Full text of Employment and Payrolls : May 1934
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Serial No. R. 125
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
FRANCES PERKINS, Secretary
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
ISADOR LUBIN, Commissioner
TREND OF EMPLOYMENT
MAY 1934
By Industries:
pa*e
Manufacturing Industries......................................... 1-12
Nonmanufacturing Industries.................................... 13-16
Anthracite and Bituminous Coal Mining
Metalliferous Mining
Quarrying and Nonmetallic Mining
Crude-Petroleum Producing
Public Utilities:
Telephone and Telegraph
Power and Light and Manufactured Gas
Electric Railroads
Wholesale and Retail Trade
Hotels
Laundries
Dyeing and Cleaning
Banks, Brokerage, Insurance, and Real Estate
Building C on stru ctio n ............................................. 17-19
Federal S ervice.......................................................... 28-31
Class I Steam Railroads.............................................31
Public Works P r o je c t s ............................................. 36-43
Public R oads............................................................... 43-44
Construction Projects Financed by the R.F.C. . . . 44-46
By States. * ................................................................... 20-27
By C ities............................................................................ 28
Average Hours and Average Hourly Earnings . . . .
6-7
Wage Changes................................................................... 32-35
Prepared by Division of Employment Statistics
L E W IS E . T A L B E R T , C hief
UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
W ASH INGTON : 1934
TREND OF EMPLOYMENT
May 1934
HE Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department
of Labor presents herewith data compiled from pay-roll reports
supplied by representative establishments in 90 of the principal
manufacturing industries of the country and 15 nonmanufacturing
industries, covering the pay period ending nearest the 15th of the
month. Additional information is presented concerning employ
ment on Public Works projects, public roads, the Federal service,
and class I steam railroads.
T
Manufacturing Industries
ACTO RY employment showed a gain of 0.1 percent from April
to May, while pay rolls fell off 0.3 percent. The gain in em
ployment, although small, is particularly significant in that it is the
fourth consecutive monthly gain and is contrary to the trend shown
in May in 10 of the preceding 15 years for which data are available.
An April-May comparison of pay rolls in each of the preceding 15
years shows gains in eight instances and decreases in seven.
The general index of factory employment in May (82.4) is the
highest point reached since November 1930 and the pay-roll index
(67.1), while slightly lower than the April index, stands above the
level of the pay-roll indexes recorded in any other month since June
1931.
A comparison of the May 1934 indexes with those of May 1933
shows gains of 31.6 percent in employment and 57.1 percent in
pay rolls. A similar comparison with the March 1933 indexes shows
gains in May 1934 of 40.1 percent in employment and 80.9 percent
in pay rolls.
The Bureau recently revised its indexes of factory employment
and pay rolls. The base now used in computing these index num
bers is the average for the 3-year period, 1923-25, taken as 100.
This new series of indexes has been adjusted to conform to census
trends over the period 1919-31. Prior to March 1934, the indexes
of factory employment and pay rolls published by the Bureau of
Labor Statistics w^ere based on the 12-month average of 1926 and
were not adjusted to conform to biennial census trends. A short
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discussion of this revision appeared in the March 1934 Trend of
Employment and a more complete bulletin on this subject is being
prepared for publication. The May 1934 group and general indexes
of factory employment and pay rolls on the 1926 base are shown
in this pamphlet under the heading “ Index numbers of employment
and pay-roll totals in manufacturing industries.”
The indexes of factory employment and pay rolls are computed
from returns supplied by representative establishments in 90 im
portant manufacturing industries of the country. Reports were
received in May from 22,705 establishments employing 3,810,136
workers, whose weekly earnings were $75,500,000 during the pay
period ending nearest May 15. The employment reports received
from these cooperating establishments cover more than 50 percent
of the total wage earners in all manufacturing industries of the
country.
Increases in employment in May were shown in 48 of the 90
industries surveyed, while gains in pay rolls were registered in 52
industries. The most pronounced percentage gain in employment
was a seasonal rise of 22.7 percent in the ice-cream industry. The
cement industry showed an increase of 20 percent, beet sugar had a
seasonal gain of 17.5 percent, locomotives showed a rise of 15.5
percent, car-building employment gained 10.3 percent, brick 8.7
percent, and beverages 8 percent. Increases ranging from 5 per
cent to 7.2 percent were registered in stoves, sawmills, blast furnaces,
steel works, rolling mills, and marble. In 17 of the 37 remaining
industries in which increased employment was reported the gains
ranged from 2 percent to 4.6 percent. Industries of major im
portance included in this group were slaughtering, structural and
ornamental metal work, steam and hot-water heating apparatus and
steam fittings, steam-railroad repair shops, foundry and machineshop products, electrical machinery, apparatus, and supplies, millwork, and book and job printing.
The most pronounced decline in employment from April to May
was a seasonal falling off of 38.4 percent in the fertilizer industry.
The decrease of 23.2 percent in the typewriter industry was caused
partially by a strike, while the drop of 19.7 percent in cottonseed—
oil, cake, and meal—was seasonal. The rayon industry showed a
shrinkage in employment of 16.1 percent, rubber boots and shoes 13.9
percent, men’s furnishings 7.9 percent, men’s clothing 7.3 percent,
and silk 7.1 percent. The decrease in the latter industry was due
to a curtailment-of-operations order by the silk code authority for
the week, May 14-21. The full effect of this order is not shown by
the Bureau’s figures, as some firms reported data for pay periods
ending in or immediately preceding the week involved. Six indus
tries (cotton small wares, millinery, aircraft, cigars and cigarettes,
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canning and preserving, and aluminum) reported losses in employ
ment ranging from 5 percent to 6.5 percent. In the remaining 28
industries in which decreased employment was reported, the decreases
of major importance were women’s clothing (4.3 percent), cotton
goods (1.9 percent), confectionery (4.2 percent), leather boots and
shoes (1 percent), leather (1.2 percent), hardware (3.8 percent),
and agricultural implements (4.8 percent).
A comparison of employment and pay rolls for individual industries
in May 1934 with employment and pay rolls respectively in May
1933 shows more workers in 87 of the 90 manufacturing industries
in May of this year than in May of 1933, and larger pay rolls in 89
industries. Five industries (locomotives, agricultural implements,
machine tools, automobiles, and cars, electric- and steam-railroad)
show gains of more than 100 percent over the year interval, while
15 industries show gains in employment ranging from 50.1 percent
to 85.7 percent.
Dividing the manufacturing industries into “ durable” and “ non
durable” goods groups, the former group shows a gain of 2.3 percent
in employment over the month interval, while the latter shows a
decrease of 1.6 percent. Each of the subgroups which comprise the
“ durable” goods group ( i r o n a n d s t e e l , m a c h i n e r y , t r a n s p o r t a
t io n
E Q U IP M E N T ,
R A IL R O A D
R E P A IR
S H O P S,
NONFERROUS
M ETALS,
L U M B E R A N D A L L IE D P R O D U C T S , a n d S T O N E -C L A Y -G L A S S ) s h o w e d g a i n s
in employment from April to May. These gains are attributable to
some extent to contracts placed for materials through Public Works
funds and to increased activity in industries connected with building
construction. In the nondurable goods groups of manufacturing
industries, only two groups (food and paper and printing) reported
increased employment in May.
Per capita weekly earnings for all manufacturing industries com
bined decreased 0.1 percent from April to May, and increased 19.8
percent from May 1933 to May 1934. Gains from April to May
w'erc shown in 51 of the 90 individual manufacturing industries sur
veyed and ranged from 0.2 percent to 12.7 percent.
The per capita earnings shown in the following table must not be
confused with full-time weekly rates of wages. They are per capita
weekly earnings, computed by dividing the total amount of pay roll
for the week by the total number of employees (part-time as well as
full-time workers).
Man-hour data supplied by identical establishments in April and
May 1934 showed a decrease for all manufacturing combined of 1.4
percent in average hours worked per week over the month interval
and an increase in average hourly earnings of 0.9 percent. Thirtyfour of the industries covered showed increases in average hours
worked and 64 reported increased hourly earnings. As all reporting
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establishments do not furnish man-hoar information, the Bureau’s
figures on average hours worked per week and average hourly earn
ings are necessarily computed from data furnished by a smaller num
ber of establishments than are covered in the monthly survey of
manufacturing industries. Average hours worked per week and
average hourly earnings are presented for only those manufacturing
industries in which information covering at least 20 percent of the
total employees in the industry are available.
In table 1, which follows, are shown indexes of employment and
pay rolls in May 1934 for each of the 90 manufacturing industries
surveyed, for the 14 major groups and 2 subgroups into which these
industries are classified, and for manufacturing as a wThole, together
with percentages of change from April 1934 and May 1933. Per
capita weekly earnings in May 1934, together with percentages of
change from the previous month and from May of the previous year
for each of the 90 manufacturing industries and for manufacturing
as a whole, are also presented in this table. Average hours worked
per week in May 1934 and average hourly earnings, together with
percentages of change from April 1934 and May 1933, are likewise
presented for manufacturing as a whole and for those industries in
which man-hour data covering at least 20 percent of the total em
ployees in the industry were received.
T able 1. —E M P L O Y M E N T , W E E K L Y P A Y R O LLS, P E R C A P IT A W E E K L Y E A R N IN G S , A V E R A G E HOURS W O R K E D P E R W E E K , A N D A V E R A G E
H O U R L Y E A R N IN G S IN M ANUFACTURING IN D U S T R IE S IN M A Y 1934 A N D C O M P A R IS O N W IT H A P R IL 1934 A N D M A Y 1933
Employment
Industry
A ll I n d u s t r ie s __________________________
Iron and steel and their products, not in
cluding machinery________________ _______
Blast furnaces, steel works, and rolling mills. _
Bolts, nuts, washers, and rivets______________
Cast-iron pipe__________________________ ___
Cutlery (not including silver and plated cut
lery), and edge tools_______________________
Forgings, iron and steel.--------- ---------------------Hardware--------------------------------------------- ------Plumbers’ supplies________________ ______
Steam and hot-water heating apparatus and
steam fittings_____________________________
Stoves--------------------- ------- -----------------------------Structural and ornamental metal work---------Tin cans and other tinware__________________
Tools (not including edge tools, machine tools,
files, and saws)____________________________
W irework________________ ____ _____________
Machinery, not including transportation
equipment. _ _____________________________
Agricultural implements_____ _______________
Cash registers, adding machines, and calculat
ing machines________________ ____ ________
Electrical machinery, apparatus, and sup
plies__________________________ ___________
Engines, turbines, tractors, and water wheels_
Foundry and machine-shop products________
Machine tools----------------------------------------------Radios and phonographs-------------------------------Textile machinery and parts-------------------------Typewriters and parts........................ .................
Transportation equipment___________________
A ircraft------------------------ --------------------------------Automobiles__________________________ ____ _
F o o tn o te a t e n d o f ta b le .
Index
Percentage
M ay
change
1934
from—
(3-year
average
M ay
1923-25 April
1934
1933
= 100)
Per capita weekly
earnings 1
Pay roll
Index
Percentage
M ay
change
1934
from—
(3-year
average
M ay
1923-25 April
1934
1933
= 100)
Aver
age in
May
1934
Percentage
change
from—
April
1934
M ay
1933
Average hours worked Average hourly earnings1
per week 1
Aver
age in
M ay
1934
Percentage
change
from—
April
1934
M ay
1933
Aver
age in
M ay
1934
Percentage
change
from—
April
1934
M ay
1933
82.4
+ 0.1
+31.6
67.1
- 0 .3
+57.1
$19.81
- 0 .1
+19.8
35.4
- 1 .4
-1 0 .1
Cents
55.1
+ 0 .9
+30.2
75.2
76.8
87.1
51.1
+3 .6
+ 5 .3
+ 3 .9
-.8
+47.5
+54.2
+41.6
54.8
61.3
66.1
68.1
29.9
+ 7 .9
+11.3
+ 5.3
+ 6 .8
+105.7
+137. 8
+102.1
+84.6
23.60
19.89
15.57
+ 5.7
+ 1.4
+7.7
+54.5
+42.7
+19.6
36.6
36.9
31.6
+ 3.4
+ .5
+ 6 .8
+11.0
+11.3
+6.1
64.7
54.6
49.8
+ 1 .4
+. 9
+ 2.0
+41.0
+27.5
+17.9
81.3
60.7
82.0
54.1
-.7
+ 2 .5
- 3 .8
- 1 .1
+40.9
+75.4
+60.2
- 4 .8
59.3
45.7
61.8
30.4
1
- 2 .8
-1 2 .1
+ .5
-.
+61.1
+126.2
+96.8
- 9 .5
19.66
21.71
17.78
16.81
+ .5
- 5 .2
- 8 .6
+ 1.7
+14.2
+29.2
+22.5
- 4 .2
37.0
36.0
32.5
32.7
- 2 .1
- 5 .8
-1 0 .5
+ 1 .6
- 2 .2
+13.6
t 5.5
- 2 1 .7
53.0
60.9
54.5
50.6
+ 2.9
+ 1.3
+ .7
-.4
+15.4
+22.1
+25.1
+18.5
47.7
95.5
58.5
91.2
+ 4.1
+ 5 .0
+ 4 .5
+ 3 .4
+ 4 .6
+68.7
+44.1
+25.1
30.6
68.5
41.5
86.9
+ 8.1
+7.3
+10.3
+ 3 .2
+27.5
+91.3
+92.1
+29.7
20.88
19.79
19.80
19.60
+ 3.9
+2.1
+ 5.5
-.2
+21.6
+13.5
+33.6
+ 3.4
34.8
36.8
34.7
37.1
+ .9
+ 1.9
+ 5.2
+ 1.1
- 7 .7
- 4 .4
+4.1
- 1 6 .7
60.0
53.7
56.9
52.4
+ 2 .7
+ 1.9
+ 1 .2
-.9
+24.2
+18.3
+24.8
+16. 3
61.8
134.8
-2 .0
+ 2 .6
+50.7
+50.3
54.0
123.1
+2.1
+ 11.3
+108. 5
+84.8
19.96
21.21
+ 4.2
+ 8.4
+38.8
+22.8
37.6
38.0
+ 1 .6
+ 7 .0
+10.5
+ 2.3
52.4
57.1
+ 2.3
+ .5
+28.8
+38.2
81.3
83.0
+ 1 .2
- 4 .8
+62.3
+134.5
62.2
87.2
+ 2.8
- 6 .8
+103. 3
+211. 4
20.05
- 2 .1
+32. 5
36.1
- 4 .7
+11.8
55.5
+ 2 .6
+21.2
103.9
+ 1 .8
+48.6
82.3
+ 7 .3
+68.6
25.82
+ 5.4
+13.2
39.0
+ 2.1
-.6
67.1
+ 3.7
+14.5
65.4
68.9
73.6
71.9
201.2
75.9
78.8
19.4
371.3
114.4
+ 2 .6
-.7
+ 2 .9
+ 1.5
+. 5
+ 1 .2
-2 3 .2
+ .3
- 6 .2
-.4
+43.7
+85.7
+62.8
+129.7
+69.1
+62.2
+49.5
+103.7
+17.2
+112. 2
49.9
45.2
56.8
59.3
112.4
62.9
62.3
88.0
314.9
100.4
+ 4 .4
+ .9
+ 4.5
+ 2.9
+ 3 .2
+ 3 .2
-2 5 .9
- 4 .6
- 5 .1
- 6 .5
+70.9
+118.4
+115.2
+218.8
+58.3
+100.3
+108.4
+127.4
+8.4
+134.0
21.15
23.05
21.36
24.05
17.98
21.31
19.88
+ 1.7
+1.7
+ 1.6
+ 1.4
+ 2.8
+1.9
- 3 .5
+18.7
+17.5
+32.8
+39.9
- 6 .2
4-22.8
+39.1
34.2
37.7
36.5
39.9
32.9
36.5
36.0
+ .3
+ .5
-.3
-.5
- 4 .4
- 1 .4
- 7 .7
+ 2.9
+ 5 .5
+14.2
+24.3
-2 5 .5
+11.0
+ 6.6
60.2
61.1
58.8
60.4
52.9
59.4
55.1
+ 1 .3
+ 1 .0
+2.1
+ 2.2
+ 2.5
+ 1 .5
+ 4.8
+13.4
+11.4
+20.0
+14.6
+40.7
+17.0
+27.5
24.59
24.66
+1.2
- 6 .1
-7 .4
+10.3
39.9
34.9
+ 3.1
- 7 .9
-2 1 .2
-1 5 .1
62.5
70.6
- 1 .6
+ 1 .7
+ 7 .5
+29.3
T
able
1 .- —E M P L O Y M E N T , W E E K L Y P A Y B O L L S , P E R C A P IT A W E E K L Y E A R N IN G S, 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 , A N D A V E R A G E
H O U R 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 1934 A N D C O M P A R IS O N W IT H A P R I L 1934 A N D M A Y 1933—Continued
Industry
Transportation equipm ent—C ontinued.
Cars, electric- and steam-railroad____ _______
Locomotives______ __________________________
Shipbuilding.. . . _______ ____ ________ ______
Railroad repair sh o p s. .
„
Electric railroad_____________________________
Steam railroad__________________ ______ _____
Nonferrous metals and their products_______
Aluminum manufactures_____ _______ ______
Brass, bronze, and copper products...................
Clocks and watches and time-recording de
vices________ ________________ ________
Jewelry__________ ____________________ _____ _
Lighting equipment______ ____ _______ _____
Silverware and plated w are._________________
Smelting and refining—copper, lead, and zinc.
Stamped and enameled ware________________
Lumber and allied products__________________
Furniture......... ............ ............ ..............................
Lumber:
Millwork_________ ______________________
Sawmills_________________ ________ _____
Turpentine and r o s in __________________ __ .
Stone, clay, and glass products_______________
Brick, tile, and terra cotta............................... .
Cement____________ _______ _______ ________
Glass.......................................................................
Marble, granite, slate, and other products___
Pottery........................................................... .......
Textiles and their products____________ ______
Fabrics........... .......................... ............ ............. .
Carpets and rugs________________________
Cotton goods____________________________
Cotton small wares_______________ ____
Dyeing and finishing textiles____________
Hats, fur-felt__ _____ _________ ________
Knit goods____________ _____ _______ _
Index
Percentage
M ay
change
1934
from—
(3-year
average
1923-25 April
M ay
1934
=100)
1933
Per capita weekly
earnings1
Pay roll
Employment
Index
Percentage
M ay
change
1934
from—
(3-year
average
M ay
1923-25 April
1934
=100)
1933
Aver
age in
M ay
1934
Percentage
change
from—
April
1934
M ay
1933
Average hours worked Average hourly earnings1
per w e e k 1
Aver
age in
M ay
1934
Percentage
change
from—
April
1934
M ay
1933
Aver
age in
M ay
1934
Percentage
change
from—
April
1934
M ay
1933
48.5
29.2
73.1
59.6
66.7
59.1
77.8
78.1
81.2
+10.3
+15.5
+ 1 .9
+ 3 .1
+. 5
+ 3.3
+ 1 .3
- 5 .0
+ 2 .7
+112.7
+167.9
+53.9
+19.9
+. 8
+21.9
+43.8
+22.0
+47.1
47.3
12.7
60.0
53.8
59.4
53.5
60.6
63.5
62.1
+ 9 .9
+16.5
+11.4
+ 1 .5
+ .4
+ 1 .6
+ 2.9
- 5 .2
+ 3.9
+164.2
+217.5
+84.6
+38.3
+ 7.0
+41.9
+71.7
+41.1
+73.9
$20.48
21.30
24.07
- 0 .3
+. 9
+ 9.3
+24.0
+17.9
+20.4
35.6
35.2
32.2
+ 0 .6
-.3
+ 2 .2
+20.8
- 9 .1
- 4 .3
Cents
58.0
60.6
73.6
- 0 .7
+ 1 .3
+ 6 .1
+ 5. £
+16. 3
+25.9
26.70
25.13
-.1
- 1 .7
+ 6 .4
+16.4
45.1
40.5
-.7
- 1 .5
+ 1 .0
+13.1
58.8
61.7
+ 1 .4
0)
+ 6.4
+ 1 .-
19.51
21.22
- .1
+1.1
+16.0
+18.6
37.3
37.7
+ 1 .6
+ .5
- 7 .4
-.3
52.0
56.2
+ 1 .0
+ .9
+27.2
+21. 3
72.1
65.9
65.6
71.1
65.3
95.6
51.0
61.3
+ 2 .5
-.8
+ .2
- 2 .2
+ 3 .9
+ 1. 7
+ 3 .2
+ .7
+66.5
+33.7
+48.1
+37.3
+55.8
+36.6
+34.6
+14.4
58.7
49.0
52.7
52.0
42.0
83.6
34.6
40.5
+ 4 .6
-1 .2
+ .7
+ 1 .7
+ 8 .6
+ 3 .4
+ 3.9
+ .5
+153.0
+45.8
+60.2
+62.0
+74.3
+79.4
+67.1
+40.6
18.41
18.08
18.72
20.24
20.81
18.34
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+ 3.9
+ 4.4
+ 1.7
+51.4
+ 9 .2
+ 8 .2
+17.9
+12.3
+31.4
39.2
34.8
36.6
36.8
37.7
'36.7
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-.5
-.5
- 1 .8
-.8
+14.2
+ 1 .2
-1 .8
-2 .7
- 9 .2
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47.0
50.7
52.3
55.9
55.0
50.2
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+20.1
+12.6
+ 8 .4
+28.9
+22.8
+22.8
40.4
36.1
102.4
57.7
33.1
57.6
95.1
34.6
74.9
96.1
94.9
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101.4
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113.0
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+ 5 .2
+ 1 .2
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+52.3
+42.4
+39.7
+35.7
+42.2
+47.2
+21.8
+36.9
+16.8
+21.2
+38.8
+30.2
+22.2
+26.7
+15.6
+16.5
25.3
24.2
51.4
39.5
18.1
35.8
75.8
24.9
50.2
74.1
74.9
53.3
79.5
70.8
87.8
79.2
106.4
15.39
+45.4
15.04
+ 3 .0
+ 7 .5 +110.4
14.98
-4 .2
+64. 7
12.46
+ 1 .8
+61.2
+10.8
+84.7
14.29
+17.1
+68.1
18.92
+52.8
18.67
-6 .2
+15.9
+50.9
22.38
+71.3
+ .3
17.09
- 7 .1
+42.5
+43.8
—5.5
+63.5
-2 .5
18.26
+61.6
- 7 .5
12.63
-1 0 .0
+32.3 ‘ 15.69
- 7 .3
+26.0
17.56
+12.0 - +49.4
20.58
+47.4
- 2 ,3
15.75
-.3
+22.4
33.6
- 1 .8
- 7 .2
45.7
+ 1 .6
+32.2
+ 5
+ 2.1
—5.4
+15.3
+37.7
+ 16.0
33.9
34.3
-.6
+ 1 .8
-1 2 .1
-1 2 .2
44.1
44.0
+ 1 .4
+ .7
+31.4
+55.8
+ 1.9
- 2 .4
- 5 .5
+ 8.1
- 1 .1
+35.1
+18.3
+ 3 .8
+23.0
+ 24.8
31.7
33.2
33.8
32.8
34.7
-1 .2
-3 .5
-2 .6
+ 4 .8
-1 .7
- 3 .3
-1 3 .0
- 9 .3
+ 8 .7
+ 2 .9
43.6
56.8
55.8
67.6
49.3
+ 2 .6
+ 2 .2
-2 .3
+ 3 .4
-.4
+35.7
+39.0
+18.6
+28.6
+23.1
+ .7
- 5 .6
- 3 .7
- 4 .5
+12.7
- 1 .7
+17.6
+23.7
+ 8 .0
-.3
+28.8
+26.5
32.7
31.5
34.3
33.1
31.0
34.7
- 1 .5
-6 .0
- 4 .2
- 3 .5
+19.2
- 2 .0
-1 7 .2
-2 9 .6
-1 6 .9
-2 9 .9
+ 8 .9
-1 6 .2
55.4
39.6
46.1
52.8
68.9
45.3
+ 1 .7
+ .3
+ .2
(2)
+ 1 .8
-.2
+37.5
+73.7
+37.1
+42.8
+39.1
+50.4
7 0 2 6 2 -3 4 -
Silk and rayon goods..................................
Woolen and worsted goods_______ _____
Wearing apparel___________________________
Clothing, men’s ______________ ____ ____
Clothing, women’s_____________________
Corsets and allied garments____________
M en’s furnishings_________________ ____
Millinery----------------------------------------------Shirts and collars_________________ _____
L ea th er a n d its m a n u fa c t u r e s ______________
!
Boots and shoes._____ _____________________
Leather ________ ___________ _______________
I F o o d a n d k in d red p r o d u c ts _________________
Baking____________________________________
Beverages__________________________________
Butter_____________________________________
Canning and preserving____________________
Confectionery---------------------------------------------Flour______________________________________
Ice cream................................ ................. ............
Slaughtering and meat packing-------------------Sugar beet------ ------- ------------------------------------Sugar refining, cane............................................
T o b a c c o m a n u fa c t u r e s .......................... ............
Chewing and smoking tobacco and snuff___
Cigars and cigarettes____ ______ ___________
Paper a n d p rin tin g _________________ ________
Boxes, paper------------------------------ ------- ---------Paper and pulp-------------------------------------------Printing and publishing:
Book and job____________________ ____
Newspapers and periodicals_______ 1___
C h em icals a n d allied p r o d u c ts ____ _________
Chemicals_________________________________
Cottonseed—oil, cake, and meal____________
Druggists’ preparations____________________
Explosives_________________________________
Fertilizers____ _____________________________
Paints and varnishes_______________________
Petroleum refining_________________________
Rayon and allied products--------------------------Soap_________________________ _______ ______
R u b b e r p r o d u c ts ____________________ ________
Rubber boots and shoes....................................
Rubber goods, other than boots, shoes, tires,
and inner tubes---------------- ------- ---------------Rubber tires and inner tu b es.---------------------
72.8
75.3
94.7
81.5
126.5
94.8
104.0
78.0
106.7
91.4
91.3
92.1
99.6
113.2
169.1
84.4
67.9
71.6
74.0
79.6
96.7
43.8
86.4
61.3
76.9
59.3
95.9
85.3
107.2
- 7 .1
+ .5
- 5 .3
-7 .3
-4 .3
-2 .0
- 7 .9
- 6 .3
-1 .5
- 1 .0
-1 .0
- 1 .2
+ 2 .5
+ 1 .8
+ 8 .0
+ 6 .5
- 5 .5
-4 .2
-.6
+22.7
+ 4 .6
+17.5
+ 2 .0
- 5 .3
- 3 .1
- 5 .6
86.6
99.1
106.1
111.2
56.5
97.7
98.3
111. 8
107.4
109.5
267.7
102.3
89.1
47.8
135.2
82.7
+ 5 .2
+ 9 .3
+ 7 .4
56.3
54.1
68.1
53.3
88.6
85.2
71.9
67.9
94.1
78.9
77.6
82.0
87.2
95.3
167.0
64.7
+29.7
14.55
16.35
- 4 .3
- 2 .8
+22.8
+10.3
32.6
33.2
15.51
17.65
15.49
13.16
19.10
12.83
- 6 .2
- 6 .0
- 7 .1
- 2 .4
- 5 .7
- 2 .5
+36.7
+31.2
+13.0
+20.2
+16.3
+38.3
34.0
-2 .0
17.43
20.41
- 4 .2
+ 1 .4
+22.3
+11.4
35.2
36.7
- 3 .3
+ 1 .4
22.06
29.77
21.09
13.12
15.23
20.76
25.32
21.18
22.34
21.94
+ 2.5
+ 2.5
- 2 .0
+ 4.5
+ 2.5
+ .6
+ .9
+ 1.4
- 8 .9
- 1 .9
+ 4 .5
- 1 .6
-.5
+38.0
+19.0
+ 2.6
+ 3.3
+ 7.8
+ 2 .3
-1 1 .7
41.4
39.4
-.7
+ 2.1
32.6
36.6
38.0
45.0
39.8
37.7
37.9
12.98
13.28
+ 1.6
+ 6.7
- 1 .4
+ 7 .2
18.37
18.43
+. 8
- 2 .3
-3 .6
- 3 .5
-2 1 .2
-2 5 .6
44.4
49.1
29.2
- 3 .3
-1 6 .1
52.0
- 1 .7
+52.0
35.4
33.2
- 1 .9
-5 .9
-6 .5
- 8 .9
45.4
37.8
- 1 .9
+ 3 .6
+26.7
+71.5
-1 9 .3
37.3
+ 1 .4
+61.5
-2 5 .5
-1 4 .0
50.4
53.7
-.4
+ .6
+58.0
+34.2
-1 0 .1
-2 4 .5
52.9
76.1
+ 3.1
+ 1 .5
+17.1
+31.2
+ 6 .9
+ 1 .9
+ .8
+ 4 .9
+ 2.1
- 4 .6
- 2 .8
-7 .5
-.8
-2 2 .2
-1 3 .9
-1 6 .9
-1 3 .7
-2 3 .9
39.1
41.3
54.0
59.1
53.5
63.6
55.8
-.5
+ 1 .2
+ .4
-1 .0
-.6
- 7 .3
-.5
+18.3
+26.5
+30.5
+13.9
+26.1
+22.8
+16.2
33.0
35.6
- 3 .2
+ 6 .3
-2 5 ©
-1 3 .5
37.7
37.4
+ 2 .4
+ .8
+26 . 2
+12.3
+10.3
+ 4.0
36.8
35.9
-.3
- 1 .9
-1 1 .8
-1 4 .0
49.8
51.2
+ .8
+ .2
+26.4
+21.7
-.2
(2)
+50.1
+17.7
+ .4
+14.0
+ 3 .5
+ 6.1
+ 3 .1
+19.0
+24.7
+30.6
60.6
61.2
63.7
80.7
36.2
70.5
46.3
65.3
43.9
80.6
76.2
79.8
-1 1 .1
-2 .3
-1 0 .5
-1 3 .1
-1 0 .1
- 9 .1
-1 0 .2
-1 1 .7
- 3 .9
- 3 .9
- 5 .1
+•2
+ 4.9
+ 4 .4
+10.7
+ 4 .5
-1 .2
- 1 .8
+ (3)
+23.8
+ 6.1
+ 7 .0
+• 1
+ .2
- 1 .5
+ .7
+ 1.1
+ .7
- 1 .9
+ 2 .2
+ .1
-6 .4
+. 4
-1 9 .7
- 2 .8
-.9
-3 8 .4
+ 4 .6
+ 1 .6
-1 6 .1
- 2 .1
- 1 .0
-1 3 .9
+15.3
+ 9 .1
+23.8
+47.5
+13.7
+19.4
+50.1
+31.7
+28.2
+14.9
+ 8 .4
+22.5
+42.8
+29.2
73.4
88.4
88.3
94.4
50.6
88.5
75.2
84.0
87.9
92.7
191.2
87.1
70.3
42.8
+ 3 .6
+ 1 .2
- 4 .3
- 1 .4
-1 9 .1
- 4 .2
- 4 .3
-3 6 .4
+ 5 .9
+ .7
-1 3 .6
- 1 .9
- 4 .2
-1 3 .6
+24.4
+15.3
+29.9
+50.3
+16.1
+23.9
+79.9
+60.6
+ 31.0
+15.6
+28.2
+26.4
+60.9
+38.5
26.31
32.45
+ 1.4
+ 1.1
+ 8.1
+ 5 .5
36.5
37.7
+ 1.1
+ .8
+ .3
- 4 .6
72.2
85.3
+ .1
+ .7
+ 7 .7
+ 11 .8
23.75
9.98
20.01
21.83
12.44
22.18
26.77
18.84
20.79
- 1 .7
+ .8
- 1 .4
- 3 .4
+ 3.2
+ 1.2
- .9
+ 3 .0
+ .2
+ 2.6
+ 2.5
+ 3.8
+20.2
+22.0
+ 2 .0
+• 7
+18.2
+ 2 .9
37.3
37.2
37.3
35.2
32.0
39.7
35.5
37.3
37.9
-.5
- 5 .3
- 3 .4
- 2 .5
- 8 .8
+ .5
- 1 .1
+• 5
- 2 .3
- 9 .6
-2 9 .0
+ 1 .6
- 2 .5
-2 2 .7
-1 4 .1
-1 0 .4
- 8 .4
-1 5 .0
63.6
26.5
51.3
60.5
88.5
54.5
73.3
50.6
53.9
+. 5
+ 5 .6
+ 2 .0
(2)
+12.9
(2)
-.3
+ 2 .6
+ 2 .7
+12.4
+36.7
+ 8 .2
+ i d s6
+59.9
+20.3
+19.6
+31.7
+17.7
18.27
+ .3
+10.4
36.6
+ .3
+ 5 .3
47.0
+ .9
+32.3
+.8
+43.7
+45.6
105.8
64.5
+ .7
- 4 .6
+62.5
+64.1
18.25
24.60
-.1
- 5 .2
+13.3
+12.3
33.8
32.1
(2)
-5 .0
-1 2 .1
-1 6 .0
53.1
76.8
-.4
+ .3
+27.2
+32.5
+.8
(3)
+ .7
+ 10.6
+ 3 .0
+ 6 .3
+ 9 .7
- 1 .9
+16.4
+14.4
+11.9
+24.8
+17.0
+16.9
+24.4
+15.3
+18.7
-.7
+13.5
+33.3
+20.3
+ 10.6
68.6
+20.8
+39.5
+51.4
+34. 7«
+19.7
+31.4
+13.9
+60.6
+37.7
+37.3
+38.5
+23.9
22.0
+22.4
+14.3
+41.4
+18.6
+16.1
+37.0
+30.0
+14.2
+ .9
+
++10.0
4.3
+10.9
+24.2
+37.1
+35.9
1 Per capita weekly earnings are computed from figures furnished b y all reporting establishments. Average hours and average hourly earnings are computed from data furnished
by a smaller number of establishments as some firms do not report man-hour information. Figures for groups not computed.
2 N o change.
3 Less than Mo of 1 percent.
8
Estimated Total Number of Wage Earners and Weekly Pay Rolls in Manu
facturing Industries
I n the following table are presented the estimated number of wage
earners and weekly pay rolls in all manufacturing industries combined
and in the 14 groups into which these manufacturing industries have
been classified, for the years from 1919 to 1933, inclusive, and for the
first 5 months of 1934. These estimates have been computed by
multiplying the weighting factor of the several groups of industries
(number employed or weeky pay roll in the index base period 1923-25)
by the Bureau’s index numbers of employment or pay roll (which
have been adjusted to conform with census trends over the period
1919-31) and dividing by 100. Data are not available for all groups
over the entire period shown. The totals for all manufacturing
industries combined, however, have been adjusted to include all
groups. The estimated total employment and weekly pay roll for
all manufacturing industries combined do not include the manufactured-gas industry (which is included in the Bureau’s power and light
industry) or the motion-picture industry.
T able 2 . —E S T IM A T E D N U M B E R OF W A G E E A R N E R S A N D W E E K L Y W A G E S IN A L L
M A N U F A C T U R IN G IN D U S T R IE S C O M B IN E D A N D IN IN D U S T R Y G R O U P S —Y E A R L Y
A V E R A G E S 1919 TO 1933, IN C L U S IV E , A N D M O N T H S , J A N U A R Y TO M A Y 1934
Total manu
facturing
Year and month
Iron and
steel and
their
products
Machinery,
not includ Transpor
tation
ing trans
portation equipment
equipment
Railroad
repair
shops
Nonferrous
metals and
•their prod
ucts
E m p lo y m e n t
1919 average_______________
1920________________________
1921________________________
1922________________________
1923______ _________________
1924________________________
1925________________________
1926________________________
1927________________________
1928________________________
1929________________________
1930________________________
1931________________________
1932________________________
1933________________________
1934: January______________
February_____________
M arch________ ______
A pril________________
M a y ---------------------------
8,983,900
9,065, 600
6,899, 700
7, 592, 700
8, 724,900
8,083, 700
8,328, 200
8,484, 400
8, 288,400
8, 285,800
8, 785, 600
7,668, 400
6,484, 300
5,374, 200
5, 778, 400
6,146,000
6, 514, 200
6, 770,100
6,897, 800
6, 904, 300
858,600
926, 300
572, 400
722,500
892,400
833, 700
851, 200
880,200
834,900
829,800
881,000
766, 200
598,400
458,100
503,400
545, 500
572, 200
601, 400
623, 700
646,000
1,026,800
1,131, 700
680,700
717,400
928,600
835, 400
870, 500
946, 700
897,800
922, 500
1,105, 700
918, 700
687,000
494, 600
517,100
614, 700
640,100
674, 400
705,100
713, 900
0)
0)
0)
0)
606,200
524, 500
559,600
558, 600
495,100
541,900
583, 200
451,800
373,800
315, 700
305,600
401, 200
477, 300
526, 300
558,400
560,100
0)
0)
0)
0)
523, 700
464,900
458,100
460, 700
428,900
404,000
398, 200
353,800
309,000
257,400
250,600
254. 500
257,400
267, 600
278, 700
287, 300
0)
0)
(9
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
(0
0)
209,000
164, 200
175, 200
190,200
200,400
212,200
217, 300
219,900
W eekly p a y rolls
1919 average________________ $198,145,000 $23,937,000 $24, 534, 000
0)
0)
1920________________________
238, 300, 000 30, 531, 000 31, 982,000
0)
0)
1921....................... .................... 155,008,000 14, 049,000 16, 450, 000
0)
0)
1922________________________
165, 406,000 17,400,000 16, 982, 000
0)
0)
1923______________ _________
210, 065, 000 25, 442,000 24, 618,000 $18, 532,000 $14,856,000
1924____ ___________________
195, 376, 000 23,834,000 22, 531, 000 15, 636,000 12,972, 000
1925___________ ____ ________ 204, 665, 000 24, 680,000 23,843,000 17, 478,000 12,847,000
1926______________ _________
211,061,000 25,875,000 26, 310,000 17,126,000 13,025,000
1927_______________ _________ 206, 980,000 24, 289,000 25, 095,000 15,450,000 12, 475,000
1 Comparable data not
available.
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
9
T
2 .—E S T IM A T E D N U M B E R OF W A G E E A R N E R S A N D W E E K L Y W A G E S IN A L L
M A N U F A C T U R IN G IN D U S T R IE S C O M B IN E D A N D IN I N D U S T R Y G R O U P S —Y E A R L Y
A V E R A G E S 1919 T O 1933. IN C L U S IV E , A N D M O N T H S , J A N U A R Y T O M A Y 1934—Continued
able
Year and month
Total manu
facturing
Iron and
steel and
their
products
Machinery,
not includ Transpor
ing trans
tation
portation equipment
equipment
Railroad
repair
shops
Nonferrous
metals and
their prod
ucts
Weekly pay rolls— Continued
192 8
$208,334,000 $24, 740,000 $26, 334,000 $17,494,000 $11,817,000
192 9
____________
221.937.000 26, 568,000 31.761.000 18.136.000 12, 255,000
1930............................... .......... 180.507.000 21,126,000 24.197.000 12.076.000 10,316,000
193 1
.......... ..................... . 137, 256,000 13, 562,000 15.135.000
9.008.000
8.366.000
193 2
.................................
93, 757,000
7.164.000
8, 546,000
7.012.000
5.793.000
193 3
_________________
98,623,000
8.925.000
8,975,000
6, 799,000
5.652.000
1934: January______________
109,806, 000 10.134.000 11.260.000
9.072.000
5, 710,000
February-------------------123.395.000 11.269.000 12, 253, 000 12.394.000
6.185.000
M arch________________ 131,852, 000 12, 650,000 13,199,000 14.546.000
6, 577,000
A pril_________________
136.962.000 14, 006,000 14, 311,000 15.871.000
7.188.000
M a y ____ ____________
136, 575,000 15,115, 000 14, 713,000 15,148, 000
7, 297,000
Year and month
Lumber
and allied
products
Stone,
clay, and
glass
products
Textiles and their products
Fabrics
Wearing
apparel
Total
0)
0)
0)
$4,622,000
2.865.000
3.039.000
3.452.000
3.826.000
4.163.000
4.317.000
4.441.000
Leather
and its
manu
factures
Em ploym ent
1919 average________________
1920________________________
1921________________________
1922________________________
1923________________________
1924________________________
1925________________________
1926________________________
1927________________________
1928________________________
1929________________________
1930________________________
1931_________________________
1932________________________
1933________________________
1934: January ___ ______ _
February. ___________
M a r c h ...____ ________
A pril_________________
M a y _____________ _ ..
863,800
821, 200
703,000
894,300
932,100
901, 300
921, 600
922,300
864,100
848,100
876, 500
699,400
516, 900
377,800
406,100
418,800
432, 600
445,400
453, 700
468, 400
302,700
1,052, 600
314,500
1, 045, 300
994, 300
253,000
1,054,900
299,600
1,164, 400
351,400
1,041,900
346,400
352, 700
1,109, 500
1,095,700
363,500
1,119, 200
349,800
334,900
1,062,400
1,095,900
328, 500
280,800
950,400
222,800
886, 700
794,100
156,000
952, 600
157, 500
165,700
988,400
174,400
1,065,800
182, 500
1,087,900
193, 700 2 1,070, 200
202,100
1,049, 200
507,800
519,400
473,900
487,800
499, 300
455,800
466, 500
472,800
501, 400
513,100
536, 700
497,700
472,000
401,800
418,100
385,900
442, 800
2 471,300
474,100
440,000
1, 609,400
1, 612,400
1, 509,400
1, 585, 500
1, 714, 300
1, 545, 500
1, 627,400
1,628,000
1,694,400
1, 651,300
1, 706,900
1,513,000
1,421,000
1,250,300
1,432, 700
1, 437,100
1, 577,300
1, 629,400
1, 614, 700
1, 565,900
349,600
318,600
280,100
314,600
344,800
311, 700
314,200
312,700
316,000
309,400
318,600
295,100
272,800
255,500
269,400
268,200
292,100
299,900
298,600
295,700
$6, 397,000 $17, 494, 000 $10,121,000 >28, 440,000
8.239.000 21.005.000 12.124.000 34.115.000
5, 907,000 17.235.000 10, 266,000 28, 284,000
6, 442,000 17, 747,000 10.438.000 28.962.000
8, 726,000 21.590.000 10.919.000 33, 511,000
9.804.000 29.712.000
8.926.000 19.014.000
8,985, 000 20, 497,000 10, 284,000 31, 795, 000
9, 257, 000 20, 241,000 10, 297,000 31, 731,000
8,929, 000 21.135.000 11.123.000 33.817.000
8.541.000 19, 510,000 11.114.000 32.199.000
8.323.000 20, 251,000 11.476.000 33, 321, 000
9, 680,000 27.115.000
6.828.000 16.167.000
4, 786, 000 14.308.000
8, 338,000 23, 799,000
5.733.000 16.947.000
2, 588,000 10.367.000
5, 757,000 19. 394,000
2, 455,000 12, 664,000
5.850.000 20, 526,000
2, 655,000 13, 647,000
7.473.000 24, 676,000
2, 956, 000 15,948, 000
8.414.000 26.164.000
3,081,000 16, 457, 000
7.866.000 25, 277, 000
3, 445,000 16.152.000
7, 039,000 23, 472, 000
3, 507,000 15, 256,000
$6,978,000
7.437.000
6.040.000
6.711.000
7, 472,000
6.654.000
6.831.000
6.909.000
7.009.000
6.696.000
6.915.000
5, 748,000
5.035.000
4.060.000
4, 394,000
4, 716,000
5, 708,000
5.896.000
5, 736,000
5, 512,000
Weekly pay rolls
1919 average.
192 0
_____
192 1
192 2
192 3
192 4
192 5
192 6
192 7
192 8
192 9
193 0
193 1
193 2
193 3
1934: January.
February
M arch. __
A pril___
M a y ____
$16, 549, 000
20, 358,000
13.161.000
15, 234,000
18, 526,000
18, 228,000
18.824.000
18,997, 000
17.916.000
17.454.000
18, 062,000
13, 464, 000
8, 641,000
4, 656,000
4,900, 000
5, 075, 000
5,650, 000
5,909,000
6,168. 000
6, 409.000
1 Comparable data not available.
2 Revised.
10
2 .—ESTIM A TE D N U M BE R OF W AGE EARN ERS A N D W E E K L Y W AGES IN A LL
MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES COM BINED AN D IN IN D U ST R Y GROUPS—Y E A R L Y
AVERAGES 1919 TO 1933, INCLUSIVE, A N D MONTHS, JAN U ARY TO M A Y 1934—Contd.
T a b le
Year and month
Foods and
kindred
products
Tobacco
manufac
tures
Paper and
printing
Chemicals
and allied
products
Rubber
products
Employment
1919 average.....................................
1920....................................
1921....................................................
1922..............................
1923..................................................
1924..................................................
1825..............................................
1926..................................................
1927........................................
1928..................................................
1929.........................................
1930.............................
1931............................
1932.............................
1933.............................
1934: January___________________
February........ .........................
M arch.......................................
A pril....................................... .
M a y ...... .......... ................... .
733,600
713,000
626,400
651,400
681,900
657,800
664,400
664,400
679,400
707,100
753,500
731,100
650,500
577,100
631,000
628,700
627, 800
643,100
649, 500
665,400
157,000
154,000
149,900
146,400
146,300
136, 700
132,100
125, 700
129,300
125,600
116,100
108,300
99,700
88, 600
82, 700
75,400
85, 900
89,100
89, 500
84,800
510,100
549,100
467,100
489,400
527,400
529,200
537,100
553,600
553,500
558,300
591,500
574,100
511,800
451,000
458, 400
490, 700
494, 500
497, 600
505,100
509, 300
0)
0)
0)
342,700
322,200
334,200
355,100
346, 700
342, 500
384,800
364, 700
316,800
279, 700
315,400
359, 200
368,300
375, 600
377,400
353, 500
0)
0)
0)
0)
137,800
123,200
141,800
141,200
142,000
149,200
149,100
115,500
99,200
87,800
99,300
110,100
113, 600
2 117,000
2 120,900
119,700
0)
0)
0)
0)
$8,499,000
8,013,000
8, 444,000
9,055,000
8,978,000
8,997,000
10,068,000
9,334,000
7,643,000
5,861,000
6,179,000
7,035,000
7, 257,000
7,417,000
7,683,000
7,352,000
0)
0)
0)
0)
$3,500,000
3,223,000
3,676,000
3, 707,000
3,810,000
4,069,000
3,986,000
2,934,000
2,165,000
1,555,000
1, 740, 000
2,036,000
2,261,000
2 2,445,000
2 2, 546, 000
2, 438,000
Weekly pay rolls
1919_____ ______________________
1920.____________ _______________
1921..................... ..................... .......
1922...........................................
1923____________________________
1924_____________________________
1925.......... ........................................
1926.............. .................................
1927................................................. ,
1928________________
1929.............. ...................................
1930_____ ______________________
.
_
1931..................................
1932..................................................
1933__________________
1934: January____________________
February.................................
M arch___________________ _
A pril............ .......... ............... .
M a y...................... ...................
$14,879,000
16, 698,000
14,333,000
14,142,000
15, 296,000
15,155,000
15, 268,000
15, 503,000
15,838,000
16,388,000
17,344,000
16, 593,000
14,173,000
11,308,000
11, 604,000
12,301,000
12,352,000
12,522,000
12,663,000
13, 296,000
$2,386,000
2,772,000
2,325,000
2, 206, 000
2,317,000
2, 213,000
2,147,000
2,049,000
2,025,000
1,916,000
1,819,000
1, 617,000
1,336,000
1,052,000
944,000
886,000
1,012,000
1,019,000
1,028,000
1,030,000
$10,873,000
14, 729,000
12, 259,000
12, 762,000
14,304,000
14, 797,000
15, 506,000
16,478,000
16, 501,000
16,691,000
17, 771,000
17,036,000
14,461,000
11,126,000
10, 299,000
11,045,000
11, 297,000
11,550,000
11,847,000
11,981,000
1 Comparable data not available.
^Revised.
Index Numbers of Employment and Pay-Roll Totals in Manufacturing
Industries
G e n e r a l index numbers of factory employment and pay rolls by
months, from January 1919 to May 1934, inclusive, together with
average indexes for each of the years from 1919 to 1933, inclusive,
and for the 5-month period, January to May 1934, inclusive, based
on the 3-year average, 1923-25, as 100, are shown in the following
table. A chart of these indexes also follows:
E m p lo y m e n t e P a y r o lls
,,, i/K
M a n u fa c tu r in g In d u strie s
3 year average 1 ^ 2 3 - 1 0 0
U.S.Department o f L a bor
BUREAU OP LABOR STATISTICS
W ashington
Index
Numbers
m
-
Index
Numbers
140
-
-130
-120
-110
-too
90
80
-
130-
-
120-
sA
N
110100-
90 ~i j
80
70
-
M
1
-
>\J r
-
70
-
rv»//
-- / IUao,,
y t[Ott
60-
5 °-
-
-
- 7
-
-
-
-
uo
Jio-
30 -
30
-
-
-
-
20
20100-
60
50
10
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LL.11!ILLi l l l l l l l l i l
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1919
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
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1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
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1935
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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 T O T A L S IN M A N U
F A C T U R IN G IN D U S T R IE S B Y M O N T H S —J A N U A R Y 1919 T O M A Y 1934, IN C L U S IV E
able
[3-year average, 1923-25=100]
Employment
M onth
1919
January___
February. _
M arch____
A pril______
M a y ...........
June _
J u ly_______
August____
September .
October___
N ovem ber.
D ecem ber..
105.3
102.0
102.4
102.5
103.1
104.3
106.9
109.7
111.7
111.3
112.6
114.4
Average.. 107.2
1920 1921 1922 1923
1924 1925
1926 1927
1928
1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934
114.9
113.7
116.0
114.5
112.0
111. 1
108.5
108.8
107.5
103.7
97.4
89.7
108.2
100.2 96.3
101.5 98.1
101.7 98.8
99.9 98.7
96.8 98.1
93.8 98.0
91.0 97.8
92.1 99.5
94.4 101.5
95.3 102.2
94.8 101.8
96.1 101.5
96.5 99.4
100.5
101.5
102.1
101.4
100.4
100.3
99.4
101.4
103.4
103.1
101.4
100.0
101.2
95.0
96.5
97.6
97.1
97.0
97.8
97.7
100.1
102.2
102.6
101.7
101. 2
98.9
100.8
102.9
104.1
105.3
105.3
105.6
106.1
107.9
109.0
107.7
103.6
99.8
104.8
97.3
97.4
96.9
96.3
94.8
92.9
89.5
88.8
89.6
87.7
84.6
82. 3
91.5
79.6
80.3
80.7
80.7
80.1
78.4
77.0
77.1
77.4
74.4
71.8
71.0
77.4
68.7
69.5
68.4
66.1
63.4
61.2
58.9
60.1
63.3
64.4
63.4
62.1
64.1
60.2 73.3
61.1 77.7
58.8 80.8
59.9 82.3
62.6 82.4
66.9
71.5
76.4
80.0
79.6
76.2
74.4
69.0 i~79jj
96.0
101.2
102.5
100.5
101.3
101.7
99.0
103.3
104.7
108.2
105.0
105.6
102.4
102.3
109.3
111.6
112.6
112.9
111.2
107.2
112.0
11?. 9
112.4
104.1
100.7
109.1
95.9
98.8
98.8
97.7
95.4
92.3
84.3
83.3
84.1
82.2
76.8
75.2
88.7
70.0
74.3
75.6
74.4
73.4
69.7
66.2
65.9
63.4
61.3
58.1
57.6
67.5
53.5
54.6
53.1
49.5
46.8
43.4
39.8
40.6
42.9
44.7
42.9
41.5
46.1
39.5 54.0
40.2 60.6
37.1 64.8
38.8 67.3
42.7 67.1
47.2 ____
50.8
56.8
59.1
59.4
55.5
54.5
48.5 162.8
81.0
82.6
83.2
82.1
81.9
81.0
79.8
81.2
83.4
84.1
84.2
83.3
82.3
82.5
84.6
85.9
85.8
87.9
89.8
88.2
91.4
94.5
97.0
99.0
100.5
90.6
100.7
102.5
104.6
105.0
105.3
106.0
104.9
105.2
105.7
104.5
103.2
101.4
104.1
98.2
99.7
100.2
99.6
99.1
99.1
98.1
99.3
100.5
99.6
97.4
96.1
98.9
Pay rolls
January___
February. _
M arch____
A pril--------M a y ______
June______
July_______
August-----September.
October___
N ovem ber December. -
95.3
89.6
90.0
89.2
90.0
92.0
94.8
99.9
104.7
102.2
106.7
114.0
Average- 97.4
117.2
115.5
123.7
120.9
12214
124.2
119.3
121.6
119.8
115.8
107.0
98.0
117.1
82.8
81.3
81.7
79.0
77.3
75.4
71.7
73.9
73.4
72.6
71.7
73.3
76.2
69.6
72.4
74.9
73.8
77.2
80.5
78.5
83.0
87.0
89.5
93.4
95.7
81.3
94.6
97.9
102.5
103.8
107.3
107.5
103.3
103.8
104.3
106.6
104.5
102.9
103.3
98.8 95.4
104.1 100.8
104.1 102.4
101.8 100.0
97.5 100.7
92.4 98.7
85.7 96.8
89.3 99.3
92.5 98.8
95.1 104.6
93.7 104.6
97.6 105.2
96.1 100.6
100.9 98.4
105.0 104.4
106.5 105.7
104.4 104.5
103.1 104.0
103.3 102.4
99.0 98.5
103.4 101.9
104.4 101.4
107.6 102.1
104.1 98.5
103.5 99.5
103.8 101.8
i Average for 5 months.
For comparative purposes the Bureau has computed the group and
general index numbers of employment and pay rolls for May 1934
based on the 12-month average for 1926 as 100. These are a con
tinuation of the former series of indexes covering 89 industries and
show some slight differences in percentage changes from the previous
month when compared with those shown by the revised series. These
differences are due to changes in method of construction and weighting
factors and to the inclusion of the canning and preserving industry
in the revised series of indexes. These indexes on the 1926 base are
presented in table 4, which follows:
T a b l e 4 . — 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 (B A S E D ON T H E 12-M ON TH
A V E R A G E F O R 1926=100) IN 14 M A J O R M A N U F A C T U R IN G G R O U PS, 2 S U B G R O U P S ,
A N D A L L M A N U F A C T U R IN G C O M B IN E D , F O R M A Y 1934
Group
A ll manufacturing------------- ------- ------------------- ------------------- -----------------------Iron and steel and their products, not including machinery_______________ ___ __
M achinery, not including transportation equipment_________ . . . ___________
'Transportation equipment_____________________________________________________
Uailroad repair shops
___________________ ________________ _ _ . ______
l^onferrous metals and their products__________ _ _______________ ______ ______
I/um ber and allied products_____ ______________________________ _______________
Stone, clay, and glass products_________________________________ ___ ___________
‘Textiles and their products_ ____ _________________ ____________ ______________
Fabrics___ __________________________________________________ _________
Wearing apparel________ ________________ ___________________________ ____
Xeather and its manufactures____ _____________________________________________
Food and kindred products____ _________ ______________________________ _______
Tobacco manufactures____ _____________ ______________________________________
Paper and printing_____________________________ ______________________________
Chemicals and allied products_____________________________________ ________ _
Rubberpcedussts_______________ _____________ ______________________________
E m ploy
ment
index
78.0
78. 9
71.9
95.2
55.4
74.9
48.7
57. 6
86.2
91.6
73.3
86.4
97.0
68.7
91.8
98.3
90.3
Pay-roll
index
61.8
61.0
54.3
83.9
49.2
58.1
31.3
38.4
64.6
71.3
51.3
67. 6
82.6
53. 3
74.7
80.9
71.4
13
Employment in Nonmanufacturing Industries in May 1934
WELVE of the fourteen nonmanufacturing industries surveyed
monthly by the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported gains in
employment from April to M ay and 11 industries reported larger pay
rolls in May than in April. Data for the building-construction indus
try, which also showed pronounced gains in employment and pay
rolls, are not presented here, but are shown in more detail under the
section “ Building Construction.”
The most pronounced gain in employment (11.4 percent) was in
quarrying and nonmetallic mining, this being a continuation of the
gains shown in March and April. The corresponding gain in pay
rolls was 17.3 percent. Coal mining made a partial recovery from
the decreases shown last month, anthracite gaining 9.5 percent in
employment and bituminous coal, 6.3 percent. The corresponding
gains in pay rolls were 23.9 percent and 5.9 percent, respectively.
Dyeing and cleaning showed a rise in employment of 5.5 percent,
continuing the larger gains that were registered in March and April.
Pay rolls in this industry rose 7.1 percent. Crude-petroleum produc
ing rose 3.7 percent in employment and 5.5 percent in pay rolls;
laundries showed a gain of 2 percent in employment and 4 percent in
pay rolls, while the gains in employment in the remaining 6 industries
showing increases ranged from less than 0.1 percent to 0.9 percent.
Two industries, metalliferous mining and hotels, had decreases in
both employment and pay rolls from April to May. These decreases
were caused by strikes in the former industry and seasonal shut
downs of winter hotels in the latter.
In table 1, which follows, are shown indexes of employment and pay
rolls, per capita weekly earnings, average hours worked per week,
and average hourly earnings in May 1934 for 13 of the 14 nonmanufacturing industries surveyed monthly by the Bureau of Labor
Statistics, together with percentages of change from April 1934 and
M ay 1933. Similar percentages of change in employment, pay rolls,
and per capita weekly earnings, as well as average per capita weekly
earnings, are likewise presented for the banks-brokerage-insurancereal-estate group. Indexes of employment and pay rolls for the
latter group have been temporarily discontinued.
T
T
able
1 .—E M P L O Y M E N T , W E E K L Y P A Y R O LLS. P E R C A P IT A W E E K L Y E A R N IN G S, 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 , A N D A V E R A G E
H O U R L Y E A R N IN G S , IN N O N M A N U FA C TU R IN G INDUSTRIES IN M A Y 1934 A N D C O M P A R IS O N W IT H A P R IL 1934 A N D M A Y 1933
Employment
Industry
Coal mining:
Anthracite....... ............ ............. . _
Bituminous___________ ______
Metalliferous mining________ ______
Quarrying and nonmetallic m in in g..
Crude-petroleum producing................
Public utilities:
Telephone and telegraph____ _
Electric light and power and
manufactured gas........................
Electric-railroad and motor-bus
operation and maintenance___
Trade:
Wholesale........ ................................
Retail_________________ ____ ___
Hotels (cash payments only)3_______
Laundries____ ___________ _________
Dyeing and cleaning.............. ..............
Banks, brokerage, insurance, and
real estate________________________
Index
M ay
1934
(average
1929=
100)
Pay roll
Percentage
change from—
Percentage
change from—
Aver
age in
M ay
1934
Percentage
change from—
April
1934
M ay
1933
64.0
54.4
25.6
35.0
56.4
+23.9
+ 5 .9
- 5 .8
+17.3
+ 5 .5
+113.3
+102.2
+50.6
+47.1
+35.6
+ .1
71.4
+ 3 .9
+ 8.1
77.6
+ 1 .0
+ 5.1
63.0
+ .2
+ 8 .2
27.73
+ .8
+ .7
- 1 .1
+ 2 .0
+ 5 .5
+14.3
+15.3
+ 19.2
+ 7 .2
+11.4
66.3
71.8
65.9
4 66.9
4 65.1
-.6
+ .5
-.9
+ 4 .0
+ 7 .1
+15.5
+20.7
+27.2
+17.2
+27.6
26.50
19.74
13.21
15.37
18.70
3 + .4
8 + 4 .1
8 + 1 .0
8 + 7 .0
32.96
8 + .6
8+ 2 .8
April
1934
M ay
1933
63.8
76.7
40.8
54.3
76.7
+ 9 .5
+ 6 .3
- 2 .1
+11.4
+ 3 .7
+47.7
+25.3
+36.0
+25.1
+ 34.8
70.2
+ (2)
83.1
+ .9
72.6
+ .5
84.6
88.8
85.7
4 82.1
4 84.3
0)
Index
M ay
1934
(average
1929=
100)
Per capita weekly earnings1
(7)
April
1934
M ay
1933
$29.27
18.27
20.33
17.04
27.70
+13.2
-.3
-3 .7
+ 5.3
+ 1.8
+44.5
+61.1
+10.6
+17.7
+ .5
+ 4 .2
27.01
+ 3 .9
+11.0
29.39
Average hours worked per
week 1
A ver
age in
M ay
1934
Percentage
change from—
April
1934
M ay
1933
A ver
age in
M ay
1934
Percentage
change from—
April
1934
M ay
1933
Cents
83.6
70.6
55.5
47.5
77.2
+ 3 .1
+ 3 .1
+ .7
+ .8
+ .4
+ 1 .9
71.9
+ 2 .7
+ 2 .4
- 7 .6
74.7
+ .5
+12.2
- 1 .7
- 1 .1
59.9
+ 1 .5
+ 9 .5
-.7
-.5
+ 1 .7
+ 1 .0
6 + .5
-1 1 .2
-1 2 .2
-7 .2
-5 .2
« -1 3 .3
61.8
50.8
27.1
38.1
« 45.0
-1 .3
+ .4
- .7
(5)
6 + 1 .4
+15.3
+16.5
+17.7
+14.2
6 +30.3
34.4
26.5
36.1
36.0
35.4
+ 3 .3
- 2 .9
- 5 .0
+ 4 .0
- .8
+37.0
+ 6 .0
-5 .6
- 8 .0
-2 2 .0
+ 4.1
38.1
+ 1.3
+ .1
+ 2 .8
39.2
-.5
-.3
+ 3 .1
45.9
- 1 .3
-.2
+ 2
+ 1.9
+ 1 .5
+ 1.0
+ 4.7
+ 6 .8
+ 9 .4
+14.5
42.2
39.6
47.4
39.8
«41.5
(7)
Average hourly earnings1
(7)
(7)
(7)
(7)
+ 3 .3
+ 49.8
+18.0
+30.1
+20.2
(7)
1 Per capita weekly earnings are computed from figures furnished b y all reporting establishments. Average hours and average hourly earnings are computed from data fur
nished by a smaller number of establishments as some firms do not report man-hour information.
2 Less than Mo of 1 percent.
3 The additional value of board, room, and tips cannot be computed.
4 Revised to conform with average shown b y 1931 Census of Manufactures.
6 No change.
6 April data revised—Average hours in April 1934 are 41.3; percentages of change from March 1934 and April 1933 are +4.6 and —14.7, respectively. Average hourly earnings
April 1934 are 43.9 cents; percentages of change from March 1934 and April 1933 are +1.2 and +25.9, respectively.
7 Not available,
s Weighted.
15
Indexes of Employment and Pay-Roll Totals for Nonmanufacturing Industries
I nd ex numbers of employment and paj^-roll totals for 13 nonmanu
facturing industries are presented in table 2. These index numbers
show the variation in employment and pay rolls in these industries,
by months, from January 1931 through May 1934.
A revision of the indexes, similar to that made for the manufacturing
industries, was made for the laundry and the dyeing and cleaning
industries in March 1934. The indexes of employment and pay rolls
in these industries were adjusted to conform with the trends shown by
the 1929 and 1931 census reports and this new series will be continued
until further adjustments, if necessary, are made when 1933 census
data become available.
T a b le 2 .—IN D E X E S OF E M P L O Y M E N T A N D PAY ROLLS FOR N O N M A N U F A C T U R IN G
IN D U S T R IE S , JA N U A R Y 1931 TO M AY 1934
f12-month average, 1929=100]
Anthracite mining
Month
Bituminous-coal mining
Pay rolls
Employment
Employment
Pay rolls
1931 1932 1933 1934 1931 1932 1933 1934 1931 1932 1933 1934 1931 1932 1933 1934
January------------February_______
March------ -------A p r il__________
M ay _______
June.- _______
Ju ly___________
August_________
September______
October------------November______
December______
90.6
89.5
82.0
85.2
80.3
76.1
65. 1
67.3
80.0
86.8
83.5
79.8
Average___
76.2
71.2
73.7
70.1
66.9
53.0
44.5
49.2
55.8
63.9
62.7
62.3
62.5
52.5 64.1 89.3
58.7 63.2 101.9
54.6 67.5 71.3
51.6 58.2 75.2
43.2 63.8 76.1
39.5
66.7
43.8
53.7
47.7 ------ 56.4
5G.8
64.9
91.1
56.9
79.5
61.0
78.4
54.5
51.780.5
163.3 75.4
61.5
57.3
61.2
72.0
58.0
37.4
34.5
41.4
47.0
66.7
51.0
56.2
43.2
56.8
48.8
37.4
30.0
34.3
38.2
46.6
60.7
61.6
47.8
44.3
73.2
65.8
82.4
51.7
64.0
-I-
69.8
69.3
67.6
63.7
61.2
61.3
63.2
68.6
71.8
68.0
74.8
75.4
75.8 73.3
76.1 68.3
77.8 65.2
72.2 58.6
76.7 ■54.4
52.4
50.4
50.6
53.6
- I - 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
28.0
37.7
36.1
37.2
30.7
26.6
26.9
29.2
33.6
43.3
44.1
44.1
50.7
50.8
51.3
54.6
58.9
51.4
54.4
Quarrying and nonmetallic mining
49.3 32.4 39.6 55.0 29.7
46.9 31.5 40.3 54.6 27.8
45.0 30.0 39.8 52.8 26.5
43.3 29.4 41.7 51.4 25.0
18.1
17.8
17.4
16.4
38.3 30.0 40.8 49.3 23.8 17.0
32.2 31.5
46.1 20.1 18.3
29.5 33.0
41.3 16.9 19.0
40.2 16. 5 21.9
28.6 36.8
40. 0 17.0 23.9
29.3 38.9
37.4 18.0 25.9
30.5 40.7
31.9 40.6
35.1 18.7 25.6
51.2 33.3 40.6
34.3 18.7 26.2
59.1 36.5 34.6 140.4 44.8 21.6 20.6
68.3
65.3
63. 5
63.9
62.4
60.0
56.2
55.8
55.5
53.8
52.8
80.8
77.4
75.2
65.5
62.6
60.5
58.6
59.4
62.4
67.0
69.4
70.0
53.7 45.8 167.4 83.2 67.4 67.9 175.7 57.5 35.6 37.8 15471
Metalliferous mining
January------------February_______
M arch________
A p r il...------ -----M ay- _________
J u n e.. - --------July____________
August_________
September______
October________
November______
December______
93.9
91.5
88.8
85.9
82.4
78.4
76.4
77.0
80.4
81.3
81.1
81.2
25.4 64.4 48.9
26.0 66.6 47.4
25.9 70.0 46.0
27.2 76.1 48.6
25.6 75.0 50.6
72.3 49.5
71.0 49.5
68.9 51.1
66. 6 52.4
64.5 52.4
59.3 49.4
53.9 42.3
126.0 67.4 49.0
35.1
34.8
35.1
39.3
43.4
47.3
49.5
51.6
52.6
53.2
51.1
45.3
39.7 50.4 30.2
38.8 54.4 29.6
42.0 58.2 28.7
48.7 62.6 30.0
54.3 62.3 32.3
60. 1 30.0
57.3 29.1
55.1 29.7
51.2 30.5
48.7 30.1
43.3 27.1
36.9 22.1
44.9 144.7 53.4 29.1
18.1
17.4
17.8
20.2
23.8
27.5
28.4
29.9
29.3
31.2
28.3
24.4
21.3
21.0
24.1
29.9
35.0
24.7 i 26.3
Average___
Crude-petroleum producing
January------------February_______
M arch_________
April----------------M a y . . . .......... .
June----------------July _________
August_________
September
October________
November______
December______
Average___
74.8
73.2
72.2
69.8
67.8
65.0
65.3
62.4
61. 2
60.4
57.6
58.2
54.9
54.4
51.4
54.9
54.5
54.2
55.4
57.4
56. 2
56.8
56.5
57.2
57.2
57.0
56.5
56.8
56.9
58.0
59. 5
60.8
73.2
72.4
72.8
74.0
76.7
71.5 46.5
70.0 46.9
73.2 43.2
66.3 44.5
64.7 47.1
62.7 44.8
59.2 44.6
56.3 42.9
66. ?
55. 2 41.9
70.6
54.4 42.5
72.2
52.0 42.4
75.0 ____ 54.9 41.7
65. 7| 55. 3 62.2 173.8 61. 7| 44.1
i Average for 5 months.
70262— 34--------3
39.9
41.7
42.5
40.1
41.6
40.6
42.2
42.5
44.4
50.1
50.3
53.2
Telephone and telegraph
53.0
50.5
52.5
53.4
56.4
____
90.5
89.2
88.6
88.1
87.4
86.9
86.6
85.9
85.0'
84.1
83.5
------ 83.1
411,153.2:| 86.6j
83.0 74.6 70.2
82.0 73.9 69.8
81.7 73.2 70.0
81.2 72.3 70.2
80.6 70.1 70.2
79.9 69.2
79.1 68.5
78.1 68.1
77.4 68.3
76.2 68.7
75.5 68.91____
74.8i 69.4
79. lj 70.4 170.1
96.3
94.8
97.9
95.0
94.1
95.0
93.3
92.3
92.1
91.6
89.7
92.7
93.7'
89.1 71.7 69.0
89.6 71.9 67.9
88.2 71.6 70.4
83.4 67.8 68.8
82.8 68.5 71.4
82.1 66.6
79.6 66.7
79.1 66.1
75.9 64.-6
75.7 67. Ci
74-3■ 67.7
73.5. 67.7
81.1 68.2(169.5
16
T
able
2 .—I N D E X E S OF E M P L O Y M E N T A N D P A Y R O LLS F O R N O N M A N U F A C T U R IN G
IN D U S T R IE S , J A N U A R Y 1931 TO M A Y 1934— Continued
[ 12-month average, 1929=100]
Electric-railroad and motor-bus operation
and maintenance 2
Power and light
M onth
Employment
Pay rolls
Employment
Pay rolls
1931 1932 1933 1934 1931 1932 1933 1934 1931 1932 1933 1934 1931 1932 1933 1934
January--------February.........
M arch_______
A pril......... .......
M a y _________
June.................
J u ly ............. .
August----------September____
October...........
N ovem ber____
99 5 89.2
87.
m 7 85. 5
97 1 84. 8
97.6 84. (J
97 ^ 83.
96.7 82 3
95.9 81,5
94.7 81.0
92.7 79.9
91.3 79.1
90.3 78.4
77.7
77A
76. i
76. U
76.
77.:
77
78,1
80.3
82.2
82.6
81.8
82.5
81.
81.
82A
83.1
98.65 88.4L 73. C> 73.81 86. S1 79. £i 70. ei
99.7r 86. C1 71. 6i 74A : 86.6i 78. Sl 70.4t
102A[ 85.4t 71. Si 75.6; 86.4t 77. €i 69.8i
97. €i 82.4: 69.4: 76.8I 86.8I 78. C1 69.5i
98.7' 84.2! 69.9i 77.6 85.9i 76.9i 69.1
98,?i 80.5i 69.9i
85.3. 76.5i 69.3
97 4: ,78.7 70.0i
85.6i 75.6, 69.4
96 ?! 76.7' 70.9
84.8; 74.1 69.5
84.0i 73.5 69.7
94.3; 74.7 71.8
93.2! 74.4 76.2
82.7 72.3 70.6
93.3: 73.2 74.5
81.5 71.8 71.0
91.2! 73.2 74.4
79.9 71.4 70.8
70. £» 85.6> 75.4t
71. C1 87.1. 74.8i
71.7r 88.1 73.6i
72.2! 86.6i 71.8:
72.6i 85.1. 72.2
84.8i 70.2
83.3; 66.4
81.9i 63.8
81.2! 62.5
79.0• 61.5
79.7 61.7
77.8 61.9
60. £1
60.6i
59.4I
58.1
58.2!
58. Cl
57.4
58.2
57.8
59.8
59.4
59.6
59.2
60.1
62.2
62.9
63.0
Average----- 95.6 83.0 78.8 182.1 96.7 79.8 72.0 175.6 84.7 75.5 70.0 171.6 83.4 68.0 58.9 161.5
Wholesale trade
. January--------February.........
M arch_______
A pril-------------M a y .................
. June.................
July------- -------August----------September-----October---------N ovem ber____
December------Average—_
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 82.4
74.1 83.0
73.1 83.6
73.3 83.9
74.0 84.6
75. 7
76.9 ____
79.7
82.1 ____
83.5
83.4
83.3 -------
87.5
88.4
89.1
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
Retail trade
61.7 63.9 90.0
58.6 64.6 87.1
57.1 65.7 87.8
56.0 66.8 90.1
57.4 66.3 89:9
57.3
89.1
83.9
59.1
81.8
60.8
62.3 ____ 86.6
89.8
66.0
90.9
64.1
64.5 ------- 106.2
84.3 76.9 84.6
80.5 73.4 83.8
81.4 71.4 87.2
81.6 78.6 88. 2
80.9 77.0 88.8
79.4 78.3
74.6 74.6
72.6 78.1
77.8 86.0 ____
81.3 89.6
81.7 91.6
95.2 105.4 -------
78.0
73.7
73.4
72.7
71.1
68.2
63.3
60.7
64.6
67.1
66.9
73.6
62.7 68.8
58.4 67.7
55.1 69.5
60.4 71.5
59.5 71.8
60.5
58.1
62.7
69.2
72.3
72.6
80.3 -------
86.6 78.2 77.9 183.5 83.6 67.0 60.4 165.5 89.4 80.9 81.7 186.5 86.6 69.4 64.3 169.9
Laundries 3
January—
F ebruary..
M arch........
A pril...........
M a y ---------June______
J u ly---------August-----September______
O ctober...............
N ovem ber..........
D ecem ber.............
89.4
86.7
87.5
88.3
88.0
87.6
83.3
80.3
83.5
84.6
85.4
94.1
94.3
93.7
93.2
94.3
94.1
94.8
95.6
94.0
93.0
91.8
89.8
88.8
88.2
86.3
85.4
85.4
84.8
84.4
83.6
82.2
81.9
80.7
79.4
79.1
78.6 78.5
77.5 78.4
76.1 79.2
76.5 80.5
76.6 82.1
79.2
79.5
81.1
82.6
81.3
78.4
78.4 -------
90.7
89.6
89.6
90.9
90.5
91.2
91.5
88.6
88.0
85.6
82.6
81.0
Dyeing and cleaning 3
80.0
76.7
75.0
74.7
73.9
71.8
69.4
66.9
65.8
64.1
61.9
61.4
60.7
58.1
55.4
56.6
57.1
59.4
58.7
60.3
63.5
62.5
60.7
61.1
61.7
61.7
62.7
64.4
66.9
------
82.1
80.7
81.3
88.4
89.3
91.4
91.1
86.4
88.0
87.0
83.2
78.4
75.8
74.4
74.4
76.9
78.0
78.6
76.1
73.4
76.9
76.0
72.0
69.5
67.4 68.1
65.6 68.1
65.8 72.4
74.9 79.9
75.7 84.3
79.1
76.6
76.8
81.9
81.6
76.1
70.5 -------
73.7
71.2
71.7
81.9
82.1
84.5
81.8
75.9
78.3
77.2
70.8
64.4
62.4
59.0
58.5
62.5
63.8
62.4
56.9
53.4
57.9
55.8
49.6
45.9
44.2
40.2
38.9
51.7
51.0
53.7
50.0
50.0
57.1
57.4
52.5
47.3
46.8
46.3
51.7
60.8
65.1
-------
93.1 83.5 78.8 179.7 88.3 70.1 59.5 163.5 85.6 75.2 74.3 174.6 76.1 57.3 49.5 154.1
Hotels
January----------February_____
M arch.............
A pril------ --------M a y __________
June__________
J u ly...................
August-----------September........
October-----------N ovem ber_____
December_____
Average—
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
73.6
75.6
77.1
78.7
77.0
75.8
77.6
81.5
84.8
86.4
86.6
85.7
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
55. 7
55.9
53. 5
51.7
51.8
52.3
53.3
54.0
55.6
56.2
55.2
57.6
60.8
65.2
66.6
66.5
65.9
91.7 79.0 74.9 185.0 85.4 64.5 54.4 165. Oj
* Average for 5 months.
2 N ot including electric-railroad car building and repairing; see transportation equipment and railroad
repair-shop groups, manufacturing industries, table 1.
3 Revised to conform with average shown b y 1931 Census of Manufactures.
17
Employment in Building Construction in May 1934
>HE percentages of change in employment, pay rolls, and manhours in building construction in May, as compared with April,
were as,follows:
percent
Total employment____________________________________________
Total pay rolls________________________________________________
Total man-hours worked--------------------------------------------------------Average weekly earnings-------------------------------------------------------Average hours per week per m an____________________________
Average hourly earnings______________________________________
+10.
+ 12.
+ 11.
4 -1 .
+2.
—.
1
2
2
9
1
6
The following table is based on returns made by 11,258 firms en
gaged in public and private building-construction projects not aided
by Public Works funds. These reports include all trades, from exca
vation through painting and interior decoration, which are engaged
in erecting, altering, or repairing buildings. Work on roads, bridges,
docks, etc., is omitted. The reports cover building operations in
various localities in 34 States and the District of Columbia.
For purposes of comparison in this study, all reports were reduced
to a 1-week basis if not originally so reported.
In May the weekly pay roll for 80,000 workers amounted to
$1,843,570, as compared with $1,643,307 earned by 72,649 workers
employed by the identical firms in April.
In May the average weekly earnings were $23.04 as compared with
$22.62 for April. These are per capita weekly earnings, computed by
dividing the total amount of the weekly pay roll by the total number
of employees— part-time as well as full-time.
Reports from 10,647 firms— 94.6 percent of the 11,258 cooperating
firms— gave the man-hours worked by the employees, namely,
2,087,863 in May as compared with 1,878,006 in April.
The average hours per week per man— 29.6 in May and 29 in
April— were computed by dividing the number of man-hours by the
number of workers employed by those firms which reported man-hours.
The average hourly earnings— 77.5 cents in May and 78 cents in
April— were computed by dividing the pay roll of those firms which
reported man-hours by the number of man-hours.
18
E M P L O Y M E N T , P A Y R O L L S , A V E R A G E W E E K L Y E A R N IN G S , A V E R A G E H O U R S P E R
W E E K P E R M A N , A N D A V E R A G E H O U R L Y E A R N IN G S IN T H E B U IL D IN G -C O N STK XJC TIO N IN D U S T R Y IN M A Y 1934, A N D P E R C E N T A G E S OF C H A N G E F R O M A P R I L
1934
Employment
Locality
N um
ber of
firms N um
Per
re
ber
port on cent of
change
ing
pay from
roll
M ay April
1934 1934
All localities____________ 11,258 80,000
455
Alabama: Birmingham. _
91
California:
Los Angeles 3...... ..........
23 1,024
San
Francisco—Oak
land 3_______________
790
27
Other localities 3---------401
23
The State3........
73 2, 215
Colorado: D enver............
714
225
Connecticut:
Bridgeport................
459
115
Hartford______________
259 1,020
New H aven__________
182 1,094
The State....... ........
556 2,573
Delaware: W ilm ington...
941
110
District of Colum bia____
408 4,333
Florida:
Jacksonville___________
217
53
M iam i________________
79
775
The State___
132
992
Georgia: A tlanta.
“ 147 17036
Illinois:
Chicago 3________
123 2,412
Other localities 3_.
88 1,556
The S ta te3-..
211 3,968
Indiana:
Evansville______
60
307
Fort W ayne_____
93
260
Indianapolis_____
171
971
South B end_____
37
259
The State.
361 1,797
Iowa: Des M oines______ '
97
545
Kansas: W ichita_______
71
346
Kentucky: Louisville___
143
971
Louisiana: N ew Orleans.
121
652
Maine: Portland________
100
407
Maryland: Baltimore 3._
119 1, 493
Massachusetts: A lllocali
ties 3__________________
688 4. 897
Michigan:
D etroit________
F lint__________
Grand Rapids..
The State..
Minnesota:
D uluth________
Minneapolis___
St. Paul_______
The State___
Missouri:
Kansas C ity 5___
St. Louis________
The State___
Nebraska: Omaha.
M ay
1934
Average
weekly earn
ings
Per
Per
cent of
cent of N um
change M ay change ber
from 1934 from M ay
April 1934
April
1934
1934
+10.1 $1,843,570 +12.2 $23.04
-1 8 .6
7,316 -2 1 .0 16.08
- 9 .5
21.58
-1 3 .6
22,096
+17.2
-.5
- 2 .1
15,776 +24.1 19. 97
9,326 + 3 .8 23. 26
47,198 + 2 .3 21.31
15, 211 +30.4 21.30
+30.1
+17.7
+15.0
+15.0
+15.5
+18.4
- 4 .7
+28.4
+18.1
+ 20.2
+ 8 .0
+39.3
+60.7
+47.0
-2 7 .9
- 3 .3
+10.5
+ 7 .0
- 1 .0
+30. 4
+64.0
-4 .1
+15.6
+29.2
+ 5.1
+10. 6
9,656
21, 243
24,949
55,848
19,258
118,307
Average
hours per
week per
man 1
+18.5
+ 17.6
+ 5 .7
+12.1
+25.1
-5 .0
21.04
20.83
22. 81
+ 1 .9
-3 .0
29.6
27.4
+ 4 .7
(4)
(4)
(*)
79.4
30.4
31.4
31.8
31.4
33.9
32.0
-.3
+ 2 .3
- 5 .4
-1 .6
+ 8 .0
+ 1 .9
69.5
66.1
71.8
69.1
61.1
84.2
+ .3
+ .2
- 3 .4
- 1 .7
- 2 .1
- 2 .5
- 4 .7 56.6
-.4
- 5 .8 68.1
+ .9
- 5 .4 65.6 .__ + .5
- . 4 "6 0 2 + 1 .9
- 5 .1
-4 .8
28.1
27.7
27.8
20.78 + 4 .9
23. 21 + 7 .3
13. 72 -1 1 .3
18. 78 - 5 .5
15. 85 + 3 .7
22. 23 + 9 .2
21. 26 + 4 .7
121. 289 +13.8 24. 77
+ 2 .9
- 3 .1
(*)
0)
(<)
+ 1 .7
- 5 .0
+ 1 .2
+ 3 .9
+39.8
+45.6
- 9 .4
+20.0
+41.1
+10.0
-0 .6
(<)
3,445 +21.8 15. 88
14, 648 +12.5 18. 90
18,093 +14.1 18.24
16,339 + 9 .3 “ 15. 77
19. 95 + 1.1
21. 33 +15.4
20. 63 + 5 .0
21.78
-.7
CL
+ 2.1 77.5
58.6
(2)
(<)
21.71
20.47
27.30
-2 7 .1
+11.5
+16.0
+ 6 .3
Per
cent of
change
from
April
1934
(<)
+. 7
+ 2.3
- 8 .1
- 2 .9
+ 5 .7
-.3
6,124
5.545
20,031
5, 640
37. 340
12, 647
4.748
18. 232
10, 337
9,047
31, 734
Per
cent of
change M ay
from 1934
April
1934
(<)
(<)
(0
-.4
+ 5 .9 (<)
+ 4 .3 (0
+ 4 .5 0)
+ .3 27.2
81,066 +63.8 33.61 +17.6
34,191 +47.0 21.97 - 8 .6
115, 257 +58.4 29. 05 + 7 .8
Average
hourly
earnings 1
26.7
(<)
0)
(<)
(4)
(<)
(<)
(<)
(*)
0)
(4)
0)
0)
(<)
67.0 + 2 .8
76.1 + 5 .0
72.1 + 7 .5
70.3 -1 0 .3
29.0 ___-K 7 71.5 __+3^9
29.9 + 5.3 77.8 + 1 .0
23.3 -1 0 .0 59.1 - 1 .5
29.8 - 4 .5 62.3
-.5
26.4 - 2 .6 59.4 + 7 .8
31.6 +13.3 70.4 - 3 . 4
35.9 + 8.8 65.4 - 2 . 7
29.8 - 1 .7
28.0 + 9 .8
28.4 - 2 .7
31.1 +11.1
32.0
+ 6.3 77.5
- 3 .1
450 3, 222 + 5 .8
54
304 +118.7
102
334 +17.2
606 3.860 +11.2
78, 479 + 6 .9
6. 269 +131.7
6. 258 +29.2
91. 006 +12.4
24. 36 + 1.1
20. 62 + 5 .9
18. 74 +10.2
23. 58 + 1.1
32.1 - 1 .5 75.9 + 2 .4
29.4 +19.5 70.1 -1 1 .4
30.7 +11.6 61.1 - 1 . 8
31.7
- . 3 74.3 + 1 .2
55
200 -2 7 .0
235 1,848 +48.2
178
865 + 3 .2
468 2.913 +23. 5
3,683 -2 5 .2
42, 300 +55.2
20 884 + 1 .9
66. 867 4-26.9
18. 42
22. 89
24. 14
22. 95
- 1 .3
+ 2.8
28.9
30.8
30.4
30.5
- .7
+ 5.8
- 1 .9
+ 2.3
74.4
79.5
75.2
+ 3.1
- 1 .1
+ .9
+ .4
286
609
895
159
37,809
74, 345
24. 27
26.90
+ 1 .5
+ .3
25. 95
+ .7
22. 67 +13.5
28.2
26.3
27.0
31. 1
+ 2 .2 87.5
- 1 .5 101.8
96.5
+6. 1 ~7Z7
+ .6
+ 1 .4
+ .9
+ 6 .8
+ 2 .2
+ .8
4. 322 + 1.3
X077| +34.3
F o o tn o te s a t end o f table.
Pay rolls
1.558
2. 764
+ 3 .8
+1.1
112.154 + 2 .0
24. 411 +52. 4|
+ 2 .6
+ 4 .7
63.2
19
E M P L O Y M E N T , P A Y R O LLS , A V E R A G E W E E K L Y E A R N IN G S , A V E R A G E H O U R S P E R
W E E K P E R M A N , A N D A V E R A G E H O U R L Y E A R N IN G S IN T H E B U IL D IN G -C O N S T R U C T IO N IN D U S T R Y IN M A Y 1934, A N D P E R C E N T A G E S OF C H A N G E F R O M A P R I L
1934—Continued
Employment
Locality
N um
ber of
firms N um Per
ber
re
cent of
port on change
ing
pay from
roll April
M ay 1934
1934
New York
N ew York C ity 3______
406 5,880
312 6,517
Other localities 3_______
12. 397
The State 3________
North Carolina: Char
lotte----------------------------57
325
Ohio :
A kron_________________
359
454 1,871
C in cinnati6___________
Cleveland_____________
638 2,619
141
D a yton ________________
555
Youngstown___________
419
The State_________ 1.407 5. 823
Oklahoma:
104
Oklahoma C ity________
466
54
Tulsa_________________
286
The State_________
158
752
Oregon: Portland_______
950
Pennsylvania:7
Erie area 3_____________
22
193
Philadelphia area 3____
416 4,478
Pittsburgh area 3______
227 1, f "
Reading-Lebanon area3.
44
275
Scranton area 3________
31
181
294 2,410
Other areas 3__________
The State 3________ 1.034 9, 226
Rhode Island: Providence.
Tennessee:
Chattanooga__________
K noxville_____________
M em phis______________
Nashville______________
The State_________
Texas:
D allas.----------- ------------El Paso_____________
Houston_______________
San A ntonio__________
The State_________
Utah: Salt Lake C ity----Virginia:
N or folk-Por tsmouth___
R ichm ond................ ......
The State_________
Washington:
Seattle............................
Spokane_______________
Tacom a__________ ____
The S ta te.________
West Virginia: Wheeling.
Wisconsin: All localities3.
- 5 .7
+20.7
+ 6 .5
+18.2
+27.
8.0
+17.2
+28.5
+25.8
+16.2
+
+13. 4
+14.4
+13.8
+13.1
+50.8
+16.0
+16.4
- 9 .5
+17.5
+ 8 .3
+13.6
248 1,693 +25.9
217 +47.6
342 +19.2
503 -2 6 .4
12.1
705
1,767
197
118
93
+
+1.2
711 + 9 .4
91 - 2 2 .2
996
1.8
363 -3 6 .2
2,161
■ 6.6
+
351
Pay rolls
M ay
1934
Average
hours per
week per
man 1
Per
Per
cent of
cent of N um
change M ay change ber
from 1934 from M ay
April 1934
April
1934
1934
178, 973 - 6 .3 $30. 44
145,150 +18.9 22. 27
+3. 5
0.6
+
180
735 - 6 .4
54
277 -29.3
154 -23.4
91
325[ 1,166
49
156
20.0
158 1,478 +13.1
+
Per
cent of
change M ay
from 1934
April
1934
Per
cent of
change
from
April
1934
Ct.
2
+1.1 108.
75.8
28.1
29.4
28.8
(2)
+ .7
+ 3 .5
30.7
+ 4 .1 51.7
-1 .3
20 66 + 16.6
24. 62
8.2
28. 12 + 5 .7
18. 76 - 6. 6
24.96
20.0
25. 42 + 6 .7
29.0
30.1
28.2
27.0
29.7
+ 9 .0 71.2
+ 4 .2 82.2
+ 8 .9 101.1
1.4
- 8 .5
10 0
:.9
+ 5 .5
+ 7 .1
+ 4 .1
9.113 +25.2 19. 56 +10.4
5. 486
22.8 19. 18 - 7 .3
+24.3
+ 9 .2
28.0
27.1
27.7
5, 220 +22.3
7,417
46,066
73, 641
10, 410
10, 460
147. 994
+49.0
+16.8
+23.9
20.0
+51.0
+23.9
+
.
-
+
+
+
19.886
+38.2
+13.6
+23.5
- 2 .9
+28.4
+ 7 .6
185, 771 +14.4
2,937
84, 835
45, 317
5,709
4,201
42, 772
-1 .4
+
+
15. 22
18.94
26.83
20.76
23. 21
17. 75
20.14
- 8 .3
-
2.1
+6.0
+7.
+ 9 .2
-.6
+ .7
+ 4.!
+ 1 .9
+ 8 .7
- .3
+
+ 7 .7
2.2
- 5 .2 71.3 +10.5
2.6
+ 5 .4
+
++ ..
25.3 -1 5 .4 60.6
28.4 - 1.0 67.8
29.
+ 3.1 93.3
33.1 + 7 .8 62.8
29.4 + 7 .7 79.4
27.7
- . 7 63.7
28.i
71.5
(2)
+ .3
-.3
+ 4 .1
-.5
+ 3 .8
+ .3
31.4
+ 4 .2
15. 71
1
16.25
1
19. 61 +49.4
16. 53 + 4 .0
28.3
28.
31.2
29.2
17. 25 +16.6
29.5 +19.4 58.5
11,953 +13.1 16.81 + 3 .4
1,437 -2 6 .0 15. 79 - 4 .8
18, 774
11.6 18. 85 + 9 .6
5, 322 -5 0 .9 14.
-2 3 .1
37,486
-6 .7 17. 35
+
+1.6
+ 5 .2 55.7
+ 4 .0 57.5
62.7
- 1.0 56.8
- 1 .9
-
+ 66.
27.0 + 2 .7
24.0 - 1 6 .7
28.5 + 4 .4
24.9 -1 1 .4
27.1
- .7
-
+ 4 .6
+ 5 .6
+ 5.1
20.99 + 8 .3
21. 78 -1 4 .9
19. 65 +19.4
21.00 + 1 .3
19.73 + 1 .5
19.72 + 5. 2
29.9
32.7
2.2
10.2
+ 5 .0
-
2.2
+
+
62.5
1.6
65.8 +13.3
66 .
6.1
59.
- 1 2.8
+ .5
79.6
10, 270 +25.1 19.20
14,598 +12.1 20.47
24, 868 +17.1! 19.93
15,424 +1. 3
6,032 -3 9 .9
3, 026
-1 4 . 3i
.3, 078 +21.8
29,144 +18.9
1.6
-
+ .
+ 2 .3
37.093 +32.0 21.91
+50.3
5, 556
21.0
9,864
10.0
11,652 +16.6
30,480 +18.1
1.6
-
+12.8
6, 707 +34.2
535 +19.7
713
6.1
+11.5
Average
hourly
earnings 1
-1 .5
1 Averages computed from reports furnished b y 10,647 firms.
2 N o change.
3 Data supplied b y cooperating State bureaus.
* Data not available.
8 Includes both Kansas City, M o., and Kansas City, Kans.
6 Includes Covington and Newport, K y.
7 Each separate area includes from 2 to 8 counties.
Average
weekly earn
ings
+ 2 .7 64.0
+ 5 .8 64.2
+ 4 .3
25.4 + 1. 2 82.7
26.9 - 20.2
24.3 +11.5
27.2 - 5 .2 72.8
33.8 + 17.4 59.4
+ 8 .4
I
+ 1.6
+ 1 .3
+ 1 .4
+ 7 .1
+ 6 .5
+ 6 .9
+ 7 .2
+ 5 .5
- 4 .7
20
Trend of Employment in May 1934, by States
LUCTUATIONS in employment and pay-roll totals, in May
1934 as compared with April 1934, in certain industrial groups
are shown by States in the table following. 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, which are shown by city and State totals in the section
“ Building construction/7 In addition to the combined total of all
groups, the trend of employment and pay rolls in the manufacturing,
public utility, hotel, wholesale trade, retail trade, bituminous-coal
mining, crude-petroleum producing, quarrying and nonmetallic min
ing, metalliferous mining, laundry, dyeing and cleaning, and banksbrokerage-insurance-real estate groups is presented. In this State
compilation, the totals of the telephone and telegraph, power and
light, and electric-railroad operation groups have been combined and
are presented as one group— public utilities.
The percentages of change shown in the accompanying table, unless
otherwise noted, are unweighted; that is, the industries included in
the groups, and the groups comprising the total of all groups, have
not been weighted according to their relative importance in the com
bined totals.
F
The State totals for the anthracite-mining industry, which is con
fined entirely to the State of Pennsylvania, will be found in table 1,
nonmanufacturing industries.
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.
21
C O M P A R IS O N OF E M P L O Y M E N T A N D P A Y R O LLS IN ID E N T IC A L E S T A B L IS H M E N T S '
IN A P R I L A N D M A Y 1934, B Y S T A T E S
{Figures in italics are not compiled b y the Bureau of Labor Statistics, but are taken from reports issued1
b y cooperating State organizations]
Total—all groups
State
Manufacturing
Per
Per
N um
N um ber
cent N um
Amount
on cent
age
of pay
ber of
age
ber of
pay change
roll (1
estab roll,
change estab
week),
lish
from
from
lish
M ay
April M ay 1934 April ments
ments
1934
1934
1934
N um
ber on
pay
roll,
M ay
1934
591 71,981
A la b a m a .______
A r i z o n a .._______
395 10, 111
Arkansas_________ 2 518 18,726
California________ 31,829 256,481
885 34,394
Colorado____ ____
+ 0 ) ‘ $1,028,340
200,705
-h 7
280,489
- 7 .8
6,251,270
- 1 .1
731,896
+ 1 .5
+ 4 .0
-.9
- 3 .4
+ 2 .7
+ 1 .5
257 53,035
2,311
53
218 12,070
1,014 143,477
174 14,667
Connecticut....... . 1,223 169, 619
Delaware ______
166 10, 959
District of Colum
833 35,105
bia........ ............ .
Florida___________
761 33,043
969 99,092
Georgia__________
-1 .6
-.2
3,407,316
219, 991
- .6
- 2 .6
740 148,541
7,950
65
+ 1.9
- 5 .4
-2 .2
823,010
548,115
1,368,240
+ 2 .6
- 3 .5
- 4 .1
51
240
378
Per
Amount
Per
centage of pay
centagechange
roll (1 change
from
week),
from
April
M ay
April
1934
1934
1934
$732, 239
- 0 .9
42, 777
+ 2 .0
162,161
-1 0 .6
- 1 . 8 3,826,267
311,833
+ 6 .6
- 1 .4
- 5 .7
-5 .S
+ 2 .6
+ 6 .8
2,858,790
145,008
—. 8
—4. &
3,668
20, 225
81,067
+ 2.1
115,309
300,390
+ 1 .1
- 2 . 6 1,008,798
+ 3 .2
+ . 5a
- 5 .5
179,932 +14.8
9,135,554 + 4-4
3,001, 291 - 7 .6
994,330 + 4.1
1,604,779 + 2 .4
5,511
59
1,874 262,569
677 120,928
445 31,139
472 80,662
+39.1
97,794
+ 2 .4 5,479,649
- 4 . 0 2,347,341
+ 4 .5
600,378
+S .6
646,898
+37.1
+5.0*
- 9 .2 :
+ 4 .4
+ 5.3'
1,386,375
599,845
837,140
2,242,306
9,124,355
+ .8
+• 1
- 5 .8
+ .1
-.1
314 32,552
224 24,127
262 42,767
665 77,056
1,488 241,231
- 4 .8
567,296
+ .6
335,120
- 4 .4
697,252
6 - . 9 1,482,688
- 1 .7 4,619,577
—2. &
+ .7
- 7 . 6:
« + .S “
-1 .8 -
Michigan________ 2,481 472,602 + 2 .7 11,458,096 - 1 .5
Minnesota_______ 1,143 71,585 + 2 .3 1,481,146 + 1.1
402 13,164 + 2 .6
181,621 + 6 .3
Mississippi......... —
Missouri................. 1,638 134,061
2,690,895 - 2 .1
-.9
210,659 -1 9 .2
M ontana...............
408
8,576 -2 0 .5
1,126 448,458
401 36,606
112
9,181
849 79,680
89
3,045
- . 5 10,809,951
+ 3 .0
731,955
+ 4 .2
117, 557
- 2 .3 1,511,926
+ 7 .6
68,368
- 4 .0 '
+ l .f r
+ 7 .2
- 4 .5
+4.0'
156 12,102
33
818
218 39,643
7 725 210,007
874
33
+ 5 .3
258,407
21,353
+ 2 .5
- 3 .1
609,759
+ 2 .2 4,509,550
+ .5
13, 218
+ 5 .7
+ 4 .7
- 1 3 .*
+ 2 .9
+ 1 .6
Id a h o .............. .......
Illinois______ ____
Indiana...................
Iowa_____________
Kansas___________
248
9,880 +18.7
i 3,815 416,018 + 2 .0
1,399 153,515 - 3 .2
1,085 51,590 + 3 .9
51,875 72,505 + 2.7
K entucky________
992 78, 624
502 37, 571
Louisiana____ . . .
592 49,077
Maine __________
M aryland________ 1,608 111,550
Massachusetts___ s 8,779 436,388
- 1 .6
+ .2
- 3 .4
+ .6
-.4
Nebraska................
773 24,474
Nevada____ _____
153
2,548
N ew Hampshire. _
523 44,282
New Jersey______ 1,971 237,855
New M exico_____
222
5,681
+ 3.9
+ 4 .3
- 2 .7
+ 1 .6
+ 1.1
N ew Y ork .............. 8,309 630,933
North Carolina.
990 146,726
North Dakota
270
3,551
Ohio.....................
5,707 517,147
O klahom a.............
881 32,396
- 1 .1 15,806,378
- 3 .1
1,889,965
69,064
+ 1 .7
+ 2.1 11,333,868
+ 1 .2
641,884
-.2
- 6 .0
+ 2.1
+ 1 .8
+ 2 .7
81,874 378,766
612 140,203
1,034
60
2,490 394,744
174 11,678
- 1 . 5 8,854,599
- 3 . 3 1,791,255
+12.4
22,000
+ 2 .1 8, 705,332
+ .6
216,207
- 1 .4
- 6 .2
+10.0
+ 2. a
+ 3 .1
Oregon___________
836 38,437
Pennsylvania____ 5,001 697,964
Rhode Island____
994 74,193
South Carolina___
484 68,006
6,042
South Dakota____
203
+ 5 .3
781,965
+ 1 .2 15,195, 754
-.2
1,378,131
860,071
- 3 .7
142,879
+ 2 .6
+ 5 .6
+ 4 .9
-1 .2
-5 .2
+ 3 .3
291 26,522
1,875 408,620
368 61,050
229 63, 595
50
2,206
+ 7 .8
496,995
+ .3 8,183,069
- . 6 1,076,824
790,924
- 3 .5
+ 3 .0
44,180
+7.9*
+6.1
-1 .7
- 5 .4
+ 6 .5
Tennessee—...........
811
Texas..................... 1,647
U tah............. ..........
361
Verm ont.................
409
Virginia____ ______ 1,361
+ 2 .6
+. 5
+ 1 .8
+ 4.1
-.1
1,233,672
1,947,220
268,476
235,914
1,586,691
+ 2 .6
+ 1 .6
+ 1 .6
+ 8 .2
+ 2.1
902,304
+ 1 .9
999,291
-.4
101,521
+ 7 .7
+ 3 .9
142,773
- 1 . 0 1,144,081
+ 1 .5
-.9
+ 9 .4
+ 7 .5
+ 2.1
+ 3 .1
804,108
466 40,524
232 57,659
+ . 7 1,163,634
775 ISO, 090 «+ 12.8 2,501,717
41,513
45
1, 577
+ 2 .9
+ 2 .8
- 2 .1
6 + 17 .6
+ 1 .8
80,487
91, 806'
13,174
11,868
92,917
Washington......... . 1,334 66,023 + 2 .1
898 138, 256 +11.2
West Virginia____
W isconsin.............. » 1,050 161,818 + 3 .4
W yom ing...............
222
5,889
-.9
520,193 + 3.3
60,890 + 2 .0
715,636 -1 1 .4
5,333, 797 + 2 .2
97,883 + 2 .6
- 1 .9
-.4
1,397,218 + 2 .6
2,807,516 , + 7.1
8,143,276 + 5 .7
136,371 - 6 .6
332
596
115
146
491
61,721
49,966
5,185
7,222
69,963
1 Less than Ho of 1 percent.
2 Includes automobile dealers and garages, and sand, gravel, and building stone.
3 Includes banks, insurance, and office employment.
4 Includes building and contracting.
5 Includes construction, municipal, agricultural, and office employment, amusement and recreation,
professional* and transportation services.
6 Weighted percent of change.
7 Includes laundries.
8 Includes laundering and cleaning, but does not include food, canning and preserving.
9 Includes construction but does not include hotels and restaurants, and public works.
2 2
C O M P A R IS O N OF E M P L O Y M E N T A N D P A Y R O L L S IN ID E N T IC A L E S T A B L IS H M E N T S
IN A P R I L A N D M A Y 1934, B Y S T A T E S —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
Per
Per
N um
N um N um cent Amount
cent N um ber on
ber of ber on
of pay
age
age
ber
of
pay
pay
estab
change
roll (1
change estab
roll,
roll,
from
lish
week),
from
lish
M
ay
M
ay
ments
April M ay 1934 April ments
1934
1934
1934
1934
Alabama____ _____
Arizona__________
Arkansas________
California________
C o lo r a d o ___ _____
16
23
49
105
27
Connecticut______
Delaware___ _____
District of Columbia.-_ _ ............
Florida. ..................
Georgia__________
55
9
1,028
125
48
75
33
Idaho____________
Illinois___________
Indiana__________
Iowa_____________
Kansas____ _______
Per
Amount
centage of pay
change
roll (1
week),
from
M ay
April
1934
1934
Per
centage
change
from
April
1934
-1 .3
- 3 .8
- 2.0
$17,404
5, 585
25,996
163,045
24, 699
- 1 .6
- 5 .5
+ 1.0
+ 2.0
- 2 .6
80
166
125
129
274
2,173
1,807
1,947
26,600
4, 534
- 1 .7
-.8
-2 .9
+ .6
- 1 .6
29, 765
2,509
+ 2 .3
- 6 .1
114
37
964
1,208
624
+ 5 .7
- 2 .3
- 2 .3
29, 567
27, 675
16,017
+ 5 .3
-3 .8
-3 .6
606
100
221
10
820
77
34
168
147
8,231
1,860
1,095
2, 683
+ 2 .1
+ .5
+ .3
- 1 .1
- 1.8
3, 645
216,184
- 5 .1
+ .7
+ .6
-7 .0
-.6
53
929
194
117
797
Kentucky_____ __
Louisiana___ _____
M aine______ _____
M aryland________
Massachusetts___
22
23
19
206
848
449
705
463
3,227
17, 798
+3. 5
- 2 .2
+ .4
+ 2 .3
+ .3
8,978
16,459
10, 968
77,560
472, 854
+ .9
- 4 .3
-.6
+ 3 .2
+ 1.1
79
34
64
554
4,587
14,161
+ 1 .7
- 6 .1
+ 4 .4
+ 2.2
71, 564
M ichigan________
M innesota_______
Mississippi_______
Missouri____ _____
M ontana_________
66
77
4
60
12
1,889
4,889
123
5,126
224
+ 2 .7
-2 .2
+ .8
+ 1 .7
+ .4
51, 589
129,198
2, 377
131,840
6, 517
-.8
- 4 .5
- 2 .1
- 2 .7
- 6 .3
743
247
28
128
86
16. 733
8, 522
450
11,118
899
+ 5 .8
-4 .6
+. 4
+ 4 .6
+ 2 .0
346, 440
145, 528
4, 692
197,459
18, 273
+ 6 .1
+ 1 .0
- 3 .0
+ .4
- .9
N ebraska________
N evada__________
N ew Hampshire. _
N ew Jersey______
N ew M exico_____
29
7
12
23
7
814
111
153
640
94
+ 3 .2
+. 9
+ 1 .3
+ 1 .3
- 1 .1
19,907
3, 427
4, 276
17, 624
3, 205
+• 1
- 3 .1
+ .4
+ 1 .2
- 1 .2
187
36
67
420
53
2, 012
223
871
7,936
289
- 2 .3
-2 .6
+ 7.1
+ .7
- 1 .0
39,046
4,868
13, 249
178, 984
6,031
+ 3 .3
-6 .4
+ 3 .7
+ .9
-4 .2
New Y o rk _______
North Carolina.
North Dakota____
O h io.____ ________
Oklahoma________
388
14
11
215
48
13,906
187
212
4,798
986
+ 4.1
(10)
+ 5 .0
+• 4
+ 1 .0
419, 279
4,006
4, 933
124,174
21,482
+ 3 .4
- 2 .9
- 1 .8
+ 1 .2
-5 .6
4,148
197
11
1,698
197
87,984
971
276
40,439
3, 377
- . 7 1,928,127
-.4
12, 463
+ 4 .5
3,876
+ 1 .4
743,913
+ 3.1
60,917
-1 .0
+ .3
+ 1 .8
+ .6
-3 .9
Oregon___________
Pennsylvania____
Rhode Island____
South Carolina___
South Dakota____
46
122
34
14
9
1, 296
3,434
779
212
114
+ .2
+ .2
+ 1 .4
-.5
+ 1 .8
33, 227
90,854
19, 559
5,032
2, 723
- 3 .4
-.7
+ 1 .3
+ 1 .4
- 3 .1
202
371
465
116
11
2,132
30,068
5, 712
1,250
89
-.6
+ 2 .3
+ 2 .0
1
+ 6 .0
44,073
599,070
102, 718
14, 386
1,349
-1 .7
+ 2 .7
-1 .2
- .4
-1 .2
Tennessee________
Texas____________
Utah_____________
Verm ont_________
Virginia__________
34
267
14
5
37
746
6,207
471
117
810
+ .3
+ 1 .4
- 1 .1
+ 2 .6
-8 .7
15, 518
146,152
11, 735
2,746
20,640
- 0)
+• 6
-3 .0
+ 2 .4
- 5 .3
58
586
71
30
477
4, 302
16,090
690
250
5,318
+13.6
+ 1 .5
+ 3 .8
+ .4
+ 2.1
66, 760
307,189
13, 765
5,232
88,255
+ 5 .2
+ 4 .2
-1 1 .1
-.4
+ 2 .0
Washington______
W est Virginia____
W isconsin....... .......
W yom ing________
100
28
45
8
2,179
554
1,735
64
+ 1 .8
- 1 .6
-2 .6
+ 1 .6
58,024
13,153
36,884
1, 760
-.8
-4 .0
- 3 .7
- 3 .3
365
28
53
42
6,479
775
10, 863
260
- 1 .2
+ 8 .4
-.2
+ 1 .6
122, 391
13, 739
146,192
5,281
+ .6
+ 6.1
- .6
-2 .2
669 + 2 .0
234 + 4 .5
1,154 +14.6
5,814
+ .3
900
+ .7
1 Less than Ho of 1 percent.
10 N o change.
42, 659
26,829
61,587
-.6
$37,624
28, 595
82, 705
548,173
92, 723
+ 3 .2
4, 839
605
+ .5
- 4 .4
96,443
13,594
+ .4
+ 1 .2
12, 445
2, 673
3,905
+ 1 .6
- 4 .2
-.5
255,167
47, 260
65,081
+ 1 .3
- 7 .3
- 1 .0
443
- 2 .2
+ 2 .4
+ 2 .2
-.6
+ .9
7, 601
858,315
127, 247
64,917
144,210
-.8
+ 2 .5
+ 3 .4
+ 1 .5
+ 1.1
64, 255
47,836
16,570
271, 638
+ .8 1,899,408
+ 3 .3
-.7
+ 1 .4
+ .7
+ .9
42,416
7 ,106
3, 613
7,808
3, 764
3, 091
896
-.2
-.
-.1
23
C O M P A R IS O N OF E M P L O Y M E N T A N D P A Y R O LLS IN ID E N T IC A L E S T A B L IS H M E N T S
IN A P R I L A N D M A Y 1934, B Y S T A T E S —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
Alabama
., __
Arizona ________
Arkansas_________
California___ ____
C o lo r a d o .______
Connecticut______
Delaware. ____ _
District of Colum
bia_____________
Florida......... ..........
Georgia__________
1 Per
Per
cent
N um N um cent Amount
on
ber of ber
age
age
of
pay
pay change
change
estab
roll (1
roll,
lish
from
from
week),
M ay
April M ay 1934 April
ments
1934
1934
1934
8
41
4
- 2 .5
+ 9 .5
+ 1 2 .2
1,117 - 2 .4
27 —6.9
$7,291
651
3,009
22, 527
341
+15.1
+ 2 .5
+16.2
- 1 .6
-1 9 .0
25
3
327 +15.5
68 +17.2
5,643
1,409
+14.8
+39.1
16
3
596
46
2 11
17
25
853
1,462
- 4 .3
+ 8 .5
10, 529
15,186
- 3 .2
+16.9
18
62
29
88
631 + 9 .7
1,670 +19.7
619 +24.8
1,298 + 2.1
11,884
29,335
9,980
24,988
+ 1 2 .1
+34.0
+35.3
+ 7 .6
K entucky________
Louisiana________
M a i n e ___________
M aryland________
M assachusetts___
40
20
1,132 + 1 2 .2
474 + 6 .3
536 +15.3
Aio + 7 .9
482 +25.5
13,927
6,259
12,775
10,028
10,954
+12.7
+ 3 .0
+21.9
+18.5
+35.6
M ichigan________
M innesota_______
Mississippi______
Missouri
______
M ontana________
47
26
9
50
5
1,843 +26.2
360 +18.4
230 +51.3
1, 255 —5. 1
58 - 3 .3
34,627
5,905
3,645
17,424
1,034
+35.4
+24.4
+43.4
- 7 .2
+16.3
Nebraska________
N e va d a .. _______
New Hampshire. _
N ew Jersey__ ____
New M exico_____
11
178 +35.9
2,560
+ 2 2 .0
11
37
230 - 7 .3
682 +11.4
5,610
12 , 226
-1 6 .1
+18.7
78
11
2, 694 +15.3
392 - 5 .1
55,985
5,404
+ 2 1 .8
-1 9 .2
144
15
3,932 +15.4
207 +20.3
67, 745
1,808
+24.1
+ 2 .7
Oregon___________
Pennsylvania____
R hode Island------South Carolina___
South Dakota------
4
151
116 + 20.8
4,902 +15.8
2,295
85, 281
+22.9
+23.6
4
6
117
+. 9
81 +37.3
1,364
1,151
+19.1
+25.4
Tennessee_______
Texas____________
U t a h . . __________
V erm ont_________
Virginia----------------
23
22
7
38
28
901 + 4 .6
1,502 + 7 .9
160 +50.9
2 ,203 + 7 .3
962 + 8 .7
10,158
27,786
2 ,158
43,763
13,105
- 4 .9
+ 9 .2
+34.3
+17.9
+18.0
Washington______
W est Virginia........
Wisconsin...............
W yom ing________
17
19
n
614 +12.9
922 + 9 .8
384 +60.7
Idaho______ ______
Illinois
Indiana_______ . .
TCn/psas
N ew Y ork _______
North Carolina___
North Dakota ..
Ohio____________
Oklahoma_____ . .
12
9
10
11 N ot available.
7 0 2 6 2 - -3 4 — - 4
10, 766 +14.0
14,829 +21.7
7,135 + 104.5
Metalliferous mining
N um N um
ber of ber on
pay
estab
roll,
lish
M
ay
ments , 1934
Per
Amount
centage of pay
change
roll (1
from
week),
April
M ay
1934
1934
Per
centage
change
from
April
1934
12
1,416
3,060
396
2,681
1,083
-1 .7
+13.5
+ .3
-.4
+ 2 .0
$1 1,0 2 2
71,457
5,797
67,124
29,258
-4 7 .6
+10.9
—5.7
+6.1
- 1 .0
10
2,082
- 2 .4
42, 477
-7 .3
17
1,222
- 5.1
21, 477
+ 3 .5
38
32
4,872
1,825
+ 7 .5
+38.8
79,711
37,778
+ 3 .2
+ 50.6
14
17
1,759
456
+. 7
-8 2 .8
21,107
20,346
+ 4 .5
-7 1 .6
15
651
+ 7 .2
15,062
+ 5 .1
3
5
17
976
+13.3
+ 5.1
315
18,344
—1 1 .0
+ 5 .4
32
1,251
+ 1 .0
17,629
-1 0 .4
6
90
+ 2 .3
1,929
+ 2 1 .2
9
22
3
36
4
315
+ 6 .8
6 , 770
+ 7 .1
12
2,140
+ 1 .7
44,966
+ 2 .9
117
—. 8
2, 505
+ 9 .8
213
—.9
4,740
4
3
0 1)
24
C O M P A R IS O N OF E M P L O Y M E N T A N D P A Y R O L L S IN ID E N T IC A L E S T A B L IS H M E N T S
I N A P R IL A N D M A Y 1934, B Y S T A T E S —Continued
[Figures in italics are not compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, but are taken from reports issued
by cooperating State organizations]
Crude-petroleum producing
Bituminous-coal mining
State
Alabama_________
Arizona.
____
Arkansas______ __
California. ,
C o lo r a d o .___ ___
Per
Per
N um N um cent Amount
cent N um
ber on
age
ber of
ber of
of pay
age
pay
estab
roll (1
change estab
roll, change
lish
from
lish
week),
from
M ay
April M ay 1934 April ments
ments
1934
1934
1934
46
9,335
+ 7 .1
$145,322
+75.6
49
3,374 -1 4 .8
49,689
-1 5 .5
38
52
15
15
6,769
5,263
1,560
742
147
28,730
N um
ber on
pay
roll,
M ay
1934
Amount
Per
centage of pay
change
roll (1
week),
from
M ay
April
1934
1934
Per
centage
change
from
April
1934
8
40
406
9,674
+ 6 .3
+ 6 .9
9,501
293,988
+ 9 .9
+ 3 .9
8
4
204
22
-1 .4
-8 .3
4,288
340
-2 .7
+ 3 .3
27
1,662
+ .7
39,223
+ 6 .2
5
9
251
282
+ 4.1
+ 8 .0
3,399
8,074
+ 4 .3
+ 6 .1
1,102
+11.4
Connecticut
Delaware....... .........
Dist. of Columbia.
Florida___________
Idaho____________
Illinois____ _______
Iow a_____________
Kansas___ _______
K entucky___ _____
Louisiana________
M aine_______ ____
Maryland
Massachusetts___
-1 9 .8
114,189 -1 4 .2
-1 3 .5
Indiana^..
„ . -1 3 .0
101,963
+40.7
25,449 +112.7
-.3
It, 691
+ 12.4
-.7
499, 700
+ 3 .7
17
1,696 + 10.7
16,603
-1 2 .5
M ichigan....... ........
M innesota..............
Mississippi______
M issouri...... ..........
M ontana___ ______
21
11
639 -2 9 .9
511 -3 9 .2
8,288
14,260
-3 6 .0
-1 7 .8
4
47
(16)
Nebraska________
N evada...... ..........
N ew Hampshire
N ew Jersey............
N ew M e x i c o . . __
14
29,204
+ 6 .5
5
89
+ 21.9
1,987
+17.4
3
83
+ 3 .8
2,160
+ 7 .8
....... .
N orth Carolina
N orth Dakota____
O h io_____________
Oklahoma....... .......
Oregon ._ ________
Pennsylvania____
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota____
-1 .0
N ew Y o r k ..
7
76
14
-1 3 .1
+ 5 .6
-1 1 .3
6
58
61
5, 745
+ 1 .7
+ .9
723
139,936
-.6
+ 9 .0
+ 3 .3
1, 334, 553
- 1 .5
20
921
+ 2 .2
22,781
+ 3 .1
16
5
12
2, 462 + 9 .8
343 - 2 . 3
837 -2 7 .8
45,327
5,827
18,384
+ 25.8
- .1
-2 0 .0
3
6,594
+ 1 .6
215,075
+ .6
24
4, 480
+ .4
83,690
-.2
897 +38.6
68, 647 +24.0
21,818
1,377,777
+97.3
+16.9
8
449
+14.2
9,051
+15.8
63,121
-1 4 .4
6
155
+ 4 .0
4, 407
+ 1 .3
11
355
.50 N o change.
437 -2 1 .1
14,618 + 5 .1
180 -2 5 .3
8,152
250,440
3,382
455
Tennessee _ ___
Texas____________
______
Utah
Vermont
__ __
Virginia. _
...
Washington
West Virginia____
Wisconsin .
W y o m in g .__ ___
1,721
31
75,924
2,903
- 4 .3
25
C O M P A R IS O N OF E M P L O Y M E N T A N D P A Y R O L L S I N ID E N T IC A L E S T A B L IS H M E N T S
IN A P R IL A N D M A Y 1934, B Y S T A T E S — Continued
[Figures in italics are not compiled b y the Bureau of Labor Statistics, but are taken from reports issued
by cooperating State organizations]
Hotels
Public utilities
State
Per
Per
N um
N um Num cent Amount
cent N um ber on
ber of
ber of ber on
of pay
age
age
pay
pay
change estab roll,
roll (1
estab roll, change
lish
from
lish
from
week),
M ay
M ay
April M ay 1934 April ments
ments
1934
1934
1934
1934
Per
Amount
Per
centage of pay
centage
change
roll (1
change
from
week),
from
April
M ay
April
1934
1934
1934
Alabama_______ .
Arizona__________
Arkansas_________
California............
Colorado_________
88
61
29
41
202
1,702
1,392
1,836
39,902
5,637
- 4 .1
+ 1 .7
-2 .6
+ .1
+ 2 .4
$38,399
30,902
31,014
1,138,423
140,248
- 8 .9
-2 .3
-.4
+ 6 .9
- 1 .9
24
24
26
182
56
1,366
570
845
9,612
1,237
- 2 .1
-3 7 .4
-2 0 .2
- 2 .7
+ 2.0
$11,887
8,030
7,865
149,179
15,369
- 3 .1
-3 2 .1
-1 1 .9
- 1 .7
- 1 .6
Connecticut______
Delaware. ______
District of Colum
bia-------------------Florida___________
Georgia____ ______
132
28
9,700
1,111
+ .5
+ 1 .7
295,641
30,498
+ .1
+ .4
32
3
1,252
260
- 1 .6
+ 1 .6
16,416
3, 569
—2.1
+ 1 .9
21
163
186
9,204
4,167
6, 788
+ 2 .4
-2 .0
+ 1 .6
259,310
106, 336
184,633
+ 3 .3
+• 2
+ 1 .2
45
107
39
4,455
2,138
1,276
- 1 .2
-4 3 .7
- 2 0 .7
66,163
21,852
10,669
+1.1
—40.1
-2 2 .4
Idaho...... ................
56
Illinois _ ______
80
Indiana__________
133
Iow a_____________
320
Kansas___________ is 146
747
72,952
9,456
8,139
6,4^9
+ 1.9
+ 1.0
+ .7
+ 1.1
-.3
14,428
2,039, 620
232,896
184, 356
152,486
-.3
+ 3.7
-2 .7
-2 .2
+ 1.5
23
67
60
35
435
13,929
3,213
2,813
810
+11.5
+ 2 .4
+ 3 .2
- 3 .2
+ 1 .9
4,838
210,443
34,787
27,071
8,315
+ 6 .9
—2.2
—3.4
+ 4 .2
+ 3 .0
K entucky________
Louisian a.............
M aine______ ____
Maryland_____
Massachusetts___
278
150
170
94
128
6,249
5,702
2,769
12,306
46,806
+• 7
+ 1 .0
+ .9
+ .3
+ .5
145,781
140,455
73,214
341,987
1,328,216
+ .2
- 1 .5
+ 3 .7
-2 .6
+ .7
37
22
18
20
65
2,453
2,196
642
70S
4,959
+12.7
+ 1 .6
+ 9 .2
+ 4 .5
- 6 .6
25,165
24,612
7,909
8,562
73,941
+17.4
+ 1 .9
+ 5 .6
+ 3 .7
-.8
Michigan________
Minnesota..............
Mississippi. ...........
Missouri_________
Montana_________
425
165
190
177
105
29,041
8,833
1,701
19,127
2,100
+ 1 .9
+ 2 .0
- 1 .9
+ 1 .6
+ 2.1
894, 255
217,542
36,866
512,802
58,657
+ 5 .7
- 2 .6
+ 7 .4
+ 3.1
+ 3 .0
103
80
24
98
36
5, 575
3,521
782
5,371
584
+ 5.0
+ 2 .2
-1 2 .1
+ .6
+ 4 .3
71,687
42,991
6,239
65,743
8,206
+ 3 .5
+ 3.6
-1 5 .6
+ .8
+ 2 .0
Nebraska.......... .
N evada........ ..........
N ew H am pshire..
N ew Jersey_______
N ew M exico........ .
290
35
140
265
54
5,673
405
2,217
21, 391
629
+ 1.3
+ 7 .4
- 1 .2
-.1
+ 1 .6
141,164
10,630
59,123
625,808
12,409
- 1 .6
- 1 .8
+ 2 .4
+ 2 .5
- 5 .0
48
20
11
95
25
1, 774
256
302
4,287
653
+ 4.1
+ 5 .3
+ 4 .9
- 5 .1
+ 1 .7
18,201
3,490
3,709
53,995
6,679
+ 1 .6
- 1 .8
+ 7.1
-.9
+ .8
N ew Y ork_______
North C arolina.. .
North Dakota
.
Ohio_____________
Oklahoma_______
877 123,379
1,506
63
724
108
483 34,839
5,435
223
+• 1
(10)
+ 2 .5
+ 1 .0
- .4
3,897, 857
33,694
16,343
937,669
127,289
+ 3 .3
- 6 .6
+ 1 .5
-.9
+ 2 .4
209
44
20
141
54
27,982
2,042
339
9,012
1,683
-.7
+ .2
+ .9
+ .2
+ 9 .6
449,554
18, 338
3,479
118,156
17,090
- 1 .6
- 1 .1
+ 3.1
+ 3 .6
+ 4 .3
O regon ..................
Pennsylvania____
R hode Island____
South Carolina___
South Dakota____
181
741
43
72
58
5, 576
+ .1
49,047
+ .5
3,468 + 1 .6
1,726 -1 1 .3
765 + 3 .4
151,047
1,380,132
98,680
35,650
18,498
+ 4 .3
-.9
+ 3.3
- 6 .2
+ 6 .1
73
158
20
18
25
1,504
8,855
495
494
425
-.1
+. 9
+ 1 .9
- 8 .3
+ .7
19,014
116,970
6,615
4,373
5,016
+ .5
+ 1 .9
+ 1 .7
- 6 .8
+ 1 .5
Tennessee..............
Texas.
________
Utah_____________
Verm ont_________
Virginia---------------
235
127
70
124
153
4,726
8,010
1,817
1,125
5,910
+ .6
+ 1 .9
+ 2 .7
+ .5
+ 1 .5
110, 308
207, 659
37,912
26,811
143,496
+ 5 .5
+ 2 .6
+ .5
+ 3.2
+ 2 .0
41
46
14
21
41
2,494
3,437
515
446
2,459
+ 1.1
-1 .4
+ 4 .0
+ 5 .2
+16.4
21,923
44,068
6,510
4,325
25,127
+ 3 .3
-.3
+ 2 .1
+ 3 .0
+15.4
Washington...........
West Virginia- . .
Wisconsin________
W y o m in g _______
191
114
i< 41
48
8,000
6,171
10,866
464
-.9
+ 1 .6
+ 1.7
+ 2 .2
222,004
166,400
317,123
10,984
+. 9
+ 4 .2
+ 1.7
+ 1.8
97
42
43
16
2,882
1,430
U457
141
-1 .4
+ 1 .2
+ 2 .9
+ 2 .2
34,448
15,231
O)
1,910
+ .8
+ 2 .4
10N o change.
11 N ot available.
12 Includes restaurants.
13 Includes steam railways.
14 Includes railways and express.
12 233
+. 6
26
C O M P A R IS O N OF E M P L O Y M E N T A N D P A Y R O L L S IN ID E N T IC A L E S T A B L IS H M E N T S
IN A P R I L A N D M A Y 1934, B Y S T A T E S —Continued
[Figures in italics are not compiled b y the Bureau of Labor Statistics, but are taken from reports issued
by cooperating State organizations]
Dyeing and cleaning
Laundries
State
Alabam a...
Arizona—
Arkansas..
California.
C olorado...
Connecticut-------Delaware________
District of Colum
bia____________
Florida--------------Georgia--------------Idaho—
Illin ois..
Indiana.
Iow a___
Kansas..
K entucky----------Louisiana----------M aine__________
M aryland......... —
M assachusetts.. .
Per
N um
Per
N um Per
Amount
cent Num ber on
N um ber on cent Amount
centage of pay
of pay
age
age
ber of
ber of
change
roll (1
pay
pay
roll (1
change
change estab
estab
week),
roll,
from
roll,
week),
from
from
lish
lish
M ay
M
ay
April
M
a
y
ments
April M ay 1934 April ments
1934
1934
1934
1934
1934
1934
20
12
25
™65
34
1,032
431
635
5,221
1,264
+ 0 .2
-4 .4
+ 3.2
- (i)
+ .5
$10,131
6,048
6,280
95,772
17,206
+ 2 .1
-3 .6
+ 3.9
+ .1
+ 3 .2
41
4
1,618
299
+ 2 .3
+ 2 .0
27,159
5,098
+ 3 .7
+ 3 .3
21
21
29
2,923 + 5 .4
981 -1 3 .3
2,467
+ .4
46,149
10,060
27,405
18
339
3,513
2,034
1,440
922
+ 1 .2
+ 1.9
+ 3 .7
+ 5 .4
+ 2.9
45
35
18 43
123
41
79
+10.8
-8 .9
+ 6 .8
$1, 768
780
1,211
+19.1
+ .4
+ .3
17
263
+ 8 .7
5,009
+14.5
16
334
+ 2 .1
7,271
+ 3 .0
+ 6 .2
-1 5 .9
+ .5
4
19
12
104
180
200
+ 7 .2
-5 .8
+ 2 .6
2,173
2,601
2, 762
+ 8 .3
-4 .0
+ 5 .2
4,968
59,419
29,703
20,903
12,666
+ .7
+ 5.7
+ 6 .0
+ 7 .4
+ 4 -4
37
11
595
183
+ 5 .9
+ 5 .2
10,119
3,222
+ 6 .8
+ 6 .3
+ 1 .8
+ 5 .4
+ 4 .1
-.2
+ 2 .8
23,767
5,613
8,020
29,394
86,542
+ 1 .8
+ 8 .5
+ 1 .3
+ 3 .7
+ 2 .2
10
7
6
12
78
304
95
170
224
2,153
+ 4 .1
+ 1.1
+11.1
+ 8 .2
+ 4 -3
4,844
1,472
3,171
3,851
41,305
+ 7 .8
+ 6 .9
+ 8 .2
+ 7 .4
+ 4 -7
8
3
6
124
1,873
523
562
1,867
5,219
M ich ig a n .. .
M innesota..
M ississippiM issouri___
M ontana—
66
42
8
54
15
3, 242
1,893
366
3,117
364
+ 4 .4
+ 4 .9
+ 4 .6
+ 1 .7
+ .8
49,630
31,382
4,026
42,581
6,054
+ 7 .0
+ 9 .8
+ 8 .6
+ 2 .7
+ .2
28
18
10
32
6
1,058
591
124
882
42
+ 8 .2
+ 5 .9
+ 5 .1
+ 8 .4
(10)
23,857
10,786
1,808
16,105
878
+10.4
+ 7 .5
+12.2
+12.1
+ 7 .6
Nebraska..............
N evada-------------N ew Hampshire.
New Jersey-------N ew M exico-------
15
3
22
48
6
985 +11.0
37 + 2 .8
345
-.6
4, 745 + 1 .9
221 + 1 .4
14,446
652
5,096
88,092
3,199
+12.8
—1.7
+ 1. 6
+ 3 .6
+ 2 .3
16
353
+11.4
6, 318
+15. 5
3
12
48
187
- 9 .4
+ 2 .7
829
4,046
(10)
+ 4 .2
N ew Y o rk ______
North C arolina..
North Dakota—
Ohio____________
Oklahom a.......... .
75
12
11
75
21
6, 902
684
221
3,989
924
+ 2 .4
+. 9
+ 7 .8
+ 1 .8
+ 3 .6
121,157
7,563
3,279
65,181
11, 766
+11.0
+ 1 .7
+ 7 .9
+ 2 .4
+ 5 .2
17
11
4
81
15
588
147
39
2,468
245
+ 3 .2
+ 8 .9
+ 8 .3
+ 7 .4
+ 2 .1
11,820
1,906
623
47,415
3, 339
-1 .2
+13.5
+ 9 .1
+10.6
+ .9
Oregon_________
P ennsylvania...
Rhode I sla n d ...
South CarolinaSouth D akota...
13
42
22
8
8
384
2,877
1,115
392
135
-.1
+ 2 .5
+ 1 .3
+ 2 .1
-1 .5
5,849
45, 503
19,086
3,860
1,731
+. 6
+ 3 .9
+ 2 .4
- 4 .1
+ 2 .0
5
41
6
12
3
65
1,861
421
106
40
(10)
+ 3 .9
+ 9 .4
+ 6 .0
+21.2
1,204
37,152
7, 303
1, 349
733
-5 .9
+5. 4
+ 1 .9
+ 6 .8
+10.4
Tennessee..
Texas........ .
Utah______
V erm ont. _.
Virginia___
15
23
11
10
22
1,426
1,429
633
201
1, 002
+ 3 .2
+ 3 .0
+• 8
+ 6 .9
+ 2 .6
14, 331
17,875
9,145
2, 565
11,893
+ 5 .4
+ 2 .5
+. 1
+ 8 .1
+ 2 .8
13
21
12
5
38
212
568
152
78
526
+ 6 .5
+ 3 .8
+ 4 .1
+ 1 .3
+ 7 .8
2, 696
9,834
2, 724
1, 111
8,283
+10.4
+ 3 .8
-.3
+ 2 .0
+15.0
16
18
i&28
7
614
713
1,019
136
(10)
+ 1 .0
+ 4-3
+ 3 .0
10, 784
10,160
14,315
2,438
- (0
+ 4 .2
+ 7 .3
+ 4 .1
12
11
189
288
+ 2 .2
+ 3 .2
3, 725
4, 545
+• 1
+ 10.0
4
28
Washington___
W est Virginia..
Wisconsin____
W yom ing--------
39
8
26
25
Percentag
change
from
April
1934
1 Less than Ho of 1 percent.
i° N o change.
Includes dyeing and cleaning.
+ 3 .7 1
545 | + 12.6
27
C O M P A R IS O N OF E M P L O Y M E N T A N D P A Y R O LLS IN ID E N T IC A L E S T A B L IS H M E N T S
IN A P R IL A N D M A Y 1934, B Y S T A T E S —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]
Banks, brokerage, insurance, and real estate
State
A labam a. _
Arizona___
Arkansas..
California..
C olorado. _
Connecticut_________
Delaware------------------District of Columbia..
Florida______________
Georgia--------------------Idaho___
Illinois...
IndianaIowa......
K ansas..
K en tu cky_____
Louisiana--------Maine_________
M aryland_____
Massachusetts..
Michigan—_
Minnesota-.
Mississippi.
Missouri—
M ontana. --
Number
lumber
f estab- on pay roll,
shments M ay 1934
Percent
age
change
from
April
1934
Amount of
pay roll (1
week), M ay
1934
Percent
age
change
from
April
1934
27
28
20
1,163
36
534
219
244
23,187
1,408
+ 1 .3
-.5
-.8
-.2
+ .6
$15,253
5,880
5, 766
761, 737
45, 521
+ 3 .3
-1 .6
-1 .9
-.6
+ .8
68
15
37
19
46
1,980
501
1,342
618
1,303
(10)
(10)
+ .1
-2 .5
+ 1 .4
70,188
17,451
49,172
21,412
37, 689
-.6
+ 1 .3
+ .9
-.8
+ .6
17
96
51
19
16 Jfi
154
11,045
1,368
989
880
+ .7
+ .5
+ 2 .1
-.6
+ .2
3,788
391,095
44,901
31,225
27,440
-.7
+0)
+ 1 .9
+ 2 .4
+ 5 .4
21
13
18
31
16 224
867
376
272
1,167
7,643
+. 6
(10)
+• 7
+ 3 .5
+•4
29, 263
13,945
7, 261
40,696
224,956
- 4 .0
-3 .0
+ 4 .2
+ 5 .2
-1 .3
128
55
17
155
22
4,844
4,545
207
5,987
246
+ 2 .0
+ 3 .1
-1 .0
+ .1
+ .4
152,386
128,081
4,411
165,620
6,964
+ 1 .3
- 3 .4
-1 .0
+ .5
+ 1 .1
21
583
+ .5
20,144
+ 2 .7
13,985
369,840
3,427
+ 7 .2
-1 .2
+ 4 .0
2,053, 219
15,336
6,319
273,120
21,039
+ 1 .5
-.5
+ .2
- 1 .3
+ 1 .8
Nebraska________
Nevada--------------New Hampshire..
New Jersey______
New M exico-------
39
130
17
473
12,961
123
-.6
+• 4
(10)
New Y ork --------North Carolina..
North D a kota -..
Ohio___________
Oklahoma...........
826
26
37
298
30
57,349
594
266
8,247
685
-.4
(10)
+ .4
+ .2
+ .6
Oregon_________
Pennsylvania—_
Rhode Island—
South Carolina.
South D a k ota ..
15
757
34
11
32
752
24, 218
1,116
114
240
(10)
+ .4
+• 1
-3 .4
+ .8
26,332
749,975
46,797
3,133
5,953
+ .2
+•6
-2 .4
- 2 .3
+ 1 .1
Tennessee .
Texas_____
U tah_____
V erm ont...
Virginia.
40
27
23
30
50
1,182
1,460
574
226
1,487
-1 .2
+ .3
+ .7
- 1 .7
-.1
37, 577
40,912
19,656
6, 588
48,121
-5 .8
+ .3
+ .3
-.1
- 1 .1
W ashington__
West Virginia.
W isconsin____
W yom ing-------
51
43
18
13
1,763
648
931
112
+. 6
(10)
-.3
+ 1 .8
56,106
18,997
32,365
3,296
+ 1 .3
-.4
-1 .4
+ 1 .1
i Less than Ho of 1 percent.
i'o No change.
16 Does not include brokerage and real estate.
28
Employment and Pay Rolls in May 1934 in Cities of Over
500,000 Population
LUCTUATIONS in employment and pay-roll totals in May 1934
as compared with April 1934 in 13 cities of the United States
having a population of 500,000 or over are presented in the following
table. These changes are computed from reports received from iden
tical establishments in each of the months considered.
In addition to reports received from establishments in the several
industrial groups regularly covered in the survey of the Bureau, ex
cluding 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
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 1934 AS C O M P A R E D
W IT H A P R IL 1934
Cities
N umber on pay roll
Num ber of
establish
ments re
porting in
both
April 1934 M a y 1934
months
New 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___
5,599
2,029
967
1,249
1,045
1, 275
873
751
3,543
518
1, 310
473
539
461,480
248,125
171, 941
305,148
86,090
120, 249
94,861
77,314
140,419
103,806
65,897
58,442
51, 596
459,814
252,841
167, 275
313,227
85, 304
123,852
93,574
77,385
139. 591
106, 287
65,899
58,373
53,156
Per
cent
age
change
from
April
1934
- 0 .4
+ 1 .9
- 2 .7
+2.6
-.9
+ 3 .0
-1 .4
+ .1
-.6
+ 2 .4
+ 0)
-. 1
+ 3 .0
Amount of pay roll
(1 week)
April 1934
M a y 1934
12,104,141
5,813, 605
3,879,487
8,105, 623
2,021, 551
2, 793,813
1,987,848
1, 578, 427
3, 250, 271
2, 251,024
1,589, 580
1,342, 791
1, 086, 601
12,180,139
6,067, 615
3,758,587
8,118,474
1,975,128
2,840, 782
1,933, 668
1,613,124
3, 220,518
2, 387,434
1,594,074
1,365,851
1,137,067
Per
cent
age
change
from
April
1934
+
0.6
+ 4 .4
- 3 .1
+. 2
- 2 .3
+ 1 .7
-2 .7
+2.2
-.9
+6.1
+ .3
+ 1 .7
+ 4 .6
1 Less than Mo of 1 percent.
Employment and Pay Rolls in the Federal Service, May 1934
M PLO YM EN T in the executive departments of the United
States Government increased by 14,978, comparing May with
April 1934. Comparing May with the corresponding month of the
previous year there was an increase of 82,282 employees or 14.3
percent.
The data concerning employment in the executive departments is
collected by the United States Civil Service Commission from the
various departments and offices of the United States Government.
The figures are tabulated by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Table 1 shows the number of employees in the executive depart
ments of the Federal Government. Employment information for
the District of Columbia is shown separately. Approximately 13
percent of the employees in the executive branches of the United
States Government work in the city of Washington.
E
29
T
able
I .— EM PLOYEES
IN T H E E X E C U T IV E S E R V IC E O F T H E
M A Y 1933 A N D A P R I L 1934 A N D M A Y 1934
District of Columbia
Item
Perma Tem
pora
nent
ry i
Total
U N IT E D
STATES,
Outside the District
Entire service
Perma T em Total
nent porary 1
Perma T em
Total
nent porary 1
N umber of employees:
M a y 1933_______ _______ _ 64,249 2,319 66,568 472,057 38,179 510,236 536,306 40,498 576,804
75,512 8,338 83,850 488,362 71,896 560, 258 563,874 80,234 644,108
April 1934_______________
M a y 1934............... .............
77,483 8,456 85,939 492,659 80,488 573,147 570,142 88,944 659,086
Gain or loss:
M a y 1933-May 1934_____ +13,234 +6,137 +19,371 +20, 602 +42,309 +62,911 +33,836 +48,446 +82, 282
April 1934-May 1934_____ +1,971 +118 +2,089 +4,297 +8,592 +12,889 +6,268 + 8, 710 +14,978
Percent of change:
+ 4 .4 +110.8 +12.3
+ 6 .3 +119. 6 +14.3
+20.6 +264. 6 +29.1
M a y 1933-May 1934_____
+ 2. a
+2. 5
+ 0 .9 +12.0
+ 2 .3
+ 1.1 +10.9
April 1934-May 1934_____
+ 2 .6 + 1 .4
Labor turn-over, M a y 1934:
2, 507 1,853
4,360 10,330 32,259 42,589 12,837 34,112 46,949
Additions 2___ __________
2,413
6,030 23,670 29,700
7,036 25,077 32,113
1,006 1,407
Separations2_____________
2.84
1.2
5.24
1.24
29.65
4.93
1. 32 16.76
Turn-over rate per 100___
31.07
1 N ot including field employees of the Post Office Department.
2 N ot including employees transferred within the Government service, as such transfers should not be
regarded as labor turn-over, or 142 employees not previously reported but not regarded as additions.
There were nearly 86,000 employees on the pay rolls of the executive
departments in the city of Washington for the month ending May
31, 1934. This is an increase of nearly 30 percent as compared with
the corresponding month of 1933. The number of permanent em
ployees increased nearly 21 percent over this period, while the num
ber of temporary employees was more than 3% times as great in
May 1934 as during May of the previous year.
Comparing May with April 1934, there was an increase of 2.6
percent in the number of permanent employees and an increase of 1.4
percent in the number of temporary employees, making a net increase
of 2.5 percent in total employment in the executive service.
The May turn-over rate for employees in the executive departments
in the District of Columbia was 2.84. The monthly turn-over rate for
permanent employees was only 1.32. In contrast, the turn-over rate
for temporary employees was 16.76.
Employment in the executive departments outside of the Capital
City increased 12.3 percent comparing May 1934 with the same
month of the previous year. Comparing May with April, there was
an increase of 2.3 percent in total employment outside of the District
of Columbia.
Table 2 shows the employment in the executive departments of
the United States Government, by months—January through May.
30
T
2 — E M P L O Y M E N T IN T H E E X E C U T IV E D E P A R T M E N T S OF T H E U N IT E D
S T A T E S , B Y M O N T H S , 1934, F O R D IS T R IC T OF C O L U M B IA , O U T S ID E D I S T R I C T OF
C O L U M B IA , A N D T O T A L S
able
District of
Columbia
M onth
January_____________ ______________ ____ ________________
February____________________________________________ _ .____
M arch. _ _ ______ ____________________________________ ___ __
A pril________ _____________ ___________ _ . ________________
M a y ______________ _________________________________________
78,045
79,913
81, 569
83,850
85, 939
Outside
District of
Columbia
i 530,094
i 531,839
541,990
560,258
573,147
Total
i 608,139
i 611, 752
623, 559
644,108
659, 086
1 Revised.
There has been an increase of nearly 8,000 employees in the execu
tive service of the Federal Government in Washington, D.C., since
January 1934. The number of employees outside of the District has
increased 43,053 over this period, while'total employment in the
executive service has increased 50,947.
Table 3 shows the number of employees and amount of pay rolls in
the various branches of the United States Government during April
and May 1934.
3 .— N U M B E R OF E M P L O Y E E S A N D A M O U N T S OF P A Y R O L L S IN T H E V A R IO U S
B R A N C H E S OF T H E U N IT E D S T A T E S G O V E R N M E N T , A P R I L A N D M A Y 1934
T able
Number of employees
Am ount of pay roll
Branch of service
April
_________ ________
Executive service _
.
M ilitary service.
. . _______ _______ ________ ___
Judicial service ._ _____________________ _______ _
Legislative service_____________________ _________
T otal___________________
_______________
M ay
April
M ay
644,108
266, 923
1,904
3,865
659,086
266,864
1, 913
3,862
$85, 090, 283
18,816,636
432,401
926,484
$89,577,479
19,216,150
442,896
940, 666
916, 800
931, 725
i 105, 265, 804
110,177,191
i Revised.
There were slight decreases in the number of employees in the
military and legislative branches of the Federal Government, com
paring May with April. There were increases, however, in the
executive and judicial services.
Table 4 shows the number of employees and amounts of pay rolls
for all branches of the United States Government for the months of
December 1933 to May 1934, inclusive.
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T
4 . — N U M B E R OF E M P L O Y E E S A N D A M O U N T S OF P A Y R O L LS F O R A L L
B R A N C H E S OF T H E U N IT E D S T A T E S G O V E R N M E N T B Y M O N T H S , D E C E M B E R
1933 T H R O U G H M A Y 1934
able
Legislative
service
Executive service
M ilitary service
Number
of em Am ount of
pay roll
ployees
Number A.mount of
of em
pay roll
ployees
1933
December______________
608, 670 i $82,011,601
263,622 $17,656,909
1,872 $432,435
3,864
$886, 781
1934
January . _____________
February. ____ _______
M arch_______ __ _______
April................................ .
M a y ___________ _______
608,139
611, 752
623, 559
644,108
659, 086
262,942
263, 464
266, 285
266, 923
266,864
1,780 417,000
1, 742 1430, 843
1,854 1443, 505
1, 904 432, 401
1,913 442,896
3,845
3,852
3,867
3,865
3,862
871, 753
926, 363
928, 368
926,484
940, 666
Judicial service
M onth
i 77,450,498
i 83, 524, 296
i 84,837,493
i 85, 090, 283
89, 577,479
N um
N um
ber of Amount ber of Amount
of pay
of pay
em
em
roll
roll
ployees
ployees
18,499, 516
19, 532, 832
19, 050,158
18, 816, 636
19,216,150
1 Revised.
Employment on Class I Steam Railroads in the United States
EPORTS of the Interstate Commerce Commission for class I
railroads show that the number of employees, exclusive o f’
executives and officials, increased from 1,004,950 on April 15, 1934, to
1,030,989 (preliminary) on May 15, 1934, or 2.6 percent. Data are.
not yet available concerning total compensation of employees for
May 1934. The latest pay-roll information available shows a decrease
from $123,221,345 in March 1934 to $118,345,337 in April 1934, or 4
percent.
The monthly trend of employment from January 1923 to May
1934 on class I railroads— that is, all roads having operating revenues a
of $1,000,000 or over—is shown by index numbers published in the
table following. These index numbers, constructed by the Interstate
Commerce Commission, are based on the 3-year average, 1923-25
as 100.
R
T
able
1 —IN D E X E S OF E M P L O Y M E N T ON C LA SS I S T E A M R A IL R O A D S IN T H E
U N IT E D ST A T E S , J A N U A R Y 1923 TO M A Y 1934
[3-year average 1923-25 = 100]
M onth
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
January______________
February __________
M a r c h ... . . .
A pril___ _______ _____
M a y _________ ______
J u n e..
_ .
J u ly .. _____
A u g u s t ..___
September. _
October
November
Decem ber.. _ _______
98.4
98.6
100.4
101.9
104.8
107.1
108.2
109.2
107.7
107.1
105.0
99.1
96.7
96.9
97.3
98.8
99.1
97.9
98.0
98.9
99.6
100.7
98.9
96.0
95.5
95.3
95.1
96.5
97.7
98.5
99 3
99. 5
99.7
100.4
98.9
96.9
95.6
95.8
96.5
98.6
100.0
101.3
102.6
102.4
102.5
103.1
101.0
98.0
95.2
95.0
95.6
97.1
99.1
100.7
100.7
99.2
98.8
98.5
95.5
91.7
89.1
88.7
89.7
91.5
94.4
95.8
95.4
95.5
95.1
95.2
92.7
89.5
88.0
88.6
89.8
91.9
94.6
95.8
96.3
97.1
96.5
96.6
92.8
88.5
86.1
85.2
85.3
86.7
88.3
86.3
84.5
83.5
82.0
80.2
76.9
74.8
73.5
72.6
72.7
73.4
73.8
72.7
72.3
71.0
69.2
67.5
64.4
62.5
61.1
60.2
60.5
59.9
59.6
57.7
56.3
54.9
55. 7
56.9
55.8
54.7
53.0
52.7
51.5
51.8
52.5
53.6
55.4
56.8
57. 7
57.4
55.8
54.0
54.1
54.6
55.9
i 56. 6
i 58. 4
Average________
104.0
98.2
97.8
99.8
97.3
92.7
93.1
83.3
70.6
57.8
54.4
2 55.9
1 Preliminary.
2 Average for 5 months.
Source: Interstate Commerce Commission.
32
Wage-Rate Changes in American Industries
Manufacturing Industries
HE following table presents information concerning wage-rate
adjustments occurring between April 15 and May 15, 1934, as
shown by reports received from 22,718 manufacturing establishments
employing 3,812,160 workers in May.
Five hundred and seventeen of these establishments reported wagerate increases between April 15 and May 15 which averaged 7.3 percent
and affected 107,411 workers. Four establishments reported wagerate decreases averaging 11.4 percent and affecting 136 employees.
Eight establishments in the rayon and allied products industry
reported wage-rate increases averaging 4.2 percent and affecting
18,454 employees. Wage-rate increases reported by 25 establish
ments in the automobile industry averaged 4 percent and affected
16,151 wage earners. In the radios and phonographs industry, 7,002
wage earners were affected by wage-rate increases which averaged
10 percent, and in the electrical machinery, apparatus, and supplies
industry, 6,096 workers received wage-rate increases averaging 9.8
percent.
Other industries in which substantial numbers of employees re
ceived wage-rate increases over the month interval, together with the
number affected and the average percent of increase were: Foundries
and machine-shop products, 4,339 employees, 9.8 percent; structural
and ornamental metal work, 4,241 employees, 8.7 percent; textile
machinery and parts, 3,846 employees, 10 percent; silverware and
plated ware, 3,427 employees, 10 percent; smelting and refining,
2,900 employees, 10 percent; engines, turbines, tractors, and water
wheels, 2,038 employees, 7.6 percent; and clocks, watches, and timerecording devices, 2,134 employees, 7 percent.
Late reports received from 7 establishments in the blast furnaces,
steel works, and rolling mills industry show an additional 44,000
workers in this industry receiving wage-rate increases between March
15 and April 15, averaging 10 percent. These late reports, added to
totals affected in this industry in the current and previous months’
tabulation of wage-rate increases, bring the total number of employees
receiving wage-rate increases in this industry to 180,000.
The combined total of the Bureau’s April and May tabulations of
factory wage-rate changes shows over 1,200 manufacturing establish
ments reporting wage-rate changes during the period March 15 to
May 15. The wage-rate changes reported averaged 9.3 percent and
affected more than 525,000 wage earners. This total by no means
indicates all wage changes occurring in manufacturing industries of
the country, as the firms supplying pay-roll data each month for use
in the Bureau’s survey employ only slightly more than 50 percent of
the total factory wage earners of the country.
T
33
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able
1 .—W A G E R A T E
C H A N G E S IN M A N U F A C T U R IN G IN D U S T R IE S D U R IN G
M O N T H E N D IN G M A Y 15, 1934
Industry
Estab
lish
ments
report
ing
Number of establish
ments reporting—
Total
number
of em
ployees
All manufacturing industries........ 22, 718 3,812,160
Percent of total___________
100.0
100.0
Iron and steel and their products,
not including machinery:
Blast furnaces, steel works,
and rolling mills________ . .
Bolts, nuts, washers, and
rivets_____________________
Cast-iron pipe______ - _______
Cutlery (not including silver
and |plated cutlery) and
edge tools_________________
Forgings, iron and steel______
Hardware___________________
Plumbers' supplies................ .
Steam and hot water heating
apparatus and steam fit
tings______________________
Structural and ornamental
Tools (not including edge
tools, machine tools, files,
and saws)
W irework. __ __ _____
Machinery, not including trans
portation equipment:
Agricultural implements
Cash registers, adding ma
chines, and calculating ma
chines
Electrical machinery, appara
tus, and supplies
Engines, turbines, tractors,
and water wheels--------------Foundry and machine-shop
products__________________
Machine tools
Radios and phonographs
Textile machinery and parts..
Typewriters and parts
Transportation equipment:
Aircraft
Automobiles
Cars, electric- and steam-railroad
Locomotives
Shipbuilding
Railroad repair shops:
Electric railroad
Steam railroad
Nonferrous metals and their
products:
Aluminum manufactures-----Brass, bronze, and copper
products
Clocks and watches and timerecording devices
j ewelry
T.iVhtiniy pniiinrnfint
Silverware and plated w a re.. .
Smelting and refining—cop
per lead and zinc
Stamped and enameled ware.
Lumber and allied products:
Furniture
Lumber:
]VIill work
Sawmill?
TtimDnfitiD onH rnQin
i Less than Ho of 1 percent.
Number of employees
having—
No
Wage Wage
rate
rate
wage
in
de
rate
changes creases creases
22,197
97.7
517
2.3
0)
No
wage
rate
changes
Wage
Wage
rate
rate
in
de
creases creases
4 3,704,613 107,411
97.2
2.8
217
283, 847
212
5
281, 298
2,549
58
36
10,292
5, 425
57
35
1
1
10, 286
5, 345
6
80
170
95
110
82
13,755
11,280
37, 786
8,197
166
91
109
81
4
4
1
1
12,921
10,802
37, 709
8,137
834
478
77
60
87
216
20,360
28,434
83
205
4
11
19, 350
27,158
1, 010
1, 276
200
66
18, 335
11,531
178
64
22
2
14,094
11,473
4,241
58
141
107
10,484
11,070
135
103
6
4
10,090
10,931
394
139
79
13, 677
76
3
13,120
557
30
16, 577
30
399
122, 797
378
21
116,701
107
28,007
101
6
25,969
2,038
1,484
180
41
90
11
158,483
21,364
33,532
15,843
11, 218
1,445
170
33
86
11
38
10
8
4
154,093
20,462
26,530
11,997
11, 218
4, 339
902
7, 002
3,846
24
307
8,332
373,975
21
282
3
25
8,080
357,824
252
16,151
52
10
113
15,231
3,694
34, 660
51
10
107
1
6
15,023
3,694
33, 442
1, 218
373
551
19,077
77, 347
359
551
136
(0
16,577
1
14
17, 687
77,347
6,096
208
1, 390
6,836
27
6,836
27
205
42,239
195
10
40, 849
1,390
1
7
2,134
228
2,900
1, 347
30
190
64
63
10, 774
10,016
3,890
9, 611
29
183
64
51
12
8,640
9,788
3,890
6,184
41
164
14, 238
26, 512
36
152
5
12
11,338
25,165
594
55,862
589
5
55,143
719
682
806
38
31, 554
98, 624
2,775
666
795
37
16
11
1
30,458
97,971
2,331
1,096
653
444
3,427
51
34
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able
1 .—W A G E R A T E C H A N G E S IN M A N U F A C T U R IN G IN D U S T R IE S D U R IN G
M O N T H E N D IN G M A Y 15, 1934— Continued
Industry
Estab
lish
ments
report
ing
Stone, clay, and glass products:
639
Brick, tile, and terra cotta___
122
Cement_____________________
G lass. 181
___
_________________
Marble, granite, slate, and
273
other products____________
132
Pottery_______ __ _____ __
Textiles and their products:
Fabrics:
Carpets and r u g s ._ ___
33
723
Cotton good s...
______
Cotton small wares___ _
117
Dyeing and finishing tex
tiles___________________
183
Hats, fu r -fe lt___________
44
Knit goods________ ______
501
303
Silk and rayon goods____
W oolen
and worsted
goods_____________
...
299
Wearing apparel:
Clothing, men’s. _ ____
564
Clothing, wom en’s , ____
725
Corsets and allied gar
32
ments. ___ ___________
M en’s furnishings______
94
134
______
M illinery__
Shirts and colla rs_______
150
Leather and its manufactures:
355
Boots and shoes.. _________
Leather.
______
172
Food and kindred products:
B a k in g _____ . . . _________ _ 1,008
528
B ev era g es._________ . . . . .
Butter. _ _______ _____ ______
301
Canning and preserving___ _
762
Confectionery_______________
330
465
Flour_______________________
Ice cream__ ____ _______
358
Slaughtering and meat pack
ing____________________ . . .
290
Sugar, beet__________________
58
Sugar refining, cane_________
13
T obacco manufactures:
Chewing and smoking tobac
40
co and snuff_______ _____
Cigars and cigarettes________
237
Paper and printing:
406
Boxes, paper____ ___ _____
Paper and p u lp ___ _________
461
Printing and publishing:
Book and j o b . . _________
1, 391
Newspapers and periodi
581 '
cals. . . _______________
Chemicals and allied products:
117
Chemicals___________________
Cottonseed—oil, cake, and
m ea l.. __________ _______
113
77
Druggists’ preparations__ __
33
Explosives__________________
187
Fertilizers_______ __________
Paints and varnishes...........
377
Petroleum refining__________
155
Rayon and allied products.
29
Soap___ ____________________
116
Rubber products:
Rubber boots and shoes_____
7
Rubber goods, other than
boots, shoes, tires, and
inner tubes____ . . . . . . .
124
Rubber tires and inner tubes.
38
Number of establish
ments reporting—
Total
number
of em
ployees
Number of employees
having—
Wage
No
Wage
rate
rate
wage
in
de
rate
changes creases creases
No
wage
rate
changes
Wage
Wage
rate
rate
in
de
creases creases
22,736
17,593
54,673
632
115
178
7
7
3
21, 763
16, 372
54,370
973
1,221
3€3
6,152
21, 649
270
121
3
11
6,094
21,329
58
320
17, 261
334,412
11, 648
33
720
117
3
17,261
334,135
11,648
277
47, 292
8, 295
128,180
49, 897
181
41
499
303
2
3
2
46,998
7,986
128,162
49,897
294
309
18
81, 592
297
2
77,616
43,122
559
722
4
3
5, 958
9,960
8,368
23, 544
32
93
133
148
1
1
2
124, 025
34, 597
353
169
2
3
123,792
33,879
233
718
71,024
31, 239
5,225
44, 307
32,567
17,133
12, 649
992
519
300
756
330
461
353
16
9
1
6
68. 757
30, 775
5, 223
44, 212
32, 567
16, 976
12,431
2, 267
464
2
95
107, 591
4, 080
8,703
287
58
13
3
107, 500
4,080
8,703
91
10, 077
47, 268
40
235
1
29, 845
112, 571
396
455
10
6
60, 853
1,334
61,392
569
29, 712
114
2
2,915
9, 281
4, 890
11,198
20,140
53,211
40, 236
16, 659
113
77
33
186
363
141
21
115
10, 249
7
29, 675
61, 359
121
38
1
4
5
81, 288 '
304
76, 353 :
43, 068
1,261
54
5, 958
9, 948
8,350 i
23,479
12
18
65
157
218
10,077
47,176
12
29,331
109,848
514
2, 723
57
59, 538
1,315
12
60,957
435
29,429
280
2,915
9, 281
4,890
11,135
18, 864
50, 859
21, 7§2
16, 654
63
1,276
2,352
18, 454
5
1
14
14
8
1
1
1
10, 249
3
28,964
61, 359
2
711
80
3
35
Nonmanufacturing Industries
D a t a concerning wage-rate changes occurring between April 15
and May 15, 1934, reported by cooperating establishments in 14
nonmanufacturing industries, are presented in table 2.
Anthracite mining, telephone and telegraph, and crude-petroleum
producing were the only industries in which no wage-rate changes
were reported. Nineteen establishments in the electric light and
power and manufactured-gas industry reported wage-rate increases
averaging 4.7 percent and affecting 34,440 employees. Thirty-five
establishments in the bituminous-coal mining industry reported
increases averaging 21.9 percent and affecting 8,574 employees.
Fourteen establishments in the electric-railroad and motor-bus opera
tion and maintenance industry reported increases averaging 6.7 per
cent and affecting 4,676 workers, 25 establishments in the quarrying
and nonmetallic mining industry reported increases averaging 12
percent and affecting 2,495 employees, and 5 metalliferous mines
gave an average increase of 11.7 percent to 2,190 workers. Seven
retail trade establishments reported an average increase of 10 per
cent to 1,017 employees, and the increases in the remaining industries
affected 727 or fewer employees each.
Decreases in wage-rates reported were negligible.
T a b l e 3 . — W A G E -R A T E
C H A N G E S IN N O N M A N U F A C T U B IN G IN D U S T R IE S D U R IN G
M O N T H E N D IN G M A Y 15, 1934
Industrial group
Anthracite m in in g _______________
Percent of total __ ____________
Bituminous-coal m i n i n g _______________
Percent of total________________
Metalliferous m i n i n g ___________________
Percent of total________________
Quarrying and nonmetallic mining—.
Percent of total________________
Crude-petroleum producing________
Percent of total________________
Telephone and telegraph__________
Percent of total _
__
Electric light and power and manu
factured gas___ _ __ __________
Percent of total ______________
Electric-railroad and motor-bus op
eration and maintenance
Percent of total
Wholesale trade
Percent of total
__
Retail trade
___
Percent of total
Hotels____________________________
Percent of total________________
Laundries
___
Percent of total ______________
Dyeing and cleaning
Percent of total
Banks, brokerage, insurance, and
real estate_______________________
Percent of total________________
i Less than Ho of 1 percent.
Number of establish
Number of employees
ments reporting—
having—
Estab Total
lish
ments number
No
No
Wage- Wageof em
Wage- Wagereport ployees
wage rate in rate de wage rate
in rate de
ing
rate creases creases rate creases
creases
changes
changes
8 8,574
100.0
222,404
9 6 .3
25,748
9 2 .2
33,616
9 3 .1
28,785
100.0
261,535
100.0
160
8 8,574
1 00.0
1 00 .0
1 ,434 2 30,978
1 00.0
100.0
2 7.938
291
1 00.0
100.0
36, 111
1,148
100.0
100.0
253
28,785
100
1 00 .0
7 ,9 9 9 261,535
1 00.0
100.0
160
100.0
1,399
9 7 .6
286
9 8 .3
1,123
9 7 .8
253
100.0
7 ,999
100.0
2 ,8 0 2 226,446
100.0
100.0
2 ,783
9 9.3
19
0 .7
192,006
8 4 .8
34,440
15.2
534 129,502
100.0
1 00.0
8 3,209
2 ,8 8 0
100.0
1 00.0
18,879 434,080
100.0
1 00.0
2 .753 147,159
100.0
1 00.0
74,458
1,385
100.0
100.0
18,191
708
1 00.0
1 00.0
520
9 7 .4
2 ,863
9 9 .4
18,872
100.0
2,7 4 2
9 9 .6
1,373
9 9 .1
706
9 9 .7
14
2 .6
17
0 .6
7
0)
8
0 .3
12
0 .9
2
0 .3
124,826
9 6 .4
8 2,912
9 9 .6
433,063
9 9 .8
3 146,810
9 9 .8
0 .1
7 3,876
9 9 .2
18,147
9 9 .8
4,6 7 6
3 .6
297
0 .4
1,017
0 .2
343
0 .2
582
0 .8
44
0 .2
4 ,856
9 9 .4
22
0 .5
5 187,389
0 .1
9 9 .6
727
0 .4
4,883
100 .0
188,126
1 00 .0
35
2 .4
5
1 .7
25
2 .2
8,5 7 4
3 .7
2 ,1 9 0
7 .8
2 ,495
6 .9
6
0)
10
0)
36
E m ploym ent Created by the Public Works Fund, May 1934
URING the month ending May 15 there were nearly 490,000
people working on construction projects financed either wholly
or in part from the Public Works Fund. This is an increase of
nearly 120,000 as compared with April. These workers drew over
$24,500,000 for their month’s work.
D
Employment on Construction Projects, by Type of Project.
T a b l e 1 shows, by type of project, employment, pay rolls, and
man-hours worked during the month of May 19341on Federal projects
financed from Public Works funds.
T
1 . — E M P L O Y M E N T , P A Y R O LLS , A N D M A N -H O U R S W O R K E D ON F E D E R A L
P R O J E C T S F IN A N C E D F R O M P U B L IC W O R K S F U N D S D U R IN G M A Y 1934, B Y T Y P E
OF P R O J E C T
[Subject to revision]
able
T yp e of project
Building construction_________ ____ __________
P ublic roads_______________ _ __________
River, harbor, and flood control____ __________
_____ ________________Streets and roads 1~
Naval vessels_________________________________
Reclamation................................ ...........................
Forestry_______________________________ _____
W ater and sewerage__________________________
Miscellaneous_______________ _______________
Total____________ _____________ ________
Number Amount of Num ber of Average
earnings
of wage
pay rolls man-hours
worked
per hour
earners
Value of
material
orders
placed
32, 717
261,671
41,173
12, 415
11, 629
13, 545
20, 837
1,502
11,129
$1,824,816
10,931, 649
2, 484,871
524,852
1, 250, 726
1, 467,058
1,033, 464
79,049
836,086
2,608, 639
22,156,138
4,123, 890
1,069, 731
1, 521, 743
2, 339, 239
2,016, 298
118,999
1, 416, 607
$0,700
.493
. 603
.491
.822
.627
.513
.664
.590
$3,163,451
17,000,000
3, 874, 953
463,144
2,161,050
2, 221, 526
518, 702
59, 771
1,068,535
406, 618
20, 432, 571
37,371, 284
.547
30, 531, 132
1 Other than those reported b y the Bureau of Public Roads.
Federal projects are financed from allotments made by the Public
Works Administration to the various Federal departments. The
construction work is performed either by commercial firms to whom
a contract is awarded or by day labor hired directly by the Federal
agency.
During the month of May nearly 407,000 men were employed on
Federal construction projects. Nearly 65 percent of these workers
were engaged in the building of public roads. Over 40,000 were
working on river, harbor, and flood-control work and over 30,000 on
building construction. Pay rolls for the month/s work totaled nearly
$20,500,000, with road building accounting for nearly $11,000,000.
The average hourly earnings for workers on Federal projects were 55
cents. The workers on naval vessels averaged over 82 cents and those
on building construction work averaged 70 cents. The only type of
work showing hourly earnings of less than 50 cents was road work and
street paving.
Material orders valued at over $30,000,000 were placed by con
tractors and Government agencies doing force-account work.
i Whenever the phrase “ during the month of M a y " is used in this article the month ending M a y 15 is
meant.
37
Table 2 shows employment, pay rolls, and man-hours of work
during May 1934 on non-Federal projects financed from Public Works
funds, by type of project.
T
3 .—E M P L O Y M E N T , P A Y R O L L S , A N D M A N -H O U R S W O R K E D ON N O N -F E D E R A L
P R O J E C T S F IN A N C E D F R O M P U B L IC W O R K S F U N D S D U R IN G M A Y 1934, B Y T Y P E
OF P R O J E C T
[Subject to revision]
able
T yp e of project
Number
of wage
earners
Value of
Amount of N umber of Average
pay rolls man-hours earnings material or
worked
per hour ders placed
Building construction------- ------------- ---------------Streets and roads___________________ __________
Water and sewerage_________ ______________
Railroad construction________________________
Miscellaneous________________________________
13,978
9,741
13,076
21, 598
613
$841, 608
413,660
608, 211
767,351
33, 694
1,040,062
669, 237
910, 758
1, 610,625
53,036
$0.809
.618
.668
.476
.635
$1,751,513
456,021
2, 213, 296
5,440,890
134, 234
Total___________________________________
59,006
2, 664, 524
4, 283, 718
.622
9,995,954
Non-Federal projects are financed by allotments made from the
Public Works Fund to a State or political subdivision thereof or, in
some cases, to commercial firms. In the case of allotments to States,
the Public Works Administration makes a direct grant of 30 percent
of the total cost while the public agency finances the other 70 percent.
In many cases this 70 percent is financed by a loan made by the Public
Works Administration. This loan bears interest and must be repaid
within a given period.
Funds allotted to commercial firms are wholly loans. Practically
all of the commercial allotments have been to railroads. Railroad
work falls under two classifications—first, construction such as elec
trification, laying of rails and ties, repairs to railroad buildings, etc. ;
second, the building or repairing of locomotives and passenger and
freight cars in railroad shops.
Data concerning railroad construction employment is shown in
table 2. Employment in railroad shops is shown in table 5, page 39.
There were over 59,000 workers engaged on non-Federal construc
tion projects during May, but over one-third of these were working
on railroad construction. Building construction employed the next
largest number of men.
The monthly pay of these workers totaled over $2,500,000. They
drew over 62 cents per hour. Workers in the building trades drew
over 80 cents per hour, while railroad construction workers drew about
48 cents.
Material orders were placed to cost nearly $10,000,000.
Employment on Construction Projects, by Geographic Divisions
T a b l e 3 shows employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked
during May 1934 on Federal projects financed from Public Works
funds, by geographic divisions.
38
T able 3 . — E M P L O Y M E N T , P A Y R O L L S , A N D
M A N -H O U R S W O R K E D O N F E D E R A L
P R O J E C T S F IN A N C E D F R O M P U B L IC W O R K S F U N D S D U R IN G M A Y 1934, B Y G E O
G R A P H IC D IV IS IO N S
[Subject to revision]
Wage <earners
Geographic division
Number W eekly
em
ployed average
N um ber of Average
Value of
Am ount of man-hours earnings material or
pay rolls
worked
per hour ders placed
18,450
36,203
47,489
63,864
58,982
38,143
57,047
47,014
31,190
17,876
34,987
46,167
61,902
56,247
37,331
54,336
46,155
29,909
$1,173,843
1,859,893
2,375,393
2,676,109
2,848, 682
1,845,906
2,072,884
3,159,248
2,120,132
1,845,476
3,256,437
3,843,962
5, 262,776
5,609,227
4,010,885
4, 572,677
5, 240, 014
3,010,829
$0. 636
.571
.618
.508
.508
.460
.453
.603
.704
$926,678
1,134,531
895,658
1,422, 683
3,238,402
2, 276, 764
1, 317,700
1,004,063
953, 599
Total continental United States. 398,382
8,236
Outside continental United States____
384,910
7,492
20,132, 090
300,481
36,652,283
719,001
.549
.418
i 30,170, 078
361,054
406,618
392,402
20,432, 571
37,371,284
.547
30, 531,132
N ew England_____ ___________________
M iddle Atlantic....... . ..............................
East North Central_____ __________. . .
W est N orth Central................................
South Atlantic..........................................
East South C entral.__ . . ............. .........
W est South Central--------- -----------------M ountain________ ___________________
Pacific........ .............................................. .
Grand total...... ...........................
i Includes $17,000,000 estimated value of material orders placed for public-roads projects which cannot be
charged to any specific geographic division.
More than 60,000 people were working on Federal construction
projects in the West North Central States during May and over
50,000 in both the South Atlantic and the West South Central States.
The Pacific States showed the highest average earnings per hour (70
cents); the lowest hourly earnings (45 cents) were earned by workers
in the West South Central States. The East South Central and the
West South Central were the only geographic divisions where the
workers earned less than 50 cents per hour.
Table 4 shows employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked
during May 1934 on non-Federal projects financed from Public Works
funds, by geographic divisions.
T abl e 4 .—E M P L O Y M E N T , P A Y R O L L S , A N D M A N -H O U R S W O R K E D ON N O N -F E D E R A L
P R O J E C T S F IN A N C E D F R O M P U B L IC -W O R K S F U N D S D U R IN G M A Y 1934, B Y G E O
G R A P H IC D IV IS IO N S
[Subject to revision]
Wage <earners
Geographic division
Number W eekly
em
ployed average
of Average
Am ount of Number
earnings
pay rolls man-hours
per hour
worked
Value of
material
orders
placed
N ew England—................. ................. .....
M iddle Atlantic.......................................
East North Central............... ............. .
W est North Central--------------------------South A tlantic..........................................
East South Central_______ __________
W est South Central............. ..................
M o u n ta in .-.____ _________ ___________
Pacific.................................... ...................
5,479
5,534
11,465
10,344
10,182
2,003
2,207
4,680
6,820
4,206
4,589
9,294
8,009
8,536
1,677
1,843
3,749
5,886
$246,925
285,410
617,179
379, 205
524,593
79,522
105, 797
151, 623
263, 240
404,863
431,461
815,854
620,872
905,972
132,068
200,908
298,711
455,310
$0.610
.661
.670
.611
.579
.602
.527
.508
.578
$1,748,211
941,613
2,684,200
1,299,536
2,094,089
340,265
231,604
259,507
382,098
Total continental United States .
Outside continental United States
58,714
292
47,789
200
2,653,494
11,030
4, 266,019
17,699
.622
.623
9,981,123
14,831
Grand total.....................................
59, 006
47,989
2,664,524
4,283, 718
.622
9,995,954
39
Non-Federal Public Works projects gave work to more than 10,000
employees in each of the following geographic divisions: East North
Central, West North Central, and the South Atlantic. Average
hourly earnings ranged from 50 cents in the Mountain States to 67
cents in the East North Central States.
Table 5 shows employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked in
railroad shops on new work and repair work financed by loans from
the Public Works funds, by geographic divisions.
T able 5 . —E M P L O Y M E N T , P A Y R O L L S , A N D M A N -H O U R S W O R K E D IN R A IL R O A D
SHOPS ON W O R K F IN A N C E D F R O M P U B L IC W O R K S F U N D S D U R IN G M A Y 1934, B Y
G E O G R A P H IC D IV ISIO N S
Number Am ount of N um ber of Average
earnings
wage
pay rolls man-hours
per hour
earners
worked
Geographic division
New England............ ............................ ..................
M iddle A tlantic.................................... ..................
East North Central___________ _______________
West North Central___ ______ ________________
South A tlantic______ ____ ___________________
East South Central______ _____________________
West South Central______ _____________ ______
M ountain___ _________ _______ ______________
Pacific......................................................................
Total................................................. ...........
Value of
material
orders
placed
1,056
5,780
2,719
916
1,062
2,164
2,280
880
3,685
$105,428
472,746
201,465
40,097
106,015
188,222
150,446
40,774
235,601
167,562
746,198
320,090
62,499
167,700
305,664
250,108
66,678
389,117
$0,629
.634
.629
.642
.632
.616
.602
.612
.605
$126,819
2,777,965
392,363
61,084
152,194
534,334
104,847
45,329
138,710
20, 542
1, 540, 794
2,475, 616
.622
4,333,645
Nearly 6,000 of the railroad shop workers were employed in the
Middle Atlantic States. Over 3,600 were employed in the Pacific
States for this type of work. There was a very small range in the
average hourly earnings of railroad shop workers, the lowest rate,
60 cents, was paid in the West South Central States, the highest, 64
cents, in the West North Central States.
Table 6 shows expenditures for materials purchased during the
month ending May 15, 1934, by type of material.
T able 6 . — M A T E R IA L S P U R C H A S E D D U R IN G M O N T H E N D IN G M A Y 15,1934, F O R P U B
L IC W O R K S P R O J E C T S . B Y T Y P E OF M A T E R I A L
T yp e of material
Airplane parts--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Ammunition and related products_____________________________________
Boat building, steel and wooden (small)_______________________________
Bolts, nuts, washers, etc-----------------------------------------------------------------------Cast-iron pipe and fittings_____________________________________________
Cement------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Clay products-------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------Coal____________________ _____ _______________________ ________________
Compressed and liquefied gases------------------------------------------------------------Concrete products--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Copper products-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Cordage and twine____ _______________________________________________
Crushed stone----- ---------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------Doors, shutters, and window sash and frames, molding and trim, metal
Electrical machinery and supplies_____________________________________
Engines, turbines, tractors, water wheels, and windmills----------------------Explosives--------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------1 Subject to revision.
Value of
material
orders placed i
$31,938
26,764
102,612
266,054
930,193
831, 238
509,865
62, 547
24, 637
501, 824
66, 367
12, 273
56,068
418,057
2, 203, 625
300, 530
73,139
40
T a b l e 6 . — M A T E R I A L S P U R C H A S E D D U R IN G M O N T H E N D IN G M A Y 15,1934, F O R P U B
L IC W O R K S P R O J E C T S , B Y T Y P E OF M A T E R I A L —Continued
T yp e of material
Value of
material
orders placed
Felt goods, wool, hair, or jute.................. . ..................................................................................... Forgings, ron and steel---------------------------------------------------------- -------- ---------------------------------Foundry and machine-shop products, not elsewhere classified____________________________
Fuel oil______ ______________________________________ _______ ______________ ______________
Furniture,including store and oflic e fixtures............. ........................................................ .........Gasoline-------------------------------- ---------- ----------- ----------------------------- ------- ------- ----------------------Glass____ ______________ _______ __________ _______ _______ ________ _________________ ___
Hardware, miscellaneous______ _____ _________ __________ _________ _____________________
Instruments, professional and scientific________ __________________________________________
Lighting equipment _______________ _____________ ______ _____________ ___________________
L im e....................................... ................... ........................ ............... _______________ ____ _______
Locom otives, oil—electric____ ____ . _____ ____________ _____ _______ _ ___________ ______
Locomotives, other than electric...... ............................ ............ . . .............. ..................................
Lubricating oils and greases_____ ________________________________________________________
Lumber and timber products, not elsewhere classified____ _______________________________
Machine to o ls .. . ______ _____ _____________________________ ________ _____________________
Marble, granite, slate, and other stone products____________ ______ _______________________
Meters (gas, water, etc.) and gas generators______________________________________________
M otor vehicles, trucks______________ ______________ ______________________________________
Nails and spikes____ ________ _________________ ____ _________ ________________ __________
Nonferrous-metal alloys; nonferrous-metal products, except aluminum, not elsewhere
classified_____________________ _______________ _______________________________ ____ ____
Paints and varnishes_______ ______ _. ___________ _____ ___________________ ______________
Paving materials and mixtures____________ ____ __________________________ _______ ______
Planing-mill products____________________________________________________ _____ _________
Plumbing supplies___ ____________________________ _____ ___________ ____________________
Pumps and pumping equipm ent______________ _____ ________ ___________________________
Radio apparatus and supplies___________________ ____ ___________________________________
Rail fastenings, excluding spikes______________________ _____ _____________________________
Rails, steel____ ___________________________________ ____ _______ _________________________
Railway cars, freight_____ ___________________ ______ ______ __________________________
Refrigerators and refrigerator cabinets, including mechanical refrigerators........... .............. .
Roofing, built-up, and roll; asphalt shingles; roof coatings, other than paint_______ ______
Rubber goods_____________________________ ____ _________________________________________
Sand and gravel_____ ___________________ ______ ______ __________________________________
Sheet-metal work________________________________________________________________________
Spring, steel___ __________________________________________________________________________
Steam and hot-water heating apparatus__________________________________________________
Steam and other packing, pipe and boiler covering, and gaskets_________ ________________
Steel-works and rolling-mill products, other than steel rails, including structural and orna
mental metal work___________________________________________________ _______ _________
Stoves and ranges and warm-air f u r n a c e s . _____ _________________________ ______________
Switches, railway________________________________________________ _______________________
T ools, other than machine tools_________________________________ ________________________
Upholstering materials, not elsewhere classified________________________________ ______ ___
W all plaster, wall board, insulating board, and floor com position_________________________
W indow and door screens and weather strip___________________________ __________________
Wire, drawn from purchased rods__________________________________________ _____________
W ire work not elsewhere classified._______ ____ ___________________________________________
Wrought pipe, welded and heavy riveted________________________________________________
Other____________________________________________________________________________________
Public road projects 2__________________________________________________ _______ ___ ____ _
4,078,803
13,120
31,913
87, 615
13, 295
114, 202
11, 794
120, 501
41, 396
26,231
3,179, 311
17,000, 000
Total______________ ______ ________________________ ____ ___________________________
49, 720,378
$18,198
112,914
2,981, 708
256,476
32,859
220,990
41,152
190,018
12,508
101, 712
14,022
330,4Q0
2,188,100
66, 362
2, 544, 476
238,078
620,183
23,915
21,834
103, 924
31,954
139,690
205, 603
202, 618
324,092
235, 060
84,296
924, 798
1,665, 051
2, 345, 006
21, 640
120, 501
35, 333
1, 797,504
139, 236
33,021
115,926
43, 308
2 N ot available b y type of material.
Orders were placed during the month of May for materials valued
at nearly $50,000,000. It is estimated that the fabrication of this
material will create approximately 127,000 man-months of labor.
Table 7 shows data concerning employment, pay rolls, and manhours worked during each of the 8 months elapsing since work started
on construction projects financed by Public Works funds.
41
T able 7 . — E M P L O Y M E N T , P A Y R O L L S , A N D M A N -H O U R S W O R K E D F R O M O C T O B E R
1933 T H R O U G H M A Y 1934, ON P R O J E C T S F IN A N C E D F R O M P U B L IC W O R K S F U N D S ,
BY M ONTH
[Subject to revision]
N um ber of
wage earners
M onth
Amount of
pay rolls
Number of
man-hours
worked
Average
earnings
per hour
Value of ma
terial orders
placed
1933
October___________ ________________
Novem ber......... ........................ ............
Decem ber__________ _______________
114,098
254,784
270,808
$7,006,680
14,458,364
15, 724, 700
14,077,752
28,168, 280
29,866, 297
$0.498
.513
.527
$22,005,920
24,605,055
24,839,098
1934
January-------- ---------------------------------February. . . . _ .....................................
M arch_____ _______________ _ ____
A pril. ________ ____________________
M a y ....................... .................................
273, 583
295, 722
292, 696
369, 234
486,166
14, 574,960
15, 245, 381
15,636, 545
17, 732, 234
24,637,889
27,658, 591
28,938,177
29,171, 634
31, 247,248
44,130,618
.527
.527
.536
.567
.558
23. 522,929
24, 562,311
69,334, 754
66, 639,862
49, 720,378
125,016, 753
233, 258, 597
T o t a l... _ _________ ______ _
305, 230,307
Workers on the pay rolls of contractors and Government agencies
doing force-account work paid from Public Works funds have drawn
in the 8 months more than $125,000,000. Orders have been placed
for material valued at over $305,000,000. The manufacture of this
material created over 725,000 man-months of labor.
Civil Works Administration
B y t h e last week in May there were less than
the pay rolls of the Civil Works Administration.
9 ,0 0 0
employees on
Table 8 shows the number of Civil Works employees drawing pay
during the weeks ending April 26 and May 31.
T able 8 .—N U M B E R OF E M P L O Y E E S A N D A M O U N T S OF P A Y R O L L S ON C IV IL W O R K S
PR O JE C T S , A P R . 26 A N D M A Y 31, 1934
Number of employees,
week ending—
Amount of pay roll,
week ending—
Geographic division
Apr. 26
New England. _________________________ ______
M iddle A tla n tic... _________________ ______ ..
East North Central___________________________
West North Central_______________________ . .
South A tla n t ic ___ ____________________ ._ . _
East South Central___________________________
West South Central___________________________
M ountain.. ______________________________ ___
Pacific. _
_________ _______ ______ ___________
M a y 31
Apr. 26
M ay 31
4,901
9,818
9, 325
4,634
11,460
4,610
4,265
2, 521
4,630
596
1,000
3, 470
755
910
472
628
199
863
$87,336
197,736
229,076
99, 641
210,922
91,436
76,091
54,855
91,612
$15,610
23,834
94,299
18, 279
22,537
11,181
13,187
5,402
22,087
Total______________________ ._ _________
56,164
____ _____________ _______
_ of change
Percent
8,893
-8 4 .2
1,138, 705
226, 416
-8 0 .1
The Civil Works Administration in winding up its emergency
program reduced the number of employees 84 percent, comparing
the last week in May with the last week in April. Disbursements
for pay rolls decreased 80.1 percent comparing these two weeks.
The Emergency Work program is now under way. Data con
cerning employees in this agency are shown on table 10, page 42.
42
Table 9 shows the number of employees and amount of pay rolls
for Civil Works projects from November 1933 to May 1934, inclusive,
by geographic divisions.
T able 9 . — N U M B E R OF E M P L O Y E E S A N D A M O U N T S OF P A Y R O L L S ON C IV IL W O R K S
P R O JE C T S F R O M N O V E M B E R 1933 T H R O U G H M A Y 1934
Geographic division and
m onth
Number
Pay roll
New England:
Novem ber 1933...............
December 1 93 3 ..............
January 1934_.................
February 1934...............
M arch 1934............... .
April 1934.........................
M a y 1934.................... .
63,601
131,050
222,472
214,943
161,132
5,108
637
Total..............................
$957,584
7,453,547
16,187,201
11,100,670
8,937,630
957,570
68, 274
45,662,476
East North Central:
Novem ber 1933...............
December 1933....... ..........
January 1934__________
February 1934...............
M arch 1934......................
April 1934..................... .
M a y 1934....................
313,059
732,366
850,464
710,062
520,728
10,663
4,506
219,832
384,829
528,359
457,036
222,317
12,631
1,078
Total..........................W est South Central:
Novem ber 1933________
December 1933_________
January 1934__________
February 1934...............
M arch 1934....................
April 1934................. .......
M a y 1934..........................
T otal...... .......................
5,884,870
45,428,678
68,693,850
39,330,742
31,458,941
5,027,492
476,739
M iddle Atlantic:
Novem ber 1933...........
December 1933................
January 1934__.............
February 1934.................
March 1934................... .
April 1934..................... .
M a y 1934...................... -
208,251
435,144
690,319
685,650
576,072
10,930
1,160
299,731
365,141
485,772
393,123
206,997
5,307
769
T o t a l ................. ..........
2,407,400
16,710,583
29, 662,625
17,306, 251
9,478,384
1,645,192
104,455
East South Central:
November 1933________
December 1933_________
January 1934___________
February 1934_________
March 1934.............. .
April 1934................... .
M ay 1934............... .........
4,608,866
15,004,445
23,707, 085
13,835,718
8,492,799
949,467
63,535
66,661,915
83,859
192,630
246,393
221,740
147,788
5,992
943
Novem ber 1933...............
December 1933_________
January 1934___________
February 1934............... .
M arch 1934............
April 1934____ ____ ___
M a y 1934..................... .
130,291
321,887
445,922
403,495
237, 111
6,666
1,203
T otal____________
109,276
214,211
324,657
285,705
137,335
4,956
522
706,385
11,612,231
19,024,052
11,921,346
8, 540,200
638,382
92,887
52,535,483
T otal________________
1,913,370
16,841,880
29,918,787
17,161,856
11,301,934
1,906,110
114,474
1,336,949
8,815, 277
16, 263, 569
9,233,106
5,242,287
824,337
48,005
41,763,530
43,300
107, 661
133,772
121,193
75,417
3,259
299
466,607
7,108,543
11,028,322
6,620,681
4,691,266
776,197
30,873
30,722,489
_.
All divisions:
Novem ber 1933________
December 1933________
January 1934___________
February 1934_________
M arch 1934..__________
April 1934_____________
M ay 1934—....................
$4,535,504
22,395,485
49,227,490
34,694,881
32,637,667
4,157,100
114, 700
79,158,411
T otal____ ___________
M ountain:
Novem ber 1933...............
December 1933................
January 1934___________
February 1934________
M arch 1934.......... ..........
April 1934 ........................
M a y 1934............... ..........
Pay roll
147,762,827
Total________________
196,301,312
77,314,890
Total..........- ........ .........
Pacific:
Novem ber 1933________
December 1933 .............
January 1934. .................
February 1934.............
M arch 1934. ....................
April 1934........ ................
M a y 193 4 ................... .
Number
West North Central:
T o t a l......................
South Atlantic:
Novem ber 1933...............
December 1933_________
January 1934..............
February 1934_________
March 1934.....................
April 1934.......................
M a y 1934..................._ .. .
Geographic division and
month
1,471, 200
2,884,919
3,928,130
3,492,947
2, 284,897
65, 512
11,117
22,817, 535
151,370,669
263, 712,981
161,205, 251
120, 781,108
16,881,847
1,113,942
737,883,333
During this period the Civil Works Administration disbursed over
$700,000,000 to workers who otherwise would have been without
employment. At the peak over 4,000,000 persons were given work.
During the month of January an average of over 3,900,000 were
employed. From that date the number of workers decreased rapidly
until during May an average of slightly over 11,000 were at work on
Civil Works projects.
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Emergency Work Program
T h e emergency work program of the Federal Relief Administration
is now giving employment to over 850,000 persons.
Table 10 shows the number of employees and amount of pay rolls
for the workers on the emergency work program for the weeks ending
April 26 and May 31.
T a bl e 1 0 — N U M B E R OF E M P L O Y E E S A N D A M O U N T S OF P A Y R O L L S F O R W O R K E R S
ON E M E R G E N C Y W O R K P R O G R A M , A P R . 26 A N D M A Y 31, 1934
Number of employees,
week ending—
Amount of pay roll, week
ending—
Geographic division
Apr. 26
M a y 31
Apr. 26
M a y 31
N ew England--------------------------------------------------M iddle Atlantic______________________________
East North Central__________ _________________
W est North Central________________ __________
South Atlantic____ _______ ___________________
East South Central................. ............ .................
West South Central-----------------------------------------M ountain_____________________________ ______: .
Pacific_________________________ ____ ______
83,335
310,565
119,457
90,218
92,370
6,095
63,917
24,435
11,767
92,021
281,083
145,518
108,704
97,151
35,236
57,760
34,791
14,095
$818,015
4,940,167
1,022,456
768,133
765,516
42,224
544,990
327,470
143,143
$1,186,844
3,865,641
1,347,586
857,897
677,456
215,015
453,210
393,364
182,449
Total.............................. ................. ..............
Percent of change__________ ____
_____
802,159
866,359
+ 8 .0
9,372,114
9,179,462
- 2 .1
Emergency Conservation Work
T h e r e were over 335,000 workers engaged in Emergency Conserva
tion Work during the month ending May 31, 1934. These workers
drew over $14,000,000 for their month’s pay.
Table 11 shows the employment and pay rolls for the Emergency
Conservation Work during the months of April and May 1934 by
type of work.
T able 1 1 — E M P L O Y M E N T A N D P A Y R O L L S IN T H E E M E R G E N C Y C O N S E R V A T IO N
W O R K , A P R IL A N D M A Y 1934
Number of employees
Amount of pay rolls
Group
April
M ay
April
M ay
Enrolled personnel____ ___________________ ____
Reserve officers_____________ _________________
Educational advisers..____ ________ ___________
Supervisory and technical_____ __________ ____
282,756
5,587
1,024
i 25,119
299,386
5,591
1,081
2 29,689
$8,830,470
1,266,399
173,198
2,937,138
$9,349,821
1,302,417
164,343.
3,227,121
T otal.......................................................... —
314,486
335,747
13,207,205
14,043,702:
* 23,829 are included in the table for the executive service.
2 23,775 are included in the table for the executive service.
Information concerning employment and pay rolls for the Emer
gency Conservation Work is collected by the Bureau of Labor Sta
tistics from the War Department, the Department of Agriculture,,
the Treasury Department, and the Interior Department.
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The pay of the enlisted personnel is figured as follows: 5 percent are
paid $45 per month, 8 percent $36 per month, and the remaining 87
percent $30 per month.
There was an increase of more than 20,000 workers comparing
M ay with April.
Table 12 shows monthly totals of employees and pay rolls in the
Emergency Conservation Work from the inception of the work in
May 1933 to May 1934, inclusive.
T a b l e 1 2 — M O N T H L Y T O T A L S OF E M P L O Y E E S A N D P A Y R O L L S IN T H E E M E R G E N C Y
C O N S E R V A T IO N W O R K F R O M M A Y 1933 T O M A Y 1934, IN C L U S IV E
M onth
Number
of em
ployees
Amount
of pay roll
M onth
1933
M a jT_____________________ _
June_____ ______ ____ _____
J u l y ______________________
August____________________
September____
________
O ctober. ... ______________
N o v e m b e r .....
______
Number
of em
ployees
Am ount
of pay roll
321,701
$12,951,042
331,433
321,631
247,944
314,486
335,747
13,577,695
13,072,768
10,806,970
13,207,205
14,043,702
1933
191,380
283,481
316,109
307,100
242,968
294,861
344, 273
$6,388,760
9,876, 780
11,482,262
11,604,401
9, 759,628
311,033
14,554,695
1%
December_________ _______
1934
January___ ___ ___________
February_____ ______
M arch_____ _____________
A pril. ____ ____ _ ___ .
M a y . .._____ _____ _____
Employment on Public Roads (Other Than Public Works)
A L T H O U G H most of the road building is now being financed from
- Z jl Public Works funds, there is still some work being done by the
Federal Government from carry-over appropriations, and consider
able maintenance work is being done by several States, financed by
State funds.
Table 1 shows the number of employees, exclusive of those paid
from Public Works funds, on the pay rolls of Federal and State
governments engaged in the building and maintenance of public
Toads during the months of April and May 1934.
T a b l e 1 .— N U M B E R OF E M P L O Y E E S E N G A G E D IN T H E C O N S T R U C T IO N A N D M A IN
T E N A N C E OF P U B L IC R O A D S , S T A T E A N D F E D E R A L , D U R IN G A P R I L A N D M A Y
1934, B Y G E O G R A P H IC D IV IS IO N S i
Federal
Geographic division
N ew E n g la n d _____________
M iddle Atlantic____________
East North C en tra l..............
West North Central________
South A tlantic_____________
East South Central........ .......
W est South C entral...........
M ountain.................................
Pacific.....................—.............
T otal________________
Percent of change...... ..........
A mount of pay
rolls
N um ber of em
ployees
Am ount of pay
rolls
M ay
April
M ay
April
M ay
April
M ay
0
421
727
247
342
67
964
597
576
3,941
+104.0
$423
3,405
15,645
5,854
6,895
4,471
15,082
22,896
33,158
107, 829
0
$21,046
44,251
11,012
9, 247
2,834
28, 701
32,927
35, 321
185,339
+71.9
7,771
43,483
19,932
14,339
34,345
10,729
11,118
5,601
10, 230
157, 548
11,970
63,397
25,409
15, 585
39, 705
9,828
12,219
5,503
10,819
194,435
+23.4
$465,985
2,231,450
1,066,241
768,091
1, 228,997
666,361
745, 272
444, 593
790, 654
8,407, 644
$849,494
3, 341,437
1,378, 771
836,310
1, 373, 297
462,734
789,587
449,954
793, 555
10,275,139
+22.2
N um ber of em
ployees
April
6
78
298
110
251
136
264
361
428
1,932
State
Excluding em ployment furnished b y projects financed from Public Works funds.
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There were nearly 200,000 employees hired by the States for road
work during May. This is an increase of nearly 25 percent as com
pared with April.
Of the State-road workers, 14 percent were employed in building
new roads and 86 percent in maintaining existing roads. By far
the largest number of State-road workers were employed in the Middle
Atlantic States, Pennsylvania employing an especially large number.
Table 2 shows the number of employees engaged in the construction
and maintenance of State and public roads by months, January to
May 1934.
T
able
2 .—N U M B E R OF E M P L O Y E E S E N G A G E D IN T H E C O N S T R U C T IO N A N D M A IN
T E N A N C E OF P U B L IC R O A D S , S T A T E A N D F E D E R A L , B Y M O N T H S , 1934 1
Federal
State
M onth
Number
January________ ________________________ ____
February. ____ _____________________________
M arch............... .............. ........................ .................
A pril____________ _________________
M a y ____________ __________________ __________
Pay rolls
7,633
2,382
1,396
1,932
3,941
Number
$388,426
142,528
101,191
107,829
185,339
Pay rolls
161,785
149, 215
152,129
157, 548
194,435
$8, $84,109
7,131,604
7,989, 765
8,407,644
10,275,139
Excluding employment furnished by projects financed from Public Works funds.
Employment on Construction Projects Financed by the
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
ONSTRUCTION projects financed by the Self-Liquidating
Division of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation gave em
ployment to nearly 20,000 people during the month ending May 15.
These projects are self-liquidating. The loans made by the Recon
struction Finance Corporation for construction projects amounted to
over $207,000,000.
Table 1 shows employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked on
construction projects financed by the Self-Liquidating Division of the
Reconstruction Finance Corporation, by type of project.
C
1 .—E M P L O Y M E N T , P A Y R O L L S , A N D M A N -H O U R S W O R K E D ON P R O JE C T S
F IN A N C E D B Y T H E S E L F -L IQ U ID A T IN G D IV IS IO N OF T H E R E C O N S T R U C T IO N
F IN A N C E C O R P O R A T IO N D U R IN G M A Y 1934, B Y T Y P E OF P R O J E C T
T able
Typ e of project
Number of Amount of Number of
wage earn
man-hours
pay roll
ers
worked
Average
earnings
per hour
Value of
materials
purchased
Building construction____________________
Bridges____________ __________ ___________
Reclamation_____________________________
Water and sewerage................ .......... ............
Miscellaneous__________ _______ _________
2,364
6,855
2,531
5,252
2,209
$222,146
450, 557
141,061
588,840
231, 285
195, 276
585,163
313,246
885,372
350,069
$1.138
.770
.450
.665
.661
$258, 523
741,901
60, 335
615,209
439,777
Total...................... ..................................
19,211
1,633,889
2,329,126
.702
2,115, 745
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Nearly 7,000 of these workers were employed on bridges, and over
5,000 on water and sewerage systems. The monthly pay roll for work
ers on all types of construction amounted to over $1,500,000. The
men worked over 2,000,000 hours. The average hourly earnings
amounted to over 70 cents. Building construction workers earned
over $1.10 per hour and bridge workers over 75 cents per hour. Pur
chase orders were placed for materials totaling over $2,000,000 by
contractors working on these projects.
Table 2 shows employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked on
projects financed by the Self-Liquidating Division of the Reconstruc
tion Finance Corporation, by geographic divisions.
2 .—E M P L O Y M E N T , P A Y R O L L S , A N D M A N -H O U R S W O R K E D ON P R O J E C T S
F IN A N C E D B Y T H E S E L F -L IQ U ID A T IN G D IV IS IO N OF T H E R E C O N S T R U C T IO N
F IN A N C E C O R P O R A T IO N D U R IN G M A Y 1934, B Y G E O G R A P H IC D IV ISIO N S
T able
Geographic division
N ew England..................... ..............................
M iddle A tlantic........ ............. ........................
East North Central........................... .............
West North Central___ ______ ___________
South A tlantic_______________________ ____
East South Central.........................................
W est South Central........ ..............................
M ountain...........................................................
Pacific________ ___ ___
__
___________
Total___________ ______ ____________
N umber of Am ount of Num ber of
man-hours
wage
pay roll
worked
earners
Average
earnings
per hour
Value of
materials
purchased
0
3,648
227
117
1,163
211
1,987
2,634
9,224
0
$346, 724
18,557
9,918
41,758
6,431
128,994
149, 045
932,462
0
350,340
18,729
16,668
98,007
22,552
201, 500
322,067
1,299,263
0
$0.990
.991
.595
.426
.285
.640
.463
.718
0
$418,580
23,621
21,775
42,307
13,802
146,259
71,805
1,377,596
19,211
1,633,889
2, 329,126
.702
2,115, 745
During May 9,000 men were working on Reconstruction Finance
Corporation projects in Pacific States. Over 3,500 were employed in
the Middle Atlantic States. Average hourly earnings ranged from 28
cents in the East South Central States to 99 cents in the Middle
Atlantic and East North Central States.
Table 3 shows data concerning employment, pay rolls, and manhours worked during April and May on construction projects financed
by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation.
T
3 . —E M P L O Y M E N T , P A Y R O L L S , A N D M A N -H O U R S W O R K E D D U R IN G A P R I L
A N D M A Y 1934 ON P R O J E C T S F IN A N C E D B Y T H E S E L F -L IQ U ID A T IN G D IV IS IO N OF
T H E R E C O N S T R U C T IO N F IN A N C E C O R P O R A T IO N
able
M onth
A pril_____________ ______________________
M a y ______________________________________
Num ber of Am ount of Num ber of
wage
pay rolls man-hours
earners
worked
18,643
19,211
$1,519,204
1,633,889
2,301,271
2,329,126
Average
earnings
per hour
$0.660
.702
Value of
material
orders
placed
$2,307,479
2,115,745
Table 4 shows, by types, the material purchased by contractors
working on construction projects financed by the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation.
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T a bl e 4 . — M A T E R IA L S
P U R C H A S E D D U R IN G M O N T H E N D IN G M A Y 15, 1934, F O R
P R O J E C T S F IN A N C E D B Y T H E S E L F -L IQ U ID A T IN G D IV IS IO N OF T H E R E C O N
S T R U C T IO N F IN A N C E C O R P O R A T IO N , B Y T Y P E OF M A T E R I A L
T yp e of material
Value of
materials
purchased
Cast-iron pipe and fittings_____ ____ _________________________ _________ ___________
Cement________________ ________________________________________ ____ ________________
Clay products..................................... .................... - __________________ _____ ______________
Coal........................................... ................................. ................................ .....................................
Compressed and liquefied gas______________________________ __________ ________________
Concrete products------------------- -------------------------------------------------------- ------------------- --------Copper products--------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------Crushed stone---------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ----------------------------Electrical machinery and supplies___________________________________ ___________ _____
Explosives— _____________ _____________________________________________________ ______
Foundry and machine-shop products, not elsewhere classified_________________________
Fuel oil---------------- -------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- —
Gasoline_____ ______________________ _________________________________________________
Hardware, miscellaneous_______ ______________________________________________________
L im e-------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Lubricating oil and greases---------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ---------- ---------Lumber and timber products_______ __________________________________________________
Marble, granite, slate, and other stone products___ ___________________________________
M otor vehicles (auto trucks)_____________________________________________ ____________
Paints and varnishes_____ ___________ ________________________________________ ______
Plum bing supplies----------- ---------------- ------------- ------- --------------------------------------------- ------- Roofing, built-up, and roll; asphalt shingles, roof coatings, other than paint----------------R ubber goods--------------- ---------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------Sand and gravel --------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------Steel-works and rolling-mill products, including structural and ornamental metal work.
Tools-------- --------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------Wire, drawn from purchased rods____________________________________________________
Wirework, not elsewhere classified____________________________________________________
Other------- ------------------------------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
$20,145
169,544
75,290
12,094
4,355
221,316
26,683
19.646
150,708
86,399
203,328
13,321
19,453
64,500
1,017
5,751
156,978
3,702
8,482
1,804
46.646
2,931
3,112
50,077
648,440
14,045
33,359
8,365
44,254
Total--------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------
2,115,745
It is estimated that the fabrication of materials for which the orders
were placed during the month of May will create over 5,500 manmonths of labor.
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