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EMPLOYMENT
and PAY ROLLS
DETAILED REPORT
AUGUST
1948

United States Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics




Prepared by
Division of Employment and Occupational Outlook
Branch of Employment Statistics
Samuel

W eiss,

Chief

ESTIMATES OF MANUFACTURING PRODUCTION WORKERS - NEW SERIES
Induetries in Selected Major Industry Groups
In this Detailed Report the Bureau presents a new series of productionworker estimates for the individual industries comprising the major industry
groups listed below.

The new estimates have been adjusted to Federal Security

Agency data through I9W and have been carried forward from I9U6 bench-mark
levels, thereby providing consistent series.
Only the industries indicated below were affected; cooparieon of the
remaining industries, in the groups specified, with 19^6 bench-mark levels
indicated that no adjustment was necessary.
Electrical machinery:
Electrical equipment
Nonferrous metala and their products:
Sheet-metal work, not elsewhere classified
Furniture and finished lumber products:
Mattresses and bedsprings
Furniture
Wooden boxeB, other than cigar
Caskets and other morticians' goods
Wood preserving
Wood, turned and shaped
Chemicals and allied products:
Paints, varnishes, and colors
Chemicals, not elsewhere classified
Explosives and safety fuses
Fertilizers
Miscellaneous industries:
No industries affected
This report shows the new production-worker employment estimates and
Indexes of employment and weekly pay rolls for the months currently presented,
A set of summary sheets presenting comparable data from January 1939, to date,
for the industries in these groups will be provided upon request to tho Bureau
of Labor Statistics,

LS 49-1185




Such requests slwiMld specify the series desired.

October 26, 1948

U. S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Bureau of Labor Statistics

Soltar - 351

EMPLOYMENT AND PAY ROLLS
Detailed Report
August 191*8
i'Explanatory notes outlining briefly the |
concepts, methodology, and sources used
j in preparing data for this report appear!
; in the appendix. See pages i - lx.____ ]
TABLE
1.
2.

3.
k.

5.
6.

7.
8.

9.
10.
11.




CONTENTS

PAGE

Estimated Number of Wage and Salary Workers in Nonagricul­
tural Establishments, by Industry Division.............. 2
Estimated Number of Wage and Salary Workers in Manufacturing
Industries, by Major Industry Group.................... 3
Estimated. Number of Wage and Salary Workers in Selected
Nonmanufacturing Industries, by Major Industry Group..... U
Federal Civilian Employment and Pay Rolls in All Areas and
in Continental United States, and Total Civilian Government
5
Employment and Pay Rolls in Washington, D. C. ...........
Personnel and Pay of the Military Branch of the Federal
Government..... .............. .....................
6
Estimated Number of Wage and Salary Workers in Nonagricul­
tural Establishments for Selected States, July 19*8...... 7
Estimated Number of Wage and Salary Workers in Manufacturing
Industries, by State, July 19*8........................
8
Estimated Number of Production Workers in Manufacturing
Industries... .............................. .
10
Estimated Number of Employees in Selected Nonmanufacturing
Industries............... ..... ................ ..... 16
Indexes of Froduction-Worker Employment and Weekly Pay Rolls
in Manufacturing Industries........ ........ ....... .
17
Indexes of Employment and Weekly Pay Rolls in Selected
Nonmanufacturing Industries............ ............... 23
Explanatory Notes.......... ...................... .... i
Glossary.................. ............. ............ . vi
jData for the 2 most recent imoniih's
i
shovn are subject to revision

2.
TABLE Is Estimated. Nvuaber of Wage and Salary Workers in Nonagricultural Establish­
ments, byindustry Division

(In thousands)
Industry division

August
45,48?

TOTAL

16,451

Manufacturing

9150

Mining

--- 1 9 W .....“
July 1 June
| 45,078 i 45,009
1|
j 16,158 i 16,115
1
1»
921 i 950
I
i
i 2,173
| 2,fil9 5

Contract construction

2,257

Transportation and public
utilities

\
*,137' |

Trade

1 43,686

15,962

S 15.580

923

1

890

2,096. 1 2,043
j
|

\

?.eke ji 9,670

9 356

i ; 4,155
j 9,316

i

.'.1.75*

1,726

1,688

:

4,645

4,663

4,619

i 4,636

Service

i 4,622

j

Government

*
•v
i •5,650

i




44,125

4,163

j

See explanatory notes,, sections A

1947
1 J^ly

4,105

Finance

1,761

i%

August

¥,136 i1

;

f
|
5,599 : 5,607/
j

1.675

5,318 1 5,341

H, and the glossetfy for definitions.

3.
TABLE 2: Estimated Number of Wage and Salary Workers in Manufacturing Industries, by
Major Industry Group

(In thousands)
Major industry group

198B
August I July.

June

191*7______
August j July
15,962

j 15,580

8,122

7,987

7,871*

Iron and steel and their products
1,901*
1,929 1 1,897
726
Electrical machinery
717 1 71**
Machinery, except electrical
1,560
1,555
1,577
Transportation equipment, except
automobiles
561
562
5^3
Automobiles
958
983
918
m
Nonferrous metals and their products
1*69
!*57
Lumber and timber basic products
912 I 881
930
542
Furniture and finished lumber products
550
551
Stone, clay, and glass products
527 ! 535
539

1,881*
7**5
1,552

1,65*
71*2
1,519

530

527
9Ul

ALL MANUFACTURING
DURABLE GOODS

16,1*51 |16,158 16,115

8,188 1 8,153

926

Textile-miil products and other fiber
manufactures
Apparel and other finished textile
products
Leather and leather products
Food
Tobacco manufactures
Paper and allied products
Printing* publishing, and allied
industries
Chemicals and ailied products
Products of petroleum and coal
Rubber products
Miscellaneous industries

8,263

8,005

1

502

993

7,975

7,706

|i 1 ,1*18
1,235 I 1,263
1*22

1,320

1,305

1,222

1 ,11*1

1,922

U17
1,785
97

i
1,397
■1,33*
431
1,965

1,361*

1*19

1,900 1 1,786

h29

99
klQ

96
1*76

98
1*77

99
1*69

718

716

719

751
21*7

762

710

773

558

563

21*0

577

750

21*5
21*3

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




793
531*

5^9
517

r

NONDURABLE GOODS

1*62

1*63

821

1*62

!

238
252 !
561* 1

706
752
237
250
55*

4.
TABLE 3i Estimated Number of Wage and Salary Workers in Selected Nonmanufacturing
Industries, by Major Industry Group

(In thousands)

Major industry group
MINING
-Anthracite

August

■■■ " W
July

"

950

921

950

923

890

81

82

82

79

June

1947
July
August

83

i

425

|
1

r

395

426

408

379

Meted

99

1

102

104

102

101

Quarrying and nonmetallic

91

1
j

97

97

99

98

246

246

241

232

233

*,137

I
| *,136

4,105

4,163

*,155

2,867

j 2,873

2,860

2,946

2,9*3

Communication

7*7

7*5

734

722

721

Other public utilities

523

518

511

*95

491

Bituminous coal

Crude petroleum and natural
gas production 1/
TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC
UTILITIES
Transportation

1

i
J

GOVERNMENT

5,650

f 5,599

5,607

5,318

5,341

Federal

!,855

1,833

1,804

1,795

1,828

Sta.te and local

3,795

3,766

3,803

3,523

3,513

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




5.
TABLE

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

Area and branch

Employment
(as of first of .month)
I
19^7
1948
August
August
June
•July

August

Pay rolls
(total. for foohth)
1348 .
June
'Joli'

1947
August

Total (lnc;l^^nf5 areas
outride tTivTted States5

2 ,;09*u6 2,084.3 2,053.9
TOTAL FEDERAL
Executive
2 .055 .# 2,044.7 2,014.5
Defense agencies
924.6
919.8
916,9
Post Office Dept,
476*4 471.2 458.2
Other agencies
654.4
653.7
639.
Legislative
7.5
7.3
7.3
Judicial
3.5
3.5
3.5
Government corporations
28.4
28.8
28.6

2 ,067.2
2 ,026,1
923.1
442.3
660.7
7.2
3.4
30.5

$557,311- '$528,437 $505,345 $464,076
518,639 '495',792 454,723
547.283236,960* 227,568 225,440 199.247
12T .677 102.653
96,145
123,136
172 ,9?4 167.699 159.331
187,187
2,421
2 ',600
2;53'6
2,695•
1,501
1,390
1,259
1,279
5.943
5.738
5.673
5.897

Continental
Unitod States
TOTAL FEDERAL
1.875.1 1 ,858.2 1,823.9
Executive
1,842.5 1 ,825.6 1.791.5
Defense agencies
732.2
724.7
742.9
Post Office Dept.
469.7
456.6
474.8
Other agencies
624.8
610.2
623.7
Legislative
7.3
7.3
7.3
Judicial
3.4
3.4
3.4
Government corporations
21.9
21.7
21.9

1,815.9
1,782.4
708.7
440.8

514.343
5Q5.131
203,510
122,721

487,057
478,016
191,686:
121,265

461,406
452,529
189,97#

632.9
7 ;2

178.900

165,067
•2,600
1.263
5.178

160,249
2,536
1,242
5,099

67.206

66,658

3.459
65,747
60,931
20,235
2,651
58.045

4,561
62,097
59,350
19.250

2,600
216

2,536

58,624
5.187
55,457
52.817
15.705
2,283
54,829
2,421

211

199

3.3

2,6951.351

23,0

5.166

71.817
3.468
68.349
65,426
21,465
2,722
41,239
2.695

102.306

423.545
414,898

166,681
95.819
152,398
2,421
1,223
5.005

Washington. D« C«
TOTAL GOVERNMENT
D« C* government
Federal
Executive
Defense agencies
Post Office Dept,
Other agencies
Legislative
Judicial

234.2
13.8
215.4
207.5

233.3
19.3
214.0

229.5

223.7

18.8

70.2

206.1
69.O

202.8
67.6

17.8
205.9

7.5

7.5

7.4

129.8

129.6

127.8

7.3

7.3

7.3

.6

.6

i

210.7

198.1

65.1
7.3
125.7
7.2.

.6 1
i

.6

228

2,300
37,800

See the glossary for definitions*

1/ Data for Central Intelligence Agency are excluded starting August 19**7 for employment and
July 191*7 for pay rolls.




6.

TABLE 5 : Personnel and Pay of the Military Branch of tho Federal Government 1/

(In thousands)
Personnel and pay
PERSONNEL, TOTAL........

1,51*

Army and Air Force....
Nc.vy............ .
Coast Guard....... .

2/ 978
430
86
21

Women.................

1,501
14

PAY, TOTAL............. $270,165
By "branch:

19*7

19*8
July

June

Aacu3t

1,463

1,439

1,575

} 2/ 940
;
420
!
84
|
20

i 2/ 930
407
1
82
|
20

973
492
92
19

990
490

1,423
16

1,556
19

1,571
20

$33*,129

Aucust
i
j
I

;
j

1,449 !
14

i
i

!
j

j

1

!$276,655
»

|$277,368

;

:

j

:

1

July

1,592

;
i
j

93
19

t
!
t
i

j $339,128
j

j

Army and Air Force.... 171,556
87,fl5
Marine Corps
14,335
4,560
Coast Guard.........
By- type of pay:
Pay rolls............ ..244,547
3,886
Mustering-out vuy ...
27,756
Family allowances...
Leave payments......
1,976
4l6
Cash....... ..... .
Bends.... ........ j 1,560

167,870 i 173,956
! 85,522.

I 90,203
13,884
: '4*699
1
s
! 246,422
: 2,581

1 26,353
1,299
301
998

1 13,551
! 4,339.
s

192,505
117,518
17,884
6,222

; 200,676
! 115,734

16,212
6,506

;
:
i

• 243,239“
5,756
26,476
; 1,898
,
*95
1,403
‘

248,670
10,498

24,502

50,459
4,831
45,628

; 259,172
! 12,670
25,036
42,250
3,-718
38,532
:

‘

See the glossary for definitions.
1/ Because of rounding, the individual figures do not necessarily add to group totals
2/ Air Force personnel, 384,000 in June, 388,000 In July, and 400,000 in August 1948.




TABLE 6: Estimated Number of Wage and Salary Workers in Nonagricultural Establish
aents for Selected.. States

(In thousands)
State

' ‘ " ' '.3.948....... ...
JUly
: June
Mayi".

1947

Ifune.

July

Arizona

154

155

154

144

144

Connecticut

761

765

767

764

.769

Illinois

3,185

3,174

3,126

3,113

3,123

Indiana

1,207

1,209

1,197

1,184

1,193

Maine

276

270

259

265

257

Maryland

708

707

698

658

665

1,720

1,674

1,696
770

Massachusetts

1,715

|

1,731;

Minnesota

813

j

803

782

783

Montana

l4l

||

138

136

137

50

I
1
\
s

49

48

50

49

1,590

1,593

1,576

1,543

1,567

109

108

107

102

103

New York

5,405

5,416

5,385

5,338

5,381

Pennsylvania

3,584

3,606

3,577

3,509

3,530

Khode Island

286

287

287

278

285

1,734

1,724

1,702

1,652

1,651

179

176

177

176

171

Vermont l/.

95

96

95

Washington

674

655

641

657

664

993

977

1,001

966

Nevada 1/
New Jersey
New Mexico \J

Texas
Utah

Wisconsin

1,016

See explanatory notes, sections H and I.
1/ Does not include contract construction.




i
i

:

94.

!

135

95

8*
TABLE 7: Estimated Number of Wage and Salary Workers in Manufacturing Industries, by
State

(In thousands);
Region and State

\f

SEW ENGLAND:
Maine
Nev Hampshire
Vermont 1/
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut 1/
CEDDLE ATLANTIC:
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
EAST NORTH CENTRAL:
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan
Wisconsin 1/
WEST NORTH CENTRAL:
Minnesota l/
Iowa I/
*~
Missouri 1/
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas

•

:

1948 '
June

July

116.5
82.1

115.2 1




108.2
81.6

June

108.2

112.9
77.6
37.2
707.2
141.4
403.3

79.3
38.4
■724.7
147.6
■410.4

1,1*76.1

i; 1,831.7
741.8
!
1 1,492.4

740.7
1,487.3

1,801.9
719.6
1,471.1

1,841.6
745.2
1,487.2

1,215.7
544.0
1,227.4
996.8
447.9

1,228.2
1,221.3
546.4
541.9
1,228.7 1 1,203.5
962.7 1 998.5
420.0
i
429.7

1,232.0
550.0
1,228.6
997.0
461.5

1,244.5
553.6
1,238.3
1,013.1
427.9

205.6
149.8
3^3.5
6.8
11.8
43.4

194.5
148.6
345.4
6.8

82.7
37.8

37.0
711.1
144.8
393.3

1 ,816.5
732.1

146.5
396.5

!
|
ii

|

1

203.3
149.8
343.9
7.1 1
11.9 !
43.0 i

345.7
7.0
11.8

43.6
83.9

i

46.6

!

17.2
210.9
133.3
362.9
195.8:
27^.3
88.0

1 ,829.0

!

206.6
152.1

232.8

37.8
723.4
147.0
401.1

726.1

1

r
I

190.9
135.1
339.3
6.7
77.0

46.6

45.8

229.4
17.1
211.1
133.9
381.7
200.5
275.7

90.0

*

11.3
36.1

84.5

SOUTH ATLANTIC

Delaware
Maryland
District of Columbia
Virginia.
West Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia 1/
Florida 1 /

1947
July

May

80.7
45.2

217.4

228.5
17.2
210.8
132.4
381.4
199.3

273.8

93.2

!

11.5
43.1
81.0

45.4
224.3

17.4
208.2
13X0
365.^
191.5

262.5

17.2
207.9
132.6
366.0
188.9
263.7

85.7

88.2

9.
IABIE 7: Estimated Number of Wage and Salary Workers in Manufacturing Industries, by
State - Continued
(In thousands)
------- Region and State
EAST SOUTH CENTRAL:
Kentucky
Tennessee
Alai’a m l/
Mississippi
WEST SOUTH CEMSRAL:
Arkansas 1/
Louisiana l/
Oklahoma l7
Texas
MOUNTAIN:
Montana
Idaho l/
Wyoming
Colorado
New Mexico 1/
Arizona 1/ ”*
Utah
”
Kevada l/

July
126.3
249.3

229.8
91.3

.

1 Juno . i "May
5
:
1 127.0
125.9
1 250.7
250.8
1 228.3
228.0
|
89.5 j 88.1
i

..j...

1947
June

July

123.6

122.4
246.2
219.6
91.4

245.2
221.1
90.9

76.5
148.2

76.6
149.4

75.1
146.0

350.7

68.9
354.8

3*1.7

335.1

339.3

17.7 ! 17.1
18.8
18.1

18.4
22.9
6.7
55.9
9.1
14.0
29.I
3.*

17.8
22.3
6.3
54.6

66.7

18.1
20.6
6.8

i

56,5
10.4
15.7 .

6.8
56.3
10.0
16.0

28.7

26.0

3.4

3.*

65.2

6.5
! 53.3
1
9.3
I 15.7
; 24.2
|
3.3

75.1
143.3

62.9

!
|

■

74.2
145.7

62.6

9.1
14.8
24.9
3.3

j

PACIFIC:
Washington
Oregon
California

!
179.9
117.3
741.3

163.4
112.8
713.0

! 152.4
1 110.7
} 696.3

‘ 176.5

116.6

704.0

179.3
119*1
689.3

See explanatory notes, sections H and I.
1/ Series based on Standard Industrial Classification. Data for Georgia, Idaho, and
Louisiana may not be strictly comparable with those published prior to the current
report.
*

Revised.




TABLE! 8: Estimated Number of Production Workers in Manufacturing Industries

(in thousands)
19W

J.I1UU.Dt*x\y group cuicl 111Q.U0ury

August

July

1 June

... 1947
August
July

ALL MANUFACTURING

13,233

12,97^

i
s12,959

12,928 12*562

6,700

6,669

6,533

j 6,305
!
i

6,662
t 6,297

DURABLE GOODS
NONDURABLE GOODS
Durable goods
IRON AND STEEL AND THEIR PRODUCTS
Blast furnaces, steel works, and
.rolling mills
Gray-iron and semisteel castings
Malleable-iron castings
Steel castings
Cast-iron pipe and fittings
Tin cans and other tinware
Wire drawn from purchased rods
Wirework
Cutlery and edge tools
Too.ls (except edge tools, machine
tools, files, and saws)
Hardware
Plumbers' supplies
Stoves, oil burners, and heating
>
equipment, hot elsewhere
classified
Steam and hot-water heating
Apparatus and steam fittings
Stamped and enameled ware and
galvanizing
Fabricated structural, and
ornamental metalwork
Metal doors, sash, frames,
molding, and trim
Bolts, nuts, washers, aiid rivets
Forgings, iron and steel
Wrought pipe, welded and heavyriveted
Screw-machine products and wood
screws
Steel barrels, kegs, and drums
Firearms

53U.9
106.4
37*3
69.4
290
49.0
28.3
42.3
22.5
24.5
50.1
40.3

j 1,610

:

1
]
i
j
!
!
!
1
1
i
!

526.5 I
104.7
36.1

1,569

523.0

508.6

108.8
37.9

113.6
35.^
65.5
27.5
30 .:8
40.3
23.3

503.0
113.0
33.7
64.0
27.1
44.3
30.6
39.0
21.5

49.8
40.3

24.4
48.3
38,5

23.9
49.1
38.3

69.6

68.2
28.9
41.8
21.8

28.9
44.7
28.7
40.2
22.1

24.6
1*9.3
38.8

vr.3

28.0

.i;

1,597

6,110

i

j
|

j
|

6,452

47.6

25.1
;
?

84.0

77.6

78.7

86.4

82.7

60.4

57.0

60.5

61.3

60.3

109.0

110.1

111.0

60.9

59.3

59.6

10.8
27;9
35.2

10.4
28.1
35.1

10.4
28.5
34.9

10.1
28.4

36.2

27.7
35.9

19.7

19.8

20.1

17.7

17.3

3^.8
8.1
21.3

35.2
7.9
21.5

35.9
7.9
21.4

35.^
8.3
18.3

36.0

535
362.3
85.9
87.0

363.9

86.9
87.5

/

5^7
367.7 |
89.0 j
90.3 !
1'

i
1

569

8.4
19.3

379.0 ! 379.9
96.8
93.3
9^.0
93.3

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




9.6

in

538

111.9 I
: 1O9.2
i
60.3
59.1

&

ELECTRICAL MACHINERY 1/
Electrical equipment
Radios and phonographs
Communication equipment

1,601

1,631

6,555
6,373

11.
TABLE 8: Estimated Number of Production Workers in Manufacturing Industries - Cont*d

(In thousands)
Industry group and industry
MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL
Machinery and machine-shop products
Engines and turbines
Tractors
Agricultural machinery, excluding
tractors
Machine tools
Machine-tool accessories
Textile machinery
Pumps and pumping equipment
Typewriters
Cash registersj adding, and
calculating machines
Washing machines, wingers, and
driers, domestic
Sewing machines, domestic and
industrial
Refrigerators and refrigeration
equipment
TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT, EXCEPT
AUTOMOBILES
Locomotives
Cars, electric- and steam-railroad
Aircraft and parts, excluding
aircraft engines
Aircraft engines
Shipbuilding and boatbuilding
Motorcycles, bicycles, and parts

19SH
August j July

1,193
483.8

51.4
58.8

1,199

jl,2l7

I 487.5 I 493.2
i
52.3 1 52.1
60.4
| 60.Q j

72.5 !
47.8 |
55-1 I
42.1 j
65.7 !
82.1 •
44.7

June

s

74.8 !

1947 :
July
Augusts

1,198

1,171

495.1

490.8

53-5
55.7

53.1
64.4

56.8

46.8 1
51.8 I
41.3 1
66.3 |
22.8 |

76.3
47.0
55.4
42.0
67.7
23.7

66.4
52.5

23.6

55-4
36.4
Ik .l
14.5

45.2 j

45.8

41.0

37.9

56.4

36.4
73.3

50.6

J

15.6

j

15*6 :

16.4

15 .I

14.6

14.3

;

14.1

14.0

12.1

12.0

j

84.2

84.8

78.6

77.8

83.1

i
5

415

!

17.2 i
54.6 i
133.5
21.6
100.3
11.6

h.30

434

26.4
54.5

26.3

130.3
25.6
103.7
10.8

127.6

55.0
25.9
IO8.9
12.4

405

403

24.4
54.6

23-8

130.7
26.7
87.1

129.3

55.1

26.8

87.7

13.0

13.6

762

: 786

739

741

753

NONFERROUS METALS AMD THEIR PRODUCTS 1/ 395

388

399

396

393

AUTOMOBILES

Smelting and refining, primary, of
nonferrous metals
Alloying; and rolling and drawing
of nonferrous metals, except
aluminum
Clocks and watches
Jewelry (precious metals) and
Jewelers’ findings
Silverware and plated ware
Lighting equipment
Aluminum manufactures
Sheet-metal work, not elsewhere
classified

41.9

42.0

39-9

40.8

52.6

51-9

25.9

52.6
28.3

53.*

27.5 ?

27.2

54.3
24.8

26.3

25.8
26.5
30.2

25*6
25.O

41,4

27.7
31.1
39.4
37.5

39.1

26.3
27.4
30.9
42.3

35.3
4i.o

24.7
23.7
36.4
4o.o

37.0

36.4

38.7

38.5

See explanatory noteB, sections €, D, and G-j and the glossary for definitions.




12.
TABLE 8: Estimated Numbor of Production Workers in Manufacturing Industries - Cont'd

(In thousands)
industry group and industry

FURNITURE AND FINISHED LUMBER
PRODUCTS 1/
Mattresses and hedsprings
Furniture
Wooden boxes >• other than cigar
Caskets and,other morticians’ goods
Wood preserving
Wood, turnod and shaped
STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS

J*

Sawmills and logging camps
Planing and plywood mills

August.
-=Of
C

LUMBER AMD TIMBER BASIC PRODUCTS l/

.... 1i
July j Jane

19*8

692.1
151.9

828

! 799
:
• 681.1 ! 654.5
I 1*7 .7 : 1 *5.8

*52

46l

2*8.5 •
35.0 ;
19*3 :
17.7 *
35*c •
:

33 .2 ; 33.*
244.4 • 2W .1
35*6!
35.6
18 .9 ; 19.*
17 .3 . 16.8
33 .9 ; 35-*
*5C

461

*59

1947
July

August

721

7*5

61**6
130.8

589.9
1: 130.9

460

: 445

33**

2**.*
37.8

20.5
20.1
33**

*58

: 30;3
: 237*5
i 37:3

20.3

19-9
32.1

{
;• *30
s

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

115.6 ! 111.0
1

12.1
38.0
81.3
58 .*
6.7

;

12.5 ;
38.1 *

116.5

128.2

I 113.1

12.3

12.0
36.8

12 .*

37.6

80.1
57.6
6.6

75-1

12.6
9*3

31.8
9-2

18.8 . 18.7 : 18.5
18.0
17.8
18.3'
/^*1 r 7
20.9 . 21.7
£ L i .« |

18 .*
16.2
20.6

:
;
!

Y9.8,
55-6;
6.7 :

12.7 . 12.7 •
9 .* ; 9 .*

•

56.1
6.1

35.7
73-3
5*. 3

6.1

;

3

11.5
9.3
16.8
17.0
19.5

Nondurable goods
TEXTILE-MILL PRODUCTS AND OTHER FIBER
j1,187
1,27*
.1.2*3
MANUFACTURES
1,295 1,202
!
*9*.l
• *92.6
527.7
Cctton manufactures, except snallwares 520.3 • 508.9
14.0
5 13.1
Cotton smallwares
13.5 • 13.*
13.1
112.8 . 108.2 ; 112.6 - 101.5
Silk and rayon good3
99*9
Woolen and worsted manufactures,
! 158.1
169.*
167.2 : 173-8. 162.9
except dyeing and finishing
128.2
; 125.9
Hosiery
135*3
133.* : 125.6
10.3
1C.9
11.2
11.2 • 11.1
Knitted cloth
27.0
30.8
29.1+
.
28.1
•27.9
Knitted outerwear and knitted gloves
*5.0
*3.6
*
6.5
*
6.6
48.1
Knitted undewear
Dyeing and finishing textiles,
81.2
• 80.2
86.5
85.I
including woolen and worsted
8*.5
32.4
37*2 • 37*1
Carpets and rugs, wool
37.2
31.9
12.8
Hats, fur-felt
13*313 .*
13.3 . 12.3
4.1
3.0
Jute goods, except felts
*.3 "
*.3
*.3
14.8
15.4
15.8
16.2
14.9
Cordage and twine
See explanatory notes, sections C, D^-'and G, and the glossary for definitions*



TABUS

8: Estimated

13.
Number of Production Workers In Manufacturing Industries - Contta
(in thousands)

Industry group and industry
APPAREL AND OTHER FINISHED TEXTILE
PRODUCTS
Men’s clothing, not-elsewhere
classified
Shirts, collars, and nightwear
Underwear and neckwear, men's
Work shirts
Women's clothing, not elsewhere
classified
Corsets and alliod garments
Millinery
Handkerchiefs
Curtains, draperies, and bedspreads
Bousefurnishings, other than
curtains, etc.
Textile hags
LEATHER AND LEATHER PRODUCTS l/
Leather
Boot and shoe cut stock and findings
Boots and shoes
Leather gloves and mittens
Trunks and suitcases
FOOD
Slaughtering and meat packing
Butter
Condensed and evaporated milk
.Ice .cream
Flour
Feeds, prepared
Cereal preparations
Baking
Sugar refining, cane
Sugar, hcet
Confectionary
Beverages, nonalcoholic
Malt liquors
Canning and preserving
TOBACCO MANUFACTURES l/
Cigarettes
Cigare
Tobacco (chewing and smoking)
and snuff

July

June

1,070

1,095

August
:.

1,160

i
1
\
i
318.2 i
78.6_ 1i

296.5
314.4
80.0
75.8
18.2
17.8 1
16.7
I 18.6
18.6 j
18.5 1:

W o. 7

18.2
24.9
4.8

29.2
30.2

28.9
384

j
;
!
1
s
;
>
j
•
|

47.7 !
18.1 .

245.7 1
13.2 '
13.8 1
183.1 :

22.0 |
4.0 !
25.1 |

20.0
4.9
26.4

28.1 !
28.1
1

27.9
27.1

376

47.2
17.7
240.2
12.8
13.3

i 373
I
l 47.9
i 17.8
! 236.6
: 12.9
i

13.3

!1,257

440.4 i 400.2
17.5 1 16.9
23.6 • 20.5
5.6 ;
4.2
23.2
27.3 ;

29.4 ;
27.3 !

26.6
26.9

|

385

373
t
49.1 •' 48.4
19.2 ' 18.8
245.7 ; 237.8
12.7 1 11.9
12.7 : 11.7

r,442

11,311

186.1
187.5
39.3 ! 40.5
23.0
22.4
32.6
31*6
38.6
39.8
29.1
28.7

182.9 1 182.3
37 .8 : 38.8
22.7
23.5

•

13.8

13-0

224.6

218.0

:

226.3
21.4

37.9 !
21.7 31.6 .
39.4 ;
29.3 •

13.7
227.0 .
20.9

294.7 1 278.2
75.1 ; 71.7
16.6 ; 15.4
15.6 j 14.0

s

437.0 i1 435.4
17.0 • 18.1

1,362

1,414

1947
August;
July
f
1,071 j 992

8.5 •
63.7
43.9
78.9 !
292.5
!

86

3 4 .5 :
4 4 .1
1

7.8 :

7.2
56.0

18.3

7.0
57-8
44.6
41.0
79.3 1 74.8
246.2 j 167.9

3S-8 •
3^.3
29-9 •
14.2
;

33-4
39.4
29.6
13.1

216,6

20.8
8.1
57.9
39.7
35-5
76.0 : 74.0
349.7 ; 246.2
£

0

. 8

10.5
62.8 :
!

-

83

85

85

33.6 !
41.7

33-3
43.6

32.9 1
44.5 5

32.9
43.0

7.7

8.0 j

7-8

7.6

j

84

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




14.
TABU)

8: Estimated Number

of.Production Workers in Manufacturing Industries

Cont’d.

(In thousands)
Industry group and industry
PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS l/
Paper and pulp
Paper goods,, other
Envelopes
Paper bags
Paper boxes
PRINTING, PUBLISHING, AND ALLIED
INDUSTRIES 1/
Newspapers and periodicals
Printing; book and job
Lithographing
Bookbinding
CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS l/
Paints, varnishes, and colors
Drugs, medicines, and insecticides
Perfumes and cosmetics
Soap
Rayon and allied products
Chemicals, not elsewhere
classified
Explosives and safety fuses
Compressed and liquefied gases
Ammunition, small-arms
Fireworks
Cottonseed oil
Fertilizers
PRODUCTS OF PETROLEUM AND COAL l/
Petroleum refining
Coke and byproducts
Paving materials
Roofing materials

19^8
August | July
391

388

206.7
58.7
12 .k
17.7
94.8

205.8
60.5

432

430

147.7
183.1
31.2
3^.5

146.8
183.0
31.2
33 .k

586

567

12.3
17.4
90.9

June
390
! 204.2
61.7
12.5
17.5

92.8

433
! 146.9
184.4
■ 3 ia
35.1
574

49.1

49*1

12.4
25.2
64.9

63.4
.10.9
24.0
a.4

10.9
; 23.7
64.3

211.2

202.0

49.7

63.9

27.8

27.4

10.1

10.0
7-7
2.2
: 12.5
25.5
170

7.5

2.8
14.3

26.9

:170
115.9
32.2
2.7
17.8

63.6

207.6
j 26.7
1 10.1
! 7.8
i 2.5
; 12.7

27.2

19l*7
August
July

387

380

199.8
60.6

197.3

11.8
18.0
95.6

11.6
17.8
92.6

60.2

434

430

143.0
184.3
32.6
38.3

143.2
184.3
31.5
37.0

563

562

46.7
66.2
12.1
23.9
6l.l

46.2

205.7
23.3
10.1
4.4
2.1
13.1
27.5

207.5
21.4

66.7
U.7
24.0

61.0

9.8
6.9

2.4
11.6

26.0
165

170

166

117.0

116.6

31.8
2.6
17.4

31.7
2.6
17.7

114.3
114.5
29.2 . 29.0
2.8
3.3
18.2
18.2

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




15.

TABLE 8: Estimated Number of Production Workers In Minufacturing industries - Cont‘d

(In thousands)
'19*8 ~ ’
August"| July

Infttstrygroup and industry
RUBBER PRODUCTS l/

195

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

91.5

22.0
81.0

MISCELLANEOUS INDUSTRIES l/

MU

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

«Tune

| 191
j 195
i
)
91.9
90.9
20.7 , 21.8
79.2
81.7
>25

*30

19*7
Ju&y
August

203
10*.7
18.9
79.6
*35

200
102.9
. 20.1
76.8
*26

28.1 .

28.0

39i7

39.0

:2777
38.3

27r5
38.3

27,5
38^3

2*.8

23.9-

27.6

33.8

12.8

25.6

14.6

27-9
3.4.9

3&.0

*1.9
I 12.5
2.8

*3.5
* 1.1
12.9
2.8

2.1

38.2
11.4
2.8

: 36.1
10.7
2.9

See explanatory notes, sections C, P, and G, and the glossary for definitions.
1/ Estimates for the individual industries comprising the major induetry groups
have been adjusted to levels indicated by Federal Security Agency data through 19*6
and have been carried forward from 19*6 bench-mark levels, thereby providing
consistent series. Comparable data from January 1939 &rQ available upon request to
the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Such requests should specify the series desired.
More (recently- adjusted data for the individual industries comprising the major
industry groups listed below supersede data shown in publications dated prior to:
Major industry group

:

Mimeographed release

Lumber and timber basic products
Leather and leather products
Paper and allied products
^Printing, publishing, and allied
industries
Products of petroleum and coal
Rubber products
Electrical machinery
Nonferrous metals and their products
Furniture and finished lumber products
Chemicals and allied products
Miscellaneous industries




: Monthly Labor Review

September 19*8
September 1948
September 1948

October 1948
October 1948
October 1948

September 1948
September 1948
September 1948
October 1948
October 1948
October 1948
October 1948
October 1948

October 1948
October 1948
October 1948
November 1948
November 1948
November 1948
November 1948
November 1948

16.
TABLE 9; Estimated Number of Employees in Selected Nonmanufacturing Industries 1/

(In thousands)
Industry group and industry
MINING:

i W ~
'July

August

2/

j
!
|
[
77.6 j
1
407
88.4 I
33-8
26.6 i
1?.0 I
8.1 I
8.0 I
1
I
87.4 |
1

19^7
IJune
j

August
‘:

|

Coal:
Anthracite
Bituminous coal
Metal
Iron
Copper
Lead and zinc
Gold and silver
Miscellaneous
Quarrying and nonmetallic
Crude petroleum and natural gas
production 3/

76.1
!
378
91.7 !
33.7

26.6

15.0 1
8.3
, 8.0 i
86.8 I
|

137.1 |. 136.6 I
I
|
!

TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC UTILITIES!•:'

July

j

74.2
363

86.8

76 .7 .i
39a
1
91.0 I
32.7 i
25.7 1
16.5 !
8,3 1
7 .9 ':
88.9 i

133.5

13U 0 |

130.8

77.*f

407
92.8

33.7

26:7
16.2
8.3
7 •9

25.7
I6.3
8.1
7,9
88.6

1

{

i

90.6
32.6

i

Class I steam railroads 4/
Street railways and busses jj/
Telephone
Telegraph 6/
Electric light and power

■1,35*
247
647
35.1

286

1,361

1,381
253

! 1,352

i 1,383
254
j
614
616
37-8 !
38.2
269 | 267

249
l 633
36.0 i . 36.1
283
1 279

246
644

i

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

|
370
233
89.7

375
239

92.6

r

379
238
9^.7
1

379 J
245. 1
93.1 j

382

250

97.7

i

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




17.
TABLE 10: Indexes of Production-Vorker Employment and Weekly Pay Rolls in Manufac­
turing Industries
(1939 Average « 100)

Industry group and Industry
ALL MANUFACTURING
DURABLE GCODS
NONDURABLE GOODS

Barolovment indexes
j
1 :i947 i
... /
August
2 me »

Pay-roll indexes
2
____ 1112^7
July f-LiT',6 !Air’USt

161.5

158.4 158.2 157.8 37b .6 !360.0 )359.0 331.5

185.5
142.6

184.7 184.5 181.5 418.7 403.11401.3 366.8
1137.6 137.5 139.1 331. ^ 317.9|317.6 297.0
\
;

t

i

Durable goods

i

IRON AND STEEL AND THEIR PRODUCTS 164.5

]161.4 162.4 161.0 361.1
5

336.913^0.5
{
j
269.91268.4
377-81400.1
448.81468.1
440.5! 469-5
414.31422.0
353*21330.8
242.81243.3
315.11295.7
335-7|3^3 6

2

Blast furnaces, steel works,
and rolling mills
137.7
Gray-1?0*?. aad semlateel castings 171.0
Malleable-iron castings
194.3
216.4
Steel castings
Cast-iro'i pipe and fittings
167.5
154.1
Tin cans and other tinware
Wire drawn from purchased rods 128.9
Wii’ework
139.3
145.8
Cutlery and edge tools
Tools (except edge tools, machine»
B.60.3
tools, files, and saws)
140.6
Hardware
PluH-bors* supplies
153.7
Stores, oil burners, and
heating equipment, not
170.8
elsewhere classified
Steam and hot-water heating
187.1
apparatus and steam fittings
Stamped and enameled ware
184.2
and galvanizing
Fabricated structural and
171.6
ornamental metalwork
Metal doors, sash, frames,
139.5
molding, and trim
Bolts, nuts, washers, and rivets 182.8
215.2
Forgings, iron and steel
Wrought pipe, welded and
220.7
heavy-riveted
Screw-machine products and
193.0
wood screws
Steel barrels, kegs, and drums 125.6
400.3
Firearms
ELECTRICAL MACHINERY l/
Electrical equipment
Radios and phonographs
Communication equipment

207.7
199.2
197.6
1269.5

135.5il3^.6 130.9 295.3
168.31174.8 182.6 394.3
188.01197.0 184.4 478.0
212.6 !217.1 204.5 1473.0
1164.51
!164.5 i156.4 |432.0
148.81
[?u40.8 14Q.8;364.3
127.5 ^130.7 140.2 262.1
137.6 !l32.4 132.5 326.0
:141.21143.6 151.2 358.7
!
i16-0.81163.9 159.3 372.8
1138.31139.7 135.6 327.7
147.81153.7 146.7 338.1

254.2
384.1
392.1
396.9
352.5
33M
254.3
271.6
333.3

!358.71 370.8 329.6
.303.8]318.6 291.8
!
316.7 329.0 278.6

157.9 |l6o.2 175.8 395.5 352.0 359.9 355.9
176.41187-4 189.8 423.2 397.2 409.5 365.8

186.11187.6 189.1 443,9 428.9 439.3 415.0
167.1 jl67.9 169.6 364.8 329.0 3^5.2 339.3
i

134.21133.7 130.6 324.7 292.9 309.1 266.4
184.5 I187.3 186.6 423-9 401.0 412.8 367.3
214.51213.3 221.0 475.0 (449.6 454.1 419.0

j

222.1 j225.1 198.6 494.6 473.0 467.3 388.7
195.3(199.1 196.3 427.0 1426.8 436.9
122.41121.7 128.4 337.4 |301.4 313.3
403.0(402,6 3 ^ 3 926.1 ;952.7 945.9
206.6(211.1 219.6 454.8 [436.3 440.0

402.6
317.6
73^.8
428.1

198.3 1201.3 207.5 434.7 S418.3 I419.2 405.2
195.3 ^202.3 220.0 468.9 1456.9 458.6 ^59-7
268.1 1278.2 287.3 550.6 !513 -4 53^*8 523.8

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




316.8

18.
TABLE 10: Indexes of Produetion-Worker Employment and Weekly Pay Rollo in Manufac­
turing Industries - Continued

Employment indexes
Pa;p-roll indexes
1 1947
1948
Industry group and industry I
1947
19W
August! July! June August Augus"t July -June si\UgU3t
MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL
Machinery and machine-shop
products
Engines and turbines
Tractors
Agricultural machinery,
excluding tractors
Machine tools
Jgachine-tool accessories
Textile machinery
Pumps and pumping equipment
Typewriters
Cash registers; adding, and
calculating machines
Washing machines, wringers,
and driersj domestic
Sewing machines, domestic
and industrial
Refrigerators and refrigeration
equipment

225.8 I226.9 [230.4 226.8 477.8 469- 5 j 430.7 *3*. 5
|
i
I;
233.O !23^.8 i23t .5 238.4 5OO.9 *89.3
275-8 1280.6 1279.5 287.0 598.2 584.5
188.1 jl91 .8 |l93v0 178.0 356.1 366.4

Locomotives
Cars, electric- and steamrailrcad
Aircraft and parts, excluding
aircraft engines
Aircraft engines
Shipbuilding and boatbuilding
Motorcycles, bicycles, and parts
AUTOMOBILES
NOUmffiCTJS METALS AND THEIR
PRODUCTS 1/

1500.7 462.1
i601.4 597-2
j355-5 306.5

25^.0 1262.2 1267.4 232.8 558.3 573-3 ] 595.^
130.5 S127.7 0.28.4 143.2 249-3 238.7 1242.9
213.21200.4 1214.5 318.5 400; 1 36I.I 1383.5
I.92.1 1188.6 b.91.6 166.1 460.0 *37-9 |*59-1
264.1 266.5 |272.3 294.7 585.1 585.2 S596.5
136.3 jl*0.8 (11*5.9 145.8 297.5 318.7 j
|325.2
:
:
227.* N9.5 (232.9 208.3 494.6

609.6

309.6

506.2 J505.9 405.2

458.5 }444.2 323.2
5
236.3 N 9.5 ^1-3 223.7 490.1 485.2 I508.9 408.7
5
I83.O [179.* |l78.6 153.7 488.2
:

:

1
261.4 J270.6 1273.7 255.0 5*7-7 552.4 [561.2-492.4
j
265.6 J407.4 j4o6.5 377.2 599-* 907.3 |913.7 811.9

222.8 {222.3 jszk.h 222.8 516.9 467-9 1*92.5 *36.3
j

j

336.¥ I328.5 321.5 329.3 698.4 661.1 1649.2 637.6
243.2 1287.1+ 290.8 299.9 453.7 533.1 {517.5 486.7
144.8 1149.8 b.57.2 1 2 5 .8 29 I .6 305.3 1321.7 241.8

1 6 6 . 1 1154 .7

h . 7 7 . 5 195-3 372.2 3 0 0 .2 1 3 * 5 - 7 392.8
:
\
189A |l95.U t o . 6 184.1 422.1 428.4 {385.7 3*5.1
i
s
1 7 2 . 4 J 1 6 9 .2 173.9 172.8 379.3 3 6 0 .6 [ 3 6 8 .2 335.3

Smelting and refining, primary,
150.0 1151.7 151.8 144.4 3*5-7 338.6 |329.7
of nonferrous metals
Alloying; and rolling and
drawing of nonferrous
metals, except aluminum
135-5 |l33.7 135.5 137.6 295.6 284.3 t278.3
Clocks and watches
135.3 (127.8 139.5 134.2 33*-9 304.5 1332.2
Jewelry (precious metals)
and Jewelers' findings
182.3 1178.4 182.1 177.0 365.9 3*5*7 J372.5
Silverware and plated ware
228.0 1218.3 225.5 205.7 528.2 481.8 1527.*
152.0 =147.6 150.8 172.3 ■330.1 317,0 !305.9
Lighting equipment
167.2 1166.0 179.5 174.0 1331-8 315,6 |338.5
Aluminum manufactures
Sheet-metal work, not elsewhere
classified
200.2 :197.2 193.9! 206.2 ;459.9 438.4 i438.1
See explanatory notes, sections C}, F, and 0, and the glossary for definitions.



*71.5
253.6
362.9
330.2

208.3 |209,5 j220.0 202.2 468.4 438.5 j480.9 393.3

:

TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT,
EXCEPT AUTOMOBILES

j
]

292.4

250.9
293.1

321.2
441.7
318.5
311.6
431.2

19.

TABEE 10: Indexes of Production-Worker Employment and Weekly Pay Bolls In Manufac­
turing Industries * Continued
Industry group and industry
IWMESER AND TIMBER BASK HK3DUCTS 1/
Sawmills and logging camps 2/
Planing and plywood mills ~
FURNITURE AHD FINISHED LUMBE&
PRODUCTS 1/
Mattresses and bedsprlngs
Furniture
Wooden boxes, other than cigar
Caskets and other morticians'
goods
Wood preserving
Wood', turned and shaped
STONE, CLAY, AHD GLASS PRODUCTS
Glass and glassware
Glass products made from
purchased glass
Cement
Brick, tile, and terra cotta
Pottery and related products
Gypsum
Wailboard, plaster (except
gypsum), and mineral wooli
Lime
Marble, granite, slate, and
othair products
'Abrasives
Asbestos products
Nondurable goods
TEXTILE-MILL PRODUCTS AHD OTHER
FIBER MANUFACTURES
Cotton manufactures, except
smallvares
Cotton smallvares
Silk and rayon gooda
Woolen and worsted manufactures,
except dyeing and finishing
Hosiery
Knitted cloth
Knitted outerwear and knitted
gloves
Knitted underwear
Ifcreing and finishing textiles,
including woolen and worsted
Carpets and rugs, wool
Hats, fur-felt
Jute goods, except felts
Cordage and twine

Employment Indexes
m r
.",{ 1 .

Pay-roll indexes

n i r

200. B 1196.9 p.90.0 17773 5 3 B 7 B W 9
220.7 1217.2 208.7 195.9 604.61563.3 15*3.3 *85.2
192. 0 :s186.6 184.2 165.4 |485.6 j456.3 |456.1 376.5
j
140.5 |l37.8 139.8 140.1 |339.7 1320.4 1326.0 311.6
171.7 116I .9 163.0 163.0 385.5 35*.! 1347-9 342.8
139.7:137.4 139.* 137.4 337-3 I317-7 1325-7 302.2
123.61125-6 125.6 133.3 334.1 ;318.6 |325.7 323.4
139.0 *135.6 139.7 147.7 287.8 |273-* 1283.4
140.7 ;137«7 133.6 15^.6 377.0 1373.5 1358.1
142.51137.8 144.0 136.1 339.0 1318.3 ;322.8
157.0{153.2 1156.0 151.2 359-* 1335-5 b*7.1

288.3
429.0
298.7

162.11155.6 163.2

315.5
356.6
bl6.8 =3483 33*. 1
165.7

120.4 jl24.4 123.2
156.1 !l56.4 154.5
140.1 1137.5 138.0
172.7 ;l64.4 1170.2
135.8 |lj6.4 jl3*.0

120.2
151.1
129.4
165.9
123-5

i

272.7 1258.8 267.7 2*6 .*
331.9 *328.7 1323.5 297.0
3^9.2:335.1 1329.9 289.1
374.81336.6 1355-2 330.4
331A 1307.5 ‘.306.1 260.*

156.81156.7 !l54.9 11*5.3 420.3 1426.5 1412.9 353*9
99.11 99.* I 98.3 97.0 281 .3 268.9 .270.7 243-3

!

:

j

101.7 101.0 ! 99.6 99.4 192.0 H84.9 b.85.9 176.4
232.5*237.2 1230.4 208.8 492.2 1488.4 1502.4 375-6
136.9 ;i31.6 1136.7 129.9 343.0 327.5 133**5 301.7

111.4jl08.7

113.2 105.1 298.0

124,41121,6
95.9* 95*1

126.1 118.1

79.4 :
97.0'
•98.91

;285.4 I304.6.2*6.2

356.5 :3*1‘3 365.9
99.4 93*3 226.7 =226.0 ;238.0
| 89.0 80.2 274.0 ■257.1 I271-5
5
s
i
1110.3 103*3 297*1 •294.9 |311.5
1 80.5 76.3 188.3 :i71.1 il85«6
! 96.8 94.2 229.0 .223.9 1223,2
t
|
[103.6 94.0 226.6 •212.0 *242.2
:118.1 110.5 290.8 283.* 1301.8

•
r

1122.5 114.9
1137.6 119.7
s 87.0 1 86.3
*114.2 78.1

287.1 .278.* ’297.8
35*. 2 !342.1 3*5.*
86.4199.8 17**3 :197»*
28I .5 272.* 277.5
120.4l23.7il27.0*116.5! 285.7 ,287.6 306.5

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




SEE

305.7
195.*
208.5
233.6

158.6
204.1

200.6

258.0

*

2*8.7

2 6.3

171.4

162.0
256.0

20.
TABLE 10: Indexes of Produc tion-Worker Employment and Weekly Pay Rolls in Manufac­
turing Industries - Continued

Pay-roll indexes
il9W
- i m —
August;July June August August July June (August
i
•
I
343.4 -.303.6 ,303.6 288.4
146.9 -135.6 :138.6 135.6
Employment indexes

Industry group'and industry

APPAREL AND OTHER FINISHED
TEXTILE PRODUCTS
Men's clothing, not elsewhere
classified
Shirts, collars, and nightwear
Underwear and neckwear, men's
Work shirts
Women’s clothing, not elsewhere
classified
Corsets and allied garments
Millinery
Handkerchiefs
Curtains, draperies, and
bedspreads
Housefurnishings. other than
curtains, etc.
Textile bags
LEATHER AMD LEATHER PRODUCTS l/
Leather
Boot and shoe cut stock and
findings
Boots and shoes
Leather gloves and mittens
Trunks and suitcases
FOOD
Slaughtering and meat packing
Butter
Condensed and evaporated milk
Ice cream
Flour
Feeds, prepared
Cereal preparations
Baking
Sugar refining, cane
Sugar, beet
Confectionery 2/
Beverages, nonalcoholic
Malt liquors
Canning and preserving
TOBACCO MANUFACTURES 1/
Cigarettes
Cigars
Tobacco (chewing and smoking)
and snuff

-----

I9V8-------- ,1947

138.6 il29.l!l36.9 128.3
106.3 102.5 ‘108.2 101.6
105.1 ! 98.5 .107A 97.9
131.4 :131.3 :131.8 110.7

167.9 =152.7 152.1 153-9

323.5 •294.1:312.9 264.8
256.2 246.6=258.5 225.5
293.8 269.61289.1 240.7
334.8 326.4]333.9| 263.6

97.1-90.8 96.5i-93.4
97.6 ; 86.1*.. 78.2 j 92.6
93-6 ! 77.7 ; 96.6 90.6

381.7 •326.6r310.7 323.1
213.1 '197.81210.8 194.7
198.7 164.71132.0 171.2
236.2 ,181.31231.0 210.6

I64.4;l4l.6:i48.5 153.9

334.7
392.0 ;317.61335.1
1

270.9 251.^ 249.9 263.5
229.2 (222.9-£14.8 216.5

632.3 i573*0 ^587-3
521.9 498.3 :471.1
249.0 ,236.91233.4
207.3 '203.6 '205.2

110.7 IO8.3 107.4 111.1
95.3’ 94.3 95.7

98.1

90.7 ; 88.6 ’ 88.9 96.3
106.4 104.0 102.5 ’106.4

132.1 127.8 128.8
166.0 159.6 :159.3
165.5 159-4 147.1
135.6 138.8 137.8
188.2 195.4 201.2
199.8 :205.9 211.2
179.2 184.9 179-1
141.8-143.4 139.1
169.4 168.5 :166.5
164.3 164.5 155.2
119.2 II8.9 118.0
131.7 134.6 115.4
73.3 ‘ 62.0 60.2
114.4 100.5 103.7
184.2 187.0 T 72.2
195.0 196.1 185.0
1S4.6 ;l63.8 .111.7
92.5 88.8 ' 90.6
125.8 122.4 121.2
78.9 74.7 78.1
77.2

75-6 76.1

126.8

153.1

168.8
135.5
188.0
208.8
185.9
141.6
173.1

169.7
114.5

131.2
90.2
112.8
166.4

187.9
232.7
j91.6
0.20.0
•79-8
79-3

235.8
202.5

189.5 178.6 ;179. 189.8
244.0 231.1 225. 230.9
285.4 267.4 :273 . 242.3
376.2 .339*5 :339. 309.-1
350.2 351 .4 .328. 349.3
275.4 296.9 :306.9 270.c
415.0 :429-5=429. 8j391.3
488.5 1506.3 '520.3 !446.0
345.5 •363.2 :341.5 !346.C
343.5
401.7
344.2
247.4

303.6
146.9

268.2

309.3
376.9
471.2.

343.5:317. 3 336.1
•397.2:391. 364.1
:374.8:353. 361.2
:247.6:845. 218.4
313 .7 -244. 284.2
•128.0 .123.oj186.7
;229.0 :235.1 233.4
.343.3 s304. 2 298.0
1391.8.351. 0 365.1
•421*2:282, 9 653.7

218.3 205.5 :205.8 203.0
288.3 270.0 :263.1 248.5
180.9 171.1.175-8 179.4
173-3 164.1,166.7 169.9

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




573.5
443.6

21.
TABLE 10: Indexes of Production-Worker Employment and Weekly Pay Rolls In Manufac­
turing Industries - Continued

Industry group and industry
PAPER AMD ALLIED PRODUCTS l/
Paper and pulp
Paper goods, other
Envelopes
Paper "bags
Paper boxes

Payrroil indexes
Employment indexes
19gff
195E
1P7
~ W
August | July iJune August’August July June August
147.4 1l467i1146.9 145.7
349.6 j3*H.7 337.8 307.2
I

150.0 (149.4 148.2 145.0
I55.5 I160.2 163.6 160.8
141.9 Il40.9 144.0 136.0
159.2 1156.3 157.8 161.6
136.7 J131.0 133.9 137.9

363.6 1357.7 347.7
347.4 1355-3 358.4
288.2 1272.9 1284.0
392.7 !380.0 1364.4
318.6 1294.9 304.8
£

i

PRINTING, PUBLISHING, AND AT.LTKD
INDUSTRIES 1/
Newspapers and periodicals
Printing; book and. job
Lithographing
Bookbinding
CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS l/

131.8 |l31.1 132.3 132.3
124.4 1123-7 123.8 120.5
143.5 1143.4 144.5 144.4
II9.0 1118.9 118.3 124.0
13*.0 |129.5 136.3 148.7

203.3 *196.6 199.2 195.3
175.7 |l73.6 173.6 165.1

Paints, varnishes, and colors
Drugs, medicines, and
insecticides
232.1 1230.2 231.1 240.5
118.9 1104.8 105.0 116.5
Perfumes and cosmetics
Soap
165.3 Il57.6 155.4 !57.?
Rayon and allied products
13S.3 |133-2 133.0 126.4
Chemicals, not elsewhere
classified
302.1 I288.9 296.9 294.2
Explosives and safety fuses
380.7 1376.1 365.7 319.7
Compressed and liquefied gases
253.1 I252.I 254.2 253.2
Ammunition, small-arms
173-9 1180.2 181.5 103.8
238.0 I190.2 212.2 177.5
Fireworks
Cottonseed oil
93-8 1 82.0 83.O 85.9
Fertilizers
142.7 1135.6 144.4 146.1
PRODUCTS OF PETROLEUM AND COAL l/ 160.3 |l60.7 160.3 157.0
Petroleum refining
158.3 !l59.8 159.2 156.3
148.4 1146.7 145.9 134.7
Coke and byproducts
111.8 I107-7 107.1 133.9
Paving materials
219.4 1215-5 218.2 224.9
Roofing materials

317.3
313.8

258.8

337.6

280.1

I .

264.8 1260.1 264.9 240.0
?

240.6 |235.5
297.6 1296.0
232.8 1223.5
304.2 1290.1

238.1 214.0
299-3 267.3
230.3 215.7
310.0 311.9

450.6 (432.7 [434.9 390.3
345.1 (3^3.0 {335-6 297.6

:

485.3 1480.6 1486.7
238.7 1205.5 1213-7
368.5 1344.3 1343.1
302.7 1289.6 S280.2

325.0

252.2

629.1 i6oo.4 !6l3 .6 552.0
798.3 I760.2 1737.6 594.5
512.0

1505-4 448.1

?l8,§
403.I !
1420.8 1411.2
640.1 1507.0 1572.5
261.7 1230.1 1228.3
410.1 1396.7 |4l4.5

206.5

447.7

221.6
388.2
358.2 (353.4 1342.2 302.1
345.5 1344.9 1330.8 289.4
348.0 1329.5 1330.1 285.6
258.9 1246.3 I235.O 273-2
548.7 1531-9 1523.3 502.5

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




469-7

211.2

22.
TABLE 10: Indexes of Produc tion-Worker Employment and Weekly Pay Polls in Manufac­
turing Industries - Continued

>nt indexes
Pay-roll indexes
Industry group and Industry]
1948
w
1947
w
August July jJune August August! July |June August
RUBBER PRODUCTS l/
Rubber tires and inner tubes
Rubber boots and shoes
Rubber goods, oth6r
MISCELLANEOUS INDUSTRIES l/
Instruments (professional and
scientific), and fire-control
•equipment
Photographic apparatus 2/
'Optical instruments and""
ophthalmic goods
Pianos, organs, and parts
Games, toys, and dolls
Buttons
Fire extinguishers

160.9 il57.7jl6l.6 167.9
j
|
168.7 !l67.6|l69.4 193-0
148.3 1139.*!1*6.9 127.2
156.3(152.7|157.5 153.5
j
|
180.1 |l73-9 1175.7 177-7

3*7.2 329*7 ;330.2

337.6

3*1.0 329.8 !
322.0
3**.l 321.7i329.7
358.3 331.9(3*3.7

355-5
268.4
321.5

397.* 37*.21386.7

355-9

248.7 *247.4)244.5 243.4
224.5 I220.9 I216.6 216.5

508.3 *87.2‘491.0
444.1 **3 .81*38.8

460.3

2C8.81201.0|215.6 |231.8
177.Uil64.o|l73.7 187.2
234.2 ;219.3i2l4.8 1200.1
116.2 1111.21114.8 SlOl.9
269.1 1271.8 ;270.6 i27?.3

*15.2
37*. 3
557.8
275.3

426v5
384.8
426.2
220.7
583.7

393.11421.6

339.8;362.7
513.11510.6
25*.0l271.7
566.7 573.01595.6

385.1

See explanatory notes, sections C, F, and G, and the glossary for definitions.
1/ See footnote 1, table 8.

2/

Revisions have been made as follows in the pay-roll indexes for May 19*8:
Sawmills and logging camps - 496.8 .
Confectionery - 213.9*
Photographic apparatus - 409.7.




23.
TABLE 11* Indexes of Employment and Weekly Pay Bolls in Selected Nonmanufacturing
.Industries
(1939 Average
Industry group and industry
MIKING:

Coal:
Anthracite
Bituminous coal
Metal
Iron
Copper
Lead and zinc
Gold and silver
Miscellaneous
Quarrying and nonmetallic
Crude petroleum and natural gas
production
TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC UTILITIES
Class I steam railroads l/
Street railways and busses
Telephone
Telegraph
Electric light and power

<=

100)

Employment indexes'
Pay-roll indexes"
1947 —
is48
19W ------ ;
August July iJune j August August Uuly $t&a&e •ft.!oguat
t--- — T
i
i
j
t
\
:
\
92.8 91.1 92.6 91.7 259.4!192.7 246.0 244.0
109.5 101.7! 109.6 105.0 366,81293.8 344.2 314.7
95.5 99.11 100.2 98.3 209.81202.2 208.2 193.3
159.9 159.6!159.6 154.6 355.61333.1 345.0 313.0
IO6.5 106,6 !106.9 102.8 255.31242,4 232*9 219.0
74.0 92.21 99.7 101.4 189.11193*2 238.1 220.5
54.2! 55.2 54.2 52.1
30.9 32.0! 31.9 31.8
190.0 191.31 188.6 188.3 387.51383.0 360.7 345.0
|126.8 129.8 340.71322.3 321.7 317.2
127.7 126.7 !
119.8 119.4 116.7 114.5 251.0[240.8 227.1 204.0
j
2/
2/ , 2 /
127.2 128.3 130.7 235.2i232.2 231.2
202.8 199.4 193.8 331.31336.1 327.1
95.7 96.0 100.5 225.5i233.2 228.5
115.8 114.1 110.2 204.9|202.8 1.96.4
j

137.1
127.5
203.7
93.3
117.1

137.9 136.9 139.8

117.0
111.2
112.3
120.6

116.2 115.3 112.2 220.6(215.3 211.8:198.2

2/

225.2
306.2
213.5
182.9

TRADE: 3 /
Wholesale
Retail
Food
General merchandise
Apparel
Furniture and housefumishings
Automotive
Lumber and building materials

105.1
90.2
111.1

129.6

112.0 113.6 110.0
113.8 115.5 114.7
121.3 124.8 U5.7
108.0 115.4 103.4
90.5 91.2 85.9
109.8 108.4 105.1
128.2 126.3 123.1

2l8.l|2l8.3
229.01232.9
231.21233.6
195.51202.1
178.51176,7
219.61213.4
264.6j257,3

197.6
212.2
212.0
182.9
155.1
209.6 188,5

218.3
231.9
236.5
214.3
179.6

252.8 229.0

SERVICE:
Hotels (year-round) 4/
Power laundries
~
Cleaning and dyeing

114.6 116.2 117.6 117.6 233.91234.4 236.3 221.0
119.0 122.1 121.5 125.0 228.11240.6 238.3 231.3
154.2 159.2 162.9 160.1 286.9:308.0 324.8 285.0

See footnotes, table 9, and explanatory notes, sections C, F, and G.
1/ Source: Interstate Commerce Commission.
2/ Not available.
3/ Includes all nonsupervisory employees and working supervisors.
4/ Money payments only; additional value of board, room, uniforms, and tips, not
included.




EXPLANATORY NOTES

Sec. A, .Scope of Btaployment Revisions - The employment
estimates shown in this report for the industry divisions (e.g.,
manufacturing, mining, etc.) and industry groups (e.g., Iron end
steel, electrical machinery, etc.) have been adjusted to levels
indicated by Federal Security Agency data through 19^6 and have
been carried forward from 19^6 bench-mark levels, thereby providing
consistent series.
Sec. B. Sources of Bench-Mark Data - In preparing
estimates.for private employment prior to 1939> the various indus­
trial censuses taken by the Bureau of the Census >vere used as
sources of bench-mark data. Data obtained from the Federal
Security Agency are the main bases for 19^6 bench marks. Bench
marks for State and local government are based on data compiled
by the Bureau of the Census, while most of the data on Federal
Government employment *is made available by the U. S. Civil Service
Commission. The Interstate Commerce Commission is the source for
railroads, and the TJ. S. Maritime Commission for water trans­
portation.
Sec. C, Revisions of Productlon-Worker Estimates - Data
for the manufacturing major industry groups have been adjusted to
levels indicated by Federal Security Agency data through 19^6 and
have been carried forward frcm 1946 bench-mark levels, thereby
providing consistent series. Estimates for the individual manu­
facturing industries, formerly adjusted to data through I9U5 , are
now being adjusted to 1946 bench-mark levels. As these revisions
are completed, they are published In this report and indicated by
appropriate footnotes. In the nonmanufacturing industries, the
entire series of mining industries have been adjusted to 19^6
benchsaork levels.
Since the data shewn in this report cover only the
current months, a set of summary sheets for each industry present­
ing comparable figures from January 1939 to date, by months, will
be provided upon request to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Such
requests should specify the series desired.
Sec. D. How Employment Estimates Are Made - Estimates
of changes In the level of employment are based on reports from a
sample group of establishments, inasmuch as full coverage is prohi­
bitively costly and time-consuming. In using a sample, it ic es­
sential that an accurate base be established from which eatCoates
may be carried forward. This base or "bench mark" is either a com­
plete count or an estimate with a satisfactory degree of accuracy.




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When a new bench mark becomes available., estimates prepared since
the last bench mark are reviewed to determine if any adjustment
of level is required. This is the basic principal of employment
estimating used by the BIS. It yields a satisfactory compromise
between a slow but highly accurate complete count on the one hand,
and a rapid but less accurate sample count on the other.
Briefly, the Bureau of Labor Statistics computes employ­
ment estimates as follows: first, a bench mark or level of employ­
ment is determined; second, a sample of establishments is selected;
and third, changes in employment Indicated by this reporting sample
are applied to the bench mark to determine the monthly estimates
of employment between bench-mark periods. For example, if the
latest complete data on employment for an industry were *0,200
in September 19*5> and if the industry has a reporting sample of
13 establishments employing 23,200 workers in September and
23,800 in October, the October estimate would be prepared as
follows:
*0,200 X

* *1,2*0

In general, data showing month-to-month changes in em­
ployment reflect the fluctuations shown by establishments report­
ing to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. However, the usual esti­
mating method is inadequate in the finance and service industries,
which have a preponderance of small establishments. A special
sampling procedure has been introduced, involving the scientific
selection of a sample of cities and of a representative list of
blocks in these cities. Data obtained from the establishments in
these blocks yield substantially better ,estimates of montli-tomonth changes in employment in the finance and service industries
than would be obtained by the use of the sampling procedure em­
ployed for other industries. For railroads and the Federal Govern­
ment, complete reports of employment are available.
Why Revisions Are Necessary - Because reports are not
immediately available from new firms, they are frequently intro­
duced into the BLS sample after they have been in operation for
some time. This lapse of time, produces a rather consistent under­
statement which becomes larger from year to year. It is important,
therefore, that estimates not be allowed to go uncorrected for too
long a period. The most recent revisions correct for the down­
ward bias that had accumulated in the nonraanufacturing series
beginning January 19*5 and- in the manufacturing series begiatiing
January 19*6. Revisions in some industry divisions were made in
order to incorporate greater refinements in methodology and new *0.
source materials that have become available.




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Sec. E. Comparability With Other Types of Employment
Data - The Bureau of Labor Statistics employment estimates are
based upon reports submitted by cooperating establishments and
therefore differ from employment information obtained by house­
hold interviews, such as the Monthly Report of the Labor Force.
The BLS estimates of employment in nonagricultural establish­
ments differ from the Monthly Report of the labor Force total
nonagricultural employment estimates in several important
respects. For example: (l) The BLS estimates cover all fulland part-time wage and salary workers in private nonagricultural
establishments who worked or received pay during the pay
period ending nearest the 15th of the month; in Federal estab­
lishments during the pay period ending Just "before the first
of the month; and in State and local government during the
pay period ending on or Just before the last of the month.
Persons who worked in more than one establishment during "the
reporting period would be counted more than once; (2) Pro­
prietors, self-employed persona, dcaaestio servants, and unpaid
family workers are excluded.
Sec. F. Pay-Roll Indexes - Cooperating establishments
are instructed, to report' pay rolls of production or nonsupervisory
workers prior to deduction for old age and- .unemployment insurance,
withholding taxes, bonds, and union dues. Pay for sick leave,
holidays, and vacations taken is included. Respondents are in­
structed to exclude pay for vacations not taken as well as eaeh
estimates of any payments in kind. Bonuses, unless earned and
paid regularly each pay period, are also excluded,
The methodology for obtaining pay-roll estimates is
similar to that for employment’estimates. Sample changes
showing monthly movements are used in projecting established
bench marks to secure current, pay-roll estimates. These pay­
roll estimates are converted into indexes, using the 1939
average as a base.
Sec, G. Source of Data - Employment and pay-roll esti­
mates are based on reports from cooperating establishments. Ex­
cluding about 9>000 block-sample returns, the approximate number
of establishments, and workers covered, for each of the. industry
divisions are as follows:




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Approximate Coverage of 3LS Etolovaent and Pay-Roll Sample

: Number : Employees or production
Industry Division : of estab-:_______ workers___________
: lishmenta : Number
: Percent of total
Manufacturing
Mining
Contract construction
Public utilities
Trade:
Wholesale
Rotall
Servicc:
Hotels (yeor-rouud)
Power laundries ana
cleaning and dyeing

34,200
2,800
14,000
7,200

7,503,000
361,00©
492,000
912,000

59
53
25
77

12,400
35,C00

343,000
935,000

19
22

1,200

133,000

35

1,600

68,000

21

ment estimates shown in tables 1, 2, 3, 6, and 7 eover all full**
and part-time wage and salary workers who worked or received pay
during the pay period ending, ja^erapt the 15th of the month.
Proprietors, self-employed pcreona, domestic servants, and
personnel of the armed forces are excluded. The estimates and
indexes shown in tables 8 and 10 y«fer to production and related
workers as defined in the glossary, page viii.
Sec. I. State Estimates - State estimates are pre­
pared in cooperation with various State Agencies as indicated .
on page v. The estimates for manufacturing have been adjusted
to reqont data made availablefunder"-the Federal Social Security
program* Since some States have adjusted to more recent bench­
mark data than others, and because varying methods of computation
are used, the total of.the State:estimates differs from the
national total (see tables 1 and 2). Because of these recent
revisions the State esti’aates for rjanufacturing. are not con­
sistent with the unrevised data shown prior to June 194-7 for
total employment in nonagricultural establishments, by State,
A number of States also make available more detailed industry
data and information for earlier periods which may be secured
directly upon request to the appropriate State Agency.
Estimates of nonagricultural employment, by State, for those
States.which are now publishing such estimates are shown in
table 6. These totals are consistent with the manufacturing
estimates in table 7, As nonagricultural estimates for
additional States become available, they will be shown in
table 6.
The following publications are available upon request
from the BLS Regional Offices or the Bureau*s Washington Offices




Nonagricultural Employment, by State, 1943-1947?
Employment in Manufacturing Industries, by State,
1943-1946.
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COOPERATING STATE AGENCIES
Alabama - Dept, of Industrial Relations, Montgomery 5 .
Arizona, - Unemployment Compensation Div., Employment Security
Commission, Phoenix.
Arkansas - Employment Security Div., Dept, of Labor, Little Rock.
California - Div, of Labor Statistics and Research, Dept, of
IMus trial Relations, San Francisco 3*
Connecticut - Employment Security Div., Dept, of Labor and Factory
Inspection, Hartford 15 .
Delaware - Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Philadelphia 1, Pa.
Florida - Unemployment Compensation Div., Industrial Commission,
Tallahassee.
Georgia - Employment Security Agency, Dept, of Labor, Atlanta 3*
Idaho - Employment Security Agency, Industrial Accident Board, Boise.
Illinois - Dept of Labor, Chicago 1.
Indiana - Employment Security Div., Indianapolis 4.
Iowa - Employment Security Commission, Des Moines 8.
Kansas - State Labor Dept., Topeka.
Louisiana - Div. of Employment Security, Dept, of Labor, Baton
Rouge 4.
Maine - Unemployment Compensation Commission, Augusta.
Maryland - Dept, of Labor and Industry, Baltimore 2.
Massachusetts - Div. of Statistics, Dept, of Labor and Industries,
Boston 10.
Michigan - Dept, of Labor and Industry, Lansing 13 .
Minnesota - Div. of Employment and Security, Dept, of Social
Security, St. Paul 1.
Missouri - Div. of Employment Security, Dept, of Labor and Indus­
trial Relations, Jefferson City.
Montana - Unemployment Compensation Commission, Helena*
Nebraska - Div. of Placement and Unemployment Insurance, Dept, of
Labor, Lincoln 1.
Nevada - Employment Security Dept., Carson City.
New Jersey - Dept, of Labor, Trenton 8.
New Mexico - Employment Security Commission, Albuquerque.
New York - Div. of Placement and Unemployment Insurance, Dept, of
Labor, New York 17.
North Carolina - Dept, of labor, Raleigh.
Oklahoma - Employment Security Commission, Oklahoma City 2.
Pennsylvania - Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Philadelphia 1
(Manufacturing); Bureau of Research and Information,
Dept, of Labor and Industry, Harrisburg (Nonmanu­
facturing) .
Rhode Island - Div. of Census and Information, Dept, of Labor,
Providence 2,
Tennessee - Dept, of Employment Security, Nashville 3*
Texas - Bureau of Business Research, University of Texas, Austin 12.
Utah - Dept, of Employment Security, Industrial Commission, Salt
Lake City 13 .
Vermont - Unemployment Compensation Commission, Montpelier .
Virginia - Div. of Research and Statistics, Dept, of Labor and
Industry, Richmond 21.
Washington - Employment Security Dept., Olympia.
Wisconsin - Statistical Dept., Industrial Commission, Madison 3*
Wyoming - Employment Security Commission, Casper.




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BIS REGIONAL OFFICES

Wav England - Regional Director, U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics,
Old South Bldg.,
Washington St., Boston 33 > Massachusetts
(Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island,
Vermont).
North Atlantic - Regional Director, U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics,
1000 Parcel Poet Bldg., 341 Ninth Avenue, Hew York 1, New York
(Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Now York).
North Central - Regional. Director, U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics,
312 National War Agencies Bldg., 226 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago 6,
Illinois (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan,
Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, North Dakota, South Dakota,
Wisconsin).
Southern - Regional Director, 0. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 6th
Floor Silvey Bldg. , 114 Marietta Street, N, W., Atlanta 3, Georgia
(Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North
Carolina, Oklahoaa, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas),
Pacific-Rocky Mountain - Regional Director, U. S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics, 546 Federal Office Bldg., San Francisco 2, California
(Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico,
Oregon, Utah, Washington, Vycaaing).
Technical advice and assistance on employment statistics In
the states of Virginia. West Virginia, Maryland, and the District of
Columbia will bo given by ths Bureau'a Washington Office.
GLOSSARY
Continental United States - Covers only the 48 States and the District
of Columbia.
Contract construction - Covers only firms engaged in the construction
business on a contract basis for others. Force-account construction
workers, i.e., hired directly by and on the pay rolls of Federal,
State, aind .local government, public utilities, and private establish­
ments, are excluded.
Defense Agencies - Covers civilian employees of tho National Military
Establishment, Maritime Commission, National Advisory Committee for
Aeronautics, The Panaria Canal, Philippine Alien Property Aidmiriistration, Philippine War Damage ConaniBsion, Office of Selective
Service Records, War Assets Administration, Office of Defense
Transportation, Office of Scientific.Research and Development,
National Security Resources Boat'd.
Family Allowances - Represents the Government's contribution; tho
amount contributed by the personnel is included under pay rolls.
Federal Government-Executive branch - Includes U. S, Navy Yards,
Federal arsenals, and force-account construction. Fourth-class
postmasters are included under the executive branch in table 4#
but are excluded from the government data shown in tables 1 and 3 .




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Employment shown here for the executive branch differs from data
published by the U. S. Civil Service Conaaisaicn in the following
respects: (l) Eijploytakint collected and published by the Civil
Service Conauission as of the last day of the month, is here
presented as of the first day of the next mouth; (2 ) substitute
rural mail carriers are excluded; (3 ) employment in December of
each year includes the additional postal employees necessitated
by the Christinas season, excluded from published Civil Service
Commission figures starting 1S&2; (!»•) seaman and trainees who
are hired and paid by private steamehip companies having contracts
with the Maritime Corcmissicn are excluded; (5 ) the Panama Rail­
road Company is shown here under Government corporations but is
included under the executive branch by the Civil Service Commission.
Finance - Covers establishments operating in the fields of finance,
insurance, and real estate; excludes the Federal Reserve District
Banks and the mixed ownership banks of the Farm Credit Adminis­
tration.
Government - Covers Federal, State, and local governmental establish­
ments performing legislative, executive, and Judicial functions, as
well aa all government-owned and operated establishments and
institutions (arsenals, navy yards, hospitals, etc.), government
corporations, and government force-account construction. The
data shown in table 1 exclude fourth-fclaas postmasters because
they presumably have other major jobs.
Government corporations - Covers only three corporations: The Panama
Railroad Company, the Federal Reserve banks, and the mixed-owner­
ship banks of the Farm Credit Administration. All other corpora­
tions are included under the executive branch.
Indexes of productlon-worker employment - Estimates of productionworker employment expressed as a percentage of the average employ­
ment in 1939.
Indexes of product ion-worker weekly pay rolls - Estimates of pro­
ductlon-worker weekly pey rolls expressed as a percentage of the
average weekly pay roll for 1939*
Leave payments-- Payments were authorized by Public Law 70k of the
79th Congress and wore continued by Public Law 2$k of the 80th
Congress to enlisted personnel who vere discharged prior to
September 1, 19*4-6 for accrued and unused leave and to officers
and enlisted personnel then on active duty for leave accrued in
excess of 60 days. Value of bonds represents face value; Interest
is paid in addition when bonds are cashed* Lump-sum payments
for terminal leave, which were authorized by Public Law 35°
the 80th Congress, and were started October 19^7, are excluded
here and included under pay rolls,
Manufacturing - Covers only privately owned establishments; govern­
mental manufacturing operations such as arsenals and navy yards
are excluded.




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Military personnel and pay rolls - Data are for personnel on active
duty. Reserve personnel are excluded if on inactive duty or if on
active duty for a brief training or emergency period. Personnel is
as of the first of the month and pay rolls are for the entire month.
Through October 1, 19^7 , discharged officer personnel were included
until the end of their terminal-leave period; discharged enlisted
personnel were included from October 1, 19^6 through October 1,
19^7 only. After October 1, 19^7> lump-sum terminal-leave payments
at time of discharge (authorized by Public Law 350 of the 80th
Congress) were made.
Coast Guard pay rolls for all periods and Army pay rolls through
April 19^7 represent actual expenditures. Other pay rolls represent
estimated obligations based on an average monthly personnel count.
Pay rolls for the Navy and Coast Guard include cash payments for
clothing-allowance balances in January, April, July, and October.
Mining — Covers establishments engaged in the extraction from the
earth of organic and inorganic minerals which occur in nature as
solids, liquids, or gases; includes various contract services
required in mining operations, such as removal of overburden,
tunnelling and shafting, and the drilling or acidising of oil wells;
also includes ore dressing, beneficiating, and concentration.
Nonagricultural establishments - Governmental or private business
estat 31shnenta; (l) that are physically located within continental
Uhit.v-cl States; and (2) whose principal activity can be classified
undar oue of the following industry divisions - manufacturing,
mining, contract construction, transportation and public utilities,
trade, finance, service, or government.
Pay rolls - Private pay rolls represent weekly pay rolls of both
full- and part-time production and related workers (or nonsupervisory
employees and working supervisors) who worked or received pay for
any part of the pey period ending nearest the 15th of the month,
before deductions for old-age and unemployment insurance, group
insurance, withholding tax, bonds, and union dues, but after
deductions for damaged work. Includes pay for sick leave, holidays,
and vacations taken. Excludes cash payments for vacations not taken,
retroactive pay not earned during period reported, value of payments
in kind, and bonuses, unless earned and paid regularly each pay
period. In mining industries furthsr deductions are made for
explosives or other supplies furnished by the company. In coal
mining portal-to-portal pay is included. Federal civilian pay rolls
are for all employees before deductions for income tax, retirement,
and bonds.
Production and related workers - Includes working foremen and all nonsupervisory workers (including lead men and trainees) engaged in
fabricating, processing, assembling, inspection, receiving, storage,




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




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