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Saturday. October 31, 1942
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
A gain of 501,000 between mid-August and mid-September brought the total number
of employees in civil nonagrioultural establishments to 38,303,000, Secretary of
Labor Frances Perkins reported today (Saturday). "This is a new, all-time peak",
she said, "and exceeds the September 1941 figure by 2,247,000.
"About half of the increase over the month interval was in manufacturing in
dustries (255,000). Federal, State, and local government employment increased by
223.000, of which about 3/5 occurred in State and local government, chiefly as a
result of the reopening of schools after the summer vacation. Despite government
restrictions affecting the sale of civilian goods, trade employment showed a gain of
66.000, a seasonal increase in retail trade having more than offset a contraseasonal
decrease in wholesale trade. The finance, service, and miscellaneous division re
ported 20,000 more employees on its pay rolls and the transportation and public
utilities group, 6,000 more. In contract and Federal force account construction
employment was reduced by 62,000, due primarily to recessions in private building.
Mining employment fell off 7,000, due largely to reductions in metal mining.
"About three-fourths of the two and a quarter million employment increase in
nonagricultural establishments over the year interval was accounted for by manufac
turing, v?hich reported a gain of 1,664,000. Federal, State, and local government
offices reported 980,000 more workers, due chiefly to expansion in the War and Navy
Departments, while the transportation and public utilities group and the financeservice-miscellaneous group reported smaller gains. The largest decline over the
year was in trade (446,000), reflecting the effects of government restrictions.
Mining and construction employment decreased by 73,000 and 65,000, respectively.
"Factory wage earner employment again showed an increase, 1.6 percent, over the
month, continuing the virtually unbroken succession of monthly gains that began in
June 1940, when the Defense Program was inaugurated. In that month the index stood
at 103.1 percent of the 1923-25 average as compared with 148.2 for the current month.
The corresponding pay-roll index advanced 2.7 percent over the month, to 220.5, a
gain of about 120 percent over the June 1940 index (99.5). The fact that pa.y roils
had advanced about three times as much as employment over this period was due primar
ily to increased ivorking hours, overtime premiums, wage-rate increase, and expansio:
in war industries, where relatively high wage scales prevail. The gains between
September 1941 and September 1942 were 9.6 percent in employment and 35.6 percent
($109,804,000) in weekly wages.
"The September gains of 1.7 percent in employment and 3.1 percent in pay rolls
in the durable-goods group of manufacturing industries were due chiefly to continued
expansion in such strategic industries as shipbuilding, aircraft, automobiles, elec
trical machinery, engines, radios, foundries and machine shops, and machine tools.
The gain of 4.4 percent or 17,700 workers in the automobile industry was the fifth
successive monthly increase, indicating rapidly rising war production in coverted
automobile plants. A larger than seasonal gain of 30.5 percent (71,800 workers) in
canning employment vms chiefly responsible for the increase of 1.6 percent in the
nondurable goods group.
"Many industries continued to report employment declines, due primarily to
material shortages and freeze orders. Among them were cast-iron pipe; cutlery;
plumbers' supplies; tin cans and other tinware; business machines; lighting equip
ment; smelting and refining of copper, lead, and zinc; hosiery; fur-felt hats; and
silk and rayon goods.
"The contraseasonal decline of 0.9 percent in employment in wholesale trade was
due to recessions in each of the major wholesale groups except groceries and food
specialties, which reported a gain of 0,7 percent, and farm products, where employ
ment increased seasonally by 9.2 percent. Employment in the wholesale automotive
group fell off 3.7 percent, and in petroleum and petroleum products, 2,2 percent,
due to Government restrictions affecting sales in these groups. The corresponding
employment losses over the year interval in these two lines of wholesale trade
were 20 and 8 percent, respectively. In the dry goods and apparel group, the employ
ment loss since August was 1.4 percent and since September 1941, 12 percent.
"In retail trade employment increased seasonally over the month by 2.6 percent.
Fall buying was reflected in employment gains of 7.8 percent in department stores,
16.9 percent in women's clothing stores, 5.1 percent in men's and boys' clothing
and furnishing stores, 6.2 percent in family clothing stores, and 17.9 percent in
shoe stores. Government restrictions on the manufacture and sale of civilian goods
continued to affect employment in various retail lines and were reflected in the
following declines: retail automobile establishments 2.9 percent; tire and battery
shops 1.5 percent; electrical appliances and radios 4.4 percent; and establishments
dealing in building materials such as paint and glass (2.9 percent), heating and
plumbing supplies (6.0 percent), and electrical shops (5.1 percent).
"In metal mining employment declined by 3 percent, reflecting an acute labor
shortage. The decline since September 1941 amounted to 1.3 percent, but pay rolls
showed an increase of 20.3 percent due to increased working hours, overtime premiums,
and increases in basic wage rates. Despite employment declines over the month in
terval in coal mining, quarrying and nonmetailic mining, and crude petroleum produc
tion, pay rolls showed substantial gains, indicating wage increases and increased
production. All of these industries reported substantial employment declines since
September 1941, but their pay rolls were higher.
"The employment decline over the month of 2.1 percent reported by electric light
and power companies continued the recessions shown each month since September 1941.
Telephone and telegraph companies had about the same number at work in September as
in August, while street railway and bus companies reported a slight increase in the
number at work, continuing the uninterrupted monthly gains that began in February
1942. The gains over the year interval in the latter industry were 7.2 percent in
employment and 20.2 percent in pay rolls, reflecting the increased demand for public
transportation.
"Employment declines were general in the service industries, due in part to the
difficulty of replacing workers drawn into the armed forces or into war industries.
The largest decline (3.0 percent) was in the brokerage industry. Insurance firms
reported 1.4 percent fewer employees, hotels, 0.5 percent, and laundries and dyeing
and cleaning establishments, 0.4 percent.
"Wage-rate increases averaging 7.5 percent and affecting 400,000 factory wage
earners were reported by 999 manufacturing establishments out of a reporting sample
of about 30,000 establishments employing 7,000,000 workers. Most of the wage earn
ers receiving wage-rate increases were in the following manufacturing industries:
cotton goods, electrical machinery, steel, and engines. In nonmanufacturing indus
tries the largest number of workers affected by wage-rate increases were reported by
the public utilities (8,000) and crude petroleum production (4,300).
- 3 "Employment of wage and salaried workers in manufacturing industries increased
from August to September in most States, primarily as a result of continued war
production. The largest aggregate increases occurred in Michigan, New York, Ohio,
Oregon, Indiana, California, New Jersey, Washington, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Massa
chusetts, and Pennsylvania. Small employment declines were reported in all of the
New England States (except Massachusetts), resulting in a net decrease for the
division as a whole. The remaining geographic divisions showed employment increases
despite small declines in some of the individual States. Total employment in non
agricultural establishments increased over the month interval in all States except
Maine,New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island, West Virginia, Tennessee, Montana, New
Mexico, Arizona, and Nevada. Substantial gains over the year interval were shown
by all of the geographic divisions in manufacturing employment as well as in total
nonagricultural employment."
"The increase of 1,000 workers during the month ending September 15 on all
construction and shipbuilding projects financed wholly or partially from Federal
funds brought the ^.evel of such employment to 2,230,000. The net increase of 9,000
workers on projects financed from regular Federal funds was the result of a contin
ued expansion on naval and merchant vessel construction and on water and sewerage
projects, offset to some extent by decreased employment on airport and nonresidential-building construction projects which were completed during the month. The
decline of 8,800 wage earners on RFC-financed construction was due to the completion
of certain projects for the construction and outfitting of additions to plants and
the provision of equipment and facilities for existing plants.
"Nine out of every 10 construction and shipbuilding workers were engaged on war
projects in September. Only 1 out of every 8 was employed directly by the Federal
Government, however, the others being employed by contractors and subcontractors."
(LS 42-3114)
-4REVISED ESTIMATES OF EMPLOYMENT J.N NONAGRICULTURAL ESTABLISHMENTS
BY INDUSTRY DIVISIONS (In Thousands)
Industry Division
Change
Change
September
Aug. to September Sept.1941
August
1942
to Sept.
Sept.
1942
1941
(prelim
1942
inary) (revised) 1942...
Total 3/ .......................
Manufac turin g
Mining ......................... .
Contract construction and Federal
force-account construction.....
Transportation and public utilities..
Trade
Finance, service, and miscellaneous
Federal, State, and local govern
ment ..... ................... ....
38,303
15,235
911
' 37,802
14,980
918
+501
+255
- 7
36,056
13,571
984
. +2,247
+ 1 ,664
73
2,119
3,539
6,562
4,391
2,181
3,533
6,496
4,371
- 62
+ 6
+ 66
+ 20
2,184
3,418
7,008
4,325
:i j! +
! —
+
121
44o
66
5,546
5,323
+223
4,566
' +
980
65
l/ Estimates exclude proprietors of 'unincorporated businesses, self-employed persons,
domestics employed in private homes, public emergency employees (WPA, NYA, and
CCC) and personnel in the armed forces.
The above estimates of employees in nonagricultural establishments are a
continuation of the adjusted series presented in the August 31, 1942 mimeographed
press release. The figures represent the number of persons working at any time dur
ing the pay period ending nearest the l$th of each month. The estimates exclude
proprietors of unincorporated businesses, self-employed persons, unpaid, family
workers, domestics employed in private hemes, public emergency employees (WPA, CCC,
and NYA), as well as personnel in the armed forces.
As in previous series, current monthly estimates are made chiefly on the basis
of month-to-month changes in employment reported to the Bureau of Labor Statistics
by a large number of cooperating emoloyers in many diversified industries. The
levels in many industries have been adjusted on the basis of data made available by
the Bureau of Employment Security of the Social Security Board covering employment
figures reported under the State Unemployment Compensation programs. Since !^ost of
the State laws exclude small firms from coverage, estimates for such exclusions were
made on the
of special State tabulations prepared by the Bureau of Old-age and
Survivors Insurance, whose program covers all employers regardless of size of firm.
Estimates in other industries were made on the
of data reported to other
government agencies such as the Interstate Commerce Commission, Civil Service Com
mission, and the Bureau of the Census.
basis
basis
Revised monthly estimates of employees in nonagricultural establishments from
January 1939 to June 1942 for 5 of the 7 major industry divisions are available on
request. Revised estimates for the trade and service industry divisions for this
period and revised estimates for all industry divisions from 1929 to 1939 are con
templated and will be released at a later date.
Revised monthly estimates of total employees in nonagricultural establishments
and wage and salaried employees in manufacturing industries, by State, from January
1939 to June 1942 are also available on request. Separate estimates for each of the
43 States and the District of Columbia for August and Sept. 1942 and September 1941
are shown in the following table. Because the State figures do not include employees
on merchant vessels, and because of certain adjustments in the United States estimates
which have not been made on.a State basis, the total of the State estimates will not
agree exactly with the figures for the United States as a whole.
ESTIMATED NUMBER OF' EMPLOYEES IN NONAGRICULTURAL ESTABLISHMENTS,
BY STATE
(In thousands)
September
Region and State
1942
TOTAL
August
1942
(prelim
(Revised
inary)....
..... MAN.UK CIURING.... .
September
August
j
1942
September
1942
jiSeptember
(Revised)
j 1941
1941
.......
j ^ g r y l . ....
New England
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
3,221
285
150
87.3
1,651
286
762
3,217
289
152
87.5
1,641
288
759
3 ,123
253
159
90.3
1 ,604
292
728
1,632
146
7 5 .0 '
37.4
749
154
471
1,635
150
77.1
37.6
742
156
472
1,553
122
77.6
35.2
723
166
429
Middle Atlantic
New York
Ne^ Jersey
Pennsylvania
9,505
4,647
1,577
3,281
9,384
4,565
1,561
3,258
9 ,250
4 ,565
1 ,506
3 ,179
4,112
1,793
872.
1,447
4,054
1,754
860
1,440
3,891
1,710
802
1,379
East North Central
Ohio
Indiana.
Illinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
8,676
2,343
1,081
2,692
1,761
799
8,529
2,306
1,059
2,683
. 1,697
784
8 ,310
2 ,195
1 ,042
2 ,671
1 ,653
74.9
4,197
1,183
560
1,085
983
386
4,097
1,154
539
1,086
941
377
3,843
< 1,052
514
1,055
870
352
West North Central
Minnesota
Iowa
Missouri
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
2,885
633
462
955
69.4
92.4
262.
411
2,839
615
452
951
67.5
92.2
253
408
2,687
604
463
905
74.0
85.0
226
330
828
173
147
332
5.8
10.8
4 6.2
113.0
817
164
143
335
5.6
10.5
46.5
112.4
659
139
116
286
5.4
9 .1
35.4
68.4
-6-
ECTIMATED NUMBER OF M P L O Y E K S IN NONAGRICULTURAL ESTABLISHMENTS, BY STATE
(in thousands)
Region and State
......
..AMAi.......
Au^u&t j
September
August September
, 1942
iSeutember
, 1§42 .
1941
(Preliminary) (Revised).;..19.41......(.Er.efiLiinar.y)
September
South Atlantic
Delaware
Maryland
D. C.
Virginia
West Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina,
Georgia
Florida
4,812
101.2
739
505
768
439
757
402
653
443
4,754
100.1
729
497
753
442.
751
j
395
643
;
444
4,388 i
96.4!
618 '
419 !
676
^+45
724
369
612 409 j
East South Central
Ken tucky
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
1,915
463
531
593
273
j: 1,902
453
!
!
582
!
595
267
1,770
^39
547
523
26l
West South Central
Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Texas
2,503
273
4-32
367
1,331
,450
2,204
230
435
336
1,203
Mountain
Mon tana
Ida no
-Wyoming'
Colorado
New Mexico
Arizona
Utah
N evada
1,044
113
148.8
67.1
314
36.6
103.6
182
33.7
Pacific
V^ashington
Oregon
California
3,603
653
373
2,577
270
475
361
1,352
1,030
119
118.7
&3 *7
303
37 *3
113.1
180
39.5 i
^ 3,559
63 0
!
363
^ 2,553
919
123
102.6
65 .0
265
86.3
97.2
140
39.7
! 3,096
""^4
320
i 2,232
-
!
i^
1:
1,657
51.4
336
14.9
231
123
377
I84
257
82.8
685
109
218
279
79.0
584
79.9
139
63.4
302
!
!
!
i
;
1,506
1,645
45.0
50.9
332
260
15.0
14.3
229
213
124
125
378
.
368
172
134
5
251
74.0
80.7
158
15.1
18.4
5.0
-
^
;
63.6
109
199
207
76.4
569
80.1
136
60.0
293
454
64.2
113
50.9
226
153
16.1
16.5
4.8
62.3
123
15.5
18.8
4.3
43.5
5.5
8.5
25.4
1.5
591
4.6
4.5
10.4
39.5
1.5
1,365
261
159
945
681
109
218
276
78.1
10.1
1^6
1,329
!
150
928
!
^
;
953
I83
119
651
- 7Indexes of emplo^Tnent and pay rolls for all manufacturing industries combined, Class I steam
railroads, and for those nonmanufacturing industries for which information is available, are
shown below for September 1942, with percentage changes from August 3942 and September 1941. The
3—year average 1923-25 is used as a base in computing the indexes for manufacturing industries and
the 5-year average 1935-39 as a base for Class I steam railroads. For the other nonmanufacturing
industries information for years prior to 1929 is not avs.ilo.ble from the Bureau's records, and
the 12-month average for 1929 is used as a base in computing the index numbers. These indexes
are not adjusted for seasonal variation.
The data for manufacturing, mining, building construction, laundries, and dyeing and clean
ing cover *wage earners only; those for railroads cover all employees while the data for water
transportation cover employees on vessels of 1,000 gross tons or over in deep-sea trades only.
The data for other industries exclude proprietors and firm members, corporation officers, execu
tives, and others whose work is mainly supervisory.
!
j
i
!
!
Employment
!
Pay :Roll
j Percentage ! Index
Index
1 Percentage
Sept.
Change from- j Sept.
jchange _from1942
iAug. !"E'ep't".!
1942
!Aug. :! Seot^
j 194g j! 1941 j
1/
J..Ig42...j[..1941
y
:...... j(l92'3-25-i00j
! + 2.7 ! +35.6
+ 9.6j 2/ 220.5
!
1(1935-39-100)
! (1935-39=100)
4/
i - .1 ! + 9.lj
d/
1
^
j (1929^100)
!(1929=100^
Industry
CLASS 1 STEAM RAILROADS 3/
TRADE:
Wholesale
Food products
!
89.4
4/
=
4/
Petroleum and petroleum products
(includes bulk tank stations)... .. I
4^
. ,
...
Dry goods and apparel
1/hchinery, equipment and supplies
11
Retail
..........
..............
Food.................................. .. i
General merchandising .. ..... ..... .. i
Aoparel
!
112.9
6/111.0
91.8
Lumber and building materials....... .. j
69.3
PUBLIC UTILITIES:
Telephone and telegraph
!
6/ 93.8
Electric light and p
o
w
e
r
6/84.1
Street railways and busses 7/\_
.. .. j
§/75.3
MINING:
j!
;
!
Anthracite......... ...................... !
46.7
91.7
Bituminous-coal............. ..... ... ...... j
Metalliferous .......... .................. j
78*3
Quarrying and nonmetallic m i ning ... .... j
50.7
Crude-petroleum production
j
55.9
SERVICES!
....... **..... j
Hotels (year-round)
j
93.0
j- .9!
j- 1.5!
.7!
! - 1.4!
*!- l.lj
!+ 9.2 j
:
i
f- 2.2!
j - 3.7 j
!+ 2.6 j
i+ .4 :
!+ 6.8!
!+ 13 .1 i
i- 1 .7 !
!- 2 . 5 j
.7!
- 6.5;
- 1.4j
-,3.9j
-11.9!
- 1.7!
+18.2j
92.1
4/
4/
4/
4/
4,^
! +- .3i^ + 1.3
! - .3!^ +10.0
j +*2.3!^ + 5.4
: + *2 j - 5.5
! - .2 !! + 9.2
! +10.3j +29.6
- O.Oj
-19.5i
- 8.3!
+ 2.9!
- .6!
- 3.3!
-25.5!
-42.6!
-16.9!
4/
4/
6/ 9^.3
118.3
6/112.2
93.1
62.6
56.8
80.5
! + 1 .3 ! - .7
!- 2.1!; -10.7
! + 2.1!! - 2.6
! + .3!: +11.8
j + 7.0!! + 5.3
! +10.8! + 3.1
! + .3! -19.6
! - 2.7! -34.2
! - .5j - 7.6
! + 5/j + 3.9i
6/132.5 i + 4.0j +12.9
j - 2 l l ! -11.4]
6/111.9 !- .8 j - 2 . 6
:+ .4! + 7.2!
§/ 94*0 - *** *1= +20.2
*
!
!
!+ 5/j - 6.6!
50.4 j + 4.8 j + 1.7
j- .6 i - 2.6!
121.9 j + 2.8! + 5.6
j- 3.0 } -1.3j
103.3 i - 3.0j +20.3
j- 1.7.j - 6.5j
70.2 ! + 4.1! +16.0
i- 1.8! - 9.6!
64.8 ! + 3.4! + *6
jj
j
j
j
j- .5! - 2.8!
8/ 97.5 ! + .9i + 8.4
117.8
! + .8! +12.0
!- .4! + 3.6!
108.5
: + 2.0! + 9.0
!- .4 ! + 1.4j
!- 3.0; -22.4!
!- 1 .1 i -20.5
4/
4/
!- 1.4 = - 2.5!
! - 1.5! + 2.8
4/
4/
! - .4: -13.8
j- 4.3! +-30. Oj
V
4/
! +10.2! +51.0
71.4
:+ 2.8 ! — 9 .Oi
... n / . ...
2/ Adjusted to preliminary 1939 Census figures,
4/ Not available.
Dyeing and cleaning
Brokerage.... ..................... ^ .... J
Insurance
..... .!
BUILDING C O N S T R U C T
....... ^
WATER .TRANSPORTATION 9 / ......
1/ Preliminary.
3/ Source: Interstate Commerce Commission.
5/ Less than one-tenth of one percent.
6/ Retail-trade indexes adjusted to 1935 Census, public utility indexes to 1937 Census.
2/ Covers street railways and trolley and motor-bus operations of subsidiary, affiliated and
successor companies.
8/ Cash payments only; value of board, room, and tips cannot be computed.
.9/ Based on estimates prepared by the United States Maritime Commission.
10/ Pay-roll index on 1929 base not availably. Includes war bonuses and value of subsistence
and lodging.
Index Numbers of Employment and Pay Rolls ofWage Earners in MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES
Adjusted to 1937 Census ofManufactures, Except as Indicated in Notes 2 and 4
(3-Year Average 1923*25= 100.0)
MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES
Employment
Sept.
Aug.
l/ Sept
1942
1942
1941
ALL INDUSTRIES 2/........
Durable goods 2/.......,
Nondurable goods 2/.....
Durable goods
Iron and steel and their products,
not including machinery........
Blast furnaces, steel works and
rolling mills....................
Bolts ? nuts 3 washers, and rivets...
Cast-iron pipe...................
Cutlery (not including silver and
plated cutlery), and edge tools..
Forging, iron and steel............
Hardware...........................
Plumbers' supplie........ ...... .
Stamped and enameled ware.........
Steam and hot-water heating appa
ratus and steam fittings.........
Structural and ornamental metal yjort
Tin cans and other tinware........ .
Tools (not including edge tools,
machine tools, files, and sai's)..
Wirework....................... .
Machinery, not including transporta
tion equipment........ ...... .
Agricultural implements (including
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
Radios and phonographs.............
Textile machinery and parts........
Typewriters and parts..... ........
Transportation equipment
Aircraft................. ...........
Automobiles,.....................
Cars, electric-and steam-railroad..
L&oomotiv^,
^.Shipbuilding
^ ^
.
See footnote at end of table.
l/Sept
e*;
1942
Pay Rolls
Aug.
1942
Sept.
1941
148.2
145.9
135.2
220.5
2.14.7
162.6
168.2
129.2
165.4
127.2
142.1
128.7
274.9
159.6
266.7
156.6
183.3
139.5
134.4
134.8
140.5
194.3
192.1
170.6
149.4
179.8
91.9
150.6
1 48.9
170.6
97.8
206.9
317.3
126.9
202.8
316.5
135.0
178.4
246.3
122.8
137.9
97.2
61.8
203.3
124.7
135.2
96.7
62.7
176.3
248.8
155.1
80.2
314.6
178.1
248.4
158.9
82.3
321.7
349.5
202.8
127.9
112.9
116.0
99.4
227.9
175.6
148.7
106.3
290.5
129.1
86.1
125.8
106.0
124.5
84.6
124.9
108.4
127.4
116.2
109.5
145.0
196.5
110.6
176.6
153.3
185.4
108.1
174.6
152.9
154
127.,
123.6
187.6
148.8
147.6
152.2
151.2
144.4
208.0
232.1
241.1
236.8
246.6
196.6
272.2
220.8
217.1
179.3
375.1
367.1
249.6
158.5 I 163.3
170.7
245.9
259.5
230.7
181.0
181.1
172.6
308.4
289.3
230.2
2/
2/
2/
2/
2/
2/
y
171.4
2/
223.3
102.9
90.3
326.4
2/
103.2
2/
170.7
2/
211.4
104.4
93.3
311.2
2/
2/
H.7.0
y
212.5
108.5
2/
2/
187.8
2/
254.4
141.1
233.4
252.9
3/
159.3
2/
2/
175.7
93.5
98.8
2/
2/
158.2
191.1
2/
124.1
2/
2/
2/
260.1
2/
340.0
160.3
137.8
555.3
3/
162.3
3/
" 2/
261.1
313.4
156.9
146.6
519.1
2/
157.6
2/
2/
2/
115.8
2/
- 9_*
Index Numbers of Employment and Pay Rolls of Wage Earners in MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES
Adjusted to 1937 Census of Manufactures? Except as Indicated in Notes 2 and 4
(3-Year Average 1923-25 =100.0)
MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES
Employment
! 3/Sept. Aug.
1942
1942
Durable goods — continued
!
Nonferrous metals and their products;
Aluminum manufactures .............j
Brass, bronze? and copper products!
Clocks and watches and timej
recording devices.............. .1
Jewelry.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Lighting equipment..... .j
Silverware and plated v;are........j
Smelting and refining— copper?
t*
lead, and zinc................. !
Lumber:
!
Milli;/ork........................i
oa^vmills
Stone, clay, and glass products.....!
Brick, tile, and terra cotta......!
Cement ............................j
Marble? granite? slate? and other!
Nondurable goods
!
Textiles and their products.........!
Cotton goods....................j
Cotton small wares#
^ e i n g and finishing textiles...!
Hats, fur**felt.................
Hosiery
Knitted outerwear.
Knitted underwear..............J
Knit cloth............. .
J
Silk and rayon gooc.s
Tsfoolen and worsted goods.......^
Wearing apparel.
Clothing? men's....... .J
Corsets and allied garments.....!
Men's furnishings..............J
Shirts and collars ..............j
See footnote at end of table.
!
Pay Rolls
Sept
Sept.
Sept. Aug.
1942
1941 i _ 1942
1941
150.0
2/
y
149.0
2/
2/
146.4i
2/!
2/]
236.3
J/
2/
232.0
2/
2/
185.6
2/
2/
106.2
87.1
32.6
67.0
106.0
88.7
87.0
66.0
111.3!
120.3!
118 .d
85.^
172.6
104.6
101.3
85.4
171.4
102.5
110.7
88.9
3^8.8
121.4
138.2
103.7
96.8
72.1
92.4
99.1
73.6
92.4
102.^
8O.4I
107.6j
132.9
93.7
110.9
134.7
97.0
112.9
113.1
90.8
118.0
73.6
63.6
92.3
66.2
35.3
119.1
74.2
65.7
92.5
68.2
. 85.3
117.9
76j
70.4
101. S
79.1
83.^
130.^
80.1
83^
103.6
71.0
104.3
151*9
83.0
87.2
105.5
72.5
104.5
157.3
72.9
77.5
105.4
76.2
93.5
160.5
38.3
117.3
38.3
115.4
45.9j
121 .cj
33.4
132.8
33.0
133.9
36.8
124.8
108.8
102.5
70.2
113.7
111.9
129.2
49.1
117.0
75. A
86.1
146.9
58.8
103.6
118.2
117.1
154.0
102.5
110.2
72.5
125.1
109*.6
103.4
69.1
114.1
113.0
127.1
55.7
118.6
76.4
87.3
146.4
62.1
104.6
118.9
117.7
154.8
,104.5
112.0
70.3
127.5
115.5!
106 J
91.Q
110.2
107.9!
I36 .ci
79.3
136.3!
82.5
88.d
161.3!
63.2
110 J
131.3
123.7
177.5
122.5j
130.5!
85.^
136.4
128.9
132.1
84.5
161.4
170.2
151.4
47.5
147.1
78.7
104.9
163.5
68.8
136.2
114.7
110.6
136.8
138.0
135.2
75.7
145.5
131.1
133.4
81.6
153.1
169.7
148.3
59.7
157.0
81.0
111.3
165.0
70.3
14^.4
118.6
113.8
142.7
134.8
14.3.6
72.6
153.6
12.3.4
118.0
96.6
130.2
128.2
135.7
80.4
151.1
80.6
95.7
156.6
61.5
129.2
126.3
114.3
162.4
150.9
155.3
84.2
346.7
- 10 Index Numbers of Employment and Pay Rolls of.Wage Earners in MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES
Adjusted to 1937 Census of Manufactures, Except as Indicated in Notes 2 and 4
(3-Ye&r Average 1923-25 = 100.0)
MMUFACTURD^G D33USTRIES
Nondurable goods
continued
Leather and its manufactures
Boots and shoes*****.***.*..*...+.*
Leather#
Food and kindred products*.**.*...*..
Baking *. *.. *^***..*++*****.*.*......^
Beverages
Butter.
Canning and presepfing..*..... .
Confection^ry ##*#*#*****.*.*......#
j.......P ay Rpll^:
Employment
Sept.
17 Sept J Aug. ;.Sept. [l/Sept. Aug.
1942
1941
' 1942! 1942 ^ 1941 i 1942
Slaughtering and meat packing......
Sugar, beet........................
Sugar refining, cane...............
Tobacco manufactures ......... .
Chewing and smoking tobacco & snuff
Cigars and cigarettes..............
Paper and printing...................
Boxes, paper.......................
Paper and pulp.....................
Printing and publishing:
Pboic and job.....................
Nev?spapers and periodicals.......
Chemical, petroleum, and coal product;^
Petroleum refining........ .
Other than petroleum refining......
Chemicals .........................
Cottonseed-*-oil, cake, and meal..
Druggists * preparations ......... .
Explosives.......................
Paints and varnishes............
Rayon and allied products........
Soap..... .............. .
Rubber products....v.................
Rubber boots and shoes.............
Rubber tires and tubes.............
Rubber goods, other......*....... .
l/
2/
3/
91.4
83.2 .
88.8
.179.3
1^5 #3
335.1 .
118.9
367.8
100.1
81.7
86.0
149.2
111.6
76.7
66.9
54.0
68.5
114.7
118.7
118.8.
97.9
111.7
163 .4
133.8
170.6.
193.2
118.0
166.7.
2/
110.0
125.6
310.6
84.7
107.4
79.2
88.3
171.3
98.9 } 110.5
94.1
91.6 ! 95.2 } 105.7
88.3 . ! .97.P. ! 117.3
167.4 ! 163.2 !'209.3
162.7 ! 153.5 ! 189.5
339.3. !,315...2. i 470.6
122.3 .!.106.4 ! 127.8
281.9 i 323.7 ! 488.6
93.4 ! 101.5 ! 125.7
81.3 ! 80.6 ! 103.7
92.9 { 84.3 } 87.3
150.2 ! 123.6 j I 86.4
81.2 i . 90.5 i 132.7
80.8 j 103.7 i 93.8
66.3 i 63.9 ! 83.7
52.3 ! 53.6 ! 80.3
68.0 i 65.2 ! 84.0
115.0. i 124.9 ! 130.3
118.1.; 144.7 } 165.2
119.5.{ 128,4 j I63.6
107.4
101.9
116.7
196.7
186.7
488.7
131.9
'350.1
115.9
104.0
92.4
185.9
100.6
85.4
84 .I
78.1
84.7
129.9
163.3
165.1
101.6
95.3
114.2
170.5
157.4
401.5
99.6
363.1
114.8
92.5
77.2
345.8
95.2
103.3
70.4
69.3
70.4
133.3
187.9
163.0
99.2 ! 104.8
110.6.J.116.9
159.9 ! 147.6
134.5. J 128.5
166.0.j. 152.3.
194.4 J 182.4
64.0 : 114.4
162.8 ! 142 ..9
2 /. ! 3/
97.5 !.110.2
125.6. i .143*.9
307.3 } 327.0
81.6 i . 98.2
105 .1 .! 111.5
75.4 ! 77.2
. 86.3 : 86.5
193.2
169.9
95.6
112.9
237.4
189.6
252.2
309.1
71.6
212.2
2/
121.0
162.8
400.4
125.5
154.0
111.6
135.4
236 .6
99.3
114.0
1.88.5
166.4
195.4
250.9
113.9
176.1
2/
111.6
169.9
374.3
139.6
134.8
104 .I
107.3
231.6
! 95.0
] ii5^4
! 246.0
} 198.7
! 260.6
! 307.4
i 147.1
! 224.0
i 2/
! 137-3
! 163.6
i 402.5
- 134.1
i 157.6
! 120.4
140.6
j.232.0
September 194-2 indexes preliminary; subject to'revision.
Adjusted to preliminary'1939 Census figures.
Included in tot$.l and group indexes, but not available for publication separately*
Adjusted on basis of a complete"employment survey of the aircraft industry for
August 194-0* Not comparable to indexes appearing in press releases dated
earlier than 194-0. Revised figures available in mimeographed form.
- 11 INDEXES OF EMP ID Y^ N T AND RAY R O M S IN F I F T M I V E ADDITaPNAL
(Preliminary)
(12-month a v e n g e 1939 - ICO)
Industry
i Sept.
1942
Iron and Steel Group
^
Metal doors and shutters.... ........ — ^ 134.3
Firearms........... -.... ............... !
i/
Screw-machine -products................! 277.3
150.3
brought pipe hot made in rolling
j
220.4
Steel barrels, kegs, and drums....... i 116.2
Machinery Group
i
L^chine tool accessories
! 2/
280.2
Refrigerators and refrigerating
!
apparatus
...... ..... ......... i 112.1
........... .... ..... i 132.0
Sewing machine^
Washing machines^ w i n g e r s , and
j
driers.... ... .... .... ........... .. ! 124.8
Transportation Equipment Group
!
^btorcycles, bicycles, and parts...
134.1
Ncnferrous ^ t a l s Group
j
150.2
Smelting and refining of scrap metal i 168.8
Lumber Group
j
Caskets and morticians goods
i 91,4
IOC.3
Wood turned and shaped
! 104.1
Wooden boxes, other than cigar
j 129.0
83.6
Stone, Clay and Glass Products Group
:
Abrasives
j 224.0
Asbestos products..................... i 127.0
110.3
Gypsum................................. j 93.7
Glass products made from purchased
i
111.6
Wallboard and plaster, except gypsum j 134.2
Textiles
j
Textile bags
! 127.5
Cordage and twine
! 133. Q
Curtains, draperies, and bedspreads i 98.3
House furnishings, other............. j 142.7
103.4
Handkerchiefs.... ............. ......... j 89.6
Leather Group
'
Booth and shoe cut stock and findings! 95.1
143.5
Trunks and suitcases
i 179.5
Food Group
j
114.7
Condensed and evaporated m i l k ........ j 140.3
Feeds, prepared
! 127.6
Paper and Printing Group
i
Paper bags
' 110.8
108.8
Paper goods, not elsewhere classified! 116.3
Bookbinding
i 103.2
89.6
Employment.
Sept.
Aug.
1942
1941
H^;USTRIE,S
Sept.
1942
..P^y.Rpll.s
Aug.
1942
Sept.
1941
133.6
1/
273.2
147.1
148.0
1/
202.7
140.6
219.0
1/
464.4
213.1
203.0
1/
462.2
202.7
196.9
1/
282.6
172.0
211.4
113.5
158.0
140.8
405.9
17b. 8
3^-1.8
1^5.3
194.4
188.2
1/
281.3
1/
197.2
1/
509.8
1/
540.8
1/
299.3
104.6
127.9
133.9
134.7
168.1
234.3
158.9
229.4
156.5
212.7
120.4
126.5
198.6
189.8
142.4
140.6
166.9
212.1
232.3
205.4
151.3
170.8
150.3
155.1
217.5
251.8
227.9
255.1
190.5
186.3
90.4
117.3
110.1
126.7
88.5
104.8
124.7
112.3
125.3
130.7
111.1
^ 178.7
147.5
; 192.6
105.2
111.9
186.3
154.2
. 190.8
^ 115.4
117.1
158.2
137.9
162.0
165.4
217.7
131.1
113.5
96.0
190.8
145.9
123.2
128.3
^ 339.6
204.3
161.9
129.9
327.1
207.2
;: 1-62.6
134.1
247.5
195.7
160.8
171.6
114.7
135.0
^ 144.1
140.3
140.9
185.3
144.3
189.4
164.7
167.4
128.4
135.3
99.1
143.4
109.2
91.6
115.7
138.6
114.9
145.8
116.5
110.6
lo0.7
196.2
136.3
199.4
148.8
121.o
168.6
197.2
139.3
196.7
165.1
124.5
136.5
186.3
172.2
178.9
155.8
139.4
97.1
147.5
187.2
106.7
148.4
: 171.4
125.3
176.6
226.9
130.8
194.3
234.3
128.4
191.3
187.3
122.8
!i 145.5
^; 123.0
118.4
124.4
112.7
127.0
186.2
180.4
171.6
193.9
166.0
139.5
144.2
135.8
110.3
109.2
117.1
107.2
86.1
131.7
121.7
130.0
116.9
108.7
144.6
131.2
139.4
137.2
98.6
145.3
128.9
141.7
i 138.6
94,2
161.4
136.9
151.0
148.6
123.3
- 12 INDEXES OF EIviPLOY^-mNT AND PAY ROLLS IN FIFTY-FIVE ADDITIONAL
(Preliminary)
(12 -mo nt h average 193 9 = 100.0)
-= Aug.
j 1942
Sept 4
1941
Pay
!
; Sept.
j 1942
Rolls
Aug&
1942
}
j
!
!
i
j
I/
162.0
103.5
125.0
73.5
132.1
i/
139.0
114.0
124.9
126.6
134.9
!
:
!
!
i
j
1/
233^.3
120.8
lc5.6
111.8
188.8
I/
154.8
! 123.6
146.1
j 158.0
j 164.0
1 I/
j 116.6
1/
120.2
^
1/
; 168.7
1/'
173.9
i
I/
1 151.5
^ I/
! 1/
! 141.5
! 82.6
! 87.6
i/
i/
126.2
129.5
144.3
;
1/
l/
!
i 200.3
! 126.0
Employment
Industry
'Chemical, Petroleum & Coal Products
Ammunition.. .......................
Compressed and liquefied gases ......
Perfumes and cosmetics .............
Coke-oven products...................
! Sept.
i 1942
! I/
4 161.0
J 101.6
J 124.7
Roofing materials................... J 129.0
Miscellaneous Group
Chemical fire extinguishers .
.... J 1/
Instruments, professional, scientific
and commercial....................... i I/
ODtical goods...
....... *.........
Photographic a^naratus..... ......... ......i 140.5
Pianos, organs, and parts
! 81.5
Tevs, games, & playground equipment.. ..J 79.2
<T*,;Q Tl-JTUSTRIES
1/
229.2
122.0
171.3
100.9
187.0
r
1/'
195.2
123.2
120.6
112.1
Sept.
1941
!
!
I/
=
I/
i 159.9
! 151.4
^ 155.4
Not available for publication.
INDEX NUMBERS OF EMPLOYMENT AND PAY ROLLS IN NOl^mfUFACTURING INDUSTRIES
Sept. and Aug. 1942 and Sept. 1941
(1935-39-100.0)
129.6
;^ 118.7
(1929=100 .0)
46.7
50.0
92.3
94.2
79.4
80.7
51.5
54.2
56.9
61.8
Coal mining:
Anthracite
J 46.7
Bituminous.
....
. . 91.7
Metalliferous mining
^ 78.3
Quarrying and nonmetallic mining
! 50.7
Crude-petroleum production..... .... ... J 55.9
Public utilities:
Telephone and telegraph
J 93.8
Electric light and power.. .... ...: 84.1
Street railways and busses
! 75.3
Trade: Wholesale...................
J 89.4
Retail........
......... / 91.7
'Laundries .......... ............. ..
Dyeing and cleaning....... ...
Brokerage 4/
'Insurance 4 / .... ...J..... ............
Building construction 4 / ..... .
"Water transportation 5/
l/
3/
4/
*5/
J 117.0
j 123.2
- 3.0
.. - 1.4
- 4.3
71.4
^
93.8
85.9
75.0
90.3
89.4
93.4
117.4
123.7
- 2.6
- .4
-3.1
6 Q * <-r
90.3
94.9
70.3
95.6
100,0
95.7
113.0
121.5
-22.4
- 2.5
-30.0
78.5
(1935-39=100.0)
!
2/
2/
2/
(1929=100 .0)
49.6
48.1
118.6
115.5
106.5
85.9
60.5
(,7.4
62.7
64.4
50.4
: 121.9
! 103.3
! 70.2
j 64.8
!
j
!
!
j
!
!
!
!
!
j
j
132.5
111.9
94.0
92.1
93.3
97.5
117.8
108.5
- 1.1
- 1.5
- .4
410.2
^:
:
:
127.4
112.8
93.8
91.8
91.4
96.6
116.8
106.4
- 3.8
- .8
-2.2
4- .4
: 117.3
; 115.0
78.1
'90.9
95.8
90.0
105.2
99.5
-20.5
+ 2.8
-13.8
+51.0
Preliminary; source— Interstate Commerce Commission.
2/ Not -rvailable.
Cash-payments only; additional value of board, room, and tips cannot be computed.
Indexes of employment and pay rolls not available. Percentage changes from August to
September 1942, July to Augast 1942, and September 1941 to September 1942 substituted.
Based on estimates prepared by the U. S. Maritime Commission covering steam and motor
merchant vessels of 1,000 gross tons or over in deep-sea trades only. Pay-roll data
include war bonuses and value of subsistence and lodging. Pay-roll indexes on 1929
base not available. Percentage changes from August to September 1942, July to August
1942, and September 1941 to September 1942 substituted.
13 EMPLOYMENT AND FAY ROLLS ON CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS (INCLUDING SHIP CONSTRUCTION)
FINANCED WHOLLY OR PARTIALLY FROM FEDERAL FUNDS AND ON STATE ROADS FD^'d-ICED
WHOLLY FROM STATE OR LOCAL FUNDS, SEPTEMBER 19A1 AND AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER 1942
(in thousands)
Employment
I
i
Program
.
All Federal programs.........
1942
.I/
1942
^1941
2,037.5
1,921.9
115.6
4/.........
80.1
80.0
Financed by P.7?.A. ^/........
.1
.1
9.2
8.5
Financed by R.F.C.
.... .
War........................
Other.......................
93.9
91.8
2.1
102.7
100.4
2.3
State roads 6/..................
roads.....................
*maintenance...................
164.7
49.6
115.1
War public works
...... .
Pay rolls
j 1942 i 1942
1/ .!
Seut.
j1941
j
Financed by regular Federal
j
appropriations 2/........... j 2,046.5
W ar......................... 1,924.3
122.2
Other.......................
Public housing
!
787.9! 398,01^ 392,327; 127,651
628.0! 376,953! 372,260! 107,095
20,067; 20,556
159.9 ! 21,063
i
85.6 ; 12,097:
12,283j 11,309
4.0 j
t
14.6 ^
12.5 !
2.1 j
164.2 .. 194.0
65 .^
.46.2
118.0
128.4
ni
7j
1,174
1,031!
18,196
17,813
383j
17,634!
17,24.1!
393]
525
2,663
2,355
308
15 ,360; 16,448
15?173
4^504 ... 4 ,429! 5,219"
10,669
10 ,931 ! 11,229
1/
Preliminary.
2/
Employment data represent the weekly average; payroll data, are for the month
ending the 15th except for Federal-aid roads-which are for the calendar month.
Data for Federal-aid roads for September 1942 are estimated.
Includes all Federal housing projects including those formerly under the United
States Housing Authority.
Employment data represent the weekly average; payroll data are for the monthending on the 15tli.
j>/ Program not in operation.
6/
Data are for the calendar month. Employment data, represent the average number
working during the month. Data for September 1942 are estimated.
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EMPLOYMENT AND PAY ROLLS Di REGULAR FEDERAL SERVICES, THE NATIONAL
YOUTH ADMINISTRATION, AND ON WORK-BELIEF PROGRAMS
SEPTEMBER 1941) AND AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER 1942
(in thousands)
Pay rolls
Employment
Service or program
Sep! tenter ,
= lo/o
% 2 . Mi/,
.
j.St
Sop- ; Sep- ;
tember! tember !
Regular Federal services:
Executive 2/
o........... 12,397.1 ^/2,50A.2 1,4-87.9! $410,863 ^$398,52^ 224,141
Inside District of
285.0
Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
191.6; 49,9:
275.4
Outside District of
Columbia............... 2,312.1 ^/2,228.8 1,296.3 ' 360,908)y 350 ,403;
J52
LoglS-i-i.tt.i.VG.. ..............
1,3?^
6.3 ' 1,389^
6.5
6.5
Other programs:
NYA projects
........
Student work program....
War production
training program.....
YJPA projects 7/..........
War............. .
Other..................
Civilian Conservation
j
G orps
...............
2.7
2.7
2.6'
100.9
6/
122.3
-
346.3
3A. 2
100.9
122.3
312.1
2 ,64.2 !
401.1
6/
6/ .
!
2.3:
447.3 ^1,037.0
167.7
335.3
2'/9.*D
701.7
27,105!
6/ '
5.6
673}
6/
744!
672j
2,917j
**:
2,917j
31,604 61,225
12,21Sj 19,868
19,386; 41,357
94l!
9,274-
.1/ Preliminary.
2/ Data for September 194-2 include 276,383 force-account employees also included
under construction projects and 2,171 supervisory and technical employees also
included under CCC. Data for public employment offices which were federalized
in January 194-2 are included in August and September 194-2.
Employment data are for the last pay period of the month; payroll data for the
complete monthly period.
A/ Data for the War Department were estimated.
Beginning with July 194-2, NYA projects are no longer considered as work-relief
projects but are primarily training programs for the war workers. Training
program was called out-of-school work program prior to July 194-2. Value of
maintenance is included in the pay roll data for September 194-1 but excluded
from those for August and September 194-2.
6/ Data not available.
7/ Pay roll data represent disbursements made during the calendar month, employment
data represent the weekly average.
8/ Employment represents for enrolled personnel, an average of counts taken at tci**day intervals, and for other groups, the number employed on the last day of
the month, Pay roll data are for the calendar month.
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