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Serial No. R. 1007
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Frances Perkins, Secretary
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
Isador Lubin, Commissioner
EMPLOYMENT
AND PAY ROLLS
Prepared by
DIVISION OF EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS
Lewis E. Talbert, Chief
and
DIVISION OF CONSTRUCTION AND
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
Herman B. Byer, Chief
AUGUST 1939
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UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE • WASHINGTON • 1939
CONTENTS
Page
Summary of employment reports for August 1939:
Total nonagricultural employment
Adjustment of indexes of factory employment and pay rolls to the
1937 Census of Manufactures
Industrial and business employment
Public employment
Detailed tables for August 1939:
Industrial and business employment
Public employment
1
1
2
6
8
24
Tables
SUMMARY
TABLE
TABLE
1.—All manufacturing industries combined and nonmanufacturing industries—employment, pay rolls, and weekly earnings,
August 1939
2.—Federal employment and pay rolls—summary, August 1939-
5
7
INDUSTRIAL AND BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT
TABLE
TABLE
TABLE
TABLE
TABLE
TABLE
3.—-Manufacturing and nonmanufacturing industries—employment, pay rolls, hours, and earnings, August 1939
4.—Manufacturing and nonmanufacturing industries—employment, pay rolls, hours, and earnings, June through August
1939
_"
5.—Factory employment and pay rolls—general indexes by
months, January 1919 to August 1939
6.—Manufacturing and nonmanufacturing industries—indexes of
employment and pay rolls, August 1938 through August 1939.
7.—Geographic divisions and States—comparison of employment
and pay rolls in identical establishments in July and
August 1939
8.—Principal metropolitan areas—comparison of employment
and pay rolls in identical establishments in July and August
1939 .1
10
14
20
21
22
24
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
TABLE
9.—Executive service of the Federal Government—employment
and pay rolls in August and July 1939
TABLE 10.—Employment and pay rolls in Government corporations and
Government-owned corporations
TABLE 11.—Construction projects financed by Public Works Administration funds—employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked,
August 1939., by type of project
(in)
25
26
26
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TABLE 12.—Housing projects of the United States Housing Authority—
employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked, August
1939, by geographic division
TABLE 13.—Projects financed and operated by the Work Projects Administration—employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked,
August 1939, by type of project
TABLE 14.—National Youth Administration work projects and Student
Aid—employment and pay rolls, July and August 1939
TABLE 15.—Civilian Conservation Corps—employment and pay rolls,
July and August 1939
TABLE 16.—Corstruction projects financed by the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation—employment, pay rolls, and man-hours
worked, August 1939, by type of project
TABLE 17.—Construction projects financed from regular Federal appropriations—employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked,
August 1939, by type of project
TABLE 18.—Construction and maintenance of State roads—employment
and pay-roll disbursements, August 1939, July 1939, and
August 1938
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31
31
32
32
33
34
Employment and Pay Rolls
SUMMARY OF REPORTS FOR AUGUST 1939
Total Nonagricultural Employment
THERE were approximately 250,000 more persons at work in nonagricultural occupations in August than in July and approximately
1,110,000 more than in August of last year. Manufacturing industries
alone accounted for a gain over the month interval of 230,000 wage
earners, bituminous-coal mines added 10,000 workers, anthracite
mines 6,000, and wholesale trade firms 18,000. The employment
gains were offset to some extent by declines in other lines of nonmanufacturing activity, the largest of which was in retail stores,
which reported declines aggregating 43,000 workers.
These figures do not include emergency employment which decreased
294,000 in August. A decrease of 309,000 on projects operated by
the Work Projects Administration was partly offset by increases of
4,000 on work projects of the National Youth Administration and
11,000 in the Civilian Conservation Corps.
Adjustment of Indexes of Factory Employment and Pay Rolls to
the 1937 Census of Manufactures
The indexes of factory employment and pay rolls have been adjusted
to conform in general with levels indicated by the 1937 Census of
Manufactures and arc available in mimeographed form upon request.
This revision continues an established policy of the Bureau of Labor
Statistics and constitutes the fourth biennial adjustment of the
factory employment and pay-roll indexes.
The Bureau's monthly indexes are computed from reports supplied
b}" cooperating firms which, at the present time, employ approximately
55 percent of the factory wage earners of the country. As the monthly
canvass does not cover all establishments in the industries surveyed,
the movements based on the reporting sample over an extended
period tend to deviate from those shown by census totals which cover
data for virtually all firms. According to totals published by the Bureau of the Census, there was an increase of 19.0 percent in the number
of factory wage earners between 1935 and 1937 whereas the Bureau's
indexes of factory employment prior to adjustment indicated an
(1)
increase of 15.9 percent over the interval. Likewise, wages according
to census reports increased 38.3 percent between 1935 and 1937,
whereas the Bureau's factory pay-roll indexes before adjustment
indicated a rise of 37.7 percent. In connection with the current
adjustment, minor changes were made for a few industries by the
inclusion of late reports, the reclassification of firms, and the addition
of data for new firms.
The Bureau does not find it practicable to follow some of the modifications made by the Census of Manufactures in industry classifications because comparable data are not available from the census for
the base-period years 1923 and 1925. Thus a number of the Bureau's
industries and groups are no longer coterminous with those of the census. In such cases the indexes of employment and pay rolls between
1935 and 1937, as in earlier revisions, were adjusted to movements of
selected census data on the assumption that such movements would
agree closely with those of the former census series. The industries
and groups coming under this category were druggists' preparations,
cash registers, foundry and machine shops, men's clothing, men's
furnishings, shirts and collars, silk and rayon, woolen and worsted
goods, dyeing and finishing, hosiery, cotton small wares, the machinery group, the paper and printing group, and the textile group
and its two subgroups, fabrics and wearing apparel. Although the
composition of the iron and steel group and the brick, tile, and terra
cotta industry was also changed by the census in 1937, their former
classification was retained by the Bureau for the purposes of adjusting
the indexes of employment and pay rolls.
As in 1935, the Bureau's indexes of employment and pay rolls in
the automobile industry were not adjusted to 1937 census totals as
the reports supplied to the Bureau by cooperating automobile firms
cover broader activities than are represented by census totals. The
Bureau, however, allowed for this broader coverage when revising
its transportation group indexes. Due to incomplete census coverage
in 1937, the Bureau's millinery indexes were not adjusted to published
census data. Estimates of total employment and pay rolls for this
industry were computed from available information and the indexes
adjusted accordingly. On the other hand, although the census figures
for women's clothing were not strictly comparable with those for
1935, the indexes were adjusted to published census totals for 1937,
the discrepancy not being considered of sufficient significance to appreciably affect the trend.
Industrial and Business Employment
Gains in employment from July to August were shown by 70 of the
90 manufacturing industries surveyed monthly by the Bureau of
Labor Statistics and by 10 of the 16 nonmanufacturing industries
covered. Pay-roll increases were reported for 73 manufacturing and
10 nonmanufacturing industries.
For all manufacturing industries combined, there were greater-thanseasonal gains between July and August of 3.1 percent or 230,000
wage earners and 6.4 percent or $10,400,000 in weekly pay rolls.
The expected changes in August are increases of 2.5 percent for
employment and 3.1 percent for pay rolls. The current gains brought
the factory employment level to the highest point since December 1937
and the pay-roll level to the highest point since November 1937.
Comparisons with August 1938 showed that there were gains of 8.6
percent in employment and 16.2 percent in pay rolls.
As in July, most of the employment gains over the month interval
in manufacturing industries were larger than seasonal or were contraseasonal. Among the industries showing such increases were canning and preserving (77,200 workers), cotton goods (7,100 workers),
millinery (7,100 workers), blast furnaces, steel works, and rolling
mills (6,900 workers), foundries and machine shops (6,000 workers),
confectionery (5,200 workers), hardware (3,400 workers), rubber boots
and shoes (3,300 workers), stamped and enameled ware (2,700 workers), glass (1,600 workers), brass, bronze, and copper products (2,400
workers), beet sugar (2,500 workers), tin cans and other tinware
(2,100 workers), jewelry (1,800 workers) knitted outerwear (2,000
workers), and electrical machinery, apparatus, and supplies (2,300
workers).
Gains of about seasonal proportions were shown in the following
industries: Women's clothing (38,800 workers), sawmills (7,600 workers), furniture (5,500 workers), hosiery (3,400 workers), and silk and
rayon goods (3,400 workers). Less-than-seasonal increases were reported by men's clothing factories (9,300 workers) and shoe plants
(2,800 workers). The gain of 1.0 percent in aircraft factories continued the unbroken series of monthly advances which began in
October of last year and lifted the employment level in the industry
to nearly three times the 1929 level. In automobile and parts plants,
there was a curtailment of 18,600 workers due to model changes for
the 1940 season. The decrease, however, was less than seasonal. In
the machine-tool industry, there was a decline of 2,000 workers primarily because of vacation shut-downs.
Retail trade employment decreased seasonally between mid-July
and mid-August by approximately 43,000 persons. In general the
employment changes in the various lines of trade followed the seasonal movements shown by the August averages of the past 10 years.
Employment gains wTere reported by retail dealers in furniture, lumber,
and building materials, the remaining groups covered showing reductions. Among them were food, general merchandise, automobiles,
apparel, hardware, jewelry, general stores, and cigars.
The over-all increase in wholesale-trade employment was slightly
larger than the average gain for August of the past 10 years, marked
seasonal increases being shown by agents and brokers and wholesalers of farm products. Wholesale dealers in jewelry and in paper
products also increased their personnel seasonally. Other lines of
wholesale trade reporting employment increases were dry goods and
apparel, lumber and building materials, and electrical goods.
Gains of 8.8 percent in employment and 32.2 percent in pay rolls
were reported by anthracite mines. These increases are noteworthy
in that they are the first August advances shown by this industry in
the past 6 years. The employment gain of 2.6 percent in bituminouscoal mining was of seasonal proportions, but it was accompanied by
an unusually large rise of 16.1 percent in pay rolls. Metal mines
reported a small employment recession, but a large pay-roll gain.
Quarries expanded their forces seasonally, the public utilities showed
employment gains, and brokerage and insurance firms reported a
slightly larger number of workers.
Oil wells curtailed employment by 1.0 percent. This decrease,
which relates to mid-August, did not, however, reflect the curtailment
of operations which occurred in a number of States in the latter part
of the month. Seasonal employment declines were reported by
laundries and dyeing and cleaning plants. Year-round hotels showed
a slight employment decline.
Employment in private building construction increased 0.8 percent
from July to August, according to reports from 14,193 contractors
employing 143,938 workers. Corresponding pay rolls increased 1.2
percent. The moderate gains in employment reported from the
Middle Atlantic and Pacific States in July were continued in August
with increases of 3.4 percent and 2.4 percent, respectively. The
South Atlantic group of States registered a net increase of 3.4 percent,
and the East South Central area, a gain of 0.8 percent. A continued recession in employment in Colorado contributed to a net
decrease of 8.9 percent for the Mountain States as a whole. Moderate
employment declines were general throughout the New England area
with the exception of Massachusetts. The over-all percentage decrease for this area was 2.3. The West North Central and South
Central States registered declines of 1.8 percent and 1.1 percent,
respectively. Reduced employment in Ohio and Wisconsin virtually
offset appreciable gains in Indiana, Illinois, and Michigan, employment for the East North Central area as a whole showing a decline of
0.2 percent. The reports on which the figures are based do not cover
construction projects financed by the Works Progress Administration,
the Public Works Administration, and the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation or by regular appropriations of the Federal, State, or
local governments.
A preliminary report of the Interstate Commerce Commission
showed an employment gain by class I railroads since July of 0.3
percent, the total number at work in August being 1,004,619. Corresponding pay rolls were not available when this report was prepared.
For July they were $154,856,716, an increase of 0.3 percent over the
June figure of $154,436,650.
The average hours worked per week by wage earners in manufacturing industries were 38.0 in August, a gain of 3.7 percent since
July. The average hourly earnings of these workers were 63.9
cents, a decrease of 0.5 percent as compared with the preceding
month. Average weekly earnings of factory workers climbed 3.1
percent to $24.53.
TABLE 1.—Employment, Pay Rolls, and Earnings in all Manufacturing Industries Com-
bined and in Nonmanufacturing Industries, August 1939
Employment
Industry
All manufacturing
industries
combined 1
Class I steam railroads 2
Coal mining: 4
Anthracite 4
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.
4
Hotels (year-round)
e__
Laundries 1
_.
Dyeing and cleaning <___
Brokerage
_.
Insurance
_
_.
Building construction.-
Average weekly
earnings
Pay roll
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Aver- change from—
Index change from— Index change from— age
in
August
August
August
1939
July August 1939
July August 1939
July August
1939
1939
1939
1938
1938
1938
(1923-25
100)
9G.4 +3.1
+8.G
+.3
+6.9
56.2
1923-25
= 100)
(1929 =
J00)
48.6
81.5
GO. 2
48.2
75.6
+29.2
+1.6
+17.1
-.3
+1.3 +8.1
-1.0
-8.0
+.2 +1.1
+8.8
+2.6
93.8
+.6
89.0
82.5
89.8
80.6
89.9
99. 2
102. 6
-1.1
-.4
-.8
-3.7
+6.4
+16.2
(1929 =
100)
33.3 +32.2
74.9 +16.1
53.2 +9.7
+GG.3
+16.6
+21.8
43.0
61.8
+4.9
-.3
+9.5
-7.5
22. 38
33.87
95.2
+.6
+1.0
+4.3
5 30. 20
+2.1
5 33. 87
+.5
+.4
+2,1
5 33. 20
+3.3
+3.9
+2.9
5 29. 76
5 21.39
5 18.07
-1.7
+4.1
+2.6
+3.5
-1.6
-8.3
+2.0
+11.7
+1.2
101.0
+.2
+.5
70.9
+1.2
+1.5
+3.1
+3.9
76.1
69.4
81.1
+2.9
-.4
+1.7
-2.3
-8.0
+1.1
+6. 9
67.0
79.4
8G.0
73.0
-1.3
-2.1
i:l
-2.1
-3.2
+.4
-2.3
-5.2
-1.7
-.6
+1.2
+3.1
+7.1
22.96 +21.5
24.96 +13. 2
27. 06 +10.1
+28.6
+14.7
+4.0
+1.3
+.6
+3.2
$24. 53
+3.6
+.7
+.4
+.4
+.3
+.9
+1.6
-.8
<j
-.0
5 23. 99
5 15. 13 +.9
17. GO - 1 . 5
19.45 - 1 . 6
5 35.17 - 1 . 8
5 31. 43 —. 7
+.5
30.91
-.10
+1.2
+3.1
+1.8
+.6
+*9
+4.0
+.8
1
Revised indexes—Adjusted to 1937 Census of Manufactures.
2 Preliminary—Source: Interstate Commerce Commission.
Not available.
Indexes adjusted to 1935 census. Comparable series back to January 1929 presented in January 1938
issue
of this pamphlet.
5
Average weekly earnings not strictly comparable with figures published in issues of this pamphlet
dated earlier than January 1938 as they now exclude corporation officers, executives, and other employees
whose
duties arc mainly supervisory.
6
Cash payments only; the additional value of board, room and tips cannot be computed.
3
4
183770—30
6
Of the 14 nonmanufacturing industries for which man-hours are
available, 11 showed increases in average hours worked per week and
4 showed gains in average hourly earnings. Ten of the 16 nonmanufacturing industries surveyed reported higher average weekly earnings.
Employment and pay-roll indexes, and average weekly earnings in
August 1939 for all manufacturing industries combined, for selected
nonmanufacturing industries, and for class I railroads, with percentage
changes over the month and year intervals are presented in table 1.
Public
Employment
The small number of new contract awards on construction projects
financed by the Public Works Administration during August was
reflected in the employment figures. Employment for the month
ending August 15 was 263,000, a reduction of 10,800 from July and
an increase of 146,000 over August a year ago. Because of increased
average hourly earnings in August, pay-roll disbursements increased
from $23,077,000 in July to $23,819,000 in August.
During the month ending August 15, 17,900 men were employed on
low-rent projects of the United States Housing Authority, an increase
of 4,900 since July. Pay-roll disbursements of $2,097,000 were $671,000
more than in July. These figures cover new construction and demolition and pertain only to those projects started under the United
States Housing Authority; those formerly under the Public Works
Administration are shown under the Public Works Administration
building construction projects in this report.
Employment on construction projects financed by regular Federal
appropriations reached an all-time high when 275,500 men were
employed in the month ending August 15. This is an increase of
10,300 over the preceding month and 22,900 over August 1938.
Increases were reported in building construction; public roads; reclamation; dredging, dike, and revetment projects; construction of
locks and dams; and naval vessels. Decreases occurred on rural
electrification and street and road projects. Pay-roll disbursements
for the month were $28,095,000.
There was little change in employment on construction projects
financed by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Approximately 2,600 men were employed during the month ending August
15 and pay rolls were $289,000.
Because of the release, as required by law, of workers whose period
of 18 months of continuous employment expired before September 1,
1939, employment on projects operated by the Work Projects Administration decreased 308,900 in August. Employment for the
month was 1,834,700 and pay-roll disbursements, $107,840,000.
Employment on Federal projects financed by the Work Projects
Administration was almost halved, while an increase was reported on
work projects of the National Youth Administration. The Student
Aid program was not in operation in August.
The beginning of an enlistment period resulted in increased employment in camps of the Civilian Conservation Corps. Of the
333,100 in camps during the month, 295,400 were enrollees, 3,800
reserve officers, 300 nurses, 1,600 edacational advisers, and 32,000
supervisory and technical employees.
TABLE 2.—Summary of Federal Employment and Pay Rolls, August and July 1939 l
[Preliminary figures]
Payrolls
Employment
Class
August
July
Percentage
change
August
July
Federal services:
Executive 2
932,953 3 928,195 +0.5 $141,670,976 3$138,975,099
Judicial
2,162
2,192
554,291
549, 952
-1.4
Legislative...
5,532
1,250,506
5,432
1,232,150
+1.8
Military
•_
372,853 376,326
29,152,927
29, 273,973
Construction projects:
Financed by P. W. A.*
263,036
273,801
-3.9 23, 819,075
23,077,354
U. S. II. A. low-rent housing
17, 930
13,020 +37.7
2,097,061
1,426,123
Financed by R. F. C.s
2,555
2,470
+3.4
288,736
266,391
Financed by regular Federal appropriations
25,776,242
275, 506 265,168 +3.9 28,094,698
Federal projects financed by the Work
3, 671,127
Projects Administration_
_.
93, 809 169,851 -44.8
6,058,225
Projects operated by W. P. A
119,637,011
1,834,686 2,143,593 -14.4 107,840,110
National Youth Administration:
Work projects6
__
_. 211, 195 207 357 +1.9
4,150,973
2,570,078
Student Aid
0
0
0
0
Civilian Conservation Corps
14,816,
914
*
14,462,311
333, 121 322, 058 +3.4
Percentage
change
+1.9
+.8
+1.5
+3.2
+47.0
+8.4
+9.0
-39.4
-9.9
+61.5
"+2~5
* Includes data on projects financed wholly or partially from Federal funds.
2 Includes force-account and supervisory and technical employees shown under other classifications to
the extent of 125,695 employees and pay-roll disbursements of $15,975,307 for August 1939, andl21,189employees and pay-roll disbursements of $14,600,205 for July 1939.
3 Revised.
* Data covering P. W. A. projects financed from National Industrial Recovery Act funds, Emergency
Relief Appropriation Acts of 1935, 1933, and 1937 funds, and Public Works Administration Appropriation
Act of 1938 funds are included. These data are not shown under projects financed by the Work Projects
Administration. Includes 17,773 wage earners and $1,757,377 pay roll for August 1939; 16,396 wage earners
and $1,509,437 pay roll for July 1939, covering Public Works Administration projects financed from Emergency Relief Appropriation Acts of 1935, 1936, and 1937 funds. Includes 239,071 wage earners and $21,261,831
payroll for Augustl939; 251,735 wage earners and $20,914,518 pay roll for July 1939, covering Public Works
Administration projects financed from funds provided by the Public Works Administration Appropriation
Act
of 1938.
5
Includes 573 employees and pay-roll disbursements of $58,401 for August 1939; 639 employees and pay-roll
disbursements
of $59,636 for July 1939 on projects financed by the RFC Mortgage Co.
6
Student Aid program not in operation during July and August.
In the regular services of the Federal Government, employment increases were reported in the executive and legislative services; decreases in the judicial and military services. Of the 933,000 employees in the executive service, 125,000 were working in the District
of Columbia and 808,000 outside the District. Force-account employees (employees who are on the Federal pay roll and are engaged
on construction projects) were 9.8 percent of the total number of
employees in the executive service. Increased employment was
reported in the Departments of Agriculture and Commerce, the War
and Navy Departments, and the Civil Aeronautics Authority, while
a decrease was reported in the Administrative offices of the Federal
Works Agency.
Employment on roads financed wholly from State or local funds
increased 9,500 in August. Of the 155,700 at work, approximately
23,600 were engaged in the construction of new roads and 132,100 on
maintenance work. Pay rolls for both types of road work were
$11,906,000.
A summary of Federal employment and pay-roll data for August
is given in table 2.
DETAILED TABLES FOR AUGUST 1939
Industrial and Business Employment
MONTHLY reports on employment and pay rolls are available for
the following groups: 90 manufacturing industries; 16 nonmanufacturing industries, including private 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. 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
The indexes of employment and pay rolls as well as average hours
worked per week, average hourly earnings, and average weekly earnings in manufacturing and nonmanufacturing industries in August
1939 are shown in table 3. Percentage changes from July 1939 and
August 1938 are also given. For the manufacturing industries, 2
series of indexes are shown. One series (the new series) has been
adjusted to the 1937 Census of Manufactures and the other is a
continuation of the previously published indexes which have been
adjusted only to the 1935 Census of Manufactures. The percentage
changes over the month and year intervals relate to the new series of
indexes.
The revised series of employment and pay-roll indexes, as well as
average hours worked per week, average hourly earnings, and average
weekly earnings for June, July, and August 1939, where available,
are presented in table 4. The June and July figures, where given,
may differ in some instances from those previously published, because
of revisions necessitated primarily by the inclusion of late reports.
The average weekly earnings shown in tables 3 and 4 are computed
by dividing the total weekly pay rolls in the reporting establishments
by the total number of full- and part-time employees reported. As
not all reporting establishments supply man-hours, average hours
worked per week and average hourly earnings are necessarily based
on data furnished by a smaller number of reporting firms. The size
and composition of the reporting sample varies slightly from month to
month. Therefore the average hours per week, average hourly earnings, and average weekly earnings shown are not strictly comparable
from month to month. The sample, however, is believed to be sufficiently adequate in virtually all instances to indicate the general
movement of earnings and hours over the period shown. The
changes from the preceding month, expressed as percentages, are
based on identical lists of firms for the 2 months, but the changes
from August 1938 are computed from chain indexes based on the
month-to-month percentage changes.
TABLE 3.—Employment, Pay Rolls, Hours, and Earnings in Manufacturing and Nonmanujacturing Industries, August 1939
MANUFACTURING
Indexos arc based on 3-ycar average, 1923-25=100. New series adjusted to 1937 Census of Manufactures for all industries except automobiles. Not comparable to indexes published
in earlier issues of pamphlet. Comparable series available upon request. See text in summary relative to adjustment]
Employment
Industry
Indexes, August
Percentage
Percentage
indexes, August
1939
change from—
change from—
1939
Old
series
All manufacturing
Durable goods
Nondurable goods
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
Forgings, iron and steel
Hardware
Plumbers' supplies
Stamped and enameled ware
Steam and hot-water heating apparatus and
steam fittings
Stoves
Structural and ornamental metal work
Tin cans and other tinware
Tools (not including edge tools, machine tools,
files, and saws)
Wircwork..
Machinery, not including transportation equipment.
Agricultural implements (including tractors)..
Cash roisters, adding machines, and calculat ing machines
.
Electrical machinery, apparatus, and supplies
Engines, turbines, water wheels, and windmills..
_.._
Foundry and machine-shop products
Average weekly
earnings l
Pay rolls
New
series
July
1939
August
1938
Old
series
New
series
July
1939
August
August 1939
1938
+6.4 +16.2 $24.53
+7.2 +29.3 27.94
+5.7 +6.2 21.60
93.1
16.4
+3.1
+8.6
83.3
102.5
84.1
108.1
+1.3
+4.4
+16.2
+3.5
82.3
97.0
81.6
99.0
89.2
93.5
91.7
70.0
92.3
97.0
96.9
75.3
87.8
92.5
104.0
67.9
+11.7
+12.8
+25.1
+3.2
92.1
55. 6
75.6
77.8
151.9
+12.4
+11.7
+17.4
+11.1
+14.1
+ 18.2
+18. 5
+4.9
+21.7
85.7
89.8
94.2
63. 8
85.0
49.1
71.8
76.7
138.9
+2.9
+1.8
+4.4
+1.0
+6.5
+2.1
+9.6
+1.5
+5.7
74.9
48. 6
77.2
71.4
137.2
72.3
85.2
72.2
102.1
78.4
90.2
71.5
107.4
+3.6
+5.5
+3.9
+7.1
+4.7
+12.1
+20.7
+2.7
83.8
122.9
96.7
109.5
83.5
116.1
96.8
114.4
+4.8
+16.6
+15.7
120.6
87.1
124.6
87.8
97.4
86.7
96.8
84.1
+3.1
+5.7
+1.0
+7.1
38.0
38.3
37.7
-0.5
+3.7
+6.1
+1.8
71.6
57.9
-.2
-.5
+.5
+.2
+8.0
+10.8
+19.3
+1.8
75.6
84.4
68.9
58.0
-2.0
22.34
29.10
+6.1
26. 03 +11.3
26. 43 +7.4
23.51
+5.1
+8.0
+19.1
+13.1
+18.9
+2.5
38.1
38.3
39.0
38.9
38.6
+1.0
+6.0
+4.2
+6.2
+6.5
59.8
76.0
66.7
68.0
60.5
26.47
24.78
28.79
24. 20
+9.2
+1.3
+4.7
+4.3
+9.1
+3.1
+7.2
+3.1
37.9
37.7
39.6
39.9
+8.1
+1.7
+4.0
+4.6
69.9
66 0
72.8
60.8
+29.1
+27.3
+28.9
+21.2
23.97
24.76
28.07
29.11
+4.9
+1.0
+1.9
-.2
+11.1
+10. 1
+11.8
+10.6
38.6
36.8
39.0
37.4
+4.9
+2.1
+2.5
62.3
67.4
72.1
78.1
-1.2
-.3
-.5
+2.6
-3.0
-1.8
+32.5
30.23
28.50
-1.0
+1.5
+4.8
+12.5
37.0
38.8
-1.4
82.2
73.7
+.4
+3.0
+4.8
+29.8
+25.0
31.01
27.78
+2.3 +9.9
+3.0 +11.1
40.1
38.8
+4.4
+8.4
+21.9
+8.9
+11.2
63.5
71.1
66.2
113.2
67.9
77.7
64.2
114.9
+13. 2 +14.5
+6.8 +15.5
+8.9 +29.3
+11.7 +5.8
+1.1 +15.2
+1.3 +9.7
81.4
127.0
97.9
115.8
79.4 +10.0
115. 5 -6.9
+3.1
96.9
+1.1
124.0
-6.2
118.4
119.4
93.4
116.7
113.5
84.1 I 78.4
89. 7 I
July
1939
Percentage
August change August
1939
from
1939
August
July
1938
1939
Cenfs
38.0
37.4
79.5
59.4
79.8
71.1
152.8
-2.1
Percentage
change from—
+16.7
+23.1
+20.8
+8.2
28.13
30.13
26.17
21.81
+1.1 +17.6
+.6 +17.9
+1.8 +12.4
Average hourly
earnings 1
+8.6
+10.8
+19.8
+2.2
+31.2
+37.6
+42.1
+20.4
+23.0
+41.0
+34.0
+24.6
+24.8
-7.8
Average hours
worked per
week i
37.0
35. 6
+.2
+2.7
+2.4
+3.1
77.8
71.5
-.3
-.7
-2.3
+.3
+6.9
til
+.6
+.2
+.3
0
140.3
132.7
Machine tools
135. 9
123.0
Radios and phonographs
77.6
75.4
Textile machinery and parts
117.9
117.0
Typewriters and parts
76.3
75.4
Transportation equipment-.1, 390. 2 1,413.5
Aircraft
71.8
71.8
Automobiles
31.9
29.3
Cars, electric- and steam-railroad
29.1
30.2
Locomotives
--121.5
117.4
Shipbuilding
94.6
95.2
Nonferrous metals and their products
153.7
164.7
Aluminum manufactures
102. 0 107. 7
Brass, bronze, and copper products
82.8
82.8
Clocks and watches and time-recording devices
94.2
97.8
Jewelry
73.0
78.0
Lighting equipment
68.9
66. 6
Silverware and plated ware
74. G
69.2
Smelting and refining—copper, lead, and zinc.
68.7
63.2
lumber and allied products
87.5
Furniture
Lumber:
59.0
61.4
Mill work
50. 0
62. 7
Sawmills
74.7
80.8
Stone, claj, and glass products
57. 5
61. 8
.Brick, tile, and terra cotta ..
72.2
72.6
Cement
__
92.6
98. 5
Glass
.
47.1
53. 2
Marble, granite, slate, and other products
78.8
84. 7
Pottery.
..__
Nondurable goods
Textiles and their products
100.1
fabrics
. ._ .
Carpels and rugs
Cotton eood.s... . . . .
.
Cotton small wares.. .
.
Dyeing and finishing textile.?..
...
Hats, fur-felt
1
Hosiery
Knitted outerwear
.
.
Knitted underwear
Knitted cloth
110. 4
Si!\< and rayon goods
62.8
Woolen and worsted goods.
86. 2
Wearing apparel
122.1
Clothing, men's
110.2
Clothing, women's
174.3
114,0
Corsets and allied garments
131.2
Men's furnishings
78.2
Millinery
119.9
Shirts and collars
See footnotes at end of table.
-4.9
+4.8
+.6
-2.3
-4.5
+1.0
-6.1
-.4
+1.3
-2.4
+3.6
+2.8
+3.6
+3.8
+8.2
+3.5
+10.0
-1.8
+3.0
+3.8
+2.8
+2.6
+1.4
+.4
+.2
+2.3
-1.8
+3.5
+23.9
+38.3
-4-30. 7
-.6
+47.3
+82.1
+49.6
+20.6
+67.7
+31.8
+14.4
+28. 2
+14. C
+6.5
+12.8
+ 14.1
+ 15.8
+9.8
+8.0
+8.9
+11.6
+(}. 8
+12.8
+.15.2
+3.3
+17.0
+8. 9
+9.0
+5.5
+5.3
+2.2
+7.0
+2. 5 +20. 3
+1.9
+7.4
+1.8 +15.1
+2.5
+9.2
+3.9
-].()
+2. -1 +5.2
+8.3 +12.5
+5.3 +13. 2
+3.3
+5. 2
+4.5
-1.6
+8.4
+ll! 5
+1.9
+4.8
+3.0
+21.1
+1.0
+2.0 +13. 6
+5.8 , +3.7
+39.9 : - 2 . 2
-.3
+2.1
160.9
148.8
122.8
111.9
74.6
76.7
116. 5
118.1
79.2
79.4
1,393. 0 1, 380.9
76.2
70. 2
27.2
28.8
27.2
27.0
128.3
124.7
89.8
92.7
16S. 5 164.1
113.4
108.9
85. 0
88.8
76.9
80. 5
58. 3
70.1
59.3
60. 2
70.8
65. 5
62.9
63.3
75.5
71.6
50. 6
52. 8
68.1
•10. 2
71. 3
98.0
37.0
71.1
86.0
79.1
71.5
74.7
78.0
01.3
85. 4
157.0
78. 5
68.9
129.8
49. 6
67.2
96.6
83.9
129.3
104.6
122.3
60.0
105.6 I
-3.0
+8.1
-.2
+2.8
+3.4
+3.2
+4.6
+10.1
+2.5
-2.5
+7.7
+10. 8
+6.2
+11.2
+12.1
+9.0
+16. 5
+.4
+ 11.7
+ 11.0
+52.8
+48.2
+52.9
+20.7
+59.4
+94.7
+62. 3
+29.2
+106. 3
+38.5
+25.1
+34. 0
+30.6
+26. 3
+14.9
+20. 5
+24. 3
+13.0
+8.6
+14.5
31.72
22.38
26.47
24.24
33.38
30.59
34.77
26.90
28.72
31.69
26.24
25. 62
28. 76
22.88
22. 89
26. 06
25. 03
26. 64
21.21
20. 90
+2.0
+3.1
-.8
+5.2
+8.1
+2.2
+11.4
+10.5
+1.2
-.1
+3.9
+7.7
+2.5
+7.2
+3.6
+5. 3
+5. 9
+2.2
+8.5
+7.0
+9.1
+12. 7
+8.8
+8.0
+2.6
+12.4
+1.8
+14. 5
+10.9
+5.1
+20.5
+21. 2
+S.9
+21. 7
+15. 7
+21.3
22. 75
20. 95
24.26
21.17
27.32
25. 53
26. 54
22. 25
88.3 +11.3
80.2
+•1.8
63. 5 +10.7
74.8
+3. 2
75. 6 +3. 0
103. 3 +5. 8
81.1
-4-:*. l
161.1 +11.5
63.8 + 12.8
68. 0 + "\ 2
J
110.0
-2. 3
52. 0 +8.0
71.5
-1.0
98.4 +23. 5
86.5 +10. 3
132.9 +37.2
112.2
-1.0
120.2 +13.9
66. 8 +82.1
102.5 +12.4
+7.3
+7.7
+2!). 0
+9. 1
+20. 2
+7.9
-2.0
+1.8
+20. 1
+ 19.0
+2. 9
-1.1
-J-S.3
+6.7
+12.8
+5.6
17.22
16. 66 +2.5
23. 34 +8.0
14.03
+ 1.2
18.18
+1.7
20. 56 +3.3
21.21
7
19.14
+o!o
17.45
+4.1
-.1
11.02
-.9
IS. 80
15. 71 +3.4
10. 1« - 1 . 5
18.80 +10.7
20. 29 +5.2
20. M +13.4
16. 27 - 3 . 0
14.27
+7.6
24.05 +30.2
13.63 +10.1
49. 5
50. 8
71.7
50.1
69. 9
102.9
40.3
75.1
+.9
+21.9
+11.7
+.7
+13.1
+0.1
+9.7
+7.3
+7.5
+2.4
+9.9
+3.6
+10.6
+23.3
+7.2
+16.7
+21.4
+8.2
+6.7
+8.4
+7.3
+22.9
+5.0
+9.3
+4.7
+13.8
+18.7
+1.9
+5.6
+7.4
+3.1
+.7
+5.4
-.5
-1.7
+6.7
+7.7
+5. 4
+0.0
+0. 5
+11.2
+1.9
+.6
+7.3
+1.5
+4.6
-1.3
-1.0
-3.1
+6.9
+5. 5
-1.8
+.6
+4.7
+9.4
—.1
+7.4
+7.8
+2.9
+13.3
42.6
38.9
40.1
37.8
38.1
41.7
37.7
36.2
37.6
38.1
39.4
38.5
40.5
39.2
39.7
37.6
39.0
38.2
39.5
39.7
+2.2
+3.2
-1.0
+5.0
+8.3
+2.4
+10.9
+10.4
+1.1
+1.2
+4.3
+8.5
+2. 5
+7.9
+5. 5
+4.9
+5.0
+ 1.8
+7.2
+6.2
42.2
38. 7
37.7
39. 2
3S.9
35. 7
37. 0
38.0
+5.9
+8.0
+7.2
+6.2
+2.4
+10.7
+5. 3
+8.1
36.1
36.7
35.8
36.6
38. 6
38. 5
34.3
36.0
38.7
37.0
39.3
37.0
30. 4
35.2
34.6
34.8
35.2
35.9
35.9
35.8
+2.8
+2.2
+5. 1+ 1-2
+1.0
+2.3
— 1.3
+7.1
+4.6
-.1
+4. 5
— 8
+4.4
+3.8
+2.7
-5.3
+4.8
+18.7
+10.4
74.6
57.6
66.1
64.1
88.8
74.3
93.5
74.4
76.4
82.9
66.8
66.4
71.2
58.4
56.8
69.3
64.1
69.8
54.1
52.9
53. 9
51. 8
64.7
53.9
70.3
71.8
71.1
61.8
47.9
45.8
or.. 3
38. 3
47.7
52. 9
70.1
53. 3
41.8
10.4
46.9
42.2
52.7
51.3
58.0
52.4
45.8
38.9
62.4
38.5
-.2
~( 2 )
+.1
+.2
+.4
+.9
+.8
+.1
+.1
-.3
-.5
"(2)
-.5
-1. 5
+.5
+.7
+
+.2
+.2
+1.8
+.2
+1.7
-.S
-1.4
+1.6
—. 1
+2. 5
9
+!o
+.6
— 1.1
+.8
-.8
+.6
-1.2
-.9
-.7
+3.7
+1.3
+6.8
+2.0
+2.4
+5.1
+.2
TABLE 3.—Employment, Pay Rolls, Hours, and Earnings in Manufacturing and Nonmanufacturing Industries, August
1939—Continued
M AN L'F ACTURTN G—Continued
Employment
Industry
Percentage
Indexes. August
Indexes:, August
Percentage
ch an ire from—
change from—
1939
1939
Nondurable
goods—Continued
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 tobacco and snuff
Cigars and cigarettes
Paper and printing
Boxes, p a p e r . . _ .
. . .
Paper and pulp
Printing and publishing:
Book and job _ _ _..
.
Newspapers and periodicals..
Chemical, petroleum, and coal products
Petroleum refininc
,
.
Other than petroleum refining
Chemicals
Cottonseed—oil,
cake, and meal
Druggists' preparations
Explosives
Fertilizers
Paints and varnishes _ _ .
Ravon and allied products
Soap
,_
_
_,
Average weekly
earnings
Pay rolls
__
New
series
July
1939
August
1<J38
Old
scries
series
94.6
95.2
84.2
140.0
146.2
262.7
107.0
248.1
75.0
79.1
91.5
98.5
82.7
91.2
65.2
59.1
66.0
105.7
105.1
107.0
100.8
100.4
85.5
147.1
146.9
295.4
102.9
289.3
78.5
79.9
89.4
100.2
88.3
98.6
66.6
60.7
67.3
110.9
114. 3
107.0
+1.1
+1.3
-.1
+9.0
+2.0
+.7
79.4
75.8
85. 5
136.1
142.2
326.1
92.1
232.2
76.0
79.7
78.9
108.8
79.6
78.0
60.7
67.9
59. 7
102.3
111.8
107.6
+1.8
85.1
83.5
+1.9
83. 1 +1.4
+5.1
135.1
135.3
-2.7
350. 2
-2.4
86.7
-2.4
251. 1 +63.4
76.7 +19.5
76.8
-4.6
74.2
-3.6
105.8
-3.1
85.7 +59.9
80.8
+.3
+1.5
62.7
67.3
-( 2 )
62.1
+1.9
103.7
+1.7
+0. 9
124. 6
+6.4
107.7
88.4
103. 5
119.5
135.8
114.5
133. 6
42.8
119.2
104. 2
f>2. 4
123. 2
269. 4
98.3
83.4
102. 2
118.9
135. 9
113.6
136.1
47.5
118.9
109.1
62. 7
125. 6
246. 6
102.3
99.3
_. 103.7
107.8
. __ _ 121.5
104. 5
117.0
49.3
. .
106. 0
89.4
05.9
117.2
266.1
96.5
._ __
New
Old
series
-.6
-1.9
-1.0
+46.9
+11.9
-3.0
-3.6
+8.8
+1.1
+1.2
+1.0
-2.8
-1.8
+4.8
+1.6
-1.7
+4.7
+54. 3 +10.8
+•7 +1.2
+1.8 +1.4
+2.6 -2.2
+1.9 +1.9
+.7 +3.1
+4.2 +10.9
+1.1 +4.1
98.3
-.8
+.3
112.0
+1.2
+.1
109.1
o
-1.2
122.7
-.3
+.8
105.7
-.3
-1.8
+1.7 +6.1
119.1
56. 7 +14.9 - 2 7 . 9
107. 3 +1.4
-2.0
93.3
+2.3 +9.1
73.9
122.1
255.1
86.0
-.5
+.6
-4.4
-14.1
-9.5
_(2)
+4,9
+6.0
+6,4
July
1939
-2.5
+ (2)
+.9
+3.4
0
+4.1
+13.9
+.9
+6.2
-1.2
August
1938
+2.8
+.8
+9.8
+4.0
+1.7
+1.3
-2.4
+13.6
+9.5
+1.3
-1.7
+3.8
+17.6
-2.7
+2.6
+2.7
+2.9
+4.5
+14. 9
+5.6
+2.6
+2.4
+2.5
-1.6
+4.0
+ 1.0.5
-24.9
+1.7
+11.8
-4.5
+ 1.2 +10.8
-12.9
-6. 8
+3.3
+7.8
August
Average hourly
earnings
Percentage
change from—
PerPercentage
centage
change
August change August
1939
from
from
1939
August
July
Julv
1938
1939
1939
1939
Julv
1939
$19.65
18. 54
24.29
23.93
25.49
34.74
22. 57
17.20
18.93
25.95
29.29
27.77
25.22
23.05
17.43
18.04
17.30
28.04
21. 71
24.65
+0.6
+.7
+1.5
+0.7
-.5
+.2
+.3
+15.4
+4.5
29.78
30. 75
29.64
34. 76
27.17
31. 63
13. 69
23. 84
32.20
17. 20
28.47
24.81
28.98
Average hours
worked per
week
-3.7
-2.1
-1.4
+11.3
+6.8
-1.6
-.1
-2.7
+3.6
-.4
+.2
+.8
+2.8
+.6
-. 1
—. 7
+6.3
-3.8
-.4
-2.6
0
+1.2
+4.9
+1.0
+1.4
+3. 5
+1.5
-1.7
+2.3
+1.0
+2.7
-1.4
+4.4
+4.1
+4.1
+3.9
+2.5
+1.0
+2. 6
+5.2
-.1
+2.2
+2.6
+1.8
+2.4
-.9
—. 5
+3.8
-1.7
+1.3
+1.4
-1.5
-.2
+4.6
+3.0
+1.3
37.4
37.5
38.6
40.5
41.1
40.4
47.2
39. 4
37.9
42.4
46.8
40.4
40.1
36. 6
36.9
34.9
37.1
38.1
40.2
39.9
37.8
35.7
38.5
35.8
39. 6
40.1
42. 3
39.9
40.2
35. 8
40.3
38.6
39.6
-0.4
-.8
+1.5
+•9
-2.5
-.5
-1.6
+11.3
+10.8
-1.6
-1.8
-2.9
+21.0
+1.2
-.4
-1.3
-.2
+1.8
+3.3
+5.0
-1.2
+.7
+1.6
+3.3
+1.1
+2.1.
+.1
-1.1
+4.7
-1. 5
+.7
+.8
Cents
52.6
49.3
63. 3
59.5
62.4
86.8
47.9
44.7
50.6
60.5
62.3
68.8
63.8
63.0
47.2
51.7
46.7
76.4
54.4
61.8
79.7
99.8
77.0
97.5
68. 6
78.9
31. 0
59.9
80.2
48.3
70.7
04. 3
73.3
+1.0
+1.3
+.2
-2.9
+( 2 )
2
+(
)
_(2)
-2.4
-.2
+2.6
+• 1
-15.7
-1.7
-.6
-1.4
-.6
-.7
—. 5
+.1
-1.0
-.4
_(2)
-.9
+.1
+.3
-.2
_ 2
-.8
-.1
+.5
+.6
-1.5
Rubber products.__
_
_.
Rubber boots and shoos . . . .
Rubbor tires and inner tubes
Rubber poods other .
..
82.8
60. 5
68.9
13 J.I
82.6
58. 5
68. 3
132.9
+5.0
+20. G
+2.6
+ 1.7
+14.2
+ 11.9
+13.7
+15.8
88.3
CO. (>
80. 6
129. 7
+5.5
86.0
58.4
78. 5
127.1
+37. 4
+1.9
+4.7
+27.0
+19.1
+33. 0
+20.4
28.44
22.92
33. 73
23. 23
+.5
+6.1
. 4
+2.9
+11.2
+6.4
+17.0
+3.9
36.9
37.3
35. 2
38.8
+1.4
+4.3
-1.0
+3. 2
77.1
61.5
96. 2
60. 5
-.3
+ 1.6
-.1
+.2
NONMA1N UFACTU RING
[Indexes are based on 12-month average, 1929=100]
Employment
Industry
Index,
August
1939
Percentage
change from—
July
1939
August
1938
Pay rolls
Percentage
Index, ! change from—
Au- ;
gust
1939
Julyy August
g
1939 ! 1938
1938
A vcrage weekly earnings
I Percentage
Au- | change from—
gust
1939
July j August
1939 I 1938
Average hours worked
per week
August
Percentage
change from—
July 'August
1939 j 1938
Average hourly earnings
August
1939
Percentage
change from—
July
1939
August
1938
I
Coal mining: 3
Cents
Anthracite
93.3
-0.2
+2.5
48.6
23.8 +17.0 +24.4
+8.8 +29.2
33.3 +32.2 +66.3 $22.96 +21.5 +28.6
Bituminous 3
89.4
-.2
-.9
+16.1
+14.0
81.5
27.7
+2.6
+1.6
24.96 +13.2 +14.7
74.9 +16.1 +16.6
Metalliferous minng
69.5
+.5
+3.2
+9.8
+1.0
60.2
39.3
- . 3 +17.1
27.06 +10.1
53.2
+9.7 +21.8
+4.0
55.0
.
6
Quarrying and nonmetallic mining
+3.6
2
.
0
+4.3
48.2
40.6
+1.3
22.38
43.0
+4.9
+8.1
+9.5
+3.6
+1.3
88.2
Crude-petroleum producing
.
+4.7
-4.2
-1.3
66.6
38.5
-1.0
33.87
61.8
+2.1
-8.0
-.3
+.7
+.6
Public utilities:
4
, I +4.3
Telephone and telegraph
+.4
80.3
39.2
+.6 +2.3
75.6
95.2
30. 20
+• 2
+1.1
+.4 , +3.2
Electric light and power and manufactured
-2.5
+1.6
gas*
85.1
+3.3
39.9
93.8
+.4 | +.9
+.6 i +1.2 101.0 +1.0 +2.1 33.87
Electric-railroad4 and motorbus operation and
-.2
71.4
+.6 +1.8
maintenance
46.0
33.20
+2.1
70.9 | + . 5
+.3 ; +1.6
+.2 i +.5
Trade:
4
+2.7
+1.4
.
8
Wholesale
..
71.0
41.9
89.0
+1.7
+1.2
-2.4
+3.3
29.76
76.1
+.4
+1.5
+1.1
-.4
Retail 4
55.3 I
42.8
+.3
82. 5
+.7
- 1 . 3 ! +3.1
+3.9
21.39
69.4
-2.1
—. /
+.3
(iieneral merchandising 4.
50.1
38.5
89.8
+3.9
-1.0
-2.1
18.07
81.1
-3.12 .- +2. y
-1.1
+1.4
.
3
Other than general merchandising 4
56.8
I
44.0
+2.9
80. 6
+1.2
-1.1 :
23.99
67.0
- 1 . 7 . +4.1
-1.0
-.6
A
+2.4
32.3
i
.
1
46.9
+.6
Hotels (year-round)
3
4
5
89.9
+3.1
.
4
'
.
15.13
79.4
+2.6
+.9
+.4;
+.2
+2.2
41.3
42.9
-1.5
99.2
+1.8
Laundries 3
-.8
17.60
86.0
+1.7
-1.5
- 2 . 3 I +3.5
+2.1
48.3 ! +^2
41.6
-1.6
102.6
+.6
- 3 . 7 : -2.3
-1.6
19.45
73.0
I )yeing and
cleaning ' . . .
-2.0
-1.6
5
.
2
4
-8.3
-.4
35.17
Brokerage .. '_
+ . 1 ! -8.0
-1.8
-1.7
+2.0
+.9
34.43
+1.1
()
+.2
I
.
7
Insurance *
-.6
-.3
30.91
92.4
33.5
09
+.8 I +6.9
+.5 +4.0
+.7
+3.7
+.5
+1.2 +11.7
Building construction
1 Average weekly earnings are computed from figures furnished by all reporting estab3 Indexes adjusted to 1935 census. Comparable series back to January 1929 presented
lishments. A verage hours and average hourly earnings are computed from data supplied
in 4January 1938 issue of this publication.
by a smaller number of establishments, as not all reporting firms furnish man-hours.
Average weekly earnings, hourly earnings, and hours not strictly comparable with
The figures are not strictly comparable from month to month because of changes in the
figures published in pamphlets prior to January 1938 as they now exclude corporation
size and composition of the reporting sample. Hours and earnings for all manufacturing
officers, executives, and other employees whose duties are mainly supervisory.
industries relate to 90 industries instead of 87 which were covered in the July and prior
5 Cash payments only; the additional value of board, room, and tips cannot be comissues of the pamphlet, due to the separation of the knit goods industry into its four computed.
ponent divisions.
* Less than Ho of 1 percent.
fl Not available.
i.
a;,
TABLE 4.—Employment, Pay Rolls, Hours, and Earnings in Manufacturing and Nonmanufacturing Industries
MANUFACTURING
[Indexes are based on 3-year average, 1023-25=100, and are adjusted to 1937 Census of Manufactures for all industries except nutomobiles. Not comparable to indexes published in
earlier issues of pamphlet. Compar?ble series available upon request.
See text in summary relative to adjustment]
Employment, index
Industry
All manufacturing
August
1939
_
Durable goods
Nondurable goods. _
_
__
July
1939
June
1939
Average weekly earnings i
Pay-roll index
August
1939
July
1939
June
1939
Ausrust
1939
July
1939
June
1939
Average hours worked
per week i
August
1939
Julv
1939
Average hourh
* earnings 1
June
1939
August
1939
July
1939
June
1939
96.4
93.5
93.4
89.8
84.4
86.5
$24. 53
$23.71
$24.23
38.0
36.6
37.2
Cents
63.9
Cents
64.3
Cents
64.8
84.1
108.1
83.0
103.5
84.6
101.8
81.6
99.0
76.1
93.7
80.7
93.0
27.94
21.60
26.44
21.27
27.36
21.33
38.3
37.7
36.1
37.0
37.4
37.1
71.6
57.9
71.8
58.1
72.4
58.2
92.3
97. 0
90. 9
75.3
89.7
95. 3
92.9
74. 0
90.4
95.7
93.2
73.0
87.8
92. 5
104. 0
67.9
78.6
82.0
83. 1
65. 8
82.6
85.9
90.4
65.7
28.13
30.13
26. 17
21.81
25.82
27.12
21. 79
21.28
26.89
28. 30
23. 59
21.73
37.0
35.0
38. 0
37. 4
34.2
32.1
3]. 8
36. 0
35.6
33. 6
34. 0
37.2
75.6
84. 4
68.9
58.0
76.0
84.9
68. 5
57.8
75.7
84.2
69. 5
58.0
92. 1
55. 6
75. 6
77.8
151.9
80. 5
54.4
(59. 0
76.7
143. 7
90.4
54. 4
72.1
75.8
147. 3
79.5
59. 4
79.8
71. 1
152. 8
76.1
54.8
65. 4
65. 3
137. 4
82.4
55. 8
73. 8
67. 5
146.4
22. 34
29. 10
26. 03
26. 43
23. 51
22. 66
27. 43
23. 38
24. 70
22.68
23. 56
27. 95
25. 21
25. 56
23.44
38. 1
38. 3
39. 0
38.9
38. 0
37. 6
30.2
37.4
36.8
36.4
38.8
36. 5
38.5
38.1
37. 3
59.8
76.0
66. 7
68. 0
60.5
61.2
75.8
62. 5
67. 3
62.8
61.4
76.6
65. 5
67.1
62. 5
78.4
90.2
71.5
107. 4
75 7
So. 5
08. 8
75.0
87. 5
67. 1
97.7
07.9
6-1.2
114.9
60.0
72.7
59. 0
102.8
62. 9
76. 9
58. 8
103. 2
26.47
24.78
28.79
24. 20
24. 23
24. 43
27. 56
23.12
25. 66
25. 20
88.13
23. 82
37.9
37.7
39. 6
39.9
35. 1
37. 0
37.9
38.1
36. 9
37. 9
39. 1
39.4
69.9
(56. 0
72.8
60.8
69. 1
66.1
72.8
60. 5
69.6
66. 6
72.1
60.4
Durable goods
Iron and steel and their products, not including
machinery
lilast furnaces, steel works, and rolling mills..
Bolts, nuts, washers, and rivets.
Cast-iron p i p e .
.. . .
. . .
Cutlorv (not including silver and plated
cutlerv) and edue tool*
Forgings, iron and steel
Hardware
.
Plumbers' supplies
... .
Stamped and enameled ware . . . . . . . .
Steam and hot-water heating apparatus and
stoarn fittings. .. ._ __
Stoves
Structural and ornamental metalwork...
Tin cans and other tinware. . . . . . . . . . .
Tools (not including edge tools, machine tools,
files and saws)
Wirework
Machinery, not including transportation equipment.
Agricultural implements (including tractors)...
Cash registers, adding machines, and calculating machines. .
Electrical machinery, apparatus, and supplies.
Engines, turbines, water wheels, and windmills
Foundry and machine-shop products
Machine tools
Kadiosand phonographs
LOO. 2
83 5
116. 1
96.8
114.4
95.7
113.0
S3 7
130.3
95.6
118.7
79.4
115.5
96.9
124.0
72.2
124. 0
94.0
122.7
79.4
138. 4
95.4
127.3
23. 97
24. 76
28.07
29.11
22. S«
21.54
27.55
29. 20
21.05
25. 26
27.97
28.85
38. 6
36. 8
39.0
37.4
36.8
35.9
38.0
37.4
39 0
37. 6
38.6
37.1
62.3
07.4
72.1
78.1
62.3
6S.4
72.4
78.5
61.8
67. a
72.5
78.0
124.6
87.8
127.2
86.8
128.3
86.5
119.4
93.4
123.0
91.0
124.5
91.6
30.23
28.50
30. 52
28.05
30. 02
28.42
37.0
38.8
37.5
37.8
37.6
38.3
82.2
73.7
81.8
74.3
82.1
74.4
90. 8
84.1
140 3
135.9
9G. 2
82.0
147 4
129. 0
99.0
82.6
144.8
119.9
113.5
78.4
160. 9
122.8
110.2
74. 8
165.7
113.6
114.3
76. 9
165. 6
104.5
31.01
27.78
31.72
22.38
30. 30
3(>. 95
31.23
21.71
30.57
27. 71
31.78
21.63
40.1
38.8
42.0
38.9
39.2
37.6
41.8
37.7
39.2
38.7
42.4
37.2
77.8
71.5
74.6
57.6
77.9
71.6
74.8
57.6
78.2
71. 6
75.0
58.3
79 7
] 25.9
Textile machinery and parts
77.6
77.1
75.3
74.6
74.7
73.4
Typewriters and parts
117.9
120.6
124.9
116.5
113.4
112.7
Transportation equipment.
-._
76.3
79.9
90.8
79.2
76.6
88.9
1,413.5 1, 398.9 1,304.8 1,380.9 1, 337. 9 1, 299. 2
A i rcraft
71.8
76.4
Automobiles
__91.6
76.2
72.9
88.6
31.9
32.0
Cars, electric- and steam -railroad
35.1
27.2
24.7
30.0
29.1
28.7
Locom oti ves
26.0
27.2
20. 5
24.5
121.5
124.4
Shipbuilding
125.7
128. 3 131. 5 136. 2
94.6
91.3
Nonferrous metals and their products
91.3
89.8
83.4
84.0
153. 7 149. 5 144.4
Aluminum manufaeturos
164.1
148.1
156. 9
104. 0 104.2
Brass, bonze, and copper products
.... . . . 107.7
113.4
106. 8 WJ. 1
82.8
79.8
Clocks and watches and time-recording devices
79. 9
85. 0
76.4
76. 4
94.2
87.0
84.5
76.9
68.6
69. 7
Jewelry
73.0
70.
5
71.2
58.3
53.
5
55.
7
Lightin g equipment....
68. 9
62. 0
67.8
59.3
50.8
57. 6
Silverware and plated ware
74.6
76.0
76.
5
70.8
70.6
71.8
Smelting and refining—copper, lead, and zinc .
68.7
66.7
66.3
62.9
56.3
60.1
Lumber and allied products. _
87.5
81.3
83. 2
75.5
68.0
68.0
Furniture
Lumber:
47.5
61.4
59.7
49.5
45.3
59.
6
Millwork
62.7
61.1
60. 9
56.8
50. 4
55.9
Sawmills
80.8
79.7
80.5
71.7
65.9
70.6
Stone, clay, and glass products.
_
61.5
61.8
61.3
50.1
4(). 4
50.1
Brick, tile, 'and terra cotta
.
.
72. 5
72. 0
71.6
69.9
68.1
68.4
Cement
... .
..
90. 3
9S. 5
99. 0 102.9
91.5
100. 8
Glass
54.1
53.
2
51.8
40.3
39.
0
39.8
Marble, granite, slate, and other products..
81.8
84.7
85. 5
75.1
65. 6
73.0
Pottery-"... _._'.._
Nondurable goods
26.47
24.24
33.38
30. 59
34.77
26. 90
28.72
31.69
26.24
25. 02
28. 76
22.88
22. 89
26. 06
25.03
26. 64
21.21
20.90
26.63
23. 05
31.06
29.94
31. 50
24. 36
28. 38
31.71
25.39
24.20
28. 31
21.34
22.20
24. 66
23. 44
26.05
19.62
19.47
26.70
22.13
31.73
31.17
31.94
26. 94
29.0]
32.53
25.52
20. 65
27.32
21. 30
23.12
24. 79
24. 53
26. 34
20.96
19.91
40.1
37.8
38.1
41.7
37.7
36.2
37.6
38.1
39.4
38. 5
40.5
39.2
39.7
37.6
39.0
38.2
39.5
39.7
40.5
36.0
35.1
40.7
34.0
32.8
37.2
37. 6
37.8
35. 7
39.7
36.3
37.7
35.8
37.0
37. 5
36.8
37.1
40.5
34.5
36.3
42.0
34.3
36.5
37.7
38.5
38.2
39.1
38.8
36.4
38.8
35. 6
38.5
38. 1
39.1
38.0
66.1
64.1
88.8
74.3
93.5
74.4
76.4
82.9
66.8
06.4
71.2
58.4
50.8
69.3
64.1
69.8
54.1
52.9
65.8
64.0
88.4
73.7
92.8
74.2
76. 3
83.2
67.1
67.7
71.7
58.7
57.9
68.9
64.0
69.5
53.7
52.8
66.1
64.0
89.3
73.6
93.3
73.8
77.0
83.2
67.0
68.0
70.7
58.5
59.1
69.7
64.0
69.1
54.3
52.7
22. 75
20. 95
24.26
21.17
27.32
25. 53
20. 54
22. 25
21. 41
19.16
22.60
19. 58
26. 84
23. 20
25.83
20.30
22.45
21.26
23.94
21. 25
27.31
24. 80
20. 70
21.59
42.2
38.7
37.7
39.2
38.9
35. 7
37. 0
38.0
39.7
35.9
35.3
36. 0
38.0
32. 5
35.7
35.8
41.4
39.2
37.2
39.5
39.1
35.0
37.5
36. 2
53. 9
54.8
64.7
53.9
70.3
71.8
71.1
61.8
54.0
54.0
64.6
53.1
70.6
71.6
72.9
61.7
54.3
55.2
64.7
53.8
69. 6
71.1
71.8
63.1
Textiles and their products.__
.Fabrics
_. _.
Carpets and rugs
Cotton goods . .
Cotton small wares ._. . .
Dyeing and finishing textiles
Hats, fur-felt
.
Hosiery
Knitted outerwear
Knitted underwear
Knitted cloth
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
17.22
10. 06
23. 34
14.03
18.18
20.56
24.24
10.14
17.45
14. 92
18.86
15.71
19.18
18.80
20. 29
20. 14
10. 27
14.27
24. 05
13. 03
16.47
16. 24
21. 61
13.83
17. 78
19.87
24.35
17. 63
16. 76
14.90
18.34
15.15
19.42
17.14
19.07
17.71
16.73
13.19
18. 06
12.38
16.51
10.20
21. 77
13.69
17. 75
20.29
23.24
17.95
16.90
15.13
17.87
15.38
19. 32
17.46
19.04
18.06
17.09
13.83
18. 43
13.33
36.1
30.7
35. 8
30. 6
38.6
38.5
34.3
30.0
38.7
37.0
39.3
37.0
36. 4
35.2
34.6
34.8
35. 2
35.9
35.9
35.8
35.2
35.9
33.9
36.1
38. 5
37.0
34.6
33.7
36.9
37.1
39.2
35.3
36.8
33.7
33.4
34.1
37.1
34.5
30.4
32.5
35.4
35.9
34.3
35.8
37.9
37.4
33.4
34.3
36.7
37.5
38.3
35.4
36.7
34.6
33.8
35.6
38.0
35.7
28.8
34.2
47.9
45.8
65. 3
38.3
47.7
52.9
70.1
53.3
44.8
40.4
46. 9
42.2
52.7
51.3
58.0
52.4
45.8
38.9
62.4
38. 5
47.1
45. 8
63.7
38.3
47.1
52.4
71.1
52. 8
45.3
40.2
46.1
42.5
53.0
49.5
55.5
48.6
44.9
37.5
59.8
38.3
47.2
45.8
63.6
38.3
47.4
53.7
70.9
52.0
40.1
40. 5
45.8
43.0
52.6
49.8
56.8
47.8
45.1
37.7
03.0
39.4
See footnotes at end of table.
...
.
....
...
.
140.4
02. 8
86.2
122.1
110.2
174.3
114.0
131.2
78.2
119.9
98.1
91.1
73.8
85.7
79. 5
119.2
90.2
148. 9
72.1
73.:
135. 9
60.1
86.3
109. 5
105.1
143.9
111.8
123.9
55.9
117.5
98.0
89.0
73. 4
84.1
77.0
116. 8
85. 7
148.7
70. 5
74. 5
135. 2
58.7
84.5
112.6
100. 4
157.9
112.9
127.4
68.2
118.5
88.3
80.2
63. 5
74.8
75. 6
103.3
84.1
161.1
63.8
68.0
116. 6
52.0
71.5
98.4
86.5
132. 9
112.2
120.2
66.8
102.5
79.3
76. 5
57.3
72.5
73.0
97. 6
81.6
144. 4
56. 6
64. 7
114.0
48.1
72.7
79.7
78.4
96.8
113.4
105. 5
36.7
91.2
79.6
75.6
57.4
70.9
70.3
97.1
73.5
147.8
55. 8
67.2
110. 5
47.0
71.0
82.3
73.9
106. 0
117.0
111.4
45.2
98.0
TABLE 4.—Employment, Pay Rolls, Hours, and Earnings in Manufacturing and Nonmanufacturing Industries—Continued
\f A NUKACTUIUNC;—Continued
Km ploy men t index
Pay-roll index
Average weekly earnings
Average hours worked
per week
Average hourly earnings
Industry
Julv
1939
June
1939
100.8
100.4
85.5
147.1
146.9
295.4
102.9
289. 3
78.5
79.9
89.4
100.2
88.3
98.6
66.6
60.7
67.3
110.9
114.3
107.0
99.7
99.1
85. 5
135.0
147.8
301.1
103.9
197. 0
70.2
82.5
92.7
100. 7
57.2
97.9
65.4
59.1
66.1
110.1
109. 7
105. 8
94.1
92. 5
84.8
127.2
147.4
298.0
103.1
141.2
72.0
79.2
92.2
99.4
54.2
91.0
65.2
60.8
65.7
109. 8
108.2
106.1
98.3
112.0
109.1
122.7
10"). 7
119.1
50. 7
107.3
93.3
73.9
122.1
255.1
86.0
99.1
111.9
110.4
121.8
107. 6
117.1
49. 3
10.1.9
91.1
73.4
122 2
297." 0
81.9
96.5
114.0
109.8
120. 5
107.2
116. 5
54. 3
108. 3
89.7
78.9
124.3
286.2
79.6
August
1939
July
1939
June
1939
August
1939
July
1939
June
1939
85.1
83.5
83.1
135.1
135.3
350.2
86.7
251.1
76.7
76.8
74.2
105.8
85.7
80.8
62.7
67.3
62.1
103.7
124.6
107.7
83.6
81.9
82.0
128.6
139.1
359.0
88.8
153.7
64.2
80.4
77.0
109. 2
53.6
80.6
61.8
67.3
61.0
102.0
116.5
101.2
74.6
70.4
82.2
123.8
138.1
355.3
87.3
110.3
69.1
74.3
75.2
106.7
59.2
77.2
61.5
65.1
60.4
103.5
117.6
104. 5
$19. 65
18.54
24.29
23.93
25.49
34.74
22.57
17.20
18.93
25. 95
29.29
27.77
25.22
23.05
17.43
18.04
17.30
28.04
21. 71
24. 65
$19. 72
18.74
23.96
24.61
26.05
34.93
22.96
15.49
17.66
26. 28
29.03
28. 54
23.96
23.15
17.48
18. 52
17.26
27.57
21.19
23.40
$18.65
17.28
24.30
25.13
25.96
34.78
22.63
15.54
18.52
25.40
28.42
28.25
27.89
23.87
17.19
17.25
17.17
28.10
21.75
24.13
37.4
37.5
38.6
40.5
41.1
40.4
47.2
39.4
37.9
42.4
46.8
40.4
40.1
36.6
36.9
34.9
37.1
38.1
40. 2
39. 9
37.5
37.7
38.0
40.1
42.1
40.7
48.0
34.6
34.0
43.3
47.5
41.6
32.5
36.1
37.0
35.3
37.2
37.5
38. 9
38.0
83.4
102.2
118.9
135. 9
113.6
136.1
47.5
118.9
109.1
62.7
125. 0
246. 6
102.3
85. 6
102.2
117.8
131.5
113.6
130. 8
41.7
117.9
102.8
63.4
124.0
283.2
99.0
83.7
105. 7
118.7
134. 4
113.9
131. 5
45.4
118.7
100.9
01.9
128. 9
271. 8
97.3
29.78
36.75
29.64
34.76
27.17
31. 63
13. 69
23.81
32.20
17.26
28.47
24.81
28.98
30.16
36.78
28.99
33. 91
26.71
30.74
13. 55
23. 92
30.97
17.65
28.14
24.17
29.42
30.28
37.28
29.37
34. 99
26. 79
31.07
13.37
24.95
30. 92
16.79
28.62
24.38
29.74
37.8
35. 7
38.5
35.8
39. 6
40.1
42.3
39.9
40.2
35.8
40.3
38.6
39.6
38.3
35.5
37.9
31. 7
39.1
39.3
41.1
40.5
38.4
36.4
40.0
38.3
39.6
August
1931)
August
1939
July
1939
August
1939
July
1939
June
1939
Cents
52.6
49.3
63.3
59.5
62.4
86.8
47.9
44.7
50.6
60.5
62.3
68.8
63.8
63.0
47.2
51.7
46.7
76.4
54.4
61.8
Cents
52.1
49.8
62.9
61.5
62.4
86.8
48.0
44.5
51.9
60.4
60.4
68.7
75.7
64.1
47.6
52.4
47.0
77.0
54.8
61.6
Cents
35.1
34.5
38.7
40.5
42.2
40.8
47.7
34.2
36.6
42.0
47.1
40.9
41.1
37.0
36.6
33. 9
36.9
38.1
39. 8
39.0
38.1
36.0
38.5
36.1
39.5
40.0
42.2
39. 8
38.4
35.4
41.1
37.9
40.0
79.7
99.8
77.0
97.5
68.6
78.9
31.0
59. 9
80.2
48.3
70.7
64.3
73.3
80.2
100.1
77.0
98.5
68. 5
78.3
31.3
59. 5
80.7
48.5
70.4
63.9
74.4
June
1939
Nondurable goods—Continued
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 tobacco and snuff
Cigars and cigarettes
Paper and printing
Boxes, paper
Paper and pulp.
Printing and publishing:
Book and job
Newspapers and periodicals._
Chemical, petroleum, and coal products
Petroleum rof:uing
Other than petroleum refining
Chemicals
Cottonseed-oil, cake, and meal
Druggists'preparations „ .__
K\ plosives
Fertilizers
Paints and varnishes
Rayon and allied products.
Soap
52.7
50.5
63.0
62.2
61.8
85.5
47.3
46.4
50.5
60.3
59.9
69.1
70.0
64.5
47.4
51.2
47.0
77.0
55.1
61.8
80.9
99.9
76". 2
97.2
68.0
77.7
30.5
59. 2
80.6
47.5
69.7
64.3
74. 6
Rubber products
R u b b e r boots and shoes
Rubber tires and inner t u b e s ,
R u b b e r goods, other__
82.6
58.5
68.3
132.9
78.7
45. 2
00.6
130.7
80.1
56.1
66. 2
129. 3
86.0
58. 4
78.5
127.1
81.5
•12. 5
77.1
121.4
82.1
55.4
74.8
121. 9
28.44
22. 92
33.73
23. 23
28.22
21.01
33.84
22.47
27.88
22. 09
33.06
22.77
36.9
37.3
35. 2
38.8
36.4
35. 7
35.0
37.6
36.5
37. 3
34. 9
38.1
77.1
61.5
96.2
60.5
77.3
60. 5
95.6
60.4
76.5
00.8
94.7
60.3
NONM AN UFCATURING
[Indexes are based on 12-month average, 1929=100]
Coal rnininirAnthracite Bituminous2. .
Metalliferous mining . ....
Quarrying and noninot illic mining .
Crude-pel lOleuni producing.
Public utilities:
Telephone and telegraph 3 ..
Electric light and power and manufactured gas3...
Eledric-railroad3 and motorbus operation and
maintenance
Trade:
Wholesales
Retails
..
- .
General merchandising 3 ... . ....
Oilier than general
merchandising
3 ... .
Hotels (year-round)
- a 4.
...
.
Laundries 2 .. .
.
Dyeing and; cleaning -. .. ....
"Brokerage •'-Insurance : '•'.. . . . ....
Building construction r>
48. 6
81.5
00.2
48.2
06.0
41.7
79. 4
00. 4
47. 5
67.3
51.2
78. 3
61.0
47.3
07.0
33.3
74.9
53. 2
43. 0
01.8
25.2
04. 5
48.5
40.9
01.9
30.1
00. 5
53. 8
41.7
62. 5
22. 90
24. 90
27. 00
22.38
33.87
18. 05
22. 03
21.91
21. ^9
33. 82
23. 30
22. 75
27. 26
22. 15
31. 38
23. 8
27.7
39. 3
40. 0
38.5
20.2
24.4
36. 4
39. 0
37.7
25. 4
25. 2
39. 4
40. 1
38.8
93.3
59.4
69. 5
55. 0
88.2
93.1
89.2
08.8
55. 5
88.0
92.8
88.0
09. 5
54. 9
SO. 7
75. 6
93.8
75. 4
93.2
75. 3
92. 3
95. 2
101.0
94.0
100.0
93. 7
100.2
30. 20
33.87
31.00
33. 48
30. 79
33.89
39. 2
39.9
39. 1
38.7
39. 1
40.2
80. 3
85.1
81.5
86. 4
81.4
84.4
09. 8
69. 7
09. <)
70. 9
70.0
71.2
33. 20
33. 02
33.21
40. 0
45.8
40. 2
71.4
89. 0
82.5
80. 8
80.0
89. 9
99. 2
1.02. 6
87. 9
S3.0
91.7
81.5
90. 3
100.0
106. 5
-1.5
88.1
80.4
97.4
83.5
92.8
98.7
1.10.1
-2.0
70.1
09. 4
81.1
07.0
79. 4
80. 0
73.0
-1.7
-.0
75.8
70. 9
S3. 8
08. 2
79. 1
88.0
77. 1
-2.1
-1.2
75. 8
72.5
88.1
69. 3
82.0
80.9
84.2
-2.4
29. 70
21. 39
18.07
23. 99
15.13
17.00
.19. 15
35.17
34. 13
30.91
29. 92
21.58
18. 25
24. 1.0
15. 15
17. 85
19. 81
35.78
36. 20
30. 85
29. 90
21.30
18. 05
21. 00
15.30
17. 95
21.00
35. 71
30. 75
30. 87
41.9
42. 8
38. 5
44.0
46. 9
41.0
41.3
12. 0
38. 5
43. 9
40. 8
43. 3
42.1
42. 0
42. 7
39. 2
71.0
55.3
50.1
56.8
32.3
41.3
48. 3
33. 5
33. 6
+• 1
+.0
+.2
+.8 +4.5
+.4
+1.4.
+ 1.2
+4. 6
Average weekly earnings are computed from figures furnished b y all reporting establishments. Average hours and av rage hourly earnings are computed from data supplied
by a smaller n u m b e r of establish ments, as not all reporting firms furnish man-hours,
The figures are not strictly com pairable from month to month because of changes in the
size and composition of the report ng sample. Hours and earnings for all manufacturing
industries relate to 90 industries i: lslead of 87 which were covered in the July a n d prior
issue? of the pamphlet, due to the separation of the knit goods industry into its four component divisions.
+.5
•12. 9
•13. 8
40. 8
43. 2
43. 4
71.1
72.6
55. 7
49.9
57. 5
32. 0
41.6
48. 2
71.5
55. 1
48.7
57. 1
32. 0
41.9
49.1
(
(
92.8
2
Indexes adjusted to 1935 census. Comparable series back to January 1929 presented
in 3January 1938 issue of this publication.
Average weekly earnings, hourly earnings, and hoursnot strictly comparable with figures
published in pamphlets prior to J a n u a r y 1938 as they now exclude corporation officers,
executives,
and other employees whose duties are mainly supervisory.
4
Cash p a y m e n t s only; the additional value of board, room, and tips cannot be computed.
5
Indexes of employment a n d p a y rolls are not available, percentage changes from preceding
month substituted.
8
Not available.
18
INDEXES OF EMPLOYMENT AND PAY ROLLS
General indexes of factory employment and pay rolls, adjusted
to the 1937 Census of Manufactures, are given in table 5 for the
months January 1919 to August 1939. They supersede the previously published series, which was adjusted only to 1935 census
figures. The accompanying chart indicates the trend of factory
employment and pay rolls from January 1919 to August 1939 as
shown by the adjusted indexes and by the former series of indexes.
Indexes of employment and pay rolls are given in table 6 for all
manufacturing industries combined, for the durable- and. nondurablegoods groups of manufacturing industries, and for each of 13 nonmanufacturing industries, including 2 subgroups under retail trade,
by months, from August 1938 to August 1939, inclusive. The accompanying chart indicates the trend of factory employment and pay
rolls from January 1919 to August 1939.
The indexes of factory employment and pay rolls are based on the
3-year average 1923-25 as 100. They relate to wage earners only
and are computed from reports supplied by representative manufacturing establishments in 90 manufacturing industries. These
reports cover more than 55 percent of the total wage earners in all
manufacturing industries of the country and more than 65 percent
of the wage earners in the 90 industries included in the monthly
survey of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The indexes for the nonmanufacturing industries are based on the
12-month average for 1929 as 100. Figures for mining, laundries,
and dyeing and cleaning cover wage earners only, but the figures for
public utilities, trade, and hotels relate to all employees except
corporation officers, executives, and other employees w^hose duties
are mainly supervisory. For crude-petroleum production they
cover wage earners and the clerical field force. The coverage of the
reporting samples for the various nonmanufacturing industries ranges
from approximately 25 percent for wholesale trade and dyeing and
cleaning to approximately 80 percent for quarrying and nonmetallic
mining, anthracite mining, and public utilities.
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.
EMPLOYMENT AND PAY ROLLS
ALL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES
i 923-25=100
NDE>C
140
1
INDEX
140
K
120
120
E MPLIDYMENT
h
i r\r\
100
A1__
100
•
J
80
I
}
" PAY ROLLS
r
M
80
A/
1
60
60
J
40
—
40
!
ooooo I
»•••»
ADJUSTED TO 1937 CENSUS OF MANUFACTURES
i
1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 20
i
1919
UNITED STATES BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
ADJUSTED TO 1935 CENSUS
20
TABLE 5.—General Indexes of Factory Employment and Pay Rolls by Months,
1919 to August 1939
January
[ 1923-1025 = 100]
E m ploy merit
Year Janu- Feband
ATarch , April
month ary ruary
May
1919... 104 . 5
1920... 114 3
1921...
79 5
1922.... 82 4
1923... 100 2
1924... 100 1
1925_.. 96 6
1926... 101 0
1927... 98 6
1928... 95.3
1929.,. 101 7
1930... 98 2
80.1
J931...
1932...
70 0
1933...
63 3
1934...
78.8
1935
86 7
1936... 92.3
1937... 104 7
1938... 90 6
1939
92 ?
102 6 I 103 9
111 1 110 1
82 0
81 9
87.9
89 6
105 2 105 7
96 8
93 8
98 o
98 4
100.8 100.8
99.6
99 7
97 8
98 5
106 5 106 8
95 6
93 6
80.6
78. 8
65. 2
63 2
66.8
71. 6
89. 0
87. 8
89. 9
88.3
96. 4
97. 0
111. 5 110.3
84. 3
86. 1
93. 0
93. 4
101.2
113. 3
81.7
8-1.5
102.4
101.7
98. 3
102.0
100.2
97.2
104.1
98.3
80.8
71.2
64.7
83.7
89. 6
92.7
107.6
91.1
93.0
101 7
115 6
82 9
85 8
104 6
101 9
99 2
102 5
100.9
98 2
105 4
97 9
81 2
70 1
62 3
87. 2
91. 0
93. 9
110.1
90. 6
94. 3
101 9
114 0
82 3
85 7
105 1
100 1
99 1
101 8
100.3
97 8
106 7
97.3
81 2
67 8
63 9
88 8
91 2
95.5
111 3
88 5
94 1
June
P.
1919... 93 8
1920... 119 1
80 6
1921...
69 6
1922...
1923_.. 93.9
1924... 98. 9
1925... 96. 0
1926... 101. C)
1927... 98. 6
1928... 96 6
1929... 103. 8
1930 . 96. 5
1931... 70. 3
1932 ..
54. 0
1933 . . 40.3
1934...
m. 1
1935... 67. 5
1936 . 76. 9
1937 . . 94. 6
1938...
75. 3
1939... 83. 7
89.3
117.4
80.1
72.5
97.8
104.5
101.0
105.7
104. 8
102. 0
110.8
99. 6
74.4 |
55.4 i
41.4
62.9
72.6
76. 6
100.1
77.5
86.0
90.0
125. 4
81. 0
74. 4
102. 6
104. 5
102. 8
107. 2
106. 6
103. 5
113. 0
99. 7
75. 9
53. 6
38. 3
67. 2
74. 4
80. 5
105.9
77. 6
87. 6
89 2
122 3
78 8
73 fi
103 8
102. 0
100.4
104. 9
105.0
101. 3
114. 1
98. 5
74. 7
40. 6
40. 4
69. 6
71. 6
82. 6
109. 7
74. 9
85. 5
90. 1
123. 0
77. 4
0
107.' 3
97. 6
101. 4
103. 5
104. 8
102.3
114. 3
96. 1
73. 6
46. 8
44. 4
69. 7
71. 8
84. 0
110.1
73. 2
85.
6
92. 7
124. 4
75. 6
80.0
107. 2
91. 0
99. 2
103. 7
103. 2
102. 7
112. 7
92. 9
69. 9
43. 7
49. ]
67. 4
69. 8
81. 2
107. 6
71. •
86. 5
July
AuSepOcgust tember : tober
November
December
106 6
107 5
79 7
90. 5
104 6
90.6
98 3
99 7
98.6
98 4
107 3
90 4
77. 7
61 0
76. 2
86.3
88. 7
98. 4
110. 9
84. 7
93. 5
109.3
107. 4
81.1
93.1
104. 8
92.0
100 0
101.8
99.9
101.1
109.2
89.7
77.9
62. 7
81.3
87.4
91.7
101.2
112.3
88.8
90.4
111 3
106.1
83 0
95.1
105 3
94 2
101 9
104 0
101 2
103 3
110.3
90.7
78 3
66 1
85 0
83 5
93 9
103 8
112 3
92 0
110 9
102 1
83 7
96 6
104 0
95.0
102.6
103 6
100 2
103 5
109 0
88.7
75 5
67 2
81. 6
85. 9
95. 2
104. 9
110. 3
92.4
112 1
95.6
83 7
98.0
102 8
94 5
102 2
101 6
98 0
102 6
104 6
85 4
72 7
66.3
81. 2
84. 3
94. 6
104. 9
J04. 1
93. 3
113.9
88.0
82 7
99.1
101 1
96 1
101 8
100 3
96 5
102 1
100 7
82.9
72 0
65 1
79. 5
85 6
91 2
106. 4
97.4
94. 0
106 7
107 i
82 0
90 7
103 g
96
99.8
101 7
99 5
99 7
106.0
92.4
78.1
66 3
73 4
85 7
91 3
99 0
108 6
89. 7
101.7 106 3
120. 6 118 9
73 3
73. 6
87.0
81.1
103.1 103 8
89.1
92. 4
100. I
99. 4
103. 8 105 1
102. f> 102. 1
101.6 106. 2
113. 5 114. 1
83.8
84. 8
66.4 • 63. 8
41.4 ! 44. 0
58.6
61. 3
65. I
60. 8
74.0
76. 8
87.3 • 87. 2
108. 7 104. 9
:
77.3
81. 6
89.8 : -
103. 6
114. 4
71. 9
88. 7
105. 9
94. 6
105. 3
10S.0
102. 7
109. 5
113. 7
82.9
61. 8
45. 8
61. 1
64. 0
79. 5
92. 9
104. 9
84. 2
--
107.8
105. 0
70.9
92 2
103. 9
93. 1
105. 1
104. 3
98. 9
106. 2
101. 9
77. 3
58. 3
43. 6
57. 3
62.
78. 6
94. 4
93. 3
84. 4
--
115. 4
95. 5
72. 7
94. f,
102. 7
97.6
105. 5
103. 6
100.0
106. 9
101. 2
75. 4
57. 8
42. 4
56. 5
66. 2
80. 5
99. 2
81. 6
87. 1
98.0
117. 2
75. 6
81. 2
102. 9
96.0
101. 1
104. 2
102. 4
103. 5
110. 4
89. 4
67. 8
46. 7
50. 1
61, 5
74.1
85. 8
102. 5
77. 9
-
A verage
i
rolls
95. 6
120.0
71. 6
80. 2
102. 9
85. 3
97. 5
99. 4
99. 1
100. 2
108. 6
85. 0
66. 6
40. i
52. 7
62. 8 !
69.1
83.
105. 2
71. 1 i
84. 4 |
21
TABLE 6.— Indexes of Employment and Pay Rolls in Selected Manufacturing
manufacturing
2
x
and Aon
Industries, July 1938 to July 1939, Inclusive
Employment
1939
193S
Indus'ry
Av
1938
Auj. ^rpt.i Oct. No\
I
Mni'i'f- ilnriiin
All \\H\\\
*" es
N< rulrn.l \\ p.( ods 4
Dc( Jan. Feb.; M a i Apr M a y June July A u g .
1
80 - 88 8 : 92. 0: 92. 4 93 3 94 0 92.2 93.0 94. 3 94 1 93.0: 93. 4| 93. 5i 96.4
79 4! 75.9: 79. 7
9 83. 8 82. 3! S3. 3 84. l! 84. 8! 84. 0! 84. 0: 83. 0 84.1
77.
! 100.9 101. 4, 107. 3,10-1.0 103. 1 103. 8 101.7 103.5 104. 0 103. 0,101.0 101.8' 103.5 108.1
I
\
A"o /.• 7i; n r/ vjact u ri n g
i
51. 3 50. 0 52.2 51. 7 53. 0: 52.0 51. 2 44. 7 48. 6
89. 3 88. 7 88. 0| 87. 41 25. 9 47.9 78. 3 79.4 81.5
02. 3 02. 61 60.9! 01.0. 01. 5 01.9 01.0 00.4 60. 2
40.4 52.4 51. 0
5? 3 37.
Anthracite m i n i n g . . .
liituminous-coal m i n i n g . . . 80. 7i 80. 1 83. 4 87. 2 88. 0
Metalliferous mining .. . 59. 0: 51. 4 55. 2 57. 9 61. 9
i
Quarrying and nonmetallic
mining
_ _. 4<>3 44. I'. 44. IV 44.4 44. 4
1
Crude-petroleum producing
. . . . . 72 1 7?, 4 71.5' 09. 5 08. 3
Telephone and telegraph. _ 75. 1 74. 8 74. 9 74.7 74. 4
Electric light and power,
and manufactured gas...
Electric-railroad and motorbus operation and
maintenance.
.. . . .
Wholesale trade
Retail trade
General merchandising
Other t h a n General
merchandising. ..__
Year-round hotels
Laundries
.
Dyeing and cleaning
92.
92.
j
41. 4 38, 3 37. 9 40. 1 43 0 45. 0 47 3 47.5 48. tt
05 8 00.1 07 0 07. 3 00. 0
(57. 8 07.1) (50. 4 00.
74. 3 74.1 73.3 73. 4 74. 1; 74.7| 75.3; 75. 4 75.6
92. 5 92. 5 91. 9 91. 4 90.0 89.0 89. 5 90. 3 91. ()| 92. 3l 93. 2 93. 8
70. 3 00. 5 09. 3 09. 9 (59. 0 09. 4 09.2 09. 3 09. 5 09. 1 09. 0 09.9 09. 7 09.8
88. 8 87. 0 88. 5 89.1 89. 8 90. 0 88. 3 87.9 87. 4 87. 3 87.2 88.1 87.9 89.0
85. o 80. 0 84.7 85. 9 8(5 0 98 1 82.2 81.5 83 8 85 5 85. 7 80. 4 83. 0 82.5
98 0 80 4 97.0 99. 4 104. 5 144. 1 90.7 88 8 93. </ 90 9 90.8 97 4 91.7 89.8
81. 8 78. 3 SI. 5
92. 7 90. -1 91. S
95. 7 97. 5 90. 5
104. 3 105. 0 107.8
82.3
92.9
94. 4
100.8
NO. 0
92. 0
93. 4
97. 9
82. ;$
92. 5
93. 7
102.
80. 0
91.8
93. 3
9-1.2
79.0
92. 0
92.8
92.1
81. 3
92. 7
92. 9
95. 4
82. 5 82. S 83. 5 81.5 80.6
93. 2 93.9 92.8 90. 3 89. 9
93. 5. 95. 5 98. 7 100 0 99. 2
.102. 2 107.0.110.1 100. 5 102.0
1
1
P a y rolls
Many fact uririg
1
All industries.. __
Durable goods 3 i
Nondurable goods
No n m a u ufa civ. ring
77 9 77 3 81.0 84. 2 84 4 ! 87 1 1 83.7 80. 0 87 6 85. 5 85. 0 80. 5 84.4 89. 8
07. 0 03 1 08. 1 7*!. ( 77 ( : 79 ( . 70.0 77. 7 79 4 79 ft 78. 8 80.7 70.1 SI. 6
89 0 93. 2 9(5. 7 9-1.9 1 9?1, 95 4 ! 92.4 95. 3 90 7 92 2 91.9 13.0 93. 7 (J9. 0
|
38. 0 45. 2 34 2 43 4
38 2 20 0 29. 4 43.4 20 £ 42
Anthracilo minimr
1
Bituminous-coal inining... 07 9 04 2 71.9 78. 3 814 80 <„ 78.2 81.2 77 8 I ]7 6
Metalliferous mining
.. 50 4 43 7 46.1 49.2 52 3 54.1 bo. 3 53. 4 53. f 52 0
Quarrying and nonmetal35.1 39 21 38.4 39. 2 37 « 33 7 SO. 2 29.7 33 1 35 9
lic mining
Crude-petroleum produc1
!
ing
. . ...._ . .. 00 5 (5(5 8|: 00. 5 03. 7 ! 03a (52 00. 9 62.7 01 3 (50 8
Telephone and telegraph.. 92 1 91 3 , 92.0 95. 3 93 ( 92. 5 92. 0 91.7 91 9 92 1
Electric light and power,
and manufactured gas .. i 98.5 98 9! 98.4 99.9 98 { 98 ')i 95.9 96. 4 90 7 90 9
Electric-railroad and mo- 1
1
1
torbus operation and
7.1.1 09. £ 70 f (59 r
(59 7 09 5 OS. 4 08.9 08 s f'9
maintenance .
74 7 73 7 ! 74.3 75.1 75. 75
75. f 74. ( 74 7 1 74 8
Wholesale trade
09. 7 68.4 09 C 71 3
79
Retail trade
. . . _. 70 4 00 8 i 09.4 : 70.8 71
General merchandis84. ( 81.0 83 4 80 (
01 122
ing...
.... . . . _ . . 87 8 78 8 85. 3
Other than general
7f .: i 00.7 05. 8 00 .8 08 1
• 008 04
00.] 07.2! 07
merchandising.
i 80 3 77
78 9 SO.*- i ^ 3 81 i i 80.2 1 8 2 > 81 1 81 ()
Year-round hotels
80 ( : S3 1i 81.4 79. ,r 79 3 80. f 79. f 78. ( 79 : 79 f
Laundries
75 3 ! 74.fl : 81.7 78. f 73 » 08.1 05.8 C3.1 07
Dyeing and cleaning
73
1
2
57. 0 30. 1 25. 2 33. 3
20.4 00. 5 04. 5 74.9
54.1 53. 8 48.5 53. 2
39.7 41.7 40. C 43.0
01.2 02. 5 01.1; 01.8
93.7 93.7 94. ( 95.2
98.8 100.21100.0 101.0
70.1 71.2 70. ( 70.9
74.9 75.8 75. 8 70.1
71.5 72.5 70.9 09.4
1
80.7 88.1 83.8 81 1
OS. 3
82.4
S3 9
83. (
09. 3!
82 0
80.9
84.2
08.2
79 1
88.0
77.1
07 0
79 1
80.0
73.0
3-year average, 1923-25 = 100- adjusted to 193" Census of Manufacture?.
12-month average for 1929=100. Comparable indexes are in November 1934 and subsequent issues of
Employment and Pay Rolls, or in February 1935 and subsequent issues of Monthly Labor Review, except
for anthracite and bituminous-coal mining, year-round hotels, laundries, and dyeing and cleaning. Indexes
for these industries from January 1929 forward have been adjusted to the 1935 census and arc presented
in 3 the January 1938 and subsequent issues of Employment and Pay Rolls.
Includes: Iron and steel, machinery, transportation equipment, nonferrous metals, lumber and allied
products,
and stone, clay, and glass products.
4
Includes: 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.
22
TREND OF INDUSTRIAL AND BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT, BY STATES
A comparison of employment and pay rolls, by States and geographic divisions, in July and August 1939 is shown in table 7 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 included
figures for miscellaneous manufacturing industries in addition to the
90 manufacturing industries presented in table 3. The totals for all
groups combined include all manufacturing industries, each of the
nonmanufacturing industries presented in table 3 (except building
construction), and seasonal hotels.
Similar comparisons showing only percentage changes are available
in mimeographed form for "All groups combined/7 for "All manufacturing, " for anthracite mining, bituminous-coal mining, metalliferous mining, quarrying and nonmetallic mining, crude-petroleum
producing, public utilities, wholesale trade, retail trade, hotels,
laundries, dyeing and cleaning, and brokerage and insurance.
TABLE 7.—Comparison of Employment and Pay Rolls in Identical Establishments in
August 1939, 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]
Manufacturing
Total—all groups
Geographic division a n d State
PerPerPerPerAmount
cent
cent- Numcent- Amount centNumNum- N u m of pay
of p a y
age
age
ber of ber on
age
ber of ber on
age
roll
roll
estab- pay roll change
estab- p a y roll change
(L week) change
(1 week) change
lish- August from
lish- A u g u s t
from
from
from
August
August
1939
1939
ments
July
July ments
July
July
1939
1939
1939
1939
1939
1939
Dollars
Dollars
812, 089
58, 203
35, 876
16, 505
418, 680
86, 669
196,096
;, 583, 436
+1. 3 18,1,157,
236
719,168
356,125
9,712,675
1,781,111
4,857,121
+1.2
+2.5
+2.1
-2.8
+.3
-6.3
+6.0
30, 759 2,}, 023, 344
19, 204 889.141
7,774 786, 029
3,691 348,174
+ 1 . 6 53,691,886
+.9.24,673,535
+ 1 . 6 20,011,161
+ 3 . 1 9,007,190
+3.9
+1.2
+7.4
+4.1
6,664 1,I, 239, 803 + 3 . 2 32,411,620
2 2,698 443,945 +4.2\12,2Ki,875
2, 358 502, 411 3 +1.8 12.610, 687
293,447 + 3 . 8 7,584,058
l"~
East North Central. 25,669 1,I, 996, 639
Ohio
7,571 513,913
248, 251
Indiana
2,816
Illinois
* 6,740 603, 494
Michigan
_ . . 4,211 388,249
Wisconsin
_J « 4,831 242, 732
+ 1 . 6 54,841.014
+1.9 13,934,828
+4.8
6,258,971
+2.3 16,190, 68S
- 1 . 3 12,186,762
+1.3\ 6,269,770
+5.4
+6.8
+6.8
+3.9
+5.6
+17
1,051
2,404
1,026
0 1,45
10,648
N e w England
792
Maine
581
N e w Hampshire..
449
Vermont
M a s s a c h u s e t t s . . . i 5,639
838
R h o d e Island
2,349
Connecticut
Middle Atlantic
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
See footnotes at end of table.
+2.5
+2.0
-.8
+1.0
-3.1
+3.7
3,657| 634, 625
49,057
282
29,880
193
9,911
143
1, 900 310,113
72,800
425
7141 162,864
+1. 8 14,:, 038,047 +1.9
+3.0 952,149 +3.1
+2.5 582,241 +2.6
-2.1
+1.5
-3.7
+4.8
208,032
6,934, 440
1,441,529
3,919, 656
-3.9
+1.1
-7.6
+7.4
+6.3
+5.8
3+7.3
+5.1
8, 299 1,482, 930 + 2 . 4 | 4 1 , 701,667 +6.8
393,939
+2.9111,008,576 +8.3
196, 738 \ 3 +0.1 \ 5,085,0.52
8
403.218\
+3.1110,815,788 +5.5
322,185
-.6
10,471,435 +6.2
166, 855 *+.9\ 4,320,816, 3 +5.8
23
TABLE 7.—Comparison of Employment and Pay Rolls in Identical Establishments in
August 1939, by Geographic Divisions and by States—Continued
Total—all groups
Geographic division and State
Manufacturing
PerPerPerPercent- Num- Num- cent- Amount
Num- cent- Amount
centof pay
of pay
age
ber
on
age
ber
of
age
borof ber on
age
roll
estab- pay roll change
estab- pay roll change (1 roll
week) change
week) change
from lish- August from (1
lish- August from August
from
1939
1939
July
July August July
July ments
ments
1939
1939
1939
1939
1939
NUITI
Dollars
West North Central 11, 845
Minnesota
_. 7 2,789
Iowa
1,729
Missouri
3,011
North D a k o t a 455
South Dakota....
392
Nebraska
1,031
Kansas
«2,438
436,260
ISO, 891
59, 265
145, 629
4,550
5,939
26,031
54,955
10, 697,125
3,745,347
1,433, 303
3,387,315
113,419
141,300
-1.0
595,863
+1.1
1,280,578
+0.4
+1.8
+3.9
-2.0
+1.4
-3.4
+1.1
South Atlantic
Delaware
Maryland.
District of Columbia.
Virginia
West Virginia
North CarolinaSouth Carolina.-.
Georgia
Florida....
9,65!
236
1,582
829,686
15,190
133,044
+.9 16,422,681
351,474
+4.0
-4.6 3,330,569
524
1,719
1,116
1,444
745
1,418
873
34,159
113,560
129,343
169,290
83,323
114,458
37,319
East South Central..
Kentucky.
_.
Tennessee.
Alabama
Mississippi
4,417
1,304
1, 328
1,152
573
278, 733
72, 240
100, 312
86,875
19,306
West South Central.
Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Texas
5,263
» 853
991
1,215
2,204
Mountain
_
Montana
Idaho
Wyoming
Colorado
Now Mexico.
Arizona
Utah
Nevada
Pacific
Washington...
Oregon..
California
Dollars
+0.3 5, 277, 973
+5.3 1,412,232
+1.9
889,640
- 3 . 2 2,020,461
-1.7
13,162
-2.5
61,128
+2.0
236, 612
-.2
644J38
3-. 9
2,454
647
357
793
28
29
139
461
219, 580
50, 805
36, 336
88, 769
510
2,420
9,315
25,425
+3.0
-1.0
-3.8
2,872
80
641
575,682
7 10,366,409 +2.5
11,034 +5.5" 241,118 -1.9
92,381 s-6.4 2,331,620 3 - . 3
-1.
+3.5
+1.6
+2.8
+1.7
+1.9
-1.6
918,026
-.6
2,164, 514 +4.0
3,369, 569 +11.8
2, 604,932 +5.4
1,189,291 +2.5
1,784,349 +1.4
703,957
40
442
205
662
241
385
176
+.3
5,129, 792
9 1,568,938
1,763,759
1, 506,422
290, 673
+3.1
+4.8
+1.7
+3.4
+2.0
1,011
280
361
279
91
180, 657 +.5 3,145, 570
31,305 -1.5
657,438
75,023 +.2 1, 305,464
61,648 +1.5 1,012.518
12, 681 +3.3
170,150
211,276
25,906
53, 738
36. 559
95,013
+ 1.0 4, 722,148
+2.5 418,091
+3.9 1,045,497
+2.0
+3.8
+2.3
+2.2
1,234
251
223
140
620
106, 025
17,437
29, 307
10, 964
48,317
3,801
577
470
313
1,118
279
375
540
129
113, 745
16,316
9, 753
8,130
36, 607
5,996
13,003
21, 732
2,208
- . 4 2,876,410 +5.0
+2.9
453, 303 +7.0
-1.0
249, 206; +6.2
+1.8
230,741! +10.4
-.1
918,490 +4.1
+2.5
128,533 +6.9
-2.9
348, 840 +2.4
-3.5
4S6, 300 +3.3
+3.4
60,997 +6.6
544
67
61
37
196
31
38
99
15
35, 058
4,475
3, 236
1,407
14, 782
10, 009
2, 352
1,125
2
0,t
500, 248
86, 818
48, 037
365,393\
+5.4 L4, 299, 022
+4.1 2, 309, 899
+5.0 1. 228.920
+5. 7 10, 760,203
-0.1
+1.9
+1.3
-2.7
-1.2
922. 696
2,335,864
+.2
3,163
80, 386
49, 677
152,920
76,860
89,578
19,683
964
2,618
7, 236
340
-2.1
+2.7
+2.7
+1.6
+1.9
+2.4
+2.7
+0.2
+2.6
+5.4
-2.6
+.1
-9.3
+1.8
-2.2
109, 672 - 1 . 1
1,483,246 +3.7
1, 220, 551 +12.9
2,328, 720 +4.9
1,070,009 +3.0
1, 256, 585 +1.6
324,888 +5.0
+2.6
+.7
+2.5
+3.4
+6.3
+ 1.8 2, 284, 521 +3.9
+2.9 9.09,918 +4- S
+6.1
530,776 +4.3
-2.4
268, 364
+.8
3+.7 1,215,463 3+5.9
-3.4
881,624 +3.4
+6.1
114,213 +6.8
-7.1
84,304 +1.5
+3.8
45,639 +12.9
-1.4
389, 696 +4.9
+10.8
18,173 +16.7
-1.1
61,890 +1.4
-13.6
157, 582 -4.8
+.9
10,127 +16.4
+10.1 2,651 284, 395 +10.0 7, 955, 632 + 19.3
+9.2
531
55. 563 +5.4 1,497,425 +13.1
809,141 +18.4
+11.6
288 31.863 +7.6
+10.1 1,832 196, 969 +11.7\ 5,649,066 +21.8
1
Includes banks and trust companies; construction, municipal, agricultural, and office employment,
amusement
and recreation; professional services; and trucking and handling.
2
Includes
laundering and cleaning; and water, light, and power.
3
Weighted
percentage change.
i
Includes automobile and miscellaneous services; restaurants; and building and contracting.
*6 Includes construction but not public works.
Does not include logging.
7
Includes banks; real estate; pipe line transportation; motor transportation (other than operation and
maintenance); water transportation; hospitals and clinics; and personal, business, mechanical repair, and
miscellaneous
services.
s
Less than Mo ofl percent.
8
Includes financial institutions, miscellaneous services, and restaurants.
10
Weighted percentage change, including hired farm labor.
112 Includes automobile dealers and garages; and sand, gravel, and building stone.
' Includes banks, insurance, and office employment.
26
TABLE 10.—Employment and Pay Rolls in Government Corporations and GovernmentOwned Corporations
Number of employees i
Establishment
Total pay roll
6-month
6-month
June 30, Dec. 31, period end- period end1938
ing J u n e 30, ins? Dec. 31,
1939
All establishments
Treasury:
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Division of
Insolvent National Banks
Farm Credit Administration:
Bank for cooperatives
__
_.
Federal intermediate credit banks
Federal land banks 2_._
_
_
General agents' oflices
Joint stock land banks
__
Production Credit Corporation
_
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation:
National receivership trust funds
State receivership trust funds..
_
_.
Federal Reserve banks
Inland Waterways Corporation
_
Panama Railroad Co.*.
Spruce Production Corporation
_._
_
1939
1938
25, 519
24, 730
$21,014,906
$20, 968.073
444,362
306
377
350,985
207
436
4,810
430
557
297
198
443
5,053
415
610
294
283,648
529,100
4,548,619
537, 742
680,165
424,620
274,
536,
4, 615,
518,
723.
419,
33
57
11,520
2,972
3,890
4
10,919
2,744
3,672
5
8
23,042
52, 205
9,886,769
1, 677,466
2,011,755
8,790
9, 722, 718
1,807, 560
1,896,453
8,910
585
563
243
665
424
590
(
?
1 Data on number of employees refer to employees on the pay roll with pay during the last pay-roll period
of the month.
2 Includes land-bank appraisers and their pay rolls.
3 Data not available.
< Includes the Panama Railroad Steamship Line which is owned and operated by the Panama Railroad
Co.
CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS FINANCED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS
ADMINISTRATION
Details concerning employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked
during August on construction projects financed by Public Works
Administration funds are given in table 11, by type of project.
TABLE 11.—Employment and Pay Rolls on Projects Financed from Public Works
Administration Funds, August 1939 x
[Subject to revision]
Wage earners
Type of project
Maximum
number
employed 2
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 financed from National Industrial Recovery Act funds
All projects
Building construction.
Naval vessels
Public roads *
Reclamation
River, harbor, andfloodcontrol.„
Water and sewerage
See footnotes at end of table.
3 1, 254
1,172
$106,036
169, 800
$0. 624
$214,149
109
9
88
9
4(K)
299
176
200
11,512
1, Ool
31, 434
45, 365
11,411
5,263
9,080
1,024
46.816
59,952
20,099
32,829
1. 268
1.026
.671
.757
. 568
.160
21,343
944
54, 300
31,367
31, 674
74, 521
(6)
316
211
209
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TAIJLE 11.—Employment and Pay Rolls on Projects Financed from Public Works
Administration Funds, August 1939—Conlinued
Wage earners
Type of project
Maximum
number
employed
Weekly
average
Mont hi y
pay-roll
disbursements
Number of
man-hours Average
earnings
worked
per hour
during
month
Value of
material
orders
placed
during
month
Federal projects financed from Public Works Administration Appropriation Act 1938 funds
I
All projects
30,114 |
25, S54 | $2,928,419
3,191, 975
$0. 917
$3, 349,452
Airport construction (exclusive of
buildings)
..
Building construction
..
Electrification
Reclamation
River, harbor, and flood control..
Ship construction. _
Streets and roads
Water and sewerage _
_
Miscellaneous
Professional, technical, and clerical.
ill '
22.390 !
807 !
1,712
1,000
1.058
432
455
633
789
758 !
19.041 '
'832
1,423
805
858
362
401
603
711
69,672
2,268,216
73, 577
122, 604
104,841
83,142
35, 245
24, 556
47,258
99,308
115,875
2, 322, 379
86, 356
160, 665
122,045
102, 028
44,937
36,434
65,913
135,343
.601
.977
.852
. 763
.859
.815
.784
.674
.717
.734
124,689
2,598.925
73; 985
147,509
172,493
83,725
54,945
30,852
55,348
6,981
Non-Federal projects financed from National Industrial 'Recovery Act
funds
All projects *
Building construction 6._
Railroad construction
Streets and roads
Water and sewerage
Miscellaneous
4,938
4,422 I
$693,831
_.
516,460
321,823
50
5,339
48,939
140,309
$1.343
1.764
.760
.628
]. 369
.396
$689,928
343, 761
0
17.473
170,959
157, 735
Projects financed from Emergency Relief Appropriations Act 193">. 1
and 1937 funds.
All projects
Build ing construction.
Electrification
Heavy engineering
Reclamation
Streets and roads
Water and sewerage...
Miscellaneous
17,773
5,122
752
6, 475
1,434
379
3.611 ;
• 0 I
I
15, 065 I $ 1, 757, 377 I 2. 131, 084
4, 187
043
5, 660
1,290
301
2, 978
0
458, 963
57,047
711,419
127, 273
11,021
390,454
0
478,908
.85.281
950, 991
188,538
20, 901
100, 405
0
$0,825 I $2,497,238
.958
.676
.748
. 675
.432
.975
0
987, 085
83, 247
954,981
23. 780
34; 418
413,127
0
iSon-Federal projects financed from Public Works Administration Appropriation Act 193R funds
All projects
208,957
173,970 ,$18,333,412
Building construction
___
Electrification
Heavy engineering
•.
Reclamation
River, harbor, and flood control....
Streets and roads...
Wa ter and sewerage
Miscellaneous
122,487
2,218
12, 716
680
368
39, 823
30,182
483
100, 895
1,804
10, 918
5f>9
312
33.104
25, 978
370
20,854, 079
10,853, 573 11,482,831
154, 059
196,690
1, 726. 733
1.507,783
51,230 i
81,404
37,081
40,324
2,702,732 ! 4,078, 987
2, 681, 659
3, 420, 655
36, 345
45,405
$0. 879 $31,826,682
. 945
.783
1.145
. 629
.920
.685
.784
.800
17,161,841
573,038
3.198,978
31,634
212,584
5, 2S3, 413
4. 852,098
512,496
1 Data are for the month ending on the 15th.
2 Maximum number employed any 1 week of the month by each contractor and Government agency
doing
force-account work.
3
Includes weekly average for public roads.
4
Under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Public Roads.
« Not available: weekly average included in total for all projects.
6
Includes data for workers engaged in construction of underground tunnel who, because of the additional
risk involved, were paid at rates higher than those usually paid for building construction.
28
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 was
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, ^appropriated 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. The
Public Works Administration was continued until July 1, 1939, by the
Public Works Administration Extension Act of 1937, and the Public
Works Administration Appropriation Act of 1938 further continued
the program to June 30, 1941. On July 1, 1939, pursuant to the
provisions of Reorganization Plan No. 1, the Public Works Administration was transferred to the Federal Works Agency.
Federal construction projects for which data are included in table
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-rent housing program of the
Public Works Administration, however, was financed by funds provided under the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935. Federal construction projects are also financed by allotments from funds
provided under the Public Works Administration Appropriation
Act of 1938. 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 cither the
National Industrial Recovery Act, the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935, the First Deficiency Appropriation Act of 1936, the
Public Works Administration Extension Act of 1937, or the Public
Works Administration Appropriation Act of 1938. 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, the First
Deficiency Appropriation Act of 1936, the Public Works Administration Extension Act of 1937, or the Public Works Administration
Appropriation Act of 1938 are used to finance a non-Federal project,
as much as 45 percent of the total cost may be furnished in the form of
29
a grant. The remaining 55 percent or more of the cost is financed by
the recipient. When circumstances justify such action, the Public
Works Administration may provide the grantee with the additional
funds by means of a loan. Allotments to commercial 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.
Railroad 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.
UNITED STATES HOUSING AUTHORITY
The United States Housing Authority was created by Public No.
412, Seventy-fifth Congress, approved September 1, 1937, as a corporate body of the Department of the Interior for the purpose of
assisting the States and their political subdivisions in remedying the
unsafe and insanitary housing conditions and the acute shortage of
decent, safe, and sanitary dwellings for families of low income, and
in alleviating present and recurring unemployment.
Executive Order No. 7732, dated October 27, 1937, transferred to
the Authority all the housing and slum-clearance projects of the
Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works and all assets,
contracts, records, applications, libraries, research materials, and other
property held in connection with such projects or with the housing or
slum-clearance activities of the Public Works Administration, together
with the unexpended balance of funds allocated to the Public Works
Administration for the construction of any housing or slum-clearance
projects. This executive order was modified by Executive Order
No. 7839, dated March 12, 1938, under which the two Puerto Rico
projects were transferred to the Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration. The President's Reorganization Plan No. 1, effective Jury 1,
1939, transferred the United States Housing Authority from the
Department of the Interior to the Federal Works Agency.
Table 12 shows data for August 1939 on projects of the United
States Housing Authority. These figures pertain only to new projects
under the United States Housing Authority and not to those formerly
under the Public Works Administration.
30
TABLE 12.—Employment and Pay Rolls on Low-Rent Housing Projects of the United
States Housing Authority, August 1939
f Subject to revision]
Employment
Geographic division
Maximum
number 1
employed
All divisions
New England
Middle Atlantic
East North Central..
West North Central
South Atlantic
East South Central...
West South Central
Pacific
_...
Number of Average
man-hours earnings
disburse- worked dur- per
hour
ing month
ments
Monthly
pay-roll
Weekly
average
Value of
material
orders
placed during month
17,930
15,310
$2,097,061
2,010,813
$1,013
$3,087, 376
9
8,494
2,549
437
2, 767
2, 232
1, 423
14
9
7,292
2,234
378
2,317
1,874
1,197
9
143
1, 228. 062
329, 622
41, 687
214, 025
190,104
92, 80S
560
167
957, 342
307,623
48,984
310,870
248, 228
137, 203
396
.850
1.283
1.072
. 851
.688
.706
.677
1.414
0
1, 568, 267
415, 055
75, 573
449. 984
321,136
256, 761
0
i Maximum employed during any 1 week of the month.
PROJECTS FINANCED AND PROJECTS OPERATED BY THE WORK
PROJECTS ADMINISTRATION
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 work to be carried out by 61 units of
the Federal Government. The Works Program was continued by
title II of the First Deficiency Appropriation Act of 1936, cited as the
Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1936, and was further continued by the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1937. The
program was extended to June 30, 1939, by the Emergency Relief
Appropriation Act of 1938 and to June 30, 1940, by the Emergency
Relief Appropriation Act of 1939. Employment created by this
program includes employment on Federal projects and employment
on projects operated by the Work Projects Administration. In
accordance with the provisions of Reorganization Plan No. 1, effective
July 1, 1939, the name of this agency was changed from Works
Progress Administration to Work Projects Administration and it
became a part of the Federal Works Agency. Federal projects are
those conducted by Federal agencies which have received allotments
from the Work Projects Administration. Projects operated by the
Work Projects Administration are those projects conducted under the
supervision of that agency with the cooperation of States, cities, or
counties.
A record of employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked on
projects financed by the Work Projects Administration in August is
shown in table 13, by type of project.
31
TABLE 13.—Employment and Pay Rolls on Projects Financed and Operated by the Work
Projects Administration, August 1939
[Subject to revision]
Wage earners
Monthly
pay-roll
disbursements
Maximum Weekly
number
average
employed
Type of project
Average
earnings
per
hour
N u m b e r of
man-hours
worked
during
month
V a l u e of
ma (:erial
orders
placed
during
month
Federal projects
All piojects
Airport construction (exclusive of
buildings)
Building construction
Electrification
Forestry..
_.
Grade-crossing elimination 2 _ . . . __
Hydroelectric power plants 3
Pi-ant, crop, and livestock conserva-
i 93, 809
81,962
$3, 671,127
9, 957,476
$0. 369
$622, 705
1,014
37.781
85
7, 797
1,006
856
31, 349
79
7, f!2-i
807
127
44. 928
1, 675, 493
2, 902
236, 608
51, 883
5, 099
115,6.1.0
4,170.6.18
9,031
815,270
10UH7
14,921
.389
. 402
.301
'*<!)
. -199
.312
3,900
240, 782
201
20. 942
95. 103
0
10, 873
3,318
S31
11,001
511.
7 551
;;i3
3, 656
553,194
237.383
67! 744
436, 482
13.72S
195 715
9. 1*2
110.456
1,366,857
426.652
101,672
1, 135. 3'>3
63,760
S70 993
33. 351
425, 765
.405
. 55i 1
.617
. 301
. 686
295
.2S4
.2;>9
4,361
•1.350
127.323
38. 930
51, 166
13 ,7>5
1,480
17.342
rn
vation
12, 785
3, 507
1,038
1.1,668
587
10 785
319
5, 297
Professional, technical, and ckrical. _
Public roads 2
Reclamation
River, harbor, and flood control
streets and roads
Water and sewerage
Miscellaneous
Projects operated by \ \ ork Projects A«] minislrnl ion *
5
All projects
$107,840,110 248, 390,103
1,834. 680
$0. 434
(6)
1
Maximum number employed during any 1 week of the month by each contractor and Government
agency doing force-account work.
2 These data are for projects under the jurisdiction of the Public Roads Administration.
3
These data are for projects under construction in Puerto Rico.
4
Data are for the calendar month. Not available by type of project.
6
Represents number of names on pay roll for week ending Aug. 23, 1939.
6
Data on a monthly basij are not available.
Employment and pay rolls on National Youth Administration
projects for July and August 1939 arc shown in table 14.
TABLE 14.—Employment and Pay Rolls on National Youth Administration Projects,
July and August 1939
[Subject to revision]
Number of employees
Amount of pay rolls
Type of project
August
All projects
Student Aid *
Work projects
_.
July
August
July
211,195
207,357
$4,150,973
$2, 570,078
0
211,195
0
207, 357
0
4,150, 973
0
2, 570,078
' Student Aid program not in operation during July and August.
CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS
The Civilian Conservation Corps was created by an act- of Congress
approved June 28, 1937, and succeeded the Emergency Conservation
Work which had been set up in April 1933. On July 1, 1939, the
32
Civilian Conservation Corps lost its status as an independent agency
and was transferred to the Federal Security Agency.
Employment and pay-roll data for the Civilian Conservation Corps
are collected by the Bureau of Labor Statistics from the War Department, the Department of Agriculture, and the Department of the
Interior. The monthly pay of the enrolled personnel is $30 per month.
Assistant leaders, not to exceed 10 percent of the total number of
enrollces, may receive up to $36 per month, and leaders, not to exceed
6 percent, may receive up to $45 per month.
Employment and pay rolls in the Civilian Conservation Corps in
July and August 1939 are presented in table 15.
TABLE 15,—Employment and Pay Rolls in the Civilian Conservation Corps, July and
August 1939 l
[Subject to revision]
Amount of pay rolls
Xumber of employees
Group
August
All groups..
_
Enrolled personnel 3 . _ . - _
Reserve4 officers
Nurses
_
Educational advisers 4
Supervisory and technical 4
August
July
July
333,121
322,058
$14,816,914
2 $14, 462, 311
295,421
3,842
304
1,588
31,906
284, 6(51
4,413
297
1,593
31,094
9,170, 705
1,113, 290
41,871
268,953
4, 222, 095
8,854,417
1,183,861
2 37, 576
266, 419
4,120, 038
1 Data on number ol employees refer to employment on last day of month. Amount of pay rolls are for
the entire month.
2 Revised.
3 August data include 4,255 enrollces and pay roll of $90,010 outside continental United States; in July the
corresponding
figures were 4,002 enrollees and pay roll of $87,004.
4
Included in executive service, table 9.
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 August are presented in table 16, b}r type of project.
TABLE 16.—Employment and Pay Rolls on Projects Financed by the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation, by Type of Project, August 1939 1
[Subject to revision]
Type of project
Maximum
number of
wage
earners a
Monthly
pay-roil
disbursements
Number of
man-hours
worked
during
month
Average
earnings
per hour
Value of
material
orders
placed
during
month
All projects.._
2, 555
$288, 7?8
346, 499
$0. 833
$560. 324
Building construction 3.
Water and sewerage
1,997
558
187, 584
101,152
237, 233
109,266
.791
.926
510,256
50,068
1
2
3
Data are for the month ending on the 15th.
Maximum number employed during any 1 week of the month by each contractor.
Includes 573 employes; pay-roll disbursements of $58,401; 69,231 man-hours worked, and material orders
placed of $269,144 on projects financed by the RFC Mortgage Co.
33
CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS FINANCED FROM REGULAR FEDERAL
APPROPRIATIONS
When 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.
Data concerning employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked on
construction projects financed from regular Federal appropriations
during August are given in table 17, by type of project.
TABLE 17.—Employment and Pay Rolls on Construction Projects Financed from Regular
Federal Appropriations, by Type of Project, August 1939 1
[Subject to revision]
Number of wage
earners
Type of project
All projects.
Building construction
Electrification:
Rural Electrification Administration projects *
Other than R. E. A. projects..
Forestry
II eavy R ngineering
Public roads 5
Reclamation
River, harbor, and flood control:
Dredging, dikes, revetments,
etc _Locks and dams
Ship construction:
Naval vessels
Other than naval vessels
Streets arid roads
Water and sewerage
Miscellaneous
1
2
Maximum
number
employed
3 275, 506
Weekly
average
Monthly
pay-roll
disbursements
Number of
Value of
man-hours Average material
worked
earnings
orders
during
per hour placed durmonth
ing month
259. 075 $28, 094, 698 38,511,066
$0. 730 $48, 109,194
17, 502
14,101
1,572,765
1,872,835
.840
~ 2,787,834
13, 746
70
](X5
236
(»)
20, 073
11,353
60
99
226
99,396 j
19,332 !
737, 649
4, 665
7, 953
35, 737
8, 000, 014
2,74 4,777
1, 499, 203
5, 221
15, 272
27. 545
13,071,567
3,110,703
.492
.891
. 521
1. 297
. 612
.882
3, 017, 876
2, 923
647
42, 905
13,333,107
1,569,196
35, 779
11,252
30, 679
9, 925
3,155, 529
1, 237, 685
5.054,814
1, 708,867
. 624
.724
2, 802. 442
1,668,997
57, 375
15, 606
2, 909
651
805
55, 601
14,479
2, 634
459
731
8, 556, 857
1, 772, 086
187, 61.8
36,314
45,019
9, 604, 463
2,091,575
333, 601
53,536
61, 864
.891
.847
. 5f52
. 678
.728
20,006, 730
2. 455, 662
' 274. 029
48, 620
97, 926
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.
34 Includes weekly average for public-road projects.
Financed by Rural Electrification Administration loans,
s Under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Public Roads.
6
Not available, weekly average included in the total for all projects.
34
STATE-ROADS PROJECTS
A record of employment and pay-roll disbursements in the construction and maintenance of roads financed wholly from State or
local funds in August 1939, compared with July 1939, and August 1938,
is presented in table 18.
TABLE 18.—Employment and Pay Rolls on Construction and Maintenance of State Roads,
August 1939, July 1939, and August 1938 1
[Subject to revision]
Number of employees 2
Item
August
1939
J u l y 1939
August
1938
Pay-roll disbursements
August 1939 July 1939
August 1938
$13,482,990
All projects..
-
_.
155,747
146, 202
196, 790 $11,905, 560 $10,521,530
New roads
Maintenance
__ -
.
23, 586
132, 161
20, 045
126, 157
26, 649
170,141
1
2
1, 596, 240
10, 309, 320
1,310,890
9, 210, 640
1, 970, 730
11,512,260
Data are for the month ending on the 15th and are for projects financed wholly from State or local funds
Average number working during month.
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