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EMPLOYMENT
and EARNINGS
Vol.8

December 1961

No. 6

DIVISION OF MANPOWER AND EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS

Data formerly published "by the
Bureau of the Census in The
Monthly Report on the Labor
Force (Series P-57) are shown
in Section A.

Harold Goldstein, Chief

Page

CONTENTS

Employment and Unemployment Highlights—November 196l #

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ANNOUNCEMENT...

Beginning
issue

of

national

with the

November 1961

data

in

sections

Standard Industrial Classification
to

more

recent

benchmarks.

of that issue.
A 550-page volume,
Statistics

Bnployment and

for

the

United

States, 1909-60, is now available which
presents
all

revised

national

and "D" sections
To

order

historical

series
of

the volume,

Employment Status

and

This revision was announced on page iii

Earnings

Section A-Labor Force, Employment, and Unemployment

"B," "C,"

and "D" have been converted to the 1957

adjusted

STATISTICAL TABLES

Employment and Earnings, the

data for

A- 1: Employment status of the noninstitutional population, 1929 to date
A- 2: Employment status of the noninstitutional population, by sex, 19^0,
1944, and 19U7 to date
A- 3: Employment status of the noninstitutional population, by age and sex....
A- h: Employment status of male veterans of World War II in the civilian
noninstitutional population
A- 5: Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population, by
marital status and sex
A- 6: Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population, by
color and sex

A- 7: Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population, total
and urban, by region

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2
3
3
k
h

5

Class of Worker, Occupation

in the "B," "C,"
this periodical.
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A- 8: Employed persons
A- 9: Employed persons
and pay status
A-10: Occupation group
A-11: Major occupation

by type of industry, class of worker, and sex
with a job but not at work, by reason for not working
of employed persons, by sex
group of employed persons, by color and sex

5
5
6
6

page 11-E of this issue.

Unemployment
A-12: Unemployed persons, by duration of unemployment
A-13: Unemployed persons, by major occupation group and industry group
k-lh: Bsrsons unemployed 15 weeks and over, by selected characteristics

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7
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Hours of Work
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A-18:
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Itersons at work, by hours worked, type of industry, and class of worker.
Parsons employed in nonagricultural industries, by full-time or
part-time status and reason for part time
Wage and salary workers, by full-time or part-time status and major
industry group
Bsrsons at work, by full-time or part-time status and major occupation
group
Bsrsons at work in nonagricultural industries, by full-time or
part-time status and selected characteristics

Continued on following page.

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9
9
10
10

EMPLOYMENT
and EARNINGS
The national
hours, and
in Sections
adjusted to
levels.




industry employment,
earnings data shown
B and C have been
Lferch 1959 benchmark

CONTENTS-Continued

Section B-Payroll Employment, by Industry

Page

National Data
B-l: Employees in nonagricultural establishments, by industry division, 1919
to date
B-2: Employees in nonagri cultural establishments, by industry
B-3: Employees in nonagricultural establishments, by industry division
and selected groups, seasonally adjusted
B-4: Women employees in manufacturing, by industry l/

11
12
19

State and Area Data
B-5: Employees in nonagricultural establishments, by industry division and
State
B-6: Employees in nonagricultural establishments for selected areas, by
industry division

20*
23

Section C--Industry Hours and Earnings
National Data
C-l: Gross hours and earnings of production workers in manufacturing,
1919 to date.
C-2: Gross hours and earnings of production workers in manufacturing, by
major industry group
C-3: Average hourly earnings excluding overtime of production workers in
manufacturing by major industry group
C-k: Average weekly hours, seasonally adjusted, of production workers in
selected industries
C-5: Indexes of aggregate weekly man-hours and payrolls in industrial and
construction activities
C-6: Gross and spendable average weekly earnings in selected industries,
in current and 1957-59 dollars
C-7: Gross hours and earnings of production workers, by industry

29
30
30
31
32
32
33

State and Area Data
C-8: Gross hours and earnings of production workers in manufacturing, by
State and selected areas

39

Section D—Labor Turnover
National Data
D-l: labor turnover rates in manufacturing, 1952 to date
1+3
D-2: Labor turnover rates, by industry
kk
D-3: Labor turnover rates in manufacturing, by sex and major industry group l/«

State and Area Data
D-k: Labor turnover rates in manufacturing for selected States and areas

Explanatory Notes
BLS Regional Offices
State Cooperating Agencies

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1/ Quarterly data included in February, May, August, and November issues.

Prepared under the supervision of Robert M. Shaw

EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT HIGHLIGHTS
November

1961

THE'MONTHLY REPORT ON THE LABOR FORCE: NOVEMBER 1961
Employment continued at record levels, unemployment declined on a
seasonally adjusted basis, and factory workers increased their hours of work in
November.
Workers on nonfarm payrolls numbered 55, 1 million in November, equal
to the alltime record. Changes reported by individual industries were mainly
seasonal with the exception of the gains posted by the automobile industry, only
part of which reflected the return of workers who had been on strike.
The factory workweek rose by 0. 2 hour--instead of falling by the same
amount as it would normally--and at 40. 6 hours was at its highest point in the
past 2 years. Average hourly earnings rose to a record $2. 36. The increases in
hourly earnings and in hours worked boosted the weekly earnings of factory production workers by $ 1. 28 to $95. 82 in November, an alltime high.
As reported on December 7, total unemployment at 4 million in November
was virtually unchanged from the month before, although a large seasonal rise is
usual at this time of year. As a result, the seasonally adjusted rate of unemployment fell sharply to 6. 1 percent of the labor force, back to the level of a year
before and the lowest in the past 12 months. Insured unemployment under regular
State programs rose by 90, 000 from mid-October to 1. 6 million in mid-November.
Total employment declined by one-half million over the month to 67. 3
million in November. The drop resulted from the postharvest curtailment of
farm activity, which reduced agricultural employment by 750, 000, to 5. 2 million.
Total nonagricultural employment including the self-employed, unpaid family
workers^and domestics, rose by 300,000 to 62. 1 million, a record high for the
month.
Nonfarm Payroll Employment
The number of workers on nonfarm payrolls was unchanged at a record
55. 1 million from October to November with most major industries following their
usual patterns. However, employment in the transportation equipment industry
rose sharply (by 100,000), reflecting both the strong demand for automobiles, and
the settlement of a strike at one of the major producers. Jobs in construction,
which usually begin to fall sharply at this time of year, dropped by 160, 000 over
the month. Trade employment continued its pre-Christmas buildup, rising by
100,000.
In manufacturing industries, the largest employment change (aside from
the auto industry) was a seasonal drop in food processing; other manufacturing
employment changes were small and primarily seasonal.




iii

TRENDS IN EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT
Actual and Seasonally Adjusted
July 1948 to Date

MILLIONS
OF PERSONS
72

MILLIONS
OF PERSONS
72

1

r

rotal Civil ian EImplo yment

70

70

h

68

Jx

66
SE1ASONALLY
i

64

to
If
0

62

60

1

1

58

iX

68

66

'i

64

A//> &

62
9

60

58

\AC TUAL

56

56

0

NIIIIIHH

„,,, n

i
I
r
Unemployment

TOTAL
/ACTUAL
TOTAL
SEASONALLY
ADJUSTED

INSURED\j
I ACTUAL'

Shaded area represents number receiving temporary
extended unemployment benefits.

1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961




1

1962

Insured under following programs: State unemployment insurance, unemployment compensation for Federal employees, veterans, ex-servicemen,
railroad workers (RRB) and temporary programs.
Beginning in January 1960, data include Alaska and Hawaii

Since the recession low in February, nonfarm jobs have increased by
1 million after allowance for seasonal variation, or roughly the same amount as
the decline from the prerecession peak in May I960.
Changes in payroll employment during the current business cycle have
been different in several respects from the experience of previous postwar
cycles. To start with, this was the least severe of the postwar recessions.
During the downturn the job cutback amounted to 1. 1 million, 600,000 less than
in 1954, and about 1 million less than in 1949 and 1958. The increase in employment was comparatively fast in the early stage of the current recovery, and
comparatively slow in the later, recent stage; this is in contrast to the pattern in
the previous three recoveries, when employment gained substantially during the
later stages of the upturn. In manufacturing, where the greatest changes occurred
in each of the cycles, employment has recovered about 500, 000 jobs, or half of its
recession loss, after 9 months of recovery. This was a relatively faster recovery
than in 1958, but proportionately about the same as in 1954. However, most of the
recovery in factory jobs occurred in the first 4 months of the current upturn; gains
during the early stages of previous recoveries were proportionately much smaller.
The other commodity producing industries, construction and mining,
together with transportation, whose fortunes are usually linked to the commodityproducing industries, declined by 330, 000 during the 1960 downturn and have
dropped another 50, 000 during the 9 months of recovery, (mainly in construction).
The failure of the 1961 business upturn to provide increased jobs in this sector,
especially in construction, is unprecedented in post-World War II business cycles.
The nongovernment service industries (trade, finance, and services)
have shown an aggregate job expansion of roughly a quarter of a million since
February 1961, much less than over comparable stages of the previous cycles.
Trade jobs, which account for more than half of the employment in this sector,
have lagged the most, recovering 50,000 or only a third of their recession loss.
At the same point in the previous cycles, trade employment had either recovered
or advanced to new highs.
Expansion of public employment has accounted for a third of the current
increase in nonfarm payroll employment during the recovery period, a far greater
proportion than in the previous upturns. The strong increase reflects the demand
for services at the State and local level, particularly in the school systems.




Employment Changes in Nonfarm Industries in Post-World War II Business Cycles
(Seasonally adjusted, in thousands)

Prerecession
level

May 19601 February 1961

1960-1961
Total nonfarm industries
Manufacturing
Durable goods.,
Nondurable goods
Manufacturing workweek (hours),..
Construction, transportation, and
mining...
Trade
Finance and service ...*
Government.
1957-1959

1953-1955

June 1961 November 1961

-1,099
-1,023
-811
-212
-.8

+697
+411
+317
+94
+.6

+993
+488
+413
+75
+1.3

7,686
11,442
9,996
8,475

-332
-146
+195
+207

+24
+96
+27
+139

-54
+51
+172
+336

53,077
17,240
9,902
7,338
39#9
8,008
10,922
9,255
7,652

-2,176
-1,478
-1,197
-281.
-1.3
-555
-318
+17
+158

August 1958 January 1959
+340
+18
-20
+38
+.8

+1,545
+532
+392
+140
+1.5

-33
+124
+79
+152

+202
+291
+244
+276

July 1953 August 1954 December 1954 May 1955

Total nonfarm industries
Manufacturing
Durable goods
Nondurable goods
Manufacturing workweek (hours)..•
Construction, transportation and
mining
Trade
Finance and service
Government

50,449
17,782
10,275
7,507
40.7

-1,711
-1,764
-1,391
-373
-1.0

+552
+273
+198
+75
+.3

+1,744
+844
+648
+196
+1*2

7,764
10,265
8,037
6,601

-332
-53
+244
+194

+47
+98
+90
+44

+294
+245
+258
+103

November 1948 October 1949 February 1950 July 1950

Total nonfarm industries
Manufacturing
Durable goods
Nondurable goods
Manufacturing workweek (hours)...
Construction, transportation, and
mining
Trade
Finance and service
Government

45,138
15,534
8,311
7,223
39.8

-2,289
-1,587
-1,374
-213
-.3

+395
+406
+453
-47
+*2

+2,586
+1,382
+1,238
+144
+1.4

7,408
9,339
7,088
5,769

-778
-104
+81
+99

+9
-30
+33
-23

+737
+I83
+159
+125

^preliminary




Change from trough
After 4
After 9
months
months

54,584
16,985
9,608
7,377
40.1

July 1957 April 1958

Total nonfarm industries
Manufacturing
Durable goods
Nondurable goods
Manufacturing workweek (hours)###
Construction, transportation! and
mining
Trade
Finance and service
Government.....

1948-1950

Change to
trough

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Manufacturing Hours and Earnings
The average workweek of factory production workers moved up from 40. 4
hours in October to 40. 6 hours in November. Usually, a decline of about the same
magnitude occurs during this period. A large part of the gain this month resulted
from a thrust in automobile production activity, which boosted the workweek in the
transportation equipment industry by 2 hours (four-fifths of this increase representing overtime work). However, there were also significant gains, on a seasonally
adjusted basis, in a number of other industries: primary and fabricated metals,
machinery, textiles, paper, and furniture.
The increase in hours this month represented the first major advance in
the workweek since last summer. Prior to that time there had been an extremely
rapid recovery, with an increase of about 1 hour on a seasonally adjusted basis in
the first 5 months of this year. Since June, with the prerecession level of hours
approximately regained, the changes which have occurred in the workweek have
represented mainly noneconomic developments such as holidays, bad weather, and
strikes. The increase this month, centered in automobiles but also evident in a
number of other manufacturing industries, may be an indication that manufacturing
activity is entering new ground. Characteristically, increases in the demand for
manufactured goods have first been accommodated by changes in the scheduling of
the workweek, and subsequently by increases in employment when trends in demand
continued upward.
At 40. 6 hours this November, the workweek was 1. 3 hours higher than
a year earlier and at its highest point for the month since 1955. Since the beginning
of 1961 (when the seasonally adjusted workweek was about at its recession low, if
the weather-depressed level of December 1960 is discounted), average hours have
increased by 1. 6 hours.
As a result of the November rise in the workweek, as well as an increase
in hourly earnings of 2 cents to $2. 36, weekly earnings of factory workers moved up
by $1. 28 over the month to an alltime record of $95. 82. This was $6. 61 higher than
a year earlier; every major manufacturing industry showed a gain in weekly earnings
over the year, with the largest increases occurring in primary metals (up $16. 39
over the year) and transportation equipment (up $13. 66).
Average overtime hours rose in the durable goods sector, from 2.7 hours
in October to 2. 9 hours in November, largely the result of increased overtime in
the automobile industry. A slight dip in overtime in nondurable goods kept the
average for manufacturing as a whole steady over the month at 2. 8 hours. Overtime earnings accounted for 10 percent of the factory worker's weekly paycheck
in November compared with 8. 2 percent a year earlier.
Unemployment
Unemployment was virtually unchanged from October to November at 4
million, whereas an increase of about half a million was expected for seasonal
reasons alone. As a result, the seasonally adjusted rate of unemployment dropped
sharply to 6. 1 percent from the 6. 8 percent rate around which it had persisted over
the previous 11 months.




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CHANGES IN NONFARM PAYROLL EMPLOYMENT
FROM JANUARY 1960
Change from January
(In Thousands)
+650
+600

Seasonally Adjusted

Change frbm January
(In Thousands)
+200

Mining, Transportation, and Public Utilities

TOTAL

+100
+500
0
+400
-100
+300

-200

+200
+100

+200

Construction
0

- +100

-100

0

-200

JLWJJULLLL -

-100

V
-300

,

*

*snow storms
.

i

.

i

>

i

-200

-400

Trade

-500
-600
-700
-800

MANUFACTURING
Durable Goods

Finance and Service

GOVERNMENT

A/YA/ZY

State and Local

J FW A M




J J A S O N D J

1960

F M A M J

J A S O N

1961

D

J F M A M J

J A S O N D I F M A M ' J ]

1960

A S O N D

1961
Data for last two months are preliminary.

The persistence of a high unemployment rate well into the recoveryperiod, followed by a sharp decline in November, is similar to the pattern in the
previous (1958) business cycle. The sharpness of the improvement in November
this year represented in part a catching-up after temporary factors, such as
auto strikes and bad weather, served to delay the expected reductions in unemployment earlier in the fall.
With the sharp drop in November, the rate of unemployment was almost
half way between its recession peak of nearly 7 percent and its prerecession level
of about 5 percent in the Spring of 1960. However, the extent of recovery in
unemployment was still somewhat less than at a comparable stage in all three
previous postwar cycles.
Characteristics of the Unemployed
Duration of Unemployment. Long-term unemployment (of 15 or more
weeks duration) showed improvement in November, declining by about 100, 000
to 1. 1 million. On a seasonally adjusted basis, long-term unemployment reached
a peak in July but has come down by about 300, 000 since that time. Those who
had been unemployed for more than 6 months in November numbered about 700, 000,
also down appreciably from the peak in July. However, the level of very long-term
unemployment was still about 300,000 above prerecession levels.
The number unemployed less than 5 weeks was 1. 7 million in November,
about two-fifths of the jobless total. This figure was the same as a month earlier
whereas it was expected to climb sharply in November. On a seasonally adjusted
basis, short-term unemployment was at its lowest level in nearly 18 months.
Age, Sex, and Marital Status. Joblessness among adult men (20 years of
age and over) has declined from a high of 3. 4 million in February to 2. 0 million in
November, and the seasonally adjusted rate of unemployment for this group has
declined from 5. 8 percent to 5.1 percent over the same period. Rates of unemployment were at or close to their lowest levels for the year in just about every age-sex
group, after allowance for seasonal variation.
Unemployment among married men totaled 1. 3 million in November, or
1. 0 million below the peak in February. These male family heads represented about
one-third of the jobless total. The seasonally adjusted rate of unemployment for
this group has been reduced from 4. 9 percent in February to 4. 2 percent in
November, the lowest point since the fall of I960.
Insured Unemployment
Insured unemployment under the regular State programs rose by 90, 000
between October and November to 1.6 million. The increases among the States
were small (all under 10,000) but widespread, with 40 reporting larger volumes.
Claimant exhaustions edged down 5, 000 over the month to an estimated 150, 000 in
November. In November a year ago, exhaustions totaled 135, 000.
The number of workers who had exhausted their State benefits and
were insured under the Temporary Extended Compensation program (TEC) continued
to decline in November, decreasing by 20,000 to 335,000. While this volume has
declined fairly steadily since reaching its peak in mid-May, the rate of decrease
has slowed in recent months.

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SEASONALLY ADJUSTED UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
July 1948 to Date
9.0

-

8.0
7.0

if

6.0

[A

5.0

\
4.0
3.0
2.0

1.0

-

TOTAL J / \ \

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A

-

J

1
.. o--. A.

\

-

A ft JA

-

r

-

!

op

1 w

ten, 20 ' (ears and Over

-

-

i

1 Data Adjusted to New Definitions Adopted in January 1957

0
1948 1949

1950

1951 1952

1953

1954 1955 1956 1957 1958

1959

1960

1961 1962

Beginning in January 1960, data include Alaska and Hawaii.

PERSONS IN NONFARM INDUSTRIES WORKING PART TIME FOR ECONOMIC REASONS
Thousands of Persons

3,000

Workers on Regular Part-Time Schedules Who Want Full-Time Work

2,000

1,000

0
3,000

Full-Time Workers Cut Back To Part Time

2,000

f

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^ \

1,000

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May

1955




1956

1957

1958

1959

1960

1961

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The national rate of State insured unemployment (not seasonally adjusted)
moved up from 3. 8 to 4. 0 percent over the month. Alaska had the highest rate
(10. 9 percent) followed by Washington (7. 1 percent) and Puerto Rico (6. 5 percent).
Such large States as California, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania also had rates
well above the national average, while those in Illinois, Indiana, and Texas were
below 3. 0 percent.
Total Employment
Total employment declined by one-half million between October and
November to 67. 3 million. This decline was less than the usual October to
November drop.
Nonagricultural employment showed an October to November gain of
300,000. At 62.1 million in November, total nonagricultural employment (including
the self-employed, domestics.and unpaid family workers) was 600,000 above a year
ago and at an alltime high for the month. Agricultural employment dropped
seasonally by 750, 000 from October to November with the completion of harvest
work. At 5.2 million in November, agricultural employment was 450,000 below its
November I960 level, and was down to the lowest November level on record.
Workers on Part Time for Economic Reasons
There was a seasonal rise of about 100, 000 to 2. 4 million in the number
of nonfarm workers on part time for economic reasons between October and
November. The increase was concentrated among workers who usually work
part time. The number who usually work full time but whose hours were reduced
below 35 during the survey week (about 1.1 million) remained unchanged from the
previous month. The combined total of both groups was appreciably below the 3. 2
million level recorded in February 1961, the trough of the 1960-61 recession.
On a seasonally adjusted basis, there has been virtually no change in the
number of full-time workers cut back to part time over the past 6 months. Their
number was about 300, 000 below the year ago level, when the recession was fully
under way. On the other hand, the number of persons who usually work part time
(that is, who wanted but could not find full-time work) remained at the level of
November a year ago. This group increased more slowly during the downturn
and has also shown less recovery.
Men composed about two-thirds of those whose hours had been reduced
to part time while they accounted for slightly less than half of those counted as
usually working part time. Nonwhites, although they represented about 11 percent
of the civilian labor force, constituted a disproportionate share of both groups-18 percent of the regular full-time workers on part time and 38 percent of the
usually part-time group. (This latter group is heavily weighted by private household
workers. ) About 80 percent of the workers cut back to part time were blue-collar
workers (craftsmen, operatives, and laborers). On the other hand, blue-collar
workers accounted for only about 40 percent of those who regularly worked part time
but wanted full-time work.




3d.

RATES OF INSURED UNEMPLOYMENT,1 NOVEMBER 1961
Not Seasonally Adjusted

HAWAII

4.4

PUERTO RICO
6.5
9% 8 OVER

6-8.9%
4-5.9%
jjHIjiijII 2 - 3 . 9 %
I

|UNOER 2%

BASED ON AV. COVERED EMPLOYMENT
12 MOS. ENDING MARCH 1961




Insured jobless under State unemployment insurance programs,
week ending Nov. 18, excludes workers who have exhausted their
benefit rights, new workers, and persons from jobs not covered
by State unemployment insurance programs.
Source: Bureau of Employment Security

Nonfaxm Workers on Full-tiime and Part-time Schedules
(Thousands of persons)
Work Schedules

At work:

November
1961

October
1961

62.149
1,928

61,860
2,240

61,516
1,746

50,928
9,293
2,419
1,097
1,322
6,874

50,737

50,477
9,293
2,741
1,434
1,307
6,552

S,B83
2,333
1,112
1,221
6,550

November
I960

l/ Includes those who (a) actually worked 35 hours or more during the
survey week, and those who (b) usually work full time but worked 1 to 34 hours
during the survey week because of noneconomic reasons (bad weather, illness,
holidays, etc.)*
Labor Force
The civilian labor force declined by 400, 000 between October and
November to 71.3 million, about in line with expected seasonal patterns for this
time of the year. The usual withdrawal of women and teenagers from the farm
work force at the close of harvest season was the main reason for the contraction.
On a seasonally adjusted basis, the farm work force has declined substantially
since the first quarter of 1961. For the year as a whole, however, the average
level of farm employment has decreased in accordance with the long-term trend.
Over the year (November 1960 to November 196l), the total labor force
including the Armed Forces increased by only 350,000. The November I960 labor
force figures had been unusually high due to the inclusion of temporary election
workers in local government and a less-than-seasonal contraction in farm activity
a year ago. The 11-month average for 1961 shows an annual rate of labor force
growth of somewhat more than 1 million, which closely approximates projections
for the early 1960's based on long-term trends in population growth and labor force
participation rates.
For the current year as a whole, women age 25 and over have been
responsible for about 35 percent of the growth in the labor force while young
persons under 25 years of age (both sexes) accounted for about 50 percent of the
increase. As expected, the 1961 average annual rate of labor force increase for
these young people was significantly greater than the average gain recorded in
the period 1956 to 1959. Also in line with longrun projections, the number of
women over 45 years of age in the labor force during 1961 continued to edge
upward while the number of older men (over 65) in the work force declined.
During the 11-month period, the number of males in the key 25-44 year age
grouping has remained relatively stable.
NOTE: For data on insured unemployment, see Unemployment Insurance Claims
published weekly by the Bureau of Employment Security.




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Historical Employment Status
Table A-1: Employment status of the roninstitutional population
1929 to date
(Thousands of persons 14 years of age and over)
labor
Civilian labor
labor "fforce n-

Year and month

Total
noninsti—
tutional
population

Total
eluding Armed Forces
Percent
of
noninstitutional
population

force

Employed

Agriculture

Unemployed 1
Percent of
labor., force
Not
Seasonseasonally
ally
adjusted
adjusted

Nonagricultural
industries

Not in
labor
force

3-929
1930
1931
1932
1933

49,440
50,080
50,680
51,250
51, 840

1*9,180
1*9,820
50,1*20
51,000
51,590

1*7,630
1*5,1*80
1*2,1*00
38,91*0
38,760

10,1*50
10,31*0
10,290
10,170
10,090

37,180
35,H*O
32,110
28,770
28,670

1,550
l*,3l*0
8,020
12,060
12,830

3.2
8.7
15.9
23.6
24.9

1934
1935
1936
1937
1938

52,490
53,140
53,740
54,320
54,950

52,230
52,870
53,1*1*0
5l*,000
51*, 610

1*0,890
1*2,260
1*1*, 1*10
1*6,300
1*4, 220

9,900
10,110
10,000
9,820
9,690

30,990
32,150
31*, 1*10
36,1*80
31*, 530

11,31*0
10,610
9,030
7,700
10,390

21.7
20.1
16.9
14.3
19.0

9,480
8,120
5,560
2,660
1,070

17.2
14.6
9.9
4.7
1.9

(2)
44,200
43,990
1*2,230
39,100
38,590
40,230
45,550
45,850
45,733

100,380
101,520
102,610
103,660

55,600
56,180
57,530
60,380
64,560

(2)
56.0
56.7
58.8
62,3

55,230
55,61*0
55,910
56,1*10
55,540

1*5,750
1*7,520
50,350
53,750
51*, 1*70

9,610
9,51*0
9,100
9,250
9,080

36,11*0
37,980
1*1,250
1*1*, 500
1*5,390

104,630
105,530
106,520
107,608
108,632

66,o4o
65,300
60,970
61,758
62,898

63.I
61.9
57.2
57.4
57.9

51*, 630
53,860
57,520
60,168
61,1*1*2

53,960
52,820
55,250
57,812
59,117

8,950
8,580
8,320
8,256
7,960

1*5,010

670

1*1*, 21*0

1,01*0

1*6,930
1*9,557
51,156

2,270
2,356
2,325

1.2
1.9
3.9
3.9
3.8

109,773
110,929
112,075
113,270
115,094

63,721
64,749
65,983
66,560
67,362

58.0
58.4
58.9
58.8
58.5

62,105
63,099
62,881*
62,966
63,815

58,1*23
59,71*8
60,781*
61,035
61,91*5

8,017
7,497
7,01*8
6,792
6,555

50,1*06
52,251
53,736
5i*,2l*3
55,390

3,682
3,351
2,099
1,932
1,870

5.9
5.3
3.3
3.1
2.9

46,051
46,181
46,092
46,710
47,732

116,219
117,388
118,734
120, ¥l-5
121,950

67,818
68,896
70,387
70,744
71,281*

58.1*
58.7
59.3
58.7
58.5

64,468
65,81*8
67,530
67,91*6
68,61*7

60,890
62,91*1*
61*,708
65,011
63,966

6,1*95
6,718
6,572
6,222
5,81*1*

51*, 395
56,225
58,135
58,789
58,122

3,578
2,901*
2,822
2,936
4,681

5.6
4.4
4.2
4.3
6.8

48,401
48,492
48,348
49,699
50,666

123,366
125,368

71,946
73,126

58.3
58.3

69,391*
70,612

65,581
66,681

5,836
5,723

59,71*5
60,958

3,813
3,931

5.5
5.6

51,420
52,242

126,222
126,482

7^,746
73,079

58,1*
57.8

71,213
70,51*9

67,182
66,009

5,666
l*,95O

61,516
61,059

4,031
2*, 540

5.7
6.4

6.2
6.8

52,476
53,403

February*,
March
April
May
June

126,725
126,918
127,115
127,337
127,558
127,768

72,361
72,891*
73,540
73,216
74,059
76,790

57.1
57.1*
57.9
57.5
58.1
60.1

69,837
70,360
71,011
70,696
71,51*6
71*, 286

64,452
61*, 655
65,516
65,731*
66,778
68,706

4,634
4,708
l*,977
5,000
5,51*1*
6,671

59,818
59,91*7
60,539
60,731*
61,231*
62,035

5,385
5,705
5,495
4,962
4,768
5,580

7.7
8.1
7.7
7.0
6.7
7.5

6.6
6.8
6.9
6.8
6.9
6.8

54,364
54,024
53,574
54,121
53,499
50,977

July
August,.,,
September <
October,.,
November,,

127,986
128,183
128,372
128,570
128,756

76,153
75,610
73,670
74,345
74,096

59.5
59.0
57.1*
57.8
57.5

73,639
73,081
71,123
71,759
71,339

68,1*99
68,539
67,038
67,821*
67,349

6,1*53
6,325
5,666
5,961*
5,199

62,01*6
62,215
61,372
61,860
62,11*9

5,140
4,542
4,085
3,934
3,990

7.0
6.2
5.7
5.5
5.6

6.9
6.9
6.8
6.8
6.1

51,833
52,573
54,701
54,226
54,659

1939
1940
1941
1942
1943.

(2)

,

1944
1945
1946
1947

,

19W

•

1949
1950
1951
1952
1953 3

,

1954
1955
1956
1957
1958

•
,

1959.
I960*
i960: November*,
December.4

I96I:

January,.,

*Data for 1947-56 adjusted to reflect changes in the definition of employment and unemployment adopted in January 1957. Two
groups averaging about one-quarter million workers which were formerly classified as employed (with a job but not at work)—those
on temporary layoff and those waiting to start new wage and salary jobs within 30 days—were assigned to different classifications,
mostly to the unemployed. Data by sex, shown in table A-2, were adjusted for the years 1948-56.
2Not available.
beginning 1953, labor force and employment figures are not strictly comparable with previous years as a result of the introduction of material from the 1950 Census into the estimating procedure. Population levels were raised by about 600,000; labor force,
total employment, and agricultural employment by about 350,000, primarily affecting the figures for total and males. Other categories were relatively unaffected.
4
Data include Alaska and Hawaii beginning 1960 and are therefore not strictly comparable with previous years. This inclusion has
resulted in an increase of about half a million in the noninstitutional population 14 years of age and over, and about 300,000 in
the labor force, four-fifths of this in nonagricultural employment. The levels of other labor force categories were not appreciably
changed.




Table A-2: Employment status of the noniistitutioial population, by sex

Sex, year, and month

Unemployed,1
Not in
labor
force
Seasonally
adjusted adjusted

57,1*81*
58,044
58,813
59,1*78
60,100
61,000

42,020
46,670
44,844
45,300
45,674
46,069
46,674
47,001
47,692
47,847
48,054
48,579
48,649
48,802
49,081
49,507

83.9
89.8
84.5
8447
84.5
84.5
84.9
84.7
84.4
83.9
83.6
83.7
82.7
82.1
81.7
81.2

41,480
35,1*60
43,272
43,858
44,075
44,442
43,612
43,454
44,194
44,537
45,041
45,756
45,882
46,197
1*6,562
47,025

35,550
35,110
41,677
42,268
41,473
42,162
42,362
42,237
42,966
42,165
43,152
43,999
43,990
43,042
44,089
44,485

8,450
7,020
6,953
6,623
6,629
6,271
5,791
5,623
5,496
5,1*29
5,1*79
5,268
5,037
4,802
4,749
4,678

27,100
28,090
34,725
35,645
34,844
35,891
36,571
36,614
37,470
36,736
37,673
38,731
38,952
38,240
39,340
39,807

5,930
350
1,595
1,590
2,602
2,280
1,250
1,217
1,228
2,372
1,889
1,757
1,893
3,155
2,473
2,51*1

61,393
61,532

49,506
49,186

80.6
80.0

47,005
46,688

44,509
43,596

4,629
4,259

39,881
39,337

2,496
3,092

January.•••
February,••
March
April
May
,,
June••••.••

61,621
61,709
61,801
61,905
62,010
62,108

49,031
49,109
49,309
49,299
49,753
51,614

79.6
79.6
79.8
79.6
80.2
83.1

46,539
46,608
46,812
46,812
47,272
49,142

42,822
42,721
43,103
43,542
44,238
45,839

4,027
4,094
4,258
4,298
4,553
5,241

38,796
38,627
38,845
39,244
39,686
40,598

July
August.....
September••
October....
November...

62,211
62,303
62,390
62,484
62,569

51,540
51,281
49,621
49,612
49,563

82.8
82.3
79.5
79.4
79.2

49,058
48,784
47,107
47,059
46,841

45,966
45,968
44,713
44,751
44,418

5,092
5,064
4,597
4,625
4,340

50,300
52,650
54,523
55,118
55,745
56,404
57,078
57,766
58,561
59,203
59,904
60,690
61,632
62,472
63,265
64,368

14,160
19,370
16.915

19,668
19,971
20,842
21,808
22,097
22,482
22,865
23,619

28.2
36.8
31.0
31.9
32.4
33.1
33.8
33.9
33.6
33.7
34.8
35.9
35.9
36.0
36.1
36.7

I4,l6o
19,170
16,896
17,583
18,030
18,657
19,272
19,513
19,621
19,931
20,806
21,774
22,064
22,451
22,832
23,587

11,970
18,850
16,349
16,848
16,947
17,584
18,421
18,798
18,979
18,724
19,790
20,707
21,021
20,924
21,492
22,196

64,830
64,971

24,240
23,893

37.4
36.8

24,208
23,861

191*0
191*1*
191*7
1948
191*9
•
1950
1951
1952
1953 2
1951*
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
i960 8
i960: November•••
December...
1961:

Total
noninstltutional
population

(Thousands of persons 14 years of age and over)
Total labor force inCivilian labor force
Employed 1
cluding Armed Forces
Percent
Nonagriof
cultural
noninstAgriTotal
Total
indusNumber
tutional
culture
tries
population

50,080
51,980
53,085
53,513
5U,028
51*, 526
51*, 996*
55,503
56,534

31

>?lt

8,060
5,310
8,242
8,213
8,351*
8,1*57
8,322
8,502

14.3
1.0
3.7.
3.6
5.9
5.1
2.9
2.8
2.8
5.3
4.2
3.8
4.1
6.8

8,81*0
9,169
9A3O
9,1*65

6.6

5.9
6.6

10,164
10,677
11,019
11,493
11,886
12,326

3,717
3,887
3,709
3,270
3,033
3,303

8.0
8.3
7.9
7.0
6.4
6.7

6.5
6.5
6.6
6.1
6.8
6.4

32,590
12,600
12,491
12,606
12,257
10,494

40,874
40,904
40,117
40,127
40,078

3,092
2,816
2,393
2,307
2,422

6.3
5.8
5.1
4.9
5.2

6.6
6.8
6.4
6.4
5.8

10,671
11,022
32,769
12,872
13,006

1,090
1,930
1,314
1,338
1,386
1,226
1,257
1,170
1,061
1,067
1,239
1,306
1,184
1,042
1,087
1,045

10,880
16,920
15,036
15,510
15,561
16,358
17,164
17,628
17,918
17,657
18,551
19,401
19,837
19,882
20,405
21,151

2,190
320
1,083
1,073
851
715
642
1,207
1,016
1,067
1,043
1,526
1,340
1,390

15.5
1.7
3.2
4.1
6.0
5.8
4.4
3.7
3.3
6.1

22,672
22,413

1,037

21,636
21,722

1,536
1,448

6.3
6.1

6.6
7.1

1*0,590
1*1,077

6.8
7.3
7.4
7.2

41,774
4l,424
41,083
41,515
4l,242
40,483

li
5.3

FEMALE
191*0

1944....
191*7
191*8
191*9
1950
1951
1952
1953 2
1951*...
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959.
i960 8

X 5

Z' ?§

18,048
18,680
19,309

547
735

4.9
1*.9
4.7
6.8

5.9
5.9

i960:

November • • •
December...

1961:

January.•••
February...
March
April
May
June•••••••

65,104
65,209
65,315
65,431
65,548
65,660

23,330
23,785
24,232
23,916
24,306
25,176

35.8
36.5
37.1
36.6
37.1
38.3

23,298
23,752
24,199
23,884
24,274
25,144

21,630
21,934
22,413
22,192
22,540
22,867

607
613
718
701
991
1,430

21,023
21,321
21,695
21,490
21,549
21,437

1,669
1,818
1,786
1,692
1,734
2,277

7.2
7.7
7.4
7.1
7.1
9.1

July
August.••••
September••
October....
November...

65,775
65,879
65,981
66,087
66,187

24,612
24,329
24,048
24,733
24,534

37.4
36.9
36.4
37.4
37.1

24,580
24,297
24,016
24,700
24,499

22,533
22,571
22,325
23,073
22,930

1,361
1,261
1,069
1,339
859

21,172
21,311
21,256
21,733
22,071

2,048
1,726
1,692
1,627
1,568

8.3
7.1
7.0

footnote 1, table A-l.




2

See footnote 3, table A-l.

8

See footnote 4, table A-l.

36,11*0
33,280
37,608
37,520
37,697
37,721*
37,770
38,208
38,893
39,232
39,062
38,883
39,535
39,990
1*0,1*01

6.6
6.4

* 4

7

*J
7.6
7.5
7.2
7.6
7.6
6.7

!*1,163
41,550
1*1,932
1*1,351*
1*1,653

Table A-3: Eiplepmt statis of the miistititiiial population, by aft aii su
November 1961
(Thousands of persons 14 years of age and over)
Civilian labor force
Total labor force
Employed
Including Armed Forces
Unemployed
Percent of
Percent of
Percent
noninsti- Agri- Nonagrl—
nonlnsti- Number
of
tutlonal cul- cultural Number
tutlonal
labor
induspopulation ture
population
force
tries

Age and sex

Total.
Male.
14 to 17 years....
14 and 15 years.
16 and 17 years.
18 to 24 years....
18 and 19 years.
20 to 24 years..
25 to 34 years...
25 to 29 years.
30 to 34 years.
35 to 44 years...
35 to 39 years.
40 to 44 years.
45 to 54 years
45 to 49 years.....!.
50 to 54 years
55 to 64 years
55 to 59 years
60 to 64 years
65 years and over
65 to 69 years
70 years and over...

74,096

57.5

^563

79.2

71,339

56.6

5.199

62,149

3.990

4,34o

40,078

2,14-22

5.6

Keeping
In
house school

54,659

26.1*
16.2
39.1
82.2
68.0
89.O

1,591
565
1,026
5,702
1,477
4,225

25.6
16.3
37.6
78.7
62.2
86.8

344
141
203
495
187
308

1,032
387
645
4,661
1,091
3,570

215
37
178
546
199
347

13.5
6.6
17.4
9.6
13.5
8.2

10,855
5,222
5,633
11,402
5,863
5,539

97.6
97.0
98.1
97.5
97.8
97.1

10,094
4,782
5,312
10,998
5,625
5,373

97.4
96.8
98.0
97.4
97.7
97.0

565
278
287
805
366
439

9,072
4,250
4,822
9,816
5,073
4,743

457
254
203
376
185
191

9,796
5,206
4,590
6,599
3,765
2,834
2,Hi-7
1,197
950

95.8
96.9
94.5
87.6
91.9
82.5
30.4
43.8
22.0

9,714
5,144
4,570
6,594
3,76.1
2,833
2,147
1,197
950

95.8
9^>»9
94.5
87.6
91.9
82.5
30.4
43.8
22.0

874
417
457
768
421
347
490
226
264

8,457
4,536
3,921
5,483
3,153
2,330
1,557
898
659

Unable
to
Other
work

3^,863 H.561 1,65*1 6,582

13,006

1,657
565
1,092
7,107
l,9H
5,196

100

6,003

5^872

4,629
2,929
1,700
1,542
898
644

4,523
2,901
1,622
1,350
809
541

5
1
4
25
6
19

95
24
71
165
83
82

4.5
5.3
3.8
3.4
3.3
3.6

270
159
111
297
132
165

12
10
2

114
78
36
12
8
4

44
29
15
103
48
55

113
52
61
170
66
104

383
192
191
343
187
156
101
73
28

3.9
3.7
4.2
5.2
5.0
5.5
4.7
6.1
3.0

431
166
265
931
330
601
4,906
1,536
3,370

8
k
4
5
2

4
2
2
1
1

24,534

37.1

24,499

37.0

859

22,071

1,568

6.4

14 to 17 years....
14 and 15 years.
16 and 17 years.
18 to 24 years....
18 and 19 years.
20 to 24 years..

1,213
485
728
4,227
1,428
2,799

20.0
14.5
26.9
49.4
52.0
48.2

1,213
485
728
4,208
1,421
2,787

20.0
14.5
26.9
49.3
51.9
48.0

54
30
24
93
26
67

1,008
442
566
3,709
1,211
2,498

150
12
138
408
185
223

12.4
2.6
18.9
9.7
13.0
8.0

25 to 34 years...
25 to 29 years.
30 to 34 years.
35 to 44 years...
35 to 39 years.
40 to 44 years.

4,270
2,063
2,207
5,305
2,540
2,765

37.6
37.7
37.5
43.0
40.2
46.0

4,261
2,057
2,204
5,300
2,537
2,763

37.5
37.7
37.4
43.0
40.1
46.0

114
59
55
164
84

3,831
1,81+1
1,990
4,828
2,261
2,567

317
158
159
309
193
116

7.4
7.7
7.2
5.8
7.6
4.2

45 to 54 years
45 to 49 years
50 to 54 years
55 to 64 years..
55 to 59 years.
60 to 64 years......
65 years and over
65 to 69 years
70 years and over...

2,896
2,640
3,132
1,932
1,200
849
493
356

Female.

Not In labor force

68
13
55

261
158
56
104
102
157
222
704
84
243
138
461
k66 4,372
92 1,431
374 2,941

34.763

5.557

4,846
2,867
1,979
4,333
1,319
3,014

288
68
220
3,275
634
2,641

4,512
2,788
1,724
961
649
312

4
21
7
14

38
7
31
77
30
47

7,089
3,406
3,683
7,027
3,782
3,245

6,955
3,328
3,627
6,904
3,725
3,179

49
28
21
19
12
7

16
8
8
40
13
27

70
43
27
64
32
32

9

5,206
245
4.4
5,056
64
5,534
5,309
25
51.0
232
136
102
50.8
2,761
4.7
2,895
2,801
2,656
2k
8
109
130
2,445
4.1
51.3
2,639
2,508
2,400
4o
17
160
38.0
105
4,963
3.4
3,132
5,H9
2,865
50
103
43.8
1,932
2,423
3.2
2,478
97
62
1,772
22
30
31.2
1,200
2,540
3.6
2,641
63
28
1,093
43
73
849
7,172
7,930
3.9
42
9.7
47
775
285
33
2,699
15.4
2,585
5.2
26
493
441
59
54
26
5,231
4,587
1.9
16
6.4
356
231
334
412
7
NOTE: Total noninstltutional population may be obtained by summing total labor force and not in labor force; civilian noninstitutional population by summing civilian labor force and not in labor force.
Data include Alaska and Hawaii beginning 1960. (See footnote 4, table A-l.)
51.1
50.8
51.3
38.0
43.8
31.2
9.7
15.4
6.4

Table A-4: Enployient status of male veterans of World War II in the civilian ieninstitntienal pepnlatien
Employment status
Total
Civilian labor force
Employed
Agriculture
Nonagricultural industries
Unemployed
Not in labor force..,.

(In thousands)
Nov.
1961




Nov.
i960

14,395

14,399

14,443

13,979
13,501
632
12,869
478

13,996
13,544
593
12,951
452

14,115
13,534
571
12,963
581

414

402

326

NOTE: Data include Alaska and Hawaii beginning 1960.
622524 O - 61 - 3

Oct.
1961

(See footnote 4, table A-l. )

Marital Status and Color
Table A-5: Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population, by marital status and sex
(Percent distribution of persons 14 years of age and over)
November i960

October 1961

November 1961

Married, Married, Widowed
Married, Married, Widowed
Married, Married, Widowed
Single
spouse
or
spouse
or
Single spouse
or
spouse
Single spouse
spouse
absent divorced
present
absent divorced
present
absent divorced
present

Sex and employment status

MALE
Total.

100.0

100.0

89.0
11.0

85.7
H*.3

51.9

100.0

100.0

86.0

51.9

53.7

11.2

ll*.o
1*8.1

1*6.3

100.0

96.7
8.2
88.5
3.3

Labor force
Not in labor force
Labor force.

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

1*5.5

89.3
10.7

87.7
12.3

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

Sh.9

57.2
1*2.8

1*5.1

1+8.1
100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

93.1*
16.2
77.2
6.6

100.0
93.1
13.0
80.1
6.9

ll*.8
7U.0
11.2

96.3
8.1
88.2
3.7

88.3
12.7
75.6
11.7

92.1
10.1
82.0
7.9

100.0
89.il
lli.2
75.2
10.6

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

33.2
66.8

56.2
1*3.8

37.U
62.6

U5.2
5U8

33.5
66.5

55.1
hh.9

37.9
62.1

1*5.9
51*.i

33.1*
66.6

56.5
1*3.5

38.7
61.3

1*5.8
51*. 2

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

93.8
93.0
9U.1
90.5
95.1
1*.6
6.1
2.1
3.7
2.3
90.1;
87.7
85.9
90.9
89.6
92.8
6.2
7.0
$.9
9.5
6.0
h.9
NOTE: Data include Alaska and Hawaii beginning 1960. (See footnote 4, table A-l.)

92.7
5.1
87.6
7.3

9k.2
$.$
88.7
5.8

3.3
86.5
10.2

93.9
2.7
91.2
6.1

93.0
2.6
90.1*
7.0

Employed
Agriculture
Nonagricultural industries
Unemployed

15.7
73.3
11.0

100.0
93.1*
12.6
80.8
6.6

15.9
72.9
11.2

96.1
8.U
87.7
3.9

89.0

FEMALE

Labor force
Not in labor force.
Labor force.
Employed
Agriculture
Nonagricultural industries
Unemployed

9h.O

k.k

88.5
3.U
85.1
11.5

Table A-6: Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population, by color and sex
(Thousands of persons 14 years of age and over)
November i960

November 1961
Color and employment status

Male

Female

110,909

52,895

58,011*
20,956
36.1

WHITE
112,928

Total
Labor force
Percent of population
Employed
Agriculture.
Nonagricultural industries
Unemployed
Percent of labor force

112,926

53,812

59,111;

63,U55
56.2

U2,i5o
78.U

21,301;
36.0

63,515
56.2

l;2,2l;7
78.5

21,267
36.0

63,193
57.0

U2,23U
79.8

60,300

3,155
5.0

1*0,213
3,771
36,1*1*1
1,938
U.6

20,087
673
19,101;
1,217
5.7

6o,l+io
U,788
55,622
3,105
h.9

U,4
3,915
36,513
1,819
U.3

19,981
873
19,108
1,286
6.0

59,992
U,686
55,306
3,199
5.1

1*0,199
3,929
36,270
2,035
U.8

19,792
757
19,035
1,161;
5.6

U9,U73

11,579

37,891;

1*9,1*11

11,565

37,8U7

1*7,716

10,658

37,058

6,118

6,9hO

12,781

5,997

6,781;

78.6

3,U33
5

8,020
62.7

1;,768
79.5

3,252
U7.9

U,323
710
3,613
U88
10.1

3,092
U67
2,625
31*1
9.9

7,190
980
6,210
833
10.U

U,311
700
3,610
1*60
9.7

2,880
280
2,600
372
11.1*

1,307

3,507

1;,76O

1,229

3,532

tt,5$

Not in labor force

59,198

NONWHITE
Total

Employed
Agriculture
Nonagricultural industries
Unemployed
«...
Percent of labor force
Not in labor force

6,9ft

13,058

7,881*
60.3

U,69O
76.7

3,19H
1*5.9

8,2>!lt
63.1

7,01*9
755
6,29U
835
10.6

l*,2O6
569
3,637
1*81*
10.3

2,81*3
186
2,657
351
11.0

7,ia5

13,071

Labor force
Percent of population

*

5,186

NOTE: Data include Alaska and Hawaii beginning I960.




1,176
6,238
829
10.1

3,759

(See footnote 4, table A-l.)

Region; Class of Worker
Reasons Employed Persons
Not at Work
Table A-7: Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population,
total and urban, by region
(Percent d i s t r i b u t i o n of persons 14 years of age and over)
October 1961
November 1961

Labor force
Percent
Percent
Employed
Employed
of popof population
Unem- ulation
in labor Total Agri- Nonagri- ployed in labor Total Agri- Nonagri- Unemcul- cultural ployed
cul- cultural
force
force
industure industure
tries
tries

Percent
Employed
of population
Nonagri- UnemAgriin labor Total
ployed
cul- cultural
force
industure
tries

Region

56.6

Total

57.3

North Central* • • • • • • •

57.0
55.0

West

57.9
Urban
58.0

Northeast

57.6
5&7

58.4

West

100.0

7.3

92.2
85.2

100.0

.9

92.8

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

0.4

93.8
92.8
92.0
92.1

1.5
1.4

5^

87.1

100.0 2 . 1
100.0 9.3
100.0 10.6
100.0 6.^

November i960

Labor force

Labc>r force

5.7
5.5
5.5
5.8

83.9
87.9

5.5

57.6

100.0

8.0

58.1

2.1

57.9
56.5
58.1

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

.9

91.7
85.2
81.8
87.2
92.8

%8
5.1

6.3

58.5

P-5

93.3

6.2

92.9
92.5
91.8

6.3
6.2

58.6
57.9
58.7

6.5

59.0

100.0, 8.3

57.4
56.7
56.5
57.6

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

5.8
6.6
6.5
6.5

NOTE: Data include Alaska and Hawaii beginning 1960.

86.2

57.0

58.0

56.6
57.0

58.3

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

2.5

9.7

12.9
6.9

.8
1.3
1.7

5.3
5.9

86.3

5.7

Y-3

91.9
85.1
83.1
86.0

6.0
5.0

100.0

1.1

92.6

6.3

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

£.4
.7

93.6

6.0
6.1

9.9
H.5

1.8
2.3

5.4
6.7

93.2
91.7
90.6

6.5
7.1

(See footnote 4, table A-l.)

Table A-8: Employed persons, by type of industry, class of worker, and sex
over)

(Thousands of
Type of industry
and class of worker

Total

Male

5,199

4,3to

1,659
2,669

1,426
2,532
381

868

43,779
6,430
589

NOTE: Data include Alaska and Hawaii beginning 1960.

Total

67,824

859

5,964

488

2,174
2,712
1,078

234
138

1*0,078 22,071
35,o4l 20,092
2,500
216
3,442
5,196
29,629 14,150
1,471
4,959
508
80

62,149
55,133
2,716
8,638
Other wage and salary workers

Female

44,418 22,930

67,349

Total

November i960

October 1961

November 1961

Male

Female

Female

Total

44,751

23,073

67,182

44,509

22,672

4,625
1,628
2,574
422

1,339

5,666

546

656

1,865
2,754
1,047

4,629
1,566
2,641
421

1,037
299
113
625

21,733

61,516

Male

61,860
54,806
2,478
8,580

1*0,127
35,080
282

43,748
6,394
660

29, #40

5,158
4,969
78

138

19,726
2,196
3,422
14,108
1,425

583

54,415
2,469
8,533
4 3 ,4l6

6,447
654

39,881 21,636
34,770 19,645
2,225
24 3
3,506
5,024
13,914
29,503
5,025 1,421
85
569

(See footnote 4, table A-l.)

Table A-9: Employed persons with a job but not at work, by reason for not working and pay status
(Thousands of persons 14 years of age and over)

November 1961
Reason for not working

Total.
Bad weather
Industrial dispute.
Vacation
Illness
All other

Nonagricultural industries

Wage and
salary workers
Percent
paid

2,189

1,928

172
43
585

68

44.4
41
43
522
736

November i960

October I96I

Nonagricultural industries

(1)

81.0
560
838
33.2
418
20.6
J16_
. not shown where base is less than 100,000.

Nonagricultural industries

Wage and
salary workers

Wage and
salary workers
Percent
paid

Percent
paid

6
166
815
927
441

166
739
771
278

90.0
39.6
16.9

47.4

1,746

52.0

2,354

12
543
889
431

29
12
514
822
369

16
12
473
728
227

(1)
85.4
33.5
16.3

NOTE: Persons on temporary (less than 30-day) layoff and persons scheduled to start new wage and salary jobs within 30 days have
not been included in the category "With a job but not at work" since January 1957. Most of these persons are now classified as unemployed. These groups numbered 99 P00 and 108 , 000, respectively, in November 196l.
Data include Alaska and Hawaii beginning 1960. (See footnote 4, table A-l.)




Table A-10: Occupation croup of employed persons, by sex
(Thousands of persons 14 years of age and over)
November 1961
Percent
distribution

Occupation group

Ifovember i960
Percent
distribution
FeTotal Male
male

Male

Male

>7,3l;9 l*U,Ul8

Total.

.7,182

11.8 11.3 12.7
2.1 1.1* 3.1*
2.6 1.2
5.k
7.1 8.8 3.8
.6
3.9 5.6
10.7 13.6 5.0
5.8 7.5 2.6
2.8 1.6
2.1;
2.5 3.1*

7,816
1,353
1,769
l*,69l*
2,738
7,337
3,773
1,755
1,809

2,801 11.6
753 2.0
1,229
2.6
3,871;
819
7.0
102
2,635
lwl
6,133 1,202 10.9
3,187
586
5.6
l,3l*U
1*10
2.6
1,602
206
2.7

6.9 29.0
9.8
.2
6.8 19.3
7.8
5.9
6.8
2.3

.0,217
2,382
7,835
U,l*79
2,618
1,861

3,229
61
3,168
2,738
1,059
1,679

6,988
2,321
U.667
1,7U2
1,560
182

8,205
819
1,727
1,937
1,025
1,6U6
1,051

208

Professional, technical, and kindred workers
7,935
Medical and other health workers
1,388
Teachers, except college
•
1,760
Other professional, technical, and kindred workers U,787
Farmers and farm managers
2,636
Managers, officials, and proprietors, except farm... 7,187
Salaried workers
3,909
l,59U
Self-employed workers in retail trade
1,681;
Self-employed workers, except retail trade

5,030
610
513
3,907
2,500
6,050
3,311;
1,232
l,50U

Clerical and kindred workers
Stenographers, typists, and secretaries..
Other clerical and kindred workers
Sales workers
Retail trade.
Other sales workers

2,57k
1,839

3,085
69
3,016
2,636
1,012
1,621*

828
1,711
2,198
1,OU6
1,80*
l,3i*2

8,611
82U
1,698
2,137
1,039
1,789
l,07U

.2,232
2,356

8,770
2,310

3,U62

3,6U9
3,355
2,872

2,7U8
1,617
2,095

2,561;
6,296
773
1,751
3,772

9,739
2,306
7,U33

Craftsmen, foremen, and kindred workers
Carpenters
Construction craftsmen, except carpenters.
Mechanics and repairmen..,
Metal craftsmen, except mechanics
Other craftsmen and kindred workers
Foremen, not elsewhere classified

137
1,137

59k
362
181

5,oaU

600

51*o

6,651;
2,237

U5

1^778
1,563
215

11.0
6.6
3.8
2.7

3.7

.9

13.1
1.2
2.5
3.3
1.6
2.8
1.7

19.U
1.9
3.8
k.9
2.3
1*.O
2.1*

a) 9
.1
.1
(1)
.1*
.3

8,1*32*
819
1,71*1*
1,91*8
1,032
1,767
1,101;

U5

18.2
3.5

19.7
5.2

15.1
.2

J.,651
2,397

8,1*62' 3,191
2,352
U5

902
1,738
777

5.1*
5.0
U.3

6.2
3.6
lt.7

3.9
7.6
3.k

3,31*7
3,178
2,729

,5U5
1,505
2,060

61 2,503
2,880 3,1*15
730
k3
U85 1,266
1,665 2,106

3.8
9.3

.1

10.9
11*. 9
.2

2,261
6,220
773
1,669
3,778

19

l

13
12
7
95
68

3.1*

17
10
7
121
53

15.2
3.5
11.7
6.7
3.9
2.8

11.3 12.U
1.3 3.3
1.2 5.U
8.7 3.6

5.9

.1*

13.8
7.2
3.0
3.6

5.3
2.6
1.8
.9

7.3 30.8
. 1 10.2
7.1 20.6
6.2 7.7
2.1*
6.9
3.8
.8

.9
12.5 18.1*
1.2 1.8
•1
2.6 3.9
2.9 Iwl* (1)
1.5 2.3 (
2.6 3.7
1.6 2.1*
.2

?

19.0

803
1,67U
669

5.o
1*.7

lwl

5.7
3.1*
1*.6

52
2,918
7U5
hl5
1,698

2,209
3,302
28
1,191;
2,080

3.1*
9.3
1.2
2.5
5.6

.1
6.6
1.7
1.1
3.8

3.3 3.5 2.9 2,573 1,708
1,535
657
1,292
.8 1,51+2
2.0 2.6
187
1,156
1.3
.9 2.0 1,031
1*16
U70
379
5.0 7.3
88
3,258
.1* 3,U76 3,1*16
1.1 1.7
768
768
766
. 2 1,083
1,01.8
k3 1.5 2.1
951
.
2
2.1*
1^625
3.5
1,600
U5
1.5U1
NOTE: Data include Alaska and Hawaii beginning 1960. (See footnote 4, table A-l. )

865
250
615
60

3.8
2.3
1.5
5.2
1.1
1.6
2.1*

3.8
2.9
.9
7.7
1.7
2.1*
3.6

Private household workers
Service workers, except private household
Protective service workers
Waiters, cooks, and bartenders
Other service workers

<

Farm laborers and foremen
Paid workers
Unpaid family workers
Laborers, except farm and mine.
Construction
Manufacturing
«
Other industries
Less than 0.05.

2,903
777

17.3
3.6

Operatives and kindred workers
Drivers and deliverymen
Other operatives and kindred workers:
Durable goods manufacturing
Nondurable goods manufacturing
Other industries

1

22,672 100.0 100.0 100.0

22,930 .00.0 .00.0 100.0

6.5

1.6
1.1
3.7

1.1
2.6

5.6

5.5
9*2

2,192
1,31*3
8U9
3,3U6
766
99k
1.586

'35
25

5.3

*
.2

3.5
7.1*
3.0
9.7

m.6
.1

5.3
9.2

3.8
1.1
2.7
.3
.2
.1

Table A H : Major occupation group of employed persons, by color and sex
(Percent distribution of persons 14 years of age and over)
flovemDer lyoo

November l y o i
Total
Total
Percent.

thousands.. 60,300
100.0

Professional, technical, and kindred workers
Farmers and farm managers
Managers, officials, and proprietors,
except farm
Clerical and kindred workers
Sales workers
Craftsmen, foremen, and kindred workers
Operatives and kindred workers
Private household workers
Service workers, except private household...
Farm laborers and foremen
Laborers, except farm and mine

Female

Total

Male

kO,2X3 20,087
100.0 100.0

7,OU9
100.0

l*,206
100.0

Male

Female

Total

2,81*3 59,992
100.0 100.0

12.7
U.1

12.1

13.8

5.8

.6

U.2
2.6

3.7
3.8

U.9
.8

12.5

11.6

31*. 7

15.2

7.0

5.U
31.7

2.6
7.8

2.2
10.3

11.9
16.1

8.6
.9

6.6

1.5
.3

lh.9

21.9

2.9
6.1
1.7
10.8
25.7

.3

35.0

7.3
13.3
17.1

3JwU
8.0
22.6

22.3

7.1

13.8
17.7
2.6
8.U
2.8
3.9

NOTE: Data include Alaska and Hawaii beginning 1960.




White

Nonwhite

White

Major occupation group

6. k
20.3
19.1
.1

5.7
3.0

5.7

7.5

13.8
2.5
.3

1.6

1U.3
17.6
7.0
13.8

16.2

5.6
.9

(See footnote 4, table A-l.)

U.2

2.1
8.2
3.1

U.3

Male

Nonwhite
Female

Total

Male

UO,199 19,792
100.0 100.0

7,190
100.0

U,3ll
100.0

2,880
100.0

3.7

3.0

U.5

6.3
.7

5.5

13.6

18.0

3.1

9.8

.2

12.6

2.9
6.6
1.6
9.8
23.5
.3
16.0
10.U
20.7

1.7
10. k
1.2

.1

8.6
.9
Uwl
6.1

2.U
8.2
1.5
6.2
19.5
1U.2

12.1
6.1

11*. 9
7.3
6.6
19. U
18.5
3.1
6.3

13.2

.U
5.8

33.8

U.7

Female

.8
13.6
35.1
20.9

8.8

.5

Unemploymen
Table A-12: Unemployed persons, by duration of unemployment

Duration of unemployment

(Thousands of persons 14 years of age an d over)
Oct.
Aug. July
June
Nov. L961
#
1961
Numb e r Percent
1961 1961
1961

Total

lpl

Feb.
1961

Jan.
1961

Nov.
I960

Dec.
I960

3.990 100.0

3,93^ 4,085 4,542 5,140 5,580 4,768 4,962 5,495 5,705 5,385 4,540 4,031

43.2
.4
10.2

1,723 1,814 1,683 1,995 2,857 1,672 1,600 1,729 2,063 2,200 2,107 1,840
13
17
18
18
8
29
36
18
63
12 / 11
35

1,725
17

407

429
460
4l4

466 11.7
446 11.2
389
1,129
316

466
347

11 to 14 weeks

Apr. Mar.
1961 1961

1,137

390
483
415

436
559
459

817
853

667

386
458
359
377
523
971 1,012 1,419 1,5H 1,148
236
622
331
351
343
402
621
502
695
394

9.7
28.3
7.9
11.7

246

8.7
28.5

458
486
475

374

373

1,240 1,257 1,440

448 11.2
689 17.3
16.1

517
723

760

497

527
913

16.2

16.1

17.1

NOTE: Data include Alaska and Hawaii beginning 1960.

268

420

366

459
386

497
369

378

1,181
348

503
330

515
416
407

540
507

636
579

383
505
355
565
1,234 1,903 2,018 1,845
450
504
334
371

726

493
407

958

558
579
541
412
1,1*18

806

557
459

366
1,204
325
394

777 600

522

610
564 424
1,634 1,575 1,915 2,128 1,862 1,624 1,339 1,015
608
696 516
647 1,008 1,205 1,063
950
1,026
928
907
923
799 674 643 499
16.1 13.9 16.9 17.5
15.4 13.6 13.0 12.2

303

441

357
987
488*

499
13.2

(See footnote 4, table A-l. )

Table A-13: Unemployed persons, by major occupation group and industry group
Occupation and industry

(Persons 14 years of age and over)
November 1961
November i960
October 1961
Percent
Unemployment
Percent
Unemployment
Percent
Unemployment
1
distribution
rate
distribution
ratel
distribution
rate *

MAJOR OCCUPATION GROUP
Total.
Professional, technical, and kindred workers
Farmers and farm managers
Managers, officials, and proprietors, except farm.
Clerical and kindred workers
Sales workers
Craftsmen, foremen, and kindred workers
Operatives and kindred workers
Private household workers
Service workers, except private household
Farm laborers and foremen
Laborers, except farm and mine
No previous work experience

100.0

5.6

100.0

5.5

100.0

5.7

3.6
.2
2.9
10.7
6.2
10.8
24.5
2.7
12.0
3.0
11.8
11.5

1.8
.3
1.6
4.2
5.3
4.7
7.4
4.0
7.1
5.2
12.4

4.0
.2
2.9
12.6
5.4
9.7
24.4
3.8
12.5
2.5
10.4
11.5

2.0

3.1

1.6
.2

1,6
4.8
4.7
4.2
7.3
6.2
7.1
3.3
10.2

3.1
9.4
4.4
13.0
27.5
3.2
10.2
3.4
12.7
10.0

1.6
3.6
3.8
5.8
8.7
5.4
6.2
5.1
12.8

100.0

5.6

100.0

5.5

100.0

5.7

85.2
3.5
81,7
1.5
10.5
26.6
.14.8
1.9
1.7
1.7
2.6
2.7
1.4
1.3
4.3
11.8
3.2
.9
3.4
4.3
5.3
1.5
2.3
1.5
19.8
2.3
14.1
5.2
9.0
1.6
2

5.6
7.8
5.6
8.9
10.5
5.8
5.8
5.8
4.8
4.1
6.4
6.1
6.7
5.5
7.0
5.8
6.3
3.9
10.2
4.5
4.5
6.4
5.2
3.0
7.3
3.4
4.0
2.7
5.6
1.9

85.2
3.6
81.6
1.6
8.0
28.5
16.6
1.9
1.9
2.5
2.4
3.4
1.5
1.9
4.5
11.9
3.1
.9
3.8
4.1
5.1
1.6
1.6
1.9
18.3
2.5
15.7
5.1
10.5
2.0

5.6
6.1
5.5
10.4
7.8
6.1
6.5
6.2
4.9
6.0
6.1
7.7
7.2
6.1
7.2
5.8
6.1
3.8
10.9
4.2
4.4
6.5
3.9
3.8
6.7
3.6
4.5

86.8
3.8
83.0
1.9
11.6
30.1
16.8
3.5
1.4
2.2
2.2
3.1

INDUSTRY GROUP
Total

4

Experienced wage and salary workers
Agriculture
Nonagricultural industries
Mining, forestry, and fisheries
Construction
Manufacturing
Durable goods
Primary metal industries
Fabricated metal products
Machinery
Electrical equipment
Transportation equipment
Motor vehicles and equipment
All other transportation equipment
Other durable goods industries
Nondurable goods
Food and kindred products
Textile-mill products
Apparel and other finished textile products
Other nondurable goods industries
Transportation and public utilities
Railroads and railway express
Other transportation
Communication and other public utilities
Wholesale and retail trade
Finance, insurance, and real estate
Service industries.
Professional services
All other service industries
Public administration

».

3

4.3
13.3
3.3
1.4
4.6
4.0
5.3
1.8
2.5
1.0
16.3
1.6
14.0
3.6
10.3
2.1

5

-2

7.6
5.8

11.8
11.5
6.9
6.9
11.6
4.9
5.8
6.1
6.0
7.3
5.0

n

7.2
6.0
14.6
4.3
4.5
7.3
5.8
2.1
5.9
2.4
4.3
2.0
2.3
1
7.1
Percent of labor force in each group who were unempLoyed
Includes self--employed, unpaid family workers, and persons with no
2.3
previous work experience, not shown separately. NOTE Dat a include Al aska and Hawaii beginning 1960. (See footnoteU, table
A-l. )




vi

Table A M : Perseis employed 15 weeks aid ever, by selected characteristics
(Persons 14 years of age and over)

November 1961

October 1961

November i960

Percent of
Percent of
Percent of
unemployed
Percent
Percent
Percent
unemployed
unemployed
in each
distribution
distribution
distribution
in each
in each
group
group
group

Characteristics

AGE AND SEX
Total.
14
14
18
20
25
35
45
65
14
14
20
25
35
45

years and over
to 17 years. ..
and 19 years..
to 24 years...
to 34 years...
to 44 years...
to 64 yean
years and iver.
years and iver.
to 19 year:
to 24 yean
to 34 year
to 44 year
years and

100.0

28.5

100.0

31.5

100.0

2U.5

6U.0
3.9

30.1
20.1;
27.1
19.9
26.9
33.2

6U.8
k.3

3U.9
21;. 2
26.3
26.3
31.3
38.U
U3.0
51.8
26.9
27.5
23.7
26.6
25.1
30.0

67.3
k.3
7.U
Q.k
10.6
13.2
20.2
3.2
32.7

26.6
22.0
33.2
22.2
21.0
29.7
29.3

5.0
k.9
6.0
8.0

21.0
17.9
20.0
19.5
25.7
21.U

U.7
6.1
10.8
11.0
23.8
3.7
36.0

7.U
U.6
7.0
7.0
9.9

MARITAL STATUS AND SEX
Total.
Male: Married, wife present....
Single
Other
Female: Married, husband present.
Single
Other

37.3

la. 6

26.0
25.1
23.3
25.2
25.9
29.5

k.h

7.2
10.8
11.2
22.1
k.Q
35.2
6.9
I1.8

6.8
6.9
9.9

8.9

a)

100.0

28.5

100.0

31.5

100.0

35.5

30.1
26.9
U0.8

36.5
21.8

21.1

8.7

3k.$
28.0

16.0
11.1
8.1

38.2
30.1
36.0
23.5
32.8
27.1*

36.U

6.5

U.8
16.U
8.5
7.8

25.6
28.3
26.1;
20.6
21.8
21.1

100.0

28.5

100.0

31.5

100.0

2li.5

76.2
U8.6
27.6
23.8
15.5
8.3

27.5
28.5
25.8
32.3
36.1;
26.8

76.0
U9.3
26.7
2U.0
15.6
8.5

30.3
33.6
25.7
35.9
39.5
30.8

7U.5
51.3
23.2
25.5

16.0
9.$

23.0
21;. 9
19.7
30.3
3U.3
25.3

100.0

28.5

100.0

31.5

100.0

2.5
.3
2.7
9.2
6.9
11.3
27.3
2.5
12.7
.3
11.2

19.6
(1)
27.0
2U.7
31.3
29.6
31.7
26.2
30.0
2.5
26.9

3.8
.2
2.7
13.5
U.I
10.0
27.5
2.0
12.7

29.7
(1)
30.1
3)4.0
23.9

1.8
.2
2.6
11.2
3.1
10.1
2U.3
3.9
10.7
1.8

32.9

13.3

19.8
8.8
15.2
12.0

26.1

COLOR AND SEX

White....
Male...
Female.
Nonwhite.
Male...
Female.

MAJOR OCCUPATION GROUP
Total.
Professional, technical, and kindred workers
Farmers and farm managers
Managers, officials, and proprietors, except farm
Clerical and kindred workers
Sales workers
Craftsmen, foremen, and kindred workers
Operatives and kindred workers
Private household workers
Service workers, except private household
Farm laborers and foremen
Laborers, except farm and mine
No previous work experience

13.3

9*.6

32.U
16! 8
32.0
6.0
29.0

15.U

Experienced wage and salary workers ...
Agriculture
Nonagricultural industries
Mining, forestry, and fisheries....
Construction

100.0

28.5

8iw2
.9
83.3
2.0

28.2
7.1
29.1
(1)
17.0
32.8
36.6
28.0
U3.3
30.5
22.6
(1)

6.2
30.6
19.0
11.6
8.0
21.2
13.0
2.2

.

Durable good's
Nondurable goods.
Transportation and public utilities
Wholesale and retail trade
Service and finance, insurance, and real estate
Public administration
1

17.6

19.2
21.6
30.2
25.8
13.1
29.8

36.1

Total*

»

(1)
21.1
29.3

36.U

INDUSTRY GROUP

Manufacturing

U*.3

2

100.0

85.1;
1.2
8U.2
2.1;
6.9
33.k
21.0
12.1;

6.1;
17.9
li;.7
2.1;

31.5
31.6
10.6
32.5
(1)
27.U
36.9
39.7
32.9
UO.O
30.9
25.6
(1)

100.0
82.6
2.0
80.6
2.7
8.8
30.1
20.U
9.7
6.7
13.U
16.0
2.8

2L.S
23.3
13.0
23.8
(1)
18.6
2k.6
29.9
17.9
30.7
20.2

25.1
(1)

Percent not shown where base is less than 100,000. Includes self-employed, unpaid family workers, and persons with no previous
work experience, not shown separately. NOTE: Data include Alaska and Hawaii beginning 1900. (See footnote 4, table A-l. )




Table A-15: Persia it wirkf I F lurs wirkii, typi if Mistry, i l l class if wirkir
November 1961
(Percent distribution of persons 14 years of age and over)
Agriculture
industries
Wage and salary workers
SelfUnpaid
Unpaid
Wage and SelfPrivate
Total
employed family
salary employed family Total
Total
Total house- Govern- Other
workers workers
workers workers workers
ment
holds

Hours worked

Total at work.•.thousands

65,159
100.0

4,935
100.0

20.1
6.9
5.2
4.1

35.4
9.7
13.2
7.7
4.8
16.7
8.4
8.3
47.8
5*7
5.2
36.9
7*3
3.6
11.3
14.7
42.6

46.3
6.4
39.9
33.7
8.0
7.1
18.6
6.6
2.8
4.9
4.3

2,492
100.0

868
100.0

26.2
10.0
8.6
4.5
3.1
13.4
6.7
6.7
60.4
5.8
5.4
49.2
7.8
3.7
15.3
22.4

52.2

14.6
12.2
7.6
6.4
20.5
9*1
11.4
38.8
5.8
6.3
26.7
7.2
4.5
8.1
6.9
37.2

48.4

1,575
100.0
liO.S

NOTE: Data include Alaska and Hawaii beginning I960.

60,224 153,475
100.0 100.0

2,648
100.0

8,373 42,454
100.0 100.0

6,l6l
100.0

589
100.0

20.8
8.5
5.4
3.3
3.6

41.8
22.4
12.6
6.8
19.9
5.8
14.1
38.3
3.8
9.2
25.3
6.1
3.3
6.3
9.6
4o.l

28.3
17.1
6.8
19.6
12.3
7.3
28.3
5.2
2.8
20.3
6.3
1.5
6.0
6.5

18.9
6.7
4.6
3.8
3.8
48.8
6.3
42.5
32.4
8.2
7.2
17.0
6.5
2.7
4.4
3.4

18.5
6.6
4.3
3.8
1.8
52.3
6.5
45.8
29.4
8.3
7.2
13.9
6.0
2.5
3.3
2.1

67.5
43.7
11.5
7.7
4.6
15.3
4.0
n.3
17.1
4.9
3.3
8.9
2.4
1.1
2.5
2.9

12.7
3.5
3.5
2.8
2.9
59.7
6.0
53.7
27.6
8.8
4.8
14.0
6.2
2.3
3.2
2.3

16.4
4.8
4.0
3.7
3.9
53.1
6.8
46.3
30.5
8.4
7.9
14.2
6.2
2.6
3.4
2.0

4.1
16.9
58.4
7.8
7.4
43.2
11.0
4.4
13.7
14.1

35.8

4o.l

39.3

23.5

4o.5

4o.l

46.6

21.0

(See footnote 4, table A-l.)

Tikli A-18: Eipltyii pirsiis, ly typi if Mistry, by fill-tint ir part-tin stitis i l l rusii fir pirt t i n
November 1961
(Thousands of persons 14 years of age and over)
Hours worked, usual status, and
reason working part time

Agriculture

Total.
With a job but- not at work
At work
41 hours and- over
35 to 40 hours
1 to 34 hours
Usually work full time on present job:
Part time for economic reasons
Slack work
Material shortages or repairs...
New job started
Job terminated
•*.......
Average hours
.

Hours worked, usual status,
and reason working part time

Nonagricultural
industries

5,199

62,149

262
4,935
2,361
825
1,750

1,928
60,224
19,534
29,363
11,328

181
170
1
2
9
21.3

1,097
864
68
104
62
23.5

Primarily includes persons who could find only part-time work.
note 4, table A-l. )

Agriculture

Usually work full time—Continued
Part time for other reasons
Own illness
Vacation
<..
Bad weather
Holiday
All other.
Usually work part time on
present job:
For economic reasons1
Average hours
For other reasons

17.7
902

Average hours for total at work.

42.6

NOTE:

Nonagricultural
industries

464
43
12
347

2,033
662
254
487
44
583

63

1,322
17.8
6,874

205

Data include Alaska and Hawaii beginning 1960.

(See foot-

Table A-17: Wifi ni salary wirkirs, by fill-tin ir part-tin stitis aii najir Mistry i m p
November 1961
(Percent distribution of persons 14 years of age and over)
1 to 34 hours
Major industry group

Agriculture.
Nonagricultural industries
Construction
Manufacturing
Durable gpods
Nondurable goods.,
Transportation and public utilities
Wholesale and retail trade
Finance, insurance, and real estate
Service industries
Educational services
Other professional services
All other service industries
All other Industries

Total
at
work

100.0 40.8
18.5
22.3
9.9
6.7
14.1
9.5
23.5
11.0
20.2
n.6

NOTE: Data include Alaska and Hawaii beginning 1960.




41 hours and over

Usually work full
Usually work part 35 to
40
time on present Job time on present job 39
hours
Part time Part time
hours
For
For
for economic for other economic
other

4.9
1.9
4.5
2.8
2.1
3.8
1.7
1.3
.3
1.1

10.4

11.5

14.0

3.4
n.8
3.0
2.9
3.0
2.9
1.9
1.7
2.3
2.4
2.8
2.0
5.6

2.2
3.4
.9
.5
1.5
1.5
2.7
.6
4.1
.9
1.0
8.1
.9

11.0
2.6
3.2
1.2
5.8
3.4
17.6
8.4
22.7
16.9
14.8
31.2
4.2

(See footnote 4, table A-l.)

49
41 to 48 hours
47 hours and
hours
over

9.1 11.4 38.8 5.8
6.5
5.3
6.0
3.2
9.5
4.5
5.6
20.0
6.9
9.3
6.9
5.5

45.8
49.4
56.2
62.6
46.1
60.6
31.9
44.4
33.4
34.4
48.2
23.3
60.0

29.4 8.3
23.1 8.4
27.8 8.5
27.6 8.1
28.4 9.1
25.6 7.5
39.1 9.7
24.5 8.7
29.3 7±9
36.0 12.1
25.7 6.6
27.6 6.3
24.2 5.8

6.3 26.7
7.2
5.1
8.1
8.7
7.5
5.5
9.5
4.2
6.2

p

13.9
9.6
11.2
10.8
11.8
12.6
19.9
11.6
15.2
20.8

III

8.5 12.5
5.9

7.0

or Part-Time Status

Table A-18: Persons at work, by full-time or part-time status and major occupation group
November I961
(Percent distribution of persons 14 years of age and over)
41 hours and over

1 to 34 hours

Major occupation group

Usually work full
Usually work part
35 to
time on present job time on present job
40
39
Part time
hours
For
Part time
For
hours
for
for other economic
other
economic
reasons

Total
at
work

12.0

1OCL Q

Total.

Professional, technical, and kindred
100.1 23.9
0.2
workers
10.3
2.9
Farmers and farm managers
100 j 26.0
10.7
3.U
Managers, officials, and proprietors,
ept fa
.6
100.0 7.5
2.U
U.i
100. .0 16.3
Clerical and kindred workers
.5
3.1
.9
11.8
Sales workers
.. •. 100. 29.U
.9
1.9
1.9
2li.7
Craftsmen, foremen, and kindred
workers
100. 11.3
2.0
5.2
l.U
2.7
Operatives and kindred workers
LOO. 0 15.2
3.9
2.0
U.2
5.1
Private household workers
.6
1.8
100. 0 68.5
52.1
Service workers, except private
household
LOO. 26.6
1.2
20.2
1.9
3.3
Farm laborers and foremen
100. 0 1+7.2
3.5
8.1
7.1
28.5
Laborers, eicept farm and mine
100.1 29.U
6.2
5.0
7.7
10.5
NOTE: Data include Alaska and Hawaii beginning 1980. (See footnote 4, table A-l.)

n.U

.U

6.k

39.9

6.6
6.5

U3.3
6.7

36.3
60.8

3.8
12.0

27.0
55.8
27.8

Average
hours

49

41 to
47

ltO.3

8.0 7.1

18.6

9.3

U.8
5.U

22.2

61.6
16.0
36.5

9.h
7.0
7.7

8.6
U.I
7.U

U3.6
U.9 37.7
21.U 37.7

U.I 52.2 32.U
$.9 U7.8 31.0
3.7 11.2 16.7

9.6
8.8

8.6
8.6
3.1

1U.2 Ul.U
13.6 U0.6
8.7 23.1

5.U

6.5 LL.2
5.7 U.3
7.1 6.0

1U.8 38.6
2U.3 36.1
8.5 35.8

6.U

7.8
U.8 UU.2

10.6

32.5
3U.3
21.6

U.9

Ul.8
U9.5 U8.6

Table A-19: Persons at work in nonagricultural industries, by full-time and part-time status and selected characteristics
November 1961
(Percent distribution of persons 14 years of age and over)
1 to 34 hours

Total
at work

Usually work full
Usually work part
time on present job
time on present job
Part time
Part time
For
For
for economic for other economic
other

Characteristics
(In thou-

35 to
40
hours

41
hours
and
over

U8.8

32.U

Uo.l

U8.0
7.6
U5.6
U8.0
U8.7
52.0
Ui.i

39.3
U.2
3U.0
U3.9
UU.3
38.6
26.1

U2.7
16.0
39.7
UU.5
U5.o
U3.6
36.2

50.2
7.3
61.3

30.0

19.9
3.7
15.3
19.2
20.8
23.8
21.3

35.3
12.5
35.8
35.9
36.3
37.U
32.1

Average
hours

AGE AND SEX
Total.
Male
14
18
25
35
45
65

to 17
to 24
to 34
to 44
to 64
years

years....
years....
years....
years....
years....
and over.

Female
14 to 17
18 to 24
25 to 34
35 to 44
45 to 64
65 years

years....
years....
years....
years....
years....
and over.

60,22U

100.0

18.9

1.8

3.U

2.2

38,830
99$
U,573
8,865
9,533
13,390
1,1*7*
21,39U

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

12.7
88.3
20.3
8.1
7.0

1.8
.8
2.5
1.9
i.U
2.0
1.1
1.8
.5

3.7

1.5
U.0

996

3,630
3,698
U,657
7,66U
7U9

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

9.h

32.8
29.9
88.9
23.U
25.9
28.8
26.2

1.5
2.U

2.3
1.7
1.1

U8.7

MARITAL STATUS AND SEX
Male: Single
Married, wife present.
Other

5,01
31,051
1,978

100.0
100.0
100.0

Female: Single
Married, husband present.
Other

5,0UU
n,8iu
U,536
5U,185
35,3U2

.5
3.U
3.9
U.0
3.9
2.U
2.8
.7
3.U
2.9
3.2
2.7
.6

2.8
1.2
.9
1.U
2.6
3.U
1.1
3.8
2.8
3.3
3.9
3.7

5.7

83.0
11.6
1.1
.7

2.1
26.7
21.9
86.6
3J+.7
17.8
20.0
17.9
U3.3

5U.8
5o.U
5o.i

3.0
3.8
U.I

3.6
1.0

16.1

2.3
1.7
2.6

23.7
2.3
$.9

50.8

2U.1
U2.6
33.2

Ul.3

100.0
100.0
100.0

31.7
30.7
25.6

1.1
2.1
2.0

1.8
2.9

3.1
2.8

3.U

5.3

25.7
22.9
1U.9

51.3
50.1
U9.2

17.1
19.1
25.2

33.2
35.3
37.6

100.0
100.0
100.0

18.0
12.2
29.1

3.3
3.6
2.8

1.5
1.1
2.3

11.5
5.8
22.3

U8.7

1.7
1.7

50.9

20.2

100.0
100.0
100.0

26.0
18.2
36.8

k.l
5.2
2.6

8.3
$$
12.1

10.3

U9.6
9.6
52.8
U5.2

2U.U

.0

3.5

COLOR AND SEX
White.
Male
Female
Nonwhite.
Male
Female

18,8U3
6.0^9
3,U88

NOTE: Data include Alaska and Hawaii beginning 1960.




1.7

3.3
3.U

3.2

(See footnote 4, table A-l. )

U.I
8.9

33.3
UO.U

29.0
18.0

11

Historical Industry

Employment

Table B-1: Employees in nonagricultural establishments, by industry division
1919 to date
(In thousands)
Year and month

Contract .
construction Manufacturing

Finance,
Transportation Wholesale and insurance,
Service and
and public
and real miscellaneous Government
retail trade
utilities
estate

TOTAL

Mining

1919
1920
1921
1922
1923

27,088
27,350
24,382
25,827
28,39^

1,133
1,239
962
929
1,212

1,021
848
1,012
1,185
1,229

10,659
10,658
8,257
9,120
10,300

3,711
3,998
3,^59
3,505
3,882

,5
4,467
^,589
^,903
5,290

1,111
1,175
1,163
1,144
1,190

2,263
2,362
2,412
2,503
2,684

2,676
2,603
2,528
2,538
2,607

1924
1925
1926
1927
1928

28,040
28,778
29,819
29,976
30,000

1,101
1,089
1,185
1,114
1,050

1,321
1,446
1,555
1,608
1,606

9,671
9,939
10,156
10,001
9,9^7

3,807
3,826
3,9^2
3,895
3,828

5,7
5,576
5,784
5,908
5,874

1,231
1,233
1,305
1,367

2,782
2,869
3,046
3,168
3,265

2,720
2,800
2,846
2,915
2,995

1929
1930
1931
1932
1933

31,339
29,424
26,649
23,628
23,711

1,087
1,009
873
731
744

1,^97
1,372
1,214
970

10,702
9,562
8,170
6,931
7,397

3,916
3,685
3,254
2,816
2,672

6,323
5,797
5,284
4,683

1,509
V

M

,3
1,295

3,^0
3,376
3,183
2,931
2,873

3,065
3,1^8
3,264
3,225
3,166

3
1935
1936
1937
1938

25,953
27,053
29,082
31,026
29,209

883
897
946
1,015
891

862
912
1,145
1,112
1,055

8,501
9,069
9,827
10,79^
9,440

2,750
2,786
2,973
3,13^
2,863

5,281
5,^31
5,809
6,265
6,179

1,319
1,335
1,388
1,^32
1,425

3,058
3,142
3,326
3,518
3,^73

3,299
3,481
3,668
3,756
3,883

1939
19^0
1941
1942

3O,6l8
32,376
36,55^
40,125
42,452

854
925
957
992
925

1,150
1,294
1,790
2,170
1,567

10,278
10,985
13,192
15,280
17,602

2,936
3,038
3,27^
3,^60
3,647

6,426
6,750
7,210
7,H8
6,982

1,462
1,502
1,5^9
1,538
1,502

3,517
3,681
3,921
4,084
4,148

3,995
4,202
4,660
5,^83
6,080

1944
19^5
1946
194-7
1948

41,883

41,674
43,881
44,891

836
862
955

1,094
1,132
1,661
1,982
2,169

17,328
15,524
1^,703
15,5^5
15,582

3,829
3,906
4,061
4>l66
*;8

7,058
7,31^
8,376
8,955
9,272

1,497
1,697
1,75^
1,829

, 3
4,24i
^,719
5,050
5,206

6,043
5,9^
5,595

930
901
929
898
866

2,165
2,333
2,603
2,634
2,623

14,441
15,241
16,393
16,632
17,5^9

4,001

1950
1951
1952
1953

^3,778
45,222
^7,849
48,825
50,232

4,226
4,248
4,290

9,264
9,386
9,7^2
10,004
10,247

1,857
1,919
1,991
2,069
2,146

5,264
5,382
5,576
5,730
5,867

5,856
6,026
6,389
6,609
6,645

1955
1956
1957
1958

49,022
50,675
52,408
52,904
51,423

791
792
822
828
751

2,612
2,802
2,999
2,923
2,778

16,314
16,882
17,243
17,174
15,945

4,084
4,141
4,244
4,241
3,976

10,235
10,535
10,858
10,886
10,750

2,234
2,335
2,429
2,477
2,519

6,002
6,274
6,536
6,749
6,811

6,751
6,91^
7,277
7,626
7,893

1959
i960.

53,380

731
709

2,955
2,882

16,667
16,762

4,010

11,125
11,412

2,597
2,684

7,105
7,361

8,190
8,520

I960: November.
December.

54,595
5^,706

695
682

2,942
2,630

16,538
16,213

3,992
3,966

11,608
12,146

2,705
2,709

7,416
7,380

8,699

I961:

January..
February.
March....
April....
May
June•••.,

52,864
52,523
52,785
53,171
53,708
54,429

666
656
654
657
668
678

2,457
2,342
2,454
2,619
2,775
2,971

15,933
15,838
15,866
15,904
16,076
16,320

3,888
3,871
3,872
3,870
3,8Q1
3,9^5

11,233
11,040
11,101
11,162
11,238
11,35^

2,702
2,706
2,710
2,724
2,73^
2,766

7,313
7,333
7,359
7,^8
7,510
7,598

8,672
8,737
8,769
8,787
8,816
8,797

July
August.,,.
September•
October..•
November..

54,227
5^,538
54,978
55,101
55,077

672
677
676
667
665

3,023
3,075
3,021
2,976
2,816

16,268
16,531
16,646
16,616
16,636

3,977
3,971
3,971
3,953
3,9^3

11,327
11,3^2
11,378
11,467
ll,.583

2,795
2,801
2,770
2,757
2,752

7,631
7,606
7,612
7,625
7,582

8,53^
8,535
8,904
9,040
9,100

to, 39^

M34

5,W

5,650

NOTE: Data include Alaska and Hawaii beginning 1959* Biis inclusion has resulted in an increase of 212,000 (0.4 percent) in
the nonagricultural total for the March 1959 benchmark month.
Data for the 2 most recent months are preliminary.
622524 O -61 - 4




12

Current Industry Employment
Table B-2: Employees in nonafricultieral establislieits, by iidistry
(In thousands)
All employees

Production workers'

Nov.
I960

Industry

TOTAL

'5,077

MINING

665
85.2

METAL MINING

Iron ores
Copper ores

157.0
147.6

COAL MINING

Bituminous

CRUDE PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS

Crude petroleum and natural gas fields

'4,595

667

676

695

Oct.
I960

Oct.
1961

Nov.
1961

1961

Nov.
I960

Oct,
I960

;4,6

706

527

536

553

564

85.6
27.9
27.8

88.2
28.3
29.5

90.7
29.5
30.4

93.6
32.5
30.3

70.3
23.2
22.8

72.5
23.6

73.9

24.2

24.4
24.6

76.7
27.6
24.4

156.0
146.3

155.4
145.2

170.7
158.0

175.0
161.5'

137.7
129.1

137.1
128,0

150.4
139.2

154.1
142.2

304.6
175.1
129.5

310.6
177.8
132.8

311.9
179.4
132.5

311.9
179.7
132.2

217.9
106.4
111.5

224,2
109.0
115.2

227.3
111.7
115.6

227.2
111.7
115.5

120.4

121.7

121.6

125.9

101.1

102.3

101.6

105.8

Oil and gas field services

116.3
QUARRYING AND NONMETALLIC MINING

2,816

2,976

3,021

2,942

2,562

3,110

2,603

2,519

2,686

CONTRACT CONSTRUCTION
GENERAL BUILDING CONTRACTORS

HEAVY CONSTRUCTION

Highway and street construction

922.0

935.8

922.7

963.7

802.7

815.1

800.4

840.0

653.3
372.9
280.4

671.3
384.3
287.O

613.2
324.8
288.4

680.7
373.2
307.5

581.4
341.1
240.3

597.1
352.0
245.1

540.4
293.2
247.2

606.8
341.3
265.5

Other heavy construction

1,400.3 1,413.4 1,405.9 1,466.0

1,177.6 1,190.4 1,178.3 1,238.8

SPECIAL TRADE CONTRACTORS- • • • •

16,636

L6,6l6

L6,646

16,538

16,739

112,385

12,382

12,407

12,324

12,530

9,322
7,314

9,212
7,404

9,189
7,457

9,224
7,314

9,299
7,440

6,869
5,516

6,775
5,607

6,753
5,654

6,797
5,527

6,880
5,650

MANUFACTURING
DURABLE GOODS
NONDURABLE GOODS

Durable Goods

205,5

ORDNANCE AND ACCESSORIES

Ammunition, except for small arms
Sighting and fire control equipment
Other ordnance and accessories

, .,

LUMBER AND WOOD PRODUCTS, EXCEPT FURNITURE

Logging camps and logging contractors
Sawmills and planing mills
Sawmills and planing mills, general
Millwork, plywood, and related products
Millworlc
*
Veneer and plywood
Wooden containers
•
Wooden boxes, shook, and crates
Miscellaneous wood products

613.5

205.9
104.9
52.5

192.9

48.5

204.1
104.0
52.3
47.8

618.8
99.0
276.3
243.5
144.4
66.7
63.3
40.3
30.2
58.8

630.0
103.2
279.3
247.0
147.5
68.2
64.3
41.2
31.0
58.8

611.8
89.4
283.0
249.7
139.4
65.7
60.8
41.6
30.9
58.4

See footnotes at end of table. NOTE: Data for the 2 most recent months are preliminary.




43.7

188.1
95.3
49.0
43.8

8.0

637.5
97.0
293.2
259.3
145.1
67.I
63.7
42.8
32.0
59.4

549.9

91.6
23.5
33.7

23.2
33.2

23^7
29.9

88.9
37.7
21.1
30.1

554.3
93.3
251.1
221.0
122.6
54.0
58.1
36.4
27.2
50.9

565.2
97.6
253.9
224.5
125.6
55.4
59.3
37.3
27.9
50.8

545.3
83.7
256.7
226.5
117.3
52.4
55.8
37.5
27.8
50.1

570.7
91.3
267.I
236.2
122,3
53.6
58,7
38.8
28.9
51.2

Current Indus!ry Employment

13

Table B-2: Eapliyits ii inifriciltiral establisbmts, by iiJistry-ditiiied
(In thousands)
All employees
•
Nov.
I960

Industry

Oct.
I960

Durable Goods—Continued

FURNITURE AND FIXTURES

Household furniture
Wood house furniture, unupholstered .
Wood house furniture, upholstered. . .
Mattresses and bedsprings.
Office furniture
Partitions; office and store fixtures . .
Other furniture and fixtures
STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS

Flat glass
Glass and glassware, pressed or blown . . .
Glass containers
Pressed and blown glassware, n.e.c . . . .
Cement, hydraulic
Structural clay.products
Brick and structural clay tile
Pottery and related products
Concrete, gypsum, and plaster products . . .
Other stone and mineral products
Abrasive products
PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES

Blast furnace and basic steel products . . .
Blast furnaces, steel and rolling mills . .
Iron and steel foundries
Gray iron foundries
Malleable iron foundries.
Steel foundries
Nonferrous smelting and refining.
Nonferrous rolling, drawing, and extruding .
Copper rolling, drawing, and extruding. . .
Aluminum rolling, drawing, and extruding.
Nonferrous wire drawing and insulating . .
Nonferrous foundries
Aluminum castings
Other nonferrous castings
....
Miscellaneous primary metal industries . . .
Iron and steel forgings
FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS

Metal cans
Cutlery, hand tools, and general hardware . . ,
Cutlery and hand tools, including saws . . . .
Hardware, n.e.c.
Heating equipment and plumbing fixtures . . . .
Sanitary ware and plumbers' brass goods . . .
Heating equipment, except electric
Fabricated structural metal products
Fabricated structural steel
Metal doors, sash, frames, and trim
Fabricated plate work (boiler shops)
Sheet metal work.
Architectural and miscellaneous metal work .
Screw machine products, bolts, etc
Screw machine products
Bolts, nuts, screws, rivets, and washers . . .
Metal stampings
Coating, engraving, and allied services
Miscellaneous fabricated wire products
Miscellaneous fabricated metal products . . . .
Valves, pipe, and pipe fittings

378.6
269.9
137.1
67.1
35.1
28.3
35 A

386.2
272.1
139.3
68.1
35.1
29.0
39.5
1 6

313.8

31^.7
23i.lv
121.7
56.8
28.0
22.6
26.0

313.6
229.3
120.8
56.0
28.lv
22.lv
26.1
35.8

31*v.5
229.3
121.3
58.O
26.6
22.9
28.lv
33.9

321.lv
233.6
123.5
58.O
28.1
23.lv
29.6

582.1
589.7
596.9
29.2
29.3
29.9
103.8
101.3
102.9
58.2
61.5
57.0
58.9
Iv2.3
1*3.2
lvlv.3
ivlv.O
lvl.1
lvl.0
ko.k
lv2.8
73.8
72.9
71.7
7*v.8
33.0
32.lv
32.lv
33.6
Vv.8
iviv.6
Iv5.lv
Iv6.7
157.7
159.9
15^.3
160.3
122.3
123.5
121.9
122.3
30.3
29.3
29.3
29.9
1,183.5 1,183.2 1,18l.lv 1,131.6 1,155.9
627.O
576.1
631.O
593.2
55*v.6
523.2
506.9
558.9
190.9
196.lv
193.8
187.5
113-lv
116.2
111.3
115.0
23.lv
2lv.9
25.9
53.2
52.8
53.9
5M
68.0
67.6
68.5
69.5
176.U
17*v.2
171.7
173.3
lvlv.9
Mv.8
^3.9
lvlv.9
55.h
5^.5
5lv.O
5*v.6
58.lv
57.5
57.3
57.3
63.O
62.5
62.6
63.9
30.9
30.lv
30.6
31.1
32.1
32.1
32.0
32.8
57.9
59.0
58.5
59.6
Iv2.9
lvlv.3
iv3.8
Mv.6

lv67.1

V70.I
25.3
85.3
50.9
3 ^
32.7
6l.lv
29.I
38.2
12lv,5
90.1
17.6

25.0
87.9
51V.2
33.7
33.3
63.lv
29.7
38.0
127.2
89.9
17.2

lv70.lv
25.0
85.2
Iv9.9
35.3
33.1
62.8
29.2
38.5
122.7
89.9
16.6

lv8lv.7
25.8
86.9
51.8
35.1
3*v.9
6lv.5
30.2
39.8
128.1
91.lv
16.6

95^.3
508.1
iv51.1
160.7
97.1
20.0
lv3.6
52.lv
135.*v
3*v.9
lv2.3
Iv5.6
52.1
26.0
26.1
lv5.6

95^6
513.3
U.56.6
157.8
95.3
19.2
^3.3
52.0
133.5
3iv.8
lvl.lv
lvlv.8
51.8
25.6
26.2
lv6.2
35.0

899.8
*v55.9
lv02.9
163.1
98.7
20.lv
Ivlv.O
52.9
130.1
33.2
lv0.7
kk.6
51.*
25.3
26.1
iv6.lv
35.3

922.0

1,110.9 1,105.6 1,097.2 1,109.3 1,128.3

850.0

81v6.6
51.1
105.lv
1+0.3
65.I
56.9
2iv.7
32.2
238.lv

839.2
5^.2
101.8
lv0.3
61.5
57.0
2lv.6
32.lv
2lv2.0
76.lv
M.3
61.3
lv0.9
22.1
63.lv
28,3
35.1
1U2.6
55.8
>v3.5
78.9
1*5.7

8^9.7
*v9.9
105.7
1+0.5
65.2
56.3
2lv.5
31.8
237,9
73.0
Iv2.8
62.1
39.0
21.0
63.6
28.6
35.0
160.0
53.2
Iv2.8
80.3
Iv8.3

377.9

581.2

377.6
267.7
136.3
66.2
35.lv
28.1
35.6
lv6.2

583.0
29.5

60.0
133.9
51.6
82.3
76.9
30.7
46.2
33iv.lv
100.5

57.8
92.6
53.lv
30.1
82.9
3>v.5
lv8.lv
I82,lv

67.9
56.3
110.9
68.2

63.3
130.1
51.lv
78.7
76.8
30.5
Iv6.3
338.5
103.2
57.7
93.1
53.7
30.8
81.2
33.8
iv7.lv
178.6
66.9
5*v.9
IO6.9
6lv.8

See footnotes at end of table. NOTE: Data for the 2 most recent months are preliminary.




378.7
267.6
137.1
68.0
33.6
28.lv
38.2
lvlv.5

58.>v
13*v.3
51.9
82.lv
76.7
30.lv
Iv6.3
33*v.3
99.9
59.3
93.9
51.8
29.lv
81.8

60.3
135.1
52.1
83.O
78.lv
31.3
lv7.1
3*vO.6
101.6
60.2
9*v.7
53.7
30.1+
82.9
35.0

*v7.5
197.3
63.8

^7.9
199.8
65.O
55.6
110.6

3M

5M
108.lv

67.7

6Q.6

i

5
60.6
lv0.7
21.lv
65.1
29.0
36.1
Hv5.5
56.8
lvlv.8
82.6

I6lv.8
99.2
21.lv
Mv.2
53.8
131.9
3iv.2
lvl.3
lvlv.7
52.6
25.9
26.7
lv7.0
35.5
868.it
51.9
IO6.5
lvo.6
65.9
58.1
25.lv
32.7
2lv3.7
7k.6
h3.k
62.1
lvl.0
22.0
6lv.7
29.2

35.5
l62.lv
5lv.6
lvlv.3
82.2

fry Employment
Talli B-2: Eipltyns ii mifriciltiral tstafclislitits, by iiiistry CiitiutJ
(In thousand*)
All employees
Industry

Durable

wov.
1961

1961

Sep

195

Production workers

uov.
i960

OCX.

JMOV.

Dcx.

aevz,

Hoy.

ucx.

i960

1961

1961

1961

I960

I960

Goods—Continued

1,392.7 1,392.6 1,395.5 1,^15.3 1,418.9
82.1
76.9
80.7
80.8
34.8
28.7
32.9
32.5
48.2
47.9
47-3
48.2
IO8.7
104.9
108.6
104.0
200.6
205.8
200.5
198.7
111.1
112.0
IO8.3
31.9
109.0
31.7
31.3
27.1
32.3
29.4
28.5
243.3
247.1
27.0
246.3
67.1
69.5
242.5
68.4
82.8
68.0
80.2
81.3
38.0
81.8
39.6
39.3
55.4
57.8
37.8
57.3
167.4
171.7
54.9
172.4
33.8
33.7
33.8
167.1
36.7
39.2
39.1
33.7
211.3
214.5
218.2
37.0
59.0
58.8
59.9
212.7
48.7
48.5
58.9
49.7
41.4
44.5
48.8
45.0
149.9
148.2
42.4
147.6
106.0
102.8
150.4
102.3
90.6
106.3
95.8
96.5
55.4
90.2
58.3
59.1
146.7
147.1
55-2
146.2
99.0
100.0
146.3
99.8
47-7
47.1
99.0
46.4
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES
1,455-3
47-3
1,448.4 1,418.7
Electric distribution equipment
161.7
154.3
1,476.1
162.2
Electric measuring instruments.
51.6
162.2
48.7
Power and distribution transformers
41.9
42.6
52.1
44.1
Switchgear and switchboard apparatus
64.5
67.5
42.3
69.4
Electrical industrial apparatus
165.0
172.9
172.0
Motors and generators.
67.8
89.9
97.2
97.1
Industrial controls
41.5
42.1
170.9
41.7
Household appliances.
153.0
95-9
152.8
Household refrigerators and freezers
39^2
44.6
42.2
43.6
Household laundry equipment
27.6
28.9
155.6
28.1
Electric housewares and fans.
35.0
32.5
45-7
35.3
Electric lighting and wiring equipment
125.2
130.2
29.8
Electric lamps
24.6
131.1
28.3
33-2
Lighting fixtures
49.0
30.2
47-3
133-8
Wiring devices
51.6
48.3
28.8
54.6
Radio and TV receiving sets
115.6
52.6
49.8
Communication equipment
125.8
374.1
112.0
55.2
Telephone and telegraph apparatus
379.1
379.9
124.8
128.2
Radio and TV communication equipment
124.2
385.6
125.3
249.3
Electronic components and accessories
254.9
125.6
Electron tubes
254.6
225.3
228.6
260.0
Electronic components, n.e.c
225.3
72.6
71.6
231.0
Miscellaneous electrical equipment and supplies . . . .
152.7
74.1
157.0
:
72.0
Electrical equipment for engines.
111.7
151.2
159.0
io4.o
67.9
108.8
113.1 1,605.0
59.9
TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT
1,613.7
64.2 1,505.2
Motor vehicles and equipment
68.3
730.2
1,508.1
Motor vehicles
628.3 1,605.3
294.0
620.0
Passenger car bodies
245.7
68.2
728.6
216.2
Truck and bus bodies
43.1
30.2
295.5
61.5
Motor vehicle parts and accessories
321.5
28.8
30.0
Aircraft and parts
69.I
655.8
292.9
294.4
Aircraft
30.4
363.4
678.1
671.9
Aircraft engines and engine parts
I65.6
317.9
368.8
Other aircraft parts and equipment
365.8
126.8
663.4
184.7
Ship and boat building and repairing
143.8
183.0
363.1
Ship building and repairing
124.6
118.0
123.1
173.5
Boat building and repairing
25-8
145.5
126.6
141.1
Railroad equipment
44.3
120.0
143-3
Other transportation equipment.
117.3
30.9
116.1
25.5
23.8
27.2
See footnotes at end of table. NOTE: Data for the 2 most recent months
36.2 are preliminary.
36.O
41.9
28.3
27.9
28.1

MACHINERY.

Engines and turbines
Steam engines and turbines
Internal combustion engines, n.e.c
Farm machinery and equipment
Construction and related machinery* • « « • . . . . • . • «
^Construction and mxninff machinery . . « « . . . « . « « .
Oil field machinery and equipment
«
Conveyors, hoists, and industrial cranes
Metalworking machinery and equipment
Machine tools, metal cutting types
Special dies, tools, j i g s , and fixtures
Machine tool accessories
Miscellaneous metalworking machinery.
Special industry machinery
Food products machinery.
Textile machinery
General industrial machinery
Pumps; air and gas compressors
Ball and roller bearings
Mechanical power transmission goods
Office, computing, and accounting machines
Computing machines and cash registers
Service industry machines
Refrigeration, except home refrigerators
Miscellaneous machinery.
Machine shops, jobbing and re pa it
Machine parts, n . e . c , except electrical. . .




958.2

957.0
52.3
18.2
34.1
71.1
129.2
73.3
21.5
16.9
178.7
46.4
66.3
27.1
38.9
115.2
22.2
28.3
144.5
34.4
38.8
30.9
95.2
64.1
60.0
36.8
110.8
76.O
34.8

959.6
52.2
18.4
33.8
71.7
130.7
75.0
21.2
17.1
179.9
45.6
67.5
27.3
39.5
H5.5
22.2
_28,2
143.0
3^.5
38.6
30.0
95.0
63.6
60.2
37.0
2JJL.4
76.1
35.3

977.5
52.0
19.3
32.7
74.8
128.9
70.7
20.5
18.2
182.7
47.1
66.3
28.2
41.1
120.7
22.3
30.4
146.3
34.8
38.3
32.7
95.4
62.8
66.2
41.1
110.5
77.1
33.4

980.1
46.6
13.1
33.5
74.7
133.7
74.2
20.7
19.0
183.2
47.9
65.1
28.5
4l.7
119.8
22.2
30.5
150.2
36.1
39.6
33.1
95.4
63.0
65.6
40.3
110.9
77.1
33.8

982.1
955.4
979.4
1,012.7 1,002.6
100.4
106.5
106.3
106.7
32.3
32.2
34.4
34.2
29.4
27.2
28.3
28.6
44.8
4i.o
44.0
^3.5
108.8
H6.9
H5.3
115.3
58.2
66.5
65.4
65.5
27.4
27.7
27.8
27.3
116.1
119.6
117.1
111.0
34.0
36.O
35.0
29.7
20.6
22.5
21.7
20.2
25.8
25.0
27.5
27.3
105.0
102.0
102.6
96.4
25.0
24.4
26.3
20.7
38.2
36.4
36.8
37.4
41.8
41.2
39.5
38.3
97.5
95.1
82.3
86.2
205.1
199.3
207.6
204.9
80.0
81.2
81.5
81.5
U.9.3
123.9
126.1
123.4
167.8
162.7
170.8
163.O
50.1
52.2
50.7
50.6
H7.7
110.5
120.1
112.4
77.6
86.3
82.6
84.7
52.8
44.7
49.1
52.3
1,114.3 1,018.1 1,013.0 1,120.8 1,124.4
463.8
566.8
569.3
469.9
219.4
145.2
171.8
218.7
57.9
49.9
31.8
57.1
24.3
22.9
24.0
24.2
254.0
230.1
231.4
257.5
384.0
384.6
378.7
379.2
208.0
203.3
200.0
208.7
97.7
101.5
103.0
92.5
78.3
77.2
78.3
78.0
121.5
117.1
117.8
118.8
100.3
97.5
95.5
97.4
22.3
21.2
19.6
21.4
30.1
25.3
32.4
24.8
22.1
24.7
22.9
22.5

15

isiry

Emplc

Tihli 1-2: Eipliyns ii inifrieiltiral istablisfcints, ly iidistry Ctitimd
(In thousands)
Prod uction workers 1

All employees
Oct.
I Sept.
I No1
19&1 1 19&L
I 19

Industry

Sept.
19&L

Durable Goods—Continued
INSTRUMENTS AND RELATED PRODUCTS

352.5

Engineering and scientific instruments
Mechanical measuring and control devices . . .
Mechanical measuring devices
Automatic temperature controls
Optical and ophthalmic goods
Surgical, medical and dental equipment . . . .
Photographic equipment and supplies
Watches and clocks
MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES
Jewelry, silverware, and plated ware
Toys, amusement, and sporting goods
Toys, games, dolls, and play vehicles . . . .
Sporting and athletic goods, n.e.c
Pens, pencils, office, and art materials
Costume jewelry, buttons, and notions
Other manufacturing industries

351.3

48.1
68.9
28.5

351.6
73.8
92.9
62.4
30.5
39.9
48.0
69.O
28.0

408.5
43.0
H9.9
83.3
36.6
32.4
56.7
156.5

401.6
42.5
116.0
80.0
36.0
32.0|
55.8
155.3

396.9
44.0
105.8
69.3
36.5

351.7
73.1
92.9
62.2

to.2

too. 3

75.3

91.1
62.5
28.6

to.i
47.7
70.4
26.2

159.

351.3
75.4
92.2
62.7
29.5
39.8
47.7
70.5
25.7

226.0

411.8

324.5

44.4
116.0
79.6
36.4
32.0
58.3
161.1

225.7
38.8
60.8
39.5
21.3
29.7
33.4
39.8
23.2

225.9
39.7
60.8
39.5
21.3
29.5
33.3
39.9
22.7

227.6
42.9
59.4

228.5
42.6
60.5

19.3
29.8
33.3
41.7
20.5

20.4
29.3
33.4
42.1
20.1

333.5
34.1
103.2
74.0
29.2
24.0
47.5
124.7

326.3
33.6
99.2
70.4
28.8
23.7
46.3
123.5

320.7
34.6
90.0
60.5
29.5
23.4
46.1
126.6

to.i

to.i

335.9
35.0
100.1
70.5
29.6
24.0
48.2
128.6

Nondurable Goods

POOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS

Meat products
Meat packing
Sausages and other prepared meats . . .
Poultry dressing and packing
Dairy products
Ice cream and frozen desserts
Fluid milk
Canned and preserved food, except meats,
Canned, cured, and frozen sea foods . . ,
Canned food, except sea foods
Frozen food, except sea foods
Grain mill products
,
Flour and other grain mill products . . . ,
Prepared feeds for animals and fowls .
Bakery products
Bread, cake, and perishable products . .
Biscuit, crackers, and pretzels . ' . . . . ,
Sugar
Confectionery and related products
Candy and other confectionery products.
Beverages
Malt liquors
Bottled and canned soft drinks
Miscellaneous food and kindred products .
TOBACCO MANUFACTURES

Cigarettes
Cigara
TEXTILE MILL PRODUCTS

Cotton broad woven fabrics
Silk and synthetic broad woven fabrics . .
Weaving and finishing broad woolens . . .
Narrow fabrics and small wares
Knitting
Full-fashioned hosiery
Seamless hosiery.
Knit outerwear
Knit underwear
Finishing textiles, except wool and knit .
Floor covering
Yam afcd thread
Miscellaneous textile goods

1,810.9 1,878.0 1,930.4 1,809.0 1,895.2 1,219.0 1,286.6 1,334.8 1,225.4 1,307.8
263.0
326.4 327.7
258.9
321.0
264.4
253.5
320.3
170.0
162.2
216.1 215.1
207.0
162.1
169.3
206.4
32.4
44.4
32.7
45.1
32.2
45.6
33.2
44.3
64.3
60.3
69.6
65.2
64.2
67.0
61.9
69.6
165.8
162.6
310.2
318.3
160.2
314.2
166.2
311.6
20.1
17.6
33.4
36.3
18.3
34.3
18.3
34.2
104.2
101.4
222.1 223.5
105.6
223.5
99.4
221.0
199.1
332.5
235.5 304.5
267.8
371.8
265.3
303.8
31.0
to.6
36.9
34.3
38.O
34.8
33.9
37.7
103.0
149.8
212.3
126.2
173.7
237.7
155.1
179.9
35.7
47.5
52.6
39.5
57.0,
51.0
47.9
43.6
126.8 130.2
92.0
133.4
93.3
88.4
130.8
92.2
25.6
37.6
38.1
38.4
25.1
25.3
37.5
25.1
37.0
56.2
53.0
39.0
34.9
5154.2
176.6
179.0
306.4
175.6
309 , 311.1
177.4
306.4
ito.4 lto.o 143.0 142.5
262.5 .266.4 266.1
261.9
36.5
36.2
42.8
43.9
35.6
45.0
34.4
44.5
39.5
39.3
49.3
25.1
31.0
47.0
43.5
45.9
71.8
66.4
83.2
70.9
87.
87.7
70.6
87.6
60.6
55.0
68.0
59>9
72.
72.8
59.3
72.6
123.1
223.3
120.1
118.6
217.., 224.7
120.5
222.5
47.3
71.3
47.9
46.4
69.9|
71.7
39.9
69.3
45.7
111.5
38.8
103.6
43.0
142.0
40.4
101.9
io4.o
107.6
146.2 105.8
96.6
103.4
88.5
103.5
149.1
118.0.
106.5
99.5 U48.1
78.5
89.8
97.1
32.2
32.1
IO8.9
31.7
37.2 114.5
37.3
_31.4
37.2
26.2
22.6
36.9
26.3
23.1
22.9
24.4
28.2
24.7
804.4
0o4,
806.0 805.7
813.2
892.O 900.1
891.0
892.2
892.4
241.1
240.1
234,
256,4 257.3
250.4
251.9
235.6
65.^
63,
65.7
72.1
70.6
72.2
70.7
63.9
43.3
4745.3
50.
53.8
51.6
52.0
45.8
23.2
2323.3
26.
27.1
26.8
27.1
192.2
196,
196.5
23.8
212.5
216.4
216.9
217.6
197.1
3-1.5
29
31.5
34.7
3^.9
33.0
33.2
30.0
66.2
66.7
65^
71.5
70.9
70.5
70.7
65.7
49.8
52.0
54
58.2
56.1
61,6
61.8
55.1
2^.2
23
28.3
32.4
31.9
32.3
32.6
29.1
62.3
62,6
Gc
72.8
72.4
70."
70.8
60.8
29.5
27
35.0
35.0
2?. 5
33.2
33.7
28.2
92.9
94
100.5 101.1
93.6
102.1
102,1
94.6
54.9
55
55.6
66.2
66.1
66.5.
66.9
55.9

See footnotes at end of table. MOTE: Data rfrr the 2 moat recent months are preliminary




16

C u r r e n t Industry Employment

Table B-2: Eulims ii mafriciltiral istablisbnits, by iilistry-Ciitimi
(In thousands)
Industry

NOV.
lQ6l

Oct.
1961

All employees

Sept.
1961

NOV.

I960

Oct.
I960

Nov.
1961

Production workers•
oept.
JJJOV.

uct.
1961

1961

I960

uct.
i960

Nondurable Goods — Continued
APPAREL AND RELATED PRODUCTS

Men's and boys' suits and coats
Men's and boys' furnishings.
Men's and boys' shirts and nightwear
Men's and boys' separate trousers
Work clothing
Women's, misses', and juniors' outerwear.
Women's blouses, waists, and shirts
Women's, misses', and juniors' dresses.
Women's suits, skirts, and coats
Women's and misses' outerwear, n.e.c
Women's and children's "undergarments
Women's and children's underwear
Corsets and allied garments
Hats, caps, and millinery
Girls' and children's outerwear
Children's dresses, blouses, and shirts.
Fur goods and miscellaneous apparel
Miscellaneous fabricated textile products.
Housefurnishings

. . .
. . .

. .. .
. ..

PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS

Paper and pulp
Paperboard
Converted paper and paperboard products .
Bags, except textile bags
Paperboard containers and boxes
Folding and setup paperboard boxes . . .
Corrugated and solid fiber boxes
PRINTING, PUBLISHING, AND ALLIED INDUSTRIES .

1,213.8 1,218.1 1,2U*.3 1,22U.7 1,228.9 1,081.0 1,081.8 1,081.5 1,090.3 1,093.9
116.1
10l*.l 105.0
117.2
121.6
109.7
108.8
122.6
308.8
308.6
300.5
279.1* 279.9
278.8
272.3
307.1
118.0
118.7
117.3
106.0 106.8
107.1
105.7
118.8
52.2
h%3
52.1*
51.7
1*9.1
50.5
1*8.7
53.5
72.1
72.1
61*. 7
69.3
62.3
61*. 7
63.5
70.6
3U6.1
362.5
31*6.9
327.2
316.8
311.8 312.3
35.1
352.1*
39.8
36.8
38.3
38.0
36.2
35.1
39.1
185.5
167.3
176.1*
176.3
159.9
159.1 159.1
71*.
9
178.5
83.7
75.7
83.2
75.1
72.7
80.6
1*3.2
1*7.1*
82.9
1*9.3 ...53.5
1*1*.9 107.7
U5.6
50.9
108.3
51.9
121.6
121.2
109.7
108.7
123.1
7U.6
122.5
75.0
OJ..U
81.1
75.7
82.2
75.5
33.1
82.1
33.3
1*0.2
1*0.1
31*. 0
1*0.9
#
33.2
30.6
36.
1
29.6
33.3
3U.1*
31.5
32.1*
35.3
7U.6
66.3
6U.5
73.0
7l*.l
66.9
66.3
7|*. 9
35.2
31.1
28.2
35.lt
30.3
3l*.l
31.9
30.9
63.6
73.9
6U.0
73.1
75.0
65.5 115.7
61*. 5
73.2
139.7
116.0
139.1
U.5.9
H
6.7
138.?
139.0
1*7.9
55.1
53.5
1*5.
6
1*7.1
56.U
1*9.0
57.7
1*76.8 1*76.2
1*73.8
597.0
1*73.9
1*77.5
593.9
596.5
597.1*
182.0 183.2
226.7
225.0
183.1*
226.3
182.7
225.5
66.1
65.8
53.3
68.8
53.3
55.9
67.9
55.1
126.5
126.1
96.6
121*. 1
123.1*
95.1
96.9
9l*.3
31.2
25.2
25.0
29.3
23.7
30.9
29.5
23.5
179.6
178.2
11*2.8
177.1
aJ4*.9
177.7
na. 7 3i*3.1
72.8
60.6
72.1*
58.8
71.2
60.3
60.5
72.7
55.6
71.8
55.0
53.1
53.7
69.S
70.1
71.1
932.2

Newspaper publishing and printing
Periodical publishing and printing
Books
Commercial printing
Commercial printing, except lithographic . .
Commercial printing, lithographic
Bookbinding and related industries
Other publishing and printing industries. . . .
CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS . . . .

Industrial chemicals. . «
Plastics and synthetics, except glass
Plastics and synthetics, except fibers. . . .
Synthetic fibers.
Drugs
Pharmaceutical preparations
. . ..
Soap, cleaners, and toilet goods
Soap and detergents
Toilet preparations
Paints, varnishes, and allied products
Agricultural chemicals
Fertilizers, complete and mixing only . . . .
Other chemical products
PETROLEUM REFINING AND RELATED INDUSTRIES

Petroleum refining.
Other petroleum and coal products
RUBBER AND MISCELLANEOUS PLASTIC PRODUCTS

Tires and inner tubes
Other rubber products
Miscellaneous plastic products
LEATHER AND LEATHER PRODUCTS

Leather tanning and finishing
Footwear, except rubber
Other leather products

933.7
3i*0.8

71.1
71*. 2
291.6
201.3
79.9

1*7.6
108.U
83U.U

28l*.6
l51*.l*

m

106.7
78.7
98.8
36.1*
36.2
62.lt
1*2.5
9
I?'
81*.9

201.5

379.1

365-7

929.6
339.6
70.7
7luU
290. k
200.5
79.5
1*7.7
106.8

933.0
338.7

831*. 7
286.1
153.2
7li.8

821*. 1
2 8 5 . 8
1 5 1 . 7

107.4
79.1
98.3

1 0 7 . 0
77.6
91*. 3
35.1*
3 3 . 5
6 2 . 5

36.5
35.5

63.2
1*2.1
33.3
81*.l*

293.0
203.0
79.6
1*7.6
1 0 9 . 5

la.o

379.8
103.1*
15U.0
122.1*

201*. 9
170.1*
3U.5
376.6
102.7
153.9
120.0

32.1
81.8
207.1
173.8
33.3
367.0
10l*.i*
11*9.2
113.1*

358.8
33.2
232.3
93.3

360.1*
33.1*
235.1*
91.6

361*.l
33.9
239.1
91.1

203.1*

168.8
3l*.6

See footnotes at end of table. NOTE: Data for the 2 most recent months are preliminary.




72.1
72.1

930.6

600.8

336. k
71.8
72.2

29.9

k$.e

232.1*
161.0
62.
38.1*

292.9

202.U
80.1
1*7.6
109.7
827.0
286.3
150.8
72.5
67.1*
107.0
77.1*
95.3
35.3
31*. 9
63.2
1*2.U
33.3
82.0

602.8
177.0

79.5
509.1

209.9
171*. 9
35.0

130.1

373.6
105.1
15U.6
113.9

293.7

363.2
3l*.l
237.0
92.1

323.8

599.2

175.5
29.6

16.9
231.8
160.5
62.0

38.5

603.7
176.7
30.5
1*3.6
233.1
162.0
62.1
38.U
8l.lt
5O2.U
166.9
101.8

603.1
175.2
30.U
1*3.8
233.1*
161.8
62.6
38.5
81.8
505.7
167.6
100.8

510.1
161*. 9
101*. 6

77.9
509.0
165.1*
103.1

58.1*
1*1.7
60.
25.1
22.5
35.7
28.8
57^5

58.7
1*1.9
60.1
25.2
22.0
36.1*
28.2
23.6
57.1

58.0
1*0.9
57.5
2l*.3
21.0
35.1*
27.3
22.6

1*0.8
58.7
21*. 3
22.U
36.2
28.5
23.7

131.8
107.0

132.7

135.1
110.7
2l*.l*

137.1
111.5
25.6

282.5
75.9
117.7
88.9
321.1
29.8
212.7
78.6

288.3
76.7
122.2
89.1*

21*. 8

107.9
21*. 8

97.5

291.5
71*. 9
121.6
95.0

316.9
29.3
207.
80.1*1

318.6
29.3
210.3
79.0

29U.6
75.1*

121.7

$S$

1*7.14
58.1

55.8

319.9
29.9

210.6
79.1*

17

Current Industry Employment

Table B-2: Employees in nmiricvltural establishments, by industry-Continued
(In thousands)
All employees

TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC UTILITIES .

JMOV.

(jet.

J.2SL

19ft

3,9h3

3,953

3,971

NOV.
I960

uct.
i960

3,992

U,oi5

wov.
1961

Production workers1
Sect.
uct.
I960
19t>l
1961

I960

822.5
720.8

825.5
723.1;

81*5.
7U2.

863.7
759.8

267.3
91.1
106.0
1*8.1

267.9
91.6
10lw7
1*9.1*

283.
93.
120,

280.1
92.2
118.0
1*7.1*

hi;. 8

1*6.1

hh.5

UU-6

MOTOR FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION AND STORAGE

912.2

907.0

900.0

835.3

831.7

822.0

827.0

AIR TRANSPORTATION
Air transportation, common carriers

202.3
180.7

203.0
181.1

895.
191.
170,

192.0
172.1

PIPELINE TRANSPORTATION . . . ;
OTHER TRANSPORTATION

21.6
300.3

22.0
301;. 7

22,
306.

22.6
305.7

18.2

18.5

19.1

19.2

818.8
688.2
37.0
91.7

821*. 7
693.5
37.1
92.2

836.6
703.6
38.3
92.8

838.6
705.6
38.2
92.9

562.0
27>O
77.7

566.7
27.O
78.3

578.5
27.9
78.2

581.0
27.7
78.1;

607.9
250.2
152.8
175.0
29.9

616.1
253.6
151*. 9
177.2
30.1;

610.6
252.7
153.3
17U.9
29.7

612.0
253.1
153.6
175.3
30.0

53h.k
211;. 1
135.9
158.1;
26.0

51*3.0
217.1;
138.0
161.3
26.3

&0.7
218.3
137.2
159.2
26.0

51*2.6
218.8
137.6
159.8
26. h

RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION

Class I railroads
LOCAL AND INTERURBAN PASSENGER TRANSIT . .

Local and suburban transportation
Tazicabs
Intercity and rural bus lines

86.1;

87.O

88.1

87.3

U7.

COMMUNICATION
Telephone communication
Telegraph communication
R a d i o and t e l e v i s i o n b r o a d c a s t i n g .

815.7
,
. . . . . .

606.1

ELECTRIC, GAS, AND SANITARY SERVICES

Electric companies and systems
Gas companies and systems
Combined utility systems
Water, steam, and sanitary systems

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE 2

.1,583

.1,1*67

•1,378

WHOLESALE TRADE
Motor vehicles and automotive equipment. . .
Drugs, chemicals, and allied products
Dry goods and apparel
Groceries and related products
Electrical goods
Hardware, plumbing, and heating goods . . . .
Machinery, equipment, and supplies

3,055

3,053
217.2
190.3
131.li
1*97.2
2OU.8
1434

3,014;
3,035
215.0
217.1
186.2
189.5
133.7
131.0
501.9
1*86.1
208.1
201;. 6
2
lip. 2
0
US9.0

RETAIL TRADE 2 .

8,528

8,101;

8,3U3

8,561;

I,6k9.k

1,571.5
915.0
333.2

1,526.5
880.3
328.8

1,683.1
990.2
355.9

1,582.9
922.5
339.0

1,361.3 1,355.U
1,186.1;

1,31*2.7
1,171;. 2

1,372.8
1,195.8

1,365.3
1,190.1;

662.2
108.3
253.1
97.8
119.8

6U5.6
103.2
21*8.6
93.7
119. k

klh.7

10.2.1;

GENERAL MERCHANDISE STORES

Department stores
Limited price variety stores

FOOD STORES

Grocery, meat, and vegetable stores

APPAREL AND ACCESSORIES STORES

Men's and boys' apparel stores.
Women's ready-to-wear stores.
Family clothing stores .
Shoe stores

FURNITURE AND APPLIANCE STORES

67U.U
,
,
,

10];. 6

65U.3
105.7
2U9.2
97.6
118.1

11,608

ftfc

610.1
103.2
95.3
117.6

10J0.5

11,509
3,01^5
215.2
181;. 7
133.3
k9h.h
207.9
h79.k

1,625.7 1,631;. 6

I,6h9.7

1,613.1;

l,6ijO.U

OTHER RETAIL TRADE
Motor vehicle dealers
Other vehicle and accessory dealers
Drug stores

2,802.3 2,787.3
651.1;
ll|.2.0
373.9

2,775.3
6)48.9
iho.h
373.0

2,817.7
672.7
1U2.6
372.1

2,817.8
673.7
ll*2.2
373.8




8,881

2,638
181.9
158.2
113.7
10+6.2
183.0
126.
U09.

2,61|O
182.6
156.5
113.5
U39.6
182.8
126.9
klO.9

6,366

6,210.

1,1*1*9.3 l,l;O5.2
806.6
81*0.3
312.3
308.5

1,565.0
917.8
336.7

1,1*65.7
851.0
319.6

1,271.0 1,257.3
1,109.8 1,096.8

1,289.3
1,119.7

1,232.7
1,115.2

592.9
95.6
226.3
90.5
101;. 7

582.7
93.5
225.2
88.2

605.8
99.2
232.9
91.3
IO6.7

589.7
914.3
228.7
86.8
106.1;

370.2

36h.k

373.3

371.5

2,533.0
593.U
122.1-

2,531.8
59U. 9
122.1
350.7

8,716

2,620
2,636
183.6
183.3
160.1;
159.5
110.6
110.6
1*1*0.9
U30.1
179.3
179.1
3L2U.3
1*17.7

6,179

EATING AND DRINKING PLACES

See footnotes at end of table. NOTE: Data for the 2 most recent months are preliminary.

9,001;

8,816

6,096

2,1*95.9 2,1*86.5
567.9
569.1
119.2
121.5
31*8.6
31] 9.0

U6

18

Employ me

Tilli B-2: Eipliyns ii mafriciltiral istahlisbiuts, by iihstry CutinH
(In thousands)
All employees
Industry

r«ov.

.Nov.
I960

1961

1961
FINANCE, INSURANCE, AND REAL ESTATE

2,752

697.2
261.7
80.7
lto.8

Banking.
Credit agencies other than banks
Savings and loan associations
Personal credit institutions
Security dealers and exchanges
Insurance carriers . . .
Life insurance
Accident and health insurance
Fire, marine, and casualty insurance
Insurance agents, brokers, and services. . . .
Real estate
Operative builders
Other finance, insurance, and real estate . . .

SERVICES AND MISCELLANEOUS

l30.li.
855.9
^67.5
51. ^
295.1
200.3
536.7
32.9
75.2

7,582

Hotel and lodging places.
Hotels, tourist courts, and motels
Personal services:
Laundries, cleaning and dyeing plants. . . .
Miscellaneous business services:
Advertising
Motion pictures
Motion picture filming and distributing. . . .
Motion picture theaters and services
Medical services:
Hospitals.

GOVERNMENT

r

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT3

9,100

7,625

699.6
263.I
80.1
ll*l*.l
131.0
861.2
1*70.1
51.8
297.1
200.7
538.8
33.9
75.9

2,705

681*.7
258.1*

73.3
ll*7.2
115.0
81*6.6
1*63.0
51.2
291.2
197.2
527.2
33.1
76.O

7,612

682.0
257.2
73.^
ll*6.0
115.1
81*2.8
1*60.1*
51.0
290.0
197.2
531.2
35.1
76.O

582.1

593.^

596.1*

122.3
77^.7
1*27.0
1*6.2
26l*.7

122.9
78O.8
1*30.1*
1*6.5
266.8

107.7
769.9
1*23.8
1*6.2
263.6

107.9
766.7
1*21.1*
1*6.1
262.7

1*66.3

1*70.7

7,^52

535.2
1*91.1*

5^*1.8
1 A

1*96.6

530.5

51^.5

512.0

515.7

520.1*

38O.3

379.2

110.5
182.8
1*2.0
11*0.8

109.7
189.1
1*2.2
11*6.9

110.8
184.9
1*6.7
138.2

111.8
188.8
1*3.7
l

27.0

27.1

1,15^.3

1,11*8.9

1,119.6

1,116.1

9, olio

8,901*

8,699

8,61*9

2,281

2,216

2,216

2,252.6
9**8.9
581*. 2
719.5
23.5
5.1

2,188.9
932.1*
571.8
681*.7
22.1*
5.0

2,188.8

6,1*33

5.3

388.6

31.0

688.1
22.1*
5.0

6,757

6,623

6,1*83

State government
Local government

1,713.9
5,0^3.0

1,665.1*
**, 957.1

1,637.0 1,632.6
**, 81*5.5 l*,800.2

Education
Other State and local government

3,39^.0
3,362.9

3,19^.2
3,**28.3

3,195.7
3,286.8

3,156.2
3,276.6

'For mining and manutactunng, data refer to production and related workers; for contract construction, to construction workers; and for all other industries
to nonsupervisory workers.
2
Data for nonsupervisory workers exclude eating and drinking places.
3
Data are prepared by the U.S. Civil Service Commission and relate to civilian employment only.
NOTE: Data for the 2 most recent months are preliminary.




Oct.
i960

2,702

615.3
559.1

2,25*1-. 2
95^.3
579.1
720.8

6,812

2,770

1961

Production workers'
NOV.
I960

5,703
523.9

2,288

Executive
Department of Defense
Post Office Department.
Other agencies
Legislative
Judicial

STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

2,757

UCC.
i960

28.9

19

Seasonally Ad|usted
Industry Employment

Table B-3: Eipliyees ii iMifricittirjl istafclisfcmts,
by iiiistrj livisiu ail selected imps, stasiially aijisttJ
(In thousands)
All employees
Industry division and group

TOTAL
MINING

CONTRACT CONSTRUCTION

MANUFACTURING

DURABLE GOODS
NONDURABLE GOODS

Production workers

Nov.
1961

Oct.
1961

Sept.
1961

16,323

12,195

12,136

12,104

9,123
7,246

9,105
7,218

6,752

6,681
5,455

6,673
5,431

205
610
371
575
1,179
1,094
1,410
1,459
1,573
350
384

208
600
369
574
1,178
1,090
i,4n
1,461
1,499

203
603

97
546
308
461
946
833
972
983
1,074
223
309

99
535

947
830
973
989
1,008
223
310

97
539
306
460
950
833
965
957
1,037
224
305

1,793
84
884
1,193
590
924
837
202
370
363

1,787

1,197

1,184

796
1,071

794
1,063

471
595
509
132
286
318

469
595
507
131
287
316

Nov.
.1961

Oct.
1961

Sept.
1961

54,478

54,420

54,304

663

660

666

2,710

2,753

2,754

16,450

16,369

9,210

Durable Goods

Ordnance and accessories
Lumber and wood products, except furniture
Furniture and fixtures
Stone, clay, and glass products
Primary metal industries
Fabricated metal products
Machinery
Electrical equipment and supplies
Transportation equipment
Instruments and related products
Miscellaneous manufacturing industries . . .

J37O

573
1,179
1,090
1,400
1,428
1,528
350
381

Nondurable Goods

Food and kindred products
Tobacco manufactures
Textile mill products
Apparel and related products
Paper and allied products
Printing, publishing,and allied industries
Chemicals and allied products
Petroleum refining and related industries .
Rubber and miscellaneous plastic products
Leather and leather products

TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC UTILITIES. .

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE
WHOLESALE TRADE

91
882

1,769
96
880

1,201

1,194

591
926
835
203
370
360

589
927
832
202
372

3,927

3,929

3,939

11,347

11,382

11,363

3,019
8,328

3,026
8,356

3,020
8,343

2,766

2,763

2,756

7,597

7,587

7,567

9,018

8,977

8,936

2,320
6,698

2,320
6,657

2,313
6,623

357

RETAIL TRADE

FINANCE, INSURANCE, AND REAL ESTATE. .

SERVICE AND MISCELLANEOUS

GOVERNMENT
FEDERAL
STATfi AND LOCAL

NOTE: Data for the 2 most recent months are preliminary.
622524 O -61 - 5




1,199
74
798
1,062
469
594
510
130
286
321

80

85

20

State Industry Employment

Table B-5: Employees i i lonagricHltural establishments, by industry division and State

I In thousands)
Mining

TOTAL

Contract construction
Oct.

Sept.
IQ61

Oct.
1060

41.8
4.2
31.4
20.1
297.3

42.5
5.6
31.6
20.4
296.7

8.0
30.8
. 23.3
294.3

38.2
47.8
22.7
115.5

38.9
48.7
11.4
22.6
116.4

36.7
46.3
10.6
21.9
119.5

53.5
11.6
(4)
67.3
4o.7

54.6
12.2
185.9
68.8
42.4

55.2
10.9
191.5
70.0
41.9

36.4
42.6
50.6
15.2
68.1

37.9
4l.6
50.6
15.6
69.2

36.7
40.0
55.4
15.5
66.6

83.7
96.0
64.1
27.8
66.0

85.3
102.9
65.2
28.4
68.2

88.0
109.4
66.Q
25.0
74.5

15.0
27.2
9.3
10.6

15.0
27.5
9.3
10.9
110.2

12.8
29.2
8.2
10.8
107.3

17.0
279.1
68.8
148.0

18.1
273.3
70.0
12.0
151.1

18.6
287.4
65.8
12.4
148.8

1.6

33.8
26.0
184.2
12.7
38.2

34.5
27.1
190.6
13.1
38.3

37.2
28.1
180.1
12.9
38.5

2.4
6.7
120.5
13.8

2.5
7.1
120.3
14.2
1.3

12.8
49.3
165.8
16.6
6.6

13.8
49.8
163.5
17.8
6.8

l4.o
46.3
163.6
15.9
6.8

16.1

16.3
1.9
50.6
3.9
9.8

15.1
47.5
24.0
60.9
11.1

76.5
50.9
23.9
61.9
12.2

71.1
47.4
22.9
63.6
13.0

Oct.
1060

Oct.
196l

Sept.
io6i

Oct.
I960

Oct.
1061

Sept.
1061

Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California

774.2
56.0
3U6.0
376.1
5,067.1

776.9
59-9
3^.5
374.5
5,062.2

772.8
59-3
336.7
380.0
4,960.6

11.4

12.1

14.1
5.3
30.1

11.8
1.4
15.5
5.4
30.3

Colorado

546.7
928.5
154.4
549.4
1,291.6

529.8
915.1
153.9
538.1
1,288.2

14.9

14.9

15.3

Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida

542.1
932.9
154.1
549.1
1,308.6

P-)

(l)
2)
(2)

(1)
(2)
(2)

8.9

9.0

Georgia
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana '
Iowa 5

1,044.0
164.2
(4)
1,437-3
692.1*

1,01+2.1

166.8
3,435-2
1,417.6
689.6

1,040.5
158.2
3,434.9
1,435.8
696.7

5.5
3.2
10.0
3.4

00

5.5
3.4
26.1
10.2
3.4

27.8
10.1
4.1

565.8
662.5
779-8
279.0
929.5

566.8
661.1
775.9
283.5
929.2

561.1
656.4
790.0
280.8
911.6

16.2
30.5
42.4

16.1
30.3
42.6

16,7
34,5
42.2

(2)

(2)

(2)

Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi 5
Missouri

1,933.9
2,217.5
980.3
419.4
1,336.6

1,930.9
2,232.2
986.7
417.6
1,338.0

1,914.3
2,358.1
982.5
4o8.5
1,360.2

(2)

(2)

(2)

13.4
14.5
6.4
7.9

14.0
15.1
6.4
7.9

16.2
17.5
6.6
8.4

Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey

172.0
391.1
110.7
200.8
2,026.9

174.6
389.5
111.4
204.4
2,026.9

171.6
390.4
105.0
198.2
2,030.1

6.7
2.7
3.3
.3
3.6

6.9
2.8
3.3
.3
3.6

8.0
2.5
3.5
.3
3.6

New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota 5
Ohio

235.8
6,282.6
1,218.6
130.0
3,071.9

237-4
6,254.7
1,222.5
130.5
3,094.4

237.1
6,263.6
1,207.2
129.9
3,114.2

19.6
8.5
3.2

19.7
8.5
3.2

2.2

2.1

19.3

19.3

20.1
9.3
3.1
1.8
20.0

Oklahoma
Oregon 5
Pennsylvani a
Rhode Island
South Carolina

582.8
522.2
3,728.0
293.2
585.3

579.2
534.9
3,726.4
293.2
586.1

588.2
519.5
3,721.5
292.5
582.3

44.6

44.5

1.2

1.2

49.7

50.4

44.2
1.4
56.8

(2)

(2)

(2)

1.6

1.6

South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont 3

1^7.3
927.5
2,568.7
282.6
106.9

148.2
926.3
2,553.7
286.3
108.6

146.2
925.9
2,555.3
269.9
107.0

2.4
6.8
118.6
13.7

Virginia 3
Washington 3
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming

1,059.7
81*1.3
448.3
1,189.0
98.6

1,054.1
854.5
449.2
1,201.2
102.0

1,032.3
824.3
456.5
1,198.7
98.4

16.1
1.9
47.1
3.5
9.7

Kansas 5
Kentucky '
Louisiana
Maine.
Maryland

See footnotes at end of table.
NOTE: Data for the current month are preliminary.




1.3

(2)
(2)

2.4

1.2

2.4

1.2

2.0

46.8
3.5
9.8

1.2

15.7
3O.*4

8.9
5.6
2.0

2.4

11.1

111.1

11.1

State Industry Employment

21

Tabli B-5: Employees i i nonagricnltnral establisbnents, by industry division and State-Continued
(In thousands)
Transportation and
public utilities

Manufacturing

Oct.
1961
231.1
4.5
50.4
102.9
1,342.0
94.8

Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida

4o4«5

58.2
19.8
209.8

Oct.
I960

Oct.
1961

233.0
5.3
50.3
102.0
1,354.4

231.2
4.9
48.7
104.6
1,328.6

94.7
402.6
57.1
19.8
205.6

93.5
402.6
59.1
19.8
201.6

47.1
7.4
23.9
28.2
353.1
43.6
45.7
10.7
28.5
98.9

47.5
7.9
23.9
27.8
356.2
44.4
45.6
10.6
28.6

332.8
32.6
6^

71.8
14.7
(4)
90.2
50.4

Wholesale and r e t a i l trade

Oct.
1961

Sept.
1961

Oct.
I960

48.9
7.2
24.5
29.1
359.8
43.8
44.7
10.5
28.2
99.1

150.6
8.2
82,9
80.7
1,098.1

150.8
8.5
82.8
80.9
1,098.4
126.8
I63.8
29.2
84.1
344.4

72.3
14.9
277.8
90.8
50.9

72.6
14.9
283.O
94.2
53.0

218.5
40.8
(4)
284.4
175.0
129.2
140.2
181.8
54.1
197.0

218.5
40.9
728.9
281.2
173.5

150.3
8.2
80.0
83.5
1,077.3
125.0
160.3
29.3
84.2
350.5
219.9
40.2
734.2
286.0
173.5

131.2
l4o.l
181.9
54.2
196.3

129.5
141.3
182.9
54.2
193.5

387.7
424.7
237.3
84.7
307.3

387.4
433.6
236.7
84.6
307.1

389.6
453.5
240.7
84.7
314.9

39.5
94.0
21.1
35.1
381.6

40.7
93.2
21.1
35.1
379.9

40.7
95.6
19.6
34.7
377.4

49.6
1,250.8
223.4
37.8
612.1

50.4
1,244.2
221.5
37.9
613.3

49.0
1,260.9
225.5
38.1
613.O

134.8
112.7
700.7
55.1
101.1

134.5
115.0
696.5
54.6
101.7

139.3
115.6
701.7
54.5
102.0

39.7
190.5
652.4
61.5
21.0
219.4
182.6
80.2
240.7
21.0

39.9
I89.O
652.8
61.9
21.1
218.3
184.1
80.8
239.6
22.4

39.1
194.5
651.2
60.2
20.3
219.1
182.6
83.1
245.9
21.0

Georgia
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana *
Iowa *

585.5
170.1

169.5

336.1
31.2
1,168.6
584.2
179.3

Kansas
Kentucky '
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland....

117.7
165.8
138,0
103.5
263.0

115.3
167.1
135.4
105.5
263.I

114.8
164.2
143.4
104.6
262.9

51.7
50.1
80.2
17.5
70.7

52.1
50.5
80.1
17.7
70.9

53.1
52.3
83.2
18.1
71.6

685.7
863.7
235 A
121.9
379.4

680.1
866.2

680.0
960.3
231.9
118.5
385.3

103.9
127.9
81.3
25.7
118.7

103.3
128.8
82.6
24.7
118.7

22.0
69.7

21.3
67.8

21.6
68.8
5.5
86.4
808.3
16.4
1,894.4
513.4
6.5
1,222.3
86.2
146.5
1,410.7
118.2
243.3
13.3
316.9
487.8
48.4
35.2

18.1
36.3
9.3
9.6
149.5
20.2
485.8
65.2
12.3
201.6
46.4
43.1
269.2
15.2
25.3

18.7
36.7
9.2
9.6
149.4
20.0
485.7
65.O
12.4
202.3
46.5
43.6
270.5
15.3
25.3

104.7
134.8
84.7
26.0
124.3
I8.7
37.4
9.2
9.5
148.7
20.9
484.7
64.7
12.7
207.9
48.3
44.4
274.3
14.9
25.1

10.4
53.7
209.2
22.4
7.6

10.2
55.9
226.3
22.0
7.3

8I.5
64.4
42.7
75.1
11.8

61.1
44.2
75.7
11.6

Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi 3
Missouri

334.7
33.4

PO

<

,

Montana
Nebraska.
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey

,
,
,
,

New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota 5
Ohio

•
,
,

Okl ahoma
Oregon 3
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina

,
,

South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont

,
<

Virginia
Washington 3
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming

,

,
,

5.7
86.ii774.5
15.6
1,871.5
5H.0
6.5
1,172.9
85.9
146.0
1,397.1
117.8
244.4
13.8
315.7
488.6
53.2
34.2
287.8
228.6
125.8
1*6.1
8.1

5A

221-4.3
121.6
376.5

5.8
86.6
779.4
16.1
1,862.3
516.7
6.5
1,194.2
84.9
154.3
1,389.8
H7.3
245.7
13.6
315.0
484.6
54.3
34.1
283.9
232.9
125.7
455.7
7.8

See footnotes at end of table.
NOTE: Data for the current month are preliminary.




279.2
219.4
124.2
455.1
7.9

10.3
53.8
217.2
22.0
7.3
81.6
62.3
42.3
74.6
11.6

125.7
165.3
29.1
84.1
354.4

stry

Employment

22

Table 15: Employees i i Roiafriciltiral establishments, by industry tivisioi aid Stite-Cutiaied
(In thousands)
Finance, insurance,
and real estate

Oct.
1961

32.3

Alabama. . . .
Alaska
Arizona. . . .
Arkansas...
California.

1.5
17.2
14.1
258.7

Oct.
I960

32.4
1.5
17.2
14.2
258.4

32.4
1.5
16.9
13.5
254.1
25.4
54.0
6.3
27.7
81.6

Oct.
1961

Sept.
1961

90.5
5.3
50.0
46.6
731.1

169.2
23.2
75.0
78.1
925.5

76.9
113.0
19.4
94.6
203.2

119.2
96.5
19.3
268.8
230.0
197.0
35.1
(4)
197.2
121.5

168.1
23.7
73.2
77.5
912.2
118.6
94.6
19.2
269.9
225.8
195.4
36.6
436.6
197.1
119.8

163.3
23.0
70.1
73.9
885.O
113.2
94.2
18.7
261.7
223.8
188.0
33.6
423.7
191.0
118.8

118.6
119.1
149.1
49.8
153.2

117.8
117.2
148.2
49.3
150.8

116.4
113.2
146.1
49.5
145.3

259.1
333.9
155.0
92.9
200.6
41.3
81.9
20.4
23.7
243.2

247.9
336.8
153.2
89.9
195.5
39.8
78.8
19.5
22.9
238.9

23.5
25.O
35.0
9.1
44.9

72.5
88.8
101.6
29.8
129.2

72.6
88.7
101.1
32.0
130.2

19.6
429.7
142.9
94.5
70.4
85.9
101.8
29.8
124.4

101.5
82.0
48.3
13.6
71.7
6.9
22.9
3.5
7.2
90.3

309.6
266.9
141.0
45.O
185.4

312.1
268.9
138.7
44.9
187.2

302.6
264.9
139.4
44.2
185.6

23.1
55.8
37.9
28.0
267.6

23.9
56.O
38.6
30.8
268.8

23.1
55.2
36.0
26.4
255.6

260.0
341.8
157.9
94.0
200.5
40.8
81.8
20.4
23.5
247.0

9.9
502.4
43.9
5.7
123.5
27.2
21.8
155.5
12.6
21.2

9.7
486.3
43.0
5.5
120.4

39.0
1,006.1
128.1
21.6
376.2

38.9
1,013.3
128.4
21.4
376.9

37.8
987.I
125.6
20.7
373.8

65.O
881.3
174.9
32.9
419.7

64.3
864.9
173.8
32.5
413.8

64.6
853.6
166.1
32.2
408.0

26.8
21.0
153.7
12.5
21.1

73.0
68.4
516.4
39.5
55.5

72.3
69.3
521.3
40.0
55.5

73.5
64.3
505.6
39.4
55.0

134-8
102.6
451.8
40.3
96.8

132.7
98.2
438.5
40.1
95.7

5.8
39.5
133.0
12.3
4.1
46.3
39.5
12.7
47.2
3.1

5.7
39.5
129.6
12.0
4.0
43.9
38.2
12.8
46.5
3.0

21.9
119.2
343.7
35.9
16.5
128.0
106.5
50.2
150.2
10.8

22.4
119.9
344.0
36.7
17.6
128.6
109.1
50.6
152.6
11.6

21.5
118.1
337.8
33.7
16.2
125.1
104.8
50.7
147.6
10.1

137.3
103.1
456.3
40.4
97.9
40.7
152.9
450.0
67.6
16.3
205.1
172.8
66.0
166.6
23.2

40.1
152.7
446.1
67.I
16.2
202.9
171.6
66.0
165.7
23.3

40.0
145.6
438.7
63.5
16.1
194.8
168.9
67.9
160.4
22.0

Georgia. .
Idaho
Illinois.
Indiana 3
Iowa 3 . .

49.9
5.9
(4)
58.1*
32.3

Kansas 5 .
Kentucky '
Louisiana.
Maine
Maryland 5

23.5
25.5
36.1
9.1
45.9

50.0
5.9
181.4
58.4
32.5
23.7
25.7
36.0
9.2
46.3

103.3
83.1
48.7
14.0
71.4

103.6
83.9
49.1
i4.o
71.8

Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire.
New Jersey....

6.8
23.6
3.7
7.3
92.0

6.8
23.6
3.7
7.4
92.4

New Mexico
New York
North Carolina.
North Dakota 3
Ohio

9.8
499.5
44.0
5.7
122.1

Oklahoma
Oregon '
Pennsylvania. . .
Rhode Island...
South Carolina.

27.O
21.7
154.4
3^.5
21.3

South Dakota. .
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont

5.8
39.3
132,4
12.1
4.1

Virginia 5 5 ,
Washington ^ .
West Virginia.

46.0
39.1
12.5
46.5
3.1

Wisconsin
Wyoming

Government

Oct.
I960

49.1
5.8
176.3
57.5
31.6

26.2

y

Sept.
1961

79.7
117.1
19.2
97.1
208.2
113.1
19.5
(4)
144.2
98.9

26.0
56.1
6.5
28.1
82.9

Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota. .
Mississippi
Missouri...

Oct.
1961

90.8
6.0
52.0
46.3
755.6
82.2
117.1
20.4
96.7
208.4
113.0
20.3
434.5
144.7
97.6

Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia 5 5
Florida

Colorado

Service and miscellaneous

Sept.
1961

56.2
6.5
27.7
83.2

90.7
5.7
53.1
46.7
762.3

n4.o

Combined vith construction.
Combined with service.
Revised series; not strictly comparable with previously published data.
*Not available.
5
Federal employment in the Maryland and Virginia sectors of the District of Columbia metropolitan area is included in data for
District of Columbia.
NOTE: Data for the current month are preliminary.
SOURCE: Cooperating State agencies listed on inside back cover.
2

5




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Area Industry Employment

T I M I 1-8: Eipliyees in loiafriciltiral estallishmits for selected areas,fcyiidistry division
(In thousands)
Oct.
1961

Sept.
1961

Oct.
i960

Oct.
Oct.
I960
1961
ALA AMA

Industry division
Birmingham

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

199.7
7.0
13.3
57.5
16.2
46.1
13.6
24.1
21.9

Oct.
Oct.
i960
1961
ARIZONA

Mobile
201.3
7.3
13.5
58.5
16.5
47.1
13.5
23.7
21.2

199.5
7.0
13.3
57.5
16.4
46.1
13.8
23.9
21.5

Oct.
1961

Phoenix
92.0
(1)
5.5
17.0
9.9
19.4
4.1
10.3
25.8

91.4
(1)
5.5
16.3
9.3
19.6
4.0
10.6
26.1

91.5
(1)
5.7
16.1
9.3
19.8
4.0
10.5
26.1

191.6
.4
16.7
35.1
13.1
50.5
12.0
29.0
34.8

188.7
.4
16.7
34.7
13.1
50.3
11.9
28.2
33.4

Oct.
I960

Sept.
1961

Tucson
182.5
.5
17.0
33.3
12.9
47.7
11.8
27.3
32.0

72.0
2.9
7.0
8.2
5.0
15.8
3.0
13-3
16.8

69.6
3.0
6.6
8.2
4.9
15-.8
2.9
12.7
15.5

71.3
2.9
7.1
8.1
5.0
15.7
3.0
12.9
16.6

ARKA NSAS
Fayetteville

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

14.8
(1)
.7
4.5
1.3
3.2

.4
1.7
3.0

2

Port Smith

Little RockN. Little Rock

2

]sine Bluff

15.0
(1)
.8
4.6
1.3
3.1

I3.8
(1)
.8
3.9
1.2
3.0

24.7
.3
1.4
9.2
1.7
5.6

.7
3.3

.7

.6

6.3

6.3

6.0

3.2

3.0

1.7
3.0

2.5

2.1

2.9
1.9

11.7
16.0

11.8
15.9

11.9
15.5

.4

.4
1.7

24.3
1.6
9.1
1.7
5.6

23.0
.2
1.5
8.6
1.7
5.5

82.1
(1)
5.7
16.3
7.5
18.4

81.6
(1)
5.7
16.0
7.6
18.3

82.7
(1)
6.6
15.9
8.0
18.9

18.3
(1)
1.1
5.1
2.4
3.7

18.3
(1)
1.2
5.0
2.4
3.7

.6

.6

1.7
3.6

1.7
3.6

2

18.3
(1)
1.2
5.3
2.5
3.5

.6
1.6
3.6

CALIF ORNIA
Los AngelesLong Beach

Fresno

TOTAL
Mining.
Contract construction..
15.9

15.5

16.3

-

-

-

Trans, and pub. util...
Trade

Mining

Trans, and pub. util...
Trade

269.9
.7
17.4
70.8
14.2
54.9
11.2
40.8
59.9

271.0

111
71.6
14.2
54.3
11.2
41.9
59.5

2,410.7 2,368.4
11.8
11.7
125.8
126.8
782.4
779.4
144.3
145.2
530.4
515.2
128.9
126.1
363.6
376.5
311.8
299.2

176.6
.2
12.2
30.2
12.2
34.5
7.5
18.0
61.8

260.3
.7
17.6
67.5
14.1
52.9
11.3
39.1
57.1

1,027.7 1,024.7 1,004.3
1.8
1.8
1.8
61.0
61.3
62.3
200.1
205.5
204.2
104.7
105.7
104.3
218.4
220.6
221.7
72.6
Ik.2
74.2
143.8
148.7
147.7
208.2
201.6
210.5

217.2
.1
15.9
78.3
9.7
37.9
7.8
36.1
31.4

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

351.8
4.2
26.6
68.5
30.1
83.8
20.2
54.5
63.9

18.1
60.9

170.8
.2
12.3
29.7
12.3
33.0
7.1
16.7
59.5

196.4
1.3
13.8
34.3
15.1
42.6
7.2
28.5
53.6

221.5
.1
15.9
85.4
9.8
37.3
7.9
35.1
30.0

2

354.3
4.2
27.0
68.4
30.5
84.1
20.3
56.3
63.5

201.9
.1
15.0
73.5
9.8
35.2
7.4
32.3
28.6

14.9

15.9

-

-

Hartford

Bridgeport
340.6
4.6
24.4
67.4
30.0
82.5
19.4
51.8
6O.5

123.8
(3)
6.1
65.2
5.9
20.9
3.4
12.5

9.9

123.1
(3)
6.3
64.9
6.0
20.5
3.3
12.3

123.2
(3)
6.1
65.8
6.0
20.4
3.3
12.0

9.8

9.7

243.7
(3)
12.5
87.6
9.3
46.9
33.2
29.5
24.8

Trans, and pub. util...

126.9
(3)
7.2
44.6
12.6
24.7

126.7
(3)
7.4
44.1
12.6
24.5

19,7
11.7

19.9
11.7

6.5

See footnotes at end of table.




6.5

14.7

241.9
(3)
12.8
87.6
9.3
45.7
32.8
29.I
24.7

New Britain
238.2
(3)
12.3
85.4
9.4
46.3
32.0
28.8
24.2

39.6
(3)
1.5
23.0
1.9
5.8
.9
3.6

3.0

125.7
(3)
7.4
43.7
12.9
23.9

6.4
19.8
11.7

63.4
(3)
4.4
24.9
2.5
12.8

63.4
(3)
4.4
24.7
2.5
12.9

11.0

11.2

2.5
5.2

2.5
5.1

39.3
(3)
1.5
23.1
1.9
5.6

.8
3.5
3.0

2.9

Wilmington

Waterbury
61.9
(3)
4.5
24.4
2.5
12.5
2.4
10.6
5.0

39.3
(3)
1.5
22.8
1.9
5,7

DELAWARE

Stamford

New Haven
Mining
%
Contract construction..

187.6
1.2
12.6
33.1
15.3
41.1
6.6
26.9
50.8

Stockton

CONNECTICUT-Continued

TOTAL

194.4
1.3
14.0
34.3
15.3
41.9
7.2
27.6
52.8

CONNECTICUT

COLORADO
Denver

176.3
.2
12.2
30.6
12.2
34.6
7.5

CALIFORNIA •Continued
San FranciscoSan Jose
Oakland

San Diegc

TOTAL

2,422.0
11.6
124.8
782.5
143.9
532.8
129.7
38O.7
316.0

San BernardinoRiverside-Ontario

Sacramentc

67.1
(3)
2.2
37.2
2.9
10.2

66.9
(3)
2.2
36.9
3.0
10.1

66.7
(3)
2.0
37.3
3.0
10.0

132.9
(1)
9.1
55.7
9.0
23.2

1.7
7.2
5.8

1.7
7.2

1.6
7.1
5.8

16.8
13.4

NOTE: Data for the current month are preliminary.

5.8

5.7

132.6
(1)
9.5
54.2
9.0
23.3

5.7
17,7
13.2

132.7
(1)
9.0
56.O
8.9
23.7

5.4
16.5
13.2

dustry

24

Emp

Table B-6: Employees i i loiafriciltiral establishments fer selected areas, by in.istry .msie.-Ceitiiie.

Industry division

Oct.
Oct.
Sept.
1961
I960
1961
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

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

Sept.
1961

Oct.
1961

Jacksonville

Washington 2

TOTAL

(In thousands)
Sept.
Oct.
I960
1961

Oct.
1961

764.5

766.5

751.2

144.5

145.0

(1)

(1)

(1)

(1)

(1)

52.8
35.0
44.4
149.3
41.8
142.5
298.7

35^2
44.8
149.1
41.4
142.1
299.8

52.5
34.8
44.2
1^9.0
41.2
138.9
290.6

10.2
22.4
15.1
40.8
14.3
18.2
23.5

10.2
22.1
15.2
41.0
14.3
18.4
23.8

TOTAL
Mining
Contract construction
Manufacturing
Trans, and pub. util.
Trade
•• *.
Finance
Service
*....
Government

23.6
83.2
36.3
94.9
28.2
50.4
53.8

143.6
(1)
11.9
21.5
15.4
40,3
13.9
18.4
22.2

307.9

307.5

(1)

(1)

23.9
42.8
36.9
85.7
20.4
60.2
38.0

25.0
41.3
36.7
85.2
20.6
60.7
38.0

371.3
(1)
23.9
85.2
36.6
97.7
27.9
49.8
50.2

51.4
(1)
2.8
14.1
6.0
12.0
2.6
6.2
7.7

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

63.5
1.5
3.6
24.0
4.3
14.3
2.4
7.5
5.9

62.9
1.5
3.6
23.5
4.3
14.2
2.4
7.5
5.9
IOWA

TOTAL
Mining
Contract construction,
Manufacturing
Trans, and pub. util.
Trade
Finance
Service
Government

100.3
(1)
6.1
20.5
8.7
25.8
11.0
14.0
14.3

26.8
(1)
2.0
2.9
2.8
7.5
1.7
3.9
6.0

53.7
(1)
3.3
14.8
6.3
12.3
2.6
6.4
8.0

TampaSt. Petersburg

300.5
(1)
24.9
41.0
34,6
84.4
19.6
59.4
36.6

62.5
1.6
3.3
23.4
4.4
14.4
2.3
7.4
5.7

84.5

83.9

(1)
4.0

(1)

34.1
6.8
19.3
4.8
8.3
7.2

33.6
6.8
19.2
4.8

296.8
(1)
14.5
98.1
21.6
69.3
20.9
31.6
40.8

79.7
(1)
4.6
29.2
6.9
19.3
4.7
8.3
6.7

4.0

8.2

7.3

102.3
(1)
5.6
22.1
8.9
26.7
11.2
14.0
13.9

48.8
.2
3.4
6.8
6.9
10.1
2.7
7.0
11.8

2

27.4
(1)
2.1
2.9
2.9
7.6
1.7
4.0
6.2

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

69.2
69.1
70.3
.3
.3
6!6
6.7
6.4
16.4
16.5
17.2
4.3
4.3
4.4
14.2
15.0
14.3
3.6
3.6
3.6
8.2
8.2
8.3
15.4
15.2
15.5
•MAINE—Continued

49.1
.2
3.6
6.8
7.0
10.2
2.7
7.2
11.6

48.8
.1
3.3
6.6
7.2
10.2
2.7
7.0
12.0

117.1

116.6

1.8
5.8

1.7
5.8

42.5

42.0
6.6
25.3
5.8
15.7
13.9

6.6

25.3
5.8

15.7
13.9

53.5

53.3

(1)
2.9
12.9

(1)
3.1
12.9
5.4
14.6
3.9
8.6
5.0

(1)
3.1
12.8

See footnotes at end of table.




21.7
34.7
14.1
57.9
12.0
27.3
28.0

35.1

14.1
59.1
12*0
27.9
28.2

286.1
8.1
17.7
44,3
41.5
73.6
18.0
44.2
38.7

285.8
8.4
17.7
44.0
41.6
73.4
18.0
44.0
38.7

288.0
7.9
18.2
44.2
42.6
73.9
18.0
44.6
38.6

73.0
5.3
5.9
9.0
9.1
19.4
3.7
9.3
11.2

5.6
14.6
3.8
8.5
4.9

73.0
5.1
6.0
9.0
9.1
19.5
3.7
9.4
11.2

MARYLAKO

624.9
.9
38.8
196.9
53.6
126.9
33.7
83.7
90.4

623.7
.9
39.2
196.6
53.8
126.2
33.9
83.7
89.4

195.4
(1)
20.4

35.5
14.1
58.8
H.7
27.8
27.1

ILLINOIS

2,382.5
6.5
118.7
831.9
193.4
514.2
145.5
326.6
245.7

2,393.1
6.3
120.7
845.8
197.3
517.5
141.5
326.0
238.1

South Bend

295.3
(1)
14.3
99.6
21.7
68.9
20.0
30.7
40.1

78.2
(1)
2.9
34.8
3.9
15.4
4.0
11.0
6.2

2

77.4
(1)
3.0
34.3
4,0
15.3
4.0
10.7
6.1
KENTUCKY

81.0
(1)
3.2
37.1

4.3
15.8
4.0
10.8
5.8

Louisville

118.2
1.7
5.7
43.1
7.0
26.3
5-9
15.0
13.6

Shreveport

238.7
(1)
13.4
81.6
20.2
51.8
11.9
33.1
26.7

240.4
(1)
13.9
83.O
20.3
51.5
12.0
32.9
26.7
MAINE

236.6
(1)
13.8
77.9
20.5
52.4
12.0
32.8
27.2

Lewiston-Auburn

73.3
4.9
6.1
9.3
9.4
19.7
3.7
9.2
11.0

26.5

26.5

(1)

(1)

1.2

1.2

13.2

13.4

.9

1.0

5.4
.8
3.4

5.2
.8
3.4

1.6

1.5

27.0
(1)
1.3
13.7
.9
5.4
.8
3.4
1.5

MASSACHUSETTS

Boston

Baltimore

53.4

5.4
14.6
3.9
8.6
5.1

21.9

25.5
(1)
1.8
2.6
2.7
7.3
1.7
3.7
5.7

295.4
(1)
15.0
96.9
21.8
67.9
20.9
31.8
41.1
Wichita

New O r l e a n s

Portland

TOTAL

(1)

Chicago

LOUISIANA

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

195.7

(1)

KANSAS

Topeka

Baton Rouge

TOTAL

198.3

Indianapolis

F o r t Wayne

Des Moines
100.6
(1)
6.0
21.0
8.7
25.6
11.1
14.0
14.3

52.0
(1)
2.9
14.2
6.2
12.0
2.6
6.4
7.7

Oct.
I960

1961

Boise

Evansville

TOTAL

Oct.

Miami

Atlanta
369.O
(1)
24.0
81.6
36.3
95.2
28.2
49.9
53.8

Oct.
i960

617.6
.9
38.3
197.4
54.3
125.5
33.2
81.8
86.2

1,088.4 1,082.6 1,077.3
(1)
(1)
(1)
50.5
52.2
49.5
295.0
300.3
297.7
65.6
66.2
65.3
243.9
239.0
242.7
7kr
77.0
76.7
204.2
209.5
210.1
141.1
143.6
143.5

NOTE: Data for the current month are preliminary.

Pall River

43.9
(1)

file
1.6
7.8
(1)
6.5
3.2

43.8

(1)
(1)
24.5
1.7
7.9
(1)
6.5
3.2

44.6
(1)
(1)
25.3
1.6
8.0
(1)
6.5
3.2

Area Industry Employment
Table B-6: Enpltytts i i ieiafricilt«ral establisbieits fer selected areas, by iidistry division-Contiiied

(In thousands)
Oct.
1961

Sept.
1961

Oct.
i960

Industry division
New Bedford
TOTAL
Mining
Contract construction
Manufacturing
,
Trans, and pub. util.,
Trade
Finance
Service
Government

48.8
(1)
2.0
25.8
2.0
8.2
(1)
6.9
3.9

48.8
(1)
1.9
25.9
2.0
8.2

4B.8
(1)
1.6
26.1
2.0
8.4

4.0

3.9

Oct.
Oct.
Sept.
i960
1961
1961
MASSACHUSETTS—Continued
SpringfieldChicopee-Holyoke

173.9
(1)
6.0
72.0
8.2
33.1
8.3
25.3
21.0

174.2
(1)
6.2
71.7
8.3
33.1
8.3
25.8
20.8

Oct.
1961

119.4

101.8

(1)
3.9

(1)
4.0

TOTAL
Mining
,
Contract construction,
Manufacturing
Trans, and pub. util.
Trade
Finance
•
Service
Government
,

54.6

53.2

(1)
2.7

(1)
2.8

123.2
(1)
3.4
53.4
71.2
74.5
4.2
4.2
4.5
16.0
15.9
17.5
2.7
2.7
2.6
10.6
10.8
10.0
10.9
10.8
10.6
MICHIGAN—Continued

172.4
113.0
(1)
(1)
4.6
6.0
50.2
72.4
8.7
4.4
32.4
19.5
8.2
5.4
25.3
15.0
19.4
13.9
MICHIGAN—Continued

11.1

22.2
4.9
11.0

1.5
6.0
4.8

1.5
6.0
4.8

5.0

116.9
(1)
7.2
48.6
8,0
24.2
4.8
14.9
9.4

114.6
(1)
7.4
46.0
8.1
23.9
4.9
14.8
9.6

118.4
(1)
7.5
49.4
8.0
25.1
4.6
14.9
9.1

90.7
(1)
4.3
29.5
3.3
15.6
3.0
9.2
25.8

40.7
(1)
2.6
8.8
5.6
8.8
1.8
8.0
5.2

40.4
(l)
2.4
8.4
5.8
9.0
1.8
7.8
5.2

41.3
(1)
3.0
7.9
6.0
9.5
1.7
8.1
5.0

568.8
(1)
35.4
152.2
50.3
139.2
36.1
83.9
71.7

llf

2.9
24.7
5.0
11.0
1.5
6.0
4.6

MISSOURI

385.0

385.0

.8

.8

22.1
103.6
40.0
96.6
26.3
50.0
45.6

22.7
103.1
40.3
96.O
26.4
50.3
45.4

112.5
(1)
4.7
49.8
4.3
19.4
5.4
15.0
13.9

83.2
(1)
4.3
25.5
3.3
15.4
3.1
9.1
22.6

718.5
2.6
35.8
251.4
65.2
152.1
37.6
95.2
78.6

3.2
2.5
3.4
7.3
1.6
11.1
6.0

716.0
2.6
36.0
248.6
65.3
151.7
37.7
95.6
78.5

733.3
2.7
38.6
259.8
68.3
154.2
37.6
94.1
78.0

371.0
.4
25.4
155.9
21.8
77.7
32.3
44.1
33.4

See footnotes at end of table.




371.9
25.2
159.4
21.7
76.3
12.3
43.9
32.7

1,096.7
.8
46.1
419.8
69.3
223.0
49.7
151.8
136.3

1,142.9 1,195.2
.8
.7
50.2
49.0
504.1
451.9
70.3
73.3
230.0
238.I
49.9
49.3
152.6
148.5
138.4
130.9

MuskegonMuskegon Heights
92.7
(1)
4.8
31.4
3.3
15.5
3.0
9.3
25.3

45.0
45.3
(l)
(1)
1.4
1.6
24.2
24.3
2.4
2.4
7.2
7.2
1.0
1.0
4.4
4.4
4.4
4.3
MISSISSIPPI

44.8
(1)
1.5
23.9
2.4
7.1
1.0
4.5
4.3

3.0
2.2
3.4
7.0
1.5
10.1
5.9

371.3
.4
23.2
162.6
21.5
76.9
11.9
42.0
32.8

568.2
(1)
35.5
150.7
51.8
141.0
35.8
83.1
70.2

66.4
.8
5.4
11.1
4.4
14.8
4.9
10.5
14.5

65.1

23.9
(1)
4.5
3.0
1.9
6.0
(1)
4.8
3.7

182.8
.5
10.7
86.9
9.3
29.7
3.2
17.1
25.4

11.2
4.4
14.8
4.9
10.2
14.4

.0

5.2
11.3
4.4
14.7
4.8
10.0
13.9

24.4
(l)
4.7
3.1
2.0
6.0
(1)
4.9
3.7

21.4
(1)
2.6
3.1
2.0
5.6
(1)
4.6
3.5

161.6
(3)
9.0
37.3
19.0
37.5
13.9
23.5
21.5

161.1
(3)
9.2
36.8
19.1
37.1
13.9
23.6
21.5

160.8
(3)
9.9
37.2
19.4
37.1
13.5
23.2
20.6

NEW JERSEY

258.6
6.8

116.8
38.8
37.7

254.8
6.6

115.1
38.3
37.1

9.0

8.9

22.9
26.6

22.4
26.4

Newark '
259.2
6.3
120.1
38.2
37.9
8.9
21.9
25.9

Trenton

Perth Amboy
182.5
.5
11.0
84.7
9.3
30.2
3.3
17.3
26.2

66.0
.8
5.4

NEBRASKA

Jersey City

42.2
42.3
42.3
(1)
(1)
(1)
2.3
2.3
2.3
17.2
17.4
17.3
2.7
2.7
2.7
8.4
8.5
8.5
2.5
2.5
2.5
5.6
5.6
5.5
3.5
3.3
3.5
HEW JERSEY—Continued

Clifton-Passalc
TOTAL
Mining
Contract construction.
Manufacturing
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade
Finance
Service
Government

113.9
(1)
4.6
50.6
4.4
20.7
5.3
14.8
13.5

MONTANA

Manchester

3.1
2.4
3.5
7.2
1.6
10.6
6.1

Oct.
i960

Great Falls

St. Louis
392.9
.8
24.4
105.0
41.9
98.6
26.7
51.0
44.5

569.4
(l)
36.7
153.7
50.8
137.8
36.4
84.1
69.9

NEW HAMPSHIRE

TOTAL
Mining
Contract construction.
Manufacturing
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade
Finance
Service
Government

Sept.
1961

Minneapolls-St. Paul

Kansas City
TOTAL
Mining
Contract construction,
Manufacturing
Trans, and pub. util. ,
Trade
Finance
Service
,
Government
,

Oct.
1961

Lansing

Saginaw

23.6

Oct.
i960

Detroit

Grand Rapids
TOTAL
Mining
Contract construction
Manufacturing
Trans, and pub. util.,
Trade
Finance
,
Servi ce
,
Government

Sept.
I96I

I83.7
io!5
87.7
9.7
30.3
3.2
16.4
25.3

105.7
.1
6.6
35.6
6.1
17.7
4.1
16.1
19.4

NOTE: Data for the current month are preliminary.

104.5
.1
6.7
34.1
6.2
17.5
4.1
16.3
19.5

655.2
1.0
33.0
232.0
47.9
126.8
46.0
98.2
70.3

653.2
1.0
32.5
232.4
48.0
126.2
46.5
97.6
69.O
NEW MEXICO

Albuquerque

105.2
.1
5.8
36.6
6.1
17.8
4.0
15.9
18.9

659.8
1.0
32.6
241.6
47.5
128.1
45.5
95.1
68.4

Area Industry Employment

26

Table B-6: Employees ii niafriciltiral tstablisbmts fir setectei areas, by Mistry JivfsinCiitiiiri

(In thousands)

Oct.
1961

Sept.
1961

Oct.
i960

Oct.
1961

Sept.
1961

Oct.
I960

Oct.
1961

Sept.
1961

Oct.
i960

Oct.
1961

Sept.
I 1961

Oct.
I960

31.3

31.5

33.0

14.0

14.3

15.9

6.2

6.3

6.1

Industry division
AlbanySchenectady-Troy

TOTAL
Mining
Contract construction.
Manufacturing
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade
Finance.
Service
Government

225.1
(1)
12.4
61.8
17.1
43.1
9.4
32.8
48.5

226.6
(1)
12.6
62.8
17.3
42.8
9.4
33.4
48.4

Binghamton

215.5
(1)
8.3
55.9
17.7
43.7
9.0
32.8
48.1

Nassau and
Suffolk Counties

TOTAL
Mining
Contract construction.
Manufacturing
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade
Finance
Service
Government

439.3

441.8

(1)

(1)

36.6
127.5
23.3
102.7
19.0
63.5
66.6

36.1
126.4
23.5
103.9
19.2
66.8
65.9

77.9

78.O

(1)
3.8

(1)
3.8

38.5

38.9

3.9

4.0

12.6

12.5

2.3
7.4
9.4

2.3

7.4
9.2

Buffalo

78.3
(1)
3.9
39.2
3.8
12.5
2.3
7.3
9.2

437.0
(1)
27.5
174.6
33.2
84,8
16.2
54.2
46.4

421.3
(1)
19.7
166.9
31.9
82.6
16.5
55.9
47.9

Cont i nued
York-Northeastern
New Jersey

New York City

435.4 3,599.7
(1)
1.7
36.1
126.3
127.2
959.0
23.2
321.0
742.7
100.3
397.8
18.8
636.5
62.8
414.7
66.8

417.2
(1)
19.0
163.9
32.0
82.7
16.5
55.7
47.5

3,571.0 3,596.5 5,763.9 5,732
1.7
1.8
4.3
4
124.5
126.7
255.3
251
945.8
972.5 1,752.2 1,739
319.7
479.4
318.8
477
734.0
751.4 1,170.5 1,159
400.0
387.1
499.8
502
630.5
632.9
928.4
928
674.1
407.8
412.6
668

5,766.6
5.1
255.5
1,789.1
476.2
1,178.1
487.5
911.9
663.O

NEW YORK-Continued
Syracuse

TOTAL
Mining
Contract construction.
Manufacturing
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade
Finance
Service
Government

182.5
(1)
9.2
66.6
11.9
37.3
8.8
24.1
24.5

183.5
(1)
9.1
67.3
12.1
37.3
8.9
24.1
24.7
NORTH
Gr
High Point

Utica-Rome

178.4
(1)
9.2
62.8
12.4
37.3
8.8
23.8
24.0

103.1
(1)
3.6
39.3
5.6
17.0
4.0
10.6
22.8

103.2
(1)
4.4
39.1
5.7
16.9
4.0
10.4
22.8

222.4

221.5

(1)

(1)

14.4
65.1
15.2
47.1
11.2
41.7
27.8

CAROLINA-Continued

43.6

107.9
.5
5.0
50.3
6.0
21.0
3.7
11.9
9.4

109.2
.5
5.1
51.7
6.0
21.0
3.8
12.0
9.2

108.6
.5
4.9
51.5
6.2
20.8
3.8
11.8
9.1

40.5

40.5

OHIO

24.0
(1)
2.9
1.7
2.7
7.8
1.8
3.6
3.6

(4)
(4)
4)
4)
4)
4)

23.2
(1)
2.5
1.7
2.7
8.0
1.7
3.4
3.3

171.0
.1
6.1
78.3
12.6
32.4
5.3
20.6
15.5

Cincinnati

TOTAL
Mining
Contract construction.
Manufacturing
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade
Finance
Service
Government

392.4
.3
19.5
141.5
32.6
82.8
21.3
50.5
43.9

395.8
.3
20.0
145.6
32.4
82.4
21.7
51.0
42.5

TOTAL
Mining
,
Contract construction.
Manufacturing
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade
Finance
Service
Government

245.6
.4
9.8
100.8
10.1
43.5
6.5
28.4
46.0

See footnotes at end of table.




245.4
.4
9.9
101.3
10.2
43.2
6.5
28.3
45.5

398.3
.3
17.8
150.8
32.3
82.8
21.4
50.2
42.6

677.1
.7
33.1
255.0
44.9
144.1
31.5
90.4
77.5

154.0
.2
7.2
55.0
13.3
35.1
5.8
22.2
15.2

151.5
.2
7.4
53.5
13.2
34.6
5.8
21.9
14.8

174.0
.1
5.9
81.7
12.9
32.9
5.1
20.1
15.3

684.8
.7
34.1
260.4
44.9
144.4
31.8
91.0
77.4

692.4
.7
33.9
272.3
45.7
144.9
31.4
88.3
75.2

263.6
.7
13.5
70.7
17.5
54.2
16.2
36.3
54.4

262.4
.7
14.1
70.2
18.3
54.0
16,4
36.2
52.5

256.9
.8
13.5
69.5
18.1
53.4
15.7
35.7
50.2

OKLAHOMA

Toledo

246.2
.4
10.7
102.5
10.1
43.1
6.4
27.8
45.2

171.2
.1
6.2
78.4
12.6
32.6
5.5
20.5
15.4

106.8
(1)
8.3
26.2
10.9
29.7
7.3
14.5
9.9

Columbus

OHIO-Continued
Dayton

107.5
(1)
8.9
26.2
11.0
28.8
7.5
14.6
10.5
Akron

ft!

41.3

107.7
(1)
8.8
26.5
11.0
28.8
7.5
14.5
10.6

Fargo

(4)
42.7

14.3
62.6
15.3
46.5
11.2
43.2
28.3

225.8
(1)
18.0
66.2
15.2
48.0
11.0
40.0
27.3

NORTH DAKOTA

Winston-Salem

42.7

226.4
225.1
(1)
(1)
13.3
12.8
107.0
IO8.9
9.5
9.5
40.2
39.5
8.0
7.8
25.0
25.5
21.6
22.9
NORTH C A R O L I N A

Westchester County *>

101.8
(1)
3.7
39.7
5.6
16.4
4.0
9.8
22.7

TOTAL
Mining
Contract construction.
Manufacturing
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade..
Finance
Service
Government

226.7
(1)
13.8
107.0
9.5
40.0
8.0
25.8
22.6

Youngstown

158.5
.2
7.5
59.5
13.8
35.3
5.8
21.7
14.7

159.3
.4
10.4
73.2
9.0
28.1
4.7
18.9
14.8

NOTE: Data for the current month are preliminary.

159.3
.4
10.3
72.8
8.9
28.1
4.7
18.9
15.2

Oklahoma City

157.5
.4
10.4
71.3
9.2
28.8
4.6
18.3
14.5

176.5
6.9
12.6
21.2
12.6
42.6
10.3
21.7
48.6

175.7
6.9
12.6
20.8
12,7
42,4
10.4
21.7
48.2

175.7
6.9
12.6
20.6
12.9
42.9
10.3
21.6
47.9

27

Table B-6: Employees i i mairiciltiral establisbmts for selectei areas, by Mistry livisiii-Coitinoed
(In thousands)

Industry division

TOTAL
Mining.
Contract construction.
Manufacturing
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade
Finance
Service
Government

Oct.
Oct.
Sept.
I960
1961
1961
OKLAHOMA—Continued
Tulsa

Oct.
1961

131.0
12.8
8.3
26.8
13.5
31.4
7.3
18.7
12.2

270.7

130.8
12.7
8.3
26.8
13.5
31.5
7.2
18.6
12.2

131.6
12.5
9.1
27.0
11* .2
31.9
7.0
18.0
11.9

144.2
(1)
8.7
32.7
12.0
25.8
6.0
17.8
4l.2

144.9
(1)
8.6
33.2
12.0
25.9
6.0
18.1
41.1

llj-5.6
(1)

9.4
34.9
32.3
26.0
6.1
17.5
39A

Oct.
i960

(1)
14.2
67.2
27.1
66.1
15.5
39.2
41.4

95.0
(1)
5.7
45.6
4.7
17.3
2.3
11.1+
8.0

2lk. 9
(1)
14.5
68.9
27.4
67.2
15.6
39.7
41.6

TOTAL
Mining
Contract construction.
Manufacturing
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade
Pinance
Service
Government

102.2

100.8

(1)

(1)

4.5
51.2
5.5
15.6

4.4
49.9
5.5
15.6
3.8
32.5

3.8

12.5
9.1

9

(1)
12.6
132.2
14.6
54.3
12.5
37.0
33.2

9.1
RHODE ISLAND
ProvidencePawtucket

296.3
(l)

13.0
131.7
14.7
53.8
12.6
37.4
33.1

94.8
(1)
6.0
45-5
4.7
17.0
2.3
11.5
7.8

94.2
(1)
5.0
46.1
4.7
17.1
2.3
11.2
7.8

1,525.2 1,514.1 1,512.2
1.6

1.6

78.0
539.0
106.7
312.6
80.6
220.2
186.5

79.5
537.3
107.4
307.5
81.5
215.1
184.2

101.7
(1)
4.0
51.3
5.7
15.8
3.8
12.4
8.7

75.4
1.9
1.9
29.6
6.3
14.8
2.2
10.6
8.1

296.6
(1)
32.8
133.4
3-4.3
53.7
12.4
37.2
32.8

58.0
(1)
4.7
9.5
4.3
11.7
2.7
6.0
19.1

75.4
2.0
1.9
29.5
6.4
14.7
2.2
10.7
8.0

76.1
2.7
2.1
29.4
6.6
14.5
2.3
10.6
7.9

57,7
(1)
4.6
9.3
4.3
11.7
2.7
6.1
19.0

4.8
4.2

5.0
4.1

38.5
6.4
18.3

38.2
6.4
18.4

3.2

90.8
.1
2.8
40.3
4.7
17.5
5.1
8.9
11.5

90.8
.1
3.0
39.9
4.7
17.5
5.1
9.1
11.5

77.3

77.6

(1)

(1)

77.0
(1)

2.7

2.8

2.5

35.6

35.6

35.7

5.0

5.2

5.2

14.1

14.0

2.4

2.4

14.3

9.9
7.6

10.0
• 7.6

2.4

9.8
7.1

Pittsburgh
755.3
10.7
36.1
275.2
57.9
150.7
31.9
118.3
74.5

754.8
10.8
38.5
273.6
57.7
150.7
32.1
117.1
74.3

763.4
32.0
41.1
275.0
59.9
153.2
32.3
117.1
72.8

94.6

95.7

12.0
12.2

5.8
3.7
40.5
6.6
19.1
3.2
11.5
11.8

York

84.1

83.8

(1)

(1)

4.8

56.5
(1)
4.1
9.1
4.2
12.3
2.6
5.9
18.3

74.0
(1)
6.7
14.0
5.1
15.2
5.1
9.3
18.6

74.3
(1)
7.2
13.8
5.2
15.2
5.1
9.2
18.6
TENNESSEE

113.0
1.4
7.3
40.5
6.7
22,9
3.9
12.5
17.8

113.0
1.4
7.4
40.4
6.Q
23.O
3.9
12.5
17.6
TEXAS

(1)

4.8

41.8
4.6

4.6

14.1

13.9

42.4
4.7
14.0

1.8

1.8
8.7
8.3

1.8
8.3
8.2

8.6
8.4

Greenville
70.4

(i5
4.9
13.1
5.0
15.4
5.0
9.1
17.9

71.0

71.2

70.2

(1)

(1)

(1)

4.6
32.9

4.6
32.8
3.3
13.6

3.3

13.4
3.1
6.7
7.0

3.1
6.7
7.1

4.5

32.4
3.2

13.3
3.1
6.8

6.9

Memphis

Knoxville
92.3
.1
3.8
41.5
4.7
17.7
4.9
8.8
10.9

84.2

4.7
41.8

SOUTH CAROLINA
Columbia

114.0
1.6
7.5
41.9
6.6
22.7
3.9
32.3
17.5

192.9
.3
10.6
45.6
16.1
52.1
9.9
27.O
31.3

192.3
.3
11.0
45.1
16,0
51.5
9.9
27.1
31.4

191.1
.3
10.2
44.3
16.3
52.8
9.5
26.7
31.0

53.8

94.0

93.4

93.4

Fort Worth

Dallas
142.2
(1)
7.5
to.5
11.0
31.3
10.2
21.9
19.8

3.3

11.9
12.3

Chattanooga

Nashville

93.6

See footnotes at end of table. NOTE: Data for the current month are preliminary.




1.7
78.0
544.6
108.8
305.8
80.8
213.7
178.8

Wllkes-Barre
Hazleton
102.1
99.6
99.6

Charleston

28.2
28.3
27.3
(1)
(1)
(1)
2.7
2.0
2.6
5.4
5.3
5.6
2.8
2.9
2.8
8.3
8.1
8.2
1.6
1.5
1.5
4.3
4.2
3.3
3.2
3.3
TENNESSEE—Continued

lUl.7
(1)
7.8
40.1
10.9
30.6
10.1
21.9
20.3

Oct.
i960

fENNSYLVANI —Continued

Slouz Falls

TOTAL
Mining
Contract construction.
Manufacturing
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade
Pinance
Service
Government

Sept.
I96I
Erie

184.9
183.7
,4
.4
.4
7.2
7.4
8.0
96.8
97.1
96.7
10.8
10.5
10.6
29.6
29.5
29.2
4.8
5.0
5.0
20.5
21.5
21.4
12.8
13.7
13.7
PENNSYLVANIA—ContInued
Philadelphia
Lancaster

SOUTH DAKOTA

TOTAL
Mining
Contract construction.
Manufacturing
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade
-..
Pinance
Servi ce
Government

Oct.
Oct.
i960
1961
PENNSYLVANIA

269.2
(l)
15.3
64.7
27.6
67.8
15.1
38.3
4o.4

Reading

TOTAL
Mining
Contract construction.
Manufacturing
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade
Pinance
Service
Government

Sept.
1961

Oct.
1961

Al lentownBethlehem-Easton

Harrisburg
TOTAL
Mining
Contract construction.
Manufacturing
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade
Pinance
Service
Government

1961

51.7

50.6

28

Area Industry Employment

Table B-6: Employees i i lanagriciltiral estaklishneits for selected areas, by Mistry tfmsioi-Coitinied

Industry division

Oct.
Sept.
Oct.
1961
1961
I960
TEXAS-Contlnued

Oct.
1961

San Antonio

H.5
23.3

11.8
23.4
8.8

52.2

148.3

IU9.6

6.8
9.0

6.9
9.4

27.5
13.2
39.2
9.4
20.1
23.1

27.2
13.5
39.2

11.5
23.5

8.7
10.6

9.2
10.7
10.3
52.4

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

153.8

153.6

.2

.2

12.2
17.7
15.2
37.5
5.5
17.6

12.4
17.6
15.0
37.4
5.5
17.9
47.6

^7.9

9.5

20.7
23.2

Sept.
1961

142.5
7.1
8.7
25.2
13.0
37.9
9.3
19.1
22.2

77.4
(1)
4.5
13.5
8.3
20,5
4.0
13.4
13.2

76.5
(1)
4.2
13.0
8.1
20.6
4.0
13.2
13.4
WEST

20.6

H.3

11.3

11.6

5.2
1.5
5.5

5.1
1.6
5.6

5.0
1.5
5.3

5.9
.8
1.6

5.9
•8
1.7

6.4
.8
1.6

WASHIH6T0H

172.2
.2
12.8
43.4
15.8
39.9
13.5
20.7
25.9

172.0
.2
13.2
43.5
15.8
39.3
13.6
20.9
25.5

Seattle

169.0
.2
11.8
42.7
15.6
39.9
13.3
20.6
24.9

58.9
.1
4.1
14.0
8.8
13.2
2.9
9.1
6.7

58.7
.1
4.2
13.8
8.8
13.1
2.9
9.1

6.7

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

TOTAL
Mining
;
Contract construction.
Manufacturing
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade
Finance
Service
Government

52.3
3.2
2.9
16.1
4.1
12.4
1.9
7.0
4.9

80.0

79.8

(1)

(1)

5.5
13.0

5.5
13.2

4.0

4.0

16.9

16.6

10.5
26.0

10.6
25.8

4.1

,1
3.8
12.5
9.1
13.0
2.7
8.7
6.5

nit

20.2
119.5
29.9
84.2
22.4
49.2
58.0

77.4
(1)
4.9
13.2
8.1
20.9
4.0
13.4
12.9

(4)
(4)
(4)
(4)
(4)
(4)
(4)
(4)
(4)

21.7
120.0
30.6
84.5
22.5
50.1
57.3

17.6
112.2
29.6
84.8
21.9
47.8
56.6

Hunt ing toxjAshland

79.9
(1)
4.5
17.3
6.1
..6.8
3.8
10.7
20.7

78.2
(1)
4.3
17.3
6.1
16.2
3.7
10.2
20.4

75.6
3.1
4.5
22.4
8.5
16.2
3.4
8.8
9.0

76.1
3.2
4.5
22.6
8.5
16.1
3.3
8.9
9.0

77.8
3.2
3.9
23.0
8.8
16.8
3.3
8.8

64.0

64.9

1.2
2.5

1.2
2.9

22.6
6.7
13.5

22.7
6.8
13.b

2.4

2.4

7.3

7.3

10.2

8.0

8.1

35.3
(1)
1.6
20.8
1.9
4.8
.6
3.4
2.3

21.0
(1)
1.0
5.8
2.1
5.4
.6
3.6
2.5

65.7
1.2
3.2
22.4

6.7
14.7
2.4
7.4
8.0

WISCONSIN
Green Bay

53.6
3.3
3.0
16.8
4.0
13.1
2.0
6.8
4.8

37.1
(1)
1.8
12.6
3.6
9.9
.9
4.9
3.4

37.3
(1)
1.9
13.0
3.6
9.7

1.0
4.7
3.4

La Crosse

36.8
(1)
1.9
12.6
3.6
9.6
.9
4.8
3.3

35.0
(1)
2.0

19.8
1.7
4.9
.7
3.5
2.4

33.4
(1)
2.0
18.2
1.7
4.9
.7
3.6
2.4

20.9
(1)
1.0
5.8
2.0

22.4
(1)
1.0

5.4
.6
3.6
2.5

5.3
.6
3.6
2.3

WISCONSIN-Contfnued

WYOHINfl

Milwaukee

Casper

445.0
(1)
22.7
183.4
27.7
88.5
21.8
56.1
44.8

4.1

2

WEST V tie IN IA

VIRQIHIA-Contlnued

52.0
3.1
2.9
16.2
4.0
12.3
1.9
6.8
4.9

56.4

Charleston

Wheeling

TOTAL

7

21.9

Spokane '

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

Oct.
I960

21.9

Richmond

150.7
.2
10.8
17.1
15.1
37.4
5.5
17.4
47.2

Sept.
1961
Springfield

Burlington 7

WASHIHOTOH -Continued

TOTAL

Oct.
Oct.
i960
1961
VERMONT

51.5
NorfolkPortsmouth

TOTAL

Oct.
1961

Salt Lake City

TOTAL
Mining
Contract construction.
Manufacturing
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade.
,
Finance
Service
Government.

(In thousands)
Sept.
Oct.
1961
I960

447.3
(1)
22.8
184.5
28.1
88.0
22.0
56.9
45.0

455.8
(1)
23.7
191.2
28.2
91.9
22.0
55.4
43.2

42,6

42.5

(1)
1.8

(1)
1.8

19.7

19.7

1.7

1.8

7.4

7.3

1.2
6.0

1.2
6.0

4.7

4.6

42.3
(1)
1.8
19.9
1.8
7.5
1.1

17.2
3.0
1.2
1.8
1.7
4.5
.7

5.7
4.5

2.0
2.3

17.5
3.0
1.6
1.8
1.8
4.3
.7
2.0
2.3

7.6
2.0

17.8
3.2
1.6
1.9
1.7
4.4
.7
2.0
2.3

WYOMING-Continued
Cheyenne
1

TOTAL
Mining
,
Contract construction.
Manufacturing
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade
Finance
Service
Government




19.9
(1)
3.5
1.2
2.9
4.2
1.0
2.7

20.1
(1)
3.7
1.3
2.9
4.2
1.0
2.6

20.8
(1)
4.7
1.1
3.0
4.2
.9
2.5

4.4

4.4

4.4

Combined with service.
Revised series; not strictly comparable with previously published data.
Combined with construction.
4
Not available.
5Combined with manufacturing.
6
Subarea of New York-Northeastern New Jersey.
TTotal includes data for industry divisions not shown separately.
NOTE: Data for the current month are preliminary.
SOURCE: Cooperating State agencies listed on inside back cover.
2

5

Historical Hours and Earnings
Table C-1: Gross hours and earnings of production workers in manufacturing
1919 to date
Manufacturing
Average
weekly
earnings

Average
weekly
hours

1919
1920
1921
1922
1923

$21.8k
26.02
21,9^
21.28
23.56

k6.3
k7.k
k3.1
kk.2
k5.6

1924
1925
1926
1927
1928

23.67
2k. 11
2k.38
2k.k7
2k.70

k3.7
kk.5
k5.0
k5.0
kk.O

1929
1930
1931
1932
1933

24.76
23.00
20.6k
16.89
16.65

193k
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
19*K>
19^1
19^2
19^3
1944
19^5
19^6
19V7
19U8

Year and month

Nondurable goods

Durable goods
Average
hourly
earnings
$0,472
•5k9
.509
.k82
.516

Average
weekly
earnings

Average
weekly
hours

Average
hourly
earnings

Average
weekly
earnings

Average
weekly
hours

Average
hourly
earnings

$25.k2

$21.50

5
•5kl
• 5k2
.5kk
.556

25.k8
26.02
26.23
26.28
26.86

21.63
21.99
22.29
22.55
22.k2

kk.2
k2.1
k0.5
38.3
38.1

.560
.5k6
.509
.kkl
.k37

26.8k
2k.k2
20.98
15.99
16.20

32.5
3k.7

O.k92
.k67

22 .k7
21.kO
20.09
17.26
16.76

41.9
40.0

$0,412
.kl9

18.20
19.91
21.56
23.82
22.07

3k.6
36.6
39.2
38.6
35.6

.526
.5kk
.550
.617
.620

18.59
21.2k
23.72
26.61
23.70

33.8
37.2
k0.9
39.9
3k.9

.550
.571
.580
.667
.679

17.73
18.77
19.57
21.17
20.65

35.1
36.1
37.7
37.k
36.1

.505
.520
.519
.566
.572

23.6k
2k.96
29.k8
36.68
k3.O7

37.7
38.1
k0.6
k3.l
k5.0

.627
.655
.726
.851
.957

26.19
28.07
33.56
k2.17
k8.73

37.9
39.2
k2.0
k5.0
k6.5

.716
.799
.937
1.0k8

21.36
21.83
2k.39
28.57
33.k5

37.k
37.0
38.9
ko.3
k2.5

.571
.590
.627
.709
.787

k5.7O
kk.20
k3.32
k9.l7
53.12

k5.2
k3.5
ko.3
ko.k

ko.o

1.011
1.016
1.075
1.217
1.328

51.38
k8.36
k6.22
51.76
56.36

k6.5
kk.O
ko.k
ko.5
ko.k

1.105
1.099
l.lkk
1.278
1.395

36.38
37.k8
k0.30
k6.03
k9.5O

k3.1
42.3
ko.5
k0.2
39..6

.8kk
.886
.995
1.145
1.250

19^9
1950
1951
1952
1953

53.88
58.32
63.3k
67.16
70.k7

39.1
ko.5
ko.6
40.7
ko.5

1.378
l.kkO
1.56
1.65
1.7k

57.25
62.k3
68.k8
72.63
76.63

39.k
kl.i
kl.5
ki.5
kl.2

l.k53
1.519
1.65
1.75
1.86

50.38
53.k8
56.88
59.95
62.57

38.9
39.7
39.5
39.7
39.6

195k
1955
1956
1957
1958

70.k9
75.70
78.78
81.59
82.71

39.6
k0.7
ko.k
39.8
39.2

1.78
1.86
1.95
2.05
2.11

76.19
82.19
85.28
88.26
89.27

ko.i
kl.3
kl.O
ko.3
39.5

1.90
1.99
2.08
2.19
2.26

63.18
66.63
70.09
72.52
7k.11

39.0
39.9
39.6
39.2
38.8

1.295
1.3k7
1.44
1.51
1.58
1.62
1.67
1.77
1.85
1.92

1959
i960
I960: November.
December.

88.26
89.72

k0.3
39.7

2.19
2.26

96.05
97.kk

k0.7
kO.l

2.36
2.k3

78.61
80.36

39.7
39.2

1.98
2.05

89*21
88.62

39.3
38.7

2.27
2.29

96*23
96.19

39.6
39.1

2.43
2#.46

8a. 52
79.8k

38.9
38.2

2.07
2.09

38.9
39.0
39.1
39.3
39.7
ko.l

2.29
2.29
2.29
2.31
2.32
2.32

96.29
96.29
97.17
98.31
99.70
101.09

39.3
39.3
39.5
39.8
k0.2
k0.6

2.45
2.45
2.46
2.k7
2.48
2.k9

80.47
80.47
80.88
81.27
82.29
83.56

38.5
38.5
38.7
38.7
39.0
39.6

2.09
2.09
2.09
2.10
2.11
2.11

ko.o

2.33
2.31
2.33
2.3k
2.36

100.35
100.kk
100.00
102.66
10k.65

k0.3
k0.5
ko.o
k0.9
kl.2

2.k9
2.48
2.50
2.51
2.5k

84.16
83.58
83.74
84.56
85.17

39.7
39.8
39.5
39.7
39.8

2.12
2.10
2.12
2.13
2.14

1961:

May

•

June

,

89.08
89.31
89.5k
90.78
92.10
93.03

July
,
August.••,
September,
October••,
November.,

93.20
92.86
92.73
9k.5k
95.82

January..
February.
March....
April....,

k0.2
39.8
40.4
k0.6

NOTE: Data include Alaska and Hawaii beginning 1959. This inclusion has not significantly affected the hours and earnings series.
Data for the 2 most recent months are preliminary.




urs

and Earnings

Hourly Earnings

30

Excluding Overtime
Table C-2: Grass burs Mi uraiifs if priiietiu wirkirs ii •mfactiriit by njtr iiiistry frup
Average weekly
earnings

Major industry group

Nov.
1961
$95.82

MANUFACTURING .

$10^.65 $102.66

DURABLE GOODS .
Ordnance and accessories
Lumber and wood products, except furniture . . . .
Furniture and fixtures
Stone, clay, and glass products
Primary metal industries
Fabricated metal products
Machinery
Electrical equipment and supplies
Transportation equipment
Instruments and related products
Miscellaneous manufacturing industries

NONDURABLE GOODS.
Food and kindred products
Tobacco manufactures
Textile mill products
Apparel and related products
Paper and allied products
Printing, publishing, and allied industries
Chemicals and allied products
Petroleum refining and related industries
Rubber and miscellaneous plastic products
Leather and leather products

•

116.33
77.61
80.12
97.88
119.99
103.^1
108.50
96.93
125.57
98.64
77.18
85.17
90.45
70.^9
68.48
59.26
102.82
106.37
IO8.32
126.96
99.14
64.50

NOTE: Data for the 2 most recent months are preliminary.




Oct.
1961
$94.54

115.92
81.00
79.71
98.12
119.29
102.75
108.50
96.29
116.88
97.99
76.59
84.56
89.62
68.85
67.08
59.79
102.15
105.71
108.32
125.33
97.61
62.59

Average weekly
hoars

Average
overtime nours

Average hourly
earnings

HoyT
Mov.
Oct. NOV. NOV.
i960 1961 1961 I960 1961 1961 i960
$2.27
39.3 2.8 2.8 2.2

9.21

Nov.
1961
ko.6

Oct.
1961
ko.k

$96.23

41.2

40.9

39.6 2.9

2.7

2.1 $2.54 $2.51 $2.43

110.30 41.4
71.05 39.0
74.26 41.3
93.38 41.3
IO3.6O 40.4
97.60 41.2
103.17 41.1
91.94 40.9
111.91 43.3
95.00 41.1
75.05 ko. 2

41.4
ko.5
41.3
41.4
U0.3
4
.
40.8
41.3
4l.O

40.7
38.2
39.5
ko.6
37.4
4o.o
ko. 3
39.8
4o.4
40.6
39.5

2.3
3.1
3.3
3.6
2.2
2.8
2.6
2.4
2.9
2.5
2.5

2.0
2.6
2.2
3.1
1.3
2.1
2,1
1.7
2.4
2.0
2.3

Nov.
I960

MOV,

2.81 2.80 2.71

1.9? 2.00 1.86
1.94
2.37
2.97
2.51
2.64
2.37
2.90

1.93
2.37
2.96
2.50
2.64
2.36
2.83
z.ko 2.39
1.92 1.91

80.52

39.8

39.7

38.9 2.7

2.8

2.3

2.14 2.13 2.07

86.71
64.33
62.63
56.35
95.72
103.57
103.98
119.02
92.43
60.06

41.3
38.1
41.5
35.7
43.2
38.4
41.5
41.9
40.8
37.5

41.3
ko. 5

ko. 9
37.6

3.6
1.4
3.4
1.3
4.8
2.8
2.5
2.3
2.9
1.4

1.1
2.3
1.1
3.8
3.0
2.1
2.1
1.8
1.2

3.3

2.19
1.85
1.65
1.66
2.
2.77
2.61
3.03
2.43
1.72

to.9 38.9
35.8 35.0

41.8
38.5
4l.l
ko. 9
to.5 39.5
36.6 36.4
43.1
38.3
41.5
41.5

Table C-3: Avenii burly iirilics ucliJiif mrtiii
of pniictioi wirlirs ii •aiifactiriif, by l a p Mistry imp
Average hourly earnings excluding overtime 1

MANUFACTURING .

Nov.
1961
$2.28

Oct.
1961
$2.26

Sept.
1961
$2.25

Nov.
i960
$2.21

Oct.
I960
$2.20

DURABLE GOODS .

2.45

2.43

2.41

2.37

2.36

2.72
1.93
1.86
2.27
2.88
2.42
2.55
2.29
2.74
2.32
1.86

2.72
1-95
1.86
2.26
2.85
2.39
2.55
2.28
2.71
2.32
1.86

2.64
1.80
1.83
2.22
2.73
2.38
2.50
2.26
2.69
2.28
1.85

2.64
I.85
1.83
2.22
2.73
2.38
2.48
2.23
2.69
2.28
I.83

2.06

2.05

2.01

2.00

2.08
I.67
1.58
1.64

2,06
1.59
1.58
1.62

2.04
1.68
1.57
I.58

2.01
1.55
1.57
1.52

2.53
2.95
2.33
I.67

2.47
2.84
2.29
1.63

2.46
2.80
2.29
1.62

Major industry group

Ordnance and accessories
Lumber and wood products, except furniture . .
Furniture and fixtures
Stone, clay, and glass products
Primary metal industries
Fabricated metal products
Machinery
Electrical equipment and supplies
Transportation equipment
Instruments and related products
Miscellaneous manufacturing industries

NONDURABLE GOODS.
Food and kindred products
Tobacco manufactures
Textile mill products
Apparel and related products
Paper and allied products
Printing, publishing, and allied industries .
Chemicals and allied products
Petroleum refining and related industries. .
Rubber and miscellaneous plastic products.
Leather and leather products

2.07

(2)

t

2.54
2.94
2.33
I.67

'Derived by assuming that overtime hours are paid at the rate of time and oae-half.
2

Not available as average overtime rates are significantly above time and oae-half. Inclusion of data for the group in the

nondurable goods total has little effect.
NOTE: Data for the 2 most recent months are preliminary.

1.88
2.30
2.77
2.44
2.56
2.31
2.77
2.34
1.90

2.17
1.70
1.64
I.67
2.37
2.76
2.61
3.02
2.41
1.71

2.12
1.71
1.61
1.61
2.29
2.69
2.53
2.91
2.34
1.65

31
TiWi C 4: Amue weekly burs, sunnily iJjistti,
if pridietiii wirkirs ii silictii iilistriis 1

Oct.
1961

Sept.
1961

Nov.
i960

Oct.
I960

MINING

41.6

to.8

39.9

to.i

CONTRACT CONSTRUCTION.

37.3

36.7

36.8

37.2

to.6

40.2

39.6

39.3

39.5

41.3

40.6

39.8

39.7

39.9

Ordnance and accessories

41.3

40.9

40.6

40.5

Lumber and wood products, except furniture

39.2

39.9

39.5

38.4

38.9

Furniture and fixtures

41.0

40.3

40.4

39.2

39.4
to.6

Nov.
1961

Industry

MANUFACTURING
DURABLE GOODS

Stone, clay, and glass products

41.1

40.9

41.0

to.4

Primary metal industries

to.8

to.5

to.i

37.7

38.1

Fabricated metal products

41.4

40.9

39^

to.2

to.4

41.5
40.8

41.2

41.1

to.7

40.8

1*0.6

39.4

39.7

to.i

43.3
40.8

40.9

38.O

to.4

to.8

40.8

to.9

to.3

to.4

39.9

39.6

39.7

39.2

39.3

39.6

39.5

39.2

Machinery

:

Electrical equipment and supplies
Transportation equipment
Instruments and related products
Miscellaneous manufacturing industries
NOKDURABLE GOODS.

,..

4i.l

41.1

to.9

to.7

41.1

Tobacco manufactures

38.6

39.1

39.5

38.1

39.2

Textile mill products

4o,9

40.4

40.4

38.4

38.3

34.8

35.2

41.8

42.0

Food and kindred products

35.5

35.7

34.4

Paper and allied products

43.2

42.8

42.7

Printing, publishing, and allied industries

Apparel and related products

38.3

38.1

38.1

38.4

38.4

Chemicals and allied products

41.5

41.6

41.2

41.1

41.1

Petroleum refining and related industries

4l.9

41.6

41.0

to.9

41.4

Rubber and miscellaneous plastic products

1*0.8

to.2

to.6

39.5

39.6

Leather and leather products

37.6

37.3

37.0

36.5

36.5

38.7

38.7

39.1

39.0

WHOLESALE TRADE

to.5

to.4

to.5

RETAIL TRADE 2 . .. r

38.0

38.0

38.5

to.5
38.4

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE 2 .

*For manufacturing, data refer to production and related workers; for contract construction, to construction workers; and for wholesale and retail trade, to nonsupervisory workers.
2
Data exclude eating and drinking places.
NOTE: Data for the 2 most recent months are preliminary.




Man-Hours and Payrolls
Spendable Earnings

32

Table C-5 Indexes of aggregate weekly man-hours and payrolls
in industrial and construction activities T
(1957-59=100)

Nov.
1961

Industry

99.1

TOTAL.

Sept.
1961

100.If

99.2

96.5

100.8

87.3
105.9
98.6
95.1*
121.0
100.9
103.9
101.0
97.3
95.5
92.9
105.3
76.6
101, k
106.0
102.7
110-.0
135.0
96.0
97.8

87.2
98.1
96.7

90. h
111.7

95.1

97.6
110.6
100.1
10l*.3
102.1
88.1*
99.9
9**.O
103.6
92.7
101.7
109.2
101.7
106.8
128.2

85,0
95.9
100.3

MINING
CONTRACT CONSTRUCTION
MANUFACTURING

99.8

DURABLE GOODS

Ordnance and accessories
Lumber and wood products, except furniture .
Furniture and fixtures
Stone, clay, and glass products
Primary metal industries
Fabricated metal products
Machinery
Electrical equipment and supplies
Transportation equipment
Instruments and related products
Miscellaneous manufacturing industries

121*. 3

95.6
104.2
98.8
97.8
99.2
93.1
111.6
96.5
101.8
106.1*
101.0
99.6
91.1
99.0
101.3
10U .7
106.1
101.8
90.0
105.1*

NONDURABLE GOODS

Food and kindred products
Tobacco manufactures
Textile mill products
Apparel and related products
Paper and allied products
Printing, publishing, and allied industries
Chemicals and allied products
Petroleum refining and related industries
Rubber and miscellaneous plastic products
Leather and leather products

112.1

93.8
121.5
110.5

Oct.
i960

99.1*

lll*.l*

92.9
100.0

Payroll.

97.8
85.3
96.1*
93.1
101*. 9
90.5
101.3
103.5
98.9
99.2
101.3
92.6
100.2
101.2
106.7
99.5
91.1*
98.2
95.5

93.2
120.7
108.5

90.7
107.9
103.9

101* .8
105.7
101.1
91.2
10U.8
9l*.8

QQ.2

MINING
.CONTRACT CONSTRUCTION.
MANUFACTURING

Nov.
I960

Oct.
1961

93.1*

101.3
103.2
IO6.9
99.7

18.I
Q/1.7

9^.7
123.3
IO6.7

*For mining and manufacturing, data refer to production and related workers; for contract construction, data relate to
NOTE: Data for the 2 most recent months are preliminary.

Table C-6: Gross and spendable average weekly earnings i i selected industries,
in current and 1957-59 dollars'

Gross average
weekly earnings

Industry

Oct.
1961

Sept.
1961

Worker with
three dependents

Worker with
no dependents

Oct.
i960

Oct.
1961

Sept.
1961

Oct.
I960

Oct.
1961

Sept.
1961

Oct.
I960

MININGt

$111.87
106.95

$109.06
104.26

$105.1*1*
101.68

$89.77
85.82

$87.62
83.77

$81*.85
81.82

$98.19
93.87

$95.89
91.67

$92.92
89.60

122.91*
117.53

120.1*3
115.13

119.18
lli*.93

98.25
93.93

96.33
92.09

95.37
91.97

107.27
102.55

105.21
100.57

10l*.19
100.1*7

MANUFACTURINGS
Current dollars . .
1957-59 dollars

9i*.5i*
90.38

92.73
88.65

90.12
86.90

76.36
73.00

7»*.9l
71.62

72.88
70.28

83.98
80.29

82.50
78.87

80.1*2
77.55

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE2!
Current dollars
1957-59 dollars

73.31*
70.11

73.72
70.1*8

71.19

59.93
57.29

60.22
57.57

58.27
56.19

67.17
61*.22

67.1*7
6l*.5O

65.1*7
63.13

1957-59 dollars
CONTRACT CONSTRUCTIONi
1957-59 dollars

68.65

]
For mining and manufacturing, data refer to production and related workers; for contract construction, to construction workers; for wholesale and
retail trade, to nonsupervisory workers.

Data exclude eating and drinking places.
NOTE: Data for the current month are preliminary.




33

Industry Hours and Earnings

Table C-7: Gross hoars and earnings of production workers, 1 by industry

erage weekly
hours

verage weekly
earnings

Industry

Oct.
1961

Average
overtime hours

verage ho urly
earning

Oct.
1961

Sept.
1961

$111.87 $109.06 $105.44

4l.9

4i.o

to.4

118.86
122.71
128.65

114.68
120.77
118.83

110.70
109.82
119.07

42.3

to.i
45.3

41.7
40.8
42.9

4i.o
38.0
44.1

2.81
3.06
2.34

2.75
2.96
2.77

2.70
2.89
2.70

118.11
119.18

114.19
115.92

108.54
109.59

38.1
38.2

36.6
36.8

34.9
34.9

3.10
3.12

3.12
3.15

3.11
3.14

107.95
115.08
101.18

106.08
114.52
97-90

103.66
109.35

42.5
41.1
43.8

41.6

41.8

Crude petroleum and natural gas fields
Oil and gas field services

43.1

2.54
2.80
2.31

2.55
2.80
2.32

2.48
2.70
2.28

QUARRYING AND NONMETALLIC MINING • . .

106.48

105.08

45.7

45.1

44.9

2.33

2.33

2.25

38.3

MINING
METAL MINING

Iron ores
Copper ores
COAL MINING

Bituminous

,

CRUDE PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS . . •

Sept.
19ol

3.21

3.22

3.12

108.11
124.12
122.04
126.07

35.9

3.07

3.06

2.97

42.5
43.0
41.8

to.6
to.9
to.3

42.8
43.9
41.2

2.99
2.88
3.14

3.00
2.89
3.17

2.90
2.78
3.06

126.25

123.88

37.2

36.7

37.2

3.43

3.44

3.33

94.54

92.73

90.12

40.4

39.8

39.7

102.66
84.56

100.00
83.74

97.69
80.55

4o.9
39.7

to.o

to. 2 2.7

115.92
116.16
121.76
III.87

ii4.li
115.75
116.87
110.27

109.62
110.84
117.29
102.43

41.4
to.9
41.7
41.9

81.00
72.36
73.60
85.68
86.24
83.84
66.57
64.48
71.86

81.00
73.20
74.6i
86.09
87.26
85.08
65.67
63.84
70.93

75.65
67.77
69.17
81.61
83.22
79.80
62.65
60.68
70.41

79.71
75.35
70.05
82.41
79.20
91.88
106.07
81.20

79.52
74.80
69.39
80.80
80.60
93.34
105.08
80.98

76.17
71.33
66.49
76.83
75.85
91.24
97.27
81.19

41.3
41.4
42.2
4i.o
39.8

98.12
126.08
96.72
96.72
96.32
109.88
36.93
82.71
84.15
102.96
97.99
99.85

97.^7
128.30
94.09
94.72
93.46
Hl.92
86.51
82.78
83.38
IOI.36
99.19
101.00

94.94
134.08
92.97
91.48
95.11
105.01
82.62
79.87
82.86
97.86
94.42
95.65

41.4
39.9

Highway and street construction. . . .
Other heavy construction.

121.80
118.20
127.75

127.60

MANUFACTURING
DURABLE GOODS
NONDURABLE GOODS

to.5

36.4

127.08
123.84
131.25

SPECIAL TRADE CONTRACTORS

$2.67 $2.66 $2.61

38.2

109.85

HEAVY CONSTRUCTION

101.03

42.2

Oct.
Sent. Oct. Oct.
Sent. Oct.
1961 19^1 i960 1961 1961 i960

37.4

120.43

112.98

GENERAL BUILDING CONTRACTORS

98.27

to.9

Oct.
I960

36.8

122.94
. . . .

CONTRACT CONSTRUCTION

Oct.
i960

119.18

2.8

2.5

2.34

2.33

2.27

39.1

2.8

2.7
2.9

2.5
2.5

2.51
2.13

2.50
2.12

2.43
2.06

4o.9

to.6
to.9

41.3

41.3
39.7

2.3
1.4
3.2
2.9

2.0
1.3
2.7
2.4

2.0
1.8
2.6
1.7

2.79
2.33
2.90
2.67

2.70
2.71
2.84
2.58

3.1
3.0

3.2
3.1

3.0
3.0

2.8

3.1

2.7

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.80
2.84
2.92
2.67
2.00
1.80
1.84
2.10
2.14
2.03
1.66
1.60
1.77

2.02
I.83
I.87
2.11
2.16
2.06
I.65
1.60
1.76

1.92
1.72
1.76
2.03
2.06
1.99
1.59
1.54
1.73

1.93
1.82
1.66
2.01
1.99
2.28
2.49
2.00

1.93
1.82
1.66
2.01
1.99
2.26
2.49
1.98

I.89
1.77
1.61
1.96
1.94
2.22
2.45
1.99

2.37
3.16
2.40
2.40
2.39
2.68
2.11
1.96
2.18
2.34
2.39
2.49

2.36
3.16
2.37
2.38
2.36
2.71
2.11
1.99
2.16
2.33
2.39
2.50

2.31
3.20
2.33
2.31
2.36
2.58
2.05
1.92
2.13
2.26
2.32
2.44

39.5

Durable Goods

ORDNANCE AND ACCESSORIES

Ammunition, except for small arms
Sighting and fire control equipment
Other ordnance and accessories
LUMBER AND WOOD PRODUCTS, EXCEPT FURNITURE .

Sawmills and planing mills
Sawmills and planing mills, general
Millwork, plywood, and related products
Millwork
Veneer and plywood
Wooden containers
Wooden boxes, shook, and crates
Miscellaneous wood products
FURNITURE AND FIXTURES

Household furniture
Wood house furniture, unupholstered
Wood house furniture, upholstered
Mattresses and bedsprings
Office furniture
Partitions; office and store fixtures
Other furniture and fixtures
STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS

Flat glass
Glass and glassware, pressed or blown
Glass containers
Pressed and blown glassware,.n.e.c
Cement, hydraulic
Structural clay products
Brick and structural clay tile. . '
Pottery and related products
Concrete, gypsum, and plaster products
Other stone and mineral products
Abrasive products .

See footnotes at end of table. NOTE: Data for the current month are preliminary.




to.9
to.3

to. 5 to.i
to.2 to.o

to.o
to.8
to.3
41.3

to.i
to.3
to.6

to.3
42.6

to.6
to.3
to.3
to.3
4i.o
41.2
42.2
38.6
44.0
4i.o

to.i

39.9

39.4
39.4
39.3

to.8
to.4

to.2
to.4
to.i

to.3

to.7

3.2

2.7

2.9

41.2
4l.l
41.8

to.3 3.3
to. 3 3.3

3.2
3.3

2.6
2.6

41.3
42.2

2.4

2.1
2.1
3.1

41.3
39.8
39.9

to.2
to.5

to.9
41.3
4o.6
39.7
39.8
39.6
41.3
4i.o
41.6
38.6
43.5
41.5
40.0

39.4
39.4

4i.3
39.2
39.1
4i.i
39.7

to.8

2.7

2.4
4.1
2.9

41.1
41.9
39.9
39.6

3.6
2.4
3.7

3.7
2.7
3.8

3^
2.8
3.7

1.6

1.9
3._0

1.5
2.6

1.5
6.1

1.7
5.9
2._9

1.6
5.5
2.4

to.3
to.7
to.3
4i.6
38.9
43.3
to.7
39.2

Industry Hours and Earnings
Table C-7: Gross kurs a i l taniigs if preiiictiM wirkers,1

Industry

Average weekly
earnings
Oct.
Sept.
Oct.
1961
i960
1961

Av

Oct.
1961

srage weekly
hours
Sept. Oct.
i960
1961

Average
overtime hours
Oct. Sept. Oct.
1961 1961 i960

Average hourly
earnings
Sept. Oct.
1961 i960

Oc'i.
1961

Durable Goods—Continued
PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES

Blast furnace and basic steel products
Blast furnaces, steel and rolling mills
Iron and steel foundries
Gray iron foundries
Malleable iron foundries
Steel foundries
Nonferrous smelting and refining
Nonferrous rolling, drawing and extruding
Copper rolling, drawing, and extruding
Aluminum rolling, drawing, and extruding
Nonferrous wire drawing and insulating
Nonferrous foundries
Aluminum castings
Other nonferrous castings
Miscellaneous primary metal industries
Iron and steel forgings
FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS

Metal cans
Cutlery , hand tools, and general hardware
Cutlery and hand tools, including saws
Hardware, n.e.c
Heating equipment and plumbing fixtures
Sanitary ware and plumbers' brass goods
Heating equipment, except electric
Fabricated structural metal products
Fabricated structural steel
Metal doors, sash, frames, and trim
Fabricated plate work (boiler shops)
Sheet metal work
Architectural and miscellaneous metal work
Screw machine products, bolts, etc
Screw machine products
Bolts, nuts, screws, rivets, and washers
Metal stampings
Coating, engraving, and allied services
Miscellaneous fabricated wire products
Miscellaneous fabricated metal products
Valves, pipe, and pipe fittings
MACHINERY

Engines and turbines
Steam engines and turbines
Internal combustion engines, n.e.c
Farm machinery and equipment
Construction and related machinery
Construction and mining machinery
Oil field machinery and equipment
Conveyors, hoists, and industrial cranes
Metalworking machinery and equipment
Machine tools, metal cutting types
Special dies, tools, jigs, and fixtures
Machine tool accessories
Miscellaneous metalworking machinery
Special industry machinery
Food products machinery
Textile machinery
General industrial machinery
Pumps; air and gas compressors
Ball and roller bearingsMechanical power transmission goods
Office, computing, and accounting machines
Computing machines and cash registers
Service industry machines
Refrigeration, except home refrigerators
Miscellaneous machinery
Machine shops, jobbing and repair
Machine parts, n.e.c. , except electrical

$119.29 $118.19 $105.36 40.3
127.51 127.43 108.17 39.6
129.04
108.72 39.5
128.77
102.94
99.20
95.00 39.9
101.60
93.10 1*0.0
95.62
101.75
99.82
95.26 3 9 . 9
106.52 105.87
99.58 39.6
112.20
110.12 108.53 41.1
113.42 106.63 42.4
115.75
II8.83
120.37 104.54 42.9
126.52 128.44
115.34 42.6
103.91
94.53 100.77 41.9
103.50
100.10
98.06 41.4
99.70 41.5
104.17 102.00
102.18
97.81
96.04 41.2
120.25 121.06 110.65 40.9
120.40
113.68
1*0.0
122.51
102.75
122.47

94.33
92.29

95.35

98.01
96.80

98.74

105.22
107.53
92.48
107.33
109.71
107.33
102.09
95.17
107.59
106.34
92.21

99.45
122.80
84.04
91.25
79.12
96.80
98.33
95.92
104.30
106.97
90.98
107.06
107.68
105.06
101.43

93.43

107.68
97.50
92.84

96.05

97.16

103.66
105.88

100.60
103.02

108.50
114.62
128.54
107.25
102.00
108.00
107.19
IO8.97
110.72
117.88
116.33
127.60
104.90
112.19
103.66
106.1*0
89.82
105.32
104.45
107.07
102.31
112.88
120.93
97.85
96.32
104.50
106.00
100.44

107.83
115.60
130.21
107.53
102.1*0
107.86
109.75
102.00
108.58
115.93
112.88
125.71
105.04
110.15
103.66
106.50
90.91
104.14
105.47
102.43
102.18
112.74
I2O.5I

96.88
95.84
106.09
106.85
104.42

99.47 41.1
113.81
94.13
88.00
98.25
92.59
90.92
94.13
101.68
102.75
90.32
105.63
104.39
103.91
95.27
90.72
99.20
106.71
86.24
91.08
97.27

99^3
104.19
107.09
119.69
101.99
100.75
102.94
103.22
101.59
105.30
111.24
105.97
121.84

39.4

38.9
38.4
39.3
39.8
39.9
41.7
43.3
43.1

38.9

40.2
1*0.8

39.6
1*0.9

36.7
40.2

40.2
39.2
39.1

34.4

4o.3
39.8

39.4
38.2
40.4

40.4
40.4

41.1

4l.o
4o.o

101.59 1*0.8
96.90 40.1
102.80 38.9
109.03 41.5
117.73 41.7
92.90 4o.6
92.04 1*0.3
102.34 41.8
103.49 42.4
100.21 1*0.5

39.7

1*0.0
1*0.6

41.7

42.1
42.1
42.3

39.9
1*0.9
41.3

38.8

41.3
41.2

1*0.6
39.7
42.4

37.8
38.3

1*0.8
40.7

40.6
1*0.5
1*0.4

41.4

41.2
39.0
40.0

36.0
33.0
38.0

4o.l
42.2

1*0.0

39.8

37.9
36.3

1*0.3

1*0.5
40.0
40.8
41.1
41.2
41.1
40.5
41.4
41.6
41.5
41.2
41.7
41.7
1*0.8

43.4
99.79 1*0.5
107.87 40.5
100.50 41.8
102.09 41.4
86.31 41.2
101.75 40.2

See footnotes at end of table. NOTE: Data for the current month are preliminary.




41.8
39.8
1*0.3

1*0.2
1*0.2
1*0.2

1*0.9
41.3
40.8
1*0.4
41.1
41.2
41.4
40.8
4l.9
39.0
1*0.9

41.6
39.1
4o.O
1*0.7
1*0.8
1*0.0

41.6
4l.7
41.5
43.2
1*0.4
40.2
41.8
41.6
41.7
39.9
41.2
38.8
39.3
41.6
41.7
1*0.2

4o.i
42.1

42.4
41.6

2.2

2.5

1.4

1.4
2.6
2.6
3.8

2.1
2.2
-

.7
_

2.7
3.8

1.8
2.9
2.5

2.7

2.5

2.3

2.9
2.8
3.1
2.0
2.1
-

41.0
41.1

2.7

40.5

3.1
3.3
3.4
2.9

41.1
41.1
41.4
1*0.2

40.5

40.0
41.2
40.3
1*0.3
39.7

39.7
1*0.7
38.8
1*0.3
38.2
1*0.3

2.0
-

3.0
4,0
2.5
1.9

2.6
2.5

2.50
2.93

2.1
-

2.37

2.8
3.0
-

3.5
3.5
3.2

1.6
2.8
2.2
-

3.5

2.8
2.3

2.7

1.9
-

2.6
1.6
_
_
1.6

2.7
1.9

2.4
1.4
_
_
1.9
1.8
_

2.2
_

39.9

1.8
2.3

40.8
38.O
1*0.0
41.3
41.6

-

2.8
-

2.7
-

39.9
39.7
40.8
40.5
41.2
1*0.6
42.9
39.6
40.4
41.7
4l.O
41.1

-

1.5
2.3
_

3.8
-

$2.96 $2.94 $2.78
3.22
2.93
3.17
3.26
3.21
3.02
2.58
2.50
2.55
2.54
2.49
2.45
2.54
2.52
2.55
2.69
2.66
2.60
2.76
2.66
2.73
2.62
2.72
2.73
2.62
2.78
2.77
2.98
2.82
2.97
2.48
2.43
2.44
2.50
2.49
2.47
2.50
2.48
2.51
2.48
2.47
2.4^
2.94
2.83
2.96
3.01
3.04
2.93

3.4
_

_
2.8
_

_
3.3

3.1

3.2

»

_
2.2

_
1.8
_

2.5

_
2.4
_
1.4
-

39.7
39.5
41.6
41.9

1.9

1.9

3.5

3.7

3.3

1*0.9

-

-

-

2.29
2.42
2.42
2.42
2.42

2.56
2.61
2.25
2.65
2.65
2.58
2.46
2.31
2.58

2.48
2.91
2.29
2.27
2.30
2.42

2.44
2.41

2.55
2.59
2.23

2.65

2.26
2.32
2.51
2.57

2.62
2.55
2.45
2.29
2.57
2.50
2.27
2.33
2.49
2.55

2.64
2.88
3.12
2.75
2.55
2.66
2.70
2.57
2.63
2.80
2.75
2.94
2.59
2.77
2.48
2.57
2.18
2.62
2.56
2.67
2.63
2.72
2.90
2.4l
2.39
2.50
2.50
2.48

2.63
2.89
3.13
2.75
2.56
2.65
2.69
2.55
2.61
2.78
2.72
2.91
2.60
2.74
2.48
2.56
2.18
2.61
2.56
2.64
2.60
2.71
2.89
2.4l
2.39
2.52
2.52
2.51

2.55

2.45
2.81
2.33
2.20
2.42
2.35
2.38
2.33
2.48
2.50
2.23
2.57
2.54
2.51
2.37
2.24
2.48

2.59

2.14
2.26
2.45
2.51
2.56
2.76
2.97
2.67
2.50
2.58
2.60
2.49
2.60
2.70
2.61
2.84
2.52
2.67
2.41
2.49
2.10
2.55
2.49
2.55
2.57
2.64
2.83
2.34
2.33
2.46
2.47
2.45

Industry Hours and Earnings

35

Table C-7: Gross hoars and earniigs of production workers, 1 by industry-Continued

Industry

Durable

Average weekly
earnings

Oct.
1961

Sept.
1961

Average weekly
hours
Sept.
OcxT
i960
1961

Oct.
I960

Oct.
1961

$92.29
96.88
84.10
100.28
104.75
94.33
96.62
92.40
96.96
104.68
IOO.65
86.18
87.20
89.87
87.64
84.93
82.56
101.60
106.68
98.42
78.00
86.27
74.43
96.39
ioi.4o

40.8
40.2
39.4
4o.5
40.7
4o.9
41.3
4o.i
4o.5
4o.5
4o.o
4o.2
4o.4
41.5
40.2
39-9
40.4

Average
overtime hours

Oct. Sept. Oct.
196l 1961 I960

Average hourly
earnings
Sept.
Oct.
1961
I960

Oct.
1961

Goods--Continued

ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES

Electric distribution equipment
Electric measuring instruments
Power and distribution transformers
Switchgear and switchboard apparatus
Electrical industrial apparatus
Motors and generators
Industrial controls
Household appliances
Household refrigerators and freezers
Household laundry equipment
Electric housewares and fans
Electric lighting and wiring equipment
Electric lamps
Lighting fixtures
Wiring devices
Radio and TV receiving sets
Communication equipment
Telephone and telegraph apparatus
Radio and TV communication equipment
Electronic components and accessories
Electron tubes
Electronic components, n.e.c
Miscellaneous electrical equipment and supplies .
Electrical equipment for engines
TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT

Motor vehicles and equipment
Motor vehicles
Passenger car bodies
Truck and bus bodies
,
Motor vehicle parts and accessories ,
Aircraft and parts
,
Aircraft. .
Aircraft engines and engine parts . . ,
Other aircraft parts and equipment , ,
Ship and boat building and repairing . ,
Ship building and repairing
Boat building and repairing
Railroad equipment
Other transportation equipment
INSTRUMENTS AND RELATED PRODUCTS

Engineering and scientific instruments
Mechanical measuring and control devices ,
Mechanical measuring devices
Automatic temperature controls
Optical and ophthajmic goods
Surgical, medical, and dental equipment
Photographic equipment and supplies
Watches and clocks
MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES

Jewelry, silverware, and plated ware
Toys, amusement, and sporting goods
Toys, games, dolls, and play vehicles
Sporting and athletic goods, n.e.c
Pens, pencils, office and art materials
Costume jewelry, buttons, and notions
Other manufacturing industries

$96.29
100.90
89.04
103.28
108.67
101.02
105.32

96.24
102.06
110.97
io4.4o
89.24
90.90
97.11
90.45
87.38
85.24
103.98
106.08
102.82
82.82
93.18
78.74
103.42
109.78
116.88
119.81
124.36
130.62
97.11
117.55
117.03
116.88
118.71
113.98
115.30
121.29

85.75
109.82
86.03
97.99
112.34
96.72
96.48
97.44
88.80
83.22
113.63
85.70
76.5?
87.36
70.58
68.11
77.02
74.96
69.42
82.21

$93.53
101.66
91.30
103.06
108.79
101.43
105.73
96.64
103.73
114.13
106.63
89.42
87.25
94.37
81.65
87.78
78.25
104.8l
106.66
103.22
81.61
90.61
78.17
77.05
68.78
106.22
96.84
98.90
52.25
87.32
102.00
115.92
116.47
117.03
114.53
114.45
119.69
88.48
108.57
88.78
97.99
112.88
96.80
96.80
96.63
90.49
83.03
112.94
81.39
76.02
64.05
69.87

40.3
40.2
39.3
40.6
40.6
39.8
39.6
40.0
39.9
39.5
4o.l
39.9
4o.o
4o.3
4o.2
39.5
39.5
41.3
42.5
40.5
40.0
4o.5
39.8
40.5
40.4

2.4
1.9

2.3
2.0

2.1
2.0

2.2

2.2

1.5

2.1

2.5

1.7

2.3

2.2

2.0

2.2
2.6

2.1
2.8

1.9
3.0

2.6

2.0

1.6

2.2

2.3

2.9
3.4

2.7
2.9

3.1
3.9

2.4

2.4

2.3

3.2

2.9

2". 6

1.1
2.3

2.9

1.2
1.8

$2.36
2.51
2.26
2.55
2.67
2.47
2.55
2.40
2.52
2.74
2.61
2.22
2.25
2.34
2.25
2.19
2.11
2.53
2.55
2.52
2.02
2.24

ki.6
40.8
4l.o
41.6
40.8
4i.7
4i.9

39.8
40.5
40.4
40.1
40.9
4o.9
41.3
4o.i
4i.o
41.3
4o.7
40.1
39.3
4o.5
37.8
39.9
37.8
4l.l
41.5
40.8
40.6
4i.o
40.5
33.5
28.9

81.39
107.86
82.74
95.00
112.47
92.34
94.13
89.17
82.61
82.42
107.90
77.41

41.3
41.6
42.3
42.0
39.8
41.1
41.5
41.3
41.8
41.6
40.6
40.7
39-7
38.4
40.2

37.8
34.1
33.3
17.3
37.0
36.3
41.4
41.3
41.5
41.8
4o.3
40.3
40.4
38.5
4

41.0
4i.o
4o.3
40.2
40.6
41.3
40.4
42.4
41.2

4i.o
4o.9
40.5
4o.5
40.6
41.7
4o.5
42.3
39-7

40.6
41.5
39.8
4O.0
38.6
40.1
40.6
41.5
39.9

2.5
2.3
2.0

2.6
2.3
2.5

2.1

2.2
2.6
3.4
2.8

2.9
2.3
3.4
1.6

1.5
2.4
2.8
1.6

2.39
2.74
2.40
2.40
2.40
2.15
2.06
2.68
2.08

%M

75.22
63-84
68.56
66.42
73.84
74.21
67.72
81.40

40.1
41.8
40.1
40.3
39.7
4o.3
39.0
4o.i

39-8
40.8
39-7
39-9
39-1
39.8
39.1
39.8

39.8
41.3
39.4
39.3
39.7
39.9
39.6
39.9

2.5
4.2
2.2

2.4
3.3
2.4

2.5
3.5
2.5

1.91
2.09
1.76

2.0
1.7
2.7

2.0
1.8
2.4

1.9
1.9
2.6

l!86
1.78
2.05

89.44
98.41
Il4.o6
103.25
57.34

86.73
96.41
111.41
100.60
53.13

41.3
42.1
42.7
4l.2
4i.o

41.6
41.7
42.4
41.8
40.1

41.3
4l.2
42.2
41.4
38.5

3.6
4.4

3.8
4.1

3.5
3.9

74.03
68.43
81.59

114.95
120.25
128.87
135.03
98.25
113.42
112.20
111.52
113.71
112.17
107.84
113.47

41.9
43.1
43.7
4o.6
4o.8
4i.i

4o.7
41.5
41.7
39.5
39.4
39.7
38.8
39.4

2.6
1.7

$2.29
2.4l
2.14
2.47
2.58
2.37
2.44
2.31
2.43
2.65
2.51
2.16
2.18
2.23
2.18
2.15
2.09
2.46
2.51
2.43

1.93
2.48
2.62

$2.35
2.51
2.26
2.57
2.66
2.48
2.56
2.4l
2.53
2.75
2.62
2.23
2.20
2.33
2.16
2.20
2.07
2.55
2.57
2.53
2.01
2.21
1.93
2.30
2.38

2.83
2.88
2.94
3-11
2.44
2.86
2.82
2.83
2.84
2.74
2.84
2.98
2.16
2.86
2.14

2.81
2.84
2.97
3.02
2.36
2.81
2.80
2.82
2.82
2.74
2.84
2.97
2.19
2.82
2.16

2.79
2.87
2.99
3.09
2.42
2.78
2.73
2.74
2.74
2.69
2.73
2.88
2.05
2.78
2.10

2.39
2.76
2.39
2.39
2.38
2.17
2.05
2.67
2.05

2.34
2.71
2.32
2.33"
2.31
2.06
2.03
2.60
1.94

1.91
2.06
1.76
I.69
1.95
1.86
1.75
2.05

I.89
2.03
1.74

1.95
2.13

2.51

1^86
1.71
2.04

Nondurable Goods-

FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS

Meat products
Meat packing
Sausages and other prepared meats
Poultry dressing and packing

89.62
100.20
116.14
102.18
59. ^5

See footnotes at end of table. NOTE: Data for the current month are preliminary.




2.17
2.38
2.72
2.48
1.45

2.15
2.36
2.69
2.47
1.43

2.10
2.34
2.64
2.43
4

36

Industry Hours and Earnings

Table C-7: Brass hiirs art eariiifs ef prodictiii wirkers,1 by iiiistrf-Ceitiiiei

Nondurable

Average weekly
hours

Average weekly
earnings

Industry

Oct.
1961

Sept.
1961

Oct.
i960

$95.^6
95.11
99.39
74.48
57.45
77.96
71.74
102.83
112.21
88.16

$90.52
88.51
93.70
70.49
5^.55
75.71
63.18
99.*U
114.96
85.46
85.44
86.86
81.00
88.83
70.88
67.30
97.04

Oct. Sept.
1961 1961

Average hourly
earnings

Oct. Oct.
i960 1961

Sept.
1961

Oct.
i960

^.22
2.27
2.29
1.83
2.03
1.83
1.70
2.25
2.45
1.86
2.20
2.24
2.05
2.39
1.86
1.78
2.51
3.22
1.78
2.08

$2.15
2.18
2.21
1.78
1.71
1.82
1.62
2.18
2.41
1.83
2.12
2.15
2.03
2.10
1.75
1.67
2.42
3.08
1.66
1.97

1.70 1.62
2.25 2.15
1.51 1.51

1.58
2.10

1.64
1.60
1.66
1.77
1.71
1.58
1.55
1.49
1.70
1.50
1.81
1.76
1..51
1.89

1.64
1.59
1.66
1.77
1.72
1.57
1.5*
1.47
1.67
1.50
1.79
1.76
1.52
1.88

1.61
1.56
1.66
1.73
1.68
1.52
1.52
1.42
1.62
1.47
1.80
1.75
1.49
1.86

1.67
1.95
1.41
1.39
1.42
1.37

1.65
1.93
1.40
1.38
1.42
1.36
1.88
1.54
1.87
2.29
1.5*
1.50
1^5
1.62
1.81
1.51

1.62
1.92
1.3*
1.32
1.37
1.26
1.82
1.53
1.79
2.23
1.53
1.46
1.41
1.58
1.76
1.47
1.49
1.71
1.63
1.46
2.28
2.46
2.48
2.05
1.94
2.12
1.93
2.29

Goods-Continued

FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS-Continued
Dairy products
Ice cream and frozen desserts
Fluid milk
Canned arid preserved food, except meats
Canned, cured and frozen sea foods
Canned food, except sea foods. . . .
Frozen food, except sea foods
Grain mill products
Flour and other grain mill products
Prepared feeds'for animals and fowls
Bakery products
Bread, cake, and perishable products
Biscuit, crackers, and pretzels
Sugar . . .
Confectionery and related products
Candy and other confectionery products ,
Beverages
Malt liquors
Bottled and canned soft drinks
Miscellaneous food and kindred product*

.

42.2

64.15
82.53
56.26

40.5
41.2
39.4

41.6
39.3
38.9

66.09
64.71
69.39
73.81
69.83
60.29
58.37
56.45
62.63
58.05
73.21
74.45
62.02
76.14

62.47
60.53
67.56
67.99
65.02
57.61
58.82
54.10
60.59
52.63
71.64
70.00
56.17
73-84

40.9
41.8
42.2
40.8
4o.4
39.2
38.9
39.0
38.7
39.0
41.9
42.7
40.8
40.8

56.93
65.^3
51.52
51.^7
50.13
50.46
58.66
51.28
56.47
68.93
53.75
5^.90
53.07
59.13
59.19
^9.53
^6.65
59.^9
61.55
55.95

57.19
69.50
48.24
1*9.76
46.72
43.47
58.97
50.95
56.21
72.03
53.86
53.73
51.89
57.83
62.83
52.33
52.75
62.24
62.92
55.33
96.44
IO6.76
107.14
83.44
76.63
88.19
78.55
98.24

90.50
81.18
98.95
75.70
71.91
102.66
127.51
77.07
87.78
67.39
84.50
58.74

..

Cigarettes
Cigars
TEXTILE MILL PRODUCTS

Cotton broad woven fabrics
Silk and synthetic broad woven fabrics
Weaving and finishing broad woolens
Narrow fabrics and smallwares
Knitting.
Full-fashioned hosiery
Seamless hosiery.
Knit outerwear
Knit underwear
Finishing textiles, except wool and knit
Floor covering
Yarn and thread,
Miscellaneous textile goods
APPAREL AND RELATED PRODUCTS

Men's and boys' suits and coats
Men's and boys ' furnishings
Men's and boys' shirts and nightwear . . . . . . . . .
Men's and boys' separate trousers
Work clothing
Women's, misses', and juniors' outerwear
Women's blouses, waists, and shirts
Women's, misses*', and juniors' dresses
Women's suits, skirts, and coats
*. .
Women's and misses' outerwear, n.e.c
Women's and children's undergarments
Women's and children's underwear
Corsets and allied garments
Hats, caps, and millinery
. .
Girls' and children's outerwear
Children's dresses, blouses, and shirts
Fur goods and miscellaneous apparel
Miscellaneous fabricated textile products
Housefurnishings
PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS

Paper and pulp
Paperboard
Converted paper and paperboard products
Bags, except textile bags
]* .
Paperboard containers and b o x e s . . . . .
Folding and s e t u p paperboard b o x e s . .
Corrugated and s o l i d fiber b o x e s

118.89
67.73
85.70

42.1
40.2
42.5
38.8
26.6
41.1
4o.5
^5.3
46.0
46.1
4o.i
4o.2
39.5
43.9
40.6
4o.3
4o.2
38.8
40.8
43.7

88.44

TOBACCO MANUFACTURES.

.
.
.
.

.S:;

102.15
111.51
113.28
88.38
83.64
95.00
83.22
107.73

See footnotes at end of table. NOTE: Data for the current month are preliminary.




Sept. Oct.
1961 1961 i960

Average
overtime hours

43.0
41.9
43.4
40.7
28.3
42.6
42.2
*5-7
45.8
47.4
40.2
40.4
39.6
41.4
40.7
40.4
40.9
39.6

42.1
40.6
42.4
39.6
31.9
41.6
39.0
45.6
^7.7
46.7

2.8

3.7

3.0

2*6

3.3

2.5

6*8

7.3

2.9

3.1

5.8
3.2

4.0 4.8
3.3 2.9

2.8

3.5 2.8

4.4

4.2

40.6
39.3
38.8

1.4
1.8
1.5

1.7
1.0
1.2

40.3
40.7
41.8
41.7
4o.6
38.4
37.9
38.4
37.5
38.7
4o.9
42.3
4o.8
40.5

38.8
38.8
4o.7
39.3
38.7
37.9
38.7
38.1
37.4
35.8
39.8
40.0
37.7
39.7

3.4
3.7
3.9
3.5
3.2
2.5

3.0
3.1
3.7
3.4
3-2
2.1

35.8
3^.7
37.5
38.1
36.O
37.3
33.2
34.3
31.9
33.6
36.2
37.4
37.5
37.2
35.5
35.4

34.5
33.9
36.8
37.3
35.3
37.1
31.2
33.3
30.2
30.1
34.9
36.6
36.6
36.5
32.7
32.8
31.1
35.2

35.3
36.2
36.0
37.7
34.1
34.5
32.4
33.3
31.4
32.3
35.2
36.8
36.8
36.6
35.7
35.6

38^3
38.4

37.3
37.3

39
44.5
4i.4
41.7
42.5
M.5
44.4

39
44.6
41.3
4i.o
42.6
4i.2
44.7

39.9
42
40
4o.3
40.1
0
8.6
38
40 .8

^A
36.4
38.6
37.9

*-3
4.1
3.4
3.4
1.3
1.0
1.2

3.0

1.4
1.2
1.5
2.3
2.1
3.0
2.3
2.2
2.1

n

2.9
2.9
3.4 1.8
2.7
3.0
1.1 1.2
.8 1.3
1.1 1.1

1.2

1.6

1.5

1.5

1.3

1.5
1.0

1.4
1.2

l.*6
1.9

2.0

1.6
2.2

42.3
43.4
43.2
4o.7

4.8

1:1

5.2
3.3 2.7

8:3

C7

4."8 3 . *

40.7
42.9

$2.21
2.27
2.29
1.86
1.89
1.88
1.71
2.26
2.46
1.89
2.21
2.24
2.10
2.13
1.84
1.76
2.52
3.21
1.73
2.03

4.1

1.92
2.33
1.55
1.52
1.47
1.63
1.81
1.53
1.53
1.76
1.64 l!65
1.51 1.50
2.37
2.54
2.54
2.15
2.05
2.22
2.02
2.39

2.37
2.54
2.54
2.14
2.04
2.23
2.02
2.41

37

Industry Hours and Earnings

Table C-7: Grass hears art earnings ef prediction workers,1 by industry-Coitinyed
Average weekly
earnings
arnings

Industry

Nondurable

Oct.
1961

Sept#
1961

Average weekly
hours

Oct.
I960

Oct.
1961

Average
overtime hours

Sept. Oct. Oct.
1961 I960 196l

Average hourly
earnings

Sept. Oct Oct.
1961 I960 1961

Sept.
1961

Oct.
i960

Goods--Continued

$105.71
108.4l
115 .46
100.04
106.59
104.88
111.16
82.51
107.69

$106.37
107.74
119.48
IOO.78
107.92
105.92
114.05
82.73
108.67

$103.83
107.96
110.80
96.63
104.79
103.74
107.44

38.3
36.5
4o.8
4o.5
38.9
38.7
39.7
79.87 38.2
105.65 38.6

38.4
36.4
41.2
40.8
39-1
38.8
40.3
38.3
38.4

38.6
37.1
4o.O
4o.6
39.1
39-0
39-5
38.4
38.7

2.8
2.5
4.5
3.8
2.8

3.1
2.4

2.0
2.7

2.6
2.9

108.32
122.60
109.25
117A5
97.82
95-88
91.03
101.68
127.16
82.4o
98.33
86.09
83.75
103.09

107.53
121.60
108.05
116.76
97.64
95.18
91.88
100.28
124.68
81.19
98.42
84.04
80.95
103.34

103.73
116.72
103.22
111.61
92.57
91.66
88.18

41.5
41.7
4i.7
42.4
41.1
40.8
4o.l
41.5
43.4
4o.O
4o.3
42.2
42.3
41.4

41.2
41.5
41.4
42.0
41.2
40.5
40.3
4l.i
42.7
39.8
40.5
41.4
41.3
41.5

4i.o

2.5
2.6
2.2

2.5
2.6
2.2

2.2

2.1

2.1

1.8

3.2

2.9

2~8

1.7
3.6

2.0
2.9

1.8
3.6

2~8

2~8

125.33
129.34
108.58

126.88
131.29
107.93

118.53
122.10
103.37

41.5
4o.8
44.5

41.6
40.9
44.6

41.3
4o.7
43.8

2.3
1.4
6.2

97.61
124.49
92.57
83.23

98.74
127.70
92.57
84.26

93.77
115.92
89.69
80.00

4o.5
39.9
4o.6
40.8

40.8
40.8
40.6
41.1

39.9
38.9
4o.4
4o.2

2.9
3.1
2.6

62.59
85.57
58.76
62.81

61.88
85.57
59-24
59.33

59.07
83.77
55-20
60.26

36.6
39.8
35.^
38.3

36.4
39.8
35.9
36.4

35.8
39.7
34.5
37.9

112.71

108.39

(2)

41.9

92.84
111.83

98.67
119.97

94.81
104.58

42.9
42.2

MOTOR FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION AND STORAGE-

III.09

111.14

106.17

PIPELINE TRANSPORTATION.

133.65

133.50

Telephone communication
Switchboard operating employees3 . ,
Line construction employees*
Telegraph communication^
,
Radio and television broadcasting . . .

95.92
74.84
JL36.O9
104.33
121.98

ELECTRIC, GAS, AND SANITARY SERVICES •

114.67
114.39
108.32
123.82
93.38

PRINTING, PUBLISHING, AND ALLIED INDUSTRIES

Newspaper publishing and printing
Periodical publishing and printing
Books
Commercial printing
Commercial printing, except lithographic
Commercial printing, lithographic
Bookbinding and related industries
Other publishing and printing industries

CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS

Industrial chemicals
Plastics and synthetics, except glass
Plastics and synthetics, except fibers
Synthetic fibers
Drugs
Pharmaceutical preparations
Soap, cleaners, and toilet goods
Soap and detergents
Toilet preparations
Paints, varnishes, and allied products
Agricultural chemicals
Fertilizers, complete and mixing only
Other chemical products

PETROLEUM REFINING AND RELATED INDUSTRIES. .

Petroleum refining
Other petroleum and coal products
RUBBER AND MISCELLANEOUS PLASTIC PRODUCTS .

Tires and inner tubes
Other rubber products
Miscellaneous plastic products
LEATHER AND LEATHER PRODUCTS .

Leather tanning and finishing . .
Footwear, except rubber
Other leather products

,

3.2 $2.76 $2.77
3.1 2.97 2.96
3.9 2.83 2.90
3.5 2.47 2.47
3.4 2.74 2.76
2.71 2.73
2.80 2.83
2.2 2.16 2.16
2.6 2.79 2.83

$2.69
2.91
2.77
2.38
2.68
2.66
2.72
2.08
2.73

2.5

2.61
2.94
2.62
2.77
2.38
2.35
2.27
2.45
2.93
2.06
2.44
2.04
1.98
2.49

2.61
2.93
2.61
2.78
2.37
2.35
2.28
2.44
2.91
2.04
2.43
2.03
1.96
2.49

2.53
2.84
2.53
2.67
2.32
2.28
2.21
2.37
2.83
1.98
2.37
1.95
1.88
2.38

2.9
2.2
6.0

2.2
1.3
5.9

3.02
3.17
2.44

3.05
3.21
2.42

2.87
3.00
2.36

3.2

3.1
3.3
2.8
3.5

2.2
1.7
2.3
2.4

2.41
3.12
2.28
2.04

2.42
3.13
2.28
2.05

2.35
2.98
2.22
1.99

1.4
2.5
1.0
2.2

1.3
2.4
1.0
1.9

1.3
2.4
.9
1.9

1.71
2.15
1.66
1.64

1.70
2.15
1.65
1.63

1.65
2.11
1.60
1.59

4o.9

(2)

2.69

2.65

42.9
44.6

42.9
42.0

2.29
2.65

2.30
2.69

2.21
2.49

42.4

42.1

41.8

2.62

2.64

2.54

126.14

40.5

4o.7

40.3

3.30

3.28

3.13

97.53
75-42
139.95
105.25
122.29

92.00
71.44
129.36
103.70
124.09

39.8
37.8
43.9
4l.9
38.6

2.42
1.99

111.24
IIO.56
104.49
121.01
91.02

41.1
4i.o
41.5
4i.o
40.6

4o.O
37.8
44.0
42.5
38.9
41.2
41.1
41.3
41.3
4l.o

2.4l
1.98
3.10
2.49
3.16

114.26
114.54
105.26
124.01

4o.3
37.9
45.0
42.1
38.7
4i.l
41.2
40.8
If1.2
41.2

2.30
1.89
2.94
2.44
3.19
2.70
2.69
2.53
2.93
2.22

96.22

119.14
77.22
95-99
83.27
80.28
95.29

4o!8
4l.8
39.9
4o.2
39.9
40.6
42.1
39.0
4o.5
42.7
42.7
41.3

4.8
4.4
3.3

1.6

TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC UTILITIES:
RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION:
C l a s s I railroads
LOCAL AND INTERURBAN PASSENGER TRANSIT:

Local and suburban transportation
Intercity and rural bus lines

(2)

COMMUNICATION:

Electric companies and systems
Gas companies and systems
Combined utility systems
Water, steam, and sanitary systems. . .

9^.35

See footnotes at end of table. NOTE: Data for the current month are preliminary.




2.79
2.79
2.61
3.02
2.30

3.H

2.50
3.16
2.78
2.78
2.58
3.01
2.29

Industry

Ho

TaMe C-7: Griss lurs art tanifs if pniutim wrtirs,1-1! iidKtrjr-Ciitiiiid

Industry

Oct.
1961

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE 6
WHOLESALE TRADE

Motor vehicles and automotive equipment
Drugs, chemicals, and allied products
Dry goods and apparel
Groceries and related products
Electrical goods
Hardware, plumbing, and heating goods
Machinery, equipment, and supplies
RETAIL TRADE*

General merchandise stores. . . . . . . .
Department stores
Limited price variety stores

-

Food stores
Grocery, meat, and vegetable stores . ,
Apparel and accessories stores
Men's and boys' apparel stores
Women's ready-to-wear stores
Family clothing stores
Shoe stores
Furniture and appliance stores
Other retail trade.
Motor vehicle dealers
Other vehicle and accessory dealers
Drug stores

...

Average weekly
earnings
Sept.
Oct.
1961
i960

Average weekly
hours
Sept. Oct.
1961 i960

Oct.
1961

Average
overtime hours
Oct. Sept. Oct.
1961 I961 i960

Average hourly
earnings
Oct. Sept. Oct.
1961 1961 I960

$73-34

$73-72

$71.19

38.6

38.8

38.9

$1.90

9^.60
90.9^
95.44
94.87
87.97
99.31
92.03
103.14-8

94.77
89.87
95.34
94.88
89.44
99.55
91.17
104.30

91.35
87.36
92.86
91.10
85.90
96.87
88.51
99.39

40.6
42.1
40,1
38.1
41.3
40.7
40.9
40.9

40.5
41.8
40.4
37.8
41.6
40.8
40.7
40.9

40.6
41.6
4o,2
37.8
41.3
4o.7
ijo.6
40.9

2.33
2.16
2.38
2.49
2.13
2.44
2.25
2.53

2.34
2.15
2.36
2.51
2.15
2.44
2.25
2.55

2.25
2.10
2.31
2.41
2.08
2.38
2.18
2.43

64.64
50.66
55.60
37.56
63.19
64.79
52.43
63.92
47.04
51.62
52.64
78.50
73.69
87.90
78.32
56.09

64.60
51.11
56.25
37.79
63.90
65.70
52.10
63.5^
46.31
51.55
53.46
78.06
73.46
87.23
78.77
56.24

62.65
48.71
53.66
35.20
61.56
62.99
50.91
63.34
44.82
51.01
52.15
75.99
72.24
87.91
78.40
53.65

37.8
34,0
33.9
32.1
35.5
35.6
34.3
37.6
33.6
36.1
31.9
41.1
41.4
43.3
44.0
36.9

38.0
34.3
34.3
32.3
35.9
36.1
34.5
37.6
33.8
35.8
32.6
41.3
41.5
43.4
44.5
37.0

38.2
34.3
34.4
32.0
36.0
36.2
34.4
37.7
33.7
36.7
31.8
41.3
42.0
44.4
44.8
37.0

1.71
1.49
1.64
1.17
1.78
I.82
1.53
1.70
i.4o
1.43
1.65
1.91
1.78
2.03
1.78
1.52

1.70
1.49
1.64
1.17
1.78
1.82
1.51
1.69
1.37
1.44
1.64
1.89
1.77
2.01
1.77
1.52

1.64
1.42
1.56
1.10
1.71
1.74
1.48
1.68
1.33

70.12
122.98
90.26
95.83
76.14
86.19

69.37
125.36
90.26
95.61
75.09
85.46

67.89
114.36
87.99
93.55
72.42
82.96

37.1

36.9

37.1

i.e

1.83

47.08

45.31

45.43

39.9

39.4

39.5

1.18

1.15

1.15

49-79

49.15

49.13

38.7

39.3

1.28

1.27

1.25

H6.96

116.00

114.20

$1.90' $1.83

1.64
1.84
1.72
1.98
1.75
1.45

FINANCE, INSURANCE, AND REAL ESTATE:

Banking
Security dealers and exchanges
Insurance carriers
Life insurance
Accident and health insurance
Fire, marine, and casualty insurance
SERVICES AND MISCELLANEOUS:

Hotels and lodging places:
Hotels, tourist courts, and motels?
Personal services:
Laundries, cleaning and dyeing plants
Motion pictures:
Motion picture filming and distributing

,

1
For mining and manufacturing, laundries, and cleaning and dyeing plants, data refer to production and related workers; for contract construction, to construction
workers; and for all other industries, to nonsupervisory workers.
Not available.
3
Data relate to employees in such occupations in the telephone industry as switchboard operators; service assistants; operating room instructors; and pay-station
attendants. In I960, such employees made up 35percent of the total number of nonsupervisory employees in establishments reporting hours and earnings data.
4
Data relate to employees in such occupations in the telephone industry as central office craftsmen; installation and exchange repair craftsmen; line, cable, and
conduit craftsmen; and laborers. In I960, such employees made up 30 percent of the total number of nonsupervisory employees in establishments reporting hours and
earnings data.
Data relate to nonsupervisory employees except messengers.
*Data exclude eating and drinking places.
Money payments only; additional value of board, room, uniforms, and tips, not included.
NOTE: Data for the current month are preliminary.




39

State 'and Area Hours and Earnings

Table C-8: Gross kwrs a i l earrings ef prelictioi workers i i manufacturing, by State and selected areas

Average weekly earnings

Average hourly earnings

U0.3

Oct.
1961
$2.00
2.61
2.U1

Sept.
1961
$2.00
2.60
2.U0

97.60

$81.60
102.96
96.00

Oct.
I960
$7U.88
97.86
93.50

ALASKA.

137.32

117.22

13U.59

38.9

35.2

38.9

3.53

3.33

3.U6

ARIZONA..
Phoenix.

101.66 .
1OU.28

102.16
10U.92

97.U6
100.10

Uo.5

10.7
U0.2

39.3
U0.2

2.51
2.62

2.51
2.61

2.U8
2.U9

67.UO
68.U5
66.90
78.50

66.U2
69.77
67.30
78.50

62.71
65. aii
62.80

Uo.5
U0.8
Uo.3

U0.2
39.9
UO.O
U3.3

1.61*
1.69
1.66
1.91

1.6U
1.71
I.67
1.91

1.56
1.65
1.57
1.9k

CALIFORNIA
Bakersfield
Fresno.
•
Los Angeles-Long Beach.
Sacramento. ••
•
San Bernardino-Riverside-Ontario.
San Diego
•
San Francisco-Oakland
San Jose
•••••••••••••
Stockton
•
•

110.29
13lwll
97.8U
109.62
12U.56
113.70
113.65
1TL38
1O6.3U

109.07
116.52
93.60
1O8.5U
118.96
113.00
112.U6
113.97
llU.86
99.5k

Uo.o
39.5
39.5
U0.1
Ul.9
39.2
Ul.3
39.3
U0.8
U2.9

2.73
2.86
2.UU
2.70
2.98
2.78
2.87
2.91
2.73
2.55

2.72
2.87
2.U0
2.70
2.93
2.79
2.8U
2.90
2.69
2.52

2.6U
2.73
2.32
2.61
2.87
2.65
2.79
2.81
2.66
2.U6

COLORADO..
Denver.••

105.83
107.07

39.9
U0.6

2.55
2.58

2.53
2.58

2.U1
2.U3

99.29

Uo.U
U0.6
Ul.U
39.1
39.9
U2.0
Uo.l

2.U1
2.U6
(1)
2.U0
2.37
2.5U
2.U2

2.U0
2.U7
2.U5
2.39
2.36
2.51
2.U3

2.35
2.U1
2.U1
2.31
2.30
2.51
2.3U

State and area

ALABAMA.
Birmingham. •
Mobile

ARKANSAS
Fort Smith
•
•
Little Rock-North Little Rock.
Pine Bluff

1961
$8l.U0
103.36

Oct.
1*0.7
39.6
UO.5

39.8
UO.5
U0.3
2

8U.00

CONNECTICUT...
Bridgeport.•.
Hartford
New B r i t a i n . .
New H a v e n . . . .
Stamford. • . . .
Waterbury. • • •

101.60
(1)
96.72
97.17
103.89
99.U6

Uo.U

39.0
39.3

la.i
Uo.l
U0.6
39.0
U0.2
U0.6

39.9
Uo.l
U0.6
111. 8
U0.9
39.6
39.3
U0.8
Ul.7

103.98
105.52

105.60
107.8U
91.61;
10U.66
120.25
103.88
115.23
110.U3
108.53
105.53
96.16
98.66

la. 5

U0.9

98.16
IOI.76
101.19
96.56
96.76
100.65
102.06

9k.9h
97.85
99.77
90.32
91.77
1O5.1|2
93.83

la. 2
Ul.3

k0.9
la. 2
ia.3

la.i

UO.l;
U1.0
U0.1
U2.0

Ul.5

(1)
U0.3

la.o
U0.9

Uo.5

39.6
39.3
I42.7
39.$

a

DELAWARE....
Wilmington.

110.82

91.hk

93.79
108.26

93.50
108.65

U0.6
U0.3

U0.6
39.8

U0.3
Ul.O

2.U0
2.75

2.31
2.72

2.32
2.65

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA:
Washington.

10U.81

1O5.U7

100.58

U1.1

la. 2

39.6

2.55

2.56

2.5U

FLORIDA
Jacksonville
••• •
Miami
Tampa-St. P e t e r s b u r g . .

82.15
8U.U5
78.78
77.95

82.19
86.50
78.39
79.32

77.33
82.00
71;. 61
72.22

Ul.7
U0.6
Uo.U
U0.6

Ul.3
U0.8
U0.2
U1.1

U0.7
Ul.O

1.97
2.08
1.95
1.92

1.99
2.12
1.95
1.93

1.90
2.00
1.87
1.81

GEORGIA....
Atlanta...
Savannah..

70.52
86.2h
92.93

67.77
78.52
92.55

65.63
8U.UU
90.39

la.o
U0.3
ia. 3

Uo.l
38.3
Ul.5

ko.k
U0.9

1.72
2.1U
2.25

1.69
2.05
2.23

1.67
2.09
2.21

IDAHO.

88.62

92.02

86.91

38.7

38.5

38.8

2.29

2.39

2.2U

(1)
(1)

102.76
10U.8U

98.39
100.03

(1)
(1)

U0.7
U0.8

Uo.o
Uo.o

(1)
(1)

2.52
2.57

2.U6
2.50

INDIANA
Indianapolis.

106.09
(1)

105.16
101*. 02

100.21;
102.85

U0.8
(1)

Ul.2
U1.1

39.8
U0.8

2.60
(1)

2.55
2.53

2.52
2.52

IOWA
Des Koines..

99.22
1O5.U5

97.75
103.93

96.62
98.29

U0.5
39-U

Uo.l
39.2

U0.5
38.5

2.U5
2.68

2.UU
2.65

2.39
2.55

KANSAS...
Topeka..
Wichita.

no.U8

102.55

98.52
109.68
107.16

98.87

U1.1
U2.3
la. 2

Uo.5
U2.8
Ui.5

Ul.1
38.U

2.U9
2.58
2.61

2.U3
2.56
2.58

2.U1
2.51
2.5U

ILLINOIS.
Chicago.

107.82

See footnotes at end of table.
NOTE: Data for the current month are preliminary.




96.19
102.77

39.9
39.9
39.3

Uo.5

ko

State and Area Hours and Earnings

Table C-8: Cross hours and eaniifs if prolictioi workers i i l a u f a c t i r i i t by State a i l selected areis-Ceitiiiil

Average weekly earnings

State and area

1961
$91.62
106.57

KENTUCKY....
Louisville.

LOUISIANA.....
Baton Rouge.
New Orleans.
Shreveport.•

92.29
123.07

95.51
90.09

MINE
Lewiston-Auburn. •
Portland.

91.53
121*. 80
9i*.2l*
90.71+

$83.13
98.1+0

1961
1+0.5
1+1.3

weekly hours
sept.
Oct.
61
I960
1+0.9
39.1+
1+0.2

85.90
113.32
87.69
85.69

111. 2
1*1.3
1*0.3
141.9

1+0.5
1+1.6
1+0.1
1+2.1+

la. 3

Average hourly earnings
Oct.
sept.

1961
$-2.23
2.51

1961
$2.21+
2.55

39.9
39.5
Ul. 8

2.21+
2.98
2.37
2.15

2.26
3.00
2.35
2.11+

2.08
2.81+
2.22
2.05

39.2
31*. 9
39.9

39.2
31+. 5
1+0.0

1.85
1.65
2.06

1.81+
1.61+
2.05

1.79
1.61
1.96

la. 8

72.89
57.26
83.02

72.13
57.21+
81.80

70.17
78.1*0

39.1+
31*. 7
1*0.3

96.15
101.81

95.01+
100.50

89.78
93.93

*+
1+0.1+

1+0.1
1+0.2

39.9
39.8

2.38
2.52

2.37
2.50

2.25
2.36

86.1+6
93.30
62.66
66.97
90.85
92.27

86.11
92.98
60.55
67.86
91.08
90.68

81.30
87.U6
60.01
65.86
88.00
87.96

39.3
39.2
35.1+
37.0
1+0.2
39.6

39.5
39.1+
35.0
37.7
1+0.3
39.6

38.9
38.7

37.0
1+0.0
39.8

2.20
2.38
1.77
1.81
2.26
2.33

2.18
2.36
1.73
1.80
2.26
2.29

2.09
2.26
1.70
1.78
2.20
2.21

MICHIGAN.
Detroit
Flint
Grand Rapids
Lansing
•
Muskegon-Muskegon Heights.
Saginaw.
•

131+.92
121.81+
(1)
109.77
132.01+
100.17
112.62

100.37
113.01
116. lli
96.65
67.55
101.66
87.53

113.13
118.83
128.66
103.16
127.66
99.80
113.63

U1.0
1*0.9
(1)

36.3
38.0
38.7
38.1+
21+.6
38.7
32.6

1+0.9
1+0.5
1+2.9
1+0.6
1+3.2
39.0
1+1.2

2.80
2.98
(1)
2.63
2.86
2.61+
2.77

2.77
2.97
3.00
2.52
2.75
2.63
2.69

2.77
2.93
3.00
2.51*
2.96
2.56
2.76

MINNESOTA
Duluth
+
Minneapolis-St. P a u l .

101.55
88.55
106.09

99.98
91+.18
106.01

97. Oli
9U.O5
100.51

la.i
36.0
1+0.9

1+1.6
37.6
1+1.0

1+0.7
38.2
1+0.3

2.1+7
2.1+6
2.59

2.1a
2.50
2.58

2.38
2.1+6
2.1+9

65.35
71+.1+5

61+.1+0
7U.91+

61.60
73.60

+
1+2.3

1+0.5
1+2.1

1+0.0
1+2.3

1.59
1.76

1.59
1.78

1.51+
1.71+

MISSOURI
Kansas C i t y .
St. Louis...

92.1+1
(1)
103.82

90.1+6
91+.97

102.51+

89.21
100.66
lOl.Ui

39.6
(1)
39.9

38.9
38.5
39.2

39.0
1+0.7
39.7

2.33
(1)
2.60

2.33
2.1+7
2.61

2.29
2.1+7
2.55

MONTANA.

100.85

101.81+

97.12

1*1-5

1+0.9

1+0.3

2.1+3

2.1+9

2.1a

NEBRASKA.
Omaha...

91+.68
102.57

92.81+
100.63

87.50

1+3.8
1+3.0

1+3.3
1+2.7

1+2.1
1+2.0

2.16
2.38

2.U+
2.36

2.08

NEVADA.

118.10

118.1*0

112.72

39.9

39.6

1+0.1+

2.96

2.99

71+.00
68.82

71+. 71+
68.61+

70.13
6L+.1+3

1+0.0
39.1

1+0.1+
39.0

39.1+
37.9

1.85
1.76

1.85
1.76

2.79
1.78
1.70

99.1+2
100.91+
100.01+
100.08
102.27
100.08

97.50
97.62
95.62
98.50
102.72
87.51

95.56
96.20
97.28
9$.$S
99.05
95.72

1*0.1*
Ui.o
1+0.7

39.7
39.7
39.1+
39.8
1+0.3
36.8

39.9
39.9
1+0.5
39.6
1+0.2
1+0.2

2.1+6
2.1+6
2.1+6
2.1+6
2.52
2.1+5

2.1+6
2.1+6
2.1+3
2.1+8
2.55
2.38

2.1+0
2.1a
2.1+0
2.1a
2.1+6
2.38

87.1+2
90.27

86.88
91.05

81+. 28
86.9h

1+0.1
1+0.3

1+0.6

39.2
39.1

2.18
2.21+

2.U+
2.21

2.15
2.22

MARYLAND...
Baltimore.
MA SSAC HUSETT S
Boston
F a l l River.
New Bedford
Springfield-Chicopee-Holyoke.
Worcester
•••••

MISSISSIPPI.
Jackson....

la. 8

1*6.2
38.0
I1O.6

35.3

2.27

NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Manchester.••
NEW JERSEY
•
Jersey City 2
Newark 2
Paterson-Clifton-Passaic
P e r t h Airiboy 2
Trenton.
NEW MEXICO...
Albuquerque.

2

See footnotes at end of table.
NOTE: Data for the current month are preliminary.




no. 6
1+0.6
1+0.8

la. 2

State and Area Hours and Earnings
Table C-8: Gross hours and lanriifs i f production wirkers i i nanifactiriif, by Stati and silicted anas-Ciitioiid

Average weekly earnings
State and area

NEW YORK
,
Albany-Schenectady-Troy
• •. •.
Bingharaton
,
Buffalo
Elmira
Nassau and Suffolk Counties 2 . . .
New York City 2
New York-Northeastern New Jersey.
Rochester*
Syracuse
Utica-Rorae
,
Westchester County 2 . . . . . . . . . . . .

Oct.
1961

Sept.
1961

Average weekly hours

Average hourly earnings

Oct.
I960

Oct.
1961

Sept.
1961

Oct.
I960

Oct.
1961

Sept.
1961

Oct.
I960

$93. Cl*
10U.69
83.95
110.21;
93.11
103.39
88.1*U
93.75
1OU.37
100.19
91.63
92.99

$90.70
102.60
85.61
1O6.U3
93.29
102.75
81;. 36
90.38
103.78
99.93
90.79
88.U6

$90.11
87.52
83.9k
1O7.U6
89.61;
102.15
85.65
90.79
101.21
96.79
86.76
93.22

39.0
Ul.O
38.3
1*0.0
U0.2
U0.2
37.6
38.9
Ul.O
Uo.5
39.9
39.1

38.1
1+0.5
39.0
39.0
UO.U
39.9
3$. 9
37.5
1+0.2
1+0.6
39.9
31.3

39.0
39.6
39.1
1+0.0
1+0.0
U0.8
37.8
38.8
1+0.5
UO.U
39.3
39.5

$2.38
2.55
2.19
2.76
2.32
2.57
2.35
2.U1
2.55
2.1+7
2.30
2.38

$2.38
2.53
2.19
2.73
2.31
2.57
2.35
2.U1
2.58
2.U6
2.27
2.37

$2.31
2.21
2.1$
2.69
2.21;
2.50
2.27
2.3U
2.50
2.39
2.21
2.36

NORTH CAROLINA
Charlotte
.
Greensboro-High Point.

66.U0
71.62
6h.7h

72. ik
63.36

61.60
69.97
$9.9h

la. 5
ia.u
39.0

1+0.8
1+1.7
38.1*

Uo.o
Ui.U
37.7

1.60
1.73
1.66

1.58
1.73
1.65

1.5U
1.69
5

NORTH DAKOTA ->
Fargo

89.68
(1)

89.01
97.59

83.66
90.59

1*2.3
(1)

1+1.9
1+0.0

U2.U
U0.3

2.12
(1)

2.13
2.UU

1.98
2.25

109.1k
H9.U5
105.90
105.11
109.U1
10U.19
117.69
111.71
120.37

106.8U
119.11
108.95
10U.31
107.05
99.^
115.08
107.61
IU4.82

103.70
IO9.67
101.32
100.71
107.02
99.05
113.23
109.91;
107.16

1*0.1*
39.8
38.5

39.9
39.7
39.9
1*1.1
39.1
39.3
1*0.5
39.1
37.7

39.7
38.U
37.8
U0.8
39.9
Uo.o
U0.8
U0.2
36.9

2.70
3.00
2.75
2.53
2.75
2.55
2.85
2.79
3.08

2.68
3.00
2.73
2.5U
2.7U
2.53
2.8U
2.75
3.05

2.61
2.86
2.68
2.U7
2.68
2.U8
2.78
2.73
2.90

89.UU
87.5U
90.85

89.21
85.1*8
92.80

85.1+9
82.5U
92.97

1*1.6
1*2.7
1*0.2

ia.3
ia.9
1*0.7

Ul.3
Ul.9
U0.6

2.15
2.05
2.26

2.16
2.0U
2.28

2.07
1.97
2.29

OREGON....
Portland.

100.88
102.UU

101.53
100.22

96.25
97.16

38.8
39.1*

38.9
38.1*

38.0
38.6

2.60
2.60

2.61
2.61

2.53
2.52

PENNSYLVANIA
Allentown-Bethlehera-Saston.
Erie
Harrisburg
•
Lancaster
........
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh.
Reading.
•....
Scranton
Wilkes-Barre—Hazleton
,
York

9h.Ol
90.95
102.58
82.56
86.32
98.31
115.13
83.62
70.68
62.U7
81.59

93.38
90.71
103.70
81.5U
81;. 66
98.85
113.1*3
82.18
67.15
62.30
80.38

88.39
85.50
96.U6
77.16
79.UO
9U.8O
10U.60
78.17
66.20
62.1*3
75.27

39.5
38.7
1*1.7
39.$
1*1-3
39.8
39.7
1*0.2
38.0
31*. 9
1*1.0

39.1+
38.6
1+2.5
39.2
1*0.9
39.7
39.8
39.7
36.1
35.2
1*0.8

38.6
37.5
U0.7
38.2
U0.1
39.5
37.9
38.7
37.U
36.3
39.0

2.38
2.35
2.U6
2.09
2.09
2.U7
2.90
2.08
1.86
1.79
1.99

2.37
2.35
2.UU
2.08
2.07
2.U9
2.85
2.07
1.86
1.77
1.97

2.29
2.28
2.37
2.02
1.98
2.U0
2.76
2.02
1.77
1.72
1.93

RHODE ISIAND
Providence-Pawtucket.

77.21
77.60

78.76
77.97

73.3U
73.91

39.8
1*0.0

1*0.6

38.6
38.9

1.9U
1.9U

1.9U
1.93

1.90
1.90

SOUTH CAROLINA.
Charleston....

66.99
76.11

66.67
75.17

;
12.1k

1*1.1
1*0.7

1+0.9

1*0.2

39.U
U0.3

1.63
1.87

1.63
1.87

1.56
1.79

95.51
10U.U2

93.08
106.18

9h.k9
1OU.68

1+5.7
1*6.0

UU.U
1+7.3

U6.2
U6.7

2.09
2.27

2.10
2.2U

2.05
2.2U

76.38
TENNESSEE....
79.80
Chattanooga.
Knoxville...
9O.U5
90.10
Msmphis
72.OU
Nashville...
See footnotes at end of table.
NOTE: Data for the current month are preliminary.

76.95
80.00
87.60
87.36
82.U1

73.05
75.25
81;. 77
82.00
79.60

1*0.2
39.7
1*1.3
1+2.5
36.2

1+0.5
1+0.0
1+0.0
1+2.0
1+0.2

39.7
39.U
39.8
Ul.O
U0.2

1.90
2.01
2.19
2.12
1.99

1.90
2.00
2.19
2.08
2.05

1.8U
1.91
2.13
2.00
1.98

OHIO
Akron
••
Canton
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Columbus
•••
Dayton
••••••
Toledo............
Youngstown-Warren.
OKLAHOMA
,
Oklahoma City.
Tulsa

SOUTH DAKOTA.
Sioux Falls.




U.5
39.8
1*0.8
1*1.3
1*0.0
39.1

1+0.1*

State and A r e a Hours and

Earnings

Table C-8: Grass hairs ail taririfs if pralictiu wirkar* ii iniftttiriig, M Stati n l silictil irais-Caitiiiii

State and area

TEXAS
Dallas
Fort Worth..
Houston
San Antonio.

Average weekly earnings
Oct.
1961
§96. Hi
$9O.U5
$91. lU
83.UO
87.98
89.25
99.53
101.57
97-31*

Average weekly hours

1961
Ul.8
U2.3
Ul.3
1*2.3
39.2

Sept.
1961
39.8
U2.5
U0.9
37.U
39.3

Ul.3
Ul.7
Ul.8
Ul.U
U0.7

Average hourly earnings

$2.30
2.08
2.U1
2.69
1.71*

Sept.
1961
$2.29
2.10
2.38
2.70
1.76

$2.19
2.00
2.1*3

I960

113.75
68.21

100.98
69.17

105.57
70.U1

10U.52
102.09

100.72
98.21

96.U7
9U.8O

U0.2
U1.0

39.5
39.6

Uo.o

39.7

2.60
2.U9

2.55
2.U8

2.U3
2.37

VERMONT
Burlington..•
Springfield..

79.65
85.22
92.99

79.OU
82.12
92.UO

75.81
80.06
87.53

Ul.7
k2.k
Ul.7

la. 6
U0.6
U2.0

la. 2
Ul.7
U0.9

1.91
2.01
2.23

1.90
2.03
2.20

1.81*
1.92
2.3J*

VIRGINIA.
Norfolk-Portsmouth..
Richmond
Roanoke

77.79
87.87
85.1*9
76.08

77.U6
82.9k
8)4.87
75.U8

71.73
83.10
81.20
69.77

Ul.6
1*3.5
Ul.3
1*1.8

ia. 2
1*2.1
Ui.U
Ul.7

U0.3
U2.U
U0.6
1*0.1

1.87
2.02
2.07
1.82

1.88
1.97
2.05
1.81

1.78
1.96
2.00
1.71*

108.90
110.76
120.36
107.05

107.02
109.30
118.1*1*
10U.12

102.29
102.9k
109.98
100.73

39.6
39.7
U0.8
39.5

39.2
39.6
U0.7
38.0

38.6
38.7
39.0
38.3

2.75
2.79
2.95
2.71

2.73
2.76
2.91
2.7U

2.65
2.66
2.82
2.63

99.60

93.U5

Uo.o
Ul.7

39.2
U0.3
37.8

39.1
U0.7
37.7

2.U9
3.10
2.5U

2.U7
2.93
2.51

2.39
3.03
2.U2

U1.0
U6.5
39.5
Uo.5
U0.1
39.7

2.U2
2.79
2.26
2.78
2.69
2.55

2.38
2.8U
2.25
2.7U
2.71
2.5U

2.39
2.97
2.38
2.69
2.65
2.U7

37.0
38.8

2.50
3.03

3.02

2.57

2.U8
2.86

UTAH
Salt Lake City.

HASHINGTON.,

Seattle...,
Spokane...,
Tacoma... •,
WEST VIRGINIA.
Charleston...
Wheeling.

129.27
99.31

96.82
118.08
9h. 88

WISCONSIN..
Kenosha..«
La Crosse.
Madison...
Milwaukee.
Racine....

98.83
113.35
89.15
112.62
108.23
103.17

97.57
120.UU
88.91
113.U8
109.38
101.69

98.13
138.06
93.99
108.82
106.27
98.19

U0.8
U0.6
39.U
U0.5
U0.2

Uo.5

U1.0
U2.U
39.B
Ul.U
UO.U
U0.1

WYOMING.
Casper.

95.00
118.17

96.89
119.29

91.76
110.97

38.0
39.0

37.7
39.5

123.32
91.23

iNot
available.
2
Subaroa of New York-Northeastern New Jersey.
'Revised series; not strictly comparable with previously published data.
NOTE: Data for the current month are preliminary.
SOURCE: Cooperating State agencies listed on inside back cover.




39.1

2.55
1.73

43

Labor

Turnover

Table 0-1: Labor turnover rates in nanifactdriif
1952 to date
(Per 100 employees)
Year

I

1952
1953
195^
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
i960
1961

Jaru

5.1
5.1
3.2
3.8
3.8

3.7

2.9

I

Feb.

4.6
4.9
2.9

3.7
3.6
3.3

2.6

I

Mar.

4.6
5.2
3.3
4.2

3.6
3.3

2.8

I

Apr.

4.5
5.2
2.9
4.2
4.0

3.4
3.1

I

May

3.O

3.5

3.3

3.2

4.0

3.4
4.0

June

I

July

4.7
4.9
3.2

6.0
6.2
4.3

5.8
5.4
3.8

4.5

5.3

4.5

5.1
4.8

4.3
4.2

4.1
3.6
3.6

O Q

4.0
3.7

I

3.9
4.2

4.2
4.4

4.7
5.4
4.7

3*9
4.4

5.0

I

Aug.

7.6
5.6
4.3
5.8
4.9
4.1

4.9
5.2
4.9
5.3

I

Sept.

7.0
5.0

4.3
5.5
5.2
4.1
5.0

I

Oct.

6.3
4.0

4.4

5.0
5.1

3.5

4.0

I

Nov.

4.8
3.2
4.0
4.0
3.6
2.6

3.2
3.4

I

Dec.

3.9
2.5
2.9
2.9
2.7
2.0

|

Annual
average

5.4
4.8
3.6
4.5
4.2

3.6

3.6
4.2

2.9

4.7

3.5

2.7
3.6
2.3

4.0

5.5

5.0
2.9
2.2
3.5
3.2
2.1
2.2
2.6
2.1
2.6

4.0
2.0
2.1
2.9
2.3
1.3
1.7
1.9
1.5

3.1
1.3
1.5
2.0
1.8
.8
1.3
1.5
1.0

4.1
3.6
1.9
3.0
2.8
2.2
1.7
2.6
2.2

5.3
5.7

4.3
5.3

4.1
4.8
3.6
3.6
3.4

4.9

s ••*-

4.8

3 8
D*u

•j*

*-"

3.8

N e w hires

1952
1953
1954
1955
1956,
1957
1958,
1959i960,
1961,

3.6
3.9

1.6
2.0
2.5
2.3
1.2
2.0
2.2
1.5

3.4
3.8
1.5
2.1
2.4
2.0
1.1
2.1
2.2
1.4

3.3
4.1
1.7
2.6
2.2
2.0
1.1
2.4
2.0
1.6

3.4
4.2
1.5
2.6
2.5
2.1
1.3
2.5
2.0
1.8

3.5

4.7

3.9
1.7
3.0
2.8
2.3
1.5
2.7
2.3
2.1

5.1
2.3

4.4
4.4
2.1
3.3
2.9
2.8
2.1
3.0
2.4
2.5

3.8
3.6

3.2
2.2

3.8

3.0
2.9

5.0

4.3
2.3
4.1

3.8
2.4
3.9

3.4

3.4

2.7
2.4
3.5
2.9
3.1

2.5
2.6

3.5

2.8
3.0

Total separations

1952
1953
1955
1956

4.1

4.1
4.0
2.8
4.1

4.6

3.8
5.4
3.7
3.6
4.7

3.4

4.1

4.1

3.1

3.5
3.9

4.1

3.3
3.9
3.7
4.5

3.3
4.0
3.9

4.7
4.9
4.4
3.6
3.9
3.8

4.4

3.6
4.2
3.4

4.5
5.1
3.8
3.7
4.3
3.9
3.9

3.5
3.9
3.5

4.8
5.2
3.8
4.0
4.2

6.0
5.1

5.4
5.6

3.7

4.1

4.1

3.8
3.7
3.7

3.7
3.5

3.6
4.0
3.6

4.7
4.6
4.7
4.1

6.1

6.5
4.9
5.5
5.5
5.5
4.5

4.2

4.4
4.4
5.0
4.1

4.0
4.4

4.6
4.8

OOOO

4.4

LfN LfN

1957
1958
1959 * . . . .
i960
I96I

4.5
4.3
4.9
3.3

4.1

4.1

5.5
4.7

5.1

4.1

3.8
2.2

4.6
3.5

5.1
4.1
3.9
4.2
4.2
4.1

3.9
4.8

4.1

4.3

2.7
1.9
1.3
1.8
1.6
1.1
1.0
1.2
.9

2.0
1.3
1.0
1.3
.8
.8
1.0
.7

2 .8
2 .8
1 .4
1 .9
1 .9
1 .6
1 .1
1 .5
1 .3

0.9
2.9
2.0
1.5
1.9
3.4
2.2
2.9
3.1

1.3
3.2
2.2
1.8
1.8
3.4
2.4
2.4
3.6

1.4
1.6
2.3
1.5
1.7
2.1
2.6
2.0
2.4

3.7
3.8
4.0
4.9

3.6

4.7
4.5

Quits
1Q52
1Q53

195fc
1955
I956
1958
1050
logo
I96I

1.0
1.2

2.4
3.0
1.2
1.5
1.7
1.5
.8
1.2
1.2

.8

•9

1.4
.9
2.4
1.2
2.0
1.5
2.9
1.5
1.7
2.6

1.2
•9
2.5
1.4
1.7
1.5
3.3
1.6
2.2
2.3

2.2
2.5
1.3
1.2
1.6
1.5
.9
1.1
1.2
.9

2.3
2.5
1.2
1.2
1.6
1.4
.8

1.6
1.0
3.2
1.7
1.9
1.7
4.0
2.1
1.8
3.2

2.7
3.3
1.4
1.8
1.8
1.6
.8
1.4
1.4
1.0

2.5
3.1
1.2
1.7
1.8
1.6
.9
1.5
1.3
1.1

2.7
3.2
1.3
1.8

1.3
1.2
2.2
1.3
1.9
1.8
2.6
1.4
1.9
1.8

1.4
1.1
2.1
1.5
1.6
1.4
2.0
1.4
2.0
1.7

2.0

1.6
1.0

1.5
1.4
1.2

3.5

3.6

2.7
3.1
1.4
2.0
1.9
1.7
1.1
1.6
1.4
1.2

1.7
2.7
2.7
2.3
1.5
2.1
1.8
1.7

3.2
2.7
1.9
2.6
2.3
2.3

2.6
1.5
2.2
2.1
1.6
1.3
1.7
1.3
1.4

2.7
1.3
1.9
1.6
1.5
1.6
2.3
1.8
2.4
2.3

1.2
1.5
2.0
1.5
1.4
1.9
2.1
1.8
2.4
1.7

0.9
1.9
2.1
1.4
1.8
2.3
2.1
2.0
2.4
2.0

0.9
2.4
2.1
1.6
1.7
3.0
2.3
3.2
2.8
2.0

3.5

3.5

1.2

Layoffs

1952.
1953.
1955..
1956..
1959i960.,
1961..

1.5
1.0
2.7
1.4
1.6
1.7
3.2
1.6
2.2
1.9

^Beginning with January 1959, transfers between establishments of the same firm are included in total accessions and total separations, therefore rates for these items are not strictly comparable with prior data. Transfers comprise part of other accessions
and other separations, the rates for which are not shown separately.
NOTE: Data include Alaska and Hawaii beginning 1959* This inclusion has not significantly affected the labor turnover series.
Data for the current month are preliminary.




Labor Turnover
Table B-2: Lalir t i r i m r ratts, by Misty

(Per 100 Employees)
Separation rates
Quits

Accession rates
Total

Total

Industry

Oct.
1961

MANUFACTURING ....
Seasonally adjusted

DURABLE GOODS. . .
NONDURABLE GOODS

Layoffs

Sept. Oct.
1961

Sept.
&

Oct.
1961

Sept«
1961

Oct.
1961

Sept,
-

Oct.
1961

Sept.

5.1
4.1

1.4
1.3

2.3
1.3

2.0
1.7

2.0
2.2

1.1
1.6

1.9
2.7

1.7
2.4

1.6

4.0
4.1

4.7
3.7

2.6
2.4

3.0
2.2

4.1
3.6

3.8
4.3

4.3
5.2

2.4
2.9

2.6
3.6

3.6
4.7

4.0
5.0
2.7
3.2

3.6
3.7
2.5
4.6

3.1
4.2
1.6
2.4

2.7
2.8
1.3
3.8

1.8
1.6
2.4
1.7

3.0
3.1
2.7
3.1

0.8
.9
.9
.6

1.8
2.1
1.3
1.6

0.5
.4
.9
.8

0.5
.3
.7
.8

3.9
3.2
3.0
3.7
3.5
3.2
4.3
4.5
4.7

5.0
3.9
3.9
4.2
3.8
4.4
5.8
4.7
5.4

3.0
2.4
2.3
3.1
3.0
2.8
2.5
2.7
3.6

3.9
3.2
3.2
3.6
3.4
4.0
3.3
3.6
4.3

5.2
3.9
4.0
4.7
5.1
3.8
6.7
7.8
5.6

6.7
5.8
5.8
5.9
5.9
4.9
7.2
7.9
5.7

1.8
1.5
1.4
1.8
1.9
1.7
1.7
1.8
2.0

3.6
3.2
3.3
3.4
3.5
3.2
3.2
3.4
2.9

2.6
1.8
1.9
2.1
2.3
1.4
4.2
5.2
2.4

2.1
1.9
1.9
1.8
1.5
.9
3.0
3.5
1.9

5.0
4.8
4.5
5.2
3.1
4.0

5.1
5.3
5.4
5.0
4.9
2.1

3.8
4.0
3.9
4.6
2.6
2.2

4.1
4,5
4.6
4.2
4.1
1.3

4.6
4.3
4.0
3.5
5.2
2.7

4.9
4.3
4.3
3.8
4.4
2.1

1.9
2.0
2.2
2.0
1.4
1.1

2.5
2.7
2.9
2.4
2.2
1.1

1.8
1.4
1.1
.6
2.5
.8

1.7
.9
.7
.7

3.2
2.2
3.0
2.6

1.8
.9
.8
.6
1.2
.4
1.9
1.6
1.7
1.3

2.1
1.3
1.2
1.2
1.3
.8
1.8
1.9
2.1
1.2

4.0
1.7
5.0
6.9
2.4
2.7
3.7
4.1
2.8
.9

4.4

1.1
.2
.8
1.0
.6
.3
1.2
1.3
1.0

1.8
.3
1.7
2.4
.7
1.4
2.0
2.3
1.4
1.0

2.2
1.1
3.2
5.1
.7
1.8
1.7
2.1
1.4
.1

1.8
.9
2.4
3.2
1.2

1.2
.7
.6
1.7
1.8
1.5
1.5
1.0
1.7
1.3
.7
3.1
2.3
2.1
2.6
2.3
1.8

1.3

3.1
3.5
3.5
2.j5
2.4
2.3
3.1
2.0
2.2
1.6
1.8
3.3
4.0
4.6
3.3
3.6
3.4

3.0
2.7
2.6
3.7
4.1
3.0
3.2
3.3
2.8
1.8
3.0

1.0
.7
.6
1.2
1.3
1.3
.9
1.4
1.4
.8
1.2
2.1
1.7
2.1
1.4
1.5
1.3

1.8
2.3
2.4
1.0
.8
.9
1.5
1.0
.7
.5
•8
.9
2.3
2.8
1.8
2.0
2.0

1.2
1.2
1.1
1.8
2.1
1.0
1.6
1.0
.7
.4
1.1
.8
1.9
2.9
1.1
.8
.8

Durable Goods

ORDNANCE AND ACCESSORIES

Ammunition, except for small arms .
Sighting and fire control equipment.
Other ordnance and accessories . . .
LUMBER AND WOOD PRODUCTS, EXCEPT FURNITURE •

Sawmills and planing mills
Sawmills and planing mills, general
Millwork, plywood, and related products
Millwork
Veneer and plywood
Wooden containers
Wooden boxes, shook, and crates
Miscellaneous wood products

..

FURNITURE AND FIXTURES

Household furniture
,
Wood house furniture, unupholstered .
Wood house furniture, upholstered. . .
Mattresses and bedsprings
Office furniture
STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS

Flat glass
Glass and glassware, pressed or blown .
Glass containers
Pressed and blown glassware, n.e.c . .
Cement, hydraulic
Structural clay products
Brick and structural clay tile
Pottery and related products
Abrasive products

3.7

1.9
2.8
2.5
3.5
1.9

PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES

Blast furnace and basic steel products
Blast furnaces, steel and rolling mills
Iron and steel foundries
Gray iron foundries
Malleable iron foundries
Steel foundries
Nonferrous smelting and refining
Nonferrous rolling, drawing, and extruding
Copper rolling, drawing, and extruding
Aluminum rolling, drawing, and extruding
Nonferrous wire drawing, and insulating
Nonferrous foundries
Aluminum castings
Other nonferrous castings
Miscellaneous primary metal industries
Iron and steel forgings

^

2,8
2.5
2.4
3.1
2.9
3.6
2.2
2.7
1.8
2.6
3.9
4.4
4.5
4.3
3.6
3.1

See footnotes at end of table. NOTE: Data for the current month are preliminary.




3.1
2.9
2.8
3.4
2.9
3.0
4.7
2.3
2.9
2.1
2.5
3.7
5.1
5.8
4.4
3.1
3.0

1.9
1.9
1.6
2.1
1.3
1.9
1.3
1.5
2.6
3.1
3.8
2.4
1.9
1*6

1.7
5.3
6.8
3.1
3.5
4.5
4.6
3.2
1.9

3.6
4.3
5.7

3.0
2.7
2.5

.6
.5
.3
.3

.8
.9
.9
.7
.5
.8
.4
.4
1.4
1.0
1.1
1.0
1.0
.9

1.1

.4

1.6
l.l

Labor Turnover
Table D-2: Labor turnover rates, by industry-Continued
(Per 100 employees)
Industry

Accession rates
Total
New hires

Separation rates

Oct.
1961

Sept,
1961

Oct.

Sept,
.1261

k.k
k.2
2.7
5.2
2.6
1.9
3.0
3.8
3.9
3.2
3.8
3.8
3.1
k.l
k.k
3.0
2.8

5.0
k.2
k.3
2.5
5.5
3.5
2.6
k.l
^.5
k.Q
3.3
5.0
k.3
3.5
7.5
6.7
3.5
k.Q

2.8
1.0
2.9
2.1
3 .k
2.0
l.k
2.3
2.7
2.9
1.9
2.8
2.7
2.1
3.k
3.7
2.1
2.2

3.0
1.5
2.8
2.0
3.3
2.3
1.9
2.6
3.3
3 .k
2.1
k.k
2.8
2.3
3.1
3.k
2.1
2.7

3.1
2.7
2.6
2.8
k.Q
2.1
1.8
2.8
1.9
3.8
2.k
2.8
2.1
2.5
3.2
2.8
2.3
2.3
1.9
2.5
2 .k
2.0
3.8
k.k

3.k
3.6
2.3
k.k
5.0
2.8
2.7
2.8
2.7
3.6
2.k
2.6
1.8
2.6
2.9
2.6
2.3
2.k
2.0
1.9
3.6
3.6
k.l
k.l

1.8
.7
.5
.7
1.6
1.3
.8
2.k
1.5
2.0
1.8
1.7
1.3
1.8
2.3
2.2
1.7
1.7
1.1
1.9
1.8
l.k
1.7
1.6

1.8
.8
1.0
1.1
1.7
l.k
2.5
1.9
1.6
1.3
1.2
1.8
2.1
2.1
l.k
1.6
.8
1.3
1.8
1.5
2.1
1.9

k.2
2.3
2.9
2.2
1.9
2.8
2.6
3.2
3.8
k.Q
2.k
5.3
k.l
2.6
k.6
k.3
5.7
k.2
1.9
5.3
5.k
3.6
6.2
5.5
5.8

k.6
2.6
3.k
2.5
2.1
3.7
3.k
k.2
k.Q
5.k
3.2
7.5
k.5
3.9
5.0
k.5
9.1
3.3
2.0
k.O
6.1
3.3
7.3
k.9

3.0
1.3
1.7
.7
l.k
1.7
1.2
2.k
2.3
2.6
.6
k.3
3.1
1.7
3 .k
3.5
k.3
3.5
1.6
k.k
3.7
2.7
k.2
3.3
2.6

3.1
1.8
2.5
1.2
1.7
2.1
l.k
3.3
2.3
.k
1.6
6.0
3.2
2.9
3.3
3.5
7.2
2.3
1.7
2.6
k.2
2.1
5.1
3.1
2.2

Oct.
1961

Sept, Oct.
1961
1961

k.l
Q.k
3.3
1.9
k.2
3.1
2.k
3.6
k.3
k.9
3.1
5.6
2.k
1.9
^.9
3.9
2.7
3.3
2.9
1.7
1.9
1.6
6.5
2.3
2.3
1.7
2.6
2.5
l.l
1.7
2.2
2.5
3.0
3.3
2.1
2.k
1.6
2.1
2.1
1.6

5.0
11.6
3.8
2.9
k.k
3.8
3.3
k.l
5.8
6.8
k.3
5.6
3.6
2.6
k.3
3.7
3.1
3.8

3 .k
k.O

k.k

Sept,
1961

Durable Goods—Continued
FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS

Metal cans
Cutlery, hand tools, and general hardware
Cutlery and hand tools, including saws
Hardware, n.e.c
Heating equipment and plumbing fixtures
Sanitary ware and plumbers' brass goods
Heating equipment, except electric
Fabricated structural metal products
Fabricated structural steel
Fabricated plate work (boiler shops)
Architectural and miscellaneous metal work
Screw machine products, bolts, etc
Bolts, nuts, screws, rivets, and washers
Metal stampings
Miscellaneous fabricated wire products
Miscellaneous fabricated metal products
Valves, pipe, and pipe fittings
MACHINERY

Engines and turbines
Steam engines and turbines
Internal combustion engines, n.e.c
Farm machinery and equipment
Construction and related machinery
Construction and mining machinery
Oil field machinery, and equipment
Conveyors, hoists, and industrial cranes
Metalworking machinery and equipment
Machine tools, metal cutting types
Machine tool accessories
Miscellaneous metalworking machinery
Special industry machinery
Food products machinery.
Textile machinery
General industrial machinery
Pumps; air and gas compressors
Ball and roller bearings
Mechanical power transmission goods
Office, computing, and accounting machines
Computing machines and cash registers
Service industry machines
Refrigeration, except home refrigerators
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES

Electric distribution equipment
Electric measuring instruments
Power and distribution transformers
Switchgear and switchboard apparatus
Electrical industrial apparatus
Motors and generators
Industrial controls.
Household appliances
Household refrigerators and freezers
Household laundry equipment
Electric housewares and fans
Electric lighting and wiring equipment
Electric lamps
Lighting fixtures
Wiring devices
Radio and TV receiving sets
Communication equipment
..
Telephone and telegraph apparatus
Radio and TV communication equipment
Electronic components and accessories
Electron tubes
Electronic components, n.e.c
Miscellaneous electrical equipment and supplies
Electrical equipment for engines

See footnotes at end of table. NOTE: Data for the current month are preliminary.




.5

3.8
2.3
2.9
1.9
5.k
3.7
3.8
2.k
6.1
k.k
2.3
1.9
2.8
3.1
3.3
2.6
3.0
3.1
2.k
2.k
3.0
2.5

.7
1.1

li
1.0
1.2
1.2
.9
1.3
1.5
.8
.7
.8
.5
.k
.5
.7
.7
.6
1.0
!8
.5
.7
.6
•9

1.0
1.0
.8
.8
.5
.8
.8
.7
.9

5.0

3.3
2.0
2.3
2.2
1.8
2.7
2.9
3.0
3.9
k.2
2.9
5.1
3.7
l.k
5.6
3.2
k.Q
2.9
l.k
3.6
3.9
2.6

1.3
.8
1.2
.9
l.k
1.0

3.1
k.O
2.9
2.5
3.8
k.l
3.k
k.k
5.7
3.0
3.9
3.8
2.2
l+.l
k.k
5.0
3.3
2.2
3.8
5.1
3.0
fc.5 6.k
2.9
3.5
2.6
2.3

1.U
.7
.9
.k
.8
.9
.7
1.5
1.0
.8
.5
2.0

l.k
.8
1.6
1.5
2.8
1.3
.8
1.6
1.8
1.1
2.1
l.k
1.5

2.1
3.2
1.8
l.k
2.0
1.8
1.5
2.1
2.3
2.2
1.6
2.5
2.1
1.5
1.7
1.9
1.3
1.2

l.k
.8
.7
.9
1.2
1.2
1.0
1.5
1.2
1.3
1.1
.9
1.3
l.k
1.6
l.k
l.k
1.6
.9
1.3
l.k
1.2
1.7
1.6
2.1
1.8
2.7
1.2
l.k
1.6
1.3
1.9
l.k
.7
1.3
2.3
2.0
1.1
1.9
2.5
3.3
2.0
l.k
2.2
2.8
1.6
3.k
2.0
l.k

2.1
6.9
l.k
.5
1.9
1.5
1.1
1.7
2.2
2.7
1.5

2.2
7.2
1.3
.9
1.5
1.2
1.1
1.3
2.7
3.8
2.1
2.7
.8

.k
2.8
1.6
1.2
1.8

.6
1.9
1.0
l.l

l.k
.5
.2

.k

1.6
.7
.5
.8
3.5
1.8
1.7
.k
k.5
2.5
.7
.5

1.1
1.1
1.3
1.8

l.l
1.0
l.l
.6

.7
5.3
1.0
1.3
.1
1.7
1.3
.2

.7
1.0
.7
.5
.5
.1
1.8
2.5
1.0
.5
.6
.8
.3
1.0
1.3

.6
1.9
1.8
1.9
2.3
l.k
.1
3.1

.6
.9
.7
.3
.9
1.1
.8
1.2
.9
.5

1.7

1.0

.9
1.0

.6
.7
.2
1.6
2.0
1.0

.6
.6
.8
.k
1.2
1.7
.5
2.0

3.8
.9
.9
1.0
.k
l.k
.9
.5
.5
.1

.7
l.k
.8
1.8
.9
.k

Turnover
Table 1-2: Labir tiriiiir rates,
(Per 10.0 employees)

Industry

Total

Oct.
1961

Sept. Oct.
1961 1961

4.5
2
2
2
2
2
3.0
2.9
2.2
4.4
10.4
10.5
9.6
4.7

4.9
4.8
4.5
3.7
4.6
4.9
3.0
2.7
2.4
4.9
12.6
12.3
8.4
6.7

Engineering and scientific instruments
Mechanical measuring and control devices
Mechanical measuring devices
Automatic temperature controls
Optical and ophthalmic goods
Surgical, medical, and dental equipment
Photographic equipment and supplies
Watches and clocks

3.0
1.7
3.3
3.3
3.2
4.2
2.8
(2)
3.2

3.2
2.1
4.3
3.9
5.1
4.6
3.0
1.7
4.9

MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES
Jewelry, silverware, and plated ware
Toys, amusement, and sporting goods
Toys, games,dolls, and play vehicles
Sporting and athletic goods, n.e.c
Pens, pencils, office and art materials
Costume jewelry, buttons, and notions
Other manufacturing industries

6.0
4.2
7.2
7.1
7.5
5.5
8.7
4

Separation rates
Quits

Total

Oct.
1961

Sept,
1961

Oct.
1961

3.6

4.4
3.9
2.6
7.8
3.4

0.9
2)

Durable Goods "Continued

TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT
Motor vehicles and equipment
Motor vehicles
Passenger car bodies
Truck and bus bodies
Motor vehicle parts and a c c e s s o r i e s
Aircraft and parts
Aircraft
Aircraft engines and engine parts
Other aircraft parts and equipment
Ship and boat building and repairing
Ship building and repairing
Railroad equipment
Other transportation equipment

INSTRUMENTS AND RELATED PRODUCTS

Nondurable

Meat products
Meat packing
Poultry dressing and packing
Grain mill products
Flour and other grain mill products . . .
Prepared feeds for animals and fowls .
Bakery products
Bread, cake, and perishable products .
Biscuit, crackers, and pretzels
Confectionery and related products . . . .
Candy and other confectionery products
Beverages
Malt liquors

Cigarettes
Cigars

2

I2

I!
S.9

1.4
1.0
.7
.9
1.7
1.0
1.6
1.4
1.7
2.1
2.4
2.4
.7
3.8

5.1

2
2.3
2.0
2.0
3.6
8.9
9.7
8.8
4.7

3.2
3.0
3.0
4.5
10.5
11.5
9.1
6.5

2.4
1.5
2.5
2.6
2.2
3.4
2.3
(2)
2.1

2.4
1.2
3.3
3.3
3.3
3.3
2.2
1.5
4.1

2.4
1.7
2.6
2.3
3.1
2.6
2.6
(2)
2.8

3.8
3.8
4.0
4.0
4.1
3.6
4.1
3.4
3.1

1.1
.7
1.0
1.0
.9
1.3
1.2
(2)
1.1

2.2
1.4
2.2
2.3
2.1
2.4
2,4
2.8
1.9

6.9
5.1
10.3
12.1
6.3
4.2
8.9
4.8

4.6
3.6
5.6
5.9
4.9
4.7
7.1
3.3

5.3
4.1
8.3
10.2
4.2
3.5
7.5
3.1

5.3
4.0
6.7
7.3
5.4
4.3
7.3
3.9

5.8
4.3
7.7
8.6
5.8
4.2
9.0
3.9

2.2
2.1
2.6
2.7
2.5
1.6
3.9
1.3

3.4
2.8
4.4

li

6.4
6.0
6.0
7.5
3.2
2.9
3.0
2.8
2.8
2.7
6.5
7.2
3.6
2.5

8.4
6.1
5.5
10,1
3.3
4.2
2.7
3.3
3.1
4.6
8.9
10.1
6.5
2.9

4.1
2.8
1.7
6.6
2.3
1.8
2.7
2.4
2.5
2.1
4.8
5.3
2.2
.6

5.6
3.3
1.8
8.4
2.1
2.2
2.3
2.8
2.7
3.6
6.7
7.7
3.7
1.3

7.6
5.0
4.3
8.3
4.4
3.6
5.8
3.4
3.1
5.4
5.7
6.3
5.0
5.1

9.7
6.6
6.0
9.3
4.4
4.7
4.1
4.2
4.2
4.5
6.0
6.3
7.7
7.3

3.6

15.3
l.l

2.2
.8
2.4

9.7
.7
3.1

ll.l
1.1
3.1

7.2
2.4
3.1

1.1

3.3

See footnotes at end of table. NOTE: Data for the current month are preliminary.




I

2.2
1.5
.8
.4
1.7
2.0
2.0
1.7
1.6
3.2
5.4
5.2

2)
1.9
1.7
1.6
2.8
3.7
3.2
1.0
4.2

.7

.7
.9
1.3
1.7
1.6
.6
2.3

2.0
2)
2
2
2
2
.3
1.6
6.3
7.2
7.4
1.5

.6
.6
.6
.8
.2

2.2
2.1
2.0
1.3
5.7
1.8
l.l
1.1
.6
1.7
7.2
8.3
7.3
1.8

.7
1.3
.8
1.1

'.Q
(2)
1.2

.4
.6
.9
•2
.4

2.6
5.9
2.0

2.2
.9
3.0
3.5
1.9
1.9
2.4
1.9

1.4
.6
1.8
1.7
2.0
.9
2.1
1.3

2.0
1.7
.8
4.7
1.1
.9
1.6
1.7
1.7
1.7
3.2
3.5
1.4
.4

3.6
2.3
1.2
5.5
2.3
2.2
1.8
2.3
2.3
2.1
4.4
4.9
3.0
1.7

2.6
2.9
2.4
2.6
2.1
3.5
1.0
.7
2.7
1.8
2.0
2.9
4.2

4.9

5.3
3.6
4.2
2.5
1.4
2.0
1.4
1.1
1.1
1.5
.8
.6
4.0
5.1

2.2
1.9
2.3

9.6

4.6

.5
1.7

.1

.1
.3

Goods

FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS

TOBACCO MANUFACTURES

1.9
2
2

4.6

•9

Labor Turnover
Table D-2: Labor turnover rates, by indostry-Coitinued
(Per 10.0 employees)
Accession rates
Total
New hires

Industry

Oct.
1961

Ser>t,
19&L

Oct.
1961

3.8
3.1
3.3
5.6
3.6
4.2
3.0
3.2
3.8
3.4
(2)
4.3
3.7

4.1
3.4
3.6
4.2
4.1
4.4
2.7
3.4
3.5
2.7
5.8
5.1
4.6

2.7
2.2
2.4
3.0
3.1
2.5
2.4
3.1
2.5
(2)
3.1
2.3

2.9
2.4
2.7
2.3
3.1
3.1
2.1
2.7
2.6
1.9
4.0
3.9
2.9

5.4
3.6
4.8
4.9
5.4
3.8
4,8
4.9
4.6

5.2
3.0
4.5
4.4
3.8
3.9
5.5
5.4
5.7

3.2
1.7
3.1
3.1
2.4
2.7
3.6
3.7
3.4

2.8
1.9
1.9
3.5
5.5
3.7
4.5
3.3

3.0
1.7
1.9
4.1
6.3
4.4
5.1
4.2

.

3.1

Industrial chemicals
Plastics and synthetics, except glass
Plastics and synthetics, except fibers. . . .
Synthetic fibers
<. . . .
Drugs
Pharmaceutical preparations
Soap, cleaners, and toilet goods
Soap and detergents
Toilet preparations
Paints, varnishes, and allied products . . . .
Other chemical products

Separation rates
Quits

Total

Oct.
1961

Layoffs

Oct.
Se-Dt.
1961 . I9S1

Nondurable Goods "Continued

TEXTILE MILL PRODUCTS

Cotton broad woven fabrics
Silk and synthetic broad woven fabrics . . . .
Weaving and finishing broad woolens
Narrow fabrics and smallwares
Knitting
.
Full-fashioned hosiery
Seamless hosiery
Knit underwear
Finishing textiles, except wool and knit . . .
Floor covering
Yarn and thread
Miscellaneous textile goods

APPAREL AND RELATED PRODUCTS

Men's and boys' suits and coats
Men's and boys' furnishings
Men's and boys' shirts and nightwear
Men's and bays' separate trousers
Work clothing
Women's and children's undergarments
Women's and children's underwear
Corsets and allied garments

....

PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS

Paper and pulp
Paperboard
Converted paper and paperboard products . . .
Bags, except textile bags
Paperboard containers and boxes
Folding and setup paperboard boxes
Corrugated and solid fiber boxes

PRINTING, PUBLISHING, AND ALLIED INDUSTRIES

CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS

PETROLEUM REPINING AND RELATED INDUSTRIES

Petroleum refining
Other petroleum and coal products

RUBBER AND MISCELLANEOUS PLASTIC PRODUCTS

Tires and inner tubes
Other rubber products
Miscellaneous plastic products
See footnotes at end of table.




3.0
7.3
3.4
4.3
2.7
2.6
3.5
2.4
(2)
4.2
3.7

4.5
3.4
4.0
6.6
3.8
4.9
3.3
3.8
3.5
3.8
4.4
5.7
5.3

1.8
1.8
1.6
1.9
1.6
2.0
1.7
1.7
1.8
1.3
(2)
2.4
1.5

2.6
2.4
2.5
2.7
2.5
3.0
2.6
2.5
2.7
2.1
2.2
3.1
2.3

3.4
1.9
3.3
3.1
2.9
2.8
4.2
4.2
4.1

5.2
5.0
4.5
4.1
6.2
3.4
3.9
4.0
3.7

6.5
3.8
5.4
5.1
6.0
4.9
5.3
5.3
5.2

2.2
1.5
2.6
2.8
2.4
2.4
2.4
2.5
2.3

2.8
2.0
3.4
3.4
3.3
3.2
3.1
3.2
3.0

2.1
1.3
1.5
2.5
3.9
3.1
3.8
2.8

2.3
1.2
1.5
2.8
3.8
3.6
4.2
3.7

2.8
2.0
1.7
3.3
4.9
3.7
3.9
3.4

4.3
3.7
3.0
5.3
6.2
4.7
4.6
4.3

1.1
.6
.7
1.3
1.9
1.7
1.9
1.5

2.3
2.2
1.9
2.5
3.0
2.5
2.4
2.5

3.8

2.5

3.0

2.9

4.1

1.5

2.5

2.1
1.1
2.3
1.5
3.1
2.0
1.9
3.7
2.6
5.3
1.4
2.9

2.2
1.3
2.0
1.7
2.3
1.9
2.1
3.5
2.2
5.3
1.6
2.9

1.5
.8
1.2
1.1
1.2
1.7
1.6
3.3
2.3
4.7
1.2
2.2

1.5
.9
1.3
1.4
1.2
1.6
1.7
3.0
1.9
4.5
1.4
2.0

2.0
1.2
1.5
1.7
1.3
1.7
1.9
3.7
2.4
5.3
2.2
1.9

3.1
2.4
2.8
2.6
3.2
3.3
3.8
4.2
3.6
5.3
3.4
4.0

.7
.4
1.5
.5
.5
.9
1.0
1.4
.5
2.3
1.0

1.7
1.5
1.3
1.5
1.1
2.0
2.3
2.6
2.1
3.5
2.1
1.8

1.2
.9
2.7

1.3
.9
3.5

.6
1.8

1.0
.7
2.5

1.5
1.0
4.1

2.8
2.2
5.7

.4
.3

1.0

1.1
.9
2.1

.2
2.4

3.6
1.5
3.9
5.0

4.5
1.7
4,2
7*3

2.3
.6
2.2
3.7

3.0
.5
2.7
5.6

3.6
1.9
3.4
5.5

4.1
1.7
3.7
6.8

1.2
.2
1.2
2.0

2.0
.4
1.8
3.5

1.7
1.1
1.4
2.5

3.9

U

1.2
.3

}

1.4
1.7
.5
.5

1.2

.4

(2)
1.2
1.6

1.2
.4
.9
3.2
.8
1.3
.3
.8
.5
1.2
1.4
1.7
2.2

2.4
3.2
1.2
.7
3.2
.5
.9
.9
.9

2.9
1.2
1.3
1.1
2.2
1.2
1.5
1.5
1.5

1.3
1.7
1.1
1.3
.9

1.2
.9
.4
1.9
2.1
1.2
1.4

.7
.3
.3
.3
.4
.4
.6
1.4
1.2
1.5

.8
.4
1.0
.5
1.7
.7
.9
.7
.8
.7

.7
.9

!6
1.0
.6
2.8

1.3
.9

1.0
1.9

Labor Turnover
Tabli B-2: Libir tirimr ritis, by Mutnf-CNtiinl

(Per 100 employees)
Industry

Accession rates
Total
New hires
Oct.
Sept.
Oct. Sept.
1961 1961 1961 .1963,

Separation rates
Quits
Oct.
1961

Total
Oct.
1961

Layoffs
uct.
sept,.
1961 1961

Nondurable Goods—Continued

5.0
3.9
U.7

U.8
3.7
U.2

3.1
2.3
2.6

3.2
2.2

METAL MINING .
Iron ores . . .
Copper ores .

2.1
1.6
(2)

2.5
1.6
2.2

1.1*
.1
(2)

1.3
.2
1.1

COAL MINING . .

2.U
2.U

3.0
3.1

1.0
.9

.9

LEATHER AND LEATHER PRODUCTS .

Leather tanning and finishing. . .
Footwear, except rubber

2.5

5.o
U.1*
5.2

U.6

2.7

U.I
U.3

6.1

2.3
1.2
2.3

3.2
2.0
3.1

1.9
2.3
2.2

2.1
1.9
2.1

.9
.1
(2)

2.0
.6
2.0

1.1
2.6
(2)

1.2
2.9

3.0
2.6
2.U

1.8
1.7

.5
.5

.5
.6

1.6

(2)
(2)

2.k
2.3

(2)
(2)

1.6

6.0

NONMANUFACTURING

Bituminous. ,
COMMUNICATIONS!

Telephone communication . .
Telegraph communication ?.
1 Layoff rates for August 1961 have been revised from 2.1 to 1.9.
2N6t available.
JData relate to domestic enployees except messengers.
NOTE: Data for the current month are preliminary.




1.2
1.7

1.5

h

State and Area Labor Turnover
Table D-4: Labor tinover rates i i •anfactiriig for selected Statos and areas

(Per 100 employees)
Accession rates
State and area

l

ALABAMA
..
Bi rmingham.
Mobile x ..

Sept.

Separation rates
Lay*
Sept.
1961

Sept.
1961

Aug.
1961

Sept.
1961

2.3
1.3
3.1

k.d
(2)
l4.0

4.2
2.8
10.5

1.4

1.3
•5
1-5

2.5
(2)
11.9

1961

Aug.
1961

Sept.
1961

Aug.
1961

4.4
(2)
11.6

4.8
4.5
l4.0

2.k
(2)
2.6

Aug.
1961

ARIZONA..
Phoenix.

5.5
6.8

4.8
5.2

k.0
5.0

3.5
3.7

4.5
k.6

5.4
5.8

2.4
2.4

2.0
2.0

1-3
1.4

2.9
3-2

ARKANSAS
Fort Smith
Little Rock-North Little Rock.
Pine Bluff

6.1
8.1
5.6
4.1

6.7
Q.k
7.0
4.4

k.3

k.l
5.2
5.9
2.9

5.8
6.1
3.8
k.2

6.1
5.9
5.8
4.5

3.1

1-9

2.5
2.9

3.1
3.3
3.6
2.7

.7
.5

2.0
1-7
1.3
1.2

li
3.2

4.4

3.7
4.5

5.5
5.7
2.6
4.6
3.1
5.2
k.k
5.5

3.9
k.i
1.9
3.5
2.7
3.8
3.2
3-4

3.9
k.2
2.1
3.6
2.3
3.3
2.9
2.5

5-5
5.3
k.l
k.k
k.9
6.2
k.Q
7.3

4.8
4.8
2.5
3.8
3.0
5.2
4.9
4.9

2.7
2.8
2.1
2.4
2.0
2.2
3.1
3.4

2.2
2.3
1.2
2.1
1.5
1.8
1.9
2.0

1.8
1.6
1.4
1.2
2.0
3.0
1.2
3-1

1.8
1.6
.7
1.0
•9
2.7
2.5
2.3

CONNECTICUT..
Bridgeport..
Hartford.•.•
New Britain.
New Haven...
Waterbury...

3.3
2.8
2.4
4.0
3.6
3.4

3.2
2.6
2.0
k.6
3.4
3.3

2.5
1.9
1-9
3.3
2.6
2.k

2.2
1.5
1.7
3.4
2.3
2.1

3.6
2.8
3.k
2.8
3.k
3.0

2.9
2.1
2.3
2.4
2.7
2.7

2.1
1.7
2.2
1.6
1-9
1-7

1.4
1.1
1.1
1.2
1.4
1.1

.9
.6
.5
.6
.5
.7

•9
.6
.7
.6
.7
1.1

DELAWARE x .
Wilmington

3.2
2.9

7.6
7.5

2.5
2.1

1-7
1.7

3.1
2.3

5.3
4.8

1.3
1.2

1.1

1.1
.5

3.6
3.5

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA:
Washington

3.4

3.k

3.0

3.1

k.0

3.1

2.7

2.1

5.5
6.2
4.9
k.6

5.0
k.l
5.3
3.7

3.9
k.k
3.1
3.0

3.7
2.5
k.2
2.8

5.2
4.8
3-1
5.1

5.0
5.3
7.1
4.5

2.7
2.7
1-5
2.2

2.4
2.7
2.7
1.7

1.6
1-5
1.2
2.2

1-9
1.2
3.7
2.0

GEORGIA..
Atlanta

k.6
5.7

5

7.6

'J

2.9
2.9

3.3
3.1

4.9
5.9

4.9
4.8

2.2
2.3

2.1
1-9

2.0
2.9

2.2
2.3

IDAHO

4.1

4.5

3.2

k.0

9.0

5.8

4.8

3.6

3.5

1.6

2.1
1.8

3.7
3.3

3.2
3.1

1-7
1.4

1.2
1-3

1.3
1-3

1.4
1.1

CALIFORNIA x
Los Angeles-Long Beach 1
Sacramento 1
San Bernardino-Riverside-Ontario
San Diego 1
San Francisco-Oakland 1
San Jose 1
Stockton x

FLORIDA

Jacksonville
Miami
Tampa-St. Petersburg.

5.1
5.2
2.2
4.2

3.6

.4

INDIANA *
Indianapolis 5

3.8
2.7

5.2
5.9

2.2
l.k

IOWA
Des Moines.

4.7
3.2

k.9
k.9

2.8
2.k

3.0
k.k

5.2
6.0

5.4
6.2

2.6
2.3

1-9
2.6

2.1
3.1

3.1
3.1

KANSAS ° ..

3.6
3.1
2.8

k.2
k.0
2.3

2.6
2.8
1-5

2.k
3.9
1-5

4.0
3.9
2.6

3.4
2.4
2.1

2.0
2.3
1.5

1-7
1.9
1.2

1-5
1.1

1.1

.5

.5
.5

KENTUCKY.

4.2

k.0

1-5

1.6

3.3

3.6

1.4

1.0

1.2

2.0

LOUISIANA
New Orleans

•5.9

5.5

5.2
5.0

3.6
3.1

2.1
2.3

3.5
4.5

3.3
3.7

1.3
1.3

•9
1.0

1-3
2.1

1.7
2.2

MAINE
Portland.

4.5
3.1

k.k
3.k

3.1
2.7

3.0
2.7

5.8
3.3

5.5
2.1

3.0
1.7

3.1
1.4

2.1
1.0

1.7
.3

Topeka....
Wichita 6

See footnotes at end of table.
NOTE: Data for the current month are preliminary.




State and Area Labor Turnover

50

Table 0-4: Labor tinover ratis i i •aiifactiriii for selected State* aid areas-Coitinetf
(Per 100 employees)

MAINLAND
,
Baltimore »•••«....«.••......

4.5
3.8

Separation rates
Quits
Sept.
Aug.
1961
I96I
1.5
1.4

MASSACHUSETTS
,
Boston
Fall RLver
New Bedford
Springfi eld- Chi copee-Holyoke
Worcester

4.6
4.3
4.7
5.0
3.9
3.6

2.0
2.0
1.9
2.5
1.6
1.4

1.2
1.1
2.1
1.5
1.4
.7

1.1
1.1
.5
1.3

MINNESOTA.
MLnneapolis-St,

6.3
4.6

7.7
5.3

4.3

5.2

6.0

3.6
2.8

4.6
4.4

State and area

Sept.
1961

Sept.
1961

3.9
2.2

2.2
1.4

1.0
1.2

6.3
5.4

3.8
2.5

2.1
1.6

4.2

5.3

1.8

3.5
2.9

4.1
2.9

5.4
4.1

4.9
3.9

2.6
2.3

2.4
1.6

2.1
1.1

1.8
1.4

2.7
3.3

2.5
3.0

4.3
4.6

3.8
4.1

2.2
2.4

1.8
1.8

1.5
1.5

1.4
1.8

4.5

3.5

2.9

6.3

4.7

3.4

2.0

2.2

1.3

6.2

6.1

5.4

5.0

9.2

6.2

6.1

4.1

2.0

1.2

4.8

5.0

3.7

4.0

5.7

4.8

3.8

2.9

1.0

1.1

4.5
4.7

7.3
4.9

3.6
3.9

6.2
4.2

6.6
5.6

8.8
4.8

3.2
2.4

5*5
2.9

2.1
2.3

2.0

NEW YORK
Albany-Schenectady-Troy
Binghamton.
Buffalo
ELmira
Nassau and Suffolk Counties.
New York City
Rochester
•
Syracuse
Utica-Rome
«
Westchester County

5.5
2.8
3.1
5*9
2.8
4.8
6.7
3.0
4.7
3.3
5.0

3.0
1.3
1.6
1.5
1.2
3.0
3.6
2.1
1.8
1.9

3.1
1.4
1.1
1.5
1.6
3.1
4.0
2.1
1.7
2.1
3.3

5.1
3.9
4.3
3.6
6.3
4.2
5.0
3.5
4.2
3.7
5.9

4.0
2.6
3.8
3.2
4.8
3.6
4.8
2.5
2.3
3.8
4.0

2.0
1.3
2.4

1.7
.9

2.3
1.9
2.3
2.2
1.9
2.8

1.5
.8
1.7
.8
1.2
1.8
1.6
1.3
1.1
1.1
1.6

2.2

2.9
3.2
3-4
2.9
3.9
5.1
2.7
2.7
3.6
4

NORTH CAROLINA
Charlotte...•••«••••
Greensboro-High Point

4.8
3.0
3.9

5.8
4.0
4.6

4.4
3.3
3.8

4.2
4.1
4.0

3.9
4.1
4.6

2.6
3.0
2.9

2.4
2.8
3.1

1.0

2.7
3.3

.4
.4

:!
.7

NORTH DAKOTA
Fargo.

1.2
1.1

1.5
1.7

1.1
1.0

1.0
1.0

5.2
6.1

4.1
3.6

2.1
3.2

1.5
1.9

2.1
1.9

1.2
1.6

OKLAHOMA 8
Oklahoma City
Tulsa 8

5.0
6.7
5.3

5.3
5.8
5.1

3.6
4.8
4.6

3.8
4.0
3.4

5.0
5.2

5.7

4.7
4.5
4.4

2.7
2.7
2.9

2.5
2.5
2.4

1.5
1.7
1.6

1.6
1.5
1.2

OREGON 1
Portland x

5.1
4.3

5*9
4.7

4.3
3.4

4.9
3.4

7.7
6.5

6.1
4.4

3.9
3.0

3.0
1.7

3.0
2.9

2.3
2.2

RHODE ISLAND
Providence -Bsurtucket

6.4
6.3

6.6
6.3

4.7
4.7

4.5
4.2

6.7
6.5

5.2
5.0

3.7
3.6

2.7
2.4

2.2
2.0

1.7
1.8

SOUTH CAROLINA 9
Charleston

3.7
7.4

3.9
5.7

2.8

2.9

5.7

3.4

4.1
5.9

3.7
5.3

2.6
2.7

2.3
2.8

.9
2.3

.6
1.8

Raul.•••••••

MISSISSIPPI
Jackson.....................

4.5

MISSOURI

4.0

4.4

2.8

Kansas C i t y

MONTANA *

NEVADA

NEW HAMPSHIRE

NEW MEXICO
Albuquerque.

•

«..

«.

•

See footnotes at end of table.
NOTE: Data for the current month are preliminary.




.8

4.3
3.7

1.4
.2
1.7
4.1
1.0
3.0
.7

1.3
1.2
1.9

.2
2.0
3.0
1.1
2.3
.7
•7
2.2
1.6

State and Area Labor Turnover
Table D-4: Labor tinover rates i i manufacturing for selected States and areas-Continued
(Per 100 employees)
Sepa
State and area

Layoffs
Sept.
1961

Aug.
I96I

SOUTH DAKOTA.
Sioux Falls.

6.6
6.6

3.5
1.7

TENNESSEE
Chattanooga 7
Knoxville
Memphis
Nashville

3.8
2.8
1.8
h.5

TEXAS

3.0

10

Sept.
1961
7.0
7.1

2.8

3.7
3.0

3.5
2.9

1.6
2.1

2.5
1.7
1.1
3.8
2.6

3.8
3.8
2.8
k.2
3.7

1.6
1.1
1.^
1.3
2.0

1.5
1.2
.9
1.5
1.1

1.6
2.0
1.1
1.7
1.2

1.3
1.6
1.0

3.8

3-5

2.0

1.7

1.2

2.8
2.k
1.5

2.1
1.9
1.1

1-3
1.6

1.2
1.2

3.6
5.8
3.7

2.3
2.9
1.9

2.0
2.9
2.0

•9
1.7
.6

2.1
1.9

1.7

1.7

1.7
•5
1.2

1.1

3.0

2.3

2.3

2.6

1.9

14-.0

3.8
.9

2.5
1.1

k.k

3.0

2.1

3.9
2.6

VIRGINIA
Norfolk- Portsmouth.
Richmond

6.0
7.2
3.9

k.O
5.6
3.0

3.6
5.7
3.6

3.8

7.5
k.Q

k.2

3.1

3.0

5.8

k.l
1.7
3.5

1.8

1.8
1.2
1.0

3.7
2.1
2.6

3.9
1.1
2,k

^Excludes canning and preserviiig.
2Not available.
'Excludes agricultural chemicals and miscellaneous manufacturing.
^Excludes canning and preserving, and sugar.
^Excludes canning and preserving, and "newspapers.
^Excludes instruments and related products.
^Excludes printing and publishing.
^Excludes new-hire rate for transportation equipment.
^Excludes tobacco stemming and redrying.
i^Excludes canning and preserving, sugar, and tobacco.
NOTE: Data for the current month are preliminary.
SOURCE: Cooperating State agencies listed on inside back cover.




Sept.
1961

1961

3.8

WEST VIRGINIA.
Charleston..•
Wheeling

Sept.

I96I

VERMONT
Burlington..
Springfield.

WASHINGTON 1

Aug.
1961

2.0

3^5

2.2
k.2

3.2
2.6
1.3

1.2

.9
.8

.9
.5
.8

1.7
•9

1.0
.5
•5
.9

•3
1.1

Explanatory Notes
Additional information concerning the preparation of the
labor force,

employment,

hours and earnings, and labor

turnover series—concepts and scope, survey methods, and
limitations--is contained in technical notes for each of
these series, available from the Bureau of Labor Statistics free of charge.

Use order blank on page 9-E.

INTRODUCTION

hours during the survey week. In the figures based on establishment records, persons who worked in more than one establishment during the reporting period are counted each time
their names appear on payrolls.

The statistics in this periodical are compiled from
two major sources: (l) household interviews and (2) payroll
reports from employers.
Data based on household interviews are obtained from
a sample survey of the population. The survey is conducted
each month by the Bureau of the Census for the Bureau of Labor
Statistics and provides a comprehensive measure of the labor
force, i.e., the total number of persons Ik years of age and
over who are employed or unemployed. It also provides data on
their personal and economic characteristics such as age, sex,
color, marital status, occupations, hours of work, and duration
of unemployment. The information is collected by trained interviewers from a sample of about 35,000 households in 333 areas
throughout the country and is based on the activity or status
reported for the calendar week ending nearest the 15th of the
month.

Hours of Work
The household survey measures hours actually worked
whereas the payroll survey measures hours paid for by employers.
In the household survey data, all persons with a job but not at
work are excluded from the hours distributions and the computations of average hours. In the payroll survey, employees on
paid vacation, paid holiday, or paid sick leave are included
and assigned the number of hours for which they were paid
during the reporting period.

Data based on establishment payroll records are compiled each month from mail questionnaires by the Bureau of
Labor Statistics, in cooperation with State agencies. The payroll survey provides detailed industry information on nonagricultural wage and salary employment, average weekly hours,
average hourly and weekly earnings, and labor turnover for the
Nation, States, and metropolitan areas.

Comparability of the household interview data with other series

The figures are based on payroll reports from a
sample of 180,000 establishments employing about 25 million
nonfarra wage and salary workers. The data relate to all
workers, full- or part-time, who received pay during the payroll period ending nearest the 15th of the month.
Relation between the household and payroll series
The household and payroll data supplement one another,
each providing significant types of information that the other
cannot suitably supply. Ibpulation characteristics, for
example, are readily obtained only from the household survey
whereas detailed industrial classifications can be reliably derived only from establishment reports.
Data from these two sources differ from each other
because of differences in definition and coverage, sources of
information, methods of collection, and estimating procedures.
Sampling variability and response errors are additional reasons
for discrepancies. The factors which have a differential effect
on levels and trends of the two series are described below:
Employment

Unemployment insurance data. The unemployed total
from the household survey includes all persons who did not work
at all during the survey week and were looking for work or were
waiting to be called back to a job from which they had been
laid off, regardless of whether or not they were eligible for
unemployment insurance. Figures on unemployment insurance
claims, prepared by the Bureau of Employment Security of the
Department of Labor, exclude persons who have exhausted their
benefit rights, new workers who have not earned rights to unemployment insurance, and persons losing jobs not covered by unemployment insurance systems (agriculture, State and local
government, domestic service, self-employed, unpaid family work,
nonprofit organizations, and firms below a minimum size).
In addition, the qualifications for drawing unemployment compensation differ from the definition of unemployment
used in the household survey. For example, persons with a job
but not at work and persons working only a few hours during the
week are sometimes eligible for unemployment compensation, but
are classified as employed rather than unemployed in the household survey.
Agricultural employment estlmi
estimates of the Department of
Agriculture. The principal
jipal differences in coverage are the inclusion of persons under 1^ in the Agricultural Marketing
Service (AMS) series and the treatment of dual jobholders who
are counted more than once if they worked on more than one farm
during the reporting period. There are also wide differences in
sampling techniques and collecting and estimating methods, which
cannot be readily measured In terms of impact on differences in
level and trend of the two series.

Coverage. The household survey definition
of employment comprises wage and salary workers (including domestics and other private household workers), self-employed
persons, and unpaid workers who worked 15 hours or more during
the survey week in family-operated enterprises. Employment in
both farm and nonfarm industries is included. The payroll survey covers only wage and salary employees on the payrolls of
nonfarm establishments.
.tiple jobholding. The household approach
Multiple
provides information onL the
the work
i
status of the population without duplication since each person is classified as employed, unemployed, or not in the labor force. Employed persons holding
more than one job are counted only once, and are classified according to the job at which they worked the greatest number of




Unpaid absences from jobs. The household
survey includes among the employed all persons who had jobs but
were not at work during the survey week—that is, were not
working or looking for work but had jobs from which they were
temporarily absent because of illness, bad weather, vacation,
labor-management dispute, or because they were taking time off
for various other reasons, whether or not they were paid by
their employers for the time off. In the figures based on payroll reports, persons on paid sick leave, paid vacation, or
paid holiday are included, but not those on leave without pay
for the entire payroll period.

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Comparability of the payroll employment data with other series
Statistics on manufactures and business, Bureau of
the Census. BLS establishment statistics on employment differ
from employment counts derived by the Bureau of the Census from

its censuses or annual sample surveys of manufacturing establishments and the censuses of business establishments. The major reason for lack of comparability is different treatment of
business units considered parts of an establishment, such as
central administrative offices and auxiliary units, and in the
industrial classificatipn of establishments due to different
reporting patterns by multiunit companies. There are also differences in the scope of the industries covered, e.g., the
Census of Business excludes professional services, transportation companies, and financial establishments, while these are
included in BIS statistics.
County Business Patterns. Data in County Business
Bitterns, published jointly by the U.S. Departments of Commerce
and Health, Education, and Welfare, differ from BLS establishment statistics in the units considered integral parts of an
establishment and in industrial classification. In addition,
CBP data exclude employment in nonprofit institutions, interstate railroads, and government.
Bnployment covered by Unemployment Insurance programs.
Not all nonfarm wage and salary workers are covered by the Unemployment Insurance programs. All workers in certain activities,
such as nonprofit organizations and interstate railroads, are
excluded. In addition, small firms in covered industries are
also excluded in 32 States. In general, these are establishments with less than four employees.

LABOR FORCE DATA
COLLECTION AND COVERAGE
Statistics on the employment status of the population,
the personal, occupational, and other economic characteristics
of employed and unemployed persons, and related labor force data
are compiled for the BLS by the Bureau of the Census in its
Current Ibpulation Survey (CPS). (A detailed description of
this survey appears in Concepts and Methods Used in the Current
Bnployment and Unemployment Statistics Prepared by the Bureau of
the Census, U.S. Bureau of the Census, Current Ibpulation
Reports, Series P-23, No. 5. This report is available from BLS
on request.)
These monthly surveys of the population are conducted
with a scientifically selected sample designed to represent the
civilian noninstitutional population I**- years and over. Respondents are interviewed to obtain information about the employment status of each member of the household 14 years of age
and over. The inquiry relates to activity or status during the
calendar week, Sunday through Saturday, ending nearest the 15th
of the month. This is known as the survey week. Actual field
interviewing is conducted in the following week.
Inmates of institutions and persons under 14 years of
age are not covered in the regular monthly enumerations and are
excluded from the population and labor force statistics shown in
this report. Data on members of the Armed Forces, who are included as part of the categories "total noninstitutional population" and '*total labor force," are obtained from the Department of Defense.
The sample for CPS is spread over 333 areas comprising 6^1 counties and independent cities, with coverage in 50
States and the District of Columbia. At present, completed interviews are obtained each month from about 35,COO households.
There are about 1,500 additional sample households from which
information should be collected but is not because the occupants are not found at home after repeated calls, aate temporarily absent, or are unavailable for other reasons. This represents a nonlnterview rate for the survey of about k percent.
Part of the sample is changed each month. The rotation plan
provides for approximately three-fourths of the sample to be
common from one month to the next, and one-half to be common
with the same month a year ago.

Included in the total are employed citizens of foreign countries, temporarily in the United States, who are not
living on the premises of an Embassy (e.g., Mexican migratory
farm workers).
Excluded are persons whose only activity consisted of
work around the house (such as own home housework, and painting
or repairing own home) or volunteer work for religious, charitable, and similar organizations.
Unemployed Persons comprise all persons who did not
work at all during the survey week and were looking for work,
regardless of whether or not they were eligible for unemployment insurance. Also included as unemployed are those who did
not work at all and (a) were waiting to be called back to a job
from which they had been laid off; or (b) were waiting to report to a new wage or salary job within 30 days (and were not
in school during the survey week); or (c) would have been looking for work except that they were temporarily ill or believed
no work was available in their line of work or in the community.
Persons in this latter category will usually be residents of a
community in which there are only a few dominant industries
which were shut down during the survey week. Not included in
this category are persons who say they were not looking for work
because they were too old, too young, or handicapped in any
way.

The
;nt Rate represents the number unemployed
as a percent of the civilian labor force, i.e., the sum of the
employed and unemployed. This measure can also be computed for
groups within the labor force classified by sex, age, marital
status, color, etc. When applied to industry and occupation
groups, the labor force base for the unemployment rate also represents the sum of the employed and the unemployed, the latter
classified according to industry and occupation of their latest
full-time civilian job.
Duration of Unemployment represents the length of time
(through the current survey week) during which persons classified as unemployed had been continuously looking for work or
would have been looking for work except for temporary illness,
or belief that no work was available in their line of work or in
the community. For persons on layoff, duration of unemployment
represents the number of full weeks since the termination of
their most recent employment. Average duration is an arithmetic
mean computed from a distribution by single weeks of unemployment.
The Civilian Labor Force comprises the total of all
civilians classified as employed or unemployed in accordance
with the criteria described above. The "total labor force" also
includes members of the Armed Forces stationed either in the
United States or abroad.
Mot in Labor Force includes all civilians Ik years and
over who are not classified as employed or unemployed. These
persons are further classified as "engaged in own home housework, " "in school," "unable to work" because of long-term physical or mental illness, and "other." The "other" group includes
for the most part retired persons, those reported as too old to
work, the voluntarily idle, and seasonal workers for whom the
survey week fell in an "off" season and who were not reported as
unemployed. Persons doing only incidental unpaid family work
(less than 15 hours) are also classified as not in the labor
force.
Occupation, Industry, and Class of Worker apply to the
job held in the survey week. Persons with two or more jobs are
classified in the job at which they worked the greatest number
of hours during the survey week. The occupation and industry
groups used in data derived from the CPS household interviews
are defined as in the 1950 Census of Population. Information on
the detailed categories included in these groups is available
upon request.

CONCEPTS
Bnployed Persons comprise (a) « n those who during
the survey week did any work at all either as paid employees, or
in their own business or profession, or on their own farm, or
who worked 15 hours or more as unpaid workers on a farm or in a
business operated by a member of the family, and (b) all those
who were not working or looking for work but who had jobs or
businesses from which they were temporarily absent because of
illness, bad weather, vacation, or labor-management dispute, or
because they were taking time off for various other reasons,
whether or not they were paid by their employers for the time
off.




Each employed person is counted only once. Those who
held more than one job are counted in the job at which they
worked the greatest number of hours during the survey week.

The industrial classification system used in the Census
of Population and the Current Population Survey differs somewhat
from that used by the BLS in its reports on employment, by industry. Employment levels by industry from the household survey,
although useful for many analytical purposes, are not published
in order to avoid public misunderstanding since they differ from
the payroll series because of differences in classification,
sampling variability, and other reasons. The industry figures
from the household survey are used as a base for published
distributions on hours of work, unemployment rates, and other

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characteristics of industry groups such as age, sex, and
occupation.

mortality, and migration between the United States and other
countries•

The class-of-worker "breakdown specifies "wage and
salary workers," subdivided into private and government workers,
"self-employed workers," and "unpaid family workers." Wage and
salary workers receive wages, salary, commission, tips, or pay
in kind from a private employer or from a governmental unit.
Self-employed persons are those who work for profit or fees in
their own "business, profession, or trade, or operate a farm.
Unpaid family workers are persons working without pay for 15
hours a week or more on a farm or in a "business operated "by a
member of the household to whom they are related by "blood or
marriage.

3. Composite estimate procedure. In deriving statistics for a given month, a composite estimating procedure is
used which takes account of net changes from the previous month
for continuing parts of the sample (75 percent) as well as the
sample results for the current month. This procedure reduces
the sampling variability especially of month-to-month changes
but also of the levels for most items.

Hours of Work statistics relate to the actual number
of hours worked during the survey week. For example, a person
who normally works ko hours a week but who was off on the
Veterans Day holiday would be reported as working 32 hours even
though he was paid for the holiday.

Reliability of the Estimates
Since the estimates are based on a sample, they may
differ from the figures that would have been obtained if it
were possible to take a complete census using the same schedules and procedures.
The standard error is a measure of sampling variability, that iB, the variations that might occur by chance "because
only a sample of the population is surveyed. The chances are
about two out of three that an estimate from the sample would
differ from a complete census by less than the standard error.
The chances are about 19 out of 20 that the difference would be
less than twice the standard error.

For persons working in more than one job, the figures
relate to the number of hours worked in all jobs during the
week. However, all the hours are credited to the major job.
Bsrsons who worked 35 hours or more in the survey
week are designated as working "full time"; persons who worked
between 1 and 3k hours are designated as working "part time."
I&rt-time workers are classified by their usual status at their
present job (either full time or part time) and by their reason
for working part time during the survey week (economic or other
reasons). "Economic reasons" include: Slack work, material
shortages, repairs to plant or equipment, start or termination
of job during the week, and inability to find full-time work.
"Other reasons" include: labor dispute, bad weather, own illness, vacation, demands of home housework, school, no desire for
full-time work and full-time worker only during peak season.

Table A shows the average standard error for the major
employment status categories, by sex, computed from data for 12
recent months. Estimates of change derived from the survey are
also subject to sampling variability. The standard error of
change for consecutive months is also shown in table A. The
standard errors of level shown in table A are acceptable approximations of the standard errors of year-to-year change.
Table A.

Average standard error of major employment
status categories

.

(In thousands)

ESTIMATING METHODS

Average standard error o f —

The estimating procedure is essentially one of using
sample results to obtain percentages of the population in a
given category. The published estimates are then obtained by
multiplying these percentage distributions by independent estimates of the population. The principal steps involved are shown
below. Under the estimation methods used in the CPS, all of the
results for a given month become available simultaneously and
are based on returns from the entire panel of respondents.
There are no subsequent adjustments to independent benchmark
data on labor force, employment, or unemployment. Therefore,
revisions of the historical data are not an inherent feature of
this statistical program.

Employment status
and sex

Monthly level

Month-tomonth change
(consecutive
months only)

BOTH SEXES

Labor force and t o t a l employment.
Agriculture
Nonagricultural employment....
Unemployment

250
200
300
100

180
120
180
100

120
180
200

75

90
90
120
90

180

150

MALE
1. Noninterview adjustment. The weights for all interviewed households are adjusted to the extent needed to
account for occupied sample households for which no information
was obtained because of absence, impassable roads, refusals, or
unavailability for other reasons. This adjustment is made separately by groups of sample areas and, within these, for six
groups—color (white and nonwhite) within the three residence
categories (urban, rural nonfarm, and rural farm). The proportion of sample households not interviewed varies from 3 "to 5
percent depending on weather, vacations, etc.
2. Ratio estimates. The distribution of the population selected for the sample may differ somewhat, by chance,
from that of the Nation as a whole, in such characteristics as
age, color, sex, and residence. Since these population characteristics are closely correlated with labor force participation
and other principal measurements made from the sample, the
latter estimates can be substantially improved when weighted
appropriately by the known distribution of these population
characteristics. This is accomplished through two stages of
ratio estimates as follows:

FEMALE
Labor force and total employment.
Agriculture
,
Nonagricultural employment....,
Unemployment
,

75

55

180
65

120

65

The figures presented in table B are to be used for
other characteristics and are approximations of the standard
errors of all such characteristics. They shpuld be interpreted
as providing an indication of the order of magnitude of the
standard errors rather than as the precise standard error for
any specific item.

a. First-stage ratio estimate. This is the procedure in which the sample proportions are weighted by the
known 1950 Census data on the color-residence distribution of
the population. This step takes into account the differences
existing at the time of the 1950 Census between the colorresidence distribution for the Nation and for the sample areas.
b. Second-stage ratio estimate. In this step,
the sample proportions are weighted by independent current estimates of the population by age, sex, and color. These estimates
are prepared by carrying forward the most recent census data
(1950) to take account of subsequent aging of the population,




Labor force and t o t a l employment.
Agriculture
,
Nonagricultural employment.....
Unemployment
,

The standard error of the change in an item from one
month to the next month is more closely related to the standard
error of the monthly level for that item than to the size of the
specific month-to-month change itself. Thus, in order to use
the approximations to the standard errors of month-to-month
changes as presented in table C, it is first necessary to obtain
the standard error of the monthly level of the item in table B,
and then find the standard error of the month-to-month change in
table C corresponding to this standard error of level. It
should be noted that table C applies to estimates of change between 2 consecutive months. For changes between the current
month and the same last year, the standard errors of level
shown in table B are acceptable approximations.

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Table B.

Standard error of level of monthly estimates

ESTABLISHMENT DATA

(In thousands)
Male

Both sexes
Size of estimate

Total
or
white

Total
or
white

Nonwhite

10
50
100....
250....
500....
1,000..

5
11
15
24

10

7
14

14
21
30
4o

20
31
43
60

2,500..
5,000..
10,000.
20,000.
30,000.
1+0,000.

75

50
50

90
110
140
150

5

100
140
180
210
220

COLLECTION

Female
Total
or
white

Nonwhite

5

5

10
14
21
30

10

Nonwhite

22
31

5
10
14
21
30

4o

45

4o

50

70
100
130
170

50

Ik

Illustration: Assume that the tables showed the total
number of persons working a specific number of hours, as
15,000,000, an increase of 500,000 over the previous month.
Linear interpolation in the first column of table B shows that
the standard error of 15,000,000 is about 160,000. Consequently, the chances are about 68 out of 100 that the figure
which would have been obtained from a complete count of the
number of persons working the given number of hours would have
differed by less than 160,000 from the sample estimate. Using
the l60,000 as the standard error of the monthly level in table
C, it may be seen that the standard error of the 500,000 increase is about 135,000.
Table C.

Standard error of estimates of
month-to-month change

Jayroll reports provide current information on wage
and salary employment, hours, earnings, and labor turnover in
nonfarm establishments, by industry and geographic location.
Federal-State Cooperation
Under cooperative arrangements with State agencies,
the respondent fills out only one employment or labor turnover
schedule, which is then used for national, State, and area
estimates. This eliminates duplicate reporting on the part of
respondents and, together with the use of identical techniques
at the national and State levels, ensures maximum geographic
comparability of estimates.
State agencies mail the 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 for use in preparing
the national series. The BLS and the Bureau of Employment
Security jointly finance the current employment statistics program in 44 States, the turnover program in 42 States.
Shuttle Schedules
The Form BLS 790 is used to collect employment, payroll, and man-hours data, and Form DL 1219 or BLS 1219 for labor
turnover data. These schedules are of the "shuttle" type, with
space for each month of the calendar year. The schedule is returned to the respondent each month by the collecting agency so
that the next month*s data can be entered. This procedure
assures maximum comparability and accuracy of reporting, since
the respondent can see the figures he has reported for previous
months•

(In thousands)
Standard error of month-tomonth change

Standard error of monthly level

Estimates
•elating to
agricultural
employment

All estimates
except those
relating to
agricultural
employment

Ik
35
70

10..
2550..
100.
150.
200.
250.
300.

12

INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION

26
48

100
110

90
130
160
190
220

The reliability of an estimated percentage, computed
by using sample data for both numerator and denominator depends
upon both the size of the percentage and the size of the total
upon which the percentage is based. Where the numerator is a
subclass of the denominator, estimated percentages are relatively more reliable than the corresponding absolute estimates
of the numerator of the percentage, particularly if the percentage is large (50 percent or greater). Table D shows the
standard errors for percentages derived from the survey.
Linear interpolation may be used for percentages and base figures not shown in table D.
Table D.
Base of
percentages
(thousands)
150
250
500
1,000
2,000
3,000
5,000
10,000
25,000
50,000
75,000

2

or
99

or

1.0
.8
.6
.4
.3
.2
.2
.1
.1
.1
.1

l.k
1.1
.8




5
or
95
2.2
1.7
1.2

'.k
.3

.2
.2
.1
.1
.1

Establishments are classified into industries on the
basis of their principal product or activity determined from information on annual sales volume. This information is collected
each year on an industry class supplement to the monthly 790 or
1219 report. In the case of an establishment making more than
one product or engaging in more than one activity, the entire
employment of the establishment is included under the industry
indicated by the most important product or activity.
All national, State, and area employment, hours, earnings, and labor turnover series are classified in accordance
with the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, Bureau of
the Budget, 1957. Since many of the published industry series
represent combinations of SIC industries, the BLS has prepared a
Guide to Employment Statistics of BLS, 1961 which specifies the
SIC code or codes covered by each industry title listed in
Employment and Earnings. In addition, the Guide provides industry definitions and lists the beginning date of each series.
The Guide is available free upon request.

Standard error of percentages
Estimated percentage

1

The BLS 790 provides for entry of data on the number
of full- and part-time workers on the payrolls of nonagricultural establishments and, for most industries, payroll and manhours of production and related workers or nonsupervisory
workers for the pay period ending nearest the 15th of each
month. The labor turnover schedule provides for the collection
of information on the total number of accessions and separations,
by type, during the calendar month.

\k
.3
.2
.1
.1

10
or
90
3.0
2.3
1.7
1.2
.8
.7

.2
.2
.1

15
or
85

20
or

3.5
2.8

.8
.6
.4
.3

4.0
3.1
2.2
1.6
1.1
.9
.7
.5
.3

.2
.2

.2
.2

2.0
l.k
1.0

25
or

75
k.2
l.k
2.4
1.7

1.2
1.0
.8
.5
.3

.2
.2

35
or
65
4.7
3.7
2.6
1-9
1.3
1.1
.8
.6
.4
•3

.2

50
4.9
3.9
2.8
1.9
1.4
1.1

Prior to January 1959* all national, State, and area
series were classified in accordance with the following documents: (l) For manufacturing, Standard Industrial Classification
Manual, Volume I, Bureau of the Budget, 1945, and (2) for nonmanufacturing, Industrial Classification Code, Social Security
Board, 1942. State and area series were converted to the 1957
SIC beginning in January 1959 (with an overlap for 1958) and
national industry statistics were converted in the latter part of
1961 (with an overlap from 1958 to the month of conversion).
Consequently, back issues of Employment and Earnings will not
provide earlier data on a comparable basis. However, for many
industries, both BLS and the cooperating State agencies have constructed series for years prior to 1958 which are comparable with
data starting with 1958 and based on the 1957 SIC. National data
for earlier periods comparable with those currently published are
available in Employment and Earnings Statistics for the

.9
.6
.4
.3
.2
U-E

COVERAGE

paid holiday or paid vacation, or who work during a part of the
pay period and are unemployed or on strike during the rest of the
period, are counted as employed. Not counted as employed are persons who are laid off, on leave without pay, or on strike for the
entire period, or who are hired but do not report to work during
the period.

Employment, Hours, and Earnings

Benchmark Adjustments

Reports on employment and, for most industries, payroll and man-hours are collected monthly from sample establishments in nonagricultural industries. The table below 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.

Employment estimates are periodically compared with
complete counts of employment in the various industries defined
as nonagricultural, and appropriate adjustments made as indicated by the total counts or "benchmarks." The industry
employment estimates are currently projected from March 1959
benchmarks. After allowing for the effect of shifts in products or activities resulting from conversion to the 1957
Standard Industrial Classification, and the changes in level
resulting from improved benchmark sources for employment not
covered by the social insurance systems, meaningful quantitative
comparisons can be made between estimates for March 1959 projected from the last previous benchmarks (1957) and the actual
March 1959 benchmark levels. This comparison reveals a difference of 0.6 percent for total nonagricultural employment, practically identical with the extent of the adjustment in March
1957, the last benchmark adjustment prior to the shift in
classification systems. The differences were less than 1.0 percent for four of the eight major industry divisions; under 2
percent for two other divisions; and 3«8 and k.9 percent for the
remaining two divisions.

United States, 1909-60. Instructions for ordering this publication are provided on page 11-B. State and area data are
available from the cooperating State agencies listed on the back
cover of each issue of Employment and Earnings.

Approximate size and coverage of BLS employment
and payrolls sample l/
Employees
Industry division

Mining
Contract construction.
Manufacturing
Transportation and public utilities:
Railroad transportation (ICC)
Other transportation and public
utilities
Wholesale and retail trade
Finance, insurance, and real estate.
Service and miscellaneous
Government:
Federal (Civil Service Commission) 2/
State and local

Number reported
by sample

Percent
of total

336,000
538,000
10,851,000

21

90^,000

97

1,996,000
2,0^6,000
790,000
1,108,000

66
19
31
16

2,192,000
2,863,000

100

k6

66

l/ Since a few establishments do not report payroll and manhour information, hours and earnings estimates may be based on
a slightly smaller sample than employment estimates.
2/ State and area estimates of Federal employment are based on
reports from a sample of Federal establishments, collected
through the BLS-State cooperative program.
Labor Turnover
Labor turnover reports are collected monthly from
establishments in the manufacturing, mining, and communication
industries. The table below shows the approximate coverage, in
terms of employment, of the labor turnover sample.
Approximate size and coverage of
BLS labor turnover sample
Employees
Industry

Manufacturing
Metal mining
Coal mining
Communi cat ion:
Telegraph

•
;

Number reported
by sample

Percent
of total

8,995,000
65,000
75,000

55
59
37

600,000
28,000

8k
72

CONCEPTS
Industry Employment
Employment data for all except the Federal Government
refer to persons on establishment payrolls who 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 received pay for the last day of the month.
The data exclude proprietors, the self-employed, unpaid family workers, farm workers, and domestic workers in
households. Salaried officers of corporations are included.
Government employment covers only civilian employees; Federal
military personnel are excluded from total nonagricultural
employment.

One significant cause of differences between benchmark
and estimate is the change in industrial classification of individual establishments, which is usually not reflected in BLS
estimates until the data are adjusted to new benchmarks. Other
causes are sampling and response errors.
The basic sources of benchmark information are the
quarterly tabulations of employment data, by industry, compiled
by State agencies from reports of establishments covered under
State unemployment insurance laws. These tabulations are prepared under Bureau of Employment Security direction. Supplementary tabulations prepared by the Bureau of Old-Age and
Survivors Insurance are used for the group of establishments
exempt from State unemployment 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. Among improvements introduced in 1961, when
the industry statistics were converted to the 1957 Standard
Industrial Classification Manual, was the development of new and
better sources of benchmark data for employment either outside
the social insurance system or covered by it only on a voluntary
basis.
The BLS estimates relating to the benchmark month are
compared with the new benchmark levels, industry by industry.
Where revisions are necessary, the monthly series of estimates
are adjusted between the new benchmark and the preceding one.
The new benchmark for each industry is then carried forward progressively to the current month by use of the sample trends.
Thus, 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.
Industry Hours and Earnings
Hours and earnings data are derived from reports of
payrolls and man-hours for production and related workers or
nonsupervisory employees. These terms are defined below. When
the pay period reported is longer than 1 week, the figures are
reduced to a weekly basis.
Production and Related Workers include working foremen
and all nonsupervisory workers (including leadmen and trainees)
engaged in fabricating, processing, assembling, inspection, receiving, storage, handling, packing, warehousing, shipping,
maintenance, repair, janitorial and watchman services, product
development, auxiliary production for plant's own use (e.g.,
power plant), and recordkeeping and other services closely
associated with the above production operations.
Nonsuperviaory Employees include 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.

Parsons on an establishment payroll who are on paid
sick leave (when pay is received directly from the firm), on




Payroll covers the payroll for full- and part-time

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Railroad Hours and Earnings

production, construction, or nonsupervisory workers who received
pay for any part of the pay period ending nearest the 15th of the
month. The payroll is reported before deductions of any kind,
e.g., for old-age and unemployment insurance, group insurance,
withholding tax, bonds, or union dues; also included is pay for
overtime, holidays, vacations, and sick leave paid directly by
the firm. Bonuses (unless earned and paid regularly each pay
period), other pay not earned in pay period reported (e.g., retroactive pay), and the value of free rent, fuel, meals, or other
payment in kind are excluded.

The figures for class I railroads (excluding switching
and terminal companies) are based on monthly data summarized in
the M-300 report of the Interstate Commerce Commission and relate
to all employees who received pay during the month, except
executives, officials, and staff assistants (ICC group I ) . Gross
average hourly earnings 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 earnings.

Man-Hours cover man-hours worked or paid for, during
the pay period ending nearest the 15th of the month, for production, construction, and nonsupervisory workers. The man-hours
include hours paid for holidays and vacations, and for sick leave
when pay is received directly from the firm.

Spendable Average Weekly Earnings
Spendable average weekly earnings in current dollars
are obtained by deducting estimated Federal social security 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, spendable earnings are computed for a
worker with no dependents, and a worker with three dependents.
The computations are based on the gross average weekly earnings
for all production or nonsupervisory workers in the industry
division without regard to marital status, family composition,
or total family income.

Overtime Hours cover premium overtime hours of production and related workers during the pay period ending nearest the
15th of the month. Overtime hours are those for which premiums
were paid because the hours were in excess of the number of hours
of either the straight-time workday or workweek. Weekend and
holiday hours are included only if premium wage rates were paid.
Hours for which only shift differential, hazard, Incentive, or
other similar types of premiums were paid are excluded.
Gross Average Hourly and Weekly Earnings

"Real" earnings are computed by dividing the current
Consumer Rrice Index into the earnings averages for the current
month. The resulting level of earnings expressed in'1957-59
dollars is thus adjusted for changes in purchasing power since
the base period.

Average hourly earnings for manufacturing and nonmanufacturing industries are on a "gross" basis, reflecting not only
changes in basic hourly and incentive 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 plan.
Employment shifts between relatively high-paid and low-paid work
and changes in workers 1 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.

Average Hourly Earnings Excluding Overtime
Average hourly earnings excluding premium overtime pay
are computed by dividing the total production-worker payroll for
the industry group by the sum of total production-worker manhours and one-half of total overtime man-hours. Prior to
January 195^, these data were based on the application of adjustment factors to gross average hourly earnings (as described
in the Monthly Labor Review, May 1950, pp. 537-5^0). Both
methods eliminate only the earnings due to overtime paid for at
one and one-half times the straight-time rates. No adjustment
is made for other premium payment provisions, such as holiday
work, late-shift work, and overtime rates other than time and
one-half.

Averages of hourly earnings differ from wage rates.
Earnings are the actual return to the worker for a stated period
of time, while rates are the amounts stipulated for a given unit
of work or time. The earnings series, however, does not measure
the level of total labor costs on the part of the employer since
the following are excluded: Irregular bonuses, retroactive
items, payments of various welfare benefits, payroll taxes paid
by employers, and earnings for those employees not covered under
the production-worker or nonsupervisory-employee definitions.

Indexes of Aggregate Weekly Payrolls and Man-Hours

Gross average weekly earnings are derived by multiplying
average weekly hours by average hourly earnings. Therefore,
weekly earnings are affected not only by changes in gross average
hourly earnings, but also by changes in the length of the workweek, part-time work, stoppages for varying causes, labor turnover, and absenteeism.

The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls and man-hours
are prepared by dividing the current month »s aggregate by the
monthly average for the 1957-59 period. The man-hour aggregates
are the product of average weekly hours and production-worker
employment, and the payroll aggregates are the product of gross
average weekly earnings and production-worker employment.

Average Weekly Hours

Labor Turnover

The workweek information relates to the average hours
for which pay was received, and is different from standard or
scheduled hours. Such factors as absenteeism, labor turnover,
part-time work, and stoppages cause average weekly hours to be
lower than scheduled hours of work for an establishment. Group
averages further reflect changes in the workweek of component
industries.

Labor turnover is the gross movement of wage and
salary workers into and out of employment status with respect to
individual establishments. This movement, which relates to a
calendar month, is divided 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. The data relate to all employees, whether
full- or part-time, permanent or temporary, including executive,
office, sales, other salaried personnel, and production workers.
Transfers to another establishment of the company are included,
beginning with January 1959*

Average Overtime Hours
The overtime hours represent that portion of the gross
average weekly hours which were in excess of regular hours and for
which premium payments were made. If an employee worked on a paid
holiday at regular rates, receiving as total compensation his
holiday pay plus straight-time pay for hours worked that day, no
overtime hours would be reported.
Since overtime hours are premium hours by definition,
gross weekly hours and overtime hours do not necessarily move in
the same direction, from month-to-month; for example, premiums may
be paid for hours in excess of the straight-time workday although
less than a full week is worked. Diverse trends at the industrygroup level may also be caused by a marked change in gross hours
for a component industry where little or no overtime was worked
in both the previous and current months. In addition, such factors as stoppages, absenteeism, and labor turnover may not have
the same influence on overtime hours as on gross hours.




Accessions are the total number of permanent and temporary additions to the employment roll, including both new and
rehired employees.
New hires are temporary or permanent additions to the
employment roll of persons who have never before been employed in
the establishment (except employees transferring from another
establishment of the same company) or of former employees not recalled by the employer.
Other accessions, which are not published separately
but are included in total accessions, are all additions to the

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employment roll which are not classified as new hires including
transfers from another establishment of the company.

STATISTICS FOR STATES AND AREAS
State and area employment, hours, earnings, and labor
turnover data are collected and prepared by State agencies in cooperation with BLS. The area statistics relate to metropolitan
areas, as defined in the Annual Supplement Issue of Bnployment
and Earnings. Additional industry detail may be obtained from
the State agencies listed on the inside back cover of each issue.
These statistics are based on the same establishment reports used
by BIS for preparing national estimates. For employment, the sum
of the State figures may differ slightly from the equivalent
official U.S. totals on a national basis, because some States
have more recent benchmarks than others and because of the
effects of differing industrial and geographic stratification.

Separations are terminations of employment during the
calendar month and are classified according to cause: Quits,
layoffs, and other separations, as defined below.
Quits are terminations of employment initiated by
employees, failure to report after being hired, and unauthorized
absences, if on the last day of the month the person has been
absent more than 7 consecutive calendar days.
Layoffs are suspensions without pay lasting or expected to last more than 7 consecutive calendar days, initiated by
the employer without prejudice to the worker.
Other separations, which are not published separately
but are included in total separations, are terminations of employment because of discharge, permanent disability, death, retirement, transfers to another establishment of the company, and
entrance into the Armed Forces expected to last more than 30 consecutive calendar days.
Comparability With Employment Series
Month-to-month changes in total employment in manufacturing industries reflected by labor turnover rates are not comparable with the changes shown in the Bureau's employment series
for the following reasons: (l) Accessions and separations are
computed for the entire calendar month; the employment reports
refer to the pay period ending nearest the 15th of the month; and
(2) employees on strike are not counted as turnover actions although such employees are excluded from the employment estimates
if the work stoppage extends through the report period.

ESTIMATING METHODS
Several major technical improvements were achieved in
196l,
when the industry statistics were converted to the 1957
Standard Industrial Classification Manual. The benchmark tabulations obtained from State unemployment insurance agencies (see
section on benchmark adjustments), which formerly gave employment totals by industry, were tabulated to give separate totals
by size of establishment within industries for the first quarter
of each year beginning with 1959« Intensive analysis revealed
that significant improvements could be made for many of the
hours and earnings series if the employment estimates for certain industries were stratified by size of establishment and/or
by region, and the stratified production- or nonsupervisoryworker data were used in weighting the hours and earnings into
broader industry groupings. Accordingly, the basic estimating
cell for an employment, hours, or earnings series, as the term
is used in the summary of computational methods on page 8-E, may
be an industry size and/or regional stratum or it may be an
entire industry or combination of industries. Further analysis
will be made, as resources permit, to determine whether stratification will improve the estimates of labor turnover rates.
More advanced automatic electronic data-processing
equipment has also contributed to improving the program. The
advanced equipment, with its greater capacity, has made feasible
the increased number of computations required by the introduction of size cells, and facilitates closer quality control of
data input and output.

SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT
Many economic statistics reflect a regularly recurring
seasonal movement which can be measured on the basis of past experience. By eliminating that part of the change which can be
ascribed to usual seasonal variation, it is possible to observe
the cyclical and other nonseasonal movements in the series. Seasonally adjusted series for selected labor force and establishment
data are published regularly in Employment and Earnings.
The seasonal adjustment method used for these series is
a new adaptation of the standard ratio-to-moving average method,
with a provision for "moving" adjustment factors to take account
of changing seasonal patterns. A detailed description and illustration of the basic method was published in the August i960
Monthly Labor Review.
The seasonally adjusted series on weekly hours and labor
turnover rates for industry groupings are computed by applying
factors directly to the corresponding unadjusted series, but seasonally adjusted employment totals for all employees and production workers by industry divisions are obtained by summing the
seasonally adjusted data which are published for component industries. The factors currently in use are available upon request.
In the case of unemployment, data for four age-sex
groups (male and female unemployed workers under age 20, and age
20 and over) are separately adjusted for seasonal variation and
are then added to give a seasonally adjusted total unemployment
figure. The seasonally adjusted rate of unemployment is derived
by dividing the seasonally adjusted figure for total unemployment
(the sum of the four seasonally adjusted age-sex components) by
the figure for the seasonally adjusted civilian labor force.
Seasonal adjustment factors for major components of the labor
force to be applied to data for 1959 and later are provided in
the table below, since seasonally adjusted labor force series,
except for the unemployment rates, are not published regularly in
Employment and Earnings.
The seasonal adjustment factors applying to current data
are based on a pattern shown by past experience. These factors
are revised in the light of the pattern revealed by subsequent
data. Data through June i960 were used in deriving the current
factors applicable to 1959-61. Revisions will be made annually as
each additional year's data (from June i960) become available.
Seasonal adjustment factors for the labor force and major
components, to be used for the period 1959-61

The general procedures used for estimating industry
employment, hours, earnings, and labor turnover statistics are
described in the table on page 8-E. Details are given in the
technical notes on Measurement of Bnployment, Hours, and
Earnings in Nonagricultural Industries and Measurement of
Labor Turnover, which are available upon request.

Reliability of Preliminary Estimates
For the most recent months, national estimates of
employment, hours, and earnings are preliminary, and so footnoted in the tables. These particular figures are based on
less than the full sample and consequently subject to revision
when all of the reports in the sample have been received.
Studies of these revisions in past data indicate that they have
been relatively snail for employment and even smaller for hours
and earnings. Because of the change in the industrial classification system and in the estimating methods described above,
it will not be possible to determine the magnitude of the error
in preliminary estimates published for 1961 and subsequent
periods, until sufficient experience has been accumulated.




inployment

Unemployment

Civil-

ian
labor
force

NonagriMales
Females
Agrx- cultural
Age
Age
Total culAge
14
Age Ik
indus20 and
20 and
to 19
to 19
ture
tries
over
over

Jan.... 97• 7 96.8 81 .0
Feb
97.8 96.8 80 .5
Mar
98.4 97.7 86.2
Apr.... 99.0
98.8 95 0
May
100.2 100.3 106 7
June... 102.6 102.1 119 .5

98.6
98.5
98.9
99.2
99.6
100.2

102.6 117 6
102.3 111 3
101.1 108 8
101• 7110 4
99.8 100.2 97 7
99.2 99.4 85 6

101.0
101.3
100.3
100.9
100.5
101.0

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

7-E

102.8
101.8
100.2
100.7

96.5
95.2
91.0
85.0
93.0
172.6
141.7

99.4
76.9
75.8
82.9
89.8

124.6
131.9
124.6
108.1
9^.7
92.8

73.8
75.2
76.2
88.3
110.0
203.0

110.6
108.6
103.0
99.3
99.^
100.3

90.9
84.9
79.3
77.0
90.3
101.1

1^9.3

102.4

86!o
73.5
92.8
72.7

96.0
93.8
97.9
88.5

99.7

Summary of Methods for Computing Industry Statistics
on Employment, Hours, Earnings, and Labor Turnover
Item

Basic estimating cells
(industry or region, and size cells)

Aggregate industry levels (divisions, groups
and, where stratified, individual industries)

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 reported for both
months.

Sum of all-employee estimates for component
industries.

Production or nonsupervisory workers; women
employees

All-employee estimate for current month multiplied by (l) ratio of production or nonsupervisory workers to all employees in sample
establishments for current month, (2) ratio of
women to all employees.

Sum of production- or nonsupervisory-worker
estimates, or women estimates, for component
industries.

Gross average weekly hours

Production- or nonsupervisory-worker man-hours
divided by number of production or nonsupervisory workers.

Average, weighted by production- or
nonsupervisory-worker employment, of the average weekly hours for component industries.

Average weekly overtime hours

Production-worker overtime man-hours divided
by number of production workers.

Average, weighted by production-worker employment, of the average weekly overtime hours for
component industries.

Gross average hourly
earnings

Total production- or nonsupervisory-worker payroll divided by total production- or
nonsupervisory-worker man-hours.

Average, weighted by aggregate man-hours, of
the average hourly earnings for component
industries.

Gross average weekly
earnings

Product of gross average weekly hours and
average hourly earnings.

Product of gross average weekly hours and
average hourly earnings.

Labor turnover rates
(total, men, and women)

The number of particular actions (e.g., quits)
in reporting firms divided by total employment
in those firms. The result is multiplied by
100. For men (or women), the number of men
(women) who quit is divided by the total number
of men (women) employed.

Average, weighted by employment, of the rates
for component industries.

Annual Average Data
All employees and production
or nonsupervisory workers

Sum of monthly estimates divided by 12.

Sum of monthly estimates divided by 12.

Gross average weekly hours

Annual total of aggregate man-hours (production- or nonsupervisory-worker employment
multiplied by average weekly hours) divided
by annual sum of employment.

Annual total of aggregate man-hours for production or nonsupervisory workers divided by
annual sum of employment for these workers.

Average weekly overtime hours

Annual total of aggregate overtime man-hours
(production-worker employment multiplied by
average weekly overtime hours) divided by
annual sum of employment.

Annual total of aggregate overtime man-hours
for production workers divided by annual sum
of employment for these workers.

Gross average hourly
earnings

Annual total of aggregate payrolls (productionor nonsupervisory-worker employment multiplied
by weekly earnings) divided by annual, aggregate
man-hours.

Annual, total of aggregate payrolls divided by
annual aggregate man-hours.

Gross average weekly
earnings

Product of gross average weekly hours and
average hourly earnings.

Product of gross average weekly hours and
average hourly earnings.

Labor turnover rates

Sum of monthly rates divided by 12.

Sum of monthly rates divided by 12.




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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Bureau of Labor Statistics
COOPERATING STATE AGENCIES
Employment and Labor Turnover Statisties Programs

ALABAMA
ALASKA
ARIZONA
ARKANSAS
CALIFORNIA
COLORADO*
CONNECTICUT
DELAWARE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
FLORIDA
GEORGIA
IDAHO
ILLINOIS*
INDIANA
IOWA
KANSAS
KENTUCKY
LOUISIANA
MAINE
MARYLAND
MASSACHUSETTS
MICHIGAN*
MINNESOTA
MISSISSIPPI
MISSOURI
MONTANA
NEBRASKA
NEVADA
NEW HAMPSHIRE
NEW JERSEY*
NEW MEXICO
NEW YORK
NORTH CAROLINA
NORTH DAKOTA
OHIO*
OKLAHOMA
OREGON
PENNSYLVANIA*
RHODE ISLAND
SOUTH CAROLINA
SOUTH DAKOTA
TENNESSEE '
TEXAS
UTAH*
VERMONT
VIRGINIA
WASHINGTON
WEST VIRGINIA
WISCONSIN*
WYOMING*

-Department of Industrial Relations, Montgomery 4.
-Employment Security Division, Department of Labor, Juneau.
-Unemployment Compensation Division, Employment Security Commission, Phoenix.
-Employment Security Division, Department of Labor, Little Rock.
-Division of Labor Statistics and Research, Department of Industrial Relations,
San Francisco 1 (Employment). Research and Statistics, Department of Employment,
Sacramento 14 (Turnover).
-U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Denver 2.
-Employment Security Division, Department of Labor, Hartford 15.
-Unemployment Compensation Commission, Wilmington 99.
-U. S. Employment Service for D. C. , Washington 25.
-Industrial Commission, Tallahassee.
-Employment Security Agency, Department of Labor, Atlanta 3.
-Employment Security Agency, Boise.
-Division of Unemployment Compensation and State Employment Service,
Department of Labor, Chicago 6.
-Employment Security Division, Indianapolis 4.
-Employment Security Commission, Des Moines 8.
-Employment Security Division, Department of Labor, Topeka.
-Bureau of Employment Security, Department of Economic Security, Frankfort.
-Division of Employment Security, Department of Labor, Baton Rouge 4.
-Employment Security Commission, Augusta.
-Department of Employment Security, Baltimore 1.
-Division of Statistics, Department of Labor and Industries, Boston 16 (Employment).
Research and Statistics, Division of Employment Security, Boston 15 (Turnover).
-Employment Security Commission, Detroit 2.
-Department of Employment Security, St. Paul 1.
-Employment Security Commission, Jackson.
-Division of Employment Security, Jefferson City.
-Unemployment Compensation Commission, Helena.
-Division of Employment Security, Department of Labor, Lincoln 1.
-Employment Security Department, Carson City.
-Department of Employment Security, Concord.
-Bureau of Statistics and Records, Department of Labor and Industry, Trenton 25.
-Employment Security Commission, Albuquerque.
-Bureau of Research and Statistics, Division of Employment, State Department of Labor,
500 Eighth Avenue, New York 18.
-Division of Statistics, Department of Labor, Raleigh (Employment). Bureau of Research
and Statistics, Employment Security Commission, Raleigh (Turnover).
-Unemployment Compensation Division, Workmen1 s Compensation Bureau, Bismarck.
-Division of Research and Statistics, Bureau of Unemployment Compensation, Columbus 16.
-Employment Security Commission, Oklahoma City 2.
-Department of Employment, Salem 10.
-Bureau of Employment Security, Department of Labor and Industry, Harrisburg.
-Division of Statistics and Census, Department of Labor, Providence 3 (Employment).
Department of Employment Security, Providence 3 (Turnover).
-Employment Security Commission, Columbia 1.
-Employment Security Department, Aberdeen.
-Department of Employment Security, Nashville 3.
-Employment Commission, Austin 1.
-Department of Employment Security, Industrial Commission, Salt Lake City 10.
-Unemployment Compensation Commission, Montpelier.
-Division of Research and Statistics, Department of Labor and Industry, Richmond 14 (Employment).
Employment Commission, Richmond 11 (Turnover).
-Employment Security Department, Olympia.
-Department of Employment Security, Charleston 5.
-Unemployment Compensation Department, Industrial Commission, Madison 1.
-Employment Security Commission, Casper.

•Employment statistics program only.