+ 4 .2
+ 1 .1
-.5
+ .1
N ew Y ork _______
N orth Carolina__
N orth D a k ota ....
O hio.......................
Oklahoma..............
413
17
17
235
48
11,415
236
232
4,806
824
+ 1 .0
+ 2 .6
+ 3 .6
+ 1 .0
+ .4
349,306
5,543
6,311
116,153
20,037
+ 2 .6
-.1
+ 4 .6
+ 3 .3
+ 3 .8
3,961
171
34
1,588
75
68,346
524
407
31,621
1,339
- 4 .0 1,427,087
+ 3 .1
10,291
- 3 .6
6,159
- 2 .5
556,512
- 6 .6
21,870
-3 .4
+ 2 .2
-2 .5
-2 .6
-1 .5
Oregon....................
Pennsylvania_____
R hode Island........
South Carolina___
South D a k ota ___
53
129
44
15
10
1,205
3,558
1,034
203
123
+ .7
+ .7
- 2 .3
- 2 .4
+ 2 .5
32,560
94,551
23,350
4,410
3,459
+ 3. 5
+ 1.8
-.6
—. 5
+4 7
213
339
499
14
11
2,182
25,582
4,764
391
67
+ .8
- 1 .7
- 1 .9
- 6 .5
(ll)
43,259
476,792
94,897
3,575
1,004
+ 3 .4
- 1 .4
- 2 .7
-9 .3
+ 3 .7
Tennessee...............
T exas____________
U ta h ......................
Verm ont.................
Virginia..................
34
107
15
5
45
651
2,506
450
113
920
+ 2 .5
+ 2 .8
+ 2 .0
+ 6 .6
- 6 .9
13,660
60,469
10,849
2,680
23,737
+ 3.7
+ 1.5
+ 5.5
+4 0
+ 4.4
53
55
23
39
180
2,910
5,009
445
425
4,731
-.1
+ 1.7
—6.5
—.9
- 1 .8
40,602
82,326
6,412
6,530
83,182
+ .8
-2 .3
+ 5 .7
-1 .2
-1 .8
Washington...........
W est Virginia
W isconsin...............
W yom ing...............
89
29
2,040
557
866
55
+ .5
-.9
+ .^
(ll)
51,772
14,842
28,986
1,546
+ 2.0
+ 6.2
+1.&
+ .3
423
47
55
37
6,038
807
8,517
149
- 2 .1
- 6 .5
- 6 At
(“ )
111,831
13,431
121, 191
3,410
-.8
-.9
-6 .2
-2 .0
Alabama—. .........
Arizona...................
Arkansas................
California..............
Colorado.................
16
19
15
91
28
556
162
392
4,422
822
Connecticut...........
Delaware...............
District of Colum
bia........................
Florida....................
Georgia........ ..........
59
8
1,227
109
32
52
33
411
803
442
Idaho____________
Illinois.....................
Indiana...................
Iow a...................... .
Kansas....................
8
16
61
33
68
Kentucky...............
Louisiana...............
M aine__.................
M aryland-.............
Massachusetts-----
i* No change.
1
+ 4 .3
-.6
-3 .7
+ .6
+ .6
-. 1
+ .9
1,957
1,478
1,422
24
COMPARISON OF EMPLOYMENT AND PAY ROLLS IN IDENTICAL ESTABLISHMENTS
IN APRIL AND MAY 1933 BY STATES—Continued
[Figures in italics are not compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics but are taken from reports issued
by cooperating State organizations]
Quarrying and nonmetallic mining
State
Num
Amount
Num
Amount
Num
Num ber
on Percent of pay Percent ber of ber on Percent
Percent
ber of
roll (1
S ttS
of
of
of
of
estab
estab
ES
iS
change week)
change
change week)
lish
change lish
May
M ay
M
ay
M
ay
ments
ments 1933
1933
1933
1933
18
773
-3 .5
$8,757
+ 6.1
10
41
316
1,095
+30.0
+ 1 .8
3,240
21,510
+31.7
+ 4 .8
26
248
+ 11.7
4,823
+59.6
13
24
627
1,040
+ 1 .0
+ 9 .4
7,129
9,559
+ 5 .4
+ 14.3
Idaho____________
Illinois
___
Indiana
_ __
Iowa_____________
Kansas___________
21
61
26
19
438
1,169
406
750
+ 47.0
+13.2
+13.1
-7 .4
8,622
17,311
5,310
17,604
+52.6
+20.3
+ 9 .8
+ 2 .0
Kentucky________
Louisiana________
Maine____________
Maryland________
Massachusetts___
35
7
8
1A
21
713
590
213
298
511
—13.5
+ 4 .8
+ 6 .0
—12.8
+28.1
6,005
6,060
4,313
4,068
11,579
—5.7
+ 18.2
—1.1
+ 7.8
+54.9
Michigan_________
Minnesota_______
Mississippi_______
Missouri_________
Mnnt^nfl. _
32
26
8
34
8
1,046 + 27.7
353 +22.1
-3 .7
131
+ 1 .2
608
98 +188.2
15,243 +57.2
6,130 + 39.6
1,158 -2 0 .1
8,731 + 14.2
1,265 +226.0
Nebraska________
Nevada__________
New Hampshire..
New Jersey______
New Mexico_____
8
346 +104.7
4,149 +110.7
10
29
74
539
+19.4
+24.5
1,609
9,603
+ 51.6
+34.1
66
13
1,850
332
+23.9
-1 3 .8
37,789
3,059
+22.1
- 8 .1
112
18
3,002
214
+ 11.5
+ 8 .1
39,182
1,645
+ 14.3
+ 22.9
Alabama...
Arizona__________
Arkansas
__
California _
Colorado_________
Connecticut______
Delaware..............
District of Colum
bia........................
Florida
,
.
Georgia__________
New York_______
North Carolina__
North Dakota.
Ohio........................
Oklahoma. . ____
Oregon___________
Pennsylvania____
Rhode Island____
South Carolina___
South Dakota____
Metalliferous mining
7
18
693
2,052
+11.1
-3 .2
$7,029
42,831
+ 78 .2
-9 .2
85
16
2,492
878
- 2.1
+ 19.6
61,868
21,968
+ 15.1
9
1,905
+ .9
34,476
+ 8 .4
10
872
+ 9 .1
6,088
+ 6 .5
35
32
3,355
748
—17.8
+ 11.5
33,826
8,346
-1 8 .9
- 5 .9
13
17
963
1,568
—2.5
+ 5 .0
9,686
43,598
—.2
+ 6 .0
12
147
+19.5
3,608
+ 12 .2
3
5
7
838
+16.7
+ 7 .2
154
14,659
+ 1 .3
+ 13 .8
31
4
103
3,226
+ 16.2
36,820
+19.6
6
6
109
39
(“ )
+39.3
937
568
-.4
+44.2
Tennessee________
Texas____________
TTtah
Vermont_________
Virginia...................
28
21
5
38
20
1,254
784
75
1,910
1,076
+ 4 .8
+ 11.2
+ 4 .2
+ 6 .9
+ 2 .4
16,255
18,848
1,197
35,772
9,702
+11.7
+ 9 .0
+ 31.0
+ 7 .9
+ 7 .5
Washington______
West Virginia
Wisconsin.Wyoming________
14
14
U
160
439
no
-2 4 .2
+ .2
+ 8.9
2,351
5,257
1,478
—25.8
+ 11.1
+19.6
11No change.
1,130 +272.9
48
+ 4 .3
4
198
11
1,935
15,507 +233.8
965
+ 11 .4
+ 5 .3
2,442
+ 12.1
-2 .4
35,267
-2 .1
25
COMPARISON OF EMPLOYMENT AND PAY ROLLS IN IDENTICAL ESTABLISHMENTS
IN APRIL AND MAY 1933 BY STATES—Continued
[Figures in italics are not compiled b y the Bureau of Labor Statistics but are taken from reports issued
b y cooperating State organizations]
Bituminous coal mining
State
Crude petroleum producing
N um
Am ount
A m ount
N um N um
N um ber on
of pay Percent ber of ber on Percent of pay Percent
ber of
pay Percent
roll (1
pay
roll (1
of
of
estab
of
of
estab
week)
roll
week) ch ange
roll
change
change lish
lish
M ay
M a y change
M ay
ay
ments M
ments
1933
1933
1933
1933
51
8,819
+ 0 .4
$76,600
6
ms
-6 .3
s ,m
-8 .1
51
3,404
-1 2 .4
48,896
-9 .3
32
48
22
17
4,387
5,358
1,108
1,400
-1 3 .5
- 7 .1
-2 6 .2
- 10.7
64,761
85,101
17,756
13,697
-1 8 .6
-1 1 .9
+ 2 .7
-2 3 .7
Kentucky________
Louisiana...............
M aine.....................
M aryland________
M assachusetts___
147
20,912
- 1 .9
220,613
+ 7 .6
15
1,341
- 9 .1
8,392
+ 7 .7
M ichigan...............
M innesota...........
Mississippi_______
Missouri.................
M ontana................
3
18
-4 1 .9
480
-9 .6
21
11
1,432
710
-1 7 .4
-1 0 .8
14,898
13,821
Nebraska........ .......
N evada__________
New Hampshire
N ew Jersey______
New M exico_____
14
1,750
-1 .2
21,839
Alabama
.
Arizona__________
Arkansas................
C aliforn ia _______
Colorado _______
+12.1
9
45
368
7,194
-.3
+ 1 .3
8,215
216,928
-4 .3
- 3 .5
9
4
180
21
-4 .3
+10.5
$3,590
248
+ 4 .1
-5 .3
28
1,180
-2 .6
27,030
-3 .0
5
9
211
134
-2 .8
- 1 .5
3,152
3,045
+ 3 .6
+12.1
-2 1 .6
+ 6 .7
4
29
699
-1 .4
+ 4 .8
4
23
- 4 .2
786
+ 4 .9
5
147
- 1 0 .4
3,365
-2 1 .3
District of Colum- |
hi a_____________ _______
Florida__________
Georgia__________
Idaho____________
Illinois
Indiana____
r
Iow a_____________
Kansas. ________
N ew Y ork _______
North Carolina
North D akota___
Ohio........................
Oklahoma_______
(“ )
7
74
20
373
9,372
380
-2 7 .9
- 9 .8
- 1 .0
6,083
119,486
5,429
-9 .6
+ 12.7
+ 6 .7
6
54
51
3,447
+15.9
+ 1 .0
654
73,604
+ 9 .9
+ 4 .8
442
54,314
- 2 .0
577,739
+ 2 .9
21
581
- 2 .2
13,772
+ 4 .6
Tennessee________
Texas______ _____
Utah.......................
Verm ont................
Virginia__________
21
5
15
2,564
290
1,325
- 5 .5
-1 .7
-1 7 .3
19,185
5,272
23,597
-1 0 .6
-2 .9
-1 3 .1
3
7,178
+ .7
244,656
- 1 .2
35
7,805
- 2 .0
93,522
+14.8
W ashington______
W est Virginia____
Wisconsin________
W yorning________
10
346
1,281
47,888
-4 .8
- 1 .3
18,144
545, 726
+ 12.3
+ 3 .3
7
321
+ 2 .9
7,429
-4 .5
22
1,675
-1 1 .0
28,657
-1 0 .4
6
64
+ 8 .5
2,086
+11.7
Oregon........... .........
Pennsylvania____
Rhode Island____
South Carolina
South Dakota........
11 No change.
26
'COMPARISON OF E M PL O Y M E N T AND PAY ROLLS IN IDENTICAL ESTABLISHM ENTS
IN A P R IL AND M A Y 1933 BY STATES—Continued
[Figures in italics are not compiled b y the Bureau of Labor Statistics but are taken from reports issue
b y cooperating State organizations]
Public utilities
Hotels
N um
Amount
Amount
N um N um
N um ber
on
of pay
of pay !
on
ber of
Percent roll (1 Percent ber of ber
Percent roll (1 iPercent
pay
pay
of
of
estab
of
estab
of
week)
week)
roll
roll
lish
change
change
change lish
M av
M ay
ay change
ments M a y
ments M
1933
1933
1933
1933
State
Alabama.................
Arizona................. .
Arkansas................
California...............
Colorado.................
89
68
52
47
196
1,698
1,196
1,586
48,922
5,309
C onnecticut...........
Delaware................
District of Colum
bia........................
Florida....................
Georgia...................
135
28
9,406
1,081
22
185
186
Idaho......................
Illinois....................
Indiana...................
I o w a ........... ..........
Kansas....... ...........
-1 .5
$35,021
31,273
+ 1.1
86,886
-8 .8
- 1.1 1,180,080
133,141
+ 1 .0
+ 2 .9
+ 5 .5
-.4
+. 2
+ 2 .6
23
21
15
178
64
1,053
424
748
8,565
1,327
- 0 .9
-3 6 .6
4
- 1 .7
- .3
$8, 723
5,678
5 .519\
126, 599\
16,947;
-1 .0
-4 1 . 5
-1 7 .6
-4 -7
-.6
-.3
+ .6
280,514
30,571
+ 1 .6
+ 3 .7
27
6
1,092
244
+ 3 .7
(“ )
_(7)
+ 3 .6
8,060
4,036
6,413
+ .4
-1 .0
-.9
227,549
107,260
181,603
+ 1 .0
- 3 .6
+ 5 .7
50
83
31
3,908
1,412
1,364
+ 2 .2
-5 0 .1
-1 8 .2
13,93l|
2,982;
!
57,309:
14.610i
10,668
+ 3 .1
-4 7 .3
- 2 5 .0
55
72
132
372
27
626
65,787
8,683
8,925
6,607
+ .2
13,004
1,815,605
202,371
199,699
148,552
+ 5 .0
-.1
-1 .2
- 2.6
24
12 40
82
71
32
339
7,002
3,095
2,337
706
+14.9
+ 7.0
+ 2 .0
+ 4.1
+ .6
3,628
105,298
31,357
19,627
7,165
+ 7 .1
+ 5.1
+ 4 .8
+ 6. 5
+ .5
Kentucky...............
Louisiana...............
M a in e ....................
M aryland...............
Massachusetts___
293
149
168
92
185
6,185
4,081
2,666
12,818
44*116
-.3
143,070
-.4
91,021
72,484
- 2 .6
+ .3
816,044
1,205,848
-.4
+ 2 .4
+ 1 .8
+ .1
-4 -7
35
23
21
24
1385
1,739
1,856
657
4,710
+17.5
- 3 .6
+ 1 .4
+ 2.1
+ 1.6
16,988
19,090
8,167
14,675
64,005
+13.6
- 5 .4
- ( 7)
+ 4 .7
+ 1 .9
M ichigan................
M innesota..............
Mississippi.............
M issouri........... .
M ontana................
411
198
192
207
100
20,533
11,517
1,577
19,157
1,918
- 1 .6
- 2 .5
- 2 .5
-1 .0
+11.3
565,319
299,401
33,022
503,053
55,581
-.2
- 1 .4
+ 5 .9
+ 3 .4
+17.1
98
73
19
92
29
4,260
2,862
523
4,550
397
+ 5 .6
- 1 .1
+ 9 .0
+ .8
+ 2 .8
43,957
33,734
4,034
53,123
5,396
+ 5 .3
+ 1 .9
+ 3 .9
+ 2 .3
+ 6 .1
Nebraska................
N evada...................
New Hampshire
N ew Jersey............
N ew M exico..........
296
37
140
265
49
5,425
388
2,178
21,098
472
+ .6
+ 5.4
+ 8 .3
-.7
- .2
135,155
10,226
60,740
590,448
9,972
+ 1 .9
+ 4 .9
+ 9.1
+ 1.1
+ 3 .3
41
12
13
69
15
1,250
129
266
3,770
305
+ 2 .2
+ 6.6
+17.2
- 3 .6
+ 2.7
11,880
2,088
2,900
46,424
3.108
+ .2
+ 1.1
+ 5 .0
+ 5. 2
+ 1 .1
N ew Y ork ..............
N orth Carolina___
North Dakota.......
O h io........................
■Oklahoma..............
881
76
117
484
245
97,436
1,598
1,068
31,296
5,675
- 4 . 0 3,059,393
-1 .2
32,708
+ .8
26,673
792,096
-.6
- 1 .8
126, 594
-.1
+ 1 .9
+ 3 .8
+ 1.1
+ 1 .8
261
37
24
153
52
28,233
1,306
389
8,844
1,069
—.5
+ .4
+ .5
+ 1 .1
- 1 .5
427,606
10,841
3,843
105,364
10,916
+ ( 7)
-2 .8
+ 3 .6
+ 2 .2
-.4
Oregon....................
Pennsylvania........
R hode Island........
South Carolina___
South Dakota
183
240
43
70
59
5,548
60,473
3,235
1,635
823
- 2 .1
140,951
- 2 . 0 1,597,494
-.9
89,639
-6 .2
32,650
-.4
21,866
+ 1 .4
- 3 .1
+ ( 7)
- 2 .9
+ 2.1
64
178
15
16
19
1,093
9,365
379
341
327
+ .9
+ 2 .9
+ 5 .0
-1 1 .2
+ 3 .8
13,742
112,165
5,058
2,818
3,606
+ 2 .0
+ 1 .3
+ 7 .3
-2 .8
+ .1
Tennessee...............
Texas......................
Utah........................
V erm ont.................
Virginia..................
244
187
68
121
153
4,138
6,884
1,634
961
5,385
-1 .4
+ ( 7)
-.2
- 2 .3
- 1 .0
93,349
166,866
35,381
24,079
132,740
+ 2.2
- 1 .2
+ 2 .9
+ 4 .0
+ 3.4
39
89
12
24
33
1,999
2,502
432
524
1,907
+ 2 .6
- 2 .1
+ 2 .6
+14.7
+16.4
17,085
29,850
5,244
5,216
19,550
+ 3 .4
- 4 .6
-.7
+ 13.4
+ 9 .9
Washington...........
West Virginia
Wisconsin________
W yom ing...............
201
114
1442
48
9,510
5,515
10,048
403
+. 1
+ .3
—.8
+ .2
251,948
142,296
272,373
9,981
+ 3.8
+ 3.0
+ 1.0
+ 7.4
85
40
12 40
14
2,253
1,059
1,334
162
+ .7
+ 1.8
+ 8 .5
- 4 .1
25,046
11,160
(i«)
2,139
+ .2
+ .9
+ .2
7 Less than one tenth of 1 percent.
11 N o change.
12 Includes restaurants.
+ .7
-.6
- 3 .2
-.6
1,222
13 Includes steam railroads.
14 Includes railways and express,
w Data not supplied.
- 9 .1
27
COM PARISON OF E M PL O Y M E N T AN D PAY ROLLS IN IDENTICAL ESTABLISHM ENTS
IN A P R IL AND M A Y 1933 BY STATES—Continued
[Figures in italics are not compiled b y the Bureau of Labor Statistics but are taken from reports issued
b y cooperating State organizations]
i
State
Alabama_________
Arizona__________
Arkansas_________
California...............
Colorado_________
Laundries
N um
Am ount
Amount
N um ber
N um N um
on
of pay
pay
ber of
Percent roll (1 Percent ber of ber on Percent of
roll (I Percent
estab
of
of
of
estab
of
week)
week)
5
S
5
S
lish
change
change lish
change
M ay
M ay change
M ay
ments M ay
ments
1933
1933
1933
1933
5
10
17
16 70
8
465
379
421
4,889
570
24
4
925
289
20
10
12
2,444
463
655
+ 1 .6
-4 .5
+ 3 .6
26
16
3
18 38
U 700
1,275
206
976
+ 1.4
+ 1 .4
(»)
+ 3.6
Connecticut- ,
..... ..........
District of Col
umbia
Florida___________
Georgia__________
Idaho____________
Tllinms
.
_
Indiana____ _____
Iow a_____________
Kansas__________
Dyeing and cleaning
+ 2 .9
- 5 .7
-2 .8
-.8
(»)
$3,414
5,146
3,980
85,208
7,351
+ 0 .5
-9 .0
+ 4-5
- 2.1
14, 526
+. 5
4,460
0 Delaware
0
3
43
+ 2 .4
380
9
132
+ 1 .5
$2,157
—2.3
+ 1 .6
+ 2 .9
7
3
187
42
+ 2 .7
+ 2 .4
4,115
622
+ 2 .5
-.3
36,263
4,626
5,820
+• 1
-3 .3
+ 7 .4
4
3
3
99
43
74
+ 4 .2
(“ )
+ 10 4
1,781
537
782
+ 3 .3
—6.8
+ 9 .4
21,663
16,368
2,794
11, 878
+ 3 .3
+ 3 .2
4-2. 0
+ 1 .6
8
101
- 1 .9
1,669
-6 .5
- 2 .1
Kentucky________
Louisiana________
M aine. _________
M aryland________
Massachusetts-----
15
678
8,426
+ 1 .8
5
229
+ .4
3,393
+ 3 .2
15
24
U4
315
1,751
8,668
+ 1 .0
+•*
-.8
4,048
25,628
57,578
+ 2 .7
+ 2 .2
+ 2 .5
10
76
420
1,857
-5 .0
+ 2 .7
5,126
8,810
+ 17.6
+ 8 .8
M ichigan________
M innesota_______
Mississippi_______
M issouri_________
M ontana_________
18
12
6
30
13
1,013
628
300
2,140
275
—1.6
+ 1 .0
(»)
-.7
+ 1 .5
10,865
9,600
2,648
28,849
4,671
-.2
—.2
+ 6 .9
-.5
+ 1 .6
15
10
569
346
+ 1 .2
+ 1 .2
10,593
5,565
+ 2 .0
-6 .2
8
3
253
20
- 1 .9
- 1 6 .7
4,153
382
- 2 .1
-2 3 .8
Nebraska________
N evada__________
N ew H am pshire...
N ew Jersey______
New M exico_____
7
3
16
27
4
587
35
256
2,901
196
-2 .0
(»)
-.8
+ 2 .5
—1.0
7,674
572
3,678
55,077
2,878
-2 .3
+ .5
+ 2 .4
+ 1 .3
+ 1 .3
4
104
(“ )
1,815
- 3 .1
8
239
5,750
-6 .6
New Y ork _______
North Carolina___
North D akota___
Ohio........................
Oklahoma________
70
U
8
73
9
6,503
702
172
3,815
649
+ 1 .8
-.6
+ .6
-.7
-7 .3
106,944
7,123
2,600
54,826
7,976
+ 3 .6
+ 2 .0
+ .9
-.9
- 6 .1
15
444
8,948
-2 .6
41
3
1,581
69
—1.6
(“ )
25,980
741
- 1 0 .3
-2 .6
Oregon___________
Pennsylvania........
R hode Island........
South Carolina___
South D akota..
38
18
9
6
2,576
1,063
357
122
+ 1 .2
+ 1 .2
+ 3 .8
+ .8
35,914
17,201
3,309
1,592
+ 2 .2
+ 1 .6
+ 5 .9
+ 7 .5
23
3
1,088
173
+ 2 .9
- 4 .4
18,447
3,099
+ .3
-3 .8
Tennessee________
Texas____________
U ta h .....................
V e r m o n t ______
Virginia__________
12
20
7
6
12II
806
893
496
75
615
+ 2 .3
+. 1
- 1 .0
—1.3
- .3
6,661
9,011
6,600
753
6,424
+ 4 .3
+ 2 .4
- 4 .9
+ 3.9
+ .1
4
14
7
44
447
128
-4 .3
+ .7
0 1)
584
6,958
2,192
+ 3 .7
+ 10.9
- 7 .1
18
219
- 1 .8
2,848
-5 .8
Washington______
W est Virginia........
W isco n sin .______
W yom ing
14
19i
16 28i
3;
635i
629i
9581
68i
- 2 .9 i
- 1 .1
+ 1.5
+ 1.5 .1
!
11,497
7,567
12,342!
1,094
- 5 .1
+ 1.7
+ 3.6
+ 5.6
10
7
95
159
- 9 .5
+ .6
1,483
2,204
-1 2 .9
-8 .1
“ No change.
(»)
+ .8
(“ )
Includes dyeing and cleaning.
28
"COMPARISON OP E M PL O Y M E N T AN D P A Y ROLLS IN IDENTICAL ESTABLISHM ENTS
IN A P R IL AN D M A Y 1933 B Y STATES—Continued
{Figures in italics are not compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics but are taken from reports issued
by cooperating State organizations]
Banks, brokerage, insurance, and real estate
State
Number Number on
of estab
Percent
pay roll,
lish*
M ay 1933 of change
ments
.Alabama.___ -- ________
Arizona_______________________________________
Arkansas,,
. .................... ..
___
California.___________________________________
Colorado_____________________________________
15
17
330
67
24
1,038
Connecticut__________________________________
Delaware_____________________________________
Dist.rifitr
Columbia „r .............
Florida..____ ________________________________
Georgia_______________________________________
53
12
42
11
20
1,794
431
1,307
270
565
- 3 .1
(»)
-.2
—.7
+ .5
Idaho__________________________ _____________
Illinois........................................................................
Indiana_______________________________________
Iowa______________- __________________________
Transas_______________________________________
62
32
17
3,134
1,010
422
19
9
Kentucky____________________________________
Louisiana_____________________________________
Maine_______________________________ - _______
Maryland____________________________________
Massachusetts________________________________
Michigan_____________________________________
Minnesota_____________________ _____________ __
Mississippi______ ________ ____________________
Missouri______________________________________
Montana____ ____ ___________________________
Nebraska_____________________________________
Nevada______________________________________
New Hampshire_____________ ________________
New Jersey___________________________________
New Mexico__________________________________
Amount of
pay roll
(1 week),
May 1933
Percent
of change
-5 .2
P1)
$9,260
2,003
-0 .7
-.4
-.8
34,873
—1.1
64,695
15,447
48,127
10,621
18,280
—3.8
+ .4
—.8
+ 2 .3
+ 2 .1
+ ( 7)
- 3 .0
+ .7
141,344
34,858
15,934
-4-3.3
-1 .3
—.8
717
377
—.7
— 3
25,830
14,105
+ 1 .0
+ .5
12
35
413
1,255
—.5
—1.0
20,950
53,463
+ 4 .6
—.3
96
39
1,535
2,312
-9 .9
—.9
55,974
68,347
—6.2
-2 .4
59
3,169
—.8
102,728
-.5
i
17,776 |
14
498
3
62
7
186
10,884
17
(ll)
—. 1
<“ )
4,750
321,912
396
+ .2
+ .4
(“ )
New York____________________________________
North Carolina_______________________________
North Dakota________________________________
Ohio............................................................................
Oklahoma...____ ____________________________
468
3
41,616
33
+ 2 .4
(“ )
1,495,857
914
+ 2 .8
00
186
14
5,565
186
- ( 7)
- 1 .6
184,782
6,303
+ .2
+ 2 .0
Oregon_____________________ _________________
Pennsylvania.., .................................... ......... .
Rhode Island_________________________________
South Carolina_________ - ____________________
South Dakota________________________________
17
795
26
723
22,436
949
-1 .5
+ .1
—. 1
21,653
693,624
38,399
-1 7 .0
-.4
-.1
Tennessee____________________________________
Texas____ __________ _________________________
Utah........................................................*..................
Vermont___________________________- _________
Virginia______________________________________
26
887
-.3
31,164
+U2
11
5
40
365
64
1,281
—.3
(“ )
—.5
13,637
2,319
41,962
+ 1 .5
+ ° -.3
21
1,088
+ .3
34,987
-2 .6
7
237
+ .9
9,406
- 1 .7
Washington__________ . _____________ ________
West Virginia________ ______________ _________
Wisconsin____________________________________
Wyoming________ _____________________ „____
7 Less than one tenth of 1 percent.
-3 .9
11 No change.
-3 .3
29
Employment and Pay Rolls in May 1933 in Cities of Over 500,000
Population
I N THE following table are presented the fluctuations in employ
ment and pay-roll totals in M ay 1933 as compared with April
1933 in 13 cities of the United States having a population of 500,000
or over. These changes are computed from reports received from
identical establishments in each of the months considered.
In addition to including reports received from establishments in the
several industrial groups regularly covered in the Bureau's survey,
excluding building construction, reports have also been secured from
other establishments in these cities for inclusion in these totals.
Information concerning employment in building construction is not
available for all cities at this time and therefore has not been included.
F L U C T U A T IO N S IN E M P L O Y M E N T A N D P A Y R O L L S IN M A Y 1933 AS C O M P A R E D W IT H
A P R I L 1933
Cities
N ew York C ity __ .............
Chicago, 111..........................
Philadelphia, P a ................
Detroit, M ich .....................
Los Angeles, Calif..............
Cleveland, Ohio.................
St. Louis, M o .....................
Baltimore, M d ...................
Boston, Mass......................
Pittsburgh, P a...................
San Francisco, Calif..........
Buffalo, N .Y ......................
Milwaukee, W is.................
Num ber of
establish
ments re
porting in
both
months
4,912
1,824
810
513
821
1,085
476
555
3,022
394
1,173
370
458
Num ber on pay roll
April
1933
301,811
187,213
124,362
137,965
65,206
81,897
61,447
44,803
86,504
51,520
47,907
32,838
37,097
M ay
1933
298,303
191,246
128,188
147,557
63,907
84,318
61,435
46,052
87,103
51,521
48,889
35,434
37.768
Per
cent
of
change
-1 .2
+ 2 .2
+ 3 .1
+ 7 .0
- 2 .0
+ 3 .0
-0 )
+ 2 .8
+ 0 .7
+ (*)
+ 2 .0
+ 7 .9
+ 1 .8
Am ount of pay roll
(1 week)
April
1933
M ay
1933
$7,874,951
4,244,321
2,623,321
2,968,183
1,508,376
1,570,842
1,242,876
829,330
2,005,083
1,016,100
1,121,134
670,525
690,483
$7,859,828
4,440,552
2,732,015
3,507,230
1,488,641
1,695,640
1,293,900
869,099
2,031,767
1,048,170
1,163,208
760,475
732,845
l
Per
cent
of
change
- 0 .2
+ 4 .6
+ 4 .1
+ 18.2
- 1 .3
+ 7 .9
+ 4 .1
+ 4 .8
+ 1 .3
+ 3 .2
+ 3 .8
+13.4
+ 6.1
* Less than one tenth of 1 percent.
Employment in the Executive Civil Service of the United States
May 1933
HERE was a decrease of 2,470 employees in the executive civil
service of the United States in May 1933, as compared with May
1932. Comparing May 1933 with April 1933, there was an increase
of 5,178.
These figures do not include the legislative, judicial, or Army and
Navy services. The information as shown in the table was compiled
by the various Federal departments and offices and sent to the United
States Civil Service Commission, where it was assembled. The data
were tabulated by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and published here
by courtesy of the Civil Service Commission, and in compliance with
the direction of Congress. No information has as yet been collected
relative to amounts of pay rolls. Information is presented for the
District of Columbia, for the Federal Government service outside of
the District of Columbia, and for the service as a whole. Approxi
mately 12 percent of the total number of Federal employees are
employed in the District of Columbia.
T
30
Comparing May 1933 with May 1932, there was a decrease of 2.7
percent in the number of permanent employees in the District of
Columbia. Temporary employees decreased 30.2 percent during this
period. There was a decrease of 2,815, or 4.1 percent, in the total
number of Government employees in the District of Columbia.
Comparing M ay 1933 with April 1933, there was an increase of 1.1
percent in the number of permanent employees and a decrease of 33.8
percent in the number of temporary employees in the District of
Columbia. Outside of the District of Columbia, the number of per
manent employees increased 1.0 percent, and the number of tempo
rary employees increased 3.5 percent.
E M P L O Y E E S IN T H E E X E C U T IV E C IV IL S E R V IC E OF T H E U N IT E D
1932 A N D A P R I L A N D M A Y 1933 i
STATES M A Y
District of Columbia
Outside the District
Entire service
Perma Tem po Total
rary 2
nent
Perma Tem po T otal
nent
rary 2
Perma T em po T otal
rary 2
nent
Item
N um ber of employees:
M a y 1932...........................
66,062
3,313 69,375
April 1933........................... 63,571
3,492 67,063
M a y 1933............................ 64,249
2,311 66,560
Gain or loss:
M a y 1932-May 1933 .
-1 ,8 1 3 -1 ,0 0 2 -2 ,8 1 5
April 1933-May 1933 .
+678 -1,181
-5 0 3
Percent of change:
-3 0 .2
M a y 1932-May 1933
- 4 .1
- 2 .7
April 1935-May 1933........
-3 3 .8
-.8
+ 1.1
Labor turnover M a y 1933:
274
A dditions. ........................
3 551
3 825
Separations........................
595
733 3 1,328
Turnover rate per 100-...........
9.44
0.86
1.23
477,727
467,573
472,057
29,274 507,001 543,789
34,092 501,665 531,144
35,289 507,346 536,306
32,587 576,376
37,584 568,728
37,600 573,90ft
-5 ,6 7 0 +6,015
+345 -7,483 +5,013 -2 ,4 7 0
+4,484 +1,197 +5,681 +5,162
+16 +5,178
-1 .2
+ 1 .0
+ 20.5
+ 3 .5
+ 0 .1
+ 1 .1
4 2,907 18,818 * 21,725
3,357 < 12,687 < 16,044
0.62
36.58
3.18
I1
- 1 .4
+ 1 .0
+15.4
+ (* )
-0 .4
+ 0 .9
6 3,458 19,092 « 22,550
3,952 « 13,420 * 17,372
3.04
0.65
35.70
1 Certain revisions have been made from time to time b y the Civil Service Commission in dropping cer
tain classes of employees, previously carried in the tabulation. 835 collaborators of the Department o f
Agriculture were dropped in June 1932. In this table in order to make the figures comparable for the m onths
shown, it was assumed the number of the employees was the same in 1932 as they were in the m onth they
were dropped (actual figures not being available from the Civil Service Commission), and the data for this
m onth ha\e been revised accordingly in this table.
2 N ot including the field service of the Post Office Department.
3 N ot including 722 employees transferred from a temporary status in the Crop Production Loan Office
of the Department of Agriculture to a permanent status in the Farm Credit Administration.
* N ot including 3,914 temporary employees, Regional Agricultural Credit Corporation and 1,020 tem
porary employees, Crop Production Loan Office transferred to a permanent status in the Farm Credit
Administration.
* Less than one tenth of one percent.
« See notes to details.
Employment on Class I Steam Railroads in the United States
ATA are not yet available concerning railroad employment for
M ay 1933. Reports of the Interstate Commerce Commission
for class I railroads show that the number of employees (exclusive of
executives and officials) increased from 907,472 on March 15, 1933,
to 913,215 on April 15, 1933, or 0.6 percent; the amount of pay roll
decreased from $105,371,091 in March, to $102,257,898 in April, or
3 percent.
The monthly trend of employment from January 1923 to April
1933 on class I railroads— that is, all roads having operating revenues
of $1,000,000 or over—is shown by index numbers published in the
following table. These index numbers are constructed from monthly
reports of the Interstate Commerce Commission, using the 12-month
average for 1926 as 100.
D
31
T a b le
1.—IN DEXES OF E M PL O Y M E N T ON CLASS I STEAM RAILROADS IN THE
U NITED STATES, JANUARY 1923 TO A P R IL 1933
[12-month average, 1926=100]
M onth
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
January..........................
February......................
M arch.............................
A p r il..............................
M a y _________________
June__________________
July .......................... —
August - ______ _____
September____________
October______________
N ovem ber........... ..........
D ecem ber.....................
98.3
98.6
100.5
102.0
105.0
107.1
108.2
109.4
107.8
107.3
105.2
99.4
96.6
97.0
97.4
98.9
99.2
98.0
98.1
99.0
99.7
100.8
99.0
96.0
95.6
95.4
95.2
96.6
97.8
98.6
99.4
99.7
99.9
100.7
99.1
97.1
95.8
96.0
96.7
98.9
100.2
101.6
102.9
102. 7
102.8
103.4
101.2
98.2
95.5
95.3
95.8
97.4
99.4
100.9
101.0
99.5
99.1
98.9
95.7
91.9
Average........ ....... 104.1
98.3
97.9
100.0
97.5
1929
1930
1931
1932
89.3
88.2
89.0
88.9
89.9
90.1
92.2
91.7
94.5
94.9
95.9
96.1
95.6
96.6
97.4
95.7
95.
96. 8
95.3 1 96.9
92.9
93.0
89.7
88.8
86.3
85.4
85.5
87.0
88.6
86.5
84.7
83.7
82.2
80.4
77.0
74.9
73.7
72.7
72.9
73.5
73.9
72.8
72.4
71.2
69.3
67.7
64.5
62.6
61.2
60.3
60.5
60.0
59.7
57.8
56.4
55.0
55.8
57.0
55.9
54.8
53.0
52.7
51.5
51.8
92.9
83.5
70.6
57.9
152.3
93.3
1933
i Average for 4 months.
Wage-Rate Changes in American Industries
Manufacturing Industries
I N THE following table is presented information concerning wagerate adjustments occurring between April 15 and May 15, 1933,
as shown by reports received from manufacturing establishments
supplying employment data to this Bureau. Of the 17,923 manu
facturing establishments included in the May survey 17,746 estab
lishments, or 99 percent of the total, reported no change in wage
rates over the month interval. The 2,609,746 employees not affected
by changes in wage rates constituted 99.1 percent of the total num
ber of employees covered by the May trend of employment survey of
manufacturing industries.
Increases in wage rates wrere reported by 48 manufacturing estab
lishments in 27 industries during the period April 15 to M ay 15.
This is the largest number of establishments reporting wage-rate
increases to the Bureau since January 1930. The increases in wage
rates reported in May represent in practically all instances a partial
restoration of former wage scales. These increases averaged 9.9
percent and affected 7,897 employees, or 0.3 percent of all employees
in the establishments reporting.
Decreases in wage rates w^ere reported by 129 establishments in 43
of the 89 industries surveyed. This is the smallest number of estab
lishments reporting wage-rate decreases since December 1930 and
represents only 0.7 percent of the total number of establishments
covered. These decreases averaged 12 percent and affected 14,692
employees or 0.6 percent of all the employees in the establishments
surveyed.
32
T able
1.
—WAGE-RATE CHANGES IN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES DURING
MONTH ENDING MAY 15,1933
Industry
Estab
lish
ments
report
ing
Total
number
of em
ployees
Num ber of establish
ments reporting—
No
Wage Wage N o wage Wage Wage
wage increas decreas changes increas decreas
es
changes
es
es
es
All manufacturing industries......... 17,923 2,632,335
Percent of total____________ 100.0
100.0
F ood and kindred products:
Baking______________________
Beverages___________________
Butter........ ........................... .
_______________
Flour................. .........................
C*‘ftam „ , . „ ___
Slaughtering and meat pack
ing________________________
Sugar, h«fit___
Sugar refining, cane_________
Textiles and their'products:
Fabrics:
Carpets f*nd rngs_
Cotton goods____________
Cotton small wares______
Dyeing and finishing texHats, fur-felt____________
TTnit goods ______
Silk and rayon goods........
W oolen
and worsted
goods__________________
Wearing apparel:
Clothing, m en’s_________
Clothing, wom en’s______
Corsets and allied gar
ments_________________
M en’s furnishings_______
M illinery________________
Shirts and collars________
Iron and steel and their products,
not including machinery:
Bolts, nuts, washers and
rivets_______- ________ - ___Cast-iron pipe...........................
Cutlery (not including silver
and plated cutlery) and
edge tools_________________
Forgings, iron and steel______
Hardware_______ ____________
Iron and steel_______________
Plumbers’ supplies__________
Steam and hot-water heating
apparatus and steam fit
tings______________ .**______
Stoves______ _______________
Structural and ornamental
metalwork________________
T in
and other tinware___
Tools (not including edge
tools, machine tools, files,
and saws)_____ - ____- _____
W ire work___________________
M achinery, not including trans
portation equipment:
Agricultural implements____
Cash registers, adding ma
chines
and
calculating
machines__________________
Electrical machinery, ap
paratus and supplies___ __
Engines, turbines, tractors,
and waterwheels. _________
Foundry and machine-shop
products__________________
M achine tools..
„ .. ,
Radios and phonographs __
Textile machinery and parts.
Typewriters and supplies___
Number of employees
having—
1,000
62,966
346
19,702
292
5,318
Confectionery
314
32,552
425
16,005
342
10,772
129 2,609,746
.7
99.1
7,897
.3
14,692
.6
62,793
19,646
5,295
31,356
15,960
10,648
6
56
20
1,190
45
167
230
235
1
89,819
3,941
7,561
4
1
3
2
12,655
241,832
9,137
1
2
1
17,746
99.0
48
.3
991
343
289
312
423
335
1
3
2
1
2
8
1
3
1
1
7
248
58
13
90,284
3.941
8,037
244
58
12
31
669
113
12,839
244,937
9,360
30
662
111
151
33
446
238
34,641
5,254
104,751
44,704
150
33
443
236
1
1
239
54,150
237
2
374
454
56,102
28,065
374
452
33
72
125
116
5,690
7,353
9,291
14,947
33
72
125
116
5,690
7,353
9,291
14,947
68
32
8,535
4,801
68
32
8,535
4,801
130
63
105
200
70
8,370
5,162
20,163
180,829
7,512
130
03
103
200
68
96
154
13,726
15,971
95
153
1
1
188
61
12,300
8,519
183
61
1
123
68
6,404
5,597
121
68
74
6,281
74
39
2
2
2
3
6
124
476
2,304
184
801
223
34,631
5,254
104,525
44,296
121
160
105
248
53,833
317
10
56,102
28,001
64
8,370
5,162
19,301
180,829
7,377
862
135
13,659
15,963
67
8
4
12,119
8,519
126
2
6,376
5,597
55
28
6,281
12,862
12,862
39
289
97,195
285
4
96,985
90
14,531
88
2
14,453
78
1,054
143
44
50
16
93.941
9,585
21,076
6,649
8,099
1,047
141
43
45
16
7
2
1
1
93,397
9,550
21,048
6,526
8,099
544
35
28
102
4
210
21
33
T a b le
1 .—
WAGE-RATE CHANGES IN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES DURING
MONTH ENDING MAY 15,1933—Continued
Industry
Nonferrous metals and their
parts:
Aluminum manufactures-----Brass, bronze, and copper
products.................................
Clocks and watches and timerecording devices..................
Jewelry
Lighting equipment................
Silverware and plated ware..
Smelting and refining—cop
per, lead, and zinc.............. .
Stamped and enameled ware.
Transportat*
Aircraft.
Automobiles.
Cars, electric and steam rail
road.........................................
Locomotives............................ .
Shipbuilding.............................
Railroad repair shops:
Electric railroad......... ............ .
Steam railroad..........................
Lumber and allied products:
Furniture................................. .
Lumber, millwork...................
Lumber, sawmills....................
Turpentine and rosin............ .
Stone, clay, and glass products:
Brick, tile, and terra cotta___
Cement..................................... .
Glass......................................... .
Marble, granite, slate, and
other products..................... .
Pottery..................................... .
Leather and its manufactures:
Boots and shoes...................... .
Leather..................................... .
Paper and printing:
Boxes, paper...
Paper and pulp.
Printing and publishing:
Book and job.....................
Newspapers and period
icals..................................
Chemicals and allied products:
Chemicals............................. 1~.
Cottonseed, oil, cake and
meal.......................... ............ .
Druggists’ preparations.........
Explosives.................................
Fertilizers.................................
Paints and varnishes............. .
Petroleum refining................. .
Rayon and allied products...
Soap.......................................... .
Rubber products:
Rubber boots and shoes.........
Rubber goods, other than
boots, shoes, tires, and
inner tubes........................... .
Rubber tires and inner tubes.
Tobacco manufactures:
Chewing
and
smoking
tobacco and snuff.................
Cigars and cigarettes............. .
Estab
lish
ments
report
ing
Total
number
of em
ployees
Number of establish
ments reporting—
Number of employees
having—
No
Wage Wage
vag< increaschanges
Wage Wage
No wage increaschanges
26
4,990
26
206
28,039
206
27
141
51
51
6,541
6,929
2,557
7,101
27
141
51
50
6,541
6,929
2,557
7,072
40
9,314
12,510
40
87
9,314
12,472
38
29
237
7,897
177,802
235
7,740
177,775
157
23
11
4,658
1,383
21,677
11
92
4,658
1,383
21,624
391
546
20,‘022
71,920
379
546
19,253
71,920
769
441
455
604
25
41,106
16,999
56,433
1,287
438
450
600
24
40,629
16,882
56,297
1,265
477
100
96
22
651
123
187
16,093
13,151
37,612
641
121
185
15,772
12,831
37,602
217
116
4,148
14,403
212
116
3,956
14,403
159
152
95,488
24.255
147
94,527
22,785
878
1,470
313
400
19,879
77,486
311
392
19,784
75,977
72
728
42,421
723
41,836
442
64,885
430
112
20.255
112
20,255
108
42
30
198
345
131
23
94
2,549
6,050
3,281
9,134
15,298
50,984
28,762
14,373
107
42
30
197
345
131
21
94
2,497
6,050
3,281
9,059
15,298
50,984
25,691
14,373
4,990
4
53
321
320
10
95
1,437
585
1,151
8,095
8,095
100
42
18,512
44,723
18,212
44,465
209
9,966
41,598
208
29
9,966
40,650
52
75
3,071
300,
258
948
34
Nonmanufacturing Industries
D ata concerning wage-rate changes occurring between April 15
and M ay 15, 1933, in 15 groups of nonmanufacturing industries are
presented in the following table.
No change in wage rates were reported in the anthracite mining
and canning a,nd preserving industries. Increases were reported in
9 of the remaining 13 industries and decreases were reported in 12
industries over the month interval. The average percents of increase
reported were as follows: Dyeing and cleaning, 15 percent; metallif
erous mining, 12.8 percent; retail trade, 12.1 percent; banksbroker&ge-insurance-real estate, 11.1 percent; quarrying and nonmetallic mining, 8.6 percent; hotels, 7.5 percent; bituminous coal
mining, 5 percent; wholesale trade, 4.9 percent; and electric-railroad
and motor-bus operation, 2.5 percent. The average percents of de
crease reported were as follows: Metalliferous mining, 15 percent;
bituminous coal mining, 14.6 percent; hotels, 13.6 percent; tele
phone and telegraph, 11.3 percent; wholesale trade, 10.3 percent;
crude petroleum producing and power and light, 10 percent each;
quarrying and nonmetallic mining, 9.5 percent; retail trade, 9.2 per
cent; laundries, 8.3 percent; banks-brokerage-insurance-real estate,
8.1 percent; and electric-railroad and motor-bus operation, 7 percent.
T ab le 2
'W AG E -R A TE CH AN GES IN N O N M A N U F A C T U R IN G IN D U STR IES D U R IN G
M O N T H E N D IN G M A Y 15, 1933
Number of establish
ments reporting—
Estab
lish
ments
report
ing
Total
number
of em
ployees
160
100.0
1,438
100.0
263
100.0
59,031
100.0
178,840
100.0
19,655
100.0
160
100.0
1,419
98.7
261
99.2
987
100.0
259
100.0
7.634
100.0
3,069
100.0
27,048
100.0
23,129
100.0
250.717
100.0
198,626
100.0
583
100.0
2,949
100.0
17,363
100.0
2.635
100.0
826
100.0
Percent o f total
Laundries.................
944
100.0
Percent of total.
327
Dyeing and cleaning.
Percent of total....................... .
100.0
Banks, brokerage, insurance, and
real estate......................................
3,380
100.0
Percent of to ta l......................
Industrial group
Anthracite mining..........................
Percent of total........................
Bitu ninous coal mining................
Percent of total........................
Metalliferous mining......................
Percent of total....................... .
Quarrying and nonmetallic min
ing..................................................
Percent of total....................... .
Crude petroleum producing.........
Percent of to ta l......................
Telephone and telegraph............. .
Percent of to ta l......................
Power and light............................. .
Percent of total.........................
Electric-railroad and motor-bus
operation and maintenance.......
Percent of total.
Wholesale trade___
Percent of total.
Retail trade.............
Percent of total.
Hotels.......................
Percent of total.
No
wage
changes
de-
No
wage
changes
1
0.1
1
0.4
18
1.3
1
0.4
59,031
100.0
178,220
99.7
18,911
96.2
975
98.8
253
97.7
7,618
99.8
2,996
97.6
3
0.3
9
0.9
6
2.3
16
0.2
73
2.4
26,628
98.4
23,024
99.5
249,744
99.6
183,334
92.3
133,239
100.0
74,834
100.0
353,987
100.0
128,653
100.0
38,790
100.0
52,874
100.0
10,585
100.0
564
96.7
2,922
99.1
17,181
99.0
2,621
99.5
826
100.0
940
99.6
326
99.7
1
0.2
14
0.5
2
0)
1
0)
18
3.1
13
0.4
180
1.0
13
0.5
130,018
100.0
3,347
99.0
11
0.3
i Less than one tenth of 1 percent.
in-
Number of employees
having—
o
4
0.4
1
0.3
22
0.7
Wage
in-
de-
8
0)
255
1.3
612
0.3
489
2.5
0.3
1.2
105
0.5
973
0.4
15,292
7.7
126,935
95.3
73,573
98.3
353,300
99.8
128,062
99.5
38,790
100.0
52,775
99.8
10,481
99.0
815
0.6
867
1.2
21
5,489
4.1
394
0.5
666
0.2
302
0.2
127,749
402
0.3
0.2
99
0.2
104
1.0
1,867
1.4
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