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E m p lo y m e n t
and
E a r n in g s
OCTOBER 1956
Vol. 3 No. 4
D IV ISIO N OF M AN PO W ER A ND EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS
Seymour L. Wolfbein, Chief
CO NTENTS
P age
Factory W orke rs’ A verage Earnings Reach $2 an Hour . iii
Employment Trends
HOURLY EARNINGS REACH $2....
Factory workers1 earnings,
hour,
years.
have
at |2 per
doubled in the past 12
The full
story, with charts
and tables, begins on page iii.
NEW AREA SERIES....
The employment series for Sacramento,
Calif.,
formerly limited to manufac
turing, now cover all nonagricultural
industries.
Summary.......... ....................... ...... ........... .
ix
Table 1: Employees in nonagricultural establishments, by
industry division and selected groups..............
ad.
Table 2: Production workers in manufacturing, by major
xii
industry group....................................
Table 3: Hours and gross earnings of production workers in
manufacturing, by major industry group.............xiii
Table
Gross average weekly hours and average overtime hours
of production workers in manufacturing, by major
industry group....................................
xiv
Table 5: Index of employees in nonagricultural establishments,
by industry division..............................
xv
Table 6: Index of production workers in manufacturing, by
major industry group............................ .
xv
Table 7: Employees in nonagricultural establishments, by
industry division, seasonally adjusted............. xvi
Table 8: Production workers in manufacturing, by major
industry group, seasonally adjusted................ xvi
[NOTE: Seasonally adjusted data appear in italics7
DETAILED STATISTICS
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Table A-l: Employees in nonagricultural establishments, by
industry division...............................
Table A-2: All employees and production workers in nonagri
cultural establishments, by industry.............
Table A-3: Indexes of production-worker employment and weekly
payroll in manufacturé.........................
Table A-4: Employees in Government and private shipyards,
by region.......................................
Table A-5 : Government civilian employment and Federal military
personnel.......................................
Table A-6 : Employees in nonagricultural establishments, by
industry division and State......................
Table A-7: Employees in nonagricultural establishments for
selected areas, by industry division.............
Continued next page
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2
7
8
9
10
13
E m p lo y m e n t
and
E a r n in g s
CO NTENTS - C on tin u e d
P age
B - Labor Turnover
Table B-ls Monthly labor turnover rates in manufacturing, by
class of turnover...............................
Table B-2: Monthly labor turnover rates in selected industries
23
24
C-Hours and Earnings
Table C-l: Hours and gross earnings of production workers or
nonsupervisory eaployees........................
Table C-2: Gross average weekly earnings of production workers
in selected industries, in current and 1947-49
dollars.........................................
Table C-3: Average weekly earnings, gross and net spendable,
of production workers in manufacturing, in current
and 1947^49 dollars.............................
Table C-4* Average hourly earnings, gross and excluding
overtime, and average weekly hours of production
workers in manufacturing........................
Table C-5 : Indexes of aggregate weekly 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.......................................
28
37
37
38
39
41
NOTE: Data for Avgust 1956 are preliminary.
EXPLANATORY NOTES
INTRODUCTION................................................
ESTABLISHMENT REPORTS:
Collection...............................................
Industrial Classification................................
Coverage.................................................
DEFINITIONS AND ESTIMATING MSTHODS:
En^loyment...............................................
Labor Turnover...........................................
Hours and Earnings.......................................
STATISTICS FOR STATES AND AREAS.............................
SUMMARY QF MSTHODS FOR COMPUTING NATIONAL STATISTICS.........
GLOSSARY....................... ............................
1-E
1-E
1-E
1-B
2-E
3-E
4-E
5-E
6-E
7-E
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REGIONAL OFFICES AND COOPERATING STATE AGENCIES.... Inside back cover
##########
The national employment figures shown
in this report have been adjusted to
first quarter 1955 benchmark levels.
Factory Workers'
Average Earnings Reach $2 an Hour
A v e ra g e h o u r ly
e rs
in
e a r n in g s
a ll
m a n u fa c tu r in g
re a c h e d
th e
$2
cro s s e d
th e
$1
m a rk
lin e
e s ta b lis h m e n ts
fo r
in
Table 1 : Gross average h ou rly earn in gs o f
o f p r o d u c tio n w o rk
th e
fir s t
have
tim e .
Ja n u a ry 1 9 4 4 .
production workers i n m anufacturing, 1909-56
They
Thus,
G ro s s
a v a ra g a
h o u r ly
e a r n in g s
fa c
Year
t o r y w o r k e r h o u r ly
lit tle
m o re
e a r n in g s
th e m
have
12
y e a rs .
u p w a rd p r e s s u r e s w e re
e x e rte d
d o u b le d
D u r in g
in
a
t h a t tim e ,
b y in c r e a s in g
p ro
Annual
a v e ra g e :
Annual
a v e ra g e ;
1 9 0 9 ................
d u c tiv ity ,
in
r is in g
a fa v o r a b le
p r ic e s ,
and h ig h e r w age r a te s
e c o n o m ic c l i m a t e
f u l l e m p lo y m e n t a n d e x p a n d in g
v io u s ly ,
s io n
to
and in
o f th e
d o u b le
fro m
1944*
th e
i t
5 0 c e n ts
advance
to
a d o lla r
th e
$2
y e a r w as
5
th e
P re
d e p re s
(1 9 2 0 -4 4 )
a n h o u r«
le v e l is
w h en t o d a y 's w o rk w e e k i s
A t t h a t tim e ,
o f th e
to o k 2 4 y e a rs
to
o r n e a r
p r o d u c tio n .
p a rt because
th ir tie s ,
The r a p id
s ta r tlin g
la r g e
o f fu ll
m o re
c o m p a re d w i t h
a v e r a g e w o rk w e e k d u r in g
h o u rs lo n g e r— 4 5
h o u rs
c o m p a re d
w i t h 4 0 c u r r e n t l y — a n d m o re h o u r s w e r e w o r k e d a t
o v e r t im e
ra te s *
fo llo w in g
p a r a b le
C o n s id e rin g
(1 9 4 6 )
w ith
in
w h ic h
t o d a y 's ,
th e
e a r lie s t y e a r
th e w o rk w e e k i s
e a rn in g s
d o u b le d
com
in
G ro s s
a v e ra g e
h o u r ly
e a r n in g s
Year
and
m o n th
1 9 1 9 ................
1 9 2 0 ................
1 9 2 1 ................
1 9 2 2 . .............
1 9 2 3 ................
.4 0
.5 6
.5 2
4
5
1 9 4 6 .................
1 9 4 7 .................
1 9 4 8 .................
.4 9
.5 2
1 9 4 9 .................
1 9 5 0 ................
192
192
192
192
192
.5 5
.5 5
.5 5
.5 5
.5 6
.5 7
.5 5
.5 2
.4 5
.4 4
.5 3
.5 5
.5 6
.6 2
.6 3
.6 3
.6 6
.7 3
.8 5
1 9 5 1 .................
1 9 5 2 .................
1 9 5 3 .................
1 9 5 4 .................
4 ................
5 ................
6 ................
7 ................
8
192 9
193 0
193 1
1 9 3 2 ......
1 9 3 3 ................
1 9 3 4 ................
1 9 3 5 ................
1 9 3 6 ................
1 9 3 7 ................
193 8
193 9
1 9 4 - 0 ................
1 9 4 1 ................
1 9 4 2 ................
* 0 .9 6
1 .0 2
1 .0 2
1 9 4 3 .................
♦ 0 .1 9
.2 2
1 9 1 4 ................
194
194
1 9 5 5 ................
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
.0
.2
.3
.4
.4
.5
.6
.7
.8
.8
9
4
5
0
7
9
7
7
1
8
1
1
1
1
1
1
.9 3
.9 3
.9 5
.9 6
.9 7
.9 7
M o n t h ly
d a ta :
1256
F e b ....................
M a r ....................
J u l y . -----------
1 .9 7
1 .9 8
2 .0 0
A u g -l/y ”
S e p t.l/...
a
1 / P r e lim in a r y .
decade*
O f th e
in
n e a r ly
m a n u fa c tu r in g
m illio n
a re
in
o f th re e
nance,
p r o d u c t io n w o rk e rs
th ro u g h o u t th e
in d u s tr ie s
h o u r ly e a rn in g s
each
13 m illio n
a re
c o u n try ,
w h e re
c u r r e n tly
$2
in d u s tr y g ro u p s ,
an d p r im a r y
i n d u s t r i e s w h ic h
m e t a ls ,
fo rm
th e
a ll
g ro u p
g ro s s
about 7
h o u r ly e a r n in g s
a v e ra g e
o v e r,
in
c h in e r y ,
p e tr o le u m ,
o rd n a n c e ,
m a jo r c o m p o n e n t
have
a v e ra g e
a re
o r m o re c u r r e n t l y .
tr a n s p o r t a t io n
4 ,2 5 0 ,0 0 0
e rs
$2
6 in d u s try g ro u p s ,
o r m o re . W it h in
o rd
o f
a n d p e tr o le u m ,
p r i m a r y m e t a l s , m a
e q u ip m e n t ,
p r in t in g ,
c o m p r is in g
p r o d u c tio n w o r k e r s ,
e m p lo y e d i n
M o re
in d u s trie s
9
oat
m o re t h a n
o f 1 0 w o rk
w h e re
a v e ra g e s
111
GROSS AVERAG E HOURLY EARNINGS OF PRODUCTION
OR NONSUPERVISORY WORKERS
Annual Average 1947-55; Monthly 1956
r f v t r u if c
• u a cA
fru to n y
9 8
tw
u f o it
%e ^ l e e t i n f
e a> h U * q &
<uuC
f o w t ....
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ç e o y t a f i& ic
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« U fó v t e *c e & , t A e n c
i*
v & U a tù u M
¿actovf etvuUHft
6y
a n t,
a w u i q e
State....
1947 ’
48 '49 '50 '51 '52 53 '54 '55
< **¿74f t
ftOA&ecC
e a m U tff*
ftoùtt i n
fa ve
tome
1947 '48 '49 ’
50 '51 52 '53 '54 55
ituUcéùu^
1956
ÿtoufiA chttL Aave not reacAeet it
i*
ot&enA.
< t# d
fÿ
m
e t r o p o lit a *
<t% c& .
$ 3 .0 0
1947 ’
48 '49 '50 '51 '52 '53 54 '55
1947 48 '49 '50 '51 '52 '53 ’
54 ’
55
Ti/itHi* MtOMtcfactwUttQ;
e & u u Kf t
« U ^ ci 6y
1956
too,
awenofe
ù t d u é ù t t f....
TOonJUxt
a&eruife
i*
$ 3
one
jt&i
i*du4&ut
cUfuacUf,
Howi.
$ 3 .5 0
$ 3 .0 0
2 .5 0
1956
CONTRACT
CO NSTRU CTIO N
(Electrical Workl
. N EW SPAPERS
V
V
2.00
1 .5 0
1.00
W ORK S H IR T S
1.00
oi.
.5 0 ,
iJ ■I II I I I
oi.
1947 ’
48 ’
49 ’
50 ’
51 ’
52 ’
53 ’
54 ’
55
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
1956
DATA FOR AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER ARE PRELIMINARY
■. i
i l
1947 ’
48 ’
49 ’
50 ’
51 ’
52 ’
53 ’
54 ’
55
1956
are currently $2 or more.
month of September 1956,
On the other hand, 4
to slightly more than 1 out of 2 (52 percent).
Industry groups, tobacco, textiles, lumber, and
leather with more
the rate had advanced
than 2,000,000 production
Among manufacturing
workers, have no sizable component industries in
is a marked difference
which the earnings have reached the $2 mark.
in passing
Before 1952, only a minor part of factory
industry groups, there
in the pattern followed
$2 . For example,
in the printing
group sore than 1 in 4 workers were in indus
employment was in industries where hourly earn
tries above
ings averaged $2, but within that year about 1
rently, the rate is 9 out of 10. In the stone,
in 10 were in industries averaging
clay, and glass industry group,
or more annually.
the following year,
that amount
This proportion doubled in
and by 1955,
factory workers were
less than 1 in
10 were in component industries where the aver
4 of every 10
age exceeded $2 in 1951;
in industries where the
average earnings had passed the $2 mark.
that figure as early as 1949; cur
currently the rate is
slightly more than 4 out of 10. Contrastingly,
By the
the primary
metals
industry group advanced
Table 2: Percent of production workers in manufacturing averaging $2 or more an hour
Based on annual averages 1949-55 and August 1956
August
1956 1/
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1.2
1.2
2.5
11.3
23.7
28.3
42.6
51.7
DURABLE GOODS...........................
0
0
.4
11.7
29.9
37.5
58.4
66.9
Ordnance and accessories...............
Lumber and wood products (except
furniture)............................
Furniture and fixtures.................
Stone, clay, and glass products........
Primary metal industries...............
Fabricated metal products (except
ordnance, machinery, and transportation
equipment)............................
Machinery (except electrical)..........
Electrical machinery...................
Transportation equipment...............
Instruments and related products.......
Miscellaneous manufacturing industries..
0
0
0
0
100.0
100.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6.2
0
0
0
6.0
3.7
12.9
0
6.1
61.4
0
0
7.8
73.5
0
0
30.5
99.1
0
15.0
44.2
100.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
13.4
0
46.1
14.2
0
0
33.0
12.9
67.6
14.3
0
2.8
43.0
13.2
96.1
14.7
0
40.8
85.5
33.9
97.6
34.4
0
73.1
94.9
47.1
'97.2
65.2
3.1
NONDURABLE GOODS........................
2.5
2.5
5.2
10.7
14.8
16.2
21.0
31-4
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........................
Leather and leather products...........
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5.4
0
0
5.2
0
0
5.2
0
0
24.0
0
0
29.5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Major industry group
MANUFACTURING...........................
1/ Preliminary.
28.8
0
0
0
0
29*3
0
0
0
0
28.8
0
76.1
0
0
42.6
15.2
76.8
43.9
0
0
74.9
27.3
76.4
42.1
0
0
75.1
38.5
77.4
a .2
0
0
0
75.3
48.5
76.1
41.7
0
6.2
51.0
90.5
62,6
100.0
42.4
0
Table 3: Gross average hourly earnings of production workers in manufacturing
in 14 metropolitan areas with 1 million or more population
Tear
and
month
Los Angeles- San FranciscoOakland
Long Beach
Washington,
D. C.
Ghioago
Baltimore
Boston
Detroit
*1.43
1.56
1.65
1.76
1.82
1.92
*1.53
1.61
1.70
1.74
1.79
*1.80
1.94
2.08
2.18
2.27
2.34
1.84
1.83
1.84
1.86
1.87
1.87
1.88
1.88
2.37
2.39
2.38
2.a
2.42
2.45
2.45
2.48
Annual
average:
*1.42
1.52
1.58
1.62
1.74
1.84
1.94
2.(XL
2.09
*1.47
1.59
1.65
1.71
1.85
1.95
2.05
2.12
2.20
*2.03
*1.82
1.93
1.98
2.08
2.13
2.13
2.15
2.18
2.19
2.20
2.20
2.21
2.25
2.25
2.28
2.29
2.31
2.33
2.32
2.29
2.08
2.08
2.09
2.11
2.12
2.11
2.10
2.10
2.16
2.15
2.16
2.17
2.17
2.19
2.15
2.19
1.99
2.00
2.00
2.01
2.02
2.04
1.99
2.05
MinneapolisSt. Raul
St. Louis
New YorkNortheastern
New Jersey
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
*1.28
1.38
1.44
1.49
1.62
1.72
1.83
1.89
1.94
*1.34
1.50
1.57
1.62
1.79
1.87
2.03
2.08
2.22
2.00
2.04
2.01
2.02
2.04
2.05
2.04
2.06
2.34
2.32
2.34
2.34
2.34
2.36
2.28
2.36
194 7
194 8
194 9
1950.....
195 1
195 2
195 3
195 4
195 5
Monthly
data?
1256
Jan.....
Feb.....
Mar.....
Apr.....
way.....
June....
July....
Aug .1/- ••
Buffalo
Annual
average:
194
194
194
195
195
195
195
195
195
7
8
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
*1.19
1.32
1.39
1.48
1.60
1.72
1.82
1.89
1.97
2.03
2.01
2.02
2.02
2.04
2.04
2.05
2.06
*1.58
1.67
1.79
1.86
1.95
*1.34
1.46
1.54
1.61
1.77
1.87
1.99
2.06
2.17
*1.87
1.92
*1.92
2.04
2.05
2.17
2.01
2.00
2.02
2.04
2.05
2.06
2.06
2.07
2.23
2.23
2.24
2.24
2.25
2.27
2.27
2.29
1.98
1.98
1.99
1.99
1.99
2.00
2.03
2.03
2.26
2.25
2.24
2.25
2.25
2.27
2.24
2.28
Monthly
data:
1256
Jan.....
Feb.....
Mar.....
Apr.....
*fay.....
June.....
July....
Aug•!/...
1/ Preliminary.
swiftly from, much less than 1 in 10 as recently
earning an annual average of $2.00 in 1952.
as 1952 to all of its employees
Francisco, Cleveland, and Pittsburgh factory em
currently work
ing in industries averaging more than |2.
Although geographic eonparisons are affect
ployee
San
average earnings passed the mark in the
succeeding year.
About one-third of all manu
ed by differences in industrial structure and by
facturing production workers
differences in composition of work forces, area
establishments of these 14 major metropolitan
differences
areas.
in relation to the $2 nark are,
are employed in
Of the nearly 120 metropolitan areas for
nevertheless, of interest. Among the 14 Metro
politan areas with 1950 population of 1 ndllion
which the Bureau of Labor Statistics
or more, average
gross
factory worker earnings in 13
average hourly earnings
data,
publishes
factory
of these areas have advanced beyond the $2 mark.
workers in somewhat more than half
Production workers in the Detroit area, where
averaging $2
the automobile Industry is a large part of the
factory workers in the United States
economy, led the way for cities in this group by
ployed by establishments in these 69 areas.
or more.
(69) are now
About one-half of the
are em
XU
Table 4* Bsrcent of contract construction
workers in industries averaging
$2 or more an hour
Based on annual averages 1948-55 and August 1956
Earnings
in some major
Industry groups
other than manufacturing reached the
earlier.
$2 average
Most workers in contract construction
earned an annual average of more than $2 an hour
Period
Contract Construction
SpecialNonbuild General
Total ing con contrac trade con
struction tors
tractors
1948.....
1949----1950.....
1951.....
1952.....
1953.....
1954.....
1955.....
5.2
16.0
44.0
92.0
91.8
100.0
100.0
100.0
0
0
0
57.2
57.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
0
0
0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
12.2
36.7
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
1226
August....
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
as early as 1951.
Annual
average
ings for electrical workers
hourly earn
in contract con
struction penetrated the *2 line
as early as
1943 and continued steadily upward,
breaking
through the $3 mark in September 1955.
By 1950,
workers in each of the special
construction
trades industries were averaging $2 an hour; by
1953,
averages of all industries
construction were over the *2 mark.
in contract
E m p lo y m e n t
NONFARM E M PLO YM E N T AND F A C T O R Y
E A R N IN G S A T A L L T I M E R E C O R D S
N o n fa rm e m p lo y m e n t r o s e to an a llt im e
h ig h o f 52. 1 m illio n jo b s in S e p te m b e r 19 5 6 ,
e x c e e d in g b y 13 5,0 0 0 the p r e v io u s r e c o r d e s
ta b lis h e d in D e c e m b e r 19 5 5. A v e r a g e h o u r ly
e a r n in g s fo r f a c t o r y p ro d u c tio n w o r k e r s
r e a c h e d the $ 2 . 00 l e v e l f o r the f i r s t tim e , and
a v e r a g e w e e k ly e a r n in g s r o s e to a r e c o r d
$ 8 1 .0 0 , the f i r s t tim e w e e k ly e a r n in g s p a s s e d
the $80. 00 m a r k . The f a c t o r y w o r k w e e k r o s e
0. 3 o f an h o u r to 40. 5.
The n u m b e r o f n o n fa r m jo b s u s u a lly r i s e s
s u b s ta n tia lly b e tw e e n A u g u st and S e p te m b e r ,
m a in ly a s a r e s u l t o f the re o p e n in g o f s c h o o ls
and s e a s o n a l e x p a n sio n in tr a d e and food m an u
f a c t u r in g . T h is y e a r jth e r i s e o f 250,000 fr o m
a high A u g u st l e v e l w a s l e s s than the a v e r a g e ,
m a in ly b e c a u s e o f a s lig h t ly m o r e - t h a n - s e a s o n
a l e m p lo y m e n t dip in c o n tr a c t c o n s tr u c tio n and
a u to m o b ile m a n u fa c tu r in g , a s w e ll a s a l e s s th a n -s e a s o n a l r i s e in r e t a il t r a d e . The s lig h t
dip in c o n tr a c t c o n s tr u c tio n fr o m the h igh
l e v e l s of p r e v io u s m o n th s w a s p r i m a r il y due
to a s la c k e n in g in h o m e b u ild in g a c t i v i t i e s , but
e m p lo y m e n t at 3. 3 m illio n w a s s t i ll at a p e a k
fo r S e p te m b e r . The e m p lo y m e n t c u tb a c k s in
a u to m o b ile s r e f le c t e d the l u ll d u rin g the m o d e l
c h a n g e o v e r . W hile the r i s e in r e t a il tr a d e e m
p lo y m e n t w a s b e lo w a v e r a g e fo r the m o n th , the
n u m b e r o f jo b s w a s n e v e r t h e le s s at a r e c o r d
l e v e l fo r S e p te m b e r .
E m p lo y m e n t ch a n g e s in n o n m a n u fa ctu rin g
in d u s t r ie s o th e r than c o n tr a c t c o n s tr u c tio n and
tra d e w e r e m o s tly s e a s o n a l b e tw e e n A u g u st and
S e p te m b e r . E m p lo y m e n t in State and lo c a l g o v
e rn m e n ts r e a c h e d an a lltim e h ig h a s the F a l l
s c h o o l s e m e s t e r op en ed.
A U T O C H A N G E O V E R S C U T G A IN IN
FA CTO R Y EM PLOYM ENT
F a c t o r y e m p lo y m e n t, at 1 7 . 1 m illio n , w a s
24 .0 0 0 ab ove the A u g u st l e v e l and 14 2 ,0 0 0
h ig h e r than a y e a r a g o .
The o v e r - t h e - m o n t h
g a in w a s s m a lle r than a v e r a g e p r im a r il y b e
c a u s e o f a 5 5 , 000 d ro p in auto p la n t jo b s and
g r e a t e r than u s u a l d e c lin e s in lu m b e r , s to n e ,
c la y and g l a s s , a p p a r e l, and t e x t i l e s . T he te x
t ile and a p p a r e l in d u s t r ie s r e p o r t e d s m a ll d e
c lin e s o v e r the m o n th , co n tin u in g d o w n tre n d s
w h ic h h a ve re d u c e d e m p lo y m e n t in t e x t ile s b y
50 .0 0 0 and in a p p a r e l b y 2 0,000 s in c e l a s t
S e p te m b e r .
404803 0 - 5 6 - 2
T r e n d s
H igh e m p lo y m e n t l e v e l s , how e v e r , co n tin u ed
in the p r im a r y m e ta ls in d u s t r y , fo llo w in g r a p id
r e c o v e r y fr o m the e ff e c t s o f the July s t e e l
s t r ik e ,a n d e m p lo y m e n t in the m a c h in e r y in d u s
t r y r e a c h e d an a lltim e h ig h fo r S e p te m b e r .
The g a in o f a lm o s t 28, 000 e m p lo y e e s in the
fo od p ro d u c ts in d u s try r e f le c t e d the u s u a l s e a
so n a l p ick u p in food can n in g and p r e s e r v in g
a c t iv i t i e s . C h a n g e s in o th e r m a n u fa c tu r in g in
d u s t r ie s w e r e m a in ly s e a s o n a l.
H O U R S O F W O R K RISE M O R E TH A N
SEASO N ALLY
The f a c t o r y w o r k w e e k sh o w ed a so m ew h a t
s t r o n g e r than u s u a l p ick u p b e tw e e n A u g u st and
S e p te m b e r , r is in g 0. 3 of an h o u r to 40. 5 h o u r s .
H o u rs o f w o r k in d u ra b le go o d s in d u s t r ie s r o s e
fr o m 40. 7 to 4 1 . 1 h o u rs o v e r the m on th . The
m o s t im p r e s s iv e ga in in a v e r a g e w e e k ly h o u rs
w a s r e p o r t e d in the p r im a r y m e ta ls in d u s tr y ,
w h e r e h e a v y p ro d u c tio n b y b a s ic ir o n and s t e e l
p la n ts p u sh e d up the w o r k w e e k b y 1. 3 h o u rs
o v e r the m on th . B e tte r than s e a s o n a l g a in s in
w e e k ly h o u rs w e r e a ls o r e p o r t e d by f u r n it u r e ,
fa b r ic a t e d m e t a ls , and m a c h in e r y p la n ts .
In the n o n d u ra b le go o ds s e c t o r , h o u rs r o s e
b y 0. 2 h o u rs to 39. 7 h o u r s . The p e tr o le u m and
c h e m ic a ls in d u s tr ie s m ad e e s p e c ia lly la r g e
g a in s . H o u rs of w o r k d e c lin e d b y m o re than
the u s u a l am ount in the a p p a r e l in d u s try and
f a ile d to show the e x p e c te d s e a s o n a l r i s e in
p r in tin g .
W id e s p r e a d i n c r e a s e s in the w o r k w e e k of
m a n u fa c tu r in g p la n ts a ls o r e s u lt e d in a r i s e
o v e r the m onth in a v e r a g e o v e r t im e h o u rs to a
le v e l o f 2.9 h o u r s .
The f a c t o r y w o r k w e e k th is S e p te m b e r w a s
0 .4 of an h o u r b e lo w the l e v e l o f l a s t y e a r ,
w ith m o s t in d u s tr ie s r e p o r t in g d e c lin e s o v e r
the y e a r . The o n ly in d u s t r ie s r e p o r tin g lo n g e r
h o u r s o f w o r k th is S e p te m b e r than la s t w e r e
the e le c t r i c a l m a c h in e r y , p e tr o le u m ,a n d o rd
n an ce in d u s t r ie s .
F A C T O R Y E A R N IN G S H IT A L L T I M E R E C O R D
E a rn in g s o f fa c t o r y p ro d u c tio n w o r k e r s , at
$ 8 1. 00 p e r w e e k and $ 2. 00 p e r h o u r , w e r e at
a lltim e r e c o r d l e v e l s . I n c r e a s e d h o u r ly e a r n
in g s in n e a r ly a ll m a n u fa c tu r in g in d u s t r ie s , to
g e th e r w ith a g e n e r a lly lo n g e r w o r k w e e k b o o s te d
w e e k ly e a r n in g s fr o m $ 7 9 .6 0 in A u g u st to
$ 8 1.0 0 . About $8.40 o f the S ep tem b er w e e k ly
e a rn in g s w e r e accoun ted fo r by o v e rtim e w o rk .
O v e r-th e -m o n th gain s of m o re than $2. 00 in
w e e k ly e a r n in g s w e r e shown in the p r im a r y
m e ta ls in d u s trie s ( $ 5 .1 0 ) , m a c h in e r y ($ 2 .3 6 ),
p e tro le u m ($ 2 .3 5 ), tra n s p o rta tio n equ ipm en t
($ 2 . 10), and e le c t r ic a l m a c h in e ry ($ 2 . 01).
O nly lu m b e r, a p p a re l,a n d le a th e r re p o rte d r e la
tiv e ly s m a ll d e c lin e s in w e e k ly e a rn in g s p rin
c ip a lly due to d e c lin e s in the len gth of the
S
w o rk w e e k .
The a v e ra g e fa c t o r y w o r k e r 1s p a y c h e c k in
S ep tem b er w as $3. 29 h ig h e r than a y e a r a go ,
w ith e v e r y m a jo r in d u stry group re p o rtin g a
g a in . E x c e p tio n a lly la r g e in c r e a s e s w e r e shown
in ordn ance ($ 7 .0 4 ) , e le c t r ic a l m a c h in e ry ( $ 6. 06),
n o n e le c tr ic a l m a c h in e r y and p e tro le u m ( $ 5 .4 7 ) ,
and to b a cco ($ 5 .2 6 ).
Table 1. Employees in nonagricultural establishments,
by industry division and selected groups
(In thousands)
Year
«go
Current
Industry divi.sx.on and group
Nonmetallic mining and quarrying.........
Sept. 1956
1/
* 0*.
_ 52*12. , ...
■51.88U
818
111.8
231.5
113.1
1956
1/
821
112.0
229.2
11*.*
July
1956
_JOi8j6 _
7*6
85.1
182.5
11*.6
Sept.
1955
50,992
78*
105.1
217.6
111.8
September 1956
net change from:
Year
ago
Previous
month
+21*7
+1,1 3 9
-
3
+
-
.2
2.3
1.3
+
+
+
-
+
3*
6.7
13 . 9
1.3
CONTRACT CONSTRUCTION....................
3,301
3,35*
3,270
3,09*
- 53
+
207
MANUFACTURING............................
17,061
17,037
16,290.
16,919
+ 2l*
+
ikz
DURABLE GOODS...........................
Lumber and wood products (except
f u r n i t u r e )..................................
Primary metal i n d u st r i e s ..... ..............
Fabricated metal products (except
ordnance, machinery, and transportation
Instruments and related p r o d u c t s.........
M iscellaneous manufacturing industries...
Apparel and other finished textile
Printing, publishing, and allied
i n d ustries.................... ..............
Leather and leather p r o d u c t s ..............
9,750
130.3
9,758
129.0
9,277
130.9
9,6*0
137.6
+ 110
- 8
+ 1.3 7.3
756.*
377.6
57*-3
1,331.2
767.9
37**2
579.1
1,321.5
757.9
365.0
566.7
960.9
783.5
380.7
570.7
1,322.7
- 11.5
+ 3.*
- fee8
+ 9.7
+
+
1 ,102.2
1 ,728.8
1,230.7
1,667.7
3*3.7
506.7
1,093.0
1,719.6
1,220.3
1 ,713.0
3*1.9
*98.2
1 ,056.0
1,7U.7
1,19*.5
1,721.9
336.0
*75.6
1 ,130.1
1 ,580.8
1,155.*
1,7*9.8
325.7
503.0
+
+
+
+
+
+ lW.O
+
75.3
- 82.1
+
18.0
+
3.7
7,311
1,775.6
117.7
1,032.1
7,279
1,7*7.6
109.8
1,035.5
7,01*
1,631.9
86.1
1,013.3
7,279
1 ,706.6
127.3
1 ,061.6
+
+ 32
♦ 28.0 +
+ 7. 9 - 3.* -
1 ,209.0
576.8
1 ,215.2
577.3
1 ,1*9.2
567.1
1 ,230.6
561.7
-
858.1
838.9
256.7
275.9
370.6
853.0
836.3
258.1
270.8
375.6
8*8.5
828.1
252.0
268.5
369.2
833.2
818.6
255.6
278.8
38*.7
9*2
9.2
10.1*
1*5.3
1.8
8.5
27.1
3.1
3.6
8.5
27.9
6.2
32
69.0
9.6
*9.5
21.6
.5 +
15 .1
+ 5.1 +
+ 2.6 +
- l.k +
+ 5.1 - 5.0 -
2l*.9
20.1
1 .1
-
ll*.l
TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC UTILITIES.......
TRANSPORTATION..........................
COMMUNICATION...........................
OTHER PUBLIC UTILITIES..................
*,188
2,764
819
605
*,179
2,7*5
82*
610
4,1*8
2,717
822
609
*,1*8
2,786
771
591
+ 9
+ 19
- 5
- 5
+
+
+
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE................
U , l* *
11,0*2
11,015
10,902
+102
+
21*2
+
+
121*
118
16.6
80.5
1*0
22
1|8
ll*
3,00*
8,lto
1,398.0
1 ,581.8
787.1
572.8
3,799.9
2,999
8,0*3
1 ,3*2.1
1 ,568.1
797.0
537.2
3,798.5
2,97*
8,0*1
1 ,3*0.2
1,575.*
802.3
5*5.9
3,777*1
2,880
8,022
1 ,*1*.6
1,501.3
81*. 6
582.9
3,708.1
+ 5
+ 97
FINANCE, INSURANCE, AND REAL ESTATE.......
2,31*
2,350
2,3*2
2,2*8
- 36
+
66
SERVICE AND MISCELLANEOUS.................
6,10*
6,137
6,137
5,971
- 33
+
133
GOVERNMENT...............................
FEDERAL.................................
STATE AND LOCAL.........................
7,201
2,205
*,996
6,96*
2,208
*,756
6,9*7
2,208
*,739
6,926
2,173
*,753
+237
- 3
+
+
+
275
WHOLESALE TRADE.........................
RETAIL TRADE..,........................ .
Pood and liquor stores...*.................
Automotive and accessories dea l e r s . . .....
Apparel and accessories st o r e s ............
Other retail trade..........................
1/ Preliminary.
+ 55.9
-
+ 13.7 +
- 9.9 + 35*6 + 1 .1* +
+21«)
27.5
10.1
91.8
32
2*3
Table 2. Production workers in manufacturing, by major industry group
(In thousands)
Year
ago
Current
Major industry group
S e p t. 1956
1/
MANUFACTURING.................... .......
Textile-mill p r o d ucts.. ....................
Apparel and other finished textile
Printing, publishing,
l / Preliminary.
m
1955
Previous
month
Year
ago
12 ,514
13,365
+26
- 89
7,5*8
7,555
7,081
7,612
- 7
- a
Furniture and fixtures .....................
Stone, clay, and glass p r o d u c t s ...........
NONDURABLE GOODS...............................................
Sep t.
1956
13,250
79.6
78 .7
81.7
91.3
687.O
318.5
* 77.6
1 , 1 1 1 .9
696.6
314.4
484.9
1,10 2 .7
687.9
303.8
715.0
323.0
743.0
1 , 118.0
Lumber and wood products {except
Instruments and related p r o d u c t s .........
Miscellaneous manufacturing industries...
J u ly
13,276
DURABLE GOODS.....................................................
Fabricated metal products (except
ordnance, machinery, and transportation
e q u i p m e n t )..................................
M a chinery (except e l ectrical) .............
Electrical m a c h i n e r y ........................
Aug. 1956
1/
September 1956
net change from:
'
472.9
481.9
.9
- 1 1 .7
-9.6
+ 4 .1
- 7 .3
+ 9.2
- 28.0
- 4 .5
- 4.3
- 6.1
+
863.7
825.1
911.6
1,2 5 9 .4
874.9
1,2 4 5 .0
233.3
401.7
1,2 5 3 .5
854.3
1,2 4 9 .9
1 ,16 2 .3
845.4
1,3 2 4 .4
227.4
4 12 .1
+ 9.6
+10.2
+ 9 .7
-44.6
+ 1 .3
+ 8.9
- 38.3
+107.3
+ 39.2
-124.0
+ 7 .2
- 1 .5
5,728
5,695
5,433
5,753
+33
- 25
1 , 301.2
1,2 70 .4
100.9
945.3
1 , 158.0
7 7 .3
922.0
1,2 5 4 .6
118 .3
988.9
+30.8
+ 8.0
- 3.3
+ 46.6
- 9A
- 46.9
1,0 78 .3
469.4
1,0 8 5 .2
1,020.3
1 , 100.0
- 6.9
- .4
- 2 1.7
+ 6.4
554.7
552.9
174.6
214 .7
331.4
+
+
+
-
+ 17 .3
+ 2.0
.6
- 5 .9
- 12.4
873.3
1 , 269.6
884.6
1,200.4
234.6
410.6
108.9
942.0
and allied
469.8
228.5
380.6
460.6
463.0
549.6
550.7
176.3
543.6
543.5
210.3
169.6
208.0
537.4
550.9
175.2
336.7
330.0
220.6
343.8
5 .1
2.2
1 .5
4.4
5.3
Table 3. Hours and gross earnings of production workers in manufacturing,
by major industry group
Average weekly
earnings
Major industry group
Sept.
1956
Aug.
y
Average weekly
hours
1955
Sept.
y
1956
Sept.
Aug.
1/
1/
Average hourly
earnings
1955
Sept.
Sept.
1956
Aug.
1/
y
1955
Sept.
MANUFACTURING..................
$81.00
$79.60
$77.71
40.5
40.2
40.9
$2.00
$1.98
$1.90
DURABLE GOODS.................
87.54
85.47
84.66
41.1
40.7
41.5
2.13
2.10
2.04
92.32
91.05
85.28
41.4
41.2
41.0
2.23
2.21
2.08
73.67
71.90
74.75
70.21
70.93
69.80
40.7
41.8
41.3
41.3
41.0
42.3
1.81
1.72
1.81
1.70
1.73
1.65
81.16
97.85
80.95
92.75
79.19
S7.81
41.2
40.6
41.3
39.3
41.9
41.8
1.97
2.41
1.96
2.36
1.89
2.34
85.90
94.30
82.61
96.76
84.04
91.94
80.60
94.66
84.02
88.83
76.55
93.11
41.1
42.1
41.1
41.0
40.6
41.6
40.5
40.8
41.8
42.1
40.5
41.2
2.09
2.24
2.01
2.36
2.07
2.21
1.99
2.32
2.01
2.11
1.89
2.26
83.64
82.01
79.52
41.2
40.6
41.2
2.03
2.02
1.93
71.46
69.77
68.30
40.6
40.1
40.9
1.76
1.74
1.67
72.25
71.50
68.97
39.7
39.5
40.1
1.82
1.81
1.72
76.54
55.60
57.13
75.17
55.52
56.45
72.80
50.34
56.70
41.6
40.0
39.4
41.3
39.1
39.2
41.6
40.6
40.5
1.84
1.39
1.45
1.82
1.42
1.44
1.75
1.24
1.40
53.07
85.14
53.29
84.12
50.05
81.10
36.1
43.0
36.5
42.7
36.8
43.6
1.47
1.98
1.46
1.97
1.36
1.86
95.06
88.40
94.04
87.33
93.14
84.25
38.8
41.5
38.7
41.0
39.3
41.5
2.45
2.13
2.43
2.13
2.37
2.03
105.83
89.73
55.57
103.48
87.85
56.25
IOO.36
87.15
52.45
41.5
40.6
36.8
40.9
40.3
37.5
41.3
41.5
37.2
2.55
2.21
1.51
2.53
2.18
1.50
2.43
2.10
1.41
Lumber and wood products
(except f u rniture)............
Furniture and f i x t ures........
Stone, clay, and glass
p r o d u c t s ........................
Primary metal industries......
Fabricated metal products
(except ordnance, machinery,
and transportation equipMachinery (except electrical).
Electrical m a c h i n e r y ...........
Transportation e q u i p m e n t ......
Instruments and related
p r o d u c t s ........................
Miscellaneous manufacturing
NONDURABLE GOODS.............
Tobacco m a n u f a c t u r e s ...........
Textile-mill p r o d u c t s .........
Apparel and other finished
Paper and allied p r o d u c t s .....
Printing, publishing, and
allied i n d ustries.............
Chemicals and allied products.
Products of petroleum and
c o a l ............................
Rubber p r o d u c t s .................
Leather and leather products..
1 / Preliminary.
xlii
Table 4. Gross average weekly hours and average overtime hours of production
workers in manufacturing, by major industry group
September 19*56 l/
M a j o r ind u s t ry group
Gross
Overtime hours
average
Percent
weekly Average of total
hours
August 1956 l/
Ju Iy 1956
Gross
Gross
Overtime hours
O vertime hours
average
Percent
Percent average
weekly Average o f total weekly Average of total
hours
hours
MANUFACTURING..........................
40.5
2.9
7-2
40.2
2.7
6.7
40.1
2.6
6.5
DURABLE GOODS..............................................
41.1
3.1
7.5
40.7
2.9
7.1
40.7
2.8
6.9
-
-
41.2
2.6
6.3
41.7
2.9
7.0
Ordnance and acces s o r i e s..............
Lumber and wood p r o ducts (except
f u r n i t u r e )..............................
Stone, clay, and glass p r o d u c t s ......
-
_
_
_
-
-
-
41.3
41.3
41.3
39.3
3.7
2.9
3.7
2.3
9.0
7.0
9.0
5-9
40.3
40.2
41.0
40.3
3.3
2.4
3.7
2.8
8.2
6.0
9.0
6.9
-
-
-
40.6
41.6
40.5
40.8
40.6
2.9
3.3
2.5
2.6
2.1
7.1
7.9
6.2
6.4
5.2
40.8
41.7
40.1
40.8
40.5
2.7
3A
2.0
2.5
2 .1
6.6
8.2
5.0
6.1
5.2
-
-
-
40.1
2.6
6.5
39-6
2.2
5.6
2.6
6.5
39.5
2.5
6.3
39.*
2.5
6.3
-
-
41.3
39.1
39.2
3.5
•9
2.3
8.5
2.3
5-9
41.2
38.8
38.7
3.*
1 .1
2.1
8.3
2.8
5.4
36.5
42.7
1.2
4.6
3.3
10.8
35.8
43.0
1.0
4.8
2.8
11.2
38.7
41.0
40.9
40.3
37.5
3.1
2.1
2.0
2.8
1.2
8.0
5.1
4.9
6.9
3.2
38.6
41.1
41.8
39.7
38.0
3.0
2.3
2.4
2.5
1.2
7.8
5.6
5.7
6.3
3.2
Fab r i c a t e d m etal products (except
ordnance, machinery, and transporM a c h i n e r y (except e l e c t r i c a l ) ........
E lectrical m a c h i n e r y ...................
Instruments and related p r o d u c t s .....
M i s c e l laneous manuf a cturing
i n d u s t r i e s .............................
NONDURABLE GOODS .....................
Tobacco m a n u f a c t u r e s . ...............
39-7
-
Apparel and other finished textile
_
-
Paper and allied p r o d u c t s .......
Printing, publishing, and allied
-
-
_
-
_
_
Chemicals and allied p r o d u c t s ........
Products o f p e t r o l e u m and c o a l ......
-
-
-
Leather and leather p r o d u c t s ........
jy Preliminary.
sis
Table 5. Index of employees in nonagricultural establishments,
by industry division
(1 9 4 7 - 4 9 = 1 0 0 )
Year
ago
Current
Industry division
September 1956
August 1956
il
ll
July
September
1956
TOTAL.................................
119.2
118.6
116.4
1955
116.6
M i n i n g .....................................
86.3
156.8
114.3
86.6
159.3
114.1
78.7
155.3
109.1
82.7
147.0
113.3
102.9
118.4
134.1
124.7
127.2
102.7
117.4
136.2
125.4
123.0
101.9
117.1
135.7
125.4
122.7
101.9
H 5.9
130.2
122.0
122.4
Transportation and public
u t i l i t i e s ................................
Wholesale and retail tra d e.............
Finance, insurance, and real estate...
ll Preliminary.
Table 6. Index of production workers in manufacturing,
by major industry group,
(1 9 4 7 - 4 9 = 1 0 0 )
Year
ago
Current
Major industry group
S e p te m b e r
1/
1956
A u gu st
1956
ll
J u ly
S e p te m b e r
1956
1955
MANUFACTURING.........................
107.3
107.1
101.2
106.1
DURABLE GOODS........................
213.1
113.2
106.1
u4.i
Ordnance and accessories...............
Lumber and wood products (except
f u r n i t u r e )...............................
Furniture and fixtures..................
352.9
346.5
361.8
401.5
93.1
108.0
109.9
108.0
94.4
106.3
111.5
107.2
93.2
102.9
108.7
72.2
96.9
109.4
110.8
108.6
112.1
111.7
138.2
U7.3
121.1
108.2
110.9
110.7
136.6
121.7
120.1
105.8
105.9
110.3
133.4
122.2
118.0
100.3
117.1
102.2
132.0
129.5
117.0
108.4
100.6
100.0
95.4
101.0
109.9
103.2
77.1
107.3
95.6
77.3
97.8
72.9
75.5
106.0
111.7
80.9
103.5
117.1
104.2
117.3
98.O
115.1
105.6
115.6
115.5
IO8.4
94.0
105.6
91.5
314.4
108.0
94.6
103.1
93.2
113.2
106.6
91.4
102.1
91.2
111.7
108.0
94.1
108.5
95.1
Primary metal industries...............
Fabricated metal products (except
ordnance, machinery, and trans
portation equipm e n t)...................
Machinery (except electrical) .........
Electrical m a c h i n e r y....................
Instruments and related p r o d u c t s ......
Miscellaneous manufacturing industries .
NONDURABLE GOODS.....................
Textile-mill p r o ducts...................
Apparel and other finished textile
Paper and allied pro ducts ..............
Printing, publishing, and allied
1/Preliminary.
S e a s o n a lly A d j u s t e d D a t a
Table 7. Employees in nonagricultural establishments,
by industry division, seasonally adjusted
Number
(In t h o u s a n d s )
Index
(1 9 4 7 — 4 9 = 1 0 0 )
Industry division
September August
1 9 5 6 1 / 195 6 1 /
TOTAL...............................
M i n i n g ....................................
Transportation and public utilities..
Finance,
insurance, and real estate..
117.9
July
1956
1 1 8 .2
1 1 6. 6
September September
195 6 1 /
1955
21 5 *3
5 3 >555
August
July
1 956 1/
1956
5 1 * 707
50,448
780
2, 852
16,683
85.8
79. 1
82.3
814
813
750
*3 5 - 5
III.7
3 ,0 4 2
3*°77
16, 895
4» 148
3*056
1 6, 460
102.1
11 8.4
145.2
110. 2
101. 1
118. 5
13 4 - 1
122. 9
128.3
1 34* 1
I 23. O
1 27. 8
133-0
1 23. 0
1 26. 4
130. 2
120.2
123.4
101.1
115- 9
i 6,8oq
4, 158
1 1 , 144
2.314
6,014
11,206
2,315
6, 01 7
7,236
7, 260
195 5
51,003
146. 2
II3.2
1 01 . 9
II9. 1
85.9
1 44 -5
1 1 2 .6
September
4 >H7
l i , 152
2, 2QÔ
6,017
4.117
1 0, Q02
2,248
7 * 155
6, Q83
5.883
\ / Preliminary.
Table 8. Production workers in manufacturing,
by major industry group, seasonally adjusted
Number
(In thousands)
Index
( 1 9 4 7 -4 9 = 1 0 0 )
M ajor industry group
MANUFACTURING.......................
DURABLE GOODS..................................
Lumber and wood products (Except
Primary metal i n d u s t r ies...............
Fabricated metal products (except
ordnance, machinery, and transporMa chinery (except ele ctrical)..........
Electrical m a c h i n e r y ....................
September
August
July
August
July
September
1 9 5 6 1/
1 956 1 /
1956
1955
195 6 1/
195 6 1 /
1956
1955
1 05. 4
106. l
102. 6
106. 2
13*032
1 3 * 123
I 2, 6g3
13*132
113. 0
113-9
107. 8
113.8
7*541
7, 600
7*197
7.598
352-9
3 4 8 -5
3 61 . 8
401.5
80
79
82
91
go. 0
107.3
1 08. 3
108. 0
go. 8
108. 0
11 0.3
107.7
91-5
670
<575
6 9 1
317
471
319
317
321
475
1,112
480
1, i og
478
73-0
93- 6
108. 7
10g. 2
108. 6
664
107.3
1 0g. g
751
1,118
112.1
114. 6
138. 2
112.1
8 73
1,2g 1
121.1
117. 1
104. 8
1 3 2. 0
12g.5
117. 0
$73
1*303
1 21 . 7
122. 2
10g. 2
1 1 2. 0
138. 2
122. 2
120. 6
1 05 -5
1 06. 3
105- 5
6.4
97 -0
9
93-9
94-2
85. 2
86.1
78. 2
1 17-3
113-5
13 9-5
September September
885
1, 200
1*245
235
237
851
1,273
885
1* 250
234
105. 8
401
404
401
402
6.5
97-2
5 *4 9 i
5 *5 2 3
5,496
5 *53 4
9 3-3
9 1 -7
1,112
104
90
947
1* 1 1 5
91
1 ,
9 2.7
81.3
8 9
1 , 086
98
955
951
994
1,057
462
i t 064
468
1,068
466
1,078
555
550
173
556
549
555
212
167
214
537
548
173
330
333
344
Miscellaneous manufacturing
NONDURABLE GOODS.............................
Textile-mill p r o d u c t s ...................
Apparel and other finished textile
9
77-5
101. 5
Paper and allied p r o d u c t s ..............
Printing, publishing, and allied
102. 6
116.3
103- 5
1 15 -3
102. 2
1 1 6. 8
1 1 5 -5
1 15-7
114.2
1 08. 8
111. 7
107. 8
Rubber p r o d u c t s ........................
log. 5
93 - 0
93-0
105. 1
104. 1
gi. 2
91-5
1 / Preliminary.
84. 2
77.8
8 9 . 8
105.1
g2. 1
113.8
107-4
93 -0
108. 0
214
95- 1
331
893
559
173
9
12
1» 1 9 2
845
1,324
227
45^
220
Historical
Data
Table A-l: Employees in nonagricultural establishments,
by industry division
(In thousands)
TOTAL
Mining
26,829
27,088
1,12 4
1928..
25,569
28,128
27,770
28,505
29,539
29,691
29,710
920
1,203
1,092
1,080
1,176
1,105
1929..
19 3 0 . .
19 3 1 ..
19 32 ..
193 3 ..
19 3 4 . .
19 3 5..
1936..
19 3 7..
19 3 8 . .
31,041
29,1*3
26,383
23,377
23,1*66
25,699
26,792
28,802
30,718
28,902
1,078
1 , 000
19 3 9 . •
19 4 0 . .
1 9 4 1 ..
30,311
32,058
36,220
39,779
42,106
41,534
40,037
41,287
43,462
44,448
845
Year and month
Contract
con
struction
Transpor
Finance,
M anufac tation and- Wholesale insur a n c e ,
and'retail
turing
pub lie
and real
trade
utilities
estate
Service
and
miscel
laneous
Govern
ment
Annual a v e r a g e :
1 9 1 9 .•
1920..
1921..
1922..
2k,125
19 2 3 ..
192 4 ..
19 2 5..
1926..
19 2 7..
19*2..
19 4 3..
1944..
19 * 5 ..
1 9 * 6 ..
19 4 7 . .
19 4 8 . .
1949..
19 5 0 . .
1 9 5 1 ..
19 5 2..
1953..
1954..
19 5 5 ..
1,230
953
1,0 4 1
864
722
735
374
888
937
1,006
882
916
947
983
917
883
826
852
943
982
918
889
916
885
852
777
1,021
848
1,012
1,185
1,229
1,321
1,446
1,555
1,608
1,606
10,534
10,534
8,132
8,986
10,155
9,523
9,786
9,997
9,839
9,786
3,711
3,998
3,459
3,505
3,882
3,806
3,824
3,940
3,891
3,822
4,664
4,623
4,754
5,084
5,494
5,626
5,810
6,033
6,165
6,137
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
2,962
2,671
2,603
2,531
2,542
2,611
2,723
2,802
2,848
2,917
2,996
1,497
1,372
1,214
970
809
862
912
1,145
1,112
1,055
10,534
9,401
8,021
6,797
7,258
8,346
8,907
9,653
10,606
9,253
3,907
3,675
3,243
2,804
2,659
2,736
2,771
2,956
3,114
2,840
6,401
6,064
5,531
4,907
4,999
5,552
5,692
6,076
6,543
6,453
1,431
1,398
1,333
1,270
1,225
1,247
1,262
1,313
1,355
1,347
3,127
3,084
2,913
2,682
2,614
2,784
2,883
3,060
3,233
3,196
3,066
3,149
3,264
3,225
3,167
3,298
3,477
3,662
3,749
3,876
1,150
1,294
1,790
2,170
1,567
1,094
1,132
1,661
1,982
2,169
10,078
10,780
12,974
15,051
17,381
17,111
15,302
14,461
15,290
15,321
2,912
3,013
3,248
3,433
3,619
3,798
3,872
4,023
4,122
4,l4l
6,612
6,940
7,4l6
7,333
7,189
7,260
7,522
8,602
9,196
9,519
1,399
1,436
1,480
1,469
1,435
1,409
1,428
1,619
1,672
1,741
3,321
3,477
3,705
3,857
3,919
3,934
4,011
4,474
4,783
4,925
3,995
4,208
4,660
5,483
6,080
6,043
5,944
5,595
5,474
5,650
14,178
14,967
16,104
16,334
17,238
15,995
16,557
3,949
3,977
4,166
4,185
4,221
4,009
4,056
9,513
9,645
10,012
10,281
10,527
10,520
10,803
1,765
1,824
1,892
1,967
2,038
2,122
2,215
4,972
5,077
5,264
5,411
5,538
5,664
5,854
5,856
6,026
6,389
6,609
6,645
6,751
6,915
43,315
44,738
47,347
48,303
49,681
48,431
49,950
770
2,165
2,333
2,603
2,634
2,622
2,593
2,780
1955:
A u gu st. . . .
S e p te m b e r.
O c to b e r.. .
N ovem ber. .
D e c e m b e r..
50,484
50,992
51,125
51,262
51,996
779
784
778
783
783
3,088
3,094
3,031
2,921
2,756
16,820
16,919
17,006
17,052
17,027
4,136
4,148
4,121
4,139
4,161
10,713
10,902
10,990
11,213
11,849
2,265
2,248
2,241
2,238
2.243
5,996
5,971
5,915
5,883
5,853
6,687
6,926
7,043
7,033
7,324
1956:
J a n u a ry .. .
F e b ru ary . .
M a r c h ........
50,284
50,246
50,499
50,848
51,197
51,709
777
780
2,588
2,588
2,669
2,853
3,040
3,257
16,842
16,824
16,764
16,769
16,715
16,809
4,083
4,083
4,106
4,121
4,138
4,181
10,920
10,819
10,931
10,928
10,985
11,091
2,238
2,250
2,265
2,278
2,289
2,320
5,803
5,818
5,859
5,979
6,041
6,089
7,033
7,084
7,122
7,130
7,203
7,150
5 0 ,8 9 6
746
3,270
3,354
16,291
17,037
4,148
4,179
11,015
11,042
2,342
2,350
6,137
6,137
6,947
6,964
M a y ............
J u n e ..........
J u l y ..........
A u gu st....
51,884
404803 0 - 5 6 - 3
783
790
786
812
821
1
Industry Employment
Table A -2: All em ployees and production workers in nonagricultural
establishments, by industry
f i n thousands)
All employees
Industry
TOTAL.....................................
August
51,884
1956
July
50,896
Production workers
1955
August
50,484
August
1956
July
1955
August
-
-
MINING...................................
821
746
779
-
-
-
Copper m i n i n g ............................
Lead and zinc m i n i n g ....................
112.0
37.9
34.8
17.2
85.1
10.6
34.7
17.2
97.2
36.2
22.2
17.2
95.9
33.3
29.5
14.7
68.9
6.0
29.4
14.7
81.5
31.6
17.2
14.7
ANTHRACITE...................... ....
32.3
31.3
33.2
29.6
28.6
30.2
BITUMINOUS-COAL......................
229.2
182.5
215.9
208.8
163.1
197.3
CRUDE-PETROLEUM AND NATURAL-GAS
PRODUCTION..........................
333.3
332.7
321.9
METAL MINING.........................
Petroleum and natural-gas production
(except contract services) ............
NONMETALLIC MINING AND QUARRYING......
CONTRACT CONSTRUCTION..................................
NONBUILDING CONSTRUCTION..............
Highway and s t r e e t ......................
Other nonbuilding construction........
BUILDING CONSTRUCTION.................
GENERAL COHtRACtORS..................
SPECIAL-tRAOE COHtRACtORS.............
Plumbing and h e a t i n g ....................
Painting and d e c o r a t i n g ................
Electrical w o r k ..........................
Other special-trade c o n tractors.......
-
114.4
3,354
606
282.9
324.7
-
114.6
3,270
591
276.6
314.7
-
110.7
3,088
586
277.9
308.1
_
-
-
138.0
137.6
135.9
98.1
97.9
94.9
-
-
-
_
_
_
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2,746
2,679
2,502
1,162.9
1,134.4
1,047.4
-
-
-
1,454.7
338.9
192.9
172.9
750.0
_
_
_
-
1,583.3
349.9
220.6
198.0
814.8
1,544.9
344.6
209.7
194.0
796.6
-
-
-
MANUFACTURING................................
17,037
16,391
16,820
13,250
12,514
13,264
DURABLE GOODS.........................
NONDURABLE GOODS.................. ....
9,758
7,279
9,277
7,014
9,582
7,238
7,555
5,695
7,081
5,433
7,554
5,710
ORDNANCE AND ACCESSORIES................
129.O
130.9
138.7
78.7
81.7
92.7
FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS...............
1,747.6
341.9
122.0
385.4
123.1
294.8
27.6
78.3
229.9
144.6
1,631.9
339-7
124.1
272.9
123.6
294.2
28.0
70.3
234.3
144.8
1,717.1
330.2
123.7
365.8
125.3
289.1
29.4
78.4
229.2
146.0
1,270.4
266.5
81.1
3^8.2
87.7
173.7
22.5
64.3
128.2
98.2
1,158.0
264.9
82.5
238.4
88.2
173.9
22.6
56.3
132.3
98.9
1,258.7
258.8
83.2
331.3
91.0
172.4
23.9
64.4
130.9
102.8
109.8
34.5
33.9
6.9
34.5
86.1
34.2
32.8
6.9
12.2
117.3
33.5
38.4
7.4
38.0
100.9
31.2
32.1
5.9
31.7
77.3
30.7
31.0
5.8
9.8
109.0
30.6
36.7
6.3
35.4
Meat p r o d u c t s ............................
Canning and p r e s e r v i n g ..................
Grain-mill p r o d u c t s .....................
B akery p r o d u c t s ..........................
S u g a r ......................................
Confectionery and related products....
B e v e r a g e s ..................................
Miscellaneous food pr o d u c t s . . .........
TOBACCO MANUFACTURES.....................
Tobacco stemming and re d r y i n g .........
2
Industry Employment
Table A-2: All employees and production workers in nonagricultural
establishments, by industry - Continued
{In thousands)
All employees
Industry
TEXTILE-MILL PRODUCTS.....................
Scouring and combing p l a n t s ...............
Narrow fabrics and s mal l w a r e s .............
Knitting m i l l s ...............................
Carpets, rugs, other floor cov e r i n g s .....
Hats (except cloth and m i l l i n e r y .........
Miscellaneous textile g o o d s ...............
APPAREL AND OTHER FINISHED TEXTILE
PRODUCTS.................................
Men's and boys* suits and c o a t s ...........
Men's and boys' furnishings and work
c l o t h i n g .....................................
19^6
1,035.5
61.5
12.5
60.3
1,215.2
123.0
1 ,149.2
116.1
1,215.3
121.1
1 ,085.2
1 ,020.3
1 ,087.0
109.*
315.0
301.8
336.2
119.7
15.8
70.2
12.7
57.3
119.4
31*. 9
360.9
119.7
20.5
72.5
13.0
290.5
321.5
112.9
277.0
397.6
757.9
114.9
395.4
139.3
55.0
57.*
PRINTING, PUBLISHING, AND ALLIED
INDUSTRIES...............................
Miscellaneous publishing and printing
441.0
48.0
6.6
25.6
111.8
5.7
109.6
414.2
24.8
197.7
70.0
39.4
10.8
49.8
104.7
120.9
**0.*
26.1
206.2
77.5
*3.9
11.7
53.*
16.2
63.O
63.0
9.1
57.*
102.8
9-5
51.4
99-3
56.3
109.1
788.0
120.7
*12.0
696.6
111.*
367.2
687.9
108.0
365.6
719.9
136.4
55.2
56.0
1*6.6
53.5
55.2
116.3
50.5
51.2
113-9
50.7
49.7
123.9
*9.3
*9.1
37*. 2
255.9
365.0
251.1
373.2
260.*
31*.*
221.*
216.6
227.1
*9.3
47.7
*5.2
39.8
38.4
36.*
*0.2
38.3
*0.*
30.9
27.6
31.3
20.9
118.6
Pulp, paper, and paperboards m i l l s .......
Paperboard containers and b o x e s ...........
Other paper and allied pr o d u c t s ...........
6.2
118 .T
290.8
320.*
107.0
18.2
65.8
362.6
T67.9
PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS.................
986.1
6.0
51.9
13.1
63.O
83.7
*9.0
11.7
LUMBER AND WOOD PRODUCTS (EXCEPT
FURNITURE)...............................
and miscellaneous
922.0
10
ingiiat
206.7
73.1
*0.5
10.2
51.2
Miscellaneous apparel and accessories....
Other fabricated textile p r o d u c t s ........
Screens, blinds,
July
28.3
217.6
80.7
18.3
Partitions, shelving, lockers, and
1,079.2
10*56
30.0
226.9
88.8
70.3
12.0
63.5
123.2
Household f u r n i t u r e .........................
Office, public-building, and professional
1,013.3
Augnit
130.7
*68.2
119.8
**8.0
29.2
226.2
127.3
FURNITURE AND FIXTURES....................
July
9*5.3
5.9
110.5
*21.6
6.k
W o m e n 's, c h i l d r e n 1s under garm e n t s ........
Sawmills and planing m i l l s .................
Millwork, plywood, and prefabricated
Production workers
195-5
Aiuraat
62.5
130.2
296.0
105.6
13.8
303.8
10.0
11*. 0
383.6
315.7
28.8
27.9
27.2
22.3
21.2
577.3
290.8
152.1
13*.*
567.1
285.7
558.3
277.3
1*9.3
131.7
*69.8
239.6
12*.0
106.2
460.6
235-7
120.4
104.5
*59.8
232.1
123.1
10*.6
853.0
316.0
6*.7
5*.2
222.1
62.9
848.5
315.0
64.1
55.0
220.6
5*9.6
156.*
28.*
33.9
179.3
*7.5
1*.2
37.8
543.6
15^-7
27.8
33-5
178.3
46.5
13.5
37.1
526.5
46.0
822.2
302.8
63.3
51.6
213.*
61.9
19.5
*2.9
31.1
173.3
1*6.8
1*.6
3*.*
67.2
66.8
52.1
52.2
50.8
19.2
*6.9
67.0
148.8
132.6
62.0
18.6
1*9.3
26.2
Industry Employment
Table A-2? All employees and production workers in nonagricultural
establishments, by industry - Continued
(In t h o u s a n d s )
All employees
Industry
CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS............
Industrial inorganic che m i c a l s ............
Soap, cleaning and polishing
p r e p a r a t i o n s ................................
August
836.3
U O .9
320.8
96.6
1956
July
828.1
110.2
315-*
96.3
Production workers
1955
AuÄuat
Auoust
1956
July
19*55
August
808.7
105.*
313.0
92.3
550.7
75.5
218.5
56.9
5*3.5
75-5
213.3
56.7
5*1.3
7*.l
217.8
55.2
51.0
76.3
8.5
30.7
38.1
103.*
*9.9
75.6
8.4
31.*
37.*
103.5
50.1
75.3
8.2
29.6
38.5
96.3
30.6
*8.1
7.1
22.1
25.9
66.0
29.7
*7-2
7.1
22.7
25*2
66.1
30.3
*8.2
7.1
20.7
26.0
61.9
258.1
205.2
52.9
252.O
20*.7
*7.3
257.5
20*.2
53.3
176.1
13*.*
*1.7
1696
133.6
36.0
177.5
13*. 1
*3.*
RUBBER PRODUCTS.........................
270.8
117.9
23.8
129.1
268.5
118.3
23.5
126.7
272.2
117.7
21.6
132.9
210.3
89.2
19.2
101.9
208.0
90.0
18.9
99.1
21*. 7
90.8
17.2
106.7
LEATHER AND LEATHER PRODUCTS.............
375.6
**.1
*.6
17.5
2*3-1
1*.8
32.3
19.2
369.2
*3.*
*•5
17-2
239.6
15.8
30.0
18.7
390.3
*5.3
5.0
17.6
253 0
17.9
33.0
18.5
336.7
39-8
3.*
15.5
219.5
12.8
28.7
17.0
330.0
39.0
3-*
15.3
215.7
13.6
26.*
16.6
3*9.*
*0.7
3.8
15.8
228.2
15.5
29.3
16.1
579.1
35.0
97.1
17.5
**.*
89.0
5*.5
12*. 7
20.5
566.7
33.*
92.*
I6.8
*3.9
88.7
52.*
123.2
20.9
56*.*
33.5
95.5
17.3
*3.*
86.2
53.3
118.0
20.7
*84.9
31.1
81.8
1*.7
37.5
79.5
*8.1
101.9
17.8
472.9
29.8
77.6
14.0
37.0
79.1
*5.9
100.7
18.2
*75.*
30.2
81.3
1**7
36.5
77.*
*7-1
97.0
18.1
96.*
95.0
96.5
72.5
70.6
73.1
1,321.5
960.9
1,301.*
1,102.7
7*3.0
1,097.*
660.2
233.7
310.0
231.6
657.0
233.2
560.5
203.3
210.6
200.9
563.9
20*.6
68.3
70.9
62.7
55.0
57.1
*9.8
13.5
13.3
12.8
10.0
9.9
9.7
11 1 .*
75.1
159.3
116.4
73.7
1*5.0
110.8
86.2
61.4
126.3
91.*
6O.3
112.8
87.6
61.5
120.3
Gum and wood c h e m i c a l s .....................
F e r t i l i z e r s ..................................
Vegetable and animal oils and f a t s .......
Miscellaneous c h e m i c a l s ....................
PRODUCTS OF PETROLEUM AND COAL...........
Coke, other petro l e u m and coal products..
Leather: tanned, curried, and finished...
Industrial leather belting sind packing...
Boot and shoe cut stock and f i n dings.....
L u g g a g e .......................................
Handbags and small leather g o o d s .........
Gloves and miscellaneous leather goods...
STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS........
Glass and glassware, pressed or blown....
Glass products made of purchased glass...
Structural clay p r o d u c t s ...................
Concrete, gypsum, and plaster products...
Cut-stone and stone p r o d u c t s ..............
M iscellaneous nonmetallic mineral
PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES.................
Blast furnaces, steel works, and rolling
m i l l s .........................................
Primary smelting and refining of
Secondary smelting and refining of
nonferrous m e t a l s ..........................
Rolling, drawing, and alloying of
Nonferrous f o u n d r i e s ........................
Miscellaneous primary metal industries...
7k.8
150.1
Industry Employment
Table A-2: All em ployees and production workers in nonagricultural
establishments, by industry - Continued
(In thousands)
All employees
1056
Industry
Production workers
1955
1956
1955
A u gu st
J u ly
1,093.0
61.2
1*1.0
1 ,056.0
61.0
137.6
1 ,111.1
64.2
150.0
863.7
53.9
111.9
825.1
53.9
108.8
893.*
56.8
122.6
118.9
31*. 6
222.6
*6.0
56.8
131.9
117.7
296.7
217.3
44.7
55-4
125.6
126.8
287.5
238.6
49.4
58.9
135.7
91.7
235.3
181.4
36.7
46.6
106.2
90.5
215.6
176.2
35.3
*5.3
99.5
99.*
216.9
199.1
39.6
1,711.7
77.5
U l .6
155.7
286.3
1,587.*
7*. 5
150.5
136.9
266.5
1,259-*
59.8
97.6
11*. 9
220.5
1,253.5
55.2
100.6
113.2
218.9
1,166.4
53.2
109.7
99.3
203.*
193.0
27*. 0
127.9
185.9
272.*
194.0
269.7
126.8
190.0
270.1
180.7
239.8
108.7
176.8
253.0
136.6
183.2
96.0
139.8
211.0
137.5
180.3
9*.9
1*3.7
209.2
127.5
159.9
83.8
131.8
197.8
1,220.3
1,194.5
1,130.3
87*. 9
85*. 3
821.6
*22.3
52.6
23.6
67.*
32.0
568.7
53.7
418.9
49.6
23-2
66.3
32.2
554.5
49.8
386.7
46.1
21.0
76.8
28.3
520.6
50.8
297.*
41.6
18.6
52.9
28.4
396.0
40.0
295.9
38.8
18.3
51.5
28.5
384.9
36.4
270.2
37.0
16.5
61.9
2*.6
373.2
38.2
Other t r ansportation e q uipment ............
1,713.0
702.0
8l4.4
522.7
165.1
16.3
110.3
128.1
108.4
19.7
57.6
10.9
1,721-9
716.0
804.3
514.9
163.6
16.0
109.8
132.8
110.9
21.9
58.8
10.0
1,77*.6
857.9
728.8
*70.9
1*2.0
13.1
102.8
122.9
101.0
21.9
55.2
9.8
1,245.0
551.1
532.8
340.8
102.3
10.9
78.8
109.5
92.9
16.6
42.5
9.1
1,249.9
560.6
523.1
333.1
101.4
10.6
78.0
114.3
95.3
19.O
43.6
8.3
1,3*7.7
700.6
*92.5
319.7
89.7
8.7
7*.*
105.*
86.6
18.8
*1 .1
8.1
INSTRUMENTS AND RELATED PRODUCTS.........
3*1.9
336.0
322.7
233.3
228.5
22*. 5
68.3
67.3
57.9
39.1
38.5
33.8
84.8
13.6
83.7
13.7
82.1
13.7
58.7
10.3
57.7
10.4
58.3
10.5
*3-1
28.3
68.3
35.5
42.5
28.1
67.1
33.6
*0.8
25.8
66.3
36.1
30.0
22.1
44.1
29.0
29.5
22.2
*3.1
27.1
28.2
20.6
43.6
29.5
FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS (EXCEPT ORD
NANCE, MACHINERY, AND TRANSPORTATION
EQUIPMENT).............................
Heating apparatus (except electric) and
Fabricated structural metal products......
Metal stamping, coating, and engraving...
Lighting f i x t u r e s ...........................
Miscellaneous fabricated metal products..
MACHINERY (EXCEPT ELECTRICAL)............
Engines and t u r b i n e s ........................
Agricultural machinery and t r a c t o r s ......
S pecial-industry machinery (except
metalworking m a c h i n e r y )...................
General industrial m a c h i n e r y ..............
Office and store machines and devices....
S ervice-industry and household machines..
Miscellaneous machinery p a r t s .............
ELECTRICAL MACHINERY....................
Electrical generating, transmission,
distribution, and industrial apparatus..
Electrical a p p l i a n c e s ......................
Electrical equipment for v e h i c l e s ........
Communication e q u i p m e n t ....................
Miscellaneous electrical p r o d u c t s ........
TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT................
Automob i l e s ..................................
Aircraft and p a r t s ..........................
A i r c r a f t .....................................
Aircraft propellers and p a r t s ............
Other aircraft parts and equipment......
Ship and boat building and r e pairing.....
Shipbuilding and r e p a i r i n g ...............
Boatbuilding and r ep a i r i n g ...............
Laboratory,
scientific, *and engineering
Mechanical measuring and controlling
Optical instruments and lenses............
Surgical, medical, and dental
1,719.6
82.0
138.*
157.8
288.2
A u gu st
A u gu st
J u ly
A u gu st
kQ.6
110.*
5
Industry Fmplovnu'nt
Table A -2 : A ll employees and production workers in nonagricultural
establishments, by industry - Continued
(In t h o u s a n d s )
Industry
MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES...
Jewelry, silverware, and plated ware....
Musical instruments and parts..........
Toys and sporting goods...»............
Pens, pencils, other office supplies....
Costume jewelry, buttons, notions..... .
Fabricated plastics products..... .
TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC UTILITIES .......
TRAHSPORTATIOH........... *..............
All employees
I956
August
July
498.2
*75 6
51.6
*7.8
18.2
19.3
98.8
93.5
31.2
32.5
64.2
59.9
84.6
82.*
147.2
IU2.6
*,179
*,1*8
1955
August
490.x
52.3
17.8
92.2
31.2
65.4
80.6
150.6
4,136
2,7*5
1,184.6
1,036.9
108.3
799.2
653.1
*5.1
132.4
2,717
1,172.8
1,032.9
108.8
789.2
6*6.2
*5.2
131.*
2,764
1,246.1
1,096.7
111.6
767.1
639.3
*5-5
117.3
COMMUN1CATION............................
824
780.4
42.8
822
778.0
*2.8
774
731.0
42.4
OTHER PUBLIC UTILITIES...................
Gas and electric utilities.........
Electric light and power utilities.....
610
585.9
259.1
1*9.7
609
584.8
258.7
1*9 3
598
574.1
254.8
145.2
177.1
176.8
24.0
2*.0
Trucking and warehousing....... .
Other transportation and services.......
Air transportation (common carrier).....
Electric light and gas utilities
Local utilities, not elsewhere
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE................ 11,042
Production workers
1956
19*55
Auaust
July
August
*01.7
380.6
399.3
*0.9
38.0
*2.1
15.2
16.3
15.*
8*.l
78.2
78.5
2*.2
23.2
23.1
53.8
51.9
*8.3
6*.8
67.1
65.I
117.2
112.5
121.7
-
-
-
_
_
-
-
-
-
-
-
_
-
-
-
-
-
-
_
-
_
_
_
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
174.1
.
_
23.4
-
-
-
-
11,015
10,713
2,999
2,97*
2,864
1,750.1
117.3
1,737.2
116.7
1 ,678.7
113.9
304.2
303.8
466.0
-
_
-
-
295.6
_
_
*63.6
438.0
_
862.6
1,249.0
853.1
1,236.8
831.2
1 ,185.0
RETAIL TRADE............................. 8,043
General merchandise stores.............. 1,3*2.1
Department stores and general mail-order
876.2
houses...........................
Other general merchandise stores.......
*65.9
Food and liquor stores...... ........... 1 ,568.1
Grocery, meat, and vegetable markets.... 1 ,096.7
2*2.0
Dairy-product stores and dealers.........
229.*
Other food and liquor stores.... ......
Automotive and accessories dealers......
797.0
Apparel and accessories stores.......
537.2
3,798.5
382.0
Furniture and appliance stores.........
3*2.3
8,041
1 ,3*0.2
7,849
1,333.0
880.4
*59.8
1,575.*
1,101.7
242.7
231.0
802.3
5*5.9
3,777.1
8550
478.0
1,485.4
1 ,030.1
235.7
219.6
816.7
533.0
3,681.1
380.4
327-9
Groceries, food specialties, beer,
wines, and liquors....................
Electrical goods, machinery, hardware,
and plumbing equipment................
Other full-service and limited-function
Wholesale distributors, other...........
6
3*0.8
-
_
_
WHOLESALE TRADE.........................
Wholesalers, full-service and limited-
_
-
-
-
-
.
-
-
-
_
_
_
-
-
-
-
-
_
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
_
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
P jy i oll Indexes
Table A -2 I All employees and production workers in nonagricultural
establishments, by industry - Continued
(In thousands)
All employees !
Industry
July
2,350
592.9
84.9
838.X
834.0
2,342
591.2
84.5
835.2
831.3
2,265
561.2
80.2
8O7.3
817.4
6,137
582.X
6,137
580.4
5,996
582.5
337.3
161.3
230.7
341.9
167.4
230.4
337.7
I59.7
239.I
Aiums t
FINANCE, INSURANCE, AND REAL ESTATE ...........
Banks and trust c o m p anies ... -..... .
Security dealers and e x c hanges...........
Insurance carriers and agents............
Other finance agencies and real e s t a t e . .
SERVICE AND MISCELLANEOUS ............................
Hotels and lodging p l a c e s .................
Personal services:
L a u n d r i e s ..................................
Cleaning and dyeing p l a n t s ...........
GOVERNMENT.......................................................
FEDERAL...... *.........................
STATE AND LOCAL........................
Production workers
195*5
August
1956
6,964
2,208
4,756
6,947
2,208
4,739
August
1956
Julv
-
-
-
-
1955
Auffust
-
_
_
_
-
-
-
-
-
_
-
_
-
_
_
-
-
-
_
-
6,687
-
-
-
2,190
4,497
_
~
_
_
-
-
Table A -3! Indexes of production-worker employment
and weekly payroll in manufacturing
Year
1939.....
1940.....
1941.....
1942.....
1943.....
1944.....
1945.....
1946.....
1947.....
1948....
1949.....
1950.....
1951.....
1952.....
X953....
X954....
X955....
Production-worker employment Production-worker
Index
Number
payroll index
(in thousands) (1947-49 « 100) (1947-49 t= 100)
8,192
8,811
10,877
12,854
15,014
14,607
12,864
12,X05
12,795
12,715
11,597
12,317
13,155
13,144
13,833
12,589
13,053
66.2
71.2
87. 9
103.9
121.4
II 8 .I
104.0
97.9
103.4
102.8
93.8
99.6
I O 6.4
106.3
111.8
101.8
IO5.5
29.9
3*.0
*9.3
Year
and
month
1955
Sept....
72.2
99.0
102.8
87.8
81.2
97.7
105.1
97.2
111.7
129.8
136.6
151.*
137.7
152.5
Production-woi"ker employment Production-worker
Number
Index
payroll index
(in thousands) (1947-49 = 100) (1947-49 = 100 )
13,264
13,365
IO 7.2
154.6
158.6
161.1
163.8
163.7
13,440
13,487
13,451
108.1
108.7
109.0
108.7
13,260
13,212
13,125
13,114
13,036
13,078
107.2
106.8
106.1
106.0
105.4
105.7
X57.3
X58.2
12,514
13,250
10X .2
X 07.X
151.0
161 .I
1956
June....
July....
159.1
157.7
157.9
158.2
7
Shipyards
Table A-4? Employees in Government and private shipyards, by region
(In thousands)
1955
1956
Region 37
A u gu st
J u ly
A u gu st
209.3
212.1
209.0
108.4
110.9
101.0
NAVY Y A R D S.......................................................................................
100.9
101.2
108.0
NORTH ATLANTIC...................................................................
87.4
43.2
44.2
88.0
*3.7
k k .3
88.6
41.2
47.*
36.4
16.7
19.7
36.7
16.9
19.8
36.7
15-7
21.0
24.2
25.3
23.5
51.3
1*.3
37.0
51.7
14.6
37.1
51.*
11.8
39.6
4.6
4.8
3.3
5A
5.6
5.5
ALL REGIONS .......................................................................................
SOUTH ATLANTIC...................................................................
GULF:
PACIFIC...............................................................................
GREAT LAKES:
INLAND:
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: Alabama,
Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas.
The Pacific region includes all yards in California, Oregon,
and Washington.
The Great Lakes region includes all yards bordering on the Great Lakes in the following States: Illinois,
Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.
The Inland region includes all other yards.
.2 / Data include Curtis Bay Coast Guard Yard.
8
Government
Table A-5: Government civilian employment and Federal military personnel
(In thousands)
Unit of Government
AUS. 1956
July 1956
6,947
Au ä . 195*5
6,687
TOTAL CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT i/.............................
6 ,96k
FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT 2/..............................
2,208
2,208
2,190
2,181.1
1,01*6.5
5O9.8
624.8
22.1
4-3
2,182.0
1,046.2
5IO.I
625.6
21.9
4.3
2,16k.5
233.O
233.7
232.O
2II.9
89.7
8.6
113.6
20.4
•7
212.8
90.1
8.6
114.1
20.2
.7
211.5
9O .9
8.6
112.2
I9.7
.7
Post Office Department.....................
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 3/..........................
STATE AND LOCAL EMPLOYMENT.........................
TOTAL MILITARY PERSONNEL 4/..............................
1,040.0
510.2
614.2
21.6
4.1
4,756
4,739
4,497
1,255.3
3,500.6
1 ,252.6
3,486.7
1 ,172.0
3,325.0
1 ,882.2
2,873.7
1 ,877.2
2,862.1
1,741.8
2,755-2
2,827
2,839
2,974
1,013.5
908.8
674.8
200.9
28.7
1,027.3
909.0
673.6
200.5
28.7
1 ,123.8
959-8
659.1
202.0
29.O
1 / Data refer to Continental United States only.
2 / Data are prepared by the Civil Service Commission.
3 / Includes all Federal civilian employment in Washington Standard Metropolitan Area (District of Columbia and
adjacent Maryland and Virginia counties).
4/ Data refer to Continental United States and elsewhere.
404803 0 - 56 -4
St ate Employment
Table A-6: Employees in nonagricultural establishments,
by industry division and State
(In thousands)
TOTAL
State
1956
Aug.
702.3
230.0
31* *3
.a/)
451.8
894.6
Connecticut..............
District of Columbia.....
Idaho h/..................
Illinois..................
500.4
944.0
964.5
146.6
3,450.8
1,389.7
650.9
550.9
Louisiana.................
Maine...................
Massachusetts............
Minnesota.................
Mississippi..............
Missouri..................
New Hampshire
U/.........
New Jersey...............
Nev York..................
North Carolina...........
North Dakota.............
Ohio......................
Oklahoma........... ......
Pennsylvania.............
South Carolina...........
South Dakota.............
729.*
29O.I
855.5
1 ,838.2
2,301.0
9O6.2
a/)
1 ,282.3
170.4
358.8
90.8
188.0
1 ,911.4
189.9
5,997.6
1,044.8
(l/>
3,111.0
Wyoming
h/...............
680.4
231.7
316.2
669.4
213.5
313.7
4,251.4
442.2
895.7
-
*,105.3
* 36.6
863.7
-
500.1
9*0.6
896.6
951.9
1**.9
3,*12.8
1,325.0
6*6.1
555.9
725.9
286.9
821.6
1 ,815.0
2,289.1
879.7
353.0
1 ,281.0
170.8
359.1
90.9
186.1
1,897.5
189.6
5,907.7
1 ,031.2
119.0
*93.3
938.7
145.6
3,389.6
1,402.2
638.4
5*9.5
712.8
28*.5
(1/)
31.7
50.8
-
(3/)
7.8
4.6
4.8
32.1
11.0
3.3
19.1
36.6
45.8
.6
2.1
(3/)
(3/)
7.7
(3/)
5.2
*.8
*.9
31.1
10.5
3.3
19 .*
97.7
58.5
11.0
204.7
19.4
38.6
41.9
40.9
.7
2.1
(3/)
59.3
4.9
*.7
31.7
10.7
3.2
19.3
33.7
*5.7
.6
2.1
(3/)
10.1
6.4
3.2
8.7
11.4
3.*
5.*
.3
11.3
4.0
(1/)
22.1
53.5
22.0
53.9
1.5
95.*
(3/)
1.4
2.5
8.8
1.4
70.9
(3/)
1.3
2.5
8.8
131.5
15.8
3,679.7
296.1
236.9
232.6
IO6.3
952.0
781.5
*69.2
1,1*8.8
9*.6
224.9
104.7
922.5
772.3
477.*
1,133.3
94.2
4.2
37.*
38.1
15.0
10.3
4.0
5,936.7
1,041.5
12*.*
853.6
2,377.5
96.1
(2/)
-
Au«.
38.9
12.8
(2/)
-
16 .O
124.1
857.3
2,388.0
791.5
19.2
15.6
16.2
521.7
125.6
855.5
2,31*.3
484.4
1 ,158.6
11.1
13.*
6.3
1 ,880.1
180.9
496.9
957.5
11.9
15 .*
6.2
187.5
360.0
88 .9
499.0
108.2
14.2
I 5.5
5.9
(1/)
I 3.7
(2/)
-
B.9
11.2
3.*
5.5
.3
506.7
29*.6
511.9
July
14.8
56*.5
3,529.8
Aug.
896.3
353.2
1,290.1
171 .*
Contract construction
1955
Au k .
17.0
565.5
3,018.1
1956
828.4
1,790.6
2,392.7
117.3
3,096.6
561.9
298.6
517.8
See footnotes at end of table.
10
July
3,724.0
Utah......................
Virginia..................
Washington................
West Virginia............
Mining
1955
Au«.
*•3
1.9
80.8
39.*
_
16.5
-
19.3
95.0
58.5
11.0
204.1
78.6
39.I
43.8
57.1
16.6
19 .O
67.9
63.7
3.3
8.6
11.8
3.1
3.8
.3
(1/)
7S .5
14.2
28.9
8.U
11.0
74.3
14.2
28.3
8.5
11.2
4.4
123.4
14.4
267.7
I23.5
14.8
13.2
11.2
4.0
1.9
21.4
53.5
1.6
51.7
(1/)
17B.2
33.8
28.8
263.5
52.4
12.3
175 .O
33.5
35.*
17.9
I 7.3
29I.*
30.4
48.9
-
18.7
97.2
5*.7
10.9
185.4
77.0
36.6
44.9
53.9
15.5
69.2
87.1
121.9
67.8
18.4
84.8
14.8
28.5
10.0
11.8
113.3
16 .O
252.8
53.*
11.1
181.7
3*.3
28.5
199.*
19.1
10.1
46.6
27.5
9.7
44.8
18.3
32.2
9-9
*9.8
171.9
171.3
168.7
18 .O
17.6
5.6
72.2
18.0
132.4
1.4
14.5
1.4
11.0
1.4
19.2
19.0
16.5
2.4
75.6
*.5
9.*
16.9
1955
Au«.
29.8
202.3
19.0
28.3
3.7
9.4
51.0
129.9
(3/)
1.2
2.4
9.2
I 3O .5
2.0
36.8
18.8
14.9
300.8
31.7
15.2
204.9
73 .O
July
70.8
99.2
123.*
73.8
100.1
96.1
2.0
78.0
*.7
10.1
1956
5.7
71.8
52.1
24.8
7*.2
9.1
5.*
66.0
51.6
53.*
23.3
72.3
8.4
21.7
68.2
8.7
St ate ( mplovment
Table A-6: Employees in nonagricultural establishments,
by industry division and State - Continued
( In
th o u 8 a n d a )
T r a n s p o r t a tio n and
p u b lic u t i l i t i e s
M a n u f a c t u r in g
1C>56
S ta te
Aug.
D is tr ic t
o f C o lu m b ia .................
I d a h o h / ........................................
I l l i n o i s ........................................
L o u i s i a n a ......................................
M a s s a c h u s e t t s ..............................
M i n n e s o t a ......................................
M i s s i s s i p p i ..................................
M o n t a n a ..........................................
N e b r a s k a ............... . ......................
N e v a d a ....................... ...................
New H a m p s h ire U / ..........................
New J e r s e y ................... ................
N e v M e x ic o ....................................
N o r t h C a r o l i n a .............................
N o r t h D a k o t a ................................
O h i o ...............................................
O k la h o m a ........................................
P e n n s y l v a n i a ................................
R h o d e I s l a n d ............. .................
S o u t h C a r o l i n a .............................
U t a h ...............................................
V i r g i n i a ........................................
W a s h in g t o n ....................................
W e st V i r g i n i a ..............................
W i s c o n s i n . . ..................................
1956
1955
J u ly
Aug.
W h o le s a le an d
r e t a i l trad e
J u ly
A ug.
1955
1<
1955
Aug.
A ug.
J u ly
A ug.
2*0.3
33-*
85.9
(1 /)
72.0
*27.0
6l.4
223.9
36.1
88.5
1,156.6
63.7
426.7
56.9
224.0
31.3
85.4
1,157.3
68.7
411.9
62.2
*9.*
21.*
28.*
<±/)
*5.5
*4.2
-
48.9
21.3
28.5
362.3
*5.7
44.1
-
49.4
20.9
29.*
3*3.*
*5.3
*2.2
-
144.3
55.*
75.8
<i/>
121.4
150.0
-
143.6
55.3
75.*
957.8
120.1
151.1
-
140.5
53.7
7*.6
913.0
116.1
143.4
-
16.2
131.5
33**9
29.*
1,279.1
600.5
171.6
16.2
131.7
329.0
28.7
1,242.0
538.7
166.3
16.3
128.6
336.5
28.9
1,264.6
626.0
168.6
29.3
85.O
74.4
15.9
312.4
102.3
57.5
29.3
84.1
73.7
15.7
310.8
101.9
57.8
26.0
79.5
71.7
16.3
311.*
102.9
58.2
87.7
272.4
213.9
36.6
711.4
289.3
176.3
88.1
272.2
207.9
35.9
713.3
288.7
176.2
87.7
261.8
205.8
37.0
713.7
284.8
174.6
123.9
164.3
1*7.*
115.9
280.9
693.8
987.1
123.9
159.*
147.5
111.9
249.5
671.0
987.*
122.1
I68.9
151.3
112.5
268.1
683.8
1,104.1
64.0
56.5
83.2
21.7
73.*
118.9
15*.2
65.1
56.9
83.5
21.8
73.3
118.8
153.5
66.7
57.0
84.8
21.1
73.0
118.4
151.2
133.0
128.0
170.7
56.3
170.5
377.6
462.9
133.6
129.2
168.9
56.3
171.0
377.5
464.4
133.3
127.8
167.5
56.4
168.4
370.9
469.5
231.6
(I/)
385.8
22.2
57.9
6.1
82.*
221.7
103.6
382.7
22.0
58.4
6.0
81.2
220.5
104.6
388.5
22.1
59.6
5.3
83.4
90.6
(1 /)
127.8
22.7
41.0
9.5
10.9
88.7
24.5
127.*
22.7
*1.3
9.6
10.9
92.0
25.2
127.0
22.9
*3.1
9.8
10.8
221.1
(1 /)
31Ï.3
*1.5
96.8
19.6
33.9
220.3
84.6
315.8
41.5
96.6
19.7
33.7
220.4
85.2
317.1
42.3
96.4
19.3
33.6
813.7
19.*
1,916.6
464.6
(1 /)
1.3U0.9
90.5
796.7
19.3
1 ,820.9
450.6
7.0
1,250.3
89.8
807.3
17.8
1,925.2
464.6
6.8
1,350.8
90.4
151.7
20.0
496.9
62.1
a/>
225.6
50.8
151.6
20.1
*93.9
61.9
14.6
221.3
50.9
149.8
19.0
492.8
60.6
14.6
224.4
50.9
344.4
3*1.2
43.0
*3.5
1,282.9 1 ,29*.2
206.1
205.9
37.2
(1/)
607.8
60S.I
135.2
135.*
3*0.5
*1.8
1 ,271.8
205.5
37.6
599.2
136.1
163.8
1,488.3
131.8
227.2
12.5
295.*
*7*. 5
158.6
1,328.0
127.2
222.2
12.6
293.0
464.9
162.1
1,470.1
131.1
231.*
12.0
298.9
*53.9
49.6
313.3
15.8
25.2
10.4
59.*
228.4
49.4
303.5
15.7
25.8
10.5
60.0
227.*
48.2
321.9
15.9
25.*
10.3
59.7
228.3
11*. 0
689.8
5*.9
101.5
38.3
197.2
644.5
112.*
691.7
5*.9
100.8
38.1
196.7
642.3
111.5
681.1
53.*
100.1
39.9
193.1
620.8
36.0
39.3
256.1
220.0
131.3
476.9
7.0
33.*
37.6
250.5
213.9
122.6
468.5
6.9
33.6
37.0
250.6
214.1
132.3
*67.3
7.0
23.5
8.4
89.7
70.0
51.7
78.2
13.*
23.*
8.4
89.3
69.6
51.2
78.9
13.6
23.*
8.2
85.3
65.4
50.7
78.6
15.2
55.9
20.3
214.2
178.8
85.8
238.2
21.6
55.8
20.3
214.2
177.5
86.0
238.5
21.5
53.7
20.1
20*. 0
172.9
85.7
237.0
20.6
See footnotes at end of table.
11
S tate Em ploym ent
T a b le A - 6 : Em ployees in n o n ag ric u ltu ral « t a b l it h i M n t i ,
b y industry divisio n a n d S tate - C o ntinued
State
(In thousand»)
Finance, insurance,
and real estate
Aug.
25.7
9.1
C a l i f o r n i a .......................
10.1
(i/)
20.5
47.6
District o f Columbia 5/......
F l o r i d a ..........................
Idaho
V ........................
Kent u c k y .........................
Louisiana.....................
Maryland 5/...................
Ma ssachusetts...................
M i c h i g a n .........................
25.2
50.0
37.8
*•7
O h i o ..............................
O k l a h o m a .................. .......
Pennsylvania..................
Rhode I s l a n d ....................
25.2
*9.8
37.5
*.7
24.6
8.5
9.8
187.8
19.3
*5.9
-
*.6
175.7
*8 .*
28.8
8.1
38.6
89.8
63.9
5.8
20.3
2.5
5.9
80.3
6.3
** 6.1
33.7
0 /)
105.2
22.9
18 .*
138.5
13 .O
*2.8
10.3
6*.l
5.7
20.3
2.5
5.9
80.2
6.3
**3.8
33.8
5.0
IO5.5
22.9
18.0
138.7
12.9
1*.6
1*.6
*.9
*.9
29.3
9.8
**.3
3* «8
111.0
9.7
**.3
3* .7
12.1
*1.0
12.1
* 1 .1
2.3
2.3
d/i
64.2
93.0
-
66.2
8.5
*0.6
93.*
76.9
76.8
35.3
138.7
92.I
19.9
30.2
62.5
28.2
2*.8
20.2
19.5
26.1
19.*
26.3
8.4
*0.7
93.2
50o*
Aug.
*7.5
35.7
20.1
29.1
111 .*
U t a h ..............................
25.5
9.1
9.9
202.9
20.5
*7.6
-
178.2
fS/)
New Hampshire h/ ...............
Jul y
1955
Aug.
178.1
50.2
30.1
*3.0
M o n t a n a ..........................
195b
19.1
24.8
73.3
* 2.0
10.0
64.4
5.2
19.7
2.3
5.7
79.*
6.3
*36.9
31.6
*.9
102.7
21.6
Service and
miscellaneous
17.9
401.7
106.9
1956
July
62.2
28.3
35.3
550.1
64.3
93.2
-
66.7
139A
92.0
17.7
399.2
107.2
Government
1955
Aug.
128.5
127.6
122.6
47.8
34.9
520.7
60.7
57.3
47.*
57.5
*1.3
56.O
653.6
8I.I
80.7
90.6
-
90.7
95.7
II5.2
40.9
117.6
228.4
244.5
91.8
96.0
115.7
* 1 .1
II7.5
228.8
246.6
93.9
IIO .7
40.4
II6.8
225.I
239.8
134.5
(l/>
I 52.I
31.3
133.5
72 .I
130.3
69.2
65.4
24.0
23.8
200.6
23.6
842.2
92.7
(i/)
302.0
61.5
72.6
78.9
29.8
92.2
223.5
217.6
102.5
37.8
104.3
37.3
155.5
21.6
150.9
44.8
24.1
23.O
201.9
23.6
848.0
92.9
21.7
44.6
24.8
196.3
31.7
65.9
15.1
19.9
19*.9
* 6.5
733.1
129.5
60.8
117.3
116.0
55.9
393.5
29.4
40.0
383.9
35.6
79.1
71.9
341.9
72.3
385.3
35.*
79.3
29.5
126.7
3**.*
51.7
15.4
51.7
15 .*
16.6
16.7
16.6
94.3
283.9
94.3
283.8
93.0
277.7
26.2
26.5
25.6
14.2
99.8
13.7
97.2
* 1.8
3*.6
11.7
39.*
2.4
152.5
15.1
291.I
40.5
14.2
99.3
90.3
42.5
118.3
14.3
46.5
733.9
130.I
255.3
160.7
1 *8 .*
26.5
15.2
301.8
62.1
13.9
9.3
3*2
65.4
15.2
194.4
22.8
832.2
92.2
58.4
412.3
29.4
40.4
5.0
28.5
IO5.9
26.3
19.8
58.7
409.9
28.5
148.3
22.8
17.5
133.8
12.7
89.1
42.2
118.2
14.0
13.6
333.5
1*8.7
98.7
57.2
45.0
82.1
1*.6
331.4
148.7
97.7
67.5
81.4
21.5
14.6
83.*
385.8
IO6 .I
17.8
58.2
102.7
(1 /)
155.0
682.0
256.4
160.9
58.2
68.1
81.5
29.8
226.2
228.7
0/>
82.8
82.2
66.5
128.9
89.7
74.6
30.1
96.8
226.3
226.9
1955
Aug.
6I .8
26.5
75.1
96.5
_ 1956
Aug.
July
(I/)
332.9
29.0
126.5
25.9
33*. 5
253.3
1*7.9
I39.8
25.2
32I .8
1*6.4
95.8
86.0
148.8
30.6
a .9
13.6
19.1
191.0
44.0
713.9
129.6
25.5
325.3
114.3
70.3
380.8
35.3
77.5
29.6
123.3
328.5
50.3
162.9
162.7
15.5
161 .I
42.8
114.7
58.2
127.2
13.8
123.6
18.3
58.8
127.6
18.5
87.8
143.5
1*3.1
141.7
56.9
17.1
1 / Not a v a ila b le . 2 / Mining combined with con stru ction ,
Mining combined with s e r v ic e . 4 / Revised
s e r ie s ; not s t r i c t l y comparable with previously published data.
Federal employment in Maryland and V irg in ia
portions o f Washington, D. C ., M etropolitan area included in data fo r D is t r ic t o f Columbia.
12
_
Arej Employment
T ab le A -7 : Em ployees in n o n a g ric u ltu ra l establishm ents
fo r selected areas, b y industry division
(In thousands)
Ar e a a nd industry
division
ALABAMA
Birmingham
T o t a l .....................
M i n i n g ....................
C o n tract c o n s t r u c t i o n . ..
M a n u f a c t u r i n 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 ...................
Number of employees
1 <*56
Au k .
Jul y
Aug.
A r e a an d industry
division
195.1
9.*
182.2
12.6
7.2
12.4
62.7
1 6.4
*5.1
52.1
16.3
45.2
11.6
20.9
16.5
11.6
21.0
16.5
86.3
85.4
4.7
19.5
4.8
19.9
C o n tract construction...
M a n u f a c t u r i n 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 ...................
18.2
Number of employees
1955 ..
...
1956
..
Aug.
July
Au k .
18.0
3.3
3.3
8.8
21.8
111.0
.2
10.2
112.8
.2
10.0
17.*
9.9
31.9
6.3
13.*
21.7
19.9
9.8
Tucs o n
T o t a l .....................
M i n i n g ....................
Cont r a c t c o n s t r u c t i o n . ..
M a n u f a c t u r i n g ............
T r a n s . and p u b . u t i l ....
51.2
2.1
5.7
9.1
5.1
10.8
1.6
7.5
9.3
176.6
6.3
12.1
49.8
Contract co n s t r u c t i o n . ..
M a n u f a c t u r i n g ............
Trans, and pub. util....
Contr a c t c o n s t r u c t i o n . ..
5.8
12.2
Trans, and pub. util....
7.6
17.5
*.7
9.7
12.8
31.8
6.3
13.*
21.4
50.8
2.1
5.6
9-1
5.1
10.7
1.6
7.5
9.1
70.2
5.6
12.3
7.7
17.5
*.7
10.0
12.7
15.1
133>
689.9
209.1
131.1
.5
125.3
14.4
14.3
G o v e r n m e n t ...............
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
49.2
46.6
S a n BernardinoRiverside-Ontario
M a n u f a c t u r i n g ............
28.3
27.9
28.3
(2/)
(2/>
(!/)
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
203.2
.2
185.2
.2
42.9
8.3
24.8
*3.7
41.6
7.2
24.8
41.6
(2/)
903.0
1.5
58.7
187.9
104.4
900.0
G o v e r n m e n t ...............
16.2
81.8
*.5
17.5
10.1
17.*
3.2
8.7
20.5
103.2
.1
9.2
17.*
9.6
30.5
5.8
12.8
17.8
45.2
1.9
4.2
7.*
5.0
10.3
1.6
6.8
8.0
C ontract c o n s t r u c t i o n . ..
M a n u f a c t u r i n g ............
Trans, and pub. util....
11.2
12.9
26.7
*.7
11.5
127.6
*30.7
92.5
16.0
.6
10.5
12.8
25.3
*.3
10.9
Sa n Di e g o
Contract c o n s t r u c t i o n . ..
M a n u f a c t u r i n g ............
T r a n s . and p u b . u t i l ....
G o v e r n m e n t ...............
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
14.0
58.2
11 .1
13.1
45.8
10.9
S a n F rancisco-Oakland
Contract co n s t r u c t i o n . ..
Trans, and pub. util....
W )
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
(£/)
206.6
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
58.9
114.4
(I/)
126.6
.1
170.6
1.4
64.6
195.*
101.5
201.6
57.1
110.7
167.7
69.5
6.6
11.9
7.8
17.1
4.6
9.7
11.8
S a n Jose
Contract co n s t r u c t i o n . ..
M a n u f a c t u r i n g ............
T r a n s . and p u b . u t i l ....
W ,\
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
10.9
43.2
8.5
24.7
5.5
16.2
17.*
1 , 963.9
265.6
11.0
(2/)
C A L IFORNIA
Fre s n o
S e e footnotes at e n d of taljle.
15.0
138.6
219.0
44.7
ARKANSAS
Little RockN. Litt l e R o c k
70.1
2,034.4
706.9
133.9
446.3
99.1
275.6
16.3
20.4
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
(£/)
(2/)
S acramento
8.8
21.7
_
Los Ange l e s - L o n g Beach
Mobi l e
ARIZONA
Phoe n i x
T o t a l .....................
M i n i n g ....................
Con t r a c t construction...
M a n u f a c t u r i n g ............
T r a n s . and p u b . u t i l ....
1955
14.6
8ft
17.5
125.3
.1
10.9
46.7
8.1
23.1
5.5
15.1
15.8
Arca Employment
Tab le A -7 : Em ployees in n o n ag ric u ltu ral establishm ents
fo r selected areas, b y industry division - C ontinued
A r e a and industry
division
CALIFORNIA - Continued
Stockton
Manufacturing.......
COLORADO
Denver
Total.................
Mining..............
Contract construction,
Manufacturing....... .
Trans, and pub. util.,
Trade.................
Finance............. .
Service..... ........ .
Government.......... .
(In thousands)
Number of employees
A r e a and Industry
T 95F
~m 5~
division
Aug.
July
Aug.
17.6
12.6
262.6
261.6
2.3
46.8
20.6
2.3
20.9
46.1
28.9
28.9
71.7
l*-7
36.5
41.1
71-1
l*-5
36.8
41.0
16.5
251.9
2.3
19.8
44.4
28.4
69.7
13.6
35.0
38.7
CONNECTICUT
Bridgeport
Total...................
Contract construction 1/
Manufacturing..........
Trans, and pub. util....
Trade...................
Finance.................
Service................
Government.............
Hartford
Total....................
Contract construction l/
Manufacturing..........
Trans, and pub. util....
Trade...................
Finance.................
Service.................
Government.... •........
New Britain
Total...................
Contract construction l/
Manufac tur ing..........
Trans, and pub. util....
, Trade. . . . .............
Finance.................
Service......... . ......
Government.............
New Haven
Total...................
Contract construction 1/
Manufacturing..........
Trans, and pub. util....
Trade...................
Finance.................
Service................
Government.............
125.O
119.8
r69.5
6*3
18.8
6.3
73.5
5.8
19 .O
2.8
2.8
2.6
9.5
9.5
9.5
7.7
124.2
6.4
72.9
5.8
8.0
8.1
202.8
10.8
204.9
78.1
7.8
38.4
7?:3
39.5
28.6
28.1
20.6
20.8
18.4
18.5
*3.1
1.5
28.3
2.1
5 .*
.7
2.7
2.4
124.2
7*1
*7*2
12.6
23 •7
6.7
17*8
9 •0
See footnotes at e n d of table.
14
10.8
43.6
1.5
28.9
5.7
Waterbury
T otal
Contract construction 1/
Manuf ac tur ing..........
Trans, and pub. util....
Trade...................
Finance.................
Service.................
Government.............
DELAWARE
Wilmington
Manufacturing.
195.2
9.8
73.1
7.7
38.1
28.1
20.5
18.0
*1.3
1.3
26.9
2.0
5.3
.7
2.7
2.3
5.2
.7
2.6
2.5
123.2
118.6
6.9
46.2
6.7
44.9
12.6
12.1
23.9
6.7
22.5
6.4
9.1
17.2
8.8
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington
Total...............
Contract construction
Manufac tur ing.......
Trans, and pub. util.
Trade...............
Finance............ .'
Service l / ..........
Government..........
FLORIDA
Jacksonville
Total...................
Contract construction...
Manufacturing........
Trans, and pub. util....
Trade...................
Finance.................
Service l / .............
Government.............
Miami
Total...................
Contract construction...
Manuf ac tur ing..........
Trans, and pub. util....
Trade...................
Finance................
Service 1 / .............
Government.............
July
1555"..
Aug.
50.8
50.8
20.6
20.5
*9.3
4.1
19.7
2.9
9.8
1.7
2.9
9.9
1.7
1.8
4.2
4.1
8.0
8.0
3.7
3.7
68.5
2.2
68.0
2.2
2.8
9.6
7.7
3.6
*3.3
2.7
9.7
1.4
*.3
4.8
43.0
64.6
2.3
40.1
2.6
9.6
1.4
4.4
4.8
2.6
4.9
57.0
53.9
59.8
645.5
47.0
27.2
*3.6
645.4
46.9
27.2
43.6
635.2
46.4
128.1
128.8
36.3
90.0
36.3
90.4
273.3
272.2
269.4
124.8
125.8
9.6
120.1
9.5
20.4
14.4
37.0
18.6
2.1
17.8
Stamford
Total...................
Contract construction 1/
Manufacturing..........
Trans, and pub. util....
Trade...................
Finance........ ........
Service.......... ......
Government.............
1956
Aug.
19.1
14.4
37.2
10.6
15.*
18.6
244.0
26.0
29.0
31.9
73.1
14.8
*5.7
23.6
10.7
15 .*
18.6
242.8
24.8
28.7
31.6
73.6
14.8
*5.9
23.5
9.3
1.3
4.2
26.7
39.8
128.4
35.7
88.8
9.2
20.3
13.7
35.1
10.3
14.3
17.*
226.5
26.0
26.7
28.9
68.3
13.6
41.2
22.0
A re a Em ploym ent
Tab le A -7 : Em ployees in n o n ag ric u ltu ral establishments»
fo r selected areas, by industry division - C ontinued
(In thousands)
Area and industry
division
Number of employees
195é
1955
Aug.
Aug.
July
FLORIDA - Continued
Tampa-St. Petersburg
Total...................
Contract construction...
Manufacturing..........
Trans, and pub. util....
Trade...................
Finance.................
11.8
11.8
10.6
44.9
7.2
17.9
*1.9
17.6
16.7
330.9
20.7
328.0
88.0
85.8
3*.8
Government.............
Savannah
Contract construction...
Manufacturing..........
Trans. and pub. util....
Service
129.2
45.2
7.2
17.9
17.4
Government.............
GEORGIA
Atlanta
Total...................
Contract construction...
Manufacturing..........
Trans, and pub. util....
14.8
24.0
137.8
14.6
24.0
138.2
.............
35.1
86.4
23.3
40.8
36.6
53.7
3.6
14.8
7.0
13.1
21.4
13.*
23.1
17.1
321.9
20.7
89.2
33.1
83.1
22.2
53.1
3.5
14.4
51.8
6.9
1.6
1.6
7.0
6.9
6.6
6.6
38.9
3*.7
3.2
1*.5
6.6
12.6
1.6
7.0
6.3
IDAHO
Boise 3/
Contract construction...
Manufacturing..........
Trans, and pub. util....
Government.............
21.8
21.5
2.0
2.5
1.9
1.9
2.5
6.6
6.6
22.0
2.0
2.0
1.4
3.2
*.3
ILLINOIS
Chicago
2,593.1
3.8
Mining..................
Contract construction...
140.4
Manufacturing.......... 1 ,020.8
Trans, and pub. util....
226.9
524.7
147.8
311.5
Government.............
217.3
Rockford
Total l/...............
Contract construction!./
7**5
*.5
1.4
3.2
*.3
2j,51*.0
3.8
138.7
9*1.9
224.9
527.1
148.6
309.2
219.9
7*.7
*.5
Rockford - Continued
Manufacturing.......
Trans, and pub. util.
Trade jJ ............
Finance.............
Service.............
Government..........
Number of employe es
1956
w
Aug«
_Aufe.
July
*2.3
1*2.4
2.8
12.1
2.6
6.6
2.8
12.1
2.6
6.6
3.8
3.8
*1.5
2.7
12.2
2.5
6.7
3.5
6.6
85.9
23.1
40.7
36.3
13.2
Area and industry
division
1.9
2.3
6.7
1.3
3.1
4.2
INDIANA
Evansville
Total...............
Mining..............
Contract construction
Manufacturing.......
Trans, and pub. util.
Trade...............
Finance.............
Service */..........
Fort Wayne
Total...............
Contract construction
Manufacturing.......
Trans, and pub. util.
Trade...............
Finance.............
Service 5 / ..........
Indianapolis
Total...............
Contract construction
Manufacturing.......
Trans, and pub. util.
Trade...............
Finance.............
Service * / ..........
South Bend
Total...............
Contract construction
Manufacturing.......
Trans, and pub. util.
Trade...............
Finance.............
Service 5J ..........
74.8
1.7
67.6
1.6
70.2
*•5
1.7
4.4
26.9
30.0
14.8
*.9
34.0
5.0
14.7
2.2
2.2
12.3
15.0
2.2
12.6
*.9
12.7
79.6
3.6
*.3
80.3
3.3
37.5
80.0
3.6
36.8
7.2
17.4
3.7
11.3
17.3
3.5
11.3
290.3
14.8
288.3
291.3
110.1
109.0
21.9
64.3
17.*
21.9
64.0
17.4
61.8
61.5
61.4
80.2
79.7
3.7
39.1
84.9
4.4
*3.3
15.3
3.5
13.*
15.5
3.5
13.3
98.3
6.4
97.8
96.1
23.6
8.1
26.0
10.5
12.2
23.5
36.2
7.3
17.5
3.7
11.3
3.7
39.2
4.8
15.*
3.6
13.5
14.5
*.7
2,5* 1.0
7.*
15.*
110.5
22.5
64.5
17.0
4.9
3.6
126.2
1,000.5
227.9
525.3
144.8
300.0
212.8
73.3
*.3
IOWA
Des Moines
Total...............
Contract construction
Manufacturing.......
Trans, and pub. util.
Trade...............
Finance.............
Service 1 /..........
Government..........
11.5
6.2
8.0
26.1
10.5
12.2
11.4
5.6
22.9
7.8
26.2
10.2
12.4
11.0
See footnotes at end of tat>le.
11
Area Employment
Tab le A -7 : Em ployees in n o n ag ric u ltu ral establishm ents
fo r selected areas, b y industry division - C ontinued
(in thousands)
Number of employees
1956
1955
Aug.
Aup.
July
Area and industry
division
KANSAS
Topeka 3/
Contract construction...
Manufacturing..........
Trans. and pub. util....
Service.................
Wichita
Total...................
Contract construction...
*9.2
.2
*•3
6.4
7.6
9.8
2.4
49.1
.2
4.4
6.4
7.6
9.8
2.4
6.0
12.6
6.0
47.2
.2
3.3
6.3
7.6
9.6
2.4
5.8
12.5
12.2
7.7
123.3
1.7
7.9
51.9
7.6
119.9
1.7
8.7
48.8
7.6
26.1
26.0
26.5
123.0
1.7
7-k
52.0
Trans, and pub. util....
Trade...................
4.6
12.4
11.3
Government.............
4.6
12.4
11.3
4.8
11.9
10.0
KENTUCKY
Louisville
Contract construction...
Manufacturing..........
Trans. and pub. util....
Finance.................
245.9
14.2
98.5
23.3
53.3
9.9
24.6
246.2
14.4
98.7
247.3
23.2
22.1
22.2
22.3
52.4
9.9
23.8
22.3
LOUISIANA
Baton Rouge
Total...................
Mining..................
Contract construction...
62.8
10.0
24.7
62.8
4.0
.4
6.9
19.3
4.2
12.6
2.2
6.1
12.6
2.1
6.0
11.3
11.3
.4
7.0
19.2
Trans. and pub. util....
53.0
16.2
100.4
60.6
.4
5.7
19.5
4.1
12.4
2.1
5.7
10.7
Area and Industry
division
MAINE
Levi 8ton
Total..... .......
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade..............
Finance............. .
Service 1 / ...........
Government...........
Portland
Total.................
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade.................
Finance...............
Service 1 /...........
Government............
MARYLAND
Baltimore
Total.................
Mining................
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade.................
Finance...............
Service..............
Government...........
MASSACHUSETTS
Boaton
Total.................
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans. and pub. util..
Trade.................
Finance...............
Service 1_/............
Government...........
Fall River
Total........
Manufacturing.
Trans, and pub util
Trade........
G o v e r n m e n t ....
Other nanmanufacturing
New Orleans
Contract construction...
Manufacturing..........
Trans. and pub. util....
271.7
5.5
270.2
270.0
5.5
16.2
50.9
47.0
15.2
51.0
46.9
68.7
5.8
17.9
50.5
*5.1
67.9
38.2
31.6
37.*
32.3
69.3
13.1
Government.............
38.2
31.7
See footnotes at e n d of table.
16
13.2
13.2
Nev Bedford
Total.................
Contract construction.,
Manufacturing........ .
Trans, and pub. util..,
Trade.................
Government...........
Other nanmanufacturing
Number of employees
1956
Aug.
July
29.1
28.6
1.6
1.7
15.3
14.9
1.1
1.1
5A
28.9
1.5
15.6
1.1
3.7
3.7
5.3
.7
3.7
1 .1
1.1
1.0
55.3
4.4
14.1
6.5
14.9
3.6
8.4
55.3
*.3
l*.3
6.5
53.9
4.0
13.3
6.5
14.9
15.0
3.5
8.4
3.*
8.3
3A
.8
3A
5.*
1955__
Aug.
.8
3A
591.9
565.1
.8
.8
.8
44.2
196.5
55.3
110.9
29.3
48.0
570.5
55.*
*5.*
183.3
55.0
110.6
111.4
30.5
64.8
73.7
30.4
65.3
73.5
985.9
59.3
978.2
58.5
289.3
283.3
79.2
222.4
952.5
50.9
279.7
79.3
214.6
68.2
132.8
133.8
66.0
129.2
132.8
45.6
2.7
7.7
3.1
6.3
42.9
23.1
2.7
7.6
3.1
6.4
*9.3
46.8
50.3
1.7
208.1
79.0
224.4
67.9
132.4
133.6
46.7
26.9
1.8
26.7
2.3
8.5
3.6
6.4
1.8
62.6
70.9
25.9
2.7
7.6
3.1
6.3
24.0
2.3
27.8
2.1
8.6
8.7
3.6
6.4
3.6
6.5
A re a Em ploym ent
Tab le A -7 : Em ployees in n o n ag ric u ltu ral establishm ents
fo r selected areas, b y industry division - C o ntinued
(in thousands)
Area and industry
division
MASSACHUSETTS - Continued
Springfield-Holyoke
Total.................
Contract construction...
Manufacturing..........
Trans. and pub. util....
Trade...................
Finance.................
Number of employees
1955
1 •56
July
Aug.
Aug.
15*. 8
7.0
67.5
9.0
30.9
7.1
l*o9
18.*
153.6
6.9
103.0
3.6
* 9.3
A r e a and industry
division
I 55.I
6.3
66.3
69.1
9.0
8.7
30.9
30.0
15.0
180k
15.1
19.2
99.7
3.7
*5 .6
5*3
101.8
7.1
6.7
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Total................
Contract construction
Manufacturing.......
Trans, and pub. util.
Trade................
Finance..............
Service 1/..........
Government..........
Au k .
195 (d
July
*97.*
33.9
146.3
50.8
122.2
31.7
57.0
55.*
*9*. 3
33.1
143.8
51.0
122.1
31.6
57.3
55.*
1955 __
Aug.
*462.0
32.O
138.2
5I .2
119.*
3I.O
55.7
5*.*
Worcester
Contract construction...
Trans, and pub. util....
5.*
19.5
Service
*.5
9.*
11.3
\J.............
MICHIGAN
Detroit
1 ,226.5
, -9
67.0
C ontract construction...
Manufacturing..........
Trans, and pub. util..,.
Trade...................
Finance.................
Service..... ...........
Government...........
527.*
81.8
2*6 .1
19.8
*•5
9.5
11*3
3.1
*9.*
5.1
19.3
4« 2
9.5
11.2
1,225.5
1,286.3
63.4
531.5
65.9
60*. 9
79.8
250.if
81.0
250.5
.8
110.7
137.9
111.0
47.0
129.1
108.3
71.7
72.0
86.8
53.5
52.3
52.4
*9.1
1 *1 .*
Flint
Manufacturing..........
*9.3
MISSISSIPPI
Jackson
Total.
Mining................
Contract construction.
Manuf ac tur ing........
Trans. and pub. util..
Trade.................
Finance...............
Service..............
Government...........
MISSOURI
Kansas City
Total.................
Mining................
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade.................
Finance..............
Service..............
Government...........
55.8
.8
55-7
.8
4.2
10.4
10.2
15.3
15.3
k.6
3.6
7.3
9.8
3*7.6
.6
20.3
95.7
44.1
93.*
*.5
4.6
3.6
7.3
9.7
53.5
.7
5.0
9.6
*.*
l*.5
3.*
6.8
9.2
3*7.*
35*.*
20.5
95.0
21.3
.8
kh.2
93.*
.8
101.2
*5.0
9*.l
21.3
*0.1
21.1
1*0.6
31.6
21.1
*0.7
31.7
719.9
2.6
721.8
44.2
44.6
273.0
69.2
153.I
271.3
69.1
155.0
36.6
82.3
60.3
153.9
36.0
80.I
60.0
19.5
1.9
19 .*
2.0
6.0
6.0
30.6
Gra n d Eapids
Manufacturing........
L ans i n g
25.7
26.0
32.1
25.9
26.3
28.8
2*. 0
23.8
27.8
MINNESOTA
Duluth
Total...................
kl.2
42.5
Con t r a c t c o n s t r u c t i o n ...
2.7
37.5
2.7
Muskegon
Saginav
Manufac tur ing...........
Trans, and pub. util....
Trade...................
Finance.................
Service \] .............
G o v e r n m e n t ...............
See footnotes at e n d of talble.
404803 0 - 5 6 - 5
10.6
5.0
10.6
1.8
6.5
*.1
St. Louis 3/
Total.
Mining................
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade.................
Finance..............
Service....... .......
Government...........
36.5
81.3
60.0
2.6
725.5
2.6
*8.1
275.5
69.3
MONTANA
2.2
7.3
k.6
9.9
7.7
10.6
1.8
6.5
11.0
1.8
6.1
lui
4.0
Great Falls
Total...............
Contract construction
Manufac tur ing.......
Trans, and pub. util.
Trade...............
Service 6/..........
Government..........
19.*
2.0
3.0
2.4
5.8
3.7
2.5
3.0
2.4
3.7
2.5
3.1
2.5
3.5
2.3
Area Employment
T ab le A -7 : Em ployees in n o n ag ricu ltu ral establishm ents
fo r selected areas, b y industry division - C o ntinued
(In thousands)
A r e a and industry
division
NEBRASKA
Omaha
Total...................
Contract construction...
Manufacturing..........
Trans. and pub. util....
Trade...................
Finance.................
Service 1/.............
Government.............
NEVADA
Reno
Total...................
Contract construction...
Manufacturing 1 / .......
Trans, and pubT util....
Trade...................
Finance.................
Service.................
Government.............
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Manchester jJ
Total.
Contract construction.
Manufacturing.........
Trans. and pub. util..
Trade.................
Finance..............
Service....... .......
Government...........
NEW JERSEY
Nevark-Jersey City jJ
Total.................
Mining................
Contract construction..
Manufac turlng.........
Trans, and pub. util...
Trade.................
Finance...............
Service...............
Government............
Paterson 7 /
Total.................
Mining................
Cpntract construction..
Manufacturing.........
Trans, and pub. util...
Trade..................
Finance...............
Service...............
Government............
Perth Amboy 7/
Total.............. .
Mining..................
Contract construction...
Number of employees
I?y>
I 19»
Aug.
_Aug.
July
148*5
148.9
148.3
8.6
32.2
23.6
36.8
12.1
8.2
8.1
32.7
32.4
24.8
36.9
11.9
19.6
14.5
19.9
15.1
27.4
2.3
1.9
3.7
36.9
12.2
20.0
15.0
27.3
2.2
2.0
3.7
6.5
6.6
1.0
8.0
1.0
8.0
3.9
3.9
41.6
2.3
19.1
2.8
8.0
2.0
*•5
2.9
832.9
.2
31.*
41.4
2.3
18.8
2.8
8.1
2.0
*.5
2.9
828.8
.2
32.0
361.2
86.3
26.4
2.5
2.0
3.7
6.2
.9
7.5
3.6
41.8
2.5
19.8
2.8
7.7
1.9
*.3
2.7
826.5
.2
82.8
139.9
*7*3
83.3
31.2
367.3
84.6
139.6
47.1
79.9
78.9
78.6
76.6
379.6
378.5
365.9
2.1
2.1
25.2
23.4
367.0
86.2
138.6
47.8
26.3
178.1
22.2
62.4
12.6
177.2
22.2
63.0
12.8
1.8
172.2
21.8
61.8
12.3
3*.*
38.6
37.6
38.4
158.6
157.*
151.5
.8
8.5
.8
.6
8.5
7.3
37.3
See footnotes at e n d of table.
18
23.8
38.2
Area and Industry
division
Perth Amboy-Continued
Manufacturing.........
Trans. and pub. util...
Trade..................
Finance...............
Service................
Government............
Trenton
Total.................
Mining...............
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade.................
Finance...............
Service..............
Government...........
Auß-
K >5$
July
1955
Aug.
84.9
9.3
21.7
2.8
9.9
20.7
83.9
9.3
21.7
2.7
9.8
20.7
81.3
8.9
21.6
2.6
9.3
19.9
93.6
.1
4.2
39.*
92.5
.1
*•5
37.8
7.0
95.1
.1
4.1
41.4
6.7
15.3
7.0
15.1
2.9
15.2
2.8
9.*
15.5
2.9
9.7
15.3
9.3
15.*
61.0
61.2
5.2
58.5
6.1
5.3
15.5
3.7
5.5
10.5
5.3
15 .*
3.7
8.1
12.6
8.2
12.6
210.1
8.2
207.2
8.0
77.8
75.2
7.6
75.9
16.7
16.5
16.6
39.8
7.1
39.8
7.1
39.6
7.2
22.3
38.1
22.5
38.1
22.2
38.6
78.2
78.0
76.0
3.2
41.7
3.9
13.9
3.1
*1.5
3.9
13.9
2.0
6.1
2.0
6.1
7.*
7.*
2.9
40.1
4.0
14.1
1.9
5.9
7.1
*50.7
25.1
204.0
37.7
85.9
14.2
46.0
37.8
424.7
23.9
NEW MEXICO
Albuquerque
Total............
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade.................
Finance..............
Service l/...........
Government...........
NEW YORK
Albany-Schenectady-Troy
Total..................
Contract construction..
Manufacturing.........
Trans. and pub. util...
Trade..................
Finance................
Service 1/............
Government............
Binghamton
Total.................
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans. and pub. util..
Trade.................
Finance...............
Service 1 / ...........
Government...........
Buffalo
Total.................
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans. and pub. util..
Trade.................
Finance..............
Service 1 / ...........
Government...........
10.6
180.6
36.0
86.1
14.1
46.3
37.8
9.9
5.2
15.2
3.6
7.*
U.l
207.8
448.5
22.7
206.5
37.3
85.8
14.2
* 6.3
35.7
Arc.) fm pk'vm ent
T a b l « A- 7 : E m p l o y « « * in nonagricultural «stablishm«nts,
for selected areas, b y industry division - C o n t i n u e d
(In thousands)
Number of employees
1956
1955
Aug.
Aug.
July
Area and industry
division
HEW YORK - Continued
Elmira
Total...................
Trade...................
Other nonmanufacturing..
Nassau and Suffolk
Counties 7/
Total...................
Contract construction...
Manufacturing..........
Trans. and pub. util....
Finance.................
33.7
17.1
6.4
10.2
.
. . . .
. . .
332.3
31.5
98.8
21.1
70.8
10.5
48 .7
«50 9
613.1
New York City 7/
Total................... 3,501.5
1.7
Mining..................
120.3
Contract construction...
946.4
Manufacturing..........
323.1
Trans, and pub. util....
791.*
Trade...................
360.4
Finance.................
563.7
Service.................
(Tnv«k-m«nnt.
. . .
39*.*
Rochester
Total...................
Contract construction...
Manufact.urlTiff........ ..
Trans, and pub. util....
Trade.. . ..... .......
Finance.................
Service 1/ .............
Government.............
Syracuse
Total...................
Contract construction...
Manufacturing..........
Trane, and pub. util....
Traci©...................
Finance.................
Service 1/ ..............
Government.............
33.8
17.0
6.5
10.2
Utica-Rame
Total...................
Contract construction...
Trans, and pub. util....
Finance.................
Service l / .............
Government.............
New York-Northeastern
New Jersey
Total................... 5,427.0
6.4
Mining..................
Contract construction...
238.3
Manufacturing.......... 1,735-0
478.4
Trans, and pub. util....
Trade.... ............ 1,131.7
TinAncA . . . . .. . ...
446.8
Service. ........... ...
777.3
. .
3*.2
17.3
6.5
10.4
Area and industry
division
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
(£/)
(\Z2ZJ/)f
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
328.7
31.8
97.2
20.9
70.8
10.5
46.8
*50.7
5,370.6
6.5
235.8
1,670.9
*76.3
1 ,1**.3
444.3
781.3
611.2
21.0
66.^
10.5
4*5.2
46.6
5,379.*
6.1
227.8
1 ,750.6
474.3
1 ,126.9
438.6
759.3
595.8
3,*57.0
3,503.1
1.8
118.6
1.8
892.5
321.8
801.2
358.6
568.9
393.6
221.4
11.3
112.6
10.1
38.3
7.0
23.3
19.0
148.4
143.8
8.8
60.8
10.8
31.0
6.6
16.1
8.1
14.4
318.1
32.9
95.6
57.0
10.8
31.0
6.6
16.0
1*.3
112.5
97*. 1
323.2
791.6
355.0
558.3
386.6
219.1
Westchester County 7 /
Contract construction...
Trans, and pub. util....
Finance.................
Service l/..............
Government.............
Number of erniiloyees
1956
1955
Au*.
Aug.
July
102.7
4.2
44.6
5.2
102.0
4.6
43.4
5-3
16.2
16.1
3.3
9.0
20.2
3*3
9.1
20.2
192.0
17.6
190.2
17.0
48.5
14.9
43.1
32.9
23.3
47.8
14.1
44.0
11.4
33.0
22.9
87.1
86.6
5.3
22.7
5.3
22.4
10.2
26.0
10.1
26.0
11.7
95.9
3.3
41.0
5.3
15.7
3.2
9.0
18.5
185.4
17.8
49.1
13.2
42.6
10.3
30.6
21.8
NORTH CAROLINA
Charlotte
5.7
5.6
10.7
6.5
10.7
6.5
84.0
5.2
21.9
9.7
25.^
5.6
10.4
5.9
Greensboro-High Point
Manufacturing..........
42.2
*1.7
40.9
Winston-Salem
Manufacturing..........
36.7
3*.0
35.*
(2/)
(£/)
21.6
21.2
2.3
2.5
WX
W,\
2.2
2.1
Contract construction...
Manufacturing..........
Trans, and pub. util....
Finance.................
Service 1 / . .............
Government.............
NORTH DAKOTA
Fargo
Total...................
Contract construction...
Manufac turing..........
Trans, and pub. util....
2.4
7.2
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
1.6
2.3
7.2
1.5
2.9
3.0
2.8
2.8
OHIO
Akron
Manufacturing..........
93.8
93.1
90.7
Canton
Manufacturing..........
64.6
51.1
64.4
30.3
10.9
Cincinnati
Manufacturing..........
164.2
163.5
162.9
6.2
16.0
13.2
Cleveland
Manufacturing..........
311.0
294.7
310.3
11.2
112.3
9.9
38.O
Finance.................
Service 1/..............
Government........ .
6.8
22.4
18.5
141.6
7.0
57.5
See footnotes at end of table.
19
Area Employment
T a b l e A -7: E m p l o y e e s in nonagricultural establishments
for selected areas, b y industry division - C o n t i n u e d
Area and Industry
division
(in thousands)
Number of employees
1 <95Ö
Aug.
1955
July
Aug.
63.3
Lancaster
Manufacturing..........
46.0
45.6
46.6
70.0
117.2
Philadelphia
Manufacturing..........
5**. 5
526.5
5*5.3
817.6
700.1
802.8
18.0
* 5.9
Dayton
Manufacturing...................
98.1
98.4
Toledo
Manufacturing......... .
58.3
104.3
143.8
7.7
10.8
15.9
11.6
37.6
1*3.5
7.7
8.1
8.1
17.5
3*.6
17.5
3*.3
129.3
12.6
128.0
12.6
9.9
3*.*
9.6
33.5
11.0
15.8
11.4
37.6
141.8
7.7
11.2
16.2
11.6
37.2
7.9
17.3
32.8
Tulsa
13.8
Finance..............................
Service..............................
Government........................
OREGON
Portland
T o ta l..................................
Contract con stru ction ...
Manufacturing...................
Trans, and pub. u t i l . . . .
30.4
6.1
6.1
14.8
7.*
66.0
31.0
67.1
65.2
30.8
66.3
12.6
64.3
12.9
33.8
33.8
31.9
30.2
64.2
12.5
33.1
30.3
101.5
82.6
98.3
44.9
'44.6
39.*
141.9
.4
9.3
35.6
135.*
.4
9.3
136.4
•5
7.9
33.8
Harrisburg
See footnotes at e n d of table.
33.7
12.7
30.3
5.9
14.6
6.7
250.6
16.0
Erie
20
12.2
8.8
255.*
14.8
32.1
Contract co n stru ction ...
124.8
257.7
14.8
Finance..............................
Service 1/ ........................
PENNSYLVANIA
Allentovn-BethlehemEaston
Manufacturing...................
13.6
30.3
1*.9
7.*
Aug.
58.6
76.3
Mining................................
Contract con struction ...
Manufacturing...................
Trans, and pub. u t i l . . . .
1955
July
99.1
77.7
Contract con stru ction ...
Manufacturing...................
Trans, and pub. u t i l . . . .
Trade..................................
Finance..............................
Service..............................
Government........................
1956
Aug. _
14.4
23.9
5.9
12.5
39.9
78.4
OKLAHOMA
Oklahoma C ity
T o ta l..................................
Number of employees
Harrisburg - Continued
Trans, and pub. util....
Trad©...................
Finance.................
Service.................
Government.............
OHIO - Continued
Columbus
Manufacturing...................
Youngstovn
Manufacturing...................
Area and industry
division
30.1
Pittsburgh
Total...................
Mining..................
Contract construction...
Manufacturing..........
Trans. and pub. util....
Trade...................
Finance.................
Service.................
Government.............
13.7
23.8
5.9
12.5
39.7
19.1
*9.3
331.9
5.8
46.4
233.1
72.1
156.6
28.2
68.1
156.5
14.8
22.5
5.8
12.0
39.1
331.0
72.9
153.5
27.7
85.7
90.9
69.5
28.5
91.6
70.1
Reading
Manufacturing..........
*9.7
48.5
52.0
Scranton
Manufacturing..........
32.1
31.8
30.7
Wlikes-Barre— Hazleton
Manufacturing * ........
36.8
36.1
39.0
York
Manufacturing..........
46.1
*5-3
45.1
291.O
16.9
138.8
287.2
16.9
288.0
16.2
138.2
RHODE ISLAND
Providence
Total...................
Contract construction...
Manufacturing..........
Trans, and pub. util....
Trade...................
Finance.................
Service 1/..............
Government.............
14.1
52.2
12.8
26.3
29.9
13*.7
14.0
52.1
12.7
27.1
29.7
68.1
14.1
50.7
12.4
27.2
29.2
SOUTH CAROLINA
Charleston
Total...................
Contract construction...
Manufacturing..........
Trans. and pub. util....
Trade...................
Finance.................
Service j / ..............
Government.............
15.6
15.6
15.8
Greenville
Manufacturing..........
30.1
30.0
29.8
50.0
12.1
50.6
2.9
10.0
3.8
12.0
1.7
*.7
1.7
*.7
3.0
9.7
3.*
50.5
2.8
10.0
3.8
12.0
1.6
*.7
Area Employment
T a b l e A -7: E m p l o y e e s in nonagricultural establishments
for selected areas, b y industry division - C o n t i n u e d
(In thousands)
A r e a a nd Industry
division
SOUTH DAKOTA
Sioux Falls
Total.................
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans. and pub. util..
Trade.................
Finance...............
Service l / ...........
Government.... .......
TENNESSEE
Chattanooga
Total.... ........... .
Mining.......... ......
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade.................
Finance............. .
Service..............
Government...........
Knoxville
Total.................
Mining................
Contract construction.
Manuf ac tur ing........
Trans. and pub. util..
Trade.................
Finance..............
Service...............
Government...........
Memphis
Total.................
Mining................
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans. and pub. util..
Trade.................
Finance...............
Service.... ..........
Government............
Nashville
Total....................
Mining...................
Contract construction....
Manufacturing...........
Trans, and pub. util....
Trade....................
Finance..................
Service..................
Government.... ..........
UTAH
Salt Lake City
Total....................
Mining...................
Number of employees
.Aug.
1 <F>6
July
25.O
2*. 9
5.5
2.3
5.5
2.3
2.0
2.1
8.2
8.0
1.5
3.5
1.5
3.5
2.1
2.1
Aug.
24.9
2.3
5.5
2.2
8.2
1.5
3.2
1.9
9*. 8
3.8
*3.9
5.5
93.*
.1
3.8
*4.0
5.5
*.8
18.2
18.3
9.5
*.3
9.*
93.3
.1
*.3
8.1
8.1
115.5
116.7
i: î
1 :!
kl
1:1
.1
*5.2
5.*
17.9
*.0
9.*
8.2
117.6
2.0
i9*1
*5.9
7.1
25.*
25.6
2*.0
2.5
11.4
2.5
11.3
15 .*
2.3
15.6
186.0
.*
11.8
185.8
*7.2
*7.7
.*
11 .7
11.2
16.2
I8O .6
.*
12.5
16.6
15.8
5*.*
8.3
24.0
5*.l
8.3
52.3
23.*
132 .O
.3
8.5
37.2
12.7
23.I
I29.9
.3
6.9
36.7
12.7
30.7
8.5
30.6
8.6
19.3
19.3
1*.9
120.1
7*5
1*.9
119.5
7.6
Salt Lake City - Continued
Contract construction....
Manufacturing........
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade.................
Finance..............
Service..............
Government...........
VERMONT
Burlington
Total................
Manufac tur ing........
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade.................
Service......... .
Other nanmanufacturing
Springfield
Total................
Manufacturing........
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade.................
Service..............
Other nanmanufacturing
VIRGINIA
No r fo lk - Port smouth
T o ta l...............................
Mining.............................
Contract construction
Manufacturing...............
Trans, and pub. u t i l .
Trade...............................
Finance...........................
S erv ice...........................
Government.....................
Number of employees
Aug.
1956
Julv
9.8
18.5
I 3.3
3*.l
7.*
9.6
I8.3
I 3.O
3*.0
7.*
15.2
15.3
1*.3
8.1
23.*
22.8
130.7
.*
8.1
38.5
12.4
29.6
8.2
19.O
1*.7
110.9
3.2
Richmond
T o ta l...............................
Mining.....................
Contract construction
Manufacturing...............
Trans, and pub. u t i l .
Trade...............................
Finance...........................,
S erv ice ............................
Government......................
WASHINGTON
Seattle
T o ta l...............................
Contract construction
Manufacturing..............
Trane, and pub. u t i l .
Trade...............................
Finance...........................
Service i j .....................
Government.....................
1955
Aug.
10.0
I 5.7
I 3.I
32.9
7.1
1*.9
1*.3
1*.0
17.3
* .1
17.2
*.0
16.5
1.5
1.5
3.5
1 .*
*.6
3.3
3.9
*.6
*.6
3.3
3.9
3.2
3.9
13.7
8.7
.6
1.6
1 .1
1.6
13.5
12.7
7.8
157.9
.2
157.*
8.6
.6
1.6
1.2
1.7
.2
*5.8
12 .*
I 5.5
I 7.7
*1.2
7.0
17.8
*5.6
160.5
158.8
12.7
15 .*
17.9
41.*
6.9
17.6
*5.5
16.6
2*.0
Area and industry
division
.3
.3
12.9
12.8
38.*
16.1
39.7
13.0
17.8
20.7
40.3
16.1
39.6
12.9
17.8
20.6
312.6
16.4
91.5
29.1
75.0
19.*
38.5
42.7
307.*
16.2
88.1
28.9
7*. 5
19.2
38.2
*2.3
.6
1.6
1 .1
1.6
151.5
.2
II .5
I 5.3
I7 .O
37.*
6.*
16.8
*6.9
153.5
.3
11.6
39.3
15.5
37.*
12.6
17.2
19.6
300.7
15.9
8*.8
28.4
73.3
18.9
37.5
*1.9
See footnotes at e n d of table
21
A re a Em ploym ent
T a b l a A-7: E m p l o y « « « in nonagricultural «stablishments
for s«l«ct«d areas, b y industry division - C o n t i n u e d
A r e a and industry
division
WASHINGTON-C ontlnued
Spokane
Total................
Contract construction
Manufacturing.......
Trans, and pub. util.
Trade...............
Finance.............
Service 1/..........
Government..........
(In thousands)
Number of employees
Aug.
76.9
5.9
July
76.1
-Ì22SA.ug-
74.8
5.7
15.7
8.5
20.0
3.7
11.4
10.3
5.8
15.3
9.1
20.5
3.6
11.5
10.3
76.6
75.6
74.8
4.6
18.7
3.1
8.5
17.7
7.1
16 .I
3.1
8.5
18.8
18.8
15.8
9.2
20.6
WEST VIEG INIA
Charleston
Total..................
Mining.................
Contract construction..
Manufacturing.........
Trans. and pub. util...
Trade..................
Finance................
Service................
Government............
Wheeling-Steubenville 3/
Total................T..
Mining..................
Contract construction..«
Manufacturing..........
2/
3/
5/
5/
4.6
7.1
15.8
91 .*
10.6
*.3
90.1
10.6
4.0
3.9
26.0
25.1
10.9
18.7
10.9
18.7
3.3
8.6
9.3
114.8
5.8
4.8
5*.5
3.3
8.5
9.3
99*2
5.9
4.4
39.5
WheelingSteubenville ¿/-Con*
Trans, and pub. util
Trade.............. .
Finance.............
Service.............
Government..........
3.9
9.9
18.3
6.9
15.3
2.8
8.5
18.4
90.2
10.4
4.1
25.7
10.7
WISC0HS1N
Milwaukee
Total.................
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans. and pub. util..
Trade.................
Finance...............
Service 1 / ...........
Government...........
Racine
Total.............
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans. and pub. util..
Trade.................
Finance...............
Service 1/...........
Government...........
¿¡Eg
9.4
9.3
9.7
19.8
19.6
20.1
3.1
10.6
6.9
7.0
3.0
10.5
6.7
431.8
427.*
24.9
191.1
419.8
23.9
187.7
3.1
10.7
26.0
193.3
29.I
83.6
20.3
43.8
35.6
29.4
83.4
20.2
*3.9
34.6
29.2
82.1
19.7
43.0
34.3
1.7
7.7
41.6
2.5
21.4
1.7
7.7
4.2
4.1
3.*
3.*
3.*
3.2
1.4
1.9
3.3
1.3
1.9
3-2
4.2
.7
3.8
.5
1.9
41.6
2.6
21.1
.8
.8
41.9
2.3
22.5
1.8
7.3
.8
3.9
18.9
3-2
8.4
9.0
115.3
6.0
5.2
5*. 3
WYOMING
Casper
Mining................
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans. and pub. util..
Trade.................
Finance..............
Service..............
Not available.
Revised series; not strictly comparable with previously published data*
Includes government*
Includes mining and government*
0 / Includes mining and finance*
7/ Subarea of New York-Northeastern New Jersey.
*Note: June 1956 total manufacturing revised, 36.9.
-*T
Number of employees
1955
Aug.
-■Mj .
11.1
Tacoma
Total...............
Contract construction
Manufacturing.......
Trans. and pub. util.
Trade................
Finance.............
Service 1/.......... .
Government.......... .
Area and industry
division
1.8
*.3
.6
2.0
1.8
2.0
1.1
1.8
1.6
Labor Turnover
T a b l e B-l« M o n t h l y labor tur n o v e r rates in m a n u f a c t u r i n g ,
b y class of t urnover
(Ito 100 employees
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
1948.
1949,
1950,
1951,
1952,
1953,
1954,
1955,
1956,
4.6
3.2
3.6
5.2
4.4
4.4
3.9
2.9
3.2
*.5
3.9
4.2
2.5
3.2
3.1
k.O
k.O
1948,
1949.
1950,
1951,
1952,
1953,
1954.
1955.
1956,
*•3
4.6
3.1
1948,
1949,
1950,
1951,
1952,
1953
1954
1955
1956.
2.8
3.3
3.3
k.l
k.O
3.8
*•3
2.9
3.6
2.6
1.7
1 .1
2.1
2.5
3.0
1.7
1.3
2.7
2.0
2.2
2.2
k.6
3-9
k.k
2.8
3.6
3.1
3.0
3.8
3.9
3.6
3.5
2.5
2.9
2.5
l.k
1.0
2.1
2.9
3.5
*•5
3.7
*•3
2.4
3.5
3.3
*•7
k.6
k.8
k.l
3.7
k.6
k.l
3.7
3.0
3.5
3.k
k.l
2.8
*•3
3.8
3.1
1.9
1.9
2.1
1 .1
1.0
l.k
2.2
1.0
1.0
1.3
l.k
1.5
1.5
1948,
1949,
1950,
1951,
1952
1953,
1954,
1955
1956,
Ò.4
.3
O.k
O.k
0.4
.2
.2
.2
1948,
1949.
1950,
1951
1952,
1953,
1954
1955,
1956
1948,
1949,
1950,
1951.
1952,
1953.
1954,
1955.
1956
.2
.3
.2
2.7
2.7
1.0
1 .1
1.0
1.3
.3
.k
.k
.4
.3
.4
.2
.2
.2
.2
.2
.3
•3
.3
1.2
2.5
1.7
1.7
2.3
1.7
1.2
2.8
1.0
.8
.8
1 .1
.8
.2
.2
l.k
.9
2.8
1.5
_ 1.7
0.1
.1
.1
.7
.k
.k
.3
•3
.2
.3
.3
1.3
.8
2.2
1 .1
1.8
Toti*1
4.1
3.5
4.4
*.5
3-9
4.1
2.5
.3
.3
.3
.3
.3
July
2.8
1.6
1.2
3.0
3.6
*•5
*.6
June
accession
5.7
*•7
k.k
3-5
4.8
*•7
4.2
*.9
4.4
*•9
4.1
5.1
2.9
3.Ì
4.3
3.8
4.2
3.*
3-3
Totisi separation
4.4
*.5
*.3
3.8
5.2
*.3
3.0
2.9
3.1
4.4
4.8
*•3
5.0
3.9
3.9
4.4
4.2
*•3
3.1
3.1
3-3
3.2
3.2
3.*
3.2
3.*
3.7
Quit
2.8
2.9
2.9
1.4
1.6
1.5
1.8
1.6
1.7
2.4
2.8
2.5
*.7
k.l
Maty
l.k
2-3
1.3
1.6
.3
.3
1.2
2.8
1.2
1.0
1.3
.9
2.4
1.5
2.2
2.6
1.1
2.2
2.5
1.5
1.6
.2
.2
1.6
1.5
Dischsu"ee
0.4
0.4
0.3
1.6
.2
.3
.4
.3
.k
.2
.3
.3
l.l
3.3
1 .1
1.2
1 .1
1.0
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
5.1
4.1
5.7
*•3
5.6
4.0
3.*
4.4
*•5
3.7
5.2
4.4
5.2
3.3
3.6
4.1
3.9
3.3
4.0
3.9
4.0
2.7
3.3
3.3
2.7
3.2
3.0
3.0
3.3
2.5
2.5
4.4
3.5
4.4
4.4
4.4
3.9
3.0
3-7
k.5
k.9
5.2
3.9
4.4
4.1
*.3
*•7
4.2
*•5
3-3
3-5
4.1
4.0
3.8
*•3
3.5
4.2
3.0
3.1
*•3
3.2
3.6
3.5
3.*
4.0
3.0
3.0
4.6
*.3
3-5
4.4
4.1
^•3
3.5
3.3
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
3.*
3.9
2.8
2.1
2.2
1.2
2.1
1.7
.9
1.7
1.4
1.7
2.8
1.8
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
5.0
4.4
6.6
*•5
5.9
*•3
?-3
4.5
3.8
5.1
4.0
4.2
5.3
4.6
4.8
3.5
4.0
4.2
2.9
3.1
3.0
2.9
1.4
2.2
2.2
5.*
4.2
*.9
5.1
3.*
3.1
3.5
3.1
1.5
2.7
2.5
2.1
1 .1
1.5
1.9
2.4
2.3
2.3
1.4
1 .1
1 .1
1.6
0.4
0.4
0.3
0.4
.2
.2
.2
.2
1.9
2.1
1.8
2.8
2.8
2 .1
1.2
1.8
0.4
.4
.3
.4
.4
.4
.4
.4
.4
.3
.3
.4
.3
1.5
1.0
.9
.3
.4
.3
.4
.3
.3
.3
.k
0.4
.3
.4
.4
.3
.4
.2
.2
.2
.2
.2
.3
.2
.2
.2
.2
.2
.3
.3
.2
1.0
2.1
.6
1.2
1.8
.6
1.0
1.8
1.2
2.3
1.4
2.5
2.2
2.0
1.3
2.4
.8
1 .1
1.3
1.5
2.2
1.0
1 .1
1.2
1 .1
.3
.3
Layoff
1.1
2.5
.9
1.0
1 .1
.3
1.3
1.4
.2
.3
.7
1.3
.7
1.5
1.7
1.1
.9
1.3
1.6
1.7
1-I
!•?
1.2
1 .1
1.2
1 .1
1.3
1.3
1.6
1.4
1.4
1.2
1.3
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0.1
.1
.1
.6
0.1
.1
.1
0.1
.1
.1
0.1
.1
.2
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.k
.5
.3
.3
.4
.3
.3
0.1
.1
.1
.5
.3
.3
0.1
.1
.1
.2
.2
.2
.2
.2
.2
.2
.2
.2
.2
.2
.2
.2
.2
.2
.2
.2
Annual
aver Year
age
Sept.
Aug.
.4
.3
.3
.4
.3
.3
.2
0.1
.1
.3
.4
.3
.3
.3
.2
.2
0.1
.1
.4
.4
.3
.3
.3
.2
.3
1.4
.7
1.8
1.6
1.2
0.1
.1
.4
.4
.3
.3
.2
.2
1.7
.7
2.3
.3
.3
.3
1.0
.3
.3
.3
.4
.3
1.6
1.2
2.5
1*7
1.4
1.3
1.9
0.1
.1
0.1
.1
0.1
.1
.2
.3
.4
.3
.3
.1
.2
.3
.3
.3
.2
.2
.2
1.2
.5
.3
.3
.2
.2
1
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
SI
Labor T u m o v e r
Table
B-2: M o n t h l y
labor
turnover
rates in s e l e c t e d
industries
{Per 100 e m p l o y e e s )
Industry
Total
accession
rate
Total
Separation rate
Discharge
Layoff
Quit
Aug.
July
Aug.
1956
Aug.
July
10*56
19*56 L.19*56
19*56
10*56
3.8
3.3
k .2
3.2
2.2
k.o
3.*
3A
3.1
k.l
3.9
3.3
3.0
ORDNANCE AND ACCESSORIES............................
*.0
2.9
5.0
FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS..........................
*.3
3.3
3.9
k.o
*.2
3.9
3*6
3.8
(±/>
3.8
*.0
*.0
'MANUFACTURING....................................... ............
NONDURABLE (JOODS.........................
Beverages:
TOBACCO MANUFACTURES.............................. .
TEX T I L E - M I L L P R O D U C T S .....................
July
19*56
10*56
10*56
1.5
O.3
0.2
2.2
2.3
1.5
1.5
•3
.3
3.9
I .9
1.2
k.7
k.k
*•3
3.2
3.8
3.1
1*.0
3.*
2.0
2 .k
l.k
•9
l.k
*.o
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*.7
(i/)
2.5
2.5
2.0
2.2
1.5
2 .k
2 .1
2.1
2.5
1.1
1.0
2.2
1.0
3>
3.9
3>
3.3
2.5
2.7
1.9
.3
»2
2.1
.3
.3
.3
•3
1.2
1.7
3.0
3.1
3.1
2.0
3.9
3.1
3.3
5.1
*.5
3.3
3.2
F u l l - f a s h i o n e d h o s i e r y . . . ................
S e a m l e s s h o s i e r y .......... .
Aug.
3.7
5.1
2.6
5.6
2.6
2.7
2.6
3.1
3.8
2.5
3.8
( in
k .2
k .2
k.o
5.3
k.2
July
*.5
3.6
2.8
2.5
3.6
(1/)
3.*
<±/>
3.3
l.k
2.0
2.3
July
Aug.
July
19*56
10*56
1Q«56
l.k
1.2
0.2
0.2
.2
•3
1.6
1 .1
1.3
1.0
.2
.2
.3
•3
.1
2.7
2.2
.2
.3
.3
2.1
2.0
.2
.2
.6
1.8
.k
.1
.2
.2
.2
.k
1.8
1.8
.9
.3
2.0
•3
.3
,k
•3
.1
.1
.6
a n
.2
( in
3.8
(Ì/)
.2
1.5
.5
.5
.5
.2
.2
1.9
2 .k
1.9
2.1
1.9
3.0
2.1
2.6
2.1
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.k
.2
.2
.2
(1 /)
1.7
1.7
(1/)
1.0
1.3
.3
<i/>
2.8
2.2
2.2
(±/)
3.7
(i/>
2.2
( i /)
l.k
(1/)
k.k
3.5
3.1
*•5
2.8
3.8
3.3
2.0
2.6
2.0
*.7
3.*
k.Q
3.7
5.3
(1/)
5.1
5.3
7.9
5.9
5.5
6.7
3.3
3.6
FURNITURE AND FIXTURES................................ 5.3
5.5
k.Q
(I/)
Misc., incl.
military
.2
.2
.1
•3
.2
.2
.3
.2
.2
.2
Aug.
2 .k
.1
.1
.2
.2
.1
(2 /)
(2/)
•3
1.2
2.0
1.3
1.0
2.8
.8
1.2
1A
.3
.8
.1
.k
1.1
•9
2.1
1.2
(2/)
.5
.2
.1
.k
.2
.2
.1
.2
.3
.2
.2
.1
.1
.2
(2/)
•5
1.6
(1/)
( !/)
.2
.2
.1
.1
(2/)
(1 /)
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<i/>
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.2
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.1
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.9
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.9
.8
.1
.2
.2
.3
3.7
2 .Ó
.3
,2
.8
.7
.1
.1
3.7
5.1
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1.2
.2
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1.1
1.3
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.1
.1
2.6
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.5
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1.6
( in
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3.8
( 1/)
3.8
k.k
2.9
2.5
1.9
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.3
i.k
.5
.2
^.0
k .2
3.7
k.5
3.*
3.7
2.6
1.9
.5
2.8
.6
2.2
•9
1.0
.7
.2
.2
5.2
.k
.k
•3
1.1
2.8
2.2
PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS.......................... 2.6
1.8
k.o
2.9
2.1
3.3
1.9
*.5
2.3
2.1
•3
CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS................... 2.0
1.*
1.5
2.2
1.1
2.2
1.9
1.7
1.5
1.*
2 .k
D y e i n g and f i n i s h i n g
C a r p e t s , rugs, o t h e r
text l i e s ......... .
f l o o r c o v e r ingsjj/.
APPAREL AND OTHER FINISHED TEXTILE
PRODUCTS................... .................
Men's and boys*
M e n ’s a n d b o y s '
s u i t s a n d c o a t s .........
f u r n i s h i n g s and work
LUMBER AND WOOD PRODUCTS (EXCEPT
FURNITURE)............. ....................................
S a w m i l l s a n d p l a n i n g m i l l s ................
Millwork, plywood, and prefab ric ate d
See footnotes at end of table.
2.9
(l/>
*.7
3.2
2.k
k.2
3.3
1.7
.6
.5
1.3
.3
2.0
l.k
3.3
1.3
.8
3.0
1.9
1.5
1.7
2. 0
l.l
I .5
1.2
1.8
1.0
1.2
.8
.8
.5
.k
.9
.8
2.7
2 .k
1.8
2.6
1.6
1.3
.8
1.5
1.7
2.0
.6
.2
.5
.2
.6
.1
.5
.7
.7
.2
.2
.2
.2
.6
.2
.1
.1
.1
.2
.1
.1
.1
.1
.3
.5
.8
.1
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.2
.2
.3
.2
.1
.2
.2
.2
.2
.2
.2
.2
.3
.2
.2
.3
•3
.5
.2
.k
.2
.1
.1
.1
.2
.2
.1
.2
.2
.2
Labor Turnover
Table
B-2!
Monthly
labor
Industry
turnover
RUBBER PRODUCTS.......................
LEATHER AND LEATHER PRODUCTS...........
Leather: tanned, curried, and finished..
STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS........
l.k
2.5
1.7
2.2
3.*
2.5
1.7
3.0
3.2
2.1
1.5
2.3
2.5
1.6
1.2
2.3
3.9
2.9
3.7
k .k
*.1
5-5
3.3
5-8
*.0
6.5
2.3
3.7
2.9
3 .I
3.5
1.6
3.7
3-9
1.2
2.6
1.2
3.*
3.6
k.2
3.2
*.3
.8
1956
1.7
1.0
3.6
1.0
•7
1-5
1.2
..2
.2
.2
-3
.2
.1
.1
.2
-5
.1
-3
-9
.6
-3
-3
1.0
.2
.2
.2
.2
3.1
l. k
3.k
2.2
1.1
.k
.k
.k
1.8
1-3
1.8
1.0
2.6
2 .k
.2
.1
.2
.7
.2
-3
.6
.2
1.7
1-7
1.8
2.2
.2
.2
.2
-3
-3
.2
.2
-3
-3
-3
k .k
.1
1.5
1.7
1.2
-9
.8
1.6
1.*
1.3
-3
2.1
-3
1.6
2.1
.2
.2
-3
-3
.1
.2
.2
.3
.1
.1
-9
.2
.2
.8
.9
-3
-3
-5
.1
-5
-5
.8
.6
.2
.k
l.k
1.0
k.5
.k
-5
.1
-3
-3
-3
.V
-7
.k
.2
.2
.2
.1
.3
.2
.1
.5
.3
•9
1.7
3 .O
*.0
P o t t e r y and related p r o d u c t s.............
2.1
*-5
2.7
3.5
2.1
2.6
3.1
PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES...............
2.5
2.0
2.8
2.3
l.k
1.0
2.2
2.k
3.1
2.0
1.9
1.9
2.1
l. k
l.k
Nonferrous f o u n d r i e s ............ ..........
Oth e r primary metal industries:
I r o n and steel f o r g i n g s..................
FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS (EXCEPT ORD
NANCE, MACHINERY, AND TRANSPORTATION
EQUIPMENT)...........................
Cutlery, hand tools, and ha r d w a r e.......
Cutlery and edge t o o l s ...................
H a n d t o o l s .................................
H a r d w a r e ....................................
Heating apparatus (except electric) and
plumbers' s u p p l i e s ........................
S a n i t a r y ware and plumbers' supplies...
Oil burners, nonelectric heating and
cooking apparatus, not elsewhere
F abricated structural metal products....
Metal stamping, coating, and engraving..
1.8
3.5
3.6
3.2
3.5
Misc., incl.
military
Aug. July
I956 I956 1956 I956 1956 1956 1956 1956 1956
I .3 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.2
.1
.2
.2
.2
•7 1.1
•3 (2/) (2/)
1.5
1.0
Glass and glass p r o d u c t s ..................
Blast furnaces, steel works, and rolling
m i l l s .......................................
I r o n and steel f o u n d ries..................
G r a y - i r o n f o u n d r i e s .......................
M a l l eable-iron f o u n dries.................
Steel f o u n d r i e s...........................
Prim a r y smelting and refining of
nonferrous metals:
P r i m a r y smelting and refining of copper,
lead, and z i n c ...........................
Rolling, drawing, and alloying of
nonferrous metals:
Rolling, drawing, and alloying of
industries-Continued
(Per 100 employees)
Total
Separat ion rate
accession
Total
Qulit
Discharge
Layoff
rate
Aug. July
Aug. July Aug. July Aug. July Aug. July
1956 1956
PRODUCTS OF PETROLEUM AND COAL.........
rates in s e l e c t e d
.2
1-9
.2
-3
.k
-3
.2
2.2
2.1
2.7
3.2
3.1
2.9
1.3
3.*
2.7
6.6
2.9
1.8
2.5
3.1
1.7
2.1
1.0
.k
.2
.2
l.k
k .l
•9
k.2
2.k
k.3
1.9
3.5
.8
1.7
.5
l.k
.2
.k
.1
-3
1.2
1-9
l. k
.3
.3
A
k.7
2.6
3.7
2.8
1.8
1.1
-3
.2
1-3
1.2
.2
.2
k .l
k.3
3.6
2.0
1.3
1.8
2.3
5-2
*.3
*.7
*.1
3.*
2.5
l. k
l.k
l.k
.k
.k
2.0
1.9
*.3
.9
1.7
.2
.k
.3
.2
.1
.2
-3
2.3
1.1
2.k
5 .I
2.3
2.5
2.6
1.7
2.9
l.k
.k
l.k
2.0
.3
.3
.3
.3
.3 (2/)
.2
.3
.k
.3
3.9
3-5
3.2
3.*
2.1
1.9
-5
-3
.k
1.2
-3
1.1
1.2
1 .1
1.6
.2
.1
.2
*.0
3.1
3.8
5.9
2.2
2.2
-5
-5
1.1
.8
.k
.k
.k
.2
.2
.2
.2
3.7
3.1
*.9
if.O
3.1
3.1
*.3
3.7
3.8
3.5
5.1
*.0
l. k
3.6
6.6
1.3
1.9
1-3
1 .*
1-5
1.5
1-7
1.6
l.k
.k
.k
.2
-3
•3
-9
k.O
l.k
.9
.5
1.7
3-7
.2
.1
-3
.3
-5
S e e footnotes at end of table.
25-
Labor T u rn o ve r
Table
B-2! M o n t h l y
labor
turnover
r a t e s in s e l e c t e d
industries-Continued
(Per 100 e m p l o y e e s )
To t a l
accession
rate
Industry
Aug. J u l y
I 9 5 6 1956
M A C H I N E R Y ( E X C E P T E L E C T R I C A L ) ...............
E n g i n e s and t u r b i n e s .........................
A g r i c u l t u r a l m a c h i n e r y a n d t r a c t o r s ......
C o n s t r u c t i o n and m i n i n g m a c h i n e r y .........
Met a lw o r k in g m a c h i n e r y (except machine
M a c h i n e - t o o l a c c e s s o r i e s ...................
S p e c i a l - i n d u s t r y m a c h i n e r y (except met al
w o r k i n g m a c h i n e r y ) ...........................
G e n e r a l i n d u s t r i a l m a c h i n e r y ...............
O f f i c e and s t o r e m a c h i n e s and d e v i c e s . .. .
S e r v i c e - i n d u s t r y and h o u s e h o l d m a c h i n e s . .
E L E C T R I C A L M A C H I N E R Y ...........................
Electrical generating, transmission,
d i s t r i b u t i o n , and i n d u s t r i a l ap p a r a t u s . .
R a d i o s , p h o n o g r a p h s , t e l e v i s i o n sets,
and e q u i p m e n t ................................
T e l e p h o n e , t e l e g r a p h , and r e l a t e d
El e ctrical appliances,
lamps,
and m i s c e l -
T R A N S P O R T A T I O N E Q U I P M E N T ......................
July
1956
3 .1
3 .0
( 1 /)
2 .9
2 .9
2 .5
2.6
I.9
1.8
1.8
1.1
1.1
3 .8
2 .2
1 .8
1 .6
( 1/)
2 .0
1 .8
1 .7
1 .0
1 .3
1 .0
1 .0
1.9
.9
2 .0
1 .7
2 .0
1 .7
2 .3
(I/)
3 .0
2 .3
1 .9
1 .8
2 .5
2 .1
2 .0
2 .2
3 .0
2 .6
3 .0
3 .3
1 .6
2 .2
2 .6
3-3
2 .8
3 .2
3 .1
2 .1
2 .9
2 .3
2 .2
2 .2
2 .8
3 .2
2 .4
5 .3
2 .7
2 .0
2 .2
1 .6
5 .3
2 .6
5-2
3 .0
k.O
3 .1
( 1/)
2 .5
3 .2
2 .6
( 1/)
9 .0
k.k
( 1/)
Au g .
1956
0.3
.3
(1 /)
July
19^6
0 .3
.2
Layoff
Aug. J u l y
1??6 1??6
M i s e ., incl.
military
Aug.
July
1956
19
1.0
P6
0.2
2 .2
.3
( 1 /)
.
•3
.1
.2
.2
.1
.2
•5
.2
.2
•3
0.8
.5
( 1 /)
.3
•5
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O. 3
.3
•3
.2
•3
.3
.2
1 .2
.3
•5
.3
.3
•7
.6
•3
.5
.2
•3
.2
.2
1 .1
I.3
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.k
.2
.3
.2
.6
.6
•3
3 .2
.6
•5
•5
.2
3 .6
1 .0
.2
.3
.2
.3
.2
.2
.2
.2
1 .8
1 .0
1 .0
1 .1
.3
.3
.1
.3
.3
2 .5
2 .5
l.k
.k
.2
•9
.6
.2
.2
2 .0
2 .5
1 .8
1 .2
.3
I.7
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(I/)
•5
.5
.1
(I/)
.2
.2
( 1/)
.2
.2
5 .*
3 .1
3 .*
1 .8
•5
.2
l.l
.8
•3
•3
I.3
( 1/)
1 .5
( 1/)
1 .0
( 1/)
.2
(l/)
( 2 /)
( 1/)
.2
5 .0
3 .7
3 .*
3 .2
1.9
1.5
.2
.2
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•3
*•3
* .5
* .5
3 .5
3.6
5 .6
5 .6
3 .0
2 .9
2 .3
( 1/)
6 .7
( 1/)
3 .6
1 .8
1 .1
2 .2
1 .2
.8
.2
.2
.2
.1
.1
.2
.1
.2
.1
.2
.2
3.3
3 .9
.5
.3
.3
( 1/)
3 -*
.3
.k
k.6
l/}
8.8
I N S T R U M E N T S A N D R E L A T E D P R O D U C T S ...........
(1/)
Q/)
1.7
3. O
3 .V
k.2
11.2
k.l
1 .8
1 .8
1 .6
l.l
3 .5
6.6
8. 3
(1/)
(l/>
( 1 /} 1 0 . 5
2.2
¿ 73
2 .7
3 .2
2 .5
2 .5
a/)
(1/)
2.7
(1/)
Ml (1/)
Ml M?
Ml 3 .2 MX
3 .6
W a t c h e s a n d c l o c k s ............................
P r o f e s s i o n a l a n d s c i e n t i f i c i n s t r u m e n t sit/ (l/)
Aug.
1956
2.2
R a i l r o a d and s t r e e t c a r s ...................
O t h e r t r a n s p o r t a t i o n e q u i p m e n t ............
26
Discharge
Quit
July
1956
2.1
3 .1
3 .1
2 .8
( 1/)
* .0
See f o o t n o t e s at e nd o f table.
Aug.
1956
2 .9
A i r c r a f t and p a r t s ............................
A i r c r a f t ........................................
A i r c r a f t e n g i n e s and p a r t s ................
A i r c r a f t p r o p e l l e r s and p a r t s ............
O t h e r a i r c r a f t p a r t s and e q u i p m e n t ......
S h i p and b o a t b u i l d i n g an d r e p a i r i n g .....
R a i l r o a d e q u i p m e n t ............................
M I S C E L L A N E O U S M A N U F A C T U R I N G INDU S T R I E S . . . .
J e w e l r y , s i l v e r w a r e , an d p l a t e d w a r e .....
S e p a r a t i o n rate
Total
*•9
3 .5
k.6
k.6
2.1
2.8
I.5
2.k
1 .7
( 1/)
2.k
(1/)
(1/)
M,]
(1/)
5. 2
1.3
l.k
1 .1
.k
.7
1 .7
(l/>
2.8
(1/)
(1/)
.7
U/)
(1/)
.7
1.8
M?
(1/)
.9
.k
.k
k
.k
.3
(1/)
(1/)
(l/)
(l/)
.1
(1/)
(1/)
.2
.k
1.3
1 .8
.3
2.k
A
.2
.1
.1
.1
1 .3
.1
.1
.2
( 1/)
.2
.7
.2
.1
.2
.1
.1
(1/)
(1/)
9 .*
.1
(1/)
(1/)
(1/)
(I/)
.1
(1/)
(1/)
.2
.1
k.7
.k
.2
I.9
1.1
2.0
2.0
(1/)
(1/)
1.5
Ci/)
1. 2
•7
1.0
(i/>
a/)
.2
.2
.1
.1
(l/)
(l/)
.8
1 .3
(1/)
.3
(1/)
.7
.3
3 .9
3 .0
2.9
2.0
2.0
I.3
.k
•3
1.1
l.k
.2
.1
.k
A
1. 2
A
(1/)
(l/>
.2
.2
.2
(1/)
.1
.2
.2
.2
A
.3
Labor T u rn o ve r
Table
B-2:
Monthly
labor turnover
rates
in s e l e c t e d
industries-Continued
(Per 100 em p l o y e e s )
Total
accession
rate
Se p a r a t i o n rate
Total
Aug. July
Aug. July
1956 1956
1956 I956
(1 /)
k.6
(1/)
2.3
(1 /)
2 .1
•9
4.3
3^
1.2
ANTHRACITE MINING........................
1.7
BITUMINOUS-COAL MINING...................
2.3
ûui t
Discharge
Aug. July
Layoff
Misc., incl.
military
Aug.
July
Aug.
1956 1956
I956 1956 1956 I956 1956 1956
(1 /)
2.8
.2
(1 /)
0.7
.1
.1
(1 /) 0.1
(2/)
.1
(I/) 3.1
(1/)
•3
(i/)
(2/)
July
Aug.
July
(1 /)
O .5
MONMANUFACTURING:
METAL MINING..........................
k .l
•5
4.3
2.2
1.7
1.3
1.3
2.K 1.9
1.0
.7
(2/)
1.1
l.k
1.8
.9
.6
.1
<±/> 3.1
( V ) 2.1
(l/>
(1 /) 1.5
u/> 1.0
(i/)
(i/)
2.2
.9
•3
A
.1
.2
(2/) (i/)
.2
.8
.k
.2
.2
•9
a
.2
.3 1.1
.1
.1
.1
•3
(i/)
(i/)
.1
.2
.1
1.0
COMMUNICATION:
(I/) 1.8
1.6
U/>
.1
.1
(i/)
(i/)
1/ Hot available.
2/ Less than 0.05.
3/ June 1956 data are! 2.7^ 3*3> 1«*^ 0*4, 1*2^ &nd 0*2, respectively*
k/ June 1956 data are: V.2, 2.2, l.fc, 0.2, 0.1*, and 0.2, respectively.
3/ Data relate to dosiestlc employees except messengers and those compensated entirely on a conMlsslon basis.
-5 L
Hours and Earnings
T a b l e C-1: H o u r s a n d gross
e a r n i n g s of p r o d u c t i o n w o r k e r s
or n o n s u p e r v i s o r y e m p l o y e e s
Average weekly
hours
Average weekly
earnings
Industry
Aug.
1956
July
1956
Aug.
Aug.
1955
1956
$94.95
97.88
42.5
40.9
42.7
42.2
July
Aug.
Average hourly
earnings
Aug.
1955
1956
42.9
42.0
42.2
41.3
43.2
41.2
$2.31
2.44
2.33
19*56
July
1956
Aug.
195*5
MINING:
METAL MINING............................
$ 96.02
C o p p e r m i n i n g ..................................
L e a d a n d z i n c m i n i n g .........................
$ 98.18
99.80
99.^9
9I.I5
90.30
98.06
83.22
ANTHRACITE..............................
87.25
92.20
85.76
33.3
35-6
BITUMINOUS-COAL.........................
IO2.58
102.16
94.50
36.9
P e t r o l e u m and n a t u r al-gas p r o d u c t i o n
( e x c e p t c o n t r a c t s e r v i c e s ) ...............
100.04
IO6 .OI
92.63
NONMETALLIC MINING AND QUARRYING.......
87.62
88.01
CONTRACT CONSTRUCTION..................... 104.78
106.42
$2.27
2.46
2.34
2.16
$2.25
2.37
2.27
2.15
2.02
33-5
2.62
2.59
2.56
36.1
37-5
2.78
2.83
2.52
40.5
41.9
40.1
2.47
2.53
2 .3I
84.73
45.4
45.6
45.8
1 93
I .93
I .85
IO3 .O9
98.14
38.1
37.9
37.6
2.75
2.72
2.61
IO5.15
IO2 .7O
99.01
96.75
42.4
43.7
41.1
41.6
43.0
2.51
40.3
2.39
2.48
2.35
2.63
2.62
2.38
2.25
2 .5I
89.05
100.39
42.3
36.2
CRUDE-PETROLEUM AND NATURAL-GAS
PRODUCTION:
c o n s t r u c t i o n ...........
104.68
IO8.O9
107.68
101.15
42.4
43.8
41.1
BUILDING CONS T R U C T I O N ......................
104.53
103.23
97.99
37.2
37.0
36.7
2.81
2.79
2.67
GENERAL CONTRACTORS.....................
97.68
96.52
92.23
37.O
36.7
36.6
2.64
2.63
2.52
SPECIAL-TRADE CONTRACTORS..............
IO9.29
114.64
107.59
113.58
102.03
37.3
38.6
36.7
118.60
97.73
36.6
35.3
39.8
35.8
2.88
3.20
2.87
2.95
2.85
3.14
2.84
2.81
35.1
39.5
2.93
2.97
2.78
38.2
35-9
39.6
36.7
37.I
38.5
2.90
107.34
2.74
2.98
2.73
NONBUILDING CO NSTR U C T I O N ...................
Other nonbuilding
P l u m b i n g a n d h e a t i n g .........................
P a i n t i n g a n d d e c o r a t i n g .....................
E l e c t r i c a l w o r k ................................
O t h e r s p e c i a l - t r a d e c o n t r a c t o r s ........ .
103.39
126.72
105.33
100.04
124.03
IO3.94
MANUFACTURING.............................
79.60
79.OO
76.33
40.2
40.1
40.6
1.98
1.97
1.88
DURABLE G O O D S ............... ................
NONDURABLE G O O D S ............................
85.47
84.25
71.50
7I.7I
82.61
67.83
40.7
39.5
40.7
39.4
41.1
39.9
2.10
1.81
2.07
1.82
2.01
I .70
ORDNANCE AND ACCESSORIES.... ..........
91.05
91.74
82.42
41.2
41.7
40.4
2.21
2.20
2.04
FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS..............
75.17
84.66
76.22
86.32
87.72
85.69
74.30
76.73
71.10
83.62
86.94
87.3*
41.3
40.9
40.8
41.8
42.7
44.1
42.0
41.6
41 .'2
41.5
41.6
42.4
43.4
44.5
41.1
41.6
41.6
42.9
43.7
1.82
2 .O7
2 .I5
2 .O5
I .85
2.08
2 .I5
2.06
I .73
2.01
2 .O9
I .94
Condensed
a n d e v a p o r a t e d m i l k ...........
C a n n i n g a n d p r e s e r v i n g ......................
S e a r o o d , c a n n e d a n d c u r e d ...............
C a n n e d fruits, veg e t a b l e s , and soups..
Flour
and
other
grain-mill
products...
77.28
65.31
49.59
68.64
79.92
85.02
75.69
73.89
Br e a d and
Biscuits,
o t h e r b a k e r y p r o d u c t s ........
c r a c k e r s , a n d p r e t z e l s .......
75.70
66.66
89.44
75.95
77.43
78.69
61.54
49.77
64.27
80.85
82.99
78.05
74.21
75.85
67.08
96.72
83.23
72.98
74.33
76.65
56.45
49.92
50.25
77.70
30.8
42.9
43.2
70.35
43.6
43.5
40.6
61.23
40.4
84.04
74.29
72.45
40.7
43.0
39.7
31.3
41.2
43*7
43.O
44.6
41.0
41.0
40.9
45.6
43.8
39-2
32.O
39.9
44.4
44.7
45.3
40.9
41.4
39.O
1.74
I .74
1.84
1.57
I .61
I .60
1.85
I .95
1.74
1.82
1.86
1.65
1.75
I .74
I .83
I .55
1.59
I .56
I .85
I .93
1.75
1.81
1.85
1.64
1.67
I .63
1.75
1.44
I .56
1.46
1.75
1.88
1.64
I .72
1.75
1.57
Hours and Earnings
T a b l e C-1: H o u r s a n d gross e a r n i n g s of p r o d u c t i o n w o r k e r s
or n o n s u p e r v i s o r y e m p l o y e e s - C o n t i n u e d
Industry
Aug.
1956
Average weekly
earnings
July
1956
Average weekly
hours
Aug.
1955
Aug.
40.8
42.3
37.6
39.7
39.6
40.8
42.3
40*5
1956
Average hourly
earnings
July
Aug.
Aug.
42.3
44.5
41.5
44.2
35.6
39.0
$1.97
1956
1955
July
Aug.
$2.00
2.09
1.96
1.57
I .52
$1.86
1.96
2.17
2.06
1.58
2.65
1.54
2.49
2.08
2.10
1.79
1.77
2.04
1.64
1.59
1.46
1956
19*56
1955
FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS - Continued
B e e t s u g a r .................. ......................
C o n f e c t i o n e r y a n d r e l a t e d p r o d u c t s ........
Distilled,
Corn
sirup,
rectified,
sugar,
o il ,
a n d s t a r c h .......
C i g a r s ...............................................
stemming
a n d r e d r y i n g ...............
TEXTILE-MILL PRODUCTS.....................
Scouring
and combing
$84.60
93.01
75.66
62.17
58.98
$77.19
87.72
66.83
106.92
89.62
66.36
85.28
67.U
p l a n t s ..................
79-66
73.39
90.23
h o s i e r y ........................
D y e i n g a n d f i n i s h i n g t e x t i l e s ...............
Dye i n g and f i n ishing t extiles (except
C a r p e t s , r u g s , o t h e r f l o o r c o v e r i n g s .....
W o o l c a r p e t s , r u g s , a n d c a r p e t y a r n .....
H a t s ( e x c e p t c l o t h a n d m i l l i n e r y ) ..........
49.91
56.45
68.48
64.53
58.31
53.30
57.38
'58.67
56.98
46.70
49.79
46.31
57.42
49.28
64.78
woven
felts
55.73
70.84
51.19
51.05
53.45
53.68
52.ll
58.80
50.82
64.53
57.77
52.73
56.76
56.77
38.6
39.6
38.8
38.8
41.3
42.0
41.6
41.4
43.6
40.7
38.8
38.5
42.1
43.8
46.2
40.8
38.8
45.1
38.8
43.90
55-42
40.19
39.1
41.1
37.4
37.3
39.3
55.48
63.50
39-2
42.8
38.7
44.0
38.8
38.8
38.2
38.1
39.5
39.3
39.0
39.3
38.9
38.6
39.2
38.5
41.1
39.3
37.4
37.1
67.80
49.90
50.27
50.70
54.13
52.65
57-37
51.84
63.27
55.04
50.95
55.13
39-1
41.1
39-4
37-8
37-5
38.6
37.0
41.1
37.3
36.2
38.1
38.6
39-3
40.6
37 »2
37.7
40.6
40.2
41.5
39-6
39.9
39.3
40.7
40.5
40.4
40.5
41.9
39.6
38.6
41.0
35.0
39.0
37.3
40.6
41.0
41.8
40.8
36.4
40.3
40.5
40.2
39.6
35.6
39.5
41.6
41.9
40.7
38.5
41.6
40.0
52-53
75.60
65.30
73.27
51.29
38.4
38.3
39.7
40.1
42.0
39.1
43.1
41.7
85.41
55.58
83.73
56.54
44.6
43.8
38.6
44.3
40.1
56.52
45.31
49.79
44.80
57.72
48.86
64.15
63.59
71.56
73.85
71.68
58.03
65.18
61.15
67.45
38.3
41.0
41.2
44.3
37.5
37.4
37.5
37.5
39.2
37.3
39.3
39.9
41.7
64.37
74.82
67.70
2.06
1.94
1.55
1.51
2.15
1.58
2.64
1.80
1.46
1.41
54.60
55-13
43.13
47.43
42.52
54.23
48.68
63.38
62.82
74.16
71.23
60.83
66.56
36.2
38.6
35.9
38.8
38.2
38.1
36.7
35.4
38.6
2.19
1.60
1.42
1.76
1.28
1.55
1.18
1.44
1.60
1.33
1.33
1.36
1.38
1.35
1.50
1.32
1.57
1.48
1.41
1.53
1.52
1.54
1.29
1.29
1.29
1.48
I .29
2.08
1.51
1.76
1.28
1.53
1.34
1.44
1 .6l
1.34
1.34
1.36
1.38
1.35
1.50
1.32
1.57
1.47
1.41
1.53
1.49
1.54
1.28
I .29
1.28
1.48
1.31
2.03
1.27
1.67
1.18
1.47
.99
1.38
1.53
1.26
1.26
1.29
1.33
1.30
1.42
1.28
1.51
1.39
1.32
1.47
1.46
1.47
1.15
1.21
1.14
1.38
1.22
1.58
1.58
1.52
1.57
1.79
1.57
1.51
1.77
1.75
1.81
1.68
1.68
1.78
1.81
1.63
I .65
1.58
1.60
1.80
1.67
1.71
1.33
1.75
1.74
1.71
1.31
1.99
1.46
1.95
1.44
1.89
and
P a d d i n g s a n d u p h o l s t e r y f i l l i n g ...........
P r o c e s s e d waste and r e c o v e r e d fibers....
A r t i f i c i a l leather, oilcloth, and
a n d t w i n e ..............................
78.54
58.59
72.34
47.74
55.39
51.05
51.61
Cordage
81.48
55-52
72.34
47.87
57.82
46.37
57-90
(except
101.34
70.88
52.65
goods
110.24
69.04
88.91
53.72
54.23
Felt
64.08
56.94
54.71
72.22
80.70
71.71
51.60
51.60
Full-fashioned
86.63
and b l e n d e d
TOBACCO MANUFACTURES......................
Tobacco
$80.38
87.11»
72.94
61 .5U
59.80
70.80
66.88
70.28
53.47
88.75
56.36
67.20
66.64
67.89
38.0
41.1
40.2
38.6
1.77
1.76
1.70
I .23
1.41
22.
Hours and Earnings
Table C-l: H o u r s a n d gross e a r n i n g s of p r o d u c t i o n w o r k e r s
or n o n s u p e r v i s o r y e m p l o y e e s - C o n t i n u e d
Average weekly
earnings
Industry
Aug.
1956
APPAREL AND OTHER FINISHED TEXTILE
PRODUCTS.................................
M e n ' s a n d b o y s ' s u i t s a n d c o a t s ............
Men's and beys' f u r n i s h i n g s and work
c l o t h i n g ...........................................
S h i r t s , c o l l a r s , a n d n i g h t w e a r ............
S e p a r a t e t r o u s e r s ..............................
W o r k s h i r t s .......................................
W o m e n ' s o u t e r w e a r . . * . ...........................
W o m e n ' s d r e s s e s .................................
H o u s e h o l d a p p a r e l ..............................
W o m e n ’s s u i t s , c o a t s , a n d s k i r t s .........
W o m e n ' s , c h i l d r e n ' s u n d e r g a r m e n t s ........
U n d e r w e a r and nightwear, except corsets.
C o r s e t s a n d a l l i e d g a r m e n t s ................
Mi 1 1 i n e r y ...........................................
C h i l d r e n ' s o u t e r w e a r ...........................
M i s c e l l a n e o u s appa r e l and a c c e s s o r i e s . . . .
O t h e r f a b r i c a t e d t e x t i l e p r o d u c t s .........
Curtains, d r a p e r i e s , and o ther housef u r n i s h i n g s .....................................
T e x t i l e b a g s .....................................
LUMBER AND WOOD PRODUCTS (EXCEPT
FURNITURE)...............................
L o g g i n g c a m p s a n d c o n t r a c t o r s ...............
S a w m i l l s a n d p l a n i n g m i l l s ........... .....
S a w m i l l s a n d p l a n i n g m i l l s , g e n e r a l .....
W e s t ...............................................
Millwc-rk, p l y w o o d , a n d p r e f a b r i c a t e d
W o o d e n b o x e s , o t h e r t h a n c i g a r ............
M i s c e l l a n e o u s w o o d p r o d u c t s ..................
FURNITURE AND FIXTURES...................
Wood
household
furniture,
M e t a l o f f i c e f u r n i t u r e .......................
Part i t i o n s , s h e lving, lockers, and
blinds,
and m i s c e l l a n e o u s
30
1956
Aug.
.1955
Aug.
1956
July
1956
Aug.
1955
Aug.
1956
July
1956
Aug.
1955
35.8
35.9
36.9
36.8
$1.46
$1.45
1.73
$1.35
I .65
36.0
36.2
37.7
37.1
37.3
1.25
1.25
1.24
1.12
1.28
1.12
1.61
1.60
1.26
1.26
1.11
1.16
♦53-29
64.44
151.91
62.11
$49.82
36.5
60.72
36.2
45-75
46.00
46.34
40.54
57-48
45.00
44.89
42.22
41.92
43.27
33.29
54.21
54.00
39.35
69.34
44.16
41.92
48.41
36.6
56.80
44.98
73.03
48.55
46.24
51.91
64.90
49.45
50.76
52.78
46.75
39.96
55.65
53.48
43.88
73.03
47.12
44.63
50.69
61.75
49.18
49.08
52.68
48.00
59.05
55.38
45.67
74.75
81.79
76.96
77.38
50.52
97.88
72.54
79.00
73-75
74.15
57-92
57.63
37.1
37.1
36.2
36.2
36.0
50.03
35-7
35-5
35-7
35.8
36.5
36.7
36.3
38.4
36.9
37.6
37.7
35.0
34.5
35.1
35.8
35.7
35.7
35.7
35.9
36.7
36.9
37.1
44.37
53.27
54.35
37.5
39.9
39.0
35.4
39.4
40.3
39.1
72.21
40.3
39.5
40.3
40.3
41.4
39.2
41.5
39.8
42.1
42.1
43.4
40.8
60.70
46.62
44.65
Average hourly
earnings
40.3
35.9
36.0
36.1
35-2
36.8
1.78
1.24
2.04
1.33
37.1
36.4
37.7
37.6
36.9
37.9
1.43
I .69
1.34
1.35
1.40
37-6
1.28
38.6
1.26
1.48
1.42
1.59
1.55
1.25
2.04
1.32
1.25
1.42
1.72
1.34
1.33
1.42
1.29
1.47
1.43
1.13
•95
1.51
1.50
1.09
1.97
1.20
1.13
1.33
1.61
1.24
1.21
1.32
1.18
1.38
1.39
2.37
2.36
1.74
2.05
1.73
1.74
1.07
2.27
1.84
1.83
I .85
1.82
1.78
1.75
49.68
81.59
72.83
73.25
46.44
92.51
92.62
41.3
41.1
41.6
41.6
42.1
41.3
75.26
75.21
74.80
58.32
57-37
60.27
74.74
73-53
74.52
57.94
57.40
60.53
74.40
73.68
77.53
52.79
52.91
57.96
40.9
41.1
41.1
40.5
40.4
41.0
40.4
40.4
40.5
40.8
41.0
40.9
41.8
42.1
42.6
40.3
40.7
41.4
1.44
1.42
1.47
1.84
1.42
1.40
1.48
70.21
66.17
63.28
67.13
68.46
64.79
41.3
41.1
40.2
39.8
42.0
41.8
1.70
1.61
1.67
1.59
1.63
41.5
40.0
42.1
40.7
37.6
40.2
42.3
41.4
42.0
1.43
1.79
1.42
1.77
1.38
1.70
1.85
1.80
1.76
41.4
41.6
41.0
43.1
44.1
42.5
I .90
1.64
I .89
2.08
2.09
1.80
1.58
1.98
1.81
1.99
1.85
1.86
1.20
1.82
1.80
2.00
1.83
1.84
1.20
1.82
1.31
1.30
1.40
1.55
except
Wood household furniture, upholstered...
M a t t r e s s e s a n d b e d s p r i n g s ...................
Office, publ i c - b u i l d i n g , and p r o f e ssional
Screens,
July
Average weekly
hours
59.35
57-79
58.37
71.60
66.55
70.38
77.89
72.36
73.92
77.58
80.37
70.52
86.74
67.39
85.69
84.15
42.3
43.0
41.7
87.36
84.05
85.04
41.8
41.0
42.1
2.09
2.05
2.02
65.61
66.26
66.30
40.5
40.9
41.7
1.62
1.62
1.59
78.25
69.68
1.62
furni-
Hours and Earnings
T a b l e C-1: H o u r s a n d gross e a r n i n g s of p r o d u c t i o n w o r k e r s
or n o n s u p e r v i s o r y e m p l o y e e s - C o n t i n u e d
Average weekly
earnings
Industry
PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS...............
P u l p , p a p e r , a n d p a p e r b o a r d m i l l s ..........
P a p e r b o a r d c o n t a i n e r s a n d b o x e s ............
F i b e r cans, t u b e s , a n d d r u m s .................
O t h e r p a p e r a n d a l l i e d p r o d u c t s ............
PRINTING, PUBLISHING, AND ALLIED
INDUSTRIES...........................
Aug.
1956
$84.12
92.40
76.96
76.73
77.76
73.16
94.04
99-08
Alkalies
a n d c h l o r i n e .........................
except
synthetic
r u b b e r ........
Paints,
varnishes,
lacquers,
and
F e r t i l i z e r s ........................................
V e g e t a b l e a n d a n i m a l o i l s a n d f a t s ........
perfumes,
c o s m e t i c s .....
other petroleum
and coal products..
RUBBER PRODUCTS........................
Tires
and
i n n e r t u b e s ..........................
LEATHER AND LEATHER PRODUCTS............
Leather: tanned, curried, and finished...
I n d u s t r i a l leather belting and packing...
B o o t a n d s h o e c u t s t o c k a n d f i n d i n g s .....
2.08
2.09
2.01
39.0
39.3
2.83
2.80
2.72
87.33
96.17
95-53
87.54
94.42
92.92
93.07
93.68
103.75
79.20
82.81
4 l.l
2.13
2.34
2.33
2.27
2.13
2.32
2.30
2.27
2.01
2.21
2.20
87.36
99.96
74.21
2.13
2.26
2.56
2.22
2.50
2.08
2.38
1.86
86.18
82.00
41.2
40.8
40.2
40.8
42.0
42.0
39.9
40.0
40.3
2.16
2.16
2.05
1.85
2.20
2.10
2.30
2.00
95-37
92.73
96.56
90.86
87.36
9**76
85.40
41.4
41.2
41.7
41.3
41.7
41.6
41.2
42.7
69.30
84.12
73.15
62.47
86.67
72.82
66.10
82.06
41.4
42.7
*1.5
*3.5
42.0
*5.3
40.2
41.4
43.9
42.0
44.4
42.9
46.1
40.2
38.3
42.0
42.7
43.8
41.1
44.4
43.2
46.1
4o.6
38.4
43.4
41.8
41.5
43.1
41.0
40.4
42.8
39.7
39.1
41.3
42.1
39.1
41.0
2.53
1.79
1.94
1.80
38.3
39.7
40.0
1.50
1.88
1.50
1.87
1.78
1.43
1.45
100.19
87.57
84.46
83.63
77.70
76.86
67.65
76.13
66.08
89.67
107.06
91.80
87.85
101.45
70.35
78.76
56.25
74.07
69.45
53-25
54.02
1.62
1.82
2.25
2.31
1.45
1.76
74.56
78.14
70.36
86.90
89.88
74.30
61.44
88.54
107.01
111.22
97.58
99.79
77.99
65.ll
92.67
89.88
86.15
86.32
98.14 102.72
71.28
77.78
57.00
73. *9
71.20
54.05
54.96
67.25
75.85
53.24
71.86
70.00
52.11
50.67
39.1
*1.9
40.9
40.4
42.5
40.3
40.1
39.3
40.6
37.5
39.4
40.7
40.4
41.0
42.2
41.5
39.8
39.9
40.5
4 1 .4
39.6
40.3
38.0
38.8
39.3
40.0
37.5
37.0
37.8
37.9
38.6
38.1
2.40
2.33
2.39
78.57
90.17
88.44
2.35
2.31
2.39
1.59
1.84
41.0
41.1
41.0
40.8
42.2
42.2
39.4
40.3
40.0
99-70
87.57
PRODUCTS OF PETROLEUM AND COAL.......... 103.48
Coke,
2.66
39.2
86.07
77-59
oils,
2.44
2.43
2.75
2.39
106.90
67.62
Essential
2.76
109.20
83.81
and p o l i s h i n g
g l y c e r i n ..............................
2.43
110.94
90.67
and
1.78
4 o .i
78.00
Soap
38.9
35-9
41.0
40.5
40.1
40.6
37.8
39.7
1.78
69.87
87.05
cleaning
38.6
Aug.
1955
♦1.85
1.96
1.77
1.76
I .89
1.69
62.69
108.03
76.83
Soap,
38.7
35.9
41.0
40.7
39.7
40.4
37.9
Aug. July
1956 1956
♦1.97 ♦1.96
2.10
2.09
1.85 1.84
1.84 1.83
1.92 1.93
71.71
92.62
Plastics,
Aug.
1955
43.2
44.4
*2.5
42.6
40.8
41.5
73.78
96.56
60.26
CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS...........
July
1956
43.0
44.6
41.2
41.4
39.2
41.5
35.9
40.0
40.1
39.8
40.4
38.7
39.*
84.66
91.71
93.80
98.73
95.60
Aug.
1956
42.7
44.0
41.6
*1.7
40.5
41.1
Average hourly
earnings
91.42
95.49
98.40
81.41
90.23
93.79
54.81
100.04
B o o k b i n d i n g a n d r e l a t e d i n d u s t r i e s ........
M i s c e l l a n e o u s p u b l i s h i n g and p rinting
Aug.
July1956
1955
$84.28 ♦79.92
93.21 87.02
75.81 75.23
75.76 74.98
75.66 77.11
73.87 70.14
Average weekly
hours
1.95
1.95
2.19
1.99
1.94
2.42
2.42
2.10
2.10
2.04
2.02
1.80
1.63
1.75
1.61
1.90
1.77
I .65
1.76
1.64
1.88
1.97
1.67
1.52
1.64
1.53
1.78
1.93
I .69
2.14
1.94
1.70
2.14
2.04
2.53
2.65
2.56
2.68
2.47
2.16
2.15
2.18
2.17
2.51
1.79
1.42
1.46
1.93
1.83
1.60
2.38
2.10
2.09
2.44
1.72
I .85
1.39
1.81
1.75
1.35
1.33
2L
Hours and Earnings
T a b l e C-l: H o u r s r i d gross e a r n i n g s of p r o d u c t i o n w o r k e r s
or n o n s u p e r v i s o r y e m p l o y e e s - C o n t i n u e d
Average weekly
earnings
Industry
LEATHER AND LEATHER PRODUCTS - Continued
L u g g a g e ..............................................
H a n d b a g s a n d s m a l l l e a t h e r g o o d s ...........
G l oves and m i s c e l l a n e o u s leather goods...
S T O N E , C L A Y , A N D G L A S S P R O D U C T S ..............
P l a t g l a s s .........................................
G l a s s a n d g l a s s w a r e , p r e s s e d or b l o w n . . . .
P r e s s e d a n d b l o w n g l a s s ......................
G lass pro d u c t s made of p u r c h a s e d glass...
B r i c k a n d h o l l o w t i l e .........................
F l o o r a n d w a l l t i l e . . . .......... .
S e w e r p i p e ........................................
C l a y r e f r a c t o r i e s ..............................
P o t t e r y a n d r e l a t e d p r o d u c t s ................
Concrete, gypsum, and p l a s t e r products...
C o n c r e t e p r o d u c t s ..............................
C u t - s t o n e a n d s t o n e p r o d u c t s ................
Miscellaneous nonmetallic mineral
P R I M A R Y M E T A L I N D U S T R I E S .......................
B l a s t furnaces, ste e l works, and r o lling
B l a s t furnaces, steel works, and rolling
mills, except 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 .........................................
G r a y - i r o n f o u n d r i e s ...........................
M a l l e a b l e - i r o n f o u n d r i e s ..... ...............
Prim a r y s melting and refining of
n o n f e r r o u s m e t a l s ..............................
P r i m a r y s m e l t i n g and r e f i n i n g of
Secondary
smelting
and refining
drawing,
and
alloying
Aug.
1956
July
1956
Aug.
Aug.
1956
July
1956
Aug.
1955
Aug.
1956
July
. 1956
Aug.
1955
$62.73
50.76
1+9*88
$6 1 .6 9
50.09
1+7.82
¿56.1+7
1+7.88
*4-6 . 5 0
39-7
37-6
37.5
38.8
37.9
3 8 .O
31.58
37.5
$1.59
1.35
1.31
$l.*+9
1-35
1.33
80.95
IO.3O
80.36
112.06
77.93
112.83
*1.3
1+0.7
1+1 . 2
1H.9
1+2 . 1
1.96
2.71
1.96
2.72
79.19
81.97
75.07
75.17
77.16
72.01+
66.72
79-^9
70.89
69.32
69.^3
71.51
39.^
39.6
39.8
.1+
2.01
83.63
75.66
1+0
ko.k
38.8
39-8
2.03
2.07
1.95
1+0 . 0
41.7
1+ 1 .1+
1+^.7
1+3-6
1+0 . 6
i+l.l
1
68.68
67.20
85.90
87.78
73.98
7 1 . ¿+0
76.07
7^.56
77.16
71.63
81+. 55
73.57
71.99
7^.52
76.59
7^.77
67.07
82.06
81.07
69.83
69.63
8 l. 1+0
a n d h e a v y - r i v e t e d p i p e ..............
1+1 . 8
*1 .3
1+1 . 1
1+] . 1
1+2 . 5
1+2 . 6
1+0 . 9
1+0 . 3
1+ 1
38.2
1+0 . 5
.1+
37.2
1+0 . 2
38.2
.
2.07
1.92
1.70
1
. 21 )
1.86
2.68
1.87
1.91
1.8 1
1.68
1.60
2.10
1.92
1.80
1.79
1.68
1.69
l .86
1.81+
1.70
1.59
1.71
1 . 71 +
1.99
1.77
1.77
2.08
1.85
1.85
2.02
2.01
67.26
38.1
35.3
38.0
1.88
80.71
78.20
1+5 . 7
U6 . 1
1+5 . 0
1+5 . 8
1+ 5 . 6
1+6 . 0
1.85
1.78
69.39
1+0 . 6
1+1 . 2
¿+3.1
1.72
1.90
I .83
1.77
1.69
79.99
87.52
81.93
85.90
1+0 . 1
39.6
1+1 . 8
1.96
39.6
2.03
2.21
2.02
38 . 8
2.21
1+2
82.35
1.70
1.61
85.75
88-19
7 8 . i+c
82.21
85.10
1+0 . 7
2.08
2.02
2.09
1.97
73.59
81+. 3 7
.1+
35.8
i+l.l
1+3 . 2
33.0
38.7
2.19
2.23
2.18
92.75
91.1+8
91.9*
39.3
1+0 . 3
1+0 . 5
2.36
2.27
2.27
95.13
96.1+7
96.96
37.9
38.9
39.9
2.51
2
.1+8
2.1+3
95.51
85.53
97.25
85.53
97.36
87.76
37.9
38.7
38.9
39.9
2.52
2.50
2
38.7
1+ I . 2
2.21
2.21
2.13
86.30
85.26
83.83
2.06
8O .96
2.06
1.99
1.99
88.62
39*3
1+1.7
2.05
2 .01 +
93-*1
81.19
93.66
¿+1.5
*+1.5
1+1 . 0
1+2 . 0
2.02
82.59
81.59
U0 . 6
1+0 . 2
39.8
1+2 . 0
2.10
8 2 . 1+1
1+0 . 9
1+0 . 8
2 .11
dh.05
2.2k
2.?3
2 .11
91.39
93
82.08
1+0 . 8
V' . 7
38.9
2.2k
2 .11
90.1+9
92.79
92.1+2
9 I+.5 I+
75-95
8 9 . 1+2
1+ 1 . 7
1+2 . 2
37.6
1+0
.1+
1+0 . 1
2.17
. 1+1
2
2.19
2.3*
2.02
38.5
86.11
83.21
82.71
1+ 1 . 8
1+1
.1+
1+2 . 2
2.06
2.01
1.96
89.55
89.91
81+. 81+
39-8
1+0.5
1+0 .1+
2.25
2.22
2.10
90.35
90.32
83.62
1+0 . 7
¿+0.5
1+0 . 2
2.22
2.23
2.08
87.86
89.21+
2.12
ko.k
100.38
1+0 . 8
1+2 . 0
2.30
2.19
2.35
2 .1+6
2.22
1+0 . 9
1+0 . 2
1+0.7
1+0 . 0
89.13
96.61+
81+. 8 0
81+. 0 3
95.72
38.2
89.57
9^-75
89.33
¿+1.5
l+o. 3
1+2.3
39.7
2.28
2.25
2.29
2.39
2.21+
2.33
2.28
2.25
96.35
100.37
91+.62
32.
76.02
39.1
1+0 .1+
1+ 1 . 0
1.26
.U i
2
.21 +
.1+1+
2.23
of
N o n f e r r o u s f o u n d r i e s ............................
Miscellaneous primary metal industries...
I r o n a n d s t e e l f o r g i n g s ......................
Welded
80.79
37.1
36.5
1955
of
Rolling, drawing
and alloy i n g of
n o n f e r r o u s m e t a l s ..............................
R o lling, drawing, and alloy i n g of
Rolling,
Average hourly
earnings
Average weekly
hours
93.90
101.93
93.60
9 I+.I6
1+ 1 . 0
1+1.3
1+1 . 1
1+1 . 6
1+1 . 3
1+1 . 8
2.19
2.3*+
2 . 1+8
2.08
.
Hours and Earnings
T a b l e C-l:
H o u r s a n d gross e a r n i n g s of p r o d u c t i o n w o r k e r s
or n o n s u p e r v i s o r y e m p l o y e e s - C o n t i n u e d
Average weekly
earnings
Industry
Aug.
1956
FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS (EXCEPT ORDNANCE,
MACHINERY, AND TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT). $84.04
T i n c a n s a n d o t h e r t i n w a r e ...................
C u t l e r y , h a n d t o o l s , a n d h a r d w a r e ..........
C u t l e r y a n d e d g e t o o l s ........................
93-52
80.40
S a n i t a r y w are and plumbers' supplies....
Oil burners, n o n e l e c t r i c h eating and
cooking apparatus, not e lsewhere
Structural
steel
S h e e t - m e t a l w o r k ...............................
M etal stamping, coating, and e n graving...
a n d p r e s s e d m e t a l p r o d u c t s .......
f i x t u r e s ................................
Miscellaneous fabricated metal products..
M e t a l sh i p p i n g barrels, drums, kegs,
B o l t s , n u t s , w a s h e r s , a n d r i v e t s ..........
S c r e w - m a c h i n e p r o d u c t s ........................
MACHINERY (EXCEPT ELECTRICAL)...........
E n g i n e s a n d t u r b i n e s ............................
S t e a m engines, turbines, and water
D i e s e l and o ther i n t e r n a l - c o m b u s t i o n
e n g i n e s , n o t e l s e w h e r e c l a s s i f i e d .......
A g r i c u l t u r a l m a c h i n e r y a n d t r a c t o r s .......
Agricultural
$ 83.6*
93.52
78.80
71.33
Aug.
1955
Aug.
July
1956
Aug.
1955
Aug.
1956
July
1956
1956
Aug.
1955
$82.78
90.23
79-32
40.6
*2.9
* 1.6
*3.8
* 1 .1
*0.7
*0.3
* 1.6
$2.07
$2.05
$1.99
2.18
2.18
2.06
67.97
76.97
* 0.8
*2.9
* 0.0
*0.3
* 0.1
39.8
1.99
1.77
2.03
2 .0*
1.97
1.77
1.99
2.03
1.93
1.67
1.91
2.02
82.21
79-80
80.79
84.03
80.00
78.39
77-97
79-60
39-8
39.3
39-0
37.8
* 0.*
2.01
80.89
39.6
2.09
2.01
2 .1*
2.01
78.80
85.63
77-03
77-11
85.90
84.65
*0.0
* 0.2
39.5
* 1 .1
* 0.8
*1.7
1.97
2.13
1.95
2.09
1.89
2.03
82.26
85.49
85.68
38.8
*1.3
* 2.0
2.12
2.07
2 .0*
83.16
82.21
85.05
89.46
86.71
83.03
82.41
39.6
* 1.0
*2.0
* 0.8
39.9
* 1 .1
*0.1
*0.7
*1.3
*0.3
*0.5
*2.0
*0.9
* 0.2
* 1.2
* 0.0
* 0.*
* 1 .*
*0.9
* 1.0
*2.1
* 1.6
* 1.2
* 2.0
*0.9
*0.9
*2.5
2.10
2 .1*
2.16
2.11
2 .0*
2.10
2.03
2.13
2.05
2.05
1.67
*2.2
* 1.0
*0.8
* 1.6
*6.1
*0 .*
* 1.0
* 1.3
*3.*
*0.5
*3.2
*2.3
2.26
2 .1*
2.08
2.00
82.14
and o r n a m e n t a l metal
M e t a l doors, sash, frames, mo l d i n g , and
t r i m ..............................................
Stamped
Lighting
1956
machinery
87.74
90.72
86.09
67.83
90.42
76.59
79-37
84.25
67.13
91-05
86.31
85.28
68.80
89.04
75.60
78-53
77.16
84.04
76.89
83.73
93.74
1.67
2.20
2.21
I .89
1.91
1-95
2 .0*
95-37
87.74
84.86
107.87
88.07
83.20
82.60
91.94
92.97
91.74
94.16
86.94
* 1.6
* 0.6
* 1.7
* 1.3
* 1.6
* 0.6
2.21
88.51
96.88
97.11
91.25
* 0.2
* 1.5
91.98
93-52
87.74
86.55
85.14
*0.7
39.7
39.*
83.23
85.05
87.70
80.79
2.12
1.70
1.91
2.03
2.3*
2.18
2.03
1.93
2.01
2.12
1.92
1.88
1-97
2.16
2.10
2.00
2.03
1.91
2.29
2.20
2.28
2.18
39.5
2.*1
2.3*
2.31
* 1.2
39-6
* 0.2
* 1.0
* 0.1
* 1.0
2.26
2.18
2.26
2.27
2.15
2.20
2 .1*
2.06
2.16
2.09
89.04
88.44
82.61
88.56
83.81
90.91
81.30
89.24
75-85 . *0.1
88,80
*1.7
38.9
*1.7
39.1
*2.9
2.09
2.18
2.09
2 .1 *
1.9*
2.07
89.21
88.15
88.39
94.59
92.87
* 2.7
*3.5
*3.7
2.16
2.21
2.*1
2.*0
2.27
**.8
* 1.0
*3.6
**.5
*5.1
2.06
106.80
103.28
* 1.3
*2.8
**.3
2.15
2.13
106.76
103.49
89.61
99.20
96.14
* * .1
2.31
2.29
2.18
94.73
114.75
96.73
114.30
*2.1
* 5.0
* 2.8
*5-0
*2.9
* 3.8
2.25
2.55
2.26
102.93
2.5*
2.19
2.35
89.04
89.44
76.63
89.04
90.94
75-67
82.17
2.10
2.15
2.10
2.16
2 .0*
1.86
2.10
1.85
1.78
89.80
*2 .*
* 2.1
*0.9
*6 .*
* 1.5
* 1.5
*1 .1
96.98
*2 .*
* 1.6
* 1.2
*6 .*
* 3.0
2.09
2.00
2.3*
2.37
2.19
(except
C o n s t r u c t i o n a n d m i n i n g m a c h i n e r y ..........
C o n s t r u c t i o n and m i n i n g m a c h i n e r y ,
e x c e p t f o r o i l f i e l d s . . . . ..................
O i l - f i e l d m a c h i n e r y a n d t o o l s ..............
M e t a l w o r k i n g m a c h i n e r y .........................
M a c h i n e t o o l s ....................................
Met a l w o r k i n g m a c h i n e r y (except machine
Special-industry machinery
(except
93-95
2.07
metal-
P o o d - p r o d u c t s m a c h i n e r y ......................
T e x t i l e m a c h i n e r y ..............................
P a p e r - i n d u s t r i e s m a c h i n e r y ..................
P r i n t i n g - t r a d e s m a c h i n e r y and equipment.
Average hourly
earnings
39-9
*0.9
*0.3
70.62
83.03
H a r d w a r e ..................................... .
H e a t i n g a p p a r a t u s (except ele c t r i c ) and
July
Average weekly
hours
97-44
100.62
104.75
84.66
73-16
90.45
**.2
**.9
* 1.3
1.98
33
H o u r s .il k
mm
amines
Table C-1:
Hours and gross earnings of production workers
or nonsupervisory employees - Continued
Average weekly
earnings
Industry
Aug.
1956
MACHINERY (EXCEPT ELECTRICAL) - Continued
G e n e r a l i n d u s t r i a l m a c h i n e r y ................
P u m p s , a i r a n d g a s c o m p r e s s o r s ............
C o n v e y o r s a n d c o n v e y i n g e q u i p m e n t ........
B l o w e r s , e x h a u s t and v e n t i l a t i n g fans...
I n d u s t r i a l t r u c k s , t r a c t o r s , e t c ..........
M echanical power-transmission equipment.
M e c h a n i c a l s tokers and i ndustrial
f u r n a c e s a n d o v e n s ...........................
Office and store machines and devices....
Computing machines and cash registers...
T y p e w r i t e r s .................................. .
Se rvice-industry and household machines..
D o m e s t i c l a u n d r y e q u i p m e n t ..................
C o m m e r c i a l laundry, d r y - c l e a n i n g , and
p r e s s i n g m a c h i n e s .............................
S e w i n g m a c h i n e s .................................
Re f r i g e r a t o r s and air-cond i t i o n i n g
$92*84
89.24
98.04
86.94
88.10
96.35
Telephone, telegraph, and r e l a t e d
e q u i p m e n t ........................................
M i s c e l l a n e o u s e l e c t r i c a l p r o d u c t s .........
S t o r a g e b a t t e r i e s ..............................
P r i m a r y b a t t e r i e s ( d r y a n d w e t ) ...........
X - r a y and n o n - r a d i o e l e c t r o n i c tubes....
3*
Aug.
1956
July
1956 _
Aug.
1955
42.2
41.7
*1.6
*1.3
*0.6
*2.1
*1.9
*2.3
$2.20
2.1*
$2.18
41.4
40.6
43.4
*1.6
*1.2
*2.0
*1.7
39* *+
*1.8
$2.06
1.99
2.13
*0.8
*1.3
*2.*
*0.5
*0 .*
*0.1
*1.3
39.8
*0.*
39.^
*0.3
39.8
2.33
1.97
2.1 *
81.59
41.8
40.7
41.1
40.9
39.7
39.1
2.21
2.17
2.07
2.25
1.89
2.03
2.05
93.50
78.81
82.19
4l.l
39.8
*1 .1
*2.5
*1.7
39.9
1.96
2.17
1.96
1.89
2.20
2.06
82.00
85.28
81.81
39.6
40.7
40.1
*0.0
*1.6
*0.5
*3.1
*1.6
2.16
2.15
2.17
2.13
2.1 *
2.12
2.05
2.05
2.11
2.15
2.12
2.13
2.02
2.11
2.02
86.48
84.20
85.90
88.83
82.39
90.90
74.47
81.81
43.0
2.28
2.10
2.17
2.12
2.27
2.10
2.00
2.05
2.22
2.13
2.19
2.19
2.16
2.18
2.18
2.06
2.3*
1.99
2.12
2.10
89.25
90.94
84.03
4o.l
42.0
80.60
79.40
76.14
40.5
1*0 .1
to.
5
1.99
1.98
1.88
87.33
74.80
87.14
79.59
4i.o
4o.o
*1.3
*0 .*
*0.*
39.6
2.13
1.87
2.11
70.09
1.87
1.97
1.77
84.25
84.66
79.73
4o.7
*0.7
*1 .1
2.07
2.08
1.9*
79.37
78.39
74.30
40.7
1*0.2
*0.6
1.95
1.95
1.83
90.09
96.53
90.01
84.65
4o.4
2.19
2.09
2.20
2.01
2.16
1.96
87.02
89.24
98.67
81.60
83.78
83.79
84.80
82.19
*0.0
*0.7
*0.1
*0.1
*1.9
85.54
87.51
Electrical generating, transmission,
distribution, and indus t r i a l apparatus..
W i r i n g d e v i c e s a n d s u p p l i e s ................
C a r b o n and g r a phite p r o d u c t s
R a d i o s , p h o n o g r a p h s , t e l e v i s i o n se t s ,
a n d e q u i p m e n t ..................................
Aug.
1955.
85.08
80.56
ELECTRICAL MACHINERY........................................
I n s u l a t e d w i r e a n d c a b l e . . . . . ................
E l e c t r i c a l e q u i p m e n t f o r v e h i c l e s ..........
E l e c t r i c l a m p s ....................................
1956
88.94
90.03
99.22
80.56
84.61
90.30
P o w e r a n d d i s t r i b u t i o n t r a n s f o r m e r s .....
Switchgear, switchboard, and industrial
c o n t r o l s .........................................
July
1956
$85.70
80.60
85.65
87.02
86.37
Aug.
Aug.
.1955
$90.69
87.34
95.34
87.57
83.92
91.54
91.54
87.91
95.76
80.57
84.96
86.41
M i s c e l l a n e o u s m a c h i n e r y p a r t s ........ ,....
F a b r i c a t e d pipe, fittings, and valves...
B a l l a n d r o l l e r b e a r i n g s .....................
M a c h i n e s h o p s ( j o b a n d r e p a i r ) ............
E l e c t r i c a l indicating, meas u r i n g , and
r e c o r d i n g 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
July1956
Average hourly
earnings
Average weekly
hours
86.69
85.81
85.01
75.55
93.72
90.29
102.56
81.18
82.98
81.56
82.81
42.9
*1 .1
*2.6
I10.5
*1.2
2.23
2.25
77-62
95.82
78.57
74.75
41.7
42.9
40.0
42.1
39.9
39.9
4o.2
*1.8
**.*
39.6
*1.7
39. ^
39.5
39.2
39.6
*5.2
*0.5
*1.3
*1.3
39.6
*0 .*
2.1 *
2.30
2.0*
2.10
1.81
1.88
1.87
1.70
1.79
39.8
37.2
39.9
39.6
1.83
1.73
1.83
1.71
1.66
39.3
*0.2
39.7
*0.0
*0.5
*3.9
*0.3
*2.1
39.5
*0.2
1-91
2.13
85.08
75.58
72.22
71.50
73.30
67.32
72.32
73.20
67.47
72.83
69.43
65.74
4o.o
92.82
84.89
76.38
83.77
92.63
73.75
42.0
4o.6
86.31
61.62
80.80
39.6
41.6
77.55
87.12
63.36
90.27
63.61
63.20
86.67
39.0
40.9
1.99
2.21
1.60
2.17
2.31
2.05
1.99
2.07
1.81
2.16
1.90
2.11
1.58
2.1 *
2.12
1.9*
1.81
2.06
1.7*
2.11
1.83
2.05
1.56
2.01
Hours and Earnings
T a b l e C-l: H o u r s a n d gross e a r n i n g s of p r o d u c t i o n w o r k e r s
or nonsupervisory e m p l o y e e s - C o n t i n u e d
Average weekly
earnings
TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT................
Aug.
1955
$92.06
95.45
40.8
39.6
93.62
93.77
83.23
82.21
80.60
39.5
40.8
40.3
42.3
42.0
43.1
42.3
42.5
40.0
40.0
40.1
38.4
40.9
36.5
40.5
$94.66
9Z.66
Motor vehicles,
bodies,
parts,
and
Average weekly
hours
July
1956
$93.84
92.97
IS
Industry
L o c o m o t i v e s a n d p a r t s .........................
R a i l r o a d a n d s t r e e t c a r s .....................
O t h e r t r a n s p o r t a t i o n e q u i p m e n t ..............
94.89
85.41
78.57
101.01
78.00
96.28
81.18
83.01
88.97
89.19
86.37
95.67
90.91
83.67
87.47
66.50
93.25
98.47
89.44
79.87
INSTRUMENTS AND RELATED PRODUCTS........
82.01
8l.4l
77.55
96.25
95.40
81.80
T r u c k a n d b u s b o d i e s ..........................
T r a i l e r s ( t r u c k a n d a u t o m o b i l e ) ...........
A i r c r a f t ...........................................
A i r c r a f t e n g i n e s a n d p a r t s ........ .........
A i r c r a f t p r o p e l l e r s a n d p a r t s ..............
O t h e r a i r c r a f t p a r t s a n d e q u i p m e n t .......
S h i p a n d b o a t b u i l d i n g a n d r e p a i r i n g ......
S h i p b u i l d i n g a n d r e p a i r i n g ..................
B o a t b u i l d i n g a n d r e p a i r i n g ..................
97.29
97.02
98.70
94.75
96.90
90.80
93.20
75.79
Mechanical
scientific,
measuring
and en gineering
a n d c l o c k s ..............................
MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES....
J e w e l r y , s i l v e r w a r e , a n d p i t t e d w a r e ......
J e w e l r y a n d f i n d i n g s ..........................
S i l v e r w a r e a n d p l a t e d w a r e ..................
Games, toys, dolls, and C h i l d r e n ' s
v e h i c l e s ..........................................
S p o r t i n g a n d a t h l e t i c g o o d s .................
P e n s , p e n c i l s , o t h e r o f f i c e s u p p l i e s .....
C o s t u m e j e w e l r y , b u t t o n s , n o t i o n s ..........
Other manufacturing
88.80
91-83
72.50
97.17
i n d u s t r i e s ..............
July
1956
40.8
39.9
Aug.
1955
4l.i
41-5 .
39-9
39.9
39-7
41.9
41.7
42.2
42.6
42.3
4o.O
4o.l
39.4
41.5
41.0
41.3
41.0
4l.l
39.8
42.9
41.7
39.1
39.4
Aug. July
1956 _ 1956
$2.32 $2.30
2.3* 2.33
2.37
2.0*
2.0*
2.30
2.31
2.29
2.2*
2.26
40.9
2.27
2.33
1.89
2.33
43.0
2.32
38.0
2.35
2.02
2.05
2.29
2.29
2.28
2.28
2.29
2.22
2.29
1 .8*
Aug.
1955
$2.2*
2.30
2.32
1.98
2.01
2.17
2.17
2.17
2.23
2.18
2.1 *
2.22
1.75
4o.o
39.4
4l.6
2.3*
1.9*
40.6
4o.5
40.6
2.02
2.01
1.91
89.19
42.4
42.4
4l.l
2.27
2.25
2.17
81.80
83.02
78.57
76.78
40.1
40.1
40.9
4o.3
40.5
40.2
2.0*
2.06
2.0*
2.06
1.9*
1.91
71.51
63.52
92.70
71.34
70.75
64.80
69.53
62.22
40.9
4o.4
40.9
1.76
1.60
68.90
4o.2
4o.0
4o .9
38.7
1.77
70.05
4o.4
39.7
41.2
39.2
39.6
1.82
1.62
2.2*
1.81
1.70
1.5*
2.09
1.7*
69.77
72.45
67.57
84.22
68.90
66.50
70.89
66.56
4o.i
4o.3
1.7*
1.75
1 .6*
1.7*
1.75
1.65
2.01
2.00
80.97
62.01
79.37
39.6
39.7
39.4
4o.6
40.7
93.38
and co ntrolling
O p t i c a l i n s t r u m e n t s a n d l e n s e s ..............
Surgical, medical, ana dental instru-
Watches
96.22
97.13
96.87
1956
2.37
2.36
2.37
1.95
89.47
Laboratory,
81.39
95.95
95.49
Aug*
Average hourly
earnings
84.25
61.54
62.69
66.01
59.52
75.76
74.19
91.62
69.48
65.01
81.20
61.69
61.23
61.82
65.93
60.13
74.21
73.87
85.48
79-84
73.16
59.65
59.40
60.52
61.56
58.56
71-75
70.30
4l.4
41.2
41.9
4l.l
39.0
4i.o
42.8
39.4
41.7
2.25
38.8
41.6
41.8
40.2
39.5
39-2
38.7
4l.o
38.4
41.4
39.0
38.4
40.2
38.3
39.6
39.3
40.5
39.3
1.57
1.57
1.62
1.61
1.61
1 .6*
4o.i
39-5
4i.o
4o.4
1.83
1.85
1.81
1.87
4i.o
1.97
1.59
1.95
1.59
1.55
1.57
2.28
2.29
2.27
1.92
1.65
1.70
1.60
1.91
1.82
1.51
1.50
1.5*
1.52
l.*9
1.75
1.7*
35
Hours and Earnings
T a b l e C-lt
H o u r s a n d gross e a r n i n g s of p r o d u c t i o n w o r k e r s
or n o n s u p e r v i s o r y e m p l o y e e s - C o n t i n u e d
Average weekly
earnings
Industry
Aug.
.
Average weekly
hours
July
Aug.
I 956
1955
1956
$65.30
(¿/)
$85.67
85.73
$83.61
8 1 . *0
72.89
7 *. 21
61 . 3*
86.28
91. *6
9* . 2*
85.86
-125.6
Average hourly
earnings
July
Aug.
Aug.
July
Aug.
1956
1955
1956
_ 1956
1955
(I /)
*3.3
* 0.6
*3.3
*3.1
*3-3
$1.97
(i/)
$ 2 .11
1.98
$1.9*
72.76
59.52
39.*
37.7
39.9
* 0.2
38.*
1.85
1.60
1.86
1.6 1
1.8 1
38.1
102.75
85. 2*
105.08
*3 .*
*2.5
* 2.2
*5.1
* 2 .*
2.32
2.33
79.71
2.03
2.02
1.88
92.32
9*. 69
87.78
89.*5
80.80
* 1.2
*1.7
*0.5
* 1 .*
*1.9
* 0.6
* 1.6
* 1.8
* 0 .*
2.22
2.26
2.12
2.23
2.26
2.13
2.11
2 . 1*
2.00
* 2.2
2.26
2.26
2 . 1*
..
Aug.
TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC UTILITIES:
T R A N S P O R T A T ! OH :
Local
railways
and bus
l i n e s ................................
1.88
COMMUNICATION:
S w i t c h b o a r d o p e r a t i n g e m p l o y e e s 2J. . .
Line c o n s t r u c t i o n , inst a l l a t i o n , and
maintenance employees
...............
T e l e g r a p h _4j ....................................
OTHER
PUBLIC
60.32
100.69
* * .1
1.55
2.33
UTILITIES:
G a s a n d e l e c t r i c u t i l i t i e s ..................
E l e c t r i c l i g h t a n d p o w e r u t i l i t i e s ............
G a s u t i l i t i e s ...................................
Ele c t r i c light and gas u t i l i t i e s com
b i n e d ............................................
86.*8
92.66
93.56
90.31
* 1.0
* 1 .*
81.81
82.22
77.55
*0.5
*0.5
* 0.6
2.02
2.03
1.91
61.78
**.50
62.17
60.19
* 2 . *8
39.1
35.6
39.1
35.5
39.6
35.7
1.58
1.25
1.59
**.73
1.26
1.52
1.19
50. 0*
65.62
83. *1
* 8.36
*7.88
63.73
80.59
* 6.77
36.0
36.0
38.6
36.0
**.0
35.*
*3.9
35.3
39.1
*3.8
35.7
1.39
I .69
1.87
1.36
1.39
38.3
1.90
1.37
1.33
I .63
1 . 8*
1.31
69.97
7*. 30
67 . *6
71.50
* 2 .*
*3.2
*1.9
*3.2
*1.9r
*3.6
I .65
1.73
I .67
1.72
1.6 1
1 . 6*
62.11
58.67
78.03
9*. 75
78.32
97.16
7 *. 22
* 2.23
*2.23
*0.77
* 2.11
*8.77
i+2.*2
*9.90
* 0.*0
* 5.82
92.09
90.25
108.90
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE:
WHOLE SALE
RETAIL
T R A D E ..........................................................
TRADE
(EXCEPT
FATING
AND
DRINKING
P L A C E S ) ..........................................................................
G e n e r a l m e r c h a n d i s e s t o r e s ............... .
Dep a r t m e n t stores and general m a i l
o r d e r h o u s e s ...................................
F o o d a n d l i q u o r s t o r e s . , . , ..................
A u t o m o t i v e a n d a c c e s s o r i e s d e a l e r s .......
A p p a r e l a n d a c c e s s o r i e s s t o r e s ............
O t h e r retail trade:
F u r n i t u r e a n d a p p l i a n c e s t o r e s ...........
L u m b e r a n d h a r d w a r e s u p p l y s t o r e s .......
50. 0*
6**73
82.28
*8 . 1 *
69.96
7*. 7*
FINANCE, INSURANCE, AND REAL ESTATE:
S e c u r i t y d e a l e r s a n d e x c h a n g e s ............
I n s u r a n c e c a r r i e r s ................. ...........................................
61.70
96.96
1.70
-
-
-
_
-
-
_
_
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
* 1.0
* 1.0
* 1.6
1.03
1.03
* 0.1
38.*
* 0 .*
* 0.0
38.5
1.05
1.05
39.6
1.27
1.26
1.19
-
-
-
-
-
SERVICE AND MfSCELLANEOUS:
Hotels and lodging places:
H o t e l s , y e a r - r o u n d 5/..............................................
Personal services:
L a u n d r i e s ....................................................................................
C l e a n i n g a n d d y e i n g p l a n t s ...................................
Motion pictures:
M o t i o n -picture p r o d u c t i o n and dis t r i
b u t i o n ..........................................................................................
-
.98
1.01
1/ Not available.
2/ Data relate to employees in such occupations in the telephone industry as switchboard operators; service as
sistants: operating room instructors: and pay-station attendants. During 1955 such employees made up *1 percent of
the total number of nonsupervisory employees in telephone establishments reporting hours and earnings data.
3/ Data relate to employees in such occupations in the telephone industry as central office craftsmen; instal
lation and exchange repair craftsmen: line, cable, and conduit craftsmen; and laborers. During 1955 such employees
made up 26 percent of the total number of nonsupervisory employees in telephone establishments reporting hours and
earnings data.
*/ Data relate to domestic employees except messengers and those compensated entirely on a commission basis.
5 / Money payments only; additional value of board, room, uniforms, and tips, not included.
* Women's outerwear - April 1956 average hourly earnings should have read $1.55»
Adjusted Earnings
T a b l e C-2: G r o s s a v e r a g e w e e k l y e a r n i n g s of p r o d u c t i o n w o r k e r s
in selected industries, in current a n d 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 dollars
Ye ar
Bituminous-coal
Laundries
mining
C u r r e n t 1947-49 C u r r e n t 1947-49 C u r r e n t 1947-49
Manufacturing
Year
and
month
Bituminous-coal
Laundries
mining
C
u
r
r
e
n
t
C u r r e n t 1947-49
1947-49 C u r r e n t 1947-49
Manufacturing
Monthly
data:
Annual
average:
1939.... $23.86 $40.17 $23.88 $40.20 $17.64 $29.70 1935
1940.... 25.20 42.07 24.71 41.25 17.93 29.93 Aug.... $76.33 $66.66 $ 94.50 $82.53 $40.40 $35.28
67.63
84.19 40.70 35.42
96.73
1941.... 29.58 47.03 30.86 49.06 18.69 29.71 Sept*•• 77.71
99.86
86.91
41.01
68.32
35.69
1942.... 36.65 52.58 35.02 50.24 20.34 29.18 Oct.... 78.50
96.03
83.50 41.11 35.75
79.52
69.15
1943.... 43.14 58.30 41.62 56.24 23.08 31.19 N o t ,,..
68.18 25.95 34.51 Dec.... 79.71
92.18 41.31 36.02
69.49 105.73
1944.... 46.08 61.28 51.27
1945.... 44.39 57.72 52.25 67.95 27.73 36.06
1946.... 43.82 52.54 58.03 69.58 30.20 36.21 1956
68.54 104.22
90.94 41.51 36.22
194?.... 49.97 52.32 66.59 69.73 32.71 34.25 Jan.•.• 78.55
68.21 103.18 90.03 40.90 35.69
1948.... 54.14 52.67 72.12 70.16 34.23 33.30 Feb.... 78.17
Mar.... 78.78 68.68 102.38 89.26 41.70 36.36
36.66
91.78 42.12
1949.... 54.92 53.95 63.28 62.16 34.98 34.36 Apr.... 78.99 68.75 105.46
91.87 42.54 36.86
1950.... 59.33 57.71 70.35 68.43 35.47 34.50 May.... 79.00 68.46 106.02
68.15 107.82
36.96
92.79 42.95
1951.-... 64.71 58.30 77.79 70.08 37.81 34.06 June... 79.19
1952.... 67.97 59.89 78.09 68.80 38.63 34.04
1953.... 71.69 62.67 85.31 74.57 39.69 34.69 July... 79.00 67.52 102.16 87.32 42.42 36.26
62.60 80.85 70.43 40.10 34.93 Aug.. . • 79.60 68.15 102.58 87.83
42.11 36.05
1954.... 71.86
96.00
83.84 40.70 35-55
1955.... 76.52
66.83
Table C-3:
Year
Average weekly earnings, gross and net spendable, of production workers
in manufacturing, in current and 1947-49 dollars
Net spendable
Gross average
average w eekly earnings
weekly earnings
W o r k e r wi t h
Worker with
Index
3 dependents
A m o u n t ( 1947-49 no d e p e n d e n t s
C u r r e n t 1947-49 C u r r e n t 1947-49
= 100)
Annual
average:
Net s p e n d a b l e
G r o s s av e r a g e
av e r a g e w e e k l y e a r n i n g s
w e e k l y e ar n i n g s
Worker with
Index
Worker with
3 dependents
no d e p e n d e n t s
A m o u n t ( 1947-49
C u r r e n t 1947-49 C u r r e n t 1947-49
= 100)
Monthly
data:
1939.... $23.86
1940.... 25.20
1941.... 29.58
1942.... 36.65
1943.... 43.14
1944.... 46.08
1945.... 44.39
1946....
1947....
1948....
Ye ar
and
month
43.82
49.97
54.14
1949.... 54.92
1950.... 59.33
1951.... 64.71
1952.... 67.97
1953.... 71.69
1954.... 71.86
1955.... 76.52
45.1
47.6
55.9
69.2
81.5
87.0
83.8
82.8
94.4
102.2
103.7
112.0
122.2
128.4
135.4
135.7
144.5
$23.58 $39.70 $ 23.62 $39.76 1955
24.69
41.22 24.95 41.65
$76.33
28.05
44.59 29.28 46.55 Sept.... 77.71
45.58 36.28 52.05
78.50
31.77
48.66 41.39 55.93
36.01
79.52
38.29
50.92 44.06 58.59
79.71
48.08 42.74 55.58
36.97
51.80
43.20
1956
45.23
37.72
42.76
44.77 48.24 50.51
78.55
46.14 53.17 51.72
47.43
78.17
48.09
51.09
54.04
55.66
58.54
59.55
63.15
47.24
49.70
48.68
49.04
51.17
51.87
55.15
53.83
57.21
61.28
63.62
66.58
66.78
70.45
52.88
78.78
78.99
79.00
79.19
55.65
55.21 June....
56.05
58.20 July.... 79.00
79.60
58.17
61.53
144.2
146.8
146.3
150.2
150.5
$63.00 $55-02 $70.29 $61.39
64.08 55.77 71.40 62.14
62.69
64.70 56.31 72.03
65.49
56.95 72.85 63.35
65.64
57.23 73.00 63.61*
64.74
64.44
64.92
148.3
147.6
148.8
149.2
149.2
149.6
56.49
56.23
65.08
65.09
65.24
56.64
56.40
56.14
72.07
71.77
72.25
72.42
72.43
72.58
149.2
150.3
65.09
65.56
55.63
56.13
72.43
72.91
56.60
62.89
62.63
62.99
63.03
62.76
62.46
61.91
62.42
IL
Adjusted Earnings
T a b l e C-4:
and
Year
and
mont h
A v e r a g e h o u r l y earnings, gross a n d e x c l u d i n g o v e r t i m e ,
a v e r a g e w e e k l y h o u r s of p r o d u c t i o n w o r k e r s in m a n u f a c t u r i n g
Average
Manufacturing
hourly earnings
Excluding
Gross
overtime
Index
Amount
( 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 - 10 0 )
D urable goods
Average hourly earnings Average
A v e r ac*e.
weekly
Excluding weekly
Gross
hours
o v e r t i me
hours
Average
Nondurable goods
hourly earnings
Gross
Excluding
overtime
Average
weekly
hours
Annual
average :
19*1 .......... $0.729 $0.702
.805
19*2.
.853
.961
.89*
19*3.
54.5
62.5
69.4
**.9
19**.
19*5.
19*6 .
1.019
.9*7
1.023 1/.963
1.086 1.051
73.5
1/74.8
81.6
*5.2
* 3 .*
* 0.*
19*7.
93-0
*0.*
*0.1
19*9.
1.237
1.350
l .*01
1950.
1951.
1952.
l.*65
1.59
1.67
1953.
195*.
1955.
1.81
1.88
1.76
1.82
1955:
Aug.. 1.88
19* 8 .
IÏOV. .
D ec..
1956: Jan..
1/
1.292
1.122
1.250
1.366
l.*8o
1.61
125-0
1.537
1.67
1.77
1.71
132.8
136.6
* 0.',
1.87
141.3
39.7
*0.7
1.92
2.01
1.80
1.86
1.91
1.93
1.93
1.82
1.83
1 .8*
1.85
1.85
141.3
142.1
142.9
143.6
143.6
* 0.6
*0.9
*1.1
*1.2
*1.3
2.01
2 .0*
2 .0*
1.93
1.93
1.95
1.87
1.86
1.88
*0.7
*0.5
*0.*
*0.3
*0.1
*0.2
* 0.1
* 0.2
1.90
July. 1.97
Aug.. 1.98
I .90
1.91
147-5
148.3
11-month
1.029
l/l.0*2
1.111
1.156
.976
* 0.5
* 0.7
* 0.7
109.9
1.90
1.90
1.91
A pr..
May..
June.
1.117
.881
118.8
l.*15
1.53
1.97
1.97
Mar..
$0.770
39.2
1.367
101.7
106.1
145.2
144.4
146.0
147.5
147.5
148.3
Feb..
$0.808
.9*7
1.059
l .*10
l .*69
1.77
Sept.
O ct..
1.198
1.310
*0.6
*2.9
1.96
average;
August
38
1945 excluded because
l.*3*
1.60
1.70
1.93
1.9*
1.96
1.96
2.05
1.97
1.97
2.06
1.98
1.98
2.06
2.05
2.06
2.08
2.08
2.09
2.07
2.10
1-99
2.00
2.01
2.02
2.01
2.03
of V J - d a y h o l i d a y period.
*2.1
*5.1
*6.6
$0.6*0
•723
.803
$0.625
*6.6
**.1
* 0.2
.90*
1.015
.861
.81*
I/.858
.698
.763
.981
38.9
*0.3
*2.5
*3.1
*2.3
*0.5
*0.6
* 0.5
39.5
1.278
1.325
1 .2*1
1.292
* 1.2
* 1.6
* 1.5
1.378
l .*8
1.5*
1.337
l.*3
l.*9
39.7
39.5
39.6
* 1.3
* 0.2
* 1 .*
1 .6l
1.66
39.5
39.0
1.71
1.56
I .61
1.66
* 1.1
*1.5
*1.7
*1.8
*2.0
1.70
1.72
1.72
1.7*
1.7*
1.65
1.67
1.67
1.68
1.68
39.9
* 0.1
40.3
40.3
40.4
*1.2
*1.0
*0.9
*1 .1
* 0.8
* 0.8
1.75
1.75
1.81
1.70
1.70
1.73
1.7*
1.75
1.76
39-9
39-8
39.6
39.2
39.1
39.2
1.82
1.81
1.77
1.76
39**
39.5
*0.7
*0.7
1.171
1.78
1.79
I .80
1.133
* 0.1
39.6
38.8
39-8
M an Hour Indexes
T a b l e C-5. I n d e x e s
of a g g r e g a t e w e e k l y m a n - h o u r s
in industrial a n d constivction activity ^
( 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 = 100)
Manufacturing
19*7:
19*8:
19*9:
1950:
1951:
1952:
1953:
195*:
1955:
Contract
n i n i xig
c o n s t r u c t ion
divi s ion
division
Year
and
month
TOTAL
Average . .
Average. .
Average..
Average*.
Average..
Average..
Average..
Average,.
Average..
IO3.6
IO3.*
93.0
IOI .5
IO9.5
IO9.7
II3.3
IOI .9
108.*
105.1
105.%
89.5
91.0
95.0
90.9
87.5
111.8
113.6
113.7
112.6
81.3
81.5
81.6
80.3
82.9
124.3
I 08.I
107.*
IO6.6
108.2
IO8.5
IIO .9
82.0
80.9
112.0
113.0
IO6.5
112.8
76.1
8^.9
1955: Aug.....
2]
112.3
Feb.....
Mar.....
July....
I e ary>
and
month
Average..
Average..
Average..
Average..
Average..
Average..
Average..
Average..
Average..
1955: Aug.....
F u m i ture
and f i x t u r e s
IO3.3
10*.6
92.1
111.5
105.9
106.2
108.5
Feb.....
Mar.....
May.....
127.5
123.1
118.9
126.7
77*4
80.3
145.1
148.5
140.8
128.2
8o.4
89.7
102.7
II5.7
II6.6
I25.2
IO7.5
116.2
109.1
110.7
111.9
112.5
112.6
II 5.7
117.6
120.0
122.0
109.3
108.*
107.3
107.1
II 9.O
117 .*
122.5
103.1
99.2
99.7
98.6
99.7
93.5
97.5
101.2
102.5
102.3
101.2
100.8
154.4
105.8
106.*
154.4
160.0
101.7
107.9
IO7.3
11 *. 6
140.0
S t o n e , clay,
and glass
products
102.8
IO3.9
. 93.3
IO2.9
11 1 .*
10*. 3
Primary metal
industries
105.4
106.6
88.0
104.1
115.7
96.7'
99.2
106.2
108.6
110.0
109.7
113.0
109.4
115.1
113.7
113.8
112.8
11 *. 2
11 *. 3
II 2.9
112 .*
108.8
109.5
108.0
10*. 9
102.6
103.*
108.2
108.I
109.6
1 1 1 .*
112 e8
II 3.5
101.1
IO7 .*
IO 9.7
II 3.3
106.6
Fabricated
metal
products
106.7
103.8
89.4
106.5
115.8
112.1
123.4
108.8
118.0
114.5
116.0
117.9
124.1
123.7
117.8
118.8
117.4
116.3
117.0
115.2
112.8
112.6
73.8
106.8
101.2
107.6
91.1
107.4
290.4
625.0
798.5
509.7
413.2
405.3
405.1
3». 2
396.4
389.3
Durable goods
L u m b e r and
wood products
(e x c e p t
furniture)
107.0
102.7
90.3
99.6
102.7
96.9
93.0
84.7
90.5
97.8
96.0
94.9
90.7
87.9
389.3
385.8
374.1
83.6
381.0
83.9
83.3
80.1
377.3
374.6
87.6
95.0
368.7
100.0
350.9
90.7
94.1
92.4
goods - C o n t i n u e d
118.2
121.0
123.6
115.4
114.3
-
O r d n a n c e and
accessories
102.1
9*. 7
116.2
II7.5
115.6
II 5.6
128.1
84.7
IO6 .I
10*. 1
Total:
Nondurable
goods
97.6
97.6
96.7
9*.7
9*.l
95.*
114.0
81.8
81.7
10*.8
103.2
92.0
101.1
108.*
108.*
113.6
101.1
107.7
104.6
II3.9
9*.2
11*. 7
Nov.....
124.1
Total:
Durable
goods
M a n u f a c t u r ing; - D u r a b l e
V p
19*7:
19*8:
19*9:
1950:
1951:
1952:
1953:
195*:
1955:
94.6
103.4
102.0
109.1
Manufac
turing
division
Machinery
(e x c e p t
electrical)
108.3
106.6
85.I
9*.0
116.9
118 .*
119.0
100.9
106.*
10*. 7
105.6
110.0
112.0
116 .*
116.3
117.2
117.3
118.6
114.1
116.5
113.6
116.0
106.9
111.6
112.8
113.2
Electrical
machinery
111.1
102.9
86.0
107.6
123.7
131.2
147.1
123.1
130.8
129.7
133.6
142.7
140.3
140.6
Transporta
tion
equipment
102.9
100.9
96.3
106.1
124.5
138.0
158.6
1.34.3
146.3
138.3
136.3
139.3
154.3
154.O
136.3
134.5
133.4
146.9
138.7
133.4
127.3
126.7
139.8
138.5
137.1
138.1
136.6
135.I
128.1
126.5
See footnotes at end of table.
39
M a n -H ou r Indexes
Table C-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly man-hours
in industrial and construction activity ^ Continued
(1947-49
Year
and
month
M a n u f a c t u r i n g - Durable goods-Con.
Miscellaneous
Instruments
manufacturing
and rela t e d
industries
products
19*7 s Average ..
19*8: Average..
19*9: Average..
1950: Average..
1951 • Average..
1952: Average..
1953 • Average..
195*: Average..
1955: Average..
May.....
117.3
120.8
122.3
122.7
123.1
10*.*
109.2
112.5
111.5
109.0
103.5
90.3
120.7
99.0
97.8
121.2
121.6
121.2
122.6
121.5
120.8
103.0
105.3
10*. 2
103.*
102.9
102.7
8*. 9
82.6
81.6
89.9
8*.3
8*. 3
82.9
82.3
85.*
91.O
76.5
7*. 6
7 6.6
77.7
82.5
80.3
95.5
7*. 5
119.2
P a p e r and
allied products
19*7’Average..
19*8: Average..
19*9* Average..
1950: Average..
1951: Average..
1952: Average..
1953: Average..
195*: Average. .
1955: Average..
1955: Aug.....
1956 : Jan.....
Feb.....
101.*
100.5
98.0
99.5
101.6
10*. 9
- Nondurable
105.5
10*. 7
IO8.I
IO3.5
IO7 .O
116.7
118.5
118.9
119.2
119.0
108.1
105.6
111.7
112.2
113.0
11*. 0
108.2
IO8.9
I09.*
115.8
109.9
ll*.l
110.3
112.2
112.2
111.7
111.9
109.1
109.0
115.5
1 1 6
.*
117.9
111.0
112.5
goodi 3
IO3.3
102.6
9*.l
97.2
11*.*
109.3
98.0
Chemicals
and allied
products
102.7
105.*
10*.7
108.6
111.6
106.3
119.2
10*. 6
99.9
9*.6
Printing, p u b
l i s h i n g , and
allied industries
102.6
115.6
115.1
116.8
Aug.....
90.5
91.O
97.7
102.3
95.1
105.*
109.9
105.9
101.0
93.1
89.2
91.2
92.2
90.1
88.5
91.5
93*7
10*. 5
Manufacturing
105.9
100.0
96.1
95.2
95.9
9*.7
110.1
99.0
102.7
98.3
97.3
102.1
99.6
105.7
89.9
100.1
96.0
90.7
89.8
78.7
83.0
101.6
98.8
103.0
101.9
10*.5
106.9
98.8
10*. 9
83.6
106.7
8*.3
85.2
86.7
86.8
79.0
78.3
75.2
78.1
Rubber
products
109.8
100.9
95.8
9*. 5
96.*
96.0
111.5
115.1
98.2
95.2
93.1
93.0
105.8
106.8
95.*
111.0
10*. 5
102.0
88.1
101.9
IO8.5
108.*
111.6
96.*
113.3
109.3
108.1
no.*
A p p a r e l and oth e r
finished textile
products
107.7
109.8
!
110.3
110.6
107.*
112.*
109.1
102.9
99-5
99.2
97.2
105.3
Continued
P r o d u c t s of
petroleum
and coal
93.3
91.5
93.7
93.5
92.5
9*. 9
2J A g g r e g a t e m a n - h o u r s a r e f o r t h e w e e k l y p a y p e r i o d e n d i n g
t o t a l s for the mo n t h .
P o r m i n i n g an d m a n u f a c t u r i n g i n d u s t r i e s ,
c o n t r a c t c o n s t r u c t i o n , t h e d a t a r e l a t e to c o n s t r u c t i o n w o r k e r s .
2/ I n c l u d e s o n l y t h e d i v i s i o n s s h o w n .
*0
-
goods
T e x t i l e - m i 11
products
89.5
97.*
117.5
122.7
129.9
115.9
U7.9
122.1
Year
and
month
Tob acco
manufactures
-- N o n d u r a b l e
IO3.9
103.0
Feb.....
Mar.....
Manufacturing
F o o d and
kindred
products
10*.6
10*.2
91.2
101.3
103.1
100.5
109.5
98.8
10*. 1
107.5
1955: Aug.....
- 100)
9*.0
L e a t h e r and
leather products
105.8
100.8
93.*
97.8
92.1
96.9
96.5
89.9
95.0
98.6
118.2
9*. 3
9*. 6
121.7
119.9
92.0
99.5
117.5
113.1
109.7
108.3
103.6
99® 1
101.7
97.0
89.*
87.5
91.7
103.8
106.*
92.*
93.1
109.6
n e a r e s t th e 15 th of th e m o n t h and do not r e p r e s e n t
d a t a r e f e r to p r o d u c t i o n and r e l a t e d w o r k e r s .
For
State and Area Hours and Earnings
Table C-6: H o u r s a n d gross earnings of production w o r k e r s in
m a n u f a c t u r i n g industries for selected States a n d areas
State and area
Average weekly earnings
1956
1955.
Aug.
July
.A «&.
ALABAMA................................
Birmingham
Nobile
$ 62.88
75-83
ARIZONA..................
Phoenix
Average weekly hours
19* 6
1955
Aug.
July
Aug.
Average hourly earnings
1956
1955
Aug.
July
Aug.
39.3
38.3
* 1.1
38.*
39.9
*0.8
* 1.0
*1.5
* 0.0
$ 1.60
1.98
1.95
$1.56
1.9*
$1.*3
1.78
1.75
81.41
*2.1
* 1.8
*2 .*
*2.5
*1.7
*0.3
2.16
2.13
2.12
2.11
2.03
2.02
$58.63
73-87
80.15
$59.90
75.01
79-15
90.9V
89.03
89.89
89.68
84.65
70.00
1.88
ARKANSAS..............................
Little RockN. Little Rock
55-34
56.54
53-63
*0.1
*0.1
*1.9
1.38
l.*l
1.28
55.07
54.67
52.89
* 0.2
*0.2
* 1.0
1.37
1.36
1.29
CALIFORNIA...............
90.96
* 1.2
39.8
* 1.2
* 1.6
*0.5
39.1
* 0.8
* 0.2
* 0.5
39.6
* 0.8
2.21
2.00
2.21
2.22
2.00
2.20
2.10
79.71
90.98
90.09
89.80
78.08
89.64
85.00
Fresno
Los Angeles-Long Beach
Sacramento
San BernardinoRiTerside-Ontario
San Diego
San Franc Is co “Oakland
San Jose
Stockton
35.*
2.17
2.33
2.09
2 .0*
39.9
* 1 .*
*0.3
**.3
*1.9
* 0.6
* 1.6
39.*
*2.0
* 1.7
* 0.2
* 0.1
* 0.*
*1.3
37.7
2.17
2.25
2.29
2.03
2.15
2.01
2.32
2.07
2.18
2.02
2.10
1-91
1.90
*1.9
*1.3
* 1.0
*1.3
*0.9
*0.2
2.02
2.03
1.97
2.05
1.87
1.90
* 1.0
* 1 .*
* 1.2
*0.3
*0.9
* 0.1
* 0.6
* 1.0
* 1.2
*2.7
* 0.1
* 0.7
39.6
* 0.8
*0.9
* 1.6
* 0.*
*0.9
*0.1
*0.1
*0.*
I .98
2.06
2.05
1.98
2 05
2.05
1.87
1.9*
1.9*
39.2
COLORADO.................
Denver
CONNECTICUT..............
Bridgeport
Hartford
New Britain
Heir Haven
Stanford
Waterbury
DELAWARE.................
Wilmington
86.62
92.95
92.15
89.71
8*. 65
93-59
87.37
93-02
91-52
87.07
87.48
75-52
85.47
72-37
80.67
85:43
88.05
78.89
71.43
2 .2*
1.91
2.13
8*.6*
83.8*
80.77
84.67
76.48
81.18
85.28
8*. *6
81.18
76.48
78.59
78.9*
85.*1
80.39
78.60
78 .1*
79-18
94.40
72.44
86.24
* 0.7
*0.0
1.92
2.31
1.85
39.7
* 0.*
* 0.0
1.96
91.71
2.36
2.16
82.11
82.11
80.40
39.1
39.1
39.8
2.10
2.10
2.02
63.02
66.30
6*. 2*
60.65
63.55
67.43
64.31
*0.*
61.91
57.39
(1 /)
(Ï/)
55.88
39.7
* 0.*
39.9
* 1.0
39.9
*0.7
*0.2
* 0.7
(I/)
(1 /)
* 0.2
1.56
1.67
1.59
1.52
1.55
1.69
I .58
1.5*
l.*l
(1 /)
(1 /)
1.39
39.7
38.9
1 .**
1 .**
1.76
1.75
1.87
1.33
I .69
1.82
84.46
87.54
77-74
83.16
81.19
76.38
80.70
78.38
77.30
70.98
81.80
75-55
1.95
1.93
2.13
1.98
1.96
1.91
1.89
1.77
2.10
2 .0*
1.99
1.87
DISTRICT OF COLOMBIA:
Washington
FLORIDA..... ............
Jacksonville
Miami
Tampa-St. Petersburg
57.17
56.02
53.8?
71.10
78.26
69.65
79.10
68.61
70.90
* 0.*
* 3.0
*2.3
*0.5
* 0.6
*2.2
IDAHO....................
89.0*
88.74
84.97
*2.0
*3.5
*2.7
2.12
2 .0*
ILLINOIS..............................
Chicago
Rockford
85.05
88.61
84.17
82.24
86.36
85-57
88.48
* 0.*
* 0.5
* 1.7
*1.3
* 1.2
87.3*
*0.7
* 0.*
*2 .*
**.6
2.09
2.19
2.06
2.08
87.23
2.05
1.98
INDIANA..................
85.*9
82.83
82.72
* 0.0
* 0.2
*0.7
2 .1*
2.06
2.03
IOWA.....................
Des Moines
76.58
75-15
75-22
76.24
81.74
* 0.2
39.9
39.0
84.41
36.0
* 1.2
* 0.*
1.90
2.12
1.93
2.09
2.02
GEORGIA..................
Atlanta
Savannah
39.8
2.15
1.68
1.99
1.99
2.10
1.85
See footnotes at end of talDie.
*1
State and Area Hours 3nd tamings
Table C - & Hours a n d gross earnings of production w o r k e r s in
m a nufacturing industries for selected Slates a n d areas - C o n t i n u e d
Average weekly earnings
State and area
...
.AugKANSAS..................................
Topeka
Wichita
$ 83.36
78.11
87.26
75.32
.
Julv
Average weekly hours
1956
1955
_
July
41.8
41.6
41.8
41.6
43.6
41.4
$2.02
1.94
2.13
$ 2.00
1.93
2.08
$1.93
1.84
2.05
40.5
41.7
39.8
40.0
40.9
40.7
1.86
2.07
1.78
2.04
1.75
1.93
40.8
40.4
40.0
41.1
40.9
39.9
41.8
41.4
39.9
42.2
40.2
40.3
$ 80.21
80. 1 *
8*. 70
41.2
40.2
40.9
81.78
71.51
78.79
68.97
95.63
July
KENTUCKT..............................
L o u isville
86.22
LOUISIANA............................
Baton Rouge
New Orleans
75 .*8
103.02
7 *. 00
76.86
108.79
7*. 61
68.23
MAINE...................................
Lewiston
Portland
65.17
55.56
58.29
53.36
64.00
38.1
67.87
63.08
56 . l l
72 . 48
38.5
41.2
MARYLAND..............................
Baltimore
83.68
78.09
77.03
81.95
74.25
80.55
71.06
7*. 26
68.91
71.20
53.87
56.46
77.93
78.76
55.55
59.64
74.52
79.30
93.83
9*. 05
97.31
72.72
MASSACHUSETTS.....................
Boston
F a ll River
New Bedford
Spr ingf ield -Holyoke
Worcester
78.72
81.20
MICHIGAN..............................
Detroit
F lin t
Grand Rapids
Lansing
Muskegon
Saginaw
9*. 11
101.02
96. 2*
86.60
9*. 8*
87 . 7*
86.37
MINNESOTA............................
Duluth
Minneapolis-St. Paul
79.06
75.58
53.9*
57.61
70.73
100.12
96.23
1.65
1.85
1.87
2.31
1-71
38.8
1.55
1.46
1.57
1.46
43.2
41.8
1.65
1.68
1.38
1.53
40.8
40.9
40.7
41.1
40.6
*1.3
1.91
2.05
I .89
1.99
1.83
1.95
40.4
40.2
37.2
37-9
41.0
40.4
39.7
39.5
36.9
1.80
1.88
1.88
1.79
1.71
40.8
40.6
40.3
4o.o
39-*
40.3
40.5
41.3
1.45
1.52
I .92
1.46
1.53
1.91
40.6
40.7
40.3
40.3
40.1
39.9
39-6
40.6
40.8
40.4
40.4
40.1
39.5
40.5
41.8
41.2
45.2
41.4
44.7
39.5
41.8
2.20
2.l8
40.4
81.13
40.2
38.7
40.6
40.6
41.6
39-5
41.1
2.12
2.0 6
50.58
54.94
40.2
40.8
4 o.o
41.5
41.8
40.4
39-8
39.*
40.2
109.25
83.63
106.30
88.16
88.86
84.73
91.04
82.18
83.60
79. *8
76.46
83.30
81.18
MISSISSIPPI........................
Jackson
53.87
58.75
61.01
MISSOURI..............................
Kansas C ity
S t. Louis
7*. 69
80.63
82.63
75.28
79. *3
83. k9
71.75
81.14
78.92
39.4
39-6
39.9
MONTANA................................
90.22
91.21
86.62
40.4
NEBRASKA..............................
Omaha
7*.9*
79.08
78.2k
72.67
41.9
76.26
NEVADA..................................
95.12
95.23
NEW HAMPSHIRE.....................
Manchester
63.80
58.05
See footnotes at end of table.
42
1.85
Aug.
1.87
85.61
9k.92
1955
Aug.
Am,:.
80.26
86.86
1950
Aug.
Aug.
$ 83.72
Average hourly earnings
1955
36.9
2.55
2.66
1.45
1.78
2.01
1.94
1.41
1.48
1.84
1.92
2.32
2.31
2.45
2.36
2.48
2.39
2.15
2.37
2.38
2.12
2.37
2.23
2.25
2.42
2.02
2.38
2.15
2.19
2.18
2.01
2.05
1-97
1.88
2.06
1.98
1.34
1.44
1.34
1.47
I .36
40.2
40.9
40.3
I .89
2.03
2.07
I .89
2.01
2.08
1.78
1.97
1.96
40.6
4 l.l
2.24
2.25
2 .11
41.9
41.8
41.8
42.9
42.3
1.79
I .89
1.76
1.87
I .69
91.03
38.2
38.4
4 o .l
2.49
2.48
2.27
63.80
59.28
57.60
55.34
40.9
38.7
40.9
38.4
40.6
38.7
1.56
1.50
1.56
1.50
1.46
1.43
53.60
T3.55
78.37
38.1
1.97
1.2 1
1.80
State and A re a H ours and f arnings
Table C - & H o u r s a n d gross earnings of production w o r k e r s in
m a n u f a cturing industries for selected Slates a n d a r eas - C o n t i n u e d
State and area
HEW JERSEY...............
Newark-Jersey City 2/
Paterson 2/
Perth Amboy 2J
Trenton
HEW MEXICO..............
Albuquerque
NSW YORK
Albany-Schenectady-Troy
Binghamton
Buffalo
Elmira
Nassau and
Suffolk Counties 2/
Heir York-Northeastern
Hew Jersey
Heir York City 2/
Rochester
Syracuse
Utica-Rome
Westchester County 2/
Average weekly earnings
1956
.1955
AUg.
Aug.
July .
Average weekly hours
1<>56
1955
Aug.
July
Aug.
*0.1
*0.3
*0.6
*0.*
39.5
*0.2
*0.0
*0.7
*0.6
*0.2
*0.*
*0.3
* 1.2
*1.3
* 0.1
$2.05
80.12
$78.58
79-75
78.57
82.43
76.87
1.99
1.99
1.92
86.10
81.60
8I .56
77.08
*0.9
*0.8
* 1.0
*0.8
* 1 .*
* 1.0
2.00
2 .0*
2.10
2.00
1.97
79-43
85-42
75-33
94.42
77-07
78.99
86.22
73.97
39.6
39.*
39.9
* 1.2
39.8
39.5
*0.6
39.*
* 0.8
39.9
39.3
* 0.8
39.8
*0.9
*0.5
2.01
2 .I7
2.00
2.12
1.88
92.46
76.91
74.79
82.37
70.93
89.45
75-39
89.61
90.70
79.76
* 1.1
* 1.8
39.0
2.18
2.17
2.05
79.58
75-66
74.69
39.2
37.9
*0.7
*1.6
* 1.1
39.8
38.9
37.7
* 0.6
* 1.2
39.9
39.7
2.03
1.99
(1 /)
2.03
1.99
1.92
I .89
81.73
79-75
71.09
73-47
39.2
38.0
(1 /)
*1.2
*0.9
*0.9
56.06
50.93
55.08
39.5
*0.0
39.1
39.2
37.9
* 0.1
* 0.8
$82.25
83.78
81.97
85.28
78.68
81.80
83.23
$82.53
82.72
82.42
85.91
(If)
79.58
75.56
86.15
82.65
82.56
77.51
78.55
80.69
78.65
H0R7H C A R OUHA...........
Charlotte
Greensboro-High Point
53.72
57.60
52.96
53.18
52.30
50.67
38.1
HORTH DAKOTA.............
Fargo
(1 /)
(i/)
75-81
2 /69.29
82.87
75.60
(I/)
(I/)
OHIO.....................
Akron
Canton
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Columbus
Dayton
Toledo
Youngstown
89.92
88.73
92.73
86.14
87.18
89.89
*0.5
81.02
94.59
83.05
92.36
86.36
84.52
97.96
91.33
95.01
97.49
90.67
(1 /)
93.49
91.60
(1/)
OKLAHOMA.................
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
78.53
74.76
85.47
78.66
75.58
84.05
OREGOH......................................
91.18
89.86
Portland
PEHHSYLVAHIA.............
Allentown-Bethlehem
Easton
Erie
Harrisburg
Lancaster
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Reading
Scranton
Wilkes-Barre— Hazleton
York
Average hourly earnings
1956
1955
July
Aug.
Aug.
83.73
90.51
85.77
88.48
(1/)
78.09
84.87
72-14
69.33
82.86
93.69
73.30
58.75
56.06
67-37
94.86
71.22
<!/>
(1 /)
73-93
70.22
82.94
2.08
2.02
2.11
1.89
2.29
1.9*
$2.05
2.07
2.02
2.12
2.27
1.93
$1.9*
1.98
1.91
2.00
1.88
1.90
2.02
1-78
2.19
1.86
2.12
2.01
1.99
1.91
1.98
1.9*
1.78
I .85
1.36
1**3
38.1
1.36
1 .**
1.39
1.27
1.35
1.33
**.5
î/43.2
43.2
(1 /)
1.70
1.86
2 /1.60
**.6
* 1.2
39.6
(1/)
* 1 .*
*1.6
2.19
2.12
*1.5
*0.7
*1.5
39.9
39.0
*0.6
39.2
39.9
* 0.8
* 1.2
*0.2
* 1.1
*0.0
* 1.1
*0.9
*2.0
*0.7
36.2
*0.8
*1.8
2.01
1.89
1.97
(1 /)
1.38
1.75
2.37
2.29
2.31
2.25
(I/ )
(1/)
2.22
2.31
2.22
2.05
2.28
2.12
2.36
2.29
2 .**
* 1 .*
*2.7
*1.0
*1.3
* 1.8
*2.1
1.92
1.78
2.10
1.90
1.77
2.05
1.79
1.68
2.32
2 .2*
2.32
2.22
2.23
(1/)
*1.5
2.37
2.16
2 .0*
2 .2*
2.10
2.27
(1/)
1.96
2.18
U /)
(1/)
(1/)
1.97
86.07
83.74
39.3
39.5
38.7
38.7
* 0.8
39.8
76.80
76.21
a/)
39.U
39.5
a/)
1.95
1.93
73.58
84.33
67.37
70.61
38.6
*2.1
39.*
*0.*
*0.3
39.7
2.02
2.02
1.83
1.72
2.06
2.36
1.81
1.85
* 0.5
39.9
*1.5
39.*
* 0.0
* 0.2
39.8
*0.2
38.1
37.8
1.87
1.92
1.69
1.62
1.96
2.26
1.73
37.1
37.8
* 1.2
39.*
* 1 .*
* 0.*
39.6
* 0.2
38.5
37.8
*1.3
67.68
82.17
90.74
90.82
79-10
66.59
67.03
58.98
79-02
89.30
69.35
55-79
55-39
67.39
52.66
65.38
73-16
* 0.1
38.2
*0.*
2.03
1.71
1.69
2 .0*
2.28
1.82
1 .5*
l .*8
1.5*
l.*9
1.68
1.67
2.10
l.*5
1.39
1.58
See footnotes at end of talale.
43
State and Area Hours and tamings
Table C - & H ours a n d gross earnings of production w o r k e r s in
m anufacturing industries for selected Slates a n d areas - C o n t i n u e d
Average weekly earnings
State and area
Aug.
RHODE ISLAND.............
Providence
*¿5.53
6 4 .85
SOOTH CAROLINA..........
Charleston
54.66
61.84
SOUTH DAKOTA ...........
Sioux Falls
71.93
TENNESSEE................
Chattanooga
Knoxville
Memphis
Nashville
1956
...Wl.
$ 65.57
66.33
.. ...1355...
_ Au&._.
$ 60.65
62.00
Average weekly hours
Aug.
1956
July
1955
Average hourly earnings
Aug.
Aug.
1956
July
1955
Aug.
38.9
39-3
39.3
* 0.2
39.4
* 0.0
$ 1.68
1.65
$1.67
I .65
'*1.5*
1.55
39.6
54.65
52.22
64.40
39.9
39.9
*0.5
* 0.8
*0.5
I .37
I .55
1.38
I .59
1.28
57.10
74.66
81.44
72.63
*3.2
*3-0
**.5
* 6.0
*5.8
*7.1
1.66
1.75
1.68
80.63
I .77
I .59
I .71
62.57
64.62
63.04
60.86
67.51
71.21
70.11
64.80
69.08
68.16
62.32
*1.6
39.6
39.*
38.5
38.7
*1.0
*0.0
* 1 .*
*0.8
*0.*
*2.6
*1. 0
1.58
71.14
64.15
39.6
39.*
37.3
TEXAS....................
80.75
80.93
75.84
*1.2
* 1.5
UTAH.....................
Salt Lake City
82.82
74.17
76.83
83.63
75.26
77.42
36.9
*1,0
VERMONT..................
Burlington
Springfield
66.61
62.61
81.90
67.68
63.88
61.10
58.95
77.89
VIRGINIA.................
Norfolk-Portsmouth
Richmond
61.20
65.57
67.56
65.18
68.71
WASHINGTON...............
Seattle
Spokane
Tacoma
89.86
88.61
91.05
81.79
89.69
89.05
93.20
84.76
WEST VIRGINIA............
Charleston
78.98
98.01
75-41
1.62
I .60
1.6*
1.8*
I .71
1.62
l.*7
1.53
I .71
I .60
I .52
*1.9
1.96
I .95
1.81
39.*
*1.*
39.2
*1.*
2.01
2.02
I .95
2.02
I .92
1.87
*1.8
*1.8
*2.6
* 2.3
*1.1
**.*
*2. *
*1 . 1
*3. 1
I .60
I .50
I .92
I .60
l.*9
1.93
I .51
1.**
58.58
*0.0
*0.1
62.56
1.5*
39.5
* 0.9
*0.*
39.1
*0.5
1.53
39.5
* 0.7
1.68
1**5
l«6o
1.57
86.86
78.15
39.*
39.3
39.5
37.2
39.2
39.2
39.0
38.5
*0.*
2.28
2.25
2.30
2.20
2.29
2.27
2.17
2.13
78.92
98.74
75.45
93-33
39.1
38.5
*0.8
2.02
* 0.5
*0.*
2.*2
2.05
I. 9I
2 .3I
82.08
82.43
*1.6
*1.*
81.95
78.14
77.85
*1.*
83.97
78.92
39.1
38.0
* 0.9
36.9
39.*
I .98
2.15
1.97
2.20
2.25
2 .O 9
I .98
2.I5
I .89
2.11
I. 9*
2.10
2.12
2.O 3
WISCONSIN................
Kenosha
La Crosse
Madison
Milwaukee
Racine
83.47
WYOMING..................
Casper
104.15
88.62
92.71
87.67
63.14
85.65
61.75
62.42
63.58
84.81
82.01
81.68
86.29
93.51
82.86
76.61
90.88
110.09
1/ Not available.
2/ Subarea of New York-Northeastern New Jersey.
Not comparable with current data shown.
**
l.*l
*0.2
37.7
36.9
39.5
86.69
82.26
*0.0
* 0.3
*1.2
39.9
*0.0
*1.6
39.3
*0.*
* 0.9
*0.6
84.45
100.45
*0.*
39.6
* 1.5
* 1.7
*1.6
*1.0
84.64
1.6*
1.81
I .71
1.66
1.66
2 .I7
2.63
1.65
2.32
2.25
2.*2
2.00
2.16
2.25
2.11
2 .I9
2.6*
1.81
2.15
2.12
2o03
2.*5
Explanatory Notes
INTRODUCTION
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.
The statistics are an integral part of the Federal
statistical system, and are considered basic indica
tors of the state of the Nationfs econoujy. They are
widely used in following and interpreting business
developments and in making decisions in such fields as
labor-management negotiations, marketing, personnel,
plant location, and government policy. In addition,
Government agencies use the data in this report to com
pile official indexes of production, labor productivity,
and national income.
or engaging in more than one activity, the entire
employment of the unit is included under the industry
indicated by the most important product or activity.
The titles and descriptions of industries presented
in the Standard Industrial Classifical Manual. (U. S.
Bureau of the Budget, Washington, D. C.) are used for
classifying reports from manufacturing and government
establishments; the 19/12 Industrial Classification
Code. (U. S. Social Security Board) for reports from
all other establishments.
c.
Coverage
1-fonthly reports on employment and, for most indus
tries, payroll and man-hours are obtained from approx
imately 155,000 establishments* (See table below.) The
table also shows the approximate proportion of total
employment in each industry division covered by the
group of establishments furnishing monthly employment
data. The coverage for individual industries within
the division may vary from the proportions shown.
ESTABLISHMENT REPORTS:
A p p r o x i m a t e size a n d c o v erage of B L S
a.
Collection
The employment statistics program, which is based
on establishment payroll reports, provides current data
for both full- and part-time workers on payrolls of
nonagricultural establishments (see glossary for defi
nition, p. 7-Æ) during a specified period each month.
The BLS uses two "shuttle” schedules for this program,
the BLS Form 790 (for employment, payroll, and manhours data) and the F o m 1219 (for labor turnover data).
The shuttle schedule, used by BLS for more than 25
years, is designed to assist firms to report consist
ently, accurately, and with a minimum of cost. The
questionnaire provides space for the establishment to
report for each month of the current calendar year; in
this way, the employer uses the same schedule for the
entire year.
Under a cooperative arrangement with the BLS,
State agencies mail the forms to the establishments
and examine the returns for consistency, accuracy, and
completeness. The States use the information to prepare
State and area series and then send the data to the BLS
Division of Manpower and Employment Statistics for use
in preparing the national series.
b.
Industrial Classification
Establishments are classified into industries on the
basis of their principal product or activity determined
from information on annual sales volume. This informa
tion is collected each year. For manufacturing estab
lishments, a product supplement to the monthly 790
report is used. The supplement provides for reporting
the percentage of total sales represented by each pro
duct. Information for nonmanufacturing establish
ments is collected on the 790 form itself. In the
case of an establishment making more than one product
e m p l o y m e n t a n d payrolls s a m p l e ll
Division
or
industry
Contract construction..
Manufacturing.........
Transportation and
public utilities:
Interstate railroads.
Number of
Employees
ments in
sample
Number in Percent
sample
of total
350,000
735,000
10,980,000
1*5
2h
65
1,128,000
95
Ili,600
1,581,000
57
58,300
1,928,000
18
12,000
693,000
31
1,200
lliU,000
37
2,300
9li,000
19
--M oo
2,162,000
2,033,000
100
ia
3,100
20,900
ko,hoo
---Other transportation
and public utilities.
Wholesale and retail
Finance, insurance, and
real estate..........
Service and
miscellaneous:
Hotels and lodging
Personal services:
Laundries and clean
ing and dyeing
Government:
Federal (Civil Service
Commission).........
State and local......
1/ Some firms do not report payroll and man-hour
information. Therefore, hours said earnings estimates
may be based on a slightly smaller sample than employ
ment estimates.
Labor turnover reports are received from approx
imately 10,000 cooperating establishments in the manu
facturing, mining, and communication industries (see
table below). The definition of manufacturing used in
the turnover series is not as extensive as in the BLS
series on employment and hours and earnings because of
the exclusion of the following major industries from
the labor turnover sample : printing, publishing, and
allied industries (since April 1943;5 canning and pre
serving fruits, vegetables, and sea foods; women's and
misses1 outerwear; and fertilizer.
A p p r o x i m a t e size a n d c o v e r a g e of
BLS
labor t u r n o v e r s a m p l e
Number of
Group and industry
Manufacturing........
Durable goods......
Nondurable goods....
îfetal mining.........
Coal mining:
Anthracite..........
Bituminous.........
Communication :
Telephone..........
Telegraph..........
1/ Does not apply.
U Q UaUlxoil"
ments in
sample
Employees
Number in Percent
sample
of total
10,200
6,1*00
3,800
120
5,991*,000
1*,199,000
1,795,000
57,000
39
1*3
32
53
20
200
6,000
71,000
19
32
661,000
28,000
88
65
(a/)
&/)
DEFINITIONS A N D ESTIMATING
METHODS:
A.
EMPLOYANT
Definition
Employment data for all except Federal Government
establishments refer to persons who worked during, or
received pay for, any part of the pay period ending
nearest the 15th of the month. For Federal Government
establishments current data generally refer to persons
who worked on, or received pay for, the last day of
the month.
Persons on an establishment payroll who are on paid
sick leave, paid holiday, or paid vacation, or who work
during a part of the specified pay period and are un
employed or on strike during the other part of the
period are counted as employed. Persons are not con
sidered employed who are laid off or are on leave with
out pay, who are on strike for the entire period, or
who are hired but do not report to work during the
period. Proprietors, the self-employed, unpaid family
workers, farm workers, and domestic workers in house
holds are also excluded. Government employment covers
only civilian employees; Federal military personnel
are shown separately, but their number is excluded
from total nonagricultural employment.
With respect to employment in educational institu
tions (private and governmental), BLS considers regular
full-time teachers to be employed during the summer
vacation period whether or not they are specifically
paid in those months.
cultural industries, and appropriate adjustments made
as indicated by the total counts or benchmarks. The
comparison made for the first 3 months of 1955 resulted
in changes amounting to 0.8 percent of all nonagricul
tural employment. Among the eight major industry divi
sions changes ranged from 0.2 to 2.3 percent, with the
exception of contract construction which required an
adjustment of 6.2 percent. As a result, the estimating
techniques for contract construction were reviewed in
detail and certain refinements have been introduced.
Manufacturing industries as a whole were changed b y 0.2
percent, a slightly smaller amount than necessary in
195U. vithin manufacturing, 1*3 of the 132 individual
industries required no adjustment because the estimate
and benchmark differed by less than 1.0 percent or less
than 500 and 78 were adjusted by 1.0-U.9 percent. One
significant cause of differences between the benchmark
and estimate is the change in industrial classification
of individual firms, which cannot be reflected in BLS
estimates until they are adjusted to new benchmarks.
Other causes are sampling and response errors.
The basic sources of benchmark information are the
quarterly tabulations of employment data, by industry,
compiled by State agencies from reports of establish
ments covered under State unemployment insurance laws.
Supplementary tabulations prepared by the Ü. S.
Bureau of Old Age and Survivors Insurance are used for
the group of establishments exempt from State unem
ployment insurance laws because of their small size.
Benchmarks for industries wholly or partly excluded
from the unemployment insurance laws are derived from
a variety of other sources.
The BLS estimates which are prepared for the
benchmark quarter are compared with the new benchmark
levels, industry by industry. Where revisions are
necessary, the monthly estimates are adjusted between
the new benchmark and the preceding one. Following
revision for these intermediate periods, the industry
data from the most recent benchmark are projected to
the current month by use of the sample trends. Under
this procedure, the benchmark is used to establish
the level of employment while the sample is used to
measure the month-to-month changes in the level.
Estimating Ifethod
The estimating procedure for industries for which
data on both "all employees”and "production and re
lated workers” are published (manufacturing and
selected raining industries) is outlined below; the
first step under this method is also used for indus
tries for which only figures on "all employees" are
published.
The first step is to compute total employment (all
employees ) in the industry for the month following the
benchmark period. The all-employee total for the last
benchmark month (e.g., ïferch) is multiplied by the
percent change of total employment over the month for
the group of establishments reporting for both March
and April. Thus, if firms in the BLS sample for an
industry report 30,000 employees in March and 31,200
in April, April employment is 104 percent (31>200
divided by 30,000) of I*farch employment. If the all
employee benchmark in % r c h is 40,000, the all-employee
total in April would be 104 percent of 40,000 or
41,600.
Benchmark Data
Employment estimates are periodically compared with
complete counts of employment in the various nonagri2-E
The second step is to compute the productionworker total for the industry. The all-employee total
for the month is multiplied by the ratio of production
workers to all employees. This ratio is computed from
establishment reports in the monthly sample. Thus, if
these firms in April report 24,960 production workers
and a total of 31,200 employees, the ratio of produc
tion workers to all employees would be .80 (24,960
divided by 31,200). The production-worker total in
April would be 33*280 (41,600 multiplied by .80).
Figures for subsequent months are computed by
carrying forward the totals for the previous month ac
cording to the method described above.
The number of women employees in manufacturing,
published quarterly, is computed by multiplying the
all-employee estimate for the industry by the ratio
of women to all employees as reported in the industry
sample.
Employment Adjusted for Seasonal Variation
Employment series for many industries reflect a
regularly recurring seasonal movement which can be
measured on the basis of past experience. By elimi
nating that part of the change in employment which can
be ascribed to usual seasonal variation, it is pos
sible to clarify the cyclical and other nonseasonal
movements in the series. Adjusted employment aggre
gates are shown and also indexes (1947-49 s 100) de
rived from these aggregates. The indexes have the
additional advantage of comparing the current sea
sonally adjusted employment level with average employ
ment in the base period.
Comparability with Other Employaient Estimates
Employment data published by other government and
private agencies may differ iVom BLS employment sta
tistics because of differences in definition, sources
of information, methods of collection, classification,
and estimation. BLS monthly figures are not directly
comparable, for example, with the estimates of the
Census Manthly Report on the Labor Force (MILF).
Census data are obtained by personal interviews with
individual members of a small sample of households
and are designed to provide information on the work
status of the whole population, classified by their
demographic characteristics. The BLS, on the other
hand, obtains data by mail questionnaire v/hich are
based on the payroll records of business units, and
prepares detailed statistics on the industrial and
geographic distribution of employment and on hours of
work and earnings.
Since BLS employment figures are derived from
establishment payroll records, persons who worked in
more than one establishment during the reporting peri
od will be counted more than once in the BLS series.
By definition, proprietors, self-employed persons,
domestic servants, and unpaid family workers are ex
cluded from the BLS but not the MRLF series.
Employment estimates compiled by the Bureau of the
Cen 3U 3 from its censuses and/or annual sample surveys
of manufacturing establishments also differ ft*om BLS
employment statistics. Among the important reasons
for lack of comparability are differences in indus
tries covered, in the business units considered parts
of an establishment, and in the industrial classifi
cation of establishments. Similar differences exist
between the BLS data and those in County Business
Patterns published jointly by the U.S. Department of
Commerce and the U.S. Department of Health, Education
and Vfelfare.
B.
LABOR TURNOVER
Definition
”
Labor turnover,”as used in the BLS program, re
fers to the gross movement of wage and salary workers
into and out of employment status with respect to in
dividual firms during a calendar month. This movement
is subdivided into two broad types: accessions (new
hires and rehires) and separations (terminations of
employment initiated by either employer or employee).
Each type of action is cumulated for a calendar month
and expressed as a rate per 100 employees. All em
ployees, including executive, office, sales, other
salaried personnel, and production workers are cov
ered by both the turnover movements and the employment
base used in computing labor turnover rates. All
groups of enroloyees— full- and part-time, permanent,
and temporary— are included. Transfers from one es
tablishment to another within a company are not con
sidered to be turnover items.
Method of Computation
To compute turnover rates for individual indus
tries, the total number of each type of action (ac
cessions, quits, etc.) reported for a calendar month
by the sample establishments in each industry is first
divided by the total number of employees reported by
these establishments, who worked during, or received
pay for, any part of the pay period ending nearest the
15th of that month. The result is multiplied by 100
to obtain the turnover rate.
For example, in an industry sample, the total
number of employees who worked during, or recéived
pay for, the week of January 12-18 was reported as
25,498. During the period January 1-31 a total of
284 employees in all reporting firms quit. The quit
rate for the industry is:
284 x 100 = 1 .1
25,498
To compute turnover rates for broader industrial
categories, the rates for the component industries
are weighted by the estimated employment.
Separate turnover rates for men and women are pub
lished quarterly for 1 month in each quarter. Only
accessions, quits, and total separations are publish
ed. These rates are computed in the same manner as
the all-employee rates; for example, the quit rate for
women is obtained from an industry sample by dividing
the number of women who quit during the month by the
number of women employees reported.
Average monthly turnover rates for the year for
all employees are computed by dividing the sum of the
monthly rates by 12 .
Comparability with Earlier Data
Labor turnover rates are available on a compara
ble basis from January 1930 for manufacturing as a
whole and from 1943 for two coal mining and two com
munication industries. Rates for many individual in
dustries and industry groups for the period prior to
January 1950 are not comparable with those for the
subsequent period because of a revision which in
volved (1) the adoption of the Standard Industrial
Classification (1945) code structure for manufactur
ing industries, and (2 ) the introduction of weighting
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in the computation of industry-group rates.
Comparability with Employment Series
Month-to-month changes in total employment in man
ufacturing industries reflected by labor turnover
rates are not comparable with the changes shown in the
Bureau's employment series for the following reasons:
(1) Accessions and separations are computed
for the entire calendar-month; the em
ployment reports, for the most part,
refer to a i-week pay period ending
nearest the 15th of the month.
(2) The turnover sample excludes certain in
dustries (see under coverage, p. 2-E).
(3) Hlants on strike are not included in the
turnover computations beginning with the
month the strike starts through the month
the workers return; the influence of such
stoppages is reflected, however, in the
employment figures.
C.
HOURS AND EARNINGS
Definitions of production workers, nonsupervisory
employees, payrolls, and man-hours from which hours
and earnings data are derived are included in the
glossary, page 7 - E . Methods used to compute hours
and earnings averages are described in summary of
methods for computing national statistics, page 6-E.
Gross Average Hourly and Weekly Earnings
Average hourly earnings for manufacturing and nonmanufacturing industries are on a "gross”basis, i.e.,
they reflect not only changes in basic hourly and in
centive wage rates, but also such variable factors as
premium pay for overtime and late-shift work, and
changes in output of workers paid on an incentive
basis. Employment shifts between relatively high-paid
and low-paid work and changes in workers* earnings in
individual establishments also affect the general
earnings averages. Averages for groups and divisions
further reflect changes in average hourly earnings for
individual industries.
Averages of hourly earnings differ from wage rates.
Earnings refer to the actual, return to the worker for
a stated period of time; rates are the amounts stimu
lated for a given unit of work or time. However, the
average earnings series does not measure the level of
total labor costs on the part of the employer, since
the following are excluded: irregular bonuses, ret
roactive items, payments of various welfare benefits,
payroll taxes paid by employers, and earnings for
those employees not covered under the productionworker or nonsupervisory-employee definitions.
Gross average weekly earnings are affected not
only by changes in gross average hourly earnings, but
also by changes in the length of the workweek, parttime work, stoppages for varying causes, labor turn
over, and absenteeism.
Average 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
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as absenteeism, labor turnover, part-time work, and
stoppages cause average weekly hours to be lower than
scheduled hours of work for an establishments. Group
averages further reflect changes in the workweek of
component industries.
Average Overtime Hours
The overtime hours represent that portion of the
gross average weekly hours which were in excess of reg
ular hours and for which premium payments were made.
If an employee works on a paid holiday at regular rates,
receiving as total compensation his holiday pay plus
straight-time pay for hours worked that day, no overtime
hours would be reported.
Since overtime hours are premium hours by defini
tion, the gross weekly hours and overtime hours do not
necessarily move in the same direction from month to
month; for example, premiums may be paid for hours in
excess of the straight-time workday although less than
a full week is worked. Diverse trends on the industrygroup level may also be caused by a marked change in
gross hours for a component industry where little or
no overtime was worked in both the previous and cur
rent months. In addition, such factors as stoppages,
absenteeism, and labor turnover may not have the same
influence on overtime hours as on gross hours.
Gross Average Weekly Earnings in Current and
3a42=A2.J&Ltaca
These series indicate changes in the level of
weekly earnings before and after adjustment for
changes in purchasing power as determined from the
BLS Consumer Price Index.
Net Spendable Average Weekly Earnings
Net spendable average weekly earnings in current
dollars are obtained by deducting Federal social se
curity and income taxes from gross weekly earnings.
The amount of income tax liability depends on the
number of dependents supported by the worker, as well
as on the level of his gross income. To reflect these
variables, net spendable earnings have been computed
for two types of income receivers: (l) a worker with
no dependents; and (2) a worker with three depend
ents.
The computations of net spendable earnings for
both the factory worker with no dependents and the
factory worker with three dependents are based upon
the gross average weekly earnings for all production
workers in manufacturing industries without regard to
marital status, family composition, and total family
income.
Net spendable weekly earnings in 1947-^49 dollars
represent an approximate measure of changes in "real"
net spendable weekly earnings. "Real" earnings are
computed by dividing the current Consumer Price Index
into the spendable earnings average for the current
month. The resulting level of spendable earnings ex
pressed in 194-7-49 dollars is thus adjusted for
changes in purchasing power since that base period.
officials, and staff assistants (ICC Group I). Gross
average hourly earnings are computed by dividing
total compensation by total hours paid for. Average
weekly hours are obtained by dividing the total number
of hours paid for, reduced to a weekly basis, by the
number of employees, as defined above. Gross average
weekly earnings are derived by multiplying average
weekly hours by Average hourly earnings*
Because
hours and earnings data for manufacturing and other
nonmanufacturing industries are based upon reports to
the BLS which generally represent 1 weekly pay period
ending nearest the 15th of the month, the data for
railroad employees are not strictly comparable with
other industry information shown in this publication.
Average Hourly Earnings. Excluding Overtime, of
Production Workers in tetnufacturlng Industries
These data are based on the application of adjust
ment factors to gross average hourly earnings (as de
scribed in the Monthly Labor Review. May 1950, pp. 537540 5 reprint available, Serial No. R. 2020). This
method eliminates only the earnings due to overtime
paid for at one and one-half times the straight-time
rates after 40 hours a week. Thus, no adjustment is
made for other premium-payment provisions— for
example, holiday work, late-shift work, and overtime
rates other than time and one-half.
Indexes of Aggregate Weekly Man-Hours
The indexes of aggregate v/eekly man-hours are pre
pared by dividing the current month's aggregate by the
monthly average for the 1947-49 period. These aggre
gates represent the product of average weekly hours
and employment.
STATISTICS FOR STATES A N D AREAS
State and area employment, hours, and earnings
statistics are collected and prepared by State
agencies in cooperation with the BLS.
These sta
tistics are based on the same establishment reports
used by the BLS for preparing national estimates.
State employment series are adjusted to benchmark
data from State unemployment insurance agencies
and the Bureau of Old Age and Survivors Insurance.
Because some States have more recent benchmarks
than others and use slightly varying methods of
computation, the sum of the State figures may
differ slightly from the official U. S. totals
prepared by the BLS.
The aggregate man-hours are defined as total manhours for which pay was received by full- and parttime production or construction workers, including
hours paid for holidays, sick leave, and vacations
taken. The man-hours are for 1 week of the pay period
ending nearest the 15th of the month, and may not be
typical of the entire month.
Railroad Hours and Earnings
The figures for Class I railroads (excluding
switching and terminal companies) are based upon month
ly data summarized in the M-300 report of the Inter
state Commerce Commission and relate to all employees
who received pay during the month, except executives,
NOTE:
of the
Additional industry detail may be obtainable
from the cooperating State agencies listed on tho
inside back cover of this report.
Additional information concerning the preparation
employment,
hours,
earnings,
and
labor
turnover
series-- concepts and scope, survey methods, and reliability
and limitations-- is contained in
technical
notes for each
of these series, available from BLS free of charge.
of this information as well as
similar
material
For all
for other
BLS statistics, see Techniques of Preparing Major BLS Statis
tical Series, BLS Bull. 1168, December 1951**
Copies are on
file in many public and university libraries, or may be ord
ered from the Superintendent of Documents,
U. S. Government
Printing Office, Washington 25, D. C. at 65 cents each.
SU M M A R Y OF METHODS FOR COMPUTING N A T IO N A L STATISTICS
EMPLOYMENT, HOURS, A N D EA RN IN G S
Item
Individual manufacturing and
nonmanufacturing industries
Total nonagricultural divisions,
major groups, and groups
M O NTHLY DATA
All employees
All-employee estimate for previous
month multiplied by ratio of all
employees in current month to all
employees in previous month for
sample establishments which re
ported for both months.
Sum of all-employee estimates for
component industries.
foafeUpnwgrtara
All-employee estimate for current
month multiplied by ratio of pro
duction workers to all employees
in sample establishments for cur
rent month.
Sum of production-worker estimates
for component industries.
Average weekly hours
Total production or nonsupervisory
man-hours divided by number of pro
duction or nonsupervisory workers.
Average, weighted by employment, of
the average weekly hours for com
ponent industries.
Average hourly earnings
Total production or nonsupervisory
worker payroll divided by total
production or nonsupervisory worker
man-hours.
Average, weighted by aggregate manhours, of the average hourly earn
ings for component industries.
Average weekly earnings
Product of average weekly hours and
average hourly earnings.
Product of average weekly hours and
average hourly earnings.
A N N U A L AVERAGE DATA
All emolovees and pro
duction workers
Sum of monthly estimates divided
by 12.
Sum of monthly estimates divided
by 12.
Average weekly hours
Annual total of aggregate manhours (employment multiplied
by average v/eekly hours) divided
by annual sum of employiaant.
Average, weighted by employment,
of the annual averages of weekly
hours for component industries.
Average hourly earnings
Annual total of aggregate pay
rolls (weekly earnings multiplied
by employment) divided by annual
aggregate man-hours.
Average, weighted by aggregate manhours, of the annual averages of
hourly earnings for component in
dustries.
Average weekly earninns
Product of average weekly hours
and average hourly earnings.
Product of average weekly hours
and average hourly earnings.
G LO SSARY
ALL EMPLOYEES - The total number of persons on estab
lishment payrolls who worked full- or part-time or
received pay for any part of the pay period ending
nearest the 15th of the month. Includes salaried
officers of corporations as well as employees on
the establishment payroll engaged in new construc
tion and major additions or alterations to the plant
who are utilized as a separate work force (forceaccount construction workers). Proprietors, selfemployed persons, domestic servants, unpaid family
workers, and members of the Armed Forces are ex
cluded*
CONSTRUCTION WORKERS - Includes working foremen,
journeymen, mechanics, apprentices, helpers, labor
ers, and similar workers engaged in new work, al
terations, demolition, and other actual construc
tion work, at the site of construction or working
in shop or yard at jobs (such as precutting and pre
assembling) ordinarily performed by members of the
construction trades; includes all such workers re
gardless of skill, engaged in any way in contract
construction activities.
CONTRACT CONSTRUCTION - Covers only firms engaged in
the construction business on a contract basis for
others. Force-account construction workers, i.e.,
hired directly by and on the payroll of Federal,
State, and local government, public utilities, and
private establishments, are excluded from contract
construction and included in the employment for such
establishments.
DURABLE GOODS - The durable-goods subdivision includes
the following major manufacturing industry groups:
ordnance and accessories; lumber and wood products;
furniture and fixtures; stone, clay, and glass pro
ducts; primary metal industries; fabricated metal
products; machinery; electrical machinery; trans
portation equipment; instruments and related pro
ducts; and miscellaneous manufacturing industries as
defined. This definition is consistent with that
used by other Federal agencies, e.g., Federal Re
serve Board.
speculative builders, subdividers, and developers;
and agents and brokers).
GOVERRENT - Covers Federal, State, and local govern
ment establishments performing legislative, execu
tive, and judicial functions, including Government
corporations, Government force-account construction,
and such units as arsenals, navy yards, and hospi
tals. Federal government employment excludes em
ployees of the Central Intelligence Agency* State
and local government employment includes teachers,
but excludes, as nominal employees, paid volunteer
firemen and elected officials of small local units*
LABOR TURNOVER:
Separations are terminations of employment during
the calendar month and are classified according to
cause: quits, discharges, layoffs, and miscellaneous
separations (including military), as defined below.
Quits are terminations of employment during the
calendar month initiated by employees for such
reasons as: acceptance of a job in another company,
dissatisfaction, return to school, marriage, mater
nity, ill health, or voluntary retirement where no
company pension is provided. Failure to report aft
er being hired and unauthorized absences of more
than 7 consecutive calendar days are also clas
sified as quits. Prior to 1940, miscellaneous
separations were also included in this category.
Discharges are terminations of employment during
the calendar month inititated by the employer for
such reasons as employees1 incompetence, violation
of rules, dishonesty, insubordination, laziness,
habitual absenteeism, or inability to meet physical
standards*
Layoffs are terminations of en^loyment during the
calendar month lasting or expected to last more than
7 consecutive calendar days -without pay, initi
ated by the employer without prejudice to the work
er, for such reasons as lack of orders or materials,
release of temporary help, conversion of plant, in
troduction of labor-saving machinery or processes,
or suspensions of operations without pay during
inventory periods.
ESTABLISHMENT - nA single physical location where busi
ness is conducted or where services or industrial
operations are performed; for example, a factory,
mill, store, mine, or farm. Where a single physical
location comprises two or more units which maintain
separate payroll and inventory records and which are
engaged in distinct or separate activities for which
different industry classifications are provided in
the Standard Industrial Classification, each unit
shall be treated as a separate establishment* An
establishment is not necessarily identical with the
business concern or firm which may consist of one
or more establishments. It is also to be distin
guished from organizational subunits, departments,
or divisions within an establishment." (Standard
Industrial Classification Manual, U. S. Bureau of
the Budget, Vol. I, Part I, p. 1, November 1945.)
Persons on leave of absence (paid or unpaid)
with the approval of the employer are not counted as
separations until such time as it is definitely de
termined that such persons will not return to work.
At that time, a separation is reported as one of the
above types, depending on the circumstances.
FINANCE, INSURANCE, AND REAL ESTATE - Covers private
establishments operating in the fields of finance
(banks, security dealers, loan agencies, holding com
panies, and other finance agencies); insurance (in
surance carriers and independent agents and bro
kers); and real estate (real estate owners, including
Accessions are the total number of permanent and
temporary additions to the employment roll during
the calendar month, including both new and rehired
employees. Persons returning to work after a layoff,
military separations, or other absences who have been
counted as separations are considered accessions.
Miscellaneous separations (including military)
are terminations of employment during the calendar
month because of permanent disability, death, re
tirement on company pension, and entrance into the
Armed Forces expected to last more than 30 consecu
tive calendar days. Prior to 191*0, miscellaneous
separations were included with quits. Beginning
September 1940, military separations were included
here.
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MAN-HOURS - Covers man-hours worked or paid for of
specified groups of workers, during the pay period
ending nearest the 15th of the month. The specified
group of workers in manufacturing and mining indus
tries, laundries, and cleaning and dyeing plants is
production and related workers; in the contract con
struction industry, it is construction workers; and
in the other industries, it is nonsupervisory em
ployees. The man-hours include hours paid for holi
days, sick leave, and vacations taken; if the em
ployee elects to work during a vacation period, the
vacation pay and the hours it represents are omitted.
TANUFACTURIHG - Covers private establishments engaged
in the mechanical or chemical transformation of in
organic or organic substances into new products and
usually described as plants, factories, or mills,
which characteristically use power-driven machines
and materials-handling equipment. Establishments
engaged in assembling component parts of manufac
tured products are also considered manufacturing if
the new product is neither a structure nor other
fixed improvement. Government manufacturing opera
tions such as arsenals and navy yards are excluded
from manufacturing and are included under Government.
MINING - Covers establishments engaged in the extrac
tion from the earth of Organic and inorganic miner
als wbich occur in nature as solids, liquids, or
gases; includes various contract services required
in mining operations, such as removal of overburden,
tunneling and shafting, and the drilling or acidiz
ing of oil wells; also includes ore dressing, beneficiating, and concentration.
NONDURABLE GOODS - The nondurable-goods subdivision
includes the following major manufacturing industry
rroups: food and kindred products; tobacco manu
factures; textile-mill products; apparel and other
finished textile products; paper and allied products;
printing, publishing, and allied industries; chemi
cals and allied oroducts; products of petroleum and
coal; rubber products; and leather and leather pro
ducts. This definition is consistent v/ith that
used by other Federal agencies, e.g., Federal Re
serve Board.
NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES - Includes employees (not
above the working supervisory level) such as office
and clerical workers, repairmen, salespersons,
operators, drivers, attendants, service employees,
linemen, laborers, janitors, watchmen, and similar
occupational levels, and other employees whose
services are closely associated with those of the
employees listed.
OVERTIME HOURS - Covers premium overtime hours of pro
duction and related workers during the pay period
ending nearest the 15>th of the month. Overtime hours
are those for which premiums were paid because the
hours WBre in excess of the number of hours of either
the straight-time workday or workweek. Weekend and
holiday hours are included only if premium wage rates
were paid. Hours for which only shift differential,
hazard, incentive or other similar types of premiums
were paid are excluded.
PAYROLL - The weekly payroll for the specified groups
of full- and part-time employees who worked during,
or received pay for, any part of the pay period
ending nearest the l5th of the month. The specified
group of employees in the manufacturing and mining
industries, laundries, and cleaning and dyeing
plants is production and related workers; in the
contract construction industry, it is construction
workers; and in the other industries, it is non
supervisory employees and working supervisors. The
payroll is reported before deductions for old-age
and unemployment insurance, group insurance, with
holding tax, bonds, and union dues; also includes
pay for sick leave, holidays, and vacations taken.
Excludes cash payments 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
men and trainees) engaged in fabricating, processing,
assembling, inspection, receiving, storage, handling,
packing, warehousing, shipping, maintenance, repair,
janitorial, watchman services, products development,
auxiliary production for plant*s own use (e.g.,
power plant), and recordkeeping and other services
closely associated with the above production opera
tions .
REGIONS:
North - Includes all States except the 17 listed as
South.
South - Includes the following 17 States: Alabama,
Arkansas, Delaware, District of Coluiibia, Florida,
Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi,
North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee,
Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia.
(In the case of sawmills and planning mills, general,
a third region is identified - the West - and in
cludes California, Oregon, and Washington.)
SERVICE AND MISCELLANEOUS - Covers establishments pri
marily engaged in rendering services to individuals
and business firms, including automotive repair
services. Excludes domestic service workers. Non
government schools, hospitals, museums, etc., are
included under service and miscellaneous; similar
Government establishments are included under Govern
ment,
TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC UTILITES - Covers only pri
vate establishments engaged in providing all types
of transportation and related services; telephone,
telegraph, and other connunication 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 en
gaged in wholesale trade, i.e., selling merchandise
to retailers, and in retail trade, i.e., selling
merchandise for personal or household consumption,
and rendering service incidental to the sales of
goods. Similar Government establishments are in
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