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Emptoyment
and Earnings
OCTOBER 1954______________________________ VOL. 1 NO. 4
CONTENTS
INDEXES CF EMPLOYMENT
Two new tables (tables 4 and 5) show
ing indexes of employment (1947-49"100)
will appear regularly in Employment and
Earnings. beginning with this issue. In
dexes are shown for total employment in
each industry division as well as for
CONTENTS
Pa ge
EMPLOYMENT TRENDS.........................................
Table 1: Employees in nonagricultural establishments,
by industry division and group..................
Table 2: Production workers in manufacturing, by major
industry group................................
Table 3: Hours and gross earnings of production workers in
manufacturing, by major industry group...........
Table 4: Index of employees in nonagricultural establishments,
by industry division...........................
Table 5: Index of production workers in manufacturing, by
major industry group...........................
Table 6: Employees in nonagricultural establishments, by
industry division, seasonally adjusted...........
Table 7: Production workers in manufacturing, by major
industry group, seasonally adjusted..............
iii
v
vi
vii
viii
viii
ix
ix
production workers in manufacturing by
NOTE: Seasonal data appear in italics.
major industry group. Among other uses,
these indexes make possible a direct com
parison of changes in employment before
adjustment for seasonal variation with
changes indicated by the indexes of em
ployment after such adjustment (tables
6 and 7).
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED EMPLOYMENT TOTALS
Employment totals adjusted for sea
CURRENT STAT!ST!CS
A.-EMPLOYMENT AND PAYROLLS
Table A-l: Employees in nonagricultural establishments,
by industry division.........................
Table A-2: Employees in nonagricultural establishments,
by industry dividion and group.................
Table A-3: All employees and production workers in mining
and manufacturing industries..................
Table A-4: Production workers and indexes of production-worker
employment and weekly payrolls in manufacturing...
Table A-5: Employees in Government and private shipyards,
by region...................................
Table A-6: Federal civilian employees.....................
Table A-7: Employees in nonagricultural establishments, by
industry division and State...................
Table A-8: Employees in nonagricultural establishments for
selected areas, by industry division...........
Table A-9: Women employees in manufacturing industries......
1
2
4
9
10
11
12
15
23
sonal variation have been added to the
tables formerly showing seasonally ad
justed indexes only (tables 6 and 7).
This makes available in one place the
B.-LABOR TURNOVER
Table B-l: Monthly labor turnover rates in manufacturing
industries, by class of turnover...............
Table B-2: Ibnthly labor turnover rates in selected groups
and industries...............................
27
28
two basic sets of employment statistics
which measure changes arising from cycli C.-HOURS AND EARNINGS
cal and other nonseasonal influences.
Table C-l: Hours and gross earnings of production workers
or nonsupervisory employees...................
Table C-2: Gross average weekly earnings of production workers
in selected industries, in current and 1947-49
dollars.....................................
Table C-3: Average weekly earnings, gross and net spendable,
of production workers in manufacturing industries,
in current and 1947-49 dollars.................
Continued next page
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41
41
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C .-HOURS AND EARNINGS - Continued
Table C-4: Average hourly earnings, gross and excluding
overtime, of production workers in manufacturing
industries.................................
Table C-5: Indexes of aggregate veekly man-hours in
industrial and construction activity..........
Table C-6: Hours and gross earnings of production workers in
manufacturing industries for selected States and
areas.....................................
42
43
45
NOTE: Data for August 1954 are preliminary.
CHARTS
Employees in nonagricultural establishments,
by industry division........................
Average veekly hours of production workers in
manufacturing industries....................
xii
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EXPLANATORY NOTES
1-E
INTRODUCTION............................................
1-E
SECTION A - Employment...................................
4-E
B - Labor Turnover................................
4-E
C - Hours and Earnings............................
7-E
D - Glossary.....................................
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Emptoyment Trends
NONFARM EMPLOYMENT UP A HALF MILLION
IN SEPTEMBER
The number of nonfarm jobs rose by 480, 000
between August and September 1954, to 48. 5 m illion ,
according to em p loyers' reports to the U. S. Depart
ment of L ab or's Bureau of Labor Statistics. Non
farm employment usually in creases about this amount
between these months. The gain in September marks
a continuation of the seasonal upturn which began in
m id- July.
Gains occu rred in durable and nondurable manu
facturing, and in State and loca l governm ent. The
governm ent in crease resulted m ainly from the r e
opening of sch ools.
The workweek of fa ctory production w ork ers,
at 39. 7 hours, was the same as in August. H ow ever,
average hourly earnings w ere up by 2 cents an hour
over the month, and, as a consequence, average
w eekly earnings jumped to $71. 86 in Septem ber, an
in crease of 80 cents over August and 44 cents high
er than in September 1953.
Net spendable w eekly earnings fo r fa ctory w ork
ers (earnings after deduction of socia l secu rity and
F ederal incom e taxes) also r o s e . F or the w orker
with three dependents the over-th e-m on th r ise was
66 cents, and at $66. 78 the September w eekly net
spendable earnings for W orkers in this category set
a re co rd fo r the month, and w ere 42 cents higher
than a year e a rlier.
Nondurable goods employm ent rose by 104,000
over the month, reflectin g seasonal gains in m ost
industries. In the rubber industry group, the rise
was due to the ending of a w ork stoppage which b e
gan in July. The over-th e-m on th employm ent gain
was le s s than usual in the textile industry, where
the lack of pickup was partly attributable to the ef
fects of the recent hurricanes on New England m ills.
TRADE AND GOVERNMENT SHOW GAINS
During September, m ost nonmanufacturing in
dustries continued the high lev els of employm ent
which have characterized this sector of the econom y
in recen t y ears. Contract construction em ploym ent,
at 2. 8 m illion , continued near the alltim e peak for
the season. September employm ent in finance, at
2. 1 m illion , and in serv ice industries, at 5. 6 m il
lion , was also at record lev els fo r the month de
spite sm all declines from the August lev el.
Total Government employm ent in September
was 6. 7 m illion , a new re co rd fo r the month. F ed
era l employm ent continued to declin e, but the sm all
drop was far outweighed by a 300, 000 in crease in
the p a yrolls of State and lo c a l governm ents as
sch ools reopened.
Employment in transportation and public u tili
ties as a whole, which usually declin es between
August and Septem ber, rem ained unchanged. There
w ere in creases in trucking, w arehousing, and air
transportation, - unusual at this season - Communi
cations and other public utilities declined seasonally.
GAINS WIDESPREAD IN MANUFACTURING
The total number of w ork ers on fa ctory p a yrolls
was 16. 0 m illion in Septem ber, up 147, 000 from
August, but 1. 5 m illion low er than a year e a rlie r.
The August - September in crease was about in line
with seasonal expectations.
F o r durable goods industries as a w hole, em
ploym ent rose by 43 ,000 , as m ost industry groups
made gains. There was a 50,000 decline in trans
portation equipment manufacturing plants, due to
auto m odel changeover s. In the lum ber industry,
how ever, there was a substantial r is e , la rg ely as a
resu lt of the West Coast lum ber strike settlem ent.
The ele c tr ic a l m achinery group added 20,000 w ork
e r s , and employm ent in furniture manufacturing
plants expanded by 7,000, continuing the growth of
the past few months. The w ork fo r c e in the ordnance
industry was unchanged from a :?*&nth e a r lie r . This
is the fir s t month since July 1953 that em ploym ent
in this industry has shown no declin e.
R etail stores and w holesale trade establish
ments added 130,000 em ployees to their staffs b e
tween August and Septem ber, with virtually every
type of m erchandising activity participating in the
seasonal upswing. An em ploym ent decline in the
staffs of autom obile dealers reflected the forth
com ing m odel changeover.
FACTORY WORKWEEK UNCHANGED IN
SEPTEMBER
The average w orkweek of fa ctory production
w orkers was 39. 7 hours in Septem ber, unchanged
fro m August. In m ost industries the o v e r-th e month changes w ere sm all and showed no sign ifi
cant pattern. E specially la rge changes w ere r e
corded only in tob acco, where the w orkw eek r o se
m ore than an hour, and in leather and ordnance,
where declines of 1.4 and0.7 hours, re sp ectiv ely ,
w ere noted.
iii
FACTORY EARNINGS A BOVE YEAR A G O
G ross hourly earnings of fa ctory production
w ork ers, including overtim e and other prem ium
pay, averaged $1.81 in Septem ber, 2 cents higher
than in August. In creases occu rred in nearly every
industry group.
The la rg est over-th e-m on th inc r e a s e - - 12 cents an h ou r--w a s in the lum ber indus
try, and resulted from the resum ption of w ork in the
higher paid West Coast segment of the industry.
Com pared with y ea r-a g o le v e ls, average hourly
earnings fo r manufacturing w orkers in September
1954 w ere up 2 cents. Some o v e r-th e -y e a r r is e in
hourly pay was reported in all industries except
prim a ry m etals.
Food showed the la rg est g a in -6 cents. There w ere in crea ses of 5 cents in ord
nance, transportation equipment, paper, and chem i
ca ls.
W E E K L Y PAY UP SHARPLY
The in crease in hourly earnings, coupled with
the stability of the workweek between August and
Septem ber, resulted in a sharp rise in the average
w eekly earnings of manufacturing w ork ers. The
September figure of $71. 86 was the highest attained
this year and 80 cents higher than a month ea rlier.
Among the individual industry groups, the la rg est
in creases in w eekly pay included $4. 34 in lum ber,
$1. 92 in petroleum , and $1. 18 in ch em ica ls.
Average net spendable weekly earnings (obtain
ed by deducting socia l secu rity and F ed eral incom e
taxes from g ross w eekly earnings) in creased sub
stantially between August and September. The net
spendable w eekly earnings of a w orker with no de
pendents, in creased by 64 cents over the month, to
$59. 55 in September 1954. Over the past year the
in crease has been $1. 22. F or the w orker with 3
dependents, average net spendable w eekly earnings
at $6 6.78 in Septem ber, w ere 66 cents higher than
a month ea rlier and 42 cents m ore than in the same
month last year. F o r both of these types of w ork ers
the September 1954 net spendable earnings was a
postw ar re co rd fo r the month.
Tabte 1. Em ptoyees in non agricuttura! estabtishm ents,
b y industry division and setected groups
Y ea r
C u rre n t
September
1/
48,511
M!NtM6......................................................................................
726
93.0
204.6
105.3
August
July
September 1954
Y ea r
September
l/
48,031
736
99.3
205.5
104.8
47,808
735
100.2
202.0
105.0
50,200
839
105.2
276.3
108.6
+430
1,689
_
- 10
- 6.3
.9
+
.5
-
113
12.2
71.7
3.3
-
59
COMTRACT CONSTRUCT!OW..................................................
2,807
2,840
2,795
2,866
- 33
MAWUFACTUR!W6......................................................................
16,007
15,860
15,627
17,510
+147
+ 43
0
-
—
DURABLE GOODS...................................................................
....................
P rim ary m e ta 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 r d n a n c e , m a c h in e ry , and t r a n s p o r t a t i o n
In str u m e n ts and r e l a t e d p r o d u c t s ....................
M is c e lla n e o u s m a n u fa c tu r in g i n d u s t r i e s . . .
Food and k in d r e d p r o d u c t s . . .
T o b a c c o m a n u fa ctu re s
8,922
161.8
8,879
161.8
8,863
165.3
10,145
251.3
725.9
348.7
515.0
1,160.8
677.3
341.5
516.5
1,162.0
#71.8
326.2
506.4
1,162.3
790.4
370.5
550.8
1,330.3
+
+
-
48.6
7.2
1.5
1.2
1,026.1
1,498.6
1,102.6
1,603.5
304.6
474.3
1,025.5
1,497.0
1,082.7
1,653.6
300.4
461.1
1 ,015.0
1,509.9
1,064.9
1,694.9
300.3
446.1
1,149.6
1,669.4
1,242.9
1,938.0
334.1
517.9
+
+
+
+
+
.6
1.6
19.9
50.1
4.2
13.2
7,085
1,697.1
121.8
1,079.6
6,981
1,661.0
110.1
1,079.0
6,764
1,583.3
91.2
1,045.9
7,365
1,756.2
120.4
1,184.1
+104
+ 36.1
+ 11.7
+
.6
1,177.0
532.8
1,169.0
527.0
1,102.8
520.2
1,226.7
539.7
+
+
807.8
787.3
254.0
2?7.2
370.4
800.9
773.1
256.0
227.5
377.4
799.3
771.9
256.8
226.0
366.8
801.2
814.1
263.2
278.5
380.5
+
+
1,503
-
.-
1,223
89.5
64.5
21.8
35.8
169.5
123.5
170.8
140.3
334.5
29.5
43.6
-
280
59.1
1.4
104.5
-
49.7
6.9
+
""^hed textile
P r in t in g ,
p u b lis h in g ,
8.0
5.8
and a l l i e d
C h em ica ls and a l l i e d p r o d u c t s ...........................
P r o d u c ts o f p e tr o le u m and c o a l .
R ubber p r o d u c ts
....................................... ..
L e a th e r and l e a t h e r p r o d u c t s .............................
TRAMSP0RTAT!0M AMD PU8UC UT!L!T!ES......
TRAWSPORTAHOW..................................................................
C0MMUM!CAT!0M....................................................................
OTHER PUBHC U T !L tH E S ...............................................
WHOLESALE AMD RETA!L TRADE..............
4,028
2,698
4,028
739
591
10,483
4,265
745
594
4,043
2,702
747
594
10,353
10,377
10,523
2,689
2,778
7,?75
1,288.1
1,406.9
809.4
2,932
748
585
2,780
7,597
1,290.4
1,413.9
812.1
557.3
2,774
7,749
1,403.3
1,385.7
822.6
+
-
6.6
26.8
9.2
21.3
10.1
6.9
14.2
- 2.0
+ 29.7
7.0
-
0
9
6
3
—
+
237
234
9
6
+130
-
40
+
-
10
50
41.6
45.3
19.6
13.9
20.5
+
-
3,522.3
548.4
3,522.3
3,523.4
3,542.8
+ 6
+124
+ 73.6
+ 24.1
- 6.4
+ 32.2
0
F)MAMCE, tMSURAMCE, AMD REAL ESTATE..............
2,111
2,125
2,126
2,041
- 14
+
70
SERVtCE AMD MtSCELLAMEOUS...............
5,605
5,635
5,638
5,566
- 30
+
39
6,744
2,147
6,454
6,467
6,590
2,161
4,306
2,230
4,360
+290
- 9
+299
+
2,156
4,298
154
83
237
2,784
7,699
G e n e ra l m e rch a n d is e s t o r e s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1,361.7
1,431.0
803.0
580.6
O th er r e t a i l t r a d e ......................................................
4,597
594.5
-
+
-
-
-
Tabte 2. Production workers in m anufacturing, by major industry g ro u p
Year
ago
Current
September 1954
M a jor in d u s t r y grou p
September
MAMUFACTURtMG.........................
DURABLE GOODS....................................................................
Angaat
July
Year
ago
September
1/
l/
12,593
12,448
12,212
14,061
6,979
6,936
6,917
8,161
+145
-1,468
43
-1,182
+
.5
113 .4
116.6
194.3
-
657.1
295.0
432.4
968.5
609.4
287.7
433.7
969.1
603.7
272.2
423.8
969.0
720.7
315.3
467.4
1,128.6
+
+
819.0
1,100.7
806.6
1,183.1
215.9
388.2
818.8
1,097.3
783.1
1,237.0
210.7
376.1
809.2
1,108.4
765.4
1,276.5
210.0
362.5
939.0
1,262.2
940.8
1,520.4
242.2
430.3
+
.2
+ 3.4
+ 23.5
- 53.9
+ 5.2
+ 12.1
5,614
5,512
5,295
5,900
Food and kindred products
Tobacco manufactures......................
Textile-mill products.....................
1,263.7
113.7
987.7
1,222.4
101.7
986.5
1,142.3
82.9
953.0
* p r o !u its " "
1,053.9
442.3
1,044.8
436.0
519.5
528.3
178.7
195.2
331.3
512.4
515.3
180.4
174.4
338.1
Ordnance and accessories
.
Furniture and fixtures#
* #.#######
Stone
clay and glass products# ##### ###
Transportation equipment..................
Instruments and related products.........
Miscellaneous manufacturing industries...
HOMDURABLE GOODS............................................................
Printing, publishing,
47.7
7.3
- 1.3
.6
-
-
-
81.4
63.6
20.3
35.0
160.1
-
120.0
161.5
134.2
337.3
26.3
42.1
+102
-
286
1,325.6
112.2
1,088.2
+ 41.3
+ 12.0
+ 1.2
—
+
-
61.9
1.5
100.5
979.8
429.9
1,099.4
450.0
+ 9.1
+ 6.3
-
45.5
7.7
512.9
512.7
181.2
173.1
327.0
520.5
554.6
187.9
220.6
340.5
+ 7.1
+ 13.0
- 1.7
+ 20.8
- 6.8
-
—
and allied
Chemicals and allied products# ##.####..##
Products of petroleum and coal..##.####.#
Rubber products............... ...........
Leather and leather products.............
112.9
-
—
—
1.0
26.3
9.2
25.4
9.2
Tab!e 3. Hours and gross ea rn in gs o f production workers in m anufacturing,
by ma}or industry g ro u p
A v e r a g e ^ e e k ly
1954,
Sept.
Aug.
1/
1/
Major industry group
1953
Sept.
§71.06 371.42
'" 'e a r L n ^
1953
1954
Sept.
Aug.
Sept.
1/
1/
1954
Aug.
Sept.
1/
1/
1953
39.7
39.7
39.9
01.81
$1.79
$1.79
Sept.
MANUFACTURE...................................
$71.86
DURABLE GOODS.................................
76.99
76.59
77.14
40.1
40.1
40.6
1.92
1.91
1.90
78.01
80.20
79.13
39.4
40.1
41.0
1.98
2.00
1.93
70.38
63.43
66.04
63.59
66.97
62.78
41.4
40.4
41.8
40.1
40.5
1.70
1.57
1.58
40.5
1.57
1.67
1.55
72.67
82.47
72.04
81.27
71.10
85.63
40.6
40.7
38.7
40.4
1.79
1.77
40.2
2.12
2.10
1.76
2.13
76.95
80.60
72.76
85.60
76.55
81.20
72.22
40.5
39.9
40.5
1.89
2.02
1.86
1.98
40.2
40.0
40.0
40.7
41.7
40.5
40.3
1.90
2.02
85.20
75.70
82.57
72.09
84.23
1.81
2.14
1.81
2.13
1.78
2.09
L ^ b erL rw oorp rod u cIs.........
(except furniture)...........
S t o n e ^ = L y ^ a n d ^ " s I .............
products......................
m e n t )........................
Machinery (except electrical).
Electrical machinery..........
38.9
40.2
39.9
Instr^ents'andle^ef
73.60
72.83
74.16
40.0
39.8
41.2
1.84
1.83
1.80
M i s c e l l ^ e o u s '^ u f L c t u r l n g * * '
i n d u s t r i e s ............................................
64.48
64.00
63.36
39.8
40.0
40.1
1.62
1.60
1.58
MOMH)RABLE GOODS...........................
64.91
64.45
63.57
39.1
39.3
39.0
1.66
1.64
1.63
68.56
48.19
52.33
67.98
49.54
52.36
67.04
46.92
51.65
41.3
39.5
38.2
41.2
38.4
38.5
41.9
39.1
37.7
1.66
1.22
1.65
1.29
1.60
1.20
1.37
1.36
1.37
48.96
75.65
48.78
74.80
47.12
73.87
36.0
36.4
42.5
34.9
42.7
1.36
42.5
1.78
1.34
1.76
1.35
1.73
87.78
79.90
87.62
78.72
87.14
77.83
38.5
41.4
38.6
41.0
38.9
41.4
2.28
1.93
2.27
1.92
1.88
94.76
( 2/ )
49.90
92.84
76.05
51.10
94.35
74.88
48.99
41.2
(2/ )
40.9
41.2
2.30
(2/ )
2.27
1.96
1.37
1.92
1.38
Food and kindred products....
Tobacco manufactures..........
Ipparerand\ther"finished*' ' '
textile products.............
P rH L n^ p u ^ ^ h l n ^ - d
'
allied industries............
P ro d u ct^ of"p e tr^ e l.^ n d "^ "
coal..........................
Rubber products...............
L e a th e r and l e a t h e r p r o d u c t s . .
2/ Not available.
35.9
38.8
37.3
39.0
35.5
1.39
2.24
2.29
Tabte 4. in d ex of em ptoyees in nonagricutturat estabtishments,
b y industry division
(1947-49=100)
Year
ago
Current
industry division
September
1954
August 1954
l!
111.0
76.6
133.3
107.2
utilities..............................
Wholesale and retail trade............
Finance, insurance, and real estate...
Government..............................
July
September
1954
1953
109.9
109.4
114.9
l!
98.9
111.4
124.5
114.1
119.7
77.6
134.9
132.8
136.2
106.2
104.7
117.3
98.9
99.3
110.3
125.4
104.8
11 1.8
110.0
125.3
114.7
114.5
77.5
114.8
114.7
88.5
120.3
113.3
116.9
Tabte 5. tndex of production w ork ers in manufacturing,
by m ajor industry group
(1947-49=100)
Current
ago
M a jor in d u s t r y grou p
September
l/
1954
1954
1/
August
July
September
1954
1953
MAMUFACTURtMG........................................................
101.8
100.6
98.7
113.7
CURABLE 000 0 S .............................................................
104.6
103.9
103.6
122.3
498.5
498.5
516.2
855.9
89.0
82.5
97.5
99.8
94.1
81.8
97.7
106.7
107.4
109.7
L u m b e r ° a n d " w o o r p r o d u it s ' ('e x c e p t ...........
99.9
99.3
94.1
"o r d ia n c e ^ l a c h i n e r y ^ n d
92.1
97.5
94.1
!r a n s -^
105.1
96.8
126.0
115.7
111.3
105.1
96.5
122.3
121.0
103.9
97.4
119.5
124.9
108.2
95.5
113 .2
120.5
11 1.0
147.0
148.6
M is c e lla n e o u s m a n u fa ctu rin g i n d u s t r i e s .
10 2.1
103.8
98.9
MOMDURABLE GOODS.....................................................
98.6
96.8
93.0
103.6
112.0
106.0
Food and kindred products.............
Tobacco manufactures...................
I p p a r ir a n " o t ^ e r " f!n ls h e d ' t e x t i l e '' ' '
products...............................
Paper and allied products.............
Printing, publishing, and allied
106.8
103.2
107.9
80.9
96.5
80.8
96.5
78.5
78.0
101.2
100.4
108.8
94.1
107.3
105.5
112.3
103.5
106.5
100.9
108.4
108.8
95.7
91.5
85.4
93.5
106.7
100.5
97.3
84.9
90.4
110.3
108.2
Chemicals and allied products.........
Products of petroleum and coal........
Rubber products........................
L e a th e r and l e a t h e r p r o d u c t s ......................
viii
124.7
96.2
96.8
89.0
1 0 1.1
108.5
94.3
Tabte 6. Em ptoyees in nonagricutturat estabtishm ents,
b y industry division , season aH y adjusted
(1 9 4 7 - 49-100)
TOTAL.
1954 j y
1954 JV
J u ly
1954
1953
1954 ^ /
1954 _1/
109.9
109.7
109. 8
1 1 3 .7
4 *3,031
4 7 ,9 3 9
47,9% 2
4 9 ,7 0 7
76. 2
124. 6
105.6
9 3 .6
111.4
124.5
1 12. 4
120.5
7<S.9
124 .9
105.4
98.2
111.7
7*3.3
1 2 5 .3
1 05. 7
98.6
11 1. 7
88.1
1 27. 3
115. 6
722
2 , 623
742
2, 637
335
2, 679
1 7, 263
123.5
1 1 3. 1
118.7
1 23. 5
113.1
1 1 8. 1
729
2, 630
1 5 ,7 3 6
3 ,9 9 9
10,508
2,094
5 ,5 5 2
6,691
104 . 3
111.8
120.3
111.7
117.7
1 5 ,7 6 9
4 , 012
1 0,4 83
2,111
5 ,5 2 2
6,789
J u ly
1954
1 5 ,7 7 5
4 , 0J4
10,507
2,095
5 ,5 5 5
6,657
1953
4 ,2 4 7
10,523
2 , 041
F .4& ?
6 .6 3 3
Tabte 7. P rodu ction w ork ers in m anufacturing,
b y m ajor industry group, seasonaH y ad ju sted
(In thousands)
(1947-49=100)
Major industry group
1954 _1_/
MAMUFACTUR!NG.....................
DURABLE GOODS............................................
Ordnance and accessories..............
Lumber and wood products (except
Stone, clay, and glass products.......
Primary metal industries..............
Fabricated metal products (except
ordnance, machinery, and transpor-
1953
1954 _1/
1954 JL/
July
1954
1953
99-7
1 00.0
111.7
12,361
12,335
12,371
13 ,821
104 .5
104 .5
105 .2
122 .2
6,974
6,974
7,020
3,154
498.5
493.5
516.2
855.9
113
113
117
194
94.4
635
294
430
586
292
592
283
697
313
432
974
430
979
465
1,129
827
1,125
334
939
1,119
1,294
86.0
79.4
99-5
98.9
94 .1
99.3
94.6
80.2
95.8
98.9
95.1
106.0
106.9
109.7
111.3
1 06.2
98.9
124.8
121.0
109.8
1 07.1
98.4
123.8
124.9
110.3
120.5
113.8
147.0
148.6
124 .7
99-7
98.9
100.5
110.5
94 .1
94.0
99.5
5,3^7
98.9
99.3
126.0
115.7
Miscellaneous manufacturing
industries.............................
July
1954
99-9
1 05 .1
Machinery (except electrical).........
1954 J V
NONDURABLE GOODS.....................................
94 -6
Food and kindred products.............
91.0
89.9
81.7
969
81 9
1,129
807
1 ,183
216
94i
799
793
1,237
213
1,277
214
376
382
420
5,36i
5,35i
5,667
1,081
1,084
1 ,133
93
998
1,002
95
977
1,099
379
1,520
242
95.7
1,077
88.0
82.0
91.6
89.9
80.0
88.0
89.9
95
98.7
110.8
98.4
109.3
98.5
109.6
102.9
112.8
1,028
1,025
1,026
1,072
444
436
439
452
108.2
102.9
94.6
107.6
102.5
94.6
86.4
91.2
107.8
102.5
96.2
87.4
91.8
108.4
108.2
520
5i7
523
518
523
521
552
179
178
185
221
332
339
9i.3
93
Apparel and other finished textile
Printing, publishing, and allied
industries.............................
Rubber products.........................
95-7
91.0
318547 0 - 54 - 2
±X
525
99.5
176
108.5
195
176
176
93.7
329
330
E M P L O Y E E S )N N O M A G R t C U L T U R A L E S T A B L i S H M E M T S
BY MAtOR IWDUSTRY DtVIStOH. !9 3 9 -!9 5 4
MiHions
MiHions
20
20
18
18
16
14
12
10
<939 <940 !94! !942 <943 !944 !945 !946 !947 !948 )949 <950 )95! !952 !953 !954
Historic^) Data
Tabte A -l: Emptoyees in nonagricutturat estabtishments^
by industry division
Contract
Y ea r and month
TOTAL
Mining
u t ilit ie s
W h o le s a le F in a n ce ,
and r e t a i l insurance,
and r e a l
tra d e
e s ta te
G overn
ment
A nnu al a v e r a g e :
1919.............
26,829
1,124
1920 .............
27,088
1,230
1.021
S48
1921.............
1922 .............
1923 .............
1924.............
1925 .............
1926 .............
1927 .............
1928 .............
24,125
25,569
953
1,012
920
1,185
28,128
1,203
1,229
27,770
28,505
29,539
29,691
29,710
1,092
1,080
1,17 6
1,321
1,446
1,555
1,105
i,o4i
1,608
1,606
1929 .............
1930 .............
1931.............
1932 .............
1933 .............
1934.............
1935 .............
1936 .............
1937 .............
1938 .............
31,041
29,143
1,078
1,000
26,383
864
1,497
1,372
1,214
970
1939 .............
1940.............
1941 ..................................
1942.............
19^3 ..................................
1944.............
1945.............
1946.............
1947 .............
1948 .............
30,287
32,031
36,164
23,377
23,466
25,699
26,792
28,802
30,718
28,902
39,697
42,042
41,480
40,069
41,412
43,438
44,382
722
735
874
888
1,055
9,253
845
1,150
1,294
1,790
2,170
10,078
10,780
1,567
17,381
17,1H
943
982
49,660
844
J u l y .......
A u g u s t ...............
S e p t e m b e r .. . .
O c t o b e r ............
N ovem ber..........
D ecem b er..........
49,716
49,962
836
J a n u a r y ............
F e b r u a r y ..........
M a rch .................
A p r i l .................
May......................
J u n e ....................
48,14 7
805
47,880
47,848
48,068
47,935
48,137
790
772
749
737
744
J u l y ....................
A u g u s t ...............
47,808
48,031
735
736
44,696
47,289
6,137
6,4oi
6,o64
5,531
4,907
4,999
5,552
2,736
2,771
2,956
3,114
2,840
9,653
1,094
1,132
3,822
8,346
10,606
883
826
852
3,824
3,940
3,891
2,659
8,907
12,974
15,051
4,664
4,623
4,754
5,084
5,494
5,626
5,810
6,033
6,165
6,797
1,145
947
983
917
3,882
3,806
7,258
8,021
1 ,1 1 2
916
3,711
3,998
3,459
3,505
3,907
3,675
3,243
2,8o4
9,401
937
48,306
43,295
10 ,534.
1,006
882
918
889
916
885
1949 .............
1950.............
1951.............
1952 ..................................
1953.............
809
862
912
10 ,^3'10,534
8,132
8,986
10,155
9,523
9,786
9,997
9,839
9,786
2,912
3,013
3,248
3,433
3,619
3,798
1,050
1,110
1,097
1,079
1,123
1,163
1,166
1,235
1,295
1,360
2,054
2,142
2,187
2,268
2,431
2,516
2,591
2,755
2,871
2,848
2,917
2,962
2,996
3,127
3,084
2,913
3,066
6,543
6,453
1,4 3 1
1,398
1,333
1,270
1,225
1,247
1,262
1,3 13
1,355
1,347
3,233
3,196
3,749
6,612
6,940
1,382
1,4 19
3,987
4,192
7,416
7,333
7,189
1,462
i,44o
1,374
1,394
3,321
3,477
3,705
3,857
3,919
3,934
4,055
1,586
4,621
5,607
1,641
4,807
1 ,7 1 1
4,925
5,456
5,614
5,692
6,076
7,260
7,522
8,602
1,401
2,682
2,614
3,149
3,264
2,784
3,225
3,167
3,298
2,883
3,060
3,662
15,302
3,872
1,6 61
1,982
2,169
l4,46i
15,290
15,321
4,023
4,141
9,196
9,519
2,165
14,178
14,967
3,949
3,977
9,513
9,645
1,736
1,796
5,000
2,333
2,603
16,104
4,166
5,278
16,334
17,259
4,185
4,224
10,012
10,281
1,862
2,634
2,644
1,957
10,533
2,025
5,423
5,486
2,768
2,825
2,866
2,889
2,789
2,632
17,336
17,537
17,510
17,301
4,283
10 ,4i4
4,274
10,392
2,067
2,067
4,265
16,988
16,765
4,187
10,523
10,669
10,828
11,3 6 1
2,349
2,356
2,415
2,535
16,434
4,069
10,421
2,033
4,039
3,992
10,310
10,305
10,496
2,o44
5,380
2,634
2,729
16,322
16,234
16,000
15,836
15,888
2,057
2,075
2,081
2,io4
5,406
5,506
5,563
5 ,6oi
2,795
2,840
15,627
15,860
4,043
10,377
4,028
10,353
2,126
2,125
5,635
4,122
2,671
2,603
2,531
2,542
2,6 11
2,723
2,802
5,098
3,477
3,876
4,622
5,431
6,049
6,026
5,967
5,837
5,992
6,348
6,609
6,645
M o n th ly d a t a :
1953:
1954:
50,200
50,180
49,851
50,197
844
839
826
829
822
4,257
4,216
4,008
4,008
4,032
10,375
io,4i4
2,041
2,040
2,034
2,o4o
5,607
5,601
5,566
5,506
5,467
5,435
5,377
5,638
6,405
6,422
6,590
6,692
6,700
6,955
6,659
6,639
6,667
6,699
6,701
6,625
6,46?
6,454
1
industry Empl o yme nt
Tab!e A -2: Empioyees in nonagricuttura! estabiishments^
by industry division and group
1954
In d u stry d iv is io n
1953
and g rou p
August
MtN!NG........................................................................................
M eta l m in in g ..................................................................................
C ru d e -p e tr o le u m and n a t u r a l - g a s p r o d u c t i o n ..........
N o n m e t a llic m in in g and q u a r r y in g ..................................
CONTRACT CONSTRUCTS........................
MOMBU!LD!MG CONSTRUCHOM....................
Highway and s t r e e t
.
..............................................
O th er n o n b u ild in g c o n s t r u c t i o n .....................................
BU!LD!MG COWSTRUCHOW.......................
G e n e ra l c o n t r a c t o r s
S p e c i a l - t r a d e c o n t r a c t o r s ...................................................
Plum bing and h e a t i n g .............................................................
P a in t in g and d e c o r a t i n g .....................................................
O th er s p e c i a l - t r a d e c o n t r a c t o r s ..................................
July
June
48,031
47,808
48,137
49,962
49,716
736
735
744
844
836
99.3
25.4
205.5
301.1
104.8
100.2
25.2
202.0
302.5
105.0
99-6
26.5
214.2
299.9
104.1
105.2
50.2
276.4
303.1
108.7
105.9
48.6
275.4
298.4
107.2
August
July
2,840
2,795
2,729
2,825
2,768
614
599
582
600
570
287.2
326.4
281.4
317.5
270.7
3H.7
274.4
325.6
258.0
311-7
2,226
948.7
1 .277.6
312.8
16 1.1
170.5
633.2
2,196
944.0
1 ,251.9
304.6
155.2
171.4
620.7
2,147
2,225
2,198
918.4
1 ,228.4
297.4
150.7
168.2
612.1
1 ,018.3
1 ,206.7
298.5
165.7
165.9
576.6
997-7
1 ,200.0
291.8
161.0
162.7
584.5
MANUFACTURE........................... L...........................................
15,860
15,627
15,888
17,537
17,336
DURABLE GOODS..............................
8,879
8,863
9,123
10,192
10,190
161.8
677.3
341.5
516.5
1 ,162.0
165.3
671.8
326.2
506.4
1 ,162.3
170.0
769.4
329.0
510.0
1,179-5
252.1
802.5
370.3
549.6
1,342.4
258.3
796.3
369.7
541.9
1,348.5
1 ,025.5
1,497.0
1 ,082.7
1 ,653.6
300.4
461.1
1 ,015.0
1 ,509.9
1 ,064.9
1 ,694.9
300.3
446.1
1 ,037.6
1,550.7
1,074.8
1,737.9
305.4
458.9
1,154.0
1 ,676.4
1,233.9
1 ,969.0
332.8
508.6
1,145-7
1,705-4
1 ,216.9
1 ,981.3
334.4
491.7
6,981
6,764
6,765
7,345
7,146
1 ,661.0
110 .1
1 ,079.0
1 ,169.0
527.0
800.9
773.1
256.0
227.5
377.4
1 ,583.3
91.2
1 ,045.9
1 ,102.8
520.2
799-3
771.9
256.8
226.0
366.8
i,5H.3
90.4
1 ,073.8
1 ,110.4
525.8
804.5
775.2
255.4
255.2
363.2
1,721.4
113.3
1 ,189.6
1 ,249.7
537.6
789.6
809.4
265.6
278.9
389.9
1 ,634.9
91.6
1 ,181.5
1 ,192.5
529.5
786.2
804.3
265.4
277-3
382.6
O rdnance and a c c e s s o r i e s .....................................................
Lumber and wood p r o d u c t s ( e x c e p t f u r n i t u r e ) . . . .
F u r n itu r e and f i x t u r e s ..........................................................
S to n e , c l a y , and g l a s s p r o d u c t s .....................................
P rim ary m eta l i n d u s t r i e s .....................................................
F a b r ic a t e d m eta l p r o d u c ts (e x c e p t o r d n a n c e ,
M is c e lla n e o u s m a n u fa ctu rin g i n d u s t r i e s ....................
Food and k in d r e d p r o d u c ts
..............................................
A p p a re l and o t h e r f i n i s h e d t e x t i l e p r o d u c t s . . . .
P aper and a l l i e d p r o d u c t s ...................................................
P r i n t i n g , p u b l i s h i n g , and a l l i e d i n d u s t r i e s . . . .
R ubber p r o d u c t s ................................................................... ..
L e a th e r and l e a t h e r p r o d u c t s ............................................
tndustrv Empl o yme nt
Tabte A-2: Emptoyees in nonagricutturat estabtishments,
by industry division and group - Continued
1954
In d u stry d iv is io n
1953
and group
TRANSPORTATION AND PUBL!C UT!L!HES.............................
July
June
August
4,028
4,043
4,032
4,274
4,283
2,689
2,702
2,703
2,929
2,934
1 ,223.8
1 ,231.8
1 ,077.9
122.0
1 ,228.9
1,074.7
1 ,407.2
1,236.7
1,409.5
1 ,238.8
122.5
126.8
128.2
684.5
684.2
724.4
663.7
667.3
670.8
1,070.5
120.9
686.8
657.8
A ir t r a n s p o r t a t i o n (common c a r r i e r ) ...........................
WHOLESALE AND RETAtL TRADE................................................
O th er r e t a i l t r a d e ......................................................................
FtWAMCE, tMSURAMCE, AMD REAL ESTATE.............................
Banks and t r u s t c o m p a n ie s .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
O th er f i n a n c e a g e n c i e s and r e a l e s t a t e ......................
SERV!CE AND MtSCELLANEOUS..................................................
July
August
48.2
48.6
48.2
53.2
103.4
106.4
105.7
106.1
721.3
674.9
53.5
105.9
745
747
741
754
760
702.9
40.9
705.1
698.8
41.2
41.2
709.9
43.0
715.5
43.9
594
594
588
591
589
569.0
25.4
568.7
25.5
563.3
24.8
566.1
564.1
24.7
24.8
10,353
10,377
10,414
10 ,392
10,4i4
2,778
2,780
2,757
2,770
2,773
7,641
7,575
7,597
7,657
7,622
1 ,288.1
1 ,406.9
809.4
1 ,290.4
1,413.9
1,339-6
1,375.5
1,333.9
1 ,385.6
8 12.1
1 ,325.1
1 ,421.6
8 11.7
548.4
3,522.3
557.3
3,523.4
595.6
3,502.7
825.2
549.8
820.1
560.0
3,531.7
3,541.6
2,125
2,126
2,104
2,067
2,067
533.7
534.6
69.2
68.3
787.4
734.9
785.3
737-7
5,635
584.9
5,638
584.1
525.6
66.8
775.7
736.1
5,601
5 27.1
518.9
66.2
753.8
727.6
5,601
519.3
66.8
751.0
729.6
5,607
596.0
596.2
P erson a l s e r v ic e s :
332.4
337.9
337.3
342.8
1 6 1.5
347.3
167.4
236.2
172.3
236.0
163.4
238.0
237.3
237.1
167.8
GOVERNMENT..................................................................................
6,454
6,467
6,625
6,422
6,405
FEDERAL...................................................................................................
2,156
2 ,161
2,164
2,258
2,281
STATE AMD LOCAL................................................................................
4,298
4,306
4,46i
4,164
4,124
-3 .
i ndustry Emp l o y me nt
Tabte A-3: At) emptoyees and production workers in mining and
manufacturing industries
A ll e m p lo y e e s
in d u s t r y group
P ro d u ctL o n w o rk e rs
and in d u s t r y
MM/M? ....................................................................
A ug.
J u ly
June
A ug.
A ug.
J u ly
J une
A ug.
1954
1954
1954
1953
1954
1954
1954
1953
736
735
-
-
-
METAL M)W!MG...................
99.3
100.2
Iro n m in in g ...................................................
Lead and z i n c m in in g .............................
34.2
28.3
15.2
ARTHRACtTE....................
744
844
-
85.3
86.2
85.3
90.7
34.7
28.4
15.2
40.8
28.5
16.3
29.5
24.4
12.9
30.4
24.3
13.0
30.1
24.3
12.8
36.0
24.4
13.7
25.2
26.5
50.2
21.6
21.3
21.9
46.5
205.5
202.0
214.2
276.4
187.0
182.2
195.1
255.4
301.1
302.5
299.9
303.1
-
-
-
-
135.7
136.5
134.2
136.9
90.1
90.2
89.0
94.1
99.6
105.2
35.0
28.3
15.3
25.4
B)TUM)M0US-C0AL................
CRUDE-PETROLEUM AMO MATURAL-QAS
PRODUCT) OM...................
P e tro le u m and n a t u r a l - g a s
p r o d u c tio n (e x c e p t c o n tr a c t
NONMETALUC M!W!WG AMD QUARRY!WG..
104.8
105.0
104.1
108.7
...................................................
15,860
15,627
15,888
17,537
12,448
12,212
12,480
14,070
................................................
8,879
6,981
8,863
6,764
9,123
6,765
10,192
7,345
6,936
5,512
6,917
5,295
7,177
5,303
8,195
5,875
MMdMrc6/g 6!oo^.........................................
ORDMAWCE AMD ACCESSOR!ES .......
161.8
165.3
170.0
252.1
113.4
116.6
120.3
194.4
POOD AMD KtWDRED PRODUCTS.......
1 ,661.0
1,583.3
1 ,511.3
1 ,721.4
1,222.4
1 ,142.3
1 ,078.7
1 ,289.4
Meat p r o d u c t s ..............................................
D a iry p r o d u c t s ............................................
321.0
127.8
336.0
123.7
285.6
31.5
316.6
130.6
255.2
124.2
287.3
29.7
317.4
130.0
193.7
123.1
282.4
29.1
319.9
127.5
375.7
121.6
288.4
30.1
250.6
85.8
305.6
91.0
173.4
26.1
245.9
88.2
225.3
91.7
175.5
24.3
246.9
88.2
165.4
91.3
173.5
23.8
252.6
88.7
342.7
89.1
181.4
24.8
79.7
218.3
137.4
72.6
226.1
141.0
75.2
219.1
141.3
83.2
230.2
144.8
65.2
126.5
98.2
58.1
132.5
100.8
61.2
127.3
10 1.1
68.9
137.6
103.6
110 .1
91.2
90.4
113.3
101.7
82.9
82.4
105.2
28.8
36.1
6.6
11 .4
28.7
37.9
6 .7
9-1
28.5
38.0
6.6
32.1
G r a in -m ill p r o d u c t s ................................
B akery p r o d u c t s .........................................
S ugar.................................................................
^ rfd u cts ""* "
M is c e lla n e o u s f o o d p r o d u c t ...............
TOBACCO MANUFACTURES...........
T ob a cco stem m ing and r e d r y i n g . . . .
TEXT)LE-M)LL PRODUCTS..........
S c o u r in g and com bin g p l a n t s ............
N arrow f a b r i c s and s m a l l w a r e s . . . .
K n it t i n g m i l l s ............................................
D yeing and f i n i s h i n g t e x t i l e s . . . .
'c ^ r i n g s " ! ^
^ l l ! n e r J ) M ^ . ^ .........
M is c e lla n e o u s t e x t i l e
g o o d s ............
31.9
39-7
7.7
30.8
31.7
38.0
7.7
13.8
31.6
39.9
7.8
1 1 .1
31.4
4o.o
7.7
34.2
29.2
37.7
6 .7
28.1
1 ,079.0
1 ,045.9
1 ,073.8
1 ,189.6
986.5
953-0
980.9
1 ,092.8
6.3
123.5
483.1
29.0
223.5
86.6
6.2
120.1
471.0
28.4
212.8
85.2
5.4
124.0
485.5
29.1
217.8
85.7
7.1
147.0
533.5
31.4
238.9
92.5
5.8
114.6
454.5
25.4
202.6
75.9
5.7
111.0
442.1
24.8
192.0
74.8
5.0
114 .7
456.8
25.5
197.0
75.2
6.5
136.9
503.4
27.8
217.4
81.6
50.9
49.3
50.1
55.8
42.3
40.6
4i.i
46.7
14.5
61.6
14.3
58.6
14.4
61.8
16.3
6 7.1
12.9
52.5
12.6
49.4
13.0
52.6
14.7
57.8
[ndustry Employment"
Tabte A-3: A!! emptoyees and production workers in mining and
manufacturing industries - Continued
A l l e m p lo y e e s
in d u s t r y group
P r o d u c t io n w o rk e rs
and i n d u s t r y
A ug.
J u ly
June
A ug.
A ug.
J u ly
June
Aug.
1954
1954
1954
1953
1954
1954
1954
1953
1 ,169.0
1 ,102.8
1 ,110.4
1,249.7
1,044.8
979.8
987.O
1,120.7
126.5
119.0
121.5
138.2
113.6
106.6
108.2
124.9
289.4
352.6
269.2
334.3
283.9
321.5
316.3
371.0
267.5
313.6
247.6
295.9
262.4
283.6
293.8
330.2
108.8
20.6
75.8
12.5
102.0
16.4
75.7
12.3
107.5
12.9
75.8
12.9
113.1
22.2
74.2
12.8
96.2
18.4
69.0
9.7
89.5
14.2
68.8
9.2
95.1
10.9
69.O
9.9
100.4
19.9
67.2
10 .1
60.9
56.4
57.4
65.4
54.6
50.2
50.9
58.1
121.9
117.5
117.0
136.5
102.2
97.8
97.0
116 .1
677.3
671.8
769.4
802.5
609.4
603.7
700.7
731.1
L o g g in g camps and c o n t r a c t o r s . . . .
S a w m ills and p l a n i n g m i l l s ...............
93.7
358.0
92.2
352.8
125.6
401.2
115.5
430.4
86.1
329.1
84.6
323.8
117.8
372.0
108.0
398.6
^la^er^ru^tural'w^d
p r o fu c ^ J .
Wooden c o n t a i n e r s .....................................
M is c e lla n e o u s * o o d p r o d u c t ...............
117.9
56.4
51.3
117.3
57.4
52.1
128.0
61.2
53.4
131.2
65.8
59.6
97.3
51.9
45.0
96.4
52.9
46.0
107.4
56.4
47.1
110.7
61.0
52.8
FURWtTURE AWD FtXTURES..........
341.5
326.2
329.0
370.3
287.7
272.2
274.5
315.1
APPAREL AWD OTHER FtW!SHED
TEXT!LE PRODUCTS..............
M en 's and b o y s ' s u i t s
and c o a t s . .
M i l l i n e r y ........................................................
a c c e s s o r i e s .................................................
O th e r f a b r i c a t e d t e x t i l e
LUMBER AWD WOOD PRODUCTS (EXCEPT
FURWtTURE)...................
240.6
228.7
228.3
261.6
209.0
196.9
I96.O
228.2
O f f i c e , p u b l i c - b u i l d i n g , and
p r o f e s s i o n a l f u r n i t u r e ......................
41.8
39.9
40.3
43.2
33.5
31.9
32.1
35.5
^ d ' f i x t u ! - e s ! ' ^ ! ' ! ! ' f !.
32.9
31.2
33.3
36.0
25.0
23.1
25.2
27.9
^ o u s 'f ^ r n i t i r e ^ r f i x t u r e ^ " ''''
26.2
26.4
27.1
29.5
20.2
20.3
21.2
23.5
PAPER AWD ALLtED PRODUCTS.......
527.0
520.2
525.8
537.6
436.0
429.9
435.6
447.0
m i l l s !* .^ ................. ^ ..............................
P a p e rb o a r d c o n t a i n e r s and b o x e s ..
O th er p a p e r and a l l i e d p r o d u c t s . .
258.8
144.6
123.6
256.6
140.3
123.3
259.2
142.5
124.1
260.0
151.4
126.2
218.9
119.0
98.1
2 17 .1
114.9
97.9
219.5
117.2
98.9
220.7
124.3
102.0
800.9
799.3
804.5
789.6
512.4
512.9
518.5
509.6
294.4
60.7
51.6
204.7
58.8
20.7
293.3
60.9
50.9
205.7
58.3
20.3
295.2
61.4
50.7
207.0
59-0
20.3
288.6
60.6
50.9
202.5
57.5
20.6
144.9
24.9
31.2
166.2
45.3
15.2
145.2
24.8
30.7
167.3
44.6
15.2
147.9
25.5
30.6
167.9
45.5
15.0
144.3
25.8
29.7
164.4
44.4
16.0
B o o k b in d in g and r e l a t e d
i n d u s t r i e s ...................................................
43.8
44.0
44.0
45.1
34.5
34.9
34.7
35.6
.........
66.2
65.9
66.9
63.8
50.2
50.2
51.4
49.4
.
PR!WHW6, PUBL!SH!W6, AWD ALLtED
!WDUSTR!ES...................
B ook s..................................................................
C om m ercial p r i n t i n g ................................
L i t h o g r a p h i n g ..............................................
" p
r
i ^
l e
^
" ^
. ^
-1-
industry Employment
Tab!e A-3: A!) employees and production workers in mining and
manufacturing industries - Continued
A ll e m p lo y e e s
P r o d u c t i o n w o rk e rs
.in d u s t r y grou p and in d u s t r y
A ug.
July-
June
A u g.
A ug.
J u ly
June
A ug.
1954
1954
1954
1953
1954
1954
1954
1953
CHEM!CALS AMD ALL!ED PRODUCTS....
773.1
771.9
775.2
809.4
515.3
512.7
517.2
549.8
I n d u s t r ia l in o r g a n ic c h e m ic a ls ....
I n d u s t r i a l o r g a n i c c h e m i c a l s ............
95-7
295.2
91.9
95.2
297.1
91.4
94.6
297.7
90.9
94.2
327.8
90.3
67.3
201.0
56.5
67.2
201.2
56.0
67.4
201.3
56.0
66.9
228.9
55.4
51.8
72.8
7-8
31.7
51.3
72.6
8 .1
30.4
51.6
72.8
8.0
33.0
51.2
75.9
8.0
33.0
31.5
45.9
6.6
23.2
31.1
45.6
6.9
21.9
31.6
45.7
6.8
24.5
31.6
48.0
6.8
24.8
37.0
89.2
36.7
89.1
37.1
89.5
38.6
90.4
25.8
57.5
25.3
57.5
26.0
57.9
27.5
59.9
256.0
256.8
255.4
265.6
180.4
181.2
18 1.1
190.5
r e f i n i n g ....................................
206.3
206.8
205.2
209.9
140.3
140.6
140.3
144.8
^ ....
49.7
50.0
50.2
55-7
4o.i
4o.6
4o.8
45.7
RUBBER PRODUCTS.................
227.5
226.0
255.2
278.9
174.4
173.1
198.4
220.7
T i r e s and i n n e r t u b e s .............................
92.2
23.0
112.3
91.5
25.3
109.2
112.8
25.0
117.4
120.4
29.3
129.2
68.1
17.5
88.8
67.3
20.1
85.7
85.0
19.8
93.6
93.3
23.6
103.8
LEATHER AMD LEATHER PRODUCTS.....
377-4
366.8
363.2
389.9
338.1
327.0
323.6
349.4
42.9
43.3
43.6
47.5
38.5
38.9
39.1
42.7
4.5
4.4
4.7
5.3
3.4
3.4
3.6
4.3
15.7
248.8
15.0
15.9
242.9
14.7
16.0
241.3
14.6
16.8
252.0
17.0
13.9
224.7
12.9
14 .1
218.1
12.5
14.2
216.7
12.4
14.9
227.0
14.8
33.2
29.0
26.6
32.1
29.7
25.7
23.3
28.7
17.3
16.6
16.4
19.2
15.0
14.3
14.3
17.0
516.5
506.4
510.0
549.6
433.7
423.8
427.2
465.6
27.9
28.2
28.1
31.6
24.7
25.0
24.9
28.1
90.6
86.6
90.6
97.6
77.3
73.6
77.6
84.6
16.0
42.8
79.2
52.3
15.0
42.7
79-1
48.4
15.3
39-4
79.2
51.6
18.2
42.7
81.2
55.1
13.7
36.0
70.3
46.3
1^.9
35.9
70.3
42.7
13.2
32.7
70.5
45.6
15.8
35.9
72.9
48.7
105.0
18.3
104.9
17.7
103.2
18.5
109.1
18.7
86.2
16.2
86.0
15.5
84.2
16.2
90.2
16.5
84.4
83.8
84.1
95.4
63.0
61.9
62.3
72.9
S oap , c l e a n i n g and p o l i s h i n g
p r e p a r a t i o n s . .............................................
P a i n t s , p ig m e n ts , and f i l l e r s ..........
Gum and wood c h e m i c a l s ...........................
V e g e t a b le and anim al o i l s and
f a t s ....................................................................
M i s c . l l m e o u s . h e . i . a l ...........................
PRODUCTS OF PETROLEUM AMD COAL...
P e tro le u m
L e a t h e r : ta n n e d , c u r r i e d , and
f i n i s h e d ..........................................................
I n d u s t r i a l l e a t h e r b e l t i n g and
p a c k i n g ............................................................
B o o t and sh o e c u t s t o c k and
f i n d i n g s ..........................................................
L u g g a g e ...............................................................
Handbags and s m a ll l e a t h e r
°good s
STOME, CLAY, AMD GLASS PRODUCTS....
G la s s and g la s s w a r e , p r e s s e d o r
b lo w n .................................................................
G la s s p r o d u c t s made o f p u r c h a se d
P o t t e r y and r e l a t e d p r o d u c t s ............
C o n c r e t e , gypsum, and p l a s t e r
p r o d u c t s ..........................................................
M is c e lla n e o u s n o n m e t a l li c
6
industry Fmplovment
Tabte A-3: Att emptoyees and production workers in mining and
manufacturing industries - Continued
A ll e m p lo y e e s
I n d u s t r y group
and i n d u s t r y
P r o d u c t io n w o rk e rs
A ug.
J u ly
June
A ug.
A ug.
J u ly
June
A ug.
1954
1954
1954
1953
1954
1954
1954
1953
PRtMARY METAL !NDUSTR!ES.........
1 ,162.0
1,162.3
1,179.5
1,342.4
969.I
969.O
983.0
1,138.4
r o l l i n g m i l l s ..............................................
572.4
215.7
573.2
214.7
579.0
219.6
666.8
245.0
484.8
187.2
485.4
186.4
488.1
191.0
572.4
214.8
58.3
58.8
58.3
60.6
47.5
48.0
47.6
50.4
12.2
12.3
12.4
13.4
9.0
9.1
9-2
10.0
102.1
68.8
100.8
70.7
102.4
72.8
114.4
90.4
8 1.1
54.5
79.6
56.1
81.0
58.2
92.4
75.2
132.5
131.8
135.0
151.8
105.0
104.4
107.9
123.2
1,025.5
1 ,015.0
1 ,037.6
1,154.0
818.8
809.2
831.1
942.1
59.4
57.6
56.9
62.6
52.5
50.7
50.2
55.5
141.5
138.5
144.6
161.3
114.2
111.4
117.3
133.2
122.4
116.4
118.0
135.4
96.2
90.1
92.0
108.1
270.0
270.9
269.7
276.7
204.8
206.8
205.7
213.2
213.6
41.5
51.3
213.9
41.5
51.6
223.9
43.2
53.2
258.4
50.8
63.8
176.0
32.5
41.9
175.9
32.6
42.0
185.2
34.2
43.5
217.0
41.9
53-5
125.8
124.6
128.1
145.0
100.7
99.7
103.0
119.7
1 ,676.4
1,097.3
1 ,108.4
1 ,150.6
1 ,267.5
o f ''
n o n fe r r o u s m e t a ls ....................................
S e co n d a ry s m e lt in g and r e f i n i n g
o f n o n f e r r o u s m e t a ls .............................
N o n fe r r o u s f o u n d r i e s ...............................
M is c e lla n e o u s p rim a ry m eta l
FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS (EXCEPT
OROHAMCE, MACHtMERY, AMD TRAMSPORTATtOH EQUtPMEWT)...........
C u t le r y , hand t o o l s , and h a rd
w are...................................................................
ptbriLHd statural
bating!'^d....
L ig h tin g
f i x t u r e s ......................................
M i a c ^ l lM e o u ^ f a b d ic a te d ' M t a l * ' * '
p r o d u c t s ..........................................................
MACHtMERY (EXCEPT ELECTRtCAL)....
1,497.0
1 ,509.9
1,550.7
72.8
74.3
75.4
85.9
51.2
52.3
53.3
6 1.7
138.7
122.7
269.0
145.2
122.5
273.8
149.9
123.6
280.4
164.8
133.7
307.4
98.8
88.6
205.9
105.0
88.5
209.7
110.2
89.8
216.1
122.7
99.1
241.9
169.9
222.2
171.0
222.4
174.1
226.5
185.6
243.8
120.6
148.5
121.0
149-3
124.6
154.1
135.2
170.7
102.6
102.7
103.5
107.6
80.8
80.8
81.7
86.8
152.5
246.6
153.4
244.6
166.0
251.3
185.1
262.5
112.2
190.7
112.9
188.9
124.6
196.2
141.3
208.1
1 ,082.7
1 ,064.9
1,074.8
1,233.9
783.1
765.4
775.8
932.2
355.8
60.8
28.2
65.8
26.9
498.7
46.5
357.2
60.1
27.5
67.7
27.0
48o.i
45.3
363.7
60.8
28.4
70.9
27.6
477.9
45.5
403.8
70.9
33-4
81.0
28.7
565.1
51.0
244.6
48.6
22.3
51.7
23-3
357.8
34.8
245.1
47.5
21.9
53.3
23.4
340.4
33.8
253.0
48.3
22.7
56.6
23.9
337.5
33.8
290.0
59.0
27.8
66.0
25.2
424.8
39-4
Agr^ultural^Ich!nery'^d......
t r a c t o r s ..........................................................
C o n s t r u c t io n and m in in g m a ch in e ry .
s j e c i a l l i i d ^ t r y ^ c h ^ r y ......
( e x c e p t m e ta lw o r k in g m a c h i n e r y )..
G en era l i n d u s t r i a l m a ch in ery ..........
O f f i c e and s t o r e m a ch in es and
d e v i c e s .............................................................
m a ch in e s ..........................................................
M is c e lla n e o u s m ach in ery p a r t s ..........
ELECTR!CAL MACHtMERY............
E le c t r ic a l g e n e ra tin g , tra n s
m is s io n , d i s t r i b u t i o n , and
I n s u l a t e d w ir e and c a b l e ......................
E l e c t r i c a l eq u ip m en t f o r v e h i c l e s .
E l e c t r i c la m p s ..............................................
Com m unication eq u ip m en t........................
M is c e lla n e o u s e l e c t r i c a l p r o d u c t s .
318547 0 - 5 4 - 3
7
industry Employment
Tabte A -3: At! em ptoyees and production workers in mining and
manufacturing industries - Continued
All employees
Production workers
Aug.
1954
July
1954
June
1954
Aug.
1953
1,653.6
1,694.9
1,737-9
1 ,969.0
680.0
792.7
499.7
152.8
17.3
706.7
803.8
498.8
162.8
17.4
739-5
804.0
493.8
166.3
17 .5
922.9
803.5
485.3
180.2
17.8
534.6
554.3
351.3
99-3
12.3
122.9
124.8
126.4
120.2
Other transportation equipment...
118.3
99.5
18.8
52.4
10.2
125.1
104.4
20.7
49.5
9.8
127.5
105.6
21.9
57.4
9.5
!MSTRUMENTS AMO RELATED PRODUCTS..
300.4
300.3
46.8
June
1954
Aug.
1953
1,324.1
1,546.9
560.5
564.9
349.2
109.4
12.5
593.5
570.0
348.6
113.4
12.6
757-7
584.3
351.3
128.1
12.9
91.4
93.8
95.4
92.0
150.3
128.1
22.2
80.3
12.0
102.2
86.2
16.0
37.4
8.5
108.8
90.7
18 .1
34.2
8 .1
1 1 1 .1
91.8
19.3
41.7
7.8
131.9
112.3
19.6
62.8
10.2
305.4
332.8
210.7
210.0
214.8
239.8
48.5
49.3
53.2
27.6
28.4
29.1
32.0
76 .1
13.4
76.3
13.4
74.7
13 .7
81.2
14.9
53.0
10.6
53.4
10.6
51.6
10.8
57-5
11.8
39.5
24.3
67.7
32.6
39.6
24.2
67.4
30.9
39.8
25.5
67.0
35.4
43.7
26.9
69.9
43.0
27.5
19 .1
45.7
27.2
27.4
18.9
45.7
25.6
27.7
20.2
45.9
29.5
31.2
21.6
48.6
37.1
4 61.1
446.1
458.9
508.6
376.1
362.5
375.0
421.9
Musical instruments and parts....
Toys and sporting goods........
52.2
15.7
83.6
50.3
15.2
80.6
51.5
15.2
81.9
53.5
-17.1
101.0
42.3
13.3
70.0
40.4
12.8
67.2
41.6
12.9
68.6
43.4
14.9
87.7
Costume jewelry, buttons, notions
Fabricated plastic products....
Other manufacturing industries...
29.2
63.7
68.5
148.2
28.5
59-9
66.5
145.1
29.2
62.0
69.8
149.3
29.5
69.3
78.9
159.3
21.9
53.1
55.6
119.9
21.3
49.6
53.9
117.3
22.0
51.7
56.9
121.3
22.2
58.4
65.7
129.6
TRANSPORTATION EQUtPMENT........
Aircraft engines and parts.*....
Aircraft propellers and parts...
Other aircraft parts and
Aug.
1954
July
1954
1,237.0 1,276.5
Ship and boat building and
Ship building and repairing...
Laboratory, scientific, and
Mechanical measuring and
controlling instruments.......
Optical instruments and lenses...
Surgical, medical, and dental
MtSCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURE
!MDUSTR!ES...................
Jewelry, silverware, and plated
8
Paytot) !ndc\cs
Tabte A -4:
Production workers and indexes of production-w orker
emptoyment and w eekty pqyrott in manufacturing industries
P.ri.d
Production-worker employment
Index
Number
(1947-49 aver
age = 100)
Production-worker
payroll index
(1947-49 aver
age = 100)
Annual
av^rag^
1953................
8,192
8,811
10,877
12,85h
l3,01it
lh,607
12,86!*
66.2
71.2
87.?
103.9
121.4
U8.1
104.0
12,105
12,7?$
12,713
11,597
12,317
13,155
13,144
13,850
97.9
103.4
102.8
93.8
99.6
81.2
97.7
105.1
97.2
111.7
13,375
14,070
14,061
13,852
13,534
13,319
112.2
113.8
151.1
106.4
106.3
112.0
29.9
34.0
49.3
72.2
99.0
102.8
87.8
129.8
136.6
151.6
Monthly
data:
1953:
J u l y ...........................
S e p te m b e r ...............
O c t o b e r ....................
M a rch .........................
A p r i l .........................
May.............................
J u n e ...........................
J u l y ...........................
A u g u s t ......................
13,002
12,906
12,818
12,590
12,437
12,480
12,212
12,448
113.7
112.0
109.4
107.7
105.1
104.3
103.6
101.8
100.5
100.9
98.7
100.6
154.0
153.4
152.6
148.0
147.2
140.8
140.5
138.4
135.0
135.1
136.6
132.3
135.1
9
Ship Buitding
Tabte A - 5 : Em ptoyees in Governm ent and private sh ip y a rd s, by region
(In thousands)
1954
1953
Region 1/
WORTH ATLAMTtC...............................................
Private yards..................
Havy yards S/..................
SOUTH ATLAMTtC...............................................
August
July
June
August
July
207.2
212.4
214.4
249.5
253.6
99.5
104.4
105.6
128.1
130.2
107.7
108.0
108.8
121.4
123.4
87.7
89.6
90.6
113.0
114.4
4 o .l
47.6
41.9
47.7
42.1
48.5
57.6
55-4
59.3
55.1
37.4
38.0
38.2
42.6
43.3
17.4
17.7
17.8
19.7
19.7
20.0
20.3
20.4
22.9
23.6
21.4
22.7
22.8
24.7
24.4
52.7
52.8
58.0
59.7
12.9
15.0
39.9
14.9
43.1
6ULF:
PACtFtC............................................................
Private yards
............
Navy yards.....................
52.0
12.7
11.9
4 o .i
4o.o
4.5
5.0
5.5
5.8
4.2
4.4
4.5
5.4
44.7
GREAT LAKES:
.
6.5
!WLAMD:
Privat. yard...................
5.3
1/ The North Atlantic region includes all yards bordering on the Atlantic in the following States:
Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island, and Vermont.
The South Atlantic region includes all yards bordering on the Atlantic in the following States: Florida,
Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia.
The Gulf region includes all yards bordering on the Gulf of Mexico in the following States:
Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas.
Alabama,
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:
Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.
The Inland.region includes all other yards.
2/ Data include Curtis Bay Coast Guard Yard.
io_
Illinois,
Fedcrat Government
Tabte A-6: Federat civitian emptoyment
1954
1953
B ranch and agency
A u gu st
J u ly
June
A ugu st
J u ly
2,156
2,l6l
2,164
2,258
2,281
2,130.1
2,134.7
2,138.1
2,231.9
2,255.0
1,020.6
505.7
603.8
1,022.1
507.4
605.2
1,025.2
504.8
608.1
1,113.0
495.0
623.9
1,128.2
498.6
628.2
L e g i s l a t i ..........................................................................
22.0
4.0
22.1
3.9
21.9
4.0
22.2
3..9
22.2
3.9
District of CotumbiaJ3/.................
226.0
227.1
228.7
236.4
239.6
205.1
206.2
207.8
215.4
218.6
86.9
8.8
109.4
87.2
8.9
110 .1
87.2
8.9
1 1 1.7
88.9
9.1
117.4
89.6
9.3
119.7
20.2
.7
20.2
.7
20.1
.8
20.3
.7
20.3
.7
TOTAL FEDERAL 1/ .......................
L e g i s l a t i ..........................................................................
............................
Civilian employment in navy yards,
arsenals, hospitals,
and on force-account construction is also included.
3/ Includes all Federal civilian employment in Washington Standard Metropolitan Area (District of Columbia
and adjacent Maryland and Virginia counties).
NOTE:
Beginning vith July 1954, approximately 1,200 Hovard University and Gallaudet College employees located
in the District of Columbia are excluded from Federal Government figures and included in Service.
11
State Emp l oy me nt
Tabte A -7: Emptoyees in nonagricutturat estabtishments^
b y industry division and State
(In thousands)
Mining
Total
1954
Stat*
.1953 __
Aug.
Contract construction
1954
Aug. . July
1953
Aug.
Aug.
1954
July
1953
Aug.
Aug.
July
659-4
196.6
298.7
3,884.8
411.5
651.0
198.5
297.2
3,835.4
402.4
675.1
195.9
312.2
3,974.6
418.1
15.5
13.4
6.0
35.8
13.0
15.8
13.4
5-9
35.7
12.7
18 .1
13.2
6.3
37.1
12.8
34.0
17.8
15.2
236.3
27.2
33.9
17.1
14.3
234.8
19.5
36.3
16.9
18.8
269.6
28.8
847.0
841.2
881.1
(1/)
(I/)
(1/)
42.3
42.0
42.8
Georgia................
487.9
813.7
889.4
487.8
811.5
879.0
501.3
797.1
917.1
(2/)
7.4
4.4
(2/)
7.3
4.5
(2/)
7-3
4.6
17.7
79.3
45.6
16.4
78.1
45.2
18.8
79.2
54.3
Illinois...............
Indiana................
Iova..................
Kansas.................
136.6
3,290.0
(3/)
(3/)
541.2
135.5
3,267.6
1 ,290.4
629.0
541.8
141.6
3,444.1
1,431.1
645.4
553.4
4.5
32.1
0 /)
(3/)
18.9
4.5
31.9
10.3
3.3
18.8
4.8
36.1
11.7
3.3
18.6
9.7
180.0
(2/)
(2/)
42.7
9.8
177.1
63.5
40.2
41.8
10.8
177.1
69.4
45.5
40.9
Maine.................
Maryland...............
Massachusetts..........
689.1
276.3
795-9
1,745.0
687.0
274.7
789.7
1,737.0
702.8
284.5
819.9
1 ,825.7
42.8
34.5
.6
2.2
(2/)
42.6
34.7
.6
2.2
(2/)
47.4
33.5
.5
2.2
(2/)
54.0
14.3
62.9
71.7
54.4
14.4
62.9
71.8
60.0
13.7
64.3
77.6
2,204.0
851.4
336.6
1,222.7
159.4
2,228.4
845.0
334.4
1,227.5
158.8
2,450.4
890.9
340.7
1 ,288.9
160.4
16.6
18.0
2.7
8.6
11.5
16.9
18 .1
2 .7
8.3
11.4
18.7
21.0
3.2
8.9
11.2
127.7
55.6
20.0
61.0
11.7
121.0
52.O
19.7
59.9
11.7
119.9
57.1
2 1.7
58.2
11.0
Nevada .3/.... ^........
Nev Hampshire.2/........
Nev Jersey..^..........
Nev Mexico.^4..........
179.0
1,776.6
175.5
351.1
75.9
177.8
1,770.3
175.0
353.0
76.2
183.3
1,855.9
181.2
0 /)
5.1
.2
4.4
14.1
1.9
5.0
.2
4.5
14.0
1.8
5.0
.2
4.8
15.2
Q/)
8.9
8.6
10 1.7
15.4
26.1
9.0
8.4
98.9
14 .7
24.0
8.8
7.9
99.2
15.6
Nev York...............
North Carolina..........
North Dakota...........
Ohio..................
Oklahoma...............
5,833.7
987.0
H3.5
2,874.3
529.8
5,797.4
971.1
113.2
2,872.2
533.9
5,969.6
1 ,013.0
114.2
3,085.4
535.5
12 .1
3.5
2.0
21.2
46.5
12 .1
3.5
2.0
2 1.1
46.9
12.6
3.8
2 .1
23.0
47.0
244.2
48.1
9.3
172.5
40.4
240.9
48.0
9.2
168.2
39.6
220.8
52.7
10.3
166.5
35.3
Oregon.................
Pennsylvania...........
Bhode Island...........
South Carolina..........
South Dakota...........
459.1
3,572.8
285.1
512.6
123.3
443.3
3,574.2
279-9
509.0
121.6
488.1
3,881.3
302.1
538.4
124.9
1.3
93.6
(2/)
1.2
2.5
1.3
91.4
(2/)
1.2
2.5
1.3
136.4
(2/)
1.3
2.6
28.9
2 11 .1
16 .1
40.7
11 .6
26.3
209.6
15.6
4 1.7
10.9
30.0
220.2
16.2
54.8
11.6
Tennessee..............
Texas..................
Utah..................
Vermont................
Virginia...............
(3/)
2,246.9
208.6
102.1
859.6
807.9
2,242.3
207.7
101.3
856.3
836.1
2,240.2
218.2
106.2
894.1
12 .1
1.4
15.0
8.4
127.0
12.0
1.3
15.1
8.9
125.0
13.6
1.4
17.6
(2/)
175.5
13.0
4.8
56.2
54.2
173.1
12.2
4.7
55.4
56.4
162.0
13.5
4.9
58.9
Washington.............
West Virginia..........
Wisconsin..............
Wyoming................
726.8
725.5
464.0
1,075.4
88.7
754.3
506.4
1,107.9
94.7
2.6
(3/)
4.3
9.7
2.6
79.9
4.2
9.1
2.9
96.8
4.3
10.9
52.7
(3/)
56.5
7.4
52.7
20.6
56.2
7.3
52.0
23.1
58.5
7.8
District of Columbia....
Minnesota.4/...........
Mississippi............
Montana................
See footnotes at end of table.
12
89.3
Stjte
Em p!o\m cnt
Tabte A-7: Emptoyees in nonagricuitura! estabtishments,
b y industry division and State - Continued
(In thousands)
State
Manufacturing
1954
Transportation and
public utilities
1954
1953
Aug.
July
Aug.
Wholesale and
retail trade
1954
1953
Aug.
July
Aug.
Aug.
July
- 1?5,3 „ ,
Aug.
222.3
25.7
77.3
1 ,083.0
65.4
214.1
26.6
75.8
1,037.1
64.7
234.0
27.4
8 1.7
1 ,128.5
69.7
51.2
19.6
28.2
336.3
44.2
51.6
20.2
28.0
336.4
43.9
52.1
20.7
30.5
345.6
46.5
135.6
48.7
71.6
882.5
109.4
135.3
49.6
72.0
880.6
109.1
137.5
49.3
75.8
893.2
109.1
407.0
60.0
16 .1
115-5
305.3
4oi.i
56.4
16 .1
114.9
296.1
454.4
67.6
17.4
114.7
321.2
42.6
42.6
42.8
148.0
148.7
-
-
29.7
74.9
69.6
29.5
74.7
69.6
31.4
74.4
72.3
87.5
242.1
205.5
88.1
242.1
204.6
142.6
89.2
236.2
208.0
Idaho....................
Illinois.................
Indiana..................
26.8
1 ,201.0
(3/)
(2/)
131.9
26.1
1 ,180.8
555.6
16 1.7
131.9
27.2
1,340.2
682.9
173.2
138.9
15.9
295.4
(3/)
^
64.1
15.6
296.2
99.5
58.4
64.2
17.6
316.6
103.8
61.6
70.1
35.3
699.8
(3/)
(3/)
126.3
34.9
701.9
274.2
169.1
127.3
36.1
704.2
280.2
170.1
130.5
Kentucky.................
Louisiana................
Maine....................
Maryland.................
Massachusetts.............
149.3
156.6
109.6
258.8
663.5
146.1
153.6
107.5
252.6
654.1
160.0
165.8
119.2
282.2
739.0
56.7
81.7
20.6
75.5
H7.5
57.1
80.5
20.5
74.1
118.4
60.3
83.5
20.3
79.2
120.5
126.2
159.9
53.4
161.2
361.3
126.0
160.0
53.6
162.5
360.7
127.0
161.3
53.7
159.7
362.5
Mississippi...............
990.3
215.9
93.4
373-4
19.2
1 ,009.5
215.6
92.6
376.0
19.2
1 ,212.3
238.6
97.9
422.7
19.7
144.7
88.6
27.3
126.0
22.4
145.3
88.1
26.8
126.1
22.5
154.5
96.2
26.2
134.9
24.8
435.8
205.7
82.7
296.0
40.7
443.3
205.0
82.5
298.1
4o.6
456.4
212.7
83.2
310.9
40.7
New Mexlco.5/.............
79.6
772.4
16.4
58.8
4.3
78.1
761.9
16.4
61.9
4.7
83.2
854.4
17.0
a/)
9.0
10.7
146.4
18.2
42.6
9.0
10.8
146.5
18.5
45.6
9.4
11.0
150.0
20.4
a/)
15.5
32.1
315.9
40.6
91.9
15.5
32.0
319.9
40.8
93.7
15.6
32.3
320.8
42.7
New York.................
North Carolina............
North Dakota..............
Ohio.....................
Oklahoma.................
1,862.3
437.0
6.7
1,243.1
82.9
1,815.4
422.2
6.6
1 ,239.0
83.9
2,034.9
456.7
6.5
1,433.0
86.6
500.8
60.3
13.9
215.9
49.3
505.2
59.7
14.0
216.4
49.3
516.9 1 ,258.3
63.8
196.3
38.0
14.7
556.2
237.9
125.8
51.3
1,265.4
195.0
37.8
559.2
128.3
1 ,258.1
199.3
37.5
570.4
132.O
Oregon...................
Pennsylvania..............
Rhode Island..............
South Carolina............
132.5
1,422.1
127.3
217.6
12.0
118.9
1,422.9
122.9
213.0
11.9
155.2
1 ,630.0
146.8
228.5
12.3
45.9
308.7
16.0
26.2
9.9
46.0
308.6
16.0
26.1
10.0
49.3
340.4
16.6
27.7
10.5
106.9
662.2
51.6
100.3
39-5
106.9
665.0
52.0
100.0
38.9
111.8
682.2
51.2
100.7
39.6
Tennessee................
Texas....................
Utah.....................
Vermont..................
Virginia.................
(3/)
428.0
31.4
36.7
241.5
273.7
426.0
32.3
36.0
236.7
298.6
443.1
33.4
41.3
257.5
(3/)
224.2
22.4
8.3
80.8
59.3
224.6
22.2
8.6
80.8
62.1
234.7
23.8
8.7
85.7
(^/)
603.6
49.9
19.5
189.9
180.0
601.2
49.4
19.6
190.5
18 1.1
594.6
50.8
19.1
196.0
Washington................
Vest Virginia.............
Wisconsin................
Wyoming..................
177.6
a/)
437.4
6.8
176.7
122.8
446.5
6.8
203.8
137.7
481.2
7.2
64.6
(3/)
77.5
15.5
64.9
49.7
78.0
15.3
69.1
54.3
81.4
16.8
167.8
(3/)
225.6
19.4
167.8
79.5
227.2
19.5
167.9
85.8
227.3
20.9
Montana..................
Nebraska y.................
Nevada .1^.... ^...........
-
-
-
See footnotes at end of table.
13
State Employment
Tab!* A-7: Emptoyees in nonagricuttura! estabiishments,
b y industry division and State - Continued
fin thousands)
State
California................
Finance, insurance,
and real estate
1954
_ 1953
July
Aug.
Aug.
Service and
miscellaneous
?54
.1953
Aug.
Aug.
July
Aug.
July
1953
Aug.
Government
?54
22.6
7.7
9.0
174.8
18.3
22.5
7.6
9-1
174.7
18.3
20.8
7.0
9.0
173.6
17.6
57.1
24.2
35-3
509.7
56.0
57.4
24.5
35.4
509.1
55.8
57.5
24.1
35.7
504.1
56.3
12 1 .1
39.5
56.1
626.4
78.0
120.4
39.5
56.7
627.0
78.4
118.8
37.3
54.4
622.9
77.3
44.8
44.6
42.6
87.3
87.3
75.0
12.8
248.1
135.3
141.5
74.9
12.9
248.3
135.4
141.6
72.3
12.2
256.9
132.5
139.3
-
-
2 3.1
39.7
33.1
64.9
116.5
84.1
65.6
116.6
84.1
83.7
64.5
113 .1
84.3
4.2
171.2
44.9
28.5
19-1
4.3
168.0
43.2
27.7
18.2
16.I
377.5
(2/)
(2/)
55.4
16.2
374.6
98.5
70.4
56.0
16.5
374.6
99.9
70.7
55.0
24.1
333.3
a/)
(3/)
82.8
24.2
333.7
143.9
97.6
82.7
24.3
327.3
140.0
93.5
81.2
18.0
24.2
7.4
37.1
86.0
18.0
24.2
7-4
37.2
85.9
18.2
23.2
7.5
36.3
84.5
62.4
73-9
29.9
86.1
220.1
62.9
74.1
30.1
86.0
220.7
63.6
73.6
29.8
83.3
219.5
88.9
104.3
40.5
112 .1
224.9
89.2
105.5
4o.6
112.2
225.4
88.7
101.9
39.8
112.7
222.1
68.3
42.1
9.2
61.2
5.2
68.4
4 1.7
9-2
61.8
5.1
66.9
41.3
9.0
62.2
4.9
193.6
10 1.1
35.1
149.7
20.8
196.5
100.7
34.8
150.5
20.4
196.9
101.9
35.6
148.2
21.3
226.9
124.4
66.2
146.8
27.9
227.6
123.8
66.1
146.8
27.9
224.8
122.1
63.9
142.9
26.8
(3/)
1.9
5.4
64.2
5.7
19.0
1.9
5.4
64.3
5.6
18.9
1.7
5.3
64.7
5-5
18.6
23.3
185.0
23.2
45.4
18.5
23.8
187.4
23.1
44.0
18.7
24.0
179.3
24.3
a/)
12 .7
19.1
186.6
41.9
65.4
12.7
19.1
186.9
41.9
63.1
12.3
19.4
182.7
40.5
418.0
27-9
4.7
93-2
19.7
416.8
28.1
4.6
93.4
19.7
416.3
27.3
4.6
92.1
19.2
817.4
89.4
13.4
263.7
58.8
821.9
89.9
13.5
264.9
59.3
809.0
89.3
13.2
259.5
58.3
720.6
124.5
25.4
308.5
106.4
719.6
124.7
25.5
309.9
106.9
701.1
120.1
25.2
303.0
105.8
Oregon....................
Pennsylvania...............
Rhode Island...............
17.6
131.7
12.0
12.4
5.2
17.5
131.7
11.8
12.4
5-2
17.0
129.4
11.6
12.2
5-0
56.5
370.9
28.7
39.4
15.6
56.8
371.6
28.3
39.6
15.4
56.5
376.2
27.3
4o.o
15.7
69.5
372.5
33.4
74.8
27.1
69.6
373.4
33.3
75.0
27.0
67.0
366.5
32.4
73.2
27.8
Tennessee.................
Texas.....................
Utah......................
U/)
10 1.1
8 .1
3-1
34.2
28.4
101.3
8.2
3.2
34.5
27.8
99.3
7.8
3.0
35.4
a/)
277.4
23.0
12.6
84.8
85.8
277.3
22.9
12.5
85.5
86.2
269.7
23.2
12.0
84.4
(2/)
3 11 .1
48.7
15.6
157.2
118 .1
311.8
48.5
15.6
157.8
115.0
311.8
52.1
16.0
158.6
29.4
29.5
11.2
38.8
2.2
29.1
ll.l
36.8
2.0
87.8
(3/)
104.6
12.8
86.9
43.9
103.3
12.9
85.6
43.2
102.3
13.5
144.3
a/)
121.4
15.5
144.4
56.4
121.2
15.6
143.9
54.4
11 6 .1
15.6
Delavare.......... .
District of Columbia 6/J/....
Florida...................
Georgia...................
23.9
42.7
33-4
23.8
42.4
33-3
Idaho.....................
Illinois..................
Indiana...................
Iova......................
Kansas....................
4.2
170.9
(3/)
(3/)
19.1
Kentucky..................
Maine
................
Maryland J2^................
Michigan^/................
Missouri..................
Nebraska...................
Nev Hampshire.^...........
Nev Jersey..-..............
Nev York..................
North Dakota...............
Ohio......................
Virginia .5^................
Washington................
West Virginia..............
-
38.7
2.2
-
-
* Finance and government do not conform with definitions used for national series as shown in Glossary. 1/ Mining
combined vith construction. 2/ Mining combined vith service.
Not available. 4/ Total and government revised;
not strictly comparable vith previously published data. 5/ Revised series not strictly comparable vith previously
published data. 6/ Federal employment in Maryland and Virginia portions of the Washington, D. C., metropolitan area
included in data for District of Columbia. 7/ Beginning vith July 1954, approximately 1,200 Hovard University and
Gallaudet College employees are excluded from federal government employment and included in service. 8/ Government
revised; not strictly comparable vith previously published data.
14
Area Emptoyment
Tab!$ A -8 : Empioyees in nonagricuttura! estabiishments
for setected areas, by industry division
(In thousanda)
Number of employees
1954
[ 1953
A ug.
J u ly
_Augi
Area and industry
division
ALABAMA
Birmingham
Total............. .
Mining............ .
Contract construction,
Manufacturing......
Trans, and pub. util.,
Trade............. .
Finance............
Service............
Government.........
187-9
11.0
10.9
61.5
16.7
42.5
10.4
19.0
15.9
Mobile
Manufacturing......
187.3
H.3
11.0
60.5
16.9
42.4
10.3
19.1
16.0
191.7
13.1
10.7
63.1
17.6
42.7
9.9
19.0
15.7
(1/)
16.3
16.6
93.2
94.4
92.6
.2
.2
.2
8.6
8.2
15-5
9.0
27.3
5.2
11.7
17.3
8.3
15.2
9.0
27.2
4.7
11.3
16.7
39.9
1.7
3.4
4.8
5.0
9.7
1.3
42.0
1.6
4.0
6.0
5.3
9.7
1.3
6.5
7.6
ARIZONA
Phoenix
Total.............
Mining............
Contract construction
Manufacturing...... .
Trans. and pub. util.,
Trade............. .
Finance............
Service............
Government......... .
14.7
8.9
26.7
5.2
H.5
17.4
Tucson
Total............. .
Mining............
Contract construction,
Manufacturing...... .
Trans, and pub. util.,
Trade..............
Finance........... .
Service........... .
Government.........
39-8
1.7
3.5
4.9
4.7
9.5
1.4
6.4
7.7
6.6
7.4
ARKANSAS
Little RockN. Little Rock
Total............. .
Contract construction,
Manufacturing...... .
Trans, and pub. util.,
Trade............. .
Finance........... .
Service 2/.........
Government.........
65.9
4.6
11.6
7.4
16.9
4.2
9.5
11.9
65.6
4.4
11.4
7.3
17.1
4.2
9.5
11.9
68.7
4.9
12 .1
8.5
17.6
4.1
9.8
11.9
CALIFORNIA
Fresno
Manufacturing......
14.8
13.7
15.3
1 ,822.3
14.8
104.9
629.3
122.1
410.9
84.0
257.0
199.3
1,817.7
14.6
103.7
623.8
122.3
411.8
83.9
256.7
200.9
1,847.4
16.0
Los Angeles
Total.............
Mining............
Contract construction
Manufacturing...... .
Trans, and pub. util.,
Trade............. .
Finance........... .
Service........... .
Government......... .
121.8
649.0
124.4
412.5
82.4
250.2
19 1.1
Area and industry
division
Number of employees
1954_
A ug.
J u ly
,123.,
A ug.
S a cra m e n to
M a n u fa c tu r in g ........................
14.6
9-8
15.2
San B e r n a r d in o R iv e r s id e -O n t a r io
M a n u fa c tu r in g .........................
25.9
26.0
26.8
178.9
180.4
.2
.2
10.6
47.0
11.0
40.4
6.0
24.5
39.2
10.9
47.8
10.8
40.5
6.0
24.7
39.5
188.0
.2
13.2
50.2
10.7
42.0
6.0
26.1
39.6
San F r a n c is c o -O a k la n d
T o t a l ............................................
M i n i n g .. . . * .............................
C on tra ct c o n s t r u c t io n .. .
M a n u fa c tu r in g .........................
T r a n s , and p u b . u t i l . . . .
T r a d e ............................................
F in a n c e .......................................
S e r v i c e .......................................
G overnm ent................................
872.8
1.5
56.2
190.5
97.9
199.2
55.9
109.1
162.5
866.1
1.4
55.0
185.2
98.2
198.3
55.8
109.0
163.2
897.9
1.4
61.3
200.9
102.3
200.9
55-6
107.6
167.9
San J o s e
M a n u fa c tu r in g .........................
39.0
32.0
40.5
S to c k to n
M a n u fa c tu r in g .........................
16.5
12.3
18.2
COLORADO
D en ver
M in in g .........................................
C on tra ct c o n s t r u c t io n ...
M a n u fa c tu r in g .........................
T r a n s , and p u b . u t i l . . . .
T r a d e ............................................
F in a n c e .......................................
S e r v i c e .......................................
1.8
20.3
44.2
26.4
64.2
12.9
31.3
1.8
12.5
43.6
26.4
64.1
12.9
31.2
1.5
20.1
46.5
27.7
65.0
12.7
31.9
CONNECTICUT
B r id g e p o r t
T o t a l ............................................
C o n t r a c t c o n s t r u c t i o n 2/
M a n u fa c tu r in g .........................
T r a n s , and p u b . u t i l . . . .
T r a d e ............................................
F i n a n c e .......................................
S e r v i c e .......................................
G overnm ent................................
115.3
5.7
65.6
5-7
18.9
2.6
9.4
7.4
115.5
5.6
65.5
5.6
19.2
2.6
9.5
7.5
123.1
5.8
73.2
5.5
19.0
2.5
9.9
7.2
H a r t fo r d
T o t a l ............................................
C o n t r a c t c o n s t r u c t i o n 2/
M a n u fa c tu r in g .........................
T r a n s , and p u b . u t i l . . . .
T r a d e ............................................
F in a n c e .......................................
192.0
9.4
73.5
7.4
37.6
26.9
194.2
9.4
75.2
7.4
38.2
26.7
196.0
9.0
78.4
7.3
38.9
25.7
San D ie g o
T o t a l ............................................
M in in g .........................................
C on tra ct c o n s t r u c t io n .. .
M a n u fa c tu r in g .........................
T r a n s , and p u b . u t i l . . . .
T r a d e ............................................
F in a n c e * ..................................
S e r v i c e .......................................
Governm ent * ...........................
See footnotes at end of table.
318547 0 - 54 -4
15
Area Employment
Tab!* A -S: Empioyees in nonagricuitura! estabiishments
for setected areas, by industry division - Continued
(In thousands)
Area and industry
division
CONNECTICUT - Continued
Hartford - Continued
Service............
Government..........
Number of employees
1954
1953
July
Aug.
Aug.
19.8
17.5
19.9
17.5
20.1
16.6
Nev Britain
Total..............
Contract construction 2/
Manufacturing.........
Trans, and pub. util....
Trade................
Finance..............
Service..............
Government...........
41.1
1.3
26.7
2 .1
5-3
.7
2.8
2.3
41.6
1.3
27.0
2 .1
5.4
.7
2.8
2.3
43.4
1.2
29.6
2.0
5.1
.7
2.6
2.3
Nev Haven
Total................
Contract construction 2/
Manufacturing.........
Trans, and pub. util....
Trade................
Finance..............
Service..............
Government...........
119.2
6.3
46.5
11.7
22.6
5.6
18.0
8.5
118.3
6 .1
45.7
11.7
22.5
5.7
18.0
8.6
122.0
6 .1
50.0
11.7
22.6
5.7
17.7
8.3
Stamford
Total................
Contract construction 2/
Manufacturing.........
Trans, and pub. util....
Trade................
Finance..............
Service..............
Government...........
47.9
3-5
20.4
2.6
9.1
1.6
7.3
3-5
48.3
3.4
20.7
2.6
9.2
1.5
7.4
3.4
51.1
3.5
23.1
2.7
9.2
1.5
7.7
3.5
Waterbury
Total................
Contract construction 2/
Manufacturing.*.......
Trans, and pub', util....
Trade................
Finance..............
Service..............
Government...........
66.3
2.2
42.1
2.7
9.1
1-3
4.2
4.7
64.7
2 .1
40.6
2 .7
9.1
1.3
4.2
4.7
73.0
2.2
48.9
2.8
9.1
1.2
4.3
4.6
52.8
52.0
60.1
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington
Total................
Contract construction...
Manufacturing.........
Trans, and pub. util....
Trade................
Finance..............
Service 2/
.........
Government
.........
$02.2
34.8
26.3
41.7
L21.5
32.1
82.4
263.4
601.3
33.2
26.0
41.4
122.0
31.9
83.2
263.6
614.8
36.6
26.9
43.9
123.2
31.1
81.9
271.2
FLORIDA
Jacksonville
Total................
Contract construction...
L14.4
9.3
115-9
9.5
110.9
8.0
16
Jacksonville - Continued
Manufacturing.........
Trans, and pub. util....
Number of employees
1954.
1953 .
Aug.
Aug.
.July
17.7
14.3
35.8
8.5
13.4
15.5
18.9
14.4
36.0
8.3
13.4
15.5
18.3
14.4
34.2
7.2
13.2
15.7
200.6
18.6
23.4
26.8
64.9
11.6
36.6
18.9
198.9
17.4
22.6
27.4
65.O
11.5
36.4
18.9
189.0
20.0
21.2
25.4
59.2
10.7
34.4
18.2
118.2
12.6
21.5
10.3
38.4
6.3
14.6
14 .7
118.2
12.4
21.4
10.3
38.5
6.2
14.7
14.8
114.8
11.8
22.4
10 .1
37.7
5.7
14.0
13.2
293.0
13.9
77.8
30.7
78.9
20.9
37.6
33.2
290.4
13.8
75.6
30.6
78.6
20.9
37.6
33-3
301.7
16.3
80.7
31.9
79.7
21.6
37.5
34.0
48.7
3.2
13.9
6.4
12.4
1.5
5.8
5.5
48.3
3.3
13.4
6.4
12.4
1.5
5-8
5.5
5 1 .1
4.9
14.5
6.5
12.4
1.5
5.7
5.6
20.0
1.7
1.7
2.3
6.2
1.2
2.8
4.1
20.1
1.7
1.7
2.3
6.2
1.2
2.9
4.1
21.3
2.5
1.9
2.5
6.2
1.2
3.0
4.0
Miami
Contract construction...
Trans, and pub. util....
Tampa-St. Petersburg
Contract construction...
Manufacturing.........
Trans, and pub. util....
GEORGIA
Atlanta
Contract construction...
Manufacturing.........
Trans, and pub. util....
Savannah
Contract construction...
DELAWARE
Wilmington
Manufacturing.........
Set footnotes at end of table.
Area and industry
division
Trans, and pub. util....
IDAHO
Boise 4/
Contract construction...
Manufacturing.........
Trans, and pub. util....
Area Employment
Tab!* A -8 : Emp!oy#*s !n nonagricuitura! estabtishment!,
for setected areas, by industry division - Continued
(In thousands)
Area and industry
division
Number of employees
1954
1951
July
Aug.
Aug.
A^ea and industry
division
Wichita - Continued
Contract construction...
ILLINOIS
Chicago
(l/)
(I/)
(i/)
(i/)
(i/)
(i/)
(i/)
(V)
(i/)
Contract construction...
Trans, and pub. util....
Service........... .
2,419.2
3.7
101.4
947.1
210.5
501.7
145-7
290.8
218.3
550.6
4.2
103.4
1 ,060.9
223.4
510.8
143.2
290.2
214.5
Trans, and pub. util....
Service..............
65.6
30.8
34.8
68.4
33.3
35.1
Indianapolis
Total..... ..........
Contract construction...
Trans, and pub. util....
Other nonmanufacturing..
72-9
33-8
39.1
73.1
34.2
38.9
82.7
41.8
40.9
261.9
10.2
94.4
19.7
63.2
15.5
58.9
266.5
10.3
98.3
20.1
63.O
15.4
59.4
280.1
11.9
107.7
22.5
65.2
15.5
57.3
South Bend
Other nonmanufacturing..
Contract construction...
Manufacturing.........
Trans, and pub. util....
73.5
35.9
14.6
23.0
(1/)
(l/)
(l/)
(I/)
(1/)
(I/)
(l/)
(I/)
92.2
4.9
22.5
7.9
24.4
10.0
12.0
10.6
IOWA
Des Moines
Total................
Contract construction...
Trans, and pub. util....
Government
96.5
57.9
15.4
23.2
Trans, and pub. util....
Service 2/..... ......
92.9
5.2
23.4
7.9
24.8
9.7
11.8
10.3
43.3
.2
2.8
4.5
7.3
9.4
2.3
5.1
11.8
43.1
.2
2.6
4.5
7.5
9.4
2.3
5-1
11.8
45.5
.2
3.1
6.0
8.0
9.5
2.2
5.2
11.5
118.8
1.3
117.7
1.3
118.4
1-3
Finance..............
Contract construction...
Trans, and pub. util....
Finance
See footnotes at end of table.
18.7
11.8
2.0
19.4
11.8
1.9
263.5
4.7
18.9
52.1
42.6
66.3
11.8
34.8
32.5
263.3
4.8
18.7
52.7
42.3
65.6
11.8
34.9
32.6
272.7
4.7
19.9
58.4
43.4
66.6
11.7
35.4
32.7
28.0
1.3
15.0
l.l
5 .1
.7
3.8
1.0
27.5
1.4
14.4
1 .1
5 .1
.7
3.8
1.0
29.4
1.3
16.4
1.2
5 .1
.6
3.8
1.0
53.9
4.6
13.3
6.6
14.5
3.2
8.4
3.3
53.7
4.5
13.1
6.6
14.6
3.2
8.4
3.3
53.3
4.1
13.4
6.4
14.6
546.3
.8
39.3
187.5
57.9
109.2
28.6
60.3
62.7
547.3
.8
39.2
188.4
56.4
110.6
28.6
60.3
63.0
562.0
.8
40.3
203.2
60.0
108.8
28.1
57.3
63.5
3.1
8.4
3.3
MARYLAND
Baltimore
Contract construction...
Manufacturing.........
Trans, and pub. util....
Wichita 4/
Mining...............
18.6
11.9
2 .1
Portland
KANSAS
Topeka 4/
Mining...............
Contract construction...
Manufacturing.........
Trans, and pub. util....
7.7
52.9
7.9
24.6
4.2
11.2
8.8
MAINE
Leviston
Contract construction...
72.1
34.6
14.6
22.9
7.1
52.6
7.4
24.3
4.6
11.5
9.2
Nev Orleans
Fort Wayne
Manufacturing.........
7.4
53.3
7.4
24.5
4.6
11.4
9.1
LOUISIANA
Baton Rouge
INDIANA
Evansville
63.4
28.5
34.9
Number of employees
1954
1953
Aug.
Aug.
July
Government
Area Employment
Tabte A -8 : Emptoyees in nonagricuttura! estabtishments
for setected areas, by industry division - Continued
(In thousands)
Area and Industry
division
MASSACHUSETTS
Boston
Total...............
Contract construction..
Manufacturing........
Trans, andpub. util...
Trade...............
Finance.............
Service 2/..........
Government..........
Number of employees
1954
1953.
Aug.
Aug.
JuljL.
64.9
129.5
129.7
940.6
41.2
275.8
79.4
219.3
64.9
130.4
129.6
978.1
47.7
307.9
79.0
223.4
63.2
128.6
128.3
Fall River
Total.......
Manufacturing.
Trans, and pub util
Trade.......
Government....
Other nonmanufacturing
46.6
27.2
2.4
7.8
4.7
4.5
45.5
26.0
2.4
7.9
4.7
4.5
49.2
29.7
2.5
7.9
4.5
4.6
Nev Bedford
Total.............
Contract construction
Manufacturing......
Trans, and pub. util.
Trade.............
Government.........
Other nonmanufacturing
47.9
1 .1
25.6
2.2
8.4
4.8
5.8
47.8
1 .1
25.4
2.2
8.4
4.8
5.9
54.0
1.4
31.4
2.2
Springfield-Holyoke
Total...............
Contract construction..
Manufacturing........
Trans, and pub. util...
Trade...............
Finance.............
Service 2/...........
Government..........
Worcester
Total...............
Contract construction..
Manufacturing........
Trans, and pub. util...
Trade...............
Finance.............
Service 2/..........
Government..........
943.7
42.4
280.1
78.5
218.6
153.0
5-7
67.1
8.8
30.1
6.5
15.1
19.7
152.0
5.5
65.5
8.8
30.4
6.4
15.3
20.1
160.4
4.7
73.9
9.1
30.3
6.3
15.0
2 1 .1
99.5
3.6
46.0
5.2
20.2
4.2
9.5
10.8
106.6
4.1
53.5
5.2
19.7
4.2
9.5
10.4
MICHIGAN
Detroit
Manufacturing.
540.6
556.0
712.8
Flint
Manufacturing.
76.4
77.2
75.4
Grand Rapids
Manufacturing.
50.2
51.8
27.6
29.0
34.9
Muskegon
Manufacturing.
23.8
23.6
29.7
Saginaw
Manufacturing.......
27.1
26.7
29.3
MINNESOTA
Duluth
Total............. .
Contract construction,
Manufacturing...... .
Trans, and pub. util.,
Trade.............
Finance........... .
Service 2/......... .
Government......... .
43.0
2.6
9.6
7.6
11.2
1.9
6.2
3.9
43.3
2.4
10.0
7.8
1 1 .1
1.9
6.2
3.9
45.4
2.7
11.0
8.3
11.4
1.8
6.2
4.1
Minneapolis
Total..............
Contract construction.
Manufacturing.......
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade..............
Finance............
Service 2/ .....................
Government..........
263.5
15.6
68.4
29.0
72.8
20.4
32.8
24.5
261.8
14.0
68.7
28.6
72.7
20.2
33.0
24.6
271.2
14.7
76.3
30.0
75.1
19.9
32.4
22.7
St. Paul
Total.............
Contract construction,
Manufacturing...... .
Trans, and pub. util.,
Trade.............
Finance........... .
Service 2 / .....................
Government......... .
151.6
10.3
42.3
21.6
33.0
10.6
1 7 .1
16.6
149-9
9.5
41.8
21.9
33.0
10.5
16.9
16.3
152.4
8.9
44.4
22.1
33.8
10.5
16.6
16.0
8.8
8.8
9.0
MISSOURI
Kansas City
Total.............
Mining............
Contract construction
Manufacturing......
Trans, and pub. util.
Trade.............
Finance...........
Service...........
Government.........
(1/)
(1/)
(1/)
(1/)
(1 /)
(l/)
(1/)
(I/)
(1/)
363.1
.8
20.6
1 1 1 .1
45.6
94.2
20.7
39.7
30.4
376.9
.7
21.0
121.7
47.8
95.2
2 1.1
39.8
29.6
St. Louis
Manufacturing......
260.2
261.0
304.8
3.0
2.6
6.0
3.4
2.9
2.6
6.0
3.4
2.9
2.9
6.0
3.4
MISSISSIPPI
Jackson
Manufacturing......
53.6
Lansing
Manufacturing.
JA
Number of employees
1<554
1951
Auc.
Aug.
July
8.6
4.6
5.8
99.4
3.5
46.0
5.2
20.2
4.2
9.5
10.8
See footnotes at end of table.
Area and industry
division
MONTANA
Great Falls
Manufacturing..
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade........
Service j?/...
A re j Employment
Tab!# A-8: Emptoyees in nonagricuttura) estabtishment!,
for setected areas, by industry division - Continued
(In thousands)
Area and industry
division
Number of employees
i?54
[1953*
Aug.
July
A"S-
NEBRASKA
Omaha
Total................
Contract construction...
Manufacturing.........
Trans, and pub. util....
Trade................
Finance..............
Service 2/...........
Government...........
(1/)
(1/)
(1/)
(I/)
(1/)
(1/)
(1/)
(1/)
141.8
8.2
32.2
23.2
34.4
10.6
18.0
15.3
143.9
8.0
31.8
25.6
35.4
10.7
17.9
14.6
NEVADA
Reno
Total..............
Contract construction 4/
Manufacturing 2/ 4/...7.
Trans, and pub. util. 4/
Trade 4/...........
Finance 4/..........
Service H/..........
Government..........
23.8
2.3
1.9
3.3
5.9
.8
6.3
3.3
23.7
2.2
1.9
3.3
5.9
.8
6.3
3.3
(1/)
1.9
2.0
3.3
5.9
.8
6.3
(1/)
NEV HAMPSHIRE
Manchester 4/
Total..............
Contract construction.
Manufacturing.......
Trans, andpub. util..
Trade..............
Finance............
Service............
Government..........
39.9
1.6
19.5
2.5
7.3
2.0
4.2
2.8
39.5
1.6
19.1
2.6
7.3
2.0
4.2
2.8
41.1
1.6
20.8
2.5
7.5
1.9
4.2
2.6
NEW JERSEY
Newark-Jersey City 6/
Manufacturing......
Paterson 6/
Manufacturing.
349.7
349.2
390.1
166.1
167.3
182.8
Perth Amboy 6/
Manufacturing.
79.4
78.9
86.3
Trenton
Manufacturing.
37.8
38.2
43.6
NEW MEXICO
Albuquerque 4/
Total..............
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade..............
Finance............
Service 2/..........
Government..........
NEW YORK
Albany-S chenectady-Troy
Total.............
Contract construction
Manufacturing......
Trans, and pub. util.
Trade.............
54.5
5.2
9.2
4.9
14.2
3.1
7.5
10.4
205.8
7.0
77.3
16 .7
39.5
54.4
4.9
9.1
4.9
14.4
3.0
7.5
10.6
206.8
7.0
78.2
16.7
39.6
54.4
4.8
8.9
5.4
14.4
2.9
7.5
10.5
224.9
8 .1
91.1
18.0
40.2
A^ea. and industry
division
Number of employees
1951
1954
Aug.
July
Aug.
Albany-S chene ctadyTroy - Continued
Government..........
Other nonmanufacturing.
36.9
28.4
36.9
28.4
39.5
28.0
Binghamton
Total..............
Contract construction.
Manufacturing.......
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade..............
Other nonmanufacturing
75.8
3.7
40.8
3-9
12.9
14.5
76.2
3.6
41.3
3.9
13.0
14.5
78.0
3.5
42.5
4.1
13.5
14.4
Buffalo
Total...............
Contract construction..
Manufacturing........
Trans, andpub. util...
Trade...............
Finance.............
Service 2/..........
Government..........
429.2
.2 1.7
197.6
38.4
80.6
13.6
45.1
32.1
429.8
22.2
197.0
38.6
81.2
13.5
45.1
32.1
457.5
21.8
220.3
41.5
83.4
13-2
44.8
32.6
Elmira
Total...............
Manufacturing........
Trade...............
Other nonmanufacturing.
33.3
17.1
6.3
10.0
33.2
17.2
6.3
9.8
33.3
17.0
6.3
10.0
Nassau and Suffolk
Counties 6/
Contract construction.
Manufacturing.......
Trans, andpub. util..
Trade..............
Service ]5/..........
28.0
104.5
20.3
59.4
38.5
28.9
103.7
20.2
59.4
38.6
22.3
97.7
20.1
52.9
38.9
New York-NortheasternNew Jersey
Manufacturing.......
1 ,689.2
1,640.0
1 ,838.8
3,484.4
1.9
933.9
333.6
790.3
344.5
549.5
420.5
3,445.7
1.9
110.9
884.6
336.4
795.7
343.6
552.7
420.0
3,539.4
1.9
71.7
1 ,019.9
341.7
804.2
344.3
544.5
4 1 1 .1
212.0
10.6
110.5
11.2
37*3
2 12 .1
10.3
110.5
11.2
37.7
6.6
6.6
35.8
35.8
217-4
9.6
118.3
1 1 .1
36.9
6.4
35.1
New York City
Total...............
Mining..............
Contract construction..
Manufacturing........
Trans, andpub. util...
Trade...............
Finance.............
Service.............
Government...........
Rochester
Total.............
Contract construction
Manufacturing......
Trans, and pub. util.
Trade.............
Finance...........
Other nonmanufacturing
110.2
See footnotes at end of table.
i2 -
Area Enip!oyment
Tab!# A -S: Emptoyees in nonagricuttura! estab!ishments
for seiected areas, by industry division - Continued
(In thousands)
Area and industry
division
NEW YORK - Continued
Syracuse
Total.............
Contract construction
Manufacturing......
Trans, and pub. util.
Trade...........
Other nonmanufacturing
Number of employees
Aug.
137-1
7.8
55.3
11.3
29.3
33-3
July
134.7
7.1
53-9
11.4
29.0
33-4
1222-
Aug.
146.6
7.3
64.9
11.7
29.4
33-3
Utica-Rome
Total................
Contract construction
Manufacturing......
Trans, and pub. util.
Trade.............
Finance...........
Service 2/.........
Government.........
94.3
2.8
42.9
6.0
14.6
3.1
7.8
17.0
94.7
2.8
43.2
6.0
14.8
3.1
7.4
17.4
102.2
3.7
49.6
6.5
15.2
3.1
7.6
16.5
Westchester County 6/
Manufacturing......
45.3
45.6
51.8
Area and industry
division
Oklahoma City - Continued
Trans. and pub. util..
Trade..............
Finance............
Service............
Government..........
Tulsa
Total..............
Mining.............
Contract construction.
Manufacturing.......
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade..............
Finance............
Service............
Government..........
OREGON
Portland
Total..............
Contract construction.
Manufacturing.......
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade..............
Finance............
Service 2/..........
Government..........
Number of employees
195?
1?22July
Aug.
Aug,.
10.8
35.9
7.6
16.5
31.5
10.8
36.2
7.7
16.5
31.4
11.4
36.4
7.7
16.6
33.1
114.4
11.3
9.5
28.9
12.5
28.1
5.2
13.6
5.5
114.1
1 1 .1
9.4
29.0
12.5
27.8
5.2
13.8
5-4
117.3
11.3
8.9
32.0
12.6
28.1
4.9
13.9
5.7
244.2
14.3
61.6
29.6
6 1.9
33.4
30.8
238.4
13.1
57.1
29.8
61.5
12 .7
33.3
30.9
250.0
15.5
63.5
31.5
63.5
12.3
33.3
30.4
92.2
92.4
105.5
NORTH CAROLINA
Charlotte
Total..............
Contract construction.
Manufacturing.......
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade..............
Finance............
Service 2/..........
Government..........
82.9
6.2
2 1 .1
9.7
24.4
5-4
10.0
6 .1
82.5
6 .1
21.0
9.6
24.3
5.3
10 .1
6 .1
84.3
6 .1
22.0
9.9
24.9
5.4
9.9
6 .1
Greensboro-High Point
Manufacturing......
40.0
39.7
40.3
PENNSYLVANIA
Allentown-BethlehemEaston
Manufacturing......
Raleigh-Durham
Manufacturing.
2 1.1
19.1
21.8
Erie 4/
Manufacturing......
38.3
38.7
45.9
Winston-Salem
Manufacturing.
32.6
30.4
32.4
Harrisburg
Total.............
Mining............
Contract construction
Manufacturing......
Trans, and pub. util.
Trade.............
Finance...........
Service...........
Government.........
130.7
.5
7.8
32.0
14.3
21.9
5.0
11.4
37.9
129.4
.5
7.2
31.5
14.1
21.8
5-0
11.4
37.8
138.2
Lancaster 4/
Manufacturing......
43.5
43.1
46.1
Philadelphia
Manufacturing......
546.9
547.6
615.0
20.8
319.9
28.6
21.3
321.3
67.6
28.5
27.7
374.7
73.7
28.5
47.6
47.8
53.1
NORTH DAKOTA
Fargo
Manufacturing......
Trans, and pub. util.
Trade.............
Finance...........
Service...........
Government.........
OHIO
Cincinnati
Manufacturing.
Cleveland
Manufacturing.
OKLAHOMA
Oklahoma City
Total..............
Mining.............
Contract construction.
Manufacturing.... ...
Set footnotes at end of table.
20
2.3
2.3
7.5
1.4
2.8
(1/)
154.8
296.0
134.6
6.6
9.4
16.4
2.1
2.2
2.3
7.4
1.4
2.8
(I/)
2.4
7.4
1.3
2.8
2.9
153.8
172.6
296.6
135.0
6.6
9.1
16.6
137.7
Pittsburgh
Mining............
Manufacturing......
Trans, and pub. util.
Finance...........
9.8
16.2
Reading
Manufacturing......
337.3
12.6
67.8
.6
7.2
37.4
16 .1
22.1
5.1
11.6
38.0
6.6
Area Employment
Tab)# A -8 : Emptovees i" nonagricuttura! estabtishments,
for seiected areas, by industry division - Continued
(In thousanda)
Area and industry
division
Number of employeea
1<?54
1953
Aug.
Aug.
July
PENNSLYVANIA - Continued
Scranton 4/
A^ea and industry
division
Knoxville - Continued
Trans, and pub. util....
30.8
30.2
32.9
37.1
36.1
40.7
44.7
43.5
48.8
Wilkes-Barre— Hazleton 4/
York
Govermncnt *
7.0
22.0
2.3
11.4
13.5
7.0
22.1
2.2
11.3
1 3. 5
7.6
21.7
2.2
11.4
14.4
162.6
-3
10.9
14.4
48.5
7.5
18.3
22.6
163.5
.3
10.8
40.9
14.5
48.7
7.5
18.4
22.5
171.0
.4
11.2
45.1
15.0
50.1
7.5
18.8
23-1
122.8
10.8
35.1
12.1
26.2
7.2
17.2
14.3
121.6
10.4
34.3
12 .1
26.1
7.2
17.3
14.4
125.1
11.1
37.0
12.3
26.3
7.1
17.2
14.2
IO7.3
6 .1
7.2
16.6
12.6
31.2
6.4
13.6
13.6
106.9
6 .1
7.1
16.6
12.5
3 1.1
6.3
13.6
13.6
IO7.5
6.4
7.5
16.7
12.9
31.2
6.0
13.3
13.5
17.2
5.3
1.2
4.7
2.9
3-1
17.1
5-1
1.2
4.7
2.9
3.1
17.8
6.3
1.2
4.6
2.4
3.3
11.2
6.8
.6
1.6
.8
1.5
11.5
7.0
.6
1.6
.8
1.6
13.1
8.8
.6
1.5
.8
1.5
15.0
14.7
15.9
Memphis
Contract construction...
40.2
Trans, and pub. util....
RHODE ISLAND
Providence
Contract construction...
Trans, and pub. util....
277.4
14.2
132.5
14.2
49.0
11.8
26.5
29.2
272.5
13.8
128.3
14.2
49.4
11.6
26.1
29.1
294.8
14.4
152.0
14.7
48.8
11.4
25.2
28.3
48.9
3-5
8.5
4.3
11.4
1.6
4.5
15.2
48.8
3.6
8 .1
4 .1
11.4
1.6
4.7
15.4
51.4
4.1
9.0
4.7
12.2
1.6
4.4
15.5
27.4
27.6
29.5
SOUTH CAROLINA
Nashville
Total................
Contract construction 2/
Manufacturing.........
Trans, and pub. util....
C h a r le s t o n
Contract construction...
Trans, and pub. util....
Greenville
UTAH
Salt Lake City
Total................
Contract construction...
Trans, and pub. util....
SOUTH DAKOTA
Sioux Falls
Manufacturing.........
Trans, and pub. util....
5.6
2.1
7.1
1.3
4.6
Finance..............
5.6
2.0
7.1
1.4
4.7
5.4
2.1
7.4
1.3
4.8
VERMONT
Burlington
Manufactur ing.........
Trans. and pub. util....
TENNESSEE
Chattanooga
Contract construction...
Manufacturing.........
Trans, and pub. util....
GovorniM&nt
Number of employeea
1954
1953
Aug.
Aug.
July
^
87.2
.1
3.6
40.7
5.2
16.8
3.9
9.2
7.8
87.I
.1
3.9
40.5
5.3
16.7
3.9
9 .1
7.8
94.2
.1
4.2
46.8
5.4
17.3
3-7
9.0
7.9
115.6
1.8
13.8
44.0
107.5
1.9
5.9
43.8
118 .1
2.0
13.0
45.9
Other nonmanufacturing..
Springfield
Manufacturing.........
Trans, and pub. util....
Scrvi cc
Other nonmanufacturing..
Knoxville
Contract construction...
See footnotes at end of table.
VIRGINIA
Norfolk-Portsmouth
Area Bmptoymcnt
Tab!# A -8 : Emptoyees in nonagricutturat estabtishments
for setected areas, by industry division - Continued
(In thousands)
Area and industry
division
VIRGINIA - Continued
Richmond
Total.............
Mining............
Contract construction
Manufacturing......
Trans, and pub. util.
Trade.............
Finance...........
Service...........
Government......... .
WASHINGTON
Seattle
Total............. .
Contract construction,
Manufacturing...... .
Trans, and pub. util.,
Trade............. .
Finance............
Service 2/.........
Government.........
Spokane
Total.............
Contract construction
Manufacturing......
Trans, and pub. util.
Trade.............
Finance...........
Service 2/.........
Government.........
Tacoma
Total................
Contract construction...
Manufacturing.........
Trans, and pub. util....
Trade................
Finance..............
Service 2/...........
Government...........
Number of employees
Aug.
HE
145.7
.4
July
1953
^ g ..,
36.2
15.0
35-8
11.9
16.5
19.1
145.7
.4
10.7
35.8
14.9
36.1
11.9
16.8
19.1
149.5
.4
10.3
38.8
15.5
36.3
11.5
17.1
19.6
280.2
13.9
77.0
26.6
70.2
16 .1
36.6
39.8
279.4
13.7
76.4
26.7
70.5
16.2
36.6
39-3
284.6
14.2
80.6
27.8
70.5
15.9
36.4
39.2
5.0
13.7
8.3
18.2
3-5
10.7
9-2
69.5
5.2
14.4
8.3
18.3
3.5
10.6
9.2
71.9
5.5
15.2
9.1
18.9
3.4
10.8
9.0
68.3
4.1
15.2
6.4
14.9
2.5
8.0
17.2
66.7
3.8
14.4
6.4
14.5
2.6
7.8
17.2
72 .1
4.8
17.2
7.4
15.1
2.6
8.0
17.0
10.8
68.6
Area and industry
division
Number of employees
1954
-1933Aug.
-July
-uAU&L
WEST VIRGINIA
Charleston
Total.............
Mining............ .
Contract construction
Manufacturing...... .
Trans, and pub. util.,
Trade............. .
Finance............ .
Service........... .
Government * ....... .
(I/)
(I/)
(1/)
(1/)
(1/)
(1/)
(I/)
(I/)
(1/)
Wheeling-Steubenville
Total............. .
Mining............
Contract construction
Manufacturing......
Trans, and pub. util.
Trade.............
Finance........... .
Service...........
Government......... .
(1/)
(1/)
(I/)
(1/)
(I/)
(1/)
(1/)
(1/)
(1/)
109.4
5.6
4.0
53.0
9.1
18.8
2.8
9.4
6.8
115.5
6.7
4.5
56.2
10.0
19.4
2.7
9.6
6 .7
WISCONSIN
Milwaukee
Manufacturing.
179.6
181.4
197.1
Racine
Manufacturing.
21.4
2 1 .1
24.1
2.8
1.1
1.9
1.9
3.6
.4
1.9
2.9
1.0
1.9
1.8
3.6
.4
2.0
2.9
l.l
1.9
1.7
3-5
.4
1.8
WYOMING
Casper
Mining............
Contract construction
Manufacturing......
Trans, and pub. util.
Trade.............
Finance...........
Service...........
89.6
11.2
4.5
25.9
10.4
17.5
2 .7
8.7
8.8
99.0
15.7
5.8
28.9
10.6
17.9
2.8
8.6
8.9
* Does not conform with definitions used for national series as shewn in Glossary,
l/ Not available.
2/ Includes mining.
Beginning with July 1954, approximately 1,200 Howard University and Gallaudet College employees are excluded
from federal government employment and included in service.
4/ Revised series; not strictly comparable with previously published data.
5/ Includes mining and finance.
S/ Subarea of Nev York-Northeastern Nev Jersey.
7/ Includes mining and government.
22
Women in Industry
Tabte A -9: W omen emptoyees in manufacturing industries
June 1954
I n d u s t r y group and in d u s t r y
June 1953
March 195^
Number
( in th o u
sa n d s)
P ercen t
o f to ta l
em ploym ent
4,112.1
26
4,289.7
26
4,651.1
27
DURABLE GOODS..............................................................
NONDURABLE GOODS.......................................................
1 , 634.5
2,477.6
18
1 , 722.6
1 , 966.4
37
18
2,567.1
38
2,684.7
19
38
ORDNANCE AND ACCESSOR!ES...............................
39.1
23
47.9
24
68.4
27
FOOD AND KtNDRED PRODUCTS.............................
359.8
24
339.8
24
376.5
25
72.0
23
21
71.3
23
22
72.8
28.3
87.0
17.8
23
64.2
3.0
22
11
41.5
22.3
53
39.6
10
27
MANUFACTURE....................................................
27.7
79.1
D a iry p r o d u c t s
Canning and p r e s e r v in g
G r a in - m ill
r o d u c ts
B ak ery p r o d u c t s
S u ga r.................................................................................
18.1
60.3
B e v e r a g e s ........................................................................
22.0
38.2
TOBACCO MANUFACTURES......................................
3.1
39.3
52.4
13.7
31.7
3-3
3-7
C ig a r s
T o b a cco and s n u f f
T o b a cco stemming and r e d r y in g
464.8
TEXHLE-M!LL PRODUCTS....................................
.7
56.7
191.8
16.2
Yarn and th r e a d m il l s ^
B roa d -w oven f a b r i c m i l l s
N arrow f a b r i c s and s m a llw a re s
K n it t i n g m i l l s
D y ein g and f i n i s h i n g t e x t i l e s
H ats (e x c e p t c l o t h
145.3
19.0
and m i l l i n e r y ) . f ..........
APPAREL AND OTHER F!N!SHED TEXTtLE
PRODUCTS............................................................
M i l i i n ^ r y ^ " ^ " '^
" " " "
............
o t h e ! " ^ n = a J " t ^ i ^ % r o d u 't r ^ "
'
*
LUMBER AMD WOOD PRODUCTS (EXCEPT
FURN!TURE)........................................................
MHcellaneous'wooyproductL .............................
318547 0 - 54 -5
H .5
5.7
17.9
41
15
( i n th o u
sa n d s )
25.0
60.5
P ercen t
o f to ta l
em ploym ent
39
(i ^
o u-
P ercen t
o f to ta l
em ploym ent
22
41
15
17.5
59.7
3.0
41.9
15
21
11
10
20.9
27
4o.o
10
29
58
53.5
58
52.5
58
13.8
44
79
43
39
13.8
31.6
43
34
31.4
3.4
4.9
3.3
3.8
44
78
42
33
43
466.4
43
531.0
44
12
.8
46
40
17
46
4o
55
1 .1
57.3
15
47
4o
56
21
11
52
43
80
56
67
22
23
193.4
16.0
142.4
19 .1
12.4
53
69.7
218.3
17.9
67
22
23
162.4
20.0
13.8
39
30
6.7
2 1.1
24
39
31
68
22
29
6.0
19.0
858.4
77
949.0
77
937.5
77
74.6
61
83.7
62
85.1
62
238.8
256.2
84
251.0
305.3
84
78
264.9
270.5
84
78
87
87
69
86
2'i
76
99.3
H.9
63.9
3.5
49.3
77
93.4
8.7
64.9
3.3
43.3
75.2
39
80
87
68
86
25
97.3
74
75
64
19 .1
63.8
2 .1
45.2
81.5
65
89.1
66
48.6
6
48.6
7
54.5
7
1.9
14.8
2
1.6
15.4
2
2.0
16.9
4
4
10.2
8
H.3
10.4
19
20
9.8
1 1 .2
10.6
86
22
4
8
18
19
11.7
12 .1
11.8
9
18
20
Women in industry
Tab!# A -9 : Women em ptoyees in manufacturing industries - Continued
June 1954
in d u s try < r ..p
and in d u s t r y
(in^MK^u-
March 1954
P ercen t
o f to ta l
em ploym ent
Number
( in th o u
san ds )
June 1953
P ercen t
o f to ta l
em ploym ent
Number
( in th ou
san ds )
e m jlo y m ^ t
FURM!TUREAMDftXTURES................
50.3
18
62.0
18
68.9
19
H ousehold f u r n i t u r e ................................................
O f f i c e , p u b l i c - b u i l d i n g , and p r o f e s -
39.5
17
42.1
17
47.6
18
5-3
13
5.6
14
6.0
14
3.7
11
3.8
11
4 .1
12
P a r t i t i o n s , s h e l v i n g , l o c k e r s , and
f i x t u r e s ........................................................................
S c r e e n s , b l i n d s , and m is c e l l a n e o u s
f u r n i t u r e and f i x t u r e s .......................................
9-8
36
IO.5
38
11 .2
38
PAPER AMD ALL!ED PRODUCTS.............
119.4
23
121.1
23
126.9
24
Pulp p a p ^ r
and p a p frh n a r^ " t i l l ?
P a p erb oard c o n t a i n e r s and b o x e s . T t . - . t t .
O ther p a p e r and a l l i e d p r o d u c t s ...................
28.3
4l.6
49.5
11
29
40
28.9
42.6
49.6
11
30
4o
29.2
46.4
51.3
11
31
41
218.2
27
220.8
27
218.5
28
54.0
24.6
23.1
52.0
17.0
13.4
19.0
18
40
46
25
29
66
43
54.1
25.8
23.6
53.3
17.1
12.1
19.3
19
41
46
26
29
65
44
53-3
23.8
23.1
53.1
16.8
13.6
19.7
18
39
46
26
30
68
44
15.1
23
15.5
23
15 .1
24
142.0
18
143.2
18
153.9
19
8.4
42.9
36.3
9
14
40
8.0
43.9
37.5
9
15
41
8.3
51.2
37.7
9
16
4l
H.7
V e g e t a b le and anim al o i l s and f a t s ............
M is c e lla n e o u s c h e m ic a ls .......................................
10.8
.4
2 .1
3.0
26.4
23
15
6
7
8
30
11 .7
10.9
.5
2.3
3.1
25.3
23
15
6
5
8
29
11.7
11.4
.5
2.0
3.2
27.9
23
15
6
6
8
31
PRODUCTS OF PETROLEUM AMD COAL........................
15.9
6
15.4
6
15.7
6
12.9
6
12.5
6
12.5
6
PR!MT!MG, PUBL!SW!MG, AMD ALLIED
!MDUSTR!ES.........................
C om m ercial p r i n t i n g ...............................................
L i t h o g r a p h i n g .. . .......................................................
CHEMtCALS AMO ALDED PRODUCTS.........
I n d u s t r i a l i n o r g a n i c c h e m ic a ls
.................
I n d u s t r i a l o r g a n i c c h e m i c a l s ....................... .
Coke and o t h e r p e tro le u m
and c o a l
3.0
6
2.9
6
3 .2
6
RUBBER PRODUCTS......................
65.4
26
66.1
26
77.2
27
T i r e s and in n e r tu b e s
Rubber f o o t w e a r ..
..
..
...............
O th er r u b b e r p r o d u c t s ............................................
18.8
12.0
34.6
17
48
30
19 .1
12.0
35.0
17
48
29
20.9
14.6
4 1.7
17
50
32
181.3
50
191.8
51
195.0
50
5.5
1.6
6.5
133.7
6.9
17.7
9.4
13
34
5.7
1.6
7.0
140.6
6.2
22.4
8.3
13
33
41
56
46
68
57
6 .1
1.9
7.1
141.0
8.1
19.7
1 1 .1
13
36
41
56
46
69
60
LEATHER AMD LEATHER PRODUCTS..........
L ea th er* ta n n ed , c u r r i e d , and f i n i s h e d . .
I n d u s t r i a l l e a t h e r b e l t i n g and p a c k i n g ..
B o o t and sh oe c u t s t o c k and f i n d i n g s . . . .
F ootw ea r ( e x c e p t r u b b e r ) ....................................
Luggage.............................................................................
Handbags and sm a ll l e a t h e r g o o d s .................
G lo v e s and m is c e l l a n e o u s l e a t h e r g o o d s ..
24
4i
55
47
67
57
Women in Industry
Tabte A -9: Women emptoyees in manufacturing industries - Continued
June 1954
(i n l h o u -
Percent
of total
employment
83.2
16
85.4
17
1.9
7
32
1.8
29.O
6
2.4
8
32
27
4.6
28
31.3
5.5
3
8
1 .1
6.1
18.7
3
8
34
5.5
20.4
5.3
.7
5
4
5.7
.7
31
30
3
7
36
5
4
(i ^ h o u -
Glass and glassware, pressed or blown...
tjlass products made of purchased glass..
Cement, hydraulic............ ............
Structural cl ay products................
Pottery and related products............
Concrete, gypsum, and plaster products..
June 1953
Percent
of total
employment
industry group and industry
STORE, CLAY, AMD GLASS PRODUCTS........
March 1954
29.2
4.1
l.l
6.1
17.1
Number
(in thou
sands)
93.1
1.0
of total
17
.7
33
5
4
M i ^ e l l ^ e ^ s nonmet all i r m i n e r a l .......
products.................................
17.4
21
18.1
21
20.6
21
PRtMARY METAL !MDUSTR!ES..............
69.0
6
71.8
6
83.7
6
mills....................................
23.2
4
23.7
4
9.9
5
10.3
5
25.8
13.1
5
1.7
3
1.7
3
1.8
3
1.0
8
l.o
8
1 .1
8
9.6
9-8
9
14
10
13.8
10
10.1
10.9
14.1
14
10
12.1
13.8
16.0
15
195.1
19
205.7
19
238.4
21
15.0
40.9
26
28
14.4
27
29
16.1
50.4
28
13
8
13
8
24
25
5.6
Prlma^^smtltLg^f refining* of........
Secofdary^smeltiig* iJid* refining* o f .....
RollfnrdrawIng!^yklloy^of ......
Nonferrous foundries............ *.......
FABRtCATED METAL PRODUCTS (EXCEPT
ORDWAMCE, MACmttERY, AMD TRAMSPORTATMM)
EQUtPMEMT).........................
Tin cans and other tinware..............
H^ailng' a p ^ r a t u s ^ e ^ p t ^ ^ c t r i c ) '^ d
14.9
43.7
4
11
10
30
22
54.3
23
31
13.8
29.0
23
23
13.4
30.7
30
24
18.3
21.6
63.6
16.7
16.1
23
35-6
24
MACmMERY (EXCEPT ELECTRtCAL)..........
219.4
14
227.4
14
248.8
14
Engines and turbines.....................
10.8
14.7
10.3
14
11.4
14
14.5
10.5
33.1
12
35.8
12
17.1
11.4
39.0
10
8
15
10
8
12.9
10
19.7
30.4
28.5
26.2
45.7
11
13
20.6
12
21.6
11
31.7
14
29.2
27.1
33.7
14
28
16
18
28
15
18
31.8
30.8
50.5
29
46.6
408.4
38
432.6
38
509.7
4l
104,6
29
32
110.9
29
126.4
22.4
6.6
34
23
24.2
31
34
25
Fabricated structural metal products....
Metal stamping, coating, and engraving..
Lighting fixtures........................
Fabricated wire products................
Miscellaneous fabricated metal products.
Construction and mining machinery......
19.7
49.7
13.5
12.4
13
7
20.1
15.3
33
8
13
Specill-ildustry^lachinery (^ c e p t ....
metalworking machinery)................
General industrial machinery............
Office and store machines and devices...
Service-industry and household machines.
Miscellaneous machinery parts...........
E).ECTR)CAL MACHtMERY.................
distribution, and industrial apparatus
Electrical appliances....................
Insulated wire and cable................
19.6
6.1
22
8.5
15
19
25
Women in Industry
Tabte A -9: Women emptoyees in manufacturing industries - Continued
June 1954
industry group and industry
(inlhousands)
June 1953
March 1954
Percent
of total
employment
(inlhousands)
Percent
of total
employment
Number
sands)
of total
employment
ELECTRICAL WACHtMERY— Continued
Electrical
f°^.
......
TRAMSPORTATtOM EQUtPMEXT...............................
IMSTRUWEMTS AMD RELATED PRODUCTS...............
Laboratory,
scientific,
and engineering
15.7
33
70
46
34
223.5
13
23.3
19.3
219.8
28.4
20.2
231.0
16.1
34
70
46
36
282.8
19.2
34
71
51
39
236.8
13
269.4
14
25.5
20.1
76.2
10
83.2
11
115.0
136.7
4.6
141.6
4.8
17
4
140.5
4.7
1.3
17
4
8
14
6.0
1.2
9
15
5.1
6.9
1.9
12
18
3
8
17
108.4
36
116.2
36
126.8
38
12.5
25
13.8
26
14.9
27
24.1
26.0
28.6
17.6
11.8
20.5
21.9
33
32
43
44
30
56
35
33
45
44
4o
204.7
41
Mechanical measuring and controlling
Surgical, medical, and dental instruments
4.5
17.2
Photographic ap aratus
Watches Lid clocks
19.9
19.1
32
33
43
44
30
54
M!SCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURE !MDUSTR!ES...
181.5
4o
188.2
41
22.3
4i
22.1
42
23
3.8
34.5
23
43
3.9
44.5
46
Pens, pencils, and other office supplies
Costume jewelry, buttons, notions......
20.9
3.5
36.9
15.1
32.4
15.3
33.3
25.9
53.1
51
53
35
34
15.3
35.6
28.4
54.9
52
54
37
34
11.1
24.0
48.7
26
45
52
52
34
33
4.6
5.0
19.7
11.9
21.1
25.6
31
57
23
Labor Turnover
Tabte B-l: Monthiy iabor turnover rates in manufacturing industries,
by ctass of turnover
(Per 100 employees
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
1939
1947.
1946
1949
1950
1951
1932
3.2
4.9
4.3
4.6
3.1
4.1
4.0
3.8
4.3
2.6
4.3
4.7
4.1
3-0
3.8
3.5
5.2
4.7
4.8
2.8
3'?
3.6
3-5
3-1
4.9
4.5
4.8
2.9
4.1
3-7
4.1
3.7
1939
1947
1946
1949
1950
1931
1952
1953
1954
0.9
3-3
2.6
1.7
1.1
2.1
1.9
2.1
1.1
0.6
3.2
2.3
1.4
1.0
3.1
1.9
2.2
1.0
0.8
3-3
2.8
1.6
1.2
2.3
2.0
2.3
1.0
0.8
3.7
3.0
1.7
1.3
2.7
2.2
2.7
1.1
1939
1947.
1948
1949
1930
1931
195S
1953
1954
0.1
.4
.4
.3
.2
.3
.3
.3
.2
0 .1
.4
.4
.3
.2
-3
.3
.4
.2
0.1
.4
.4
.3
.2
.3
.3
.4
.2
0.1
.4
.4
.2
.3
.4
.3
.4
.2
Total separation
3-5
3.3
3.3
3.4
4.6
4.7
4.4
4.5
4.3
3.2
3.8
4.3
3.0
2.9
3.1
4.4
4.8
4.3
3.0
3-9
^
4.4
4.3
3.3
3.1
3.1
Quit
0.7
0.7
0.7
3.3
3 .1
3.1
2.8
2.9
2.9
1.6
1.4
1.3
1.6
1.8
1 .7
2.4
2.8
2.3
2.2
2.2
2.2
2.6
2.7
2.3
1.0
1.1
1.1
Disc!large
0.1
0.1
0.1
.4
.4
.4
.4
.4
.3
.2
.2
.2
.3
.3
.3
.4
.4
.3
.3
.3
.3
.4
.4
.4
.2
.2
.2
1939
1947
1948,
1949,
1950,
1951
1953
1953.
1954.
2.2
.9
1.2
2.3
1 .7
1.0
1.4
.9
2.8
1.9
.8
1.7
2.3
1.7
.8
1.3
.8
2.2
2.2
.9
1.2
2.8
1.4
.8
1.1
.8
2.3
2.6
1.0
1.2
2.8
1.2
1.0
1.3
.9
2.4
2.7
1.4
1.1
3.3
1.1
1.2
1.1
1.0
1.9
1947,
1948.
1949.
1950,
1931
1932,
1933
1954.
0 .1
.1
.1
.1
-7
.4
.4
-3.
0.1
.1
.1
.1
.6
.4
.4
.2
0.1
.1
.1
.1
.3
.3
.3
.2
0.1
.1
.1
.1
.3
.3
.3
.2
0.1
.1
.1
.1
.4
.3
.3
.2
1939.
1947.
1946.
1949.
1950.
1951.
1952.
1933.
1954.
4.1
6.0
4.6
3.2
3.6
5.2
4.4
4.4
2.8
3.1
3.0
3.9
2.9
3.2
4.3
3.9
4.2
2.3
3.3
3.1
4.0
3.0
3.6
4.6
3.9
4.4
2.8
2.9
3.1
4.0
2.9
3.3
4.3
3.7
4.3
2.4
3.3
4.8
4.1
3.3
4.4
4.5
3.9
4.1
2.7
Year
4.6
4.1
4.3
3.8
May
June
2.3
1.1
1.1
2.3
.9
1.0
1 .1
.9
1 .7
July
roff
2.3
1.0
1.0
2.1
.6
1.3
2.2
1 .1
1.6
0.1
0.1
.1
.1
.1
.1
.1
.2
.4
.4
3
.3
.3
-3
.2
.2
Total*Mcessi(m
4.2
3.9
3-3
4.9
3.7
4.7
4.4
3.3
4.8
4.7
4.2
4.9
4.4
4.9
4.1
5.1
3.5
2.9
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
3-0
5-3
3-1
4.0
4.2
5.3
4.6
4.8
3.3
2.8
3-9
5-4
4.2
4.9
3.1
4.9
3.2
2.9
3.0
4.3
4.1
4.3
4.7
4.2
4.5
3-0
4.0
4.1
4.0
3.8
4.3
3-5
4.2
3.3
3-7
4.3
3.2
3.6
3-3
3.4
4.0
0.8
4.0
3.4
1.8
2.9
3.1
3.0
2.9
1.3
1 .1
4.3
3.9
2.1
3.4
3.1
3-5
3.1
0.9
3.6
.2.8
1.3
2.7
2.3
2.8
2 .1
0.8
2.7
2.2
1.2
2.1
1.9
2.1
1.3
0.7
2.3
1.7
.9
1.7
1.4
1.7
1 .1
0.1
.4
.4
.3
.4
.4
.3
.4
.2
0.1
.4
.4
.2
.4
3
.4
.4
0.2
.4
.4
.2
.4
.4
.4
.4
0.2
.4
.4
.2
.3
.3
.4
.3
0.1
.4
3
.2
.3
.3
.3
.2
2.1
.8
1.2
1.8
.6
1.4
1.0
1.3
1.6
1.4
.9
1.0
1.8
.7
1.3
.7
1.3
1.6
.9
1.2
2.3
.8
1.4
.7
1.8
2.0
.8
1.4
2.3
1.1
1.7
.7
2.3
2.7
.9
2.2
2.0
1.3
1.3
1.0
2.5
0 .1
.1
.1
3
.4
.3
.3
.3
0.1
.1
.1
.4
.4
.3
.3
0.1
.1
.1
.4
.4
.3
.3
0.1
.1
.1
.3
.4
.3
.3
0.1
.1
.1
.3
-3
.3
.2
3.1
3.3
3.0
4.4
6.6
4.3
3.9
4.3
3.3
6.2
5-9
3.1
4.1
3.7
4.3
3.6
4.0
3.9
3.3
4.3
3.7
3.2
4.4
3.2
3.3
4.1
4.8
3-9
3.3
4.0
3.9
4.0
2 .7
2.8
3.6
2.7
3.2
3.0
3.0
3.3
2.1
-2L
Ljbot Turnover
Ia b !e B-2: Monthty tabor turnover rates in setected groups
and industries
Sep a r a t io n
in d u s t r y group and in d u s t r y
T otal
D is ch a rg e
Quit
M i s c ., i n c l .
L ayo f f
a c c e s s io n
Aug.
1954
July
1954
Aug.
1954
July
1954
Aug.
1954
July
1954
Aug.
1954
July
1954
1954
..........................................................
3.3
3-1
1-3
1 .1
0.2
0.2
1.6
1.6
0-3
0.2
3.3
2.9
#Mrc6/e G6ocfs...................................................
3-4
3-2
3.3
2.8
1.2
1.0
.2
.2
1-5
1.3
.2
.2
1.7
1.2
1.9
Coocfs.......................
1.2
.3
.2
.2
.1
3-3
3.2
2.8
3.1
ORDNANCE AND ACCESSOR!ES...........................
3.4
2.8
1.0
-9
.2
.2
2.1
1.6
.1
.1
1.7
2.0
FOOD AND KtNDRED PRODUCTS.........................
4.8
4.7
4.4
3-4
3.7
4.1
3-0
3-3
1.6
.4
.2
.8
.6
.3
.3
.4
.5
2.7
3.0
2.0
.7
1.9
1.5
2.0
1.3
.8
1.3
2.0
2.7
1.2
.1
.2
.2
.1
.2
.2
.1
.1
4.1
4.7
2.5
3.3
4.3
4.9
5-1
3-5
.9
.7
.1
.2
5.6
2.8
.1
.2
2.1
3-3
1-5
1.3
1.9
.6
.1
.1
.2
.2
.1
.1
.1
.1
.2
.1
.1
.1
.1
.1
.2
.1
-3
.2
.1
.2
.6
2.6
2.2
3-1
1.1
3.4
3.9
3-1
2.6
.2
.2
.2
.2
.3
.2
.1
.1
.1
.1
.1
1.3
2.0
.9
.6
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
1.1
1.7
1.5
1.3
1.4
1.3
2.8
.8
3
.1
.3
.3
.5
.1
.1
.3
(1 /)
.2
.3
3.5
4.4
3.2
3-2
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
3.0
2.7
3.2
3.9
3.5
3.4
4.9
3.3
4.5
.3
.1
.2
. .2
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
.3
.2
.8
^oncfMrG^/^
M alt l i q u o r s .........................................................
6.7
3.8
TOBACCO MANUFACTURES...................................
1.8
1.8
2.0
1.7
2.3
1.5
1.6
1.9
TEXT!LE-M!LL PRODUCTS.................................
Yarn and th r e a d m i l l s . . . . * ..........................
3.3
3.9
2.9
2.6
(2/)
3.1
3.1
3.2
3.1
4.7
1.3
1.5
1.4
1.6
1.0
1.6
1.7
1.5
1.5
1.3
1.5
1.3
1.3
1.2
1.6
( 1/ )
.1
.2
.1
.2
.2
.6
.3
July Aug.
1954 1954
July
1954
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
2.2
2.9
2.7
2.3
2.9
2.7
2.6
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
.8
5-5
.9
.7
.5
.1
.1
3.0
3-4
3.6
3.5
2.0
1.7
2.3
1.8
( 1 /)
.1
.1
1.7
1.0
1 .1
.1
.1
.1
.4
2.9
3.8
3.2
2.9
3.9
2.4
2.5
.1
.1
.2
1.2
.1
.1
4.4
4.5
4.6
(2/)
4.2
4.3
2.2
.2
.1
.3
1.5
(2/)
1.2
1.4
.3
(2/)
.2
.3 4.3
.3 (2/)
.2 2.5
4.7
5.6
1.8
.3
(2/)
.3
1.5
3-7
2.6
(2/)
2.5
2.3
1.8
1.6
1.2
.1
.1
.5
.2
.2
.1
7.0
5.0
2.9
2.7
1.8
3-1
1.9
2.0
1.6
1.4
1.5
1.2
.4
.5
.3
.2
.3
.2
.5
.5
.5
-9
1.1
.3
.1
.2
and f i x t u r e s ......................
3.1
2.4
.2
.2
.2
4.5
5.2
2.9
5-2
5.8
3.8
PAPER AMD ALL!ED PRODUCTS.........................
2.8
2.4
1.4
1.0
P a p erb oa rd c o n t a i n e r s and b o x e s ...............
1.9
3.1
1.6
2.3
1 .1
2.1
.7
1.3
.2
.2
.5
.2
.1
.3
.8
.3
.4
.9
.6
.5
.2
.2
.2
2.5
1.7
3-8
2.3
2.2
2.8
D yeing and f i n i s h i n g t e x t i l e s ....................
C a r p e ts , ru g s , o t h e r f l o o r c o v e r i n g s . .
APPAREL AND OTHER F!N!SHED TEXHLE
PRODUCTS........................................................
trk
^
...............
LUMBER AMD WOOD PRODUCTS (EXCEPT
FURMITURE)....................................................
S aw m ills and p la n in g m i l l s ...........................
FURN!TURE AND F!XTURES...............................
O th er f u r n i t u r e
28
6.1
1.3
1.6
2.0
4.7
(3/ )
( 2/ )
( 2/ )
( 2/ )
( 2/ )
.1
.9
.9
.6
1.6
1 .1
(1 /)
.3
.4
.2
4.8
2.0
2.9
4.1
1.9
2.3
4.0
Labor Turnover
Tabte B-2: Monthty tabor turnover rates in setected groups
and industries - Continued
(Per 100 employees)
Separation
Total
Industry group and industry
CHEM!CALS AMD ALUED PRODUCTS........
Total
Quit
Discharge
Aug.
July Aug.
July Aug.
July Aug.
July Aug.
July Aug.
July
1954
1954
1954
1954
1954
1954
1954
1954
1954
1954 1954
1954
1.7
1.4
1.7
1.5
2.5
0.9
0.6
.8
0.5
-3
.9
1.6
.3
.3
0.1
.1
.1
0.6
.6
.7
(2/)
0.1
.1
.1
(2/)
0.2
.8
1.4
.1 1.7
.1 (2/)
1.0
1.0
.8
1.4
.8
.6
1.5
1.7
1.3
1-5
1.7
1.6
1.9
(2/)
1.1
Paints, pigments, and fillers.......
1.8
PRODUCTS OF PETROLEUM AMO COAL.......
Petroleum refining................
1.3
RUBBER PRODUCTS....................
2.7
2.0
1.8
1.0
(1/)
.2
.7
.4
.7
.2
.4
1.1
1.2
.7
.4
.4
.2
2.1
.2
.2
.1
.2
.2
.2
.1
.1
3.0
1.7
.9
2.0
-7
.1
.2
.1
.1
.2
.2
2.8
1.6
1.6
3.7
.2
.3
-3
.2
3.6
4.8
1.4
3.8
1.6
3.2
1 .1
1.2
3-5
1.4
.8
LEATHER AMD LEATHER PRODUCTS.........
3.6
5.4
3.3
3.1
3.3
3.0
2.1
1.8
1.0
2.0
.3
.1
.3
.2
.1
.2
STOWE, CLAY, AMD GLASS PRODUCTS......
2.6
.8
.7
.8
Structural clay products...........
Pottery and related products........
3.3
1.5
3-1
1.7
2.7
4.7
1.7
2.1
1.2
.1
.1
.2
.2
.1
2.8
2.5
3.2
3.2
4.1
PRtMARY METAL tHOUSTR)ES............
Blast furnaces, steel works, and
Steel foundries..................
Primary smelting and refining of
nonferrous metals:
iionferrous metals:
Rolling, drawing, and alloying of
copper.........................
iron L d steel forgings...........
FABR!CATED METAL PRODUCTS (EXCEPT
ORDNAWCE, MACHtMERY, AMD
TRAMSPORTAHOM EQU!PMEWT)..........
Hand tools.......................
Hardware........................
1.0
1 .1
l.l
1.3
.7
.1
.1
.2
.1
.1
2.2
.7
.6
.1
1.0
1 .1
1.6
l.l
2.7
1.6
2.8
3-2
2.7
2.4
.6
1.5
1.4
1 .1
5.6
1.5
5.1
3.8
2.7
4.3
2.3
3-9
3.0
3.1
1.9
3-4
1.0
1.6
2.7
1.0
1.6
.2
Other rubber products..............
.7
2.4
.1
.2
.3
.2
.1
.1
.1
.1
-9
.2
.1
.3
.3
(1/)
(1/)
1.2
.1
(2/)
.3
.3
.1
1.1
.9
.1
(1/)
2.2
-3
(1/)
.3
.7
0.1
.1
.1
.2
.9
-7
.4
2.0
.1
.1
(1/)
.2
.1
.1
.2
Footwear (except rubber)..;.........
Misc.,incl.
Layoff
1.6
1 .1
4.4
.5
2.8
4.2
3-0
1.8
.9
.6
2.2
1.5
3.5
2.5
4.0
3.1
4.2
.2
.2
.6
.3
(1/)
.2
.2
.3
.2
.1
2.9
2.8
3.7
1.9
3-3
2.3
.1
1.6
1.3
.2
.2
2.2
1.9
(1/)
.2
.2
.1
.2
1.5
1.7
1.7
-9
1.6
1.8
.1
.2
.2
.2
.1
1.7
3.0
3.2
3-9
.6
.1
.2
.2
.3
.2
2.5
1.5
2.2
2.6
2.2
1.7
.9
.4
.2
.4
.4
.9
.9
.4
1.2
1.0
-9
.8
.6
1.3
2.1
(1 /)
1.7
2.0
1.3
1.7
1.4
.2
.2
.3
.2
.2
.2
.2
.6
.3
.1
2.4
2.7
.1
.2
.1
.3
.3
4.1
.8
.2
.4
.2
.4
1.4
3.5
4.9
1.0
3.7
.7
.2
.1
3.0
1.8
.2
.1
l.l
2.8
2.5
1.6
2.0
1.0
1.0
1.7
.2
.2
.1
.2
.3
4.0
1.2
.2
.1
.3
.1
.1
2.5
.8
.3
.6
1.2
.3
.2
.1
.1
.2
.3
.2
.6
.8
.9
-9
.7
.5
2.8
2.0
1.9
1.2
2.3
.8
.9
(1/)
.1
.3
4.1
4.8
l.l
4.7
29
Labor Turnover
Tabte B-2: Monthty !abor turnover rates in seiected groups
and industries - Continued
(Per 100 employees)
Separation
Industry group and industry
Total
Quit
Discharge
A ug.
J u ly
1954
1954 1954
1954
A ug.
J u ly
Total
Misc.,incl.
military
L ayo ff
July Aug.
1954 1954 1954
A ug.
accession
J u ly
A ug.
J u ly A ug.
J u ly
1954
1954
1954 1954
1954
FABR!CATED METAL PRODUCTS (EXCEPT
ORDMAMCE, MACH!NERY, AMD
TRAMSPORTAT!OM EQU!PMEMT)-continued
4.0
3.3
1.8
1.1
0.6
0.5
1.3
1.3
0.2
0.3
5.1
4.6
3.1
2.9
1.3
1.0
.2
.6
.9
1.2
.2
.1
5.3
5.2
4.6
3-7
2.2
1.2
.6
.5
1.6
1.4
.2
5.0
4.3
3.8
2.7
1.3
.9
.3
.2
2.0
1.3
-3
.2
2.8
2.3
7.0
7.1
1.0
.9
.1
.1
5.3
5.7
.5
.4
5.3
3.9
3.0
2.2
5.0
2.9
3.7
4.1
3.0
2.7
5.1
2.2
3.0
2.4
.9
.9
.7
1.0
1.0
.8
.7
.7
.7
-9
.7
.6
.2
.1
.2
.2
.1
.1
.2
.1
.1
.1
.1
.1
1.6
1.0
3.6
1.5
2.4
3 .1
1.8
1.7
3.9
1.0
1.9
1.5
.2
.2
.5
.2
.2
.1
.2
.3
.4
.2
.2
-3
2 .1
2.0
2.9
2.0
1.4
1.1
1.7
1.9
1.8
1.9
1.0
.8
2.4
4.4
3.6
4 .1
1 .1
1.2
1 .1
.9
.1
.2
.1
.2
.9
2.8
2.3
2 .7
.2
.2
.1
.3
1.6
1.8
.9
1.5
2.8
2.2
2.7
2.3
1.0
.8
-9
.6
.3
.1
.2
.1
1.4
1 .1
1.3
1.3
.2
.1
.2
.2
1.7
1.9
1.5
2.0
1.7
2.6
l.l
.8
.1
.1
-3
1.4
.1
.2
3.6
1.6
3-0
2.4
4.5
1.7
l.l
.9
.7
.6
.1
.2
-3
.1
1.6
1.2
3.1
.7
.1
.1
.3
.2
3.0
1.7
2.3
1.5
3.2
2.3
1.5
-9
.2
.1
1.2
1.0
.4
.2
4.1
2.6
2.7
(2/)
2.0
2.0
.7
(2/)
.6
.1
1 .1 (2/)
.1
1.6
.2 (2/)
1.0
.2
.6 (2/)
-3
1.9
.1 (2/)
1.4
2.8
3.5
Telephone,telegraph, and related equipment* (2/)
Electrical appliances, lamps, and
3.0
2 .1
1.6
1.7
(2/)
1.2
.,3
.6 (2/)
.2
1.0
.1 (2/)
.6
.6
.7 (2/)
.2 6.0
.3 (2/)
3.7
.5
3.2
l.l
.2
4.0
(2/)
(2/)
2.4
2.2
2.9
4.0
2.7
4.7
5.0
2.7
2.2
4.3
2.6
3.5
(2/)
(2/)
1.4
1.5
1.0
1.4
1.6
and plumbers' supplies...........
Sanitary ware and plumbers'
Oilburners, nonelectric heating
and cooking apparatus, not elseFabricated structural metal
Metal stamping, coating, and
engraving.......................
MACHtMERY (EXCEPT ELECTRtCAL).......
Agricultural machinery and tractors..
Construction and mining machinery....
Metalworking machinery............
Metalworking machinery (except
Machine-tool accessories........ .
Special-industry machinery (except
Office and store machines and
Service-industry and household
ELECTR!CAL MACM!MERY******************
Electrical generating, transmis
sion, distribution, and
Communication equipment............
Radios, phonographs, television
TRAMSP0RTAT!0M EQU!PMEMT...........
Aircraft propellers and parts.....
Other aircraft parts and equipment..
See footnotes at end of table.
30
.9
.3
1.0 (2/)
.7 (2/)
1.2
.2
1.4
.2
.2
.9
.2
-7
1.2
.3
.2
1-3
1-9
.3
.2 (2/)
.1 (2/)
.2
.7
.2
.4
.2
1.4
.1 2.2
.6
.3
3.3
3.8
1 .1
-5
3.0
1.6
1-9
(2/)
(2/)
.2
.1
.2
.2
.2
5.1
3.2
.3 (2/)
.4 (2/)
2 .7
.2 2.4
2.4
2.6
.1 2.2
.3 2.5
1.5
.8
.1 1.0
.2 4.9 *2.8
Labor Turnover
Tabte B-2: Monthty tabor turnover rates in setected groups
and industries - Continued
(Per 100 employees)
Separation
Total
Quit
Discharge
Industry group and industry
Total
Mise.,incl.
mjlitary
Layoff
Aug. July Aug. July Aug. July Aug. July Aug. July Aug. July
1954 1954 1954 1954 1954 1954 1954 1954 1954 1954 1954 1954
TRANSPORTAHOM EQUtPMEMT-Continued
Railroad equipment
Locomotives Lid parts
Railroad and street cars.........
10.7
3.8
(2/)
2.4
2.3
1.6
12.9
.7
7.9
6.7 (2/)
8.6
1.0
1.3
2.0
0 .1 10 .1
0.6 8.5 10.5
0.3
1.7
0.3
.4 4.4
6.6
.6
.1
.2 2.4
.5
.4
.2 (2/)
.4 (2/)
5-7 (2/)
.4
.2
.8
.2
.3
.9 7.2
2.4
.9
.2 (1/) (l/)
1.8 (1/) (1/)
1.8
1.0
3.0
1.7
1.2
2.5
.7
.5
.7
.7
.1
.1
.8
.5 (1/) (1/)
.4
.1
.1 2.0
.7
1.7
1.8
.8
.7
.1
.1
4.0
3.7
1.5
1.6
.2
.2 2.0
2 .1
2.1
1.6
1.3
-3
-2;
1
5-1
7.3
3-3
2.2
3.1
1.6
3.6
2.3
2.0
.3
2.6
1.3
.4 2.5
2.0
.3
.4 (1/) (1/) 6.9
.2
.2
.3
2.9
.2
.1
.3
1.3
.5
l.l
.2
.2
AMTHRACtTE M!M!MG.................
1.2
1 .7
.6
.6 (1/)
(1/)
.4
B!TUM!M0US-C0AL M!M!MG.............
4 .1
3 .1
.5
.4
.1 (1/)
3.4
(2/)
1.5
Telegraph
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
1.2
(2/)
)MSTRUMEMTS AMD RELATED PRODUCTS....
Watches and clocks
Professional and scientific
MtSCELLAMEOUS MAMUFACTURtMG
!MDUSTR!ES.......................
METAL M!M!MG......................
Copper mining
Lc&d &nd zinc niDin^
.8
.5
1.5
-3
.2
.1
.1
.2
.1
1.5
.8
3.3
1 .7
2 .7
3.1
.8
.3
.1
1.6
1.3
1.6
.2
.2
3.7
3.7
.5 (1/)
.1
2.6
1.9
.3
.2
.3
.5
.3
.1
.3
.5
2 .7
.8
2.4
2.0
2.8
.8
2.8
2.7
.9
.2
.2
l.l
1.5
2.4
.1
.1
2.8
1.5
.1 (2/)
(2/) (2/)
.1
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
1.8
(2/)
.6 t
-2
10.7
3.1
1.9
4.0
7.3
C0MMUM!CAT!0M:
(2/)
(2/)
.1 (2/)
(2/) (2/)
l/ Less than 0.05.
2/ Not available.
31
AVERAGE WEEKLY HOURS OF PRODUCHON WORKERS
)N M A N U FA CTU RE iNDUSTRtES
1939 - 1 9 5 5
HOURS
HOURS
48
48
46
DURABLE GOODS
44
42
40
38
36
LATES T
1939
1940
1941
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
BUREAU OF LABOR STAHSHCS
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
DATA P L O T T ED
1952
FOR
1953
AUGUST ! 9 5 4
1954
1955
Hours and Earnings
Tabte C -l: Hours and gross
earnings of production workers
or nonsupervisory em ptoyees
Ave r a g e week l y
earnings
in d ustry group and
Average weekly
hours
industry
July
1954
Aug.
1953
Aug.
1954
July
1954
Aug.
1953
Aug.
1954
July
1954
Aug.
1953
Le a d and zinc m i n i n g ....................
$85.49
85.67
84.77
75-39
$83.63
83.82
83.03
74.19
$92.19
98.99
93.32
79.90
41.5
39.3
42.6
4o.i
40.4
38.1
40.5
4o.i
43.9
43.8
46.2
41.4
$2.06
2.18
1.99
1.88
$2.07
2.20
2.05
1.85
$2.10
2.26
2.02
1.93
AWIHRACtlE........................
82.50
73.58
61.49
33.0
29.2
25.2
2.50
2.52
2.44
B)TUM)M0US-C0AL....................
82.00
75.39
92.88
33-2
30.4
37.3
2.47
2.48
2.49
93.98
92.57
93.83
41.4
40.6
4 1.7
2.27
2.28
2.25
WOMWEIALUC M)WtM6 AMD QUARRYtWG.....
79.83
80.46
79-41
4 5.1
45.2
45.9
1.77
1.78
1.73
.......................
96.14
95.63
94.18
38.0
38.1
38.6
2.53
2.51
2.44
WOWBUtLDtWQ COHSTRUCHOW.............
97.63
92.87
101.35
97.29
95.26
99-39
96.05
92.42
98.95
41.9
42.6
41.2
42.3
43.9
40.9
42.5
43.8
41.4
2.33
2.18
2.46
2.30
2 .17
2.43
2.26
2 .1 1
2.39
BQ!LD!HG COHSTRUCHOW................
95.57
95.20
93.62
36.9
36.9
37.6
2.59
2.58
2.49
90.28
99-53
103.14
92.31
113.88
95-73
89.55
99.80
103.14
92-39
112.40
96.15
89.68
96.98
98.68
89.06
112.29
93-84
36.7
37-0
38.2
35-1
39-0
36.4
36.7
37-1
38.2
35.4
38.1
36.7
38.0
37.3
38.1
35.2
39.4
36.8
2.46
2.69
2.70
2.63
2.92
2.63
2.44
2.69
2.70
2.61
2.95
2.62
2.36
2.60
2.59
2.53
2.85
2.55
71.06
70.92
71.69
39-7
39.4
40.5
1.79
1.80
1.77
DURABLE GOODS.......................
HOHDURABLE GOODS....................
76.59
64.45
75.83
64.74
77-27
63.76
4o.i
39-3
39.7
39-0
4i.i
39.6
1.91
1.64
1.91
1.66
1.88
1.6 1
ORDHAHCE AHD ACCESSORtES............
80.20
79-80
78.12
4o.i
4o.i
40.9
2.00
1.99
1.9 1
FOOD AHD KtHDRED PRODUCTS...........
67.98
76.30
78.94
77.15
69.71
70.96
70.98
56.84
45.15
59.08
74.15
79.47
71.44
67.73
69.63
61.07
71.75
75-44
72.16
54.71
52.77
79.17
62.03
93.26
69.72
77.98
81.09
77.83
71.81
74.08
74.26
54.77
56.36
54.94
76.73
81.35
72.85
68.64
70.21
61.75
72.57
77.15
70.80
54.91
51.79
82.17
63.94
97.00
65.25
72.67
75-33
74.03
68.51
69.92
68.85
54.14
50.38
55-35
72.21
77.74
69.45
65.41
66.82
59.31
69.70
73.50
68.02
54.37
52.14
79.19
61.35
93-68
41.2
40.8
40.9
4 1.7
43.3
45.2
42.5
4o.6
30.3
41.9
44.4
44.9
45.5
40.8
41.2
39-4
4i.o
4i.o
4i.o
38.8
38.8
4o.6
42.2
40.2
41.5
4 1.7
41.8
42.3
44.6
46.3
44.2
39.4
36.6
4o.l
45.4
45.7
46.4
4l.l
41.3
40.1
4i.o
4 1.7
4o.o
38.4
37-8
41.5
43.2
4l.i
41.3
40.6
40.5
42.3
44.2
46.0
43.3
4o.i
32.5
4i.o
44.3
45.2
45.1
41.4
41.5
40.9
4i.o
42.0
38.0
39.4
39.2
41.9
42.9
42.2
1.65
1.87
1.93
1.85
1.6 1
1.57
1.6 7
i.4o
1.49
1.41
1.67
1.77
1.57
1.66
1.69
1.55
1.75
1.84
1.76
l.4i
1.36
1.95
1.47
2.32
1.68
1.87
1.94
1.84
1.6 1
1.60
1.68
1.39
1.54
1.37
1.69
1.78
1-57
1.67
1.70
1.54
1.77
1.85
1.77
1.43
1.37
1.98
1.48
2.36
1.58
1.79
1.86
1.75
1.55
1.52
1.59
1.35
1.55
1.35
1.63
1.72
1.54
1.58
1.6 1
1.45
1.70
1.75
1.79
1.38
1.33
1.89
1.43
2.22
73-73
75.66
72.94
38.4
39.2
38.8
1.92
1.93
1.88
Aug.
1954
METAL M!H!HG.......................
CRUDE-PETROLEUM AWD WATURAL-6AS
PROOUCTtOW:
GEHERAL COHTRACTORS................
SPEC!AL-TRADE COHTRACTORS...........
................................
D a i r y p r o d u c t s ...........................
Sea food, can n e d and c u r e d ............
C a n n e d fruits, vegetables, and soups.
G ra i n - m i l l p r o d u c t s .....................
Fl o u r and ot h e r g rain-mill products..
Biscuits,
crackers,
and p r e t z e l s .....
Beet s u g a r ...............................
C o n f e c t i o n e r y and related products....
M a l t l i q u o r s .............................
Distilled, rectified, and b l e n d e d
l i q u o r s .................................
See
footnotes
at end o f table.
33
Hours and Earntngs
Tabte C-l: Hours and gross earnings of production workers
or nonsupervisory em ptoyees - Continued
A vera g e w e e k ly
h o u rs
A vera g e h o u r l y
e a r n in g s
i n d u s t r y grou p and in d u s t r y
A ug.
J u ly
A u g.
A u g.
J u ly
A u g.
A u g.
J u ly
A u g.
1954
19%
1953
1954
1954
1953
1954
1954
1953
$66.99
90.29
66.83
$66.10
84.74
67.45
$63.57
8O .56
65.55
42.4
45.6
47.4
42.1
42.8
47.5
42.1
42.4
47.5
$1.58
1.98
1.41
$1.37
1.98
1.42
$1.51
1.90
1.38
49.54
66.30
42.90
54.85
37.65
31.54
67.32
41.86
51.97
42.12
47.46
62.68
42.60
52.25
39.19
38.4
41.9
37.3
38.9
36.2
37.9
41.3
36.4
36.6
35.1
38.9
40.7
37.7
38.7
38.8
1.29
1.63
1.15
1.41
1.04
1.36
1.63
1.13
1.42
1.20
1.22
1.34
1.13
1.35
1.01
52.36
62.78
46.50
46.25
49.28
50.69
49.15
54.43
47.88
60.70
53.84
46.88
54.46
53.64
54.68
41.78
44.46
41.29
52.06
44.88
61.16
51.41
65.51
45.88
45.51
48.01
49.32
47.87
54.14
46.50
60.65
53-68
47.38
32.98
34.81
51.83
39.74
43.88
39-05
32.03
44.33
60.00
53.04
63.12
48.51
46.26
49.40
52.14
50.57
56.26
49.14
61.23
53.54
46.63
55.72
55.42
56.02
39.85
44.11
38.90
52.65
44.96
59.90
38.5
41.3
37.5
37.3
38.5
38.4
38.1
38.6
38.0
40.2
39.3
37.6
36.8
36.0
37.2
37.3
38.0
37.2
38.0
37.4
40.3
37.8
43.1
37.0
36.7
37.8
37.8
37-4
38.4
37.2
39.9
38.9
36.6
35.8
36.3
35.5
35.8
37.5
35.5
37.7
36.8
40.0
39.0
39.7
38.2
38.0
38.9
39.2
39.2
39.9
39.0
39.5
38.8
37.7
36.9
36.7
37.1
36.9
37.7
36.7
39.0
38.1
40.2
1.36
1.52
1.24
1.24
1.28
1.32
1.29
1.41
1.26
1.51
1.37
1.30
1.46
1.49
1.47
1.12
117
1.11
1.37
1.20
1.51
1.36
1.52
1.24
1.24
1.27
1.31
1.28
1.41
1.25
1.52
1.38
1.30
1.48
1.31
1.46
1.36
1.39
1.27
1.27
1.27
1.33
1.29
1.41
1.26
1.35
1.38
I.29
1.31
1.17
1.10
1.38
1.21
1.30
1.31
1.08
1.17
1.06
1.35
1.18
1.49
60.90
71.23
67.03
59.06
61.85
39.60
69.13
65.37
33.76
61.70
59.79
69.89
67.64
60.66
62.68
40.6
40.7
39.2
38.1
39.9
40.0
39.5
37.9
33.6
39.3
40.4
40.4
39.1
38.9
40.7
1.30
1.73
1.71
1.33
1.35
1.49
1.73
1.73
1.31
1.37
1.48
1.73
1.73
1.36
1.34
69.65
61.05
65.51
50.68
69.83
60.39
67.60
32.03
68.34
62.81
65.93
51.73
39.8
37.0
39.7
41.2
39.9
36.6
40.0
42.3
40.2
38.3
40.7
42.4
1.75
I.65
I .65
1.23
1.75
I.63
I.69
1.23
1.70
1.64
1.62
1.22
77-83
53.72
74.03
32.88
80.36
53.99
43.0
39.5
40.9
38.6
44.4
39.7
1.81
1.36
1 .8 1
1.37
1.8 1
1.36
46.78
57.35
47-17
36.60
49.78
60.59
36.4
35-4
35.2
33.3
36.6
37.4
1.34
1.62
1.34
1.60
1.36
1.62
41.55
41.56
43.20
34.66
52.90
52.35
38.66
67.18
44.04
39.76
39 35
41.77
33-37
30.81
48.67
37-66
66.44
42.24
41.78
41.53
44.89
35.24
54.72
53.45
38.31
68.74
43.79
37.1
36.8
36.3
37-3
33.5
36.1
33.8
34.1
36.4
33.3
33.0
33.7
33.3
34.1
33.8
33.2
33.9
33.2
37.3
37.1
37.1
38.3
33.3
33-4
33.8
34.2
36.8
1.12
1.13
1.19
.93
1.49
1.43
1.08
1.97
1.21
1 .12
1.13
1.17
.94
1.4 9
1.44
1.07
1.96
1.20
1.12
1 .12
1.2 1
92
1.33
1 .3 1
1.07
2.01
1.19
41.13
46.05
59.09
45.99
39.78
43 89
33-71
43.38
41.10
47.97
64.51
43.50
36.4
36.4
36.7
37.7
33.2
33.3
34.6
37.2
36.7
36.9
38.4
36.4
1.13
1.32
1.6 1
1.22
1.13
1.30
1 .6 1
1.22
1.12
1.30
1.68
1.23
FOOD AMD KIMDRED PRODUCTS-Continued
C o r n sirup
sugar
oil
and s t a r c h . ....
M a n u f a c t u r e d ic e ..........................
TOBACCO MANUFACTURES.................
T o b a c c o stem m ing and r e d r y i n g ........................
TEXTiLE-MtLL PRODUCTS...........
Y arn mills
Cotton,
...
..............................
silk,
synt h e t i c
f i b e r ...........
Knitting m i l l s ..............................
Pull f ashioned h o s i e r y ...................
Knit o u t e r w e a r . ...... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
D yeing and finis h i n g t e x t i l e s ............
Dyeing and finishing te x t i l e s (except
Carpets, rugs, other floor coverings....
Wool carpets, rugs, and carpet yarn....
Hats (except cloth and m i l l i n e r y ) .......
Miscell a n e o u s te x tile g o o d s ..............
Felt goods (except w o v e n felts and
Paddings and u p h o l s t e r y f i l l i n g ........
Pr o c e s s e d wa s t e and r e c o v e r e d fibers...
A rtificial leather, oilcloth, and
C ordage and t w i n e ..................................................
APPAREL AMO OTHER FIMtSHED TEXTtLE
PRODUCTS...........................
Me n ' s and boys'
M e n's and boys'
suits and c o a t s .........
f u r n i s h i n g s , a n d wo r k
Women's, chi l d r e n ' s u nder g a r m e n t s ......
U nderwear and nightwear, e x cept
c o r s e t s . ...................................
Corsets and allied g a r m e n t s .............
See footnotes
l.ll
Hours and Earnings
Tabte C-l: Hours and gross earnings of production workers
or nonsupervisory emptoyees - Continued
A v e r a ^ k l y
earnings
^ " a ^ i n g s ^
industry group and in d u s t r y
A ug.
J u ly
Aug.
A ug.
J u ly
A ug.
Aug.
J u ly
A ug.
1954
1954
1953
1954
1954
1953
1954
1954
1953
$44.04
47.50
$42.12
46.85
$45.25
47.88
36.4
37.4
35.1
36.6
37.4
37.7
$1.21
1.27
$1.20
1.28
$1.21
1.27
42.41
52.90
51.61
41.29
50.79
52.27
42.56
50.30
50.30
37.2
38.9
39.1
35.9
37.9
39.3
38.0
38.4
38.4
1.14
1.36
1.32
1.15
1.34
1.33
1.12
1.31
1.31
66.o4
68.56
67.73
68.32
45.89
88.98
63.24
63.00
64.64
65.21
45.15
85.69
66.91
78.17
67.40
68.23
44.30
86.33
41.8
39.4
42.6
42.7
43.7
39.9
40.8
37.5
4 1.7
41.8
43.0
38.6
4o.8
38.7
4l.i
4i.i
42.6
39.6
1.58
1.74
1.59
1.60
1.05
2.23
1.55
1.68
1.55
1.56
1.05
2.22
1.64
2.02
1.64
1.66
1.04
2.18
72.50
72.41
69.93
48.98
47.95
54.54
69.72
70.90
66.50
49.48
49.20
53.07
68.15
68.55
69.05
50.78
50.10
55.59
42.9
43.1
42.9
39.5
39.3
40.7
4 1.5
42.2
40.8
39-9
4o.o
39.9
41.3
41.8
4i.i
40.3
4o.4
41.8
1.69
1.68
1.63
1.24
1.22
1.34
1.68
1.68
1.63
1.24
1.23
1.33
1.65
1.64
1.68
1.26
1.24
1.33
63.59
61.00
62.02
59-04
62.99
60.38
40.5
40.4
39.5
39.1
40.9
40.8
1-57
1.51
1.57
1 .5 1
1.54
1.48
54.68
65.11
69.55
52.92
62.10
67.70
55.89
63.84
67.40
40.5
39.7
41.4
39.2
38.1
40.3
41.4
39.9
40.6
1.35
1.64
1.68
1.35
1.63
1.68
1.35
1.60
1.66
72.91
61.24
77.79
69.66
58.84
75.64
70.38
62.73
68.81
41.9
4 1.1
4o.i
40.5
40.3
39.6
41.4
4i.o
37.6
1.74
1.49
1.94
1.72
1.46
1.9 1
1.70
1.53
1.83
74.66
73.90
74.93
39.5
39.1
41.4
1.89
1.89
1.8 1
65.10
64.90
61.27
41.2
4i.6
4i.4
1.58
1.56
1.48
74.8o
81.10
70.39
70.31
72.89
66.67
74.62
81.47
69.05
68.39
74.21
66.83
73.61
79.92
69.17
68.75
73.02
65.47
42.5
43.6
41.9
42.1
39-4
40.9
42.4
43.8
4i.i
41.2
39-9
41.0
43.3
44.4
42.7
42.7
42.7
4 1.7
1.76
1.86
1.68
1.67
1.85
1.63
1.76
1.86
1.68
1.66
1.86
1.63
1.70
1.80
1.62
1.6 1
1.7 1
1.57
87.62
92.01
92.16
79.39
85.54
89.32
51.75
68.11
86.94
92.01
87.58
75.66
85.72
88.66
51.06
67.94
85.58
90.36
92.62
74.96
83.81
86.30
47.00
66.70
38.6
35.8
4o.6
40.3
39.6
4o.6
37.5
39.6
38.3
35.8
39.1
39.2
39.5
40.3
37.0
39.5
38.9
36.0
40.8
40.3
4o.i
40.9
37.3
39.7
2.27
2.57
2.27
1.97
2.16
2.20
1.38
1.72
2.27
2.57
2.24
1.93
2.17
2.20
1.38
1.72
2.20
2.51
2.27
1.86
2.09
2 .11
1.26
1.68
105.18
104.49
105.73
39.1
38.7
39.6
2.69
2.70
2.67
78.72
86.27
83.56
83.64
84.42
91.39
72.65
77.81
79.35
86.88
83.50
84.24
83.02
91.39
75.11
76.05
76.26
83.23
83.03
80.79
83.92
88.29
70.62
76.02
4i.o
40.5
39.6
40.6
42.0
40.8
39.7
39.7
40.9
4o.6
39.2
40.5
4i.i
4o.8
4o.6
38.8
4i.o
4o.8
40.9
4o.6
42.6
40.5
39.9
39.8
1.92
2.13
2 .1 1
2.06
2.01
2.24
I.83
1.96
1.94
2.14
2.13
2.08
2.02
2.24
I.85
1.96
1.86
2.04
2.03
1.99
1-97
2.18
1.77
1.91
APPAREL AMD OTHER F)M)SHED TEXTtLE
PRODUCTS-Cont inued
M i s c e l l a n e o u s apparel and accessories...
O t h e r fabricated t e x tile p r o d u c t s .......
Curtains, draperies, and o t her
Te x t i l e b a g s ....................... ........
C a n v a s p r o d u c t s ............................
LUMBER AMD WOOD PRODUCTS (EXCEPT
FURMtTURE).........................
S a w m i l l s and p lan i n g m i l l s ................
S a w mills and planing mills, general....
S o u t h ......................................
W e s t ........................................
Millwork, plywood, and p r e f a b r i c a t e d
structural woo d p r o d u c t s .................
M i s c e l l a n e o u s w o o d p r o d u c t s ..............
FURMtTURE AMD FtXTURES................
W oo d household furniture, except
u p h o l s t e r e d ...............................
W o o d h o u sehold furniture, u p h o l s t e r e d . .
M a t t r e s s e s and b e d s p r i n g s ................
Office, public-bu i l d i n g , and
Partitions, shelving, lockers, and
f i x t u r e s ....................................
Screens, blinds, and m i s c e l l a n e o u s
PAPER AMD ALL!ED PRODUCTS.............
Pulp,
paper,
and p a p e r b o a r d m i l l s .......
PR!MT!M6, PUBLiSH!MO, AMD ALHED
G r e e t i n g c a r d s * .............................
B o o k b i n d i n g and r elated i n d u s t r i e s ......
M i s c e l l a n e o u s pub l i s h i n g and p r i n t i n g
CHEMtCALS AMD ALDED PRODUCTS..........
Ind u s t r i a l organic c h e m i c a l s .............
See footnotes at end of table.
Hours and Ej mt ng s
Tabte C-l: Hours and gross earnings of production workers
or nonsupervisory em ptoyees - Continued
Averagejeekly
industry group and industry
Aug.
1954
July
1954
Aug.
1953
Aug.
1954
July
1954
Aug.
1953
Aug.
$71.40
$71.46
$ 68.38
4o.8
4o.6
40.7
$1.75
$1.76
83.21
90.67
78.09
79.27
86.31
41.5
4l.i
41.3
2.18
1.91
2.10
75-17
40.9
40.9
41.7
1.99
79.65
41.4
41.4
4i.i
2.01
89.16
1.90
1.91
1.82
40.9
43.0
41.7
41.2
I .87
1.60
1.86
1.59
1.48
60.35
42.9
43.6
74.13
69.77
57.30
81.75
46.1
45.2
42.2
46.4
4o.i
37.6
42.1
1.47
1.57
1.47
1.71
1.77
1.55
1.96
1.79
1.54
1.42
44.2
41.6
43.5
42.0
44.8
92.06
1954
July
1954
Aug.
1953
CHEM!CALS AMD ALUED PRODUCTS-Continued
^preparttio!f
^
Pushing
2.19
$1.68
76.48
77.38
73.75
68.80
61.30
69.39
63.06
78.83
71.69
60.14
82.71
69.17
62.16
70.78
64.96
78.88
70.98
58.28
82.52
65.14
92.84
95-82
94.53
97.51
40.9
4o.6
4i.i
40.8
4i.l
4o.6
2.27
2.30
95.00
2.36
2.39
2.24
2.34
.......
82.94
83.78
82.60
42.1
42.1
42.8
1.97
1.99
1.93
RUBBER PRODUCTS.................................................
76.05
85.56
64.19
70.98
76.83
87.01
68.45
70.62
77.21
38.8
39.4
1.96
1.95
87.58
37.2
2.30
I .65
2.26
1.69
1.77
1.77
1.94
2.24
1.63
1.74
51.10
68.82
66.57
1.37
1.75
1.64
1.32
1.31
1.48
1.37
1.73
1.64
1.33
1.23
1.23
1.23
1.121
Gum
.......
and wood c h e m i c a l s . .................
Fertilizers.
Vegetable oi l s . ........................
Animal oils and f a t s . .....................
M i s c e l l a n e o u s c h e m i c a l s . ................
E s s e n t i a l oils, perfumes, c o s m e t i c s . ...
Compressed and liquified gases.........
PRODUCTS OF PETROLEUM AMD COAL...................
Other rubber products....................
LEATHER AMD LEATHER PRODUCTS.......................
Leather: tanned, curried, and f i n i s h e d . .
Industrial leather b e l ting and packing..
Boot and shoe cut s t o c k and findings....
L u g g a g e ......................................
Ha n dbags and small l eather g o o d s ........
Gloves and m i s c e l l a n e o u s l e a t h e r goods..
48.55
48.58
58.44
47.46
44.90
STOME, CLAY, AMD GLASS PRODUCTS..................
72.04
Flat g l a s s ...................................
Glass and glassware, p r e s s e d or b l o w n . ..
Glass c o n t a i n e r s ..........................
96.29
70.20
G lass p r o ducts made of p u r c h a s e d
Cement, hydraulic.
glass..
73.26
66.47
61.61
76.41
66.98
65.97
70.21
69.39
Pottery and rela t e d p r o d u c t s .............
Concrete, gypsum, and p l a s t e r p r o d u c t s . .
Concrete p r o d u c t s .........................
^
r
o
d
^
c
t r
° ^
.
......
PR!MARY METAL !M0USTR!ES...............................
Blast
furnaces,
steel
works,
E l e c t r o m e t a l l u r g i c a l p r o d u c t s ...........
40.5
38.8
41.4
43.4
42.2
40.8
38.2
42.8
70.30
38.9
38.5
40.5
4o.i
39.9
39.8
39.1
40.2
40.4
51.38
51.79
68.43
63.63
69.03
68.72
50.67
49.24
37.3
39.1
37.5
39.1
37.8
39-9
1.37
1.76
4 o .i
38.8
36.5
36.8
37.5
37.2
38.4
37.9
35.6
41.9
38.1
1.33
49.50
48.73
56.83
46.62
43.79
71.33
97.84
65.53
55.73
47.48
38.7
44.17
38.9
36.5
71.10
40.7
94.64
68.46
69.50
70.98
66.75
71.15
39.3
39.0
39.6
64.85
38.2
59-95
78.44
59.71
75.18
40.8
41.3
4i.6
43.4
41.3
41.8
37.0
66.17
65.21
68.68
68.64
66.06
65.83
63.36
67.97
66.02
69.63
60.06
40.3
4o.i
38.4
39.0
37.5
39.7
41.5
4i.i
37.3
38.7
38.6
36.5
4i.i
4o.i
39.8
40.2
39.3
40.9
42.0
41.4
42.9
43.1
40.4
4i.i
40.7
40.5
38.9
36.7
36.1
34.1
62.87
75.71
74.70
65.57
45.1
45.3
4o.8
44.7
45.0
40.3
45.0
42.3
73-68
73.48
72.91
73.06
74.34
79.20
78.25
78.40
63.24
76.80
72.00
39.2
36.9
41.7
4o.4
39.8
42.2
65.93
39.4
37.3
41.4
33.3
32.1
81.27
80.81
85.28
38.7
83.32
84.00
90.20
83.32
84.00
90.20
77.81
79.80
81.79
75.77
73.39
64.46
57.63
75.99
73.35
36.4
44.8
1.66
1.32
1.51
1.22
1.23
1.77
2.45
1.80
1.85
1.74
1.51
1.85
1.61
1.52
1.70
1.66
1.81
1.68
1.68
1.62
1.58
1.58
1.49
1.70
1.77
1.55
1.96
1.77
2.44
1.81
1.82
1.78
1.51
1.89
1.61
1.52
1.70
1.67
1.80
1.69
1.70
1.63
1.56
1.52
1.43
1.64
1.71
1.50
1.91
1.32
1.44
1.73
2.36
1.72
1.77
1.65
1.46
1.79
1.59
1.47
1.67
1.63
1.79
1.65
1.69
1.66
1.55
1.86
1.98
1.88
36.0
1.87
1.97
1.89
1.98
1.97
1.82
2.00
38.3
41.0
2.10
2.11
2.08
37.7
37.5
4i.o
2.21
2.24
2.20
37.7
39-3
37.5
39.7
41.0
41.1
2.21
1.98
2.24
2.01
2.20
1.99
1.84
1.99
and
rolling m i l l s ..............................
Blast furnaces, steel works, and
rolling mills, e x c e p t e l e c t r o m e t a l -
See footnotes at end of table.
66.97
60.65
58.79
65.97
42.3
Tab!* C-l: Hours and gross earnings of production workers
or nonsupervisory emptoyees - Continued
Average we e k l y
earnings
i n d u s t r y group and
i n dustry
Aug.
1954
July
1954
Aug.
1953
Aug.
1954
July
1954
Aug.
1953
Aug.
1954
July
1954
Aug.
1933
$74.2$
73.66
74.69
76.02
$7S-93
72.73
69.55
75-04
$76.33
74.70
75.60
80.40
39.1
39.4
38.9
38.2
38.6
39.1
36.8
37.9
40.5
40.6
40.0
40.4
$1.90
1.87
1.92
1.99
$1.89
1.86
1.89
1.98
$1.89
1.84
1.89
1.99
80.20
79.60
81.16
40.3
39-8
41.2
1.99
2.00
1.97
76.39
83.86
73.83
83.24
80.87
80.99
40.1
40.5
39.3
40.4
41.9
39.7
1.91
2.12
1.93
2.11
1.93
2.04
72.83
73.31
73.51
40.7
40.5
41.3
1.79
1.8 1
1.78
80.60
79.60
82.96
40.1
40.0
41.9
2.01
1.99
1.98
80.20
81.40
86.20
39.9
40.7
43.1
2.01
2.00
2.00
80.00
79.80
85.14
86.08
86.28
83.%
73.85
77-79
84.10
84.80
84.80
83.24
77.03
79.38
87.34
90.27
85.27
83.39
40.0
39.7
39.6
38.6
40.7
39.6
38.5
38.7
39-3
38.2
40.0
40.4
39-5
40.5
41.2
41.6
40.8
39.9
2.00
2.01
2.15
2.23
2.12
2.11
1.97
2.01
2.14
2.22
2.12
2.11
1.95
1.96
2.12
2.17
2.09
2.09
76.33
83.13
74.34
66.6$
72.86
77-93
73.60
82.12
72.29
64.29
70.84
75 79
76.59
79-30
72.45
67.48
73.08
73.71
40.5
42.2
40.4
40.4
39.6
40.8
40.0
41.9
39.5
39.2
38.5
40.1
41.4
4 3.1
40.7
41.4
40.6
40.5
1.89
1.97
1.84
I.63
1.84
1.9 1
1.89
1.96
1.83
1.64
1.84
1.89
1.83
1.84
1.78
1.63
1.80
1.82
73.33
79-38
72.34
75-83
72.80
74.67
40.5
40.5
39-1
39.7
4o.o
39.3
1.86
1.96
1.85
1.91
1.82
1.90
73.71
79-93
70.62
79.13
72.14
81.60
40.5
41.2
38.8
41.0
40.3
42.5
1.82
1.94
1.82
1.93
1.79
1.92
81.06
79.46
82.32
42.0
41.6
43.1
1.93
1.91
1.9 1
77.01
78.96
79.37
76.81
58.93
79.20
71.10
72.94
74.00
79-35
77-79
79.34
76.44
56.13
79-40
71.28
72.94
73-28
77.71
82.22
80.03
77.71
59.60
80.95
68.64
72.85
77.59
39.9
40.7
40.7
39.8
36.6
40.0
39.5
40.3
40.0
40.9
40.1
41.0
39.2
35.3
39-5
39.6
40.3
39.4
40.9
42.6
41.9
40.9
38.7
41.3
39.0
40.7
42.4
1.93
1.94
1.95
1.93
1 .6 1
1.98
1.80
1.8 1
1.85
1.94
1.94
1.94
1.95
1.59
2.01
1.80
1.8 1
1.86
1.90
1.93
1.9 1
1.90
1.34
1.96
1.76
1.79
1.83
85.08
74.09
73.88
73.02
77-99
76.04
73-14
71.92
83.95
79.93
78.31
78.99
41.1
37.8
39.3
39.9
38.8
38.6
38.7
39.3
42.4
41.2
42.1
43.4
2.07
1.96
1.88
1.83
2.01
1.97
1.89
1.83
1.98
1.94
1.86
1.82
81.20
84.36
80.60
85.44
82.12
85.06
40.2
39.7
40.1
40.3
41.9
40.7
2.02
2.13
2.01
2.12
1.96
2.09
93.40
92.34
99.39
41.3
40.5
43.4
2.31
2.28
2.29
80.16
77-62
80.77
83.02
77.03
78.78
80.00
76.81
79.20
39.1
39.4
39.4
40.3
39.3
39.0
39.8
39.8
4o.o
2.05
1.97
2.05
2.06
1.96
2.02
2.01
1.93
1.98
74.67
73.43
74.64
39.3
39.5
39.7
1.90
1.91
1.88
PR)MARY METAL tMOUSTRtES-Continued
Iron and steel f o u n d r i e s - ...............
G r a y iron f o u ndri e s .
.
. . . .
M a l l e a b l e - i r o n f o u n d r i e s .................
S t e e l f o u n d r i e s ............................
P r i m a r y s m e l t i n g and r e f ining of
P r i f a r y ° s m e l t i n ^ a n d * r e f i n i n g * o f .......
copper, lead, and z i n c ..................
P r i m a r y refin i n g o f a l u m i n u m ............
S e c o n d a r y smelting and re f i n i n g of
n o n f e r r o u s m e t a l s .........................
Rolling, drawing, and alloy i n g of
Rolling, drawing, and a l l o y i n g of
c o p p e r . ....................................
Rolling, drawing, and alloy i n g o f
a l u m i n u m ...................................
Miscellaneous primary metal
industries..
W e l d e d and h e a v y - r i v e t e d p i p e ...........
FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS (EXCEPT
ORDWAMCE, MACHtMERY, AMD TRAMSPORTATIOM
EQUtPMEMT).........................
Tin cans and other t i n w a r e ................
Cutlery, hand tools, and h a r d w a r e .......
H a r d w a r e ....................................
He a t i n g apparatus (except electric) and
°cLkinrapparatus^noi°.l"wh°r.^
^Str u c t u r ^ l
s t ^ l n d ^ ornllentll^metal*
*
Me t a l doors, sash, frames, molding,
and t r i m ...................................
Bo i l e r shop p r o d u c t s . ..................
S h e e t - m e t a l w o r k ..........................
Metal stamping, coating, and engraving..
V i t r e o u s — ena m e l e d p r o d u c t s . ............
S t a m p e d and p ress e d me t a l p r o d u c t s . ....
L i g h t i n g f i x t u r e s ..........................
F a b r i c a t e d wire p r o d u c t s .................
M i s c e l l a n e o u s fabricated metal products.
Met a l shipp i n g barrels, drums, kegs,
and p a i l s ..................................
S c r e w - m a c h i n e p r o d u c t s ...................
MACHtMERY (EXCEPT ELECTRtCAL).............
^ S t l a r . n g i n ^ ^ u r b l . e s ! ' a n d ' w a t e r .....
w h e e l s .....................................
D i e s e l and other i n t e r n a l - c o m b u s t i o n
engines, not elsew h e r e c l a s s i f i e d .....
A g r i c u l t u r a l m a c h i n e r y and t r a c t o r s . ....
I g r l c u H u r L l ' m L c h l n e r y ; e x c e p t ..........
See^fHtltis
Lt end of t L b l e ! ............
-31
Hours and Earnings
Tabte C-l:
Hours and gross earnings of production workers
or nonsupervisory em pioyees - Continued
Avera^eekly
Average hourly
ear n i n g s
industry group and industry
r-t
*"3 rW
A ug.
1953
Aug.
1954
July
1954
A ug.
1953
4o.o
4o.8
$1.95
$1.95
$1.90
39.5
39.8
4o.4
1.94
1.94
1.90
41.9
42.3
40.3
41.9
45.0
I .98
2.19
1.96
45.1
2.08
2.19
2.08
1.91
2.11
2.03
4i.o
43.3
44.0
45.3
2.08
2.31
2.10
2.30
2.04
2.19
40.3
40.3
42.2
40.6
39-2
40.4
38.6
42.7
43.1
40.5
43.8
1.92
1.95
1.74
1-93
1.93
I .96
1.74
1.92
I .89
1.91
1.74
1.85
42.2
43.2
4o.i
39.9
42.1
39-4
42.5
41.9
38.4
41.8
2.10
1.99
1.97
2.02
I .85
1.97
2.15
I .98
1.95
2.02
I .87
1.97
2.11
1.94
1.93
1.94
78.62
82.35
4o.4
4o.i
39.8
39.7
40.2
39.3
78.80
85.50
4 o .i
39.6
43.4
2.00
1.99
1.97
78.61
80.70
39.5
39.7
86.80
72.86
4o.o
4o.o
39.5
4o.3
1.99
2.01
2.17
1.84
1.99
2.00
2.17
1.84
1.94
1.94
76.80
39.8
39.8
41.6
79.40
A ug.
1954
July
1954
A ug.
1953
A ug.
1954
$78.59
$ 78.00
$77.52
40.3
76.63
77.21
78.99
92.20
85.28
76.76
80.03
94.95
91.55
41.2
42.1
4i.o
86.11
100.25
86.10
89.76
99.21
41.4
43.4
77.38
79.17
77.78
79.18
68.21
81.64
67.16
81.98
79.76
82.32
70.47
81.03
42.3
84.84
90.73
79.40
91.15
82.45
80.19
77.81
85.04
80.87
82.06
74.37
77.42
73-68
75.65
80.20
79.20
80.00
86.80
MACHtMERY (EXCEPT ELECTRICAL)-Continued
...
^xcejt'for'oi^fiilds'.
82.96
92.64
Machine t o o l s ..............................
M e t a l w o r k i n g m a c h i n e r y (except
mac h i n e t o o l s ) ............................
^tilwIrk^riLhtnery^ '
T e x tile m a c h i n e r y
.................
...........
85.70
79.80
78.41
Blowers,
exha u s t
and v e n t i lating
fans..
99.59
42.3
43.2
1.82
1.97
Mechanical power-transmission
furnaces and o v e n s .......................
O f f i c e and store m a c hines and devices...
C o m p u t i n g mach i n e s and cash r e g i s t e r s . .
81.81
75.27
79.79
81.77
71.33
77.20
75.64
74.96
78.79
72.10
78.21
76.80
75.83
40.3
un i t ........................................
M i s c e l l a n e o u s m a c h i n e r y p a r t s ............
Fa b r i c a t e d pipe, fittings, and valves..
Ball and roller b e a r i n g s .................
M a c hine shops (job and r e p a i r ) .........
76.24
76.83
76.63
74.69
77.42
79.04
75.47
78.14
75.27
74.69
78.55
78.69
78.06
ELECTRtCAL MACHtMERY.......................................
72.22
73-42
77.03
39.9
39.3
39.6
4o.o
1.92
2.07
1.77
1.93
1.91
38.8
40.5
4o.o
39.6
1.96
2.03
39.4
39.5
42.2
39.7
1.86
1.96
1.83
1.98
1.82
38.7
39.4
38.3
39.7
41.6
41.2
41.3
42.3
1.97
1.95
1.97
1.94
79.95
38.9
38.9
40.7
38.6
38.5
40.7
1.92
1.95
1.94
1.95
1.94
1.93
1.95
1.90
1.91
I .89
1.89
71.53
71.63
39.9
39.3
40.7
1.81
1.82
1.76
77.78
67.77
76.42
77.68
40.3
39-8
4i.i
1.93
65.79
68.78
39.4
38.7
40.7
1.72
1.92
1.70
I .89
I .69
74.6i
73.49
77.11
39.9
39.3
4o.8
1.87
1.87
I .89
73.53
72.58
73.03
40.4
4o.i
4o.8
1.82
1.81
1-79
83.23
78.78
81.80
77.02
83.22
4o.i
39.7
41.2
40.2
2.04
75.98
40.6
4o.4
2.05
Power and d i s t r i b u t i o n t r a n s f ormers....
1.95
1.94
2.02
I .89
c o n t r o l s ...................................
75.58
75.39
4 o .i
41.8
1.88
1.88
83.23
76.49
86.25
40.2
87.11
42.7
42.7
2.04
2.04
75.65
70.75
75.46
75.62
39-8
40.2
1.74
1.72
74.29
63.86
69.03
73.54
75.20
63.52
67.73
38.7
38.3
36.4
4o.o
60.42
67.64
1.92
1.66
39.9
39.1
39.7
4o.8
1.92
1.76
1.90
1.65
1.73
1.90
69.14
39.4
40.2
39.1
1.92
70.30
4o.8
39.3
40.4
1.88
1.60
1.66
65.36
Se r v i c e - i n d u s t r y and ho u s e h o l d machines.
D o m e s t i c l aundry e q u i p m e n t ..............
Co m mercial laundry, dry-cl e a n i n g , and
Refrigerators
40.2
1.97
1.91
and a i r - c o n d i t i o n i n g
Ele c t r i c a l generating, transmission,
distribution, and i n d u s t r i a l apparatus..
Wiring devices and s u p p l i e s .............
Car b o n and graph i t e p r o d u c t s
r ecording i n s t r u m e n t s ...................
Motors, generators, and m o t o r - g e n e r a t o r
Radios,
40.3
phonogr a p h s ,
76.05
39.2
1.73
1.83
2.02
t e l e v i s i o n sets,
64.08
67.20
61.99
64.06
39.9
39.8
38.5
4o.i
41.6
1.70
1.61
1.71
1.61
1.63
Ra d i o t u b e s ................................
.....
80.4o
78.21
83.66
40.2
39-5
42.9
2.00
1.98
1.95
67.83
See
footnotes
at end of table.
33-
39.3
1.54
Hours and Earnings
Tabte C-l:
Hours and gross earnings of production workers
or nonsupervisory em ptoyees - Continued
Averagely
"'"eafning^
^larnings^
industry group and industry
A ug.
J u ly
A ug.
A ug.
J u ly
A ug.
A ug.
J u ly
A ug.
1954
1954
1953
1954
1954
1953
1954
1954
1953
ELECimCAL MACHtMERY-Continued
M i s c e l l a n e o u s el e c t r i c a l p r o d u c t s .......
S t o r a g e b a t t e r i e s .........................
P r i m a r y ba t t e r i e s (dry and w e t ) ........
X-ray and non-radio electronic tubes...
TRANSPORTAT)0M EQUtPMEMT..............
A u t o m o b i l e s ..................................
Mo t o r vehicles, bodies, parts, and
accessories...........................
T r u c k and bus b o d i e s . ..... .
T r a i l e r s (truck and a u t o m o b i l e )........
A ir c r a f t and parts
A i r c r a f t ....................................
Airc r a f t engine s and p a r t s ...............
Air c r a f t p r o p e l l e r s and p a r t s . .........
O t h e r aircraft pa r t s and e q u i p m e n t .....
Ship and boat b u i l d i n g and r e p a i r i n g . ...
S hi p b u i l d i n g and r e p a i r i n g .............
Boat b u i l d i n g and r e p a i r i n g .............
Locomotives
and p a r t s . ....................
$67.25
75.07
57.90
76.63
85.20
$68.43
76.24
58.35
79.79
84.38
$69.36
79.80
60.05
71.56
85.70
85.06
88.58
86.02
86.07
89.21
77.71
73.49
74.10
74.29
84.66
84.86
75.48
73-84
85.46
85.90
85.70
86.31
82.53
85.27
81.33
83.25
71.15
81 .4i
85.81
86.51
79.87
83.84
80.11
82.22
68.95
80.60
84.38
78.70
83.60
82.39
86.90
85.70
84.8o
81.16
82.92
39.1
39.1
$1.72
1.92
1.50
1.94
$1.75
1.94
1.50
1.98
$1.70
1.90
1.49
1.78
2.12
2.08
2.17
2.15
39.5
4o.2
4o.o
39-2
39.8
39.2
41.2
41.2
2.13
2.18
41.3
2.20
1.90
I .87
2.19
1.90
1.90
2.16
38.6
39.1
40.9
39.3
4 i.i
41.2
4 l.i
39.3
4o.8
39.1
38.9
71.97
75.60
76.59
40.2
38.4
4 o .i
37.2
4o.6
70.93
78.16
81.97
40.8
42.0
39.1
39.3
38.9
40.3
39-3
39-0
39.1
40.7
40.8
4 i.o
38.4
40.3
41.7
40.5
38.7
38.6
39.7
41.8
41.4
42.6
41.6
42.4
39.4
39.3
39.4
40.3
39-8
37.3
2.09
2.08
2.08
2.08
2.10
2.10
2.09
2.11
1.86
2.00
1.99
2.04
38.9
38.5
39.6
37.8
41.4
2.14
1.77
2.12
2.14
2.11
I .87
2.07
2.07
2.13
1-75
2.11
2.12
2.11
1.85
2.06
2.00
2.06
2.11
1.76
2.03
2.07
2.00
1.85
38.2
2.08
2.08
1 .8 l
Other transportation equipment........
78.49
75.92
tMSTRUMEMTS AMD RELATEO PRODUCTS.......
72.83
72.29
73.16
39.8
39.5
4 i.i
1.83
1.83
1.78
84.66
79.72
88.62
40.9
38.7
42.4
2.07
2.06
2.09
73.84
(1 /)
74.24
74.64
72.72
78.44
39.7
( 1/ )
39.7 ' 4o.4
42.4
39.7
1.86
( 1/ )
I .87
1.88
1.80
1.85
67.64
65.97
58.35
79.59
66.99
40.5
56.59
37.5
40.4
39-5
38.9
40.4
1.67
1.49
1.67
1.50
1.44
38.6
38.6
4 i.i
39.3
4 i.i
41.5
1.97
1.97
1.89
1.63
4o.o
39-0
39.3
40.6
1.61
1.63
4 o .i
4 o .l
1.60
1.60
1.51
1.80
1.78
1.50
1.57
41.7
40.2
39.9
1.48
1.52
1.48
1.50
1.51
1.48
40.4
39.8
41.4
1.47
1.49
1.46
1.45
1.44
1.70
1.67
1.69
1.68
Laboratory, scientific, and
e n g i n e e r i n g i n s t r u m e n t s ..................
M e c h a n i c a l me a s u r i n g and c o n t r o l l i n g
i n s t r u m e n t s .................................
Surgical,
medical,
and dental
watches and clocks..................
55.88
79.59
64.08
MtSCELLAMEOUS MANUFACTURES tHDUSTRtES...
64.00
Jewelry, silverware, and p l a t e d w a r e . ...
J e w e l r y and f i n d i n g s ......................
65.12
61.31
Toys
73.62
71.38
58.95
and sportin g
g o o d s ...................
v e h i c l e s ...................................
Pens, pencils, and o t h e r offi c e
s u p p l i e s ....................................
Costuine j e w e l r y
butt o n s
notions. ......
F a b r i c a t e d plas t i c s p r o d u c t s . ...........
Other manufacturing industries........
63.69
62.79
64.06
60.30
71.02
70.88
77.68
67.65
63.74
67.14
62.73
40.7
75.50
40.9
70.58
39.6
38.1
37.9
40.6
38.9
4 i.o
39.9
42.9
56.77
59.75
4 o .i
39.3
58.61
56.09
60.30
39.6
59.13
57.98
59.05
38.9
38.4
59.30
58.58
58.11
67.07
65.21
39.5
39.6
40.6
4 o .i
39-8
58.07
57.02
69.02
66.97
56.21
67.60
65.35
38.5
40.0
38.9
40.5
1.66
1.65
1.55
1.78
1.79
1.49
1.63
1.61
1.53
1.76
1.76
1.49
1.46
1.62
1.61
Hours and Lm nngs
Tabte C-l:
Hours and gross earnings of production workers
or nonsupervisory em ptoyees - Continued
A v e r a ^ e e k ly
" " e l r ^ s ^
i n d ustry group and
indus t r y
July
1954
Aug.
1953
$77-71
$77.59
78.51
$75.36
77-40
42.7
A ug.
1954
Aug.
J u ly
1954
1954
a /)
40.2
Aug.
1953
1954
July
1954
Aug.
1953
42.9
40.3
(I/)
45.0 $1.82
$1.93
1.83
$1.87
1.72
1.44
A ug.
rHMSPOHMr/O# M D PUBLIC
TRANSPORTAT!0M:
(V )
C0MMUM!CAT!0M:
67.69
68.60
S w i t c h b o a r d op e r a t i n g e m p l o y e e s 2/...
%.32
57.15
64.24
53.57
38.9
37.3
39.2
37.6
38.7
37.2
1.74
1.51
1.75
1.52
95-82
77-33
96.95
77.15
91.15
74.76
42.4
41.8
42.9
2.26
41.7
42.2
42.0
2.26
T e l e g r a p h 4 / ..............................
1.85
1.85
2.16
1.78
83.21
83.83
81.34
41.4
41.5
41.5
2.01
2.02
1.96
74.70
74.34
71.91
4o.6
4o.4
4o.4
1.84
1.84
1.78
58.ll
41.99
58.51
56.12
39.8
39.8
1.16
1.47
1.17
l.4i
39.74
39-8
35.8
1.46
42.35
47.21
62.25
76.10
46.96
47.84
45.11
36.6
36.8
6o.4o
74.48
39.4
35.8
4o.o
44.6
47.29
44.5
39.6
44.4
45.25
36.4
36.1
36.2
1.29
1.58
1.71
1.29
1.30
1.58
1.72
1.31
1.26
1.51
1.67
1.25
64.57
64.30
62.16
42.2
43.7
42.3
43.4
1.53
43.5
1.56
1.52
1.56
1.52
(1/)
(1/)
(1/)
(1/)
a/)
a/)
(2/)
(1/)
(1/)
(1/)
(1/)
(1/)
(1/)
a/)
(1/)
.91
1.66
OTHER PUBUC UT)L!T!ES:
r/MPf;
WHOLESALE TRADE.....................
RETAtL TRADE (EXCEPT EATtW6 AWD
DR)HK)M6 PLACES)...................
° F u r n itu r e ^ n c T a p p lia n c e s t o r e s
Lumber and hardw are s u p p ly s t o r e s ..........
/HVMCf, /AfMWMCf, M O M M
76.37
36.2
42.0
1.11
1.48
68.17
67.86
57.43
96.59
57.66
94.89
71.12
68.07
a/)
(1/)
(1/)
40.32
40.03
38.49
42.0
41.7
42.3
.96
.96
39.^0
45.46
4o.oo
45.78
39.10
44.35
39.4
38.2
4o.o
38.8
39.9
38.9
1.00
1.19
1.18
1.14
....... LOi.58
102.79
91.22
(1/)
(1/)
a /)
a/)
(1/)
(1/)
fSMrf;
In s u r a n c e c a r r i e r s ................................................
^ L a u n d rL s"^ °""
62.57
36.2
71.18
65.97
55.00
79.72
1.00
.98
i/ Not Available.
2/ Data relate to employees in such occupations in the telephone industry as svitohboard operators; service
assistants; operating room instructors; and pay-station Attendants. During 1953 such em^oyees made up 45 per
cent of the total number of nonsupervisory employees in telephone establishments reporting hours and earnings
data.
2/ Data relate to employees in such occupations in the telephone industry as central office craftsmen; in
stallation and exchange repair craftsmen; line, cable, and conduit craftsmen; and laborers. Daring 1953 such
employees made up 24 percent of the total number of nonsupervisory employees in telephone establishments report
ing hours and earnings data.
4/ Data relate to domestic employees except messengers and those compensated entirely on a commission basis.
2/ Money payments only; additional value of board, room, uniforms, and tips, not inoluded.
4o
A d j u s t e d Earnings
Tabte C-2: Gross av erage weekty earnings of production workers
in setected industries, in current and 1947-49 dottars
Current 1 947-49
dollars
1947-49
1947-49
19 4 7 - 4 9
1 947-49
1947-49
1951
1939... #23.66 #40.17 *23.68 $40.20 $17.64 $29 70
1940... 25.20
42.07
41.25
24.71
1793
29 93
18.69
4906
30.86
1941... 29.36
47.03
29.71
1942...
1943...
1944...
1945...
1946...
1947...
36.63
43.14
46.06
44.39
43.82
49.97
32.38
38.30
61.26
33.06
41.62
31.27
50.24
56.24
68.18
20.34
23.08
25.93
29.18
31.19
34.51
37.72
3234
32 32
52.25
38.03
66.59
67 95
69 58
69.73
27.73
30.20
32.71
36.06
36.21
34.23
34.23
34.98
33 47
33 30
34.36
34.50
37.81
38.63
39 69
34.06
34.04
34.69
1946...
1949...
1950...
54.14
34.92
59 33
32.67
33.93
37.71
72.12
63.28
70.33
70.16
62.16
68.43
1931...
?932...
1-933...
64.71
67.97
71.69
38.30
39 89
62.67
77.79
78.09
83.31
70.08
68.60
74.57
Tabte C-3:
J u ly ..
Aug...
Sept..
Oct...
$71.33 $62.19 $84.97 $74.08 $39.30 $34.26
62.34 92.88 80.77 39.10 34.00
71.69
71.42 62.00 86.15 74.78 39.80 34.55
72.14 62.51 89.78 77.80 39.70 34.40
N ov. . .
71.60
Dec...
72.36
62.26
62.98
81.17
82.25
70.92
61.56
71.28
61.98
70.58
40.00
34.78
71.58
4o.6o
35.34
71.48
39.70
39.80
34.46
34.61
34.49
1954
J a n .. . .
F e b .. . .
M a r .. . .
A p r. . . .
M a y .. . .
June. . .
70.20
61.26
71.13
61.85
71.68
62.28
82.34
79.04
73.06
71.67
76.32
83.00
73.39
70.71
61.59
J u ly .. .
70.92
61.56
Aug....
71.06
61.79
82.00
68.73
63.64
39.60
62.54
66.37
72.11
40.80
35.60
40.30
40.50
35.04
33.19
65.44
71.30
40.00
39.40
34.72
34.26
A verage w eekty earnings, gross and net spendabte, o f production workers
in manufacturing industries, in current and 1947-49 dottars
W o r k e r wi t h 3
(1947-49
= 100)
(1947-49
Cu r r e n t 1947-49 C u r r e n t 1947-49
d o l l a r s d ollars
=
100)
C u r r e n t 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 C u r r e n t 1 9 4 7-49
d o l l a r s d o l l a r s do l l a r s d o l l a r s
Monthly
1953
1939..- - $23.86
1940
25.20
1941.... 29.38
45.1
47.6
33.9
$23 38 $39-70 $23.62 $39.76
41.22
24.69
24.93 41.65
28.03
44.59 2 9 2 8
46.55
1942-1943...
1944....
36.65
43.14
46.08
69.2
81.3
87.0
31.77
36.01
38.29
45.58
48.66
30.92
36.28
41.39
44.06
52.05
53.93
38.39
1945....
1946__
1947...
44.39
43.82
49 97
83.8
82.8
94.4
36.97
37 72
42.76
48.08
43.23
44.77
42.74
4320
48.24
35.38
31.80
50.51
1948-1949....
1950....
54.14
54.92
39 33
102.2
103.7
112.0
47.43
48.09
5109
46.14
47.24
49.70
53.17
53.83
57.21
51.72
52.88
5563
1951...
1952....
1933...
64.71
67.97
71.69
122.2
128.4
133.4
54.04
55 66
58.54
48.66
49.04
31.17
61.28
63.62
66.58
55.21
56.05
58.20
J u ly .. .
A u g ....
S e p t .. .
O c t .. . .
$71.33
71.69
71.42
72.14
Nov....
71.60
D ec. . . .
134.7
135.4
134.9
136.2
135.2
72.36 136.7
$ 58.26
$ 50.79
$ 66.29
58.54
50.90
58.33
58.89
58.47
59.06
50.63
51.03
66.58
66.36
66.94
58.01
50.84
51.40
66.50
67.11
57.83
58.41
51.04
51.38
51.07
50.80
51.28
51.62
66.00
66.30
65.83
65.41
66.18
66.63
57.29
57.65
57.34
57.08
57-55
57.89
51.04
51.23
66.00
66.12
57.29
57.50
$57.79
57.90
57.60
1954
58.80
Mar__
Apr....
70.92 133.9
134.6
70.71 133.5
70.20
132.6
58.63
58.22
M a y .. . .
June. . . .
71.13 134.3
71.68 135.4
58.97
59.41
J u ly .. .
A u g .. . .
70.92 133.9
71.06 134.2
58.80
J a n .. . .
F e b ____
71.28
59.09
58.91
41
Ad j us t ed Earnings
Tabie C-4: A verage hourty earnings, gross and exciuding overtime,
of production workers in manufacturing industries
Manufacturing
Peri o d
Gro s s
Amount
Du r able
E x c luding overtime
A mount
Index
(1947-49 = 100)
Gr o s s
goods
Excluding
Nondurable
Gro ss
goods
E x cluding
A mou n t
Amount
A mount
Amount
Annual
average:
1941.........
1942.........
1943.........
*0.729
853
.961
$0,702
.805
.894
34.3
62.3
69.4
$0,808
.947
1039
$0,770
.881
.976
$0,640
.723
.803
$0,625
.698
.763
1944.........
1943.........
1946.........
1.019
1.023
1.086
.947
1/9 6 3
1.031
,73.3
1/74.8
81.6
1.117
1 .1 1 1
1.156
1.029
1/1.042
1.122
.861
.904
1.013
.814
1/.858
.981
1947.........
1948.........
1949.........
1.237
1.350
1.401
1.198
1.310
1.367
93.0
101.7
106.1
1.292
1.410
1.469
1.250
1.366
1.434
1.17 1
1.278
1.325
1.133
1.241
1.292
1930............
1931.........
1952.........
1953.........
1.463
139
1.67
177
1.415
1.33
1.6 1
1.71
1099
118.8
125.0
132.8
1.337
1.6 7
1.77
1.87
l.48o
1.60
1.70
1.80
1.378
1.48
1.34
1.6 1
1337
1.43
1.49
1.36
Nov...
Dec...
1.77
1.77
1.79
1.79
1.79
1.80
1.71
1.71
1.73
1.73
1.74
1.74
132.8
132.8
134.3
134.3
133.1
133.1
1.88
1.88
1.90
1.90
1.89
1.90
1.82
1.8 1
1.84
1.83
1.83
1.84
1.6 1
1.6 1
1.63
1.62
1.63
1.64
1.36
1.36
1.38
1.36
1.39
1.59
Jan...
Feb...
Mar...
Apr...
May..
June....
1.80
1.80
1.79
1.80
1 .8 1
1 .8 1
1.76
1.75
1.73
1.73
1.76
1.76
136.6
133-9
133.9
133.9
136.6
136.6
1.91
1.90
1.90
1.90
1.91
1.91
1.86
1.83
1.83
1.85
1.86
1.86
1.6 5
1.63
1.63
1.63
1.66
1.66
1.6 1
1.6 1
1 .6l
1 .6l
1.62
1.62
July....
Aug...
1.80
1.79
1.76
1.74
136.6
133.1
1 .9 1
1.91
1.86
1.83
1.66
1.64
1.62
Mo n t h l y
data:
1953:
1954:
July....
Aug...
Sept....
l/ 11-month average; August 1943 excluded because of YJ-day holiday period.
42
1.60
Man Hour indexes
Tab!$ C-5. !n d e x e s o f aggregate w eekty m an-hours
^ in industria! and construction a c t iv it y ^
(1 9 4 7 -4 9 = 100)
P e r io d
TOTAL 2 /
HI
M ining
T o ta l:
T o ta l:
M a n u fa c tu rin g -- D u ra b le g o o d s
Lumber and
O rdnance and
wood p r o d u c t s
( except
fu r n itu r e )
average:
1947..
19^8..
1949..
1950..
1951..
1952..
1953..
103.6
,103.4
93.0
101.5
109.5
109.7
113.5
105.1
105.4
89.5
91.0
95.0
90.9
86.6
94.6
103.4
102.0
109.1
124.1
127.5
124.2
104.8
103.2
92.0
101.1
108.4
108.4
113.7
106.1
104.1
89.7
102.7
115.7
116.6
125.5
103.1
102.1
94.7
992
997
98.6
997
101.2
107.6
91.1
107.4
290.4
625.0
826.7
107.0
102.7
90.3
996
102.7
969
94.0
1953:
July...
Aug......
Sept...
Oct....
Nov....
Dec....
114.1
116.5
114.5
114.6
110.6
108.4
86.9
89.4
86.3
86.3
83.2
82.9
132.0
137-1
133.2
140.2
130.1
120.6
113.4
113.4
H3.7
113.0
109.6
108.4
124.7
123.6
123.4
123.6
119.6
H8.4
99.9
103.3
102.2
100.3
97.6
96.4
883.9
860.3
862.1
834.3
809.2
812.7
96.7
97-6
94.7
93.2
91.2
86.1
1954:
Jan....
Feb....
Mar....
Apr....
May
June...
101.9
102.4
101.8
99.9
100.4
102.1
80.3
78.0
73-9
71.5
72.3
75.4
98.3
106.0
109.8
113.9
122.3
129.4
103.8
103-3
102.3
99.3
99.1
100.0
113.7
112.3
110.6
108.1
107.2
107.0
92.1
92.8
92.9
89.2
89.4
91.6
764.1
712.1
634.3
387.8
542.0
522.1
79.6
82.3
84.1
85.3
88.3
93.8
July...
Aug....
100.2
102.9
72.3
74.8
132.7
134.9
97.4
100.2
102.2
103.6
91-7
96.1
506.1
492.1
80.6
83.4
M a n u fa c tu rin g P e r io d
F u r n it u r e
and f i x t u r e s
and g l a s s
p ro d u cts
D u ra ble good s -
C o n tin u e d
in d u s tr ie s
(except
e le c tr ic a l)
E le c t r ic a l
m ach in e ry
T ra n sp orta
t io n
A nnual a v e r a g e :
103.3
104.6
92.1
111.5
105.9
106.2
108.2
102.8
103.9
933
102.9
111.4
104.3
106.6
105.4
106.6
88.0
104.1
115.7
104.6
114.0
106.7
103.8
89.4
106.5
115.8
112.1
123.7
108.3
106.6
85.I
94.0
116.9
118.4
118.9
111.1
102.9
86.0
107.6
123.7
131.2
148.0
102.9
100.9
96.3
106.1
124.5
138.0
158.7
103.7
106.8
103.8
106.3
103.8
101.4
103.8
IO8.3
106.9
108.3
103.4
103.2
113.2
114.9
111.7
110.4
106.7
103.4
122.7
123.9
121.3
121.4
117.8
113.4
116.3
114.5
113.5
113.8
111.4
112.3
143.6
148.0
148.4
146.9
143.3
138.3
138.9
139.2
133.1
133.9
146.3
131.1
May....
June...
96.1
96.7
96.2
91.6
88.8
90.0
96.2
97.8
98.2
97.3
97.6
97.8
101.4
97.3
94.4
92.8
92.4
94.0
112.9
111.3
109.4
106.9
107.8
107.3
109.4
108.6
106.6
103.7
102.0
100.6
131.1
130.6
127.9
123.8
122.0
119.8
148.6
144.0
141.0
138.6
136.0
131.9
July...
Aug....
88.9
96.3
96.7
100.0
91.3
-.22.3L.
102.8
105.4
93.9
.. .23t3
U7.2
121.8
1947..........
1948.,
1949.
1950.
1951.
1952.
1953.
M on th ly d a t a :
1933:
July...
Aug....
Sept...
Dec....
1934:
Feb....
Mar....
.
127.O
123.6 .
See footnotes at end of table.
J ti-
M jn -H ou r
indexes
Tabte C-5. indexes o f a g g re g a te w eek iy man-hours
in industria! and construction activity ^ Continued
(1947-49 = 100)
Manufacturing — Durable goods—Con.
Period
Ind^r^lated
Manufacturing — Nondurable goods
-'EvE,*'
Textile-mi11
manufactures
finished textile
1947..........
1948.
1949.
1950..
1951.
1952.
1953.
107.5
103.0
89.5
97.4
117.5
122.7
129.1
104.6
104.2
91.2
101.3
103.1
100.5
109.8
103.9
100.0
96.1
95.2
95.9
94.7
93.5
105.9
101.0
93.1
89.2
91.2
92.2
90.1
104.5
105.7
89.9
100.1
96.O
90.7
90.0
99.6
101.6
98.8
103.0
101.9
104.5
106.8
1953: July...
Aug....
Sept...
Oct....
Nov....
Dec....
126.3
126.8
128.6
128.7
129.1
128.1
104.4
111.0
111.9
115.3
112 .1
107.5
100.3
106.6
111.2
101.6
95.1
89.4
77.6
101.6
108.9
106.8
96.1
10 1.7
89.3
89.8
86.3
86.0
84.2
83.2
102.2
109.2
102.0
106.0
102.8
103.5
Jan....
Feb....
Mar....
Apr....
May....
June...
121.9
120.9
118.9
114.3
112.0
110.2
98.7
102.1
101.0
96.6
95.6
96.4
83.8
81.8
81.5
81.3
84.2
89.4
87.3
80.1
75.0
73.5
75.5
78.4
78.5
79.5
79.2
76.5
76.0
78.0
98.2
104.3
106.1
93.8
91.5
91.9
July...
Aug....
106.8
107.9
91.6
97-5
94.8
100.8
78.1
97.0
75.8
80.0
91.8
101.0
1954:
Period
alM^^u^tries
'Err
Rubber
p r oducts
l e^er'pr^.ts
average:
1947..1948..,
1949...
1950..,
1951..1952..,
1953...
"1953:
July......
A u g.............
S e p t ..........
O c t .............
N ov............
D e c ............
102.6
102.3
95.1
105.4
109.9
105.9
111.4
101.4
100.5
98.0
99.5
101.6
102.7
105.5
103.3
102.6
94.1
97.2
105.5
104.7
107.8
99.0
102.7
98.3
97.3
102.1
98.2
100.9
109.8
102.0
88.1
101.9
108.5
108.4
1 1 1 .7
105.8
100.8
93-4
97.8
92.1
96.9
96.4
111.3
H3.7
112.9
113.2
112.3
1 1 1 .1
103.6
104.7
106.9
108.1
107.2
109.0
106.6
106.7
108.8
107.5
107.2
106.1
104.3
103.8
102.5
100.2
99.3
97.3
111.6
110.5
108.0
106.0
104.0
102.8
96.3
97.4
89.1
88.7
88.7
92.3
107.6
107.5
107.8
105.7
106.9
108.5
104.3
103.7
105.4
104.0
io4.o
104.9
105.0
io4.4
104.9
103.8
101.8
101.0
100.1
95.3
91.9
94.9
99-1
94.9
94.0
96.4
93.8
94.0
95.0
85.3
97.4
82.2
98.3
100.1
87.4
99.3
107.2
99.4
98.6
J u l y ..........
85.8
103.9
90.3
104.5
97.8
A u g.............
108.9
93.0
99.9
85.1
1/ Aggregate man-hours are for the weekly pay period ending nearest the 15th of the month and do not represent
totals for the month. For mining and manufacturing industries, data refer to production and related workers. For
1954:
J a n ............
F e b ............
M ar............
A p r ............
M ay.............
J u n e ..........
State and Area
Hours and farmngs
Tabte C-6: Hours and gross earnings of production wodters in
manufacturing industries for setected States and areas
State and area
Average veekiy earnings
1<?54
1953
Aug.
Aug.
July
Average *jekly hours
1<?54
1953
July
Aug..
Aug.
Average hourly earnings
1954
1953
Aug.
July
Aug.
ALABAMA...............
Birmingham
Mobile
$55-70
71.86
67.23
$55*24
72.50
67.89
$55.48
70.12
65.53
39.5
39.7
40.5
38.9
39.4
40.9
40.2
40.3
40.7
$1.41
1.8 1
1.66
$1.42
1.84
1.66
$1.38
1.74
1.61
ARIZONA...............
Phoenix
84.55
81.73
77.03
72.38
79.46
77.76
42.7
4 1.7
39.5
37.5
41.6
40.5
1.98
1.96
1.95
1.93
1.91
1.92
ARKANSAS..............
Little RockN. Little Rock
51.53
51.66
49.53
40.9
4i.o
40.6
1.26
1.26
1.22
48.28
49.41
49.73
39.9
40.5
4i.i
1.2 1
1.22
1.21
CALIFORNIA............
Fresno
Los Angeles
Sacramento
81.24
74.91
81.19
69.47
80.43
70.32
80.48
77.36
79.62
69.00
79.76
74.09
40.4
4o.l
40.4
36.4
39.6
37.7
40.0
37.7
40.6
38.8
40.9
40.2
2.01
1.87
2.01
1.91
2.03
1.87
2.01
2.05
1.96
1.78
1.95
1.84
80.37
81.91
83.48
78.81
71.39
78.80
81.77
82.76
74.07
75.03
78.42
76.93
81.14
74.01
74.70
40.7
39.8
4o.i
43.9
38.8
40.1
39.9
39.1
39.9
38.7
4i.i
39.6
39.7
41.4
40.9
1.97
2.06
2.08
1.79
1.84
1.97
2.05
2 .1 1
1.85
1.94
1.91
1.94
2.04
1.79
I.83
COLORADO..............
Denver
74.03
73.85
75.17
73.53
72.38
71.97
40.9
4o.8
41.3
40.4
41.6
41.6
1.8 1
1.8 1
1.82
1.82
1.74
1.73
CONNECTICUT...........
Bridgeport
Hartford
Nev Britain
Nev Haven
Stamford
Waterbury
72.36
74.03
76.67
70.13
69.49
80.78
72.36
72.00
74.40
77.68
70.53
70.64
75.84
73.30
74.52
74.62
79.61
73.78
71.49
84.00
76.29
4o.2
39.8
4i.o
39.4
40.4
40.8
40.2
4o.o
4o.o
41.1
39.4
40.6
39.5
40.5
42.1
41.0
43.5
42.4
42.3
43.3
43.1
1.80
1.86
1.87
1.78
1.72
1.98
1.80
1.80
1.86
1.89
1.79
1.74
1.92
1.8 1
1.77
1.82
1.83
1.74
1.69
1.94
1.77
DELAWARE..............
Wilmington
67.85
82.65
72.36
85.25
67.13
8o.i4
40.7
4o.i
4o.2
40.5
40.2
40.7
1.67
2.06
1.80
2 .11
1.67
1.97
FLORIDA...............
Tampa-St. Petersburg
56.44
55.61
55.62
55.20
54.75
52.68
40.9
40.3
40.6
4o.o
41.2
40.4
1.38
1.38
1.37
1.38
1.33
1.30
GEORGIA...............
Atlanta
Savannah
48.88
62.80
68.43
48.38
63.36
65.94
50.80
64.68
64.41
39.1
40.0
42.5
38.7
4o.i
42.0
40.0
41.2
42.1
1.25
1.57
1.6 1
1.25
1.58
1.57
1.27
1.57
1.53
IDAHO.................
76.76
82.84
80.56
40.4
42.7
4l.l
1.90
1.94
1.96
ILLINOIS..............
Chicago
75.81
( 1/ )
75.66
78.44
76.25
80.19
40.0
(1 /)
39.7
39.5
41.2
41.2
1.90
( 1/ )
1.91
1.99
1.85
1.95
INDIANA...............
75.67
75.29
76.94
39.5
39.0
40.4
1.92
1.93
1.90
IOWA..................
Des Moines
69.94
76.58
70.87
73.82
67.66
76.18
40.2
39.0
40.1
38.2
40.5
40.5
1.74
1.96
1.77
1.93
1.68
1.88
KANSAS................
Topeka
Wichita
79.60
65.24
85.12
78.20
63.57
82.40
74.75
66.97
74.43
42.2
39.5
42.8
42.1
39.3
42.4
41.3
41.5
39.9
1.89
1.65
1.99
1.86
1.62
1.94
1.8 1
1.6 1
1.86
KENTUCKY..............
68.18
67.77
70.00
4o.9
40.5
42.5
1.6 7
1.68
1.65
LOUISIANA.............
Baton Rouge
Nev Orleans
64.55
91.35
67.70
66.01
94.89
65.84
64.02
89.02
61.93
4o.6
4o.6
40.3
41.0
40.9
39.9
41.3
41.6
39.7
1.59
2.25
1.68
1.6 1
2.32
1.65
1.55
2.14
1.56
San B e r n a r d in o R iv e r s id e -O n t a r io
San D ie g o
San Franci s co-Oakland
San J o s e
Stockton
See footnotes at end of table.
State jnd Ar\u
H^nr.- and Limtngs
Tabte C-& Hours and gross earnings of production wodters in
manufacturing industries for setected States and areas - Continued
State and area
Average veekly earnings
IS54
1953
Aug.
July -- Aug,---
Average veekly hours
ic)54
' 1953
July ... Aug.
Au^
Average hourly earnings
1954
1953
Aug.
July
Aug.
MAINE.................
Portland
$55.78
61.50
$56.70
61.37
$56.31
60.38
39.9
40.9
40.3
41.2
40.3
42.2
$1.40
1.50
$1.41
1.49
$1.40
1.43
MARYLAND..............
Baltimore
67.92
73.12
68.92
73.79
66.13
72.03
40.2
40.2
39.6
40.3
40.3
40.8
1.69
1.82
1.74
1.83
1.64
1.77
MASSACHUSETTS..........
Boston
Fall River
Nev Bedford
Springfield-Holyoke
Worcester
65.57
68.34
47.79
54.57
70.98
71.10
65.07
68.21
51.99
55.20
72.14
70.20
66.66
69.08
52.22
56.66
70.00
72.69
39.5
39.5
35.4
38.7
40.1
39.5
39.2
39.2
37.4
38.6
40.3
39.0
40.4
40.4
38.4
39.9
40.7
41.3
1.66
1.73
1.35
i.4i
1.77
1.80
1.66
1.74
1.39
1.43
1.79
1.80
1.65
1.71
1.36
1.42
1.72
1.76
MICHIGAN..............
Detroit
Flint
Grand Rapids
Lansing
Muskegon
Saginaw
85.81
89.80
92.52
79.39
89.03
80.03
81.69
85.13
88.71
89.13
80.06
88.11
80.45
80.87
86.15
89.71
98.35
80.66
92.23
78.40
84.32
40.1
39.3
41.9
40.4
40.8
38.7
40.3
39.8
39.2
40.7
40.6
40.4
38.4
39.8
41.2
4i.o
44.3
42.1
42.5
38.3
42.5
2.14
2.29
2.21
1.97
2.18
2.07
2.03
2.14
2.26
2.19
1.97
2.18
2.10
2.03
2.09
2.19
2.22
1.92
2.17
2.05
I.98
MINNESOTA.............
Duluth
Minneapolis
St. Paul
71.48
78.76
73.71
74.16
73.58
76.07
74.03
74.68
71.85
79.11
72.45
72.79
39.5
4o.i
40.0
38.1
M.i
40.0
40.1
38.6
41.6
41.4
4l.l
39.3
1.8 1
1.96
1.84
1.94
1.79
1.90
I.85
1.93
1.73
1.91
1.78
1.85
MISSISSIPPI...........
Jackson
48.56
51.44
47.55
52.45
47.20
47.88
41.5
40.5
40.3
41.3
4i.4
39.9
1.17
1.2 7
1.18
1.27
1.14
1.20
MISSOURI..............
Kansas City
St. Louis
66.99
(1/)
72.48
67.00
74.70
73.15
68.72
78.13
72.48
39-2
(1/)
39.3
38.7
39.5
39.0
40.5
41.3
40.4
1.71
1.85
1.73
I.89
1.88
1.70
I.89
1.80
MONTANA...............
77.24
77.57
81.30
39.5
38.7
41.5
1.96
2.01
1.96
NEBRASKA..............
(l/)
68.23
65.33
(1/)
42.7
41.8
(1/)
1.60
1.56
NEVADA................
85.28
87.42
89.46
39.3
40.1
42.4
2 .17
2.18
2.11
NEW HAMPSHIRE 2/.......
Manchester 2/
58.03
54.29
57.34
54.18
57.51
55.91
40.3
38.5
40.1
38.7
40.5
39.1
1.44
l.4l
1.43
i.4o
1.42
1.43
74.49
75.20
74.56
76.08
72.38
74.03
76.25
74.59
76.10
72.01
73.79
75.60
73.63
76.51
71.68
39.9
39.6
40.3
40.6
39.9
39.4
39.9
40.1
40.5
39.5
40.5
40.8
40.5
41.2
4o.o
1.87
1.90
1.85
1.87
l.8l
1.88
1.91
1.86
1.88
1.82
1.82
1.85
1.82
1.86
1.79
79.46
75-71
78.17
75.90
75.71
70.52
41.6
41.6
41.8
42.4
41.6
4 i.o
1.91
1.82
1.87
1.79
1.82
1.72
71.22
75.91
65.56
81.49
72.76
71.29
74.86
65.94
82.56
73.05
71.45
77.62
65.81
84.40
70.20
38.8
39.7
37.7
39.7
4o.i
38.7
39-1
38.1
39.8
40.5
39.7
40.3
38.8
41.8
39.8
1.84
1.91
1.74
2.05
1.82
1.84
1.91
1.73
2.08
1.80
1.80
1.93
1.70
2.02
1.77
83.20
68.53
76.55
74.23
68.27
71.78
84.18
68.36
76.76
73.64
68.37
70.18
82.67
67.76
76.78
76.82
68.98
70.92
41.0
37.4
39.8
40.1
39.4
39.5
41.2
37.2
39.9
39.9
39.2
38.5
41.9
37.7
41.6
41.8
40.6
4o.o
2.03
1.83
1.92
1.85
1.73
1.82
2.04
1.84
1.92
1.84
1.75
1.82
1.97
1.80
1.85
1.84
1.70
1.77
Nevark-Jersey City
Paterson
Perth Amboy
Trenton
NEW MEXICO............
A lb u q u e rq u e
NEW YORK..............
A lb a n y -S c h e n e c t a d y -T r o y
B in gh am ton
B u ffa lo
E lm ir a
N assau and
S u f f o l k C o u n t ie s
Nev York City
Rochester
Syracuse
Utica-Rome
Westchester County
See footnotes at end of 1: a b l e .
46
Shite and Area Hours and
Tabte C-& Hours and gross earnings of production wodters in
manufacturing industries for setected States and areas - Continued
..............
State and area
[
Average weekly earnings
ic>54
.1953
Aug.
July
Aug.
Average veekly hours
1953
is)54
Aug.
July
Aug.
Average hourly earnings
1954
-1353
Aug.
Aug.
July
NORTH CAROLINA.........
Charlotte
Greensboro-High Point
$48.50
51.61
48.89
$47.25
50.96
47.36
$48.46
51.71
(l/)
38.8
39.7
37.9
37-8
39.2
37.0
39.4
40.4
(1/)
$1.25
1.30
1.29
$1.25
1.30
1.28
$1.23
1.28
(1/)
NORTH DAKOTA..........
Fargo
69.41
72.04
69.95
72.14
68.75
65.31
44.9
42.7
45.5
43.2
46.7
43.3
1.55
1.69
1.54
1.67
1.47
1.51
OHIO.................
Cincinnati
Cleveland
78.49
74.27
80.44
78.50
73.13
80.35
79.88
73.71
84.96
39.6
40.4
39.2
39.3
39.6
39.1
40.9
4i.l
4 1.7
1.98
1.84
2.05
2.00
1.85
2.05
1.95
1.79
2.04
OKLAHOMA..............
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
72.45
69.44
78.09
72.45
70.09
77.52
69.94
66.72
75.48
41.4
42.6
41.1
41.4
43.0
40.8
40.9
4 1.7
40.8
1.75
1.63
1.90
1.75
1.63
1.90
1.7 1
1.60
1.85
OREGON................
Portland
86.73
77.10
82.30
76.92
81.70
77.55
40.7
39.0
38.6
38.5
38.4
38.6
2.13
1.98
2.13
2.00
2.13
2.01
PENNSYLVANIA..........
Allentovn-BethlehemEaston
Erie
Harrisburg
Lancaster
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Reading
Scranton
Wilkes-Barre— Hazleton
York
69.37
69.58
72.13
38.1
38.1
39.9
1.82
I.83
1.8 1
63.77
72.06
58.93
63.55
74.93
79.53
62.90
54.17
50.69
62.43
63.00
73.50
61.36
63.07
73.94
80.01
63.69
53.96
48.05
60.81
67.70
74.17
63.67
63.01
74.58
83.76
66.26
54.44
50.73
63.42
36.5
38.7
37.3
40.4
39.5
38.0
37.8
37.8
38.0
41.1
35.9
39.6
38.3
40.3
39.0
38.1
38.3
38.0
35.7
39.9
39.0
40.4
39.5
41.4
40.4
40.7
39.7
39.0
37.3
42.0
1.75
1.86
1.58
1.57
1.90
2.09
1.66
1.43
1.33
1.52
1.76
1.86
1.60
1.57
1.90
2.10
1.66
1.42
1.35
1.52
1.74
1.84
1.6 1
1.52
1.85
2.0&
1.67
i.4 o
1.36
1.5 1
RHODE ISLAND...........
Providence
59.60
60.30
59.87
60.34
57.26
59.40
39.7
40.2
39.1
39-7
37.8
39.6
1.50
1.50
1.53
1.52
1.52
1.50
SOUTH CAROLINA.........
Charleston
49.39
52.53
49.01
53.20
49.35
51.09
39.2
39.5
38.9
39.7
39.8
39.3
1.26
1.33
1.26
1.34
1.24
1.30
SOUTH DAKOTA..........
Sioux Falls
65.56
71.95
67.74
71.37
62.35
67.34
43.2
44.1
44.9
44.2
42.8
42.9
1.52
1.63
1.51
1.6 1
1.46
1.57
56.94
56.84
69.83
6 1.71
59.75
56.59
55.44
65.62
61.41
59.00
57.12
59.04
65.44
63.12
57.74
40.1
39.2
40.6
40.6
4o.i
39.3
38.5
38.6
40.4
39-6
40.8
4l.o
40.9
41.8
40.1
1.42
1.45
1.72
1.52
1.49
1.44
1.44
1.70
1.52
1.49
i.4o
1.44
1.60
1.51
1.44
TEXAS.................
72.21
72.69
70.81
41.5
41.3
41.9
1.74
1.76
1.69
UTAH.................
Salt Lake City
73.82
75.48
73.53
74.80
73.49
75.12
39.9
41.7
4o.4
41.1
'4o.6
41.5
1.85
1.8 1
1.82
1.82
1.8 1
l.8l
VERMONT...............
Burlington
Springfield
58.87
57.81
66.56
58.59
57.18
66.97
62.83
58.87
81.98
40.6
39.6
38.9
40.2
38.5
38.3
43.1
40.2
45.8
1.45
1.46
l.7l
1.46
1.48
1.75
1.46
1.46
1.79
VIRGINIA..............
Norfolk-Portsmouth
Richmond
56.80
60.25
61.05
56.77
60.30
62.42
55.58
59-60
60.83
40.0
39-9
40.7
39.7
40.2
40.8
39.7
4o.o
4i.i
1.42
1.51
1.50
1.43
1.50
1.53
1.40
1.49
1.48
WASHINGTON............
Seattle
Spokane
Tacoma
81.45
77.14
81.74
80.95
79.74
76.46
81.18
82.16
79.06
77.44
77.59
76.67
39.4
38.2
39.3
40.5
39.0
37.9
39.3
39.3
38.7
38.7
39.1
38.9
2.07
2.02
2.08
2.00
2.04
2.02
2.06
2.09
2.04
2.00
1.98
1.97
Chattanooga
Knoxville
Memphis
Nashville
See footnotes at end of table.
State and \rea Hour^ and Warnings
Tab!e C-& Hours and gross earnings of production wodters in
manufacturing industries for setected States and areas - Continued
State and area
Average weekly earnings
1 954
1953
Aug.
July
Aug.
Average veekly houra
1954
- 1953.
Aug.
July
Aug.
_
Average hourly earnings
1954
1953
Aug.
Aug.
July
WEST VIRGINIA..........
Charleston
$70.05
86.72
$70.31
$71.02
85.26
38.7
39.6
37.2
40.0
39.9
40.6
$1.81
2.19
$1.89
2.23
$1.78
WISCONSIN.............
Kenosha
La Crosse
Madison
Milwaukee
Racine
73.81
79.26
73.42
77.32
73.72
74.75
73.58
72.78
83.07
76.15
4o.7
39.7
4 o .i
40.1
4o.o
40.4
40.8
38.7
40.3
39.9
4o.o
39.4
42.0
39.2
39.7
39.4
42.0
40.3
1.81
2.00
I .83
79.43
72.95
76.92
74.68
76.80
81.56
77.40
1.79
1.99
1.85
1.93
2.04
1.96
1.76
1.91
1.85
1.85
1.98
1.89
83.41
94.13
83.56
97.29
80.54
96.17
4 o .i
40.4
39*6
41.4
41.3
41.1
2.11
2.35
2.34
WYOMING...............
Casper
81.65
89.20
l/ Not available.
2/ Revised series; not strictly comparable vith previously published data.
48
1.93
2.04
1.96
2.08
2.33
2.10
1.95
Expianatory Notes
!NTRODUCT!ON
The statistics for nonfarm industries presented in
this monthly report are part of the broad program of
the Bureau of Labor Statistics to provide timely, com
prehensive, accurate, and detailed information for the
use of businessmen, government officials, legislators,
labor unions, research workers, and the general public,
and are an integral part of the Federal statistical
system. Current statistics on employment, labor turn
over, hours, and earnings are basic indicators of
economic change. They are widely used in following
business developments and in making decisions in such
fields as marketing, personnel, plant location, and
government policy. The BLS employment statistics
program also provides data used in making official
indexes of production, productivity, and national
income.
The Bureau publishes monthly statistics on employ
ment, and hours and earnings for the Nation, for all
states,and for selected metropolitan areas. For
employment, the tot&l of employees in nonagricultural
establishments is shown; for hours and earnings, data
are available for production workers in manufacturing
and selected groups in nonmanufacturing industries.
Within these broad activities data are published in
varying industry detail. Labor turnover rates are
presented for both total manufacturing and component
groups, as well as for selected mining and communica
tions industries.
Statistics on the number and proportion of women
employees in manufacturing industries and turnover
rates for men and women separately are published
quarterly. In addition, earnings adjusted for price
changes, Federal taxes, and overtime for selected in
dustries appear monthly, as well as indexes of production-worker aggregate weekly man-hours for major
manufacturing groups.
These data are reprinted regularly in the Monthly
Labor Review. Each of the series, from the earliest
period to date, may be obtained by writing to the BLS
Division of Manpower and Employment Statistics. Such
requests should specify the industry series desired.
Mare detailed descriptions of these series are
available through reprints of Technical Notes which
may be obtained upon request:
"Technical Note on the Maasurement of
Industrial Employment"
"Technical Note on Maasurement of Labor
Turnover"
"Technical Note on Hours and Earnings
in Nonagricultural Industries"
Section A - EMPLOYMENT
Definition of Employment
BLS employment statistics represent the total
number of full- and part-time nonagricultural workers
on establishment payrolls during a specified period
each month.
Persons on an establishment payroll who are on
paid sick-leave, paid holiday, or paid vacation, or
who work during a part of the specified pay period and
are unemployed or on strike during the other part of
the period are counted as employed. Persons are not
considered employed who are laid off or are on leave
without pay, who are on strike for the entire period,
or who are hired but do not report to work during the
period. Proprietors, the self-employed, unpaid family
workers, farm workers, and domestic workers in house
holds are also excluded. Government employment covers
only civilian employees.
Employment data for nongovernmental establishments
refer to persons who worked during, or received pay
for, any part of the pay period ending nearest the
15th of the month. Current data for Federal Government
establishments generally refer to persons who worked
on, or received pay for, the last day of the month;
for State and local government, persons who received
pay for any part of the pay period ending on, or im
mediately prior to, the last day of the month.
Beginning with January 1952, the data for Federal
employment are not strictly comparable with those for
prior years, primarily as a result of changes in defi
nition. For the national series and except for a few
states and areas as noted the following changes were
made starting with that month: (1) data refer to the
last day of the month rather than the first of the
month; (2) employment of the Federal Reserve Banks and
of the mixed ownership banks of the Farm Credit Admin
istration was transferred from the Federal total to
the "Banks and Trust Companies" group of the "Finance,
Insurance, and Real Estate" division; (3) fourth-class
postmasters, formerly included only in the table show
ing Federal civilian employment, are now included in
all tables showing government series.
Collection of Establishment Reports
The employment program is based on establishment
payroll reports. An establishment is defined as a
single physical location, such as a factory, mine, or
store where business is conducted. In the case of a
company with several plants or establishments, the
BLS endeavors to obtain separate reports from each
business unit which maintains separate payroll records,
since each may be classified in a different industry.
The BLS, with the cooperation of State agencies,
collects current employment, payroll, and man-hour in
formation by means of "shuttle" schedules (BLS 790
Forms) mailed monthly to individual establishments.
This shuttle schedule, which has been used by BLS for
more than 20 years, is designed to assist firms to
report consistently, accurately, and with a minimum of
cost. State agencies mail the forms to the establish
ments and examine the returns for consistency, accu
racy, and completeness. The states use the informa
tion to prepare State and area series and then send
the schedules to the BLS Division of Manpower and
Employment Statistics for use in preparing the
national series. Each questionnaire provides a line
for the State agency to enter data for December of the
previous year, as well as lines for the cooperating
establishments to report for each month of the cur
rent calendar year. The December data, copied from
the completed previous year's form, give the reporter
a means for comparison when reporting for January as
an aid to collection of consistent data. The same
form is returned each month to the reporting establish
ment to be completed. Definitions of terms are de
scribed in detail in the instructions on each form.
Industrial Classification Code. (U. S. Social Security
Board) for reports from nonmanufacturing establish
ments.
Benchmark Data
Coverage of Establishment Reports
The Bureau of Labor Statistics obtains monthly
reports from approximately 155,000 establishments,
distributed by industry as shown by the following
table. The table also shows the approximate proportion
of total employment in each industry division covered
by the group of establishments furnishing monthly
employment data. The coverage for individual indus
tries within the divisions may vary from the propor
tions shown.
Approximate size and coverage of monthly sample
used in BLS employment and payroll statistics l/
Number of
Employees
establish
ments in Number in Percent
samole
sammle
of total
Mining..............
3,300
440,000
50
Contract construction..
19,700
783,000
28
Manufacturing.... .
44-,100 11,207,000
68
Transportation and
public utilities:
Interstate rail
—
roads (ICC).......
1,357,000
96
Other transportation
and public utilities
13,600
1,430,000
(BLS).............
51
Wholesale and retail
60,300
1,889,000
19
Finance, insurance,
and real estate.....
10,600
486,000
25
Service and
miscellaneous:
Hotels and lodging
1,300
145,000
31
Personal services:
Laundries and
cleaning and
2,300
99,000
19
Government:
Federal (Civil Service
—
Commission) .......
100
2 ,368,000
State and local
--------(Bureau of the Census)
2,760,000
67
Division
or
industry
Some firms do not report payroll and man-hour
information. Therefore, hours and earnings estimates
are based on a slightly smaller sample than employment
estimates.
Classification of Establishment Reports
To present meaningful tabulations of employment,
hours, earnings, and labor turnover data, establish
ments are classified into industries on the basis of
the principal product or activity determined fi*om in
formation on annual sales volume. This information is
collected annually on a product supplement to the
monthly report. The supplement provides for reporting
the percentage of total sales represented by each pro
duct. In the case of an establishment making more
than one product, the entire employment of the plant
is included under the industry indicated by the most
important product. The titles and descriptions of
industries presented in the 1945 Standard Industrial
Classification Manual. Vol. I (U. S. Bureau of the
Budget, Washington, D. C.) are used for classifying
reports from manufacturing establishments; the 1942
Experience with employment statistics has shown
that without adjustment to new benchmarks, the employ
ment estimate tends toward understatement which
becomes larger as the distance from the earlier bench
mark increases. To adjust for this, the estimates
must be periodically compared with actual counts of
employment in the various nonagricultural industries,
and appropriate revisions made as indicated by the
total counts or benchmarks.
Basic sources of benchmark information are quar
terly tabulations of employment data, by industry,
compiled by State agencies from reports of establish
ments covered under State unemployment insurance laws.
Supplementary tabulations prepared by the U. S. Bureau
of Old Age and Survivors Insurance are used for the
group of establishments exempt from State unemployment
insurance laws because of their small size. For in
dustries not covered by either of the two programs,
benchmarks are compiled from special establishment
censuses: for example, for interstate railroads, from
establishment data reported to the ICC; for State and
local government, from data reported to the Bureau of
the Census; for the Federal government, from agency
data compiled by the Civil Service Commission. Estab
lishments are classified into the same industrial
groupings for benchmark purposes as they are for
monthly reporting.
At the time new benchmark data become available,
the BLS estimates which had been prepared.for the
benchmark quarter are compared with the levels of the
benchmarks, industry by industry. Where revisions are
necessary, the levels are adjusted between the new
benchmark and the last previous one. Following revi
sion for these intermediate periods, the industry data
from the most recent benchmark are projected to the
current month by application of the sample trends used
prior to the revision. The benchmark establishes the
level, while the sample determines the trend.
Estimating Mathod
The estimating procedure for industries for which
data on both "all employees" and "production and re
lated workers" are published (i.e., manufacturing and
selected mining industries) is ouiiined below; the
first step of this method is also used for industries
for which only figures on "all employees" are pub
lished.
The first step is to compute total employment (all
employees) in the industry for the month following the
benchmark period. The all-employee total for the last
benchmark month (e.g.,March) is multiplied by the per
cent change of total employment over the month for a
group of establishments reporting for both March and
April. Thus, if firms in the BLS sample for an in
dustry report 30,000 employees in March and 31,200 in
April, April employment is 104 percent (31,200 divided
by 30,000) of March employment. If the all-employee
benchmark in March is 40,000, the all-employee total in
April would be 104 percent of 40,000 or 41,600.
The second step is to compute the production-worker
total for the industry. The all-employee total for the
month is multiplied by the ratio of production workers
to all employees. This ratio is computed Rrom those
establishment reports which show data for both items.
Thus, if these firms in April report 24,400 production
vorkers and a total of 30,500 employees, the ratio of
production vorkers to all employees would be .80
(24,4.00 divided by 30,500). The production-worker
total in April would be 33,280 (41,600 multiplied by
.80).
Figures for subsequent months are computed by
carrying forward the totals for the previous month ac
cording to the method described above.
Comparability With Other Employment Estimates
Data published by other government and private
agencies differ from BLS employment statistics because
of differences in definition, sources of information,
methods of collection, classification, and estimation.
BLS monthly figures are not directly comparable, for
example, with the estimates of the Bureau of the Census
Monthly Report on the Labor Force (MtIF). Census data
are obtained by personal interviews with individual
members of a small sample of households and are de
signed to provide information on the work status of the
whole population, classified by their demographic char
acteristics. The BLS, on the other hand, obtains data
by mail questionnaire which are based on the payroll
records of business units, and prepares detailed
statistics on the industrial and geographic distribu
tion of employment and on hours of work and earnings.
Since BLS employment figures are based on estab
lishment payroll records, persons who worked in more
than one establishment during the reporting period
will be counted more than once in the BLS series. By
definition, proprietors, self-employed persons, domestic
servants, and unpaid family workers are excluded from
the BLS but not the MRIF series. The two series also
differ in date of reference, BLS collecting data for
the pay period ending nearest the 15th of the month
(except for government), while the MRIF relates to the
calendar week containing the 8th day of the month.
Employment estimates derived by the Bureau of the
Census from its censuses and/or annual sample surveys
of manufacturing establishments also differ from BLS
employment statistics. Among the important reasons for
lack of comparability are differences in industries
covered, in the business units considered parts of an
establishment, and in the industrial classification of
establishments.
Ernnl<wmm'+. statistics for States and Areas
State and area employment statistics are collected
and prepared by State agencies in cooperation with the
Bureau of Labor Statistics. These statistics are
based on the same reports used for preparing national
estimates. State series are adjusted to benchmark data
from State unemployment insurance agencies and the
Bureau of Old Age and Survivors Insurance. Because
sons States have more recent benchmarks than others and
use slightly varying methods of computation, the sum of
the State figures may differ slightly from the official
U. S. totals prepared by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
State and area data in greater industry detail and for
earlier periods may be secured directly upon request to
the appropriate State agency or to the Bureau of Labor
Statistics. The names and addresses of these agencies
are listed on the inside back cover of this report.
-
EMPLOYMENT -
SUMMARY OF METHODS OF COMPUTATtON
Item
Individual manufacturing and
nonmanufacturing industries
Total nonagricultural, divisions,
major groups and groups
MONTHLY DATA
All employees
All-employee estimate for
previous month multiplied by
ratio of all employees in
current month to all employees
in previous month for sample
establishments which reported
for both months.
Sum of all-employee
estimates for component
industries.
Production workers
(for mining and manu
facturing )
All-employee estimate for cur
rent month multiplied by ratio
of production workers to all
employees in sample establish
ments for current month.
Sum of production-worker
estimates for component
industries.
ANNUAL D A M
All employees and
production workers
Sum of monthly estimates
divided by 12.
Sum of monthly estimates
divided by 12.
2=B
Section B - LABOR TURNOVER
Definition of Labor. Turnover
"Labor turnover," as used in this series, refers
to the gross movement of wage and salary workers into
and out of employment status with respect to individ
ual firms. This movement is subdivided into two broad
types: accessions (nev hires and rehires) and separa
tions (terminations of employment initiated by either
the employer or the employee). Each type of action is
cumulated for a calendar month and expressed as a rate
per 100 employees. Rates of accession and separation
are shown separately. All employees, including execu
tive, office, sales, and other salaried personnel as
well as production workers are covered by both the
turnover movements and the employment base used in
computing labor turnover rates. All groups of em
ployees - full- and part-time, permanent and tempo
rary - are included. Transfers from one establishment
to another within a company are not considered to be
turnover items.
The terms used in labor turnover statistics are
defined in the glossary under "Labor Turnover."
For example, in an industry sample, the total
number of enployees vho vorked during, or received pay
for, the veek of January 12-18 vas reported as 25,498.
During the period January 1-31 a total of 284 employees
in all reporting firms quit. The quit rate for the in
dustry is:
284 x 100 - 1.1
25,498
To compute turnover rates for industry groups, the
rates for the component industries are veighted by the
estimated employment. Rates for the durable and non
durable goods subdivisions and manufacturing division
are computed by weighting the rates of major industry
groups by the estimated employment.
Classification of Establishment Reports
Beginning vith data for January 1950, manufacturing
establishments reporting labor turnover are classified
in accordance vith the Standard Industrial Classifica
tion (1945) code structure. Definitions of nonmanufacturing industries are based on the Social Security
Board Classification Code (1942).
For additional details, see Section A-Employment.
Source of Data and Sample Coverage
Comparability With Earlier Data
Labor turnover data are obtained each month from
a sample of establishments by means of a mail ques
tionnaire. Schedules are received from approximately
7,100 cooperating establishments in the manufacturing,
mining, a/id communication industries (see below). The
definition of manufacturing used in the turnover series
is more restricted than in the BLS series on employ
ment and hours and earnings because of the exclusion
of certain manufacturing industries from the labor
turnover sample. The major industries excluded are:
printing, publishing, and allied industries (since
April 1943); canning and preserving fruits, vegetables,
and sea foods; women's and misses' outerwear; and fer
tilizer.
Approximate coverage of BLS labor turnover sample
Group
and
industry
Number of
Manufacturing...........
Nondurable goods.....
Employees
ments in Number in Percent
sample
of total
sample
6,600
4,800,000
34
4,000
3,400,000
38
2,600
1,400,000
27
60
130
63,000
Labor turnover rates are available on a comparable
basis from January 1930 for manufacturing as a vhole
and from 1943 for tvo coal mining and two communication
industries. Labor turnover rates for many individual
industries and industry groups for the period prior to
January 1950 are not comparable with the rates for the
subsequent period because of a revision vhich involved
(l) the adoption of the Standard Industrial Classifi
cation (1945) code structure for manufacturing indus
tries, and (2) the introduction of veighting in the
computation of industry-group rates.
Comparability With Employment Series
Mmth-to-month changes in total employment in manu
facturing industries reflected by labor turnover rates
are not comparable vith the changes shown in the Bu
reau's employment series for the following reasons:
(1) Accessions and separations are computed
for the entire calendar-month; the em
ployment reports, for the most part, refer
to a 1-veek pay period ending nearest the
15th of the month.
Coal mining:
40
275
30,000
120,000
45
33
582,000
28,000
89
60
Communication:
(1/)
(1/)
lj7 Data are not available.
Mathod of Computation
To compute turnover rates for individual industries,
the total number of each type of action (accessions,
quits, etc.) reported for a calendar month by the
sample establishments in each industry is first divided
by the total number of enployees (both wage and salary
workers), reported by these establishments, vho worked
during, or received pay for, any part of the pay period
ending nearest the 15th of that month. The result is
multiplied by 100 to obtain the turnover rate.
A-E
(2) The turnover sample is not as large as the
employment sample and includes propor
tionately fever small plants; certain in
dustries are not covered (see paragraph
on source of data and sample coverage).
(3) Hants are not included in the turnover com
putations in months vhen vork stoppages are
in progress; the influence of such stoppages
is reflected, however, in the employment
figures.
Section C - HOURS AND EARN!NGS
Production-and Nonsuoervisory-Worker Employment,
Payroll, and Man-Hours
The monthly employment and payroll schedule provides
the following information required to compute averages
of hours and earnings:
(1) Thff lumber of full- and part-time productionvorkers or nonsupervisory employees who worked during,
or received pay for, any part of the pay period re
ported. Data cover production and related workers in
manufacturing, mining, laundries, and cleaning and
dyeing plants. Employees covered in the contract con
struction industries are those engaged in actual con
struction work. For the remaining industries, unless
otherwise noted, data refer to all nonsupervisory em
ployees and working supervisors. (See glossary.)
(2) Total cross payrolls for such workers before
deductions for old-age and unemployment insurance,
withholding tax, bonds, union dues, and special cloth
ing allowances. The payroll figures also include pay
for sick leave, holidays, and vacations taken. Ex
cluded are: cash payments for vacations not taken;
retroactive pay not earned during the period reported;
value of payments in kind; contributions to welfare
funds, and insurance or pension plans; and commissions
and bonuses, unless earned and paid regularly each pay
period.
(3) Total man-hours, whether worked or paid for,
of full- and part-time production or nonsupervisory
workers including hours naid for holidays, sick leave,
and vacations taken. If employees elect to work
during a vacation period, only actual hours worked by
such employees are included.
The period reported generally represents the
weekly pay period ending nearest the 15th of the month.
Some establishments, however, use a 2-week or longer
pay period. Such schedules are edited to reduce the
payroll and man-hour aggregates to their proper equiva
lents for a weekly period.
Collection of Establishment Reports
earnings for those employees not covered under the
production-worker or nonsupervisory-employee defini
tions.
In addition to the factors mentioned, which exert
varying influences upon gross average hourly earnings,
gross average weekly earnings are affected by changes
in the length of the workweek, part-time work, stop
pages for varying causes, labor turnover, and absen
teeism. Gross weekly earnings are not the amount
actually available to workers for spending because no
deduction has been made for income and social security
taxes, group insurance, occupational supplies, and
union dues. For weekly earnings after deduction for
Federal taxes see table C-3. For approximations of
"real" gross weekly earnings, i.e., after adjustment
for price changes, see table C-2.
Average Weekly Hours
The workweek information relates to average hours
worked or paid for, and is somewhat different from
standard or scheduled hours. Normally, such factors as
absenteeism, labor turnover, part-time work, and stop
pages cause average weekly hours to be lower than the
hours of workers who are on the payroll during the
whole workweek. Group averages further reflect changes
in the workweek of component industries.
Gross Average Weekly Earnings in Current and
1947-49 Dollars
Table C-2 shows gross average weekly earnings in
both current and 1947-49 dollars for selected indus
tries. These series indicate changes in the level of
weekly earnings before and after adjustment for changes
in purchasing power as determined from the Bureau's
Consumer Price Index. The 3-year average— 1947, 1943,
and 1949— was selected as the base in conformity with
the Bureau of the Budget recommendations that Federal
statistics have a common 1947-49 base period.
See Section A-Employment.
Net Spendable Average Weekly Earnings
Coverage of Establishment Reports
See Section A-Employment.
Classification of Establishment Reports
See Section A-Employment.
Description of Gross Average Hourly and
Weekly Earnings Series
The average hourly earnings information for manu
facturing and nonmanufacturing industries are on a
"gross" basis; i.e., they reflect not only changes in
basic hourly and incentive wage rates, but also such
variable factors as premium pay for overtime and late
shift work, and changes in output of workers paid on
an incentive basis. Employment shifts between rela
tively high-paid and low-paid work and changes in
workers' earnings in individual establishments also
affect the general earnings averages. Averages for
groups and divisions further reflect changes in average
hourly earnings for individual industries.
Averages of hourly earnings should not be confused
with wage rates. Earnings refer to the actual return
to the worker for a stated period of time; rates are
the amounts stipulated for a given unit of work or time.
However, the average earnings series should not be in
terpreted as representing total labor costs on the part
of the employer, since the following are excluded: ir
regular bonuses, retroactive items, payments of various
welfare benefits, payroll taxes paid by employers, and
Net spendable average weekly earnings are obtained
by deducting appropriate amounts for social security
and Federal income taxes from gross weekly earnings.
The amount of income tax liability depends on the
number of dependents supported by the worker, as well
as on the level of his gross income. To reflect these
variables, net spendable earnings have been computed
for two types of incomB-receivers: (1) a worker with no
dependents; (2) a worker with three dependents.
The computations of net spendable earnings for both
the factory worker with no dependents and the factory
worker with three dependents are based upon the gross
average weekly earnings for all production workers in
manufacturing industries without regard to marital
status, family composition, and total family income.
The spendable series measures relative changes in the
average disposable earnings for two types of incomereceivers.
Net spendable weekly earnings in 1947-49 dollars
represent an approximate measure of changes in "real"
net spendable weekly earnings as indicated by the
changes in the Bureau's Consumer Price Index. "Real"
net spendable weekly earnings are computed by applying
the current CPI to the spendable earnings average for
the current month. The resulting level of spendable
earnings expressed in 1947-49 dollars is thus adjusted
for changes in purchasing power since that base period.
A detailed technical note on net spendable weekly
earnings may be obtained upon request.
Average Hourly Earnings. Excluding Overtime, of
Production Workers in Manufacturing Industries
The Bureau publishes average hourly earnings exclu
sive of overtime premium payments for manufacturing as
a whole and the durable- and nondurable-goods sub
divisions. These data are based on the application of
adjustment factors to gross average hourly earnings (as
described in the Monthly Labor Review. May 1950, pp.537540; reprint available, Serial No. R. 2020). This
method eliminates only the additional earnings due to
overtime paid for at one and one-half time the straighttime rates after 40 hours a week. Thus, no adjustment
is made for other premium payment provisions— for
example, holiday work, late shift work, and penalty
rates other than time and one-half.
The set of adjustment factors can be used to eli
minate premium overtime payments from average hourly
earnings in any manufacturing industry where overtime
for individual workers consists typically of hours in
excess of 40 per week paid for at the rate of time and
one-half. As these factors yield results which are
only approximate, they may not be appropriate when exact
figures are required.
Indexes of Production-4Jorker Aggregate Weekly
Man-hours
1 week of the pay period ending nearest the 15th of the
month, and may not be typical of the entire month. Ag
gregate man-hours differ from scheduled man-hours due
to such factors as absenteeism, labor turnover, parttime work, and stoppages.
Railroad Hours and Earnings
The figures for Class I railroads (excluding switch
ing and terminal companies) are based upon monthly data
summarized in -the M-300 report of the Interstate Com
merce Commission and relate to all employees who re
ceived pay during the month, except executives, offi
cials, and staff assistants (ICC Group I). Gross average
hourly earnings are computed by dividing total compensa
tion by total hours paid for. Average weekly hours are
obtained by dividing the total number of hours paid for,
reduced to a weekly basis, by the number of employees,
as defined above. Gross average weekly earnings are
derived by multiplying average weekly hours by average
hourly earnings. Because hours and earnings data for
manufacturing and other nonmanufacturing industries are
based upon reports to the Bureau of Labor Statistics
which generally represent 1 weekly pay period ending
nearest the 15th of the month, the data for railroad
employees are not strictly comparable with other in
dustry information shown in this publication.
Hours and Gross Earnings for Selected States and Areas
The indexes of production-worker aggregate weekly
man-hours are prepared by dividing the current month's
aggregate by the monthly average for the 1947-49 period.
These aggregates represent the product of average weekly
hours and production-worker employment.
The aggregate man-hours are defined as total manhours for which pay was received by full- and part-time
production workers, including hours paid for holidays,
sick leave, and vacations taken. The man-hours are for
- HOURS AND EARNtNGS Item
The State and area hours and earnings data for manu
facturing are prepared by cooperating State agencies.
These estimates are based on the same reports used in
preparing national estimates. Inasmuch as the estimates
presented in this report relate only to manufacturing as
a whole, variations in earnings among the States and
areas are, to a large degree, caused by differences in
industrial composition. For additional details on State
and area statistics see Section A-Employmant.
SUMMARY OF METHODS OF COMPUTATtON
nonmanufacturing industries
Manufacturing division, groups, subgroups, and nonmanufacturing groups
MONTHLY DATA
Average waakly hmyrs
Total production or nonsupervisory
man-hours divided by number of pro
duction or nonsupervisory workers.
Average, weighted by employment, of
the average weekly hours for compo
nent industries.
Average hourly eni-nincs
(in
dollars)
Total production or nonsupervisory
worker payroll divided by total pro
duction or nonsupervisory worker
man-hours.
Average, weighted by aggregate manhours, of the average hourly earnings
for component industries.
Average weekly earnings
(in
d o l l a r s)
Product of average weekly hours and
average hourly earnings.
Product of average weekly hours and
average hourly earnings.
ANNUAL DATA
Average weekly hours
Annual total of aggregate man-hours
(employment multiplied by average
weekly hours) divided by annual sum
of enjoyment.
Average, weighted by employment, of
the annual averages of weekly hours
for component industries.
Average hourly earnings
(in
dollars)
Annual total of aggregate payrolls
(weekly earnings multiplied by em
ployment) divided by annual aggregate
man-hours.
Average, weighted by aggregate manhours, of the annual averages of
hourly earnings for component in
dustries .
Average weekly eqmiq?s
(in
dollars)
Product of average weekly hours and
average hourly earnings.
Product of average weekly hours and
average hourly earnings.
Section D -G L O S S A R Y
separations (including military), as defined below.
Quits are terminations of employment during the
calendar month initiated by employees for such
reasons as: acceptance of a job in another company,
dissatisfaction, return to school, marriage, mater
nity, 'ill health, or voluntary retirement vhere no
company pension is provided. Failure to report after
being hired and unauthorized absences of more than
seven consecutive calendar days are also classified
as quits. Prior to 1940, miscellaneous separations
were also included in this category.
ALL EMPLOYEES - Includes production and related vorkers
as defined belov and vorkers engaged in the following activities: executive, purchasing, finance, ac
counting, legal, personnel (including cafeterias,
medical, etc.), professional and technical activities,
sales, sales-delivery, advertising, credit collection,
and installation and servicing of ovn products, rou
tine office functions, ihctory supervision (above the
vorking foreman level). Also includes employees on
the establishment payroll engaged in nev construction
and major additions or alterations to the plant vho
are utilized as a separate work force (force-account
construction vorkers). Proprietors, self-employed
persons, domestic servants, unpaid family vorkers,
and members of the Armed Forces are excluded.
Discharges are terminations of employment during
the calendar month initiated by the employer for such
reasons as employees' incompetence, violation of rules,
dishonesty, insubordination, laziness, habitual ab
senteeism, or inability to meet physical standards.
CONSTRUCTION WORKERS - Includes vorking foremen,
journeymen, mechanics, apprentices, helpers, laborers,
and similar vorkers, engaged In nev work, alterations,
demolition, and other actual construction vork, at the
site of construction or vorking in shop or yard at
jobs (such as precutting and preassembling) ordinarily
performed by members of the construction trades; in
cludes all such vorkers, regardless of skill, engaged
in any vay in contract construction activities.
Layoffs are terminations of employment during the
calendar month lasting or expected to last more than
seven consecutive calendar days vithout pay, initi
ated by the employer vithout prejudice to the vorker,
for such reasons as lack of orders or materials, re
lease of temporary help, conversion of plant, intro
duction of labor-saving machinery or processes, or
suspensions of operations vithout pay during inven
tory periods.
CONTRACT CONSTRUCTION - Covers only firms engaged in the
construction business on a contract basis for others.
Force-account construction vorkers, i.e., hired di
rectly by and on the payroll of Federal, State, and
local government, public utilities, and private estab
lishments, are excluded from contract construction
and included in the employment for such establishments
M.seeUaneous separations (including military) are
terminations of employment during the calendar month
because of permanent disability, death, retirement on
company pension, and entrance into the Armed Forces
expected to last more than thirty consecutive calendar
days. Prior to 1940, miscellaneous separations were
included vith quits. Beginning September 1940, mili
tary separations were included here.
DURABLE GOODS - The durable goods subdivision includes
the following major industry groups: ordnance and
accessories; lumber and vood products; furniture and
fixtures; stone, clay, and glass products; primary
metal industries; fabricated metal products; machinery;
electrical machinery; transportation equipment; in
struments and related products; and miscellaneous
manufacturing industries as defined. This definition
is ooasistent vith that used by other Federal agencies,
e.g., Federal Reserve Board.
FINANCE, INSURANCE,AND REAL ESTATE - Covers establish
ments operating in the fields of finance, insurance,
and real estate, and beginning January 1952, also in
cludes the Federal Reserve Banks and the mixed-ownership banks of the Farm Credit Administration for
national and most State and area estimates. Hovever,
in a fev State and area estimates the latter tvo
agencies are included under Government until revisions
can be made by the cooperating State agencies con
cerned. These exceptions are appropriately noted.
GOVERNMENT - Covers Federal, State, and local government
establishments performing legislative, executive, and
judicial functions, including Government corporations,
Government force-account construction, and such units
as arsenals, navy yards, and hospitals. Fourth-class
postmasters are included in the national series and
most State and area series. Exceptions are noted.
State and local government employment includes
teachers, but excludes, as nominal employees, paid
volunteer firemen and elected officials of small local
units.
LABOR TURNOVER:
Separations are terminations of employment during
the calendar month and are classified according to
cause: quits, discharges, layoffs, and miscellaneous
Persons on leave of absence (paid or unpaid) vith
the approval of the employer are not counted as sepa
rations until such time as it is definitely determined
that such persons will not return to vork. At that
time, a separation is reported as one of the above
types, depending on the circumstances.
Accessions are the total number of permanent and
temporary additions to the employment roll during the
calendar month, including both nev and rehired emw
ployees. Persons returning to vork after a layoff,
military separation, or other absences vho have been
counted as separations are considered accessions.
MANUFACTURING - Covers only private establishments.
Government manufacturing operations such as arsenals
and navy yards are excluded R*om manufacturing and
included under Government.
MINING - Covers establishments engaged in the extraction
from the earth of organic and inorganic minerals vhich
occur in nature as solids, liquids, or gases; includes
various contract services required in mining opera
tions, such as removal of overburden, tunneling and
shafting, and the drilling or acidizing of oil veils;
also includes ore dressing, beneficiating, and con
centration.
HONOURABLE GOODS - The nondurable goods subdivision in
cludes the folloving major industry groups: food and
kindred products; tobacco manufactures; 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; rubber products; and
leather and leather products. This definition is con
sistent vith that used by other Federal agencies, e.g.,
Federal Reserve Board.
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NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES - Includes employees (not
above the working supervisory level) such as office
and clerical workers, repairmen, salespersons, opera
tors, drivers, attendants, service employees, line
men, laborers, janitors, watchmen, and similar occu
pational levels, and other employees whose services
are closely associated with those of the employees
listed.
PAYROLL - Private payroll represents the weekly payroll
of both full- and part-time production and related
workers who worked during, or received pay for, any
part of the pay period ending nearest the 15th of the
month, before deduction for old-age and unemployment
insurance, group insurance, withholding tax, bonds,
and union dues; also includes pay for sick leave,
holidays, and vacations taken. Excludes cash pay
ments for vacations not taken, retroactive pay not
earned during period reported, value of payments in
kind, and bonuses, unless earned and paid regularly
each pay period.
PRODUCTION AND RELATED WORKERS - Includes working fore
men and all nonsupervisory workers (including lead
non and trainees) engaged in fabricating, processing,
assembling, inspection, receiving, storage, handling,
packing, warehousing, shipping, maintenance, repair,
janitorial, watchman services, products development,
auxiliary production for plant's own use (e.g., power
plant), and record-keeping and other services closely
associated with the above production operations.
REGIONS:
South - Includes the following 17 States: Alabama,
Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida,
Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, dryland, Mississippi,
North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee,
Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia.
(In the case of sawmills and planing mills, general,
a third region is identified - the West - and in
cludes California, Oregon, and Washington.)
SERVICE AND MISCELLANEOUS - Covers establishments pri
marily engaged in rendering services to individuals
and business firms, including automotive repair serv
ices. Excludes domestic service workers. Nongovern
ment schools, hospitals, museums, etc., are in
cluded under service and miscellaneous; similar
Government establishments are included under Govern
ment.
TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC UTILITIES - Covers only pri
vate establishments engaged in providing all types
of transportation and related services; telephone,
telegraph, and other communication services; or pro
viding electricity, gas, steam, water, or sanitary
service. Similar Government establishments are in
cluded under Government.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE - Covers establishments
engaged in wholesale trade, i.e., selling merchan
dise to retailers, and in retail trade, i.e., selling
merchandise for personal or household consumption,
and rendering services incidental to the sales of
goods. Similar Government establishments are in
cluded under Government.
North - Includes all States except the 17 listed as
South.
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