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April 12, 1C1-::-

U. '-S. • ret>artr.erst of Labor
Bureau o f Labor S t a t i s t i c s
Employment and O ccup atio n al Outlook Branch
D i v i s i c n o f Emp 1oyment S t a t is t ic s

E1TL0 YKEKT ATD PAY RCLLG

Detailed Report
February 1044
CONTENTS
Table
1

2

3

4

Page
Estimated number o f wage earners in manufacturing
i n d u s t r i e s • . . ......................... >. . . .................. • . . • « . . . . . • • » . . . e . « ®

2

Indexes of wage-earner employment and of wage-earner
pay roll in manufacturing industries .......................................

R

Indexes of employment and pay roll in selected nonmanu
facturing industri e s . ^ .................... ..........„ „ », 0 =. . » „ 0 •«, o. .

14

Estimated number of wage earners in selected nonmanufac
turing industries . * <
• „ c.
„ .......... „
.

I?

£

Percentage changes in employment and pay ro ll in selected
nonmanufacturing industrie s . . . . . . . • ............ . «>. c • • • « • « . . . .

6

Estimated number of employees in nonagricultural estab
lishments by industry d i v i s i o n . * . . . » .„o 0 .... o.» t
oo. c „.

16

Estimated number of employees in nonagricultural establi shment s , by State , Janua ry 1944 . . . . . . . . . . ........... .

17

8

Employment and pay rolls on construction p r o je c ts ........ ..

19

9

Employment and pay ro 11s in -Federal Government

20

7

Supplement
10

11

12

Averages of estimated wage earners and indexes of v/ageearnc-r employment and of wage-earner pay roll in
manufacturing industries for 1942 and 1 9 4 3 . •

21

averages of indexes of employment -nd pay roll in selected
nonmanufacturing industri es for 194 2 and 1943 • « . o . . . . . . •

27

Averages o f estimated wage earners and indexes of wageearner employment and wage-earner pay roll in selected
ncnmanufacturing industries for 1942 and 1943 .
...............

27

(L3 'x^-3537)




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Table 1* - Estimated Number of Wage Earners in Manufacturing Industries 1 /
(in thousands)
Industry Group
or Industry 2 /

ALL MMUFAC TURING
DURABLE GOODS
NONDURABLE GOODS
Durable Goods
IRON AND STEEL AND THEIR PRODUCTS
Blast furnaces, steel works and
rolling mills
Gray-iron and semi-steel castings
Malleable-iron castings
Steel castings
Cast-iron pipe and fitting s
Tin cans and other tinware
Wire drawn from purchased rods
Wi rework
Cutlery and edge tools
Tools (except edge to o ls,
machine tools, file s and saws)
Hardware
Plumbers’ supplies
Stoves, oil burners and heating
equipment not elsewhere c la s s ifie d
Steam and hot-water heating
apparatus and steam f it t in g
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 heavy
riveted
Screw-machine products and wood
s c rews
Steel b ar r e ls , kegs and drums
ELECTRICAL MACHINERY
E le c tr ic a l equipment 3 /




,

Feb.
1944

Jan.
1944

Dec.
1943

Feb*
1943

13,593
8,238
5 ,3 5 5

1 3 ,6 6 7
8,2 9 6
5 ,3 7 1

1 3 ,8 7 8
8,403
5 ,4 7 5

13,633
7 ,9 9 8
5 ,6 3 5

1,7 14

1 ,7 2 1

1 ,7 3 6

1,715

4 9 5 .5
7 7 .1
2 5 .8
8 0 .0
1 5 .3
3 5 .1
3 5 .2
3 3 .9
2 2 .9

4 9 7 .8
7 7 .2
2 5 .8
8 0.3
1 5 .4
3 3 .6
3 5 .7
3 4 .0
2 2 .7

5 0 2 .9
7 8 *’4
2 5 .9
8 0 .2
1 5 .5
33* 6
35*5
3 4 .4
2 2 .7

5 2 3 .9
8 5 .4
2 7 .2
84i0
1§V5
2 9 .1
3$a
3 U '8
21*3

2 8 .6
4 7 .8
2 3 .7

2 8 .7
4 7 .5
2 3 .5

28 .4
4 7 .8
2 3 .4

2 7 .8
4 3 .3
2 2 ,6

6 2 .6

6 2 .8

6 2 .5

5 2 .2

5 8 .9

5 9 .7

6 0 .1

5 8 .5

90.3

9 1 .3

93 .4

82.-8

7 4 .9

7 4 .6

74 .4

70 i 3

1 3 .6
2 8 .4
4 0 .5

1 3 .7
2 9 .0
4 0 .7

1 3 .8
3 0 .0
4 0 .5

1 1 .9
2 8 .1
3 9 .8

2 6 .3

2 6 .2

2 6 .0

2 4 .2

4 8 .3
7 .7

4 8 .4
8 .2

4 9 .1
8 .7

5 0 .2
6 .8

752
46.6. 3

748
4 6 5 .2

751
4 6 8 .8

676
4 4 5 .7

Table 1, - Estimated Number of Wage Earners in Manufacturing Industries
(in thousands)
Industry Group
or Industry. 2 /
m a c h in e r y ,

EXCEPT ELECTRICAL
Machinery and machine-shop
products
Tractors
A gricultural machinery, excluding
tractors
Machine tools
Machine-tool accessories 3 /
Textile machinery
Pumps and pumping equipment
Typewriters
Cash registers, adding and
calculating machines
Washing machines, wringers,
and d r ie r s , domestic
Sewing machines, domestic and
industrial
Refrigerators and refrigera
tion equipment 4 /

TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT, EXCEPT
AUTOMOBILES
Locomotives 3 /
C ars, electric- and steamrailroad 3 /
A irc raft and parts, excluding
airc raft engines *3/
Shipbuilding and boat b u i l d i n g ? /
Motorcycles, bicycles and parts
AUTOMOBILES
NONFERPeUS METALS AND THEIR
PRODUCTS
Smelting and r e fin in g , primary,
of nonferrous raeta Is 5/
Alloying and r o llin g and drawing
of nonferrous metals except
aluminum 3//
Clocks and watches
Jewelry (precious metals) and
je w elers* findings
Silverware and plated ware
Lighting equipment
Aluminum manufactures 3 /
Sheet-metal work, not
elsewhere clas sifie d
LUMBER AND TIMBER BASIC PRODUCTS
Sawmills and logging camps
Planing and plywood mills



Feb.
1944
1 ,2 3 6
4 9 2 .8
-60,1

!

Jan.
1944
1 ,2 4 8
4 9 8 .5
5 9 ,1

\/

- Contfd

Dec.
1943

Feb.
1943

1 ,2 5 7

1 ,2 2 0

4 9 9 .5
58.3

4 7 6 .4
4 8 .5 .

4 5 .0
8 6 .2
75*8
28 .4
83 .3
1 2 .4

4 4 .1
8 8 ,9
78.4
28 .5
8 2 .6
1 2 .4 .

4 2 .8
9 2.0
80# 6
29 .0
82.3
12. 6

3 3 .3
12 1.4
92.3
2 8 .7
72.5
1 1 .5

3 4 .9

3 5 .6

3 6 .2

3 3 .4

1 4 .6

1 4.8

15 .0

1 1 ,9

S .5

1 0 .0

1 0 .6

11 .0

5 6 .5

5 9 .0

5 8 ,8

5 1 .0

2 ,2 5 7
3 5 ,8

2,2 7 6
3 6 .4

2,3 1 8
3 6 .7

2,1 32
3 3 .2

60,3

6 0 .5

5 9 .6

5 9 .7

708.4
1 ,0 4 0 .2
1 0 ,1

719.5
1 ,0 4 8 .9
10.3

7 3 0 ,7
1 ,0 7 8 ,6
' 1 0.4

68 6.5
1 ,0 0 3 .1
1 0 .0

738

751

75 9

642

413

417

420

412

57 .3

5 8 .8

5 9 .9

5 2 .5

74 .0
25.3

7 4 .6
2 5 .5

74 .8
2 5 .5

76.6
2 6 .1

1 4 .5
1 1 .1
26.383. 9

1 4 .7
1 1 .5
2 6 .2
8 5 .7

1 5 ,0
1 1 .8
2 6 .1
87«4

1 6 .7
11.5
22 .5
7 3 .9

31 .9.

3 0 .4

2 9 .4

29.4

436
23 5.5
7 7 .5

454
2 4 6 .2
79.1

4 78
26 0.4
8 2 .8

434
235.3
76 ,2

4o
Table 1* - Estimated Number of Wage ■•Earn©rs in Manufacturing Industries
(in thousands)
Industry Group
or Industry 2 /
FURNITURE AMD FINISHED LIMBER
PRODUCTS
Ma.ttresses and bedsprings
Furniture
Wooden boxes, other than oigar
Caskets and other m orticians’
goods
Wopd preserving.
Wopd, turned and shaped
STONE, CLA Y AND GLASS PRODUCTS
GI 9.SS and glassware
Glass products made from
purchased glass
Cement
B rick , tile and terra cotta
Pottery and related products
Gypsum
Yfallboard, plaster (except
gypsum), and mineral wool
Lime
Marble, granite, slate and
other products
Abrasives
Asbestos products
Nondurable Goods
TEXTILE-MILL PRODUCTS AND OTHERFIBER kANUFACTURES
Cotton manufactures, except
small wares
Cotton small wares
S ilk and rayon goods
Woolen and worsted manufactures,
except dyeing and fin is h in g
Hosie ry
Knitted cloth
Knitted outerwear and knitted
gloves
Knitted underwear
Dyeing and fin is h in g t e x t il e s ,
including woolen and worsted
Carpets and rugs, wool
H a ts, fur-felt
Jute goods, except felts
Cordage and twine.




l/

- C o n t’ d

Feb.
1S44

Jan.
1944

Dec.
1943

Feb.
1943

3-52
1 7 .0
1 6 5 .8
2 8 .3

355
1 7 .7
1 6 7 .0
2 8 .4

357
1 8 .5
1 6 6 .8
2 8 .8

364
1 7 .4
16S .6
3 1 .3

112.5
• 9 .9
2 1 .9

12.2

1 2 .3

22.1

12.0
10.2
22.8

342
9 2 .1

344
9 1 .9

351
9 2 .1

359
8 4 .6

1 0 .7
1 7 .7
4 5 .2
4 1 .9
•4 .6

10.8

1 1 .1

12.1

1 8 .9
4 5 .8
4 0 .9
4 .6

2 0 .9
4 6 .6
4 2 .1
4 .6

2 5 .8
5 3 .5
4 4 .6
4 .3

9 .9
8 .7

1 0 .7
8 .9

1 0 .7
9 .0

1 1 .4
9 .6

1 2 .5

12.2
2 3 .3

1 2 .5
2 3 .9

22.0

22.0

12.2
22.0
21.8

22.6
22.1

1 ,1 6 4

9 .9

1 ,1 6 4

1 ,1 8 8

10.6
2 2 .4

1 ,2 7 5

4 6 0 .6
1 4 .6
S3 .8

4 5 9 .3
1 4 .7
9 3 .4

4 7 3 .2
1 5 .3
9 4 .9

5 0 4 .8
1 7 .0
9 7 .9

1 5 8 .9

1 6 0 .4
11 3 .2

175. 3

1 1 .5

1 5 8 .2
1 1 1 .5
1 1 .4

11.6

122.6
12.0

3 0 .8
3 8 .2

3 0 .7
3 8 .7

3 1 .7
3 9 .4

3 2 .0
4 4 .5

65.3

6 5 .0
2 0 .9
9 .9
3.-6
1 6 .8

72.4
2 4 .0

110.8

64 .5
2 0 .9
9 .9
3 .5
1 6 .7

20.8
9 .8
3 .5
1 6 .6

10.0
4 .1
1 6 .7

Table 1* ^ Estimated Number of Wage Earners in Manufacturing Industries

%/

5
? Cpntfd

( i n thousands)

Feb.
1944

Jan.
1944

Dec.
1S43

Feb.
1943

810

808

815

897

2 1 7 .6
5 4 .8
1 2 .7
1G.9

2 1 6 .5
5 4 ,8
1 2 .3
1G .9

2 1 8 .0
5 5 .8
1 2.6
1 7 .3

2 3 9 .8
6 2 .7
1 2 .8
1 8 ,7

2 2 8 .7
1 5 ,9
2 0 .9
3 .3

2 2 8 .7
1 6 .1
1 9 .3
3 .4

229o 9
16.3
1 8 .2
3 .5

25 2 .0
1 7 .2
2 2 .8
3 .9

1 4 .2

1 5 ,0

16a 1

1 8 .2

1 2 .0
1 5 .8

1 2 .7
1 5 .4

1 3 .4
1 5.3

1 6 .6
1 6 .4

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

312
4 1 .2

310
4 0 .9

313
4 1 .1

359
4 9 .2

1 6.3
1 7 6 .0
1 3 .6
1 1 ,9

1 6 .4
1 7 5 .0
1 3 .4
1 1 .8

1 6 .5
1 7 6 .0
1 3 .8
1 2 .4

1 8 .7
2 0 0 .8
14*9
1 4 .5

FOOD
Slaughtering and meat packing
Butte r
Condensed and evaporated milk
Ice cream
Flour
Feeds, prepared
Cereal preparations
Baking
Sugar r e fin in g , cane
Sugar, beet
C onfectionery
Beverages, nonalcoholic
Malt liquors
Canning and preserving

952
1 6 8 .2
2 0 .4
l^o5
13 ,3
2 9.6
2 1 .6
b'» O
2 5 7 .8
1 4 ,2
3 C8
5 9 .1
2 6 .1
4 7 .1
93 ,4

959
1 7 2 .3
1 9 .6
1 2 .1
1 3 .0
3 0 .0
2 1 .8
9 .6
2 5 8 .6
1 4 .2
5 .4
5 9 .0
2 5 .9
4 7 .1
9 4 .5

990
170 .6
1 9 .8
1 2 .1
13.4
2 9 .7
2 1 .8
9 .5
2 6 2 .8
1 4 .2
1 3 .9
60 .8
26o 6
4 6 .9
1 0 8 .6

936
17 6 .8
1 9.8
1 1 .9
1 2 .8
2 8 .1
2 0 .9
9 .8
25 2 .0
1 2 .7
5 e0
5 8 .2
2.3.8
4 1 .4
90 .0

Industry Group
or Industry 2 /
APPAREL AND OTHER FINISHED TEXTILE
PRODUCTS
Men's clothing, not elsewhere
c la s s ifie d
S h ir ts , collars and nightwear
Underwear and -neckwear, men's
Work shirts
Women's clothing, not elsewhere
c la s s ifie d
Corsets and a llie d garments
M illin e ry
Handke rohiefs
C urtains, draperies and
bedspreads
House furnishings, other
than curtains, etc.
Textile bags




Table 1 # - Estimated Number of Yfoge Earners in Manufacturing Industries l / T- C o n t’ d
(in thousands)
Dec*
1943

87
35*2
38*4

88
3 5 .7
3 7 .9

90
3 5 .8
3 9 .7

94
3 3 .1
4 6 .C

8*2

8 .7

8 .6

8.6

PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS
Paper and pulp
Paper goods, other
Envelopes
Paper bags
Paper boxes

312
148»4
4 7 .5
10*2
13*6
8o o1

314
1 4 9 .4
4 7 .4
1 0 .2
1 3 .2
8 4 .0

316
1 5 0 .0
4 7 .5
1 0 .3
1 3 .1
8 5 .5

313
150.3
4 9 .7
10.3
1 2 .3
80 . e

PRINTING, PUBLISHING, AND ALLIED
INDUSTRIES
Newspapers and periodicals
Printingj book and job
Lithographing
Bookbinding

338
109*9
136*5
24* 8
30*3

338
1 1 0 .5
1 3 6 .5
2 4 .9
3 0 .1

342
1 1 3 .0
1 3 7 .1
2 5 .3
3 0 .4

338
11 3.2
1 3 5 ,C
25 .3
2 8 .6

CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS
P a in ts , varnishes, and colors
Drugs, m edicines, and
insecticides
Perfumes and cosmetics
Soap
Rayon and a llie d products
Chemicals, not elsewhere
C la s s ifie d 4 /
Compressed and liq uefied gases
Cottonseed o il
F e r tiliz e r s

658
FO
CD
o
CO

Feb.
1943

Jan.
1944

666
2 9 .6

692
2 9 .9

726
2 9 .1

'5 1 .1
1 1 .4
'13*6
5 2 ,2

5 0 .2
1 1 .3
1 3 .5
5 2 .1

4 8 .6
1 1 .8
1 3 .6
53„0

4 2 .8
1 0 .5
1 3 .6
5 1 02

121*4
6e 2
18® 9
26o5

1 2 2 .3
6 .1
2 0 .2
2 3 .5

1 2 3 .3
6 .2
2 1 .7
2 2 .1

1 1 2 .2
6 .4
1 9 .5
2 6 .5

PRODUCTS OF PETROLEUM AND COAL
Petroleum refin in g
Coke and by-products
Paving materials
Roofing materials

127
84 o0
2 3 ,2
1 .4
9„9

125
8 2 .8
23*3
1 .5
9 .8

126
8 2 .6
2 3 .5
1 .7
9 ,8

122
7 7 .3
25. 6
1 .3
9 .5

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

203
94 cl
2 1 ,4
7 7 .1

202
9 4 .2
2 1 .3
7 6 .7

201
9 3 .5
2 1 .7
7 6 .2

185
8 1 .6
2 2 .2
7 2 .0

MISCELLANEOUS INDUSTRIES
Photographic apparatus
Pianos, organs, and parts
Games, toys and dolls
Buttons
Fire extinguishers 3 /

392
29 0 7
9; 7
1 6 ,0
10o5
6 .7

397
30*0
1 0 .0
1 5 .9
10o3
7 .2

402
30*0
1 0 ,0
1 6 .4
1 0 .3
7 .4

390
2 7 .1
9 .4
14*7
1 1 .6
7 .7

Industry Group
or Industry 2 /
TOBACCO MANUFACTURES
Cigarettes
Cigars
Tobacco (chewing and smoking)
and snuff




Feb*
1.944

Table 1# - Estimated Number of Wage Earners in Manufacturing Industries l / - C cn tTd
l/

Estimates for the major industry groups have been adjusted to fin al data for
1941 and preliminary data for-'the second quarter of 1942 made available by
the Bureau of Employment Security of the Federal Security Agency,
Estimates
for individual industries have been adjusted to levels indicated by the 1939
Census of Manufactures, but not to Federal Security Agency data.
For this
reason, -togethe-r with the fact that this Bureau has not prepared estimates
for certain industries., and does not publish wage earners in war ind ustries,
the sum of the individual industry estimates w ill not agree with totals shown
for the major industry groups.

2/

Unpublished information concerning the following war industries may be obtained
by autho-rized agencies upon request:- A irc raft engines; ammunition; communica
tion equipment; engines and turbines; explosives and safety fuses; firearms;
fireworks; optical instruments and ophthalmic goods; professional and
s c ie n t ific instruments and fire control equipment; and radios and phonographs.

3/

Comparable data for e a r lie r months available .upon request.

4/

Revisions have been made as follows in the data published for e arlier months:
Refrigerators and refrigeration equipment - October and November 1943 wage
earners to 5 7 .7 and 5 8 .7 .
Chemicals, not elsewhere c la s s ifie d - October and November 1943 wage earners
to 1 2 2 .2 and 1 2 3 .0

5/

Revised se rie s, not comparable with previously published data.
months back to January 1939 available upon request.




Data for earlier

8.
Table 2 - Indexes of Wage-Earner Employment and of Wage-Earner
Pay Roll in Manufacturing Industries l /
(1939 Average = 100)
Industry Group
or
Industry 2 /
ALL MANUFAC TURIN G
DURABLE GOODS
NONDURABLE GOODS

Wage-earner <mployment
Dec.
Feb.
Ja n .
Feb.
1943
1943
1944
1944

Wage-earner pay roll
Dec.
Ja n .
Feb.
Feb.
1943
1943
1944
1944

1 9 8 .0

3 2 7 .9
4 6 2 .3
1 9 6 .5

3 2 8 .3
4 6 1 .2
1 9 8 .4

29 7. 5
4 1 0 .6
186. 9

1 7 3 .0

3 1 8 .4

3 1 7 .9

3 1 6 .7

291.. 2

1 2 9 .5

1 3 4 .9

2 2 5 .2

2 2 3 .6

2 2 2 .5

21... 8

1 3 2 .1
1 4 2 .8
2 6 6 .7

1 3 4 .2
1 4 3 .4
26 6 .6

1 4 6 .1
1 5 0 .9
2 7 9 .1

2 5 9 .1
2 9 5 .7
4 8 7 .4

2 5 7 .8
2 9 1 .2
4 8 8 .1

2540 2
2 8 9 .9
4 8 2 .8

2 6 0 .3
266. 2
4 7 5 .8

9 2 .6
1 1 0 .6

9 3 .3
1 0 5 .8

93 o6
1 0 5 .8

1 1 2 .1
9 1 .5

1 6 5 .6
1 8 5 .5

1 6 7 .2
1 7 9 .5

1 7 0 .4
1 7 5 .1

1 8 5 .3
1 3 7 .6

1 6 0 .2
1 1 1 .5
1 4 8 .6

1 6 2 .6
1 1 1 .9
1 4 7 .3

1 6 1 .8
1 1 3 .2
1 4 7 .2

1 6 4 .2
1 0 4 .7
13 8 .3

2 6 4 .5
2 2 2 .4
3 1 6 .1

2 7 0 .9
2 2 6 .6
301*. 9

2 5 9 .9
22 1 .4
2 9 8 .0

2 5 2 .6
1 8 5 .4
2 6 5 .4

1 8 6 .9
1 3 4 .0
9 6 .3 .

1 8 7 .2
1 3 3 .2
9 5 .4

1 8 5 .3
1 3 4 .2
9 5 .1

1 8 1 .6
1 2 1 .6
9 1 .5

3 5 5 .9
266. 2
1 7 2 .1

3 5 1 .1
2 7 0 .3
1 6 4 .8

3 4 6 .2
2 6 5 .7
16 6. 8

3 2 3 .7
2 2 6 .5
14 7 .3

1 3 5 .6

1 3 6 .1

1 3 5 .6

1 1 3 .1

2 5 2 .9

2 5 2 .8

2 4 6 .3

1 8 4 .1

1 9 4 .3

1 9 7 .0

1 9 8 .4

1 9 2 .9

3 6 6 .2

3 5 0 .3

3 6 9 .2

3 3 6 .2

1 6 2 .6

1 6 4.3

1 6 8 .1

1 4 9 .0

3 2 8 .9

3 2 2 .0

3 3 1 .6

2 6 2 .9

2 1 0 .9

2 1 0 .2

20 9 .4

1 9 7 .9

4 1 4 .6

4 1 1 .1

3 9 6 .9

3 4 3 .1

17 5 .3

1 7 6 .5

177*9

15 3 .2

3 1 9 .3

3 2 5 .8

3 3 4 .5

2 5 6 .0

1 9 8 .4
2 6 3 .2

2 0 2 .6
2 6 4 .6

2 0 9 .8
2 6 3 .6

1 9 6 .1
2 5 8 .9

3 9 3 .3
5 2 7 .5

3 9 5 .0
5 2 3 .6

4 0 0 .4
5 2 0 .5

3 4 4 .7
4 9 5 .0

3 1 4 .3

3 1 2 .5

3 1 0 .6

2 8 8 .9

.5 7 1 .0

5 7 0 .5

5 6 4 .7

5 7 9 .0

28 5 .3

2 8 6.3

2 8 9 .8

2 9 6 .8

5 6 1 .7

5 6 3 .9

5 6 2 .2

5 3 2 .8

1 2 5 .7

1 3 4 .9

1 4 2 .6

1 1 2 .6

24 0 .3

2 6 5 .7

2 8 8 .2

20 2 .6

2 9 0 .4
2 5 7 .9

2 8 8 .7
: 257.3

2 8 9 .8
2 5 9 .3

2 6 0 .8
2 4 6 .5

5 12 . 7
46.5. 7

5 0 9 .7
4 6 4 .8

5 0 0 .0
4 5 9 .2

4 4 1 .6
4 2 7 .3

1 6 5 .9
2 2 8 .1
1 1 6 .9

166. 8
22 9 .7
1 1 7 .2

1 6 9 .4
2 3 2 .7
1 1 9 .5

1 6 6 .4
2 2 1 .5
1 2 3 .0

327.fi
460. 1

1 7 2 .9

1 7 3 .6

1 7 5 .1

1 2 7 .6

1 2 8 .2

1 3 2 .0
1 4 3 .3
2 6 6 .0

Durable Goods
IRON AND STEEL AND THEIR
PRODUCTS
Blast furnaces, steel
works and ro llin g m ills
Gray-iron and semi-steel
castings
Malleable-iron castings
Steel castings
Cast-iron pipe and
fittin g s
T in cans and other tinware
Wire drawn from purchased
rods
Wi rework
Cutlery and edge tools
Tools (except edge to o ls,
machine t o o ls , file s
and saws)
Hardware
Plumbers’ supplies
Stoves, oil burners and
heating equipment not
elsewhere c la s s ifie d
Steam and hot-water
heating apparatus and
steam fittin g s
Stamped and enameled ware
and galvanizing
Fabricated structural and
ornamental metalwork
Metal doors, sash, frames,
molding and trim
B o lts , nuts, washers and
rivets
Forgings, iron and steel
Wrought p ip e , welded and
heavy riveted
Screw-machine products
and wood screws
Steel b a r r e ls , kegs and
drums
ELECTRICAL MACHINERY
E le c tr ic a l equipment z /



MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL
Mr.chinery and machine-shop
products
Tractors
A gricultural machinery,
excluding tractors
Machine tools
Machine-tool
accessories 3 /
Textile machinery
Pumps and pumping equipment
Typewriters
CasH reg isters, adding
and calculating machines
Washing machines, wringers
and d r ie r s , domestic
Sewing machines, domestic
and industrial
Refrigerators and r e fr ig 
eration equipment 4 /
TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT,
EXCEPT AUTOMOBILES
Locomotives 3 /
Cars*
electric- and
steam- railroad 3 /
A irc raft and parts’,
excluding air c r a ft
engines 3 /
Shipbuilding and
boatbuilding 3 /
Motorcycles, bicycles
and parts
AUTOMOBILES
NONFERROUS METALS AND THEIR
PRODUCTS
Smelting and re fin in g ,
primary, of nonferrous
metcels 5 /
Alloying"~and rolling and
drawing of nonferrous
metals except aluminumly
Clocks and \vatches
Jewelry (precious metals)
and jew elers' findings
Silverware and plated ware
Lighting equipment
.
Aluminum manufactures 3 /
Shect-metal work, not ~
elsewhere c la s s ifie d
LUMBER AND TIMBER BASIC
PRODUCTS


Sawmills and logging camps
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Wage-earner employment
Dec,
Ja n .
Feb.
Feb.
1943
1943
1944
1944

Industry Group
or
Industry z /

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Table 2# - Indexes of Wage-Earner Employment and of Vfage-Earner
Pay Roll in Manufacturing Industries l / ~ Continued

Feb.
1944

earner pay roll
Dec.
Jan,
Feb.
1943
1943
1944

2 3 3 .9

2 3 6 .2

2 3 8 ,0

2 3 0 ,8

4 4 0 ,5

4 4 7 ,8

4 4 0 .5

4 1 0 .0

2 4 3 .6
1 9 2 .2

2 46 .4
1 8 8 .9

2 4 6 ,9
1 8 6 ,5

23 5 ,5
1 5 5 .0

4 5 4 .0
3 0 1 .2

4 6 1 .3
2 9 8 ,2

4 4 9 ,9
28 9,2

4 1 3 .4
2 3 8 .8

1 6 1 .8
2 3 5 .3

1 5 8 ,5
2 4 2 ,8

1 5 4 .0
2 5 1 .1

1 1 9 .7
3 3 1 .4

3 2 2 .3
4 0 4 .1

3 0 9 ,4
4 1 9 ,8

2 9 4 ,9
4 2 5 .6

21 5.4
5 5 7 .7

3 0 1 .3
1 2 9 .7
3 4 3 .7
7 6 .5

3 1 1 ,7
1 3 0 .2
3 4 1 .0
76* 2

3 2 0 .3
1 3 2 ,2
3 3 9 .5
7 7 ,8

366. 9
1 3 1 .1
2 9 9 .2
7 1 ,1

5 1 8 ,7
2 3 6 ,5
7 3 4 ,7
1 5 4 ,3

5 3 3 ,9
2 35 ,8
736.8
1 5 5 .9

536,3
2 3 9 ,0
709.2
159 .2

5 9 6 .2
2 2 5 ,7
6 0 1 ,8
1 3 1 .7

1 7 7 .4

1 8 0 .8

183i8

1 6 9 ,9

3 5 1 ,2

3 7 1 ,0

3 66, 7

3 0 6 ,8

1 9 5 ,2

1 9 7 ,8

2 0 1 .6

1 5 9 ,8

3 4 3 ,7

3 4 3 ,7

3 4 7 .0

2 6 9 .9

1 2 1 .0

1 2 7 .7

1 3 5 .0

1 4 0 ,7

2 6 0 .6

2 7 4 .0

2 8 7 ,3 J 2 7 7 .1

1 6 0 .6

1 6 7 ,9

1 6 7 ,2

1 4 5 ,1

2 8 6 ,8

3 0 6 .6

3 0 1 ,8

236,5

:L422.2 1 4 3 4 ,2 1 46 0,5 1 3 4 3 .1 2 8 5 4 ,5 2 8 59,9 2 9 01,1 2486.5
5 1 2 ,8 1 2 5 3 .9 1289,2 1 3 3 0 ,6 1053.1
5 6 2 .8
5 6 7 .7
5 5 2 .7
2 4 6 .0

246,5

2 4 3 ,0

24 3.3

4 8 8 .7

4 8 0 .2

4 7 6 .1

4 4 9 .7

1 7 8 5 .4 1 8 1 3 .5 1 8 4 1 ,7 1 7 3 0 .2 3 3 8 1 ,1 3 4 3 8 ,9 3 3 2 3 ,5 2 85 6.0
1 502.3 1 5 14,8 1 5 5 7 .7 1 4 4 8 .6 3 0 3 3 .5 3 0 1 1 .8 3 2 3 1 ,9 2 7 6 6 .6
1 4 4 .6

1 4 8 .2

149.0-

1 4 3 .6

2 4 9 .4

273.3

2 6 1 .4

249.3

1 8 3 .4

186,7-

1 8 8 .6

1 5 9 .5

3 3 9 .9

3 5 1 .1

33.4.4

2 8 2 .2

1 8 0 .0

1 8 1 ,8

183.3

1 7 9 .6

3 3 5 .7

3 3 7 .8

3 3 5 .4

3 0 8 .6

207.3

2 1 2 .8

2 1 6 .9

1 8 9 .9

3 7 1 .0

3 7 7 .8

3 8 5 .2

3 0 2 .1

1 9 0 .6
1 2 4 .6

1 9 2 .1
125,8-

19 2 .8
125,5-

19 7.3
1 2 8 .7

3 5 5 .2
2 5 2 .9

3 5 9 .1
2 4 9 .8

34 9 .3
2 43 .5

3 4 2 .7
240,3

100.3
9 1 .2
1 2 8 .4
3 5 6 .1

1 0 2 .0
1 0 4 .1
97.4
9 4 ,5
1 2 8 ,0
1 2 7 ,7
3 6 4 .0 ' 3 7 1 .4

1 1 5 .4
9 4 .9
1 1 0 .0
3 1 4 .0

1 6 0 .2
1 6 1 .1
229.3
6 4 1 .0

160.2
1 69 .0
226.3
.6 5 6 .5

163 .5
1 7 4 .7
2 2 3 .1
6 59,4

16 9.8
1 5 4 .9
187.3
5 3 3 .1

1 6 9 .9

1 6 2 ,1

1 5 6 .8

1 5 6 ,9

3 2 8 .6

3 0 8 .6

2 9 4 .5

2 6 3 .8

103.3
8 1 .7

1 0 3 .8
8 1 .8

1 0 7 .9
8 5 .5

1 1 3 .8
90 .4
1 1 4 .0

1 7 5 .9
1 3 9 .0
1 7 3 .6

1 8 8 .6
1 5 1 .2
1 78. 9

1 7 3 .7
1 3 8 .7

T O R .9

1 8 2 .0
1 4 6 .1
1 72.1

1 0 4 .9

1

f i f l . f i

Table 2. - Indexes of- Wage-Earner Employment and of Wage-Earner
Pay Roll in Manufacturing Industries l / - Continued
Industry Group
or
Industry 'Z/

Wage-earner employment
Feb.
Ja n .
Dec,
Feb.
1943
1944
194-4
1943

FURNITURE AND FINISHED LUMBER
PRODUCTS
10 7 .3
Mattresses and bedsprings
9 2 .6
Furniture
1 1 0 4 .1
Wo ode n b oxe s ,* othe r ‘than cigar 1 1 1 .8
Caskets and other
■morti-cians ’ ‘goods
1 0 0 .1
Wood preserving
8 8 .1
Wood, turned and shaped
9 9 .7
STONE, CLM AND GLASS PRODUCTS
Glass and glassware
Glass products made from
purcha-sed gla'ss
Cement
B rick , -tile anti terra cotta
Pottery and related products
Gypsum
W allboard, plaster (except
gypsum), and, mineral wool
Lime
Marble, -granite, slate and
other products
Abrasive-s
Asbestos products

Wage-earner ;pay roll
: Dec.
Feb.
Jan.
Feb.
: 1943
1944
1S43
1944

1 7 1 .8
13 6 .5
1 6 5 .6
1 9 5 .8

1 0 8 .2
9 6 .6
1 0 4 .9
1 1 2 .1

1 0 8 .9
1 0 0 .8
1 0 4 .8
1 1 3 .4

1 1 1 .0
9 5 .0
1 0 6 .6
1 2 3 .3

1 8 7 .9
1 4 5 .8
1 8 4 .1
2 0 4 .4

1 8 6 .3
1 5 8 .0
18 1 .3
2 0 2 .5

1 8 8 .9
1 6 4 .6
1 8 3 .2
2 0 7 .7

9.8.3
87*7
10 0.5

9 6 .4
9 1 .0
1 0 3 .7

9 9 .0
9 4 .1
1 0 2 .1

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

1 6 2 .5
15 7 .6
1 7 1 .2

1 5 7 .8 1 4 7 .6
16 6.3 1 6 1 .7
1 7 3 .6 1 6 3 .4

1 1 6 .6
1 3 1 .9

11 7.3
13 1 ,6

1 1 9 .7
1 3 1 .9

1 2 2 .4
1 2 1 .1

1 8 8 .9
2 0 8 .0

1 8 7 .7
2 0 7 .4

1 9 2 .2 1 7 S .2
206. 9 1 7 3 .6

1 0 7 .3
7 4 .1
7 9 .7
1 2 6 .5
9 3 .2

10 8 .0
7 9 .2
8 0 .7
J2 3 .4
9 2 .5

1 1 0 .7
8 7 .7
8 2 .1
1 2 7 .3
9 3 .8

1 7 1 .9
1 2 0 ,8
10S. 5 1 0 6 .2
94 .3 "1 2 3 .6
1 3 4 .8
1 8 6 .2
1 5 7 .1
8 6 .7

1 2 1 .5
9 2 .1

1 3 2 .0
,93 . 6

1 3 2 .5
.95.4

1 4 0 .6
1 0 1 .6

2 1 8 .8
17 0 .4

2 3 3 .0
169.7:

2 2 8 .9 21-5.4
1 7 1 .2 1 6 0 .1

6 7 .7
2 9 2 .8
1 3 8 .9

‘ -£6.0
3 0 1 .5
1 3 8 .2

£ 7 .3
3 0 9 .5
1 3 8 .7

6 6 .1
2 8 4 .8
' 13 7.3

9 6 .6
4 7 5 .4
2 6 7 .1

93.3
4 9 2 .2
2 6 7 .7

97. 7 7 6 .9
4 8 7 .5 4 5 3 .2
2 6 8 .1 237.4-

1 0 1 .8

1 0 1 .7

103*9

11 1 .5

17 4 .3

1 7 1 .9

1 7 5 .9 1 8 1 .1

1 1 6 .3
1 0 9 .3
7 8 .3

1 1 6 .0
11 0 .2
7 8 .0

1 1 9 .5
1 1 4 .6
7 9 .2

12.7.5
1 2 7 .8
8 1 .7

2 0 2 .2
1 8 7 .9
1 3 8 .8

1 9 9 .1
1 9 0 .6
1 3 5 .6

2 0 7 .2 217.,2
1 9 6 .5 214,. 4
1 3 8 .7 132.. 2

1 0 6 .5
69. 6'
1 0 5 .2

10 6 .0
70.1104..:

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

1 1 7 .4
7 7 .1
11 0 .3

1 9 9 .4
1 0 9 .3 •
1 7 7 .2

1 9 7 .2
1 0 7 .0
1 7 4 .7

1 9 8 ,0 207.. 2
1 1 0 .1 108,.4
1 7 8 .5 168,. 7

109*. 4
9 9 ;i

109’. 2
100*. 3

112^7
10 2’.-3

1 1 3 .7
1 1 5 .5

1 9 4 .4
1 7 5 .6

1 8 9 .6
1 7 2 .8

1 9 3 .9 178.. 7
•1 7 7 .1 183 „ 7

96*5
8 1 .5
6 7 .9
9 7 .1
1 3 7 .7

9 7 .7
81 #3
6 7 ,2
9 8 .5
1 3 6 .5

97*2
108.*2
8 1 ,8
93 .'8
68^3 ’ 69vO
9 9 .7
1 1 5 .1
139.fi
1 3 7 ,9

1 5 3 .9
1 3 7 .0
1 2 3 .4
1 8 0 .9
2 4 6 .0

1 5 4 .8
1 3 5 .3
1 2 2 .2
1 8 2 .0
•240.0

1 5 4 .3
1 3 3 .9
12 3 .4
1 8 4 .7
2 4 1 .4

1 7 0 .2
1 7 6 .0
110*2 .127.4
.119.7
12 5 .6
1 8 4 .7
1 7 5 .2
160.5 ■1 5 8 .5

1 6 4 .4
1 3 8 .7
1 3 5 .9
1 8 6 .4
1 3 1 .3

Nondurable Gobds
TEXTILE-MILL PRODUCTS AND
OTHER FIBER MANUFACTURES
Cotton manufactures, except
small wares
Cotton snail wares
S ilk and rayon goods
Woolen and worsted
manufac ture s , e xce pt
dyeing and fin is h in g
Hosiery
Knitted cloth
Knitted outerwear and
knitted gloves.
Knitted underwear*
Dyeing and fin is h in g
textiles, including too len
and worsted
Carpets and rugs, wool
Ha t s , fu r -fe It
Jute.. goods-,, except felts
Cordage and twine




163.,8
14 8 .4
115. 9
198. 9
2 2 3 .6

11.
Table 2. - Indexes of Wage-Earner Employment and of Wage-Earner
Pay Roll in Manufacturing Industries l/ - Continued
Industry -Group
or
Industry 2 /

Feb,
1944

APPAREL A3JD OTHER FINISHED
1 0 2 .7
TEXTILE PRODUCTS
Men's cloth ing, not elsewhere
9 9 .5
c la s s ifie d
Sh ir ts , collars and nightwear 77,8Underwear and neckwear, men’ s 7 8 .8
1 2 5 .8
Work shirts
Women1s alothing, not
8 4 .2
elsewhere c la s s ifie d
8 4 .6
Corsets and a llie d garments
8 6 .0
M illin e ry
«/
67. 5
Handkerchiefs
C urtains, draperies and
bedspreads
House fu rn ish ing s, oth^r
than curtains, e tc .
Textile bags
LEATHER AND LEATHER PRODUCTS
Leather
Boot -and shoe cut stock and
findings
Boots and shoes
Leather gloves and mittens
Trunks and suitcases
FOOD
Slaughtering and meat
packing
Butter
Condensed and evaporated
milk
Ice cream
Flour
Feeds, prepared
Cereal preparations
Baking
Sugar r e fin in g , cane
Sugar, beet
Confectionery
Beverages, nonalcoholic
Malt liquors
Canning and preserving




Ja n .
1944

employment
Feb.
Dec.
1943
1943

Wage--earner pay roll
Dec.
Ja n .
Feb.
1943
1943
1944
1944

10 2.3

1 0 3 .2

1 1 3 .7

17 5.4

16 7.5

16 3 ,5 167.5

9 9 .0
7 7 .7
76 .2 '
12 5 .4

9 9 .7
79.2
78.3
12 8 .4

100. .7'
8 9 .0
7 9 .6
1 3 9 .4

16 3 .2
133.1
15 3.5
23 2.4

15 6 .5
12 9 .1
141.3
22 0.2

1 5 6 .7
13 3 .8
1 4 3 .8
2 1 8 .S

159J2.
133.5
128.6
225.8
137.2
133.2
135.9
124.1

8 4 .2
8 5 .5
7 9 .5
7 0 .5

84.6
8 6 ,7
7 5 .1
7 1 .7

9 2 .8
91 .5
94.0'
8 0 .8

148,3
1 4 4 .9
1 4 1 ,0
11 9 .0

14 1 .4
1 3 9 ,9
1 1 3 .8
112.8

13 3 ,2
140,3
9 9 ,7
12 0 ,5

8 3 .7

88„4

9 5 .4

107.5

15 5 .1

163.8

1 6 9 ,9 163.6

1 1 3 .3
1 3 2 .2

1 1 9 .9
12 8 .2

1 2 6 .2
1 2 7 .6

1 5 6 ,0
1 3 6 ,9

203.3
207.4

21 9 .8
20 2 .2

2 2 9 .7 249.9
19 5.3 196.1

8 9 .8
8 7 .3

89 .3
86 .5

9 0 .2
8 7 .0

10 3,3
104.2

15 1 ,9
14 6 ,2

147.3
141*0

1 4 7 .2 157.4
1 4 0 .6 153.8

86# 6
8t)#7
1 3 5 .7
1 4 2 .9

8 7 .1
8Q.3
1 3 4 .0
1 4 1 .9

8'7. 7
8 0 .7
13 7 .9
14 9 .4

9 9 .4
9 2.1
1 49,3
1 7 4 .7

1 3 8 .9
13 7 .8
22 7 .6
23 5 .0

13 6 .8
1 3 4 .0
22 2.5
2 2 1 .0

13 4 ,5 142.2
13 3.4 143.1
22 3.3 215.2
23 9.3 241.4

1 1 1 .4

112.3

1 1 5 .9

10 9 ,5

17 6 .6

1 7 9 .9

1 8 2 .9 1 5 0 .7

1 3 9 .6
1 1 3 .6

1 4 3 .0
10 9 .,3

141*6
110.-5

1 4 6 ,8
11 0 ,2

2 2 6 .6
17 1.4

2 4 3 .2
1 6 2 .9

2 3 8 .7 18 5.1
1 6 4 ,7 •145.6

1 2 3 ,0
1 2 4 .8
1 2 4 .5
8 1 ,5
8 5 .1
82. §
11 3,3
1 1 9 .7
12 0 .9
1 4 1 .5
14 1.2
13 5 ,9
1 3 1 .9
1 2 8 .9
1 2 7 .2
1 1 3 .9 ' 10 9 .2
1 1 2 .1
10 0 .0
: 100.3
8 9.5
4 7 .9
: 5 1 .5 .1 3 3 .2
12 2.3
117 ,1
I 1 1 8 .7
125.3
1 1 2 2 ,0
11 1 .8
13 0.1 .1 1 4 ,9
| 130.5
6 7 .0
I- 70.3
8 0 .8

198.4
116.1
191,1
22 8 ,8
21 7 ,8
161.1
155.6
56. &
187.4
15 1 .7
18 1 .8
133.2

1 8 8 ,7
11 1 .5
2 0 0 .0
23 0.2
22 4 .5
16 0.6
15 6,4
7 5 ,9
1 8 7 .9
1 5 1 .9
17 8 ,2
132.3

1 8 5 ,1
11 3 .5
196.4
2 2 5 .8
2 1 5 .8
1 6 3 .2
1 5 7 .6
1 7 4 ,9
19 0.4
15 6 .1
17 8 .5
1 4 9 .0

12 9 .3
8 5 .0
1 1 9 .5
1 4 0 .4
128,8'
11 1 .8
1 0 0 .6
3 6 .0
1 1 8 .8
1 2 2 .9
1 3 0 .6
6 9.4

171.4
103.8
169.3
20 7 .1
198.4
14 1.5
115.6
69.5
163.5
126.3
144.0
112.8

12.

Table 2. - Indexes of Yfage-Earner Employment and of Wage-Earner
Pay Roll in Manufacturing Industries l / - Continued

.Industry Group
or
Industry 2 /

employment
Wage-earner <
Feb.
Jan,
Dec.
Feb,
1943
1943
1944
1944

.Wage-earner, pay roll
Dec, i F
Feb.
Jan,
1942i 1943
1944
1944

TOBACCO MANUFACTURES
C igarettes
C igars
Tobacco (chewing and
smoking) and snuff

9 3.6
1*28.5
75.4

9 4 .2
1 3 0 .1
7 4 ,5

9 6 ,4
1 3 0 .4
7 8 .0

1 0 0 ,2 1 5 4 ,9 1 5 8 .2
12 0 ,6 1 7 9 ,6 1 9 0 .1
9 0,4 1 4 2 ,1 1 3 S .1

i 6 i ; i 13:8,5
19 0.3 1 4 5 .7
1 4 3 .2 136.4.

8 9 .6

9 4 .9

9 4 .2

9 4 ,2 1 2 8 .4 1 3 8 .4

1 3 9 ,9 1 2 9 .2

PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS
Paper and pulp
Pape.r goods., others
Envelopes
Paper bags
Paper boxes

1 1 7 .6
1 0 8 .0
12-6.2
11*7.1
1-22.6
1 2 0 .1

1 1 3 .2
1 0 3 .7
12‘S.O
11-7.7
1 1 8 .9
1 2 1 .4

1 1 9 ,1
1 0 9 .1
1 2 6 .2
11-9.0
11-8.2
1 2 3 .6

1 1 7 ,8
10 9,3
1 3 2 ,0
118.3>
1 1 1 ,1
1 1 6 ,5

1 8 5 ,1
1 7 6 ,3
1 8 9 .7
1 7 6 .5
1 9 9 ,0
1 8 3 .1

18 3 .3
1 7 3 .2
18 8 ,3
1 7 5 ,1
19 5 ,6
1 8 4 .6

1 8 3 ,7
1 7 4 .6
1 8 5 .4
1 7 2 .7
1 9 1 .2
185. 7

1 7 1 .3
.164.8
1 7 8 .2
1 6 4 .6
1 6 4 ,6
1 6 6 .6

PRINTING, PUBLISHING., AND
ALLIED INDUSTRIES
Newspapers and periodicals
P rin tin g , book and job
Lithographing
Bookbinding

1 0 2 .9
9 2 .6
1 0 8 .1
9 6 .4
1 1 7 .6

1 0 3 .1
9 3 .1
1 0 8 .1
9 5 .7
1 1 6 .7

1 0 4 .4
9 5 .2
10 8 .5
97 .3
1 1 8 .0

1 0 3 ,0
9 5 ,4
1 0 6 ,9
9 7 .1
1 1 1 ,0

1 3 3 ,6
11 3 ,4
1 4 3 .6
13 0 ,3
18 9 ,3

1 3 3 .5
1 1 2 .7
144. 2
13 0,3
1 9 0 ,1

1 3 4 .9
1 1 6 .0
1 4 3 .9
1 3 0 ,9
1 8 7 .7

1 2 1 .6
10 7 .3
1 2 9 .1
1 1 3 ,7
162 .3

2 2 8 .2
1 0 6 .2

2 3 0 .9
1 0 5 .3

2 4 0 .1 .
1 0 6 .2

2 5 1 ,9 3 9 0 ,4 3 9 6 .1
1 0 3 ,5 1 6 2 ,2 1 5 9 ,5

1 8 6 .6
1 1 0 .0
1 0 0 .1
1 0 8 .1

1 8 3 .0
1 0 8 .7
9 9 .6
1 0 8 .0

1 7 7 .5
1 1 4 .0
1 0 0 .4
1 0 9 .7

1 5 6 ,0
1 0 1 ,3
1 0 0 ,0
1 0 6 ,1

2 7 3 .9
1 4 5 .0
1 6 2 .4
16 9 ,3

1 7 4 .5

1 7 5 .8

1 7 7 .2

16 1,3

2 9 6 .1 2 9 7 .7

29 4 .0 2 5 0 .0

1 5 5 .3 . 1 5 3 .7
1 5 3 .1
1 2 4 .1
1 4 1 .3
1 2 5 .1

1 5 6 ,5
1 4 2 .8
1 1 8 .0

16 1 ,5 2 7 3 ,7 2 6 4 .1
128,4 2 4 0 ,1 2 5 0 .2
1 4 1 ,1 2 7 4 ,1 2 4 8 .3

2 7 0 .6 2 4 9 .6
2 7 4 .9 1 9 8 .4
2 2 7 .3 2 2 9 .0

1 1 9 ,8
11-5.3
1 0 6 .9
5 8 .4
1 2 3 ,2

1 1 8 .4
1 1 3 ,6
1C 7 .6
5 9 .7
1 2 1 .5

118.9'
1 1 3 ,4
1 0 8 ,3
6 8 ,5
1 2 2 ,3

1 1 5 ,2
1 0 6 ,1
1 1 8 ,0
5 5 ,2
1 1 8 ,0

2 0 1 ,6
1 9 2 .2
1 8 1 .9
1 0 4 .7
2 0 8 .9

CHEMICALS- AND ALLIED PRODUCTS
P a in ts, varnishes and colors
Drugs, medicines and
insecticides
Perfumes and cosmetics
Soap
Rayon and a ll ie d products
Chemicals, not elsewhere
c la s s ifie d 4 /
Compressed and liq uefied
gases
Cottonseed oil
F e r tilize r s
PRODUCTS OF PETROLEUM AND
COAL
Petroleum refin in g
Coke and by-product's
Pavin'g materials
Roofing materials

2 6 7 ,6
146, 8
1 5 9 ,8
1 6 8 ,6

1 9 6 ,9
1 8 5 .0
1 8 5 .8
105.-6
21 0 .3

4 0 5 .5 4 0 0 .9
1 5 9 .0 1 4 0 .2
25 9 .3
1 5 5 .5
1 6 0 .8
1 6 7 .6

19 7 .3
1 8 6 .4
1 8 0 .6
1 2 1 .9
21 1 .5

2 1 2 .2
1 3 1 .6
1 4 2 .9
15 0 .5

1 6 4 .9
15 1 .3
1 7 0 .4
8 1 ,4
1 8 1 .5

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

167*.4

1 6 7 .1

1 6 6 .4

1 5 2 ,8

2 9 3 .7 28 8 .4

2 8 5 .5 238. 3

173*8
144*3
149*0

1 7 4 .1
1 4 3 .6
148<1

1 7 2 .7
1 4 6 .2
1 4 7 .3

1 5 0 ,7 2 9 5 ,6 2 8 8 .9
1 4 9 ,6 2 5 2 .9 2 4 8 .9
1 3 9 ,1 26 2.3 2 6 0 .1

286, '8 2 2 8 .9
2 4 5 .9 2 4 0 .8
255.3 2 1 9 .9

MISCELLANEOUS INDUSTRIES
Photographic apparatus
Pianos, organs and parts
Games, toys and dolls
Buttons
Fire extinguishers 3 /

1 6 0 .3
1 7 2 .0
1 2 7 .5
85 .6
9 5 .5
6 7 6 .8

1 6 2 ,2
1 7 3 .6
1 3 1 .1
85 .3
94 .3
7 1 9 .0

16412
1 7 4 .0
1 3 1 ,8
8 7 ,9
9 3 ,7
7 4 2 ,1




: 15 9,5
! 1 5 6 ,7
1 1 2 2 ,9
1 7 8,5
j 10 5 ,4
j 77 4,3

300*8
2 7 8 ,5
2 4 4 ,5
1 6 1 ,2
1 8 0 ,5
1238 ,5

2 9 6 .9
3 0 0 .8
27 7 .3
2 7 3 ,0
2 4 4 ,1
2 4 6 .2
150,3
1 5 6 .9
1 7 8 .0
1 7 3 ,7
1245,0 1 3 4 0 ,1

•270.6
2 4 1 .2
2 2 6 .1
1 3 3 .6
17,2.0
125 7.9

Table 2. - Indexes of Wage-Earner Employment and of Wage-Earner
Pay Roll in Manufacturing Industries l / - Continued
Indexes for the major industry groups have been adjusted to fin al data for 1941
and preliminary data for the second quarter of 1942 made available by the
Bureau of Employment Security of the Federal Security Agency*
Indexes for
individual industries have been adjusted to levels indicated by the 193 9 Census
of Manufactures, but not to Federal Security Agency data.
Unpublished information concerning the following war industries may be obtained
by authorized agencies upon request: A ircraft engines; ammunition; communication
equipment; engines and turbines; explosives and safety fuses; firearms;
fireworks; optical instruments and ophthalmic goods; professional and scientific
instruments and fire control equipment; and radios and phonograph.
Comparable indexes for e a r lie r months available upon request.
Revisions have been made as follows in the data published for e arlier months:
Refrigerators and refrigeration equipment - October and November 1943 employment
indexes to 1 6 4 .1 and 1 6 6 .9 ; November 1943 pay roll index to 2 9 8 .3 .
Chemicals, not elsewhere c la s s ifie d - October and November 1943 employment
indexes to 1 7 5 .7 and 1 7 6 .8 ; pay-roll indexes to 2 9 4 .1 and 2 96.6 *
Revised series, not comparable with previously published data.
months back to January 1939 available upon request.




Data for e arlier

14.

Table 3. - Indexes of Employment and Pay Roll?, in
Selected ITonmanufacturing Industries
(1939 Ave ra ge = 100)

Industry

Coal M ining;
Anthracite
Bituminous

Employment indexes
Fob,
Dae*
Ja n ,
Feb.
1943
1943
1944
1944

8 9 .5
1 1 0 .4

1 9 0 .2
2 3 1 .0

1 4 6 .0
2 2 8 .9

1 5 6 .6 .1 5 4 .9
2 3 1 ,3 1 9 6 ,2

1 0 3 ,1 : 1 1 4 .4
147 .8" 1 5 7 .9
12 9,4
1 3 9 .8
1 2 0 .8
1 2 7 .4
2 5 .7
3 4 .8
1 8 4 .7
1 3 0 .1

1 5 7 .0
2 2 2 .4
2 0 7 .4
2 1 4 .9
3 3 .0
1 7 6 .9

1 5 7 .4
2 1 8 .9
2 0 9 .9
2 1 4 .4
3 3 .8
1 8 7 .1

1 6 0 .8
22 1 .3
2 1 6 .5
2 1 6 .0
3 3 ,2
2 0 5 ,3

9 6 .7

1 4 0 .5

14 0 .3

1 5 3 ,9 1 5 0 .3

8 0 ,9

8 2 .0

1 2 6 .9

1 2 6 .2

1 2 3 ,8 1 0 6 .4

2/
8 4 ,1

2/
8 8 ,1

2/
1 1 3 .9

2/
1 1 2 ,9

2/
. 2/
1 1 1 ,9 1 0 6 ,7

8 4 .2
9 9 .8

8 3 ,4
9 9 .8

1 0 0 .5
1 4 3 .0
1 2 6 .2
1 2 0 .6
2 6 .0
1 1 4 .9

1 0 1 .4
14 3 .5
1 2 8 .6
12 0.3
2 6 .0
1 2 1 .9

Quarrying and nonmetallic
mining

8 2 .7

8 3 .5

8 9 .7

Crude petroleum production l /

8 1 .2

81,1

Public u t i l i t i e s i
Telephone and telegraph
Electric light and power
Street railways and
busses

2/
153.'6

2/
83.8-

Metal mining
Iron
Copper
Lead and zinc
Gold and s ilv e r
Miscellaneous

Wholesale trade
R etail trade 3 /
Food 3 /
“
General merchandise
Apparel
Furniture and house
furnishings 3 /
Automotive
Lumber and b u ild in g
m aterials
Hotels (year-round) 4 /
Power laundries
Cleaning and dyeing
Class 1 steam railroads, 5 /
Water transportation 7 / ~

'Pay-roll indexes
Feb.
Dec.
Feb.
Jan*
1943
1943
1944
1944

•84.0
1 0 0 ,6

16 6 .3
2 2 9 .6
2 1 3 .7
2 0 9 .7
4 3 .0
2 8 3 .9

1 1 9 .9

1 1 8 .7

1 1 8 ,7

1 1 4 .8

1 6 6 .5

1 6 1 .9

1 6 1 ,4 1 5 0 .6

95. 6

9 5 ,0

9 5 ,9

9 7 .6

1 3 2 .9

1 3 1 .3

1 3 2 .2 1 2 4 .3

9 6 .0
1 0 6 .6
1 0 6 .2
1 0 2 .4

97 .5
1 0 6 .8
11 0 .0
10 5.2

11 2 ,6
1 0 8 ,7
1 5 6 .5
1 2 7 .7

9 7 .3
1 0 6 .5
1 0 8 .2
1 0 3 .0

1 2 1 .4
1 3 3 .0
1 2 9 .6
1 2 9 .5

1 2 2 .5
1 3 2 .7
13 3 .3
1 3 4 .1

1 3 5 .4
1 3 3 .7
1 7 4 .4
1 5 9 .1

11 4.3
1 2 4 .6
1 2 5 .5
1 2 3 .8

6 4 .6
6 5 .9

6 9 ,8
6 6 ,3

69 .3
6 1 .1

8 5 .3
9 3 .2

8 5 .7
9 1 .7

9 3 .9
9 1 .8

8 3 .4
7 8 ,4

8 8.3 1 8 8 .7
9 2 ,2
1 0 9 .3 : 10 8.5
1 0 9 .0
1 1 0 .5
1 0 S .9
1 0 9 ,9
: 1 1 4 .2 . 1 1 1 .2
1 1 3 ,8
1 3 7 .7
1 4 0 .2
1 3 6 .9
2 0 5 .7
1 9 8 .9 ; 1 9 0 .8

8 9 .1
1 0 4 .4
1 1 8 .5
1 1 3 .2
1 3 2 .9
1 1 0 .2

1 2 2 .5
1 5 2 .6
1 5 4 .4
1 6 7 .9

122o 6
1 4 8 .8
1 5 5 .0
1 6 3 .5

1 2 4 .5
1 4 9 .7
1 5 1 .8
1 6 3 .4

1 1 1 ,8
130, 6
1 4 5 .4
1 4 3 ,8

6 3 .5 .
6 5 .8

6/

6/

4 7 2 .6

4 4 8 .7

6/
6/
4 2 7 ,1 257,,8

l/Does not include w ell d r illin g or rig building#
2/Data are not available because of the merger of Western Union and Postal Telegraph*
3/Revisions have been made as follows in data published for e a r lie r months;
R etail trade total pay roll index, September 1943 to 1 2 0 *2 , October, 123*6*
R e tail food group, employment index-August 1943 to 1 0 2 *8 , September to 104*5*
Pay-roll index-August 1943 to 132*0 , September to 1 2 9 *5 , October to 131*5*
R etail furniture group-August 1943 employment index to 6 6 *0 , pay-roll index to
86*7*
4/b a sh payments only; additional value of board, room, t ip s , not included*
5/Source 5 Interstate Commerce Commission,,
6 / Not available*
7 / Based on estimates prepared by the U f S* Maritime Commission, covering employment
on steam and motor merchant vessels of 1,000 gross tens or over in deep sea trade only#



Table 4 . - Estimated Number of Wage Earners
in Selected Nom anufacturing Industries
(in thousands)
Industry

Feb.

Anthracite mining
Bituminous coal mining
Metal mining
Iron
Copper
Lead and zinc
Gold and silver
Miscellaneous metal mining
Electric light and power l /
Street railways and busses’ l /
Hotels (year-round)
l/
Power laundries
~
Cleaning and dyeing
Class I steam railroads Z /

Jan.

1944

1944

6 9 ,1
3 70
89 .4
2 8 .9
3 0 .6
1 8 .7
6 .4
4 .8
205
230
350
248
75 .1
1 ,3 5 9

6 9 .8
370
8 8 .6
2 8 .8
3 0 .1
1 8 .7
6 .4
4 .6
204
232
352
250
7 7 .1
1 ,3 8 4

Dec.

1943

6 9 .6
3 73
9 0 .9
2 9 .7
3 0 .8
1 8 .8
6 .4
5 .2
205
230
352
248
7 6.8
1 ,3 5 1

1 Feb.
i
:
:
;
;
;
:
!

7 4 .1
409
101
.31.7
-33.4
1 9 .7
806

7,4

215'
222
337
1 268
;
76 .4
• 1,31 3

l / Data include salaried personnel

2/

Source: Interstate Commerce Commission*

Data include salaried personnel.

Table 5. - Percentage Changes in Employment and Pay R olls
in Selected Nonmanufacturing In d u s trie s, Febuary 1944




Pay Roll
Percent a ge cha np;e from
J an.
Fe b .
1944
19'43

2 .0
•6

+ 1 .2
+ •7

+

-

6 .9
1 0 .0

+ 1 .6
•+ .3

+
-

3*7
9*2

4- 2 .5
+ 2 .0

+
+

9 .7
©8

- .8
+ 2 .7

+

+ 1 .7
1 .1

+ 1 3 .0
+ 17 .5

+ .6
+ .8
+ 2 .3
+
.2
- 4 .3

1*9
+ 6* 7
+ 14*0
4*1
- 1 1 .0

+

+ 5*5
+ 2 0 .6
+ & 0. 0
+ 5 .5
- 4*4

+
-

.6
.1

0

Tifholesale trade
Food products
Groceries and food
specialties
Dry goods and apparel
Machinery, equipment and
supplies
Farm products
Petroleum and petroleum
products (in c l . bulk tank
sta tio n s )
Automotive
Brokerage
Insurance
Building construction

Employment
Percentage change from
Feb.
Jan.
1944
1943

a •
O

Industry

.Q
3.0'
+ 2 .7
- .3
- 6 .8

1943

16.

Table 6* - Estimated Number of Employees in Nonagricultural Establishments
by Industry D iv isio n
(in thousands)
Industry ■
D iv is io n

Feb#
1944

Jan0
1944

Dec.
1943

Feb.
1943

Total l /

37 ,1 2 3

3 7 ,2 5 7

3 8 ,4 8 5

3 7 ,9 5 8

Manufacturing

1 5 ,7 3 8

1 5 ,8 2 7

1 6 ,0 7 8

1 5 ,8 5 1

Mining

812

811

815

867

Contract construction and Federal
force account construction

641

685

773

1 ,3 8 6

Transportation'and public u t il it ie s

3 ,6 6 3

3 ,6 4 0

3 ,6 6 1

3 ,4 5 6

Trade

6 ,1 9 7

6 ,2 5 5

6 ,8 3 2

6 ,2 9 1

Finance, service, and miscellaneous

4,259'

4 ,2 4 8

4 ,2 7 1

4 ,2 7 0

F ederal, State and local government,
excluding Federal force account
construction

5 ,8 1 3

5 ,7 9 1

6 ,0 5 5

5 ,8 3 7

l / Estimates exclude proprietors of unincorporated b usin esses, self-employed
persons* domestics employed ip. private homes, and personnel in the armed forces*




Table

17*

7* - Estimated Number of Employees in Nonagricultural Establishments* by State
(in thousands)

Region, and State

A l l industry divi sicns
De c .
'Jan.
1943
1943
1944

Jan.

Manufacturing
Dec,
1943
1944

tj8.XI#
1943

New England
Maine
New Hampshire
Vo rmont
Massachusetts
Rhode Inland
Connecticut

3 ,1 3 4
264
132
8 0 .8
1 ,6 2 4
284
749

3 ,2 3 0
273
136
82*5
1 ,6 8 1
294
763

3 ,2 1 8
295
140
8 3 .8
1 ,6 4 6
285
768

1 ,6 8 8
1 ,6 5 7
1 3 2 .5
1 2 8 .8
6 8 .5
6 9 .6
3 3 c9
3 4 .2
800
784
166
161
481
486

Middle A tlantic
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania

9 ,3 7 5
4 ,6 4 0
1 ,5 4 5
3 ,1 9 0

9,623
4 ,7 5 5
1 ,5 8 7
3 ,2 8 1

9 ,3 8 9
4 ,6 0 3
1 ,5 5 9
3 ,2 2 7

4 ,3 4 7
1,943
923
1 ,4 8 1

4 ,3 7 7
1 ,9 5 9
932
1 ,4 8 6

4 ,2 2 3
1,8 5 5
909
1 ,4 5 9

East North Central
Ohio
Indiana
Il l i n o is
Michigan
Wisconsin

8 ,7 1 0
2 ,3 4 8
1 ,0 5 2
2 .7 3 8
1 ,8 0 1
771

8 ,9 4 0
2,412
1,083
2,80 5
1 ,8 5 0
790

8,593
2 ,3 4 0
1 ,0 4 9
2 ,6 7 7
1 ,7 6 5
762

4 ,5 5 2
1,2 5 4
597
1 ,2 0 1
1,0 9 4
406

4 ,5 3 1
1 ,2 6 6
603
1 ,2 0 2
1,10 2
408

4 ,3 5 9
1 ,2 3 8
567
1,1 2 2
1,0 3 9
393

West North Central
Minne s ota
I owa
Missouri
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas

2 ,8 3 0
612
445
954
68. 8
7 8 .9
260
411

2,92 4
635
456
990
7 2 .0
8 1 .4
268
422

2,8 6 0
622
449
959
5 5 .1
79*8
260
425

South Atlantic
Delaware
Maryland
D is tr ic t of Columbia
Virg in ia
West V irginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida

4 ,6 4 0
9 6 .7
714
465
682
414
714
381
658
515

4 ,7 7 8
99*9
729
4 77
701
425
744
392
680
530

4 ,8 0 4
95*4
725
498
758
432
73 7
398
655
506




1,706
1 4 7 .0
7 6 .7
3 7 .5
789
162
494

941
194
146*0
375
6 .1
9*7
66*2
144*3

893
176
153*7
3545 .1
10 ,6
62 .3
1 3 1 .6

1 ,7 0 1
1,7 25
52 a4
5 2 .1
336
329
1 3 .4
1 3.5
20 5
208
134*7
13203
'378
382
177
181
287
286
127. S
130c 9

1 ,6 8 5
5 0 .0
335
1 4 .5
220
125*0
390
184
26^
1 0 1 .9

929
193
14 5.5
366
5 .4
9 .7
64 ,9
14 4 .0

1 8.

Table

7* - Estimated. Numbe.;r of Employees, in IIonagri cultural Establishments',
by State - Continued
(in thousands

Region and State

All-'industry divisions
Ja n .
Dec..
Ja n .
1943
1944
1943

Ja n .
1944

Manufacturing
Dec.
1943

Ja n .
1943

East South Central
Kentucky
Tennessee
Alabama
M ississip p i

1 ,7 8 4
431
54.8
558
247

1 ,8 4 2
441
573
570
258

1 ,8 8 3
433
598
595
257

712
120a 6
226
277
8 8 .1

726
1 2 2 .1
231
281
9 1 .7

709
1 0 8 .8
229
286
8 4 .8

West South Central
Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Texas

2 ,5 3 5
244
484
378
1 ,4 2 9

2 ,6 2 0
254
505
391
1 ,4 7 0

2 ,4 8 8
260
477
366
1 ,3 8 5

732
7 0 .6
1 6 2 .8
8 9 .5
409

755
7 4.3 .
1 74 e9
9 1 .8
414

632
7 4 ,7
1S9,( 5
7 2 .9
345

132
1 3 .9
1 2 .8
3 .7
5 3 .7
4 .8
1 5 .9
2 2 .4
4 .6

146
1 5 .0
1 4 .3
4 .0
5 8 .6
4 .9
1 6 .5
2 8 .2
4 .7

150
1 5 .1
12.,0
3« 7
66 „ 5
4 .4
1 c o7
3 2„3
3„ 5

1 ,4 2 2
1 ,4 5 2
273
267
13 9 .1
1 4 5 .0
1 ,0 3 4
1 ,0 1 6

1,4 0 0
256
14 2.,4
1 ,0 0 2

Mountain
Montana
Idaho
Wyoming
Colorado
New Mexico
Arizona
Utah
Nevada
P a cific
Washington
Oregon
C alifo rnia




906
110
9 5 .0
6 0 .6
265
7 6 .4
1 0 8 .4
150
4 0 .4
3 ,6 1 3
644
334
2 ,8 5 5

950
114
9 8 .8
6 1 .6
279
7 9 .0
1 1 1 .0
165
4 1 .7
3 ,7 0 7
666
345
2 ,6 9 6

981
110
1 0 5 .0
5 7 .0
288
8 0.3
1 1 1 .7
184
4 5 .4
3 ,5 8 3
635
337
2 ,6 1 1

19

Table

Employment and Pay Rolls on Construction and Shipbuilding and Repair Projects
Financed Wholly or Pa rtia lly from Federal Funds and on State Roads Financed
’"/holly from State or Local Funds
February 19-! .3 and January and February 19^4

( In thou s and s )
}

Employment

'Pay rolls

\
\

Program

Feb.

i

Jan.

1

j
1/

Feb.

Feb.

i:V;3

19Ub
1/

1

Financed by regular Federal
appropriations 2 / .................. J 1 ,7 2 0 .7 !
far.................. ~ .................... S 1 , 633.2
Other
i
37.5

1, 7J+3.2+1i 2 ,2 7 3 .
1 ,7 0 3 .2 ! 2 ,2 0 3 .
Ji-0. 2 1
70.

Feb.

Jan.
1914!+

19U3

U56,633
144.9 ,137
7 J 496

k50,9k0

h92,)i5h

i+b.2,916
3 , 02)4

i479,Sl5
1 2 ,619

1

31.5

36.i|. j

75.

6,512

7 ,5 3 0

3/ ................. j

ih.5

1 5 .5 1

10.

2,057

2,205

l , 6/4.0

Financed by RFC 3 / .................. j

7 2 .0

3 1 .2 |

202.

16 , 59i+

13,711

33,1+73

11ar ............................................ .]

72.0

3 1 .2 |

201.

i 6 ,5 9 U

13,711

3 3 ,3 3 U

Other ............ ........................... i

°

Oj

.

0

0

114+

'Tar public works

i

■

8.0
8 0 .0

3 .0 j
3 3 .2 |

16 .
3 6 .6

5/
5/

11,793

5/

1/975

5/,

1,239
3,736

5/

l / Preliminary
2 / Includes all Federally financed ship construction and repair.
Employment data
represent the weekly average; pay-roll 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 February 19UU &^e estimated.

3/

Employment data represent the weekly average; pay-roll data are for the month
ending on the 15th,

I4/

Data are for the calendar month.
Employment data represent the average
number working during the month.
Data for February 1 9 ^ are estimated.

5 / Data not av ailab le .




Employment and Pay Rolls in Regular Federal Services, February 19-J-3*
January and February l^UU l /
(In thousands)
7mp1oyment
Service...

!

Pay rolls

\ January I Februa
Dha ' \ Dih. ,|
19U3

February

2/

!

Regular Federal service's
Executive 3 / ....
! 2 , 9 3 6 . 0 {2 , 979.9
'Jashingtori Tletro1
C.KJJ. X ; pA'Z c
■Var agencies ..Jj-/........\ 133*3 \ 1 3 3 .9
Other agencies ......... |
1 2 9 .3 1
1 129.6
j
Other areas .................... | 2 , 7 2 2 .9
‘Tar agencies b / .... :...\2 , 0 3 5 . 4
Other agencies’ .......... \ 6 3 7 .5

I 2 ,7 9 3 .
j
I
)

February

i9Uh *

January

February

19^4.'

19/-3 ‘

)5 7 7 ,3 2 3

^523,720

7 A7

A1
O
l ,l1QC
jp
3 0 ,7 3 5
30,1+50

2/

"'573,966
tr

frC

-0 ; .
133 .
130 .

2 7 ,3 3 2

27,339

2 3 ,3 1 3

522.121

,7 l 6 .U
,0 2 3 .2
6 3 3 .2

!
|
j

2 , 729 .
2 . 0I40.

5 2 3 ,3 3 7
335,51(1+

38.1;, 191

639.

1 3 7 ,7 9 3

137,930

■
'4 62,535
3 3 3 ,6 7 8
1 2 3,357

rJ
cd
c

t:
Cj

v— .

2 .71

C_ I

2 .7/

*;

2.

773
/ /^

768

/ V-/ O

6 .1

6»1

j

6.

l ,!^ 6

1 ,5 7 7

l,i;33

1 / Data for employees stationed outside the continental limits of the United States
are included.

2 / prelim inary,
3 / Includes employees in United States navy yards and on force-account construc
tion who are also included under construction and shipbuilding and repair
p rojects.
Employment data are as of the last day of the month; pay-roll
data are for the month ending with the last pay period.
Data for January
and February IJbb are not strictly comparable with the series starting
July 19U3 because of the inclusion beginning July-lpliJ of approximately
7 ,0 0 0 employees of the Jar Shipping Administration who were previously
unreported,
A change in the method of reporting temporary substitutes of
the Post Office Department starting December 19U3 accounts for an increase
of approximately 2 5 ,0 0 0 employees.
Pay roils for January and February 19UU
were estimated.

b / Covers jar and Navy Departments, ‘Tar it Lae Commission, National Advisory
Committee for Aeronautics, The Panama Canal, O ffice for Emergency Management,
O ffice of Censorship, O ffice of ^rice Adm inistration, O ffic e of Strategic
Services, and the Petroleum Administration for '.Jar*




Table 10 - Averages of Estimated Wap-e -earne rs and
Indexes of Wage-earner Employment and vVage-earner
Pay Roll in Manufacturing Industries for 1942 and *1943

Industry group
or
Industry z /

Estimated
wage earners
(thousands)
1943 37 ■ 1942

l/

Indexes of
i Wage earner
iWnge erirner
pay roll
! employment
:1943 3 / ; 1342 i 1 9 4 3 3 / w1942
\.... *.......
;
(1939 Avera ge" = "TO'i
! 1 6 8 .7
:2 2 7 .8
i 1 2 2 .1

15 2.3
•’ 191.5
12 1.4

3 1 6 .4
4 4 1 .1
19 4.4

242.3
3 2 1 .3
1 6 4 .9

173,. 7
i 1, 5 S 7
IRON AND STEEL- AND THEIR PRODUCTS
1 , 722
Blast furnaces, steel works and
rolling mills
53 8 .1 1 3 3 .0
5 1 6 .6 i
8 7 .7 1 3 9 .4
Gray-iron and semi-steel castings
8 1 .5 i
Malleable-iron castings
2 6 .5 ;
2 8 .6 1 4 6 .8
Steel castings
7 4 .7 2 7 5 .8
8 3 .0 j
Cast-iron pipe and fitting s
2 1 ,1 1 0 0 ,8
1 5 .7 i
Tin cans and other tinware
3 2 .4 j
3 5 .8 1 0 2 ,0
3 2 .0 1 6 3 .8
Wire drawn from purchased rods
3 6 .0 ;
Wirework
3 2 .9 i
3 2 .5 1 0 8 .1
Cutlery and edge tools
2 1 .0 14 1.3
2 1 .8 |
T o o ls • (except edge tools, m&chine
tools, files and saws)
2 7 .0 1 8 1 .5
2 7 .8 :
Hardware4 4 .7 1 2 7 .1
4 5 .3 j
Plumbers’ supplies
2 3 .0 ;
9 3 .5
2 3 .8
Stoves, oil burners and heating
4 8 .4 12 0 .6
equipment not elsewhere c la s s ifie d
5 5 .6 ;
Steam‘and hot-water heating
apparatus and steam fittin g s
5 9 .3 :
50. 7 19 5,6
Stamped and enameled ware and
galvani z ing
8 9 .2 ;
75 .8 1 6 0 .5
Fabricated structural and
ornamental metalwork
7 i .o i
6 1 .6 20 0 .0
Metal doors, sash, frames, molding
and trim
1 2 .7 j
10. 7 16 4.6
Bolts j nuts, -washers and rivets
2 9 .1 !
2 5 .0 2 0 3 .1
Forgings, iron and steel
4 0 .2 !
3 5 .1 2 6 1 .2
Wrought p ipe, welded and heavy
riveted
2 5 .8 |
1 6 .8 3 0 8 .5
Screw-machine products and wood
screws
49„6 :
4 4 .8 2 9 2 .9
Steel barrels, kegs and drums
7 .8 ;
7 .7 1 2 9 .1

1 6 1 .1

3 0 4 .8

244.3

138.5
150.1
158.4
2 4 8 .2
127.6
11 2.5
1 4 5 .8
1 0 6 .9
13.6.3

22 2.3
2 5 6 .7
2 7 3 .4
4 8 4 .4
174„ 2
1 61.6
25 5.3
2 0 2 .5
27 9 .5

19 4,6
235.1
242.3
3 5 1 .4
19 9 .1
14 7,1
2 0 1 .7
1 6 4 .8
2 2 4 .9

1 7 6 .5
1 2 5 .5
96.5

3 3 4 .1
2 4 5 .8
158.6

2 8 9 .9
20 4 ,2
1 3 2 .2

1 0 4 .9

2 0 6 .9

14 7 .0

16 7.3

353. 8

2 7 9 .0

13 6.5

3 0 0 .6

2 1 0 .7

1 7 3 .4

3 6 5 c3

267. 7

1 3 8 .0
1 7 5 .0
22 8.6

2 92.5
3 7 4 .5
4 9 7 .6

2 0 0 .9
2 7 6 .9
3 8 6 .2

2 0 1 .1

57 8 .5

3 3 4 .3

264. 5
12 6.5

5 4 8 .0
242.5

4 4 0 .2
19 0.3

273. 9
555
3 71.4 25 4 .6

2 1 4 .1
205.5

4 6 8 .9
4 4 4 .7

3 3 6 .1
3 2 6 ,4

; 1, 086
2 3 5 .2
:
‘*20.6 2 4 2 .4
:
4 5 .2 1G7.5

205.5
20 7.9
144,5

4 2 6 .0
4 3 2 ,0
2 5 6 .7

3 3 7 .9
33 5 .6
195, 8

j
:

124,3
3 0 6 .4

256c 0
503. 9

182. 7
4 9 3 .8

ALL MANUFACTURING
DURABLE GOODS
NONDURABLE GOODS

13 ,8 1 7
-8,226
-5,5 9 1

f12 j479
i 6, 917
| 5, 562

Durable Goods

ELECTRICAL MACHINERY
E le c tr ic a l equipment

710
:
4G 0.3 ;

1 ,243
TACI-IINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL
4 DO.. 4
Machinery and machine-shop products
Tractors
5 2 .4
A gricultural machinery, excluding
tractors
3 7 .7
Machine tools
1 0 9 .7




3 4 .6 1 3 5 .7
1 1 2 .2 2 9 9 .5

Table- 10 - Averages of Estimated Wage-earners and
Indexes-.of Wage-earner Employment and .Wage-earner
Pay Roll in Manufacturing Industries for 1942 and 1943
Industry group
or
Industry 2 /

Machine-tool accessories
Textile machinery
Pumps and pumping equipment
Typewriters
Cash r e g is te r s , adding and
calculating machines
Washing machines, wringers and
d r ie r s , domestic
Sewing machines, domestic and
industrial
Refrigerators and refrigeration
equipment

Estimated
wage earners
(thousands)
1943 3 /
1942

l/

Indexes of
Wage iso.rner
Wage earner
employment
p-y roll
1943 3 / 1 9 4 2
1943 3/
1942
........ (I93'9"lverc '.ge = 100)

8 8 .4
2 8 .5
7 6 .8
1 2 .0

8 4 .0
3 0 .3
6 4 .3
1 4 .5

3 5 1 .3
1 3 0 .1
3 1 7 .0
7 3 .8

3 3 0 .4
1 3 8 .5
2 6 5 .4
8 9 .2

5 7 7 .8
2 3 0 .1
6 4 8 .8
1 4 3 .8

5 1 4 .1
2 1 8 .5
5 0 0 .3
1 3 9 .2

3 4 .8

2 8 .8

1 7 7 .0

■
1 4 6 .3

3 4 1 .6

2 4 0 .5

1 3 .3

8 .9

1 7 8 .8

1 1 9 .0

3 0 1 .5

1 7 9 .6

1 0 .7

1 0 .6

13 6 .6

1 3 5 .1

28 2.3

2 4 0 .6

6 4 .4

3 8 .0

1 5 4 .9

1 0 8 .2

26-x.5

1 5 5 .8

TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT, . EXCEPT
AUTOMOBILES
2,2 5 2
Locomotives
3 4 .1
C ars, electric- and steam-ro.ilroad
6 0 .5
A ircraft and parts excluding
airc raft engines
7 1 6 .9
Shipbuilding and boat building
1 ,0 5 8 .3
Motorcycles, bicycles and parts
1 0 .0

1 ,4 9 4
1 4 1 8 .9
2 9 .5
5 2 6 .8
2 4 6 .5
6 4 .6

9 41 .3 2 7 5 7 .5 1694,, 1
4 5 5 .3 1 1 0 7 .3
83 9,. 5
432,, 9
26 3 .3
4 5 7 .9

4 6 6 .2 1 8 0 6 .8
6 8 7 .5 1 52 8 .3
1 4 3 .7
9 .6

1 1 7 5 .1 3 1 5 1 .7 1890., 8
- 9 9 2 .8 3 0 9 4 .3 1862,,1
213,. 2
13 7 .8
2 5 3 .6

AUTOMOBILES

694

508

1 7 2 .4

1 2 6 .3

3 1 3 .1

205, 5

NONFERROUS METALS AND THEIR PRODUCTS
Smelting and r e fin in g , primary, of
nonferrous metals
Alloying and r o lling and drawing
of nonferrous metals except
aluminum
Clocks and watches
Jewelry (precious metals) and
je w e le r s ’ findings
Silverware and plated ware
Lighting equipment
Aluminum manufactures
Sheet-metal work, not elsewhere
c la s s ifie d

415

381

1 8 1 .0

1 6 6 .4

3 2 4 .4

2 5 9 .1

LUMBER AND TIMBER BASIC PRODUCTS
Sawmills and logging camps
Planing and plywood m ills




5 6 .4

4 4 .1

2 0 4 .3

1 5 9 .6

3 5 3 .9

2 3 0 .2

7 5 .8
2 5 .2

70.5 : 1 9 5 .2
2 6 .3 j 1 2 4 .2

181.6
1 2 9 .6

3 5 3 .4
2 5 8 .4

2 9 4 .2
2 1 7 .5

1 5 .9
1 1 .8
2 4 .3
7 9.4

1 7 .2
1 2 .0
2 2 .5
6 4 .4

j 1 1 0 .5
: 9 6 .9
i 1 1 8 .9
L 3 3 7 .4

1 1 9 .1
9 8 .9
1 0 9 .8
2 7 3 .5

1 6 5 .1
1 6 5 .4
2 0 7 .2
5 9 1 .6

1 5 5 .1
1 4 0 .0
1 6 7 .3
4 2 7 .4

2 9 .5

2 8 .2 ! 1 5 7 .2

1 5 0 .3

2 7 7 .7

2 2 4 .8

475
2 5 9 .5
8 1 .1

544
: 1 1 3 .0
3 0 3 .3 : 90.1
8 7.5 i 1 1 1 .7

1 2 9 .4
1 0 5 .3
1 2 0 .5

1 9 0 .6
1 5 4 .3
1 7 5 .9

1 8 1 .0
1 4 8 .9
1 6 0 .2

Table 10 .—. Averages of Estimated -Wage-earners ' and
Indexes- of Wage-earner Employment arid Wage-earner
Pay R oll in Manufacturing Industries for 1942' and 1943
Industry group
or
T Tld US TV *?/

FURNITURE AND FINISHED LUMBER
PRODUCTS
Mattresses and bedsprings
Furniture
Wooden boxes, other than ciga.r
Caskets and other morticians-.’
goods
Wood preserving
Wood, turned and shaped

Estimated
wage earners
(thousands)
1943 5 / : 1942

23.

l/

Indexes of
•
; Wage earner ' iV/age earner
employment
: pay roll
1943 3 /
1942 ; 1943 3 / 1942
(193' y Average "= "100)..............

i
:

379
1 8 .7
176.3
3 2 .1

1 0 9 .7
99.6
105. 7
■117.6

115.5; 1 8 0 .7
101.8,: 1 5 5.9
1 1 0 .8 5 1 7 4 .3
126.6 ; 203 .'0

I

1 2 .1
1 2 .7
2 4 .4

96.3
■92.8
1 0 1 .0

9 7 .2 ;1 4 9 .8 : 126.0
•1 1 3 .0 ;1 7 1 .1 i 1 7 1 .0
1 1 0 .7 | 1 6 5 .1 ] 1 5 4 .3

|
j

372
8 4 .5

121.3
1 2 6 .0

1 2 6 .7 :1 8 7 .4 j 1 68.1
1 2 1 .1 ;1 8 7 .6 I 1 56.2

j
I
|

1 2 .2
2 9 .1
6 4 .5
4 5 .0
5 .0

1 1 3 .1
1 0 0 .7
8 8 .9
130.6
91.2

1 2 2 .1 :1 6 5 .9
1 2 2 .0 :1 4 1 ,2
1 1 3 .6 :1 3 3 .5
1 3 5 .9 j1 8 8.6
1011. 9: 151,-5

1 0 .8
1 0 .7

13 7.3
9 8 .7

1 3 2 .si 2 23.4 f 1 7 8 .1
1 1 2 .7 :1 7 1 .6 ; 1 6 0 .8

1 3 .8
16. S
2 1 .8

6 7 .4
3 0 2 .2
138.2

74.3i 9 0.8 ; 8 4 .1
2 1 8 .5 :4 8 0 .2 :3 2 2 .0
1 3 6 .9 ,2 5 4 .6 : 2 1 0 .5

11,290

1 0 7 .2

1 1 2 .7\1 77.4 ; 1 6 3 .7

4 86..5
16.5
9 5 .3

:

5 0 5 .9
17. 7
1 0 2 .1

1 2 2 .9
123.6
7 9 .9

1 2 7 .8 ;2 1 0 .8 :1 9 8 .4
1 3 3 .1 ;2 0 9 .5 :2 0 4 .6
8 5 .2 ;1 3 4 .5 :1 2 6 .0

1 6 6 .5
117.1
1 1 .8

: 180.5
1 128.5
1 2 .0

1 1 1 .9
73.6
1 0 7 .7

1 20.9 j2 0 2.2 ^ 189. 2
8 0 .8 i1 0 7 .7 : 97. 5
1 1 0 .0 :1 7 2 .3 I14S .3

3 1 .0
4 5 .0

1 1 5 .0
1 08.6

1 10.2 :1 8 9 .4 j 1 4 8 .8
1 1 6.8 ;180,2 j 166.3

70.4
2 3 .8
1 0 .4
4 .1
1 6 .6

10 1.6
8 8 .3
6 8 .9
10 7.5
13 9.3

105.3 i156.3 :1 4 2 .9
9 2.8 :141.2 :1 2 8 .6
7 1 .5 ;1 1 7 .6 : 93.3
114.3 :1 9 0 .9 ;1 7 2 .3
1 3 7 .3 :2 3 3 .3 :2 0 2 .4

360
18*3.
168*3
2 9.8
1 2 .0
1 0 .4
22.. 2

STONE, CLAY AND GLASS PRODUCTS
356,
Glass and glassware
88*0
Glass products made from purchased
glass
i 1 1 .3
Cement
. 24*0
Brick, tile and terra cotta
; 50*5
Pottery and related products
| 4 3 .2
Gypsum
4 .5
Wallboard, plaster (except gypsum)
and mineral wool
: 1 1 .1
Lime
:
S .3
Marble, granite, slate and other i
products
1 2.5
Abrasives
i 2 3 .4
Asbestos products
i 2 2 .0

:

!

: 161.-5
|s132.4
i 1 5 6 .1
: 186 .1

; 152.2
:1 5 5 .3
: 1 5 0 .1
■174.3
: 138.4

Nondurable Goods
TEXTILE-MILL PRODUCTS AMP OTHER
FIBER MANUFACTURES
Cotton manufactures, except
small wares
Cotton small wares
Silk and rayon floods
Woolen and worsted manufactures,
except dyeing and finishing
Hosiery
Knitted cloth
Knitted outerwear and knitted
gloves
Knitted underwear
Dyeing and fin ish in g t e x tile s ,
including woolen and worsted
Carpets and rugs, wool
Hats, fur-felt
Jute goods, except feltsj
Cordage and twine




|
1 ,226

3 2 .3
4 1 .8
6 7 .9
22 .6
1 0 .0
3 .9
1 6 .9

i

;
:
:

i

24.
Table 10 - Averages of Estimated Wage-earners and
Indexes of Wage-earner Employment and Wage-earner
Pay Roll in Manufacturing Industries for 1942 and 1943 l /

Industry group
or
Industry 2 /

Estimated
wage earners
(thousands)
1943 3 /
1942

APPAREL AND OTHER FINISHED TEXTILE
PRODUCTS
854
Men’ s clothing, not elsewhere
c la s s ifie d
2 2 9 .8
S h i r t s c o l l a r s and nightwear'
5 9 .6
Underwear and neckwear, men’ s
1 2 .8
Work shirts
18i 2
Women’ s 'c l o t h in g , not elsewhere
c la s s ifie d
2 3 9 .1
Corsets and a llie d garments
1 6 .5
M illin e ry
1 9 ,8
Handkerchiefs
3 .7
C urtains, draperies and bedspreads
1 7 .1
House fu rn ish ing s, other th a n ’
curtains, e tc .
1 4 .8
Textile bags
1 5 .1

Indexes of
Yfege earner
Wage earner
pay roll
employment
1942
1943 3 /1 9 4 2
1943 3 /
(llft'S Average = 100)

910

1 0 8 .2

1 1 5 .2 1 6 4 .9

1 4 9 .0

2 4 7 .8
6 8 .6
1 3 .8
1 8 .4

1 0 5 .1
84.6'
7 9 .5
1 3 5 .6

11 3 .3
9 7 .3
8 5 .5
1 3 6 .8

1 5 8 .7
1 3 4 .0
1 3 7 .3
2 2 7 .7

1 4 7 .4
1 3 7 .8
1 1 9 .0
2 0 7 .9

2 5 4 .4
1 8 .2
2 0 .8
4 .4
1 6 .7

8 8 .0
8 8 .1
8 1 .3
7 6 .5
1 0 1 .3

9 3 .6
9 7 .1
8 5 .7
9 1 .6
9 8 .8

1 3 4 .4
1 3 7 .2
1 0 9 .5
1 2 3 .8
16 4 .5

1 1 9 .0
1 2 5 .9
9 3 .5
1 2 5 .1
1 3 1 .7

1 4 .2
1 5 .3

1 3 9 .3
1 2 6 .3

1 3 3 .8 2 3 9 .3
1 2 7 .8 1 8 8 .9

1 8 3 .5
1 6 4 .9

1 0 7 .6 15 0 .6
1 0 7 .0 1 4 4 .7

1 5 0 .7
1 4 5 .6

373
5 0 .6

9 6 .1
9 5 .6

1 7 ;4
1 8 6 .9
14; 4
1 3 .5

1 8 .8
2 1 1 .9
14 .3
1 5 .3

9 2 .4
8 5 .7
1 4 4 .1
161. 7

9 9 .6
9 7 .2
1 4 3 .2
1 8 3 .9

1 3 6 .8
1 3 6 .7
2 2 3 .9
2 4 0 .3

1 3 3 .5
139.4
1 8 7 .1
2 1 9 .2

FOOD
Slaughtering and meat packing
Butter
Condensed and evaporated milk
Ice cream
Flour
Feeds, prepared
Cereal preparations
Baking
Sugar r e fin in g , cane
Sugar, beet
Confectionery
Beverages, nonalcoholic
Malt liquors
Canning'and preserving

989
1 6 4 .6
2 1 .3
1 3 .0
1 4 .9
2 8 .5
21; 7
9 .9
2 5 4 ;0
1 3 .9
8 ;4
56; 1
2 7 .1
4 5 .6
1 3 3 .7

1 ,0 0 1
1 7 2 .2
2 1 .3
1 3 .3
1 6 .2
2 5 .2
1 9 .0
9 .0
2 5 0 .0
1 3 .0
1 0 .4
5 6 .1
2 4 .1
4 1 .2
149.6

1 1 5 .7
1 3 6 .6
1 2 1 .3
1 3 4 .2
9 5 .1
1 1 5 .2
1 4 1 .0
1 3 2 .4
1 1 0 .1
9 8 .3
8 0 .3
1 1 2 .8
1 2 7 .4
1 2 6 .3
9 9 .5

1 1 7 .2
1 4 2 .9
1 1 8 .4
1 3 7 .2
1 0 3 .4
1 0 1 .9
1 2 3 .7
1 2 0 .7
1 0 8 .4
9 1 .5
10 0.3
1 1 2 .9
1 1 3 .4
1 1 4 .2
111 .3

1 6 9 .5
2 0 0 .1
1 6 9 .6
1 9 7 .2
1 2 4 .0
1 7 7 .6
2 2 3 .7
2 1 7 .4
1 5 1 .8
1 4 2 .9
110.6
1 6 6 .4
1 5 3 .9
1 7 0 .1
1 7 1 .2

1 4 6 .5
1 7 0 .5
1 4 5 .9
1 7 6 .6
1 2 0 .7
1 3 0 .2
1 6 8 .8
1 6 1 .4
1 3 1 .6
1 0 9 .2
1 3 4 .7
1 4 4 .8
1 2 7 .1
13 6 .2
1 6 4 .4

91
3 3 .9
4 2 .7

95
3 0 .8
5 0 .4

9 7 .3
1 2 3 .8
8 3 .9

1 0 2 .1 1 5 1 .1
11 2 .3 1 7 2 .0
9 9 .1 13-9. 7

1 3 6 .7
1 4 8 .7
1 3 2 .0

8.4

8 .0

91 .2

TOBACCO MANUFACTURES
C igarettes
Cigars
Tobacco (chewing and smoking) and
snuff




8 7 .6

i—I
•
i—1
to

3344 5 .2

1—1

LEATHER AMD LEATHER PRODUCTS
Leather
Boot and shoe cut stock and
• findings
Boots and shoes
Leather gloves and mittens
Trunks and suitcases

1 1 6 .8

Table 10 - Averages of ^stirr.toc 7>ge-earners and
Indexes of Wage-earner Employment and Wage-earner
Pay Roll in Manufacturing Industries for 1942 and 1943

Industry group
or
Industry 2 /

Estimated
wage earners
(thousands)
1942
1943 3 /

l/

Indexes of
Wage earner
Wage earner
pay roll
employment
1943 3 / 1942
1942
1943 3 /
. . . . . .= . . . . i a c ;
(1 93; "Avera ]
•) .........................................

PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS
Paper and pulp
Paper goods, other
Envelopes
Paper bags
Paper boxes

314
1 4 9 .7
4 8 .3
1 0.3
1 2 .4
83.3

313
1 5 7 .7
4 5 .9
1 0 .0
1 3 .0
76 .6

11 8 .2
1 0 8 .9
1 2 8 .4
1 1 9 .0
1 1 2 .0
1 2 0 .5

1 1 7 .8
1 1 4 .7
1 2 1 .9
1 1 4 .8
117.6
1 1 0 .7

1 7 7 .7
1 6 9 .9
1 8 2 .2
1 6 8 .6
17 4 .0
17 6 .8

1 5 4 .5
1 5 5 .5
1 4 9 .9
1 3 6 .9
1 5 8 .5
1 3 9 .8

PRINTING, PUBLISHING, AND ALLIED
INDUSTRIES
Newspapers and periodicals
P r in tin g , book and job
Lithographing
Bookbinding

336
1 1 3 .0
1 3 2 .5
2 5 .2
2 9 .4

332
1 1 6 .8
1 2 8 .5
2 4 .4
2 7 .7

102.3
9 5 .2
1 0 4 .9
9 6 .8
1 1 4 .0

10 1.3
98 .4
1 0 1 .7
9 3 .7
107 .6

1 2 6 .8
1 1 1 .7
1 3 2 .6
1 2 3 .0
1 7 4 .8

1 1 4 .2
1 0 7 .4
1 1 5 .9
104.6
1 4 3 .7

CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS
P a in ts , varnishes and colors
Drugs, medicines and insecticides
Perfumes and cosmetics
Soap
Rayon and a llie d products
Chemicals, not elsewhere
c la s s ifie d
Compressed and liquefied gases
Cottonseed oil
F e r tilize r s

732
2 9 .5
4 5 .5
1 1 .0
13 .3
5 2 .1

607
3 0 .4
3 7 .7
1 0 .5
1 4 .2
5 1 .6

2 5 4 .1
1 0 4 .8
1 6 6 .1
1 0 6 .6
9 8 .0
1 0 7 .9

2 1 0 .7
1 0 7 .9
1 3 7 .5
10 1 .0
1 0 4 .8
107.0

4 2 2 .1
1 5 2 .9
23 3 .4
1 4 3 .6
1 4 6 .1
1 6 2 .5

3 0 8 .9
1 3 5 .1
16 7 .2
1 1 9 .8
1 3 2 .1
14 2.4

1 1 6 .7
6.3
1 7 .7
2 2 .7

11 0 .1
6 .3
1 5 .9
21 .5

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

158.3
1 5 8 .4
104. 9
1 1 4 .7

2 7 3 .5
26 4.3
2 0 1 .5
2 2 5 .0

2 1 9 .2
2 2 4 .7
14 7 .0
1 6 8 .7

PRODUCTS OF PETROLEUM AND COAL
Petroleum refining
Coke and by-products
Paving materials
Roofing materials

125
8 0.6
2 4 .6
1 .6
9 .6

126
7 9 .0
2 6 .5
1 .9
10 .2

1 1 7 .8
11 0 .6
11 3 .6
6 5.6
1 1 9 .2

1 1 8 .8
10 8.5
1 2 2 .1
79.1
1 2 6 .9

184.3
1 7 2 .3
1 7 7 .4
110 .2
19 7 .2

1 5 2 .7
1 3 8 .4
1 5 8 .6
1 1 4 .2
178.3

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

191
8 6 .7
2 1 .8
7 3 .1

155
65 .6
19 .3
6 3 .8

1 5 7 .9
1 6 0 .2
1 4 7 .1
14 1 .3

12 8 .5
121.3
1 2 9 .9
12 3.3

26 0 .1
25 6.3
24 6 .4
23 4 .5

1 7 6 .8
16 3 .3
1 8 6 .2
174 .6

MISCELLANEOUS INDUSTRIES
Photographic apparatus
Pianos, organs and parts
Games, toys and dolls
Buttons
Fire extinguishers

402
29 .2
1 0 .0
15 .6
1 0 .8
7.6

360
2 3 .8
7.5
1 8 .6
1 2 .9
6 .1

1 6 4 .3
1 6 8 .9
13 1 .3
8 3 .8
9 8 .1
76 7 .9

147.2- 291.3
137 .8 2 6 1 .8
9 8 .7 2 4 7 .9
99 .6 14-2.8
1 1 7 .7 1 7 1 . 6
6 14 .9 1365.1

2 1 5 .9
19 4 .1
1 3 8 .9
13 6 .3
17 2 .4
1 02 8.2




26.
Table 10 - Averages of Estimated Wage-earners and
Indexes of Wage-earner Employment and Wage-earner
Pay Roll in Manufacturing Industries for 1942 and 1943

l/

l/

Estimates and indexes for the major industry groups have been adjusted to
fin a l data fgr 1941 and preliminary data for the second quarter of 1942
made available by the Bureau of Employment Security of the Federal Security
Agency.
Estimates and indexes for individual industries have been adjusted
to levels indicated' by the 1939 Census of Manufactures3 but not to Federal
Security Agency data.

2/

Unpublished information concerning the following war industries may be
obtained by authorized agencies upon request:
A irc ra ft engines 5 ammunition;
communication equipment; engines and turbines; explosives and safety fuses;
firearm s; fireworks; optical instruments and ophthalmic goods; professional
and s c ie n t ific instruments and fire control equipment; and radios and
phonographs.

3/

Prelim inary.




27.
Table I I - Average Indexes of Employment and
Pay Rolls in Selected ITonmanufacturing Industries
for 1942 and 1943

(1939 Average = 100)
Industry

Employment Indexes

Quarrying and norimetallic mining
Crude petroleum production 2 /
Telephone and telegraph
ISholesale trade
Retail trade
Food
General merchandise
Apparel
Furniture and house furnishings
Automotive
Lumber and building materials
Water transportation 4 /

1943 17
...... 95 . 2 "

1942
111.8
67.5

81. S
3/
S5\9
99.9

121.7

Pay-roll Indexes
1943 1/ 1942
162.1
116.0
104 .3
131.2
3/

102.3
104.2
111.1
115.5
107.3
84.2

127.1

121.5
116.5
125.2

63.0

71.6

135.9
133.9
86.5

9l.$
146.4

99.0
90.9

84.7
120.7
332.6

128.0
120.8
98.4
84.6
118.9
175.3

106.2
116.9
110.1
67.7

120.6
128.8

l / Prel iminary
2/ Does not include well drilling
3 / Data are not available because
Telegraph in October 1943*
4 / Based on estimates prepared by
employment on steam and motor
in deep sea trade only#

or rig building
of the merger of Western Union and Postal
the U. S* Faritime Commission covering
merchant vessels of 1 5000 gross tons or over

Table 12 - Average Estimated Wage Earners and Indexes of
Wage-earner Employment and of T;?age-earner Pay Roll in
Selected Nonmanufacturing Industries for 1942 and 1943
Industry

Estimated
employment
(in thousands)

1943 1/
'Anthracite mining
Bituminous coal mining
Metal mining
Iron
Copper
Lead and zinc
Gold and silver
Miscellaneous metal mining
Electric ligh t and power 2/
Street railways and fcusseT 2 /
Hotels (year-round) 2/
~
Power laundries
Cleaning and dyeing
Class 1 steam railroads 3/

l/
2/
3/
4/

Preliminary
Data include salaried personnel.
Source: Interstate Commerce Commission*
Not available




1942
.................m

386
96.4
32.2
31.4
19.0
7.3
6.6
211
227
344
260
80.7
1,355

Indexes of
Employment
: Pay Rolls

1943 1/

(1939 - 100 )
1942
1943 1/

............

435
107.7
31.2
32.1
19.4
18.4
6.6
237

207
332
267
80 .7
1,271

104.1
109.3

160.2
131.8
122.1
29.4
164.9
86.3

117.0
106.6
115.3
119.6
137.2

117.5
122.0
155.3
134.8

125.0
74.3
164.1
97.2
106.9
102.9
118.2
119.6
128 .6

187.7
166.9
247.1
212.5
208o9
36.9
259.8

109.2
155.7
138.7
149.5
165.2
4/

Data include salaried personnel.

1942
124 .3
174.9
166 .0
221.1
191.1

192.6
82.6
230.8
112.1
129.8
119.8
136.2
142.1
4/
Full text of Employment and Payrolls : February 1944

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