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EMPLOYMENT
and EARNINGS
M A R C H 1959

CONVERSION OF STATE AND AREA
DATA TO 1957 SIC...
State and area employment, hours, and
earnings data published in this issue
are classified according to the 1957
Standard Industrial Classification
Manual. See Announcement on page iii.
WHY HOURS OF WORK ARE
A LEADING INDICATOR...
When business cycle turns are impend­
ing, the trend of the average factory
workweek will change direction months
before the employment trend reverses.
The article beginning on page v, con­
tributed by Dr. Gerhard Bry of the
National Bureau of Economic Research,
discusses the reasons why hours lead.
NEW-HIRE RATES...
Effective with publication of turnover
rates for January 1959 (this issue for
national series and next month for
States and areas), new-hire rates will
be included in all MBff tables. New
hires relate to temporary or permanent
additions to the employment roll of
individuals who have never before been
employed in the establishment or for­
mer employees not recalled by the em­
ployer.
Historical national series
are available from January 1951*
NEW AREA SERIES...
Employment data for metropolitan areas
in Ohio (table A-12), formerly limited
to manufacturing, now include all nonagricultural industry divisions for
the areas of Akron, Canton, Cincin­
nati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, To­
ledo, and Youngstown. The Shreveport,
La., series have also been expanded to
cover all nonagricultural industry di­
visions*

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V o L 5 No. 9

DIVISIO N OF MANPOW ER AN D EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS
Seymour L. Wolfbein, Chief
CONTENTS
Page

Announcement.............................................................................. ....................

iii

Article
W h y Cyclical Turns in Hours of W o r k Precede
Those in Employment.............................

v

Employment Highlights--February 1959 .....................

x ii

STATISTICAL TABLES
A-Employment
A- lî Employees in nonagricultural establishments, by industry
division (February 1959).........................
A- 2: Employees in nonagricultural establishments, by industry
division and selected groups (February 1959)........ .
A- 3 : Production workers in manufacturing, by major industry
group (February 1959)............................
A- 4.: Index of employees in nonagricultural establishments,
by industry division (February 1959)............... .
A- 5î Index of production workers in manufacturing, by major
industry group (February 1959).....................
A- 6 : Employees in nonagricultural establishments, by industry
division, seasonally adjusted (February 1959)........
A- 7: Employees in manufacturing, by major industry group,
seasonally adjusted (February 1959)................
A- 8 : Employees in nonagricultural establishments, by
industry (January 1959)...........................
A- 9î Employees in private and Government shipyards, by
region (January 1959)..................... ......
A-lOî Federal military personnel (January 1959)............
A-lls Employees in nonagricultural establishments, by industry
division and State (January 1959)....... ...........
A-12î Employees in nonagricultural establishments for selected
areas, by industry division (January 1959)......*....

Continued next page

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2
3
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5

6
12
12
13
16

EMPLOYMENT
and EARNINGS
The national employment figures shown

CO NTENTS - Continued

in this report hare been adjusted to

Pag*

first quarter 1957 benchmark levels.

B-Labor Turnover
B-l: Labor turnover rates in manufacturing (January 1959)
.. 28
B-2: labor turnover rates, by industry (January 1959).......... 29
B-3: Labor turnover rates in manufacturing for selected
States and areas (December 1958)............... ........ 33

C-Hours and Earnings

EXPLANATORY NOTES
A brief outline of the concepts, meth­

odology, and sources used in preparing
data shown in this publication appears
in the Annual Supplement Issue. Single
copies of the Explanatory Notes may be
obtained fro® the U. S. Department of
Labor, Bureau, of Labor Statistics,

C-l: Hours and gross earnings of production workers in manu­
facturing, by major industry group (February 1959).....
C-2: Gross average weekly hours and average overtime hours of
production workers in manufacturing, by major industry
group (February 1959)..........................
C-3 î Indexes of aggregate weekly man-hours in industrial and
construction activities (February 1959)..............
C-4 ; Indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls in industrial and
construction activities (February 1959)..............
C-5 : Hours and gross earnings of production or nonsupervisory
workers, by industry (January 1959)*.................
C-6 : Average weekly earnings, gross and net spendable, of
production or construction workers in selected industry
divisions, in current and 1947-49 dollars (January 1959).
C-7: Average hourly earnings, gross and excluding overtime, of
production workers in manufacturing, by major industry
group (January 1959)..............................
C-8 : Hours and gross earnings of production workers in manu­
facturing, by State and selected areas (January 1959)....

DlTlslon of Manpower and Employment
Statistics, Washington 25, D. C.

See

page 55.




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Announcement

The
ings

employment,

estimates

p ubl i s h e d

and

earn­

t he

States

and

areas

classified

in this.issue

footnoted

in

classified

the

by

the St a n dard

are,

in

of

B u d get.

1957
This

article,

trial

Effect

Employment

and E arnings
Because
over

rates

1 month
and

rates
in

this

December
SIC.

January

Indus­
on

BLS

in E m p l o y m e n t
1958.

a particular
the

issue,
1958,

and

are

the

areas

relating

the rates

1959 are

month

employment,

estimates,

States

When

in

State and area labor t u r n ­

behind

for

a new

discussed

System

for October

for

earnings

to

of R e v i s e d

Statistics,

n ew

SIC

are

based

hours,

turnover
published

to N o v e m b e r on

the

1945

for December 1958-

on

to

reports

the

estimates

available

forward

from
with

Statistics.

1957

SIC

the

based on the
from

State

the

agencies

Bureau

of

Labor
listed

cover.

The

change

in c l a s s i f i c a t i o n

systems

has

no

preciable

on

on the

These a g e n c i e s

January

are

inside

b ack

effect

continuity

of

series

labor

and

the

Estimates
whole

prepared

sific a t i o n
until

the

the summed

fall

and

divis i o n
for

the

under

of

nonfarm

s l ightly

because

hours

levels

ap­
and

earnings
rates

for

as a whole.
Nation

the

new

as

a

clas­

system will not be p u b l i s h e d

sion e s t imates
only

th e

turnover

the m a n u f a c t u r i n g

lag

p u b l i s h e d next month,




E mployment

cooperating

Bureau

based

system.

by

the

be

according

1958

shift

Classification

to

will

Classifi c a t i o n

c l a s s i f i cation system was
the

as

data

tables,

according

Industrial

issued

except

appropriate

industry

Manual
the

for

hours,

some

1960.
and

Heretofore,
industry

for the States

dif f e r e d

from the national
States

had

more

divi­

totals
recent

benchmarks

than o t h e r s

computation

varied

i n terim p e r i o d
cation

and methods

slightly.

of d i f f e r i n g

systems,

of

In this
classifi­

the summed State

esti­

some

of

volve

shifts

radio

and t e l e v i s i o n

dustry,

s omew h a t
two

the

r e a s o n s — the

based on a first quarter
as

c o m pared

b enchmark

with

between

for example,

The

broadcasting

are

d i vision in the 1957 c l a s s i f i c a t i o n

quarter
series,

1957
and

in­

is c l a s s i f i e d

estimates

a first

in­

divisions.

the

1958 benchmark

the

systems

for

for the national




between

totals

national
State

differences

old and new c l a s s i f i c a t i o n

mates for industry divisions may differ
from

the

in

t r a n s p o r t a t i o n and public utilities

tem,

but

in s e r v i c e s

under

the

sy s t e m

p r e v i o u s l y used for State e stimates
still

used for national

sys­

estimates.

and

Why Cyclical Turns in Hours of Work
Precede Those in Employment
Gerhard

One of the s t a t i s t i c a l measures t h a t
portends changes in the general l e ve l o f eco­
nomic a c t i v i t y i s the length of the workweek.
When turns in the business cycle are imminent,
the workweek b e g in s to le ngt hen or sh ort en
months b ef ore the employment trend r ev ers es.
This lead o f c y c l i c a l turning poi nts in aver­
age weekly hours over t urni ng p o i n t s in em­
ployment i s found not only in the l a r g e i n ­
dustry d i v i s i o n s such as Manufacturing, but
in the industry groups and separate i nd u st r ie s
as w e l l . 1

of the i nd u s t r y to which they belong; t h a t
they manufacture f a i r l y homogeneous products,
such as p l a t e glas s, Portland cement, or c e r ­
t ain types o f work c lothing; and that monthly
data o f weekly hours be a v a i l a b l e throughout
the s p e c i f i e d years. The requirement of prod­
uct homogeneity was made to ensure t ha t the
measures of the hours-employment rel at i on sh ip
would not be a f f e c t e d by s h i f t s among products.
The s i ze d i s t r i b u t i o n of the s e l e c t e d p l a nt s
was as follows:
No. of
Si z e of plant
plants

These f i n d i n g s r a i s e a number o f ques­
t i on s o f obvious s i g n i f i c a n c e regardi ng the
use o f the average length o f workweek as an
economic i n d i c a t o r .
For example:
Do the
observed leads of average weekly hours over
employment appear only in the industry aver­
ages or do they e x i s t also on the pl ant l e v e l ?
What are the reasons f or the observed leads?
And f i n a l l y , what are the prospect s t ha t the
leads of hours over employment w i l l continue
in the future? Let us deal with these topi cs
in turn.

T o t a l .................................
20
Under 500 employees.................. ................1
500-999 employees....................... ................4
1 , 0 0 0 - 2 , 4 9 9 employees.............. ................6
2 , 5 0 0 - 4 , 9 9 9 employees.............. ................2
5, 000 employees and o v e r . . . .
7
The d a t a show t h a t , in t h e s e l e c t e d
pl ants, turns in weekly hours led those in em­
ployment in most c a s e s .
Timing comparisons
were made f o r a l l c l e a r l y matched turns of
hours and employment in each p l a n t .
Alto­
gether, t he i n f o r m a t i o n f o r t he 20 p l a n t s
produced 74 pai rs of comparable turning points.

Do Hours Lead Employment in Individual
Plants?

Hours and employment s t a t i s t i c s are not
g e n er a l l y p u b l i s h e d f o r i n d i v i d u a l p l a n t s .
Moreover, the data c o l l e c t i n g agencies o f the
Government are prevented, by s t r i c t d is closure
r ul es , from making i ndivi dual plant informa­
t i on a v a i l a b l e . However, through the coopera­
t ion o f the Department of L a b o r ' s Bureau o f
Labor S t a t i s t i c s , i t was 'possible to summarize
the s e qu en ce o f t u r n i n g p o i n t s o f h o u r s ,
r e l a t i v e to employment, in 20 u n i d e n t i f i e d
manuf act uri ng p l a n t s , f o r the p e r i o d 1947
through 1957. These pl ant s were s e l e c t e d ac­
cording to s p e c i f i c a t i o n s which required that
the pl ant s be r e l a t i v e l y large by the standards




Bry*

* 0f R u t g e r s U n i v e r s i t y ( S c h o o l of B u s i n e s s
A d m i n i s t r a t i o n ) and t h e N a t i o n a l B u r e a u o f
E co n o m ic R e s e a r c h .
The m a t e r i a l p r e s e n t e d
h e r e i s based on a s t u d y , The Timing of C y c l i ­
c a l Changes in th e A v e ra g e Workweek, p r e p a r e d
f o r t h e NBER.
T h is s t u d y fo rm s p a r t of a
b r o a d e r r e s e a r c h p r o j e c t , t h e r e s u l t s of which
w i l l be p u b l i s h e d as a book on B u s i n e s s C y c l e
I n d i c a t o r s , e d i t e d by G o e f f r e y H. Moore.
^A b r i e f a c c o u n t of t h e l e n g t h and p e r v a s i v e ­
n e s s of t h e s e l e a d s can be found in th e T h i r t y s e v e n t h A nnual R e p o r t o f t h e N a t i o n a l B u r e a u
o f Econom ic R e s e a r c h , pp. 5 9 - 6 1 .

2

T h ese c o m p a r i s o n s w e r e b a s e d on 1 2 - m o n t h
moving a v e r a g e s , in o r d e r t o m in im iz e th e e f ­
f e c t of s e a s o n a l and random f l u c t u a t i o n s . The
l a t t e r a r e of c o u r s e much l a r g e r in p l a n t th a n
in i n d u s t r y d a t a and t h u s r e q u i r e d s m o o t h i n g .

v

pondence of hours and employment is found in
Plant II, as well as close correspondence of
labor input variations to changes in general
business conditions, as indicated by the
shaded areas on the chart.
Plant III shows
some relatable turns but also reveals a good
deal of independence between hours and em­
ployment fluctuations.
It illustrates the
most frequent conditions in our sample:
A
fair degree of independence between hours and
employment, some clearly matched turns, and
the typical lead of hours over employment
wherever the turns can be matched.
Plant IV,
finally, is characterized by an almost total
absence of related movements.

Of these, 62 showed leads, 6 lags, and 6
coincidences.
The prevalence of leads is
similarly strong at peaks and at troughs, as
shown in the following table.
The relationship between average hours
and employment was not equally close in all
plants. Some typical situations are illus­
trated on the accompanying chart which con­
tains simplified versions of weekly hours and
employment variations in four plants in the
sample. Plant I illustrates cases where even
brief intracyclical variations of hours and
employment are closely related, with regular
leads of hours over employment.
Good corres­
T im in g
by

of

w e e k ly

h o u rs

th e

num ber

of

r e la t iv e

le a d s

and

20 m a n u fa c t u r in g

to

e m p lo y m e n t ,

la g s

at

p la n t s ,

m a tc h e d

as

show n

tu rn s,

1 9 4 7 -5 7

(N u m b e r)
P la n t

C y c lic a l peaks

d e s ig ­
n a t io n

Leads

T o ta l

34

A
B

P e a k s and t r o u g h s
com bined

C y c lic a l tro u g h s

Lags

T o ta l

Leads

C o in c i­
dences

Lags

T o ta l

Leads

C o in c i ­
dences

Lags

T o ta l

3

1

38

28

3

5

36

62

6

6

74

3

-

—

—

1

-

1

-

-

-

-

3
0

5

-

3
0

2

-

-

-

-

6
0

2
1

2
3

1

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-

-

C o in c i­
dences

C

1

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-

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E
P

2

-

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—

-

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1

1

-

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1

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-

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-

1
0

3

-

1
2
2
0

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-

-

3
3
3
0

G

2

1

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2

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-

2

4

1

-

5

H
I

2
1

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4

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2
2

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-

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M

4
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1

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vi

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3

_

5

W e e k ly Hours an d Employment of
Production W orkers in 4 Manufacturing Plants, 1947-57
(Sm o o th e d S e rie s, U n d isc lo se d Scales)

Average Workweek

1947

1948

1949

1950

1951

...... Production Workers

1952

1953

1954

1955

1956

1957

Shaded areas represent business cycle contractions,
according to N B E R chronology. Dots identify peaks
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
bureau of labor statistics




,

,

—

.x.

.

and troughs of specific cycles.

vii

Why Do Hours Lead?
Among the factors chiefly responsible for
the lead of cyclical turns in average weekly
hours over employment may be the following:
(a) Scheduled hours can be more quickly and
conveniently adjusted than employment volume;
(b) changes in the length of the workweek do
not commit a company to a course of expansion
or contraction of employment; (c) at business
cycle peaks, reduction of overtime if much
has been scheduled, leads to substantial cost
saving through the avoidance of premium wage
payments; (d) reduction of overtime may also
enhance productivity, since overtime hours
tend to be less productive and liberal use of
overtime may encourage "drag-out” of work;
(e) at troughs, fuller employment of that
part of the regular work force which had been
on involuntary part time provides cost advan­
tages, as compared with hiring and training
new help; (f) maintenance of a "stable" work
force is preferable from the viewpoint of em­
ployee morale; and finally (g) work-sharing
in times of receding demand and the converse
sharing of increasing work opportunities is
regarded, in many industries, as good public
policy and is frequently made part of union
agreements.
As plausible as these reasons may appear,
they leave some basic questions unanswered.
Why should employment continue to rise, near
peaks, after hours have been reduced?
An
analysis of labor turnover rates likewise re­
veals that after hours have started to drop,
near peaks, the hiring rate exceeds the vol­
untary quit rate for a while, thus bringing
continued advances in employment.
These re­
lationships are observable on the plant as
well as the industry level.
But why should
management, once it decides to reduce labor
input, be unable to reduce hiring just enough
to compensate for voluntary quits? In order
to answer these questions, interviews with 15
industrial relations managers were scheduled
in plants other than those for which data had
been obtained from the BLS.
The following
paragraphs summarize the conclusions reached
from these interviews.




Briefly, the continuation of existing
employment trends, after weekly hours have
changed direction, appears to be a result of
the momentum of prevailing employment poli­
cies. Although decisions on overtime, re­
lating to the length of the workweek, are
typically made at the foreman level in re­
sponse to changes in current workloads, de­
cisions to change hiring policies are made at
the plant management level, or even higher.
That is, changes in weekly hours come about
as the result of fluctuations in current work­
loads and are short-term adjustments of labor
input.
In contrast, changes in employment,
other than those resulting from normal turn­
over, are the result of policy decisions based
on long-term anticipated workloads.
The
latter adjustments presume some revisions in
the business outlook of the plant, division,
or company; they require the accumulation of
internal and external evidence that such re­
vision is warranted.
In the meantime, estab­
lished policies stand.
A d ju s t m e n t o f L a b o r I n p u t B e f o r e P e a k s

In the early stages of the cyclical de­
cline of average weekly hours, reduction of
overtime plays a large role. Although deci­
sions on overtime hours are often made by
foremen or supervisors who are under general
instructions to keep such hours from being
excessive, how vigorously these instructions
are observed depends on circumstances such as
the relative importance of labor costs, the
profitability of the work involved, the urgency
of the delivery date, and the service orien­
tation of the firm.
In any case, during the
period close to peaks in general business
activity, workloads tend to be heavy, deliv­
eries urgent, the labor market tight, and re­
course to longer hours least avoidable. Fore­
men request additional help, but frequently
cannot obtain it expeditiously. This is their
excuse for the high costs of hours worked at
premium rates.
Suppose that the demand originating from
"sales" decreases somewhat.
These decreases
will take pressure off "production" and lead

to a reduction in premium hours, thereby r e ­
ducing the l e ng t h of the average workweek.
The f a c t t hat overtime hours are cut wi ll not
n e c e s s a r i l y induce foremen to c a n c e l t h e i r
requests f o r a d d it i o na l help, s i nc e they may
have no reason to assume t h a t the reducti on
of pressure i s more than temporary. They have
j u s t reached the d es i ra bl e condition o f oper­
ating without exc es sive overtime and w i l 1 want
to continue t h i s s t a t e of a f f a i r s .
The labor
market, on the whole, i s s t i l l very t i g h t .
They may have been clamoring for some hard-toget personnel f o r a long time and w i l l not
rel i nq ui sh t h e i r demands.
In addition, there
may s t i l l be some b ack log of work pl us many
t asks t h a t had been postponed in o r d e r to
give p r i o r i t y to u rg e nt o r d e r s .
Vol un ta ry
quits will t y p i c a l l y be replaced, r e q u i s i t i o n s
of old standing w i l l be kept a c t i v e , and new
requests wi l l be processed. I f h i r i n g i s done
to cut overtime, r e c r u i t i n g and t r a in i n g c ost s
must, of course, be considered.
To some ex­
t en t r e c r u i t i n g c os t s are fixed; and t r a i n i n g
c os t s , spread over any prolonged s e r v i c e of
new workers, tend to be below overtime c ost s.
For many new j obs, t r a i n i n g periods are short,
trained workers can be h i r e d , or even un­
t rained workers w i l l soon begin to produce—
even though a t a low r a t e .
Thus, t r a i n i n g
c os t s are not regarded as a major d e t e r r e n t
to r ep la c in g overtime by regular workers. All
in a l l , from t he f o r e m a n ' s p o i n t o f view,
t here i s no r e a s o n to s t op t he normal r e ­
c r u i t i n g process.

businessmen may dec i de to r e t r e n c h and, in
t h i s p r o c e s s , change employment p o l i c i e s .
During the interim, the old p o l i c i e s stand.
I t i s e s s e n t i a l to q ua l i f y t h i s somewhat
si m p l i fi e d account. I f the pr oj ec te d workload
of a p l a n t r e q u i r e s l e s s than the e x i s t i n g
c on t in g en t o f workers, foremen as wel l as
higher management w i l l , of course, attempt to
reduce the p ay r ol l without waiting f or signs
o f a companywide, industrywide, or nationwide
re ce s si o n.
At the same time, management may
try to find jobs for exc es s workers elsewhere
in the firm—perhaps as replacements f o r vol­
untary q u i t s , r e t i r e m e n t s , or ot her s e p a r a­
t ions. I t wi l l not c h a r a c t e r i s t i c a l l y broaden
such a c t i o n i n t o a p o l i c y change u n l e s s i t
should appear t h a t retrenchment on a l a r g e r
s c a l e i s required.
Other complications b e se t the con t r a c t i o n
o f employment. I f the workload a d j u s t m e n t
n e c e s s i t a t e s not only reduced h i r i n g but a c ­
tual l a y o f f s , company p o l i c i e s may be circum­
s cri bed by c o l l e c t i v e agreements.
In many
cases, d i s m i s s a l o f workers with s p e c i f i e d
s e n i o r i t y may be p e r m i t t e d only a f t e r the
workday i s cut f or a l l workers or a f t e r con­
s u l t a t i o n with the union.
Even i f l a y o f f s
are i ndi ca t ed, s e n i o r i t y r u l es may delay the
adj ust ment .
A worker whose j o b i s to be
a bo li s he d, may have t h e r i g h t to "bump" a
worker with lower s e n i o r i t y , in the same or
another department or pl ant .
The t r an s f e r r e d
worker has to l e a r n t he new j o b — t y p i c a l l y
from the replaced man.
This leads to double­
employment, though f or a l i m i t e d pe r iod , a t
the very time t h a t a p o l i c y o f l a b o r input
c o n t r a c t i o n i s b eing pursued.
I t should be
r e a l i z e d t h a t "bumping" i s a c h a i n - r e a c t i o n
procedure— f our or f i v e "bumps” may be i n ­
volved in the c a n c e l l a t i o n o f a j ob held by a
man with high s e n i o r i t y .

What about the employment decis ions made
at higher management l e v e l s ? Hiring p o l i c i e s
wi ll only be changed i f t he re i s c l e a r i n d i ­
c at ion that business has taken a turn for the
worse.
Outlook does not change, nor can p o l ­
i c i e s , with every f l u c t u a t i o n in o r d e r s or
sales.
I n t e r n a l and e x t e r n a l evidence must
be s u f f i c i e n t l y s trong and prolonged to j u s ­
t i f y a policy change. Orders, s a l e s , backlogs,
c apa ci t y u t i l i z a t i o n , labor c o s t s , and p r o f i t s
c o n s t i t u t e pa r t o f the i n t e r n a l evidence; i n ­
dustry s t a t i s t i c s , t r a d e o p i n i o n , g e n e r a l
economic i n d i c a t o r s , and b u s i n e s s f o r e c a s t s
are pa rt of the ex t er na l evidence considered.
Eventually, a f t e r the outlook has been mod i f ie J,

500110 0 - 59 - 2




So far, the l ag o f employment peaks be­
hind hours peaks has been traced to the s lug­
gishness of management p o l i c i e s ( r e l a t i n g to
employment) as compared with the more f l e x ­
i b l e a c t i o n s by foremen ( r e l a t i n g to hours) .
However, the explanation of the lead of hours
ix

should not be entirely conceived in terms of

deterrent. Finally,

sharply conflicting practices at different

instituted by management during the contraction

management levels.
Management responsibili­
ties are not that clearly defined, and tend

will resume expansionist policies only when

to vary considerably from firm to firm.

firmly convinced that the turn has come.

the retrenchment policies

are likely to be still in force.

Per­

Management

haps the lead of hours should rather be re­
These general conditions may be modified

garded as the result of differences in shorter
term versus longer term adjustments.

by a host of special circumstances.
Large
orders in one or the other department, obliga­

A d ju stm e n t

tions of early delivery incurred in order to

o f L a b o r In p u t B e f o r e

Troughs

Close to the low point of business activ­
ity, a variety of circumstances and of mana­

production processes re­

stocks,

ex ce s s i v e

layoffs

postponed hiring during the downturn,

ing average weekly hours to turn in advance

or

collec­

tive agreements specifying a shorter normal
workweek— these and other circumstances may

of employment. Near the trough of cycles, parttime work is widespread with some underutili­
zation of manpower during the hours of employment.

a promising outlook for

specific products,
quiring new

gerial considerations play their role in caus­

3

obtain a contract,

easily interfere with the usual pattern of an
upturn in average weekly hours preceding a

Suppose an increase in orders and a

pickup in employment.

consequent stepping-up of production schedules
occurs. Some such stepping-up may be possible

Will Hours Continue to Lead?

without measurable adjustment of labor input
by just ’’taking up the slack.” Some further
increase in output may be achieved by extending
the workweek of those currently employed to

In the past, the average workweek has
experienced its cyclical turns before turns
in employment and general business conditions.

full time or, for a limited period, beyond full­

Will it preserve this indicator characteristic

time hours.

If more men are needed for a par­

in the future?

ticular job, there may be an attempt to trans­

Several factors must be con­

sidered.

fer workers from other jobs or departments that
are still overstaffed.

Only when these re­

sources are exhausted,

will management turn

The recent growth of a number of insti­
tutional arrangements bears on this question.
Guaranteed annual wage agreements, supplemen­
tary unemployment benefits, union agreements

to the labor market.
any rehiring or new

on the mechanics of layoff and rehiring, pro­

hiring will be- cautious and will not exceed

to hire new workers? There is the need to sat­

tection of seniority rights, and retirement
fund equities are examples. The main tendency
of these in stitutional arrangements is to
strengthen job security and to reduce labor

isfy those who accepted short-time work in lieu
of layoffs; union agreements may regulate the

turnover.
Hence, variations in labor input,
as affected by these developments, will take

sequence of the buildup and require that normal
hours be introduced for the employed workers of

the form of manipulating the length of the
workweek rather than the number of workers.

specified seniority before new labor is hired.
Guaranteed wage provisions and the experience

This will tend to p e r p e t u a t e the lead of
average weekly hours over employment. However,

In the beginning,

normal quits.
Why will supervisors and man­
agers prefer to raise weekly hours rather than

some arrangements will not have this effect.

rating aspects of unemployment insurance con­
tributions make it desirable not to "commit” the
company more deeply than necessary. Also,

Supplementary unemployment benefits are an
example.
During the recent recession, the

the

initial costs of hiring, training, and super­
vising new workers must enter managerial con­

3

This u n d e r u t i l i z a t i o n is p a r t i c u l a r l y pr o­
nounced in case of i n d i r e c t l abor but a l s o ,
in many c i r c u m s t a n c e s , d i s c e r n i b l e in the
case of production workers.

siderations to some extent, although as stated
previously, such costs may not be a prime




x

automobile workers p r e f e r r e d l a y o f f s of low
s e n i o r i t y workers to a short workweek for a l l
workers. Combined unemployment insurance and
supplementary unemployment b e n e f i t s assured a
f a i r l y high income for the l a y o f f s ; the earn­
ings o f the high s e n i o r i t y workers were pro­
t ec t ed ; and the o v e r a l l income f o r the group
as a whole was higher than i t would have been
ot herwi se.
Assuming t he p e r p e t u a t i o n o f
present r u l e s , the spread o f supplementary
unemployment b e n e f i t s in the f u t u r e would
tend to dampen the c y c l i c a l f l u c t u a t i o n s o f
the average workweek.
T echnol ogic al progress in the d i r e c t i o n
of gr e a t e r automation may a f f e c t the f l u c t u ­
at i on of hours in some continuous-process in­
dustries.
Closely scheduled around-the-clock
operati ons might be expected to impose narrow
l i m i t s on the manipulation o f the lengt h o f
the workweek.
However, 2 4 - h o u r o p e r a t i n g
schedules do not n e c e s s a r i l y imply i n f l e x i ­
b i l i t y in t he l e n g t h o f t h e workweek per
worker.
Workers can s t i l l work a 4 - , 5-, or
6-day week.
Mo reov er , t h e l e n g t h o f t he
standard s h i f t can be changed; f o r example,
four 6-hour s h i f t s might be s u b s t i t u t e d f o r
t hree 8-hour s h i f t s .
Thus, c o n s i d e r a b l e
f l e x i b i l i t y in the length of the workweek i s
compatible with cont inuous p l a n t o p e r at i o n.
The o v e r a l l e f f e c t of automat ion, however,
may be in the d i r e c t i o n of l e s s f l e x i b i l i t y ,
s i nc e changes in the number o f days worked
and in the length of s h i f t s are managerially
cumbersome — c e r t a i n l y more so than a r r a n g e ­
ments f or overtime or s h o r t t i n e under l e s s
r i g i d ope ra t in g conditions.
Will p r o g r es s in management t ec hni ques
a f f e c t the lead o f weekly hours? The corporate
o f f i c e r s interviewed expressed some i n t e r e s t
in s e t t i n g s t a n d a r d s f o r d e c i s i o n s on t he
adjustment o f labor input.
Attempts had been
made, i t was learned, to develop formal stand­
ards ranging from si mple r u l e s o f thumb t o
more complex approaches.
A simple approach
might be i l l u s t r a t e d by the rule:
" I f 50 ad­
d i t i o n a l man-hours per week a t a s e m i s k i l l e d
occupation are required for more than 6 weeks,
an ext ra man w i l l be h i r e d . " In another i n ­




st ance, experiments were made to base h i r i n g
(and l a y o f f ) d e c i s i o n s on a combination of 5
or 6 i m p o r t a n t f a c t o r s such as l e n g t h of
pr os pe ct iv e employment (or dearth of work),
l e v e l o f s k i l l , degree o f s p e c i a l i z a t i o n and
t r a i n i n g time.
However, i t t r a n s p i r e d t ha t
r u l e s o r formulas were i n f r e q u e n t l y r e l i e d
upon in p r a c t i c e , presumably because o f the
many complicating f a c t o r s and s p e ci a l circum­
st anc es. Frequently, d e ci s io n s may be heavily
a f f e c t e d by s p e c i a l c o n s i d e r a t i o n s incapable
of standardized measurement; for example, the
need of an important customer for a p a r t i c u ­
l a r job at a p a r t i c u l a r time.
Consequently,
the f ormal izing o f d ec is i on s on overtime ver­
sus h i r i n g are p r a c t i c a l only within narrow
lim its.
In any c a se , t he re is no i n d i c a t i o n
t hat such f o r m a l i z a t i o n would reduce f l e x i ­
b i l i t y in the length of the average workweek.
One more f a c t o r which should be c o n ­
sidered i s improved business f o r e c a s t i n g . The
lag of employment turns behind those in hours
may, to some e x t e n t be due to the b e l a t e d
r e a l i z a t i o n of c y c l i c a l changes in industry
or company a c t i v i t y .
To the extent that t h i s
i s so, i n c r e a s e d awareness and s k i l l f u l use
of economic i n d i c a t o r s may conceivably shorten
the lag and prevent companies from continuing
t h e i r employment p o l i c i e s a f t e r circumstances
may wa rr a nt a r e v e r s a l .
However, d e s p i t e
c ur r e n t pr o gr es s in t h i s f i e l d , f o r e c a s t i n g
s t i l l remains spe cul ati ve .
Important changes
in the hours-employment l ea ds cannot be ex­
pected to o r i g i n a t e from t h i s quarter. Sharp­
ened f o r e s i g h t and wise economic p o l i c i e s may
tend t o reduce the s e v e r i t y of business c y c le s ,
and, consequently, of labor input f l u ct ua t io ns .
However, such reducti on would be u nl i kel y to
a f f e c t the lead o f average hours over employ­
ment in i t s r o l e as an i n d i c a t o r o f economic
change, si nc e hours have led during both severe
and mild c y c l e s .
A l t o g e t h e r , although t h e r e are f a c t o r s
which may in the fut ure tend to l i m i t the f l e x ­
i b i l i t y of hours of work, the lead of hours over
employment turns w i l l probably be maintained
and with i t the importance of the length o f the
workweek as an i n d i c a t o r of c y c l i c a l change.

Employment Highlights
FE B R U A R Y 1959

Employment changes in most other industries were
seasonal.
The relatively large Increase in apparel
trades employment was the usual one associated with
production of summer wear.

The number of employees on nonfarm payrolls was
50.2 million in February 1959, virtually unchanged
from the previous month. Most Industries shoved the
customary seasonal change.
The steel Industry con­
tinued to report a steady recovery in employment from
the low point of the business downturn last spring.

Factory Workweek and Earnings
The factory workweek, at 39*8 hours in February,
was comparatively steady over the month. Hourly earn­
ings remained at $2.19 &nd weekly earnings edged off
by 22 cents to $87.16.

The workweek in manufacturing industries was
seasonally steady at 39-8 hours.
There was almost no
change in hours of work in the primary metals indus­
try, although there is usually a large decline. The
machinery industry reported a rise in hours of work
which was apparently connected with catching-up opera­
tions following the end of a major strike. In the
automobile Industry where employment was close to the
January level, hours of work dropped sharply.

Konmanufacturing Industries
Employment changes in nonmanufacturing Industries
were on the whole seasonal. The job decline in retail
trade was somewhat less than usual for the month, but
the drop in contract construction was relatively sharp
for February.
Employment declined slightly in mining
and transportation; the job situation in these indus­
tries has shown almost no Improvement since the low
point of the recession.

Hourly earnings of factory production workers
remained unchanged for the third consecutive month at
$2.19« Weekly earnings edged off to $87 .16.
Compared with February a year ago, average weekly
earnings were up by $6.52.
This resulted from the
lengthening of the workweek by l. k hours as well
as the rise of 9 cents in hourly earnings.
Every
major industry group in manufacturing reported higher
weekly earnings in February 1959 than a year earlier.
Earnings were higher by more than $16 per week In the
primary metals and rubber products industries. Both
industries have recovered sharply over the year In
hours of work, and have alto shown large increases In
hourly earnings.

Factory Job Changes Are Seasonal
The number of factory jobs rose slightly over the
month to 15*7 million. Employment continued to rise
substantially in the primary metals industry as steel
mills further increased their output. Employment in
primary metals has risen about 140,000 ( Ik percent)
since Its low point last May.
An employment increase
In the machinery industry resulted mainly from strike
settlements at a large agricultural equipment company.




x ii

1

Historical Employment Data

Table A-1: Employees in nonagricultural establishments,
by industry division

Year and month

Contract
con­
struction

TOTAL

Mining

26,829
27,088
24,125
25,569
28,128
27,770
28,505
29,539
29,691
29,710

1,124
1,230
953
920
1,203
1,092
1,080
1,176
1,105
1,041

1,021

31,041

1,078

29,143
26,383
23,377
23,466
25,699
26,792
28,802
30,718

1,000

(In thousands)
Transpor­
Finance,
Wholesale
Manufac­ tation and and retail insurance,
public
and real
turing
trade
utilitie s
estate

Service
and
miscel­
laneous

Govern­
ment

Annual average:

1919..........
19S0 ..........
192 1
192 2
192 3
192U ..........
192 5
192 6
192 7
192 8
192
193
193
193
193

9
0
1
2
3

193^..........
.
193 5

193 6
193 7

193 8

.

193 9

19^0................... .
1941...........
19^2...........
194 3
.
194 4
.
194 5
.
194 6
.
194 7
.
194 8
.

194 9
195 0

195 1
195 2
195 3

.
.
.
.
.

195 4
195 5

.

195 6
195 7

195 8
1958 t February..
March.««ft

April...
1fay.....
June....

1959«

10.534
10.534
8,132
8,986
10,155
9,523
9.786

3,711
3,998
3,459
3,505
3.882
3,806
3,824

1,606

9,997
9,839
9.786

3,940
3,891

1,497
1,372
1,214
970
809
862
912
1,145

10.534
9,401
8,021
6,797
7,258
8,346
8,907
9’& J

6,401
6,064
5,531
4,907
4,999
5,552
5,692

848
1,012

1,185
1,229
1,321
1,446
1,555

1,608

3,822

4,664

4,623
4,754
5,084
5,494

5,626
5,810
6,033

6,165
6,137

882

1,055

9,253

3.907
3,675
3,243
2,8o 4
2,659
2,736
2,771
2,956
3,114
2,840

845
916

36,220

9^7

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

983
917
883

1,150
1,294
1,790
2,170
1,567
1,094
1,132
1,661

982

2,169

10,078
10,780
12,974
15,051
17,381
17,111
15,302
14,461
15,290
15,321

2,912
3,013
3,248
3,433
3,619
3,798
3,872
4,023
4,122
4,141

6,612

32,058

43,315
44,738
47,347
48,303
49,681
48,431
50,056
51,766
52,162
50,536

918
889
916
885
852
777
777

2,165
2,333
2,603
2,634
2,622
2,593
2,759
2,929

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

3,949
3,977
4,166
4,185
4,221
4,009
4,062
U,l6l

1*9,777
1*9,690
1*9,726
1*9,91*9

28,902
30,311

50,1*13

864
722

735
874
888

937
1,006

826

852
9^3

807
809
720

1,112

1,982

10,606

16,563

6,543
6,453

1,431
1,398
1,333
1,270
1,225
1,247
1,262
1,313
1,355
1,347

2,054

2,671

2,142

2,603
2,531
2,542

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

2,848
2,91?
2,996

3,127
3,084
2,913
2,682
2,614
2,784
2,883

3,066

3,060
3,233
3,196

9,196
9,519

1,399
1,436
1,480
1,469
1,435
1,409
1,428
1,619
1,672
1,741

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

9,513
9,645
10,012
10,281

1,765
1,824
1,892
1,967

3,901*

10,846
11,221
U,302
11,136

2,122
2,219
2,308
2,31*8
2,375

4,972
5,077
5,264
5,411
5,538
5,664
5,916
6,160
6,336
6,396

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

7,260

7,522

8,602

10,527
10,520

2,038

2,611
2,723
2,802

3,14?
3,264
3,225
3,167
3,298
3,477
3,662
3,749

3,876

3,995
4,202
4,660
5,483
6,080
6,043
5,944
5,595
5,474
5,650
5,856

6,026
6,389

6,609
6,645
6,751
6,914
7,277
7,626
7,893

2,808
2,61*8

16,903
16,782
15,1*61*

7U7
733
716
711
717

2,173
2,316
2,1*93
2,685

15,593
15,355
15,101*
15,023
15,206

3,91*1*
3,910
3.883
3,871»
3,901*

10,91*8
10,939
10,91*0
10,961
11.035

2,31*3
2,31*8
2,356
2,370
2,391

6,21*0
6,267
6,381*
6,1*55
6,1*88

7,789
7,822
7,850
7,870
7,866

15,161
15,1*62
15,755
15,536
15,795

15,71*9

3.907
3.897
3,886
3.897
3,885
3,881

10,981*
11,0 U
11,151
11,225
11,382
11,976

2,1*10
2,1*13
2,392
2,380
2,371*
2,373

6,1*65
6,1*52
6,1*72
6,1*63
6,1*26
6,381*

7,661*
7,678
7,91*3
8,01*0
8,071*
8,373

15,676
15,737

3,837
3,829

11.035
10,956

2,366
2,378

6,303
6,311*

8,028
8,082

2,806

Jnlj*««••»
August....
September,
October...
Hovumber..
December..

50,178
50,576
51,237
51,136
51,1*32
51,935

705
708
711
708
712

7X3

2,882
2,955
2,927
2,887
2,781*
2,1*86

January...
February..

50,292
50,233

705
695

2,31*2
2,21*2

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




6,076

1,050
1,110
1,097
1,079
1,123
1,163
1,166
1,235
1,295
1,360

I*,l5 l

2

Current Employment Data

Table A -2; Employees in nonagricultural establishments,
by industry division and selected groups
(In thousands)

Industry division and group

February
1959

January
1959

February
1958

Fabraa:ry 1959
net chari<Se from:

January
1959

February
1958 *

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

50,233

50,292

1*9,777

-59

♦U56

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

695

705

71*7

-10

-52

92.2
191.7
103.2

91*.2
192.3
103.1*

97.8
212.1*
103.2

-2.0
-.6
-•2

-5.6
-20.7
0

2,21*2

2,31*2

2,173

-100

♦69

M ANUFA C TU R IN G .....................................................................

15,737

15,676

15,593

*61

♦llili

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

9,039
6,698

8,986
6,690

8,906
6,687

♦53
♦8

♦133
♦11

135.5
6014.6
378.1
505.7
1,196.0

136.8
611.1
371*.1
507.6
1.166.5

121.1
581.5
356.7
50U.3
1,131».6

-1.3
-6.5
* t .o
-1.9
♦29.5

♦lU.U
♦23.1
♦21.1*
♦1.1*
♦61.1*

1,058.1«
1,531.5
1,172.0
1,672.8
325.6
1*58.6

1.051.5
1,509.1*
1,170.9
1,690.0
320.2
1*1*8.0

1,01*2.9
1,579.7
1,132.1*
1,676.0
320.9
1*55.6

♦6.9
♦22.1
♦1.1
-17.2
♦5.1*
♦10.6

♦15.5
-1*8.2
♦39.6
-3.2
♦I*.7
♦3.0

1,370.1
8l*.l
952.1»
1,207.9
51*9.7
852.0
821*.2
225.0
257.8
37U.5

1,387.3
89.0
91*6.3
1,181.1
51*9.7
852.1
823.1*
232.5
259.1
369.6

1,386.8
89.6
91*5.8
l,l8l.li
51*5.7
853.2
821*.5
21*1.1»
251.1»
366.7

-17.2
-U.9
♦6.1
♦26.8
0
-.1
♦.8
-7.5
-1.3
♦U.9

-16.7
-5.5
♦6.6
♦26.5
♦fc.o
-1.2
-.3
-16.1*
♦6.1*
♦7.8

; ...................

3,829

3,837

3,91»1*

-8

-115

T RANS P ORTATI ON...........................................................
COMMUNI CATI ON.............................................................
OTHER P U B L I C U T I L I T I E S ............................................

2,1*92
7U3
591*

2,1*99
71*1*
591*

2,552
795
597

-7
-1
0

-52
-3

TRADE ...........................................

10,956

11,035

10,91*8

-79

♦8

CONTRACT C O N STR U C TIO N .............................................. .

Durable Goods

Lumber and wood products (except furniture)..
Furniture and fixtures.......................
Stone, clay, and glass products..............
Primary metal industries.....................
Fabricated metal products (except ordnance,
machinery, and transportation equipment)....

Instruments and related products.............
Miscellaneous manufacturing industries......
Nondurable Goods

Textile-mill products.........................
Apparel and other finished textile products..
Paper and allied products....................
Printing, publishing, and allied industries..
Chemicals and allied products..... ..........
Products of petroleum and coal...............

TRANSPORTATION AND PUBL 1C U T IL 1 T IE S .

WHOLESALE AND R E T A IL

WHOLESALE TRADE..........................................................
R E T A I L TR A D E...............................................................

Automotive and accessories dealers...........
Apparel and accessories stores...............

3,022
7,931*
l,32l*.5
1,589.2
766.1*
561.1
3,693.0

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




3,027
8,008
1,376.1»
1,579.8
76U.3
583.8
3,703.6

3,023
7,925
1,316.1»
1,602.2
778.1»
551*.8
3,673.2

-5
-7li
-51.9
♦9.1*
♦2.1
-22.7
-10.6

-60

-1
♦9
♦8.1
-13.0
-12.0
♦6.3
♦19.8

3

C urrent Employment Data

Table A-2: Employees in non agricultural establishments,
by industry division and selected gvoups-Continued
(In thousands)

Industry division and group

February
1959

January1959

P.bniaiy
1958

February :1959
net chantf• f r om:

January
19*9

February
1958

INSURANCE, AND REAL ESTATE ......................

2,378

2,366

2,31*3

♦12

♦35

S ER VIC E AND MISCELLANEOUS ..........................................

6,311*

6,303

6,21(0

♦11

♦7U

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

8,082

8,028

7,789

♦5U

♦293

F E D E R A L .........................................................................
STATE AND LOCAL.........................................................

2,11*3
5,939

2,157
5,871

2,ll*0
5,6U9

-lh
♦68

♦3
♦290

FINANCE,

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

Table A-3: Production workers in manufacturing,
by major industry group
(In thousands)

Major industry group

MANUFA C T U R IN G > ttu ...........................................................
DURABLE GOODS ......................................................
NONDURABLE GOODS..................................................

February

January

February

1959

1959

1958

February 1959
net change from:

January
1959

February
1958

11,898

11,81*9

11,767

♦U9

♦131

6,775
5,123

6,732
5,117

6,653
5,111*

♦1*3
♦6

♦122
♦9

Durable goods

Lumber and wood products (except furniture)....
Furniture and fixtures..........................
Stone, clay, and glass products................
Primary metal industries........................
Fabricated metal products (except ordnance,
machinery, and transportation equipment).....
Machinery (except electrical)..................

Miscellaneous manufacturing industries.........

71.5
51*0.3
316.1
U08.7
982.1*

72.9
51*6.2
312.1*
101.1
953-5

67.0
516.5
295.3
1*08.0
912.5

-l.U
-5.9
♦3.7
-2.U
♦28.9

♦H.5
♦23.8
♦20.8
♦.7
♦69.9

821*.9
1,070.9
791.2
1,196.9
211.8

818.9
1,052.9
791.2
l,2ll(.0
2O8.I4
350.5

805.8
1,108.6
766.6
1,206.9
210.9
355.0

♦6.0
♦18.0
0
-17.1
♦3.U
♦9.7

♦19.1
-37.7
♦2U.6
-10.0
♦.9
♦5.2

5ll*.lt

951.1
78.9
855.3
1,052.0
U*0.9
5U2.9
513.2

11*8.5
198.8
33U.O

199.1*
329.5

951.0
79.2
851*.7
1,050.6
1*38.1*
51*5.8
518.5
158.7
191.3
326.2

-16.3
-U.U
♦5.2
♦23.0
-.8
-.3
♦1.2
-5.5
-•6
♦U.5

-16.2
-U.7
♦5.8
♦2U.J*
♦1.7
-3.2
-ii.l
-10.2
♦7.5
♦7.8

360.2

Nondurable Goods

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

931*.8
71*.5
860.5
1,075.0

là o .l
Printing, publishing, and allied industries....
Chemicals and allied products..................

51*2.6

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




151*. 0

4

Employment Indexes

Table A-4: Index of employees in nonagricultural establishments, by industry division
_________
Industry division

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

(1 9 4 7 -49 = 1 0 0 )____________

February
1959

January
1959

Beeeaber

February

1958

1958

114.8

115.0

118.7

113.8

73.3
196.5
105.4
112.3
97.4
94.1
86.6
109.9
114.9
116.4
121.1
114.8
137-8

74.4
111.3
105.0
111.6
97.3
94.3

75.2
118.1

78.8
103.2

1®5.5
111.6
98.3
95.3
88.2
110.5
115.3
127.3
122.8
128.9
137.5
13®. 5
147.9
131.7
156.0

1©4.4
110.6

129.0
142.8
113.5
157.4

86.8
110.1
114.9
117.3
121.3
115.8
137.1
128.8
141.8
114.2
155.6

97.2
96.9
88.7
117.6
115.5
116.4
121.1
114.6
135.7

127.5
137*6
U 3.3
149.8

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

Table A -5: Index of production workers in manufacturing, by major industry group
(1 9 4 7 -4 9 ® 1 0 0 )
Major industry group

MANUFACTURING...............................
DURABLE

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

NONDURABLE

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

February
1959

96.2
101.5
90.9

January
1959
95.8
100.9
.. 8g,JL_

December

February

1958

1958

96.5

95.1

101.0
91.1

99.7
89.8

322.1
76.6

295.6
70.1
99.9
93.8
88.7

Goods

Lumber and wood products (except furniture)......
Furniture and fixtures............................ .

Fabricated metal products (except ordnance,
machinery, and transportation equipment)........

317.6
73.2
107.®
9^.0
95.*
105.9
9^.2
123.5
1 1 7 *0

109.3
9*.7

322.1
7^.0

105.6
9 M
92.7

105.1
92.6

104.6
97.0

91.6
105.8
91.3

118.7
107.2

123.2
118.1
108.2

92.4

94.7

80.3

84.6
78.5
70.5
101.4
110.6
114.4

123.5

103.5
97.5
119.8
118.0
108.8
93.4

Nondurable Goods

79.0

71.0
7®.5
1@3.2

109.8
113.©
100.7
8 0 .I

97.7
92.3
NOTE: Data for the 2 most recent months are preliminary.




7^.8
7©.0
101.0
110.1
113.Ô
100.5
82.8
97.7
91.2

100.7
83.3

97.2
91.0

80.3
74.8
70.0
100.9
109.3
113.6
102.9
85.5
93.8
90.1

5

Seasonally Adjusted Employment Data

Table A-6: Employees in nonagricultural establishments,
by industry division, seasonally adjusted
Industry division

Feb.
1959

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

5 l’°3 ô

51,022

695
Contract construction....................................

2,533

705
2, 602
15,768
9, OO4
6,764

15,78g
9,030

6, 7 5 9
3.874
2 ,53 °
747
597

Finance, insurance, and real estate.............. .........

Index (1 9 4 7 -4 9 = 1 0 0 )
Feb.
J an. Dec.
Feb.
1959
1959
1958
1958

Number (in thous ands)
Jan.
Dec.
Feb.
1959
1958
1958

11,244
3,022
8, 222
2,402

6,443
8,056
2,176
5, 880

3-895
2, 550
748

597
11,198
3,027
8,171
2,390
6,432
8,032
2,190
5.842

50,844

50,575

709

2,550

747
2,455

15,701
8,956

!5,648
8,895

6,745

6.753

3.859

3.990
2,591

2,513
747
599

116.7 116.6 116. 2 115.6

799
600

11.143
3.005

11.235

8,138

8, 212
2,367
6,367
7 , 7 66
2,173

2,385
6,448
8,049
2, 221
5,828

3.023

5.593

73-3 74-4 74.8 7 8.8
120.3 123. 6 121. 1 116.6
105. 8 105. 6 105.2 104. 8
112. 1 111.8 111. 2 110. 5
98.3 98.3 98. 1 98. 2
9 5 - 2 95-7 94-8 98. 0
90. 0
87.9 88.6 87-3
110.5 110. 7 110.5 118. 2
115-5 115-5 115.9 116.1
119.5 119. 0 118.4 119.4
121.1 121.3 120.4 121.1
118. 9 118. 2 117.7 118.8
139. 2 138.5 138.2 137- 1
131-7 131-5 131.8 130.1
142.3 141-9 142. 2 137-2
115-3 116. 0 117. 6 115.1
155-9 154-9 154-5 148.3

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

Table A-7; Employees in manufacturing,
by major industry group, seasonally adjusted
(In thousands)
All employees
Jan.
Dec.
1959
1958

Major industry group

Feb.
1959

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

15,789

15,768

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

9,030

9,004
6,764

6, 759

Production workers
Jan.
Dec.
1959
1958

Feb.
1958

Feb.
1959

15,701

15.648

11,940

11.934

11, 884

11, 818

8, 956

8, 895

6.745

6,753

6,763
5.177

6.747
5.187

6,708
5.176

6, 642
5,176

136

121
607

72
565

13

642

57 8

73
577

364
520
1 .!5 °

351
5IO
1,I30

310

3° 7

303

422

422
9 38

1,044

1.050

I.O 35

817

811

816

1. 4 99

1,564
1, I24
1, 676
321

1,055
783
1.197
212
360

1.043
7 83
1, 214
207
360

1.033

1.033

1 1.037

79

77

852
1. ° ?9

851
1,042

442
546

443
543

1.035
78
849
1,040
441

Feb.
195 8

Durable Goods
Ordnance and accessories.....................
Lumber and wood products (except furniture)...
Furniture and fixtlores.......................
Primary metal industries.....................
Fabricated metal products (except ordnance,
machinery, and transportation equipment).....
Machinery (except electrical)................
Electrical machinery........................
Transportation equipment.... ........... .....
Instruments and related products.............
Miscellaneous manufacturing industries.........

136
631

372
512
1,191
1, 050
1,516
1, 164
1.673
326

137
644
369
520
1, 162

319

1,489
1, 151
1,681
318

459

457

455

456

1. 474

1.477

1. 474

88

87
942
1,171

88
940
1, 16 7

1.493
94
938

552

549
849

1.163
1, 690

415
977

949

77 4
1,208
208

356

67
541
289
414
908

79 8
1.093
759

1,207
211
355

Nondurable Goods
Food and kindred products....................
Tobacco manufactures........................
Textile-mill products.......................
Apparel and other finished textile products....
Printing, publishing, and allied Industries....
Products of petroleum and coal...............
Rubber products.............................

9 43
1,171

552
855




548
856
828

825
227

852
820
236

257
3^1

257

253

250

370

368

359

NOTE: Data for the 2 most recent months are preliminary.
500110 0 - 5 9 - 3

1.144

821
236

243

511
151
198
326

1.051
83
847
1, 015
440

542

549

510

511

157
197

157
194

33°

329

522
161
190
318

6

Industry Employment

Table A-8: Employees in nonagricultural establishments,
by industry
(In thousands)
All employees
Industry

D ecem ber

J a n u a ry

1959

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

50.292

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

705

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

__

1958
51,935...
713

Production or construction workers 1/
J a n u a ry

1958

J a n u a ry

_ 1959

D ecem ber

J a n u a ry

1958

1958

566

616

50.*77

766

558
78.3
26.8
25.0
10.6

76-9

12.7

101.2
33.9
29.9
1*.8

10.2

8*. 3
29.O
2*.7
12.3

19-5

19.6

23.3

17.7

17-8

21.7

BITUMI NOUS-COAL MINING.............

192.3

192.2

219.8

170.9

171 .*

196.9

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

296.0

300.7

315.8

205.0

209.7

223.6

Petroleum and natural-gas production
(except contract services).........

181.1

182.7

191.1

106.5

IO8 .O

116.2

NONMETALLIC MINING AND QUARRYING....

103.*

107.3

106.1

85.9

89.7

89.O

9*. 2
31.3
30.2
13.0

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

CONTRACT CONSTRUCTION ....................................
NONBUI LDI NG CONS T RUC TI ON...........................

2 ,3*2
*33
17*-9

258.0

BU I L D I N G

CONS T RUC TI ON................................

1,909

93.*
30.3
30.2

2,486

506
217.0
289.0
1,980

2,387

1,972
362
150.6
211.0

*53

166.8
286.*
1,93*

1,611

25.8
25 .O

2,115

2,025

*3*

382

192.9

l**.l
237-7

2*1.1

1,681

1,6*3

GENERAL CONTRACTORS...............

652.1

677.8

721.1

56*.0

589.O

626.7

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

1 ,257.2
296.7

1,302.5

1 ,212.9

1 ,0*6.7

302.6
136.*
173.*

239-*
131.1
13*.7
5*1-5

1,092-0
25O .9
1*6.9
1*1.*
552-8

1,015.8
2*7.2
122.0
137.*
5O9.2

1*8.2
Electrical work......................

170.7

6*1.6

308.6
163.8

177-*
652.7

600.5

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

15,676

15,7*9

15,865

11,8*9

11,930

12,02*

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

8,986

6,690

8,989
6,760

9,138
6,727

6,732
5,117

6,7*0
5,190

6,869
5,155

Durable Goods

ORDNANCE AND ACCESSORIES..............................
LUMBER AND WOOD PRODUCTS (EXCEPT
FURNITURE)........................................................
Logging camps and contractors..........
Sawmills and planing mills.............
Millwork, plywood, and prefabricated
structural wood products..............
Wooden containers......................

See footnote at end of table.




136.8

136.1

120.0

72-9

72.8

6 7 .6

611.I
81.5

630.3
89.*

592.1
71.0
299.6

5*6.2

56*.7
83-3
282.0

526.*

75-6
273-5

109.8

111.9

*0.2
*7.1

*0.8
*6.7

301.3

309.8

130.3
**.1
53-9

132.8
**.8
53-5

122.*
*5.6
53.5

NOTE: Data for the current month are preliminary.

6*.8

272.1
101.6
*1-3
*6.6

7

Industry Employment

Table A-8: Employees in nonagr¡cultural establishments,
by mdustry-Continued
(In thousands)
All employees

Production workers 1/

December
1958

January
1958

371».1
272.5

369.8
267.5

360.U
258.1

là.l*

U».8

33.9

Jeceaber
1958

January
1958

312.1*
231*.8

308.6
230.0

298.5
220.6

liU-3

3U.5

31*.9

31*.5

31».2

35.7

25.2

25.7

26.3

23.3

23.3

22.3

17.9

18.0

17.1

507.6
23.5
91».2
17.3
39.3
70.3
1»1*.7
106.6
17.8

519.0
23.3
96.0
17.3
Ul. 7
71».2
1(5.1
110.1
18.3

515.5
33.8
93.5

101.2
17.9

1*11.1
19.9
79.5
ll*.3
32.2
60.6
38.3
81*.7
15.3

1*21.9
19.7
81.3
lit.3
31».1*
6Î.U
38.7
87.8
15.8

1*18.5
30.1
77.7
13.9
33.9
62.1*
38.9
80.3
15.3

93.9

93.0

93.1

66.3

65.5

66.0

1,166.5

1,155.1»

1,183.8

953.5

91*3.1*

958.1*

569.8
211.0

561».2
208.2

567.2
217.6

1*69.5
180.6

U6U.U
178.2

1*62.0
186.3

5U.9

55.1

61».0

1*2.6

1*2.8

1*9.6

12.0

11.8

12.3

8.9

8.7

8.7

110.3
62.5
11*6.0

110.0
62.1

109.5
61.7
151.5

85.0
51.3
115.6

8U.8
50.8
113.7

83.5
1*9.5
118.8

1,051.5
55.it
136.0

1 ,057.6

1,080.7
5U.1
11*1.5

818.9
1*8.1
108.6

821*.3
1(7.8
109.0

81*0.0
1*6.1*
112.1

108.8
287.8
226.9
1*7.8
56.8
132.0

109.2
291(.8
226.1»
1(8.2
55.8
131.7

108.3
315.8
228.1*
1*8.1

82.1*
205.7
186.5
37.2
1*5.8
101*.6

82.U
211.7
186.5
37.6
10*.9
lOlwlt

82.1*
232.0
181*.1
37.1
1*3.5
102.1*

1,509.1»
97.6
130.5
123.2
220.6

1,1*93.9
96.U
123.9
120.2
218.5

1,609.3
95.5
11*1.2
135.1*
251*.7

1,052.9
62.7
90.0
81*.6

160.0

1,038.2
61.5
8U.0
81.9
157.8

l,13l*.0
65.9
98.3
93.3
188.8

156.5
213.6
128.1*
177.1*
261.6

156.1
213.0
130.6
173.6
261.6

172.1
21*0.9
12U.U
171*.8
270.3

106.9
133.9
87.5
132.2
195.1

107.0
133.7
88.U
129.0
19U.9

118.3
15U.7
83.9
128.1
202.7

January
1959

Industry

January
1959

Durable Goods— - Continued

FURNITURE AND FIXTURES................
Office, public-building., and profes­
sional furniture..................... .
Partitions, shelving, lockers, and
Screens,

blinds,

and miscellaneous

STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS........
Flat glass...............................
Glass and glassware, pressed or blown...
Glass products made of purchased glass. .
Cement, hydraulic.......................
Pottery and related products............
Concrete, gypsum, and plaster products..

16.9
1*1.2
72.1»

¿5.5

Miscellaneous nonmetallic mineral

PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES..............
Blast furnaces, steel works, and
rolling mills...........................
Iron and steel foundries................
Primary smelting and refining of
nonferrous metals......................
Secondary smelting and refining of
nonferrous metals......................
Rolling, drawing, and alloying of
nonferrous metals......................
Nonferrous foundries....................
Miscellaneous primary metal industries..

FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS (EXCEPT ORD­
NANCE, MACHINERY, AND TRANSPORTATION
EQUIPMENT).................. ......
Tin cans and other tinware..............
Heating apparatus (except electric) and
plumbers' supplies......................
Fabricated structural metal products....
Metal stamping, coating, and engraving..
Fabricated wire products................
Miscellaneous fabricated metal products.

MACHINERY (EXCEPT ELECTRICAL).........
Engines and turbines....................
Agricultural machinery and tractors....
Construction and mining machinery......
Metalworking machinery..................
Special-industry machinery (except
metalworking machinery)................
General industrial machinery............
Office and store machines and devices...
Service-industry and household machines.
Miscellaneous machinery parts...........
See footnote at end of table.




HtU.o

55.3
136.2

5U.1*

130.1

NOTE: Data for the current month are preliminary.

8

Industry Em pbym ent

Table Â-8: Employees in ndnagricultural establishments,
by ¡ndustry-Contmued
(In thousands)
All employees

Production workers U

January
1959

December
1958

January
1958

January
1959

December
1958

January
1958

1,170.9

1,166.2

1,161.5

791.2

788.9

793.3

385.1*
35.3
28.2
65.7
26.1
583.5
1*6.7

381.9
35.9
28.0
65.2
26.0
582.5
1*6.7

399.3
36.8
25.9
71.3
29.3
552.0
1*6.9

262.1
26.3
21.9
51.2
22.1*
373.2
31*.1

258.3
26.8
21.7
22.3
375.1
33.9

268.1
27.2
19.7
55.5
25.2
36U.1
33.5

Aircraft propellers and parts..........
Other aircraft parts and equipment....
Ship and boat building and repairing....
Ship building and repairing............
Boat building and repairing..........
Railroad equipment.............. ........
Other transportation equipment..........

1,690.0
73U.O
756.5
1*56.1,
11*8.6
15.0
136.5
ll*l*.8
121*.2
20.6
1*6.1
8.6

1,681.1«
716.8
767.1*
1*62.0
152.0
15.8
137.6
11*2.3
122.1*
19.9
1*5.8
9.1

1,736.8
756.1*
762.1*
1*57.5
156.6
20.8
127.5
11*6.1
125.3
20.8
61*.2
7.7

1,211(.0
580.9
1*73.0
287.1
88.1*
9.5
88.0
120.8
103.1
17.7
32.1*
6.9

1,207.6
566.8
1*82.9
292.1*
90.6
10.2
89.7
118.6
101.6
17.0
32.1
7.2

1,266.7
599.1
1*89.9
295.6
93.3
H*.3
86.7
123.9
105.7
18.2
1*7.9
5.9

INSTRUMENTS AND RELATED PRODUCTS.......

320.2

320.2

325.7

208.1(

209.6

211*.9

59.2

58.7

60.2

32.2

32.1

33.3

85.8
15.0

85.6
15.0

86.2
13.7

57.2
10.0

57.2
10.0

57.6
9.8

1*2.3
2l*.3
61*.1
29.5

1*2.1
21*.0
6U.9
29.9

1*2.5
21*.9
68.1
30.1

27.5
18.8
38.7
2l(.0

27.7
39.6
21*.2

28.2
19.3
1*2.2
2U.5

1*1*8.0
1*5.0
17.2
66.0
28.8
86.7
11*1*.1

1*59.3
1*5.8
17.3
71.6
29.1*
59.0
87.9
11*8.3

1*52.2
1*5.0
17.1*
69.3
31.8
58.8
86.7
11*3.2

350.5
35.3
U*.3
52.8
21.1
1*8.7
67.6
110.7

360.1*
35.9
llt.3
57.6
21.6
1*7.1*
68.7
111*.9

351.1
3U.9
ll*.7
51*.8
22.9
1*6.5
66.6
110.7

1,387.3
301*.7
91.1*
161.7
113.2
280.3
30.1
76.0
196.7
133.2

1,1*38.6
312.2
93.5
181.1
112.2
282.3
1*1.0
79.0
202.5
13U.8

1,1*06.8
312.8
96.3

951.1
21*2.5
60.1*
128.9
78.2
159.5
21*.9
61.7
1D3.7
91.3

1,001.0

969.0
21*7.9
62.9
129.9
77.9
161*.9
27.6

Industry

Durable Goods — Continued

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

Electric lamps...........................

TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT..............
Motor vehicles and equipment............

Laboratory, scientific, and engineering
instruments.............................
Mechanical measuring and controlling
instruments.............................
Optical instruments and lenses..........
Surgical, medical, and dental

Photographic apparatus..................

MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES...
Jewelry, silverware, and plated ware....
Musical instruments and parts...........
Toys and sporting goods.................
Pens, pencils, other office supplies....
Costume jewelry, buttons, notions......
Fabricated plastics products............

60.2

50.8

18.8

Nondurable Goods

FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS.............
Meat products............................

Sugar.....................................
Confectionery and related products.....

See footnote at end of table.




162.8
111.7
283.6
32.8
76.0
198.2
132.6

NOTE: Data for the current month are preliminary.

250.2
62.2
11*8.2
77.0
162.0
35.5
6b.5

108.7
92.7

62.2
105.9
89.8

9

Industry Em ploym ent

Table A-8: Employees in nonagricultural establishments,
by industry-Continued
(In thousands)
All employees
Industry

January
1^59

Production workers 1/

December

r a *

1958

Secenber

1958

January

1958

Nondurable Goods — Continued

TOBACCO MANUFACTURES................

89.0
37.1
27.3
6.1»
18.2

93.3
37.0
28.7
6 .5
21.1

93.9
35.7
30.6
6.U
21.2

78.9
32.1
25.6
5.U
15.8

83.0
32.1
27.0
5.U
18.5

83.9
31.2
28.9
5.U
18. U

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

91*6.3
5.1*
108.6
398.2
28.7
205.8
86.1
U6.7
10.0
56.8

953.1
5.5
109.8
399.8
28.8
210.1
86.1«
1*6.3
9 .9
56.5

951.U
U.8
110.6
Ull.U
27.5
196.6
85.6
U7.8
10.5
56.6

855.3
U.9
100.3
370.2
25.1
186.0
7U.6
38.9
8.7
U6.6

862.2
U.9
101.5
371.8
25.2
190.2
7U.7
38.6
8.7
U6.6

860.9
U.3
101.9
38U.U
23.9
176.5
7U.8
39.1
9.5
U6.5

1,181.1
109.2

1,183.8
109.0

1,168.0
110.9

1,052.0
96.U

1,055.6
96.U

1,036.8
98.5

315.6
3U7.3
111*. 9
20.5
75.5
9.1*
56.5
132.2

316.1»
31*6.8
116.8
18.5
73.5
10.5
58.1
131*. 2

306.8
351.6
115.9
18.0
7U.1
10.2
56.3
12U.2

286.7
3U .0
102.9
18.2
67.6
7.0
51.1
111.1

288.1
311.1
10U.7
16.3
65.5
8.1
52.5
112.9

279.6
313.U
103.6
15.7
65.7
7.6
50.5
102.2

51*9.7
270.7
150.U
128.6

551.0
270.2
152.5
128.3

552.1
272.1
150.8
129.2

14*0.9
221.1
120.3
99.5

14*2.7
220.8
122.5
99. U

UUU.8
223.6
120.8
100. U

852.1
317.2
61.7
56.1*
220.3
65.1
19.9
1*1«.2

857.1*
318.1
61.7
56.1
221.7
66.8
20.5
Ul*.l*

855.8
315.2

55.U
223.9
65.U
18.0
UU.8

5U2.9
156.7
25.7
33.9
177.6
U8.8
13.8
3U.7

5U9.7
159.U
25.3
33.7
178.9
50.5
1U.6
3U.8

5U9.2
156. U
26.0
3U.7
180.7
U9.U
12.3
35.3

67.3

68.1

70.5

51.7

52.5

5U.U

823.1*
100.2
311». 2
103.1*

823.7
99.9
312.8
103.0

831.2
105.9
317.6
102.3

513.2
66.5
19U.9
57.2

51U.3
66.2
19U.7
57.2

525.3
70.5
199.7
58.6

50.1
73.1*
7.5
35.1
1*0.3
99.2

50.3
73.7
7.6
33.2
1*1.7
101.5

U8.5
73.1
8.0
3U.5
U0.3
101.0

30.2
UU.O
6.2
25.5
27.5
61.2

30.3
UU.3
6.2
23.6
28.6
63.2

29.8
U3.7
6 .6
25.0
28.1
63.3

Broad-woven fabric mills...............
Narrow fabrics and smallwares.........
Knitting mills.........................
Dyeing and finishing textiles.........
Carpets, rugs, other floor coverings...
Hats (except cloth and millinery).....

APPAREL AND OTHER FINISHED TEXTILE
PRODUCTS..........................
Men's and boys' 'furnishings and work
clothing...............................

Millinery...............................
Fur goods...............................
Miscellaneous apparel and accessories..
Other fabricated textile products.....

PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS............

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

Greeting cards..........................
Bookbinding and related industries....
Miscellaneous publishing and printing
services...............................

CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS.........

62.6

Soap, cleaning and polishing prepara-

Fertili zers.............................

See footnote at end of table,




NOTE: Data for the current month are preliminary.

10

Industry Employment

Table A-8: Employees in non agricultura I establishments,
by industry-Continued
(In thousands)

Jantjaxy

All employees
D ec^ r

232.5
186.9

233.6
187.5

21*3.8
196.7

lSwO
118.3

151*. 6
118.5

161.0
121*. 7

1*5.6

1*6.1

1*7.1

35.7

3 6 .1

36.3

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

259.1
10U.0
21.2
133.9

257.2
103.1*
21.2
132.6

260.9
109.2
21.6
130.1

199.1*
77.1
17.2
105.1

198.2
7 7 .1
17.1
10l*.0

200.9
81.6
1 7 .5
101.8

LEATHER AND LEATHER PRODUCTS.....................
Leather: tanned, curried, and finished.
Industrial leather belting and packing.
Boot and shoe cut stock and findings..
Footwear (except rubber)...........................
Luggage..............................................................
Handbags and small leather goods...........
Gloves and miscellaneous leather goods.

369.6
38 .3
1*.6
1 9 .9
21*9.1
li t.5
3 0 .6
1 2 .6

368.3
38.1*
1*.5
19.5
21*5.2
15.3
3 1 .9
1 3 .5

363.0
39.5
1*.7
1 8 .9
21*5.6
11*. 2
28.2
1 1 .9

329.5
3b. 0
3 .6
1 7.9
22b* 2
12.1
26.8
10.9

328.7
31*. 2
3 .5
1 7 .6
220.7
1 2 .8
28.1
1 1 .8

322.8
35.2
3 .6
16.9
220.8
1 1 .8
2!*.3
10.2

Industry

Production or nonsupervisory workers 1/
* 8 0 "

Nondurable Goods —Continued

PRODUCTS OF PETROLEUM AND COAL.................
Coke, other petroleum and coal

TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC U T IL IT IE S .............

TRANSPORTATION.......................................................

Other transportation and serv ices.............
Bus lines, except lo ca l................................
Air transportation (common c a r r i e r ) ....
Pipe-line transportation (except
COMMUNICATION.........................................................

OTHER PUBLIC UTILITIES ....................................
Gas'and e le c tric u t i l i t i e s ........... ..
E lectric light and gas u til itie s
combined.............................................................
Local u t i l i t i e s , not elsewhere

3,837

3,881

3,985

2,1*99
928.6
810.7
93 .7
802.7
673.7
1*0.2
11*0.6

2,538
952.0
82l*.o
830.0
662.lt
39.9
121*. 6

2,587
1 ,0 1 3 .5
881*. 1
100.9
790.0
682.9
1*2.0
11*5.0

25.1

25.1

71*1*
705.5
37.3

-

_

-

_

-

_

_

_

-

_
_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

25.8

-

-

-

7l*7
709.1
37.3

800
759.7
39.9

_
-

-

-

-

-

-

591*
571.6
251*. 2
151.2

596
573.8
251*. 9
151.5

598
575.2
258.3
11*9.2

528
508.2
219.2
136.5

530
510.0
219.7
136.6

535
515.0
221*.0
136.2

166.2

167.1*

167.7

152.5

153.7

151*. 8

22.5

22.5

22.1*

20.0

19.9

20.0

9k.O

-

-

-

_

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE................................

11,035

11,976

11,11*0

WHOLESALE TRADE.....................................................
Wholesalers, fu ll-serv ice and lim ited-

3,027

3,065

3,051

2,623

2,666

2,662

1 ,7 7 3 .0
129.0

1 ,8 0 1 .0
1 2 9 .1

1 ,7 6 2 .2
125.2

l,5 b 8 .8
111.8

1,582.1*
112.3

1,551.1*
109.3

308.3

312.6

301*. 2

276.3

281.0

273.5

1*39.1*

1*1*0.5

1*1*9.3

381. b

383.2

392.7

896.3
1 ,2 5 3 .7

1 , 26lt.lt

918.8

883.5
1 ,2 8 8 .6

779.3
1 ,0 7 3 .9

805.9
1,083.1*

775.9
1 ,1 1 1 .0

Groceries, food sp e cia ltie s, beer,
wines, and liquors........................................

-

Electrical goods, machinery, hardware,
Other full-service and limitedwholesale distributors, other...........
See footnote at end of table,




NOTE: Data for the current month are preliminary.

-

-

11

Industry Employment

Table A -8: Employees in nonagricultural establishments,
by industry-Continued
(In thousands)
Nonsupervisory workers ± f

All employees
Industry

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL

January
1959

December
1958

January
1958

January
1959

December
1958

January
1958

8,911
1 ,9*2.6

8,089
1 ,386.*

1 ,279.6

1,8110.7

1,288.7

1 ,260.1
682.5
1 ,629.6

8*9 .*

220.0

905.7
*80.7
1,599-1
1,1*9.9
226.3

837-8
*50.9
1 ,1*68.6
1 ,080.9
197.7

229.9
781.2
717.2
3,8*0.1

792.6
583.3
3,727.5

1,188.3
652A
1,507.1
1 ,108.9
187.7
210.5
693.5

665.5

53*.k

TRADE— Continued

RETAIL TRADE.....................

8,008

1,376.*
Department stores and general mail­
order houses..................... . . .
pood and liquor stores................
Grocery, meat, and vegetable markets.
Dairy-product stores and .dealers....
Other food and liquor stores.........
Automotive and accessories dealers....
Apparel and accessories stores.......

919.2
*57.2
1,579-8
1 ,152.0

217.6
210.2

76*. 3

583.8

3,703.6

1,179.7

222.9

*39.2

1,*5*.*
1 ,078.3
18*.9

191.2

677.8
532.3
-

210.0
70b.8

-

Other retail trade (except eating and
_

392.0
355-2

FINANCE,

INSURANCE, AND REAL ESTATE

Banks and trust companies.............
Security dealers and exchanges.......
Insurance carriers and agents.........
Other finance agencies and real estate..

S ER VIC E AND MISCELLANEOUS ............................
Hotels and lodging places.............
Personal services:
Laundries.............................
Cleaning and dyeing plants...........
Motion pictures........................

G O V E R N M E N T ,,,,,, .........................

FEDERAL^-/......................

........

2,366
618.*

_

*10.7
393-7

2,373

618.6

87.3

86.8

769.3

892.3
775-3

6,303
*59-7

6,38*
*67.6

306.6

307.3

891.0

166.2
176.8

166.9

179.2

_

390.3
357-5

2,o M).9

355.2
335.7

2,155.7
373.8
37*.0

35**7
339-7

_

2,3**

610.5
83.7
887.6
762.0

2,061.3

-

-

-

*73.2

-

-

-

316.2
165.9
186.8

_

_

_

-

-

-

6,2*1

8,028

8,373

7,7*9

-

-

2,157

2,137
2 ,110.5
952.3

-

-

~

“

—

-

-

-

-

Department of Defense................
Post Office Department...............
Other agencies.............. . ........
Legislative............................
Judici al...............................

95*.2
5*0.0
635.*

2 ,*87
2 ,*60 .*
958.5
861.0
6*0.9

*.8

22.0
*.8

STATE AND LOCAL...................

5,871
1,512.7
*,353.1

5,886

5,612

1,517.*
*,368.1

l,*35-2
*,176.9

2,7*2.5
3,1*3.0

2,58*.0

2 ,129.6

22.3

2,735-9
3,13*.9

532.9
625.3
22.1
*.6

~

3,028.1

U For mining and manufacturing, data refer to production and related workers; for contract construction, to
construction workers; and for all other industries, to nonsupervisory workers.
2 / Data are prepared by the U. S. Civil Service Commission and relate to civilian employment only.
NOTE: Data for the current month are preliminary.




12

Shipyard Employment

Military Personnel , Table A-9: Employees in private and Government
shipyards, by region
(In thousands)

January
1959

Region 1/
ALL R E G IO N S ....................................................................................................
P R I V A T E Y A R D S ...............................................................................
NAVY Y A R D S .....................................................................................

218.9

...................

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

12*. 2
9*. 7r—

k2.0

35.2

6ULF :
PACIFIC............................................................................................................

January

1958

1958

217.6

218.9

122.*
....................

100.5
58.5

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

Deceaber

95.2

99.*
57.1
* 2.3

125.*
— ---------W

V ..............

S k .h
52 .k

*2 .0

16.3
18.9

35.1
16.3
18.8

18.6

23.2

2 * .*

3 0 .*

50.9

50.8

17.1
3 3 .8

16.7
3*.l

*7.*
1*.5
32.9

35 .9
I7.3

GREAT LAKES:

6.0

5.3
INLAND:
3 .8

3-5

* .8

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

Table A-10: Federal military personnel
(In thousands)
Branch
TOTAL V

...........................................................................................................

January

1959
... .2,531

889.0
851.7
63**3
Marine Corps................................................

185.5
30.5

•i/ Data refer to forces both in continental United States and abroad.
NOTE: Data for the current month are preliminary.

SOURCE:

tf.S. Department of Defense and U.S. Department of Treasury.




Decenber

1958
2,597

890.8
852.7
63*-7

187.7
30.7

January

1958
2 .6*3
909.6
877.0
633.6
193.0
29.9

13

State Employment

Table A-11: Employees in nonagricultural establishments,
by industry division and State
(In thousands)

TOTAL
State

Mining

Contract construction

Jan.

Dec.

Jan.

Jan.

Dec.

Jan.

Jan.

Dec.

Jan.

1959

1958

1958

1959

1958

12SL

1959

1958

1958

Alabama............
Arizona............
Arkansas..... . •.. •
California......
Colorado...........
Connect!cut........
Delaware...........

722.1
292.7
335.2
1*,1*55.3
1*55.8
865.1»
11*7.6

730.1»
297.3
31*5.9
I»,606.1»
1»65.6
891.5
11*9.6

721.7
276.7
328.9
1»,360.7
W.7.1*
873.6
11*7.1*

District of Columbi
Florida............
Georgi a..........
Idaho..............
Illinois * .........
Indiana............
Iowa...............

1,262.1
967.7
11*3.6
(3)
1,329.9
633.0

518.1»
l,25l*.o
989.1
11*9.8
3.353.8
1.356.7
6U5.7

1*92.9
1,196.3
958.0
138.7
3.362.1
1,31*6.9
623.5

(2)
7.8

Kansas.. ...........
Kentucky...........
Louisi ana..... .
Maine..............
Maryland.........
Massachusetts.....
Michigan...........

531*.1*
615.2
758.1*
257.2
81d».7
1,771*.6
2,211.8

51*7.5
635.8
783.0
261».7
876.5
l,8Ut.o
2.259.2

531*.2
628.3
770.2
257.0
837.5
1,786.0
2.305.2

18.0
35.2
1*3.5

Minnesota.........
Mississippi. .........
Missouri...........
Montana............
Nebraska......
Nevada.............
New Hampshire.

879.8
378.5
1,267.1»

870.7
362.6
1.272.3
151.9
31*3.1*
81.1»
177.6

16.5

New Jersey.........
New Mexico.........
New York...........
North Carolina.....
North Dakota......
Ohio...............
Oklahoma...........

1,81(9.6

Oregon.............

Pennsylvania........
Rhode Island......
South Carolina....
South Dakota......
Tennessee..........
Texas..............
Utah * .............
Vermont............
Virginia...........
Washington.........
Wçst Virgin!a......
Wisconsin..........
Wyoming............

502.0

906.6

152.8

387.7
1,310.0
157.8

351.5
86.9
178.3

178.8

221.6
5,853.8
l,08l».l
112.1
2,958.3
51*1».9

361.0
89.0
1.897.2
226.2
6,032.6
1,099.5

118.0

3.023.7
558.6

1,892.1*
209.7
5,931.1
1.068.7
110.1»
3,01*9.2
550.2

1*57.1*
3,520.6
271*.8
525.5
123.9
81(8.1*
2,1*05.3

l»7li.3
3.636.9
282.8
531».1
126.9
873.8
2,1*67.1

1*1*1*.0
3,630.9
271.6

(3)
99.9
955.0
771.6
1*53.3
1,086.2

21*7.2

228.7
99.1
91*2.5
71*6.7
1*78.Q
1,095.0
81.3

au.i

102.0

980.7
796.0
1*69.1*
1,111.1
87 . 1»

526.8
123.1*
836.1»
2.390.8

See footnotes at end of table.
NOTE: Data for the current month are preliminary.
500110 0 - 59 - 4




12.7

16.0

6.2

32.3
U*.5
(1)
(2)

5.3
3.7
(3)
9.2
3.0

.3
2.6
(2)
H».3

5.7
8.3
9.2
2.1
3.1
.2
3.3

18.0

9.0
2.8
2.1»
20.1»

1*8.9
1.3
71.3
(2)
1.6

12.7

32.8

11*.5
16.3
6.5
31*.6

ll*.7
(1)
(2)

16.6
(1)
(2)

(2)
7.8
5.11
3.6
28.3
9.3
3.1

(2)
8.0
l*.l
29.6

18.5
35.9
1*2.9
.1*
2.6
(2)
11*.2

18.3
39.6
1*7.7
.3
2.5
(2)

17.0
5.8
8.1*
9.2
2.6
3.1
.2

17.8

3 .5
18.3
9.8
2.8
2.1*
20.1»
1*9.5

3.6
20.3
9.2
3.1*
2.1*

16.2

6.3

1.11
72.0

7.6
123.2

(2)
1.6
2 .5
7.9
121*. 8

(3)
1.2

15.7
1.3

18.0

18.0

1.8
68.9
3.0
8.6

1.9
69.3
3.2
8.8

2.5

37.8
28.6
11*.9

38.7
29.7
16.3

262.2

280.0

31.7
39.0
10.3

31».2
1*3.9
10.7

39.1
23.9

15.8
259.0
30.7
1*2.2

9.9

20.1

20.6

16.2

129.5
52.9
9.2
(3)
51.1»
27.7

129.6

120.6

53.5
10.5
171.1*
52.2
29.7

1*7.1
8.3
181.3
60.7
27.1

31.5
29.0
61.3

29.5

1*9.7
62.7
81. 1»

33.8
30.2
63.6
11.2
56.5
71.6
85.5

1*1.6
19.7
57.7
8.7
19.2
6.0
7.2

1*6.8
21.1»
61.2
9.1
20.6
6 .5
8.1»

1*0.5

83.1»
22.0
235.1
52.9
7.9
133.2
3 1 .5

81».6

1*9.9

77.9
21.9
220.7
51.2
6.3
127.1*
30.7

1.1
79.9
(2)
1.6
2.5
7.9
133.0

21.1*
137.0
16.0
28.2
5.2
37.2
161».3

21*.0
11*5.1
17.9
27.6
5.9
1*1.1*
167.5

18.7
11*3.5
H*.5

ll*.7
1.5
18.3
1.8
77.3
3.2
8.2

(3)
1».8
59.5
1*0.1
20.6
1*5.9
6.0

15.0

12 . 1»

5.9

U.1»
57.0
35.3
21*.8
1*7.2
5.7

5.1*
9.1*
3.2

15.0

5.6

8.5
9.0
2.0
3.5
.2

20.8

10.0

61.6

1*2.9
21.7
1*8.2
6.6

29.6

59.9
9.9
52.1*
66.3
85.9

18.0
53.1*
7.2
15.1*
5.1
7.7

18.2
217.9

50.6

5.9
lU. 5

28.2

26.6

6.1
3U.0
155.0

H

State Employment

Table A-11: Employees in nonagricultural establishments,
by industry division and State-Continued

Manufacturing
State

(In thousands)
Transportation and
public utilities

Dec.
1958

Jan.
1258..

Jan.

1959

Dec.
1958

Jan.
1958

22.8
28.1
31*3.2
1*3.0
1*5.8
10.7

1*7.9
22.9
28.3
350.2
1*3.7
1*6.1
10.7

1*8.6
22.6
28.8
359.7
1*3.5
1*6.0
11.2

138.7
70.6
75.1
961.8
111.1*
152.9
27.7

11*6.1
73.6
80.9
1,057.1*
116.9
163.7
29.2

11(0.0
67.8
73.9
959.8
109.0
151.0
27.1

19.1*
183.5
320.3
2l*.0
1,173.9
57U.3
161.2

28.7
96.5
70.5
11*.8
(3)
92.8
53.5

28.6
90.2
70.2
15.1
285.8
93.1
53.9

29.5
98.2
71.6
15.5
292.3
96.3
5U.6

82.1*
359.2
208.6
35.8
(3)
262.7
160.8

89.2
369.5
221*.9
38.7
757.1*
282.0
168.9

82.8
31*0.1*
210.2
3l*.7
723.2
265.5
160.I,

125.1*
Utlt.l
100.2
258.2
671*.!*
1,001*.9

53.8
5t*.l*
80.8
18.3
71.9
106.0
135.1*

51*.6
5U.6
81.6
I8.li
72.7
107.5
136.5

55.5
57.5
86.1*
18.7
73.6
111.5
11*0.5

123.3
131.6
176.3
51.2
178.6
362.3
1*11*.1

131.7
114*.3
187.8
55.8
193.2
390.8
14*8.1*

118.9
132.9
178.3
50.8
17U.7
371.1
1*35.3

82.6

219.1
116.9
377.3
19.7
6l.lt
5.2
79.8

215.0
107.2
379.1*
19.1
59.3
5.0
81.3

81.0
25.1
119.1*
18.6
36.7
8.7
10.1

82.8
25.6
ia.i*
18.9
37.2
8.8
10.1

82.6
25.5
125.2
19.6
37.1*
8.1*
10.5

220.7
78.2
300.1
36.1
87.7
17.7
30.6

231*.6
81*.5
323.2
38.9
92.2
18.6
31.7

219.7
76.1*
302.8
36.9
86.0
16.5
30.5

758.7
15.5
1,825.8
1(68.8
6.3
1,22U.0
82.5

762.1*
15.6
1,835.7
1*70.8
6.1*
1,221.1
83.6

793.0
l!(.l
1,887.8
1(61(.3
6.3
1,265.U
87.7

11*8.1
20.1
1*85.6
62.9
12.1
199.5
1*6.6

11*9.2
20.2
1*92.1*
62.3
12.1*
205.1*
1*6.7

150.5
20.2
1*96.5
62.3
12.5
215.8
1*9.0

31*1.1*
1*6.0
1,207.0
205.6
35.7
569.7
121*.8

371.1
1*9.1
1,303.8
217.2
38.5
618.7
131*.8

31*7.8
1*3.7
1,227.2
201.0
35.2
591.8
126.3

127.0
1,375.6
llli.O
225.0
12.1
289.1
1»75.5

132.7
1,388.3
115.3
225.2
12.3
289.9
1*78.3

121.1
1,1*1*5.9
112.2
11.9
286.3
1*86.9

1*3.5
280.1
13.9
25.6
9.6
55.7
223.2

l*l».l
283.0
u*.o
25.7
9.7
56.1*
221*.7

1*5.1
296.1
11*.7
26.6
9.7
58.1*
228.2

102.7
661.3
50.3
93.0
31*.3
185.8
609.0

108.7
721.3
53.2
101.2
36.1,
203.8
6U8.6

685.2
51.2
93.6
33.9
181*.!*
602.7

(3)
33.2
257.U
222.2
119.9
1*36.3
6.6

37.7
33.1*
260.1*
221«.1
121.3
1*31*.1*
7.1

31*.6
33.1
260.7
203.7
12U.8
10*2.5
6.6

(3)
7.5
81*.7
58.8
1*5.3
71.1
11.9

21.7
7.5
81t.lt
59.9
I16.O
73.1*
12.1

21.2
7.8
88.3

(3)
19.3
201*.3

60.1

61.6

166.2

1*9.7
73.9
12.2

81.1*
219.8
19.6

Jan.
1959

Dae.
1958

Jan.
1958

233.6
1*2.8
90.7
1,221.2
78.0
392.8
59.5

232.7
1(2.6
91.9
1,231*.7
77.6
393.7
59.5

236.6
1*0.1
86.3
1,178.6
71*.3
1*05.2
60.6

20.1
195.5
321.0
26.5
(3)
562.7
167.9

20.1
193.0
322.7
27.7
1,125.8
561.8
167.1

ll6.li
162.0
11(1.3
99.1
255.1*
669.9
958.5

116.0
16I».1*
11*8.2
99.3
256.0
672.0
950.0

217.0

116.1
37li.9
18.6
60.5
5.2

168.2

227.8

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




Wholesale and retail trade

Jan.

1959
1*7.9

20.1*
219.7
180.2
90.8
238.1
20.7

100.1

5U.0
19.1*
198.1
166.6
81*.7
221*.1
17.8

15

State Employment

Table A -11: Employees in nonagricultural establishments,
by industry division and State «Continued
(In thousands)

State

Finance, insurance,
and real estate

Jan.

Dec.

1959

1958

28.8

28.6

12.3
11.1*
218.7

12.3
11.1*
219.9
22.3
51.1
5.6

22.0

50.9
5.5
District of Columbi a U / . ..

Jan.
1958
26.9

Jan.

Dec.

1959

1958

70.2
38.1

38.0

38.2

211*.7

592.2
5U.9
91*.1*

597.6
55.3
95.3
15.2

1*8.9
5.1*

15.6

2U.5

21*.6

39.6
5.1
(3)
50.1*
28.5

68.3
39.9
5.1
175.7
50.9
28.7

39.5
5.0
178.3
1*9.7
28.5

21.5
21.3

21.5
21.5

20.8

61.1

21.5

72.1
85.5
25.1
101.9
21*5.1
21U.0

69.1

30.2

8.3
1*0.2
92.8
73.7

30.2
8.1*
1*0.8
92.9
71*.2

1*3.8
10.8

1*3.9

62.3
5.7

62.5
5.8
20.3

20.2
2.6
6.6

86.1
8.0
1*57.5
31*.7
lt.l*
101*.5
22.5
18.9

11*1.6
12.2
15.6
5.2

33.1
112.9
(3)
3.8
1*0.5
31*.1
11.9
1*0.9
2 .1*

10.8

2.6
6.6

87.0

8.2
1*60.1

31*.5
U.3
105.2
22.1*

18.8
11*1.9

12.2

15.7
5.2
33.1
113.5

10.0
3.8
1*0.5
31*.0

12.1

lil.l
2.1*

69.9
37.8

11.1*
10.8
21.6

21*.7
61*.1*

29.6

8.3
39.7
92.8
7l*.l*

73.9

201.0

91.7
17.9
(3)

123.2

79.9

1*3.9
10.1*
63.3
5.7
20.lt
2.5
6.5

U5.1*
37.1*
155.7

86.9
7.U
1*59.5
33.9
l*.l*
105.1*
22.7

207.5

18.7
11*0.5
12.1»

15.6

19.8
1*9.0
25.9
19.5

31.8

853.1
99.9
17.2
31*0.1
60.7
53.7

1*21*.2
30.5
1*2.5

5.1

18.0

110.5

91*.5
279.2

32.8

9.7
3.8
39.0
33.3

Government

Service and miscellaneous

(3)

11*.8
99.8
86.5
1*2.9

71*.1*
188.5
92.1
17.8
1*16.5

Jan.

Dm .

Jan.

1959

1958

192»

68.6

152.1*

153.8

36.7
37.8
576.0
51*.8
93.5
15.1*

61.5

62.2

11*7.1*
57.9

823.7
100.3

72.6
833.8
100.9
97.6
18.7

778.3
96.9

Jan.
1958

71.6
189.1
91.7
17.1
1*15.8
119.7

70.8

89.6

18.3

260.9
207.1
180.1*
31.3
392.7

78.1

252.3
203.5
178.1
30.6
(3)
177.6
111.7

58.6
72.0

108.8
109.6

109.6
112.6

86.3
21*.9
98.7
21*0.7
230.6

139.5
1*1*.9
litlt.lt
235.8
320.5

11*2.5
1*5.9
11*9.7

117.2
37.2
155.9
19.9
1*9.1*
26.3
19.7

113.7
36.3
155.9
1*8.9
23.7
19.1*

210.3
32.2

123.6
80.1*
61.8
72.2
86.2
25.3

105.0
21*7.0

219.9

860.2
99.8
17.1*
31*1.0
61.9
5U.0
1*27.7
30.5
1*2.2
17.9
91*.2

283.2

27.7
llt.lt
99.9

88.1

12.2
1*0.6

119.8

120.2

2.3

9.2

9.5

1*3.2

183.8
llli.O

69.0

86.8

17.8
21*8.7
192.1
172.2

30.0

367.8
171.3
110.1*

330.5

107.2
107.1
137.9
1*3.9
137.7
229.2
318.6

11*3.8
85.6
189.0

11*5.3
85.5

200.1

137.5
83.1

183.8

36.1
76.1
17.7
21.5

36.3
77.1*
17.9
22.3

31*.2
73.9
16.7
21.5

20l*.5
29.7
850.5
98.0
l6.lt
339.6
60.5

226.6

230.3

221.5

60.3
795.1
158.2
27.7
372.8

835.1*
159.2

782.6
151*.7
27.U
368.9
125.9

53.1

88.9
1*29.5
37.9

20.2

1*22.1*
30.0

128.2

262.2

60.6

28.8

378.6
128.2

90.6

86.1
1*17.1*
92.5
36.3
139.6
399.2
56.3
U *.8

1*2.5

91*.0

93.0
275.3

37.2
11*5.1*
1*18.0

1*57.6
39.7
91*.9
37.1
11*7.1
1*26.5

(3)
15.1*

59.3
15.5

18.0

25.8
lit.5
97.1
85.1*
1*3.1

118.0
8.1*

56.1

36.6

190.8
161.9
62.6

196.2

181*.0

161*.9

11*9.3

152.5

159.0
61.3
11*5.1*

19.8

65.0
20.2

20.1

* 191*5 SIC - 19U2 SSB Industrial C lassificatio n . (See Announceaent on page i i i . ) 1 / Conbined with construction.
2 / Contained with service. 3 / Wot available, h / Federal e*ploy*ient in the Md. and Va. sectors of the D. C.
Metropolitan area i s included in data fo r D. c7
NOTE1 Data fo r the current aonth are preliminary.
SOURCEt Cooperating State agencies lis te d on Inside back cover.




16

A re a Employment

Table A-12: Employees in nonagricultural establishments
for selected areas, by industry division

Area and industry division

ALABAMA
Birmingham
T otal..................................
Mining................................
Contract construction.
Manufacturing.................
Trans, and pub. u t i l . .
Trad«..................................
Finance....................... ..
Service..............................
Government.......................
Mobile
T otal..................................
Contract construction.
Manufacturing.................
Trans, and pub. u t i l . .
Trade..................................
Finance..............................
Service 1 / .......................
Government.......................
ABIZOHA
Phoenix
T otal..................................
Mining................................
Contract construction.
Manufacturing.................
Trans, and pub. u t i l . .
Trade..................................
Finance............... ..............
Service..............................
Government.......................
Tucson
T otal..................................
Mining................................
Contract construction.
Manufacturing.................
Trans, and pub. u t i l . .
Trade..................................
Finance..............................
Service..............................
Government.......................
ABKAISAS
L ittle BockI . L ittle Bock
T otal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Contract construction
Manufacturing...............
Trans, and pub. u t i l .
Trade................................
Finance............................
Service l / .....................
Government.....................
CALIFORNIA
Fresno
Manufacturing...............

Jan.
1959

Dec.
1958

20*.1

199.6

8.6

10.1

*6.*
11A

11.5
65.7
15 A
*8.5
11.3

9.5
65.5
15.9
*6.3

21.9

22.0

11.1
22.0

21.2

21.3

19.3

89.5
5.3

89.9
5.2

89.8

202.0
8.6
11A
65.7

15.6

16.8

16.5

* .1
21.7

10.3
18 A
* .3
9.6
2*.8

10.2

10.1

19.2
* .2
9.6

18 A
3.5
9.5

151.7
.5
15.3
27.2
11.7

25.0

153.3
•5

15.8
26.7
11.8

22.5

1*1.9
12.8

2*.5

*1.9

11.7
39.0

20.1

19.6

27.7

27.9

25.9

61.5

62 i7

58.6

2.3
5.7
9.2
5A

2.3
6.0
9.2
5.*
1 *.7

2.3
5.1
8.9
5.2
13.7
2.1
8.9
12.*

*0.2

8.6
20.5

l*.l

8.6

2.2

2.2

9.6
1 3.0

9.5
13 A

73.6
k

.6

13.9
7.8
17.7
* .8
10.3
1*.6

12.2

8.0

75.8
5.1
1 * .2
7.8

71.2

19.2

17.5

* .8
10.5
1 * .5

10.3
1 *.3

13.7

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




Jan.
1938

Area and industry division

Los Angeles-Long Beach
T o tal................................
Mining..............................
Contract construction
Manufacturing...............
Trans, and pub. u t i l .
Trade.................................
Finance............................
Service............................
Government.....................
Sacramento
T otal.................................
Mining..............................
Contract construction
Manufacturing...............
Trans, and pub. u t i l .,
Trade................... ............ .
Finance.............................
S ervice.............................
Government..................... ,

Jan.

Dec.

1959

1958

2,167.6
13.2
122.7
7*3 A
139.2
*60.*
109.0
305.6

2,2*1.*
13.*

27*.1

1*5.8
.2

8.9
22.2
10.8
27.7
5.8
12.9
57.3

12*.8
750.2
1*0.9
516.9
108.9
306.7
279.6

150.0
.3
9.8
22.3
10.6
30.5

Jaa .
1958
2,1*1.9
1*.0
II9 A
731.6
1*8.3
*68.8
106.7

296.0
257.1

136.3
.2

57.8

7.2
17.9
11.5
26.9
5.7
12.2
5*.7

5.8
12.9

San BernardinoBiverslde-Ontario
Manufacturing...............

33.7

3*.2

31.5

San Diego
T o tal................................
Mining..............................
Contract construction
Manufacturing...............
Trans, and pub. u t i l .
Trade................................
Finance............................
Service............................
Government.....................

2*0.9
.5
18.6
70.7
12.7
*7.2
9.7
30.2
51.3

2*5.8
.5
19.0
71 .*

228.0
A

937.0

963.1
1.8

San Francisco-Oakland
T o ta l...............................
Mining..............................
Contract construction
Manufacturing...............
Trans, and pub. u t i l .
Trade................................
Finance............................
Service............................
Government.....................

1.8
55.2
190.0
10* .7

207.6
63.2
12*.6

189.9

12.8

50.8
9.6
29.9
51.8

58.*
191.1

16.6
65.7
12.6
*5.7
9.2
28.3
*9.5

918.7

1.8
52 .*
188.5

106.2
223.0
63 .*
125.2
19*.0

105.7
203.2

15*.*
.1
l*.l
50.5
8.3
31.7
5.9
21.0
22.8

13*. 9
.1
10.8
*2.3
8.0
27.*
5A
20.1
20.8

61.9
121.0
18*.2

3.8
12.8

8.0
k .6

11.0

San Jose
T o tal................................
Mining..............................
Contract construction.
Manufacturing...............
Trans, and pub. u t i l .
Trade................................
Finance............................
Service............................
Government.....................

1*9.9
.1
13.1
50.*

8.2

28.9

5.8

21.1
22.3

A re a Employment

17

Table A-12: Employees in nonagricultural establishments
for selected areas, by industry division-Continued
(In thousands)
Area and industry division

Jan.

Dec.

Jan.

1959

1958

1958

CALIFORNIA— Continued
Stockton

Manufacturing.

COLORADO
Denver 2/
Total..... ...........
Mining oc o o ....... .
Contract construction.
Manufacturing.. . o . . . . .
Transo and pub. util..
Trade® ........ ......
Finance . ............
Service.... .........
Government...o........

CONNECTICUT
Bridgeport
Total..............
Contract construction l/
Manufacturing..o.......c
Transo and pub. util.#..
Trade o..o.........oo.oo.
Finance........ .......
Service.... ...........
Government. ............
Hartford
Total, .............
Contract construction 1/
Manufacturing.......
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade...............
Finance o... ........ .
Serviceo.oo...o.••••••
Government...... .

New Britain
Total...............
Contract construction 1j
Manufacturing. ....... ..
Trans, and pub. util.*..
Trade0............ ••••
Finance...............
Service, ..............
Government*............

Ne~w Haven
Total.................
Contract construction 1/
Manufacturing........
Trans* and pub. util.*
Trade..............
Finance. ............ *
Service. *.....•••**••
Government.•*•••••••••

9o9

278.1

1 0 .7

2 8 6 .3

9 .4

3.8

277*6
4 .1

21.3

19.2

27.8

5 4 .1
2 8 .4

5 1 .1

70o0

7 4 .7

3 .8
1 9 .3
5 4 .4

28.9
71.2

1 6 *9

17.0

360I

3 6 .5

36.0

5 0.5

5 0.5

116.9

116.6

49.8

1 1 3 .5
4 .8

61.2
5o7
1 9 .4
3 .2

10.2
9 .0

61.2
5 .7

18.8

3.2
10o3
10.1

10*1

215oO
9.9

21.1

38.1+

2 3.5

1 .8

1.8

4 3.3
1 2 *7

22.6

6.6

7 5 .3
9 .1
4 2 .0
2 9 .7
2 1 .5

20*8

39.8
25.2
1.9
5 .3

.8

.8

2o9
2.8

2 .9

123.2

121.6

7 .1
4 3 .4

6 .7
4 4 .7

1 2 *7

13.0

6.6

2*8

DELAWARE
Wilmington
Total.... ...........
Contract construction,
Manufacturing.......
Trans* and pub. util.
Trade........ *.... .
Finance..........
Service l/..........
Government..........

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington
Total...............
Contract construction,
Manufacturing* *......
Trans* and pub. util.,
Trade................
Finance......... .
Service l/...*.......
Government*•*••••••••

FLORIDA
Jacksonville
Total....... *.......,
Contract construction,
Manufacturing.... .
Trans, and pub. util.,
Trade...... .... .
Finance.••••••••••••.,
Service l/....... .
Government......... .

Jan.

1958.

51o8
2.9
21.4

53.5
3.3
21.4

51.5
3.2
21.3

2.6
10.1
2.2

2.6

2.6

11.1

9.9

8o3
4.4

8.4
4.4

65.0
1.7

65.9
2.0
37.3
2.8
10.4
1.5
5.9
6.0

37» 9
2.8
9.6
1.5
5.8
5.6

126.7
8.6
57.5
8.2
22.3
*.9
12.6
12.6

2.2

129.5
9.2
57.5
8.2

23.8
5.0
12.7
13.1

2.0
8.2

4.3

65.6
1.9

38.6

2o8
9.6
1.5
5.7
5.6

129.2
8.1
59.8

8.9
22.0
b.9

12.7
12.8

666.1
14-1.2

31.8

686.1
42.1

^5.5

31.9
45.4

34.0
103.1

l4l.7
34.1
103.5

131.7
278.8

287.4

648.4
34.2
30.6
46.4
130.1
3^.3
98.4
274.4

TOtal.....OO.O.OO.O.O.

6 *5

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

1 7 .3

17*2

10.9

12*4

1 0 *7

132.1
10.8
20.1
13.9
37.5
12.1

16.5
21o3

135*4
11.0
20.3
14.6
39.6
12.1
16.4
21.4

130.1
9.^
20.1
14.8
37. ^
11.5

291.8
28.7

302.0

38.8
27.9

39.5
35.9

16.2

20.8

Miami

2 2*7

1 7 .1

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




Waterbury
Total...................
Contract construction 1/«
Manufacturing. ......... «
Trans, and pub* util....
Trade. .*••••.......... .a
Finance...... ....... .
Service. ..............
Government. ••••«....... «

Dec.

1958

1.1

6.0

23.8

Stamford
Total. ........ . ««•••.<
Contract construction l/,
Manufacturing..,
•o o o• • •
Trans, and pub. util.
Trade«o••*••••••••••«
Finance.............
Service*.*.*........
Government.•••••••••<

Jan.

1959

2 0 7 .5
9 .1

2 1 .7

2 3 .5

1 1 9 *7
6 .4

8.8

22.5

3 9 .3
1 .4

.8

3.2

7 4 *7
9 .2
4 6.6
3 0.6

1.2

2 .9
2 *7

5 .7

21.0

8 .9
7 4 .8
4 2 .5
3 0.5
2 1 .4

5 .2
6 4 .8

5 .3

208.3
9 .1

16.6

Area and industry division

302.0
28.3
39.5
33.3

27.0

18

A re a Employment

Table A-12: Employees in nonagricultural establishments
for selected areas, by industry division-Continued
usands)
Area and industry division

FLORIDA— Continued
Miami— Continued

«Jan«
1959

87.1
18.7
61.9

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

57.3
34.1

64.5

32.4
13.4
54.7
9.1

56.0

21.8

26.0
22.0

3^.5

350.4

341.4

21.8

23*7
44.9
47.8

83.4
33.5
94.4
23.9
44.9
48.6

16.7
85.8

21.6
83.8
34.1
88.6

52.8
4.8
14.0

6.6
11.8
2.2
6.2

23.1

1.6

2.2
2.6

(3 )
(3 )
n)
?31
n)
\3/
(3 )
(3)
(3)

90.2
24.0
44.2
46.0

Jan.
1959

4.8
14.2
6.4

2.2
6.1

12.0
2.1
6.1

7.^

7.^

23.8

21.6

1.7
2.3

1.4

2.0
2.6
6.0
1.3
3.2
5.1

2.6
7.1

1.4
3.5
5.2

106.9
903.5
207.7

564.6
142.9
327.2
248.8

2,522.8
3.8
119.3
947.4
212.3
537.8
144.4
326.9
230.9

3)
3}
3)
3;
3)
3)
3)
¡3)

Rockford*
Contract construction 1/
Manufacturing.........
Trans, and pub. util....

Dec.
1958

Jan.
1958 _

I
i
¡3)
3)
3)
3)
3)
Î3)

a

90.5

94.2
4.0
38.5
6.4

4.0
37.6
6.4

22.9

20.9

3.6
9-9

3.7

9.6

8.8

8.3

71.2

73.0
3.6
40.3
2.7

3.1

38.0
2.6
13.6

2.5
7.0
4.4

12.8
2.6

7.0
4.2

CNDIANA
Evansville
Contract construction..•
Manufacturing ........ .
Trans, and pub. util....

52.8

53.4
^.5
1^.5
6.4
12.5

2,5©5.3
3.8

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

34.6

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




Area and industry division

30.8

3^.2
I3.7
57.3
9.2
24.7
24.4

6.7
1.4
3.4
5.2
ILLINOIS
Chicago*
Total...............

16.9

34.6
14«0

7.^
IDAHO
Boise
Total...............
Contract construction...
Manufacturing.........
Trans, and pub. util....

18.7

178.6
21.2

23.7

Service 1/...........

87.5

I85.I

9.2

Savannah
Total...............
Contract construction...
Manufacturing........
Trans, and pub. util«...

86.3

184«9
21«6

26.0

GEORGIA
Atlanta 2/
Total...............
Contract construction«««
Jfenufacturing.... •««••
Trans« and pub. util..«.

Jan.
1958

Peoria*

33.4
Tanrpa-St. Petersburg
Total...............
Contract construction.•.
Manufacturing«.......
Trans« and pub« util«*««

Dec.
1958

63.I
1.6

64.7
1.7

2.4
26.3
4.4
13.3

4.4
14.2

2.6
26.7

1.7
2.5
27.5
4.8
1^.3

2.2

2.1

7.2

7.3
5.7

2.2
7.3
5.5

74.1
3.0
29.3
6.3
17.4
4.1
7.7
6.3

75.7
3.1
29.7
6.3

79.2
3.5
33.7
6«6

4.1
7.7
6.4

17.8
4.2
7.6
5.8

[3)
3)
3)
3)
3}
3)
[3)

283.5
14.1
93.0
20.3

285.3
12.1
IOO.5
21.1

67.5

66.3

79.2
2.4
39.4
4.8
14.3
3.5
9.3
5.5

79.7
2.5
38.5
4.8

79.5
2.9
39.0
4.8
14.6
3.7
9.h
5.1

5.7
Fort Wayne
Contract construction...
Manufacturing.........
Trans« and pub. util....

65.8

18.4

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

70.8
17.8

67.4
I7.9

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

15.2
3.5
9.3
5.9




A

19

le A-12: Employees in nonagricultural establishments
for selected areas, by industry division-Continued
(In thousands)

Jan.

Dec.

Jan.

1959

1958

1958

96.ii
U.6
22.6
8.3
2U.2
10.9
12. U
13.6

U6.3
.2
3.1
6.U
6.9
9.0
2.6
6.1
12.2
121.8
1.5
5.7
1*8.8
7.2
26.2
5.2
13.1
U i.l

232.6
10.7
82.5
23.0
U9.3
11.3
30.7
25.1

98.li
5.0
22.6
8.3
25.O
10.9
13.0
13.8

U7.3
.2
3.3
6.U
6.9
9.6
2.6
6.2
12.U
122.6
1.5
6.3
1*8.2
7.3
27.1
5.2
13.1
Ili.l

237.8
11.3
83.5
22.9
51.1*
11.3
31.0
26.1*

96.2
U.2
22.9
8.2
2U.8
10.6
12.9
12.7

U8.3
.2
U.l
6.2
7.1
9.0
2.5
6.1
13.3
128.U
1.7
6.0
56.1
7.U
26.0
5.3
13.1
13.1

2U1.2
10.U
90.2
23.5
50.U

11.2

30.9
2U.7

Area and industry division

New Orleans—Continued
Trane, and pub. u t i l . . . .
F in an ce....................... ..

72.6
.1*
8.8
19.0
U.5
16.8
3.0
6.5
13.5

70.3
.U
6.7
20.9
U.7
15.U
3.0
6.2
13.0

277.1
7.0
18.6
lili.9

281.1
7.0
19.1
U5.0

28U.5
8.0
18.9

Mining.
Contract con stru ction.. .
Manufacturing.................. ..
Trans, and pub. u t i l . . . .
Service..................... ............
MAINE
Lewiston-Auburn 2 /
“f o t a : . . .............
Contract con stru ction.. .
Manufacturing......................
Trans, and pub. u t i l . . . .

Portland
T o ta l.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Contract con stru ction.. .
Manufacturing.....................
Trans, and pub. u t i l . . . .
Service 1 / ................... ..

>1e.
month are preliminary.

lib.
73.
15.
ui.

35.

69.3
5.1
6.2
8.8
9.0
19.3
3.2
8.1
9.8

26.U
.9
1U.1
.9
5.1
.7
3.3
l.U
U9.9
2.7
11.6
5.7
1U.3
3.5
8.1
U.O

69.
5.
5.

8,

9<
19.

3.
8,
9.

25«
13!

5!

3!
1.
h9.

2,

11,
6,

Hi.
3.
8,
U,

MAHTLAND
Baltimore
Mining.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Contract con stru ction.. .

581.0
1.0
29.7
190.6
53.8
118.6
30.6
69.7
87.0

>78.

976.1
36.7
287.1
67.U
222.1
68.9
159.6
13U.3

86,
U0,
288,

MASSACHUSETTS
Boston
Contract con stru ction.. .
Trans, and pub. u t i l . . . .

h i.9

U2.7
71.7
15.0
U0.9
36.3

Shreveport

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

70.8
•It
8.6
19.0
U.5
15.2
3.1
6.5
13.5

Jan.

1959

Finance............... ..................
Service l / . ..........................
Government................... ..

1.
32<
L92.
55.
Ll6,
30,
67,
82.

?

70,

231.
69.

A re a Employment

20

Table A-12: Employees in nonagricultural establishments
for selected areas, by industry division-Continued
In thousands)
Area and industry division

Jan»
im

MASSACOTSEOTS— Continued
Fall River
Total..............
Manufacturing.......
Trans, and pub. util**
Trade..... ...... .
Government.....
Other nonmanufacturing

New Bedford
Total...... .......
Contract construction
Manufacturing......
Trans, and pub. util.
Trade.............
Government.........
Other nonmanufacturing

Springfield-lolyoke
Total..............
Contract construction.
Manufacturing.......
Trans, and pub. util*.
Trade..............
Finance........... .
Service l/........ .
Government...... ....

Worcester
Total.............
Contract construction
Manufacturing......
Trans, and pub* util.
Trade.............
Finance...........
Service l / . ........
Government.........

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

Flint
Manufacturing......

*0.6
23.5
1.3
7.5
3.1
5.2

*5.9

Dec*
1958
*1.3

Jan*
1958

23.8

1.3
7.8
3.*
5.2

1.5
7.6
3.1

5.2

1.1

1.1

26.0

26.6

2.2

2.2
8.0
*.0

27.9

3.8
5.5

2.3
7.9
3.7
5.*

5.7

1*9.2
*.3

15k .6

150.8

6*.o

5.0

6*.l

*•5
6*.7

l.h

7.8

8.1

30.3
7.7

32.8

30.1*
7.8
18.3

18.2
17.3

7.7

18.5
18.7

1 7 .0

96.5
2.5

99.0
3.1

**.*

**.2

k .2

3-k
k6 .0

*.3

*.5

18.3

19 .*

19 .O

k.Q

*•9

9.9

9.9
13.3

9.9
11.7

1,13*.7

.8

1,15*.5
.8

38.7
510.9
72.1

*3.1
*97.0

218.8

239.5

U5.8

*6.1

120.9

123.9

126.6

67.5

72.6

131.6

7*.*

1,20*.8
.8
*5.0
5*5.*
73.1

238.3
*6.9
129.8
125.6

79.7

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




Jan.

JL25§L

*9.3

*8.8

*6.8

Lansing
Manufacturing.

28.0

27.9

27.2

Muskegon-Muskegon Heights
MBmufacturing.........

2** 3

2*.2

2*.6

Saginaw
Manufacturing........

25.5

25.3

25.0

37.3
1.9
7.8
5.0

38.7
2.3
7.9
5.2

39.5

9.*

10.1
1.8
6.6

MUŒESOTA
Duluth
Total..............
Contract construction.
Manufacturing.........
Trans, and pub. util*.
Trade..............
Finance..........«••
Service l/..........
Government..........
Minneapolis-St. Paul 2 ]
Total..............
Contract construction.
Manufacturing.......
Trans, and pub. util*.
Trade........... .
Finance............
Service l / ..... ..
Government... *.....

1.7

6.6
*.9

517.1
25.7
1*5.5
50.9

128.*
32.3

66.2
68.2

2.2
8.6
5.*
10.3
1.7

6.6

*.9

k .6

531.9

507.2

28.6
1*6.6

22.6
1**.3

51.5
137.0
32.5

126.*
32*6

51.*

67.2
68.5

65.9
63.9

58.6

60.3

•9
3.7
11.5

.9

*.1
11.6

57.*
.9
3.9

*.5

*.5

99.*

*.8
12.*

Bee.
1958

1*8.3

1.0
7-*

Jan*
1959

grand Rapids
Manufacturing.
k l .2

23.6

*7 .6

Area and industry division

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

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

1*.0
3.9
7.9
12.3

iti
«3)
3)

»
3)
3)

15.0

3.9

8.1
12*3

369.7
•7
20.1
99.*

*0*7
100.2
2**6
*3.2

*0.8

10.6
*.5
13.5
3.8
7.9
12.5

358.2

.6
17.7
98.9
*2.3
9*. 5

23.6

*3.3
37.3

A re a Employment

21
Table A-12: Employees in nonagricultural establishments
for selected areas, by industry division-Continued
(In
Area

and

industry

division

Jan.
1959

Dec.
1958

Jan.
1958

MISSOURI—Continued
S t. Louis *
f o t a l . .... ....................

Mining............. ..............
Contract con stru ction .••
Manufacturing.....................
Trans, and pub. u t i l . . . .
Trade.....................................
Finance..................................
S e r v i c e ....................... ..
Government............. . . . . . . .

MONTANA
Great F a lls
T otal......................................
Contract construction.. .
Manufacturing.....................
Trans, and pub. u t i l . . . .
Trade......................................
Service ¿ / ............. ..............
Government............... ............

NEBRASKA
Omaha
Total.
Contract construction l /
Manufacturing...............
Trans, and pub. u t i l .
Trade...............................
Finance............................
Service *♦•...........
Government....................

NEVADA
Reno
T otal......................................
Contract con stru ction .. .
Manufacturing 1 / ...........
Trans, and pub. u t i l . . . .
Trade......................................
Finance..................................
Service..................................
Government...........................

NEW HAMPSHIRE
Manchester
T otal.
Contract con stru ction .. .
Manufacturing....................
Trans, and pub. u t i l . .••
Trade«....................................
Finance..................................
Service....................
Government............................




Area and industry division

Jan.
1959

Dec.
1958

Jan.
1958

796.8
.2
26.0
322.2
83.3
11*8.2
51.3
88.1
77.5

815.6
.2
28.0
322.9
83.9
162.1
51.6
88.6
78.3

82k.h
.2
28.5
31*1*.8
83.7
152.2
52.6
87.8
71*.6

399.1*
1.3
19.5
173.9
23.8
79.2
12.8
1*1*.0
1*1*.9

1*12.1*
1.1*
21.2
176.1
23.7
85.5
12.9
1*1*.8
1*6.8

1*01*.5
1.2
21.7
180.2
23.7
79.1
12.7
1*3.3
1*2.6

161.1*
.5
7.7
81.8
8.5
25.2
3.1
12.0
22.6

163.6
.5
8.5
80.9
8.5
27.2
3.1
12.0
22.9

161*.8
.6
7.3
81*.7
8.8
25.5
3.1
11.7
23.1

98.7
.1
1*.3
36.5
6.1

101.0
.1
1*.3
36.6
6.1
18.7
3.7
13.6
17.9

101.5
.1
3.8
39.1*
6.3
17.1
3.6
13.7
17.5

71*.3
7.3
7.2
6.0
17.U
U.l
15.9
16.1*

66.9
5.1
6.2
6.1
15.1*
3.9
15.0
15.2

NEW JERSEY
Newark-Jersey City 6/
(3)
(3)
(3)
(3)
(3)
(3)
(3)
(3)
(3)

717.2
2.3
31*.1*
261.6
61.7
158.2
35.8
85.1*
77.8

703.9
2.3
33.9
263.2
63.9
151.3
35.9
81*.9
68.5

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

Paterson 6/
T5t«ir;.7............
18.1
1.5
2.8
2.0
5.1
3.9
2.8

151.8
9.2
31*.5
20.3
31*.8
12.2
21.1
19.8

19.1
1.5
2.9
2.2
5.8
3.9
2.8

153.9
9.1*
3U. 2
20.6
36.1
12.2
21.1
20.5

18.0
1.3
2.7
2.3
5.2
3.8
2.7

11*8.6
7.7
32.8
21.2
31*.7
12.I*
20.8
19.1

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

Perth Amboy 6/
“T ita a ...-rr.T ........................
Mining..................
Contract construction...
Manufacturing.......
Trans, and pub. util....
Finance..............

Trenton
27.5
2.5
1.9
3.1
6.6
1.2
7.5
1*.7

28.3
2.6
2.0
3.1
7.0
1.1
7.7
lu8

25.7
2.3
1.8
3.0
6.1
1.1
7.2
1*.2

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

16.6
3.7
13.6
17.8

NEW MEXICO
Albuquerque

1*1.0
1.6
18.1
2.7
8.1
2.1*
5.0
3.1

1*1.7
1.8
18.2
2.7
8.2
2.1*
5.0
3.1*

1*0.6
1.7
17.7
2.8
8.0
2.3
5.0
3.1

See footnotes at end of table.
NOTE: Data for the current month are preliminary.
500110 0 - 5 9 - 5

thousands)

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

72.7
7.2
7.1
6.0
16.5

i*.o

15.9

16.0

A re a Employment

22

Table A-12: Employees in nonagricultural establishments
for selected areas, by industry division-Continued
U lL.th usands )

Area and industry division

NEW YORK
Albany-Schenectady-Troy
Total...................
Contract construction...
Manufacturing.........
Trans, and pub. util....
Trade... ............
Finance...............
Service 1/...........
Government..............

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

Buffalo
Total................
Contract construction...
Manufacturing.........
Trans, and pub. util....
Trade................
Finance....... .......
Service 1/...........
Government........... .
Elmira
TStïï................
Manufacturing.........
Trade...... .........
Other nonnanufacturing..

Jan*
1959

Dec.
1958

Jan.
1958

Dec.
1958

Jan.
1958

61*5.7

1,196.8
1*65.3
799.8
677.8

1,126.7
1*65.1*
786.3
632.9

New York City 6/
Total................... 3,1*23.1*
1.9
Contract construction...
108.1*
Manufacturing... ••••••
925.1*
Trans, and pub. util....
321.8
727.0
368.9
Service..............
565.3
Government..... •••••••
1*01*.7

3,512.5
2.0
112.1
925.5
325.7
777.8
370.9
568.1*
1*30.2

3,1*1*5.7
1.9
97.1
91*5.9
328.1*
738.7
371.0
563.6
399.2

211.0
8.3
101*.5
9.6
37.6
7.7
23.0
20.1*

220.6
9.1*
105.9
9.8
1*1.0
7.7
23.5
23.1*

216.9
8.5

11*2.1*
5.1
5U.8
29.3
7.3
19.3
16.3

11*6.7
5.6
51*.5
10.5
32.2
7.3
19.5
17.3

11*8.3
6.0
58.1*
11.2
30.8
7.0
19.2
15.8

97.3
1.7
1*0.1*
5.8
16.2
3.5
9.0
20.8

100.6
2.0
1*1.2
5.8
17.6
3.5
9.0
21.5

98.5
3.3
1*1.2
5.5

203.3
13.8
60.9
11*.8
1*3.9
11.1
32.9
25.9

212.5

200.9
13.1*
60.1
15.2
1*3.6
11.2
32.0
25.5

Area and industry division

Jan.

1959

New York-Northeastern
rtew Jersey-Continued

UU.8

1*6.8

208.1*
6.9
67.8
16.7
1*1.0
8.1
25.3
1*2.5

76.1
2.3
39.6
3.9
12.8

77.5
2.1»
39.6
3.9
13.8
2.2
6.2
9.1»

78.9
3.0
1*1.6
U.o
13.1
2.2
6.3
8.6

199.9
5.3
59.6
15.6
1*0 .1*

8.1
26.0

2.2

6.2
9.1

1*11.9
18.5
173.1
3U.5

81.0
11*.5
1*6.1*
1*3.9

30.9
15.1
5.9
9.9

207.9
6.5
60.8
15.8
1*3.8
8.1

26.0

1*26.2
20.0
171*.1
35.1*
88.1*
11*.6
1*6.5
1*7.2

32.2

15.8
6.1*
10.1

1*39.3
17.6
191*.5
35.1
87.2
11*.9
1*6.6
1*3.1*

30.5
ll*.0
6.3
10.1

1 ,112 .1*
1*62.9
791*.2

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

109.8

9.9
38.2
7.5
23.0
20.2

Syracuse
Contract construction...
Manufacturing.........
Trans, and pub. util....
Finance..............
Service l/......... .
Government...........

10.3

Utica-Rome
Nassau and Suffolk
Counties 6/
Total....?..........
Contract construction.
Manufacturing.......
Txans. and pub. util..
Trade.... .........
Finance............
Service 1/....... .
Government..........

369.2
23.1*
111.1
22.8

81*.!*
11*.7
50.1
62.7

385.5
28.8
112.6
22.8
91.9
ll*.7
50.5
61*.2

360.2
26.1*
107.1
22.8
83.5
13.9
1*6.0
60.5

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

16.3
3.5
8.7
20.0

Westchester County 6/
New York-Northeastern
New Jersey
Total...............
Mining...........
Contract construction..
Manufacturing.•••••••..
Trans, and pub. util...

5,379.1*
1*.8
200.8

1,681.7
1*76.9

5,531*.7
5.2
217.1*
1,691.1
1*81.1*

5,1*31.3
1*.9
196.1
1,731*.8
1*81*.1*

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




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

16.3
61.3
It*.8
1*7.7
11.1
33.6
27.6

A re a Employment

23

Table A-12: Employees in nonagricultural establishments
for selected areas, by industry division-Continued
Area and industry division

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

Jan.
1959

91.0
5.1*
25.1
9.5
26.8
5.8
10.3
8.1

Dec.
1958

Jan.
1958

93.2
5.7
25.3
9.2
28.1*
5.8
10.3
8.5

91.7
6.2
21*.3
9.6
27.3
6.1
10.3
7.9

Qreensboro-High Point
Manufacturing..... •••.

1*1*.9

1*5.1

1*1*.3

Winston-Salem
Manufacturing........

36.6

37.8

35.1*

NORTH DAKOTA
Fargo
Total............. ,
Contract construction«
Manufacturing.••••••«,
Trans, and pub. util.,
Trade............. ,
Finance... ........«
Service l/............
Government.

21.6
1.6
2.1
2.1*
7.2
1.6
3.2
3.5

22.6
2.0
2.1
2.5
7.5
1.6
3.2
3.7

20.8
1.3
2.1
2.5
6.9
1.6
3.0
3.1*

OHIO
Akron
total..............
Mining.............
Contract construction,
Manufacturing......
Trans, and pub. util.,
Trade............. .
Finance*...........
Service.... .........
Government........ ..

170.9
.1
5.7
83.1*
12.0
33.5
I*.!*
18.5
13.1*

171*.3
.1
6.1*
83.6
12.1
35.1*
1*.3
18.7
13.8

179.2
.1
6.1
89.0
12.5
31*.5
1*.3
19.0
13.7

Canton
Total............. .
Mining............ ,
Contract construction,
Manufacturing.......
Trans, and pub. util.,
Trade..............
Finance............
Service............
Government*........ .
Cincinnati
Total..............
Mining.**.«..*•••..«.<
Contract construction.

------

Cincinnati— Continued
Manufacturing.........
Trans, and pub. util....

Cleveland
TSUI...."............
Mining..................
Contract construction...
Manufacturing.....
Trans, and pub. util....

106.0
.7
2.9
53.5
6.8
19.1
3.3
11.0
8.8

390.6
.3
16.6

107.8
.7
2.9
53.6
6.8
20.6
3.2
11.0
9.0

398,0
.3
17.3

107.2
.7
3.7
53.1*
6.9
19.9
3.0
11.2
8.6

388.1
.3
16.1*

Dec.
1958

Jan.
1958

15U.U
32.5
79.0
18.0
1*6.6
1*3.1

15U.9
33.U
81*.2
1*7.1
1*2.7

153.3
33.5
79.9
18.6
1*6.3
39.9

671.8
.1*
27.2
278.5
1*1*.9
131*.7
29.6
83.8
72.7

681.1*
.1*
27.8
276.3
1*5.2
U*5.1
29.8
83.8
73.1

690.2
.1*
33.0
288.7
1*5.8
139.8
29.6
83.7
69.2

239.5
.7
11.1*
67.9
18.2
51.1*
13.9
29.U
1*6.7

21*5.9
.7
12.3
67.6
18.1*
56.1
llt.O
29.6
1*7.2

21*0.3
.7
11.3
70.8
18.9
50.3
13.9
29.3
1*5.1

216.0
.1»
5.8
93.0
9.3
36.7
5.1
23.1*
1*2.3

220.6
.1*
6.2
92.6
9.5
1*0.9
5.2
23.U
1*2.5

219.9
.3
6.9
95.9
9.5
36.6
5.1
23.1
1*2.5

151.0
.1
8.3
56.0
13.!*
33.7
5.0
20.5
ll*.0

155.8
.1
8.6
56.3
13.6
37.1*
5.1
20.1*
ll*.2

157.1*
.1
9.1

Jan.
1959

_

18.1

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

Dalton
MLning............ .
Contract construction...
Manufacturing.........
Trans, and pub. util....
Finance..............
Service..............

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




_

Area and industry division

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

60.0
13.8
31*.8
5.1
20.6
13.8

A re a Employment

2k

Table A-12: Employees in nonagricultural establishments
for selected areas, by industry division-Continued

m
Area and industry division

OHIO—Continued
Youngstown
T o t a l ... . ....................
Mining....................................
Contract con stru ction .. .
Manufacturing.....................
Trans* and pub. u t i l . ••.
Trade.................................
Finance............................
S ervice.. *................. •••••
Government............. ..
OKLAHOMA.
Oklahoma City 2 /
- t 5 u i : ; . t : . . . 7 ....................
Mining..........................
Contract construction*. .
Manufacturing* ••••••*.*•
Trans, and pub. u til* *. *
T r a d e . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...........
Finance........... ••*••••*•••
Service............. * ..................
Qovernnent......... .............. .. •

Tulsa
f o ta l. •••••••........... ..
Mining....................................
Contract con stru ctio n .. .
Manufacturing......................
Trans, and pub. u t i l . . . •
Trade......................................
Finance........... *............ ..
Service..................................
Qovernnent*••••••••.........
OREGON
Portland
Total................
Contract construction. *.
Manufacturing......................
Trans, and pub. u til* * * *
Trade....................*................
Finance............... ..
Service 1 / ............................
Qovernnent..........................
PENNSYLVANIA
Allentown-Bethlehem
¿aaton
f 5 t H 7 ....................................
Mining....................................
Contract construction. * *
Manufacturing.....................
Trans, and pub* u til* * * *
Trade....................................*
Finance..............................
Service..................................
Qovernnent................. ..

Jan.
_12S2_

Dec.
1958

Jan.
.125.8-

Area and industry division

Jan.
1959

Dec.
1958

Jan.
1958

Erie

193-2

195.7

.6

.5

.6

7.U
98.6
11*3
31*. 2
U.3
20.7
16.0

7.6
98.2
11.6

8.7
101.9
12.5

36. 1*

31*.8

U.U

U.U

20*8

21.1*

16*2

16.1

156*3
6.7
9.U
17.9

158.1*

15U. 8

37.6
9.3
18.6
UU.7

39.5
9.3
18*5

12.1

117.3
12*2
7.3
27.0

13.1
28*5
5.9
13.8
9.5

21*0 . 1*
12.2

6.7

9.7
18.0

12.1

14*.6

120.2

12.6

7.U
27.3
13.2
30.3
5.9
ll*.0

9.7

21*7.2

13.5

13.6
57.6
27.1*
63.5
13.5

38*1

39.1*

57.3
27.2

60.1

32*0

32*2

32.9

33.6

36.8

133.2
5.7
32.1
12.9
23.U
6.0
15.3
37.8

136.9
6.3
32.6
13.0
25.5
6.0
15.U
38.1

131».0
6.2
32.8
13.7
21».1
5.8
15.2
36.2

U5.3

U5.U

1»5.1

1,1*22.5
2.0
62.3
526*8
110*5
285.8
73.3
178.9
182.9

1,U69.8
2*1
66.7
529.8
111.3
310.1
73.8
180.5
195.5

1,1»50.8
2.1
63.6
5U0.6
116.0
293.8
73.5
180.1»
180.8

769.5
13.0
35.0
301.3
63.2
152.8
30.9
100.9
72.U

789.7
13.2
36.2
301.3
6U.1
166.3
30.8
101.7
76.1

793.1
H». 2
36.8
317.1
66.2
156.6
30.3
101.3
70.6

U9.6

50.U

U9.1»

29.2

29.8

30.2

38*0

38.0

39.3

Ul.U

U1.9

1*2.3

200.3

7.0
9.2
17.6
12.2
37.5
9.2
18.7
1*3.3

122*0
13.2
7.1
30*0
13.5
28*5

Harrisburg
Contract construction*..
Manufacturing.•••••••*••
Trans, and pub. util....

Lancaster

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

6.1

lU.U
9.3

235.3
10.9
55.2
28.0
58.9
13.U
31.9
37.0

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

Qovernnent..........
Reading

Scranton

169.1
.8

5.U
90.8
10*5
27.7

172*9
.9
6*2

92*1
10*7
28.8

177.7
.9
6.9
97.5
11.3
28.0

l*.l

l*.l

U.l

17.3
12.5

17.2

17.0
12.0

12*9

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




thsmgaadal,

Wilkes-Barre— Hazleton

York

25

A re a Employment

Table A -12: Employees in nonagricultural establishments
for selected areas, by industry division-Continued
In thousands
Area and industry division

RHODE ISLABB
Providence
T o ta l.« . . . ................... ..
Contract con stru ction.•
Manufacturing...................
Trans, and pub. u t i l . . .
Tirade...............
Finance................................
Service l / ..........................
Government................. « . . .

SOUTH CAR0LHA
Charleston
Sbtal................................
Contract construction
Manufacturing...............
Trans, and pub. u t i l .
Trade................................
Finance............................
Service l / ................... ..
Government......................

Greenville
Ifenufacturing.

Jan.
1959

Dec.
1958

Jan.
1958

272.9
1*.2

280.2

125.6

126.6

12.*
*7.8
11.8
32.9

12.5
50.6
11.8
28.2
3*.7

268.7
12.8
122.9
13.1
*8.5
12.0

5*.*
* .*
9.8
*.7
11.1
2.2
*.9
17.5

5*.8
*.2
9.5
*•7
11.8
2.2
*.9
17.6

28.2

15.8

Dec.
1958

Jan.
1958

108.9
1.8
6.7
39.9
6.8
23.3
3.0
10.8

10*.2
2.0
*.6
39.8
6.8

27.8

1.8
6.6
39.8
6.7
21.5
3.0
10.8

31.6

16.5

16.8

16.1

177.0
.3
10.*

181.6

Area and industry division

Knoxville

106.6
Mining....................................
Contract construction.. .
Trans, and pub. u t i l . . . .

30.7

30.*

29.7

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

2*.l
1.1
5.*
2.5
7.5
1.5
3.5
2.6

2*.9
1.*
5*5
2.5
7.9
1.5
3.6
2.5

2*.0
1.3
5.3
2.5
7.5
1.5
3.5
2.5

88.6
.1
3.5
*1.2
*.8
15.6
*.9
8.7
10.0

3*0
10.5

29.8

•3
11.2
39.3

16.0
52.2

8.6
2*.l
30.0

179.8
.2
9.5
*3.3
16.*
*8.3
8.7

23.8

29.7

lashville

Government........... ................

135.5

138.*
.3

6.3
39.6
11.2
29.5
9.1
20.6
19.0

18.8

133.2
.3
5.6
38.9
11.3
29.3
9.0
20.5
18 .*

83.2

85.9

88.2

53.2

53.6

5*.8

90.*

90.6

95.1

22.3

22.3

21.3

.3

6.7
39.9
11.6
31.*
9.1
20.6

TEXAS

89.2

90.0
.1
3.6
*1.0
*.8

.1
2.8
*1.8
*.9

16.9

16.7

*.9
8.7
10.0

*.8
8.6
9.7

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




39.7
15.8
*8.5
8.7

2*.e

Fort Worth
Chattanooga
T o t a l ...T ........................
Mining..............................
Contract construction
Manufacturing...............
Trans, and pub. u t i l .,
Trade...............................
Finance•••••••••.........
Service........................
Government.......................

21.5

Memphis
5*.l
3.6
10.1
5.2
10.9
2.1
*.9
17.5

Mining
Contract co n stru ctio n ...
Manufacturing......................
Trans, and pub. u t i l . . . .
SOOTH DAKOTA
Sioux F alls
T b tal.. . . . . ...................
Contract construction,
Manufacturing................
Trans, and pub. u t i l .,
T r a d e . . * . . . . . . . ........... .
Finance.............................
Service 1 / .......................
Government..................... .

Jan.
1959

Houston

San Antonio

26

A re a Employment

Table A -12: Employees in nonagricultural establishments
for selected areas, by industry division-Continued

Area and industry division

UTAH
S alt Lake City*
T otal............... ......................
MLning....................................
Contract co n stru ctio n ...
Manufacturing.....................
Trans, and pub. u t i l . . . .
Trade......................................
Finance..............................
Service..............
Government................ •••••

Jan.
1959

Dec.
1958

6.9

121.8
6.6

7.7

7.*

129.*
(3)
(3)
(3/
(3)
(3)
f3 )
(3)

Jan.
1958

20.6

13.1
37.8
7.7
15.5

20.1

19.2
12.9

Area and industry division

Jan.
1959

Dec.
1958

Jan.
1958 _

335.3
13.3
115.5
26.7
73-3

317.3

19.2

3*2.7
13.7
11*. 3
26.9
78.9
19.1

37.9
*9.*

38.1

51.7

72.3
3.1
13.5
7.7

7*. 5
3.*
13.7

WASHINGTON
Seattle
Contract co n stru ctio n ...
Manufacturing.. . . . . . . . . .
Trans, and pub. u t i l . . . .

3**3
7.5
1**9
19 .O

12.6

100.7

27.6
72.6
18.*
36.7
*8.7

Spokane
VERMONT
Burlington
Total..................................
Manufacturing.................
Trans, and pub. u t i l . .
Trade..................................
Other nonmanufacturing

18.9

19.6

*.3
1.5
*.9
8.2

*.3
1.5
5.2
8.6

18 .*
*.2
1.6

Contract co n stru ctio n ...
Manufacturing................
Trans, and pub. u t i l . . . .

19.8
*.1

*.8
7.9

8.0
21.0
* .l

71.6
3.2
13.1
8.3
19.*
3.8
11.6
12.2

11.9
12.2

11.9
12 .*

70.7
3.3
15.3
5.9
1*.8
3.1
8.*
19.9

73.1
3.6
15.*

89.*

91.*

8.2
3.7
2*.7
10.0
18.7
3.3
10.1
11.1

7.9
3.9
2k.6
9.9
20.*
3.2
10.2
11.3

91.6
9.1
*.2
26.2
10.*
18.*
3.3
9.9
10.*

63.3
1.0

65.6

67.2

1.0
2.7
23.1
6.0
15.*
2.1
6.6

1.1
2.9
23.9
7.*
1*.9
2.2

8.9

8.6

Tacoma
gfie ld
ToIfenufacturlng.................
Trans* and pub. u t i l . .
Trade..................... ............
Other nonmanufacturing

VIRGINIA
Norfolk-Portsmouth
t o t a l ......................................
Mining....................................
Contract con stru ction.. .
Manufacturing.....................
Trans, and pub. u t i l . . . .
Trade......................................
Finance..................................
Service..................................
Government............................

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

10.5
5.8
.6
1.5
2.6

10.6
5-9
•7
1.6

1*7.8

151.5
.2
11.3

.2
11.2
15.9
15.9
35.*
5.1

2.6

16.1

15.9
37.5
5.2

16.1

16.2

*6.2

*9.*

L6O .6
.1
10.9
*1.2
15.*
39.0
13.0

l6 * . 2
.2
10.9
*0.9
15.5
*1.8
13.0

18.0
23.0

18.0

10.9
6.3
.7
1.5
2.5

1**.2
.2
9.7
16.*
17.1
33.9
5.0
15.0
*7.1

WEST VIRGINIA
Charleston
Contract co n stru ctio n ...
Trans, and pub. u t i l . . . .

Huntington-Ashland

23.9

159.2
.2
11.6
*0.7

15.6

38.1
12.9
17.9
22.2

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




Contract co n stru ctio n ...
Manufacturing.................
Trans, and pub. u t i l . . . .

Contract co n stru ctio n ...
Manufacturing......................
Trans, and pub. u t i l . . . .

2.5

22.6
6 .0
l* .l
2.1
6.6
8 .6

6.0
16.0

3.2

8.5
20 .*

71.1
3.3
15.7
6.3
1*.8
3.0
8.1
19.9

6.5

27

A re a Employment

Table A-12: Employees in nonagricultural establishments
for selected areas, by industry division-Continued

Area and industry division

WEST VIRGINIA— Continued
Wheeling-Steubenville
Total................
M in in g

Contract construction...
Manufacturing.........
Trans, and pub. util....
Trade................
Finance..............
Service...............
Government...........
WISCONSIN
Milwaukee
Total....
Contract construction.•.
Manufacturing.........
Trans* and pub. util...*
Trade..... *..... ..
Finance..............
Service l/...........
Government...........

Jan.
IQ'ìQ

Dec.
1958

_

(In
Jan.
1958

Area and industry division

Dec.
1958

Jan.
.125.8,

Racine

10*.6
*•5
5.7
*7-1
8.3
18 .*
2.9
9.9
7.9

*22.*

18.8
186.1
27.9

80.6

20.3
*8.5
*0.2

108.0
h .6

6.3
k j.9

8.3
19.9
2*9
10.1

8.3

*32.3

19.1
18*.6
29.0
89.5
20.5
*8.3
*1.3

no.*
5.x
8.*
*8.1
8.8
19.5
2.9
10.1
7-6

*3*.l
19.5
192.3

29.2

8**8
20.6
*8.2

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

Government...........

*0.5
1 .*
20.7
1.8
6*7
.9
*.7
*.2

*0.8
1.5
20.*
1.8
7.2
•9
*.8
*.2

*0.6
1.5

3.3
1**
1.8
1.*
*.1
.6
2.0

3.*
1.*
1.9
1.5
*.*
*6

3.2
1.3
1.8
1.9
3.9
*6
1.8

21.3
1.9
6*8
.9
*.5
3.9

WYOMING
Casper
Contract construction...
Manufacturing.........
Trans, and pub. util.*«.

39.6

* 19*5 SIC - 19*2 SSB Industrial Classification. (See Announcement on page iii.)
l/ Includes mining.
2/ Area definition revised as follows:
Denver.............. Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Denver, and Jefferson Counties.
Atlanta..... *...... Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton, and Gwinnett Counties.
Lewiston-Auburn...... Auburn, Lewiston, and Lisbon towns in Androscoggin County.
Minneapolis-St. Paul...Anoka, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, and Washington Counties.
Oklahoma City.... .
Cleveland and Oklahoma Counties.
3/ Not available.
5/ Includes government.
5/ Includes mining and finance.
0/ Subarea of New York-Northeastern New Jersey.
NOTE: Data for the current month are preliminary.
SOURCE: Cooperating State agencies listed on inside back cover.




Jan.
1959

2.0

28
Table B-l: Labor turnover rates in manufacturing
(Per
Year

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

100 employees)
June

July

Aug.

Dec.

Annual
average

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.#

4 .5
5 .9
4 .3
3 .3
4 .5
3 .8
3 .2
3 .9

4 .3
5.6
4 .0
3 .4
4 .4
4 .1
3 .3
4 .0

4 .4
5 .2
3 .3
3 .6
4 .1
4 .2
2 .9

3-9
4 .0
2 .7
3 .3
3 .3
3 .0
2 .2

3 .0
3-3.
2 .1
2 .5
2 .5
2 .3
1 .7

3 .7
3.4
2 .9

3«U

2.8

2.U

3.0

3.4
3 .9
3 .3
1.8
3 .2
2 .6
2 .1
1 .6

3.2
4 .4
3 .0
1 .9
3 .1
2 .7
2 .0
1 .9

3.4
4 .1
2 .4
1 .8

2 .8

2.9

2 .4

3.4
3 .3
3 .0
1.6
2 .4
2 .3
1 .8

5.3

Total accessions

1951..........
1952..........
1953..........
195*..........
19 55..........
1956..........
1957..........

1958....

5 .2
4 .4
4 .4
2 .8
3 .3
3 .3
3 .2
2 .5

1959 l / . . .

3.2

*•5
3-9
4 .2
2 .5
3-2
3. I
2 .8
2 .2

1*.6
3 .9
4 .4
2 .8
3.6
3 .1
2 .8
2 .4

4 .5
3 .7
4 .3
2 .4
3.5
3 .3
2 .8
2 .5

4 .5
3.9
4 .1
2 .7
3.8
3.4
3 .0
3 .0

4 .9
4 .9
5. I
3 .5
4 .3
4 .2
3.9
3.8

4 .2
4 .4
4 .1
2 .9
3.4
3 .3
3 .2
3 .3

4 .4
4.4
3.9

3.0

New hires 2j

1951.....
1952..........

1958....

3 .9
3 .1
3.*
1 .*
1 .7
2 .2
2 .0
1 .0

1959..........

1*5

1953..........
195*..........
1955..........

1956....

1957..........

3 .5
2 .9
3 .3
1 .3
1.8
2 .1
1-7
-9

3 .7
2 .8
3 .5
l.k
2 .2
I .9
1 .7
•9

3 .7
2 .8
3.5
1.2
2 .2
2 .1
1.7
.9

4 .0
3.8
4 .2

3 .7
2 .9
3 .3
1.4
2 .5
2 .3

1.9

1.9
1.0

3 .1
3.0
2 .6
1.6

3 .2
3 .3
3 .3
1.6
2 .5
2 .2
2 .1
1 .5

2 .6
1 .7

1 .1

2 .0
2 .6
1 .1
1 .3
1 .7
1 .5
.7

1.7

1.3

1.1

1.3

5 .1
4 .9
5 .2
3.9
4 .4
4 .4
4 .4
3 .5

4 .7
4 .2
4 .5
3 .3
3 .5
3 .5
4 .0

4 .3
3 .5
4 .2
3 .0
3 .1
3 .3
4 .0

3 .5
3.4
4 .0
3 .0
3 .0
2 .8
3 .8

4 .4
4 .1
4 .3
3 .5
3 .3
3 .5
3.6

3.2

2.8

2.8

3.6

3 .1
3 .5
3 .1
1 .8
2 .8
2 .6
2 .2
I .5

2 .5
2 .8
2 .1
1 .2
1 .8
1 .7
1 .3
1 .1

2 .1
I.?
1.0
1.4
1 .3
.9

1.9

1.4
1 .7
1 .1
.9
1 .1
1 .0
.7

2 .4
2 .3
2 .3
1 .1
1.6
1.6
1.4

.8

.7

.9

1 .3
.7
1 .5
1 .7
1 .1
1 .4

1 .4
.7
1.8
1.6

1 .7
.7
2 .3
1.6

1 .5

3.3
1.7
1.7
1.9

Total separations

1951....
1952....
1953..........
195*..........
1955..........

1956....
1957....
1958....
1959 1/ . . .

4 .1
4 .0
3.8
* .3
2 .9
3.6
3 .3

5 .O

3-8
3.9
3.6
3 .5
2 .5
3.6
3 .0
3 .9

k .l
3 .7
k .l
3 .7
3 .0
3 .5
3 .3
k .2

4.6
4 .1
4 .3
3.8
3 .1
3.4
3.3
4.1

4.8
3.9
4.4
3 .3
3 .2
3 .7
3.4
3.6

4 .3
3.9
4 .2
3 .1
3 .2
3.4
3 .0
2 .9

4.4
5.0
4 .3
3 .1
3.4
3 .2
3 .1
3 .2

4 .6
4.8
3 .5
4 .0
3 .9
4 .0
3 .5

3.0
Quits

1951....
1952....
1953..........
1954..........
1955..........
1956..........
19 57..........

1958....

1959..........

2 .1
1-9
2 .1
1 .1
1 .0
1 .4
1 .3
.8
.9

2 .1
1 .9
2 .2
1 .0
1 .0
I .3
1 .2
.7

2 .5
2 .0
2 .5
1.0
1 .3
1.4
1 .3
.7

2 .7
2 .2
2 .7
1.1
1.5
1.5
1.3
.7

2.8
2 .2
2 .7
1.0
1 .5

1.6

2 .5
2 .2
2 .6
1 .1
1 .5
1.6

1.4
.8

1.3

.8

3.1

2 .4
2 .2
2 .5
1 .1
1.6
1 .5
1.4
.9

3 .0
2 .9
1.4
2 .2
2 .2
I .9
1 .2

1 .3
2 .2
1 .1
1.6
1 .3

1 .4
1 .0
1 .3
1 .7
1 .3

Layoffs

1951..........
1952..........

1.0
1 .4

0.8
1.3

1.6

1.0
I .3
•9
2.4
1.2
1.4

1.4

1.4

3.2

1.5

2.9

•9

.8

2.2

1956.....

2 .8
1.5
1 .7

1957.....
1958.....

1-5
3.8

1959..........

1.6

1953..........
195* .....
1955 .....

0 .8

l.l

1.8

1.1

.8
2 .3
1 .3

3.0

1 .2
1 .1
1 .0
1.9
1 .1

1.0
1 .1

.9
1.7

1 .2
1 .3

1.5

1.1

1 .3

1.2
1.6

2.4

1.8

2.0

1.9

1.6

1.2

1.2

1.2
1.5

1.0
2 .5
1 .7
1 .4
1 .4

1 .2
1 .1
I .3
I .9

1.2

1.8

1.3
2.3

2.7

2.7

1 .5
1 .7

1.6

1.7

1.6

1.8

2.3

1/ Beginning with January 1959 , transfers between establishments of the same firm are included in total acces­
sions and total separations, therefore rates f-br these items are not strictly comparable with prior data.
Trans­
fers comprise part of other accessions and other separations, the rates for which are not shown separately.
2/ See note on Contents page.
NOTE: Data for the current month are preliminary.




29

Table B-2: Labor turnover rates, by industry

(Per 100 employees)
Accession rates
Total 1
New hires *

Separation rates

1.5

Dec.
1958
1.1

Jan.
1959
3.0

1
ûuits
Dec. Jan.
Dec.
1958 1959
1958
2.8
0.7
0.9

2.6
2.1

1.6
1.4

1.1
1.0

3.1
2.8

2.8
2.7

.8
1.0

3.1

2.6

2.0

1.9

3.2

1.5

2.9
5-7
2.2

2.2
4.3
1.7

2.2
3.9
1.7

1.3
2.7
1.1

3.5
4.0
3.5

2.9

1.9

2.4

1.1

3.6
3.8
3.2

2.1
2.2
1.8

2.1
2.2
1.8

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

3.1
4.1
1.6
2.8
2.2

2.2
2.9
.5
2.0
1.6

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

3.9
*•7

Industry

MANUFACTURING ..........................
DURABLE

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

NONDURABLE

GOO DS

2/.................

Total

Layoffs

Jan.
1959
1.6

Dec.
1958
1.8

.6
.8

1.7
1.3

1.9
1.6

1.3

0.4

1.3

0.7

3.9
8.3
3.4

1.3
1.8
1.1

1.0
1.7
.9

1.8
1.6
1.9

2.5
5.9
2.2

3.3

2.1

1.4

.9

1.3

.8

1.1
1.2
.8

2.9
2.9
3.1

3.0
3.2
2.6

1.1
1.2
.9

.8
.8
.6

1.3
1.1
1.8

2.0
2.1
1.7

1.1
1.3
.4
1.9
1.1

.9
1.6
.2
.7
.9

3.0
2.8
4.2
5.0
2.2

3.1
2.9
5.2
4.6
3.0

.6
.6
.3
.9
.8

.4
.4
.3
.5
.6

2.0
1.7
3.5
3.7
1.0

2.3
2.3
4.6
3.6
2.2

2.6

1.3

.8

1.8

1.7

.5

.3

.9

1.1

1.1
1.7
2.1
2.3
1.1

.5
1.1
1.4
1.1
.7

1.3
2.9
2.4
2.8
3.7

1.6
2.0
2.1
1.1
2.2

.3
.7
.8
.8
.6

.2
.4
.4
.6
.4

.6
1.7
1.1
1.5
2.5

1.1
1.3
1.4
.3
1.5

.7

Jan.
1959
3.2

Dec.
1958
2.4

Jan.
1959

3-5
2.7

Durable Goods

ORDNANCE AND ACCESSORIES................
LUMBER AND WOOD PRODUCTS (EXCEPT
FURNITURE)............................
Millwork, plywood, and prefabricated

FURNITURE AND FIXTURES..................
Other furniture and fixtures...............

Blast furnaces,

steel works,

and

Iron and steel foundries...................

k .l
k .k

Steel foundries............................
Primary smelting and refining of
nonferrous metals:
Primary smelting and refining of
copper, lead, and zinc...................
Rolling, drawing, and alloying of
nonferrous metals:
Rolling, drawing, and alloying of

k .k

2.6
3.1
3.0
2.1
3.8

1.7

2.1

1.2

.8

1.5

2.1

.6

.9

.5

1.7
5-3

1.3
4.2

.9
2.5

.6
1.9

.9
3.0

.8
2.2

.2
1.0

.2
.6

.6
1.2

l . l

3.1

2.5

1,1

1.0

2.1

1.9

.6

.3

1.2

1.3

3.*
3.0
3.2
2.7
3.0

2.7
2.5
1.7
2.3
2.6

1.6
2.0
1.2
2.0
2.2

1.1
1.1
1.2
1.4
1.0

3.6
2.9
2.1
2.8
3.1

3.0
2.1
2.0
1.6
2.3

.8
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0

.5
.6
.5
.6
.6

2.3
1.3
.7
1.0
1.6

2.0
1.2
.5
1.4

3.2
3.0

2.3
2.3

2.0
2.4

1.3
1.5

3.5
2.8

2.0
1.2

1.0
.8

.6
.5

2.0
1.2

1.0
.4

3.3
2.5
3.8

2.3
1.9
3.4

1.8
1.2
1.3

1.3
.8
1.3

3.9
3.7
4.4

2.4
3.2
3.4

1.1
.6
.7

.6
.5
.6

2.3
2.7
3.0

1.3
2.4
2.1

2.9

Nonferrous foundries........................
Other primary metal industries:

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

Heating apparatus (except electric)
and plumbers' supplies....................

.3

1.1

Oil burners, nonelectric heating and
cooking apparatus, not elsewhere
Fabricated structural metal products......
Metal stamping, coating, and engraving....

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




30

Table B-2: Labor turnover rates,
by industry-Continued

Indus try

(Per 100 emjjloyees )
Accession rates
Total 1
New hires *

Separation rates
Total 1

Jan.
1959

Dec.
1958

Jan.
1959

Dec.
1958

Jan.
1959

Dec.
1958

3.4
4.8
5.1
3.8
2.9
2.1

2.7
3.0
4.1
2.9
2.2
1.8

1.7
3.4
3.2
2.2
.9
.7

1.0
1.6
1.8
1.2
.8
.6

2.3
2.0
1.9
2.2
2.3
2.7

3.4
3.6

1.4
3.6

.9
1.2

.6
1.1

2.9
3.2
1.8
4.4
3.0

2.0
2.1
1.6
3.0
3.3

1.7
1.6
.9
2.1
1.1

3.1

2.U

3.1
2.9

Quits

Layoffs

Jan.
1959

Dec.
1958

Jan.
1959

Dec.
1958

1.6
1.3
1.3
1.6
1.4
1.3

0.7
.9
.9
.9
.6
.6

0.5
.4
.6
.6
.4
.4

1.1
.6
.3
.9
1.2
1.7

0.8
.6
.4
.7
.7
.7

1.8
2.1

1.5
1.4

.5
.7

.3
.4

.7
.8

.8
.7

1.0
1.0
.8
.6
.9

2.1
2.5
1.3
2.4
3.3

2.0
1.5
1.3
2.3
1.8

.7
.8
.6
.7
.6

.4
.5
.6
.6
.4

1.0
1.2
.4
1.3
2.0

1.2
.7
.5
1.4

1.6

1.3

2.9

2.3

.9

.7

1.4

1.2

2.3
2.3

1.5
1.5

1.1
1.6

2.2
3.0

1.7
2.4

.8
1.1

.6
.9

.7
1.5

.8
1.2

3.7

2.9

1.9

2.1

3.9

3.2

1.3

1.1

2.2

1.8

.9

.6

.3

.3

1.2

.8

.6

.4

.2

.2

3.2

2.9

1.6

1.5

4.0

3.7

.9

.7

2.6

2.5

3.8
3.2
2.3
2.1
2.3
(3)
3.2
(3)
5.0
(3)
6.1
Other transportation equipment............. 13.4

3.1
3.5
1.7
1.7
1.5
.7
2.6
8.2
5.5
.6
11.9
2.0

1.2
.7
1.5
1.6
.5
(3)
1.9
(3)
.1
(3)
.1
.7

1.3
1.5
1.0
1.1
.6
.5
1.6
2.0
(4)
(4)
(4)
.9

4.4
3.5
3.1
3.1
2.2
(3)
4.3
(3)
16.9
(3)
20.0
U.8

3.5
2.7
2.6
2.8
2.3
.8
2.1
11.7
5.3
4.0
7.1
8.6

.7
.4
.9
.8
.4
(3)
1.4
(3)
.1
(3)
.2
.8

.7
.6
.6
.7
.3
.5
.8
1.2
.3
.4
.2
.7

3.0
1.9
1.9
2.0
1.4
(3)
2.2
(3)
15.9
(3)
18.9
3.5

2.4
1.3
1.7
1.9
1.7
.2
1.0
10.1
4.5
3.2
6.4
7.1

2.3
(3)
3.1
2.8

1.5
.7
1.8
1.7

1.5
(3)
1.2
2.0

.9
.3
.8
1.1

2.2
(3)
4.6
2.1

1.7
1.1
4.9
1.5

1.0
(3)
1.6
1.1

.6
.2
.6
.7

.8
(3)
2.6
.6

.9
.7
3.8
.5

5.1
2.0

2.4
1.2

2.2
1.6

1.2
.9

3.9
2.1

7.7
2.2

1.3
1.1

.9
.6

2.2
.7

6.4
1.2

3.2
3.5
2.6
2.5

2.5
2.6
1.9
1.8

1.1
.8
1.3
1.5

.9
.4
.9
1.2

4.1
3.8
2.8
3.1

4.0
4.2
2.4
2.3

.8
.5
.7
1.2

.6
.3
.4
.9

2.8
2.7
1.8
1.5

3.1
3.6
1.8
1.0

(3)

3.9

(3)

1.0

(3)

3.9

(3)

.2

(3)

3.4

Durable Goods-Continued

MACHINERY (EXCEPT ELECTRICAL)............
Engines and turbines.......................

Machine tools..............................
Metalworking machinery (except machine

Special-industry machinery (except
General industrial machinery...............
Office and store machines and devices.....
Service-industry and household machines. . . .

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

l.i

television sets,

Telephone, telegraph, and related
equipment.................................
Electrical appliances, lamps, and

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

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

Professional and scientific instruments....

MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES....

Nondurable Goods

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

Beverages:

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




31

Labor Turnover

Table B-2: Labor turnover rates,
by Industry-Continued
(Per

100 employees)

Accession rates
hires *
New !
Total 1

Jan.

1959

Dec.
1958

1.*
.6
2.8
•5

0.6
.6
.7
.7

0.9
.2
2.0
.1

0.3
.3

3.2
2.7
2.7

2.1
2.2
2.3
1.8
5.9
1.9
2.5
1.5
1.0
1.2
2.2

1.6
1.7
1.5

Jan.

1959

1
Dec.
1958

Total

Dec. Jan.
1958 1959

Separation rates
Quits

Jan.

1959

Layoffs

Dec.
1958

Jan.

0.7

0.2
.1
.3

1959

Dee.
19*58

Nondurable Goods — Continued

TOBACCO MANUFACTURES.....................

Tobacco sind snuff............................

TEXT 1LE-M1LL PRODUCTS....................

Cotton, silk, synthetic fiber..............
Woolen and worsted..........................

2 .k

5.0
5.0
10.2
Seamless hosiery............... ............
2.6
2.7
Dyeing and finishing textiles...............
1.6
Carpets, rugs, other floor coverings.......
(3)
APPAREL AND OTHER FINISHED TEXTILE
PRODUCTS..............................
Men's and boys' suits and coats.............
Men's and boys' furnishings and work

PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS.................
Pulp, paper, and paperboard mills...........
Paperboard containers and boxes.............

CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS.............

Petroleum refining...........................

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

LEATHER AND LEATHER PRODUCTS..............
Leather:

tanned, curried,

and finished.....

1.0
.6
1.8
.2
1.2
1.2
1.2
1.3
.9
1.7
1.8
1.8
1.2
.6
(3)

1.0
1.1
1.0
1.0
.8
1.2
1.2
* 1.3
1.0

.k

2 .k

.3

1.3

1.1

3.1
2.9
2.8
2.5
5.2
3.9
3.3

3.0
2.3
2.6
1.8
8.2
5.0

k.O

l.k

1.8
1.7
1.1
1.6
1.7
.9
(3)

1.1
1.1
1.1
.8
.7
.8
.6
.7
1.2

2.1
1.7
(3)

3.7
2.6
1.2
1.6

l.k

8 .k

.k

1.1
.1

.k

.6

.k
l.k

l.k

.3
3.0
.6

1.3
1.2
.9
3.5
1.8
1.1
1.8
.7
.7
(3)

1.7
.8
1.3
.5
7.1
3.6
6.9
2.2
1.3
.5
.7

1.0
.3

1.6
1.3

2.5

2.5
1.9

1.1
.9

3.3
2.1

3.3
2.5

2.0

l.k

5.1

l.k

1.0

3-9

1.9

2.7

1.2

3.8

3.8

2.1

1.5

1.3

1.9

.6

1.2
.6
1.7

1.2
.7
1.9

.6
.3
.8

.9
.3
.6
1.1

1.9
1.0
2.2

1.5
1.1
1.*

1.0
.5
1.2

.8
.6
.8

2 .k
1.5
3.2

2.1
1.3
3.1

.7
.5
.9

.k

l.k

1.1
.8
.8
1.0
1.5
.9

.9
.7
.7
.3
1.2
.8

.6

1.5
.8
1.0
1.5
1.2
1.2

.5

.k

.k

.2
.9
.5

1.5
1.3
1.5
.8
1.9
1.1

.3
.3
.8

.3
.2
.2
.6

.7

.k

.k

.k

.k

.6

.k
.k

.8

.k

.7
.3

.k

.3
.2

.1
.1

1.1
.9

1.1
.7

.2

.2

.2

.2
.2

.3
.1

.6
.2

2.9
2.3
3.6
3.2

2.5
1.6
3.0
3.2

1.7
1.2
1.6
2.0

1.1
.5
1.6
1.5

1.9
1.2
2.5

l.k

2 .k

.7
2.5
1.7

.6
.3
.9
.7

.5
.2
1.5
.5

.9
.5
1.0
1.1

.6
.3
.6
.9

*.0
1.9
*•3

3.8
2.2

2.3
1.1
2.5

2.2

3.2
3.8
3.1

2.7
1.7
2.9

1.7
.7
1.9

l.k

1.0
2.5
.7

1.0
.6
1.1

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




2.3
.9
*•5
1.0

3.5
2.3

.9
1.0
A
1.6
1.5
PRODUCTS OF PETROLEUM AND COAL............

1.5
.9

k.O

l.k

2.3

.7
1.5

32

Table B-2: Labor turnover rates,
by ¡ndustry-Continued

Industry

(Per 100 employees)
Accession rates
Total 1
New hires*

Total 1

Jan. Dec.
1959 1958

Jan.
1959

Dec.
1958

2.5
1.8
(3)
*.0

2.9

.k

1.0
.1
1.1
.8

1.6

.2

1.0

1.7

1.0

.3

.3

(3)
(3)

.6
1.1

(3)
(3)

Jan.
1959

Dec.
1958

2.9
(3)
1.3

2.7
3.0
2.5
2.3

1.5
.9
(3)

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

1.6

B1TUM1NOUS-COAL MINING..................

Separation rates
Quits

Layoffs

Jan.
1959

Dec.
1958

Jan.
1959

Dec.
1958

1.2

1.3
.2
(3)
.6

0.6
.1
.8
.7

0.7
.5
(3)
3.0

1.2
2.3
.2
.1

*.5

1.0

.1

.5

3.6

.k

1.2

.8

.2

.2

.6

.k

(3)
(3)

1.1
1.5

(3)
(3)

.8

(3)
(3)

NONMANUFACTURING

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

k .6
Copper mining...............................

2 .k
l.k

COMMUNICATION:
Telegraph^/.................................

w

00

.k

.1
.5

1/ Beginning with January 19 59, transfers between establishments of the same firm are included in total acces­
sions and total separations, therefore rates for these items are not strictly comparable with prior data. Trans­
fers comprise part of other accessions and other separations, the rates for which are not shown separately.
2/ Data for the printing, publishing, and allied industries group are excluded.
3/ Not available.
II/ Less than 0.0£.
5>/ Data relate to domestic employees except messengers.
# See note on Contents page.
NOTE: Data for the current month are preliminary.




State and A re a Labor Turnover
Table B-3: Labor turnover rates in manufacturing
(or selected States and areas
(Per 100 employees)

State and area

Dec. Nov.
1958 1958
3.0 2.9
AXÀBAMA 1j ••••••••••••••••..••••••»•••• ••
ARIZONA..
Pls.oen.jLx*

Little Rock-North little Rock... .
CALIFORNIA:
Los Angeles-Long Reach l/...........
San Franci8co-0akland 1/ . ..........
San Jose 1 j ........................... ••

CONNECTICUT.

Bridgeport............................ •
Hartford..............................
New Britain*••••••••*•••••••••••••••••
New Haven.............................
Waterbury. ............................

DELAWARE. .•••..•«.......................

..

Total

Dec. Nbv.

Quits

Dec.

Discharges

Nov.

1958 1958 1958 1958
3.2

2.8

0.7

0.8

2.5
2.2

3.0
2.9

1.2
1.1

l.k

k .l

2.5 2.6
2.5 2.9

lf.0
2.9

3.7
3.1

•9
1.2

1.3

3.2 k .o
3.8 3.8
3 A 3.8

k .2

3.5
k .9

2.3

3.1

2.5
2.8

3.9 k .k
••

ARKANSAS*•••••••••»•••••••••••••••••»•• ••

Wilmington.

Separation rates

Total
accession
rates

k .k

2.0
lA
1.6
2A
2.0
2.1

2.5
2.0
2.1

2.k
2.5
2.6

1.8 5.0
1.2 k .k

Layoffs

Misc., incl.
military

Dec. Nov. Dec. Nov. Dec.
1958 1958 1958 1958 1958
0.2 0.2
2.2 1.7
0.1

Nov.
1958
0.1

.2
.2

.3
.3

1.0
•9

1.2
1.3

.1
.1

.1
.1

.2
.3

•3
•5

2.8
1.3

2.1

1.9

.6

.1
.1

.1
.1

1.2
1.1
1.2

lA
1.1
1.3

A
.3
.3

•5
.3
.k

1.8
2.7
.7

1.5
3.3
lA

.1
.1
.1

.1
.1
.2

2.2
1.7
1.6
2.5
2.7
1.6

.1
.6
.6

.8
.8
.8
.7
1.3
.7

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

.1

1.5

.1
.2
.1
.3
.1

1.9

1.1
.9
A
1.5
.6

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

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

k .5
2.k

.7
.5

1.0

.k

.7

.3

.3
.3

2 .k

1.9

•9

3.1
1.3

.1
.2

.2
.2

3.5

l.k

1.9
3.0
1.8

3 .6

.6
.8
.7

1.2

•5
1.0
1 .9
.8

1.0

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA:

2.7

3 .6

2.8

2.5

1.8

1.9

.3

.2

.7

.3

(2)

(2)

8A

9.O

k .6

5.*

2.0

2.3

.k

•5

2.1

2.5

.1

.1

3.2
2.9 k .o

2.9

3 .6

A
A

1.3

1.7

1.3

.3
A

lA

3.1

1.1
1.1

l.k

2.9

1.3

.1
.1

.1
.1

•

3.0

3.0

6 .3

9.7

1.1

1.9

.1

.3

k .9

7.*f

.2

.2

(51
2.6

3.2
2.8

(5)
2.0

2.8
2.0

(5)
.5

.7
.6

(5)
.1

.1
.1

(5)
1.2

1.8
1.2

(5)

Indlanapolis 6J ••••••••••••••••••••••• •

.2

.2
.1

2.7

2.9
2.3

2 .k

2.7

1.0

l.k

.7
.6

•9
.6

.2
.1

.2
.1

1.3
.3

lA
.5

.1
.1

.2
.1

3.7 3.9

3.1

3.8

.7

.8

.2

.2

2.1

2.6

.1

.2

Washington............................ •
FLORIDA.

•

2 .k

GEORGIA•

Atlanta 3 J ••••»•••••••••••••••»••••.»• •
jluAHO k j ...............................

INDIANA 1 / .......... ........... ...®.

KANSAS *J^J

•

2.1

Wichita 7J ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
KENTUCKY

•

LOUISIANA. »••.•••*••••••••••••••••••••• •

1.6

3.1

7 .O

3.7

.7

.8

.2

.3

6.0

2.5

.1

.1

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

3.6

3-7

4.7

k .2

1.3

1.2

.2

.2

3.0

2.6

.1

.2

See last page for footnotes.
NOTE: Data for the current month are preliminary.




3U

State and A re a Labor Turnover

Table B-3: Labor turnover rates in manufacturing
for selected States and areas-Continued
(Per 100 employees)

State and area

Total
accession
rates

Dec*

Nov.

Separation rates
Total

Dec.

Nov.

Quits

Dec.

Nov.

Discharges

Layoffs

Dec.

Dec.

Nov.

Misc., incl.
military

Nov.

Dec.

Nov.

1?58 1?S8 1958 1958 1958 1958 1958 1958 1958 1958 1958 1958
0.6
.6

0.9

3.8

.8

0.2
.1

0.2
.2

3.U
2.7

3.1
2.5

0.1
.1

0.1
.1

3.1

3.2

.8

1.2

.2

.2

1.9

1.7

.2

.2

2.9
3.2

U .l
U.O

U.2

.9
.9

1.0
1.0

.2
.2

.2
.2

2.9
2.8

2.8
2.2

.1
.1

.2
.2

2.2
2.3

3.5
2.9

5.8
3.5

5.0
3.1

1.0

l.U

.3

2.1

3.0
1.3

.1
.1

.2

.5

.u
.u

U.U

1.3

MISSOURI...............................

(5)

3.8

(5)

3.3

(5)

1.1

(5)

.2

(5)

1.9

(5)

.1

NEVADA.................................

3.1

3.1*

3.5

3.1

1.8

1.5

.5

.6

.9

.7

.2

.2

NEW HAMPSHIRE..........................

3.6

U.2

3.3

3.7

l.U

1.8

.2

.3

1.6

1.5

.2

.1

NEW MEXICO 8/........................................................

3.9
3.0

3.1

3.U

3.2
3.0

l.U

1.6
1.9

.2
.U

.3
.U

1.7
.u

1.2
.6

.1

(2)

.1
.1

2.5
1.3
1.3
1.8
1.8
2.1
3.2
1.2
2.0
2.1
1.8

3.0
1.1
1.1
1.9
2.5
2.8

.9
.5
.7
.u
.7

.2
(2)

3.3

.1

2.5
1.5
.3
2.1
2.1

.9

.3
.U

MARYLAND.............................

2.3

2.8
2.7

k .3

2.2

MASSACHUSETTS..........................

2.8

3.5

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

2.U
2.6

Mlnn8spolis*St. Psul*
MISSISSIPPI............................

NEW YORK.............................
Albany-Schenectady-Troy.......... .....
Binghamton............................

Buffalo.............................
Nassau and Suffolk Counties........ «...

Westchester County... ...............

NORTH CAROLINA........................

NORTH DAKOTA...........................

OKLAHOMA...............................
Oklahoma City.......................

OREGON 1/............................

2.9

2.6

U.U
2.U
1.2
3.9

U.9

U.3

3.5

.8

1.8

3.7
2.2
1.3
2.7
3.0
2.3

.7

.5
1.1

.U
.7

.3

.1
.1
.1

.2
.2

.1
.1

U.6

.3

2.6

.2

1.5

1.8

.2

.3

.7

.u

2.9
5.7

3.7
8.9

1.9

.1
.1

1.1

2.2
2.5
3.0

.2

.3
.1

U.U

U.6

.2

.2

1.8
2.1
3.3
U.5

.5
.8
1.0

1.7
1.5

2.3
2.3

2.6
1.6

3.2
2.5

1.1
1.5

.2

1.0

1.9
3.7

3.1

3.6
6.6

5.0
9.9

.7
.8

.8
.8

(2)

6.7

3.1
3.6
1.9

3.5
5.0
2.8

3.3
U.2
2.U

3.7
U.6
U.3

1.1
1.2
.9

1.1
1.5
1.0

.2
.2

.2
.3
.2

3.0

3.7

6.0

6.8

1.1

1.6

.3

.u

.8

.2
.2

.2

1.6
1.9
2.9
2.6

.6

.2

.1
.2

.2

.7

1.0
.6
.7
1.1
1.1

.1

.2

3.2
1.0
1.2
1.8
3.0

U.7

U.o

1.8
.2

.1

.1
.2
.u
.u
.1
.1
.2

3.8
6.1
1.7
2.5
5.6
3.9

See last page for footnotes.
NOTE: Data for the current month are preliminary.




3.6

.1
.1

.2

(2)

.1

.2

3.3

U.l
2.U
5.0
1.0
1.3

2.8

.8

.1
.1
.1
.3
.1
.1

.1
.1

(2)
.1

.1
.1
.1
.1
.1

.2
.1

.1
.1
•1
(2)

.2

35

State and A re a Labor Turnover

Table B-3: Labor turnover rates in manufacturing
for selected States and areas-Continued
(Per 100 employees)
S e p a r a t io n
a c c e s s io n
S ta te

and a r e a

rates

Q u its

T o tal

Dec*
1?S8

Nov* Dec* Nov. Dec*
1958 1959 1958 1958

RHODE ISLAND...........................

l*.o

3.9

5.5

5.1

SOUTH CAROLINA 9/•••••••••••••••«••*••••••

1.8

2*7
U.3

2*1
3.1*

2*6
U.2

2 .k

k.5
3.5

7.5
lu5

5.5
5.7

TEXAS..................................

2*2

2.6

3.1

2.6

VERMONT................................

2 .k

2.1*

2*2

WASHINGTON 1/

2.8

2.8

WEST VJLk QINIA*»•»••••••••••••••••*••••••••

2*0
1*6
1.1

2*0

2*7
SOOTH DAKOTA...........................

Wheeling-Steubenville*•*••»•••••••.....

2.9

.8
1.5

L a y o ffs

M is c ., i n c l .
m ilit a r y

Nov. Dec*
1958 JL254

Dec.
1958

Nov.

1958

1958

Dec.
1958

1958

1*2

1 .U

0*3

0*3

3.7

3.1

0.3

0.2

.8

1.2

1.0

1*0

*1

.9

*2
.U

.3

*8

.9

2.0

2*3

*2

.1
.1

.9

1 .U

.2
.1

6*3
3.8

*1

*1

.7

*2
.2

3.8

.3

¿4*8

.2

.1

*8

1.0

.2

.3

1.9

1.2

*2

*1

2*2

.7

.9

.2

*2

1.1

1.0

.1

*1

3.U

3.1

1.0

.9

*2

.2

2*0

1*8

*2

*1

3.1

3.0
2.1
2.U

.3
.2
.3

.2*

.1

2*6
.3

1*8

*1

(2)

*1
(2)
.1

2*3

.1
.2

3.1

1.9

.1
*1

*2
*2
*2

*6
3.6

1/ Excludes clining and preserving*
2/ Less than 0.05*
fExcludes fertilisers, and Miscellaneous Manufacturing industries*
'Excludes canning and preserving, and sugar*
|Not available.
’Excludes canning and preserving, and newspapers*
Excludes instruments and related products*
’Excludes furniture and fixtures*
Excludes tobacco stealing and redrying*
Data for the current aonth are preliminary*
SOURCE» Cooperating State agencies listed on inside back cover*




ra te s

Discharges

.1

Nov*

Nov.

36

Current Hours and Earnings

Table C -1: Hours and gross earnings of production workers in manufacturing,
by major industry group
Average weekly earnings

Average weekly hours

Feb.
1959

J&Q*

*eb.

Web.

Jan*

1959

1958

1959

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

*87.16

#87.38

#80.64

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

94.87
78.01

94.94
77.81

IO5 .I6
74.84

Major industry group

Average hourly earnings

1959

Feb.
1958

Feb.
1959

1959

Feb.
1958

39.8

39.9

38A

*2.19

42.19

#2.10

86.46
73.15

40.2
39.4

b® .k

38.6

39.3

2.36
1.98

2.35

2 . 2k

38.1

1.98

1,92

105.50

99.06

4l.4

Hi.7

H0.6

2.54

2.53

2 .k k

75.24
72.36
87.05
111.08

70.43
67.97

39*6
40.1
40.5
40.0

39.6

38.7

1.89
1.79
2.17
2.78

I .90
I .80
2.16

1.82

2.77

2.56

40.5
40.8
40.3
39*5
4Ó.6
40.2

H0.3
HO.6
H0.3
H®.9
Ho. 8
Ho.2

38.9
39.2
39.®

2.33
2.44

2.32

2.22
2.35
2.13

Ho. 5
39.O

39.7
37.9
37.8

Jan.

Durable Goods

Lumber and wood products (except
furniture)..............................
Stone, clay, and glass products........
Primary metal industries................
Fabricated metal products (except
ordnance, machinery, and transporta­
tion equipment).........................

71.78
87.89
111.20

9M 7
99.55

89.06
Instruments and related products.......
Miscellaneous manufacturing industries.*

103.49
90.94
75-98

80.67

94.21

93.96
99.06
89.06
107.16
91.60
76.38

86.36
92.12
83.07

84.65
63.96

79.80
59.12

60.74

56.70

39.8
38.5
40.1

55-08

94.96
84.50

71.76

Ho. 2
H0.3
k o .i

38A

38.6
36.8

38.6

39.3

39.O

2 .k k

1.77

2.09

2.21
2.62
2.24
I.89

2.21
2.62
2.25
I .90

2.09
1.65

1 . 6k

I .53

1.53

I .54
2.17

1.53

1.50
2.08

2.63

2.55
2.28
2.72
2.28
I .56

2.H6
2.15
1.8*

Nondurable Goods

83.18
63.53
61.35
Apparel and other finished textile
products................................

56.83
91.57

91.58

52.65
85.49

36.9
42.2

100.17

99.41
97.88
114.26
99.87
62.08

96.14
92.57
108.53
85.04
57.41

37.8
41.2
40.8
41.5
38.9

39.7

36.0

h 2 .h

35*1
k l.l

2.09

2.16

2.01

1.56
1 .5®

Printing, publishing, and allied

97.23
114.24

101.26
62.63

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




37.8
41.3
k l.l
k l.l

38.8

37.7

H0.6

39.9
37.3

36.8

2.65
2.36
2.80
2.44
I .61

2.37

2.78
2A 3
1.60

KO
A Qvertim
I
e

37

Hours

Table C-2: Gross average weekly hours and average overtime hours
of production workers in manufacturing, by ma|or industry group
F e b ru a ry r
M a jo r in d u s t r y

grou p

MANUFACTURING..................... ................ .................................... ..
NONDURABLE

1959

Jan u ary

□ ro se

O v e r­
t im e

G ro ss

39-8

2.3

39-9

to.2

2.3
—? A -

to.4

39.4

Q0003......................

r 1959
O v e r­
time

Decent» pr
G ro ss

1958

O ve r­
t im e

G ro se

O ve r­
t im e

2.3

to.2

2.6

38.4

1.6

2.3

to.8
39-.S

2.7

38.6
38.1

1.5

2.0
2.8
2.6
2.8
2.1

41.9
to.3
41.2
to.4
39*8

2.2
3.©
3.1
3.0
2.®

Ho.6
38.7
38.4
38.6
36.8

1.9
2.2
1.5
2.2
1.0

2.2
2.1
1.9
2.4
2.0
2.*

41.2
to.6
to.6
41.7
to.9
to.4

2.8
2.2
2.3
3.8
2.1
2.7

38.9
39*2
39.0
38.6
39.3
39.®

1.6
1.5

4l.O

3.2
1.9
2.9
1.3
*.3
2.9
2.2
1.4
3.8
1.6

39-7
37-9
37.8
35.1
4l.i

■..

Durable Goode

F u r n itu r e

“

and f i x t u r e s . .......... .................................

P r i m a r y m e t a l i n d u s t r i e s . . * ............. ....................... .
F a b r ic a t e d m e ta l p r o d u c t s (e x c e p t o rd n an ce ,

'

-

-

41.7
39.6
40.2
40.3
to.i

-

-

to. 5

-

-

-

to.6
40.3
to.9

-

-

-

-

-

«

-

-

42.4
37*8
41.3
4l.l
4l.l

-

38.8

to . 8
to .2

1.0

1.3

1.2
1.8

Nondurable Gooda

_

-

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




to .

5

39-0
39-7

36.0

3.0
1.5
2.6
1.2
*.2
2.k

2.3
1.7
3.1
1.6

to.i

to.2

36.1
42.4
38.4
41.4
to .2

41.9
38.5

3 :2

39.9
37.3

36.8

2.6
.7
1.7
•9
3.5

2.3
1.8
1.2
1.3
1.2

38

Indexes of M an Hours and Payrolls

Table C-3: Indexes of aggregate weekly man-hours
in industrial and construction activitiesU
(1947- 49= 100 )
Activity

_

February
1959

_

January
1959

December
1958

February
1958

93-8

94.8

96.7

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

66.1

68.1

69.8

69.3

CONTRACT CONSTRUCTION ......................................................

9 1 .6

99.9

IO5.7

85.9

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

96.0

95.8

97.3

9I.5

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

101.4

101.3

89.6

..

89.7

102.3

89.3

91.2

95-7
86.6

329.O
70.8

330.1
74.5
IO5.3
96.4
92.4

294.4
65.4
93.7

105.4
92.3
124.4

IO7.9

99*8
93-7

123.9
109.5
91.5

125.7
II0.3

116.7
116.5
106.8

94.4

89.7

77.0
76.4

82.2
82.7
73.0
101.3
IIO.3
III.5
100.7
82.4
104.3
93.3

75-5
74.5
68.0

Durable Goods

320.3
7®.l
104.9
93.8

96.8

103.8
93.8
94.1

89.2
82.7

Fabricated metal products (except ordnance,

106.3
94.2
124.4
118.0
110.6
93.9

91.1

124.9

Nondurable Goods

74.4

71.2
Apparel and other finished textile products.....

72.7
105.4
109 .I

108.4

71.5
100.7
109.8
108.4

100.4

100.3

80.3
103.7
95.8

83.8
102.9
94.2

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

98.2
105.9
108.7
99-6
83.9

89.7

88.6

For contract construction, data

Table C-4: Indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls
in industrial and construction activities!/
(1947 -4 9 =1 0 0 )
Activity

February

January

December

1959

1959

1958

February
1958

108.5

IO9.4

108.0

174.3

184.4

145.5

158.1

I60.4

144.9

M IN IN G ...................................................................................
CONTRACT CONSTRUCTION ......................................................
MANUFACTURING ......................................................................

XI

158.4

See footnote 1, table C-3.
NOTE: Data for the 2 most recent months are preliminary.




39

Industry Hours and Earnings

Table C-5: Hours and gross earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers,
by industry
Average weekly <sarnings
Jan.
19*59

Dee.

Jan.

1958

M INING ............................

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

Average weekly hours

Average hourly earnings

Dec.

Jan.

Jan .

D ec.

Jan.

1958

Jan.
1959

1958

1958

1959

I958

1958

$106.13

$105.56

$99.72

40.2

40.6

38.8

$2.64

$2.60

$2.57

104.60

97.27
98.19
98.25
86.24

*0.7
37.9
*3.0
40.6

39.7
35.6
41.7
41.2

39.7
36.5

2.57
2.87

40.6
40.3

2.50
2.26

2.55
2.86
2.48
2.24

2.45

107.50
91.76

101.21*
101.82
103.42
92.29

2.42
2.14

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

90.44

93.19

81.74

34 .O

35.3

30.5

2.66

2 .a

2.68

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

114.71

115.82

103.36

36.3

38.1

34.0

3.16

3.04

3.04

Petroleum and natural— gas production
(except contract services).........

111.78

108.54

IIO.56

41.4

40.5

41.1

2.70

2.68

2.69

NONMETALLIC MINING AND QUARRYIN6....

89.04

89.67

84.25

42.0

42.1

41.5

2.12

2.13

2.03

CONTRACT CONSTRUCTION... ...........

110.98

109.43

107.10

35.8

35.3

35.7

3.10

3.10

3.00

NO N BU ILD IN G CO NST RU C TIO N.........................

105.11

105.36

2.71

38.4

2.73
2.44
2.94

2.54

114.55

37.9
37.0
38.7

38.1

Other nonbuilding construction.....

38.5
38.2
38.8

2.78

93.98

103.79
92.96
U0.59

38.3

93.21
114.07

2.96

2.44
2.88

B U IL D IN G CO NSTRUCTION................. ............

112.29

110.37

108.06

35.2

34.6

35.2

3.19

3.19

3.07

GENERAL CONTRACTORS...............

103.30

99.12

100.39

34.9

33.6

35.1

2.96

2.95

2.86

116.84

116.51

35.2
38.2
34.2
38.7
33.2

3.31

127.59
109.10
140.48

112.29
122.36

35.2

127.97

33.1
38.7
33.4

3.23

3.31
3.34
3.19
3.63
3.23

3.19
3.22
3.11
3.42
3.13

Industry

108.77

2.69

CRUDE-PETROLEUM AND NATURAl-GAS
PRODUCTION:

107.24

104.54

35.3
38.2
33.7
38.4
. 33.7

87.38

88.04

81.66

39.9

40.2

38.7

2.19

2.19

2.11

94.94
77.81

96.29
78.01

87.14
73.54

40.4
39.3

40.8
39.6

38.9
38.3

2.35
I .98

2.36
1.97

2.24
1.92

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

105.50

106.43

100.77

41.7

41.9

41.3

2.53

2.54

2.44

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

75.24

77.38
75.17
75-79

69.69
67.08
67.66

51.25

48.46
82.57

39.6
39.1
39.0
41.0
37.0

40.3
40.2
40.1
41.0
39.2

38.5
37.9
37.8
39-4
35.9

1.90
1.84
1.86
I .25
2.35

I .92
1.87
1.89
I .25
2.39

1.81
1.77
1.79
1.23

74.88
74.29
76.04
53.30
52.40
61.23

40.3
40.3
41.3
39.7
39.3
40.6

40.5
40.9
41.0
39.3
39.4
41.0

39.0
39.1
39.4
37.8
37.7
39.5

2.01
1.99
2.04
1.45
1.41
I .60

2.00
I .96
2.05
1.46
1.43
I .60

I .92
I.90
1.93
1.41
1.39
1.55

SPECIAL-TRADE CONTRACTORS.........
Painting and decorating.............
Electrical work.....................
Other special-trade contractors....

107.84
139.01
IO8.85

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

102.94

132.35

38.0

3.35
3.20

3.62

Durable Gooda

Sawmills and planing mills.... .......
Sawmills and planing mills, general...
West........... ....... ...............
Hillwork, plywood, and prefabricated
structural wood products.............
Millwork..............................

Wooden boxes, other than cigar......

71.94
72.54
51.25

86.95
81.00
80.20
84.25
57.57
55-41
64.96

NOTE: Data for the current month are preliminary.




93.69
81.00
8O .16
84.05
57.38
56.34

65.60

2.30

uo

Industry Hours and Earnings

Table C-5: Hours and gross earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers,
by industry-Continued
Average weekly earnings

Jan.

Dec«

Jan.

1959

1958

$72.36

Ayerage weekly hours

earnings
Average hourly 1

Dec.
1958

Jan.

1958

Jan.
1959

1958

Jan.
1959

Dec.
1958

$74.16
71.14

$67.76
63.96

40.2
40.4

41.2
41.6

38.5
38.3

$1.80
1.71

$1.80
1.71

$1.76

63.54
80.41

57.87

39.1
36.6
37.5

1.51
2.05

1.52
1.91
I .92

1.85

72.75

41.8
42.1
40.0

1.88

76.80

41.1
39.0
40.7

78.61

88.24

82.62
67.47
87.48

83.44

40.1
42.5
38.7

40.3
42.7
38.2

39.5
39.6
38.1

2.04
1.61
2.28

2.29

1.99
I .61
2.19

84.67

88.65

83.38

37.8

39.4

38.6

2.24

2.25

2.16

74.26

74.98

70.27

40.8

41.2

39.7

1.82

1.82

1.77

87.05
136.53
86.98

87.26

82.32
117.09

40.3
42.4
39.9
40.3
39.4
39.3
39.5
39.1
39.8
40.4
37.7
37.9
36.8
42.5
41.6
39.3

40.4
42.2
39-8
39.9
39.6
41.3
40.5
39.1

39.2

2.16

133.35

40.1
39.8
40.5
38.8
38.5
40.0
37.6

2 .I6
3.16

2.10
2.92
2.13
2.12
2.15
1.79
2.24
1.89
1.71
1.92
1.86

37.7
37.1
42.2
41.2
39.6

1.95
1.82

*-» H

Industry

Durable Goods— Continued

FURNITURE AND FIXTURES.............
Household furniture...................
Wood household furniture, except
upholstered..........................
Wood household furniture, upholstered.
Mattresses and bedsprings............
Office, public—building, and profes­
sional furniture......... ...........
Wood office furniture................
Metal office furniture...............
Partitions, shelving, lockers, and
fixtures..............................
Screens, blinds, and miscellaneous
furniture and fixtures...............

STONE, CLAY AND GLASS PRODUCTS.......
Plat glass.............................
Glass and glassware, pressed or blown.
Glass containers.....................
Pressed or blown glass...............
Glass products made of purchased glass.
Cement, hydraulic.....................
Structural clay products..............

69.08
62.06
73.32
83.44

81.80
68.43

85.50
72.71
93.22
75.85
68.06
79.18
72.76

90.58
Pottery and related products.........
Concrete, gypsum, and plaster products.

76.54

PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES............
Blast furnaces, steel works, and
rolling mills........................
Blast furnaces, steel works, and
rolling mills, except electrometalElectrometallurgical products.......

Secondary smelting and refining of
nonferrous metals............... .

68.51
78.60
71.76

89.35
76.43

83.42

68.92
89.60
71.06
66.35
73.92
65.29

80.91

71.86

39.6

38.8

40.1

38.5
35 .I
35.8
35.4
41.6
41.7
39.4

3.22
2.18
2.19
2.17
1.85
2.36
1.94
1.71
1.96
1.93
2.39
2.08
2.04
I .94
1.81

41.2
41.2
41.7
41.0

38.9
38.4
39-5

2.28
2.42
2.28

2.28
2.40
2.27

32.6

2.53

2.61

2.14
2.41

36.8

2.19
2.18
2.20
1.88
2.35
1.94
1.73

1.96
1.95
2.37

2.06
2.05

2.26
2.03
1.96
1.89

81.54
78.81

94.16
98.74
95.99
99.18

93.94
98.88
94.66
107.OI

84.41
84.53
78.57

41.3
40.8
42.1
39.2

111.08

109.45

95.23

40.1

39.8

37.2

2.77

2.75

2.56

II9.99

116.40

100.46

39.6

38.8

36.4

3.03

3.00

2.76

120.38
103.57

102.72

116.79

3.04
2.52
2.40
2.37

81.09
91.20

38.8
40.6
39.4
39.1
40.7
39.6

3.01
2.53
2.39

93.38
92.28
100.40

39.6
41.1
39.5
39.4
39.1
40.0

36.3
41.0

94.17
92.28
96.87
9B.6O

IOO.55
98.81
82.31

104.90

105.06

97.04

41.3

96.74
II6.76

96.00
118.49

88.70
106.52

93.11

93.30

86.40

NOTE: Data for the current month are preliminary.




84.77

85.86

2.05
I .58

1.94

80.34
72.07

94.80

Malleable-iron foundries.............
Steel foundries......................
Primary smelting and refining of
nonferrous metals....................
Primary smelting and refining of

77.64
95.18
75.85

63.76

1.48

86.51

86.70
80.70
71.13

Miscellaneous nonmetallic mineral
products............................. .

87.16
86.98
87.12

88.26

67.71

1.67

69.74
89.09

78.72

1.77
2.17

2.32

38.0

2.36
2.51

2.49

2.77
2.41
2.28
2.23
2.24
2.40

41.2

40.1

2.54

2.55

2.42

41.7
40.4

41.2
41.0

39.6
40.5

2.32
2.89

2.33
2.89

2.24
2.63

41.2

41.1

40.0

2.26

2.27

2.16

36.1
35.3

36.2

2.36
2.38

Industry Hours and Earnings
Table C-5: Hours and gross earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers,
by industry-Continued
Average weekly earnings
Industry

Jan.
1959

Dec.

Jan.

Average weekly hours
Ja u «
see. Jan.

1958

1958

1959

1956 1958

Average hourly earnings

Jan.
1959

Dee.
1958

Jan.
1958

Durable Goods — Continued

PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES— Continued
Rolling, drawing,
Rolling, drawing,

and alloying of

$106.71 1108.94

$93.65

41.2

41.9

38.7

$2.59

$2.60

$2.42

106.93

106.69

90.34

42.1

42.7

37.8

2-54

2.55

2.39

108.27
96.40
111.11

110.16

97.32

40.1
41.0
41.0
40.2
41.4
40.0

40.8
41.4
41.1
40.4
42.3
39-4

39.4
38.9
38.7

38.6

2.70
2.40
2.71
2.80
2.59
2-75

40.5
40.8
41.0
39.9
ltO.2
41.6

41.2
41.1
42.3
40.5
40.0
43.7

39.3
39.6

2.32
2.60

2.33
2.59

38.7
38.7

1.95
2.23

38.6

2.24
1.9*
2.25
2.31

and alloying of

Rolling, drawing, and alloying of.
aluminum..............................
Nonferrous foundries...................
Miscellaneous primary metal industries.
Iron and steel forgings.............

112.56
107.23
110.00

FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS (EXCEPT
ORDNANCE, MACHINERY, AND TRANSPORTA­
TION EQUIPMENT)................. .

93.96
106.08
91.84
77.41
90.45

96.95 90.25
111.38 96.30
113.12 100.47
96.04
110.40

107.56

97.66

96.00

87.25
96.23
82.99
73.53

106.45

96.02

38.2

39.2

Fabricated structural metal products...
Structural steel and ornamental metal

!•??
2.34

2.19
2.30

2.36

2.21
2.37

2.27

40.4

2.34

2.35

2.28

40.4
40.4
41.1
41.7
41.9
42.0
40.9
41.4
41.8

39.9
40.8
40.5
38.7

2.28
2.44
2.43

2.19
2.29

2.41

36.0

2.24
2.43
2.43
2.38
1.85

38.5
37.9
39.1
39.3

2.11
2.18
2.29

2.18
2.28

2.25
1.85
2.33
2.03
2.08
2.17

2.56

2.45

2.47
2.37
2.18

2.22
2.12

96.10
90.23
93.6T

90.9©
95.94

86.07
90.39

40.1
40.2

40.4
41.0

39.3
39.3

2.33

89.02
92.98

88.84
95.04

84.10
91.71

40.1
39.4

40.2
40.1

39.3
40.4

90.79

92.59

92.11

38.8

39.4

86.02
97.69
98.90
97.10
75.85
102.25
84.61

92.11

87.38
93.43
93.96

2.25

2.22

Metal doors, sash, frames, molding,

Sheet-metal work......................
Metal stamping, coating, and engraving.
Vitreous-enameled products............
Stamped and pressed metal products....

67.08

80.03
107.10
85.48
90.25
95.30

66.60
89.71
76.94
81.33

85.26

IOI.63
100.04
100.01
91.56

93.84
90.15
87.91
82.68

40.3
39-9
42.1
41.7

39.7
40.5
42.2
42.0

38.3
38.2
39.6
39.0

2.57
2.48
2.37
2.19

99.06
107.79

99.06 98.90
105.97 100.50

40.6
41.3

40.6
40.6

39.7
40.2

2.44

2.44

2.61

2.61

2.34
2.50

110.25

U0.37

103.88

39.8

39.7

39.2

2.77

2.78

2.65

107.01

104.70
97.27
99.33

99.23
94.49
96.53

41.8
39.5
39.2

40.9
39.7

2.56

2.48

2.45

38.8

40.5
39-7
39.4

2.56

97.96
101.14

2.58

2.56

2.45
2.38
2.45

94.16
97.36

95.0C
97.53

92.63
90.94

39.9
40.4

40.6
40.3

40.1
39.2

2.36

2.34
2.42

2.31

2.41

96.80

96.32
100.43

90.09
92.90

40.0
41.4

39.8
41.5

39.0
39.7

2.42
2.38

2.42
2.42

2.31
2.34

95.04

98.95
99.78
91.32
Engines and turbines.... ........ .
Steam engines, turbines, and water
Diesel and other internal-combustion
engines, not elsewhere classified....
Agricultural machinery and tractors....

98.58
99.87

Agricultural machinery (except
Construction and mining machinery......
Construction and mining machinery,
except for oil fields................
Oil-field machinery and tools.........

98.53

NOTES Data for the current month are p:reliminarjr.




2.14

100.50

103.57

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

2.27

38.4
40.2
40.7
40.8
41.0
40.9
40.1
40.9
41.5

89.16
Miscellaneous fabricated metal products
Metal shipping barrels, drums, kegs,

2.73

2.54
2.63
2.45
2.53

2.36

38.6

Heating apparatus (except electric)
Sanitary ware and plumbers* supplies..
Oil burners, nonelectric heating and
cooking apparatus, not elsewhere

2.61

2.47

2.32

2.22
2.43
2.15
1.90
2.14
2.21

78.96
89.20
103.13

82.82
85.31

2.70
2.39
2.71
2.80

2.50

1.91
2.55
2.09

2.32

2.36

2.32

Industry Hours and Earnings
Table C-5: Hours and gross earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers,
by industry-Continued
Average weekly earnings
Industry

Average weekly hours

Jan«
1958

Jan.

Dec.

1m

1958

*99.90
93.06

40.9
39.4

95.69
110.42 105.56

88.62
91.03
76.61
90.03

Jan.

Dec«

1959

1958

Average hourly earnings

Jan.
1958

Jan.
1959

Dec.

1958

1958

40.6
39.6

39.8
39.1

$ 2.62

12.59
2.42

$2.51
2.38

40.®
41.8

40.2
41.2

38.9
40.6

2.57

2.56
2.68

2.46

41.1
40.7
41.1
41.6
41.5
40.6
40.4
38.9
40.6
39.9

40.1
40.1
39.9
41.3
40.7
39.6
39.1
39.6
39.3
39.2

2 . 3O
2.35
1.99
2.31
2.52
2.39

2.30
2.33
2.01
2.32

2.27
I .92

2.46

2.48
2.41
2.34
2.46

2.43
2.31
2.24
2.40

2.44

2.44

2.29

Jan.

Durable Goods—Continued

MACHINERY (EXCEPT ELECTRICAL)—

Continued
Metalworking machinery. ...... .........
Machine tools.... .....................
Metalworking machinery (except
machine tools ).......................
Machine-tool accessories..... .
Special-industry machinery (except
metalworking machinery)..... .........
Food-products machinery...............
Textile machinery......................
Paper-industries machinery............
Printing-trades machinery and equipment
General industrial machinery..........
Conveyors and conveying equipment....
Blowers, exhaust and ventilating fans.
Industrial trucks, tractors, etc.....
Mechanical power-transmission
equipment.................. ..........
Mechanical stokers and industrial
furnaces and ovens...................
Office and store machines and devices..
Computing machines and cash registers.

Service-industry and household machines
Commercial laundry,

dry-cleaning,

*107.16 *105.15
95.83
95-74
132.80

113.70

102.91

2.43

2.72

2.60

2.21

92 .y r
97.36

89.77

41.2
41.0
41.4
41.2
41.8
40.4
40.0
39.4
40.4
39.T

99-14

101.19

92.20

40.8

41.3

39.4

2.43

2.45

2.34

93.90
96.40

98.28

93.20
89.78
99.20

42.0
40.2
40.6
39.7
41.0
40.2

40.0
38.7
40.0
36.O
39.6

2.33
2.41
2.64

2.34
2.40
2.64

2.33

2.44

2.37
2.43

2.17

2.07
2.25

2.40
2.41
2.40
2.47
2.39

2.29
2.28
2.32

94.76
96.35
82.39
95.17
105.34

96.56
92.80
96.92
9I.3O
96.87

94.53
94.83
82.61

96.51

IO2.92
97.85
94.54
95.69

98.90
91.48
87.58
95.04

86.85

2.32

2.26

70.56

95.58
97.36

96.48
107.18
81.39
97.17
97.69

88.78

40.3
40.0
40.3
39.3
40.5
39.9

89.86
87.01

92.66
92.29

82.59
88.86

42.0
38.5

42.7
40.3

39.9
39.5

2.14

96.87

98.88
98.81

91.60

41.2
41.0
40.3
41.4
41.3

40.0

2.38

90.52

40.1

2.40
2.39
2.44
2.39

106.39
80.96

and

89.50

38.6

2.06
2.36

2.26

2.28

2.05

2.29

2.18

2.21

2.32

2.48

1.96
2.26
2.30

Refrigerators and air-conditioning
uni ts. . . ............... ..............
Miscellaneotis machinery parts.........
Fabricated pipe, fittings, and valves.
Ball and roller bearings..............
Machine shops (job and repair).......

96.40
95.60
100.26
99.19

96.72
102.26

87.62

98.71

91.03

40.7
41.0
40.0
41.1
41.5

ELECTRICAL MACHINERY......................................

89.06

89.32

82.89

40.3

40.6

39.1

2.21

2.20

2.12

92.29
81.59

93.61
82.42

88.09
77.22

40.3
39.8

40.7
40.4

39.5
39.0

2 .O5

2.29

2 . 3O
2.04

2.23
1.98

90.72

90.72

83.50

40.5

40.5

39.2

2.24

2.24

2.13

86.46

90.27

80.96

40.4

41.6

39.3

2.14

2.17

2.06

99.72
94.16

101.02
94.16

93.06
90.46

40.7
39.9

40.9
39.9

39.6
39.5

2.45

2.36

2.36

2.47

2.35
2.29

95.11
94.07
89.55
88.83
100.62
86.48
84.77

96.22

92.73

91.71
83.60

2.33
2.31

87.95
84.59

38.8

2.34
2.25
2.09
2.39
2. I 3
2 .I 3

2.37
2.29

81.80
66.02
78.59
79.15

40.6
39.7
39.7
43.4
42.8
41.1
39.9

39.8
39.7

92.01
IO2.72

40.3
40.2
39.8
42.5
42.1
40.6
39.8

2.36

90.91
87.74

84.61
75.85

83.39
77.03

77.40
71.61

40.1
38.5

39.9
39.3

38.7
38.5

96.39

96.63

92.27

40.5

40.6

39.6

Electrical generating, transmission,
distribution, and industrial apparatus
Wiring devices and supplies..........
Carbon and graphite products
(electrical)....... ....... »......
Electrical indicating, measuring, and
recording instruments................
Motors, generators, and motorgenerator sets...................... .
Power and distribution transformers...
Switchgear, switchboard, and

Electric lamps................... ......
Communication equipment................
Radios, phonographs, television sets,
and equipment.................. •.....
Telephone,

telegraph,

38.0
39.9
38.4
39.1

2.21
2.12
2.40
2.14

2.27
2.27

2.20
2 .O5

2.24

2.01

2.12

2.04

1.97

2.09
I .96

2.00
1.86

2.38

2.38

2.33

2.11

and related

NOTE: Data for the current month are preliminary.




92.57

39.7
39.9
38.6

*3

Industry Hours and Earnings

Table C-5: Hours and gross earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers,
by industry-Continued
Average weekly earnings
Industry

Average weekly hours

Jan.
1959

Dee.

Jan.

Jan.

Sec.

Jan.

1958

1958

1959

1958

1958

*90.03
105.41
73.62
Primary batteries (dry and wet)......
96.63
X-ray and non-radio electronic tubes..

$94.57

Average hourly earnings

Jan.
1959

Dee.

1958

Jan.
1958

Durable Goods — Continued

ELECTRICAL MACHINERY— Continued
Miscellaneous electrical products.....

TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT.............
Motor vehicles and equipment..........
Motor vehicles, bodies, parts, and
accessories..........................

107.16
109.45

118.78
73.26
96.63

$82.59

88.53
69.03

91.71

110.92

95.45

117.82

92.50

120.81
93.73

86.80

40.9
40.6

42.6
46.4
40.7
40.6

39.9 $2.18
39.0 2.1*
39.9 1.80
2.38
40.4

40.9
41.3

41.7

43.0

38.8
37.3

2.62
2.65

43.3
40.4
41.0
40.9
40.2
41.1
41.1
42.9
39-2
39.2
39.6
39.1
39.9
38.7
39.5

37.2
40.0
37.4
40.6
40.7
39.6
41.0
41.5
38.9
38.8
39.2
39.2
39.1
39.3
39.0

2.70
2.29
2.13
2.58
2.59

2.62

2.72

2.73
2.17

2.73
2 .I6

41.3

43.2

$2.22

2.56
1.80

2.38
2.66

$2.07
2.27
1.73
2.27

2 .7*

2.1*6
2.1*8

2.79

2 .5I

86.92
105.52

78.17

104.12

Other transportation equipment........

100.74
86.80

99.87
IO8.54
101.53
IO5.45
78.41
IO6.74
108.53
IO5.65
85.32

98.49
99.00
97.58
100.43
94.14
97.00
76.83
IOI.92
100.10
102.57
81.12

41.4
39.7
40.7
40.9
40.6
41.4
41.2
41.6
39.4
39.3
40.1
37.7
39.5
36.9
40.0

INSTRUMENTS AND RELATED PRODUCTS......

91.80

91.62

85.14

40.8

40.9

39.6

2.25

2.2*

2.15

Laboratory, scientific, and engineer­
ing instruments.......................
Mechanical measuring and controlling

109.20

109.13

100.45

42.0

42.3

41.0

2 .6O

2.58

2 .1*5

91.98
89.32

91.80
92.64

84.93
82.86

40.7
40.6

40.8
42.3

39-5
38.9

2.26
2.20

2.25
2.19

2.15
2.13

83.43
74.82
100.86

81.81
74.24
100.37
75.83

75.43
96.08
70.87

41.1
39.8
41.0
39.7

40.7
39.7
40.8
39.7

39.7
38.0
40.2
38.1

2.03
1.88
2.1*6
I .92

2.01
I .87
2.*6
I.9I

1.90
1.82
2.39
1.86

76.38
77.08
73.75

75.95

72.52

81.96

72.65

78.51

70.05
79.59
60.13
66.47

39.2
39.7
39.8
39.4
38.9
38.2

I .90
1.88
1.79
2.12
2*15
1.77

1.85
1.83
1.76

90.52
92.88

40.4
42.7
42.9
42.1
42.8
38.6

1.88
I .92
1.83

85.65

40.2
41.0
41.2
40.4
41.1
39.3

2.17
1.75

2 .O6

39.3
39.4
40.1

38.1

37.9
38.7
39.9
38.4
40.0
39.4

I .72
1.83
I .75
I.70
2.00
1.97

1.68
1.8*
1.73
1.66
I .98
1.9*

I.7 I
1.78
I .69
1.66
I .92
1.95

40.1
39.8
40.9
40.3
42.1
41.3
41.9

2.09
2 .3*

2.06

2.02
2.0*
2.1*

2.00
2.03
2.13

2.01
2.21*
2.1*3
2.27
I.9I
1.9*
1.99

Trailers (truck and automobile)......

Aircraft engines and parts............
Aircraft propellers and parts........
Other aircraft parts and equipment....
Ship and boat building and repairing...
Ship building and repairing...........
Railroad equipment.....................

111.78

90.91
86.69
105.52
105.15
108.47
100.53

105.25
102.05
106.11
79.40
101.41

103.49

Optical instruments and lenses........
Surgical, medical, and dental

Photographic apparatus.................

76.22
MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES..
Jewelry, silverware, and plated ware...
Jewelry and findings..................
Musical instruments and parts.... .....
Toys and sporting goods................
Games, toys, dolls, and children’s
vehicles..............................
Pens, pencils, other office supplies...
Costume jewelry, buttons, notions.....

88.37
69.56

67.60
72.10
70.18

106.86

67.55
64.01
72.31

65.96
83.00

69.20
65.40
82.76

79.19

77.41

84.65
95.24
108.88
95.58
84.23
83.84
88.17

64.46
95.63
107.94
98.18
83.40
82.62
88.40

93-37

96.66

69.16

64.81

68.89
76.80
76.83

41.5
40.2

39.3
40.0
39.4
41.8
39.9

80.60

40.5
40.7
42.2
40.5
41.7
41.1
41.2

41.0
41.4
42.0
41.6
41.7
40.7
41.5

67.43
63.74

38.8

2.62

2.1*1*
2.53
2.59
2 .7 O
I .98
2.69

2.32
2.12

2.58
2.59
2 .6O
2 A3
2.53
2.59
2.69
1.98
2.73

2.15

2.17

2.09
2.1*3
2.1*2
2 .5O
2.38
2.1*2
2.1*2
2 .5O
I .96
2 .6O

2.56
2.62

2.08

2.02
1.7*

Nondurable Goods

FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS............
Meat packing, wholesale...............
Sausages and casings..................
Dairy products.........................
Ice cream and ices........ ...........

NOTE: Data for the current month are preliminary




89.15
99.39
91.48
80.41
80.12
83.38

2.58
2.36

2.31
2.57

2.36

bh

Industry Hours and Earnings

Table C-5: Hours and gross earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers,
by industry-Continued
Average weekly earnings
Industry

Jan.
1959

Dee*

Jan.

1958

*66.66
69.45
93.28
9T.22

Average weekly hours

Average hourly earnings

Jan.
1959

Dee*
1958

Jan.

$1.75

$1.71
1*89
1*72
2.11
2 .I6
1.95
2*02
2*05
1*88

$1.71

Dee.

Jaa.

1958

Jan*
1959

1958

1958

*64.98
60.48

*64.98
54.48

67.08

38.I
32.5

68.29
88.51

38.8

38.0
30.1
38.8

92.12
84.42

**.8

38.0
32.0
39.0
43.9
45.2
44.3

107.25

39.6
39.8
38.9
*3.6
*1.6
*5.3
39.7
39.6
39.7
*1.9
38.8

40.2
40.4
39.4
50 .I
42.8
48.5
39.9
39.8
40.3
41.8
39.7

43.6
44.5
44.2
39.8
39.8
39.6
43.1
41.6
44.1
39.6
39.5
39.2
40.2
39.0

85.57
79.30
93.15
74.48

38.3
*1.3
*1.9
**.0

39-3
41.7
43.9
43.7

41.3
41.4
44.6

2.35
2.00
2.38
I .72

2.3*
2.00

2*38
I.7 I

2.2*
1*92
2*25
1*67

39.0
*1.2
37.*

40.1
42.8
38.1
38.8
38.8

39.0
40.7
37.3
37.4
39.1

1.6*
1.95
l.*0
I.7I
I .32

I .65
1.99
1.*©
1.71
I .36

I.56
1*87
1.3*
I .67
I.29

37.6

1.53
1*6*
l.*l
1**1
1.**
1**7
1.**
1.5*
l.*3
I .61
1*56
1**8
1.53

I .52
1.59
1**1
1**2
1**5
l.*7
1**5
1.55
1**3
I .60

1*50
1.57
1*38
1*38
1**1
1**5
l.*3
I.52
1**1
1.59
1.53
1**6
1.5*
1*58
1.53

1958

Nondurable Goods—Continued

FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS— Continued
Canning and preserving............ .
Sea food, canned and cured............
Canned fruits, vegetables, and soups#.
Flour and other grain-mill products...
Bakery products........................
Bread and other bakery products..... .
Sugar...................................
Beet sugar.............................
Confectionery and related products.....

61.10

86.72

86.39

79.60
81.59
72.74
91.12
99.42
90.60
67.49
65.34

81.20
82.82

76.81

74.07
91.68
102.72
90.70
67.43
65.27
94.71
69.81
113.94

72.07

92.50
69.55
Halt liquors.... ................... . ..
Distilled, rectified, and blended
liquors.... ..........................
Miscellaneous food products...........
Corn sirup, sugar, oil, and starch....

TOBACCO MANUFACTURES................

TEXT1LE-MILL PRODUCTS...............

110.97

82.60

91.96
83.40

99.72
75-68

104.48
74.73

90.01

84.23
65.74

63.60
88.59
65.93

66.17

60.64

76 .ll

53.34
66.35
52.77

49.98
62.46
50.44

60.74

61.10

70.68

66.62

56.40
60.92
50.23
50.09

56.26
56.37
57.86
59.54

53.16
54.96
54.20

57.17
61.75
56.77
67.14

58.58
62.78

63.02

51.47
56.83

63.34
56.74
60.44
61.46
59.65
51.89
53.44
51.89
57.99

54.60

49.82

67.98

69.39

64.12

68.15
82.45
80.14
63.78

69.39
81.79
78.91

76.89

55.94
57-53
58.19
57.30
51.71

56.06

NOTE: Data for the current month are preliminary.




93.60

85.17

52.20

Carpets, rugs, other floor coverings...
Wool carpets, rugs, and carpet yarn...
Hats (except cloth and millinery).....

86.20

63.96

58.80

Dyeing and finishing textiles.........
Dyeing and finishing textiles (except

78.01

80.34
52.36
64.98
49.37

55-55
55.41
57.31

Narrow fabrics and smallwares..........
Knitting mills............. ............

92.63
97.63

57-77

65.60

61.88

58.22
53.30
60.90
59.67

51.98
56.83
58.30
56.46

47.06
48.93
46.92
52.74

64.22
74.59

60.26

38.0

37.*
39.7
*3.1
39.*
39.3
39.8
*0.0
39.7
*0.1

39.7
*1.7
*0.*
37.8
37.6
37.3
37.7
37.2
36*5
37.3
36*9
39.2
*1.2
*1.3
*2*5
*2 A

37.3

40.2
41.9
39.9
39.7
39-9
40.5
40.4
40.5
40.4
41.0
40.6
38.6
39.5
39.4
39-5
37.6
37-9
37.6
37-9
39.0
41.8
41.8
42.6
42.2
36.4

38.2

38.8
36.4
36.3
37.7
37.9
37.9
38.3
37.8
38.3
39.0
35-6
36.9
36.9
36.9
34.6
35.2
34.5
34.7

1.88

1.79
2.12
2.17
1.9*
2*01
2*05
1*87
2.09
2*39
2.00
1*70
I .65
2*33
1.66
2.86

1.56
I .52

36.1

1.39
1**3
1*38
1.5*
1**3

39.1

1*65

39.4
40.9
40.1
37.2

1.65
1*9*
1*89
I .71

1.83
2.*0
1*87

1.69
1*6*
2.35

1.67
2.87

1.56
l.*7
1.53

1.56
1.51
1*38
1**1

1.38

1*81
1.76

2*03
2*07
1*91
1.93

1.96
1*82
2.00
2.25
I.9I
1*66
1*61

2*26
1.6*
2.75

1.36
1.39

1.36

1.53
l.*0
1.66

1*52
1*38
1*6*

1.66
1*92
1.87
1*70

1.63
1*88
1.86
1*62

*5

Industry Hours and Earnings

Table C-5: Hours and gross earnings of production or non&upervisory workers,
by industry-Continued
Average weekly earnings
Industry

Average weekly hours

Jan.
1959

Dec.
1958

Jan.
Jan.
1959-..- 1959

Bee.

171.20

473.03

$66.85

*0.0

4o.8

75.83
66.4l
74.98

79.54
65.14

71.24

39.7
37-1
*1.2
*0.2

4l.O

Average hourly earnings

Jan.
1959

Bee.
-JL958,

Jan.
1958

38.2

*1.78

*1.79

*1.75

36.8

38.3
35-4

1 .9*

42.0
41.6

38.2

I .91
I .79
1.82

4©.i

1.56

1.85
I .51

1.86
I.80
1.79
l.*3

1958

Jan.
1958

Nondurable Gooda— Continued

TEXTILE-MILL PRODUCTS— Continued
Miscellaneous textile goods...........
Pelt goods (except woven felts and
h a t s )................................
Paddings and upholstery filling.....
Processed waste and recovered fibers.
Artificial leather, oilcloth, and

APPAREL AND OTHER FINISHED TEXTILE
PRODUCTS.........................
Men's and boys' suits and coats......
Men's and boys' furnishings and work
Shirts, collars,

and nightwear......

62.71

77.70
62.82

92.32

61.38

98.06
62.00

55.08
63.37

54.87

53.00

62.65

60.02

47.21

47.47

45.67

46.31
47.55
44.98
59.69
57-79

47.71

45.80

47.45
43.19
58.65
57.11
48.08
70.18
50.14

48.31
40.59
57.27
55-24

45.96
72.80
Women's, children's under garments....
Underwear and nightwear, except
corsets........................ .....
Millinery. .............................
Miscellaneous apparel and accessories.
Other fabricated textile products....
Curtains, draperies, and other house-

50.04
48.64
53.30

65.70
51.52
52.73
58.88
49.23

63.02
PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS...........
Paperboard containers and boxes.......
Paperboard boxes.....................

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




89.24
55.78

45.89
69.09

91.16
99-39
85.07
84.64

87.81
81.38

88.62
81.16

99.41

IOI.76

109.56

104.15
88.88
99.43
101.40
71.74
78.74

100.19
101.26
68.68
78.95

113.32

113.62

104.15

87.58

43.2
40.0

41.7
36.7

2.23
I .55

2.27
1.55

2.1*
I .52

36.0
35.8

36.1
35-8

35.1
34.1

1.53
I .77

I .52
1.75

I.5I
I .76

36.6
35.9
36.3
37.8
3*. 5
33.6
3**3
35 .O
36.O

36.8
36.7
36.5
36.6
34.5
33.4
36.7
34.4
36.6

35.4
35-5

I .29
I .29
I .31
1.19
I .73
I .72
1 .3*

I .29
1.3©
1.30

I .29
I .29
I .32
I.I8
1.66

36.3
35-3

36.7
36.5
35.5
35.7
37.6
37-8

35-6
35-2
31.1
36.4
34.8
36.3

36.2

38.2

*0.*
39.8

39-4
40.6

*2^*
*3.7
*1.2
*1.*
39.2
*1.1

36.6

34.4
34.5
34.1
35.3
33-7
35.5

1.18
1 .7©
I .71

1.62
I .30
2.05

1.82
l.*0
l.*l
I .57

I .32
I .50
1.77
I .38
l.*2
1.55

I .30
l.*9
1.78
1.37
l.*l
1.5*

35.8
39-2
39-4

I .36
I .56
I .52

I .36
1.55
I .50

1.3*
1.5*
l.*8

42.4
43.4
41.7
41.9
40.1
41.2

41.4
42.7
39.9
40.0
39-2
40.3

2 .I6
2.29
2.06

2.15
2.29
2.0*
2.02
2.21
I .97

2.21
I .96
1.9*
2.12
I.9I

37.8
3*.7
39.3
39.5
39.3
39.0
39.2

38.4
36.4
39-3
39 .I
39.6
39.4

37-7
35 .O
39-4
39-2
39-4
38.1

2.63
2.97
2.65
2.25
2.53

38.8

38.2

73.14

38.6

38.7

37.7

1.83
2.0*

2.65
3.01
2.65
2.2*
2.53
2.57
1.77
2.0*

108.77

37.9

38.0

37-9

2.99

2.99

47.97
60.37

91.58

*1.*
39.6

1.36

48.28

51.95

100.07
84.87
84.46

1.77

1.31
2.0*
1.37

46.28
52.45
55.36
49.87

60.50

NOTE: Data for the current month are preliminary.

57.34

48.44
54.75
62.84
49.27
53.39
58.59

61.07
60.90

103.06

Greeting cards........................
Bookbinding and related industries....
Miscellaneous publishing and printing

63.72
68.38

49.07
55.90

58.31
86.11
94.37

78.20
77.60
83.IO
76.97
95.76
100.10

100.47
85.06
95.74
94.87
67.61

36.1
36.8
37.*
37.5

2.08

1.39
1.3*

1.51

2.0*
2.2*
I .98

2.60

2.08

2.5*
2.86

2.55
2.17
2.*3
2.*9

1.77
1 .9*
2.87

Industry Hours and Earnings
Table C-5: Hours and gross earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers,
by industry-Continued

Industry

Average weekly earnings
Dec.
Jan.

Jan.
1959

1958

Average weekly hours
Jan,
Dec.
Jan.

Average hourly €iarnings
Jan.
Dec.
Jan.

1959

1958

1958

1959

1958

1958

*97.70 *92.62
109.25 102.50
99.88
106.97
98.17
103.57
106.68 99.55
120.56 109.62
86.43
82.37
98.4© 90-32
88.54 85.49

*1.3
*1 .*
*1.3
*1.2
*2.3
*2.7
*0.1
*0.5
*1.0

*1 .*
*1.7
*1.3
*1.1
*2.0
*2.3
*0.2
*1.0
*0.8

*0.8
*1.0
*0.6
*0.*
*0.8
*0.6
39.6
39.I
*1.1

$2.37
2.63

$2.36

*2.27

2.60

2.59

2.*6

2-53
2.55
2.87
2.1*
2 ,*3
2.17

2.52

2.*3

2.5*
2.85
2.15
2.*0
2.17

2.**
2 .7O

102.16
110.57
96.35

105.67
115.45
97.11

*0.7
*0.8
*1.0

*2.1
*2.6
*1.5

*0.8
*1.1
*0.0

2 .5I
2 .7I

2 .5I
2 .7I

2.35

2.3*

94.62
81.71
75.66
82.70

86.76
79.90
74.29
90.00

1.81
I .85
I .70

70.80
97.58

*1.6

*1.0

2.29
I .96
I .77
1.88
1.7*
2.11
2.22
I.9O
2.*9

1.88
1 .7*
1.79
1.6*

85.60

*5.2
*3.8
*0.3
39.5
*1.5

39.8
*2.5
*2.1
**.8
*5.3
*3.9
*0.0

2.28
1.95

76.84

*0.9
*1.6
*3.*
**.*
**.8
*3.7
*0.0

*1.5
*1.9
*1.8

Miscellaneous chemicals.............
Essential oils, perfumes, cosmetics.
Compressed and liquefied gases.....

93.66
81.54
76.82
83.47
77.95
92.21
88.80
73.53
103.58

2.10
2.21
I.9O
2 .*7

2.1*
1.82
2.38

PRODUCTS OF PETROLEUM AND COAL......

114.26

111.35 109.89
114.86 115.06

*1.1
*1.3

*0.2
*0.3

*0.*
*0.8

2.78
2.86

2.77
2.85

2.82

1958

Nondurable Goods— Continued

CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS.......

*97.88

Industrial inorganic chemicals......
Alkalies and chlorine............
Industrial organic chemicals........
Plastics, except synthetic rubber...

108.88
107.38
10U.Slt107.87
122-55

85.81
98.42
88.97

Soap,

2.62

2.50

2.08
2 .3I
2.08

cleaning and polishing

Paints, pigments, and fillers.......
Paints, varnishes, lacquers, and
enamels.............................
Gum and wood chemicals...............
Fertilizers...........................
Vegetable and animal oils and fats...
Vegetable oils......................

118.12

91.98
89.06
75.05

102.51

98.74

108.09
89.20

73.25

80.19

38.7

**.7

38.9

2.*2
2.63
2.23

2.18

2.05

2.72

Coke, other petroleum and coal

102.21

99.60

93.06

*0.*

*0.0

39.1

2.53

2.*9

2.38

102.66
121.40
78.01

87.48
98.52
74.87

80.94

*1.9
*2.3
39.8
*1.9

38.2
36.9
39.2
39 .I

2.*3
2.85
I .96
2.21

2.*5

92.60

*1.1
*0.8
39.7
*1.5

2.87
1.96

Other rubber products................

99.87
116.28
77.81
91.72

2.21

2.29
2.67
I.9I
2.07

LEATHER AND LEATHER PRODUCTS........

62.08

61.22

58.19

38.8

38.5

37.3

I .60

1.59

I .56

81.39

83.03

77.42

39.7

*0.5

39.I

2 .O5

2.05

1.98

79.49
58.98
60.30

79.65
59.04

75.43
56.55

64.16
55-33

58.67
66.08
56.30

56.17
56.62

*1.7
39.I
38 .I
39.1
39 .I

39.7
37.7
37.2
33.5
37-7

I .92
I .52
1.55
I .72

54.67

*1.*
38.8
38.9
37.3
37.9

1M

I.9I
I.5I
I.5*
I .69
1.**

I .90
I .50
I.5I
I .69
l.*5

51.61

51.71

49.32

36.6

37.2

36.0

i.*l

1.39

1.37

(1)
93.09

107.35

99.01

92.66

88.61

(1)
*2.9

*2.6
*2*9

*1.6
*2.6

(1 )
2.17

2.52
2.16

2.38
2.08

80.60

81.06

2.01
1.73

*1.6
*1.*

*2.2
*1.6

38.0
35.3
*1.5
*1.1

2.11
1.78

109.72 102.09
93.18 85.90

36.1

38.6
36 .*

2.10

64.79

76.38
61.07

38.2

64.26

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

Leather: tanned, curried, and
finished.............................
Industrial leather belting and
packing..............................
Boot and shoe cut stock and findings.
Footwear (except rubber)...... ......
Luggage...............................
Handbags and small leather goods....
Gloves and miscellaneous leather
goods................................

TRANSPORTATION AND PU BLIC U T IL IT IE S :

TRANSPORTATION:
Interstate railroads:
Local railways and bus lines..........

COMMUNICATION:
Telephone...........................
Switchboard operating employees 2J •
Line construction employees 3/....

108.16
93.98

NOTE:

Data for the current month are preliminary.




2.60

1.78
2 .6O

2.27

2.2*

2 M

2.09

Industry Hours and Earnings

*7

Table C-5: Hours and gross earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers,
by industry-Continued
Average weekly earnings
Industry

Average weekly hours

Average hourly earnings

«Jan.

Dec.

Jan.

Jan.

D ec.

Jan.

Jan.

Dec.

J tuit

1959

1958

1958

-1959

1958

1958

1959

1958

1958

*103.07 »103.57
103.63 103.89
98.23 98.06

497.51
98.98
92.80

40.9
40.8
4l.l

*1.1
*0.9
*1.2

40.8
40.9
40.7

$2.52
2.5*
2.39

42.52
2.54
2.38

$2.39
2.*2
2.28

107.16 108.47

100.21

40.9

*1.*

40.9

2.62

2.62

2.*5

TRANSPORTATION AND P U B L IC U T IL IT IE S — Con.
OTHER P U B L IC U T I L I T I E S :

Gas and electric utilities.............
Electric light and power utilities....
Electric light and gas utilities

WHOLESALE AND R ETA IL TRADE:
WHOLESALE TRADE..............................................
R E T A IL TRADE (E X C E P T EA T IN G AND
D R IN K IN G P L A C E S )..........................................

General merchandise stores.............
Department stores and general mail-

88.62

88.48

85.41

4o.l

*0.*

40.1

2.21

2.19

2.13

66.29

64.68
48.68

63.50
45.77

38.1
34.6

38.5
36.6

37-8
33.9

1.7*
l.*0

1.68
1.33

1.68
1.35

55.13
68.24
85.36

50.57
65.70
82.34
50.81

35.1
36.5
44.0
34.5

37.5
36.3
*4.0

1.53
1.87
1.97

1.83

1.52

1.47
1.88
1.94

35.8

34.4
35-9
43.8
34.8

71.72
73.93

41.2
41.4

*2.2
*1.8

41.7
41.3

1*78
1.8*

65.56
98.19

—

—

—

—

—

—
—

82.12

—
—

—

—

—

48.44
53.70

68.26
Automotive and accessories dealers....
Apparel and accessories stores.........
Other retail trade:
Furniture and appliance stores.......
Lumber and hardware supply stores....

FIN A N CE,

86.68
52.44
73.34

76.18

52.98
76.38

76.49

l.*7

1.48

1.88
l.*6

1.81
1.83

1.72
1.79

INSURANCE , AND REAL ESTATE:

Banks and trust companies....... ......
Security dealers and exchanges.........

—
—
—

—
—
—

67.04

66.48

121.50

123.49

84.68

84.36

45.77

46.4®

44.40

39.8

*0.0

*0.0

1.15

1.16

1.11

45.08
52.11

44.69
51.32

43.68
49.27

39.2
38.6

39.2
38.3

39.0
37.9

1.15
1.35

1.1*
1.3*

1.12
1.30

101.93

104.29

97.43

_

_

_

S ER VIC E AND MISCELLANEOUS:
Hotels and lodging places:
Personal services:

Motion pictures:
Motion-picture production and

,
_

_

_

NOTE: Data for the current month are preliminary.
JLI Not available.
2J Data relate to employees in such occupations in the telephone industry as switchboard operators; service
assistants; operating room instructors; and pay-station attendants.
In 1 9 5 7 , such employees made u p 3 9 percent
of the total number of nonsupervisory employees in establishments reporting hours and earnings data.
Ü/ Data relate to employees in such occupations in the telephone industry as central office craftsmen; in­
stallation and exchange repair craftsmen; line, cable, and conduit craftsmen; and laborers.
In 1 9 5 7 , such em­
ployees made up 29 percent of the total number of nonsupervisory employees in establishments reporting hours and
earnings data.
4 / Data relate to domestic nonsupervisory employees except messengers.
JL/ Money payments only; additional value of board, room, uniforms, and tips, not included.




Adjusted Earnings
Table C-6: Average weekly earnings, gross and net spendable,
of production or construction workers in selected industry divisions,
in current and 1947-49 dollars
Gross average weekly earnings
Division,
month and year

Current
dollars

1947-49
dollars

Net spendable average weekly earnings

Worker with no dependents
Current
dollars

1947-49
dollars

Worker with
Current
dollars

3 dependents
1947-49
dollars

MINING:

Jan u ary

1959 ................

*99.72
105.56
106.13

*81.54
85.34
85.73

107.10
109 A 3
IIO.98

88.46
89.64

66.77
71.17

& l.h 2

*66.57
69.43
69.34

$89.18
93.97
93.95

*72.92
75.97
75.89

88.85
89.55

71.19
71.83
72.33

95.23
97.1*
97.92

77.87
78.53
79.10

66.98
72.10
71.20

54.77
58.29
57.51

79.60
78.70

85.89
85.8*

CONTRACT CONSTRUCTION:

Ja n u ary

1959.......

87.57

87 .O7

MANUFACTURING:
81.66
Decem ber 1958......
J a n u a r y 1959 .........

NOTE:

88.04
87.38

70.58

Data for the current month are preliminary.




7*. 37

60.81

64.35
63.57

*9

Adjusted Earnings

Table C-7: Average hourly earnings, gross and excluding overtime,
of production workers in manufacturing, by major industry group

Gross average hourly earnings
Major industry group
..

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

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

Jan.
1259...
*2.19

Average hourly earnings,
excluding overtime X I

Dec.
1958
*2.19

Jan.
1958
$2.11

Jan.
1959
$2.13

2.35
1.98

2.36
1.97

2 .2*
1,92

2.29

2.28

1.92

1.91

2.53
1.90

2.5*
1.92

1.80
2.16

1.80
2.16

2 .**
1.81

2.1*8
1.86

2.77

2.75

2.*7
1.83
1.7*
2.09
2.70

2.26
2.38
2.15

2.26

Dec.

1958
*2.12

Jan.
1958
|2.06

2.20
1.88

Durable Goods

Fabricated metal products (except ordnance,

2.32
2.**
2.21
2.62
2.25
1.90

2.33

2 .**
2.20
2.66
2.2*
1.88

1.76

2.10
2.56
2.22
2.3*

1.73

2.08
2.68

2.5*

2.37
2.14
2.54

2.15
1.85

2.19
1 .8*

2.18
1.82

2.01
1.50

2.01
1 .6l
l .*8

1.62

1.51

1.51

2.12
2.*6

2.38
1.75
1.72
2.0*

2.52

2.17
2.30

2.10
2.*1
2.11
1.81

Nondurable Goods

2.09

1 .6*
1.53
1.53

2.16
2.63

2.37

2.78

2.*3

1.60

2.06
1.65
1.52
1.52
2.15
2.65
2.36
2.77
2.*5
1.59

1.56

2.08

1.98

1.47
1.49

2.06

2.05

2.5*
2.27

2.30

2.29
1.56

2.73
2.35
1.57

2.30
2.72

2.72

2.34

1.56

1.9*
1.53
l.*7
l.*9
1 .2?

2.22
2.68
2.25
1.5*

J J .Derived by assuming that the overtime hours shown in table C-2 are paid at the rate of time and one-half.
2 J Average hourly earnings, excluding overtime, are not available separately for the printing, publishing, and
allied industries group, as graduated overtime rates are found to an extent likely to make average overtime pay
significantly above time and one-half.
Inclusion of data for the group in the nondurable-goods total has little
effect.
NOTE: Data for the current month are preliminary.




Sfate and A re a Hours and Earnings
Table C-8: Hours and gross earnings of production workers in manufacturing,
by State and selected areas
Average weekly earnings
State and area

Jan.
1959

ALABAMA.............................
Mobile............................

172.52
93.77
85.17

Dec*

1958

Jan.
19S8

♦71*.37 *67.69
92.12
95.27
83.89
79.97

Average weekly hours

Jan.
1959

D*c.

Average hourly <
earnings

1958

Jan.
1958

Jan.
1959

“ Dec.
1958

Jan.
1958

39.2
39.1*
39.8

1*0.2
1*0.2
39.2

37.1*
39.2
37.9

*1.85
2.38
2.U*

♦1.85
2.37
2.1U

*1.81
2.35
2.11

96.29
97.99

97.1*7
97.10

90.91*
90.91*

1*0.8
1*1.0

1*1.3
1*0.8

1*0.6
1*0.6

2.36
2.39

2.36
2.38

2.21*
2.21*

ARKANSAS *.........................

(1)
60.15

59.80
59.30

57.96
57.28

(1)
1*0.1

39.6
39.8

38.9
39.5

(1)
1.50

1.51
1.U9

1.1*9
1.1*5

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

100.00
79.56

93.60
101.75
78.81* 71*.31*
91*.01
101.27
112.67 101*.75
102.06
95.20
105.1*7 98.71
95.88
ìoit.ia
101*. 65 ' 90.72
85.65
91*.07

1*0.0

1*0.7
36.5
1*1.0
1*2.2
1*0.5

39.0
31*.9
39.5
1*1.9
39.5
1*1.3
38.2
37.8
37.1*

2.50
2.1*8
2.70
2.53
2.57
2.65
2.57
2.38

2.50
2.16
2.1*7
2.67
2.52
2.56
2.65
2.5U
2.31*

2.1*0
2.13
2.38
2.50
2.39
2.51
2.1*0
2.29

39.9
39.7

2.33
2.33

2.28
2.31

2.18
2.19

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

Los Angeles-Long Beach..... ........

lOO.W*

111.21*
101.71

io 5 .li

36.0
1*0.5

1*1.2
1*0.2

la . 2

1*0.9
39.0
1*1.0
39.9

39.1*
1+1.2
1*0.2

2.21

2 .ia

San Francisco-Oakland...............
San Jose..........................

103.35
105.37
91».96

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

9U.13
91».83

91*.85
95.63

86.98
86.91*

1*0.1*

1*1.6

1*0.7

1*1.1*

(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)

90.80
91*.76
92.52
86.69
87.29
96.37
91*.08

83.28
85.85
85.03
78.69
80.55
90.50
81*.89

(1)
(1)
(1)

(l)

1*0.9 39.1
Ul. 2 • 39.2
1*0.1* 38.3
1*0.7 38.2
1*0.6 39.1
1*1.9 1*0.1*
1*2.0 39.3

(1)
(1)
(1)
W
(1)
(1)
(1)

2.22
2.30
2.29
2.13
2.15
2.30
2.21*

2.13
2.19
2.22
2.06
2.06
2.21*
2.16

88.It8
99.75

86.19
96.11

83.16
92.25

39.5
39.9

39.0
38.6

38.5
38.6

2.21*
2.50

2.21
2.1x9

2.16
2.39

93.85

96.15

89.1*1*

39.6

1*0.1*

39.1*

2.37

2.38

2.27

71.1*8
7U.21»
71.1*6
70.30

70.62
76.07
70.61*
68.71

67.56
68.91*
66.97
66.80

1*1.8
39.7
1*0.6
1*1.6

1*1.3
1*0.9
1*0.6
1*0.9

1*0.7
38.3
1*0.1
1*0.0

1.71
1.87
1.76
1.69

1.71
1.86
1.7U
1.68

1.66
1.80
1.67
1.67

GEORGIA............................
Atlanta 2/........................

62.96
79.79
81*.15

61*.62
83.82
85.02

59.U*
73.88
79.15

1*0.1
1*0.5
1*2.5

1*0.9
1*1.7
1*2.3

38.1*
39.3
1*0.8

1.57
1.97
1.98

1.58
2.01
2.01

1.5U
1.88
1.91*

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

87.70

86.90

85.90

1*0.6

1*0.8

1*1.1

2.16

2.13

2.09

ILLINOIS * .........................

(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)

91*.10
99.1*9
101.58
96.12

87.91
91.Ul
91.1*1*
89.30

(1 )
(1 )
(1 )

1*0.3
1*0.5
1*0.2
1*1.1*

39.1
38.8
39.0
1*0.1*

(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)

2.33
2.2*6
2.53
2.32

2.25
2.36
2.31*
2.21

INDIANA *..........................

(1)

9 9 .9 8

89.ll

(1 )

1*1.1

38.8

(1)

2.1*3

2.30

IOWA *.............................

(1)
97.11*

90.63
91.90

81*.11
89.1*3

(1 )
39.1*

1*0.6
38.6

39.8
39.0

(1)
2.1*7

2.23
2.38

2.12
2.29

CONNECTICUT * ........................

Hartford * .... ............ .......

DELAWARE.............................

Si!

(1 )

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA:

FLORIDA..............................
Miand................................

See footnotes at end of table.




(l)

NOTE: Data for the current month are preliminary.

State and A re a Hours and Earnings
Table C-8: Hours and gross earnings of production workers in manufacturing,
by State and selected areas-Continued
Average weekly earnings
State and area

Jan.

Dec.

1959

1958

KANSAS.............................
Topeka *..........................
Wichita...........................

♦93.67
(1)

KENTUCKT...........................

81.00
92.6U

LOUISIAIA..........................

MAINE..............................
CM

<

î

!

ì

MARYLAND...........................

MASSACHUSETTS.......................

MICHIGAN...........................
Flint.............................

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

MISSISSIPPI........................

MISSOURI...........................

MONTANA............................

97.au

83.U2
108.81
8U.77
82.15

Jan.

Average weekly hours

1258

Average hourly earnings

Sac.
1958

Jan.
1958

♦2.28
(1 )
2 .1*2

«2.28

*2.19

39.9
U0.7

2.00
2.2U

1.99
2.25

1.93

39.9
Uo.l
39.3
U0.7

2.07
2.68
2.13
1.97

2.00
2.68
2.10

1*1.7

Ul.3
Ul.U
39.7
Uo.6

1.96

2.03
2.65
2.03
1.87

Jan.

Dm .

Jan.

Jan.

1959

1958

1958

1959

♦95.39 ♦90.30
82.U6
98.27
99.51 9U.91

U l.l
(1)
U0.5

la . a
U2.7
Ul.O

Ul.2
38.9
Ul.8

77.01
89.38

U0.5

U0.9
U1.8

82.60 81.00
110.95 106.27
83.37 79.78
79.58 76.11

U0.3
U0.6
39.8

81.39
9U.09

1*1.3

2.30
2 .1*2

2.12
2.27

2.20

68.82
59.19
7U.31

60.U1
73.50

65.76
55.UO
72.5U

Ul.3
39.5
U0.3

Ul.3
UO.O
U0.3

Uo.o
37.2
U0.8

1.67
1.50
1.8U

1.67
1.51
1.83

1.61*
1.1*9
1.78

87.96
93.67

89.51
95.53

83.13
87.30

39.8
U0.2

U0.5
Ul.O

39.U
39.5

2.21
2.33

2.21
2.33

2.11
2.21

80.00
8U.93
58.99
63.U7
86.07
87.U2

79.80
86.80
57.78
62.27
85.26
88.26

73.92
79.5U
56.06
59.8U
80.17
77.65

Uo.o
39.5
37.1
38.7
U0.6
U0.1

Uo.l
Uo.o
36.8
38.2
U0.6
U0.3

38.5
38.8
36. U
37.U
39.3
36.8

2.00
2.15
1.59
1.6U
2.12
2.18

110.02
93.97
110.72 97.73
137.2U 97.9U
100.28
89.U8
125.66 100.76
98.70
93.61
111.70
87.85

U0.8
Ul.O
U0.1
U0.9
U0.7
39.U
U2.1

U1.5
39.5
U6.6
Ul.8
UU.8
39.U
U2.7

38.2
37.5
38.5
39.U
39.7
39.2
37.U

2.61
2.75
2.72
2.U0
2.73
2.U7
2.5U

106.U1
112.67
109.23
98.10
111.03
97. U0
106.77

69.07

1.99
2.17
1.57
1.63

2.10
2.19
2.65

2.80
2.95

2.1*0
2.81
2.51

2.62

2 .21*

1.92
2.05
1.5U

1.60
2 .01*
2.11
2 .1*6
2.61
2.5U
2.27
2.5ii
2.39
2.35

2.18
2.38

90.31
96.15
93.28

90.98
96.62
9U.01

86.38
88.87
87.78

Uo.o
38.1
Uo.l

U0.7
38. U
Uo.5

39.6
37.3
3 9 .U

2.26
2.52
2.33

60.79
65.77

61.80
67.72

55.5U
62.25

U0.8
U0.6

Ul.2
Ul.8

38.3
39.U

1.U9
1.62

1.62

83.79
96.79
(1 )

88.90
100.3U
9U.23

78.29
88.6
86.83

39.5
1*1.2
(1 )

U1.5
U2.2
Uo.U

38.6
39.7
39.2

2.12
2.35
(1 )

2 .11*
2.38
2.33

97.00

95.87

86.79

U l.l

U1.5

37.9

2.36

2.31

2.29

9

2.52

2.32

2.23

1.50

1. W
1.58
2.03
2.23

2.21

NEBRASKA...........................
Onaha.

8U.U9
91.62

83.69
90.20

77.99
82.89

U2.0
U2.U

U2.2
U2.U

Uo.6
U0.5

2.01
2.16

1.98

1.92

2.13

2.05

NEVADA.............................

108.65

107.27

101.38

Ui.o

U l.l

39.6

2.65

2.61

2.56

NEW HAMPSHIRE.......................

68.38
63.27

67.30
63.20

6U.62
60.83

Uo.7
39.3

Uo.3
39.5

39.U
38.5

1.68
1.61

1.67

1.60

1.61*
1.58

See footnotes at end of table.




NOTE: Data for the current month are preliminary.

52

State and A re a Hours and Earnings

Table C-8: Hours and gross earnings of production workers in manufacturing,
by State and selected areas-Continued
Average weekly earnings
State and area

Jam .

HEW JERSEY........................
H e v a rk -J e rse y C i t y
P a t e r s o n ¿ / ........ . ...

.................................

........................... .

Perth Amboy jJ.... ............ .

HEW MEXICO........................

HEW YORK.........................

Dec.

HC0RTH DAKOTA......................

OREGON...........................

PEHHSYLYAUIA......................

D ec.

Jan.

1958
*0.3
*0.6
*0.6
*0 .*
*0.2

1958
39.0
38.9
38.5
39.*
39.6

1959
$2.26
2.29

1958
$2.26
2.27

1958
*2.17

2.33
2.25

2.3*

2.13
2.23

85.38

81.19
85.68

86.73

92.88

84.23
89.46

39.8
*0.8

*2.1
*3.*

*1.7
*2.2

2 .0*
2.10

2.06
2 .1*

2.02
2.12

86.13

85.96

81.60
91.63
74.04
96.24

39.*
*0.0
38.9
*0.5
*0.8
*0.0

38.1
39.8
38.1
39.1

2.18
2.*1
2.02

2 .1*
2.30

81.13
77.27

39.0
39.2
39.1
39.9
39.3
*0.9
39.0
37.9
*0.0
*0.7
39.7
39.5

2.21

96.55
78.49
103.16 104.22

38.3
*0.6
*0 .*
*0.3
*0.8

53.86
61.45
52.93

39.5
*0.8
37.1

78.27
83.96
90.42

92.24

83.85
96.05
86.58
82.12

87.60

92.32

86.07

$84.83
86.32

80.38
88.21
81.00
78.64
87.75

39.3

38.8

39.7
37.5
37.0

37.9
*1.5
37.2

37.*
39.9
36.5

l.*7
1.59
l.*8

l.*8
1.59
l.*8

1 .**
1.5*
l.*5

*0 .*
39.8

*2.0
39.*

*1.2
39.*

1.98
2.25

1.97

1.90

*0.1
38.*
39.2
*0.0
*0 .*
*0.7
*0.6
*0.1

39.6

*0.6
39.*
*0.5
*1.0
*0.7
*1.0
*1.9
39.9
38.9

36.7
39.6
38.*
39.2
39.6
38.9
35.5

82.56
85.36

99.91
102.74
101.92
91.85
103.35
104.69
114.08

101.19
105.75
104.85
94.20
103.71
97.82
111.29
103.42
112.29

89.30
85.79
92.31
87.93
99.06
97.26

84.05
77-11

84.23
77.08

*1.2
*0.8
*0.8

*1.7
*1.0
*1.2

39.9
*1.6
39.1

92.21

91.88

80.20
78.21
86.80

92.37
92.84

95.44
93.49

89.12
88.30

37.7
38.3

38.5
38.3

85.75
75.96
93.37
71.44
76.33

85.80
78.70

80.77
77.54

38.8
36.0

39.0
37.3
*0.2
37.9
*1.0
39.9
39.1
39.5
37.6

93.26
77.08
89.38

87.86

70.31

71.28

84.46
95.00

70.86
61.88
57.72
71.38

2.12

2.08

89.64

72.01

2.31
2.19

1.95

2.*6
2.07
2.22
2.16

2.26

80.08

96.40

2.57

2 .1*

2.16

2.21

65.99
55.06

92.61

2.22

2.25

2.22

39.5
39.6
37.2

58.07
64.87
54.91

56.09

2.39
2.03
2.59
2 .1*
2.35

2.22

2.3*
2.29
2.09

82.90
87.28

85.20

2.22

2.17
2.3*
2.29
2.09

81.39
95.13
92.54
84.14
92.19

108.50 106.35
77.81 76.63
63.92 63.54
58.81 59.01
76.82 75.52




Jan.

1958

93.63
91.31

88.88

See footnotes at end of table.

Jan.

82.20
88.02

96.10
106.50

OKLAHOMA.........................

Dec.

90.29
94.37
90.53

92.44
89.43

93.70
93.32

NORTH CAROLUTA....................

Average hourly 1
earnings

Jan.

1959
*0.1
*0 .*
*0.3
*0.2
*0.6

1959
1958
$90.67 $90.88

93.68
79.36

Hew Tork City ¿/..................

Average weekly hours

Jan.

39.9

38.0

*0.6
39.5
39.6
39.7
37.6
36.3
*1.3

36.2
*0.6

NOTE: Data for the current month are preliminary.

38.8

38.*

36.6

2.*9

2.68
2.60
2.30
2.56
2.36
2.62
2.61
2.88

2 .0*
1.89

2.17

2.*9

2.68

2.59

2.30

2.89

2.72

2.02
1.88

2.01
1.88
2.22

2.*2

2.*8
2 .**

38.1

2.21
2.11
2.3*

2.20
2.11
2.32

2.7*

1.88
2 .2*
2.72

1.70

2.35
2.53
2.*3

2.50

2.*5

1.62
1.86

2.13

2.59

2.66

37.7
37.8

1.96

2.05

2.17
2.*0
2 .2*

2.23

1.88
1.88
2.25

2.26
2.16

2.55
2.39

2.26

37.1
39.*
37.6
39.6
39.1
37.*
38.3
37.5
37.0
*0.1

2.13

2.5©

2.36
2.3*

2.12

1.90

2.09
2.23
1.87

1.9*
1.69
1.63

2.5*
1.85
I .65
1.56

1.86

1.80
2.16

1.78

53

State and A re a Hours and Earnings

Table C-8: Hours and gross earnings of production workers in manufacturing,
by State and selected areas-Continued
Average weekly 1
earnings
State and area

RHODE ISLAND........................
SOUTH CAROLINA... ..................
SOUTH DAKOTA........................

Nashville*........................
TEXAS..............................

Jan.
1959
$67.*7
71.28

Dec.

67.82

58.11

56.84
71.06

40.9
41.6

39.8
39.3

39.2
*2.3

l.*6
1.76

l.*6
1.7*

1.45
1.68

48.1
50.9

47.2
49.4

*3.9
**.5

1.95
2.11

1.9*
2.09

1.84
2.0®

i11

39.1
4®.7
4o.o
40.2
40.4

37.7
38.6
38.*
38.8
39.*

i1 )

1.7*
1.8*

a)

1.8*
1.8*

1.69
1.78
2.07
1.87
1.72

41.3
40.6
41.4
40.0

*0.8
*0 .7
*0.3
*0.3
*0.2

2.11
1.96
2.47
2 .4©
1.60

2.11
1.97
2.*8
2. *2

2.08
1.94
2.27
2.42

1.61

1.60

2.37
2.23

2.34

a)

1958

$66.86

68.38

9*.03
107.57

91.56
103.38

80.77

(!)
(1 )
(1 )
rij
(1 )

68.03
74.89

63.71

83.60

79.^9
72.56
67.77

87.14
82.12

87.14

98.80

Average hourly earnings

71.46

1958
$69.49

59.71
73.22

99.84
64.00

Average weekly hours

Jan.
1959
40.4
40.5

Jan.

73-97
74.34

89.03
68.71

(1 )
I1)
(1)

Dec.
1958
4o.4
40.6

Jan.
1958
39.1
39.2

Jan.
1959
*1.67
1.76

Dec.
1958
*1.72
1.76

$1.71
1.73

2.09

Jan.
1958

64.4o

84.86
78.96
91.48
97-53
64.32

41.3
41.9
40.0
41.6
40.0

90.79
85.75

(1)

40.2
4l.6

38.8
39.7

41.2
41.8
41.3

41.7
41.4
40.8

39.9
*0.1
38.9

1.75
1.81

1.7*

2.04

2.03

1.70
1.74
1.99

82.15
100.69
100.19

41.7

UTAH»..............................
Salt lake City*....................

W
(1)

95.27
92.77

VERMONT............................

72.17
75-73
84.40

72.68
74.68

82.74

69.84
77-53

VIRGINIA...........................

67.54
75.33
74.61

67.54
73-54
76.57

64.18
70.13
73.89

40.2
40.5
39-9

40.2
38.3
40.3

38.9
39.*
*0.6

1.68
1.86
1.87

1.68
1.92
1.90

1.65
1.78
1.82

WASHINGTON.........................

97.02
96.13
97.2U
94.00

99.18
99.54
103.75
96.36

91.87
90.86
95.73

38.5
38.3
37.4
37.6

39-2
39.5
39.6
38.7

38.6
38.5
38.6
37.9

2.52

2.53

2.51

2.52
2.62

2.38
2.36
2.48
2.34

90.79
110.70
103.74

91.18
110.03
103.33

38.8
40.7
38.0

39-3
40.6
38.7

37.9
*0.1
35.5

2.34

103.86

93.08

93.02
115.76

41.2
44.6
39.5
39-4
40.4
4o.4

41.3
43.5
39.8
4o.8
40.3
4©.l

39.7

2.26

39*6
39-4

40.6
39.1

WEST VIRGINIA.......................

WISCONSIN..........................

119.26
87-93
97.29
99.83
96.14
WYOMING............................

95.04
114.65

67.86

88.69
83.38
86.62

85.85
90.59

88.27

85.68

102.05
94.24

91.26
93.17
90.71

94.60
112.22

115.20

98.89

98.09

2.72
2.73

2.*9

2.32
2.71
2.67

39.3
39.6

2.47
2.38

2.25
2.66
2.22
2.50
2.*6
2.35

*0.2
*0.0

2.40
2.91

2.33
2.87

38.8
38.6
38.8

* 19h$ Standard Industrial Classification. (See Announcement on page iii.)
1/ Hot available.
'
2/ Area definition revised as follovs:
Denver.............. Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Denver, and Jefferson Counties«
Atlanta............. Clayton, Cobb, DeXalb, Fulton, and Gwinnett Counties.
Lewiston-Auburn... . Auburn, Lewiston, and Llsbons towns in Androscoggin County.
Minneapolis-St. Paul...Anoka, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, and Washington Counties.
Oklahoma City........ Cleveland and nik-iAhr>w>* Counties.
3/ Subarea of Mew York-Northeastern Hew Jersey.
VOTE: Data for the current month are preliminary.
SG&RCE: Cooperating State agencies listed on inside back cover.




2.60
2.50

1.80

2.67
2.23
2.47

2.16

2.20
2.59
2.44

2.16
2.34
2.22
2.35

2.37
2.29
2.44
2.88




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ARIZONA

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ARKANSAS

- Em ploym ent S ecu rity D ivision, D ep artm en t of L a b o r, L ittle R ock .

CA LIFO RN IA

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P hoenix.

CONNECTICUT

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D ELA W A RE

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DISTRICT OF COLUM BIA

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FLO RID A

- In d ustrial C om m ission , T a lla h a s s e e .

S. Em ploym ent S ervice fo r D. C . ,

W ashington 2 5 .

GEORGIA

- Em ploym ent S ecu rity A gency, D ep artm en t of L a b o r, A tlanta 3.

IDAHO

- Em ploym ent S ecu rity A gency, B o is e .

INDIANA

- Em ploym ent S ecu rity D ivision, Indianapolis 2 5 .

KANSAS

- Em ploym ent S ecu rity D ivision, D ep artm en t of L a b o r, Topeka.

K EN TU CK Y

- B u reau of Em ploym ent S e cu rity , D ep artm en t of E co n o m ic S ecu rity , F r a n k fo rt.

LOUISIANA

- D ivision of Em ploym ent S e cu rity , D ep artm en t of L a b o r, B aton Rouge 4 .

MAINE

- Em ploym ent S ecu rity C o m m issio n , A ugusta.

MARYLAND

- D epartm ent of Em ploym ent S e cu rity , B a ltim o re 1.

M ASSACHUSETTS

- R e s e a rc h and S ta tis tic s, D ivision of E m p loym ent S ecu rity , B o sto n 15.

MINNESOTA

- D epartm ent of Em ploym ent S e cu rity , St. P au l 1.

M ISSISSIPPI

- Em ploym ent S ecu rity C o m m ission , Ja c k s o n .

MISSOURI

- D ivision of Em ploym ent S ecu rity , Je f fe rs o n C ity .

NEVADA

- E m ploym ent S ecu rity D ep artm en t, C a rso n C ity .

NEW HAMPSHIRE

- D epartm ent of Em ploym ent S ecu rity , C o n cord .

N E W M EXICO

- Em ploym ent S ecu rity C o m m ission , A lbuquerque.

NE W YORK

- B u reau of R e s e a rc h and S ta tis tic s , D ivision of E m p loym en t, State D ep artm en t

NORTH CAROLINA

- B u reau of R e s e a rc h and S ta tis tic s , E m p loym en t S ecu rity C o m m issio n , R aleigh.

NORTH DAKOTA

- Unem ployment C om pensation D ivision, W orkm en ’ s C o m p ensation B u reau ,

of L ab o r, 5 00 Eighth A venue, New Y o rk 18.

B is m a rc k .
OKLAHOMA

- Em ploym ent S ecu rity C o m m issio n , Oklahoma C ity 2.

OREGON

- Unem ployment C om pensation C o m m issio n , S alem .

RHODE ISLAND

- D epartm ent of Em ploym ent S ecu rity , P ro v id e n ce 3.

SOUTH CAROLINA

- E m ploym ent S ecu rity C o m m ission , Colum bia 1.

SOUTH DAKOTA

- Em ploym ent S ecu rity D ep artm en t, A b erd een .

TEXA S

- Em ploym ent C om m ission, Austin 19.

VERMONT

- Unem ployment Com pensation C o m m ission , M on tp elier.

WASHINGTON

- Em ploym ent S ecu rity D ep artm en t, Olympia»

W EST VIRGINIA

- D epartm ent of Em ploym ent S e cu rity , C h arlesto n 5.




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