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Emptoyment
and Earnings
FEBRUARY 1956
CONTENTS
REVIEW OF 1955....
This issue
features a special article
relating to a year-end review of 1955.
In addition,
all
tables
national employment,
ings series include
annual averages.
containing
hours and earn
preliminary 1955
These
comparable with
those
years
in the
published
Vo). 2 No. 8
averages are
for
earlier
May
1955
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E m p t o y m e n t Trends
iii
REVIEW OF 1955..............................................
Table 1: Employees in nonagricultural establishments, by
industry division and selected groups.............. vii
Table 2: Production vorkers in manufacturing, by major
industry group.....................................viii
Table 3: Hours and gross earnings of production vorkers in
manufacturing, by major industry group.............
lx
Table 4: Index of employees in nonagricultural establishments,
by industry division...............................
x
Table 5: Index of production vorkers in manufacturing, by
major industry group...............................
x
Table 6: Employees in nonagricultural establishments, by
industry division, seasonally adjusted.............
xi
Table 7: Production vorkers in manufacturing, by major
industry group, seasonally adjusted................
xi
Annual Supplement Issue.
[ NOTE: Seasonally adjusted data appear in italics.
REVISION QF SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
EMPLOYMENT....
REVISION CF SEASONALLY ADJUSTED EMPLOYMENT......................
The seasonally adjusted contract con
struction and government
been revised.
series have
The nev data are sum
marized in a special table on page xii.
NEW AREA SERIES....
The
employment series for San Jose,
Calif., and
Jackson,
Miss., formerly
limited to manufacturing,
now
cover
all nonagricultural industries.
Manu
xii
D E T A K E D STAT!ST!CS
A - E m p < o y m e n t and PayroH*
Table A-l: Employees in nonagricultural establishments, by
industry division................................
Table A-2: All employees and production vorkers in nonagri
cultural establishments, by industry.............
Table A-3: Indexes of production-worker employment and veekly
payroll in manufacturing.........................
Table A-4: Employees in Government and private shipyards, by
region...........................................
Table A-5: Federal personnel, civilian and military..........
Table A-6: Employees in nonagricultural establishments, by
industry division and State......................
Table A-7: Employees in nonagricultural establishments for
selected areas, by industry division.............
Table A-8: Women employees in manufacturing industries.......
1
2
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10
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B-Labor Turnover
Table B-l: Monthly labor turnover rates in manufacturing, by
class of turnover................................
Table B-2: Monthly labor turnover rates in selected industries
Table B-3: Monthly labor turnover rates of men and women in
selected manufacturing industry groups...........
27
28
C-H o ur * a n d Ec
tg*
Table C-l: Hours and gross earnings of production vorkers or
nonsupervisory employees.........................
Table C-2: Gross average veekly earnings of production vorkers
in selected industries, in current and 194-7-4-9
dollars..........................................
32
Continued next page
31
41
Empioyment
and Earnings
C O N T E N T S - Continutd
Pag#
C-Hovrs and E a r n m g $-Contmv#d
Table C-3: Average veekly earnings, gross and net spendable,
of production vorkers in manufacturing, in current
and 1947-49 dollars...............................
Table C-4: Average hourly earnings, gross and excluding
overtime, and average veekly hours of production
vorkers in manufacturing..........................
Table C-5: Indexes of aggregate veekly man-hours in industrial
and construction activity.........................
Table C-6: Hours and gross earnings of production vorkers in
manufacturing industries for selected States and
areas.............................................
41
42
43
45
j NOTE: Data for December 1955 are preliminary. [
CHARTS
MELjor Industry Group Employment as a Fbrcent of Total Manufac
turing, Annual Average, 1955 and 1950........................
Gross Average Hourly Earnings in Manufacturing Industries,
Annual Average, 1955 and 1950................................
Monthly Labor Turnover Rates - Manufacturing Industries.......
EXPLANATORY
v
vi
26
MOTES
INTRODUCTION..................................................1-E
ESTABLISHMENT REPORTS:
Collection................................................. 1-E
Industrial Classification.................................. 1-E
Coverage................................................... 1-E
DEFINITIONS AND ESTIMATING MNHODS:
Employment..................................................2-E
Labor Turnover............................................. .3-E
Hours and Earnings......................................... 4-E
STATISTICS FOR STATES AND AREAS............................... .5-E
SUMMARY CF MSTHODS FOR COMPUTING NATIONAL STATISTICS.......... 6-E
GLOSSARY...................................................... 7-E
REGIONAL OFFICES AND C00PERATIN3 STATE AGENCIES...Inside back cover
**********
The national employment figures shown
in this report have been adjusted to
first quarter 1954 benchmark levels.
Emptoyment Trends
Review of 1955
1955 N O N FA RM E M P L O Y M E N T U P
1. 1 M IL L IO N O V E R 1954
T o ta l n o n fa rm e m p lo y m en t w as a t r e c o r d
le v e ls in la te 195 5 , a s m o n th ly em p lo y m e n t
p e a k s w e re re a c h e d in e a c h of the l a s t 4
m o n th s of the y e a r . A r e c o r d le v e l of 5 1 .3
m illio n w as re a c h e d in D e c e m b e r . A v e ra g e
e m p lo y m en t f o r the y e a r , h o w e v e r, w as some**
w hat below the p e a k y e a r of 1953. N on farm
em p lo y m e n t a v e ra g e d 4 9 . 4 m illio n in 1955, a
g ain of 1. 1 m illio n o v e r 1954, but a lm o s t
3 0 0 , 000 l e s s than the 1953 a v e r a g e .
T he m a jo r em p lo y m en t d ev elo p m en t of
1955 w as the su sta in e d r e c o v e r y in m a n u fa c
tu rin g em p lo y m en t w hich b eg an in the fin a l
m on ths of 1954 and b ro u g h t the a v e r a g e 1955
le v e l to 563, 000 ab ov e 1954. D e s p ite th is
s iz a b le g ain , the a v e r a g e fa c to r y w o rk f o r c e
in 1955 w as n e a r ly 7 0 0 , 000 below 1953, when
d e fe n se p ro d u ctio n b ro u g h t m an u fa c tu rin g e m
plo y m en t to r e c o r d p o s t-W o r ld W a r II le v e l s .
F a c t o r y em p lo y m e n t g a in s w e re p a r a l l e l
ed by a sh a rp r i s e in the f a c to r y w o rk w eek ,
fr o m the 1954 le v e l of 39. 7 h o u rs to 4 0 . 7
h o u rs in 1955— e q u al to the 1951 and 1952
p o stw a r p e a k s . C ontinu ing th e ir lo n g -te r m
u p tre n d s, 4 o f the 7 m a jo r n o n m an u factu rin g
in d u s try d iv is io n s re a c h e d r e c o r d em p lo y m en t
le v e ls in 1955— w h o le s a le and r e t a i l tr a d e ;
fin a n c e , in s u r a n c e , and r e a l e s t a t e ; s e r v i c e s ;
and g o v e rn m e n t. T h e tr a n s p o r ta tio n and pub
lic u t ilit ie s s e c t o r b o o ste d e m p lo y m e n t only
s lig h tly abo v e 1954 le v e ls w h ile the lo n g -t e r m
d e c lin e in m in in g con tin u ed . In the c o n tr a c t
c o n s tr u c tio n d iv is io n , e m p lo y m e n t in 1955
re m a in e d c lo s e to the high le v e l r e p o r te d in
1954.
D U R A B L E GOODS L E A D M A N U FA C TU R IN G
U PTU RN
T h e 1955 e x p a n sio n in m a n u fa c tu rin g
a c t iv ity w as r e f le c t e d in e m p lo y m e n t g a in s in
17 of th e 21 m a n u fa c tu rin g in d u s try g ro u p s.
T h e s tre n g th o f th is r i s e c a n b e gaged by the
fa c t th a t b e tw e e n D e c e m b e r 1954 and D e c e m
b e r 1955 to ta l m a n u fa c tu rin g e m p lo y m e n t in
c r e a s e d by a lm o s t 1. 0 m illio n .
T he g ain o v e r the 1954 le v e l w as due
la r g e ly to an i n c r e a s e of 418, 000 e m p lo y e e s
in d u ra b le -g o o d s in d u s t r ie s . L ea d in g the ad
v an ce w e re so m e of the s a m e in d u s try group s
w hich had r e c o r d e d the s h a r p e s t d e c lin e s in
1 9 5 3 -5 4 — p r im a r y m e t a l s , tr a n s p o r ta tio n
eq u ip m en t, m a c h in e r y , and e l e c t r i c a l m a ch
in e r y . P r i m a r y m e ta ls and tr a n s p o r ta tio n
equ ip m en t showed the l a r g e s t i n c r e a s e s in
1955, r e f le c tin g r e c o r d au to m o b ile p ro d u c
tio n and the high r a t e of s t e e l o p e ra tio n s .
In d u s tr ie s c lo s e ly r e la te d to c o n s tr u c tio n a c
t i v i t i e s — lu m b e r and lu m b e r p ro d u c ts ; fu rn i
tu re and fi x t u r e s ; and s to n e , c la y , and g la s s
p ro d u c ts — a ls o r e p o rte d s u b s ta n tia l em ploy
m en t i n c r e a s e s . In two in d u stry g ro u p s only,
o rd n a n c e , and in s tr u m e n ts and r e la te d p ro d
u c ts , did e m p lo y m en t d e c lin e som ew hat in
1955— r e fle c tin g in b o th c a s e s re d u ce d
n atio n al d e fe n se e x p e n d itu re s .
S u b s ta n tia l e m p lo y m e n t g a in s w e re a ls o
re p o rte d by m o s t n o n d u rab le m a n u fa ctu rin g
in d u s tr ie s . T h e n o n d u rab le s s e c t o r w as the
l e a s t a ffe c te d b y the s h a rp e m p lo y m en t de
c lin e in m a n u fa c tu rin g in la te 1953 and e a r ly
1954 and w as the f i r s t to r e c o v e r . The la r g
e s t e m p lo y m en t g a in s in 1 9 5 5 , am ong non
d u ra b le m a n u fa c tu rin g in d u s tr ie s , w e re m ade
by the a p p a r e l and r u b b e r p ro d u c ts g ro u p s.
T h e t e x tile in d u stry g ro u p , w hich acco u n ted
fo r a m a jo r p a r t of th e em p lo y m e n t d e c lin e in
the n o n d u ra b le -g o o d s s e c t o r fr o m 1953 to
1954, showed p r a c t i c a l ly no in c r e a s e during
1955. In two in d u s try g ro u p s , to b a c c o and
p ro d u c ts of p e tro le u m and c o a l, em p lo y m en t
d ec lin e d s lig h tly . E m p lo y m e n t in the p rin tin g
and p a p e r and a llie d p ro d u c ts in d u s tr ie s showed
g a in s in both 1954 and 1955.
N O N M A N U FA C TU RIN G IN D U S T R IE S
CO N TIN U E T O R IS E
In the n o n m an u factu rin g in d u s tr ie s , a c
cou nting fo r tw o -th ir d s of a ll n o n fa rm jo b s ,
e m p lo y m e n t in c r e a s e d by 5 5 0 , 000 w o rk e rs
o v e r 1954. In c o n t r a s t to m a n u fa c tu rin g ,
w hich d e c lin e d in 1 9 5 4 , m o s t n o n m an u factu r
ing in d u s tr ie s in c r e a s e d in e m p lo y m e n t in
b oth 1954 and 1955. T h e l a r g e s t in c r e a s e s in
1955 w e re in w h o le s a le and r e t a i l tra d e and
g o v e rn m e n t.
R e c o r d c o n s u m e r e x p e n d itu re s and the
con tin u ed e x p a n sio n o f r e t a i l tra d e o u tle ts in
su b u rb an a r e a s r e s u lte d in a g a in o f n e a r ly
2 3 0 , 000 w o r k e r s in w h o le s a le and r e t a i l tra d e
e s ta b lis h m e n ts . E v e r y s e c t o r o f r e t a i l tra d e
i n c r e a s e d , r e f le c t in g the v e r y high le v e ls of
c o n s u m e r in c o m e s in 1955.
T h e 172, 000 i n c r e a s e in g o v e rn m e n t
iii
e m p lo y m e n t r e p r e s e n te d con tin u ed g ain s in
S ta te and lo c a l e m p lo y m e n t. T h e n u m ber of
F e d e r a l e m p lo y e e s re m a in e d r e la t iv e ly un
chang ed fr o m 1954 le v e ls and w as about
100, 0 00 lo w e r than in 1953. A v e ra g e 1955
em p lo y m e n t in tr a n s p o r ta tio n and pu blic u til
itie s w as n e a r ly 4 .1 m illio n , an in c r e a s e of
4 9 ,0 0 0 w o r k e r s o v e r 1954, but s t i l l 164, 000
belo w 1953.
Of the 21 m a n u fa c tu rin g g ro u p s, 17 r e
p o rte d an a v e ra g e w o rk w eek d u rin g 1955 in
e x c e s s of 40 h o u rs . T h is in d ic a te s the w ide
s p re a d use of o v e r tim e in m a n u fa c tu rin g
p la n ts , s in c e the sch e d u le d w o rk w eek tend s
to b e h ig h e r than the a v e ra g e h o u rs re p o rte d
b e c a u s e of tu rn o v e r and a b s e n te e is m .
T h e lo n g -te r m dow nw ard tre n d in m ining
e m p lo y m e n t con tin u ed in 1955. F u r th e r r e
d u ction s in c o a l m in in g e m p lo y m e n t, both
a n th r a c ite and b itu m in o u s, a cco u n te d fo r the
d e c lin e . E m p lo y m e n t in m e ta l m in in g , cru d e
p e tro le u m , and n o n m e ta llic m in in g re m a in e d
at about 1954 l e v e ls .
B o th h o u rly and w e e k ly e a rn in g s of p ro d u c
tio n w o rk e rs in a l l m a n u fa ctu rin g in d u stry groups
w e re a t r e c o r d le v e ls in 1955.
A v e ra g e h o u rly
e a rn in g s r o s e to $1. 88 an hou r in 1955, a gain of
7 c e n ts o v e r 1954. D u rab le -g o o d s in d u s trie s in
c r e a s e d 9 c e n ts an h o u r, w h e re a s n o n d u rab legoods in d u s trie s r o s e 5 c e n t s .
The la rg e s t
g ain s in a v e ra g e h o u rly e a rn in g s w e re re p o rte d
by the p r im a r y m e ta ls and ru b b e r p ro d u cts in
d u s try g ro u p s—15 c e n ts and 12 c e n t s , r e s p e c
t iv e ly .
F A C T O R Y W O R K W E E K R IS E S O V E R T IM E W O RK E X T E N S IV E
A lon g w ith the upsw ing in to ta l m an u fac
tu rin g e m p lo y m e n t, a ll 21 m a n u fa ctu rin g
in d u stry gro u p s re p o r te d i n c r e a s e s in the
w o rk w eek fo r p ro d u ctio n w o rk e rs o v er 1954.
The a v e r a g e fa c to r y w o rk w eek in 1955 of 4 0 . 7
h o u rs w as 1 hou r abo v e 1954 and 0. 2 h o u rs
above the 1953 le v e l. The heav y-good s ind u s
t r i e s g e n e r a lly e x p e r ie n c e d a g r e a t e r r i s e in
the w o rk w eek than the non d u rable-g o od s ind us
t r i e s . In 1955, the a v e r a g e w o rk w eek fo r du
r a b le goods w as 41. 4 h o u rs c o m p a re d w ith 4 0 . 2
in 1954. F o r n o n d u rab le good s, a v e ra g e h o u rs
w orked p e r w eek r o s e fr o m 39. 0 to 39. 8. Two
in d u stry g ro u p s, p r im a r y m e ta ls and ru b b e r
p ro d u cts r e p o rte d o v e r -th e -y e a r g ain s of about
2 h o u rs ; the w o rk w eek in 1955 w as an hour o r
m o re abo v e 1954 le v e ls in fu r n itu r e ; m a c h in e ry ;
tr a n s p o r ta tio n eq u ip m en t; to b a c c o m a n u fa c tu re s ;
t e x t i le s ; a p p a r e l; and l e a t h e r .
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R E C O R D F A C T O R Y EARN IN G S
S e v e n m a n u fa c tu rin g in d u s tr ie s re p o rte d
a v e r a g e h o u rly e a rn in g s o f $ 2 o r m o r e in 1955.
T he le a d in g in d u s tr ie s w e re p e tro le u m and c o a l
p ro d u c ts and p rin tin g and p u b lish in g , w ith $ 2 . 36
and $ 2 . 35, r e s p e c tiv e ly . C lo s e ly fo llo w in g th e s e
two in d u s tr ie s w e re th e p r im a r y m e ta ls and the
tr a n s p o r ta tio n e q u ip m en t in d u s tr ie s , w ith $ 2 . 24
and $ 2 . 2 3 , r e s p e c tiv e ly .
T h e lo w e s t a v e ra g e
h o u rly e a rn in g s fo r the y e a r w e re re p o rte d fo r
to b a c c o m a n u fa c tu re s , $ 1 .3 4 ; a p p a r e l, $ 1 .3 5 ;
and t e x t i le s , $1. 39.
A v e ra g e w eek ly e a rn in g s r o s e to $ 7 6 . 52 in
1955 f o r a ll m a n u fa c tu rin g in d u s tr ie s , an in
c r e a s e of 6 . 5 p e r c e n t o v e r 1954. W e e k ly e a r n in g s o f $ 8 3 . 21, $ 6 . 03 h ig h e r than a y e a r e a r
l i e r , w e re re p o r te d f o r d u rab le-g o o d s ind us
t r i e s , and e a rn in g s o f $ 6 8 . 0 6 , an i n c r e a s e of
$ 3 . 32, w e re r e c o r d e d fo r n o n d u rab le-g o od s
in d u s tr ie s .
MAJOR tNDUSTRY GROUP EMPLOYMENT
AS A PERCENT OF TOTAL M A N U F A C T U R E
A N N U A L A V E R A G E , 1955 and 1950
PERCENT
tNDUSTRY
TO
Transportation Equipment
Machinery, Except Etectrka!
Food and Kindred Products
Primary Meta! tndustries
Appare! and Other Finished
Texti!e Products
Etectricat Machinery
Fabricated Meta! Products
Texti!e-Mi!! Products
Chemicats and A!!ied
Products
Printing and Pubtishing
Lumber and Wood Products
Paper and A!!ied Products
Stone, C!ay, and Gtass
Products
MisceHaneous Manufacturing
Leather and Leather
Products
Furniture and Fixtures
!nstruments and Rotated
Products
Rubber Products
Petroteum and Coa!
Products
Ordnance and Accessories
Tobacco Manufactures
UNtTED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
BUREAU OF LABOR STAHSTtCS
1955
1950
11
12
13
14 15
GROSS AVERAGE HOURLY EARN!NGS
!N M A N U F A C T U R E !NDUSTR!ES
ANNUAL AVERAGE, 1955 AND 1950
DOLLARS
tNDUSTRY
2.00
Petro!eum and Coat Products
Printing and Pub!ishing
Primary Meta! industries
Transportation Equipment
Machinery, Except Eiectrica!
Rubber Products
955
950
Ordnance and Accessories
Chemicats and A!!ied
Products
Fabricated Meta! Products
tnstruments and Re!ated
Products
MANUFACTUR!NG
E!ectrica! Machinery
955
950
Stone, C!ay, and G!ass
Products
955
950
Paper and A!!ied Products
955
950 ]
Food and Kindred Products
955
950
Lumber and Wood Products
955 !
950
MisceHaneous Manufacturing
Furniture and Fixtures
Leather and Leather Products
Texti!e-Mi!! Products
Appare! and Other Finished
Textite Products
Tobacco Manufactures
UN!TED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
HJREAU O f LAMM STATtSTtCS
955
950
2.50
Tab!# 1. Emptoy##! !n nonagrituttura) #stab)ishnt#nts,
by mdustry div!s!on o"d *#!#tf#d groups
(In thousands)
Year
&go
Current
Jan. 1956
l/
.13, Sid
M!M!M6......................................................................
7b6
97.6
213.0
99.0
Dec. 1955
l/
. -EL222.
75b
99.2
211.6
103.8
Nov. 1955
50.629
75b
99.9
210.8
106.7
Jan.
195b
b7.7bl
7bl
9 b .l
210.5
100.1
net change fromYear
ago
Previous
month
-1758
+
+ 1,800
+
8
1.6 +
1.4 +
4.8 -
5
3.5
2.5
1.1
COWTRACT COWSTRUCHOW............ ............................
2,2b3
2,b07
2,580
2,237
- 164
+
6
MAMUFACTURtMG.........................................................
16,798
17,009
17,Ob9
15,925
- 211
+
873
DURABLE GOODS.......................................................
Lumber and wood products ( except
f u r n i t u r e ) ..................................
Stone, clay, and glass p r o d u c t s ...........
Pr imary metal i n d u stries...................
Fabricated metal products (except
ordnance, machinery, and transportation
Instruments and related prod u c t s .........
Miscellaneous manufacturing industries...
Apparel and other finished textile
Printing, publishing, and allied
Leather and leather p r o d u c t s ..............
9,802
I2b.5
9,88b
123. b
9,867
126.b
9,113
139.9
- 82
+ 1.1
+
-
689
15.4
706.7
376.1
553.7
1,366.2
735.0
377.8
559.7
1,366.1
765.5
379.8
56b.8
1,357.8
697.3
3b7.8
5 lb .l
1,202.5
- 28.3
- 1.7
- 6.0
+
.1
+
+
+
+
28.3
1,113.h
1,666.1
1,159.1
1,939.1
323.1
b7b.2
1,123.3
1,655.7
1,175.5
1,959.2
323.7
b8b.l
1,128.5
1,629.6
1,169.8
1,928.1
322.0
b95.0
l,0 b 3 .0
l , 506.0
1,093.2
1,815.7
308.7
bbb.6
- 9.9
+ 10.4
- 16.h
- 20.1
.6
- 9.9
+
+
+
+
+
+
6,996
l,b b 6 .b
98.b
1,079.3
7,125
1,509.7
iob.7
1 , 090.0
7,182
1,572.8
I09.b
1 , 090.7
6,812
l,b 3 0 .2
99.5
1,068.8
- 129
- 63.3
- 6.3
- 10.7
+
+
l,2 b 2 .2
557.2
i,2 6 8 .b
563.2
1,268.5
56b.5
1,199.3
531.9
- 26.2
- 6.0
823.9
827.7
2b5.b
290.8
38b.9
830.2
829.3
2b9.1
292.7
387.6
833.3
827.9
250.8
290.1
37b.l
798.9
792.8
2b8.3
265.9
376.7
-
39.6
163.7
70.4
160.1
65.9
123.4
14.4
29.6
184
16.2
+
1.1
10.5
+
+
42.9
25.3
-
6.3 +
1.6
3.7
1.9
2.7
9.4
+
-
+
+
25.0
34.9
2.9
24.9
8.2
TRAMSPORTAHOM AMD PUBUC UT)L!T!ES..............
TRAHSPORTAHOH......................................................
COMMUMtCAHOH........................................................
OTHER PUBLtC UT!L!T)ES......................................
it, 095
2,735
779
581
b,l6b
2,800
781
583
b,lb3
2,783
777
583
3,927
2,617
735
575
- 69
- 6$
- 2
- 2
+
+
+
+
168
WHOLESALE AMD RETAiL TRADE................................
I0,8ii5
ll,7 b 7
11,126
I0,b l9
- 902
+
426
+
+
557.1 +
29.7 +
13.0 +
140.1 +
127.8 +
44
6
107
2,92b
7,921
l,b 0 6 .8
1,555.2
786.3
592.8
3,579.5
2,959
8,788
1,963.9
l,5 8 b .9
799.3
732.9
3,707.3
2,9b2
8,18b
1,570.0
l,5 5 b .5
789.9
626.3
3,6b3.3
2,817
7,602
1,326.6
l,b 6 2 .3
7b9.3
579.0
3,b85.1
-
FtMAMCE, tMSURAMCE, AMO REAL ESTATE......
2,216
2,220
2,213
2,12b
-
4
+
92
SERVtCE AMO MtSCELLAMEOUS................
5,6oo
5,658
5,690
5,533
-
58
+
67
60VERMMEMT.............. ...............
FEDERAL................................
STATE AMD LOCAL........................
2,13b
b,86b
6,998
7,3bO
2,b6l
b,879
7,07b
6,835
2,139
b,696
- 342
- 327
- 15
+
+
163
5
WHOLESALE TRADE...................................................
RETA!L TRADE.........................................................
Food and liquor s t ores.....................
Other retail tra de..........................
1/ Preliminary.
2,168
b,906
35
118
867
319
80.2
92.9
37.0
13.8
94.4
168
Tabte 2. Production workers in manufacturing, by major industry group
(In t h o u s a n d s )
Year
ago
Current
Major industry group
Jan. 1956
1/
Dec. 1955
l/
Nov.
1955
Jan.
195b
net change from:
Year
ago
Previous
month
MAMUFACTUR!M6............................
13,2t<0
13,h60
I3,b98
12,523
- 220
+ 717
DURABLE GOODS......... .1 ................
7,763
7,853
7,839
7,182
- 90
+ 581
1.3
- 14.1
26.5
2.6
6.2
- 1.8
+ 6.7
+ 26.2
+ 34.2
+ 147.1
Lumber and wood products (except
Fabricated metal products (except
ordnance, machinery, and transportation
Instruments and related p r o d u c t s ..........
Miscellaneous manufacturing industries...
MOMDURABLE 600DS.........................
Apparel and other finished textile
Printing, publishing, and allied
jt/ P r e l i m i n a r y .
:in
81.9
83.2
8b.l
96.0
-
638.0
318.8
tt6h.3
1,159.8
66b.5
321 .h
h70.5
1,161.6
696.1
323.1
h76.5
1,150.9
631.3
292.6
h30.l
1,012.7
-
895.0
l,2h3.9
85b. 2
l,b96.3
226.2
38b.3
906.1
1,237.1
873.6
1,513.5
227.2
393.9
912.0
1,212.6
869.8
l,b83.7
225.1
!*05.b
83i*.b
1,109.3
799.5
1,399.8
216.5
360.0
-
5,h77
5,607
5,659
5,3bl
-
1,006.7
90.2
987.3
1 ,068.0
96.3
998.1
1,130.3
100.8
997.5
1,007.0
9l.l
976.6
-
1,108.0
i*57.2
1,135.5
i*63.5
1,135.1
**65.3
1,068.9
h37.l
529.3
556.1
167.2
232.2
3it2.9
536.6
558.)4
170.0
23b.l
3h6.0
538.9
557.1
170.5
231.2
332.2
512.1
53b.!)
168.6
208.5
336.3
+
-
11.1
6.8
I9.ii
17.2
1.0
9.6
130
+
+
+
+
+
+
60.6
134.6
54.7
96.5
9.7
24.3
+ 136
61.3
6.1
- 10.8
+
.3
.9
10.7
27.5
6.3
+
+
39.1
20.1
7.3
2.3
2.8
1.9
3.1
+
+
+
+
17.2
21.7
1.4
23.7
6.6
-
-
Tabte 3. Hours and gross earn!ngs of production workers in manufacturing,
by major industry group
Average weekly
earnings
Maj o r industry group
1956
Jan.
Average weekly
hours
1956
19
Dec.
41.3
4 0.2
$1.93
$1.93
$1.84
4i.o
41.9
40.9
2.05
2.06
1.96
81.20
41.3
41.3
4o.o
2.10
2.10
2.03
63.06
69.37
66.34
63.99
40.0
40.5
4i.o
42.3
4o.7
4 0.5
1 .6^
1.64
1.66
1.64
1.63
1.56
77.30
(2/)
79.00
97.67
73.49
87.26
40.9
(2/)
41.8
42.1
4o.6
4o.4
1.89
(2/)
1.89
2.32
1.81
2.16
83.43
92.66
79.13
90.23
84.85
93.10
79.87
95.30
80.15
82.82
74.56
92.62
4 1 .1
42.7
4i.o
40.1
41.8
43.1
41.6
41.8
4i.i
40.8
4 0.3
42.1
2.03
2.17
1.93
2.25
2.03
2.16
1.92
2.28
1.95
2.03
1.85
2.20
79.77
80.73
75.17
40.7
41.4
40.2
1.96
1.95
1.87
68.34
70.04
65.93
40.2
41.2
40.2
1.70
1.70
1.64
69.83
70.30
66.02
39.9
4o.4
39.3
1.75
1.74
1.68
75.95
53.06
57.23
76.08
53.96
58.50
70.18
50.14
54.25
41.5
37.9
40.3
41.8
39.1
41.2
4 0.8
37.7
39.6
1.83
1.40
1.42
1.82
1.38
1.42
1.72
1.33
1.37
50.01
81.65
50.46
81.97
48.60
75.72
36.5
43.2
37.1
43.6
36.0
42.3
1.37
1.89
1.36
1.88
1.35
1.79
92.11
85.08
94.49
85.27
88.24
79.73
38.7
4i.5
39.7
41.8
38.2
4i.l
2.38
2.05
2.38
2.04
2.31
1.94
99.12
87.72
57.36
98.40
88.99
56.45
93.02
83.84
52.68
41.3
40.8
39.3
41.0
41.2
39.2
40.8
41.3
37.9
2.40
2.15
1.46
2.40
2.16
1.L4
2.26
2.03
1.39
$79.71
$73.97
4o .6
84.05
86.31
80.16
flrdTi^nr*^ And a.fT**s<3nri**s......
86.73
86.73
^xceprfurnlLrlf"'^
65.60
66.42
l/
MAMUFACTUR!MG.................. $78.36
P rimary metal i n dustries......
Fabricated metal products
Machinery (except electrical).
Electrical m a c h i n e r y ...........
Transportation e quip m e n t ......
pr o d u c t s ........................
Miscellaneous manufacturing
NONDURABLE GOODS.............
Food and kindred p r o d u c t s .....
Tobacco m a n u f a c t u r e s ...........
Textile-mill p r o d u c t s .........
Apparel and other finished
Paper and allied p r o d u c t s .....
Printing, publishing, and
allied indu s t r i es..............
Chemicals and allied products.
Products of petroleum and
Rubber p r o d u c t s .................
Leather and leather products..
15 55
Jan.
Jan.
1/
Jan.
Furniture and f i xtures........
Stone, clay, and glass
1956
55
Jan.
Dec.
DURABLE GOODS................
Average hourly
earnings
1/
^n.
1 ?*
l/
Not available.
375630 0 -56 -2
ix
Tabte 4. tndex of *mp!oy*es in nonagricuttura) estabtishments,
by industry division
(1947-49=100)
Year
ago
Current
Industry division
January 1956
December 1955
TOTAL.................................
January
1955
113.3
117.3
H5.7
109.1
78.7
79.5
114.3
113.9
79.5
122.6
114.2
106.3
106.7
102.3
124.8
128.6
115.6
129.7
101.8
118.2
128.2
116.3
125.0
106.6
112.5
Transportation and public
ut i l i t i e s ................................
Wholesale and retail t r ade.............
Finance, insurance, and real estate...
November 1955
it
l!
100.6
115.3
128.h
l l h.h
123.6
78.2
96.5
111.1
123.1
113.1
120.8
if Preliminary.
Tabte 5. tndex of production workers !n manufacturing,
by maior industry group,
(1947-49-100)
Year
Current
Major ind&stry group
January 1956
i/
December 1955
1<
ago
November 1955
January
1955
MAMUFACTURtMQ.........................
107.0
108.8
109.1
101.2
DURABLE GOODS........................
116.3
U 7 .7
117.5
107.6
Ordnance and a c cessories ...............
Lumber and wood products (except
361.8
366.2
370.6
t*23.5
86.h
108.0
106.7
112.7
90.1
108.7
108.3
112.9
9lt.3
109.h
109.7
111.8
85.5
99.2
98.9
98.h
lli*.9
I09.b
133.4*
lb6.3
116.5
101.1
116.3
108.8
136.5
li)8.0
117.0
103.7
117.1
106.7
135.9
lit5.1
116.0
106.6
107.1
97.5
12)*.9
136.9
U1.9
9it.7
96.2
98.5
99.b
93.8
85.0
85.2
80.8
90.2
90.9
81.7
95.5
95.6
81.7
85.1
86.1
80.0
I06.h
llh.l
109.1
115.8
116.1
109.0
102.7
109.1
110.1
108.9
111.7
109.3
91.i*
llb.9
95.7
112.1
109.1
91.9
113. h
91.8
106.5
10it.6
90.9
102.6
92.9
Fabricated metal products (except
ordnance, machinery, and transM a c h inery (except electrical)..........
Instruments and related p r o d u c t s ......
Miscellaneous manufacturing industries .
MOMDURABLE QOODS.....................
T extile-mill p r o d u c t s...................
Apparel and other finished textile
Paper and allied p r oducts..............
Printing, publishing, and allied
89.8
113.9
9i*.8
l/ Preliminary.
SeasonaHy Adjusted Data
Tabte 6. Empioyees in nonagricuttura! estabtishments,
by industry division, seasonaHy adjusted
Index
(1947-49=100)
Number
( In t h o u s a n d s )
Industry division
TOTAL 2/ ...................................
M i n i n g ....................................
Transportation and public utilities..
Finance, insurance, and real estate..
Service and m i s c e l l a n e o u s .............
J anuary
1956 _1/
1955 1/
1955
114.<9
114.8
114.6
110.7
73.7
79.1
H7.4
H3-5
102.0
79.1
11$. 4
113.6
101.5
7$. 2
118. 1
107.1
97.6
112.4
124.3
115.4
120.9
11$.4
112.9
101.8
117.0
129.7
116.8
123.5
116.3
129.3
116.8
123.7
115-5
128.9
116.9
123.4
1955
1956 1/
December
1955 1/
50,208
50,211
50,135
48,404
750
750
2,493
2,486
746
2,493
16,861
2,471
16,948
4. 144
4. 1 5 3
1955
11,007
2,238
10,941
2,231
16,962
4. 132
10,868
2,224
5.714
5.715
5.719
7, 002
7,006
6,987
1955
741
15.993
3.974
io,574
2, 145
5. 646
6.845
^ / P r e l i m i n a r y . J2/ Revised series; see following page.
Tabte 7. Production workers in manufacturing,
by major industry group, seasonaHy adjusted
Number
(In t h o u s a n d s )
Index
(1947-49=100)
M a j o r industry group
January
1955 .1/
1955
1955
MAMUFACTUR!M6........................
107.5
108.3
108.4
101.3
13.299
13.396
13.412
12,586
DURABLE GOODS...................
116.4
117.0
116.8
107.7
7.767
7 ,810
7.797
7.191
361.8
366.2
370.6
4^3-5
82
83
84
96
91.5
92.0
106.7
107.8
112.3
106.7
109.2
111.8
93-0
90.5
668
289
115.1
107.7
116.4
107.7
Lumber and wood products (except
Fabric a t e d metal products (except
ordnance, machinery, and transpor-
Instruments and r e lated p r o d u c t s ......
Miscel l a n e o u s manufacturing
MOMOURABLE GOODS................
Textile-mill p r o d u c t s ...................
Apparel and other finished textile
P aper and allied p r o d u c t s ..............
Printing, publishing, and allied
Products of petro l eum and c o a l ........
106.3
107.8
112.1
97.9
99-3
97-9
1956 iy 1955 JL/
November
1956 _i/
1955
675
679
686
314
315
315
475
1955
469
1,154
469
1. 156
1,151
1,008
897
1,225
907
1,225
826
1.093
225
1,484
224
1,400
216
434
115.5
111.3
886
1,226
846
1,496
225
102.6
102.4
97. 1
394
390
339
369
97.1
98.1
98.6
94.7
5.532
5.536
5.615
5.395
91.8
84.2
80.0
85.2
80.4
93- ^
94.6
89.0
80.9
85.2
91.7
1,087
1,103
90
1,120
79. 1
39
977
933
94
988
1,085
90
967
105.3
113.6
107.5
114.1
109.0
114.8
101.6
108.6
1,097
1,119
457
1.135
1,058
455
110.1
108.9
90.9
112.9
94.8
110.1
108.8
91.9
113-4
96.2
111.1
108.0
106.5
104.6
91.9
101.6
92.9
529
556
169
230
529
555
534
55i
171
231
171
228
343
343
113.7
107.8
132.1
146.3
116.0
148.0
116.0
103.7
133.3
133-3
145- 1
91-9
111.9
92.3
106.0
96.1
123.7
136.9
357
1.514
357
460
334
792
435
512
534
171
207
336
1 / Preliminary.
3d
SeasonaHy Adjusted Data
Revision of SeasonaHy Adjusted Empioyment
The Bur eau of Labor Statistics has revised
the s e a s o n a l l y a d j u s t e d c o n t r a c t c o n s t r u c t i o n
and g o v e r n m e n t s e r i e s b e g i n n i n g w i t h d a t a for
J a nuary 1953, b a s e d on e x p e r i e n c e for the most
Emptoyees in nonagricuttura! estabtishments for setected industry divisions,
seasonatty adjusted
Index
(1947-49=100)
Number
(In t h o u s a n d s )
Total nonag
ricultural
Total nonag
ricultural
1953: January..
February.
M a r c h . ...
A p r i l . ...
M a y ......
113-2
123.^
113-7
3 25.7
326.3
124. 2
124.9
324.3
324 . 3
323.4
J u l y .....
A u g u s t . ..
S e ptember
October..
114.2
324.0
134. 0
3 2 3 .3
December.
112.4
1954: January..
February.
331.5
A p r i l . ...
M a y ......
J u n e .....
J u l y .....
A u g u s t . ..
Sep t e m b e r
October..
November.
^3-7
114.0
333.7
.
333 6
112.9
111.2
320.3
322. 7
110. 5
322.4
330.3
323.5
110. 2
110. 1
1 2 1 .4
109. 5
109. 3
320.3
339. 2
320. 3
330.5
333.3
337.9
339. 2
110. 7
333.3
110. 7
110 . 3
333. 3
336. 4
333. 0
333. 9
320. 6
309.7
110. 0
M a r c h . ...
A p r i l . ...
M a y ......
J u n e .....
3 33.2
J u l y .....
A u g u s t . ..,
Se p t e m b e r
October..
333.5
333.7
333.9
3 3<%. 2
324.3
325 . 3
324 . 6
324 .3
331.5
111 .#
132. 6
339.4
323. 0
339.7
320. 5
339.3
333.4
Contract
construction
49,527
4 9 , 63o
49,735
49.752
49.353
49.935
2, 647
2, 669
2,630
336.4
337 . 6
337.4
3 37 . 6
337.4
337.3
49.947
2 , 630
337 . 3
4 3 , 7 93
4 3 , 65 0
43,445
333.4
3 37 . 3
337 . 3
336.6
336. 9
333.3
333.0
117 . 6
n3. 7
119 . 2
49.667
4 9. 7 2 0
49. 633
4 9, 3 3 0
4 9 . 349
43 ,263
43,211
43,179
119 . 2
120.4
120.1
120 . 0
121.1
121.1
4 3 ,046
4 3, 012
47.993
120 . 9
121 . 2
121.4
121.5
122 . 0
122 . 0
43, 40 4
43,470
4 3 , 7 60
43,332
49.242
49, 534
122 . 2
122 . 3
123.1
323.5
49.633
49.733
43,097
43.353
43, 432
2.633
2.633
2.398
2,596
2 ,637
2. 634
2, 623
2 , 62 3
2.533
2 .533
2.577
2.537
2.555
2,523
6, 702
6, 703
6.663
6, 626
6,597
6,616
6,533
6, 659
6, 644
6, 659
6,646
6,642
6.663
6,695
6,676
6,656
6.7 ^
6,748
2.532
2,509
2.493
2,433
2,530
2.493
6,745
2, 436
6, 3 45
6,359
6, 3 73
6,376
6. 907
2,453
2.483
2,502
2.539
2.534
2,546
2.539
6,332
6,799
6,793
6, 3 57
6,354
6.907
6,939
49.335
2.537
6,943
6,966
49, 950
2.532
6.993
H !! !jf k J t [ 'j frl
Tab!# A-l: Emptoy##* in nonagricuttura) *!tab)i!hm#nt:,
by indu!try divi!ion
(In thousands)
Year and month
TOTAL
Mining
struction
Manufac tation and* Wholesale
and retail
turing
public
trade
utilities
and real
estate
Annual a v e r a g e :
26,629
27,088
24,123
23,369
28,128
27,770
28,305
29,339
29,691
29,710
1919.1920..
1921..
1922..
1923..
1924..
1923..
1926..
1927.1926..
31,041
1929..
1930..
1931..
1932..
19331934..
1933..
1936..
1937..
1938..
29,1*3
26,383
23,377
23,466
23,699
1,203
1,092
1,080
1,176
809
862
7,238
864
722
733
374
888
937
December. .
49,463
JauMAiy...
1954..
1935..
February..
April....
K e y .......
Augnat....
Septenber.
October...
November. .
December. .
3,907
3,675
3,243
10,334
918
889
916
883
832
770
746
1933-.
3,711
3,998
3,439
3,303
3,882
1,497
1,372
1,214
970
43,313
44,738
47,347
48,303
49,681
48,285
49,398
1930..
1951..
1932..
10,334
10,334
8,132
8,986
10,153
9,323
9,786
9,997
9,839
9,786
1,078
1,000
1,041
843
916
947
963
917
883
826
852
943
982
1949..
848
1,012
1,183
1,229
1,321
1,446
1,533
1,608
1,606
30,311
32,038
36,220
39,779
42,106
41,334
40,037
41,287
43,462
44,448
1948..
1,021
1,103
1,006
882
1947..
1933:
953
920
26,792
28,8oe
30,718
28,902
1939-.
1940..
1941..
1942..
1943..
1944..
1945..
1946..
1934:
1,124
1.230
912
1,145
1,112
1,053
9,401
8,081
6,797
8,346
8,907
9,633
10,606
3,806
3,824
3,940
3,891
3,832
2,8o4
2,639
2,736
2,771
2,956
3,114
4,664
4,623
4,734
3,084
3,494
3,626
5,810
6,033
6,163
6,137
6,401
6,064
5,331
4,907
4,999
3,532
5,692
6,076
1,050
1,110
1,097
1,079
1,123
1,163
1,166
1,235
1,295
1,360
2,054
2,142
2,187
2,268
2,431
2,316
2,391
2,733
2,871
2,962
2,671
2,603
2,331
2,342
2,611
2,723
2,802
2,848
2,917
2,996
1,431
1,398
1,333
1,270
1,223
1,247
1,262
3,127
2,682
1,347
3,196
3,066
3,149
3,264
3,223
3,167
3,298
3,477
3,662
3,749
3,876
3,993
4,202
4,660
3,483
6,080
6,043
5,944
3,393
3,474
3,630
1,313
1,335
3,084
2,913
2,614
2,784
2,883
3,o6o
3,233
9,233
2,840
6,343
6,453
10,078
10,780
1^,974
13,051
17,381
17,111
13,302
14,461
15,290
13,321
2,912
3,013
3,248
3,433
3,619
3,798
3,872
4,083
4,122
4,141
6,612
6,940
7,416
7,333
7,189
7,260
7,322
8,6oe
9,196
9,319
1,399
1,436
l,48o
1,469
1,433
1,409
1,619
1,672
1,741
3,321
3,477
3,703
3,837
3,919
3,934
4,011
4,474
4,783
4,923
2,165
2,333
2,603
2,634
2,622
2,527
2,306
14,178
3,949
3,977
4,166
4,037
9,313
9,643
10,012
10,281
10,327
10,498
10,728
1,763
1,824
1,892
1,967
2,038
2,114
2,191
4,972
3,077
3,264
3,411
5,338
3,629
3,694
3,836
6,ce6
6,389
6,609
6,643
6,731
6,923
747
2,426
16,030
3,996
u,334
2,136
3,388
7,166
47,741
47,733
48,212
M , 643
48,918
49,308
741
737
739
739
742
760
2,237
2,169
2,233
2,399
2,326
2,613
13,923
16,060
16,201
16,233
16,334
16,377
3,927
3,937
3,966
3,939
3,997
4,081
10,419
10,309
io,4o8
10,349
10,334
10,643
2,124
2,132
2,130
2,161
2,171
2,206
3,333
3,336
3,371
3,674
3,733
3,773
6,833
6,873
6,922
6,927
6,881
6,831
49,420
49,838
30,322
30,471
30,629
31,299
749
734
736
2,701
2,746
2,746
2,663
2,360
2,407
16,473
16,807
16,913
16,999
17,04?
17,009
4,11!
4,137
4,132
4,127
4,143
4,164
10,633
10,63a
10,824
10,909
11,126
11,747
2,237
2,241
2,223
2,216
2,213
2,220
3,816
3,818
3,791
3,730
3,690
3,638
6,696
6,717
6,911
7,034
7,074
7,340
731
734
734
1,150
1,294
1,790
2,170
1,567
1,094
1,132
1,661
1,982
2,169
14,967
16,104
16,334
17,238
13,989
16,332
4,183
4,221
4,008
1,428
1
tndustry
Tabte A -2 : A!! em ptoyees and production workers in nonagricuttura!
estabtishments, by industry
(In thousands)
Industry
TOTAL.................................
MM/M? ....................................................
METAL M!M!WG......... ..............
Iron mining........................
Copper mining......................
Lead and zinc mining................
AWTHRACiTE..........................
Dec.
51,299
734
99.2
33.7
30.0
13.2
(V)
All employees
1955
Nov.
AWM*
49,398
50,629
754
999
35-0
29.7
15.1
35.3
748
96.5
33.7
27.2
15.9
(V)
B!TUM!W0US-C0AL.....................
211.6
210.8
209.1
CRUDE-PETROLEUM AMD WATURAL-GAS
PRODUCT!ON.........................
Petroleum and natural-gas production
(except contract services).........
303.5
301.5
300.7
WOWMETALLtC M!W!WG AWD QUARRY!WG.....
103.8
Mwr/Mcr
.............................
MOMBU!LD)MQ COMSTRUCHOM...... ............
Highway and street.............................
Other nonbuilding construction...........
Butumta commocnox............................
-
2,^07
Vn
197.2
253.3
1,966
106.7
2,580
517
235.7
280.8
2,063
105.5
2,506
498
222.8
ar4.e
2,008
6EWERAL COHTRACTORS.............................
757-9
8o8.4
791.0
SPECtAL-TRADE COHTRACTORS....................
Plumbing and heating..........................
Painting and decorating.....................
Electrical work..................................
Other special-trade contractors.........
1 ,208.4
1,254.1
285.2
151.8
131.4
665.7
1,217.0
281.8
145.7
.........................................
DURABLE GOODS...........................
MOMDURABLE GOODS ...................................
276.0
138.1
148.1
646.2
lM . )
641.2
Production workers
1955
Average
Nov.
Dec.
-
-
-
-
at.a
85.8
30.6
25.4
12.8
82.3
29.3
25.6
12.9
(i/)
193.8
-
31.8
193.9
-
29.2
22.9
13.5
(V)
191.7
-
122.3
121.1
124.7
89.1
91.8
90.3
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
17,009
17,049
16,552
13,Mo
13,498
13,061
9,884
7,125
9,867
7,182
9,538
7,014
7.033
5,607
7,839
5,659
7,547
5,515
ORDWAWCE AWD ACCESSOR!ES.............
123.4
126.4
132.1
83.2
84.1
89.0
FOOD AWD KtHDRED PRODUCTS....................
Meat products.....................................
1,572.8
339.5
115.2
233.8
117.1
1,335.3
327.6
120.3
228.5
119.2
285.8
32.4
79.8
205.8
135.7
1 ,068.0
268.9
Confectionery and related products....
Beverages..........................
Miscellaneous food products.........
1,509.7
3*n.o
U3.1
188.8
u.6.4
290.3
4z.7
86.0
200.2
131.2
1,130.3
268.7
75.0
201.3
83.8
175.0
43.0
74.9
115.8
92.8
1,096.2
257.3
79.8
197.0
85.9
172.0
26.9
65.3
116.6
95.2
TOBACCO MAMUFACTURES.................
Cigarettes.........................
Cigars.............................
Tobacco and snuff...................
Tobacco stemming and redrying.......
104.7
34.0
38.7
7.2
a4.8
109.4
34.1
39.4
7.*
28.5
100.8
30.8
37.7
6.3
a6.o
92.7
30.0
36.5
6.3
19.9
Canning and preserving..............
Bakery products....................
89.5
gN
100.9
33.0
38.3
7-4
22 2
73.1
157.3
83.2
174.7
37.3
71.5
111.9
90.1
96.3
30.8
37.0
6.1
22.4
Tabte A -2: At) em ptoyees and production workers in nonagricutturat
estabtishments, by industry - Continued
Production workers
All e m p l o y e e s
Industry
TEXT!LE-M!LL PRODUCTS..................
S c o u r i n g and c o m b i n g p l a n t s .................
B r o a d - w o v e n f a b r i c m i l l s ....................
K n i t t i n g m i l l s .................................
D y e i n g and f i n i s h i n g t e x t i l e s ..............
C a r p e t s , rugs, o t h e r f l o o r c o v e r i n g s .....
H a t s ( e x c e p t c l o t h and m i l l i n e r y ..........
M i s c e l l a n e o u s t e x t i l e g o o d s .................
APPAREL AMD OTHER F!M!SHED TEXTiLE
PRODUCTS..............................
M e n ' s an d b oys'
s u i t s and c o a t s ............
"clothing
^
Dec.
1,090.0
6.5
130.4
470.5
33.4
236.0
90.5
51.6
13.0
67.1
M i s c e l l a n e o u s a p p a r e l an d a c c e s s o r i e s . ...
O t h e r f a b r i c a t e d t e x t i l e p r o d u c t s .........
LUMBER AMD WOOD PRODUCTS (EXCEPT
FURMtTURE)............................
L o g g i n g c a m p s and c o n t r a c t o r s .
.....
S a w m i l l s and p l a n i n g m i l l s ..................
^tru^^al'wlcd^r^uctr^'"^^^
Wooden containers .
...................
M i s c e l l a n e o u s w o o d p r o d u c t s .................
FURM!TURE AND FtXTURES.................
H o u s e h o l d f u r n i t u r e ...........................
Of f i c e , p u b l i c - b u i l d i n g , a nd p r o f e s s i o n a l
^flxiu^es^
lockers,
and
........
PAPER AMD ALL)ED PRODUCTS...............
90.2
51.1
12.7
67.5
"3-3
28.6
50.3
12.5
65.3
207.4
79.5
43.7
11.4
57.0
210.9
79.0
43.3
U.2
57.3
Average
962.1
3*9
iao.9
439.7
27.6
201.3
77.8
42.4
11.0
55.5
1 ,135.5
111.6
1,135.1
111.4
1,089.3
3^9.0
361.3
330.7
376.0
124.3
19.0
318.1
303.3
339.5
110.0
18.7
305.0
333.7
293.1
323.2
21.1
71.8
11.7
66.4
l4l.i
1235
72.1
12.3
67.2
364.5
118.2
21.2
71.5
10.5
63.2
64.5
8.9
59.0
108.3
111.8
16.7
105.6
18.7
56.5
111.3
685.1
64.8
9.5
143.4
132.3
120.0
60.3
121.9
765.5
753.1
664.5
88.6
696.1
104.7
64.6
6.0
735.0
95.8
390.8
111.4
4oi.9
400.8
360.5
372.4
96.5
371.8
134.8
53.3
138.6
137.7
53.1
58.3
U2.6
49.2
116.3
49.4
116.1
49.0
60.3
53.5
60.1
103.2
53.6
53.3
51.7
267.6
269.0
362.8
256.7
321.4
234.4
323.1
235.6
306.6
44.4
44.3
42.7
36.0
35.9
34.5
37.0
37.*
36.0
26.6
29.0
27.7
26.8
29.1
27.4
22.4
22.6
21.1
563.2
564.5
275.4
158.2
130.9
548.1
269.8
150.6
463.5
231.3
129.0
103.2
465.3
231.6
130.1
103.6
450.9
226.2
123.5
101.2
812.0
536.6
151.3
538.9
151.3
27.3
30.0
178.6
522.7
l48.o
377.8
276.6
PRtMTtMG, PUBUSHtMG, AMD ALLtED
<MDUSTR!ES............................
830.2
300.9
65.0
48.8
221.4
62.1
19.7
379.8
833.3
302.6
65.4
127.7
62.9
297.2
62.5
48.4
213.7
60.4
43.7
30.0
179.8
47.2
14.2
36.5
67.2
50.9
49.1
219.4
21.4
B o o k b i n d i n g an d r e l a t e d i n d u s t r i e s ........
45.6
45.6
"services"^
66.7
66.y
996.1
59
121.0
1955
Hov.
997.5
5-7
120.5
441.2
26.4
1 ,219.8
120.3
156.9
129.7
and p r i n t i n g
31.6
221.9
88.9
Bee.
1 ,268.5
Pulp, paper, a n d p a p e r b o a r d s m i l l s . ......
P a p e r b o a r d c o n t a i n e r s and b o x e s ............
O t h e r p a p e r a n d a-llied p r o d u c t s ............
Commercial p r i nting......................
L i t h o g r a p h i n g ..... .
129.8
46?.l
32.3
231.8
Average
1,074.8
6.5
130.4
467.4
i,a69.4
123.5
122.5
M i l l i n e r y ........................................
1955
*ov.
1,090.7
6.2
18.9
26.7
223.3
26.1
15.9
36.7
47.8
29.3
173.4
45.7
13.9
35.0
51.3
51.3
Industry }:mptc\mcnl
Tabte A -2: At! emptoyees and production workers in nonagricuttura!
estabtishments, by industry - Continued
...........
'" "..... . " ' 1
(In thousands)
All employees
Industry
Bee.
CHEM!CALS AMD ALL!ED PRODUCTS...........
Industrial inorganic che m i c a l s ............
Industrial organic c h e m i c a l s ..............
Drugs and m e d i c i n e s .........................
............
Paints, pigments, and f i llers .............
Gum and wood c h e m i c a l s .....................
F e r t i l i z e r s ...................................
Vegetable and animal oils and f a t s .......
Miscellaneous c h e m i c a l s ................... .
PRODUCTS OF PETROLEUM AND COAL..........
Coke, other p e troleum and coal products..
RUBBER PRODUCTS........................
Tires and inner t u b e s .......................
LEATHER AND LEATHER PRODUCTS............
Leather: tanned, curried, and finished...
Industrial leather belting and pa c k i n g . ..
Boot and shoe cut stock and f i n d i n g s .....
Footwear (except r u b b e r ) ...................
L u g g a g e .......................................
Handbags and small leather g o o d s .........
Gloves and miscellaneous leather goods...
STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS.........
Glass and glassware, pressed or blown....
Glass products made of purchased glass...
Structural clay p r o d u c t s ...................
Concrete, gypsum, and plaster products...
829.3
ua.i
Iron and steel f o undries...................
^nf!rroul"et!la^
Rolling, drawing, and alloying of
nonferrous m e t a l s ..........................
Nonferrous f o u n d r i e s ........................
Miscellaneous primary metal industries...
A.
Average
Bee.
812.6
1955
Bov.
315.8
ui.4
314.3
92.1
107.7
309.2
92.5
50.8
71.3
8.0
34.6
43.4
98.5
71.7
8.0
34.3
51.0
97.9
50.5
71.5
7.9
36.9
41.5
94.9
30e7
45.5
6.8
25.9
32.2
62.6
62.9
200.0
251.4
201.3
30.1
170.0
170.5
49.1
230.8
200.3
50.3
292.7
122.7
31.1
138.9
290.1
121.5
30.8
137.8
117.7
276.6
234.1
95.6
28.0
130.9
25.8
112.7
387.6
43.8
3.2
17.0
374.1
382.4
43.5
4.9
346.0
39.6
236.2
19.4
33.3
20.3
248.3
225.0
32.5
29.0
17.2
564.8
33.5
95.1
546.6
32.6
92.5
17.4
43.6
93.8
249.1
230.6
18.5
32.7
19.8
359.7
33.9
94.0
19.1
44.2
82.6
35.9
111.9
827.9
47.0
4+6
16.2
19.0
44.3
83.7
53.2
115.3
16.7
18.2
18.3
80.7
130.2
39.8
4.0
15.3
15.9
470.5
30.5
79.5
337.1
78.8
218.2
55.4
30.8
45.4
6.8
23.6
33.2
129.6
40.9
231.2
94.2
25.5
111.5
332.2
39-6
3.4
14.6
Average
547.7
76.0
215.4
56.1
30.6
45.3
6.7
28.0
26.7
60.9
172.8
132.3
4o.5
218.6
90.4
22.7
105.5
341.6
39.2
3.7
15.0
210.7
16.7
29.7
17.5
223.4
476.5
459.5
29.3
78.5
15.0
36.6
72.1
47.8
30.2
80.8
15.6
ae.9
13.8
37.2
73.6
49.7
91.5
16.4
37.2
75.0
48.9
95.2
18.2
17.7
16.4
20.7
53.9
112.0
20.2
97.4
97.8
93.7
73.9
74.6
70.7
1,366.1
1,357.8
1,299.5
1*161.6
1,150.9
1,098.4
659.1
239.8
636.9
236.0
635.7
240.1
229 3
223.1
210.8
68.9
68.7
63.8
55.5
35.3
33.2
13.2
13.2
12.7
10.1
10.0
9.5
113.6
90.7
113.8
90.1
111.1
92.3
93.1
75.7
88.8
71.2
119.9
Miscellaneous nonmetallic mineral
Blast furnaces, steel works, and rolling
Nbv.
Production workers
558.4
79.3
219.9
55.5
ao.7
PR!MARY METAL !NDUSTR!ES................
1955
138.8
137.1
83.5
148.6
18.2
568.4
76.5
129.5
363 9
127.8
91.8
543.0
indu
} mpt^vnirnt
Tabte A-2: At) emptoyees and production workers in nonagricuttura!
estabtishments, by industry - Continued
Industry
FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS (EXCEPT ORDMAMCE, MACHtMERY, AMD TRAMSP0RTAT!0N
EQUtPMENT)..........................................................
Dec.
1 .123.3
.1225.
Nov.
1,128.3
36.9
T i n c a n s and o t h e r t i n w a r e ............... .
C u t l e r y , h a n d tools, and h a r d w a r e ........
3^.7
155.2
Fabricated structural metal products....
M e t a l s t a m p i n g , c o a t i n g , and en g r a v i n g . .
L i g h t i n g f i x t u r e s ...........................
287.0
288.7
228.3
68.8
144.3
30.3
67.4
144.8
1,633.7
1,629.6
166.4
139.9
273.1
163.1
138.2
268.0
187.3
184.3
242.4
1359
MACHtMERY (EXCEPT ELECTRtCAL)....................
C o n s t r u c t i o n and m i n i n g m a c h i n e r y ......
M e t a l w o r k i n g m a c h i n e r y .....................
S p e c i a l - i n d u s t r y m a c h i n e r y ( except
227.5
49.7
ae .4
244.0
111.3
E l e c t r i c a l a p p l i a n c e s ......................
I n s u l a t e d w i r e and c a b l e ..................
E l e c t r i c a l e q u i p m e n t for v e h i c l e s ......
E l e c t r i c l a m p s ...............................
375630 0 - 5 6 - 3
912.0
876.9
49.4
149-3
127.7
127.6
31.2
122.7
132.9
106.9
216.1
191.0
108.2
218.3
192.0
208.9
184.3
278.2
219.7
47.9
64.3
138.3
40.7
37-7
118.6
41.2
36.2
118.9
104.3
38.7
33.8
112.8
1,167.3
124.3
102.7
1, 212.6
39.3
121.3
100.9
258.3
209.9
206.0
57-3
117.7
94.3
197.3
180.0
134.0
131.6
127.9
1,377.0
79-9
1,237.1
158.8
130.0
233-3
60.8
166.3
164.9
84.4
133-3
210.9
137.3
82.8
1.173.3
1,169.8
1.129.7
873.6
869.8
828.3
362.1
337-3
73.7
369.3
238.9
233.7
68.9
22.4
67.9
239.8
34.6
21.0
73.7
28.6
83.3
23.1
109.6
28.0
82.3
22.9
354.0
31.4
106.6
67.8
26.3
60.7
22.8
78.7
25.4
514.8
47.4
20.3
404.0
60.3
20.1
134.4
198.1
64.3
22.1
38.0
406.0
39.2
371.1
33.4
1,861.3
921.2
1,513.3
1,483.7
1,431.1
527-5
340.3
97.3
9.7
318.7
336.1
94.1
730.9
482.2
143.6
13.7
109.4
122.3
99.4
10.2
22.3
60.7
10.9
323.7
1,939-2
991.6
773.3
497.8
131.3
14.3
,
1 928.1
976.1
826.8
811.2
761.2
78.6
98.6
231
80.0
102.9
82.0
20.9
37.3
9.6
47-9
8.4
79.1
19.3
46.0
92
313-9
330.0
94.3
9.3
80.1
105.4
83.3
20.1
42.8
7.8
322.0
314.4
227.2
223.1
2199
31.3
30.7
49.6
30.4
29.7
293
89.8
89.2
86.5
12.8
12.7
64.0
9.9
63.3
9.9
61.3
12.8
41.4
40.3
24.3
66.8
34.2
29.0
28.7
20.3
43.7
29.3
27.9
19.3
44.1
24.0
63.5
O p t i c a l i n s t r u m e n t s and l e n s e s ..........
S u r g i c a l , m e d i c a l , an d d e n t a l
i n s t r u m e n t s .................................
47.4
271.3
109.7
120.6
96.6
tMSTRUMEMTS AMD RELATED PRODUCTS..............
906.1
38.6
Average
176.9
233-2
30.2
A i r c r a f t .....................................
A i r c r a f t e n g i n e s and p a r t s ..............
A i r c r a f t p r o p e l l e r s and p a r t s ..........
80.7
1.089.6
1933
Nov.
173-6
267.3
334.3
TRAMSPORTATtOM EQUtPMENT..............................
137.1
Dec.
85.4
138.4
213-3
180.8
ELECTRtCAL MACHtMERY......................................
134.8
Aveng*
41.3
763.8
492.9
148.3
13.9
108.7
116.6
26.0
23.6
67.1
35.2
66.6
33-7
20.8
44.2
28.9
94.6
9.4
9-8
28.0
)ndust!\
Tab)# A-2: A!) emptoyees and production workers in nonagricuttura!
*ttab!ishments, by industry - Continued
(In thousands)
All employees
Industry
Dec.
MtSCELLAMEOUS MMUFACTMUM6 !MMSTR!ES...
Jewelry, silverware, and plated ware....
Toys and sporting g o o d s ...................
Pens, pencils, other office supplies....
Costume jewelry, buttons, n o t i o n s .......
Other manufacturing industries
77MVSf0/?Mf/0# M #
# f / A / 7 7 f S ........
TRAHSPORTAT!OH..............................
Cl&ss 1 r&ilro&ds
Local railways and bus lines
Trucking and warehousing
Other transportation and services
Bus lines except local
Air transportation (common c a r r i e r ) .....
COMMUHtCATtOH...............................
Telegraph
OTHER PUBL!C U H L ! T ! E S .....................
Electric light and power utilities
Gas utilities
E lectric light and gas utilities
Local utilities, not elsewhere
484.1
54.0
18.7
87.9
29.6
66.2
82.4
145.3
1955
Nov.
495.0
54.8
18.6
95.7
30.1
67.4
82.4
146.0
Production workers
Av*r*g*
471.4
52.7
17.9
86.9
29.5
65.5
77.0
141.9
4,164
4,143
4,057
2,800
1.228.5
2,783
1,225-4
1,077.0
114.6
2,722
1.205.1
1.057.1
117-3
1.070.5
114.4
814.3
642.8
43.9
808.6
634.2
43.9
113.8
781
737.8
42.2
777
734.6
41.5
752
709.8
4i.6
583
583
583
250.4
142.6
249.8
142.0
168.5
168.3
168.9
22.5
22.6
22.7
11,126
10,728
WHOLESALE TRADE.............................
2,959
2,942
2,856
RETAtL TRADE................................
8,788
1.963.9
1.584.9
799.3
732.9
3,707.3
8,184
1,570.0
1,554.5
789.9
7,872
1.413.6
1.504.7
774.5
596.9
3,582.3
2,220
562.4
79.9
2,213
560.3
f S M f f ...............
Se c urity dealers and exchanges
Insurance carriers and agents
Other finance agencies and real estate...
Sf/?y/Cf
....................................
Personal services:
Cleaning and dyeing plants
Motion pictures
626.3
549.3
77.5
790.7
773.5
459.1
5,690
460.5
5,694
492.7
331.5
152.5
226.4
332.6
155-5
231.7
332.1
155.2
233.8
802.5
5,658
c o y f / w # f # r ...................................................................
7,340
7,074
6,923
FEDERAL......................................
STATE AHu LOCAL.............................
2,461
4,879
2,168
2,190
A.
4,906
-
-
384.5
42.3
15.3
72.9
21.9
54.4
62.7
113.0
-
_
_
2,191
795
799 9
773-2
774.7
22.6
55-5
67.3
118.4
141.3
11,747
3,643.3
15.8
81.2
Av*r*g*
560.6
f/MPf ..................................
Food and liquor stores
Automotive and accessories dealers
Apparel and accessories stores
Other retail trade
116.9
405.4
44.6
44.1
118.8
560.1
393.9
43.7
13.9
73.2
22.2
34.6
67.4
19*55
Nov.
767.8
631.7
119.1
560.8
249.7
D*c.
4,734
_
-
-
-
-
_
1
-
-
Tab)* A-& tndexw* of production-worftor wmptoymont
and wwwkty payro!) !n manufacturing
Year and month
Production-worker employment
Number
Index
(in t h o u s a n d s )
(1947-49 = 100)
Production-worker
payroll index
(1947-49 - 100)
Annual average:
1919......................
1920.............................
1921......................
1922......................
1923......................
1924......................
1923.............................
1927.............................
1928......................
1929.............................
1930......................
1931.............................
1932......................
1933......................
1934...................................................
1933......................
1936......................
1937......................
1938......................
a, 4 9 5
8*329
6,328
7 , 2 2 3
8,269
7,678
68.7
69.0
32.8
38.4
66.9
62.1
7 , 9 4 7
64.2
8,097
63.3
7 , 9 2 3
7 , 9 3 7
64.1
64.2
8,443
7,338
68.3
3,273
3,840
42.6
6,212
6,811
7,269
7,900
8,666
393
30.2
47.2
53-1
38.8
639
70.1
31.1
37.1
24.0
23.7
32.6
30.4
32.1
33.0
32.4
32.8
33.0
28.3
21.3
14.8
13.9
20.4
23.3
27.2
32.6
7,372
39-6
23.3
1939......................
1940......................
19*n......................
1942.............................
1943......................
1944......................
1943......................
1946......................
1947......................
1946......................
8,192
8,811
10,877
12,834
66.2
71.2
299
34.0
^9.3
72.2
99-0
102.8
1949......................
1930......................
1931......................
1932......................
1933......................
1934......................
1955.....................
11,397
12,317
13,135
13,144
13,833
1954: December..............
1955: January...............
March................
13,014
14,607
12,864
12,103
12,793
12,713
97.7
103.1
93-8
99-6
97-2
1U.7
87.8
81.2
129.8
136.6
12,388
13,061
12,645
102.2
143.1
12,323
101.2
102.3
103.3
103.6
104.1
105.8
141.5
144.4
146.6
146.7
12,64$
12,778
12,951
13,262
104.0
979
1034
ioa.8
106.4
106.3
111.8
101.8
105.6
12,816
12,882
13,086
October...............
879
1039
121.4
118.1
13,373
13,446
13,498
13,46o
104.7
107.2
108.1
108.7
109.1
108.8
131.4
137-7
152.9
150.1
152.1
151.0
154.6
158.7
161.2
163.9
163.8
Shipyards
Tabte A-4: Emptoyees in Government and private shipyard*, by region
(In thousands)
1933
Region j./
MhmaathAr
Av*r**e
..........................................................
zoo.3
200.4
206.4
PR!VATE Y A R D S ...................................................
96.6
94.1
99.4
WAVY Y A R D S .......................................................
103.7
106.3
107.0
WORTH ATLAMT!C............................................................................
63-3
4o.o
^3.3
83.9
37.6
*6.3
87.2
SOUTH ATLAHHC............................................................................
34.8
14.3
20.3
33.1
i4.i
21.0
36.2
13.6
20.6
19.7
ai.8
21.2
31.4
13-3
37.9
12.1
39.0
31.1
33.1
13.6
39.3
4.1
3.3
3.7
3.0
3.0
3.1
GULF:
PAC!F!C..........................................................................................
GREAT LAKES:
tMLAMD:
40.2
46.9
1/ The North Atlantic region includes all yards bordering on the Atlantic in the following States: Connecticut,
Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, N e w Jersey, Ne w York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and
Vermont.
The South Atlantic region includes all yards bordering on the Atlantic in the following States: Florida,
Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia.
The Gulf region includes all yards bordering on the G u l f of Mexico in the following States: Alabama,
Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas.
The Pacific region includes all yards in California, Oregon,
and Washington.
The Great Lakes region includes all yards bordering on the Great Lakes in the following States: Illinois,
Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.
The Inland region includes all other yards.
_2/ Data include Curtis B a y Coast Guard Yard.
.a.
Tab!e A-5: Federa! personne!, civ!t!an and mititary
(In thousands)
1933
Branch and agency
TOTAL FEDERAL CtViHAN EMPLOYMENT ^ .....................
D*c**b*r
Novtnbtr
Av*r*g*
2,461
2,166
Executive — ^........................ ........................
2,433.2
2,142.2
Department of D e f e n s e ....................................
Post Office Depa r t m e n t ..................................
1,023-8
813.7
1,033.9
308.4
393-7
600.0
1,027.9
332.1
603.6
21.4
4.2
21.3
4.3
21.6
4.1
233.0
230.0
230.0
214.7
209.6
209.3
89.4
9.1
111.0
L e g i s l a t i v e ..................................................
District of Columbia-^/................................
Department of D e f e n s e ....................................
Post Office De p a r t m e n t ..................................
Other a g e n cies............................................
90.0
90.3
8.6
110.1
110.7
L eg i s l a t i v e ..................................................
19.6
19.7
14.6
.7
.7
TOTAL MtHTARY PERSONNEL 4/..............................
19.8
.7
2,917
2,943
3,023
1,063.6
1,093.0
666.6
199.9
991.3
1,163.3
933.4
668.3
201.0
29-4
203.9
28.6
937 2
Marine C o r p s .................................................
2,190
2,163.8
293
668.8
1/ D a t a refer to Continental United States only.
2/ Includes all executive agencies (except the Central Intelligence Agency), and Government corporations.
Civilian employment in navy yards, arsenals, hospitals, and on force-account construction is also included.
4/ D ata refer to Continental United States and elsewhere.
Si jte f mployment
Tabte A-6: Emptoyees in nonagricuttura) estabtishments,
by industry division and State
_____________________(In thousands)_______
TOTAL
State
Dec.
Alabama............
Arizona............
Arkansas..... .....
California.........
Colorado...........
Connecticut........
Delaware...........
District of Columbia
Florida............
Georgia............
Idaho..............
Illinois...........
Indiana............
Iova...............
Kansas.............
Kentucky...........
Louisiana..........
Maine..............
Maryland...........
Massachusetts......
Michigan...........
Minnesota..........
Mississippi........
Missouri...........
Montana............
Nebraska...........
Nevada.............
Nev Haapshire......
Nev Jersey.........
Nev Mexico.........
Nav York...........
North Carolina.....
North Dakota.......
Ohio...............
Oklahoma...........
Oregon.............
Pennsylvania.......
Rhode Island.......
South Carolina.....
South Dakota.......
Tennessee..........
Texas..............
Utah...............
Vermont............
Virginia 4/........
Washington.........
West Virginia......
Wisconsin..........
Wyoming............
708.4
230.0
324.8
4,174.6
438.5
904.9
504.4
999.3
965.4
137.6
3.446.1
1,437.5
649.6
553.4
719.7
271.2
842.8
1.853.1
Mining
Nov.
1954
Dec .
699.4
680.9
216.5
1955
Nov.
15.7
14.6
6.3
34.2
14.6
(1/)
15-7
1^.5
34.3
14.7
(1/)
13.6
(2/)
7.4
4.9
4.0
30.8
(2/)
7.4
4.9
3-9
645.6
500.4
937.8
917.1
134.9
3.343.7
1.354.6
635.1
549.8
553.6
18.7
Q/)
225.3
320.4
4,121.2
435.4
885.2
497.0
958.1
951.6
138.4
3,405-0
1.427.6
709.4
270.3
838.0
1.826.7
317.5
3,978.3
418.9
871.0
709.0
268.3
800.1
1.805.8
10.2
3.0
39.6
.5
2.2
( 2/)
Dec.
Nov.
Dec.
14.3
6.4
35-9
33.2
19-3
15-3
257.7
33.9
19.9
30.4
19.5
14.4
267.5
(^)
46.6
258.1
26.0
47.5
40.9
(2/)
7-2
4.6
4.5
18.5
92.0
49.2
8.0
19.1
93.4
51.1
8.6
91.1
10.4
3.2
10.1
155.3
64.5
18.5
18.5
36.0
36.4
6.2
30.8
37-8
39-0
.5
2.2
(2/)
2.376.0
15.7
15.8
876.5
364.9
878.4
360.6
855.8
353.9
1.273.1
16.6
3.2
17.1
3.2
9.2
362.4
85.1
181.4
1.887.8
185.9
6.071.2
1.067.4
113.5
3.159.2
571.1
474.0
3.782.5
307.2
532.9
122.1
858.6
2.330.6
231.1
105.3
957.9
759.2
497.8
1 121.8
. 81.5
1.287.7
156.6
362.2
86.4
179.6
1,875.6
184.2
5.990.5
1.061.3
115.0
3.101.4
565.3
150.6
354.0
78.1
176.3
1, 833.0
8.9
11.1
2.5
5.3
.2
4.0
177-8
5.970.7
1.042.2
14.7
112.7
1.8
10.8
3-9
2,999-8
552.0
22.1
53.4
461.6
472.3
3.734.8
303.2
525.8
123.0
846.2
2 .289.5
122.4
843.0
2 .253.9
1.2
96.1
(2/)
1.3
2.4
9.5
122.5
229.9
218.1
15.7
104.0
946.8
764.3
489.2
1,110.3
83.1
3.681.3
302.0
519.3
101.0
908.9
745.1
465.8
1.065.3
84.1
1.4
17.3
2.3
75.6
3.5
8.3
1955
Dec.
2.452.4
1.318.4
154.7
Contract construction
*1955"
Dec.
2.487.7
See footnotes at end of table.
1 0
1955
11.2
2.8
5-3
.2
4.1
15.0
10.9
4.0
1.8
22.2
53-6
1.2
96.I
t2/)
1.3
2.4
13.6
32.0
3-2
.6
2.2
33-2
48.0
47.6
49.4
12.7
10.6
67.6
80.4
3.9
13-5
10.9
3-9
1-9
20.9
49.0
101.0
1.1
2.4
9-4
122.0
121.2
15.7
1.4
13.8
1.4
13.9
2.3
70.5
3.8
8.8
2.3
75-1
4.1
8.2
38.5
51.8
16.9
68.9
8.7
21.8
8.5
(2/)
46.3
34.0
27.0
13.5
3-3
8.5
u.o
2.2
4.9
.2
1.1
16.2
7.6
159.8
57.1
102.8
105.2
28.8
168.4
72.1
($/)
16.1
9.6
17.0
28.1
16.1
8.7
14.3
232.4
49.2
31.9
13.4
70.3
29.6
56.3
88.5
110.8
73.8
111.4
61.0
17.6
50.3
15.5
10.0
65.0
8.5
107.2
15.0
14.3
75.3
26.4
9.1
9-9
246.0
51.5
19.9
9.3
9.0
92.2
220.8
145.2
8.1
156.9
47.5
7.1
143.4
30.5
29.6
23.1
23 .1
194.6
170.4
16.2
17.0
29.0
16.5
27.8
48.5
156.6
51.8
157.7
56.4
151.1
14.7
4.6
16.2
12.2
4.0
.8
% .6
14.7
52.2
5.8
5-9
29.7
177.2
27.3
5.8
61.3
42.6
20.3
57-8
4.7
7.4
5.0
64.5
44.2
21.0
62.2
5.7
21.0
7-7
Tab!# A-6: Emp!oyw*s in nonag ricu!turat e:tab!i:hmwnt!,
by industry division and Stat* - Continvod
(In thousands)
Bee.
Arizona......................
California...................
Delaware.....................
1933
144.9
340.1
23.4
1,294.7
633.3
170.8
Kansas.......................
123.6
<3/)
Maine........................
Massachusetts................
131.1
106.7
391.4
18.9
Nev Mexico...................
Nev York.....................
North Dakota.................
Ohio.........................
Oklahos*.....................
Pennsylvania.................
Rhode Island.................
South Carolina...............
South Dakota.................
Utah.........................
393
39
83.9
122.7
170.9
134.2
108.0
263 3
210.9
103.1
377.6
20.0
60.3
6.0
83.4
91.6
814.4
18.0
1,932.6
471.3
6.8
1,364.6
91.7
H3.4
141.4
137.2
137.1
230.3
12.2
813.0
17.6
1,921.7
466.8
6.6
1,373.0
1,478.8 1,473 9
230.7
11.9
193"
§.c.
226.6
28.4
82.1
1,0391
63.6
414.3
34.1
16.1
138.3
3139
23.2
1,213.9
384.3
33
^ *3 "TEvl*
&ec.
344.3
43.2
42.8
-
342.8
43.1
42.3
-
28.7
83.6
28.9
82.1
29-4
79.4
29.6
73-3
13.4
300.2
162.0
104.2
37.1
134.6
64.6
161.7
(i/)
132.9
103.3
244.2
673.7
1,098.3
201.9
98.1
373 0
18.7
377
33
79.6
786.1
16.8
1,899 7
449.8
6.3
1,281.6
82.3
133.4
1,429.3
134.1
223.9
12.0
80.4
19.8
78.3
U7.7
133.3
87.6
24.0
128.0
21.6
41.4
9-3
10.7
148.9
18.7
493.3
61.2
13.8
34.6
38.4
233.1
297-6
138.1
438.1
7.0
314
333
246.3
22.2
8.3
86.6
64.0
92.1
76.3
14.8
136.4
461.3
6.6
124.7
421.3
6.8
80.8
69.6
13.4
292.9
99.0
36.3
63.1
36.0
80.0
19.7
77.2
117.3
134.2
19.3
73.3
117.3
142.2
90.3
23.1
127.3
41.8
9.7
10.7
83.4
23.0
123.2
20.8
41.3
8.9
10.3
148.2
18.7
491.3
146.2
17.9
483.0
14.0
13.3
214.3
49.1
21.9
61.2
47.3
320.9
13.7
23.4
33.9
190.8
64.9
37.0
47.7
320.3
13.3
23.3
10.0
31.2
39.8
228.6
197.7
73.0
13.7
299 3
103.4
37.3
228.9
274.7
426.0
49.2
21.1
30.1
230.9
288.6
447.4
1934
Bee.
49.0
20.7
29-3
331.0
42.4
42.1
-
49.6
21.1
288.0
447.2
38.6
232.9
Wyoming......................
16.3
141.3
340.2
27.0
1,296.0
637.6
170.8
260.1
703.8
707.3
1,178.2 1,168.4
209.3
103.9
Nevada.......................
Nev Hampshire................
Nov.
240.4
241.2
32.7
32.7
86.2
83-7
1,130.8
1,113-7
6p.l
70.6
433-8
428.7
<0.8
60.0
16.4
Florida......................
Georgia......................
Idaho........................
Illinois.....................
Transportation and
public utilities
Manufacturing
State
31.1
10.0
39-4
226.9
22.3
8.3
86.3
63.9
32.0
76.8
13.0
60.6
Wholesale and
retail trade
S.C.
1935
94.6
306.3
219.3
36.2
89.8
283.0
-
210.0
748.3
307.3
182.6
33.6
718.3
293.4
177.7
139.7
(3/)
176.0
36.1
183.9
396.3
133.4
130.2
167.6
32.9
176.6
377.9
230.9
226.3
87.8
492.4
92.2
337.8
40.4
100.2
18.1
33 3
468.3
324.7
39.3
97.9
17.8
31.9
36.8
79.4
933.2
113.2
137.7
-
96.9
288.3
212.8
37.0
746.1
293 9
179-6
133-3
139.4
174.9
337
180.8
393 9
480.0
230.1
91.0
331.3
393
98.3
16.4
330
334.1
347.7
340.3
41.4
42.4
44.9
1.383.2 1,318.8 1,363 3
219.6
213.1
223-7
38.2
33.1
373
621.8
649.6
607.3
143.6
144.6
139.2
U7.3
733.3
39.7
112.1
40.0
202.2
648.6
21.7
8.1
36.3
20.1
229.7
i84.a
48.3
73.1
14.9
147.8
143.6
36.0
77.2
943.7
116.2
130.1
46.2
306.6
13.3
23.4
9.9
37.8
222.7
80.8
60.1
Bee.
131.0
39.3
80.9
996.2
118.8
138.9
-
1934
HOT.
94.3
24i.a
17.C
112.9
716.6
33.3
104.0
39.1
190.3
6199
33-3
19.3
216.7
180.1
83.7
232 l
17.3
113.1
743.7
39.6
106.9
40.0
196.2
623.4
33.8
216.4
181.0
89.7
237.6
18.2
See footnotes at end of table.
11
Stjte Employment
Tab)* A-A: Emptoy.es in nonagricutfurat estabtishments,
by industry division and State - Continued
State
Arkansas.....................
California...................
(In thousands)
Finance, insurance,
Service and
and real estate
miscellaneous
1954
[ 1954
1955
1955
Dec.
Nov.
Dec.
Dee.
Dec.
Nov.
24.8
8.3
9.6
190.9
19.2
45.5
-
24.7
3.5
9.6
188.9
19.2
45.5
-
24.1
48.4
24.2
47.9
36.2
4.5
Indiana......................
lava......... ...............
Kansas.......................
Maryland
..................
Michigan.....................
170.8
48.0
28.4
19.1
(3/)
26.1
7.7
4i.i
41.1
10.0
62.8
10.0
62.7
5.6
76.5
5.0
429.3
32.0
4.8
97.7
Oklahoma.....................
21.8
Oregon.......................
17.0
131.9
12.3
14.1
4.8
29.3
Virginia 4/2/................
Washington...................
19.2
19.1
25.9
7.7
37.8
89.3
70.1
2.2
Utah.........................
4.5
169.9
47.8
28.4
38.0
90.0
70.6
5.3
19.6
Nev Mexico...................
Nev York.....................
36.0
5.7
19.6
2.2
5.6
76.6
5.8
430.0
31.9
4.8
98.2
21.7
17.1
131.7
12.2
14.1
4.8
29.2
102.5
101.9
9.3
3.2
42.2
33.9
U.5
9.3
3.2
42.2
34.2
U.4
38.7
2.4
38.8
2.3
23.1
7.8
9.2
178.6
18.0
44.*
-
23.4
45.1
33.9
4.3
167.2
45.8
61.6
28.1
61.6
-
26.5
35.0
503.2
53.0
87.I
-
65.9
148.4
66.4
139.5
135.0
34.3
527.1
55.1
89.8
89.1
16.5
373.6
89.0
16.3
374.7
27.6
106.5
72.0
107.2
19.0
18.6
38.1
38.5
65.3
24.2
7.4
36.2
87.5
78.0
214.4
88.1
216.1
210.0
23.4
86.1
208.7
40.3
9.6
103.2
5.2
18.9
2.0
5.5
75.3
5.9
421.7
30.0
4.7
93.8
72.3
(3/)
78.3
67.2
60.7
37.1
133.5
19.1
45.0
21.5
18.1
181.2
22.6
797.5
92.1
15.1
25.5
103.5
37.0
133.9
19.4
44.9
22.6
16.2
182.7
22.6
602.0
92.6
15.1
20.2
276.4
60.1
276.4
61.2
17.0
130.5
12.2
13.0
54.3
399.4
29.3
39.9
401.0
30.1
28.6
87.9
87.9
5.1
16.1
54.3
39.7
16.3
98.7
267.9
268.6
8.4
3.1
36.9
31.3
U.4
37.6
24.3
12.1
12.0
2.2
60.2
27.4
34.8
527.4
55.2
90.3
-
94.6
82.9
42.1
106.9
9.5
24.3
95.5
83.7
42.9
108.6
9.8
66.1
86.1
16.1
367.4
103.8
70.5
Government
Nov.
1954
Dee,
132.1
46.2
129.5
45.2
129.5
43.2
62.9
710.3
86.4
87.5
15.7
60.2
683.8
85.6
80.6
15.0
679.2
86.9
64.2
14.4
256.2
168.1
153.3
27.6
369.3
161.3
108.9
252.1
163.5
Dec.
1955
147.4
26.8
347.4
155.6
104.0
61.7
252.3
153.2
147.9
26.8
364.3
160.6
106.2
93.6
56.1
63.3
76.0
25.5
83.6
215.3
95.6
103.1
120.2
44.4
126.6
204.1
263.9
234.7
236.7
104.1
36.9
146.4
19.1
44.4
17.7
133.9
77.6
126.0
132.3
74.3
246.8
167.1
29.1
72.3
14.1
17.8
20.9
176.3
209.1
21.9
47.3
790.4
91.2
800.9
14.3
138.3
27.3
38.4
362.3
118.7
271.8
32.2
92.1
99.3
116.3
42.6
122.3
231.6
74.8
157.0
28.6
68.6
100.5
115.2
43.6
123.3
242.1
163.0
27.6
71.0
13.7
13.6
20.7
201.9
46.3
205.3
46.1
778.9
139.6
19.8
759.0
135.7
27.O
347.0
26.9
332.1
116.3
119.6
384.9
78.0
75.0
398.1
35.4
73.6
408.6
28.0
423.3
37.0
39.9
15.5
133.4
356.7
81.8
31.0
81.3
86.8
262.0
82.0
31.2
22.9
11.9
89.6
81.5
42.2
105.9
9.7
54.5
16.9
173.3
129.4
344.9
53.8
16.2
151.0
169.5
148.3
18.3
129.7
17.7
65.5
135.1
63.0
36.1
30.1
133.1
346.8
53.9
17.1
170.0
151.5
64.1
131.9
17.7
l/ MLning combined with construction. 2/ Mining combined vith service. 3/ Not available. 4/ Revised series; not
strictly comparable vith previously published data. 5/ Federal enqployment in Maryland and Virginia portions of
Washington, D. C., Metropolitan area included in data for District of Columbia.
Ajvj
bupk'yinent
Tab)* A-7: Emp)oy**s in nonagricuttura) wstab)ishm*nts
for setected areas, by industry division
Area and industry
division
(In thousands)
Number of employees
Area and industry
1954
1955
division
Dec.
Nov.
Dec.
ALABAMA
Birmingham
202.6
Contract construction..
Manufacturing.........
Trans, and pub. util...
11.0
11.1
66.1
16.5
43.5
il.l
20.4
18.0
Mobile
Contract construction..
Manufacturing.........
TSrans. and pub. util...
83.4
4.4
16.5
10.1
18.7
3.3
8.5
22.0
CALIFORNIA
Fresno
199.0
11.0
11.5
65.4
16.5
45.8
11.1
20.4
17.5
189.7
83.2
81.5
4.5
17.4
9.9
17.9
3.3
8.5
21.9
9-9
9-4
59.3
16.1
46.8
10.7
20.2
17.4
Contract construction..
Manufacturing.........
Trans, and pub. util...
Finance
34.6
5-9
14.4
20.8
111.2
.2
10.6
18.1
10.0
32.4
5.R
13.9
20.2
230.7
4.4
16.9
10.2
18.3
3.0
8.3
5.3
13.3
19.4
49.6
2.0
48.2
8.2
8.1
4.6
Contract construction..
Manufacturing.........
Trans, and pub. util...
Fiiismce
5.0
11.7
1.5
7.4
9.2
2.0
4.5
4.9
u.o
1.6
7.1
9.0
Contract construction.
Manufacturing...... ..
Trans, and pub. util..
Government
1.8
4.1
5-7
4.9
11.2
1.4
7.0
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans, and pub. util..
Tbtal.................
Contract construction..
Manufacturing.........
Trans, and pub. util...
71.8
5.5
12.6
7.9
69.3
5.2
11.7
7-8
17.9
18.6
12.9
9.6
12.6
12.3
See footnotes at end of table.
7-9
4.5
1.989.7
13.3
115.3
706.5
1.935-6
14.5
123.0
129.0
654.3
123.3
92.1
268.7
87.7
255.3
442.7
222.1
458.6
218.9
H.9
10.0
27.I
27.7
25.0
193.5
.2
12.2
49.2
10.9
46.0
7.6
23.5
43.9
188.7
184.1
913.3
1.3
902.7
1.3
63.7
.2
12.3
48.1
10.9
42.3
7-5
23.7
43.7
60.1
Government
.2
12.3
45.2
10.9
44.2
6.8
22.8
41.7
889.4
1.3
58.7
178.5
99.3
101.1
219.6
186.9
100.7
208.0
111.6
112.6
109.6
176.5
112.8
.1
115.1
.1
10.5
98.4
183.3
179.0
57.0
172.5
210.3
55.2
8.6
18.9
4.6
9.6
3 7 5 6 3 0 0 - 56 - 4
70.9
6.1
12.5
13.6
11.9
57.3
San Jose
tTotal................
ARKANSAS
Little RockN. Little Rock
15.0
San Francisco-Oakland
44.7
1954
Dec.
Riverside-Ontario
9.5
32.2
Nov.
San Bernardino-
20.5
107.2
.2
10.8
16.5
1955
Sacramento
Total................
Tucson
Total.................
l4.i
Los Angeles-Long Beach
Tbtal................ 2 ,029.5
Mining............ .
13.3
112.4
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
706.5
Trans, and pub. util..
131.3
474.4
San Diego
Total................
114.7
.2
10.5
18.3
10.0
Dec.
92.2
268.7
ARIZONA
Phoenix
Total................ .
Number of employees
4.3
9.5
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans, and pub. util..
9.7
30.3
7.9
25.5
5.4
33.4
8.0
24.3
.1
9-1
24.9
6.9
17.9
16.2
17.3
23.1
4.0
14.7
15.6
10.5
12.0
io.4
16.0
5-3
Stockton
Area Employment
Tab!# A-7: Emptovees !n nonagricuttura) estabtishments
for setected areas, by industry division - Continued
__
(In thousands)
Number of employees
Area and industry
*1955"
1955
division
Dec.
Dec.
Area and industry
division
COLORADO
Denver
Total................
Mining...............
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade................
Finance..............
Service..... ....... .
Government......... .
CONNECTICUT
Bridgeport
Contract construction 2/
Manufacturing.......
Trans, and pub. util.
^Trade...............
Finance.............
Service.............
Government..........
Hartford
Total........... .
Contract construction j/
Manufacturing.......
Trans, and pub. util.
Trade...............
Finance.............
Service.............
Government..........
Nev Britain
Tbtal................ ^
Contract construction l/
Manufacturing.......
Trans, and pub. util.
T&ade...............
Finance.............
Service.............
Government..........
Nev Haven
Total................ .
Contract construction!/
Manufacturing.......
Trans, and pub. util.,
Trade...............
Finance............. .
Service.............
Government.......... .
Stamford
Contract construction!/
Manufacturing.........
Trans, and pub. util...
Trade.... ............
Finance...............
Dec.
Nov.
1353 "
Dec.
Stamford-continued
250.4
2.2
1 8 .1
43.5
28.4
70.4
13-5
33.6
40.7
124.8
5.5
71.8
5-7
20.8
2.6
9.6
8.8
204.1
9-2
75.3
7.8
44.2
2 7.4
20.8
19.4
45.0
1 .2
29.3
2.0
6 .2
.7
2.8
2 .8
122.2
5.8
45.8
1 2 .1
24.4
6.3
1 7 .2
1 0 .5
50.1
3.8
19.7
2.8
10 .8
1 .8
See footnotes at end of table.
14
?yees
1955
249.5
2.2
1 8 .7
44.2
28.6
69.8
13.5
33.3
39.2
239.7
1.9
16 .5
41.2
26.2
69.4
1 2 .7
3 1.8
4o.o
12 1 .1
5-7
70.4
5.7
19.5
2.6
9-7
7.6
117.6
5.4
65.0
5.6
20.6
2.6
9.6
8 .7
200.2
9.6
74-.8
7-8
41.2
28.0
2 1.2
17.7
4 3.8
1.3
29.0
2 .1
5-5
.7
2.8
2.5
120.3
6 .2
45.9
12 .2
23.6
6.3
17-3
8.9
49.4
3.9
19.7
2 .8
1 0 .1
1 .8
204.5
9.3
75.8
7-7
44.2
2 7.4
20.9
19.3
4i.o
1 .2
2 5.9
2 .0
6 .1
.7
2 .7
2.4
12 1.9
5.9
46.7
1 1 .8
23.8
6 .1
17.3
1 0 .3
50.5
3.6
2 0.7
2 .8
1 0 .9
1 .6
7.3
3-9
7.5
3.7
7-1
3.7
70 .0
2 .1
43.9
2.6
10.0
1.3
4.4
5.5
68.9
2.3
43.7
2.6
9.6
1.4
4.4
5.0
68.6
2.0
42.9
2.6
10.2
1.3
4.2
5.4
58.6
57.9
51.7
643.7
45.7
26.5
42.4
137.8
34.7
8 7.9
273.7
641.6
47.3
26.6
42.8
131.4
34.8
89.3
269.4
633.3
38.4
26.2
42.4
137.5
32.8
87.0
269.0
123.8
9-2
19 .0
1 5 .0
37.1
10 .2
14.5
19.0
1 2 1 .7
9.2
19.5
i4.o
36.0
10 .2
14.4
1 8 .5
120.0
9.9
19.1
14.5
35.6
9.7
1 3 .6
17.7
247.1
24.2
3 0 .1
30.8
75.5
13.9
47.3
25.4
238 .7
25.9
29.6
30 .2
7 1 .1
13.7
44.0
24.4
228.9
25.5
26.5
29.2
69.8
12.5
43.0
22.6
144.3
13.9
25.9
H.3
49.5
6.9
18.6
1 8 .3
139.2
1 3 .6
25.9
1 1 .0
46.4
6 .8
1 8 .1
17.5
137.6
1 3 .2
25.7
10.8
46.5
6 .1
1 7 .8
1 7 .6
Waterbury
Contract construction!/
Manufacturing.........
Trans, and pub. util...
DELAWARE
Wilmington
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington
Contract construction..
Manufacturing.........
Trans, and pub. util...
FLORIDA
Jacksonville
Total........ .........
Contract construction..
Manufacturing.........
Trans, and pub. util...
Miami
Contract construction..
Manufacturing.........
Trans, and pub. util...
Tampa-St. Petersburg
Contract construction..
Manufacturing.........
Trans, and pub. util...
\ t { - hrnt
Tab)# A-7: Emptoyees !n nonagricutturat estaMishtnents
for setectwd areas, by industry division
(In thousand*)
Number of employees
Area and industry
M55
1954
division
Dec.
Dec.
Nov.
Fort Wayne-continued
Trade..............
332.8
311.6
Finance............
330.3
17.6
Service g/.........
20.3
19.3
91.2
90.8
80.7
Indlanapolis
32.0
34.2
34.1
86.6
Total...............
87.0
89.1
Contract construction
22.2
20.7
22.3
Manufacturing.......
4o.o
39-9
38.5
35.6
Trans, and pub. util.
35-5
37-1
Trade.............
Finance...........
51.8
52.4
53.7
Other nonmanufacturing
2.6
2.5
2 .7
South Bend
14.2
15.2
15.3
6 .6
6 .6
6 .8
Total................
Manufacturing........ .
l 4 .0
13.0
13-5
1.6
Trade................
1 .5
1 .5
6 .6
Other nonmanufacturing,.
6 ,7
6 .7
Area and induatry
division
GEORGIA
Atlanta
Contract construction
Manufacturing.......
Trans, and pub. util.
Trade...............
Finance.............
Service l/..........
Government....... .
Total............ ..
Contract construction
Manufacturing...... .
Trans, and pub. util.
Trade...............
Finance.............
Service l/..........
Government..........
IDAHO
Boise
6 .8
6 .6
20.6
20.5
1.6
20.5
1.4
1.7
2.3
6.5
1.3
3.1
4.3
Contract construction
Manufacturing.......
Trans, and pub. util.
Trade...............
Finance.............
Service.............
Government..........
ILLINOIS
Chicago
Total...............
Mining..............
Contract construction
Manufacturing.......
Trans, and pub. util.
Trade...............
6 .9
2 , 596.5
3 .6
108.8
1.7
2.2
6.4
1.3
3.1
4.2
243.5
3.0
4.2
3 .7
io 4.o
973.9
533.1
11)0.1
Service.............
Government..........
1.2
3 .6
n 4 .o
553.8
141.3
288.7
6.7
2 , 512.4
1 , 036.4
220.8
Finance..............
2.2
2 , 563.0
1 ,0 3 5 .3
221.7
1.5
1.7
288.7
226.4
215.0
552.5
139.5
282.8
241.1
Contract construction
Manufacturing.......
Trans, and pub. util.
Trade...............
Finance.............
S e r v i c e ^ ..........
Fort Wayne
TCtal...............
Contract construction
Manufacturing.......
Trans, and pub. util.
3 .2
30.6
4 .6
1 4 .4
2.0
11.7
81.3
2.8
38.1
7 .3
Trade.................
Finance..............
Service 2/...........
Government...........
KANSAS
Topeka
Tbtal................
Contract construction. ;
Manufacturing........
Trans, and pub. util.. '
Trade................
Finance..............
Service..............
Government...........
Wichita
Total................
INDIANA
Evansville
66.5
ICMA
Des Moines
Total..............
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans, and pub. util..
68.0
3 .6
32.3<
4 .6
13 .9
2.0
11.6
67 .4
3 .2
32.0
4 .7
1 4.2
1 .9
11.4
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade................
Finance....... ......
Service..............
Government...........
Dec.
3 .1
37.7
7-3
78.5
3 .1
34.7
7 .1
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........ !
Trans, and pub. util..
Nov.
195*L
Dec.
18.3
3.5
11.3
17.7
3.5
U .2
18.7
3.4
H.5
287.1
9.9
113.2
22.5
66.6
16.0
58.9
285.5
10.5
112.9
22.3
272.3
8.4
(3/)
85.7
44.4
15.5
84.8
43.7
25.8
16.6
24.5
97-2
5-8
94.6
5.3
(3/)
5/)
98.5
5.5
24.0
7.8
27.3
10.0
12.1
11.9
47.1
.2
3.3
5.9
65.2
16.0
58.6
102.0
20.3
66.5
15.4
59.7
23.8
22.3
26.5
10.0
12.3
26.7
7.7
7.3
9.8
H.5
11.9
11.4
47.2
46.1
.2
3.7
6.0
.1
2.7
6.1
7.4
9.8
2.3
5.6
7.6
9.9
2.4
5.9
12.2
12.0
12.3
122.0
1.7
7.0
51.0
7.5
119.9
1.7
7.9
49.7
7.5
126.0
1.6
4*5
U.8
11.0
11.8
10.3
27.6
KENTUCKY
Louisville
80.5
1955
Q/)
8/)
7.7
9.6
2.4
5.9
26.7
4.5
248.4
13.7
101.2
22.9
7.6
55.6
7.4
27.5
4.9
11.5
10.1
239-3
13.7
91.3
22.1
See footnotes at end of table.
^2.
Area bnpir
Tab)* A-7: Emotovees in nonagricutturat estabiishments
for seiected areas, by industry division - Continued
(In thousands)
Area and industry
division
KENTUCKY - continued
Louisville - continued
Number of employees
Dec.
1955
(3/)
(3/)
1954
Nov.
53.5
9-8
24.5
22.8
LOUISIANA
Baton Rouge
Contract construction..
Nev Orleans
Total..................
Contract construction..
Manufacturing.........
Trans, and pub. util...
5.6
19.1
13.4
2.2
274.9
5.3
20.7
50.3
42.5
71.9
13.3
36.7
34.4
MAINE
Lewiston
Total..................
Contract construction..
Manufacturing.........
Trans, and pub. util...
26.6
1.2
15.5
1.1
5-6
.6
3.5
1.1
Portland
Total............... .
Contract construction..
Manufacturing.........
Trans, and pub. util...
52.8
3.2
13.2
6.3
15.4
3.3
7-0
3.6
MARYIAND
Baltimore
Total..................
Mining.............. .
Contract construction..
Manufacturing.........
Trans, and pub. util...
272.0
270.1
20.8
51.0
20.2
5-3
42.9
69.5
13.3
36.1
33.3
5.1
50.4
42.1
70.1
12.7
36.2
33.5
MASSACHUSETTS
Boston
Tbtal.................
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade................ .
Finance...............
Service l / ............
Government............
Fall River
Total.................
Manufacturing........
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade.................
Government............
Other nonmanufacturing
Nev Bedford
Total..............
Contract construction
Manufac turing.......
Trans, and pub. util.
Trade................
Government.........
Other nonmanufacturing
27.8
1.2
14.9
1.1
l.l
52.7
3.5
52.5
3.8
13.1
l.l
5.5
.6
3.4
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade.................
Finance...............
Service i / ............
Government............
Worcester
13.8
6.2
14.6
3.3
7-8
3.5
43.4
119.0
29.0
62.3
70.5
Number of employees
1054
1955
1S&1VDec.
994.5
46.8
288.7
78.5
236.7
65.8
129.5
143.5
972.3
50.4
287.4
78.7
225.3
65.3
130.2
135-0
974.9
39.9
278.0
78.2
239.7
64.6
127.7
146.8
49.8
29.1
49.0
28.9
2.6
7.9
5.0
4.6
47.8
26.8
51.0
50.9
1.8
28.6
2.1
50.0
1.6
26.8
2.2
4.0
6.0
6.0
?'i
4.2
6.1
160.3
158.8
6.5
2.6
8.4
5.2
4.5
1.7
27.5
2.3
?'5
8.9
3.5
2.5
8.7
5.2
4.6
field-Holyoke
28.2
1.3
15.3
1.1
5.3
.6
3-5
199.1
59.1
See footnotes at end of table.
16
5.6
18.8
12.7
2.0
198.5
60.1
74.8
23.2
24.3
5.4
583.2
.8
29.1
61.3
55.1
9.6
19.1
12.6
2.2
591.6
.8
42.6
124.4
Dec.
Area and industry
division
6.1
15.1
3.2
7.7
3.5
558.3
.8
35.1
184.0
56.1
123.2
28.0
60.0
71.1
Contract construction
Manuf ac turing.......
Trans, and pub. util.
Trade.... ...........
Finance............
Service l / ...........
Government...........
MICHIGAN
Detroit
Tbtal.................
Contract constructior.
Manufacturing........
Trans. and pub. util..
Trade.................
Finance....... .......
Service............
Government............
5-7
71.5
8.7
32.8
6.6
15.3
19.7
106.4
3.2
50.4
5.3
21.5
4.2
9.6
12.2
71.3
8.7
31.2
6.6
155.6
5.0
67.3
8.6
32.1
6.4
15.2
15.2
21.0
104.2
3.4
102.6
19-3
50.1
5-2
20.2
4.2
9-6
.11.5
3.1
46.8
5.2
21.9
4.0
9.6
12.0
1,369.6
.9
63.O
1,354.3 1,315.7
1.0
.9
86.3
76.5
259.4
43.7
658.8
265.8
45.5
128.9
120.4
67.3
658.1
85.0
251.9
45.4
129.5
116.2
67.5
625.7
125.0
117.1
Tab)# A-7: Empioy..: !n nonaQricutfura) .stobiishments
for setected areas, by industry division
(In thou8anda)
Number of employeet
Area and industry
1954
1< 55
diviaion
Dec.
Nov.
Dec.
Area and industry
diviaion
St. Louis
MICHIGAN - continued
Flint
93-3
91.4
82.8
52.9
52.3
54.4
33.4
33.2
29.9
Grand Rapids
Lansing
Manufacturing........
Muskegon
Manufacturing........
27.6
26.8
25.7
Saginaw
Manufacturing........
30.0
29.2
27.2
MINNESOTA
Duluth
Tbtal................
Contract construction.
Manufacturing....... .
Trans, and pub. util..
42.2
44.2
2.7
2.9
10.3
10.0
6.0
10.9
1.9
6.3
4.4
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans, and pub. util..
498.8
30.4
140.2
51.5
126.2
32.5
%-7
61.2
MISSISSIPPI
Jackson
Tbtal................
Mining................
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans, and pub. util..
54.8
.7
4.6
10.2
4.5
14.9
3-5
6.8
9-8
MISSOURI
Kansas City
Total................
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans, and pub. util..
349.9
.8
16.4
1.9
6.3
4.1
493.6
33-9
140.2
51.5
122.3
32.5
56.8
56.4
54.3
.7
4.7
10.2
4.5
14.5
3.5
6.8
9.6
347.4
.8
6.1
4.3
51.5
127.5
31.7
54.9
59.9
§ /)
5/)
97.8
20.4
4o.i
20.3
20.2
32.9
30.9
96.9
95.1
4o.i
99.2
39.6
32.8
709.5
3.0
36.3
271.1
157.2
31.9
152.4
34.1
272.1
69.1
68.7
82.0
82.1
61.8
18.3
18.3
1.6
1.3
2.7
2.5
6.1
3.4
2.3
NEBRASKA
Omaha
Total 5/..............
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans, and pub. util2/
149.2
7.1
33.0
24.0
38.7
11.8
19.7
15.1
195*^
Dec.
707.5
3.1
39.5
259.1
66.1
158.3
33.5
78.4
69.5
17.9
1.2
2.7
2.7
2.4
6.0
6.0
2.5
3.3
2.2
3.3
2.3
149.3
7-9
33.2
24.2
37.7
11.8
19.7
147.0
24.7
2.2
2.0
3.5
23.3
15.0
7.3
31.6
23.8
38.6
11.4
19.2
15.2
NEVADA
Reno
Contract construction.
Manufacturing l/.....
Brans, and pub. util..
24.8
2.2
1.9
3.4
6.3
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Manchester
Total.................
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans, and pUb. util..
6.0
1.0
6.2
.9
6.5
3.6
42.3
41.7
2.1
20.1
2.7
3.8
1.9
20.2
2.7
8.2
1.9
4.3
3.1
364.9
.9
45.0
96.6
44.9
18.3
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans, and pub. util..
37)
9.1
Nov.
MONTANA
Great Falls
(3/)
(3/)
1955
718.8
3.0
33.8
69.7
490.2
28.5
136.1
18.9
108.1
45.2
See footnotes at end of table.
7.9
10.8
40.7
2.6
8.9
5.8
11.2
1.8
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans, and pub. util..
Dec.
7-9
1.9
4.3
2.8
2.0
2.0
3.3
5.9
.8
5.8
3.5
4i.o
1.9
19.4
2.6
8.0
1.9
4.2
3.1
NEW JERSEY
Newark-Jersey City 6/
819.5
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
.2
33.2
352.7
811.1
.2
34.5
354.3
807.9
.2
28.6
344.1
Tab!* A-7: Emptoye.s in nonagricutfurat estab!ishment*
for setected areas, by industry division - Continued
Area and industry
division
NEW JERSEY - continued
Newark-Jersey City con. ^
Trans, and pub. util.
Trade...............
Finance.............
Service.............
Government..........
Paterson 6/
Tbtal..,
Mining...............
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade................
Finance..............
Service..............
Government...........
(in thousand#)
Nua&er of employees
Area and industry
195T
.1931
division
Dec.
Dec.
Nov.
79.5
152.5
44.6
78.4
78.4
78 .8
145.0
44.6
7 8.4
75.3
377.7
374.2
2.0
20.8
178 .4
22.6
6 7.2
12.0
2.0
22.6
34.9
39-0
177.7
22.4
64. 2
1 2 .1
35.0
38 .2
78 .1
155.2
45.5
76 .0
80.2
364.8
1.5
20.9
170.8
22.3
66.3
11.5
33.1
38.4
Perth Amboy 5/ 6/
Manufacturing....
8 1.2
80.9
79.8
Trenton
Manufacturing.
40.9
41.2
38.0
NEW MEXICO
Albuquerque
Total................
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade................
Finance..............
Service I / ...........
Government...........
NEW YORK
Albany-Schenectady-Troy
Total...............
Contract construction
Manufacturing.......
Trans, and pub. util.
Trade...............
Government..........
Other nonmanufacturing
Binghamton
Total...............
Contract construction
Manufacturing.......
Trans, and pub. util.
Trade...............
Other nonmanufacturing
59.5
5.6
9-7
5-1
1 6 .3
59.1
6 .0
9.8
5.2
15.4
3 .4
7.4
3.4
7.5
12.0
1 1 .8
55.2
4.9
9.1
4.8
14.8
3-3
7. 2
11.1
208.5
6 .3
206.7
77.8
6.7
77.6
75.8
1 5 .8
1 6 .1
16 .6
42.1
4i.o
36.9
42.2
38.3
27.9
38.2
28.3
28.4
207.4
6.6
76 .8
75.7
2.3
4l.o
3 -9
14.8
2 .9
2.6
40.7
4.0
40.7
1 3 .8
1 4 .7
14.3
14.8
14. 8
448.7
444.4
436.9
1 7 .2
206.9
18 .9
205.8
1 7 .0
76.9
4.0
Buffalo
Contract construction
Manufacturing......
Trans, and pub. util
Trade..............
39-8
4o.i
90.2
8 7.0
See footnotes at end of table.
.ia
199.3
3 8 .1
88.5
Buffalo - continued
Finance...........
Service l/........
Government........
Elmira
Total................
Manufacturing........
Trade................
Other nonmanufacturing
Nassau and Suffolk
Counties
Total................
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade................
Service 4 y ...........
Government...........
Number of employees
T3PT
J2H.
Dec.
Dec.
TB7T
13.3
45.9
35.5
13.3
45.9
33.4
13.4
45.5
35.1
34.2
33.8
33.1
17.6
1 7 .6
16 .8
7.0
9.5
6.5
9.7
6.8
9.5
293.7
26.4
92.7
290.9
27.1
291.7
27.3
99.5
20.3
20.2
69.2
40.7
44.5
92.5
20.0
66.6
4i.4
43.3
62.3
38.9
43.4
Nev York-Northeastern
Nev Jersey j?/
Manufacturing........
1 .736 .4
1.747.8
1.732.1
Nev York City 6/
Total................
3.640.5
3.583.4
1.7
3 .602.8
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade................
Finance..............
Service..............
Government...........
Rochester
Tbtal...............
Contract construction
Manufacturing........
Trans, and pub. util.
Trade...............
Finance.............
Other nonmanufacturing
Syracuse
Total...............
Contract construction
Manufacturing.......
Trans, and pub. util.
Trade...............
Other nonmanufacturing
Utica-Rcme
Tbtal...............
Contract construction
Manufacturing.......
Trans, and pub. util.
Trade...............
1.7
111.7
1.7
99.7
978.0
320.7
no. 5
982.2
325.6
829.6
861.6
446.0
352.6
563.8
417.4
346.0
559.7
435.3
222.2
9.0
218.6
9.8
217.3
113-5
9-7
41.8
6.3
41.9
u4.o
9.7
39.1
111.1
39.7
9.7
40.7
6.3
40.8
1 4 5.4
6.3
59.1
i44.o
i 4 o.4
972.4
326.9
866.3
3 51.9
563.6
6 .3
. 6 .9
59-2
8.8
6.2
56.0
10.2
10 .2
9.7
34.5
35.3
33.3
34.5
32.7
96.1
2 .1
95.5
2.4
42.3
5.5
15.7
93.8
42.0
5-5
16 .5
35.8
2 .3
4o.6
5.3
16 .4
A m
biipk'vfm
Tab)# A-7: Emptov##! !n nonagricuttura) Mtabiishment:
for s#!#ct#d ar#as, by industry division
(In thousands)
Area and industry
division
Number of employees
Dec.
Nov.
1954
Dec.
8.2
18.7
NORTH CAROUNA
Charlotte
Total................
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans, and pub. util..
176.7
15.3
47.6
H .9
43.8
8 .9
49.2
8 .1
1 8.4
8.0
18.2
1955
NO V.
1954 ^
Dec.
48.8
48.8
17.2
12.3
34.0
128.8
12.4
8.2
126.6
12.3
8.1
118.8
12.1
35.3
35.0
11.8
4 i.8
8.8
49.4
43.7
7-9
48.6
22.8
85.5
5-4
9-9
9.5
5-4
5-4
5-2
10.5
10.3
25.7
6 .8
41.9
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans, and pub. util..
4o.7
Contract construction.
Manufacturing..... .
Trans, and pub. util..
33.8
7 .5
13.0
32.0
12.9
30.8
5 .9
5.9
14.8
14.3
5.6
7 .4
7.0
243.3
1 3 .9
59.1
245.4
13.4
240.0
12.6
29.4
57.2
29.1
29.8
67.8
6 .9
34.5
61.0
65.2
12.3
12.3
31.7
32.4
32.6
101.4
101.5
92.9
41.3
41.3
38.1
139-9
.4
7-4
34.5
14.8
139.0
.4
131.5
.4
1 2 .2
31.6
33.9
20.5
Winston-Salem
35-9
7.6
16.9
OREGON
Portland
Raleigh-Rirham
21.2
11.2
29.2
12.2
31.2
14.7
26.6
6 .9
H .5
4o.o
7 .9
Tulsa
21.6
Greensboro-High Point
35-8
7^5
9 .4
15.5
16.8
5-0
20.8
16.0
7 .7
10.2
176 3
15.0
86.1
42.2
Contract construction.
Manufacturing....... .
Trans, and pub. util..
i 4 4 .i
7 .7
9.8
177.4
4.Q
22.8
9-9
10.4
7 .1
64.8
31.4
PENNSYLVANIA
Allentovn-BethlehemEaston
NORTH DAKOTA
Fargo
21.5
1 .7
2.0
2.3
7-9
1 .5
2 .9
3 .2
21.6
21.0
2 .1
2 .1
2.3
7-6
1 .5
2 .9
3 .0
1 .7
1 .9
2.3
7.8
1 .4
3.1
Akron
94.8
94.4
Erie
Harrisburg
2.8
omo
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans, and pub. util..
90.4
25.2
5.8
Cincinnati
165.1
166.1
157.0
3 i4 .o
313.2
295.7
8.2
34.5
14.7
23.8
5 .7
7.2
30.5
13.8
5^6
12.1
12.2
12.0
39-7
39.5
38.5
46.1
46.2
42.8
551.1
548.4
551.2
Lancaster
Cleveland
Dayton
Manufacturing........
Dec.
16.5
11.5
38.0
7 .9
17.3
33.4
87 .O
26.5
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans. and pub. util..
Number of employees
OKLAHOMA
Oklahoma City
NEW YORK - continued
Utica-Rcme - continued
Westchester County 6/
Total
Contract construction
Manufacturing.......
Trans, and pub. util.
Area and industry
division
Philadelphia 3 /
103.1
101.4
95.2
See footnotes at end of table.
19
Area f m p t oy mc nt
Tabte A-7: Emptovees in nonagricuttura) estabtishments
for setected areas, by industry division - Continued
(In thousands)
Number of employees
Area and industry
13 ss
1954
division
Dec.
Nov.
Dec.
Area and industry
division
PENNSYLVANIA - continued
Pittsburgh
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans. and pub. util..
Fin&nce
Service
Government
832.3
18.1
41.7
326.4
72.1
172.5
26.9
91.0
83.6
813.4
18.1
45.2
323.9
72.5
161.5
27.0
91.2
795.9
18.1
38.4
312.6
69.2
165.5
27.4
71.9
85.9
78.8
52.5
49.9
Reading
52.8
Scranton
31.0
31.0
30.3
TENNESSEE
Chattanooga
Total................
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans. and pub. util..
Trade................
Service
Government
Knoxville
Tbtal--- 5 / .........
Contract construction^
Manufacturing........
Trans, and pub. util..
York
Manufacturing........
RHODE ISLAND
Providence
Total................
Contract construction.
B&nufacturing........
"Brans, and pub. util..
Finsmc e
Service
39.8
38.0
45.3
44.7
44.0
299.7
14.4
144.7
13.8
56.7
12.1
27.0
31.0
SOUTH CAROLINA
Charleston
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans, and pub. util..
Government...........
Greenville
Manufacturing........
51.5
2.9
9-9
3.8
296.2
15.1
144.8
i4 .o
53.0
12.0
27.7
29.6
51.4
3.1
9.9
3.7
12.5
1.6
12.0
1.6
16.2
16.6
4.7
30.4
4.7
30.2
293.9
14.6
i4 i.o
13.8
56.6
11.9
25.8
30.2
50.0
2.4
9.6
Memphis
Total................
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans. and pub. util..
Service
Government
Nashville
Total................
Contract construction^
Manufacturing........
Trans, and pub. util..
Government...........
See footnotes at end of table.
5.3
2.0
8.5
1.4
3-0
1.9
5-4
2.0
8.3
1.4
3.1
1.8
.1
3-9
46.2
5.4
18.6
4.0
5-2
1.9
8.2
1.4
2.8
2.0
Nov.
95.1
.1
4.1
45.9
5.4
18.2
4.0
8.6
9.2
8.3
118.4
116.8
2.0
1.9
6.2
45.7
7.3
6.7
45.8
7.2
2.3
ll.o
16.5
25.6
2.3
11.1
16.2
188.3
185.1
12.1
47.2
16.1
16.3
.3
8.0
23.4
.3
12.4
46.9
54.5
7-9
23-3
1954
Dec.
94.6
.1
4.8
43-7
5.3
19.0
3-7
9.2
6.9
125.9
1.9
15.3
44.5
7.5
27.2
2.3
ll.l
16.4
176.1
.3
9.5
42.7
15.7
54.9
7.8
23.8
23.6
22.7
22.7
133.5
7.2
132.3
7.6
128.5
38.6
12.9
32.2
8.2
18.9
38.8
12.6
31.0
8.2
18.8
6.4
36.7
12.6
31.1
8.0
18.5
15.1
15.1
116.0
112.2
6.6
17.8
13.0
32.8
17.0
12.5
UTAH
Salt Lake City
118.3
7.4
29.1
1^ 55
9*3
15.3
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans. and pub. util..
8.6
17.7
12.8
34.9
7.2
i4 .i
SOUTH DAKOTA
Sioux Falls
Manufacturing........
Trans. and pub. util..
95.9
57-5
4.0
12.4
1.5
4.6
15.5
Dec.
27.6
Wilkes-Barre— Hazleton
39.5
Number of employees
15.6
VERMONT
Burlington
Tbtal................
16.4
3.8
7.4
8.9
7.1
14.2
14.8
16.3
3.8
7.7
33.4
6.5
13.3
15.2
15.9
3.8
At e j
irmp!oymrn!
Tab)* A-7: Emptoyees in nonagricuitura! estabtishments
for setected areas, by industry division
Area and industry
division
VERMONT - continued
Burlington - continued
Trans. and pub. util..
Trade................
Other nonmanufacturing
Springfield
Tbtal................
Manufacturing........
Trans. and pub. util..
(In thousands)
Number of employees
Area and industry
1954
1955
division
Dec.
Nov.
Dec.
Tacoma
1.4
4.6
2.9
3.7
12.9
8.3
.6
1.5
.9
Other nonmanufacturing
1.6
VIRGINIA
Norfolk-Portsmouth
Tbtal................
151.4
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans. and pub. util..
Trade................
Finance..............
Service..............
Government...........
Richmond
Tbtal................
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans. and pub. util..
Trade................
Service..............
Government...........
WASHINGTON
Seattle 5/
Total................
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans. and pub. util..
2.9
3.7
12.8
8.1
.6
1.5
.9
1.6
1.4
4.5
2.8
3.5
1.6
.9
1.4
146.6
16.2
47.6
157.9
.3
154.5
.3
151.4
.3
9.2
37.7
.2
11.1
15.1
15.4
4o.3
5.5
15.8
10.4
38.8
15.8
12.7
16.8
21.6
12.6
16.9
20.5
10.1
39.1
41.5
304.0
13.5
83.5
27.4
78.2
18.6
47.0
Spokane 5/
Tbtal................
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade................
14.9
8.1
21.6
Government...........
10.9
11.0
73.7
3.5
3.7
39.2
300.5
14.3
84.2
37.9
75.1
.2
11.0
14.9
15.0
38.6
4.9
14.8
47.2
289.5
12.7
77.2
25.0
75.8
71.7
4.1
13.9
7.8
3.7
Finance..............
Service..............
Government...........
35.0
46.6
20.9
Mining...............
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans, and pub. util..
Finance..............
Finance..............
Racine
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans. and pub. util..
17.0
2.9
8.1
1955
1954 .
75.7
4.4
18.5
7.1
15.9
2.8
8.2
71.5
3.1
16.9
6.3
16.2
2.6
7.9
19.3
18.8
18.5
91.7
U.3
3.9
90.3
11.3
4.3
89.3
10.9
3.4
24.4
10.4
25.1
11.0
19.5
2.7
8.4
9-9
25.2
ll.o
18.1
2.6
8.5
9.4
118.3
5.5
4.5
57.4
117.1
5.5
4.4
57.6
10.0
10.0
21.5
2.9
9.5
7.1
22.3
191.6
28.4
89.3
19.1
1.9
24.0
1.6
7.4
.8
19.2
2.6
8.7
9.8
110.3
ao.4
5.4
3.4
52.7
9.1
20.4
2.8
2.8
9.9
6.6
23.0
191.1
28.3
84.7
19.1
2.2
23.7
1.6
7.0
.8
9.4
7.3
19.5
174.2
27.9
86.7
18.9
1.8
22.4
1.6
7.1
.7
WYOMING
Casper
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans. and pub. util..
3.7
10.9
10.4
l/ Includes mining. 2/ Includes ^n i n g and government. 3/ Not available.
Revised series j not strictly comparable vith previously published data,
Nev Jersey.
3 7 5 6 3 0 0 - 56 - 5
75.7
4.3
16.9
7.2
Wheeling-Steubenville
WISCONSIN
Milwaukee
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans. and pub. util..
73.4
4.3
15.1
10.9
10.6
Mining...............
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans. and pub. util..
11.8
16.1
20.8
*to.5
Dec.
WEST VIRGINIA
Charleston
Government...........
17.2
8.2
20.6
Finance..............
Service!/...........
15.0
18.5
36.0
44.5
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans, and pub. util..
11.7
7.3
.6
149.7
.2
11.9
15.2
15.4
37.7
5.5
16.3
47.5
35.8
Gove nune nt
1.4
4.5
Number of employees
3.1
.7
1.8
1.6
3.5
.6
1.8
3.1
.9
1.8
1.6
3.7
.6
1.9
3.2
1.3
1.8
1.7
3.8
.5
1.8
4/ Includes mining and finance.
o/ Subarea of Nev York-Northeastern
21
V^oincii in tndustr\
Tab!* A-8: Women omp!oy**s !n manufacturing industries
October 1955
Ju l y
October 1954
1955
Number
(in thou
sands )
of total
employment
Number
(in thou
sands)
Percent
of total
employment
Number
(in thou
sands )
Percent
o f total
employment
4,533.5
27
4,204.5
26
4,268.5
27
DURABLE GOODS..........................
WOWDURABLE GOODS......................
1,774.5
2,759.0
18
38
1,655.8
2,548.7
17
37
1,631.8
2,636.7
38
ORDNANCE AMD ACCESSOR!ES................
25.7
20
26.3
20
31.4
22
FOOD AND KtNDRED PRODUCTS...............
4396
27
389.2
24
426.6
27
76.6
23.7
74.9
23
22
41
15
21
11
51
10
74.9
24.7
36.2
23
22
49
15
22
10
55
12
27
23
21
50
15
21
9
55
11
27
72-3
60
Industry
..........................
142.7
S u gar........................................
Confectionery and related p r o d u c t s ......
TOBACCO MANUFACTURES...................
TEXT!LE-M!LL PRODUCTS...................
18.3
62.4
4.2
49.1
24.2
Knitting m i l l s ..............................
Dyeing and finishing textiles ............
Carpets, rugs, other floor coverings....
Hats (except cloth and m i l l i n e r y ).......
APPAREL AND OTHER FtM!SHED TEXTtLE
PRODUCTS..............................
Men's and boys' suits and c o ats .........
Men's and boys' furnishings and work
cloth i n g ....................................
M i l l i n e r y ....... ............................
.22.
60.1
136.8
18.4
59.7
26
4.1
49.1
22.5
36.4
57
71.3
59
44
30
3-3
45
79
42
33
14.4
32.5
3.3
80
21.1
43
53
44
31
36.0
22.2
36.5
49.8
80
472.3
44
451.0
43
466.9
9
1.0
58.1
178.0
17.0
144.7
18.2
15
46
39
55
68
21
24
39
29
1.0
58.6
185.2
17.0
151.1
19.8
19.8
15
45
39
56
68
22
24
41
30
17-9
29
980.1
78
889.2
77
913*7
77
76.1
62
67.2
61
72.8
61
85
260.1
255.2
88
71
86
84
78
12.7
60.4
87
69
85
60.8
84
78
87
70
86
49.8
85.8
77
66
17-9
156.4
194
12.3
4.9
278.3
291.3
IO8.9
15.6
61.8
Miscellaneous apparel and accessories...
Other fabricated textile pr o d u c t s .......
18.4
153
31-5
31
22.4
58.8
181.9
45
29.1
108.9
18
43
54
80
14.7
28.8
17.9
11-5
4.6
264.1
97-5
2.9
25
932
2.8
42.7
67
81.7
31.8
77
25
75
65
11.4
4.9
269.4
101.8
15.1
3.0
16
46
4o
56
67
22
22
38
26
Tabte A-S: Women emptoyee* !n manufatturing indwtrie! - Continued
October
Industry
LUMBER AWD WOOD PRODUCTS (EXCEPT
FURW!TURE)..........................................................
S a w m i l l s an d p l a n i n g m i l l s .......... ...
M i l l w o r k , p l y w o o d , an d p r e f a b r i c a t e d
M i s c e l l a n e o u s w o o d p r o d u c t s ...............
FURM!TURE AWD F!XTURES....................................
Office,
public-building,
Partitions,
shelving,
and p r o f es -
l o c kers,
1955
July
1955
October 1954
Number
(in t h o u
san d s )
Percent
o f tot a l
Number
(inthou-
48.8
6
46.3
6
2.1
14.4
2
4
14.1
2.1
2
10.6
10.3
11.4
7
19
19
10.1
9.8
10.2
18
10.8
20
66.2
17
59.9
17
62.7
18
46.1
17
41.7
17
44.2
17
5.6
13
5.3
13
5.5
13
3.4
10
3-6
11
of total
Number
(inthou-
o f total
48.3
6
1.9
2
3
14.9
4
7
19
10.3
8
19
and
10.4
3-9
10
Screens, blinds, and misc e l l an e o us
f u r n i t u r e an d f i x t u r e s ....................
10.6
37
9.5
35
9.4
36
PAPER AWD ALL!ED PRODUCTS..............................
129.4
23
123.1
23
123.1
23
Pulp, paper, a nd p a p e r b o a r d m i l l s ........
P a p e r b o a r d c o n t a i n e r s a nd b o x e s ..........
O t h e r p a p e r a n d a l l i e d p r o d u c t s ..........
30.7
46.2
52.5
11
29
30.9
11
28
28.9
41.7
11
4o
44.8
49.4
30
40
PR!WT!WG, PUBDSHtWO, AWD ALHED
!WDUSTR!ES..........................................................
229.4
28
218.8
27
220.8
27
55.2
18
54.5
25.3
18
53.8
25.9
B o o k b i n d i n g a n d r e l a t e d i n d u s t r i e s ......
M i s c e l l a n e o u s pub l is h i n g and p r inting
CHEM!CALS AWD ALL!ED PRODUCTS......................
I n d u s t r i a l i n o r g a n i c c h e m i c a l s ...........
I n d u s t r i a l o r g a n i c c h e m i c a l s ..............
D r u g s a n d m e d i c i n e s ..........................
So a p , c l e a n i n g and p o l i s h i n g p r e p a r a Paints,
pigments,
an d f i l l e r s .............
40
44
45
50.5
28.0
22.2
56.4
18.8
13.2
20.1
30
64
44
18.6
15.5
26
21.9
11.9
43
18.1
12.9
18.7
65
23
15.7
24
15.2
23
148.6
18
146.9
18
145.9
18
9.9
9
14
39
9.6
44.8
9
14
4o
9.3
43.7
37.4
9
15
40
23
11.0
10.6
22
11.4
15
6
8
8
30
10.3
27.8
23
15
5
6
7
30
7
16.0
6
7
6
13.0
6
6
35.9
11.8
10.4
36.9
V e g e t a b l e an d a n i m a l o i l s a n d f a t s ......
M i s c e l l a n e o u s c h e m i c a l s ....................
29.8
PRODUCTS OF PETROLEUM AWD COAL....................
16.8
7
28.3
16.8
13.8
7
6
13.7
3.1
.4
26
53.7
17.0
15
6
6
7
30
Co ke, o t h e r p e t r o l e u m a n d c o a l p r o d u c t s .
22.5
18
41
46
25
29
63
45.0
53.9
42
45
2.2
3.2
3.0
.4
2.2
3.1
.4
2.2
3.4
3.0
30
43
Women tn Industry
Tab!# A-8: Women #mp!ey##$ in manufacturing industries - Continued
Oct o b e r 1955
industry
RUBBER PRODUCTS........................
Number
(in t h o u
sa n d s )
74.3
Percent
of total
employment
Oct o b e r 1954
J u l y 1955
Number
(in thou
sands )
26
69.8
18.5
13.3
Percent
of total
employment
Percent
of total
employment
Number
(in thou
sands )
26
66.6
26
16
18.7
38.0
49
30
13.3
34.6
17
49
29
51
194.1
51
185.8
50
13
38
41
56
48
70
58
54
1.8
6.9
139.8
9.9
20.4
10.9
13
36
42
56
47
67
57
5.4
1.5
131.4
L u g g a g e .........................................
H a n d b a g s and s m a l l l e a t h e r g o o d s .........
G l o v e s and m i s c e l l a n e o u s l e a t h e r g o o d s . .
5.5
1.9
6.7
137.5
9.2
23 . 7
11.7
8.2
22.5
10.7
13
33
41
55
46
68
59
STOWE, CLAY, AWD GLASS PRODUCTS.........
93.6
17
88.3
16
84.1
16
2.0
30.9
4.9
6
2. 0
G l a s s and g l a s s w a r e , p r e s s e d o r b l o w n . . .
Glass prod uc t s made o f p u r c h as e d glass..
32
29.6
6
33
27
1.9
28 . 4
4.5
6
32
7
33
5.7
17.7
Ti r e s an d i n n e r t u b e s .......................
R u b b e r f o o t w e a r ...............................
O t h e r r u b b e r p r o d u c t s .......................
18.6
16
15.2
40.5
51
30
LEATHER AMD LEATHER PRODUCTS............
196.2
Lea t h e r : t anned, c u r r i e d , and f i n i s h e d . .
I n d u s t r i a l l e a t h e r b e l t i n g and p a c k i n g . .
B o o t and s h o e cut s t o c k and f i n d i n g s . . . .
1.1
28
4.4
l.l
5.6
6.1
27
16.9
.8
2
8
35
'6
4
7.4
.8
6
5.8
4
.8
3
7
33
6
4
21.3
22
20.5
22
18.2
21
77.1
6
75-2
6
69.4
6
23.5
10.6
4
4
24.2
9. 8
4
4
23.3
93
4
5
2.1
3
1.9
3
1.8
3
1.0
8
1.0
9
1.0
8
9
15
11
10.4
11.9
9
14
Miscellaneous primary metal industries..
10.2
12.9
16.8
16.0
FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS (EXCEPT
ORDWAWCE, MACH!WERY, AWD TRAWSP0RTAT!0W
EQU!PMEMT)............................
213.6
19
15.2
25
6.3
19.2
Concrete,
gypsum,
and plast e r products..
7.1
2
1.1
Miscellaneous nonmetallic mineral
PR!MARY METAL !WDUSTR!ES................
Prim a r y smelting and refining of
S e c on d a r y smelting and refining of
Ro l l i n g ,
drawing,
and alloying of
Cutl e r y , h a n d too l s , a n d h a r d w a r e ........
H e a t i n g a p p a r a t u s ( e x c e p t e l e c t r i c ) a nd
Fabricated structural metal products....
M e t a l s t a m p i n g , coa t i n g , and e n g r a v i n g . .
Miscellaneous fabricated metal products.
45-2
16.8
21.3
50.7
15.1
16.4
32.9
30
12
7
23
31
25
23
99
10
14
11
10.5
13.6
199.9
19
193.6
19
15.3
41.6
24
29
14.5
40.3
25
29
15.6
21.0
12
7
22
30
24
23
46.6
13.6
14.8
31-4
16.3
20.5
45.8
13.5
13-5
29.2
10
13
7
23
31
24
23
W om en
tn l ndust t \
Tab!# A-S: Women emptoyees !n manufacturing industries - Continued
October 1955
October 1954
July 1955
Industry
Number
(in thou
sands)
Percent
of total
employment
Number
(in thou
sands )
Percent
of total
MACHtMERY (EXCEPT ELECTRtCAL)......................
226.6
14
221.1
14
14
11.1
14
9
9
11.6
Special-industry machinery (except
General industrial machinery...........
Office and store machines and devices...
Service-industry and household machines.
Miscellaneous machinery parts..........
15.4
11-3
31.4
10
8
12
20.6
32.2
29.6
11
26.4
48.1
14.8
11.1
31.2
19.7
32.4
28.9
12
11
13
27
15
26.3
14
27
15
18
45.6
18
(in thou
sands )
Percent
of total
employment
209.6
14
10.3
14
14.0
10.2
29.0
10
8
11
19.6
29.8
28.8
26.1
13
41.8
28
16
18
11
ELECTR!CAL MAC1HMERY........................................
478.1
40
423.4
38
420.9
39
Electrical generating, transmission,
distribution, and industrial apparatus.
111.8
29
105.9
21.6
5.2
29
33
101.8
20.6
28
21.7
228.7
16.9
35
70
46
36
17.1
237.5
16.8
33
70
47
36
25.9
6.1
29.3
18.6
35
22
27.0
18.1
20
5.4
32
22
18.4
37
70
48
36
TRAMSMRTAHOM EQU!PMEMT................................
224.3
12
222.1
12
208.8
13
Aircraft and parts....................
Ship and boat building and repairing....
Railroad equipment....................
94.5
118.4
4.4
5.1
1.9
11
16
10
16
16
74.5
124.2
4.3
4.1
1.7
10
4
8
17
94.9
116.5
4.4
4.7
1.6
16
115.6
36
111.6
36
109.4
35
13-5
26
12.7
25
12.3
25
30.6
35
33
44
44
35
32
44
43
29
52
27.6
4.3
17.0
9.9
19.9
18.4
33
33
43
43
30
53
268.0
!MSTRUMEMTS AMD RELATED PRODUCTS................
4
8
17
4
8
Laboratory, scientific, and engineering
Mechanical measuring and controlling
18.2
11.1
19.0
29
54
29.7
4.2
17.7
10.3
19.7
17.3
MtSCELLAMEOUS MAMUFACTUR!MQ !MDUSTR!ES...
204.9
41
181.7
4o
193.6
41
Jewelry, silverware, and plated ware....
23.4
43
23
49
52
55
34
34
19.3
4.1
41.2
4o
23.8
42
Optical instruments and lenses.........
Surgical,medical, and dental instruments
4.1
19.1
4.3
Pens, pencils, other office supplies--Costume jewelry, buttons, notions......'
Other manufacturing industries.........
47.0
15.5
37-6
28.0
49.1
15.0
33.5
24.5
44.1
23
47
51
54
33
32-
4.0
41.9
15.5
36.0
24.1
48.1
23
46
52
53
34
— 1 4 ___
25-
MONTHLY LABOR TURNOVER RATES
MANUFACTURtNG tMDUSTMES
)939-)955
!939
!945
" N 'T C D S T A T tS D tP A R T M tM T O f L A B O R
<950
!955 <939
o E c e - .E R
,^5 D A T A .P ..,,^ ..,
!945
)950
!955
Libor Turnover
Tab!* B-lt M on thiy tabor turnover rates in m anu facturing ,
b y dass of turnover
(Par 100 employees
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
1948.
1949.
1950.
1951.
1952.
1953.
1954.
1955.
4.6
3-2
3-6
5.2
4.4
4.4
2.8
3-3
3.9
2.9
3-2
4.5
3.9
4.2
2.5
3.2
4.0
3.0
3.6
4.6
3-9
4.4
2.8
3.6
4.0
2.9
3.5
4.5
3.7
4.3
2.4
3.5
Total
4.1
3.5
4.4
4.5
3-9
4.1
2.7
3.3
1948.
1949.
1950,
1951.
1952,
1953.
1954.
1955.
4.3
4.6
3.1
4.1
4.0
3.8
4.3
2.9
4.7
4.1
3.0
3.8
3.9
3.6
3.5
2.5
*t.5
4.8
2.9
4.1
3.7
4.1
3-7
3.0
1948,
1949,
1950,
1951
1952,
1953
1954
1955,
2.4
1.7
1.1
2.1
1.9
2.1
1.1
1.0
2.5
1.4
1.0
2.1
1.9
2.2
1.0
1.0
1948,
1949
1950,
1951.
1952,
1953
1954
1955
6.4
.3
.2
.3
.3
.3
.2
.2
1948
1949
1950,
1951
1952,
1953
1954
1955
1948,
19491950,
1951,
1952,
19531954
1955,
May
June
July
Aug.
accession
5.7
4.7
4.4
3-5
4.8
4.7
4.2
4.9
4.4
4.9
4.1
5.1
3-5
2.9
3.4
4.3
4.7
4.8
2.8
4.6
4.1
4.3
3.8
3.1
2.8
1.6
1.2
2.5
2.0
2.5
1.0
1.3
3.0
1.7
1.3
2.7
2.2
2.7
1.1
1.5
6.4
.3
.2
.3
.3
.4
.2
.2
6.4
.3
.2
.3
.3
.4
.2
.2
1.2
2.5
1.7
1.0
1.4
.9
2.8
1.3
1.7
2.3
1.7
.8
1.3
.8
2.2
1.1
0.1
.1
.1
.7
.4
.4
.3
.3
0.1
.1
.1
.6
.4
.4
.2
.2
Annual
aver- Year
AgS__
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
5.0
4.4
6.6
4.5
5.9
4.3
3-3
4.5
5.1
4.1
5.7
4.3
5.6
4.0
3-4
4.4
4.5
3.7
5.2
4.4
5.2
3-3
3.6
4.1
3-9
3.3
4.0
3-9
4.0
2.7
3-3
3.3
2.7
3.2
3-0
3.0
3.3
2.1
2.5
2.4
4.4
3-5
4.4
4.4
4.4
3-9
3.0
3.7
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
Total-aepSfStiop
4.4
4.5
4.3
3.8
5-2
4.3
3.0
2.9
3.1
4.4
4.8
4.3
5.0
3.9
3-9
4.4
4.2
4.3
3-3
3.1
3.1
3.2
3.2
3.4
5.1
4.0
4.2
5.3
4.6
4.8
3-5
4.0
5.4
4.2
4.9
5.1
4.9
5.2
3-9
4.4
4.5
4.1
4.3
4.7
4.2
4.5
3-3
3.3
4.1
4.0
3.8
4.3
3.5
4.2
3.0
3.1
4.3
3.2
3.6
3-5
3.4
4.0
3.0
2.9
4.4
4.3
3-5
4.4
4.1
4.3
3.5
3-3
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
2.8
1.6
1.6
2.8
2.2
2.7
1.0
1.5
Quit
2.9
1.5
1.7
2.5
2.2
2.6
1.1
1.5
2.9
1.4
1.8
2.4
2.2
2.5
1.1
1.6
3.4"
1.8
2.9
3.1
3.0
2.9
1.4
2.2
3-9
2.1
3.4
3.1
3.5
3.1
1.8
2.8
2.5
1.5
2.7
2.5
2.8
2.1
1.2
1.8
2.2
1.2
2.1
1.9
2.1
1.5
1.0
1.4
1.7
.9
1.7
1.4
1.7
l.l
.9
1.1
2.8
1.5
1.9
2.4
2.3
2.3
1.1
1.6
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
0.4
.2
.2
.4
.3
.4
.2
.3
6.3
.2
.3
.4
.3
.4
.2
.3
6.4
.2
.3
.4
.3
.4
.2
.3
T?e
6.4
.2
.3
.3
.3
.4
.2
.3
0.4
.3
.4
.4
.3
.4
.2
.3
6A
.2
.4
.3
.4
.4
.2
.3
6.4
.2
.4
.4
.4
.4
.2
.3
.2
.3
.3
.4
.3
.2
.3
6.3
.2
.3
.3
.3
.2
.2
.2
6JT
.2
.3
.3
.3
.4
.2
.3
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1.2
2.8
1.4
.8
1.1
.8
2.3
1.3
1.2
2.8
1.2
1.0
1.3
.9
2.4
1.2
1.1
3-3
1.1
1.2
1.1
1.0
1.9
l.l
Layofj
l.l
2.5
.9
1.0
1.1
.9
1.7
1.2
1.2
1.8
.6
1.4
1.0
1.3
1.7
1.3
1.0
1.8
.7
1.3
.7
1.5
1.7
l.l
1.2
2.3
.8
1.4
.7
1.8
1.6
1,2
1.4
2.5
1.1
1.7
.7
2.3
1.6
1.2
2.2
2.0
1.3
1.5
1.0
2.5
1.7
1.4
1.3
2.4
l.l
1.2
1.1
1.3
1.9
1.2
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
0.1
.1
.1
.5
.3
.3
.2
.2
Mlsctsllaneoiis. inc*Luding nUltari
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
.1
.1
.1
.1
.1
.1
.1
.2
.1
.3
.4
.4
.4
.4
.5
.3
.3
.3
.3
.3
.3
.3
.3
.3
.3
.2
.2
.2
.2
.3
.2
.2
.2
.2
.2
0.1
.1
.4
.4
.3
.3
.3
.2
0.1
.1
.4
.4
.3
.3
.2
.2
0.1
.1
.3
.4
.3
.3
.1
.2
0.1
.1
.3
.3
.3
.2
.2
.2
0.1
.1
.2
.5
.3
.3
.2
.2
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1.0
2.1
.6
1.3
2.2
1.1
1.6
1.3
27
Tab!$ B-2: Monthty tabor turnover rat** in setected industries
(Per 100 employees)
Total
Separation rate
accession
Misc., incl.
Total
Quit
Discharge
Layoff
rate
military
Industry
Dec. Nov. Dec. Nov. Dec. Nov. Dec. Nov. Dec. Nov. Dec. Nov.
1922 19?? 192? 1955 1955 1955 195? 1955 1955 1955 1955 1955
/ M A W W M / M ? ............................ 2.4 3.3 2.9
1.4 0.2
1.4
1.2 0.2
0.2
3.1 1.1
0.3
BUMBLE aootn..........................
KOmUR*!LE 4 0 0 H ........................
2.6
2.1
3.3
2.9
3.1
2.6
3.2
2.9
1.1
1.1
1.4
1.3
.3
.2
.2
.3
1.5
1.2
1.2
1.1
.2
.1
.2
.1
ORDMAMCE AMD ACCESSOR!ES...............
1.9
2.1
3.9
2.7
.9
1.0
.1
.2
2.7
1.3
.2
.2
FOOD AMD )()MDRED PRODUCTS..............
2.3
2.9
2.1
2.0
3.3
4.1
2.3
2.8
3.6
3.7
3.2
2.3
4.2
3.6
3.6
3.9
1.0
.7
1.0
1.4
1.4
.9
1.3
1.9
.2
.2
.3
.2
.3
.3
.3
.3
2.3
2.7
1.7
.7
2.4
2.2
1.9
1.6
.1
.1
.2
.1
.1
.2
.1
.1
1.9
2.9
2.9
3.3
.2
.2
.1
.1
2.4
2.9
.2
.1
.9
1.4
.7
.3
1.7
1.2
2.2
1.0
1.9
1.4
2.3
1.6
2.1
1.6
2.8
1.3
1.1
.9
1.3
.7
1.7
1.2
2.3
.8
.2
.2
.2
.3
.3
.1 (1/)
.5
.1
.9
.5
.1
.1
.1
.3
3.3
3.1
3.4
3.1
3.4
3.3
2.9
2.8
2.7
2.3
3.5
4.1
3-0
3.8
3.0
2.7
3.1
3.1
2.3
2.4
3.7
1.3
1.2
1.3
1.3
1.3
1.3
1.3
Beverages:
TOBACCO MANUFACTURES...................
TEXT!LE-M!LL PRODUCTS..................
2.3
2.3
2.5
2.3
K n i t t i n g m i l l s ...............................
F u l l - f a s h i o n e d h o s i e r y ...................
S e a m l e s s h o s i e r y ...........................
D y e i n g an d f i n i s h i n g t e x t i l e s ...........
C a r p e t s , rugs, o t h e r f l o o r c o v e r i n g s . . .
APPAREL AND OTHER F!N!SHED TEXTtLE
PRODUCTS.............................
Men's and boys'
f u r ni s h i ng s and
work
LUMBER AND WOOD PRODUCTS (EXCEPT
FURNiTURE)...........................
Millwork, plywood, and prefabricated
FURN!TURE AND FtXTURES.................
3.6
1.9
1.3
1.7
P a p e r b o a r d c o n t a i n e r s a n d b o x e s . . . . ----
CHEMtCALS AMD ALL!ED PRODUCTS..........
2.9
1.9
3.3
3.3
1.9
1.3
3.0
3.4
1.9
2.1
3.8
4.3
1.6
3.2
5.3
1.8
1.6
.2
.2
.2
.2
.2
.2
.1
.2
.3
.2
.3
.3
.3
.3
.2
.2
.2
1.3
1.3
1.0
.6
.1
.1
.1
.1
.1 (1/)
.2
.3
1.0
.2
.2
1.6
.8
.1
.2
.2
.2
.1
.1
.2
.2
.2
.1
3.6
.4
3.0
2.3
1.0
.3
3
.4
.3
.7
3.5
.7
1.5
2.5
1.7
.1
.1
.2
.3
.8
.4
.7
1.5
.1
.1
.1
.1
2.6
.1
.2
.9
.4
.1
.1
2.4
.2
6.0 (2/)
1.8
.2
.3 4.3
.5 (2/)
.3 3.4
2.9
5.4
2.5
(2/)
.2
.1
.2
.1
.1
.3
.2
.5 (1/)
.1
.5
1.7 (1 /)
.4
.1
1.1
.2
(1/)
.2
(1 /)
.2
.2
2.0
3.7 6.0 3.7 1.3
8.1 (2/) 12.1 (2/)
2.8 H.9 4.7 1.1
2.4
2.3
3.3
4.0
l.l
1.4
.2
.3
2.0
2.2
.2
.2
2.7
2.8
3.8
4.0
3.3
3.3
3.9
2.7
3.8
3.8
3.7
1.3
1.3
2.1
2.2
.4
.4
1.7
1.9
.2
.4
.5
.3
1.8
1.1
.9
1.4
.2
.1
.3
.2
.2
.2
1.7
1.1
2.1
2.3
1.3
3.4
2.3
1.3
3.4
.9
.5
1.2
.2
.1
.3
1.0
.8
.6
.2
.2
.1
.1
.1
.1
1.4
1.5
1.3
.5
.4
.3
.3
.1
.1
.1
.1
.2
.1
.2
.2
.2
.1
,1
.1
3.3
(2/)
1.8
1.3
3.0
1.3
1.5
1.6
1.0
1.8
2.7
2.7
l.l
1.7
1.3
28
1.6
1.3
.7
.9
2.9
2.2
1.6
2.3
1.7
1.7
1.7
1.5
1.5
1.7
.9
l.l
1.8
2.6
3.2
3.0
2.9
3.3
2.3
PAPER AMD A L U ED PRODUCTS..............
2.6
1.6
1.8
.2
1.6
1.2
1.1
1.3
1.4
1.2
.9
1.2
.9
1.6
1.0
.9
.9
l.l
1.0
1.3
.7
.9
.4
.4
.6
.6
.7
2.0
.3
.2
.6
1.3
.4
1.7
.4
.2
.1
.2 (1/)
.2
.1
.1
.3
.1 (l/)
.7
.6 (1/)
.1 (l/)
.1
.2
.7
.7
.7
.7
.4
.4
.7
.2
.1
Tab!* B-2: Monthty !abor turnover rates !n s*!#ct*d industr!*s-Cont!nu*d
(Per 100 employees)
Total
Industry
PRODUCTS OF PETROLEUM AMD COAL....................
P e t r o l e u m r e f i n i n g .........................
Separation rate
accession
rate
Total
QUit
Discharge
Dec.
Nov.
Dec.
ip?5
0.7
.5
i?55
1??5 i?55 ip?5 ip52 1955
0.4
1.2 1.4 0.3
0.1
.8
.2 (1/)
.9
.3
0.7
.6
Nov.
Dec.
Nov. Dec.
Nov.
Layoff
Dec.
Nov.
1955 i??5 1??5
0.8
0.1 0.6
.4
.3
(I/)
Misc., incl.
military
Dec.
Nov.
1955 1955
0.2 0.2
.2
.2
RUBBER PRODUCTS..................................................
2.1
(2/)
2.8
2.9
3.0
1.5
3.8
4.2
1.9
(2/)
2.6
2.5
2.2
1.3
2.2
3.0
.9
(2/)
2.1
1.2
1.3
.7
1.8
1.7
.2
(2/)
.2
.2
.2
.1
.2
.3
.6
(2/)
.2
.9
.5
.3
.1
.8
.2
(2/)
.2
.2
.2
.2
.2
.2
LEATHER AMD LEATHER PRODUCTS........................
3-7
1.6
4.0
3.5
2.9
3-6
3.1
3-3
3.1
3.0
3.4
3.0
1.8
.7
2.0
1.8
.9
2.0
.2
.2
.2
.2
.3
.2
1.0
2.2
.8
.9
1.9
.7
.1
.2
.1
.1
.3
.1
STOME, CLAY, AMD GLASS PRODUCTS..................
1.8
2.2
(2/)
2.0
2.0
2.4
2.9
1.4
2.3
2.7
2.0
2.4
(2/)
2.5
1.4
2.3
2.6
1.7
2.5
2.2
.7
.5
(2/)
1.1
.9
.1
.8
.1
.8 (2/)
.2
1.3
.2
1.5
.2
.2
.3
.3
.2
1.0
1.7
(2/)
1.0
.2
.8
1.5
.4
.7
.2
.2
.1
(2/)
.3
.1
.2
.1
.2
.3
.1
PRIMARY METAL !MDUSTR!ES................................
2.0
2.5
1.7
2.0
.8
l.i
.3
.3
.4
.5
.2
.2
1.5
3.2
3-5
2.5
3.2
1.6
4.4
4.4
4.7
4.4
1.2
2.7
2.5
2.7
3.0
1.5
2.9
2.8
3.6
2.6
.6
1.5
1.6
1.7
1.3
.8
1.7
1.6
2.3
1.6
.1
.5
.5
.5
5
.1
.6
.5
.7
.5
.3
.5
.2
.4
9
.3
.4
.6
.3
.3
.2
.1
.1
.1
.2
.2
.2
.1
.4
.2
1.6
1.7
1.3
1.5
.9
.9
.3
.2
.1
.2
.1
.3
1.5
3.0
2.2
4.4
1.0
3.6
1.5
3.4
.5
1.3
.9
1.8
.2
.7
.2
.7
.2
1.2
.2
.7
.1
.3
.2
.3
2.5
3.4
2.1
1.8
.8
1.0
.3
.3
.8
.3
.2
.1
3.8 3.4
4.0 2.6
3.3 3.0
2.8 1.9
4.8 (2/)
3.9
2.6
2.1
2.3
3.0
1.2
1.4
1.6
.9
(2/)
1.4
1.5
1.4
1.7
l.i
.3
.3
.2
.4
(2/)
.4 1.8
.5
.7
.3 1.3
.3
.5
.6 (2/)
1.9
.5
.5
.5
.4
.2
.1
(1/)
.2
(2/)
.2
.2
.1
.1
.2
Tires and inner t u b e s ................. *...
R u b b e r f o o t w e a r .............................
Other r u b b e r p r o d u c t s ......................
Leather: tanned, curried, and finished..
F o o t w e a r (except r u b b e r ) ..................
Glass and glass p r o d u c t s ..................
Cement, h y d r a u l i c ......................... .
S t r u c t u r a l clay p r o d u c t s ..................
P o t t e r y and related p r o d u c t s .............
Bl a s t furnaces, steel works, and rolling
m i l l s ....... ................................
I r o n and steel found r i e s ..................
G r a y - i r o n f o u n d r i e s .......................
M a l l e a b l e - i r o n f o undries.................
Steel f o u n d r i e s ............................
P r i m a r y smelting and refining of
n o n f e r r o u s metals:
P r i m a r y smelting and refining of copper,
lead, and z i n c ............................
Rolling, drawing, and alloying of
n onferrous metals:
Rolling, drawing, and alloying of
c o p p e r .....................................
Nonfer r o u s f o u n d r i e s .......................
O t h e r prim a r y metal industries:
I r o n and steel f o rgings ..................
FABR!CATED METAL PRODUCTS (EXCEPT ORDMAMCE, MACM!MERY, AMD TRAMSPORTAHOM
EpU!PMEMT)..........................................................
Cutlery, hand tools, and h a r d w a r e .......
C u t l e r y and edge t o o l s ...................
H a n d t o o l s ..................................
H a r d w a r e ....................................
H e a t i n g apparatus (except electric) and
plumbers' s u p p l i e s ........................
S a n i t a r y ware and plumbers' supplies...
Oil burners, n o nelectric heating and
cooking apparatus, not elsewhere
c l a s s i f i e d ................................
F a b r i c a t e d structural metal products....
Metal stamping, coating, and engraving..
2.8
2.1
1.6
2.6
(2/)
l.i
1.7
1.4
2.3
2.0
4.4
5.2
4.1
2.4
1.2
1.3
1.4
1.2
.3
.5
.4
.5
2.6
3.3
2.0
.5
.3
.1
.3
.3
1.8
2.4
4.6
2.6
3.2
5.0
3.9
3.2
4.0
5.2
3.6
5.1
1.1
.9
1.6
1.5
1.3
1.5
.2
.2
.4
.4
.4
.4
2.2
1.8
1.8
1.8
2.8
3.0
.4
.1
.2
.3
.1
.3
See footnotes at end of table.
29
Tabte B-2: Monthty !abor turnover rates in setected !ndustr!es-Cont!nued
(Per 100 e m p l o y e e s )
Total
Separation rate
Total
Industry
Dec.
1955
2.4
3.2
(2/)
2.5
2.2
2.0
Nov. Dec. Nov.
1955 1955 L1955
2.2
3.2 2.2
3.1 1.6 2.0
(2/) 2.3
3.5
2.9 2.0 2.1
1.8
2.9 1.5
2.7 1.3
1.5
2.0
2.5
2.7
3.6
1.3
2.0
1.9
2.0
2.4
3.1
2.3
2.8
3.2
2.4
5.3
3.1
ELECTRtCAL MACHtMERY..................... 2.7
MACHtMERY (EXCEPT ELECTRtCAL)............
E n g i n e s an d t u r b i n e s ..........................
A g r i c u l t u r a l m a c h i n e r y a n d t r a c t o r s ......
C o n s t r u c t i o n a nd m i n i n g m a c h i n e r y .........
M e t a l w o r k i n g m a c h i n e r y .......................
G e n e r a l i n d u s t r i a l m a c h i n e r y ...............
O f f i c e a n d s t o r e m a c h i n e s an d d e v i c e s . . . .
S e r v i c e - i n d u s t r y an d h o u s e h o l d m a c h i n e s . .
M i s c e l l a n e o u s m a c h i n e r y p a r t s ..............
Electrical generating, transmission,
d i s t r i b u t i o n , a nd i n d u s t r i a l a p p a r a t u s . .
R a d i o s , p h o n o g r a p h s , t e l e v i s i o n sets,
an d e q u i p m e n t ................................
T e l e p h o n e , t e l e g r a p h , and r e l a t e d
e q u i p m e n t .....................................
E l e c t r i c a l a p p l i a n c e s , lamps, and m i s c e l la n e o u s p r o d u c t s ..............................
TRAMSPORTATtOM EQUtPMEMT................
A i r c r a f t e n g i n e s an d p a r t s .................
A i r c r a f t p r o p e l l e r s an d p a r t s .............
O t h e r a i r c r a f t p a r t s an d e q u i p m e n t ......
S h i p and b o a t b u i l d i n g a n d r e p a i r i n g .....
R a i l r o a d e q u i p m e n t ............................
L o c o m o t i v e s a n d p a r t s .......................
O t h e r t r a n s p o r t a t i o n e q u i p m e n t .............
tMSTRUMEMTS AMO RELATED PRODUCTS.........
P h o t o g r a p h i c a p p a r a t u s .......................
W a t c h e s a n d c l o c k s ............................
P r o f e s s i o n a l and sci e n ti f i c instruments..
Dec.
1955
Nov.
1955
.9
.9
(2/)
1.1
.9
.8
.3
.4
(2/)
.3
.2
.2
1.6
2.4
.7
1.0
.9
1.3
1.4
1.8
2.5
3.6
1.9
2.2
2.5
2.0
2.7
2.0
.8
.9
.8
.9
1.0
3.7
3.1
3.0
2.2
(2/)
2.8
3.8
1.8
(2/)
3.0
3.7
(2/)
3.6
Layoff
.5
.3
.4
.3
.3
.1
Nov.
1955
.2
.2
.4
.2
.2
.2
.1
.5
.2
.7
.2
.2
.2
.1
.3
.3
.2
.2
.3
.2
.4
1.2
2.3
.5
.6
.8
.5
.8
.6
.1
.1
.3
.2
.2
.2
.2
.2
.4
.2
.3
.3
1.2
.8
.1
.2
1.3
1.9
.2
(2/)
.2
.3
.4
(2/)
.5
.9
.1
(2/)
.1
.2
1.8
2.0
.4
.4
2.5
1.5
.1
.2
1.6
(2/)
1.3
(2/)
.1
(2/)
(l/)
(2/)
.2
3.7
1.6
2.0
.4
.4
1.4
1.2
.1
.1
3.3 4.3 3.2
3.0 4.3 2.9
2.3 3.0 1.6
2.2 2.8 l.L
3.4 4.1 1.5
(2/)
(2/) 3.8
3.0 3.3 4.3
(2/)
(2/) 12.8
3.3 5.9 6.6
(2/)
(2/) 5.5
4.1 6.1 87i
l.l 2.3 13.9
3.5
3.3
2.0
1.9
1.5
1.2
4.2
14.3
4.5
1.8
5.9
5.3
1.0
.9
1.0
1.0
.9
(2/)
.9
(2/)
.5
(2/)
.5
.8
1.3
1.3
1.2
1.3
.9
.9
1.5
2.2
.5
.4
.6
3.1
.2
.3
.1
.1
.1
(2/)
.2
(2/)
.2
(2/)
.2
.2
.2
.3
.1
.1
.1
(2/)
.1
(2/)
.5
(2/)
.3
.1
.4
.6
.1
.1
.2
.2
.1
.1
.7
1.0
.6
.3
2.2
4.1
2.1
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
1.6
1.2
3.6
1.4
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
.9
.6
1.8
.8
(2/)
(2/)
(E/)
(2/)
.2
.1
.3
.3
(R/)
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
.4
.4
1.3
.2
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
.1
.1
.2
.1
3.6
2.6
5.2
2.6
5.5
2.2
1.6
1.3
2.1
1.4
.3
.2
.4
.2
3.1
.9
2.8
.5
.2
.2
.2
.2
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
Nov.
1955
.3
.4
.3
.4
.2
.2
Dec.
1955
.8
.2
(2/)
.4
.2
.1
.3
.3
.3
.3
1.1
1.2
1.1
1.2
1.0
.2
.4
.1
.3
.2
1.5
1.7
2.1
3.3
1.0
(2/)
4.8
4.2
3.3
(2/)
4.8
3.6
M i s c . , incl.
military
Dec.
1955
.2
.1
(2/)
.2
.2
.2
MtSCELLAMEOUS MAMUFACTURtMG !MDUSTR!ES.... 2.5
J e w e l r y , s i l v e r w a r e , a n d p l a t e d w a r e .....
.9
30
Discharge
Nov.
1955
1.1
1.2
1.2
1.2
1.0
1.0
M e t a l wo r k in g m a c h i n e r y (except machine
M a c h i n e - t o o l a c c e s s o r i e s ...................
S p e c i a l - i n d u s t r y m a c h i n e r y (except metal-
Quit
1.1
Dec.
1955
.3 1.8
1.5
.4 1.4
1.0
.4
.2
.3
.2
.1
.3
.4
.2
.2
.1
(2/) (1/)
.3 3.0 2.2
.4 (2/) 11.6
.1 5.4
3.1
.4
(1/) (2/)
4.6
.2 7.2
.5 12.8 1.5
Tab)# B-2: Monthty )abor turnover ra t# ! in se!ected industries-Continued
(Per 100 employees)
industry
Total
Se )aration rate
accession
Misc., incl.
Total
Quit
Discharge
Layoff
military
rate
Dec. Nov. Dee. Nov. Dec. Nov. Dec. Nov. Dec. Nov. Dec. Nov.
19?? i?55 1955 1955 1955 1955 1955 1955 1955 1955 1955 1955
MWMWfMnW/WC;
1.9
1.3
2.4
2.4
3.5
1.2
4.5
2.2
2.2
2.1
1.7
1.7
3.4
2.9
3.4
1.5
1.3
AWTHRAC!IE M!W!W6 ..............................................
(2/)
2.2
(2/)
5-6
(2/)
BtTUMtMOUS-COAL M!M!WG....................................
1.3
1.4
.8
.9
.4
(2/)
1.8
1.6
METAL M)MtMQ............................
CoDDcr minim!
Lc&d &nd zinc mining
COMMUMtCAHOM:
(2/) 1.4
qy) 1.6
1.0
.3
.9
(2/)
0.2 0.4
.1
(it/)
.4
.3
.1
.2
0.8
1.6
.2
.1
0.9
2.3
( 1/ )
.1
0.2
.2
.3
.1
0.3
.2
.3
.2
.7
(2/)
( 1/ )
(2/)
4.7
(2/)
.2
.5
(V)
(V)
.3
.2
.1
.1
l.l
l.l
(2/)
(1/)
(F)
(2/)
.2
.3
(2/)
(2/)
.1
.2
1.9
.3
2.7
l.l
l/ Less them 0.0$. 2/ Not available.
3/ Data relate to domestic employees except messengers and those compensated entirely on a commission basis.
T a b te B -3 : M o n th ty ta b o r t u r n o v e r ra te s o f m en a n d w o m e n
in s e !e c t e d m a n u fa c t u r in g in d u s t r y g r o u p s
Octobe r 1955
I ndustry group
Men (rate per 100 men)
Total
Separation
accession
Total
Quit
Women (rate per 100 women)
Total
Separation
Total
accession
Quit
..................................
3.8
3.3
1.6
4.8
3.9
2.4
DURABLE GOODS.....................................
4.2
3.5
1.7
5.2
3.8
2.2
L u mber and wood products (except furniture)...
Fur n i t u r e and f i x t u r e s ............................
1.9
4.8
4.8
2.9
2.8
3.4
6.0
4.9
2.3
2.3
1.0
3.1
2.7
1.3
1.2
3.2
3.0
4.0
4.5
3.4
5.1
3.2
3.9
3.3
2.4
1.7
1.8
2.4
1.7
1.4
M i s c e l l a n e o u s manufacturing i n d u s t r i e s ........
4.5
3.3
3.6
6.4
2.2
4.4
4.1
2.3
2.5
4.7
1.6
4.2
1.8
1.2
1.5
1.6
1.0
2.5
4.8
4.2
5.9
6.7
3.8
6.5
3.7
3.3
3.8
4.1
2.7
5.6
1.9
1.9
2.5
2.0
1.7
3.3
MOMDURABLE GOODS..................................
2.9
2.9
1.5
4.4
4.0
2.5
3.5
2.1
3.6
4.1
2.9
1.6
.7
3.1
4.1
4.4
2.6
3.4
4.3
2.3
1.3
1.2
2.2
.. . 3.7
1.5
1.6
2.0
2.3
1.4
.7
.4
1.4
2.4
7.1
3.4
3.9
4.4
4.3
2.6
1.5
5.3
4.2
5.6
2.9
3.5
4.2
4.2
3.7
2.6
3.3
3.7
2.7
2.1
2.0
3.2
2.8
1.7
1.4
2.0
2.7
F a b r i c a t e d metal products (except ordnance,
machinery, and transportation e q u i p m e n t ) .....
M a c h i n e r y (except e l e c t r i c a l ) ...................
T e x t i l e - m i l l p r o d u c t s .................. ..........
A p p a r e l and other finished textile products...
Paper and allied p r o d u c t s ........................
Ch emicals and allied p r o d u c t s ...................
Products of p e troleum and c o a l ..................
R u b b e r p r o d u c t s ....................................
These figures are based on a slightly smaller sample than those in tables B - l and B-2,
do not report separate data for women.
,
inasmuch as some firms
K'u?:
ar-t.! L j m t n o
Tab!e C-l: Hours and gross earnings of production workers
or nonsupervisory emptoyees
industry
METAL MtMtMG..........................
D*c.
1933
Average weekly
earnings
HOT.
1933
Average weekly
hours
Avg.
1933
B*c.
42.8
40.8
44.0
42.4
1933
Avg. "B*c.
1933 1933
Jhov.
42.4
41.9
42.8
41.8
42.1 #2.28
40.1 2.42
44.1 2.24
41.9 2.09
$2.27
2.40
Nov.
1933
*97-38
98.74
98 %
*96.23
86.11
*92.20
92 23
93 70
84.22
AMTHRACtTEs/..........................
(1/)
83.90
(1/)
(1 /)
32.9
(1 /)
B!TUM!W0US-C0AL.......................
103.66
96.03
96.00
39.3
36.1
Petroleum and natural-gas production
( e x c e p t c o n t r a c t s e r v i c e s ) ..............
94.13
94.13
94.19
40.4
WOMMETALLtC MtmHG AMC QUARRYiWG.......
80.32
82.43
80.99
98.26
94.08
93 94
I r o n m i n i n g ...................................
C o p p e r m i n i n g ................................
L e a d and z i n c m i n i n g .......................
68.62
100.36
96.73
Average hourly
earnings
1935
Avg
1933
#2.19
2.30
2.26
2.06
2.01
(!/)
2.33
(1/)
37.3
2.68
2.66
2.36
40.4
40.6
2.33
2.33
2.32
44.0
44.8
44.3
1.83
1.84
1.82
36.8
33.3
36.9
2.67
2.63
2.60
38.6
2.40
2.36
2.17
CRUDE-PETROLEUM AWD WATURAL-GAS
PRODUCT!0W:
C(M77MCr
....................................
94.47
87.47
99.43
92.64
H i g h w a y a n d s t r e e t ..........................
O t h e r n o n b u i l d i n g c o n s t r u c t i o n ..........
89.21
93.76
94.87
91.03
98.ll
39-2
39.4
39.0
39.3
38.0
40.2
41.2
39-4
2.41
2.22
2.33
2.27
2.32
BU!LD)MG C O M S I R U C H O M .....................
96.83
94.04
96.39
36.2
34.7
36.1
2.73
2.71
2.67
GEWERAL COWTRACTORS...................
92.36
88.24
90.22
33.8
34.2
33-8
2.58
2.38
2.32
102.93
96.28
10328
100.46
2.80
2.83
2.76
92.69
33.1
37.2
333
38.3
33-9
2.82
91.38
117.43
36.3
38.9
34.7
40.1
33.3
36.4
106.68
94.38
116.32
96.21
79-71
79 32
76.32
41.3
DURABLE GOODS.............. ...............
MOMDURABLE GOODS..........................
86.31
86.11
70.12
83.21
68.06
ORDWAWCE AWD ACCESSOR!ES..............
66.73
86.73
FOOD AWD tUWDRED PRODUCTS.............
76.06
94.11
99 69
63.43
74.70
94.34
100.79
64.60
71.83
74.20
74.46
33.66
30.33
34.9^
77.94
66.14
73.63
71.98
74.16
))0t)5U)H)l))e C O K S T R U C H O M ..................
SPEC!AL-TRADE COWTRACTORS.............
P l u m b i n g an d h e a t i n g .......................
P a i n t i n g a n d d e c o r a t i n g ...................
E l e c t r i c a l w o r k .............................
...........................
M e a t p r o d u c t s ................................
M e a t p a c k i n g , w h o l e s a l e ..................
S a u s a g e s a n d c a s i n g s ......................
D a i r y p r o d u c t s ...............................
S e a food, c a n n e d a n d c u r e d ..............
C a n n e d f r u i t s , v e g e t a b l e s , and soups..
F l o ur and other g r a in - m i ll products...
P r e p a r e d f e e d s .............................
B a k e r y p r o d u c t s .............................
Biscuits,
crackers,
X-
a n d p r e t z e l s ......
110.09
96.81
122.31
97.78
70.30
72.66
73.98
73 76
37.63
6i.4a
36.6)
77.2!
64)6
73-93
71.4#
73.16
6363
63.66
38.1
2.21
2.49
2.80
34.7
391
333
2.83
2.79
3.03
2.77
2.73
3.03
2.74
2.72
41.2
40.7
193
1.93
1.88
41.9
40.4
41.8
40.3
41.4
39.8
2.06
2.06
1.74
2.01
1.71
83.44
41.3
41.3
40.7
2.10
2.10
2.03
72.10
63.16
66.92
60.90
41.8
44.6
43.3
42.3
41.3
44.3
43.4
42.4
42.3
44.7
41.6
36.3
299
37.6
43.3
43.1
43.7
41.2
42.0
42.4
41.7
43.4
43.3
42.8
2.11
2.19
2.02
1.71
1.67
1.82
1.80
2.12
1.73
1.98
2.03
1.94
1.67
1.64
1.73
1.46
1.37
1.47
1.73
72.48
74.29
74.90
36.63
30.71
36.63
77.16
62 66
74.09
70.33
71.93
62.68
42.3
44.3
42.1
38.3
34.9
390
42.9
44.4
43.3
40.8
41.1
39.4
40.9
41.2
39.8
38.8
32 3
39*9
44.1
44.8
44.9
40.9
41.1
39-8
1.74
1.80
1.31
1.76
1.31
1.80
I .90
1.70
1.73
1.78
1.62
2 22
2.00
169
1.66
1.79
1.47
1.46
l.t*
1.91
*
3
1.76
1.80
1.60
2.98
2.71
1.83
1.63
1.72
1.73
1.38
H o u r s .mu E. imt n^s
Tab!# C-l: Hours and gross earnings of production workers
or nonsupervisory emptoyees - Continued
Bee.
1933
Average weekly
hours
<OV.
ATg.
Bee.
Nov#
1935
Average hourly
earnings
*5V.wa.
1&B.
1955
1955
1955
1955
1955
1955
1955
#77.17
47.1
50.1
42.2
49.4
40.4
40.4
39.9
4o.9
392
43.6
42.6
42.2
39.8
39.6
40.5
42.0
4 o .i
#1.63
# 1.60
2.04
1.66
1.46
1.42
#1.77
1.97
1.74
1.46
i.4i
FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS - Continued
C a n e - s u g a r r e f i n i n g ..........................
B e e t s u g a r .....................................
C o n f e c t i o n e r y .................................
B e v e r a g e s ................................... . .
B o t t l e d s o f t d r i n k s ..........................
M a l t l i q u o r s ...................................
Distilled, rectified, and b l en d e d
l i q u o r s ........................................
M i s c e l l a n e o u s f o o d p r o d u c t s .................
C o r n s i rup, sugar, oil, a n d s t a r c h ......
TOBACCO MAMUFACTURES.....................
Ci g a r e t t e s .......................................
T o b a c c o and s n u f f ..............................
T o b a c c o s t e m m i n g an d r e d r y i n g ..............
TEXT!LE-MtLL PRODUCTS....................
S c o u r i n g a n d c o m b i n g p l a n t s .................
Y a r n a n d t h r e a d m i l l s ........................
T h r e a d m i l l s ...................................
Cotton,
silk,
s y n t h e t i c f i b e r .............
S o u t h ..........................................
N a r r o w f a b r i c s a nd s m a l l w a r e s ..............
K n i t t i n g m i l l s . ................................
F u l l - f a s h i o n e d h o s i e r y ......................
S e a m l e s s h o s i e r y .............................
Kn i t u n d e r w e a r ................................
D y e i n g an d f i n i s h i n g t e x t i l e s ..............
D y e i n g and f i n i s h i n g t e x t i l e s ( e x c e p t
w o o l )..........................................
Ca r p e t s , rugs, o t h e r f l o o r c o v e r i n g s .....
W o o l c a r p e t s , rugs, and c a r p e t y a r n .....
H a t s ( e x c e p t c l o t h a nd m i l l i n e r y ) .........
F e l t g o o d s ( e x c e p t w o v e n f e l t s and
h a t s )..........................................
P a d d i n g s an d u p h o l s t e r y f i l l i n g ..........
P r o c e s s e d w a s t e an d r e c o v e r e d f i b e r s . . . .
A r t i f i c i a l l e a t h e r , o i l c l o t h , and
o t h e r c o a t e d f a b r i c s .......................
$7^.77
83.64
#80.16
39.33
37.34
82.39
64.43
93.23
38.96
37.37
82.19
76.61
86.09
82.00
8l.8o
78.56
67.97
83.16
66.14
37.4
41.4
41.6
44.7
39.9
41.7
41.6
44.0
41.7
42.0
45.3
51.86
67.30
39.1
38.4
4o.8
39.0
36.3
350
38.7
40.3
37.2
37.1
39.6
41.2
4o.i
41.2
39.4
39.4
39.7
97.61
51.46
68.14
47.19
33.36
36.75
58.80
58.16
45.6
63.42
97.84
53.96
71.72
45.84
33.80
42.90
32.66
58.11
61.76
84.03
66.44
37.27
56.30
59.76
33.46
65.33
58.63
52 32
73.43
41.2
40.1
4 o .l
39.8
41.3
39.3
73.92
69.97
84.45
66.6o
38.30
66.10
33.19
53.43
83.92
70.06
38.30
63.03
52.66
32.79
33.46
57.41
56.58
58.90
35.88
64.11
58.18
53.86
59.70
59.45
55.84
82.22
41.7
43.90
54.17
38.2
37-7
37.3
55.74
41.2
42.1
40.6
4o.8
<)0.2
41.8
41.7
41.5
4i.7
42.7
4 l.o
38.9
39.2
39.3
39.2
38.3
40.0
38.1
37.8
39.8
43.5
41.98
63.86
50.04
50.04
51.61
54.27
52.79
57-63
51.99
63.38
56.14
50.81
56.39
55.04
59.19
45.58
4?. SO
60.10
44.96
34.05
50.15
68.73
45.67
56.45
51.44
70.24
46.22
42.21
53.76
48.34
64.99
68.89
76.36
75.05
62.63
69.86
70.40
76.90
74.27
58.72
69.54
64.72
73.74
71.05
58.19
43.6
66.98
i*
*?
42.4
38.9
42.6
77.35
63.86
73.85
51.17
79.61
64.80
74.39
51.29
75.18
63.91
72.76
52.03
96.02
58 22
95.41
57.08
89.24
55.58
46.17
49.08
56.68
42.69
40.9
4o.2
4o.3
40.5
41.6
41.6
40.9
41.7
41.9
4o.4
39.6
39.8
39.9
39.8
38.8
39.9
38.7
39.2
40.5
43.9
44.0
38.7
40.5
40.3
40.3
4o.3
41.7
4 o .i
38.2
38.1
37.7
38.3
36.8
38.2
36.7
38.4
39.3
42.2
2.03
1.60
1.48
1.43
a .07
1.51
2.49
2.03
2.05
1.68
2.02
1.51
2.50
1.69
2.03
1.49
1.38
1.72
1.20
1.48
1.15
1.42
1.57
1.31
1.31
l.3l
1.37
1.35
1.44
1.33
1.53
1.43
1.35
1.30
1.42
1.59
1.31
1.31
1.32
1.38
1.36
1.44
1.34
1.33
1.44
1.36
1.30
1.23
1.43
1.44
1.18
1.49
1.51
2.03
1.31
2.44
2.03
1.63
1.98
1.46
1.34
1.67
1.18
1.46
1.06
1.39
1.55
1.27
1.27
1.30
1.34
1.31
1.43
1.29
1.32
i.4o
1.33
1.48
1.46
1.48
1.19
1.16
1.18
1.15
i.4o
1.23
1.54
1.21
1.26
1.58
1.27
1.60
1.58
1.78
1.60
1.78
1.76
1.60
1.33
1.83
1.67
1.79
42.2
36.7
42.4
1.77
42.5
38-7
44.1
41.6
43.5
38.8
43.5
41.7
42.0
38.5
42.8
42.3
1.82
1.65
1.72
47.3
4 i.o
47.0
46.0
39.7
40.2
1.34
1.67
1.21
1.47
1.05
1.48
1.51
1.19
1.23
42.3
41.9
40.6
37.3
41.6
43.2
2.06
1.56
1.61
1.64
1.64
1.76
1.75
1.36
1.61
1.66
1.70
1.23
1.71
1.23
1.23
2.03
1.42
1.42
2.03
1.94
i.4o
Tab!e C-l: Hours and gross earnings of production workers
or nonsupervisory emp!oyees - Continued
Av erage w e e k l y
industry
Dec.
..
APPAREL AMD OTHER FINtSHED TEXTILE
PRODUCTS...............................
M e n ' s an d boy s ' s u i t s and c o a t s ...........
M e n ' s an d boys' f u r n i s h i n g s and w o r k
c l o t h i n g ........................................
S h i r t s , c o l l a r s , and n i g h t w e a r ...........
S e p a r a t e t r o u s e r s ............................
W o r k s h i r t s ....................................
W o m e n ' s o u t e r w e a r .............................
W o m e n ' s d r e s s e s ...............................
H o u s e h o l d a p p a r e l ............................
W o m e n ' s s uits, coats, an d s k i r t s .........
W o m e n ' s , c h i l d r e n ' s u n d e r g a r m e n t s .......
U n d e r w e a r an d n i g h t w e a r , e x c e p t corsets.
C o r s e t s an d a l l i e d g a r m e n t s ...............
M i l l i n e r y ........................................
C h i l d r e n ' s o u t e r w e a r .........................
M i s c e l l a n e o u s a p p a r e l a nd a c c e s s o r i e s . . . .
Ot h e r f a b r i c a t e d t e x t i l e p r o d u c t s .........
C u r t a i n s , d r a p e r i e s , an d o t h e r h o u s e f u r n i s h i n g s ...................................
T e x t i l e b a g s ...................................
C a n v a s p r o d u c t s ...............................
LUMBER AMD WOOD PRODUCTS (EXCEPT
FURMtTURE).............................
Lo g g i n g c a m p s and c o n t r a c t o r s ..............
S a w m i l l s and p l a n i n g m i l l s ..................
S a w m i l l s and p l a n i n g mill s , g e n e r a l .....
S o u t h ..........................................
W e s t ............................................
Mil l w o r k , p l y w o o d , a n d p r e f a b r i c a t e d
s t r u c t u r a l w o o d p r o d u c t s ...................
M i l l w o r k ........................................
P l y w o o d .........................................
W o o d e n c o n t a i n e r s .............................
W o o d e n box e s , o t h e r t h a n c i g a r ...........
M i s c e l l a n e o u s w o o d p r o d u c t s ................
FURMtTURE AMD FtXTURES..................
H o u s e h o l d f u r n i t u r e ...........................
Wood h o usehold furniture, except
u p h o l s t e r e d ...... ...........................
Wood household furniture, upholstered...
M a t t r e s s e s and b e d s p r i n g s ..................
Office, p u b l i c — b u i l d i n g , and p r o f e s s i o n a l
f urni t u r e .......................................
W o o d o f f i c e f u r n i t u r e .......................
M e t a l o f f i c e f u r n i t u r e ......................
P a r t i t i o n s , s h e l v i n g , lockers, and
f i x t u r e s ........................................
S c r e e n s , blinds, a nd m i s c e l l a n e o u s f u r n i —
tu r e and f i x t u r e s ............................
1933
$30.46
62.21
42.96
43.91
43.06
36.76
33-76
33-70
41.63
66.13
46.13
43.04
30 73
33.46
43.66
49.ce
3*.30
46.93
33-04
33 46
66.06
70.46
69.06
Nov.
Average weekly
hours
^earnings^^
Avg.
1933
Dec.
1955
Nov.
1955
Avg. " R c .
1955
1955
Wov.
1955
Avg.
1955
$49.41
39.70
37.1
37.7
37.0
36.3
36.4
36.6 $1.36
I .63
#1.36
1.63
$1-33
1.64
37.6
37.4
37.9
37.1
37.1
37.2
1.14
1.13
1.14
33.3
33.6
.97
131
1.33
1.13
1.14
1.17
32.30
32.70
41.92
42.29
43-32
36.48
32.90
33-40
47.36
64.27
44.77
33.3
36.7
1.94
1.24
1933
#30.38
60.23
43.21
44.31
43.36
36.31
41.70
62.21
44.36
31.31
31.01
46.62
47.63
33 32
46.36
36.00
34.23
40.63
42.32
49.26
37 31
43.36
43.31
3107
43.60
34.07
33.66
36.2
37.9
33.6
33-1
37.3
34.1
37.2
37.1
37.3
33-1
37.3
38.2
37.4
39.3
33.1
34.9
36.9
32.4
37.9
36.1
37.6
32.7
37.6
36.6
36.6
36.1
36.8
39-6
39-9
39.6
4o.o
393
40.4
33.7
41.4
41.4
43.6
39.2
39-6
69.97
73.04
69 33
68.39
88.63
4l.o
36.7
41.6
41.6
43.7
39.0
72.62
71.81
73.63
72.36
78.19
32.46
33.23
37.69
41.4
41.4
44.2
42.3
43.2
41.7
40.8
40.8
42.6
41.3
41.8
41.2
66.28
70.33
69.47
47.63
87.73
70.38
47.74
74.11
72.66
69.12
70.38
46.76
36.0
36.6
36.6
36.3
36.4
37.2
37.0
36.4
36.0
36.9
1 .1 6
1.11
1.16
1.36
1.38
1.23
1.27
1.36
1.21
1.16
1.16
96
1.49
1.31
1.13
1.92
1.23
1.17
1.37
1.36
1.24
1.23
139
1.22
39.6
1.39
1.39
1.40
1.38
40.9
1.66
192
1.69
37.9
41.4
41.4
43.7
39.4
1.67
1.09
2.23
41.6
41.7
1.79
1.76
1.66
1.81
1.28
1.26
1.97
I .69
1.70
1.09
.96
1.49
1.30
l .U
1.93
1.22
1.13
133
1.36
1.22
1.23
1 33
1 .2 0
1.39
1.36
1.69
1.96
1.66
1.70
1.07
2.26
2.23
1.76
1.77
1.74
1.76
36 36
77.04
33.a8
33 92
37.66
69 37
66.37
66.88
66.41
66.82
63.91
42.3
42.4
42.0
42.3
60.62
60.48
74.27
70.27
38.24
6919
43.3
42.3
40.6
43.2
42.2
39.7
42.2
40.7
l.4o
1.77
1.79
1.40
1.76
1.77
1.70
42.3
43-9
42.6
42.1
42.0
42.4
1.86
2.03
1.63
1.63
2.03
1.33
60.00
34.40
33 30
74.67
72.67
71.17
73.78
1.60
i.4o
1.29
1.29
1.40
1.81
1.26
1.26
41.3
41.3
1.64
1.37
1.64
1.37
1.61
43.2
4i.o
41.6
41.3
40.9
139
1.34
1.38
1.74
1.60
89.16
76.63
71.36
67.33
84.38
43.3
43.0
43.3
61.99
62.42
80.98
41.2
40.8
40.9
1.99
2.02
1.96
63.28
64.96
63 31
40.8
4o.6
41.2
1.60
1.60
1.39
60.91
74.70
63.10
1.66
1.99
Hour-^
.mu
E.ntitn^s
Tab)# C-l: Hours and gross earnings of production workers
or nonsupervisory emptoyees - Continued
Industry
PAPER AND ALL!ED PRODUCTS................
Pulp,
pap e r ,
and p a p e r b o a r d m i l l s .........
O t h e r p a p e r and a l l i e d p r o d u c t s ............
PR!MT!NG, PUBL!SH!MG, AMD ALHED
!MDUSTR!ES.............................
Average weekly
earnings
Bsc.
1953
#81-97
89 95
72'P
74.ao
I n d u s t r i a l i n o r g a n i c c h e m i c a l s .............
Soap,
e x c e p t s y n t h e t i c r u b b e r ........
c l e a n i n g and p o l i s h i n g
P a i n t s , p i g m e n t s , and f i l l e r s ..............
Pa i n t s , v a r n i s h e s , l a c q u e r s , an d
G u m a n d w o o d c h e m i c a l s .......................
F e r t i l i z e r s .....................................
V e g e t a b l e and a n i m a l o i l s and f a t s ........
V e g e t a b l e o i l s ................................
A n i m a l o i l s an d f a t s ........................
E s s e n t i a l oils, p e r f u m e s , c o s m e t i c s .....
C o m p r e s s e d an d l i q u i f i e d g a s e s ............
PRODUCTS OF PETROLEUM AMD COAL...........
Coke,
o t h e r p e t r o l e u m and c o a l p r o d u c t s . .
RUBBER PRODUCTS.........................
T i r e s and i n n e r t u b e s ........................
LEATHER AMD LEATHER PRODUCTS.............
Le a t h e r : t a n n e d , curr i e d , and f i n i s h e d . . .
I n d u s t r i a l l e a t h e r b e l t i n g and p a c k i n g . . .
B o o t a nd shoe cut s t o c k and f i n d i n g s .....
Avg.
E6v.
Avg.
1955
1955
#1.87
1.98
1.77
1.76
1955
$1.83
1.9*
1.75
1.74
1.91
1.72
1.89
1.69
2.36
2.70
2.67
2.35
2.04
2.29
2.30
1.53
1.81
2.27
2.27
70.80
56.68
69%
38.9
36.2
39.9
40.1
40.1
40.2
38.3
39 5
2.32
41.2
to.4
38.8
to.6
39.1
36.8
39.6
4o.4
4o.i
40.3
39.1
4o.o
109.81
109.85
109.18
39.5
39.8
39.7
83.27
93.79
85.07
82.39
89.98
4i.8
41.5
41.2
41.4
41.7
4i.i
4i.i
41.4
77.71
72.38
94.49
101.08
92.92
39.36
73.4?
91.86
90.25
Plastics,
Nov.
42.7
42.8
41.6
41.5
9^.33
CHEM!CALS AMD ALL!ED PRODUCTS............
Avg.
Average hourly
earnings
Bsc.
1955
43.1 #1.88
44.3 1.99
42.2 1.77
42.3 1.76
40.8 1.90
41.4 1.74
94.24
82.62
B o o k b i n d i n g and r e l a t e d i n d u s t r i e s ........
M i s c e l l a n e o u s p u b l i s h i n g an d p r i n t i n g
<BV.
1955
*81.35
Average weekly
hours
91.81
88.90
75.58
75.33
79.46
71.38
92.38
99.36
91.87
82.01
91.03
91.48
57.48
92.48
90.83
90.03
92.02
101.22
77.36
83.82
76.78
ioo.i4
76.57
83.62
79-68
86.71
94.13
86.09
84.61
90.39
87.13
84.00
71.49
66.46
72.53
73.87
64.37
66.50
83.80
78.06
66.17
91.56
98.40
85 22
72.06
66.24
83.99
76.89
64.62
90.29
1955
*78.87
85.94
73.85
73.60
77.11
69.97
Bsc.
1955
43.6
45.2
42.4
42.5
40.9
41.6
91.42
96.65
92.97
39-7
37.3
*0.1
80.60
90.23
91.66
87.89
87.33
88.4i
97.81
75.36
40.5
42.7
81.20
75.07
42.0
40.5
40.3
41.5
85.07
40.9
1955
43.5
44.9
41.3
43.2
4o.3
40.2
41.5
4o.l
39-3
42.5
39.4
43.2
4i.o
4i.o
41.2
4i.o
4i.o
4o.8
4l.o
40.7
42.0
4i.6
4l.6
37.9
40.0
4l.l
87.92
96.76
100.12
86.93
88.99
98.85
92.01
106.26
86.94
101.09
70.53
78.35
4i.2
39.7
42.6
42.4
42.0
42.1
42.8
53.44
72.40
72.34
51.68
50.36
39.Z
4o.8
4o.6
39.6
39.0
??*?
4o.4
42.3
37.4
37.0
56.45
75.48
73.49
55.04
53.82
54.58
74.74
75.73
51.99
50.69
86.52
*0.5
2.75
2.04
2.04
1.99
2.20
2.17
2.13
2.09
2.34
2.26
2.23
2.18
2.15
2.41
1.91
2.25
2.21
2.18
2.13
2.39
1.90
2.00
1.69
4*.8
391
43.1
40.9
2.76
42.2
43.1
42.5
47.5
*6.3
41.3
4o.i
43.6
75.07
63.34
2.78
2.U
2.30
65.21
81.17
47.1
45.6
45.6
45.6
40.3
41.9
38.0
37.3
2.25
1.77
2.12
2.33
2.04
42.0
42.3
42.6
2 33
2.01
2.28
1.48
1.77
40.9
40.3
42.3
2.35
1.1*7
1.92
82.29
71.55
63.75
71.14
42.4
42.7
41.8
47.1
48.0
45.4
2.03
2.08
1.85
4o.4
42.2
99-32
102.91
86.50
77.89
83.03
40.5
4i.o
42.3
4i.8
i"*3
4o.o
4o.8
91.88
84.18
102.09
74.12
83.50
40.9
2.38
2.71
2.08
2.05
1.87
2.03
1.84
2.08
2.28
1.99
1.81
1.89
1.65
2.01
1.73
1.54
1.53
1.38
1.85
1.88
1.64
2.*0
2.49
2.11
2.42
2.51
2.12
2.16
2.17
2.53
1.85
1.94
1.75
1.44
l.4i
1.85
1.81
1.76
1.36
1.56
1.54
l.4o
2.10
2.49
1.83
1.96
1.44
1.85
l.8l
1.39
1.38
2.09
1.79
1.39
1.37
1.95
1.66
1.50
1.56
1.43
1.78
1.84
1.62
2.04
2.36
2.46
2.06
2.09
2.43
1.87
1.35
32.
Tabte C-l: Hours and gross earnings of production workers
or nonsupervisory emptoyees - Continued
Industry
LEATHER AMD LEATHER PRODUCTS - Continued
L u g g a g e ..........................................
H a n d b a g s and s m a l l l e a t h e r g o o d s ..........
G l o v e s an d m i s c e l l a n e o u s l e a t h e r g oods...
STOWE, CLAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS.........
F l a t g l a s s ......................................
G l a s s and g l a s s w a r e , p r e s s e d or b l o w n . ...
G l a s s c o n t a i n e r s .............................
P r e s s e d and b l o w n g l a s s ....................
G l a s s p r o d u c t s m a d e o f p u r c h a s e d glass...
C e m e n t , hydr a u l i c . .......................
Structural clay p r o d u c t s . ................
B r i c k an d h o l l o w t i l e .......................
C l a y r e f r a c t o r i e s ............................
P o t t e r y and r e l a t e d p r o d u c t s ...............
C o n c r e t e , g y p sum, and p l a s t e r p r o d u c t s . . .
C o n c r e t e p r o d u c t s . .......................... .
C u t - s t o n e and s t o n e p r o d u c t s ...............
Miscellaneous nonmetallic mineral
p r o d u c t s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................
A b r a s i v e p r o d u c t s ..
. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
A s b e s t o s p r o d u c t s . ...........................
N o n c l a y r e f r a c t o r i e s ........................
PR<MARY METAL !MOUSTRtES......................
^mllL^except'el^
products
. ..
..
. .. . . . ...... ...
E l e c t r o m e t a l l u r g i c a l p r o d u c t s . . .........
I r o n and s t e e l f o u n d r i e s
G r a y iro n f o u n d r i e s
.
M a l l e a b l e iro n f o u n d r i e s
.. .
...
S t e e l f o u n d r i e s ...............................
P r i m a r y s m e l t i n g and r e f i n i n g of
n o n f e r r o u s m e t a l s ............................
P r i m a r y s m e l t i n g and r e f i n i n g o f
copper
l ead
and z i n c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
S e c o n d a r y s m e l t i n g and r e f i n i n g o f
n o n f e r r o u s m e t a l s ............................
Rolling, drawing
and a l l o y i n g o f
n o n f e r r o u s m e t a l s ............................
R o l l i n g , d r a w i n g , and a l l o y i n g of
R o l l i n g , d r a w i n g , an d a l l o y i n g of
a l u m i n u m ......................................
Miscellaneous primary metal industries...
W e l d e d an d h e a v y - r i v e t e d p i p e .............
33.
Average w e e k l y
earnings
Dee.
1955
Avera^weekly
HOT.
1955
Avg.
*6i.6a #65.67
49.79 50.95
48.89 48.26
t6o.ae
48.39
46.23
39.0
38.6
38.8
41.3
38.6
38.3
79.00 79-04
118.64 122.69
77.57 77.ao
77-76 76.81
77.18 77.99
70.73 69.14
114.38
74.82
76.19
73.08
65.19
76.78
41.8
43.3
4o.4
40.5
40.2
42.6
41.2
41.5
42.9
40.2
40.6
39.8
39.7
44.5
44.4
43.0
41.6
78.69
71.80
68.64
73.36
70.24
81.19
70.67
78.77
74.39
69.66
81.58
78.30
71.51
68.69
70.88
70.82
79.39
70.49
77.62
73.48
68.20
1955
78.66
69.80
68.10
69.60
69.36
75.87
65.8a
78.23
74.98
67.94
Dee.
1955
41.2
Nov.
1935
42.9
Av$.
1955
^ " a r n i ^ ^
Bee.
1955
Bbv.
1955
Avg.
1955
39.4
38.1
37.0
H-58
1.29
#1.59
1.32
#1.53
1.27
1.23
41.5
43.0
39.*
1.89
2.74
1.90
2.86
1.93
1.93
1.94
1.85
2.66
1.88
1.90
1.65
1.39
1.90
1.62
1.38
1.74
1.71
1.94
1.26
1.26
4e.o
39.8
40.2
41.9
4l.i
4i.i
42.4
39.6
4o.7
39.3
39.6
44.1
44.0
42.1
39.5
4i.o
4i.4
41.3
43.1
4o.o
40.3
36.8
37.4
44.7
44.9
1.77
1.68
1.62
1.76
1.67
1.62
1.67
1.61
41.4
41.6
41.2
1.98
1.99
1.93
41.7
4o.i
43.2
38.6
1.97
2.01
2.25
2.28
1.96
2.14
*0.1
42.2
1.92
1.92
1.92
1.66
1.93.
1.73
1.60
1.80
1.73
2.04
1.78
1.91
1.74
1.7?
1.74
2.02
1.76
1.85
1.69
1.76
1.73
81.16
81.12
86.3a
84.67
40.9
89.53
82.39
90.49
83.82
91.43
82.60
41.2
39.8
97.67
96.10
93.29
42.1
41.6
41.2
2.32
2.31
2.24
102.51
99.72
96.63
41.5
40.7
4o.6
2.47
2.45
2 38
102.93 100.12
87.70 87.31
88.4o 89.03
86.09 87.96
87.14 83.90
95.70 93.5a
96.3?
87.14
84.64
84.00
41.5
40.7
40.5
41.3
2.48
2.46
2.04
2.38
2.U
2.02
2.00
2.01
2.11
88.34
83.82
88.20
40.6
42.5
4a.2
42.3
43.5
41.7
40.7
42.6
42.7
41.9
2.16
2.16
2.08
2.17
2.10
42.9
42.0
41.7
4i.8
2.06
2.20
2.15
2.09
2.06
2.05
2.18
4i.i
4o.6
2.15
2.14
2.08
41.9
88.8o
87.95
84.45
41.3
85.70
93 96
85.91
9a.29
81.61
88.62
41.4
40.5
4o.3
41.5
4o.6
4o.i
2.07
2.32
2.07
2.29
2.01
2.21
85.80
84.38
82.03
42.9
42.5
42.5
2.00
1.99
1.93
96.56
95.24
89.89
43.3
42.9
42.2
2.23
2.22
2.13
102.60 101.25
93.53
45.4
45.0
43.5
2.26
2.25
2.13
88.91
86.09
85.89
41.7
4i.o
4o.8
44.1
4i.8
43.7
42.0
2.21
2.15
2.38
2.49
2.32
2.33
2.19
43.4
40.6
41.4
43.1
2.U
2.10
2.29
2.40
2.24
2.22
90.61
89.66
88.60
103.39 101.7a
106.82 106.32
ioa.31 100.07
97-39 96.60
97.33
101.28
96.33
91.34
42.9
42.7
40.9
42.5
42.2
43.0
4i.i
2.14
2.36
2.49
2.29
2.30
Hours jn d Ejtm n gs
Tabte C-l: Hours and gross earnings of production workers
or nonsupervisory emptoyees - Continued
Industry
Bee.
1955
FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS (EXCEPT ORDNANCE,
MACH!NERY, AND TRANSPORTAHON EQU!PMENT).
T i n c a n s and o t h e r t i n w a r e ..................
C u t l e r y , h a n d t o o l s , a n d h a r d w a r e .........
H a r d w a r e ........................................
H e a t i n g a p p a r a t u s (e x c e p t e l e c t r i c ) and
Average weekly
earnings
89.04
82.54
74.98
82.19
$ 5.06
80.20
Hov.
1955
Avg.
Average weekly
hours
Nor.
Avg *
Bee.
1955
1995
1955
1955
*83.06
85.47
81.93
73.78
81.77
84.44
#83.17
41.8
42.0
41.9
42.6
4l.3
41.9
41.9
4o.7
41.8
42.4
41.3
4i.8
4o.3
79.19
S a n i t a r y w a r e a nd p l u m b e r s ' s u p p l i e s . . . .
O i l b u r n e r s , n o n e l e c t r i c h e a t i n g and
cooking apparatus, not else w h e r e
86.9?
83.67
77.13
F a b r i c a t e d s t r u c t u r a l m e t a l p r o d u c t s .....
S t r u c t u r a l s t e e l a nd o r n a m e n t a l m e t a l
63.90
M e t a l doo r s ,
sash,
fr a m e s ,
molding,
and
S h e e t - m e t a l w o r k ............................
M et al stamping, coating, and e n g ra ving...
V i t r e o u s - e n a m e l e d p r o d u c t s .................
S t a m p e d an d p r e s s e d m e t a l p r o d u c t s ......
Miscellaneous fabricated metal products..
M e t a l s h i p p i n g b a r r e l s , d r u m s , kegs,
nuts, w a s h e r s ,
a n d r i v e t s .........
MACHtHERY (EXCEPT ELECTRtCAL)............
E n g i n e s and t u r b i n e s ..........................
S t e a m en g i n e s , t u r b i n e s , and w a t e r
79.30
69.87
77.95
82.78
78.18
Bee.
1955
Bov.
1955
Avg.
1955
41.5
4i.8
4l.3
4l.i
4o.6
41.6
#2.03
2.12
1.97
1.76
1.99
2.03
#2.03
2.10
1.96
1.74
1.96
2.02
*1.96
2.05
1.92
1.70
192
1.99
4o.2
4o.6
40.3
4o.4
1.99
2.13
1.97
2.11
1.94
2.04
4o.o
1.91
i.a?
82.42
40.5
76.40
76.17
1.92
83.01
4o.2
41.7
4o.3
83.70
4i.6
41.3
2.06
2.06
94.23
86.33
83.00
41.3
4i.8
41.5
2.04
2.07
2.00
N6.il
86.93
88.6a
82.42
84.0?
81.81
4i.o
2.06
2.03
2.05
2.02
2.01
2.02
82.82
4i.8
88.83
63.40
84.64
86.10
64.78
84.74
79.68
87.03
78.53
77.87
84.28
4i.8
42.4
41.8
37.4
42.1
40.5
41.7
44.0
88.06
89.40
92.40
90.67
87*32
90.74
89.45
88.48
82.94
41.7
42.7
44.9
44.7
93.10
95.60
92.74
91.16
87.36
90.86
97.99
93-30
95.00
*f.53
92.80
85.86
83 23
87.36
6Z.83
90.53
77.36
80.48
88.88
92.16
Bolts,
85.69
Average hourly
earnings
9^.79
93.39
4o.6
4i.o
42.3
41.2
43.0
2.07
2.09
2.09
1.68
2.15
l.9l
1.93
2.02
41.2
42.0
43.8
44.1
42.4
41.8
43.8
43.2
2.21
2.22
2.08
1.97
43.1
42.3
42.4
4i.4
4i.8
41.3
91.96
41.0
39.7
90.17
90.72
83.84
87.94
42.6
40.9
41.2
4i.8
4e.5
4o.8
8i.4o
88.83
86.72
79.40
40.6
42.9
86.51
86.70
42.8
43.2
99.27
46.8
87.98
91.81
89.25
42.5
39.4
42.7
42.8
41.5
43.3
40.7
41.9
42.0
39.5
42.3
40.9
2.08
2.09
1.66
2.15
1.96
2.01
2.05
1.64
2.11
1.92
1.92
2.01
1.89
2.17
2.20
2.07
1.96
2.14
2.14
2.02
1.92
2.16
2.26
2.15
2.24
2.09
2.20
39.3
2.39
2.35
2.34
42.0
40.9
2.23
2.14
2.23
2.22
2.12
2.21
2.07
2.15
4o.l
42.3
4e.i
42.3
2.03
2.U
2.03
2.10
1.96
2.05
45.6
42.3
42.4
44.0
43.7
42.2
42.5
43.6
43-7
2.10
2.14
2.34
2.28
2.09
2.11
2.31
2 25
2.05
2.04
2.23
2.33
1.96
D i e s e l and o t h e r i n t e r n a l - c o m b u s t i o n
A g r i c u l t u r a l m a c h i n e r y a nd t r a c t o r s ......
91.88
A g r i c u l t u r a l m a c h i n e r y (except
C o n s t r u c t i o n a n d m i n i n g m a c h i n e r y .........
C o n s t r u c t i o n and m i n i n g m a c h i n e r y ,
e x c e p t fo r o i l f i e l d s ......................
O i l - f i e l d m a c h i n e r y a n d t o o l s .............
M e t a l w o r k i n g m a c h i n e r y .......................
90.52
89.88
93.45
106.70
106.70
88.41
89.46
iei.64
98.33
100.13
109.38
105.88
M 2.52
45.2
44.7
43.8
44.3
42.5
44.0
2.24
2.42
2.23
2.39
85.85
85.91
75.48
93 23
97.41
83.38
84.66
74.29
43.2
42.4
42.0
47.1
43.8
42.5
41.5
41.7
45.7
43.1
41.9
2.04
2.07
2.02
2.07
M e t a l w o r k i n g m a c h i n e r y (except mac h in e
S p e c i a l - i n d u s t r y m a c h inery (except metalF o o d - p r o d u c t s m a c h i n e r y .....................
P a p e r - i n d u s t r i e s m a c h i n e r y .................
Printing-trades machinery and equipment.
88.13
87.77
76.44
97.03
100.30
97.67
98.10
91.80
89.00
92.60
41.5
41.5
44.5
41.9
1.82
2.06
2.29
1.81
2.04
2.26
2.16
2.18
2.16
1.99
2.04
1.79
2.00
2.21
37
H o u r s and L i r n m ^ s
Tabte C-l: Hours and gross earnings of production workers
or nonsupervisory emptoyees - Continued
Average weekly
hours
^'etrnings"''
industry
MACHtMERY (EXCEPT ELECTRtCAL) - Continued
Pumps, air and gas c o m p r e s s o r s ...........
C o n v e y o r s and c o n v e y i n g e q u i p m e n t ........
B l o w e r s , e x h a u s t and v e n t i l a t i n g f a n s . ..
I n d u s t r i a l t r u c k s , t r a c t o r s , e t c . .......
Mechanical p o w e r - transmission equipment.
........
"furna!es\nd° ovens*"^
O f f i c e and s t o r e m a c h i n e s and d e v i c e s . . . .
C o m p u t i n g m a c h i n e s and c a s h r e g i s t e r s . . .
T y p e w r i t e r s ....................................
S e r v i c e - i n d u s t r y and h o u s e h o l d m a c h i n e s . .
D o m e s t i c l a u n d r y e q u i p m e n t .................
Average hourly
earnings
Dta.
*)V.
Avg.
1955
1955
1955
Dec.
1933
Nov.
1953
Avg.
1953
Bee.
1953
$93.%
90. 7a
97.0*
85.46
#90.95
**f-P
84-43
43.7
43.2
44.1
42.1
42.7
42.4
42.2
41.8
4i.6
41.2
*.15
96.9*
99.01
91.16
88. 6a
9a.oe
83 a:
87.34
91.98
Eg
90.31
44.8
ar.7*
85.49
aa.4i
42.6
41.2
4i.o
96.80
*v.
1955
Avg.
1955
#2.13
2.09
*.07
2.03
2.12
2.03
2.10
2.19
1.95
2.05
2.11
2.10
2.09
2.25
1.94
2.14
2.06
40.9
2.14
2.11
2.27
1.97
2.15
2 22
41.0
43.8
44.2
4o.?
42.4
42.8
4i.8
41.5
40.2
4o.3
4o.2
4o.8
2.10
2.20
2.03
2.13
2.21
2.18
86.93
93.07
8a. 54
90.93
85.06
91.13
80.70
88.60
88.54
85.07
42.3
44.2
82.12
81.45
87.77
8a.8i
78.85
41.9
42.2
4i.4
41.4
40.2
1.96
2.13
1.93
1.89
M i s c e l l a n e o u s m a c h i n e r y p a r t s ..............
F a b r i c a t e d pipe, f i t t i n g s , an d v a l v e s . . .
B a l l an d r o l l e r b e a r i n g s ...................
M a c h i n e s h o p s (job and r e p a i r ) ............
91.79
91.36
87.36
97-22
91.14
90.06
90.51
86.53
85.68
83.03
84.46
41.5
43.1
4i.8
4o.8
42.0
2.17
2.11
45.0
42.9
43.5
42.3
2.17
2.10
2.07
89.66
90.9a
85.45
42.3
43.3
42.0
44.8
43.4
2.09
2.07
2.04
2.03
2.09
2.02
ELECTRtCAL MACHtMERY.....................
79.87
79.M
76.70
4i.6
41.6
4o.8
1.92
1.91
1.88
^dIstr!buiior^nri!dustrial'apparatus..
84.65
7^.80
83.83
74.57
80.98
41.7
4i.i
41.5
4i.2
40.9
4o.2
2.03
1.82
2.02
1.81
1.98
1.77
85.80
83.89
79.49
42.9
42.8
4i.4
2.00
1.96
1.92
78.06
76.89
74.37
41.3
40.9
40.2
I .89
1.88
1.85
2.02
'prlsliig\i=hines'
and
98.12
90.10
^
air-conditioning
C a r b o n an d g r a p h i t e p r o d u c t s
(e l e c t r i c a l ).................................
E l e c t r i c a l i n d i c a t i n g , m e a s u r i n g , and
Mo t o r s ,
generators,
an d m o t o r - g e n e r a t o r
97,ao
89.06
76.38
83.64
71.15
41.9
43.3
40.7
40.5
4i.6
4i.4
4o.8
40.9
2.08
2.17
2.10
2.17
2.12
2.16
90.52
P o w e r and d i s t r i b u t i o n t r a n s f o r m e r s .....
81.20
88.6o
ai.ao
85.90
84.03
42.1
4o.o
41.4
4o.i
4i.i
4i.6
2.15
2.03
2.14
2.04
"contr^'
E l e c t r i c a l w e l d i n g a p p a r a t u s ..............
E l e c t r i c a l a p p l i a n c e s ........................
I n s u l a t e d w i r e a nd c a b l e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
E l e c t r i c a l e q u i p m e n t for v e h i c l e s . .......
Electric lamps...........................
86.09
86.50
79.98
9C.63
79.17
77.04
83.64
42.2
43.8
42.4
43.0
2.04
2.17
1.96
1.91
2.17
1.79
1.82
1.68
^ani° equlpmenf^'
-d
related
P r i m a r y b a t t e r i e s ( dry and w e t ) ..........
X - r a y a nd n o n - r a d i o e l e c t r o n i c t u b e s ----
-R.
41.5
71.8a.
70.47
69.77
66.4o
4o.8
4o.4
4o.8
41.7
4o.i
4o.o
95.47
79-90
90.93
63. 5a
86.il
74.66
85.69
45.1
44.2
42.5
43.3
40.2
4i.6
4o.8
41.8
39.5
85.07
?4.4o
75.53
71.81
97.87
79.46
90.50
67.87
Equipment
68.97
72.67
44.1
41.5
4i.8
41.5
4o.6
43.9
4o.6
42.1
41.2
4o.i
4o.6
95.05
79.77
84.23
86. 3a
74. 8a
75.53
63.68
86.31
93.31
81.56
83.M
91.15
6l.a3
82.21
40.7
41.6
43.3
39.8
4i.i
4i.4
44.2
40.9
4i.8
43.2
40.9
2.08
1.76
2.17
1.91
2.09
1.60
2.10
2.o4
1.97
1.88
2.08
1.78
1.82
2.05
2.21
1.90
2.05
2.08
2.06
2.09
1.97
2.11
1.95
1.83
2.03
1.72
1.79
1.76
1.69
1.74
2.16
2.U
1.83
2.05
1.55
2.01
1.88
2.10
1.58
2.07
1.66
H o u r s ,ind L i t m n g s
Tabte C-l: Hours and gross earnings of production workers
or nonsupervisory emptoyees - Continued
Average weekly
earnings
TRAWSPORTATtOW EQU!PMEWT.................
A u t o m o b i l e s .....................................
M o t o r v e h i c l e s , b o d i e s , p a r t s , and
a c c e s s o r i e s ...................................
T r u c k an d b u s b o d i e s .........................
T r a i l e r s ( t r u c k an d a u t o m o b i l e ) ..........
A i r c r a f t an d p a r t s ............................
A i r c r a f t ........................................
A i r c r a f t e n g i n e s an d p a r t s .................
A i r c r a f t p r o p e l l e r s a n d p a r t s .............
O t h e r a i r c r a f t p a r t s a n d e q u i p m e n t ...... "j
S h i p a n d b o a t b u i l d i n g a n d r e p a i r i n g .....
S h i p b u i l d i n g a n d r e p a i r i n g .................
B o a t b u i l d i n g a n d r e p a i r i n g .................
R a i l r o a d e q u i p m e n t ............................
L o c o m o t i v e s an d p a r t s .......................
R a i l r o a d an d s t r e e t c a r s ...................
O t h e r t r a n s p o r t a t i o n e q u i p m e n t .............
!WSTRUMEWTS AWD RELATED PRODUCTS.........
Laboratory,
scientific,
and engineering
M e ch a n i c a l m e a su r i n g and c o n tr o l l i n g
i n s t r u m e n t s ....................................
O p t i c a l i n s t r u m e n t s and l e n s e s .............
Surgical, medical, ana dental instru
m e n t s ............................................
O p h t h a l m i c g o o d s ...............................
P h o t o g r a p h i c a p p a r a t u s .......................
W a t c h e s a n d c l o c k s ............................
M!SCELLAWEOUS MAWUFACTURiWG !WDUSTR!ES..,.
J e w e l r y , s i l v e r w a r e , a n d p l a t e d w a r e .....
J e w e l r y a n d f i n d i n g s .........................
S i l v e r w a r e a n d p l a t e d w a r e .................
M u s i c a l i n s t r u m e n t s a n d p a r t s ..............
T o y s a n d s p o r t i n g g o o d s ......................
Ga m e s , toys, doll s , a n d c h i l d r e n ' s
v e h i c l e s .......................................
S p o r t i n g a n d a t h l e t i c g o o d s ................
Pens, p e n c i l s , o t h e r o f f i c e s u p p l i e s .....
C o s t u m e j e w e l r y , b u t t o n s , n o t i o n s .........
F a b r i c a t e d p l a s t i c s p r o d u c t s ................
O t h e r m a n u f a c t u r i n g i n d u s t r i e s .............
Dec.
Nay.
1955
*95.30
97.63
1955
*96.21
104.96
96.70
76.34
89.46
93.6a
91.13
96.73
93.40
93.44
105.66
79.40
86.13
69. 6?
70.93
93.33
94.6?
9536
77.33
89.68
pt.52
90.43
93.57
101.47
95 00
8a. 51
65.65
70.09
93.90
97.67
91.03
81.18
Average weekly
ho u r s
Avg.
1955
* 93.44
97.78
96.67
81.38
84.64
89. 6a
89.40
88.97
90.69
90.49
Ww.
Avg.
1933
41.8
41.9
1959
4a.7
44.1
1955 1933
41.9 *a.a6
42.7 2.33
4a.o
44.3
4o.i
42.8
4 i .l
1.96
2.23
2.17
2.27
a.a3
40.3
4l.o
41.6
40.5
41.3
4i.a
4i.o
4i.6
M.7
39.4
39.1
40.4
40.2
41.8
39.2
41.2
2.33
a.a8
a .36
1.90
2.33
2.32
2.34
1.91
2.2$
2.25
2.24
36.9
4a.a
4a.i
4i.8
4a.8
4a.4
4a.8
42.5
41.6
41.3
41.7
45.5
42.6
38.2
S*P
86.41
70.30
90.43
94.05
39.7
396
77.67
40.7
37.9
39.6
40.3
42.1
38.9
42.5
87.61
^earnings^
Bay.
Ate.
DM.
41.9
2.33
a .ia
a .20
a .16
2.26
2.25
1.76
1955
*2.30
2.38
1935
*2.23
2.39
2.31
1.96
2.02
2.17
2.17
2.17
1.98
2 .U
2.20
2.19
2 22
2.23
2.16
z.a6
1.77
2.29
2.18
2.17
2.12
2.21
1.74
1.89
80.73
80.93
77.93
41.4
41.5
4o.8
1.93
1.95
1.93-
90.89
90.35
88.99
41.5
41.4
41.2
2.19
2.18
2.16
63.00
81.99
81.79
79.15
78.17
41.5
41.2
41.2
41.1
40.6
40.5
a.oo
1.99
1.99
1.99
1.94
1.93
70.86
69. 0a
6a. 52
85.70
69.30
4 l .i
42.1
4l.8
40.2
4i.a
42.2
41.8
41.4
4o.6
4o.6
4 i.a
4o.o
1.72
1.58
2.15
1.79
1.72
1.58
1.70
1.34
67.40
41.2
43.4
43.3
43.2
41.7
38.9
4 i .i
43.3
42.6
44.3
42.0
39.7
4o.6
4a.o
41.9
4a.3
4o.8
39.4
1.73
1.64
1.94
1.89
1.58
1.9?
1.88
1.57
1.89
1.64
1.54
37.8
40.4
4i.4
4i.8
41.7
4 i .i
39.8
39.6
41.2
40.5
41.9
4l.o
39.4
39.3
4i.o
40.2
4l.6
40.4
1.57
1.59
1.57
1.34
1.77
1.56
1.58
1.56
1.56
1.77
1.53
1.55
1.53
1.50
1.73
1.74
81.99
70.69
66. 5a
89.9?
71.96
66.68
89.45
73.69
70.04
75.08
71.34
69.46
75.34
69.76
83.81
78.81
61.46
39.33
64.24
65.00
64.37
73.81
73.96
7i.4o
67.04
78.96
79.95
75.07
62.09
60.SB
60. 9a
3**1
63.33
6a. 57
65.10
63.18
74.16
72.16
60.68
63.73
60.30
72.80
70.30
1.70
1.80
2.14
1.78
1.69
1.74
1.63
1.76
2.08
1.73
1.66
1.70
1.60
39
Hours jnd
i jt
Tab!# C-E Hours and gross earnings of production workers
or nonsupervisory emptoyees - Continued
Averagejeekly
^earnings""
D.c.
Nov.
Avg-
industry
Dec.
Nov.
Avg.
1935
1955
1935
1955
^ I t r n i n g s ^
Dec.
Nov.
1955
1935
% 5
42.6
42.9
(1/)
(1/)
43.1 $1.91
$1.98
1.90
(l/)
$1.88
39.7
37.2
40.2
39-6
37.8
1.86
38.8
1.60
1.88
1.68
1.82
101.83
78.5^
44.8
42.0
44.4
41.9
43.9
42.0
2.35
2.37
2.32
1.87
41.5
41.4
41.5
41.5
41.5
41.6
41.2
41.2
40.9
2.15
2.20
2.06
2.13
83.70
86.52
88.17
82.62
2.18
2.06
2.10
2.14
2.02
90.06
89.62
87.57
41.5
41.3
41.5
2.17
2.17
2.11
79.%
78.96
77.55
4o.8
40.7
4o.6
1.93
1.94
1.91
58.41
42.46
58.52
58.50
41.65
39.2
38.5
39.0
35.3
1.49
1.16
1.52
1.18
1.50
36.6 34.5
49.26
62.34
80.26
35.9
I .31
1.31
44.0
35-2
1.32
I .63
48.91
46.24
62.37
79.33
46.50
1.34
71.35
70.03
68.72
70.29
66.94
60.68
98.21
60.49
96.61
73-84
39-27
102.04
73.26
41.90
41.60
41.18
1955
1955
(1 /)
$84.33
81.51
$81.03
(1/)
43.7
73-84
39.52
73.36
72.07
39.72
105.28
78.96
103.23
89.23
91.08
85.49
89.23
cr/t/r/fs.TRAMSPORTATtOM:
C0MMUM!CAH0M:
S w i t c h b o a r d o p e r a t i n g e m p l o y e e s 2/...
L i n e c o n s t r u c t i o n , i n s t a l l a t i o n , and
maintenance employees
..............
Telegraph
.................................
O THER P U B U C U T ! L ! T ) E S :
G a s and e l e c t r i c u t i l i t i e s . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
E l e c t r i c l i g h t an d p o w e r u t i l i t i e s .....
G as u t i l i t i e s ................................
E l e c t r i c l i g h t a n d gas u t i l i t i e s c o m
b i n e d .........................................
63.18
78.33
90.47
1.88
1.87
1.38
M/OAfMAf M P RfM/A MMDf;
W H O L E S A L E T R A D E ................................
RETAiL TRADE (EXCEPT F A H H G AMD DR!MK!MG
P L A C E S ) .........................................
D e p a r t me n t stores and general ma i l
o r d e r h o u s e s ................................
A u t o m o t i v e an d a c c e s s o r i e s d e a l e r s
A p p a r e l a n d a c c e s s o r i e s s t o r e s ...........
F u r n i t u r e and a p p l i a n c e s t o r e s
L u m b e r a n d h a r d w a r e s u p p l y s t o r e s ......
/AMMMAfCf, /MD
40.71
fSMff.-
B a n k s an d t r u s t c o m p a n i e s ..................
S e c u r i t y d e a l e r s an d e x c h a n g e s ...........
74.36
Hotels and lodging places:
*t7-39
62.10
79.64
46.82
69.82
37.6
37-9
44.1
36.5
35-3
37.8
43.7
34.7
43.1
42.7
41.9
-
42.6
-
41.9 41.6
L a u n d r i e s .....................................
C l e a n i n g an d d y e i n g p l a n t s ...............
Motion pictures:
M o ti o n - p i c t u r e p r o d u c t i o n and distri-
41.31
47.92
4l.ll
47.40
4o.70
47.40
40.5
39.6
b u t t o n ..............................
93.03
93.17
93-84
-
4o.3
39.5
-
38.1
42.1
43.1
-
41.6
40.3
39-5
-
1.18
1.65
1.82
1.65
1.82
1.34
133
1.66
1.64
1.39
1.64
-
1.00
1.02
1.21
-
1.65
-
1.81
1.62
-
1.00
.99
1.02
1.20
1.01
1.20
-
-
l/ Not available.
2/ Data relate to employees in such occupations in the telephone industry as switchboard operators; service as
sistants: operating room instructors: and pay-station attendants. During 1954 such employees made up 43 percent of
the total number of nonsupervisory employees in telephone establishments reporting hours and earnings data.
3/ Data relate to employees in such occupations in the telephone industry as central office craftsmen; instal
lation and exchange repair craftsmen; line, cable, and conduit craftsmen; and laborers. During 1954 such employees
made up 25 percent of the total number of nonsupervisory employees in telephone establishments reporting hours and
earnings data.
4/ Data relate to domestic employees except messengers and those compensated entirely on a commission basis.
5/ Money payments only* additional value of board, room, uniforms, and tips, not included.
* - ANTHRACITE - September 1955 revised data are: $85.77. 33.9, and $2.53 - October 1955 data are: $93.53, 35.7, and $2.62.
40 ** - CLASS I RAILROADS - August 1955 data are: $83 .61 , 43.1, and $1.94.
Adjusted
Tabte C-2K Grow average weekty earnings of production workers
in setected industries, in current and 1947-49 dottars
Year
Bituminous-coal
Laundries
mining
Current 1947-49 Current 1947-49 Current 1947-49
Manufacturing
Annual
average:
1939.....
19M)........
194 1
194 2
194 3
194 4
1943........
194 6
194 7
194 8
Year
and
month
B i t u m inous-coal
Laundries
mining
Current 1947-49 Current 1947-49 Current 1947-49
Manufacturing
Monthly
data:
1934
#23.86 #40.17 #23.88 #40.20 #17.64 #29.70
23.20 42.07 24.71 41.23 17.93 29.93 Bsc# .... #74.12
29.38 47.03 30.86 49.06 18.69 29.71
1955
36.63 32.38 33.02 30.24 20.34 29.18
73.97
43.14 36.30 41.62 36.24 23.08 31.19
74.74
46.08 61.28 31.27 68.16 23.93 34.31
75.11
44.39 37.72 32.23 3T.95 27.73 36.06
74.96
43.82 32.34 38.03 69.38 30.20 36.21
76.30
49.97 32.32 66.39 69.73 32.71 34.23
76.11
34.14 32.67 72.12 70.16 34.23 33.30
34.92
194 9
39.33
193 0
64.71
193 1
193 2
#f.97
71.69
193 3
71.86
193 4
1933..... 76.32
Tabte C -3 :
33.93
37.71
58.30
39.89
62.6f
62.60
66.83
63.28
70.33
77.79
78.09
83.31
80.83
96.00
62.16
68.43
70.08
68.80
34.98
33.47
37.81
74.37
70.43
39.69
83.84
38.63
40.10
40.70
34.36 July....
34.30
34.06 Sept....
34.04
34.69
34.93
33.33
76.36
76.33
77.71
78.50
79. 5a
79.71
#64.85 #98.01 #80.50 # 40.70 #35.61
64.72
65.39
65.71
65.64
66.81
66.53
66.57
66.66
67.63
68. 3a
9a.oi
94.50
91.88
93.00
93.87
96.86
95.50
94.50
96.73
99.66
96.03
69.15
69.49 105.86
80.38
40.40
4o.ao
4o.6o
85.91
4i.6a
4o.8o
83.50
8a.68
81.44
ea.ao
83.a 6
aa.53
64.19
86. 99L
83.50
9a.a9
40.70
41.01
40.40
40.70
41.01
4 i .i i
4i.3 i
35.35
35.17
35 5a
35.64
36.44
35.66
35.75
35.a6
35.4a
35.69
35.75
36.02
A v e ra g e w e ekty ea rn in g s, gross a n d net spendabte, of p rodu ction w o rk e rs
in m an u fa ctu rin g , in current an d 1 9 4 7 -4 9 dottars
Year
Net spendable
Gross average
weekly earnings
average weekly earnings
Index
Worker with
Worker with
3 dependents
Amount (1947-49 no dependents
=- 100) Current 1947-49 Current 1947-49
Annual
average:
1949........
1930........
1931........
1932........
1933........
1934........
1933........
Net spendable
Gross average
average weekly earnings
weekly earnings
Index
Worker with
W orker with
no dependents
3 dependents
Amount (1947-49
= 100) Current 1947-49 Current 1947-49
Monthly
data:
1939........ #23.86
1940........ ^ 23.20
1941........ 29.38
1942........ 36.63
1943........
1944........
1943........
1 9 4 6 .....
1947........
19M........
Year
and
month
43.14
46.08
44.39
43.82
49.97
34.14
34.92
39.33
64.71
67.97
71.69
71.66
76.32
43.1
47.6
33.9
69.2
81.3
&r.o
83.8
82.8
94.4
102.2
103.7
112.0
122.2
128.4
133.4
133.7
144.3
1954
#23.38 #39.70 # 23.62 #39.76
24.69 41.22 24.93 41.63
28.03 44.39 29.26 46.33
31.77 43.36 36.26 32.03 1955
36.01 48.66 41.39 53.93
38.29 30.92 44.06 38.39
36.97 48.06 42.74 35.38
37.72 43.23 43.20 31.80
42.76 44.77 48.24 30.31 * y ........
47.43 46.14 33.17 31.72 Jhne....
48.09
31.09
34.04
33.66
38.34
39.33
63.13
47.24
49.70
46.66
49.04
31.17
31.87
53.13
33.83
37.21
61.28
63.62
66.36
66.78
70.43
#74.12 i4o.o
73.97
74.74
75.11
74.96
76.30
76.U
139.7
i4 i.a
141.9
i4 i.6
i4 4 .i
143.7
52 88 JOly.... 76.36 i44.a
76.33 i44.a
55.65
55.21 Sept.... 77.71 146.8
78.50 146.3
56.03
56.20
79.52 I 50.a
79.71 150.5
58.17
61.33
#61.36 #53.68 #68.63
61.15
61.76
62.05
61.93
6a. 98
53 50
54.03
54.29
54.a3
55.15
54.92
68.4i
63. 0a
63.00
34.94
55.02
55.77
56.31
56.95
57.a3
70.3a
70.29
71.40
72.03
73.85
73.00
6a.83
64.o8
64.70
65.49
65.64
69.02
69.32
69.20
70.27
70.12
#6o.o4
59.85
60.38
60.65
60.60
61.53
61.29
61.31
61.39
6a.i4
6a.69
63.35
63.64
Adjusted L i m m ^ s
Tabte C-4: Average hourty earnings, gross and exctuding overtime,
and average weekty hours of production workers in manufacturing
Year
and
month
Manufacturing
Average h ourly earnings
Gross
Excluding overtime
In d e x
A m o u n t ( 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 - 100)
D u r a b l e g oods
N ondurable goods
Average Average hourly earnings Average Average hourly earnings Average
weekly
Excluding weekly
weekly
Gro s s
Gr o s s
overtime
hours
hours
Annual
average:
1941....... $0,729 $0,702
1942.......
.805
.853
.961
.894
1943.......
1.019
1.023 1/.963
.947
J3-5
j/74.8
1.086 1.051
81.6
1947.......
1948.......
1949.......
1.237 1.198
1-350 1.310
1.401 1.367
101.7
106.1
1950.......
1951.......
1952.......
1.465
1.59
1953.......
1954.......
1953.......
1.81
1.88
1954: D*c...
1.83
1953:
1.84
ftb...
Mtr...
Apr...
May..
June..
July..
Aug...
Sept..
Oct...
Nov...
Dec..
$0,770
.976
42.1
45.1
46.6
45.2
43.4
1.117
1.111
1.1%
1.029
1/1.042
1.122
46.6
44.1
4o.2
40.4
4o.l
39-2
1.292
1.410
1.250
40.6
1.366
1.469
1.434
40.3
1.537
1.480
40.6
1944.......
1945.......
1946.......
1.415
$ 0,808
.947
1.059
54.5
62.5
69.4
93.0
42.9
44.9
4o.4
.881
$o.64o
$ 0,625
38.9
.698
.763
40.3
.814
I/.858
43.1
.981
42.3
40.5
1.133
1.241
4o.i
39-6
39-5
1.171
1.278
1.325
1.292
38.8
41.2
41.6
41.5
1.378
1.48
1.54
1337
1.43
1.49
39.7
39-5
39-6
1.61
1.66
1.56
1.61
.723
.803
.861
.904
1.015
42.5
153
1.67
1.61
118.8
125.0
40.5
40.7
40.7
1.77
1.71
1.76
132.8
136.6
141.3
40.?
39-7
40.7
1.92
2.01
1.86
1.93
41.3
40.2
41.4
1.71
1.65
39.5
39-0
39.3
1.77
137.4
40.5
1.95
1.88
4i.i
1.67
1.62
39-8
1.78
138.2
138.2
40.2
40.4
4o.6
40.3
4o.8
40.7
I .96
I .96
1.97
1.91
1.91
40.9
41.1
41.4
41.2
41.6
41.2
1.68
1.68
1.68
1.69
1.70
1.70
1.63
1.99
1.99
1.89
1.89
1.89
I .90
1.63
1.65
1.65
1.65
393
39.5
39.7
39-0
39.6
39-9
4o.4
4o.6
2.02
2.01
2.04
2.04
1.94
1.94
40.9
1.71
1.66
2.06
2.06
1.97
1.97
1.67
41.9
1.72
1.72
1.74
1.74
1.85
1.83
1.86
1.87
1.87
1.89
1.88
1.90
1.91
1.93
1.93
1.82
1.78
1.79
1.80
1.80
1.80
109-9
139.0
139.6
139.8
139.8
1.83
141.3
140.5
142.1
1.85
1.85
143.6
143.6
1.82
1.81
1.84
142.9
40.9
41.1
41.2
41.3
1.67
1.77
1.87
1.98
1.60
1.70
1.80
1.96
1.96
1/ 1 1 - m o n t h a v e r a g e ; A u g u s t 1 9 4 5 e x c l u d e d b e c a u s e of V J - d a y h o l i d a y period.
42
41.1
41.4
41.7
41.8
1.70
1.63
1.65
1.66
1.68
1.68
39.7
39-9
40.1
40.3
40.3
40.4
M.in H o u r
tndcv'S
Tab!* C -5 . !n d e x e s of a g g re g a te w eekty m a n -h o u r!
in in d u ttria ) and construction a c tiv it y ^
(1947-49 = 100)
19^7:
1948:
1949:
1950:
1931:
1952:
1933:
1954:
1933:
Year
and
month
T O T A L 2/
Average.
Average.
Average.
Average.
Average.
Average.
Average.
Average,
Average.
103.4
93-0
101.3
109.5
109.7
113-3
101.3
103.6
Mining
106.8
105.1
105.4
89.5
91.0
95.0
90.9
87.5
76.6
77.9
1934: Dec....
108.9
1933: J*n....
Feb....
Mar....
Apr....
Hay....
June.
99-9
July....
Aug....
Sept....
Oct....
Nov....
Dec....
94.6
103.4
104.8
109.1
124.1
127.3
123.1
115.9
114.3
77.4
108.9
100.8
103.0
103.1
106.1
108.0
76.8
76.4
76.0
75.7
77.7
80.4
96.0
107.2
109.8
111.3
111.7
110.8
110.2
78.6
78.7
78.3
78.9
77.4
79.4
Furniture
and f i x t u r e s
102.0
92.4
100.6
106.1
117.2
122.3
128.7
129.3
132.3
123.1
113.4
107.7
91.1
107.4
290.4
116.3
997
93-3
97.5
502.2
392-3
102.7
90.3
99.6
102.7
96.9
93.0
85.0
91.8
103.8
110.5
95.8
429.0
88.4
10s .0
103.6
105.2
104.3
106.4
107.8
109.4
93.2
94.2
95.2
413.6
84.2
106.0
109.1
110.7
112.0
112.6
112.6
98.6
625.0
798.5
117.2
96.6
411.6
410.8
400.8
399.1
393.2
114.2
115.8
117.7
96.2
386.3
101.2
111.5
113.6
114.3
116.7
120.1
122.2
122.7
92.8
94.0
102.4
102.2
101.2
100.6
383.9
383.9
372.3
373.9
371.9
Electrical
machinery
83.5
84.6
86.2
91.7
99.5
95.6
993
97.5
96.4
92.1
89.2
Transporta
tion
111.5
97.5
127.7
146.0
98.9
100.7
103.2
106.5
109.0
112.4
109.1
110.6
113.2
113.6
116.0
116.2
97.6
996
102.2
129.7
126.6
127.0
127.3
128.6
129.1
147.1
150.9
154.4
153.7
155.2
109.7
110.9
116.8
116.3
113.2
116.0
118.7
121.2
121.4
120.5
103.7
103.6
104.4
124.3
129.5
134.5
143.4
141.0
141.7
147.9
141.6
139.6
142.8
100.0
108.6
111.9
112.4
112.5
94.7
99.2
99-7
98.7
July....
Aug.....
Sept....
U3.3
107.0
101.6
99.8
103.3
107.6
111.5
98.0
101.3
102.0
100.1
101.2
102.1
102.9
1955: J**.....
Feb.....
Mar.....
Apr.....
May.....
June....
99.2
103.1
104.1
39.7
102.7
113.7
116.6
125.2
107.5
111.1
102.9
86.0
107.6
123.7
131.2
147.1
123.4
131.6
101.7
96.5
106.1
(e x c e p t
furniture)
108.3
106.6
85.1
94.0
116.9
118.4
119.0
100.6
105.4
1954: Dec.....
111.5
105.9
106.2
108.5
T otal:
106.7
103.8
89.4
106.5
115.8
112.1
123.4
108.3
115.8
105.2
103.3
104.6
92.1
Total:
Durable
goods
M a n u f a c t u r i n g - D u r a b l e g oods - C o n t i n u e d
S to n e , clay,
Fabricated
Primary metal
an d g l a s s
met a l
(e x c e p t
industries
products
electrical)
102.8
103.9
933
10a. 9
111.4
104.3
106.6
99.0
108.0
Dec.....
Manufac
tu r i n g
103.2
92.0
101.1
108.4
106.4
113.6
101.1
107.7
Year
1947: Average..
1948: Average..
1949: Average..
1950: Average..
1951: Average..
1932: Average..
1933: Average..
1934: Average..
1933: Average..
c o n s t r u c t ion
division
103.3
105.1
108.0
110.6
107.6
112.1
113.4
113.5
112.1
111.4
105.4
106.6
88.0
104.1
115.7
104.6
U3 . 9
94.5
114.0
U7.9
120.4
104.4
106.6
107-3
108.9
110.9
115.2
100.9
96.3
106.1
124.5
138.0
138.6
135.0
149.6
145.8
158.4
158.1
See footnotes at end of table.
43.
\1jtiHuut
tndcv-.-.
Tab!# C -5. in d e x e s o f a g g re g a te w e ekty m a n -h o u r:
in in d ustria) an d construction a c tiv ity ^ C o n tin u e d
Year
and
month
1947:
1946:
1949:
1950:
1951:
1952:
1953:
1954:
1955:
(1947-49 - 100)
M a n u f a c t u r i n g - D u r a b l e goods - C on.
F o o d and
kindred
104.6
Average..
Average..
Average..
Average..
Average..
Average..
Average..
Average..
Average..
U3.3
104.2
91.2
101.3
103.1
100.5
109.5
98.0
101.2
1954: Dec.....
U3.7
98.3
1955: J m .....
Teb.....
Mar.....
Apr.....
May.....
Jane....
112.2
112.9
93.9
97.4
99.3
97.7
99.4
July....
Aug.....
113.1
114.9
118.3
Oct.....
Nov.....
107.3
103.0
89.3
97.4
117.3
122.7
129.9
114.9
114.2
113.1
110.4
113.3
119.7
120.2
121.1
1947:
1948:
1949:
1950:
1951:
1952:
1953:
1954:
1955!
89.2
91.2
92.2
90.1
87.8
89.1
101.6
98.8
103.0
101.9
104.5
106.9
88.0
95.4
83.2
103.6
82.3
79-8
80.4
85.4
81.4
83.0
83.0
102.4
107.6
109.5
100.1
8o.4
81.7
100.5
102.9
79-6
98.1
108.1
109.2
111.3
111.8
111.9
96.1
95.2
95.9
94.7
93.7
90.3
90.4
81.6
85.1
90.4
95.6
101.5
96.4
102.8
103.8
99.1
93.9
89.3
105.2
P a p e r and
allied products
102.6
Printing, p u b
lishing, and
allied industries
101.4
100.5
Chemicals
a nd a l l i e d
products
75.2
102.6
114.0
115.2
96.0
93.4
80.2
83.6
84.a
85.1
86.6
86.7
104.7
92.2
108.5
93.3
103.9
91.2
108.3
108.6
109.1
110.9
110.7
107.0
1935: Jan.....
108.7
103.3
104.0
105.7
105.1
105.5
106.7
104.4
107-4
107.7
106.0
106.8
105.7
105.9
109.3
110.5
110.1
111.7
113.8
H3.3
116.4
118.2
U8.6
119.0
118.7
99.5
101.6
102.7
105.4
110.2
110.7
111.4
112.5
L e a t h e r and
leather products
103.5
107.3
1954: Dec.....
98.0
Rubber
products
105.8
104.4
107.4
102.3
93.1
105.4
109.9
105.9
111.6
109.2
P r o d u c t s of
petroleum
a nd co a l
109.8
102.0
88.1
101.9
108.5
108.4
111.6
97.0
114.3
114.0
July....
Aug......
Sept....
Oct.....
Nov.....
Dec.....
8i.4
77.2
72.0
76.9
79.7
99.0
106.1
99-0
102.7
98.3
97.3
102.1
98.2
100.9
95-7
93.9
Average..
Average..
Average..
Average..
Average..
Average..
Average..
Average..
Average..
Feb.....
Mar.....
Apr.....
May.....
99.6
104.5
105.7
89.9
100.1
96.0
90.7
89.8
78.7
82.9
101.1
106.1
109.2
108.1
105.9
101.0
23-1
M a n u f a c t u r i n g - N o n d u r a b l e go o d s - C o n t i n u e d
Year
mont h
103.9
100.0
M a n u f a c t u r i n g -- N o n d u r a b l e g o o d s
T e x t i l e - m i l l A p p a r e l a nd o t h e r
Tobacco
finished textile
manufactures
products
IO3.3
102.6
94.1
97.2
105.3
104.7
108.1
107.6
106.9
108.6
109.4
109.9
uo.6
90.3
92.7
93.7
95.7
96.1
114.0
116.4
97.0
95.8
95.3
94.6
92.5
92.4
112.0
112.4
116.3
119.4
123.2
121.1
100.8
93.4
97.8
92.1
96.9
96.5
89.9
95.3
94.0
98.6
98.4
90.9
89.6
95.5
94.8
99.1
94.9
95.3
92.8
100.0
_1/ A g g r e g a t e m a n - h o u r s are for the w e e k l y p a y p e r i o d e n d i n g n e a r e s t t he 1 5 t h o f t h e m o n t h and do n o t r e p r e s e n t
t o t a l s for t he m o n t h .
F o r m i n i n g and m a n u f a c t u r i n g indust r i e s , d a t a r e f e r to p r o d u c t i o n and r e l a t e d w o r k e r s .
For
c o n t r a c t c o n s t r u c t i o n , th e d a t a r e l a t e to c o n s t r u c t i o n w o r k e r s .
_2/ I n c l u d e s o n l y the d i v i s i o n s shown.
44
Stjte jnd Area }jours jnd tjrmnp^
Tabte C-& Hours and gross earnings of production workers in
manufacturing industries for setected States and areas
Average veekly earnings
1954
1955
Dec.
Dec.
--- Nmr^
State and area
$63.53
as .00
$63.14
71.63
81.79
71.96
87.36
85.28
Average weekly hours
1954
______ 19: ____
Nov.
Dec.
Dec.
Average hourly earnings
1955
1954*
Dec.
,Nov.
Dec.
72.47
72.28
41.0
41.0
40.7
41.0
41.1
40.2
40.2
39.6
41.3
$1-55
2.00
I .76
$1.54
1.99
1.79
$1.45
86.74
83.21
80.77
79.79
42.0
41.0
41.7
40.2
41.0
40.3
2.08
2.08
2.08
2.07
1.97
54.23
54.23
52.48
41.4
41.4
41.0
1.31
1.31
1.28
52.74
52.96
51.34
41.2
41.7
41.4
1.28
1.27
1.24
87.32
77.17
87.74
79.20
86.40
73.70
83.27
40.7
4o.4
40.3
87.23
79.63
83.78
79.14
41.1
37.8
38.1
41.1
38.4
2.15
1-95
2.13
2.12
2.14
1.94
2.12
2.11
2.06
39-7
41.2
37.3
83.77
87.05
87.ll
80.42
77.11
78.31
84.89
79.32
40.4
42.1
39.4
4o.l
40.5
38.9
2.10
2.14
2.25
2.12
2.09
2.15
2.24
Stockton
84.76
90.24
88.75
85.68
79.76
Denver
78.94
81.56
79.90
81.16
Bridgeport
Hartford
Nev Britain
Nev Haven
Stamford
Waterbury
83.42
86.43
88.31
82.21
77.70
86.53
87.71
82.56
85.17
ALABAMA................
Birmingham
Mobile
Phoenix
ARKANSAS...............
Little RockN. Little Rock
Fresno
Los Angeles-Long Beach
Sacramento
San BemardinoRiverside-Ontario
San Diego
San Francisco-Oakland
Jose
Ra.n
DELAWARE................
Wilmington
81.96
94.53
FLORIDA................
39.50
61.93
60.79
63.08
Jacksonville
Miami
Tampa-St. Petersburg
GEORGIA.................
Atlanta
I U J N O I S ................
Chicago
INDIANA.................
Des Moines
Topeka
Wichita
$58.29
72.93
38.0
1.83
1.73
1.98
1.91
2.04
2.06
38.9
37.8
38.8
39.3
40.7
39-4
39.1
38.8
2.05
2.04
73.23
73.45
40.9
41.4
41.4
41.2
39.8
39.7
1.93
1.97
1.93
1.97
1.84
75.38
77.90
79.80
71.42
71.63
8i.4o
74.30
43.0
43.0
41.3
4i.o
42.0
39-9
40.7
1.94
2.01
2.03
1.91
I .85
1.92
1.99
I .98
1.90
1.83
2.07
1.97
1.83
1.90
I .90
42.0
41.6
44.3
42.8
43.4
42.7
41.7
41.7
43-5
2.00
1.83
83.21
96.24
74.44
88.86
41.5
41.9
42.1
1.98
1.99
2.29
1.83
2.14
58.52
58.23
1.41
4o.l
40.4
41.2
1.37
(l/)
42.5
85.93
81.13
76.31
86.36
85.70
85.16
76.85
40.3
43.0
43.5
43.0
40.7
40.6
2.08
I .98
41.9
40.7
41.6
2.26
41.5
42.5
1.42
I .56
1.49
1.45
2.07
1.99
2.09
2.16
2.03
1.98
1.85
1.79
1.76
59-79
58.92
(1/)
59.50
41.9
39-7
40.8
43.5
36.86
71.28
73.70
57.41
74.52
41.2
41.2
43.1
41.3
42.1
41.2
40.7
42.9
1.30
1.73
1.71
1.39
1.77
1.62
69.63
52.53
65.93
69.93
1.69
1.63
83.97
81.1Z
79-15
43.2
41.6
42.1
1.99
1.95
1.88
86.16
89.84
89.02
85.53
78.87
82.01
41.9
42.0
41.7
41.8
40.7
40.7
2.14
2.06
2.05
2.13
1.94
2.01
87.54
86.36
80.33
41.8
41.4
4o.7
2.09
2.09
1.97
(1/)
(1/)
78.20
81.89
75.04
78.44
(i/)
tl/)
41.4
39.8
41.6
39-3
(1/)
(i/)
1.89
2.06
2.00
83.60
78.81
86.32
82.24
81.77
84.98
81.52
83.31
86.26
42.4
41.2
42.0
42.4
41.9
43.2
41.3
45.0
43.1
1.97
1.91
2.06
1.96
1.89
2.06
1.92
I .85
2.00
62.56
40.1
1.56
1.43
1.43
1.31
1.80
See footnotes at end of talMe.
45
Tab!# C-& Hours and grow warnings of production workers in
manufacturing industries for se!ected States and areas - Continued
Averege weekly etminaa
1954
1 3 ^5
Dec.
Nov.
Dec.
State and area
$67.66
(1/)
(1/)
( 1/ )
65.72
90.54
65.90
43.1
41.4
40.4
63.52
59.06
61.10
42.2
42.5
77.37
82.58
76.98
81.80
72.30
76.26
72.10
71.05
67.20
69.87
54.32
$74.81
KENTUCKY..................
Louisville
(i/)
33.93
LOUISIANA.................
Baton Rouge
New Orleans
$71-55
70.85
100.36
MAINE.....................
Portland
63.28
67.20
MARYLAND..................
Baltimore
MASSACHUSETTS.............
Boston
Fall River
New Bedford
Springfield-Holyoke
Worcester
96.12
69.08
74.44
55.44
58.46
77.98
84.77
96.22
68.40
59-41
73.20
55.68
59.74
77.56
81.93
98.78
4o.6
( 1/ )
(1/)
(1/)
$1.82
2.01
$1.67
(1/)
43.2
42.4
40.6
39.7
# 1.66
2.37
1.71
1.64
41.3
4o.o
2.43
1.71
1.55
2.23
40.9
39-9
4o.8
40.2
L.50
1.58
1.49
1.55
1-52
41.2
41.6
41.1
41.4
4o.6
4o.9
1.89
1.87
1.99
1.97
1.78
1.87
4o.6
4o.o
38.4
39-3
4o.o
39-7
1.75
1.75
57.42
41.2
40.9
33.5
39-5
1.44
1.48
42.6
41.8
1.87
74.34
4o.7
40.4
1.45
1.52
1.99
1.86
1.96
1.40
1.45
1.79
1.84
95.26
42.0
41.2
44.3
42.1
45.8
42.5
41.0
42.8
42.5
44.3
41.6
48.1
41.4
43.9
43.2
2.29
2.31
2.18
2.25
2.21
2.32
2.25
2.01
2.23
2.10
2.09
42.0
39.1
41.5
41.9
1.92
72.85
97.73
107.74
86.68
111.94
93-46
89. 4a
107.16
86.07
119.87
90.38
98.56
MINNESOTA.................
Duluth
Minneapolis-St. Paul
82.27
81 . oe
83.99
31.99
8 l.4 l
83.90
75-66
77.98
MISSISSIPPI...............
Jackson
51.36
(i/)
50.53
59.45
48.96
51.18
MISSOURI..................
Kansas City
St. Louis
83.83
81.86
85.12
80.69
74.75
69.50
78.26
75.78
MONTANA...................
87.07
35.51
NEBRASKA..................
Omaha
77.59
78.64
NEVADA....................
89.93
NEW HAMPSHIRE.............
Manchester
NEW MEXICO................
Albuquerque
See footnotes at end of table.
46
102.34
Average& hourly' earnings
"1954
1955
Nov.
Dec.
Dec.
41.0
41.8
MICHIGAN..................
Detroit
Flint
Grand Rapids
Lansing
Muskegon
Saginaw
Newark-Jersey City
Paterson
Perth Amboy
Trenton
Average weekl;v hours
[ i954
19
Dec. P Nov. 1) Dec.
101.30
98.73
84.34
94.55
41.7
41.7
38.8
39.6
43.7
43.8
41.9
1.82
2.37
2.43
2.06
1.83
2.41
2.42
2.07
1.66
1.45
1.68
1.76
42.4
4o.4
41.7
2.44
2.20
2.18
I .96
2.07
2.02
1.96
2.06
41.5
4 i.i
39-4
4o.5
42.1
(1/)
41.8
4o.8
40.3
1.22
(1 /)
1.21
1.33
1.20
1.27
40.5
39.6
4o.5
4 o .i
2.00
1.84
2.00
1.86
2.01
2.01
1.76
40.9
40.2
42.3
40.2
1.89
79-82
4o.6
40.7
39-9
2.15
2.10
2.00
70.65
43.1
44.8
43.7
45.4
42.8
42.3
1.80
1.90
1.80
I .89
1.67
74.91
88.01
87.02
39.1
38.6
40.1
2.30
2.28
2.17
62.70
58.69
61.50
56.36
59.62
56.77
41.8
40.2
41.0
41.4
39.7
1.50
1.46
1.50
1.46
1.44
1.43
82.64
84.54
76.95
41.3
41.5
1.90
41.2
41.4
41.7
4o.5
40.2
41.7
4o.6
40.8
1.99
78.07
76.01
41.2
41.2
41.9
41.1
2.00
77.51
78.31
81.39
82.07
83.14
82.50
83.23
82.19
2.04
1.97
2.02
1.97
82.42
(i/)
78.40 2/ 82.20
78.02
ai .36
40.6
QL/)
39.2 2/41.1
41.5
41.3
2.03
<Z/)
1.97
74.44
85.27
82.25
83.92
85.84
84.96
87.19
76.38
41.8
41.9
39-6
44.7
38.6
2.04
1.96
2.49
2.02
2.02
1.97
1.86
1.93
1.93
1.75
1.93
1.88
1.92
1.86
2.00 2/ 2.00
1.88
Shile ,ind Arej Hours jnd {jrrnnps
Tabte C-6: Hour: and grow earning: of production woAers in
manufacturing industries for setected States and areas - Continued
Average veekly earnings
1954
1955
Dec.
Nov.
Dec.
State and area
NEW YORK................
Alb any-Schenectady-Troy
Binghamton
Buffalo
Elmira
Nassau and
Suffolk Counties
Nev York City
Rochester
Syracuse
Utica-Rome
Westchester County
$78.08
83.46
NORTH CAROLINA...........
Charlotte
Greensboro-High Point
54.65
58.51
Average veekly hours
1955
' 195^
Nov.
Dec.
Dec.
75.43
40.1
41.1
40.0
41.9
41.0
85.56
41.6
76.92
70.88
41.4
42.2
42.1
40.1
41.2
41.9
42.3
41.1
40.0
40.8
40.1
40.5
2.00
I .89
I .89
53-97
57.27
50.93
54.10
53.33
52.80
50.96
41.4
42.4
39.5
41.2
41.8
39-4
4o.l
41.3
39-2
1.32
1.38
1.35
1.31
1.37
1.34
1.27
1.31
1.30
NORTH DAKOTA............
Fargo
72.31
8s .32
74.63
89.90
66.94
43.8
45.6
46.3
43.8
43.9
43.7
I .65
1.81
1.71
1.53
1.71
o m o ....................
Akron
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Dayton
91.48
92.03
84.32
90.78
82.72
41.8
39-9
42.3
2.18
2.17
2.34
42.8
4o.7
(1/)
41.4
41.3
(1/)
2.31
2.03
(1/)
1.90
2.09
(1/)
1.80
1.74
1.73
1.98
1.62
1.91
72.69
94.00
78.74
86.60
73.63
85.28
84.61
79-37
75.74
377.52
87.45
73.32
93.50
80.13
84.37
73.19
84.33
83.41
78.67
77.89
$73.61
78.30
68.14
88.36
70.23
77.23
75.21
74.60
38.4
40.0
Average hourly earnings
1QS4
1955
Dec.
Dec.
Nov.
$1.94
2.10
$1.87
I .96
1.75
2.11
1.86
$1.95
2.08
40.2
41.8
41.6
39.5
40.1
39.0
41.8
40.5
2.24
1.92
2.24
1-93
40.7
41.4
2.08
2.07
1.91
2.05
1.99
2.07
1.86
1.89
1.77
1.86
41.7
38.4
38.0
1.82
1.92
2.06
1.82
1.94
1.85
1.93
1.89
99.84
93-53
84.33
95.47
99.03
86.12
(l/)
41.9
39-3
42.2
43.0
42.9
OKLAHOMA................
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
77-23
74.90
84.22
75.24
74.04
82.37
71.86
69.17
78.12
42.2
42.8
41.9
41.8
42.8
41.6
41.3
42.7
40.9
I .83
1.75
2.01
OREGON..................
Portland
90.00
83.46
86.79
81.76
86.76
80.23
38.8
39.3
38.2
38.1
39.6
38.7
2.15
2.29
2.27
2.15
2.19
2.07
80.10
79-33
72.16
40.4
40.3
39.1
1.98
1.97
1.85
75.74
63.68
39-9
41.6
36.6
1.91
1.99
1.75
1.90
1.96
1.74
1.89
1.58
PENNSYLVANIA............
Allentovn-BethlehemEaston
Erie
Harrisburg
Lancaster
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Reading
Scranton
Wilkes-Barre— -Hazleton
Ybrk
96.78
76.13
82.78
70.65
70.22
81.39
97.21
71.55
58.00
52.75
82.25
70.59
70.10
80.81
(i/)
78.67
76.44
58.73
63.55
76.97
84.21
40.3
41.7
41.0
93.91
72.35
58.71
53.78
69.22
52.62
67.69
52.06
62.85
40.4
39.4
37.6
41.6
65.03
41.9
42.7
39-8
41.9
40.5
41.7
40.4
37-1
40.4
2.34
2.00
2.25
2.33
1.68
4l.o
40.9
41.2
40.3
39.8
37.4
38.3
41.2
38.0
4o.6
i.4o
39-5
38.8
1.99
2.32
1.77
1.47
1.99
2.24
1.74
1.68
1.97
1.57
1.91
2.30
1.76
1.66
1.48
1.37
1.64
2.13
1.68
1.44
1.37
1.55
RHODE ISLAND............
Providence
66.40
65.64
64.91
65.45
61.86
62.78
41.1
41.5
39.7
4o.4
40.7
41.3
1.60
1.60
1.63
1.62
1.52
1.52
SOUTH CAROLINA..........
Charleston
55.33
57-20
55.33
57.06
51.94
52.78
41.6
4o.o
41.6
39-9
40.9
1.33
1.33
1.43
1.43
1.27
SOUTH DAKOTA............
Sioux Falls
77.58
90.55
77.82
86.94
70.47
81.17
46.3
51.4
47.1
49.9
43.0
49.4
1.68
1.76
1.65
TENNESSEE............ .
Chattanooga
Knoxville
Memphis
Nashville
62.32
66.30
62.06
65.41
72.39
70.22
59.54
41.0
41.7
4i.i
41.4
40.5
1.52
1.51
40.3
40.9
1.69
1.66
71.33
72.33
63.76
63.76
60.25
68.85
69.01
60.09
42.8
41.4
42.3
41.4
39.1
39.9
39.3
43.4
4o.6
1.59
1.77
1.54
1.74
1.58
1.77
1.54
1.35
1.57
1.64
1.47
1.51
1.73
1.59
1.48
See footnotes at end of table.
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Tabte C-6: Hours and gross earnings of production wo&ers in
manufacturing industries for setected States and areas - Continued
Averai!e weekly earnings
Average veekly hours
Nov.
1954
Dec.
Dec.
$76.86
$73.33
UTAH...................
Salt Lake City
83.21
80.06
VERMONT................
Burlington
Springfield
65.96
58.26
VIRGINIA...............
Norfolk-Portsmouth
Richmond
61.57
68.72
WASHINGTON.............
Seattle
Spokane
Tacoma
87.09
State and area
n 55
1955
Average hourly earnings
Nov.
. . ips4
Dec.
42.2
42.0
41.9
$1.84
$ 1.83
$1.75
81.59
78.72
76.14
76.73
40.9
41.7
41.0
4i.o
40.5
41.7
2.01
1.92
1-99
1.92
1.88
1.84
63.88
58.61
81.18
59.26
59.51
70.25
42.7
40.3
45.0
41.9
40.4
44.1
40.5
39-6
40.3
1.54
1.45
1.53
1.45
1.84
1.46
60.86
67.24
67.07
57.92
65.57
41.6
41.9
42.1
41.4
4l.o
41.4
40.5
41.5
1.48
1.64
1.47
1*43
1.62
1.62
1.54
83.45
39.4
39-0
40.9
37.9
38.2
38.5
4 o .i
38.5
39-3
38.6
4o.o
38.7
2.21
2.16
83.17
83.53
83.71
88.37
81.33
2.24
2.17
2.19
2.18
2.21
2.11
2.12
2.08
2.06
2.10
WEST VIRGINIA..........
Charleston
79-57
97.10
77.78
94.71
72.52
4o.6
4o.8
4o.3
4o.3
39.2
40.2
1.96
2.38
1.93
2.35
1.85
2.18
WISCONSIN..............
Kenasha
La Crosse
Madison
Milwaukee
Racine
85.06
101.58
84.71
77.36
42.6
43.7
4o.8
2.23
2.01
2.19
2.18
2.09
1.87
2.05
40.3
40.5
2.00
2.28
2.02
2.23
2.18
2.10
1.99
42.0
4i.8
41.3
40.4
42.1
4o.o
WYOMING................
Casper
84.45
97.02
41.8
4o.o
41.9
2.08
Dec.
$ 77.63
85.62
68.20
84.37
91.76
33.95
96.01
90.81
86.91
80.38
82.62
81.22
90.85
91.36
82.50
81.72
42.6
44.6
41.2
43.1
41.7
41.5
84.85
85.90
94.80
40.6
39.6
97.61
81.97
94.26
87.30
99.60
l/ Not available.
2/ Not comparable with current data shown.
48
64.06
82.91
83.10
79.82
43.0
41.6
40.0
Dec.
1.90
2.45
1Q55
Nov.
1.64
2.03
2.49
1054
Dec.
1.50
1.75
1.58
1.97
2.00
2.05
2.02
2.05
2.37
Exp!anatory Notes
!NTRODUCHON
The statistics for nonfarm industries presented in
this monthly report are part of the broad program of
the Bureau of Labor Statistics to provide timely, com
prehensive, accurate, and detailed information for the
use of businessmen, government officials, legislators,
labor unions, research vorkers, and the general public.
The statistics are an integral part of the Federal
statistical system, and are considered basic indica
tors of the state of the Nation's econozy. They are
widely used in following and interpreting business
developments and in making decisions in such fields as
labcr-management negotiations, marketing, personnel,
plant location, and government policy. In addition,
Government agencies use the data in this report to com
pile official indexes of production, labor productivity,
and national income.
ESTABUSHMENT REPORTS:
a.
duct. Information for nonmanufacturing establish
ments is collected on the 790 form itself. In the
case of an establishment making more than one product
or engaging in more than one activity, the entire
employment of the unit is included under the industry
indicated by the most important product or activity.
The titles and descriptions of industries presented
in the Standard Industrial
Manual. (U. S.
Bureau of the Budget, Washington, D. C.) are used for
classifying reports Arom manufacturing and government
establishments; the 1942 Industrial Classification
Code. (U. S. Social Security Board) for reports from
dll other establishments.
c.
Coverage
Monthly reports on employment and, for most indus
tries, payroll and man-hours are obtained from approx
imately 155,000 establishments* (See table below.) The
table also shovs 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 vithin
the division may vary from the proportions shovn.
Collection
Approximate size and coverage of BLS
The employment statistics program, vhich is based
empioyment and payroHs sampte 1/
on establishment payroll reports, provides current data
for both full- and part-time vorkers on payrolls of
nonagricultural establishments (see glossary for defi
Number of
Employees
Division
nition, p. 7-E) during a specified period each month.The
or
BLS uses two "shuttle" schedules for this program, the
ments in
Number in Percent
industry
BLS Form 790 (for employment, payroll, and man-hours
sample
sample
of total
data) and the BLS Form 1219 (for labor turnover data).
3,300
50
400,000
The shuttle schedule, used by BLS for more than 25
19,700
28
years, is designed to assist firms to report consist
783,000
Contract construction..
44,100
10,602,000
ently, accurately, and vith a minimum of cost. The
65
Manufacturing.........
questionnaire provides space for the establishment to
Transportation and
report for each month of the current calendar year; in
public utilities:
this vay, the employer uses the same schedule for the
Interstate railroads.
1,037,000
95
entire year.
(ICC)...............
Other transportation
1,430,000
13,600
51
Under a cooperative arrangement vitn the BLS, State
and public utilities.
agencies mail the BLS 790 Forms to the establishments
Wholesale and retail
1,760,000
60,300
17
and examine the returns for consistency, accuracy, and
Finance, insurance, and
completeness. The States use the information to prepare
517,000
10,600
25
State and area series and then send the data to the BLS
Service and
Division of Manpower and Employment Statistics for use
miscellaneous:
in preparing the national series.
Hotels and lodging
145,000
1,300
31
The BLS 1219 schedules are mailed by BLS to the es
JE^rsonal services:
tablishments vhich return them directly to the BLS Wash
Laundries and clean
ington office for use in preparing turnover rates on a
ing and dyeing
national basis.
99,000
2,300
23
Government:
b. Industrial Classification
Federal (Civil Service
100
2,139,000
Comnission).........
Establishments are classified into industries on the
3 ,223,000
A,ioo
69
basis of their principal product or activity determined
from information on annual sales volume. This informa
Some firms do not report payroll and man-hour
tion is collected each year. For manufacturing estab
information. Therefore, hours and earnings estimates
lishments, a product supplement to the monthly 790
may be based on a slightly smaller sample than employ
report is used. The supplement provides for reporting
ment estimates.
the percentage of total sales represented by each pro
1-E
Labor turnover reports are received from approx
imately 10,000 cooperating establishments in the manu
facturing, mining, and communication industries (see
table below). The definition of manufacturing used in
the turnover series is not as extensive as in the BLS
series on employment and hours and earnings because of
the exclusion of the following major industries from
the labor turnover sample: printing, publishing, and
allied industries (since April 1943); canning and pre
serving fruits, vegetables, and sea foods; women's and
misses' outerwear; and fertilizer.
Approximate size and coverage of
B L S !abor turnover sampte
Group and industry
Manufacturing........
Durable goods......
Nondurable goods....
Metal mining.........
Coal mining:
Anthracite.........
Bituminous.........
Communication:
Telephone..........
Telegraph..........
l/ Does not apply.
Number of
Employees
ments in
sample
Number in Percent
sample of total
9,800
6,200
3.600
130
5 ,400,000
3,800,000
1,600,000
44,000
38
42
32
47
25
200
9.000
75.000
21
36
(1/)
600,000
28,000
87
68
DEFtNmONS AND ESTtMAUNG
METHODS:
A.
EMPLOYMENT
Definition
Enployment data for all except Federal Government
establishments refer to persons who worked during, or
received pay for, any part of the pay period ending
nearest the 15th of the month. For Federal Government
establishments current data generally refer to persons
who worked on, or received pay for, the last day of
the month.
Persons on an establishment payroll who are on paid
sick leave, paid holiday, or paid vacation, or who work
during a part of the specified pay period and are un
employed or on strike during the other part of the
period are counted as employed. Persons are not con
sidered employed who are laid off or are on leave with
out pay, who are on strike for the entire period, or
who are hired but do not report to work during the
period. Proprietors, the self-employed, unpaid family
workers, farm workers, and domestic workers in house
holds are also excluded. Government employment covers
only civilian employees; Federal military personnel
are shown separately, but their number is excluded
from total nonagricultural employment.
With respect to employment in educational institu
tions (private and governmental), BLS considers regular
full-time teachers to be employed during the summer
vacation period whether or not they are specifically
paid in those months.
Ranahmai'lf Data
Employment estimates are periodically compared with
complete counts of employment in the various nonagri
2-E
cultural industries, and appropriate adjustments made
as indicated by the total counts or benchmarks. The
comparison made for the first 3 months of 1 9 ^ re
sulted in changes amounting to less than 0.2 percent
of all nonagricultural employment. Among the indus
try divisions changes ranged from 0.2 percent for
finance, insurance,and real estate to 3.1 percent in
contract construction. Manufacturing industries as a
whole were changed by 0.3 percent. Within manufac
turing, 57 of the 132 individual industries required
no adjustment because the estimate and benchmark dif
fered by less than 1.0 percent or less than 500 and
59 were adjusted by 1.0 - 5.0 percent. The most sig
nificant cause of differences between the benchmark
and estimate for these individual industries was the
change in industrial classification of individual
firms which cannot be reflected in BLS estimates until
they are adjusted to new benchmarks. During 1953 more
than 250,000 employees were in establishments whose
industry classification chained. Other causes of dif
ferences were sampling and response errors.
The basic sources of benchmark information are the
quarterly tabulations of employment data, by industry,
compiled by State agencies Arom reports of establish
ments covered under State unemployment insurance laws.
Supplementary tabulations prepared by the U. S.
Bureau of Old Age and Survivors Insurance are used for
the group of establishments exempt from State unem
ployment insurance laws because of their small size.
Benchmarks for industries wholly or partly excluded
from the unemployment insurance laws are derived from
a variety of other sources.
The BLS estimates which are prepared for the
benchmark quarter are compared with the new benchmark
levels, industry by industry. Where revisions are
necessary, the monthly estimates are adjusted between
the new benchmark and the preceding one. Following
revision for these intermediate periods, the industry
data from the most recent benchmark are projected to
the current month by use of the sample trends. Under
this procedure, the benchmark is used to establish
the level of employment while the sample is used to
measure the month-to-oonth changes in the level.
Estimating Method
The estimating procedure for industries for which
data on both "all employees" and "production and re
lated workers" are published (manufacturing and
selected mining industries) is outlined below; the
first step under this method is also used for indus
tries for which only figures on "all employees" are
published.
The first step is to compute total employment (all
employees) in the industry for the month following the
benchmark period. The all-employee total for the last
benchmark month (e.g., March) is multiplied by the
percent change of total employment over the month for
the group of establishments reporting for both March
and April. Thus, if firms in the BLS sample for an
industry report 30,000 employees in March and 31.200
in April, April employment is 104 percent (31,200
divided by 30,000) of March employment. If the all
employee benchmark in Mtrch is 40,000, the all-employee
total in April would be 104 percent of 40,000 or
41 600
. .
The second step is to compute the productionworker total for the industry. The all-employee total
for the month is multiplied by the ratio of production
vorkers to all employees. This ratio is computed from
establishment reports in the monthly sample. Thus, if
these firms in April report 24,960 production vorkers
and a total of 31*200 employees, the ratio of produc
tion vorkers to all employees would be .80 (24,960
divided by 31,200). The production-worker total in
April vould be 33,280 (41,600 multiplied by .80).
Figures for subsequent months are computed by
carrying forward the totals for the previous month ac
cording to the method described above.
The number of women employees in manufacturing,
published quarterly, is computed by multiplying the
all-employee estimate for the industry by the ratio
of vomen to all employees as reported in the industry
sample.
Employment Adjusted for Seasonal Variation
Employment series for many industries reflect a
regularly recurring seasonal movement vhich can be
measured on the basis of past experience. By elimi
nating that part of the change in employment vhich can
be ascribed to usual seasonal variation, it is pos
sible to clarify the cyclical and other nonseasonal
movements in the series. Adjusted employment aggre
gates are shovn and also indexes (1947-49 = 100) de
rived from these aggregates. The indexes have the
additional advantage of comparing the current sea
sonally adjusted employment level with average employ
ment in the base period.
Comparability with Other Employment Estimates
Employment data published by other government and
private agencies may differ from BLS employment sta
tistics because of differences in definition, sources
of information, methods of collection, classification,
and estimation. BLS monthly figures are not directly
comparable, for example, with the Estimates of the
Census Monthly Report on the Labor Force (MIL?).
Census data are obtained by personal interviews with
individual members of a small sample of households
and are designed to provide information on the vork
status of the vhole population, classified by their
demographic characteristics. The BLS, on the other
hand, obtains data by mail questionnaire vhich are
based on the payroll records of business units, and
prepares detailed statistics on the industrial and
geographic distribution of employment and on hours of
vork and earnings.
Since BLS employment figures are based on estab
lishment payroll records, persons vho vorked in more
than one establishment during the reporting period
vill be counted more than once in the BLS series. By
definition, proprietors, self-employed persons, domes
tic servants, and unpaid family vorkers are excluded
from the BLS but not the MtLF series.
Employment estimates derived by the Bureau of the
Census Arom its censuses and/or annual sample surveys
of manufacturing establishments also differ from BLS
employment statistics. Among the important reasons
for lack of comparability are differences in indus
tries covered, in the business units considered parts
of an establishment, and in the industrial classifi
cation of establishments. Similar differences exist
between the BLS data and those in Countv Business
Patterns published jointly by the U.S. Department of
Commerce and the U.S. Department of Health, Education
and Y!elfare.
B.
LABOR TURNOVER
Definition
"Labor turnover," as used in the BLS program, re
fers to the gross movement of wage and salary vorkers
into and out of employment status with respect to in
dividual firms during a calendar month. This movement
is subdivided into tvo broad types: accessions (nev
hires and rehires) and separations (terminations of
employment initiated by either employer or employee).
Each type of action is cumulated for a calendar month
and expressed as a rate per 100 employees. All em
ployees, including executive, office, sales, other
salaried personnel, and production workers are cov
ered by both the turnover movements and the employment
base used in computing labor turnover rates. All
groups of employees— full- and part-time, permanent,
and temporary— are included. Transfers from one es
tablishment to another within a company are not con
sidered to be turnover items.
Method of Computation
To compute turnover rates for individual indus
tries, the total number of each type of action (ac
cessions, quits, etc.) reported for a calendar month
by the sample establishments in each industry is first
divided by the total number of employees reported by
these establishments, vho vorked during, or received
pay for, any part of the pay period ending nearest the
15th of that month. The result is multiplied by 100
to obtain the turnover rate.
For example, in an industry sample, the total
number of employees vho worked during, or received
pay for, the veek of January 12-18 vas reported as
25,498. During the period January 1-31 a total of
284 employees in all reporting firms quit. The quit
rate for the industry is:
284 x 100 = 1.1
25,498
To compute turnover rates for broader industrial
categories, the rates for the component industries
are veighted by the estimated employment.
Separate turnover rates for men and vomen are pub
lished quarterly for 1 month in each quarter. Only
accessions, quits, and total separations are publish
ed. These rates are computed in the same manner as
the all-employee rates; for example, the quit rate for
voman is obtained from an industry sample by dividing
the number of vomen vho quit during the month by the
number of vomen employees reported.
Average monthly turnover rates for the year for
all employees are computed by dividing the sum of the
monthly rates by 12.
Comparability vith Earlier Data
Labor turnover rates are available on a compara
ble basis from January 1930 for manufacturing as a
vhole and from 1943 for tvo coal mining and tvo com
munication industries. Rates for many individual in
dustries and industry groups for the period prior to
January 1950 are not comparable vith those for the
subsequent period because of a revision vhich in
volved (1) the adoption of the Standard Industrial
Classification (1945) code structure for manufactur
ing industries, and (2) the introduction of weighting
3-3
in the computation of industry-group rates.
Comparability vith Employment Series
Month-to-month changes in total employment in man
ufacturing industries reflected by labor turnover
rates are not comparable vith the changes shown in the
Bureau's employment series for the folloving reasons:
(1) Accessions and separations are computed
for the entire calendar-month; the em
ployment reports, for the most part,
refer to a 1-week pay period ending
nearest the 15th of the month.
(2) The turnover sample excludes certain in
dustries (see under coverage, p. 2-E).
(3) Plants on strike are not included in the
turnover computations beginning vith the
month the strike starts through the month
the workers return; the influence of such
stoppages is reflected, however, in the
employment figures.
C.
HOURS AND EARNINGS
Definitions of production workers, nonsupervisory
employees, payrolls, and man-hours fjrom which hours
and earnings data are derived are included in the
glossary, page 7 - E . Msthods used to compute hours
and earnings averages are described in summary of
methods for computing national statistics, page 6-E.
as absenteeism, labor turnover, part-time vork, and
stoppages cause average weekly hours to be lower than
scheduled hours of work for an establishments. Group
averages further reflect changes in the workweek of
component industries.
Cross Averpof) w<;aMv Eaminsa In Current am!
19A7-A9 Dollars
These series indicate changes in the level of
weekly earnings before and after adjustment for
changes in purchasing pover as determined from the
BLS Consumer Price Index.
Net Spendable Average Weekly Eamines
Net spendable average weekly earnings in current
dollars are obtained by deducting Federal social se
curity and income taxes from gross weekly earnings.
The amount of income tax liability depends on the
number of dependents supported by the vorker, as well
as on the level of his gross income. To reflect these
variables, net spendable earnings have been computed
for two types of income receivers: (l) a vorker vith
no dependents; and (2) a vorker with three depend
ents.
The computations of net spendable earnings for
both the factory worker with no dependents and the
factory worker vith three dependents are based upon
the gross average veekly earnings for nil production
vorkers in manufacturing industries vithout regard to
marital status, family composition, and total family
income.
Gross Average Hourly and Weekly Earnings
Average hourly earnings for manufacturing and non
manufacturing industries are on a "gross" basis, i.e.,
they reflect not only changes in basic hourly and in
centive wage rates, but also such variable factors as
premium pay for overtime and late-shift vork, and
changes in output of workers paid on an incentive
basis. Employment shifts between relatively high-paid
and low-paid work and changes in workers' earnings in
individual establishments also affect the general
earnings averages. Averages for groups and divisions
further reflect changes in average hourly earnings for
individual industries.
Averages of hourly earnings differ ftom wage rates.
Earnings refer to the actual return to the vorker for
a stated period of time; rates are the amounts stipu
lated for a given unit of vork or time. Hovever, the
average earnings series does not measure the level of
total labor costs on the part of the employer, since
the folloving are excluded: irregular bonuses, ret
roactive items, payments of various welfare benefits,
payroll taxes paid by employers, and earnings for
those employees not covered under the productionvorker or nonsupervisory-employee definitions.
Gross average veekly earnings are affected not
only by changes in gross average hourly earnings, but
also by changes in the length of the vorkveek, parttime work, stoppages for varying causes, labor turn
over, and absenteeism.
Average Weekly Hours
The workweek information relates to average hours
vorked or paid for, and is somevhat different R*om
standard or scheduled hours. Normally, such factors
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Net spendable veekly earnings in 1947-49 dollars
represent an approximate measure of changes in "real"
net spendable veekly earnings. "Real" earnings are
computed by dividing the current Consumer Price Index
into the spendable earnings average for the current
month. The resulting level of spendable earnings ex
pressed in 1947-49 dollars is thus adjusted for
changes in purchasing power since that base period.
Average Hourly Earnings. Excluding Overtime, of
Production Workers in Manufacturing Industries
These data are based on the application of adjust
ment factors to gross average hourly earnings (as de
scribed in the Monthly Labor Review. May 1950, pp. 537540; reprint available, Serial No. R. 2020). This
method eliminates only the earnings due to overtime
paid for at one and one-half times the straight-time
rates after 40 hours a week. Thus, no adjustment is
made for other premium-payment provisions— for
example, holiday work, late-shift work, and overtime
rates other than time and one-half.
Indexes of Aggregate Weekly Man-Hours
The indexes of aggregate weekly man-hours are pre
pared by dividing the current month's aggregate by the
monthly average for the 1947-49 period. These aggre
gates represent the product of average weekly hours
and employment.
The aggregate man-hours are defined as total manhours for which pay was received by full- and parttime production or construction workers, including
hours paid for holidays, sick leave, and vacations
taken. The man-hours arc for 1 week of the pay period
ending nearest the 15th of the month, and may not be
typical of the entire month.
other industry information shewn in this publication.
Railroad Hours and Earnings
STATtSTKS FOR STATES AMD AREAS
The figures for Class I railroads (excluding
switching and terminal companies) are based upon monthly data summarized in the M-300 report of the Inter
state Commerce Commission and relate to all employees
who received pay during the month, except executives,
officials, and staff assistants (ICC Croup I). Gross
average hourly earning s are computed by dividing
total compensation by total hours paid for. Average
veekly hours are obtained by dividing the total number
of hours paid for, reduced to a veekly basis, by the
number of employees, as defined above. Gross average
veekly earning s are derived by multiplying average
veekly hours by Average hourly earnings.
Because
hours and earnings data for manufacturing and other
nonmanufacturing industries are based upon reports to
the BLS vhich generally represent 1 veekly pay period
ending nearest the 15th of the month, the data for
railroad employees are not strictly comparable vith
State and area employment, hours, and earnings
statistics are collected and prepared by State
agencies in cooperation vith the BLS.
These sta
tistics are based on the same establishment reports
used by the BLS for preparing national estimates.
State employment series are adjusted to benchmark
data from State unemployment insurance agencies
and the Bureau of Old Age and Survivors Insurance.
Because some States have more recent benchmarks
than others and use slightly varying methods of
computation, the sum of the State figures may
differ slightly from the official U. S. totals
prepared by the BLS.
NOTE:
Additional industry detail may be obtainable
from the cooperating State agencies listed on the
inside back cover of this report.
Additional information concerning the prepa
ration of the employment, hours, earnings, and labor
turnover series---concepts and scope,
survey methods,
and reliability and limitations— is contained in techni
cal notes for each of these series. (See page 9-33.) For
all of this information as veil as similar material for
other BLS statistics, see Techniques of R-eparing Major
BLS Statistical Series, BLS Bull.
1163, December 1954.
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SUMMARY OF METHODS FOR COMPUT!NG NATIONAL STATISTICS
EMPLOYMENT, HOURS, AND EARNtNGS
Item
Individual manufacturing and
nonmanufacturing industries
Total nonagricultural divisions,
major groups, and groups
MONTHLY DATA
All ettmloveea
All-employee estimate for previous
month multiplied by ratio of all
employees in current month to all
employees in previous month for
sample establishments which re
ported for both months.
Sum of all-employee estimates for
component industries.
Production workers
All-employee estimate for current
month multiplied by ratio of pro
duction workers to all employees
in sample establishments for cur
rent month.
Sum of production-worker estimates
for component industries.
Average weekly hours
Total production or nonsupervisory
man-hours divided by number of pro
duction or nonsupervisory workers.
Average, weighted by employment, of
the average weekly hours for com
ponent industries.
Average hourly earnings
Total production or nonsupervisory
worker payroll divided by total
production or nonsupervisory worker
man-hours.
Average, weighted by aggregate manhours, of the average hourly earn
ings for component industries.
Average veeklv eamines
Product of average weekly hours and
average hourly earning s.
Product of average weekly hours and
average hourly earnings.
ANNUAL AVERAGE DATA
All *mnlnv*aH an<l M-n-
Sum of monthly estimates divided
by 12.
Sum of monthly estimates divided
by 12.
Average weeklv hours
Annual total of aggregate manhours (employment multiplied
by average weekly hours) divided
by annual sum of employment.
Average, weighted by employment,
of the annual averages of weekly
hours for component industries.
Average hourly earnines
Annual total of aggregate pay
rolls (weekly earnings multiplied
by employment) divided by annual
aggregate man-hours.
Average, weighted by aggregate manhours, of the annual averages of
hourly earnings for component in
dustries.
Average weekly earnings
Product of average weekly hours
and average hourly earnings.
Product of average weekly hours
and average hourly earnings.
duction workers
GLOSSARY
ALL EMPLOYEES - The total number of persons on estab
lishment payrolls who worked full- or part-time or
received pay for any part of the pay period ending
nearest the 15th of the month. Includes salaried
officers of corporations as well as employees on
the establishment payroll engaged in new construc
tion and major additions or alterations to the plant
who are utilized as a separate work force (forceaccount construction workers). Proprietors, selfemployed persons, domestic servants, unpaid family
workers, and members of the Armed Forces are ex
cluded.
CONSTRUCTION WORKERS - Includes working foremen,
journeymen, mechanics, apprentices, helpers, labor
ers, and similar workers engaged in new work, al
terations, demolition, and other actual construc
tion work, at the site of construction or working
in shop or yard at jobs (such as precutting and pre
assembling) ordinarily performed by members of the
construction trades; includes all such workers re
gardless of skill, engaged in any way in contract
construction activities.
CONTRACT CONSTRUCTION - Covers only firms engaged in
the construction business on a contract basis for
others. Force-account construction workers, i.e.,
hired directly by and on the payroll of Federal,
State, and local government, public utilities, and
private establishments, are excluded from contract
construction and included in the employment for such
establishments.
DURABLE GOCOS - The durable-goods subdivision includes
the following major manufacturing industry groups:
ordnance and accessories; lumber and wood products;
furniture and fixtures; stone, clay, and glass pro
ducts; primary metal industries; fabricated metal
products; machinery; electrical machinery; trans
portation equipment; instruments and related pro
ducts; and miscellaneous manufacturing industries as
defined. This definition is consistent with that
used by other Federal agencies, e.g., Federal Re
serve Board.
speculative builders, subdividers, and developers;
and agents and brokers).
G0VERNM5MT - Covers Federal, State, and local govern
ment establishments performing legislative, execu
tive, and judicial functions, including Government
corporations, Government force-account construction,
and such units as arsenals, navy yards, and hospi
tals. Federal government employment excludes em
ployees of the Central Intelligence Agency. State
and local government employment includes teachers,
but excludes, as nominal employees, paid volunteer
firemen and elected officials of small local units.
LABOR TURNOVER:
Separations are terminations of enployment during
the calendar month and are classified according to
cause: quits, discharges, layoffs, and miscellaneous
separations (including military), as defined below.
Quits are terminations of employment during the
calendar month initiated by employees for such
reasons as: acceptance of a job in another company,
dissatisfaction, return to school, marriage, mater
nity, ill health, or voluntary retirement where no
company pension is provided. Failure to report aft
er being hired and unauthorized absences of more
than 7 consecutive calendar days are also clas
sified as quits. Prior to 1940, miscellaneous
separations were also included in this category.
are terminations of employment during
the calendar month inititated by the employer for
such reasons as employees' incompetence, violation
of rules, dishonesty, insubordination, laziness,
habitual absenteeism, or inability to meet physical
standards.
T^vnffs are terminations of enployment during the
calendar month lasting or expected to last more than
7 consecutive calendar days without pay, initi
ated by the employer without prejudice to the work
er, for such reasons as lack of orders or materials,
release of temporary help, conversion of plant, in
troduction of labor-saving machinery or processes,
or suspensions of operations without pay during
inventory periods.
ESTABLISHMENT - "A single physical location where busi
ness is conducted or where services or industrial
operations are performed; for example, a factory,
mill, store, mine, or farm. Where a single physical
location comprises two or more units which maintain
separate payroll and inventory records and which are
engaged in distinct or separate activities for which
different industry classifications are provided in
the Standard Industrial Classification, each unit
shall be treated as a separate establishment. An
establishment is not necessarily identical with the
business concern or firm which may consist of one
or more establishments. It is also to be distin
guished Arom organizational subunits, departments,
or divisions within an establishment." (Standard
Industrial Classification Manual, U. S. Bureau of
the Budget, Vol. I, Part I, p. 1, November 1945.)
Persons on leave of absence (paid or unpaid)
with the approval of the employer are not counted as
separations until such time as it is definitely de
termined that such persons will not return to work.
At that time, a separation is reported as one of the
above types, depending on the circumstances.
FINANCE, INSURANCE, AND REAL ESTATE - Covers private
establishments operating in the fields of finance
(banks, security dealers, loan agencies, holding com
panies, and other finance agencies); insurance (in
surance carriers and independent agents and bro
kers); and real estate (real estate owners, including
Accessions are the total number of permanent and
temporary additions to the employment roll during
the calendar month, including both new and rehired
employees. Persons returning to work after a layoff,
military separations^, or other absences who have been
counted as separations are considered accessions.
M.scellaneous separations (including military)
are terminations of enployment during the calendar
month because of permanent disability, death, re
tirement on company pension, and entrance into the
Armed Forces expected to last more than 30 consecu
tive calendar days. Prior to 19^0, miscellaneous
separations were included with quits. Beginning
September 1940, military separations were included
here.
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MAN-HOURS - Covers man-hours worked or paid for of
specified groups of workers, during the pay period
ending nearest the 15th of the month. The specified
group of workers in manufacturing and mining indus
tries, laundries, and cleaning and dyeing plants is
production and related workers; in the contract con
struction industry, it is construction workers; and
in the other industries, it is nonsupervisory em
ployees. The man-hours include hours paid for holi
days, sick leave, and vacations taken; if the em
ployee elects to work during a vacation period, the
vacation pay and the hours it represents are omitted.
MANUFACTURING - Covers private establishments engaged
in the mechanical or chemical transformation of in
organic or organic substances into new products and
usually described as plants, factories, or mills,
which characteristically use power-driven machines
and materials-handling equipment. Establishments
engaged in assembling" component parts of manufac
tured products are also considered manufacturing if
the new product is neither a structure nor other
fixed improvement. Government manufacturing opera
tions such as arsenals and navy yards are excluded
from manufacturing and are included under Government.
MINING - Covers establishments engaged in the extrac
tion from the earth of Organic and inorganic miner
als which occur in nature as solids, liquids, or
gases; includes various contract services required
in mining operations, such as removal of overburden,
tunneling and shafting, and the drilling or acidiz
ing of oil wells; also includes ore dressing, beneficiating, and concentration.
NONDURABLE GOODS - The nondurable-goods subdivision
includes the following major manufacturing industry
groups: food and kindred products; tobacco manu
factures; textile-mill products; apparel and other
finished textile uroducts; paper and allied products;
printing, publishing, and allied industries; chemi
cals and allied products; products of petroleum and
coal; rubber products; and leather and leather pro
ducts. This definition is consistent with that
used by other Federal agencies, e.g., Federal Re
serve Board.
NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES - Includes employees (not
above the working supervisory level) such as office
and clerical workers, repairmen, salespersons,
operators, drivers, attendants, service employees,
linemen, laborers, janitors, watchmen, and similar
occupational levels, and other employees whose
services are closely associated with those of the
employees listed.
PAYROLL - The weekly payroll (except for State and
local governments) for the specified groups of fulland part-time employees who worked during, or re
ceived pay for, any part of the pay period ending
nearest the 15th of the month. The specified group
of employees in the manufacturing and mining indus
tries, laundries, and cleaning and dyeing plants is
production and related workers; in the contract con
struction industry, it is construction workers; and
in the other industries, it is nonsupervisory employ
ees. The payroll is reported before deductions for
old-age and unemployment insurance, group insurance,
withholding tax, bonds, and union dues; also in
cludes pay for sick leave, holidays, and vacations
taken. Excludes cash payments for vacations not
taken, retroactive pay not earned during period re
ported, value of payments in kind, and bonuses, un
less earned and paid regularly each pay period.
The same definition applies to payrolls for
State and local governments except that in this case
the payrolls are for the entire month and cover all
employees, including nominals who are excluded from
employment. Furthermore, these payrolls do not re
flect the adjustment BLS makes in the State and
local government employment estimate for the summer
months to include the number of regular full-time
teachers on vacation but who are not specifically
paid in those months.
PRODUCTION AND RELATED WORKERS - Includes working fore
men and all nonsupervisory workers (includii^s lead
men and trainees) engaged in fabricating, processing,
assembling, inspection, receiving, storage, handling,
packing, warehousing, shipping, maintenance, repair,
janitorial, watchman services, products development,
auxiliary production for plant's own use (e.g.,
power plant), and recordkeeping and other services
closely associated with the above production opera
tions.
REGIONS:
North - Includes all States except the 17 listed as
South.
South - Includes the following 17 States: Alabama,
Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida,
Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi,
North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee,
Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia.
(In the case of sawmills and planning mills, general,
a third region is identified - the West - and in
cludes California, Oregon, and Washington.)
SERVICE AND MISCELLANEOUS - Covers establishments pri
marily engaged in rendering services to individuals
and business firms, including automotive repair
services. Excludes domestic service workers. Non
government schools, hospitals, museums, etc., are
included under service and miscellaneous; similar
Government establishments are included under Govern
ment.
TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC UTILITIES - Covers only pri
vate establishments engaged in providing all types
of transportation and related services; telephone,
telegraph, and other communication services or pro
viding electricity, gas, steam, water, or sanitary
service. Similar Government establishments are in
cluded under Government.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRACE - Covers establishments en
gaged in wholesale trade, i.e., selling merchandise
to retailers, and in retail trade, i.e., selling
merchandise for personal or household consumption,
and rendering service incidental to the sales of
goods. Similar Government establishments are in
cluded under Government.
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