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EMPLOYMENT
and FAY ROLLS
DETAILED REPORT
FEBRUARY
1948
United States Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics
ESTIMATES OF EMPLOYMENT - HBff SERIES
In this detailed report the Bureau presents a new series of productionwcrker estimates for the individual industries in manufacturing and nonmanufacturing
as shown below.
The new estimates, adjusted to bench-mark data through 19^5 from
the Bureau of Employment Security of the Federal Security Agency, correct the down
ward bias which has accumulated since 1939 and are, therefore, more representative of
the true levels of employment.
MANUFACTURING - Industries in the Iron and Steel and Their Products Group - Of the
industries in this group which required adjustment, the largest changes were in the
following:
gray-iron castings; steel castings; stoves, oil burners, and heating
equipment, not elsewhere classified; steam and hot-water heating apparatus and steam
fittings; stamped and enameled ware and galvanizing.
Listed below are the industries
in which, though no general adjustment was necessary, minor revisions were incorpo
rated.
Blast furnaces, steel works, and
rolling mills
Tin cans and other tinware
Wire drawn from purchased rods
Wirework
Cutlery and edge tools
Tools (except edge tools, machine
tools, files, and saws)
Hardware
.Fabricated structural and ornamental
metalwork
Metal doors, sash, frames, molding,
and trim
TTOHMANUFACTURING - Mining Industries - The estimates and indexes for all industries
in these series have been adjusted.
Despite the lapse of several years without any
adjustment to levels other than the 1939 Census of Mineral Industries, the changes
are relatively small.
This report shews the now 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 these industries irill
be j»rav-±ded. upon request.
LS 43-2797
Soltar - 351
April 19, 1943
tf. S. Department of Latxjr
Bureau of Labor Statistics
EMPLOYMENT AND PAY ROLLS
Detailed Report
February 1948
Explanatory notes outlining briefly the
concepts, methodology, and sources used
in preparing data for this report appear
in the appendix. See pages 1 - vli.
TABLE
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
5a.
6.
7.
8.
9.
CONTENTS
Estimated Number of Wage and Salary Workers in Nonagricultural
Establishments, by Industry Division... ....................;..
Estimated Number of Wage and Salary Workers in Manufacturing
Industries, by Major industry Group... ................ ........
Federal Employment and Pay Rolls in All Areas and in Continental
United States, and Total Government Employment and Pay Rolls in
Washington, D. C ............ ..................... .........
Personnel and Pay of the Military Branoh of the Federal Government..
Estimated Number of Wage and Salary Workers in Manufacturing
Industries, by State, January 1948............................
Estimated Number of Wage and Salary Workers in Nonagricultural
Establishments for Selected States, January 1948..... ..........
Estimated Number of Production Workers in Manufacturing Industries..
Estimated Number of Employees in Selected Nonmanufacturing
Industries... .................. ...........................
Indexes of Production-Worker Employment and Weekly Pay Rolls in
Manufacturing Industries........ ............................
Indexes of Employment and Weekly pay Rolls in Selected Nonmanu
facturing Industries......................... ............ .
PAGE
2
3
.4
5
6
f
8.
14
1J>
21
SUPPLEMENT
10.
11.
Estimated Number of Production Workers and Indexes of ProductionWorker Employment and Weekly Pay Rolls in Manufacturing Industries,
1946 and 194?..............................................
Estimated Number of Employees and Indexes pf Employment and Weekly
Pay Rolls in Selected Nonmanufacturing Industries, 1946 and 1947...
22
28
Explanatory Notes........ ........ ............ ..............
i
Glossary......................... ......... ............... .
v
Data for the 2 most recent months
shown are subject to revision.
2.
Tati© 1. - Estimated Humber of Wage and Salary Workers in
Nonagricultural Establishments, by Industry Division
(In thousands)
194«
Fob, .].•Jan;;. 1- Dec.
1947
Feb. i Jan.
1947
Average
TOTAL 42,683 j43,015 : 44,078
41,849 !41,803
42,541
15,775 j15,878. 15,964
15,475 I15,372
15,554
Industry division
Manufacturing
889 I
Mining
896
.899
1,788
880 !
883
885
1,502 | 1,527
1,734
Contract construction
1,5^5
1,691
Transportation and public
utilities:
3,99*1
3,99k' || 4,042
4,011
4,014
4,043
2,777
[.2,829
2,783-i
2,853
2,86.3
2,880
692
683
^59
481
Transportation
j
Communication
723 .,
719»
719 ;
697
Other public utilities
k<ih
492
494
46i ■
Trade
8,738
8.;821
9,453
8,507
8,552
8,713
Finance
1,605
1,595 | 1,591
1,546
1,544
1,572
Service
4,730
4,723 •| 4,688
4,561
4,527
4,622
Government:
5,387
•5,^17..
15,653' . 5.,367. j5,384
5,417
Federal
1 ,7->6 ’.;X,rfU3 .:-i 1,985" 1,952 |1,963
1,870
State and local
3,641’ j3,674 .j3,668
I
3,54-7
See explanatory notes, sections A
E.-
;3,415
|3,421
3.
Table 2, - Estimated Number of Wage and Salary Workers
in Manufacturing Induetries, by Major Industry Group
(In thousands)
Major industry group
ALL MANUFACTURING
--- -TpB"
~]
Jan. j Dec.
Feb.
l W
Feb.
1
Jan.
15775 15,878 (15 ,96'* 15,475 15,372
'1947
Average
15,554
Durable goods
7,937
8,04l| 8,056
7,857
7,781
7,666
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
1,870
1 ,885] 1.882
1,832
777
1,512
1,823
773
1.504
1,847
599
965
603
924
569
970
498
660
h-9k
65k
475
716
514
521
Nondurable goods
Textile-mill products and other
fiber manufactures
Apparol 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
Rubbor products
Miscellaneous industries
748
I/J69
577
Cpv}
470
731
545
586] 57?
1,012;| 1,011
470 S
735i
474
749
544 ■
^931
542
523
749
1.526
503
491
492
7,838
7,837 7.908
7,618
7,591
7,638
1,390
1>3?6■
S 1,37?
1,362
1,354
1,328
1 .3#
1 ,%:>■: 1.369
1 ,27k s[ 1,244
405
403
1,271
401
493
4l6
1,531
IOC
470
• 710
755
233
273
See explanatory notes, sections A - H.
759
75;?!
1,564| 1,557
560
blh 1
4i6
1,562 j 1,611
101
. 473
712
757 1
234 ;
■
£75 ;
558
1,485
102
4?4
103
467
717
761
687
747
234
277
575
222
295
571
494
1,513
104
1,609
465
465
100
683
696
7-vi
222
294
745
568
565
230
279
4.
table 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.
(In thousands)
Area and "branch
Total (including areas
outside United States)
Total Federal
Executive
Defense agencies
Post Office Dept.
Other agencies
Legislative
Judicial
Government corps.
Employment
j
Pay rolls
(as of first of month)
(total for month)
1948
1 19^7
1948
1947
Feb. 1/ .Jan. 1/
Feb.
Feb. 1/ 1 Jan. 1/
Feb.
r
i
i
1,992.3 1 ,986.0 2,256.8 $451,770 $482,987 $491,355
1 ,952.6 1,946.2 2,214.6 442,465 473,466 ' 482,099
228,3-14
192,843
895.9
890.7 1.104.1
211,495
425.8
432.7
101;803
433.1
94,525
100,395
159,260
624.0
622.4
684.7
161,576
147,819
2,308
2,404
2,451
7.1
7.1
7.1
1,292
1,090
3.5
3.1
3.5
1,195
29.I
5,706
29.2
32.0
5,778
5,858
Continental
United States
Total Federal
Executive
Defense agencies
Post Office Dept.
Other agencies
Legislative
Judicial
Government corps.
1 ,766.2 1,763.5 1,971.6 $415,629 $443,175 $449,318
1,733-7 1,731.1 1,937-2
705.8
704.3
854.9
431.6
431.2
424.3
658.O
595.2
596.7
7.0
7.1
7-1
3.4
3.0
3-4
22.0
22.0
24.3
Washington, D. C.
Total government
District of Columbia
government
Federal
Executive
Defense agencies
Post Office Dept.
Other agencies
Legislative
Judicial
101,438
141,630
2.404
1,160
5,092
434,366
179,395
100,052
15^ 919
2,451
1,255
5,103
440,749
192,880
94,212
153,657
2,308
1,055
5,206
1
224.2
221.8
18.4
203.4
198.2
19 5-7
65.6 ; 65.I
7.2
7.2 |
125.4 i 123.4
7.1 I
7.1
.6 i
*6
18.3
205.9
245.8 $ 58,586 $ 63,304 $ 62,960
17.9
227.9
220.2
75-3
7.6
137.3
7.1
.6
l/ Data for Central Intelligence Agency are excluded.
406,973
163,905
4,256
5^,330
51,729
15,259
2,846
33,624
2,404
197
4,499
58,805
56,141
16,656
2,776
36,709
2,451
213
4,066
58,894
56,396
19,062
2,247
35,087
2,308
190
Table 4. - Personnel and Pry of the Military Branch of the
•Federal Government
(In thousands)
1948
Personnel and pay
February
1947
January February
Average monthly per
sonnel and total'
annual pay
1943
1939‘
5
i
:
Personnel, total as of first
of month, including those
on active duty and those on
terminal leave..............
1,40'f
1,410
1,900
8,944
345
1/ 905
402
80
20
898
1,254
519
6,733
1,7.44
311
192
409
83
20
1,390
17
1,393
17
106
21
156
1.880
8,833
111
25
124
19
10
2/
2/
$281,423 .$300,241 $664,053 $11,173,186. $331,523
179,389
Coast Guard............
170,2Q$
91,172
15,582
4,460
Pay rolli... .
Army and Air Force ^/,,,,
15,506
4,707
447,021
175,560
27,330
14,142
8,143,833
2,408,736
392,140
228;477
155,U82
143,238
16,877
240,493
250,953
309,929
10,140,852
331,523
Mueterieg-out pg.y. .......
11,838
13,465
18,722
Family, allewaj&cea.......;
23,566 I 23,454
15,926
m
1,032,334
m
,307,398
-
m.
2;205 ■ 21,638
4,344 ! 10,164
285,760
*
mm
5,526 1
G&sh..
Bonds..*,,..... .....
1,182 1
12,369
0
0
'C
ro
v»O
m
:L©av« payttenta........ .
|
100,639
m
m
l/ Includes 353,*'*')0 in Air Force.
2/ Not available,
3 / January and February 1948 figures include estimated lump-sum terminal leave
payments authorized by P.L. - 350 of the 80th Congress. Figures fcr October,
November, and December 19^7 have been revised to include similar payments and
are listed below. Figures for earlier month? were not affected.
- — .........T ..r .
-|f
j
| |
Item
|
. .
Pay, total
Army and Aix-'Faree
Pay rolls
j
October
1947
1
$355,961
214,573
271,041
November
1947'
(in thousands)
$309,705
186,912
252,112
December '
■ 19^7.
$300,257
183,983
246,532
6.
Table 5. - Estimated Number of Wage and Salary Workers in Manufacturing
Industries, by State*
(In thousands)
Region and State
New England:
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont 1/
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut 1/
19W .
Jan.
| Dec.
112.2
85-7 !
39.1
747.3 !
153.5
413.2
1,924.6
764.0
1,528.3
East North Central:
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan
Wisconsin 1/
1,245.6
554.4
1,271.0
1,019-6
433.9
1 ,250.9
East. South Central:
Kentucky
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
West South Central:
Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Texas
199-3
150.8
364.5
6.6
11.2
43.8
80.5
44.9
112.5
83.9
40.0
753.2
154.3
412.2
113.5
85.3
40.6
757.2
154.6
415*5
1,905.8
757.3
1,515.7
South Atlantic:
Delaware
Maryland
District of Columbia
Virginia
West Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
1946
Dec.
Jan.
j
i
Middle Atlantic:
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
West North Central:
Minnesota
Iowa
Missouri
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
1947
j Nov.
757.4
1,524.1
81.9
44.9 •
•45'.2
231.1
17*.4'
130.4
252.4
13<>!7
56.4
342.9
768.0
1,515.1
200.1
146.9
357.9
133.0
378.2
197.6
75.7
140.2
1,930.3
1
199.9 * 199.0
149'.8
148.8
366.8
355.3
6.4
6.8
11.4
11.5
44.1
45.9
79.9 * 78.9
200.3
151.8
367.6
6.7 '
11.3
46.3 1 •
17-5
215.3 •
132.5
380.3
198.9
257.4
86.0
129.5
252.1
233.6
95.5
770.3
1,518.9
1,231.1
544.2
1,236.0
1 ,032.8
420.2
17.3
213.3
132.4
87.2
766.9
154.4
2/
153.6
424.2
I,247.‘3 l',242.7
549.6
559-0 ' 558.7
1 ,273.6 1 ,266.3 1,244.4
1,024.2
1 ,019.0 1 ,027.8
436.1
419.1
433.1
229.6
198.3
259.4- •
761.6
1 ,918.6 1,922.9
226.9
382.2
117.8
83.0
2/
117.9
82.4
42.9
256.7
82.7
45.3
237.9
•16*.9
21i; 4
131.9
* 373.9
6.6
!
11.5
44.5
79.6
j
241.3
17.3
45.2
213.3
131.9
371.5
188.0
260.2
188.5
257.9
90.6
90.4
129.1
129.I
224.7
247-7
222.9
91.5
250.0
232.0
253.0
230.0
95.7
95.5
92.7
76.0
76.3
141.2
67.4
132.7
54.6
i
324.8
!
142.3
57.0
346.8
56.5
347.6
70.0
!
133.4
55-2
330-^
Table 5* - Estimated Number of Wage and Salary Workers in Manufacturing
Industries by State* - Continued
(In thousands)
P /\ i* 4
MW/1 D
C!^
» 4*G/*.
JTlQgZOXi
alxCX
v8X
Jnn.
]
j
'
Dec..
1
19>f
ITov..
7,
Dec,
Jan.
j
Mountain:
Montana
Idaho
‘Wyoming
(Jolorado
New Mexico
Arizona
Utah
Nevada
17.7
18.5
6.X
57.2
9.9
12.9
25.1
3.6
Pacific:
Washington
Oregon
California
|
j
|
;
j
j
i
?
i
173.0
109.2 j
704.3 )
18.5 !
19 .^ i
7.0 :
61.0 i
10.2 i
12.9 1
26.8 ,
3.6 |
j
18.7
20.1
7.2
60.3
10.3
13.0
27.3
3-7
174.6 ! 178.2
111.4 ■ 112.2
717.4
714. S
16 .6 '
17.9
20.1
6.7
17.9i
5.3
56.2
10.2
56.0
10.0
13.3
23.0
13.9
24.5
3.5
3.6
162.3
116 .3.
697.1
166.0
118.0
705.9
Table 5a. - Estimated Number of Wag® and Sal try Workers in nonagricultural
Establishments for Selected. States*
(In thousands)
State
Illinois
Indiana
Maryland,
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Mpntana
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Texas
Utah
Washington
Wisconsin
Dec.
Jan,
3,172
1,185
682
* 3^225
i 1,223
a/
773
134
l,5t'l
5,397
3,567
: 1,768
794
138
1 1,604
! 5,559
! 3 663
289
1,671
171
648
971
699
|
299
! 1,708
* 177
;
1
665
996
19&7
s Nov.
i3,180
:1,209
! 689
;1,738
! 789
Jan.
3.078
1,160
660
1,696
748
136
11,580
130
1,562
I5.488
13,620
5,363
,
295
;1,690
: 175
664
982
3,496
288
1,603
164
630
937
i
-- 1955j
| Dec *
|
! 3,124
[ 1,183
I
[ 677
| 1,753
! 770
!
i 134
|
; 1,596
* 5,526
!
i1 3,572
!
294
1,655
171
648
963
See explanatory notes, Sections H and I.
* Revised data in last two columns are identified by an asterisk for thu first
. month of publication of ouch data,
l/ 'New aeries of estimates based on 1945 Standard Industrial Classification; net
' strictly comparable with employment figures previously published.
2/ Comparable data ac& avail^ft-le.
Not available.
Table 6. - Estimated dumber of Production Workers in Manufacturing Industries
(In thousands)
19^8 '
1947
Feb.
Jan.
i
I Dec.
} Feb.
Jan.
ALL MANUFACTURING 12,748
12,847
:12,959
12,593
12,511
6,618
6,639
6,502
6,429
Industry group and industry
Durable goods
Nondurable goods
6,520
6,228'
6,229
6,320
6,091
6,082
1,562
1,552
Durable goods
IRON AND STEEL AND THEIR PRODUCTS 1,t 1,594
Blast furnaces, steel works, and
rolling mills
Gray-iron and.semisteel castings
Malleable-iron castings
Steel castings
Cast-iron pipe and fittings
Tin cans and other tinware
Wire drawn from purchased rods
Wirework
Cutlery and edge tools
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 steam fittings
Stamped and' enameled ware and
galvanizing
Fabricated structural and
ornamental metalwork
Metal doors, sash, frames,
molding, and trim
Boxts, 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 l/
Electrical equipment
Radios and phonographs
Communication equipment
508.9
114.5
37.8
509.2
114.4
37-9
68.7 ; 67.7
27.8 . 28.4
U7.4
45.7
31A
30.9
42.5
U3.5
24.6
24.7
11,599
506.5
113.8
37.6
67.0
28.7
47.a
31.6
480.4
.115.0
33.5
66.5
67.3
26.8 > 26.4
41.4
41.7
30.4
30.5
41.9
39.8
27-9
27.9
484.7
116.4
34.0
42.4
£5.0
26.8
26.7
50.0
25.7
5^.0
40.0
25.9
53.2
4o.o
40.0
50.7
41.1 •
86.5
88.5
90.9
84.9
83.8
63.2
62.6
62.5
70.2
70.2
115.1
115.5
117.1
59.9
60.3
60.7
10.2
•28.7
37.6
10.8
28.7
37.5
28.6
37.U
19.1
19.8
19.6
36.6
8.1
20.4
36.1
8.4
2q ;q
35.8
8.2
19.7
577
378.4
585
382.2
573
376.5
99.2
97.2
See explanatory notes, sections A, C, and G.
1,600
100.3
98.2
25.9
52.6
-
114.3 ■1 -113.4
1
10.9
;
j
1
i
:
I
i
|
58.0:. i
.57.6
10.1
29.0
36.5
10.2
28.8
35.9
18.5
18.1
39.5
39.3
8.3
18.7
8,-1
19.1
601
104.8
98.2
40.2
1
I
!
I
i 598
380.5
377.1
110,6
110.7
110.2* : 110.3
Table 6 . - Estimated Number of Production Workers in Manufacturing Industries-Cont'd
(In thousands)
19^0
Industry group and industry
j
j Dec.
,220
j 1,216
|:1,210
t
56.2 j
4 9 .4 ;
42.3 i
40.0 1
55.0 1
24.6 |
.:
45.1 |
.i
j
Locomotives
Cars, electric- and steam-railroad
Aircraft and parts, excluding
aircraft engines
Aircraft engines
Shipbuilding and boatbuilding
Motorcycles, bicycles, and parts
AUTOMOBILES
NONFERROUS METALS AND THEIR PRODUCTS 1/
19^7
Feb.
25.3
I
|
1
;
!
Jan.
:
(1,173
r
53-7 • 46.8 1
59.0 |
50.5
42.5
50.1 }
37.1 I
39.9
55.0
59 '.^ !
25.4
23.0 ;;
44.5
. 44.4
15.9
16.0
13.2 1
13.1
11.1
81.1 ,j 80.2
!
1 462 | 454
67.1
16.2 ]
13.3 1
|
j
80.1 j
455
26.5 j
24.9
127.8
14.6
734
402
25.3
..132.9 .
14.5 1
ij
815
.
402
817
40.0
53.1 •
53.6
53.4
27.5
27.3
27.7 '!
1
i 34.1 !
1 .44.8 !
27.1 : 26.8 I 27.1
•33.8 !
45.0 i
33-5
45.3
37.1 1 37.5
j
39.4
:
10.9
68.2
474
26.6
51.2
755.
791
432
4o6
28.6
12; 7
141.9 ' 143.9
28.6
,29.5
142.4
140.7
12. a
'12.5
25.9
125.7
14.7
39.9
28.1
22.7
13.3
53.5
40.2
28.2
58.8
37.6
26.9
135.0 *: 134.4 I 133.2
46.1
59.8
51.3
36.4
38.7
472
26.3 } 26.3
55.9 | 56.9-
54.0
See explanatory notes, sections A, C, and G.
54.7
49.4
42.5
40.0
55.1
z
TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT, EXCEPT
AUTOMOBILES
Smelting and refining, primary, of
nonferrous metals
Alloying; and rolling and drawing
of nonferrous metals,‘except
aluiiiixlum
Clocks and watches
Jewelry (precious metals) and
Jewelers» findings
Silverware and- plated ware
Lighting equipment
Aluminum manufactures
Sheet-metal work, not elsewhere
classified
| Jan.
1,181
378.7 1 377.3 i 376.8
385.1 !. 381.9
43-7 I 43.9 ;■ 43.9
45.5 r 45.4
60.7 j
55.0 1 54.8
60.3 j 59.3
MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL
Machinery and machine-shop, products
Engines and turbines
Tractors
Agricultural machinery, excluding
tractors'
Machine .tools
Machine-tool accessories
Textile machinery
Pumps and pumping equipment
Typewriters
Cash registers, adding, and
calculating machines
Washing machines, wringers, and
driers, domestic
Sewing machines, domestic and
industrial
Refrigerators and refrigeration
equipment
Feb.
41.1
i1
I
[ 63.8
28.6
27.2
24.0
38.4
5O.9
' 39.5
428
40.2
i
! 63.1
I 28.3
!
■
27.3
23.8
37.6
51.2
39.3
10.
Table 6. - Estimated Number .of Production Workers in Manufacturing Industrios-Cont’d
(In thousands)
Industry group and industry
LUMBER AND TIMBER BASIC PRODUCTS l/
Sawmills -and logging camps
Planing and plywood mills
FURNITURE AND FINISHED LUMBER
PRODUCTS 1/
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 l/
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, slat©, and other
products
Abrasives
Asbestos products
Feb.
_
1948 .. "T
! Jan, [ Dec.
t
661
i
665
j
678
526.7 1 531.3 1 544.4
134.5 ; 134.6 j 133.6
1
459
i
i 459
36.2 s
457
36,3 ! 36.0
:
249.4 . 248.6 ! 246.8
34.8
35.2
35.5
19.4 ; 19. J 1 19.8
15.6 : 16.5 ; 16.9
32.2
32.8
32.9
422
j 422
! 433
1947
Feb.
i Jan.
598
: 592
477.0 » 471.1
• 121.1
120.7
:
441
31.4
235.1
35.2
19.9
17.6
34.4
1
424
. 425
: 432
!
115.0 I 117.2 : 119.7 j 119.7
:
|
12.4
36.6 =
73.7
56.4
6.6
12.5 ;
36.3 l
76.3
56.0
6.6
12.7
36.7
76.3
57.6
31-2
: 230.1
*
• 35.1
. 19.9
■ 17.3
32.7
122.7
6.6
13.4 j
35.0 ;
70.5 i
*>6.2
6.1
13.2
35.o
70.4
55.3
1
6.1
12-5 i
9.2 !
12.6
9.2 1
12.7
9.3
11.1 !
9.0
11.1
8.9
17.9 i
18.0
11.5
I 8.3
16.8
17.4 :
S0.1
21.4 |
16.9
16.8 :
21.9 :
21.9 1
21.7
:
20.3
21,6
Nondurable goods
TEXTILE-MILL PRODUCTS AND OTHER FIBER
MANUFACTURES 1/
Cotton manufactures, except smaJlwrcs
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
Cordage and twine
;
11,258 .1,256
=1,242
1,247
520.2 : 518.3
525.3 1 523.6 • 523.2
14.6 i 14.3
14.9
16.1
15.9
110.8 ; 107.4 ! 108.2
106.8 ; 107.1
,271
179-5 ! 177.4 : 177.3
140.2
139.1 • 138.4
11.7 1 11.6
11.5
31.4
49.8
31.3
48.8
88.9 • 87.9 ; 87.5
36.2 • 35.7
35.4
13.7
13.7 •! 13.8
4.2 ;
4.0 !
17.2 •' 16.8 ;
:
See explanatory notes, sections A, C, and G.
30.6
49.1
3.1
16.5
179.4 1 180.2
138.0 : 136.8
12.0
12.0
34.6
34.9
42.8 j 42.0
86.2
30.5
13.9 ;
4.3
85.7
29.9
13.9
4.2
16.8 : 16.8
11
Table- 6. - Estimated Number of Production Workers In Manufacturing Industries-Cont *d
(In thousand:?)
Industry group and industry
APPAREL AMD OTHER FINISHED TEXTILE
PRODUCTS 1/
Men's clothing, not elsewhere
classified
Shirts, collarsand' nightwear
Underwear and neckwear, men's
Work shirts
Women’s clothing., no't elsewhere
classified
Corsets and allied garments
Millinery
Handkerchiefs
Curtains, draperies, and bedspreads
Housefurnishings, other than
.ourtains, etc.
Textile bags
LEATHER AMD LEATHER PRODUCTS l/
Leather
Bpot and shoe cut stock and findings
Boots and shoes
Leather gloves and mittens
Trunks and suitcases
FOOD 1/
Slaughtering and moat 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
TOBACCO MANUFACTURES
Cigarettes
Cigars
Tobacco (chewing and smoking)
and snuff
1,223
20.0
5.0
33.8
29.1
27.8
232.7
12.5
14.0
071
187.0
32-0
18.8
23.6
38.2
27.4
12.4
216.9
20.2
5.7
70.3
32.1
66.9
121.6
88
33.5
40.8
6.9
1l ,090
: 310.5
287.8 | 284,6
I
82.4 -1 73.7 1 71.4
|
I8.fr!! 1S.5 j 18.3
16.8 1 16/3
i
15.5
:
t
476.2 ; 470.5 439.4 1 421.8.
19.6 i 19.6
17.0 ; 16,8
26.4 1 23.5
26.0 1 24.2
4*8 i
4;7
4.9 ;
5-1
32*2
24.8 ; 25.7
31 .6.1
I
i
29.7 : 30.6 j
28.8 5 29.I
28,2 ; 28.6 !i 29.7 1 29*3
27.9
19.5
*1,119'
Jan.
308.1
81.6
16.1
15 .s
485.6
373
46.8
1,199
1,203
311.3
81.4
18.7
16.8
See explanatory notes, sections A, C, and G.
i
w
I Dec. ' i Feb.
■4------- 1-----
... " i § w .. .
Feb.
| Jan.
364
: 371 I. 373
! 46.8 ;
46.9
! •
19*7 : 19.8
j 231.8 ■ 231.3
1. IP • iO
m , J
13.0
i 13.2 i■■ 14,2
46.3
20.1
224.2
362
45.8
20.3
222*6
12.8
13.1
13.7
13.9
j 1,165 • 1,059
1,098
♦
jl ,102
1 196.7 « 203.7! 178.2 ; 184.4
• 32*6 i
32.9
33.3 ! 32.8
1 18.4 * 18,6
19.9 11 19.3
1 23.6'
24*9i| 24.4 1 23.9
39*4 I 38.7 i 38*2
! 39.2.«
’ 29,3 '
29-1 I 27.5 !1 27.8
12.1 1i 12v5 |
1 13.0
: 12,1
! 215.4 « 220.8 208.5 !I 212.3
16.3 I1 18.0
20.0
1 18.4
6,0 i1
! 10.3 1 20.9
i 74.7 !
73.7
62,5 !j 64,0
j 33.4 ; 33.3 26,8 1 26.9
68.0 |
62.7 i 62.8
69*7
j 126.6 1 148.9! 137.9 : 158.4
88
89
90
1 1
1 87
i 33.6
!; 40.4
i
tj
34.2!j
40.2 1
7.0 j
7.3 i
*
j
I
1
!
. 0
33.4
42.1
34.1
41.8
7.2
7*5
12.
Table 6. - Estimated Number of Production Workers in Manufacturing Industries-Cont'd
(In thousands)
Industry group and industry
PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS l/
Paper and pulp
Paper goods, other
Envelopes
Paper bp.gs
Paper boxes
PRINTING, PUBLISHING, AND ALLIED
INDUSTRIES 1/
Newspapers and periodicals
Printing; book and job
Lithographing
Bookbinding
1948
Feb.
Jan.
p .. .. . T
{
■ ' 19^7
i Dec.
Feb.
jJan,
1 386
384
j 387
1 390
199-7
57.3
12.0
18.0
96.5
! 199.8
1 57.9
i 12.4
i 18.1
j 97.7
j 199.6
193^
57.9
i 59-1.
12.0
i 12.4'
1 18.2 ' 19 -.8
| 99-6
102.7
429
! 431
] '436
387
420
144.1 ; 143,6 •1 145.6
179.7 ! 181.7 1 .183.4
31.8 ! 32.0
32.9
37.^ j 37.6 j 38.3
f 192.4
1 57.7
1 11,9
20.0
j 103.0
j
;-417
137.3
177.9
135.3
178.0
568
564
32.-8 .! 32.5
36.7
36.5
i 579
CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS 1/
575
Paints, varnishes, and colors
Drugs, medicines, and insecticides
Perfumes and cosmetics
Soap
Rayon arid allied products
Chemical's, not elsewhere
classified
Explosives and safety fuses
Compressed and liquefied gases
Ammunition, small-arma
Fireworks
Cottonseed oil
•Fertilizers
51.5 ! 50.7
65.6 i 65.7
12,2 I 12.1
25.4
63.7 ! 63.2
1
196.5 : 197.7
22.1 1 22.0
9.8 !
9.9
6.4 i
6.2
2.6 i
2.5
19.4 I 21.7
32.3 I 30.4
j
;
i
j
I
PRODUCTS OF PETROLEUM AND..COAL 1/
160
| 162
155
15^
•Petroleum refining
•Coke and byproducts
•Paving materials
Roofing materials
109.4 ! 109.7
30.3 i 30.5
1 109.9
106.5
28.1
2.3
17.0
106.2
27.5
| 575
: 161
:
63-5
1 198.1
j 21.9
l 9.9
: 7.4
2.8
! 24.4
j 28.0
49.2
69.4
48.5
13.7 •
23.3
61.4 ;
13.9
22.4
69.6
61.1
19.3 .O
20.7
20.3
9.3
9.1
6.7 • ;6.7
3.0
2.7
20.5
19.5
29.6
32.3
1 193 .^
30.0
1.8 i
2.0 1
2.7
17.6 1 18.0 !• 18.3
:
See explanatory notes, sections A, C, and
50.6
65.9
12.9
25.5
1
!
2.3
17.2
13.
Table 6. - Estimated Number of Production Workers in Manufacturing Industries-Cont'd
(in' thousands)
Industry group and industry
Rubber tires and inner tubes
Rubber boots and shoes
Rubber/goods, other
MISCELLANEOUS INDUSTRIES l/
Instruments (professional and
scientific), and fire-control
equipment
Photographic apparatus 2 /
Optical instruments and ophthalmic
goods
Pianos, organs, and parts
Games, toys, and dolls
Buttons
Fire extinguishers
2 21
2 23
:
|
1 1 1 .6 •
• 1 1 3 .5 1
2 2 .8 '
2 2 .5 i
8 6 .5 >
86. 8 !
U 33
j
1
1i
1
3 9 .o j
2 7 .7
i
2 7 .4
1 5 .6
3 6 .3
!
P
:
13 • > )
431
1947 •
i Feb.
j Ji!XU
■’ i
1
240
225
{
|
1 1 4 . 8 ! 126 .6 | 1 2 7 , 7
2 2 ,5
2 3 . 8 ! 2 3 .2
8 9 .6
8 7 , 7 ! 6 9 .5 i
\ li'ec. ‘
j
j
1
3 3 .9 |
!
•'27.. 8 " |
I 6 .8 i
33-5 !
1 3 .3 i
2 .6 !
2 7 .7
O
-=**
CM
RUBBER PRODUCTS l/
IQ-S-O
Feb.
!- - -Jan,
------- ‘
i
447
443
2 8 .1
3 9 .2
2
1
3
1
3 .0
7 .6
& 5
3 .4
2 .7
•
439'
j
2 8 .3
3 5 .6
j
’
3 0 .5
1 4 .9
3 0 .9
1
j
,
1 3 .5 !
3-2 1
2 8 ,2
3 5 .5
3 0 .6
1 4 .6
2 9 .9
1 4 .1
3 .0
See explanatory notes, sections A, C, and G,
1/ 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 series
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:
Major industry group
Electrical machinery
Chemicals and allied products
Nonferrous metals and their products
Iron and steel and their products
.'Mimeographed -release Monthly Labor Review
February 1948
February 1948
March 1948
April 1948
March 1948
March 1948
April 1948
May 19!+8
2/ Revisions have been made as follows in the data for earlier months:
Photographic apparatus - November 1947 to 38 .8 .
14.
Table 7* - Estimated. Number of Employees, in
Selected Nonmanufacturing- Industries l/
(In thousands)
Industry group and industry
19^8 - -Feb..
Jan.
Dec.'
1947
Feb.
Jan.
'T r
) .. .
MINING: 2/
Coal:
Anthracite
Bituminous coal
Metal:
Iron
Copper
Lead and zinc•
Gold and silver
Miscellaneous
Quarrying and nonmetallic
Crude petroleum and natural gas
production 3/
?6.6 |
373
1
90.2
31.0
27.0
15.7
8.7
I
1
!
i
7.8 ;
77.8 1
30.9
26.915.7
31.3
•26.6
7-7..
79.9
7.9
83 .9 '
8.6
127.1 ! 126.4
TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC UTILITIES:
Class I steam railways 4/
Street railways and busses
Telephone
Telegraph 6/
Electric light and power.
SERVICE:
Hotels (year-round)
Power laundries 2/
Cleaning and dyeing 2/
.i.
1
76.2
76,5
380 ! 378
89.8
89.7
15.6
8.5
126.3
78.2
78.7
373
88.5
372
89.1
29.0
25.6
18.5
.8.3
7.6
81.3
;
;
123.5
28.9
25 .k
18 .k
8.2
7.6
81.1
124.0
:
1,312
•249
623
* 269
1 .,318
1,324
1,331
250
249
254
620
620
59k
36.6
36.7.
38.3
j- 268
' 269
252
377
• 230
I
r
86.8 j
378
235
88.9
1,332
254
588
<
39.4
250
381
380
378
237
2k3
246
91.0
91 v4
92.2
See explanatory notes, section G.
1/ Includes all employees -unless othervi.ee noted.
2/ Estimates, which include production and related workers only, have, been adjusted
to levels indicated by data through 1945 made available by the Bureau of Employ
ment Security of 'the /'Federal Security Agency'.' Comparable data from January 1939
are available upon request. The figures presented here supersede data shown in
publications dated prior to:
Industry
Mining industries
Power laundries
Cleaning and dyeing
Mimeographed release
April 1948
February 1948
February 1948
Monthly Labor Review
May 1$48
March 1948
March 1948
3./ Does not include well drilling or rig building.
k j 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.
Includes private and municipal street-railway companies and affiliated,
subsidiary, or successor trolley-bus and motor-bus companies.
6/ Includes all land-line employees except those compensated on a commission basis.
Excludes general and divisional headquarters personnel, trainees in school, and
messengers.
* Not available.
•V;,
Table 8. - Indexes of Production-Worker Employment and Weekly Pay Bolls
in Manufacturing Industries
(1939 Average = 100)
Industry group and industry
ALL MANUFACTURING
Durable goods
Nondurable goods
Employment indexes
1948
;
19U7
Feb. iJan. ;Dec. Fob155.6;156.8;158.2 153.7
1
Pay-roll indexos
1948
1947
!
Feb.
;Jan.
Dec,
;Fob.
|
t
|344.9 I•349.7 356.3 310.6
•180.b! 183.3;183.9 180.1 j38l.ll 391.6 398.7 044.6
136.05136.OI I38.O 133.0 ji309.5j 308,7 314,8-277.4
Durable goods
IRON AND STEEL AND THEIR PRODUCTS 1/ i6o.8l 161.h\ 161.3 157.5
Blast furnaces, steel works,
and rolling mills
Gray-iron and semisteel castings
Malleable-iron castings
Steel castings
Cast-iron pipe and fittings
Tin cans and other tinware
Wire drawn from purchased rods
Virework
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 steam fittings
Stamped and enamelecL ware
and galvanizing
Fabricated structural and
ornamental metalwork
Metal doors, sash, frames,
molding, end trim
Bolts, nuts, washers, and rivets
Forgings, iron and steel
Wrought pipe, welded^ and
heavy-riveted
Screw-machine products and
wood screws
Steel barrels,'kegs, and drums
Firearms '
ELECTRICAL MACHINERY l/
Electrical equipment
Radios and phonographs
Communication equipment
131 .oa31. II 130.4
184.Oi183.9 :183.0
196.7:197.21195.5
2-14.2! 211.3 !208.9
157 .8!161.5*163.4
143.8; 149.li150.3
140.5 :142,7; 143.7
139.9:143.01139.4
159.41160.31162.2
124.8 259.3 .263.4
187.1 414.9 416.4
176.9 467.6 480.1
207.6 436.2 446,5
152.6 382.1 401.4
130.4 302.4 320.0
257.8 209.9
420.7 397.8
479.8 385.5
368.2
443.3 .
404.0 354.7
336.7 239.4
138.5 268.7 271.6 280.3 242.9
131.0 309.0 320.5 321.9 255.6
181.2 377.2 381.9 386.3 408.1
167 .9;169.2 ;169.5 175.0 378.4 381.0 381.0 356.6
151.61149.4; 147.5 142.3
152.6:152.5 ;152.5 156.5
i1
349.9 352.5 345.9 299.4
320.3 321.8 331.9 288.0
175 .9:180.0)184.9!172.6
387.2 395.8 422.7 343.5
195.7 !194.o! 193.71217.3 .425.1 403.7 430.9 416.2
194.6;195.2;
|
1H93.2 447.4 456.0 472.8 394.0
i198.0 1
168.6;169.7!171.0 163.3
339-4 344.1 360.1 294.0
131 .2;139.3 !141.0 131.1 275.1 294.7 313.2 254.2
188.21188.4; 187.4 190.0 :.406.0 393.1 406.0 360.1
229.5 ;229.0;228.3 223.0 496.2 499.1 506.9 441.2
214.6; 222.51219.7 207.3
449.7 465.8 472.7 368.3
203.2;200.1! 198.7 219.O 452.1
125*0;130.3 :126.4 125.0 : 297.9
383.9;375.4; 369.8 357.7 872.2
221.1 !222.7 )225.8 232.0 456.2
446.1 442.9 445.4
333.7 334.0 296.7
846.7 835.O 732.6
462.0 472.1 422.9
206.'l!207.2: 209.2 208.3 424.0 430.6 434.3 373*1
225.61 228.0! 238.2 251.3 493.1 507.3 542.9 492.2
299.3 I302.4! 302.7 339-6 593.7 586.4 604.6 625.0
i
See explanatory notes, sections A, C, F, and G,
331.7 !336.2 338.7 287.9
16.
Table 8. - Indexes of Production-Worker Employment and Weekly Pay Bolls
in Manufacturing Industries - Continued
Industry group and industry
MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL
Machinery arid machine-shop
products
Engines, and turbines
Tractors
Agricultural machinery,
excluding tractors
Machine tftols
Machine-tool accessories
Textile machinery
Pumps and pumping equipment
Typewriters
Cash registers, adding,, and
calculating machines
Washing machines, wingers,
and driers, domestic
Sewing machines, domestic
and industrial .
Refrigerators and refrigeration
equipment
TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT,
EXCEPT AUTOMOBILES
Locomotives
Cars, electric- tmd steamrailroad
Aircraft and parts, excluding
aircraft engines
Aircraft' engines
Shipbuilding mid boatbuilding
Motorcycles, bicycles, and parts
Eaiployraent" indexes
JL9tfti
!
19Tf-7
Feb. J Jan. ; Dec. Feb.
Pay-roll indexes
I9V8
j ’ 1947 ‘
Feb., Jan. ! Dec. Feb.
230.8 ^230.0 :229.0 223.5 467.6 469.6]470.2 409.6
I87.2;l86.5!l86.3- 190.3 383.6 :383.61388.7 352.0
234.2 !235.4 i235.4 243.8 528.6 1532.3151^.6 493.1
19U.1U92.9; 189.6 175.9 345;1 :347.9 !341.3 273.6
202.11196.7:193.0
13^.8il35.0!137.9
168.3 !l68.9 !I69.O
182.4;I82.5 i182.2
226.8 !227.4:226.8
151 .9 :156.0 .;156.9
168.4
161.1
428.5 :417.3 :405.5 308.3
246.6:245.3;257.9
199.2 307 .9^307.9:307.8
169.5 414.7:410.4!405.4
245.1 484.6;481.4’486.8
142.0 350.7-1359.6! 363.5
273.9
332,5
347.3
485.3
282.6
228.91226.1 !225.6 196.8 479.6!483.1i482.6 38S.5
,
j
216.el 212.5 ]214.5 178.4 460.7:452.0:476,2 323.5
169.1 :167.8 :167.3 142.1 394.6:394.8:392.2 287.6
i•
i
i
227.7 1230.7 }228.0 190.8 425.4!470.6; 458.2 ■325.O
.j
t
286.6 :291.2:285.8 297.6 577.9.1 596.71588.1 558.2
409.1 J406.7; 406.2 416.3 869.2!883.O; 900.3 827.2
:
[
220.2:228.0: 231.8 218.2 479.5 500.6 !522,4 440.2
:
340.3*338.7:335.8
280.1 !284.0! 291.0
184.5-;I91.91181.5
209.4{207.6 !210:.1
i
663.4 653-.6 :668.7 667 •8
321.8 •469.4 482.9! 503.5 506.8
203.3 • 381.6 416.7;378.9 377.9
357.6
179.4 420.6 414.51 448.2 327.6
AUTOMOBILES
182.4s202.6:203.1 196.6 344.7 398,7!419.5 337.3
NONFERROUS METALS. AND THEIR
PRODUCTS 1/
175.3j175.3;177.2 188.5
Smelting and refining, primary,
of nonferrous metals
Alloying; and rolling and
drawing of nonferrous
metals,•except aluminum
Clocks and watches
Jewelry (precious metals)
and jewelers1 findings
Silverware and plated ware
Lighting equipment
Aluminum manufactures
Sh&et-metal work, not elsewhere
classified
i
145.4 :144.5 ;144.6 148.9 303.7 303.l|299*9 279.7
j
136.9il38.fi 137.5 164.5 273.2 273.4] 271.9 307.9
138.9;138.6j140.8 141.1 332.0 324.8:333.3 307.0
1
190:4:189.3 !191.6
223.ll 221.0-;223.5
105.2 : 163.8j166.6
191.2 ;192.2;190.1
188.4 396,2 383.4!415.6
198.1 525.6 520.51535.5
187.6 335-3 339.6!343.0
216.2 363.8 369.85364,7
356.9
426.4
346,5
376,1
198.1 ;200.0;209.9 210.6 431,5 438.5 |459.8 410.6
j
See explanatory notes, sections A, C, F,. and G.
366.2 366.1 ;371.2 360.0
Table 8. - Indexes of Production-Worker Employment and Weekly Pay Rolls
in Manufactui'ing Industries - Continued
Industry group and industry
Employment indexes
I 9W
iw r
Feb. ijan. }Dec. Feb
Pay-roll indexes
1948
I " 1947
Feb. iJan. iDec. F#£bi
LUMBER AND TIMBER BASIC PRODUCTS l/ l57.3jl5Ml6l.3 142.3 375.l|372»7j390.2 310.7
167. 9 !169.M173^6 152.1 .4oi.i;4oo.3i4£2.o 333.^
Sawmills and logging camps
170.15170.2!168.8 153.1 402.51398.7! 403.6 318.9
Planing and plywood mills
FURNITURE AND FINISHED LUMBER
PRODUCTS 1/
139.8jl39.8|l3S.2 13^.5 328. l j 330. 3 j 333.9 292.0
Mattresses and bodsprings
176.7^177.lj175.8 153.2 385.0 I388.31395-0 306.8
Furniture
140.2!139.8; 138.7 132.1 333-6 !333.W 33^.3 289.1
Wooden boxes, other than cigar
124-.3ll25.3i 122.7 124.1 292.2 ]304.2j312.1 281.0
»
}
Caskets and other morticians'
139.6il4l.4i142.2 143.0 291.ol294.9i299.6 276.6
goods
Wood preserving
124.41131, 1 : 134.8 140.4 292.2 !330.4! 347.2 3^7.7
Wood, turned and shaped
133.7|131.1j133.^ 140.0 307.31298.31305.3 299.5
STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS l/
llj-3-9!1^.7| 1**7.6 144.5 305. 6 )305. 0) 320.4 278.4
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 l/
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
Jute, goods, except felta
Cordage and twine
161.21164.3*167.8 167.8 3 3 9 . 3 3 9 . 3 5 6 . 5 313.2
i
:
123.81125.0!127.1
150.3 !149.II 150.5
126.9 !131.41131.4
166.6 :105.7 !170.3
267.ol 27i . 6i 287.1 269.3
286.l!284.7i 291.3 238.3
279*01296. 9! 301.9 247.2
166.2 335.9!336.3! 35^.^ 304.4278. 4 ; 283. 0] 290.2 239.3
133.8; 132.7| 1 3 M 123.0
154. 1 I155. 3?156.9 136.4 375.51375.8! 386.5 308.3
97. lj 97.2j 98.6 95.3 243.21248.5; 256.9 217.6
96.5! 97.5! 99.0 9^.2 169. 5 !173.5| 183.3 158.3
216,7 !148.6!217.6 260.3 444.8)308. 0! 462.1 450.9
138.1 s137.8i136.3 135.0 323.9!325.0! 318.7 307.6
111.2 ;110.0}109.8 109.1 302.31295.0 294.1 262.0
125.6;125.2!125.1 124.4 377.0|378.7 376.4 322.8
105.8;103.8!101.8 113.2 249.31243.8 23^.1 24-7.8
87.6! 84.9! 85.5 84.4 262.4:252.6 248.1 219-3
113.91112.5!112.4 113.8 321.1 !292.0 29k .k 288.1
83.5 - 82.8I 82.3 82.2 190.5 !188.8 193.5 172.0
101.8:100.4j 99.9 103.7 242.61236.5 231.6 225.3
:
i
105.7;i02.9! 105.5 116.5 249.81234.3 241.6 258.5
122.2!120.6!120.0 105.1 311 .0 {306.6 306.9 242.5
:
125.8!124.4! 123.8
•134.01132.2! 130.9
89.0! 89.I! 89.7
110.3 !105.ii 80.6
134.7 ?131 .61128.8
See explanatory notes, sections A, C, F, and G.
133 A
143.6
121.4
310.0 1304.1 298.1 267.1
321.8 |316.8 311.6 227.3
90.3 202.21195.8 202.1 195.5
114.0 265.71250.! 175. fc 271.1
131.1 337.61330.6! 320.0 290.0
122.1
112.6
18.
'Table 8. - Indexes of Froductipn-Worker Employment and Weekly Pay Foils
in Mamifact/^'in^' Industries - Continued
Industry group and industry
APPAREL AND OTHER FINISHED
TEXTILE PRODUCTS l/
Men’s clothing, not elsewhere
classified
Shirts, collars, and nightwear
Underwear and neckwear, men's
Work shirts
Women’s clothing, not elsewhere
classified
Corsets and allied garments
Millinery
Handkerchiefs
Curtains, draperies, and
"bedspreads
Housefurnishings, other than
curtains, etc.'
Textile "bags
LEATHER AND LEATHER PRODUCTS l/
Leather
Boot and shoe cut stock and
findings
Boots and shoes
Leather gloves and mittens
Trunks and suitcases
FOOD 1/
Slaughtering and meat packing
Butter
Condensed and evaporated milk
Ice cream
Flour
Feeds, prepared
Cereal preparations
Ba;king
Sugar refining, cane
Sugar, beet
Confectionery
Beverages, nonalcoholic
Malt liquors
Canning and preserving
TOBACCO MANUFACTURES
Cigarettes
Cigars
Tobacco (chewing and smoking)
and snuff
Employment indexes
191*8
; 1911-7
Feb. ;Jan. jDec. Feb.
Pay-roll indexes
1948
! 1947
Feb. Jan • !Dec. Feb.
154.9j152. 1*! 151.9 141.7
362.0 353.4 |343.3 314.1
135.5' 134.21 135-2 125.3
110.0 110. 1*! 111. 1* 99.6
110.3 106.6!108.8 108.8
119.0 112.0 ;109.8 118.7
j
166
.
l
*
1161*.1* 153.5
169.T
106.1* 104.7!10l*.l* 90.5
109.2 103 .1*! 92.0 101.9
97.9 95.7( 101.1 95.2
316.1* 313.4 309.5
270.2 273.0 281.3
300.0 292.0 304.0
284.6 21*7.5 248.2
388.0 374.8 355.9
239.3 236.2 230.5
238.5 201*.1* 157.4
243.1* 222.5 251.2
280.8
234.0
274.1
283.9
344.8
191.2
201.9
221.4
190.5 178. 0 ; 131.3 139.5 431.4 414.9 424.7 298.7
260.2 265. 9! 274.3 258,0
220.2 223.7j 226.8 235.4
107.6 106. 9j 107.4: 10l*.9
93.6 93o| 93.8; 92.6
97.8 98.81 99.4
100.8 100. 1*! 100.2
125.4 121. 9! 130.1
168.5 158.51 170.1
'125. 1* 129. oj 136.4
137.5 11*1.3! 141.9
158.7 169.1*!168.4
li*7.8 ll*5.o! 144.3
U3.9 113.1! 116.0
127.2 116.2 !126.2
1*9 .1* 88.9 :179.7
126.2 134.0! 141.2
134.9 ll*0.l! 139.7
165.5 168.2!172.4
80.9 34.2 j 99.1
91*.0 93-71 94.1*
122.1 122.6s124.5
80.1 79.4j 79.0
75-7
569.2 591.6 653.1 518.2
461.7 481.1 492.9 467.8
243.4 21*0.7 241.8 223.0
201.6 200.3 203.0 185.8
100.8 198.6
97.1 235.1
128.3 252.6
161*. 7 367.2
123.9 267.2
136.5 11*5-7! 150.8 131.9
158.8 162.0-163.6 165.1*
172.5 169.31 170.6 182.6
133.8 133.7! 11*1 .1* 138.4
139.5
159.5
150.0
109.5
102.6.
52.0
112.2
112.4
154.9
91.8
95.4
121.9
82.8
201. 1* 202.6 189.1
233.8 231.9 214.2
245.3 262.4 233.2
319.6 369.3 327.6
273.9 298.9 242 j 5
263.3 301*.2 338.9 254.0
332.7 330.3 342.2 314.7
388.1 369.8 364.0
250.9 248.0 258.5
298.3 305. 9 319.4
314.7 379.0 381.4
322.2 307.8 306.3
21*0.7 221.5 229.2
232.3 216.9 248.9.
111.7 169.5 392.8
271.2 289.5 326.6
226.7 237.1 236.3
289.9 289.4 307.7
214.2 213.9 250.2
196.7 210.8 219.8
219.2 259.6 267.9
184.3 181.7 19O.O
369.0
21*3.0
293,5
31T.0
288.6
201.7
177.8
100.0
229.0
174.1
249.2
207.2
201.0
233.6
186.2
76 .3 ) 79-4 78.4 156.5 155.7 169.8 144.0
See explanatory notes, sections A, C, F, and G.
I
19
,
Table 8. - Indexes of Pro&uc tion-Worker Employment and Weekly Pay Rolls
in Manufacturing Industrie-a - Continued
Industry group and industry
PAPER AMD ALLIED PRODUCTS l/
Paper and pulp
Paper goods, other
Envelopes
Paper hags
Paper boxes
PRINTING, PUBLISHING, AND ALLIED
;INDUSTRIES 1/
Newspapers and periodicals
Printing; book and.job
Lithographing
Bookbinding
‘ Employment indexes
1« W
!
1947
Feb. !Jan. ['Doc. Fob.
Pay-roll indexes
1948
i
1947
Feb. | Jan. 1Dec., Feb;
144.8{145.7 jl46.9 145.9
322.3=321.51 327.5 288.1
140.4 328.3 :325.oi 327.3
153.5 326.6!328.8!335.7
137.7 267.3:279.9i 284.1
177.7 357.8; 368.I:370.2
139.1-140.8 .43.7 148.1 307.1! 309.1S 321.9
114.9 I U 5 .O 144.8
151.9;153.6 156.6
137.5:1^2.0 142.6
l62.Cil63.2 -63.9
279.8
297.9
258.6
353.8
289.4
s
130.8il31.3 133.0 128.1
249.6;.250.2;258.0 221.8
121.41121.0
140,8;142.3
121 .2 |121,7
145.1 :1^5.9
224.6! 218.9
278.6!283.4
219.0!224.0
307.7!315.3
122.7
-43.7
125.3
.48.8
115.7
139. ^
124.9
142.6
230.0 191,2
285.3 248,4
237.1 212;6
326.6 298,7
CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS l/
199.6 :199.6 201.0 197.1 416.2 ]417.3 414.9 372.6
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
182.1 ;179.3 178.9 173.9 338.51 332.6 329.8 295.5
PRODUCTS OF PETROLEUM AND COAL l/
Petroleum refining
Coke and byproducts
Paving materials 2/
Roofing materials
238.31238.5
117 .31115.9
.166,31167.0
131 .8 ;130.8
489.2! 490.7
232.91 231.7
376.4! 379.3
270.2;268.6
488.5 464.2
240.5 239.^
381.3 286.8
265.9 245.0
555.8 500.8
565.0 464.8
459.6 399.6
411.9 333.8
633.8 624.5
335.7; 397.4 448.4 331.3
439-6; 433.4 393.0 414.8
28i;oi 282.8 283.3 276.7 559.2!561.3
363.31301.3 300.7 283.9 587.8!580.2
246.5! 249.9 248.8 233.8 473.1 465.0
148.71144.1 172.7 155.3 342.0! 333.7
221.8! 213.4 243.5 231.2 610.2;591.6
127.0i142.1 159.5 127-9
171 .5.1161.3 -48.7 171.3
151 .3 ;.152.4 152.9 146.0 .310.2!312.8 308.2 256.8
149.51149.9
139.6.1140.6
73.2! 83.2
217.5' 222.7
See explanatory notes, sections A, C, F, and G.
239.2 252.1
123.6 131.3
167.4 153 .I
131.4 127.1
150.1 145.4 ■295.0i 296.8
138.3 129.5' •316.O! 319.8
109.4 94.0 151.91168.2
226.2 210.5 5OO.7 !508.3
293.4
294.8
224.8
535.7
245^8
248*4
157.6
432.1
20.
Table 8. - Indexes of Production-Worker Employment and Weekly Pay Bolls
in Manufacturing Industries - Continued
Industry group and industry
RUBBER PRODUCTS 1/
Rubber tires and inner tubes
Rubber boots and shoes
Rubber goods, other
MISCELLANEOUS INDUSTRIES l/
Instruments (professional and
scientific), and fire-control
equipment
Photographic.apparatus 2/
Optical instruments and
ophthalmic goods
Pianos, organs, and parts
Games, toys, and dolls
Buttons
Fire extinguishers
Employment indexes
1948
1
19^7Feb.; Jan.! Dec. Feb.
Pay-roll indexes
19^8 j
19^7
Feb.j Jan, Dec. Feb.
I82.7jl84.2)l86.1 198.2
I
j
205. 8 1209. 2 !211. 7 233.3
358.31376.8 396.5 385.0
153. 8 H5I . 5 -151.4 160.2 3^5.0 342.8 367.1 328.5
166. 91167. 41169.1 172.6 366.2 368.3 379.9 35^.4
355.9 388.4 412.1 413-3
177.0 I176.I 182.7 180.9 383.2 377.9 39^.7 360.0
j
245.2 1245.3 |248.1 250.0
220.9 1220. 4 ;221.8 201.3
230.0 1233.6
199.7 1215.2
189.9; 175-0
119.01118.7
249.31253*5
235
226.3
201.3
119.1
268.0
487.1 507.5 499.2 448.8
424.2 418.1 421.1 343.0
59.7
256.1 446.3 452.3 458.5 ^
191. U 4l6.6 455.5 513. U 416.1
161.4 450.1 399-7 469.5 339.0
120.3 285.4 275.7 280.8 270.8
312.7 523.2 546.8 520.4 562.9
See explanatory notes, sections A, C, F, and G.
1/ 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
Major industry group
Electrical machinery
Chemicals and allied products
Nonferrous metals and their products
Iron and stoel and their products
comprising tho major industry group have
data through 1945 made available by the
Federal Security Agoncy. Comparable series
request. More recently adjusted data for
the major industry group indicated below
dated prior to:
Mimeographed release !Monthly Labor Review
February 1948
February 1948
March 1948
April 1948
March 1948
March 1948
April 1948
May 1948
2/ Revisions have been made as follows in the indexes for earlier months:
Paving materials - September, and October pay roll to 297-9 and 295.9 .
Photographic apparatus - November 1947 employment to 219.5; pay roll to 4l6.8.
21.
Table 9 . - Indexes of Employment and Weekly Pay Bolls in
Selected Nonman’il’acturing Industries
(1939 Average =-. 100)
Industry group and industry
MIKING:
1/
Errdoyment indexes
“
19U8
19fr7
Feb. ; Jan. ■
; Dec. Feb.
j
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it
Pay roll indexes
iyfr8
!
I9fr7
I Dec. Feb.
Feb. ! Jen. j
[
1
i
\
1
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i
93.5 232.8 2fr2 .fr 239.fr
100.0 300.7 329.fr 32fr.9
96.2 201.7 198.9 198.8
137.1 310.3 302.7 1 301.1
102.6 2frl.7 238.0 ! 236.5
II3.9 225.1 228.1 231.6
32.0 58.fr 56.fr 56.5
181.2 3fr7.fr 3fr8 .fr! 3fr9.2
118.8 262.0 270.0 £95-3
t
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219
.
91215.5
203.2
111 .1 !
110.5
ino.fr
107.9
$
?
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TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC UTILITIES:
1i
l
1
Class I steam railways 2/
132.8 j133.frjl3fr.8 13fr.0
2/
la/
Street railways and busses
1230.1 226,7
128.6 i129.2 128.6 131.1 23fr.6 i
Telephone
196.2 I195*0 195.0 186.9 316.3!315.8 313.0
Telegraph
3/ 1 97.2 97.6 101.8 3/ 209.5 . 207.8
Electric light and power
110.3 ;109.8 ■110.3 103.2 188.2 187.9 185.7
Coal:
Anthracite
Bituminous coal
Metal:
Iron
Copper
Lead and zinc
Gold and silver
Miscellaneous
Quarrying and nomnetallic
C^itde petroleum: and-naturaligaa
production-.
9 1 .6 ! 91.1 91.5
ioo.fr i 102.1 ;101.7
97.fr j 96.9; 97.0
lfr6.8 1lfr6 .5 ;lfr8.0
108.2 !107.5 106.6
96 . 2 ] 96.2 95.8
33.fr 1 33.1 32.5
187.0 i 183.0 1.187.2
113.7 ! 116 .71122.6
208.5
275.fr
17fr-9
250.2
199.9
2fr0.0
51.5
28fr.O
251.6
180.1
1/
219.5
269.fr
201.5
163.7
TRADE: kj
Wholesale
Retail?
Food
General merchandise
Apparel
Furniture and housefumishlngs
Automotive
Lumber and building materials
116,1 j116 ,3 1117.1 111.9 21fr.9 211 .7 ! 213.9
111.8 ;llfr.fr1130.2 109.6 208.fr 209.fr!1 237.6
U3.9 1llfr.friU7.fr 111.2 221.5 219.fr 1 221.5
122.9 1 129.fr 1175.5 119.5 221.fr 233.0 31fr.O
108.2 111.5 1136.7 107.9 19fr.3 198.8 2fr8.8
91.0 i 93.6 j 97.fr 8fr.3 177.8 17fr.5 192.9
105.9 1106.5 I109.9 98.2 196.5 193.9 20fr.2
118.8 122.5 (126.1 113.9 227.6 228.0 238.1
:
SERVICE:
Hotels (year-round)
Power laundries 1/
Cleaning and dyeing 1/
t
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190.fr
187.5
197.1
201.fr
iefr.1
lfr-3.8
172.7
191*1
;
116.8 117,2 iu8.i U7.7 233.2 230.fr 233.2 216.6
117.6 120.1 S120.9 12fr.0 225.frS232.9 233.6 222.2
lfr9.3 152.8 1156.5 157.2 271.91285.6 292,8 275.2
■...—-I.——
See footnotes, table 7, and explanatory notes, auctions F and G.
1/ See footnote 2, table 7 .
2/ Source: Interstate Commerce Commission.
3/ Not available.
4/ Includes nonsupervisory workers and working supervisors.
5 / Money payments only; additional value of board:, room, uniforms, and tipa, not
included.
22.
Table 10. - Estimated Number of ProductioA Workers andlndexes of
Production-Worker Employment and Weekly Pay Bolls'in Manufacturing Industries
1946 and 19V/
Estimated pro
duction workers
(thousands)
1947 . i 1946
Industry group and industry
ALL MANUFACTURING
Durable goods
Nondurable goods
12,620
6,485
6/135
Durable goods
ELECTRICAL MACHINERY 2/
Electrical equipment
Radios and phonographs
Communication equipment
Indexes (1939 = 100)
Pay roll
Employment
1946
194b
1947
.1947
j 11,630
154.1
142.0
5,805
179-6
133-9
160.8 362.-2 289.3
127.2 287.3 244.1
158.3
140.6
| 5,825
t
:
:
IRON AND. STEEL AND THEIR PRODUCTS 2/ • 1,570
Blast furnaces> steel works, and
rolling mills Gray-iron and semisteel castings
Malleable-iron castings
Steel castings
Ca.st-iron pipe and fittings'
Tin cans and other tinware
Wire drawn from purchased rods
Wirework
Cutlery and- edge' tools
Topis’
,(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 steam fittings
Stamped and enameled ware and
galvanizing
Fabricated structural and
ornamental metalwork
Metal doors, sash, frames, molding
and train
Bolts, nuts, washers, and rivets
Forgings, iron and steel
Wrought pipe, welded and heavyriveted
Screw-machine products and woodscrews ;
Steel barrels, kegs, and" drums'
Firearms
l/,
; 1/394
I
j
>97.41
440.7
104.5
.114.5 ;
35.1 i
30.5
324.3
266.4
310.9
242.8
128.0 113.5 237.7
168.0 402.4
182.8 158.6 414.5
206.4 196.8 402.7
155.9 130 .4 . 372.3
' 140.0 125.1 ' 288.8
138..5 125.4 253.4
134.1 120.3 278.9
163.9 161.8 374.1
180.7
164.1
335-6
•321.3
340.8
66.1 1
63.1
27.4 !
44.5 !
3 0 .4 ;
40.8 j
25.3 j
;
'22.9
39.7
25.6
50 .;3
39.7
24.8
44.6
33.5
167.1 .162.3
14.1.1- 125.0
151.2 127.7
•86.7
71.4
176.3
145.2 370.6 269.9
64.7
60.3
200.4
186.9 404.2 341.7
U 3.7
98,7
192.3
166.9 :42l.8 323.3
59*4
50.5
167.3
142.1
325.1
240.7
Ip.l
130,2 111.7
187.1 166.1
222.6 207.7
268.7
202.0
36.4
0.6
25.3
34.0
372.3 282.1
452.3 363.0
18.1-
16.1
203.2 181.1
3 07.2
394.7. •
37,1
8.2
36.3
7.4
17.2
206.0 201.6 432.2 387.1
127.5 114.5 311.5 237.9
356.9 322.7 764.5 621.6
28.5
19.0
27.6
36.6
24.9
577
509
375-8
103.7
'97.2
319.0
92..7
97.7
222.6'. 196.6
352.6
267.8
225.I
204.0
229.0
344.7
315*0
309.0 244.3
298.7 221-.5
432.5 j13^2.^
205.7 174.6 398.5. i
1296.9 .
1404,p
235-7 210.7 4973 !
299-3' 301.0 551.5 |526 .-6.;
23.
Table 10. - Estimated Number of Production Workers and Indexes 6f
Production-Worker Employment and Weekly Pay Rolls in Manufacturing Industries l/,
19^6 and 19^7 - Continued
Estimated pro
duction workers
(thousands)
.1946
1947
Industry group and industry
1,185 11,044
224.3 197.6
380.2 1 348 .'2 187.9 172.1
44.0 | 39.2 235.9 210.3
56.2 ] 47.9 179.6 153.2
MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL
Machinery and machine-shop products
'Engines and turbines
,Tractors
Agricultural machinery, excluding
tractors
Machine tools
Machine-tool accessories
Textile machinery
Pumps and pumping equipment
Typewriters
Cash registers, adding, and
calculating machines
Washing machines, wringers, and
driers, domestic
Sewing machines, domestic and
industrial
Refrigerators and refrigeration
equipment
431.4
341.7
364.2 299.4
501.3 399.2
305.0 227.4
i
8 !
54.0 ;
355-0; 236.6
261 i6 272.2
307.9 310.2
22.6
38.7 179.2 139.1
59.7 147.5 I63 .I
48.2 179.9 191.5
31.3 172.3 143.1
54.3 236.4 224.2
18.6 139.1 115.0
4o.4
33-0
205.4 167.9
4l4.4
303.9
10.9
1.94.3. 145.4
391.6
245.7
9-5
148.9 121.0
321.7
228.6
45.3
37.7
57.3
14.5 |
360.8 269.2
482.2
413-9
295.8 221.3
i
11.7 |
75.1
TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT, EXCEPT
AUTOMOBILES
445
25.4
Locomotives
Cars, electric- and steam-railroad
Aircraft and parts, excluding
aircraft engines
Aircraft engines
Shipbuilding and boatbuilding
Motorcycles, bicycles, and parts
54.9
135.9
27.2
121.6
13.3
AUTOMOBILES
NONFERROUS METALS AND THEIR PRODUCTS^ 2/
Smelting and refining, primary, of
nonferrous metals
Alloying; and rolling and drawing
of nonferrous metals, except
aluminum
Clocks and watches
Jewelry (precious metals) and
Jewelers1 findings
Silverware and plated ware
Lighting equipment
Aluminum manufactures
Sheet-metal work, not elsewhere
classified
Indexes (1939 = 100)
Employment
Pay roll
1946
1946
1947
1947
788
409
| 480
213.6 158.6 401.2 .254.9
280.3
302.7
541.2 549.1
22.8 391.9 353.0 805.5 715.2
45.9 223.7 187.2 466.5 345.1
129.9
26.0
180.5
10.2
661
377
648.9 601.6
305.6 292.2 493.6 460.8
175.7 260.7 340.1 462.1
342.6 327.5
191.4
146.0 382.4
257.5
195.8 164.3
178.2
356.9 262.7
164.5 . 350.7 299.8
145.9 123.5 291".2 '219.6
40.3
34.1
57.5
55.9 148.0 144.0 278.5 258.4
26.6 137.0 130.8 305.O 267.3
26.6
183.9
45.6
24.9
20.3
30.7
45.7
38,7
35.9
206.2 191.4 423.6 360.1
27.8
24.9
36.4
J
55-8
172.4
354.6 323.3
205.2 167.2 458.1 338.2
177.9 149.8 334.8 254.4
193.6 194.2
349.8 325.6
24.
Table 10. - Estimated Humber of Production Workers and Indexes of
Production-Worlcer Employment and Weekly Pay Rolls in Manufacturing Industries
1946 and 1947 - Continued
Industry group and industry
Estimated pro- j
Indexes (1939 = 100)
duction workers
Employment
| Pay rolls
(thousands)
iWi ’ j isfe ’ 1947 1946 1947 1946
LUMBER AND TIMBER BASIC-PRODUCTS 2/
690
Sawmills and logging camps
planing and plywood mills
FURNITURE AND FINISHED LUMBER PRODUCTS 2/
J
522.7 )
120.8 j
1*
:
Mattresses and "bedsprings
Furniture
Wooden boxes, other than cigar
Caskets and other morticians' goods
Wood preserving
Wood, turned and shaped
:
154.6 i
]130.6 355.4 253.9
166.6 !140.7 388.4 273.8
160.3 !136.4 354.5 256.3
;
133.2 j 119.9 298.6 237-9
549
441.1
107.9
♦
;
t
393
437
32.0 ‘ 26.9 156.0 i131.4
233.1 s 210.6 131.0 !118.4
32.7 125.8 115.4
35.61
19.6 ; 17.5 140.7 125.9
18.0 I 15.9 143.2 126,4
32,1 1 29.7 130.6 121.1
425
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
Wairboard, plaster (except gypsum),
ar.d mineral wool
Lime
Marble, granite, slate, and other
products
Abrasives
Asbestos products
l/,
j
l?,o.o i
\
12.7 !
35.4 |
73-4 ;
56.1 !
6.1 j
11.6 !
323.9
294.3
299.5
278.7
371.6
244.7
234.2
245.1
224.3
I26.9 :
!119.0 262.4
145.5 1131.1 266.8
126.5 ;1113.3 276.5
165.7 !150.4 324.2
124.2 ;110.6 254.5
220.1
215.6
215.1
283.3
285.7 243.1
397
144.9 135.2 296.8 243-5
119.2 168.1 167.I 335.9 288.6
11.9
31-9
65.8
50.9
5.5
257.3
203.5
9.2 I
10.3 142.7 !127.1 335-7 255.O
8.7 97.1 ;| 91-6 238.9 200,7
17-6 :
18.2 1
21.0 |
95.3 ! 88.0 167.8 ! 142.4
235.0 240.7 430.1 ! 390.5
18.5 132.4 U6.8 305.O s243.6
16.3
18,6
Nondurable goods
TESTILE-MILL PRODUCTS AND OTHER FIBER
MANUFACTURES 2/
1,214
\
j1,187
106.1 |IO3.8 258.4 222.3
493.0 121.9 i117.8 327.0 269.4
Cotton manufactures, except smallwaree • 509.9
Cotton smallwares
14.4 ! 15.5 102.2
Silk and rayon good3
82 7
104.7 j 102.0
Woolen and worsted manufactures,
except dyeing and finishing
170.3 ' 174.2 108.0
Hosiery
132.8 ; 129.3 79.0
Knitted cloth
11.2 1 12.6
97.4
Knitted outerwear and knitted gloves
30.9 I 34.9 103.9
Knitted underwear
44.7 : 39.9 109.8
Dyeing and finishing textiles,
including woolen and worsted
£>4.5 1
31.1 119.6
Carpets and rugs, wool
26,4
32.3 !
119.3
Eats, fur-felt
86.5
13.3 I 12.5
«Ju;:e goods, except felts
4.2
98.2
3.7 i
Cordage and twine
15.8 i
16.6 123.8
.
•110.4
222.3
221.4
:
1110.5 264.9
1 77.0 166.7
1109.5 211.0
!117.4 228.0
j| 97.9 262.5
245.7
147.9
1 80,6 219.2 182.6
1
1114.9
' 97.6
81.7
110.7
225.2
248.0
206.0
224.8
266.3
258.2 181.1
182.1 180.4
221.9 236.0
129.6 279.6 258.0
j
25Table 10. - Estia»t«4 Number of Production Workers and Indexes of
Production-Worker Employment and Weekly Pay Holla in Manufacturing Industries l/,
1946 and 1>47 - Continued
Industry group and industry
APPAREL AND OTHER FINISHED TEXTILE
PRODUCTS 2/
&o€iina$eid pro
duction workers
(thouelands)
Y&7 ' j 19'1*6'’
1,111
11,016
f
292.3 i 259.5
75-6 1 61*.0
17.5 1 17.0
15.6 ! 1^.9
1*30.6 i 398.9
17-9 S 15.9
23.I ! 23.1*
4.2
4.8
26 .4
26.3 \
t
I
29.4 : 28.1
28,2 !
j 27.1
360
[ 356
1*6.2 1 1*5-1*
19-4 ! 20.3
222.1* i 217.0
ll*.0
12.6
ll*.2
13.3
LEATKKK AMD LEATHER PRODUCTS 2/
Leather
Boot and shoe cut stock and findings
Boots and shoes
Leather gloves and mittens
Trunks and suitcases
1,170
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
181.5
35.5
21.1
23.1*
38.9
28.7
12.9
j1 ,09V
j 156.6
! 35.1
j 20.2
i 25.7
i 37.5
27.8
13.3
216.0 ! 208.4
19.6 i 16.2
12.1 i 10.5
66.7
58.3
28.4
32.5
69.6
62.8
199.5 | 218,8
TOBACCO MANUFACTURES
86
Cigarettes
Cigars
Tobacco ( chawing and smoking)
end snuff
j
i
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
Eousefurnishings,’other than
curtains, etc.
Textile bags
FOOD 2/
Indexes (1939 •» 100)
Pay rolls
’. Employment
19W
1946
m?
1947 !
j
!
33.3 i
39.8
*
7.0 I
i
Ii
11*0.8] 128.7 304,8 262.2
j
{
127.3 i 113-0 281.2 229.2
102.2 86.5 239.4 184.3
103.2 100.3 265.5 236.0
110.5 105.5 260,1 226,1
150.1* 139.* 314.6 288,2
95.3 84.9 202.6 165.7
90.5 91.7 160.0 157.5
91*.8 83.2 225.2 178.2
148.0
148.8 325-7
313.5
262.9 251.7 562.5 494.9
223.8 214.6
1*57.6 384.6
103-7 102.6 223.I 201.9
92.1* •90.6 190.0. 162.7
97-3 101.6 186.7 183.2
94.0 213.3 192.5
96.3
126.5 140.3 243.1 266.6
160.3 170.4 328.2 316.5
136.9 128.0
134.1* II5.9
176.2 174.6
193.7 185.7
161.2 146.1
140.0 135.2
166.0 160.7
153.9 158.5
113.4 I 109-5
123.4 ! 102.3
280.3 .229.0
271.6 194.1
352.7 •309.8
.409.3 342.9
289.2 239.3
312.8 258.5
350.0 293.7
308.I 280.7
215.2 190.2
248.9 !164.0
104.4! 90.4 213.8 !164.8
119.7 i 104.6 255.4 196.0
136.2 1 119.1 227-8 1 17V.5
172.11 155.3 308.0 1239.1
132.7 11 145.6 334.4 i338,0
33.3
39.1
92.0 201.8 1187.1
92.5 1
i
121.3 !121.6 241.7 1219.5
78.11 76.7 178.6 j170.5
j
7.6
7 6 .9 :1 8£.8 155.3 143-5
86
j
26.
Table 10. - Estimated Number t5f Production Workers and Indexes of
Production-Worker Employment and Weekly Pay Rolls in Manufacturing Industries l/,
1946 and 1947 - itontinued
~
Industry group and industry
PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS 2/
Paper and pulp
Paper goods, other
Envelopes
Paper bags
Paper boxes
PRINTING, PUBLISHING, AND AT.T.TKD
UJDU3TRHS 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 cosmetic3
Soap
Rayon and allied products
Chomicals, not elsewhere
classified
Explosives and safety fuse's
Compressed and liquefied gases
Aamunition, smali-arms
Fireworks
Cottonseed oil
Fertilizers
PRODUCTS OF PETROLEUM AND COAL 2/
Petroleum refining
Coke and byproducts
Paving materials
Roofing materials
'Estimated..P£o-.
duct::on workers
(thousands) ,
1947 '! 194T
384
I 367
Indexes (3-939 = 100)
Enploymont
Pay rolls
1946
1947
1947 1946
144.5
138.1 301.2 250.5
195.1 ! 183.8
57.9 ! 55*6
12.0 I 11.2
18.6 ! 17*9
98.9 | 97.1
141.6 133.4 301.2 243.9
153.4 147.4 308.0 262.9
138.0 '128.7 266.0 222.5
167.3 160.7 347.7 297.1
142.6 140.0 293.1 254.5
425
] 396
129.7
141.6
IT? .9
38«6
37.6
!
!
J.
j
563
j 534
49.7
67.9 !
12.8 •!
24.2 i
61.0
120.7 236.9 194.8
130/0 119.3 109.6
167.9 139.4 131.5
30,9 . 124.0 117.5
34.0 146.0 132.1
195.4
185.3
209.6 165.5
261.5 220.5
220.8 188.5
314.7 263.5
385.3
323.6
175.7 164.5 311.6 260,6
65.7 246.6 238.6 470.3 395-3
1.23-2 148.9 230.4 243.3
15- 5
21.1
158.7 138.6 323.1 231.5
60,5 . 126.2 125.2 248.2 211.0
46.5
177.5
21.7
8.5
195.9
21.1
9.6
6.7
2.7
17.9
28.2
!
!
i
1
1
j
|
159
| 152
7.5
.3-0
16.0
28.1
109.0 ; 106.2
28.8 ! 26.2
2.8 i
2.6
280.1 253.9 523.2 431.4
298.0 514.4 470.1
213-3 429.7 351-.3
173-9 350.1 335.2
254.8 639.3 649.1
104.6 310.0 240.5
149.4 383.0 349.9
288.8
242.3
1*37.4
. 234.2
117.0
149.9
150.4
143.7
283.8 243.7
148.8 145.0 271.0 240.1
132.8 120.6 27-1.1 214.0
llp.l IO5.2 226.3 203.0
17.8 ! 15.9,. .219.3 196.8 480.3 370.9
27,
Table 10. - Estimated Number of Production Workers and Indexes of
Product! on-.Worker. Employment .and..Weekly. Pay .Rolla_ in Manufacturing Industries 1/,
1946 and 1947 - Continued
Estimated pro-'
Industry group and industry
RUBBER PRODUCTS 2/
Rubber tl.ren and inner tubes
Rubber boots and shoes
Rubber goods, other
MISCELLANEOUS INDUSTRIES 2/
(thousands)
1947 I 1946
Indexes (1939 * 100)
Employment
Pay rolls
1947 i 194& 1947 1946
225
I 223
186.3 :
| 184.1 374.4 333.2
119.0
22.0
84.3
i 120.3
! 20.7
! 81.6
j
219.5; 221.9 403.1 362.9
148.5 ! 139.5 320.7 269.4
162.5} 157.3 342.6 303.4
438
1 4l6
178.8| 170.I 365i8 318.7
j
Iristrum&nts (professional andscientific), and fire-control
equipmfent
Photographic apparatus
Optical instruments and ophthalmic
goods
Pianos, organs', and part3
Games, toys, and dolls
Buttons'
iFire extinguishers
:
I
247.ll 258.1
27.9 ! 29.2
37.4 :j 33.2 . 211,51•188.0
:
26.8 1 28.9
241.9 '
• 243.3
15.8 ; 12.0 2*02.2 i 154.2
189.7! 153.7
36.3 S 29.4
12.5 1 14.0 111. 1.1 124.7
286.1 ! 284.3
2.9 ! 2.Q
463.1 442.1
385.5 308.1
451.4
434.8
419.1
247.5
563.O
423.5
285.9
314.3
266.4
571.3
1/ Estimates and indexes are based on reports from’cooperating establishments
covering both full- and part-time production and related workors who worked or
recoivcd pay during any part of the pay period ending noarost thy l|5th of the
month. Major industry groups have teen adjusted to levels indicated by data
through I9U5 made available by tho Bureau of Employment Security of the Federal
Security Agcncy. The Bureau ha3 not prepared estimates for certain industrio3,
and with the excoption of the industries in the major industry groups indicated
by 'note 2 , estimates for individual industries have boon adjusted only to levels
indicated’by the 1939 Census of Maniifvictixcen but not to Federal Security Agency
data. ..Comparable data from <Janur%ry 1939 are available upon request.
2/ Estimates' and indexes for the individual industries comprising the major industry
groups have boon adjusted to levels indicated by data through 1945. made
available by..the.Bureau..of -Employment Socurity of. the Federal Security Agency.
28.
Table 11, - Estimated Numb&i* of Employees and IndexeB of .Employment
and Weekly pay Soils in Selected Nonmanufacturing'Industries i/,
1946 and 1947
Industry group and industry
MINING: 2/
Coal:
Anthracite
Bituminous coal
Metal :
Iren
Copper
Lead and zinc
Gold and silver
Miscellaneous
Quarrying and nonmetallic
Crude petroleum and natural gas
production 3/
Estimated number
of employees
(thousands)
1947 ; 1946
76.5
Inderes (1!?39 - 100)
Employment
Pay,rolls
1946
1947
1947. 1946
i
|
92.0 222.8 204.4
91.5
98.3
91.3 279.4 224.9
84.4 •186.8 139,4
97.3
148,4 [ 122.7 290.6 203.5
103.Oi! 82,1 212.8. 143.6
104.2 I 99.1 228.0 191.3
41.9
31.7 1 29.1
51.3
185.6 ; 198.0 323.6 308.6
125.4 i 117.4 292.6 245.4
76.9
365 ! 33990.1 I 78.1
31.4 i
25.7 *
17.0
8.2 :
7.8 t
85.8 !
127
!
25.9
20.5
16.1
7.6
8.0
80.4
125
110.7 J 109.2
;
TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC UTILITIES: .
Class I steam railways 4/
1,332
i 1,359
248
2^2
Street railways and busses 6/
582 ! 543
Telephone~
38.0
42.9
Telegraph 7/
243
262
Electric light and power
TRADE:
8/
SERVICE:
Hotels (year-round) 9/
Power laundries 2/
Cleaning and dyeing 2
./
/
173-0
136.9 1 137.6
5/
130.2 ; 128,2 221.7
183.1 l 170.9 275.4
1Q1.0 i 114,0 211.4,
107.2 | 99.4 174.7
i
2/
200.4
253.4
180.0
148.2
:
112.7-i 108.4
5/
113.7 ! 109.7
5/
if, 113.6 i 105.6
128.2 1 127.3
5/
.114.9j 115.0
%
•87.2j 78.8
If,
102.5! 92.5
5/
5/ '120.4 | 109.7
5/
Wholesale
Retail:
Food
General merchandise
Apparel
Furniture and housefurnishioga
Automotive
Lumber and building materials
1
196.7
%
%
5/
5/
5/
380
243
94.6
i
385
245
96.1
.
117.8 ! 119.3
124.2 1 125,0
162.6 ! 165.2
198.7
201.4
208.2
224.6
176.0
174.4
172.0
195.1
187.4
203.3
158.4 129.6
184.2
155.5
218.0 : 179.0
222.5 207.0
230.9. 212.2
298.3 290.1
Includes all employees unless otherwise noted.
2/
Estimates and indexes, which include *reduction and related workers only, have been adjusted to
levels indicated toy data through I 9U5 mads available by, the,Bureau of Employment Security of
the Federal Security Agency; Comparable data from.January 1939 are available upon request.
Does not include well drilling or rig building,
Includes all employees at middle of month. Excludes employees of switching and terminal
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companies. Class I steam railways include those with over $1,000,000 annual revenue.
Source: Interstate Commerce Commission*
5/ Not available *
0/ Includes private and municipal street-railway companies and affiliated, subsidiary, or
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successor trolley-bus and motor-bus companies*
7/ Includes all land-line employees except those compensated on a commission basis. Excludes
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general and divisional headquarters personnel, trainees in school, and messengers.
8/ Includes nonsupervisory workers and working supervisors,
2 Money payments only; additional value of board, room, uniforms, and tips, net included.
£/
%/
/
Source;
U, S. Bureau of X»abor Statistics
EXPLANATORY NOTES
Sec. A. Revisions of Employment Estimates - Tho employment estimates nho'.m
in this report for the industry divisions (0T3 ..'mc.nufacturin.*j, mining, etc.) and
industry groups (e.g., iron and steel, elestrical machinery, etc.) have been adjusted
to levels indicated by bench-mark data through 19^5 nnd supersede data shown in
mimeographed releases dated prior to April 19^7 and in the Monthly Labor Review dated
prior to May I9V 7 *
Sec. B. Sources of Bench-Mark Data - The chief pi>r.pose of recent revisions
published in the February.19^7 DETAILED REPORT. was to adjust the levelu of employ
ment estimates to bench-mark data through lotyj. In preparing estimates for private
employment prior to 1939, the various industrial censuses taKon by the Bureau of tho
Census were used as sources of bench-mark data. Data obtained from imemployraent
compensation agencies and the Bureau of Old Ago and Survivors Insurance are the nain
bases for I9H5 bench marks. Bench marks for State and local government are based on
data compiled by the Bureau of tho. 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. Mar 1tine
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 consiatentwith 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, revision" are completed, they are
published in this report and indicated by appropriate footnotes. Since the revised
employment estimates shown in this report c.ov-er only the current months, a set of
summary sheets presenting comparable figures from January 1939 to date, by month, for
each industry will be provided upon request!..
Sec. D. Sow Employment Estimates Are Made - Estimates of change? 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 bo carried forward. This base or "bench mark" is either a complete count or an
estimate with a satisfactory degree of accuracy, When a now bench mark becomes
available, estimates prepared since the last bench mark are reviewed to determine if
.any adjustment of level is required. This is the basic principle of employment
estimating used by the BLS. It yields a satisfactory compromise between a slow but
highly accurate complete count on the one hand, and a rapid but less accurate sample
count on the other.
Briefly, the Bureau of Labor Statistics computes employment estimates as
follows: first, a bench mark or level of employment is determined; second, a sample
qf establishments is selected; and third, changes in employment indicated by this
reporting., sample .are applied to the bench mark to dutermina the monthly estimates of
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employment "between 'bench-mark periods. For example, if the latest complete data on
employment for an industry were fr0,200 in September 19^5 > and if the industry has a
reporting sample of 13 establishments employing 23,200 workers in September and
23,800 in October,' the October estimate would; be' prepared as follows:
40,200 X
flno
= frl,2frp
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 from
the establishments in these blocks yield substantially better estimates of month-tomonth changes in employment in the finance, and service industries than would be
obtained by the use of the sampling procedure employed for other industries. For
railroads and the Federal. Government, complete reports of employment are available.
Why Revisions Are Necessary - Because reports are not immediately, available
from new firms, they are frequently introduced into the Bureau of Labor Statistics
sample after they, have been in operation for some 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 togo uncorrected for too long a
period. During- the war period adjustment of many of .the nonmanufacturing industry
divisions was unavoidably postponed for several years. Consequently, the most recent
revision corrects for the downward bias that had accumulated in .the nonmanufacturing
series since 19.1+1- Revisions in some industry divisions haVe been carried back to
1939 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.
Sec. E . Comparability With Other Types of Employment -Data - The 'Bureau of
Labor Statistics employment estimates are based upori.rsports submitted by cooperating
establishments and therefore differ from employment information obtained by household
interviews, such as the Monthly'Report of the Labor Force. The Bureau of Labor
Statistics estimates of employment in nonagricultural establishments differ from the
Monthly Report of the Labor Force total nonagricultural employment estimates 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 non
agricultural establishments who worked or received pay during the pay period ending
nearest the 15th of the month; in Federal establishments during the pay period ending
Just before the first of the month; and in State and local government during the pay
period ending on or just before the last of the month, Peirsons 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 well as pash estimates of any payments in
kind. Bonuses, unless earned arid paid regularly.each pay period, are also excluded.
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The methodology for obtaining pay-roll estimates is similar $o that for
estimates. Sample changes shotting monthly movements are used in project
ing established, bench marks to.aecuru current pay-roll-.’estimates. These pay-roll
estimates are. cpny^rt'ed into indexes, using the 1939 average as a base,.
employment
Sec. G. Source of Data - Employment and pay-roll estimates are based on
reports from cooperating establishments. Excluding about, 9,000 block-sample returns,
the approximate number of establishments, and workers covered, for each of the
industry divisions ar.o 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
:
Number of
: Employees or production workers
establishments- :
Number - : Percent of total
3 3 ,2 0 0
'..2,700
1 2 ,5 0 0
7 ,2 0 0
1 1 ,8 0 0
3 8 ,6 0 0
7 ,4 3 8 ,0 0 0
58
61.
18.
3 9 6 ,0 0 0
.335,000
8 7 7 ,0 0 0
7.6
3 3 3 ,0 0 0
20
1 , 0 6 9 ,0 0 0
1 ,2 0 0
1 4 2 ,0 0 0
1 ,6 0 0
7 1 ,0 0 0
25
37'
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■Sec. H. Coverage of Employment Estimates - The employment estimates shown
in tables 1 ," 2 , and 5 cover all full- ;ind 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 and indexes shown in tables 6 and 8 refer to pro
duction and related workers as defined in the- Glossary, page vi.
Sec. I. State.Estimates - State estimates are prepared in cooperation with
various State Agcncies 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.bench mr>rk data- -than others, and
fcocause varying methods of computation.are us<?d, the total of the state estimates
differs from the national total (dee tables 1 and 2). Because of these recent
revisions the state estimates for -^.aiufactiiring are hot consistent with the unrevised
data shown prior to June 194-7 for total employment in nonagricultural establishments,
by state. Comparable, series; of manufacturing estimates for each state, January 194-3
to date\ and also for nonagricultural employment for selected states, ‘through
December 1946, are available upon request to the cooperating State agency or the
appropriate Bureau of Labor Statistics, regional offioe;. 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 ‘mahiifacturing estimates, in
table 5 . As estimates for additional States-become available,’they will be shown in
table 5a.
Cooperating State Agencies
Arizona Employment Security Commission, Phoonix,
Arkansas - Employment Security Mv, , Dept, ofLabor> tittle Rock,
California - Div,- of Labor Statistics and Research, San Francisoo 2,
Connecticut - Employment Security Div., Hartford 15 .
Delaware - Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Philadelphia 1, Pa.
Florida- Industrial Commission, Tallahassee.,
Georgia - Employment Security Administration, Atlanta 3 .
Illinois - Pept. of Labor, Div. of Unemployment Compensation, Chicago $4,
Indiana - Employment Security Div., Indianapolis 12,
Iowa - Employment Security Commission, De3 Moines 8.
Kansas - State Labor Dept., Topeka,.
Louisiaaa - Louisiana State University, Bureau of Business Research, Baton Rouge 3,
Maine - Unemployment Ccrapensation Commission, Augusta.
Maryland - Dept, of Labor and Industry, Baltimore 2.
Massachusetts Dept, of Labor and Industries, Boston 33*
Michigan - Dept, of Labor and Industry, Lansing 13..
Minnesota - Div. of Employment and. Security, St.- Paul i,
Missouri - Div. of Employment Security, Jefferson City,
Montana - Unemployment Compensation Commission of Montana, Helena.
Nevada - Employment Security Dept,, Carbon City.
New Jersey - Dept, of Labor, Trenton 8 ,
New Mexico - Research and Statistics, Employment Security Commission, Alburq.uerque.
New York - Dept, of Labor, Div. of Placement and Unemployment Insurance,- New York 17*
North Carolina - Dept, of Labor, Raleigh.
Oklahoma - Employment Security Corcmir’sion, Oklahoma City 2,
Pennsylvania - Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Philadelphia 1 (Manufacturing);
Dept., of Labor and Industry, Harrisburg (Nonmanufacturing).
Rhode Island - Dept, of Labor, Div. of Census arid Statistics, Providence 2.
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.,
294 Washington St,, Boston 8,.Massachusetts (Connecticut, Maine,
Massachusetts, Now Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont.)
North Atlantic - Regional. Director, U. S. Bureau of Labor Statisties, 1000 Parcel
Post Bldg., 3^1 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 Silyey
Bldg., 11V Marietta Street, N, W., Atlanta 3> Georgia (Alabama
Arkansas, Florida; Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina^,
Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas)
.
Pacific-Rocky Mountain - Regional Director, U. S. Bureau of Labor Statisties,
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
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Continental United States - Covers only the 48 States and the District of Columbia.
Contract construction - Covers only firms engaged in the construction "business on a
contract basis for others. Force account construction workers, i.e., hired
directly by and on the pay rolls of Federal, State, and local government,
public utilities, and private establishments, are deluded.
Defense Agencies - Covers civilian eiqiloycos, of the National Military Establishment,
Maritime Commission, National Advisory Committee for Acr'cSnautics, 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 Rosoarch aid Develop
ment, National Security Resources Board.
Family Allowances • Represents tho Government's contribution; the amount contributed
by the personnel is included under pay rolls.
Federal Government-Executive branch - Includes U. S. Navy Yards, Federal arsenals,
and force-account construction. Fourth-class postmasters are included under
the executive branch in table 3 , but are excluded from the government data
shown in table 1. Employment shown hero for the executive branch differs
from data published by the U. S. Civil Service Commission in tho following
respects: (1) Substitute rural mail carriers are excluded; (2) soamon and
trainees who are hired and paid by private steamship companies having
contracts with tho Maritime Commission are oxcluded; (3) tho Panama Railroad
Company, is shown here under Government corporations but is included under the
executive branch by tho Civil Service Commission; (4) cmplo./nent collected
and published by the. Civil Service Commission as of.the last day of the month;
it. here presented as of the first dry of the next month.
Finance - Covers establishments operating in the fields of finsnce, insurance, and
real estate; excludes the Federal Reserve District Banks and the mixed owner
ship banks of tho Farm Credit Administration.
Government. - Covers Foderal, State, and locr.l governmental establishments performing
legislative, executivo, and judicial functions, as well as all governmentawnod and operated establishments and institutions (arsenals, navy yards,
hospitals, Federal Reserve bnnks, etc.) and government force-account con
struction. The data shown in table 1 oxclude fourth-class postmastors
because they presumably have other major jobs.
Government corporations - Covers only throe corporations: Tho Panama Railroad
Company, tho Federal Reserve banks, and tho mixed-ownorship banks of tho
Farm Credit Administration. All other corporations are included under the
executive branch.
Indexes of production-worker employraont - Estimates of productioft-worker employment
expressed as a percentage cf the average employment in 1939*
Indexes of production-workor weekly pay rolls - Estimates of production-workor
weekly pay rolls expressed as a percentage of the average weekly pay roll
for 1930.
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Leave payments - Payments were authorized by P. L. 704 of the 79th Congress and P. L.
2*jh of the 80th Congress to enlisted personnel who were discharged prior to
September 1, 19^6 for accrued and unused leave and to officers and enlisted
personnel then on active duty for leave accrued in excess of 60 days. Value
of bonds represents face value; interest will bo paid in addition to the face
value at the time? the bonds are cashed. Terminal leave payments to persons
discharged after /September 1 , 19^6 are excluded from leave payments shown but
are.included in pay rolls.
Manufacturing - Covers only privately owned establishments; governmental manufac
turing operations such as arsenals and navy yards are excluded.
Military pay rolls - Covers personnel on active duty or on terminal leave. Coast
Guard pay rolls and Army pay rolls for 19^3 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 19^6 pay rolls include lump sum payments for terminal leave
authorized by P, L. 350 of the 80th Congress.
Mining - Covers establishments engaged in the extraction from the earth of organic
and inorganic minerals which ocflur in nature as solids, liquids, or gases;
includes various contract services required, in raining operations, such as
removal of overburden, tunnelling and shafting, and the drilling of acidizing
of oil wells; also includes ore dressing, beneficiating, and concentration.
Nonagricultural establishments - Governmental or private business establishments;
(XT that are physically located within continental United States; and (2)
whose principal activity can bo classified under one of the' following
industry divisions--manufacturing, mining, contract constructioii, trans
portation and public utilities, wholesale and retail trade, finance, service,
or government.
Pay rolls - Private pay rolls represent pay rolls of production and related workers
("or 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 vacations
not taken, retroactive'pay not earned during period reported, value of
payments in kind, and bonuses, unless earned and paid regularly each pay
period. In mining industries further deductions are made for explosives or
other supplies furnished by the company. In coal laining portal-to-portal pay
is included. Federal civilian pay rolls are for all employees before
deductions for income tax, retirement, and bonds..
Production and related workers - Includes working foremen and all nonsupervisory
workers (including lead men and trainees) engaged in fabricating, processing,
assembling, inspection, receiving, storage, handling,, packing, warehousing,
.shipping, maintenance, repair, Janitorial, watchman services, products
development, auxilliary pi'oduction for plant’s own use (e.g., power plant)
and record-keeping and other ’
services closely associated with the above
production operations. Excludes supervisory employees (above the working
foreman level) and their clerical staffs, routemeri, salesmen, and other
groups of nonproduction workers defined below under wage and salary workers.
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Service - Covers establishments primarily engaged in rendering services to
individuals and business firms. Excludes automobile repair services, govern
ment 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 enter
prises engaged in providing all types of transportation and related services;
telephone, telegraph and other communication services; or providing
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, sales-delivery,
advertising, credit> collection, and in installation and servicing of own
products, routine office functions, factory supervision (above the working
foreman level), and other workers not included as production workers. .Also
includes employees on the establishment pay roll engaged in new construction
and major additions or alterations to the plant who are utilized as a
separate work force (force-account construction workers).
Wage earner - See production workers.
Washington, D. C. - Data for the executive branch of the Federal Government also
include areas in Maryland and Virginia which are within the metropolitan
area, as defined by the Bureau of the Census.
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