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Serial No. R. 572
UNITED.STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Frances Perkins, Secretary
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
Isador Lubin, Commissioner
Employment and Pay Rolls
April 1937
Prepared by
Division of Employment Statistics
LEWIS E. TALBERT, Chief
and
Division of Construction and Public Employment
HERMAN B. BYER, Chief
UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON : 1937
CONTENTS
Summary of employment reports for April 1937:
Industrial and business employment
Public employment
Detailed reports for April 1937:
Industrial and business employment
Public employment
Page
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Tables
TABLE 1.—All manufacturing industries combined and nonmanufacturing
industries—employment, pay rolls, and weekly earnings,
April 1937
TABLE 2.—Federal employment and pay rolls—summary, March and
April 1937__1
TABLE 3.—Manufacturing and nonmanufacturing industries—employment, pay rolls, hours, and earnings, April 1937
TABLE 4.—All manufacturing industries combined and the durable- and
nondurable-goods groups—indexes of employment and pay
rolls, January 1936 to April 1937
TABLE 5.—Selected nonmanufacturing industries—indexes of employment and pay rolls, January 1936 to April 1937
TABLE 6.—Geographic divisions and States—comparison of employment
and pay rolls in identical establishments in March and
April 1937
TABLE 7.—Principal cities—comparison of employment and pay rolls in
identical establishments in March and April 1937
TABLE 8.—Executive service of the Federal Government—employment
in April 1937, March 1937, and April 1936
TABLE 9.—Executive service of the Federal Government—monthly record
of employment from April 1936 to April 1937, inclusive
TABLE 10.—Construction projects financed by Public Works Administration funds—employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked,
April 1937, by type of project
TABLE 11.—Construction projects financed by Public Works Administration funds—summary of employment, pay rolls, and manhours worked, from July 1933 to April 1937, inclusive
TABLE 12.—Projects financed by The Works Program—employment, pay
rolls, and man-hours worked, April 1937, by type of project.
TABLE 13.—National Youth Administration work projects and StudentAid projects financed by The Works Program—employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked, April 1937
TABLE 14.—Projects financed by The Works Program—employment, pay
rolls, and man-hours worked from the beginning of the program in July 1935 to April 1937, inclusive
(in)
5
7
9
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15
18
20
21
22
22
24
25
26
26
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Pagt
15.—National Youth Administration work projects and StudentAid projects financed by The Works Program—employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked from the beginning
of the projects to April 1937, inclusive
TABLE 16.—Emergency conservation work—employment and pay rolls,
March and April 1937
TABLE 17.—Emergency conservation work—employment and pay rolls
from April 1936 to April 1937, inclusive
TABLE 18.—Construction projects financed by the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation—employment, pay rolls, and man-hours
worked, April 1937, by type of project
TABLE 19.—Construction projects financed by the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation—summary of employment, pay rolls, and manhours worked, from April 1936 to April 1937, inclusive
TABLE 20.—Construction projects financed from regular governmental
appropriations—employment, pay rolls, and man-hours
worked, April 1937, by type of project
TABLE 21.—Construction projects financed from regular governmental
appropriations—employment, pay rolls, and man-hours
worked, from April 1936 to April 1937, inclusive
TABLE 22.—Construction and maintenance of State roads—employment
and pay-roll disbursements, from April 1936 to April 1937,
inclusive
TABLE
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28
29
29
30
31
31
EMPLOYMENT AND PAY ROLLS
Summary of Reports for April 1937
E
XPANSION in some branches of industrial activity in April resulted in a further rise in employment and pay rolls in the manufacturing and nonmanufacturing industries surveyed each month by
the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In the aggregate, approximately
92,000 workers were added to pay rolls between the middle of March
and the middle of April, and weekly wage disbursements showed an
increase of $8,500,000. Both the manufacturing and nonmanufacturing industries shared in these gains, but the major portions were
registered by the manufacturing industries.
With a single exception (January 1937) employment in the combined industries covered has increased each month since February
1936. In April 1937 there were nearly 1,500,000 more workers on
the pay rolls than in the corresponding month of last year. With
two exceptions (July 1936 and January 1937) weekly wage disbursements of the combined industries have increased each month since
January 1936 and in April were $72,000,000 greater than a year ago.
The number of workers employed by railroads also increased in
April. Preliminary reports of the Interstate Commerce Commission
indicate that, excluding executives, officials, and staff assistants,
29,306 more workers were employed by class I railroads in April than
in the month preceding.
Employment in the regular agencies of the Federal Government in
April was somewiiat higher than in the month preceding—the executive, judicial, legislative, and military branches all showing small
gains. On construction projects financed wholly or partially from
public funds the trend of employment was mixed. Increases were
reported in the number of workers employed on construction projects
financed by regular governmental appropriations, the Public Works
Administration, the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, and on
Federal projects under The Works Program. Employment on projects operated by the Works Progress Administration in April, on the
other hand, was below the March level as a result of the completion
of emergency flood-control projects. The number of workers employed on the emergency conservation program increased during the
month due to the beginning of a new enlistment period.
(1)
Industrial and Business Employment
THE increase over the month interval of more than 85,000 wage
earners or 1.0 percent in factory employment raised the April index of
factory employment to 102.1, the highest point reached since November 1929. Weekly factory pay rolls advanced even more sharply than
employment (3.8 percent or approximately $7,600,000). The increase
brought the April pay-roll index to 104.9, which is above the level of
any month since October 1929.
Numerous wage-rate increases were a primary factor in the large
pay-roll gains, 2,135 manufacturing establishments having reported
increases that affected 1,168,341 wage earners during the period
March 16 to April 15. As these figures relate only to firms which
supply monthly data for inclusion in the published summaries, and
the survey covers only approximately 55 percent of all factory workers,
It is clear that they do not represent all the wage-rate increases that
occurred during the month.
The factory employment and pay-roll gains over the month interval
were more heavily concentrated in the durable-goods industries than
in the nondurable-goods industries. For the durable-goods group the
net increases were 2.3 percent in employment and 6.4 percent in pay
rolls. The nondurable-goods group as a whole showed a decline of
'0.2 percent in employment and a gain of 0.3 percent in pay rolls.
The April index of employment for the durable-goods group (98.6)
stands above that of any month since November 1929. The employment index for the nondurable-goods group (105.9) is, with four
exceptions in 1929, one exception in 1927, and one exception in 1937,
above the level of any month since January 1923.
Compared with a year ago, factory employment has increased 14.6
percent and weekly wage disbursements in manufacturing establishments have increased 32.3 percent. These percentage increases
represent nearly 1,100,000 wage earners and nearly $52,000,000 in
weekly pay rolls.
In the manufacturing industries surveyed, 57 of the 89 showed gains
in employment over the month interval and 64 industries reported
increased pay rolls. Some of the more pronounced increases in
employment were seasonal. Among the manufacturing industries
reporting important seasonal gains in employment were canning
(23.7 percent), beet sugar (13.3 percent), fertilizers (11.5 percent),
brick-tile-terra cotta (8.0 percent), ice cream (7.2 percent), marbleslate-granite (6.7 percent), cement (5.3 percent), paints and varnishes
(2.7 percent), and beverages (2.2 percent). Cane-sugar refining
showed an increase of 9.9 percent; steam- and electric-railroad car
building, 6.9 percent; locomotives, 5.9 percent; and agricultural implements, 4.6 percent. Employment in the copper-lead-zinc smelting
and refining industry increased 4.3 percent and the automobile indus
try reported an increase of 3.5 percent. Other employment gains in
industries of major importance were: Electrical machinery, apparatus,
and supplies (3.1 percent), blast furnaces, steel works, and rolling
mills (2.7 percent), foundries and machine-shop products (2.7 percent), steam-railroad repair shops (1.8 percent), paper and pulp
(1.3 percent), chemicals (1.2 percent), petroleum refining (1.2
percent), and cotton goods (0.6 percent.) Employment in the machine-tool industry, which is a barometer of orders placed for powerdriven metal-cutting machinery, continued the expansion which has
been shown each month, with but one exception (August 1936), since
October 1934. The gain in this industry of 2.7 percent from March
to April raised the April employment index to 146.7, which is the
maximum recorded since March 1930 and indicates a gain of 339
percent from the low point (33.4) registered in April 1933.
Seasonal curtailment of operations between March and April
resulted in employment decreases of 14.6 percent in cottonseed—
oil, cake, and meal; 8.7 percent in millinery; 5.8 percent in confectionery; and 3.3 percent in boots and shoes. Smaller declines were
reported in slaughtering and meat packing, men's clothing, woolen
and worsted goods, and book and job printing. Employment in
rubber boots and shoes decreased 5.3 percent over the month interval
largely because of a strike, and in women's clothing employment declined 4.8 percent. Decreases ranging from 2.7 percent to 3.1 percent were also reported for the shirt and collar, fur-felt hat, soap, and
radio and phonograph industries.
Although there was an increase from March to April of 78,000
workers in 12 of the 16 nonmanufacturing industries surveyed, the
decreases in the remaining 4 industries reduced the net gain to 7,000.
Pay-roll gains were reported by 14 of the 16 nonmanufacturing
industries surveyed, the net increase in weekly wages being $890,000.
The outstanding decrease in employment was in bituminous-coal
mining (61,000 workers, or 15.5 percent). This decrease was due to
reduced operations pending completion of new w^age agreements, a
curtailment of production because of accumulated stocks, and a
holiday. The reduction of forces in wholesale trade, laundries, and
insurance was relatively small. Seasonal employment gains were
reported in private building construction (9.8 percent), quarrying and
nonmetallic mining (8.1 percent), and dyeing and cleaning (4.8
percent). Anthracite mining reported increases of 10.5 percent in
employment and 68.9 percent in pay rolls. Metal mines continued
to add more workers to their pay rolls, the gain over the month
interval being 4.2 percent. The April employment index for this
industry is 76.2 (taking the year 1929 as 100) and exceeds the level
of any month since October 1930. The gain from the low point of
August 1932 was 166 percent. Year-round hotels reported a gain of
1.8 percent in employment, the April index (88.4) standing at the
highest level since May 1931. Reports received from 16,499 wholesaletrade establishments employing 344,048 workers in April indicated a
net decline in employment of 0.2 percent, the decrease being due
primarily to sharp seasonal recessions in the farm-products and the
agent and broker groups. Among the more important lines of
wholesale trade showing gains over the month interval were food
products (1.8 percent), machinery, equipment, and supplies (1.1
percent), electrical goods (1.1 percent), hardware (0.8 percent),
furniture and house furnishings (0.2 percent), automotive dealers
(0.2 percent), and groceries (0.1 percent). Among the lines in which
declines were shown were dry goods and apparel (1.7 percent), and
chemicals and drugs (0.3 percent).
Employment in 56,385 retail establishments reporting 976,131
workers in April rose 0.4 percent over the month interval, a decrease
of 0.7 percent in the general-merchandising group (department,
variety, and general-merchandising stores and mail-order houses),
having been offset by gains in other lines of retail trade. Among the
lines of retail trade in which increases were shown from March to
April were cigar stores (3.8 percent), lumber and building materials
(3.3 percent), hardware (2.1 percent), drugs (1.8 percent), automotive
(1.5 percent), food (1.2 percent), and furniture (0.7 percent). The
wTood-coal-ice group reported a seasonal recession of 6.6 percent.
In addition to the increases reported by manufacturing establishments, approximately 165,000 workers in reporting establishments of
nonmanufacturing industries received wage-rate increases. The major
portion of these nonmanufacturing employees were in the bituminouscoal mining industry.
Class I railroads employed 1,118,067 workers (exclusive of executives, officials, and staff assistants) in April, according to a preliminary
report by the Interstate Commerce Commission. This was 2.7
percent above the number reported for March (1,088,761). Corresponding pay-roll figures for April were not available at the time
this report was prepared. The March pay roll, however, amounted
to $161,551,803 in comparison with the February total of $147,207,372,
a gain of 9.7 percent.
Hours and earnings.—Based on data supplied by cooperating
manufacturing establishments for full- and part-time workers combined, the average hours worked per week by factory wage earners in
April were 40.4, or 1.5 percent below the March average. April hourly
earnings, however, were 63.8 cents, or 4.0 percent above the March
figure. Average weekly earnings rose 2.7 percent over the month
interval to $26.30.
Of the 14 nonmanufacturing industries for which man-hour data are
available, 7 reported gains in average hours worked per week and 13
showed increases in average hourly earnings. Higher average weekly
earnings were reported by 13 of the 16 nonmanufacturing industries
surveyed.
Table 1 presents a summary of employment and pay-roll indexes
and average weekly earnings in April 1937 for all manufacturing
industries combined, for selected nonmanufacturing industries, and
for class I railroads, with percentage changes over the month and
year intervals except in the few industries for which certain items
cannot be computed. The indexes of employment and pay rolls
for the manufacturing industries are based on the 3-year average
1923-25 as 100, and for the nonmanufacturing industries on the
12-month average of 1929 as 100. The information for the manufacturing industries, mining, laundries, dyeing and cleaning, and
building construction covers wage earners only. For crude-petroleum
producing it covers wage earners and clerical field force. The figures
for public utilities, trade, hotels, brokerage, and insurance cover all
employees, including executives.
Table 1.—Employment, Pay Rolls, and Earnings in All Manufacturing Industries
Combined and in Nonmanufacturing Industries, April 1937
Employment
Industry
All manufacturing industries combined L_.
.-..
Class I steam railroads 2
Coal mining:
Anthracite
Bituminous
Metalliferous mining
Quarrying and nonmetallic mining
Crude-petroleum producing
Public utilities:
Telephone and telegraph
Electric light and power and
manufactured gas _
Electric-railroad and motorbus operation and maintenance
_
Trade:
Wholesale..
Retail
General merchandising-_.
Other than general merchandising.
Hotels (year-round) 5
Laundries
Dyeing and cleaning
Brokerage
Insurance
Building construction
Average weekly earnings
Pay rolls
Percentage
Percentage
change from—
change from—
Index
Index
April
April
1937 March April 1937 March April
1936
1937
1936
1937
(1923(192325 =
25 =
100)
100)
102.1 +1.0 +14.6 104.9 +3.8 +32.3
63.3 +2.6
0)
+7.7
(1929 =
(1929=
100)
100)
54.0 +10.5 +8.5
63.9 +68.9 +122. 9
72.6 -15.5 - 6 . 3
54.4 -38.5 -13.1
76.2 +4.2 +32.4
76.9 +8.9 +69.1
53.1
75.8
+8.1
+2.1
+9.7
+6.2
48.1 +16.3
67.4 +5.9
Average in
April
1937
Percentage
change from—
March
1937
April
1936
+2.7
(3)
+15.4
(3)
$26. 30
(3)
34.40
19.06
32.06
+52.8 +105. 5
-27.3
-7.3
+4.5 +27.7
+33.1
+18.1
22.70
33.27
+7.5
+3.7
-2.6
76.6
+1.6
+8.1
-1.0
+13.3
30.18
92.9
+.8
+5.5
95.2
+.8
+10.5
33.18
+4.8
+4.8
72.9
+.3
+2.3
69.4
+.2
+5.2
31.25
-.1
+2.8
91.9
88.8
99.6
-.2
75.4
71.9
89.0
+.fi
+1.9
+1.6
+11.0
+10.1
+9.8
29.33
21.72
18.61
+.8
+.4
+7.2
+4.2
+2.2
+1.5
+2.3
+3.6
+5.5
+7.4
86.0
88.4
88.5
84.9
+.8
+1.8
-.3
+4.8
+.3
68.3 +2.0
74.5 +2.5
78.5 +1.3
68.8 +11.5
+.6
+.2
+16. 3
+9.9
+12.4
+ 10.7
+7.3
+11.0
+5.1
+37.1
24.24
14.59
16. 79
19.94
39.17
39.24
29.60
+1.2
+.8
+1.6
+6.4
+.3
+.3
+6.0
+4.8
+5.8
+4.1
+3.3
+4.5
+3.9
+16.9
+4.9
+6.3
+6.3
+3.9
+6.3
- . 1 +1.1
+9.8 +17.3
* Indexes adjusted to Census of Manufactures for 1933.
2 Preliminary—Source: Interstate Commerce Commission.
* Not available.
* Less than Ho of 1 percent.
* Cash payments only; the additional value of board, room, and tips cannot be computed.
149741—37
2
+21.4
+11.2
6
Public Employment
EMPLOYMENT reports on construction projects financed from Public
Works Administration funds indicated an increase of 19,000 in the
number employed in April compared with March. The total number
of workers employed during April on these projects was 192,000.
Increases were shown in the number of workers employed on Federal
and non-Federal projects financed from funds provided by the National
Industrial Recovery Act and on projects financed from funds provided
by the Emergency Relief Appropriation Acts of 1935 and 1936. Payroll disbursements for April on all projects financed by the Public
Works Administration totaled $15,242,000.
The seasonal increase in employment on construction projects
financed from regular governmental appropriations continued in April.
During the month more than 132,000 workers were employed, an
increase of 12,000, or 10.4 percent compared with March. Increases
in employment occurred on electrification, naval vessels, public roads,
reclamation, streets and roads, and miscellaneous projects. The
number of workers employed on forestry projects remained the same
and the number of workers on building construction, river, harbor,
and flood control, and water and sewerage projects decreased. Payroll disbursements for all types of projects totaled $13,856,000.
More than 8,000 workers were employed on projects financed by the
Reconstruction Finance Corporation in April. Compared with March,
this was an increase of 6.9 percent in the number working. Small
decreases in employment on building construction and miscellaneous
projects were offset by increases in the level of employment for
reclamation and water and sewerage projects. Employment on
bridges remained virtually the same. Total pay rolls on all types of
projects amounted to $1,041,000.
The number of wage earners employed on projects financed by The
Works Program during April was 2,982,000, an increase of 9,000, or
0.3 percent compared with the preceding month. Of this total 254,000
wrere working on Federal projects, 2,101,000 on projects operated by
the Works Progress Administration, and 627,000 on work projects of
the National Youth Administration and Student-Aid. Pay-roll disbursements totaled in excess of $135,719,000.
In the regular agencies of the Federal Government, increases were
reported for the executive, judicial, legislative, and military services.
Employment in the executive service showed a small increase (0.7
percent) in April compared with March, but was 3.3 percent higher
than a year ago. Of the 836,000 employees in the executive service
in April, 117,000 were employed in the District of Columbia and
719,000 were working outside the District. Pronounced increases in
employment in the executive departments occurred in the W7ar
Department, the Department of Agriculture, the Post Office Depart
ment, and the Works Progress Administration. An appreciable
decrease was shown in the number of workers in the Home Owners'
Loan Corporation.
In emergency conservation work (Civilian Conservation Corps)
employment increased sharply in April. Employment for all groups of
workers totaled 369,000, an increase of 62,000 over March. Gains in
employment were registered in the enrolled personnel and supervisory
and technical workers. Losses, on the other hand, occurred in the
number of reserve officers and educational advisers. Pay rolls for the
month for all groups of workers were $17,503,000, an increase of
$1,733,000.
The number of workers employed on the construction and maintenance of State roads in April was 138,000, an increase of more than
7,000 compared with the preceding month. Substantial gains were
registered on new road construction and on maintenance work. Of
the total number employed 9.5 percent were engaged on new construction and 90.5 percent on maintenance. Pay-roll disbursements for the
month amounted to $9,108,000.
A summary of Federal employment and pay-roll statistics for March
and April 1937 is given in table 2.
Table 2.—Summary of Federal Employment and Pay Rolls, April 1937 1
[Preliminary figures]
Employment
Class
April
1937
March
1937
Pay roll
Percentage
change April 1937 March 1937
Federal service:
3 835,639 829,582
+0.7 $128,212,030 *$128,238,155
Executive 2
_
1,995
525, 722
+1.2
505,102
2,018
Judicial
5,060
1,188,663
Legislative.
+.9
1,194,543
5,107
Military
+.3 24,914, 582 * 23,462, 794
317,001
316,160
Construction projects:
Financed by P. W. A.e:
192, 201 173, 574 +10.7
15,242,390
13,353, 904
+6.9
1,041,280
929,032
Financed by R. F. C*
8, 226
7,696
Financed by regular governmental
132, 639 120,175 +10.4
13,855,633
11,847,783
appropriations
Federal projects under The Works
13, 432, 725
12,504,895
254, 524 249, 690 +1.9
Program.
- . 2 115,802,897 114,688,415
2,100,965 2,104,938
Projects operated by W. P. A
National Youth Administration:
3,224,944
191, 982 191, 569
3,181,627
+.2
Work projects._
3, 230,513
434, 744 426,666
+1.9 3,302,100
Student-Aid
Relief work: Emergency conservation
369,309
17,502,905
15,770,090
work s
_
307,337 +20.2
Percentage
change
+.5
+6.2
+14.1
+12.1
+16.9
+7.4
+1.0
-1.3
+2.2
+11.0
1 Includes data on projects financed wholly or partially from Federal funds.
Includes employees of Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Iloward University.
Includes 153 employees by transfer, previously reported as separations, not actual additions for April.
<
Revised.
5
Less
than 1/10 of 1 percent.
6
Data covering P. W. A. projects financed from E. R. A. A. 1935 and 1936 funds are included. These
data are not shown under The Works Program.
' Includes 129,887 wage earners and $9,618,255 pay roll for April; 113.930 wage earners and $8,254,306 pay
roll for March covering P. W. A. projects financed from E. R. A. A. 1935 and 1936 funds.
s Includes 77 employees and pay-roll disbursements of $4,235 for April and 55 employees and pay-roll
disbursements of $2,111 for March on projects financed by RFC Mortgage Co.
»Includes 40,617 employees and pay roll of $5,449,798 for April and 39,829 employees and pay roll of $5,482,134 for March included in executive service.
2
3
8
Detailed Reports for April 1937
Industrial and Business Employment
M
ONTHLY reports on employment and pay rolls in industrial
and business industries are now available for the following
groups: 89 manufacturing industries; 16 nonmanufacturing industries, including building construction; and class I steam railroads.
The reports for the first two of these groups—manufacturing and nonmanufacturing—are based on sample surveys by the Bureau of Labor
Statistics, and in virtually all industries the samples are large enough
to be entirely representative. The figures on class I steam railroads
are compiled by the Interstate Commerce Commission and are presented in the foregoing summary.
Employment, Pay Rolls, Hours, and Earnings in April 1937
THE indexes of employment and pay rolls, average hours worked
per week, average hourly earnings, and average weekly earnings in
manufacturing and nonmanufacturing industries in April 1937 are
shown in table 3. Percentage changes from March 1937 and April
1936 are also given.
Table 3.—Employment, Pay Rolls, Hours, and Earnings in Manufacturing and Nonmanufacturing Industries, April 1937
Manufacturing
[Indexes are based on 3-year average 1923-25=100 and are adjusted to 1933 Census of Manufactures]
Industry
Index
April
1037
All manufacturing industries..
Durable goods
___
Nondurable goods
Percentage
change from—
March
1937
April
1936
102.1
98.6
105.9
+1.0
+2.3
-.2
+14.6
+19. 8
+10. 0
108.9
120.2
93. 2
70.9
+2.0
+2.7
+3. 3
42.7
89.7
74.0
09.8
94. 0
+.4
+ 1.8
Average weekly earnings *
Pay rolls
Employment
Index
April
1937
Percentage
change from—
Average hours worked
per week i
Percentage
change from—
April
1937
Average hourly
earnings 1
Percentage
change from—
April
1937
Percentage
change from—
April
1937
March
1937
April
1936
104.9
106.4
102.9
+3.8
+6.4
+.3
+32.3
+40.0
+23.2
$26. 30
29.98
22.15
+2.7 +15.4
+4.1 +16.9
+.5 +12.1
40.4
42.0
38.6
-1.5
-.9
-2.3
+4.0
+2.5
+5.3
Cents
63.8
70.3
56.8
+24.0
+25.9
+20. 7
+17.3
124.5
145.6
116.0
61.5
+56.2
+03. 4
+48.3
+51. 5
32.69
30. 20
28. 70
23. 28
-1.8
-2.1
-3.3
+2.5
+.4
+.8
+2.1 +16.2
75.9
85.0
06. 5
55.2
80.1
75. 5
114.1
77.5
+30.4
+55. 3
+48.7
+33.1
24.21
31.29
25. 79
25.41
42.6
44.4
42.4
41.5
-1.5
-.3
-2.0
-4.4
+4.5
+8.6
+5.7
+8.8
+2.5 +30.3
+2.0 + 10.8
+2.1 +24.7
+2.0 +8.G
84. 5
100.4
78.5
108.2
+7.5
+3.9
+8.7
+3.9
+08. 3
+33. 5
+54. 8
+19. 4
29.91
27.09
29.17
23.53
+8.4 +25.9
+11.6 +29.8
+3.8 +17.1
+7.9 +29.1
+2.0 + 12.3
+2.9 +19. 5
-1.9 + 16.3
-2.5 +18.4
+4.9 +29.0
+1.9 +14.2
+0.4 +24.3
+1.8 +9.8
42.5
42.6
43.3
41.8
+10.1
+30.1
+27.8
+12.5
+ 10.6
+ 14.5
+7.2
410.9
+2. 5
+ 1.7
-2.1
-3.7
44.0
42.5
42.7
40.6
-1.3
+.1
-.8
115.5
184.2
+4.1 +45. 0
+2.2 +34.1
20.44
25.20
+.1
March
1937
April
1936
March
1937
April
1936
March
1937
April
1936
+4.0
+5.0
+2.5
+11.3
+13.7
+7.2
58.2
70.7
61.1
61.4
+10.3
+14.0
+7.4
+6.3
+3.7
+3.3
+.1
+2.2
+22.0
+28.5
+16.0
+10.7
+7.1
+10.3
+9.7
+8.9
+10.5
+6.2
+8.2
+1.9
68.2
63.7
68.5
58.3
+6.4
+1.7
+7.3
+1.9
+3.9
-7.2
58.5
64.4
+3.8
+6.1
+17.2
+7.3
+15.2
+7.5
+8.3
+16.0
Durable goods
Iron and steel and their products, not including
machinery
Blast furnaces, steel works, and rolling mills..
Bolts, nuts, washers, and rivets
Cast-iron pipe
Cutlery (not including silver and plated
cutlery), and edge tools--Forcings, iron and steel..._
—
Hardware
Plumbers' supplies
Steam and hot-water heating apparatus and
steam fittings
Stoves
Structural and ornamental metalwork
Tin cans and other tinware
Tools (not including edge tools, machine
tools, files, and saws)
Wirework
See footnotes at end of table.
81.7
115.2
75.7
102.2
102.2
186.0
-.3
-1.2
+.3
-.3
+30.0
+25.9
+3.8
+2.5
+12.3
+7.6
45.2
39.2
-3.4
Table 3.—Employment, Pay Rolls, Hours, and Earnings in Manufacturing and Nonmanufacturing Industries, April 1937—Continued
Manufacturing—Continued
[Indexes are based on 3-year average 1923-25=100 and are adjusted to 1933 Census of Manufactures]
Industry
Index
April
1937
Durable goods— Continued
Machinery, not including transportation equipment
Agricultural implements
Cash registers, adding machines, and calculating machines
Electrical machinery, apparatus, and supplies.
Engines, turbines, tractors, and water wheels.
Foundry and machine-shop products
_.
Machine tools
_
_.
Radios and phonographs
Textile machinery and parts
Typewriters and parts..
_
_.
Transportation equipment,
__
Aircraft
Automobiles
Cars, electric- and steam-railroad
Locomotives
_.
Shipbuilding..
Railroad repair shops
__
Electric railroad
_
_
Steam railroad
_
Nonferrous metals and their products
Aluminum manufactures
Brass, bronze, and copper products
Clocks and watches and time-recording
devices
_
Jewelry
Lighting equipment
Silverware and plated ware
Smelting and refining—copper, lead, and z i n c .
Stamped and enameled ware
Percentage
change from—
March
1937
April
1936
+2.6
+4.6
+.6
+3.1
+3.2
+2.7
+2.7
-2.8
+2.5
+1.0
+3.6
+2.9
+3.5
+6.9
+5.9
+2.0
+ 1.8
+24.8
+4.9
Average weekly earnings i
Pay rolls
Employment
Index
April
1937
Percentage
change from—
March
1937
April
1936
Average hours worked
per week i
Percentage
change from—
April
1937
March
1937
April
1936
$29.75
29.23
+4.1
+6.2
+17.6
+18.3
34.77
29.16
33.05
30.09
33.43
20.95
29.50
27.11
32.47
28.45
33. 09
28.93
30.56
31.17
30.59
29.94
30.69
26.60
26.38
29.43
+4.8
+4.7
+6.2
+3.4
+1.5
+2.6
+4.4
+1.3
+.5
+2.1
-.5
+5.4
+4.6
+3.6
Average hourly earnings i
Percentage
change from—
Percentage
change from—
April
1937
April
1937
March
1937
April
1936
43.0
41.5
-.5
-.01
+4.6
+1.4
71.0
+19.7
+15.4
+22.0
+18.0
+18.6
+10.5
+22.0
+17. 5
+7.8
+8.5
+5. 9
+25.4
+26.9
+12.4
+5.0
+5.9
+5.0
+20.0
+18.1
+26.5
43.5
41.2
41.2
44.7
46.9
36.8
45.3
42.9
38.3
45.2
37.6
41.3
43.9
37.6
44.5
44.5
44.5
41,9
42.5
42.9
+1.9
-1.2
-.2
-.4
-.2
+3.8
+2.0
+4.3
+5.2
+6.7
+4.6
+9.6
+8.2
-5.5
+6.9
-8.9
+ 13.6
+15.6
+4.0
+4.8
+.7
+5.2
+5.6
+5.3
+7.0
80.7
70.1
80.2
67.2
71.3
57.0
65.3
63.1
85.1
02.9
88.1
70.1
69.6
81.6
68.9
65.8
69.2
63.0
62.1
68.6
+3.0
+5.5
+6.4
+3.6
+1.7
+2.0
+3.9
+4.1
+3.0
+15.9
+14.4
+18.8
+23.7
+24.1
+10.4
42.0
38.4
41.4
41.4
42.5
41.5
+7.8
+7.4
+5.2
+21.9
+3.4
-1.5
55.4
61.3
64.3
62.6
66.9
56.7
March
1937
April
1936
Cents
124.3
137. 5
131. 3
114.6
144.3
109.7
146.7
158. 4
87.0
154.3
125.4
813.7
136.2
75.1
57.4
109.0
63.3
63.8
63.3
115.5
124.4
127.6
123.0
87.5
101.4
74.4
84.6
162.4
+L8
+.8
+.2
+2.8
+11.7
+34.0
+14.5
+26.5
+30.9
+1.7
+23. 9
+30. 2
+19.5
+49.6
+17.8
+36. 0
+98.1
+6.8
+9.5
+2.1
+10.2
+22.4
+20. 6
+29.3
+6.7 +46.8
13S.9
180.0 +11.0 +23.4
+5.4 +33.8
148.0
+7.9 +54.5
121.0
+9. 6 +38.4
152.6
118. 5 +6.2 +49. 2
+4.2 +55.3
159.1
126.8
- . 2 +12.4
95.8
+7.0 +50.9
156. 7 +2.3 +60.0
128.6
+4.0 +28.7
738.7
+5.0 +07. 2
136.0
+2.9 +24.7
89.1 +12.7 +70.1
45.1 +10.7 + 151.3
122.7
+5.7 +20.1
67.4
+2.4 + 15.0
+8.1
67.6
+.7
67.6
+2. 6 +15. 7
114.2
+2.1 +46.8
130.7
+.3 +42.4
132.7
+3.9 +63. 6
+.8
-1.2
-2.3
+.9
+4.3
-1.7
+19.3
+20.2
+41.8
+16.4
+10.1
+16.7
122.1
68.0
107.1
68. 5
81.9
164.1
+1.6
-1.8
-2.0
+.8
+8.9
+.5
+38.3
+37.4
+68.5
+44.1
+36. 6
+28.8
23.25
23.58
26.52
25.65
28.40
23.49
+.7
+1.1
+.8
+1.3
+.1
+1.0
+.8
-.6
+.3
-.1
+4.5
+2.3
+.3
+.5
-2.7
-2.6
-.2
-3.3
+.9
0
-.4
+.7
e
+'.s
-1.6
-1.2
-1.6
-2.4
-2.9
-2.5
-.8
-1.2
-1.2
+4.4
+6.8
+.4
+2.9
+4.4
+4.5
+4.0
+12.9
+17.1
+14.7
+13.2
+17.3
+12.5
+11.1
+5.9
+11.3
+11.9
+14.5
-.9
+16.8
+9.4
+9.7
+8. 5
+1.5
+•1
+.2
+5.0
+3.1
+1.3
+2.6
+13.8
+ 12.7
+17.6
+3.3
+1.8
+3.0
+1.2
+5.7
+3.6
+8.6
+6.2
+13.4
+.7
+20.0
+12.8
-.1
Lumber and allied products
__
Furniture
__
_
Lumber:
Millwork....
Sawmills
_
_
Stone, clay, and glass products
Brick, tile, and terracotta
Cement..1
Glass
Marble, granite, slate, and other products
Pottery
_
I
-
70.6
86.9
57.7
53.4
73.0
53.3
66.9
110.9
43.1
82.1
+12.4
+21.9
68.3
78.5
+1.8 +23.7
+2.2 +5.6
+3.8 +15.9
+8.0 +24.0
+5.3 +21.9
+.8 +12.0
+6.7 +13.4
+1.2 +9.7
55.6
52.0
71.1
49.2
68.5
120.2
38.8
+72.2
+1.1
-.7
+5.7
+2.0
+30.6
+41.2
21.64
21.21
+5.6
+8.5
+7.6
+ 15. 5
+9.6
+4.4
+15.6
-2.3
+40.7
+21.3
+35.7
+52.3
+44.8
+32.6
+21.9
+22.1
22.46
21. 71
24.80
22.53
25.48
26.18
26.30
23.42
-2.9
100.2
100.3
+2.9
-1.4
101.5
107. 6 +6.1
-.9
108.3
114. 6 +1.8
65.9 -26.4
127.5
+.4
71.3
+.8
83.3
+5.4
95. 7 -13.3
95.7
-9.4
112. 6 - 1 8 . 3
96.0
-2.3
115. 7 - 6 . 0
48.6 -24.8
114. 6 - 6 . 4
87.7
-5.1
81.6
-8.3
111.4
+3.8
108.2
+3.9
-.5
123.4
220.2
+4.3
66.2
+2.8
1.13.3 +26. 6
70.5
-7.5
72.3
+2.7
64.4
+8.3
98.7
+7.8
50.3 +12.2
-.2
80. 5
-.2
52.3
65. 7
+.4
-.2
50.7
+23.2
+29.9
+51.8
+43.6
+21.4
+13. 6
+2.7
+15.4
+21.0
+36. 3
+ 11.0
+24.8
18.34
18.27
23.25
16. 11
18.75
22. 30
20.33
17.93
16.76
21.57
18.53
19.94
19.12
17.03
13.99
22.26
13. 56
20.82
19.82
24. 76
24.43
24.28
33.04
22.99
16.49
17.16
24.75
28.36
27.99
25.96
25.83
16.05
17.50
15.73
+4.4
+2.8
+3.8
+6.2
+3.6
+6.9
+4.1
+3.6
+8.3
+16.1
+15.8
43.6
43.0
+13.7
+14.9
+17.1
+23.0
+18.7
+18.2
+7.5
+11.3
44.9
43.7
40.7
43.4
39.5
39.1
40.0
41.7
-1.7
+11.6
+14.8
+21.5
+20. 5
+7.4
+10.0
-3.5
+.8
+.2
+.4
+1.3
+.5
+.5
+.8
+.9
+6.3
+5.7
+6.4
+7.7
+4.1
+5.3
+6.2
+5.1
+5.2
+4.8
+4.7
50.2
49.7
+3.8
+2.6
+8.3
+9.7
50.2
50.5
61.3
52.2
64.5
67.4
65.8
57.4
+3.4
+4.7
+3.2
+6.4
+3.2
+2.9
+1.6
+2.0
+5.5
+9.1
+11.0
+16. 5
+13.1
+12.8
+2.6
+4.3
37.0
38.1
37.7
38.6
39.9
39.6
27.8
37.7
37.8
37.7
34.6
34.9
33.2
37.1
38.0
-3.4
-1.9
-7.1
-1.4
-3.0
-2.1
-25. 8
-2.2
+4.8
+4.6
+9.1
+4.7
+2.6
+2.2
+ 1.8
+5.1
+5.5
+6.9
+3.0
+4.0
-(')
+2.5
+2.8
+7.5
-3.5
-1.4
-6.5
-3.1
-1.5
49.1
47.7
61.3
41.6
47.6
55. 9
70.5
48.5
44.6
57. 5
51.9
56. 5
54.4
45.8
33.3
+6.1
+9.5
+9.8
+14.9
+6.5
+7.2
+4.5
+3.0
+5.3
+14.4
+1.5
+3.1
+1.1
+2.4
35.6
38.9
38.5
40.6
41.1
42.3
41.3
-4.4
-5.0
-6.1
-3.5
+14.9
+17.0
+8.8
+4.2
+6.8
+2.1
38.0
53.8
51.8
61.4
58.8
57.8
80.9
+4.5
+5.1
+4. 5
+7.6
+9.5
+3.5
+3. 2
66.5
60.1
43.4
48.5
42.8
+13.2
+3. 2
+3.2
+2.8
+20. 6
+9.2
+4.1
+5.1
+9.4
+4.6
-3.6
Nondurable goods
Textiles and their products.._
Fabrics
Carpets and rugs
Cotton goods
Cotton small wares
Dyeing and finishing textiles.
Hats, fur-felt
Knit goods
Silk and rayon goods
Woolen and worsted goods
_
Wearing apparel
Clothing, men's
Clothing, women's
Corsets and allied garments
Men's furnishings.!
Millinery
Shirts and collars..
Leather and its manufactures
Boots and shoes
_
Leather
Food and kindred products
Baking
_
Beverages
Butter
Canning and preserving
_
Confectionery
Flour
_
Ice cream.
Slaughtering and meat packing
_
Sugar, beet.
Sugar refining, cane
Tobacco manufactures
Chewing and smoking tobneco and snuff
Cigars and cigarettes.'! _
See footnotes at end of table.
-.
_
_.
_.
-1.2
109.9
103.7
-.1
102. 9
+.6
105. 7
+.6
107.9
-.6
123.1
(2)
88.0
-3.1
123. 4
-.2
82.2
-.6
89.0
-1.4
121.8
-2.9
114.8
-1.3
161.8
-4.8
92.4
-.8
146.8
-.5
61.0
-8.7
126. 6 - 2 . 7
98.3
-2.5
99.3
-3.3
100.0
+1.2
107.7
+1.9
132.7
-.7
196. 7 +2.2
83.9
+2.0
110.8 +23.7
74.2
-5.8
74.4
+.3
69.2
+7.2
S8.4
-2.6
44.0 +13.3
83.7
+9.9
-1.0
56.0
-1.7
60.6
-1.1
+10.5
+13.1
+25.0
+19.1
+ 13.2
+3.2
+2.0
+7.4
+8.2
+11.7
+5.9
+8.1
+1.5
+2.7
+18.1
-1.7
+11.6
+8.3
+8.9
+6.1
+7.4
+5.5
+11.4
+3.3
+17.6
+3.5
+.7
+3.0
+7.5
+9.3
+3.4
+2.7
+.5
+3.0
-.2
+6.5
+24.4
-4.6
+14.0
+29.5
+31.7
+24.1
+19.8
+13. 3
+18.0
+7.3
+40.3
+14.5
+10.8
+10.4
+32.3
+19.3
+17. 6
+18.9
+15.1
+19.5
+3.0
-1.9
+5.5
-.3
+ 1.8
-24.1
+.6
+1.4
+6.9
-1.0.7
-8.2
-14.3
-1.5
-5.4
-17.6
-3.8
-2.7
-5.2
+2.6
+2.0
+.2
+2.1
+.8
+2.3
-1.8
+2.4
+1.1
+10.7
-1.0
-9.1
+.8
+2.0
+1.0
+.6
+7.5
+11.8
+21.9
+4.8
+15. 5
-1.7
+3.5
+5.5
-3.1
+2.0
+19.6
+20.9
+17.0
+11.7
+7.4
+5.9
+3-8
+19.2
+10.5
+10.0
+7.2
+23.0
+9.0
+13.8
+15.7
+14. 5
+16.4
36.4
38.6
44.3
48.2
40.9
40.4
42.3
36.7
36.3
36.8
-4.1
+4.5
+6.5
+6.3
-6.6
+4.5
—6.3 +15.4
-1.1
-6.9
-4.4
+2.7
-.9
-.4
-.6
-1.4
-1.7
+1.4
-2.9
-1.8
+2.0
+1.0
-.1
+1.5
-7.8
+.1
-2.4
+.4
+9.3
+9.0
+6.6
+3. 6
+2.5
+1.8
+6.4
+11. 5
+4.7
+12.6
+3.0
-.7
+1.4
+2.6
+2.2
+3.5
+3.3
+1.8
+.5
46.6
+4.1
44.8
+1.8
55. 5 +1.1
58.5
+1.0
6S.0 +11.6
-1.7
-1.1
+1.3
+4.7
+.8
-.1
Table 3.—Employment, Pay Rolls, Hours, and Earnings in Manufacturing and Nonmanufacturing Industries, April 1937—Continued
Manufacturing—Continued
[Indexes are based on 3-year average 1923-25=100 and are adjusted to 1933 Census of Manufactures]
Industry
Index
April
1937
Nondurable
Percentage
change from—
Average weekly earnings i
Pay rolls
Employment
Index
April
1937
Percentage
change from—
March
1937
April
1936
104.8
107.9
119.6
+0.7
+1.1
+2.7
+16.7
+27.1
+25.2
+ 10.0
+2.0
93.4
103.7
+.4
+ 12.7
+ 14.7
+17.1
+13.4
+9.0
+15.8
+26.5
+10.5
+16.2
+13.1
+4.7
+10.0
+5.9
136.4
136.2
150.6
50. 3
119.8
107.6
150.9
142.1
364.8
116.4
137.0
100.3
68.2
+2.0 +19.3
+.3 +4.9
150.8
90.5
March
1937
April
1936
107.2
104.0
119.1
+0.1
+.3
+1.3
+8.2
+14.5
+9.5
90.9
105.6
-1.2
(
126.6
127.7
135. 6
58.7
111.5
92.4
151. C
138.2
378.1
107. G
122.0
96.7
76.0
+1.4
+1.3
+1.2
Average hours worked
per week i
Percentage
change from—
April
1937
147.1
81.4
-14.0
—.6
+2.5
+11.5
+2.7
+1.3
-3.0
April
March
1937
April
March
1937
April
1936
21.10
25.29
+0.6
+.9
+1.4
+7.9
+11.1
+14.4
40.8
42.2
43.4
+ 17.5
+7.1
30.45
36.70
+.3
+.4
+6.8
+4.9
40.4
37.7
+6.5 +31.4
+5. 7 +32.9
+7.4 +38.0
27.63
25.33
30. 76
11.46
23.48
33.19
+5.0
+4.4
+6.1
+.5
+ 16.6
+15.9
+17.9
+20.5
+5.3
+7. 7 +25.5
+
17.8
+6.0
+4.0 +12.7
+16.6
+2.9
- 2 . 6 +12.2
+7.8 +20.8
+.5 +10.1
+16.5
40.3
41.8
41.1
49.8
40.0
42.3
45. 6
43.4
39.8
39.6
35.6
37.7
39.1
+4.8
+5.9
+4.7
-.1
+6.5
+2.6
+.2 +3.8
+.4 +3.9
+.3 +1.3
+1.0 +14.0
+2.0
-1.5
+2.4 +10.6
+3.0 +14.3
+3.6
+1.8
+2.8
-3.5
+2.0
-.5
+2.4
-1.2
+4.7
-2.0
-5.3
+1.2
41.2
34.6
-.8
-1.4
-14.1
-1.2
+1.0. 3
+ 18.2
+0.8
+4.3
-5.6
+9.1
+.5
-5.4
+36. 8
+ 14.8
+45. 3
+49.0
+24.5
+35. 6
+26. 7
+20. 7
+21.1
+23.2
+3.3 +35.9
+.2 +13.4
16.19
28.12
23.79
26.38
33. 59
27.67
22.36
23.62
32.37
+13.9
+8.1
Percentage
change from—
Percentage
change from—
April
1937
1937
1936
goods—Continued
Paper and printing
___
__
Boxes, paper
Paper and pulp
_
_
Printing and publishing:
Book and job
Newspapers and periodicals
Chemicals and allied products, and petroleum
refining
_
_
Other than petroleum refining
Chemicals..
Cottonseed—oil, cake, and meal—
_.
Druggists' preparations
Explosives
Fertilizers
Paints and varnishes
Rayon and allied products
Soap
_
___.
Petroleum refining
Rubber products
__
__
Rubber boots and shoes._
_
_.
Rubber goods other than boots, shoes, tires,
and inner tubes
Rubber tires and inner tubes
_
Average hourly earnings i
-0.7
-2.3
+8.2
-3.8
Cents
72.0
50.5
58.4
March
1937
+1.2
+3.1
+2.0
76.2
93.9
70.0
61.9
74.9
23.2
56.0
78.5
35.5
65.0
59.8
66.9
95.1
75.1
57.2
+5.1
+3.6
+5.8
58.5
93.8
+3.1
+1.3
-.3
+1.4
+5.1
+3.0
+2.7
+2.9
+.8
+8.2
+1.9
+1.9
April
1936
+2.8
+5.0
+8.9
+.3
+3.2
+13.8
+12.6
+16.3
+6.4
+2.4
+13.8
+3.9
+8.8
+14.7
+9.0
+19.3
+9.5
+9.7
+9.6
+11.5
Nonmanufacturing
[Indexes are based on 12-month average 1929=100]
Coal mining:
Anthracite
Bituminous
Metalliferous mining
Quarrying and nonmotallic mining
C rude-petroleum producing
Public utilities:
Telephone and telegraph
Electric light and power and manufactured
gas..
Electric-railroad
and motorbus operation and
maintenance.
.._
Trade:
Wholesale
_
Retail
General merchandising
Other than general merchandising
Hotels (year-round)3
Laundries
Dyeing and cleaning
Brokerage
Insurance
Building construction
54.0
72.6
76.2
53.1
75.8
76.6
92.9
72.9
91.9
88.8
99.6
86.0
88.4
88.5
84.9
4
()
(4)
(4)
+10.5
+8.5
-15.5
-6.3
+4.2 +32.4
+8.1 +9.7
+2.1 +6.2
+1.6 +8.1
+^8 +5.5
+.3 +2.3
-.2
+7.2
+.4
+4.2
— 7
+2.2
+.8 +4.9
+1.8 +6.3
-.3
+6.3
+4.8 +3.9
+.3 +6.3
-.1
+1.1
+9.8 +17. 3
63.9
54.4
76.9
48.1
67.4
86.1
95.2
69.4
75.4
71.9
89.0
68.3
74.5
78.5
68.8
4
()
(4)
(4)
+68.9 +122. 9
-38.5
+8.9
+16.3
+5.9
-1.0
+.8
+.2
+.6
+ 1.9
+1.6
+2.0
+2.5
+1.3
+ 11.5
+.6
+.2
+16. 3
-13.1
+69.1
+33.1
+18.1
+13.3
+10.5
+5.2
+11.0
+10.1
+9.8
+9.9
+12.4
+10.7
+7.3
+ 11.0
+5.1
+37.1
+40. 7 + 101.3
34.40 +52.8 +105. 5
19. 06 - 2 7 . 3
-7. 3
32.06
+4.5 +27.7
22.70
+7.5 +21.4
33.27
+3.7 +11.2
41.8
21.7
44.5
43.1
40.1
+4.8
+4.8
+2.8
+3. 6
+5.5
+7.4
+4.8
+5.8
+4.1
+3.3
+4.5
+3.9
+16.9
39.3
+ (2)
40.5
-.4
30.18
-2.6
33.18
2
+()
31.25
-.1
29.33
21.72
18.61
24.24
14. 59
16. 79
19.94
39. 17
39. 24
29. 60
+.8
+ 1.5
+2.3
+1.2
+.8
+1.6
+0.4
+.3
+.3
+C.0
-36.1
-1.0
+3. 0
+.6
-18.0
+7.0
+9.2
+4.6
+1.3
+.7
82.6
87.8
72.0
52.6
82.0
+4.8
+12.2
+5.4
+4.2
+3.9
79.6
-2.2
81.7
46.2
-.5
-.9
66.6
42.7
43.5
39.9
44.6
47.9
43. 1
43.8
4
-.4
-.2
-.8
-.1
-1.2
+.6
2
+.4
+2.5
4
+.3
+.4
+1.0
+1.3
4
68.6
54.4
50.0
55.8
30.1
38.6
46.3
+1.1
+.4
+1.2
+1.6
+2.6
+1.3
+1.7
+1.0
+2.5
4
33.3
+5.5
+5.5
88.4
+.4
()
(4)
(4)
()
-( )
-1.5
(4)
()
0)
(4)
(4)
()
+0.8
+11.2
+20.1
+10.6
+6.4
+3.7
+5.5
+3.8
+2.7
+5.0
+8.8
+4.0
+5.7
+2.8
+2.3
(4)
()
+10.9
1
Average weekly earnings are computed from figures furnished by all reporting establishments. Average hours and average hourly earnings are computed from data supplied
by a smaller number of establishments as all reporting firms do not furnish rnan-hours. Percentage changes over year are computed from indexes. Percentage changes over month
in average
weekly earnings for the manufacturing groups, for all manufacturing industries combined, and for retail trade are also computed from indexes.
2
Less than Mo of 1 percent.
3 Cash payments only; the additional value of board, room, and tips cannot be computed.
* Not available.
CO
14
Indexes of Employment and Pay Rolls, January 1936 to April 1937
INDEXES of employment and pay rolls are given in tables 4 and 5
for all manufacturing industries combined, for the durable- and
nondurable-goods groups of manufacturing industries separately, and
for 13 nonmanufacturing industries including 2 subgroups under
retail trade, by months from January 193G to April 1937, inclusive.
The accompanying chart indicates the trend of factory employment
and pay rolls from January 1919 to April 1937.
The indexes of factory employment and pay rolls are computed
from returns supplied by representative establishments in 89 manufacturing industries and cover only wage earners. The base used in
computing these indexes is the 3-year average 1923-25 as 100. In
April 1937 reports were received from 25,297 manufacturing establishments employing 4,971,593 workers whose weekly earnings were
$130,777,313. The employment reports received from these establishments cover more than 5o percent of the total wage earners in all
manufacturing industries of the country and more than 05 percent of
the wrage earners in the 89 industries included in the monthly survey
of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The indexes for nonmanufacturing industries are also computed
from data supplied by reporting establishments, but the base is the
12-month average for 1929 as 100. Figures for mining, laundries,
dyeing and cleaning, and building construction cover wage earners
only, but the figures for public utilities, trade, hotels, brokerage, and
insurance relate to all employees, including executives. For crudepetroleum producing they cover wage earners and clerical field force.
Data for both manufacturing and nonmanufacturing industries are
based on reports of the number of employees and amount of pay rolls
for the pay period ending nearest the 15th of the month.
15
Table 4.—Indexes of Employment and Pay Rolls in All Manufacturing Industries
Combined and in the Durable- and Nondurable-Goods Groups, January 1936
to April 1937 x
[Adjusted to 1933 Census of Manufacturers—3-ycar average 1923-25=100]
Manufacturing
Xirable goods 2
Total
Nondurable goods3
Month
Employment
Pay rolls
Pay rolls
Employment
P a y rolls
1937
1936
1937
1936
.1937
1936
1937
1936
1937
86. 8 96. 5
86. 9 99. 0
87.9 101.1
89.1 102. 1
89. 8
90.1
90. 7
95. 8
101.1
79! 3 104. 9
80. 8
81. 1
78.7
78. 6
80. 2
82. 3
84.0
84.7
90.4
66. 9
06. 6
71.8
76. 0
78. 5
79.0
86. 6
92. 5
100.0
100.4
95. 4
95. 8
96.1
96. 3
96. 0
95. 9
J03.0
105.2
106. 1
105.9
82.5
82.7
84.9
83. 5
83.8
83. 9
96.0
99.9
102.6
102. 9
91.2
93 5
<).">. 5
96. 7
96. 9
98. 1
80.
83.
83.
89.
00.
9".
2
5
6
0
7
2
81, 6
84.7
85. 7
89.2
91.0
92. 7
75. 9
77.0
77.2
85. 3
88. 9
93. 1
98. 2 : : : : : ; :
102.8
105.9
104.7
103.3
104. 0
85. 6
9L. 8
91.6
93.7
92.9
97.5
91 9
82 4
81.7
78.0
1936
1937
1936
January
February
March .".
April
Mav
June
73. 8
73. 7
July..A u mist
September
October
November
December
Average
Employment
96. 4
98. 6
99. 5
87.9
i Comparable indexes for earlier years will be found in the February 1937 issue of this report, or in the
April 1937 issue of the Monthly Labor Review.
includes the following groups of manufacturing industries: Iron and steel; machinery; transportation
equipment; railroad repair shops; nonferrous metals; lumber and allied products; and stone, clay, and
glass
products.
3
Includes the following groups of manufacturing industries: Textiles and their products, leather and its
manufactures, food and kindred products, tobacco manufactures, paper and printing, chemicals and allied
products, products of petroleum and coal, rubber products, and a number of miscellaneous industries not
included in other groups.
Table 5.—Indexes of Employment and Pay Rolls in Selected
Nonmanufacturing
Industries, January 1936 to April 1937 1
[12-month average 1921) = 100
Anthracite mining
Month
Employment
Pay rolls
1936 | 1937 1936 1937
Bituminous-coal
mining
Employment
P a y rolls
Metalliferous mining
Quarrying and nonmetallic mining
Employment
Employment
Pay rolls
Pay rolls
1936 1937 1936 1937 1936 1937 1936 1937 !936 1937 1936
1937
1
Januarv
Febnmrv
March
April
May
June
-
59.1
61.2
52. 5
49.8
54. 9
51.2
July
August
September
October
November
December
48. 4
41.1
17.6
49. 9
51. 5
54. 8
Average.. 51.8:
54.1
52.7
48.9
54.0
54.4
76.7
42.6
28.6
56. 3
42.0
42 7
41, 0
37. 8
63.9
79.8
80.2
80.4
77. 5
76.2
75. 7
79.9
82.4
88.4
54 4
54.2
55.5
55.9
57, 5
60.8
61.9
84.6
84.8
85. 9
72.6
70.6
78.4
70.2
62 6
62.2
61, 5
37.2
31.4
34.9
48. 5
10. 3
55.4
75. 5
76. 9
78.2 : : : : :
81.1
82.3
83. 9
62. 6
65. 4
71.0
79. 2
80.7
85. 0
45.7
79.0 - - - - -
70. 8 - — 60.3
66. 8
69.6
73.1
76 ?,
61.3
61.6
63.1
64.2
62. 9 ....
64. 4
41.7
42.8
45.1
45. 5
47.7
48.2
46. 1
48.2
50.0
53. 7
54. 6
57.7
58.4
63. 4
70.6
76.9
39.4
36.9
42.2
48 4
52. 0
53.5
45.7
46.7
49.1
53 1
54. 4
55. 3
54.9
54. 6
52.6
49.4
48.4 - — 49.5 . . . . .
25. 5
23.9
30.9
36. 1
42.1
44.0
34.6
37.8
41.3
48 1
43.9
46.2
44.8
46.2
43. 5
39.4
38.9
i Comparable inde>;es for earlier years for all of these industries, except year-round hotels, will be found
in the November 1934 and subsequent issues of this pamphlet, or the February 1935 and subsequent issues
of the Monthly Labor Review. Comparable indexes for year-round hotels will be found in the June 1935
issue of this pamphlet, or the September 1935 issue of the Monthly Labor Review.
±u
Table 5.—Indexes of Employment and Pay Rolls in Selected Nonmanufacturing
Industries, January 1936 to April 1937—Continued
light and
Telephone and tele- Electric
power, and manugraph
factured gas
Crude-petroleum
producing
Month
Electric-railroad and
motorbus operation and maintenance *
Employ- Pay rolls Employ- Pay rolls Employ- Pay rolls Employ- Pay rolls
ment
ment
ment
ment
1936 1937 1936 1937 1936 1937 1936 1937 1936 1937 1936 1937 1936 1937 1936 1937
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August.
September
October
November
December
71.1
70.8
70.9
71.3
72.7
73 7
_
Average-
72.7
73.5
74.2
75.8
55.7
55.7
56.0
57.1
58.0
58.9
61.0
63.8
63.7
67.4
74.4
74.8
75.4
76.6
75.0
76.2
77.2
76.0
78.5
77.4
83.8
82.3
86.9
86.1
86.1
86.1
86. 8
88.0
89.0
90.4
92.1
92.0
92.2
92.9
84.8
84.7
85.9
86.2
87.0
88.1
92.3
93.3
94.5
95.2
70.7
71.7
71.2
71.3
71. 5
71.7
72.5
72.5
72.6
72.9
65.0
68.3
67.8
65.9
66.1
66.8
75 4
75.0
74.5
73 6
73.2
72.4
60.4
59.7
60.4
59. 6
60.1
61.3
73.1
73.5
73.7
73.8
73.7
73.6
79.9
81.2
78.8
83.1
81.6
82.4
91.7
93.1
93.5
94.0
93.5
93.2
89.8
89.8
91.4
92.7
91.8
93.8
72.4
72.4
72.8
73.1
73.0
72.5
66.5
66. 5
66.4
67.7
69.7
69. 3
72.9
58.6
72.2 . . . . .
78.9
90.5
88.8
72.0 . . . . .
67.2
Total retail trade
Wholesale trade
Month
70.1
69.9
70.2
70.8
71.6
72.1
Employ- Pay rolls
ment
Employment
P a y rolls
Retail trade—general merchandising
Employment
68.0
68.7
69.2
69.4
Retail trade—other
than general merchandising
Pay rolls Employment
P a y rolls
1936 1937 1936 1937 1936 1937 1936 1937 1936 1937 1936 1937 1936 1937 1936 1937
January.
February
March
April
May
Jimp
July
August
September
October
November
December
85.6
85.0
85.6
85.7
84.6
84.6
Average..
90.7
92.0
92.1
91.9
66.6
66.6
69.0
67.9
68.2
68.4
72.6
74.1
75.0
75.4
80.4
79.7
81.9
85.2
85.0
85.5
85.4
85.2
88.5
88.8
83.2
82.4
86.6
88.7
90.1
99.6
62.1
61.6
63.5
65.3
65. 8
66.4
68.0
67.9
70.5
71.9
88.2 95.1
85.1 93.9
90.9 100.3
97.4 99.6
95. 5
96.4
76.4
73.9
77.3
81.0
80.8
81.3
83.8
82.9
87.6
89.0
78.4
78.3
79.5
82.0
82.3
82 6
82.9
82.9
85.4
86.0
59.1
59.1
60.7
62.1
62.7
63 3
64.7
64.8
67.0
68.3
85.4
86.3
88.0
89.0
89.7
91.0
69.0
69.7
70.5
71.5
73.1
72.8
65.1
64.4
66. 6
68.3
70.1
75.9
90.7
89.4
98.5
103.9
109.3
143.4
77.3
76.4
82.8
87.2
91.4
116.2
81.2
80 5
83.5
84 7
85.1
88.1
62.6
61 9
63.3
64 4
65.7
67.6
86.7
69.4 - — 85.7 - — 66.3
99.1
83.5
82.2
62.7 - —
Year-round hotels
Laundries
Dyeing and cleaning
Employ- Pay rolls Employ- Pay rolls EmployPay rolls1
ment
ment
ment
Month
1936 1937 1936 1937 1936 1937 1936 1937 1936 1937 1936 1937
January
February.
March.
.
April
May
June
_
July
__
August
September.
..
October.
November
December
Average. _
..
.._.
__
_
_
_
__
__
81.9
82.8
82.8
83.2
84.1
83.9
83.3
83.2
84.2
85.4
84.6
84.0
85.5
86.4
86.9
88.4
83.6 . . . . .
64.9
66. 5
66.0
66.3
67.0
66.6
66.0
66. 1
67. 5
69. 6
69.6
69.8
67.2
70.4
72.5
72.7
74.5
81.5
81.2
82.1
83.2
85. 5
87.2
88.5
88.6
88.7
88.5
68.3
67.8
69.9
70.9
75. 6
75.8
90. 5
89. 6
89. 6
87.6 . . . . . .
87.0
87.6
79.0
76. 7
76 ('»
75.3
74.5
76.1
86. li
73.9
76.4
76.3
77.5
78.5
71.5
70.3
74.7
81.8
87.3
87. 5
76.8
76.2
81.1
84.9
51.6
49.0
56.4
64.1
72.2
09. 2
85. 5
83 f>
86 7
86. 5
81 3
77.7
81.2 . . . . .
64.8
63 2
66 1
66. 7
60 2
57. 3
55.6
54.6
61.7
68.8
61.7
* Not including electric-railroad car building and repairing; see transportation equipment and railroad
repair-shop groups, manufacturing industries, table 3.
EMPLOYMENT & PAY KOLJLS
AIL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES
//?cfey lumbers
140
120
100
4J
60
J92325100
forfexA
'umbers •
MH
1
J
60
120
H
A
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1
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V
/
40
V
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80
60
40
20
20
Q
/)
1919 /920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 J926 192/ 1928 /929 WO 193/ 1932 /933 /934 1935 J936 1937 1938 u
v
t/y/ffo STATES BUREAU OFUBOR STATISTICS
i
18
Trend of Industrial and Business Employment, "by States
A COMPARISON of employment and pay rolls, by States and geographic divisions, in March and April 1937, is shown in table 6 for all
groups combined, and for all manufacturing industries combined,
based on data supplied by reporting establishments. The percentage
changes shown, unless otherwise noted, are unweighted—that is, the
industries included in the manufacturing group and in the grand total
have not been weighted according to their relative importance.
The totals for all manufacturing industries combined include figures
for miscellaneous manufacturing industries in addition to the 89 manufacturing industries presented in table 3. The totals for all groups
-combined include all manufacturing industries and each of the nonmanufacturing industries presented in table 3 except building construction.
"Table 6,—Comparison of Employment and Pay Rolls in Identical Establishments in March and April 1937 by Geographic Divisions and by States
[Figures in italics are not compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, but are taken from reports issued by
cooperating State organizations]
Total—All groups
Manufacturing
PerPerAmount cent•Geographic division Num- Number centof pay
ber of on pay
age
age
and State
roll
change
estabroll
(1 week) change
from
lishfrom
April
April
March
ments
March
1937
1937
1937
1937
PerPerNum- Number cent- Amount centof pay
ber of on pay
age
age
roll
estabroll
change (1 week) change
lishApril
from
from
April
ments
1937
March
March
1937
1937
1937
Dollar,
New England
14,008
Maine
791
New
Hampshire
449
Vermont
M assachusetts— i 8,885
Rhode I s l a n d . .
1,258
Connecticut
2,531
959,208
59,384
39,803
18,985
517,049
100,487
223, 500
Middle A t l a n t i c . . . 35,434 2,
!. 304,275
23, 712 1,049,340
New York
4,134 351, 680
New Jersey
7,589 904,114
Pennsylvania..
Jlast North Central.. 21,690 2,403,(.094
Ohio
8,039 667,814
288,184
Indiana
2,491
5
Illinois
6,344 651,567
Michigan...
3,835 601,532
Wisconsin
6 981 196,406
West North Central. 11,398
Minnesota
2,178
Iowa..
1,785
Missouri
3,102
North D a k o t a . .
534
South D a k o t a . .
492
Nebraska
1,584
9
Kansas
2,268
+.18 231,093,295 +3.2
—1.
1,290,210
+.6
+2.3
853,046
438, 230
+1.2 IS,459,066
- . 1 2,340,820
+1.0 5,711,923
2 63,486, 848
- . ' 2" 29. 538.359
+1.1
+2.2
+6. 3
+2.
+6. 2
+3.6
+2.1
+i
+
+1.7
310
435,728 -(«) 10,662,
10,662,310
89,119 +1.7 2,288,157
63,330 - 2 . 8 1,549,648
178,355
- . 5 4,335,374
5,007 + 1 . 8
116,905
7.937
+.4
201,082
33,71L; +1.7
805,978
58,269\*+3.4
1,365,166
680,122
48, 763
204
142
1,694
426
744
33,069
12,876
817,293
81,240
186,881
Dollars
4 16,I,170,031
- 3 . 0 1,034,873
+
+1.0
+2.4
-.3
+1.3
692, 216
298,919
7,524,591
1,835,003
4, 784,429
+3.5
+0.3
+3.1
+7.2
+2.8
+6.6
+4.0
+3.3
+•5
+4.0
*+5.6
+3.8 7,501 1, 886,012 +2. 3 56,014,857 +5.0
+2.9 2, 523 505, 344
15,221,018 +4.6
+6.8
89b 235.717 +1.1 6,812,880 +9.0
+8.4 2,422 459,728 +3.9 12,858,507 +5.8
+3.7
929
123,003
16,695,179 +3.8
+i
+3.1 1726
+i 4,427,273 *+28
1+1.2
+1.6
2,446 222,180
+ . 6 5,493,408 +2.9
2,446
42S
+4.1
425
41,161 +1.5 1,064,515 +4.8
41(1
-.2
416
38,122 - 1 . 2
971,449 +2.7
89(i
+.1
896 102,872
+ . 5 2,429.910
+.5
57
+1.0
57
681 + 4 . 4
18,047 +1.8
-1.7
39
2,212 -1.2
55,072
+.1
1581
+3.6
158j
11,647 +1.3
302,992 +7.3
455\
* +4.7
455\ 25,485 +1.7
651,423 +7.8
-.1
+.8 9.370,613 +2.6
+.5 24, 584,429 +4.5
+ 1 . 7 69,025,784
.9,161,671
+2.9 7,874,568
17,819,021
18,842,838
5,221,796
3,495
285
*828
2,806
1,282,614
+ . 4 35,042,336
13,174,711
471,105
6,995,735
266,490
645,019 * +. 7 14,871,890
1
Includes banks and trust companies, construction, municipal, agricultural, and office employment,
.musement and recreation, professional services, and trucking and handling.
2
Includes laundering and cleaning, and water, light, and power.
3
Includes laundries.
4
Weighted percentage change.
5
Includes automobile and miscellaneous services, restaurants, and building and contracting.
6
Includes construction, but not hotels and restaurants or public works.
7
Does not include logging.
8
Less than Mo of 1 percent.
9
Includes financial institutions, miscellaneous services, and restaurants.
19
Table 6.—Comparison of Employment and Pay Rolls in Identical Establishments
in March and April 1937 by Geographic Divisions and by States—Continued
[Figures in italics are not compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, but are taken from reports issued by
cooperating State organizations]
Manufacturing
Total—All groups
PerPerPerPercent- Num- Number cent- Amount
Geographic division Num- Number cent- Amount
centof pay
of pay
ber
of
age
ber of on pay
age
age
on
p
a
y
age
and State
roll
estabestab;hange (1 roll
roll
change (1 week)
roll
change
week) change
lishlishfrom
April
from
from
April
from
April March ments
April
ments
1937 March
1937 March
March
1937
1937
1937
1937
1937
1937
Dollars
Dollar,
South Atlantic
11,109
Delaware
200
Maryland
1,636
District of Columbia
1,109
Virginia..
2,108
West Virginia.. 1, 246
North Carolina 1,42'
South Carolina.
770
Georgia
1,552
Florida
1,155
880,446
15,792
188,047
-0.2 17,666, 544 - 0 . 9 2,750 592, 551 +0.8 11, 502,932
+3.2 409,059 i + 6 . 8 81 11,975 +3.9 305,524
*+2.7 2,473,081
+2.5 3,479,424\ +5.5
1 +8.1
41,990
108,167
155,574
166,347
79,204
121,854
53,471
-.3
— 1.
+2.3
+6.5
+3.0
+4.5
+3.7
Hast South Central..
Kentucky
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
4,343
1,284
1,290
1,227
542
296, 542
84,423
107,315
88,198
16,606
- 3 . 8 5,670,104
- 5 . 6 1,835, 231
-4.0
-8.6
West South Central.
Arkansas.
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Texas...
4,501
202,107 +1.2 4, 596,103
88,085 +./
440,776
51,217
+.8 995,296
41,868 +2.6 1,025,972
+1.0 2,134,059
Mountain
Montana
Idaho
Wyoming
Colorado.
New Mexico.
Arizona
Utah
Nevada
Pacific.
Washington...
Oregon..
California
^445
11
1,051
1,371
U
4,391
709
473
326
1,2a
3i:
479
G22
208
9,470
3,129
1, 338
5,003
137,831
22,108
10, 256
8,91 r
44,442
7,737
20,363
21,41"
2,601
3:
461
244
569
211
385
194
3,746
76,288
61,852
153,112
71,743
94,855
22,352
-2.1
128,460
+1.0 1,518,666
+.2 1, 703, 589
+.9 2,442,516
+.4 1,079,429
+.5 1,486,247
-7.6
365,420
+•7 3,736,460
291
380
239
88
198,832
39,573
82,41.2
66,822
02
+3.5
+2.8
+3.3
+3.2
+3.9
1,113
176
212
142
553
102, 690
17,164
28,250
12,471
44,805
+1.5 3, 644,132 +.2
+2.2 687,616 +1.7
+4.0 279, 500 + 10./!
572
84
55
36
192
34
36
108
27
39,059
5,147
2,960
1,629
17,027
1,263
3,100
6,929
1,004
1,071,188 +.1
2,154,794 -1.4
- 1 . 5 3,660, 756 -11.2
+.7 2,687,664 +2.9
+.5 1,216,690- +4.1
+.7 2,066,429' +2.5
920, 540i -5.1
-7.2
1,978,144' +1.9
- 7 ! 5 1,576,622! -5.8
280,107
-.4
-1.3
-2.9
+.4
+2.1
+5.4
—. 2
227,393 -11. 7
-.8
1,109,137
169,329 -2.9
557,269 +7.2
538,245 -2.7
75,643
+.1
460,701
101,814
54,357
+.9
+4.0 12, 632,951 +4.0
+.9 2, 795,602 +3.1
+1.0 1,424,026 +4.5
304,530
+4-3
+5.6 8,413,323
2,557 265, 774
57,093
563
31,810
306
176,871
1,688
-.5
+2.0
+.3
-1.
+4.4
+6.5
-.2
-4.5
+4.0
902,343
+.3
1,484,372 +4.4
1,192,672 +6.7
157,073 +2.0
2,211, 739 +6.2
+1.4
+1.2 312,502 +4-6
+1.3 493,997 +4.7
+3.6 295,920 +6.2
+.8 U 109,320 +7.8
+4.7 1,038, 311 +6.8
+2.2 153,750 +3.4
77, 727 +32.6
+16.0
52,435 +4.4
+2.4
+4.4 452,104 +5.4
21,299 +7.4
+8.0
76,983 +5.4
+3.3
+4.6 174,099 +7.7
29,914 -4.3
—.6
+6.7 7,388,447 +7.0
+.9 1,572, 746 +5.8
+1.
821,909 +7.6
+9.8 4,993,792 +7.3
10
Includes automobile dealers and garages, and sand, gravel, and building stone.
"12 Includes business and personal service, and real estate.
Includes banks, insurance, and office employment.
Industrial and Business Employment and Pay Rolls in Principal Cities
A COMPARISON of April 1937 employment and pay rolls with the
March totals in 13 cities of the United States having a population of
500,000 or over is made in table 7. The changes are computed from
reports received from identical establishments in both months.
In addition to reports included in the several industrial groups
regularly covered in the survey by the Bureau, reports have also
been secured from establishments in other industries for inclusion
in these city totals. As information concerning employment in
building construction is not available for all cities at this time, figures
for this industry have not been included in these city totals.
20
Table 7.—Comparison of Employment and Pay Rolls in Identical Establishments
in March and April 1937, by Principal Cities
City
New York, N . Y . . . .
Chicago, 111
Philadelphia, P a . . . .
Detroit, Mich
Los Angeles, Calif...
Number of Number on Percentage
establishpav roll change from
April 1937 March 1937
ments
-0.5
17,384
4,529
2,486
1,639
2,838
734,010
499,285
240, 082
398,062
160,424
Cleveland, Ohio
St. Louis, Mo
Baltimore, Md
Boston, Mass
1,708
1, 575
1,213
3,870
150,759
141,891
107, 792
191, 597
+.7
+.4
+4.7
+.6
+1.1
+.1
+2.8
+.2
Pittsburgh, Pa
San Francisco, Calif.
Buffalo, N. Y
Milwaukee, Wis
1,374
1,654
922
717
212,315
92,913
73,885
96, 224
+2.0
-1.2
+ 1.1
-1.8
Amount of
pay roll
(1 week)
A p r i l 1937
$20,319,009
14,461, 533
6, 505,075
12,820,732
4,466, 628
Percentage
change from
March 1937
-1.1
4,367,896
3,659,937
2,817, 486
4,836, 527
+4.5
+.5
+5.7
+1.4
+3.0
+2.3
+7.0
+.9
6,315, 589
2, 708,948
2,167,959
2, 704, 539
+2.3
+2.4
+4.7
-.3
Public Employment
EMPLOYMENT created by the Federal Government includes employment in the regular agencies of the Government, employment on the
various construction programs wholly or partially financed by Federal
funds, and employment on relief-work projects.
Construction projects financed by the Public Works Administration are those projects authorized by title II of the National Industrial
Recovery Act of June 16, 1933. This program of public works has
been extended to June 30, 1937, by the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 and title II of the First Deficiency Appropriation
Act of 1936. The First Deficiency Appropriation Act of 1936, cited
as the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1936,reappropriated unobligated funds originally made available under the Emergency Relief
Appropriation Act of 1935 and authorized the use of $300,000,000
from funds on hand or received from the sale of securities.
By authority of Public Resolution No. 11, Seventy-fourth Congress,
approved April 8, 1935, the President, in a series of Executive orders,
inaugurated a broad program of works to be carried out by 61 units of
the Federal Government. The Works Program has been continued
by title II of the First Deficiency Appropriation Act of 1936, cited as
the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1936. Employment
created by this program includes employment on Federal projects
and employment on projects operated by the Works Progress Administration. Federal projects are those conducted by Federal agencies
which have received allotments from The Works Program fund.
Projects operated by the Works Progress Administration are those
projects conducted under the supervision of the Works Progress
Administration with the cooperation of States, cities, or counties.
The emergency conservation program (Civilian Conservation Corps)
created in April 1933 was further extended under authority of the
21
Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935. Since July 1, 1936,
emergency conservation work has been continued from appropriations
authorized by the First Deficiency Appropriation Act of 1936.
With the following exceptions, statistics on public employment refer
to the month ending on the loth. Employment statistics for the
Federal service and for emergency conservation work refer to the
number employed on the last day of the month; pay-roll data are for
the entire month. The value of material orders placed for projects
operated by the Works Progress Administration is a cumulative total
from the beginning of the program to the end of the current calendar
month and is not available on a monthly basis. Employment and
pay-roll statistics on National Youth Administration work projects
and Student-Aid are for the calendar month. Data on the value of
material orders placed on work projects of the National Youth
Administration are cumulative through the current calendar month.
Executive Service of the Federal Government
STATISTICS of employment in the executive service of the Federal
Government in April 1937, March 1937, and April 1936 are given in
table 8.
Table 8.—Employees in the Executive Service of the U.l S. Government, April
1937, March 1937, and April 1936
[Subject to revision]
District of Columbia 2
Outside District of Columbia
Entire servicv *
Item
Perma- Temnent porary
Number of employees:
April 1937
_.
108,866
108,788
March 1937
107,212
April 1936
Percentage change:
March 1937 to April 1937- +0.07
Aprill936 to April 1937- +1.54
Labor turn-over April 1937:
Number of:
936
Separations s
1,091
Accessions 8_
Turn-over rate per 100:
0.86
Separation rate
1.00
Accession rate
Total
Perma- Temnent porary
Total
Perma- Tem- :
nent porary
Total
7,88' 116,755 617, 984 100,900 718,884 726,850 108,789 4835,639
7,74' 116.335 615,132 97,91.5 713,047 723,920 105,662 829, 582
8,200 115,412 597,308 96,07' 693, 385 704, 520 104,277 80S, 797
+1.83
- 3 . 79
+0.19 +0.46
+1.16 +3.46
+3. 05
+5.02
+0.82
+3.68
+0.40
+3.17
+2. 96
+4.33
+0. 73
+3.32
914
1,850
2,179
8, 633
10, 206
13,998
18,000
22,631
28, 206
9,569
11, 297
14,912
19,088
24, 481
30, 385
11.69
13.92
1.59
1.87
1.40
1.
14.08
18.11
3.16
3.94|
1.32
1.56
13.91
17.80
2.94
3.65
1 Data on number of employees refer to employment on last day of month.
2 Includes employees of Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Howard University.
Not including field employees of Post Of lice Department, or 27,694 employees hired under letters of
authorization by the Department of Agriculture, with a pay roll of $1,183,808.
*5 Includes 153 employees by transfer previously reported as separations, not actual additions for April.
Not including employees transferred within the Government service, as such transfers should not be
regarded as labor turn-over.
8
The monthly record of employment in the executive service of the
United States Government from April 1936 to April 1937, inclusive, is
shown in table 9.
22
Table 9.—Employment in the Executive Service of the U. S. Government, by
Months, April 1936 through April 1937 1
[Subject to revision]
Month
April
May
June
District
of Columbia
Outside
District
of Columbia
115,412
117,219
117,459
693.385
699.034
705,193
808, 797
816. 253
822, 652
116, 250
115,796
115,050
114, 783
712, 557
716. 579
718.990
724, 361
828,807
832,375
834,040
839,144
1936
July
August
September..
October
Month
Total
District
of Columbia
1936—Continued
November
December
1937
January
February
March
April
Outside
District
of Columbia
Total
115,174
116,345
722,098
712, 962
837, 272"
829, 307"
116,259
116, 259
116,535
116,755
713, 924
710,462
713,047
718,884
830,183
826,721
829, 582'
835, 639-
i Data on number of employees refer to employment on last day of month.
Construction Projects Financed by the Public Works Administration
DETAILS concerning employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked
during April on construction projects financed by Public Works
Administration funds are given in table 10, by type of project.
Table 10.—Employment and Pay Rolls on Projects Financed from Public Works*
Administration Funds, April 1937 l
[Subject to revision]
Wage earners
Type of project
Maximum
number em- Weekly
ployed 2 average
of Average
Monthly Number
earnpay-roll man-hours
worked
ings
disburseduring
per
ments
month
hour
Value of
material
orders
placed
during,
month;
Federal projectsfinancedfrom N. I. R. A. funds
All projects
Building construction
Naval vessels4
_
Public roads
_
ReclamationRiver, harbor, andfloodcontrol
Streets and roads
_
Water and sewerage
Miscellaneous
3 34, 301
31,903
$3, 317, 376
5,148
11,504
(5)
1,662
4,172
11,227
10, 569
1,506
438,192
1, 649,197
527, 550
209, 239
4, 623
87
110
598
3,718
58
87
566
429,298
5,078
4,446
54,376
4, 513, 240
$0. 734
$3,473,563.
789
542
700
528
.879
.787
.505
.803
951, 812!
597, 334570,000 >
989,152 1
526,145
6,296
7,961
73, 279
.816
.807
.558
.742
338-, 86»
270'
8, 661'
17, 466".
498,
2, 096,
1, 043,
260,
Non-Federal projectsfinancedfrom N. I. R. A. funds
All projects
Building construction
Railroad construction.
Streets and roads
Water and sewerage..
Miscellaneous
28,013
23, 450
$2,306, 759
2, 527, 489
$0. 913
$3,848, 02#
13,465
725
1,687
9, 357
2, 779
11,037
724
1,313
8,044
2,332
1,075, 607
29,836
117,406
928,044
155, 806
1,078, 544
60,901
137,009
966, 728
284, 307
.997
.490
.857
. 960
.548
1, 950,107"
0*
91, 422:
1, 344,177
462, 31&
1 Data are for the month ending on the 15th.
2 Maximum number employed during any 1 week of the month by each contractor and Government
agency doing force-account work.
3 Includes weekly average for public roads
* Estimated by the Bureau of Public Koads.
* Not available; weekly average included in total for all projects,
23
Table 10.—Employment and Pay Rolls on Projects Financed from Public WorksAdministration Funds, April 1937—Continued
[Subject to revision]
Wage earners
Type of project
Maximum
number em- Weekly
average
ployed
Monthly
pay-roll
disbursements
Number of
man-hours
worked
during
month
Average
earnings
per
hour
Value of
material
orders
placed
during
month
Projects financed from E. R. A. A. 1935 and 1936 funds «
All projects
7
_
129, 887
106,960
$9, 618, 255
12,027, 623
$0. 800
$18,563,586-
Building construction "
Electrification
Heavy engineering
__
Reclamation
80,125
462
3, 404
2,734
65, 749
395
2, 765
2,470
6, 297, 922
37, 223
302,218
264, 899
7,076, 514
49, 735
350, 731
379,159
.890
.748
.862
11, 082,167
154, 854
672,486
1,105,830
River, harbor, and flood control
Streets and roads
Water and sewerage
__.
Miscellaneous
_.
373
16, 205
25,044
1,540
255
12, 879
21,139
1,308
23, 662
750, 806
1, 816, 831
124, 694
30, 547
1, 464, 485
2, 514, 429
162, 023
.775
.513
.723
.770
28, 569
1, 309,076
3,668,034
542, 570
6
7
These data are also included in separate tables covering projects financed by The Works Program.
Includes a maximum of 17,535 and an average of 14,785 employees working on low-cost housing projects
financed from E. R. A. A. 1935 funds who were paid $1,769,398 for 1,877,298 man-hours of labor. Material 1
orders in the amount of $2,253,150 were placed for these projects. These data are also included in separate
tables covering projects financed from The Works Program.
Federal construction projects for which data are included in tables
10 and 11 are financed by allotments made by the Public Works
Administration to the various agencies and departments of the
Federal Government from funds provided under the National Industrial Recovery Act. The major portion of the low-cost housing
program now- under way, however, is financed by funds provided under
the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935. The work is performed either by commercial firms which have been awarded contracts,
or by day labor hired directly by the Federal agencies.
Non-Federal projects are financed by allotments made by the Public
Works Administration from funds available under either the National
Industrial Recovery Act, the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act
of 1935, or the First Deficiency Appropriation Act of 1936. Most
of the allotments have been made to the States and their political
subdivisions, but occasionally allotments have been made to commercial firms. In financing projects for the States or their political
subdivisions from funds appropriated under the National Industrial
Recovery Act, the Public Works Administration makes a direct grant of
not more than 30 percent of the total labor and material cost. When
funds provided under the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935
or the First Deficiency Appropriation Act of 1936 are used to finance
a non-Federal project, as much as 45 percent of the total cost may be
furnished in the form of a grant. The remaining 55 percent or more
of the cost is financed by the recipient. When circumstances justify
such action, the Public W7orks Administration may provide the grantee
with the additional funds bv means of a loan. Allotments to commer
24
cial enterprises are made only as loans. All loans made by the Public
Works Administration carry interest charges and have a definite
date of maturity. Collateral posted with the Public Works Administration to secure loans may be offered for sale to the public. In this
way a revolving fund is provided which enlarges the scope of the
activities of the Public Works Administration.
Commercial loans have been made, for the most part, to railroads.
Kailroad work financed by loans made by the Public Works Administration falls under three headings: First, construction work in the
form of electrification, the laying of rails and ties, repairs to buildings, bridges, etc.; second, the building and repairing of locomotives
and passenger and freight cars in shops operated by the railroads;
and third, locomotive and passenger- and freight-car building in
commercial shops.
Monthly Trend
A SUMMARY of employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked on
projects financed from Public Works Administration funds from July
1933 to April 1937, inclusive, is given in table 11.
Table 11.—Employment and Pay Rolls, July 1933 to April 1937, Inclusive, on
Projects Financed from Public Works Administration Funds *
[Subject to revision]
Maximum
number
of wage
earners *
Year and month
July 1933 to April 1937, inclusive 3 *
July to December 1933, inclusive
January to December 1934, inclusive..January to December 1935, inclusive 3 i
January to December 1936, inclusive 3 4
Average
earnings
per hour
Value of
material
orders placed
Pay-roll
disbursements
Number of
man-hours
worked
$912, 550,372
33,244,066
308,311,143
270,393, 548
242,768,950
1,365,115,031
62,209,479
523,561,666
391,919,033
316,666,182
$0,669
.534
.589
.690
.767
$1,618, 240,501
75, 524,702
5 610,051,090
8 439,152,426
« 401,065,634
15,439,981
13,796,390
13,353,904
15,242,390
18,768,676
16,580,393
16,341, 250
19,068,352
.823
.832
.817
.799
26,929,308
19,170, 733
20,461,435
25,885,173
1937
January 3___
February 3 .
March 3
April 3
202,175
174,990
173, 574
192,201
i Data are for the month ending on the 15th.
a Maximum number employed during any 1 week of the month by each contractor and Government
agency
doing force-account work. Includes weekly average for public-road projects.
3
Includes employees working on non-Federal projects financed from E. R. A. A. 1935 and 1936 funds and
low-cost housing projects financed from E. R. A. A. 1935 funds. These data are also included in separate
tables covering projects financed by The Works Program.
* Revised.
• Includes orders placed by railroads for new equipment.
The Works Program
A DETAILED record of employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked
on projects financed by The Works Program in April is shown in
table 12, by type of project.
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Table 12.—Employment and Pay Rolls on Projects Financed by The Works
Program, April 1937 J
[Subject to revision]
Wage earners
Maximum
number
employed 2
Type of project
Weekly
average
Monthly
pay-roll
disbursements
Number of
man-hours Average
earnings
worked
per hour
during
month
Value of
material
orders
placed
during
month
Federal projects
All projects
254, 524
$6,901,508
232, 745 $13, 432, 725
26, 680, 307
42,108
4,468
23,939
15, 349
113
1,742
2,887,211
140, 490
1,056, 568
1,119, 660
8. 639
19, 382
4, 411, 392
335, 245
2,496,116
1,803, 579
9,107
77, 777
. (554
.419
.423
.621
.949
.249
1,241,316
499, 687
234, 420
1, 640,634
102
5,021
26, 516
13,865
22, 507
64,971
24,107
13,855
18,137
62,142
838, 973
1,144,325
1,054,148
3,472, 699
3, 355,080
1, 759, 608
2,120,073
7, 226, 282
.250
.650
.497
.481
46,907
91,120
846,485
1,472, 840
10,312
8,492
1,592
9,564
7,650
1,252
823, 070
324,393
42, 896
500, 271
1,133,062
935,492
123, 7 L6
893, 778
.726
.347
.347
.560
373, 867
99, 303
26,805
323,001
Building construction
Electrification
Forestry
Grade-crossing elimination
Heavy engineering
Hydroelectric power plants 3
Plant, crop, and livestock conservation
Professional, technical, and clerical
Public roads
Reclamation
44,601
4, 672
26, 757
18,808
125
1, 742
River, harbor, and flood control
Streets and roads
Water and sewerage._
Miscellaneous
_
$0. 503
P . W . A . projects financed from E . R . A. A . 1935 a n d 1936 funds *
All projects
_
129,887
106,960
$9,618,255
12,027,623
$0,800
Building construction
Electrification
Heavy engineering
Reclamation
80,125
462
3,404
2,734
65, 749
395
2, 765
2,470
6,297,922
37, 223
302, 218
264, 899
7, 076, 514
49, 735
350, 731
379,159
.890
.748
.862
River, harbor, and flood control
Streets and roads
Water and sewerage
Miscellaneous. _
_
373
16, 205
25, 044
1,540
255
12, 879
21,139
1,308
23,
750,
1, 816,
124,
30, 547
1, 464, 485
2,514,429
162,023
. 775
.513
.723
. 770
662
806
831
694
$18,563,586
Projects operated by Works Progress Administration
All projects.
2,100,965
$115,802,897 227,991,069
$0. 508
Conservation
Highway, road, and street
_.
Housing
Professional, technical, and clericalPublic building
111,435
748,102
5,109
228, 333
176,975
5, 607,856
35,946,216
316, 703
17, 345, 472
11,524,301
11,928,753
79, 598, 730
509,527
25,913,359
17, 871, 200
.470
. 4.52
. 622
. 669
.645
Publicly owned or operated
utilities.
Recreational facilities 6
Sanitation and health
Sewing, canning, gardening, etc
Transportation
Not elsewhere classified
218,057
181, 279
60,487
254, 887
38,910
77, 391
12,077, 894 23,044, 310
11, 294, 639 19,006, 564
2, 813, 715 6, 640,059
12, 209, 544 30,114,843
2,177,480
4, 033,142
4,489,077 9, 330, 582
.524
.594
.424
.405
. 540
.481
i8 Unless otherwise noted data are for the month ending on the 15th.
Maximum number employed during any 1 week of the month by each contractor and Government
agency doing force-account work.
3 These data are for projects under construction in Puerto Rico.
* Includes data for 112,352 employees working on non-Federal projects and 17,535 employees working on
low-cost housing projects. These data are included in tables covering projects under the jurisdiction of
P. 8 W. A.
Data on a monthly basis are not available.
• Exclusive of buildings.
Statistics on employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked on
National Youth Administration work projects and Student-Aid in
April are shown in table 13, by type of project.
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Table 13.—Employment and Pay Rolls on National Youth Administration and
Student-Aid Projects Financed by The Works Program, April 1937 1
[Subject to revision]
Value of
Number of
Average material
Number Monthly
pay-roll man-hours
orders
worked
earnings
of persons disburseduring
per hour placed duremployed ments
ing month
month
Type of program
Total
Work projects
'Student-Aid
626.726
191,982
434, 744
$6, 483, 727
3,181,627
3,302,100
20,105,518
8, 662, 278
11. 443. 240
$0. 322
.367
.289
(23)
()
1
These data are for a calendar month.
2 Data are not available on a monthly basis.
s No expenditures for materials on this type of project.
Monthly Trend
EMPLOYMENT, pay rolls, and man-hours worked on projects financed
by The Works Program from the beginning of the program in July
1935 to April 1937, inclusive, are given in table 14.
Table 14.—Employment and Pay Rolls July 1935 to April 1937, Inclusive, on
Projects Financed by The Works Program J
[Subjoct to revision]
.Maximum
number
employed 2
Month and year
Pay-roll disbursements
Number of
man-hours
worked
Average
earnings
per hour
Value of
material
orders
placed
Federal projects
-July 1935 to April 1937, inclusive
July to December 1935
January to December 1936 3
1937
January..
February
_
March
April..-
328,867
267, 525
249,690
254,524
$319,590,892
36,951, 974
228,024, 201
693.9IS. 554
80, 745,958
501, 501, 344
$0. 461
.458
.455
$206.429,042
34, 763, 337
142, 937, 728
15,652,964
13,024,133
12,504,895
13, 432, 725
32,064, 351
27, 260, 313
25, 666, 281
26, 680, 307
.488
.478
.487
.503
7, 595, 246
6,874, 851
7, 356, 372
6,901, 508
P. W . A. projects financed from E . R. A. A. 1935 and 1936 funds
$142,972,871
883, 741
106,441, 300
September 1935 to April 1937, inclusive-
September to December 1935
January to December 1936
1937
January
February
March
April.
_
131,153
115,214
113,930
129,887
9, 346, 663
8, 428,606
8, 254, 306
9,618, 255
4
187.187, 409
1, 326, 721
142,082,051
$0. 764
. 666
.749
277, 869,924
,061,700
212, 853, 501
11,390,883
10, 212, 726
10,147, 405
12,027, 623
.821
.825
.813
.800
16, 361,268
13,543,480
14.486,389
18, 563, 586
Projects operated by Works Progress Administration »
August 1935 to April 1937, inclusiveAugust to December 1935 3
January to December 1936 3
1937
January..
February
March
April
_
-..-
_
$2. 222, 700, 694 4, 774, 525,075
174, 699,862
414,672,261
1, 583, 352, 239 3, 449, 241,880
2,132,861
2,125, 742
2,104,938
2,100,965
118, 612, 830
115,544,451
114,688,415
115,802,897
231, 218, 557
225, 300, 018
226,101, 290
227,991,069
$0. 466
«685,353,122
.421
.459
.513
.513
.507
.508
1 Data are for month ending on the 15th.
2 Maximum number employed during any 1 week of the month by each contractor and Government
agency doing force-account work.
3 Revised.
• These data are included in tables covering projects under the jurisdiction of the Public Works Administration. The data for April include 112,352 employees working on non-Federal projects and 17,535 employees working on low-cost housing projects.
« These data exclude both work projects and Student-Aid projects of the National Youth Administration
which appear in a separate table.
fl Data on a monthly basis are not available.
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Table 15 shows the employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked
on work projects of the National Youth Administration from January
1936 to April 1937, inclusive. Similar data for Student-Aid projects
are shown from September 1935 to April 1937, inclusive.
Table 15.—Employment and Pay Rolls from Beginning of Program Through
April 1937, on National Youth Administration and Student-Aid Projects
Financed by The Works Program *
[Subject to revision]
Number of
persons
employed
Month and year
Number of Average
man-hours earnings
per hour
worked
Pay-roll
disbursements
Value of
material
orders
placed
Work projects
January 1936 to April 1937, inclusive
$41, 553,022 109,990,850
January to December 1936
January
February
March
April
$0.378
28,822,196
75,659,914
.381
3,084, 561
3,239,694
3,224,944
3,181,627
8,212,091
8,731,727
8, 724, S40
8, 662,278
.376
.371
.370
.367
2 $1,396,495
1937
.
_
_._
_.
184,686
189,228
191,569
191,982
Student-Aid
September 1935 to April 1937, inclusive
$44,452,400 147,168,113
September to December 1935 _ _ .
January to December 1936
January
February
March
April _.
1937
. ._
_
__
_ __
_
389,074
408,055
426,666
434, 744
$0. 302
6, 363, 503
25, 640,600
19, 612,976
84,656,382
.324
.303
2,804, 693
3,110,991
3, 230, 513
3,302,100
9, 549, 420
10, 732. 622
11,173,473
11,443,240
.294
.290
.289
.289
(3)
1
These data are for a calendar month.
2 These data are not available on a monthly basis.
* No expenditures for materials on this type of project.
Emergency Conservation Work
STATISTICS concerning employment and pay rolls in Emergency
Conservation Work in March and April 1937 are presented in table 16.
Emergency Conservation Work is usually regarded as a part of The
Works Program, although it is now financed by a separate appropriation.
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Table 16.—Employment and Pay Rolls in Emergency Conservation Work,
March and April 1937 *
[Subject to revision]
Number of employees
Amount of pay rolls
Group
March
April
All groups
Enrolled personnel 2
Reserve officers
Educational advisers 3
Supervisory and technical *
__ __
April
369,309
307,337
$17, 502, 905
318, 820
7,507
1,991
• 40, 991
257,155
8,040
2,134
6
40, 008
9, 926, 762
1,942,115
328,938
« 5, 305, 090
March
$15,770,090
7, 981,431
2, 078, 225
362, 470
• 5, 347,964
1
Data on number of employees refer to employment on last day of month. Amounts of pay rolls are
forJ the entire month.
April data include 3,595 enrollees and pay roll of $82,289 outside continental United States; March, 3,597
enrollees
and pay roll of $62,789.
8
Included in executive service, tables 8 and 9.
*1 Includes carpenters, electricians, and laborers.
38,626 employees and pay roll of $5,120,860 also included in executive service, tables 8 and 9.
• 37,695 employees and pay roll of $5,119,664 also included in executive service, tables 8 and 9.
Employment and pay-roll data for emergency conservation workers
are collected by the Bureau of Labor Statistics from the War Department, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Commerce,
the Treasury Department, and the Department of the Interior. The
monthly pay of the enrolled personnel is distributed as follows: 5.0
percent are paid $45; 8.0 percent, $36; and the remaining 87.0 percent, $30. The enrolled men, in addition to their pay, are provided
with board, clothing, and medical services.
Monthly statistics of employment and pay rolls on the emergency
conservation program from April 1936 to April 1937, inclusive, are
given in table 17.
Table 17.—Employment and Pay Rolls in Emergency Conservation
Work, by
Months, April 1936 through April 1937 1
[Subject to revision]
Number of
employees
Month
Monthly
pay-roll disbursements
Monthly
pay-roll disbursements
1936— Continued
1936
April
May_
June
July
August...
September. _
October. _
November.
Number of
employees
Month
_...
_.
389,032
405, 646
381,305
$17,724,292
18, 257,959
17, 633,925
December
402, 368
381,425
318, 707
402, 669
389,122
18,064,882
17, 475,592
16,005,247
17, 292,812
18, 232,391
January
February
March
April
374,744
$17,382,448
407,723
394, 521
307, 337
369,309
18,650,637
18,314,594
15,770,090
17,502,905
1937
_„.
i Data on number of employees refer to employment on last day of month. Amounts of pay rolls are for
entire month.
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Construction Projects Financed by Reconstruction Finance Corporation
STATISTICS of employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked on
construction projects financed by the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation in April are presented in table 18, by type of project.
Table 18.—Employment and Pay Rolls on Projects Financed by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, by Type of Project, April 1937 1
[Subject to revision]
Value of
Number of
man-hours Average material
orders
worked
earnings
per hour placed durduring
ing month
month
Number
of wage
earners 2
Monthlypay-roll
disbursements
All projects
8, 226
$1,041,280
1, 295, 053
$0.804
$1, 023, 599
Bridges
_.
Building construction 3.
Reclamation.Water and sewerage
Miscellaneous
29
505
29
7,433
230
2, 595
34,141
567
977, 528
26,449
2,290
62, 017
1,013
1,190, 742
38, 991
1.133
.551
.560
.821
.678
49,153
159
832. 020
142, 267
Type of project
1 D a t a are for the month ending on the loth.
2 M a x i m u m number employed during any 1 week of the m o n t h b y each contractor and Government
agency doing force-account work.
3 Includes 77 employees; pay-roll disbursements of $4,235; 4,902 man-hours worked; and material orders
placed during the m o n t h amounting to $8,426 on projects financed b y R F C Mortgage Co.
A monthly summary of employment, pay rolls, and man-hours
worked on construction projects financed by the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation from April 1936 to April 1937, inclusive, is given
in table 19.
Table 19.—Employment and Pay Rolls on Projects Financed by the1 Reconstruction Finance Corporation, April 1936 through April 1937
[Subject to revision]
Month
u m b e r of
of maAverage Value
Number M o n t h l y pay- Nman-hours
terial orders
of wage2 roll disburse- worked dur- earnings placed
during
ments
per hour
earners
ing month
month
1936
April
May
June
July
10,021
10,988
8,501
9,843
$1,133,880
941,680
1,063,728
1,479,182
1,244,097
1,252,193
1,436,201
$0,767
.773
.752
.741
$1,292,063
1,441,248
2, 527,262
2,050,370
August
September
October
November
December
9,658
10,290
8,864
9,611
9,189
1,065,744
1,085,642
1,002,648
1.108,258
1,106,816
1,441,791
1, 510,109
1,347,317
1, 502,460
1, 514,355
.739
.719
.744
.738
.731
\ 314,692
1,420,444
1,298,643
3,008,077
1,433,07S
8,232
7,299
7,696
8,226
968,077
864,776
929,032
1,041,280
1,300,989
1,150,721
1,191,977
1,295,053
.744
.752
.779
.804
2,329,944
1,018,058
1,138,460
1,023,599
January
February
March
April
1987
i Includes projects financed by R F C Mortgage Co. Data are for month ending on the 15th.
• Maximum number employed during any 1 week of the month by each contractor and Government
agency doing force-account work.
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Construction Projects Financed from Regular Governmental Appropriations
WHENEVER a construction contract is awarded or force-account work
is started by a department or agency of the Federal Government, the
Bureau of Labor Statistics is immediately notified, on forms supplied
by the Bureau, of the name and address of the contractor, the amount
of the contract, and the type of work to be performed. Blanks are
then mailed by the Bureau to the contractor or Government agency
doing the work. These reports are returned to the Bureau and show
the number of men on pay rolls, the amounts disbursed for pay, the
number of man-hours worked on the project, and the value of the
different types of materials for which orders were placed during*
the month.
The following tables present data concerning construction projects
for which contracts have been awarded since July 1, 1934. The Bureau does not have statistics covering projects financed from regular
governmental appropriations for which contracts were awarded previous to that date.
Data concerning employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked on
construction projects financed from regular governmental appropriations during April are given in table 20, by type of project.
Table 20.—Employment on Construction Projects Financed from Regular Governmental Appropriations, by Type of Project, April 1937 *
[Subject to revision]
Number of wage
earners
Type of project
All projects
Building construction..
Electrification
Forestry.
Naval vessels
Public roads *
Reclamation..
River, harbor, and flood control.
Streets and roads
Water and sewerage
Miscellaneous
Maximum Weekly
number
employed 2 average
3 132,639
of
Value of
Monthly Number
Average material
pay-roll man-hours
worked earnings
orders
disburseduring per hour placed durments
ing month
month
124, 730 $13,855,633
19, 545, 518
$0. 709
15,831
410
12
38,099
12,895
346
10
37, 500
34, 918
1,311,046
24, 258
860
5,392,186
2, 976,590
1, 575, 689
43,718
1,366
6, 210, 837
5, 560, 269
.832
.555
.630
.868
.535
2, 457, 371
516, 649190
4,959, 773
3,216,105
10, 564
27,991
1,967
19
2,828
10, 355
24,255
1,809
16
2,626
1,320,465
2, 532, 782
100,176
1,890
195,380
1, 705, 587
3,957,439
214, 237
2,313
274,063
.774
.640
.468
.817
.713
1,018,391
2,888, 552
182, 944
15,086
317,107
$15,572,168
1
2
Data are for the month ending on the 15th.
Maximum number employed during any 1 week of the month by each contractor and Government
agency doing force-account work.
s Includes weekly average for public roads.
6* Estimated by the Bureau of Public Roads.
Not available; weekly average included in total for all projects.
Employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked on construction
projects financed from regular governmental appropriations from April
1936 to April 1937, inclusive, are shown by months in table 21.
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Table 21.—Employment on Construction Projects Financed froml Regular
Governmental Appropriations, April 1936 through April 1937
[Subject to revision]
Monthly
pay-roll disbursements
Number
of wage
earners 2
Month
Number of
man-hours
worked during month
1936
April...
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
_
1937
January.
February
March
April
_
_
Average Value of maearnings terial orders
durper hour placed
ing month
61, 920
80,988
109, 056
146,265 |
$5, 207,801
6,091,936
9,438. 391
14. 286, 923
8, 589. 355
10,139,783
14.658,624
21,624,176
$0. 606
.601
.644
.661
$8,812,7399,843. 405
13,285,515
27,631,349-
165,870
166,902
175.071
152,513
144, 274
15.341.364
14,846,961
16,931.017
13, 766. 630
13. 491, 223
23. 151,796
22, 475,820
25. 505, 296
20.375,741
19,164,694
.663
.661
. 664
. 676
.704
19, 288, 486
22,164, 997
20, 357, 778
16, 370. 640
16,009, 255
11,857,007
10,904, 648
11,847,783
13,855,633
16.506,278
14.735,028
16, 280. 905
19,545.518
.718
.740
.728
.709
11,729, 532'
13,613,251
12,820.438.
15, 572,168
I
I
I
j
119,853
112, 770
120,175
132, 639
1 Data are for the month ending on the 15th.
2 Maximum number employed during any 1 week of the month by each contractor and Government
agency doing force-account work.
State-Roads Projects
A RECORD of employment and pay-roll disbursements in the construction and maintenance of State roads from April 1936 to April
1937, inclusive, is presented in table 22.
Table 22.—Employment on Construction and Maintenance of State Roads*
April 1936 through April 1937 *
[Subject to revision]
Number of employees
working
on 2—
Month
New roads
April...
May
June
July..
August.
1936
_
September
October. __
November
December
January
February. _
March
April
__
_
1937
Maintenance
Total pay
roll
Total
11,339
16,566
20, 773
21,744
26,810
143,305
164, 356
165,363
164,956
158, 882
154,644
180,922
186,136
186, 700
185, 692
$8,918,024
10, 560,866
11,488.253
11,839,215
11,937,585
34, 459
34, 136
27, 988
21,394
151,772
149,717
153,688
138, 510
186, 231
183,853
181,676
159,934
11,806,481
11,566,892
11,330,509
10,000,371
15,622
11,706
11,802
13,164
117,576
120, 786
119,046
124, 761
133,198
132, 492
130,848
137,925
8, 387,864
8, 560, 561
8, 333, 600
9,108,030
1 Excluding employment furnished by projects financed from Public Works Administration funds and
Works Progress Administration funds. Data are for the month ending on the 15th.
2 Monthly average.
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