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EMPLOYMENT
and PAY ROLLS
OETAtLED REPORT
DECEMBER
!947
United Stotes Deportment of Lobor
Bureau of Labor Statistics
ESTIMATES OF EMPLOYMENT - NEW SERIES
In this detailed report the Bureau presents a new series of productionworker estimates for the individual industries listed below. The new estimates,
adjusted to benchmark data through 19^5 from the Bureau of Employment Security of
the Federal Security Agency, correct the downward bias which has accumulated
since 1939 and are, therefore, more representative of the true levels of employ
ment.
MANUFACTURING - Industries in the Electrical Machinery and the Chemicals and
Allied Products Groups - The estimates and indexes for all industries in these
two groups have been adjusted. Despite the lapse of several years without any
adjustment to levels other than the 1939 Census of Manufactures, the changes are
relatively small.
NONMANUFACTURING - Power Laundries and Cleaning and Dyeing Industries - The
estimates and indexes for these two industries have been adjusted. Also, the
employee definition has been changed from "wage earner" to "production worker"
with the resultant exclusion of driver-salesmen.
This report shews the new production-worker employment estimates and
indexes of employment and pay roll for the months currently presented. A set
of summary sheets presenting comparable data from January 1939 to date for the
industries listed above will be provided upon request.
Soltar - 351
February 17, 1948
U. S. Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics
EMPLOYMENT AND PAY ROLLS
Detailed. Report
December 1947
.
- TABLE
1
.
2.
3.
-4.
5.
5a.
6.
7.
8.
9.
Explanatory notes outlining briefly the !
* concepts, methodology, and sources used !
in preparing data for this report appear}
in the appendix. See pa^es i - vii.____ !
CONTENTS
PAGE
Estimated Number of Wage and Salary Workers in Nonagricultural
Establishments, by Industry Division. ...*................. .
2
Estimated Number of Wage and Salary Workers in Manufacturing
Industries, by Major Industry Group................ .......
3
Federal Employment and Pay Rolls in All Areas and in Continental
United States, and Total Government Employment and Pay Rolls
in Washington, D. C......... ......... ..................
4
Personnel and Pay of the Military Branch of the Federal
Government.... ....... .............................. . ' 5
.
Estimated Number of Wage and Salary Workers in Manufacturing
Industries, by State, November 1947.......................
6
Estimated Number of Wage and Salary Workers in Nonagricultural
Establishments for Selected States, November 1947............
7
Estimated Number of Production Workers in Manufacturing
Industries.......... ..................................
8
Estimated Number of Employee^ in Selected Nonmanufacturing
Industries.............................................
14
Indexes of Production-Wcrker Employment and Pay Rolls in
Manufacturing Industries............. ...... ............
15
Indexes of Employment and Pay Rolls in Selected Nonmpnufacturing
Industries...... ..................... ................
21
Explanatory Notes........ .............. ................
i
Glossary............................. .................
v
Data for the 2 most recent months
shovn are subject to revision.
2.
Total 1. - Estimated Number of Wage and Salary Workers in
Nonagricultural Establishments, by Industry Division
(In thousands)
1^
96
Dec"
19^7
1T5V7
44,066
43,449
43,298 42,928
42,439
15,951
15,871
15,831
15,348
15,271
898
897
895
874
883
Contract construction
1,788
1,849
1,896
1,644
1,713
Transportation and public utilities:
4,064
4,071
4,092
4,071
4,101
2,851
2,866
2,894
2,919
2,955
719
713
707
691
494
492
491
46i
459
Trade
9,455
9,075
8,889
9,234
8,898
Finance
1,591
1,588
1,586
1,546
1,543
Service
4,688
4,670
4,662
4,573
4,555
5,631
5,428
5,447
5,638
5,475
Federal
1,985
1,751
1,744
2,236
2,065
State and local
3,646
3,677
3,703
3,402
3,410
Industry division
TOTAL
Manufacturing
Mining
Transportation
Communication
.-
Other public utilities
Government:
..............
See explanatory notes, sections A - E.
Oct.
'
Dec.
Nov.
.
667
3.
Table 2. - Estimated Number of Wage and Salary Workers
in Manufacturing Industries, by Major Industry Group
(In thousands)
Major industry group
Dec.
. ALL MANUFACTURING. 15,951
Durable goods"
**.
Iron and steel and their
products
Electrical machinery
Machinery, except
electrical
Transportation equipment,
except automobiles
Automobiles
Nonferrous metals and their
products
Lumber and timber basic products
Furniture and finished lumber
products
Stone, clay, and glass products
Nondurable goods
Textile-mill products and other
fiber 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 allied products
Products of petroleum and coal
Rubber products
Miscellaneous industries
See explanatory notes, section A - 3.
1947
Nov.
,
Oct.
' 1946
Nov.
Dec.
15,348
15,271
7,925
7,731
7,721
15,871- 15,831
8,055
7,986
1,888
759
1,875
758
1,864
749
1,787
771
1,800
763
1,555
1,538
1,534
1,489
1,479
584
1,006
571
988
543
991
600
943
592
954
470
. 747
466
750
464
750
493
652
488
659
543
503
538
502
531
499
504
492
497
489
7 ,896 .
7,885
7,906
7,617
7,550
1.373
1,355
1,333^
1,353
1,340
1,367
415
.,605
1
102
474
1,338
4n
1,644
104
470
1,349
4o8
1,705
103
467
1,229
403
1,548
105
465
1,209
398
1,544
104
46i
712
763
233
277
575
711
759
235
275
583
706
755
233
272
575
688
732
221
296
577
679
728
222
294
571
.
Table 3. - Federal Employment and Pay Bolls in All Areas and in Continental
United States and Total Government Employment and Pay Rolls in
Washington, D. C.
(Bo thousands)-Bap&oyment
(as of first of month)
Dec.
19^
Dec. l/jNov. l/
*
igti
Area and branch
Pay rolls
(total for month)
Dec.
1947
1946
Bee. 1/ iNov. l7
Total (including areas
outside United States)
Total Federal
Executive
Defense agencies
Post Office Dept. 2/
Other agencies
Legislative
Judicial
Government corps.
2,229.2! 2 , 0 6 .3 a.614.2 $517,249 $451,452 $581,890
0
572,642
2,189 . ; l,%6.3 ^,572.0
5
442,193
507,795
269,854
Q05.2 i,17^.6
894.9,
---192,079
208,931
98,666
715.4 133,921
137,277
667.9} 429.8
650.9
151,448
626.7! 631.3
164,943
165,511
6.8
2,166
7.0!
2,457
7.1
2,457
1,336
3.1
1,190
1,191
3.3
3.3:
sy.4
5,661
5,892
5,611
29* ;
2
32.3
Continental
United States
Total Federal
Executive
Defense agencies
Post Office Dept. 2/
Other agencies
Legislative
Judicial
Government corps.
2 ,005 .6 ! 1,771.4
l,973.i! 1 ,738.6
708 .1 ! 706.4
665.7 i 426.3
599.3!
603.9
7.0 i
7-1
14'
3.4
22.1 i
22.3
2 ,308.0
2 ,273.6
906.8
713.2
653.6
6.8
478,858
470,025
178,268
414,133
405,536
133,472
3.0
24.6
1*301
3,075
98,313
145,004
2,457
1,154
4,986
162,219
158,285
2,457
534,974
526,438
230,411
136,878
159,149
2,166
1,133
5,215
Washington, D. C.
Total government
District of Columbia
government
Federal
Executive
Defense agencies
Post Office Dept. 2/
Other agencies
Legislative
Judicial
252.6
18.1 !
205.9 !
198.3;
64.7!
10.1 j
123.5!
7.o!
.6!
18.4
203.1
195.4
64.5
7.3
123.6
7.1
.6
65,078 '
17.6
235.0
227.6 !
78.4
11.0
138.2 !
6 .e
.6
4,223
4,544 !
60,534 ! 55,186
57 ,85$: 52,534
17,625 i 16,110
3,057 : 2,606
37,137 ! 33,818
2,437 i
2,457
218 i
195
i
59,409
66,860
4,189
62,671
60,298
20,205
2,507
37,586
2,166
l/ Data for Central Intelligence Agency are excluded for security reasons.
2/
December figures
Christmas season.
include estimated additional employment and pay roll for
207
5
Table 4. - Personnel and Pay of the Military Branch of the
Federal Government
**"
*
Personnel and pay
(In thousands)
1947
December
1946
December November
Personnel^ total as of first
of month, including those on
active duty and those on
terminal leave............
Average monthly per
sonnel and total
annual pay
1943
1939 ;
'
a,452.
1,490
2,204
8,944
345
Army.................
911
920
1,512
6,733
192
Navy....................
433
459
562
1,744
124
Marine Corps..... .......
89
92
108
311
19
19
19
22
156
10
1,435
1,473
2,176
8,833
1/
17
17
28
ill
1/
Coast Guard......... .
Men................. .
Women..................
Pay, total........ ......
*
$292,746 $303,705 $757,647 $11 ,173,186 '$331,523
Army............... .
176,403
180,913
495,634
8,143,833
155,482
Navy.'.............. .
97,646
102,562
216,576
2,
408,736
143,238
Marine Corps............
14,495
16,046
36,059
392,140
16,877
Coast Guard. . ........
.'
4,202
4,184
9,378
228,477
15,926
Pay rolls... ....... .
238,952
246,112
395,144
10,140,852
331,523
Mustering-out pay.......
13,362
9,117
45,315
-
-
Family allowances.......
23,827
23,127
33,165
1,032,334
-
Leave payments...... .
16,605
25,349
284,023
-
-
Ca$h.............. .
2,866
3,982
16,468
-
-
Bonds..... ..........
13,739
21,367
267,555
-
-
l/ Data not available.
6.
Table 5. * Estimated Number of Wage and Salary Workers in Manufacturing
Industries, by State *
.(In thousands)- r
Region and State
New England \
"
' Maine , '
New Hampshire
Vermont "
.*
*
. Massachusetts
.
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Middle Atlantic
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
;
Nov.
.
.
-
.
=
112.5
. 83.9
. 39.8
753.2
154.3
416.0
1947
Sept.
Oct.
J.
.
- *
!
'
! 113.1 i '114.7 ' 117.1
81.6
. 82.9 ; 82.1
* 41.8
! - -39.7 - ---39.9
762.1
; 741.6 : .732.5
.
152.0
; 152.9 ] 148.1
i 414.3 ; 4U.1
416.1
1 ,247.3
555.0
1 ,266.3
1 ,018.8
434.1
!1,244;7
^ 561.0
= ,257.0
1
=1,021.8
: 432.7
1,244.0 1 ,238.3 1 ,230.5
i
580.0
538.4
538.3
! ,249.0 1 ,229.6 1,203.4
1
1,023.3 1,041.6 1,033.3
444.2
420.1 . 412.8
199.0 '*209.9
199.9
148.6
149.8
149.4
366.8 ! 362.6
356.8
7.1 ! *7.0 - " 7 . 0
11.4
11.5
11.3
45.1": ' 43^1
45.9
79.8
79.4
79.9
South Atlantic
Delaware
* Maryland
.
District of Columbia
Virginia
West Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
45.2
45.6
231.1 ; 229.3
17.4
17.5
217.0
217.3
133.0 : 133.4
378.2
373.6
197.6
194.8
256.7
253.9
80.6
82.7
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
117.7
79.0
42.1
754.1
150.5
410.9
1,918.6 ^ ,922.8 !
1
1,900.1
1,928.9
757.4 : 751.4-.": 749.2
753.2
757-7
1
1,524.9 , ,519.0 i
1,505.5 1,511-7 1 ,458.1
West North Central
Minnesota
Iowa
Missouri
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
West South Central
Arkansas
* Louisiana
Digitized Oklahoma
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East North Central
Ohio
' Indiana '
Illinois
' Michigan
Wisconsin
East South Central
Kentucky
Tennessee
Alabama l/
Mississippi
Nov.
*;
..
..
130.7
253.0
229.3
95.5
"48.2
232.4
' 17.5 *
214.5
132.8
367.7'
192.3
' 251.9
78.6.
*
: 130.3 ' ' 128.2
251,8
! 253.8
= 228.0 ' '*224.3
; 94.1
95*o
76.0
75.5
141.1 : 143.556.5
55.7
347.7 : 339.9
74.9
i42.7
55.2
337.8
200.2
144.0
356.0
6.5
10.5
44.0
79.3
196.0
132.0
343.7
6.0
8.4
39.6
74.0
45.0
45.1
238.6
240.7
17.0
16.7
212.6
211.4
133.4 ^ 131.4
*367.0
363.7
186 ;7
183.3
*263.6
*261.5
. 89.4 -- 79.6
127.4 ; 122.2
248.6 : 245.0
215.2
'221.^
.90.5: r 87.3
70.1
69.7
128*8
132.5
55.8 i 52.6
328.9 : 316.1
-
:
.
7.
Table 5* * Estimated Number of Wage and Salary Workers in Manufacturing
Industries, by State* ^ Continued
(in thouscnds)
Region and State
1947 '
Oct.
Nov.
-Sept.
1946
Nov.
Oct.
Mountain
Montana .
Idaho
Wyoming
Colorado
New Mexico
Arizona
Utah
Nevada
^18.7
19.9
7.2
60.4
10.3
13.0
27.3
3.7
J19.1
20.4
7 .1
60.6
! 10.2
12.6
^ 29.4
3.7
18.1
19.3
6.8
57.9
10.1
12.7
30.1
3.7
*18.1
21.9
7.0
53.7
10.2
13.5
25.4
3.5
*18.0
21.7
6.7
56.9
10.3
12.7
26.2
3.4
Pacific
Washington
Oregon
California
178.2
112.2
716.8
183.9
^ 117.2
736.3
191.7
122.2
744.1
*168.8
118.4
*705.4
*175.4
122.2
*725.5
.....
.
Table 5a. - Estimated Number of Wage and Salary Workers in Nonagricultural
Establishments for Selected States*
(in thousands)
Nov.
1947
i Oct.
:Sept.
Nov.
3,ISO
1,743
137
1,580
5,489
3,622
1,690
982
!3,166
:1,725
! 137
:1,573
5,482
i3,606
!1,675
981
) 3,142
j 1,707
! 137
! 1,574
! 5,440
3,574
i 1,662
998
3,092
1,735
133
i,%9
5,469
3,536
1,639
950
State
Illinois
Massachusetts
Montana
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania
Texas
Wisconsin
1946
i Oct.
!3,048
!1,723
i 133
11,561
!5,4oi
'3,465
i1,613
! 941
! ..
.
See explanatory notes, section H and I.
* Revised data in all except the first two columns are identified by an asterisk
for the first month of publication of such data.
l/ Revisions have been made as follows in the data for earlier months:
Alabama - June, July, and August 1947 to 225.6, 222.1, and 223.1.
Washington - July, August, September, and December 1946 to 176.9, 177.3, 179.4
and lh6.0 respectively. January through May 1947 to 162.3, 166.1, 169.2,
170.4, and 174.9.
8.
Table 6. - Estimated Number of Production Workers in Manufacturing Industries
(In thousands)
Industry group and industry
ALL MANUFACTURING
Durable goods
Nondurable goods
Durable
!
Dec.
1946
19^7
Nov.
Oct.
12,960 !
12,881
13^850
6,64o 6,577
6,320 ; 6,304
6 ,51a
6,332
6,393
6,121
6,379
6,070
1,583
1,521
1,535
goods
Dec.
Nov.
12,514 12,449
j
^
:
.
IRON AND STEEL AND THEIR PRODUCTS
1,605 !1,592
Blast furnaces, steel -works, and
rolling mills
Gray-iron and semisteel castings
Malleable-iron castings
Steel castings
Cast-iron pipe fittings
Tin cans and other tinware
Wire drawn from purchased rods
Wirework l/
Cutlery and edge tools
Tools (except edge tools, machine
tools, files, and saws)
Hardware
Plumbers' supplies
Stoves, oil burners, and heating
equipment not elsewhere classified
Steam and hot-water heating
apparatus and 3team fittings
Stamped and enameled ware and
galvanizing
Fabricated structural and
ornamental metalwork
Metal doors, sash, frames, molding,
and trim
Bolts, nuts, washers, and rivets
Forgings, iron and steel
Wrought pipe, welded and heavyriveted
Screw-machine products and wood
screws
Steel barrels, kegs, and drums
Firearms
ELECTRICAL MACHINERY 2/
498.2
83.5
26.7
49.P
20.8
46.4
30.5
4o.o
24.2
467.0
84.4
24.2
51.5
19.2
41.5
29.9
40.5
27.7
25.5
51.t
29.5
25 .
c
50.4
29.3
24.6
49.6
28.6
26.8
49.6
29.8
26.4
49.5
29.2
67.4!
68.0
67.7
60.8
62.0
46.1
45.6
45.7
' 51.0
51.4
86.(3
86. a
85.5
84.5
83.7
59.7
j
59.5
59-0
57.1
36.9
10.7
21 .
27.3
10.5
21.0
27.3
10.4
20.6
27.1
10.1
21.2
26.7
10.1
21.0 .
26.7
l4.4j
j
26.4
6.0
14.5
14.0
13.6
13.2
13.8
26.2
5.9
14.2
26.1
5.9
14.1
29-3
6.1
14.0
29.3
6.3
585 = 584
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Communication equipment
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Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
497.8 498.
(
83.4
83.9
27 .§
27.2
49.1
49.4
21 .3- 20.9
47.0
46.4
31.0
30.7
4l.?
39.9
24.6:
24.4
section A, C, and G.
382.2
104 .r
96.2
380.3
106.3
97.5
577
377.1
104.3
95-6
.597
375.4
111.6
110.5
481.5
84.1
24.§
51.2
19.4
41.3
29.9
40.9 '
27.3 :
14.2
590
370.7
109.1
109.9
.
,
, ..............
...............
.
9.
Table 6. - Estimated Number of Production Workers in Manufacturing Industries-Cont'd
(In thousands)
Dec.
MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL
jOct.
1,190
376.1
42.7
57-8
1946
Nov.
Dec.
1,150
I,l6l
377.8
43.0
57.2
379.6
45.6
54.5
377.7
45.6
53.7
53.7
50.5
42.5
39.9
55.0 ;
25.4
51.4
50.3
42.2
39.2 !
54.6 !
24.8
51.1
51.4
42.1
38.7
54.7
24.4
44.8
60.6
51.5
35.3
58.9
22.3
43.5
60 .3
51.8
34.7
58.3
22.2
44.4
43.4
42.4
37.3
36.4
16.1
15.5
15.1
12.5
12.6
13.1
12.8
12.4
10.7
10.5
80.2
TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT, EXCEPT
AUTOMOBILES
78.8
78.6
65.2
64.2
457
446
420
464
473
26.5
56.9
Smelting and refining, primary, of
nonferrous metals
Alloying; and rolling and drawing
of nonferrous metals, except- '
*
aluminum
Clocks and watches
Jewelry (precious metals) a nd-.
jewelers' findings Silverware and plated ware
Lighting equipment
Aluminum manufactures
Sheet-metal work, not elsewhere
27.1
50.8
27.1
50.3
136.2
25.9
117.6
14.4
133.9
26.2
100.2
14.1
144.7
29.0
142.8
12.1
146.3
29.3
133.8
11.7
797
795
774
778
402
NONFERROUS METALS AND THEIR PRODUCTS
25.9
55.2
813
'
26.0
56.8
136.0
25.9
125.7
14.7
Locomotives
Cars, electric- and steam-railroad
Aircraft and parts, excluding
aircraft engines
Aircraft engines
Shipbuilding and boatbuilding
Motorcycles, bicycles, and parts
399
397
426
422
39.3,
39.1
39.2
40.2
39.3
52.5
52.1
52.3
62 .
&
62.0
27-9)
28.0
27.7
28.2
28.5
17.91
17.5}
29.1 !
44.o[
18.2 j
17.21
29 .0 :
43 . !
0
17.8
17.0
29.6
42.3
17.9j
15.2=
3i.6i
5i.3j
17.4
15.1
31.2
50.9
26 . :
0
25 .9 !
25.7
26 . }
9
27.2
.
classified
See explanatory notes,
; 1,194
376.8
43.8
59.3
Machinery and machine-shop products
Engines and turbines .
Tractors
Agricultural machinery, excluding
tractors
Machine tools
Machine-tool accessories
Textile machinery
Pumps and pumping equipment .
Typewriters
Cash registers, adding, and
calculating machines
Washing machines, wringers, and
driers, domestic
Sewing machines, domestic and
industrial
Refrigerators and refrigeration
equipment
AUTOMOBILES
1947
!Nov.
1,210
Industry croup and industry
sections A, C, and
;
10.
Table 6.- Estimated Number of Production Workers in Manufacturing Industries - Cont'c
(In thousands)
Industry group and industry
LUMBER AND TIMBER BASIC PRODUCTS 2/
Sawmills and logging camps
Planing and plywood mills
FURNITURE AND FINISHED LUMBER
PRODUCTS 2/
Mattresses and bedsprings
Furniture
Wooden boxes, other than cigar
Caskets and other morticians' goods
Wood preserving
Wood.turned and shaped
STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS 2/
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
Dec.
*37
55
Nov.
Oct.
Dec.
678
680
681
592
999
544.4
133.6
547.3
132.4
550.2
129.8
472.8
119.3
479.5
119.1
457
453
446
425
419
36.0
246.834.8
19.8
16.8
32.8
35.9
243.6
35.3
19.7
17.3
32.5
34.9
238.6
36.0
19.4
17.9
31.6
30.6
227.2
34.3
19.6
16.8
31.9
31.5
223.5
34.2
18.7
16.5
30.7
433
432
429
424
422
119.7
120.1
120.0
122.4
122.9
12.8
36.6
76.3
37.6
6.6
12.6
36.8
75.8
57.2
6.5
12.2
36.8
75.6
56.1
6.4
12.9
35.2
69.3
55.0
6.2
12.7
34.7
69.4
54.1
6.1
12.7
9.4
12.7
9.5
12.3
9.1
11.1
8.9
11.0
9.0
18.3
16.8
21.7
18.5
16.5
21.3
18.4
16.5
21.3
17.3
20.1
21.7
17.2
20.0
21.6
19^
Nov.
Nondurable goods
TEXTILE-MILL PRODUCTS AND OTHER FIBER
MANUFACTURES 2/
Cotton manufactures, exccpt smallwares
Cotton smallwares
Silk and rayon goods
Woolen and worsted manufactures,
except dyeing and finishing
Hosiery
Knitted cloth
Knitted outerwear and knitted gloves
Knitted underwear
Dyeing and finishing textiles,
including woolen and worsted
Carpets and rugs, wool
Hats, fur-felt
Jute goods, except felts
DigitizedCordage and twine
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1,238
1,2&7
1,242
1,230
523.2
-14.3
108.5
516.9
13.9
106.9
508.2
13.7
105.7
516.3
16.0
106.9
512.3
15.8
105.9
177.3
138.4
H.5
31.4
48.8
174.2
136.2
11.5
31.4
47.6
170.9
133.4
11.2
30.8
46.9
181.7
135.9
12.5
36.4
41.3
179.2
134.7
12.9
36.1
40.8
87.0
35.4
13.8
3J
.L
16.5
85.9
34.4
13.6
3.0
16.1
85.1
33.6
13.6
3.0
15.4
84.3
29.5 )
13.8
4.1
17.2
i
83.8
28.7
13.6
4.1
17.D
11.
Table 6.- Estimated. Number of Production Workers in Manufacturing Industries - Ccnt'd
(In thousands)
Industry group and industry
APPAREL AND OTHER FINISHED TEXTILE
PRODUCTS 2/
Men's clothing^ not elsewhere
classified
Shirts, collars, and nightwear
Underwear and neckwear, men'3
Work shirts
Women's clothing, not elsewhere
classified
Corsets and allied garments
Millinery
Handkerchiefs
Curtains, draperies, and bedspreads
Housefumishings, other than
curtains, etc.
Textile bags
LEATHER AND LEATHER PRODUCTS 2/
Leather
Boot and shoe cut stock and findings
Boots and shoes
Leather gloves and mittens
Trunks end suitcases
1947!
1,199
Slaughtering and meat packing
Butter
Condensed and evaporated milk
Ice cream
Flour
Feeds, prepared
Cereal preparations
Baking
Sugar refining, cane
Sugar, beet
Confectionery
Beverages, nonalcoholic
Malt liquors
Canning and preserving
}
1,161
1,079
1,063
282.7
70.5
18.8
15.9
279.8
68.9
18.6
15.4
470.$.
j 462.3
j 18.8
- 25.2
i
5.1
j 30.9
414.4
16.9
22.5
4.6
26.9
4o6.8
16.6
20.2
4.4
29.5
31.6
28.1
29.6
. 29.8
29.3
28.9
23.3L
3-2}
32-S
30 .6!
26.6!
j
373
432*1
1^.4
21.2
3.2
32.1
30.0 ;
28.4 ;
366
j 369
46 . ! 46.9 ! 46.9
9
19.8 ! 19.6
19.&!
231.3; 227.5 } 225.8
13 .1 ' 13.2 ! 13.1
14.1;
14.7 ^ 14.4
j
1,197
1,259
-203 . ! 191.7 ! 183.0
7
' ' 32.9!
33.9 ! 34.8
18 .6 ; 19.5 ^ 20.5
24.9!
26.3 t 27.8
39-4}
39.7 ! 39.8
29 .1 ! 28.5 ! 28.9
12.8 ! 12.8
12 .lj
220 .8 ! 224.8 ! 224.5
20 .0 ! 20.8 ! 20.5
26.2 i 26.3
20.9j
79-ii
79.5 ! 76.4
33.3!
34.3 : 35-8
69.7}
73-3 j 74.7
148.9' 172.0 i 240.1
68
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Cigarettes
Cigars
Tobacco (chewing and smoking)
and snuff
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i1,171
Nov.
Dec.
310 .5 ! 309.2 ! 306.9
8$.in
81.1 ! 79.3
18.1 ^ 17.3
18.4;
3$.?;
13.9 ! 15.8
1,165
FOOD 2/
1946'
'
Nov. : Oct.
j
Dec*
sections A, t, and G.
!
i
90
j
357
45.4
20.6
221.7
13.7
14.7
43.3
20.7
218.6
13.9
14.8
1,139
11,141
l79.7j 163.2
35.8
34.7!
19 .0 ! 19.3
24.7
24.3!
39.0!
39.1
26.9 ! 27.5
13 .7 ! 13.9
215 .1 } 211.9
18.3}
15.5
27.1
19.3!
65 .9! 63^7
27.5?
27.5
64.0!
63.0
194.8 ! 215.6
92
j
91
i
34.2!
40.2!
34.0 }
42.2 !
7.3)
j
7.2 i
!
89
362
33-4
41.6
7.3
34.5;
42 .9 :
!
7.8]
34.5
42.3
8.0
12.
Table 6.- Estimated. Number of Production Workers in Manufacturing Industries - Cont'd
(In thousands)
Industry group and industry
PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS 2/
Paper and pulp
Paper goods, other
Envelopes
Paper bags
Paper boxes
PRINTING, PUBLISHING, AND ALLIED
INDUSTRIES 2/
Newspapers and periodicals
Printing; book and job
Lithographing
Bookbinding
CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS 2/
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 2/
Petroleum refining
Coke and byproducts
Paving materials
Roofing materials
1947
Nov.
Oct.
Dec.
390
387
385
387
199.6
59.1
12.4
18.2
99.8
197.6
58.8
12.4
17.9
99.1
196.9
58.6
12.2
17.9
98.1
190.0
191.8
58.0 ! 57.9
12.0 ! 11.8
19.2
19.7
104.3
103.2
436
435
433
420
415
145.6
182.8
32-9
38.3
14^.1
182.0
33.0
38.7
144.6
180.7
32.6
38.5
136.7
178.0
32.7
135.0
176.5
32.5
36.4
579
30.6
65.9
12.9
25.6
63.5
577
50.2
66.4
13-9
25.8
63.1
573
550
49.9
67.1
13.5
25.3
62.9
555
48.4
68.9
14.6
22.1
60.6
I98.I
21.9
9-9
7.4
2.8
24.4
28.0
196.4
21.7
9-7
7.2
2.9
24.5
26.7
195.0
21.4
9.7
7.2
2.9
24.0
26.6
19O .5
19.4
8.8
6.6
3.5
22.3
26.5
185.9
19.4
8.9
6.8
3.5
24.6
25.2
162
163
162
155
109.9
29.9
2.7
18.3
109.7
30.0
3.4
18.5
109.7
29.6
3-4
18.4
107.2 !106.9
26.9
27.6
2.4
2.3
17.4
17-3
See explanatory notes, sections A, C, and G.
1946
—i
Dec *
36.9 .
.
Nov.
383
47.7
68.4
15.9
21.1
61.0
! 155
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Table 6.- Estimated Number of Production Workers in Manufacturing Industries - Cont'd
(In thousands)
Oct.
Dec.
RUBBER PRODUCTS 2/
225
223
220
242
240
Rubber tires and inner tubes
Rubber boots and shoes
Rubber goods, other
114.8
22.5
87-7
115.1
22.0
86.1
129.0
23 . '
0
89.9
129.2
22.4
88.8
MISCELLANEOUS INDUSTRIES 2/
447
454
445
! 114.4
21.7
1 84.0
447
C
O
19^7
Nov,
-3
1946.....
Nov.
Dec.
Industry group and industry
-
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
27.8
39.9
28.1
40.3
28.0
17.6
38.5
13.4
2.7
!
!
!
i
!
28.0
38.7
28.4
35-4
27 .O
35.3
27.6
17.8
43.4
12.7
2.7
27.5
17.4
42.3
12.1
2.8
30.6
13.3
33.8
14.6 !
30
30.0
13.8
35.0
14.2
3.0
See explanatory notes, sections A, C, cod 3.
1^ Revisions have been made as follows in the data for earlier months:
Wirework - July 194? to 38 .6 .
2/ Estimates for the individual industries comprising the major industry group have
been adjusted to levels indicated by data through 1945 made available by the
Bureau of Employment Security of the Federal Security Agency. Comparable eerie$
^ from January 1939 are available upon request. More recently adjusted data for
the individual industries comprising the major industry group indicated below
supersede data shown in publications dated prior to:
' a J r industry group
h.o
Textile-mill products and other fiber
manufactures
Products of petroleum and coal
Electrical machinery
Chemicals and allied products
Mimeographed release Monthly Labor Review
December 1947
- January 1948
February 1948
February 1948
January 1948
February 1948
March 1946
;
March 1948
14.
Table 7.: - Estimated Number of Employees in
Selected. Noimanufacturing Industries l/
(In thousands)
Industry group and industry
MINING:
19S7
Nov.
1955"
! Nov.
Oct.
Dec.
67.0
335
77.5
29.2
24.5
13.8
7.7
2.3
67.0
333
77.1
29.6
2.2
68.7
326
76.0
26.6
23.3
16.1
7.6
2.4
68.7
334
75.2
27.5
22.5
15.5
7.3
2.4
1,340
1,331
249
249
6i4
620
36.6
36.7
268
269..
1,357
249
609
36.9
267
1,353
252
586
4o.4
252
il,382
i 253
! 583
40.9
j 250
384
246
94.0
388
244
95.4
D 30.
2/
Coal:
Anthracite
Bituminous coal
Metal:
Iron
Copper
Lead and zinc
Gold and silver
Miscellaneous
67.2
337
77.9
28.6
25.1
14.0
8.0
2.3
24.3
13.4
(*3
TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC UTILITIES:
Class I steam railways 3/
Street railways and busses 4/
Telephone
Telegraph 5/
Electric light and power
SERVICE:
Hotels (year-round)
Power laundries 2/ 6/
Cleaning and dyeing 2/ 6/
381
237
91.0
378
238
92.6
380 .
241
95.6
See explanatory notes, section G.
l/ Includes all employees unless otherwise noted.
2/ Includes production and related workers only.
,: "
3/ Includes all employees at middle of month. Excludes employees of.switching and
terminal companies. Class I steam railways include those with over $1,000,000
annual revenue. Source: Interstate Commerce Commission.
4/ Includes private and municipal street railway companies and affiliated,
**
*
subsidl.ary^ _ r successor trolley-bus and motor-bus companies.
o
5/ Includes all land line employees except those compensated on-a^ccmmission..basis.
Excludes general and divisional headquarters personnel, trainees in school, and
messengers.
6/ The figures presented here differ from those shown previously (in the mimeo
graphed releases dated prior to February 1948 and the Monthly Labor Review
prior to March 1948) in two respects: The employee definition has been
changed from "wage earners" to "production workers" with the resultant ex
clusion of driver-salesmen, and the data have been adjusted to levels
indicated by data through 1945 made available by the Bureau of Employment
Security of the Federal Security Agency. Comparable data from January 1939
are available upon request.
15.
Table 8. - Indexes of Production-Worker Employment and Weekly Pay Rolls
in ?r \facturing Industries
J.
..
(1939 Average = 100)
Industry group and industry
ALL MANUFACTURING
Durable goods
Nondurable goods
Durable goods
employment indexes
1946
. 1947
Dec. ' ? v iOct. Dec.
Io.
Pay-roll indexes
1946
1947
Dec. Nov. :0ct. Dec.
158 .2!I57.3*}l56.9 152.8
556.6 345 . :
0 341.6 306.2
183 . !182 . :
9
1 180.5 177.0 399.3 384.6)379.3 337.3
138 . !137 .6 {
0
138.2 133.6 314.8 306.2f304.7 275.8
j
!
l6i.9j160 . {
6 139.7
!
i
Blast, furnaces, steel vorks,
I
i
and rolling mills
128 . 128.2128.2
- Gray-iron and semisteel castings 1^143.6 142.8142.9
Malleable-iron castings
154.0!150.7 148.2
- Steel castings
164.1; I63 . 1 .
1 62.8
Cast-iron pipe and fittings l/
128 . !126.7126.0
7
* Tin cahs and other tinware
147.^146.0146.0
Wire drawn from purchased rods
141.3!139 . :
6 139.0
Wiretrork l/
137.1:131.2131.7
-Cutlery and edge tools
I39.6j158 . )
5 156.7
Tools (except edge tools, machine
t
!
tools, files, and saws)
166.7!163.6*160.7
Hardware
145 .
l!I4i.3il39.2
Plumbers' supplies
119.8} 118.7 jn 6 . i
Stoves, oil burners, and
heating equipment not
elsewhere classified
146.1 ;147 . !l46.8
3
!
!
Steam and hot-vater heating
apparatus and steam fittings
152 .3 }150 .6 15 0 .6
Stamped and enameled ware
and galvanizing
155.3}155 . ;153.9
1
Fabricated structural and
ornamental metalwork
168 . ;167.6 i 66.1
2
l
Metal doors, sa3h, frames,
molding, and trim
138 . !136.2 134.0
6
Bolts, nuts, i/ashers, and rivets 147.2!146.9143.9
Forgings, iron and steel
179 . ^1 77 .3 )
6
176.6
Wrought pipe, welded a d
n.
heavy-riveted
172 . }167 . {
6
1 162.7
Screv-machine products and
wood screvs
155.3)154.5154.5
Steel barrels, kegs, and drums
99.4j 97.3i 97.6
Firearms
290. !284. :
5
6 281.7
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ELECTRICAL MACHINERY 2/
225.8'225.4i222.7
IRON AND STEEL AND THEIR PRODUCTS
153.4 341.2 333.4;327.6 276.2
120.2
144.5
134.1
l (1..3
116.2
130.5
135.9
133.4
179.8
253.4
330.4
378.3
347.9
317.7
331.2
275.7
316.6
380.0
255.6 !248.4
314.0!320.2
362. :354.8
8
337.5!333.0
299,6:300.8
315.9:327.3
266.0!263.9
292. =285.1
9
378.3}367.1
193.9
307.8
283.8
315.4
259.9
244.5
239.6
261.7
404.7
175.0 374.7 3 7 5 i 347.7 360.8
5.8
139.0 340.2 323 . :316.8 286.2
120.8 261.5 255. ;242.4<.
226.7
6
I
2
131.7 330.9 317 . ]327.9 264.8
152.2
34o.o 330.2:317.7 312.7
!
371.4 356.9:351.2 320.9
160.8
354.2 345 . 2 ! 342.9 293.0
168.3
130.3 308.0 293.6:286.0 257.4
148.3 316.7 309 . 1 : 305.2 272.9
173.9 397.5 38o.7b8l.8 333.2
158.0
372.8 349 . 9 ) 337.9 285.8
j
173.0 347.9 331 . 7 : 334.2 351.3
100.1 263.1 243.4:236.7 231.9
280.6 657.2 627 .
01615.4 568.0
230.6
472.1 463 . i ; 456.0 430.2
209.2 i208.2 =
206.5 205.5
238 .2 :241 .7 ;237.o 253.6
302 . ; .3 ,
7 300 294.6 340.3
S&e explanatory notes,sections A, 5 F, and G.
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374.2
434.3 423.9 417.8 ;
528
542.9 539 . 6 :533.2 : .o
6o4 . 6 ! 597 . 8 : 5S4 .5 632.3
Electrical equipment
Radios and phonographs
Communication equipment
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Table 8. - Indexes of Production-Worker Emplojnnent and Weekly Pay Rolls
in Manufacturing Industries - Continued
Industry group and industry
MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL
Employment indexes
Pay-roll indexes
1946
1946
1947
1947
[Dec.*Nov/ Oct. * DecV * Dec. Nov .''Oct. Dec.
0 225 9i
6
4
.. . 229. * . 225.1 219. ' 470.2 450. ;448.9;399.9
.
Machinery and machine-shop
- products - . . * 186.3 I85.9 186.7
235.0 228. !
7 230.6
Engines and turbines
Tractors
. .'
*
. **I89.6;i84.7fl82.7
Agricultural machinery, 193.1 184.8 183.6
excluding tractors
Machine tools
137.9^137.4 140.4
Machine-tool accessories
168 . !l67.7 167.3
7
Textile machinery
182.2 179 .
i!176.9
226. :
8 225.3 225.8
Pumps and pumping equipment
156.9:153.2*150.6
Typewriters
Cash registers, adding, and
calculating machines
225. !
6 220.7 215.5
Washing machines, wringers,
215.2 208.0 202.3
and driers, domestic
Sewing machines, domestic
3 163.2 157.9
and industrial
- 167 . :
Refrigerators and refrigeration
equipment '
- 228.0 224.2.223.4
TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT,
EXCEPT AUTOMOBILES
Locomotives
Cars, electric- and steamrailroad
Aircraft and parts, excluding
aircraft engines
Aircraft engines
Shipbuilding and boatbuilding
Motorcycles, bicycles, and parts
AUTOMOBILES
NONFERROUS METALS AND THEIR
PRODUCTS
Smelting and refining, primary,
of nonferrou6 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
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187.6 388.7 374.3:373.6 346.7
244.5 518.5 515 .O:493.4 500.8 '
174.2 341.3 331.8:328.5 271.3
161.0
165.3
204.8
161.4
243.1
137.2
409.1
257.9
307.0
405.4
486.8
363.5
376.6: 394.4
249.5^ 253.9
294.6i 294.6
390.3;376.4
470 .9!474.9
332 . ]337.5
8
291.1
290.7
351.0
321.7
467.8
270.1
5
189.3 482.6 456. I449.5 347.2
136.2
483.7 ^2.9! 424.6 306.2
*
*
i
392.2 376.31 364.8 273.0
185.6
458.2 427. )440.4 306.4
8
287.8 281.0 264.8 298.2
2
590.5 546.4: 532 . :571.2
166.8
409.4 402.0 400.5 418.8 878.6 863. )870.1 876.0
1
! **
. i ;8 231.4 225.2 207.2 522.4 503 . ;493.6 408.8
23
5
342.8
291.0
181.5
210.1
343.2
291.0
169.9
207.0
337.4
294.8
144.7
201.8
364.8
326.2
206.2
173.6
676.6 661. !663.8
5
2
503.5 479 . :499.9
6
378.9 316 . !289.9
448.2= 441.3i430.8
683.3
533.7
399.1
346.7
202.1 198.2 197.7 192.3 419.8; 388 . }378.5 328.9
1
175.4 173.9 173.3 185.8 367.0 357.9: 353.2 356.3
. .j ,
.
*
142.3 141.5 141.9 145.4 294.9 295.7)291.9 271.2
135.2 134.2
137.7!137.8
-.
123.8 125.9
144.7:141.8
141.9 141.7
187 . :
0 182.5
134.7 161.7 267.4 259.7!257.0 301.9
136.7 139.1 326. :325.5^ 315.7 306.3
0
123.2
139.8
144.4
180.5
123.9
125.5
154.4
217.7
138.7}138;3:137.3 143.7
sections A, c, F, and G
268.5:261.1 254.9
346.7 329. ;322.2
0
287.2 282. ;283.4
8
358.7 346.4!340.7
250.5
275.8
272.5
384.5
304 .^ 290.2}292.8 281.9
1%
Table 8. - Indexes of ProdKstton-Worker Bigtloyment and Weekly Pay Rolls
in Manufacturing Industries - Continued
Employment indexes__
Pay-roll indexes
19^7
19^5
1947
19^*
^e.
Dec. iNov. jOct. :Dec. Dec. iNov. jOct. j ) c
LUMBER AND TIMBER BASIC PRODUCTS 2/ 161 .3 'i6i.7 j162 . 140.8 390.2 388.6 387.6}290.6
j
1
2
0
Sawmills and logging camps
173.6;174.5'175*4 150.7 422 . !425.3 425 . !306.9
Planing and plywood mills
168 .a, l67 .4 g164, 150.9 403.6! 385.5 381.2!308.6
Industry group and industry
FURNITURE AND FINISHED LUMBER
PRODUCTS 2/
Mattresses and bedsprings
Furniture
Wooden boxes, other than cigar
Caskets and other morticians'
goods
Wood preserving
Wood, turned and shaped
STONE, CLAY,AND GLASS PRODUCTS 2/
Glass and glassware
Glass products made from
purchased glass
Cement
Brick, tile, and terra cotta
Pottery and related products
Gypsum
Wallboard, plaster (except
gypsum), and mineral wool
Lime
Marble, granite, slate, and
other products
Abrasives
Asbestos products
Nondurable goods
TEXTILE-MILL PRODUCTS AND OTHER
FIBER MANUFACTURES 2/
Cotton manufactures, except
smallwares
Cotton smallwares
Silk and rayon goods .
Woolen and worsted manufactures,
except dyeing and finishing
Hosiery
Knitted cloth
Knitted outerwear and knitted
gloves
Knitted underwear
Dyeing and finishing textiles,
including woolen and worsted
Carpets and rugs, wool
Hats, fur-felt*
139 .2 !138 .2)
129.6
175.8] 174.9!
138.7}136.9!
122 . }124.6}
7
149.3
127.7
121.1
333.9) 322.1
395.0^ 372.6
334.3! 323.2
312.11 301.9
142.2!141.5!
134.1! 137.9-;
=133.4;132 .1 !
141.0
134.0
129.9
299.6!287.3
350.6! 355.6
306.4: 290.8
147.6}147 .1 ]
l67.8il68.4}
144.4
171.5
320.4! 316.3
356.5) 357.2
129.3
144.6
119.4
287.2 ;269.6
285.2 !294.0
301.9! 296.7
162.5
354.4; 349.8
124.8
290.2 !284.5
I56.5!i56.4;i5l.2: 136.8
99.6} 99.9} 95.8; 93.6
=
!
'
99 .o}ioo.l! 99 . ! 93.6
2
217.6!213.7!213.8! 260.0
i36 . i 34 .il134.4;136.4
6 i
384.6= 381.5
258.0 259.5
!322.0!313,6!305 . !300.0
6
109.8 }io8.2 !106 .4;108.6
294.1 !28o.8{264.9 !253.7
184.8 175.9
462.1 418.2
!
125 .1:123 .6!121.5) 123.4 { 376.4 !362.1 .329.I! 314.0
101 . ; 98 .6} 97.2; 113.6 i 232.9 215 .1 =213 .6 !241.8
7
85 . 1 84 .4! 83.5! 84.4 248.4 !236.6!227.6 209.4
7
ill2 . ^ .5 :108. !115.3
4 110
4
; 82 .3 ; 81 ,1 ! 79 .4 ! 80.9
99.9= 99.4 : 97 . !108.2
1
294.4! 276.6!270 .4 !264.6
4
193.5! 186. ;177.2 171.6
231 .6 ;221 . !214 . !225.0
7
4
105.6 105 .5 !103.5 122.3
120 . ; .5 :
0 117 115.3 101.4
i
!
'
123,2 121.6 {120.5 119.4
130.9 ;i27.i! 124.4 109.1
242.4} 243. !237.0!271.7
0
234.6
306.9 !295.4 ;282.8 !
:
279
297.5 ! .8^271.3 258.4
311 . {297.6!288.7 226.7
6
i
' 79 ^' 79^5 10§^
= .
126 81125. : . :
7 120 4 134.6 i 320 . 0 : 300. 6! 282.01294.6
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Jute goods, except felts
Cordage and twine
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.
Table 8.
Indexes -f-Productioh^Worker Employnent and Weekly Fay Rolls
o.
.in Manufac turing Industrles -*Cont inued
* Employment indexes
.
1947
Industry group and industry
Dec.
1947
Dec.
1946
N o v .i Oct.! Dec.
6
151-9 148.3 149 . }136.6 343.3 319.6) 336.0; 292.7
'
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
Housefumishings, other than
curtains, etc.
Textile bags
2/
309.5
283.2
304.0
257.5
301.5} 303.5: 278.4
266. !258. !230.3
0
9
292. !280.2! 280.?
9
O
253 . !262. !280.3
1
355.9
230.5
154.8
251.0
319 .3 !349.5! 296.3
226.81 219.0; 136.6
120.3 195.2: l4o.4
260.4 251.4 220.4
424.7 422.2 412.1 330.0
653.1 590.1 632.2 545.6
492.9 484.8 472.6 464.0
107.4 106.4 105.6 104.4 241.8 235.4 234.9 218.3
-
93*6 93.7 93.7 90.7 202.3 199.8 199.1 174.5
99.4
100.2
130.8
168.8
99.0
98.5
131.8
177.1
98.1
97.8
131.5
172.5
103.0
96.0
137.1
176.7
202.6
231.9
262.7
365.5
190.3
223.5
264.1
397.3
189.6 191.9
223.8 :
209.3
261.0
267.5 :
381.8 !3534
136.4 140.1 147.3 133.3 298.9 300.6 309.6 '
263.3
-FOOD 2/
Slaughtering and meat packing
Butter
Condensed and evaporated milk
Ice cream
Flour
Feeds , prepared
Cereal preparations
Baking
Sugar refining, cane '
Sugar, beet
Confectionery *
Beverages , nonalcoholic
Malt liquors
Canning and preserving
}
i
6
135.2} 134.7! 133 . }123.1
2
111.4; 109.7! 107 . ! 95.3
108 . : .5 !102.3! 111.1
8 106
111.4!109.4! 112.1 112.8
.
i
j
164.41 158 . ]161.5 144.8
0
104.4! 103 .^ 100.2 90.1
90.7; 83 . ! 98.9 88.2
2
101.4!102.2j 100.9 91*1
!
181.31 180^9 173.7 151.6
. .
i
274.3 268.7 283.4 265.4
226.8 225.3 222.6 236.1
Leather
Boot and shoe cut stock and
findings
Boots and shoes
Leather gloves and mittens
Trunks and suitcases
150.8 142.0 :
135.5 133.0 338.9 317.4
163.6 168.2 !
172.9 172.7 342.2 346.0
170.6 179.7 ^
188.9 174.7 364.0 377.8
141.4 149.1 157.8 137.9 258.5 269.9
141.9 !143.1 !1 3 . 140.5 319.4 336.9
4.3
168.4 :l65.3;
381.4 346.9
167.7 155.9 }
144.3 !153.7 ^153.6 164.3 306.3 313.7
118.1 ;
116.0 i
117.9 H3.0 229.2 227.8
115.6 250.6 302.3
129.0 :
125.9 !l3l.l :
226.4 166.3 392.8 516.8
179.7.;225.5 :
141.9 =142.7 137.2!118.2 330.8 325.1
115.2 1236.3 240.0
139.7 !i43.8 150.4 i
172.4 181.3 !184.6 ,158^1 307.7 326.8
129.6 250.2 )
159.8!
. 99.1 !H4.4 i
265.7
TOBACCO MANUFACTURES
Cigarettes
Cigars
Tobacco (chewing and smoking)
and snuff
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APPAREL AND OTHER FINISHED
TEXTILE PRODUCTS 2/
.
LEATHER AND LEATHER PRODUCTS
lev.
Pay-roll indexes
1946
271.7 252.0
353.4 325.9
402.5 337.8
245.0
288.5 :
336.4 ;303.7
358.6 302.2
304.4 307.9
230 . ,215.6
3
279.1 220.1
464.0 1366.9
312.2 241.3
258.7 179.5
344.1 267.3
302.5
437.9 :
94.* ! 96.5 ! 95.1} 98.3 219.8 216.3 214.5 222.0
124.5 !124.0 :121.7 125.9 267.9 253.3 252.8 254.7
206.7
79.0 ! 82.9 i 81.7 84.3 190.0 195.8 190.6 !
i
!
!
169.8 ;164.0 ;172.7 ji66.8
79.4 j 78.9 { 79.4 85.4 I
F, and C.
19.
Table 8. - Indexes of Production-Worker Employment and V7eekly Fay Bolls
in Manufacturing Industries - Continued
Industry group and industry
Employment Indexer,
:l9 g T
M
■Pay-roll indexes
iM.
Dec, Nov. jOct. •
Dec.'
PAPER AMD ALLIED PRODUCTS 2] '
Paper and pulp..
'
Paper goods, other
Envelopes
Paper bags
Paper boxes
PRINTING, PUBLISHING, AND ALLIED
INDUSTRIES 2/
Newspapers and periodicals
Printing;book and job
Lithographing "
,
bookbinding v .
,
I
CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS 2/
Paints, varnishes,, and colors
Drugs, medicines, and
insecticides
Perfumes and cosmetics
Soap
Bay on and allied products
Chemicals, not elsewhere
classified
Explosives and safety fuses
Compressed and liquefied gases '™
Ammunition, small-arms
Fireworks
Cottonseed.oil
Fertilizers
PRODUCTS O " PETROLEUM" AND COAL- 2/
F
Petroleum refining
Coke and byproducts 1 J Paving materials
Hoofing, materials
1146.9;145.7 145.d l b . 7
j
327.5 319.6 314.4 284.5
14K8 \b3 rt 1M2^::139.2 327.3 319.9 1 1 . 1 272.7
1
373
4 300.4
156.6 155.9:155.3:153,6 335.7 327.4 320 . :
142.6 142. 5 ^140.6 137.7 232.7 231.5 ^79.8 :
255.8
163.4:161. 3 =160,7:176.9 369.5 347.4 350.0 352.2
143.9;l43.0!141.5-150^4 323.2 315-7 |304.2| 294.5
‘
,
See explanatory notes,
,
Dec. Nov. Oct. Dec.
sections. A,
133*0:132.8:132. 0!127.9 258.0 252.3 247.9!223.9
6 189.7
122.7•122.2-121.8 115.2 229.8 224.0 221 . !
143.2 142 . 6 ! 141 .6: 139-5 286.7 279.3 272.8:253.7
2 21216.3
125. 3 :125.8 -124 .2 . 124.7 237.1 236.1 !26.
148 .8 :150 . 31149. 3 : 143.1 326.6 325.1 325.4; 306.9
2 0 1 .0 ;2 0 0 .l i 199.0:193.8
414.9 407.5 401.ol357.0
178.? j1 7 7 .7 :1 7 6 . 5 ; 171-4
329.3
327.4 318 . :284.7
6
239. 2 -241. 3 ; 243.7 250.3
123. 6 :133. 1 ; 129.9 140.3
167.9 168. 9 : 165.7 -144.6
131. 4 :130. 5 ; 130.1 125.5
488.5
240.5
• 384.2
265.9
489.9 1499.1:447.7
265.3 250.I 257.3
371.0 357.6:268.3
260.5 257.8; 223.7
9:
283.3: 280.9: 278 . '272.6
0
6
300.7; 298. :293. :266.3
248.8i 244.9! 243.51 £22.2.
2
7
172.7 I08. :167 . :155.0
9
249.2; 249. -297.7
243.7!
160 . :1 7 2 ; 146.3
5 5.'
159.5;
148.7; 141.6: 142.1^ 140.8
555.8
565.0
459.6
411.9
643.1
448.4
393.0
540.3 I 2 . i 483.3
598
566.2 542.8!448.9
458.0 445.61 38I.O
398.0 1 9 . ! 325.1
333
721.9 747.31786,2
448.7 ^443.1:384.2
362.5 373.9: 349.2
I52.9 153.5l 153.3! 146.1 . . ^304.5 297 . r250,9
308 2
O
I 50.I; 149.3; 149.8 146.4 293-4
127 o'toA 0:1 3k e; Toh ft
;:
137.9 138.2 :13D.5 124.0 4 295.4
138 . 137 . ; 92.9 221.5
r
4
109.9
226.2 228.0= 227-7; 214.1 535-7
G^..F,
a n & G,
2S8^;279.7! 247.0
292.7 288. 211.6
U
268.8 291. :178.2
6
526.4 !230i 425.7
5
20.
Table 8. - Indexes of Production-Worker Employment and Weekly Pay Rolls
in Manufacturing Industries - Continued
Industry group and industry
RUBBER PRODUCTS 2/
Rubber tires and inner tubes
Rubber boots end shoes
Rubber goods, other
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
Pay-roll indexes
1946
1947
Dec. !
NOV. ;0ct. iDec.
186.1 184.5 182.0 200.1
396. !383.3;375.6] 392.2
5
5
211.7 212.2 211.0 237.9 412+1'407 . ;398.0^ 425.3
151.4 147.9 146.1 154.8 367 .!!322.4;331.7 313.0
169.1 166.0 162.0 173.4 379.9:362. * 352.3 359.9
;
182.7
M
3
t\
f
C
O
t)
-
MISCELLANEOUS INDUSTRIES
Ennloyme.it indexes
1946
1'7 .
9<
Pec. i ' V Oct. Dec.
PC.
182.9 183.2 396.6;393.7j384.4 363.3
248.1 246.1 247.4 251.3 499.2 480.8=478.9{456.3
228.2 225.9 218.8 200.2 431 . ! . ;
0 426 7 405.1 [345.2
235.4
226.2
201.3
119.1
263.8
232.1
228.6
226.9
113.0
269.5
231.6
223.8
221.4
107.7
273:2
257.1
170.1
177.0
130.2
299.5
458.5
543.0
469.5
280.8
j508.4
;
445.3:443.5 {472.3
500.1!475.6!330.4
525 . !518 . !
9
7 389.2
262.5!245.8!294.2
506. !555 . j
6
4 598.1
See explanatory notes, sections A, C, F, and G.
l/ Revisions have been made as follows in the indexes for earlier months:
Gray-iron and semisteel castings - September 1947 pay roll to 317*8.
Cast-iron pipe and fittings - July, August, and September 1947 pay roll to
288.8, 278.1, and 288. .
8
Wirework - July 19^7 employment to 127.1; pay roll to 261. .
5
Coke mid byproducts - August 1947 pay roll to 280.0.
2/ Indexes for the individual industries
been adjusted to levels indicated by
Bureau of Employment Security of the
from January 1939 are available upon
the individual industries comprising
supersede data shown in publications
comprising the major industry group have
data through 1945 made available by the
Federal Security Agency* Comparable series
request. More recently adjusted data for
the major industry group indicated below
dated prior to:
Major industry f$roup
Mimeographed release Honthly Labor Review
Textile-mill products and other fiber.
manufactures
Products of petroleum and coal
Electrical machinery
Chemicals and allied products
December 1947
January 1948
February 1948
February 1948
January 1948
February 1948
March 194Q
March 1948
Table
21.
9. - Indexes
of Employment and Weekly Pay Rolls in
Selected Nonmanufacturing Industries
(1939 Average = 100)
Industry group and industry
MINING:
Coal:
Anthracite
Bituminous coal
Metal:
Iron
Copper
Lead and zinc
Gold and silver
Miscellaneous
Quarrying and nonmetallic
Crude petroleum production l/
Employment indexes
1947 *
=1946
Oct. Dec.
pec. Nov. ?
:
:
j
!
:
81 . ^ 80.9^ 80.9 ! 83.0
1
91.0: 90.5^ 89.9! 88.1
38.3; 87 . . 87.4^ 86.2
8
141.R 143 . :
1 147.0 132.4
105.1 102.8!102.o' 97.8
90. ; 88.9 86.2 103.4
0
33.3^ 31.1 30.7 30.7
37.4 57.1
! 59.6
100.4! 103.4 104.5 99.7
94.3! 94.3 94.3 92.6
Pay-roll indexes
1947
Dec.
Dec. Nov. Oct. i
i
212.2
290.2
184.3
291.5
234.8
218.4
56.0
105.6
241.7
172.5
1
199.1:224.1! 212.3
275.2 275.2: 258.3
180.4:178.1: 159.3
300.4:303.0: 239.7
222.9 220.8!192.2
208.0 197.7: 220.1
53.2! 51.3 = 49.8
105.1:102.3 93.3
250. i l.2 221.9
2 26
179.0!l69.9 147.1
3/
226.9
314.5
2C7.8
185.7
223.6
321.7
206.8
187.6
TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC UTILITIESt
t
Class 1 steam railways 2/
street railways and busses
Telephone
Telegraph
Electric light and power
TRADE:
t
134.8 135.7
128 .^ 128.7
199.0! 1P3.3
' 97.e 97.2
lio.^ 109.7
137.4
126.8
191.6
98.1
109.4
136.9
130.1
184.6
107.4
103.0
4/
Wholesale
Retail
Food
General merchandise
Apparel
Furniture and housefumishings
Automotive
Lumber and building materials
SERVICE:
Hotels (year-round)
Power laundries 6/
Cleaning and dyeing 6/
116.9 116.5 H5.5 114.4
130.4! 119.8 115.8 126.5
117 . :116.1 115.0 111.9
4
176.1 143.6 131.5 171.0
136.7 124.0 119.4 135.5
97.4} 92.4 89.5 90.4
109.9!107 .6 ! .6 il00.2
105
126. ;126. ] .9 !
1
4 126 116.1
3/
1
213.7 213.6
237.1i 216.5
22I.5!220.0
312.5 251.1
248.8: 222.7
192.9 177.3
204.2 198.6
238.1 233.5
3/
223.2
314.2
208.1
182.8
213.6
264.5
190.5
161.6
206.9 }
197.2
207.1 -212.2
213.8 194.6
225.2 :
277.2
.230.2
213-5
167.6 !i65.7
193.8 178.8
238.81200.5
j
!
118.1 117 . ! . I
1 117 7 119.1 233.2 228.6 226.9!218.8
120.9 121.3 123.1:125.5 233.6 226.8 232.3 i
227.7
150.4 i59-3i164.4;161.6 292.9 293.8 303.3i293.6
See footnotes, table 7, and explanatory notes, sections F and G.
l/ Does not include veil drilling or rig building.
2/ Source: Interstate Commerce Commission.
Not available.
4/ Includes nonsupervisory workers and working supervisors only.
] / Money payments only; additional value of board, room, uniforms, and tips, not
5
included.
6/ See footnote 6, table 7 .
EXPLANATORY NOTES
Sec. A. Revisions of Employment Estimates - The employment estimates
shown in this report for the industry divisions (e.g., mining, manufacturing, etc.)
and industry groups (e.g., iron and steel, electrical machinery, etc.) have bean
adjusted to levels indicated by benchmark data through 19^5 and supersede data shown
in mimeographed releases dated prior to April 19^7 and in the Monthly Labor Review
dated prior to May 19^7.
Sec. B. Sources of Benchmark Data - The chief purpose of recent revisions,
published in the February 19^7 DETAIf*ED REPORT, was to adjust the levels of employ
ment estimates to benchmark data through 19^5 * In preparing estimates for private
employment prior to 1939, the various industrial censuses taken by the Bureau of the
Census were used as sources of benchmark data. Data obtained from unemployment
compensation agencies and the Bureau of Old Age and Survivors Insurance are the main
bases for 19^5 benchmarks. Benchmarks 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 U. S. Maritime
Commission for water transportation.
Sec. C. Scope of Employment Revisions - Recent revisions also include a -*
new type of estimate for employment in construction based upon establishment reports.
This estimate is more consistent with the estimating procedure used for other indus
try divisions. In addition, federal force account construction employment has been
transferred from the construction segment to government.
Each of the industry divisions was affected by the recent revisions.
Adjustments have also been made in each of the 20 major groups comprising the manu
facturing industry division. To be consistent with the estimates for these major
industry groups, and more representative of the true level of employment, estimates
for the individual manufacturing industries, formerly based on the 1939 Census of ,
Manufactures, are now being revised. As these revisions are completed, they are
published in this Report and indicated by appropriate footnotes. Since the revised
employment estimates shown in this Report cover only the current months a 3et of
summary sheets presenting comparable figures, from January 1939 to date, by month,
for each industry will be provided upon request.
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, in
asmuch as full coverage is prohibitively costly and time-consuming. In using a
sample, it is essential that an accurate base be established from which estimates
may be carried forward. This base or "benchmark" is either a complete count or an
estimate with a satisfactory degree of accuracy. Wien a new benchmark becomes
available, estimates prepared since the last benchmark are reviewed to determine if
any adjustment of level is required. This is the basic principle of employment
estimating used by the BLS. It yields a satisfactory compromise between a slov but
highly accurate complete count on the one hand, and a rapid but less accurate sampl
count on the other.
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Briefly, the Bureau of Labor Statistics computes employment estimates as
follows:
first, a benchmark or level of employment is determined; second, a sample
of establishments is selected; and third, changes in employment indicated by this
reporting sample are applied to the benchmark to determine the monthly estimates of
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employment between benchmark periods. For example, if the latest complete data on
employment for an industry were 40,200 in September 1)45, 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:
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4C,200 X . ^ ^ = 4 l , 2 4 0
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In general data showing month-to-month changes in employment reflect the
fluctuations shown by establishments reporting to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
.However, the usual estimating method is inadequate in the finance and service indus
tries, 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 frcm
the establishments in these blocks yield substantially better estimates of month-to- '
-month changes in employment in the service and finance industries than would be
obtained by the use of the sampling procedure employed for other industries. For
railroads and the Federal Government, complete roports of employment are available.
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Why Revisions are Necessary - Because reports are not immediately avail*
able frcm new firms, they are frequently introduced into the Bureau of Labor Statis- '
tics sample after they have been in operation for sosie time. This lapse of time
produces a rather, consistent understatement which becomes larger from year to year.
It is important, therefore, that estimates not be allowed to go uncdrrected for too
long a period. During the war period adjustment of many of the nonmanufacturing
-i n d ust r y divisions was unavoidably postponed for several years. Consequently, the
most recent revision corrects for the downward bias that had accumulated in the non
manufacturing series since 19^1. Revisions in seme industry divisions have been
carried back to 1 9 3 9 in order to incorporate greater refinements in methodology and
- new source materials that have become available. For example, improved data on the
small firm component of the trade and service industries, supplied by the Bureau of
Old Age and Survivors Insurance, made possible refinements in these series back to
1939. "
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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 cooperat
ing, establishments and therefore differ from employment information obtained by
household interviews, such as the Monthly Report of the Labor Force. The Bur#au of
Labor Statistics estimates of employment in nonagricultural establishments differ
from the Monthly Report of the Labor Force total nonagricultural employment esti
mates in several important respects. For example:
(1) The Bureau of Labor
Statistics estimates cover all full- and part-time wage and salary workers in
private nonagricultural establishments who worked or received pay during the pay
period -ending nearest the 1 5 th of the month, in Federal establishments during the
pay period ending just before the first of the month, and in State and local govern
ment during the pay period ending on or just before the last of the month. Persons
who worked in more than one establishment during the reporting period would be
counted more than once; (2) Proprietors, self-employed persons, domestic 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 instructed
to exclude pay for vacations not taken as veil as cash estimates of any payments in
kind . Bonuses^ unless earned a n d paid regularly each pay period, are also excluded.
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The methodology for obtaining pay-roll estimates is similar to that for
employment estimates. Sample changes shoving monthly movements are used in project
ing established benchmarks 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 estimates are based on
reports from cooperating establishments. Excluding about 9,000 block-sample re
turns, the approximate number of establishments, and workers covered, for each of
the industry divisions are shown below.
- Approximate Coverage of BLS Employment
and Pay-Roll Sample
Industry division
Manufacturing
Mining
Contract construction
Public utilities
Trade:
Wholesale
Retail Service:
Hotels (year-round)
Power laundries and
cleaning and dyeing
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Number of
: establishments
33,200
2,700
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: Employees or production workers
: Percent of total
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Number
7,.438,ooo
396,000
. ' 335 ,ooo *
877,000
58
61
18
76
11,600
38,600
1,069,000
333,000
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.1,200
142,000
37
1,600
71,000
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Sec. H. Coverage of Employment Estimates -.The employment estimates
shown in Tables 1, 2, and 5 cover all full- and part-time wage and salary workers
who worked or received pay during the pay period ending nearest the 15th of the
month. Proprietors, self-employed persons, domestic servants, and personnel of the
armed forces are excluded. The estimates as shewn in Tables o and 8 refer to pro
duction and related workers as defined in the Glossary, bage vi.
Sec. I. State Estimates - State estimates are prepared in cooperation
with various State Agencies as indicated below. The estimates for manufacturing
have been adjusted to recent data made available under the Federal Social Security
program. Since some states have adjusted to more recent benchmark data than others,
end because varying methods of computation are used, the total of the state esti
mates differs from the national total (see Tables 1 and 2). Because of these
recent revisions the state estimates for manufacturing are not consistent with the
unrevised data shown prior to June 1947 for total employment in nonagricultural
establishments, by state. Comparable series of manufacturing estimates for each
state, January 1943 to date, and also for nonagricultural employment for selected
states, through December 1946, are available upon request to the cooperating
State agency or tho appropriate Bureau of Labor Statistics regional office.
Estimates of nonagricultural employment, by state, for those States which are now
publishing such estimates are shown in Table 5a. These totals are consistent with
the manufacturing estimates, in Table 5. A3 estimates for additional States become
available, they will be shown in Table 5a.
Cooperating State Agencies
Arizona - Employment Security Commission, Phoenix.
California - Division of Labor Statistics and Research, San Francisco 2.
Connecticut - Employment Security Division, Hartford 15 .
Delaware-:--Federal. Reserve.-Bank of Philadelphia, Philadelphia!.
Florida - Industrial Commission, Tallahassee.
Georgia - Employment Security Administration. Atlanta 3 .
Illinois - Dept.- of Labor, Division of Unemployment Compensation, Chicago 54.
Indiana Employment Security-Division,
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Kansas ^ State Labor Department, Topeka.
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Louisiana - Louisiana State University, Bureau of Business Research, Baton Rouge;3 .
Maine - Unemployment Compensation Commission, Augusta.
Maryland - Dept, of Labor and Industry, Baltimore 2
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Massachusetts - Dept, of Labor and Industries:, State House, Boston 33*
Michigan - Dept, of Labor and Industry, Lansing 13 .
Miime^ota - Division of ^ployment and Security, St. Paul i.
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Missouri - Division of Employment Security, Jefferson City.
Montana - Unemployment Compensation Commission of Montana, Helena.
Nevada - Employment Security Department, Carson City.
New Jersey - Dept, of Labor, Trenton 8
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New York - Dept, of Labor, Div. of Placement and Unemployment Insurance, 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)
Dept, of Labor and Industry, Harrisburg. (Nonmanufacturing)
Rhode Island - Dept, of Labor, Division of Census and Statistics, Providence 2
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Tennessee - Dept, of Employment Security, Nashville 3
Texas - University of Texas, Bureau of Business Research, Austin 12.
Utah - Dept, of Employment Security, Salt Lake City 13 .
Vermont - Unemployment Compensation Commission, Montpelier.
Virginia - Dept, of Labor and Industry, Div. of Research and Statistics, Richmond 21.
Washington - Office of Unemployment Compensation, and Placement,. Olympia.
Wisconsin - Industrial Commission of Wisconsin, Madison 3
BLS Regional Offices
New England - Regional Director, U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Old South Bldg.,
2$4 Washington St., Boston 8, Massachusetts (Connecticut, Maine,
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont)
North Atlantic - Regional Director, U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1000 Parcel
Post Bldg., 341 Ninth Avenue, New York 1, New York (Delaware,
- Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New 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, U. 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,
Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas)
Pacific-Rodky 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, Wyoming)....
Technical advice and assistance on employment statistics in the states of
Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Columbia will be given by the
Bureau's Washington Office.
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GLOSSARY
Continental United States - Cover3 only the 48 States and the District of Columbia.
Contract construction - Covers only firms engaged in the construction business on a
contract basis for others. Force account construction workers, i.e., hired
directly by and on the pay rolls of Federal, State, and local government,
public utilities, and private establishments, are excluded.
Defense Agencies - Covers civilian employees of the National Military Establishment,
Maritime Commission, National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, The Panama
Canal, Philippine Alien Property Administration, Philippine War Damage
Commission, Office of Selective Service Records, War Assets Administration,
Office of Defense Transportation, Office of Scientific Research and Develop
ment, National Security Resources Board.
Family Allowances - Represents the Government's contribution; the amount contri
buted 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 3, but are excluded from the government data
shown in table 1 Employment shown here for the executive branch differs
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from data published by the U. S. Civil Service Commission in the following
respects: (1) Substitute rural mail carriers are excluded here; (2) seamen
and trainees who are hired and paid by private steamship companies having
.contracts with the Maritime Conaiission are excluded here; (3) the Panama
Railroad Company is shown here under Government corporations but is in
cluded under the executive branch by the Civil Service Commission; (4) em
ployment collected and published by the Civil Service Commission as of the
last day of the month, is here presented as of the first day of the next
month.
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 F arm Credit Administration.
Government - Covers Federal, State, and local governmental establishments performing
legislative, executive, and judicial functions', as well as all governmentowned and operated establishments and institutions (arsenals, navy yards,
hospitals, Federal Reserve banks, etc.) and government force-account con
struction. The data shown in table 1 exclude fourth-class 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-cvnership banks of the
Farm Credit Administration. All other corporations are included under the
executive branch.
Indexes of production-worker employment - Estimates of production-worker employment
expressed as a percentage of the average employment in 1939Indexes of production-worker pay rolls - Estimates of production-worker pay rolls
expressed a$ a percentage of the average weekly pay roll for 1939*
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Leave payments - Payments were authorized.by,P. L. 704 of the 79th Congress and
P. L. 2^4 of the 80th Congress - o enlisted personnel who were discharged
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prior to September 1, 1§46 for accrued and unused leave and to officers and
enlisted personnel then on'active'duty*'for leave accrued in excess of-60days. Value of bonds represents face, value; interest will be paid in
'addition to the.face'value at the time the bonds are cashed. Terminal
- leave payments to'persons'discharged a^'ter'September 1, 1946 are excluded
from leave payments shown but are included i ' pay rolls.
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Manufacturing - Covers only privately owned.establishments; governmental manufac- -' *-turing operations such.as arsenals and n^y yards' are expluded. \Military^pay rolls - Covers personnel on active duty or on terminal leave. Coast
Guard pay rolls and Army pay rolls for 1^43 represent actual expenditures.
'' Other data represent estimated obligations, based on an average monthly
personnel count. Pay rolls for the Navy proper and Coast Guard include
cash payments for clothing-allowance balances in January, April, July, and
October. Starting October 1^46 pay rolls include lump sum payments for terminal leave authorized by Public Law 350 of the ^Oth Congress.
Mining
Covers establishments engaged in the extracti-oh 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 of acidiz' - ing of oil Wells; also includes ore dressing, beneficiating, .and concentra=
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Nonagricultural establishments - Governmental or private business establishments;
=, (1) that are ph^^sically located within continental United'States;.and (2)
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whose principal activity can be classified under one of the following
industry divisions— mining, contract construction, manufacturing, trans* portation and'p*nblic utilities, wholesale and retail trade, finance,
service, or government.
Pay rolls - Private pay rolls represent pay rolls of production and related workers
^*Yor nonsupervisory employees and working supervisors) 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 vaca* tlons not taken, retroactive pay not earned during period reported, value of
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payments in kind, and bonuses, unless earned and paid regularly each pay
periods In mining industries further deductions are made for explosives or
' othe^ 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,
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Production and-related Workers - Include^ Working foremen and all nonsupervisory
workers (including lead men*and trainees)'engaged in fabricating, processing,
assembling, inspection, receiving, storage, handling, packing, warehousing,
shipping, maintenance, repair, janitorial, watchman services, product ..
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' develo^ent, au^illiary production foy -plant's own use- (e.g.*, power plant)
and record-keeping and other serviced closely associated with the above
production operations. Excludes supervisory employees,(above the working
foreman level) and their clerical staffer; 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 transportation and related
services; telephone, telegraph and other communication services; or pro
viding electricity, gas, steam, water, or sanitary services. Government
owned and operated establishments are included under government.
Wage and salary workers - In addition to production and related workers as defined
above, includes workers engaged in the following activities:
executive,
purchasing, finance, accounting, legal, personnel (including cafeterias,
medical, etc.), professional and technical activities, sales, salesdelivery, advertising, credit, collection, and in installation and servicing
of own products, routine office functions, factory supervision (above 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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