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Emp!oyment
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DECEMBER 1955
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EMFLOYMENT AND EARNINGS IN THE WEST
SOUTH CENTRAL STATES, 1950-54.......
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THE TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT,
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MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES SINCE 1950.
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CONTENTS
Pag.
E m p ! o y m e n l Trend*
Summary.........................................................
Table 1: Employees in nonagricultural establishments, by
industry division and selected groups...............
Table 2: Production workers in manufacturing, by major
industry group.......................................
Table 3: Hours and gross earnings of production workers in
manufacturing, by major industry group..............
Table 4: Index of employees in nonagricultural establishments,
by industry division.................................
Table 5: Index of production workers in manufacturing, by
major industry group.................................
Table 6: Employees in nonagricultural establishments, by
industry division, seasonally adjusted..............
Table 7: Production workers in manufacturing, by major
industry group, seasonally adjusted.................
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REGIONAL PATTERNS IN EMPLOYMENT AND EARNINGS
PART III - West South Central States..........................
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DETAILED S TA T ! S T ! € S
A -E m p !o y m *n t and Payro!!*
Table A-l: Employees in nonagricultural establishments, by
industry division..................................
Table A-2: All employees and production workers in nonagri
cultural establishments, by industry..............
Table A-3: Indexes of production-worker employment and weekly
payroll in manufacturing...........................
Table A^4: Employees in Government and private shipyards, by
region........................ ....................
Table A-5: Federal personnel, civilian and military...........
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..............
1
2
7
3
9
10
13
E-Labor T urnover
Table B-l: Monthly labor turnover rates in manufacturing, by
class of turnover..................................
Table B-2: Monthly labor turnover rates in selected indus
tries ...............................................
through xii.
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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-^49 dollars................................
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C-Hovr* a nd Ea r n i n g s - Continued
Table C-^4: Average hourly eamings, gross and excluding
overtime, and average veekly hours of production
vorkers in manufacturing.........................
Table C-5: Indexes of aggregate veekly man-hours in industrial
and construction activity........................
Table C- 6 : Hours and gross earnings of production vorkers in
manufacturing industries for selected States and
areas............................................
NOTE: Data for October 1955 are preliminary.
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CHARTS
The Transportation Equipment Industry Since 1950.............
The Instrument Industry Since 1950..........................
The Miscellaneous Manufacturing Industries Since 1950........
Monthly Labor Turnover Rates - Manufacturing Industries......
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EXPLANATORY NOTES
INTRODUCTION.................................................
ESTABLISHMENT REPORTS:
Collection................................................
Industrial Classification.................................
Coverage..................................................
DEFINITIONS AND ESTIMATING METHODS:
Employment................................. ...............
Labor Turnover............................................
Hours and Earning s ........................................
STATISTICS FOR STATES AND AREAS..............................
SUMMARY OF METHODS FOR COI-FUTING NATIONAL STATISTICS.........
GLOSSARY.....................................................
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The national employment figures shown
in this report have
been adjusted to
first quarter. 1954 benchmark levels.
Emp!oyment Trends
NONFARM EMPLOYM ENT CLIMBS TO 50. 6
MILLION - NEW NOVEMBER PEAK SET
The number of workers on nonfarm payrolls
reached a record November level of 50. 6 million
in 1955. An over-the-month rise from October of
alm ost 150,000 was due to a sharp increase in
automobile plants, better-than-usual gains else
where in manufacturing, and seasonal pickups in
trade and local governments. These gains more
than offset seasonal declines in construction and
in other nonmanufacturing activities.
The factory workweek rose contraseasonally,
boosting average hours of work in manufacturing
to 41. 2— a level equal to the previous postwar peak
for the month.
Longer hours and a 2-cent rise in hourly pay
brought average weekly pay of factory production
workers to an alltime high of $79. 52.
FACTORY EMPLOYMENT AT NEW
NOVEMBER HIGH
. The total number of workers on factory pay
rolls rose by 100, 000 to 17. 1 million in November
1955, a new postwar peak for the month. Manufac
turing employment usually declines between Octo
ber and November.
Overshadowing all other changes in manufactur
ing was a jump of 136,000 jobs in transportation
equipment— the second largest gain in a single
month ever reported by this industry. A lm ost all
of the pickup was in auto plants as model change —
overs were completed.
Substantially larger-than-usual increases were
reported in prim ary m etals, fabricated metals
(largely in automotive hardware and stamping), and
machinery. Part of the rise in machinery was due
to the return of striking workers in farm machinery
plants, but significant increases were reported in
metal-working machinery and miscellaneous ma
chinery and parts— industries important in the cur
rent capital goods expansion.
E lectrical machinery
showed a decline of about 14, 000 w orkers, mainly
because of a strike in one major firm .
Significant gains were also reported in rubber,
printing, apparel, and leather, the latter two re
flecting strong demand for consumer goods. Sea
sonal losses were reported for food processing,
tobacco, and lumber.
The November 1955 manufacturing level of 17. 1
million was more than a million higher than a year
earlier, with new employment peaks for the month
reported in 9 out of 21 industry groups. Employ
ment in most of the remaining industries was well
above last year's level.
NONMANUFACTURING EM PLOYM ENT CHANGES
LARGELY SEASONAL
Most nonmanufacturing activities showed about
the usual seasonal employment changes between
October and November. Mining, transportation, and
finance remained virtually unchanged, while service
declined— the usual patterns for these industries at
this season. Wholesale and retail trade establish
ments expanded as the Christmas season neared,
the increase of 176, 000 pushing employment in
trade over the 11 million mark. More than half of
the rise occurred in general merchandise stores—
including department stores, mail order houses,
and variety stores.
Contract construction employment declined to
2. 6 m illion, as the result of a strike affecting de
livery of construction supplies, as well as colder
weather.
FACTORY WORKWEEK EQUALS
NOVEMBER 1952 PEAK
At 41. 2 hours, the November workweek of fac
tory production workers was up one-tenth of an hour
from the October figure. This was only the second
time since World War II that hours of work have
increased between these months. The rise was con
centrated in the durable-goods sector, where the
workweek rose by three-tenths of an hour.
The sharpest increase in weekly hours was in
transportation equipment, where the workweek
jumped by 1. 4 hours to 42. 5.
Hours also rose
sharply in prim ary m etals, machinery, textiles,
and paper.
The November 1955 workweek for manufactur
ing was an hour longer than a year earlier and equal
to the postwar peak for the month, reached in 1952.
A ll industries except food processing had longer
workweeks than in November 1954.
MAN-HOURS UNCHANGED OVER THE MONTH
Aggregate weekly man-hours in manufacturing,
mining, and construction combined were virtually
unchanged over the month, as declines in mining
and construction offset a rise in manufacturing.
Over the year, total man-hours worked were up
substantially, from 103.5 percent to 111 percent
of the 1947-49 average.
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FACTORY WORKERS EARN RECORD
WEEKLY PAY
average weekly earnings were under $60 were
tobacco, leather, and textiles.
The average earnings of factory production
workers were a record $79. 52 a week in November
1955, alm ost $6 more than in November 1954. In
petroleum, the average weekly pay was $99. 29.
Other industries reporting weekly earnings of more
than $90 were transportation equipment, prim ary
m etals, printing and publishing, machinery, and
rubber. On the other hand, the average apparel
worker earned $50. 05. Other industries where
The largest over-the-month increase in aver
age weekly pay was in transportation equipment,
where the sharp rise in hours, together with a 2 cent average increase in hourly pay, boosted week
ly checks by $ 4 . 04. Average weekly pay fell in
lumber, fabricated m etals, instruments, m iscel
laneous manufacturing, tobacco, and printing where
hours of work declined over the month.
Tab)# 1. Em p!oy**s in nonagrituttufa) estabtithm ent*,
by industry division o "d s*!*ct*d groups
Year
ago
Current
Nov.
1955
1/
50.608
Nonmetallic mining
a n d q u a r r y i n g ..........
1955
1/
Oct.
50,461
48.808
+147
+1.8 0 0
+
+
+
-
+
+
+
+
1955
50,322
758
98.8
100.1
212.3
209.5
20 8.8
109.9
108.5
Year
ago
Nov.
750
107.4
1954
Previous
month
Sept.
753
101.4
net change
0
3
(In t h o u s a n d s )
749
93-7
212.0
105.6
3
2.6
2.8
1.1
4
7.7
3
1.8
C ONTRACT C O N S T R U C T I O N .........................
2.568
2.682
2 . 748
3 . 598
- 114
-
M A N U F A C T U R E ...................................
17.084
16,985
16.915
16.057
+ 99
+1.027
OURABLE G O O D S ..................................
9.916
9 . 752
9.645
9.121
+164
- 1.9
+
*
17.0
12.5
0
+
+
22.5
23.0
.7
+
44.7
175.9
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 .......................
125.1
773.3
379.3
566.6
127.0
130.5
142.1
786.3
795.5
376.1
751-3
356.3
521-9
1.177.8
379.3
567.3
1,342.4
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 transp o r t a t i o n
e q u i p m e n t )......................................
1 ,134.0
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 m a nufacturing industries...
1.642.7
1.178.5
1,942.2
323.3
497.0
1 ,612.5
1 .192.3
1 ,806.2
322.8
496.2
7.168
1 ,546.0
105.1
1 ,092.1
7.233
1 .634.5
121.3
1 ,265.6
565.9
833.0
A p pa r e l and o t h e r f i n i s he d te x t il e
Printing,
publishing,
and allied
1.353 .7
828.9
250.7
290.2
390.5
T R A N S P ORTATtON AND P U 8 U C U H L ! T ! E S .........
T R A M S P O R T A H O M .................................
C 0 M M U M ! C A T ! 0 M ..................................
OTHER P U B H C U T ! H T ! E S .......................
W H O L E S A L E AND RETAtL T R A D E ...................
].119.4
566.8
1.341.1
1 ,110.0
1 .563.8
1 .163.3
1 .791.2
3 1 8 .3
1 .050.8
1.487.9
1 .104.7
1.744.9
309.0
48 8 . 4
474.5
7.270
1.693.9
122.2
1,081.2
6.936
1. 5 38.4
1 .255.2
563.2
1,246.3
1 .188.7
827.3
820.7
821.7
254.3
281.7
387.4
1.083.7
826.0
251.9
284.6
385.0
560.2
111.5
1 .076.4
537-7
S 07.8
793-6
251.3
259.0
371-7
+
11.3
+
+ 14.6
+ 30.2
- 13.8
+ 136.0
+
.5
+
.8
+
+
+
+
65
88.5
16.2
+
+
+
+
+
76.9
28.2
+
+
+
+
5.7
2.9
1.2
5.6
5.5
+
+
1
1
2
2
+
+
+
+
156
114
35
7
+176
+
337
+ 20
-
585
+
11,082
10,906
10,824
10.745
2.903
8.003
232
+ 10.4
+ 2.7
2.672
736
578
22.5
+
3.986
771
83.2
154.8
73-8
197.3
14.3
8.4
4.152
2,793
770
589
2,786
+
795
7.6
6.4
15.7
4.143
2.787
773
583
4,i42
+
30
-
+
+
2.849
7.896
1 .518.1
1 .471.8
754.3
6i4 . 4
3.537-4
+ 97.8
+ 13.3
+ 3-9
+ 18.3
+ 23.2
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
25.2
35.3
.6
31.2
18.8
74
623.8
3 ,660.8
3.6 3 7 . 6
2,879
7.945
1.394.7
1.515.7
785.3
592.0
3.657.4
!NSURANCE, AND REAL E S T A T E ........
2,209
2,212
2.223
2.1 3 4
-
3
+
75
SERVICE AND M ! S C E L L A N E O U S .....................
5.693
5.729
5.791
5.622
- 36
+
71
G O V E R N M E N T .................. ....................
7.077
7,054
2.172
6,911
6.917
4.7 5 2
+ 23
- 1
+ 24
+
+
+
160
2.173
4 . 738
F o o d an d l i q u o r s t o r e s ........................
O t h e r r e t a i l t r a d e .............................
F!NANCE,
F E D E R A L ............................................
S T A T E AMD L O C A L ..................................
2.923
8.159
1.537.1
1 .550.0
787.5
2,171
4,906
1,439.3
1.536.7
783.6
605.5
4 ,882
2.165
+156
263
19.0
78.2
33.2
9.4
123.4
6
154
Tab!e 2. Production workers in manufacturing, by major industry group
Year
ago
Current
M ajor industry group
Nov.
1955
1/
Oct.
1955
1/
Sept.
Nov.
1955
1954
net c h a n g e
Previous
month
from:
Year
ag o
MAWUFACTUR)N6.............................
13.535
13,442
13.373
12,657
+ 93
+878
DURABLE G O O D S ..................................
7.885
7.726
7.623
7.198
+159
+687
82.ii
Lumber and w o o d p r o d u c t s
83.8
(except
86.5
98.0
-
1.4
-15.6
-
702.8
715.7
726.0
323.0
^78.4
1 .145.9
322.7
478.9
1.137.5
319.8
478.5
1.134.3
301.4
438.3
988 . 0
12.9
3
.5
+ 8.4
+ 18.2
+ 21.6
+ 40.]
+157.9
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 ) ..............
915.2
1 .221.3
903.1
1 .196.3
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 m a n u f acturing industries...
1 ,506.7
226.5
407.2
894.4
1.149.3
854.7
1.356.5
222.7
400.4
844.1
1.092.0
810.7
1.333.8
217.6
389.8
+ 12.1
+ 25.0
- -8.5
+136.5
.1
+
.8
+ 71.1
+129.3
+ 65.2
+172 . 9
+ 8.9
+ 17.4
F u r n i t u r e a n d f i x t u r e s ........................
Stone, clay, 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 t r a n s p o r t a t i o n
875.9
MOMDURABLE 6 0 0 0 3 ..............................
884.4
1.370.2
226.6
406.4
684.6
+
5.650
5.716
5.750
5.459
- 66
+191
1 .106.9
97.0
1,188.4
1 .245.3
- 81.5
- 16.0
9 98 . 2
991.0
988.5
1,110.8
102.7
9 8 2.6
+
7.2
+
15.6
1 .132.0
467.3
1.123.3
465.1
i,n4.6
46i.7
1,060.4
44 4 . 0
+
+
8.7
2.2
+
+
71.6
23.3
533.5
557.9
170.5
231.4
349.9
535-5
557.1
171.6
530.4
552.8
174.1
223.1
+
+
+
3 .0
.8
226.3
518.1
533.3
173.3
202.1
332.1
+
+
+
+
20 . 4
24.6
2.8
29.3
17.8
113.0
113.5
3.9
5.7
Apparel and o t her f inished textile
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
l/ P r e l i m i n a r y .
34 4 . 6
346.0
+
1.1
5.1
5.3
Tabie 3. Hours and gross earnings of production workers in manufacturing,
by major industry group
Avera^.eekly
Major industry group
M A N U F A C T U R E ...................
DURABLE GOODS..................
19 b',
Nov.
l/
Oct.
1./
$7^.52
$78.50
.......
produc ts.....................
S t o n f " ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
1955
Nov.
1/
Oct.
1/
$73.57
4i .2
41.1
1954 _
Nov.
1155
19^4
Nov.
Nov.
1/
Oct.
1/
40.2
$1.93
$1.91
$1.83
41.7
40.8
2.05
2.04
1.94
86.10
85.07
79.15
42.0
86.94
85.28
8 1.81
4i .6
til.O
40.7
2.09
2.08
2.01
69.80
70.29
71.21
70.13
68.64
64.62
^1 .3
42.6
4i.4
42.5
4l.i
40.9
1.69
1.65
1.72
1.65
1 .67
1.58
78.81
97.21
78.77
96.10
74.57
84.53
41 .7
4i.9
4i.9
4i .6
41.2
39.5
1.89
2.32
1.88
2.31
1.81
2.14
84.
91.59
78.66
97.75
85.24
90.10
78.47
93.71
79.52
82.01
74.39
91.12
41.8
42.6
*41.4
42.5
42.2
42.3
41.3
4i .1
4l .2
4o.4
40.7
^1.8
2.03
2 .15
1.90
2.30
2.02
2.13
1.90
2.28
1.93
2.03
1.84
2.18
L u m b e n n r w o o d l r o d u c t B .....
(except furniture)...........
19^4
Nov.
^ c ^ t t ^ c e ^ l L r y ,
ment). . .^..... ^...... ^.....
Machinery (except electrical).
Electrical machinery.........
I n s t r ^ e n t s ' a n d ' r e ^ I d ' .....
78.94
80.51
74.56
4o.9
41.5
40.3
1.93
1.94
1.85
M i s c e l l a n e o u s ' m L n u f L c t u r l n g * ''
i n d u s t r i e s .......................
68.88
69.38
65.21
4i .0
41.3
^0.5
1.68
1.68
1.6l
NONDURABLE GOODS...............
69.77
69.32
65.97
4o.i
40.3
39.5
1.74
1.72
1.67
Food and kindred products....
Tobacco manufactures.... .....
74.80
51.17
58.65
73.63
51.25
57.39
7 0 .Oil
47.60
54.53
4i.i
37.9
41.3
4i.6
l^l.o
4n.7
41.2
36.9
39.8
1.82
1-35
1.42
1.77
1.25
1 .Ltl
1.70
1.29
1.37
50.;'3
82.34
5^.3^1
81.35
48.37
76.18
36.8
43.8
37.2
43.5
36.1
iA2.8
1.36
1.88
1.36
1.87
1.34
1.78
92.04
84.66
92.90
83.21
88.55
79.71
39.0
4i .5
39.2
4l .Lt
38.5
^1.3
2.36
2.0U
2.37
2.01
2 .30
1.93
99.29
91.37
54.29
98.88
89.25
53.39
Q3.66
83.02
51.^3
i^l.2
42.3
37.7
41.2
42.1.
37.6
40.9
4i .1
37.0
2.iii
2.16
1 .4u
2.40
2.12
l.ti2
2.29
2.02
1.39
' ''
textile products............
IppareI"airother"finished'
pub^hlng^Ind '
allied industries...........
P r ^ i n ^
Product^.rpetr^I^and^^'
coal.........................
Rubber products...............
L e a t h e r an d l e a t h e r p r o d u c t s . .
Tab)* 4 . index of emptoyees in nonagricu!turat estabtishments,
by industry division
(1947-49=100)
Year
ago
Current
Industry division
November 1955
l!
TOTAL.................................
Transportation and public
ut i l i t i e s ................................
Wholesale and retail t r a d e .............
Finance, insurance, and real estate...
October 1955
l!
September 1955
November
1954
115-7
115.4
115.0
111.6
79.4
122.0
114.4
79.1
127.4
80.0
130.5
113.3
79.0
123.4
107.5
101.7
117.8
101.8
115.9
128.2
117.1
124.6
113.8
128.0
116.4
125.0
102.0
115.0
128.8
118.4
122.1
97.9
114.2
123.6
114.9
122.2
l( P r e l i m i n a r y .
Tabte 5. index of production workers in manufacturing,
by major industry group
[1947-49-100)
Year
a go
Current
Major industry group
N o v e m b e r 1955
l'
MANUFACTURING.........................
D U R A B L E G O O D S ................................
L um be r and wood produ c t s
O c t o b e r 1955
S e p t e m b e r 1955
109.4
108.7
108.1
102.3
118.1
11 5 . 8 *
11L.2
107.9
361.8
370.6
383.8
432.3
95.3
109.4
109.9
111.3
97.0
109.4
110.1
101.9
100.7
110.6
98.4
108.4
110.1
110.2
117.5
107.4
114.8
101.1
133.5
132.7
114.9
105.3
108.3
96.0
126.7
130.4
117.0
107.1
115.9
105.2
138.1
134.0
117.0
106.8
99.2
100.4
101.0
95.9
93-5
91.8
100.4
106.9
105.2
81.1
107.9
80.9
93.9
97-5
80.4
107.8
116.1
107.1
115.3
101.8
110.8
111.5
110.3
108.4
93-5
109.5
95.7
104.4
93.0
99. 2
91.8
(e x c e p t
F a b r i ca t e d me t a l p r o d u c ts (except
ordnance, machinery, and tr a n s -
136.8
147.4
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 .
M O M D U R A B L E G O O D S ............................
Apparel and other fi n is h e d te xtile
P a p e r a n d a l l i e d p r o d u c t s ................
Pr i n t i n g , p u b l i s h i n g , a n d a l l i e d
P r o d u c t s o f p e t r o l e u m and c o a l .........
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 ............
l/Preliminary.
viii
November
1954
1'
81.7
IO 8.7
116.6
112.1
109.3
91.9
113.4
96.8
109.1
92.5
111.0
95.4
92.8
96.0
112.4
102.6
107.8
SeasortaHy Adjusted Data
Tabte 6. Emptoyees in nonagricuttura! estabtishments,
by industry division, seasonatty adjusted
Index
(1947-49=100)
Number
(In t h o u s a n d s )
Industry division
1 9 5 5 1/
1955 _1/
1955
1 954
195 5 _1/
1955 1/
1955
195 4
T O T A L S .......................................
11V.6
11V.2
11V.0
110.6
30,1V9
V9,969
V9,837
V8.386
M i n i n g .......................................
79.0
118.V
113.8
101.3
113.1
123.6
116.9
123.9
79.1
120.2
112.6
101.3
11V.8
123.8
117.1
123.7
79.3
122.0
111.8
101.6
113.0
128.8
116.6
122.9
78.6
119.8
107.0
97.7
111.6
12V.3
113.3
121.6
7V9
2,V93
16,993
V,131
10,826
2,220
3,722
7,013
730
2,330
16,803
V,132
10,798
2,223
3,729
7,002
73V
2,368
16,691
V,133
10,82V
2,223
3,703
6,937
7V3
2,322
13,972
3,976
10,V96
2,1V3
3,630
6,880
T r a n s p o r t a t i o n and public utilities..
Finance,
insurance,
l/Preliminary.
and real estate..
2/ A u g u s t 195 5 r e v i s e d :
1]
T o t a l - V 9 , 733; M a n u f a c t u r i n g - 1 6 , 6 6 1 .
Tabte 7. Production workers in manufacturing,
by major industry group, seasonatty adjusted
Number
(In t h o u s a n d s )
Index
(1947-49=100)
Major industry group
October
1955 1/
1955
19 5 4
13,V36
13,267
13,160
12,372
107.3
7,8V2
7,698
7,61V
7,139
383.8
V32.3
82
8V
87
98
93.1
107.3
109.7
110.6
93.0
107.7
109.7
110.2
91.3
99.3
100.2
96.0
693
313
V76
1 ,1V6
702
317
V77
1,138
701
318
V77
1 ,13V
673
29V
V36
988
116.8
108.V
13V.8
1V7.V
116.3
113.V
107.3
136.6
13V.0
116.3
11V.8
103.6
133.3
132.7
11V.9
107.8
97.0
12V.8
130. V
111.9
910
1,233
863
1,307
226
899
1,220
873
1 ,370
226
89V
1,178
833
1,337
223
8V0
1,103
799
1 ,33V
217
102.9
102.6
102.6
98.7
391
390
390
373
98.6
97.8
97.V
93.0
3,61V
3,369
3,3V6
3,V13
92.V
86.1
80.9
91.8
89.9
81.1
91.V
89.9
81.8
92.7
90.9
79.6
1 ,09V
91
998
1,087
93
991
1,082
93
999
1 ,097
96
973
108.7
113.3
106.2
116.1
10V.3
113.8
101.8
109.8
1,132
V62
1,106
V63
1,088
V6V
1 ,060
WO
111.1
108.2
91.9
111.9
97.3
110.3
108.0
92.3
110.0
93.9
110.3
107.8
91.9
109.3
93.1
106.7
103.3
93.0
97.7
92.3
33V
332
171
228
332
331
331
172
22V
3V7
330
330
171
223
3VV
313
328
173
199
33V
19 5 5 1/
1 9 5 5 j./
1955
1954
1955 1/
M M U F A C T M U M a * ............................
108.8
107.3
106.V
101.6
D U R A B L E e o o t n .......................
117.3
113.3
11V.1
361.8
370.6
93.9
106.7
109.V
111.3
Lum b e r and wood p roducts
(except
P r i m a r y m e t a l i n d u s t r i e s .................
F a b r i c a t e d m e t a l p r o d u c t s (exc e p t
ordnance, machinery, and transporM a c h i n e r y ( e x c e p t e l e c t r i c a l ) ..........
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
M 0 H D U R A B L E G O O D 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 a p e r a nd 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 ..........
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 ............
1/Preliminary.
2/ A u g u s t 1 955 r e v i s e d :
M a n u f a c t u r i n g JOS.!
a n d k i n d r e d p r o d u c t s - 9 2 . 0 a n d 1,059.
369 1 2 4 0 - 55 - 2
and 13,127;. N o n d u r a b l e g o o d s - 9 7 . 2 and 3 , 3 3 3 ;
Food
THE TRANSPORTATION EOUIPMENT INDUSTRY SINCE 1950
Annua) Average 1950-54; Monthty 1955
Rate (Per 100 Emptoyees)
8 0
Setected Labor Turnover Rates
A ccessio ns-
1950 '51 '52 '53 '54
UNtTED STATES D E P A R T M E N T OF L A B O R
BUREAU OF LABOR STAT)ST)CS
1955
Chart 18. -Copies of this page
avaitahte upon request.
THE tNSTRUMENT tNDUSTRY* SINCE )950
Annua) Average 1950-54; Monthty 1955
Rate (Per 100 Empioyees)
5 0 !------ Setected Labor Turnover Rates
4.0
/ Accessions
I ^/Layoffs
1950 '51
'52
'53 '54
1955
^inciudes instruments and reiated products
UNiTED STATES D E P A R T M E N T OF LABOR
BUREAU OF LABOR STAT)ST!CS
Chart 19. Copies of this page
avaiiabie upon request.
THE MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES* SINCE 1950
Annuat Average 1950-54; Monthty 1955
Hours
Doiiars
Hourty Earnings-----
!)!!!!
Doiiars
75 —
J-L
Rate ( P e r 100 Empioyees)
Labor
8.0 --------S e t e c t e d
6yross Aver age
.
7.0
70
6.0
65
t
t
Accessions
!
^
5.0
4.0 r
y
60
Separatio ns
1
!!_____ ,
3.0
55
^^Y ^ Q u its
/
2.0
1.0
50
0
1950 *5]
3
'52 *53 '54
' ''' '' ' ''
1955
*!n c)udes jeweiry, siiverware. musica! instruments, toys,
office suppiies. costume jeweiry, fabricated ptastics.
and other manufacturing.
UN iT E D STATES D E P A R T M E N T OF L A BO R
BUREAU OF LABOR STATtSTtCS
0
\
4
!
Layoffs
[
1950 '51
J . . L . L J ,i i t
'52
'53
'5 4
1955
October )955 data are preiiminary
Chart 20. Copies of this page
avaiiabie upon request.
Regiona! Patterns
in Empioyment and Earnings
P.r(
m.
WEST SOUTH CENTRAL STATES*
This is the third of a series which will review
developments in employment and earnings since 1950
in each of a group of generally homogeneous States.
Introduction
The four States comprising the Vest South
Central region vary considerably in climate,
resources and industrial composition. Their eco
nomic development during recent years has also been
dissimilar. The area has long been based on the
extractive industries and agriculture, with cattle,
cotton, and oil the chief products.
Although demand for oil has grown rapidly
since World War II, large oil fields have been de
veloped abroad and in other areas of this country,
so that much of the increased demand has been met
by producers outside of the Vest South Central
Region. The area's oil producing capacity has
become increasingly larger than the actual produc
tion of oil. Cotton production has been held down
by drought and acreage allotments. Cattle
marketings were up in 1954, and this may have
reflected, in part, forced sales as a result of
drought.
Industry
In comparison to the Northern and Eastern
sections of the country, the area is still rela- t
tlvely unindustrialized, but a fairly rapid indus
trial growth has been of increasing significance
in recent years. Expansion has been particularly
noticeable in transportation equipment, primary
metals, and nonelectric machinery in durable
goods. Growth in chemicals, petroleum, and
apparel among the nondurables has also been
apparent.
Well over half of all manufacturing em
ployment in the area is concentrated in Texas, with
20 percent in Louisiana. The remaining 2 States
each have fever than 100,000 factory workers.
Roughly two-thirds of the metalworking employment
is in Texas and over half of the workers in the
expanding apparel, chemicals, and petroleum products
industries are also located there. Of the small
number of factory workers in Oklahoma, 40 percent
are engaged in metalworking.
Table 1. Nonagricultural employment, by industry,
Vest South Central States, 1950-54
(in thousands)
All employees
1952
1951
_
, - 1254____
Nonagricultural.........................
Mining..................................
Manufacture ng...........................
Lumber and furniture l/...............
Finance, insurance, and real estate.....
Service and miscellaneous...............
3,724.1
214.0
247-7
739-8
120.3
38.6
28.3
62.3
89.9
54.3
75-4
383.5
957.8
150.5
429.8
601.0
3,779-4
207.6
272.1
767.0
122.0
38.5
28.3
62.9
97-3
36.6
76.3
400.2
960.9
146.8
428.4
596.4
3,717.6
204.1
1250
3,573.0
3,304.1
178.7
234.2
634.7
117.5
35-0
24.6
281.2
737.1
121.4
37.2
26.4
58.1
103.2
53.6
74.8
399.9
192.8
278.6
703.6
119.9
35.8
27.1
56.0
112.9
52.1
947.8
73-3
393-3
909.3
426.9
583.1
558.1
137.4
l/ Excludes a small number of workers (less than 5%) for whom data are not available.
...
1951
127.4
409.8
50.1
110.2
49.7
68.5
376.1
856.1
119.5
385.0
519.7
(hart 1. Percent Change in Emptoyment
BY tNDUSTRY D)V!S)ON
(hart 2. Percent (hange in Emptoyment
SELECTED MANUFACTUR!NG )NDUSTR!ES
PERCENT CHANGE
West South Centra! States, 1950 and 1954
PERCENT CHANGE
+30
+20
+ 10
- to
-2 0
U N H E D STATES D E P A R T M E N T OF LABOR
BUREAU OF LABOR STATtST!CS
Exctudes a sma!! number of workers (!ess than 5%)
for whom data are not avai!ab!e
The area has been subject to
droughts in recent years. The western
region in particular is faced vith the
providing an adequate water supply for
industrial development.
recurring
half of the
problem of
potential
Out-migration of population from Arkansas
and Oklahoma is also a matter of concern. Since a
large proportion of migrants are generally in the
vorking-age groups, an out-migration represents a
continuous drain on the labor force of these States.
Employment
Total nonagricultural employment increased
12-1/2 percent between 1950 and 1954, or consider
ably more than the increase in population. It is
also larger than the increase in national nonagri
cultural employment and vas accomplished despite
an out-migration of almost 200,000 persons.
The greatest relative increase since 1950
in nonagricultural payrolls occurred in Texas and
Oklahoma, 14 percent and 13 percent, respectively.
Arkansas, vith by far the smallest number of
nonagricultural vorkers at the beginning of the
period, registered very little growth by 1954.
Employment in mining increased 20 percent,
in sharp contrast to the national decline of 13 per
cent in this industry, as a result of the heavy
concentration of this region's mining employment in
the crude-petroleum and nature.l-gas segment, vhich
has been on the upswing. Anthracite and bituminouscoal mining, chief factor in the national decline,
is almost nonexistent in this area.
A remarkable 26-percent increase took
place in the finance, insurance, and real estate
industry division in Texas. The number of legal
reserve life insurance companies in Texas has
more than doubled in 4 years and the State now
has over 30 home offices. To a much smaller
degree, Louisiana has also expanded in this field.
Table 2. Source of change in civilian population,
United States and West South Central States,
April 1950 - July 1953
(In thousands)
Source of change
Number of persons
West
United
South
States
Central
Net increase....................
6,405
647
Additions:
Births......................
Net migration...............
12,353
992
1,332
-
Subtractions:
Net migration...............
Deaths......................
Net movement to Armed Farces.
4.825
2,115
87
409
Source:
U. S. Department of Commerce
Bureau of the Census
188
In line with increased industrialization,
manufacturing employment rose one-sixth, with the
major portion of the increase in durable-goods
industries. Substantial increases have occurred
in primary metals, lonelectrlc machinery, and
transportation equipment. These three industries
combined accounted for 15 percent of the total
value added by manufacture in the area in 1950
and 20 percent in 1953 (the latest year for which
data are available). After an extraordinary in
crease of over 130 percent, transportation equip
ment ranked fourth among the area's manufacturing
industries. The major part of the increase was
in aircraft, located primarily in Texas and to
some extent in Oklahoma. A small portion of the
automobile Industry is also in Texas.
A continued decline in lumber and
furniture employment has totalled 18 percent, as
lumber production was steadily curtailed.
Among nondurablc-goods industries, the
relatively small chemicals industry showed a 25percent increase in 4 years, and now ranks fifth
among industries in the region. Petroleum products
also increased by 10 percent. The major food
industry registered little change over the period.
Table 3. Hours and gross earnings of production
vorkers in manufacturing industries,
West South Central States, 1950-54
Year
1950.................
1952.................
1954.................
Average
veekly
earnings
Average
veekly
hours
Average
hourly
earnings
$53.92
59.08
62.88
41.8
41.9
$1.29
1.41
1.49
66.56
68.15
42.2
41.6
41.3
1.60
1.65
Earnings
Average earnings of factory vorkers in the
4 States have been among the lowest in the Nation.
In 1950, for example, hourly earnings in manufac
turing averaged $ 1.29 compared to a national average
of $1.47. To some extent this resulted from the
predominance of such industries as food, apparel,
and lumber, which employ a relatively high per
centage of low-skilled, lower wage workers. Another
factor in a still comparatively unindustrialized
economy such as this is the large number of un
skilled workers, mostly from farms, who are availa
ble for the comparatively small number of factory
jobs. Consequently there is less pressure on
factories to engage in wage competition to attract
job applicants and factory wages represent a con
siderable improvement in income as compared with
farm wages.
Between 1950 and 1954, average hourly
earnings of factory production workers rose 28 percent--more than double the national increase. At
xv
$1.65 in 1954, earnings in this area are still
considerably below the national average of $1.8l,
but there is apparently a trend toward a higher
level. The growing importance of high-wage in
dustries such as chemicals, petroleum, machinery,
and transportation equipment tend to exert an
upward pressure upon earnings averages. It is
significant that regional earnings in the chemicals
industry actually are above the national averages.
In Arkansas, where the two major Industries are
still food and lumber, hourly earnings in all
manufacturing are 30 percent below those in Texas,
where metalworking and machinery are concentrated.
Between 1950 and 1954 the average work
week remained consistently above 4l hours, indi
cating that plants in this region usually schedule
a considerable amount of overtime. The average
workweek is generally less than the scheduled
workweek because of time off for illness, vacation^,
and other reasons.
Because of the longer workweek, weekly
earnings of production workers compared more
favorably with national figures than did hourly
earnings. Veekly earnings in manufacturing were
$66.15 for the region and $71.86 for the Nation
in 1954.
Table 4. Value added by manufacture, by industry,
West South Central States, 1950 and 1953
Industry
All industries.........
Food... .*..............
Textiles..............
Apparel...............
Furniture.............
Printing..............
Chemicals.............
Petroleum.............
Stone, clay, and glass
Primary metals.......
Machinery (exc. elec.)
Electrical machinery..
Transportation equip..
Instruments...........
Leather...............
Fabricated metals....
$5,647
$3,849
57
i4o
(1/)
83
255
71
857
266
267
244
1,113
849
202
249
362
42
486
30
27
186
l/ Not available.
Source: U. S. Department of Commerce
Bureau of the Census
Rrepared by Shirley J. Bosshard, Division of Manpower and Employment Statistics.
Percent
, 1950
1953
(Millions) (Millions) change
Reprints will be available upon request.
628
46
211
215
763
584
184
128
230
21
209
9
18
107
+ 46.7
+ 36.5
+ 23.9
+ 4.3
+ 16.9
+ 26.5
+ 13.5
+ 45.9
+ 45.4
+ 9.8
+ 94.5
+ 57.4
+100.0
+132.5
+233.3
+ 50.0
+ 73.8
D.itj
Tab)# A-l: Emptoy*#: in nonagricuiturat wstab)i:hm#nts,
by industry division
(In t h o u s a n d s )
Year and month
TOTAL
Mining
26,829
1,124
1,230
953
Finance,
insurance,
Transpor
t a t i o n and
Contract
con
struction
Manufac
turing
1,021
848
10,534
10,534
8,132
8,986
10,155
9,523
9,786
9,997
9,839
9,786
3,711
3,996
3,459
3,305
3,882
10,534
3,907
3,675
3,243
2,604
7,238
2,659
Service
and
miscel-
average:
1919.1920..
1921..
1922..
1923..
1924..
1925..
1926..
1927..
1928..
27.088
24,125
I9291930..
1931.*
1932..
1933..
1934..
1933-.
1936..
1937..
1938..
23,369
28,128
27,770
28,305
29,339
29,691
29,710
920
1,203
1,092
1,080
31,041
29,143
1,078
1,000
864
23,377
23,466
25,699
722
26,383
26,792
28,8oe
30,718
28,902
1939..
1940..
1941..
1942..
1943..
1944..
1945..
1946..
1947..
1948..
1,176
1,105
1,041
735
374
888
937
1,229
1,321
1,446
1,355
1,608
1,606
1,497
1,372
1,214
970
809
862
912
9,4oi
8,oei
6,797
8,346
8,907
1,006
882
9,633
10,606
845
1,150
10,078
10,780
916
41,287
883
826
852
943
982
43,462
44,448
1,183
1,145
1,112
1,055
30,311
32,038
36,220
39,779
42,106
41,334
40,037
1,012
947
963
917
918
689
916
885
852
1,294
1,790
2,170
1,567
1,094
1,132
l,66l
1,982
9,233
12,974
15,051
17,361
17,111
i5,3oe
14,46i
2,169
15,290
15,321
2,165
14,178
1949..
1950..
1951..
1952.. + w++ #*w*w++
1953-.
1954..
43,315
44,738
47,347
48,303
1954:
48 ,450
48 ,580
48,808
49,463
744
743
749
2,698
2,652
2,398
2,426
15,972
47,741
741
737
739
739
742
2,237
2,169
2,255
15,925
47,753
48,212
48,643
1953:
September.
October...
November..
December..
January...
February..
March....
April....
M a y ......
June.....
July.....
August....
September.
O c t o b e r . ..
369 124 0 - 5 5 - 3
49,681
48,285
48,918
49,508
49,420
49,858
50,322
50,461
770
747
760
749
754
758
750
2,333
2,603
2,634
2,622
2,527
2,399
2,326
2,615
2,701
2,746
2,748
2,682
14,967
16,104
16,334
17,238
15,989
16,007
16,037
16,050
16,060
16,201
16,233
16,334
16,577
16,475
16,807
16,915
16,985
3,806
3,824
3,940
3,891
3,822
2,736
2,771
2,956
3,114
2,640
2,912
3,013
3,248
3,433
3,619
3,798
3,872
4,023
4,122
4,i4l
3,949
3,977
4,166
4,185
4,221
4,664
4,623
4,754
3,084
5,494
5,626
5,810
6,033
6,165
6,137
6,4oi
6,064
5,531
4,907
4,999
5,532
5,692
6,076
6,543
6,453
6,612
6,940
7,416
7,333
7,189
7,260
7,522
8,6oe
9,196
9,519
9,513
9,643
1,050
1,110
1,097
1,079
1,123
1,163
1,166
1,233
1,293
1,360
2,883
3,060
1,313
1,335
1,347
1,399
1,436
1,480
1,469
1,433
1,409
1,428
1,619
1,672
1,741
1,763
1,824
4,023
10,447
2,141
3,927
3,937
3,966
3,939
3,997
4,081
4,113
4,137
4,132
4,143
10,419
10,309
10,408
1,892
1,967
2,114
2,136
2,134
2,136
2,124
2,132
2,150
10,549
10,534
2,161
10,633
10,638
2,237
2,241
2,223
2,212
10,643
10,824
10,906
2,871
2,962
1,262
1,247
2,038
3,986
3,996
2,735
3,127
3,084
2,913
4,008
10,548
10,745
11,354
2,187
2,268
2,431
2,516
2,591
1,431
1,398
1,333
1,270
1,223
10,012
10,281
10,327
10,498
4,005
2,054
2,142
2,171
2,206
2,682
2,614
2,784
2,671
2,603
2,531
2,342
2,611
2,723
2,602
2,648
2,917
2,996
3,066
3,149
3,264
3,223
3,167
3,296
3,477
3,662
3,233
3,196
3,749
3,321
3,477
3,705
3,857
3,919
3,934
4,011
4,474
4,783
4,925
3,993
4,20B
4,660
3,483
4,972
5,077
3,264
3,411
3,538
5,629
5,719
5 , 66c
3,876
6,060
6,043
3,944
3,595
5,474
3,630
3,836
6,oe6
6,389
6,609
6,643
6,731
6,746
6,829
5,622
5,588
7,166
5,533
5,536
5,571
5,674
5,733
5,775
6,835
6,873
6,922
6,927
6,881
6,851
5,816
6,696
5 ,8 l8
5,791
5,729
6,717
6,917
6,911
7,054
JL
tndustry Employment
Tabte A -2: A!! em pioyees and production workers in nonagricu ttura!
estabtishments, by industry
All employees
Industry
Oct.
1!?55
Sept.
P r o duction workers
_
1954
Oct.
Oct.
1955
Sept.
1954
Oct.
TOTAL.........................................................................
50,461
50,322
48,580
-
-
-
............................................
750
758
743
-
-
-
84.9
85.8
31.6
METAL M!N!NG.....................................................
98.8
100.1
35-0
36.3
Lead and zinc m i n i n g .....................
29.2
14.9
29.2
15.1
90.5
32.9
pit.8
14.6
ANTHRAC!TE.........................................................
34.6
33.9
43.4
31.1
30.6
39.7
B)TUM!N0US-C0AL...............................................
209.5
208.8
211.0
191.9
191.7
192.4
CRUDE-PETROLEUM AND NATURAL-6AS
PRODUCT!ON.......................................................
298.3
305.1
292.3
Iron m i n i n g ...............................
P e t r oleum and natural-gas p r oduction
(except contract s e r v i c e s ) ............
NONMETALUC M!N!NG AND QUARRYtNG............
.........................
MOMBUtLDtMG COWSIRUCHOM...............................
Highway and s t r e e t .......................
Other nonbuilding c o n s t r u c t i o n ........
BU!LD!WG COHSTRUCTtOH.....................................
-
108.5
2,682
565
266.6
293.7
2,117
-
109.9
2,748
584
279.5
304.0
2,164
-
94.3
91.2
-
-
-
252.6
-
-
-
300.7
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2,652
553
2,099
SPEC tAL-TRADE CONTRACTORS...........................
1 , 291.0
296.3
1,312.3
300.0
1 , 221.9
291.1
152.6
152.3
698.9
-
93.4
106.2
877.2
684.9
-
127.4
851.4
161.1
-
126.0
826.3
157.2
24.9
12.9
76.7
28.4
20.7
12.2
122.3
GENERAL CONTRACTORS.......................................
Plumbing and h e a t i n g .....................
Painting and d e c o r a t i n g .................
Electr i c a l w o r k .............................
Other s p e c ial-trade c o n t r a c t o r s ........
30.6
25.0
12.7
148.4
155.5
626.9
-
-
MM/f/icn/R/M?...................................
16,985
16,915
16,007
13,442
13,373
1,2612
DURABLE GOODS..................................
MOHDURABLE GOODS...............................................
9,752
7,233
7,270
9.645
9,002
7,005
7,726
5,716
7,623
5,750
7,081
5,531
ORDNANCE AND ACCESSOR!ES..............................
127.0
130.5
143.9
83.8
86.5
99.9
FOOD AND KtNDRED PRODUCTS.................
1, 634.5
1, 6 9 3 . 9
334.6
125.5
358.5
119.1
1, 612.1
1,188.4
1,245.3
1,180.4
262.2
289.0
286.7
31.0
84.8
47.3
39 .7
Meat p r o d u c t s .............................
Dai r y p r o d u c t s ....... ....................
Canning and p r e s e r v i n g ..................
Gr a in-mill p r o d u c t s ......................
Bakery p r o d u c t s ...........................
3 35.7
119.2
291.4
119.9
Confect i o n e r y and related p r o d u c t s ---B e v e r a g e s ..................................
Miscellaneous food p r o d u c t s ............
290.3
43.8
88.7
209.5
136.0
TOBACCO MANUFACTURES.......................................
121.3
122.2
33.7
39-3
7.3
4 i.o
C i g a r e t t e s .................................
C i g a r s ......................................
T o bacco and s n u f f ........................
T o bacco stemming and r e d r y i n g ..........
2
331.4
116.3
27 4 . 1
122.6
264.7
78.0
258.1
86.8
173.9
37.3
74.2
262.9
83.O
325 . 1
85.7
173.2
76.3
244 . 2
89.5
175.1
4 i.o
75.1
207.7
136.3
120.3
25.6
70 .^
122.2
95.1
97.1
33.9
121.2
32.9
113.0
30.6
113.5
7 .5
4 i.9
4 0 .7
7 .7
39.9
111.6
29.7
37-7
37.1
6 .4
39-3
33.7
6 .6
213.6
137.8
18.9
6.3
3S.4
30.7
118.6
98.2
36.6
tndustt)
Emptoyment
Tabte A -2: At) em ptoyees and production workers !n nonagricutturat
estabtishm ents, by industry - Continued
Production workers
All e m p l o y e e s
Industry
1953
Oct.
Sept.
1954
Oct.
Oct .
1955
Sept.
1954
Oct.
1.083.7
6.3
L?9.7
465.9
31.9
231.0
88 .7
50.8
12.4
6 7.0
1,081.2
6.5
130.6
466.2
31.6
228.1
8 8 .7
50.6
1 2 .7
66.2
1 ,072.6
6.3
127.9
467.8
30.4
225.5
88.3
51.2
12.9
62.3
991.0
5-7
120.2
438.4
2 8 .1
210.5
77.4
42.9
10.9
56.9
988.5
5-9
120.9
438.4
2 7.8
207.5
77.5
42.7
11.2
56.6
979.4
5.7
118.4
439.8
26.5
204.2
77.5
42.9
11.4
53-0
1 . 255.2
1 .246.3
123.9
l,184.4
118.6
1,123.3
111.6
1,114.6
1 1 1 .7
1 ,056.6
106.4
71.5
11.5
66 .7
140.4
327.5
366.5
120 .7
22.4
72 .1
11-3
66.2
135.7
304.2
345.4
1 16 .7
21.6
71.1
11.6
6 5 .1
130.1
303.6
324.6
111.6
19.5
64.6
8.8
60.2
118.8
302.3
324.7
108.1
19.9
65.2
8.7
59.6
114.4
281.4
305.1
103.5
19.2
64.6
8.7
58.3
109.4
L o g g ^n^ '*amp s and con t r a c t o r s ...... .
S a w m i M s and p l a n i n g m i l l s ..................
786.3
117.5
412.1
795.5
122.5
4 16.7
759.0
110 .0
403.1
715.7
110 .2
382 .7
726.0
115.5
387.2
691.6
103.6
374.2
"it^uctural^wo^
W o o d e n container*? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
M i s c e l l a n e o u s w o o d p r o d u c t s .................
143.6
53.4
59.7
144.3
52.9
59.1
135.6
55.0
55.3
120.3
49.3
53.2
121.8
48.9
52.6
114.5
50.8
48.5
FURHtTURE AMO FtXTURES....................
379-3
268.1
376.1
265.2
355-7
254.2
322 .7
234.6
319.8
231.9
221.8
44.2
44.1
4i.o
36.0
35.8
32.9
37-9
38.0
34.3
29.3
29.5
26.2
29.1
28.8
26.2
22.8
22.6
20.4
563.2
<36.4
263.0
149.7
12 3 .7
465.1
229.3
1 31.2
104.6
4 6 1.7
228.8
129.2
103.7
443.9
221.5
124.0
98.4
TEXHLE-M!LL PRODUCTS.....................
Kni 11 i ng m i l l s ..................................
D y e i n g and f i n i s h i n g t e x t i l e s ..............
C a r p e t s , rugs, 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 and m i l l i n e r y ..........
APPAREL AMO OTHER FtWtSHEO T E X H L E
PRODUCTS..................................
M e n ' s and beys' s u i t s and c o a t s ............
M e n ' s and b o y s ' f u r n i s h i n g s and w o r k
c l o t h i n g ........................................
W o m e n ' s , c h i l d r e n ' s u n d e r g a r m e n t s .........
123.4
328.6
36 7.1
123.9
22.1
C h i l d r e n ' s o u t e r w e a r ..........................
Fur goods .
.............. . . . . . . . . . . .
M i s c e l l a n e o u s a p p a r e l and a c 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 AMD WOOD PRODUCTS (EXCEPT
FURHtTURE)...............................
h o u s e h o l d f u r n i t u r e ...........................
O ffi c e , p u b l i c - b u i l d i n g , a n d p r o f e s s i o n a l
^fi^turer'
^
' f u ^ t r " a n r h x t u r " i l " ! ! " l ° " ......
PAPER AMD AL UE D PRODUCTS.................
301.3
a n d p a p e r b o a r d s m i l l s ........
273.9
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 ............
158.5
130.8
560.2
273.4
1^6.9
129.9
827.3
301.4
63.6
49 .1
217.5
62.5
20.6
4 5 .7
820.7
300.5
62.8
4 9.1
215.3
61.5
19.7
45.0
806.6
294.0
62.9
49.3
209.7
61.0
19.8
43.1
535.5
15 0 .7
2 7.2
30 .1
176 .8
47.5
15.3
36.9
530.4
150.0
26.6
30.0
175.0
46.8
14.6
36.3
519.5
147.3
26.1
3 0 .1
169.6
4 6 .7
14 .7
34.1
66.9
66.8
66.8
51.0
51.1
50.9
Pulp,
paper,
PR)MT!NG, PUBL!SH!MG, AMD A L U E D
!MDUSTR!ES...............................
N e w s p a p e r s . ......................................
C o m m e r c i a l p r i n t i n g ...........................
Li t h o g r a p h i n g ...................................
G r e e t i n g c a r d s ..................................
B o o k b i n d i n g and r e l a t e d i n d u s t r i e s ........
" ^ - c e "
P""^hing
and p r i n t i n g
tndustry Employment
Tab!e A -2: A!! emptoyees and production workers in nonagricuttura!
estabiishm ents, by industry - Continued
(In t h o u s a n d s )
All e m p l o y e e s
Industry
CHEMtCALS AMO ALL)ED 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 and m e d i c i n e s ...........................
Soap, c l e a n i n g an d p o l i s h i n g
p r e p a r a t i o n s ...................................
P a i nts, p i g m e n t s , a nd f i l l e r s ..............
G u m a nd 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 an 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 ......................
1955
Oct.
826.0
HO. 2
312.3
91.7
Sept.
821.7
109.5
314.2
51.4
71.9
8.1
35.3
46.7
98.4
51.2
72.2
8.0
91.9
Production workers
1954
Oct.
793.1
103.3
295.5
92.7
1955
Oct.
557-1
78.1
217.2
Sept.
54.8
552.8
77.4
218.4
54.8
1954
Oct.
533.9
73.2
202.0
57.8
50.4
69.5
7.7
35.1
47.0
91.9
31.2
31.1
6.9
26.3
33.1
63.7
25.6
30.0
62.7
251.9
202.9
49.0
171.6
129.9
41.7
174.1
51.4
202.1
52.2
131.6
42.5
174.5
135.1
39.4
RUBBER PRODUCTS..........................
284.6
119.4
119.3
281.7
257.5
111.1
226.3
O t h e r r u b b e r p r o d u c t s — ......................
135.4
133.5
119.4
223.1
91.9
23.5
107.7
201.6
83.9
21.9
95.8
LEATHER AND LEATHER PRODUCTS.............
385.0
43.6
387.4
43.5
5.0
344.6
39.2
16.3
16.0
249.6
346.0
39.0
3.9
14.2
224.4
19.5
33.5
369.2
42.7
4.6
15.1
237.6
17.9
33.0
20.3
18.3
30.2
17.4
329.6
38.4
3.5
13.3
213.1
15.5
29.9
15.9
566.8
521.4
30.2
478.9
30.1
478.5
29.7
15.3
37.1
75.7
15.2
37.4
PRODUCTS OF PETROLEUM AMD COAL...........
Petroleum re f i n i n g . ......................
Coke, o t h e r p e t r o l e u m a n d c o a l p r o d u c t s . .
251.9
200.5
29.8
L e a t h e r : ta n n e d , curr i e d , and f i n i s h e d . . .
I n d u s t r i a l l e a t h e r b e l t i n g and p a c k i n g . . .
B o o t and s h o e c ut s t o c k and f i n d i n g s ....
Fo o t w e a r (except rubber)
.
L u g g a g e ...........................................
H a n d b a g s and s m a l l l e a t h e r g o o d s ..........
G lov es and m i s c e l l a n e o u s leather goods...
STOWE, CLAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS..........
G l a s s a n d g l a s s w a r e , p r e s s e d or b l o w n . ...
G lass p r od u c t s made of p u r c h a s e d 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 p l a 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 ........................................
PR!MARY METAL !HDUSTR!ES.................
B l a s t f u r n a c e s , s t e e l wo r k s , a n d r o l l i n g
m i l l s ............................................
Ir o n and s t e e l f o u n d r i e s .....................
P r i m a r y s m e l t i n g a nd r e f i n i n g o f
n o n f e r r o u s m e t a l s ............................
S e c o n d a r y smelt i ng and r e f ining 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...
-L
5.1
246.5
19.6
33.9
20.0
567.3
33.5
95.7
18.0
44.2
84.4
55.8
117.4
34.5
42.7
97.5
254.3
28.9
33.0
96.8
17.7
44.5
84.8
54.6
117.7
27.0
89.1
16.5
42.9
77.1
52.9
92.3
24.5
109.5
4.0
14.5
222.4
16.9
81.6
49.4
46.0
6.8
16.8
30.0
17.7
82.7
30.8
43.9
0.5
26.3
34.0
59.4
437.6
27.1
75.9
14.2
36.0
76.1
48.3
97.5
68.6
46.9
86.8
18.2
17.8
73.4
64.3
20.7
20.8
106.2
ao .3
18.2
97.6
96.9
86.2
74.3
1,342.4
1,341.1
1,161.1
1,137.5
1,134.3
969.4
653.1
252.9
661.9
248.8
207.2
567.4
560.5
223.0
567.5
218.9
481.2
179.2
68.4
68.2
61.5
55.1
54.7
49.4
13.1
13.1
12.2
10.1
9.9
9.0
112.4
88.3
154.2
110.8
86.5
151.8
103.4
89.5
74.2
125.1
88.4
82.5
62.7
77.0
132.4
97.2
\
72.1
122.8
105.4
Induct? \ ! m p k i v m t n t
Tabte A -2: Att em ptoyees and production workers in nonagricuttura)
estabtishments, by industry - Continued
Production workers
All e m p l o y e e s
Industry
Oct.
FABR!CATED METAL PRODUCTS (EXCEPT ORD
NANCE, MACH!NERY, AND TRANSPORTATION
EQUtPMENT).............................
1,119.4
61.3
151.3
Heating apparatus
(except electric)
1955
1954
Sept.
1,110.0
63.I
147.6
139-3
286.9
222.2
MACHtNERY (EXCEPT ELECTRtCAL)............
1,612.5
E n g i n e s and 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 and t r a c t o r s ......
C o n s t r u c t i o n and m i n i n g m a c h i n e r y .........
M e t a l w o r k i n g m a c h i n e r y ....................... .
S p e c i a l - i n d u s t r y m a c h i n e r y ( e x cept
48.8
66.5
143.1
85.3
163.8
136.5
260.0
183.1
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 and s t o r e m a c h i n e s and d e v i c e s . . . .
S e r v i c e - i n d u s t r y an d h o u s e h o l d m a c h i n e s . .
M i s c e l l a n e o u s m a c h i n e r y p a r t s ..............
240.4
217.4
47.6
63.9
141.3
Oct.
903.1
53-6
123.9
894.4
55.6
121.0
113.5
130.3
111.0
110.5
219.3
181.3
38.4
53.0
115.3
102.8
210.1
167.2
1,149.3
57.2
90.3
98.5
1,092.5
52.3
99.6
200.8
193.3
130.0
162.3
82.6
253.3
182.8
173-8
227.1
104.9
165.5
829.4
50.0
79.7
26.6
1,091.6
884.4
854.7
799.9
375.9
360.1
65.2
25.2
267.6
61.5
264.0
250.6
21.2
63.6
22.8
389.1
36.6
21.3
370.1
34.2
70.6
26.8
78.3
26.2
536.6
48.9
TRANSPORTATtON E(?UtPMEMT.................
1,806.2
860.8
1,791.2
tNSTRUMENTS AMD RELATED PRODUCTS.........
^
" I n s t r u m e n t si!!"!*! t ^
....
O p t i c a l i n s t r u m e n t s an d l e n s e s .............
^ n f i r u h n t ^ ! ^ : . ^ . ! l ? ^ ! . . . . .......
O p h t h a l m i c g o o d s ...............................
P h o t o g r a p h i c a p p a r a t u s .......................
W a t c h e s and c l o c k s ............................
144.9
13.6
108.0
118.7
851.1
749.3
485.5
143.2
13.5
107.1
120.1
64.9
24.6
505.3
46.3
1,657.9
730.1
748.0
466.2
151.6
16.1
114.1
21.5
60.0
10.9
21.2
60.0
10.7
120.3
102.1
18.2
48.9
10.6
322.8
318.3
52.0
97-2
86.7
1 ,163.3
50.9
755.8
489.3
99.9
198.7
202.9
553.5
A i r c r a f t ........................................
A i r c r a f t e n g i n e s and p a r t s .................
A i r c r a f t p r o p e l l e r s and 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 and r e p a i r i n g .....
S h i p b u i l d i n g a n d r e p a i r i n g .................
B o a t b u i l d i n g and r e p a i r i n g .................
R a i l r o a d e q u i p m e n t ............................
O t h e r t r a n s p o r t a t i o n e q u i p m e n t .............
122.0
230.8
C o m m u n i c a t i o n e q u i p m e n t ......................
M i s c e l l a n e o u s e l e c t r i c a l p r o d u c t s .........
A u t o m o b i l e s .....................................
138.6
121.1
1,196.3
62.3
34.5
47.6
103.7
130.8
206.6
379-6
74.3
for v e h i c l e s .........
74.1
216.3
185.7
39.9
55.2
117.5
123.5
152.7
83.O
123.5
177.9
240.4
^distributifr'anrifdu^r"al'apparltus..
27.7
43.6
57.6
127.9
262.5
130.4
134.9
1,192.3
173.7
277.0
201.7
1,489.2
ELECTRtCAL MACHtNERY.....................
Sept.
1,035.7
57.2
140.4
1,563.8
80.1
262.3
E l e c t r i c a l a p p l i a n c e s ........................
107.4
139.1
290.0
106.9
167.4
258.4
ins^rumen^'""""''
1954
1955
Oct.
and
Fabricated structural metal products.....
M e t a l s t a m p i n g , c o a t i n g , and e n g r a v i n g . . .
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..
Electrical equipment
Oct.
130.5
163.0
82.5
22.1
65.1
23.3
406.1
38.7
1,370.2
700.6
514.9
334.7
92.3
9.1
78.8
100.4
81.9
18.5
124.7
57.4
52.7
20.4
50.6
1,356.5
1,249.0
579.6
332.1
91.4
9-0
77.6
323.5
102.0
11.3
85.3
84.4
689.4
510.1
102.6
522.1
103.8
45.1
9.2
45.5
8.9
88.4
15.4
34.7
8.8
308.9
226.6
222.7
217.5
51.2
48.7
31.1
30.6
29.0
87.7
12.7
86.9
12.7
83.0
62.7
61.8
58.7
10.4
41.4
4i.o
24.6
28.6
27.2
18.3
25.2
68.6
35-2
98.9
67.1
34.8
13.3
9.9
39.5
28.8
20.0
34.6
28.8
23.1
66.7
45.3
18.2
9.9
19.5
43.8
28.5
45.4
28.5
tndustty
trm pki\ntr<tt
Tab!# A -3 : A!! em p!oyees and production workers in nonagricuttura!
estab!ishm ents, by industry - Continued
(In thousands)
Production workers
All employees
1935
Industry
Oct.
M )SCELLAMEOUS MAMUfACTUK!MG !MUS T R !ES...
496.2
Jewelry, silverware, and p l a t e d ware....
M u s i c a l i n s t r u m e n t s a n d p a r t s .............
T o y s a n d s p o r t i n g g o o d s .....................
Pens, p e n c i l s , o t h e r o f f i c e s u p p l i e s . . . .
C o s t u m e j e w e l r y , b u t t o n s , n o t i o n s ........
F a b r i c a t e d p l a s t i c s p r o d u c t s . . . . .........
O t h e r m a n u f a c t u r i n g i n d u s t r i e s ............
54-9
i/r/A/r/fs.......
TRAMSP0RTAT!0H............................
L o c a l r a i l w a y s a n d b u s l i n e s ................
T r u c k i n g a n d w a r e h o u s i n g .....................
O t h e r t r a n s p o r t a t i o n a n d s e r v i c e s .........
B u s lines, e x c e p t l o c a l ................
A i r t r a n s p o r t a t i o n ( c o m m o n c a r r i e r ) ....
C O M M U m C A H O M ............................
T e l e p h o n e ..............................
T e l e g r a p h ..............................
OTHER R U B L ! C U T ! H T ! E S ...................
E l e c t r i c li g h t a nd p o w e r u t i l i t i e s .....
E l e c t r i c l i g h t a n d g as u t i l i t i e s
c o m b i n e d ..............................
Lo c a l u t i l i t i e s , n o t e l s e w h e r e
c l a s s i f i e d .............................
Sept.
488.4
29.9
69.4
81.6
54.0
18.3
94.7
29.9
67.6
79.2
146.3
144.7
18.5
95.6
1954
Oct .
478.0
56.3
17-5
90.4
29.8
67.7
71.1
145.2
4,143
4,152
4,005
2,787
1, 236.0
1, 087.2
2,793
1,242.0
1, 092.1
2,690
1, 202.9
1, 055.1
115.2
800.9
634.8
44.4
118.0
1955
Oct.
406.4
44.1
15.7
8 1 .1
22.2
57.6
66.9
118.8
Sept.
400.4
4 3 .7
15.6
80.5
22.2
56.2
64.4
1 1 7 .8
1354
Oct.
393.0
45.7
15.1
76.3
22.4
56.9
5 8 .O
118.6
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
643.2
45.1
625.8
44.5
104.4
-
-
770
-
-
-
116.2
791.4
117.2
124.0
737.0
-
-
729.4
727.5
41.9
736
693.9
41.0
583
589
566.2
142.2
253.0
143.2
556.4
248.0
140.1
-
-
*
168.3
170.0
168.3
-
-
-
22.7
22.9
22.5
-
773
42.6
560.4
249.9
579
-
M P /?fM/A HMDf ................
10,906
10,824
10,548
-
-
-
WHOLESALE TRADE ..........................
2,903
2,879
2,819
-
-
-
RETAtL TRADE .............................
8,003
7,945
1, 394.7
1, 515.7
785.3
592.0
3, 657.4
7,729
1,393.4
1,460.2
749.4
597-5
3,523.2
-
-
-
2,223
2,136
-
-
-
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 an 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 ......
O t h e r r e t a i l t r a d e ......................
M D /?&!/. fSMff .......
S e c u r i t y d e a l e r s an d e x c h a n g e s ..........
I n s u r a n c e c a r r i e r s a n d a g e n t s ...........
Other f i nance ag e nc i e s and real estate...
M7?WCf M P
.................
H o t e l s a n d l o d g i n g p l a c e s ...............
Personal services:
L a u n d r i e s ..............................
C l e a n i n g a n d d y e i n g p l a n t s .............
M o t i o n p i c t u r e s .........................
1,439-3
1,536.7
783.6
605.5
3,637.6
2,212
555-8
79-0
795-3
555.6
78.9
782.0
798.0
790.0
5,729
470.5
5,791
509.1
334.2
157.6
236.2
335.6
154.9
240.6
529.5
69.2
775-8
761.2
5,660
474.4
329.5
159.3
236.7
*
-
*
-
................................
7,054
6,911
6,829
-
-
-
FEDERAL..................................
STATE AMD LOCAL ..........................
2,172
4,882
2,173
4,738
4,682
2,147
-
-
-
6
Tab)# A-3: tndex#! of production-worker *mp)oym*nt
and weekty payrot) !n manufactur!ng
Year and month
Production-worker employment
Number
(in t h o u s a n d s )
[ 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 = 100)
Production-worker
payroll index
( 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 - 100)
A n nu a l average:
1919................................................
1920................................................
1921................................................
1922................................................
1923................................................
1924.......................................
1923.......................................
8,495
8,329
6,528
7,223
8,269
7,678
7,947
8,097
1927................................................
1928................................................
7,933
1929................................................
1930................................................
1931................................................
1932................................................
1933................................................
1934.......................................
1933................................................
1936................................................
1937...............................................
1938................................................
8,443
7,338
1939................................................
1940...............................
1941.......................................
1942................................................
1943 ...............................
1944 .......................................
1945...............................
1946................................................
1947................................................
1948................................................
1949................................................
1950................................................
1951................................................
1952................................................
1953................................................
1954 .......................................
October.............
A p r i l ................. .
May ......................
August......... ............
Septembe r .......................
7,937
6,212
3,273
3,840
6,811
7,269
63.7
69.0
32.8
38.4
66.9
62.1
64.2
635
64.1
64.2
68.3
593
30.2
42.6
4 72
33-1
38.8
7,900
8,666
7,372
639
70.1
59-6
8,192
66.2
71.2
8,811
10,877
12,834
879
14,607
103.9
121.4
118.1
104.0
12,103
979
13,014
12,864
31.1
37*1
24.0
23-7
32.6
30.4
32.1
33.0
32.4
32.8
33.0
28.3
21.3
14.8
13.9
20.4
23.3
27.2
32.6
23.3
29.9
34.0
49.3
72.2
99-0
102.8
87.8
81.2
12,793
12,715
103.4
108.8
97-7
103.1
11,397
12,317
13,133
13,144
13,833
93.8
99-6
106.4
97.2
111.7
106.3
12,388
111.8
101.8
129.8
136.6
131.4
137.7
12,577
101.7
138.0
12,612
12,657
12,645
102.0
102.3
102.2
'2,523
12,649
12,773
101.2
12,816
12,882
13,086
12,951
13,262
13,373
13,442
102.3
103.3
193.6
104.1
105.6
104.7
107.2
108.1
108.7
139.1
142.2
143.1
141.5
144.4
146.6
146.7
150.1
152.1
151.0
154.6
158.7
161.1
Shipyards
Tabte A -4: Emptoyees in Government and private shipyards, by region
(In thousands)
Region
/MA
19'?5
1/
1954
October
204.2
September
October
206.5
209.5
P R t V A T E Y A R D S .......................................................
97.2
98.9
102.1
M AV Y Y A R D S ...........................................................
107.0
107.6
107.4
WORTH ATLAMTtC...................................
87.4
88.3
Private yards
............
...................
P a v y y a r d s 2/ .............................................
46.7
87.0
39.9
47.1
...............................................................
SOUTH ATLAMTtC...................................
41.2
4o.7
47.1
35.3
14.2
21.1
36.5
15.4
21.1
37.4
17.2
20.2
P r i v a t e y a r d s .............................................
21.5
22.6
23.5
PACtFtC..........................................
51.2
12.0
39.2
10.9
50.3
53.7
13.6
3.4
3-3
4.2
5.4
5.5
3.7
GULF:
GREAT LAKES:
tMLAM:
P r i v a t e y a r d s .............................................
40.1
39.4
1/ Th e N o r t h A t l a n t i c r e g i o n i n c l u d e s all y a r d s b o r d e r i n g on t he A t l a n t i c in the f o l l o w i n g States: Connecticut,
D e l a ware, Maine, M a r y l a n d , M a s s a c h u s e t t s , N e w H a m p s h i r e , N e w J e r s e y , N e w York, P e n n s y l v a n i a , R h o d e I sland, an d
V e rmont.
T he S o u t h A t l a n t i c r e g i o n i n c l u d e s all y a r d s b o r d e r i n g o n the A t l a n t i c in the f o l l o w i n g S t a t e s : Flor i d a ,
Georgia, N o r t h C a r o l i n a , S o u t h C a r o l i n a , and V i r g i n i a .
T h e G u l f r e g i o n i n c l u d e s all y a r d s b o r d e r i n g on t h e G u l f o f M e x i c o in t h e
Florida, L o u i s i a n a , M i s s i s s i p p i , a nd T e xas.
The P a c i f i c r e g i o n i n c l u d e s all y a r d s in C a l i f o r n i a ,
Oreg o n ,
following States:
A l abama,
and W a s h i n g t o n .
T h e G r e a t L a k e s r e g i o n i n c l u d e s all y a r d s b o r d e r i n g o n the G r e a t L a k e s in the f o l l o w i n g S t a t e s :
M i c h i g a n , M i n n e s o t a , N e w York, Ohio, P e n n s y l v a n i a , a n d W i s c o n s i n .
Th e I n l a n d r e g i o n i n c l u d e s all o t h e r y a rds.
D a t a i n c l u d e C u r t i s B a y C o a s t G u a r d Yard.
8
Illi n o i s ,
Federat Government
Tabte A-5? Federa! personne!, civi!ian and mHitary
(In t h o u s a n d s )
October
TOTAL FEDERAL CtVtHAW EMPLOYMENT ^ ............................................
D i s t r i c t of C o l u m b i a 3 / ...........................................
D e p a r t m e n t o f D e f e n s e .......................................
TOTAL MtHTARY PERSONNEL
1954
1955
B r a n c h and ag e n c y
4 / ........................................
Army
Air F o r c e . .
N avy..................................................
September
October
2,172
2,173
2,147
2,146.1
2,146.9
2 , 1 2 1 .3
1 , 0 3 6 .2
5 0 6 .3
6 0 3 .6
1 . 0 3 5 .1
5 0 6 .1
6 0 5 .7
1,011.1
2 1 .5
4 .3
21.5
4.2
22.1
4.0
2 3 0 .0
2 2 9 .6
226.4
2 0 9 .6
2 0 9 .2
205.5
9 0 .3
3 .5
1 1 0 .7
9 0 .c
8 .5
1 1 0 .7
86.8
1 9 .7
.7
1 9 .7
.7
5 0 1 .8
6 0 8 .3
8 .7
1 1 0 .0
2 0 .2
.7
2 .9 5 1
2 , 96 c
3 ,2 8 6
1 , 1 0 5 .1
9 5 4 .4
66 0 .8
1.109.5
959.5
660.3
201.6
1 , 3 6 8 .3
9 6 5 .1
7 0 2 .0
2 2 1 .5
2 8 .8
201.8
29.3
2 9 .2
1/ D a t a r e f e r to C o n t i n e n t a l U n i t e d S t a t e s only.
2/ I n c l u d e s al l e x e c u t i v e a g e n c i e s ( e x c e p t t h e C e n t r a l I n t e l l i g e n c e A g e ncy), and G o v e r n m e n t c o r p o r a t i o n s .
C i v i l i a n e m p l o y m e n t in n a v y y a r d s , a r s e n a l s , h o s p i t a l s , and on f o r c e - a c c o u n t c o n s t r u c t i o n is also included.
3/ I n c l u d e s all F e d e r a l c i v i l i a n e m p l o y m e n t
and a d j a c e n t M a r y l a n d and V i r g i n i a c o u n t i e s ) .
in W a s h i n g t o n S t a n d a r d M e t r o p o l i t a n A r e a ( D i s t r i c t o f C o l u m b i a
4/ D a t a r e f e r to C o n t i n e n t a l U n i t e d S t a t e s and e l s e w h e r e .
9
369 124 0 - 55 - 4
State Emptoyment
Tab!e A-6: Emptoyees in nonagricvitura! estabiishments,
by industry division and State
(In thousands)
TOTAL
State
Oct.
Alabama.j/...............
Arizona..................
Arkansas.................
California...............
Colorado, j/..............
Connecticut..............
Iova.l/..................
Kansas...................
K e n t u c k y . ..............
Louisiana................
Maine....................
Maryland.................
Massachusetts............
Minnesota................
Nevada...................
Nev Jersey...............
Nev Mexico...............
Nev York.................
North Dakota.............
Ohio..... ...............
Rhode Island.............
South Dakota.............
Texas....................
Utah.....................
Virginia.................
Vest Virginia............
Wisconsin................
Wyoming..................
695.9
219.8
318.1
4,145.4
438.5
867.0
494.6
495.8
857.6
876.9
**
Mining
1954
Oct.
671.4
208.1
309.9
3,930.0
4i8.8
851.5
**
492.6
843.3
905.8
947.3
139.3
3,391.8
i,4i8.4
643.5
938.5
143.3
3,348.8
1 ,413.1
642.9
139.9
3,295.7
1,329.3
548.8
547.9
548.4
635.0
1954
15.6
15.7
6.2
6.3
37.8
14.3
13.7
6.3
35.7
13,4
(3?)
-
280.7
(4/)
7.2
4.6
4.5
31.5
10.4
3.6
19.7
84.8
54.7
9.0
173.7
76.3
33.9
18.2
36.8
39-6
14.3
33.9
14.2
(2/)
**
(4/)
7.3
4.8
3.8
30.9
10.6
3.5
18.5
14.3
14.7
(3/)
-
(4/)
5.6
4.7
3.9
31.0
10.6
3.4
18.7
701.6
699.6
699.3
832.9
1,819.1
830.5
1 ,815.3
2,362.4
798.3
1,774.7
2,257-3
(4/)
15.7
(4/)
17.7
(2/)
9.1
18.2
274.3
2,397.4
886.8
(2/)
1 ,272.5
159.3
(2/)
37.5
181.9
1 ,882.1
183.6
5,967.1
1 ,062.9
(2/)
3,095.7
563.9
485.6
3,744.1
302.5
527.6
124.6
846.2
2,274.5
231.6
-
275.2
889.2
349.5
1,277.9
162.7
362.9
90.9
183.3
862.8
343.6
1,246.6
150.2
355.7
77.6
175.6
1 ,819.4
497.1
3,729.5
471.5
3,635.5
297.2
513.3
125.3
301.6
526.7
124.7
84o.8
2,274.1
234.2
104.3
486.4
1 ,108.7
484.2
1 ,107.2
86.6
268.6
1,875.3
183.5
5,951.6
1,057.5
H9.9
3 ,087.7
563.5
io4.4
923.3
776.8
-
917.1
782.1
88.0
176.5
5,909.7
1,031.7
119.2
2,953.4
542.6
826.2
2,206.0
218.6
101.4
896.2
758.1
461.1
i,o64.o
87.7
Contract construction
1955
Oct.
Sept.
37-2
39.1
-
See footnotes at end of table.
10
Sept.
697.4
222.5
320.0
4,118.9
437.1
(2/)
-
District of Columbia.....
Florida..................
Georgia..................
Idaho....................
Illinois.................
1955
.6
2.2
10.9
(2/)
5.2
.2
4.1
14.9
10.8
3^9
(2/)
32.1
52.7
1.4
37.6
39.8
.5
2.2
16.3
3.1
9.2
10.9
3.0
5.1
.3
4.0
14.6
10.9
4.0
2.1
22.3
52.7
1.6
(4/)
94.8
(V)
2.4
9.4
2.4
9.4
95.4
1.1
1.1
35.8
.5
2.2
(^)
1954
Oct #
34.4
34.4
20.2
16.5
19.8
32.9
18.3
290.2
264.0
28.4
29.8
(2/)
-
-
47.8
14.6
70.9
89.0
H4.8
17.2
69.1
3.0
9-1
7.3
2.2
5.0
.2
4.0
13.5
11.2
3.9
2.1
21.0
49.8
1.3
105.4
(4/)
1.0
2.5
9.3
H9.9
124.9
15.4
1.4
15.4
1.4
13.4
16.5
2.3
16.3
8.2
8.2
14.1
2.4
71.1
4.2
9.3
75-1
4.2
1955
Sent.
16.5
121.7
2.4
74.8
4.3
Oct.
1.4
0 .8
11.5
(2/)
9.6
10.1
109.5
15.0
250.6
52.0
(2/)
162.4
31-7
27.4
205.1
17.7
36.9
9.2
53.7
161.1
16.5
5.1
16.7
30.4
49.8
-
19.3
85.6
55.6
10.1
174.6
77.0
36.2
39.9
-
47.3
14.6
69.6
91.4
116.3
70.7
18.9
72.8
12.5
28.5
10.3
10.1
-
19.3
81.9
52.1
9.9
175.1
62.0
37.5
37.5
51.9
14.5
61.5
78.4
123.2
6o.4
16.6
68.8
12.0
23.7
9.0
10.6
97.5
15.1
246.0
12.5
1.65.3
13.1
161.1
28.8
209.2
19.0
190.3
17.7
52.9
33.5
50.0
31.1
25.2
37.9
9.1
54.6
164.1
38.1
11.1
61.0
152.0
17.0
i4.o
4.8
62.4
51.7
19.4
57.8
7.1
5.3
62.3
21.8
65.8
22.8
6.7
41.9
107.7
15.8
252.7
62.1
49.2
15.0
52.3
66.4
7-3
Stdt<r h n p l o ^ m ^ n !
Tabte A-6: Emptoyees in nonagricuttura! estabtishments,
by industry division and State - Continued
State
Oct.
(In thousands)
Transportation and
Wholesale and
Manufacturing
retail trade
public utilities
1954
1954
195?
1Q55
1954 ...
1955
Oct.
Sent. _ Oct..
....Sept.*. Oct.__ __ Oct.____ Sect.
240.6
32.6
86.6
240.6
31.8
86.0
228.2
27.7
81.3
1,145.5 1,159.5 1 ,072.9
71.8
70.4
69.8
413.6
410.5
(2/)
58.9
62.0
55.6
16.0
16.0
16.2
128.1
125.2
125.0
332.2
330.4
313.4
26.8
28.5
26.8
1 ,291.9 1 ,261.4 1,204.8
630.4
627.5
576.5
166.1
163.1
165.5
121.7
121.5
135.7
153.0
154.6
164.6
169.5
147.6
149.2
109.8
110.1
105.6
263.8 : 264.2
252.9
698.O j! 693.1
672.3
1 ,121.0 i 1 ,090.2 i 1 ,009.6
Ohio.......................
29.0
77.9
70.8
16.1
299.7
102.9
58.3
65.4
299.6
102.8
58.7
19.9
20.2
81.3
81.4
67.8
76.2
76.1
922.9
116.4
930.6
H5.9
(2/)
-
146.2
-
92.2
91.5
259.0
249.8
205.4
207.8
15.9
295.4
99.1
35.9
702.3
288.5
177.3
63.9
56.1
80.6
129.0
58.2
141.4
54.7
36.4
696.8
287.8
176.7
134.2
165.7
53.0
173.2
375.7
458.8
134.9
128.1
165.5
138.0
52.4
75-0
888.2
109.3
151.0
-
91.0
251.5
203.I
35-9
705.4
278.O
173-4
130.1
126.9
16$. 3
52.8
168.2
!
221.8
224.8
84.8
(2/)
312.5
3H.9
40.8
39.6
96.6
(2/)
17.9
19.1
32 .3 ; 32.5
222.2
83.3
316.3
39.3
95.8
16.1
31.9
j
148.7
148.1! 145.2
18.9 ! 18.2
488.1 i 481.3
60.9 59.9
14.4 i 13.9
229.5 ' 215.6
51.1; 48.9
336.3 j 335.9
327.8
792.2
817.4
18.0 ; 17.0
11 ,927.1 1,925.7
!
76.9
117.0
152.1
18.6
489.6
61.1
(2/)
228.6
50.9
37.2
37.3 .
252.9 {
216.9 '
135.9 ;
454.2
6.6 !
_______ i
33.8
35.9
22.8
8.4
85.3
247.8
204.8
125.7
425.7
7.4
19.7
76.7 74.6
116.8 H 7 . 3
152.5 141.2
90.9
(2/)
426.9
136.6
16.3
65.7
57.5
441.7
452.5
7.0
70.6
57.1
47.8
320.5
15.6
25.3
10.3
59.2
225.4
37.9
253.7
214.6
-
150.8 ; 159.2 ! 146.4
1,490.2 !1 ,429.0
136.0 ! 134.3
228.9
220.5
12.0
H.9
286.7
272.3
35.8
See footnotes at end of table.
45.6
(2/)
30.3
343.7 332.8
45.6 43.1
42.9 42.7
- ! "
29.4 29.2
77.4 74.8
142.3
55.2
91.2 i 89.1
26.6 ! 27.3
127.6 ; 127 .6 :124.4
22.6
22.7 ! 21.8
(2/)' 42.6 ! 42.7
9.9
9.9 i 9.0
10.8 j 10.5
10.9
i
! 475.0
457.9
7.0
6.9
!
!1,362.4 ; 1 ,269.6
90.6 i 83.2
91.6 j
1,494.3
137.3
228.4
12.3
288.9
441.2
West Virginia................
330.1
48.2
20.2
373.3
445.5
j[
Worth Carolina^/.............
29.8
49.4
20.4
29.8
ji 53.0
j 171.4
j 375.8
j 456.0
219.1
212.0
204.9
97.4
99.9
(2/) !
386.4 ; 390.3
368.3
20.7 < 17.1
21.3 !
59.8
59.7
(2/) !
6.1 I
6.0
5.2
82.0 i 82.1
77.5
820.2
16.1
1 ,934.9
476.9
(2/)
1 ,366.6
48.8
20.4
48.0 j 46.5
322.li 308.3
15.8 } 15.4
25.0 ! 25.3
10.4 j 10.2
59-3 ; 58.0
226.6 1 223.4
23.3
8.4
22.4
8.4
79.9
85.2
66.1 i 63.0
52.4 : 52.6 ; 48.8
77.8 i 78.2
76.7
64.6
15.5 ! 15.4 i 15.6
i
L
41.9 =
41.9 '!
39.4
1 ,292.9 1 ,287.6 1 ,288.2
205.6
209.9 : 207.5
(2/)
37.7
37.9
597.8 i 590.6
580.5
138.4
136.9 ' 135.1
111.1 1 112.8
698.7 ; 691.3
55.1 j
54.1
39.3 ^
39.8
102.0 < 101.5
188.7 , 185.9
612.2 j 609.9
53.4 : 53.6
19.5 ! 19.6
204.4
201.5
179.0 j 175.6
83^8 ; 82.4
228.1
230.7
18.8 i' 19.6
109.5
694.6
54.8
98.3
39.7
184.5
589.9
50.6
19.2
199.1
173.6
80.7
228.0
18.5
State Employment
Tabte A-6: Emptoyees in nonagricuttura! estabtishments,
by industry division and State - Continued
State
(In thousands)
Service and
Finance. insurance,
miscellaneous
and real estate
1954
1955
1955
- 1954
Oct.
Oct.
Oct.
Sept.
Sept.
Oct.
24.6
8.5
9.7
187.7
24.7
8.3
9.6'
188.5
19.0
(2/)
19.0
46.0
23.2
45.2
22.9
45.2
33.9
4.5
Illinois.....................
33.9
4.5
169.8
Iova.^/......................
47.6
28.3
Maine........................
Mary land.j?/..................
19.0
25.9
7.6
37.7
170.1
47.7
28.5
19.2
23.3
'+3.3
32.5
4.3
167.8
45.8
27.5
88.8
69.8
88.3
70.2
86.3
41.3
(2/)
41.7
9-5
40.1
9.3
5-J
(2/)
5.7
19-7
5.1
5.6
77.0
6.1
426.6
31.7
(2/)
98.7
21.6
Utah.........................
Vermont......................
Virginia, j)/..................
44.8
18.8
18.7
2.2
Pennsylvania.................
178.1
18.1
19.5
19.2
25.5
7.6
37.3
62.0
61.8
North C a r o l i n a ^ ............
North Dakota.................
23.1
7.7
9.0
17.1
131.6
12.3
13.4
4.9
29.2
101.7
9.3
3.2
38.5
:
j
2.2
5.6
23.9
7.4
36.5
67.5
60.6
18.8
1.9
5.5
j 77.3
6.2
!
: 425.3
: 31.4
5.1
j
! 99.4
75.3
5-9
419.3
! 17.2
; 132.5
! 12.4
i 13.4
4.9
^
17.3
130.5
21.7
:
,
29.8
4.7
94.5
19.9
12.2
12.7
62.0
61.7
26.8
26.9
35.1
524.5
55.6
(2/)
526.2
58.1
34.9
64.8
125.7
65.2
122.7
89.5
-
88.7
16.6
87.5
16.8
60.2
25.7
35.5
503.7
53.7
85.2
*
65.9
117.4
85.8
16.4
374.1
Government
1955
_ 1954
Oct.
Sept.
Oct.
127.8
129.3
44.7
43.4
58.6
60.0
685.I
85.2
(2/)
677.4
83.9
79.0
14.9
250.0
148.9
154.4
26.6
14.3
126.5
42.4
57.5
654.6
83.O
75.4
13.9
251.2 247.7
145.3 142.0
150.4 ' 146.5
: 26.8 i 26.2
338.9 341.6
152.2 152.9
100.5 100.2
376.9
106.8
72.9
376.3
104.6
107.3
73-6 j! 71.6
346.6
155.4
103.4
%.5
58.4 ! 56.7
65.6 j 64.0
91-7
99.1
115.7
42.4
121.4
231.4
253.6
89.3
87.5
97.2
93.5
112.2 111.4
} 41.7
41.6
121.8 ; 117.8
229.2 ; 227.7
125.8
(2/)
} 122.2 i 123.8
, 70.4 ; 70.0
151.8 i 150.2
29.0 ! 28.0
67.3 ' 67.9
13.6
13.2
i 20.5
19.5
65.6
78.5
26.4
86.8
219.2
211.6
78.7 !i 75.8
27.5 !: 26.5
j 87.3 ! 84.6
220.7
213.6
105.2
(2/)
151.6
19-7
(2/)
23.0
19.9
I85.I
22.8
805.0
92.5
(2/)
27^.3
61.1
55.4
401.5
29.1
5.0
39.5
16.4
29.4
28.6
101.6 ; 98.4
88.2
269.0
9.4 ; 8.3
3.2 j 3.1
38.3 ! 35.4
12.7
24.6
;
219.4
207.3
104.2 : 105.1
36.3 ! 36.7
151.7 '! 148.9
20.4 ! 19.6
45.4 : 44.9
24,7 ; 18.2
21.4
20.0
187.2
22.6
1 812.5
j 92.0
181.8
154.3
28.0
(2/)
13.6
20.9
j
j 247.4 ; 246.6
.' 22.5
i 797.5
! 91.6
! 14.8 1! 14.4
i 279.2 {! 275.6
60.9 j} 60.0
201.2
46.2
756.8
134.9
(2/)
345.2
115.9
! 197.7 : 195.6
! 45.5 j 44.9
j 747.5 ' 740.4
i 133.8 ! 133.0
26.1
< 26.4
338.9 j 335-5
116.1 , 114.6
I 56.6 [ 52.6
! 398.4 j1 388.7
j 29.2 !' 28.3
! 39.8 ! 39.8
j 16.7 ! 15.8
; 88.6 'i 86.9
74.6
397.1
35.4
j 72.9 i 72.7
j 391.1 ^ 388.7
! 3 5 .1 ; 34.5
j 79.1' 77.6
[ 29.5 j 29.3
j 126.9 ! 125.6
, 335.8 i 331.7
!
269.5
j
!
263.8
25.3 ! 23.4
12.9 ! 12.3
81.0
30.0
128.9
342.2
53.8
16.3
170.1
j
!
53.0 }
16.3 !
167.9 i
) 147.0 !
' 60.7 j
; 126.3 !
52.7
16.3
166.6
92.7
92.7 !i 90.9
84.8
87.2 ;i 83.4
34.2 ; 34.6
148.1
31.3
147.9
42.8
43.6 i 43.2
11.4 ! 11.4 ! 11.5
60.7
62.5
109.6
129.2
126.2
38.9 , 38.9 , 37.5
110.7 !107.9
10.2 j ll.l 1 10.5
2.4 i 2.2
2.5 j
17.4 j 17.1
17.7
{
-------- L----------i
_________L
________ L_______ L
l/ Revised series; not strictly comparable vith previously published data. 2/ Not available. 3 / Mining combined
with construction. 4/ Mining combined vith service.
Federal employment in Maryland and Virginia portions of
the Washington, D. C., Metropolitan area included in data for District of Columbia.
12
Area Emptoyment
Tabte A-7: Empioyees in nonagricvttvra) estab!ishments
for setected areas, by industry division
(in thousands)
Area and industry
division
Number of employees
Oct.
ALABAMA
Birmingham l/........
Total................
Mining...............
Contract construction
Manufacturing.......
Trans, and pub. util.
Trade................
Finance..............
Service..............
Government............
Habile l/
Total....... ........ ,
Contract construction,
Manufacturing.... ...,
Trans, and pub. util.,
Trade..............
Finance.............. .
Service 2/ ............
Government............
ARIZONA
Phoenix
Total................ .
Mining............... .
Contract construction,
Manufacturing........
Trans, and pub. util.,
Trade................ .
Finance.............. .
Service...............
Government............
Tucson
Tbtal.................
Mining...... .........
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
T&ans. and pub. util.,
Trade.................
Finance..............
Service...............
Government...........
ARKANSAS
Little RockJt. Tittle Rock
1955
Sept.
198.6
198.0
11.8
65.1
16.5
45.4
11.1
H.9
65.I
16.5
45.0
11.0
1954
Oct.
186.8
10.0
10.2
11.0
59.9
15.9
43.5
10.7
11.1
17.4
20.4
20.4
17.1
82.6
82.8
4.6
17.4
9-7
20.0
16.7
78.4
4.2
16.5
9.6
16.9
2.9
4.5
17.6
10.1
17.6
17.5
3.2
8.7
3.3
8.5
21.6
8.1
20.3
21.3
109.2
.2
10.7
107.2
.2
101.4
.2
10.4
17.5
9.5
31.5
17.9
9.7
31.9
5.6
13.3
19.9
9.6
15.8
9.2
29.5
5.2
5.8
13.2
19.1
46.8
1.9
4.5
7-9
4.7
12.8
19.1
46.1
2.0
4.3
7.7
4.8
10.6
1.6
!
10.3
10.3
1.4
6.4
8.4
1.5
7.0
8.5
6.9
8.7
42.4
1.9
3.9
5.4
4.7
!
!
Area and industry
division
Los Angeles-Long Beach*
Total..................
Mining.................
Contract construction..
Manufacturing..........
Trans, and pub. util...
Trade..................
Finance............
Servi ce................
Government............
Number of employees
Oct *
125L
JL25L
1,975.4
13.4
124.3
693.6
128.0
435.8
92.2
266.8
221.3
Oct.
Sept.
1,977.3 1 ,872.6
14.2
14.9
120.8
133.4
643.3
687.7
122.4
128.1
434.1
419.0
88.4
91.9
254.0
267.9
210.5
219.3
Sacramento
Manufacturing.... .
1 5.0
14.7
11.8
San BemardinoRiverside-Ontario
Manufacturing..........
25.8
3.3
25.4
185.7
.2
186.0
.2
12.9
179.1
San Diego
Total..................
Mining...... ..........
Contract construction..
Manufacturing..........
Trans, and pub. util...
Trade..................
Finance................
Service.... ...........
Government.............
San Francisco-Oakland
Total..................
Mining.................
Contract construction..
Manufacturing..........
Trans, and pub. util...
Trade..................
Finance................
Service..... ..........
Government.............
12.6
.2
12.0
45-9
45.7
44 .9
10.7
41.6
10.9
41.7
7 .5
23.9
43.2
10.8
910.8
1 .3
64.4
199.5
101.6
203.6
56.9
112.5
171.0
883.7
1 .3
60.5
186.8
100.1
198.7
55.6
110.0
170.7
7.5
23.6
43.6
899.6
1 .3
64 .8
194.1
94*7
203.3
56.9
112.9
171.6
San Jose
Manufacturing..........
38.1
Stockton
Manufacturing..........
15.7
4o .4
6 .9
23.1
4o .8
16.4 i
13.8
i
......
Contract construction.
^nufacturing...... . <
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade.................
Finance...............
Service 2/...........
Government...........
CALIFORNIA
BYesno
Manufacturing........
See footnotes at end of table.
70.2
70.3
6.4
12.2
7.9
17.2
4.5
9.6
12.6
15.8
67.5
5.2 COLORADO
6.6
12.0
!
!
i
^
i
7.8
17.3
4.6
9.6
12.5
14.6
11.6
:
:
7.8
17.4
4.2
9-4
11.9
:
!;
i
16.4
Denver
Total.................
Mining................
Contract construction.
Manufacturing.........
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade...... ..........
Finance..... .........
Service...............
Government............
I
24o.5 !
233.7
1 .5
16.7
42.9 I 41.6
2 6 .4
28.1;
65.7
67.5 !
12.5
13.1 !
31.8
31.1
38.2
3 9.8 ;
1 .5 !
15.8 '
13
At
} (n p l^-y rn en !
Tab)# A-7: Emptoyees in nonaaricuttura! estabtishments
for setected areas, by industry division - Continued
Area and industry
division
(In thousands)
Number of employees
Oct.
CONNECTICUT
Bridgeport
Total....
Contract construction
Manufacturing........
Trans, and pub. util...
Trade.................
Finance................
Service........ .......
Government.............
Hartford
Total..................
Contract construction 2/
Manufacturing.........
Trans, and pub. util...
Trade..................
Finance................
Service................
Government.............
Nev Britain
Total..................
Contract construction 2/
Manufacturing..........
Trans, and pub. util...
Trade.................
Finance................
Service................
Government.............
Nev Haven
Total..................
Contract construction 2/
Manuf ac turing......
Trans, and pub. util
Trade...............
Finance.............
Service.............
Government.........
Stamford
Total...............
Contract construction 2/
Manufacturing......
Trans, and pub. util
Trade...............
Finance.............
Service.............
Government.........
Waterbury
Total...............
Contract construction 2/
Manufacturing.........
Trans, and pub. util...
Trade..................
Finance..............
Service................
Government.............
See footnotes at end of table.
14
1955
195T
Sept.
Oct
116.0
121.1
6.1
66.0
18.9
5.6
19.4
5.7
2.6
2.6
9 .7
7.3
9-7
7-4
195.6
9 .8
73.6
7 .5
39.0
27.5
196.1
20.5
27.0
20.6
17-7
17.3
42.9
4 i.o
1 .3
9 .4
74.5
7 .6
39.8
1 .3
28.1
2.0
26.3
2.0
5 .5
.7
5.6
.7
2.8
2.8
2.2
2.4
i
6 .5
45.7
12.1
23.1
6.2
17.2
8 .9
H 9 .7
6.0
47.0
H .7
23.1
5 .9
17.4
8.6
47.3
3 .5
48.1
3 .4
2.6
2.5
9.2
18.9
9 .7
DELAWARE
Wilmington
Manufacturing........
Number of employees
"1954
1955
Oct.
21.0
1.8
1.6
7 .3
3 .5
7 .1
3 .4
64.5
3 .1
38.4
2 .7
9 .7
1 .4
4 .4
4 .8
66.6
2.1
42.3
2.6
9.6
1.3
4.1
4 .7
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington
Total.................
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade.................
Finance...............
Service 2/............
Government............
FLORIDA
Jacksonville l/
.......
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade.................
Finance...............
Service ^ ............
Government............
Miami l/
Total.................
Contract construction.
Manufacturing.........
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade.................
Finance...............
Service 2^............
Government............
Tampa-St. Petersburg
Total.................
Contract construction.
Manufacturing.........
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade.................
Finance...............
Service S^............
Government............
54.8
58.5
51.4
620.5
622.3
42.1
26.4
42.4
127.5
31.2
86 .2
266.5
614.9
4 0.4
42.1
26.0
42.1
128.2
30.9
85.9
265.3
121.3
9.1
19.9
14.0
35.5
120.8
9 .1
18.6
18.3
117.1
10.0
19.1
1 4 .2
3 3.9
9.3
1 3.7
17.0
227.8
26.6
26.9
29.1
67.7
232.4
26.3
28.2
29.3
69.2
13.5
204.5
22.5
24.4
28.1
59.9
12.3
13.5
40.5
23.6
42.3
23.7
13.5
25.0
10 .7
43.7
126.3
31.2
86.3
263.0
1 3 .9
3 5 .2
1 0 .4
14 .4
1 0 .2
1 4 .2
134.3
26.2
41.5
19.6
:
3 5 .9
)
42.4
6 .6
6 .7
41.2
17 .1 !
17.3
17.5
21.5
132.4 ! 127.7
13.3 i 13.3
24.9
23.9
10.3
10 .7
17.5 i
5.9
16.5
16.8
j
GEORGIA
Atlanta
Contract construction
Manufacturing.......
Trans, and pub. util.
Trade................
Finance..............
Service 2/...........
Government...........
Oct.
Sept.
5 .4
70.8
119.6
Area and industry
division
323.0
20.6
90.9 1
33.0
i
83.6 20.9 ,
38.7
35.3
'!
i
319.9 ! 301.7
21.1 ! 18.0
90.2 i 79.3
32.7 i 31.3
82.5
21.0
38.0
3 4 .4
81.2
2D.1
38.1
33.7
A r e j Employment
Tab!# A-7: Emotovees in nonagricutturat estabtishments
for setected areas, by industry division - Continued
(In thousands)
Number of employees
Area and industry
1954
1955
division
Oct.
Sept.
Oct.
Area and industry
division
GEORGIA - Continued
Savannah
Total.................
Contract construction..
52.0
2.6
1.6
6.2
6.4
IDAHO
Boise
Total........ ........
Contract construction..
Manufacturing.........
Trans, and pub. util...
20.9
1.7
Flnanre
Service...............
Government............
1.3
3-1
4.3
ILLINOIS
Chicago
Total.................
Mining................
Contract construction..
Trans, and pub. util...
Trade.................
Finance...............
Service...............
14.4
6.6
12.8
1.6
6.0
6.2
20.9
20.5
1.7
1.7
1.8
2.3
6.5
1.8
2.2
6.5
1.2
1.3
3.0
4.3
3.0
4.1
58.4
58.8
2,543.9
3.6
2,522.9 2,472.2
3.6
116.3
1,027.8
220.9
517.6
i4o.o
970.1
215.5
520.8
140.1
290.9
225.3
287.7
223.2
59-8
3.7
24.2
4.6
13.7
67.5
3.7
31.8
4.6
13.8
2.0
11.6
63.5
3.8
28.5
4.5
13.5
1.9
11.3
2.0
11.6
79-6
75.3
3.1
32.5
7.3
17.5 !
3-5 !
11.4
2.9
37.1
7.3
17.6
3.5
11.2
Service 4/............
111.2
514.9
140.4
291.2
226.5
Finance................
3.6
117.0
1 ,009.9
220.7
281.7
11.2
111.9
109.7
22.2 ! 22.2
283.5
See footnotes at end of table.
11.6
1
{}
267.7
9.1
100.9
19.8
64.0
63.9
15.8 ! 15.3
ii
i
ll.o
64.2
15.8
77.1
3.4
34.2
7.0
17.5
3-4
58.7
South Bend
Manufacturing..........
Other nonmanufacturi ng..
I0VA
Des Moines
Contract construction...
Trans, and pub. util....
Service 2/.............
81.7
84.9
82.5
15.3
26.1
43.8
15.5
25.6
43.1
97.0
6.4
96.7
9^.3
6.5
40.3
22.4
7.8
22.9
7.7
26.1
10.1
11.4
KANSAS
Topeka
46.9
.2
3.8
.2
4.0
5.8
7-7
Finance................
Service................
Government.............
2.4
5.9
11.9
22.2
7.5
25.5
9.9
11.9
26.0
10.1
12.5
12.4
11.5
Contract construction...
Manufac tur ing..........
Trans, and pub. util....
15.1
24.3
6.6
47.3
Fort Wayne
Total.................
Contract construction..
Manufacturi ng.........
Trans, and pub. util...
Trade.................
15.0
6.8
12.9
1.6
6.2
2.8
6.4
1.8
2.2
6.5
INDIANA
Evansville
Total l/..............
Contract construction..
Manufacturing.l/......
Trans, and pub. util...
Trade.................
Finance...............
Service 4/............
Indianapolis
Total.................
Contract construction..
Manufacture ng.........
Trans, and pub. util...
Trade.................
Finance...............
50.4
2.7
15.4
6.7
13-1
Trans, and pub. util...
51.6
Indianapolis - Continued
Other nonmanufacturing..
Number of employees
1954
1955
Oct.
Sept.
Oct.
5.8
7.6
9.6
9.6
2.4
5.9
11.9
:
;
;
i
I
;
;
!
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11.0
45.6
.1
3.0
5.9
7.5
9.4
2.2
5.6
12.0
Wichita
Contract construction...
Manufacturing..........
Trans, and pub. util....
Finance................
Service................
Government.............
KENTUCKY
Louisville
Total..................
Contract construction...
Manufacturing..........
Trans, and pub. util....
Finance................
Service 2/.............
Government.............
119.6
1.7
119.1
1.7
8.6
48.5
7.5
8.2
49.2
7.5
26.4
4.6
!
11.9
10.2
a/ )
(3/)
(3/)
(3/)
(3/)
(3/)
(3/)
(3/)
26.4
4.7
11.9
10.0
243.3
15.2
96.5
j
22.6
52.6
!
9.8
'
23.8
i
i
22.8
Baton Rouge
Contract construction...
124.2
1.5
8.5
55.0
7.3
25.8
4.8
11.7
9.6
: 234.5
! 15.9
! 89.2
22.1
i 52.2
!
9.7
;
23.0
22.4
:
LOUISIANA
Manufacturing..........
;
i
:
*
3.7
19.1
12.4
2.1
}
;
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;
5.8
19.2
12.2
2.1
'
;
-
6.3
18.9
12.0
2.0
*
15
Area Emptoyment
Tab!e A-7: Emp!oyees in nonagricuttura! estab!ishments
for se!ected areas, by industry division - Continued
Area and industry
division
LOUISIANA - Continued
Nev Orleans
Total....................................
Mining.................................
Contract construction.
Manufacturing..................
Trans, and pub. u t i l . .
Trade....................................
Finance...............................
Service...............................
Government.........................
MAINE
Lewiston
T o t a l ...
Contract construction.
Manufacturing..................
Trans, and pub. u t i l . .
Trade....................................
Finance...............................
Service ^ .........................
Government.........................
Portland
Tbtal....................................
Contract construction.
Manufacturing..................
Trans, and pub. u t i l . .
Trade.................
Finance...............................
Service 2 / .........................
Government.........................
(In thousands)
Number of employees
-1955
Oct*
270.4
5-3
20.6
50.3
43.3
6 8 .4
13.3
36 .4
33 .1
28. 1 '
1 .3
15.0
1 .1
-Sept,
269.6
270.5
5.3
5.1
2 0 .9
52.9
42.3
21.0
51.4
43.1
67.8
67.6
12.8
13.3
35 -9
33 .0
3 5 .9
32.2
28.0
1 .3
15.0
27.4
1 .3
1 4 .4
1.1
1 .1
5 .2 i
.7 :
5.2
.7
1 .0 .
1.0
3.8
-Oct*.
5.2
.6
3 .8
3 .7
53.0
3 .7
53.1
3 .6
13.8
13.8
6 .3
i 4 .6
3 .3 !
7 .8 .
3 .5
6 .4
1 4 .7
3 .3
7 .9
3 .4
1.0
j
i
:
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'
;
53.0
4 .0
i 4 .o
6.1
14.5
3 .2
7 .8
3 .4
Area and industry
division
F a ll River - Continued
Trade......................................
Government...........................
Other nonmanufacturing.
Nev Bedford
Total..................................
Contract construction
Manufacturing................
Trans, and pub. u t i l .
Trade..................................
Government......................
Other nonmanufacturing
Springfield-Holyoke
Total....................................
Contract construction.
Manufacturing..................
Trans, and pub. u t i l . .
Trade....................................
Finance...............................
Service 2 / .........................
Government.........................
Worcester
Tbtal....................................
Contract construction.
Manufacturing..................
Trans, and pub. u t i l . .
Trade....................................
Finance................................
Service 2 / .........................
Government.........................
MARYLAND
Baltimore
576.3
Contract con stru ction ...
Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . .
Trans, and pub. u t i l . . . .
.8
4 3 .8
197.3
58.8
115.8
38.9
61.2
69.7
572.3
.8
4 2 .8
196.4
58.6
114.4
28.6
60.8
6 9-9
;
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551.5
.8
38.3
187.0
57-2
114.0
28 .1
MICHIGAN
Detroit
Contract con struction..
Manufacturing.....................
Trans, and pub. u t i l . . .
60.1
66.0
Number of employees
Oct.
1955
*195?*
Sept.
Oct.
7 .7
5 .0
4 .5
7 -8
5-0
4 .6
8.1
50.8
50.5
1 .4
48 .8
1 .3
1 .4
27.8
2.2
8 .7
5.1 '
5 .6
15 7.4
6 .3
70 .7 8 .7
4 .9
4 .7
27.6
2.1
8.6
26.1
2.2
8.5
5.1
5 .7
5 .0
5 .7
157.3
6 .5
70 .3
154.1
5.6
8.6
8 .7
30 .5
6 .3
15 .3
30.6
30 .5
6 .5
15-3
19 .3
15 .3
19 .5
67.5
6.6
io4^o }
3 .4 !
50.0
20.2
101.2
103.0
3.4
5*2
3 .6
4 6 .9
5 .2
1 9 .9
4 .1
9 -5 !
1 1 .4 }
9-7
U .3
4 9 .5
5 .2 !
20.2 '
4 .1
9 .6 !
1 1 .5 !
20.5
4.0
1,341.6 ' l,277.1i 1 ,2 2 4 .3
1.0)
1 .0 ;
.9
7 3 .9
68.91
67.9 '
592.2!
555.4
653.3
82.1!
74 .7
83.1;
245.0
243.9:
237.5
44.8 '
45.2j
4 3 .9
125.4
130.8)
130.9=
112.8:
112.5
115-7;
S
MASSACHUSETTS
F lin t
Total........................................
Contract construction.. .
Manufacturing.................... Trans, and pub. u t i l . . . .
965.8
51.5
283.6
78.4
221.7
6 4 .7
130.8
135-1
962.7
53.5
282.6
i
)
<
7 8 .5
9*t8.i
41.7
277.0
77 .5
223.8
6 4 .o
1 2 9 .9
1 3 4 .2
218.7
6 4 .7
130.5
134.2
Grand Rapids
Lansing
75.9!
8 6 .9 j
7 4 .9
54.4
54.6
51.9
24.3
3 2 .3 ;
28 .0
26.5
26.4^
2 4 .4
Muskegon
Fall River
Total........................................
Manufacturing.......................
Trans. and pub. u t i l . . . .
See footnotes at end of table.
16
48.3
28.5
2 .6 !
47 .7
27 .7
2 .6
4 6 .4
26.3
,j
2 .4
!
Saginaw
28.3
2 8 .0 :
i
'
26.8
Area Emptoyment
Tab)# A-7: Emptoyees in nonagricuitura! estabtishments
for se!ected areas, by industry division - Continued
(In thousands)
Area and industry
division
MINNESOTA
Duluth
Total.................
Contract construction..
Trans, and pub. util...
Trade.................
Finance...............
Service 2 / ............
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Total.................
Contract construction..
Manufacturing.........
Trans, and pub. util...
Trade.................
Finance...............
Service 2/............
Government............
Number of employees
Oct.
1955
Sept.
1954
Oct.
44.1
3.0
10.4
7.6
10.7
1.9
6.3
4.1
44.1
3.0
10.3
7.7
10.7
1.9
6.4
4.1
42.2
2.6
9-5
7.1
11.1
1.9
6.2
4.0
492.0
482.3
34.3
135.3
52.4
119.3
31.5
54.8
54.8
496.3
38.9
140.0
51.7
40.6
139.2
32.6
32.8
51.8
121.1
119.5
56.4
55.6
52.5
55-7
(3/)
Contract construction..
Manufacturing.........
Trans. and pub. util...
Government............
St. Louis
Total.................
Contract construction..
Manufac turing.........
Trans, and pub. util...
P4?
(3 /)
(3/)
(3/)
(3/)
(3/)
(3/
(3/^
(3/)
707.8
3.0
38.1
269.5
68.3
150.8
34.1
" 82.3
61.7
MONTANA
Great Falls
Total.................
Contract construction..
Manufac tur ing.........
Trans, and pub. util...
18.8
1.8
2.7
2.6
6.0
3-5
2.2
See footnotes at end of talole .
369124 0 - 5 5 - 5
Number of employees
Oct.
1955
Sept.
1954
Oct.
NEBRASKA
MISSISSIPPI
Jackson
MISSOURI
Kansas City
Total.................
Area and industry
division
9.7
349.9
.8
19.1
98.8
45.3
94.5
20.9
39-9
30.6
708.8
3.0
39.1
272.0
68.4
149.9
34.3
81.0
61.1
18.9
1.9
2.7
2.6
5.9
3-5
2.3
9.1
357.6
.7
16.8
109.6
45.2
94.8
20.4
39.8
30.3
687.3
2.4
43.7
250.5
66.4
151.1
33.7
78.9
60.6
17.1
1.7
1.5
2.5
5.9
3.3
2.2
Omaha
Total................
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans. and pub. util..
Trade................
Finance..............
Service 2/...........
Government...........
(3/)
(3/)
(3/)
(3/)
(3/)
(3/)
(3/)
(3/)
146.6
9.0
11.2
19.8
14.8
11.0
25.2
2.3
26.0
23.6
2.3
2.0
32.0
23.4
36.6
145.4
9.0
31.4
23.2
36.8
19.2
14.9
NEVADA
Reno
Total................
Contract construction.
Manufacturing 2/.....
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade.............. ..
Finance..............
Service..............
Government...........
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Manchester
Total................
Contract construction.
Manufac tur ing........
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade................
Finance..............
Service..............
Government...........
NEW JERSEY
Nevark-Jersey City 6/
Total................
Mining...............
Contract construction.
Manufac tur ing........
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade................
Finance..............
Service..............
Government...........
2.4
2.0
3.7
6.0
.9
6.7
3.6
.9
7.1
3.7
3.4
41.1
41.3
40.1
2.6
7.7
1.9
4.3
7.7
1.9
4.3
2.2
19.7
2.6
7.7
1.9
4.3
2.0
3.7
6.2
2.2
19.8
3.3
5.8
.8
6.0
2.2
18.8
2.5
2.8
2.7
2.8
812.7
.2
805.3
799.9
35.5
359.4
79.0
141.1
44.6
78.1
350.8
78.3
.2
33.6
356.7
.2
29.6
142.7
74.7
140.3
45.1
77.9
73.4
Paterson 6/
Manufac tur ing.
(3/)
171.0
167.9
Perth Amboy 6/
Manufacturing.
82.5
82.1
78.9
Trenton
Manufac tur ing.
41.7
4l.o
38.4
59.3
5.8
9.8
5.2
58.8
6.2
54.6
M W MEXICO
Albuquerque
Total................
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans, and pub. util..
78.2
9.8
5.2
45.3
76.5
76.5
5.0
9.2
4.8
Area Emptoyment
Tab!* A-7: Emptoyees in nonagricuttura) estabtishments
for setected areas, by industry division - Continued
Area and industry
division
(In thousands)
Number of employees
Area and induatry
1954
1955
diviaion
Oct.
Sept.
Oct.
Nev York City - Con.
Trana. and pub. util...
NEW MEXICO - Continued
Albuquerque - Continued
15.2
15.4
3.5
7.5
Finance.
Service 2 / . ...............
3.5
7.4
11.5
12.1
NEW TORK
Albany-Schenectady-Troy
Total...................
Contract construction...
Trans, and pub. util....
Government..............
Other nonmanufacturing..
Binghamton
Total...................
Contract construction...
Trans, and pub. util....
Trade...................
Other nonmanufacturing..
Buffalo
Total...................
Contract construction...
11.1
Finance
Service
Gov e mment
Oct.
1955
324.2
_ 1954
Sept.
Oct.
322.2
805.9
819.1
319.2
812.8
349.6
562.9
557.8
416.2
4 11.6
344.1
558.7
! 408.4
217.8
10.5
213.3
10.3
348.2
Rocheater
206.2
205.2
6.9
76.9
6.9
76.5
16.2
75.8
3.0
40.6
4.0
13-9
14.3 j
4 0. 1
85.7
40.1
36.9
39.9
37.0
28.7
28.9
445.4
19.3
206.6
8.6
76.2
16.6
16.2
40.2
3 7.0
207.6
Trans, and pub. util....
Trade...................
Finance.................
Service 2 / ................
14.0
3.2
7.3
Number of employeea
!I
ij;
I1
!'
28.3
40.9
13.8
Other nonmanufacturing.
3.0
4. 0
217.6
10.2
113.2
!
110.0
113.7
9-8
9.8
38.5
6.4
9.9
38.0
6.3
38.1
39.5 1
6.4
39.4
38.8
143.6
58.8
^
'
;
7.3
10.0
33.0
34.1
!
'j
58.8
10.3
138.6
7.7
55.9
10.1
32.5
34.7
34.8
142.7
6.7
30.1
14.5
430.1
21.0
444.8
20.3
206.2
40.3
85.1
194.9
Utica-Rome
Total..................
Contract construction..
Manufacturing.........
Trans, and pub. util...
38.0
2.4
41.9
5.5
!
^
3.1
8.4
13.2
45.9
33.0
94.8
15.8
84.1
13.4
46.0
33.4
13-3
46.1
33.3
Other nonmanufacturing.
Syracuse
Total..................
Contract construction..
Manufacturing.........
Trans, and pub. util...
76.2
75.8
3.1
40.5
4.0
13*9
14.3
Contract conatruction..
Manufacturing.........
Tran8. and pub. util...
Government............
17.8
94.6
2.4
41.3
5-5
15.8
3.1
8.6
17.9
ji
!
!
j:
93.3
3.2
41.2
5.2
15.3
3.0
8.1
17.1
Westchester County 6/
Elmira
Manufacturing..........
Other nonmanufacturing..
33.6
17.5
6.4
9.8
17.2
6.4
9.8
293.1
28.5
;
j
303.9
30.0
95.8 i
20.3
66.1 ?
92.1
Trans, and pub. util....
Trade...................
33.1
17.1
6.3
9.7
:
Nassau and Suffolk
Counties
Contract construction...
33.4
20.0
65.0
44.6
48.2
43.4
42.9
;
j
Service 4 / ..............
291.2
29.0
99.9
20.3
57.7
42.3
42.0
Nev York-NortheastemNev Jersey
(3 /)
Nev York City 6/
3,567.9
1.7
Contract construction... 111.2
Manuf actur ing..........
989.3
See footnotes at end of table.
JA
Contract construction..
Manufacturing.........
Trans, and pub. util...
Contract construction..
Manufacturing.........
Trana. and pub. util...
1,758.9
i1
3,538.9
1.7
114.0
^ 977.5
3,557.9
1.8
104.5
1,002.2
*
16.9
43.9
175.0
16.5
:'
46.4
11.8
176.7
16.2
50.0
48.2
12.4
41.8
7.9
50.2
85.9 '
85.2
84.7
5.2
5.2
22.5
22.2
11.7
41.7
8.4
50.3
41.9
8.4
NORTH CAROLINA
Charlotte
Finance................
Service 2 / ..............
1 1,740.8
172.9
9.8
25.6
5.4
10.6
6.8
6.0
21.6
9.4
9.8
25.4
5.5
25.5
5-2
10.3
6.8
10.3
6.7
40.4
Greensboro-High Point
Manufacturing.........
41.7
41.4
Raleigh-Durham
Manufacturing.........
21.9
21.8
21.7
t
A r c j Employment
Tab!# A-7: Emptoyee* in nonagricuttura! estabtishments
for setected areas, by industry division - Continued
Area and industry
division
(In thousands)
Nunber o f ezDlcyees
Area and industry
19 55
19 5 4
division
Oct.
Sept.
NORTH CAROLINA - Continued
Winston-Salem
Manufacturing.
36.0
35.7
21.7
2.3
21.3
2.3
21.5
2.5
2.3
7.6
1.5
2.9
3.0
2.3
7-3
1.5
2.9
2.3
7-7
1.4
34.4
NORTH DAKOTA
Contract construction...
Manufacturing......... .
Trans. and pub. util...<
Trade.................
Finance............... .
Service 2^........... .
Government............ .
2.1
93.5
Cincinnati
Manufacturing.
163.9
Dayton
Manufacturing.
OKLAHOMA
Oklahoma City l/
Total................
Mining...............
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade.................................
Finance..............
Service..............
Government...........
Tulsa l/
Total................
Mining...............
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade................
Finance..............
Service..............
Government...........
OREGON
Portland l/
Total...............
Contract construction
Manufacturing.......
Trans, and pub. util.
Trade...............
![
j!
2.9
2.1
2.8
2.9
i
OHIO
Akron
Manufacturing.
Cleveland
Manufacturing.
2.1
30 9 . 2
99.3
14 1 . 9
7-7
;
;
!
92.8
90.6
164.3
155.0
306.9
292.6
98.4
95.3
14 2. 1
7.7
10 . 7
138.3
7.3
9-4
15.4
n.5
37.7
7. 9
17 . 2
33.3
11 .7
37 . 4
7 .9
17.1
33 .4
11.1
126.2
125.5
1 2. 2
8.7
34.3
12. 7
30 . 4
5.8
14 . 8
6 .8
10.5
16.2
12 .2
8.5
34.7
12 .7
30.5
5.9
14.8
6.8
16.2
250.3
15.3
64. 0
253.8
15-9
65.4
29.8
30.1
64 .4
65 .4
37. 8
7.6
16.9
32.8
117.0
11.9
7.8
29.1
12.2
29.7
5-5
14.3
6.7
243.3
14.6
61.6
29.3
62.5
Portland - Continued
Finance............. .
Service 2/.......... .
Government.......... .
Oct.
1955
Sept.
1954
Oct.
32.6
32.0
12.2
33.1
31.7
12.5
31-5
31.3
100.8
99.9
93.4
Manufacturing....... .
41.3
40.2
38.5
Harrisburg
Total............... .
Mining.............. .
Contract construction,
Manufacturing.........
Trans. and pub. util.,
Trade............... .
Finance....... ..... .
Service............. .
Government.......... .
137.9
.5
8.1
34.2
14.7
23.2
5.7
12.2
39.4
137.5
.5
8.2
33.9
14.8
22.9
5.7
132.4
.4
8.5
31.7
39.2
38.4
Lancaster
Manufacturing....... .
46.5
46.6
43.0
Philadelphia
Manufacturing....... .
553-0
553-8
553.7
820.3
820.4
18.0
771.3
17.7
37.8
PENNSYLVANIA
Allentovn-BethlehemEaston
Manufactur ing........
12.2
Erie J/
Pittsburigh
Tbtal............... .
Mining.............. .
Contract construction,
Manufacturing....... .
Trans, and pub. util.,
Trade............... .
Finance............. .
Service............. .
Government.......... .
18.1
47.2
335.9
72.3
157.1
27.1
90.9
71.7
12.3
48.1
337*6
72.9
157.0
27.2
89.5
70.2
13.8
22.0
5.6
12.0
308.3
69.4
154.0
27.4
86.5
70.2
Reading
Manufacturing....... .
51.8
51.0
48.8
Scranton
Manufacturing....... .
30.8
30.6
30.0
Wilkes-Barre— Hazleton
Manufacturing.....71.,
39-3
38.8
36.9
York
Manufacturing....... .
45.1
45.2
43.9
RHODE ISLAND
Providence
Total...............
Contract construction
Manufacturing.......
Trans, and pub. util.
Trade...............
295.1
15.7
144.6
13.9
52.3
293.5
288.8
15.7
i4o.4
13.7
16.8
143.1
i 4 .i
51.3
52.0
See footnotes at end of table.
19
Area Emptoyment
Tabte A-7: Emptoyees in nonagricuttura! estabtishments
for setected areas, by industry division - Continued
Area and industry
division
(In thousands)
Number of employees
Area and industry
19-54
1955division
Oct.
-SSBtt
RHODE ISLAND - Continued
Providence - Continued
Finance.................................
Service 2 / .........................
Government..........................
12.1
26.9
29.6
SOUTH CAROLINA
Charleston
Total.....................................
Contract construction.,
Manufacturing.................. .
Trans, and pub. u t i l . . ,
Trade.................................... .
Finance............................... .
Service 2 / ......................... .
Government...........................
Knoxville l /
T otal....................................
Mining..................................
Contract construction.
Manufacturing..................
Trans, and pub. u t i l . .
Trade....................................
Finance................................
Service................................
Government.........................
Memphis
Total........................... ..
Mining..................................
Contract construction.
Manufacturing..................
Trans, and pub. u t i l . .
4 .1
9 .7
4 .o
4 .1
9 .7
3 .6
9-3
4 .1
11.2
H .3
1 .4
4 .5
H.5
4.0
1 .4
4 .4
16.7
16.0
15.1
29.7
29.7
28.9
2.0
8.2
1 .4
3 .1
1.9
5-5
5.3
2.0
8.2
2.0
8.0
1 .3
3 .1
1 .9
1 .4
2 .9
2.0
95.1
95-0
92 .4
.1
.1
.1
4 .7
4 5 .4
4 .8
45.2
4 .9
4 2 .2
5.4
18.1
3 .9
9-1
8.5
5 .4
18.1
4.0
9-1
8 .4
117.1
2.0
117.4
7 -7
9-0
45.3
7 .2
24.3
2 .3
45.6
7 -2
25.1
2.3
11.1
16.3
17 4.9
.4
1 2 .4
46 .0
See footnotes at end of table.
20
49.2
5.5
TENNESSEE
Chattanooga l /
Total....................................
Mining...........................
Contract construction.
Manufacturing..................
Trans, and pub. u t i l . .
Trade....................................
Finance................................
Service................................
Government.........................
26.1
28.9
50.8
4.5
SOUTH DAKOTA
Sioux F alls
Manufacturing..................
Trans, and pub. u t i l . .
Trade....................................
Finance................................
Service 2 / .........................
Government.........................
12.0
51.4
1.4
Greenville
Manufacturing....................
12.2
26.9
29.1
15.1
2.0
11.2
16.2
172.6
.4
1 2 .5
43.8
15.0
5.4
18.1
3 .7
9-5
8 .7
123.8
1 .9
18.2
43 .4
7 .2
24.1
2 .3
11.0
15.8
165.2
.3
9.9
40.7
14 .8
Memphis - Continued
Trade...............................
Finance...........................
Service......................... .
Government....................
Nashville
Total...............................
Contract construction 2/
Manufacturing................
Trans, and pub. u t i l .
T ra d e ................................
Finance..............................
Service..............................
Government.......................
UTAH
Sa lt Lake City
Total,
Mining....................................
Contract con stru ction ..
Manufacturing.....................
Trans, and pub. u t i l . . .
Trade......................................
Finance..................................
Service.................................
Government...........................
VERMONT
Burlington
T otal....................... .............
Manufacturing. . . . . . . . .
Trans, and pub. u t i l . .
Trade....................................
Service................................
Other nonmanufacturing
Springfield
Total....................................
Manufacturing..................
Trans, and pub. u t i l . .
Trade....................................
Service................................
Other nonmanufacturing
VIRGINIA
Norfolk-Portsmouth
Tbtal....................................
Contract construction.,
Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . .
Trans, and pub. u t i l . . ,
Trade.................................... .
Finance.................................
Service.................................
Government......................... .
Number of employees
JL955
Oct..
Sept.
1Q54
Oct.
4 9 .6
7 .8
2 1 .6
2 2 .2
49 .1
7 .9
2 1 .7
2 2 .4
49.2
7 .5
1 3 0.8
8 .3
3 8 .4
1 2 .6
12 5.7
29.7
7 .8
19.4
14 .7
130.3
8 .5
3 7 .9
1 2 .5
2 9 .4
7 -9
1 9 .5
1 4 .8
H 7 .5
7 .3
H 8 .4
7 .2
109.3
10.5
10 .7
1 7 .7
1 7 .5
16 .7
12.6
3 2 .7
7 .2
31.3
6 .4
13.3
1 4 .5
1 3 .1
32.5
7 .1
14 .5
14.9
13.2
14.9
15.0
1 6 .4
3 .7
1 .5
4 .4
3 .0
3 .7
16.3
12.8
8.0
12.8
8.0
.6
1 .5
.6
1 .5
3 .6
1 .5
4 .5
3 .0
3 -7
1.0
1.6
1.0
149.5
.2
12.2
149.2
.2
1 5 .3
15 .3
3 6 .9
5.5
1 6 .4
47 .7
1 .7
1 2 .4
15-4
15 -7
36.0
2 1 .4
21 .6
8.0
3 6 .4
12 .3
28.3
7 -7
18.8
1 4 .4
6.1
8 .4
15.8
4.0
1 .3
4 .4
2 .7
3 .4
11.8
7 .3
.6
1 .5
.9
1 .5
144.1
.2
11.9
i 4 .o
15.0
36.5
5 .4
4 .9
16.5
47.6
15.1
46 .5
Area Emptoyment
Tab!* A-7: Empioyees !n nonagricuttura) estabtishments
for setected area:, by industry division - Continued
Area and industry
division
VIRGINIA - Continued
Richmond
Total................
Mining...............
Contract construction
Manufacturing.......
Trans, and pub. util.,
Trade.................
Finance..............
Service...............
Government.......... .
WASHINGTON
Seattle
Total................ .
Contract construction,
Manufacturing....... .
Trans, and pub. util.,
Trade.................
Finance...............
Service 2/.......... .
Government............
Spokane
Total.................
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade.................
Finance...............
Service 2/...........
Government...........
Tacoma 2/
Total.................
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans. and pub. util..
Trade.................
Finance...............
Service 2/...........
Government...........
WEST VIRGINIA
Charleston
Total.................
Mining................
Contract construction.
(In thousands)
Number of employees
Area and industry
-192.41222division
Oct.
Sent.
Oct.
39.4
132.9
.3
10.3
39.2
12.6
37.3
12.5
148.2
.3
9.6
37.8
14.8
37.8
H.9
20.4
20.3
19.7
134.1
.3
10.7
15.8
38.1
16.8
(3/)
(2/)
(3/)
(3/)
(3/)
(3/)
(3/)
(3/)
13.8
16.8
294.7
15.6
83.6
27.4
70.8
17.6
37.3
42.4
16.3
283.8
14.2
79.2
26.7
69.6
16.9
70.3
4.3
14.2
8.1
19.4
3.7
U.4
9.2
73.1
4.6
76.0
71.6
18.2
18.6
18.2
2.8
13.6
2.8
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
6.9
13.3
8.3
4.8
7.0
8.3
18.8
18.1
90.3
11.4
4.6
90.4
H.3
4.7
Wheeling-Steubenville
Total................
Mining...............
Contract construction
Manufacturing.......
Trans, and pub. util.
Trade................
Finance..............
Service..............
Government..........
17.6
2.6
8.6
9.1
24.3
10.4
17.3
2.7
8.7
9.1
116.1
116.3
3.3
4.4
37.1
3.3
4.7
36.7
109.8
25.0
11.0
17-9
2.6
8.3
9.3
10.0
20.3
2.8
9.3
6.6
23.3
li.l
10.1
20.3
2.8
9.9
6.7
3.3
3.9
53.3
9.1
18.9
2.8
9.7
6.8
33.4
41.8
73.8
3.2
13.3
8.7
19.8
3.8
H.3
9.7
%!
Charleston - Continued
Manufacturing.......
Trans, and pub. util.
Trade................
Finance..............
Service..............
Government..........
Number of employees
1255,
Sept.
Oct.
Oct.
3.6
6.3
14.9
2.6
7.9
17.9
87.6
10.8
4.3
WISCONSIN
Milwaukee
Contract construction
Manufacturing.......
Trans, and pub. util.
Trade................
Finance..............
Racine
Contract construction
Manufacturing.......
Trans, and pub. util.
Trade................
Finance..............
WYOMING
Casper
Mining...............
Contract construction
Manufacturing.......
Trans, and pub. util.
Trade................
Finance..............
Service..............
24.6
188.6
28.4
83.1
19.1
24.0
186.2
28.6
81.3
19.2
2.2
2.1
23.3
1.6
6.9
.8
23.2
3.0
.9
1.8
1.6
3.2
1.1
1.8
1.7
3.8
.6
1.9
1.9
1.6
6.7
.8
20.3
173.8
27.9
82.2
18.8
2.1
22.4
1.6
6.8
.8
3.4
1.3
1.8
1.9
3.8
.3
1.8
1/ Revised series; not strictly comparable with previously published data.
2/ Includes mining.
3/ Not available.
5/ Includes mining and government.
5/ Includes mining and finance.
7)/ Subarea of New York-Northeastern New Jersey.
*
Change in title only.
Area definition not affected.
21
MONTHLY LABOR TURNOVER RATES
MANUFACTURE tNDUSTRtES
!939-)955
RaH Psr )00
TOTAL SEPARATtONS
1 0 1 TOTAL ACCESStOWS
!939
!945
U N tT ED S T A IN S D E P A R T M E N T O F L A B O R
!950
!955 !939
!945
!950
<955
Libor Turnover
Tab!# B-lt Monthty tabor turnover rates in manufacturing,
by dass of turnover
(Par 100 employees
Jan.
1948,
4.6
3.2
3.6
5.2
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Annual
aver-
Year
-.963
3.6
4.0
2.9
3.5
4.5
3.7
4.3
2.4
3.5
Total
4.1
3.5
4.4
4.5
3.9
4.1
2.7
3.8
accession
4.7
5.7
4.4
3.5
4.8
4.7
4.2
4.9
4.4
4.9
4.1
5.1
3.5
2.9
3.4
4.3
5.0
4.4
6.6
4.5
5.9
4.3
3.3
4.5
5.1
4.1
5.7
4.3
5.6
4.0
3.4
4.4
4.5
3.7
5.2
4.4
5.2
3.3
3.6
4.0
3-9
3.3
4.0
3.9
4.0
2.7
3.3
4.0
3.0
3.6
4.6
3.9
4.4
Dec.
2.5
4.4
3.5
4.4
4.4
4.4
3.9
3.0
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
2.7
3.2
3.0
3.0
3.3
3.3
3.9
2.9
3-2
4.5
3.9
4.2
2.5
3.2
1948,
1949,
1950,
1951,
1952,
1953,
1954
1955,
4.3
4.6
3.1
4.1
4.0
3.8
4.3
2.9
4.7
4.1
3.0
3.8
3.9
3.6
3.5
2.5
4.5
4.8
2.9
4.1
3.7
4.1
3-7
3.0
4.7
4.8
2.8
4.6
4.1
4.3
3.8
3.1
Total
4.3
5.2
3.1
4.8
3.9
4.4
3.3
3.2
separation
4.4
4.5
3.8
4.3
3.0
2.9
4.4
4.3
5.0
3-9
4.2
4.3
3.1
3.1
3.2
3.4
5.1
4.0
4.2
5.3
4.6
4.8
3.5
4.0
5.4
4.2
4.9
5-1
4.9
5.2
3.9
4.4
4.5
4.1
4.3
4.7
4.2
4.5
3-3
3.4
4.1
4.0
3.8
4.3
3.5
4.2
3.0
4.3
3.2
3.6
3-5
3-4
4.0
3.0
4.6
4.3
3.5
4.4
4.1
4.3
3.5
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
2.6
1.7
1.1
2.1
1.9
2.1
1.1
1.0
2.5
1.4
1.0
2.1
1.9
2.2
1.0
1.0
2.8
1.6
1.2
2.5
2.0
2.5
1.0
1.3
3-0
1.7
1.3
2.7
2.2
2.7
1.1
1.5
2.8
1.6
1.6
2.8
2.2
2.7
1.0
1.5
Quit
2.9
1.5
1.7
2.5
2.2
2.6.
1.1
1.3
2.9
1.4
1.8
2.4
2.2
2.5
1.1
1.6
3.4
1.8
2.9
3.1
3.0
2.9
1.4
2.2
3.9
2.1
3.4
3.1
3-5
3.1
1.8
2.8
2.8
1.5
2.7
2.5
2.8
2.1
1.2
1.8
2.2
1.2
2.1
1.9
2.1
1.5
1.0
1.7
.9
1.7
1.4
1.7
1.1
.9
2.8
1.5
1.9
2.4
2.3
2.3
1.1
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1948
1949
1950,
1951,
1952,
1953
1954
1955
0.4
.3
.2
.3
.3
.3
.2
.2
0.4
.3
.2
.3
.3
.4
.2
.2
0.4
.3
.2
.3
.3
.4
.2
.2
0.4
.2
.2
.4
.3
.4
.2
.3
0.3
.2
.3
.4
.3
.4
.2
.3
Discha!T?e
0.4
0.4
.2
.2
.3
.3
.4
.3
.3
.3
.4
.4
.2
.2
.3
.3
0.4
.3
.4
.4
.3
.4
.2
.3
0.4
.2
.4
.3
.4
.4
.2
.3
0.4
.2
.4
.4
.4
.4
.2
.3
0.4
.2
.3
.3
.4
.3
.2
0.3
.2
.3
.3
.3
.2
.2
0.4
.2
.3
.3
.3
.4
.2
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1948
1949,
1950,
1951,
1952,
1953,
1954,
1955,
1.2
2.5
1.7
1.0
1.4
.9
2.8
1.5
1.7
2.3
1.7
.8
1.3
.8
2.2
1.1
1.2
2.8
1.4
.8
1.1
.8
2.3
1.3
1.2
2.8
1.2
1.0
1.3
.9
2.4
1.2
l.i
3.3
l.i
1.2
l.i
1.0
1.9
1.1
1.2
1.8
.6
1.4
1.0
1.3
1.7
1.3
1.0
1.8
.7
1.3
.7
1.5
1.7
1.1
1.2
2.3
.8
1.4
.7
1.8
1.6
1.1
1.4
2.5
1.1
1.7
.7
2.3
1.6
2.2
2.0
1.3
1.5
1.0
2.5
1.7
1.3
2.4
1.1
1.2
1.1
1.3
1.9
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1948,
1949,
1950,
1951,
1952,
1953,
1954,
1955,
0.1
.1
.1
.7
.4
.4
.3
.3
0.1
.1
.1
.6
.4
.4
.2
.2
0.1
.1
.1
.5
.3
.3
.2
.2
Mlsctsllaneoiis. inc]Ludine :ailitari
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
.1
.1
.1
.1
.1
.1
.1
.2
.1
.3
.4
.4
.4
.4
.5
.3
.3
.3
.3
.3
.3
.3
.3
.3
.3
.2
.2
.2
.2
.3
.2
.2
.2
.2
.2
0.1
.1
.4
.4
.3
.3
.3
.2
0.1
.1
.4
.4
.3
.3
.2
.2
0.1
.1
.3
.4
.3
.3
.1
0.1
.1
.3
.3
.3
.2
.2
0.1
.1
.2
.5
.3
.3
.2
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1949,
1950,
1951,
1952,
1953,
1954,
1955,
4.4
4.4
2.8
2.8
Lavofl
l.i
2.5
.9
1.0
l.i
.9
1.7
1.2
1.0
2.1
.6
1.3
2.2
1.1
1.6
1.3
2.1
si
i ji v
I
Tabie B-2: Monthty tabor turnover rates in setected industries
(Per 100 employees)
industry
Total
Separa t i o n rate
accession
Misc., incl.
Total
Quit
Discharge
Layoff
milit a r y
rate
Oct. Sept. Oct. Sept. Oct. Sept. Oct. Sept. Oct. Sept. O c t . Sept.
1955
1955 1955
1955
I??*?
1955 1955
....................................
4.0
4.4
3.4
4.4
1.8
2.8
0.3
0.3
1.1
1.1
0.2
0.2
DURABLE SOODS............................
KOMDURABLE ^OOCS.........................
4.4
3.3
4.7
3.8
3.5
3.2
4.4
4.4
1.8
1.8
2.7
2 .8
.4
-3
.3
-3
1.1
1.0
1.1
1.1
.2
.2
.3
.2
ORDMAMCE AMD ACCESSORtES..............................
2.6
3.3
4.0
4.0
1.1
2.0
.3
.2
2.5
1-5
.1
.2
FOOD AMD KiMDRED PRODUCTS............................
3.9
4.2
3.4
3.2
4.9
5.1
6.0
1.6
1.0
4.1
2.3
2.6
1.7
2.8
3.0
-3
.4
.3
.3
.3
.4
2.4
2.3
2 .0
.8
2.8
6.4
4.5
.3
4.0
4.2
4.4
3-7
3.8
3.7
1.3
.6
.2
.2
.1
.2
.2
.3
.2
.1
1.6
2.6
6.1
8.3
.4
2.4
.1
.2
5.5
5.6
.1
.2
3.1
3.3
1.9
4.7
1.9
2.9
2.1
3.7
2.9
3-3
2.0
2.6
2.7
4.0
2.6
1-3
.5
.3
2.0
.6
.7
.1
.1
.1
.1
1.5
.3
.3
.4
.2
.3
.5
2.7
.4
.4
.4
.3
( 1/)
.3
.1
.1
(1/)
.4
4.0
4.1
3.4
4.6
3.5
3.3
4.9
3-1
4.2
2.0
2.3
2.1
2.2
1.8
1.9
2.0
1.5
1.9
1.2
2.7
2.7
2.8
2.8
2.8
.3
5.3
.9
1.9
.8
-5
1.1
2.0
.2
.1
.3
2.5
2.9
1.1
.3
.3
.3
.3
.3
.2
.3
.2
.3
.3
.2
.3
G r a i n - m i l l p r o d u c t s ........................
Beverages:
TOBACCO MANUFACTURES......................................
TEXT!LE-M!LL PRODUCTS....................................
K n i t t i n g m i l l s ...............................
2.2
4.1
1.2
3.6
3.8
3.6
3.5
4.4
3.6
4.1
2.7
3-1
4.0
3.8
5.3
4.2
2.6
3.9
6.3
4.5
3.4
2.4
2.8
4.0
4.2
3.9
2.5
2.3
3.1
3.4
4.2
2.7
5-1
3.7
4.0
5.0
4.8
4.2
5.2
3.9
3.1
2.6
4.0
4.5
1-5
1.8
3-5
.2
.2
-3
.3
.3
3-0
.2
2.7
2.5
.1
3.1
.1
.1
.2
.8
.3
.4
.8
-9
.7
4.0
.9
.6
.4
1.0
.3
.3
.2
.1
.2
.2
.3
.2
.3
.1
.1
.2
.3
(1/)
(I/)
1.1
.2
.2
.8
.9
1.1
1.8
1.8
4.0
2.9
2.3
2.6
-3
.3
.3
.2
2.3
.4
.9
.1
.2
.1
.2
3.7
4.9
3.1
4.2
.3
-3
.2
.3
.1
.1
4.6
6.4
(2 /) L2.5
3.4
5.2
5.7
(2/)
4.7
6.6
11.9
6.0
3.0
(2/)
2.4
4.9
9.0
4.5
.4
(2/)
.4
.4
.5
.4
2.1
(2/)
.2
1.7
.8
!2/)
.2
.2
.1
.2
3.2
3.9
3.3
4.5
2.0
3-3
.3
.3
.9
-7
.2
.2
FURN!TURE AND F!XTURES.................................. 4.9
5.7
6.0
5.0
5.4
4.9
5.0
4.9
2.7
2.8
2.3
3-6
3.7
3.3
.5
.6
.4
.6
.7
-5
1.6
1.8
1.0
.6
-5
.8
.2
.2
.3
.2
.2
.3
4.5
3-5
5.2
1.6
.3
.4
.2
.6
.6
.4
.3
.7
.5
.4
.2
.2
.1
.2
.2
.2
.2
.2
.1
( 1/)
.2
.1
.6
.4
.3
.1
.4
.2
-5
.1
.2
.2
.3
.1
.1
.1
.2
D y e i n g a nd f i n i s h i n g t e x t i l e s ............
C a r p e t s , rugs, o t h e r f l o o r c o v e r i n g s . . .
APPAREL AMD OTHER FtMtSHEO TEXTtLE
PRODUCTS............................................................
M e n ' s a nd b o y s ' s u i t s and c o a t s .........
Men's and boys' fu r n is h i ng s and wor k
LUMBER AND WOOD PRODUCTS (EXCEPT
FURN!TURE)........................................................
Logging camps and c o n t r a c t o r s ...........
M i l l w o r k , p l y w o o d , an d p r e f a b r i c a t e d
s t r u c t u r a l w o o d p r o d u c t s .................
3.2
5.1
4.4
PAPER AND ALL!ED PRODUCTS............................ 3.0
Pulp, pa p e r , a nd p a p e r b o a r d m i l l s ...... 1.8
4.8
CHEM!CALS AND ALL!ED PRODUCTS.................... 2.0
Industrial
Paints,
i n o r g a n i c c h e m i c a l s ..........
pigments,
24
a n d f i l l e r s ...........
1.9
1.5
l.l
1.5
1.9
2.9
5.0
4.0
3.6
2.1
2.6
1.6
5.5
3.8
2.1
2.0
1.6
1.9
1.8
1.1
1.3
1.3
1.6
1.7
1.4
1.9
2.9
2.9
2.3
1.6
2.5
3.6
3.9
3-3
.8
2.9
2.5
4.0
.2
l.o
2.1
2.2
1.8
1.1
2.1
2.8
.2
1.2
.6
.4
-9
1.4
.5
.3
.1
.1
.1
.2
.6
.1
-3
.7
.3
.2
1.1
2.2
.1
.1
.1
.1
.2
.2
Tabte B-21 Monthty tabor turnover rates in setected industries-Continued
industry
PRODUCTS OF PETROLEUM AMO COAL....................
(Per 100
total
accession
rate
Oct. Sept.
1955 1955
0.9 l.l
.7
.7
employees)
Reparation rate
Total
Oct.
1955
1.3
.8
CMit
Discharge
Sept. Oct. Sept. Oct.
1955 1955 1955 1955
0.5 1.6 0.1
2.3
1.8
.3 1.3 (1/)
Sept.
1955
0.1
(l/)
Misc., incl.
military
Oct. Sept. Oct. Sept.
1955 1955
1955 1955
0.4
0.2
0.2
0.5
.2
.2
.2
.3
Layoff
RUBBER PRODUCTS..................................................
3-6
1.8
5.9
4.6
4.0
2.0
7.3
5.0
2.4
1.3
3.0
32
3.1
2.2
3.9
3.8
1.5
.8
2.4
1.8
2.4
1.6
3-5
2.8
.2
.2
.2
3
.2
.1
.2
.4
.5
.2
.2
.9
.3
.3
.1
.5
.1
.1
.2
.2
.2
.2
.1
.2
LEATHER AMD LEATHER PRODUCTS........................
Leather: tanned, curried, and finished..
3.9
3-2
4.1
4.0
3.6
4.1
3-6
2.7
3.8
4.8
4.1
4.9
2.5
1.2
2.8
3-4
2.1
3-6
3
.5
.3
.3
.3
.3
.6
.8
.6
.9
1.4
.8
.1
-3
.1
.2
.3
.2
STOWE, CLAY, AMD GLASS PRODUCTS..................
3.2
3.3
1.2
3.4
34
3.2
3-3
2.6
3.5
4.4
2.4
2.8
1.5
2.5
2.4
3.8
4.2
3.5
3.9
3.4
1.3
.9
.8
1.7
1.9
2.4
1.8
2.6
2.6
2.6
.2
.1
.2
.3
.2
.3
.3
.3
.3
.4
.7
1.5
.1
3
.2
.9
1.8
-3
.7
.2
.2
.2
.3
.2
.1
.2
.2
.3
.2
.1
PRtMARY METAL !MDUSTR!ES................................
Blast furnaces, steel works, and rolling
mills.................................
Iron and steel foundries...............
2.8
3.2
2.0
3.3
l.l
2.2
3
3
.5
.5
.2
.2
1-5
4.4
4.3
4.5
4.5
2.1
5.0
4.9
5.9
4.7
1.4
3.5
3.6
4.1
3.0
2.9
4.2
4.2
4.9
3.8
.6
1.9
2.0
2.0
1.7
2.2
2.7
2.8
3.6
2.3
.1
.6
.6
7
.6
.1
.7
.5
.8
.8
.4
.8
.8
1.2
.5
.4
.6
.7
.2
-5
.2
.2
.2
.3
.2
.2
.2
.2
-3
.2
3.5
3.3
2.2
3.5
1.7
2.8
.2
.3
.1
.2
.2
3
3.6
5.6
3.1
5.8
1.4
3.4
2.1
4.8
.7
2.2
1.5
2.6
.4
.4
.1
.8
.1
.6
.1
1.1
.2
.2
.2
.3
3.5
3.8
2.1
2.7
1.2
1.8
.4
3
.4
.4
.1
.2
4.2
4.7
4.7
3-9
5.0
5.2
4.5
3.2
3.4
5.4
3.9 5.2
2.9 4.0
2.3 ' 2.5
3.2
2.3
3.4 4.8
1.8
2.0
1.9
1.5
2.2
2.9
2.9
2.0
2.4
3.4
.4
.4
.3
.3
.5
.5
.4
.1
.2
.6
1.5
.4
.1
.3
.5
1.7
.5
.2
.4
.7
.2
.2
.1
.2
.2
.3
.2
.1
.1
.2
3.6
3.0
4.2
5.0
3.3
2.2
5.2
4.1
1.9
1.3
3.2
2.9
5
.6
.6
.7
.7
.2
1.2
3
.2
.1
.2
.1
3.9
3.5
5-7
54
4.1
6.8
3.8
4.7
4.0
5-8
5.2
6.2
2.2
1.7
2.1
3-4
2.6
2.4
.5
.5
.4
.6
.5
.4
.9
2.4
1.2
1.6
2.0
2.9
.2
.2
.2
.2
.2
.5
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
copper...............................
Other primary metal industries:
Iron and steel forgings...............
FABR!CATED METAL PRODUCTS (EXCEPT ORDHAMCE, MACHiMERY, AMD TRAMSPORTAHOM
EQU!PMEMT)..........................................................
Cutlery, hand tools, and hardware......
Hand tools............................
Hardware............... ..............
Heating apparatus (except electric) and
plumbers' supplies....................
Sanitary ware and plumbers' supplies...
Oil ourners, nonelectric heating and
cooking apparatus, not elsewhere
Fabricated structural metal products....
Metal stamping, coating, and engraving..
S e e footnotes at end of table.
25
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Turn
Tabte B-2: Monthty tabor turnover rates in setected industries-Continued
(Per 100 e m p l o y e e s )
Total
S e p a r a t i o n ra t e
Total
Industry
Q uit
Discharge
M i s c . , incl.
military
Layoff
Sept. Oct. Sept. Oct. Sept. Oct. S&pt * Oct. Sept. Oct. Sept.
1??? 1955 1955 1955 19?? 1955 19?? 1955 1955 1955 1955 1955
MACmMERY (EXCEPT ELEClRtCAL)........................ 3.4
3.6
2.1
0.2
0.2
3.7
1.3
2.5
1.1
0.3
0.3
0.7
E n g i n e s and t u r b i n e s ..........................
4.1
2.1
3.4
1.4
.4
.2
.1
2.3
.3
.5
.3
A g r i c u l t u r a l m a c h i n e r y a nd t r a c t o r s ......
(2/) 5.9
(2/) 2.3
(2/) 6.7
(2/)
.4
(2/) 3.7
(2/)
.3
C o n s t r u c t i o n and m i n i n g m a c h i n e r y .........
3.4
2.1
.4
.2
3.7
.2
.2
3.5
1.3
2.5
.3
.3
2.8
2.0
1.2
1.8
.2
3.1
.4
3.1
.2
.2
.8
.3
1.6
3.0
1.0
1.8
.2
.2
.2
2.5
.4
.2
2.7
.3
Oct.
Metalworking machinery
(ex c e p t m a c h i n e
M a c h i n e - t o o l a c c e s s o r i e s ...................
S p e c i a l - i n d u s t r y m a c h i n e r y (except m e ta 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 and d e v i c e s . . . .
S e r v i c e - i n d u s t r y an d h o u s e h o l d m a c h i n e s . .
M i s c e l l a n e o u s m a c h i n e r y p a r t s ..............
2.9
3.6
2.7
3.6
1 .9
2.8
2.0
4.8
1.0
1.7
1.5
2.1
.3
.3
.2
.4
.4
.7
.1
2.2
.2
.1
.3
.1
2.9
3.5
4.3
4.1
3.3
2.9
3.7
3.7
3.7
3.7
2.4
2.6
3.0
3.1
3.0
3.5
3.8
2.4
4.7
3.0
1.3
1.4
2.0
1.4
1.2
2.3
2.3
1.8
1.7
1.9
.2
.4
.4
.3
.3
.3
.3
.2
.2
.3
.7
.6
.5
1.3
1.2
.7
.9
.2
2.5
.6
.2
.2
.1
.2
.2
.2
.2
.2
.3
.2
ELEClRtCAL MACH!NERY..........................................
4.9
5.4
3.5
4.2
2.3
3.0
.4
.3
.7
.6
.2
.3
1.4
(2/)
2.2
3.4
.2
(2/)
.2
.4
.4
(2/)
.5
.4
.2
(2/)
.2
.3
E l e ctrical generating, transmission,
di s tr i b u t i o n , and i n d ustrial apparatus..
3.3
(2/)
3.3
6.3
2.3
(2/)
3.2
4.4
6.5
6.7
5.1
5.0
3.3
3.6
.7
.5
.9
.6
.2
.4
(2/)
5.3
(2/)
3.3
(2/)
2.9
(2/)
.1
(2/)
(1/)
(2/)
.3
5.4
7.0
4.7
5.5
2.3
3.4
.6
.4
1.7
1.4
.1
.2
6.6
8.8
3.3
2.9
5.4
4.2
3.5
11.8
5.0
3.7
5.5
8.1
5.8
7.1
3.3
3.2
2.8
2.2
4.7
L2.3
6.0
5.8
6.2
10.1
4.1
3.7
2.2
2.1
2.0
1.4
3.3
L8.1
4.4
2.9
5.1
4.3
4.6
4.6
3.6
3.7
2.5
5.6
4 .9
10.4
5.1
2.2
6.6
7.1
1.7
1.6
1.5
1.6
1.2
.9
1.5
2.8
.9
.8
.9
3.3
2.2
1.8
2.6
2.9
1.6
.8
2.6
2.8
.9
.7
1 .0
5.7
.3
.4
.2
.1
.2
.1
.4
.8
.4
.3
.5
.8
.2
.2
.2
.1
.2
.1
.4
.5
.4
.1
.5
1.0
1.7
1.0
.4
.3
.4
.2
1.3
L4.2
2.5
.9
3.2
.1
1.8
2.0
.7
.5
.5
4.7
1.7
7.0
3.2
.7
4.5
(1/)
.4
.7
.1
.1
.2
.1
.1
.2
.6
.9
.3
.1
.3
.5
.1
.1
.2
.1
.2
.1
.6
.7
.6
.4
tNSTRUMENTS AND RELATED PRODUCTS.................. (2/)
P h o t o g r a p h i c a p p a r a t u s ....................... (2/)
W a t c h e s a n d c l o c k s ............................ (2/)
P r o f e s s i o n a l a n d s c i e n t i f i c i n s t r u m e n t s . . 2.7
2.9
1.2
5.5
2.9
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
2.1
3.2
3.8
3.3
3.0
2/
(2/)
7.2
2.3
2.8
2.1
2.1
(2/)
(H/)
Gy)
.3
.2
.1
.3
.2
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
.4
.5
.7
.4
.5
(2/)
d/)
(H/)
.1
.2
.1
.5
.2
M!SCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURE !NDUSTR!ES.... 4.8
J e w e l r y , s i l v e r w a r e , a n d p l a t e d w a r e ..... 3.2
5.6
4.3
4.4
6.0
4.2
2.5
1.9
3.8
3.0
.4
.2
.5
.4
1.2
.2
.2
.3
.2
.3
Radios,
phonographs,
Telephone,
telegraph,
t e l e v i s i o n sets,
a nd r e l a t e d
E l e c t r i c a l a p p l i a n c e s , lamps, and m i s c e l
l a n e o u s p r o d u c t s .............................
TRANSPORTATION EQUtPMENT..................................
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 and 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 .....
O t h e r t r a n s p o r t a t i o n e q u i p m e n t .............
26
j 2.7
1.5
.5
Tabte B-2: Monthty tabor turnover rates in setected industries-Continued
(Per 100 e m p l o y e e s )
I ndustry
Total
accession
rate
Sei)aration rate
Quit
Total
Discharge
Oct. Sept. Oct.
Sept. Oct.
Sept. Oct.
1955
1955
1955
1955
1955
1955
19??
3.4
1.4
4.5
2.8
1.0
3.7
1.4
4.5
1. 9
5.3
3.5
2 .1
.4
3.1
1.0
3.7
1.3
4.5
2.7
0.2
1.6
3.9
1.0
5.7
3.0
.3
(l/)
.1
ANTHRAUTE M!M!WG........................
3.5
5-0
2.4
3.6
1.2
1.3
0/)
0/)
B!TUM!W0U8-C0AL M!M!MG...................
1.2
1.8
l.l
1.7
.4
.6
(i/)
(R/)
(2/)
2.3
(2/)
(2/)
2.8
(2/)
2.2
2.4
(2/)
1.7
(2/)
(2/)
METAL
............................
0/)
Layoff
Sept. Oct.
iR??
Misc., incl.
military
Sept. Oct.
Sept.
1935
1?33
0.2
.2
.3
.5
.2
0.3
.3
.3
1.0
2.1
.1
.2
(i/)
.6
.9
.1
.1
.1
.1
(2/)
(2/)
.5
.4
(2/)
.1
.2
0.3
.1
.4
0.2
.3
(1/)
.1
0.2
.2
.1
.2
C0MMUW!CAT!0M:
1.8
l/ Less than 0.0$.
2 / Not available.
Data relate to domestic employees except messenger* and those compensated entirely on a commission basis.
EL
Hours and Earmngs
Tabte C-l: Hours and gross earnings of production workers
or nonsupervisory emptoyees
industry
Average weekly
hours
Warnings"''
Oct.
. 1955
1955
Oct.
1954
Oct.
1955
42.8
41.7
44.3
42.1
4o.i
42.0
40.7
$2.28
2.42
93.33
87.15
86.94
75.30
AMTHRAUTE..........................................................
96.72
72.61
86.27
37.2
28.7
B)TUM!M0US-C0AL................................................
99.86
96.73
87.54
37.4
96.76
95.88
90.85
83.99
85.83
98.63
102.37
$83.41
Oct.
42.9
42.3
43.7
42.1
1 r o n m i n i n g ...................................
C o p p e r m i n i n g ................................
L e a d an d z i n c m i n i n g .......................
"ear n i n g ^ "
Oct. [ Sept.
1955 1955
100.08
99.68
86.73
METALM)N)MG......................................................
$97.81
Sept.
1954
Sept.
1955
Oct.
1954
$2.08
2.25
$2.26
2.40
2.25
2.06
2.07
1.85
34.1
2.60
2.53
2.53
36.5
35.3
2.67
2.65
2.48
41.0
40.8
40.2
2.36
2.35
2.26
79.92
45.4
45.9
44.9
I .85
1.87
1.78
100.87
95.74
37.5
38.5
37.4
2.63
2.62
2.56
$96.73
80.30
36.5
2.07
2.20
CRUDE-PETROLEUM AWD WATURAL-GAS
PRODUCT]ON:
NONMETALUC WtWtMG AWD QUARRYtNG..............
c w r M c r coMr/M/cr/ow...................
99.34
97.13
102.31
102.29
102.13
102.75
94.13
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 ..........
86.62
100.53
41.6
42.6
4o.6
42.8
44.6
41.1
40.4
40.1
40.7
2.28
2.52
2.29
2.50
2.16
2.47
BUtLHHG COMSTRUCTIOM......................................
98.01
100.61
96.26
36.3
37.4
36.6
2.70
2.69
2.63
GENERAL CONTRACTORS........................................
91.19
93.61
91.62
35.9
37.0
36.5
2.54
2.53
2.51
102.48
104.90
109.80
103.63
37.6
108.96
36.7
2.79
121.60
97.54
120.90
101.28
115.05
2.71
2.72
2.65
...........................
78.50
D U R A B L E G O O D S .................. ..................
M O M D U R A B L E G O O D S .................................
WOXBUILDIWe COttSTRUCTtOX................................
SPECtAL-TRADE CONTRACTORS............................
99.46
36.6
38.8
38.1
2.40
2.80
2.83
2.39
2.83
2.33
35.7
39.9
37.1
35.0
39.0
35.8
3.04
94.87
38.5
34.9
4o.o
35.6
2.74
2.73
3.03
2.73
2.65
77.71
72.22
41.1
40.9
39.9
1.91
1.90
1.81
85.07
84.46
41.7
40.3
41.4
4o.l
40.4
39.2
2.04
68.97
77.97
65.07
2.04
69.32
1.72
1.72
1.66
ORDNANCE AND ACCESSOR!ES..............
85.28
85.28
81.41
4i.o
4i.o
40.5
2.08
2.08
2.01
FOOD AND KiNDRED PRODUCTS.............
73.63
87.95
72.98
87.52
92.44
68.30
78.02
41.6
41.7
40.9
1.77
1.75
2.04
2.13
1.97
1.70
1.67
1.88
P l u m b i n g and h e a t i n g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
P a i n t i n g and d e c o r a t i n g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Electrical 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 .........
M e a t p r o d u c t s ................................
Meat packing
w h o l e s a l e .........
S a u s a g e s an d c a s i n g s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
97.02
92.88
83.95
72.07
C o n d e n s e d an d e v a p o r a t e d m i l k . ........
Ice c r e a m and ices
... ... ..... . . . . .
C a n n i n g an d p r e s e r v i n g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
S e a iood, c a n n e d an d c u r e d ..............
C a n n e d f r u i t s , v e g e t a b l e s , and soups..
Grain mill products
. ..............
F l o u r and o t h e r g r a i n — m i l l p r o d u c t s . ..
Prepared ieeds
.
.. . . . . . . . . .
B a k e r y p r o d u c t s . ............... ............
B r e a d a nd o t h e r b a k e r y p r o d u c t s . ......
B i s c u i t s , c r a c k e r s , and p r e t z e l s ......
28
73.80
75.83
59.05
51.94
61.76
79.03
89.75
74.20
71.69
73.10
64.96
99.25
84.51
73.95
76.19
77.69
58.65
49.68
60.75
92.75
81.71
76.30
70.47
70.31
71.74
53.13
38.09
55.60
80.28
87.61
75.31
71.28
72.86
68.38
70.11
82.45
77.11
72.19
64.72
61.93
42.9
43.2
42.4
42.9
45.0
42.6
39.9
34.4
40.9
44.4
46.5
44.7
41.2
41.3
40.6
42.9
43.4
42.9
43.5
45.9
43.4
39.9
32.9
40.5
45.1
46.6
45.9
41.2
41.4
40.2
41.5
41.9
40.8
43.5
44.5
42.7
38.5
27.4
40.0
44.3
45.3
45.4
40.7
41.0
39.7
2.78
2.05
2.15
1.98
1.68
1.64
1.78
1.48
1.51
1.51
1.78
1.93
1.66
1.74
1.77
I .60
1.66
1.79
1.47
1.51
1.50
1.78
1.88
1.68
1.73
1.76
1.61
2.95
1.93
1.95
1.87
1.62
1.58
1.68
1.38
1.39
1.39
1.70
1.82
1.59
1.68
1.71
1.56
Tabie C-l: Hours and gross earnings of production workers
or nonsupervisory empioyees - Continued
Industry
Oct.
1955
^Irningl^
Sept.
Oct.
1954
1955
^earnings'^
Oct.
1955
Sept.
1955
Oct.
1954
Oct.
1955
Sept.
1955
Oct.
1954
FOOD AND KtNDRED PRODUCTS - Continued
$81.65
91.30
73.12
59.39
57.23
84.66
66.34
99.45
$68.06
74.03
6 7.78
55.55
53.84
78.78
61.59
91.80
42.1
47.2
39.1
40.7
40.7
40.1
41.2
39.2
43.2
4 5.2
40.4
40.4
40.3
40.9
42.8
40.1
M*3
39.8
42.9
39.4
39.3
40.4
4 1.9
39.4
$1.80
2.06
1.63
1.48
1.44
2.04
1 .5 0
2.47
$1.89
2.02
1.81
1.47
1.42
2.07
1.55
2.48
*1.64
1.86
1.5 8
l.4l
1.37
1.95
1 .4 7
2.33
8 1 .78
70.47
8 5 .O8
67.35
81.37
69.81
83.63
66.60
76.25
67.68
86.96
65.86
39.7
42.2
41.5
45.2
39.5
41.8
41.4
44.7
39.1
42.3
43.7
44.8
2.06
1 .6 7
2.05
1.49
2.06
1 .6 7
2.02
1.49
1.95
1.6 0
1.99
1.47
51.25
67.23
46.08
55.86
43.17
50.50
65.13
46.20
55.42
42.58
49.72
66.99
44.66
54.53
39.96
4l.o
40.5
38.4
38.0
44.5
40.4
39.0
38.5
37.7
43.9
4 o .i
4 J .i
38.5
38.4
41.2
1.25
1.66
1.20
1.47
.97
1.25
1 .6 7
1.20
1.47
.97
1.24
1.6 3
1 .1 6
1.42
.97
57.39
62.40
50.96
51.09
52.67
56.44
Cott o n , silk, s y n t h e t i c f i b e r ............. 55.62
57.77
54.93
63.95
57-20
53.06
57.96
57.13
58.65
45.93
49.32
45.31
55.63
49.88
D y e i n g and f i n i s h i n g t e x t i l e s .............. 67.51
56.70
63.72
50.96
51.08
52.80
56.17
55.08
37.77
54.40
63.99
56.40
51.21
54.10
53.00
54.54
44.6o
48.09
43.99
54.99
49.60
65.60
53.70
55.03
47.00
47.13
44.80
52.14
50.96
55.81
50.17
60.8O
54.60
50.17
54.96
53.00
56.12
43.66
44.72
43.39
53.38
45.74
62.67
40.7
40.0
39.2
39-3
39.9
41.2
41.2
40.4
41.3
41.8
40.0
39.3
38.9
38.6
39.1
38.6
40.1
38.4
38.9
39.9
4 3.0
40.5
42.4
39.5
39.6
38.5
36.8
36.3
37.1
37.8
39.1
37.6
39.0
40.0
42.6
39.2
35-5
37.6
37-7
35.0
39.5
39-5
39.3
39-5
40.0
39.0
38.3
37-9
36.3
38.7
38.3
37.9
38.4
38.4
37.8
4 1.5
1.41
1.56
1.30
1 .30
1.32
1.37
1.35
1.4 3
1.33
1.53
1.43
1.35
1.49
1.48
1 .5 0
1.19
1.2 3
1 .1 8
1.43
1.2 5
1.57
1.40
1.55
1.29
1.29
1.32
1.37
1.35
1.43
1.33
1.52
l.4l
1.33
1 .4 7
1.46
1 .4 7
1.18
1.2 3
1.17
l.4l
1.24
1.54
1.37
1.55
1.2 5
1.25
1.28
1.32
1.2 9
1.42
1.27
1 .5 2
1.40
1.31
1 .4 5
1.46
1.4 5
1.14
1 .1 8
1.13
1.39
1 .2 1
1.51
67.6 7
76.90
73.74
54.16
68.04
65.18
75.47
71.93
58.81
67.88
62.55
72.28
67.82
53.59
62.87
43.1
43.2
4 1.9
35.4
42.0
42.6
42.4
41.1
37.7
41.9
41.7
41.3
39.2
34.8
40.3
1.57
1 .7 8
1 .7 6
1.53
1.6 2
1.53
1 .7 8
1.75
1.5 6
1.62
1 .5 0
1.75
1.73
1.%
1 .5 6
77.11
64.45
P a d d i n g s and u p h o l s t e r y f i l l i n g .......... 74.36
P r o c e s s e d w a s t e and r e c o v e r e d f i b e r s . . . . 51.6 1
75.42
64.96
70 .72
50.63
71.81
61.38
67.57
52.08
42.6
39.3
44.0
42.3
41.9
38.9
41.6
4 1.5
40.8
37.2
41.2
42.0
1 .8 1
1.64
1.6 9
1.22
1.80
1 .6 7
1.70
1.22
1 .7 6
1.6 5
1.64
1.24
92.12
56.68
81.84
53.54
45.9
38.9
4 7.0
40.2
44.0
38.8
1.94
1.42
1.96
1.41
1.86
1 .3 8
$75-78
97.23
63.73
B e e t s u g a r .....................................
60.24
C o n f e c t i o n e r y and r e l a t e d p r o d u c t s . ......
58.61
Confectionery
...............
81.80
Beverages
.
............
61.80
B o t t l e d sof t d r i n k s . .........................
96.82
Distilled,
rectified,
Manufactured
an d b l e n d e d
i c e ..............................
TOBACCO MANUFACTURES......................
Ci ga ret tes
...............
Cigars
......................
T o b a c c o and s n u f f
......................
T o b a c c o s t e m m i n g and r e d r y i n g ..............
TEXT!LE-M)LL PRODUCTS.....................
D y e i n g and f i n i s h i n g t e x t i l e s
leat h e r ,
oilcloth,
40.8
40.4
40.9
42.1
4o.o
(e x c e p t
-arp e t s , rugs, o t h e r f l o o r c o v e r i n g s .....
W o o l c a r p e t s , rugs, and c a r p e t y a r n .....
H a t s ( e x c e p t c l o t h and m i l l i n e r y ) .........
M i s c e l l a n e o u s t e x t i l e g o o d s .................
F el t g o o d s (e x c e p t w o v e n fe l t s and
Artificial
4o.o
4 l.o
and
89.05
55.24
Hour^ j n d
Tabte C-l: Hours and gross earnings of production workers
or nonsupervisory emptoyees - Continued
Industry
Oct.
1953
APPAREL AMD OTHER FtNtSHED TEXTtLE
PRODUCTS.................................
"'larni^^
Sept.
Oct.
1954
1955
Oct.
1955
Sept.
1955
Oct.
1954
^earni^s^
Oct.
Sept.
Oct.
1954
1955
1955
$50.59
60.23
$50.05
61.92
$47.84
53.63
3 7 .2
36 .5
36.8
37.3
3 5 .7
32.9
$1.36
1.65
$1.36
1.66
$1.34
1.6 3
4 3.17
44.05
4 3.38
38.61
5 3.15
54.56
41.66
62.40
47.00
45.05
50.32
61.22
45.51
47.00
55.75
42.83
43.43
43.52
3 7.9 1
52.59
53.90
40.07
63.56
45.38
43.24
49.41
61.06
45.38
47.12
52.13
41.58
42.75
42.13
33.65
50.40
52.05
40.18
59.40
45.50
43.05
49.18
59.13
44.16
45.38
49.15
38.2
3 8 .3
3 7 .4
39.4
35.2
35.2
3 7.2
32 .0
3 7 .9
3 8 .5
3 7 .0
38.5
3 6 .7
3 7.9
40.4
37.9
3 8 .1
37.2
39.9
34.6
35.0
3 6 .1
3 2 .1
3 7 .2
3 7 .6
36.6
38.4
36.6
38 .0
38.9
36.8
3 7 .5
3 5 .7
3 5.8
3 3 .6
3 3 .8
36.2
29.7
3 7.6
3 8 .1
3 6 .7
36.5
36.2
3 7 .2
38.4
1.13
1.15
1 .1 6
.98
1.51
1.55
1.12
1.95
1.24
1.17
1.36
1.59
1.24
1.24
1.38
1.13
1.14
1.17
.95
1.52
1.54
1.11
1.98
1.22
1.15
1.35
1.59
1.24
1.24
1.34
1.13
1.14
1.18
.94
1.50
1.54
1.11
2.00
1.21
1.13
1.34
1.62
1.22
1.22
1.28
49.17
56.28
53.70
47.31
55.70
51.59
45.24
51.71
52.50
40.3
40.2
39.2
3 9 .1
39.5
38.5
39.0
3 8 .3
38.6
1.22
l.4o
1.37
1.21
1.41
1.34
1.16
1.35
1.36
7 1 .2 1
80.59
71.9 0
7 2 .3 1
4 7.74
90.29
70.93
78.93
71 .6 2
72.04
47.95
88.69
69.72
77.03
70 .8 1
71.40
46.11
88.44
41.4
39-7
41.8
41.8
43.8
39.6
41.0
3 8 .5
41.4
41.4
44.4
38.9
41.5
39-3
41.9
42.0
43.5
40.2
1 .7 2
2.03
1 .7 2
1.73
1.09
2.28
1.73
2.05
1.73
1.74
1.08
2.28
1.68
1.96
1.69
1.70
^06
2.20
73.81
73.15
77.94
54.63
55.02
58.38
74.58
73.68
78 .8 1
53.32
53.43
58.80
74.12
73.96
77.51
51.82
51.56
56.72
41.7
41.8
43.3
41.7
42.0
41.7
41.9
42.1
43.3
40.7
4i.l
41.7
42.6
4 3.0
43.3
40.8
4o.6
4i.l
1.77
1.75
1.80
1.31
1.31
1.40
1 .78
1.75
1.82
1.31
1.30
1.41
1.74
1.72
1.79
1 .2 7
1.2 7
1 .3 8
FURNiTURE AND F!XTURES....................
70.13
67.62
69.37
66.57
6 5.10
62.62
42.5
42.8
42.3
42.4
41.2
41.2
1.65
1 .5 8
1.64
1.57
1 .5 8
1.52
upholstered
Wood h o u s e h o l d f u r n i t u r e , u p h o l s t e r e d . ..
M a t t r e s s e s and b e d s p r i n g s ..................
O ffice, 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
furn'
.......................................
Wo o d
^ ce f u r n i t u r e
..............
60.90
74.20
75.42
59.08
72.41
77.70
56.44
68.89
68.95
43.5
42.4
41.9
42.5
42.1
4 3.9
41.5
41.5
4o.8
i.4o
1.75
1.80
1.39
1 .72
1.77
1.36
1.66
1.69
77.04
67.20
85.26
77.96
68.53
85.45
72.98
60.49
78.34
42.1
42.8
42.0
42.6
43.1
42.3
41.7
40.6
40.8
1.8 3
1.57
2.03
1.83
1.59
2.02
1.75
1.49
1.92
85.07
8 6 .31
75.84
41.7
41.9
39.5
2.04
2.06
1.92
65.92
66.49
65.41
41.2
41.3
41.4
1.6 0
1 .6 1
1 .5 8
M e n ' s and boys' s u i t s and c o a t s ...........
M e n ' s and beys' f u r n i s h i n g s and w o r k
c l o t h i n g ........................................
S h i r t s , c o l l a r s , and n i g h t w e a r ...........
S e p a r a t e t r o u s e r s ............................
W o r k s h i r t s ....................................
W o m e n ' s d r e s s e s ...............................
H o u s e h o l d a p p a r e l ............................
W o m e n ' s , c h i l d r e n ' s u n d e r g a r m e n t s .......
U n d e r w e a r and n i g h t w e a r , e x c e p t corsets.
C o r s e t s and a l l i e d g a r m e n t s ...............
Mi 1 1 i n e r y ........................................
C h i l d r e n ' s o u t e r w e a r .........................
M i s c e l l a n e o u s a p p a r e l and a c 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 .........
C u r t a i n s , d r a p e r i e s , and o t h e r h o u s e —
T e x t i l e b a g s ...................................
C a n v a s p r o d u c t s ...............................
LUMBER AND WOOD PRODUCTS (EXCEPT
FURWtTURE)...............................
L o g g i n g c a m p s and c o n t r a c t o r s ..............
S a w m i l l s and p l a n i n g m i l l s ..................
S a w m i l l s and p l a n i n g m i l l s
g e n e r a l . ....
Mi l l w o r k , p l y w o o d , and p r e f a b r i c a t e d
s t r u c t u r a l w o o d p r o d u c t s ..............
Mil 1w o r k
..............
Plywood
.
.
...................
Wooden containers
....
. .. ..
Wooden boxes
o t h e r t h a n ci g a r
M i s c e l l a n e o u s w o o d p r o d u c t s ................
Partitions,
shelving,
lock e r s ,
and
Screens
blinds
and m i s c e l l a n e o u s f u r n i
ture and f i x t u r e s ............................
32
Hours jnd
Limin^s
Tab)# C-l: Hours and gross earnings of production workers
or nonsupervisory emptoyees - Continued
Industry
Average weekly
earnings
Averag^weekly
Oct.
1955
$81.35
88.75
77.51
77.25
81.6 7
70.38
Sept.
1955
Oct.
1954
Oct.
1955
$81.10
88.11
76.64
76.38
80.45
71.23
$76 .01
82.16
71.2 3
71.14
74.80
67.65
43.5
44.6
43.3
43.4
42.1
41.4
Sept.
1955
4 3.6
44.5
4 3.3
43.4
4 1.9
4 1.9
92.90
98.45
99.70
81.61
91.03
93.61
57.28
70.62
93.14
98.28
97.44
8l.4l
91.94
95.76
56.74
70.62
87.94
94.32
89.55
76.82
86.29
88.00
52.68
68.38
39.2
36.6
41.2
4o.6
40.1
40.7
38.7
39.9
39.3
36.4
40.6
40.5
40.5
41.1
38.6
39.9
110.48
lll.ll
104.99
39.6
8 3 .2 1
90.94
89.76
88 .13
90.53
98.83
74.84
83.02
75.52
84.35
91.62
88.66
89.60
91.16
100.08
77.18
83.85
75.89
78.69
87.31
86.67
83.64
85.87
91.39
72.40
78 .0 1
73.34
87.98
95.58
85.65
88.62
96.23
84.22
83.78
70.64
64.26
71.55
66.50
81.99
76.86
63.99
88.58
98.88
101.84
Coke, o t h e r p e t r o l e u m and c o a l p r o d u c t s . . 89.68
PAPER AMD A L U E D PRODUCTS.................
Pulp, pap e r , a nd p a p e r b o a r d 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 and b o x e s ...........
F i b e r cans, tubes, a n d d r u m s ............. .
O t h e r p a p e r and a l l i e d p r o d u c t s ...........
PR!NT!HG, PUBL!SH!NG, AND A L U E D
!NDUSTR!ES...............................
B o o k b i n d i n g and r e l a t e d i n d u s t r i e s ........
M i s c e l l a n e o u s p u b l i s h i n g an d p r i n t i n g
CHEMICALS AMD A L U E D 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 ...............
Pl a s t i c s , e x c e p t s y n t h e t i c r u b b e r ........
Synthetic rubber
.
..........
Soap,
Oct.
1954
Oct.
1955
42.7
43.7
42.4
42.6
$1.87
1.99
1.79
1 .7 8
1.94
1.70
Sept.
1955
$1.86
1 .9 8
1.77
1 .7 6
1.92
1.70
37.9
39.3
2.37
2.69
2.42
2.01
2 .2 7
2 .30
1.48
1.77
2.37
2 .70
2.40
2.01
2 .2 7
2 .33
1 .4 7
1.77
2.29
2.62
2.25
1.94
2.19
2.20
1.39
1.74
40.7
38.6
2.79
2.73
2 .72
41.4
40.6
40.8
40.8
42.5
41.7
39.6
40.3
40.6
41.5
40.9
40.3
41.1
42.4
41.7
40.2
40.9
40.8
41.2
40.8
40.5
40.6
42.3
40.8
39.6
41.2
2 .0 1
2.24
2.20
2 .1 6
2.13
2.37
1.89
2.06
1.86
2.03
2.24
2.20
2.18
2.15
2.40
1.92
2.05
1.86
1 .9 1
2.14
2.14
2.06
2.03
2.24
1.81
1.97
1.78
82.01
89.54
77.90
41.5
41.2
42.4
41.8
41.3
41.9
40.8
40.7
4l.o
2 .12
2 .32
2.02
2 .12
2.33
2 .0 1
2 .0 1
2.20
I .90
82.15
74.36
66.14
71.46
64.64
83.08
75.67
63.34
88.99
7 6 .1 1
67.36
60.19
67.68
6 3.10
77.63
72.09
60.76
82.74
42.1
42.3
42.0
47.7
48.9
45.3
41.1
39.5
43.0
41.7
44.0
42.4
46.1
46.5
45.4
40.9
39.1
43.2
40.7
42.1
41.8
47.0
47.8
45.4
40.5
39.2
42.0
1.99
1 .6 7
1.53
1.5 0
1 .3 6
1 .8 1
1 .8 7
1.6 2
2.06
1.97
1.6 9
1 .5 6
1.55
1.39
1 .8 3
1.85
1.62
2.06
1 .8 7
1.6 0
1.44
1.44
1.32
1.71
1.78
1.55
1.97
100.36
102.82
92.88
92.57
95.75
82 .17
41.2
40.9
42.3
41.3
40.8
43.0
4o.6
40.4
41.5
2.40
2.49
2.12
2 .43
2.52
2.16
2.28
2.37
1.96
89.25
104.23
69.20
80.56
86.74
101.02
67.60
78.96
81.20
90.39
71.34
74.98
42.1
42.2
42.4
41.5
41.4
39.3
42.0
40.4
39.3
41.0
41.2
2 .12
2.4 7
1.73
1.90
2.09
2.44
1 .7 2
1.88
2 .0 1
2.30
1.74
1.82
53.39
73.38
74.38
50.78
49.41
52.45
72 .58
73.28
51.14
49.01
49.62
69.60
66.53
47.66
45.62
37.6
4o.l
42.5
36.8
36.6
37.2
40.1
41.4
37.6
36.3
35.7
39.1
39.6
35.3
34.3
1.42
1 .8 3
1.75
1.38
1.35
l.4l
1.81
1.77
1 .36
1.35
1.39
1.78
1.68
1.35
1.33
c l e a n i n g and p o l i s h i n g
P a i n t s , p i g m e n t s , and f i l l e r s ..............
Pai n t s , v a r n i s h e s , la c q u e r s , and
F e r t i l i z e r s .....................................
V e g e t a b l e and a n i m a l o ils and f a t s ........
V e g e t a b l e o i l s ................................
A n i m a l o i l s and fat s
... .
Miscellaneous chemicals
E s s e n t i a l oils, p e r f u m e s , c o s m e t i c s .....
C o m p r e s s e d an d l i q u i f i e d g a s e s ...........
PRODUCTS OF PETROLEUM AMD COAL...........
RUBBER PRODUCTS...........................
LEATHER AMD LEATHER PRODUCTS.............
L e a t h e r : t a n n e d , c u r r i e d , and f i n i s h e d . . .
I n d u s t r i a l l e a t h e r b e l t i n g and p a c k i n g . . .
Footwear
( e x c e p t r u b b e r ) ....................
Average hourly
earnings
4o.o
4o.o
4i.o
38.4
36.0
39.8
39.6
39.4
4o.o
4o.o
Oct.
1954
$1.78
1.88
1.68
1 .6 7
1 .8 7
1.6 5
Hours and Eammgs
Tabte C-l: Hours and gross earnings of production workers
or nonsupervisory emptoyees - Continued
Avera^weeJtly
Industry
Oct.
1955
Sept.
1955
Oct.
1954
Oct.
1955
Sept.
1955
Oct.
1954
$65.12
31.09
47.50
$61.85
49.02
46.00
$61.20
48.63
45.38
40.7
39.0
38.0
39.9
38.0
37.1
4o.o
F l a t g l a s s ......................................
G l a s s an d g l a s s w a r e , p r e s s e d or b l o w n . ...
G l a s s c o n t a i n e r s .............................
F r e s s e d and b l o w n csiass....................
G l a s s p r o d u c t s m a d e o f p u r c h a s e d glass...
Cem e n t , h y d r a u l i c .............................
S t r u c t u r a l c l a y p r o d u c t s ....................
B r i c k and h o l l o w t i l e .......................
F l o o r and w a l l t i l e .........................
S e w e r p i p e .....................................
C l a y r e f r a c t o r i e s ............................
P o t t e r y and r e l a t e d p r o d u c t s ...............
C o n c r e t e , g ypsum, and p l a s t e r p r o d u c t s . ..
C o n c r e t e p r o d u c t s ............................
C u t - s t o n e and s t o n e p r o d u c t s ...............
7 8 .77
112.56
75 .79
76.19
74.80
68.79
79 .27
72 .31
70.20
71 .7 8
72.45
78.99
68.82
79A7
76.39
70.58
79.19
115.45
75.62
76.02
74.64
66.82
82.76
71.97
70.52
68.90
71.98
77.37
66.55
8 1 .1 7
78 .83
69.93
73.34
102.12
72.25
73.63
70.31
63.72
76.91
67.40
65.79
68.28
69.19
68.63
64.26
76 .27
74.09
66.04
41.9
42.0
40.1
40.0
42.2
41.5
41.8
43.6
40.1
41.4
39.3
39.1
44.9
45.2
43.3
41.9
42.6
39.8
39.8
39.7
41.5
41.8
41.6
43.8
39.6
40.9
38.3
37.6
45.6
46.1
42.9
41.2
42.2
39.7
39-8
39.5
42.2
41.8
41.1
43.0
p r o d u c t s ........................................
A b r a s i v e p r o d u c t s .........
...........
A s b e s t o s p r o d u c t s ............................
K o n c l a y r e f r a c t o r i e s ........................
84.00
91.56
87.84
85.86
83.80
87.97
87.60
92.27
75.58
78.20
78.66
72.00
42.0
42.0
43.7
38.5
96.10
97.39
82.86
100.12
103.91
100.12
87.91
88.40
87-33
82.82
93.95
LEATHER AND LEATHER PRODUCTS - Continued
"earning'"
Oct.
Sept.
Oct.
1954
1955
1955
$1.6 0
1.31
1.25
$1.55
1.29
1.24
$1.53
1.25
1.24
40.7
36.9
37.8
44.6
44.9
41.8
1.88
2.68
1.89
1.90
1 .8 7
1.6 3
1.91
1.73
1 .6 1
1.79
1.75
2.01
1 .7 6
1.77
1.6 9
1.6 3
1.89
2.71
1.90
1.91
1.88
1.6l
1.98
1.73
1.61
1.74
1 .76
2.02
1.77
1.78
1.71
1.63
1.78
2.42
1.82
1.85
1.78
1.51
1.84
1.64
1.53
1.6 9
1.70
1.86
1 .7 0
1.71
1.6 5
1.5 8
4 1.9
41.3
4 3.8
39.6
40.2
39.1
41.4
36.0
2.00
2 .18
2.01
2.23
2.00
2.13
2.00
2.33
1.88
2.00
1.90
2.00
41.6
41.8
38.9
2 .31
2.33
2 .13
84.45
40.7
41.4
37-7
2.46
2.51
2.24
104.33
88.37
86.51
85.45
84.65
91.15
84.45
82.01
75.66
75.05
77.02
76.00
40.7
40.7
42.5
42.6
4l.o
42.9
41.4
41.1
42.2
42.3
4 1 .7
42.2
37.7
40.4
39.2
39-5
39.7
38.0
2.46
2 .16
2.08
2.05
2.02
2 .19
2.52
2.15
2.05
2.02
2.03
2.16
2.24
2.03
1.93
1.90
1.94
2.00
88.37
89.42
8o.4o
41.1
41.4
4o.o
2.15
2 .16
2.01
85.28
93.32
87.57
92.06
76.43
86.46
41.2
40.4
4 1 .7
40.2
39.6
40.4
2.07
2 .31
2.10
2.29
1.93
2.14
86.17
86.13
77.15
43.3
43.5
41.7
1.99
1.98
1.85
93.96
92.21
83.03
43.1
42.3
4 0 .7
2.18
2.18
2.04
98.10
96.14
83.64
45.0
43.9
40.6
2.18
2.19
2.06
90.42
91-57
101.72
105.72
100.28
W e l d e d and h e a v y - r i v e t e d p i p e ............. 95.22
88.91
8 7.5 6
99.96
104.30
98.29
94.16
81.6 1
84.25
86.18
87.46
87.33
85.22
41.1
42.2
43.1
42.8
43.6
41.4
40.6
41.3
42.9
42.4
43.3
41.3
40.4
40.9
39-9
38 .7
41.0
40.2
2.20
2 .1 7
2.36
2.47
2.30
2 .30
2.19
2.12
2.13
2.46
2.27
2.28
2.02
2.06
2.16
2.26
2 .13
2.12
H a n d b a g s and sm a l l l e a t h e r g o o d s ..........
H l o v e s and n l s c e H a n e o u s l e a t h e r goods...
STOWE, CLAY, AMD GLASS PRODUCTS..........
PR[MARY METAL tMDUSTRtES.................
B l a s t f u r n a c e s , s t e e l w orks, and r o l l i n g
m i l l s ............................................
^ L 'lx o e p t 'e !e c t ro ^ a I^ u rg ic a ^ ^ ^
p r o d u c t s ......................................
E l e c t r o m e t a l l u r g i c a l p r o d u c t s .............
Iron and s t e e l f o u n d r i e s ....................
G r a y — iron f o u n d r i e s .........................
M a l l e a b l e — i ron f o u n d r i e s ...................
St e e l f o u n d r i e s ...............................
P r i m a r y s m e l t i n g and r e f i n i n g of
n o n f e r r o u s m e t a l s ............................
P r i m a r y s m e l t i n g and r e f i n i n g of
c o p p e r , lead, and z i n c ....................
P r i m a r y r e f i n i n g o f a l u m i n u m ..............
S e c o n d a r y s m e l t i n g and r e f i n i n g of
n o n f e r r o u s m e t a l s ............................
Ro l l i n g , d r a w i n g
and a l l o y i n g of
n o n f e r r o u s m e t a l s ............................
R o l l i n g , d r a w i n g , and a l l o y i n g of
c o p p e r .........................................
R o l l i n g , dr a w i n g , and a l l o y i n g of
a 1um i n u m ......................................
N o n f e r r o u s f o u n d r i e s ..........................
M i sc e l l a n e o u s pr i m a r y metal industries...
Iron and st e e l f o r g i n g s ....................
4o.i
38.9
36.6
4o.4
Hours <3tid Earnings
Tab!* C-l: Hours and gross earnings of production workers
or nonsupervisory emp!oyees - Continued
Average weekly
earnings
FABRtCATED METAL PRODUCTS (EXCEPT ORMAMCE,
MACHtMERY, AMD TRAMSPORTATIOM EQUtPMEMT).
T i n c a n s and o t h e r t i n w a r e ..................
C u t l e r y , h a n d t o o l s , a n d h a r d w a r e .........
C u t l e r y a n d e d g e t o o l s ......................
H a n d t o o l s ......................................
H a r d w a r e ........................................
p l u m b e r s ' s u p p l i e s ...........................
S a n i t a r y w a r e and p l u m b e r s ' s u p p l i e s . . . .
O i l b u r n e r s , n o n e l e c t r i c h e a t i n g an d
c ook in g apparatus, not e l s ew h e r e
c l a s s i f i e d ............................ .......
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 p r o d u c t s .....
S t r u c t u r a l s t e e l an d o r n a m e n t a l m e t a l
w o r k ............................................
M e t a l doors, sash, frames, m o l d i n g , a nd
B o i l e r - s h o p p r o d u c t s .......................
S h e e t - m e t a l w o r k .............................
M e t a l s t a m p i n g , c o a t i n g , 2 nd e n g r a v i n g . . .
Vitreous— enameled products
.
..
S t a m p e d a n d p r e s s e d m e t a l p r o d u c t s ......
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..
M e t a l s h i p p i n g b a r r e l s , drums, kegs,
a n d p a i l s ......................................
B o l t s , nuts, w a s h e r s , an d r i v e t s .........
S c r e w m a c h i n e p r o d u c t s ......................
MACH!MERY (EXCEPT ELECTR!CAL).............
E n g i n e s and t u r b i n e s ..........................
S t e a m e n g i n e s , t u r b i n e s , and w a t e r
w h e e l s .........................................
D i e s e l and o t h e r i n t e r n a l - c o m b u s t i o n
e n g i n e s , no t e l s e w h e r e c l a s s i f i e d .......
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 .......
A g r i c u l t u r a l m a c h i n e r y (except
t r a c t o r s )......................................
C o n s t r u c t i o n and m i n i n g m a c h i n e r y ,
e x c e p t f o r oi l f i e l d s ......................
Oil fif*ld m a c h i n e r y an d t o o l s
Metalworking machinery
M a c h i n e t o o l s ..................................
M e t a l w o r k i n g m a c h i n e r y (except ma c h in e
t o o l s ).......................... ...............
M a c h i n e - t o o l a c c e s s a r i e s ...................
S p e c i a l - i n d u s t r y mac h i n e r y (except metalFoo d —products machinery
T e x t i l e m a c h i n e r y . . . . .......................
P a p e r - i n d u s t r i e s m a c h i n e r y .................
Printing-trades m a c h inery and equipment.
Avera^weekiy
^'larn in jT ^
Oct.
1955
Sept.
1955
Oct.
1954
Oct.
1955
Sept.
1955
Oct.
1954
Oct.
1955
Sept.
1955
Oct.
1954
$85.24
90.31
82.94
72 .4 9
82.37
85.87
$84.02
86.72
79.73
70 .72
81.16
81.80
$78 .5 3
80.00
7 5 .7 0
68.21
7 3 .1 0
79 .30
42.2
42.4
42.1
41.9
41.6
42.3
41.8
42.3
4l.l
41.6
41.2
4 0.9
40.9
40.2
40.7
4o.6
39.3
41.3
$2.02
2.13
1.97
1.73
1.9 8
2.03
$2.01
2.0^
1.94
1.70
1.97
2.00
$1.92
1.99
1.86
1.6 8
1.86
1.92
81.77
86.52
81.56
84.87
76.92
79.59
41.3
41.2
41.4
4l.o
40.7
40.4
1.98
2.10
1.97
2.07
1.89
1.97
79.90
86.52
80.10
86.31
75.89
79.56
41.4
42.0
41.5
41.9
40.8
4o.8
1.93
2.06
1.93
2.06
1.86
1.95
87.77
88.18
79.90
42.4
42.6
41.4
2 .0 7
2 .07
1.93
83.03
83.84
90.08
86.93
68.78
89.46
83.78
79.23
87.0 3
83.64
83.43
87.36
85.28
70.64
87.57
80.29
78.06
85.17
80.19
78 .3 9
78 .78
82.98
63.18
85.90
76.48
73.89
77.08
40.7
41.1
43.1
42.2
40.7
42.2
42.1
41.7
43.3
40.8
41.1
42.0
41.6
41.8
41.5
41.6
41.3
42.8
40.5
40.2
40.4
41.7
39.0
41.9
40.9
4o.6
4 1.0
2.04
2.04
2.09
2.06
I .69
2.12
1.99
1.90
2.01
2.05
2.03
2.08
2.05
1.69
2 .1 1
1.93
1.89
1.99
1.98
1.95
1.95
1.99
1.62
2.05
1 .8 7
1.82
1.88
92.60
88.13
92.80
84.97
94.13
83.10
90.02
82.56
83.64
77.01
78 .9 1
76.43
41.9
40.8
44.4
43.8
42.4
39.2
43.7
4 3.0
4o.6
38.7
41.1
4l.l
2.21
2 .16
2.09
1.94
2.22
2.12
2.06
1.92
2.06
1.99
1.92
1.86
90.10
93.83
88.83
93.44
81.6 1
85.97
42.3
41.7
42.1
41.9
40.2
39.8
2.13
2.25
2 .1 1
2.23
2.03
2.16
94.33
96.70
97.34
39.8
40.8
4 0.9
2.37
2.37
2 .38
93.68
86.88
92.51
92.00
83.02
88.73
81.56
76 .8 1
79.52
42.2
40.6
41.3
42.2
40.3
4 0 .7
39.4
38.6
38.6
2.22
2.14
2.24
2 .18
2.06
2.18
2 .07
1.99
2.06
81.00
90.09
77.60
90.51
73.73
78 .0 1
39.9
42.9
4o.o
4 3 .1
38.6
39.8
2.03
2.10
1.94
2 .10
l.9l
1.96
89.46
91.77
100.99
99.88
90.09
90.92
98.08
93.73
77.22
79.79
92.16
87.99
42.6
43.7
44.1
45.4
42.9
43.5
43.4
42.8
39.6
40.3
41.7
41.7
2.10
2.10
2.29
2.20
2.10
2.09
2.26
2.19
1.95
1.98
2 .2 1
2 .1 1
97.01
102.90
95.47
102.05
83.41
98.60
43.5
43.6
43.2
43.8
40.1
42.5
2.23
2 .36
2 .2 1
2.33
2.08
2.32
85.63
86.11
74.52
90.70
96.34
84.80
87.14
73.93
90.50
93.04
79.37
79.59
70.18
82.10
88.32
42.6
41.8
41.4
44.9
43.2
42.4
42.3
41.3
44.8
42.1
40.7
4o.4
4o.i
42.1
4 0 .7
2.01
2.06
1.80
2.02
2.23
2.00
2.06
1.79
2.02
2.2 1
1.95
1.97
1.75
1.95
2 .17
.2 1
Hours and Earnings
Tabte C-l: Hours and gross earnings of production workers
or nonsupervisory emptoyees - Continued
''"earning!""
Industry
" earnings^
Oct.
1955
Sept.
1955
Oct.
1954
Oct.
1955
Sept.
1955
Oct.
1954
Oct.
1955
Sept.
1955
Oct.
1954
Pumps
Air and gas c o m p r e s s o r s ..........
C o n v e y o r s and c o n v e y i n g e q u i p m e n t
Blowers
e x h a u s t and v e n t i l a t i n g fans...
I n d u s t r i a l t rucks, t r a c t o r s
e t c .........
M e c h a ni c a l p o w e r - t r a n s m i s s i o n equipment.
$90.31
89.46
91.12
80.57
93.68
95.70
$88.83
8 6.31
90.73
84.80
87.34
92.45
$81.20
80.39
81.20
76.40
81.41
82.62
42.6
42.6
41.8
40.9
44.4
43.9
42.3
41.9
42.2
42.4
42.4
43.2
40.4
40.6
40.0
40.0
40.5
40.7
$2.12
2 .10
2.18
1.97
2.11
2.18
$2.10
2.06
2.15
2.00
2.06
2.14
$2.01
1.98
2.03
1.91
2.01
2.03
" f u r n a c e s \ n ^ o ^ ........
O f f i c e and s t o r e m a c h i n e s and d e v i c e s . . . .
C o m p u t i n g m a c h i n e s and c a s h r e g i s t e r s . . .
T y p e w r i t e r s ....................................
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 m a c h i n e s . .
D o m e s t i c l a u n d r y e q u i p m e n t .................
90.95
86.52
92.21
80.12
84.44
90.50
85.70
84.04
89.65
77.95
83.41
91.16
81.41
79.80
85.93
74.70
79.80
87.35
42.9
41.2
40.8
41.3
40.4
41.9
41.2
40.6
40.2
40.6
4o.l
42.8
40.3
39.9
39.6
40.6
40.1
42.2
2.12
2.10
2.26
1.94
2.09
2.16
2.08
2.07
2.23
1.92
2.08
2.13
2.02
2.00
2.17
1.84
1.99
2 .07
S e w i n g m a c h i n e s ...............................
79.04
84.65
81.70
84.42
74.59
8o.4o
41.6
40.5
43.0
40.2
4o.l
40.2
1.90
2.09
1.90
2.10
1.86
2.00
M i s c e l l a n e o u s m a c h i n e r y p a r t s ..............
F a b r i c a t e d pipe, f i t t i n g s , and v a l v e s . . .
B a l l a n d r o l l e r b e a r i n g s ...................
M a c h i n e s h o p s (job and r e p a i r ) ...........
83.98
88.82
86.94
93.08
87.76
8 1.5 1
88.39
85.28
94.57
87.54
79.40
78 .6 1
78 .2 0
77.42
79.54
39.8
42.7
42.0
43.7
42.6
39.0
42.7
41.6
44.4
42.7
39.7
39.7
39.1
39.1
4i.o
2.11
2.08
2.07
2.13
2.06
2.09
2.07
2.05
2.13
2.05
2.00
1.98
2.00
1.98
1.94
ELECTRtCAL MACHtMERY......................
78.47
76 .1 7
74.34
41.3
40.3
40.4
1.90
1.89
1.84
^ d l s ^ b u t i f n ^ n ^ n d u s ^
W i r i n g d e v i c e s and s u p p l i e s ...............
83.23
74.62
78.99
71.38
78 .76
69.89
4 1.0
4i.o
39.3
40.1
40.6
40.4
2.03
1.82
2.01
1.78
1.94
1.73
80.32
79.90
74.96
41.4
41.4
40.3
1.94
1.93
1.86
72.73
71.78
74.89
39.1
38.8
40.7
1.86
1.85
1.84
86.86
88.40
85.14
87.56
84.87
79.76
4o.4
42.5
39.6
42.3
41.0
40.9
2.15
2.08
2.15
2.07
2.07
1.95
(V)
96.98
79.00
80.97
84.87
73.04
75.12
70 .72
94.80
78.20
78.75
82.42
60.72
74.16
76 .78
83.64
73.73
72.39
81.18
67.77
70.88
4o.i
43.3
41.2
41.5
41.5
35.9
44.3
39.9
42.8
4p.4
35.3
41.2
40.2
41.0
38.2
40.9
4i.o
4 0 .1
40.5
(i/)
2 .1 6
1.97
1 .8 7
2.06
1.76
1.81
1.97
2.14
1.96
1.84
2.04
1 .72
1.80
1.91
2.04
1.93
1.77
1.98
1.69
1.75
71.40
69.63
69.95
69.89
69.32
66.99
40.8
41.2
40.2
41.6
40.3
4o.6
1.75
1.6 9
1.74
1.68
1 .72
1.6 5
95.87
77.38
93.05
61.15
82.01
95.21
77.79
92.59
6 1.15
84.67
83.43
69.48
78 .6 0
58.35
79.00
44.8
41.6
44.1
39.2
40.4
44.7
41.6
44.3
39.2
41.3
41.1
39.7
39.9
38.9
4o.i
2.14
1.86
2.11
1 .5 6
2.03
2 .13
1 .8 7
2.09
1.5 6
2.05
2.03
1.75
1.97
1 .5 0
1.97
MACHINERY (EXCEPT ELECTRtCAL) - Continued
'pressI^Uchinls'
and
Products
R e c o r d i n g instrument^
^
Mo t o r s , g e n e r a t o r s , and m o t o r - g e n e r a ' o r
Po w e r and d i s t r i b u t i o n t r a n s f o r m e r s .....
^contrfl^'
^
industrial
E l e c t r i c a l w e l d i n g a p p a r a t u s ..............
E l e c t r i c a l appl i a n c e ; ;........................
I n s u l a t e d w i r e and c a b l e ....................
E l e c t r i c a l e q u i p m e n t for v e h i c l e s .........
E l e c t r i c l a m p s .................................
^e^uiplen!.
Miscellaneous electrical
.....
p r o d u c t s .........
P r i m a r y b a t t e r i e s (dr y and w e t ) ..........
X - r a y an d n o n - r a d i o e l e c t r o n i c t u b e s ----
85
Hours and Earnings
Tabie C-l: Hours and gross earnings of production workers
or nonsupervisory empioyees - Continued
Average weekly
earnings
Average hourly
earnings
Oct.
Sept.
Oct.
Oct.
Sept.
Oct.
A u t o m o b i l e s .....................................
$93.71
96.64
$93.11
96.23
$87.26
90.54
1955
41.1
41.3
1955
41.2
41.3
1954
4o.4
4o.6
Oct.
1955
1954
Sept.
1955
1955
$2.28
2.34
1955
$2.26
2.33
$2.16
2.23
a c c e s s o r i e s ...................................
T r u c k and b us b o d i e s ........................
T r a i l e r s ( t r u c k and a u t o m o b i l e ) ..........
A i r c r a f t an d p a r t s ............................
A i r c r a f t ........................................
A i r c r a f t e n g i n e s an d p a r t s .................
A i r c r a f t p r o p e l l e r s and p a r t s .............
O t h e r a i r c r a f t p a r t s and 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 and r e p a i r i n g .....
S h i p b u i l d i n g and r e p a i r i n g .................
B o a t b u i l d i n g and r e p a i r i n g .................
R a i l r o a d e q u i p m e n t ............................
L o c o m o t i v e s an d p a r t s .......................
R a i l r o a d a n d s t r e e t c a r s ...................
O t h e r t r a n s p o r t a t i o n e q u i p m e n t .............
97A7
79.39
87.35
91.49
90.61
91.91
98.34
94.79
84.24
87.08
71.33
91.14
95.22
88.39
83.89
97.06
79.00
86.94
90.67
90.03
89.98
96.78
93.48
84.93
88.31
69.03
94.25
100.42
89.77
81.60
91.35
75.83
79.90
85.47
85.47
84.63
83.37
87.34
81.02
82:51
71.8 2
82.13
83.71
81.38
71 .2 3
41.3
40.3
42.2
41.4
4i.o
41.4
43.9
42.7
39.0
38.7
40.3
39.8
41.4
38.6
42.8
41.3
39.7
41.8
41.4
41.3
40.9
43.4
42.3
39.5
39.6
39.0
40.8
43.1
39.2
42.5
4o.6
39.7
41.4
40.7
40.7
40.3
39.7
41.2
38.4
38.2
39.9
38.2
39.3
37.5
38.5
2 .36
1.97
2 .07
2 .2 1
2 .2 1
2.22
2.24
2.22
2 .16
2.25
1 .7 7
2.29
2 .30
2.29
1.9 6
2.35
1.99
2.08
2 .19
2 .18
2.20
2.23
2 .2 1
2 .15
2.23
1.77
2.31
2.33
2.29
1.92
2.25
1.91
1.93
2.10
2.10
2.10
2.10
2.12
2.11
2 .16
1.80
2.15
2.13
2.17
1.85
80 .51
79.52
74.19
41.5
41.2
4o.l
1.94
1.93
1.85
89.62
91.54
84.63
41.3
41.8
40.3
2 .1 7
2.19
2.10
81.56
79.35
31.95
77.57
75.39
76.78
41.4
40.9
41.6
40.4
4o.i
40.2
1.97
1.94
1.97
1.92
1.88
1.91
71.69
66.68
89.24
73.46
69.94
64.84
87.34
71.2 8
65.46
59.04
81.20
67.06
41.2
42.2
41.7
41.5
40.9
41.3
41.2
40.5
39.2
39.1
40.6
40.4
1.74
1.58
2.14
1.77
1.71
1.57
2.12
1.76
1.6 7
1.51
2.00
1.66
69.38
76.30
7 1 .0 1
87.96
79.42
62.52
68.30
73.96
68.75
85.02
77.98
61.45
65.21
71.71
68.89
77.65
77.65
59.40
41.3
43.6
43.3
44.2
41.8
40.6
40.9
4 3.0
42.7
43.6
41.7
39.9
40.5
43.2
43.6
42.2
42.2
39.6
1.68
1.75
1.64
1.99
1.9 0
1.54
1 .6 7
1 .7 2
1 .6 1
1.95
1 .8 7
1.54
1 .6 1
1.66
1.5 8
1.84
1.84
1.5 0
6 3.76
60.21
62.99
62.42
75.65
71.46
61.66
6j..54
61.45
61.16
74.34
70.93
59.45
59.58
62.58
57.77
69.53
66.57
41.4
39.1
40.9
40.8
42.5
40.6
40.3
39.2
39.9
40.5
42.0
40.3
39.9
39.2
40.9
39.3
40.9
4o.l
1.54
1.54
1.54
1.53
1 .7 8
1 .7 6
1.53
1.57
1.54
1.51
1.77
1 .76
1.49
1.52
1.53
1.47
1 .70
1.66
TRANSPORTATION EQUtPMENT..................
tNSTRUMENTS AND RELATED PRODUCTS.........
O p t i c a l i n s t r u m e n t s and l e n s e s .............
S u r g i c a l , m e d i c a l , and d e n t a l i n s t r u
m e n t s ............................................
O p h t h a l m i c g o o d s ...............................
P h o t o g r a p h i c a p p a r a t u s .......................
W a t c h e s and c l o c k s ............................
MtSCELLANEOUS M A N U F A C T U R E !NDUSTR!ES....
J e w e l r y , s i l v e r w a r e , an d p l a t e d w a r e .....
J e w e l r y an d f i n d i n g s ........................
S i l v e r w a r e and p l a t e d w a r e .................
M u s i c a l i n s t r u m e n t s and p a r t s ..............
T o y s an d s p o r t i n g g o o d s ......................
Ga m e s , toys, d olls, and c h i l d r e n ' s
Pens, p e n c i l s , o t h e r o f f i c e s u p p l i e s .....
C o s t u m e j e w e l r y , b u t t o n s , n o t i o n s .........
F a b r i c a t e d p l a s t i c s p r o d u c t s ...............
O t h e r m a n u f a c t u r i n g i n d u s t r i e s .............
Oct.
1954
-22
Huurs jn d
Tab!# C-l: Hours and gross earnings of production workers
or nonsupervisory emptoyees - Continued
'"earnings""
Oct .
Oct.
Sept.
industry
r a M M W M r / M
/MM
Average weekly
hours
Oct.
Sept. Oct.
Average hourly
earnings
Oct.
Oct.
Sept.
1955
1955
1954
4o.4
42.8
(1/)
$1.89
$1.95
1.90
$1.94
1.83
40.1
38.4
39.3
38.0
1.84
1.60
1 .8 1
1.57
1 .8 1
1.58
44.7
42.2
44.5
42.4
44.5
42.1
2.34
1.88
2 .31
1.88
2.34
1.86
86.94
87.36
81.36
41.6
41.6
41.6
41.4
41.4
41.1
42.0
41.6
4 1.3
2.14
2.17
2.05
2.12
2.16
2.03
2 .07
2.10
1.97
89.66
89.88
4 1 .7
4 1 .7
42.8
2.17
2 .15
2.10
78.94
78.96
74.93
40.9
4 0 .7
40.5
1.93
1.94
1.85
59-13
42.12
59.82
42.00
57.18
40.48
38.9
35.1
39.1
35.0
38.9
34.9
1.52
1.20
1.53
1.2 0
1 .4 7
1.16
48.11
62.10
79.72
46.90
48.il
62.98
80.96
46.77
46.41
60.80
74 .70
46.95
35-9
38.1
4 3.8
35.0
35.9
38.4
44.0
34.9
35.7
38.0
44.2
35.3
1.34
I .63
1.82
1.34
1.34
1.64
1.84
1.34
1 .30
1.60
1.69
1.33
67.97
72.04
6 7.72
72 .38
64.99
68.85
4 1 .7
43.4
41.8
43.6
42.2
43.3
I .63
1.66
1.62
1.66
1.54
1.59
59.95
98.61
74.06
59.09
96.69
74.03
53.02
97.24
70.90
-
-
-
4i.8o
41.20
40.87
41.8
41.2
4 1 .7
1.00
1.00
.98
4i.il
48.36
40.70
48.36
40.50
47.72
40.7
40.3
40.3
40.3
40.5
4o.i
1.0 1
1.20
1.01
1.20
1.00
1 .1 9
93.99
94.89
92.95
-
-
-
.
1951
195"
1954
.1 9 5 5
(1/)
$79.33
$83.07
81.70
$78 .38
78.32
42.0
( 1 /)
42.6
43.0
73.60
60.64
72.58
60.29
72.04
60.04
4o.o
3 7.9
104.60
79.34
102.80
79.71
104.13
78.31
89.02
90.27
85.28
87.77
89.42
83.43
90.49
1955
1954
#m/r/fs.-
TRANSPORTATION:
L o c a l r a i l w a y s a n d b u s l i n e s ..............
COMMUHtCAHOK:
S w i t c h b o a r d o p e r a t i n g e m p l o y e e s j2/...
L i n e c o n s t r u c t i o n , i n s t a l l a t i o n , and
m a i n t e n a n c e e m p l o y e e s gy ..............
OTHER PUBL!C UT!L!T!ES:
G a s and e l e c t r i c u t i l i t i e s . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
E l e c t r i c l i g h t an d p o w e r u t i l i t i e s .....
E l e c t r i c l i g h t a n d gas u t i l i t i e s c o m
b i n e d .........................................
W/KKfMAf M P
RfM/A
HMPf.-
WHOLESALE TRADE..........................
RETA!L TRADE (EXCEPT F A H M G AMD DRtMtUMG
PLACES).................................
G e n e r a l m e r c h a n d i s e s t o r e s .................
D e p ar t m e nt stores and g e neral m a i l
o r d e r h o u s e s ................................
F o o d and l i q u o r s t o r e s ......................
A u t o m o t i v e and 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 trade!
F u r n i t u r e and a p p l i a n c e s t o r e s ..........
L u m b e r a n d h a r d w a r e s u p p l y s t o r e s ......
S e c u r i t y d e a l e r s and e x c h a n g e s ...........
I n s u r a n c e c a r r i e r s ...........................
-
-
-
/tM
H o t e l s , y e a r r o u n d _5/....................
Personal services:
L a u n d r i e s . ......
.....................
^ M o ^ o n - p i c t u r e ' p r o d u c t i o n an d d i s t r i bution
-
-
-
l/ Not available. 2/ Data relate to employees in such occupations in the telephone industry as switchboard
operators; service assistants; operating room instructors; and pay-station attendants. During 1954 such employees
made up 43 percent of the total number of nonsupervisory employees in telephone establishments reporting hours and
earnings data. 2/ Data relate to employees in such occupations in the telephone industry as central office crafts
men; installation and exchange repair craftsmen; line, cable, and conduit craftsmen; and laborers. During 1954
such employees made up 25 percent of the total number of nonsupervisory employees in telephone establishments re
porting hours and earnings data. 4/ Data relate to domestic employees except messengers and those compensated
entirely on a commission basis.
Money payments only; additional value of board, room, uniforms, and tips, not
included.
_*f August 1954 - Average weekly earnings shewn previously as $77-15 should have read $71.15.
.J6
A d ju s te d L it t im g s
Tabte C-2: Gross average weekty earnings of production workers
in setected industries, in current and 1947-49 dottars
Bituminous-coal
Laundries
mining
C u r r e n t 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 C u r r e n t 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 C u r r e n t 1 9 47-49
Manufacturing
Year
at^rage
Year
and
month
Manufacturing
Laundries
Current 1947-49 Current 1947-49 Current 1947-49
Monthly
data:
-
1954
$23.86 $40.17 $23.88 $40.20 $17.64 $29.70 Sept *** $71.86 $62.65 $81.17 $70-77 $40.50 $35.31
193 9
25.20 42.07 24.71 41.25 17.93 29.93 Oct **** 72.22 63.07 87.54 76.45 40.50 35-37
194 0
29.53 47.03 30.86 49.06 18.69 29.71 Nov.... 73.57 64.20 88.29 77.04 40.40 35-25
194 1
36.65 52.58 33.02 50.24 20.34 29.18 Dec.... 74.12 64.85 92.01 80.50 40.70 35.61
194 2
43.14 58.30 41.62 56.24 23.08 31.19
194 3
46.08 61.28 51.27 68.18 25.95 34.51 1955
194 4
1943...... 44.39 57.72 52.25 67.95 27.73 36.06 Jan.... 73.97 64.72 92.01 80.50 40.40 35-35
43.82 52.54 58.03 69.58 30.20 36.21 F6b____
194 6
74.74 65.39 94.50 82.68 40.20 35-17
49.97 52.32 66.59 69.73 32.71 34.25 Mar.. . 75.11 65.71 91.88 80.38 4o.6o 35.52
194 7
194H..... 54.14 52.67 72.12 70.16 34.23 33.30 Apr.... 74.96 6$.64 93.00 81.44 40.70 35.64
May....
76.30 66.81 93.87 82.20 41.62 36.44
34.92 53.95 63.28 62.16 34.96 34.36 June... 76.11 66.53 98.28 85.91 4o.8o 35.66
194 9
39.33 37.71 70.35 68.43 35.47 34.50
195 0
1991...... 64.71 38.30 77.79 70.08 37.81 34.06 July... 76.36 66.57 95.50 83.26 4 i.o i 35-75
6r.97 39.89 78.09 68.80 38.63 34.04 Aug.... 76.33 66.66 94.50 82.53 40.40 35.28
193 2
71.69 62. 6 ? 85.31 74.57 39.69 34.69 Sept... 77.71 67.63 96.73 84.19
193 3
35-42
71.86 62.60 80.85 70.43 40.10 34.93 Oct.... 78.50 68.32 99.86 86.91 40.70
193 4
4 i. li 35.78
Tabte C-3: Average weekty earnings, gross and net spendabte, of production workers
in manufacturing, in current and 1947-49 dottars
Year
Net spendable
Gross average
average weekly earnings
weekly earnings
Worker with
Index
S^dependlts
Amount ( 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 n o d e p e n d e n t s
Current 1947-49 Current 1947-49
=- 100)
Annual
average:
Ye ar
and
month
Net s p e n d a b l e
Gross average
average wee k l y earnings
weekly earnings
Index/
Worker with
Worker with
no dependents
3 dependents
Amount (1947-49
= 100)
Current 1947-49 Current 1947-49
Monthly
data:
1939...... $23.86
1940...... 23.20
1941.......
1942......
194 3
194 4
194 5
1946......
1947.......
1948......
29.38
36.65
43.14
46.08
44.39
43.82
49.97
54.14
1949.......
195 0
195 1
1952......
1953.......
1934......
54.92
59.33
64.71
67.97
71.69
71.86
*3.1
47.6
3 3 .9
69.2
81.3
87.0
83.6
82.8
94.4
102.2
103.7
112.0
122.2
128.4
133.4
133.7
$23.58 $39.70 $23.62 $39.76 1954
24.69 41.22 24.95 41.65 Sept.... ^71.86
72.22
28.05 44.39 29.28 46.55
31.77 43.58 36.28 32.03
73.57
36.01 48.66 41.39 35.93
74.12
38.29 50.92 44.06 38.39
36.97 48.08 42.74 33.58 1955
37.72 45.23 43.20 51.80 Jan.... 73.97
42.76 44.77 48.24 50.51
74.74
47.43 46.14 53.17 31.72
75.11
48.09
51.09
34.04
53.66
38.34
39.33
47.24
49.70
48.68
49.04
51.17
51.87
53.83
57.21
61.28
63.62
66.56
66.78
74.96
76.30
33.63 June.... 76.11
32.88
55.21
56.05 July.... 76.36
58.20
7 6 .3 3
58.17 Sept.... 77.71
78.50
135.7
136.4
138.9
140.0
139.7
141.2
141.9
141.6
144.1
143.7
144.2
144.2
146.8
148.3
$59.55 $51.92 $66.78 $58.22
59-84 52.26 67.07 58.58
60.92 53.16 68.18 59.49
61.36 53-68 68.63 6o.o4
61.15
61.76
62.05
61.93
62.98
62.83
63.02
63.00
64.08
64.70
53-50
54.03
54.29
54.23
55.15
54.92
54.94
55-02
55.77
56.31
68.41
69.02
69.32
69.20
59.85
60.38
60.65
60.60
70.27
61.53
70.32
70.29
71.40
61.39
62.14
70.12
72.03
61.29
61.31
62.69
A d ju s te d L i m m g s
Tabte C-4: Average hourty earnings, gross and exctuding overtime,
and average weekty hours of production workers in manufacturing
Y ear
and
mnn' 1,
Manufact uring
Average hourly earnings
Excluding overtime
Gross
A m o u n t ( 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 - 100)
1941 ....... $0,729 $0,702
1942.
.805
.853
.894
.961
1943.
A v e r s e Average
hour.
d u r a b l e cf'irids
h o u r l y ear r-i ngs
N o n d u r a b l e go o d s
Average hourly earnings
G ross
Gro s s
Excluding
overtime
Ave' -g^
w e e k 1.^
54.5
62.5
69.4
40.6
42.9
44.9
$0,808
.947
1.059
$0 ,770
.881
.976
42.1
45.1
46.6
$o.64o
.723
.803
$0,625
.698
.763
38.9
40.3
42.5
1944.
1945.
1946.
1.019
.947
1.023 1/.963
1.066 1.051
735
1/74.8
81.6
45.2
43.4
40.4
1.117
1.111
1.156
1.029
1/1.042
1.122
46.6
44.1
40.2
.861
.904
1.015
.814
1 /.8 5 8
.981
43.1
42.3
40.5
1947.
1948.
1949.
1.237
1.350
1.401
1.198
1.310
1.367
93-0
101.7
106.1
40.4
40.1
39-2
1.292
1.410
1.469
1.250
1.366
1.434
40.6
40.5
39.5
1 .1 71
1.2 78
1.325
1.133
1.241
I .292
40.1
39-6
38.8
1950.
1951.
1952.
1.465
1.59
1 .6 7
1.415
1.53
1.6 1
109.9
118.8
125.0
40.5
4 0.7
40.7
1.537
1 .6 7
1.77
i.48o
1.6 0
1 .70
41.2
41.6
41-5
1-378
1.48
1.54
1.337
1.43
1.49
39.7
39.5
39.6
19531954.
1.77
1.8 1
1-71
1 .7 6
132.8
136.6
40.^
39-7
1 .8 7
1.92
1.80
1.86
41.3
40.2
1.6 1
1.66
1.56
1.6l
39-5
39-0
Sept..
Oct...
Nov...
Dec...
l.8l
1 .8 1
1.83
1.83
1 .7 6
1.76
1.77
1.77
136.6
136.6
137.4
137.4
39.7
39.9
40.2
40.5
1.93
1.93
1.94
1.95
1 .8 7
1.8 7
1.88
1.88
4o.i
4o.4
4o.8
41.1
1.66
1.66
1 .6 7
1.6 7
1 .6 1
1 .6 1
1.62
1.62
39.3
39.2
39.5
39.8
Jan...
Feb...
Mar...
Apr...
May...
June..
1.84
1.85
1.85
1.86
1 .8 7
1 .8 7
1 .78
1 .78
1.79
1.80
1.80
1.80
138.2
138.2
139.0
139.8
139.8
139.8
40.2
40.4
40.6
40.3
40.8
40.7
1.96
1.96
1.97
1.98
1.99
1.99
1.89
1.89
1.89
1.90
1.91
1.91
40.9
41.1
41.4
41.2
41.6
41.2
1.68
1.68
1.68
1.69
1 .70
1.70
1.6 3
1.6 3
1.6 3
1.65
1.65
1.65
39.3
39.5
39.7
39.0
39.6
39.9
July..
Aug...
Sept..
Oct...
1.89
1.88
1.90
1.91
1.82
1.8 1
1.83
1.84
141.3
140.5
142.1
142.9
40.4
40.6
40.9
41.1
2.02
1.94
1.94
1.96
1.96
40.9
4i.l
41.4
41.7
1.71
1.70
1.72
1.72
1.66
1.65
1.66
1 .6 7
39.7
39.9
4o.l
40.3
1954:
1955:
33
2.01
2.04
2.04
Man Hour tnduv'S
Tab!* C-5. !n d *x*$ of aggy*gat* w**k)y m an-houn
m industfia! and con<twct!on activity ^
( 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 = 100]
Manufacturing
Year
and
T O T A L 2/
month
1947:
1948:
1949:
1950:
1951:
1952:
1953:
1954:
Average..
Average..
Average..
Average..
Average..
Average..
Average..
Average,.
1954:
Sept....
Nov....
1955:
Jan....
R:b....
Mar....
Apr....
May....
June....
July....
Aug....
Sept....
Year
and
month
103.6
103.4
93.0
101.5
109.5
109.7
113.3
101.5
Contract
Mining c o n s t r u c t ion
division
d i v i s i on
94.6
103.4
102.0
109.1
124.1
127.5
123.1
115.9
105.1
105.4
89.5
91.0
95.0
90.9
87.5
76.6
123.8
102.3
103.0
103-5
102.9
73.5
75.8
76.5
77.4
99.9
100.8
103.0
103.1
76.8
96.O
92.4
76.0
100.6
106.1
117.2
122.3
106.1
108.0
107.2
109.8
HI.5
111.6
Furniture
and f i x t u r e s
123.5
118.2
108.9
76.4
75.7
77.7
80.4
78.6
78.7
78.3
128.7
129.3
132.3
125.2
78.8
Manufac—
tur i ng
divi s ion
Tctal:
Durable
gocd3
gords
104.8
106.1
103.1
102.1
94.7
99.2
99.7
99 7
93.5
103.9
106.6
109.4
110.5
97.9
96.3
95.8
95.8
441.8
437.9
431.7
429-0
109.4
111.5
113.6
93.2
94.2
95.2
106.4
107.8
116.7
117.2
94.0
106.0
109.1
110.7
114.2
96.2
101.2
98.0
101.2
101.9
103.2
103.8
102.0
103.6
105.2
104.5
111.8
102.8
103.9
93.3
102.9
111.4
104.3
105.4
96.5
99.0
1954:
Sept....
Oct.....
100.7
102.6
102.0
101.7
100.7
102.2
102.1
101.6
92.8
96.2
98.7
Jan.....
98.0
101.3
102.0
98.9
99.8
103.3
105.1
100.7
103.S
106.5
109.0
U5.7
114.3
115.8
117.7
U9.9
106.6
106.6
88.0
104.1
113.7
102.4
102.2
91.5
383.9
383.9
371.9
Electrical
machinery
92.2
88.4
84.2
85.5
84.6
86.2
91.7
99.5
95.6
99.3
97.5
97.1
T r a n s p o r t a—
t i on
equipment
102.9
100.9
96.3
106.1
124.5
138.0
158.6
135.0
106.2
107.9
110.6
111.5
95.4
94.8
95.1
97.5
122.9
125.9
128.7
127.7
118.1
125.9
139.2
97.6
99.6
102.2
112.4
U4.0
100.0
108.6
111.9
107.6
112.1
113.4
113.7
109.7
110.9
116.8
116.6
113.2
116.0
118.7
121.0
108.0
386.5
89.2
94.0
111.1
102.9
110.6
113.5
96.6
415.6
411.6
410.8
4oo.8
399-1
395.2
107.0
102.7
90.3
99.6
102.7
96.9
93.0
85.O
106.3
106.6
85.1
94.0
116.9
118.4
119.0
100.6
103.3
100.1
92.8
-- D u r a b l e g o o d s
L u m b e r and
wood products
(e x c e p t
furniture)
106.7
103.8
89.4
106.5
113.8
112.1
123.4
108.3
109.1
110.6
113.2
113.6
116.0
116.2
99.2
98.6
M a n u f a c t u r i n g - D urable g oods - C o n t i n u e d
S t o n e , clay,
Machinery
Fabricated
P r i m a r y m e tal
and g l a s s
metal
(e x c e p t
i
n
d
u
s
t
r
i
e
s
product s
products
e l e c t r ic a l )
104.6
113.9
94.5
July....
Aug.....
39.7
102.7
116.6
123.2
107.5
103-3
104.6
92.1
May.....
104.1
101.1
108.4
108.4
113.6
101.1
Average..
Average..
Average..
Average..
Average..
Average..
Average..
Average..
1955:
O r d n a n c e and
accessories
101.2
107.6
91.1
107.4
290.4
625.0
798.3
302.2
103.2
1947:
1948:
1949:
1950:
1951:
1952:
1953:
1954:
111.5
105.9
106.2
108.5
Tot.tl:
Mondtjr
le
104.4
106.6
107.3
103.7
103.6
104.4
109.2
86.0
107.6
123.7
131.2
147.1
123.4
125.7
l46.o
147.1
150.9
126.6
127.0
127.3
128.6
129.1
154.4
153.7
155.2
124.3
129.5
134.5
142.3
147.9
141.6
139.6
140.7
145.8
3 2 -
\Lin Houi
indexes
Tab!e C-5. !ndexes of aggregate weekiy man-hour!
in industrial and construction activity ^ Continued
(1947-49=100)
M a n u f a c t u r i n g - D u r a b l e goods- C on.
Tobacco
manufactures
and^related
1947:
1948:
1949:
1950:
1951:
1952:
1953:
1954:
Average..
Average..
Average..
Average..
Average..
Average..
Average..
Average..
1954:
Sept....
Nov....
Feb .....
Mar....
May....
J^me....
JUly....
Sept....
107.5
103.0
89.5
97.4
117.5
122.7
129.9
114.9
H I .9
112.3
112.9
113.7
112.2
112.9
114.2
113.1
110.4
115.5
100.3
103.2
105.2
96.7
102.4
98.3
93-9
97.4
99-3
97.7
99-4
101.1
106.1
91.7
88.0
82.3
79.3
80.4
81.6
85.1
90.4
96.4
102.8
103.8
98.9
105.9
101.0
^ 2
91.2
92.2
90.1
87.8
107.9
111.0
94.0
95.4
Textile-mill
products
104.5
105.7
89.9
100.1
96.0
90.7
89.8
78.7
79.5
80.9
82.4
83.2
85.4
81.4
77.2
72.0
76.9
79.7
81.4
75.2
79.6
102.6
114.0
115.1
83.0
83.0
80.2
80.4
81.7
83.6
84.2
85.0
?iTJshe^xti^J
99.6
101.6
98.8
103.0
101.9
104.5
106.9
99.0
101.1
100.3
101.8
103.6
102.4
107.6
109.5
100.1
100.5
102.9
98.1
108.1
109.2
111.3
M a n u f a c t u r i n g - N o n d u r a b l e good: 5 - C o n t i n u e d
Average..
Average..
Average..
Average..
Average..
Average..
Average..
Average..
102.6
102.3
95.1
105.4
109.9
105.9
111.6
1954:
Sept....
111.1
111.4
July....
Aug....
Sept....
Oct....
98.0
108.9
1947:
1948:
1949:
1950:
1951:
1952:
1953:
1954:
May....
103.9
100.0
96.1
93.2
93.9
94.7
93.7
90.3
101.3
103.1
100.5
109.5
121.1
118.3
alliTproducts
Feb....
Mar....
91.2
95.6
101.5
Year
Nov....
104.6
104.2
114.9
113.1
M a n u f a c t u r i n g -- N o n d u r a b l e go o d s
109.2
111.7
110.7
Products of
petroleum
Printing, pu b
lishing, and
a l l i e d i n d u s t ries
101.4
100.5
98.0
99.5
101.6
10&.7
105.4
104.4
105.6
105.4
105.4
107.0
103.3
102.6
94.1
97.2
105.5
104.7
103.5
103.3
104.1
104.3
104.7
96.7
94.0
93.8
92.2
96.9
102.3
104.3
108.5
103.9
104.4
107.4
107.7
91.2
90.3
92.7
93-7
95.7
108.3
108.6
109.1
110.9
94.0
96.1
116.4
95.5
97.0
95.8
95.3
93.8
112.0
112.4
116.3
119.6
94.8
99-1
94.9
95.4
106.0
105.7
106.8
110.2
110.8
100.8
93.4
97.8
98.1
96.9
96.5
89.9
98.2
113.5
116.4
118.2
118.9
105.8
100.9
95-7
107.6
106.9
105.5
loe.o
108.1
106.7
105.7
105.1
109.8
l e ^ p r s d t t s
88.1
101.9
108.5
108.4
111.6
97.0
108.7
109.3
110.5
110.1
111.7
113.8
103.3
104.0
99.0
102.7
98.3
97.3
102.1
product,
105.9
108.6
109.3
u4.o
88.3
86.8
90.6
93-3
98.6
98.4
90.9
89.6
_1/ A g g r e g a t e m a n - h o u r s are for the w e e k l y p a y p e r i o d e n d i n g n e a r e s t the 1 5 t h o f the m o n t h and do not r e p r e s e n t
t o t a l s for the mont h .
F o r m i n i n g and m a n u f a c t u r i n g indu s t r i e s , d a t a r e f e r to p r o d u c t i o n and r e l a t e d w o rkers.
For
4o
Stale and Area Hours and [arnings
Tabte C-& Hours and gross earnings of production workers in
manufacturing industries for setected States and areas - Continued
State and area
Average veekly earnings
1954
1955
Sept.
Oct.
Oct.
83.02
73.03
357.60
72.07
67.37
41.1
41.4
40.2
41.1
41.1
4o.8
86.92
82.78
82.81
42.8
41.0
54.73
54.99
52.20
52.83
53.12
86.50
76.56
86.25
ALABAMA..................
Birmingham
Mobile
$ 62.88
ARIZONA..................
Phoenix
87.74
85.28
84.04
ARKANSAS.................
Little RockN. Little Rock
CALIFORNIA...............
Fresno
Los Angeles-Long Beach*
Sacramento
San BernardinoRiverside-Ontario
San Diego
San Francisco-Oakland
San Jose
Stockton
COLORADO.................
Denver
CONNECTICUT..............
Bridgeport
Hartford
Nev Britain
Nev Haven
Stamford
Waterbury
Average veekly hours
1954
1955
Oct.
Sept.
Oct.
81.56
70.35
87.37
85.71
$ 63.29
73.50
86.49
96.67
84.00
$ 1.53
4o.l
1.97
1.75
$1.54
2.02
1.79
$1.44
1.82
1.68
42.4
4o.6
41.6
41.2
2.05
2.08
2.05
2.07
2.01
42.1
42.3
41.1
1.30
1.30
1.27
50.55
41.6
41.5
41.1
1.27
1.28
1.23
81.98
40.8
39.8
41.3
41.5
40.9
38.0
40.2
2.12
1.92
2.12
2.07
2.11
1.94
2.11
2.10
2.04
1.84
2.02
2.01
71.33
81.51
81.11
39.4
(1/)
76.04
( l/ )
77.74
79-73
70.23
i 74.15
( l/ )
79.00
( l/ )
81.99
73.57
75.79
77.23
(1/)
( l/ )
(1/)
( 1/)
82.32
80.51
72.85
32.01
81.89
69.60
70.30
82.81
74.44
40.4
41.3
78.32
(1/)
38.8
40.3
41.9
36.2
40.9
82.48
81.97
39.6
40.4
39-5
39.4
40.4
80.47
81.37
83.85
76.97
76.38
88.19
40.9
45.9
4o.o
40.7
4o.o
40.7
43.0
85.68
89.71
82.20
72.43
87.49
Average hourly earnings
1954
1955
Oct *
Sept.
&c V .
39-9
42.2
2.00
1.99
40.3
2.14
2.21
1.97
1.94
2.14
2.20
1.91
1.90
2.13
1.91
I .89
40.7
4 i.i
38.8
40.3
1.93
(1/)
1.91
1.94
1.81
1.84
41.8
42.0
41.9
42.6
40.4
4o.i
I .89
I .96
1.96
1.89
1.79
2.04
1.90
1.82
1.89
(1/)
(1/)
43.1
40.9
(1/)
(1/)
(1/)
(1/)
(1/)
(1/)
(1/)
40.9
(1/)
y
2.06
1.99
40.7
40.2
41.3
39.1
40.4
41.2
2.06
1.87
1.78
1.74
2.01
1.82
DELAWARE.................
Wilmington
90.41
76.11
77.42
90.34
70.84
; 84.22
i
40.9
40.8
40.6
39.8
39.8
1.86
2.22
I .89
2.23
I .78
2.12
FLORIDA..................
Tampa-St. Petersburg
59.18
57.92
57.08
j 56.30
j 56.98
41.1
40.6
40.5
40.2
40.8
58.06
40.7
1.44
1.43
1.43
1.42
1.38
1.40
GEORGIA..................
Atlanta
Savannah
55.76
69.53
73.70
68.61
72.76
55.22
50.93
63.04
66.82
41.0
40.9
43.1
4o.6
4o.6
42.3
4o.i
39.9
41.5
1.36
1.70
1.71
1.36
I .69
IDAHO....................
79.19
84.97
79.46
40.2
42.7
41.6
1.27
1.72
1.58
1.61
1.97
1.99
1.91
42.0
41.7
4o.o
39.2
2.04
2.12
2.02
2.12
1.92
2.00
ILUNOIS.................
Chicago
89.46
85.34
84.35
89.24
! 76.76
} 78.36
41.9
42.1
INDIANA 2/...............
86.29
85.27
i 77.28
41.6
41.8
4o.o
2.07
2.04
1.93
IOWA......................
77.56
78.43
84.03
' 73.04
j 77.73
41.4
39.4
41.7
4o.4
41.2
39.7
I .87
2.06
1.88
2.08
1.77
1.96
80.95
! 80.35
i 78.79
i 83.06
41.2
75.73
84.42
42.9
41.6
40.8
4l.i
42.1
42.8
41.8
1.94
1.67
2.05
j
1-95
1.86
2.05
1.91
1.84
1.99
74.01
80.77
i 68.07
! (1/)
t
41.6
41.7
41.4
t 41.5
<
4o.4
(1/)
1.79
1.96
'
j
1.79
1.95
1.68
(1/)
Des Moines
KANSAS....................
Topeka
Wichita
KENTUCKY.................
Louisville
81.03
80.09
80.27 I
83.25 j
74.47 t
81.73 j
See footnotes at end of table.
40.7
Stjte and Art?j Hours and turnings
Tabte C-6: Hours and gross earnings of production workers in
manufacturing industries for setected States and areas - Continued
Average weekly earnings
1954
12 55
State and area
LOUISIANA..................................
Baton Ro\ige
Nev Orleans
1955
1954
Averag<e hourly earnings
............. 195
1954
Oct.
Sept.
Oct.
Oct.
$70.14
$70.31
97.92
$64.27
42.1
4o.8
4o.3
41.2
4o.7
4o.2
$1.67
2.34
1 .70
$1.67
2.40
1.71
$1.56
2.23
MARYLAND....................................
Baltimore
Oct.
Oct.
Sept.
68.91
66.73
59-42
65.72
59.13
65.13
61.56
56.34
40.5
42.2
4o.6
4 2 .2
3 9 .2
4o.3
1.47
1.56
1.46
1 .54
1 .4 4
1.53
76.13
76.84
68.48
73.07
41.3
4 i .4
41.6
4 i.6
39.7
39.8
1.84
81.71
1.96
1.85
1.73
70.52
65.13
4o.6
4 o .i
53.93
57.27
38.7
4 i.o
4o.6
39 .4
4 o .i
42.0
39-0
33.8
33.0
38.7
4o.o
39.5
70.64
73.08
55.94
59.75
77.70
72.98
56.12
59.74
77.79
83.89
81.18
94.14
98.88
90.11
94.10
97.31
104.74
86.24
86.02
102.87
87.87
MINNESOTA..................................
Duluth
Mi nneapoli s- S t. Paul
Oct.
68.34
81.02
Bostcn
Fall River
New Bedford
Sprj ngfield-Holyoke
Worcester
Sept.
42.0
4 i .]
4 0.2
96.17
Portland
MICHIGAN....................................
Detroit
F lin t
Grand Rapids
Lansing
Muskegon
Saginaw
Average weekly hours
90.76
68.29
71.49
39.3
4 i.6
42.8
89.72
41.5
70.80
94.96
92.56
4 i.6
39-1
99.33
87.33
93.73
90.62
83.17
42.3
4o.4
42.2
81.70
80.72
80.25
82.73
74.73
75-97
50.94
57.68
48.38
71.90
83.76
83.37
82.01
88.20
88.54
41.7
41.9
42.5
4 i.4
4o.7
43.3
4 i .8
4 i .i
4 i.o
4 i .i
4 i.4
4o.o
39-7
42.2
42.3
4o.6
4 i.4
1 .74
1.82
1.45
1 .52
1.87
1.96
1.66
1.97
1.83
1.72
1.80
1.67
1.76
1.4 2
1 .3 9
1.48
1.77
1.49
1.85
1.91
1.81
2.28
2.38
2.46
2.07
2.27
2.39
2.42
2.18
2.32
2.25
1.98
2.18
2.22
2.15
1.95
2.03
2.01
1.9 2
2.06
2.00
1.8 4
1.99
1.92
1 .25
2.43
2.06
2.36
2.2J
2.10
2.10
2.19
39.8
4 i.4
4 i.8
4 o .i
41.8
38.2
52.50
( 1/ )
0 /)
42.1
4 i.8
4 i.o
42.0
(V )
1.21
1.38
4o.3
(1/ )
40.2
39-9
4o.7
4o.3
39.1
40.2
1.81
1.80
1.98
39.5
(V )
1 .9 9
1.98
j
!
78.29
4o.7
4o.7
1.18
MISSISSIPPI.............................
Jackson
( 1/ )
MISSOURI....................................
Kansas City
St. Louis
72.75
( 1/ )
79.95
81.42
79.76
67.75
76.32
74.32
MONTANA......................................
89. ^
90.65
82.25
42.6
42.4
4 i.3
2.10
2.14
j
NEBRASKA....................................
Omaha
(L l
5 /')
68.46
71.67
(1/ )
Q /)
43.8
43.1
4 i.8
4 i.8
(1 /)
5 /)
1.72
1.82
!
79.96
NEVADA........................................
88.12
91.57
86.76
37.5
39.3
39.3
2.35
2.33
2.18
NEW HAMPSHIRE.........................
Manchester
60.35
54.67
60.09
57.13
52.77
4o.5
37.7
4o.6
38.4
39-4
36.9
1.49
1.45
1.48
1.44
1.45
1.43
NEW JERSEY................................
Newark-Jersey City
Paterson
Perth Amboy
Trenton
80.97
79.93
1.96
4 1.2
4 i.i
39-3
4o.o
4o.8
39.3
40.2
1.97 j
1.99 j
79-53
4 i .i
4 i.i
hi .6
4 i.4
41.5
4o.8
80.97
74.70
76.24
75.85
75.74
73.85
NEW MEXICO................................
Albuquerque
83.13
77.52
83.85
78.36
3/ 81.36
76.67
42.2
4o.8
4o.9
4o.6
3/4 1 .3
4 i.o
76.05
72.06
4o.o
41.2
39.5
39-7
41.2
39 .^
4 i.o
4 i.o
39-0
4o.o
37.5
40.5
4o.8
NEW YORK....................................
Albany-3chene ctady- Hroy
Binghamton
Buffalo
EJmlra
See footnotes at end of table.
42
G ')
74.27
55-30
80.86
Sl. 99
80.95
79.97
83.22
83.50
76.O5
84.55
70.94
84.93
70.73
91.78
77.87
77.4i
90.07
i
77-39
65.86
84.26
75.38
41.5
40.9
40.9
41.5
j
i
1.7^
1.91
1.88
1.9 9
1.64
1.72
2.88
1.95 j
2.02 !
1.95 j
1.93
!
i
i
^
:
1.97
1.90
2.05
1.93
- 3 /1 .9 7
1.87
-
1.92
2.05
1.7 9 ,
2.21 )
1.92
2.06
1.79
2.20
1.85
1.90 j
1.93
1.93
2.02
1.89 ;
1.91
1.86
1.90
1.84
1.94
1.76
2.08
1.^5
Stale and A r e a
H o u r s and f a r r nn g s
Tabte C-& Hours and gross earnings of production workers in
manufacturing industries for seiected States and areas - Continued
State and area
NEW YORK - Continued
Nassau and
Suffolk Counties
New York City
Rochester
Syracuse
Utica-Rome
Westchester County
Average5 veekly earnings
1954
1955
Pr-t.
Sept.
Oct.
$84.83
73-36
82.53
83.4o
76.56
72.61
$84.44
72.06
82.44
82.76
74.54
76.13
$86.83
68.96
76.84
77.01
Average veekly hours
1954
1955
__Qat*__. S e p t - ... .Qat*-
40.6
38.7
40.9
70.27
70.64
42.2
41.8
4 o .l
42.0
37.5
40.0
40 . 5
38.1
4 i.o
42.2
41.2
40.9
40.0
39.3
40.7
Average hourly earnings
1954
1955
nrrh-....Sept.
$2.09
$2.09
2.02
1.81
2.01
1.96
1.8l
I .87
$2.07
1.84
1.92
1.89
1.90
1.98
1.83
1.89
1.76
1.80
NORTH CAROLINA.........
Charlotte
Greensboro-High Point
53.54
57.54
52.53
52.35
57.40
51.99
49.75
53.84
50.44
41.5
42.0
39-2
40.9
41.9
38.P
39-8
4 i.i
38.8
1.29
1.37
1.34
1.28
1.37
1.34
1.25
1.31
1.30
NORTH DAKOTA...........
Fargo
77.89
8 i .i 4
72.32
79-93
70.96
47.0
46.0
44.6
46.1
45.9
44.7
1.66
1.76
1.62
76.35
1.73
1.55
1.71
OHIO...................
Akron
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Dayton
89.24
90.86
82.47
88.61
90.63
80.54
( 1/)
41.3
94.33
95.44
92.23
77.07
- 2.65
4 i.4
39-4
4 i.6
94.99
(1/)
41.6
41.6
4 o .i
( 1/ )
41.0
40.0
( 1/ )
2.16
2.31
1.98
2.22
2.29
OKLAHOMA...............
Oklahoma City
75-24
75.89
71.69
83.58
41.7
42.7
77.71
4 i.8
42.3
41.8
41.2
42.3
4o.9
1.68
1.97
I .69
1.99
Tulsa
71.06
82.35
83.53
72.16
68.53
42.5
39.5
42.1
41.7
42.0
2.01
(1/)
2.15
2.29
1.98
2.28
1.88
2.07
( 1/ )
1.82
1.74
2.21
1.80
1.62
1.90
OREGON.................
Portland
87.04
86.30
83.09
85.42
78.66
38.7
39.3
38.1
83.39
38.9
39.2
38.9
2.25
2.12
2.27
2.14
2.18
2.02
PENNSYLVANIA...........
79.19
79.24
70.52
40.3
40.2
38.5
1.96
1.97
1.83
76.29
82.81
69.81
68.47
80.95
83.06
68.55
68.27
75-82
65.20
40.3
42.4
40.4
4 i.6
40.8
39.8
42.4
39.9
41.4
40.8
41.4
38.9
37-3
41.0
36.3
40.6
39.5
38.3
1.89
1.91
1.96
1.72
1.65
1.97
Allentown-BethlehemEaston
Erie
Harrisburg
Lancaster
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Reading
Scranton
Wilkes-Barre-Hazleton
York
RHODE ISIAND............
Providence
SOUTH CAROLINA.........
Charleston
SOUTH DAKOTA...........
Sioux Falls
TENNESSEE
Chattanooga
Knoxville
Memphis
Nashville
TEXAS
93-70
71.74
57.61
51.98
80.46
94.64
67.80
67.40
57.01
52.01
64.12
62.98
63.00
64.64
55.06
54.61
40.9
40.9
37.4
38.0
36.5
38.6
1.91
2.10
1.66
2.29
1.74
1.48
i.4 o
1.75
1.47
1.38
1.63
1.44
39.3
40.4
40.3
4 i.o
4 o .i
1.60
1.60
1.57
55.06
50.93
52.88
41.4
4o.o
41.4
4 o .l
38.6
1.33
1.43
1.33
1.46
1.27
74.56
46.9
47.7
51.2
43.0
1.64
1.64
1.55
1.64
58.18
4 i.i
41.2
40.2
40.9
61.24
60.53
90.15
83.95
50.7
37.2
39.8
4o.3
38.6
41.7
63.86
63.19
66.53
59.79
42.7
4 i.i
40.6
40.7
41.2 !
41.3 )
78.20
72.04
42.4
42.5 i
62.93
70.4i
59.90
67.94
1.38
1.61
1.55
1.56
1.55
1.53
1.37
1.76
1.76
4o.4
40.2
39-5
1.49
1.56
4^.4
1.54
1.48
1.55
1.73
1.55
1.53
1.83
1.84 j
51.3
i
See foot note a at end of table.
1.60
1.58
59.83
61.35
78.15
77-59
80.47
62.23
1.65
1.98
2.29
1.75
1.85
64.37
77.15
69.60
63.29
75.33
1.95
1.73
39.3
37.8
41.3
60.88
64.27
69.55
58.08
64.07
50.19
62.30
57.20
89.18
75.77
43.2
4i.4
1.73
1.63
i
j
!
:
!
i
i
1.44
1.49
1.72
1.54
1.43
1.74
Stjte jn d Ar^d Houts and L in in g s
Tab)e C-& Hours and gross earnings of production wodters in
manufacturing industries for setected States and areas - Continued
Averajate weekly earnings
1954
.
1995
Sept.
Oct.
Oct *
State and area
Average weekly hours
Oct.
1955
1954
Averag;e hourly earnings
Sept.
Oct.
Oct.
1955
Sept.
1954
Oct.
UTAH.....................
Salt Lake City
$77.60
$80.56
$69.52
72.94
38.8
40.5
41.1
4l.l
38.2
40.3
$2.00
1.94
$1.96
1.95
$1.82
1.81
VERMONT..................
Burlington
Sprj ngfield
^ .3 3
58.45
80.86
65.83
59.44
59.98
67.48
43.0
40.7
44.1
4 3.1
4l.l
44.5
40.9
39.9
39.5
1.52
1.44
1.83
1.53
1.44
I .83
1.46
1.50
1.71
VIRGINIA.................
Norfolk-Port smouth
Richmond
59.47
67.16
65.19
59-71
66.74
56.42
61.24
60.25
41.3
41.2
4i.o
40.9
41.2
40.8
40.3
41.1
39.9
1.44
1.63
1.59
1.46
1.62
1.59
1.40
1.49
1.51
WASHINGTON...............
Seattle
Spokane
Tacoma
85.25
83.36
88.90
83.40
85.41
83.00
88.25
39.3
38.4
40.1
39.3
38.4
83.44
82.43
79.53
82.63
81.59
39.6
39.6
39.8
39.5
38.6
39.8
40.1
2 .1 7
2.17
2.22
2.11
2 .1 8
2 .16
2.23
2.10
2.09
2.06
2.08
2.03
VEST VIRGINIA............
Charleston
77.38
94.13
77.61
93.60
71.13
87.86
4o.3
4o.4
39.8
39.3
39.4
1.92
2.33
1.95
2.34
1.81
2.23
WISCONSIN................
Kenosha
La Crosse
Madison
Milwaukee
Racine
82.81
83.87
80.65
88.74
90.82
86.35
81.42
75.13
80.58
76.11
80.36
81.26
79.74
42.3
4o.o
4o.i
4i.i
42.0
1.96
2.10
2.01
41.9
41.7
4l.o
40.8
40.2
40.1
40.6
39.9
40.2
WYOMING..................
Casper
77.40
81.20
95.18
38.7
4i.o
41.9
40.2
40.5
2.00
78.57
98.65
80.14
59.24
81.58
64.87
94.20
80.77
84.43
90.12
84.46
84.46
103.49
41.6
41.8
4o.o
43.4
40.1
39.9
1/ Not available.
Revised series; not strictly comparable with previously published data.
3/ Not comparable ivith current data shown.
*
C h a n g e in t i t l e only.
iA
A r e a d e f i n i t i o n n o t affe c t e d .
1.94
1.84
2.01
2.16
2.17
2.01
2.12
2.08
2.06
1.98
2.06
2.47
2.02
3.35
2.17
2.36
2.16
1.90
1.98
2.04
Exp!anatory Notes
tNTRODUCHON
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 vorkers, 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 econony. 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.
ESTABHSHMENT REPORTS:
a.
duct. Information for nonmanufacturing establish
ments is collected on the 790 form itself. In the
case of an establishment making more than one product
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
Manual. (u. S.
Bureau of the Budget, Washington, D. C.) are used for
classifying reports from manufacturing and government
establishments; the
GjPSSAfAsatjiQi;
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.
Collection
Approximate size and coverage of BLS
The employment statistics program, which is based
on establishment payroll reports, provides current data
for both full- and part-time workers on payrolls of
nonagricultural establishments (see glossary for defi
nition, p. 7-45) during a specified period each month.The
BLS uses two "shuttle" schedules for this program, the
BLS Form 790 (for employment, payroll, and man-hours
data) and the BLS Form 1219 (for labor turnover data).
The shuttle schedule, used by BLS for more than 25
years, is designed to assist firms to report consist
ently, accurately, and with a minimum of cost. The
questionnaire provides space for the establishment to
report for each month of the current calendar year; in
this way, the employer uses the same schedule for the
entire year.
Under a cooperative arrangement with the BLS, State
agencies mail the BLS 790 Forms to the establishments
and examine the returns for consistency, accuracy, and
completeness. The States use the information to prepare
State and area series and then send the data to the BLS
Division of Manpower and Employment Statistics for use
in preparing the national series.
The BLS 1219 schedules are mailed by BLS to the es
tablishments which return them directly to the BLS Wash
ington office for use in preparing turnover rates on a
national basis.
b.
Industrial Classification
Establishments are classified into industries on the
basis of their principal product or activity determined
from information on annual sales volume. This informa
tion is collected each year. For manufacturing estab
lishments, a product supplement to the monthly 790
report is used. The supplement provides for reporting
the percentage of total sales represented by each pro
emptoyment and payroNs s a m p t e l /
Division
or
industry
Contract construction..
Number of
Employees
ments in
sarnnle
Number in Percent
sample
of total
3,300
19,700
44,100
400,000
733,000
10,602,000
50
28
65
1,037,000
95
13,600
1 ,430,000
51
60,300
1,760,000
17
10,600
517,000
25
1,300
145,000
31
2,300
99,000
23
2,139,000
3 ,223,000
100
69
Transportation and
public utilities:
Interstate railroads.
Other transportation
and public utilities.
Wholesale and retail
Finance, insurance, and
real estate...........
Service and
miscellaneous:
Hotels and lodging
Personal services:
Laundries and clean
ing and dyeing
Government:
Federal (Civil Service
Commission)..........
State and local......
—
4,100
JL/ Some firms do not report payroll and man-hour
information. Therefore, hours and earnings estimates
may be based on a slightly smaller sample than employ
ment estimates.
1-E
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 fruits, vegetables, and sea foods; women's and
misses' outerwear; and fertilizer.
Approximate size and coverage of
B L S tabor turnover sampte
Number of
Group and industry
Manufacturing
Durable goods
Nondurable goods....
Metal mining..........
Coal mining:
Anthracite..........
Communication:
Telephone...........
Telegraph...........
l / Does not apply.
ments in
sample
Employees
Number in Percent
of total
sample
9,800
6,200
3,600
130
5 ,400,000
3,800,000
1,600,000
44,000
38
42
32
47
25
200
9,000
75,000
21
36
600,000
28,000
87
68
DEHNmONS AND ESTtMAUNG
METHODS:
A.
EMPLOYtENT
Definition
Employment data for all 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 work
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 off 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.
BatM-hmark Data
Employment estimates are periodically conpared with
complete counts of employment in the various nonagri
2-E
cultural industries, and appropriate adjustments made
as indicated by the total counts or benchmarks. The
comparison made for the first 3 months of 195b re
sulted in changes amounting to less than 0.2 percent
of all nonagricultural employment. Among the indus
try divisions c h a f e s ranged from 0.2 percent for
finance, insurance,and real estate to 3.1 percent in
contract construction. Manufacturing industries as a
whole were changed by 0.3 percent. Within manufac
turing, 57 of the 132 individual industries required
no adjustment because the estimate and benchmark dif
fered by less than 1.0 percent or less than 500 and
59 were adjusted by 1.0 - 5.0 percent. The most sig
nificant cause of differences between the benchmark
and estimate for these individual industries was the
change in industrial classification of individual
firms which cannot be reflected in BLS estimates until
they are adjusted to new benchmarks. During 1953 more
than 250,000 employees were in establishments whose
industry classification changed. Other causes of dif
ferences were 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 Rrom 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 conpared 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 level.
Estimating Method
The estimating procedure for industries for which
data on both "all employees" and "production and re
lated workers" are published (manufacturing and
selected mining industries) is outlined below; the
first step under this method is also used for indus
tries for which only figures on "all employees" are
published.
The first step is to compute total employment (all
employees) in the industry for the month following the
benchmark period. The all-employee total for the last
benchmark month (e.g., Mtrch) is multiplied by the
percent change of total employment over the month for
the group of establishments reporting for both March
and April. Thus, if firms in the BLS sample for an
industry report 30,000 employees in Mirch and 31,200
in April, April employment is 104 percent (31,200
divided by 30,000) of March employment. If the all
employee benchmark in H&rch is 40,000, the all-employee
total in April would be 104 percent of 40,000 or
41 , 600.
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-worker total in
April would be 33,280 (41,600 imiltiplied 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 womBn 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
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 Rrom 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 (M3LF).
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 based on estab
lishment payroll records, persons who worked in more
than one establishment during the reporting period
will be counted more than once in the BLS series. By
definition, proprietors, self-employed persons, domes
tic servants, and unpaid family workers are excluded
from the BLS but not the MtLF series.
Employment estimates derived by the Bureau of the
Census fi*om 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
"Labor 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 employees— 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.
Mathod 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 conparable 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 shewn in the
Bureau's employment series for the following reasons:
(1) Accessions and separations are computed
for the entire calendar-month; the em
ployment reports, for the most 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 vorkers, 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.
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.
Gross Averp^a
19A7-A9 Dollars
Eamines in Current ana
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 Averse. Weekly Eamlnes
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
production
workers in manufacturing industries without regard to
marital status, family composition, and total family
income.
Gross Average Hourly and Weekly Earnings
Average hourly earnings for manufacturing and non
manufacturing 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 workers* 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 ffom 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-employee 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 Meekly 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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Net spendable weekly earnings in 1947-49 dollars
represent an approximate measure of changes in "real"
net spendable weekly earning s. "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 Eamines. Excluding pMn-Mma. nf
Production Workers in MmufacturinK 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 overtime
paid for at one and one-half times the straight-time
rates after 40 hours a week. Thus, no adjustment is
made for other premium-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.
other industry information shown in this publication.
Railroad Hours and Earnings
STAT!ST!CS FOR STATES AND AREAS
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,
officials, and staff assistants (ICC Croup I). Gross
average hourly earning s are 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 earning s.
Because
hours and earnings data for manufacturing and other
nonmanufacturing industries are based upon reports to
the BLS which generally represent 1 weekly pay period
ending nearest the 15th of the month, the data for
railroad employees are not strictly comparable with
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 employment 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 U. S. totals
prepared by the BLS.
NOTE:
Additional industry detail may be obtainable
from the cooperating State agencies listed on the
inside back cover of this report.
Additional information concerning the prepa
ration of the employment, hours, earnings, and labor
turnover series—
concepts and scope,
and reliability and limitations—
survey
methods,
is contained in techni
cal notes for each of these series. (See page 9-sB.) For
all of this information as well as similar material for
other BLS statistics, see Techniques of Preparing Major
BLS Statistical Series, BLS Bull.
1168, December 1954.
2=E
SUMMARY OF METHODS FOR COMPUTING NAT!ONAL STAHSTKS
EMPLOYMENT, HOURS, AND EARN!NGS
Item
Individual manufacturing and
nonmanufacturing industries
Total nonagricultural divisions,
major groups, and groups
MONTHLY DATA
All employees
All-employee estimate for previous
month multiplied by ratio of all
employees in current month to all
employees in previous month for
sample establishments which re
ported for both months.
Sum of all-employee estimates for
component industries.
Production workers
All-employee estimate for current
month multiplied by ratio of pro
duction workers to all employees
in sample establishments for cur
rent month.
Sum of production-worker estimates
for component industries.
Average weeklv 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.
ANNUAL AVERAGE DATA
All employees and pro
duction workers
Sum of monthly estimates divided
by 12.
Sum of monthly estimates divided
by 12.
Averaaa veek^.AoHrs
Annual total of aggregate manhours (employment 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 eam in es
Product of average weekly hours
and average hourly earning s.
Product of average weekly hours
and average hourly earnings.
GLOSSARY
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 includes 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.
Discharges 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 - "A 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 Arom 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 time, a separation is reported as one of the
above types, dependii^ 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.
MLscellaneous 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 19h0, miscellaneous
separations were included with quits. Beginning
September 1940, military separations were included
here.
MN-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, it is construction workers; and
in the other industries, it is nonsupervisory em
ployees. The man-hours include hours paid for holi
days, sick leave, and vacations taken; if the em
ployee elects to work during a vacation period, the
vacation pay and the hours it 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 products are also considered manufacturing if
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
gases; includes various contract services required
in mining operations, such as removal of overburden,
tunneling and shafting, and the drilling or acidiz
ing of oil 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-mill products; apparel and other
finished textile Droducts; 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.
PAYROLL - The weekly payroll (except for State and
local governments) for the specified groups of fulland part-time employees who worked during, or re
ceived 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 indus
tries, laundries, and cleaning and dyeing plants is
production and related workers; in the contract con
struction industry, it is construction workers; and
in the other industries, it is nonsupervisory employ
ees. The payroll is reported before deductions for
old-age and unemployment insurance, group insurance,
withholding tax, bonds, and union dues; also in
cludes pay for sick leave, holidays, and vacations
taken. Excludes cash payments for vacations not
taken, retroactive pay not earned during period re
ported, value of payments in kind, and bonuses, un
less earned and paid regularly each pay period.
The same definition applies to payrolls for
State and local governments except that in this case
the payrolls are for the entire month and cover all
employees, including nominals who are excluded from
employment. Furthermore, these payrolls do not re
flect the adjustment BLS makes in the State and
local government employment estimate for the summer
months to include the number of regular full-time
teachers on vacation but who are not specifically
paid in those months.
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 UTILITIES - 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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