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EMPLOYMENT
and PAY HDLLS
DETAILED REPORT
APRIL
1949

Unifed Sfafes Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics




Prepared
Division

of

by

Employment

Samuel

Weiss,

Chief

Statistics

NOTE
The July 1949 issue of this report, planned for issuance in
September, will contain employment information for a new listing of
manufacturing industries based on the new Standard Industrial
Classification structure.

That classification system, currently being

adopted by a number of governmental agencies, redefines a number of
industries and sets up new industrial groupings.

The new employment

series will also incorporate the reclassification of Individual
establishments to reflect current product or activity, in contrast to
the prewar basis now in use.

The revised employment data will, therefore,

result in improved comparability with other economic series.

At the time

that the new series are published, monthly data will be made available
for the period from January 1947 to date*
Owing to the extensive revisions now underway, it will be
necessary to omit the June 1949 issue of this report presenting
statistics in detail for 168 industries*

The Preliminary Employment

Release containing summary statistics for major industry divisions and
groups will continue to be issued monthly as usual.

More detailed

Information with respect to the forthcoming series will appear next
month in the May 1949 report.




June 30, 1949

u « S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Bureau of Labor Statistics

Ursell - Ext. 351

EMPLOYMENT AND PAY ROLLS
Detailed Report
April 194-9
TABLE
1.
2.

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4.

5.
6.
7.
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10.
11.

CONTENTS
Number of Wage and Salary Workers in Nonagr icultural
Establishments, by Industry Division................. .
Number of Wage and Salary Workers in Manufacturing Indus­
tries, by Major Industry Group........................ .
Nu&ber of Wage and Salary Workers in Selected Nonmanufac­
turing Industries, by Major Industry Group......... .
Federal Civilian Employment and Pay Rolls in All Areas
and in Continental United States, and Total Civilian
Government Employment and Pay Rolls in Washington, D. C...
Personnel and Pay of the Military Branch of the Federal
Government,..... ,......................................
Number of Wage and Salary Workers in Nonagr icultural
Establishments for Selected States, March 19^9 . . ......
Number of Wage and Salary Workers in Manufacturing
Industries, by State, March 19^9....... ................
Number of Production Workers in Manufacturing Industries...
Number of Employees in Selected Nonmanufacturing Indus­
tries.................... .............................
Indexes of Production-Worker Employment and Weekly Pay
Rolls in Manufacturing Industries.......................
Indexes of Employment and Weekly Pay Rolls in Selected
Nonmanufacturing Industries.................... ........
Explanatory Notes........... ........................
Glossary.................................... ........ .

Data for the 2 most recent months
shown are subject to revision
»**•»»»xkxxxx xxx vv»
'Explanatory notes outlining briefly the
concepts, methodology, and sources used
in preparing data for this report appear
in the appendix. See pages i - ix.

LS 49-4509




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2.

TABLE 1:

Number of Wage and Salary Workers in Nonagricultural
Establishments, by Industry Division

(In thousands)
Industry division
TOTAL
Manufacturing
Mining
Contract construction

April

1949
March

;February

43,937

^3,893

44,019

15,338

15,625

15,777

919

914

922

1,937

1,841

19W .......
i March
i
44,299 j 44,600
]
‘

April

15,950 | 16,269

817 i

1,820

1,933

i;

1

924
1,805

Transportation and
public utilities

3,929

3,912

3,956

3,974 j 4,032

Trade

9,685

9,525

9,576 j 9,598

Finance

1,728 j 1,717

|i1 9,513
1,712

Service

4,628 i| *1,597

4,560

4,768 | 4,729

Government

5,773 j

5,762

5,759

5,577

1,704 | 1,697

| 5,5^6

1
See explanatory notes, sections A - H, and the glossary for definitions.




5

TABLE 2:

3.
Number of Wage and Salary Workers in Manufacturing Industries,
by Major Industry Group
(In thousands)

Major industry group

ALL MANUFACTURING
DURABLE GOODS

Iron and steel and
their products
Electrical machinery
Machinery, except
electrical
Transportation equip­
ment, except automo­
biles
Automobiles
Nonferrous metals and
their products
Lumber and timber
basic products
Furniture and finished
lumber products
Stone, clay, and glass
products
NONDURABLE GOODS

Textile-mill products
and other fiber manu­
factures
Apparel and other
finished textile
products
Leather and leather
products
Food
Tobacco manufactures
Paper and allied
products
Printing, publishing,
and allied industries
Chemicals and allied
products
Products of petroleum
and coal
Rubber products
Miscellaneous indus­
tries

TOT"
jjeDruary , April 1 Marcn

April

warcn

1?,338

15,625

15,777

15,950

16,269

7,665

7,807

7,898

8,164

8,258

1,788
664

1,836
684

1,868
699

1,897
742

1,929
756

1,442

M 87

1,515

1,562

1,587

565
969

575
960

577
952

589
979

589
985

424

^39

449

V 75

482

805

799

793

833

827

512

518

527

561

576

496

509

518

526

527

7,673

7,818

7,879

7,786

8,011

1,220

1,272

1,313

1,425

1,^35

1,307

1,365

1,366

1,268

1,33^

402
1,707
95

412'
1,694
96

412
1,694
96

418
1,562
99

442
1,655
100

463

470

476

476

480

725

725

727

718

722

758

77^

777

767

773

237
226

237
232

237
235

238
246

238
253

579
569
!
See explanatory notes, sections A - H , and the glossary for definitions.




533

541

546

4.
TABLE 3:

Number of Wage and Salary Workers in Selected Nonmanufacturing
Industries, by Major Industry Group
(In thousands)

Major industry group
MINING
Anthracite
Bituminous coal

--___
April
February
J L "•i: March
919 j
9* 1i 922
,
81
80 |
80
i
409
417
407 i

Metal
Quarrying and nonmetallic
i
Crude petroleum and jI
natural gas produc­
tion 1/
TRANSPORTATION AND
PUBLIC UTILITIES
Transportation
Communication

April
817

|
t

924

82

82

309

419

106

105

104

103

102

91

87

85

93

90

235

233

235

230

231

3,929

3,912

3,956

3,974

4,032

2,679

2,663

2,703

2,744

2,808

731

732

736

731

728

1
i1

:s

Other public
utilities

| March

519

517

517

499

496

GOVERNMENT

5,773

5,762

5,759

5,577

5,546

Federal

1,885

1,877

1,877

1,771

1,758

3,888

3,885

3,882

! 3,806

3,788

State and local

j

i

See explanatory notes, sections A - H, and the glossary for definitions.
1/ Includes well drilling and rig building.




5
TABLE

Federal Civilian Employment and Fay Rolls In All Areas and in Continental United States,
and Total Civilian Government Employment and Pay Rolls in Washington, D. C. 1/
(In thousands)

Employment
{as of first of month)
;
1946
.19**S _ .
February! April
\. April . March
}
!

j

Pay *olls
(total for month)
I 1948
_19J*9
February j April
April
March

1

Area and branch
________ ______ .......
All Areas
TOTAL FEDERAL
Executive
Defense agencies
Post Office Department
Other agencies
Legislative
Judicial
Government corporations

\

{
(2 ,095.8
*2,056.2
935.0

2 ,089.8
2 ,050.6

i
i

2 .089.0 12 ,010.0
2 ,049.8 | 1.970.3

7.5
3.6

934.4
**75.0
61*1.2
7.5
3.6

28.5

28.1

28.2

903.6
1*38.8
627.9
7.2
3.5
29.0

*1 ,905.1
{1 .072.6
I 78 U .0
! 474.7
i 613.9
1
7.5

1,897.2
1,861*.7

1 ,897.7
1 ,865.2
762.0

1 ,781.2
1 ,71*8.6
711.0

6W .8

935.2

1*75.0
639.6
7.4
3.6

$ 51*0 ,1*81 $575,9^6 $ 518,293 $488,293
530,520 565 652 508,471 478 773
229,254 250 618 220,788 215,280
125.308 124,348 119.978 100,893
175.95S 190,686 167.705 162,600
2,650
2,482
2,720
2,763
1,306
1,322
1.307
1,455
6,076
5.866
5,716
5.93^

Continental
United States
TOTAL FEDERAL
Executive
Defense agencies
Post Office Department
Other agencies
Legislative
Judicial
Government corporations
Washington, D« C.

1

1
*
(

3,5

21.5

780.8
473-2
610.7
7.5
3.5
21.5

124,81*3
168,040

7.**
3.5

21.6

22.0

5.269

609.9

i

21*1 .1*
19.3
222.1
21**.0
72.4
7.7
133.9

7 .5
.6

239.9
19.1

238.9

220.8

219.8
211.8

212.7

72.0
7.0
133.1
7.5

.6

19.1

71.7
7.6
132.5
7 .4 j

.6

1i

Data for Central Intelligence Agency are excluded.




2,720
1.272
1

534 033
524,509
218,474

481,197
472.025
192,441
i ^ ^ o

123.869
182,146
2,763
1,414
5,347

449,295
440,448
184,012
100,543
155.893
2,482

160,044
2.650
1,268

1,288

5.254

5.077

\

See the glossary for definitions,
1/

200,136

**37.2
600 .1*
7.2
3.**

**73.3

ij

!
TOTAL GOVERNMENT
!
D. C. government
!
Federal
j
Executive
j
Defense agencies
I
Post Office Department !
Other agencies
•
Legislative
;
Judicial

502,280
U 93 .OI9

227.6
18.6
209,0
201.2
66.6
7A
127-2
7.2 |
.6 j

71.402
4,574

66,828
63,882
20 ,284
2,125

68,569

77,219
4,801
72,418
69,411

4,418
64,151
61,283
19,984

22,190
2,121

2,070

45,100
39.229
2,720 ? 2,763 i 2,650
218
244 !
226

41,473

1

63 907
4,495
59.412
56,715
17,244
2,277
37,198
2,488

211

6.
TABLS 5 : Personnel and Pay of the Military Branch of the Federal
Government 1/

(In thousands)
19^9
April 1' March

Designation
PERSONNEL (as of
first of month)
Total

By sex:
Men
Women
PAY (for entire
month)
Total
By branch:
Army and Air Forets
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
By type of pay:
Pay rolls
Mustering-out pay
Family allowance
Leave payments
Cash
Bonds

April

1948

March

i
1,666 1

1,681

i
1
i
1
\

703
417
451
87
22

By branch:
Army
Air Force
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard

February

i
I
;
j1

689
417
450
87
23

1,687 !j
i
712
4l6
450
87
22

1,417

1,423

538
368
412
79
20

544
365
413
80
20

1,406
1,664
1,400
j
1,649
1,671
16
16
16
I
17
17
i
1
;\
I
1$ 292,w t $289,063 $290,041 j$285,210 $285,011
j
i
1j
185,607 188,587 187,813 i 172,859 175,697
84,201 1 93,351
81,204
87,610
90,459
14,380
14,233
14,525
13,591 i 14,131
4,622
4,850
4,747
4,437 1 4,869
•:
i\

258,961
4,392
29,037
57
14
I
43

1

255,340
^531
29,108
84
34
50

247,452
257,503
4,292
9,751
28,163 1 25,414
85 j 2,593
30
639
55 | 1,954
i

242,969
13,050
24,997
3,995
905
3,090

See the glossary for definitions.
l/ Because of rounding, the individual figures may not add to group
totals.




TA3LE 6:

Humber of Wage and Salary Workers in Nonagricultural Estab­
lishments for Selected States, March 1949

7.

(In thousands)

State
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Connecticut
Georgia
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Kansas
Maine *
Maryland
Mas sachusetts
Minnesota
Missouri
Montana
Nevada 1/
New Jersey
New Mexico *
New York
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island.
Tennessee *
Texas *
Utah
Vermont 1/
Washington
Wisconsin
Wyoming

March

153
291
2,963
729
726
119
3,086
1,15*
431
243
688
1,645
763
1>098
137
45
1,517
130
5**29
464
3,5*1
267
715
1,746
174
90
653
957
73

February ’ January
1
'
154
\
154
I
1 289 1
295
2,970 I 2,996
739
751
| 727 1
730
123
| 118 1
| 3,112 1 3,157
j 1,165 ! 1,176
434
| 428
i 248 i
251
, 690
699
! 1,662 ! 1,680
767 !
775
1,099 1 1,112
137
135 I
46
*5 I
1,523 j 1,538
jI 130 1
130
:! 5,*5* r 5,481
462
1.59 i
3,5^9 1 3'58^
276
273 1
722
! 715 j
I i,744 1 1,752
168
! 169 1
92
!
91 !
646
! 641 !
961 1
971
74
73

j March ^February
1
* 156
155
276
283
3,024
3,029
* 778 * 772
740
731
115
115
3,144
3,151
*1,194
1,180
415
411
256
259
676
685
1,720
1,715
764
762
1,120
1,114
133
133
47
47
1,563
1,553
120
122
5,508
5,538
436
432
3,5*6
*3,584
292
290
721
73*
1,664
1,670
171
173
94
9*
642
!
654
|
974
972
69
!
70

See explanatory notes, seotions H and I.
1/ Does not include contract construction.
* Revised. Data for other months revised as follows:




Arizona - May, June, August, and October 1948 to 155, 155,
154, and 155, respectively.
Connecticut - April through December 1948 to 779, 777/ 778,
772, 774, 780, 780, 778, and 781.
Indiana - April and June 1948 to 1,183 and 1,207, respectively
Maine " October and December 1948 to 268 and 264, respectively
New Mexico - October through December 1948 to 130, 130, and
132.
Pennsylvania - April, May, and July 1948 to 3,522, 3,579, an^3 ,586, respectively.
Tennessee - June through December 1948 to 744, 745, 756, 757,
75*, 749, and 751.
Texas - October and November 1948 to 1,767 and 1,778.

8.
TABLE 7:

Number of Wage and Salary Workers in Manufacturing Industries,
by State, March 1949
(In thousands)

Region and State

| March

HEW ENGLAND:

102.0
74.9
33.4
675.8
128.2
367.4

Maine l/*
New Hampshire
Vermont 1/
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut 1/

MIDDLE ATLANTIC:

New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania

EAST NORTH CENTRAL:
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan
Wisconsin l/

195F
III
February : January f March {February
106.3
77.9
35.0
690.8
134.3
379.0

1 ,790.0 1 ,809.0
695.0
702.3
1,429.8 1,447.0

1 ,807.8 |1 ,904.0 :L,912.1
757.8
707.2 ! *754.2
1,461.7 i1 ,514.3 ;L,513.1

1,163.7 1 ,180.5
528.0
519.4
1,171.1 ■1,191.7
941.6
947.4
411.4
407.8

1 ,190.6
533.5
1 ,211.5
972.9
415.5

WEST NORTH CENTRAL:
Minnesota 1/
Iowa 1/ ~
Missouri 1/
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas 1/

I89.O
149.9
337.8
6.5
11.8
40.9
86.0

189.7
152.3
339.3
6.4
11.6
41.6
86.0

SOUTH ATLANTIC:
|
Delaware
j
Maryland
1
District of Columbiaj
Virginia
j
West Virginia
:
North Carolina
i
South Carolina
j
Georgia 1/
|
Florida i f
|

44.4
215.6
17.1
204.1
126.6
351.2
188.0
263.5
96.6

44.8
218.0
16.8
205.9
128.4
358.5
190.9
265.7
99-5




114.3
111.2
85.6
84.4
38.8
38.7
746.0
745.7
154.5
153.6
*4l8.1 ;*417.5

107.8
77.7
35.4
696.7
136.1
387.6

191.7
153.9
342.0
6.6
11.7
42.4
86.6

i
!1,244.0
552.8
11,253.5
11 ,010.9
i 432.5
ii
j 198.0
153.7
j 346.6
!
6.3
!
11.0
j
42.4
i
79.8

16.7
206.3
129.6
360.1
188.8
266.6
99.3

46.5
228.9
17.1
213.7
130.9
385.8
200.5
281.1
99.4

i
i
44.5 I
219.1 j

S
•
I
1

!
!

:L,243.9
553.4
:1,267.0
970.7
434.2
199.0
, 154.7
i 349.2
6.4
11.1
43.0
79.8
45.9
228.5
16.8
213.5
130.3
380.4
196.9
280.1
98.9

TABLE 7:

9»
Number of Wage and Salary Workers in Manufacturing Industries,
by State, March 1959 - Continued

(In thousands)
Region and State

< Inarch

EAST SOUTH CEKERAL:
Kentucky
Tennessee l/
Alabama i f
Mississippi

: 120.2
234.2
218.9
79.7

WEST SOUTH CENTRAL:
Arkansas 1/
Louisiana”l/
Oklahoma l/
Texas
MOUNTAIN:
Montana
Idaho 1/
Wyoming 1/
Colorado
New Mexico 1/*
Arizona 1/
Utah 1/ "
Nevada l/
PACIFIC:
Washington 1/
Oregon
~
California *

1958
19^9
:February : January < March :February
121.7
237.4
220.8
81.2

122.7
237.0
223.3
83.5
;

ii
1 * 73.0
! 1^5.9
: 62.6
; 337.0
!

72.4
; 147.1
; 62.8
; 337.3

70.9
147.4
63.5
: 337.9

75,7
: 148.6
64.3
353.1

!

: 16.9
17.5
6.0
52.7
8.9
14.8
25.5
: 3.x

16.9
19.0
6.1
53.5
8.9
14.6
25.5
3.2

i
!
;

17.1
17.9
5,9
52.3
9.0
15.2
25.9
3 *1

!
i
i'
I 170.4
! 102.2
: 690.3

163.4
102.1
694.0

129.5
; 260.0
1 230.9
; 90.0

i
j
!
i
;
;
:
| *

1

129.4
*256.3
230.2
; 90.5
I 69.8
;142.6
62.6
350.1

17.2 ; 17.3
17.6
16.9
5.6
5.7
55.5
55.1
8.2
8.2
14.7
14.6
24.4 : 24.1
3.5 : 3.5

: 163.5 ; 171.3 ;167.2
102.9 : 110.2 109.2
704.0 1 700.4 ;703.5

See explanatory notes, sections H and I.
1/ Series based on Standard Industrial Classification.
* Revised. Data for other months revised as follows:




Arkansas ~ April through August 1948 to 75.9; 77.5; 79*°;
78.8; and 79.6.
California - May through November 1948 to 696.5 ; 714.1;
742.1; 772 .8; 802.9; 769.2; and 738*3.
Connecticut - April through December 1948 to 411.5; 505.8;
‘ 402.5; 395.7; 396.3; 399.9; 500.6; 399.8; and
395.2
Maine - October through December 1958 to 113.3J 110.6; and
IO9 .9 .
New Mexico - October through December 1948 to 9.5; 9*3; and
8 .9 .
Tennessee - April through December 1948 to 257*9; 258.5 ;
— ----256.9 ; 256.9 ; 260.4; 258.I; 258.0 ; 252.1 ; and
246.6.

TABLE 8:

Number of Production Workers in Manufacturing Industries
(In thousands)

Industry group aaj industry
ALL MANUFACTURING

j-— ^

Avr± f * f ^

12,131

•12,404

12,561

;12,791

;13,131

6,189
5,9*2

! 6,325
:I 6 ,079

6,420
6,Hft

1 6,683
■6,108

6,791
6,340

DURABLE GOODS
HONOURABLE GOODS
Durable goods
IRON AND STEEL AND THEIR PRODUCTS
Blast furnaces, steel works, and
rolling mills
Gray-iron and semisteel castings
Malleable-iron castings
Steel castings
Cast-iron pipe and fittings
Tin cans and other tinware
Wire drawn from purchased rods
Wir.ework
Cutlery and edge tools
>
Tools (except edge tools, machine
|
tools, files, and saws)
;
Hardware
Plumbers' supplies
I
Stoves, oil burners, and heating |1i
i
equipment, not elsewhere
i
classified
Steam and hot-water heating
Il
apparatus and steam fittings
Stamped and enameled ware and
galvanizing
Fabricated structural and
ornamental metalwork
1
Metal doors, sash, frames,
molding, and trim
i1
Bolts, nuts, washers, and rivets !
Forgings, iron and steel
!
Wrought pipe, welded and heavy- i
riveted
.
j
Screw-machine products and wood 1i
screws
Steel barrels, kegs, and drums j
Firearms
ii
1
ELECTRICAL MACHINERY
1
Electrical equipment
Radios and phonographs
Communication equipment

...

i

;j:

!

:
1,498 ; l, 545
;
;
542.8
547.3
95.1 ; 101.6
33 .6
31 .1 ;
70.5
65.* !
28.6
26.8 |
42.0 ;
42.7
25.6 1
26.9
39.2 ;
39-9
21.2 *
21.9
22.1
47.2.
35.7

1,574

1,634

J 1,603

■ 5*7.6 j
: 105.8 j
34.8 i
;
72.3 1
28.6 ,
:
43.1 !
27.7 ;
41.1 |
22,7 1
:
1i
23.2 ;
23.3 ;
50.8 j
49.3 I
37.4 i
39.6 j
j

511.8
116.6
37 .^
72.3
27.6
42.1
30.1
41.9
23-7

;
!
:
:
;
:

;
•
25.5 ;
55.9 :
39.4

516.1
119.9
37. 9
73. 0
28.3
44. 5
30. 6
43. 4
24.0

53.5:

5o.o *
•
57.4 ■

95.1 :

99.9 ;

105.7'

63.5

62.9 :

64. Ij

63.8 :

63..9

9.3
26.5
35 ,8 :

9.6 !
27.4
37.0;

9.9!
28.2 |
37.6!

10.11
28.9 :
36.7 *

10,.5
28,.9
37,.5

18.8:

19.3;

18 .8 ;

19 .2

31 .6:
6.3

32.9 !
6.9 !
22.9:

19.6;
i
33.8!
7.3!
22.4|

36.8 !
7 .7 ;
21.0 ■

36 .8
7.9
20.8

486

505

521

563

577

326.4
80.7
78.7

339.883.8 '
81.3 :

57o5

61.81

81.9 ;

87. 5

60.0;

63.01

66.,0
120.,1

118.1

.

23 - °:

:

j
i

!

’

347.4
88.6i
85.3;

;

376.0 :
93.4
93.9

See explanatory notes, sections C, D, and G, and. the glossary for 1iefinitions»



25. 7
57. 2
40.2

382t . S
97 . 6
96 •5

TABLE 8:

Number of Production Workers in Manufacturing Industries - Cont*d

11.

(In thousands)

Industry group and industry
-- -------- ---_______ April March February ; April
March
MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL
,1 092 .1,133 i 1,158
1,202
1,232
518.6
458.1 ; 476.6 ; 489.9 i 51^.^
Machinery and machine-shop products.
50.6
Engines and turbines
j U9.2
5^.7
51.5 ; 53.9
Tractors
' 59.8
61.4 j 44.8
62.2
60.7
Agricultural machinery, excluding
i
tractors
; 75.8
76.0 ; 76.2
76.2
75.9
Machine tools
i 41.7 : 42.5 :
49.2
43.3 ! U7.7
Machine-tool accessories
52.0 1 55.5
49.8
55-9
50.9 :
Textile machinery
j 38.2 ; 40.2
41.1
41.0 , 41.4
Pumps and pumping equipment
j 63.9 66.4 ; 67.7 i 72.2
73.7
16.1 ; 24.1 : 24.9
Typewriters
15*0 : 15.1
Cash registers; adding, and
calculating machines
\ 38.5
40.8 :
to. 5 1 46.3 : 46.1
Washing machines, wringers, and
driers, domestic
j 8.4;
8.6
9.6 ; 16.2
16.3
Sewing machines, domestic and
;
industrial
1 15.2 ! 15.2 ;
15.0 ! 13.8 ; 13.7
^Refrigerators and refrigeration
equipment
73*8 j 79.7 1 81.0
66.6
72.9 ;
i
TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT, EXCEPT
j
442
! 462
465
AUTOMOBILES
j 431 ; 439
!
25.9 | 26.6 ; 26.6
Locomotives
1 25.2 : 25.9 !
54.4
53.2
56.7 1 53.9 ;
55. ^ ;
Cars, electric- and steam-railroad
Aircraft and parts, excluding
152.0 ; 151.9 ; 150.9 ; 137.3 : 136.1
aircraft engines
2^.6
28.2
28.5 ' 24.8
28.7
Aircraft engines
125.8
122.5
83.8
'
85.9 i
Shipbuilding and boatbuilding
j 79.8
8.7,
8.9 |
Motorcycles, bicycles, and parts
8.9 : 14.4 : 14.8
784
760 1 772
AUTOMOBILES
\ 764 : 759 :
i
NONFERROUS METALS AND THEIR
j
413
378 I 406
PRODUCTS
! 351* ; 368 i
Smelting and refining, primary, of
;
4 0 .6 ; 41.0
40.8
41.1 ;
nonferrous metals
j 41.4!
!
Alloying; and rolling and drawing
j
i
of nonferrous metals, except
j
54.6
5 2 .6 1 53.7
48.9
aluminum
j 43.0
28.8
28.5
■
22.8
.
22.4;
2 3 .1 1
Clocks and watches
!Jewelry (precious metals) and
i
26.0 i
27.1 • 27.6
Jewelers' findings
j 25.1; 25.5
26.0
27.5
27.5
2 6 .7 !
25.
Silverware and plated ware
3
0
.4
;
33-1
31.3;
29.1
Lighting equipment
j 27.6
45.2
44.2
38.7 ;
38.7 |
Aluminum manufactures
' 37.7
Sheet-metal work, not elsewhere
i
38.3
32.>9 ! 37.5
classified
i 31.3 32.1
J

j

j

See explanatory notes, sections C, D, and G, and the glossary for definitions.



TABLE 8:

Number of Production Workers in Manufacturing Industries - Cont'd
(In thousands)

Industry group and Industry

LUMBER AND TIMBER BASIC ERODUCTS

April

U S

March

February

. April

19*8
March

714
719
581.4 576.9
137 .2 ; 137.3 ;

710
569.4
140.5

!| 75*
749
i 611.0 : 606.9
1 142.7 ; 1*2.3

FURNITURE AND FINISHED LUMBER
PRODUCTS
Mattresses and bedsprings
Furniture
Wooden boxes, other than cigar
Caskets and other morticians' goods
Wood preserving
Wood, turned and shaped

423
429
31.8 : 32.1 !
229.8 : 234.8 1
30.6
30.9
16.7
17.5
17.3 ; 16.8 ;
31.8
32.1 ;

*37
31.9
240.5
30.8
18.0
16.5
32.1

j 470

STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS ERODUCTS

422

440

Sawmills and logging camps
Planing and plywood mills

Glass and glassware
Glass products made from
purchased glass
Cement
Brick, tile, and terra cotta
Pottery and related products
Gypsum
Wallboard, plaster (except gypsum),
and mineral wool
Lime
Marble, granite, slate, and other
products
Abrasives
Asbestos products

*33

107.9 i 109.4 j

111.2

12.51 13.2 =
36.5 : 36.2 ;
76 .9 : 77.3 !
58.6
59.7 :
7.4 ;
7.3

14.0
36.4
78.5
60,4
7.3

8 .9 ^
10.6

12.1 ;
10.3 1

12.6
10.4

19.1 j
18.4
21.0:

19.1 •
19.8 :
22.4 j

18.9
20.2
23.2

Nondurable goods
TEXTILE-MILL PRODUCTS AND OTHER
FIBER MANUFACTURES
Cotton manufactures, except
smallwares
Cotton smallwares
Silk and rayon goods
Woolen and worsted manufactures,
except dyeing and finishing
Hosiery
Knitted cloth
Knitted outerwear and knitted gloves
Knitted under-wear
Dyeing and finishing textiles,
including woolen and worsted
Carpets and rugs, wool
Hats, fur-felt
Jute goods, except felts
Cordage and twine




,099

jl,1*9

1,190

465.4: 479.3 :
12.4:
12.7 ;
100.6 : 108.5

490.6
12.6
114.9

111 .0 ; 128.8 ;
134.3 : 136.9 1
10.7 ’ 10.9 1
30,1 : 3 1 .3 :
4 0 .4 ;
40.4

144.2
139.0
10.9
32.0
40.7

89.8
91.1
90.3 i
38.8
39.7
37.5
11.6
11.1
8.6
4.2
4.2
4.3:
14.6
14.3
14. V
ad G,and the glossary for

! 3**9 !
i 256.2 ;
I 36.0 :
i 20.3
i 16.2 i
; 35-0 1

451

*85
37.0
263.7
37.0
20.9
16.7
35.7
*52

1! 121.8 ;! 121.7
! 14.2 : 14.4
1! 35-5 ! 35.3
! 77.9 i 77.3
i! 57.9 ; 58.9
7.6
7.5 I!
1i
1*.5 ! 14.3
! ll.l ! 10.9
i
:
17.9 i 18.4
!1 20.1 I 20.1
! 25.2 j 25.3
!i
1

1,301
1

1,312
1

526.4
529.4
14.6 ! 14.9
120.1 ; 120.0

i
1 175.0 ; 178.3
1 149.7 ! 151.9
i 11.8 1 11.7
1 33.* • 34.0
; 53.8 ;; 54.1
1
;

95-0:
39.*;
; 12.7 :
;
4.3 1
.1 6.7
definitions,»

95.1
39-*
13.7
4.1
17.1

TABLE 8:

13.

Number of Production Workers in Manufacturing Industries - Cont’
d.
(In thousands)

7
Industry eroup and Industry
APPAREL AM) OTHER FINISHED TEXTILE
PRODUCTS
Men's clothing, not elsewhere
classified
Shirts, collars, and nightwear
Underwear and neckwear, men's
Work shirts
Women's clothing, not elsewhere
classified
Corsets and allied garments
Millinery
Handkerchiefs
Curtains, draperies, and "bedspreads
Housefurnishings, other than
curtains, etc.
Textile "bags
LEATHER AND LEATHER PRODUCTS

j
,-^..r U

:

102*0

j
lQ4o
".jjififc, Amll ^

'
; 1,124

: 1,178

1,180 j 1,103

1

j
'
j
j

j
j

•
j
s
j
(
I

j
!!|
I

Leather
Boot and shoe cut stock and findingsi
Boots and shoes
j
Leather gloves and mittens
,
Trunks and suitcases
|
FOOD
Slaughtering and meat packing
Butter
Condensed and evaporated milk
Ice cream
Flour
Feeds, prepared
Cereal preparations
Baking
Sugar refining, cane
Sugar, beet
Confectionery
Beverages, nonalcoholic
Malt liquors
Canning and preserving
TOBACCO MANUFACTURES
Cigarettes
Cigars
Tobacco (chewing and smoking)
and snuff

284.0:
69.g:
18.5
16.4

289.5;
68.6!
19r0 :
15.9

460.5
17.4
22.5
5.2
20.1

498.5i
18.4
24.91
5.3
20.2;

27.6
22.9

27.1’
23.6;

: 1,165

290.7!
67.4
18.81
i6ai
1
502.9!
18.4;
24.3|
5.2!
20.11

l
287.l;
74 ,2:
18.7 1
15.7;

291.3
74.4
19.0
15.4

440.0i
19.2:
20.6.;
5.1!
21. 1;

481.7
19.9
24.2
5.1
23.2

25.ll
24.0!

22.9 ;
21.2;

24.0
21.7

358

368

:

(
368 |

44.0
16.2
232.8
9.6
13.3

45.2;
17.3i
239.^
10.012.0;

46. oi
17.4!
239.3
9.7!
11.8;

;

372

47.6;
17.7
235.9:
12.2;
13-3!

396
49.2
18.9
25^.1
12.5
13.9

j 1,164
1,155 ! 1,153 ’ 1,047 | 1,149
Ii
j 192.1
205.1 ; 104.0; 193.6
199.9
I
33.8;
33.x;
36.91
3^.3
35.5
'
20.5‘ 19.3
20.0;
19.2i
20.7
24.4
24.4
27.8
27.1 :
25.5:
j
40.3
40.6 j
40.1:
38.6
39.7
i
26.61
28.9
29.4
26.3
28.9I
12.2^
12.1
13.0
13.4^
13.1!
j 246.7 244.8 243.7] 239.5: 241.7
!
20.8;
25.2
25.1
24.7!
23.5
j
4.8j
5.7
4.3
5.9
4.3
j
67.1 :
68.7'
71.11
72.5
67.5
j
38.4
38.8
37.81
40.5:
39.7
j
74.8
74.4
11.3
77.7
73*3;
j 138.7
120.4i i k o . i
121.8
135.5
j

1
1

!
\

81

82 i

83

:1

86 j

87

33^

40.2:

33.0:
42.2

32.8!
42.3!

33.2
45.2;

33.2
46.2

7.2

7.3

7.5!

i. i

See explanatory notes, sections C, D, and G, and the glossary for definitions.



7.8

14.
TABUS 8:

Humber of Production Workers in Manufacturing Industries - Cont’
d,
(In thousands)

Industry group and industry

j

PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS
Paper and pulp
Paper goods, other
Envelopes
Paper bags
Paper "boxes
PRINTING, PUBLISHING, AND ALLIED
INDUSTRIES
Newspapers and periodicals
Printing; book and job
Lithographing
Bookbinding
CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS
Paints, varnishes, and colors
Drugs, medicines, and Insecticides
Perfumes and cosmetics
Soap
Rayon and allied products
Chemicals, not elsewhere
classified
Explosives and safety fuses
Compressed and liquefied gases
Ammunition, small-arms
Fireworks
Cottonseed oil
Fertilizers
PRODUCTS OF PETROLEUM AND COAL
Petroleum refining
Coke and byproducts
Paving materials
Roofing materials

April

l-U
: March {February! April : March

375

: 381

197.8
60.2
12.4
15.4
88.6

200.3
202.4
61.0 1 61.5
i 12.6 : 1 2 / r
16.1 : 16.4
: 90.2 ; 91.9
:

432
152.8
180.0
30.9
33tl

i1
11! 570

432

' 386
|

: 433

1
i
,
1
!
1
»t1

389
203.7
61.4
12.7
18.0
92.7

| 432

; 393
203.8
62.0
12.7
18.2
95.2
^35

i 152.2
; 181.0
; 29.5
; 33.^

I 150.4 • 145.0
144.8
185.4
5 184.2 ! I83.2
31.4
* 29.5 ! 31.3
9 : 37.2
: 33. * j! 35‘

: 586

: 588

i| 580

1

48.0
64.2
11.2
21.8
63.5

i 48.6
65.2
11.6
1 24.9
;! 63.7
; 205.4
25.8

i 162

204.7
207.2
25.6
26.7
9.0 1i 10.0
6.8 !
T .o |1 7.8
2.6 ji
2.4
2.5
1 20.6 i 21.4 !I 15.2
i 38.8
34.1 i1 36.7
[
! 164
: 162
162

1 13-8

; 112.8
; 31.9
2.3
: 13.5

I

^5.0
66.3
: 10.9
; 25.8
> 57.6

: ^5.3
65.8
I 10.8
; 26.4
63*6 i

! 198.4
j 25.9
j
8.9
6.2
2.8
18.5
38.1

: 202.7
• 26.5
8.9

1
! 112.2
I 32.0
! 3.1

46.0
66.5
11.0
26.3
65.2 ;|

i 587

113a
32.0
2.2
13.5

9.9
7.8
2.4
17.6
38.1

: 165

!! 113.6 i 113.5
i 29.7 • 30.7
1.8
j
2*?
17*4
: 17.4

See explanatory notes, sections C, D, and G, and the glossary for definitions.




TABLE 8:

Number of Production Workers In Manufacturing Industries - Cont'd.

15‘

(In thousands)
Industry group and industry
RUBBER PRODUCTS
Rubber tires and inner tubes
Rubber boots and shoes
Rubber goods, other
MISCELLANEOUS INDUSTRIES
Instruments (professional and
scientific), and fire-control
equipment
Photographic apparatus
Optical instruments and ophthalmic
goods
Pianos, organs, and parts
Games, toys, and dolls
Buttons
Fire extinguishers

i
| April

1949
: March

1958
{February* April : March

1 179

; 183

• 187

i 85.7

! 85.8
1 19.9
77.1

= 86.5
' 20,6
: 79.8

; 19.5
I 73.6
j
!j 398
i
1
! 3i.i
! 37.2
I
;
i
1
;

25.9
11.3
34.6
11.8
2.1

i 403

411
?

31.1 ! 30.8
37.2 : 37.6
26.1
I 11.5
i 33.6
; 12.4
2.1

•
;
:
:

26.3
12.2
33.8
12.6
2.1

198

204

^ 92.6
! 22.1
| 85.o

96.4
i 22.6
; 85.7

! 536

! 447

! 27.6
■ 38.4

I 27.7
i 38.8

j
1t

s
;
:
i
!

27.0 I 27.2
13.3 ; 15.8
50.3
38.5
13.8
13.1
2.7 | 2.6

i

See explanatory notes, sections C, D, and 0, and the glossary for definitions.




16.

TABLE 9:

Number of Employees in Selected Nonmanufacturing Industries 1/
(In thousands)

Industry group and industry

MINING:

April

1949

j March ^February April T March

2/

Coal
Anthracite
Bituminous-coal
Metal
Iron
Copper
Lead and zinc
Gold and silver
Miscellaneous
Quarrying and nonmetallic
Crude petroleum and natural gas
production

74.9
389
94.8
33.3
27.6
17.0
9.1
7.9

81.4

128.9 |
*
\!

TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC
UTILITIES:
Class I railroads 5/
Street railways and busses 5/
Telephone
Telegraph 6/
Electric light and power

1
:
1■
:5
1 75.3 1
j 392 !
i
95.1-1
S 32.1 i
i
27.8 I
!
17.1 I
I
9.1 i
i
7.9 i
S
78.2
i
I
;

j

76.9
296
91.7
32.5
26.8
16.3
8 .5
7.7
83.9

!

129.6

127.2

i
i

:

!;
:

i

!
!
1
!

!
i
Ii

77.5
401
91.5
31.5
26.9
16.3
8.7
7.9
80,0
127.1

1,215 ! 1,198 1 1,231 1,258 ji 1,316
241 ! 242 !
242
249
259
640
630
637 i 637 i
627
32.4 i
32.8
32.5 1
36.9 !
36»9
282
283 I 282 j
273 |i 271
ji

SERVICE:

?

Hotels (year-round)
Power laundries 2/
Cleaning and dyeing 2/

129.2 j

76.2
399
92.8
32.0
26.7
17.0
9.1
8.0
76.6

360
216
| 88.0

!
!

i1

1

:

361
216 j
84.i;

364
217
83.3

377
232
92.5

375
231
90.0

1

See explanatory notes, sections C, D, and G, and the glossary for definitions.
1/ Unless otherwise noted, data include all employees.
2/ Includes production and related workers only.
3/ Does not include well drilling or rig building.
%j Includes all employees at middle of month. Excludes employees of switching and
terminal companies. Class I railroads include those with over $1,000,000 annual
ravenue. Source: Interstate Commerce Commission.
2/ Includes private and municipal street-railway companies and affiliated, sub­
sidiary, or successor trolley-bus and motor-bus companies.
6/ Includes all land-line employees except thowe compensated on a commission
'Basis. Excludes general and divisional headquarters personnel, trainees in school,
and messengers.




TABLE 10:

Indexes of Production-Worker Employment and Weekly Pay Rolls in
Manufacturing Industries
(1939 Average * 3.00)

Industry group and industry

Employment indexes
I 9S 9

Apr.I Mar.j Feb.

17.

Pay-roll indexes
1958"
1949

Apr.! Mar. Feb. Apr.

ALL MANUFACTURING 148.1 151.4 153.3 156.1 336.5 349.7 357.8 347.1
DURABLE GOODS
NONDURABLE GOODS

171.4 175.2 177.8 185.1 380.2 390.9 402.7 393.4
129.7 132.7 134.1 133.3 293.8 309.4 314.0 301.9

Durable goods
IRON AND STEEL AND THEIR
PRODUCTS

151.1 155.9 158.8 161.7 320.l| 336.7; 348.4 329.6

Blast furnaces, steel works,
and rolling mills
139.7 140.9 141.0 131.8
Gray-iron and semisteel castings 152.9 163.3 170.0 187.3
161.8 174.6 180.9 193.6
Malleable-iron castings
204.1 220.1 225.6 225.5
Steel castings
Cast-iron pipe and fittings
152.3 162.8 162.4 157.0
Tin cans and other tinware
132.3 134.4 135.8 132.4
Wire drawn from purchased rods 116.6 122.6 126.2 137.1
129.0 131.2 135.3 137.9
Wirework
Cutlery and edge tools
137.5 142.3 147.5 153.8
Tools (except edge tools, machine
144.4 151.6 152.5 166.7
tools, files, and saws)
132.4 138.3 142.4 156.8
Hardware
Plumbers’supplies
135.9 142.6 151.0 150.3
Stoves, oil burners, and
heating equipment, not
117.0 122.2 125.7 166.7
elsewhere classified
Steam and hot-water heating
165.6 177.9 185.8 195.0
apparatus and steam fittings
Stamped and enameled ware
and galvanizing
160.7 168.9 178.7 199.6
Fabricated structural and
ornamental metalwork
178.7 177.2 180.6 179.8
Metal doors, sash, frames,
120.1 124.5 128.4 130.6
molding, and trim
Bolts, nut8, washers, and rivets 173.8 180.2 185.O 189.8
218.7 225.9 229.4 223.9
Forgings, iron and steel
Wrought pipe, welded and
211.4 216.6 219.9 210.8
heavy-riveted
Screw-machine products and
wood screws
175.3 :182.6 187.6 204.4
Steel barrels, kegs, and drums
97.1 1107.0 113.2 119.5
Firearms
430.9 |429*0 421.3 395.1

253.0
415.6
453.0
477.3
370.0
274.9
255.3
302.0
364.6

315.4! 341.6i 348.5
298.5! 324.0 335.0
283.OI 306.3! 321.8

250.0!260.8;261.7 363.8
328.2; 379.5; 400.6 414.7
380.1; 403.5! 429.3 463.2
378.7; 385.2 394.8 358.7
272.31 281.2! 297.4 283.9
381.8! 402.8! 413.8 416.7
455.8! 490.2! 529.4 467.6
464.3! 476.2: 501.4 437.7
370.4! 398.0;421.3 452.0
260.1 269.5; 301.9 298.1
980.93016.13011.1

j194.9 201.2 217.4 401. T 424.1! 442.2

ITS

Electrical equipment
Radios and phonographs
Communication equipment

s

ELECTRICAL MACHINERY

295.4! 299.8! 303.7
309.4! 345.1! 376.2
346,5! 384.8! 424,9
417.01 470.61 496.7
355.3! 423.4! 453.8
295.2! 306.1 !306.5
21J.2I 243.0! 260.0
296.4! 312.1' 323.0
318.7; 338.8! 353.8

178.7 !186.0 190.2 205.8 ! 381.6:403.3! 420.3 420.5
183.5 H90.4 201.3 {212.2 i 423.7 ;454.0:478.3
242.4 250.5 262.8 1289-3 • 489.0 506.4 524.1

See explanatory notes, sections C, F, and G, and the glossary for definitions.



18.

TABLE 10: Indexes of Productian-Worker Employment and Weekly Pay Bolls in
Manufacturing Industries - Continued
Industry group and industry

MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL
Machinery and machine-shop
products
Engines and turbines
Tractors
Agricultural machinery,
excluding tractors
Machine tools
Machine-tool accessories
Textile machinery
Pumps and pumping equipment
Typewriters
Cash registers; adding, and
calculating machines
Washing machines, wringers,
and driers, domestic
Sewing machines, domestic
and industrial
Sefrigerators and refrigeration
equipment
TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT,
EXCEPT AUTOMOBILES

Loyme: indexes
Pay-roll indexes
Employment
1949
W
m l
U SE
Apr.j Mar. 1 Feb Apr
Apr.i Mar.; yep. Agr
22J,k 1*23.4 448.51463.0
206.7|t214.4;219.1
j
i
*

j

j

220.6 1229.51236.0 247.7 457.6;484.71501.9 511.9
263.7!271.^!275.9 289.1 5^9.91579.2!601.9 611.7
14-3.4 3^2.71358.01366.8 248.9
191.2!l9^.0i196.3
*
•
}

;

1
2

267.0 591.61601.21607.6
130.4 205.U 1211.81218.6
214.8 341.11359.7 ^367.4
189.2 399.11423.71429.2
290.2 564.11594.01619.9
148.7 190.4 1201.61220.4
j;
j’
*
235.2
428
.
01456
.
3
|46l.8
195.61207.31210.9
!
I
|
j
I
!
112 .5 :i11^.81128.5
217.0 238.2 (236.4 1259.4
•
1
}

AUTOMOBILES
NONFERROUS METALS AHD THEIR
PRODUCTS

571.9
240.2
392.6
441.3
630.2
336.8
504.7
465.3

193.6!193.4|191.8
176.7 451.1(479.4[481.5 399.9
:
?
!
*
189.5!207.4j210.0 226.7 369.4j430.lj449.8 450.4
601.4
271.3;276.6 j278.3 290.9 573.91599.^607.5
:
:
:

Locomotives
Cars, electric- and steamrailroad
Aircraft and parts, excluding
aircraft engines
Aircraft engines
Shipbuilding and boatbuilding
Motorcycles, bicycles, and parts

:

265.7 I267.0 !266.5
113 .81116.11118.2
192.7 1197.3 !201.2
174 .61183.5 I187.O
256.8 !266.8 i272.3
92.3j 93.3! 99.6

390*2 j400.1s399.8 *10.5

f

905.41930.51891.4 928.1
?

s

217.0 |225.8 |831.2 219.7 478.91533.9|563.4 483.8
:

t

:

t

383.01382.81380.3 346.0 796.2^819.2^829.8 695.2
317 .^! 322.4-1321.1 278.4 582.9 1587.01604.9 481.0
115 .2 i121.0 !124.0 176.8 245.5 1259.5!261.7 373.6
125.2 ;:128.2 ii128.3 206.0 258.6j264.lj260.7 418.2
190.01188.?!X188.8 191.9 436.51415.75441.5 386.2
!
:
I
154.31160.7 I
}164.9 176.9 327.01345.3!363.6 368.3
\:
\;
f
I
1^9.91148.81147.1 148.4 3VT.9i3^3.81339.2 314.1
:

;

J

Smelting and refining, primary,
of nonferrous metals
Alloying; and rolling end.
drawing of nonferrous
110.7=126.01135.6 138.3 200.2 1242.31276.5 271.7
metals, except aluminum
n o .u ;ii2 .4 | 113.9 140.7 273.5 1279.^1282.8 336.8
Clocks and watches
Jewelry (precious metals)
173.6-176 .9 !180.3 187.6 3^2.5i368.2!375.7 377.7
and jewelers' findings
Silverware and plated ware
j 209.2 ;214.5 219.8 226.8 448.5l459.0l506.4 529.fc
134.61142.21148.6 152.7 309.ll327.3!347.2 308.3
Lighting equipment
l60.0il64.4i164.2 187.7 j 320.21332.61341.0 356.8
Aluminum manufactures
Sheet-metal work, not elsewhere
classified
166.8^ 171.0175.^ 199.9 j 372.3 i387.6:397.9^34.8
See explanatory notes, sections C, F, and 6 , and the glossary for definitions.



TABLE 10:

Indexes of Productim-Worker Employment and Weekly Pay Bolls In
Manufacturing Industries - Continued

Industry group and industry

19*9

|

19*6

Apr.! Mar, Feb. Apr.
;

LUMBER AMD TIMBER BASIC PRODUCTS
Sawmills and logging camps
Planing and plywood mills
FURNITURE AND FINISHED LUMBER
PRODUCTS
Mattresses and bedsprings
Furniture
Wooden boxes, other than cigar
Caskets and other morticians'
goods
Wood preserving
Wood, turned and shaped
STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS
Glass and glassware
Glass products made from
purchased glass
Cement
Brick, tile, and terra cotta
Pottery and related products
Gypsum
Wallboard, plaster (except
gypsum), and mineral wool
Lime
Marble, granite, slate, and
other products
Abrasives
Asbestos products
Nondurable goods
TEXTILE-MILL PRODUCTS AND OTHER
FIBER MANUFACTURES

19*8

19*9

Apr. j Mar. Feb. Apr.
;

170.9(169.9(168.9 179.* *27.8 ]*13.91395.7 *33.*
185.*!l83.91181.5 19*.8 *69.31*51.81*23.1 *71.0
173.*|173.5)177.7 180.* *20.5 1*1*.*1*25.6 *35.*
:

1

*

j

128. 8 |l30.8 |l 33.2 1*3.* 299.2 |310.7 (315.7 333.0
15*.91156.61155.6 170.* 330.513*6.913*3.6 359.5
129.11132.01135.2 1**.0 299.7 1313.81320.5 336.3
109.01108.11108.8 127.2 262. 5 1258.91263.7 30*.8
t

:

120.0 Il25. 6 |l29.2
138.01133.7 H31.0
129.5 |130.6(130.7
1*3.9 11*7.61150.0
151.2 |l53.* 1155.8

1*5.8 23* .21256.5 ^269.6 300.3
128.7 388.61366.7 1350.6 33*. 2
1*2.6 303.7 |313.8[315.2 331.8

12*.9 |l31.8 ll*0.0
l*9.9jl*8.611*9.5
132.* 1133.21135.2
173.1 H76. 5 1178.5
1*7.311*8.9 }1*8.8

1*2.1
1*5.9
13*. 3
171.2
152.8

i

153.7 323.5J335.9i3**.5 337.9
170.7 3*2.7 j356. 1 1366.8 367.1
279.81289.21313.9
312.21306. 5 ?303.6
320.7 1322. 61329.0
367.3 138*.6 1392.1
310.7 1328.513*2.3

299.1
288.2
312.9
357.0
3*3.7

;

110.1 |l*9.31155.9 178.7 266. 21363.* ^359.1 *67.9
111. 6 jl09.0 1110.2 116.9 30*.8 1303.5(296.8 31* .5
103.3 1103.0 Il02.2 96.6 201.5 0.98.91197.1 176.6
238.* 1256.2 S261.3 260.* *85.61537.11556.* 5*6.6
132.2 11*0.8 |1*6.1 150.3 302.8 133*.*1351-9 378.5
96.1 ;ioo.* |io*.o 113.7 237«,61260. 3 127*.8 307.1

Cotton manufactures, except
111.2 111* .61117.3 125.8
smallwares
Cotton smallwares
88.*! 90. 2 ! 89.9 103.6
Silk and rayon goods
79.5i 85.7 j 90.8 9*<*9
Woolen and worsted manufactures,
except dyeing and finishing
70.*! 8l/H 91.5 111.0
Hosiery
79.91 81.5 s 82.8 89.1
Knitted cloth
92.91 9* .2 1 9*.9 101.9
Knitted outerwear and knitted
gloves
101.lll05.2|l07.7 112.3
Knitted underwear
99.3j 99.1j 99.9 132,0
Dyeing and finishing textiles,
including woolen and worsted
127.1^127.81129.0 13*.*
Carpets and rugs, wool
138.611*3.611*6.8 1*5.7
Hats, fur-felt
! 55-9! 72.3! 75-3 82.7
Jute goods, except felts
113.11111.2illl.5 1112.8
Cordage and. twine
See explanatory notes, sections C,



19.

29*.3 1319.61332.9 37*.7
206.6 1211.8121*.* 2*3.0
218. 9 1239.5 1267.3 287.6
172.6 i208. 3 l2*5.6 308.6
182.8 1190. 51193.6 203.5
222.9 (229.1i225.* 237.1
229.91256.81260.7 261.2
22*.0 12*0.2 |235.9 3**. 5
306.2 1320.1!321.3 328.7
322.* 1362.8 1370.0 3*8.8
103. 6 ;i60. 6 !l75.6 176.*
’262.9 -269*5 '275.9
.1 -311.*
' * Tms. '

20.
TABLE 10:

Indexes of Produfction-Worker Employment and Weekly Pay Bolls in
Manufacturing Industries - Continued
1

Industry group and industry
APPAREL AND OTHER FINISHED
TEXTILE PRODUCTS
Men’
s clothing, not elsewhere
classified
Shirts, collars, and nightwear
Underwear and neckwear, men's
Work shirts
Women’
s clothing, not elsevhere
classified
Corsets and allied garments
Millinery
Handkerchiefs
Curtains, draperies, end
bedspreads
Housefumishings, other than
curtains, etc.
Textile bags

Pay-roll indexes
Employment indexes
1948
194P
1949
1949
Apr. Mar.j Feb. Apr. Apr.j Mar. Feb. Apr.
1
142.3 149.2]149.5 139.8 297.3 344.7 348.2 306.5
123.7
93.5
109.2
116.1

126.11126.6
92.71 91.2
111.81111.0
112.71114.2

125.0
100.3
110.1
111.4

263.O
225.1
287.8
288.2

288.7
230.5
322.5
288.5

160.9
92.8
88.3
103.0

174.21175.7
98.01 98.O
97.4! 95.3
105.11103.0

153.7
102.4
80.8
99.8

307.9
204.4
168.4
245.0

380.0
226.1
226.3
279.1

286.0 293.7
218.7 248.4
312.8 297.0
289.7 1278.5
[
394.4 307.1
224.4 229.1
213.4 149.9
286.0 251.5

112.9 113.9|ll2.9 118.8 275.5 296.7 289.3 265.3
247.2 243.1!224.4 205.5 569.5 576.6 533.6 462.2
181.9 187.41190.5 168.2 402.4 414.8 432.7 353.5

LEATHER AND LEATHER PBODUCTS

103.3 106.0|l06.0 107.1 222,0 238.7 240.1 227.1

Leather
Boot and shoe cut stock and
findings
Boots and shoes
Leather gloves and mittens
Trunks and suitcases

37.9 90.31 91.9 95.1 186.2 195.3 202.2 197.9
81.3
100.8
95.7
160.3

FOOD
Slaughtering and meat packing
Butter
Condensed and evaporated milk
Ice cream
Flour
Feeds, prepared
Cereal preparations
Baking
Sugar refining, cane
Sugar, beet
Confectionery
Beverages, nonalcoholic
Malt liquors
Canning and preserving
TOBACCO MANUFACTURES

136.3
142.2
176.4
189.8
157.7
139.0
170.1
155.1
129.6
158.4
37.0
121.2
166.4
183.8
92.3
86.5

Cigarettes
Cigars
Tobacco (chewing and smoking)
and snuff

86.81 87.1
103.71103.6
100.3! 97.0
143.51141.9

88.7
102.2
121.9
160.1
135.2(134.9 122.6
148.01151.9 77.0
168.1Il64.5 183.3
183.5!176.7 188.3
144.91138.4 ,153.9
142.9:146.3 1144.3
167.4 :167.4 153.9
159.7!156.8 146.4
128.6:128.0 125.8
159.01155.6 131.3
37.2! 41.7 49.3
123.3il27.6 120.5
162.8!158.5 !170.1
192.1;l8l.3 191.2
81.0! 80.1 j 93.6
88.4! 88.6 1! 92.4

160.7
220.1
185.1
342.5
302.8
284.9
390.1
466.6
316.5
296.0
424.6
345.7
276.2
324.7
84.3
270.1
293.5
345.8
j242,8
188.9

180.6
239.6
203.6
313.0

184.4
239.6
201.1
301.2

173.4
219.5
241.3
347.2

302.7
297.9
376.1
446.5
292.1
309.1
408.5
367.6
269.7
340.1
85.7
285.7
283.9
363.1
213.3
198.8

302.9
307.8
367.6
428.0
280.0
330.8
385.0
356.0
271.7
346.4
98.5
290.9
277.0
333.8
215.6
193.5

267.4
192.5
381.0
438.1
286.4
304.7
337.1
313.0
250.7
275.8
100.6
265.2
289.9
350.3
240.8
205.7

121.9 120.2:119.8 121.1 255.3 257.7 239.8 |254,3
71.9 75.6; 75.8 81.0 152.2 167.7 169.2 !l82.7
71.2 : 72.6 74.7 i 77.0 '151.7 159.8 161.4 Il6l.6

See explanatory notes, sections C, F, and G, and the glossary for definitions.



21.

TABUS 10: Indexes of Productlon-Worker Employment and Weekly Pay Rolls in
Manufacturing Industries - Continued
Industry group and industry
PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS
Paper and pulp
Paper goods, other
Envelopes
Paper bags
Paper boxes
PRINTING, PUBLISHING, AND ALLIED
INDUSTRIES
Newspapers and periodicals
Printing; book and job
Lithographing
Bookbinding

Employment indexes
i m

3M

Apr. |Mar. i Feb. Apr.

Pay-roll indexes
19*9
i 1946
Apr. j Mar. IFeb.

l*l.*|l*3 .6 jl*5 .* 1*6.8 317.0 327.6(335.3 325.7
•

J

1*7.8 322.5 332.213*1.0
162.6 360.3 368.1 )380.5
1*5.6 286.5 292.* 1297.8
162.3 33*. 9 358.11358.7
133.7 279.6 292.51296.5

333.3
350.7
282.1
365.3
29&.5

131 .8 ]l31 .6 1132.I 131.8 27*.*:273.91269.7
I
I
128.8 il28.3 1126.8 122.2 260.0j255.312*7.8
1*1.1 ll*1.8 ili*i*.3 1*3.5 301.8 1307.51307.0
117 .51112.* 1112.3 119.0 226.31218.91216.3
128.3jl29.7Il29.5 139.2 302.61305.7j300.0

259.5

1*3.6 !l*5.*!i*6.9
159.5!l6l.6 H 63.O
1*2.0‘
l**.l11*5.9
139.0;l**. 9 ll*7.5
127.81130.11132.5

:

CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS
Paints, varnishes, and colors
Drugs, medicines, and
insecticides
Perfumes and cosmetics
Soap
Rayon and allied products
Chemicals, not elsewhere
classified
Explosives and safety fuses
Compressed and liquefied gases
Ammunition, sxnall-arms
Fireworks
Cottonseed oil
Fertilizers
PRODUCTS OF PETROLEUM AND COAL
Petroleum refining
Coke and byproducts
Paving materials
Roofing materials

;

221.U

30* .0

197.7 203.31203.9 201.* *3*.9j**9.o(*5*.2 *22.1

.

.

1 5 9 1 1 1 6 0 2 1 1 6 2 .7

169.8 315.11311.*1315.5 315.9

2*0 .71238.912*1.6
10*.5 |10*.l 1105.5
169.2 1173.0ir72.3
119.21131.6113*.9
I
r
283.9 1290.01292.7
355.8 1363.61366.6
223.2122*.3 1225.1
H*l*.91159.2 jl6*.0
238.61212.* {227.3
121.0 1135*21140.0
202.3 :206.0 1180.9

233.3
107.6
1*2.9
131.*

525.7 !529.9 1535.7
220.01221.* 1223.2
370.3!38*.5 1385.5
|30*.0
26o.9i29*.7
j
i

*79.9
215.1
321.8
274.6

296.3 597.21609.3 1621.6
350.7 69*.8 !?1*.* 1729.7
252.* *81.31*89.1 1*90.9
182.5 280.813*6.9 1385.3
210.1 588.61537.9 1559.9
99.5 3*8.3i*01.7 1*09.9
19*.7 593.71591.0 1506.8

591.1
61*8.3
*83.7
398.8
572.5
270.2
530.1

153.2 j152.6 (;152.8 15*. 9 3*0 .6 j339-*(339.2 316.7
153.3 !l5*.l il5*.* 155.2
1*7.6 11*6.911*7.* 136.8
125.5 I 92.8 i 87.8 92 «7
171.0 :l67.3 167.2 ]21k .6

332.0133*.7I33*.2 310.9
3*9.813*6.61351.0 287.3
277.8i207.6119l.3 206.5
*06.3 379.7 373-11*95.6

See explanatory notes, sections C, F, and G, and the glossary for definitions.




23*.6
291.0

22.

TABLE 10: Indexes of Production-Worker Employment and Weekly Pay Bolls in
Manufacturing Industries - Continued
'

Industry group and Industry

Employment indexes
1?48
1949
Apr. . Mar. Feb. Apr.

Pay-roll indexes
19W
1949
Apr. Mar. Feb. Apr.

;

CO

i

RUBBER PRODUCTS

•

CV I

Instruments (professional and
scientific), and fire-control
equipment
Photographic apparatus
Optical instruments and
ophthalmic goods
Pianos, organs, and parts
Games, toys, and dolls
Buttons
Fire extinguishers

s

j

158.1 1158.21159.5 170.7 285.2!287.8 1288.8 286.1*
130.9 I133.9il38.8 11*9.0 276.li251a6 1301.5 333.9
1^2.0 111*8.71153.9 161.9 306.2|330.1 131*8.3 347.1
:

MISCELLANEOUS INDUSTRIES

?

*.
:

I151.0 !154.5 163.8 291.1* |298.1* 1309.8 312.8
?

Rubber tires and inner tubes
Rubber boots and shoes
Rubber goods, other

j

:

;

5

|l6i*.8!l67.9 178.1* 359.5|378.2 381.1* 382.6
1
i

274.9 [274.61272.2 2l*l*.l
210.7 1210.1*1212.8 217.1
1
217.6 1219.6 [221.5 226.9
11*5.0 ill*7.7 :i56.3 170.5
181.2 175.91177.1 210.7
105.3 110.0 112.0 116.3
1202.8 1202.7 201*.5 1266.8

589.6 1598.1 596.3 494.2
1*15.1* 11*26.6 432.1 416.2

:

439.1>447.2
306.5 1311.7
1*10.3 i1*31*.3
I21*2.91258.1*
I503.7 512.6

i

1*52.5 438.1
329.1 357.9
1*29.1* 487.6
263.0 269.4
515.5 1575.5

See explanatory notes, sections C, F, and G, and the glossary for definitions.




TABLE 11:

23.
Indexes of Employment and Weekly Fay Bolls in Selected Nonmanufacturing
Industries
(1939 Average = 100)

Industry group and industry

Employment indexes
19*8

Mar.i Feb.

Apr.

Pay-roll indexes
19*6
19*9

Apr.; Mar.i Feb

_A£r.

MINING:
Coal:
Anthracite
Bituminous -coal
Metal
Iron
Copper
Lead and zinc
Gold and silver
Miscellaneous
Quarrying and nonmetallic
Crude petroleum and natural gas
production

89.6
10*.7
102.4
157*7
110.5
104.4
34.9

90.1 91.1 91.9
105.4 107.3 79.7
101.6 100.2 99.0
152.1 151.7 153.7
111.4 106.8 107.2
104.8 104.3 100.4
35.0 35.1 32.5
187.6 188.5 191.7 182.8
118.9 114.2 111.9 122.5

195.7
326.1
235.2
374.3
277.1
265.6
64.3
388.4
309.6

112.6 112.9 113.2 111.2

235.8 233.1 236.7 213.4

123.0 121.3 124.6 127.3

125.1 128.3
201.6 198.3
87.1 97.9
115.5 111.7

1/
226.5
342.0
210.6
208.1

1/
228.7
344.9
206.8
206.1

114.0 114.5 114.9 114.8
113.0 109.3 109.1 112.8
112.6 112.0 111.8 116.1
128.2 119.0 118.7 123.4
123.9 108.8 106.3 114.6
89.2 89.8 90.1 91.6
108.2 107.I 107.3 107.1
116.0 114.0 115.0 121.9

218.7
223.4
234.4
244.0
238.1
176.1
220.3
237-7

217.4
214.5
231.7
227.5
200.0
177*1
212.7
232.1

160.1 168.3
309.0 1341.0
237.4 228.6
368.2 364.7
277.3 252.9
285.7 276.1
63.9 66.2
396.0 396.2
286.8 281.2

195.4
167.4
201.7
319.7
232.6
235.8
55.2
343.1
295.4

TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC
UTILITIES:
Class I railroads l/
Street railways and busses
Telephone
Telegraph
Electric light and power

124.3
200.4
86.1
116.0

124.9
200.5
86.0
115.6

1/

i/

230.6 227.1

346.2 317.7
208.6 224.8
206.3 188.6

TRADE: 2/
Wholesale
Retail
Food
General merchandise
Apparel
Furniture and housefurnishings
Automotive
Lumber and building materials

219.3
214.4
232.4
225.0
198.7
180.3
210.4
234.4

211.0
211.1

225.5
225.8
209.2

175.6
204.7
234.9

SERVICE:
Hotels (year-round)
Power laundries
Cleaning and dyeing

Ini.6 112.0 112.9 116.9 232.0 233.1 236.3 233.4
jlio.3 110.2 110.8 118.3 221.2 219.2 219.8 231.5
{151.2 144.5 143.3 159.0 1308.9 278.9 271.1 ;308.0

See footnotes, table 9, and explanatory notes, sections C, F, and G.
l/ Source: Interstate Commerce Commission. Pay-roll data are not available.
2/ Data include all nonsupervisory employees and working supervisors.
3j Money payments only; additional value of board, room, uniforms, and tips, not
included.




EXPLANATORY NOTES

Sec. A. Scope of Employment Adjustments - The employ­
ment data shown in this report for the industry divisions (e.g.,
manufacturing, mining, etc.) and industry groups (e.g>, iron
and steel, electrical machinery, etc.) have been adjusted to
levels indicated by Federal Security Agency data through 1946
and have been carried forward from 1946 bench-mark levels,
thereby providing consistent series.
Sec. B. Sources of Bench-Mark Data - In preparing
data for private employment prior to 1939/ the various industrial
censuses taken by the Bureau of the Census were used as sources
of bench-mark data. Data obtained from the Federal Security
Agency are the main bases for 1946 bench marks. Bench marks
for State and local government are based on reports compiled
by the Bureau of the Census, while information on Federal
Government employment is made available by the U. S. Civil
Service Commission. The Interstate Commerce Commission is the
source for Class I railroads, and the U. S. Maritime Commission
for water transportation.
Sec. C. Adjustments of Production-Worker Series Data for the manufacturing major industry groups have been ad­
justed to levels indicated by Federal Security Agency data
through 1946 and have been carried forward from 1946 bench-mark
levels, thereby providing consistent series. Data for the
individual manufacturing Industries, with the exception of the
industries in the transportation equipment except automobiles
group, have been adjusted to 1946 bench-mark levels. In the
nonmanufacturing industries, the entire series of mining indus­
tries have been adjusted to 1946 bench-mark levels.
Since the data shown in this report cover only the
current months, a set of summary sheets for each industry present­
ing comparable figures from January 1939 to date, by months,
will be provided upon request to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Such requests should specify the series desired.
Sec. D. Employment Methodology - Changes in the level
of employment are based on reports from a sample group of
establishments, inasmuch as full coverage Is prohibitively costly
and time-consuming. In using a sample, it is essential that an
accurate base be established from which the series may be carried
forward. This base or "bench mark" is either a complete count or
a figure with a satisfactory degree of accuracy. When a new
bench mark becomes available, data prepared since the last




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bench mark are reviewed to determine if any adjustment of level
is required. This i B the basic principle of the employment
series prepared by the ELS. It yields a satisfactory compromise
between a slow but highly accurate complete count on the one
hand, and a rapid but less accurate sample count on the other.
Briefly, the BIS computes employment data as follows:
first, a bench mark or level of employment is determined; second,
a sample of establishments is selected; and third, changes in
employment indicated by this reporting sample are applied to the
bench mark to determine the monthly employment between bench­
mark periods. For example, if the latest complete data on employ­
ment for an industry were *0,200 in September, and if the industry
has a reporting sample of 13 establishments employing 23,200
workers in September and 23,800 in October, the October figure
would be prepared as follows:
*0,200 X !!*!§§ * *1,2*0
23,200

In general, then, the month-to-month changes in employ­
ment reflect the fluctuations shown by establishments reporting
to the BLS.
Why Adjustments Are Necessary - Because reports are
not immediately available from new firms, they are frequently
introduced into the BLS sample after they have been in operation
for some time. This lapse of time produces a rather consistent
understatement which becomes larger from year to year. It is
important, therefore, that data not be allowed to go uncorrected
for too long a period. The most recent adjustments correct for
the downward bias that had accumulated In the nonmanufac.turlng
series beginning January 19*5 and in the manufacturing series
beginning January 19*6. Adjustments In some industry divisions
were made in order to incorporate greater refinements in method­
ology and new source materials that have become available.
Sec. E. Comparability With Other Types of Employment
Data - The Bureau of Labor Statistics employment series are
based upon reports submitted by cooperating establishments and
therefore differ from employment information obtained by house­
hold interviews, such as the Monthly Report of the Labor Force,
The BIS series of employment in nonagricultural establishments
differ from the Monthly Report of the Labor Force total non­
agricultural employment figures in several important respects.




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For example: (1) The BLS Information covers all full- and parttime wage and salary workers In private nonagricultural estab­
lishments who worked or received pay during the pay period
ending nearest the 15th of the month; in Federal establish­
ments during the pay period ending Just before the first of
the month; and In State and local government during the pay
period ending on or Just before the last of the month* Persons
who worked In more than one establishment during the reporting
period would be counted more than once; (2) Proprietors, selfemployed persons, domestic servants, and unpaid family workers
are excluded*
Sec. F. Pay-Boll Indexes - Cooperating establishments
are Instructed to report pay rolls of production or nonsupervisory workers prior to deduction for old age and unemployment
insurance, withholding taxes, bonds, and union dues. Pay for
sick leave, holidays, and vacations taken is included* Respon­
dents are instructed to exclude pay for vacations not taken as
well as cash estimates of any payments in kind. Bonuses, unless
earned and paid regularly each pay period, are also excluded*
The methodology for obtaining pay-roll indexes is
similar to that for employment. Sample changes showing monthly
movements are used in projecting established bench marks to
secure current pay-roll figures. These pay-roll figures are
converted into indexes, using the 1939 average as a base.
Sec. G. Source of Data - Employment and pay-roll data
are based on reports from cooperating establishments. The
approximate number of establishments, and workers covered, for
each industry division is as follows:
Approximate Coverage of BLS Employment and Pay-Boll Sample
Industry division
____________ _

: Number : ‘
'En^loyees or production
:of estab-s
workers
rlishments: Number
: Percent of total

Manufacturing
Mining
Contract construction
Public utilities
Trade:
Wholesale
Retail
Service:
Hotels (year-round)
Power laundries and
cleaning and dyeing




34,300
2,700
12,500
7,500

7,542,000
407,000
480,000
933,000

56
52
22
78

12,800
37,900

360,000
1,097,000

20
25

1,200

131,000

35

l,6oo

67,000

21

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See. H. Coverage of Employment Data - The employment
series shown in tablesi, 2, 3,
and 7 cover all full- and
part-time wage and salary workers who worked or received pay
during the pay period ending nearest the 15th of the month.
Proprietors, self-employed persons, domestic servants, and
personnel of the amed forces are excluded. The figures and
indexes shown in tables 8 and 10 refer to production and related
workers as defined in the glossary.
Sec. I. State Employment - State data are prepared
in cooperation with various State Agencies as indicated below.
The series for manufacturing have been adjusted to recent data
made available under the Federal Social Security program.
Since some States have adjusted to more recent bench marks
than others, and because varying methods of computation are
used, the total of the State series differs from the national
total (see tables 1 and 2). Because of these recent revisions
the State data for manufacturing are not consistent with the
unrevised data shown prior to June 1947 for total employment in
nonagricultural establishments, by State, A number of States
also make available more detailed industry data and information
for earlier periods which may be secured directly upon request to
the appropriate State Agency. Nonagricultural employment, by
State, for those States which are now publishing such series are
shown in table 6 and are consistent with the manufacturing data in
table 7. As nonagricultural data for additional States become
available, they will be shown in table 6.

The following publications are available upon request
from the BLS Regional Offices or the Bureau’
s Washington Office:
Nonagricultural Employment, by State, 1943-1947.
Employment in Manufacturing Industries, by State,
1943-1946.
Total Employment in Manufacturing Industries by
State, 1947.

COOPERATING STATE AGENCIES
Alabama - Dept, of Industrial Relations, Montgomery 5 .
Arizona - Unemployment Compensation Div., Employment Security
Commission, Phoenix.
Arkansas - Employment Security Div., Dept, of Labor, Little Rock.
California - Div. of Labor Statistics and Research, Dept, of
Industrial Relations, San Francisco 3«
Connecticut - Employment Security Div., Dept, of Labor and Factory
Inspection, Hartford 15.

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Delaware - Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Philadelphia 1, Pa.
Florida - Unemployment Compensation Div., Industrial Commission,
Tallahassee.
Georgia - Employment Security Agency, Dept, of Labor, Atlanta 3.
Idaho - Employment Security Agency, Industrial Accident Board, Boise.
Illinois - Div. of Placement and Unemployment Compensation, Chicago 5^.
Indiana - Employment Security Div., Indianapolis 4.
Iowa - Employment Security Commission, Des Moines 9*
Kansas - Employment Security Div., State Labor Dept., Topeka,
Kentucky - Dept, of Economic Security* Frankfort.
Louisiana - Div. of Employment Security, Dept, of Labor, Baton Rouge 4.
Maine - Unemployment Compensation Commission, Augusta.
Maryland ~ Dept, of Employment Security, Baltimore 2.
Massachusetts - Div. of Statistics, Dept, of Labor and Industries,
Boston 10.
Michigan - Dept, of Labor and Industry, Lansing 13.
Minnesota - Div. of Employment and Security, Dept, of Social
Security, St. Paul 1.
Missouri - Div. of Employment Security, Dept, of Labor and Indus­
trial Relations, Jefferson City.
Montana - Unemployment Compensation Commission, Helena.
Nebraska - Div. of Employment Security, Dept, of Labor, Lincoln 1.
Nevada - Employment Security Dept., Carson City.
New Hampshire - Unemployment Compensation Div., Bureau of Labor, Concord.
New Jersey - Dept, of Labor and Industry, Trenton 8.
New Mexico - Employment Security Commission, Albuquerque.
New York - Div, of Placement and tJhemployment Insurance, Dept, of
Labor, New York IT.
North Carolina - Dept, of Labor, Raleigh.
North Dakota » Unemployment Compensation Division, and Employment
Service, Bismarck.
Oklahoma - Employment Security Commission, Oklahoma City 2.
Pennsylvania - Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Philadelphia 1
(mfg.); Bureau of Research and Information, Dept, of
Labor end Industry, Harrisburg (nonmfg.)
Rhode Island - Div. of Census and Information, Dept, of Labor,
Providence 2,
South Dakota - Employment Security Dept,, Aberdeen.
Tennessee - Dept, of Employment Security, Nashville 3.
Texas - Bureau of Business Research, University of Texas, Austin 12.
Utah * Dept, of Employment Security, Industrial Commission, Salt
Lake City 13.
Vermont - Unemployment Compensation Commission, Montpelier*
Virginia - Div, of Research and Statistics, Dept, of Labor and
Industry, Richmond 21,
Washington - Employment Security Dept., Olympia.
Wisconsin - Statistical Dept., Industrial Commission, Madison 3,
Wyoming - Employment Security Commission, Casper.




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BLS REGIONAL OFFICES

Nev, England: Regional Director, U. S, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Old
South Bldg., 294 Washington St., Boston 33, Massachusetts (Connecticut,
Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont).
North Atlantic: Regional Director, U, S. Bureau of Labor Statistics,
Room 1000, 3^1 Ninth Avenue, New York 1, New York (Delaware, District
of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania).
Southern: Regional Director, U. S. Bureau o f Labor Statistics, 1020
Grant Bldg., Forsyth and Walton Streets, Atlanta 3> Georgia (Alabama,
Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina,
Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia),
North Central: Regional Director, U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics,
Room 312, 226 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago 6, Illinois (Illinois,
Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri,
Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, West Virginia, Wisconsin).
Pacific-Rocky Mountain: Regional Director, U. S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics, 550 Federal Office Bldg., Fulton and Leavenworth
Streets, San Francisco 2, California (Arizona, California, Colorado,
Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming).
GLOSSARY
Continental United States - Covers only the 48 States and the District
of Columbia.
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 pay rolls of Federal,
State, and local government, public utilities, and private establish­
ments, are excluded.
Defense Agencies - Covers civilian employees of the National Military
Establishment, Maritime Commission, National Advisory Committee for
Aeronautics, The Panama Canal, Philippine Alien Property Adminis­
tration, Philippine War Damage Commission, Selective Service System,
War Assets Administration, Office of Defense Transportation,
National Security Resources Board, National Security Council.
Family Allowances - Represents the Government's contribution; the
amount contributed by the personnel is included under pay rolls.
Federal Government-Executive Branch - Includes U. S. Navy Yards,
Federal arsenals, and force-account construction. Fourth-class
postmasters are included under the executive branch in table 4,
but are excluded from the government data shown in tables 1 and 3»




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Employment shown here for the executive branch differs from
data published by the U. S. Civil Service Commission in the
following respects: (1) Employment collected and published
by the Civil Service Commission as of the last day of the
month, is here presented as of the first day of the next month;
(2) substitute rural mail carriers are excluded; (3) employ­
ment in December of each year includes the additional postal
employees necessitated by the Christmas season, excluded from
published Civil Service Commission figures starting 19*2; (*)
seamen and trainees who are hired and paid by private steam­
ship companies having contracts with the Maritime Commission
are excluded; (5) the Panama Railroad Company is shown here
under Government corporations but is included under the
executive branch by the Civil Service Commission.
Finance - Covers establishments operating in the fields of
finance, insurance, and real estate; excludes the Federal
Reserve District Banks and the mixed-ownership banks of the
Farm Credit Administration.
Government - Covers Federal, State, and local governmental
establishments performing legislative, executive, and judicial
functions, as well as all government-owned and operated estab­
lishments and institutions (arsenals, navy yards, hospitals,
etc.), government corporations, and government force-account
construction. The data shovn in tables 1 and 3 exclude fourthclass postmasters because they presumably have other major jobs.
Government Corporations - Covers only three corporations: The
Panama Railroad Company, the Federal Reserve Banks, and the
mixed-ownership banks of the Farm Credit Administration. All
other corporations are included under the executive branch.
Indexes of Production-Worker Employment - Humber of production
workers expressed as a percentage of the average employment
in 1939.
Indexes of Productlon-Worker Weekly Pay Rolls - Production-worker
weekly pay rolls expressed as a percentage of the average weekly
pay roll for 1939*

Leave Payments - Payments were authorized by Public Law 70k of
the 79th Congress and were continued by Public Law 25* of the
80th Congress to enlisted personnel who were discharged prior
to September 1, 19*6 for accrued and unused leave and to officers
and enlisted personnel then on active duty for leave accrued in
excess of 60 days. Value of bonds represents face value;
interest is paid in addition when bonds are cashed. Lump-sum
payments for terminal leave, which were authorized by Public
Law 350 of the 80th Congress, and were started October 19*7,
are excluded here and included under pay rolls.




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Manufacturing - Covers only privately owned establishments;
governmental manufacturing operations such as arsenals and
navy yards are excluded.
Military Personnel - Represents persons on active duty as of the
first of the month. Reserve personnel are excluded if on in­
active duty of if on active duty for a brief training or
emergency period.
Military Pay Rolls - Represent pay roll obligations based on
an average monthly personnel count, plus luisp-sum payments
for terminal leave. Pay rolls for the Navy and Coast Guard
include cash payments for clothing-allowance balances in
January,, April, July, and October.
Mining - Covers establishments engaged in the extraction from
the earth of organic and inorganic minerals which occur in
nature as solids, liquids, or gases; Includes various con­
tract services required In mining operations, such as removal
of overburden, tunnelling and shafting, and the drilling or
acidizing of oil TTells; also Includes ore dressing, bene*
ficlatlng, and concentration.
Nonagrlcultural Establishments - Governmental or private business
establishments! (l) that are physically located within con­
tinental United States; and (2) whose principal activity can
be classified under one of the following Industry divisions manufacturing, mining, contract construction, transportat ion
and public utilities, trade, finance, service, or government.
Pay Rolls - Private pay rolls represent weekly pay rolls Of
both full- and part-time production and related workers (or
nonsupervisory employees and working supervisors) who worked
or received pay for any part of the pay period ending nearest
the 15th of the month, before deductions for old-age and un­
employment Insurance, group insurance, withholding tax, bonds,
and union dues, but after deductions for damaged work. In­
cludes 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. In coal mining portal-to-portal pay Is included.
Federal civilian pay rolls are for all employees before de­
ductions for income tax, retirement, and bonds, and cover the
working days in the calendar year.

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Production and related workers - Includes working foremen 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 record-keeping and other services closely
associated with the above production operations* Excludes
supervisory employees (above the working foreman level) and
their clerical staffs, routemen, salesmen, and other groups
of nonproduction workers defined below under wage and salary
workers.
Service - Covers establishments primarily engaged In rendering
services to individuals and business firms. Excludes auto­
mobile repair services, government-owned and operated
hospitals, museums.,, etc., and domestic service.
Trade - Covers establishments engaged in wholesale trade, i.e.,
selling merchandise to retailers, and in retail trade, i.e.,
selling merchandise for personal or household consumption,
and rendering services incidental to the sales of goods. In­
cludes auto repair services.
Transportation and public utilities - Covers only privately
owned and operated enterprises engaged in providing all
types of transportation and related services; telephone,
telegraph, and other communication services; or providing
electricity, gas, steam, water, or sanitary service. Govern­
ment-owned and operated establishments are included under
government.
Wage and salary workers - In addition to production and related
workers as defined above, includes workers engaged in the
following activities: executive, purchasing, finance,
accounting, legal, personnel (including cafeterias, medical,
etc.), professional and technical activities, sales, salesdelivery, advertising, credit, collection, and in installation
and servicing of own products, routine office functions,
factory supervision (above tho working foreman level), and
other workers not included as production workers. Also in­
cludes employees on the establishment pay roll engaged in
new construction and major additions or alterations to the
plant who are utilized as a separate work force (forceaccount construction workers).
Wage earner - See production workers.
Washington, D. C. - Data for the executive branch of the Federal
Government also include areas in Maryland and Virginia which
are within the metropolitan area, as defined by the Bureau of
the Census.




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