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Serial No. R. 197
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
F R A N C E S P E R K IN S , Secretary
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
ISAD OR LU B IN , Commissioner
Trend of Employment
NOVEMBER 1934
Prepared by Division of Employment Statistics
L e w is E . T a l b e r t , Chief
and
Division of Public Employment
H e r m a n B . B y e r , Chief
U N IT E D STATES
G O V ER N M EN T P R IN T IN G O FFIC E
W A SH IN G TO N : 1935
Contents
Industrial:
By industries:
P age
Manufacturing industries_______________ ___________________ 1-16
Nonmanufacturing industries________________________________ 16-23
Anthracite and bituminous coal mining
Metalliferous mining
Quarrying and nonmetallic mining
Crude-petroleum producing
Public utilities:
Telephone and telegraph
Electric light and power and manufactured gas
Electric railroads
Wholesale and retail trade
Hotels
Laundries
Dyeing and cleaning
Banks, brokerage, insurance, and real estate
Building___________________________________________________ 24-27
Class I steam railroads______________________________________36-37
By States______________________________________________________ 28-35
By cities_______________________________________________________
36
Public:
Federal employees______________________________________________ 37-39
Public Works Administration____________________________________ 40-47
Emergency work relief__________________________________________ 47-48
Emergency conservation work___________________________________ 48-49
Public roads not financed by P. W. A____________________________ 49-50
Construction projects financed by E. F. C_______________________ 50-52
Construction projects financed from regular governmental appropri
ations________________________________________________________ 52-55
Wage-rate changes__________________________________________________ 55-58
n
TREND OF EMPLOYMENT
Trend of Employment, November 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 18 nonmanufacturing
industries, covering the pay period ending nearest the 15th of the
month. Additional information is presented concerning employ
ment on Public Works Administration projects, public roads, the
Federal service, and class I steam railroads.
Manufacturing Industries
F a c t o r y employment decreased 1.9 percent from October to No
vember and factory pay rolls declined 2.5 percent. The slightly
greater decrease in pay rolls was due, to a slight extent, to the observ
ance of the Armistice Day holiday during the November pay period.
Thirty-seven of the 90 manufacturing industries surveyed reported
gains in employment from October to November and 38 industries
reported increased pay rolls.
Factory employment has decreased in November of each year since
1922. The decrease of 1.9 percent in factory employment was, with
the exception of the decline of 1.6 percent in November 1932, the
smallest reported for this month since 1928. The decrease of 2.5
percent in factory pay rolls was the smallest shown for any November
since 1925.
The general indexes of factory employment and pay rolls for No
vember 1934 are 76.8 and 59.5, respectively. A comparison of these
indexes with those of November 1933 shows increases over the year
interval of 0.8 percent in employment and 7.2 percent in pay rolls.
The indexes of factory employment and pay rolls are computed
from data supplied by representative establishments in 90 important
manufacturing industries of the country. Reports were received in
November from 25,507 establishments employing 3,554,573 workers,
whose weekly earnings were $67,036,788 during the pay period end
ing November 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.
(1)
T
The most pronounced changes in employment over the month in
terval were seasonal in character. The woolen and worsted goods
industry, in which increased activity is usually reported in November,
showed a gain of 10.1 percent in employment. The men's-fumishings
and the agricultural-implement industries also reported seasonal in
creases of 9.2 and 9.1 percent, respectively. Employment in the
rayon industry increased 4.5 percent over the month interval, and
increases ranging from 3 to 3.6 percent were reported in the cane-sugar
refining, turpentine and rosin, clocks and watches, and iron and steel
forgings industries. The hardware and glass industries reported gains
in employment of 2.8 percent each and the lighting-equipment indus
try reported an increase of 2.7 percent. Less pronounced gains in
employment in industries of major importance were: Machine tools,
1.5 percent; structural metalwork, 1.4 percent; plumbers, supplies,
1.3 percent; leather and paper and pulp, 1.1 percent each; knit goods,
1 percent; blast furnaces, steel works, rolling mills, 0.7 percent; news
papers, 0.6 percent; and electrical machinery, apparatus, and supplies,
0.5 percent.
The most pronounced decreases in employment were seasonal de
clines of 35.6 percent in the canning and preserving industry and 17.2
percent in the cottonseed oil-cake-meal industry. Other industries,
in which substantial decreases, primarily seasonal in character, were
reported, were: Millinery, 13.8 percent; beverages, 9.7 percent; ice
cream, 9 percent; men’s clothing, 7.4 percent; confectionery, 5.3 per
cent; women’s clothing, 5.1 percent; cement, 4.9 percent; tin cans
and other tinware, 4.5 percent; marble-slate-granite, 3.9 percent;
radios and phonographs, 3.7 percent; jewelry, 3.5 percent; flour, 3.4
percent; and boots and shoes, 3.1 percent. The decrease of 14.4 per
cent in employment in textile dyeing and finishing plants resulted
largely from labor disturbances in this industry. This strike also
affected operations of silk mills, which reported a decline of 1.2 per
cent in employment over the month interval. Employment in elec
tric- and steam-car building establishments declined 11.4 percent, due
to the completion of orders placed under P. W. A. contracts. The
decline of 7 percent in the slaughtering and meat-packing industry
was due largely to the decrease in receipts of Government cattle.
Other industries in which substantial decreases in employment were
reported were: Beet-sugar refining, 5.7 percent; aircraft, 5.5 percent;
steam railroad repair shops, 5 percent; sawmills, 3.3 percent; castiron pipe, 2.9 percent; shipbuilding, 2.7 percent; and cigars and cig
arettes and automobiles, 2.4 percent each. Lesser declines in indus
tries of major importance were: Furniture and chemicals, 2 percent
each; petroleum refining and automobile tires, 0.9 percent each;
foundry and machine-shop products, 0.7 percent; and cotton goods,
0.4 percent.
3
Comparing the levels of employment and pay rolls in the 90 sep
arate industries in November 1934 with those of November 1933, 52
industries showed increased employment over the year interval and
64 showed increased pay rolls.
Dividing the manufacturing industries into “ durable” and “non
durable” goods groups, the former group showed decreases in em
ployment and pay rolls from October to November of 1 percent and
0.6 percent, respectively. The latter group showed losses of 2.8 per
cent in employment and 3.8 percent in pay rolls. The November
employment and pay-roll indexes were 62.2 and 46.1, respectively,
for the “ durable” goods group, and 92.4 and 76.6, respectively, for
the “ nondurable” goods group. The “ durable” goods group is com
posed of the following subgroups: 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 , N O N F E R R O U S
M E T A L S , 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 .
Per capita weekly earnings for all manufacturing industries com
bined fell 0.5 percent from October to November and rose 6.5 percent
from November 1933 to November 1934. Gains from October to
November were shown in 43 of the 90 individual manufacturing
industries surveyed and ranged from 0.1 to 24.3 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 October and
November 1934 showed a decrease over the month interval for all
manufacturing industries combined of 0.6 percent in average hours
worked per week and no change in average hourly earnings. Thirtynine of the industries covered showed increases in average hours worked
and 42 reported increased hourly earnings. As all reporting estab
lishments do not furnish man-hour information, the Bureau’s figures
on average hours worked per week and average hourly earnings are
necessarily computed from data furnished by a smaller number of
establishments than are covered in the monthly survey of manufac
turing industries. Average hours worked per week and average
hourly earnings are presented for only those manufacturing indus
tries for which available information covers at least 20 percent of all
the employees in the industry.
In table 1 are shown indexes of employment and pay rolls in Novem
ber 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 whole, together with percentage
changes from October 1934 and November 1933. Per capita weekly
earnings in November 1934, together with percentage changes from
4
the previous month and from November 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
November 1934 and average hourly earnings, together with percentage
changes from October 1934 and November 1933 are likewise presented
for manufacturing as a whole and for each industry for which manhour data covering at least 20 percent of the total employees in the
industry were received.
More complete data, now available, have made necessary certain
revisions for October in 21 industries, in the groups to which they
belong, and in all manufacturing industries combined. These
revisions appear in table 2.
Table 1.—Employment, Pay Rolls, Hours, and Earnings in Manufacturing Industries, November 1934
Em ploym ent
Industry
Index
N o
vem
ber
1934
(3-year
average
1923-25
=100)
-1 .9
+ 0.8
66.2
Blast furnaces, steel works, and rolling mills___ 65.9
72.2
Bolts, nuts, washers, and rivets..........................
Cast-iron pipe............................................................. 49.3
Cutlery (not including silver and plated cut
lery), and edge tools............ .................................. 78.9
Forgings, iron and steel................................ ............ 51.0
H ardware............................. .................................... . 45.4
Plum bers’ supplies................................................. . 62.7
Steam and hot-water heating apparatus and
steam fittings............................................................. 49.3
Stoves______________________________________ 93.9
Structural and ornamental m etalwork.................. 57.9
Tin cans and other tinw are........................... .......... 89.6
Tools (not including edge tools, machine tools,
files, and saws).......................................................... 58.1
W irework_______ _____ ______________________ 121.2
Machinery, not including transportation
77.9
equipment
Agricultural implements............................................ 79.6
Cash registers, adding machines, and calcula
ting machines.......................................................... 106.7
Electrical machinery, apparatus, and supplies. _ 65.4
Engines, turbines, tractors, and water w heels... 73.5
Foundry and machine-shop products.................... 66.0
See footnotes at end of table.
+ .3
+ .7
- .4
- 2 .9
+. 8
+ 3.6
+ 2.8
+ 1.3
- .6
- 1 .4
+ 1.4
-4 .5
+ .7
- .2
(8)
+9.1
+0)
+ .5
+ 1.7
- .7
-2 .5
-2 .9
-11 .3
+ 9.6
+ 1.2
- .2
-21 .6
+ 7.0
-1 2 .4
+• 4
+ 8.6
+ 6.8
-1 .5
+ 2.5
+ 6.3
+41.9
+13.8
+ 8.5
+30.3
+ 5.6
Iron and steel and their products, not includ
ing machinery
___
Average hours worked
per week i
Average hourly
earnings1
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
change from— Index
No change from— Aver change from— Aver change from— Aver change from—
vem
age in
age in
age in
ber
No
No
No
1934
No
No
vem
No
vem
No
No
Octo vem (3-year Octo vem ber Octo vem ber Octo vem vem
ber Octo
ber vem
ber
ber
ber
ber
average
ber
1934
ber
1934
ber
ber
ber
1934
1934 1933
1934 1933
1934 1933 1923-25 1934 1933
1934 1933
=100)
76.8
All industries.......................................................................
Per capita weekly
earnings1
P ay roll
59.5
-2 .5
44.2 + 3.3 + 2.1
41.7 +6.5 - 1 .2
44.9 + 2.3 -1 6 .2
26.4 -4 .1 +10.9
57.4 + 2.8 +6.1
35.8 +13.7 +4.1
34.2 +7.5 -12.1
37.6 + 3.7 +36.2
32.0 -1 .5 + 4.6
67.0 -6 .9 + 8.4
41.2 + .9 +16.4
79.4 -3 .8 + 6.3
48.4 + 2.2 +7.8
94.5 -1 .5 +11.3
57.2 + .4 +13.9
85.7 +15.2 +59.9
83.3 + 5.9 +16.3
50.0 + 1.4 +21.1
50.0 + 3.3 +49.3
46.6 -2 .1 +11.2
-0 .4
Cents
2 55.4
(3)
+ 5.8
26.7
28.1
28.9
36.8
33.7
33.2
33.8
35.0
35.6
33.9
34.9
34.8
32.2
+ 4.7 -7 .8
+1.1 -11 .7
-1 .4 + 5.6
+• 5 -1 .4
+9.1 -2 .7
+4.1 + 8.0
+ 1.2 +17.5
- . 3 +1.7
-5 .8 -3 .4
- .6
- .3
-3 .1
(3)
+1.8 -6 .0
-1 .2 +15.3
65.6
55.5
48.7
53.9
59.7
54.3
55.7
59.5
54.9
58.7
52.3
55.0
55.1
+1.1
+ .9
(3)
+ .9
+ .7
- .4
+ 1.3
- .7
- .7
+ .2
+ .8
- .4
-.4
+10.8
+6.1
-3 .9
+ 7.4
+ 8.7
+ 2.3
+10.5
+ 9.2
+ 8.9
+ 7.1
+ 2.3
+15.0
+ 8.2
38.1
38.1
33.9
37.5
33.1
+2.1
+6.1
+ 1.5
+ 1.1
-1 .5
60.2
67.4
61.3
64.9
59.9
+ 3.6
- .3
- .3
+ .6
(3)
+13.5
+ 5.6
+10.4
+ 5.6
+ 6.4
+6.5
2 34.1
17.43
15.56
14.22
19.86
20.05
18.09
18.80
20.83
19.92
19.79
18.31
19.15
17.81
+5.7 +1.9
+2.7 -5 .2
-1 .3 +1.2
+2.0 +4.9
+9.7 +4.9
+4.6 +12.0
+2.3 +27.7
- .9 +19.3
-5 .6 +8.2
- .6 +6.7
- .8
+ .7
+1.4 +9.5
-1 .3 +8.6
22.80
25.64
20.96
24.33
19.88
+5.6 +12.5
+5.9 +2.3
+ .9 +11.9
+ 1.6 +14.6
—1.3 +6.1
+ 7.2 $18.86
-0 .5
-0 .6
+ 1.5
-3 .7
+ 3.0
+ 8.6
- .2
Table 1.—Employment, Pay Rolls, Hours, and Earnings in Manufacturing Industries, November 1934—Continued
Em ploym ent
Industry
M achlnery—Continued.
Index
No
vem
ber
1934
(3-year
average
1923-25
= 100)
Per capita weekly
earnings1
Average hours worked
per week i
Average hourly
earnings1
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
change from— Index
No change from— Aver change from— Aver change from— Aver change from—
vem
age in
age in
age in
ber
No
No
No
1934
No vem Octo No vem Octo No vem Octo No
No (3-year
Octo
Octo vem
vem
vem
vem
ber
ber
ber
ber vem
ber
ber
ber
ber
ber
ber
1934 1934
ber
ber
1934 1934
1934 1934
ber average
1934 1933
1923-25 1934 1933
1933
1933
1933
=100)
M achine tools................................................................ 70.2 + 1.5 +21.7
Radios and phonographs........................................... 214.5 -3 .7 -13 .6
Textile machinery and parts............................ ....... 60.8 -0 ) -21 .4
Typewriters and parts__________ -........................ 106.1 + 1.9 +26.6
Transportation equipment _ ____________ 62.0 -3 .0 +15.9
Aircraft....... .................................................................. 250.4 -5 .5 -25 .8
Automobiles________ ________________________ 67.1 -2 .4 +18.6
Cars, electric- and steam -railroad.._...................... 30.2 -11 .4 + 6.0
Locomotives________ ________ ________________ 37.5 -1 .3 +67.4
Shipbuilding........................... ............................... .
69.3 -2 .7 +9.1
Railroad repair shops __ _ _____________ 51.6 -4 .3 -5 .8
Electric railroad__________________ _______ ___ 65.7 + .8 -1 .4
Steam railroad__________ _____ ____ ______ ___ 50.5 -5 .0 -6 .3
Nonferrous metals and their products_______ 76.0 +1.2 +4.7
Aluminum manufactures_____________________ 62.5 +1.1 -23.5
Brass, bronze, and copper products____________ 72.0 +1.4 -3 .7
Clocks and watches and time-recording devices. 77.6 +3.4 +21.3
Jewelry________________ ____ ________ ________ 76.9 -3 .5 +18.5
Lighting equipm ent................................................... 68.9 + 2.7 +10.1
Silverware and plated ware_________ ____ ____ 71.7 + 1.6 . +1.4
Smelting and refining—copper, lead, and zinc., 74.5 +1.9 +16.0
Stamped and enameled ware____________ ____ 83.9 +1.2 +5.1
Lumber and allied products_______________ 48.6 -1 .8 -7 .1
F urniture............................................... ..................... 65.2 -2 .0 -9 .9
Lumber:
M ill work............................................................... 36.3 -(<) -2 .4
Sawmills................................................................ 32.8 -3 .3 -5 .5
Turpentine and rosin...... .................................... .
92.4 + 3.4 -8 .6
Pay roll
52.6 + 4.7 +21.8
131.5 -4 .6 -12.6
43.4 -3 .2 -32.1
97.8 +5.8 +52.3
48.1 -2 .6 +24.6
214.5 -8 .7 -28.3
51.3 -1 .4 +29.5
27.5 -12 .9 +12.7
16.6 -2 .1 +90.8
54.0 -4 .0 +15.4
44.4 -5 .1 -3 .7
57.4 + .6 +2.1
43.5 -5 .9 -4 .4
58.8 + 2.3 +12.2
53.8 + 5.2 -10.5
51.3 + 3.6 +3.8
64.7 + 4.6 +22.5
63.1 -3 .6 +21.8
58.0 + 3.0 +18.9
56.7 + 5.3 +8.8
46.4 +1.1 +26.8
71.9 +2.1 +13.1
33.6 -4 .5 (3)
44.5 -5 .7 -1 .1
24.0 - . 4 +8.6
21.3 -5 .6 -2 .3
47.9 + 6.4 +5.7
22.49
19.22
19.33
22.98
24.08
22.80
19.85
21.74
22.32
26.41
24.18
19.89
19.99
19.26
19.81
19. 56
21.70
20.32
18.01
15.88
15.56
14.54
12.43
+3.2
-1 .0
-3 .2
+3.8
-3 .4
+1.0
-1 .7
- .8
-1 .3
- .2
-1 .0
+4.1
+2.2
+1.2
- .1
+ .3
+3.7
- .7
+ .8
-3 .9
- .4
-2 .4
+2.9
+ 0.4
+ 1.4
-12 .9
+20.1
-3 .4
+9.4
+6.5
+13.2
+6.1
+3.6
+2.4
+17.3
+ 8.2
+ 1.0
+ 3.2
+8.1
+ 7.2
+9.6
+ 7.4
+ 9.0
+11. 3
+3.4
+15.9
36.7
34.2
32.3
40.5
36.9
31.3
33.2
34.4
30.4
43.6
38.4
37.0
34.8
40.6
38.1
36.6
38.2
37.0
35.7
35.2
34.9
33.1
+ 2.8 -4 .8
-3 .4
- .8
-1 .2 -14 .9
+5.2 +5.1
-2 .4 -3 .3
+ .6 -4 .2
- .3
- .1
-2 .3 + 9.4
+1.1
(3)
+ .2 -2 .1
-1 .5 + 2.0
+5.1 +36.5
+ 2.7
+ .5
+ 2.5 -4 .3
-2 .3 -5 .0
+ . 5 + 1.3
+3.8 + 2.5
-1 .6 +2.1
+ .8
+1.1
-4 .3 -2 .0
- . 6 + 5.4
-2 .1 -3 .8
Cents
61.3
56.3
59.8
56.6
67.5
72.6
60.1
63.2
74.1
59.4
62.8
53.7
57.5
47.4
51.5
54.3
56.2
54.9
50.3
44.7
44.6
44.5
+ 0.5
+ 2.4
-2 .3
-1 .6
+ .1
- .4
-1 .6
+1.6
+ .1
- .7
- .2
-1 .1
- .3
-1 .2
+ 2.4
-.4
(3)
+ .7
- .4
+ .7
+ .2
- .2
+4.5
+11.7
+1.1
+14.5
+2.6
+11.8
+3.6
+ 4.2
+13.8
+5.4
+1.3
+l’6.4
+9.9
+5.3
+ 6.9
+ 6.4
+ 6.0
+8.4
+8.4
+ 5.0
+5.1
+7.6
—
106037 35
S to n e , clay, a n d glass p ro d u c ts ............................... 52.2
Brick, tile, and terra cotta........................................ 29.9
Cem ent......................................................................... 48.2
Glass___________ __________________ _____ ___ 88.5
M arble, granite, slate, and other products_____ 28.6
Pottery------------------------ --------------------- --------- 69.7
Textiles a n d th e ir p ro d u c ts.......................... ............ 90.9
Fabrics____________ _________ ____ __________
89.7
Carpets and rugs________________ _______ _ 60.1
Cotton goods____________________________ 94.2
Cotton small w ares.________________ ____
80.4
Dyeing and finishing textiles______ ______
91.4
Hats, fur-felt....................................................... . 73.5
K nit goods______________ _____ ____ _____ 110.6
Silk and rayon goods_____________________ 75.0
Woolen and worsted goods________ _______ 75.0
Wearing apparel........................................................ 89.6
Clothing, m en’s_________________________
80.3
Clothing, women’s............................................ 115.5
Corsets and allied garm ents______________
89.3
M en’s furnishings__________________ _____ 116.9
M illinery__________ _____ _______________
59.3
Shirts and collars_______________ ____ ____ 101.3
L ea th e r a n d Its m a n u fa c tu re s ________________ 81.6
Boots and shoes_____ ‘________________ ______ _ 79.8
Leather-------------------------------------------------------- 89.2
F ood a n d k in d red p ro d u c ts__________________ 109.0
Baking__________ ___________________________ 115.4
Beverages_______________________ ____ _______ 151.9
B utter_______ ______________________________
76.0
Canning and preserving____ ___ ____ _________ 88.4
Confectionery__________________ _______ _____ 91.5
Flour______________________ ___ ___________
77.7
Ice cream ...________________________________
63.5
Slaughtering and meat packing_______________ 109.3
Sugar, beet....................... .......................................... 189.0
Sugar refining, cane_________ ____ _______ ____ 93.6
T obacco m a n u fa c tu re s ............ ................................. 64.0
Chewing and smoking tobacco and sn uff........... 73.8
Cigars and cigarettes______ ______ ___________
62.7
P ap er a n d p rin tin g ..................................................... 97.0
.Boxes, p ap e r.____ ________________________
90.3
Paper and p u lp ........................................................ 107.7
Printing and publishing:
Book and job........................................................ 87.2
Newspapers and periodicals ............................. 99.8
See footnotes at end of table.
-
+ .6
-(«)
-4 .9
+2.8
-3 .9
+1.9
-1 .5
(3)
-5 .3
- .4
-2 .2
-14 .4
-2 .7
+ 1.0
-1 .2
+10.1
-5 .1
-7 .4
-5 .1
+• 1
+ 9.2
-13.8
-2 .1
-2 .2
-3 .1
+1.1
-8 .8
- .6
-9 .7
-2 .1
-35.6
-5 .3
-3 .4
-9 .0
-7 .0
-5 .7
+ 3.0
-2 .0
+ .4
-2 .4
+ .6
+ .6
+1.1
+ .2
+ .6
+ 3.8
+ 2.4
+17.0
+7.7
-19 .4
+. 9
-2 .2
-4 .1
-18.3
-2 .9
+ 1.6
-14.7
-5 .0
+1.3
-5 .4
-6 .8
+12
-1 .1
+11.0
+2.4
+8.9
-12 .0
-5 .9
+3.2
+3.6
+1.6
+4.0
+5.8
+11.4
-4 .4
+ 1.5
-4 .1
+4.3
+2.8
+10.5
-27.9
+4.9
-3 .0
-4 .2
-3 .1
+ 3.0
+ 3.2
+ 5.4
+ 3.9
+ .2
35.6
16.5
29.4
72.0
17.3
47.7
71.1
72.5
43.6
75.7
64.7
73.2
62.0
107.9
62.3
53.6
64.1
52.1
81.3
80.7
87.5
45.1
98.3
61.0
54.6
82.0
96.1
98.6
142.2
56.4
87.5
76.5
63.3
50.2
100.7
147.2
72.8
48.8
62.2
47.1
82.8
81.3
82.6
74.4
90.4
+ .3
-2 .4
-9 .1
+3.8
-7 .2
+4.4
-4 .8
- .8
-5 .9
-3 .8
-6 .5
-11.9
+2.5
+ .7
-2 .1
+14.4
-12.7
-16 .7
-14 .2
+ 1.7
+11.4
-17.7
-1 .5
-5 .1
-9 .7
+ 6.6
-7 .1
+ .3
-9 .5
-3 .4
-34 .9
-9 .0
-7 .5
-9 .0
-5 .9
+17.2
-1 .6
- .4
-2 .7
- ( 4)
+ .1
-1 .6
- .7
+ .9
+ .5
+11.9
+21.3
+27.8
+14.3
-15 .6
+5.8
+ 2.0
-1 .0
-19 .0
- .5
+ 6.2
-15.3
-12 .9
+7.9
+ 3.8
-4 .6
+ 9.4
- .6
+20.3
+22.5
+18.1
-5 .3
+ 8.4
+ 1.5
-1 .8
+10.4
+12.7
+9.1
+18.0
-7 .2
+13.3
+ 3.2
+6.7
+ 5.7
+31.5
-23 .2
+ 2.8
-2 .6
-3 .9
-2 .5
+9.5
+13.1
+14.1
+11.0
+4.6
14.37
18.31
19.16
19.94
17.73
-2 .4 +16.9
-4 .4 +9.4
+1.1 +6.4
-3 .4 +4.6
+2.5 +5.8
- .9
16.81 - .7
12.77 -3 .5 +2.4
15.52 -4 .4 +4.6
18.07 +2.9
- .6
19.39 +5.4 -8 .4
16.55 - .2 +6.7
15.25 -1 .0 +9.7
16.25 +3.9 +2.4
15.19 -10.0 + .8
17.70 -9 .6 +8.5
14.99 +1.6 +20.1
15.51 +2.0 +8.5
17.74 -4 .5 +7.7
13.20 + .6 +15.7
14.51 -6 .8 -5 .5
21.27 +5.6 +8.8
21.43 + .9 +3.4
28.05 + .3 +6.0
20.07 -1 .3 -2 .9
12.53 +1.2 +28.9
15.06 -4 .0 +7.5
20.38 -4 .2 + 2.8
24.95 +• 1 +3.3
23.07 +1.2 +19.0
19.64 +24.3 +6.8
20.02 -4 .4 -2 .2
12.84 -3 .1
+ .3
13.48 +2.5 + .5
18.24 -2 .1 +10.1
19.32 -1 .8 +8.3
26.27 + .7 +7.0
32.98 - .1 +4.6
- . 6 +3.4
-3 .3 + 6.6
+ 1.8 +2.1
-3 .2
- .5
+ .9 -12 .7
44.8
56.6
56.3
66.9
51.5
(3)
-1 .0
- .7
- .1
+ 1.4
+13.3
+ 6.0
+5.8
+13.3
+16.6
29.7 + . 3 -10.5
33.9 -3 .1
- .6
34.6 -3 .1 +3.5
35.8 + 5.3
- .8
27.0 + 5.5 +23.2
34.9 - . 3
+• 1
34.4 + .3 +4.9
33.3 + 5.7 + 2.2
24.8 -10 .5 -10.6
31.6 +1.3 +19.7
34.7 -3 .3 + 3.2
34.0 + .9 +15.4
29.4 -4 .9 -15.0
36.5 + .6 -2 .7
39.6 + .8 -3 .5
36.8 -2 .4 -2 .5
31.7 -5 .1
+ .6
35.4 -2 .7 +7.1
37.5 -4 .3 -1 .0
42.0 -2 .8 +2.3
41.1 + 2.2 + 5.8
49.2 +28.5 -2 .5
37.3 + 1.4
- .7
32.3 -1 .8 -4 .9
34.6 -2 .0 -7 .2
36.2 -2 .4
+ .8
36.5 -2 .4
- .7
35.8 + .6 +2.4
- .1
37.0 - . 3
56.5
37.8
44.7
50.5
72.0
47.9
44.5
48.9
60.8
46.7
41.5
38.6
51.0
55.3
53.6
75.7
38.3
41.9
54.7
58.2
54.7
41.1
52.8
39.9
38.8
50.4
52.9
73.5
86.1
-1 .2
- .3
-1 .8
-2 .3
+ .4
(3)
- .4
-1 .6
-2 .2
- .2
+ 4.3
+ .5
+ .4
+ .5
(3)
+2.9
+4.4
- .9
+• 2
+ 2.3
-1 .4
-2 .0
-5 .2
-1 .2
+ 4.3
+ .4
+ .6
+ 1.0
+ .2
+13.7
+2.4
+3.0
-1 .4
+14.9
+7.4
+5.8
+ .2
+11.9
-3 .6
+14.8
+ 5.2
+9.3
+8.0
+8.3
+8.4
+5.8
+5.1
+5.1
-2 .1
+12.4
+6.4
-1 .8
+5.3
+8.6
+ 9.6
+ 9.4
+6.1
+5.3
32.0
32.4
34.1
30.2
33.9
Table 1.—Employment, Pay Rolls, Hours, and Earnings in Manufacturing Industries, November 1934— Continued
Em ploym ent
Industry
Chemicals and allied products, and petroleum
refining
_
___
Other than petroleum refining _______
Chemicals___________ ______ .................. .......
Cottonseed—oil, cake, and meal...................
Druggists’ preparations......................................
Explosives______________ ________________
Fertilizers. ------ ------------------------------------Paints and varnishes_____________________
Rayon and allied products................................
Soap. _____ ___________________ _____ ___
Petroleum refining................................................
Rubber products
________ ____
Rubber boots and shoes ------------------------------Rubber goods, other than boots, shoes, tires, and
inner tubes. _____________________________
Rubber tires and inner tubes.......... .......................
Index
No
vem
ber
1934
(3-year
average
1923-25
•=100)
Pay roll
Per capita weekly
earnings
Average hours worked
per week
Average hourly
earnings
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
change from— Index
No change from— Aver change from— Aver change from— Aver change from—
vem
age in
age in
age in
ber
No
No
No
1934
No vem Octo No vem Octo No vem Octo No
No (3-year
Octo vem
Octo vem
vem
vem
ber
ber
ber
ber
ber vem
ber
ber
ber
ber
ber
1934 1934
1934 1934
1934 1934
ber
ber
ber average
1934 1933
1923-25 1934 1933
1933
1933
1933
= 100)
108.6 -0.7
+0.2
- .2
107.9 - . 6
104.4 -2 .0
+. 4
90.5 -17 .2 -22 .7
105.5 -1 .2 +3.5
91.6 - .3 -1 .4
91.2 - .3
+. 4
99.7 + .2 +9.4
320.8 + 4.5 -3 .4
104.6 -1 .0 +7.1
111.9 - .9 + 1.7
76.6 -1.0 -11.6
53.9 -1 .4 -17 .2
112.1 - .9 -17.1
68.7 - .9 -5 .2
Cents
90.9 -0.8 +7.4
- .6 +7.2
89.1
90.7 -1 .9 +6.6
81.4 -19.4 -19.5
96.8 -2 .3 +4.3
71.2 - 1 .8 +7.1
69.7 -5 .2 +10.6
78.5 + . 5 +14.9
231.6 + 6.6 +5.8
92.5 -2 .2 +15.5
96.8 -1 .2 +7.8
58.1 - .3 - .3
49.8 - . 9 -15.0
85.2 -3 .3 -11.3
50.4 + 1.6 +12. 5
24.15
10.19
19.64
22.13
11.81
21.47
19.16
21.55
26.08
18.31
17.57
22.67
+0.1 +6.5
-2 .7 +4.6
-1 .1
+ .8
-1 .5 + 9.0
-4 .9 +10.2
+ .4 + 5.0
+2.0 +9.2
-1 .2 +7.5
- .3 +5. 8
+ .5 +5.9
-2 .4 + 7.2
+2.5 +18.8
38.5
43.6
38.2
34.4
33.1
37.9
37.7
37.6
34.3
34.6
34.6
28.7
-1 .8 -0 .6
-6 .8 +10.9
-3 .3
+ .1
-1 .7
+. 7
-3 .5 -3 .3
- .8 -3 .3
+3.6
- .3
-2 .8 -6 .5
-1 .7
- .5
+ .3 +2.1
-3 .1 -1 .3
+1.1 + 3.2
62.1
23.5
48.0
64.4
35.6
56.6
50.9
56.2
76.2
52.9
50.7
80.0
+2.1
+5.9
+1.1
+ .3
-1 .4
+1.1
-1 .2
+ .9
+ 1.6
+ .2
+. 4
+1.3
+5.9
-4 .4
+2.3
+ .2
+14.6
+6.9
+10.2
+14.9
+10.3
+ 6.0
+5.9
+14.2
1 Per capita weekly earnings are computed from figures furnished by all reporting establishments. Average hours and average hourly earnings are computed from data furnished
by a smaller num ber of establishments as some firms do not report man-hour information. Figures for groups not computed. Percentages of change over year on per capita weekly
earnings, average hours worked per week, and average hourly earnings computed from indexes. Percentage change over m onth on per capita weekly earnings in “ All industries”
also computed from indexes.
2 Weighted.
3 No change.
4 Less than Ho of 1 percent.
Table 2.—Revised Employment and Pay-Roll Indexes, Hours and Earnings in Certain Manufacturing Groups and Industries, October 1934
Em ploym ent
Average hourly
Per capita weekly
Average hours worked
per week
earnings
earnings
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
change from— Aver change from— Aver change from— Aver change from—
age in
age in
age in
Sep
October Sep October October Sep October October Sep October
tember October
1934 tember 1933 1934 tember 1933 1934 tember 1933
1933
1934
1934
1934
1934
+5. 2 + 2.7 $18.95 +1.8 +4.4
Pay roll
Index Percentage Index
October change
from— October
1934
1934
(3-year Sep
(3-year
average tember October average
1923-25 1934 1933 1923-25
=100)
= 100)
All manufacturing___________ _____ ______________ 78.3 +3.3 +1.6
61.0
Iron and steel and their products, not including
m achinery_________________ ___________________ 66.0 0)
-5 .4
42.8 +4.1
Cutlery (not including silver and plated cutlery),
and edge tools. ........................................................ 78.3 +2.1
- .3
55.9 +5.1
Forgings, iron and steel.............................. ........... 49.2 +3.6 + 4.2
31.5 +8.1
H ardware____________________ _______ _______ 44.2 -3 .6 -24.1
31.8 +9.2
Plum bers’ supplies___ ____ ___________ _______ 61.9 +3.8 -10.9
36.3 +17.0
Stoves_____________ ____ ___________ ________ _ 95.3 +4.0
- .9
71.9 +9.4
Structural and ornamental m etalw ork................ 57.1 -2 .5 +4.6 40.8 + .8
Wire work___ ___________________________ ____ 121.4 +1.0 -1 .9
95.9 +4.3
M achinery, not including transportation equip
m ent__ . . . ___________ ______ ________
77.9
- .1 +6.7
57.0 +2.5
Radios and phonographs______________________ 222.8 +1.3 -6 .5 137.8 +8.5
Transportation equipm ent............................................... 63.9 -13 .4 +8.1
49.4 -4 .8
Automobiles________________________ ______
68.7 -15 .0 + 7.0
52.0 -4 .2
Railroad repair sh o p s____________________________ 53.9 -3 .2 -2 .0
46.8 +2.6
Electric railroad___ ____ _____________________ 65.1
- .8 -1 .1
57.1 + . 3
Nonferrous metals and their products......................... 75.1 +2.6
- .7
57.5 +6.5
Aluminum m anufactures____________________ _ 61.8 +7.5 -25 .7
51.1 +23.6
Lum ber and allied products__ ____________________ 49.5 +• 4 -10.3
35.2 +3.8
Furniture____ _____ _________________________ 66.5 +2.3 -15.3
47.2 +5.8
Stone, clay, and glass products_________ ______ ___ 51.9 -1 .9
35.5 +2.3
+ .6
Pottery________________________________ _____ 68.4 +3.3 -1 .7
45.7 +11.2
Textiles and their products____ _________________ _ 92.3 +26.3 -5 .5
74.7 +29.9
Fabrics _______________ ______ _____________ 89.7 +44.7 -7 .2
73.1 +48.9
69.2 +24.0
Cotton small wares______________ ________ 82.2 +15.4 -5 .8
Woolen and worsted goods________________ 68.1 +90.5 -24 .9
46.9 +93.1
Leather and its manufactures___________ _________ 83.4 -2 .7 -6 .2
64.3 -7 .1
Leather______________________ _________ _____ 88.2 + 1.6 +3. 5 76.9 +4.5
Food and kindred products________________ ______ 119.5 -6 .0 +3.1 103.4 -5 .4
Beverages______________________ ____ ________ 168.2 -4 .8 +11.7 157.2 -5 .9
Ice cream____________________________________ 69.8 -9 .7 +2.6
55.2 -8 .7
Sugar, beet__________________________ ______ 200.4 +160. 5 -11 .2 125.6 +114.8
Chemicals and allied products and petroleum refining. 109.4 + .7
91.6 +1.9
+ .3
Other than petroleum refining............................. 108.5 + .8
89.6 +1.9
- .6
Chemicals_________ ____ ____ ________ ___ 106.5 -1 .4 + 3.2 92.4 + .4
Druggists’ preparations___________________ 106. 8 +3.7 +7.0 99.1 +7.4
1No change.
Industry
-10.1
+3.1
- .3
-18 .7
-2 .9
+3.9
+13.6
+ .2
+13. 5
-3 .5
+14.1
+12.8
-4 .3
+5.4
+6.9
-17.8
-7 .6
-14 .2
+5.7
-3 .0
-3 .5
-5 .7
-1 .7
-29.5
-11.1
-2 .4
+13.5
+19.2
+4.9
-17.9
+7.1
+6.3
+7.8
+8.9
+3.3
-3 .9
+7.3
+9.2
+5.3
+8.5
+1.9
36.8 + 3.4 -1 .9
30.8 + 4.8 -13.1
31.7 +12.0 -3 .1
33.3 +12.9 +1.3
37.4 +3.9 -6 .0
34.1 + 3.0
- .9
32.7 + 3.8 +9.0
53.5
59.5
54.5
54.8
55.3
58.5
54.6
-0 .2
- .3
+1.1
+ .4
+ .7
+ .2
- .4
+ 8.2
+ 6.9
+11.5
+ 6.8
+ 9.3
+ 9.4
+6.5
19.69 +7.2 +3.4
22.38 +12.7 +5.4
25.92 +1.2 +6.2
19.05 +15.0 +10.8
16.51 +3.5 +1.2
17.39 +8.8
- .3
35.7 +8.5 -1 .6
31.1 +14.3 -9 .8
42.9 + .5 -1 .3
38.0 +6.1 +27.4
36.7 + 3.7 -5 .9
33.9 +7.3 -15.3
52.4
72.4
59.1
53.3
44.2
50.6
-1 .3
- .5
0)
+ .2
- .5
+ 1.2
+ 9.7
+13.8
+ 7.3
+13.0
+ 5.7
+15.4
16.45 +7.4
15.59 +1.3
20.18 +2.9
28.00 -1 .2
25.16 +1.2
16.07 -17.5
+4.5
-6 .2
+1.2
+6.6
+2.9
-7 .5
36.2 +12.8 +3.1
31.5 +2.3 -8 .9
35.9 +1.7 -3 .6
37.6 -1 .3 -7 .6
- .5
43.3 -5 .3
38.2 -8 .4 -26.1
45.2 -2 .2
49.6 -1 .0
55.2 +1.1
- .3
73.8
57.1 + 5.9
42.9 -12 .8
+ 4.9
+ 3.6
+ 6.8
+16.5
+. 5
+14.9
24.03
20.45
+4.8
+1.8
39.1
39.2
19.63
18.32
17.36
18.28
20.87
19.93
18.06
+2.9
+4.3
+13.3
+12.7
+5.1
+3.4
+3.3
+1.8
+3.5
+ 3.4
+ 3.2
- .2
+4.8
61.9
50.2
-3 .1
+3. 0
-1 .6 , + 1/ 3
10
Estimated Number of Wage Earners and Weekly Pay Rolls in Manufacturing
Industries
I n t a b l e 3 are presented the estimated number of wage earners and
weekly pay rolls in all manufacturing industries combined and in the
14 major groups and 2 subgroups into which these manufacturing
industries have been classified, for the years 1919 to 1933, inclusive,
and for the first 11 months of 1934. These estimates have been com
puted by multiplying the weighting factors of the several groups of
industries (number employed or weekly pay roll in the index base
period 1923-25) by the Bureau’s index numbers of employment or
pay rolls (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 man
ufacturing industries combined, however, have been adjusted to
include all groups. The estimated total employment and weekly
pay rolls for all manufacturing industries combined do not include
the manufactured-gas industry (which is included in the Bureau’s
electric light and power and manufactured-gas industry) or the
motion-picture industry.
Table 3.— E stim ated N um ber of W age E arners and W eekly W ages in all M anu
facturing Industries Combined and in Industry Groups
Year and m onth
Iron and M achinery,
includ T ranspor Railroad Nonferrous
and
Total m anu steel and not
repair m etalsprod
ing trans tation
their
facturing
portation equipm ent shops theiructs
products equipm
ent
Employment
1919 average.........................
1920.________ ______________
1921.......................... ................
1922_____________________
1923_______________________
1924_______________________
1925 ______________________
1926_______________________
1927_............ ................................
1928.______________________
1929_______________________
1930.______________________
1931.______________________
1932_______________________
1933_______________________
1934: Jan u ary_______ ____
February_____ ______
M arch..............................
A pril________________
M ay _________________
June_________________
Ju ly _________________
August- _______ ____
Septem ber___________
October______________
N ovember___________
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
2 6,906,100
2 6,912,600
2 6, 799,900
2 6, 593, 500
6, 666, 200
6, 351, 900
2 6, 569, 500
6, 435, 000
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
656,400
603, 900
589, 300
567, 000
2 567, 000
568, 700
i Comparable data not available.
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
709, 500
2 693, 700
2 692,800
2 684,900
2 684,000
684, 000
(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
2 476,700
526,300
2 560,100
2 561, 800
2 538, 700
2 498,100
2 471, 700
2 418,100
2 361,800
2 350, 500
2 Revised.
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
288,300
281,100
266,100
268, 500
259,900
248, 800
(0
0)
0)
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
214,500
206,600
207,400
206,900
212,200
214,800
11
Table 3.—Estim ated Number of Wage Earners and Weekly Wages in all M anu
facturing Industries Combined and in Industry Groups—Continued
Year and m onth
Iron and M achinery,
includ T ranspor Railroad Nonferrous
Total m anu steel and not
and
repair m etalsprod
ing trans tation
their
facturing
portation equipm ent shops theiructs
products equipm
ent
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
1931__.......... .........
193 2
193 3
1934: J a n u a r y _
February
M arch........
A pril_____
M ay...........
June______
Ju ly ............
A ugust___
September.
O cto b er...
November.
Year and m onth
$198, 145.000
238, 300.000
155, 008.000
165, 406.000
210, 065.000
195, 376.000
204, 665.000
211 , 061.000
206, 980.000
208, 334.000
221 , 937.000
180, 507.000
137, 256.000
93, 757, 000
98, 623.000
109, 806, 000
123, 395, 000
131, 852.000
136, 962.000
136, 575.000
2 132, 040.000
2 123, 011.000
2 126, 603.000
2118, 089.000
124, 138.000
121,085.000
$23,937,000
30, 531,000
14.049.000
17.400.000
25,442, 000
23.834.000
24.680.000
25.875.000
24.289.000
24, 740,000
26, 568,000
21.126.000
13, 562, 000
7.164.000
8.925.000
10.134.000
11, 269,000
12.650.000
14, 006,000
15.115.000
15.436.000
11, 737,000
11, 219, 000
10.134.000
10, 554, 000
10.899.000
Lum ber
and allied
products
Stone,
clay, and
glass
products
$24,534,000
31.982.000
16.450.000
16,982, 000
24.618.000
22, 531,000
23.843.000
26,310, 000
25.095.000
26.334.000
31, 761,000
24.197.000
15.135.000
8, 546,000
8,975,000
11, 260,000
12, 253,000
13.199.000
14.311.000
14.713.000
14, 571,000
13.838.000
2 13, 744,000
213.152.000
2 13.483.000
13, 531,000
(0
0)
0)
•0 )
$18, 532, 000
15, 636,000
17.478.000
17,126, 000
15,450, 000
17.494.000
18,136, 000
12.076.000
9.008.000
7.012.000
6.799.000
9.072.000
12.377.000
14, 529,000
15.906.000
15, 200,000
13, 513,000
11, 361,000
12.119.000
9.003.000
8, 555,000
8.332.000
0)
0)
0)
0)
$14, 856, 000
12, 972, 000
12.847.000
13.025.000
12.475.000
11.817.000
12, 255,000
10.316.000
8.366.000
5, 793,000
5.652.000
5, 710,000
6.185.000
6.578.000
7.188.000
7, 297,000
7.297.000
6.931.000
6, 578,000
6.185.000
2 6,347, 000
6.022.000
Textiles and their products
Fabrics
W earing
apparel
Group
(0
0)
0)0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
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
4.243.000
3.928.000
3, 899,000
3.958.000
4,214, 000
4.309.000
Leather
and its
m anu
factures
Employment
1919;average...............................
1920
1921
1922
1923.
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930.
1931
1932
1933
1934: Jan u ary ______________
February_____________
M arch_______________
A pril------------------------M ay ____________ ____
June....................... ...........
Ju ly __________________
A ugust_______________
September___________
October__________ _
N o v em b er----------------
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
459, 200
448, 200
450, 000
452,800
2 454, 600
446, 300
302, 700
314,500
253,000
299,600
351,400
346,400
352, 700
363,500
349,800
334,900
328, 500
280,800
222,800
156, 000
157, 500
165, 700
174,400
182, 500
193, 700
202,100
200, 000
189, 900
186, 000
185, 300
2 181,800
182, 900
i Com parable data not available.
1,052,600
1,045, 300
994,300
1,054,900
1,164,400
1,041,900
1,109, 500
1, 095, 700
1,119,200
1, 062,400
1,095,900
950,400
886, 700
794,100
952,600
988,400
1, 065,800
1,087,900
1, 070, 200
1,049, 200
993,900
961,900
946,400
685, 500
991, 700
991, 700
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
471,300
474,100
449, 000
423,400
378, 300
427, 200
452,800
447, 600
424,800
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
1,481,100
1, 399, 700
1,437,100
1,191,100
1, 503, 900
1,481,100
> Revised.
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, £00
298,600
295, 700
283, 700
289, 200
294, 700
277, 200
2 269,800
264,000
12
Table 3,—Estim ated Number of Wage Earners and Weekly Wages in All M anu
facturing Industries Combined and in Industry Groups—Continued
Year and m onth
Lum ber
and allied
products
Stone,
clay, and
glass
products
Textiles5 and their p:roducts
Fabrics
W earing
apparel
Group
Leather
and its
m anu
factures
Weekly pay rolls
1919 average----------------------- $16, 549,000 $6,397,000
20,358,000 8,239,000
1920
13,161,000 5,907,000
1921
15, 234,000 6,442,000
1922
18, 526,000 8, 726,000
1923
18, 228,000 8,926,000
1924.
18,824,000 8,985,000
1925
18,997,000 9, 257,000
1926
17,916,000 8,929,000
1927.
17,454,000 8, 541,000
1928
18,062,000 8, 323,000
1929
13,464,000 6,828,000
1930
8, 641,000 4, 786, 000
1931
4, 656,000 2,588,000
1932
4,900,000 2,455,000
1933
5,075,000 2,655,000
1934: Jan u ary _______ ______
5,650,000 2,956,000
February.........................
M arch................. .............
5,909, 000 3,081,000
6,168, 000 3,445,000
A p ril...--------------------6,409,000 3,507,000
M ay _________________
6, 279,000 3,445,000
June-------------------------5,853,000 3, 205,000
Ju ly ...... ..........................
6,205,000 3,098,000
A ugust. ------ ----------September----------------6, 279, 000 3,081,000
6, 520,000 2 3,152,000
O ctober-------------- ------N ovem ber........................ 6,224,000 3,161,000
Year and m onth
Foods and
kindred
products
$17,494,000
21,005,000
17,235,000
17, 747,000
21,590,000
19,014,000
20,497,000
20,241,000
21,135,000
19, 510,000
20,251,000
16,167,000
14,308,000
10, 367, 000
12,664, 000
13,647,000
15,948,000
16,457,000
16,152,000
15, 256,000
13,626,000
13,117,000
13,178, 000
10,001,000
14,889,000
14,767,000
Tobacco
m anufac
tures
$10,121,000
12,124,000
10, 266,000
10,438, 000
10,919, 000
9,804,000
10,284,000
10,297,000
11,123, 000
11,114,000
11,476,000
9,680,000
8, 338,000
5, 733,000
5, 757,000
5,850,000
7,473, 000
8,414,000
7,866,000
7,039,000
6, 377,000
5,716,000
7, 297,000
7,328,000
7, 587,000
6,625,000
$28,440,000
34,115,000
28, 284,000
28, 962,000
33,511,000
29,712,000
31, 795, 000
31, 731,000
33,817,000
32,199,000
33,321,000
27,115,000
23, 799,000
16,947,000
19,394,000
20, 526,000
24,676,000
26,164,000
25, 277,000
23,472,000
21,033,000
19,798,000
21, 571,000
18, 214,000
23,662,000
22, 522,000
Chemicals
and allied
products
Paper and
printing
$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
5,093,000
5,393,000
5,498,000
4,834,000
4,492,000
4,261,000
R ubber
products
Employment
average_____ ______ _______
_ _ ______
1920.i
1921.
1922.
1923.
1924.
1925.
1926.
1927.
1928.! ________________________
1929.1 ___________________________
1930.1 _____________ _________
1931.>
1932.
1933.t ____________ ____ _______ _
\‘ January
_________
February _______________
M arrh ___________________
A pril_____________________
M ay .. _____ ____________
J u n e ____________________
July
________________
A.ugust _________________
S ep tem b er_______________
O cto b er._________________
November
__________
$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
694, 500
665,400
702,600
735,800
816,100
849,700
2 798,900
728,800
$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
86,400
84, 600
90,100
89,500
90,400
88,600
i Com parable data not available.
$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
451,700
458,400
490, 700
494,500
497,600
505,100
509,300
503,000
496, 000
498,200
506,100
2 512,000
515, 200
0)
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
348,100
350,800
350,000
361,800
2 364,300
361,800
8 Revised.
(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
117,000
120,900
119,700
115,000
112,700
108,400
105,300
2 103,900
102, 900
13
Table 3.—Estim ated Number of Wage Earners and Weekly Wages in All M anu
facturing Industries Combined and in Industry Groups—Continued
Y ear and m onth
Foods and
kindred
products
Tobacco
manufac
tures
Paper and
printing
Chemicals
and allied
products
Rubber
products
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.......
F eb ru ary ...
M arch..........
A pril............
M ay............ .
June_______
Ju ly _______
A ugust____
Septem ber..
October___
Novem ber..
$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
14, 008.000
14, 571.000
16, 022.000
16, 661,000
2 15, 752.000
14, 651.000
$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
1, 057,000
1.052.000
1.097.000
1.119.000
1.090.000
1,086, 000
i Comparable data not available.
$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
11, 728,000
11.491.000
11.654.000
11.937.000
2 12, 293,000
12, 308,000
0)
0)
8
$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
7.333.000
7, 381,000
7, 487,000
7, 479,000
*7,621,000
7.565.000
0)
0)
0)
A(1)
$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
2.445.000
2.546.000
2.438.000
2, 306,000
2.147.000
2.039.000
1.946.000
2 2,022,000
2.015.000
2 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 November 1934, inclusive, together
with average indexes for each of the years from 1919 to 1933, inclusive,
and for the 11-month period, January to November 1934, inclusive,
based on the 3-year average, 1923-25 as 100, are shown in table 4.
A chart of these indexes also follows.
14
Table 4.—General Indexes of Employment and Pay Rolls in M anufacturing
Industries, January 1919 to November 1934
[3-year average, 1923-25=100]
M onth
Jan u ary..........
F ebruary___
M arch______
A pril.............
M ay — ..........
Ju n e................
Ju ly ------------A ugust............
S ep tem b er...
O ctober_____
N ovem ber. __
D ecem ber—
Employment
1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934
105.3
102.0
102.4
102.5
103.1
104.3
106.9
109.7
111.7
111.3
112.6
114.4
114.9
113.7
116.0
114.5
112.0
111.1
108.5
108.8
107.5
103.7
97.4
89.7
81.0 82.5
82.6 84.6
83.2 85.9
82.1 85.8
81.9 87.9
81.0 89.8
79.8 88.2
81.2 91.4
83.4 94.5
84.1 97.0
84.2 99.0
83.3 100.5
100.7 100.2 96.3
102.5 101.5 98.1
104.6 101.7 98.8
105.0 99.9 98.7
105.3 96.8 98.1
106.0 93.8 98.0
104.9 91.0 97.8
105.2 92.1 99.5
105.7 94.4 101.5
104. 5 95.3 102.2
103. 2 94.8 101.8
101.4 96.1 101.5
100.5 98.2 95.0 100.8
101.5 99.7 96.5 102.9
102.1 100.2 97.6 104.1
101.4 99.6 97.1 105.3
100.4 99.1 97.0 105.3
100.3 99.1 97. 8 105.6
99.4 98.1 97.7 106.1
101.4 99.3 100.1 107.9
103.4 100.5 102.2 109.0
103.1 99.6 102.6 107.7
101.4 97.4 101.7 103.6
100.0 96.1 101.2 99.8
97.3
97.4
96.9
96.3
94.8
92.9
89.5
88.8
89.6
87.7
84.6
82.3
79.6
80.3
80.7
80.7
80.1
78.4
77.0
77.1
77.4
74.4
71.8
71.0
68.7
69.5
68.4
66.1
63.4
61.2
58.9
60.1
63.3
64.4
63.4
62.1
95.9
98.8
98.8
97.7
95.4
92.3
84.3
83.3
84.1
82.2
76.8
75.2
70.0
74.3
75.6
74.4
73.4
69.7
66.2
65.9
63.4
61.3
58.1
57.6
53.5
54.6
53.1
49.5
46.8
43.4
39.8
40.6
42.8
44.7
42.9
41.5
60.2 73.3
61.1 77.7
58.8 80.8
59.9 182.4
62.6 82.5
66.9 81.1
71.5 178.7
76.4 79.5
80.0 75.8
79.6 178. 3
76.2 76.8
74.4
Average... 107.3 108.2 82.3 90.6 104.1 96.5 99.4 101.2 98.9 98.9 104.8 91.5 77.4 64.1 69.0 278.8
Pay rolls
95.3
89.6
90.0
89.2
90.0
92.0
94.8
99.9
104.7
102.2
106.7
114.0
117.2
115.5
123.7
120.9
122.4
124.2
119.3
121.6
119.8
115.8
107.0
98.0
82.8
81.3
81.7
79.0
77.3
75.4
71.7
73.9
73.4
72.6
71.7
73.3
i Revised.
69.6
72.4
74.9
73.8
77.2
80.5
78.5
83.0
87.0
89.5
93.4
95.7
94.6 98.8 95.4
97.9 104.1 100.8
102.5 104.1 102.4
103.8 101.8 100.0
107.3 97.5 100.7
107.5 92.4 98.7
103.3 85.7 96.8
103.8 89.3 99.3
104.3 92.5 98.8
106.6 95.1 104.6
104.5 93.7 104.6
102.9 97.6 105.2
100.9 98.4 96.0 102.3
105.0 104.4 101.2 109.3
106.5 105. 7 102.5 111.6
104.4 104.5 100.5 112.6
103.1 104.0 101.3 112.9
103.3 102.4 101.7 111.2
99.0 98.5 99.0 107.2
103.4 101.9 103.3 112.0
104.4 101.4 104.7 112.9
107.6 102.1 108.2 112.4
104.1 98.5 105.0 104.1
103.5 99.5 105. 6 100.7
39.5 54.0
40.2 60.6
37.1 64.8
38.8 67.3
42.7 67.1
47.2 »64.9
50.8 160.5
56.8 162. 2
59.1 158.0
59.4 161.0
55.5 59.5
54.5 --Average—. 97.4 117.1 76.2 81.3 103.3 96.1 100.6 103.8 101.8 102.4 109.1 88.7 67.5 46.1 48.5 261.8
Jan u ary..........
F ebruary___
M arch______
A pril................
M ay ................
Ju n e.................
Ju ly ..................
A ugust............
S eptem ber.._
October...........
N ovem ber.
D ecem ber___
2 Average for 11 m onths.
For comparative purposes the Bureau has computed the group and
general index numbers of employment and pay rolls for November
1934 based on the 12-month average for 1926 as 100. These are a
continuation 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 5.
Employment 8 Pay Rolls /»
th* Manufacturing
3-year average 1() 2 3 =100
Index
Numbers
m
130
-
120
Industries
U.S.Departm ent of Labor
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
W ashington
-Employment
Index
Numbers
140
-130
-120
110-
-110
100-
-100
90
80
7060-
50
- 90
-
Pay Rolls
-
J io -
30
- SO
- TO
-
60
-5 0
40
30
-
-
-
20 -
-
20
10 -
-
10
0-
-
1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935
0
16
Table 5.—Indexes of Employment and Pay Rolls in 14 Groups, 2 Subgroups,
and All M anufacturing Combined, November 1934
[Average for 1926=100]
Group
T otal m anufacturing_______________ ____________ ______ _______ ___________
Iron and steel and their products, not including m achinery.................... ..............
M achinery, not including transportation equipm ent.................................................
Transportation equipm ent_________________________________________________
Railroad repair shops____ ___________________________ _____ _____ ___ ______
Nonferrous metals and their products__________________________ ______ __
Lum ber and allied products______________ _____ _ _ _ . .
__
Stone, clay, and glass products___________________ _____ __ ______ _____ ____
Textiles and their products_____________________ ______ ______ ______________
Fabrics __________________________________ ________ _______ _____ _ __
Wearing apparel___________ _____ ____________ _______ _______ _____ ____
Leather and its m anufactures____ ______________ ______ ______ ____ _________
Food and kindred products_________ ____ _____ __________________________ _
Tobacco m anufactures__ _______ ______ _____________ ______ _______ _______
Paper and printing_________________________ _________________________ ____
Chemicals and allied products and petroleum refining_______________________
R ubber products_______________________________________________________ __
Em ploym ent Pay-roll
index
index
i 71.8
69.5
68. 7
i 59.5
47. 9
73.2
46. 0
52. 2
81. 2
86. 5
68. 7
77.2
105.2
71.6
93.0
98.6
77.6
i 53.9
43. 9
50. 2
1 45.9
40. 6
55. 7
29.8
34. 6
61.8
69.0
47. 6
52. 6
90.9
56.3
76.8
82. 6
58.7
i October 1934 indexes revised to include data supplied by a num ber of firms for which information was
not originally available:
Group
Total m anufacturing________________________________________________ ______
T ransportation equipm ent_____________ __________________________ ___ __
Em ploym ent Pay-roll
index
index
72.8
61.2
54.8
47.0
Employment in Nonmanufacturing Industries in November 1934
F i v e of the 17 nonmanufacturing industries surveyed monthly by
the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics reported gains in em
ployment from October to November, and an equal number of in
dustries, although not in each case identical, showed increased pay
rolls. Data for the building-construction industry are not presented
here, but are shown in detail under the section “ Building construction.”
The changes in employment in November were largely of seasonal
character. The increases of 3.8 percent in anthracite mining and
0.6 percent in bituminous-coal mining reflected increased production
during the November pay period, while the increase of 1.3 percent in
retail trade was due largely to seasonal expansion in the general
merchandising group of retail establishments. This group, composed
of department, variety, general-merchandise, and mail-order estab
lishments, reported an increase of 6.4 percent in employment from
October to November. Employment decreased 0.1 percent over the
month interval in the remaining 56,766 retail trade establishments
for which data were available. The remaining two industries report
ing increased employment from October to November were wholesale
trade and banks, in which were shown gains of 0.9 percent and 0.1
percent, respectively.
17
The declines in employment of 5.6 percent in the dyeing and
cleaning and 4.3 percent in the quarrying and nonmetallic mining
industries reflect seasonal recessions, as does also the loss of 1.7 per
cent in the number of laundry workers. The decrease of 1.2 percent
in employment in brokerage firms continued the decline in this in
dustry, which has been unbroken since September of last year except
for a small increase in February 1934.
The remaining decreases in employment ranged from 0.9 percent
in the crude petroleum producing industry to 0.3 percent in the
metalliferous mining and in the real estate industries.
The largest increase in pay rolls, 6.1 percent, occurred in the
anthracite mining industry, and is the first November pay-roll in
crease recorded in this industry in the 6 years the Bureau has been
assembling data for anthracite mining. Bituminous-coal mining also
recorded a pay-roll increase (1.3 percent).
In table 6 are shown indexes of employment and pay rolls, per
capita weekly earnings, average hours worked per week, and average
hourly earnings in November 1934 for 13 of the nonmanufacturing
industries surveyed monthly by the Bureau of Labor Statistics,
together with percentage changes from October 1934 and November
1933. Per capita weekly earnings in banks, brokerage, insurance,
and real estate, together with percentage changes from October 1934
and November 1933 in these per capita earnings and in employment
and pay rolls are also presented. Indexes of employment and pay
rolls for these industries are not available.
Table 6,—Employment, Pay Rolls, Hours, and Earnings in Nonmanufacturing Industries, November 1934
Em ploym ent
Industry
Per capita weekly
earnings 1
Pay roll
Average hours worked
per week 1
Average hourly earn
ings 1
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Index Percentage Index Percentage
Novem change from— Novem change from— Aver change from— Aver change from— Aver change from—
ber 1934
ber 1934
age in
age in
age in
Novem
Novem
Novem
(average
(average
1929 October Novem 1929 October Novem ber 1934 October Novem ber 1934 October Novem ber 1934 October Novem
1934 ber 1933
1934 ber 1933
1934 ber 1933
= 100) 1934 ber 1933 = 100) 1934 ber 1933
Coal mining:
A nthracite.______________ ____ _______________ 60.7
Bituminous______________________ ___________ 79.8
Metalliferous m ining__________________ __________ 43.2
Quarrying and nonmetallic m ining____ ____ ______ 49.5
Crude-petroleum producing__________ ____ _______ 78.8
Public utilities:
Telephone and telegraph_____________________ 69.9
Electric light and power and manufactured gas. 85.5
Electric-railroad and motor-bus operation and
m aintenance_______________ ________________ 71.8
Trade:
Wholesale____ ____ __________________________ 2 85.1
R etail_______________________ _____ __________ 2 83.7
Hotels (cash paym ents only) *. ....................................... 83.7
Laundries________________ ______ ____ ___________ 80.3
Dyeing and cleaning.................._...................... ............... 75.8
Banks................................................................ ................... (s)
Brokerage........................................ ................................... (s)
Insurance____________ ________ ___________________ (5)
Real estate........................................................................ (5)
+ 3.8 -0 .5
+ .6 +6.7
- .3 +6.4
-4 .3 -3 .1
- . 9 +9.1
- .5 +1.5
- . 4 + 3.5
- . 6 +1.1
+ . 9 +4.3
+1.3
- .2
- . 6 +10.4
-1 .7 + 2.4
- .4
-5 .6
- .1
+ .1
-1 .2 -26 .4
- .4 +1.3
- . 3 + 2.7
51.2
58.3
28.5
29.4
59.0
72.2
79.6
61.8
2 64.2
2 61.8
64.9
63.7
53.9
(6)
(5)
(5)
(5)
+6.1
+1.3
+ .9
-8 .3
-3 .0
-3 .5
-1 .2
-1 .8
- .5
- .2
- .6
-1 .7
-8 .8
+ .4
- .2
-1 .2
+ .4
+7.1
+15.0
+11.3
+3.9
f + 17- 3
+6.6
+6.8
+4.0
+6.1
+ .7
+17.6
+4.9
+2.7
+1. 2
-28.8
+4.2
+3.7
$24. 57 +2.2 +7.5
19.14 +• 7 +7.8
21.42 +1.2 +4.6
15.43 -4 .2 +7.2
27. 72 -2 .0 +7.5
27.33 -3 .1 +5.1
29.50 - .8 +3.2
27. 55 -1 .3 +2.9
26.05 -1 .4 +1.8
19.94 -2 .1
+• 8
13.40 (3)
+6.5
14.81 + .1 +2.5
17.32 -3 .4 +3.0
31.43 + . 4 +1.3
34.20 +1.0 -3 .2
35. 06 - .9 +2.9
21. 58 + .7
+ .9
29.4
26.7
36.0
32.3
34.9
38.2
38.8
44.8
40.7
40.3
47.1
39.2
39.6
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
+1.7
+ .8
+ .6
-4 .2
-1 .7
- .8
-1 .3
- .9
- .5
-1 .0
- .2
(3)
-2 .0
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
+1.0
-7 .6
-4 .3
+ 1.0
+2.0
+2.9
+ .3
-1 .5
+ .5
(3)
-6 .1
+ 2.9
-2 .1
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
Cents
82.8
71.5
58.9
47.8
78.4
73.5
76.2
60.6
63.6
51.9
27.9
37.1
43.6
(5)
(5)
(«)
(5)
+0.5
- .3
+1.2
- .6
+ .6
-1 .7
+ .7
- .8
- .3
-1 .0
+ .7
(3)
-1 .4
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
+3.9
+20.8
+10.1
+6.4
+5.1
+4.6
+5.5
+ 8.4
+1.3
+3.9
+12.2
+ .2
+5.9
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
1 Per capita weekly earnings are computed from figures furnished by all reporting establishments. Average hours and average hourly earnings are computed from data furnished
by a smaller num ber of establishments as some firms do not report man-hour information. Percentage changes over year computed from indexes.
2 Revised. See table 3 and accompanying text.
3 No change.
4 The additional value of board, room, and tips cannot be computed.
6 Not available.
19
Indexes of Employment and Pay-Roll Totals for Nonmanufacturing Industries
I n d e x numbers of employment and pay-roll totals for 11 non
manufacturing industries are presented in table 7. These index
numbers show the variation in employment and pay rolls in these
industries by months from January 1931 through November 1934.
A revision of the indexes for the wholesale- and retail-trade indus
tries for the months January 1929 to November 1934, inclusive, has
been made. The revised indexes appear in table 8.
Table 7.— Indexes of Em ploym ent and Pay Rolls for N onm anufacturing
Industries, January 1931 to Novem ber 1934
[12-month average, 1929=100]
Bituminous--coal m ining
A nthracite m ining
M onth
Pay rolls
Em ploym ent
Em ploym ent
Pay rolls
1931 1932 1933 1934 1931 1932 1933 1934 1931 1932 1933 1934 1931 1932 1933 1934
January................
F ebruary_______
M arc h .. _______
A pril------- ---------M ay_______ ____
Ju ne_______ ____
Ju ly ____________
A ugust_________
Septem ber______
October_____ ___
N ovem ber______
December_______
Average___
90.6
89.5
82.0
85. 2
80.3
76.1
65.1
67.3
80.0
86.8
83.5
79.8
80.5
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 57.5 66.7
43.8 53.6 53.7
47.7 49.5 56.4
56.8 56.9 64.9
56.9 58.5 91.1
61.0 60.7 79.5
54.5 . . . . 78.4
51.7 i 59.4 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
53.7
43.2 73.2
56.8 65.8
48.8 82.4
37.4 51.7
30.0 64.0
34.3 53.3
38.2 42.3
46.6 39.7
60.7 47.0
61.6 48.3
47.8 51.2
44.3 -----45.8 1 56.3
93.9
91.5
88.8
85.9
82.4
78.4.
76.4
77.0
80.4
81.3
81.1
81.2
83.2
Metalliferous m ining
January.................
February_______
M arch....................
A pril_________ _
M ay____ _______
Ju ne______ _____
Ju ly ____________
A ugust_________
Septem ber_____
October.......... .
N ovem ber__ __ .
December_______
Average___
68.3
65.3
63.5
63.9
62.4
60.0
56.2
55.8
55.5
53.8
52.8
51.2
59.1
49.3
46.9
45.0
43.3
38.3
32.2
29.5
28.6
29.3
30.5
31.9
33.3
36.5
32.4 39.6
31.5 40.3
30.0 39.8
29.4 41.7
30.0 40.8
31.5 41.0
33.0 39.9
36.8 42.7
38.9 42.3
40.7 43.3
40.6 43.2
40.6 -----34.6 i 41.3
55.0
54.6
52.8
51.4
49.3
46.1
41.3
40.2
40.0
37.4
35.1
34.3
44.8
29.7
27.8
26.5
25.0
23.8
20. 1
16.9
16.5
17. 0
18.0
18.7
18.7
21.6
74.8
73.2
72.2
69.8
67.8
65.0
65.3
62.4
61.2
60.4
57.6
58.2
65.7
54.9
54.4
51.4
54.9
54.5
54.2
55.4
57.4
56.2
56.8
56.5
57.2
55.3
i Average for 11 m onths.
57.2 73.2
57.0 72.4
56.5 72.8
56.8 74.0
56.9 76.7
58.0 80. 0
59.5 81.6
60.8 82.7
66.2 81.8
70.6 79.5
72.2 78.8
75.0 -----62.2 177.6
71.5
70.0
73.2
66.3
64.7
62.7
59.2
56.3
55.2
54.4
52.0
54.9
61.7
46.5
46.9
43.2
44.5
47.1
44.8
44.6
42.9
41.9
42.5
42.4
41.7
44.1
69.8 75.8
69.3 76.1
67.6 77.8
63.7 72.2
61.2 76.7
61.3 76.7
63.2 77.0
68.6 77.1
71.8 78.2
68.0 79.3
74.8 79.8
75.4 -----67.9 1 77.0
73. 3
68.3
65.2
58.6
54.4
52.4
50.4
50.6
53.6
56.2
54.6
52.3
57.5
47.0
47.0
46.8
33.9
30.7
27.3
24.4
26.4
30.2
37.8
38.0
37.7
35.6
36.1 51.3
37.2 54.6
30.7 58.9
26.6 51.4
26. 9 54.4
29.2 55.1
33.6 49.7
43.3 50.4
44.1 51.4
44.1 57.6
50.7 58.3
50.3 -----37.8 1 53.9
Quarrying and nonmetallic m ining
18.1 25.4
17.8 26.0
17.4 25.9
16.4 27.2
17.0 25.6
18. 3 26.7
19. 0 25.1
21.9 27.0
23.9 25.9
25.9 28.2
25.6 28.5
26.2 -----20.6 1 26.5
64.4
66.6
70.0
76.1
75.0
72. 3
71.0
68.9
66.6
64.5
59.3
53.9
67.4
Crude-petroleum producing
January _________
F e b ru a ry ______
M arch___ __
A pril___________
M ay ..
__
June
July
A ugust______
Septem ber____ _
October
November
December...........
Average-----
80.8
77.4
75.2
65.5
62.6
60.5
58.6
59.4
62.4
67.0
69.4
70.0
67.4
39.9 53.0
41.7 50.5
42.5 52.5
40.1 53.4
41.6 56.4
40.6 56.9
42.2 60.0
42.5 61.2
44.4 59.7
50.1 60.8
50.3 59.0
53.2 -----44.1 156.7
48.9
47.4
46.0
48.6
50.6
49.5
49.5
51.1
52.4
52.4
49.4
42.3
49.0
35.1 39.7
34.8 38.8
35.1 42.0
39.3 48.7
43.4 54.3
47.3 56.6
49.5 55. 6
51.6 54.7
52.6 53.3
53.2 51.8
51.1 49.5
45.3 -----44.9 1 49.5
50.4
54.4
58.2
62.6
62.3
60.1
57.3
55.1
51.2
48.7
43.3
36.9
53.4
30.2
29. 6
28.7
30.0
32.3
30.0
29.1
29.7
30.5
30.1
27.1
22.1
29.1
18.1 21.3
17.4 21.0
17.8 24.1
20.2 29.9
23.8 35.0
27.5 37.0
28.4 35.0
29.9 34. 0
29.3 32.4
31.2 32.1
23.3 29.4
24.4 -----24.7 1 30.1
Telephone and telegraph
90.5
89.2
88.6
88.1
87.4
86.9
86.6
85.9
85.0
84.1
83.5
83.1
86.6
83.0
82.0
81.7
81.2
80.6
79.9
79.1
78.1
77.4
76.2
75.5
74.8
79.1
74.6 70.2
73.9 69.8
73.2 70.0
72.3 70.2
70.1 70.2
69.2 70.4
68.5 71.0
68.1 71.0
68.3 70.9
68.7 70.3
68.9 69.9
69.4 -----70.4 170.4
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
89.6
88.2
83.4
82.8
82.1
79.6
79.1
75.9
75.7
74.3
73.5
81.1
1
71.7 69.0
71.9 67.9
71.6 70.4
67.8 68.8
68.5 71.4
66.6 71.3
66.7 72.3
66.1 74.0
64.6 72.2
67.0 74.9
67.7 72.2
67.7 -----68.2 171.3
20
Table 7.—Indexes of Employment and Pay Rolls for Nonmanufacturing
Industries, January 1931 to November 1934—Continued
[12-month average, 192C*= 100]
Electric light and power and manufac- ; Electric-railroad and m otor-bus operation
tured gas
'
and m aintenance2
M onth
Em ploym ent
1931 1932
Jan u ary _________
F ebruary_______
M arch _________
A pril___________
M ay ____________
Ju ne. _______
J u ly ____________
A ugust_________
Septem ber............
O cto b e r______ _
N ovem ber______
D ecem ber_______
Average___
99.2
97.8
96.7
97.1
97.6
97.2
96.7
95.9
94.7
92.7
91.3
90.3
95.6
89.3
87.2
85.5
84.8
84.0
83.2
82.3
81.5
81.0
79.9
79.1
78.4
83.0
Pay rolls
1933 1934 1931 1932 ! 1933 11934
____ ii____
77.7 82.2 98.6 88.4 73.0 73.8
77.4 81.2 99.7 86.0 71.6 74.4
76.9 81. 7 102.4 85.4 71. 9! 75.6
76.9 82.4 97.6 82.4 69.4 76.8
76.9 83. 1 98.7 84.2 69.9 77.6
77.3 84.0 98.3 80.5 69.9 77. 8
77.5 85.0 97.4 78.7 70.0 81.1
78.1 85.6 96.2 76.7 70.9 79.9
80.3 85.8 94.3 74.7 71.8 79.3
82.2 85.8 93.2 74.4 76.2 80.6
82.6 85. fi 93.3 73.2 74.5 79.6
81.8 ------ 91.2 73.2 74.4 -----78.8 183.8 96.7 79.8 72.0 177.9
Em ploym ent
1931 1932 1933 1934 1931 1932 1933 1934
86.9
86.6
86.4
86.8
85.9
85.3
85.6
84.8
84.0
82.7
81.5
79.9
84.7
79. 5
78.9
77. 6j
78.0
76.9
76.5
75.6
74.1
73.5
72.3
71.8
71.4
75.5
94.3
93.7
93.2
94.3
94.1
94.8
95.6
94.0
93.0
91.8
89.8
88.8
93.1
88.2
86.3
85.4
85.4
84.8
84.4
83.6
82.2
81.9
80.7
79.4
79.1
83.5
78.6 78.5
77.5 78.4
76.1 79.2
76.5 80.5
76.6 82.1
79.2 84.0
79.5 84.6
81.1 83.7
82.6 82.9
81.3 81.7
78.4 80.3
78.4 -----78.8 181.4
90.7
89.6
89.6
90.9
90.5
91.2
91.5
88.6
88.0
85.6
82.6
81.0
88.3
70.6 70.5
70.4 71.0
69.8 71.7
69. 5 72.2
69.1 72.6
69.3 73.2
69.4 73.1
69.5 72.8
69.7 72.5
70.6 72.2
71.0 71.8
70.8 -----70.0 172.1
85.6
87.1
88.1
86.6
85.1
84.8
83.3
81.9
81.2
79.0
79.7
77.8
83.4
75.4
74.8
73.6
71.8
72.2
70.2
66.4
63.8
62.5
61.5
61.7
61.9
68.0
60.9 59.2
60.6 60.1
59.4 62.2
58.1 62.9
58.2 63.0
58.0 '63.2
57.4 63.8
58.2 62.8
57.8 62.4
59.8 63.0
59.4 61.8
59.6 -----58.9 162.2
D yeing and cleaning
Laundries
J a n u a ry ........... .
F ebruary_______
M a rc h ........... .......
A pril___________
M a y ................... .
Ju n e ______ ____ _
Ju ly ------------------A ugust_________
Septem ber______
O ctober.. ...........
N ovem ber______
D ecember_______
Average___
Pay rolls
80.0
76.7
75.0
74.7
73.9
71.8
69.4
66.9
65.8
64.1
61.9
61.4
70.1
60.7 61.7
58.1 61.7
55.4 62.7
56.6 64.4
57.1 66.9
59.4 68.3
58.7 68.2
60.3 66.6
63.5 65.9
62.5 64.8
60.7 63.7
61.1 -----59.5 165.0
73.9
73.9
72.4
69.6
67.0
63.8
61.8
59.6
59.1
58.6
57. 5
56. 6
64. 5
55. 7 60.8
55.9 65. 2
53.5 66.6
51. 7 66. 5
51.8 65.9
52.3 66. 2
53.3 65.6
54.0 64.5
55.6 64.3
56.2 65.3
55.2 64.9
57. 6
54.4 1 65.1
82.1
80.7
81.3
88.4
89.3
91.4
91.1
86.4
88.0
87.0
83.2
78.4
85.6
75.8
74.4
74.4
76.9
78.0
78.6
76.1
73.4
76.9
76.0
72.0
69.5
75.2
67.4 68.1
65.6 68.1
65.8 72.4
74.9 79.9
75.7 84.3
79.1 84.9
76.6 80.5
76.8 78.6
81.9 80.0
81.6 80.3
76.1 75.8
70.5 -----74.3 177.5
73.7
71.2
71.7
81.9
82.1
84.5
81.8
75.9
78.3
77.2
70.8
64.4
76.1
62.4
59.0
58.5
62.5
63.8
62.4
56.9
53.4
57.9
55.8
49.6
45.9
57.3
44.2 46.8
40.2 46.3
38.9 51.7
51.7 60.8
51.0 65.1
53.7 64.1
50.0 58.9
50.0 56.7
57.1 59.0
57.4 59.1
52.5 53.9
47.3 -----49.5 156.6
Hotels
January
F ebruary___
M arch___ _
A pril________
M a y ____________
J u n e .. . . .
Ju ly _________
August ______
Septem ber______
October _ _
N ovem ber.
December
Average___
95.0 83.2
96.8 84. 3
96.8 84.0
95.9 82. 7
92. 5 80.1
91. 6 78.0
93.3 78.4
92.8 77.6
90.6 77.0
87. 4 . 75. 4
84.9 74.3
83.1 73. 2
91.7 79.0
73.8 81.5
73.8 84.8
72.4 86.4
71.9 86.6
71.9 85.7
73. 6 86.2
75.6 86.3
77.1 86.2
78.7 84.4
77.0 84.2
75.8 83.7
77. 6
74.9 185.1
91.0
93.7
93.4
89.9
87. 7
85.4
85.2
83.8
81.9
79.7
77.1
75.4
85.4
1 Average for 11 months.
a N ot including electric-railroad car building and repairing; see transportation equipm ent and railroad
repair-shop groups, m anufacturing industries, table 1.
Revised Indexes of Employment and Pay Rolls in Wholesale and Retail Trade
The Bureau of Labor Statistics has revised its index numbers of
employment and pay rolls in retail and wholesale trade to conform to
the trend shown in the annual averages of these industries as published
by Bureau of Census for 1929 and 1933. This revision is temporary
in character and w^as effected in order immediately to present indexes
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which indicate with greater accuracy the trend in total employment
and pay rolls in retail and wholesale trade.
Through a C. W. A. project in the early part of 1934 the number of
retail and wholesale establishments reporting to the Bureau was
greatly increased, equalizing to some extent the proportionate number
of establishments covered in each line of trade. The survey in No
vember 1934 covered 61,578 retail-trade establishments, employing
948,497 persons. In the general merchandising group 4,812 estab
lishments employing 404,877 workers were surveyed and in retail
trade other than general merchandising, a total of 56,766 establish
ments employing 543,620 workers supplied data for November.
The wholesale-trade survey covered 16,872 establishments, which
employed 300,297 people.
The Bureau’s previous series of indexes for retail trade were un
weighted. Therefore, the retail-trade totals were greatly influenced
by the changes in employment and pay rolls in department, variety,
and general merchandising stores, which are subject to marked sea
sonal fluctuations, and which exercised a predominating influence on
the total not in proportion to their importance in the industry. The
expansion of the survey to include numerous establishments in other
lines of retail trade reduced the effects of the general merchandising
group in the total and greatly affected the percentage changes based
on the unweighted group of establishments. In order to eliminate
this discrepancy, the retail-trade indexes have been entirely recon
structed by segregating the reporting establishments by line of trade
and then combining the totals into two groups, general merchandising,
which includes department, variety, general merchandising, and mail
order establishments, and retail trade other than general merchandis
ing. From these data three series of indexes have been constructed
for the retail-trade industry.
Index numbers of employment and pay rolls for all retail trade com
bined have been computed, weighted according to the respective im
portance of the two group subdivisions, and are presented in table 3,
together with indexes for the general-merchandising and retail trade
other-than-general-merchandising groups and wholesale trade. The
base period for these indexes is the average of the 12 monthly indexes
for the year 1929.
The indexes of employment and pay rolls for the two subgroups of
retail trade and for wholesale trade are computed by a link-relative
method. The percentage changes over the month interval in employ
ment and pay rolls were computed from reports received from identi
cal establishments in the current and the preceding month and these
percentage changes are added to or subtracted from 100. The index
of the preceding month is then multiplied by this figure to secure the
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current-month index. For instance, if identical establishments in the
general merchandising group show an increase of 2 percent in employ
ment over the month interval, the index of the preceding month is
multiplied by 102 percent to secure the index for the current month.
The chain indexes thus computed for the two groups of retail trade
and for wholesale trade were then adjusted to conform to the level of
employment or pay rolls as indicated by census reports. The method
used in adjusting the indexes was similar, although not identical, to
the method used in adjusting the Bureau’s indexes of factory employ
ment and pay rolls. An “additive” or arithmetical method was used
and the statistical bias which occurred between 1929 and 1933 was
eliminated by the adjustment of the monthly indexes from January
1930 to April 1933 rather than by the extension of the adjustment for
bias through all of the month of the final census year. A ratio method
was considered, but in view of the slight difference in the results and
the additional work necessary to make such computations the arith
metical adjustment was decided upon.
In obtaining the indexes for total retail trade the adjusted indexes of
the general merchandising group and retail trade, other than general
merchandising were multiplied by their respective group weights
which represented the total number of employees or the average
weekly earnings in the group in 1929. The sum of the aggregates
thus obtained was divided by the total of the group weights to com
pute the index for total retail trade.
The weighting factors for retail and wholesale trade are the average
number of employees (full time and part time) and the yearly pay
rolls reduced to a weekly basis as shown in the census of retail and
wholesale distribution in 1929, the base year, or the year representing
100 percent.
The general merchandising weighting factor represents the total
number of employees in the general merchandising group of stores.
The weighting factor for retail trade other than general merchandis
ing, includes all other retail trade with the exception of restaurants
and second-hand stores. The Bureau has no data for second-hand
stores and data for restaurants have been added too recently to be
included in the present series of indexes.
The Bureau is now engaged in the construction of weighted indexes
for retail and wholesale trade in which each of the major lines of trade
will be weighted according to its importance in the total. The com
putation of these weighted indexes will require a considerable length
of time, and it will be a number of months before these more detailed
weighted indexes of wholesale and retail trade will be available. In
the meantime this temporary revision has been made in order to elim
inate the bias which existed in the former series between 1929 and
1933.
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Table 8.—Revised Indexes of Employment and Pay Rolls in Retail Trade, and
Wholesale Trade, January 1929 to November 1934
[12-month average, 1929 = 100]
Total retail trade
M onth
January ...................
February.................
M arch.................. ..
A pril____________
M ay ________ ____
Ju n e ________ ____
Ju ly ____ ________
A ugust....................
Septem ber_______
October_____ ____
N ovem ber............
December________
Average........
P ay rolls
Em ploym ent
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1929
1930
1931 1932 1933 1934
97.2 100.2
95.4 97.3
97.4 96.6
97.6 98.1
98.6 98.8
99.3 96.9
97.4 93.0
98.7 91.5
100.6 •94.3
102.0 95.6
104.2 96.8
111.9 102.5
100.0 96.8
92.3
89.3
89.2
91.3
90.8
90.7
84.2
81.2
83.3
85.2
84.8
90.6
87.7
80.3
78.3
78.6
78.7
77.2
76.3
73.1
71.8
74.2
76.3
75.4
80.9
76.8
72.1 79.8
70.4 79.6
68.9 81.5
73.3 82.5
72.1 82.9
73.2 82.6
71.0 79.0
75.4 77.8
80.6 81.7
83.3 82.6
83.9 83.7
89.1
76.1 i 81.2
95.9
95.1
97.3
97.2
98.2
99.8
98.8
99.2
101.7
103.2
103.3
109.7
100.0
99.8
97.7
97.0
97.9
99.4
97.9
92.8
89.4
91.5
92.6
92.4
95.4
95.3
88.1
86.4
86.8
87.5
86.8
86.7
81.3
77.9
78.3
78.9
78.3
80.4
83.1
1929
71.9
69.1
68.5
67.7
65.5
62.7
59.2
56.9
58.3
59.7
58.6
60.4
63.2
54.7 59.0
51.8 58.8
49.0 59.8
52.0 61.2
51.3 61.5
52.2 61.4
51.0 60.1
54.9 58.4
58.7 60.6
61.6 61.9
61.4 61.8
64.0 ...........
55.2 i 60.4
100.0 95.8 90.3 78.1
97.2 92.7 87.1 73.1
98.5 92.3 88.0 73.1
94.8 94.9 88.8 72.3
95.8 93.8 88.5 70.5
96.7 93.4 87.9 67.6
96.1 87.7 82.3 61.3
92.9 83.7 78.7 58.5
97.4 89.0 83.9 64.3
101.7 92.6 85.3 67.7
105.0 94.6 86.9 67.9
123.9 108.5 100.7 79.2
100.0 93.3 87.4 69.5
61.4 71.1
57.1 68.9
53.4 71.5
60.8 74.0
59.3 74.5
60.6 73.9
56.4 69.5
62.4 66.9
71.8 74.0
75.3 77.3
76.1 79.8
90.1 ---65.4 i 72.9
Retail trade—General merchandising
January....................
February.................
M arch ................ .
A pril........................
M ay ______ ______
Ju n e .....................
Ju ly __________ _
A ugust__________
Septem ber_______
October__________
N ovem ber............
December................
Average____
98.5 95.9 92.1 84.8 76.4 86.6
94. 5 92.2 89.3 81.2 73.0 85.0
96.1 91.9 90.8 82.6 70.7 90.1
95.5 95.9 93.0 82.7 80.7 91.0
97.1 94.4 92.8 82.1 78.5 92.0
96.5 91.5 91.4 80.3 79.9 90.6
92.2 86.0 84.7 74.1 74.7 83.0
91.5 82.5 81.6 71.5 78.4 81.2
96.6 89.6 88.7 78.7 98.0 91. 5
101.7 94.0 92. 1 83.7 93.6 94. 2
108.0 97.4 94.1 84.6 97.0 100.2
131.7 118.1 116.2 104.7 118.9
100.0 94.1 92.2 82.6 84.2 i 89.6
Retail trade—Other than general merchandising
January__________
F ebruary ........... .
M arch...................
A pril.........................
M a y ............... .......
Ju ne..........................
Ju ly ........................
A ugust__________
Septem ber............
October__________
N ovem ber...............
D ecember...............
Average____
96.9 101.3
95.6 98.7
97.7 97.8
98.1 98.7
99.0 100.0
100.0 98.3
98.7 94.8
100.6 93.8
101.6 95.5
102.1 96.0
103.2 96.7
106.7 98.4
100.0 97.5
92.4
89.3
88.8
90.9
90.3
90.5
84.1
81.1
81.9
83.4
82.3
83.9
86.7
79.1
77.6
77.5
77.6
75.9
75.2
72.8
71.9
73.0
74.3
73.0
74.6
75.2
71.0 78.0
69.7 78.2
68.4 79.3
71.3 80.3
70.4 80.5
71.5 80.5
70.0 77.9
74.6 76.9
78.4 79.1
80.6 79.5
80.4 79.4
81.3
74.0 i 79.1
95.1 100.6
94.7 98.7
97.1 98.0
97.7 98.5
98.7 100.6
100.5 98.8
99.4 93.8
100.5 90.6
102.6 92.0
103.5 92.6
103.0 92.0
106.8 92.7
100.0 95.7
87.7
86.2
86.5
87.2
86.5
86.4
81.1
77.7
77.2
77.6
76.5
76.2
82.2
70.6
68.3
67.5
66.7
64.5
61.7
58.8
56.6
57.1
58.1
56.7
56.5
61.9
53.3 56. 5
50.7 56.7
48.1 57. 4
50.2 58.5
49.7 58.8
50.5 58. 8
49.9 58.2
53.4 56. 6
56.0 57.8
58.8 58.7
58.3 58.1
58.6
53.1 i 57.8
96.7
96.4
98.5
97.8
99.0
98.6
100.5
100.0
103.3
102.7
101.9
104.7
100.0
86.3
87.1
87.7
83.7
83.2
82.5
81.6
80.3
79.5
77.9
77.6
75.6
81.9
71.8
70.1
68.8
66.3
67.1
63.5
61.9
60.3
60.1
60.8
60.1
59.3
64.2
58.3 60.3
55.1 61.0
53.5 62.0
52.4 63.1
53.8 62.6
53.7 62.8
55.5 63.8
57.2 62.7
58.7 63.6
62.4 64.5
60.5 64.2
60.9 ---56.8 i 62.8
Wholesale trade
Jan u a ry ............ .
F ebruary.................
M arch.................... .
A pril.........................
M ay ..........................
Ju ne_____________
Ju ly _____________
A ugust---------------Septem ber...............
O ctober...................
N ovem ber_______
D ecem ber________
Average____
97.7 100.0
96.9 98.4
97.3 97.6
97.9 97.1
99.0 96.6
99.2 96.2
100.4 95.7
101.3 94.6
101.9 94.4
102.9 93.7
102.9 92.1
102.6 91.5
100.0 95.7
1Average for 11 m onths.
106037— 35------- 4
88.9
87.6
86.7
86.7
86.3
86.3
85.9
85.6
85.1
84.2
83.1
82.6
85.8
80.7
79.7
78.6
77.6
76.6
75.6
75.2
74.9
75.6
76.2
76.0
75.4
76.8
73.6 80.6
72.4 81.2
71.3 81.8
71.5 82.1
72.2 82.8
73.9 82.3
75.1 82. 2
77.9 82.5
80.3 83.5
81.7 84.3
81.6 85.1
81.5
76.1 i 82.6
99.9
98.1
99.4
97.5
96.9
98.1
95.4
92.9
92.8
92.0
90.0
90.2
95.3
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Employment in Building Construction in T^ovember 1934
T h e percentages of change in employment, pay rolls, and manhours in building construction in November as compared with October
were as follows:
Percent
Total employment______________________________________ _—2. 3
Total pay rolls___________________________________________—3. 0
Total man-hours worked__________________________________—5. 8
Average weekly earnings__________________________________—. 7
Average hours per week per man_________________________ _—2. 7
Average hourly earnings_________________________________ _+2. 4
Table 9 is based on returns made by 10,772 firms engaged in public
and private building-construction projects not aided by Public Works
Administration 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 November the weekly pay roll for 85,761 workers amounted to
$2,023,807, as compared with $2,086,487 earned by 87,780 workers
employed by the identical firms in October.
In November the average weekly earnings were $23.60 as compared
with $23.77 for October. These are per capita weekly earnings, com
puted 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 10,338 firms—96 percent of the 10,772 cooperating
firms—gave the man-hours worked by the employees, namely,
2,310,286 in November as compared with 2,451,959 in October.
The average hours per week per man—28.9 in November and 29.7
in October—were computed by dividing the number of man-hours by
the number of workers employed by those firms which reported manhours.
The average hourly earnings—81.9 cents in November and 80
in October—were computed by dividing the pay roll of those firms
which reported man-hours, by the number of man-hours.
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Table 9.—Employment, Pay Rolls, Hours, and Earnings in the BuildingConstruction Industry, November 1934
1Figures in italics are not compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics b ut are taken from reports issued
by cooperating State bureaus]
All localities____ ____ ___ 10, 772 85. 761
Alabama: B irm ingham —.
87 547
California:
20 1,096
Los Angeles..................
San Francisco-Oakland_______________ 28 715
20 195
Other localities______
68 2,006
The S tate...................
Colorado: D enver_______ 203 542
Connecticut:
B ridgeport--------------- 109 612
H a rtfo rd ..................... 257 1,114
New H aven______ .. 148 884
514 2, 610
The S tate..............
Delaware: W ilm ington...
95 917
D istrict of C olum bia......... 378 4,557
Florida:
44 242
Jacksonville_________
68 1,267
M iam i._____________
The S tate................... 112 1,509
Georgia: A tlan ta________ 129 840
Illinois:
Chicago......................... 131 1,908
86 1,425
Other localities.............
The State.................. 217 3,333
Indiana:
64 551
Evansville.....................
F ort W ayne_______
78 274
148
Indianapolis________
1,160
South B end_________
36 192
The S tate.................. 326 2,177
90 425
Iowa: Des M oines_______
64 320
Kansas: W ichita________
K entucky: Louisville........ 142 911
Louisiana: New O rleans.. 112 1,024
M aine: P o rtla n d ............. .
84 365
M aryland: B altim ore----- n o 2,220
M assachusetts: All local
ities............................. ....... 694 5,401
M ichigan:
D etroit........................... 469 3, 679
50 159
F lin t________________
G rand R apids----------- 106 382
The S tate.................. 625 4, 220
See footnotes at end of table.
Average
hours per
week per
m an 1
Average
hourly
earnings 1
November 1934
Percentage change
from O c to b e r
1934
Average
weekly
earnings
Percentage change
from O c to b e r
1934
Amount Novem
ber 1934
Percentage change
from O c to b e r
1934
Number Novem
ber 1934
Percentage change
from O c to b e r
1934
S
Pay rolls
Amount Novem
ber 1934
o
rd<D
Number Novem
ber 1934
Percentage change
from O c to b e r
1934
Locality
bfi
a Em ploym ent
ao
f-im
g
Cents
-2 .3 $2,023,807 -3 .0 $23.60 -0 .7 28.9 -2 .7 81.9 + 2.4
-10 .5
9, 822 -8 .4 17.96 + 2.3 28.7 +1.1 62.8 + 1.1
- 2.6
- 12.8
+ 8.3
—5.6
-12 .3
21.96
17,064 -1 4 .8 23. 87
4,039 + .6 20. 71
45,167 -9 .1 22. 52
11,972 -15.1 22. 09
-3 .8
—2.2
-7 .1
-3 .8
-3 .2
34.3
28.1
26.9
31.4
24.5
+ 5.9
- .7
-4 -3
+,3.0
-12 .2
63.9
84.9
77.0
71.7
89.4
-9 .2
- 1.6
-2 .9
- 6.6
+ 9.0
24. 63
22.88
25. 75
24. 26
23. 32
27.83
-1 .2
-5 .0
- .9
-2 .6
+14.2
-2 .7
31.2
32.8
33.8
32.8
33.1
31.7
-3 .1
-3 .0
-3 .2
-3 .0
+4.4
-3 .4
79.5
69.4
76.9
74.2
70.5
88.0
+ 1.9
-2 . 1
+2.-8
+ .5
+ 9.6
+ 1.0
28.0 -6 .4 59.1
30.6 +2.0 70.1
30.2 + .7 68.4
27.0 - .4 61.5
+ .9
+ .3
+ .3
- .3
24,064 -6 .3
- .3 15, 072
- 3 .0 25,489
22, 765
(2)
- 1 .4 63,326
-14 .5 21,389
- 4 .8 126,844
-1 .6
-7 .9
- .9
-4 ,0
-2 .4
-7 .3
+7.1
+ .8
+ 1.8
+ .1
4,001 +1.1 16. 53 - 5 .6
27,136 + 2.9 21.42 +2.1
31,137 +2.7 20.63 + .9
14, 256 + .9 16. 97 + .8
+5.2
+3.0
+4-8
55,747 + 5.8 29.22 + . 6 (4)
27,157 -10 .3 19.06 -12 .9 (4)
24.87 -4 .2 (4)
82,904 (3)
-2 .2
+ 5.3
-2 .0
+ 2.9
- .1
+T2
- .1
-10 .7
-6 .4
-1 1 .6
+ 10.9
- 6 .0 11,515
-37 .3
5,924
-5 .1 28, 271
-2 .5
4,181
-1 0 .9 49,891
-24 .5
9,595
-2 .1
5, 623
+ 2.0 17,139
+ 6.2 18,121
+10.9
7, 651
-9 .6 45,120
-1 .9 131,422
-8 .1
-34 .0
-7 .0
+ .3
-11 .0
-24 .4
-2 .2
-8 .9
—. 6
-1 .9
+ .3
-2 .5
20.90
21.62
24.37
21.78
22. 92
22.58
17.57
18. 81
17. 70
20.96
20.32
24 . 83
+11.7 91,972
-14 .1
3, 267
-1 1 .8
6,902
+ 7.8 102,141
+10.1
-13 .5
-14 .3
+7.1
25. 00 -1 .4
20. 55 + . 6
18. 07 -2 .9
24.20 - . 7
- .6
27.8
32.3
31.6
31.1
30.7
26.6
25.1
29.3
28.4
28.4
30.0
29.9
(4)
(4)
(4)
-9 .2
-3 .0
+ .3
+6.1
-2 .2
-1 2 .8
(2)
-1 0 .4
-5 .6
-8 .1
+ 2.0
+ .3
(4)
(4)
(4)
(4)
(4)
(4)
75.2 + 7.6
67.0 + 8.8
77.2 - 2 .4
70.3 - 4 .2
74.8 + 2.2
85.5 +16.2
70.2 + .4
66.0 - . 2
62.2 - . 8
73.9 - 3 .5
67.5 + 8.2
81.5 - . 9
30.7 (2)
81.6
28.6 +1.1 71.8
29.1 -6 .4 62.0
30.5 - .3 79.5
- 1 .2
- .7
+ 3.5
- .1
26
Table 9.—Employment, Pay Rolls, Hours, and Earnings in the Building
Construction Industry, November 1934—Continued
[Figures in italics are not compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics but are taken from reports issued
by cooperating State bureaus]
M innesota:
D u lu th _____________
46 146 -8 .7
M inneapolis_________ 205 1,297 -1 9 .0
St. P au l...... ................
148 731 -7 .2
The S tate_________ 399 2,174 -14 .7
M issouri:
Kansas C ity s_______ 2S0 1,817 - . 2
St. L o u is.____ ______ 564 3,060 + 8.2
The S tate_________ 844 4, 877 + 4.9
Nebraska: Om aha_______ 160 826 +18.7
New York:
New York C ity _____ 553 9,822 +15. 0
Other localities______ 357 8, 618 -8 .0
The S tate.................. 910 18, 44O +3.0
N orth C arolina:! C har
lotte__________________
47 330 +6.5
Ohio:
A kron_______________
96 363 -6 .9
C incinnati6_________ 418 1, 756 -1 .2
Cleveland___ _______ 598 2, 705 -1 .7
D ayton____ ________ 141 554 -15 .2
Youngstown________
88 486 +2.1
The S tate_________ 1,341 5,864 -3 .1
Oklahoma:
Oklahoma C ity ______
90 355 -18 .2
Tulsa_______________
54 344 (2)
The State............... -- 144 699 -10 .2
Oregon: P ortland_______ 166 796 -23.4
Pennsylvania:"
Erie area______ _____
22 226 + . 9
Philadelphia area____ 381 3 ,402 - 12.0
Pittsburgh area............ 225 1,664 -10 .7
Reading area................ 42 232 - 12.8
Scranton area________ 31 186 -5 .1
Other areas.................... 276 2,232 - 6.2
The S tate.................. 977 7,942 -9 .7
Rhode Island: Providence. 242 1,543 -2 .0 '
Tennessee:
31 150 +2.0 1
C hattanooga________
36 330 -9 .6
Knoxville.......................
68 376 +1.1
M em phis— .......... .......
N ashville____________ 74 893 +14.5
209 1,749 +5.1
The State- ........ .
See footnotes at end of table.
Average
hours per
week per
m an *
3,133
27, 823
17, 829
48, 785
-9 .9
-19 .9
-7 .5
-15 .2
45, 563 - . 5
79, 629 + .6
125,192 + .2
16,098 + 4.0
Average
hourly
earnings 1
November 1934
Percentage change
from O c to b e r
1934
Average
weekly
earnings
Percentage change
from O c to b e r
1934
Amount Novem
ber 1934
Percentage change
from O c to b e r
1934
Number Novem
ber 1934
Percentage change
from O c to b e r
1934
a
o
&<35
Bd
£
Pay rolls
Amount Novem
ber 1934
Locality
Number Novem
ber 1934
Percentage change
from O c to b e r
1934
bD
a Em ploym ent
ao
21.46 -1 .2 29.3 -3 .9
21.45 -1 .1 27.4 -2 .5
24. 39 - . 3 30.4 -3 .8
22. 44 - .5 28.6 -2 .4
Cents
73.0
77.8
80.1
78.3
+ 2.8
+ 1.8
+ 3.2
+ 2.5
25. 08 - . 3 27.6
26. 02 -7 .1 25.8
25. 67 -4 .5 26.4
19. 49 -12 .4 26.7
92.2
100.7
97.5
73.0
+ 2.9
- .4
+ .9
+ .4
-2 .5
-6 .5
-5 .4
-12 .7
305,057 +21.9 31.06 +6.0 27.7
112.0 +6. 4
193, 009 -12 .0 22. 40 -4 -4 28.1 -4 -44 79.7 (2)
498,066 + 6.1 27. 01 +3.0 27.9 - 2 .4 96.8 +5.7
6,086 -3 .6 18. 44 -9 .4 27.5 - 8 .6 67.1 - . 9
7, 732
39,217
67, 747
12, 370
11,281
138, 347
-15 .2
-10 .0
-7 .1
-9 .9
-3 .3
-8 .4
21.30
22. 33
25. 05
22. 33
23.21
23. 59
-8 .9
-9 .0
-5 .5
+ 6.2
-5 .3
-5 .5
28.2
27.2
25.1
28.0
29.1
26.5
-7 .8
-6 .8
-8 .7
- .7
-3 .0
-7 .0
75.6
82.1
99.3
79.9
79.8
88.7
-1 .2
-2 .3
+3.1
+ 7.2
-2 .3
+ 1.3
5, 536
6,132
11,668
16,018
-25 .6
+3. 7
-12 .6
-24 .6
15. 59
17.83
16.69
20.12
-9 . 0
+ 3.7
-2 .7
-1 .6
22.3 -11 .9
27.7 - . 7
24.9 -6 .0
24.5 -1 .2
69.2
64.9
66.8
82.4
+ 3.4
+ 4.0
+ 3.1
- .7
2,941
73,814
42,331
4,629
3, 858
48,696
176,269
34,681
+. 8
-1 3 .8
-20 .5
-1 8 .8
-1 4 .0
-4 .9
-13 .3
-4 .2
13.01
21.70
25.44
19.95
20.74
21.82
22.19
22.48
- 2.1
-11 .0
-6 .9
- 9 .4
+1 .4
- 4 .0
-2 .2
- .2
16.7
30.1
26.7
30.2
28.0
33.4
29.9
32.7
-1 5 .7
- 2 .3
-15 .8
- 5 .9
-7 .6
2,616
5, 072
6,154
15,181
29, 023
+22.2
-8 .5
-15 .3
+11.4
+1.6
17. 44
15. 37
16. 37
17.00
16. 59
+19.8
+ 1.2
-1 6 .2
- 2 .6
- 3 .4
28.9
26.0
22.3
27.9
26.4
+21.9
+4.4
-18 .6 1
+ .7
-1 .1
75.5 +18.7
73.3 - . 7
96.7 + 6.0
66.1 - 1.0
75.9 (2)
+ .6 65.5 +1.4
-4 .8 75.1 + .7
- .6 68.8 - 1 .9
60.9
59.2
72.8
60.9
62.7
+ 2.5
- 2 .8
+ 2.2
- 3 .5
-2 .5
27
Table 9.—Employment, Pay Rolls, Hours, and Earnings in the BuildingConstruction Industry, November 1934—Continued
[Figures in italics are not compiled by the B ureau of Labor Statistics b ut are taken from reports issued
by cooperating State bureaus]
Texas:
D allas.........................
El Paso............. 1_____
H ouston,. .....................
San A ntonio________
The S tate_________
U tah: Salt Lake C ity ___
Virginia:
Norfolk-Portsmouth__
Richm ond__________
The State ...............
W ashington:
Seattle______________
Spokane. ___________
Tacom a_____________
The S tate_________
W est Virginia: W heeling.
Wisconsin: All localities. .
-7 .4
+3.4
- 3 .0
+ 3.4
-3 .3
+ 1.2
-.8
-1 0 .9
-2 .6
+ 4.0
-1 .7
+13.5
26.2
24.2
28.3
23.5
26.8
27.2
68 335 -6 .7
115 851 -12 .3
183 1,186 -1 0 .8
6,196 -9 .4 18. 50 -2 .9 27.7 -4 .5 66.8 + 1.5
17, 792 -18.3 20.91 -6 .9 34.1 + 1.8 61.6 - 8 .5
23,988 -1 6 .2 20.23 - 6 .0 32.2 (2)
63.0 - 5 .8
156 603 + 2.2
49 168 -2 .3
81 229 +19.9
286 1,000 + 4.9
55 186 -3 4 .0
152 1,794 -7 .4
13,831
4, 078
4, 293
22, 202
3,386
36,405
22.94
24. 27
18. 75
22. 20
18.20
20.29
+13.6
+ .1
-7 .7
+ 6.0
+ 5.0
+ .8
24.0
27.4
20.4
23.8
27.5
81.6
-2 .6
-8 .3
- .4
-3 .3
-1 .8
+12.9
Cents
65.9
67.6
66.5
63.5
66.0
83.9
10,837
1,539
21,991
4,800
39,167
4,906
+16.0
-2 .2
+10.6
+11.2
-30 .7
- 6 .6
17.20
16.37
18.83
14.81
17. 67
22. 82
Average
hourly
earnings 1
November 1934
Percentage change
from O c to b e r
1934
Average
hours per
week per
m an 1
187 630 -6 .7
21 94 +16.0
181 1,168 - . 3
88 324 - . 6
477 2, 216 -1 .7
130 215 -10 .8
1 Averages com puted from reports furnished by 10,338 firms.
2 No change.
3 Less than Ho of 1 percent decrease.
* D ata not available.
* Includes both Kansas C ity, M o., and Kansas City, Kans.
« Includes Covington and N ew port, Ky.
7 Each separate area includes from 2 to 8 counties.
Average
weekly
earnings
Percentage change
from O c to b e r
1934
Amount Novem
ber 1934
Percentage change
from O c to b e r
1934
Number Novem
ber 1934
Percentage change
from O c to b e r
1934
Pay rolls
Amount Novem
ber 1934
Number Novem
ber 1934
Percentage change
from O c to b e r
1934
Locality
bO
.3 Em ploym ent
fto
Ul/l
a
o
Xi<3
a
£
+13.2
-3 .9
-1 2 .4
+ 3.9
-1 .4
-3 .4
95. 4
88.6
91.9
93.4
66.5
62.6
+ 2.3
- 3 .0
- 3 .5
+ 8 .5
- .3
+ 2.8
+ .2
+ 4 .0
+ 5.4
+ 2 .2
+ 6.6
+ 2.3
28
Trend of Employment in November 1934, by States
F l u c t u a t i o n s in employment and pay-roll totals in November
1934, as compared with October 1934, in certain industrial groups
are shown by States in table 10. These tabulations have been pre
pared from data secured directly from reporting establishments
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, Build
ing Construction. 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 mining,
metalliferous mining, laundry, dyeing and cleaning, and banks,
brokerage, insurance, real-estate groups is presented. In this State
compilation, the totals of the telephone and telegraph, power and
light, and electric-railroad operations groups have been combined and
are presented as one group—public utilities.
The percentage changes 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
combined totals.
The anthracite-mining industry, which is confined entirely to the
State of Pennsylvania, showed increases from October to November
of 3.8 percent in employment and 6.1 percent in pay rolls. These
percentages are based on reports received from 160 mines, which em
ployed in November 84,294 workers whose earnings in 1 week ending
nearest the 15th were $2,071,059.
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.
29
Table 10.—Comparison of Employment and Pay Rolls in Identical Establish
ments in October and November 1934, by States
[Figures in italics are not compiled by the B ureau of Labor Statistics, but are taken from reports issued by
cooperating State organizations!
T otal—all groups
M anufacturing
N um
ber of
estab
lish
mcnts
N um
ber on
pay roll
No
vember
1934
Per
cent
age
change
from
Octo
ber
1934
A m ount
of pay roll
(1 week)
November
1934
Percentage
change
from
Octo
ber
1934
A labam a................ 1,339
Arizona__________ 574
Arkansas................. 1 693
California---........ . U.618
Colorado.-............ 1,365
Connecticut........... 2,406
Delaware—............- 238
D ist. of Columbia. 989
Florida..................... 1,307
Georgia_____ ____ 1,717
Idaho............ ........... 568
Illinois.-............ ..... H, 010
Ind iana.................... 2, 839
Iow a........ ................ 1,945
K ansas.................... *1,886
K entucky............ 1,749
Louisiana................ 1,154
M aine...................... 934
M aryland.............. 1,580
M assachusetts___ *8,865
M ichigan............... 3,679
M innesota........... . 2,421
M ississippi.............. 66?
M issouri.................. 4,335
M ontana................. 830
N ebraska................ 1,708
N evada--------------- 282
New H am pshire.. 809
New Jersey............. 3,811
New M exico.......... 418
New Y ork.............. 22, 047
N orth C arolina. .. 1,357
N orth D akota........ 591
O h io .............. ......... 9,718
Oklahom a............... 1,673
Oregon..................... 1,506
Pennsylvania___ 10,194
Rhode Island____ 1,308
South Carolina___ 727
South D akota___ 504
Tennessee........... 1,493
Texas........................ 1,480
U tah ......................... 743
V erm ont.................. 583
Virginia................... 2, 281
W ashington........... 3,639
W est Virginia____ 1,360
W isconsin............... *1,027
W yom ing________ 393
71,364
15, 034
22,6%5
21 A, 156
47,760
180,477
12,833
39, 234
45,778
93,490
12,455
458, m
163, 543
59,477
56,863
87,056
46,907
48, 663
101, 688
4U, 777
350, 369
91, 467
17,838
169,077
17,757
37,593
3, 535
44,852
206, 534
7,079
80S, 016
141,390
6,558
504,241
42,285
45, 055
778,189
84,843
62, 012
8,966
84,296
74,198
19, 526
14,998
90,220
91,965
147,158
154,162
8,114
- 2 .6
+ 2.4
- .4
-4 .1
- 3 .9
+1.5
-1 2 .0
+ 3.2
+17.7
+ .6
- 4 .3
- 2 .6
- 4 .0
- .9
—2.8
- .7
+ 3.0
- 5 .5
+1.6
- .6
- .2
- 2 .6
-4 .1
+ .6
- .1
- 3 .7
+ .4
-4 .1
- 3 .4
+ 1.5
- .5
+ .4
- 2 .4
“ (8)
+ 2.4
- 3 .6
- 0 .2
+ 3.9
+ .4
- .8
+ .4
-S . 5
- 1 .3
- .2
- 1 .4
-6 .1
+ .3
- .1
+ .4
$10,016,684
283,824
351,785
5,221,251
992,799
3, 582,095
267,306
907,406
721,180
1,370,525
233,405
9,905,485
3,148,316
1,181,852
1,17 h, 166
1,549, 240
774,998
819,147
2,007,051
8,648,576
7,841,183
1,977,825
247,410
3, 450,782
428,550
773,227
88,495
744,338
4,568,443
128, 079
19,901,343
1,939,077
142, 715
10,278,145
816,817
932,494
15,844, 708
1, 591,839
822,231
210,898
1,341,163
1,656,686
417,911
270,397
1, 538,927
1,910, 280
2,943,061
8,041, 769
190,927
254 47, 524 - 2 .5
-1 .8
-2 .1
48 2, 532 - . 2
-1 .0
810 15,881 - 1 .0
850 107, 749 -8 .8
-4 .1
-1 .1
194 17, 797 -8 .3
+ 2.0
741 143,510 + .3
-9 .3
75 8, 330 -17 .1
52 4,395 +28.5
+ 1.7
+12.1
230 21,295 +19.4
377 67, 740 + .6
+ .6
64 4,639 - 9 .4
-4 .9
- 8 .5 2,068 276,792 -4 .8
695 110,952 -5 .8
-2 .2
-1 .4
433 27, 039 - 2 .2
-8 .1
878 27,838 - 4 .6
328 33,962
- .6
+• 1
+ 2.6
251 25, 549 + 3.8
282 39,015 - 6 .5
-10 .5
+5.1
686 66,078 *+ .1
- 1.8 1,583 224,782 -1 .4
777 256,520 - . 6
+ .6
-3 .1
419 37.848 - 5 .5
113 10,871 - 7 .4
-8 .1
-1 .9
897 76, 545 - . 6
103 5,091 - 9 .9
-.5
182 14, 727 -1 1 .2
-4 .8
953 + 5.9
+ .2
31
215 37,357 - 4 .5
- 8 .6
-4 .2 o 714 202, 755 -1 .2
641 - . 6
-3 .9
33
-1 .1 7 1,896 872, 488 - 1.5
605 129, 348 + .2
“ 00
852 - 2 .6
- 4 .9
52
- .2
+ .6 2,624 345,397
-1 .6
181 11,398 - 2 .2
294 22, 613 -7 .3
-5 .3
-0 .3 e, 074 410,163 - . 8
+ 1.3
442 63,946 + 4.6
-.2
209 54,435 - . 1
-1 .8
38 2,322 - 1 .2
-.3
334 56,398 - . 1
-1 .9
475 87,950 - 3 .6
+1.3
117 6,268 -5 .1
-2 .1
154 8,589 + 4.0
-2 .4
479 57, 288 - 2 .6
- 7 .7
552 43,635 -8 .9
+ 3.0
276 52, 591
- .1
- .5
760 121, 123 '+ .5
-5 .4
44 1,608 -1 0 .0
State
N um
ber of
estab
lish
ments
N um
ber on
pny roll
No
vember
1934
P er
cent Amount
age of pay roll
change (I week)
from Novem
Octo ber 1934
ber 1934
$621, 285
46, 049
224, 628
2, 506,107
357, 579
2,727, 080
160,839
128,686
292, 372
879,911
89, 645
5, 677,796
2, 070, 026
529, 424
604,546
558,578
366, 508
609,990
1,199,182
4,089, 974
5, 654,451
790, 5S1
133,111
1,436,308
114,199
314, 530
24,212
579,898
4,367,822
10,437
8,588,973
1,750,217
20,041
6,846,924
224,923
425, 793
7,630,050
1, 093,435
700,319
47,332
847. 056
789,905
120,138
144,985
914, 097
813, 065
1,014,810
2,369,486
35,345
Per
cent
age
change
from
Octo
ber 1934
- 1 .9
-. 1
- -7 ..94
+ 3.2
+1. 4
-1 3 .3
+18.3
+16.4
+ 1.7
- 8 .5
- 4.8
-2 .9
- .7
- 5 .6
+ 2.5
+ 6.8
-1 2 .9
« + 2.8
- 1 .5
+ 2.0
- 5 .3
-13 .9
-2 .9
-10 .1
- 9 .7
+ 6.5
-1 0 .1
- .8
-2 .1
-1 .9
+• 1
-4 .6
+ .9
- .9
-9 .3
-1 .0
+ i. 9
— 1.7
+ ( 8)
- 1 .0
+ 1.5
+ 1.5
- 3 .4
-1 0 .8
+ 3.5
*—.7
- 8 .2
1 Includes automobile dealers and garages, and sand, gravel, and building stone.
* Includes banks, insurance, and office em ploym ent.
3 Includes building and contracting.
* Includes construction, municipal, agricultural, and office em ploym ent, am usem ent and recreation,
professional, and transportation services.
* W eighted percentage change.
6 Includes laundries.
7 Includes laundering and cleaning, b u t does not include food, canning, and preserving,
s Less than Ho of 1 percent.
* Includes construction b ut does not include hotels and restaurants, and public works.
30
Table 10.—Comparison of Employment and Pay Rolls in Identical Establish
ments in October and November 1934, by States—Continued
[Figures in italics are not compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, b ut are taken from reports issued b y
cooperating State organizations]
Wholesale trade
State
A labam a------------Arizona--------------Arkansas------------California-----------C olorado-----------C onnecticut..........D elaw are--............
D ist. of C olum bia.
Florida---------------G eo rg ia........... - Idaho........................
Illinois------ ---------Indiana........ ...........
Io w a ............... .......
K ansas---------------K entucky-----------Louisiana-----------M aine. ....................
M aryland..............
M assachusetts----M ichigan-----------M innesota----------M ississippi--------M issouri-------------M ontana-----------N ebraska-----------N evada__________
New H am pshire-.
New Jersey--------New M exico_____
New Y ork----------N orth Carolina—
N orth D akota----O hio.. __________
O klahom a.. -----Oregon---------------Pennsylvania-----Rhode Island ____
South Carolina—
South D akota—
Tennessee-----------Texas____________
U tah .— ..................
V erm ont_________
Virginia__________
W ashington______
W est Virginia
W isconsin________
W yoming.......... .
N um
N um ber
on
ber of payroll,
estab No
lish
ments vember
1934
118
73
67
98
154
220
14
56
209
113
68
411
371
187
174
190
203
104
209
863
319
321
71
1,125
104
186
53
42
228
40
3, 738
62
119
1,074
188
298
1,522
90
66
56
216
183
87
30
205
808
108
45
27
2, 514
2,245
1,176
5,471
3,494
7,808
523
1,069
7,134
1,695
976
14,139
6,357
3,574
3,106
2,474
3,312
1,524
3,163
18,279
6, 312
8,825
1,263
15,144
1,335
3,182
347
494
4,194
390
76,969
804
488
15,508
2,839
4,084
19,685
1,594
862
596
3,265
4,513
1,208
537
3,941
11,620
1,716
1,934
228
* Less than Ho of 1 percent.
No change.
Per
cent
age
change
from
Octo
ber
1934
Retail trade
Per
cent
age
change
from
Octo
ber
1934
N um
ber of
estab
lish
m ents
N um
ber on
payroll,
No
vember
1934
Per
cent A mount
age of payroll
change (1 week),
from Novem
Octo ber 1934
ber 1934
+ 1.0
$59,712 -0 .4
+17.1
27,805 + (8)
- 2.8
29,966 - 3 .5
4 151,370 -1 .9
- .7
88,349 - . 7
+45.8
149,947 +32.2
+ .4
11,736 - 1 .4
-1 .6
32,847 -1 .8
+46.6
105,117 +37.3
+ 1.4
39,709 + .7
-1 6 .7
16,663 -15 .7
+1.0 378,415 + .5
153, 657 - . 7
+ .1
- .5
88,936 + .4
- 5 .7
71, 704 -1 .1
+• 2
56,830 + 1.5
+ 1.0
74,424 -1 .5
- 1 .7
36,598 -1 .5
+2.3
78,450 +2.7
- 1 .0
476,281 -2 .2
- .6
158, 229 -2 .1
-1 .2
231,008 -1 .1
+4.1
23,910 + 6.0
-1 .3
381,740 - 2 .4
+6.9
32,581 +7.8
83, 235 - . 3
+• 1
+(10)
1.5
11,497 - .1
12,970
(8)
+ 1.2
120,038 —. 7
+11.4
7,854 —6.3
-(*) 2,320,190 - .1
- .5
21,195 - . 5
-.6
11,545 -3 .5
- .2
399,144 -1 .1
+ .2
68,119 + .3
-2 .8
106,480 -2 .8
+ .6
541,088 _(8)
+ .9
42, 234 + . 4
+ 1.8
20, 618 + 1.8
+ .2
14,491 +1.5
+ .9
70,176 - . 9
+ .6
112, 561 +1.5
- 1 .3
33,465 -4 .1
- 2 .0
12, 281 + .4
- 1 .2
81,097 - 1 .4
-12 .5
295, 717 -1 4 .4
44,180 -(8)
+ .6
- 1.9
43,780 - . 3
6, 051 -7 .4
- 5 .0
724
307
203
119
589
1,151
90
745
540
883
317
U414
1, 297
695
878
662
481
293
565
4,485
1,102
1,211
233
1,633
387
898
122
329
2,169
229
13,434
492
164
4,802
802
619
3,757
613
324
213
558
321
372
175
1, 202
1,888
327
53
198
7,058
3,817
2,667
26,837
9,981
15,719
1,607
15,327
7,632
10,632
3,142
63,130
22,703
12,490
9,858
9,214
8,358
2,988
15,355
72,385
35,207
20,174
2, 713
36,044
3,634
10,425
970
3,279
21,686
1,826
188,141
5,876
2,436
69,085
10,830
9,826
69, 302
10,173
3,758
2,060
10,902
11,320
3,746
1,759
11,951
19, 712
4,097
11,464
1,416
+ 1.5
+ 1.7
+3.2
+5.2
- 1 .6
- .5
+ 3.0
+ 4.2
+ 8.2
+ 2.6
+ 2.3
+3.2
+ 1.6
+ 1.6
+1.9
+1.8
+ 3.3
+ 1.3
+4* 0
+3.8
+ 4.3
+ 1.6
+ 4.3
+ 4.8
+ .8
+2.1
- 1 .8
- .5
+ 3.2
+ .6
+ 3.0
+6.1
- 3 .8
+ 1.8
+12.2
+ 2.7
+ 1.4
+ 4.7
+4.1
+ .5
+ 3.3
-2 .8
- .2
- 2 .2
+ 2.0
-.2
-1 .5
+1.2
+ 1.4
Amount
of pay roll
Cl week),
November
1934
$120,309
70,468
41,049
548,277
184,556
326,041
32,312
312,086
135,006
169,755
53,813
1,219,886
428,043
233,861
162,960
162,687
135,508
56,364
292,059
1,402,814
116, 652
382,112
38, 223
716,937
75,974
181, 573
21,381
62,130
485,281
33,940
4, 274, 206
82,419
52,382
1, 295,632
165, 641
187,539
1,369,342
191,114
50,986
39,153
183,743
205,336
70,124
33,044
215,269
383,151
72,634
154,479
28, 529
Per
cent
age
change
from
Octo
ber 1934
+ 0 .3
- 1.0
+ 2.T
+6.3
- 2 .9
-.3
+ 1.7
+ 3.3
+ 4.8
_(8)
- 1 .5
+1.0
- .1
-3 .4
+ .3
+ .7
+ .3
-2 .3
+4-5
+ .7
- .6
- .6
- .9
+ .9
-3 .1
-1 .3
- 3 .2
+ .5
+2.1
- 1 .2
+ 1.0
+ 1 .?
-5 .7
+ .9
+ .4
+ .3
+• 7
+ 1.6
+ .9
-3 .7
- .2
+ .2
- 2 .9
- 3 .0
+ .9
- 2 .0
- 2 .6
- .9
- 2 .3
31
Table 10.—Comparison of Employment and Pay Rolls in Identical Establish
ments in October and November 1934, by States—Continued
[Figures in italics are not compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, but are taken from reports issued by
cooperating State organizations]
M etalliferous m ining
Quarrying and nonm etallic m ining
State
A labam a________
Arizona. ________
Colorado_________
Delaware________
D istrict of ColumIdaho____________
Indiana
Iowa _ Kansas__________
K entucky
Louisiana ______
M aine
M aryland __
M assachusetts___
-Michigan________
^Minnesota_______
M ississippi _____
M issouri_________
M o n ta n a ...____
N e b ra s k a ___
N evada _____ __
New H am pshire. _
New Jersey______
N ew M exico___
New York
N orth Carolina__
N orth D akota........
Ohio
_______
Oklahom a______ Oregon__________
P en n sy lv a n ia__
Rhode Island____
South Carolina___
South D akota..
Tennessee...............
Texas ___________
U tah____________
V e rm o n t_____
Virginia...................
W ashington............
W est Virginia____
W isconsin_______
W yom ing________
Per
cent A mount
age
roll
change of(1pay
week)
from November
Octo
1934
ber
1934
Per
cent
age
change
from
Octo
ber
1934
$6,104
540
1,105
21,020
289
4, 640
1,340
-4 . 7
+37.1
-7 .3
-3 .6
+ 3.6
-21 .9
-17. 2
N um
ber of
estab
lish
ments
N um
ber on
pay roll
No
vember
1934
16
3
4
40
5
25
3
513
39
100
1,106
20
374
58
17
23
1,029 + 6.6
972 -5 .2
21
72
23
33
41
7
11
9
20
47
23
10
53
8
6
11
32
634
1,179
377
UU5
1,208
705
526
219
485
1,562
252
129
1,465
75
410
277
591
+3. 4
-10.8
—10. 7
+ 9.5
-12 .4
+4.1
—1. 9
-2 .7
—1.8
-6 .7
-16 .3
-3 .0
+ 2.8
-14 .8
+60.8
—19.0
-3 .9
11,120
17, 918
6,915
28, 6^5
12, 736
9, 094
10,068
3,468
9, 895
26, 771
4,157
1,249
21, 683
1,363
4, 960
6,130
10, 990
—4. 6
-19.1
-20.6
+8.3
-15 .5
+ .6
-1 4 .8
+ 5.0
—2. 5
-8 .5
-17 .9
-32 .1
+11.7
-7 .1
+49.6
-28. 5
-14 .6
79
11
128
16
5
158
6
6
23
21
7
38
31
12
18
2,415
311
3,072
158
66
5, 242
183
64
790
879
107
1,815
1,183
199
743
178
-8 .9
+13.9
-7 .6
-1 .9
-32 .7
- 6 .2
-2 .1
—14. 7
-1 .6
-10.5
-7 .0
-6 .8
+8.3
-29 .4
-3 .5
- 22.6
48,680
3,683
46, 651
1,785
1,015
75,441
2,103
1, 094
10, 246
17,892
2,149
30, 541
13,080
2, 811
9,445
2,555
-11. 6
+26.7
-9 .4
+13.8
-37. 2
-14 .3
+ 1.2
-14 .7
+10.4
- 24.0
+8.5
-13. 7
+ 3.8
-30.1
-3 . 7
-33. 4
12
-11.1
+30.0
—21. 3
-(10)
.3
—7. 2
-29 .3
10No change.
N um
ber of
estab
lish
m ents
N um P er
ber on cent
age
pay roll change
No from
vember Octo
1934 ber 1934
Amount
of pay roll
Cl week)
Novem
ber 1934
Per
cent
age
change
from
Octo
ber 1934
9
21
34
14
789 -26 .4
3, 572 - 4 .2
2, 392 + .1
1,060 + 4.4
$11,791
81,104
61,296
28, 836
-4 . 0
-7 .8
- .7
+ .7
+ 3.0
43,940
+2.5
18
993 —20.3
14,242
-5 .4
40
30
13
16
4, 685 -2 .8
1, 687 -3 .8
1, 886 + 7.0
3,069 +14.0
72, 278
30, 735
19,484
88,161
—4. 5
-14.1
+ .4
+ 19.3
540 (10)
19 -2 6 9
950 +3. 6
14,479
409
17,982
- .5
(10)
+ 4.3
12, 553 +12.8
9, 722 -8 .2
9
14 !
3
4
2,009
31
4
1,123 +48.3
85 -2 .3
17,470 +104.4
1, 561 -1 .3
4
13
330
2,191
+ 2.5
-2 .3
7,035
50,120
+ 2.6
-3 .1
766
-{-2.8
15,828
- 1.1
(“ )
u N ot available.
32
Table 10.—Comparison of Employment and Pay Rolls in Identical Establish
ments in October and November 1934, by States—Continued
[Figures in italics are not compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, b u t are taken from reports issued by
cooperating State organizations!
B itum inous coal mining
State
A labam a.,- .. .
A rizona.-. ______
A rkansas...
California.- ____
Colorado_________
Connecticut_____
Delaware______ D istrict of C olum
bia__________ _
Florida_____ . . .
Georgia________
Idaho
..
Illinois-.. _ ____
Indiana______ __
Iow a_____________
K ansas... . __
K entucky________
Louisiana______ _
M aine_______ _
M aryland.
M assachusetts
M ichigan______
M innesota_______
M ississippi... __
M issouri_______ _
M ontana_______
N ebraska____ _
N evada__________
New Ham pshire
New Jersey______
New M exico_____
New Y ork_______
N orth Carolina
N orth D akota .
Ohio___________
Oklahom a....... .
Oregon_____
P ennsylvania.. __
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South D akota..
Tennessee
Texas____________
U ta h .;_________
V erm o n t_______
Virginia_________
W ashington.. _
W est Virginia____
W isconsin_______
W yom ing________
N um
ber of
estab
lish
m ents
P er
N um cent
ber on age ofAmount
roll
pay roll change (1pay
week)
No from
vember Octo November
1934
1934 ber
1934
55 8,360 -5 .3 $121, 799
48
5,420 +1.1
Crude-petroleum producing
Per
cent
age
change
from
Octo
ber
1931
103, 058 -7 .8
+2.9
+ 1.1
+3. 7
—1.3
- .8
185, 731 +• 4
130, 684 +1. 6
33,806 + 2.4
50, 788 —2. 7
531,905 - . 6
1,430
- .8
23, 396 -1 .3
3
847 +27.2
18, 706 +41.0
19
11
1, 766 + 7.7
1,047 -1 .9
26,848 + 4.7
27,070 -12 .4
14
1,860 + 1.9
32, 795 -11 .4
7
630 —2. 2
69 11,960 -2 . 7
17
793 -2 .8
13,511 -7 .5
240,114 + 5.2
12, 564 -22 .5
439 75,554 + 1.0 1,355,553
- .3
38,972
13 2,632 + 1.6
6,313
5
365 -3 .0
63,623
15 2,193 +12.3
81,120
25 4,706 + 2.6
24,338
13 1,064 - . 2
387 77,652 + .6 1, 574,993
94, 999
31 3, 721 + 5.5
+ 2.3
-2 .5
+21.9
+ 5.3
-11 .7
+ 4.0
-5 .2
N um Per A m ount
ber on cent
age of pay roll
payrol] change
week)
N o from (1Novem
vember Octo
ber
1934
1934 ber 1934
Per
cent
age
change
from
Octo
ber 1934
-3 .0
32 9,195
53 6,083
20 1, 982
27 2,361
137 28, 641
15
N um
ber of
estab
lish
m ents
6
29
302
5, 705
—4.4
+ 1.2
$7,112
183, 755
—6.0
+ 2.0
9
4
23
5
7
206
23
1, 622
251
260
+ 1.0
+ 4.5
—2. 6
-4 . 2
+ 4.8
4, 279
347
37, 683
3,875
7, 067
—5. 6
-4 .1
—8. 7
-6 .6
+7.7
4
33
10.8
959
-10 .4
4
4
95 +21.8
108 -9 .2
2, 460
2,509
+18.8
-17.7
6
54
61 —11.6
5, 539 -3 .9
772
132, 252
-12. 2
-7 .1
19
768
+ 1.3
18,429
+ .5
14
7,675
-4 .6
255,474
- 6.4
8
6
472
216
-5 .0
+ 6.9
10,044
5, 571
-1 0 .2
-1 1 .3
33
Table 10.—Comparison of Employment and Pay Rolls in Identical Establish
ments in October and November 1934, By States—Continued
£Figures in italics are not compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, b ut are taken from reports issued by
cooperating State organizations]
Public utilities
State
N um
ber of
estab
lish
m ents
P er
N um cent
ber on age ofAmount
roll
pay roll change (1pay
week)
N o from
vember Octo November
1934
1934 ber
1934
Hotels
Per
cent
age
change
from
Octo
ber
1934
A labam a_________
89 1,878 +8.2
$39, 651 -4 .6
Arizona__________
69 1, 605 + .4
38, 346 -2 .0
Arkansas________
26 1,251 +2.2
28,976 - . 5
C alifo rn ia.____995, 622 -3 .6
40 35, 749 - . 2
Colorado_________ 211 5,842 - . 9
147, 316 -3 .7
233, 596 - . 3
Connecticut-......... 110 7,806 - . 8
D elaw are. ______
29 1,133 -3 .8
31,192 -7 .5
D istrict of Colum
22 9,821 -1 .9
bia------------------268, 262 -4 .5
Florida__________ 186 5,081 + 1.5
122,158 -2 .4
Georgia--------------- 186 7,331 + .6
193, 362 -2 .0
57
797 -3 .9
15, 955 -4 .8
Idaho ......................
85 71, 839 -1 .2 2, 035,100 -3 .1
Illinois ....................
136 9,314 -1 .7
Indiana................
233, 255 -1 .8
Iow a_____________ 476 9, 447 - 1 .5
218, 367 -2 .1
K ansas__________ 13165 7,325 +00
175, 808 -1 .0
K entucky________ 283 6, 561 - . 6
147,134 -4 .1
Louisiana________ 151 5, 737 - . 4
138, 649 -2 .5
M aine___________ 170 2,945 -2 .4
79, 625 - . 6
M aryland________
372,084 +.19
H 12, 750 + .4
M assachusetts___ 13127 45,979 - . 7 1,300,682 -1 .0
849,906 -6 .4
M ichigan............... 409 29, 287 - . 5
M innesota_______ 235 12, 742 -1 .1
335,817 -1 .2
M ississippi_______ 191 1,980 -1 .4
40, 531 -1 .8
M issouri_________ 262 20,808 - 1 .0
559, 503 -3 .6
M ontana________
113 2,261 + 3.8
66,169 + .5
N ebraska________ 356 5, 596 - . 5
137,865 -3 .8
412 + 3.0
N evada____ _____
38
11, 923 - . 7
63, 686 +• 2
New H am pshire-. 141 2, 367 + 1.7
614,498 -6 .9
New Jersey ........... 266 21,084 -1 .3
642 - 3 .2
54
12, 951 -5 .4
New M exico_____
New Y ork..........
859 114, 921 - . 2 3,729, 538 - . 6
N orth C arolina__
97 1,952 -2 .4
41, 712 -6 .2
31,998 -4 .9
N orth D akota____ 182 1, 362 -1 .9
Ohio_____________ 431 35, 750 - . 5
959, 216 -1 .8
148,992 -3 .9
O klahoma............. . 269 6,533 + .6
Oregon...................- 183 5, 740 _(8)
157,319 -2 .9
Pennsylvania____ 728 54,465 - . 6 1,564,254 + .4
47 5, 535 -1 .6
165, 364 -1 .1
Rhode Island____
76 1,789 + 7.2
36, 298 -2 .9
South Carolina___
South D akota____ 129 1,059 -2 .0
25,301 -6 .0
110, 216 -4 .6
Tennessee________ 247 4,935 - . 4
234,556 - . 9
Texas____________ 875 8,750 -4 .9
U tah____________
38, 664 -6 .1
70 1,887 -3 .5
V erm ont_________ 127 1,489 -3 .5
36, 252 -1 .7
141,799 - 6 .0
V irginia................... 178 5,944 - . 8
288,353 +• 5
W ashington.......... 199 10, 297 + 2.4
171, 638 -2 .9
W est Virginia____ 120 7,092 + 1.6
Wisconsin_______ w 41 10,926 - . 6
328, 849 -1 .8
500 + 1.4
11, 662 -3 .9
W yoming________
49
s Less than Mo of 1 percent.
10 No change.
11 N ot available.
N um
ber of
estab
lish
m ents
N um
ber on
pay roll
No
vember
1934
Per
cent A m ount
age of pay roll
change (1 week)
from N ovem
Octo ber 1934
ber 1934
21 1,199 + 2.0
21
634 +25.0
783 -1 .7
28
+. 1
174 9,400
51 1, 324 -9 .7
29 1, 353 + .2
4
271 + .7
46 4,287 -2 .0
66 1,575 +33.9
36 1,450 + .9
421 + 1.9
19
12 238 14,645
-7 .9
64 2,942 -1 .5
54 2,290 + 1.5
32
824 + .2
33 1, 879 -5 .4
20 2,087 + 6.8
624 -3 .4
17
729 +6.3
20
67 6,082 + .7
90 5, 380 - . 2
68 3,185 +• 1
477 -2 .7
17
- .9
89 5,141
574 + 1.4
36
37 1,623
+. 1
17
259 -13.1
12
258 -27 .3
76 3,982 - 7 .0
369 - . 8
17
214 29, 057 + .4
37 1, 676 + 4.7
280 + 1.1
17
127 9,273 + . 8
46 1,442 -2 .6
63 1, 402 -1 .8
152 9,925 - 1 .2
366 - . 5
10
343 + 6.5
15
341 + 1.2
20
37 2,492 +1.8
.0
41 3,111 -1
504 (10)
14
344 -22. 5
16
- .4
35 2,124
88 2,630 -4 .9
37 1,249 + .7
42 1,417 +• 1
12
100 -1 .0
$10,417
9, 442
7,588
149,049
17, 810
17,899
3, 698
67, 653
15,262
12, 070
4, 928
219, 270
31,113
21,877
9,056
18, 742
23, 521
8,006
9,082
88, 070
67, 792
38, 702
3, 799
62, 964
7,874
17, 700
3, 676
3,021
51, 689
3, 646
463, 769
14,302
2,918
121, 263
15, 907
18, 088
134, 557
5,127
3,025
4,034
21,362
40,962
6,440
3, 411
22,845
31,837
13, 562
(“1, )364
12 Includes restaurants.
steam railways.
14 Includes railways and express.
13 Includes
Per
cent
age
change
from
Octo
ber 1934
+ 4.0
+28.7
+4.5
+1.7
-7 .6
-1 . 5
+ 1.4
-1 .8
+25.7
+ .7
- .5
-8 .2
-2 .4
+ 3.4
+2.5
-9 .6
+• 8
-3 .8
+7.4
+1.2
-1 .7
+ 1.0
-1 .7
+ .3
+ •7
+ 3.4
-10. 6
-25 .4
-2 .4
-2 .3
+ 1.4
+ 3.8
+ 1.3
+ 1.3
-1 .4
-2 .0
- .1
-1 .5
+ 5.4
- .4
- .2
-2 .1
-1 .1
-24 .7
- 1 .2
- 1 .9
- .2
- .9
34
Table 10.—Comparison of Employment and Pay Rolls in Identical Establish
ments in October and November 1934, by States—Continued
(Figures in italics are not compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, but are taken from reports issued by
cooperating State organizations]
Dyeing and cleaning
Laundries
State
A labam a..
Arizona___
A rkansas..
California.
Colorado..
Connecticut.........
D elaware_______
D istrict of Colum
bia____________
Florida_________
Georgia_________
Idaho___
Illinois...
Indiana _
Iow a___
K ansas..
K entucky..............
Louisiana_______
M a in e ............ .. .
M aryland_______
M assachusetts...
M ichigan__
M in n eso ta..
M ississippi..
M issouri___
M ontana___
N ebraska_______
N evada____ ____
New H am pshire .
New Jersey_____
New M exico........
New Y ork_____
N orth C arolina.
N orth D akota. _
Ohio___________
O klahom a_____
Oregon________
P en n sylv ania...
Rhode Is la n d ...
South Carolina..
South D akota...
Tennessee..
Texas..........
U ta h .......
V erm ont...
Virginia___
W ashington__
~West Virginia..
W isconsin____
"Wyoming........ .
Per
N um cent Amount
N um ber
on age of pay roll
ber of pay roll
estab No change
from (1 week)
lish
Octo November
1934
ments vember
1934 ber
1934
18
12
15
1*50
33
-4 .6
332 +3.8
- 2 .5
8,552 - . 3
1,156
1,570
2, 794
24 1,104
22 2,134
310
16
is 76 3,613
44 1,892
31 1,176
921
16 40
1,695
458
581
1,751
5,232
2,999
1,610
146
2,890
338
947
286
17
31 2, 588
4
196
72 6,983
12
661
213
9
77 3,939
902
22
12
340
38 2, 757
22 1,105
444
10
126
6
14 1,282
29 1,790
12
663
156
7
24 1, 094
15
617
649
19
is 28
21
8 Less than Mo of 1 percent.
10 No change.
15 Includes dyeing and cleaning.
- 3 .2
+ 1.5
- 3 .0
+1.0
-
1.5
-
2.1
-
2.1
1.8
-2 .5
+• 1
-
1.0
1.6
-1 .9
-2 .7
-
-
2 .0
2.6
+7.9
-
1. 0
-2( 10.7)
- 3 .6
- 1.6
+ .5
-
1.1
1.2
( 10)
- .9
-1 .3
- .2
- 3 .9
- 1.8
- .3
- 2 .5
-
2.6
-
1.8
-
6.6
- 3 .4
-1 .4
Per
cent
age
change
from
Octo
ber
1934
-5 .5
+ 4.4
-2 .7
- .9
4, 201
4, 854
62,687
14,605
25, 306
5, 208
43, 729
11,327
23, 548
4, 644
58,775
25,674
15, 330
-
1.2
2.1
-
2.6
-
2.6
+-2(8).4
-
2.2
- .6
-3 .2
-
2.2
2.0
1.1
+ 8.7
-1 .9
-1 .7
-
1.8
- 2 .7
-1 .3
- .1
- 3 .0
+1.2
- .3
- 3 .6
+ .3
- 2.8
-
2.1
- .2
-11 .3
- 3 .2
- 3 .0
-3 .3
-1 .1
+ 1.6
-
10.1
P er
cent Amount
age of pay roll
change (1 week)
from Novem
Octo ber 1934
ber 1934
Per
cent
age
change
from
Octo
ber 1934
$932
” 438
4, 277
6, 432
1,091
1,875
1, 062
2,197
- 7 .6
"+I."2
—9.4
- 7 .7
- 9 .7
-5 .9
- 4 .7
-9 .6
11, 244
2,289
-3.2
-2.5
695
127
-. 1
- .9
-5 .6
- .9
21,212
N um
ber on
pay roll
No
vember
1934
67 - 8 .2
"28" ’+3." 7'
230 —9. 4
317 -3 .6
57 - 5 .0
111 -4 .3
76 + 2.7
172 - 9 .0
- 1 .4
- 2 .5
+ 2.4
- 4 .9
- 1 .4
-
1 2 ,2 0 1
4,862
7,938
25,879
84,821
42,946
25,904
1,298
38, 415
5,806
13, 295
4,180
40, 231
3,159
123,953
7,100
3, 275
62, 215
10,856
5, 406
42, 287
18,496
3,975
1,540
12, 767
22, 255
9,817
1,882
13, 096
11,078
9, 025
12, 912
2,318
N um
ber of
estab
lish
ments
10
1.0
-
6.6
283
72
172
208
2,080
- 1 .4
-8 .9
- 9 .0
- 5 .9
516
63
1,078
53
139
” 85
217
-
6 .8
8.0
- 7 .4
- 6 .5
-3 .6
- 5 .4
- 7 .6
- 2 .3
-2.3
633
138
- 3 .7
210 - 5 .4
93 - 7 .0
1,580 - 6.8
325 -1 3 .3
2,122
-
2 .8
( 10)
166
477
156
76
238
242
- 5 .5
-4 .3
1 1 .6
-
-6 .3
-
2.8
( 10 )
3,951
1,141
2,835
3, 451
36,276
17, 055
8,881
940
17, 320
1,044
2,168
1,431
4,663
11,965
1,902
38, 585
2,648
1,718
26,309
5,429
992
722
2, 226
7,955
2,784
1,106
6,131
4,099
3,382
- 1 .7
-
6.2
20.2
- 8 .5
- 6 .4
- 8.2
- 7 .0
- 9 .9
- 2 .2
-1 0 .3
-
12.6
6.0
- 6 .4
-
8.1
- 6 .4
-
11.8
-
12.8
-1 4 .0
20.6
- 5 .7
+ .6
- 5 .6
- 6.6
- 8 .7
-1 5 .2
- 9 .9
-1 2 .4
- 6 .3
-
+2.6
35
Table 10.—Comparison of Employment and Pay Rolls in Identical Establish
ments in October and November 1934, by States—Continued
[Figures in italics are not compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, b ut are taken from reports issued
by cooperating State organizations]
Banks, brokerage, insurance, and real estate
State
Percent A m ount Percentage
ber
age
roll change
N um ber onN um
pay roll change of(1pay
from
w^eek)
of estab November
from
October
November
lishm ents
October
1934
1934
1934
1934
A labam a__________________________________
Arizona___________________________________
A rkansas________ ________________________
California______ _ _ _______ ________ ..
C olorado.. ---------------------------------------------Connecticut--------- ----------- ---------------------Delaware_______________________ _____ ____
D istrict of Columbia ------------------------------Florida_____________________ _____ ______
Georgia____________________________________
Idaho------------ ----------------------- -----------------Illinois_______________ _____ ______________
Indiana----- ---------------------------------------- ------Iow a_________________________________ ____
K ansas___ ______ __________________________
K entucky------ ------------------------------ ----------Louisiana----------------- -------- -----------------------M aine------------------------------------------------------M a r y la n d .----------------------------------------M assachusetts-------------------------------------------M ich igan ..._______________________________
M innesota_________________________________
M ississippi..____ _ _________ ___________
M issouri_______________ _________ _______
M o n ta n a ............ - ______ _____ __________
N ebraska--------------------------------------------------N ev ad a.. .......... ........... .......... .........................
New H am pshire___________________________
New Jersey__________ ___________________
New Mexico_________________ ____________
New Y ork_________________________ _______
N orth Carolina----------------------------------- ------N orth D akota____ _ _____________________
Ohio__ ________ _ _______________________
O klahom a._______________________________
Oregon_______________________________ ____
Pennsylvania_____________________ ________
Rhode Island______________________________
South Carolina____________________ ____ _
South D akota______________________ ______
Tennessee_________________________ _______
Texas________________ _______________ ___
U tah ______ _____ __________________________
V erm ont_________________________ ________
V irginia___________________________________
W ashington_______ _____ __________________
W est Virginia-------- -----------------------------------W isconsin_____________________ ____ ______
W yom ing_________________________________
8 Less than Ho of 1 percent.
i° No change.
16 Does not include brokerage and real estate.
31
18
21
1,165
49
76
16
43
26
67
16
106
61
18
16152
26
21
22
38
18152
197
58
16
167
27
18
3
36
149
17
1, 075
32
38
304
33
19
725
77
13
32
36
57
23
30
71
47
50
40
13
563
237
249
22, 410
1, 436
2,020
551
1, 430
852
1, 364
139
11, 255
1,403
975
943
888
369
288
1, 209
3,234
6,888
4,628
196
6,210
247
544
13
449
13,801
105
66,106
624
272
8, 074
518
806
23,311
1, 769
129
257
1,104
1,873
595
233
1, 593
1, 937
655
1,110
117
+ 0.5
-1(10)1 .9
+ 1.0
-. 1
- .8
- .9
+ .5
+1.1
- 1 .7
(10)
1
+ .1
- .8
+ .2
- .6
- .5
+2.1
- 1 .7
+ .5
- .6
-1 .7
+ .5
- .4
- .8
+•
(10) 4
+. 9
++01.9
)
- .5
(10)
-1 .1
+ .9
- 2 .4
+ .8
+ .1
(10)- . 1
- .8
+ .3
+ .2
- 1 .5
- .9
- .6
+ .2
- .2
+ .1
- .8
$16, 047
5,519
6,110
744,816
46,124
71,154
19,890
52, 268
26, 323
40, 251
3,431
393, 446
46, 355
31, 047
30,422
31, 590
14, 224
7, 723
41,918
92,246
216, 042
129,928
4, 349
169, 580
7, 350
17, 901
443
10,892
421, 010
2,784
2,102, 560
16, 547
6, 584
267, 629
15,660
27, 575
724,746
70, 213
3,915
6, 382
37, 364
50,542
20, 297
6,875
50, 393
55, 559
19, 348
38,153
3, 584
+ 0.3
(10)-4 . 5
+ 2.7
- .6
+ .1
- .4
+ 1.1
+ 1 .2
-1 .9
+. 4
+ ( 8)
+ .9
- .7
+ .5
- .2
+ .9
-4 .9
+1. 7
(10)
+ .4
- 1 .6
+ .8
+ .4
+ 4.7
+ .2
- .2
-11 .9
-9 .1
- .1
+. 2
- .9
- .9
+ .5
-1 .4
+ 1.3
+ .2
+ .2
+ .5
- .7
+ .2
+ .1
+• 1
+ 1.6
- .5
+. 7
+ 1.8
+1.2+ .7
36
Employment and Pay Rolls in J^ovember 1934 in Cities of Over
500,000 Population
F l u c t u a t i o n s in employment and pay-roll totals in November
1934 as compared with October 1934 in 13 cities of the United States
having a population of 500,000 or over are presented in table 11.
These changes are computed from reports received from identical
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,
excluding building construction, reports have also been secured from
other establishments in these cities for inclusion in these totals.
Information concerning employment in building construction is not
available for all cities at this time and therefore has not been included.
Table 11.—Fluctuations in Em ploym ent and Pay Rolls in October 1934 as
Com pared W ith Novem ber 1934
Cities
N um ber of N um ber on pay roll
establish
m ents re
porting in
October November
both
1934
1934
m onths
New York C ity _____
Chicago, 111...................
Philadelphia, P a ____
D etroit, M ich*______
Los Angeles, Calif___
Cleveland, Ohio_____
S t. Louis, M o_______
Baltimore, M d ............
Boston, M ass_______
Pittsburgh, P a ______
San Francisco, C alif..
Buffalo, N .'Y .............
M ilwaukee, W is_____
16,866
3, 975
2,880
1, 588
2,538
2,191
2,519
1,414
3, 700
1, 527
1, 595
1, 020
867
598, 782
355,004
211, 570
213,842
105,170
123, 290
120, 506
81, 992
157, 731
121,085
66, 689
60, 280
64,023
594,889
347, 832
212, 065
214,858
104,493
121.028
120, 480
80, 416
157, 016
120,444
65, 808
59,803
64, 707
of pay roll (1
Percent A m ountweek)
Percentage
age
Ohq/ngP.
change from
October
from
1934
October October November
1934
1934
1934
- 0 .7 $15, 416, 688 $15, 267, 409
- 2 .0 8, 451,131 8,158,180
+ .2 4,814,022 4,801,932
+ .5 5, 029,833 5, 074,161
- . 6 2, 513,147 2,443,838
-_(2)
1 .8 2,716,109 2, 666,770
2, 541, 924 2,475,119
- 1 .9 1,609,390 1, 582, 491
- . 5 3, 564,190 3, 543, 523
- . 5 2, 540, 641 2, 522,132
- 1 .3 1, 652, 470 1, 630, 063
- . 8 1, 293, 601 1, 279,127
+1.1 1, 395,333 1, 415, 770
- 1 .0
- 3 .5
- .3
+ .9
- 2 .8
-1 .8
- 2 .6
- 1 .7
-0 .6
- .7
- 1 .4
-1 .1
+ 1.5
1 September-October data revised to 1,582 establishments, 227,781 employees in September, 197,785 in
October, and a decrease of 13.2 percent; $4,930,556 in September, $4,610,527 in October, and a decrease of
6.5 percent.
2 Less than Ho of 1 percent.
Employment on Class I Steam Railroads in the United States
R e p o r t s of the Interstate Commerce Commission for class I rail
roads show that the number of employees, exclusive of executives
and officials, decreased from 999,729 on October 15, 1934, to 967,251
(preliminary) on November 15, 1934, or 3.2 percent. Data are not
yet available concerning total compensation of employees for No
vember 1934. The latest pay-roll information available shows an
increase from $121,368,674 in September 1934 to $127,411,527 in
October 1934, or 5 percent.
The monthly trend of employment from January 1923 to November
1934 on class I railroads—that is, all roads having operating revenues
of $1,000,000 or over—is shown by index numbers published in table
37
12. These index numbers, constructed by the Interstate Commerce
Commission, are based on the 3-year average, 1923-25 as 100, and
cover all employees.
Table 12.—Indexes of Em ploym ent on Class I Steam R ailroads in the U nited
States, January 1923 to November 1934
[3-year average, 1923-25=100]
M onth
January--------------------February ____ ______
M arch_________ ____
April________________
M ay ________________
J u n e ... - ___________
Ju ly -------------------------A ugust----------------Septem ber___________
O cto ber..------ ----------N ovem ber___________
Decem ber___________
Average------------
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934
98.4 96.7 95.5 95.6 95.2 89.1 88.0 86.1 73.5 61.1 53.0 54.1
98.6 96.9 95.3 95.8 95.0 88.7 88.6 85.2 72.6 60.2 52.7 54.6
100.4 97.3 95.1 96. 5 95.6 89.7 89.8 85.3 72.7 60. 5 51.5 55.9
101.9 98.8 96. 5 98.6 97. 1 91.5 91.9 86.7 73.4 59.9 51.8 56.9
104.8 99.1 97.7 100.0 99.1 94.4 94.6 88.3 73.8 59.6 52.5 58.5
107.1 97.9 98.5 101.3 100.7 95.8 95.8 86.3 72.7 57.7 53.6 59.0
108.2 98.0 99.3 102.6 100.7 95.4 96.3 84.5 72.3 56.3 55.4 58.7
109.2 98.9 99.5 102.4 99.2 95.5 97.1 83.5 71.0 54.9 56.8 57.8
107.7 99.6 99.7 102.5 98.8 95.1 96.5 82.0 69.2 55.7 57.7 57.0
107.1 100.7 100.4 103.1 98.5 95.2 96.6 80.2 67.6 56.9 57.4 i 56.6
105.0 98.9 98.9 101.0 95.5 92.7 92.8 76.9 64.4 55.8 55.8 1 54.8
99.1 96.0 96.9 98.0 91.7 89.5 88.5 74.8 62.5 54.7 54.0
104.0 98.2 97.8 99.8 97.3 92.7 93.1 83.3 70.6 57.8 54.4 2 56.7
i Prelim inary.
Source: Interstate Com m erce Commission.
2 Average
for 11 m onths.
Employment and Pay Rolls in the Federal Service, ?slovember 1934
E m p l o y m e n t in the executive departments of the Federal service
is still increasing. November registered a gain of 505 employees as
compared with October. Comparing November 1934 with the
corresponding month of the preceding year, there was a rise in em
ployment of 20,696.
Information concerning employment in the executive departments
is collected by the Civil Service Commission from the various de
partments and offices of the United States Government. The figures
are tabulated by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Employment data for the legislative, judicial, and military services
are collected and compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Table 13 shows the number of employees in the executive depart
ments of the Federal Government. Data for employees working in
the District of Columbia are shown separately. Approximately 13
percent of the employees in the executive departments are in the city
of Washington.
38
Table 13.—Employees in the Executive Service of the U nited States, Novem ber
1933 and October 1934 and Novem ber 1934
D istrict of Columbia
Item
Outside the D istrict
E ntire service
Perm a Tem po Total Perm a Tem po Total Perm a Tem po Total
nent rary
nent rary i
nent rary i
N um ber of employees:
N ovem ber 1933........ ......... 65,830 7,301 73,131 464,480 68,038 532, 518 530,310 75, 339 605, 649
October 1934....................... 84,891 8,431 93,322 502,157 88,026 590,183 587,048 96, 457 683, 505
N ovember 1934_________ 85, 689 8,138 93,827 502,952 78, 663 581,615 588, 641 86,801 675, 442
Gain or loss:
N ovember 1933 to N o
vem ber 1934__________ +19,859 +837 +20, 696 +38,472 +10,625 +49,097 +58, 331 +11,462 +69, 793
October 1934 to N ovem
ber 1934..____________ +798 -293 +505 +795 -9 , 363 -8 , 568 +1, 593 -9 , 656 -8,063
Percentage change:
Novem ber 1933 to No
vem ber 1934__________ +30.17 +11. 46 +28. 30 +8.28 +15. 62 +9. 22 +11.00 +15. 21 +11. 52
October 1934 to Novem
ber 1934______________ +0. 94 - 3 . 48 +0. 46 +0.16 -10.64 -1 .4 5 +0. 27 -10 . 01 -1 .1 8
Labor turn-over, N ovember
1934:
Additions 2_____________ 2,488
996 3, 484 6, 335 17, 661 23, 996 8,823 18, 657 27, 480
Separations 2___________
957 1, 543 2, 500 5, 530 27,178 32, 708 6, 487 28, 721 35, 208
Turn-over rate per 100„.
1.12 12.02 2. 67 1.10 21.19 4.10 1.10 19.31 4. 04
1 N ot including field employees of the Post Office D epartm ent or 43,110 employees hired under letters of
authorization of the Agriculture D epartm ent, with a pay roll of $1,641,597.
2 N ot including employees transferred w ithin the G overnm ent service, as such transfers should not be
regarded as labor turn-over.
Employment in the District of Columbia showed a gain of 505, or
one-half of 1 percent, comparing November with October. Com
paring November 1934 with November 1933, however, there was a
rise of more than 20,000, or over 28.3 percent, in the number of
employees.
During the month of November there were 3,484 additions to the
Federal pay roll and 2,500 separations. This is a turn-over rate of
2.67 percent per 100 employees.
Comparing November with October, there was a decrease of 8,568
employes, or 1.45 percent, in the executive departments outside the
city of Washington. Comparing November with the same month
of the previous year, there was an increase of 49 097 employees, or
9.22 percent.
Table 14 shows employment in the executive departments of the
United States Government by months, January to November 1934,
inclusive.
Table 14.—Em ploym ent in the Executive D epartm ents of the U nited States by
M onths, 1934
M onths
D istrict DO utside
of Co ofistrict
Co
lum bia lum
bia
January____________
F ebruary---------------M arch________ ____
A pril______________
M ay _______________
Ju n e ----------------------
78,045
79,913
81, 569
83,850
85,939
87,196
530,094
531,839
541,990
560, 258
573,147
573,898
Total
M onths
608,139
611, 752
623, 559
644,108
659,086
661,094
Ju ly ______________
A ugust—........ .
Septem ber________
October—. .......... .
N ovem ber..............._
D istrict DOutside
of Co ofistrict
Co
lum bia lum
bia
87,978
91,065
92, 557
93, 322
93,827
583, 531
585, 772
589, 280
590,183
581, 615
Total
671, 509
676.837
681.837
683, 505
675, 442
39
There has been an increase of 67,303 in the number of employees
in the executive service since December 31, 1933. The number of
employees in the District of Columbia has increased 20.2 percent,
while the number outside has increased 9.7 percent.
Table 15 shows the number of employees and amounts of pay
rolls in the various branches of the United States Government
during October and November 1934.
Table 15.—Em ploym ent and P ay Rolls for the U nited States G overnm ent,
October and Novem ber 1934
N um ber of employees
Branch of service
N ovem ber
T o ta l.......................................................... .................
Executive service------------------------ -------- -------M ilitary service_______________ ____ ________
Judicial service_______________________________
Legislative service_____________________ _____ _
October
953, 597
675, 442
272, 572
1,885
3, 698
A m ount of pay roll
Novem ber
959, 541 $123,929,825
683, 505 100, 715, 284
270, 490 21, 786, 447
451, 653
1,846
3, 700
976, 441
October
$123, 263, 417
101,888, 573
19, 945, 777
453, 217
975,850
There were slight increases in the executive, military, and judicial
services, comparing November with October. The legislative serv
ice remains stationary.
Table 16 shows the number of employees and amounts of pay
rolls for all branches of the United States Government by months,
December 1933 to November 1934, inclusive.
Table 16.—Em ploym ent and P ay Rolls for the U nited States Governm ent,
Decem ber 1933 to Novem ber 1934
Executive service
M onth
1933
December ..........................
1934
January ...............................
F ebruary______________
M arc h .........................
A pril....................................
M ay______ ____________
Ju ne.................... ....... .........
Ju ly ___________ _____ A ugust________ _______
Septem ber__________
October_______ _____
N ovem ber____ ____ ___
* Revised.
M ilitary service
Judicial service
Legislative
service
N um ber A m ount N um ber A m ount Number A m ount Number A m o u nt
of em
of pay
of em of pay of em of pay of em of pay
ployees
roll
ployees
roll
ployees roll ployees roll
608,670 $82,011,601 263,622 $17,656,909
608,139
611, 752
623, 559
644,108
659,086
661,094
671, 509
676,837
681,837
683, 505
675,442
77,450,498
83, 524, 296
84,837,493
85,090, 283
89, 577,479
91, 540,629
i 95,184,175
i 98,467, 579
99,152, 554
101, 888, 573
100,715, 284
262,942
263,464
266, 285
266,923
266,864
267, 038
268,257
268, 712
269,489
270, 490
272, 572
18,499, 516
19, 532,832
19,050,158
18,816,636
19, 216,150
19, 539,020
20, 391, 629
20, 501,900
20,855,093
19,945, 777
21,786,447
1,872 $432,435
3,864 $886, 781
1,780
1,742
1,854
1,904
1,913
1, 881
1,750
1,690
1, 777
1, 846
1, 885
3,845
3,852
3,867
3, 865
3,862
3,878
3,713
3, 723
3, 721
3, 700
3, 698
417,000
430, 843
443, 505
432,401
442, 896
439,170
434,736
439, 014
486, 410
453, 217
451, 653
871, 753
926,363
928,368
926,484
940,666
944, 758
978,908
977, 966
976, 516
975,851
976,441
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Employment Created by Public Wor\s Adm inistration Fund,
J^ovember 1934
N e a r l y 470,000 workers were provided with employment at the
site of Public Works Administration construction projects during the
month ending November 15, 1934. Monthly pay rolls for these
workers aggregated nearly $29,000,000. The aggregate number of
man-hours worked on Public Works Administration construction proj
ects during the month ending November 15 totaled nearly 46,500,000.
Orders were placed during the month for material valued at over
$56,000,000. The hourly earnings of workers averaged 62 cents dur
ing November. This construction is financed wholly or in part from
P. W. A. funds.
Employment on Construction Projects, by Type of Project
T a b l e 17 shows, by type of project, employment, pay rolls, and
man-hours worked during the month of November 1 1934 on Federal
construction projects financed by the Public Works Administration
fund.
Table 17.— Em ploym ent and P ay Rolls on Federal Projects Financed from
Public W orks Funds, Novem ber 1934
[Subject to revision]
T ype of project
N um ber
of wage
earners
A m ount
of pay
rolls
N um ber
of manhours
worked
All projects____ _ _ ________ - ___ ______ 326, 342 $19, 280,633 32, 716, 504
Building construction............................................... 22, 335 1, 517, 638 1,953,035
Public roads_________________ ______ - ______ 180, 677 7, 630,484 15, 284,567
River, harbor, and flood control ____________
54,127 3,989, 271 6, 422,647
Streets and roads 1___________________________ 11,927
537,200 1,037, 843
N aval vessels__________ ____________ _____
20, 353 2, 366,125 2, 803, 717
Reclam ation_____________ ______ _____ __ 18, 960 1, 770, 745 2, 870, 904
Forestry_________________ ______ _____ ..
2, 388
199, 831
267, 206
W ater and sewerage_____________ _____
1,228
82, 809
55, 262
14, 347 1, 214, 077 1, 993, 776
Miscellaneous
Average
earnings
per hour
Value of
m aterial
orders
placed
$0. 589 $42, 208,417
. 777 3,073, 465
.499 11, 300, 000
.621 7, 707, 258
528,155
. 518
.844 2, 277,154
. 617 16,197, 363
118,827
. 748
110, 467
.667
895, 728
.609
1 Other than those reported by the Bureau of Public Roads.
Federal projects are financed entirely by allotments made by the
Public Works Administration to the various departments and agencies
of the Federal Government. The construction work is done either
by commercial firms to whom contracts are awarded by the Federal
agencies or by day labor hired directly by such agencies.
More than 326,000 people were working at the site of Federal
construction projects financed from the P. W. A. fund. This is a
decrease of a little more than 20,000 as compared with October.
Decreases occurred in employment in road building, building con
i W henever the m onth of N ovember is spoken of in this study it is assumed to mean the m onth ending
November 15.
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struction, river, harbor, and flood-control work, forestry projects,
and miscellaneous work. Increases in employment were registered
in the construction of naval vessels, reclamation projects, and water
and sewerage systems. Earnings per hour averaged 59 cents as
compared with 60 cents in October. Workers on naval vessels
showed the highest earnings per hour, 84 cents. Road workers
averaged 50 cents per hour. The value of materials for which orders
were placed during November totaled more than $42,000,000.
Table 18 shows, by type of project, employment, pay rolls, and
man-hours worked during the month of November on non-Federal
construction projects financed from the Public Works Administration
fund.
Table 18.—Em ploym ent and Pay Rolls on Non-Federal Projects Financed From
Public W orks Funds, Novem ber 1934
[Subject to revision]
T ype of project
N um ber A m ount of N um ber of Average
of wage pay rolls man-hours earnings
earners
worked per hour
All projects________ ________________ _____ __ 121,845 $7, 906, 966 11, 221, 771
B uilding construction________________________ 43, 681 3, 111, 490 3, 544,078
Streets and roads______________ ________ ____ 20,007 1,025, 998 1,659,161
W ater and sewerage_________ ___________ ____ 36, 649 2,154,978 3,153,130
Railroad construction__________ ____________ 20,425 1, 534, 516 2, 765, 527
M iscellaneous________________________ ______
1,083
79,984
99,875
Value of
m aterial
orders
placed
$0. 705 $13, 629, 781
.878 6, 438, 204
. 618 2, 040, 647
. 683 4, 350, 793
. 555
591, 609
.801
208, 528
Non-Federal projects are financed by allotments made by the
Public Works Administration to a State, or political subdivisions
thereof, or in some cases to commercial firms. In the case of allot
ments to States and their political subdivisions, the Public Works
Administration makes a direct grant of not more than 30 percent of
the total construction cost. The public agency to which the loan
is made finances the other 70 percent. In some instances the 70
percent is obtained as a loan from the Public Works Administration.
In others, the loan is obtained from outside sources. Where the
Public Works Administration makes a loan, it charges interest and
specifies the time in which the loan must be repaid in full.
No grants are made to commercial firms. Commercial allotments
consist entirely of loans. The large percentage of commercial allot
ments have been made to railroads. Railroad work falls under
three headings: First, construction, such as electrification, laying of
rails and ties, repairs to buildings, etc.; second, building and repairing
of locomotives and passenger and freight cars in railroad shops;
third, the building of locomotives and passenger and freight cars in
commercial shops.
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Data concerning employment created by railroad construction is
shown in table 18. Employment in railroad car and locomotive
shops is shown in table 21, page 43. Employment in commercial
car and locomotive shops is shown in table 22, page 44.
November employment on non-Federal projects aggregated nearly
122,000, which is a decrease of 10,000 as compared with October.
There were decreases in the number of employees on all types of
construction comparing November with October. However, there
was an increase in the number of man-hours worked and a gain in
disbursements for pay rolls. Hourly earnings averaged 70% cents
as compared with 70 cents in October.
Employment on Construction Projects, by Geographic Divisions
T a b l e 19 shows employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked
during November 1934 on Federal construction projects financed
from the Public Works Administration fund, by geographic divisions.
T able 19.—E m ploym ent and P ay Rolls on Federal Projects Financed From
Public W orks Funds, Novem ber 1934
[Subject to revision]
Wage earners
Geographic division
All divisions1____ ____ __________
New E n g la n d .....................................
M iddle A tlantic................................
E ast N orth C entral..........................
W est N orth C entral___________
South A tlantic-...................................
E ast South C entral.................. .........
W est South C entral— ......................
M ountain............................................
Pacific.............. -....................................
Outside continental U nited States.
ber of Average
A m ount of N um
an-houis earnings
N um ber Weekly pay rolls mworked
per hour
em average
ployed
Value of
m aterial
orders
placed
326,342 312,190 $19,280,633 32,716, 504
15, 306 14,950 1,169,328 1,842,582
35,811 34,878 2, 217, 692 3, 552,503
40,449 38, 558 2,428,314 3,568,079
58,414 56,339 2, 685,036 4,683,208
48,831 46,305 3, 056, 207 5,107,076
38,123 36,927 2,148,082 4,504,926
34,710 33,334 1,496,700 3,425,074
30,419 28,599 2.345, 625 3,572,027
17,860 16, 668 1,423, 694 1,834,952
284, 387
6, 226 5, 439
601,162
$42, 208, 417
901,128
2,503,863
2, 424,232
1,976, 294
2, 562,484
15, 295, 689
1,323,866
2,246,788
1,250,781
389,116
.635
.624
.681
.573
.598
.477
.437
.657
.776
.473
i Includes data for 193 wage earners which cannot be charged to any specific geographic division.
* Includes $11,300,000, estim ated value of m aterial orders placed for public-road projects which cannot be
charged to any specific geographic division.
There were more workers employed in the West North Central
States than in any other geographic division during November.
Disbursements for pay rolls, however, were higher in the South
Atlantic States. Average earnings per hour were highest in the
Pacific States and lowest in the West South Central States.
Table 20 shows employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked
during November 1934 on non-Federal projects financed from the
Public Works Administration fund, by geographic divisions.
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Table 20.—Em ploym ent and Pay Rolls on Non-Federal Projects Financed From
Public W orks Funds, November 1934
[Subject to revision]
Wage earners
Geographic division
All divisions....................................... .........
N ew E n g lan d ..____ __________ ____
M iddle A tlantic____________ ____ ___
E ast N orth C entral_______ ______ ___
W est N orth C entral_______ _________
South A tlantic______________________
E ast South C entral_______ __________
W est South C entral................................
M o u n ta in ............. ........... ..........................
Pacific______________________________
Outside continental U nited States____
Average
A m ount of N um ber of earnings
N um ber W eekly pay rolls man-hours
worked per hour
em average
ployed
121,845 102,144 $7,906,966 11,221,771
17,764 14,600 1,149,865 1, 702, 756
19,312 16,627 1, 541,908 1, 848, 204
16,146 13,172 1,150,976 1,362,479
15, 547 12, 759
871,971 1,155, 265
26, 981 23,773 1,852,161 3,106, 245
349, 755
596,817
6,710 5, 762
296, 916
497,463
6,610 5, 257
264,463
3,490 2,706
185,858
9, 048 7, 274
496,910
668,635
214
19,444
237
10, 646
Value of
m aterial
orders
placed
$0. 705 $13,629, 781
.675 1,987, 835
.834 2,907, 207
.845 2, 220,479
.755 2,116,819
.596 1,835, 651
.586
506, 363
.597
788,791
429, 087
.703
825,892
.773
.548
11,657
Of the 9 geographic divisions, non-Federal P. W. A. projects in the
South Atlantic States provided the most employment. It also
showed the highest disbursements for pay rolls. Hourly earnings
reached a high of 84% cents in the East North Central States and a
low of 59 cents in the East South Central States.
Table 21 shows employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked in
railway car and locomotive shops operated by railroads on work
financed from the Public Works Administration fund during Novem
ber 1934, by geographic divisions.
Table 21 .—Em ploym ent and Pay Rolls in R ailroad Shops on W ork Financed
From Public W orks Funds, N ovem ber 1934
[Subject to revision]
Geographic division
All divisions.......................................................... .......
New E ngland____________ _____ __________ __
M iddle A tlantic________________ ____________
E ast N orth Central__________________________
W est N orth C entral_________________________
South A tlantic______________________________
E ast South C entral__________________________
W est South Central ________________________
M ountain_____________________________ _____
Pacific ______________________________________
of
N um ber, A m ount of N um ber of Average Value
aterial
of wage pay rolls man-hours earnings morders
worked per hour placed
earners
15,323
482
3,713
2,449
1,175
839
1,360
1,690
778
2,837
$916,150
61,276
192,822
199,132
85,132
53,689
68,086
87,048
27,924
141,041
1,446,959
92,418
297,004
306,061
137,402
89,458
114,902
143,124
44,902
221, 688
$0.633
.663
.649
.651
.620
.600
.593
.608
.622
.636
$435,301
25,918
45,138
29,154
6,862
273,445
5,247
18,348
6,419
24,770
In the Middle Atlantic States there were over 3,700 railway-shop
workers and in the Pacific States more than 2,800 such employees
who were paid from the Public Works Administration fund. Work
in these railway shops provided jobs for more than 15,000 people who
were paid nearly $1,500,000 for their month's work, at the rate of
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63 cents per hour. In only one division, the East South Central,
did the earnings average less than 60 cents per hour.
Table 22 shows employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked in
commercial car and locomotive shops on contracts financed from the
Public Works Administration fund during November 1934, by
geographic divisions.
Table 22 .—Em ploym ent and Pay Rolls in Commercial Car and Locom otive
Shops on W orks Financed From Public W orks Funds, Novem ber 1934
[Subject to revision]
N um ber of A m ount of N um ber of Average
earnings
wage
pay rolls man-hours
earners
worked per hour
Geographic division
All divisions_______________________ _________________
New E ngland. ______
____ _ _________________
M iddle A tlantic__________________ __________________
E ast N orth Central ____________________ ________ _
W est N orth C entral__ ___ ___________________________
South A tla n tic ______________________________________
6,364
572
3,905
1,336
494
57
$727, 683
54,986
480, 234
149,107
37,492
5,864
1,108,961
90,890
723,112
209,595
76, 335
9,029
$0.645
.605
.664
.711
.491
.649
Outside car and locomotive builders are rapidly finishing work on
the orders which they have received from railroads to be paid for
from P. W. A. funds. However, there were still more than 6,000
workers employed during November whose hourly earnings average
64){ cents.
Table 23 shows expenditures for materials from the beginning of
the Public Works Administration program in August 1933 to Novem
ber 15, 1934, inclusive.
Table 23.—Value of M aterial Orders Placed on Public W orks Projects, by T ype
of M aterial
[Subject to revision]
Value of m aterial
orders placed
Type of m aterial
From begin
D uring
ning of pro- m onth end
grom to Oct. ing Nov. 15,
15, 1934
1934
Total _ ______________ __________________________________________________ $556,221,013
Aircraft (new)_____ _______ __________________________ ___________________
4, 284,890
A irplane p arts___________________________________________________________
4, 453,766
Alum inum m anufactures_________________________________________________
125,666
650,002
A m m unition and related products_________________________________ ____
Asbestos________________________________ ____ ____________________________
55, 556
Awnings, tents, canvas, etc__________ ____ ________________ ________ ______
154, 219
Belting, miscellaneous____________ ____________________________ _______ _
27,323
Boat building, steel and wooden (small)__________________________________
1,102, 369
Bolts, nuts, washers, etc______ ____ ____________________________ _________
1,881,162
Carpets and rugs___________________ _____ ______ ________________________
42,881
Carriages and wagnnj?,
28,893
Cast-iron pipe and fittings _____________________________________________ 8,639,941
Cem ent___ ____ ___ _______ ________ _____ ______________________________ _ 69, 592,619
Chemicals_____________________________________________________________
189,000
Clay p ro d u c ts ................................................................................................................
6, 712,144
Coal______ _________________ ______ _____ ________________________________
723,063
184,133
Compressed and liquefied gases______________ _____ ______ _______ ____ _
Concrete products____________________________ ______ ____ _______ _ _ _ 8,446, 707
Copper products____ ______ _____ _______ __ _________ __________________ _
397,444
Cordage and tw ine.............................................................................................................
195, 508
$56, 273, 499
27, 767
8, 790
12,151
1,927
8,111
839
22, 770
83, 280
1,415,192
18, 643, 257
8,162
1, 090,483
137,896
9, 925
1, 900,444
32,135
8, 984
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T able 23.—Value of M aterial Orders Placed on Public W orks Projects, by Type
of M aterial—Continued
Value of material
orders placed
T ype of m aterial
Cork products.....................................................................................................................
Cotton goods....................................................................................................................
Creosote..........................-...............................................................................................
Crushed stone............... ...................................................................................................
Doors, shutters, and window sash and frames, molding and trim (m etal)_____
Electrical m achinery, apparatus, and supplies.........................................................
Elevators and parts_________________ _______ ________ _______ ____________
Engines, turbines, tractors, w ater wheels, and windm ills.....................................
E xplosives................................... .....................................................................................
Felt goods...........................................................................................................................
F irearm s.........................................................................................................................
Forgings, iron and steel................................................. ................................... ............
Foundry and machine-shop products, not elsewhere classified______ _______
Furniture, including store and office fixtures. .......................................................
Glass.......................................................................................................................................
H ard war e, miscellaneous_________ _______ _____ ____________ _____ __ ____
Instrum ents, professional and scientific.......................................................... ..........
Jute goods...........................................................................................................................
Lighting equipm ent.......................................................................................................... .
Lim e........................................ ............................................................................................. .
Linoleum ................................ ........................................................................................
Locomotives, other than steam ...................................................................................
Locomotives, steam ........................................................................................................
L um ber and tim ber products_______________ ______ ____ ______ __________ _
M achine tools_____________________________ ________ _________ _____ _____ _
M arble, granite, slate, and other stone products_________________________
M attresses and bed springs............................................................... .............................
M eters (gas, water, etc.) and gas generators------------------------------- ------------M inerals and earths, ground or otherwise treated_______________ ____ _____
M otor vehicles, passenger........ .....................................................................................
M otor vehicles, trucks------------------------ --------------------- ------------------------------Nails and spikes________________ ____ ____________________________________
Nonferrous-metal alloys, nonferrous-metal products, except alum inum , not
elsewhere classified-............................................................... ....... .......................... ..
P aints and varnishes________________ __________ ____ _________ ___________
Paper products.................................................................. ....... ........................................
Paving materials and m ixtures.................................................................................. ..
Petroleum products............. --------- ------------------------ -.............................................
Photographic apparatus and m aterials.....................................................................
Planing mill products------------ --------------------------------------------------------- -------Plum bing supplies.............................................................................. .........................
Pum ps and pum ping equipm ent.......... .......................................................................
Radio apparatus and supplies. ...................................................................................
R ail fastenings, excluding spikes-------------------------------------- ------------------ —
Rails, steel__________________ __________ ____ ______________ _____ ________
R ailw ay cars, freight.......... .............................................................................................
Railw ay cars, m ail and e x p r e s s .----------------- --------- ------------------------------- Railw ay cars, passenger............................................................................................
Refrigerators and refrigerator cabinets, including mechanical refrigerators____
Roofing, built-up and roll; asphalt shingles; roof coatings, other than pain t___
R ubber goods......................................................................................................................
Sacks and bags....................................................................................................................
Sand and gravel____________________________________ _____________________
Sheet-metal w ork...............................................................................................................
Smelting and refining lead..... .............................................................................. ........
Smelting and refining zinc.............................................................................. -........... .
Springs, steel___________________ _______ _____ ____ ________ ______ _______
Steam and hot-water heating ap p aratu s.-........................................... -....................
Steam and other packing, pipe and boiler covering, and gaskets----------------Steel-works and rolling-mill products, other than steel rails, including struc
tural and ornam ental metal w ork----------------------------------------------------------Stoves and ranges (other than electric) and warm air furnaces-------------------Switches, railw ay______________________________________ _______ __________
Theatrical scenery and stage equipm ent____________________ ______ _______
Tools, other than machine tools___________________________ ______________
Upholstering m aterials, not elsewhere classified--------------------------- ------------W all plaster, wall board, insulating board and floor composition___________
W aste--------------------------------------- ----- ------------------------------------------------------W indow and door screens and w eather strip---- -------- ------------------------------W indow shades and fixtures--------------------------------------------------------------------Wire, draw n from purchased rods---------------- --------------------------—---------------W irework, not elsewhere classified--------------------------------- -------------------------W rought pipe, welded and heavy riveted------------------------ ------------------------O ther........ .............................................................................................................-...........
From begin
D uring
ning of pro m onth
end
gram to Oct. ing
Nov. 15,
15, 1934
1934
$46,665
70,820
469,161
21,607, 710
2,222,543
23, 500, 796
89, 824
3,629,714
2,327,620
159,818
748,990
2,912,950
61,329, 764
862,983
340,305
2,317,909
1,421,846
41, 386
1,193,034
134,133
14,347
4,959,622
6,837,064
27,940,437
3,575,371
8, 227,869
15, 771
168, 561
97, 691
323, 719
763, 485
556,388
889,436
1, 246,856
29, 622
9,477,807
16,626,927
151,124
2,817,806
4,977, 584
6, 280,499
582,882
4,900, 731
17,872,004
34,644,151
429,443
7,152,435
561,796
1,448,031
236, 503
17,188
37,114,757
1,940,978
123,942
17,983
571.958
3,141,800
510,798
79,842,874
142.959
774,631
30,101
3,190,125
86,351
1,146,005
23, 272
70,808
47,133
2,402,570
715,666
408, 244
26,759, 651
$4,368
197
100
2,037, 297
250, 405
1,633,649
86, 645
1,339, 680
200, 731
5,259
267,"953
4, 763, 691
43,897
59,605
327, 755
11,581
3,165
401,027
28,236
7,221
2,109, 037
146,277
1,173, 066
~26,555
234
72, 592
7,235
56,118
23, 514
81, 429
6,359
758,424
1,586,836
1,676
300,435
537,039
496, 756
3, 543
20, 752
29,982
9, 773
224,949
19, 707
983
3, 346,523
55, 731
8,980
52
105
659,064
25,801
6,872,971
28,673
955
180,415
12, 733
157, 562
270
3,499
2,324
251,304
83,465
23, 685
1,981, 219
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Purchase orders have been placed for materials valued at over
$612,000,000 since the inception of the Public Works Administration
program. It is estimated that the manufacture of these materials
will create 1,600,000 man-months of labor. This accounts only for
labor in the fabrication of material in the form in which it is to be used.
For example, only labor in manufacturing brick is included, not the
labor in taking the clay from the pits or in transporting the clay and
other materials used in the brick plant. In fabricating steel rails only
labor in the rolling mill is counted, not labor created in mining and
smelting the ore, nor labor in the blast furnaces, the open-hearth
furnaces, nor the blooming mills.
In order to obtain data concerning the man-months of labor created
in fabricating this material, blanks are sent to each firm receiving a
material order from the United States Government or from State
governments or political subdivisions thereof to be financed from the
Public Works fund, asking them to estimate the number of man-hours
created in their plants in manufacturing the material as specified in
the contract. For materials purchased direct by contractors on the
job, the Bureau estimates the man-months of labor created. This
estimation is made using the experience of the manufacturing plants
as shown by the Census of Manufactures.
Table 24 shows employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked by
employees since the inception of the Public Works program in August
1933 to November 1934, inclusive.
Table 24 .—Em ploym ent and P ay Rolls, August 1933 to November 1934, on
Projects Financed From Public W orks Funds
[Subject to revision]
M onth
August 1933 to N ovember 1934...........
1933
A ugust................................................ .......
Septem ber__________________ ______
October _ .................................................
N ovem ber_________________________
D ecem ber________________________ _
1934
Jan u ary _________________________
February_________________ ______
M arch_______________ _______ _____
M ay---------------------------------------------June_______________________________
Ju ly _______________________________
A u g u st... ________________________
September_________________________
O ctober___________________________
N ovem ber_______ ____________ ___
N um ber of A m ount of
wage earners pay rolls
$319, 480, 208
561, 580, 271
$0. 569
$612,494,512
4,699
33,836
121, 403
254, 784
270, 408
280, 040
1, 961, 496
7, 325, 313
14, 458, 364
15, 424, 700
539,454
3,920, 009
14, 636, 603
27, 862, 280
29, 866, 249
.519
.500
.500
.519
.516
202,100
1, 622, 365
i 22, 513, 767
24,299, 055
24,850,188
273, 583
295, 741
292, 696
371, 234
491,166
592, 057
624, 286
602. 581
549,910
507, 799
469, 874
14, 574,960
15, 246,423
15, 636, 545
17,907, 842
25, 076, 908
32, 783, 533
33.829, 858
35, 142, 770
31, 720, 317
29, 280, 240
28,831,432
27, 658, 591
28, 938,177
29,171, 634
31,559,966
44,912,412
58, 335,119
59, 436, 314
59,943, 328
51, 699, 495
46,617,616
46,494,195
.527
.527
.536
.567
.558
.562
.569
.586
.614
.628
.620
23, 522,929
24, 565,004
2 69, 334, 408
2 66, 659,362
2 49, 720, 378
2 57, 589,895
2 49, 299,174
2 46, 961. 648
2 44, 487, 057
2 50, 593, 683
56, 273,499
1 Includes orders plac3d for naval vessels prior to October 1933.
* Includas orders placed by railroads for new equipment.
N um ber of Average Value of m a
m an-hours earnings terial orders
worked
per hour
placed
47
Since the beginning of the Public Works program nearly $320,000,000 has been disbursed for pay rolls. This construction work has
provided at the site of the projects more than 560,000,000 man-hours
of labor. Earnings per hour have averaged 57 cents over the 16-month
period.
Emergency W or\ Relief Program
D u r i n g the week ending November 29 there were 1,402,000 people
on the pay rolls of the emergency work program of the Federal Kelief
Administration. This is a decrease of 28,000 as compared with the
last week in October.
Table 25 shows the number of employees and amounts of pay rolls
for workers on the emergency work program for weeks ending No
vember 29 and October 25.
Table 25*—Em ploym ent and Pay Rolls for W orkers on Em ergency W ork Relief
Program
[Subject to revision]
N um ber of employees
wreek ending—
Geographic division
A m ount of pay roll
Nov. 29
Oct. 25
Nov. 29
Oct. 25
115, 211
249, 585
220, 860
204, 697
175, 029
83, 022
172, 730
50, 913
129,992
1, 402, 039
—2.0
119, 411
211,796
238, 209
258, 620
188,496
81,442
168, 287
58, 605
105,808
1,430, 674
$1, 242, 616
3, 579, 279
2, 224, 403
1, 715, 493
1,136,148
421, 472
1,142,188
535, 642
1, 318, 926
13, 316,167
—4.2
$1, 369, 669
3, 458, 329
2, 357,145
2, 088, 821
1, 212, 007
440,939
1,176,869
647,223
1,114, 546
13, 895, 548
New E ngland________________________________
M iddle A tlantic_________________ ______ _____
E ast N orth C entral__________________________
W est N orth C entral_______ _____ ________ ___
South A tlantic............................................................
E ast South C entral_______ _________ _________
West South C entral—______ __________________
M ountain_________ _______ _______ __________
Pacific......................................... ......... ..........................
T otal______ _____ _____ ______ _________
Percentage change____________________________
Comparing the 2 weeks under discussion, there was a decrease of
2 percent in the number of employees and a decrease of 4.2 percent
in weekly pay rolls.
Table 26 shows the number of employees and amounts of pay
rolls for workers on the emergency work relief program by months,
from the inception of the work in March 1934 to November 1934,
inclusive.
Table 26.— Em ploym ent and Pay Rolls for W orkers on Em ergency W ork Relief
Program , by M onths, 1934
M onth
M arch.....................................
April.......................................
M av............ ............................
Ju n e .........................................
Julj-.........................................
N um ber of A m ount of
employees1 pay roll
22,934
1,176,818
1,341,853
1,478,200
1,706,455
M onth
N um ber of A m ount of
em ployees1 pay roll
$842,000 Autrust___________ __ 1,908,993 $54,792.488
38,953,678 Septem ber................ ........... 1,949,267 50,110,074
42, 214,039 O c to b e r..... ..................... 1.950.000 51.000.000
42,221,757 N o v e m b e r_____________ 2.150.000 64.000.000
47, 244, 553
1 Wage earners shown in this report represent the num ber th at worked any p art of m onth. These employeos are allowed to work each m onth till a certain specified m axim um is earned then are replaced
b y other workers taken from the relief rolls.
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There were nearly 2,000,000 workers carried on the rolls of the*
emergency work program. This does not mean, however, that asmany as that are working at any given time. Because of the fact
that a limit is placed on the earnings of employees, not more than 60s
percent of this number are working during any given week. For
example, during the week ending November 29, 1,402,000 workerswere employed.
Emergency Conservation W or\
D u r i n g the month ending November 30 there were over 387,000
men engaged in Civilian Conservation work. These men drew over
$16,600,000 for their month's pay. In addition to their pay, the
enrolled personnel receives free board, clothing, and medical
attention.
Table 27 shows employment and pay rolls for emergency conserva
tion work during the months of October and November 1934, by
type of work.
Table 27.—Em ploym ent and Pay Rolls in the Em ergency Conservation W ork,.
Novem ber and October 1934
Group
* 11 groups__________________________________
Enrolled personnel............ .........................................
Reserve oflBcers.____ ___ ____ ___________ ____
Educational advisers____________ ____________
Supervisory and technical *......... ........................
N um ber of employees
N ovember
387,329
348,683
6,191
1,111
2 31, 444
October
391,894
349,624
6,235
1,101
3 34,934
A m ount of pay rolls
N ovember
October
$16,622,110
10,886,247
1,545,883
178,177
4,011,803
$16,939, 595
10,918,755
1,558,522;
176, 609
4,285,709
1 Includes carpenters, electricians, and laborers.
2 Includes 28,432 employees, and $3,680,902 pay roll in the executive service table.
3 Includes 29,417 employees, and $3,765,920 pay roll in the executive service table.
The number of workers in Civilian Conservation Camps decreased
4,500 as compared with October. Information concerning employ
ment and pay rolls for emergency conservation work is collected by
the Bureau of Labor Statistics from the War Department, Depart
ment of Agriculture, Treasury Department, and the Department of
the Interior. The pay of the enrolled 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.
Table 28 shows employment and pay rolls in emergency conserva
tion work from the beginning of the program in May 1933 to Novem
ber 1934, inclusive.
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Table 28.— M onthly Totals of Employees and Pay Rolls in the Em ergency
Conservation W ork, M ay 1933 to Novem ber 1934
M onth
1933
M ay ...................
June_________
Ju ly ........ ...........
A ugust..........
Septem ber........
October______
Novem ber____
Decem ber____
1934
Jan u ary ............
February_____
N um ber
of em
ployees
A m ount of
pay roll
191,380
283,481
316,109
307,100
242,968
294,861
344, 273
321, 701
$6, 388, 760
9,876, 780
11, 482, 262
11, 604,401
9, 759,628
12, 311,033
14, 554,695
12,951,042
331, 594
321, 829
13, 581, 506
13,081, 393
N um ber
of em
ployees
M onth
1934—Continued
M arch_____________
A pril____ __________
M ay________ ______
June_________ _____
Ju ly ________________
A ugust_____________
September....................
October_____ ______
Novem ber________ _
247, 591
314, 664
335,871
280, 271
389,104
385,340
335, 785
391, 894
387, 329
A m ount of
pay roll
$10,792,319
13, 214,018
14,047, 512
12, 641,401
16,032, 734
16, 363,826
15,022,969
16,939, 595
16, 622,110
During the 19-month period since the Civilian Conservation Camps
have been in operation, more than $247,000,000 has been disbursed
for pay rolls.
Employment on State Road Projects
T h e r e were over 225,000 men building and maintaining State
roads during the month of November. Of this number, 29.3 percent
were engaged in building new roads and 70.7 percent in maintaining
existing roads. The number employed during November decreased
approximately 15,000 as compared with the previous month.
Table 29 shows the number of employees engaged in building and
maintaining State roads during the months of October and November
1934, by geographic divisions.
T able 29.—Em ploym ent for C onstruction and M aintenance of State Roads, by
Geographic Division i
New
Geographic division
N um ber of
employees
M aintenance
A m ount of
pay rolls
N um ber of
employees
A m ount of
pay rolls
N o Octo Novem October Novem Octo Novem ber October
ber
ber
ber
vem ber ber
New E ngland____________
M iddle A tlantic_________
E ast N orth C en tra l..........
W est N orth C e n tra l_____
South A tlantic___________
E ast South C entral______
W est South C entral............
M ountain_______________
Pacific___________ ______
Total, continental United
States________ ________
Percentage change_______
O utside continental U nit
ed States__________ _
G rand to ta l............. .
18,048 20,926
5,089 6,601
12, 531 12,963
6,073 7,625
10, 345 9,118
3,096 2,452
4,193 5,515
3, 436 2, 887
3, 295 2,921
$828,955 $764,476
346,929 393,366
702,420 655, 935
149, 746 263,424
216,172 177, 265
153,463 105, 777
157,102 244, 678
198, 704 159,485
182,388 170,050
8,059
42,890
25,477
19,067
28,905
10, 780
10, 310
7,404
6,485
6,405
55,479
23,217
18,067
29,917
11,010
10, 599
8,435
6, 032
66,106 71,008 2,935, 879 2,934,456 159,451 169,161 8,977, 456 9,497,412
+ .05
- 6 .9
- 5 .7
-5 .5
0
0
0
74
74
6, 348
7,870
66,106 71,008 2,935,879 2,934,456 159, 525 169, 235 8,983,804 9,505, 282
i Excluding em ploym ent furnished by projects financed from public-works fund.
$649,196 $509,935
2,172,043 2,890,043
1,457, 065 1, 531, 652
1,111,935 987,239
1,334,848 1, 294,370
410, 391 373,152
760,348 754,826
468, 043 592,978
613,587 563,217
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November pay rolls for State road workers amounted to nearly
$ 12,000 ,000 .
Table 30 shows the number of employees engaged in the construc
tion and maintenance of State roads, for the months January to
November 1934, inclusive.
Table 30.—Em ploym ent on Construction and M aintenance of State Roads i
N um ber of employees working
on—
M onth
Jan u ary .. ...............
February_________
M arch____________
A pril_______ _____
M ay ...........................
Ju n e ---------------------
New
roads
M ain
tenance
Total
25,345
22, 311
19,985
21, 510
27,161
37, 642
136,440
126,904
132,144
136,038
167,274
170,879
161, 785
149,215
152,129
157,548
194,435
208, 521
N um ber of employees working
on—
M onth
Ju ly ............................
A ugust.......................
Septem ber________
O ctober.____ _____
N ovem ber................
New
roads
M ain
tenance
T otal
45,478
53, 540
61,865
71,008
66,106
168,428
180, 270
188, 323
169,161
159,451
213,906
233,810
250,188
240,169
225, 557
1 Excluding em ploym ent furnished by projects financed from the public-works fund.
Employment on Construction Projects Financed by the Reconstruct
tion Finance Corporation, November 1934
D u r i n g the month ending November 15, more than 16,500 people
were employed by contractors working on construction projects
financed by loans made by the Self-Liquidating Division of the
Reconstruction Finance Corporation.
Table 31 shows employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked on
construction projects financed by the Reconstruction Finance Cor
poration, by type of project.
Table 31.—E m ploym ent and Pay Rolls for Projects Financed by the R econstruc
tion Finance C orporation D uring Novem ber 1934, by Type of Project
[Subject to revision]
Type of project
All projects............................................ ...............
Railroad construction____ _____ _________
Building construction.....................................
Bridges..................... ..............................................
Reclam ation.......................... ..............................
W ater and sew age..........................................
M iscellaneous.....................................................
N um ber of A m ount of N um ber of Average
earnings
wage
pay rolls man-hours
per hour
earners
worked
16,502 $1, 621,468
26
2,123
1,941
163,320
5, 709
465,852
152,799
2,504
692, 641
4,975
1,347
144, 733
2, 233,928
3, 516
152,093
560, 391
316,248
992, 273
209,407
$0. 726
.604
1.074
.831
.483
.698
.691
Value of
m aterial
orders
placed
$2,856,371
1,854
122,949
1,874, 688
83,595
398, 576
374,709
More than $1,600,000 was disbursed for pay rolls during November.
Earnings averaged nearly 73 cents per hour. The highest hourly
earnings, $1.07, occurred on building construction projects and the
lowest, 48 cents on reclamation projects.
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Table 32 shows employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked on
contracts financed by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, by
geographic divisions.
Table 32.—Em ploym ent and P ay Rolls for Projects Financed by the R econstruc
tion Finance Corporation D uring November 1934, by Geographic Division
[Subject to revision]
N um ber of A m ount of N um ber of Average
earnings
wage
pay rolls man-hours
earners
worked
per hour
Geographic division
All divisions_________________ ____ ______
New E ngland___________________________
M iddle A tlantic__________________ ______
E ast N orth C entral______ ________
W est N orth C e n tra l____________________
South A tlantic___________________________
E ast South C entral______________________
W est South C entral........................ ...................
M ountain_____ ________ ______ __________
Pacific________ ______ _________ _________
16,502 $1,621,468
0
0
2,941
268, 585
314
38,240
32
786
172
4,932
36
1,791
864
72, 684
2,506
152,932
9, 637 1,081,518
2,233,928
0
269,872
36, 328
1,040
14,843
3,737
95, 771
316,359
1,495,978
$0.726
0
.995
1.053
.756
. 332
.479
. 759
.483
.723
Value of
m aterial
orders
placed
$2,856,371
0
1,057,416
11, 506
14,890
10,341
1,854
53,01Q
83, 595
1,623,75&
More than one-half of these workers were employed in the three
Pacific States. Hourly earnings ranged from 33 cents in the South
Atlantic States to $1.05 in the East North Central States.
Table 33 shows data concerning employment, pay rolls, and manhours worked during the months, April to November, inclusive, on
construction projects financed by the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation.
Table 33.—Em ploym ent and Pay Rolls for Projects Financed by the R econstruc
tion Finance Corporation, April Through Novem ber 1934
[Subject to revision]
M onth
A pril_____
M ay _____
Ju ne--------Ju ly ______
A ugust----September.
O ctober.
November.
N um ber of A m ount of N um ber of Average
wage
earnings
pay rolls man-hours
earners
worked
per hour
18,638 $1,518,479
19,274 1,636,503
19,218 1, 743,318
17,760 1,624,924
17,149 1, 688,012
17,088 1, 648, 618
17,482 1,596,996
16,502 1,621,468
2,302, 739
2,334,060
2,412,342
2,183,560
2, 286, 286
2, 231,069
2,181,846
2, 233,928
$0. 659
.701
.723
.744
.738
.739
.732
.726
Value of
m aterial
orders
placed
$2, 297,479
2,120,498
2,189,538
2,332,554
2,303,516
2,500,638
2,274,174
2,856,371
Table 34 shows the value of material orders placed by contractors
working on Reconstruction Finance Corporation construction projects,
by type of material.
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T able 34.—Value of M aterial Orders Placed for Projects Financed by the
Reconstruction Finance Corporation, by Type of M aterial
Value of m aterial
Type of material
All m aterial......................................... ....................................................
Belting, le ath er............. ................................. ......................................
Bolts, nuts, rivets, etc.......................................................................
Cast-iron pipe and fittings......... .........................................................
Cem ent______ _____________________________________________
Clay products........................................ .................................................
Coal........................................................................................................
Compressed and liquefied gases ........................................... .............
Concrete products___________________ ______ _______________
Copper products.............................................................. ...................
Cordage and tw ine_____________________________________
Crushed stone........................................................................................
Electrical m achinery and supplies....................................................
E xplosives..-____ ______ _____________ ____ ___________ ____
Felt goods_____________ ______ ________ ______ _____________
F oundry and machine-shop products, not elsewhere classified
Fuel oil..............................................................................................
Gasoline.....................................................................................................
Glass__________ ____________ ______________ ________________
Hardware, miscellaneous.....................................................................
Insulation m aterials_________________ ______________________
Lim e_______ _____________________________________ ________
Lubricating oil and greases.................................................................
L um ber and tim ber products................................... ........................
M arble, granite, slate, and other stone products. .....................
M otor vehicles and supplies................................................................
Nails and spikes............................................................ .......................
Paints and varnishes.......... .................................................................
Plum bing supplies____________________________ ____________
Pum ps and pum ping equipm ent.....................................................
Roofing.......... ...........................................................................................
R ubber goods.................. .....................................................................Sand and gravel______________ ____ ____ _______ ___________
Sheet-metal w ork_____________ ____ ___ ______ _______ _____
Steam and hot-water heating apparatus____________________
Steel-works and rolling-mill products..............................................
Switches, railw ay...................... -...........-__________ ____________
Tools__........................................ ............................................................
W ire........ ................................ ................................................................
Wirework, not elsewhere classified...................................................
O th er..................................................... ................................. .................
From M arch D uring period
ending
to Oct. 15,
Nov. 15, 1934
1934
$16, 021,037
1,516
7,073
325,914
1,103,559
273,092
35, 534
25,080
1,094,820
721,905
5,493
54, 361
924,699
648,435
4,446
1,247, 774
71,062
208,029
3,617
577,052
9,359
8,180
31,366
947,956
66,875
99,601
8,401
10, 330
232,370
11, 244
5,629
19,778
346,023
28,134
45,403
6,076, 055
7,727
77,559
197,165
23, 224
435,197
2,856,371
1,278
10,138
254,710
8,458
10,234
3, 536
"174,737
1,021
1,033
66, 111
95, 039
"145,414
1,839
34,894
24,686
7,027
3,648
71,305
14,495
8,319
II,"824
40,827
3,'’237
3,546
25, 817
2,519
15,053
1,716, 594
2,951
4,782
1,362
89^937
Employment on Construction Projects Financed from Regular
Governmental Appropriations
T h e r e were more than 18,000 employees working on construction
projects financed from governmental appropriations made by the Con
gress direct to the various executive departments.
November pay rolls for these employees amounted to over $1,000,000. Their hourly earnings averaged 60 cents. The number of
workers shown above includes only employees working on contracts
awarded since July 1, 1934.
Whenever a contract is awarded by a Government department, the
Bureau of Labor Statistics is immediately notified on post-card form
of the name and address of the contractor. Schedules are then mailed
to the contractor, who returns his report to the Bureau showing the
number of men on his pay rolls, the amount of the pay rolls, the
number of man-hours worked, and the value of orders placed for each
of the different kinds of materials he has purchased.
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The following tables show information concerning such work on
construction projects on which work started since July 1. The
Bureau has no data for projects that were under way previous to
July 1, 1934.
Table 35 shows employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked on
construction projects started subsequent to July 1, 1934, financed
from direct appropriations to the various Government agencies.
Table 35.—Em ploym ent and P ay Rolls for C onstruction Projects Financed
From Regular G overnm ental Appropriations for Novem ber 1934, by Type
of Projects
[Subject to revision]
N um ber of A m ount of N um ber of Average
earnings
wage
pay roll man-hours
per hour
worked
earners
Type of project
All projects________ ____________________
Building construction........................................
Public roads________________________ ____
R iver, harbor, and flood control_____ ____
Streets and roads________________________
N aval vessels____________________________
Forestry__________________ ____ _________
W ater and sewage_______________________
M iscellaneous________ ____ ________ _____
18,211 $1,014,945
306,484
5,181
235,776
4,023
6,930
365, 253
34, 680
903
48, 802
639
6
107
5,980
177
352
17,863
1,690,488
407, 540
410, 661
716, 507
62,684
52, 561
167
10, 793
29, 575
$0.600
.752
.574
.510
.553
.928
.641
.554
.604
Value of
m aterial
orders
placed
$3, 334,648
384,123
291, 289
342,140
58,159
2, 216, 575
92
10,665
31,605
Of more than 18,000 workers engaged on these Federal construction
projects, nearly 7,000 were working on river, harbor, and flood con
trol projects and over 5,000 on building construction. Hourly
earnings ranged from 51 cents in the case of river, harbor, and flood
control work to 93 cents for workers on naval vessels.
Table 36 shows for the month of November employment, pay rolls,
and man-hours worked on construction projects started since July 1,
which are financed from regular governmental appropriations, by
geographic divisions.
Table 36.—Em ploym ent and P ay Rolls for C onstruction Projects Financed from
Regular Governm ental Appropriations for Novem ber 1934, by Geographic
Divisions
LSubject to revision]
Geographic division
All d iv is io n s -________________ _________
New E ngland___________________________
M iddle A tlantic________________________
E ast N orth C entral______________________
W est N orth C entral_____________________
South A tlantic _ __
______ _____
E ast South Central _______________
W est South C entral____________ ________
M ountain__________ _______ _______ _____
Pacific_________ __ _______ _________
O utside continental United States __ _
N um ber of A m ount of N um ber of Average
earnings
wage
pay rolls man-hours
worked
per hour
earners
18,211 $1,014,945
722
48,201
1,352
90, 786
2,928
158,915
42, 360
930
2,131
117, 011
2, 658
126,990
222,948
4, 015
1, 222
78, 363
92,987
1,515
36, 384
738
1,690,488
66, 061
141, 480
223, 546
76, 513
181, 680
265, 214
423, 010
120, 399
123,293
69, 292
Value of
m aterial
orders
placed
$0. 600 i $3, 334,648
. 730
127,620
. 642 2, 090, 571
.711
76,010
. 554
33,003
. 644
207,023
.479
63, 248
289, 294
.527
. 651
28,467
104,852
.754
.525
23, 271
i Includes $291,289 estim ated value of orders placed for public road projects which cannot be charged to
any specific geographic divisions.
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Over 4,000 men were employed in the West South Central States
and nearly 3,000 in the East North Central States. Average hourly
earnings varied from 48 cents in the East South Central States to 75
cents in the Pacific States.
Table 37 shows for the months August to November inclusive,
employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked on construction proj
ects starting since July 1, which are financed from direct governmental
appropriations.
Table 37.—Em ploym ent and Pay Rolls for C onstruction Projects Financed From
Regular G overnm ental A ppropriations T hrough Novem ber 1934
[Subject to revision]
N um ber A m ount of N um ber of Average
of wage pay rolls man-hours earnings
worked
per hour
earners
M onth
A ugust__________________________________
September_______________________________
October__________________ ____ ____ _____
N ovem ber_______________________________
5,601
9,800
13, 593
18, 211
$329,440
493, 363
689,604
1, 014,945
557,747
773, 685
1,103,523
1, 690,488
$0.591
.638
.625
.600
Value of
m aterial
orders
placed
$150, 506
842, 292
982,835
3,334,648
Employment on these construction projects has increased more
than threefold since August. November pay rolls were more than
three times as great as August pay rolls.
The value of material orders placed during the 4 months amounted
to over $5,000,00,0.
Table 38 shows the value of material orders placed during the
month ending November 15 for use on construction projects on which
work has started since July 1, financed from direct governmental
appropriations, by type of material.
Table 38.— M aterial Orders Placed for Use on C onstruction Projects Financed
From Regular G overnm ental Appropriations
[Subject to revision]
Value of material orders
placed
Type of material
All material ............................................................. T ____, _________ _
Bolts, nuts, rivets, etc_______________-_______________________________
Brick and hollow tile________________________________________________
Cast-iron pipe and fittings___________________________________________
Cement and lime_________ __________ _____ _____ _______________
Coal______________ _______________________ __
____ ______ _
Concrete products__ ____________________ ______ _______________
Copper products_____ __ _________________ ______________ __________
Cordage and twine. ________________________________________________
Crushed stone______________-..............................-_______________________
Electric wiring and fixtures _______________________________________
Electrical machinery and supplies_____________________________________
Elevators and parts____________ ____________________________________
Engines, turbines, tractors___________________________________________
Explosives_________________________________________________________
Foundry and machine-shop products, not elsewhere classified____________
From July 1 During period
to Oct. 15, Oct. 15 to
1934
Nov. 15
$1, 825,127
1,047
28,614
7,694
106,147
9,366
22,797
8,948
3,167
28,114
97,596
2,017
133,128
$3, 334,648
12.482
13,023
5,324
120,322
5,289
12,033
26,325
1,709
42,868
20.482
11,692
3,701
n24, 768
6,304
100,567
1,907
55
Table 38.— M aterial Orders Placed for Use on C onstruction Projects Financed
From R egular G overnm ental A ppropriations— Continued
Value of m aterial orders
placed
T ype of m aterial
Hardware, m iscellaneous-_______________________________________________
Heating and ventilating equipm ent_______________________________________
Linoleum _ ________________________________________________________
Lum ber and tim ber products _____________________________ __ ___________
M achine tools-- _________________________________________________________
M arble, granite, slate, and other stone p ro d u c ts___ _______________________
M etal doors, shutters, window sash and frames, molding, and trim ________
M otor vehicles and equipm ent____________________________________________
N ails and spikes __________ ______________________________________________
Paints and varnishes. ___________________________________________________
Paving mixtures _ ________ ___________ _______________________________
Petroleum products______________________________________________________
Planing-m ill products____________________________________________________
Plum bing supplies ______________________________________________________
Pum ps and pum ping equipm ent__________________________________________
Refrigerating equipm ent ________________________________________________
Roofing m aterials ___ __________________________________________________
Sand and g ra v e l______ _____ ____________________________________________
Sheet-metal products, not elsewhere classified______________________________
Steel-works and rolling-mill products, not elsewhere classified______________
Structural and reinforcing steel_________ _________________________________
Tools, other than m achine tools _______ ________________________________
W all plaster, wall board, and insulating board_____________________________
W aterproofing m aterials_____________ ____________________ ______________
W ire products, not elsewhere classified____________________________________
O ther______ _____________________________________________________________
From July 1 During period
to Oct. 15,
Oct. 15 to
1934
Nov. 15
$25, 734
9, 304
385, 747
37, 925
7, 541
31, 362
17, 510
37, 259
47,545
10, 319
48, 584
44,874
10, 767
462,696
2, 966
47, 689
7,200
141, 470
$10, 704
33,885
3, 639
153, 739
2, 480
55, 390
7, 035
1,952
4, 986
16, 798
22, 577
79,932
19, 885
33,437
39, 111
15, 843
4,199
64,989
28,502
130,974
2, 111, 630
4, 910
3, 454
4,997
23, 586
47, 218
Purchase orders were placed during the month ending November 15
for materials to cost over $3,300,000. More than two-thirds of this
amount was accounted for by structural and reinforcing steel orders.
Total material orders to date on this program have an aggregate of
over $5,000,000.
Wage-Rate Changes in American Industries
Manufacturing Industries
Table 39 presents information concerning wage-rate adjustments
occurring between October 15 and November 15, 1934, as shown by
reports received from 25,507 manufacturing establishments employing
3,554,573 workers in November.
Seventy establishments in 30 industries reported wage-rate increases
averaging 7.7 percent and affecting 5,475 employees. One establish
ment each in seven industries reported decreases which averaged
10.9 percent and affected 123 workers.
Four establishments in the paper and pulp industry gave an average
increase of 5 percent to 1,160 workers. Ten newspaper establish
ments reported an average increase of 8.2 percent affecting 1,034
empkyees. One women’s clothing manufacturing establishment gave
an increase of 7.5 percent to 669 workers. Eight foundry and
machine-shop establishments gave an average increase of 5 percent
to 427 employees. The increases in each of the remaining industries
affected 371 employees or less.
56
Table 39. -W age-Rate Changes in M anufacturing Industries D uring M onth
Ending Nov. 15, 1934
Industry
Estab
lish
ments
report
ing
Number of establish Number of employees
ments reporting—
having—
Total
number
of em No Wage* Wage- No Wage- Wage*
ployees wagerate rate wage- rate rate
rate
inde
rate
de
creases changes
creases
All m anufacturing industries........ 25,507 3, 554, 573 25,430
Percentage of to tal................ 100.0
100.0
99.7
Iron and steel and their products,
not including machinery:
Blast furnaces, steel works
and rolling m ills__________
247, 535
Bolts, nuts, washers, and
rivets______________ ______
8, 726
Cast-iron pipe______________
9, 353
Cutlery (not including silver
and plated cutlery) and
edge tools...................... ..........
164
168 13,950
Forgings, iron and steel_____
96
9,540
95
H ardw are.................... . . . .........
24,987
110
109
Plum bers’ supplies__________
9,500
85
Steam and hot-water heating
apparatus and steam fit
95 21,426
94
tings.................... ......................
Stoves....... ....................................
210
25,014
210
Structural and ornamental
m etalw ork____________ _
297 20,024
295
T in cans and other tinw are. _
75 10,966
75
Tools (not including edge
tools, machine tools, files,
and saws).................................
139 10,309
137
W irework______ ____ _______
108
108 10,843
M achinery, not including trans
portation equipm ent:
Agricultural im plem ents.........
21,970
Cash registers, adding m a
chines, and calculating m a
chines.........................................
30 16,859
Electrical m achinery, appa
ratus, and supplies................
409 123,103
408
Engines, turbines, tractors,
and water wheels_________
108 35,907
108
Foundry and machine-shop
144,682 1,658
p r o d u c t s ..............................
214
M achine tools............................. 214 22, 310
Radios and phonographs____
53 38,376
58
Textile m achinery and p arts.
184
185 16,861
Typewriters and p arts.............
14
14 15, 796
Transportation equipm ent:
A ircraft.........................................
33
3,989
33
A utom obiles____ ______ ____
358
358 226, 493
Cars, electric- and steamrailroad.................. .................
12,110
Locomotives. .............................
11
11
4, 759
Shipbuilding........ ....... ...............
114 31,809
114
Railroad repair shops:
354
Electric railroad____________
358 18, 752
Steam railroad____ _________
582 73,453
582
Nonferrous m etals and their
products:
A lum inum m anufactures___
34
35
6,971
Brass, bronze, and copper
products................................... 304 39,306
304
Clocks and watches and timerecording devices................
11, 529
28
Jew elry__________ ______ ___
173
175 10, 973
Lighting equipm ent................
3,844
75
75
Silverware and plated w are. __
68
9, 548
Smelting and refining—cop
41 13, 692
41
per, lead, and r in c .- ............
Stam ped and enameled ware.
220
220 23, 565
Lum ber and allied products:
593 56, 002
587
F urn iture__________________
Lum ber:
M ill w ork_______________
653 26,968
653
674 74, 712
674
Sawmills________________
T urpentine and rosin_______
34
2, 565
i Less than Mo of 1 percent.
70
0)
3, 548,975
5, 475
0.2 0)123
247,535
8, 726
9,353
13,843
9,453
24,979
9,495
107
87
8
5
21,415
25,014
19,984
10,966
11
40
10,302
10,843
21,970
16,859
123,076
35,907
144, 255
22,310
38, 376
16,850
15, 796
3,989
226,493
27
427
12,110
4, 759
31,809
18,490
73,453
6,921
39, 306
11,529
10, 952
3, 844
13,692
23, 565
55, 847
26, 968
74, 712
2, 565
262
50
109
46
57
Table 39.— W age-R ate Changes in M anufacturing Industries D uring M onth
E nding Nov. 15, 1934— C ontinued
Industry
Number of establish Number of employees
ments reporting—
having—
Estab Total
lish number
ments of em- No Wage- Wage- No Wage- Wagereport
wage- rate rate
rate rate
ing
rate inde
rate
in
de
creases changes creases creases
Stone, clay, and glass products:
543
Brick, tile, and terra cotta----- 544 19,881
140
Cement...................................... 140 17,989
178
Glass.......................................... 178 50,474
Marble, granite, slate, and
263
5,105
other products.....................
126
19,819
Pottery---------------------------Textiles and their products:
Fabrics:
Carpets and rugs..............
33 15,975
687
Cotton goods..................... 687 277,781
125
Cotton small wares------125 10,458
Dyeing and finishing
161
textiles............................ 161 34,400
55
7,347
Hats, fur-felt.................... .
55
487
Knit goods........................
488 122,112
Silk and rayon goods----279
279 48,544
Woolen and worsted
521
524 115,878
goods..............................
Wearing apparel:
Clothing, men’s....... ............- 1, 551 108,665 1,551
774
Clothing, women’s.................
775 42,589
37
6,057
Corsets and allied garments
37
8,262
85
Men’s furnishings...................
85
148
Millinery.................................. 148
7,587
165
Shirts and collars_________- 165 25,315
Leather and its manufactures:
356
Boots and shoes....................... 356 107,642
174
Leather..................... ............... 175 33, 736
Food and kindred products:
Baking.
1,136 68, 542 1,134
559
561 26,858
B utter.
328
328
4, 640
Canning and preserving..........
748
753 53,498
Confectionery.............................
333
334 44,612
F lour______________ _______
421 17,125
419
9,232
Ice cream ___ _____ _________
379
379
Slaughtering and m eat pack
ing— .......................................
305
307 118, 519
Sugar, beet..................................
70
70 18,992
Sugar refining, c a n e ..-........ .
16
16 10, 710
Tobacco manufactures:
Chewing and smoking to
bacco and snuff___________
40 10,175
Cigars and cigarettes............ .
239 51, 570
Paper and printing:
Boxes, p a p e r............................
733
733 37,985
Paper and pulp.........................
455
459 110,408
Printing and publishing:
Book and job___________ 1,538 63,586 1,535
Newspapers and period
icals....................... .............
577 53,859
567
Chemicals and allied products,
and petroleum refining:
O ther than petroleum refin
ing:
Chem icals.........................
25,309
C ottonseed—o i 1, c a k e ,
and m eal........................
5, 622
100
100
D ruggists’ preparations __
74
73
9,430
Explosives...........................
34
34
4,567
Fertilizers........................... .
301
301 10, 792
Paints and varnishes___
643 18,276
643
R ayon and allied prod
30 46, 211
ucts__________ _______
30
111
111
Soap___________________
17,037
Petroleum refining_________
147 41,452
145
R ubber products:
R ubber boots and shoes____
17, 823
R ubber goods, other than
boots, shoes, tires, and in
186 23, 929
ner tubes_________________
186
34 39,121
34
Rubber tires and inner tubes
19,691
17,989
50,474
5,105
19,795
15,975
277, 781
10,458
34,400
7,347
122,099
48.544
115,673
108, 665
41,920
6,057
8,262
7,587
25, 315
107, 642
33,365
68, 530
26,809
4,640
53,390
44.545
17,041
9,232
118,199
18,992
10, 710
10,175
51, 570
37,985
109,248
63,557
52,825
25,309
5,622
9,416
4,567
10, 792
18, 276
46, 211
17,037
41, 421
17, 823
23, 929
39,121
190
13
172
33
371
10
108
67
84
320
1,160
19
1,034
58
Nonmanufacturing Industries
I n t a b l e 40 are shown data relating to changes in wage rates
reported to the Bureau by cooperating establishments in 17 non
manufacturing industries for the period from October 15 to November
15, 1934.
Establishments in 9 industries reported wage-rate increases. Of
these, 49 retail trade establishments gave wage-rate increases averag
ing 6 percent and affecting 571 workers, while 6 establishments in the
electric-railroad and motor-bus operation and maintenance industry
reported an average 5 percent increase to 562 employees. The num
ber of workers affected by increases in the remaining 7 industries
ranged from 8 to 355 and totaled 909.
Eleven establishments in 4 industries reported wage-rate decreases
affecting 122 employees.
T able
4=0 .
—W age-Rate Changes in N onm anufacturing Industries During M onth
Ending Nov. 15, 1934
Industrial group
E stab
lish
m ents
report
ing
N um ber of establish N um ber of employees
having—
m ents reporting—
Total
num
ber of No
No Wage- Wage
em
Wage- Wage wageployees wagein rate de rate rate in rate de
rate rate
creases
creases
changes creases creases
changes
A nthracite m ining__________________
Percentage of total______________
Bitum inous coal m ining________ ___
Percentage of total..........................
M etalliferous m ining________________
Percentage of total............................
Quarrying and nonm etallic m ining.
Percentage of total............................
Crude-petroleum producing_________
Percentage of total______________
Telephone and telegraph.......................
Percentage of to tal_____ ________
Electric light and power and m anu
factured gas______________________
Percentage of total______________
Electric-railroad and motor-bus op
eration and m aintenance__________
Percentage of total______________
Wholesale trad e.._ _________________
Percentage of total______________
Retail trade________________________
Percentage of to tal______________
H otels_____________________________
Percentage of to tal____ _________
Laundries_____________ ____________
Percentage of total__ ___________
Dyeing and cleaning_____ __________
Percentage of to tal...........................
B anks______________ ____ __________
Percentage of to ta l.._____ ______
Brokerage__________________ ____ __
Percentage of to tal______________
Insurance_______________ _____
Percentage of to tal............................
Real estate___________________ _____
Percentage of to tal....................... .
160
100.0
1,462
100.0
279
100.0
1,126
100.0
237
100.0
8, 220
100.0
2,706
100.0
537
100.0
16,872
100.0
61, 578
100.0
2,448
100.0
1,318
100.0
677
100.0
3,049
100.0
401
100.0
1,091
100.0
926
100.0
84,294
160
100.0 100.0
249,114 1,462
100.0 100.0
29,012
279
100.0 100.0
32,959 1,126
100.0 100.0
24,808
235
100.0 99.2
260, 581 8, 220
100. 0 100.0
240, 276 2, 670
100.0 98.7
132,174
531
100.0 98.9
300, 297 16,844
100.0 99.8
948,497 61,524
100.0 99.9
139,762 2,448
100.0 100.0
69,344 1,316
100.0 99.8
15,705
675
100.0 99.7
98,118 3,046
100.0 99.9
11,500
401
100.0 100.0
69,611 1,091
100.0 100.0
924
21,561
100.0 99.8
1 Less than Mo of 1 percent.
O
2
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36
1.3
6
1.1
24
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49
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1
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1
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3
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2
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4
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84,294
100.0
249,114
100.0
29,012
100.0
32,959
100.0
24,527
98.9
260, 581
100.0
239,921
99.9
131, 612
99.6
300,082
99.9
947,886
99.9
139,762
100.0
69,267
99.9
15,681
99.8
98,087
100.0
11,500
100.0
69, 611
100.0
21, 553
100.0
281
1.1
355
.1
562
.4
174
.1
571
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