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Employment
and Earnings
APRIL 1957______________________________ Vol. 3 No. 10
D IV IS IO N

OF M A N P O W E R A N D EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS
Seym our L. W olfbein, Chief

CO NTENTS

P age

M an -H ou r Trends ir In du strial and Construction
Activities, 1947-56.........................................................

MAN-HOUR TRENDS...

iü

In the latter part of 1956, manhours in industrial and construction
activity approached the record levels
of 1953.

Chart

Average Weekly Hours of Production Workers in Manufacturing,
January 1953-March 1957.....................................

vii

The postwar movements of

this important economic barometer are
discussed in an article beginning on
page iii.

NEW STATE AND AREA SERIES...
Current

employment statistics

for Delaware and Wilmington,

for­

merly limited to manufacturing,

now

cover all nonagricultural industry
divisions.

Em ploym ent Trends

Summary...................................................
viii
Table 1; Employees in nonagricultural establishments, by
industry division and selected groups...... ........
ix
Table 2s Production workers in manufacturing, by major industry
group.............................................
x
Table 3: Hours and gross earnings of production workers in
manufacturing, by major industry group..............
xi
Table 4: Gross average weekly hours and average overtime hours
of production workers in manufacturing, by major
industry group..................................... xii
Table 5: Index of employees in nonagricultural establishments,
by industry division............................... xiii
Table 6: Index of production workers in manufacturing, by major
industry group.....................................xiii
Table 7: Employees in nonagricultural establishments, by
industry division, seasonally adjusted.............. xiv
Table 8: Production workers in manufacturing, by major industry
group, seasonally adjusted......................... xiv
DETAILED STATISTICS
A -Em ploym ent and Payrolls

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Table A-ls Employees in nonagricultural establishments, by
Industry division.................................
Table A-2: All employees and production workers in nonagri­
cultural establishments, by industry..............
Table A-3s Indexes of production-worker employment and weekly
payrolls in manufacturing............ ............
Table A-4: Employees in Government and private shipyards,
by region........................... «...........
Table A-5: Government civilian employment and Federal military
personnel........................................
Table A-6: Employees in nonagricultural establishments, by
industry division and State.......................
Table A-7: Employees in nonagricultural establishments for
selected areas, by industry division..............

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CO N TEN TS - C o n tin u e d
B-Labor Turnover

Table B-ls Monthly labor turnover rates In manufacturing, by
class of turnover................................
Table B-2s Monthly labor turnover rates in selected industries..

23
24.

C-H ours and Earnings

Table C-l: Hours and gross earnings of production workers or
nonsupervisory employees.........................
Table C-2: Gross average weekly earnings of production workers
in selected industries, in current and 1947-49
dollars*........................................
Table C-3: Average weekly earnings, gross and net spendable, of
production workers in manufacturing, in current and
1947-^9 dollars..................................
Table C-4* Average hourly earnings, gross and excluding over­
time, and average weekly hours of production workers
in manufacturing.................................
Table C-5t Indexes of aggregate weekly man-hours in industrial
and construction activity.........................
Table C-6* Hours and gross earnings of production workers in
manufacturing industries for selected States and
areas...................... ...................

28
37
37
38
39
41

INote »-February 1957 data are preliminary 7
EXPL

NOTES

INTRODUCTION.............................................
1-E
ESTABLISHMENT REPORTS:
Collection............................................... 1-E
Industrial Classification............. ................... 1-E
1-S
Coverage..............................................
DEFINITIONS AND ESTIMATING MSTHQDS:
2-E
Employment......................................... .
Labor Turnover........................... ................ 3-E
Hours and Earnings........................................ 4-E
STATISTICS FOR STATES AND AREAS.............................. 5-E
SUMMARY CF ifiTHODS FCR COMPUTING NATIONAL STATISTICS.......... 6-E
GLOSSARY.................................................... 7-B
**********
REGIONAL OFFICES AND COOPERATING STATE AGENCIES.....Inside back cover
**********
The national employment figures shewn
in this report have been adjusted to
first quarter 1955 benchmark levels.

M A N -H O U R
A N D

TRENDS

C O N S T R U C T IO N

IN

IN D U S T R IA L

A C T IV IT IE S , 1 9 4 7 -5 6
Shirley B o s s h a r d G r o s s m a n #
in three industry divisions comprising twofifths of total nonagricultural employment,
it provides a c o m p r ehensive measure of how
intensely the Nation is using its human re­
sources in a very significant sector of the
economy.

Each month the U. S. Department of Labor* s
Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes an Index
of Aggregate Man-Hours in Industrial and Con­
struction Activity, covering the man-hours
worked in manufacturing, contract construc­
tion, and mining. (See table C-5, PP. 39-40.)
These industries represent the physical goodsproducing section of the economy— the sector
generally most sensitive to economic condi­
tions.
Total m a n - h o u r s are the p r oduct of
average w e e k l y h o u r s and employment, and,
therefore, reflect changes in both the number
of workers and the length o f the workweek.
Since the index of aggregate m a n - h o u r s r e ­
flects changes in factory employment and hours

Index

of

Aggregate
and

M a n - H o u r s Trend Over the Past Decade
At the close of 1956, a year of great
economic activity, physical goods were being
constructed, manufactured, and mined by the
* Of the Division of Manpower and Employment
Statistics.

Weekly

Man-Hours

Construction

Activities*

January 1947-December 1956

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
tURIAUor LMOI STATISTICS




iii

in Industrial

application o f m a n p o w e r on a scale exceeded
only in late 1952 and 1953, a period of record
employment.
In the last 4 m o n t h s of 1956,
man-hours averaged only about 3 percent below
the record rate of nearly 700 million a week
reached in 1953.
After the high levels of activity in mid1953, the N a t i o n ' s u s e o f m a n p o w e r in the
creation of goods declined rapidly in the fall
of that y e a r and b y April 1954 had dropped
below the average for the years 1947-49. (See
chart 1.) The r e c o v e r y since 1953 has not
been as dramatic as the one that followed the
1949 recession, when the man-hours index rose
steadily for a total o f 24 points in a period
of 8 m o n t h s .
T w e n t y - f o u r p o i n t s is the
equivalent o f o v e r 100 m i l l i o n w e e k l y manhours, or the addition of 2.5 million workers
on a 40-hour workweek.
Since 1953 there has been no such steady
rise to a new plateau. Only in 1955 was there
a c o n s i s t e n t u p w a r d movement, t o t a l i n g 13
points.
This was followed by a downturn in
early 1956 and then another rise in the last
half of the year.

Contract Construction has Largest
I n c r e a s e in A c t i v i t y
Changes in the use of manpower among ma n ­
ufacturing, mining, and contract construction
have not been parallel over the past 10 years.
(See chart 2A. ) Only in 1947 were man-hours
in con s t r u c t i o n lower than the average for
the p e r i o d 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 — whi c h is c u r r ently the
"base period11 for many government statistical
series.
In construction, even in periods of
low activity for other parts of the economy,
postwar demand for housing and, more recently,
for the large volume of commercial construc­
tion has kept the index above 100.
In 1949
and in 1954, the c o n s t r u c t i o n index showed
much smaller d e c l i n e s than those for other
divisions.
R i s i n g s h a r p l y since 1954, it
reached nearly 140 percent in 1956.
In con­
trast, total m a n - h o u r s in m i n i n g have been




below the a v e r a g e for 194 7 - 4 9 since 1949,
dropping to about three-quarters of the base
period average in 1954. The 1949-54 decline
in mining, was caused both by a drop in em­
ployment-*-from 943,000 to 795,000— and also
in average weekly hours.
In 1956, both em­
ployment and hours began to rise again, re­
flecting increased foreign and domestic con­
sumption.
Since manufacturing represents the bulk
of the industrial activity index, with approx­
imately 85 percent of the total employees in
the three industries, its movement is nearly
identical to that of the total index.
The
ma n u f a c t u r i n g average for 1956 was about 3
p e rcent above 1947.
Years o f low economic
activity in the economy as a whole have been
r e f lected by sharp dr o p s in m a n u f a c t u r i n g
man-hours.
In 1949, the index declined 11
percent from the previous year, representing
55 million man-hours a week. Between 1953 and
1954, after the cessation of Korean hostili­
ties, the index again fell 11 p e r c e n t — the
equivalent of 1.5 million w o r kers on a 40hour week.

Cyclical Fluctuations More Evident
Durable Goods

in

In general, man-hours in durable-goods
industries have risen in the post-World War
II period, while man-hours in nondurable-goods
industries have declined, reflecting the com­
position of demand since the war. Heavy de­
mand for consumer durable goods was supple­
me nted by high investment in new homes and
commercial construction and by record levels
of plant and equipment expenditures. At the
same time, a number of nondurable-goods in­
dustries (for example, apparel, leather, and
textiles) have been facing declines in the
demand for their products.
(See chart 2B.)
The recession of 1953-54 is clearly seen
in the durable-goods sector, where post-Korean
cutbacks affected chiefly hard-goods indus­
tries manufacturing ordnance, military equip­
ment, and producer durables. An anticipated

Chart 2.

Indexes

oi A g g r e g a t e W e e k l y
1947-49 : lOO

(g ) INDUSTRIAL AND CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES

($ )

W

Annual Average 1947-56
INDEX
140
130

INDEX
140

/
CONTRACT
CONSTRUCTION

f

120

Man-Hours

MANUFACTURING, DURABLE
AND NONDURABLE GOODS INDUSTRIES
January 1947 - December 1956

/
/

130

/

\

/ M A N U F A C T U R I NJG

'

120

no

110

lOO

lOO

MANUFACTURING

90
MINING
80
70

NONDURABLE
GOODS

80
70

J-------1___ 1___ 1___ I___ I___ [___ I___ L_

1947 ’
48

’
49

50

’
51

’
52

’
53

’
54

’
55 1956

J _______I______ L

1947 ’
48

f49

’
50

’
51

I

’
52

I

’
53

I

’
54

I

I
’
55 1956

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
BUREAUOF LABOR STATISTICS
drop in demand for consumer durables did not
materialize. The decline in the durable-goods
index began in the second quarter of 1953,
steepened in the last half of that year, and
continued until the third quarter of 1 954—
from Mar c h 1953 to July 1954 the man-hours
index fell 22 percent.
The recovery through
the end of 1955 is equally well reflected— by
December 1955 it had regained all but 6 p e r ­
cent.

hour input by only about
1953 and 1954.

percent between

Non durable Goods Show Seasonal
Trend Factors

an d

In recent years, ma n - h o u r s in nondurable
goods have oeen influenced more by seasonal
than by cyclical factors.
A drop in the a p ­
parel industry in late spring and sharp i n ­
creases in the fall of each year in apparel,
food, and tobacco dominate other movements.

The 1953-54 drop was discernible in almost
all dur a b l e - g o o d s groups.
In 8 h a r d - g o o d s
industries, man-hours decreased by 20 percent
or more between a peak in 1953 and a trough
in 1954.
The largest reductions were in o r d ­
nance, 50 percent; electrical machinery, 25
percent; and t r a n s p o r t a t i o n equipment, 25
percent.

A downward trend is apparent in food, t o ­
bacco, textiles, and leather.
In late 1947 and early 1948, the index for
textiles reached peaks of 112.
Since then,
except for a brief period in late 1950 and
early 1951, it has remained below 100.
Tire
average workweek in textiles was already below
40 hours in 1947 and has not been shortened
significantly. The man-hours drop has resulted

In contrast, nondurable goods, buoyed up
by continuing consumer demand, reduced man-




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almost entirely from decreasing employment in
the i n d u s t r y — between 1947 and 1956 nearly
3 00,000 p r o d u c t i o n job s wer e d r o p p e d from
payrolls.
In the food industry, 2 hours were trimmed
from the workweek along with 90,000 production
workers from the employment level. The com­




bination produced a 12-percent decline in manhours in the 10-year period.
Only three nondurable-goods industries—
chemicals, paper, and printing— have shown a
growth in man-hours over the decade. In each
case, employment has increased substantially
without a lengthening of the workweek.

Average Weekly Hours of
Production Workers in Manufacturing
Hours
4 2

January

1953

-

March

1957

41

4 0
'

1 9 5 7

/ N
1 9 5 4
3 9

3 8

><
Jan.

F eb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LA80R

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

F e b ru a ry and M a rc h 1957: p r e lim in a r y

BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS




July

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Employment Trends
N O N F A R M J O B S IN C R E A S E B Y 15 0 ,0 0 0

lio n w a s m o r e than 100, 000 h ig h e r th an a y e a r a g o

N o n a g r ic u lt u r a l e m p lo y m e n t c o n tin u e d at
r e c o r d m o n th ly l e v e l s in M a r c h 19 5 7 . T h e 5 1 . 3
m illio n w o r k e r s n u m b e r e d ab ou t 150 , 000 m o r e
than in F e b r u a r y 19 5 7 , and 800,000 m o r e than in
M a r c h 19 5 6 .

C h a n g e s in e m p lo y m e n t o v e r the m o n th in the
v a r io u s m a n u fa c tu r in g in d u s t r ie s w e r e s m a ll .
E m p lo y m e n t in th e d u r a b le g o o d s s e c t o r d e c lin e d
s l ig h t ly , in s t e a d o f r i s i n g s lig h t ly a s it u s u a lly
d o e s in M a r c h ; c h a n g e s in n o n d u ra b le g o o d s w e r e
m a in ly s e a s o n a l.

T h e l a r g e s t c h a n g e o v e r the m o n th w a s in
c o n t r a c t c o n s t r u c t io n , w h e r e e m p lo y m e n t r o s e
s e a s o n a lly b y a b o u t 70 ,0 0 0 . F a c t o r y e m p lo y m e n t
d e c lin e d s lig h t ly and th e f a c t o r y w o r k w e e k w a s
s o m e w h a t s h o r t e r th a n in F e b r u a r y . T h e d e c lin e
in the w o r k w e e k r e s u lt e d in a s lig h t d ro p in a v e r ­
a g e w e e k ly e a r n in g s . H o w e v e r , a v e r a g e w e e k ly
e a r n in g s in M a r c h w e r e m o r e than $3 h ig h e r than
a y e a r ago.

F A C T O R Y W O R K W E E K D E C L IN E S
T h e a v e r a g e le n g th o f th e f a c t o r y w o r k w e e k ,
a t 40. 0 h o u r s w a s dow n 0. 2 o f an h o u r in M a r c h
a n d 0 .4 o f an h o u r f r o m a y e a r a g o . I n d u s t r ie s
r e p o r t in g la r g e d e c lin e s o v e r th e m o n th in c lu d e d
t r a n s p o r t a t io n e q u ip m e n t (a u t o m o b ile s ) , p r i m a r y
m e t a l s , le a t h e r , and t o b a c c o .

N O N M A N U F A C T U R IN G E M P L O Y M E N T
U P 17 0 , 000

O v e r the y e a r , d e c lin e s o f one h o u r o r m o r e
w e r e r e p o r t e d b y the p r i m a r y m e t a ls and t e x t ile
in d u s t r ie s ; g a in s o f o n e -h a lf an h o u r o r m o r e w e r e
r e p o r t e d b y the r u b b e r ( 1 . 3 h o u r s ) , in s t r u m e n t s
an d o rd n a n c e in d u s t r i e s .

C o n s tr u c t io n , S ta te and lo c a l g o v e r n m e n t,
and s e r v i c e in d u s t r ie s a c c o u n te d f o r m o s t o f the
170 ,0 0 0 g a in in the n o n m a n u fa c tu r in g in d u s t r i e s .
B e c a u s e o f the la te E a s t e r , e m p lo y m e n t in t r a d e
did n ot show the u s u a l M a r c h r i s e .

S in c e D e c e m b e r the a v e r a g e f a c t o r y w o r k ­
w e e k h a s d e c lin e d a b o u t 1 h o u r , a s h a r p e r th an
a v e r a g e d ro p fo r th is tim e o f y e a r . T h e l a r g e s t
d e c lin e o v e r th is p e r io d w a s in a u t o s , w h e r e the
w o r k w e e k f e l l m u c h m o r e than u s u a l— m o r e than
5 h o u r s — f r o m th e u n u s u a lly h ig h D e c e m b e r l e v e l .
T h e M a r c h d ro p in a u to s w a s a b o u t 1 1/2 h o u r s .

M A N U F A C T U R IN G E M P L O Y M E N T DO W N
S L IG H T L Y
F a c t o r y e m p lo y m e n t, w h ic h u s u a lly r i s e s
s lig h t ly in M a r c h , d ip p e d s lig h t ly th is y e a r . T h is
i s the t h ir d c o n s e c u t iv e m o n th in w h ic h e m p lo y ­
m e n t h a s d e c lin e d b o th a c t u a lly and on a s e a s o n a l­
l y a d ju s te d b a s i s . B e tw e e n D e c e m b e r 1956 and
M a r c h 19 5 7 , f a c t o r y e m p lo y m e n t h a s f a lle n o ff b y
m o r e than 2 0 0 ,0 0 0 , a s c o m p a r e d w ith an a v e r a g e
d e c lin e in the p o s t w a r p e r io d o f l e s s th an 10 0,000
b e tw e e n t h e s e m o n th s .

RED U CED W ORKW EEK LOW ERS A V E R AG E
W EEKLY PAY
A s a r e s u lt o f the r e d u c t io n in h o u r s , a v e r ­
a g e w e e k ly e a r n in g s o f f a c t o r y p r o d u c tio n w o r k e r s
d e c lin e d a b o u t 40 c e n t s to $82 in M a r c h . A v e r a g e
w e e k ly e a r n in g s r o s e in a b o u t h a lf the i n d u s t r i e s ,
b u t th is w a s m o r e than o f f s e t b y d e c lin e s in o t h e r s

S in c e D e c e m b e r , e m p lo y m e n t in b o th lu m b e r
a n d a u to m o b ile s d e c lin e d s u b s t a n t ia lly . S e v e r a l
o th e r in d u s t r ie s r e p o r t e d s m a ll e r b u t s ig n if ic a n t
d e c lin e s . A m o n g th e s e w e r e p r i m a r y an d f a b r i ­
c a te d m e t a l s , t e x t i l e s , an d t e l e v i s i o n . A lth o u g h
the m a c h in e r y in d u s t r y a s a w h o le h a s sh o w n c o n ­
tin u ed s t r e n g th in th is p e r io d , tw o s e c t o r s , a g r i ­
c u lt u r a l m a c h in e r y and h o u s e h o ld a p p lia n c e s , h a v e
sh o w n e m p lo y m e n t w e a k n e s s .

O v e r the y e a r , e v e r y in d u s t r y g r o u p r e p o r t e d
h ig h e r w e e k ly e a r n in g s . E s p e c i a l l y l a r g e o v e r t h e - y e a r i n c r e a s e s w e r e r e c o r d e d in o r d n a n c e
( $ 7 . 7 6 ) , in s t r u m e n t s ($ 6 . 15 ), t r a n s p o r t a t io n
e q u ip m e n t ( $ 5 .7 3 ) , and r u b b e r ( $ 5 .6 5 ) . G a in s
e x c e e d in g the a v e r a g e f o r a l l m a n u fa c t u r in g w e r e
a ls o r e p o r t e d in f a b r ic a t e d m e t a ls ($ 4 . 72) and
p a p e r ($ 3 . 3 3 ).

D e s p ite the e m p lo y m e n t d e c lin e s o f r e c e n t
m o n th s , M a r c h f a c t o r y e m p lo y m e n t a t 1 6 .9 m il ­

A v e r a g e h o u r ly e a r n in g s r e m a in e d u n c h a n g e d
b e tw e e n F e b r u a r y and M a r c h a t $ 2 .0 5 , b u t w e r e
10 c e n t s a b o v e a y e a r a g o .




v ili

T a b l e 1. E m p l o y * * * in n o n a g r i c u l t u r a l e s t a b l i s h m e n t s ,
b y in d u s try division a n d s e le c te d g r o u p s
(In thousands)

Industry

divi_^on

March 1957

Year

Current

*go

net

change

and group

M*r. 1957
1/
TOTAL ....................................................................
M I N I N G ..................................................................
M e t a l m i n i n g .....................................
B i t u m i n o u s - c o a l .................................
N o n m e t a l i i c m i n i n g a n d q u a r r y i n g ..........

1957

1/

51,3**

51,199

803
107.3
228.7

805
IO 8.9
233.*
10*. 9

106.5

Jan.
1957

rnr.

51,238

50,*99

80*
108.8
232.8
106.*

1956

783
107.3
223.1
107.3

from:

Year
ago

Previous
month
+1*5

+8*5

- 2
- 1.6
- *.7
+ 1.6

+ 20
+
-

0

5.6
.8

CONTRACT CO NSTRUCTIO N......................................

2,796

2,72*

2,719

2,669

+ 72

+127

MANUFACTURING.....................................................

16,896

16,922

16,937

16 ,76*

- 2k

+13*

9,9*3

9,9*8

DURABLE GOODS...................................................
O r d n a n c e a n d a c c e s s o r i e s .....................
L u m b e r a n d w o o d p r o d u c t s (e x c e p t
f u r n i t u r e ).......................................
F u r n i t u r e a n d f i x t u r e s ...................... .
S t o n e , c l a y , and. g l a s s p r o d u c t s ...........
P r i m a r y m e t a l i n d u s t r i e s .....................
Fabricated metal products (except
ordnance, machinery, and tran s p o r t a t i o n
e q u i p m e n t ) ...........................,.......... .
M a c h i n e r y ( e x c e p t e l e c t r i c a l ) ..............
E l e c t r i c a l m a c h i n e r y ...........................
Transportation equipment................
I n s t r u m e n t s a n d r e l a t e d p r o d u c t s ..........
Miscellaneous manufacturing industries..
NONDURABLE GOODS.............................................. F o o d a n d k i n d r e d p r o d u c t s ....................
T o b a c c o m a n u f a c t u r e s ...........................
T e x t i l e - m i l l p r o d u c t s . . . . . .............. .
Apparel and o ther finished textile
p r o d u c t s ............................. ............
P a p e r a n d a l l i e d p r o d u c t s ....................
Printing, publishing, and allied
i n d u s t r i e s ................. .....................
C h e m i c a l s a n d a l l i e d p r o d u c t s ..............
P r o d u c t s o f p e t r o l e u m a n d c o a l .............
R u b b e r p r o d u c t s ............................ .
L e a t h e r a n d l e a t h e r p r o d u c t s ...............

9,922
130.9

132.0

9,730
129.7

- 21
+
.5

+192
+ 1.2

- 9.3
.5
+ 7.9
- 3.6

- 57.8
- 8.0
- 3.6
« 2.*

+
+
-

2.1
.2

+ l *.8
+ 62*0
+ 75.7
+115.5
+ 1 1 .*
- 16.9

- 3
+ .6
- 8.9
- *.7

- 58
- 3.6
- 2 .1
- 60.*

+
+

- 18.6
+ 10.6

637.6
370.0
552.3
l,3*3.7

6*0.6

686.1

370.5
554.3
1,352.0

377-5
563.8
1,3*2.5

1,1*0.3
1,780.9
1,2*1.7
1,908.0
3*3.5
*7*-3

1 ,1 *0.2
1.769.0
1,2*5.7
1 .926.1
3**. 6
*73.0

1 ,117.0
1 ,720.1
1 ,162.2
1 ,805.6

6,989
1,*86.5

88.0
1 ,011.1

6,979
1,*63.9
96.9
1 ,015.8

102.1

1 ,*68.1
90.1

1,019.7

1,071.5

1 ,229.8

1 ,22*.0

l, 20*.l
572.6

1 ,2*8 .*

569.5
86^.6
8*1 .*

86*. 8
839-9

8**.l
836.0

251.0
282.2
366.2

251.5

626.3
369.5
560.2
1 ,3*10.1
1 ,131.8
1 ,782.1

1,237.9
1,921.1
3*5.6
*7*.l
6,976
1,*6*.5

570.2
867.6

8*3.3
253.1
277.1
371.*

253.6
278.6

370.7

33*. 2
*91.0
7,03*

559.6

280.1

38*.7

8.5
1.2

3.8
6.9

5.8
.7

+ 3.0
+ 1.9
.5
- 1.5
+
.7

+
+
+
-

23.5
7.3
1.6

3.0
13.3

*,112

*,106

2,709

817
593

*,103
2,697
813
593

2,729
791

+ 19
+ 15
+ *

586

0

+
+
+

11,061

11,062

11,139

1

+130

k

+10*
+ 26
- *6.9
+ 66 .7
- 21.0
- 37.0
+ 6*. 0

TR ANSPORTATION AND P U B L I C U T I L I T I E S _______
TR A NS P OR T A TI O N..................................................
C O M M U N IC A T I O N ...................................................
OTHER P U BL IC U T I L I T I E S ...................................

*,122
2,712

WHOLESALE AND R E T A I L TRADE................... .........
WHOLESALE TR ADE ...............................................
R E T A IL T R A D E . . . ................................................
G e n e r a l m e r c h a n d i s e s t o r e s ..................
F o o d a n d l i q u o r s t o r e s ........................
A u t o m o t i v e a n d a c c e s s o r i e s d e a l e r s .......
A p p a r e l a n d a c c e s s o r i e s s t o r e s .............
O t h e r r e t a i l t r a d e .............................

130.*

3.030
8.031
1.337.2
1.619.3
785.2
552.5
3,736.7

810

593

10,931

-

589.5
3,672.7

+
+
+
+

3,03*

3,031

2,926

8,028

8,108

8,005
l, 38*.l
1 ,552.6

1,338.7
1,625.5
783. ^
5*6.8
3,73*.0

1,392.0
1,612.9
785.»
573.1
3,7*5.2

806.2

3
1.5
6.2
1.8

5.7
2.7

16

17
26

7

AND REAL E S T A T E ............

2,309

2,305

2,29*

2,265

+ *

+ **

S E R V I C E AND M I S C E L L A N E O U S . .............................

5,962

5,929

5,918

5,859

+ 33

-»103

GOVERNMENT............................. ..............................
F ED ER A L...............................................................
STATE AND LOCAL....................... .......................

7,393
2,203
5,190

7,3*9

7,315
2,196
5,119

7,122

+ **
t 3
+ *i

-«71
+ *1

F IN A N C E ,

INS URA NC E,

1/ Prelil m m a r y .

423766 0-57-2



2,200

5,1*9
ix

2,162
*,960

+23*

T a b le 2. P ro d u ctio n w o rk e rs in m a n u fa c tu r in g , b y m a jo r in d u s try g r o u p
(In t h o u s a n d s )

Major

J fer o h

Year
ago

Current

net

industry group
Mar.

1957
1/

M . 1957
1/

Jan.

Mar.

1957

1956

1957

change

from:
Year
ago

Previous
month

MANUFACTURING...........................

13,048

13,084

13,117

13,125

-36

- 77

DURABLE GOODS..........................

7,6*9

7,680

7,703

7,621

-31

+

Lumber

and wood products

Furniture

79.2

79.3

80.6

83.7

. .1

-

555.8
309A
465.5
1,117.3

569.4
310.0
457.5
1,120.2

573.0
310.3
461.3
1,129.9

618.5
318.3
472.2
1 ,130.3

-13.6
- .6
+ 8.0
• 2.9

-

894.9
1,306.6
875.7
1,431.0
234.8
378.3

903.0
1,307.8
883.0
1,438.9
232.7
378.4

893.0
1 ,281.0

-

5,399

5,404

905.8
1,299.1
8901.9
1,440.4
234.0
376.9
5,4l4

841.5
1,353.7
230.9
397.7
5,504

1,005.2

1 ,005.0

1 ,026.6

(except

a n d f i x t u r e s .........................

P r i m a r y m e t a l i n d u s t r i e s ..................... .
Fabricated metal products (except
ordnance, machinery, and trans p o r t a t i o n
e q u i p m e n t ).........................................
M a c h i n e r y ( e x c e p t e l e c t r i c a l ) ...............
T r a n s p o r t a t i o n e q u i p m e n t .......................
I n s t r u m e n t s a n d r e l a t e d p r o d u c t s ...........
Miscellaneous manufacturing industries...

NONDURABLE GOODS.......................
F o o d a n d k i n d r e d p r o d u c t s ..............
T o b a c c o m a n u f a c t u r e s ............................
T e x t i l e - m i l l p r o d u c t s . . ....................
Apparel and other finished textile
p r o d u c t s ............................................
P a p e r a n d a l l i e d p r o d u c t s .....................
Printing, publishing, and allied
C h e m i c a l s a n d a l l i e d p r o d u c t s ................
P r o d u c t s o f p e t r o l e u m a n d c o a l ..............
R u b b e r p r o d u c t s ...................................
L e a t h e r a n d l e a t h e r p r o d u c t s . . . . ...........




+
-

5

-105

1,020.7
81.6
960.5

+

.2
8.7
*.2

- 15.5
- 2.8
- 59.6

+ 5.8
- .k

- 20.3
+ M

+
+
+

+ 15.5
- 9.1

900.9
1,095.8
461.6

1,090.0
462.0

1,071.2
465.2

1 ,116 .1

560.3
557.0
171.8
216.3
331.3

557.2
555.0
172.1
218.5
331.2

557.0
553.4
170.4
221.9
326.5

544.8

X

62.7
- 8.9
- 6.7
- 13.0

+ 1.9
+ 25.6
+ 3*.2
+ 77.3
+ 3.9
- 19.*

92.4
908.9

if P r e l i m i n a r y .

*.5

8.1
1.2
7.3
7.9
2.1
.1

87.5
925.1

78.8

28

-

457.1
566.1

171.8
220.8
344.1

•

3.1
2.0
.3
2.2
.1

0

- *.5
- 12.8

T a b le 3. Hours an d gross e a r n in g s o f p ro d u c tio n w o rk e rs in m a n u fa c tu r in g ,
b y m a jo r in d u s try g r o u p

Average weekly
earnings
Major

industry

Average weekly
hours

Feb.

195b
Mar.

$2.05

$2.05

$1.95

*0.9

2.18

2.17

2.0 6

*1.9

*1.3

2.31

2.30

2.15

39.3
*0.3

39.5
* 0.1

39.6
* 1.0

1.7*
1.73

1.7*
1.72

1.71
1.67

78.31
95.12

*0.6
* 0.0

*0.7
*0 .*

* 1.0
* 1.0

2.01
2.*5

2.*5

2.00

1.91

83.23
92.01

* 1 .1
* 1.8
* 0.6
*1.3

* 1.0
* 2 .*
*0.7
* 0.*

2 .1*
2.28
2.06
2.38

2.27
2.06
2.38

2.25

1957
Feb.

1956
Mar.

* 0.0

*0.2

*0 .*

8*. 25

*0.7

*0.9

96.37

88.80

* 1.8

68.38
69.72

68.73
68.97

67.72
68.*7

81.61
98.00

81 .*0

87.95

87.5*
9*. 89
83.6*

group

1 957

1956

Mar.

Feb.

Mar.

MANUFACTURING...................

$ 82.00

$ 82.*1

$78.78

DURABLE GOODS..................

88.73

88.75

O r d n a n c e a n d a c c e s s o r i e s .......
L u m b e r and wood products

96.56

1/

F u r n i t u r e a n d f i x t u r e s ..........
Stone, clay, and glass
p r o d u c t s ............................
P r i m a r y m e t a l i n d u s t r i e s .......
Fabricated metal products
(except ordnance, machinery,
and t r a n s p o r t a t i o n e q u i p ­
m e n t )...............................
M a c h i n e r y (except electrical).
E l e c t r i c a l m a c h i n e r y ............
T r a n s p o r t a t i o n e q u i p m e n t .......
I n s t r u m e n t s and r e l a t e d
p r o d u c t s ............................
Miscellaneous manufacturing
i n d u s t r i e s .........................

NONDURABLE GOODS...... ........
F o o d a n d k i n d r e d p r o d u c t s ......
T o b a c c o m a n u f a c t u r e s .............
T e x t i l e - m i l l p r o d u c t s ...........
Apparel and other finished
t e x t i l e p r o d u c t s .................
P a p e r a n d a l l i e d p r o d u c t s ......
Printing, publishing, and
a l l i e d i n d u s t r i e s ................
C h e m i c a l s and all i e d products.
P r o d u c t s o f p e t r o l e u m and
c o a l .............. ................ . •
R u b b e r p r o d u c t s ....................
L e a t h e r and leather products..

1/

98.98

Mar.

1/

1/

1957
Mar.
1/

1/

2.32

2.03
2.17
1.9*

98.29

78.96
90.90

* 1 .1
* 1.6
*0.6
* 0.6

86.53

8*.87

80.38

* 1 .*

*1.0

*0.8

2.09

2.07

1.97

73.53

72.9*

69.89

* 0 .*

* 0.3

* 0.*

1.82

1.81

1.73

73.30

73.10

7 0 .*9

39.2

39.3

39.6

1.87

1.86

1.78

78.00
56.09
58.20

77.99
57.22
58.50

75.11
55.57
57.06

* 0.0
36.9

* 0.2
38.*
39.0

*0.6
37.8
39.9

1.95
1.52
1.50

1.9*
l.*9
1.50

1.85

l.*7
l.*3

5*.17
8*. 60

5*. 02
8*.80

52.*8
81.27

36.5
* 2 .*

36.7
* 3.0

l .*8
2.00

l .*8
2.00

1.89

95.73

9*.85
88.78

8*. *6

* 1 .1

38.*
* 1 .1

39.0
* 1.2

2.*8
2.16

2.*7
2.16

2.*0

88.78
10*.*5
90.58
58.21

10*.*5
90.98
58.83

103.82
8*. 93
56.92

* 0.8
* 0.8
37.8

* 0.8
* 0.8

* 1.2
39.5

2.56
2.22

2.56

2.52

38.2

38.2

1.5*

2.23
1.5*

2.15
l.*9

9**85
83.a
96.63

93.60

1/ P r e l i m i n a r y .




Average hourly
e arnings

xi

38.8
36.6

*2.3
38.6

2.13

l.*3

2.05

T a b le 4 . G ross a v e r a g e w e e k ly hours a n d a v e r a g e o v e rtim e hours o f p ro d u c tio n
w o r k e r s in m a n u fa c tu rin g , b y m a jo r in d u s try g ro u p
M ar. 1957 l7"
Major

industry group

Gross
Average
over­
average
weekly
time
hours
hours

Feb. 1957 £ T

Jan. 1957

Gross
Average
over­
average
weekly
time
hours
hours

Average
Gross
over­
average
weekly
time
hours
hours

Mar. 1956'
Gross
average
weekly
hours

Average
over­
time
hours

MANUFACTURING..............................

40.0

2 .4

40.2

2 .5

*0.2

2.6

*0.*

2 .7

6 0 0 D S .........................................................................

40.7

2.6

40.9

2.6

*0 .9

2 .9

*0.9

2 .9

4 1 .9
39-5
4 0 .1
40.7
40.4

2.8
2.6

*2.0

2 .7

*1.3

2.8

39.6

3 .1
2 .9
3 .5

4 1 .1
4 1.8
40.6
4 1.3
4 1.0
40.3

2.8

DURABLE

O r d n a n c e a n d a c c e s s o r i e s ...........................
Lumber and wood products (except furniture).
F u r n i t u r e a n d f i x t u r e s ........ ....................
S t o n e , c l a y , a n d g l a s s p r o d u c t s .................
P r i m a r y m e t a l i n d u s t r i e s . » . » . . ..................
Fabricated metal products (except ordnance,
machinery, and transportation equipment)...
M a c h i n e r y ( e x c e p t e l e c t r i c a l ) ............. .
E l e c t r i c a l m a c h i n e r y .......... ................ .
T r a n s p o r t a t i o n e q u i p m e n t ....... ...................
I n s t r u m e n t s a n d r e l a t e d p r o d u c t s ................
M i s c e l l a n e o u s m a n u f a c t u r i n g i n d u s t r i e s .......
NONDURABLE

G O O D S ..................................................................

39.2

F o o d a n d k i n d r e d p r o d u c t s ..........................
T o b a c c o m a n u f a c t u r e s ................................
T e x t i l e - m i l l p r o d u c t s ...............................
Apparel and other finished textile products.
P a p e r a n d a l l i e d p r o d u c t s .........................
Printing, publishing, and allied industries.
C h e m i c a l s a n d a l l i e d p r o d u c t s ....................
P r o d u c t s o f p e t r o l e u m a n d c o a l ..................
R u b b e r p r o d u c t s ........................................
L e a t h e r a n d l e a t h e r p r o d u c t s .....................

XJ

2.6
2.*
2 .9

2.8

*1.0
*1.0
*1.0

2 .9
3 .3

*1.0
*2.*

2 .3
2 .5

*0.8
*1.8
*0.*
*1.7
*0.7
*0.0

39.3

2 .3

40.2
38.4
39-0

2.8
.8
2.2
1.2
*.*
2.8
2.1

36.5
*2.*
38.*
*1.1
*0.8
*0.8
38.2

Preliminary.




2 .3

3 9 .1
39.8
*0.3

xU

2.3
3 .1

2.2
3 .2

2.*
2.6

1 .7

2.6
1.*

*1.0

2.*

*0 .7

2.8
2.9
3.8

2.*

2.2
2.*

*0.*
*0.8
*0.*

2.5

39.2

2 .3

39.6

2.5

*0.3

3 .0

*0.6

2.9

37.8
39.9
36.7
*3 .0
39.0

2.7
1.3

38.8

3 9 .1
35.9

*2.*
38.3

*1.2
*1.1
*1.0
38.0

3 .3

1.0
2 .3

1.1
*.*
2.8
2.1
1.6
3.0
1.3

2.3

2.*

.8

*.8
3 .1

*1.2
*1.2

2.2
2.2

39.5
38.2

2 .3

1.8

Table

5. I n d e x of e m p l o y e e s in n o n a g r i c u l t u r a l establishments,
by

i n d u s t r y division
(1947-49=100)
Year

Current

ago

Industry division

TOTAL...............................

Transportation

January
1957

March
1956

117.0

117.1

115.*

8*.8
129.2

82.6
126.8

113.*

112.3

ii

February 1957
ll

117.4

March 1957

84.7

8*.9

132.8
113.2

129.*
113.3

101.3
117.6

100.8
117.6

101.0
118 .*

116.2

133.8

133.5

121.8

121.2
129.8

132.9
120.9

131.2
119.7

129.2

125.8

and public

W h o l e s a l e a n d r e t a i l t r a d e ...............
F i n a n c e , i n s u r a n c e , a n d r e a l e s t a t e . ..

130.6

100.9

l! P r e l i m i n a r y .

Table 6- Index of production workers in manufacturing,
by major industry group,
(1947-49=100)

Year
ago

Current
M ajor industry group

March

February

1957

1/

ll

1957

January
1957

March
1956

MANUFACTURING........................

105.5

105.8

106.0

106.1

DURABLE GOODS................................................

11*.6

115.1

115.*

114.2

3*8.5

3*8.5

357.3

370.6

77.1

83.9
107.7
108.5
109.8

Lumber and wood products (except
furniture )........ ......................
Furniture and fix t u r es ..................
Stone, clay, and grass p r o d u c t s .......

75.3
10*.6
107.1
108.5

105.3
108.8

77.6
105.0
106.0
109.8

11 *.9

1 1 5.9

116.3

115.0

115.0

114.2

136.8
139.9
121.1
99.5

13 7 . 9
1*0.7
120.1
99.5

139.3
140.8
120.6
99.2

114.6
112.7
131.5
132.4
119.1
104.7

9*.8

9*. 9

95.1

96.6

8*.9
7*.8
75 . *

8 *.9
83.3
75 . 7

8 6.8

86.3

87.1
76.0

77.6
80.3

105.2

10* .7
115.3

102.8

116.1

107.2
114 . 1

115 . 9
108.8
92.5
107.5
91.5

115 * 9
108.4
91.4
109 . 0
90.4

113.4
110.9
92.5
108.5
95.1

105.0

F a bricated metal products (except
ordnance, machinery, and trans-

Instruments and related products......
Miscellaneous manufacturing industries .
NONDURABLE GOODS..........................................

T obacco m a n u f a c t u r e s ....................
Textile-mill p r o d u c t s ...................
Apparel and other finished textile
Paper and allied p r o d u c t s ..............
Printing, publishing, and allied
in d u s t r i e s ...............................

115.3

116.5
109.1
92.5

R ubber p r o d u c t s . ..................... .
L eather and leather p r o d u c t s ...........

106.1
91.5

1/Preliminary.




x iii

Seasonally

A d j u s t e d

D a t a

T a b l e 7. E m p l o y e e s in nonagricultural establishments,
b y industry division, s e a s o n a l l y adjusted
Number
(In thousands)

Index
(

1 9 4 7 -4 9 = 1 0 0 )

Industry division
March

TOTAL..............................................................
Mining...............................
Transportation and public utilities..
Wholesale and retail trade..........
Finance, insurance, and real estate..

195? X I

February
1 9 5 7 1/

118.

119.1

119.0

247.6

84.9
1 46. 2

143-5

113.4
101.8
119.9

113-7
102.0
120.7

9

84.7

134-5

134- 9

124.3
129.6

124.3
129.5

January
1957

84.8
114.1
102.5
120.1
I34.2
I24.I
I29.4

March
1956

March
1957 U

February
1 9 5 7 2J

January
1957

March
1956

116.

52,008

52,105

52 , 046

51*057

803

805
3*078
16,977

804
3,021

783
2, 966
1 6 , 804

7

82.6
140.9
112.6
101.4
117.2

3 > i °7
16,930

4* 143
11,282
2,321
6,084

131-9
122.2
125.4

4*151
n *353

17*033
4*174
11*304

2 , 3 28
6, 081

2,317
6, 07 0

7*332

7*323

7,338

% / Preliminary,

4*127
11,027
2,276

5*979

7.,£25

Table 8* P r o d u c t i o n w o r k e r s in m a n u f a c t u r i n g ,
b y m a j o r industry group, s e a s o n a l l y a d j u s t e d
Index

( In

(1947-49=100)
n o j Ul

1 X1U U 9 wl jr

Number
thousands )

Xuup

March
1 9 5 7 1/

MANUFACTURING......................
DURABLE GOODS...................................

Lumber and wood products (except
Stone, clay, and glass products......
Primary metal industries..............
Fabricated metal products (except
ordnance, machinery, and transpor-

January
1957

March
1956

March
1957 U

February
1957 J J

January
1957

March
1956

13,204

13*158

105.7

106.2

106.8

106.4

13*074

, 131
I3 !

1 1 4 .1

114.8

1 15 . 6

113.8

7,618

7 *665

7*715

7*594

3 4 8 .5

348.5

357*3

370.6

79

79

81

84

86.4

573

596

606

638

106.7

306

304

305
473

315

77.6

80.8

103.6

102.9

107.6
107,9

82.1

106.9

103-3
108. 7

109.0

468

4^5

108.2

109.2

109.2

1,111

1 :, 1 1 4

1,124

886
1,288

894
1 ,289

1,286

113.7

114.8

115.1

113-3

113.4

113.1

113-5
111.0

1 4 0 .7

137-9
140.8

132.4

120.1

120.1

118.0

43 i
233

135-4

Instruments and related products......
Miscellaneous manufacturing

February
1 9 5 7 1/

139-9
120.1

136 .5

130.2

867
i*

1

474
1 *124

884

897

1 ,262

834
*354

874

8 83

*439
233

1,440

233

229

i

98.9

99-5

101.8

104 .2

3lt>

378

387

396

95-8

96.0

96.4

97-7

5,456

5 *466

5*489

5 *5fy

93-8

94-0

94-7

95-5

1,110

1 *113

1,121

1,130

84.2

85.2

87.1

89

92

90

Textile-mill products.................
Apparel and other finished textile

87.1

92

74 . 6

75-0

75.6

79-5

91 2

916

92 4

97 1

101.7

101.1

Paper and allied products.............
Printing, publishing, and allied

101.8

*053

1,060

1,078

115.8

116.6

103-5
1 14 .6

1*059

115.8

464

464

467

459

116.5

116.5

115.9

560

108.2

107.8

113-4
109.3

560

107.6

552

94-1

175

106.1

107.0

93-o
108.0

557
550
173

545
558

93-5

54 9
174
216

218

220

221

89-3

90 . 4

323

323 ;

327

33 6

NONDURABLE GOODS.............................

89-3
1 / Preliminary.




x iv

93-5
1 08.5
92.9

1

1

174

Historical Data
T a b l e A-l: E m p l o y e e s in nonagricultural establishments,
b y industry division
(In thousands)

Year

and month

Annual

average:

1919...........
1920...........
1921...........
1922...........
1923...........
192*.................
1925...........
1926...........
1927...........
1928...........
1929...........
1930...........
1931...........
1932...........
1933...........
193*...........
1935...........
1936...........
1937...........
1938...........
1939...........

19*0...........

TOTAL

Mining

26,829

1,12*
1,230
953

27,088
2*, 125
25,569
28,128

27,770
28,505
29,539
29,691
29,710

31,041
29,143
26,383

23,377
23,466
25,699
26,792
28,802
30,718

920

1,203
1,092

1,080

1,176
1,105
1,0*1
1,078
1,000
86*
722

735
37*
888
937

28,902

1,006
882

30,311
32,058

8*5
916

19*1.................
19*2 ..... .....
19*3...........
19**.................
19*5...........
19*6...........
19*7...........
19*8...........

39,779
42,106
41,534
40,037
41,287
43,462
44,448

19*9...........
1950...........
1951...........
1952...........
1953...........
195*...........
1955...........
1956.................

43,315
44,738
47,347
48,303
49,681
48,431
49,950
51,490

1956: February...

50,246
50,499
50,848
51,197
51,709

783
790

50,896
51,881

7*6

April.....
Nay...•«...

36,220

9*7
983
917
883
826
852

9*3

1,608
1,606

1,*97
1,372
1,21*
970
809
862
912

1,1*5
1,112
1,055
1,150
1,29*
1,790
2,170
1,567
1,09*
1,132

786

812

818
812
811
811

1957: January....
February...

51,238
51,199

805

817

80*

4,664

10,534
10,534
8,132
8,986
10,155
9,523
9,786
9,997
9,839
9,786

3,711
3,998
3,459
3,505
3,882
3,806

10,534

3,907
3,675
3,243
2,804

6,401
6,064
5,531

2,659

4,999
5,552
5,692

9,401

8,021
6,797
7,258
8,346
8,907
9,653
10,606
9,253
10,078
10,780
12,974
15,051
17,381
17,111

3,824
3,940
3,891
3,822

4,623
4,754

5,084
5,494
5,626
5,810
6,033
6,165
6,137

4,907

2,736
2,771
2,956
3,114
2,840

6,076

2,912

6,612

6,543
6,453

6,940
7,4l6
7,333
7,189

Finance,
insurance,
and real
estate

1,050

1,110
1,097
1,079
1,123
1,163
1,166

1,235
1,295
1,360

1, *31
1,398
1,333
1,270
1,225
1,2*7
1,262

1,313
1,355
1,3*7

Service
and
miscel­
laneous

2,054

2,142

2,187
2,268
2,431
2,516
2,591
2,755
2,871
2,962
3,127

3,084
2,913
2,682

2,614
2,784
2,883
3,060

Govern­
ment

2,671
2,603
2,531

2,542
2,6ll
2,723
2,802

2,848
2,917
2,996
3,066

3,149
3,264
3,225
3,167
3,298
3,477
3,662

3,233
3,196

3,749
3,876

3,321
3,477
3,705
3,857
3,919
3,934
4,011
4,474
4,783
4,925

3,995
4,202
4,660
5,483

5,856
6,026

1,967
2,038
2,122
2,215

4,972
5,077
5,264
5,411
5,538
5,664
5,854

2,300

6,000

1,399
1, *36

14,178
14,967
16,104
16,334
17,238
15,995
16,557
16,893

3,949
3,977
4,166
4,185
4,221
4,009
4,056
4,145

16,824

10,819
10,931
10,928
10,965
11,091

2,250

2,265
2,278
2,289

5,818
5,859
5,979
6,041

16,809

4,083
4,106
4,121
4,138
4,181

2,320

6,089

7,084
7,122
7,130
7,203
7,150

3,270
3,353
3,3*0
3,301
3,191
3,029

16,291
17,034
17,121
17,222
17,151
17,133

4,148
4,178
4,179
4,177
4,170
4,180

11,015
11,047
11,164
11,288
11,496

2,3*2
2,355
2,321
2,312
2,313
2,308

6,137
6,137

6,947
6,960

2,719
2,72*

16,937
16,922

4,112
4,103

2,29*
2,305

5,918
5,929

1,661
1,982

2,165
2,333

780

Transpor­
Wholesale
tation andand reta i l
public
trade
utilities

15,302
14,46l
15,290
15,321

918
889
916
885
852

777
770
795

Manufac­
turing

3,013
3,248
3,433
3,619
3,798
3,872
4,023
4,122
4,141

2,169

52,455
52,484
53,131




1,021
8*8
1,012
1,185
1,229
1,321
1,**6
1,555

982

August....
September •.
October....
November...
December...

52,261

Contract
con­
struction

2,603
2,63*
2,622

2, 593
2,780

3,037
2,588
2,669

2,853
3,0*0
3,257

16,764
16,769

16,715

7,260

1,*80

l,*69
1, *35
1, *09

7,522
8,6oe
9,196
9,519

1,619
1,672
1,7*1

9,513
9,645
10,012

1,765
1 ,82*

10,281

10,527
10,520

10,803
11,144

12,092

11,139
11,062

1,*28

1,892

6,105

6,045
6,010
5,976

6,080

6,043
5,944
5,595
5,474

5,650

6,389

6,609

6,645
6,751
6,915
7,176

7,213
7,296
7,342
7,602

7,315
7,349

1

In d u s try E m p lo ym en t
T a b le A - 2 : A ll e m p lo y e e s a n d p r o d u c tio n w o r k e r s in n o n a g r ic u lt u r a l
esta b lis h m e n ts , b y in d u s try
i In t h o u s a n d s )
All
Industry

employees

1957

Jan.
51,238

Production workers

1956
nt .
50,246

TOTAL..................................

Feb.
51,199

M IN IN G ................................

805

8o4

780

108.9

108.8

106.9

32.9
35.3

33.2
35.2

34.0
33.6

18.0

18.0

ANTHRACITE..........................

33.2

BITUMINOUS-COAL.....................
CRUDE-PETROLEUM AND NATURAL-GAS
PRODUCTION.........................

METAL MINING........................

Petroleum

and n a t u r a l - g a s

production

NONMETALLIC MINING AND QUARRYING.....
CONTRACT CONSTRUCTION ..................

NONBUILDING CONSTRUCTION..............
H i g h w a y a n d s t r e e t ...........................
O t h e r n o n b u i l d i n g c o n s t r u c t i o n ..........

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION.................

93.^

Jan.

1956
Fell.

17.0

30.0
15.3

93.4
29.1
29.9
15.4

14.5

33.5

34.0

30.8

31.2

30.8

233.4

232.8

224.5

213.1

213.0

205.6

324.3

322.4

309.9
130.6

130.3

128.3

89.2

90.4

89.I

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

104.9
2,724
422
158.9
263.5
2,302

106.4
2,719
429
164.4
364.3
2,290

104.5

399
153.2
245.6
2,189

918.2

921.0

878.4

SPECIAL-TRADE CONTRACTORS............

1,383.5
332.3
154.7
209.5
687.0

1,369.1
335.1
157.0
209.4

1,310.7
310.2
144.3

667.6

29.I

91.2

29.3
28.6

2,588

GENERAL CONTRACTORS..................
P l u m b i n g a n d h e a t i n g ........................
P a i n t i n g a n d d e c o r a t i n g ....................
E l e c t r i c a l w o r k ...............................
O t h e r s p e c i a l - t r a d e c o n t r a c t o r s ........

1957

170.6
685.6

-

MANUFACTURING .........................

16,922

16,937

16,824

13,084

13 ,117

13,212

DURABLE GOODS........................
NONDURABLE GOODS.....................

9,943
6,979

9,948

9,776
7,0*8

7,680

7,703

7,692

6,969

5,4o4

5,4l4

5,520

ORDNANCE AND ACCESSORIES.............

130.4

132.0

130*2

79.3

80.6

85.7

FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS............

1,463.9
334.3
107.4

1,486.5
343.9
107.1

1 ,005.0
260.3

1,026.6

1,013.0

69.0

172.1

176.8

1,*59*7
332.2
105.5
171.7
117.7

68.1
140.0
83.4
169.4
OO A
66.3
110.3
9*.l

M e a t p r o d u c t s ..................................
D a i r y p r o d u c t s ................................
C a n n i n g a n d p r e s e r v i n g .....................
G r a i n - m i l l p r o d u c t s .........................
B a k e r y p r o d u c t s ...............................
S u g a r .............................................
C o n f e c t i o n e r y and r e l a t e d products....
B e v e r a g e s .......................................
M i s c e l l a n e o u s f o o d p r o d u c t s ..............

TOBACCO MANUFACTURES.................
C i g a r e t t e s ......................................
C i g a r s ............................................
Tobacco

stemming

2




a n d r e d r y i n g ...........

116.4
288.8
26.5

116 .9
269.0

31.1

138.3

143.2

287.2

169.2

21.5
64.5

168.9

204.4
134.8

205.9
134.3.

27.5
80.7
200.1
137.1

96.9

102.1
34.2
33.6
6.7

98.5
33.8
37.3
7.2

27.6

20.2

79.2

33.4
34.3

6.6
22.6

81.5

69.4

269.5

81.4

81.9

25.8

66.8

109.0

111.1
90.4

87.5

92.4
30.4
31.7

91.4

29.6

32.6
5.6
19.7

2U

259.4

89.7

30.*
35.5
6.1
17.7

In d u s try Em ploym ent
T a b le A - 2 : A ll e m p lo y e e s a n d p ro d u c tio n w o r k e r s in n o n a g r ic u lt u r a l
e s ta b lis h m e n ts , b y in d u s tr y - C o n tin u e d
(In t h o u s a n d s )
All
Industry

TEXTILE-MILL PRODUCTS..................
Scouring

and

combing

p l a n t s ..................

N a r r o w f a b r i c s a n d s m a l l w a r e s ........ .
K n i t t i n g m i l l s .....................................
C a r p e t s , r u g s , o t h e r f l o o r c o v e r i n g s ......
H a t s ( e x c e p t c l o t h a n d m i l l i n e r y ...........

APPAREL AND OTHER FINISHED TEXTILE
PRODUCTS..............................
M e n ' s a n d b o y s ’ s u i t s a n d c o a t s .............
M e n ' s and boys' f u r n i s h i n g s and w o r k
c l o t h i n g ............................................
Women's, children's

under

g a r m e n t s ..........

M i s c e l l a n e o u s a p p a r e l and ac c e s s o r i e s . . . .
O t h e r f a b r i c a t e d t e x t i l e p r o d u c t s ..........

LUMBER AND WOOD PRODUCTS (EXCEPT
FURNITURE)............................
Logging

camps

Millwork,

and

plywood,

c o n t r a c t o r s ...............

H o u s e h o l d f u r n i t u r e .............................
Office, p u b l i c - b u i l d i n g , and p r o f e s s i o n a l
f u r n i t u r e ..........................................
Partitions, s h elving, lockers, and
Screens, blinds, and miscellaneous
f u r n i t u r e a n d f i x t u r e s ........................

PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS...............
P u l p , p a p e r , a n d p a p e r b o a r d s m i l l s ........
P a p e r b o a r d c o n t a i n e r s a n d b o x e s ............
O t h e r p a p e r a n d a l l i e d p r o d u c t s .............

PRINTING, PUBLISHING, AND ALLIED
INDUSTRIES............................

L i t h o g r a p h i n g ......................................

publishing

423766 0 - 57 -3




and

Production

employees

Jan«
1,019.7

19*16

Feb.
1,081.4
6.5

1957

workers

12.0
63.3

83.5
50.6
11.5
63.9

90.3
54.3
13.8
65.4

1,224.0
121.4

1,204.1
121.3

1,262.6
122.8

1,090.0
109.4

1,071.2
109.4

1,130.9
111.0

303.5
378.7
131.1
21.2
72.7

297.4
374.2
127.9
18.2
70.4
10.2
57.6

319.4
392.0

277.9
336.7
117.2
18.9
64.7
7.1
51.5

272.3
333.0
113.2
15.9
62.7
7.4
51.3

295.4
350.0
114.4

106.6

106.0

65.5
7.0
55.3
111.1

6.0
118.2

440.6
29-5

212.2

83.2
50.8

6.1

118.5
hkk.2

29.3
212.1

128.0

467.2
30.7
225.2

127.8

Jan.
928.9
5-6
109.7
417.3

1956
Feb.
989.0

Feb.
925.1
5.4
108.9
414.2
25.9
192.3
72.4
42.4
10.7
52.9

25.8

191.8
72.9
42.3
10.0
53.5

6.0
118.6

440.0
27.2

205.0
78.8

46.0
12.0
55.4

9.8
58.1
127.5

126.9

24.0
73.0
10.2
61.7
131.7

637.6
7 1 .1
338.9

640.6
65.9
343.2

703.6
83.2
376.3

569.4
64.3
308.4

573.0
59.5
313.4

635.3
76.0
347.9

118.4
53.5
55.7

121.5

131.4
55-5
57.2

98.0
49.4
49.3

100.7

109.4
51.2

and p r e f a b ric ate d

FURNITURE AND FIXTURES..................

Miscellaneous

Feb.
1 ,015.8

1957

54.2
55.8

50.0
49.4

21.2

50.8

370.0
254.3

254.0

380.1
266.5

310.0
219.8

310.3
219.5

232.6

47.8

47.3

47.1

38.4

37.9

38.2

40.5

41.1

38.6

30.2

30.7

29.6

27.4

28.1

27.9

21.6

22.2

21.5

569.5
285.2

572.6
286.7
151.0

556.7
277.3

462.0
235.6
120.5
105.9

465.2

455.5

236.8

230.4

557.2
159.9

557.0
158.9
26.4
35.7
183.9
47.3
11.8
38.5

540.3
153.0

54.5

52.1

149.2
135.1
864.6
322.4
63.4
56.2
226.5
62.1
16.0

370.5

134.9
864.8
320.5
63.9

55-8
228.1

148.2
131.2

839.6
309.1
66.4
52.9
218.3

26.7
36.2

182.8

47.1

62.2
17.0
47.4

45.2

47.2
11.0
38.1

70.9

69.9

67.4

55.3

62.5

17.8

printing

122.2
106.2

321.9

121.0
104.1

28.3
32.6

178.3
47.1
12.6
36.3

3

In d u stry Em ploym ent

T a b le A-2'» A ll e m p lo y e e s a n d p r o d u c tio n w o rk e rs in n o n a g r ic u lt u r a l
e s ta b lis h m e n ts , b y in d u s tr y - C o n tin u e d
( In t h o u s a n d s )
All
Industry

CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS...........
I n d u s t r i a l i n o r g a n i c c h e m i c a l s ..............
I n d u s t r i a l o r g a n i c c h e m i c a l s .................
D r u g s a n d m e d i c i n e s ..............................
Soap, c l e a n i n g and p o l i s h i n g
p r e p a r a t i o n s ......................................
P a i n t s , p i g m e n t s , a n d f i l l e r s ...............
G u m a n d w o o d c h e m i c a l s .........................
F e r t i l i z e r s .........................................
V e g e t a b l e a n d a n i m a l o i l s a n d f a t s ........
M i s c e l l a n e o u s c h e m i c a l s ........................

PRODUCTS OF PETROLEUM AND COAL..........
P e t r o l e u m r e f i n i n g ...............................
Coke, o t h e r p e t r o l e u m and c o a l prod u c t s . .

RUBBER PRODUCTS........................
Tires

and

i n n e r t u b e s ...........................

Other

r u b b e r p r o d u c t s ...........................

LEATHER AND LEATHER PRODUCTS............
Leather: tanned, curried, and finished...
Industrial leather belting and packing...
B o o t a n d s h o e c u t s t o c k a n d f i n d i n g s ......
F o o t w e a r ( e x c e p t r u b b e r ) .......................
L u g g a g e ..............................................
H a n d b a g s a n d s m a l l l e a t h e r g o o d s ...........
Glo ves and m is c e l l a n e o u s leat her goods...

STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS.........
F l a t g l a s s ..........................................
Glass and glassware, p r e s s e d or blown....
Glass products made of purchased glass...
S t r u c t u r a l c l a y p r o d u c t s .......................
P o t t e r y a n d r e l a t e d p r o d u c t s .................
Concrete, gypsum, and pla s t e r products...
C u t - s t o n e a n d s t o n e p r o d u c t s .................
Miscellaneous nonmetallic mineral
p r o d u c t s ............................................

PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES................
Blast

furnaces,

steel works,




49.8
75.1
8.8
38.0
41.5
102.8
253.6
201.8
51.8
278.6

120.8
21.9
135.9
370.7
43.7
4.7
17.7
241.0
15.1
31.6
16.9

employees

Production workers

96.3

10*56
Feb.
827.*
108.3
315.0
92.T

*9.*
75.0
8-7
35.5
*2.0
102.9

*9.6
7*.2
8.*
37.8
*2.5
98.9

30.2
46.7
7.4
28.7
29.4
65.O

29.9

251.0

2*8.9
198.7

Jan.
839.9
110.1
320.0

201.9
*9.1

50.2

Feb.

i<«7

Jan.

555.0
76.0

553.4
75.6
216.3
56.7

214.9
56.7

1956

Feb.
557.5
75.8
220.6
55.6
29.6

46.7
7.4
26.5
29.5

46.9
7.1
28.9
30.0

6k.8

63.0

172.1
130.6
41.5

170.4
131.4
39.0

169.7
129.3
40.4

218.5
92.8
17.6
108.1

221.9
93.5
18.1
110.3

224.5
93.2
20.9
110.4

326.5
39.3
3.6
15.7
216.5
12.2
25.7
13.5

349.5
40.6
4.0
17.3

282.2
121.5
22.*
138.3

283.3
121.0

366.2

390.2
*5.1
5.1
19.1
25*.7
15.6
33.5
17.1

331.2
39.1
3.6
15.9
217.1
12.8

457.5
29.9
80.4
15.4
35.6
68.2
47.8
90.6
17.5

461.3
30.9
81.0

469.8

15.6

15.8

35.7
70.9
47.2
90.7
17.5

35.3
74.6
47.2
90.9
17.5

*3.8
*.7
17.5
2*0.6
1*.5
29.*
15.7

25.0

137.3

27.8

14.9

229.8

13.3
29.7
14.8

552.3
33.3
95.9
lfl.3
42.4
77.9
54.4
113.7
20.1

18.5
*2.*
80.*
53.9
113.1
20*1

556.2
3*.0
96.3
18.6
*2.2
8*.0
53.5
111.3
20.1

96.3

95.5

96.2

72.1

71.8

73.0

1,343.7

1,352.0

1,3*5.9

1,120.2

1,129.9

1,138.4

664.7
234.0

66* .8

661.7
2*5.3

561.7
203.1

561.8

236.0

205.7

566.5
215.5

71.7

73.5

66.*

57-3

59.1

53.5

13.8

13.7

13.7

10.3

10.2

10.5

112.7
79.4
10T.4

116.6

118.5
79.1

87.5

91.6
67.3
134.2

95.2
66.0
131.2

and rolling

I r o n a n d s t e e l f o u n d r i e s .......................
Primary smelting and refining of
n o n f e r r o u s m e t a l s ...............................
Secondary smelting and refining of
n o n f e r r o u s m e t a l s ...............................
Rolling, drawing, and alloying of
n o n f e r r o u s m e t a l s ...............................
N o n f e r r o u s f o u n d r i e s ............................
Miscellaneous primary metal industries...

*

Feb.
841.4
110.3
318.4
96.7

1 W

55*.3
3*.2
96.2

80.9
166.5

161.2

65.6

134.7

30.3
81.2

Ind u stry I m p lo ym m t

T a b le A - 2 : A ll e m p lo y e e s a n d p ro d u c tio n w o rk e rs in n o n a g r ic u lt u r a l
e s ta b lis h m e n ts , b y in d u s tr y - C o n tin u e d
(In t h o u s a n d s )
employee:3

All
Industry

FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS (EXCEPT ORD­
NANCE, MACHINERY, AND TRANSPORTATION
EQUIPMENT)............................
Tin cans

and other

t i n w a r e ....................

m .
1,140.3
54.7
149.9

1957

Jan.
1,140.2 ,
53.8
152.2

Production workers

1956
m .

M .

1957

1 ,122.2

903.0
47.4
120.6

125.2

55.0
156.2

Ju .

1956
r a .

905.8

899.2
47.8
127.4

84.3
243.2
205.6
39*7
5 1 .O
111.2

83.1
241.2

97.6
218.0
203.5

1,299.1
62.4
103.5
116.3
228.5

1,274.3
57.0
115.7
110.7
219.3

46.8
122.8

H e a t i n g a p p a r a t u s (except e l ectric) and
p l u m b e r s ' s u p p l i e s ..................... * .......
F a b r i c a t e d s t r u c t u r a l m e t a l products......
M etal stamping, coating, and e n g r a ving...
L i g h t i n g f i x t u r e s ................................
F a b r i c a t e d w i r e p r o d u c t s ......................
Miscellaneous fabricated metal products..

137.9

137.2

290.1
2**.8
*8.7
61.5
1*0.7

MACHINERY (EXCEPT ELECTRICAL)...........

1,780.9

E n g i n e s a n d t u r b i n e s ............................
A g r i c u l t u r a l m a c h i n e r y a n d t r a c t o r s .......
C o n s t r u c t i o n a n d m i n i n g m a c h i n e r y ..........

87.0

1,769.0
86.4
143.4
159.7
297.7

1,708.*
77.3
156.3
150.5
28*.7

1,307.8
62.7

194.4
276.9

282.9

138.2
189.2
283.1

190.3
255.*
120.9
198.*
27**6

136.5
184.8
104.6
143.8
219.1

136.9
184.8
103.1
143.2
220.4

136.7
174.1
91.7
152.4
216.7

1,241.7

1,245.7

1,162.9

883.O

891.9

848.6

427.9

430.6

387.1
50.3
23.7

298.5
40.6
19.1
63.5
28.4
394.6
38.3

302.0
40.7

274.7
40.6

19.6

18.8
63.O

111.2
326.2
2W .7
49.6
62.1

lW.it
162.2

298.7
S p e c i a l - i n d u s t r y ma c h i n e r y (except
m e t a l w o r k i n g m a c h i n e r y ) ......................
G e n e r a l i n d u s t r i a l m a c h i n e r y .................
O f f i c e a n d s t o r e m a c h i n e s a n d devices....
S e r v i c e - i n d u s t r y and h o u s e h o l d machines..

ELECTRICAL MACHINERY...................
Electrical generating, transmission,
distribution, and industrial apparatus..

194.0
277.4
140.2
190.1

52.0

109.9
322.7
251.3
49.9
63.2

51.8

e q u i p m e n t ........................
e l e c t r i c a l p r o d u c t s ..........

24.7
78.9
32.7
573.2
52.3

25.2
79-2
32.7
573.8
52.4

TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT................

1,928.0

1 ,926.1

825.4
888.7
566.5

839.3
875.7
558.7
179.2

19.0

18.6
119.2

Electrical

equipment

Communication
Miscellaneous

f o r v e h i c l e s ..........

A i r c r a f t e n g i n e s a n d p a r t s ..................
A i r c r a f t p r o p e l l e r s a n d p a r t s ..............
O t h e r a i r c r a f t p a r t s a n d e q u i p m e n t .......
S h i p a n d b o a t b u i l d i n g a n d r e p a i r i n g ......

INSTRUMENTS AND RELATED PRODUCTS........
Laboratory,
Mechanical

scientific,
measuring

Watches

and




23.2
389.4
38.9

1,440.4

6.5

22.5
46.3
7-5

1,392.4
713.2
519 .I
332.1
99-6
9-9
77-5
106.3

9-0

62.1
8.2

61.2

9.2

343.5

344.6

332.6

232.7

234.0

230.5
36.1

61.9

156.8

1*.6

106.6

98.8

25.6

683.1

583.4
370.4
114.9
12.6
85.5
120.7
100.6
20.1
46.7

83.8

72.7

72.0

61.8

42.7

41.8

85.2

86.6
14.0

8*.8
1*.0

58.3
10.6

60.4
10.5

59-5
10.8

44.7
27-9
66.2
32-7

44.it
27.8

*2.2
28.2

31.0
21.8
41.9
26.4

30.7
21.7
41.9
27.0

29.4
22.4
42.5
29.8

and controlling

c l o c k s ...............................

5 1.1

114.3

12*.*

121.4
143.0

and engin eer ing

O p t i c a l i n s t r u m e n t s a n d l e n s e s ..............
Sur g i c a l , medical, and dental

1,8*1.*
875.1
771.5
*93.5

64.0
20.5
398.7
38.4

39-5

140.8
117.4
23.4

181.8

24.1

t r a n s p o r t a t i o n e q u i p m e n t ..............

5*5.8
51.8

118.3
229.8

40.1
52.2
110.7

1,438.9
668.0
594.0
377.9
116.4
12.9
86.8
122.4
101.6
20.8
47.2
73

118.9
Other

78.0
26.2

108.2

208.9

14.1

66.5

33.3

65.1
36.5

5

Industry Employment
Table A -2 : A ll employees and production workers in nonagricultural
establishments, by industry - Continued
(In thousands)

Industry
T.fc.
MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES...
Jewelry, silverware, and plated ware....

474.3
51*4

Pens, pencils, other office supplies....
Costume Jewelry, buttons, notions..... Fabricated plastics products........ .

81.4
30.3
58.9
88.2
145.1

19.0

TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC UTILITIES.......

Trucking and warehousing.........
Other transportation and services.......
Air transportation (common carrier)....
COMMUNICATION............................

OTHER PUBLIC UTILITIES...................
Gas and electric utilities........ .
Electric light and power utilities.....
Electric light and gas utilities
Local utilities, not elsewhere

473.0
5 1.7
1 9 .1
78.4
30.9
59.4
88.7

144.8

Production workers
1956
Feb.

Feb.

492.5
53.7
18.8
85.2
31.0
65.8
85.5
152 .5

378.4
40.6
16.0
66.9
22.9
47.4
70.0
114.6

1 957

4,083

-

-

2,697
1,132.6
988.7

2,709
1,139-5
996.1

2,712
1,188.3
1,040.8

_

_

106.2

106.0

109.6

804.3
659.0
44.1
139.5

777.1
636.9
42.9
120.6

813
771.2
41.4

810
767.5
41.4

787
743.4
42.4

593
570.4
252.4
145.0

593
570.3
251.8
145.5

584
561.3
249.0
142.2

173.0

173.0

170.1

22.2

22.2

22.3

Feb.

399.7
43.7
16.0
70.3
23.3
54.1
69.3
123.0

376.9
40.9
16 .1
64.0
22.7
47.7
70.7
114.S

4,112

807.3
650.7
43.9
140.1

1956

Jan.

4,103

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE..................................................................... 11,062
WHOLESALE TRADE...............................................................................................................
Wholesalers, full-service and limited-

All employees
1957
Jan.

’
_

_
-

_

_
_
-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

_
-

_
_
-

_

-

-

_

_

_

-

-

-

_

-

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

11,139

10,819

3,034

3,031

2,924

_

_

_

1,765.4
114.1

1,768.2
114.1

1,711.3
114.1

-

-

-

310.8

309.2

301.9

.

.

467.3

467.0

446.5

.

.

873.2
1,268.6

877.9
1,262.4

848.8
1,212.6

-

-

-

8,028

8,108

7,«95
1,333.4

_

_

Groceries, food specialties, beer,
Electrical goods, machinery, hardware,
Other full-service and limited-function
wholesalers......................................................................... ....
RETAIL TRADE..... ....................................................................................................
General merchandise stores.. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Department stores and general mail-order
Other general merchandise stores........
Grocery, meat, and vegetable markets....
Dairy-product stores said dealers. ........
Automotive and accessories dealers......
Furniture and appliance stores.........

6




1,338.7

1,392-0

872.0
466.7
1,625.5
1,155.9
227.5
24a .1

908.6
483.4
1 ,612.9
1,149.8
226.7
236.4
7«5.0
573.1
3,745.2
382.9
357.6

783.4

546.8
3,734.0
384.1
349.5

;

858.5

474.9
1,551.0
1,089.4
224.0
237.6
810.9
552.9
3,647.1
386.0

330.2

_

_

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

-

-

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_
_
_

-

-

Pavroll Indexes
Table A -2 Î All employees and production workers in nonagricultural
establishments, by industry - Continued
(In thousands)
Feb.

All employees
1957
Jan.

2,305
596.3
83.3
840.9
784.3

2,294
590.6
83.4
834.0
786.2

2,250
566.2
80.6
810.8
792.7

Industry
FINANCE, INSURANCE, AND REAL ESTATE............
Security dealers and exchanges.................
Insurance carriers and agents................
Other finance agencies and real estate..

1956
Tab.

SERVICE AND MISCELLANEOUS...............................
Hotels and lodging places...........................
Personal services:

5,929
465.6

5,918
458.O

5,818
466.7

Cleaning and dyeing plants.......................

328.3
160.7
208.5

329.6
162.2
208.0

328.9
160.8
214.7

GOVERNMENT............................................................

7,349

F E D E R A L ..............................................................................

2,200
5,149

STATE

AN D

L O C A L ...........................................................

7,315

7,084

2,196
5,119

2,160
4,924

Production workers
1956
1957
Feb.
Feb.
Jen.
-

-

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

-

_

_

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

_

_

_

~

~

-

Table A-3e Indexes of production-worker employment
and weekly payrolls in manufacturing
Year
1939.• • •

19*0 ___

1941___
19 *2 ___
19*3....
1944....
1945....
1946....
1947.. . .
1946___
1949....
1950.. . .
1951....
1952.. . .
1953....
1954....
1955....
1956....

Production-worker employment Production-worker Year
and
Number
Index
payroll index
(in thousands) (1947-49 = 100 ) (1947-49 = 100) month
8,192
8,811
10,877
12,854

15,014
14,607
12,864
12,105
12,795
12,715
11,597
12,317
13,155
13,144
13,833
12,589

13,053
13,174




66.2
7 1.2
87.9
103.9
12 1.4
1 1 8 .1

104.0

97.9
103.4

102.8
93.8
99-6
106.4
106.3

111.8
101.8
105.5
106.5

29.9
34.0
49.3
72.2
99.0
102.8
87.8
81.2
97.7
10 5 .1
97.2
1 1 1 .7
129.8
136.6
1 5 1.4
13 7 .7
152.5
161.3

Production-woi'ker employment Production-worker
Number
Index
payroll index
(in thousands) (1947-49 = 100) (1947-49 = 100 )

1956
Feb. . . .

M a r....
A p r. . ..

13,212
13,125

13,114

lley....
June...

13,036
13,078

J u ly ...

12,514

Aug.. . .
Sept.. .
Oet.. . .
Mov . . . .

13,245
13,335
13,439
13,353
13,312

D ec..•.

1957
Jan....
F eb ....

1 3 ,11 7

13,084

106.8
106.1
106.0
105.4
105.7

157.7
157.9
158.2
157.3
158.2

101.2
10 7.1
107.8
108.7
108.0
107.6

151.0
161.4
165.8
168.7
167.7
170.9

106.0
105.8

I65 .I
164.7

7

S h ip y a rd s
Table A-4: Employees in Government and private shipyards, by region
(In thousands)
1956

1957
Region V

February

January

February

ALL REGIONS ................................................

219*2

2x7.8

202.8

PRIVATE YARDS..........................................

118.9

117.4

98.8

NAVY YARDS.............................................

100.3

100.4

104.0

NORTH ATLANTIC.....................................

92.9
48.1
44.8

91-7
47.1
44.6

85 .I

37.8
18.3
19.5

38 .1
19.6

35.1
14.8
20.3

25.4

25.1

19.7

SOUTH ATLANTIC.....................................

18.5

39.8
*5.3

GULF:

PACIFIC............................................

13.8

14.4

50.6

51.4

36.0

36.2

38.4

7.7

6 .7

6.0

5.6

5.6

5.5

49.8

13.0

GREAT LAKES:

INLAND:
1/ The North Atlantic region includes all yards bordering on the Atlantic in the following States: Connecticut,
Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and
Vermont.
The South Atlantic region includes all yards bordering on the Atlantic in the following States: Florida,
Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia.
The Gulf region includes all yards bordering on the Gulf of Mexico in the following States: Alabama,
Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas.
The Pacific region includes all yards in California, Oregon, and Washington.
The Great Lakes region includes all yards bordering on the Great Lakes in the following States: Illinois,
Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.
The Inland region includes all other yards.
2J Data include Curtis Bay Coast Guard Yard.

6




Government
Table A-5: Government civilian employment and Federal military personnel
(In thousands)
Unit of Government

F e b ru a ry

1957

Jan u a ry

1957

Fe b ru ary

1956

TOTAL CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT i/.............................

7,3^9

7,315

7,084

FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT 2/..............................

2,200

2,196

2,160

2,173-3
1 ,031.7
520.4

2,134.0
1,022.9
510.6

4.5

2 ,170 .1
1 ,033.5
519 .1
617.6
21.8
4.5

233.0

232.2

228.6

212.1
88.0

211.4
88.0
8.9
114.5
20.1
.7

207.9

Legislative....................................
DISTRICT

OF C O L U M B I A

3/..........................

621.2
21.9

8.9
115 .2

20.2
•7

STATE AND LOCAL EMPLOYMENT.........................
Local..........................................
Education......................................
TOTAL MILITARY PERSONNEL 4/..............................

600.5

21.7
4.3

88.4
8.7
110.8
20.0
•7

5,149

5 ,119

4,924

1,325.7
3,823.3

1 ,322.2
3,796.3

1 ,260.0
3,664.1

2,385.0
2,764.1

2,351.2
2,767.3

2,241.1
2,683.0

2,817

2,816

2,893

997-3
915.3

675.9
198.9
29 .I

993.4
918.4
676.0
199.6
29.0

1 ,060.5

934.2
669.4
199.7

29.2
1/ Data refer to Continental United States only.
2/ Data are prepared by the Civil Service Commission.
3/ Includes all Federal civilian employment in Washington Standard Metropolitan Area (District of Columbia and
adjacent Maryland and Virginia counties).
4/ Data refer to Continental United States and elsewhere.




9

State Employment
Table A-6: Employees in nonagricultural establishments,
by industry division and State
(In thousands)
Mining

TOTAL

State

1C»57

1956

Feb.

Florida..................
Georgia..................
Illinois 3/..............

734.4
253.4
322.5
4 .387 .O
455.6
9OI .9
147.0

712.3
235.5
317 .I
4,168.5
433.7
884.3
146.8

500.6
l,l4o.8
968.3
137.6
3,470.5
1,392.8
(4/)

5OO .8
1,133.6
970.9
139.3
3,466.3
1,393.5
644.2

1,055.6
957.2
132.3
3,444.2
1,407.8
634.9

545.8

543.9

536.4

Maine...................
Maryland.................

Mississippi..............

•

767.3
273.3

727.3
273.O

862.7
1 ,816.2
2,362.8

862.1
1 ,817.6

829.7

857.5
361.4
1,280.0

861.9

346.2
82.1
179.4

N e v a d a ........................................
N e v H a m p s h i r e .........................

New

York.................

N o r t h C a r o l i n a . ....................
N o r t h D a k o t a ...........................
O h io

3/..................

Oregon...................
South Carolina...........
South Dakota.............

82.5
178 .9

1,895.3
196.7

5,952.3
1,083.4
110.3
3,122.6
566.7

5,984.5
1,090.4
111.4
3,126.8

464.6
3,685.6
282.6
531.8
121.1

466.6
3,687.6
286.1
531.4
121.9
846.7
2,431.3

228.5
102.2
986.4
761.8

484.1
1,121.0
82.2

See footnotes at end of table.




362.8
1,279-3
159 .O
347.3

196.8

Utah.....................

10

2,373.4

1,894.0

2,435^

W i s c o n s i n ..................................

-

767.3
271.6

157 .5

N e w J e r s e y ................................

•

492.9

567.0

229.6
102.7
983.9
768.4
485.6
1,119.6
82.9

1,807.3
2,4u .3
846.2
357.4
1,274.0
152 .I
349.6
79.7
178.0

1,874.9
183.8
5,» 5 . 3
1,077.9
108.0

3,098.1
562.3
458.5

3,650.3
294.6
531.7
119.3

846.6
2,344.7
218.7
101.4
938.5
728.0

482.2
1,103.4
79.3

Contract construction
1956

IS57

Tteb.

Ife b .

733.0
254.7
321.6
4,399.7
453.0
904.9
146.0

Kentucky.................

1

14.2

14.2

16 .5

16.3

I6 .O
I 5.2
6.3

36.7
16 .2

16.3

15.8

fi/)

Ü /Î
m

(2/)
7.5
4.9
5.0
30.1
10.3
(4/>

(? /)
7.6
*.9
5.0
30.3
10.3
3.0

(g /)
7 .*
*.8

18.2

18.2
39.5
*5.3
.5
2.6

6.2

H ')

6.4
36.9

37*k

1957
Feb.

*1.2
20.1
I3 .5
273.9
29.3
*2.8
12.0
1 6 .5

10.3
2*9

IO9.3
50.6
6.7
I73 .I
58.3
(4/>

18.9

30.4

k.6
3 0 .2

39.8
1*2.0

39.4
45.6
.5
2.6
(2/)
I5.2

( § /)

< §/)

60.6
65.8

15 .4

1 5 .1

99.9

I8 .I
3.7
8.6
12.5
1.9
5.2
.2

18.4
3.8
8.7
12.6
1.8
5.3
.2

17.0

*0.8

3.*
8.*
12.1
2.2
5.1
.2

1 3 .7
65.6

k.6

k.6

16 .2

16.0
10 .1
* .1

3.9
I 5.5
IO .5

9.6
*.1
1.6
22.0

oh

2.6

k .l

-

65 .I

10.0

Jan.
*1.2
20.0
I3.3

271.3

_ 1956
M .

33.3
I8.8
13.4
263.I

29.7
*2.3
I2 .9

42.1
14.9

I6 .7
113.0
50.0
7.1

101.1
50.1
6.0

167.2

156.5

57.1
29.9
29.6
_

6 7.1
10 .7
60.2
66.5
98.8

26.9

16.0

64.9
28.4
32.8
-

5O .3

9.*
60.9
65.*
103.9
*3.6
l*.l

8.2
16.9
6.5
6.8

40.6
14.8
63.6
8.7
16.4
6.7
7.1

92.9
1*.5
221.6
50.8
5.6
1*6.8
3*o 1

94.7
14.8
221.4
53.4
6.1
l4o.6
33.0

90.2
1 3 .7
210.7

21.2

21.2
146.8
13.5
26.3
7.0
37-3

19 .I
155.8

62.9

6.6

17.6

7.3
7.3

5*.6
*.8
13*. 3
31.8

1.6
21.7

50.0

1.7
22ol
5O .8

1.1
91.*
(g /)
1.3
2.6
Gì/)
131.3

1.1
91.3
(2/)
1.2
2.6
9.2
131.*

1.0
9*1.2
(2/)
1.2
2.4
9.2
128.0

6.7
CV)
163.7

162.5

1 5 1 .7

15.6

1.4

I 5.5
1.3

1 8 .7

18.6

15.*
1.*
I7.3
2.*
80.*
3.6
8.3

12.8
3.5
70.2
37.5
21.3
50.2
5.1

13.1
3.5
68.7
40.0
20.0
49.5
5.2

11.*
3.*
58.*
3*. 5

2.2
81.7
3.7
8.6

2.2
81.7
3.8
8.8

51.9

lk8.5

1*.7
26.8

1*.8
27.6

5.8
38.5

18 .7

*9.1
*.7

State Employment
Table A-6: Employees in nonagricultural establishments,
by industry division and State - Continued
(In thousands)
State

Arizona.....................
California...................

District of Columbia.........
Georgia......................
Illinois 2/ .................
Iova........................
Kansas......................
Kentucky....................
Maine.......................
Massachusetts................
Michigan.....................
Minnesota....................
Mississippi..................
Missouri.....................
Nebraska.....................
New

Hampshire................

New York.... ................
North Carolina...............
North Dakota.... ............
......................................
Ohio 2J

Manufacturing
1956
1957
Jan*
Tell,
ra*
2*3.3
37.9

*32.1

**.1
*5.3

59.8

10.6

16 .*
165.1

16.2
16*.*
33*. 8
25.2
1 ,286.8
612.0
168.0

16.0

29.0

332.1
2*. 3
1 ,28*.9
609.7

(4/)
127.8
168.2
1 *7 .7
107.0
275.5
707.0
1 ,078.8

127.8

172.5
1 *6.6
107.0
27*. 6

705.3
1 ,087.7

153.6
337.*
23.7
1 ,298.0

93.6
73.6
15.5
303.5

629.5
169.0

101.3

121.9
171.7
1 *5.8
110.7

60.8
86.0
20.7

262.6
718.2
1 ,129.2

120.2
1 *9 .1
8*.8

25.3
125.5
20.6
38.5
8.9
10 .*

217.3
107 .*
393.2
19 .*
55.3
5.6
83.9

216.2
106.5

392.5

209.7
106 .*
391.6

20.2
56.1

5.6
83.O

19.8
58.1

5.7
8*.l

818.1
19.6
1 ,911.2
*68.3
6 .1
1 ,366.*
89.7

81*.2
19.6

817.9
18 .*
1,938.1
*68.5

1,913.*
*71.7
6.2
1,37*.8

90.3

12 5 .1

l,*86.3

6.2

1,372.5
90.3
131.8

l,*73-9

121.2

125.0

229.*

229.9

233.8

1 1.2

11.2
29*. 3
*80.6

299.6
*63.*

3*.*
38.8
259.7

32.3
38.*
253.5

208.0
128.9

192.1

(it/)

Utah.........................

34.2
38.2
258.8
208.3
125.6
457.9
5.9




28.3
360.*

73.6

483.9

423766 0 - 57-4

*9.7
21.7

*37.*
59.1

T e x a s ...................................................

Sec footnotes at end of table.

2*3.7
3*.0

*36.5
59.1

125.6

Washington...................
West Virginia......... ......
Wisconsin....................

37.7
85.9
1,219.1

88.2
1 ,139.0
66 .5

85.6
1 ,222.7
72.0

Pennsylvania................. 1 ,*8*.6
South Dakota«................
Tennessee
................

2**. 9

K

Transportation and
public utilities
19 ;Î1
195&
Feb.
Jan*
b .

*58.5
6 .1

132.6
11.2

129.9
*6 1 .*
5.9

(*/)

55.5
77.9

1 * 9.9
19.8
*9*. 6
63.2
12 .7
216.8
*8.2

*6 .7
310.3
15.5
26.7

9.7
(V )

228.7

*9.8
*9.7
21.6
2G„5
28.3 , 28.*
3*0.6
358.5
** .0

*5.0
11.1
29.2
92.7
73.3

15.5
302.5
100.9
53.5
61.0
55.5
86.1
20.8
78.2
120.2

Wholesale and
retail trade
Feb.

1957

152.2
62.3
78.0
979-5

1950
Jet.

152.7

1*7.7
75.6
938.*

62À

58.8

* * .1
* * .5

155.4

79.3
98*.*
123.1
155.2

11.3

28.8

28.5

27.1

89.0

88.2
321.2

216 .1

176 .1

213.3
33.9
729.8
290.3
173.7

131.5
134.8

132.1
138.3

132.0

182.7

182.6

29 .O
87 .*
72.8

15.3
303.6
101 .*
55.0
62.6

57.*
83.3

12 1.7

88.1

347.0
214.6
34.9
725.9
296.6

(4/)

21.0

54.2

7*.l

183.6

1*9.3

119.6
150.1

378.6
454.7

85.6

8*.l

25.*
12*. 8

25.3
12*.*

211.8
86.0

20.6

20.7

305.2
39.6

38.5
9.0
10 .*

*0.5
9.0
10.6

32.5

153.3
19.8
*99»*
63 .O
12.7

150.2
18.9

340.5
43.3
1 ,289.4

*97.1

218.2
*8.5

62.2
13.0
220.3
50.2

*7.0
311.3

*7.2
313.8

15.6
25.8

15.8
25.7

9.7
58.3
228.3

Jan.

9.6
59.5

226.6

96.9
16.7

3**.0
35.7
731.0
298.3

5*.5
185.5
381.3
*60.2
216.0
86.8

309.3
39.8
97.6
16 .7

175.6
5*.0

176.0

370.6
*63 .*
212.0
86.8

315.2
38.1
96.8
16.7

31.5

3**.3
*3.5
1,323.3
22*.*
222.9
37.3
36'.9
61*. 6
607.5

338.5
*0.7
1,307.2

138.0

138.2

112.4
695.1,
53.2

1 1 *. 6
700.3
5*.0
107.3

106.7

37-9
(4/)
654.5

38.2
198.1
658.*

21.9
7.8

2 1 .*

53-5
19.5

53.9
19.7

90.2
65 .O
51.0

88.0
6 1.7
50.6

228.3

229.2
178.2

72.7

72.9

12.7

12.8

73.8
13-3

130.3

32.7

2 1.7
8 .1
90.2
6*.*
51.6

7.8

116.2
150.8

174.3
8 7.1

241.5
17.9

86.7

2*2.0

13.3

220.8

35.9
603.6

139.3
109.7
68*.8

5*.0

10 *.7
38.2

193.8
630.0
51.0
19.2
213.6
171.0
86.*
232.6
17.0

Stato Employment
Table A-6: Employees in nonagricultural establishments,
by industry division and State - Continued
______
State

(In thousand»)_____________________

Feb.
Alabama...............
Arizona...............
Arkansas..............
California............
Colorado..............
Connecticut...........
Delavare..............

1937

28.1

10.0
10.1
216.6

20.8
48.7
5.3

District of Columbia 2/
Florida.............
Georgia........ ......
Idaho.................
Illinois ¿/...........
Indiana...............
Iowa..................

24.5
56.9
40.0
4.7
174.8

Kansas.................
Kentucky..............
Louisiana.............
Maine.... ............ ,
Maryland 2/........... .
Massachusetts......... Michigan..............

20.0
20.1

Minnesota.............
Mississippi.......... .
Missouri..............
Montana jj/............
Nebraska..............
Nevada................
New Hampshire.........
New Jersey............
New Mexico............
New York..............
North Carolina........
North Dakota..........
Ohio
...............
Oklahoma..............
Oregon................
Pennsylvania..........
Rhode Island..........
South Carolina........
South Dakota..........
Tennessee jj\J..........
Texas..... ...........
Utah..................
Vermont...............
Virginia 2 / ...........
Washington............
West Virginia.........
Wisconsin.............
Wyoming...............

Service and
Miscellaneous

Finance, Insurance,
and real estate

51.0

(4/)

27.8

8.6

39.6

93-8
77.4
42.4

Jan.
28.0

9.7
10.1
214.9
20.7
48.2
5.3

Feb.
26.4
9.3
9.7
207.7

20.7
46.0
5.1

24.6
56.3
39.6
4.7
173.9
50.4
29.9

24.3
53.6
37.9
4.6
172.3

20.0
20.1
27.6
8.6

19.4

39.5
93.5
77.3

48.9
28.5

19.8
26.2
8 .1
38.1
89.1

73.8

1 1.2
63.2

42.4
11.1

41.1
10.6

62.8

5.8

63.2

5.8
20.6

20.5

2.4
6.1
81.3

6.9
444.6
35-3
5.0
102.6
22.6

18.4
135.0
12.6

2.4
6.1

80.9

6.8
441.7
35.4
5.0
101.7
22.5
18.3

5.4
20.1

2.4
5.8

79.4
6.3
441.1
33.0
4.8
100.0
21.8
18.2

112 .9

134.7
12.5
15.4
5.1
30.7
111.8

132.4
12.1
15.1
5.2
29.7
107.1

9.*
3.5
*2.0
33.*
12.2
*0.5
2.3

9.5
3.4
41.8
33.7
12.2
*0.2
2.3

9.2
3.4
40.7
32.4
11.9
38.9
2.2

15.4

5.1
ih/)

1957

_£ski
66.2
33.6
37.6
580.4
58.4
93.1
14.3

■ftuu

Govern» nt

1956
Feb.
64.3

138.1

137.6

30.3
36.1

52.6
62.3

52.8
61.8

56.0
89.6

729.5
90.5
83.O
15.9

725.6
90.3
82.4
15.7

255.5
176.9
158.4
28.2
365.6
155.6
(4/)

254.9
176.1
158.3
27.9
364.6
155.0
109.7

97.8
103.0
125.4
44.6

102.2
125.3
4 5.1

125.1
226.0
265.2

226.3
262.5

14.4

546.4
13.6

70.2

68.6

179.5
93-9
18.2
409.9
109.4
74.3

166.6
92.O

59.3
68.5
87.0
26.0

97.8
224.8
222.6
105.3
39.3
156.2

20.4

45.9

21.1
18.6

202.2
23.7
822.4
96.6

15.9
296.1

58.4

68.2
86.7
26.1
96.6

17.1
399.3
108.6
72.9

56.9
66.3
83.0

25.9
92.8

105.1

105.1
38.3
152.3
19.9
45.5
19-4
18.4

136.9
74.8

137.7
75.0

162.5

161.2

20.9

20.9

192.8
21.6
816.3
96.4

204.5
52.8
758.9
142.2

203.1

39-4
156.4
20.4
45.9
21.1
18.5
200.2
23.6

822.0
96.9
15.9

218.5

15.2

57-6
415.7
29.5
42.5
17.1
(4/)

57.6
414.9

54.7
400.0

29.6

29.6

42.5
17.2
91.5

42.3

289.4

288.9

282.5

25.4
12.3

25.4
12.2
102.5
88.0
43.9
115.9
10.1

24.0
12.0
97-6

43.6

116.3

10.0

124.9

222.2

295.2
6l.4

103.6
88.5

96.8

224.5
222.2

296.0
62.1

6 2 .1

-¿MU.

66.1

70.6

18.3

1957

32.9
37.4
576.3
57.9
91.4

184.5
94.1
412.6
110.0
(V)

Feb.

16.6

91.9

83.6

43.8
112.2
9.6

31.0
70.3
15.7

26.6

364.4
122.0
8 1.6

30.9
70.5
15.7

52.6

753.1
141.5
26.6

358.9
121.6
8 1.7

131.1
48.6
59.4
695.9
87.5
79.2
15.0
250.8

164.7
148.9
27.1
354.6
153.9
104.6
93.6
99.1
121.1
43.5
122.6
222.2
257.3
133.6
72.5
156.0
29.5
69.O
14.1
20.1
202.0
48.7
734.3
138.3
26.4
350.6
115.6
76.8

402.0
35.9
83.O

395.4
35.7

31.0

30.5
124.4
355.4

405.0
35.9
83.0
30.9
(it/)
372.4

127.3
369.4

55.9
l6.0
174.6
153.2

55.9
15.9
173.2
153.3

61.0
138.2

61.2

19.7

-1356F«h.

136.9
19.3

81.3

54.0
15.9
169.4

150.3
60.5

131.8
18.3

Revised series; not strictly compara­
l/ Mining combined with construction. 2/ Mining combined with service.
ble with previously published data,
Not available.
Federal employment in Maryland and Virginia portions
u y4/ Ho
of Washington, D. C., Metropolitan area Included in data for District of Columbia.

12




Area Employment
Table A -7: Employees in nonagricultural establishments
for selected areas, by industry division

Area and industry
division
ALABAMA
Birmingham

(in thousands)
Number of employees
Area and industry
1957
1956
division
Feb.
Feb.
Jan.
Los Angeles-Lon* Beach
207.2

Mining.................
Contract construction...

9.6
12.9

Trans, and pub. util....

69.2
16.6

Mobile
Total..................
Contract construction...

ARIZONA
Phoenix
Total..................
Mining.................
Contract construction...
Trans, and pub. util....
Trade....... •••••••••••
Service
Tucson
Total.••••••••••••••••••
Mining.................
Contract construction...
Trans, and pub. util....
Trade.......... .
Finance•••••••••••••••••
Government••••••••••••••
ARKANSAS
Little RockN. Little Rock
Total..... •••••••••••••
Contract construction...
Manufacturing..........
Trans, and pub. util....
Trade.••.•••••••••••••••
Finance................
Service l/.•*••••••••*••
Government.............
CALIFORNIA
Fresno
Manufacturing..........

9.7
12.9
69.O

201.9
1 1 .1

10.4

66.7

46.6

46.6

16.6

l6.4
46.5

12.0
21.8
18.6

12.0
21.8
18.6

1 1 .5
21.5
18.0

88.5

88.8

85.2

4.8

19.2

Trans, and pub. util....

207.0

4.9
19.6

10.5

10.5

18.2
3 .7

18.2

9.4

3.7
9.4

22.8

22.8

129.0
.2
1 1 .1

22.7
10.0
36.1

6.9
17.5
24.5
54.9
2.3

4.0
9.3
5.1
12.8
1 .7
9.2
10.5

69.3
3.4
1 1.9

7.7
17.9
4.8
10.1
13 .7

127.9
.2

10.7
22.4
10.0

36.4
6.7

5.0
17.1

10.6
18.2

3.7
9 .1
21.8

117 .6
.2

9.9
19.5
9.9
33.6
6.4

Mining........... .
Contract construction..
Manufacturing.........
Trans, and pub. util...
Finance...............
Service....... .......
Government............
Sacramento
Total.................
Mining................
Contract construction..
Manufacturing.........
Trans, and pub. util...
Finance...............
Service...... ........
San BernardinoRiverside-Ontario
Manufacturing.........

16.0
22.1

55.0
2.3
4.1
9.6
5.1

51.0
2.0

Finance...............
Service...............
Government............

12 .7

12.2
1.6

17.0

1.7
9.0
10.5

69.9

3.7
11.6
7.9
18.3

4.7
10.1
13 .7

4.2

2,169.1 2,156.7 2,056.9
15.4
15.3
15.5
123.2
125.9
124.9
727.6
772.4
765.9
131.2
138.4
139.3
467.8
469.9
449.9
108.8
101.2
109.5
283.8
300.8
304.2
234.2
222.0
235.6

132.4
.5
8.8

133.1
.5
9.0

15.1

15.2

12.6
26.6

26.9

5.2

5.2

25.5
4.8

1 1 .7

51.9

11.6
52.0

10.8
50.0

27.6

27.4

27 .O

221.5
.2

220.1
.2

195.5

14.2

.5
8 .1
11.8
12.3

.2

14.5

14.2

12.9

69.7
1 1.6

68.8
11.6

51.0
11.2

44.3

45.8
9.9
25.4
44.2

43.6
8.7
24.8
43.1

932.9
1*9
54-9

934.3
1.9
56.4

907.7
1.7

1 9 1 .1
109.8

191.8
108.6

45.5
9.9
25.8

8.6

5.1
7.8
9.5

70.0

4.8
12.6
7.9
17.7
4.6
9.7
12.9

San Francisco-Oakland
Total.................
Mining................
Contract construction..
Manufacturing.
Trans, and pub. util...

Government........ .

211.1
66.1

119.4

212.4
65.9
119.3

178.6

178.0

122.7
.1
9.4
37.0

122.8
.1
9.8
36.9
8.2

San Jose
Mining................
Contract construction..
Manufacturing..... .
Trans, and pub. util...

8.2
26.2

5.7
13.9

12.7

123.8

San Diego
Mining................
Contract construction..
Manufacturing....•••••.
Trans, and pub. util...

24.5

Number of emrïloyees
195é
1957
Feb.
Feb.
Jan.

13.5

18.6

26.2

5.6
17.5
18.5

58.1

184.1
104.6
206.8

62.4
115.9
174.1
109.4
.1
9.7
29.9
7.9
23 .O
5.5
15.8
17.5

See footnotes at end of table.




12

Area Employment
Table A-7: Employees in nonagricullural establishments
for selected areas, by industry division - Continued
(In thousands)

Area and industry
division
CALIFGRNIA-Continued
Stockton
Manufacturing.

Number of employees
1956
1957
Feb.
Jan.
Feb.

Area and Industry
division

10 .1

10.2

9.9

COLORADO

CONNECTICUT
Bridgeport
Total..................
Contract construction \J
Manufacturing..........
Trans. and pub. util....
Trade..................
Finance...... ..........
Service................
Government.............
Hartford
Total..................
Contract construction 1/
Manufacturing..........
Trans. and pub. util....
Trade..................
Finance................
Service................
Government.............
Nev Britain
Total
Contract construction 1/
Manufacturing..........
Trans. and pub. util....
Trade..................
Finance................
Service................
Government.............

269.3
2.8
18 .*

270.8
2.8
18.6

50.3

51.1

2.9
17.*
**.3

29.0

29.0

28.5

76.5
15.5
3*.2
*2.6




77.2
15.3
3*.l
*2 .7

Contract construction iy

25*.0

71.9
1*.9
33.8
*0.3

12 5 .1

7*.3

5*2
73.6

6.0

6.0

123.0

5.1
7 2 .1

19.6

19.9

5.9
19.5

2.8

2.8

2.8

9.7
7.9

9.7
7.9

9.7
7.8

2 12 .1

212.8
9 .*
8 2.1
8.9
* 3.8
29.0
21.3

202.3

9.1
81.5
8.9
*3.8
29.1
21.3
18.5
*2.7
1.2
27.9
2.1
5.6
•7
2.8
2.*

Service........ ......
Government............

Jan.

Feb.

52.7
* .1

52.8
* .1

51.0
*.0

21.5
3.0

21.5
3.0

10.6
1.8
8.0

10.8
1.8

3.8

7.9
3.7

20.7
3.0
10.3
1.7
7.6
3.7

65.3

65.8

Waterbury
Contract construction 1/
Manufacturing.........
Trans. and pub. util...
Finance...............
Service...............
Government........... .
DELAWARE
Wilmington

125 .*
5 .1

Nev Haven
Total.................. 12*.8
7.2
Contract construction 1/
Manufacturing..........
*7.5
12.6
Trans. and pub. util....
Trade........ ..........
23-5
6.8
Finance................
Service................
17.9
Government.............
9.3
See footnotes at end of table.
ble.
JLk

Feb.

Stamford

Trans. and pub. util...
Denver
Total..................
Mining.................
Contract construction...
Manufacturing......
Trans. and pub. util
Trade..................
Finance.......... .....
Service................
Government.............

Humber of employees
1 ?57
m r -

18.3

*3.0
1.2
28.0
2.1
5.7
.7
2.8
2.*

8.8
76.9
8.2
*1.7
28.1
20.8

Contract construction..
Trans. and pub. util...
Finance...............

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington
Contract construction..
Manufacturing.........
Trans. and pub. util...
Finance...............

18.0

**.0
1.2
29.1

2.1
5.6
.7
2.8
2.5

121.8
6.*
*6.5
12.7

23.6

23.2

6.8
17.9
9.2

6.6
17.5
9.1

1.9
*0 .*

65.8
2.0

10.2
1.*
*.*
5.0

*0.9
2.7
9.6
1.*
*.3
5.0

128.8
10.7
58.3
9.*
23 .O
*.9
11.5
11.0

129.9
11.*
58.*
9.9
22.7
*.9
11.6
11.0

131.7
13.*
59.8
10.3
21.7
*.6
11.3
10.6

6* 6.2

6*5.8
37.7
27.5
*3.2
133.1
35.3
95.9
273.1

632.9
38.7
26 .*
*2.5
130.2
3*.5
92.3

131.2
9 .*
19.8
15.0

123.9

39.9
2.7
10.1
1.*
*.*
5.0

37.*
27.7
*3.2
131.8
35.1
97.3
273.7

2.7

268.3

FLORIDA
Jacksonville
Contract construction..
Trans. and pub. util...
Finance...............

12*.*
7.2
*7.0
12.7

1.8

130.5
9.2
19.3
15.2
39.7
10.7
16.6

19.9
Miami
Contract construction..
Manufacturing.........
Trans. and pub. util...

287 .O

22.9
35.7
35.7

*0.2
10.5
16.5
19.8

28*.1
2*.5
3*.6
35.3

8.9

18.5
1*.5
37.1
10.2
15.8
1 9 .1
267 .*

22.1
33.6
32.*

Area Employment
Table A-7: Employees in nonagricultural establishments,
for selected areas, by industry division - Continued
(In thousands)
Number of employees
Area and industry
1956_
1 9 57
division
Feb.
Jan.
Feb.

Area and industry
division
FLQRIDA-Continued
Miami -Continued

Peoria
86.*
15.*

Finance............... .

63.1

OQVQTTMDß'ni’
.

Tampa-St. Petersburg
Total..................
Contract construction...
Manufacturing..........
Trans. and pub. util....
Trade..................

27.9
163.0
17 .7
28.9

12.0

52.8

8.0
2*.5

Service 1/............ .
Government.............
GEORGIA
Atlanta
Total.,,r,.,..^ -t t -*Contract construction...
Manufacturing..........
Trans, and pub. util....
Trade..................
Service 1/....... .
G o v e r n m e n t ....

Number of employees
1956
1957
Feb.
Feb.
Jan.

19.2

3*0.5
I6.7
89.*
3*.7
89.I
2*.*
*^D3.3
•J
*2.9

Savannah
Total..................
Contract construction...
Manufacturing..........
Trans.. and pub. util....
Trade..................
Finance................
Service 1/........ .
Government.............
IDAHO
Boise
Total..................
Contract construction...
Trans . and pub . util . . . .
Trade..... ......... .
Finance................
Service

5*-5
3-7
I5 .O
6.5
12.7
2.0
7 ii
7.2

85 .*
15.3
61.2
27.8

160.3
17.2

28.3
12.0
52.2
7.9

81.8

1*.2
57.5
26 .O
I53.9
I5.9
27 .O
11.8

Contract construction...
Manufacturing..........
Trans. and pub. util....
Finance................
Service 1/.............
Government........

17.9

Rockford
Total..................
Contract construction 1/
Manufacturing........
Trans. and pub. util....

3*1.*

336.5

Finance................
Service................
Government.............

16.9
90.2

89.8

23.8
I9 .O

3^.7
90.I
2*.l
*2.9
*2.5
5*.9
3.5
15.5

6.*

12.9

2.0
7 k
7.2

50.8

7.3
23.5

33.5
*1.5
*1.2
5*.2
3.3
1*.9
6.8
13 .I
2.0
71 •e
p~
6.9

INDIANA
Evansville
Total..................
Mining.............. .
Contract construction...
Manufacturing..........
Trans. and pub. util....
Service 3/.............

1.5
1.9
2.5
6.1
1.*
3.2

*.5
ILLINOIS
Chicago 2/
Total.................. 2 ,618.6
Mining.................
3*5
122.1
Contract construction...
Manufacturing.......... 1 ,037.3
2 2 2 .*
Trans. and pub. util....
5*2.0
Finance.... ....... ...
1*2.7
Service. .
. 32I.*
227.2

21.7
1.6
1.9
2.5
6.5
1.*
3.2
*.6

Contract construction...

20.2
1.*
1.8
2.3
6.2
1.3
3.0

*.2

Finance................
Indianapolis
Total..................
Contract construction...
Manufacturing..........
Trans. and pub. util....
17.6

2 ,620.3

3.6

119 .7
1 ,039.*
223.6

5*5.7
1 *2 .7
318.9
226.7

7*.8
3.3
^3.1
2.7
12.*
2.5
6.7
*.1

7*.8
3.3
*3.2
2.7
12.5
2.*
6.7
*.1

7*.o
3.2
*3.7

71.5
1 .7

7 I .5

67 .*
1 .7

32.2

28.2

*•9
1*.6
2.2
12.1

5.1
l*.7
2.2
12.0

79.6
2.7
35.9
7.6
1 7 .*
3.8
J
♦v
12.2

79.7
17 • 1
2.7
35.9
7.7

83.9

288.9

289.*
I2 .7
IO8 .O

2,586.5
3.*
113.8
1,03*.0
223.2
537 .*
1 *1.3
309.1

22*. 3

3.9
32.5
*.8
1*.3
2.2
12.1

1.7
3.8

20.9

3.5
9.1
7.5

2 .7

11.9
2 .*
6.5

3.7

3.5

Fort Wayne

Trans. and pub. util....
21.
C
.A. . J^

99.6
3.6
*7.*
7.1
21.3
3.6
9.0
7.8

18.6

88.7
23.2

98. *
*.3
*6.2
6.9

100.0
*.2
47.2
7.1
21.1
3.6
9.0
7.8

12.2
IO8 .O
22.9
6*.9
63.3

17.6

J3.8
•w
12.0

22.9
65.2
I7.5
63.I

South Bend
Contract construction...
Trans, and pub. util....

83.1

2.6
*3.0
*.9
l*.9
3.5
1*.2

83.2
2.6
*3 .1
* .9
1 5 .1
3.5

1*.0

3.3
39.5
7.6
I8 .I
3*5
11.9
286.1

11.1
IIO.7
22.5
63.2
I7 .I

61.5

8*.*
2.7
* * .7
*.9
1 5 .O
3 .*
13.7

See footnotes at end of table.




15

Area Employment
Table A-7: Employees in nonagricultural establishments,
for selected areas, by industry division - Continued
Area and industry
division

IOWA
Des Moines
Total................
Contract construction.
Manufacturing.....
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade................
Finance..............
Service 1 / ...........
Government...........

KANSAS
Topeka
Total.................
Mining................ .
Contract construction...
Manufacturing......... .
Trans, and pub. util...,
Trade..................
Finance............... .
Service............... .
Government............ .
Wichita
Total................
Mining...............
Contract construction.
Manufacturing.........
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade................
Finance..............
Service..............
Government...........
KENTUCKY
Louisville 2/
Total.................
Contract construction..
Manufacturing.........
Trans, and pub. util...
Trade.................
Finance...............
Service I/ ............
Government............
LOUISIANA
Baton Rouge
Total.................
Mining................
Contract construction..
Manufactur ing.........
Trans, and pub. util...
Trade.................
Finance...............
Service...............
Government............

(In thousands)
Number of employees
Area and Industry
1997
division
Feb.
Jan.
Feb.

(5/0

$
88

*6.9
.2
3.0
5.9
7.3
9.6
2.5
5-9
12.6
127.8
1.9
6.8
57.5
7.2
25.9
*.8
12.5
11.5

2*7-9
12.5
97.7
23.5
55.8
10.2
25.3
23.1

(2/)
(5/>
<5/>
(5/)

Cl/)
(5/)

See footnotes at end of table.

16



97.1
4.2
2*.5
7.9
26.3
10.3
12.1
12.0

*7.0
.2
3.0
6.0
7.3
9.7
2.5
5.9
12.6

93.0
*.1
22.5
7.8
25.*
10.1
11.9
11.3

*6.5
.2
2.9
6.1
7.5
9.^
2.*
5.8
12.3

7.3

119.3
1.9
7.1
51.1
7.3

26.2

25.2

*.7
12.3
11.5

*.7
11.7
10.6

126.6

1.9
6.7
56.2

2*7.9
12.2
97.7
23.*
56.2
10.2
25.1
23.1

6* .3
.5
7.1
19 .*
*.0
12.7
2.2
6.1
12.3

2 51 .I

12.6
102.9
22.7
55.2
10.1
2*.5
23.2

60.9
.*
6.0
18.9

*.l

12 .*
2 .1

5.8
11.2

lev Orleans 2/
Total................
Mining...............
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade................
Finance..............
Service..............
Government...........
MAINE
Levi aton
Total................
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade................
Finance..............
Service l / ...........
Government...........
Portland
Total................
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade................
Finance..............
Service 1J ...........
Government...........
MARYLAND
Baltimore
Total................
Mining...............
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans. and pub. util..
Trade................
Finance..............
Service..............
Government...........
MASSACHUSETTS
Boston
Total................
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade................
Finance..............
Service 1/...........
Government...........
Fall River
Total................
Manufacturing........
Trans. and pub. util..
Trade................

T

Number of employees
1957
Feb.
Jan.
Feb.

3SE

286.6
7.0
20.9
50.2

*6.2
73.2
13.9
*1.2
3^.1

28.5
.9
15.6

1.0
5.*
.8
3.*
1.*

51.7
3.2
12.6
6.*

286.1
7.0
21.1
49.5
*6.1

3*.2

28.5

28.9

*1.1

1.0
15.5
1.0
5.*
.8
3.4
1.*

51.8

l4 .*

3.5
7.9
3.7

601.0

601.0

.9
39.7

.9
39.4
210.8

73.0

999.3
37.8
296.6

7*.5
2*0.8
70.8

150.2
128.6
(5/)
(1/)
(5/)
(1/)

6.0

17.5
49.7

**.2
69.7
13.*
39.7
3*.0

73.4
13.9

3.3
12.*
6.*
1*.5
3.5
7.9
3.8

2 11.6
58.6
120 .*
30.3
66 .5

27*. 0

1.0

16.3
.9
5.3

.7

3 .*
1.3

5 1.7
3.2
1 2 .7

6.*
14.5
3.*
7.9
3.6

122.2

575.3
.9
39.5
200.*
56.0
115.1

30.1

29.0

58.8

66.1

63.*

72.7

71.0

998.9
38.2
29*. 7

981.3
36.8
29*. 2
77.0
230.9
66.8
1*6.6

7*.8
2*2.1
70.5
150.0
128.6

*6.2
2 7 .1

2.6
7 .7

129.0

*7.2
27.9
2.7
7.6

Area Employment
Table A-7: Employ*«« in nonagricultural establishments,
for selected areas, by industry division - Continued
(In thousands)
Number of employees
Area and industry
1957
division
Jan.

Area and industry
division

MASSACHUSETTS-Continued
Fall River»Continued
Government............
Other nonmanufacturing.
New Bedford
Total.................
Contract construction..
Manufacturing.........
Trans, and pub. util...
Trade........... .....
Government............
Other nonmanufacturing.

1*9*1
1.3
27*0
2.6
8.5
3.7
6.0

Springfield -Holyoke
Total.........
Contract construction..
Manufacturing.........
Trans, and pub. util...
Trade.................
Finance...............
Service l/............
Government............
Worcester
Total................
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade................
Finance..............
Service 1/...........
Government...........
MICHIGAN
Detroit
Total................
Mining...............
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade................
Finance..............
Service..............
Government...........

Grand Rapids
Manufacturing.
Lansing
Manufacturing.

3.1
5.9

1*8.9
lo2
26.8
2.6
8.5
3.7
6.1

^9.7
1.3

161*.1
5.6
75.1
8.5
33.7
7.0
17.0
17.2

165.0

109.1*
3.8
50.9
5.8
20.8
*•9
11.6
11.6

IO 9.8
3.9
51.1
5.9
20.8
4.9
U.6
11.6

1,268.1
•9
53ol
590.7

Flint
Manufacturing.

3.1
5.7

78.2

21*3.6
1*8.6
133.3
119.8
85.7
54.0
29.7

6.2
74.8
8.6
3l*.2
7.0
I7 .O
I7 .2

1 ,272.8

.9
52.1

595.3
77.9
21*7.3
48 .5
132.3

U8.6

88.2
55.0
29.7

28.0

2.3
8.6
3.6
5.9
161.0

6.2

72.8

8.5
32.0
7.0
16.9

17.6
IO9.5
3.6
53.0
5.6
20.5

4.5
11.3
11.0

MINNESOTA
Duluth
Total................
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade................
Finance..............
Service 1/...........
Government...........
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Total................
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade................
Finance..............
Service 1/...........
Government...........
MISSISSIPPI
Jackson
Total................
Mining...............
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade................
Finance..............
Service..............
Government...........

MISSOURI
Kansas City
Total................
1 ,303.1*
Mining...............
.8
Contract construction.
59.9
Manufacturing........
618.9
Trans, and pub. util..
80.7
Trade................
21*8.8
Finance..............
^7.5
Service..............
130.5
Government........ .
116.3
St. Louis
Total................
89.1
Mining...............
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
56.7
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade................
Finance..............
Service..............
32.5
Government...........

Muskegon
Manufacturing.

26.7

26.8

30.4

Saginaw
Manufacturing.

25.9

26o2

28.1*

MONTANA
Great Falls 2/
Total.
Contract construction...

Feb.

Jan.

1*0.9
2.1*
10.9
5.3
10.0
1.8
6.1*
l*.l

1*0.8
2.2
10.8
5.2
10.2
1.8
6.1*

1*88.5
23.1*
11*6.7
1*9.4

488.2

119 .6

31.2
58.9
59.2

b.l

22.9
145.6

49.9
120.5
31.1
58.6
59.6

55.7
.8
3.5
10 .1*
4.5
1 5 .O
3.6
7*5
10.6

55.9
.8
3.6
10.5
4.5

3^5.5
.8

345.9
.8

18.2
96.O

17.3

1*3.1*
93.1
20.8
1*0.1*
32.8

718.5
2.5
36.8
278.9

68.1

150.9

35.5
82.3
63.5

18 .1*

1.1

15.0

3.6
7.5
10.6

97.2
43.6
93.4
20.7
4o.4
32.5

717.6
2.6

l$$b'
Feb.
39.8
2.0
10.1
5.3
10.3
1.7
6.3
4.1
479.5
24.1
140.2
50.4
II9.2
30.3
57.9
57.4

54.8
.7
3.5
10.3
4o5
14.9
3.5
7.3
10.3

347.8
.8
19 .O
97.3
44.5
93.5
21.0
1*0.5
31.2
718.6
2.6

36.3

38.0

278.3

275.2

67.3
152.4
35.3
8 1.9

63.5

18 .7
1 .1

68.2

155.3

35.9

8 1.6
61.8

1 7 .6

1.0

See footnotes at end of table.




17

Area Employment
Table A-7: Employees in nonagricultural establishments
for selected areas, by industry division - Continued
Area and industry
d iv isio n

( In thousands)
Number of employees

192L
Feb.

NEVADA
Reno
Total.............................
Contract construction.
Manufacturing ij ...........
Trans, and pub. u t i l ..
Trade. ...............................
Finance.....................
Service......................
Government .......................

3.1
2.3

5.8

3.7
2 .4

Paterson jJ
T o ta l.. ...............................
Mining.................................
Contract construction..
Manufacturing.............
Trans, and pub. u t i l . . .
Trade...................................

1*7.6
7*3
32.1

22.1
37-9
12.5

20.1
15.7




Area and Industry
division

3 .1
2.3
5.9
3.8
2.5

2.8
2.3
5.6
3.5
2.4

Feb.

1957
Jan.

195Ó
Feb.

148.1
7.2
32.5

22.1
38.2
12.5

20.1
15.6

148.4
7.3
32.7

Trans, and pub. u t i l . . . .

23.2

37.9

12.2
19.9
15.3

25.2

2.2
1.6

25.2

2.1
1.6

3.2
6.5

3.2
6.5

4.0

6.7
4 .0

1.1
6.6

1.1

23.6

Trans, and pub. u t i l . . . .

1.8
3.3

6.0
1.1
5.8

41.2

1 .7
19 .1
2 .7

20.0

*•5
3.0

4.5
3 .0

2.8

8.2
2.0

8.2
2.0

41.3
1.7

158.9
.7
7.1
84.4
9.1
22.7
2.5

159.0

11.4

36.0
40.6

.8

154.8
.7

7.6
84.2
9.2

82.5
9.0

22.6

22.0

10.2
22.2

2.5

10 .1
22.0

2.5
9.8
21.7

100.0
.1

100.3
.1

98.9

3.6
41.5

3.5
41.7
6.7

3.3
40.8

3.3

3.2
11.5

6.6

6.7

.1

6.8
17.0

16.3
3.3

16.6

12.2

12 .1

16.3

16.3

16.2

63.2

63.I

4.5
10.5
5.7
16.5
3 .4
7 .9
14.7

4 .4

3.4
7.9
14.7

58.7
4.6
9.7
5.5
14.9
3.3
7.4
13.3

207.9

209.3

206.9
5.6
77.2

16.4
39.8
7.2

6 .7
77.2
16.4
40.1
7.2

21.8

21.8

22.0

39.9

39.9

39.2

77.8
1.9
42.3
4 .0
14.0

77.9

76.6
2 .1
40.9

2.0
6.2
7.5

2.0
6.2

NEW MEXICO
Albuquerque
Contract construction...

* 1.0
1.5
19.1
2 .7

11.9
37.6
41.6

Trenton

1.9

3.7

11.7
37.8
42.0
Perth Amboy 7 /

Contract construction.. .

Trans, and pub. u t i l . . . .

2 .7
7 .8
1.9
4 .4

10.5
5 .7

16.5

NEW YORK
Albany-Schenectady-Troy 2/

825.2

.2

829.2

.2

822.1
.2

23.8

25.0

25.6

36*. 5

363.4
85.5
142.8
46.6
83.4

365.3
84.0
140.3
45.7

82.1

140.9

47.0
83.9

82.8

82.3

80.5
80.5

Contract construction.. .
Manufacturing.....................
Trans, and pub. u t i l . . . .

391.4
1.9

22.0

I 85 .O
24.6
66.4

390.9
1.9
22.4
183.5
24.6
67.4

384.9

1.8
19.8

186.4
23.4
65.5

6.8
76.0

16.2
39.5
7.1

Binghamton 2/
Contract construction...

See footnotes at end of table.

18

Feb.

Contract construction.. .

NEW HAMPSHIRE
Manchester
Total...........................
Contract construction...
Manufacturing.....................
Trans, and pub. u t i l . . . .
Trade.....................................
Finance.................................
Service.................................
Government...........................
BEST JERSEY
Newark-Jersey City jJ
Total.....................................
Mining...................................
Contract construction.. .
Manufacturing.. . . .............
Trans, and pub. u t i l . . . .
Trade.....................................
Finance.................................
Service.................................
Government...........................

~Î9!T

Paterson 7 / -Continued

MONTANA-Continued
Great Falls-Cont inued
Manufacturing.................
Trans, and pub. u t i l ..
Trade................................
Service 6/ .......................
Government.......................
NEBRASKA
Omaha 2 /
T o ta l.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Contract construction.
Manufacturing.................
Trans, and pub. u t i l ..
Trade.................................
Finance............................
Service 1 / .......................
Government.......................

Jan.

Trans, and pub. u t i l . . . .

2.0

42.3
4 .0
14.0

7.5

4 .0
13.9

2.0
6 .1
7.6

Area Employment
Table A -7: Employees in nonagricultural establishments,
for selected areas, by industry division - Continued
(In thousands)

Area and industry
division
NEW YORK-Continued
Buffalo
Total..................
Contract construction...
Manufacturing..........
Trans, and pub. util....
Service 1 / .............
Government.............
Ilalra 2/
Total..................
Other nonmanufacturing..
Nassau and Suffolk
Counties 7/
Total..................
Contract construction...
Manufacturing..........
Trans, and pub. util....

Number of employees
1956
1957
Feb.
Feb.
Jan.

450.4
18.5
208.5
35.7
87.3
14.1
46.5
39.9

453.1

l4.o
46.4
39.8

35.8
86.8
14.0
46.5
37.7

33.8
17.8
6.4
9.6

34.1
17.9
6.5
9.6

33.2
17.1
6.4
9.7

323.9
22.0
104.7
21.7
72.7
U.5
35.0
56.3

1 8 .1

211.2
36.2
87.5

5,432.0
5-9
195.3
1,740.5
478.6
Trans. and pub. util....
1,151.1
443.9
779.8
636.9

205.0

324.6
22.6
ioii.4
21.6
73.3
li. 5
35.0

309.5

56.2

50.6

New Tork-Hortheas tern
Nev Jersey

Mining.................
Contract construction...

442.3
16.5

5,451.5
6.1
199.8
1,729.1
486.5
1,177.4
441.2
778.6
632.8

26.7
98.8

21.6
66.4
11.4
34.0

5,445.6
5.8
195.8
1,778.1
481.9
1 ,16 1.9
439.5
767.6
615.0

Nev York City 7/
3,517.8
Mining.................
1.7
Contract construction..•
104.8
938.8
Trans. and pub. util....
324.3
804.6
360.0

3,527.2
1.7
104.4
930.3
329.0
824.2
357.3

581.3
402.2

580.8
399.4

220.5
8.2
112.4
Trans, and pub. util....
9.9
39.9
7.3
23.5
19.3
See footnotes at end of tal>le.

221.5

Rochester 2/
Total..................
Contract construction...

423766 0 - 57-5




8.4
113.1
10.0

4o.l
7.2
23.4
19.3

3,563.9
1.8
101.6
983.3
328.7
822*3

358.0
576.7
391-4

217.9
8.1
112.8
9.7
38.8
6.9
22.8
18.8

Area and Industry
division
Syracuse 2j
Total............ ..
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade................
Finance..............
Service 1 / ...........
Government...........
Ptica-Roae 2/
Total................
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans. and pub. util..
Trade................
Finance..............
Service J / ...........
Government...........
Westchester County jJ
Total................
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade................
Finance....... ......
Service !/••••.......
Government...........

Number of employees
-Ì23Z______
igL
Feb.
Jan.
Feb.
149*0
5.9
6 1.6

11.1
32.2
6.9

149.5
5.3
63.1
11.1
31.9
6.8

16.8

16.8

14.5

14.5

100.3
2.4
45.0
5.4

100.1
2.4
44.7
5.4

15.8

1 6 .1

3.3
8.3
20.1

3.3
8.2
20.0

i4a.i
5.0
58.4
10.9
30.5

6.4
16.4
14.5
96.2

2*3
45.8
5.4
15.4
3.2
8.3
18.9

187.0

191.2

14.5
51.9
14.9
40.0
10.4
30.3
25 .0

15.0
52.2

14.7
43.3

95.7
7.9
23.3
10.6
28.8
6.6
11.2
7.3

95.9
8.4
23.2
10.6
28.8
6.5
11.1
7.3

Greensboro-High Point
Manufacturing.......

43.5

43.6

43.4

Winston-Salem
Manufacturing.

35.4

35.6

33.9

21.0
1.5
2.0
2.2
7.7
1.5
3.1
3.1

21.6
1.7
2.1
2.2
7.9
1.5
3®1
3.1

20.5
1.3
2.0
2.3
7.4
1.5
3.0
3.0

WORTH CAROLINA
Charlotte
Total.................
Contract construction..
Manufacturing.........
Trans, and pub. util...
Trade.................
Finance.............. «
Service 1/............
Government............

NORTH DAKOTA
Fargo
Total......... ......
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade...... .........
Finance..............
Service y ...........
Government...........

10.6

30.5
24.9

183.7
14.3
50.8
13.5
42.1
9.8
29.4
23.8

93.1
8.5
22.9
9.7
28.2

6.2
10 .7

6.9

Arca [mployment
Table A-7: Employees in nonagricultural establishments
for selected areas, by industry division - Continued
Area and Industry
d iv isio n

OHIO
Akron 2/
Manufacturing*
Canton 2 ]
Manufacturing•
Cincinnati 2/
Manufacturing•

( In thousands)
Number of employees
Area and Industry
is s i .
d iv is io n
Feb.

Feb.

FENKSYXVAHIA
Allentown-BcthlehemEaston
Manufacturing............

1&B-.

92.5
62.9
164.4

92.7
63.4
164.9

91.8
63.5
162.4

Erie
Manufacturing.
Harrisburg
Total..............................
Mining............................
Contract construction.
Manufacturing.••••••••
Trans, and pub. u t i l . .
Trade.............................
Finance................•••••
Service......................
Government.

Number of employees

J2ZL

Jan«

Feb.

100.1

98.8

100.9

44.8

4 5 .1

42.4

139.3

139.3

39.6

.4
6.7
35.5
14.4
24.5
5.9
12.5
39.4

135.7
.4
6.1
34.4
14.5
23.2
5.8
12.2
39.1

.4
6.9
35.8
13.9
24.3
5.9
12.5

Cleveland 2/
Manufacturing•

317*0

316.9

319.4

Columbus 2/
Manufacturing.

76.6

77.2

76.7

Dayton 2 j
Manufacturing•

102.1

103.1

105.5

Toledo 2/
Manufacturing«

64.6

65.2

6 1.6

Lancaster
Manufacturing.

44.7

44.9

46.0

Youngstown 2/
Manufacturing.

U7.0

117.8

113.1

Philadelphia
Manufacturing.

551.3

551.7

547.7

826.8

796.9

19.0

1 8 .1

OKLAHOMA
Oklahoma City
Total................................
Mining.......................... .
Contract construction.•
Manufacturing........... . . .
Trans, and pub. u t i l . . .
T ra d e .........................
F in a n c e .......... . . . . . .
Service........... ...............
Government.............
Tulsa
To ta l..
Mining.
Contract construction.
Manufacturing.••••••••
Trans, and pub. u t i l . .
Trade..........••••••••••
Finance..........................
Service........•••••.........
Government.. . . . . . . . . . .
OREGON
Portland
To ta l...
Contract construction..
Manufacturing................
Trans, and pub. u t i l . . .
Trade................. ............
Finance....................... .
Service
Government.........

143.4
8.1
9*4
10.8
37*5
8.2

143.5
8.1
9.3
16.4
10.9
37.7
8.1

17 .3

1 7 .3

16.3




16 .5
1 1 .1

37.7
8.0
1 7 .4

42.1
340.3
70.3
158.5

39.5
324.9
7 1 .2
153 .2

27.1
95.1
74.4

26.8
91.4
7 1.8

35.9

35.9

34.2

Reading gj
Manufacturing.

51.8

52.5

53.0

131.8
13.1
9.2
34.0
14.1
30.4
6.2

132.3
13.1

129 .7

Scranton
Manufacturing.

32.3

31.8

32.2

14.1
30.6
6.2

35.4
13.2
30.8
6.1

Wilkes-Barre—»Hazletong/
Manufacturing.............

4o.l

39.4

40.5

16 .7

1 6 .7
8 .0

York
Manufacturing.

44.6

44.8

45.3

w

8.0

245.7
12.5
58.0
29.2
65.6

13.1
32.8
34.5

See footnotes at end of table.
20

i4a.5
7.9
9.7

Pittsburgh
Total................................ 826.1
M ining.•••••••••••••••• 19 .2
Contract construction..
44.1
Manufacturing.••••••••• 339.9
Trans, and pub. u t i l . . .
70.4
Trade............................... 154 .9
Finance...........................
27 .I
Service...........................
95.7
Government.............. .
74.8

a

2^7.0
12.4
58.4
29.4

66.7

12.9
32.7
34.5

13.2

240.2
11.7
58.7
29.I
62.9
12.8
32.4
32.6

RHODE ISLAND
Providence
Total................... ...........
Contract construction..
Manufacturing.................
Trans, and pub. u t il ..,
Trade............... ............. .
F in a n c e .................
Service \f..................... .
Gover nment.....................

289.5
13.1
142.8
13.8
5 2 .1

12.0
as. 3
29.4

Arca Fmployment
Tabi* A-7: Employ««* in nonagricultural establishments,
for selected ar«a>, by industry division - Continued
(In thousands)

Area and industry
division
SOUTH CAROLINA
Charleston
Total..................
Contract construction...
Manufacturing..........
Trans, and pub. util....
Trade..................
Finance................
Government.............
Greenville

SOUTH DAKOTA
Sioux Falls 2/
Total..................
Contract construction...
Manufacturing..........
Trans, and pub. util....
Trade..................
Finance................
Government.............
TENNESSEE
Chattanooga
Total..................
Mining.................
Contract construction...
Manufacturing..........
Trans, and pub. util....
Trade..................
Finance................
Service................
Government.............
Knoxville
Total..................
Contract construction.•.
Manufacturing..........
Trans, and pub. util....
Trade..................
Finance....... ........

Nuaber of employees
1 957
1956
Feb.
Jan.
Feb.
56.4
10.1
5.8
13.4
2.1
5.0

13 .5

2.1
5*0

53.8
3.4
10.1
4.3
12.8
2.1
4.9

16 .5

16.6

16.2

30.6

30.8

31.1

3.6

22.4
l.Q
4.8
2.1
7.8
1.5
3.3
2.0

55.2
3.6
?• 9
4.7

22.5
1.0
4.8
2.1
7.7
3.4
2.0

.1
3.3
43.1
5.6

.1
3*0
43.3
5.6

1 7 .2

1 7 .2

4.3
9.0
8.4

4.3
9.0
8.4

94.3
.1
3.6
45.9
5.5
17.8
4.0
9.2
8.4

116 .3

1 1 7 .5

115.3

90.9

2.2
6.9
43.3
7.7
25.8

90.8

2.3
7.2
43.8
7.6

26.3
2 .7

2.7
11.4

11.4

16 .5

16.3

185.0

185.0

Memphis
Mining.................
Contract construction...
Manufacturing..........
Trans, and pub. util....
Trade..................
Service................

23.4
1.2
5.2
2.2
8.1
1.4
3.2
2.0

.2
7.5
45.8
I6 .7
54.7
8.1
23.9
26.3

.3
7.4
45.2
16.5
55.4
8.1
23.9
28.4

2.1
6.1
44.1
7.7
25.3
2.6
11.4
16 .I

184.9
.3
8.8
45.8
16.3

54.3
8.0
24.3
27.5

Number of employees
1957
1 195¿
Jan.
Feb.

Area and Industry
division
Nashville 2/
Total......
Mining...............
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade................
Finance..............
Service..............
Government...........

135.0
.3
6.0
37.8
12.5
30.9
8.9
20.5
18.3

134.5
.3
6.0
37.4
12.4
30.9

133.2
.3
6.1
38.5

20.4
18.3

1 9 .7
1 8 .1

UTAH
Salt Lake City
Total................
Mining...............
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade................
Finance..............
Service..............
Government...........

117*0
7.6
7.2
18.0
12.7
33.9
7.2
14.8
15.6

117.5
7.6
7.0

112.3
7.5
7.1
17.4
12.2
31.9
7.1
14.0
1 5 .1

16.6

16.7
4.4
1.4
4.5
3.2
3.3

16.0

4.3
1.3
4.4
3.2
3.4
12.7
8.1
.6
1.5
1.1
1.6

12.9
8.3
.6
1.5
1.0
1.6

12.9

156.8

157.0
.2
12.4
15.3
17.2
43.3
5.6

150.4
.2
9.8
15.6
I7 .7
39.5
5.5

16.6

16.0

16 1.5

155.2

VERMONT
Burlington
Total.................
Manufacturing.........
Trans, and pub. util...
Trade................
Service...............
Other nonmanufacturing.
Springfield
Total.................
Manufacturing.........
Trans, and pub. util...
Trade.................
Service............
Other nonmanufacturing.

Norfolk-Portsmouth 2/
Total.
Mining...............
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade................
Finance........ .....
Service..............
Government...........
Richmond
Total................
Mining...............
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans, and pub. util..

.2
12.6
15.4

17 .0

43.0
5.7
16.7
46.2

1 6 1.2

.3
11.3
40.0
15.9

18 .2

12.7
34.2
7.4
14.8
15.6

46.4

.3
11.3
4o.2
1 5 .9

12 .5
29.8

8.4

3.8
1.4
4.4
3.0
3.5

8.4
.6
1.5
1.0
1.5

46.1

.3
11.0
38.8
1 5 .7

See footnotes at end of table.




21

Area Employment
Table A -7: Employees in nonagricultural establishments
for selected areas, by industry division - Continued
(In thousands)

Area and industry
division
VIRGINIA-Coutinued
Richmond-Continued
Trade..................
Finance................
Government.............

Number of employees
1956
19eYT ______
Feb.
Jan.
Feb*

Charleston 2/-Continued
40.8
12.9
18.1
21.9

41.3
12.9
17.9

21.7

38.6

12.6
17.4
20.8

WASHINGTON
Seattle
Contract construction...
Manufacturing..........
Trans. and pub. util....

311.9
14.0
97.5
2 7 .O
73.0
18.3

310.3
14.2
94.7
27 .I
74.0
18.3

36.8

36.8

72.2
17.8
36.2

44.7

72.2

74.4
3.5
14.5
8.5

72.2

3.1

Trans. and pub. util....

13.8
8.2

20.5
3.6

21.2

3.7
11.9

1 1 .8
1 1 .2

1 1 .1

73.0
3.4

73.0
3.6

15 .9
6.6
16.5

15.7

3.0
8.5
19.1

6.7

16.6

3.0
8.5
18.9

2.9
14.3

Government......... .

Contract construction...
Manufacturing..........
Trans. and pub. util....

73.2
3.5
1 7 .O

92.3
10.0

4.7
25.7
10.0

19.1

92.6
10.0

Contract construction...
Manufacturing..........
Trans, and pub. util....

Government.............
Racine
Contract construction...
Trans. and pub. util....

6.8
16.2
2.8

8.3

89.4
10.0

4.9

3.3

25.8

25.2

9.9

9-9

19.2

18.6

Includes government.
Includes mining and government.
Not available.
Includes mining and finance.
j J subarea of Nev York-Northeastern Nev Jersey.




UL0.9
5.9
4.8
52 .I
9.1

111.0
5.9
4.4
52.5
9.1

II3.9

18.8

19.0

19.0

3.1

3.1

2.9

10 .1

1 0 .1

10.0

7.1

7.1

7.2

431 .O

430.9

418.3

20.2

20.0
1 9 1 .1
27.6

3.2
9.3
10 .1

6.0

4.4
54.8
9.7

20.4

194.2

27.5

194.4
27.8

46.9
34.1

82.9
19.4
44.0
33.2

41.8

41.5

42.8

1.8
22.0

1.8
2 1.9

23.9

20.3
47.3
34.4

1.7
7.2
.9
4.5
3.6

87.5
20.0

1.7
7.3
.8

1.8
1.8

7.1
.8

4.5
3.6

4.1
3.4

3.3
1.1
1.7
1.8
4.0
.5
2.1

3.3
1.1
1.7
1.7
3.6
.5
1.9

18.6

1/ Includes mining.

22

3.2
9.2
10.4

86.9

Contract construction...
Trans, and pub. util....

2/ Revised series; not strictly comparable with previously published data.

2/
4/
5/
6/

3.2
9.3
10.4

WISCONSIN
Milwaukee

8.2

20.5
3.9
11.5
10.9

Number of employees
1956
1957
Feb.
Jan.
Feb.

Wheeling-Steubenvllle

WYOMING
Casper

WEST VIRGINIA
Charleston 2/

Trans, and pub. util....

12.4
81.6
26.4

45.2

Contract construction...

Contract construction...

29I .3

45.3
Spokane

Tacoma
Total..................
Contract construction...
Manufacturing..........
Trans. and pub. util....

Area and industry
division

3.0
1.2
1.8
1.8
3.9
.5
2.1

Labor Turnover
Table B-lt Monthly labor turnover rates in manufacturing,
by class of turnover
(Par 100 employees)

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr*

1950,
1951,
1952.
1953 1954.
1955.
1956,
1957,

3.6
5.2
4.4
4.4

3.6
4.6
3.9
4.4

3.3
3.3
3.2

3.2
4.5
3-9
4.2
2.5
3-2
3.1

3-5
4.5
3.7
4.3
2.4
3.5
3.3

2.8

1950,
1951,
1952,
1953,
1954
1955,
1956,
1957,

3.1
4.1
4.0
3.8
4.3
2.9
3.6
3.3

3.0
3.8
3.9
3.6
3.5
2.5
3.6
3.0

2.9
4.1
3.7
4.1
3.7
3.0
3-5

1950,
1951,
1952,
1953,
1954
1955,
1956,
1957,

1.1
2.1
1.9
2.1
1.1
1.0
1.4
1.3

1.0
2.1
1.9
2.2
1.0
1.0
1.3
1.2

1950,
1951,
1952,
1953,
1954,
1955,
1956,
1957,

0.2
.3
.3
.3
.2
.2
.3
.2

1950,
1951,
1952,
1953,
1954,
1955,
1956,
1957,
1950,
1951,
1952,
1953.
1954,
1955,
1956,
1957,




Miy

June

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

4.5
5.9
4.3

5.7
4.3
5.6
4.0

5.2
4.4
5.2
3-3

4.0
3.9
4.0
2.7

3.0
3.0
3.3

4.5
3.8

4.4
4.1

4.1
4.2

3.6

2-2

3.3

2.5
2.5

3.0

4.2
5-3
4.6
4.8

4.3
4.7
4.2
4.5
3.3
3.5
3.5

3.8"^
4.3
3.5

Annual
aver­ Year
age

3*8
3-4

accèsïslon
4.8
4.7
4.2
4.9
4.4
4.9
4.1
5.1
2.9
3.4
4-3
4.2
3.3

4.6
4.1
4.3
3.8
3.1
3.4

Totiil
3.1
4.8
3.9
4.4
3*3
3.2
3.7

sepa3•ation
3.0
2.9
4.4
4.3
5.0
3.9
4.2
4.3
3.1
3.1
3.2
3.4
3.4
3.2

4.0
3.9

4.9
5.1
4.9
5.2
3-9
4.4
4.4

1.2
2.5
2.0
2.5
1.0
1.3
1.4

1.3
2.7
2.2
2.7
1.1
1.5
1.5

1.6
2.8
2.2
2.7
1.0
1.5
1.6

£uit
1.7
2.5
2.2
2.6
1.1
1.5
1.6

1.8
2.4
2.2
2.5
1.1
1.6
1.5

2.9
3.1
3.0
2.9
1.4
2.2
2.2

3.4
3.1
3.5
3.1
1.8
2.8
2.6

2.7
2.5
2.8
2.1
1.2
1.8
1-7

2.1
1.9
2.1
1.5
1.0
1.4
1.3

1.7
1.4
1.7
1.1
.9
1.1
1.0

1.9
2.4
2.3
2.3
1.1
1.6
1.6

1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957

0.2
.3
.3
.4
.2
.2
.3
.2

0.2
•3
.3
.4
.2
.2
.3

0.2
.4
.3
.4
.2
.3
.3

0.3
.4
.3
.4
.2
.3
.3

Dischaa*se
0.3
0.3
.4
.3
.3
.3
.4
.4
.2
.2
•3
.3
.2
.3

0.4
.4
.3
.4
.2
.3
.3

Ò74
.3
.4
.4
.2
•3
.3

0.4
.4
.4
.4
.2
3
.3

0.3
.3
.4
.3
.2
•3
.3

0.3
.3
.3
.2
.2
.2
.2

0.3
.3
.3
.4
.2
.3
.3

1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957

1.7
1.0
1.4
.9
2.8
1.5
1.7
1.5

1.7
.8
1.3
.8
2.2
1.1
1.8
1.4

1.4
.8
1.1
.8
2.3
1.3
1.6

1.2
1.0
1.3
.9
2.4
1.2
1,4

1.1
1.2
1.1
1.0
1.9
1.1
1.6

0.6
1.4
1.0
1.3
1.7
1.3
1.2

0.7
1.3
.7
1.5
1.7
1.1
1.4

1.4
.7
1.8
1.6
1.2
1.1

0.8

1.1
1.7
.7
2.3
1.6
1.2
1.5

1.3
1.5
1.0
2.5
1.7
1.4
1.4

1.1
1.2
1.1
1.3
1.9
1.2
1.5

1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957

0 .1

0.1
.6
.4
.4
.2
.2
.2
.2

o.l
.5
.3
.3
.2
.2
.2

0.1
.5
.3
.3

Miscellaneo!is. ine]Luding ailitar.'iT
0.4
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.3
.4
.4
.4
.4
.4
.3
.3
.3
.3
.3
.3
.3
.3
.3
.3
.2
.2
.2
.2
.3
.3
.2
.2
.2
.2
.2
.2
.2
.2
.2
.2
.2
.2

0.4
.4
.3
.3
.2
.2
.2

0.3
.4
.3
.3
.1
.2
.2

0.3
.3
.3
.2
.2
.2
.2

0.2
.5
.3
.3
.2
.2
.2

1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957

2.8

.7
.4
.4
.3
.3
.2
.3

2.8

3.6
3.1

2.8

TotiCL
4.4
4.5
3.9
4.1

July

Layofj *
0.9
1.0
1.1
.9
1.7
1.2
l.J

0.6
1.3
2.2
1.1
1.6
1.3
1.2

1
6.6

2.2

4.4
4.4
4.4
3.9
3.0
3.7
3.4

1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957

3.3

3.6
3.5
3.4
4.0
3.0
3.0
2.8

3.5
4.4
4.1
4.3
3.5
3.3
3.5

1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957

4.2
3.0
3 .1

2 .1

23

Labor Turnovtr
T a b le B-2: M o n th ly la b o r turnover rates in selected in d u strie s

-----Industry
MANUFACTURING ............................

"1

(Per 100 employees)
Total
Separation rate
accession
Misc., incl.
Total
Quit
Discharge
Layoff
military
rate
F e b . Jan.
Feb.
Jan. F e b . Jan. F e b . Jan. F e b . Jan. F e b . Jan.
1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957
2.8 3.2 3.0 3.3
1.2
0.2
0.2
1.4 1.5
0.2
1.3
0.3

¿ O O D S .........................................................

2.9
2.5

3A
3.0

3.1
2.7

3.3
3.4

1.1
1.2

1.3
1.4

.2
.2

.3
.2

1.5
1.1

1.5
1.5

.3
.2

.3
.2

ORDNANCE AND ACCESSORIES...............

3.0

2.7

3.2

3.7

1.1

1.2

.2

.2

1.7

2.0

.2

.3

FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS....... ......

2.7
1.8
1.5
2.5

3.2
3.0
2.5
2.8

3.5
4.3
2.1
3.0

4.6
4.4
3.2
3.4

1.0
.6
.9
1.5

1.2
.7
1.0
1.6

.2
.2
.1
.3

.2
.2
.3
.4

2.1
3.2
1.0
1.1

3.0
3A
1.7
1.3

.2
.3
.1
.1

.2
.2
.1
.1

(1/)

2.2

(i/>

6.5

(1/)

.4

(l/>

.1

(1/)

5.8

(1/)

.3

1.6
1.0
2.4
.7

2.5
1.3
4.1
.9

1.9
1.5
2.3
2.0

3.7
3.5
4.4
1.6

1.2
.8
1.7
.3

1.5
.8
2.4
.5

.1
.2
.1
.1

.1
.1
.1
(2/)

.4
.4
.3
1.1

1.9
2.2
1.8
.5

.2
.2
.2
.4

.2
.3
(£/)
.6

2.6
2.5
2.6
2.3
6.0
3.0
1.5
2.2
4.2
Dyeing and finishing textiles......... 1.7
Carpets, rugs, other floor coverings... 2.0

3.4
3.0
3.0
2.5
5.9
5.5
9.0
2.4
4.9
1.6
2.8

2.9
3.0
2.9
2.8
3.8
2.8
2.3
3.2
1.9
2.2
3.0

3.8
3.3
4.1
3.9
5.5
4.1
2.7
4.0
4.1
3.3
2.6

1.3
1.4
1.4
1.4
1.1
1.4
1.5
1.3
1.2
1.0
1.0

1.6
1.6
1.6
1.7
1.4
1.8
1.8
1.4
1.6
1.0
1.0

.2
.2
.2
.3
.2
.2
.2
.2
.1
.2
.3

.3
.3
.3
.3
.2
.2
.2
.2
(2/)
.3
.3

1.2
1.2
1.1
1.0
2.5
1.1
.5
1.5
.5
.9
1.5

1.8
1.2
1.9
1.7
3.6
2.0
.6
2.2
2.3
1.8
1.0

.1
.2
.1
.1
.1
.1
.1
.2
.1
.2
.2

.2
.1
.2
.2
.3
.1
.1
.1
.1
.2
.3

3.9
2.3

4.2
2.6

3.0
2.7

4.0
2.7

2.0
1.4

2.3
1.9

.2
.1

.2
.2

.7
.9

1.4
.4

.1
.2

.1
.3

4.0

4.4

3.2

4.5

2.1

2.5

.3

.2

.7

1.8

.1

(2/)

3.6
7.3
3.0

3.3
7-0
2.7

5.5
10.9
4.8

4.7
9.3
4.2

1.6
3.2
1.4

1.8
4-.9
1.4

.3
.3
.3

.3
.3
.3

3.4
7.1
2.9

2.4
3.6
2.3

.2
.3
.2

.3
.6
.2

3.9

2.6

5.2

4.1

1.2

1.3

.3

.3

3.6

2.4

.1

.1

FURNITURE AND FIXTURES................. 3.1
3.4
Other furniture and fixtures.......... 2.3

3.2
3.1
3.4

3.4
3.3
3.5

4.2
4.9
2.9

1.5
1.6
1.2

1.6
1.8
1.2

.3
.3
.3

.4
.4
.4

1.5
1.3
1.9

2.0
2.4
1.0

.1
.1
.2

.2
.2
.2

PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS.............. 2.0
Pulp, paper, and paperboard mills..... 1.2
2.5

2.2
1.2
2.5

2.3
1.4
3.1

2.7
1.8
3.7

1.0
.6
1.5

1.3
.8
1.9

.2
.1
.3

.2
.1
.3

.9
.5
1.0

.9
.6
1.4

.2
.2
.2

.2
.2
.2

CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS.......... 1.6
1.6
1.1
.8
1.7
1.3

1.8
1.8
1.1
1.3
2.2
1.7

1.6
1.8
1.0
.8
2.1
1.7

1.5
1.6
1.1
1.0
1.5
1.3

.8
.9
.4
.3
1.0
.7

.8
.8
.4
.3
1.1
.7

.2
.2
.1
(2/)
.1
.2

.1
.2
.1
.1
.1
.1

.6
.6
.4
.4
.8
.7

.4
.4
.4
.4
.1
.2

.1
.2
.1
.1
.1
.1

.2
.2
.2
.1
.1
.2

DURABLE

G O O D S ................................................................

HONOURABLE

Grain-mill products...................
Beverages:
TOBACCO MANUFACTURES...................

TEXTILE-MILL PRODUCTS..................

APPAREL AND OTHER FINISHED TEXTILE
PRODUCTS..............................
Men's and boys' suits and coats.......
Men’
s and boys' furnishings and work
LUMBER AND WOOD PRODUCTS (EXCEPT
FURNITURE)............................
Logging camps and contractors.........
Millwork, plywood, and prefabricated

See footnotes at end of table.

24



Labor Turnover
Table B-2! M o n t h ly la b o r turnover rates in selected industries-Continued
(Per 100
Total
accession
rate
Feb. Jan.
1957 1957
1.0 0.8
.6
.5

Misc., incl.
military
Feb. Jan. Feb. Jan. Feb. Jan. Feb. Jan. Feb. Jan.
1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957
0.4
0.1 0.1
0.1
0.8 1.0 0.3
0.2
0.2
0.3
.2
.2
.2
.1
.3 (2/) (2/) (2/)
.7
.5

RUBBER PRODUCTS................. .......

1.7
1.2
3.^
1.9

2.3
1.9
1.9
2.8

2.7
1.4
4.4
3*5

2.9
1.9
3.9
3.6

1.0
.5
2.4
1.1

1.1
.6
2.0
1.3

.2
.1
.3
.2

.2
.1
.2
.2

1.3
.6
1.3
2.0

1.2
.4
1.4
1.8

.2
.2
.4
.2

•5
.7
.3
.3

LEATHER AND LEATHER PRODUCTS............
Leather: tanned, curried, and finished..

3.^
1.5
3.8

5.2
2.5
5.7

3.^
3.2
3.^

4.1
3.^

2.0
.9
2.1

2.2
1.0
2.4

.2
.2
.3

.3
.3
.3

.8
1.7
.7

1.1
1.7
1.0

•3
.4
.3

.6
.4
.6

STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS.........

2.3
2.3
1.2
2.3
2.6

2.2
2.4
1.4
1.8
2.5

2.8
3.1
1.1
3.8
2.3

3.6
3.7
2.1
5.0
3.3

.8
.7
.4
.9
1.3

1.0
.8
.6
1.2
1.3

.2
.1
.1
.2
.2

.2
.1
.2
.2
.3

1.6
2.1
.3
2.5
.5

2.1
2.5
1.1
3.^
1.5

.2
.2
.2
.2
.3

.3
.2
.2
.2
.2

1.6

2.2

2.1

2.1

.7

.8

.2

.2

.9

.8

.2

.3

1.2
2.0
2.1
2.1
1.7

1.6
2.3
2.5
2.5
2.1

1.5
2.4
2.2
2.0
2.7

1.2
2.8
3.1
2.9
2.3

.5
1.0
1.1
.7
1.0

.6
1.1
1.1
1.3
.9

.2
.3
.3
.3
.3

.1
.3
.3
.3
.4

.6
.9
.7
.8
1.2

.2
1.2
1.5
1.1
.8

.3
.1
.1
.1
.2

.3
.2
.1
.2
.2

.6

1.7

1.4

1.7

.7

1.2

.3

.2

.1

.2

.3

.2

1.3
3.1

2.0
3.8

1.8
5-3

2.3
4.4

.4
1.3

.8
1.6

.1
.5

.1
.5

1.1
3.3

1.0
1.9

.2
.2

.4
.4

2.5

3.^

1.9

2.4

.8

l.l

.2

.3

.7

.6

.2

.3

3.2
2.0
1.9
1.4
2.3

4.0
3.0
2.0
2.4
3.6

3-3
3.3
3.3
3.2
3.^

3.6
3.6
3.0
3.6
3.7

1.2
1.3
1.5
1.0
1.4

1.3
1.6
1.2
1.3
1.8

.3
.2
.1
.1
.3

.3
.3
.3
.3
.3

1.6
1.6
1.5
1.7
1.5

1.7
1.2
1.2
1.8
1 .1

.2
.2
.2
.3
.2

.3
.3
.3
.2
.4

4.1
2.1

5.9
8.7

2.7
1.9

3.8
2.4

1.2
.8

1.2
1.0

.3
.2

.3
.2

.9
.7

2.0
.8

.2
.2

.3
.4

5.^
3.3
4.1

4.2
3-9
4.4

3.2
2.5
5.0

4.6
2.6
5.2

1.5
1.2
1.3

1.3
1.2
1.5

.4
.3
.4

.3
.3
.5

l.l
.9
3.0

2.7
.8
3.0

.2
.1
.3

.3
.2
.3

PRODUCTS OF PETROLEUM AND COAL..........

Pottery and related products...........
PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES................
Blast furnaces, steel works, and rolling
mills.................................

Steel foundries.......................
Primary smelting and refining of
nonferrous metals:
Primary smelting and refining of copper,
Rolling, drawing, and alloying of
nonferrous metals:
Rolling, drawing, and alloying of
Other primary metal industries:
FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS (EXCEPT ORD­
NANCE, MACHINERY, AND TRANSPORTATION
EQUIPMENT).............................
Cutlery, hand tools, and hardware......
Cutlery and edge tools................
Hardware............... ..............
Heating apparatus (except electric) and
Sanitary ware and plumbers’supplies...
Oil burners, nonelectric heating and
cooking apparatus, not elsewhere
Fabricated structural metal products....
Metal stamping, coating, and engraving..

employees)
Separation rate
Total

Qtfit

Discharge

Layoff

S e e footnotes at end of table.




25

Labor Turnover
Table B-2: M o n th ly la b o r turnover rates in selected in d u strie s-C o n tin u e d

Industry

MACHINERY (EXCEPT ELECTRICAL).........................

Engines and turbines....................

Construction and mining machinery.......
Metalworking machinery..................
Metalworking machinery (except machine
Special-industry machinery (except metalGeneral industrial machinery............
Office and store machines and devices....
Service-industry and household machines..
Miscellaneous machinery parts...........
ELECTRICAL MACHINERY...........................................

(Per 100 employees)
Total
Separation rate
accession
Mise., incl.
Total
Discharge
Quit
Layoff
rate
military
Feb. Jan. Feb. Jan. Feb. Jan. Feb. Jan. Feb. Jan. Feb. Jan.
1»7

1957

1957

I 957

2.3
2.6
2 .0
1.9
1.6

2.9
2.6
4 1
2.9
2.3
1.8

P 5
2.8
1.9
2.5
2.0
1.8

2.2
2.6
1.8
2.2
1.8
1.7

1.8
2.8

2*1
3.5

1*9
2.5

2.3
2.2
3.0
2.3
2 .0

2.2
2.7
3.7
4.1
2.3

1.9
2.3
1.8
5.3

3.0

2 6

Electrical generating, transmission,
distribution, and industrial apparatus.. 2.0
Communication equipment........... ..... ( 1 / )
Radios, phonographs, television sets,
3.9
and equipment.... ....................
Telephone, telegraph, and related
e quipment............................. Ci/)
Electrical appliances, lamps, and miscel­
laneous products....................... 3.0

TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT...................................

3.5

Automobiles.... ........................
2.8
Aircraft and parts........ .............
2 .9
Aircraft............................... 2 .9
Aircraft engines and parts............. 2.3
Aircraft propellers and parts.......... 3.1
Other aircraft parts and equipment..... 4.2
Ship and boat building and repairing.... ( 1 / )
Railroad equipment......................
Locomotives and parts..................
Railroad and street cars............... t e
Other transportation equipment.......... 7.1

0.7
1.3

1957

1957

A O
U«*:

AU.éO!

.2
.5
.2
.2

.3

.7
.4

.8

2 .0
2.1

.8
1.4

1.0
1.2

.2

,2
#2

•7f
.6

.5
.5

#2
.c0

1.0
1.2
1.2
.9
•9

1 .0
1.1
1.4
1.0
1.0

.2

2.3

2.2
2.5
2.5
2.4
2.2

.3
.2
•3
.2

.2
*3
.2
.2
.2

.5
.6
.2
3.9
1.0

.8
.8
.7
1.0
.8

.1
.2
.1
.2
.2

.2
.2
.3
.2

3*3

3.1

3.4

1.4

1.5

.2

.3

1.3

1.4

.2

.3

2.5
3*5

2.2

2.5
4.2

1 .1

.2

.7

.8

.2

.3

Cl/)

1.2
1.8

.2

Cl/)

Ci/)

.3

Ci/)

1.9

(i/)

.2

3.9

*.5

5.5

1 .7

2.0

.3

.4

2.3

3.0

.1

.2

2.9

Ci/)

1.7

Ci/)

1 .1

Ci/)

.2

Ci/)

.2

( I /)

.3

^5

3.9

3.6

1.5

1.4

.3

.4

1 .7

1.4

.4

.4

4.4
2.9
4.0
4.2
3.2
3.6
4.6
14.1
5.7
3.9

3.3

3.6
3.8
2.4
2.4
1.5
1.4
4.5

1 .1
.8

1.3

.2
.2
.2
.1
.2

.3
.3

1.6

1.6
1.8

.4
.7

.5

3.2
2.3
2 .1
2.0
1.7
4.9

10.2

lì

2.4

1 .1

2.5




1957

1.1
.6
.5

3.2

26

1 u
n
J..

.2
.3
.3

Photographic apparatus.................. C ì A
Watches and clocks...................... 2.6
Professional and scientific instruments.. 2.8

See footnotes at end of table.

1957

.2
•3

1 .6

*.3
2 .7

0.2
.1

•y0

8.7

Jewelry, silverware, and plated ware....

1957

0.2
.3

1.0
1.0
.9

( I /)

MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES....

1957

1.1
.9

6.6

INSTRUMENTS AND RELATED PRODUCTS...................

1957 1957
J1L•KaJ 1 .0

2.4

2.8
4.9
2.3

4.1

2.8

1.0
1.0

1.4

1.3
1.2
1.2
2.5

m

4 .7
2.3

8Æ
1.2

2.5
1.5

Ci/)

V.

2.0

6.8
2.2

4.2
3.1

5.5
3.2

1.3

1.0
1 .1

1.4
1.3

•9

1.0
1 .5
1.6
1.0
1 .1
2 .1
2.3

•0
c.
2

.3

.6

1.2

1.

•d

.2
.2
.2
.1

1.5
.5
.5
.4
( 2/ )

1.6

.5

.6
.2

m

.7
.3
.9
1.3

(i/)
Ci/)

Cg/)
.3

.3

.2

I

1 .2
.6
1.2

.3

.2
.1

.8

( 1/ )

a/)

.3

.4

1.4
1.7
1.3

.1
.2
.3

.2

.2
.2

.4
Q

0

.2
.2
.2
.1
.2

.4
.3

.2
(£ /)
1.7
7.0
2.5
1.3

.4I,

.2
.2
•3
.2
#2
#2

.6
.3
.3

.2
.2
.2
.3
.7

$

tó)
Ci/)

1.2

.9

.2

2.8
.6

.5
5.0
.5

Ci/)

.2
.2
.2
.1

2.3
1.3

3.2
1.5

.2

.2
.2

.1

3 .1
.6

.1

.2
.1
.3

•5

.1

Labor Turnover
T ab le B-2: M o n th ly la b o r turnover rates in selected in d u strie s-C o n tin u e d

Industry

(Per 100 employees)
Se paration rate
Total
accession
Misc., incl.
Total
Quit
Discharge
Layoff
military
rate
Feb. Jan. Feb. Jan. Feb. Jan. Feb. Jan. Feb. Jan. Feb. Jan.
1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957

NONMANUFACTURING:
METAL MINING............................

0.2
.5
.1
•2

0.2
.7
.1
.5

0.2
.1
.3
.3

O.k
.k

.7

1.1

(i/i

(2/)

.1

.1

.2

.2

1.0

ok

.5

(2/)

(2/)

.4

.4

.1

.1

1.6
1.7

<!/>

1.3
1.1

Wl

.1
(2/)

(1/)

.2
.3

(1/)

Mi

.1
.3

2.2

2.1

k.l

1.1
.2
.9
.9

.8

1.6

1.1

1.5

.7

1.8

.9

&,l

1.7
1.7

(1/)

BITUMINOUS-COAL MINING..................
COMMUNICATION:
Î/

3.0
1.6

(2/)
.3
.2

3.1
.8
3.8
2.4

ANTHRACITE MINING.......................

(A/)

3.2
1.0

0.3
(2/)
•3
.1

1.8
.8
1.5
1.5

1.5
.7
oö
1.0

.k

(iD

l / l o t a v a i la b le .
2 / L e s s th a n 0 .0 %
'¡J D a ta r e l a t e t o d o m e s tic e m p lo y e e s e x c e p t m e s s e n g e rs a n d th o s e c o m p e n s a te d e n t i r e l y




.4
.1

o n a c o m m is s io n b a s is *

-2L

H o u rs and Earnings
Table C-l: Hours and gross earnings of production workers
or nonsupervisory employees

Industry

Average weekly
earnings
Jo b .
M .
T.b.
1956
1957
1957

Average weekly
hours
Jan.
Fab.
Fab.
1956
1957
1957

Average hourly
earnings
Fab.
Jan.
Feb.
1956
1957
1957

MIHIHG:

METAL MINING..........................

♦97.06
99.71
97-90
86.86

♦96.05
100.90
99.68
89 .tt

♦ 96.t6
95.91
99.67
86.7 t

tl.3
39.1
t2.2
tO.6

41.9
40.2
42.6
41.6

42.5
40.3
44.1
*1.7

*2.35
2.55

ANTHRACITE............................

95-96

105.55

85.58

32.1

35.9

BITUMINOUS-COAL........................

112.51

IIO.63

103.18

38. t

101.25

10t .83

97.93

84.28

82.32

10t . 51

Other nonbuilding construction........

101.75
93.38
107.05

83.90

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION...................
GENERAL CONTRACTORS....................

Copper mining........................
Lead and zinc mining..................

2 .5 1

♦2.27
2.38

2.32

2.14

2.3*
2.15

2.08

33.3

2.99

2.9*

2.57

37.5

38.5

2.93

2.95

2.68

to.5

41.6

40.3

2.50

2.52

2.43

81.35

t3.0

42.0

*3.5

I .96

I .96

1.87

98.33

96.8t

36.8

3*.5

36 .O

2.84

2.85

2.69

9t.86

39.9
to.6
39.5

37.2

2.30
2 .7 1

2.55
2.28

37.*

38.7
38.8
38.7

2.55

101.73

9t.t3
86.lt
99.85

2.72

2.44
2.22
2.58

lot.96

96.9t

97.27

36.2

34.0

35.5

2.90

2 .9I

2.74

98.55

89.76

90.30

36.1

33.0

35.0

2.73

2.72

2.58

109.63

105 .t 9
115.67

2.85
2.86

96.88

35.8
37.7
33.9
39.6
3*.6

3.04

95.93

3*.7
37.8
33.2
38.8
32.3

3.06
2 .9 1

127.65

36.3
38.2
3t.O
39.t
35.1

3.06

130 . M

102.03
107.82
9t.92
122.36

3.02

116.89

3.31
2.9*

2.93
3.29
2.97

2.80
3.09
2.80

CRUDE-PETROLEUM AND NATURAL-GAS
PRODUCTION:
Petroleum and natural-gas production
NONMETALLIC MINING AND QUARRYING.......
CONTRACT CONSTRUCTION ...................

NONBUILDING CONSTRUCTION................

SPECIAL-TRADE CONTRACTORS..............
Electrical work.......................
Other special-trade contractors.......

98.9t

103.19

97.28

36.8

$2.3*

2.26

MANUFACTURING ...........................

82 A l

82.tl

78.17

tO.2

40.2

40.5

2.05

2.05

1.93

DURABLE GOODS............. .............
NONDURABLE GOODS.......................

88.75
73.10

89.16
72.9 1

8t.05

tO.9
39.3

40.9
39.2

41.0
39.8

2 .17

2.18

2.05

69.65

ORDNANCE AND ACCESSORIES...............

96.37

95.76

88.19

tl.9

42.0

41.6

2.30

2.28

2.12

FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS..............

77.99
89A 7
9t.O7

78.18

7t.t8

91.69

85.08

to . 2
t0.3
to.9
39.8
tl.6
t2.7
tl.t
38.0
28.5
39.2
t2.5
tt.O
t2.6
to.i
to.3
39.0

40.3
*1.3
42.1
40.1
*1.7
43.4
40.7
37.9
29.7
38.8
42.9
*3.5
*3.5
39.8
40.1
38.7

40.7
41.3
*1.7
40.9
42.8
44.5
42.6
38.4
30.9
39.6
42.4
42,.4
*3.3
*0.5
40.7
39.9

1.9*
2.22
2 .3O
2.14
1.81
1.80
I .90
1.64

1.9*
2.22
2 .3I
2.12
1.81
1.80
1.90
1.64
1.70
1.68
1.91
2.00
1.82
1.84
1.87
1.71

1.83
2 .O6
2.12
2.02
I .72
I .69
1.82
1.53

Dairy products........................
Condensed and evaporated milk........
Ice cream and ices...................
Sea iood, canned and cured...........
Canned fruits, vegetables, and soups..
Flour and other grain-mill products...
Bread and other bakery products......
Biscuits, crackers, and pretzels.....

28




85.17
75.30
76.86

78.66
62.32
t8.t5
65.t6
81.18
87.12
77.11
7V.19
75.76
66.30

97.25

85 .OI

75 .t6
78.12
77.33
62.16

50.t9
65 .1B
8l.9t
91.00
79.17
73.23
7t.99
66.16

88.tO
82.62
73.62
75.21
77.53
58.75
50.06
61.78
75.90
78 .tt

73.61
72.09
73.0T
65 .tt

1.86

1.70
1.6 7
I .91
1.98

1.81

1.8 5

1.88
I .70

1.86

1.75

1.62
1.56
1 .7 9
1.85
1.70
1.78
1 .8 1

1.64

Table C -l: Hours and gross earnings of production workers
or nonsupervisory employees - Continued

Industry
FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS - Continued

Distilled, rectified, and blended

Average weekly
earnings
Feb.
Jan.
Feb.
1956
1957
1957
$82.82
86.98
82.45
63-68
61.46
86.15
64.21
103.75
84.64
76.41
88.15

72.61
TOBACCO MANUFACTURES.....................

57-22
72.54
49.01

Tobacco stemming and redrying...... .

57-72
47.50

TEXTILE-MILL PRODUCTS.................... 58.50
Scouring and combing plants............. 65.83
Yarn and thread mills.................... 53.82
54.07
Thread mills........................ . 55.16
Broad woven fabric mills................ 56.1a
Cotton silk synthetic fiber.......... 54.81
North................................ 56.63
Sout h................................ 54.71
Woolen and worsted...................... 66.65
Narrow fabrics and smallwares............ 60.55
Knitting mills........................... 53.71
Full fashioned hosiery................. 59.59
58.60
59*97
48.15
Seamless hosiery............
North................................ 51.38
South........ ..... .................. 48.01
Knit outerwear. ...................... . 55.06
Knit underwear...... .................. 49.87
Dyeing and finishing textiles........... 67.98
Dyeing and finishing textiles (except
wool)................................ 67.98
Carpets, rugs, other floor coverings.... 77.65
Wool carpets, rugs, and carpet yarn.... 77.70
Hats (except cloth and millinery)....... 60.72
Miscellaneous textile goods.............. 69.43
Felt goods (except woven felts and
hats )....... ............ ............ 74.74
Lace goods...... ........... ...... .
67.08
Paddings and upholstery filling........ 72.38
Processed waste and recovered fibers.... 57.40
Artificial leather, oilcloth, and
other coated fabrics..... ............ 86.10
Cordage and twine..................... 60.00




$79.79
æ .78
71.23
61.70
59.67

84.67
63-99
102.18
80.59

75.81
89.44
71.97
57. *2
75.17
48.12
58.30
Vr .63
58.65

65.19
54.10

54.49
56.26
57.42
56.49
57.00
56.12

65.44

60.80

52.99
59.59
58.75
59.75
47.75
50.18
47.61
53.87
48.55
65.27
65.44
76.96
77.15
58.84

$77.36
83.44
73-68
60.25
58.51
82.78

61.86
99-04
8 1.16
70.97

83.02
67.35

50.87
61.66
46.00
53-87
40.72

57.51
66.57
52.66

53.46
52.27
56.17
55.08
58.75
54.a6
64.72
58.06
52.88
61.29

60.44
61.45

45.38
47.88
44.89
53.91
50.04
66.25
66.25

69.83

74.76
73.69
62.37
66.02

77.89

68.00

Average weekly
hours
Jan.
Feb.
Feb.
1956
1957
1957
40.6
39-9
42.5
39-8
39.**
39-7
40.9
39-3
38.3
41.3
41.0
45.1

38.4
40.3
37-7
36.3
37.*
39.0
41.4
39.0
38.9
39.4
38.9
38.6
37.5
38.8

40.5 $2.04
40.9 2.18
1.94
39**
39*9 1.60
39*8 1.56
39*8 2.17
40.7 1*57
2.64
39*3

$2.02

36.8

39**
41.5
41.1
45.2

2.21

41.2
41.6
*4.7

2.15

2.19
1.84
2.15

1 .6 1

1 .6 1

38.8

36.6

1.49

*1.3
37.3
36.9

36.7
37**
36.4
35*1

1.80

1.48
1.82
1.29

1 .2 7

1*25

1.50

1.50

1*59
1.38
1*39
1.4*

1.59

38.1

39.1
4l.O
39.2
39.2
39*9
39.6
39.5
37.5
39.8
40.9
*0.0
38.2
37*9
38.3
35*9
36.9
35.8
36.*
35.7
39.8

41.2
42.2
42.0
36.8
40.6

39.9
41.6
*1*7
36.1
40.6

56.72

64.30
52.45

92.35
59.40

86.68
57.31

42.0
40.0

71.17

65.28

39.5
*1.1
37.1
39.3
39.0
39.2
40.5
39*0

41.4
4o.l
37.3
38.2
38.3
38.2
36.2
37.5
36.1
37.2
36.4
41.2

40.4
37.9
41.6
41.9

67.68

Average hourly
earninés
Jan.
Jan.
Feb.
1956
1957
1957

36.8

40.5
42.4
40.2
*0.5
39*9
1^ ^
4l.0
40.8
40.8
40.8
42.3
40.6
38.6
39.8
39.5
39*9
37.2
38.0
37.1
37.7
39.4
42.2
42.2
42.0
41.4
38.5

1.85

1.30
1*59

l.*2
1.51
l.*l
1.6 1

1.51
1.**
1.56
1.53
1.57
1.33
1.37
1.33
l.*8
1.37
1.65

1.92
1*57
1*53

$1*91
2.04
1.87
1-51
1.47

2 .16

2.08

2 .16

1.58

2.62

1.58

1.38

1*39
l.*l
l.*5
l.*3
1.^2
l.*l
1 .6o
1.52
1 .**

1.56
1.55
1.56

1.33
1.36
1.33
1.48
1.36
1.6*
1.6*

¿ 8
1.85
1.65

1.85
1.85

1.63
1.72

1*52
2.52
2.06

1*71
2.02
1.49
1*39
1.68
1*23
1.48
1.16
1.42
1*57
1*31
1.32
1.31
1.37
£ 8
1.33
1.53
1.43
1.37
1.5*
1.53
1.5*
1.22
1.26

1.21
l.*3
1.27
1.57
1.57
1.78
1.78
1.62
1.63

40.5

1 .7 1

*2.1
37.6
*0.9
*1.*

40.0
38.4
38.5
42.3

1.85
1.77
1.7*
1.37

1.80

1.70
1.70

1.7*
1.37

1.2*

**.*
39.6

44.0
39.8

2.05
1.50

1.50

2.08

1.07
L*S

1.85

1.67

Table C-l: Hours and gross earnings of production workers
or nonsupervisory employees - Continued

Industry

Average weekly
earnings
reb.
Feb •/
Jan.
1957
1956
1957

APPAREL AND OTHER FINISHED TEXTILE
PRODUCTS................................ $5^.02
Men's and boys' suits and coats......... 63.89
Men’
s and boys 1 furnishings and work
clothing............................... 46.23
Shirts, collars, and nightwear..,,...... 46.21
48.36
40.70
57.28
Women's dresses........................ 55.62
Household apparel...................... 46.85
Women's suits, coats, and skirts....... 69.56
Women's, children's under garments...... 49.71
Underwear and nightwear,’
except corsets. 47.63
Corsets and allied garments............ 52.93
Millinery............................... 68.89
Children's outerwear.................... 51.79
Miscellaneous apparel and accessories.... 50.42
Other fabricated textile products....... 55.86
Curtains, draperies, and other house48.99
furnishings............... ...........
Textile bags........................... 59.64
54.58
LUMBER AND WOOD PRODUCTS (EXCEPT
FURNITURE)..............................
Sawmills and planing mills..............
Sawmills and planing mills, general....
West...... ;......................... .
Millwork, plywood, and prefabricated

68.73
68.82
69.21

47.76
86.64
74.00
72.65
76.26

Wooden boxes, other than cigar.........
Miscellaneous wood products.............

55.55
55.04
60.79

FURNITURE AND FIXTURES...................

68.97

Wood household furniture, except
Wood household furniture, upholstered...
Mattresses and bedsprings..............
Office, public-building, and professional
furniture..............................
Wood office furniture................ ..
Metal office furniture.................
Partitions, shelving, lockers, and
Screens, blinds, and miscellaneous furni-




Average weekly
hours
Feb.
Jan.
Feb.
193$
1937
1957

Average hourly
earnings
Feb.
Jan.
Feb.
1956
1957
1957

63.89

♦51.61
62.32

36.3
36.3

33.9
36.3

37.*
38.0

$1.46
1.76

45.44
46.44
47.84
36.80
56.67
55.49
46.08
70.52
48.64
45.86
52.85
63 .OO
50.55
49.23
54.98

43.36
43.38
45.46
37-73
56.30
55.33
42.26
70.35
46.37
43.41
51.04
70.64
47.12
47.75
51.41

36.4
36.1
37.2
35.7
35.8
35.2

35.3
36.0
36.8
32.0
35.2
3*.9
36.0
3*.4
36.3
36.4

37.7
37.*

1.28

47.45
58.07
56.99

46.38
55.70
53.65

37.*
40.3
37.9

36.3
39.5
39.3

37.*
39.5

67.25
67.73
67.94
48.00
84.04

66.80

39.5
39.1
39.1
39.8
38.0

39.1
38.7
38.6
40.0
36.7

40.0
39.7
41.0
39.*
39.6
40.8

♦53.13

73.26
72.65
74.37
55.72
55.1«

67.37
67.60

45.76
87.10
72.85

60.05

70.93
78.32
53.43
53.66
57.82

68.06

67.82

36.6

3*.l
37.1
37.5
36.5
38.7
37.8
36.8

38.0

38.2

38.5
36.8

36.4
37.*
35.0

1.27
1.30
1.14
1.6o
1.38
1.28

$1.48 $1.38
1.64
1.76
1.28

1.29
1.30
1.15
1 .6 1

1.59
1.28

1.15
1 .1 6

1.19
•96

1.33
1.32
1.13
2.01

2.04
1.3*
1.27
l.*5
1.78
1.37
1.37
l.*7

1.46
1.75
1.37
1.36
1.47

1.31
1.48
1.44

1.30
l.*7
l.*5

1.24
1.41
1.39

40.0
40.1
40.0
41.6

1.7*

1.67
1.68

38.2

2.28

1.72
1.75
1.76
1.20
2.29

39.6
39.7
40.2
39.8
39.7
*0.3

40.7
40.3
42.8
41.1
41.6
*1.3

1.85
1.83
1.86
1.41
1.39
l.*9

36.2

36.0
36.9
36.2

37.*

36.8

37.1
36.2

40.6
37.*
37.9
37.8

38.6

1 .76

1.77
1.20

2.03
1.3*
1.26

1.8 5
1.83
1.8 5

1.40
1.39
l.*9

1.26

1.17
1.41
1.7*
1.26
1.26

1.36

1.69

1.10
2.28

1.79
1.76
1.83

1.30
1.29
1.40

64.78

40.1
39.9

39.8
39.5

41.1
41.0

1.72
1.64

1.71

64.39

1.63

1.65
1.38

58.84
71.92
73.51

58.84

58.24
71.73
70.95

40.3
39.3
39.1

40.3
38.1
38.8

41.9
40.3
39.2

1.46

1.46

1.39

1.83

1.80

1.78
1.8 1

79.32
¿7.04
87.29

78.55

79.85
74.48

42.7
44.6
42.7

1.93
1.60

1.87
1.6?

87.96

40.7
42.0
40.8

1.60

87.72

41.1
41.9
40.6

1.93

67.20

2.13

2.13

2.06

84.66

86.32

80.40

40.9

*1.3

40.0

2.07

2.09

2.01

66.19

65.40

66.91

39.*

39.*

41.3

1.68

1.66

1.62

65.44

68.58

72.94

1.88

1.88

H o u rs and Earnings
Table C-l: Hours and gross earnings of production workers
or nonsupervisory employees - Continued

Industry
PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS................
Paperboard containers and boxes.........
Fiber cans, tubes, and drums............
PRINTING, PUBLISHING, AND ALLIED
INDUSTRIES..............................

Bookbinding and related industries......
Miscellaneous publishing and printing
CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS............

Average weekly
earnings
Feb.
Feb.
Jan.
19*57
1056
1957
$84.80 $84.38 $79.85
92.87
93.07
87.32
76.67
72.75
77*27
77-04
76.45
72.3*
81.00

71.*5

9*. 85

93.84

91.87

98.56
99.60

97.86

96.30
92.50

84.59
94.64
95.11

82.74

65.15

64.56

111.44

39.9

39.1

38.2
39.0

2.49
2.12
2.36
2.42
1.71
1.87

2.45
2.78
2.41
2.10
2.35
2.41
1.69
1.87

35.8
39.7
40.2
40.0
39.*

2.47
2.80

2.38
2.69

2.33
2.05
2.28

38.4

39.8

2.85

2.84

2.78

88.78

88.58

89.24
IOI .57

40.5
41.0
41.8
41.2
40.5
41.2
40.8

* 1.3
41.1
40.9
40.9
*1.7
41.8
39.9
39.6
41.0

2.15
2.37
2.33
2.30
2 .31
2.58
1.9 7

2.05

96.56
106.30

41.1
40.8
40.6
40.8
41.8
40.7
40.2
41.1
40.9

2.16

96.93
9^.37
9*-30

84.67
93.71
91.62
89.57

41.2

96.70

41.1
41.0
41.0

*1.3
*1.5
41.2

41.2
40.9
41.8

2.26

41.0
42.4
41.8

41.0
43.4
*2.3

41.2
*3.2
42.0
* 5.3

77.01

91.24

79-79
91.05

81.80

81.60

77.90

92.89

93.3*

88.17

88.15

102.92
88.17

85.69

85.69

85.28

101.68

76.32
68.97
75.21

77.25
70.22
75.2*

68.10

69.60

82.76

94.89

82.40
73.01
65.52

83.14

80.20

76.36
64.18

Coke, other petroleum and coal products..

106.45
110.68
93.38

RUBBER PRODUCTS..........................
Tires and inner tubes...................

90.98
106.04

85.81

72.10
80.78

91.84
107.64
71.76
81.39

58.83

58.14

75.65
75.70

75.65
78.63
55-77
55.71

57.67

56.50

56.77

88.62

99.72
103.68

87.56
97-71
7*-7*
77-95
7*. 19
74.26
5*-7*
55.98

2.37
2.33
2 .31
2.32
2.56

1.99
2.22
2.00

2.14

2.09

2.08

1.78
1.66

40.4
38.2
42.2

40.8
40.7
*1.3

41.1
*1.3
40.6

40.7
40.5
*1.3

2.56
2.65
2.27

2.59
2.68
2.30

40.8
41.1
39.*
40.8

41.0
41.4
39.0
40.9

4o.i
39>
40.4
40.6

2.23

2.24

2.58
1.83

2.60

38.2

38.0

39.*
40.7
38.7
38.1

39.*
*2.5

39.5
40.1
40.8
39.1
39.7

1.5*
1.92
1.86
1.46
l.*9

38.2

37.9

1.98

2.28

2.26

2.48
2.14

40.8
39.2
*2.3

45.6

1.57
1.81

2.21
2.00

2.48
2.15
1.80

2.32

2.24
2.19
2.14
2.43
1.93
2.09
1.90

45.6
* * .7

43.6

84.86

81.19
67.42

40.9

46.4
44.2
40.1
38.5
42.0

*5.1

86.33

38.8
38.2

1.65
1.69
1.51
1.98
1.99
1.72
2.24

71.57
64.75

104.45
107.86
93.75




38.6

39.1

91.20

9^-75

LEATHER AND LEATHER PRODUCTS.............
Leather: tanned, curried, and finished...
Industrial leather belting and packing...
Boot and shoe cut stock and findings....

38.3
35.2
39.7
39.*
40.1

110.64

94.24
93.51

66.99
94.08

PRODUCTS OF PETROLEUM AND COAL...........

38.4
35.2
40.0

109.06

80.00

Essential oils, perfumes, cosmetics....
Compressed and liquified gases.........

42.7
44.1
41.1
41.1
40.9
*1.3

73.12

7*.05

9*-25
96.98
104.19

Animal oils and fats...................

82.41

42.4
*3.9
41.0
41.1
39.3
40.7

40.1
39.3
38.1
39.6

Plastics, except synthetic rubber......

Fertilizers.............................

95.68

42.4
43-6
41.1
41.2
40.1
41.0

Average hourly
earnings
Feb.
Jan.
Feb.
1956
1957
1957
$2.00 $1.99 $1.87
2.12
1.98
2.13
1.88
1.87 1.77
1.86
1.76
1.87
2.02
1.99
1.91
1.83
1.83
1.73

91.41
59-97
70.59

94.60

Paints, pigments, and fillers...........
Paints, varnishes, lacquers, and

78.12

74.48

Alkalies and chlorine..... ............

Soap, pleaning and polishing

78.21

75.03

Average weekly
hours
Feb.
Feb.
Jan.
1956
1957
1957

1.65
1.50
1.92

2.00
1.7*
2.24

2.32
2.05

2.00
I .69
I .56
1.58
1.42
1.86
1.89

1.68
2.10
2.45
2.56

2.12
2.14
2.48

1.84
1.99

1.85
1.92

1.53
1.92

1.46

1.85

1.46
l.VT

1.85
1.82

1.40
1.41

Jl

H ou rs and Earnings
Table C-l: Hours and gross earnings of production workers
or nonsupervisory employees - Continued

Industry

Average weekly
earnings
Feb.
Jan.
Feb.
1956
1957
1957

LEATHER AND LEATHER PRODUCTS - Continued
Luggage................................ $ 61 .9*
Handbags and small leather goods........ 53.53
Gloves and miscellaneous leather goods... *9-91
STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS..........
Glass and glassware, pressed or blown....
Pressed and blown glass................
Glass products made of purchased glass...
Structural clay products................
Brick and hollow tile..................
Floor and wall tile....................
Pottery and related products............
Concrete, gypsum, and plaster products...
Concrete products......................
Miscellaneous nonmetallic mineral

PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES.................
Blast furnaces, steel works, and rolling
Blast furnaces, steel works, and rolling
mills, except electrometallurgical
Electrometallurgical products..........
Gray-iron foundries....................
Malleable-iron foundries...............
Primary smelting and refining of
nonferrous metals......................
Primary smelting and refining of

81.40
114.49
88.19
83.62
80.39

$ 61.88
52.50
49.28
81.00
117.29
82.59

84.44
79.76

$60.83
50.70
*6 .75
77.90
112.48
76.80
76.61

Average weekly
hours
Feb.
Feb.
Jan.
1957
1957 1956

37.7
36.7

37.5
37.5
36.5

38.5 $1.63
1 .V2
38.7
1.36
37.1

Vo. 7
*0.6
39.9
V0.2
39.6
39.5
VO. 7
39.9
39.9
39.8
VO. 3
39.5
37.9
*3.3
V3.7
39.7

V0.3
*1.3
39.9
VO.V
39.1
39.9
*1.3
39.6
39.3
39.7
V0.2
39.8
36.7
VI. 8
VI. 9
39.V

Vl.O
Vl .2
Vo.o
39.9
Vo.o
VI. 5
Vl .2
VO. 8
Vl.5
Vo. 9
39.8
39.9
37*8
V 3.8
V3.9
V0.7

2.00
2.82
2.06
2.08

VI. 1
V 0 .6
Vl.5
VO.V

V0 .8
Vo.V
Vl.O
Vo.o

2 .1 1

38.0

68.73
84.25
73-02
66.23
7*.*3
73-75
84.14
72.77
79.67
77-79

70.22

77.20
68.48

86.73
72.47

78.69
70.99

76.91
74.16

69.17
78.40
75.07

69.08

68.16

67.56

86.93
91.13
86.53
100.45

86.31

91.76

80.38
85.65

85.49
96.56

80.77
92.40

Vl .2
Vo. 5
Vl .6
VI. 0

98.98

101.27

95-35

Vo.V

VI. 0

104.92

108.79

99.38

Vo.2

105.32
91.25

109.20
92.21
88.51

99.79

84.99
86.24

83.23

87.38
83.46

85.39
98.37
92.97

65.24

75-03
73.16
84.38
70.10

66.40
74.03
69.25
81.00

Average hourly
earnings
Feb.
Feb.
Jan.
1956
1957
1957
$1.65
1 .V0
1.35

*1.58
1.31

2.01
2 .8V

1.90
2.73
1.92
1.92
1.93
I .65
1.91
1.7V

2.07
2.09
2 .0V
1.76

2.03
1.7V
2.07

2.10

1.83
1.66
1.8 7
1.83
2.13

1.66
1.89
1.82
2.12

1.92

1 .8V
1.78

1.7V

1.83

1.91
1 .8V
1.77
1.73

1.26

1.60
1.8 1

1.7V
2.03
1.83
1.79
1.71
1.66

1.97

2.08

2.10
2.26
2.06

2.V5

2.39

1.97
2.31

Vl.l

2.V5

2.V7

2.32

VO. 9

Vo.V

2 .6 1

2.66

2 .V6

Vo. 9
V0.8
VO. 6
39.9
V0.3
V2.5

VO.V
V0.6
Vl.V
Vl.O
Vl.l
V2.8

2.62

2.67
2.26
2.18

2 .V7
2 .1 V

2.32

2.13
2 .1 V
2.31

2.25

2.12

98.18

84.26
94.16

Vo. 2
V0.2
39.9
39.0
39.9
V2 .V

9*.35

88.34

Vo.6

Vl .2

VO. 9

2.29

2.29

2.16

90.64

86.88

85.70

2.27
2.19
2 .1 V
2 .1 V

2.07
2.03
2.05
2.20

100.21

85.48
93.*3

V0.5
Vo. 7

Vl .2
vo. 9

Vo. 9
VO. 8

2.18
2 .V8

2.20

100.94

2.V5

2.09
2.29

86.28

87.35

86.40

VO. 7

Vl.V

V3.2

2.12

2 .1 1

2.00

92.86

9V.71

96.ll

V0.2

VI. 0

V3.1

2.31

2.31

2.23

92.17

9**53

101.47

39.9

Vl.l

VV.9

2.31

2.30

2.26

95-3*
Nonferrous foundries.................... 90.72
Miscellaneous primary metal industries... 102.09
109.46
97.9*
98.42

94.60
91.13

89.79

VO.V
VO.5
Vl.5
V2 .1
Vl.5
V0.5

V0 .6
VO. 5
V1.9
V 3.0
Vl.5
V0.5

Vl.O
V0.7
V2.6
V2 .7
V2 .7
VI. 3

2.36
2 .2V
2 .V6
2.60

2.33
2.25
2 .V6

2.19
2 .1 V
2.36
2 .V8
2.29

88.29

Secondary smelting and refining of
nonferrous metals......................
Rolling, drawing and alloying of
nonferrous metals......................
Rolling, drawing, and alloying of
Rolling, drawing, and alloying of

32




87.10

100.54

103.07
112.66

105.90

97-53
97-20

97.78
94.16

2.36
2.V3

2.62

2.35

2 .VO

2.28

H ou rs and E
Table C-l:

Hours and gross earnings of production workers
or nonsupervisory employees - Continued

Industry
FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS (EXCEPT ORDNANCE,
MACHINERY, AND TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT).

Tin cans and other tinware..............
Cutlery, hand tools, and hardware.......
Cutlery and edge tools.................

Hardware..............................
Heat_ing apparatus (except electric) and
plumbers' supplies.....................
Sanitary ware and plumbers’supplies....
Oil burners, nonelectric heating and
cooking apparatus, not elsewhere
Fabricated structural metal products....
Structural steel and ornamental metal
Metal doors, sash, frames, molding, and
Boiler-shop products..................
Sheet-metal work......................
Metal stamping, coating, and engraving...
Vitreous-enameled products.............
Stamped and pressed metal products.....
Fabricated wire products................
Miscellaneous fabricated metal products..
Metal shipping barrels, drums, kegs,

Screw-machine products.................
MACHINERY (EXCEPT ELECTRICAL).......................

Steam engines, turbines, and water
Diesel and other internal-combustion
engines, not elsewhere classified.....
Agricultural machinery and tractors.....
Agricultural machinery (except

Average weekly
earnings
refco
.1257..

Average hourly
earnings

M .
1956

1957

Jan.
1957

Nk.
1956

*87.5* *86.90
92. *3
90.17
83.63
83.21
7*. 12 7*. 30
83.01
83.01
86.68
86.03

*83.02
88.38
79.37
72.69
81.99
80.00

*1 . 1
*0.9
*0.*
*0.5
*0 .1
*0.6

*0.8
39.9
*0.2
*0.6
*0 .1
*0 .2

*1 . 1
*1.3
*0.7
*1.3
*1 .2
*0 .2

*2.13

83.20
8* .8s

81.99
83.76

79.20
8*.©2

*0.0
39.1

39.*
38.6

82.88
91.12

80.99
90.69

76.82
85**9

*0.*
*1 .8

» .3 *

90.89

8*.87

86.05
91.78
92.18
88.32
70.7»
9i .62
t &m
81.00
90.31

86.07
91.56
91.12
88.32
70.07
91.62
78.80
82.22
89.67

83*8*
86.U
85*91
85.07
66. 08
87.53
72.13
79.32
86. *3

Stf.76
95.30
91.58
90.08

97.06
95.9*
90.72
89.66

9**89
9B.*7

Jan.
1957

M .
1096

2.07
1.83
2.07
2. 1 *

|2.13
2.26
2.07
1.83
2.07
2. 1 *

$2.02
2. 1 *
1.95
1.76
1.99
1.99

39.8
*0.2

2.06
2.17

2.08
2.17

1.99
2.09

39.7
*1 .6

39.6
*1.3

2.05
2.18

2. 0*
2.18

1.9*
2.07

*1.9

*1.5

*1 .2

2. 1Ô

2.19

2.06

* « .*
*2 .1
*1.9
*0.7
*0.*
*0.9
*0.0
*0.1

*0.6
*2.0
*1 .8
*0.7
*0.5
*0.9
39.8
*0.5
*2.1

*0.5
*1 .6
*1 .5
*0.9
39.3
*0 .9
39.2
*1.1
*3.0

2.13
2.18
2.20
2.17
1.75
2.2*
1.96
2.02
2.13

2.12
2.18
2.18
2.17
1.73
2.2*
1.96
2.03
2.13

2.07
2.07
2.07
2.08

1.68

91.32
88.97
89.22
86.68

*1 .0
*2.*
*3 .1

*1.3
*1.0
*2.0
*2.9

*1 . 7
*1.0
*3.1
**.0

2.36
2.33
2.16
2.09

2.35
2.3*
2.16
2.09

2.19
2.17
2.07
1.97

9*.*7
98.*7

92.**
9**50

*1 .8
*1 .2

*1.8
*1.2

*2.6
*2.0

2.27
2.39

2 .26
2.39

2.17
2.25

110.85 108.88

97*6*

*2.8

*2.2

*1.2

2.59

2.58

2.37

Jan.
1957

*a.*

1957

2.26

2.1*
1.8*
1.93
2.01

9*.*2
89.50
92.97

9*.89
89.33
93.67

9 *.U
87.29
91.58

*0.7
39.6
39.9

*0.9
39.7
*0.2

*2.2
*0.6
*0.7

2.32
2.26
2.33

2.32
2.25
2.33

2.23
2.15
2.25

85.85

8**67

88.62
92.*5

39.2
*1.7

39.2
*2.0

*0.5
*3.2

2 .19
2.23

2.16
2.22

2.0*
2.1*

93.53
90.10
107.62
105.79

*1.*
*2.*
**.7
**.6

*1.9
*2.1
**.5
**.7

*3.5
*2.5
*5.6
*6.*

2.23
2.2*
2.1*8
2.39

2.23
2.20
2. *7
2.39

2.15
2.12
2.36
2.28

99.90
113.13

*2.5
*5.8

*2.3
*5.*

* * .*
*5.8

2.35
2.59

2. 3*
2.57

2.25
2.*7

88.36
90.7*
75*66
92.62
101.87

*2.3
*1.3
*1.*
*7.1
*3.5

*2.2
*0.9
*1.3
*7.*
*3.0

*3.1
*2.8
*1.8
*5 .*
**.1

2.15
2.18
1.89
2.17
2.*1

2.15
2 .17
1.90
2 .17
2.37

2.05
2.12
1.81
2.0*
2.31

Construction and mining machinery.......
92.99 93.2*
Construction and mining machinery,
except for oil fields................. 92.32 93.**
Oil-field machinery and tools..........
9*. 98 92.62
Metalworking machinery.................. 110.86 109.92
Machine tools......................... 106.99 106.%
Metalworking machinery (except machine
99.88

98.98

Machine-tool accessories............... 118 .6a 116.68
Special-industry machinery (except metal­
working machinery).................... 90.95 99.73
Food-products machinery................ 90.03 88.75
Textile machinery...................... 78.25 78. *7
Paper-industries machinery............. 102.21 102.86
Printing-trades machinery and equipment. 10*.8* 101. 90L




Average weekly
hours

33

H ours and Earnings
Table C-l:

Hours and gross earnings of production workers
or nonsupervisory employees - Continued

xiiUUo ux jr

Average weekly
earnings
Feb.
Jan.
Feb.

Average weekly
hours
Feb.
Jan.
Feb.
1956

1957

41.9
41.8
41.8
41.2
39.9
42.0

42.7
43.0
42.7
41.6
42.1
43.2

$2.23

$2.24

2.18

2.18

2.33

2.32
2.13

42.6
40.7
40.8
40.5
41.4
42.2

2.20

38.6

42.0
41.0
41.9
39.6
39.7
37.8

1957

1956

$93.86
91.12
96.98
87.76
87.78
95.76

$91.81
90.73
93.94
84.45
90.09
94.61

41.9
42.1
42.0
40.4
39.9
42.1

91.08

93-24

Office and store machines and devices 1J . 89.35
Computing machines and cash registers... 98.77

89.38

92.02
85.88
92.21

41.4
40.8
41.5
39.4
40.3

1957

Average hourly
earnings
Feb.
Jan.
M l*

1957

1957

1957

1956

MACHINERY (EXCEPT ELECTRICAL) • Continued

General industrial machinery............ $93.44
Conveyors and conveying equipment......
Blowers, exhaust and ventilating fans...
Industrial trucks, tractors, etc.......
Mechanical power-transmission equipment.
Mechanical stokers and industrial

Service-industry and household machines..
Commercial laundry, dry-cleaning, and
Reftigeirators and air-conditioning
Fabricated pipe, fittings, and valves...
Machine shops (job and repair).........
ELECTRICAL MACHINERY........................................

Electrical generating, transmission,
distribution, and industrial apparatus..
Carbon and graphite products
Electrical indicating, measuring, and
recording instruments.................
Motors, generators, and motor-generator
Power and distribution transformers....
Switchgear, switchboard, and industrial
controls.............................

91.78
97.86
85.65
88.18
95.15

2.38

2.22
2.18

2.03
2.14
2.19

2.16
2 .11
2.26

99.30
76.^3
86.55
84.67

79.79
87.77
92.84

78.21
86.11

79-56
86.46

80.70
88.81

39.5
39.5

40.8
39.3

41.6
41.5

1.98
2.18

2.20

1.95

1.94
2.14

89.51
91.91
90.80
9 1. 0s

87.78
92.35

87.34
88.41

93-48

86.31
92.02
88.62

39.9
41.6
41.0
41.4
42.5

* 1 .2
41.9
41.1
42.8
42.2

2.21
2.22
2.22
2.22
2.21

2.20
2.22
2.22
2.22
2.21

2.12
2 .11
2.10

91.91
93.93

40.5
41.4
40.9
41.0
42.3

2.10

83.64

82.82

78.36

40.6

40.4

40.6

2.06

2.05

1.93

88.54
77.76

88.54
76.97

84.46
75.03

40.8
40.5

40.8
40.3

41.4
4l.O

2.17
1.92

2.17
1.91

2.04
1.83

84.65

85.89

82.61

40.5

40.9

41.1

2.09

2.10

2.01

82.01

80.00

77.14

40.6

40.2

40.6

2.02

1.99

1.90

40.5
41.2

40.7
41.0

41.4
41.0

2.26
2.30

2.26
2.29

2.05

41.3
43.4
39.5
41.8
39.4
40.6
40.7

41.4
43.2
39.7
41.8
40.1
40.9
40.0

41.9
44.7
39.8
42.7

2.22
2.32
2 .11

2.22

2.04

2.31

2.26

2.03

2.04

38.2

2.16

2.16

1.97
I .89
2.04

41.7
40.5

1.91
1.97

1.91
1.96

I .85

1.92
1.76

1.90
1.75

1.78
1.69

2.30

2.31

2.21

91.02

91-53

91.96

89.01

9*.76

93.89

84.05

91.69

91.91
99.79

101.02

83.35
84.85

85.10

82.58
85.27
86.62
78.12

85.48
78.41

80.70

80.18

78.40

77.93
75.06
74.93

76.80
68.99

75.24
65.98

70.84
65.91

40.0
39.2

39.6
37.7

39.8
39.0

LOI.66

100.25

81.81
89. 5^

81.00
89.10
66.86
86.76

97.90
77.55

44.2
40.5
40.7
39.9
39.9

43.4
40.3
40.5
39.8
39.8

44.3
40.6
39.7
40.6
41.4

Electric lamps.......................... 77-55
Radios, phonographs, television sets,
Telephone, telegraph, and related

Primary batteries (dry and wet)........ 67.43
X-ray and non-radio electronic tubes.... 87.38




2.19

2.20
2.28

2 .11
2.20

76.04
87.85
85.69

100.69

34

2.12
2.21
2.26

$2.15

82.58
65.77

88.18

1.93

2.18
2.22

2.02
2.20
1.69
2.19

2.37
1.93

2.18

2.24

2.08

2.01
2.20
1.68
2.18

1.97

2.12
2.20

2.15

2.15

1.80

1.91

2.08
1.62
2.13

H ours and E
Table C-l: Hours and gross earnings of production workers
or nonsupervisory employees - Continued
Average weekly
earnings
Industry
Tébm
Jan*
M .
1956
1957
1957
TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT................. *98.29 *99.25 *89.38
96.25 100.77
87.55
Motor vehicles, bodies, parts, and
99.31 101.8*
88.09
Truck and bus bodies............ ......
80.78
82.97
81.35
Trailers (truck and automobile)........ 78.5*
80.11
83.03
Aircraft and parts...................... 98.96
99.26
92.82
Aircraft............................... 97.86
97.71
91.7*
Aircraft engines and parts............. 102.38 102.82
9**55
Aircraft propellers and parts.......... 95.17
92.38
92.52
Other aircraft parts and equipment..... 98.83 iei.76
95.20
Ship and boat building and repairing.... 93*29
85.28
93.26
Shipbuilding and repairing............. 96.71
89.31
97.12
Boatbuilding and repairing............. 77*08
71.10
7*. *3
Railroad equipment...................... 99**7
99.23
9*.13
IOO.85 101.75
99.10
96.*®
97.66
90.*8
Other transportation equipment.......... 80. *0
77.38
77**2
INSTRUMENTS AND RELATED PRODUCTS.........
Laboratory, scientific, and engineering
Mechanical measuring and controlling
instruments............................
Surgical, medical, ana dental instruOphthalmic goods........................
Photographic apparatus..................
MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES....
Jewelry, silverware, and plated ware....
Jewelry and findings...................
Silverware and plated ware.............
Musical instruments and parts...........
Games, toys, dolls, and children's
Sporting and athletic goods 1j .........
Pens, pencils, other office supplies....
Costume jewelry, buttons, notions.......
Fabricated plastics products............




Average weekly
hours
ft*.
Jan.
1957 1957
1956
*1.3 *1.7
39.9
*0.6 *1.3
38.4
*0.7
39.7
38.5

*2,3
*2.0
*3*2
*1.2
*2.6
*0.0
39.8
*1.0
*0.6
*1.5
*0.0
*0.*

*1 .*
39.3
38.7
*2.6

*2.3
*3.2
*0.*
*3.3
*0.2
*0.3
39.8
*0.5
*1.7
39.7
39.3

38.3
*0.8
*0.5
*2.0
*1.7
*2.*
*1.8
*2.5

Average hourly
earnings
Feb.
Jan.
Feb.
1956
1957
1957
*2.2*
*2.38 *2.38
2.**
2.28
2 .k2
2.**
2.09
2*0*
2.3*
2.33
2.37
2.31

2.*6
2.07
2.07
2.33
2.31
2.38
2.29

2.30
1.98
2.05

2.21
2.20
2.23
2.21
2.2*
2.17

*0.*
*0.*
*2.9
38.5
*0.3

2.32
2.33
2.*3
1.88
2.*5
2. *3
2 .*6
1.99

1.97

2.35
1.92

39.3
39.0

2.35
2.32
2.*1
1.87
2.*5
2.**
2. *6

2.29

1.76
2.33

2.31

8*.87

8*. 25

80.36

*1.0 *0.7

*1.0

2.07

2.07

1.96

98.6*

99*03

9Œ..7*

*2.7 *2.5

*1.7

2.31

2.33

2.20

86.31

85.68

85.*6

83.98

82.60
81.29

*1.1 *0.8
*0.5 39.8

*1.3
*0.*

2.10
2.11

2.10
2.11

2.00
2.01

7*. 30
66.07
93.89
73.*7

72*9*
6*. 55
9*.30
71.97

70.99
6*. 53
89. W
70.13

*0.6
39.8
*1.0
39.5

*0.3
39.6
*1.0
38.9

*0.8
*1.1
*1.2
39.*

1.83
1.66

1.81

1.7*
1.57
2.17

72.9*
73.**

72.*0
72.27
68.28
82.00
81.00
67.25

69.*3
72.16

*0.3
*0.8
*0.5
*1.6
*0.*
39.5

*0.0
*0.6
*«.*
*1.0
*0.5

*0.6
*2.2
*2.3
*2.0
*1.*
39.*

68.85

8*.86
81.61

67.55
63.91
72.0*
66.91

65.27

78.06

75.79

63.08
71.33
67.2*
6*.o6
78.06
7*.8*

68.1»
81.90

77*83
62.65
62.01
63.**

6*.68
62.71
72.39
73.89

38.5
*0.7
*0.8
39.8
*1.3
*0.1

39.1
38.0
*0.3

*1.0
39.3

*1.3
39.6

39.0
39.9
*1.2
*0.2
*0.9
*0.6

2.29

1.86
1.81

1.80

1.70
2.0*
2.02
1.71
1.66
1.77
1.6*
1.6*
1.89
1.89

1.63
2.30
1.85
1.81

1.78
1.69
2.00
2.00
1.72
1.66
1.77
1.6*
1.63
1.89
1.89

1.78

1.71
1.71
1.61

1.95
1.88
1.59
1.59
1.59
1.57
1.56
1.77
1.82

35

H ours ami f .u n iiv
Table C-Ï:

Hours and gross earnings of production workers
or nonsupervisory employees - Continued

Industry

Average weekly
earnings
Jan.
Feb.
Feb.
1937
1957
1956

Average weekly
hours
Feb.
Jam. Feb.
1956
1957
1957

Average hourly
earnings
JflÜle Feb.
Teb.
1957 19*56
1957

TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC UTILITIES:

TRANSPORTATION:
Local railways and bus lines...........
COMMUNICATION:
Switchboard operating employees
•••
Line construction, installation, and

(2/)
$85.85

$93.08
86.86

$89.89
82.60

(2/)
42.5

42.5
43.0

42.4
(2/)
42.8 $2.02

$2.19
2.02

*2.12
1.93

7**50
60.59

73.92
60.26

71.9*
59.20

38.8
36.5

38.7
36.3

39.1
37.0

1.92
1.66

1.91
1.66

1.60

100.11

1.84

Telegraph jj/..........................

86.94

99.88
86.32

99.33
78.21

42.6
41.8

42.5
41.7

43.0
41.6

2.35
2.08

2.35
2.07

2.31
1.88

OTHER PUBLIC UTILITIES:
Gas and electric utilities.............
Electric light and power utilities....
Gas utilities.........................
Electric light and gas utilities com­
bined................................

93.07
94.12
88.32

93.07
94.12
90.25

88.37
90.64

41.0
41.1
41.4

41.1
41.2
40.7

2.27
2.29
2 .17

2.27

83.03

41.0
41.1
40.7

2.29
2.18

2.15
2.20
2.04

95.12

9*.13

90.03

41.0

40.4

41.3

2.32

2.33

2.18

WHOLESALE TRADE.........................

82.41

82.81

78.99

40.2

40.2

40.3

2.05

2.06

1.96

RETAIL TRADE (EXCEPT FATING AND DRINKING
PLACES)................... ............
General merchandise stores.............
Department stores and general mail­
order houses.........................

61.34
43.9*

61.34
*3.9*

59.29
42.58

38.1
34.6

38.1
34.6

38.5
34.9

1 .6 1

1 .6 1

1.27

1.27

1.54
1.22

48.51

49.07

48.06

34.9

34.8

63.68

63.66

61.92

36.6

48.65

78.92
46.15

44.0
34.5

36.8

43.8
34.5

35.6
37.3
43.6
34.7

1.39
1.74
1.88
1.40

1.41
1.73
1.88
1.41

1.35
1.66
1.81
1.33

41.7
41.8

41.9
41.5

41.6
41.9

1.65

1.69

1.60

WHOLESALE AMD RETAIL TRADE:

Automotive and accessories dealers.....
Apparel and accessories stores.........
Other retail trade:
Furniture and appliance stores........

82.72
48.30

82.34

68.81

70.81

66.56

72.73

7 2 .2 1

69.55

63.52
99-75
80.23

63.82

61.61
97.51
75.62

-

-

-

101.46
79.*3

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

42.74

42.42

41.41

40.7

40.4

41.0

1.05

1.05

1 .0 1

42.48
48.51

*2.59
*9.92

40.90
47.21

39.7
38.2

39.8
38.7

40.1
38.7

1.07
1.27

1.07
1.29

1.02

98.57

9* .17

86.55

-

-

-

-

FINANCE, INSURANCE, AND REAL ESTATE:

Security dealers and exchanges.........

1.74

-

1.74

-

-

1.66

-

-

SERVICE AMD HTSCELLAHEOUS:

Hotels and lodging places:
Personal services:
Cleaning and dyeing plants............
Motion pictures:
Motion-picture production and distri-

-

1.22

-

1/ New s e r ie s b e g in n in g J a n u a r y 1 9 5 7 ; n o t c o a p a r a b le w it h p r e v io u s ly p u b lis h e d d a t a . C o m p a ra b le January 19 5 7
d a t a f o r th e e a r l i e r s e r ie s
nrfin* ^ mtnrm
^
r $2.21; t r o e w r it e r a - $ 8 0 .7 8 . * 2 .0 4 ;
— * ftTyT ^ rf.Ty f r r r t g - * * * - * 0 - V I « 68 ; s p o r tin g a n d a t h l e t l o g o o d s -4 6 8 .1 1 . H . 6 9 . A v e ra g e w e e k ly h o u rs r e m a in
e o ^ > a r a b le , 2J N o t a v a i la b le . 2 / D * t a r e la t e t o e m p lo y e e s i n s u c h o c c u p a tio n s i n th e te le p h o n e in d u s t r y a s
s w itc h b o a r d o p e r a t o r s ; s e r v ic e a s s is t a n t s ; o p e r a tin g ro o m in s t r u c t o r s ; a n d p a y - e t a t ia n a t t e n d a n t s .
In 1 9 5 6 s u c h
e m p lo y e e s m ade up 40 p e r c e n t o f th e t o t a l n u a fc e r o f n o n s n p e r v is o r y e m p lo y e e s i n e s ta b lis h m e n ts r e p o r t in g h o u rs a n d
e a r n in g s d a t a . 4 / & * * * r e l a t e t o e m p lo y e e s i n s u c h o c c u p a tio n s i n th e te le p h o n e in d u s t r y a s c e n t r a l o f f i c e c r a f t s ­
m e n ; i n s t a l l a t i o n a n d e x c h a n g e r e p a i r c r a fts m e n ; l i n e , c a b le , a n d c o n d u it c r a fts m e n ; a n d la b o r e r s .
I n 19 56 s u c h
e m p lo y e e s m ad e u p 2 7 p e r c e n t o f th e t o t a l m u t e r o f n o n s u p e r v is o r y e m p lo y e e s i n e s ta b lis h m e n ts r e p o r t in g h o a rs a n d
e a r n in g s d a t a . £ / D a ta r e l a t e t o d o m e s tic ea g xL o y ees e x o e p t m e s s e n g e rs a n d th o s e c o m p e n s a te d e n t i r e l y o n a e o o n d s s io n b a s is . £ / tt> n e y p a y m e n ts o n ly ; a d d it io n a l v a lu e o f b o a r d , ro o m , u n ifo r m s , a n d t i p s , n o t in c lu d e d .
&




A djusted E arnings
Table C-2: Gross average weekly earnings of production workers
in selected industries, in current and 1947-49 dollars

Ye ar

Bituminous-coal
Laundries
Manufacturing
mining
Current 1947-49 Current 1947-49 Current 1947-49

Annual
average:

Year
and
month

Bituminous-coal
Manufacturing
Laundries
mining
Current 1947-49 Current 1947-49 Current 1947-49

Monthly
data:

1939.... *23.86 **0.17 *23.88 **0.20 *1 7 .6* *29.70 1956
*7 8 .17 *68.21 * 103.18 *90.03 **0.90 *35.69
*2.07 2*.71 * 1.25
17.93
29.93
19*0 .... 25.20
36.36
30.86
* 9.06 18.69 29.71 Mur.«««« 78.78 68.68 102.38 89.26 *1.70
19*1.... 29.58 *7.03
52.58 35.02 50.2*
29.18
68.75 105 .*6 91.78 *2.12 36.66
78.99
20.3*
19*2.... 36.65
68.*6 106.0a 91.87 *2.5* 36.86
56 .2*
79.00
58.30 * 1.62
23.08
19*3.... *3 .1 *
31.19
107 .8a 98.79
36.96
61.28 51.27
68.18 25.95 3*.51 Jane.*.. 79.19 68.15
*2.95
19**.... *6.08
57.72 52.25
36.06
27.73
61 .95
19*5.... ** .3 9
30.20
36.21 July.... 79.00
67.52 102.16 87.32 *2. *2 36.26
69.58
52.5* 58.03
19*6.... * 3.82
68.31 102.*9 87.75 *1.90
52.32
35.87
79.79
66.59
69.73 32.71
19*7.... * 9.97
3*.25
70.16 3*.23
33.30 Sipt«••• &..*© 69.31 106.12 90.62 *2.61 36.39
19*8.... 5*.l* 52.&T 72.12
82.21
*2.61 36.20
110.38 93.78
69*85
82.22
69.80
63.28
106.79 90.65
62.16
*2.89 35*90
3*.98
3*.36
19*9.... 5*.92 53.95
8*.®5 71.23 115.33 97.7* *2 .90. 36.36
68 .*3 35**7 3*.50
1950.... 59.33 57.71 70.35
58.30 7 7.7 9 70.08 37.81 3*.06
1951.... 6* .7 1
1952.... 67.97 59.89 78.09 68.80 38.63 3*.0* 1957
82.* 1
69.72 110.63 93.60
36.03
39.69 3*.6 9
1953.... 71.69 62.67 85.31 7*.57
8a. * 1
71.86
62.60
69.*3 1 12 .5 1 9**79 *2.*8 35.79
*0.10
*0.70
¡SS::::: 76.52 66.83
1956.... 80.19 69.01 105 .9* 91.17 *2.32 36.1*2

Table C-3:

Year

Average weekly earnings, gross and net spendable, of production workers
in manufacturing, in current and 1947-49 dollars

Net spendable
Gross average
average weekly earnings
weekly earnings
Worker with
Worker with
Index
3 dependents
Amount (1947-49 no dependents
= 100) Current 1947-49 Current 1947-49

Annual
average:
1939.... * 23.86
19*0 .... 25.20 ;
1 * 1 .... 29.58
19*2 .... 36.65
19*3 ............. *3.1*
19 **.... *6.08
19*5 .... ** .3 9
19*6 .... *3.82
19 *7 .... *9-97
19*8 .... 5*.l*
19*9 ....
195 0
195 1
195 2
1953 ....
195* ....
195 5
195 6

5*.92
59.33
6*.71
er .97
71.69
71.8 6

76.52
80.19

Year
and
month

Net spendable
Gross average
average weekly earnings
weekly earnings
Index
Worker with
Worker with
3 dependents
Amount (1947-49 no dependents
= 100) Current 1947-49 Current 1947-49

Monthly
data:
*5 .1
*7.6
55.9
69.2

81.5
& T .0

83.8

82.8
9*.*
102.2
103.7
112.0
122.2
128.*
135.*
135.7
1**.5
151.*




* 23.58 *39.70 * 23.62 *39.76
2*.69 *1.22 2 *.9 5 *1.65
*78 .17
78.78
28.05
**.59 29.28 *6.55
36.28
*5.58
52.05
78.99
31.77
*8.66 *1.39 55.93 Ifc y .... 79.00
36.01
38.29
50.92 **.0 6 58.59 Jtm *.... 79.19
*8.08 * 2 .7 * 55.58
36.97
37.72
*5.23 * 3.20 51.80 J U ly .... 79.00
* 2.76 **.77 *8 .2* 50.51 Aug.• • • • 79.79
*6.1* 53.17
51.72 S e p t « • . . 8i.*e
*7 .* 3
*8.09
51.09

5**0*
55.66
5®.5*
59.55
63.15
66.02

*7.2*
*9.70
*8.68
*9.0*
51.17
51*87
55.15
56.82

53.83
5 7.2 1
61.28
63.62
66.58
66.78

7».*5
73.38

52.88

55.65
55.21
56.05 1957
58.20 J a z u • • • •
58.17 T e h . « . * .
61.53
63.15

1 *7 .6
1 *8 .8

1*9.2
1 *9 .2
1 *9.6

*6*.** *56.23 *7 1 .7 7 *62.63
56.60 72.25 62.99
6*. 92
65.08
56.6*
72.*2 63.03
56.*0
65.09
72.*3 62.76
65.2*
56.1 *
6a. *6
72.58

66.97
67.62
67.63
69.10

55.63
56.a6
57.19
57**5
57.*1
58.56

72.*3
73.06
7*. 37
75.03
75.0*
76.5*

6 1.9 1
62.55
63.51
63.75

67.58
67.58

57.17
56.93

7*. 99
7**99

63.**
63.18

l*9.a
15».7
153.7
82.21 155.3
82.22 155.3
8*. 05 158.7

65.09
65.71

82.*1 155.6
8a.*i 155.6

63.70
6*.86

37

A djusted Earnin gs
Table C-4: Average hourly earnings, gross and excluding overtime,
and average weekly hours of production workers in manufacturing
Year
and
mord h

Durable goods
Manufacturing
Nondurable goods
Average hourly earnings
Average Average hourly earnings Average Average hourly earnings Av eragp
Excluding overtime
weekly
Excluding weekly
Excluding weekly
Gross
Gross
Index
Gross
overt ime hours
overtime hours
Amount (1947-49 * 100) hours

Annual
average :
1941 ................. $0.729 $0.702
.805
1942.
.653
.961
.89*
1943.
1944.
1945.
1946.

1.019
•9^7
1.023 1/.963
1.086

1947.
1948.
1949.

54.5
62.5
69.4
73.5

40.6
42.9
44.9
45.2

$ 0.808
.947
1.059
1.117

$0.770
.881

.976
1.029

43.4
40.4

1 .1 1 1
1.156

1/1.042

1.051

1 /7*.8
81.6

1.237
1.350
1 A 01

1.198
1.310
1.367

93.0

40.4
40.1
39.2

1.292

101.7
106.1

1.410
1.469

1.250
1.366

1950.
1951.
1952.

1.465
1.59
1.67

1 .H15

40.5
40.7
40.7

1.537
I .67
1.77

1.480

19531954.
1955.
1956.

1.77

1.71

1.8 1
1.88
1.98

1.76
1.82

136.6
141.3
148.3

40.5
39.7
40.7
40.5

1.87
1.92

1.80
1.86

2.01
2.10

2.02

144.4
146.0
147.5
147.5
148.3

40.5
40.4
40.3
40.1
40.2

2.05

147.5
148.3

4o.l
40.3
40.7
40.7
40.5
41.0

2.07

1956« Feb...
Mar...
Apr...
May...
June..

1.97
1.97

July..
Aug...
Sept. .
Oct..•

1.98
2.00
2.02

1.53
1.6 1

1.91

109.9
118.8
125.0
132.8

1.122

1.434
1.60

1.70

1.93
I .98
1.99

42.1
45.1
46.6

$0.640

$0.625

.723
.803

.698

46.6
44.1
40.2

.861
.904
1.015

.814
I/.858
.981

42.3
40.5

40.6
40.5
39.5

1 .1 7 1
1.278
1.325

1.133
1.241

40.1
39-6

1.292

38.8

41.2
41.6
41.5

1.378

1.337
1.43
1.49

39-7
39-5
39-6

41.3
40.2
41.4
41.1

1 .6l
1.66

1.48
1.54

.763

38.9

40.3
42.5
4 3.1

1.71

1.56
1.6 1
1.66

1 .8 1

1.75

39-5
39.0
39.8
39.6

1.75

1.70
1.73
1.74
1.75
1.76

39-8
39.6
39-2
39-1
39-2

1.77
1.75

41.0
40.9
41.1
40.8
40.8

1.80
1 .8 1

40.7
40.8
41.4
41.4
41.2
41.9

1.82
1.8 1
1.82
I .83
1.85
1.86

1.80

39-*
39.6
39-8
39-8
39-6
39*8

2.18
40.9
2.10
40.2
1957s Jan... 2.05 1.98
153.7
40.9
2 .10
Feb... 2.05 1.98
40.2
2.17
153.7
1/ 11-month average; August 1945 excluded because of VJ-day holiday period.

1.86
1.86

1 .8 1
1 .8 1

39-2
39-3

1.93
1.95
1.96

1.97

2.03
Dec..• 2.05
V O T ...

38




1.86
1.88
1.90
I .90

1.91
I .90
1.91
1.93
1.9*
1.96

1.97

149.8
150.6
152.2

153.0

2.06
2.08
2.08

2.09
2.10

2.14
2.15
2.16
2 .18

2.00
2.01
2.02
2.01
2.03
2.06
2.06
2.08

2.09

1.78

1.79

1.76

1.78
1.79

M a n -H o u r Indexes
Table C-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly man-hours
in industrial and construction activity ^
(1947-49 “ 100)
Year
and
month

TOTAL 2]

19^7:
1948:
1949:
1950:
1951•
1952:
1953:
1954:
1955:
1956:

Average..
Average..
Average..
Average..
Average..
Average..
Average..
Average,.
Average. .
Average..

103.4
93.0
101.5
109.5
109.7
113.3
101.9
108.4
110.2

1956 :

Feb..........
Mar..........
May..........

Sept........

1957 *

Jan.....
Feb..........
iedr
and
month

1947 ?

Average..
1948: Average..
1949: Average..
1950: Average..
1951J Average..
1952: Average..
19535 Average..
1954: Average..
1955: Average..
1956 * Average..
1956: Feb..........
Mar.....
May.....

103.6

Contract
Manufac­
Mining construct ion turing
division division
division
105.1

94.6
103.4
102.0
109.1

105.4
89.5
91.0
95.0
90.9
87.5
7 7 .*
80.3
82.3

107.4
106.6
108.2

108.5
110.9

106.2

82.0

103.3

104.6
92.1
1 1 1 .5
105.9
106.2
108.5
96.7
106.2
106.9
109.5
108.0

113 .0

114.0
128.1
140.0
15*.*

84.7

84.1
82.3
84.6

Furniture
and fixtures

127.5
123 .1
118.9
126 .7
139 .*

80.9
80.4
8 1.8
8 1.7

IO60 5
112.9
114.5
114.9
112.2
112.2
107.0

124.1

7 6 .1

83.7
85.6

81.8

104.8
103.2
92.0
10 1.1
108.4
108.4
113.6
10 1.1

107.7
107.9
108.4
107.3
107.1
105.8
106.4

194.4
159*9
159.8
157.3
144.4
136.9

110.9
109.6
110.5

113.6
121.9

106.8
106.5

101.7
108.1

109.9

Total:
Durable
goods

Total:
Fonderai: le
goods

106.1

103.1
102.1
94.7
99.2

104.1
« 9.7
102.7
1 15 .7
116.6
125.2
107.5
116 .2
116.8

99-7
98.6

99-7
93-5
97.5
97.4

99.2
108.6

113.9

94.2

110.9

110.0
no. 5

108.1

1 15 .*

84.7
90.5
86.5

119.7
121.5

90.7
95.0
91.2
88.6
83.0
79.0

117.3
116.9

94.2
94.2

366.3
359.6

73.3
73.7

107.3
114.6
116.8
119.6

Electrical
machinery
111.1
102.9

83.3
80.1

83.9
87.6

92.*

Transporta­
tion
equipment
102.9
100.9

123.4
108.8
118.0
116.3

119.0
100.9
106.4
116 .0

86.0
107.6
123.7
131.2
14 7 .1
123 .1
130.8
13 9 .7

1 1 7 .*
116.3
1 17 .0

1 1 7 .2
1 1 7 .3
118 .6
1 16 .5
116 .0

13 *. 5
133 .*
139.8
138.5
1 3 7 .1

138.7
136.6
135.1
128.1
126.5

106.9
1 1 1 .9

112 .8
1 1 3 .1
115 .0

133 .*
138 .7

127.3
125.7
124.*
137.6
1*7.9

109.7
U2.8
111.1
113.3
111.4
110.2

73.8
106.7
114.3
113.7
113.1
115.0

119-9
121.6

102.3
102.8

105.1
105.3

114.0
111.4

117 .6

117.2

117.9

118 .0

112.8
112.6

99.6
102.7
96.9
93.0

368.7
355.0
371.8
373.6
371.9
380.4

115 .6

101.1
107.6
109.8
110.9
106.7
108.7

115 .2

102.7
90.3

95.0
100.3
101.7
100.4
97-6
97.5

117.5
115.6

104.9
102.6
103.*

114.3

413.2
375.6

107.0

385.8
37*.l
381.0
377.3
37*.6

116 .2

Manufacturing - Durable goods - Continued
Stone, clay,
Machinery
Fabricated
Primary metal
and glass
(except
metal
industries
products
electrical)
products
105.4
106.7
102.8
108.3
106.6
103.8
106.6
103.9
88.0
89.4
8 5.1
93.3
104.1
106.5
94.0
102.9
111.4
115.8
116.9
115 .7
104.6
118.4
112 .1
104.3
106.6

101.2
107.6
9 1.1
107.4
290.4
625.0
798.5
509.7

97.6
96.7
9*.7
94.1
95.*

117.*

109.6
111.4
112.8
113.5

1957: Jan.....
Feb..........

Manufacturing -- Durable goods
Lumber and
Ordnance and
wood products
accessories
(except
furniture)

114.1
113.6

117.3
121.3

114.9
114.7
118.5

142.8
146.6
146.8
145.8
l4o.4
139.9

96.3
106.1
124.5
138.0
158.6

13*.3
1*6.3
136.0

156.8

150.0
1*8.3

See footnotes at end of table.




19-

M a n -H o u r Indexes
Table C-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly man-hours
in industrial and construction activity ^ Continued
Year
and
month
19^7: Average..
19^8 : Average..
1949: Average..
1950: Average..
1951: Average..
1952: Average..
1953' Average..
1954: Average..
1955i Average..
1956 : Average..
1956: Feb.....
May.....
June....
July....
Aug.....
Oct.....
Nov.....
Dec.....
1957: Jan.....
Feb..’
--Year
and
month
1947 :

(1947-49 - 100)
Manufacturing - Durable goods-Con.
Miscellaneous
Food and
Instruments
manufacturing
kindred
and related
product s
industries
products
104.6
107.5
IO3.9
104.2
103.0
100.0
91.2
96.1
89.5
97.4
95.2
IOI.3
I03.I
117 .5
95.9
122.7
IOO.5
94.7
93.7
129.9
IO9.5
98.8
115.9
90.5
91.0
104.1
117.9
122.1»
104.9
91.9
82.6

81.6

82.9
82.3
85.4
91.0

84.3

112.4

76.5
74.6

82.5

109.1

102.9

77.7

80.3
79-0
78.3

74.5
99.7
114.6

75.2
78.4
78.5

107.8

80.2
80.2

97.2
105.2
103.3
105.8

124.4
124.7

97.7
IO5.3
IO8.5
U I .7
IO8.6
IO5 .O

95.5
IO5 .7
IIO .7
101.4
93.4
88.7

97.1
96.5

122.8
122.8

97.8
98.9

82.8
80.9

83.5

125.2

Paper and
allied products

114.1
115.5
115.6
115.1
116.8

110.3
112.2
112.2
111.7
111.9

116.4
117.4
118.6
117.9
117.4
118.6

111.0
112.9
114.7

114.4
116 .5

76.6

89.0

Manufacturing - Nondurable goods - Continued
Chemicals
Products of
Printing, pub­
and allied
petroleum
lishing, and
allied industries
products
and coal
101.4
99.0
IO3.3
102.6
IO2 .7
100.5
98.0
94.1
98.3
97.2
97.3
99.5
101.6
102.1
IO5.5
98.2
104.7
102-.7
108.1
105.4
IOO.9
104.7
103.5
95.8
108.6
107.0
9 M
IO
8.6
94.1
113.1

1956: Feb.....

1957: Jan.....
Feb.....

90.1
88.5
9I .5
88.6

89.2
9I .2
92.2

119.2

122.3
124.4

IO9 .O
110.4

91.5

1 1 1 .0
109.3
108.1

93.7
93.5
92.5
94.9

U5.1
116.9

105.8
106.3
108.2
108.5
107.9
108.7

94.0
96.4
97.3
94.7
94.6
93.9

112.6
113.2

108.1
108.0

92.9
93.1

116.3

99.6
101.6
98.8

104.5
105.7
89.9
100.1
96.0
90.7
89.8
78.7
83.0
80.1

IO5.3
104.2
IO3.4
IO2.9
102.7

102.6
ioe.3
95.1
105.4
109.9
105.9
1 1 1 .6
109.3

July....
Aug.....
Sept....
Oct.....
Nov.....

IO5.9
101.0
93.1

121.6
121.2
122.6
121.5
120.8

Average..
1948: Average..
1949: Average..
1950: Average..
1951J Average..
1952: Average..
1953: Average..
1954: Average..
1955: Average..
1956 : Average..

Apr.....
May.....
June....

Manufacturing -- Nondurable goods
Textile-mill Apparel and other
Tobacco
finished textile
manufactures
products
products

79-7
76.5
76.1

Rubber
products
109.8

102.0
88.1
101.9
108.5

108.4
111.6
96.4
113.3
109.4
1X3.1
109.6

109.7
108.3
103.6
103.8
106.6

109.7
112.9
101.1
115.3

114.2
112.1

103.0

101.9
104.5
106.9
98.8

104.9
104.3

99.5
99.2

104.5
105.2

102.2
106.0

Leather and
leather products
105.8
100.8
93.4
97.8
92.1
96.9
96.5
89.9
95.0
92.7
101.7
97.0
89.4
87.5
91.7
92.4
93.6
89.3
89.I
88.9
91.4

91.5
93.3
_1/ Aggregate man-hours are for the weekly pay period ending nearest the 15th of the month and do not represent
totals for the month. For mining and manufacturing industries, data refer to production and related workers. For
contract construction, the data relate to construction workers.
J2/ Includes only the divisions shown.

4o




115.8

114.9

State and Area Hours and Earnings
Table C-6: Hours and gross earnings of production workers in
manufacturing industries for selected States and areas

State and area

Average weekly earnings
1956
.
1557 _____
Jan.
Feb.
teb.

.

Average hourly earnings
1956
1957
Feb.
Jan.
Feb.

39.1
4o.o
42.4

39.7
40.5
41.8

39.9
40.6
39-5

*1.72

♦I .73

2 .18

83.60

*61.84
82.42
68.73

2.20
2 .0©

$1.55
2 .O3
1.74

93.66
91.32

87.15
84.87

41.4
40.6

42.0
*1.7

41.9
41.2

2.23

88.51

2.18

2.23
2.19

2.06
2 .O6

ARKANSAS.................
Little RockV. Little lock.........

57.17

57.02

54.00

39.7

39.6

40.6

1.44

1.44

1.33

57.08

56.80

51.99

40.2

40.0

40.3

1.42

1.42

I .29

CALIFORNIA...............

93.15
77.92
93.86
9*.79

92.39
77.53
93.31
93.66

86.77
77.03
87.05
83.82

40.6
37.6
41.2
39.*

40.4
37.8
41.1
38.8

40.3
38.9
40.8
38.4

2.30
2.07

2.29
2*05
2.27
2.41

2.16
1.98

90.24
94.49
94.9*
96.32
83.55

90.24
96.99
95.02
83.42

85.58
85.51
87.79
83.99
80.79

39.8
42.0
39.1
41.3
38.1

39.8
42.7
39.2
39.8
37.8

40.5
40.2
39.0
39.4
38.5

ALABAMA..................

$67.25

Mobile..................

87.20
86.50

ARIZONA..................

Los Angeles-Long Beach...
Sacramento..............
San BernardinoRivers ide-Ontario......
San Diego...............
San Franc isco-Oakland....

92.32

* 68.68
89.IO

Average weekl:v- hour s
19pT
195é
Feb.
Jan.
Feb.

91.36

2.04

2.28
2.41

2.13

2.18
2.11
2.13
2.25
2.13

2 .19

2.27
2.27
2.42
2.30
2.21

2.27
2.25

2.43
2.33

2.10

COLORADO.................

85.05

84.84
84.04

79.60
78.21

40.5
40.3

40.4
40.6

40.2
39.7

2.10
2.10

2.10
2.07

1.96
1.97

CONNECTICUT..............
Bridgeport..............

85.49
89.44
93.10

84.87

82.29
86.03

41.4
42.4
43.0
40.7
41.0
40.2
40.4

42.2
42.8
42.7
42.2
40.6
41.2
42.9

2.06
2.15
2 .I6
2.01
2.00
2.15

2.05

91.58

1.95
2.01
2.03
1.95

2.06

Nev Britain.............
Stamford................
DELAWARE.................

84.63

82.00
87.29
84.05

92.45
81.40
81.18
86.43
82.42

86.68
82.29
75.U
84.87
84.08

41.5
41.6
43.1
40.6
41.0
40.6
40.8

83.22
92.52

82.21
92.52

77.99
87.89

40.4
40.4

40.1
40.4

40.2
40.5

2.06
2.29

2.05

2.29

2 .17

86.33

83.16

81.77

39.6

38.5

39.5

2.18

2.16

2.07

64.79

59.76

70.76
65.25

62.96
6 1.7 1

63.99

59.04

42.8
39.9
40.9
41.6

41.8
40.9
41.3
40.5

*1.5
39.6
40.6
41.0

1.55
I .72
I .60
1.59

1.55
1.73
I .58
I .58

1.44
1.59
I .52
1.44

8 1.6 1

DISTRICT OF COLOMBIA:

FLORIDA..................

66.34
68.63

2.16

2.15
2.00
1.96
2.15
2.04

1.85
2.06
1.96

1.94

Miami.••••»*•••••**••••••
Tampa-St. Petersburg....

65.44
66.14

GEORGIA..................

59.13
73.28
T6.82

60.04
74.59
79.34

55.46
69.37
70.56

38.9
39.*
41.3

39.5
40.1
42.2

39.9
40.1
42.0

1.52
1.86
1.86

I .52
1.86
1.88

1.39
1.73
1.68

IDAHO....................

80.19

87.72

79.80

39.7

43.0

40.3

2.02

2.04

1.96

ILLINOIS 1/..............

88.95
93.21

88.77
92.99
91.16
93.02

84.61
88.07

W )

40.7
40.8
40.4
43.0

40.9
41.0
40.5
*5>

2.18
2.27
(2/)
(I/)

2.18
2.26
2.26
2 .16

2.07

87.26

40.8
41.0
(¡7)

2.15
2.09

90.03

84.24

40.5

40.6

40.4

2.22

2.22

2.09

82.80
88.03

77.22
82.80

(2/)

40.5
39.6

40.8
40.3

W,l

2 .O5

1.89

INDIANA..................

89.82

IOWA.....................
m
See footnotes at end of table.




94.86

m

(!/)

2.22

2.15

2.05

State and Area Hours and Earnings
Table C-& Hours and gross earnings of production workers in
manufacturing industries for selected States and areas - Continued
State and area

Average weekly earnings
Average weekly hours
1957
1956
1956... _
.1957
Feb.
Feb.
Jan.
Jan.
Feb.
Feb.

Average hourly earnings
195b

Feb.

1957
Jan.

$2.09

$2.09

2.02
2.20

2.02
2.18

$1.97
1.91
2.07

1.92

1.88
2 .1 1

1.78
I .98

I .89
2.57

1.75
2.45
1.77

■FeF.

KANSAS...................

$87.10

$86.98

Wichita.................

82.13
93.72

81.06
92.00

$81.41
74.54
86.10

41.7
40.7
42.7

41.6
40.2
42.1

41.4
39.0
41.6

75.22

71.95

40.0
40.9

40.0
40.3

40.3
40.4

40.7
40.0
40.3

40.8
40.5
39.7

40.9
40.8

41.8
38.7
41.5

40.9
40.9

41.8
39-7
41.7

1.48
1.71
2.04

2.03

1.91

2 .12

2.12

2.00

1.86

1.86
1.96

1.75

KENTUCKY.................

76. TO
86.10

84.76

LOUISIANA................

78.55

New Orleans 1 / ..........

102.00
78.18

77.11
104.04
75.43

MAINE....................

MARYLAND.................
MASSACHUSETTS............

66.93
57.24
70.98

MINNESOTA................

71.58
99.66
68.85

62.86

38.9

70.23

56.44
67.15

85.79

81.34
85.36

82.12

40.1
40.5

40.1
40.4

40.7
41.0

74.40
79-00
54.15
60.14

73.47
76.44
54.21
59-35

71.40
73-93

40.0
40.1

54.57
58.95

36.1
38.8

81.20

82.21

40.6
40.5

39-5
39.0
35.9
37.8
40.7
40.2

40.8
40.4
38.7
39-3
41.4
41.5

85-79

40.7
41.3
39-1
40.2
40.3
40.7
39-6

41.0
41.3
39.8
39.8
40.1
40.8
41.3

80.21
85.81
81.61

40.5
39.1
40.5

49-04
54.00

81.60

83.03
MICHIGAN.................

66.22
56.56

80.06

97.68
104.78
94.43
87.39
97-93
93.98
90.49

82.41
98.36

104.82
96.20
86.29

97.28
93.96
94.82

77.70

77.00
82.59
89.65

93-53
90.35
85.20
95.98
88.26

38.1

2 .1 1

1.93
2.55
1.94
1.60

1*97
1.50
1.55
2.00

1.90

1.62

1.49
1.72

1.50
1.42
1 .6 1

1.83

1.51
1.57

1.41
I .50

2.02

1.86

2.05

2.05

1.99

39-6
39-2
39.3
41.0
41.0
40.1
39-7

2.40
2.54
2.42
2.17
2.43
2.31
2.29

2.40
2.54
2.42
2.17
2.43

2.26

40.7
40.1
40.8

40.9
39-*
40.6

39-9
41.7

39.1
41.0

39-9
39-7
40.6

2.39
2.30
2.08

2.34

2.30
2.30

2.20
2 .16

2.10
2.26
2 .1 1

2.08

I .96
2 .18
2.01

40.2
40.6

1.37
1.47

1.37
1.46

1.22

39.9
39.9
40.6

39*9
40.7
40.0

I .96
2.09
2.14

1.96
2.09

1.99

2.15

2.00

85.01
88.16
85.56

84.74

54.66
61.30

53.57

MISSOURI.................
Kansas City.............
St. Louis...............

78.17

78.28

86.94

87.16

72.63
81.36
79-93

MONTANA..................

85.56

84.81

90.22

38.8

38.6

41.0

2.20

2.20

2.20

NEBRASKA.................

77.98
82.26

78.33
84.51

72.50
77-50

41.2
41.4

41.0
42.0

41.0
41.5

1.90

1.91

1.99

2.01

1.77
1.87

NEVADA...................

9* > 3

93.84

83-98

38.7

38.3

36.2

2.44

2.45

2.32

65.35

64.46
60.13

63.12
58.95

41.1
39-8

40.8
39.3

41.8
40.1

1.59
1.53

1.58
1.53

1.51
Ii7
I1 .47

MISSISSIPPI..............

NEW HAMPSHIRE............

83.56

60.89

See footnotes at end of table.
42




89.56
86.91

59.86

84.00

2.24
2.13

1.33
1.82

State and Area Hours and tarnmgs
Table C-& Hours and gross earnings of production workers in
manufacturing industries for selected States and areas - Continued
State and area
NEW JERSEY••••••••••••••«
Newark-Jersey City 3 /...
Paterson 3 /.........

HEW YORK................
Albany-S che ne ctady-Troy.
Binghamton.............
Nassau and Suffolk
Counties 3/...........
New York-Northeastern
New York City 3/.......
Utica-Rome ............
Westchester County 3f...
NORTH CAROLINA..........
Greensboro-High point...
NORTH DAKOTA............

Average weekly earnings
1957
1956
Feb.
Jan.
Feb,
*85.27

86.19
85.32

86.42
84.02

86.89
85.19
87.19
82.37

88.97
88.81

88.54
83.41

81.34

91. *5
75-93
94.92
78.15

80.87
87.83
75.19
95.86
78.15

73.06

93.79
81.12
76.81
87.89

84.98
79.49
80.08

56.34
59.65
56.41

PENNSYLVANIA............
Allentown-Bethlehem-

2.16

$2.00
2 .0*

2.09
2.17

1.98
2 .0*

$2.12

80.75

40.7
40.4
41.2
*0 .1
1*0.7

84.86
81.40

1*1.0
1*1.5

1*0.8
1*0 .1

1*0.8
1*0.5

2 .11*

39.3

39.6
39.9
1*0 .1
1*0.8
1*0.8

2.06

2.06

2.23
1.91
2.35
1.98

2.19
I .89
2.36
1.98

2.23
1.90

1*1 .1*

2.2 1

2 .21*

2.10

39.2

2.08

38.1

2.03
2.17
2.07
1.97

2.08
2.02
2.16

2.01

2.07
1.97
2 .0*

1.98
1.9*
2.05
1.98
1.89
1.91

l .*2
1.51
1 .**

1.33
l .*0
1.36

81.80

77-39

39.5

90.82

77.56

39.7
1*0.3
39.5

1*0 .1
39.7
1*0.6
39.6

93.53

87.00

1*2 .1*

1*1.8

81.12
76.15
87.14

77.62
74.06
83.90

39.0
37.7
1*0.3
1*0.8
1*0.2
1*0 .1

1*1.0
1*1 .1*
1*0.0

2 .16

2.09
2.17

2.08

1.98

2.17

2.08
2.01

2.08

I .96
2.09
1.82

79.06
81.60

78.33
76.58

39.0
37.8
1*0.5
1*1 . 1
1*0.1*
39.8

55.66

53.87
57.82
53.31

39.*
39.5
38.9

39.2
39.9
38.5

1*0.5
1*1.3
39.2

1.1*3
1.51
1.1*5

72.35
78.33

1*2.5
1*3.0

1*2.8
1*1 .1*

1*2.9
1*2.3

1.82

1.82

1.69

1.97

1.95

1.85

89.16

1*0.7
1*0.5
39.*
1*1.2
1*1.5
1*0.1*
1*0.8

1*0.9
39.7
1*0.3
41.3
*1.5
1*0.2
1*0.9

1*1 . 1

2.29
2 .1*1

2.29

2.17

2 .* 1

2.32
2.20

84.45

60.25

55.V4

93.20
97.46
92.83
86.84
97.44

93.65
95.81
95-40

80.65

81.25

90.84

1*0.9

104.45

108.58

89.70
9§.l4

39.5
1*0.5

38.7
1*2.0

39.1
1*0 .1
1*1 . 1
1*2.0
1*0.8
*1.9
39.7
1*0.5

80.12

80.54

76.18

72.33
84.04

*1.3
1*2.0
1*1 .8

*1.3
1*2.5
1*1.8

1*1 .1*
1*2.3
1*1 .1*

1.9*

1.95

1.80
2.16

1.80

90.29

76.50
89.03

87.13
84.62

87.25
84.52

89.81

38.1
38.1

38.0

37.9

39.1
39.0

2.22

2.30
2.23

2.30

84.75

83.20

84.84

78.31

1*0.0

1*0.1*

1*0.2

2.08

2.10

1.95

81.56
88.80

84.53
90.50
75.26

75.21
84.44

2.07
2.15
1.93
1.78
2.13
2.1*9
I .85
1.59
1.52
1.73

2 .1 *
2.16

2.00

70.72

39.5
1*1.9
39.2
39.9
1*0.0
1*0.5
1*0.0

39.5

70.62

39.1*
*1 .3
1*0.1*
1*0.6
1*0.3
1*0.7
1*0.5
39.3

1.92
1.77

1.76
1.70

2 .12

2.00
2.32

75.60

85.84

87.01

88.21
81.31

97.24

9*. 31

86.28

83.08
96.83

99.21
91.14

84.80

101.34
7* *93

100.85

62.49

61.85

57.76
70.58

57.99
70.41

See footnotes at end of table.




$2 .1 1
2 .11*
2.09

40.3
1*0.3
1*0.7
1*0.2
39.6

1*1.0

77.85

77.97
72.27

Wilkes-Barre— Hazleton..
York....................

Average hourly earnings
1<m ......
1956
Feb.
Jan.
Feb.

*0.3
1*0.2
1*0.9
1*0.1
1*0.2

83.26

77.20
84.62

87.40
98.87
92.78

OKLAHOMA................

$81.56
82.42
81.53

$ 85.03

Average weekly hours
1957
_1256_
Jan.
Feb.
Feb.

74.00

68.87
60.80

94.34
71A5
59.25
54.29
68.18

38.0
1*0.8

38.9
37.9

1*0.7

1*2.2

39.2

1*1 .6
1*0.1*

1*0.7
1*0.3
39.5
37.7

1*1.5

2.36

2.37

2 .1 1

2 .1 1

2.35
2.35
2.58

2.3*
2.15
2.*3
2.36
2.59

2.16
2 .1*2

2.29

2.13

2.*9
1.85
1.59
1.53
1.73

1.98
2.25
2 .0*
2.31
2.2 6
2.*2

1.81*
1.71
2.03
2.17

1.90

1.77
1.50
1 .**
1.61*

State and Area Hours and tamings
Table C-& Hours and gross earnings of production workers in
manufacturing industries for selected States and areas - Continued
State and area

Average weekly earnings
.. 12S6.
1957
Feb.
Jan.
Feb.

...

Average weekly hours
1957
1956
Feb,
Jan.
Feb.

Average hourly earnings
1956
1957
Feb.
_ Jan.
Feb.

$65.53
65.85

39*3
39.6

38.9
39.6

40.7
40.9

$1.71
I .70

*U68
I 069

$1 .6 1
I.6I

57.63
60.68

5*. 53

40.0
39**

40.3
38.9

4l.O
39.9

1.**
I .56

l.*3

56.26

1.56

lo33
l.*l

77.76
84.10

81.38
89.09

78.05
87.40

43.0
44.6

45 .I

*7-7

46.0
49.2

I.8I
I .89

1.80
1.8 7

I .70
1.78

65 . U

62.12

64.55
72.39
69.46
64.43

39.7
40.0
39.2
40.1
40.1

39-7
39-5
39.5
39.9
40.6

40.6
40.6
40.9
4i.l
41.3

1.6*
1.70
1.96
1 .7 9
1.66

1.6*
I .70
1 .9*

1.53
1.59
1.77

66.57

65.11
67.15
76.63
71.02
66.99

1.78
1.6 5

1.6 9

TEXAS....................

82.39

83.20

77.00

41.4

41.6

4i.4

1.99

2.00

1.86

UTAH 1/..................
Salt Lake City 1/ .......

87.96
84.02

88.22
85.90

80.99

39-8
40.2

40.1
41.1

39.7
39.7

2« 21
2*09

2.20

78.61

2.09

2.0*
I .98

VERMONT..................

68.42
66.02

67.63

66.42
56.46
83.16

41.4
41.3
42.2

41.2
40.7
42.4

42.6
39.6
44.3

I .65
I .60
1.98

1.6*
1.58
I .98

le *3
1.88

60.64
64.31
64.48

39.6

39-7
40.0

4o.7
39.7
39.8

I .60
1.73
1-73

I .60
1.73
1.73

85.66

38.7
39.2
38.9
37.9

38.9
39-9
39.6
38.4

38.5
38.3

2.31

2.32

2.23

2.29

2.32

2.18

38.0

2.25

2.29

2.2*
2 .I8

38.7
39.9

40.4
40.5

39*7
40.3

2.08
2 .I18

2.10
2. *7

I .98
2.38

4 l.l

39.7
40.7
40.6
40.8
40.0

41.5
39.*
40.6
41.4
41.3
40.3

42.0
39.*

2.11
2.23

2 .I6

41.3
4l.8
41.0

2.10
2.22
2.10
2.31
2.32
2.21

2.35
2.33
2.20

2.09

2.00
2.17
2.21
2.1*

39.*
39.*

39.5
40.4

39-7
40.2

2.26
2.59

2.29
2.67

2.20
2.6*

RHODE ISLAND.............
Providence..............

$67 .0*
67.38

$65.58

SOUTH CAROLINA...........
Charleston..............

6l.k6

57.60

SOUTH DAKOTA.............
TENNESSEE................
Chattanooga.............
Knoxville...............
Memphis.................

Springfield........ .
VIRGINIA..... ...........
Norfolk-Portsmouth......
Richmond................

68.00
76.83
71.78

83.58

66.92

64.17
84.04

63.36
69.37
70.24

63.52

WASHINGTON i f ............

89.25

Spokane 1 / ..............

89.99
92.75
85.15

90.45
92.32
9*.*7
87.97

WEST VIRGINIA............
Charleston..............
WISCONSIN.................................

La Crosse...............
Madison.................
Milwaukee...............
Racine..................
WYOMING..................

69.20
71.10

98.95

84.84
100.03

80.50

83.3*
89.68

82.82
78.6 1 '

95.91
84.21
84.90
79.84

86.33

87.50

88.09
85.22

87.77

93.92

97.33
96.39

92.38

88.72

87.91

Sk.TQ

88.28

85.12

89.60

89.04

90.46

87.3*

102.05

107.87

106.13

4 o .l

40.6

4 l.l

1/ Revised series; not strictly comparable with previously published data.
2/ Not available.
3 / Subarea of New York-Northeastern New Jersey.

**




4 o .l

4o.O

2,38

2.39

1.56

1.56

l.*9
1.62
1.6 2

2.01

Explanatory Notes
I N T R O D U C T I O N
The statistics for nonfarm industries presented in
this monthly report are part of the broad program of
the Bureau of Labor Statistics to provide timely, com­
prehensive, accurate, and detailed information for the
use of businessmen, government officials, legislators,
labor unions, research workers, and the general public.
The statistics are an integral part of the Federal
statistical system, and are considered basic indica­
tors of the state of the Nation’
s econoujy. They are
widely used in following and interpreting business
developments and in making decisions in such fields as
labor-management negotiations, marketing, personnel,
plant location, and government policy. In addition,
Government agencies use the data in this report to com­
pile official indexes of production, labor productivity,
and national income.
ESTABLISHMENT
a.

Collection

or engaging in more than one activity, the entire
employment of the unit is included under the industry
indicated by the most important product or activity.
The titles and descriptions of industries presented
in the Standard Industrial Classifical Manual. (U. S.
Bureau of the Budget, Washington, D. C.) are used for
classifying reports from manufacturing and government
establishments; the 3£42 .^dystrial Ctasj.lfifta.tiqa
Code. (U. S. Social Security Board) for reports from
all other establishments.
c. Coverage
Monthly reports on employment and, for most indus­
tries, payroll and man-hours are obtained from approx­
imately 155,000 establishments. (See table below.) The
table also shows the approximate proportion of total
employment in each industry division covered by the
group of establishments furnishing monthly employment
data. The coverage for individual industries within
the division may vary from the proportions shown.

REPORTS:
Approximate size and coverage of BLS
employment and payrolls sample 1/

The employment statistics program, which is based
on establishment payroll reports, provides current data
Number of
Employees
Division
for both full- and part-time workers on payrolls of
or
nonagricultural establishments (see glossary for defi­
ments
in
Number
in Percent
industry
nition, p. 7-E) during a specified period each month.
sample
of total
samole
The BLS uses two "shuttle”schedules for this program,
the BLS Form 790 (for employment, payroll, and man350,000
2*5
3,100
Mining................
735,000
hours data) and the Fonri 1219 (for labor turnover data). Contract construction..
20,900
2U
The shuttle schedule, used by BLS for more than 25
10,980,000
2*0,2*00
65
years, is designed to assist firms to report consist­
Transportation and
ently, accurately, and with a minimum of cost. The
public utilities:
questionnaire provides space for the establishment to
Interstate railroads.
1,128,000
report for each month of the current calendar year; in
95
this way, the employer uses the same schedule for the
Other transportation
1,581,000
entire year.
Hi, 600
57
and public utilities.
Wholesale and retail
18
58,300
1,928,000
Under a cooperative arrangement with the BLS,
Finance, insurance, and
State agencies mail the forms to the establishments
693,000
12,000
31
and examine the returns for consistency, accuracy, and
completeness. The States use the information to prepare
Service and
State and area series and then send the data to the BLS
miscellaneous:
Division of Manpower and Employment Statistics for use
Hotels and lodging
1,200
I2*2i,000
37
in preparing the national series.
Personal services:
Laundries and clean­
b. Industrial Classification
ing and dyeing
9ii,000
2,300
19
Establishments are classified into industries on the
Government:
basis of their principal product or activity determined
Federal (Civil Service
from information on annual sales volume. This informa­
2,162,000 100
tion is collected each year. For manufacturing estab­
2,033,000
U,Uoo
Ul
State and local......
lishments, a product supplement to the monthly 790
report is used. The supplement provides for reporting
1/ Some firms do not report payroll and man-hour
the percentage of total sales represented by each pro­
information. Therefore, hours and earnings estimates
duct. Information for nonmanufacturing establish­
may be based on a slightly smaller sample than employ­
ments is collected on the 790 form itself. In the
ment estimates.
case of an establishment making more than one product




Labor turnover reports are received from approx­
imately 10,000 cooperating establishments in the manu­
facturing, mining, and communication industries (see
table below)* The definition of manufacturing used in
the turnover series is not as extensive as in the BLS
series on employment and hours and earnings because of
the exclusion of the following major industries from
the labor turnover sample: printing, publishing, and
allied industries (since April 1943); canning and pre­
serving fru its, vegetables, and sea foods; women*s and
misses1 outerwear; and fe rtiliz e r .

Approximate size and coverage of
BLS labor turnover sample
Group and industry

Number of
Employees
ÄQ+fiVl 4qVivOwaUlXou1
Number in Percent
ments in
of total
sample
sample

Manufacturing.................
Durable goods............
Nondurable goods.. . .
ffetal mining...................
Coal mining:
Anthracite...................
Bituminous...................
Communication:
Telephone.....................
Telegraph.....................
'¡J Does not apply.

DEFINITIONS

A N D

120

5 , 991*, 000
1*, 199,000
1,795,000
57,000

39
1*3
32
53

20
200

6,000
71,000

19
32

10,200
6 , 1*00
3,800

( !/)
& /)

661,000
28,000

88
65

ESTIMATING

M E T H O D S :
A.

EMPLOYANT

Definition
Employment data for a ll except Federal Government
establishments refer to persons who worked during, or
received pay for, any part of the pay period ending
nearest the 15th of the month. For Federal Government
establishments current data generally refer to persons
who worked on, or received pay for, the last day of
the month.
Persons on an establishment payroll who are on paid
sick leave, paid holiday, or paid vacation, or who vrork
during a part of the specified pay period and are un­
employed or on strike during the other part of the
period are counted as employed. Persons are not con­
sidered employed who are laid o ff or are on leave with­
out pay, who are on strike for the entire period, or
who are hired but do not report to work during the
period. Proprietors, the self-employed, unpaid family
workers, farm workers, and domestic workers in house­
holds are also excluded. Government employment covers
only civilian employees; Federal military personnel
are shown separately, but their number is excluded
from total nonagricultural employment.
With respect to employment in educational institu­
tions (private and governmental), BLS considers regular
full-time teachers to be employed during the summer
vacation period whether or not they are specifically
paid in those months.

cultural industries, and appropriate adjustments made
as indicated by the total counts or benchmarks. The
comparison made for the fi r s t 3 months of 195# resulted
in changes amounting to 0.8 percent of a ll nonagricultural employment. Among the eight major industry divi­
sions changes ranged from 0.2 to 2.3 percent, with the
exception of contract construction which required an
adjustment of 6.2 percent. As a result, the estimating
techniques for contract construction were reviewed in
detail and certain refinements have been introduced.
Manufacturing industries as a whole were changed by 0.2
percent, a slightly smaller amount than necessary in
1951*. Within manufacturing, 1*3 of the 132 individual
industries required no adjustment because the estimate
and benchmark differed by less than 1.0 percent or less
than 500 and 78 were adjusted by 1.0-1*.9 percent. One
significant cause of differences between the benchmark
and estimate is the change in industrial classification
of individual firms, which cannot be reflected in BLS
estimates until they are adjusted to new benchmarks.
Other causes are sampling and response errors.
The basic sources of benchmark information are the
quarterly tabulations of employment data, by industry,
compiled by State agencies from reports of establish­
ments covered under State unemployment insurance laws.
Supplementary tabulations prepared by the U. S.
Bureau of Old Age and Survivors Insurance are used for
the group of establishments exempt from State unem­
ployment insurance laws because of their small size.
Benchmarks for industries wholly or partly excluded
from the unemployment insurance laws are derived from
a variety of other sources.
The BLS estimates which are prepared for the
benchmark quarter are compared with the new benchmark
levels, industry by industry. Where revisions are
necessary, the monthly estimates are adjusted between
the new benchmark and the preceding one. Following
revision for these intermediate periods, the industry
data from the most recent benchmark are projected to
the current month by use of the sample trends. Under
this procedure, the benchmark is used to establish
the level of employment while the sample is used to
measure the month-to-month changes in the lev el.
Estimating Ifethod
The estimating procedure for industries for which
data on both "a l l employees” and ”production and re­
lated workers" are published (manufacturing and
selected mining industries) is outlined below; the
fir s t step under this method is also used for indus­
tries for which only figures on " a l l employees” are
published.
The fir s t step is to compute total employment (a ll
employees) in the industry for the month following the
benchmark period. The all-employee total for the la st
benchmark month ( e .g ., ^ferch) is multiplied by the
percent change of total employment over the month for
the group of establishments reporting for both March
and April. Thus, i f firms in the BLS sample for an
industry report 30,000 employees in I&rch and 31,200
in April, April employment is 104 percent (31,200
divided by 30,000) of March employment. I f the a ll ­
employee benchmark in %rch is 40, 000, the all-employee
total in April would be 104 percent of 40,000 or
41 , 600.

Benchmark Data
Employment estimates are periodically compared with
complete counts of employment in the various nonagri-

2-E




The second step is to compute the productionworker total for the industry. The all-employee total
for the month is multiplied by the ratio of production

workers to all employees. This ratio is computed from
establishment reports in the monthly sample. Thus, if
these firms in April report 24,960 production workers
and a total of 31,200 employees, the ratio of produc­
tion workers to all employees would be .80 (24,960
divided by 31,200). The production-corker total in
April would be 33>280 (41*600 multiplied by .80).
Figures for subsequent months are computed by
carrying forward the totals for the previous month ac­
cording to the method described above.
The number of women employees in manufacturing,
published quarterly, is computed by multiplying the
all-employee estimate for the industry by the ratio
of women to all employees as reported in the industry
sample.
Employment Adjusted for Seasonal Variation
Employment series for many industries reflect a
regularly recurring seasonal movement which can be
measured on the basis of past experience. By elimi­
nating that part of the change in employment which can
be ascribed to usual seasonal variation, it is pos­
sible to clarify the cyclical and other nonseasonal
movements in the series. Adjusted employment aggre­
gates are shown and also indexes (1947-49 = 100) de­
rived from these aggregates. The indexes have the
additional advantage of comparing the current sea­
sonally adjusted employment level with average employ­
ment in the base period.
Comparability with Other Employment Estimates
Employment data published by other government and
private agencies may differ ffrom BLS employment sta­
tistics because of differences in definition, sources
of information, methods of collection, classification,
and estimation. BLS monthly figures are not directly
comparable, for example, with the estimates of the
Census Monthly Report on the Labor Force (MiLF).
Census data are obtained by personal interviews with
individual members of a small sample of households
and are designed to provide information on the work
status of the whole population, classified by their
demographic characteristics. The BLS, on the other
hand, obtains data by mail questionnaire which are
based on the payroll records of business units, and
prepares detailed statistics on the industrial and
geographic distribution of employment and on hours of
work and earnings.
Since BLS employment figures are derived from
establishment payroll records, persons who worked in
more than one establishment during the reporting peri­
od will be counted more than once in the BLS series.
By definition, proprietors, self-employed persons,
domestic servants, and unpaid family workers are ex­
cluded from the BLS but not the MRLF series.
Employment estimates compiled by the Bureau of the
Census ffrom its censuses and/or annual sample surveys
of manufacturing establishments also differ from BLS
employment statistics. Among the important reasons
for lack of comparability are differences in indus­
tries covered, in the business units considered parts
of an establishment, and in the industrial classifi­
cation of establishments. Similar differences exist
between the BLS data and those in County Business
Patterns published jointly by the U.S. Department of
Commerce and the U.S. Department of Health, Education
and Welfare.




B.

LABOR TURNOVER

Definition
nLabor turnover," as used in the BLS program, re­
fers to the gross movement of wage and salary workers
into and out of employment status with respect to in­
dividual firms during a calendar month. This movement
is subdivided into two broad types: accessions (new
hires and rehires) and separations (terminations of
employment initiated by either employer or employee).
Each type of action is cumulated for a calendar month
and expressed as a rate per 100 employees. All em­
ployees, including executive, office, sales, other
salaried personnel, and production workers are cov­
ered by both the turnover movements and the employment
base used in computing labor turnover rates. All
groups of enroloyees— full- and part-time, permanent,
and temporary— are included. Transfers from one es­
tablishment to another within a company are not con­
sidered to be turnover items.
Ifethod of Computation
To compute turnover rates for individual indus­
tries, the total number of each type of action (ac­
cessions, quits, etc.) reported for a calendar month
by the sample establishments in each industry is first
divided by the total number of employees reported by
these establishments, who worked during, or received
pay for, any part of the pay period ending nearest the
15th of that month. The result is multiplied by 100
to obtain the turnover rate.
For example, in an industry sample, the total
number of employees who worked during, or received
pay for, the week of January 12-18 was reported as
25,498. During the period January 1-31 a total of
284 employees in all reporting firms quit. The quit
rate for the industry is:
284 x 100 = 1.1
25,498
To compute turnover rates for broader industrial
categories, the rates for the component industries
are weighted by the estimated employment.
Separate turnover rates for men and women are pub­
lished quarterly for 1 month in each quarter. Only
accessions, quits, and total separations are publish­
ed. These rates are computed in the same manner as
the all-employee rates; for example, the quit rate for
women is obtained from an industry sample by dividing
the number of women who quit during the month by the
number of women employees reported.
Average monthly turnover rates for the year for
all employees are computed by dividing the sum of the
monthly rates by 12.
Comparability with Earlier Data
Labor turnover rates are available on a compara­
ble basis from January 1930 for manufacturing as a
whole and from 1943 for two coal mining and two com­
munication industries. Rates for many individual in­
dustries and industry groups for the period prior to
January 1950 are not comparable with those for the
subsequent period because of a revision which in­
volved (1) the adoption of the Standard Industrial
Classification (1945) code structure for manufactur­
ing industries, and (2) the introduction of weighting
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in the computation of industry-group rates.
Comparability with Employment Series
Month-to-month changes in total employment in man­
ufacturing industries reflected by labor turnover
rates are not comparable with the changes shown in the
Bureaufs employment series for the following reasons:
(1) Accessions and separations are computed
for the entire calendar-month; the em­
ployment reports, for the n»st part,
refer to a 1-week pay period ending
nearest the 15th of the month.
(2) The turnover sample excludes certain in­
dustries (see under coverage, p. 2-E).
(3) Plants on strike are not included in the
turnover computations beginning with the
month the strike starts through the month
the workers return; the influence of such
stoppages is reflected, however, in the
employment figures.
C.

HOURS AND EARNINGS

Definitions of production workers, nonsupervisory
employees, payrolls, and man-hours from which hours
and earnings data are derived are included in the
glossary, page 7-E. Methods used to compute hours
and earnings averages are described in summary of
methods for computing national statistics, page 6-E.
Gross Average Hourly and Weekly Earnings
Average hourly earnings for manufacturing and nonmanufacturing industries are on a "gross”basis, i.e.,
they reflect not only changes in basic hourly and in­
centive wage rates, but also such variable factors as
premium pay for overtime and late-shift work, and
changes in output of workers paid on an incentive
basis. Employment shifts between relatively high-paid
and low-paid work and changes in workers1 earnings in
individual establishments also affect the general
earnings averages. Averages for groups and divisions
further reflect changes in average hourly earnings for
individual industries.
Averages of hourly earnings differ from wage rates.
Earnings refer to the actual return to the worker for
a stated period of time; rates are the amounts stipu­
lated for a given unit of work or time. However, the
average earnings series does not measure the level of
total labor costs on the part of the employer, since
the following are excluded: irregular bonuses, ret­
roactive items, payments of various welfare benefits,
payroll taxes paid by employers, and earnings for
those employees not covered under the productionworker or nonsupervisory-exrrployee definitions.
Gross average weekly earnings are affected not
only by changes in gross average hourly earnings, but
also by changes in the length of the workweek, parttime work, stoppages for varying causes, labor turn­
over, and absenteeism.
Average Weekly Hours
The workweek information relates to average hours
worked or paid for, and is somewhat different from
standard or scheduled hours. Normally, such factors
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as absenteeism, labor turnover, part-time work, and
stoppages cause average weekly hours to be lower than
scheduled hours of work for an establishments« Group
averages further reflect changes in the workweek of
component industries.

Average Overtime Hours
The overtime hours represent that portion of the
gross average weekly hours which were in excess of reg­
ular hours and for which premium payments were made.
If an employee works on a paid holiday at regular rates,
receiving as total compensation his holiday pay plus
straight-time pay for hours worked that day, no overtime
hours would be reported.
Since overtime hours are premium hours by defini­
tion, the gross weekly hours and overtime hours do not
necessarily move in the same direction from month to
month; for example, premiums may be paid for hours in
excess of the straight-time workday although less than
a full week is worked. Diverse trends on the industrygroup level may also be caused by a marked change in
gross hours for a component industry where little or
no overtime was worked in both the previous and cur­
rent months. In addition, such factors as stoppages,
absenteeism, and labor turnover may not have the same
influence on overtime hours as on gross hours.
Gross, Average. WeekLy Earnings in Current and
194,7.^42. Dp H ar s

These series indicate changes in the level of
weekly earnings before and after adjustment for
changes in purchasing power as determined from the
BLS Consumer Price Index.

Net Spendable Average Weekly Earnings
Net spendable average weekly earnings in current
dollars are obtained by deducting Federal social se­
curity and income taxes from gross weekly earnings.
The amount of income tax liability depends on the
number of dependents supported by the worker, as well
as on the level of his gross income. To reflect these
variables, net spendable earnings have been computed
for two types of income receivers: (l) a worker with
no dependents; and (2) a worker with three depend­
ents.
The computations of net spendable earnings for
both the factory worker with no dependents and the
factory worker with three dependents are based upon
the gross average weekly earnings for all production
workers in manufacturing industries without regard to
marital status, family composition, and total family
income.
Net spendable weekly earnings in 1947-49 dollars
represent an approximate measure of changes in "real11
net spendable weekly earnings. "Real" earnings are
computed by dividing the current Consumer Price Index
into the spendable earnings average for the current
month. The resulting level of spendable earnings ex­
pressed in 1947-49 dollars is thus adjusted for
changes in purchasing power since that base period.

Average Hourly Earnings, Excluding Overtime, of
Production Workers in hfanufacturlng Industries

These data are based on the application of adjust­
ment factors to gross average hourly earnings (as de­
scribed in the Monthly Labor Review. May 1950, pp. 537540; reprint available, Serial No. R. 2020). This
method eliminates only the earnings due to overtiirje
paid for at one and one-half times the straight-time
rates after 40 hours a week. Thus, no adjustment is
made for other premiiim-payment provisions— for
example, holiday work, late-shift work, and overtime
rates other than time and one-half.
Indexes of Aggregate Weekly Man-Hours
The indexes of aggregate weekly man-hours are pre­
pared by dividing the current month’
s aggregate by the
monthly average for the 1947-49 period. These aggre­
gates represent the product of average weekly hours
and employment.
The aggregate man-hours are defined as total manhours for which pay was received by full- and parttime production or construction workers, including
hours paid for holidays, sick leave, and vacations
taken. The man-hours are for 1 week of the pay period
ending nearest the 15th of the month, and may not be
typical of the entire month.
Railroad Hours and Earnings
The figures for Class I railroads (excluding
switching and terminal companies) are based upon month­
ly data summarized in the M-300 report of the Inter­
state Commerce Commission and relate to all employees
who received pay during the month, except executives,




NOTE;
of the

officials, and staff assistants (ICC Group I). Gross
average hourly earnings sire computed by dividing
total compensation by total hours paid for. Average
weekly hours are obtained by dividing the total number
of hours paid for, reduced to a weekly basis, by the
number of employees, as defined above. Gross average
weekly earnings are derived by multiplying average
weekly hours by Average hourly earnings.
Because
hours and earnings data for manufacturing and other
nonraanufacturing industries are based upon reports to
the BLS which generally represent 1 weekly pay period
ending nearest the 15 th of the month, the data for
railroad employees are not strictly comparable with
other industry information shown in this publication.

STATISTICS F O R

STATES

hours,

A R E A S

State and area employment, hours, and earnings
statistics are collected and prepared by State
agencies in cooperation with the BLS.
These sta­
tistics are based on the same establishment reports
used by the BLS for preparing national estimates.
State enployment series are adjusted to benchmark
data from State unemployment insurance agencies
and the Bureau of CQLd Age and Survivors Insurance.
Because some States have more recent benchmarks
than others and use slightly varying methods of
computation, the sum of the State figures may
differ slightly from the official IT. S. totals
prepared by the BLS.
Additional industry detail may be obtainable
from the cooperating State agencies listed on the
inside back cover of this report.

Additional information concerning the preparation

employment,

A N D

earnings,

and labor turnover

series-- concepts and scope, survey methods, and reliability
and limitations-- is contained in technical notes for each
of these series, available from BLS free of charge.

For all

of this information as well as similar material for other
BLS statistics, see Techniques of Preparing Major BLS Statis­
tical Series, BLS Bull. 1168, December 19$h .

Copies are on

file in many public and university libraries, or may be ord­
ered from the Superintendent of Documents,

U. S. Government

Printing Office, Washington 25, D. C. at 65 cents each.

S U M M A R Y

O F

M E T H O D S

FO R

E M P L O Y M E N T ,

Item

C O M P U T I N G

H O U R S ,

A N D

N A T I O N A L

STATISTICS

E A R N I N G S

Total nonagriculturai divisions,
major groups, and groups

Individual manufacturing and
nonmanufacturing industries

M O N T H L Y

D A T A

All emolovees

All-employee estimate for previous
month multiplied by ratio of allemployees in current month to a ll
employees in previous month for
sample establishments which re­
ported for both months.

Sum of all-employee estimates for
component industries.

Production workers

A3.1-employee estimate for current
month multiplied by ratio of pro­
duction workers to a ll employees
in sample establishments for cur­
rent month.

Sum of production-worker estimates
for component industries.

Average weekly hours

Total production or nonsupervisory
man-hours divided by number of pro­
duction or nonsupervisory workers.

Average, weighted by employment, of
the average weekly hours for com­
ponent industries.

Average hourly earnings

Total production or nonsupervisory
worker payroll divided by total
production or nonsupervisory worker
man-hours.

Average, weighted by aggregate manhours, of the average hourly earn­
ings for component industries.

Average weekly earnings

Product of average weekly hours and
average hourly earnings.

Product of average weekly hours and
average hourly earnings.

A N N U A L

A V E R A G E

D A T A

All emolovees and nroduction workers

Sum of monthly estimates divided
by 12 .

Sum of monthly estimates divided
by 12 .

Average weekly hours

Annual total of aggregate manhours (enployment multiplied
by average weekly hours) divided
by annual sum of employment.

Average, weighted by employment,
of the annual averages of weekly
hours for component industries.

Average hourly earnings

Annual total of aggregate pay­
rolls (weekly earnings multiplied
by employment) divided by annual
aggregate man-hours.

Average, weighted by aggregate manhours, of the annual averages of
hourly earnings for component in­
dustries.

Average weekly earnings

Product of average weekly hours
and average hourly earnings.

Product of average weekly hours
and average hourly earnings.




G L O S S A R Y
ALL EMPLOYEES - The total number of persons on estab­
lishment payrolls who worked full- or part-time or
received pay for any part of the pay period ending
nearest the 15th of the month. Includes salaried
officers of corporations as well as employees on
the establishment payroll engaged in new construc­
tion and major additions or alterations to the plant
who are utilized as a separate work force (forceaccount construction workers). Proprietors, selfemployed persons, domestic servants, unpaid family
workers, and members of the Armed Forces are ex­
cluded.
CONSTRUCTION WORKERS - Includes working foremen,
journeymen, mechanics, apprentices, helpers, labor­
ers, and similar workers engaged in new work, al­
terations, demolition, and other actual construc­
tion work, at the site of construction or working
in shop or yard at jobs (such as precutting and pre­
assembling) ordinarily performed by members of the
construction trades; includes all such workers re­
gardless of skill, engaged in any way in contract
construction activities.
CONTRACT CONSTRUCTION - Covers only firms engaged in
the construction business on a contract basis for
others. Force-account construction workers, i.e.,
hired directly by and on the payroll of Federal,
State, and local government, public utilities, and
private establishments, are excluded from contract
construction and included in the employment for such
establishments.
DURABLE GOODS - The durable-goods subdivision includes
the following major manufacturing industry groups:
ordnance and accessories; lumber and wood products;
furniture and fixtures; stone, clay, and glass pro­
ducts; primary metal industries; fabricated metal
products; machinery; electrical machinery; trans­
portation equipment; instruments and related pro­
ducts; and miscellaneous manufacturing industries as
defined. This definition is consistent with that
used by other Federal agencies, e.g., Federal Re­
serve Board.

speculative builders, subdividers, and developers;
and agents and brokers).
GOVERNMENT - Covers Federal, State, and local govern­
ment establishments performing legislative, execu­
tive, and judicial functions, including Government
corporations, Government force-account construction,
and such units as arsenals, navy yards, and hospi­
tals. Federal government employment excludes em­
ployees of the Central Intelligence Agency. State
and local government employment included teachers,
but excludes, as nominal employees, paid volunteer
firemen and elected officials of small local units.
LABOR TURNOVER:
Separations are terminations of employment during
the calendar month and are classified according to
cause: quits, discharges, layoffs, and miscellaneous
separations (including military), as defined below.
Quits are terminations of employment during the
calendar month initiated by employees for such
reasons as: acceptance of a job in another company,
dissatisfaction, return to school, marriage, mater­
nity, ill health, or voluntary retirement where no
company pension is provided. Failure to report aft­
er being hired and unauthorized absences of more
than 7 consecutive calendar days are also clas­
sified as quits. Prior to 1940* miscellaneous
separations were also included in this category.
Dianharpes are terminations of employment during
the calendar month inititated by the employer for
such reasons as employees’incompetence, violation
of rules, dishonesty, insubordination, laziness,
habitual absenteeism, or inability to meet physical
standards.
Layoffs are terminations of employment during the
calendar month lasting or expected to last more than
7 consecutive calendar days -without pay, initi­
ated by the employer without prejudice to the work­
er, for such reasons as lack of orders or materials,
release of temporary help, conversion of plant, in­
troduction of labor-saving machinery or processes,
or suspensions of operations without pay during
inventory periods.

ESTABLISHMENT - nA single physical location where busi­
ness is conducted or where services or industrial
operations are performed; for example, a factory,
mill, store, mine, or farm. Where a single physical
location comprises two or more units which maintain
separate payroll and inventory records and which are
engaged in distinct or separate activities for which
different industry classifications are provided in
the Standard Industrial Classification, each unit
shall be treated as a separate establishment. An
establishment is not necessarily identical with the
business concern or firm which may consist of one
or more establishments. It is also to be distin­
guished from organizational subunits, departments,
or divisions within an establishment.” (Standard
Industrial Classification Manual, U. S. Bureau of
the Budget, Vol. I, Part I, p. 1, November 1945.)

Persons on leave of absence (paid or unpaid)
with the approval of the employer are not counted as
separations until such time as it is definitely de­
termined that such persons will not return to work.
At that tiaie, a separation is reported as one of the
above types, depending on the circumstances.

FINANCE, INSURANCE, AND REAL ESTATE - Covers private
establishments operating in the fields of finance
(banks, security dealers, loan agencies, holding com­
panies, and other finance agencies); insurance (in­
surance carriers and independent agents and bro­
kers); and real estate (real estate owners, including

Accessions are the total number of permanent and
temporary additions to the employment roll during
the calendar month, including both new and rehired
employees. Persons returning to work after a layoff,
military separations, or other absences who have been
counted as separations are considered accessions.




Miscellaneous separations (including military)
are terminations of employment during the calendar
month because of permanent disability, death, re­
tirement on company pension, and entrance into the
Armed Forces expected to last more than 30 consecu­
tive calendar days. Prior to 191*0, miscellaneous
separations were included with quits. Beginning
September 1940, military separations were included
here.

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MA.N-HOURS - Covers man-hours worked or paid for of
specified groups of workers, during the pay period
ending nearest the 15th of the month. The specified
group of workers in manufacturing and mining indus­
tries, laundries, and cleaning, and dyeing plants is
production and related workers; in the contract con­
struction industry, i t is construction workers ; and
in the other indus tries, i t is nonsupervisory em­
ployees. The man-hours include hours paid for holi­
days, sick leave, and vacations taken; i f the em­
ployee elects to work during a vacation period, the
vacation pay and the hours i t represents are omitted.
MANUFACTURING - Covers private establishments engaged
in the mechanical or chemical transformation of in­
organic or organic substances into new products and
usually described as plants, factories, or mills,
which characteristically use power-driven machines
and materials-handling equipment. Establishments
engaged in assembling component parts of manufac­
tured nroducts are also considered manufacturing i f
the new product is neither a structure nor other
fixed improvement. Government manufacturing opera­
tions such as arsenals and navy yards are excluded
from manufacturing and are included under Government.
MINING - Covers establishments engaged in the extrac­
tion from the earth of Organic and inorganic miner­
als which occur in nature as solids, liquids, or
gase3; includes various contract services required
in mining operations, such as removal of overburden,
tunneling and shafting, and the drilling or acidiz­
ing of o il wells; also includes ore dressing, beneficiating, and concentration.
NONDURABLE GOODS - The nondurable-goods subdivision
includes the following major manufacturing industry
groups: food and kindred products; tobacco manu­
factures; textile-m ill products; apparel and other
finished textile products; paper and allied products;
printing, publishing, and allied industries; chemi­
cals and allied products; products of petroleum and
coal; rubber products; and leather and leather pro­
ducts. This definition is consistent with that
used by other Federal agencies, e .g ., Federal Re­
serve Board.
NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES - Includes employees (not
above the working supervisory level) such as office
and clerical workers, repairmen, salespersons,
operators, drivers, attendants, service employees,
linemen, laborers, janitors, watchmen, and similar
occupational levels, and other employees whose
services are closely associated with those of the
employees listed .

OVERTIME HOURS - Covers premium overtime hours of pro­
duction and related workers during the pay period
ending nearest the 15th of the month. Overtime hours
are those for which premiums were paid because the
hours were in excess of the number of hours of either
the straight-time workday or workweek. Weekend and
holiday hours are included only if premium wage rates
were paid. Hours for which only shift differential,
hazard, incentive or other similar types of premiums
were paid are excluded.
PAYROLL - The weekly payroll for the specified groups

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of full- and part-time employees who worked during,
or received pay for, any part of the pay period
ending nearest the 15th of the month. The specified
group of employees in the manufacturing and mining
industries, laundries, and cleaning and dyeing
plants is production and related workers; in the
contract construction industry, it is construction
workers; and in the other industries, it is non­
supervisory employees and working supervisors. The
payroll is reported before deductions for old-age
and unemployment insurance, group insurance, with­
holding tax, bonds, and union dues; also includes
pay for sick leave, holidays, and vacations taken.
Excludes cash payments for vacations not taken,
retroactive pay not earned during period reported,
value of payments in kind, and bonuses, unless
earned and paid regularly each pay period.
PRODUCTION AND RELATED WORKERS - Includes working fore­
men and all nonsupervisory workers (including lead
men and trainees) engaged in fabricating, processing,
assembling, inspection, receiving, storage, handling,
packing, warehousing, shipping, maintenance, repair,
janitorial, watchman services, products development,
auxiliary production for plant’
s own use (e.g.,
power plant), and recordkeeping and other services
closely associated with the above production opera­
tions .
REGIONS:

North - Includes all States except the 17 listed as
South.
South - Includes the following 17 States: Alabama,
Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida,
Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi,
North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee,
Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia,
(In the case of sawmills and planning mills, general,
a third region is identified - the West - and in­
cludes California, Oregon, and Washington.)
SERVICE AND MISCELLANEOUS - Covers establishments pri­
marily engaged in rendering services to individuals
and business firms, including automotive repair
services. Excludes domestic service workers. Non­
government schools, hospitals, museums, etc., are
included under service and miscellaneous; similar
Government establishments are included under Govern­
ment,
TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC UTILITES - Covers only pri­
vate establishments engaged in providing all types
of transportation and related services; telephone,
telegraph, and other communication services or pro­
viding electricity, gas, steam, water, or sanitary
service. Similar Government establishments are in­
cluded under Government,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRACE - Covers establishments en­
gaged in wholesale trade, i.e,, selling merchandise
to retailers, and in retail trade, i,e., selling
merchandise for personal or household consumption,
and rendering service incidental to the sales of
goods. Similar Government establishments are in­
cluded under Government.

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