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Employment
an d Earnings
SEPTEMBER 1956
Vol. 3 No. 3
CO NTENTS
Page
A Note Concerning The BLS Response Analysis Survey of
Manufacturing Establishments...............................
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CHARTS
Blast Furnaces, Steel Works, and Rolling Mills Industry,
January 1954-July 1956...................................
Employees in Nonagricultural Establishments, by Industry
Division................................................
iv
xiv
Employment Trends
SPECIAL CHARTS ON
THE STEEL INDUSTRY...
See pages iv and v fo r
charts showing recent
trends in the steel
manufacturing industry.
Summary..................................................
vi
Table 1: Employees in nonagricultural establishments, by
industry division and selected groups............. viii
Table 2: Production workers in manufacturing, by major
industry group..................................
ix
Table 3: Hours and gross earnings of production workers in
manufacturing, by major industry group............
x
Table 4: Gross average weekly hours and average overtime hours
of production workers in manufacturing, by major
xi
industry group..................................
Table 5: Index of employees in nonagricultural establishments,
by industry division.............................
xii
Table 6: Index of production workers in manufacturing, by
major industry group.............................
xii
Table 7: Employees in nonagricultural establishments, by
industry division, seasonally adjusted............ xiii
Table 8: Production workers in manufacturing, by major
industry group, seasonally adjusted............... xiii
NOTE: Seasonally adjusted data appear in italics. |
DETAILED STATISTICS
A -Em ploym ent and Payrolls
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 manufacturing.......................
Table A-4: Employees in Government and private shipyards,
by region.....................................
Table A-5s Government civilian employment and Federal military
personnel.....................................
Table A-6: Employees in nonagricultural establishments, by
industry division and State....................
Table A-7î Employees in nonagricultural establishments for
selected areas, by industry division............
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Table B-li Monthly labor turnover rates in manufacturing, by
class of turnover..............................
Table B-2: Monthly labor turnover rates in selected industries
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CO NTENTS - C o n tin u e d
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C - H ours and Earnings
Table C-l: Hours and gross earnings of production workers or
nonsupervisary employees.......................
Table C-2: Gross average weekly earnings of production workers
in selected industries, in current and 1947^49
dollars.......................................
Table C-3: Average weekly earnings, gross and net spendable,
of production workers in manufacturing, 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.....................................
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NOTE I Data for July 1956 are preliminary. |
E X P LA N A T O R Y NOTES
INTRODUCTION..............................................
ESTABLISHMENT REPORTS:
Collection.............................................
Industrial Classification...............................
Coverage...............................................
DEFINITIONS AND ESTIMATING METHODS:
Employment.............................................
Labor Turnover.........................................
Hours and Earnings.....................................
STATISTICS FOR STATES AND AREAS............................
SUMARY (F MSTHODS FOR COMPUTING NATIONAL STATISTICS........
GLOSSARY.................................................
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REGIONAL OFFICES AND COOPERATING STATE AGENCIES.....Inside back cover
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The national eaployment figures shown
in this report have been adjusted to
first quarter 1955 benchmark levels.
A N ote Concerning...
THE BLS RESPONSE A N A L Y S IS SURVEY
OF M A N U FA CTU R IN G ESTABLISHMENTS
In any statistical undertaking as large and
complex as that of the Department of Labor*s Bu
reau of Labor Statistics1 program on employment,
hours, and earnings, there are potential sources
of error.
The monthly estimates of esploymsnt,
weekly hours and hourly earnings, by industry,
far the Nation, the States, and local areas are
based on data in monthly reports covering well
over 150,000 industrial and commercial establish
ments.
This is the largest monthly reporting
sample of establishments in the world.
In this
large network of reports and estimates, errors
could arise from imprecise instructions on the
schedule used for the collection of data, mis
takes in reporting, and other sources*
the data requested. Accurate reporting also re
quires that concepts and definitions used in the
program be consistent with the characteristics
of industry so that the information requested is
readily available from records usually maintain
ed by business establishments.
The immediate
objectives of the response analysis survey,
therefore, are: (1) to determine how well the
concepts and definitions on the schedule are un
derstood; (2) to determine quantitatively the
extent and importance of deviations in reporting
from the instructions on the schedule; and (3)
to provide information on the recordkeeping prac
tices of American industry which underlie the
data reported to the BLS.
Many control procedures have been institut
ed by BLS over the years to minimize errors in
the employment, hours, and earnings series, and
these procedures are new being formalized into a
system of quality control. The first large unit
of new work to be undertaken in this formal pro
gram of quality control is a study of the re
sponse patterns of manufacturing establishments.
A response analysis survey is now being made of
almost ¿50 firms selected to represent the sam
ple of over AO,000 manufacturing establishments
who report on employment, hours, and earnings
each month. The survey consists of personal in
terviews conducted by professional staff members
of the Bureau's Division of Manpower and Employ
ment Statistics.
A questionnaire, respondent's
interview guide, and procedures manual were de
veloped for use in the survey.
Results of the survey may eventually lead
to clarification of the definitions on the BLS
manufacturing schedule, and perhaps even to
changes in concepts and instructions to bring
them into line with the kinds of information
that business records can provide.
During December 1955 and January 1956,
teams of interviewers conducted almost 50 pre
test visits, mainly in New Jersey, Maryland,
Virginia, and Georgia.
The pretest indicated
that it is possible to collect the kind of infor
mation needed on reporting and recordkeeping
practices in manufacturing establishments. fr*oblems encountered by Interviewers formed the
basis for determining the specific method of
approach and for developing an interviewers'
manual.
Estimates of employmsnt, hours, and earn
ings can be no better than the original data up
on which they are based. It is obvious that the
respondents mist have a d e a r understanding of
the definitions used and the precise nature of
Interviewing the 450 establishments select
ed for the response analysis survey began in
early April 1956 and was concluded in June. When
the data have been tabulated and analyzed, high
lights of the findings will be published in
Employment and Earnings.
BLAST FURNACES, STEEL WORKS, AND ROLLING MILLS INDUSTRY
January 1954 - June 1956
NUMBER
THOUSANDS
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
Per 100 Employees
NUMBER
THOUSANDS
Latest data: July 1956 preliminary
BLAST FURNACES, STEEL WORKS. AND ROLLING MILLS INDUSTRY
January 1954 - June 1956
INDEX
HOURS
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
1947-49=100
INDEX
DOLLARS
Latest data: July 1956 preliminary
Employment Trends
A U G U ST 1956 E M P L O Y M E N T O F 5 1 . 8
M IL L IO N A R E C O R D F O R M O NTH
M O ST N O N M A N U F A C T U R IN G IN D U ST R IE S
A T RECORD EM PLO YM EN T LE V E LS
A s w o r k e r s re tu rn e d to th e ir jo b s a fte r
the July s te e l s t r ik e , n o n farm em p lo y m e n t
r o s e by 870,000 o v e r the m onth to a new A ug
u s t r e c o r d of 5 1 .8 m illio n . S trik e -in d u c e d
e m p lo ym en t d e c lin e s r e p o r te d in the p r im a r y
m e ta ls , m in in g , and tra n s p o rta tio n in d u s tr ie s
in July w e r e re co u p e d in A u gu st a s n o rm a l
o p era tio n s w e r e q u ic k ly re s u m e d .
E m p lo y
m ent in m o s t o th er in d u s tr ie s h e ld stea d y at
h igh le v e l s , e x c e p t fo r n o rm a l s e a s o n a l
ch a n g e s.
In n on m a n u factu rin g , c o n tr a c t c o n str u c tio n
a t 3. 3 m illio n se t a new e m p lo y m e n t h igh a ga in
in th is m onth. Su stain ed high le v e ls o f co n su m e r
p u rc h a s in g r e s u lte d in con tin ued high e m p lo y
m en t in r e t a il tr a d e , in c o n tr a s t to the u su a l
su m m e r slu m p . F in a n ce and s e r v ic e in d u s t r ie s ,
at 2 .4 and 6. 1 m illio n r e s p e c t iv e ly , con tin ued
at r e c o r d e m p lo ym en t le v e ls .
H ours of w o r k in m a n u fa ctu rin g r o s e b y
0. 3 h o u r, the a v e r a g e s e a s o n a l in c r e a s e , to
4 0 .3 h o u rs . The A m e r ic a n fa c t o r y w o r k e r 's
a v e ra g e w e e k ly e a r n in g s , at $79. 79, and h is
a v e ra g e h o u rly e a r n in g s , at $ 1 .9 8 , w e r e both
a t an a lltim e high in A u g u st. P a y fo r o v e rtim e
w o r k , unchanged fr o m la s t m o n th 's a v e r a g e of
2 .6 h o u rs p e r w e e k , a cco u n ted fo r about $ 7 .5 0
o f the f a c t o r y w o r k e r 's p a y c h e c k .
M A N U F A C T U R IN G E M P L O Y M E N T STR O N G
F a c to r y e m p lo y m e n t, at a lm o s t 17 . 0 m il
lio n , w a s 150, 000 m o re than a y e a r ago and
670,000 above the Ju ly le v e l.
A p a rt fr o m the
pickup of 365, 000 in p r im a r y m e ta ls , w h ich
r e fle c t e d the end of the s t e e l s t r ik e , ch a n g e s in
m a n u fa ctu rin g e m p lo y m e n t w e r e la r g e ly in lin e
w ith se a s o n a l e x p e c ta tio n s .. H o w e v e r, a b e tte r
than s e a s o n a l gain w a s r e g is t e r e d by the f a b r i
ca te d m e ta ls in d u s try w h e re p r e p a ra tio n fo r
19 5 7 -m o d e l a u to m ob ile p ro d u ctio n b o o ste d e m
p lo y m e n t in m e ta l stam p in g p la n ts . E m p lo y
m en t con tin ued to show s tre n g th in in v e stm e n t
goods in d u s t r ie s , w ith e l e c t r i c a l m a c h in e r y
show ing a b e tte r than s e a s o n a l ga in .
Non
e le c t r ic a l m a c h in e r y r e s is t e d the u su a l A u gu st
d e clin e a s a stro n g in c r e a s e in g e n e r a l in d u s
t r i a l m a c h in e r y p lan ts b a la n ce d out con tin ued
d e c lin e s in the h o u seh o ld a p p lia n ce and fa r m
m a c h in e r y s eg m en ts o f the in d u s try .
The tr a n s p o rta tio n equ ipm en t in d u s try h eld
s tea d y a s a s lig h t ga in in a i r c r a f t p lan t e m p lo y
m en t o ffs e t the s lig h t lo s s e s in a u to m ob ile
p lan ts due to p re p a ra tio n fo r 1957 m o d el ch a n ge
o ver s.
E m p lo ym en t ch a n ge s in m o s t n on du rable
m a n u fa ctu rin g in d u s tr ie s w e r e s e a s o n a l, but
the a p p a re l and le a th e r in d u s tr ie s con tin ued to
show l e s s than s e a s o n a l g a in s .
HO U RS O F W O RK RISE S E A S O N A L L Y
The fa c t o r y w o rk w e e k r o s e s e a s o n a lly fro m
40. 0 to 40. 3 h o u rs b etw een July and A u gu st a s
m a n u fa ctu rin g p lan ts re sp o n d e d to the u su a l
autum n p ick u p . An e x c e p tio n a lly la r g e ga in in
w e e k ly h o u rs w a s re p o r te d by the ru b b e r in d u s
t r y , r e fle c t in g p ro d u ctio n buildu ps o f n ew -ty p e
t ir e s intended fo r 1957 auto m o d e ls . G r e a te r
than s e a s o n a l d e c lin e s in the a v e r a g e w o rk w e e k
w e r e re p o rte d in the to b a cco in d u s try a s m any
p a r t-tim e w o r k e r s w e r e added to p a y r o lls of
to b a cco stem m in g and r e d r y in g p la n ts . P e t r o
leu m p ro d u c ts a ls o re p o rte d a la r g e d e clin e in
hour s .
C o m p a re d w ith la s t A u g u st, the a v e ra g e
w o r k w e e k w a s down by 0. 3 h o u r s . V ir t u a lly a ll
m a n u fa ctu rin g in d u s tr ie s r e p o r te d s h o r te r h o u rs
o f w o r k . D e c lin e s o f m o re than one ho u r p e r
w e e k o c c u r r e d in fu r n itu r e , to b a c c o , and te x
t i le s . The only m a n u fa ctu rin g in d u s tr ie s r e
p o rtin g lo n g e r h o u rs o f w o r k w e r e o rd n a n ce ,
n o n e le c t r ic a l m a c h in e r y , and in s tr u m e n ts .
A v e r a g e o v e rtim e h o u rs put in by f a c t o r y
p ro d u ctio n w o r k e r s w e r e a g a in un chan ged th is
m onth at 2. 6 h o u r s , w ith o v e r -th e -m o n th in
c r e a s e s in som e in d u s tr ie s b a la n cin g out d e
c lin e s in o th e r s .
F A C T O R Y EA R N IN G S A T NEW A U G U ST
RECORD
The a v e r a g e w e e k ly p a y c h e c k of fa c t o r y
p ro d u ctio n w o r k e r s r o s e b y a lm o s t $ 1 .0 0 o v e r
the m onth, fr o m $ 78 .8 0 to $79. 79. P a r t ic u
l a r l y la r g e ga in s in w e e k ly e a r n in g s w e r e r e
p o rte d in ru b b er ($ 3 .8 6 ), fu r n itu r e ($ 2 . 16),
lu m b e r ($ 2 .0 7 ), and a p p a re l ( $ 1 .8 9 ) , a ttr ib u t
a b le both to lo n g e r h o u rs o f w o r k and h ig h e r
a v e r a g e h o u rly e a r n in g s . D u ra b le-g o o d s in d u s
t r i e s re p o rte d an o v e r -th e -m o n th ga in o f $ 1 . 85
in w e e k ly e a r n in g s . N o n d u rab le-go o d s in d u s
t r i e s p o ste d an o v e r-th e -m o n th lo s s o f 22 c e n ts
in the w e e k ly p a y c h e c k , as a co n se q u e n ce of d e
c lin e s in to b a cco ($ 4 .2 2 ), p e tro le u m ($ 3 .5 3 ) and
fo od ($ 1 .9 2 ) , w ith s h o rte r h o u rs r e s p o n s ib le fo r
the drop in w e e k ly p ay .
A ll m a n u fa ctu rin g in d u stry gro u p s re p o r te d
h ig h e r w e e k ly e a rn in g s th is A u gu st than l a s t ,
w ith the a v e r a g e up $ 3 .4 6 . The h e a v ie s t o v'ert h e - y e a r g a in s in w e e k ly p ay o c c u r r e d in o rd
n a n ce , m a c h in e r y (e x cep t e le c t r ic a l) , p e tr o le u m ,
c h e m ic a ls , and p a p e r , w ith the w e e k ly p a y c h e c k
a v e r a g in g $4. 00 to n e a r ly $ 10 . 00 m o re than in
A u g u st 1955. On the oth er hand, t e x tile s and f u r
n itu re re p o rte d ga in s o f l e s s than one d o lla r in
w e e k ly e a r n in g s .
A v e r a g e h o u r ly e a r n in g s in m a n u fa ctu rin g
r o s e fro m $ 1 .9 7 in July t o . $ 1 .9 8 in A u gu st. The
in c r e a s e in d u rab le -g o o d s in d u s tr ie s w a s fro m
$ 2. 07 to $2. 10 p e r h o u r, w h ile in n o n d u ra b le s,
h o u rly e a rn in g s d e clin e d fr o m $ 1 .8 2 to $ 1 .8 1 .
The o v e r - t h e - y e a r gain fo r a ll m a n u fa ctu rin g in
d u s t r ie s w a s 10 ce n ts p e r h o u r.
Table 1. Employ*«« in nonagricultural establishments,
by i n d u s t r y division a n d selected groups
(In thousands)
Year
»go
Current
Industry division and group
Auguat 1956 July 1956
1/
1/
TOTAL.................................. ._5l»782
50,918
MINING.................................
Nonmetallic mining and quarrying.........
817
112.0
228.6
ll*.2
7*1
81.9
181.5
115.0
June
1956
_5iiT0? ,
812
110.5
226.0
115.1
August
1955
50,*8*
779
97.2
215.9
110.7
CONTRACT CONSTRUCTION...................
3,3*5
3,289
3,257
3,088
MANUFACTURING...........................
16,973
16,301
16,809
16,820
DURABLE GOODS.....................................................
Lumber and wood products (except
f u r n i t u r e )...................................
Primary metal indu s t r i e s .................. .
Fabricated metal products (except
ordnance, machinery, and transportation
Instruments and related p r o d u c t s .........
Miscellaneous manufacturing industries...
Pood and kindred p r o d u c t s..................
+871
+1,305
+ 76
+
+ 30.1 +
+ 1*7.1 +
- .8 +
38
11*.8
12.7
3.5
56
+
257
+672
+
153
+
9,291
130.*
9,76*
130.5
9,582
138.7
+
767.9
370.0
569.5
1 ,321.1
760.9
365.1
566.9
957.*
765.O
370.6
577.2
l,33*.l
788.0
373.2
56*.*
1 ,301.*
+ 7.0
+ 4.9 + 2.6 +
+363.7 +
1 ,086.it
1 ,711.8
1 ,221.2
1,715.*
3*1.*
*9*.l
1 ,061.5
1,717.7
1,195.1
1 ,722.2
335.9
*77.9
1 ,098.1
1,730.7
1,200.3
1,729.8
336.3
*91.1
1 ,111.1
1,587.*
1,130.3
1,77*.6
322.7
*90.1
+
+
+
+
7,2tó
1,719.7
107.5
1 ,0*1.0
7,010
1 ,623.6
85.9
1 ,018.*
7,0*5
1,575.0
88.5
1,050.9
7,238
1,717.1
117.3
1,079.2
+
+232
+ 96.1 +
+ 21.6 + 22.6 -
1*
2.6
9.8
38.2
1,212.7
571.*
1 ,1*7.0
565.2
1 ,180.1
570.6
1,215.3
558.3
+ 65.7 _
+ 6.2 +
2.6
13.1
851.5
83*-3
257.8
270.0
376.2
8*8.*
827.I
255.5
267.6
371.1
850.9
831.3
25*.7
269.3
373.7
822.2
808.7
257.5
272.2
390.3
+
+
+
+
+
29.3
25.6
.3
2.2
ll*.l
TR ANSPO RT ATIO N...................................................
CO MM UNICATION.....................................................
OTHER P U B L IC U T I L I T I E S ....................................
*,191
2,758
823
610
*,1*6
2,717
820
609
*,181
2,776
805
600
*,136
2,76*
77*
598
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE...............
11,009
11,015
11,091
10,713
TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC UTILITIES......
Year
ago
Previous
month
9,731
131.8
Apparel and other finished textile
Printing, publishing, and allied
August 1956
net change from:
+ ll*9
+1*1*0
l.i* 6.9
+
+
+
+
21*.9
5.9
26.1
6.8
5.5
16.2
3.1
7.2
2.3
2.1*
5.1
20.1
3.2
5.1
19.7
2l*.7
+ 121*.1*
.+ 90.9
- 59.2
+ 18.7
+
i*.o
+
+
+
-
+
1*5
1*1
+
3
1 '+
55
6
1*9
12
- 6
+ 296
+ 112
+ 181*
+
8.2
+ 82.1
- 19.7
+
5.8
+ 107.7
538.8
3,788.8
2,970
8,0*5
l,3*5-7
1,575.7
801.6
5*6.9
3,775.3
2,955
8,136
1 ,381.6
1,578.2
801.3
585.1
3,789.5
2,86*
7,8*9
1,333.0
1 ,*85.*
816.7
533.0
3,681.1
+
+
FINANCE, INSURANCE, AND REAL ESTATE......
2,355
2,351
2,320
2,265
+ l*
SERVICE AND MISCELLANEOUS................
6,138
6,138
6,089
5,996
0
+ 11*2
GOVERNMENT..............................
6,961
2,22*
*,737
6,937
2,208
*,729
7,150
2,193
*,957
6,687
2,190
*,*97
+ 21*
+ 16
+ 8
+ 271*
+ 3^
+ 21*0
WHOLESALE TRADE................................................
R E T A IL T R A D E.....................................................;
Food and liquor s tores .................
2,976
8,033
1 ,3*1.2
1,567.5
791.0
Apparel and accessories st o r e s ............
Other retail trade..........................
FEDERA L.................................................................
STATE AND LOCAL..................................................
1/ Preliminary.
vili
6
12
4.5
8.2
1*.6
8.1
13.5
+
90
Table 2. Production workers in manufacturing, by major industry group
(In t h o u s a n d s )
Year
ago
Current
August 1956
1/
July 1956
June
August
1/
1956
1955
August 1956
net
change
from:
Year
ago
Previous
month
MANUFACTURING...........................
13,208
12,553
13,078
13 ,261»
+655
- 56
DURABLE GOODS.............................
7,5**
7,116
7,602
7,55*
+1*28
- 10
+
.7
- 10.1
+ 9.4
+ 5.5
+ 3.3
+351.1
- 17.8
- 6.2
+
.8
+ 8.0
821.6
1,3*7-7
22*. 5
399.3
+
+
+
+
- 36.2
+ 86.7
+ 58.0
-100.1
+ 8.6
- 1.9
O r d n a n c e a n d a c c e s s o r i e s ......................
L u m b e r and wood p r o d u c t s (except
82.6
81.9
83.2
92.7
702.1
692.7
30*.0
*72.9
75*.3
696.I
719.9
315.7
*75.*
1,097.*
309.5
*76.2
1,105.*
Fabricated metal products (except
ordnance, machinery, and t r a n s p o r t a t i o n
1,253.1
&7 9.6
1 ,2*7.6
233.1
397.*
83*.7
1 ,259.*
853.7
1 ,252.8
227.8
382.2
870.*
1 ,278.2
866.*
1 ,268.5
231.1
5 ,66*
5,*37
5,*76
5,710
+227
-
1 ,2*8.8
1 ,152.1
77.3
927.5
1 ,103.6
99.1
950.*
1 ,258.7
109.0
966.1
+ 96.7
+ 21.8
+ 22.9
- 9.9
- 9.9
- 35-7
1 ,082.0
* 65.1
1 ,019.6
* 59.0
1 ,0* 9.2
* 65.6
1 ,087.0
+ 62.1*
+ 6.1
+
5* 6.6
5* 3 .*
5** .7
17*.0
207.3
332.*
5*9.1
552.*
17*. 5
208.5
333.6
526.5
+
+
+
+
+
+ 20.1
+ 8.5
- 2.0
- 5>
- 12.5
857.2
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 ...........
Miscellaneous manufacturing industries...
NONDURABLE GOODS..........................
Food
a n d k i n d r e d p r o d u c t s .....................
T e x t i l e - m i l l p r o d u c t s . . ........................
A p p a r e l and o ther fin i s h e d t e x t i l e
p r o d u c t s ...........................................
Printing,
publishing,
and
398880 0 - 5 6 - 2
395.2
79.8
959.6
893.*
1 ,166.*
*59.8
allied
R u b b e r p r o d u c t s ...................................
L e a t h e r a n d l e a t h e r p r o d u c t s .................
l/ P r e l i m i n a r y .
310.5
*8*.2
1,117.7
5*9.8
175.5
209.3
336.9
5*1.3
177.5
21U .7
3*9.*
22.5
6.3
25.9
5.2
5.3
15.2
3.2
5.1
1.5
2.0
4.5
1*6
5-0
5.3
Table 3. Hours and gross earnings of production workers in manufacturing,
by major industry group
Average weekly
earnings
Major industry group
I S (6
J’
aiy
Ançust
Tr
MANUFACTURING................. *79.79
Average weekly
hours
1955
August
IS>56
August
1/
Average hourly
earnings
1955
Jtugturt
19!
August
Tr
1955
August
♦¡«.a®
$76.33
*0.3
*0.0
*0.6
*1.98
*1.97
«1.88
«5.89
8*.0*
82.61
*0.9
*«.6
*1 .1
£•10
2*07
2.01
96.13
91.30
82.*2
*1.5
*1.5
*0.*
2.22
2«20
2.04
73.89
69.89
71.82
67.13
72.21
68.1)6
*0.6
*1.0
39.9
*0.2
ta.,5
*2.0
1.82
1*69
1.80
1.67
1.74
1.63
80.95
(2/)
80.36
90.80
77.93
91.9*
*1.3
(2/)
*1.0
*0.0
*1.9
*0.5
1.96
(2/)
1.96
2«27
1.86
2.27
85.08
9S.8B
79.60
93.61
8*.05
91.96
79.»
98.97
82.78
86.9*
76.1*
92.06
*1 .1
*2.0
*♦.2
*0.7
*0.8
*1.8
*0.0
*0.6
*1.6
*1.6
*•.5
*1 .1
2.07
2«21
le 96
2*50
2e06
2e20
1*96
2.29
1*99
2*09
1.88
2.24
• 82.61
81.61
77.55
*1 .1
*0.6
*0.6
2*01
2.01
1.90.
69.25
68.73
66.50
39.8
39.5
*0.3
1.7^
1.74
1.65
NONDURABLE GOODS..... *......
71.31
71.53
67.83
39.*
39.3
39.9
1.81
1.82
1.70
F o o d a nd k i n d r e d p r o d u c t s .....
T o b a c c o m a n u f a c t u r e s ............
T e x t i l e - m i l l p r o d u c t s ..........
A pparel and other f i nished
t e x t i l e p r o d u c t s ...............
P a p e r and a l l i e d p r o d u c t s .....
P r i n t i n g , p u b l i s h i n g , and
a l l i e d i n d u s t r i e s ..............
C h e m i c a l s an d a l l i e d p r o d u c t s .
P r o d u c t s o f p e t r o l e u m and
c o a l ...............................
R u b b e r p r o d u c t s ..................
L e a t h e r an d l e a t h e r p r o d u c t s . .
7*.3*
53.68
56.30
76.26
57.90
55.73
71.10
h 9.1L
55.Í8
*0.*
37.8
39.1
*1.0
38.6
38.7
*1 .1
39.3
*0.2
1.84
1.42
1.44
1.86
1.50
1.44
1.73
1.27
1.38
53.80
8*.32
51.91
8*.o8
*9.82
79.92
36.6
*2.8
35.8
*2.9
36.9
*3.2
1.47
1*97
1.45
1*96
1.35
1.85
9*.l*
87.5*
93**1
87.5*
9L.*2
82.81
38.9
*1 .1
38.6
*1 .1
38.9
*1.2
2.42
2.13
2.42
2.13
2.35
2.01
102.97
90.23
55.73
106.50
86.37
56**7
97.58
86.32
53.8*
*0.7
*1.2
37.*
*1.6
39.8
37.9
*1.0
*1.3
38.3
2.53
2.19
1*49
2.56
2.17
1.49
2.38
2.09
1.39
DURABLE GOODS................
Lumber and wood products
( e x c e p t f u r n i t u r e ) .............
F u r n i t u r e and f i x t u r e s .........
Stone, clay, an d gl a s s
p r o d u c t s ..........................
P r i m a r y m e t a l i n d u s t r i e s ......
Fabricated metal products
(except ordnance, machinery,
and t r a n s p o r t a t i o n e q u i p Machinery (except electrical).
E l e c t r i c a l m a c h i n e r y ............
T r a n s p o r t a t i o n e q u i p m e n t ......
I n s t r u m e n t s an d r e l a t e d
Miscellaneous manufacturing
i n d u s t r i e s .......................
1/ P r e l i m i n a r y .
2/ Not available.
2
Table 4. Gross average weekly hours and average overtime hours of production
workers in manufacturing, by major industry group
August 1956 l/
Overtime hours
average
Percent
w eekly Average of total
hours
Gross
M a j o r i n d ustry group
July 1956 1/
June 1956
Gross
Overtime hours
Overtim e hours
average
Percent average
Percent
weekly Average o f total weekly Average o f total
hours
hours
Gross
MANUFACTURING .............................................
40.3
2.6
6.5
40.0
2.6
6.5
1*0.2
2.7
6.7
DURABLE GOODS..............................................
40.9
2.8
6.8
1*0.6
2.7
6.7
1*0.8
2.9
7.1
_
-
.
*1.5
2-7
6.5
1*1.6
2.7
6.5
-
-
-
-
39.9
40.2
41.0
40.0
3.2
2.1*
3 .6
2.9
8.0
6.0
8. 8
7.3
1*0.5
1*0.3
1*1.1*
1*0.9
3.5
2.5
3.7
2.9
8.6
6.2
8.9
7.1
-
-
40.8
41.8
40.0
40.6
40.6
2.7
3.1*
2.1
2.3
2.1
6.6
8.1
5.3
5-7
5.2
1*1.0
1*2.0
1*0.6
39. 9
1*0.6
2.9
3.6
2.1*
2.2
2.2
7.1
8.6
5.9
5.5
5.*
-
-
39.5
2.1
5.3
1*0.1
2.3
5.7
6.1
Lumber
and wood products (except
P r i m a r y m e t a l i n d u s t r i e s .................
Fab r i c a t e d metal products (except
ordnance, machinery, and t ransporMachinery
( e x c e p t e l e c t r i c a l ) ..........
• “
-
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 ......
Miscellaneous manufacturing
i n d u s t r i e s .............................
»
-
-
39A
2.1*
6.1
39.3
2.1*
6.1
39.2
2.1*
«
-
41.0
-
.
-
38.7
3 .5
.9
2.1
8. 5
2.3
5.*
1*1.2
39.2
38.7
3.5
1.3
2.1
8.5
3.3
5A
-
-
-
35.8
42.9
1. 0
1*.7
2.8
1 1 .0
35.5
1*2.7
.9
Pap e r and allied p r o d u c t s .............
Printing, publishing, and allied
1^.5
2.5
10.5
_
38.6
Ch e m icals and allied p r o d u c t s ........
P rod u c t s o f p e t r o l e u m and c o a l .......
-
-
-
41.1
41.6
3 9.8
37.9
2.8
2.2
2.1*
2 .5
1.2
7.3
5.*
5.8
6.3
3.2
1*1.3
1*1.1
39.5
37.3
NONDURABLE 80 0 D S .........................................
F o o d a n d k i n d r e d p r o d u c t s ................
T o b a c c o m a n u f a c t u r e s ............. .........
Apparel
and other
finished textile
_______ 1
J
J
Preliminary.
38.6
-
38.6
3.0
2.3
7.8
5.6
5.1*
5.8
1.1
2.9
2.2
2.3
Table 5. Index of employees in nonagricultural establishments,
by industry division
( 1947- 49 = 1 00 )
Year
ago
Current
Industry division
August 1956
ll
T r a n s p o r t a t i o n and pub l i c
u t i l i t i e s ......................................
W h o l e s a l e a n d r e t a i l t r a d e ...............
Finance, insurance, and real estate...
J u ly
1956
JUne 1956
August 1955
ll
U 8.4
U 6.lt
118.2
115.4
86.2
158.9
113.7
78.8
156.2
109.8
85.7
154.7
112.6
82.2
146.7
112.7
102*9
117.0
136.4
125*4
123.0
101.8
117.1
136.2
125.4
122.6
102.7
117.9
134.4
124.4
126.3
101.6
113.9
131.2
122.5
118.1
ll P r e l i m i n a r y .
Table 6 . Index of production workers in manufacturing,
by major industry group,
{ 1947- 49 = 100 )
Year
ago
Current
Major
industry group
August 1956
if
MANUFACTURING........................
DURABLE GOODS................................................
Lumber
and wood products
Stone,
clay,
(except
a n d g r a s s p r o d u c t s ........
NONDURABLE GOODS..........................................
Apparel
and other
finished textile
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
Products of petroleum
a n d c o a l ..........
xii
August 1955
101*5
105.7
107.2
113.0
106.6
113.9
U 3.2
366.2
361.8
366.2
410.3
95.1
105.0
109.*
107*4
93.9
102.9
108.7
73.3
94*3
105.3
111.3
108.6
97.6
107.0
109.2
106.6
110.0
110.2
137*4
122.0
120.1
104.5
107.2
110.7
133.*
122.5
U7.5
100.5
111.7
112.4
135.2
124.1
119.1
103.9
U4.6
102.6
128.4
131.8
U6.0
105.0
99o5
95.5
96.2
100.3
105.5
93.7
77.7
97.3
72.9
75.9
93.3
75.7
78.6
106.4
103*2
80*7
103.9
116.1
98.0
114.6
100.7
116.3
104*4
114.8
115.9
107.8
113.0
106o8
93.5
101.6
91.8
ll4. 2
108.2
9*.l
102.6
92.3
109*6
106.0
95.7
105.6
96.5
93.2
l] Preliminary.
JUne 1956
ii
106 e8
Fabricated metal products (except
ordnance, machinery, and trans-
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 .......
Miscellaneous manufacturing industries .
July 1956
S e a s o n a lly A d j u s t e d
D a ta
Table 7. Employees in nonagricultural establishments,
by industry division, season ally adjusted
Index
Number
(In thousands)
( 1947 - 4 9«=100 )
Industry division
Augus t
1956 1/
TOTAL-2/.
Mining-^-/........................
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 p ortation and public utilities
W h o l esale and retail t r a d e ..........
Finance, insurance, and real estate
Service and m i s c e l l a n e o u s ...........
G o v e r n m e n t .............................
l/Preliminary,
2/
85-3
145.8
112.8
102.2
118.7
134-4
12 Q.O
127.8
May 1956 data revised:
July
1956 1/
June
1956
August
1955
116. 6
118.0
115.0
78.6
146.0
no. 3
101. 1
118.5
233- 5
123.0
126.2
8^.2
81. 3
134.6
111. 7
100.8
115. 6
12Ç.3
120. 1
122.7
1.48.8
123-°
102.3
118.6
233- 1
122. 6
126.5
August
1956 If
July
1956 1J
June
1956
August
51,022
51»600
808
50,315
771
2>833
16, 677
4,105
1o, 873
2, 232
51, 621
809
3, °6o
16,840
4, 160
11,173
2, 320
6,018
7,232
Total 117.6, 51,454; Mining 83.8, 794.
745
3,074
16,467
4, 115
11, 1.53
2,305
6,018
7 , 145
3, *3 2
16, 877
4.164
11,162
2, 2G7
5, 99°
7,161
1955
5, 878
6,946
Table 8. Production workers in manufacturing,
by major industry group, seasonally adjusted
Number
(In thousands)
Index
( 1947 - 49 = 1 0 0 )
M a j o r industry group
MANUFACTURING.....
DURABLE GOODS.
Ordnance and a c c e s sories ............
Lum b e r and wood products (except
f u r n i t u r e )............................
Fu rniture and f i x t u r e s ..............
Stone, clay, and glass products....
Pri m a r y metal i n d u s t r i e s ............
F abr i c a t e d metal products (except
ordnance, machinery, and transpor
t a tion e q u i p m e n t ) ...................
M a c h i n e r y (except elect r i c a l ) ......
Electrical m a c h i n e r y .................
T r a n s portation e q u i p m e n t ............
Instruments and related products...
M i s c e l l a n e o u s manufacturing
i n d u s t r i e s ............................
NONDURABLE GOODS.
Food and kindred p r o d u c t s ...........
Tobacco m a n u f a c t u r e s .................
Te x tile-mill p r o d u c t s ................
Apparel and other finished textile
p r o d u c t s ......................... .
Paper and allied p r o d u c t s ...........
Printing, publishing, and allied
i n d u s t r i e s ............................
Chemicals and allied p r o d u c t s ......
Products of p e t r oleum and c o a l .....
R ubber p r o d u c t s .......................
Leather and leather p r o d u c t s .......
Au gust
1956 1/
July
1956 1/
105. 8
102. g
113-7
366.2
91-5
106.7
108.3
107.9
August
1955
August
1956 1/
July
1956 1/
206.9
20 6 . 2
13, 088
22
108.3
361.8
113.8
366.2
113.8
7,588
92. o
107.3
109.9
92. 2
.7
14 - o.
5
1.12.4
138. 2
June
1956
410. 3
9 Ì-8
108
110.8
108.6
108. 7
108.0
112. 2
136. 6
124. 1
11g. 6
115.8
105.2
131. °
207.2
111.2
113.o
140.2
122.0
122. 2
122.5
120. 1
1O'; .0
105.
8
1°5.5
96.
6
97. 6
97-3
Ò5.2
7 8.6
2.8
84.2
78.3
94- 7
86. 1
93- 8
93-7
101.9
102.6
115.8
105.0
116.3
215.0
114.o
9
9
gb.
5
11-5 - ^
3
93.0
103. 6
g 1.2
log.
no.
9
108.
91.
104. 6
92. 6
111-3
13 1 - 8
HI-5
,730
7,230
83
675
679
315
471
317
1,111
478
13,137
7,592
7,593
83
93
672
321
482
692
321
470
1, 103
237
233
232
902
1, 196
839
1,348
228
399
402
401
¿101
5 , K.QG
5,500
,557
5,544
1, 101
1, 009
89
91
90
l , 06l
4^3
1,068
464
114.2
109. 7
548
92.5
94-1
553
558
173
92. 9
13,149
861
1, 278
885
1>253
102.4
114- 3
110.7
107. 6
106.5
94.6
August
1955
866
1,285
8g8
1, 248
960
102. 6
1956
7 62
81.5
7 8.6
June
211
957
, 265
875
,269
1, 110
960
, °93
466
54 9
55 6
560
272
213
272
209
335
33 6
99
99 6
1, 066
458 ■
532
54 9
175
217
342
1 / Preliminary.
a d ii
EMPLOYEES IN NONAGRICULTURAL ESTABLISHMENTS
BY INDUSTRY DIVISION
Millions
Millions
20
20
18
18
16
14
12
10
and
^Wholesale
icevaii Trade
i rane
Retail
P^-vr
1939 1940
'4 1
’4 2
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
•MIAU Of LAMM STATISTICS
’4 3
*44
1945
’4 6
’4 7
’4 8
’4 9
1950
V5 I
*52
’5 3
f5 4
19551956
LATEST DATA: JULY, PRELIMINARY
Table A-l: Employees in nonagricultural establishments,
by industry division
(In t h o u s a n d s )
TOTAL
Mining
Contract
con
struction
Manufac
turing
Transpor
t a t i o n and
public
utilities
1919.1920..
1921..
1922..
1923-.
1924..
1925..
1926..
1927.•
1928..
26,829
27,088
2*,125
25,569
28,128
27,770
28,505
29,539
29,691
29,710
1,124
1,230
953
920
1,203
1,092
1,080
1,176
1,105
1,041
1,021
8*8
1,012
1,185
1,229
1,321
1,**6
1,555
1,608
1,606
10,53*
10,53*
8,132
8,986
10,155
9,523
9,786
9,997
9,839
9,786
3,711
3,998
3,*59
3,505
3,882
3,806
3,82*
3,9*0
3,891
3,822
*,661*
*,623
*,75*
5,08*
5,*9*
5,626
5,810
6,033
6,165
6,137
1929.. .....•••••
1930..
1931..
1932..
1933-.
1934..
1935-.
1936..
1937-.
1938..
31,0*1
29,1*3
26,383
23,377
23,*66
25,699
26,792
28,802
30,718
28,902
1,078
1,000
864
722
735
374
888
937
1,006
882
1,*97
1,372
1,21*
970
809
862
912
1,1*5
1,112
1,055
10,53*
9,*01
8,021
6,797
7,258
8,3*6
8,907
9,653
10,606
9,253
3,907
3,675
3,2*3
2,80*
2,659
2,736
2,771
2,956
3,11*
2,81*0
1939..
19*0..
1941..
19*2..
1943..
1944..
1945..
19*6..
1947..
1948..
30,311
32,058
36,220
39,779
*2,106
*1,53*
*0,037
*1,287
*3,*62
M*, 1*1*8
845
916
947
983
917
883
826
852
943
982
1,150
1,29*
1,790
2,170
1,567
1,09*
1,132
1,661
1,982
2,169
10,078
10,780
12,97*
15,051
17,381
17,111
15,302
l*,*6l
15,290
15,321
1949..
1950..
1951..
1952..
1953..
1954..
1955-.
*3,315
**,738
*7,3*7
*8,303
*9,681
1*8,1*31
*9,950
918
889
916
885
852
777
770
2,165
2,333
2,603
2,63*
2,622
2,593
2,780
Year and mont h
Finance,
insurance,
and rea l
estate
Service
and
miscel
laneous
Govern
ment
1,050
1,110
1,097
1,079
1,123
1,163
1,166
1,235
1,295
1,360
2,05*
2,1*2
2,187
2,268
2,*31
2,516
2,591
2,755
2,871
2,962
2,671
2,603
2,531
2,5*2
2,611
2,723
2,802
2,8*8
2,917
2,996
6,1*01
6,061*
5,531
*,907
*,999
5,552
5,692
6,076
6,5*3
6,*53
1,*31
1,398
1,333
1,270
1,225
1,2*7
1,262
1,313
1,355
1,3*7
3,127
3,081*
2,913
2,682
2,61*
2,78*
2,883
3,06o
3,233
3,196
3,066
3,1*9
3,261*
3,225
3,167
3,298
3,*77
3,662
3,7*9
3,876
2,912
3,013
3,2*8
3,*33
3,619
3,798
3,872
*,023
*,122
i*,l*l
6,612
6,9*0
7,*16
7,333
7,189
7,260
7,522
9,196
9,519
1,399
1»*36
1,1*80
1,*69
1,*35
1,*09
1,1*28
1,619
1,672
1,7*1
3,321
3,*77
3,705
3,857
3,919
3,93*
*,011
*,*7*
*,783
*,925
3,995
*,202
*,660
5,*83
6,080
6,0*3
5,9**
5,595
5,*7*
5,650
1*,178
1*,967
16,101*
16,33*
17,238
15,995
16,557
3,9*9
3,977
M 66
*,185
1*,221
*,009
*,056
9.513
9,6*5
10,012
10,281
10,527
10,520
10,803
1,765
1,821*
1,892
1,967
2,038
2,122
2,215
*,972
5,077
5,26*
5,*11
5,538
5,661*
5,85*
5,856
6,026
6,389
6,609
6,6*5
6,751
6,915
Wholesale
and r e t a i l
trade
Annual a v e r a g e :
8,602
1955:
July.....
August....
September.
October.•.
November..
December..
50,07*
50,1*81*
50,992
51,125
51,262
51,996
772
779
784
778
783
783
3,032
3,088
3,09*
3,031
2,921
2,756
16, *77
16,820
16,919
17,006
17,052
17,027
*,113
*,136
*,1*8
*,121
*,139
*,161
10,707
10,713
10,902
10,990
11,213
11,8*9
2,263
2,265
2,2*8
2,2*1
2,238
2,21*3
5,988
5,996
5,971
5,915
5,883
5,853
6,722
6,687
6,926
7,0*3
7,033
7,32*
1956:
January...
February.•
March....
April.....
May......
June.....
50,28*
50,21*6
50, *99
50,81*8
*51,197
51,709
777
780
783
790
*786
812
2,588
2,588
2,669
2,853
3,0*0
3,257
16,81*2
16,82*
16,761*
16,769
16,715
16,809
*,083
*,083
*,106
*,121
*,138
I*,l8l
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
6,0*1
6,089
7,033
7,081*
7,122
7,130
7,203
7,150
50,918
741
3,289
16,301
*,1*6
11,015
2,351
6,138
6,937
♦Revised.
1
Industry Employment
Table A -2 : All em ployees and production workers in n onagricultural
establishments, b y industry
i In
Industry
TOTAL, x j . ..............................
July
50,918
1/.............................
7*1
MINING.
METAL MINING........................
thousands)
All employees
1956
June
51,709
1955
July
50,074
812
772
Production workers
1955
195b
July
July
June
-
-
-
Lead and zinc mining................
81.9
7.0
3*. 7
17.6
110.5
36.0
34.5
17.5
93-9
35.8
19.3
16.9
67.8
*.6
29.6
15.0
94.5
31.5
29.3
14.9
78.6
31.3
14.5
14.4
ANTHRACITE, i/.......................
31.3
31.5
32.3
28.3
28.8
29.1
BITUMINOUS-COAL.....................
181.5
226.0
216.3
162.6
206.1
198.0
CRUDE-PETROLEUM AND NATURAL-GAS
PRODUCTION.........................
Petroleum and natural-gas production
(except contract services).........
331.7
329.1
320.4
NONMETALLIC MINING AND QUARRYING.....
115.0
CONTRACT CONSTRUCTION..................
N O N BU ILD IN G C O N ST R U C T IO N .............................
Other nonbuilding construction......
B U IL D IN G C O N ST R U C T IO N .................
-
3,289
601
275.6
325.1
115.1
3,257
591
271.9
319.2
109.1
3,032
578
272.3
305.8
-
-
-
136.6
134.8
134.7
98.6
98.5
93.2
-
-
-
_
_
_
-
-
-
2,688
2,666
2,454
-
-
-
GENERAL CONTRACTORS..................
1,138.7
1,126.4
1,027.5
-
-
-
SPECIAL-TRADE CONTRACTORS............
Plumbing and heating................
1,5*9.3
3*5.0
209.7
193.6
801.0
1,539-6
340.3
205.0
187.6
806.7
1,426.3
328.4
190.4
171.6
735.9
~
Electrical work....................
Other special-trade contractors.....
_
_
-
_
-
MANUFACTURING.........................
16,301
16,809
16,477
12,553
13,078
12,942
DURABLE GOODS ........................
NONDURABLE GOODS .....................
9,291
7,010
9,764
7,045
9,507
6,970
7,116
5,437
7,602
5,*76
7,491
5,451
ORDNANCE AND ACCESSORIES.............
130.4
130.5
139.6
81.9
83.2
93.5
FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS............
Meat products......................
Dairy products.....................
Canning and preserving..............
Grain mill products.................
Bakery products....................
1,623.6
339-7
123.7
267.*
123.7
290.9
28.1
70.2
23*.8
1*5.1
1,575.0
337.0
121.7
223.2
121.9
295.2
28.0
71.8
229.O
147.2
1,613.4
328.1
125.5
268.6
125.9
289.9
27.4
71.2
230.7
146.1
1,152.1
264.5
82.6
232.5
88.9
172.5
22.6
56.5
131.8
100.2
1,103.6
262.1
81.1
188.2
86.8
17*. 7
22.5
57-7
128.6
101.9
1,157.8
257.4
84.9
235.4
91.3
174.2
22.0
57.7
132.3
102.6
85.9
3*.l
32.6
6.9
12.3
88.5
34.7
34.3
7.1
12.4
87.9
33.0
36.5
7.1
11.3
77.3
30.7
30.9
5.9
9.8
79-8
31.2
32.6
6.0
10.0
80.0
30.1
34.8
6.0
9.1
Confectionery and related products....
Beverages..........................
TOBACCO MANUFACTURES.................
Tobacco and snuff..................
1A i iMpJ. '\H
Table A -2: A ll em ployees and production w orkers in nonagricultural
establishments, by industry - Continued
(In t h o u s a n d s )
Production workers
All employees
June
1,050.9
6.3
121.8
459.5
29.2
223.5
85.4
51.3
12.7
61.2
1955
July
1,046.0
6.4
127.2
456.5
29.6
214.4
86.4
50.7
12.6
62.2
July
927.5
5-7
109.4
419.8
24.8
197.3
69.9
39.6
10.9
50.1
1,147.0
115.4
1,180.1
122.3
1,139.5
109.I
301.0
335.5
119.6
15.9
69.5
12.8
58.2
119.1
311.4
339.8
124.6
13.5
71.9
12.8
61.8
122.0
760.9
116.7
396.4
June
959.6
5.7
112.7
432.3
25.5
203.8
74.3
43.2
11.1
51.0
1955
July
954.0
5.8
117.7
429.2
25.6
194.0
75.2
42.6
11.2
52.7
1,019.6
103.9
1,049.2
110.2
1,013.4
97.8
300.3
333.3
114.4
17.5
71.1
13.3
54.6
125.9
277.5
295.5
105.8
13.7
62.4
9.7
52.3
98.8
286.6
299.0
110.7
11.5
64.4
9.5
55.7
101.6
276.5
293.1
101.9
15.2
64.5
10.5
48.5
105.4
765.0
117.1
398.4
776.6
120.8
406.2
692.7
109.5
368.3
696.1
110.0
369.1
709.5
114.7
377.9
136.2
55.*
56.2
135.9
56.2
57.4
141.6
54.4
53.6
113.9
51.1
49.9
114.0
52.0
51.0
119.3
50.1
47.5
365.1
251.9
370.6
253.9
356.8
248.9
304.0
217.6
310.5
219.3
300.5
215.8
*7.6
48.0
43.6
38.4
38.7
35.3
37.8
40.3
38.3
26.9
30.5
29.5
27.8
28.4
26.0
21.1
22.0
19.9
565.2
284.2
148.8
132.2
570.6
286.6
151.2
132.8
548.5
274.5
144.3
129.7
459.0
234.1
120.7
104.2
465.6
237.9
123.1
104.6
449.7
229.5
117.8
102.4
848.4
31*. 9
64.0
54.8
220.9
61.8
18.7
46.1
850.9
315.8
64.4
53-8
221.3
62.5
19.2
46.4
818.8
302.6
62.7
51.6
213.5
60.7
18.8
42.3
543.4
155.2
27.7
33.8
178.1
46.2
13.5
37.0
549.1
157.2
28.0
33.5
179.7
47.1
13.9
37.5
523.9
149.2
25.9
31.3
173.1
45.7
14.1
34.1
67.2
67.5
66.6
51.9
52.2
50.5
Industry
TEXTILE-MILL PRODUCTS..................
Scouring
and
Broad-woven
combing
fabric
p l a n t s ..................
m i l l s ......................
K n i t t i n g m i l l s ....................................
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 ...............
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 ......
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 ...........
M i s c e l l a n e o u s t e x t i l e g o o d s ..................
APPAREL AND OTHER FINISHED TEXTILE
PRODUCTS..............................
M en's and boys' f u r n i s h i n g s and w o r k
c l o t h i n g ............................................
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 ..........
M i s c e l l a n e o u s apparel and accessories....
O t h e r f a b r i c a t e d t e x t i l e p r o d u c t s ..........
LUMBER 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 ....................
Millwork, plywood, and pr e f a b r i c a t e d
FURNITURE AND FIXTURES..................
H o u s e h o l d f u r n i t u r e .............................
Office, public-building, and professional
Pa r titions, shelving, lockers, and
f i x t u r e s .......... *................................
Screens, blinds, and m i s c e l l a n e o u s
f u r n i t u r e a n d f i x t u r e s ........................
PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS...............
Paperboard
containers
a n d b o x e s .............
PRINTING, PUBLISHING, AND ALLIED
INDUSTRIES............................
Commercial
p r i n t i n g .............................
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 ........
Miscell a n e o u s p u b l i s h i n g and printing
398M 0 0 - 5 4 - 3
July
1,018.4
6.2
118.7
446.1
28.4
217.3
80.6
48.1
12.6
60.4
1<5«6
1«p 6
3
Industry f'mplovnu'nt
Table A -2 : All em ployees and production workers in nonagricultural
establishments, by industry - Continued
(In thousands)
.......- ........
■
■
■
All
Industry
CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS...........
Industrial
inorganic
c h e m i c a l s ..............
D r u g s a n d m e d i c i n e s ..............................
Soap, c l e a n i n g and p o l i s h i n g
p r e p a r a t i o n s ......................................
P a i n t s , p i g m e n t s , a n d f i l l e r s . . . . . ........
G u m a n d w o o d c h e m i c a l s .........................
F e r t i l i z e r s ........................... ..............
V e g e t a b l e a n d a n i m a l o i l s a n d f a t s ........
M i s c e l l a n e o u s c h e m i c a l s ....................
PRODUCTS OF PETROLEUM AND COAL..........
Coke,
other petroleum
and coal
products..
RUBBER PRODUCTS..................... .
Other
r u b b e r p r o d u c t s ...........................
LEATHER AND LEATHER PRODUCTS............
Leather: tanned, curried, and finished...
I n d u s t r i a l l e a t h e r b e l t i n g a n d p a c k i n g . ..
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 ......
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 ...........
Gloves and m i s c e l l a n e o u s leather goods...
STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS.........
Glass and glassware, pre s s e d or blown....
Glass products made of p urchased glass...
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 pl as t e r products...
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
PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES................
Blast furnaces, steel works, and rolling
m i l l s ................................................
Primary smelting and refining of
n o n f e r r o u s m e t a l s ...............................
S e c o n d a r y s me lting and refi n in g of
n o n f e r r o u s m e t a l s ...............................
Rolling, drawing, and alloying of
Miscellaneous
4
primary metal
industries...
1C>56
employees
Production workers
544.7
75.2
215.4
55.5
June
552.4
76.5
219.1
55.5
1955
July
5*K>.8
74.3
218.5
56.1
>56
831.3
110.7
317.8
94.1
1955
July
806.6
105.1
312.6
93.0
49.8
75.5
8.4
31.4 '
38.1
103.7
50.0
75.3
8.2
34.3
37.9
103.0
49.3
75.3
8.2
29.7
37-9
95-5
29.5
47.2
7.1
22.6
25.4
66.8
29.8
47.2
6.8
25.4
25.7
66.4
29.6
47.9
7.0
20.7
25.3
61.4
255.5
204.3
51.2
254.7
202.5
52.2
257.3
204.1
53-2
174.0
133.8
40.2
174.5
132.4
42.1
178.2
135.1
43.1
267.6
117.5
23.5
126.6
269.3
118.6
23.9
126.8
271.2
118.4
21.8
131.0
207.3
89.2
18.9
99.2
208.5
90.1
19.4
99.0
213.5
91.3
17.4
104.8
371.1
43.5
4.5
17.2
240.9
16.4
29.9
18.7
373.7
44.2
4.5
17.6
243.4
16.5
28.7
18.8
380.9
44.6
4.9
17.3
249.0
17.2
30.2
17.7
332.4
39.0
3.4
15.3
217.5
14.2
26.4
16.6
333.6
39.7
3.4
15.7
219.0
14.2
25.0
16.6
340.1
40.1
3.7
15.5
224.1
14.8
26.5
15.4
566.9
32.7
92.4
16.8
43.9
88.7
53.7
123.0
20.9
577.2
33.5
98.2
17.2
44.0
90.0
55.1
123.0
21.1
551.2
33.1
91.3
16.4
43.4
84.4
51.3
115.6
20.2
472.9
29.0
77.6
14.1
36.9
79.3
47.2
100.5
18.2
484.2
29.7
83.2
14.4
37.1
80.6
48.4
101.4
18.5
462.9
29.6
77.1
13.9
36.4
75.5
45.4
95.1
17.7
94.8
95.1
95.5
70.1
70.9
72.2
957.4
1,334.1
1,287.2
754.3
1,117.7
1,084.4
299.2
231.7
663.2
233.4
652.5
229.8
213.4
201.6
563.8
202.8
559.2
201.3
70.9
69.0
55.1
57.1
55.6
42.9
13.3
13.3
11.7
9.8
9.8
8.6
116.6
73.7
152.0
119.5
74.5
161.2
113.2
74.9
150.0
91.3
60.5
120.6
94.8
60.9
130.0
90.0
61.9
120.5
July
827.1
110.3
315.3
94.6
June
July
!MM'A'Wlk'
Table A-2: All em p loye e s and production workers in non agricu ltu ral
establishments, by industry - Continued
Industry
FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS (EXCEPT ORD
NANCE, MACHINERY, AND TRANSPORTATION
EQUIPMENT)............................
Cutlery, hand tools, and hardware......
Heating apparatus (except electric) and
Fabricated structural metal products....
Metal stamping, coating, and engraving...
Lighting fixtures.....................
Miscellaneous fabricated metal products..
MACHINERY (EXCEPT ELECTRICAL)...........
Engines and turbines..................
Agricultural machinery and tractors....
Metalworking machinery..................
Special-industry machinery (except
General industrial machinery...........
Office and store machines and devices....
Service-industry and household machines..
Miscellaneous machinery parts..........
ELECTRICAL MACHINERY...................
Electrical generating, transmission,
distribution, and industrial apparatus..
Miscellaneous electrical products......
TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT................
Aircraft and parts....................
Aircraft propellers and parts.........
Other aircraft parts and equipment....
Ship and boat building and repairing....
Shipbuilding and repairing............
Other transportation equipment.........
INSTRUMENTS AND RELATED PRODUCTS........
Laboratory, scientific, and engineering
Mechanical measuring and controlling
Optical instruments and lenses.........
Surgical, medical, and dental
(In thousands)
All employees
1956
June
July
1955
July
Production workers
1956
1955
July
July
June
1,061.5
60.6
137.8
1,098.1
60.6
143-7
1,095.9
62.3
149.7
834.7
53.4
109.3
870.*
53.*
11*.7
878.7
5*.9
121.9
117.9
301.1
218.2
44.8
55.2
125.9
122.2
309.1
226.0
44.3
58.3
133.9
121.2
283.8
236.7
48.2
58.7
135.3
91.1
223.0
177.1
35.5
44.9
100.4
9*. 5
232.8
18*,5
3*.7
*7.8
108.0
9*.*
213.5
197.2
38.*
*8.6
109.8
1,717.7
82.2
141.8
155.3
286.3
1,730.7
77.3
146.7
157.7
289.3
1,588.5
75.2
157.9
134.1
264.6
1,259.4
58.7
100.7
113.1
219.3
1,278.2
55.6
106.3
116.1
222.2
1,170.7
53.9
117.*
97.1
201.8
194.2
269.6
129.6
188.7
270.O
194.8
266.9
127.8
198.8
271.4
179.3
238.6
109.0
180.8
249.0
137.5
180.6
97.6
142.2
209.7
138.3
179.*
96.5
152.9
210.9
126.8
159.*
8*.3
136.5
193.5
1,195.1
1,200.3
1,104.3
853.7
866.*
797.5
417.6
51.2
23.0
66.4
32.3
554.5
50.1
418.6
51.8
23.4
67.8
32.1
555.1
51.5
381.7
44.6
21.3
77.8
28.4
501.4
49.1
295.1
40.3
18.1
51.8
28.6
383.1
36.7
300.1
*1.0
I8.7
52.9
28.3
387.2
38.2
265.5
35.6
16.8
63.0
2*.7
355.2
36.7
1,722.2
716.8
803.7
514.7
163.0
16.0
110.0
131.7
109.8
21.9
60.1
9.9
1,729.8
732.2
790.4
504.7
162.4
15.6
107.7
134.7
110.9
23.8
62.2
10.3
1,814.3
895.9
729.6
470.7
142.2
13.1
103.6
125.6
102.5
23.1
54.2
9.0
1,252.8
563.3
522.9
330.9
101.7
10.6
79.7
113.1
94.0
19.1
45.3
8.2
1,268.5
57*. 2
522.5
332.1
102.1
10.6
77-7
116.0
95.*
20.6
*7.3
8.5
1,388.2
739.5
*92.8
318.6
90.0
8.8
75.*
108.*
88.3
20.1
*0.1
7.*
335.9
336.3
322.0
227.8
231.1
223.2
67.4
66.1
58.0
38.4
38.7
3*.0
83.8
13.7
83.7
13.9
81.9
13.9
57.8
10.4
58.3
10.6
57.6
10.7
42.4
28.1
67.1
33.4
42.9
28.5
66.7
34.5
40.6
25.6
66.5
35.5
29.4
22.2
42.7
26.9
29.9
22.6
*3.1
27.9
28.0
20.3
*3-7
28.9
5
I n d u -<ti v
I
i
Table A -2 : A ll employees and production workers in nonagricultural
establishments, b y industry - Continued
(In thousands)
All
1956
Industry
July
MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES...
Jewelry, silverware, and plat e d ware....
M u s i c a l i n s t r u m e n t s a n d p a r t s ..............
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 ....... •
TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC UTILITIES.......
TRANSPORTATION............................
O t h e r t r a n s p o r t a t i o n a n d s e r v i c e s ..........
B u s l i n e s , e x c e p t l o c a l .......................
A i r t r a n s p o r t a t i o n ( c o m m o n c a r r i e r ) ......
COMMUNICATION ........................................
Electric light
and
Local utilities,
not
18.1
* 70.6
*8.7
82.6
18.7
96.*
31.6
61.3
83.8
1*5.1
1*9.5
17.5
88.5
30.*
61.7
77.9
1 *5.9
93-3
31.1
59-9
-
2,717
1,172.9
1,032.9
109.2
789.1
6*5.5
*5-*
2,776
1,222.5
1 ,07*.8
109.7
791.1
2,7*5
1 ,2* 0.6
1 ,091.*
_
_
_
652.5
637.0
130.8
820
805
761.*
* 2.6
771
727.*
*2.8
600
173.8
17*.2
23.5
23.3
23.*
395.2
39.4
15.9
382.2
38.7
14.8
74.6
22.4
81.8
23.5
49.0
50.8
62.8
118.1
66.8
118.8
-
_
_
_
_
_
_
-
-
-
-
-
_
-
*
-
_
_
«
-
-
-
-
-
_
_
_
-
-
-
-
-
-
and
10,707
-
-
-
2,955
2,859
_
_
_
1,725.1
115.3
1 ,668.9
113.6
-
-
-
_
_
_
_
_
_
.
.
-
-
_
_
-
-
-
_
-
_
_
_
-
_
-
-
11,091
limited-
30*.3
301.8
298.1
*62.8
* 60.6
*36.3
853.2
1,233.7
1 ,229.8
_
and l i m i t e d -function
distributors,
o t h e r ................
RETAIL TRADE .........................................
G e n e r a l m e r c h a n d i s e s t o r e s ............... .
Department stores and general mail-order
G r o c e r y , m e a t , a n d v e g e t a b l e m a r k e t s . ...
D a i r y - p r o d u c t s t o r e s a n d d e a l e r s .......
O t h e r f o o d a n d l i q u o r s t o r e s ...............
-
July
elsewhere
G r o c e r i e s , fo o d s p e c i a l t i e s , beer,
w i n e s , a n d l i q u o r s ............................
E l e c t r i c a l goods, m a c h i n e r y , h a r d w a r e ,
6
116.2
177.*
1955
June
gas u t i l i t i e s
full-service
and
*5.8
597
573.1
25*. 5
1 **.*
1,736.7
116 .*
Furniture
**•5
129.*
576.8
255.*
1 * 7.6
WHOLESALE TRADE...........................
Wholesale
_
609
585.3
258.7
1*9.2
2,970
full-service
382.2
38.1
15.5
78.2
23.1
*8.3
6*.8
11*.2
*,113
11,015
Other
July
*,18 1
U0.9
756.9
workers
1956
*, 1*6
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE.......................
Wholesalers,
July
*91.1
*9.8
H2.8
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 .......
June
Production
1955
* 77.9
*7.8
776.6
OTHER PUBLIC UTILITIES....................
employees
appliance
s t o r e s .............
8*7.*
820.9
1,189.9
8,01*5
1,3*5-7
8,136
1 ,381.6
7, 8*8
883.*
* 62.3
902.5
*79-1
1,578.2
1 ,103.8
2* 0.V
852.7
*77-8
1 ,*92.6
1,035.2
236.7
220.7
1,575.7
1,102.4
2*2.7
230.6
801.6
5*6.9
3,775.3
381.3
3* 0.6
23*.0
801.3
585.1
3,789.5
383.0
3*0.7
1,330.5
812.1
5*5.3
3,667.6
378.9
328.0
-
.
-
-
-
-
_
,
Table A -2 : A ll employees and production workers in nonagricultural
establishments, by industry - Continued
(In th o u s a n d s )
All employees;
Industry
Julv
FINANCE, INSURANCE, AND REAL ESTATE......
B a n k s a n d t r u s t c o m p a n i e s . . - .......... .
S e c u r i t y d e a l e r s 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 a n d a g e n t s ..............
Ot h e r finance agencies and real e s t a t e . .
SERVICE AND MISCELLANEOUS.................
H o t e l s a n d l o d g i n g p l a c e s ....................
Personal services:
C l e a n i n g a n d d y e i n g p l a n t s .................
M o t i o n p i c t u r e s ..................................
2,320
580.0
835.2
839.2
83.4
822.7
833.8
2,263
560.7
79.4
803.6
819.2
6,138
582.3
6,089
520.6
5,988
340.4
167.7
230.4
339.3
173.4
229.1
591-9
8*.6
6,937
F E D E R A L................................................................
STATE AND LO CA L................................................
2,208
r e v is e d d a ta a re :
T o ta l
51,197;
7,150
2,193
4,957
4,729
M in in g
706;
workers
Julv
June
2,351
GOVERNMENT.................................
l/M&y 1956
Production
1955
I««6
-
_
_
_
-
_
_
_
-
581.4
-
-
-
339.0
164.1
-
-
_
-
239.1
6,722
-
-
-
2,187
_
_
_
~
_
-
4,535
A n th r a c it e a l l
e m p lo y e e s
26.5,
a n d p r o d u c t io n w o r k e r «
24.2.
Table A -3 ! Indexes of production-worker employment
and w eekly payrolls in manufacturing
Year
1939--1940___
1941—
1942___
1943___
1944___
1945....
1946--1947---
1948___
1949--1950....
1951--1952___
1953....
195*--1955....
Production-worker
P r o d u c t i o n - wojr k e r e m p l o y m e n t
Number
Index
payroll index
( i n t h o u s a n d s ) (1947-49 = 100)
(1947-49 = 100)
8,192
8,811
10,877
12,854
15,014
14,607
12,864
12,105
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
118.1
104.0
97.9
103.4
ioe.8
93.8
99.6
106.4
106.3
111.8
101.8
105.5
29.9
34.0
49.3
72.2
Year
and
month
1955
July...
Aug....
150.9
154.6
109.0
158.6
l6l.l
I63.8
108.7
163.7
Jan....
Feb....
Mar....
Apr....
Ma y ....
June...
13,260
107.2
106.8
106.1
106.0
159.1
157.7
157.9
July...
12,553
102.8
87.8
81.2
D e c . ...
151.4
137.7
152.5
104.6
107.2
108.1
108.7
Oct....
129.8
136.6
12,942
13,264
13,365
13,440
13,487
13,451
S e p t ...
99.0
97.7
105.1
97.2
111.7
P r o d u c t i o n - w o rker e m p l o y m e n t
Production-worker
Number
Index
payroll index
( i n t h o u s a n d s ) (1947-49 = 100) (1947-49 = 100 )
Nov....
1226
13,212
13,125
13,114
13,036
13,078
158.2
105.4
105.7
157.3
101.5
151.1
158.2
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Shipya rd s
Table A-4: Employees in Government and private shipyards, by region
(In thousands)
1956
1955
Region 1/
J u ly
June
J u ly
211.0
211.8
210.3
109.8
110.9
102.5
101.2
100.9
107.8
NORTH ATLANTIC...................................
87.9
*3.6
8?.7
43.6
44.1
88.2
40.8
47.4
SOUTH ATLANTIC...................................
36.7
16.9
19.8
36.5
16.7
19.8
36.7
15.9
20.8
24.5
24.7
23.2
51.5
37.1
52.5
15.5
37.0
53.0
13.4
39.6
V .8
4.8
3.9
5.6
5 .6
5.3
ALL REGIONS..............................................
NAVY Y A R D S........................................................................................
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, Ne w 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 Gul f region includes all yards bordering on the Gu l f o f 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.
2J D a t a include Curtis Bay Coast Guard Yard.
8
L'vH
er nmenî
Table A-5: Government civilian employment and Federal military personnel
(In thousands)
July 1956
Jtme 1956
July 1955
i/............................
6,937
7,150
6,722
FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT 2/.............................
2,208
2,193
2,187
2,182.0
1 ,0*6.2
510.1
625.6
21.9
*.3
2,166.6
1 ,0*0.2
620.3
22.1
*.3
2,161.3
1 ,036.*
510.6
61*.3
21.6
*.0
233.6
232.7
232.*
212.7
90.1
8.6
ll*.l
20.2
.7
211.7
89.8
8.5
103.3
20.3
.7
211.9
91.1
8.5
112.3
19.8
.7
Unit of Government
TOTAL C IV IL IA N EMPLOYMENT
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 3/.........................
Department of Defense.....................
Judicial.....................................
STATE AND LOCAL EMPLOYMENT........................
State........................................
TOTAL MILITARY PERSONNEL 4/ .............................
506. I
*,729
*,957
*,535
1 ,2*2.7
3,*86.2
1,291.1
3,665.*
l,17*.l
3,360.7
1,863.5
2,865.*
2,125.3
2,831.2
1,779.7
2,755.1
2,8*0
2,835
2,969
1,027.3
909.5
67*.0
200.6
28.7
1 ,025.8
910.0
669.9
200.8
28.*
1,120.5
956.I
659.9
203.7
28.7
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.Uni ted States and elsewhere.
JL
Table A-6: Employees in nonagricultural establishments,
by industry division and State
(In thousands)
Mining
TOTAL
State
July
Alabama...................
Arizona...................
1956
680.5
231.7
316.2
*, 251.*
**0.8
895.7
-
District of Colunbla.....
Florida...................
Georgia...................
Idaho.....................
Illinois..................
Indiana.
501.2
6.0
38.3
1*.0
(1 /)
(2/)
7.7
4.9
4.6
31.7
(2/)
7.6
5.0
4.6
31.9
10.8
10.8
30.8
10.6
3.2
3.1
19.3
33.7
45.7
19.4
37.3
44.1
.6
2.1
(2/)
10.1
.6
2.1
(2/)
*93.7
888.8
92*.l
-
725.9
72*.l
707.0
286.9
285.7
853.1
1 ,839.6
285.3
82*.5
1 ,782.*
353.0
1 ,281.0
2,3*0.*
2,*21.3
895.0
882.1
351.1
1 ,286.6
169.1
351.*
1 ,290.3
185.0
169.9
361.5
88.9
18*. 6
1,898.9
1,90*.3
359.1
90.7
New Mexico................
189.3
Hew York.................. 5,907.7
North Carolina........... 1,030.9
North Dakota..............
119.0
3,021.6
56*.3
Oregon....................
* 98.2
Pennsylvania.............. 3,525.3
29*.^
511.7
12*.*
Tennessee.................
85*.0
Texas..................... 2,378.1
189.7
5,975.3
1,037.8
118.5
3,127.6
567.3
*98.9
3,7*7.1
297.3
517.5
125.7
853.1
2,383.5
231.1
106.*
23*.1
951.9
786.9
* 69.*
West Virginia.............
1,1*8.9
92.9
955.8
780.9
Virginia..................
See footnotes at end of table.
6.2
38.9
12.7
(1 /)
5*9.5
170.6
Utah......................
312.8
*,028.3
*36.1
857.*
-
558.5
»19 .7
106.3
*87.2
1,139.3
91.3
15.7
11.0
6.3
37.9
14.7
(l/>
12.7
15.5
555.8
-
1955
July
11.9
15.5
137.8
3,373.6
1 ,387.2
635.8
Massachusetts............ 1 ,821.6
Michigan.................. 2, 289.2
Missouri..................
-
Contract construction
1956
June
July
68*.9
213.0
500.0
95*. 5
958.1
1* 2.9
3,*71.5
1 ,399.6
650.6
8ao.7
Minnesota.................
687.1
232.6
317.6
*, 2*2.9
**7.2
898.6
9*0.7
95^.0
1**.3
3,*12.2
1 ,328.8
6* 6.6
-
Maine.....................
June
1955
July
358.9
89.2
185.1
1,859.0
180.*
5,882.7
1 ,021.8
116 .*
3,082.5
562.5
*87.1
3,667.*
287.9
513.8
12*.9
8*8 .1
2,300.7
225.0
103.6
916.8
770.2
*69.8
1,133.6
92.7
-
6.4
3.2
8.7
11.5
3.4
5.4
.3
4.3
4.2
16.0
10.3
4.0
1.9
11.3
4.0
1.9
22 «0
22.1
1.4
71.1
(2/)
1.3
2.5
8.8
132.6
54.4
1.2
95.3
(2/)
1.3
2.5
8.7
132.1
14.3
1.4
15.6
19.0
2.0
19.0
2.2
78.2
73.0
3.7
8.7
1.4
4.6
8.3
11.2
19.4
91.3
58.9
35.4
19.1
17.0
283.0
30.8
49.0
18.0
94.2
53.8
10.1
3.2
37.5
183.7
74.2
36.9
19.2
43.8
43.8
■V
-
43.4
38.0
40.7
.7
5Î.1
56.6
51.7
16.6
70.8
15.7
72.0
99.2
123.1
97.3
119.5
16.0
69.4
86.7
115.7
63.7
63.3
65.5
16.9
16.1
18.0
74.3
13.5
73.7
13.4
85.9
28.2
28.1
2.1
(2/)
18.9
3.4
8.4
11.9
3.0
3.9
.3
11.9
3.3
5.4
.3
19.3
95.0
58.5
36.7
19.0
13.9
305.6
32.3
48.7
-
1 1 .1
21.0
3.3
1*.9
300.8
31.0
51.0
1955
July
199.6
15.3
8.8
36.8
19.1
1956
1
204.1
78.3
39.1
16.9
16.0
53.9
(2/)
S.5
4.7
4.4
July
80.5
-
8.5
8.5
13.8
28.1
10.0
11.2
11.2
10.7
4.4
13.3
123.1
14.8
110.4
11 .1
263.5
121.7
14.9
258.7
52.3
11.5
172.4
4.0
1.8
21.2
53.2
1.5
95.1
(2/)
1.2
2.5
9.2
130.1
10.7
1.4
16.2
2.4
75.3
4.3
8.9
52.7
12.3
174.4
33.5
27.9
199.3
19.1
27.5
9.7
32.2
26.6
199.5
19.1
16.0
250.9
53.8
10.7
177.3
34.8
27.5
203.4
17.9
28.0
32.2
•10.3
45.2
171.0
9.6
43.6
164.7
16.5
16.0
51.6
5.3
71.7
49.5
22.7
70.4
5.6
72.3
23.3
72.3
8.7
8.1
50.0
168.5
17.3
5.4
65.6
52.7
20.4
65.9
9.0
Table A -6: Employ«*« in nonagricultural establishments,
by industry division and State - Continued
( In
th o u sa n d s)
T r a n s p o r t a t io n and
p u b lic u t i l i t i e s
M a n u fa c t u r in g
Sta te
1056
1956
19*5
1955
W h o le s a le a n d
r e t a il tra d e
1996
1955
J u ly
I d a h o ..............................................
I l l i n o i s ........................................
M a i n e ..............................................
M a r y l a n d ........................................
M i c h i g a n ........................................
M i s s i s s i p p i ..................................
M i s s o u r i ........................................
N e v M e x ic o ....................................
Nev Y o r k * •••••••••••••••••••••
O h i o ................................................
O k la h o m a ........................................
P e n n s y l v a n i a .................................
T e x a s ..............................................
U t a h ................................................
V e r m o n t ..........................................
V i r g i n i a ........................................
W a s h i n g t o n ....................................
W e s t V i r g i n i a ...............................
W y o m in g ..........................................
228.*
223.9
35.9
35.7
88.5
88.5
1 ,156.6 1,1*0.6
63.0
70.5
*26.7
*32.7
56.9
59.1
235.6
31.*
85.0
1,099.1
67.1
*09.1
59.5
48.9
21.4
28.5
362.3
46*3
44.1
-
49.1
21.5
28.2
356.9
46.0
43.9
-
49.8
21.0
29.2
339.1
45.7
37.3
-
1*3.6
55.0
75.*
957.8
119.7
151.1
-
1*3.8
55.3
75.8
952.3
117.2
152.7
-
1*0.0
5*.2
7**9
909.3
116.8
1**.*
-
16.2
16.3
136.*
131.7
329.1
331.5
27.9
29.3
1 ,2*1 .* 1,283.0
602.0
5*0.9
166.6
166.2
16.*
126.9
329.8
26.9
1,2*5.9
613.6
16*.9
29.4
84.2
73.8
15.8
310.8
103.2
58.4
29.3
83.6
73.9
15.6
312*0
105.2
58.1
26.5
79.4
71.4
15.9
310.5
102.5
59.6
87.9
272.2
207.8
35.7
713.3
288.7
176.2
88.2
278.8
208.6
35.3
720.6
289.8
177.3
87.9
260.9
199.0
3*.*
715.2
28*.7
17*.6
123.8
123.6
16*.2
158.*
1*6.6
1*7.5
112.*
111.9
272.8
2*8.9
677.6
695.9
987.1 1,019.9
12* .7
160.6
150.2
113.3
263.3
669.*
1,139.*
65.1
57.0
83.5
21.8
73.4
118.8
153.5
64.9
56.3
83.3
21.4
76.1
118.5
153.1
66.6
56.7
84.2
20.5
72.7
113.4
150.3
133.6
129.2
168.9
56.3
171.0
377.5
*65.3
133.7
128.*
167.9
55.5
171.5
381.*
*73.6
132.6
127.*
166.5
56.3
169.0
373.7
*70.9
218.8
103.1
385.6
21.*
58.2
5.9
82.5
21*.0
10*.3
382.1
21.6
58.7
5.2
81.1
88.7
24.5
127.4
22.4
41.3
9.6
10.9
92.9
24.2
12Ti8
22.3
41.4
9.5
10.8
91.6
25.O
127.7
22.9
43.2
9.8
10.9
220.3
8*.6
315.8
*1 .*
96.6
19.6
33.7
218.*
8*.*
317.8
*1.3
96.8
19.1
33.3
218.0
8*.7
318.2
*1.6
96.5
19.2
33.*
796.2
80*.8
19.2
19.1
1,820.9 1 ,883.1
*50.6
*53.9
7.0
6.9
1 ,250.2 1,350.9
89.6
90.1
790.8
17.8
1 ,86*.9
**5.2
6.8
1 ,3*2.2
89.6
150.9
20.1
493.9
61.7
14.6
225*2
50.9
152.8
19.9
496.8
61.9
14.5
228.4
51.3
1W.5
19*0
492.3
59.8
14.6
222.0
50.8
3**.6
*2.9
1 ,29*.2
206.1
37.2
607.9
135.*
3*3.7
*2.6
1,309.1
206.1
37.0
6O5.5
136.1
3*1.*
*1 .*
1,281.3
20*.8
37.3
600.3
137.0
159.5
158.3
1,324.0 1,*93.*
127.0
129.1
222.2
227.0
12.6
12.6
292.0
293.1
*6*.8
*73.6
156.0
i,*yr.9
125.0
225.7
11.9
293.2
**6.8
49.4
303*3
15.7
25.6
10.5
59.9
228.1
48.8
317.8
15.7
25.6
10.3
59.5
227.5
48.0
316.9
14.6
25.O
10.3
59.2
226.1
112.5
691.5
5*.9
100.8
38.1
196.8
6*2.3
112.*
698.1
56.0
100.8
38.5
196.2
639.5
110.9
683.2
53.7
99.1
39.6
191.2
618.*
35.3
38.7
251.8
211.5
132.*
*58.3
6.5
35.3
36.1
2*6.7
210.7
127.3
*68.9
6.5
23.3
8.4
89.3
69.6
51.2
78.9
15.1
23.1
8.3
88.8
69.0
52.2
78.4
15.1
23.5
8.1
84.8
65.7
50.2
78.4
15.7
55.8
20.3
21*.2
177^5
85.9
238.5
20.5
55.6
20.0
21*.2
176.3
86.5
•*0.0
19.8
53.2
20.1
203.8
175>
85.5
238.5
20.2
221.7
103.6
382.7
22.0
5§.*
6.0
81.0
33-3
37.6
250.3
213.9
123.0
*68.5
6.5
See footnotes at end of table.
398880 0 - 56 - 4
11
St jîc
im p l o \ m e n t
Tabl« A-6: Employ*«* in nonagricultural establishments,
by industry division and Stat« - Continued
State
(In thousands)
Finance, insurance,
and real estate
June
1955 _
July
July
25.6
9.1
9-9
202.9
20.5
47.6
-
25.4
9.0
9.9
200.6
20.5
46.8
-
24.6
8.4
9.7
186.7
19.3
45.6
-
25.2
49.8
37.7
4.7
178.2
50.4
30.2
25.O
49.5
37.6
4.6
176.4
49.8
30.1
20.2
19.5
26.1
8.5
40.6
93.4
76.9
July
Arkansas.....................
Colorado.....................
Delavare.....................
Florida......................
Georgia......................
Idaho........................
Illinois.....................
Iowa........................
Maryland hL .................
Michigan.....................
Minnesota....................
Montana......................
New Jersey...................
New York.....................
Ohio........................
Oklahoma.....................
Oregon.......................
Virginia V . .................
West Virginia................
1956
Service and
miscellaneous
1956
Government
1955
June
July
July
62.2
28.4
35.3
550.1
64.1
93.2
-
62.1
28.5
35.5
5*7.9
61.5
92.*
-
61.9
26.6
34.6
522.0
60.5
90.8
-
24.8
47.3
35.5
4.5
175.3
48.5
29.I
66.7
139.4
91.8
17.2
399.2
107.2
74.6
67.3
138.4
91.8
17.1
401.6
107.9
75.5
20.0
19.4
25.9
8.4
40.9
91.3
75.7
19.8
18.9
24.8
8.1
38.6
90.4
72.8
58.2
67.5
81.4
30.1
96.8
226.3
226.5
42.8
10.3
64.1
5.7
20.3
2.5
5.9
42.0
10.3
63.7
5.8
20.3
2.5
5.9
42.0
10.0
64.5
5.3
19.8
2.3
5.6
80.2
6.3
443.8
33.8
5.0
105.5
22.9
78.8
6.3
439.6
33.5
5.0
103.7
22.8
18.0
138.6
12.9
14.6
4.9
29.2
111.1
9.7
3.5
44.3
34.7
12.1
41.1
2.2
1956
1955
June
July
127.6
47.3
57.5
682.0
83.5
82.1
14.6
128.9
*8.1
59.8
700.7
85.2
81.5
l*.9
121.9
41.3
56.1
651.2
81.2
81.2
13.6
66.4
129.4
90.2
16.6
385.7
106.0
72.1
256.5
160.7
150.4
25.8
333.5
149.3
98.7
25*. 5
168.9
150.8
26.7
3*6.4
153.5
102.6
253.7
146.2
139.7
25.O
326.7
147.0
95.5
58.7
67.6
80.7
29.6
96.4
224.2
226.7
57.1
65.0
78.7
30.1
92.5
224.6
217.6
91.8
96.0
115.7
41.1
117.1
228.8
246.6
9*.*
98.5
119.0
*2.1
121.3
231.0
25*. 9
86.1
92.9
110.2
40.3
116.9
224.2
239.2
102.5
37.8
155.5
21.6
44.9
24.0
22.5
102.6
37.9
156.6
21.3
45.8
22.9
20.6
102.3
36.8
151.5
21.6
44.6
25.1
23.7
133.5
72.1
152.5
32.5
65.9
15.1
19.5
135-9
72.1
156.3
32-5
67.6
15.1
20.0
129.9
68.9
148.3
30.4
65.0
13.7
19.4
79.4
6.3
433.6
31.8
4.9
103.5
21.8
201.3
23.5
848.0
92.9
15.2
301.9
62.1
198.9
23.5
835.0
93.0
15.2
302.1
61.6
192.6
22.5
837.1
92.5
15.1
291.1
60.8
196.3
46.5
733.1
129.1
25.9
334.5
116.0
199.*
*7.*
7*1.7
133.1
26.5
5142.5
118.8
191.5
44.1
711.5
129.9
25.4
324.9
114.5
17.9
136.8
12.7
14.7
4.9
29.1
110.7
17.5
134.2
12.7
13.8
5.1
28.5
105.9
58.4
412.2
29.4
40.4
16.7
94.3
283.8
58.2
411.7
29.5
40.6
16.6
94.3
282.1
55.6
396.6
28.9
4o.o
16.5
93.8
276.5
72.3
385.3
35.4
79.3
29.5
126.7
344.4
7*. 3
39*.5
35.2
79.5
30.9
129.7
353.3
70.1
380.1
35.1
76.8
29.0
123.0
328.4
9.6
3.4
44.2
34.8
12.1
40.4
2.2
9.4
3.3
41.6
34.2
11.8
39.3
2.3
26.5
14.3
99.8
89.1
42.1
118.2
13.5
26.2
13.4
99.9
87.3
41.8
116.2
13.2
25.4
13.7
97.8
87.4
42.5
114.8
13.4
51.7
15.4
162.7
148.5
58.8
127.6
17.7
52.7
15.8
166.2
150.3
61.3
131.1
18.1
50.2
15.4
160.3
141.7
56.8
I23.5
16.7
1/ Mining combined with construction. 2 / Mining combined with service* 3/ Revised series; not strictly comparable
with previously published data* h/ Fédéral employment in Maryland and Virginia portions of Washington, D* C.,
Metropolitan area included in data for District of Columbia*
12
A ivj
t m p l o y n u ' r tl
Table A -7: Employees in nonagricultural establishments
for selected areas, by industry division
Area and industry
d iv is io n
(in thousands)
Number o f employees
Area and industry
1956
1955 _
d iv is io n
Julv
June
JuLy .
ALABAMA
Birmingham
182.0
Mining...................................
Contract c o n s tr u c tio n .•.
Manufacturing.....................
Trans, and pub. u t i l . . . .
7.2
12.3
51.9
16.4
45.2
11.6
20.9
16.7
Mobile
T o ta l.....................................
Contract c o n s tr u c tio n .. .
Manufacturing.....................
Trans, and pub. u t i l . . . .
Service l / , ............
183.9
8.0
12.2
52.9
16.3
45.3
11.6
20.9
16.8
195.0
11.0
12.1
63.8
16.4
44.4
11.0
20.4
18.0
3-3
3*2
4.6
17.4
10.4
17.3
3-3
8.8
21.8
8 •9
u
y
21.8
20.3
4.7
19.4
9-5
Contract c o n s tr u c tio n .. .
Manufacturing.....................
Trans, and pub. u t i l . . . .
June
Julv
16.0
15.2
13.1
2,034.4
2,030.1
15.0
138.6
14.7
138.7
704.9
1,948.9
14.9
130.4
706.9
133.9
446.3
99.1
275.6
132.0
682.1
125.1
428.6
219.0
443.8
97.1
273.4
225.5
209.2
Sacramento 2 /
Manufacturing.....................
14.4
15.5
11.0
San BernardinoR iverside-O ntario
Manufacturing.....................
27.9
27.3
27.7
203.2
.2
198.5
183.5
81.9
8 71
u.
1955
1956
Julv
Los Angeles-Lona Beach
16.2
85.c
4.7
18.8
9.9
18.0
85A
CALIFORNIA
Fresno
Manufacturing...........•••••
Number o f employees
92.2
266.4
San Diego
AEIZOHA
Phoenix
Mining........................... ..
Contract c o n s tr u c tio n ...
Manufacturing.....................
Trans, and pub. u t i l . . . .
112.4
113.3
.2
10.0
.2
10.0
19.8
19.7
9.8
31.6
9.8
31.7
6.3
13.4
21.4
6.2
13.6
22.0
105.6
.2
10.2
18.1
Contract c o n s tr u c tio n .. .
M anufacturing..............
Trans, and pub. u t i l . . . .
9.7
30.9
5.8
12.9
Finance.................................
S e r v ic e . ••••.......................
Government...........................
14.0
58.2
11.1
42.9
8.3
.2
13.8
55.3
10.8
42.2
8.1
.2
13.3
45.4
10.9
41.2
7.2
24.8
24.2
*3.7
*3.9
41.5
903.0
909.7
884.9
1.4
2^
cj *8
17.8
San Francisco-Oakland
Tucson
T o ta l.....................................
M inina.......................... ..
Contract c o n s tr u c tio n . •.
Manufacturing.....................
Trans, and pub. u t i l » . . .
Pi nnncA ....................... .
50.9
51.5
45.4
2.1
2.1
2 .0
5.7
9-1
5-2
5.7
9.1
5.3
10.9
4.3
7.3
5.1
10.3
1.6
1-5
10.6
1.6
7.5
9.1
7.6
9.2
Contract c o n s tr u c tio n . ..
Manufacturing .........
Trans, and pub. u t i l . . . .
Finance.................................
S erv ice ............................. ..
Government..........................
1.5
58.7
1 .*
63.4
206.6
58.9
114.4
206.0
58.6
113.8
170.6
174.1
63.1
184.5
100.8
200.2
56.6
111.
J-A,L#J
167.O
126.6
.1
10.9
119.4
113.9
43.2
.1
11.6
.1
10.8
33.2
8.5
8.5
187.9
104.4
189.9
102.5
6.8
8.1
San Jose
ARKANSAS
L it t le RockN. L it t le Rock
Contract c o n s tr u c tio n . ..
Manufacturing.....................
Trans, and pub. u t i l . . . .
Trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
70.2
5.6
12.3
7.7
17.5
4.7
10.0
12.7
70.1
5.5
12.4
7.6
17.5
4.6
10.0
12.7
Contract c o n s tr u c tio n . ..
Manufacturing.....................
Trans, and pub. u t i l . . . .
11.9
7.8
Finance.................................
24.7
5.5
25.3
5.7
16.2
17.2
Government...........................
17.5
16.7
18.3
35.2
7.5
23.7
5.5
15.2
15.9
12.6
12.2
12.1
69.4
6.6
4.6
9-7
11.8
Stockton
See footnotes at end of table.
13
Ai C d
[ mn!o\"r»ent
Tabl« A -7: Employ««« in nonaflricultural .stablishm.nts
for scl.ct.d areas, by industry division - Continued
(in thousands)
Number of employees
A re a and In d u s t r y
d iv is io n
j m
J u ly
T E S T . ................
Mining............... ..
Contract construction.••
Manufacturing.••••••••••
Trans. and pub. util....
Trade............ .
Finance............... .
Service................
Government.............
T ro S r ; ; . ....................
...
Contract construction l/
Manufacturing..........
Trans, and pub. util....
Trade..................
Finance.... ...........
Service................
Government.............
Hartford
Total................ .
Contract construction
Manufacturing..... •••••
Trans, and pub. util....
Trade......... ........
Finance......... ......
Service.... ••••••••••••
Government.......... .
260.6
2.3
20.7
1»6 .1
28.9
71.1
14.6
36.3
258.9
2.3
21.5
45.9
28«7
70.3
14.
251.5
2.3
19.8
43.2
28.7
70.2
13.6
34.7
39.0
125.0
118.9
6.3
M>
1*0.6
125.0
6.3
73.5
5.8
19.0
2.8
9.5
8.1
204.9
6.0
73.7
5.8
19.3
2.8
9.6
7.9
205.2
18.8
2.7
9.6
7.7
195.6
9.7
74.5
6.5
38.7
27.7
10.7
79.2
7.8
40.3
27.8
18.5
18.4
17.8
New Britain
Total..«.'...............
Contract construction
Manufacturing. ••••••••••
Trans. and pub. util....
43.7
1.5
28.9
44«3
1.4
29.4
1*0.4
1.3
26.1
2.1
2.1
5.7
.7
2.7
2.4
1.8
Finance............... .
Service................
Government.............
5.3
.7
2.7
2«3
finds.................
10.8
28.1
20.8
WewHaven
'.................. 123.2
6.9
46.2
Contract construction \J
Manufacturing..........
Trans, and pub. util....
Trade..................
Finance....... ........
Service................
Government............ .
Total.
Contract construction \ j
Manufacturing.........
Ttons. and pub. util....
Trade.................
Finance...............
2 1 .2
123.8
6.8
23.9
6.7
17.8
9.1
46.9
12.5
24.0
6.6
17.9
9.1
50.8
50.4
12.6
S ta m fo r d
4.1
20.5
2.9
9.9
1.7
See footnotes at end of table.
Number of emoloyees
1955
!9i56
June
July
July
20.4
2.8
9.8
1.7
8.0
3.7
8.0
3.7
7.8
3.7
68.0
2.2
43.0
2.6
9.6
1.4
4.4
4.8
69.I
2.1
43.9
2.7
9.6
1.4
4.4
5.0
65.8
2.2
41.8
2.1
9.3
1.3
4.2
4.9
55.4
58.2
27.1
43.6
128.3
36.3
90.2
274.1
645.6
1*6.7
27.3
43.6
128.9
36.0
91.0
272.I
634.9
45.2
26.4
40.3
128.7
35.7
88.8
269.8
FLORIDA
Jacksonville
Total................... 125.8
Contract construction...
Manufacturing.........
20.4
Trans, and pub. util.... 14.4
37.0
10.7
15.4
18.6
125.4
9.4
20.2
14.3
36.6
10.5
15.2
19.3
119.5
9.1
20.2
13.5
35.0
10.2
14.3
17.4
242.8
24.8
28.7
31.6
73.6
14.8
45.9
23.5
240.8
23.7
29.3
31.3
73.1
14.6
45.2
23.7
224.8
25.0
26.9
28.6
68.2
13.5
41.2
21.6
137.8
14.5
24.1
11.8
IA.9
7.2
17.9
17.6
139.6
14.3
24.5
11.6
1*6.2
7.1
17.9
18.1
128.1
13.3
22.5
10.5
42.0
6.5
16.8
16.6
Waterbury
Total...................
Contract construction 1/
Manufacturing.........
Trans, and pub. util....
DELAWARE
Wilmington
53.9
v.9
79.5
7.8
39.5
lk
Area and industry
division
Stamford - Continued
COLORADO
Denver
CONNECTICUT
Bridgeport
June
« vSBC
July
20.6
5.3
.7
2.6
2.5
117.6
6.5
44.8
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington
Contract construction...
Manufacturing. .........
Ttans. and pub. util....
Miami
Contract construction...
Manufacturing........
Trans, and pub. util....
11.2
22.6
6.4
17.3
8.9
49.2
4.0
19*8
2.5
9.7
1.8
Tampa-St. Petersburg
Total...................
Contract construction..«
Manufacturing.........
Trans, and pub. util....
6I16.3
U6.7
__
Table A -7: Employ*«* in nonagricultural establishments,
for M kcttd areas, by industry division - Continued
(In thousands)
A r e a and Industry
division
Num ber o f e m p lo y e e s
"-“r r
July
I June
A re a and In d u s t r y
d iv is io n
w
33.0
Evanaville - Continued
Manufacturing..........
Trans. and pub* util****
Trade.................
Finance.... •••«••*•••
Service 4/............
23.0
82.9
22.0
Fort Wayne
36.6
38.9
34.9
GBOBGIA
Atlanta
t e s t : ...........................
327-9
Contract construction*..
Manufacturing...........
Trans* and pub. util«*««
21.2
85.9
34.6
86.0
23.O
40.7
36.5
Trade............... .
Finance.................
Service 1/.... ....... ..
Oovemment............
Savannah
To U T .7 ...............
53.5
3.6
14.4
6.9
13.1
Contract construction. ••
Manufacturing...........
Brans, and pub* util.#..
Brade.............................
1.6
Finance............. .
Service 1/..............
Government..............
6.9
7.0
329.3
21.8
319.4
19.7
87.0
88.0
34.6
86.2
40.1
54.2
3.7
14.8
7.0
13.2
1.6
6.9
7.0
51.6
3.4
14.2
6.5
12.6
1.6
7.0
6.3
Boise
Total*••••»•••*••••«*
21.6
1.9
1.8
2.5
6.6
1.4
3.1
4.3
Contract construction
Manufacturing*•••••••
TTans. and pub* util.
Tirade.......................
Finance..............
Service..............
Government...........
Mining*
Contract construction
Manufacturing.......
Trans, and pub* util*
Tirade..............
Finance.............
Service..........
Government...........
.............
Contract construction* * «
Manufacturing.........
TTans* and pub* util*.«.
Trade...............
Finance....... **•••••
Service 5/ ..........
Indianapolis
Total....*e...*..«..*
Contract construction
Manufacturing.......
!Qrans* and pub* util*
Trade...............
IDAHO
ILLINOIS
Chicago
Total*••••••••*•••••«
■
21.2
20.4
1.7
1.8
2.5
6.4
1.4
3.1
4.3
1.6
1.8
2.3
6.3
1.3
2.9
4.2
Finance..............
Service 4/..........
Rockford
Total* **•*••••*••*•••*
Contract construction l/
Manufacturing. ..........
Trans, and pub* util***.
Tirade............................
Finance.................
Service.................
Government. .......... ..
(2/)
88
88
(a/>
(a/)
<a/>
2,611.8
3.8
138.3
1,027.3
2,533.5
3.6
124.4
989.1
228.1
227.0
531.1
147.4
310.5
225.3
525.9
144.8
302.6
216.2
75.2
4.6
43.4
2.7
71.5
4.3
41.0
2.7
11.2
10.8
2.5
2.5
6.7
3.6
6.6
4.2
INDIANA
Evansville
Total**IT. .............
Mining..................
Contract construction...
Contract construction*.*
Manufacturing........ .
Trans, and pub. util.*..
Trade..... ..........
69.5
1.7
4.2
75.0
1.8
4.4
30.1
59-4
34.4
4.9
14.7
4.9
14.8
15.0
5.0
2.2
2.2
2.2
12.3
12.3
1 2 .2
80.3
3.6
36.9
7.3
17.5
3.7
11.3
80.9
3.4
37.6
7.3
3.7
11.3
79.9
3.1
37.4
7.3
17.3
3.5
11.3
288.4
14.5
109.1
21.9
64.0
17.4
291.0
288.9
14.0
109.3
23.3
64.2
17.3
14.7
108.7
22.4
64.4
17.2
61.5
62.9
61.5
79.7
3.7
81.0
84.3
4.0
43.0
5.0
15.5
3.5
13.3
17.6
4.7
15.4
3.5
13.6
3.6
39.6
4.8
15.3
3.5
14.2
97.8
98.3
6.2
6.2
38.8
IOWA
Des Moines
TEsnrrr.
Contract construction..*
Manufacturing...........
Trans, and pub. util....
Trade................
Finance...............
Service 1/..... ......
Government*..........
23.5
8.0
26.1
23.4
8.2
11.4
26.3
10.5
12.5
11.4
48.8
48.4
.2
.2
10.5
12.3
95.8
5.6
22.7
8.0
26.0
10.2
12.5
11.0
KANSAS
Topeka
TfcSaT.........................
Mining................
Contract construction...
Manufacturing. .........
Trans, and pub. util....
Tirade.........................
70.3
1.7
4.4
USE
South Bend
Finance...............
Service 5/ ............
2,514.0
3.8
138.7
941.9
224.9
527.1
148.6
309.2
219.9
N u a b e r o f em ploye*
- r gg r----July
"afflar
Finance...............
Service........*......
Government. ...........
47.4
.2
4.5
6.3
7.7
9.6
2.5
6.0
4.2
6.4
7.7
9.6
2.4
5.9
7.7
9.5
2.4
5.9
12.2
12.2
1 2 .0
3.9
6.1
Se e footnotes at e n d of table.
25
A r e a Lmployrnent
Tabl. A -7: Employ*«* in nonagricultural «stablishm.nts
for s«l«ct«d areas, by industry division - Continued
( in thousands)
Number of employees
A r e a and Industry
d ivision
KANSAS - Continued
Wichita
Total.................
Mining................
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade.................
Finance...............
Service...............
Government............
KENTUCKY
Louisville
Total.................
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade.................
Finance...............
Service l/............
Government............
LOUISIANA
Baton Bouge
Total...............
Mining................
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade.................
Finance...............
Service...............
Government............
New Orleans
Total............•....
Mining................
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade.................
Finance...............
Service..... .........
Government............
MAINE
Lewiston
Total.................
Contract construction.
Manufacturing.................
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade..... ...........
Finance...............
Service l/............
Government............
WE
June
123,4
1.7
7.9
52,0
7-6
26.0
4.6
12.4
11.3
246.2
14.4
98.7
23.2
53.0
10.0
24.7
22.2
62.8
.4
6.9
19.3
4.2
12.6
2.1
6.0
11.3
122.8
1.7
7.8
121.0
51.6
50.3
7.5
26.4
4.7
11.9
7.6
26.0
4.6
12.3
11.5
245.7
14.2
98.5
23.1
52.8
10.0
24.6
22.5
62.2
.4
6.6
19.2
4.2
12.6
2.1
6.0
11.3
1.7
8.6
10.0
238.4
15.0
93.0
22.3
52.1
9.9
23.8
22.3
60.3
.4
5.5
19.6
4.0
12.4
2.1
5.7
10.7
269,0
267.6
5.5
14.3
5.5
13.3
269.7
5.9
17.4
46.6
68.7
13.2
46.2
44.9
51.0
38.2
31.6
28.6
1.6
14.9
1.1
5.4
See footnotes at e n d of table.
26
.M
a
July
.8
3.7
1.1
50.8
68.7
13.2
38.4
31.7
50.6
67.8
13.3
37.3
32.6
Area and industry
division
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
Boston
Total..................
Contract construction..
Manufacturing.........
Trans, and pub. util...
Trade..................
Finance................
Service 1/.............
Government.............
Fall Blver
Total..................
Manufacturing.........
Trans, and pub. util...
Trade..................
Government.............
Other nonmanufacturing.
New Bedford
T o ta l...................................
Contract c o n s tr u c tio n ..
Manufacturing.........
Trans, and pub. u t i l . . .
Trade...................................
Government.........................
Other nonmanufacturing.
S pringfield-H olyoke
28.8
1.5
15.1
1.1
5.4
.8
3.8
1.1
28.5
1.5
15.1
1.1
5.3
.7
3.7
1.1
Total.
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade.................
Finance...............
Service 1 / ............
Government............
Number of employees
1955
195
E
June
J u ly
55.3
4.3
14.3
6.5
14.9
3.5
8.4
3.4
54.9
4.1
14.5
6.4
14.9
3.5
53.5
4.2
13.1
8.1
3.4
3.4
8.3
3.4
564.7
595.9
568.9
.8
.8
47.1
J u ly
.8
45.4
6.1
15.0
55.4
111.4
30.3
65.3
73.3
57.2
112.5
30.7
43.3
195.4
54.7
111.4
29.4
75.6
65.0
62.9
71.0
978.2
58.5
283.3
79.2
222.4
987.3
57.2
950.1
51.2
274.7
76.5
218.3
182.8
68.2
132.8
207.0
288.2
79.0
227.5
66.9
66.5
133.6
134.9
130.6
132.3
45.5
25.7
2.7
7.6
3.1
6.4
46.8
42.7
23.1
48.5
49.9
1.9
133.8
1.8
25.7
2.3
8.6
3.6
6.5
153.6
6.9
66.3
9.0
30.9
7.1
15.0
18.4
26.7
2.8
7.9
3.1
6.3
27.O
2.3
8.7
3.5
6.5
2.6
7.6
3.1
6.3
47.8
1.7
25.5
1.9
8.6
3.6
6.5
67.6
153.6
5.9
67.7
18.7
30.3
6.7
15.2
19.2
155.7
6.9
9.0
31.2
6.9
15.4
8.6
V' r,j [ rnp't ’
VirU’
nt
Table A-7: Employ*** in nonagricultural *stablishm*nts,
for s*l*ct*d ar*as, by industry division - Continued
(In thousands)
Area and industry
division
Number of employees
1 <>56
1955 _
July
July
June
MASSACHUSETTS - Continued
Worcester
Total...................
Contract construction...
99.7
3.7
45.6
5.3
19.8
4.5
9.5
11.3
104.7
3.6
50.1
5.4
101.2
20.1
19.6
1 ,226.6
Trans, and pub. util....
MICHIGAN
Detroit
4.4
9.6
11.5
2.9
49.2
4.8
4.1
9.5
1 1 .1
1,317.6
.9
1,254.5
.9
63.2
61.5
531.3
138.6
111.0
556.9
80.9
256.9
48.5
134.2
114.7
128.6
108.1
72.0
73.0
88.0
Mining..................
Contract construction...
Trans, and pub. util....
81.0
251.3
49.4
Flint
.8
61.0
641.3
79.5
251.3
47.0
Grand Rapids
52.2
53.5
53.5
26.0
26.4
32.4
26.4
27.2
29.O
Lansing
Muskegon
Area and Industry
division
MISSISSIPPI
Jackson
Total.................
Mining................
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade.................
Finance...............
Service...............
Government............
MISSOURI
Kansas City
Total.................
Mining................
Contract construction.
Manufacturlng........
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade.................
Finance...............
Service...............
Government...........
St. Louis
Total.................
Mining................
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade.................
Finance...............
Service...............
Government............
Saginaw
23.8
23.7
Contract construction...
Manufacturing..........
Trans, and pub. util....
42.2
2.7
42.6
2.5
10.6
1.8
10.6
1.8
9.6
7.6
10.9
1.7
6.5
4.1
6.5
4.1
4.1
7.3
’
4.7
10.2
7.0
2.2
494.3
33.1
143.8
Trans, and pub. util....
493.4
31.7
143.5
51.0
50.6
122.1
31.6
121.2
30.8
57.3
55.4
58.2
57.4
MONTANA
Great Falls
Total.................
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade.................
Service §j...........
Government............
6.1
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Contract construction...
July
53.3
.7
4.5
10.2
4.6
14.0
3.6
6.6
9.3
347.4
.8
20.5
95.0
44.2
93.4
June
53.2
.7
4.3
10.2
4.5
14.1
3.6
6.7
9.3
347.4
.9
20.4
95.2
44.2
93.3
July
52.3
.6
5.1
9.6
4.4
13.9
3.4
6.5
8.9
355.5
.8
21.7
101.8
21.2
40.7
31.7
40.6
31.6
44.9
93.9
21.4
40.6
30.4
ti/>
(3/>
(2/>
696.8
698.1
3.1
35.4
264.9
38.6
21.1
m
3.0
265.5
68.2
146.2
34.3
83.4
68.4
148.2
35.0
79.4
61.3
60.0
3.7
2.4
19.5
1.9
3.0
2.3
5.9
3.7
2.7
19.1
1.9
3.1
2.5
5.7
3.5
2.4
148.9
149.7
32.7
32.4
148.0
7.9
23.8
23.8
(1 /)
(1 /)
<2/>
(i/)
(2/)
28.0
MINNESOTA
Duluth
37.7
Number of employees
475.6
30.4
135.6
51.1
117.9
31.0
55.7
54.0
NEBRASKA
Omaha
Total.................
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade.................
Finance...............
Service 1 / ............
Government............
19.3
1.8
3.0
2.4
6.0
8.1
36.9
12.2
20.2
15.0
8.0
37.0
12.2
21.0
15.5
32.0
24.8
37.0
11.9
19.9
14.7
See footnotes at end of tat>le.
17
Ar o d
[mp lo yr rv nl
Tobl« A-7: Em ploy«« in nonagricultural establishments
for selected areas, by industry division - Continued
Area and Industry
division
(In thousand«)
Number of employees
Area and industry
1956
.. 1955
division
M v
July
27.1
2.1
2.0
h f
6.5
1.0
7.9
3.9
HEW HAMPSHIRE
Manchester
"IMi!«.................
Oontract construction..•
HEW JERSEY
Nsvark-Jersey City 2/ 7/
"e u i .
.77«”.... .
Contract construction.«•
Manufacturing. .........
Trans, and pub. util....
Trade..................
26.5
2.3
2.0
3.6
6.*
1.0
7.2
*.«
26.3
2.*
3.6
6.3
1.0
7.5
3.6
Oontract construction.«.
Manufacturing.........
Trans« and pub. util....
*1.3
2.6
2.9
7.9
2.0
*.*
2.9
*1.3
2.3
18.9
2.8
8.0
2.0
*.3
2.9
*0.7
2.2
19.3
2.6
7.6
2.0
*.2
2.7
Contract construction..«
firans. and pub. util....
Perth Amboy 7/
*fctilV.V.7.............
95.9
.1
4.1
93.6
.1
3.8
*0.8
6.7
15.6
2.8
9.3
15.1
61.8
58.9
6.3
9.8
5.3
13,8
3,7
7.5
11.1
*1.6
7.0
15.*
2.8
9.9
15.0
61.2
5.5
10.5
5.3
15 .*
3.7
5.*
10.*
3.3
15.*
3.8
8.8
18.7
HEW YORK
Alban^-8chenectady-Troy
828.*
.2
31.7
360.H
86.3
1*0.1
*7.3
83.*
79.0
380.5
2.1
a?.*
177 .*
82.0
62.8
12.8
37.6
38.*
157.9
.8
Contract construction...
8.7
Manufacturing........ .
8*.l
Trans, and pub. util..«.
9.*
21.7
«.7
9.8
ao .7
Sea footnotes at end of tal9le.
18
6.9
15.8
2.9
9.7
15.3
8.8
18.6
838.6
.2
31.2
365.6
87.7
1*2.8
*6.9
83.3
80.9
82*. 9
.2
31.7
363.9
8*.*
1*0.7
*6.8
Contract construction...
Manufacturing...........
Trans, and pub« util....
80.9
76.3
379.0
2.1
26.*
176.8
28.1
63.*
12.*
37.*
36.*
158.6
.7
7.9
8*.9
9.3
22.0
2.7
9.8
21.3
366.3
1.7
22.8
171.2
21.9
63.3
12.*
35.2
38.8
1*5.3
.6
6.9
75.7
8.7
21.6
2.5
9.*
19.9
207.2
8.0
75.2
16.5
39,8
7.1
22.5
38.1
209.7
7.3
78.8
206.8
16.5
16.8
78.0
77.*
3.1
*1.1
3.9
13.8
8.0
5.9
7.6
76.8
3.0
*0.*
*.0
13.9
86.1
l*.l
*6.3
37.8
36.0
*53.1
83.*
806.5
37.7
86.8
13.9
*6.8
38.0
**5.9
83.2
203.9
37.1
85.6
l*.l
*6.8
35.7
3*.2
17.3
6.5
10.*
3*.3
17.6
6.*
10.3
33.6
17.1
6.*
10.1
*0.1
7.1
28.3
38.8
7.3
73.0
39.3
7.8
28.8
38.3
Binghamton
Contract construction.««
Paterson 7/
K S I . 7 . 7 ' .............
Mining.................
Oontract construction. •.
Manufacturing...........
Trans, and pub. util.«..
92.5
.1
4.5
37.9
HEW MEXICO
Albuquergue
18.6
Seans« and pub« util....
firade..................
1955
firenton
HEVADA
Reno
Contract construction...
Manufacturing l/« «•«••••
firans« and pub. util*...
finds..................
1956
Trans, and pub. util....
3.1
*1.5
3.9
13.9
2.0
6.1
7.*
i*
6.0
7.0
Buffalo
Contract construction.«.
Manufacturing.........
Trans, and pub. util....
*2*. 9
2*.0
180.6
Elmira
Other nonmanufacturing..
f m p k ’vmont
Tabl« A-7: Employ«*« in nonagricultural establishments,
for s*l*ct*d ar*as, by industry division - Continued
A r e a and industry
division
(In thousands)
Number of employees
NEW YORK - Continued
Nassau and Suffolk
Counties 7/
Total*•«••«*.*•••••*•
Contract construction
Manufacturing.......
Trans« and pub. util*
Trade................
Finance..............
Service 1/..... •••••
Government...........
New York-Northeastern
New Jersey
Toted...................
Mining..................
Contract construction***
Manufacturing...........
Trans* and pub. util..**
Trade «*.•••..*.•••••••••
Finance.................
Service**.**............
Government..........**••
1251.
JL25&
J t e . . J.
328.6
31.8
323.6
31.4
97.1
20.9
20.7
70.8
10.5
46.8
50.7
5,372.6
6.5
237.9
1,670.4
476.2
1,144.3
444.3
781.4
611.6
New York City 7/
Total.«..*•*.••••••••••• 3,457.0
1.8
Mining..................
118.6
Contract construction. * *
Manufacturing «*•••••••••
892.5
321.8
Trans, and pub* util****
801.2
Trade...................
358.6
Finance.................
568.9
Service*****............
393.6
Government..............
Rochester
Total* * **
Contract construction. **
Manufacturing* *•••••••••
Trans* and pub. util***«
Trade...................
Finance.................
Service 1 / ..............
Government* .............
Syraouse
Total*..
Contract construction* **
Manufacturing......... *
Trans, and pub* util**.*
Trade...................
Finance.................
Service 1/............
Government.**••••......
Utica-Rame
Total...................
Contract construction...
Manufacturing...........
Trans. and pub. util....
July
221.4
11.3
96.1
69.0
10.4
45.2
50.8
5,420.2
316.2
32.8
95.3
21.1
66.6
10.5
43.4
46.4
5,330.9
5-9
6.5
226.9
235.1
1,696.6 1,691.8
474.4
479.0
1,162.0 1,138.3
440.2
435.2
782.1
618.7
595.4
763.0
3,501.7
3,463.2
118.9
914.1
323.3
111.7
925.6
323.3
800.7
352.3
1.8
815.O
355.9
575.*
397.^
220.2
10.8
111.8
1.8
561.8
386.1
218.7
6.4
16.1
14.3
14.2
102.0
4.6
43.4
101.0
5.3
4.2
44.2
5.3
191.I
16.9
47.7
14.4
46.3
186.3
18.3
49.1
13.4
43.1
22.9
31.3
23.5
30.7
21.8
86.7
86.7
83.7
5.2
21.7
9.6
25.3
14.1
44.0
11.4
33.0
5.4
22.4
11.0
5.4
22.7
10.1
10.0
25.9
5.6
10.7
25.9
5.6
6.6
10.6
6.5
9.9
5.5
10.5
5.9
Greensboro-High Point
Manufacturing.......
41.7
41.7
41.1
Winston-Salem
Manufacturing.
34.0
34.3
32.I
21.6
21.5
20.9
2.3
2.3
2.4
7.2
2.4
7.2
NORTH DAKOTA
Fargo
Total.*...............
Contract construction..*
Manufacturing..... ..*•
Trans* and pub. util...
Trade..................
Finance..............
Service 1 / .............
Government.............
6.7
OHIO
Akron
Manufacturing.
92.7
92.8
90.6
30.7
Canton
Manufacturing.
5O.9
64.7
6I.4
Cincinnati
Manufacturing.
I63.O
163.1
160 .7
Cleveland
Manufacturing.
294.4
313.3
313.3
Columbus
Manufacturing.
77.5
78.6
74.7
138.5
10.8
31.0
6.6
16.0
190.2
17.0
47.8
3.0
3.0
147.2
7.6
60.5
11.0
31.6
19.6
3.0
143.8
8.1
8.6
20.2
16.0
3.2
8.9
18.5
1.6
18.7
57.0
15.8
3.2
1.6
2.9
19.0
23.4
NORTH CAROLINA
Charlotte
Total.......
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans* and pub. util..*.
Trade.................
Finance...............
Service 1/...........
Government...........
3.3
9.1
2.3
7.1
1.5
22.3
18.5
9.9
38.7
Westchester County 7/
Total.................
Contract construction...
Manufacturing........
Trans, and pub* util.«
Trade.................
Finance...............
Service 1/...........
Government............
16.1
12»,
July
2.2
2.1
6.8
38.3
7.0
23.3
Utica-Rome - Continued
Trade.................
Finance...............
Service 1/............
Government............
Number of employees
m u
July
2.2
11.0
III.9
10.0
38.1
6.8
112.6
10.1
Area and industry
division
5^.9
10.8
6.2
15.9
13.3
95-3
3.3
40.4
5.0
2.2
2.8
2.8
See footnotes at e nd of table.
398880 0 - 5 6 - 5
19
A r e a Employment
Table A-7: Em ploy«« in nonagricultural establishments
for selected areas, by industry division - Continued
(In thousands)
Number o f e m p lo y e e s
A re a and in d u s t r y
d iv is io n
1956 ____
J u ly
O H IO - C o n t in u e d
D ayto n
T o le d o
Y o u n gsto w n
OKLAHOMA
O k la h o m a C i t y
T o t a l ...................................
C o n t r a c t c o n s t r u c t i o n . .•
M a n u f a c t u r i n g ...................
T r a n s , and pub. u t i l . . . .
June
1955
J u ly
90.4
100.1
100.1
58.6
59.4
63.8
71.2
117.3
115.5
OREGON
P o r tla n d
T o t a l ...................................
C o n t r a c t c o n s t r u c t i o n . ••
M a n u f a c t u r i n g ..............
T r a n s , and pub. u t i l . . . .
H a r r is b u r g
T o t a l ...................................
C o n t r a c t c o n s t r u c t i o n . .•
T ran s,
and pub. u t i l . . . .
1955
July
Harrisburg - Continued
Trade................
Finance..............
Service..............
Government..........
23.8
5.9
12.6
39.7
23.9
5.9
12.6
39.6
22.4
5-8
12.2
39.1
Lancaster
Manufacturing....... .
45.7
45.4
45.4
Philadelphia
Manufacturing........
525.1
542.5
541.2
141.7
7.7
11.2
16.1
11.7
37.1
7.9
17.3
32.9
Pittsburgh
Total.................
Mining................
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade.................
Finance...............
Service...............
Government...........
712.3
5.6
45.6
246.8
67.9
156.3
28.5
91.5
70.1
833.9
18.2
47.9
346.3
71.9
157.5
27.9
92.7
71.5
804.4
17.8
45.6
333.2
71.8
153.8
27.8
86.6
67.9
127.6
12.4
9-5
33.6
13.5
30.4
6.1
14.7
7.4
128.1
12.7
8.7
34.3
13.5
30.6
6.1
14.8
7.4
124.5
12.2
8.9
33.4
12.6
30.2
5.9
14.7
6.6
Reading
Manufacturing........
48.5
49.9
48.9
Scranton
Manufacturing........
31.8
31.9
30.1
Wlikes -Barre — Haz leton
Manufacturing........
32.9
33.4
38.2
York
Manufacturing........
45.1
45.2
44.6
RHODE ISLAND
Providence
Total.................
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade.................
Finance...............
Service 1/............
Government............
287.2
16.9
134.7
14.0
52.1
12.7
27.1
29.7
290.6
16.9
137.2
14.0
53.2
12.5
27.2
29.6
281.5
15.7
133.5
13.0
52.0
12.4
25.9
29.O
SOUTH CAROLINA
Charleston
Total.................
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade.................
Finance...............
Service 1/...........
Government............
51.0
3.1
10.0
3.8
12.0
1.7
4.7
15.9
51.1
3.1
9.9
3.8
12.2
1.7
4.7
15.8
49.7
2.7
9.9
3.7
11.6
1.6
4.7
15.6
Greenville
Manufacturing........
30.1
30.3
29.5
255.1
15.1
65.1
30.6
65.8
12.7
33.9
31.9
256.9
14.5
66.3
30.3
66.3
12.7
33.7
33.1
248.3
15.3
63.5
30.4
63.8
12.5
32.7
30.1
82.5
100.9
96.4
44.4
44.2
40.0
135.5
.5
9.2
30.1
13.7
140.7
.5
8.9
34.5
14.8
135.6
.4
8.4
32.8
14.5
See footnotes at e n d of table.
¿a
1956
June
143.7
7.7
11.0
15.8
11.5
37.7
8.0
17.6
34.6
P E N N SY L V A N IA
A ll e n t o v n - B e t h l e h e m E a sto n
E r ie
July
143.7
7.7
11.2
15.8
11.4
37.5
8.1
17.5
34.7
T u lsa
C o n t 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 pub. u t i l . . « .
Number of employees
A re a and In d u s t r y
d iv is io n
./
A r ea Employment
Tabl* A -7: Employ**» in nonagricultural establishments,
for s*l*ct*d areas, by industry division - Continued
(In thousands)
A r e a and industry
d ivision
Number of employees
July
SOUTH DAKOTA
Sioux Jails
Total...................
Contract construction.•.
Manufacturing...........
Trans, and pub. util....
Trade...................
Finance.................
Service 1 / ..............
O o v e m m e n t ..............
Knoxville
Total...................
Mining..................
Contract construction..•
Manufacturing..........
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................
24.9
24.8
2. 1
2.0
5.5
2.3
5.4
2.3
1955
July
24.7
2.3
5.4
2.2
8.1
8.2
1.5
3-5
1.5
3.5
2. 1
2. 1
1-5
3.2
1.9
8.0
Chattanooga
Total...................
Mining..................
Contract construction...
Manufacturing..........
Trans, and pub. util....
Trade...................
Finance.................
Service.................
Government..............
June
93-3
93.4
.1
.1
.1
3.7
43.9
5.5
18.2
4.3
9.4
8.4
3.5
44.4
5.6
18.1
4.2
9.4
8.4
5.1
116.6
1.9
6.5
116.1
I.9
94.7
44.9
5.3
17.8
4.0
9.4
8.2
115.8
9.2
44.4
7.1
23.5
2.3
11.3
16.1
185.8
.4
11.7
47.7
16.6
54.0
8.3
24.0
23.1
184.5
.4
179.4
.4
47.5
16.3
53.4
8.2
24.0
23.0
22.6
129.9
.3
6.9
36.7
12.7
30.6
I3O.4
I30.I
7.4
25.6
2.5
11.3
15.4
8.6
19.3
14.9
II9.5
7.6
11.8
.3
7.4
36.8
12.7
3O.6
8.4
19.2
15.I
120.3
7.5
Salt Lake City - Continued
Contract construction..•
Manufacturing....... .
Trans, and pub. util....
Trade...................
Finance.................
Service.................
Government..............
1955
Julv
195¿
9.6
18.3
13.0
34.0
7.4
15.3
14.3
9.5
I7.9
13.2
34.2
7.5
I5.3
I5.2
9.8
I7.5
I3.O
32.5
7.3
I5.O
I3.9
VERMONT
Burlington
Total.................
Manufacturing........
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade.................
Service...............
Other nonmanufacturing
17.2
3.9
1.5
4.6
3.3
3.9
I6.8
3.8
1.4
4.5
3.2
3.9
I6.5
3.5
1.3
4.6
3.2
3.9
Springfield
Total.................
Manufacturing........
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade.................
Service...............
Other nonmanufacturing
13.5
8.6
.6
1.6
1.2
1.7
13.4
8.6
.6
1.5
1.1
1.6
12.7
7.8
.6
1.6
1.1
1.6
VIRGINIA
Norfolk-Portsmouth
Total.................
Mining................
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade.................
Finance...............
Service...............
Government............
157.5
.2
12.4
I5.5
I7.7
41.2
7.0
17.8
45.7
157.9
.2
12.3
15.6
17.8
41.2
6.9
17.8
46.1
151.8
.2
11.2
I5.7
I7.3
37.4
6.5
I6.8
46.7
Richmond
Total.................
Mining................
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade.................
Finance...............
Service...............
Government............
158.8
.3
13.O
38.6
I5.9
39.7
12.9
17.7
20.7
159.7
.3
13.O
38.7
15.9
39.8
12.8
17.8
21.4
151.7
.3
11.5
37.6
15.5
37.5
12.6
17.2
19.5
WASHINGTON
Seattle
Total.................
Contract construction.
Manufacturing........
Trans, and pub. util..
Trade.................
Finance...............
Service 1 / ............
Government............
307.4
16.2
88.1
28.9
74.5
19.2
38.2
42.3
306.0
15.7
87.I
28.5
74.0
19.0
37.8
43.9
299.O
15.7
83.6
28.3
73.6
18.7
37-8
41.3
2.0
46.1
7.5
25.5
2.4
II.3
15.4
46.2
6.1
A re a and in d u s t r y
d iv is io n
12.0
45.3
15.7
52.1
8.0
23.4
.4
7.8
38.1
12.4
29.5
8.2
I9.0
14.9
112.1
3.1
See footnotes at e n d of table.
21
A f\ \ í [ mployrnent
Tabl. A -7: Employ««* in nonagricultural «*tablishm«nt*
for sel«ct«d areas, by industry division - Continued
( In th o u sa n d s)
A re a and i n d u s t r y
d iv is io n
W A S H I N G T O N - C ontinued
Spokane
Contract construction...
Manufacturing.
Trans, and pub. util....
T r a d e ......................
Ser v i c e
1 / ................
Ta c o m a
T o t a l .................
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 pub. u t i l . ...
T r a d e ................ .
F i n a n c e ...................
S ervice J / ................
G o v e r n m e n t ................
W E S T VIRGI N I A
Charleston
T o t a l ......................
M i n i n g . .................
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 ............
Trans, and pub. util....
S e r v i c e ...................
Government
W h e e l in#?-Steubenville
T o t a l ......................
Mining.
Contract construction...
Number o f e m p lo y e e s
July
76.1
5.8
15.3
9.1
20.5
3.6
11.5
10.3
7"5
1j •7i
4.3
17.8
7.2
16.O
j
8.5
18.8
June
76.0
5.5
15.5
8.9
20.5
3.7
1 1 .5
10.4
75
1j 1
4.0
17.3
7.2
16.O
0
J^ tv
8.5
19.1
_ 1 95 5
July
7 4 .8
5.8
15.5
8.5
19.8
3.9
11.2
10.1
7^
IJ *79
4.6
16.9
7.3
1 *5.^
2.8
8.5
18.5
A r e a an d In d u s t r y
d iv is io n
Wheelin«Steubenville - Continued
Trans, and pub. util....
F i n a n c e ...................
S e r v i c e ...................
G o v e r n m e n t ................
90.6
10.6
3.9
25.I
11.0
18.7
3.3
8.5
9.6
(a/)
(a/)
d /)
90.8
10.4
3.9
25.7
10.8
18.7
3.3
8.5
9.6
114.6
5.4
4.7
55.3
89.9
10.5
4.0
25.3
10.6
19.1
3.2
8.3
9.0
113.3
5*5
4.7
54.8
Contract construction...
M a n u f a c t u r i n g ............
Trans, and pub. util....
F i n a n c e ...................
Service _1/ ................
G o v e r n m e n t ................
Raci n e
F i n a n c e ...................
S e r v i c e \ J .............
G o v e r n m e n t ................
1956
July
Contract construction...
M a n u f a c t u r i n g ............
Trans, and pub. util....
June
1955
July
(2/>
(a/)
(3/)
(a/)
(a/)
9.7
20.3
3.0
10.0
6.4
9.8
19.7
2.8
9.5
6.6
427.4
24.9
191.1
29.4
83.4
20.2
43.9
34.6
42£.l
24.8
19^.0
29.0
83.7
19.7
43.9
35.0
418.5
23.I
186.6
29.O
82.8
41.6
2.5
21.4
1.7
.8
4.1
3.4
42.5
2.5
22.2
1.8
7.8
.8
4.1
3.4
40.9
2.1
21.7
1.8
7.2
.8
3.9
3.4
3.3
1.3
1.9
1.8
4.0
.7
2.0
3.0
1.3
1.9
1.7
3.9
.7
2.1
3.2
1.2
1.8
1.5
3.8
.5
1.9
7 .7
WYOMING
Casper
Includes mining.
Revised series; not strictly comparable with previously published data.
Not available.
Includes government.
Includes mining and government.
Includes mining and finance.
Subarea of New York-Northeastern New Jersey.
22
Num ber o f e m p lo y e e s
WISCONSIN
M i l w aukee
Contract construction...
M a n u f a c t u r i n g ............
Trans, and pub. u t i l . ...
<3/>
l/
2/
3/
4/
5/
6/
2/
1 95 6 ____
19.6
4^.2
34.4
Labor Tuinovci
Table B-lt Monthly labor turnover rates in manufacturing,
by class of turnover
(Bar 100 employees
Jan*
Feb.
Mar.
1948,
1949,
1950,
1951,
1952,
1953,
1954,
1955,
1956.
4.6
3.2
3.6
5.2
4,4
4.4
2.8
3.3
3.9
2. 9
3.2
4.5
3.9
4.2
2.5
3.2
3.1
4.0
3 .0
3.6
4.6
3.9
4.4
2. 8
3-6
3.1
1948,
1949,
1950,
1951
1952,
1953,
1954
1955
1956.
4.3
4.6
3.1
4.1
4.0
3.8
4.3
1.6
4. 7
4.1
3.0
3.8
3.9
3.6
3.5
2.5
3.6
4.5
4.8
2.9
4.1
3.7
4.1
3.7
3.0
3.5
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
195o«
2.6
1.7
1.1
2.1
1.9
2.1
1.1
1.0
1.4
2.5
1.4
1.0
2.1
1.9
2.2
1.0
1.0
1.3
2.8
1.6
1.2
2.0
2.5
1.0
1.3
1.4
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
0.4
0.4
0.4
•3
.2
•3
•3
.3
.2
.2
•3
.3
.2
•3
.3
.4
.2
.2
.3
•3
.2
•3
•3
.4
.2
.2
.3
1948
1949
1950
1951
1 952
1953
1954
1 955
1 956
1.2
2.5
1.7
1.0
1.4
•9
2.8
1.5
1.7
1.7
2.3
1.7
.8
1.3
.8
2. 2
1.1
1.8
1.2
2. 8
1.4
.8
1.1
.8
2-3
1.3
1.6
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
0.1
.1
.1
.7
.4
.4
.3
•3
.2
0.1
.1
.1
.6
.4
.4
.2
.2
.2
0.1
.1
.1
m
2.9
2.5
.5
.3
.3
.2
.2
.2
Apr.
June
Aug.
accetision
5.0
5.7
4.7
4.4
4.4
3.5
4.8
6. 6
4.7
4.2
k.9
4.5
4.4
5.9
4.9
4.1
5.1
4.3
3.5
2.9
2 *ï
?-3
3.4
3.8
4.5
4.3
4.2
3-4
3.3
Totia sepsu•ation
4.4
4.5
5.1
4.7
4.3
4.8
4.0
3.8
5.2
4.3
4.2
2.8
3.0
2.9
3.1
4.4
4.6
4.8
4.3
5.3
4.1
5.0
4.6
3.9
3.9
4.4
4.8
4.2
4.3
4.3
3.8
3.1
3.3
Î
-5
3.4
3.2
4.0
3.2
3.1
3-2
3.4
3.4
3.7
Quit
2.8
3.4
3.0
2.9
2.9
1.4
1.8
1.6
1.7
1.5
1.8
1.6
1.7
2.9
1.3
2.4
2.8
3.1
2.7
2.5
2.2
3.0
2.2
2.2
2.2
2.6
2.7
2.7
2.5
2.9
1.4
1.1
1.0
1.1
1.1
1.6
2.2
1.5
1.5
1.5
1.6
1.6
1.5
1-5
Dischaj"C8
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.3
.2
.2
.2
.2
•3
.4
.2
•3
•3
.3
.4
.4
.4
.4
.3
•3
•3
•3
•3
•3
.4
.4
.4
.4
.4
.2
.2
.2
.2
.2
.3
.3
.3
•3
•3
.2
•3
.3
•3
Layofj *
1.0
1.2
1.2
1.1
1.1
1.8
2.8
2.1
3.3
2.5
.6
.6
1.2
1.1
•9
1.4
1.0
1.0
1.2
1.3
2.2
1.0
1.1
1.1
1.3
1.0
1.1
1.3
•9
•9
2.4
1.6
1.7
1.7
1.9
1.2
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.3
1.4
1.6
1.3
1.3
Mlscc»llaneoiis. inç]Ludine 1n i litoq t
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
.1
.1
.1
.1
.1
.2
.1
.1
.1
.3
.4
.4
.4
.4
•5
•3
•3
.3
•3
.3
.3
•3
.3
.3
•3
.2
.2
.2
.2
.3
.2
.2
.2
.2
.2
.2
.2
.2
.2
4.0
2 .9
3.5
4.5
3.7
4.3
2.4
3.5
3.3
Totel L
4.1
3.5
4.4
4.5
3.9
4.1
July
Annual
aver
age
Oot.
Nov.
Dec.
4.5
3.7
5.2
4.4
5.2
3.3
?*6
4.1
3.9
3.3
4.0
3.9
4. 0
2.7
3.3
3.3
2.7
3.2
3.0
3.0
3.3
2.1
2.5
2.5
4.4
3.5
4.4
4.4
4.4
3.9
3.0
3.7
1948
19 4 9
1950
1951
1952
1953
19 5 4
1955
?•?
4.4
4.5
4.1
4.3
4. 7
4.2
4.5
3-3
3-5
4.1
4.0
3.8
4.3
3.5
4.2
3.0
3.1
4-3
3.2
3.6
3.5
3.4
4.0
3.0
3.0
4.6
4.3
3.5
4.4
4.1
4.3
3.5
3.3
19 4 8
194 9
1950
1951
1952
195 3
1954
195 5
3.9
2.1
3.4
3.1
3.5
3.1
1.8
2.8
2.8
1.5
2. 7
2.5
2.8
2.1
1.2
1.8
2.2
1.2
2.1
1.9
2.1
1.5
1.0
1.4
1.7
.9
1.7
1.4
1.7
1.1
.9
1.1
2.8
1.5
1.9
2.4
2.3
2.3
1.1
1.6
194 8
194 9
1950
195 1
195 2
195 3
195 4
195 5
Ô.4
.2
.4
•3
.4
.4
.2
•3
0.4
.2
.4
.4
.4
.4
.2
•3
0.4
.2
•3
•3
.4
•3
.2
•3
0.3
.2
•3
•3
•3
.2
.2
.2
0.4
.2
•3
•3
•3
.4
.2
•3
19 4 8
194 9
195 0
195 1
195 2
1953
1954
195 5
1.0
1.8
.7
1.3
.7
1.5
1.7
l.l
1.2
2.3
.8
1.4
.7
1.8
1.6
1.2
1.4
2.5
1.1
1.7
.7
2.3
1.6
1.2
2.2
2.0
1.3
1.5
1.0
2.5
1.7
1.4
1.3
2.4
1.1
1.2
1.1
1.3
1.9
1.2
194 8
194 9
1950
195 1
195 2
195 3
1954
195 5
0.1
.1
.4
.4
•3
•3
•3
.2
0.1
.1
.4
.4
•3
•3
.2
.2
0.1
.1
•3
.4
•3
•3
.1
0.1
.1
•3
•3
.3
.2
.2
.2
0.1
.1
.2
.5
•3
•3
.2
.2
194 8
194 9
1950
195 1
195 2
195 3
1954
195 5
Sept.
Yea r
1
5.1
4.1
5.7
4.3
5.6
4.0
3.4
4.4
5.4
4.2
4.9
5.1
4.9
5.2
.2
w
m
m
m
T a b le B-2: M o n th ly la b o r turnover rates in selected in d u strie s
(Per 100 employees)
Industry
MANUFACTURING.............................
Total
accession
rate
July June
1?56
S e p a ration rate
Total
J uly
1# 6
Quit
Discharge
Layoff
Misc., incl.
milita r y
July
I 956
Jun e
1956
July
1956
June
1956
July
1956 1956 1956
19^6
June
1956
June
Jul y J u n e
3 ;3
k .2 3-2
3-k
1-5
1.6
0.2
0.3
1-3
1-3
0.2
0.2
DURABLE G 0 0 0 3 ................................
NONDURABLE GOODS..............................................
3.3
3.1
4.3
k.O 3 .O
3-3
3.5
3.1
1.4
1-5
1.6
1.6
•3
.2
-3
.2
1.4
1.0
1.4
1.1
-3
.2
-3
.2
ORDNANCE AND ACCESSORIES...............
3.8
4.3
k.l
3.6
1.2
1.6
.2
.2
2 .k
1.4
-3
.4
FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS....... ......
4-5
4.7
3.5
3-Ö
6.2
5-6
5-4
5-3
k.O
3-k
2.9
1.6
3-k
1-3
-9
1-5
1-9
-3
.2
.6
2-3
2.2
1.6
2.5
.k
-3
-3
-3
.
k
1.3
1.4
1.6
1.1
.4
.1
.1
.2
.1
.2
.2
.1
.1
k.k
8.6
5-3
3.0
-5
-1
.2
.2
k.k
1.8
.2
.2
TOBACCO MANUFACTURES................... 2.0
2.3
2.5
1-9
1.8
1.1
2.5
1-3
l.k
-9
1.3
1.0
1.6
1.0
.1
.1
.1
-3
.2
.2
.2
.2
.1
.1
.1
-5
-9
.1
1-9
.2
.1
.1
.1
.4
.1
.1
(1/)
.6
1-9
2.2
2.0
2.0
2.1
2.0
1.6
1-7
(2/)
1.0
(2/)
1.8
.2
.2
-3
.2
.2
.2
(2/)
.1
(2/)
-3
-3
-3
-3
-3
.2
.1
.2
.1
.1
(2/)
1.2
1-5
1.1
-9
2. 0
1.4
-5
1-9
(2/)
1.2
(2/)
1.5
1.6
1.0
-9
1.4
1.6
-3
1-7
4.7
(2/)
.2
.2
.2
.2
.2
.1
.1
(1/)
(2/)
.2
(2/)
.2
.1
.2
.2
.2
.1
.1
.1
.1
.2
(2/)
Beverages:
1.5
2.6
1.5
TEXTILE-MILL PRODUCTS.................. 3.1
3.1
2 .8
2 .k
2 .k 2-3
3-2 3-k
3.0 k.l
3-9
2.5
2.0
2.2
2.2
l.k
.2
.2
-3
.2
.8
.6
1.4
.4
.2
-3
.1
.1
3.3
3-1
3.5
k.k
2.6
2.3
.2
-3
.6
1-7
.1
.1
6.9
I 3 .O
6-3
k .6
(2/)
2-9
(2/)
2 .6
3-1
.k
¿.6
5-1
7-9
4- 5
6.2
2.6
(2/)
-5
-5
-7
.4
1.2
(2/)
1-3
1-3
-7
1.2
.1
(2/)
.1
.2
-3
-2
k .2 2-9
3-9
1.6
2.1
-3
.k
.8
1.2
.1
.1
3-7
3-3
k .6 3-0
2.8
2.8
2.8
2. 0
2.1
1.8
1-7
1-7
1.7
.k
.k
-3
-3
-3
-3
.6
.6
-7
-7
-7
.6
-3
-3
.2
.2
.2
.2
k.k 2.1
k.l 1-3
2.7
1.6
.3
.1
3-0
1.6
-9
3-5
-5
.2
.8
.6
.2
.4
.2
.2
5-3
1.2
.8
1-7
.1
.2
.2
.2
3-4
3-5
3-0
2.0
2-9
1-5
1.5
1.0
1.0
1.1
1.5
1-7
1-5
.4
.2
-3
-5
.2
-3
-5
.1
-5
1.4
-3
-3
.3
.1
.1
.1
.1
(2/)
5-0
3.2
FURNITURE AND FIXTURES................. 4.3
4.2
4.6
PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS.............. 2.3
24
1-9
1.8
1-7
2.0
2.0
1-5
2.0
2.1
1.1
(2/)
3.6
3.1
Millwork, plywood, and prefabricated
See footnotes at end of table.
3.8
3-2
3-1
3-8
3-9
2.1
5-1
3.0
2.7
LUMBER AND WOOD PRODUCTS (EXCEPT
FURNITURE)............................ 5-4
CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS........ .
3-1
2. 0
1.1
3.2
M e n ’s and boys' furnishings and work
Pulp, paper, and paperboard m i l l s ......
3-1
2.0
3-8
(2/)
2.6
(2/)
3A
3.6
2.2
3.4
(2/)
2.0
(2/)
APPAREL AND OTHER FINISHED TEXTILE
PRODUCTS.............................. 3.5
Logging camps and c o n t r a c t o r s ...........
2.9
-9
l.k
3-2
3-0
3-9
3-7
2.1
3-4
3-8
2.8
(2/)
2.1
D yeing and finishing t e x t i l e s ...........
Carpets, rugs, other floor coverings.,3/.
3-5
3-9
3-6
1.9
2.8
2.0
1.6
1-5
1-9
1-7
2.3
3-k
3-5
3-3
k .6
3-6
2 .k
3-3
3-k
k.O
6.1
( 2/)
l.k
.8
.8
.6
.k
.2
2 .k
.k
-3
.2
-5
-9
-9
.2
.2
.1
(1/)
.1
.2
.1
.2
.1
(1/)
.1
.2
.6
2.0
.k
.k
1-9
1-5
-1
1.2
-9
-9
2.9
.2
.2
.3
.3
.1
.2
.1
t ¿boi
Iui'iiovcf
Table B-2! M o n t h ly la b o r turnover rates in selected industries-Continued
(Per 100 employees)
foSaT" '
Industry
S e p aration rate
accession
rate
J u ly
Jun e
1956
ÛULit
Total
J u ly
June
J u ly
D ischarge
June J u ly
June
L ayoff
J u ly
June
Misc., incl.
military
J u ly
June
PRODUCTS OF PETROLEUM AND COAL..........
1.5
1.0
1956 I956 1956 1956 1956 1956 1956
2.8 1.1
1.1
0.6
0.1
0.1
O .5
2.6
.6
.7
•3
•3 (1/) (1/)
RUBBER PRODUCTS.........................
2.5
1.3
2.3
3.7
3.1
2.7
2.9
3.5
2.0
I .3
2.2
2.7
4.0
3.0
4.3
5.0
1 .1
.8
1.4
1.4
1.6
.8
2.8
2.2
.2
.2
.2
.2
.2
.1
.2
.3
•5
.1
•3
1.0
1.9
1.7
1 .1
2.3
.2
.2
•3
.1
•3
.4
•3
.2
LEATHER AND LEATHER PRODUCTS............
4.2
2.1
4.6
4.4
3.4
4.6
3.6
4.3
3.5
3.5
3.5
3.4
2.2
1 .1
2.5
2.2
1.2
2.4
.2
.1
•3
•3
.3
.3
.8
.8
2.7 1.8
.6
•5
.2
•3
.2
.2
•3
.2
STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS.........
2.7
3.9
1.7
2.5
3.6
3.7
4.3
3.2
4.0
2.2
2.7
2.2
1.2
3.7
3.7
2.6
3.0
1.3
2.8
3.4
1 .1
1.0
.7
1.5
1.6
1.2
1.0
.7
1.7
1.5
.2
.2
.2
•3
•3
. .2
.1
•3
•3
•3
1 .1 1 .1
.7 1.7
(1/) .1
.6
1.7
. 1.6 1.4
.2
.2
.3
.2
.2
.2
.2
.2
.2
.2
PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES................
2.1
3.0
2.4
2.5
1.0
1 .1
.2
.2
1.0
.9
.2
.2
1 .1
2.4
2.4
2.1
2.7
2.9
3.2
2.9
2.6
3.7
1.4
3.5
2.8
6.2
3.1
1.4
3.5
3.6
4.4
3.0
.6
1.4
1.3
1.4
1.7
•9
1.6
1.5
1.7
1.8
.1
.3
•3
•3
:4
.2
.4
.4
.5
.5
.6
1.6
.1
1.2
1.6
l. l
4.2 1.9
.7
.5
.2
.2
.1
•3
.3
.2
.2
.2
.2
.2
3.1
4.0
2.0
2.7
1.3
2.0
.3
.3
.1
.2
•3
.8
4.6
1.5
4.4
1.6
4.3
3.6
4.8
.5
1.7
.6
1.6
.i
.4
.2
.4
.7 2.6
I .9 2.4
.4
•3
•3
.4
3.0
3.7
2.4
3.3
1 .1
1.2
•3
•3
1.0
.1
.3
3.4
2.0
1.4
1.8
2.3
4.4
2.5
1.9
3.2
2.3
4.0
3.6
3.2
1.8
4.5
4.4
3.9
3.0
3.5
4.5
1.4
1.3
1.7
.8
1.4
1.6
1.5
1.5
1.5
1.6
.3
.2
.1
.2
.2
.4
•3
.2
.2
•3
2.0
1.8
1.4
.4
2.5
.3
.3
(1/)
.4
.4
.3
.2
.2
.2
.2
3.0
1.7
3.1
1.4
2.7
2.5
3.6
4.8
1.4
1.3
1.5
1.3
.4
.4
•5
•3
.6 1.5
.4 3.0
.2
.3
.2
.2
3.5
3.2
4.7
4.0
5.5
4.5
2.7
3.7
5.7
3.0
3.8
6.4
1..4
1.4
1.3
1.6
1.8
1.4
•5
.4
.3
•5
.4
•3
.6
.7
1.8 1.5
3.7 4.2
.2
.2
.4
.2
.2
•5
Leather: tanned, curried, and finished..
B l a s t furnaces, steel works, and rolling
m i l l s ........................................
Steel f o u n d r i e s ............................
P r i m a r y smelting and refining of
nonfe r r o u s metals:
P r i m a r y smelting and refining of copper,
Rolling, drawing, and alloying of
nonferrous metals:
Rolling, drawing, and alloying of
c o p p e r .....................................
N onfer r o u s f o u n d r i e s .......................
O t h e r p r i m a r y 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 h a r d w a r e .......
C u t l e r y and edge 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, nonele ctric heating and
cooking apparatus, not elsewhere
Fabric a t e d structural metal products....
Metal stamping, coating, and engraving..
1956 1956 I956 1956
0.2
0.2
0.3 O.3
.1
.1
.2
.2
.2
1.6
2.1
1.9
1 .1
1.6
2.4
S e e footnotes at end of table.
-22.
Table B-2t M o n th ly la b o r turnover rates in selected in d u strie s-C o n tin u e d
(Per 100 employees)
Industry
Total
accession
rate
MACHINERY (EXCEPT ELECTRICAL)............
June
1956
Quit
1!
1956 1956
II
J u ly June
Separation rate
Total
June
1956
Discharge
J u ly
1956
Layoff
Misc., incl.
mili t a r y
June J u ly
June J u ly
19*56 1956
June
1956 19*56 1956
2.4
2.7
(2/)
2.3
2.0
I .9
3.5
3.2
3-7
3.9
3-3
3.3
2.9
2.9
(2/)
2.1
1.8
1.6
3.1
2.2
5.9
2.7
2.2
1.8
1.2
1.4
(2/)
I.3
1.0
1.0
1.4
1.4
1.3
1.7
1.2
1.1
0.2
.4
(2/)
•3
•3
.2
0.3
.3
•3
.4
.3
.2
I .3
.8
(2/)
•3
•3
.1
1.2
.3
3.7
.4
.4
.1
0.3
.2
(2/)
.3
.2
.2
0.3
.1
.6
.2
•3
.3
1.6
2.5
2.9
3.6
1.7
2.3
2.0
3.3
•9
1.1
1.2
1.4
•3
•3
•3
.4
.4
.6
.1
1.3
.2
.2
.3
.2
G e neral industrial m a c h i n e r y ..............
Office and store machines and devices....
S e r v i c e - i n d u s t ry and household machines..
M i s c e l l a n e o u s machinery p a r t s .............
2.2
2.4
2.0
3.5
2.5
3.4
4.1
3.3
3.1
3.2
2.0
2.3
1.6
7 .1
2.5
2.3
2.7
2.4
5.5
2.7
1.1
I.3
1.0
1.2
1.1
1.3
1.5
1.5
1.4
1.3
•3
•3
.1
.2
.2
.4
.3
.2
•3
•3
.4
.5
•3
5.3
•9
.4
.6
•5
3.5
.8
.2
.2
.2
.4
.2
.2
.3
.2
•3
•3
ELECTRICAL MACHINERY.....................
3.0
4.4
2.9
3.2
1.6
1.8
.2
•3
.8
.8
.2
.2
2.2
(2/)
3.7
5.1
2 -3,
(2/)
2.7
3.5
(2/)
1.5
2.3
.2
(2/)
.2
.4
.7
(2/)
.8
.6
.2
(2/)
.2
.2
4.6
6.2
3.7
4.2
2.0
2.3
•3
.4
1.2
.2
.2
(2/)
4.2
(2/)
2.3
(2/)
1.7
(2/)
•3
(2/)
(2/)
.2
3.9
3.7
3.3
3.8
1.2
1.7
.2
•3
1.6
1.5
.3
•3
4.0
4.9
1.8
1.8
1.6
4.3
4.9
2.4
2.5
1.8
(2/)
3.4
10.6
6.8
4.4
8.4
3.8
1.2
•9
1.4
1.4
1.2
(2/)
1.6
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
1.4
1.4
•9
1.7
1.8
1.2
(2/)
2.0
2.9
.8
.6
•9
2.6
.2
.1
.2
.1
.2
(2/)
•3
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
•3
.2
.1
.2
.1
.2
(2/)
•5
.6
.2
.3
.2
•7
2.2
3.1
.2
.1
(1/)
(I/)
2.0
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
.1
2.2
3.0
.4
.4
.2
(2/)
.7
6.7
5.3
2.6
7.0
.2
.4
•7
.1
.1
.2
(2/)
.2
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
.1
.4
.8
.2
.2
.2
(2/)
.1
.4
.5
.9
•3
.2
(2/)
2.5
1.3
4.7
(2/)
1.2
.7
•9
(2/)
1.4
.8
1.3
(2/)
.3
.1
.1
(2/)
.2.1
.2
(2/)
.4
.2
.6
(2/)
.7
.2
2.9
(2/)
.1
.2
.3
(2/)
.2
.2
.2
(2/)
3.5
2.8
4.3
2.4
1.7
I.3
2.3
1.2
•3
.2
.4
.2
1.4
1.0
1.4
.8
.2
•3
.2
.2
Engines and t u r b i n e s ........................
Agri c u l t u r a l m achinery and t r a c t o r s ......
Metalworking machinery (except machine
S p e c i a l - i n d u s t r y machinery (except metal-
E l e c t r i c a l generating, transmission,
d istribution, and industrial apparatus..
Radios, phonographs,
Telephone, telegraph,
Elect r i c a l appliances,
television sets,
and related
lamps, and miscel-
TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT................. 4.2 5.0
3.8
4.3
3.2 4.8
3.4 4.8
A ir c r a f t engines and p a r t s ...............
2.7 4.0
A i r c r a f t propellers and p a r t s ............ (2/) (2/)
3.8 6.7
S h i p and boat building and r e p a i r i n g ..... (2/) 13.7
4.2
£/
L oc o m o t i v e s and p a r t s ..... ............
2/ 4.3
4.1
Other transp o r tation e q u i p m e n t ............
5.2
INSTRUMENTS AND RELATED PRODUCTS......... 2.8
Photographic a p p a r a t u s ..................... 3.3
Watches and c l o c k s .......................... 2.3
P r ofessional and scientific instruments.. (2/)
3.7
2.4
MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES.... 3.6
Jewelry, silverware, and plated w a r e ..... 2.1
5.4
1.6
See footnotes at end of table.
(2/)
(£/)
4.0
(2/)
(a/)
2/J
(2/)
1.8
2.0
1.1
1 *9
1.2
.1
(1/)
I ,îtvr T u r i i o u ’
î
T ab le B-2: M o n th ly la b o r turnover rates in selected in d u strie s-C o n tin u e d
(Per 1 00 employees)
Industry
^otal
accession
rate
Seiparation rate
ûuit
Total
Discharge
July
l# 6
June
METAL MINING.............................
2.9
•5
2.4
3.1
5.6
3-6
6.0
5.1
2.4
•5
2.5
1.7
3.4
•9
4.2
3.1
1.2
.3
1.2
•9
2.7
.6
3.3
2.3
ANTHRACITE MINING........................
1.7
.8
2.5
1.4
.7
BITUMINOUS-COAL MINING................... 1.2
1.0
1.5
1.2
•7
3.9
3.0
(2/) 2.0
(2/) 1.8
July
June
July
June
July
June
1?56 1956 I956 1956 1956 I956 1956
Layoff
July
June
I956 1956
Misc., incl.
mili t a r y
July
June
I956 1956
NOmWACTURING:
O .5
(l/>
.2
•3
0.4
(l/)
.4
.4
0.1
.1
(1/)
•3
0.2
(1/)
.1
.4
0.6
.1
1.0
.2
0.3
.2
•3
.1
.8
.1
(1/)
1.4
•3
•3
.2
.4
.1
(1/)
•7
•7
.1
.2
(2/)
(2/)
.1
.1
(2/)
(2/J
.1
.2
(2/)
(2/)
•3
COMMUNICATION:
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
(2/)
1.7
1.2
1/ Less than 0.05.
2/ Not available.
2J May 1956 data are: 2.0, 5 .5, 1.5, 0.4, 3 .5, and 0.2 respectively.
4/ May 1956 data are: 4.3, 4.6, 0.7, 0.2, 3.0, and 0.7 respectively.
5/ May 1956 data are: 3*6, 6 .3, 0.5, 0.2, 4.4, and 1.3 respectively.
6/ Data relate to domestic employees except messengers and those compensated entirely on a commission basis.
.1
Hours vini
Table C-1: Hours and gross earnings of production workers
or nonsupervisory employees
Industry
Average weekly
earnings
June
July
July
1956
1956
1955
Average weekly
hours
July
June July
1996 ■
1 2 5 6 . 1955.
Average hourly
earnings
July
June
July
1956. ■A9 5 6
-1 9 5 5 -
MINING :
METAL MINING........................
Iron mining.........................
Copper mining......................
Lead and zinc mining...............
41.2
40.1
42.9
40.6
$2.28
$2.28
$2.22
42.6
41.9
42.7
41.1
44.0
41.2
2.45
2.39
2.35
2.15
2 .1 4
2.21
2.02
86.27
35.9
33.7
35.5
2.58
2.63
2.43
107.82
95 .50
35.7
38.1
38.2
2.83
2.83
2.5O
IO6.OI
99.60
96.29
41.9
40.0
40.8
2.53
2.49
2.36
NONMETALLIC MINING AND QUARRYING.....
87.82
88.59
83.99
45.5
45.9
45.4
1.93
1.93
1.85
CONTRACT CONSTRUCTION................................
IO3.O9
103.25
98.68
37.9
38.1
38.1
2.72
2.71
2.59
104.83
102.93
106.37
104.90
99.36
97.22
4 2 .1
42.1
43.4
40.8
2.49
101.18
42.3
43.8
40.9
2.35
2.48
2.34
106.75
43.8
40.6
2.62
2.61
2.24
2.48
C O N S T R U C T I O N ......................................
102.95
103.42
98.95
36.9
37.2
37.2
2.79
2.78
2.66
GENERAL CONTRACTORS.................
96.26
96.42
92.00
36.6
36.8
36.8
2.63
2.62
2.50
SPECIAL-TRADE CONTRACTORS...........
Plumbing and heating...............
Painting and decorating............
Electrical work....................
Other special-trade contractors.....
107.88
108.38
113.00
103.60
37.2
124.03
104,23
124.66
104.80
2.89
2.92
2.82
118.31
100.64
37.4
38.3
35.8
39-7
37.0
2.77
38.5
35-3
39.5
36.7
37.5
38.7
35.9
39.7
36.9
2.90
108.39
97.02
MANUFACTURING.............................................
78.80
79.19
76.36
40.0
40.2
40.4
84.04
71.53
85.27
70.95
82.21
68.06
40.6
39.3
40.8
39.2
ORDNANCE AND ACCESSORIES.... .......
91.30
91.52
82.62
41.5
41.6
FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS...........
Meat products......................
Meat packing, wholesale...........
Sausages and casings..............
Dairy products.....................
Condensed and evaporated milk.....
Ice cream and ices................
Canning and preserving.............
Sea Tood, canned and cured........
Canned fruits, vegetables, and soup
Grain-mill products................
Flour and other grain-mill products
Prepared feeds....................
Bakery products....................
Bread and other bakery products....
Biscuits, crackers, and pretzels...
76.26
86.32
89.23
76.22
72.07
80.48
41.0
41.5
41.5
42.3
43.3
44.4
41.2
41.8
41.7
42.9
85.75
*97.36
98.23
$91.46
94.24
42.2
I OO.54
100.32
90.09
88.17
94.81
82.01
ANTHRACITE.*.......................
92.62
88 ..63
BITUMINOUS-COAL.....................
101.03
CRUDE-PETROLEUM AND NATURAL-GAS
PRODUCTION:
Petroleum and natural-gas production
{except contract services).........
NONBUILDING
C O N S T R U C T I O N ..............................
Highway and street..................
Other nonbuilding construction......
BUILDING
DURABLE
G O O D S ..............................., .......................
NONDURABLE
G O O D S .................................................
28
$96.22
113.58
IOO.6I
86.72
75.78
77.26
79.06
60.45
51.02
62.88
81.40
82.80
79.28
74.07
76.07
66.17
102.49
101.24
86.94
90.07
88.37
75.86
78.82
78.87
60.06
49.59
62.88
79.79
82.4o
77.33
74.03
76.04
65.84
82.98
81.98
75.26
77.39
78.50
54.79
45.90
56.58
79.98
85.46
77.10
70.79
72.98
62.87
35.O
43.2
38.5
43.6
45.3
43.1
39.0
31.3
32.2
39.8
44.0
42.9
45.3
40.7
40.9
40.1
39.8
43.6
43.6
44.7
40.9
41.1
39.9
2.36
2.95
2.85
3.14
2.84
2.28
2.36
2.83
2.71
3.14
2.84
2.98
1.97
I.97
1.89
40.9
39.8
2.07
2.09
2.01
1.81
1.71
40.3
2.20
2.20
2.O5
4 1.9
1.86
2.08
1.85
2.08
2.16
2.06
1.72
1.93
41.7
41.7
42.7
44.8
46.9
44.6
39.7
30.6
41.3
45.7
45.7
47.3
41.4
41.7
40.3
1.82
2.15
2.05
1.75
1.74
1.83
1.57
1.63
1.58
1.85
1.93
1.75
1.82
1.86
1.65
1.74
1.74
1.83
2.72
1.99
I.92
1.68
1.65
1.76
1.54
1.54
1.38
I .58
1.37
1.75
1.87
1.83
1 .89
1.73
I.8I
1 .85
I .65
1 .50
1.63
1.71
1.75
1.56
Table C -l: Hours and gross earnings of production workers
or nonsupervisory employees - Continued
Industry
Average weekly
earnings
J u ly
June
1956
1956
FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS - Continued
Average weekly
hours
July
J u ly
1955 .. 1956
June
_ 1956
J u ly
1955
J u ly
1956
June
1956
4 1.4
42.2
40.6
39.4
39-3
40.8
4 1.6
44.6
$ 1.98
$ 1.96
2.07
$1.89
1.4 7
1 .4 1
2.07
1 .5 5
2 .5 1
$81.14
87.35
76.33
61.86
60.13
87.72
66.14
106.34
$84.29
93.80
74.40
57-k8
54.00
87.35
69.13
104.67
42.4
43-7
41.0
39-2
39.0
41.4
42.5
41.5
82.08
72.3*
82.21
70.9^
79.66
72.21
85.49
71.84
77.77
69.17
85.17
68.73
38.9
41.1
40.1
44.9
57.90
7 1.kO
47.24
55-V»
51.05
59.19
73.81
47.7k
56.52
53.18
53.62
67.06
k3-79
54.02
48.26
55-73
70.84
50.67
50.67
52-79
53-68
51.98
58.71
50.69
64.21
58.21
52.73
56.76
56.92
56.89
45.31
50.05
44.80
57-28
48.86
64.31
55.73
66.17
50.54
50.41
52.13
53.96
52.11
56.92
51.08
66.36
58.25
52.88
57.13
57.91
56.89
k-5-57
49.79
45.06
56.21
49.91
64-78
54.25
68.48
k9.27
k9.52
50.44
53.20
51-73
56.80
50.93
62.78
5k.77
49.01
52.78
49.68
5k. 17
kl.15
k6.68
k0.3k
53.96
k7.07
61.05
63.7^
72.32
72.25
58.91
65.57
64.21
67.06
67.97
60.09
65.51
60.k9
72.16
66.91
57.67
65.28
69.13
67.20
Paddings and upholstery fill i n g .......... 67.89
Processed waste and recovered fibers.... 52.00
68.08
66.05
66.53
54.13
73.16
62.70
73.19
k9>65
4o.o
82.26
56.26
85.76
55.16
43.4
38.7
$83.95
90.90
79-5k
Beet s u g a r ...................................
61.54
Co n f ectionery and related p r o d u c t s .......
59.67
89.84
68.00
Malt l i q u o r s ................................ 109.98
Distilled,
rectified, and blended
Miscellaneous food p r o d u c t s ...............
Corn sirup, sugar, oil, and s t a r c h ......
TOBACCO MANUFACTURES.....................
T obacco stemming and re d r y i n g .............
TEXTILE-MILL PRODUCTS....................
Scouring and combing p l a n t s ................
Cotton, silk, synthetic fi b e r ............
Pull-fas h i o n e d h o si e r y ....................
Dyeing and finishing t e x t i l e s .............
Dyeing and finishing textiles (except
Wool carpets, rugs, and carpet y a r n .....
Hats (except cloth and m i l l i n e r y ) ........
Pelt goods (except woven felts and
Artificial leather, oilcloth, and
85.50
55-73
Average hourly
earnings
46.9
40.0
3 9 .1
2.08
1.9 4
1 .5 7
1.53
2 .1 7
1.88
1.60
1 .5 7
1.53
2 .1 5
1.5 9
2.65
2.60
2.11
2.08
4 1 .7
44.9
38.5
42.7
42.8
47-4
1.7 6
2.05
1.5 8
1.7 4
2.05
I .60
38.6
40.8
37-2
36.0
38.1
39-2
4 1 .7
37.3
3 6 .7
3 9 .1
38.3
40.4
36.8
36.5
38.3
1.5 0
1 .7 5
1 .2 7
1.5 4
1.3 4
1 .5 1
1 .7 7
38.7
44.0
38.1
38.1
39.1
38.9
38.5
39.k
38.k
1.4 4
1.4 4
1.61
1.61
1.3 3
1.3 3
1.3 5
1.3 8
1.3 5
1.3 3
1.33
1.3 4
1.3 2
1 .5 7
1.4 7
1 .4 1
1.5 3
1.4 9
1.5 5
1.32
1.58
ko. 7
39-6
43.9
38.0 39.1
37.9 39-3
38.9 39.1
3 9 .1 40.3
38.6 40.1
38.2 4o.o
38.7 40.1
42.0 kl.3
39.9 39-k
37.5 37-7
3 7 .1 36.k
3 8 .1 36.0
3 6 .7 36.6
35.6 36.1
38.3 38.9
35.2 35-7
38.5 39.1
3 8 .1 38.9
4 1.0 40.7
40.6
40.9
ko.9
39-6
37. k
37.1
38.2
36.7
35-k
38.8
35.0
38.7
37-3
ko.k
39-7
35-7
39-5
39.5
38.4
39-7
40.9
38.3
41.5
38.3
42.2
44.6
41.7
38.7
4 1 .1
1.49
1.28
1.2 9
1.2 9
1.4 8
1 .3 1
1.28
1.5 4
1.3 6
1.38
1.3 5
1.4 9
1.4 6
1 .4 1
1.5 4
1.5 2
1.5 5
July
1955
2.00
1.86
2.02
1.62
1.9 9
1.4 5
1.40
1.66
1 .1 9
1.4 8
1.26
1.3 7
1.56
1.26
1.26
1.2 9
1.3 2
1.2 9
- 1.4 2
1 .2 7
1.5 2
1.3 9
1.3 0
1.45
1.38
1.28
1.4 8
1 .1 4
1.30
1.20
1.28
1.4 6
1 .3 1
1 .1 3
1.3 8
1.58
1.58
1.21
1.50
1 .5 7
1 .7 9
1 .5 7
1 .7 6
1 .7 7
1.4 9
1 .7 6
1.7 2
3 9 .7
40.6
41.0
38.9
36.5
40.8
38.9
38.4
39.6
40.7
40.2
38.0
42.8
k0.7
1 .7 5
1 .7 5
1 .7 5
1.7 2
1.82
I .65
1.71
1.68
1 .7 1
1.3 0
1.33
1.22
42.4
44.9
39-k
1.9 7
1.4 4
1.9 4
1.4 5
1 .9 1
1.4 0
38.1
38.4
36.2
38.8
1.82
1.65
1.66
1.66
1.65
1.58
1.60
Hours
,Kui L i m i n g
Table C-l: Hours and gross earnings of production workers
or nonsupervisory employees - Continued
Industry
APPAREL AND OTHER F IN IS H E D T E X T IL E
PRO DUCTS.............................................................................................
Men's and boys' suits and co a t s ...........
Men’
s and boys' furnishings and work
Shirts, collars, and n i g h t w e a r ...........
Separate t r o u s e r s ..........................
Women's suits, coats, and s k i r t s ........
Women's, children's under ga r m e n t s.......
Underwear and nightwear, except corsets.
Corsets and allied ga r m e n t s ..............
Children's o u t e r w e a r ........................
Miscellaneous apparel and accessories....
Other fabricated textile p r o d u c t s ........
Curtains, draperies, and other house-
LUMBER AND WOOD PRODUCTS (EXCEPT
FURNITURE).............................
Logging camps and c o n t r a c t o r s .............
Sawmills and planing m i l l s .................
Sawmills and planing mills, gene r a l .....
Millwork, plywood,
and prefabricated
Wooden boxes, other than c i g a r ...........
FU R N ITU R E AND F IX T U R E S .......................................................
Average weekly
earnings
Jane
10=6
J ü ly
*5 1 .9 1
6 2 .6 3
* 5 1 .1 2
* k 8 .2 k
58 . k 8
3 5 .8
3 6 .2
k k .7 5
t o . 52
J 6 .9 9
k O .k O
5 ^ .9 6
5 2 .9 6
> 3 .8 8
7 2 .5 7
k 7 .k 8
k k .9 6
k k .7 6
k k .3 9
k 7 .1 0
3 9 .9 3
5 3 .0 k
5 1 .k 6
k 3 .7 2
k 0 .5 2
k 0 .k 5
k l.7 0
3 5 .3 k
5 1 .8 0
5 0 .2 6
3 8 .1 7
6 7 .7 1
3 5 .8
3 5 .9
3 7 .0
5 1 .1 9
6 1 .0 3
k 8 . 58
k 9 .k 5
5 2 .3 1
6 3 .1 8
6 6 .9 2
J 6 .9 5
k 3 .7 5
5 1 .5 5
5 3 .9 k
* 8 .7 1
k 8 .6 8
5 2 .0 3
* 5 .5 7
5 8 .1 6
5 7 .0 2
k s .k k
7 1 .8 2
7 2 .7 2
7 k . 30
7 k .70
k 9 .6 8
7 3 .7 1
8 0 .3 9
7 5 .6 2
56.60
5 7 .2 0
Partitions,
shelving,
lockers, and
Screens, blinds, and miscellaneous furni-
30
k 6 .k ?
k k ,6 k
k 9 .2 k
3 6 .k
3 k .8
3k.k
3 5 .1
3 5 .k
3 5 .7
3 5 .7
3 5 .8
3 5 .9
3 6 .8
3 6 .9
3 7 .1
k k .2 7
5 5 .3 0
5 3 .0 6
3 5 .6
3 9 .3
3 9 .6
6 9 .6 6
3 9 .9
3 6 .0
k 0 .6
k2.12
3 9 .5 5
k é .k 6
5k.6o
J u ly
io r i;
J u ly
10 %
3 5 *5
3 6 .1
3 6 .0
3 6 .1
* L .k 5
1 .7 3
$ 1 .4 4
1 .7 5
$ 1 .3 4
3 6 .1
3 6 .5
3 5 .8
3 6 .9
3 7 .6
3 5 .0
3 k .9
3 k .7
3 k .9
3 5 .1
3 5 .0
3 5 .2
3 5 .0
3 7 .8
3 6 .0
3 7 .3
1 .2 5
1 .»
1 .2 7
1 .U
1 .5 8
1 .5 k
1 .2 5
2 .0 5
1 .3 3
1 .2 4
1 .2 4
1 .1 1
1 .1 3
1 .1 3
3 5 .8
3 6 ,8
3 6 .3
3 k .O
3 3 .2
3 k .7
3 3 .8
3 5 .3
3 5 .0
3 5 .8
3 2 .3
36.9
3 6 .6
3 6 .9
1.26
1 .9 8
1 *3 3
1 .2 6
l.k 3
1 .7 0
1 .3 2
1 .3 k
l.k l
1 .4 4
1 .6 7
1 .3 2
1 .3 3
1 .4 1
•i*
1 .4 8
1 .4 4
1 .1 0
1 .9 *
1 .2 0
1 *1 3
1 .3 2
1 .5 6
1 .3 3
1 .2 4
1 .3 2
1 .2 8
ko.o
l.k 8
l.k k
1 .4 7
l«4o
1 .4 3
1 .3 4
ko.5
ko.5
1 .8 0
3 8 .1
2 .0 2
1 .8 3
1 .8 k
1 .2 0
2 .3 k
1 .8 2
2 .1 1
1 .8 4
1 .7 2
3 8 .1
7 5 .3 0
7k . k k
7 k .l2
5 7 .7 9
5 7 .6 7
5 9 .9 6
7 5 .0 7
7 k .7 5
7 5 .5 2
5 7 .5 3
5 7 .2 6
6 0 .3 0
7 3 .9 9
7 3 .k 3
7 3 .6 3
5 1 .3 5
5 3 . k6
5 8 .3 8
6 7 .1 3
6 7 .7 0
63.68
6 k . 96
6 1 .7 1
k o .2
62.88
ko.3
3 9 .8
3 9 .8
56 . k k
6 k .k6
7 0 .3 5
ko.7
3 7 .6
3 9 .7
ko.7
ko.9
1 .2 8
1 .1 0
1 .5 6
1 .5 5
1 .6 2
1 .2 6
90L.96
ko.6
k l.k
3 9 .3
JW br
1 *»
3 7 .2
3 9 .5
3 9 .6
3 5 .5
3 8 .5
k 9 .6 8
9 5 .9 9
76. 0k
Average hourly
earnings
J tm e
1<¥£
7 7 .3 k
7 0 .3 5
7 0 .7 6
k 6 .l*
8 8 .2 k
Wood household furniture, except
Wood household furniture, upholstered...
Mattresses and b e d s p r i n g s .................
Office, public-building, and professional
fu r n i t u r e ....................................
Average weekly
hours
k l.l
k l.i
k l.k
ko.5
k0»8
k l.3
k o .5
k 0 .7
ko.6
ko.9
ko.8
ko.9
kl.3
k o .8
ko.9
ko.9
k 3 .k
3 8 .7
k l.8
k 2 .2
k l.6
3 9 .5
ko.5
k l.7
I .8 5
1 .8 2
1 .8 3
l.k 2
l.k l
l.k 7
1 .8 5
1 .2 0
2 .3 7
1 .8 4
1 .1 9
2 .0 3
1 .7 2
1 .7 3
1 .0 7
2 .2 8
1 .8 6
1 .4 1
1 .4 0
1 .1 * 6
1 .7 7
1 .7 4
1 .7 7
1 .3 0
1 .3 2
1 . 1*0
1 .6 8
I .60
1 .5 2
1 .8 1
ko.6
ko.6
1 .6 7
ko.3
3 8 .k
k l.5
3 8 .6
ko.9
1 .4 3
1 .7 9
3 9 .9
l.k 2
1 .7 6
I .8 0
k2.o
kl.o
kl.o
1 .9 0
1 .6 2
1 .8 8
k l.8
2 .1 0
2 .0 7
1 .7 9
1 .5 4
2 .0 1
1 .5 8
1 .6 0
5 7 .7 9
5 7 .6 3
6 6 .18
68 . 7 k
7 1 . k6
7 2 .6 2
7 7 .9 0
6 7 .0 7
8 5 .8 9
7 8 .9 6
7 1 .2 8
8 6 .3 2
7 3 .3 ?
k l.O
63 . 1 k
8k.02
kl.k
ko.9
k 3 .2
k l.7
8k .2 6
8 5 .2 8
7 9 .6 0
k l.l
k l.6
ko.2
2 .0 5
2 .0 5
1 .9 6
6 6 .f c >
6 6 .0 2
6 k .6 2
kl.o
ko.5
ko.9
1 .6 2
1 .6 3
1 .5 8
1 .8 2
1 .6 5
1 .3 6
1 .6 7
1 .7 2
H ours aiui L iìn in o s
Table C-l: Hours and gross earnings of production workers
or nonsupervisory employees - Continued
Industry
Average weekly
earnings
Average weekly
hours
Average hourly
earnings
«July
June
J u ly
1956
1956
1955
J u ly
1956
June
1956
J u ly
1955
J u ly
I 956
PAPER AND A L L IE D PRODUCTS...............................................
* 8 * .0 8
$ 82 . 1*1
$ 7 9 .7 4
92.80
9 0 .6 1
7**98
8 6 .78
6 9 .9 7
4 2 .9
4 4 .4
4 1 .1
4 1 .3
3 8 .3
4 1 .6
4 2 .7
4 4 .2
4 1 .2
4 1 .3
4 0 .4
4 1 .0
4 3 .1
4 4 .5
4 1 .8
4 1 .9
4 1 .0
4 1 .4
$ 1 .9 6
Pulp, paper, and paperboard m i l l s ........
2 .4 2
2 .7 4
7 5 .6 2
7 5 .5 8
7 3 -9 2
7 * . 05
P R IN T IN G , P U B L IS H IN G , AND A L L IE D
IN D U S T R IE S ........................................................................................
9 3 .4 i
9 7 .8 e
9 5 .6 0
85.28
C H E M IC A LS AND A L L ÍE D PRODUCTS...................................
Industrial organic c h e m i c a l s ..............
Plastics, except synthetic r u b b e r .......
7 3 .5 7
7 3 .3 3
7 8 .3 1
J u ly
1955
9 3 .8 0
90.95
3 8 .6
9 5 .7 6
8 4 .4 5
9 1 .2 5
7 8 .4 1
3 5 .7
4 0 .0
4 1 .0
3 9 .8
3 9 .9
3 8 .5
3 9 .5
38 .6
3 6 .2
3 8 .7
10 1.0 0
96.80
4 0 .0
4 0 .6
3 9 .5
4 o .o
3 7 .8
3 9 .1
4 0 .3
3 9 .4
3 9 .9
4 0 .7
3 7 .4
3 9 .6
93.50
36 .0
6 1.6 0
7 2 .2 9
6 0 .4 8
7 1 .1 6
9 0 .17
94.42
54.60
69.70
I O 8 .58
108.03
10 7.9 6
3 9 .2
3 9 .0
3 9 .4
8 7 .5 4
9 4 .4 2
9 2 .9 2
93 . W
8 7 .1 4
9 4 .7 1
9 2 .8 4
9 3 .3 4
9 5 .0 8
1 0 3 .4 1
8 o .4 o
8 7 .7 4
7 8 .3 4
83.22
90.80
88.07
87.94
86.53
9 7 .5 3
7 6 .5 7
80.39
74 .5 6
4 1 .1
4 0 .7
4 0 .4
4 1 .0
4 2 .5
4 1 .9
3 9 .6
3 9 .8
4 0 .5
4 1 .3
4 1 .0
4 0 .9
4 1 .3
4 2 .8
4 1 .2
4 0 .4
4 1 .0
4 0 .8
4 1 .2
4 0 .9
4 0 .4
4 0 .9
4 1 .4
4 1 .5
4 0 .3
3 9 .6
4 0 .3
9 9 .9 5
9 1.5 2
100.43
88.20
8 6 .5 3
85.28
92. n
85.60
4 1 .3
4 1 .3
4 2 .0
4 1 .6
4 1 .5
4 1 .6
83.83
8 3 .2 1
7 7 .5 1
83.69
72 .8 7
63.50
74 .2 0
69.05
80.96
7 4 .1 5
6 1.0 2
88 .74
4 1 .5
4 4 .5
4 1 .1
4 3 .3
4 2 .1
4 4 .9
4 0 .2
3 8 .2
4 2 .2
4 1 .4
4 3 .3
' 4 2 .5
9 2 .7 3
9 5 .3 6
B o o k b i n d i n g and related i n d u s t r i e s .......
M i s c e l l a n e o u s publishing and printing
7 * . 75
7 7 .9 7
7 2 .5 7
June
I 956
95.63
1 0 4 .7 5
7 9 .2 0
8 6 .3 7
7 8 .5 7
9*.8 0
2.0 9
$ 1 .9 3
2 .0 5
1 .8 4
1 .8 3
1 .9 3
I .78
I . 8I
1 .9 3
1 .7 7
2 .3 9
2.0 8
2 .3 3
2 .3 9
I .60
1 .8 3
$ 1 .8 5
I .95
I .7 6
1 .7 5
1.8 2
1 .9 1
I .6 9
2 .4 3
2 .7 9
2 .4 2
2 .3 5
2 .6 6
2 .3 2
2.0 8
2 . 3I
1 .9 9
2 .2 6
2 .3 2
2 .3 7
I .60
1 .4 6
1 .8 2
1 .7 6
2 .7 7
2 .7 7
2 .7 4
2 .1 3
2 .1 1
2 . 3I
2.0 2
2 .2 2
2 .1 8
2. I 5
2 .0 9
2 .3 2
2 .3 0
2 .2 8
2 .2 7
2 .5 0
2 .2 6
2 .2 2
2 . 5I
2 .0 0
2 .1 7
I .9 4
1 .9 9
2 .1 4
I .92
4 1 .0
4 0 .4
4 2 .8
2 .2 0
2 .4 2
2 .1 0
2 .2 0
2 .4 2
2 .0 8
2 .2 8
2.08
2 .0 0
2 .0 2
I .78
I .65
1 .7 9
1 .6 8
I . 9I
I .94
I .70
2 .1 4
2 .0 1
1 .7 9 '
I .65
1 .7 5
1 .6 4
I .8 7
I .96
1 .6 6
1 .5 3
1 .6 6
1 .9 2
I .69
1 .8 4
4 2 .5
4 2 .7
4 3 .9
4 1 .5
4 4 .7
4 3 .7
4 6 .0
4 0 .3
3 7 .9
4 3 .5
2 .1 4
2 .0 4
4 1 .6
4 1 .3
4 2 .7
4 1 .1
4 0 .7
4 2 .2
4 1 .3
4 0 .8
4 3 .O
2 .5 6
2 .6 8
2 .5 5
2 .4 1
2 .5 1
2 .1 7
2 .6 7
2 .1 8
3 9 .8
3 9 .2
3 9 .6
4 0 .4
3 9 .5
3 9 .3
3 9 .4
3 9 .8
4 1 .3
4 2 .7
4 0 .8
4 0 .2
2 .1 7
2 .1 5
2 .O 9
2 .5 1
I .80
2 .5 0
1 .9 4
1 .7 9
I .9 1
2 .4 2
1 .7 4
I .85
3 7 .9
3 9 -2
4 0 .0
3 7 .8
3 7 .8
3 7 .3
3 9 .5
3 9 .5
3 7 .9
3 6 .7
3 7 .7
1 .4 9
I .5 0
38 .8
1 .8 7
1 .7 8
1 .8 7
2 .2 5
.
2 .3 5
I .90
2.0 3
I .85
Soap, cleaning and polishing
90.86
Paints, pigments, and f i l l e r s.............
Paints, varnishes, lacquers, and
7 9 .2 1
F e r t i l i z e r s ...................................
V e g e table and animal oils and f a t s .......
V e g e table o i l s ..............................
67.8 2
7 7 .5 1
7 0 .1 3
7 0 .7 3
7 7 -9 9
6 4 .9 4
6 9 .3 7
8 5 .2 7
7 7 .3 8
6 4 .3 9
9 0 .3 1
90.95
8 5 .7 6
E s s e ntial oils, perfumes, c o s m e t i c s .....
Com p r e s s e d and liquified g a s e s ...........
76 .6 5
PRODUCTS OF PETROLEUM AND C O A L.................................
10 6.50
1 0 4 .8 1
P et r o l e u m r e f i n i n g ..........................
Coke, other p e t r oleum and coal products..
99.53
1 1 0 .6 8
10 8 .6 7
92.66
9 2 .0 0
1 0 2 .4 1
9I . I 6
RUBBER PRODUCTS............................................................................
8 6 .3 7
9 8 .3 9
7 1 .2 8
8 4 .9 3
8 6 .3 2
98.25
I O 3.33
7 0 .5 3
70 .9 9
78 .38
76 .0 2
7 4 .3 7
LEATHER AND LEATHER PRO DUCTS......................................
56 .*7
Leather: tanned, curried, and finished...
Industrial leather belting and packing...
73 .3 0
5 5 -9 5
7 3 .8 7
5 2 .4 0
6 9 -8 4
7 1 .2 0
5 4 .4 3
5 4 .4 3
7 0 .7 1
67.8 2
5 4 .5 8
5 3 -2 2
5 1 .9 9
4 9 .7 4
4 3 .8
4 2 .3
4 5 .6
4 0 .3
3 8 .1
3 9 .2
3 8 .8
3 7 .4
1 .4 4
1 .4 4
1 .7 9
1 .4 4
1 .4 5
1 .5 8
1 .7 6
1 .6 1
2 .1 2
1 .3 9
I .80
1 .7 3
1 .3 4
1 .3 3
Hours and Earnings
Table C-l: Hours r i d gross earnings of production workers
or nonsupervisory employees - Continued
Average weekly
earnings
Industry
LEATHER AND LEATHER PRODUCTS - Continued
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.....................
Gla?s and glassware, pressed or blown....
Pressed and blown g l a s s ...................
Glass products made of purchased glass...
Cement, h y d r a u l i c ...........................
Structural clay p r o d u c t s ...................
Brick and hollow t i l e .....................
Sewer p i p e ...................................
Average hourly
earnings
J u ly
June
J u ly
J u ly
Ju n e
J u ly
J u ly
June
J u ly
1956
1956
1955
1956
1956
1955
1956
1956
1955
$60.67
* 62.17
38.4
37.0
39.6
37.3
37.0
$ 1.5 7
1.3 6
1.3 0
$1.49
50.73
$ 56.62
48.01
45.13
38.0 $1.58
49.95
47.82
77.23
4 1.0
4 1 .7
40.2
4 1 .1
4 1.3
4 1.3
38.9
39.9
37.3
40.0
4 1.8
4 1.6
1.9 5
2.70
I .87
2.69
2.01
1.9 0
1 .9 1
80.36
48.10
36.5
3 8 .1
36.1
1 .3 5
1 .3 1
I .96
2.73
2.03
2.07
1.9 6
1.26
1.2 5
70.21
78.88
69.23
4 5.7
41.3
4 1.4
40.8
40.0
40.4
39.4
40.6
4 1 .1
4 1.3
42.5
40.0
40.8
39.5
3 7 .1
45.6
46.0
41.3
80.40
87.74
82.01
86.63
79 .15
83.63
89.55
86.48
81.48
40.6
39-2
4 1.4
39.8
40.8
38.7
43.9
76.27
40.0
39-7
4 1 .7
34.2
90.80
95-71
92.75
40.0
40.9
40.5
2.27
2.34
2.29
93-37
100.94
98.65
37.8
40.7
4 0 .1
2 .4 7
2.48
2.46
93.74
85.25
101.34
99.05
83.42
80.99
93.66
78.38
95.87
2.49
2 .1 9
2.09
2.04
2.02
42.8
2.23
2.02
2.01
I .98
84.87
4 0 .1
4 1.4
4 1.3
4 1.5
40.6
4 1.0
2.4 7
2 .13
82.42
40.7
40.6
40.8
40.4
2.48
82.41
37.8
38.4
40.6
40.2
39-7
42.0
2.24
2.07
92.51
90.45
85.05
41.3
41.3
40.5
2.24
2 .19
2.10
91.32
87.14
94.83
80.60
41.3
40.7
39.9
40.3
2 .19
2.35
2.02
87.45
4 1.7
40.2
2.11
94.47
2.33
2 .1 7
82.21
82.78
79.57
40.7
4 1.6
4 2 .1
2.02
1.9 9
I .89
91.65
91.21
85.05
4 1 .1
40.9
40.5
2.23
2.23
2.10
90.32
91.02
86.92
40.5
4 1.0
4 1.0
2.23
2.22
2.12
92.77
89.13
95.94
IO I .76
92 .51
94.71
89.65
87.05
98.47
101.68
83.18
82.81
4 1.6
40.7
4 1.0
4 1.2
4 1.3
41.0
40.2
40.3
4 1.9
4 1.5
42.0
4 1.9
39.8
40.2
4 1.4
4 1.2
42.0
39.7
80.73
113.84
110.16
81.61
85.08
82.82
8o.4o
75.66
76.44
66.02
67.80
85.49
87.99
73.80
7 1.4 9
74.89
76.86
75.35
66.72
Concrete, gypsum, and plaster products...
Concrete p r o d u c t s ..........................
Average weekly
hours
82.35
80.89
69.80
73-93
71.40
72.80
75-48
80.19
69.75
83.90
81.42
111.10
73.91
76.21
70.12
63.60
81.93
70.30
69.76
70.41
69.66
72.96
62.84
81.35
38.6
39.3
4 1 .7
4 1.0
42.3
40.7
4 l.l
37-3
35.3
45.0
43.6
40.7
40.5
1.68
2.11
1.80
I .69
1.84
2.05
1.9 4
1.6 7
2.08
1.7 9
1.68
1.82
1.85
1.88
1.5 9
1.96
1.69
1.60
1.7 3
1.7 2
1.9 2
1 .7 7
1.7 8
1.7 0
1.87
2.02
I .89
2.03
43.0
1.83
1 .7 7
I .69
1.84
1 .7 7
1.70
1.61
2.01
2.21
2.01
2.08
2.23
2 . 022.21
2.02
2.25
38.0
35-5
45.7
46.4
1.88
Miscellaneous nonmetallic mineral
Abrasive p r o d u c t s ..........................
83.82
PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES....................................
Blast furnaces, steel works, and rolling
Blast furnaces, steel works, and rolling
mills, except electrometallurgical
E lectrometallurgical p r o d u c t s ............
85.26
G r a y -iron f o u n d r i e s ........................
Primary smelting and refining of
Primary smelting and refining of
Secondary smelting and refining of
nonferrous m e t a l s ..........................
Rolling, drawing
and alloying of
nonferrous m e t a l s ..........................
Rolling, drawing, and alloying of
Rolling, drawing, and alloying of
M iscellaneous p r imary metal industries...
32
88.91
85.27
95-76
97-63
80.50
88.18
83.43
80.39
93.98
97.23
94.08
86.94
38.8
38.8
2.22
2.10
2.05
2.04
1.9 4
1.9 7
2.10
2.23
2.23
2.19
2.09
2.16
2.06
2.34
2 .4 7
2.24
2 .3 1
2.35
2.45
2 .2 7
2.36
2.24
2 .19
2.28
2.33
Hours and Earnings
Table C-l:
Hours and gross earnings of production workers
or nonsupervisory employees - Continued
T i n cans and other t i n w a r e .................
Cutlery, hand tools, and h a r d w a r e ........
H a r d w a r e .....................................
Heating apparatus (except electric) and
Sa n i t a r y ware and plumbers' supplies....
Oil burners, nonelectric heating and
cooking apparatus, not elsewhere
Fa b r i c a t e d structural metal p r o d u c t s .....
S t r uctural steel and ornamental metal
June
1956
July
F a b r i ca t e d wire p r o d u c t s ...................
M i s c ellaneous fabricated metal products..
Metal shipping barrels, drums, kegs,
MACHINERY (EXCEPT ELECTRICAL)............
S t eam engines, turbines, and water
D iesel and other internal-combustion
engines, not elsewhere c l a s s i f i e d......
A g ricultural m a chinery and t r a c t o r s ......
A g ricultural m a c h inery (except
t r a c t o r s )...................................
Constr u c t i o n and mining m a c h i n e r y ....... .
Con s t r u c t i o n and mining machinery,
except for oil f i e l d s ....................
O il-field m a c h inery and t o o l s ............
Metalworking m a c h i n e r y ......................
Machine t o o l s ...............................
Metalworking mach i n ery (except machine
Machine-tool 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 hinery (except metal
working m a c h i n e r y ) ........................
Food-products m a c h i n e r y ...................
Textile m a c h i n e r y ..........................
Paper-industries m a c h i n e r y ................
Printing-trades machinery and equipment.
July
19-56
June
1956
July
1955
July
1955
*84.05 $84.46
93.74 92.01
78.60 79.00
72.09 70.58
80.00 81.00
80.39 80.60
$82.19
89.59
77.95
67.23
75.22
82.41
40.8
43.0
39.9
40.5
40.2
39.6
41.0
42.4
40.1
40.1
40.5
39.9
41.3
43.7
40.6
40.5
39.8
41.0
$2.06
2.18
1.97
1.78
1.99
2.03
$2.06
2.17
1.97
1.76
2.00
2.02
$1.99
2.05
1.92
1.66
1.89
2.01
78.01
82.68
78.80
80.01
74.84
77.62
39.2
39.0
39.4
38.1
39.6
39.6
1.99
2.12
2.00
2.10
1.89
1.96
76.24
86.52
78.40
87.99
73.66
83.64
39.3
41.2
40.0
41.9
39.6
41.2
1.94
2.10
1.96
2.10
1.86
2.03
86.53
87.57
85.46
41.4
41.9
42.1
2.09
2.09
2.03
82.01
85.46
88.83
87.12
68.11
91.05
75.01
77.36
84.04
88.20
87.35
90.31
87.12
65.62
90.86
74.86
79.93
84.45
82.82
77.97
86.88
86.74
66.58
90.95
73.88
75-55
82.88
40.4
40.5
41.9
40.9
40.3
41.2
39.9
40.5
41.4
41.8
41.4
42.6
40.9
38.6
41.3
39.4
41.2
41.6
40.6
38.6
42.8
41.7
4l.l
42.3
39.3
40.4
42.5
2.03
2 .11
2.12
2.13
1.69
2.21
1.88
1.91
2.03
2 .11
2.11
2.12
2.13
1.70
2.20
1.90
1.94
2.03
2.04
2.02
2.03
2.08
1.62
2.15
1.88
1.87
1.95
109.28 105.34
87.82 88.73
82.82 84.05
82.60 82.37
95.26
85.48
86.20
79.95
46.5
40.1
40.8
41.3
45.8
40.7
41.0
41.6
44.1
40.9
43.1
42.3
2.35
2.19
2.03
2.00
2.30
2.18
2.05
1.98
2.16
2.09
2.00
1.89
91.96
93.71
91.98
94.62
86.32
88.73
41.8
41.1.
42.0
41.5
41.5
40.7
2.20
2.28
2.19
2.28
2.08
2.18
96.64
96.88
87.55
41.3
41.4
38.4
2.34
2.34
2.28
92.66
86.58
90.45
94.21
85.60
88.62
89.23
81.20
83.41
41.0
39.9
40.2
41.5
40.0
40.1
41.5
40.0
40.1
2.26
2.17
2.25
2.27
2.14
2.21
2.15
2.03
2.08
82.76
89.66
82.40
92.66
78.41
86.50
39.6
41.7
40.0
42.7
39.8
42.4
2.09
2.15
2.06
2.17
1.97
2.04
88.78 92.43
92.02 92.23
106.56 107.76
103.05 104.42
86.93
85.40
98.76
94.40
41.1
43.2
44.4
45.0
42.4
43.3
44.9
45.4
42.2
42.7
43.7
43.5
2.16
2.13
2.40
2.29
2.18
2.13
2.40
2.30
2.06
2.00
2.26
2.17
96.73 96.32
113.60 115.37
90.94
104.58
42.8
44.9
43.0
45.6
42.1
44.5
2.26
2.53
2.24
2.53
2.16
2.35
88.41 88.82
90.95 87.99
75.0T 75.62
96.77 98.37
104.99 102.93
81.97
83.43
73.57
87.60
90.64
42.3
42.3
40.9
46.3
44.3
42.7
41.7
41.1
46.4
43.8
41.4
4l.l
41.1
43.8
41.2
2.09
2.15
1.85
2.09
2.37
2.08
2.11
1.84
2.12
2.35
1.98
2.03
1.79
2.00
2.20
i m
Metal doors, sash, frames, molding, and
S h e e t-metal w o r k ..........................
Metal stamping, coating, and engraving...
V i t r e o u s - e n a m e l e d p r o d u c t s ................
Sta m p e d and pressed metal p r o d u c t s ......
Average hourly
earnings
1!
FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS (EXCEPT ORDNANCE,
MACHINERY, AND TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT).
July
1956
Average weekly
hours
II
Industry
Average weekly
earnings
33
Table C-l:
Hour* and gross «armings of production workers
or nonsupervisory employees - Continued
Average weekly
earnings
Average hourly
earnings
A v e r a g e w e e k ly
hours
II
Industry
J u ly
J u ly
J u ly
June
J u ly
1956
1955
1956
1956
1955
*84.46
80.59
86.94
80.38
81.40
88.61
41.9
41.9
42.5
42.0
39.6
42.1
42.6
42.6
43.7
41.8
41.0
42.6
41.4
40.7
41.4
40.8
40.1
42.6
$2.18
2.12
2.25
2.09
2.11
2.19
$2.18
2.12
2.26
2.08
2.13
2.19
$2.04
1.98
2.10
1.97
2.03
2.08
84.44
82.80
92.93
73.71
80.79
78.28
40.4
41.1
42.5
39.6
40.5
4l.l
42.0
40.5
40.7
40.2
39.9
39.1
41.8
40.0
41.3
39.0
39-8
38.0
2.15
2.16
2.33
1.96
2.12
2.15
2.18
2.16
2.32
1.97
2.12
2.14
2.02
2.07
2.25
I .89
2.03
2.06
79.79
88.13
78.66
82.21
41.2
41.0
40.5
40.8
41.4
40.1
1.96
2.22
1.97
2.16
1.90
2.05
85.44
87.12
87.31
85.63
89.03
84.56
87.76
87.74
85.44
89.67
81.40
84.45
80.20
91.54
83.18
40.3
40.9
40.8
40.2
41.8
39.7
41.2
41.0
40.3
42.1
39-9
41.6
39.9
43.8
41.8
2.12
2.13
2.14
2.13
2.13
2.13
2.13
2.14
2.12
2.13
2.04
2.03
2.01
2.09
1.99
ELECTRICAL MACHINERY......................
79.20
79.98
74.82
40.0
40.6
39.8
1.98
1.97
1.88
Electrical generating, transmission,
distribution, and industrial apparatus..
Wiring devices and s u p p l i e s ..............
Carbon and graphite products
86.72
75.95
87.36
75.14
79.99
69.38
41.1
40.4
41.6
40.4
40.4
39.2
2.11
1.88
2.10
1.86
1*98
1.77
84.66
83.44
77-59
40.7
40.9
40.2
2.08
2.04
1.93
81.36
82.74
72.40
41.3
42.0
40.0
1.97
1.97
1.81
89.35
90.49
90.25
92.20
84.23
84.04
40.8
41.7
41.4
42.1
40.3
41.4
2.19
2.17
2.18
2.19
2.09
2.03
90.49
103.26
80.78
Insulated wire and c a b l e ................... 81.93
81.54
Electrical equipment for v e h i c l e s ........
71.31
Electric l a m p s ...............................
73.30
90.73
103.73
78.79
82.45
80.55
73-75
74.59
80.39
93.29
77.62
73.85
82.42
66.81
69.78
41.7
44.7
39.6
41.8
39.2
39.4
39.2
k2 .2
45.1
39.2
42.5
39.1
40.3
40.1
40.6
43.8
39.6
40.8
40.4
39.3
39.2
2.17
2.31
2.04
1.96
2.08
1.81
1.87
2.15
2.30
2.01
1.94
2.06
1.83
1.86
1.98
2.13
1.96
1.81
2.04
1.70
1.78
72.65
62.93
72.40
65.40
68.60
62.21
39.7
36.8
40.0
38.7
39-2
37.7
1.83
1.71
1.81
1.69
1.75
1.65
86.00
76.19
84.59
62.65
87.29
92.62
76.57
83.77
64.16
87.56
84.46
72.83
82.00
60.19
84.87
40.0
40.1
39.9
39.4
40.6
42.1
40.3
39.7
40.1
41.3
41.2
39.8
40.0
39.6
41.4
2.15
1.90
2.12
1.59
2.15
2.20
1.90
2.11
1.60
2.12
2.05
1.83
2.05
1.52
2.05
July
June
1956
1996
*91.34
88.83
95.63
87.78
83.56
92.20
*92.87
90.31
98.76
86.94
87.33
93.29
86.86
88.78
99.03
77.62
85.86
88.37
91.56
87.48
94.42
79.19
84.59
83.67
80.75
91.02
Miscellaneous machinery p a r t s ....... .
Fabri c a t e d pipe, f i t t i n g s , and valves...
Ball and roller b e a r i n g s ..................
Machine shops (job and r e p a i r ) ...........
MACHINERY (EXCEPT ELECTRICAL) - Continued
Conveyors and conveying e q u i p m e n t .......
Blowers, exhaust and ventilating fans...
Industrial trucks, tractors, e t c ........
Mechanical power-transmission equipment.
Mechanical stokers and industrial
Office and store machines and devices....
Computing machines and cash registers...
S e r v i c e - i n d u s t ry and household machines..
C ommercial laundry, dry-cleaning, and
Sewing m a c h i n e s .............................
Refrigerators and air-conditioning
Electrical indicating, measuring, and
Motors, generators, and motor-generator
Power and d i s tribution t r a n s f o r m e r s .....
Switchgear, switchboard, and industrial
Radios, phonographs, television sets,
and e q u i p m e n t .............. *.............. i
Telephone,
telegraph,
and related
Miscellaneous electrical p r o d u c t s ........
P r imary batteries (dry and w e t ) .........
X - r a y and non-radio electronic tubes....
-34.
1956
June
Hours and taming
Table C-l: Hours and gross earnings of production workers
or nonsupervisory employees - Continued
Average weekly
earnings
Industry
J u ly
1956
TRANSPO R TA TIO N E Q U IP M E N T ..................................................
Average weekly
hours
Average hourly
earnings
J u ly
1955
JVÜ £
1956
June
1956
J t o ly
1955
3 9 .9
3 8 .3
5 1 .7
* 2 .2 9
2 .3 2
* 2 .2 9
2 .3 1
* 2 .2 3
3 8 .1
4 o .l
4 0 .0
4 0 .5
4 o .2
4 3 .2
3 8 .0
4 0 .3
3 9 .1
3 9 .0
3 9 .3
4 0 .5
4 2 .3
3 9 .3
4 o .l
2 .3 4
2 .0 1
2 .0 5
2 .2 8
2 .2 8
2 .2 7
2 .2 6
2 .3 0
2 .2 1
2 .3 3
2 .0 3
4 3 .2
4 2 .6
4 l.o
4 1 .3
4 1 .2
4 l.l
* a .3
4 0 .5
4 1 .5
Jm e
1956
J ta ly
1955
1956
1 <*56
♦ 9 1 .3 7
0 8 .4 7
*9 2 .9 9
9 7 .7 5
4 0 .6
3 9 .5
JVm *
4 2 .5
2.3 0
Motor vehicles, bodies, parts, and
92.43
8 8 .7 7
9 6 .8 3
80 :77
80:96
82 .2 2
8 2 :1 9
1 0 1 .4 6
9 1 .7 2
9 2 .4 0
7 3 .3 1
9 5 .2 7
1 0 2 .8 2
8 9 .3 0
T ï.te
80.20
7 5 .3 9
3 9 .5
3 9 .9
3 9 .5
4 2 .0
4 1 .7
4 2 .3
4 2 .7
4 2 .6
4 0 .0
4 0 .1
3 9 .4
4 0 .6
4 3 .0
3 8 .7
3 9 .7
6 1 .6 1
8 0 .7 9
7 6 .3 8
4 0 .6
4 0 .6
96.0 8
9 2 .9 9
8 8 .2 9
4 2 .7
8 1 .8 0
8 2 .6 2
8 2 .0 0
7 7 .2 0
7 7 .7 8
7 0 .0 0
67.6 0
60 .89
60.20
Trailers (truck and a u t o m o b i l e ) ..........
95-16
Aircraft engines and p a r t s ................
Aircraft propellers and p a r t s ............
O ther aircraft parts and e q u i p m e n t ......
Ship and boat building and r e p a i r i n g .....
Shipbuilding and r e p a i r i n g ................
Bo a t b uilding and r e p a i r i n g ................
Ra i lroad and street c a r s ..................
Other transp o r t a t i on e q u i p m e n t ............
INSTRUM ENTS AND RELATED PR O DUCTS...........................
Laboratory, scientific, and engineering
Mechanical measuring and controlling
i n s t r u m e n t s ..................................
Surgical, medical, ana dental instru
m e n t s .........................................
M IS CE LLANEO US M ANUFACTURING I N D U S T R IE S . . ..
Jewelry and f i n d i n g s .......................
Musical instruments and p a r t s .............
Toys and sporting g o o d s ....................
Games, toys, dolls, and Children's
Sporting and athletic g o o d s ..............
Pens, pencils, other office s u p p l i e s .....
Costume jewelry, buttons, n o t i o n s ........
9 5 .0 8
96 : 0e
9 7 .3 6
9 7 .9 6
8 8 .4 0
9 1 .8 3
7 2 .1 0
9 6 .2 2
8 3 .0 2
7 0 .9 3
6 4 .5 6
9 4 :6 6
9 3 :7 5
9 ^ :8 9
9 4 .9 2
9 9 .3 6
89 .0 2
66.26
9 1 .6 2
8 9 .8 4
7 0 .4 1
6 9 .8 7
6 8 .7 3
6 9 .4 8
65. O I
6 9 .7 7
7 1 .4 0
6 8 .3 9
7 7 .3 9
7 7 .7 6
8 1 .2 0
7 9 .1 5
6 1 .5 3
6 1 .0 7
6 1 .8 2
6 6 .1 7
5 9 .8 2
7 4 .3 9
7 3 .3 8
6 1 .7 8
6 1.8 6
6 1 .7 6
8 3 .0 1
8 9 :4 0
8 9 :1 9
89.62
88.70
9 0 .0 6
8 1 .7 2
8 4 .6 3
68.38
9 0 .3 2
9 5 .6 0
8 6.8 5
8 5 .2 6
6 6 .6 4
6 5 .5 1
6 7 .6 6
6 2 .8 8
7 7 .3 0
7 2 .0 0
5 9 .2 1
5 8 .6 7
6 7 .2 4
6 o .l4
6 1 .4 1
6 1 .6 2
56.60
7 4 .2 1
7^77
7 2 .0 4
6 9 .4 8
4 0 .5
3 9 .9
4 1 .7
M .3
4 l.8
4 2 .0
2e29
1 .8 3
2 .3 7
2e36
2 .3 7
2 .0 6
2 .2 7
2 .2 7
2 .2 7
2 .2 6
2 .3 0
2 .2 2
2 .3 1
1 .8 1
2 .3 7
2 .3 8
2 .3 5
2 .3 2
1 .9 7
2 .0 1
2 :1 7
2 .1 7
2 .1 7
2 .1 9
2 .1 7
2.09
2 .1 7
1 .7 *
2 *2 3
2 .26
2.21
1.95
1.99
1 .8 8
4 0 .2
2 .0 1
1 .9 9
1 .9 0
4 1 .7
4 0 .5
2 .2 5
2.23 • 2 .1 8
4 0 .1
4 0 .3
4 0 .5
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
4 0 .3
2 .0 4
2.0 6
2 .0 4
2 .0 5
1 .9 3
1 .9 3
4 0 .3
4 o .l
4 0 .9
3 8 .9
4 0 .0
4 0 .9
4 1 .4
3 8 .6
4 0 .0
3 9 .8
4 1 .0
3 9 .2
1 .7 6
1 .6 1
1 .7 5
1 .6 2
I .6 9
1 .5 3
2 .2 4
2 .1 7
2 .0 8
1 .8 1
1 .8 1
1 .7 0
3 9 .5
3 9 .7
3 9 .*
4 0 .6
4 0 .8
3 8 .7
4 o .l
4 0 .8
4 1 .2
4 0 .1
* 10.5
1 .7 4
1 .7 5
1 .6 5
2 .0 0
1 .9 4
1 .5 9
1 .7 4
1 .7 5
1 .6 6
1 .9 3
1 .9 2
1 .5 8
1 .6 5
3 9 .1
3 9 -7
3 9 .8
3 9 .3
4 0 .9
4 0 .0
3 8 .7
3 8 .9
3 8 .4
3 8 .6
1 .5 7
1 .6 l
1 .6 0
4o.i
4l.O
3 8 .6
3 8 .8
3 8 .1
4 1 .1
3 9 .4
3 9 .0
4 l.O
4 0 .2
4 0 .4
3 8 .5
4 l.4
3 9 .7
1 .5 7
1 .8 1
1 .8 6
3 9 .*
1 .6 5
1 .5 7
1 .6 4
1 .5 8
1 .8 1
1 .8 6
1 ,7 0
I .6 0
I .89
1 .8 0
1 .5 3
1 .5 2
1 .5 5
1 .5 2
1 .4 7
1 .7 *
1 .7 5
35
Hours and i f nui
Table C-h
Hours and gross earnings of production workers
or nonsupervisory employees - Continued
Industry
Average weekly
earnings
July
June
Average weekly
hours
Average hourly
earnings
.1956
1956
July
1955
July
1956
June
1956
July
1955
July
1956
June
1956
July
1955
(1 /)
* 85.30
*87.78
*81.14
81.22
(I/)
43.3
41.6
43.8
41.4
43.2
$1.97
<i/>
$2.11
1.96
$ 1.96
85.85
7*. 03
73.10
60.75
72.00
39.8
40.0
38.5
1.86
1.61
1.62
1.80
36.0
39.3
37.5
1.86
60.06
101.85
100.46
85.87
101.87
79.34
43.9
42.2
43.3
42.3
44.1
42.2
2.32
2.32
2.03
2.31
1.88
92.32
9*.69
86.48
91.69
93.18
86.94
86.28
81.81
41.4
41.9
40.6
41.3
41.6
40.7
41.4
41.7
40.7
2.23
89.66
2.13
2.22
2.24
2.12
2.10
2.15
2.01
93.56
93.56
87.78
41.4
41.4
41.6
2.26
2.26
2.11
82.62
81.41
78.12
40.7
40.3
40.9
2.03
2.02
1.91
61.94
44.98
61.15
44.10
60.34
43.08
39.2
35.7
38.7
35.0
39.7
35.9
1.58
1.58
1.26
1.26
1.52
1.20
50.04
48.28
63.73
81.14
47.61
36.0
38.8
35.6
43.9
35.4
43.7
34.9
36.3
39.1
44.1
35.8
1.39
1.70
1.89
1.37
1.40
38.1
82.97
48.50
49.84
64.39
83.03
48.16
1.69
1.90
1.38
1.33
1.63
1.84
1.33
69.64
69.89
74.13
67.46
71.39
41.7
43.2
42.1
43.1
41.9
43.8
1.67
1.72
1.66
1.72
1.61
1.63
62.04
93.24
78.04
61.53
98.19
77.39
58.77
IOI .69
74.13
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
42.13
42.43
40.89
40.9
40.8
41.3
1.03
1.04
•99
42.33
49.77
42.95
51.69
41.01
47.04
40.7
40.9
40.7
40.6
39.2
1.04
39.5
1.05
1.27
1.01
1.20
90.04
89.50
95.95
-
-
-
-
TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC UTILITIES:
transportation:
1.88
COMMUNICATION:
S witch b o a r d operating e m p l o y e e s ^ / . . .
Line construction, installation, and
61.18
85.24
OTHER PUBLIC UTILITIES:
Electric light and power u t i l i t i e s .....
Gas u t i l i t i e s ..............................
Electric light and gas utilities com
b i n e d ......................................
2.02
2.26
1.56
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE:
WHOLESALE TRADE.........................
RETAIL TRADE (EXCEPT FATING AND DRINKING
PLACES)...............................
Department stores and general mailPood and liquor s t o r e s ....................
Automotive and accessories d e a l e r s ......
Apparel and accessories s t o r e s ...........
Other retail trade:
Furniture and appliance s t o r e s .........
Lumber and hardware supply s t o r e s ......
65.96
74.30
FINANCE, INSURANCE, AND REAL ESTATE:
S ecu r i t y dealers and e x c h a n g e s ...........
-
-
-
-
SERVICE AND MISCELLANEOUS:
Hotels and lodging places:
Personal services:
Cleaning and dyeing p l a n t s ..............
Motion pictures:
Motion-picture production and distri-
1.26
-
-
l/ Not available.
2/ Data relate to employees in such occupations in the telephone industry as switchboard operators; service as
sistants: operating room instructors: and pay-station attendants. During 1955 such employees made up 4l 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.
b/ Data relate to domestic employees except messengers and those compensated entirely on a commission basis.
5/ Money payments only; additional value of board, room, uniforms, and tips, not included.
* Anthracite - May 1956 revised data are: $70.66, 29.2, and $2.42 respectively.
Ad I us ted ta m in gs
Table C-2: Gross average weekly earnings of production workers
in selected industries, in current and 1947-49 dollars
Ye ar
Bituminous-coal
Laundries
_____ mining_____
Current 1 9 4 7 -4 9 Current 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 Current 1 9 4 7 -4 9
M a n ufacturing
Year
and
month
Monthly
data:
Annual
average:
1939... *23.86 **0.17 *23.88 *40.20 *17.64 *29.70 1955
42.07 24.71 41.25 17.93 29.93 JtOyeeee
19*0.... 25.20
30.86 49.06 18.69 29.71 Angeeeee
29.58 *7.03
19*1...
36.65
52.58 35.02 50.24 20.3* 29.18 Sept.**.
19*2 ...
19*3.... 43.14 58.30 41.62 56.24 23.08 31.19 Octee ee•
46.08 61.28 51.27 68.18 25.95 3*.51
1 9 4 4 ...
**.39 57.72 52.25 0 7 . 9 5
27.73 36.06
19*5...
43.82 52.5* 58.03
69.58 30.20 36.21
19*6...
*9.97 52.32 66.59 69.73
32.71 3*.25
19*7...
5*.l* 52.07 72.12 70.16 3*.23 33.30
19*8...
5*.92 53.95 63.28 62.16 3*.98 3**36 Feb.•e•e
19*9.
eeee
68.43 35.*7 3*.50
59.33
57.71
70.35
1950.
64.71 58.30 77.79 70.08 37.81 3*.06 Apreeeee
1951.
68.80 38.63 3*.04 Mfty*eeee
0 7 .9 7
59.89 78.09
1952.
71.69 62.67 85.31 74.57 39.69 3*.69 JtQ16ee ee
1953.
71.86 62.60 80.85
40.10 3*.93
*0.70 35.55 July....
ÌI8 :
76.52 66.83 96.00
as
Table C-3:
Year
1948...
19*9...
1950...
1951...
1952...
1953...
195*...
1955...
*76.36 *66.57 * 95.50 *83.26 *41.01 *35.75
66.66
*o.*o 35.38
9*. 50 82.53
76.33
67.63
84.19 *0.70 3 5 . *a
77.71
96.73
78.50
68.32 99.86 86.9a. *1.01 35.69
79.52
69.15 96.03 83.50 * 1 . U
35.75
92.18
36.02
69.49 105.73
79.71
*1.31
78.55
78.17
78.78
78.99
79.00
79.19
68.54
68.21
68.68
68.75
68.46
68.15
104.22
106.02
107.82
78.80
67.35 101.03
103.18
102.38
105.46
91.78
91.87
92.79
*1.51
*0.90
41.70
42.12
42.5*
*2.95
36.22
35.69
36.36
36.66
36.86
36.96
86.35
42.33
36.18
90.9*
90.03
89.26
Average weekly earnings, gross and net spendable, of production workers
in manufacturing, in current and 1947-49 dollars
Net spendable
Gross average
average weekly earnings
weekly earnings
Worker with
Worker with
Index
3 dependents
Amount (1 9 4 7 - 4 9 no dependents
=* 100) Current 1 9 4 7 -4 9 Current 1 9 4 7 -4 9
Year
and
month
Net spendable
Gross average
average weekly earnings
weekly earnings
Worker with
W orker with
Index
3 dependents
no dependents
Amount (1 9 4 7 -4 9
= 100) Current 1 9 4 7 -4 9 Current 1 9 4 7 - 4 9
Monthly
data:
Annual
average
1939...
19*0...
19*1 ...
19*2...
19*3...
19**...
19*5 ...
19*6...
19*7 ...
B i t u m inous-coal
Laundries
mining
Current 1 9 4 7 -4 9 Current .1 9 4 7 - 4 9 Current 1 9 4 7 -4 9
Manufacturing
*23.86
25.20
29.58
36.65
43.14
46.08
44.39
43.82
49.97
54.14
54.92
59.33
64.71
07.91
71.69
71-86
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.*
135.7
1**.5
*23.58 *39.70 *23.62 * 39.76
24.69 41.22 24.95 41.65
28.05 **•59 29.28 * 6.55 Aug*eeee
31.77 *5.58 36.28 52.05 S e p t . . . .
36.01 48.66
41.39 55.93 O c t . eeee
38.29 50.92 44.06 58.59 H Ò V ..........
36.97 48.08 42.7* 55.58 DeCe.ee«
37.72 *5.23 *3.20 51.80
42.76 **.77 48.24 50.51 1 9 5 6
47.43 46.14 53.17 51.72 ‘a n . . . . .
48.09
51.09
5*.04
59.55
63.15
47.2*
49.70
48.68
*9.04
51.17
51.87
55.15
53.83
57.21
61.26
63.62
* 7 6 .3 6
76.33
77.71
78.50
79.52
79.71
1**.2
144.2
1*6.8
148.3
150.2
150.5
1*8.3
1*7.6
52.88 Mare ee•• 7 8 . 7 8 148.8
55.65 Apr.... 78.99 149.2
55.21 May* eeee 79.00 1*9.2
56.05 J u n e * e • e 79.19 1*9.6
F e b .............
66.58
66.78
58.20
58.17 J u l y . . . .
70. *5
61.53
78.55
78.17
78.80
148.8
*63.02 *5*. 9* *70.32 *61.31
63.00
55.02 70.29 61.39
64.08
55.77 71.40 62.14
64.70
56.31 72.03 62.69
65.49
56.95 72.85 63.35
65.64 57.23 73.00 63.64
64.7*
64.*4
64.92
56.60
65.09
65.24
56.64
56.40
56.14
72.07
71.77
72.25
72.*2
72. *3
72.58
62.99
63.03
62.76
62.46
64.93
55.50
72.27
61.77
65.08
5 6 .* 9
56.23
62.89
62.63
37
\J|ii >k\i I j r m i u
Table C-4: Average hourly earnings, gross and excluding overtime,
and average weekly hours of production workers in manufacturing
Year
and
mont h
Nondurable goods
Manufacturing
Durable goods
Average hourly earnings
Average Average hourly earnings Average Average hourly earnings Average
Excluding overtime
Excluding weekly
weekly
Excluding w e e k l y
Gross
Gross
Index
Gross
overtime
overtime
hours
hours
Amount (1 9 4 7 - 4 9 - 1 0 0 ) hours
Annual
average :
1941....... $0.729 $0.702
19^2.......
.805
.853
.961
.891»
1943.......
5*.5
62.5
69.it
*0.6
*2.9
**.9
$0.808
.947
1.059
$0.770
.881
.976
42.1
45.1
46.6
$0.640
.723
.803
$0.625
.698
.763
38.9
40.3
42.5
73-5
1/7*.8
81.6
*5.2
*3.*
*0.*
1.117
1 .111
1.156
1.029
1/1.042
1.122
46.6
44.1
40.2
.861
.904
1.015
.814
I/.858
.981
43.1
42.3
40.5
1944.......
1945.......
1946.......
1.019
•9*7
1.023 1/-963
1.086 1.051
1947.......
1948.......
1949.......
1.237
1.350
1.401
1.196
1.310
1.367
93.0
101.7
106.1
*0.*
*0.1
39.2
1.292
1.410
1.469
1.250
1.366
1.434
40.6
40.5
39.5
1.171
1.278
1.325
1.133
1.241
1 .29e
40.1
39.6
38.8
1950.......
1951.......
1952.......
1.465
1.59
1.67
I.V15
1.53
1.61
109.9
118.8
125.0
*0.5
*0.7
*0.7
1.537
1.67
1.77
1.480
1.60
1.70
41.2
41.6
41.5
1.378
1.48
1.54
1.337
1.43
1.49
39.7
39.5
39.6
1953.......
1954.......
1955.......
1.77
1.81
1.88
1.71
ii2l
132.8
136.6
lXl.3
*0.5
39.7
*0.7
1.87
1.92
2.01
1.80
1.86
1.93
41.3
40.2
41.4
1.61
1.66
1.71
1.56
1 .6l
1.66
39.5
39.0
39.8
1.89
1.88
Sept.. 1.90
Oct#•• 1.91
Nov... 1.93
Dec... 1.93
1.83
1.82
1.83
1 .8V
I .85
1.85
1*2.1
1*1.3
11*2.1
1*2.9
1* 3.6
1*3.6
*0.*
*0.6
*0.9
*1 .1
*1.2
*1.3
2.01
2.01
2.04
2.04
2.05
2.06
1.94
1.94
1.96
1.96
1.97
1.97
40.9
41.1
41.5
41.7
41.8
42.0
1.71
1.70
1.72
1.72
1.74
1.74
1.66
1.65
1.67
1.67
1.66
1.68
39.8
39.9
40.1
40.3
40.3
40.4
1955: JuXy..
A u g ,..
1956: Jan...
Ftb(«•
Mar « « «
A p r ••.
May.•.
June..
1.93
1.93
1.95
1.96
1.97
1.97
1.87
1.86
1.88
1.90
1.90
1.91
1*5.2
1**.*
1*6.0
1*7.5
1*7.5
1*8.3
*0.7
*0.5
*0.*
*0.3
*0.1
*0.2
2.06
2.05
2.06
2.08
2.08
2.09
1.98
1.98
1.99
2.00
2.01
2.02
41.2
41.0
40.9
41.1
40.8
40.8
1.75
1.75
1.78
1.79
1.80
1.81
1.70
1.70
1.73
1.74
1.75
1.76
39.9
39.8
39.6
39.2
39.1
39.2
July..
1.97
1.90
1*7.5
*0.0
2.07
2.01
40.6
1.82
1.77
39.3
1 / 1 1 -month average;
38
August 1 9 4 5 excluded because of VJ-day holiday period.
M a n -H o u r Indexes
Table C-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly man-hours
in industrial and constmction activity -V
1 1 9 4 7 -4 9 = 1 0 0 )
Year
and
month
1947:
1948:
1949:
1950:
1951:
1952:
1953:
1954:
1955:
Average..
Average..
Average..
Average..
Average..
Average..
Average..
Average«.
1955:
J u l y ........
A u g ......
A v e ra g e ..
N o v ..........
1956:
J a n ..........
F e b ..........
May.....
J u l y ........
Vo
a t*
igar
and
month
1947:
1948:
1949:
1950:
1951s
1952:
1953:
1954:
1955s
A v e ra g e ..
A v e ra g e ..
A v e ra g e ..
A v e ra g e ..
A v e ra g e ..
A v e ra g e ..
A v e ra g e ..
A v e ra g e ..
1955:
J u l y ........
A u g ..........
A v e ra g e ..
O c t ..........
N o v ..........
1956:
J a n ..........
F e b ..........
M a y ..........
J u l y ........
T OTAL 2 J
Contract
Mining
construct ion
division
division
Manufacturing -- Durable goods
Lumber and
Ordnance and
wood products
accessories
(except
furniture)
Manufac
turing
division
Total:
Durable
goods
Total :
Nondurable
goods
9K .6
10k.8
103.2
92.0
101.1
108.4
108.4
113.6
101.1
107.7
106.1
10*. 1
« 9.7
102.7
115.7
116.6
125.2
107.5
116.2
103.1
102.1
94.7
99.2
99.7
98.6
99.7
93.5
97.5
101.2
107.6
91.1
107.*
290.*
625.0
798.5
509.7
*13.2
107.0
102.7
90.3
99.6
102.7
96.9
93.0
8*.7
90.5
l* * . l
103.6
103.4
93.0
101.5
109.5
109.7
113.3
101.9
108.4
105.1
105.*
89.5
91.0
95.0
90.9
87.5
77.*
80.3
109.1
111.8
113.6
, 113.7
112.6
112.3
81.1
81.3
81.5
81.6
80.3
82.9
1*5.1
1*8.5
1*0.8
128.2
12*. 3
105.9
109.1
110.7
111.9
112.5
112.6
11*. 1
115.7
117.6
120.0
122.0
122.5
96.2
101.2
102.5
102.3
101.2
100.8
*07.8
*05.3
*05.1
393.2
396.*
389.3
9*.2
97.8
96.0
9**9
90.7
87.9
108.1
107.4
106.6
108.2
108.5
110.9
82.0
80.9
80.4
81.8
*81.7
81».7
112.0
113.0
11*. 0
128.1
1*0.0
15*.*
109.3
108.4
107.3
107.1
105.8
106.4
119.0
117.*
116.2
117.5
115.6
115.6
97.6
97.6
96.7
94.7
94.1
95.4
389.3
385.8
37*. 1
381.0
377.3
37*. 6
83.6
83.3
80.1
83.9
87.6
92.*
106.7
75.3
155-*
101.8
107.6
94.9
367.9
90.5
Purni ture
and fixtures
103.*
102.0
109.1
12*. 1
127.5
123.1
118.9
I26.7
Manufacturing - Durable goods - Continued
Stone, clay,
Machinery
Fabricated
Primary metal
and glass
(except
metal
industries
products
electrical)
products
Electrical
machinery
Transporta
tion
equipment
103.3
10*.6
92.1
111.5
105.9
106.2
108.5
96.7
106.2
102.8
103.9
93.3
102.9
111.*
10*. 3
106.6
99.2
108.6
105.*
106.6
88.0
10*. 1
115.7
10*.6
113.9
9*. 2
110.0
106.7
103.8
89.*
106.5
115.8
112.1
123.*
108.8
118.0
108.3
106.6
85.1
9*.0
116.9
118.*
119.0
100.9
106.*
111.1
102.9
86.0
107.6
123.7
131.2
1*7 .1
123.1
130.8
102.9
100.9
96.3
106.1
12*.5
138.0
158.6
13*. 3
1*6.3
101.0
109.7
113.0
11*.7
113.7
113.8
108.2
112.8
11*.2
11*. 3
112.9
112.*
108.3
109.*
115.1
11*.5
116.0
117.9
115.3
118.2
121.0
123.6
12*. 1
123.7
10*. 7
10*. 7
105.6
110.0
112.0
116.*
123.6
129.7
133.6
1*2.7
1*0.3
1*0.6
1**.5
138.3
136.3
139.3
15*. 3
15*. 0
108.8
109.5
108.0
10*.9
102.6
103.*
108.2
108.1
109.6
111.*
112.8
113.5
117.8
115.*
11*. 3
115.2
112.8
112.6
118.8
117.*
116.3
117.0
11*. 1
113.6
116.3
117.2
117.3
118.6
116.5
116.0
136.3
13*. 5
133.*
139.8
138.5
137.1
1*6.9
138.7
136.6
135-1
128.1
126.5
101.1
109.9
7*. 3
108.2
113.6
133.1
127.2
See footnotes at end of table.
39
\1 / m íKmii
liiJcvv
Table C-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly man-hours
in industrial and construction activity ^ Continued
Year
and
month
1947:
1948:
1949:
1950:
1951:
1952:
1953:
1954:
1955:
Average..
Average..
Average..
Average..
Average..
Average..
Average..
Average..
Average..
1955* July....
Nov.....
Dec.....
1956: Jan.....
Feb.....
Mar.....
May.....
Year
and
month
(1 9 4 7 -4 9 = 1 0 0 )
Manufacturing - Durable goods-Con.
Instruments
Miscellaneous
Pood and
kindred
and related
manufacturing
industries
products
products
Manufacturing -- Nondurable goods
Textile-mill Apparel and other
Tobacco
finished textile
products
manufactures
products
IO7-5
IO3.O
89.5
97.4
117-5
122.7
129.9
115.9
117.9
104.6
104.2
9I.2
101.3
I03.I
100.5
IO9.5
98.8
104.1
IO3.9
100.0
96.1
95.2
95.9
94.7
93.7
90.5
91.0
105.9
101.0
f3-1
89.2
91.2
92.2
90.1
88.5
91.5
io* .5
105.7
89.9
100.1
96.0
90.7
89.8
78.7
83.0
99.6
101.6
98.8
103.0
101.9
104.5
106.9
98.8
104.9
115.5
117.3
120.8
122.3
122.7
123.I
98.4
104.4
109.2
112.5
111.5
109.0
97.0
103.5
104.6
99.9
94.6
90.3
76.1
106.3
119.2
120.7
99.0
91.8
79.6
83.6
8*.3
85.2
86.7
86.8
97.0
106.7
107.7
109.8
110.3
110.6
121.2
121.6
121.2
122.6
121.5
120.8
103.0
IO5.3
104.2
103.4
102.9
102.7
84.9
82.6
82.9
82.3
85.4
91.0
89.9
81.6
76.5
7*.6
76.6
77.7
8*.3
84.3
82.5
80.3
79.0
78.3
107.4
112.4
109.1
102.9
99.5
99.2
119.1
97.9
94.4
7*.2
75.6
97.0
Manufacturing - Nondurable goods - Continued
Printing, pub
lishing, and
allied industries
Chemicals
and allied
products
102.6
108.3
95.1
105.*
109.9
105.9
111.6
109.3
11*.*
101.4
100.5
98.O
99.5
101.6
1C». 7
105.4
104,7
108.6
IO3.3
102.6
94.1
97.2
105.5
104.7
108.1
IO3.5
IO7 .O
99.0
IO2.7
98.3
97.3
102.1
98.2
IOO.9
95.8
94.5
109.8
102.0
88.1
101.9
108.5
108.*
111.6
96.*
113.3
105.8
100.8
93.4
97.8
92.1
96.9
96.5
89.9
95.0
1955* July....
113.8
116.7
118.5
118.9
119.2
119.0
107.2
108.1
111.7
112.2
U3.0
114.0
105.4
105.6
108.2
108.9
109.4
110.1
97.6
96.4
96.O
95.2
93.1
93.0
110.9
111.5
115 .1
118.2
121.7
II9.9
94.4
98.6
94.3
94.6
92.0
99.5
1956: Jan.....
Feb.....
Mar.....
II5.8
11 * .1
II5.5
115.6
115 .1
II6.8
109.9
110.3
112.2
112.2
111.7
HI.9
IO9.I
IO9.O
110.4
111.0
109.3
108.1
93.3
91.5
93.7
93.5
92.5
94.9
II7.5
113 .1
109.6
K>9.7
108.3
103.6
99.1
101.7
97.0
89.4
87.5
91.7
115.6
110.9
IO5.9
96.O
IO3.7
92.8
1947:
1948:
1949:
1950:
1951:
1952:
1953s
1954:
1995*
Average..
Average..
Average..
Average..
Average..
Average..
Average..
Average..
Average..
May.....
Paper and
allied products
Products of
petroleum
and coal
Rubber
products
Leather and
leather products
_1/ Aggregate man-hours are for the weekly pay period ending nearest the 1 5 th of the month and do not represent
totals for the month. For mining and manufacturing industries, data refer to production and related workers. Por
contract construction, the data relate to construction workers.
_2/ Includes only the divisions shown. fKevised.
4o
State and A re a H ours and f am ines
Table C-6: Hours and gross earnings of production workers in
manufacturing industries for selected States and areas
State and area
Birmingham
Mobile
Phoenix
Little Rock.N. Little Rock
CAI2F0RHIA...............
Fresno
Los Angeles-Long Beach
Sacramento
San BernardinoRiverside-Ontario
San Diego
San Rrancisco-Oakland
San Jose
Stockton
Averaire weekly earnings
1955
1<>56
June
JUly
Æ ür.
*59.90
7*.*5
79.52
*6l.*6
90.53
90.10
Average weekly hours
19 56
1*55
June
Jtaly
July
Averagei hourly earnings
1 956
June
July
July
*60.50
8l.6o
69.30
38.*
39.6
*1.2
38.9
*e.o
*0.2
39*8
*0.8
39.6
*1.56
le88
1.»
H.58
1.9?
1.94
H .52
2.00
1.75
90..38
89.89
80.39
*2.5
*2.3
*2.5
*2.2
*0.6
*0.1
2.13
78.20
2.13
2.15
2.13
1.98
1.95
56.5*
56.56
52.7*
*0.1
*0.*
*1.2
1.41
1.4o
1*28
5*.8l
55.*9
52.07
*0.3
*0.8
*1.0
1.36
1.36
1.27
89.69
90.28
77.17
89.6*
93.57
80.25
89.6*
*0.*
38.7
*0.8
*0.*
*0.5
39-3
*0.8
39.0
*0.1
38.*
*0.9
38.2
2.22
2.00
2e20
2.32
2.23
2.04
2.20
2.24
2.12
1.94
2.09
87**5
8*. 93
7*. 51
85.**
80.01
87.37
93.ee
87.25
80.96
*0.1
*2.*
*0.0
*0.3
38.8
*0.3
*0.5
39.6
37.*
*0.2
2.15
2.24
2.33
2.07
2.10
2.17
2.25
2.33
2.19
2.10
. 2.01
2.14
2.23
76.00
77.99
2.09
86.73
87.I18
88.52
76.89
81.37
79.90
*0.6
*1.6
39.*
*1.9
*1.7
79.57
83.22
80.60
78.**
79.*9
*0.8
*0.9
*1.2
39.9
*1.5
*!.*
1.96
e k .s s
2.06
2.02
2.02
1.89
1.92
81.18
80.56
8*.*6
86.29
79.17
78.3*
81.19
83.16
83.16
80.18
76.2S
S3L.2Q
79.5*
79.10
70.*0
78.79
80.32
*1.0
*1.2
*2.7
*0.1
*0.7
39.6
*0.8
*1.1
*1.*
*2.3
*0.6
*0.8
39.6
*0.7
*1.0
*1.9
*1.0
*2.3
*0.0
39.2
*2.5
1*98
2.05
2.05
1*96
1*91
2.10
1.99
J..96
2.04
2.04
1.95
1.92
2.10
1.97
1.86
!•£
1.9^
1.87
1.76
2.(XL
1.89
79.77
9*.*0
82.32
95.30
76.53
9L.48
*0.7
*0.0
*2.0
*0.9
39.9
*1.3
1.96
2.36
1.96
2.33
1.92
82.32
85.03
8l.*l
39.2
*0.3
*0.3
2.10
2.11
2.02
63.29
67**3
6*.31
5 7. «
61.91
5^28
*1.1
39.9
*0.7
*0.2
*1.1
*1.1
*0.7
*0.6
(V)
*0.2
1.54
1.69
1.58
1*54
1.53
1.68
1.57
1.52
1.41
Tampa-St. Petersburg
62.88
69.05
63.90
61.71
*0.6
Jacksonville
Miami
56.12
69.65
69.*8
38.7
39.8
*1.7
39.3
39.7
*2.5
*0.3
*1.7
*2.9
1.45
1.75
1.85
1.43
1.75
1.77
1.35
1.72
1.69
COLORADO.................
Denver
Bridgeport
Hartford
Rev Britain
Saw Haven
Stamford
Waterbury
Wilmington
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA:
Washington
FLORIDA................................ .
Atlanta
Savannah
ILUH0IS.................
Chicago
Rockford
IOWA........................................
Des Moines
» .5 6
8*.*6
87.5*
78.60
77.7*
95.08
93.03
56.20
86.59
88.13
fiyj
(Ù )
2.06
1.99
2.22
Ê Æ
w )
E ao
77.15
75.23
5*.*1
71.72
72.50
88.7*
89.2*
81.81
*3.5
*2.7
*0.7
2.04
2.09
2.01
83.98
85.38
89.21
88.12
81.09
8*.66
85.73
*0.3
*0.*
*1.6
*0.8
*0.8
*2.9
*0.7
*0.6
*3.8
2.08
86.96
85.*8
2.15
2.05
2.09
2.19
2.06
1.99
2.09
1.96
82.52
85.81
82.01
*0.0
*«.5
*0.*
2.06
2.12
2.03
75.21
75.07
76.77
73.79
39.1
*0.1
39.1
*0.3
39.2
1.93
81.*5
U
9S
2.08
1.83
2.00
78.*8
36.1
2.08
See footnotes at end of table.
4l
State and A r e a
H ou rs and farnirigs
Table C-& Hours and gross earnings of production workers in
manufacturing industries for selected States and areas - Continued
State and area
KANSAS...................
Tbpeka
Wichita
,
Average weekly earnings
Average weekly hours
_ 1955
_ 1256
.1255... ____1956
June
June
July
July
JuÜL....
Ms.,
*83.60
80.61
Average hourly earnings
1956
1955
July
June
July
66.8k
*82.8*
78.86
8*.*0
*79.58
78.*2
83.52
*1.8
*1.5
*1.8
*1.9
*1.0
*1 .*
*1.9
*3.2
*1 .7
$2.00
1.94
2.08
$1.98
1.9a
2.04
$1.90
1.82
2.00
KENTUCKY.................
Louisville
W i
(Sf)
75.6*
81.6*
71.31
78.92
£/)
*0.7
*0.6
*0.9
*1 .2
fi/i
(Sf)
1.86
2.01
1.75
1.92
LOUISIANA.................
Baton Rouge
New Orleans
76.86
105.21
7*. 99
7*. 89
103.00
72.83
70.*0
97.3*
69.95
ki.i
*i.i
*0 .1
*0.7
*1.2
39.8
*1 .7
*0.9
*0.2
1.87
2.56
1.87
1.84
2.50
1.83
I.69
2.38
1.74
MAINE....................
Lewiston
Portland
63.08
56. U
72.*8
62.25
5*. 29
67.01
57.67
51.5*
6*. 21
*0.2
38.5
*3.2
*0.1
37.2
*1 .7
*0.2
37.9
*2 .1
1.57
1.46
1.68
1.55
1.46
le6l
1.44
1.36
1.53
MARYLAND.................
Baltimore
77.19
82.18
79.38
83.70
75.37
80.80
*0.7
*1.2
*1.0
*1 .1
*1 .1
*1.5
1.90
2.00
1.94
2.04
1*84
1.95
MASSACHUSETTS............
Boston
Fall River
New Bedford
Springfield-Holyoke
Worcester
70.88
7*. 26
51.77
57.07
77.93
78.76
70.71
7*. 05
*9.98
55.33
76.57
82.*1
68.23
70.13
53.68
58.*6
73.93
77.87
39.6
39.5
35.7
37.3
*0.8
*0.6
39.5
39.6
3*.o
36.*
*0.3
*1.0
39.9
39.*
37.8
39.5
*0.*
*1.2
1.79
1.88
1.45
1.53
1.91
1.94
1.79
1.87
1.47
1.52
1.90
2.01
1.71
1.78
1.42
1.48
1.83
1.89
MICHIGAN.................
Detroit
Flint
Grand Rapids
Lansing
Muskegon
Saginaw
93.56
100.25
95.88
85.82
9*.96
88.09
88.82
91.20
96.32
92.08
8*.82
91.56
86.11
88.19
93.72
95.62
111.97
82.95
107.96
8*.73
93.81
*0.5
*0.9
*0.2
*0.5
*0.1
39.5
*0.5
39.6
39.3
39.1
*0.2
39.5
39.3
*0.*
*1.8
*0.9
*6.5
*0.7
*5.*
39.8
*2.7
2.31
2.45
2.39
2.12
2.39
2.23
2.19
2.30
2.45
2.36
2.11
2.32
2.19
2.18
2.24
2.34
2.41
2.04
2.38
2.13
2.20
MINNESOTA................
IXiluth
Minneapolis-St. Paul
79. *8
76.*6
83.30
79.79
83.9*
81.9*
77.26
78.38
80.11
*0.*
38.1
*0.6
*0.5
39.9
*0.2
*1.2
39.3
*0.9
1.97
2o01
2.05
1.97
2.10
2.04
1.87
1.99
1.96
MISSISSIPPI..............
Jackson
5*.l*
59.71
52.93
61.19
*9.92
5*.26
*0 .1
*0.9
39.5
*2.2
*1.6
*0.8
l.h6
1.35
1.34
1.45
1.20
1.33
MISSOURI......... .......
Kansas City
St* Louis
7*. 90
79**3
83.27
7*. 58
80.71
82.15
70.93
81.28
78.*3
39.7
39.*
*0.2
39.5
39.9
*0.0
*0.0
*1.0
*0.3
1.89
2.01
2.07
1.89
2.01
2.06
1.77
1.97
1.95
MONTANA..................
92*71
92.*2
86.57
*1.8
*1.8
*1.5
2.22
2.21
2.09
NEBRASKA.................
ffrqqhfl.
73*56
G/>
75.0*
79.*1
71.31
7*.22
*1.8
(!/)
*2.*
*2.0
*3.0
*2.2
1.76
<i/>
1.77
1.89
1.66
1.76
NEVADA... ................
95.00
92.58
91.20
37.7
38.1
*0.0
2.52
2.43
2.28
NEW HAMPSHIRE............
Manchester
63.80
57.30
62.*7
56.25
58.29
53.96
*0.9
38.2
*0.3
37.5
*0.2
38.0
1.56
1.50
1.55
1.50
1.45
1 .1*2
S ee footnotes at end of table.
42
State and A rea Hours and f arninps
Tabl. C-6: Hours and gross earnings of production workers in
manufacturing industries for selected States and areas - Continued
State and area
Average weekly earnings
1956
1955
June
July
July
Average weekly hours
1956
1955
June
July
July
$82.61
82.43
82.46
86.16
80.04
*82.46
83.30
82.42
83.46
79.32
*79.14
79.83
77.9382.43
78.98
40.2
39.8
40.8
40.7
40.0
NEW MEXICO...............
Albuquerque
86.10
81.00
84.05
8OL.56
8o.4o
75.95
41.0
40.3
NEW T O f f i C . ............. ..
Albany-Schenectady-Troy
Binghamton
Buffalo
Elmira
Nassau and
Suffolk Counties 2 /
New York-Northeastern
New Jersey
Sew Xork City 2/
Rochester
Syracuse
Utica-Rone
Westchester County 2 /
78.99
86.22
73.97
92.46
76.91.
86.94
72.87
93.13
76.55
7I 71 -ojM
0 1-
74.87
80.57
69.71
89.40
76.54
40.6
39.*
40.8
39.9
90.70
87.09
81.55
79.37
75756
86.15
82.56
78.55
78.65
77.80
73.53
84.64
81.83
77.27
78.62
NORTH CAROLINA......... . .
Charlotte
Greensboro-High Point
53.18
56.06
52.16
53.70
57.89
52.58
Newark-Jersey City 2/
Paterson 2/
Perth Amboy 2/
Trenton
NORTH DAKOTA.... ........
Fargo
Wk/%
e ?C
40.3
40.9
41.3
40.9
111 A
$2.05
2e07
2.02
2.12
2.00
$2.04
2e07
2.02
2.07
2.01
*1.95
1.98
1.9DL
2.00
1.93
Weü
*0.4
O
1A
CelO
2.01
2.05
1.97
2.01
1.88
40.6
39.3
41.0
40.0
39.1
40.2
39.2
*1.0
40.6
£eUU
2.12
1.88
2.27
1.93
1 9°
oft
le
2.14
1.85
2.27
1.91
1.91
2.01
1.78
2.18
1.88
41.8
40.2
39.9
2.17
2.17
2.04
75.08
71.47
81.25
79.26
73.34
76.04
39.1
37.9
40.7
41.6
41.1
39.8
38.9
37.7
40.7
*1.0
*1.0
*0.2
38.9
37.7
4o.4
4l.0
40.7
40.2
2.03
1.99
2.12
1.99
1.91
1.98
2.00
1.95
2.08
2.00
1.89
1.95
1.93
1.90
2.01
1.93
1.80
I .89
50.82
54.68
49.a6
39.2
37.8
30 9
J7efc
40.2
38.1
40.5
37.6
1.36
1.43
1.33
1.37
1.44
1.38
oA
J*1L.¿SO
1.35
1.31
88
88
*5.7
44.3
88
88
le PO
1.70
40.5
38.7
39.8
40.9
40.4
40.4
41.2
40.1
41.2
*0.8
38.9
40.7
41.3
*1 .1
*1.0
*1.0
4o.o
*1.0
2.18
2.36
2.17
2*03
2.24
2.10
2.37
2.28
2.32
0
C « oc\
cv
2.33
2.24
2.04
2.2?
2.08
2.35
2.28
2.49
*1.7
42.4
40.6
*1.3
*2.2
41.6
1.77
2.05
1.91
1.76
2.06
1.79
1.65
1.95
O
71.42
75.36
(1/)
m
40.4
40.3
40.8
40.3
39.5
Average hourly earnings
1956
1955
July
June
July
?Q
C
H J L .V
41.4
9Q Q
7
OHIO................... .
Akron
Canton
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Columbus
Dayton
Toledo
Youngstown
88.39
91.38
86.46
82.84
90.32
84.69
97.66
91.58
95.**
89.93
90.46
91.16
84.07
93.16
85.24
96.25
91.38
101.89
OKLAHOMA*••••••..........
Oklahoma Clty
Tulsa
78.66
75.58
83.85
79.65
74.62
83.64
69.63
81.12
41.4
42.7
40.9
OREGON.............................................
Portland
91.02
86.33
90.71
85.77
88.23
80.31
0*7.«*•
38.8
QQ O
J7*^
38.9
38.8
38.5
2.23
2.21
2.27
2.09
PENNSYLVANIA............. 76.80
Allentown-BethlehemEaston
73.58
Erie
86.00
Harrisburg
68.42
67.68
Lancaster
Philadelphia
82.53
Pittsburgh
91.52
Reading
75.15
Scranton
59.09
Wilkes-Barre— Hazleton
56.06
York
67.35
See footnotes at end of table.
81.07
76.32
39.*
39.6
39.*
1.95
2.05
1.94
76.73
85.91
71.75
68.65
82.90
96.45
72.50
60.25
55.09
69.46
71.52
79.23
64.50
66.22
77.57
91.85
68.50
54.00
51.15
63.39
39.9
42.3
40.2
40.0
40.3
40.0
40.8
38.1
37.7
40.4
38.5
42.3
39.*
40.6
40.4
40.8
39.9
38.4
36.7
41.2
38.0
41.7
38.3
*1.0
39.8
*0.5
39.8
37.5
37.2
40.4
1.84
2.03
1.70
1.69
2.05
2.29
1.84
1.55
1.49
1.67
1.99
2.03
1.82
1.69
2.05
2.36
1.82
1.57
1.50
1.69
1.88
1.90
1.68
1.62
1.95
2.27
1.72
1.44
1.38
1.57
86.40
85.44
M
90.41
s u
88
*0.6
37.7
§û
41.6
ta
w
0
¿ .
j j
91
2.13
2.2?
« 1
2.17
m
88
Ar...,
(k
Table C-6: Hours and gross «amings of production workers in
manufacturing industries for selected States and areas - Continued
State and area
Averaae weekly earnings
I?*>
1955
June
July
Aversi» weekly hours
1955
June
July
July
— J s 56
Aver»»f hourly earnings
1955
1Ïe*
July
June
July
RBMDE ISLAND............. .
Providence
*65.57
66.33
$65.31
64.71
*62.01
62.31
39.3
40.2
39.6
39.7
39.8
40.2
*1.67
I .65
$1.65
1.64
♦I.56
1.55
SOUTH CAROLINA........... .
Charleston
54.51
59.49
53.72
60.05
52.37
56.30
39.5
39-4
39.5
40.3
40.6
40.5
I .38
1.5 1
1.36
I .49
I .29
1.39
SOUTH JXKDBk ............. Sioux Falls
74.42
81.44
76.42
83.26
7o;o9
75-34
44.1
46.0
45.4
46.9
44.7
45.9
I .69
1.77
1.68
1.78
1.57
1.64
TERRESTE, ••••e... ....... .<
Chattanooga
Khoxville
Manphis
Nashville
62.81
63.30
70.66
70.52
65.85
63.12
64.38
71.89
68.85
65.60
60.94
61.41
68.74
69.76
61.46
39.5
38.6
38.4
41.0
40.4
39.7
39.5
39.5
40.5
41.0
40.9
40.4
40.2
42.8
40.7
1.59
1.64
1.84
I.72
1.63
1.59
1.63
1.82
I .70
I .60
1.49
I .52
I .71
1.63
I .51
TEXAS........................................
80.73
80.12
76.38
41.4
41.3
42.2
1.95
1.94
1.81
UTAH......................
Salt lake City
77.21
83.62
84.03
83.63
73.33
77.49
39.8
41.6
40.4
41.4
38.8
41.0
1.94
2.01
2.08
2.02
1.89
1.89
VERHÖRT...................
Burlington
Springfield
6r.68
61.14
85.65
68.10
59.94
84.34
64.06
57.34
79.55
42.3
41.1
44.4
42.4
40.3
43.4
42.2
39.6
44.1
I .60
1.49
1.93
I.6I
1.49
1.9^
I .52
I .45
1.81
VIRGINIA..................
Nbrfolk-Portsmouth
Richmond
62.22
65.50
68.88
61.91
65.84
68.88
60.01
67.84
66.30
40.4
39.7
41.0
40.2
39.9
41.0
41.1
42.4
41.7
1.54
1.65
1.68
I .54
I .65
1.68
1.46
1.60
1.59
WASHINGTON................
Seattle
Spokane
Tacoma
89.63
89.45
93.39
85.18
90.03
86.24
91.97
87.49
84.71
82.51
89.36
84.03
39.3
39-4
40.2
37.9
39-5
38.9
39.9
38.8
38.9
38.8
41.0
39.1
2.28
2.27
2.32
2.25
2.28
2.22
2.31
2.25
2.18
2.13
2.18
2.15
west v ir g in ia .........................
79.52
98.74
80.39
98.70
75.85
95.06
38.6
40.8
39.6
41.3
3.85
40.8
2.06
2.42
2.03
2.39
1.97
2.33
WISCONSIN.................
Kenosha
La Crosse
Madison
Milwaukee
Racine
82.43
81.95
81.68
86.29
93.51
82.86
83.64
84.40
81.30
88.39
91.97
82.14
79.48
81.67
78.83
82.29
87.77
80.12
41.6
38.0
40.9
40.0
41.6
39.3
41.6
39.3
40.9
41.0
41.1
39.2
42.8
39.6
40.4
40.2
41.2
39.7
1.98
2.15
2.00
2.I6
2.25
2.11
2.01
2.15
1.99
2.I6
2.24
2.10
1.86
2.06
1.95
2.05
2.13
2.02
WYOMING...................
Casper
93.32
113.44
87.91
107.06
84.67
103.49
40.4
41.4
39.6
40.4
41.3
41.9
2.3I
2.74
2.22
2.65
2.O5
2.47
Charleston
l / Hot availab le*
%J Subarea o f Hsv York-Northeastern Hew Jersey.
E x p la n a t o r y
I N T R O D U C T I O N
N o t e s
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 Indtmtrial Clasalflcal Manual. (U. S.
Bureau of the Budget, Washington, D. C.) are used for
classifying reports from manufacturing and government
establishments} the 1QA2 Tndn«.t^«-| r.i
Code. (U* S* Social Security Board) for reports from
all other establishments*
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
c. Coverage
tors of the state of the Nation's economy* They are
widely used in following and interpreting business
Monthly reports on employment and, for most indus
developments and in making decisions in such fields as
tries, payroll and man-hours are obtained from approx
labar-management negotiations, marketing, personnel,
imately 155,000 establishments* (See table below.) The
plant location, and government policy. In addition,
Government agencies use the data in this report to com table also shows the approximate proportion of total
pile official indexes of production, labor productivity, employment in each industry division covered by the
group of establishments furnishing monthly employment
and national income*
data. The coverage for individual industries within
the division may vary from the proportions shown.
ESTABLISHMENT REPORTS:
Approximate size and coverage of BLS
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
nonagrlcultural establishments (see glossary for defi
nition, p. 7-E) 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 Form 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
employment and payrolls sample 1/
Division
or
industry
Contract construction..
Transportation and
public utilities:
Interstate railroads.
(ICC)...............
Other transportation
and public utilities.
Wholesale and retail
Finance, insurance, and
Service and
miscellaneous:
Hotels and lodging
places..............
Personal services:
Laundries and clean
ing and dyeing
Government:
Federal (Civil Service
Commission).........
State and local......
Number of
Employees
es tablish—
ments in Number in Percent
samnle
sample
of total
3,100
20,900
350,000
735,000
10,960,000
U5
2U
«
1,128,000
95
Ill,600
1 ,581,000
57
58,300
1,928,000
18
12,000
693,000
31
1,200
3 M , 000
37
2,300
9U,000
19
2,162,000
2,033,000
100
Ul
ho,hoo
—
—
hjhOO
¿/ Some firms do not report payroll and mem-hour
information. Therefore, hours and 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 earnir^s 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; womenfs and
misses' outerwear; and fertilizer.
Approximate size and coverage of
B L S labor turnover sample
Group and industry
Number of
Employees
ÄQ+oVkl
4qh«
C9 uauxxoir1
ments in Number in Percent
sample of total
sample
Manufacturing.... .
Durable goods......
Nondurable goods....
ifetal mining.........
Coal mining:
Anthracite.........
Bituminous.........
Communication:
Telephone..........
Telegraph..........
l/ Does not apply.
DEFINITIONS
A N D
10,200
6,I*00
3,800
120
S,99U,000
U,199,000
1,795,000
57,000
39
U3
32
53
20
200
6,000
71,000
19
32
661,000
28,000
88
65
ESTIMATING
M E T H O D S :
A.
EMFLODffiNT
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.
Benchmark Data
Employment estimates are periodically compared with
complete counts of employment in the various nonagri2-E
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 nonagricultural 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 by 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 U. S.
Bureau of Old Age and Survivors Insurance are used for
the group of establishments exempt from State unem
ployment insurance laws because of their small size.
Benchmarks for industries wholly or partly excluded
from the unemployment insurance laws are derived from
a variety of other sources.
The BLS estimates which are prepared for the
benchmark quarter are compared with the new benchmark
levels, industry by industry. Where revisions are
necessary, the monthly estimates are adjusted between
the new benchmark and the preceding one. Following
revision for these intermediate periods, the industry
data from the most recent benchmark are projected to
the current month by use of the sample trends. Under
this procedure, the benchmark is used to establish
the level of employment while the sample is used to
measure the month-to-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 mining industries) is outlined below; the
first step under this method is also used for indus
tries for which only figures on "all employees" are
published.
The first step is to compute total employment (all
employees) in the industry for the month following the
benchmark period. The all-employee total for the last
benchmark month (e.g., Iferch) 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 Mirch and 31,200
in April, April employment is 104 percent (31,200
divided by 30,000) of March employment. If the all
employee benchmark in March is 40,000, the all-employee
total in April would be 104 percent of 40,000 or
41,600.
The second step is to compute the 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-corker total in
April would be 33,280 (41,600 multiplied by .SO).
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 = 100) de
rived from these aggregates. The indexes have the
additional advantage of comparing the current sea
sonally adjusted employment level with average employ
ment in the base period.
Comparability with Other Employment Estimates
Employment data published by other government and
private agencies may differ from BLS employment sta
tistics because of differences in definition, sources
of information, methods of collection, classification,
and estimation. BLS monthly figures are not directly
comparable, for example, with the estimates of the
Census Monthly Report on the Labor Force (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
Cen3U3 from its censuses and/or annual sample surveys
of manufacturing establishments also differ from BLS
employment statistics. Among the important reasons
for lack of comparability are differences in 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 Welfare.
B.
LABOR TURNOVER
Definition
11Labor 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 employees— full- and part-time, permanent,
and temporary— are included. Transfers from one es
tablishment to another within a company are not con
sidered to be turnover items.
hfethod 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 received
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 (l) 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
Msnth-to-rnonth 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 1-week pay period ending
nearest the 15th of the month.
(2) The turnover sample excludes certain in
dustries (see under coverage, p. 2-E).
(3) Plants on strike are not included in the
turnover computations beginning 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 non
manufacturing industries are on a "gross”basis, i.e.,
they reflect not only changes in basic hourly and in
centive wage rates, but also such variable factors as
premium pay for overtime and late-shift 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 fi*om wage rates.
Earnings refer to the actual return to the worker for
a stated period of time; rates are the amounts stipu
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
1947-49 CftUtara
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: (1 ) 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 conqposition, 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 1947-49 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 hour3 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. Excludliy ny^rt.lma. o f
Production Workers to Mumfacturlng Industries
These data are based on the application of adjust
ment factors to gross average hourly earnings (as de
scribed in the Monthly Labor Review. May 1950, pp. 537540; reprint available, Serial No. R. 2020)* This
method eliminates only the earnings due to overtime
paid for at one and one-half times the straight-time
rates after 40 hours a week* Thus, no adjustment is
made for other premium-payxnent provisions— for
example, holiday work, late-shift work, and overtime
rates other than time and one-half«
Indexes of Aggregate Weekly fen-Houra
The indexes of aggregate weekly man-hours are pre
pared by dividing the current month's aggregate by the
monthly average for the 1947-49 period. These aggre
gates represent the product of average weekly hours
and employment.
STATISTICS F O R
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,
hours,
A R E A S
Additional industry detail may be obtainable
from the cooperating State agencies listed on the
inside back cover of this report.
Additional information concerning the preparation
of the employment,
A N D
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.
NOTE:
STATES
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 195U.
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.
S U M M A R Y
O F
M E T H O D S
F O R
E M P L O Y M E N T ,
Item
C O M P U T I N G
H O U R S ,
A N D
N A T I O N A L
STATISTICS
E A R N I N G S
Total nonagricultural divisions,
major groups, and groups
Individual manufacturing and
nonmanufacturin^ industries
M O N T H L Y
D A T A
All emolovees
All-employee estimate for previous
month multiplied by ratio of all
employees in current month to all
employees in previous month for
sample establishments which re
ported for both months.
Sum of all-employee estimates for
component industries.
Production workers
All-employee estimate for current
month multiplied by ratio of pro
duction workers to all employees
in sample establishments for cur
rent month.
Sum of production-worker estimates
for component industries.
Average weekly hours
Total production or nonsupervisory
man-hours divided by number of pro
duction or nonsupervisory workers.
Average, weighted by employment, of
the average weekly hours for com
ponent industries.
Average hourly earnings
Total production or nonsupervisory
worker payroll divided by total
production or nonsupervisory worker
man-hours.
Average, weighted by aggregate manhours, of the average hourly earn
ings for component industries.
Average 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
A V E R A G E
D A T A
All emolovees and nroduction workers
Sum of monthly estimates divided
by IP-
Sum of monthly estimates divided
by IP-
Average weekly hours
Annual total of aggregate manhours (employment multiplied
by average weekly hours) divided
by annual sum of employment.
Average, weighted by employment,
of the annual averages of weekly
hours for component industries.
Average hourly 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 earnings
Product of average weekly hours
and average hourly earnings.
Product of average weekly hours
and average hourly earnings.
G L O S S A R Y
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 foreman,
journeyman, 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).
GOVERNMENT - 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 employees* incompetence, violation
of rules, dishonesty, insubordination, laziness,
habitual absenteeism, or inability to meet physical
standards*
layoffs are terminations of employment during the
calendar month lasting or expected to last more than
7 consecutive calendar days -without pay, initi
ated by the employer without prejudice to the work
er, for such reasons as lack of orders or materials,
release of temporary help, conversion of plant, in
troduction of labor-saving machinery or processes,
or suspensions of operations without pay during
inventory periods.
ESTABLISHMENT - "A single physical location where busi
ness is conducted or where services or industrial
operations are performed; for example, a factory,
mill, store, mine, or farm. Where a single physical
location comprises two or more units which maintain
separate payroll and inventory records and which are
engaged in distinct or separate activities for which
different industry classifications are provided in
the Standard Industrial Classification, each unit
shall be treated as a separate establishment* An
establishment is not necessarily identical with the
business concern or firm which may consist of one
or more establishments. It is also to be distin
guished from organizational subunits, departments,
or divisions within an establishment.n (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 19k0, 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.
I'ANUFACTURING - Covers private establishments engaged
in the mechanical or chemical transformation of in
organic or organic substances into new products and
usually described as plants, factories, or mills,
which characteristically use power-driven machines
and materials-handling equipment. Establishments
engaged in assembling component parts of manufac
tured products are also considered manufacturing if
the new product is neither a structure nor other
fixed improvement. Government manufacturing opera
tions such as arsenals and navy yards are excluded
from manufacturing and are included under Government.
MINING - Covers establishments engaged in the extrac
tion from the earth of Organic and inorganic miner
als which occur in nature as solids, liquids, or
gases; includes various contract services required
in mining operations, such as removal of overburden,
tunneling and shafting, and the drilling or acidiz
ing of oil wells; also includes ore dressing, béné
ficia ting, and concentration.
NONDURABLE GOODS - The nondurable-goods subdivision
includes the following major manufacturing industry
groups : food and kindred products; tobacco manu
factures; textile-mill products; apparel and other
finished textile products; paper and allied products;
printing, publishing, and allied industries; chemi
cals and allied products; products of petroleum and
coal; rubber products; and leather and leather pro
ducts. This definition is consistent 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 l£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 l£th 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 Columbia, Florida,
Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi,
North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee,
Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia.
(In the case of sawmills and planning mills, general,
a third region is identified - the West - and in
cludes California, Oregon, and Washington.)
SERVICE AND MISCELLANEOUS - Covers establishments pri
marily engaged in rendering services to individuals
and business firms, including automotive repair
services. Excludes domestic service workers. Non
government schools, hospitals, museums, etc., are
included under service and miscellaneous; similar
Government establishments are included under Govern
ment.
TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC UTILITES - Covers only pri
vate establishments engaged in providing all types
of transportation and related services; telephone,
telegraph, and other connunication services orNpro
viding electricity, gas, steam, water, or sanitary
service. Similar Government establishments are in
cluded under Government.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRACE - Covers establishments en
gaged in wholesale trade, i.e., selling merchandise
to retailers, and in retail trade, i.e., selling
merchandise for personal or household consumption,
and rendering service incidental to the sales of
goods. Similar Government establishments are in
cluded under Government.
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