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EMPLOYMENT
and Payrolls
MONTHLY
STATISTICAL REPORT
F E B R U A R Y 1952
Employment Trends
J V Industry Developments
Industry Statistics
\ . State and Area Statistics
Payroll Data
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Maurice J. Tobin - Secretary
y
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
Ewan Clague - Commissioner
Publications on
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employment, labor turnover, and hours and earnings in major industries, States and
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Report
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DIVISION OF MANPOWER AND EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS
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EMPLOYMENT
and Payrolls
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FE RQARY
1952
MONTHLY S TA T IS T IC A L
REPORT
CONTENTS
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EMPLOYMENT TRENDS............. ..............
1
INDCJSTRY EMPLOYMENT REPORTS
Industrial Inorganic Chemicals..............
Weapons...................................
OTHER INDOSTRIES IN BRIEF.....................
Engines and Turbines
Nonaetallic Mining and Quarrying
Plastic Materials
9
21
27
STATISTICAL TABLES
1. Employees in Nonagricultural Establishments,
by Industry Division.................... 29
2. Employees in Nonagricultural Establishments,
by Industry Division and Group...........
30
3. All Employees and Production Workers in
Mining and Manufacturing Industries......
32
4. Production Workers in Selected Manufacturing
Industries.............................
36
5. Indexes of Production-Worker Employment
and Weekly Payrolls in Manufacturing
1
Industries...... ......................
38
6. Employees in the Shipbuilding and Repairing
Industry, by Region..................... 39
7. Federal Civilian Employment and Payrolls in
All Areas and in Continental United States,
and Total Civilian Government Employment
and Payrolls in Washington, D. C......... kO
8. Employees in Nonagricultural Establishments,
by Industry Division, by State........... ^1
9. Employees in Nonagricultural Establishments,
by Industry Division, in Selected Areas.... kk
(Data for the two most recent months shown are
subject to revision.)
APPENDIX
Explanatory notes.......... ................ .51
Glossary............. .................... .57
List of Cooperating Agencies................ .59
CHART
Employment in Manufacturing Industries
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Employment Trends
Nonfarm Employment Up by 700*000 Over the Year
The number of workers on business and Government payrolls
increased by 700,000 over the past year, to 4-6.0 million in midJanuary 1952. However, production worker employment in manufactur
ing plants was down by 270,000 because of reduced output of con
sumer goods and construction materials. (See Tables A-C)
Between December and January, nonfarm employment dropped
by 1.6 million, mainly because of post-Christmas layoffs of sea
sonal workers in retail stores and Federal post offices and decreased
activity in construction and other outdoor industries.
Over the year, relatively sharp reductions in production
worker employment were reported in manufacturing industries affected
by the falling off in consumer demand from the record levels of
early 1951 or by restrictions on nondefense uses of metal. Decreases
of about 10 percent were recorded in the leather, lumber, textile,
and furniture industries, and of about 5 percent in food, fabricated
metals, apparel, paper, and stone, clay, and glass products. As a
result, production worker employment in most of these industry groups
this January was at or near a post-World War II low for the month.
On the other hand, the expanded defense production program
brought significant employment gains— over 5 percent— in the ordnance,
instruments, machinery, and transportation equipment industries. In
transportation equipment, sharp employment increases over the year
in aircraft plants and shipyards outweighed relatively large decreases
in automobile plants.
The over-all decrease in factory production worker employ
ment contrasts with a nearly equivalent gain of 24-0,000 in the number
of nonproduction workers on manufacturing payrolls. In industries
where output has been reduced, such as textiles, relatively little
change has been reported in sales, office, technical, supervisory,
and other overhead employment. In expanding defense-connected in
dustries, such as aircraft and machinery, increased personnel needs
for engineering, design, and construction of new facilities have
required the addition of nonproduction workers at a more rapid rate
than production workers.
Total Government employment— Irederal, State, ana local—
rose by 420,000 between January 1951 and January 1952. About twothirds of this increase resulted from large-scale hiring of civilian
workers in expanding defense activities— including arsenals, navy
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yards, and military bases. Employment in nondefense agencies of the
Federal Government changed little over the year.
Contract construction employment declined by 200,000 bet
ween December and January. This reduction— about one and a half
times the average decrease recorded for the season in the preceding
five years— resulted partly from metals shortages and restrictions
on nondefense building activity. However, construction employment,
at 2.3 million, remained at an all-time high for the month.
Employment in retail and wholesale trade rose by 200,000,
or 2 percent, over the year. General Merchandise stores reported
relatively large gains— about U percent— despite a marked decrease
in the dollar volume of department store sales from the high levels
of a year earlier, when consumer baying was stimulated by anticipated
shortages and price increases.
Factory Layoffs Decline at Year1s End
Layoffs of factory workers declined between November and
December, from a rate of 17 per 1,000 employees to 14, in contrast
to the increase usually reported at this season. As a result, lay
offs in December 1951 were about equal to the relatively low rate
of a year earlier. Because of production cutbacks in consumer goods
industries, the layoff rate in each of the preceding five months had
been significantly above the postwar average for the season.
Most industry groups reported over-the-month reductions
in layoff rates, with the largest decreases in the textile and ap
parel industries, where, as a result of reduced consumer demand and
inventory buildup, rates in recent months have been among the highest
recorded for the season since the end of World War II.
Factory hiring declined between November and December, from
39 to 29 per 1,000 employees, reflecting the usual year-end slacken
ing. However, hiring in December remained, for the sixth consecutive
month, at one of the lowest rates reported for the season in over a
decade. Over-the-year decreases in hiring were reported in nearly
all metalworking industries, as a result of cutbacks in consumer du
rable goods output and a slower rate of employment expansion in defense-related industries. In contrast, hiring rates in the textile,
apparel, and leather industry groups were higher this December than
in December 1950.
The rate at which workers were quitting their jobs also
declined seasonally between November and December, to 14 per 1,000
employees. Voluntary quits continued for the fourth consecutive
month at one of the lowest rates reported for the season in over a
decade. This reflects curtailed opportunities for job shifting be
cause of the slackened demand for workers in many consumer goods
industries and reduced hiring rates in defense-connected industries.
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Factory Workweek Rises Above 41 Hours
The average workweek of production workers in manufacturing
plants rose from 4-0.5 to 41.2 hours from mid-November to mid-December,
1951, Increases in factory hours are usually reported at this time
of year because of holidays in early November, butj' in a number of con
sumer goods industries, the gains were greater than seasonal.
Over-the-month gains of more than an hour were reported in
the furniture, textile, and leather industries. These contrasted
with the downtrend in average weekly hours in these and other con
sumer goods industries since the Spring of 1951, as a result of
slackened consumer demand or restrictions on metal supplies. How
ever, average weekly hours in nearly all consumer goods industries
this December were still below the levels of a year earlier. As a
result, the manufacturing workweek remained slightly below the De
cember 1950 level, despite increased hours in defense-connected indus
tries, which continued to schedule extensive overtime in December.
Over—the-year gains in hours were reported in the ordnance,
machinery, electrical machinery, and transportation equipment indus
try groups as a result of expanded defense production. The average
workweek of over 47 hours in the metalworking industry reflected con
tinued heavy requirements for machine tools in the defense production
program.
Average weekly earnings of production workers in manufac
turing industries rose to $67.36 in December, up by $1*55 from No
vember, primarily because of the longer workweek. Average weekly
earnings this December were $3.48, or over 5 percent, above the
December 1950 level.
Gross hourly earnings— including overtime and other pre
mium pay— of factory workers averaged $1.64. in December— up by 1 cent
over the month and nine cents from December 1950. This over-theyear increase resulted both from the larger proportion of factory
workers in the higher-paid durable goods industries, and from costof-living and other wage-rate adjustments permitted under wage
stabilization policy.
Manpower Goals for 1952-1953;
3-1/2 Million Increase Needed
Manpower needs for the defense program and for expected
levels of civilian output will increase by an estimated 3-1/2 mil
lion over the next two years. This is a feasible goal, in terms
of aggregate manpower supply, provided that intensive efforts are
made to expand the labor force and to utilize all available workers.
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This conclusion was derived from an analysis of the manpower
outlook, "Projected Manpower Requirements and Supply, 1952-1953,”
recently released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 1/ The esti
mates of manpower requirements were based on present schedules for
defense production and military recruitment and on the assumption
that output for civilian use will be maintained at the highest levels
consistent with the priority given to the defense program.
The pressures on manpower supply are expected to be greater
in 1953 than in 1952. This year expanding manpower requirements for
the defense program will be partly offset by reductions in nondefense
employment resulting from curtailed supplies of metals for civilian
uses. The expected net gain in manpower needs totals 1.5 million
(including scheduled armed force buildup) for the period between
fourth quarter 1951 and fourth quarter 195^.
With the number of unemployed workers averaging 1.7 mil
lion in the fourth quarter of 1951, equal to the minimum previously
achieved in the postwar period, potential manpower gains from this
source are relatively limited. However, we may expect some further
decrease in unemployment— perhaps a 300,000 reduction during 1952—
as employment opportunities are expanded.
To provide the additional manpower needed this year, the
total labor force would have to be expanded by an estimated 1.2 mil
lion, to 67.7 million by the fourth quarter of 1952. This projec
ted increase equals the gain achieved during 1951, and exceeds the
"normal" annual increase by about 400,000.
In 1953, we may expect a sharp intensification of the pres
sures on labor supply. Increased capacity in steel and other metal
producing industries should permit a significant easing of present
limitations on the civilian metal goods industries and on nondefense
construction and, with continued gains in consumer income, we may
anticipate a pronounced recovery in labor demand for the production
of civilian goods. This gain will be superimposed on peak levels
of defense manpower requirements, which are expected to total nearly
12 million (including the armed forces), or about one-sixth of the
projected total labor force at the end of 1953.
The projected increase in total manpower needs for 1953 may
require recruitment of more than 1 million "extra" workers from re
serve groups in the population, over and above the gains that may be
forthcoming from further reductions in unemployment and "normal"
labor force growth. The main sources of "extra" workers are house
wives without young children and retired persons.
If needed, available manpower supplies could be stretched
by lengthening the workweek, although extensive overtime already is
being scheduled for a large segment of the factory workforce.
if The complete study, Manpower Report No. 14, is available without
charge, from the U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statis
tics, Washington 25, D. C.
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Table A;
Employees in Nonagricultural Establishments,
by Industry Division and Selected Groups
(In thousands)
Industry division and group
1952
1951
January
December "ovepiber January
1/
1-Iet clLanre
Ja n .
Dec.
1951
1951
to
to
Ja n .
Ja n .
1952
TOTAL.........
45,955
47,569
46,843
45,24-6
-1,614
+709
MANUFACTURING...................................
15,755
15,908
15,902
15,784
-
153
- 29
MINING...............................................
911
917
920
932
6
- 21
108
367
107
368
106
369
105
403
1
1
+ 3
- 36
100
106
108
98
6
+ 2
CONTRACT CONSTRUCTION.....................
2,319
2,519
2,627
2,281
-
200
+ 38
TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC
UTILITIES........................................
4,087
4,152
4,163
4,072
-
65
+ 15
2,841
696
550
2,897
703
552
2,910
701
552
2,858
668
546
-
56
7
2
- 17
+ 28
+ 4
9,792
10,630
10,096
9,592
-
838
+200
2,631
2,650
2,650
2,587
-
19
+ 44
7,161
1,519
1,284
7,980
2,082
1,311
7,446
1,695
1,295
7,005
1,459
1,244
-
819
563
27
+156
+ 60
+ 40
754
768
759
743
-
14
+ 11
527
3,077
649
3,170
577
3,120
523
3,036
-
122
93
+ 4
+ 41
FINANCE.............................................
1,912
1,910
1,905
1,831
+
2
+ 81
SERVICE.............................................
4,670
4,702
4,733
4,666
-
32
+ 4
GOVERNMENT........................................
6,509
6,831
6,497
6,088
-
322
+421
2,331
4,178
2,677
4,154
2,325
4,172
2,027
4,061
- 346
+ 24
+304
+117
ii
Nonmetallic mining and
TRADE.................................................
Pood and liquor stores...... .
Automotive and accessories
+
Apparel and accessories
If Preliminary.
- 6 Table B:
Employees in Manufacturing Industry Groups
(In thousands)
January
1/
December November January
Net change
Dec.
Ja n .
1951
1951
to
to
Ja n .
Ja n .
1952
1952
15,755
15,908
15,902
15,784
-153
- 29
8,951
8,996
8,988
8,742
- 45
+209
+ 1.5
+ 35.5
- 72
- 30
- 16
+ 28
1952
Industry division and group
MANUFACTURING
DURABLE GOODS
Ordnance and accessories...........
Lumber and wood products
(except furniture).................
Furniture and fixtures.............
Stone, clay, and glass products....
Primary metal industries...........
Fabricated metal products
(except ordnance, machinery, and
transportation equipment).........
Machinery (except electrical)......
Electrical machi n e r y................
Transportation equipment...........
Instruments and related products...
Miscellaneous manufacturing
industries..........................
66.3
1951
648
62.5
30.8
732
340
532
1,355
342
545
1,356
786
342
551
1 ,3 a
804
370
548
1,327
- 32
- 2
- 13
- 1
982
1,647
967
1,563
313
988
1,640
964
1,557
314
983
1,626
956
1,560
312
1,016
1,528
924
1,425
280
- 6
+ 7
-
1
+119
+ 43
+138
+ 33
454
461
468
489
-
7
- 35
NONDURABLE GOODS
6,804
6,912
6,914
7,042
-108
-238
Food and kindred products..........
Tobacco manufactures ................
Textile-mill products...............
Apparel and other finished
textile produc t s ...................
Paper and allied products..........
Printing, publishing, and allied
industries..........................
Chemicals and allied pr o d u c t s ......
Products of petroleum and co a l....
Rubber p r oducts .....................
Leather and leather prod u c t s .......
1,447
85
1,232
1,514
91
1,240
1,553
93
1,228
1,499
88
1,352
- 67
- 6
- 8
- 52
- 3
-120
1,131
479
1,146
483
1,122
486
1,190
496
- 15
- 4
- 59
- 17
769
758
268
271
364
775
759
270
272
362
773
762
270
271
356
758
729
254
273
403
-
6
-
1
+ 11
+ 29
2
1
+ 2
+ 14
- 2
- 39
76/,
+
3
+ 6
-
-
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Table C. Production Workers in Manufacturing Industry Groups
(In thousands)
1952
Industry division and group
1951
January December November January
1/
MANUFACTURING
DURABLE GOODS
Ordnance and accessories...........
Lumber and wood products
(except furniture).................
Furniture and fixtures..............
Stone, clay, and glass products....
Primary metal industries...........
Fabricated metal products
(except ordnance, machinery, and
transportation equipment).........
Machinery (except electrical)......
Electrical machinery................
Transportation equipment...........
Instruments and related products...
Miscellaneous manufacturing
industries..........................
Net change
Ja n .
Dec*
1951
1951
to
to
Ja n .
Ja n .
19*52
1952 _
12,750
12,906
12,907
13,018
-156
-268
7,275
7,323
7,324-
7,256
- 48
+ 19
+ 0.6
+ 26.3
32
2
- U
+ 2
- 73
- 29
- 22
+ 13
51.3
51.2
49.6
25.0
666
292
4-51
1,167
698
294
465
1,165
722
294
472
1,151
739
321
473
1,149
801
1,273
726
1,244
230
807
1,270
724
1,238
231
804
1,255
717
1,242
230
847
1,192
711
1,175
211
+
+
+
-
6
3
2
6
1
- 46
+ 81
+ 15
+ 69
+ 19
373
380
387
413
-
7
- 40
NONDURABLE GOODS
5,4-75
5,583
5,583
5,762
-108
-287
Food and kindred products..........
Tobacco manufactures................
Textile-mi 11 products...............
Apparel and other finished
textile produ c t s...................
Paper and allied products..........
Printing, publishing, and allied
industries..........................
Chemicals and allied p r o d u c t s ......
Products of petroleum and c o a l ....
Rubber product s .....................
Leather and leather prod u c t s.......
1,060
79
1,134-
1,125
84
1,142
1,162
85
1,133
1,120
80
1,257
65
— 5
- 8
- 60
- 1
-123
1,015
403
1,029
409
1,004
410
1,070
423
—, U
6
- 55
- 20
514
536
194
215
325
519
538
197
217
323
518
5a
198
216
316
510
526
190
222
364
5
2
3
2
+ 2
+ 4
+ 10
+ 4
- 7
- 39
-
-
EMPLOYMENT IN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES
ALL EMPLOYEES
MILLIONS
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
MILLIONS
Industry Employment Report
INDUSTRIAL INORGANIC CHEMICALS
One of the Nation's most rapidly expanding industries is indus
trial inorganic chemicals. Employment has increased by 70 percent since
1939 and output of several of the industry's major products has more than
doubled. Production of almost all inorganic chemicals is higher than
World War II peaks.
Inorganic chemicals are those derived from nonliving matter, such
as salt, sulfur, mineral ores, limestone, and water. Among the principal
products are sulfuric, nitric, hydrochloric, and phosphoric acids, soda
ash, caustic soda, chlorine, and ammonia. The average person is not aware
of the millions of tons of these chemicals produced yearly, because most
of them never reach the general public in the original form. Inorganic
chemicals are used in almost every kind of manufacturing as raw materials
and processing agents. They are basic ingredients in the manufacture of
steel, glass, paper, plastics, and thousands of products in everyday use.
They are essential materials in the manufacture of armaments and munitions.
Nitric acid, for example, is used in the production of military explosives,
and sulfuric acid is essential in the manufacture of aluminum.
Products Are Daed Throughout Industry
Sulfuric acid is by far the most widely used industrial chemical.
The fertilizer industry usually consumes about one-third of sulfuric acid
production, petroleum refining 10 percent, and chemicals 20 percent. The
remaining production is distributed throughout such a large range of indus
tries that the consumption of sulfuric acid is sometimes regarded as a
rough barometer of industrial activity.
Among the acids, nitric acid is second only to sulfuric in value
and diversity of uses. Formerly produced by the action of sulfuric acid
on Chilean nitrates, it is now made principally from synthetic ammonia.
Nitric acid is a basic raw material in manufacturing military explosives.
Other important uses are in the making of industrial explosives, fertilizers,
plastics, paints, and solvents.
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Although its production tonnage is only one-twentieth that of
sulfuric acid, hydrochloric acid has numerous special uses, such as
pickling steel far tinning; making chlorine compounds; activating oil
wells; and manufacturing dyes, plastics, and other chemicals.
In volume produced, phosphoric acid ranks second only to sulfuric
acid. It has an essential role in the rustproofing of steel and the manu
facture of high grade fertilizer phosphates, cleansing agents, phosphates
for the food industry, synthetic detergents, and ammoniated dentifrices.
In terms of volume, soda ash is the principal alkali. It is used
primarily in the manufacture of glass (40$), chemicals and drugs (30%),
and soap and cleanser manufacture (10%). The remaining production is used
in the nonferrous metals industries, paper and pulp manufacture, the manu
facture of textiles, and in water softening and petroleum refining.
Second in terms of volume, caustic soda is a stronger and more
expensive alkali than soda ash. It is consumed chiefly in the manufacture
of rayon (20%), chemicals (16/6), and soap (13%), and in petroleum re
fining (12%).
Sodium sulfate is used in the manufacture of kraft paper, window
glass, in textile dyeing, nickel smelting, and medicine.
Sodium silicate is made by fusing sand and soda ash. Its uses
are numerous: impregnating wood, fixing dyes, rendering cement and brick
nonporous, and as a detergent and adhesive.
Calcium carbide is important mainly because, with water, it forms
acetylene, which in turn is used in manufacturing many oxganic chemicals.
Most nitrogen compounds are now made from synthetic ammonia
which is derived from nitrogen in the air. Formerly, they were made
almost exclusively from minerals such as Chilean nitrates. The fertilizer
industry is the principal user of nitrogen compounds. Other uses are in
the manufacture of explosives, plastics, and fibers, and in the dye indus
try.
The most important use of chlorine is in the manufacture of such
chemical products as antifreeze solutions, carbon tetrachloride,
synthetic rubber, dry cleaning fluids, and ethyl gasoline (77%). The
paper and pulp industry consumes about 11 percent, and sewage and sani
tation U percent.
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Production Increases Sharply
The manufacture of chemicals on a small scale was started in this
country before the American Revolution, and began to develop into a major
industry toward the end of the 19th century, when continuous processing
was introduced to replace the old, small-quantity, batch methods. Technical
"know-how" helped to produce more uniform products, and large-scale produc
tion came into being. Until the beginning of the first World War, the in
dustrial chemicals industry was devoted almost entirely to the production
of inorganic chemicals. Today, these products constitute about 75 percent
of the tonnage and 23 percent of the value added by manufacture of indus
trial chemical production, and organic chemical manufacture accounts for
the remainder.
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12 -
Production of the major inorganic chemicals has increased greatly
since 1939. The output of hydrochloric acid, chlorine, and ammonia by 1950
had increased by more than 4 times, and sulfuric acid and caustic soda out
put had doubled. Nitric acid, however, has shown the .greatest increase,
jumping from 168,000 tons produced in 1939 to 1,336,000 tons in 1950,
nearly 8 times as much (see table 1). Chart 1 ahows the production rise for
the last decade.
Table 1.— Production of Selected Industrial
Inorganic Chemicals
1939-50
(thousands of short tons)
Chemicala
1939
1941
Sulfuric acid - - - -- 4,795
168
Nitric acid --------Phosphoric acid - -- na
Hydrochloric acid - -124
Soda ash ----------- 2,900
Caustic soda - ------ 1,045
na
Sodium sulfate - - - na
Sodium silicate -- -Chlorine - ---- --- 514
na
Calcium carbide -- - Ammonia (synthetic
anhydrous) - 311
6,770
347
663
228
3,724
1,429
752
386
800
370
Sources
501
World War II peak year
9,522
483
731
408
4,718
1,871
866
428
1,262
789
1950
(1945)
(1943)
(1945)
(1945)
(1944)
(1944)
(1944)
(1944)
(1944)
(1944)
13,029
1,336
1,641
619
4,329
2,510
931
486
2,084
671
548 (1945)
1,566
0. S. Bureau of the Census, Facts for Industry.
This country consumes most of its own chemical production, but foreign
markets also are important. The United States took over leadership of
chemical production from Germany after World War II and is now the biggest
exporter in the world. The principal inorganic chemical exports in terms of
dollar value are: anhydrous ammonia, calcium carbide, potassium hydroxide,
sodium benaoate, sodium bicarbonate, and sodium silicate. The United States
also imports a number of inorganic chemicals.
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Employment Expands Less Than Production
Employment in this industry has expanded less rapidly than produc
tion. It reached an all-time high of over 84,000 workers in December 1951,
a rise of 77 percent since 1939 (see table 2). During World War II, em
ployment rose sharply until October
194-3 and then began to decline
INDUSTRY’S EMPLOYMENT
gradually, although production of
AT ALL-TIM E PEAK
major products was maintained or
increased throughout the war years.
Industrial Inorganic Chemicals
By mid-1946, the manufacturing in
dustries had converted to production
of peacetime goods and were again
using large quantities of chemicals.
Employment began to rise and has in
creased continuously except for a
slight decline in 194-9. (See chart
2). Since the outbreak of hostilities
in Korea, employment has increased
about 13 percent.
THOUSANDS
WA*E AND SALARY
WORKER*
Table 2.— Average Employment in Industrial Inorganic Chemicals,
1939-51
Year
-----1939
1940------1941------1942 ------1943 ------1944 ------1945 ------1946 ------I9 4 7 ------1948 ------1949 ------1950 ------1951------1951s December
All employees
Production workers
47,600
33,300
38,300
47,500
53,800
55,300
53,000
63,500
69,600
69,400
65,400
61,900
60,600
66,600
70,900
68.400
71,500
82,200
84,100
52,600
49,000
47,600
51,900
54,700
52,300
52,900
60,000
61,400
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CHART 3.
ONE-FOURTH OF THE INDUSTRY’S WORKERS
ARE EMPLOYED IN NEW YORK AND OHIO
1951
%////////
<///////
\///.'////
*////, ///
*////////{
/////A
C////A
Percent of In d u stria l* -^
Inorganic Chemical
Employment
L E S S THAN l°/c
I AND UNDER 5
5 AND UNDER 10
10 TO 1 3 .5 %
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
East North Central States Lead in Employment
The more than 400 plants making industrial inorganic chemicals are
scattered throughout the Nation (see chart 3)* They are usually located
near the source of raw material in order to minimize transportation costa.
There has been a gradual shift in the location of plants since 1939, but
the East North Central region continues to employ the greatest number of
workers . (See table 3)• Bnployment in all regions increased between 1939
and 1951 with the Pacific Coast States registering the greatest gain, and
replacing the South Atlantic as the third-ranking region in this industry.
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Table 3.— Average Employment in Industrial
Inorganic Chemicals, ty Region,
1939-51
1939
Region
Percentage
Number of
production
workers
(000*s)
Percentage
33.8
100.0
60.0
100.0
11.0
11.3
1.1
4.3
1.8
1.4
.3
2.7
32.6
33.5
3.1
12.7
5.2
4.2
.8
7.9
12.1
17.2
1.4
9.5
3.0
5.0
1.6
10.2
20.2
28.6
2.3
15.9
5.0
8.2
2.8
17.0
Number of
production
workers
(000*s)
Total -------------Northeast - - - - -East North Central-West North Central- South Atlantic - - East South Central-West South Central- Mountain------- ~
Pacific----- - - -
1951
Qnployaent is concentrated in large plants. Of the 412 establish
ments classified in the industry by the 1947 Census of Manufactures« 33 em
ployed over 500 workers each and together accounted for more than 60 per
cent of the total employment. Almost 300 establishments had less than 100
employees, representing less than one-eighth of total employment.
Table 4*— Employment in Industrial Inorganic Chemicals, by
Size of Establishment, 1947
Establishments with an average of—
Item
Total
1-99
employees
Number of establishments Number of employees - - —
500 and over
employees
412
294
294
33
65,347
7,635
17,200
39,522
Souros* 1947 Census of Manufactures.
100-499
employees
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This industry is noted for its ability to produce a huge volume
of material with relatively few workers. Development of highly mechanized,
continuous processes enables the plants to operate with a mxnimum of manual
handling. Because of the large investment in plant and equipment, the in
dustry was able to record the $742 million in value added by manufacture
in 1950, while employing only 71,500 workers. It ranks second only to the
petroleum refining industry in average value added by manufacture per pro
duction worker.
Majority of Workers Operate or Maintain Processing Bqulament
The types of jobs in a chemical plant depend sore on how the pro
ducts are made than on what the products are. Generally, mass production
takes the form not of assembly lines, but of continuous or "automatic pro
cess" production. Operators of a wide variety of specialized equipment
are required at various stages as the raw materials pass through both
chemical and physical changes. Some of the chemical changes are oxidation,
electrolysis, combustion, and neutralization. Among the physiaal changes,
called "unit operations" are evaporation, drying, filtration, mixing, and
crystallization.
Among the production workers, chemical operators comprise the
largest occupational group. Their jobs consist of work with high pressure
or vacuum equipment with which they control reaction time, temperature,
and pressure. Other important processing occupations are those of stillmen,
who operate distillation equipment; driers, who operate equipment which
separates water tram, solids; batchmakers, who operate mixing machines; and
millers, who operate pulverizing equipment. To keep the vast amount of
equipment in working condition, the industry also employs many maintenance
workers such as machinists, carpenters, pipefitters, and electricians.
Research Is Vitally Important
Research is especially important in the chemical industry. New
products and new methods of production are constantly being sought and
developed. Each year the leading companies allocate large amounts of money
and man-hours to research and development work. Because of vigorous pro
duct competition, a company must be alert lest it be left behind technologi
cally. Since new products are constantly being developed, a company could
easily lose its leadership in a given field if a competitor introduced a
superior product.
Due to the great interest in research and development work the in
dustry employs an unusually large number of professional and research
personnel. The National Academy of Science reports that in 1950 the
inorganic and organic chemicals industries together employed 7,488 pro
fessional personnel, representing more than 10 percent of the total pro
fessional personnel employed in all branches of industrial research. In
addition, these industries employ about 9 percent of the total technical
personnel engaged in supporting research activities. The principal occupa
tional groups in research ares chemists; chemical, mechanical, electrical,
and other types of engineers; and research and laboratory technicians.
Professional, administrative, and office personnel constitute about a fourth
of the total employment in the industry.
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Industry Offers Steady Employment and Higher-than-Average Earnings
Earnings, both hourly and weekly, are higher than the average in
the nondurable goods industries (table 5). In December 1951, average hourly
rates were almost a third higher than those in nondurable goods industries
and an eighth higher than the average for all manufacturing.
Table 5•— Average Hours and Gross Earnings of Production
Vorkers in Industrial Inorganic Chemicals and
Nondurable Goods Industries,
1947-51
Industrial inorganic chemicals
Year and month
Average
weekly
earnings
1947 -----#55.65
1948 -----62.13
63.90
1949 -----1950 -----67.39
75.19
1951-----1951* December
76.63
L_
___________________
.
___________________
Average
weekly
hours
40.3
40.9
40.6
40.9
41.7
41.2
Nondurable goods industries
Average
Average
hourly
weekly
earnings earnings
$1,381
1.519
1.574
1.660
1.807
1.860
$46.96
50.61
51.41
54.71
58.53
60.45
Average
weekly
hours
40.1
39.6
38.8
39.7
39.5
39.9
Average
hourly
earnings
$1,171
1.278
1.325
1.378
1.481
1.515
______________________
There is considerable variation in straight-time hourly earnings
among regions (table 6). In a survey of the industry made by the Bureau of
Labor Statistics in 1949, the Southwest region reported the highest straighttime hourly earnings and the Southeastern region the lowest, as shown in
the following tablet
Table 6.— Average Straight-Time Hourly Earnings in Industrial
Inorganic Chemicals, fcy Region
April 1949
Regicm
United States - ---Middle Atlantic - Border States ---Southeast ---- -Great Lakes -----Middle West -----Southwest -- ---Pacific------- Source*
Median rate
$1.53
1.45
1.46
1.09
1.55
1.31
1.62
1.56
0. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Wage Structure. Chemicals, 1949.
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Injury rates in the industrial chemicals industry are less than
the average rate in all manufacturing. (Table 7). The frequency of in
jury has been consistently lower than the average for manufacturing as
a whole, and in recent years, the severity rate has dropped to less than
the average for all manufacturing.
Table 7.— Worker Injury Hates
1945-50
Industrial <
chemicals
All manufacturing
Year
Frequency^
Severity^/
Frequency^
Severity ^
1945----
16.0
2.3
18.6
1.6
1946----
15.6
1.9
19.9
1.6
1947----
13.1
2.0
18.8
1.4
1943----
10.9
2.2
17.2
1.5
1949 ----
8.4
1.0
14*5
1.4
1950 1/ -
9.5
1.0
14.7
1.2
1/ The injury-frequency rate is the average number of disabling work in
juries for each million employee-hours worked.
2/ The severity rate is the average number of days lost because of dis
abling work injuries, per 1,000 employee-hours worked.
2/ Data for 1950 is for industrial inorganic chemicals. This separation
is not available for previous years.
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Workers in this industry have relatively steady jobs. There is
little seasonal fluctuation and the rates of accessions and separations
have been consistently lover than the rates in the nondurable goods.
(See table 3). In this industry, the level of employment is not closely
related to variations in output. Operators and maintenance workers must
be on hand to tend the equipment whether or not the plant is producing at
full capacity.
Table 8.— Labor Turn-Over Rates 1/
1950-51
Chemicals and allied products
Year
Nondurable goods
Separation
rate
Accession
rate
Separation
rate
1950* Jan.
Apr.
July
Oct.
1.1
l.Q
1.6
2.6
1.4
1.6
2.7
3.5
3.2
3.0
2.7
3.9
2.9
2.6
4.2
4.2
1951* Jan.
Apr.
July
Oct.
Dec. 2/
2.3
2.3
3.1
2.7
2.5
4.U
3.7
3.7
3.1
2.5
3.8
4.0
4.1
4.6
3.1
4.2
3.3
4.0
3.7
2.7
1/ Rates per 100 employees.
2/ Preliminary
Accession
rate
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Most plants work around the clock, and differential pay is given
to those on the second or third shift. Paid holidays, 2-week paid
vacations, and time and a half for overtime are common provisions in most
union contracts.
Table 9.— Percentage Distribution of Production Workers
in the Industrial Inorganic Chemicals Industry,
by Shift
Shift
1946
1948
100.0
100.0
1st shift ----
72.7
67.7
2nd shift ----
14*8
17.4
3rd shift ----
12.7
14«9
Total
Less than 10 percent of the workers in the industry are women.
Three-fourths of these work in office jobs. The women who work in the
plants are employed mainly in the packaging and laboratory departments.
Employment Outlook Is Favorable
The industrial inorganic chemical industry supplies the basic
chemicals for large segments of industry and agriculture. Booming indus
trial activity has created shortages of such chemicals as sulfuric acid,
nitric acid, ammonia, and chlorine. To overcome these shortages, the in
dustry is expanding its facilities and increasing production. Chlorine
capacity, for example, is expected to be increased 50 percent by the end
of 1953, sulfur output is scheduled to be increased 8 percent by 1953, and
the goal for nitrogen production is an 80 percent increase by 1955. This
expansion of production facilities indicates a continued long-term upward
trend of both production and employment, although, as in the past, produc
tion probably will increase at a faster rate than employment.
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W EAPONS
Employment in military weapons manufacturing haa been increas
ing steadily since the first quarter of 1950.1/ In March of that year,
approximately 35,000 wage and salary workers vere reported a* engaged
in the production of small arms, heavy guns, and fire control equipment.
By September 1951* employment in plants reporting to the Bureau of Labor
Statistics had risen to over 68,000 workers. Because military weapons
are made in plants vhich do not report to the Bureau or as secondary
products in other industries, the total number of employees engaged in
weapons manufacture is greater than the above estimate Indicates. In
any event, present employment in weapons manufacturlng is far below the
World War II employment levels, vhich remained above 300,000 workers for
about 3 years. Even at the peak of the current defense build-up (expected
near the end of 1952), employment and production are expected to remain
on a much more modest scale than the heights reached in World War II.
Employment Trends since World War II
The World War II employment high v&s reached In the fourth
quarter of 19^3- Fro* that point, employment dropped rapidly until the
end of the war. From V-J Day until after the outbreak of hostilities In
Korea, weapons production was confined largely to the Angr and lavy
arsenals. In peacetime the Government arsenals constitute a core of
ordnance producing facilities operating on a "skeleton" basis. In the
early stages of a mobilization, output of arsenals can be rapidly expanded
while private firms, which must be converted to weapons production, have
time to retool their plants and recruit and train the skilled working
force necessary for military weapons production. Therefore, in the first
15 months after the outbreak of hostilities In Korea, private employment
in the weapons industry increased only about 60 percent, whereas, during
the same period, employment in Government arsenals producing military
weapons jumped about 100 percent.
l/
Military weapons manufacturing includes small arms, artillery,
and fire-control equipment, but does not include radar equipment,
atomic weapons, or aununltlon. file gun and recoil mechanisms of
tanks and self-propelled weapons carriers are Included.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish separate employ
ment figures for weapons manufacturing. However, the ordnance and
accessories employment series Includes estimates of workers engaged
in weapons manufacture.
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Table 1
Indexes of Employment in
Private and Government Weapons Plants Reporting
to the Bureau of Labor Statistics,
Selected Quarters, 1950-51
(2nd quarter 1950 * 100)
Quarter
1950:
1st quarter.........
2nd quarter.........
3rd quarter.........
Private
employment
Government
•sployment
9^.8
100.0
95.0
100.0
119.6
1^0.6
101.9
108.8
1951:
1st quarter.........
2nd quarter.........
3rd quarter.........
12J.k
139-1
163.0
177.7
191.7
199.9
A breakdown of Government and non-Gorernment employment In the
industry for the first quarter 19^9 reveals that almost two-thirds of
all workers in weapons manufacturing were employed in Army or Navy
arsenals. By the third quarter of 1951; employment in Government arsenals
comprised a larger share of the total because it had risen more sharply
than private employment, as table 1 Indicates
In 19^9 > almost JO percent
of the workers employed by veapons manufacturers were engaged in small arms
production. In the third quarter 1951> private plants still employed
about half of the workers engaged in small arms production.
Production Trends
Between World Wars I and II and from 19^6 to the outbreak of
hostilities in Korea, the Army and Vary arsenals accounted for almost
all military weapons production. In peacetime, the production of military
weapons is small and the primary activities of the arsenals are research
and development, improvement of present weapons, and the preservation of
weapons plants with their complements of skilled ordnance workers. During
an emergency, the immediate demand for military weapons iB met by stepping
up the output of the arsenals. While the Government plants are approaching
peak output, private facilities have time to convert to weapons production.
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Backed by years of ordnance manufacturing experience, arsenal engineers
and technicians assist private contractors who nay lack experience in the
weapons field.
At the present time, large guns (20 bob. and over) are produced
mainly in Government arsenals. During World War II, a wide variety of
industries were called upon for big gun production including the automobile,
agricultural implement, railroad equipment, and similar industries with
facilities, production experience, and skilled workers necessary for heavy
machine shop work. The expansion in small arms production is, for the
most part, in plants normally producing similar products for civilian use.
Fire control equipment is nov being produced mainly in Government arsenals,
but a few electrical and electronic equipment plants also are producing
this equipment. Although the greatest volume of weapons output is not
expected until the latter part of 1952, production on some major items has
already leveled off or decreased.—/
Location of Employment
The greater part of weapons industry employment is found in the
northeastern section of the United States where heavy metalworking
industries are located. Practically all small arms manufacturing is
concentrated in Massachusetts and Connecticut, whereas large guns and
fire-control equipment production is scattered throughout the Middle
Atlantic and Great Lakes regions. In September 1951.- employment in
weapons manufacturing was largely confined to the States of New Tork,
Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Illinois, Connecticut, Indiana, and the
District of Columbia.
Labor Force
The composition of the labor force varies considerably vlthin
the weapons industry. Small arms manufacture requires the smallest per
centage of skilled workers because the volume of production is such that
mass-production techniques can be utilized extensively. On the other
hand, the manufacture of larger weapons requires many special skills not
generally utilized outside the weapons industry. Lower production levels
also limit the opportunities for mass-production methods. In a sample
of Government arsenals, it was found that an estimated 55 percent of the
workers in small arms manufacturing were semiskilled and unskilled and
that less than 20 percent were skilled workers. Manufacture of larger
guns requires that approximately 30 percent of the workforce be composed
of skilled workers, that ^5 percent be semiskilled or unskilled, and that
about 25 percent be made up of professional, administrative, and clerical
workers. The relatively high proportion of non-production workers found
2/ Fourth Quarterly Beport to the President by the Director of Defense
Mobilization, January 1, 1952.
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in these plants is a further indication of the dominant role played by
the Government arsenals in weapons research and development.
Generally, the trend In weapons since World War II has been to
ward greater fire power, increased rapidity of fire, more extensive and
complex fire control equipment, self-propelled gun carriages, and a wider
variety of weapons. These factors will Influence the occupational pattern
of the Industry because the more complex designs and higher precision
requirements of the newer weapons demand a larger proportion of skilled
workers.
The principal plant workers in the weapons Industry are pro
duction machinists, machine tool operators, Inspectors, and material
handlers. All of the Machinists and a large proportion of the machine
tool operators and inspectors are skilled workers. As production in
creases, the proportion of skilled machinists and machine tool operators
will decrease because many of these skilled workers will be used as
"machine adjusters" or "set up men," making possible the employment of
an increased number of semiskilled or unskilled workers to operate the
machines.
The proportion of women varies with the type of weapon produced
and with labor market conditions
In a Bureau of Labor Statistics survey
made during World War II (August 19^3) > it was reported that women workers
comprised over 38 percent of all worker* in fire control production,
36 percent in the production of guns under 20 mm., and about 15 percent
In guns larger than 20 am. The smaller percentage of women workers
employed in large gun production was due largely to the strenuous character
of the work and the long training required for Many jobs in the big gun
plants.
In September 1951> the percentage of women workers in those
private plants reporting to the Bureau of Labor Statistics was an esti
mated 5 percent of the labor force in small arms manufacture, 8 percent
in large guns and mounts, and over 15 percent in the production of fire
control equipment. The proportion of women is expected to increase when
the tooling-up period is over and higher production levels permit employ
ment of a larger proportion of semiskilled and unskilled workers. Many
women gained considerable shop experience during World War II. Although
some of these former workers may re-enter ordnance plants, younger women
without experience will constitute a more Important source of labor during
the present emergency.
Many of the key occupations in the military weapons industry,
such as those of engineers, tool and die makers, and machinists, are
included in the United States Department of Labor's List of Critical
Occupations. Several of the industry's production centers are located
in labor shortage areas, such as Hartford, Conn., Bock Island, 111.,
and in areas of balanced labor supply such as Hew Haven, Conn., and
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Indianapolis, Ind. As the defense program expands, labor shortages are
likely to develop la atost casters of weapons production because the bulk
of the industry is located In areas with large Metalworking employment
aad where the keenest coapetitlon for labor Is expected.
Trends in Hours and lam<«<f
Hours of production worker* 1a the weapons Industry rose sharply
during 1951 in all types of prodwetlea except small aras. Xarnings for
the weapons Industry vere not available separately, but are included la
the report of ordnance and accessories.
Table 2
Hours and Sarnlags of Production
Workers la the Ordnance aad
Accessories Iadustry, by
Months, 1951
Average hourly
earnings
Average weekly
earnings
Average veekly
hours
January ............
#69.55
*2.0
#1.656
February ...........
70.88
*2.8
I .656
March ..............
73-01
*3-1
1.69*
April ..............
70.97
*2.7
1.662
72.29
*2.9
I.685
Moath
Juae ...............
71.08
1.675
73.36
*3.1
1.702
August .............
72.66
*3.2
1.682
September ..........
76 .k7
**.2
1.730
75.16
*3-8
1.716
7%.91
*3-*
1.726
76.80
kk.6
1.722
Movenber ...........
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Labor Turn-over
Both separation and accession rates Is ordnance and accessories
v»re lover than those in durable goods manufacturing during October and
lovember 1951. Although ao figures ifere available for the eatire weapons
segment, a study of a selected group of small arms manufacturing plants
shovs that accession? increased sharply after June 1950 following the
general pattern for all durable goods manufacturing. The number of quits
rose rapidly after the Korean outbreak and have remained at a relatively
high rate since that time. Discharges, lay-offs, and miscellaneous
separations hmve generally followed the pattern for all iinufacturing.
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Other Industries In Brief
ENGINES AND TURBINES
The employment trend in plants manufacturing engines and turbines
has been narked by a steady advance during the past 2 years. Production
vorker employment in December 1951 reached 7^,000, a gain of about
25,000 over the number employed at the beginning of 1950. In 1951 the
average level of 68,600 production workers vas the highest achieved since
World War II and more than 25 percent greater than the 1950 average.
Along with the rise in employment, the workweek has been extended. Average
weekly hours of production workers have increased from kQ.f at the begin
ning of Korean hostilities in June 1950 to 43.8 in December 1951*
There are differences In the employment outlook for the two
segments of this Industry during the first half of 1952. Moderate gains
in the work force are expected in establishments staking gasoline, diesel,
and other internal ccabustion engines for railroads, ships, electric power
generation, pumps and other stationary uses. Producers of steaa and
hydraulic turbines, and steaa engines are likely to maintain the same
levels of employment reached at the close of 1951.
NONMETALLIC M IN IN G AND Q U A R RYIN G
Employment in nonmetallic mining and quarrying has shown a steady
rise since June 1950, except for a slight decline in the winter months.
The December 1951- employment of 105,600 was 7 percent above December 1950
and 11 percent above December 19^9* Average weekly hours, ^3*6, were
about the same as in December 1950, but were 1.2 hours above the December
19^9 level.
This broad industrial group includes the mining or quarrying of
such diverse materials as: dimension stone, crushed and broken stone, sand
and gravel, cement rock, clay, refractory minerals, abrasives, and chemical
and fertilizing minerals. Production of many of these materials is at
record levels, owing to heavy demands in construction, chemicals manu
facturing, and other industries.
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PLASTICS MATERIALS
Establishments making plastics materials reported a total of
21,800 workers In December 1951* I^>lajraent has varied oolj about 10
percent during the past 5 yosrs, but output of plastics has aore than
doubled. Production has increased tenfold since 1939 coapared with a
threefold Increase in eapleyment.
Plastics, eace considered Barely substitute Materials with
Halted uses, hare assuaed a place of aajer importance In our industrial
ecmcay. Plastics aaterials productlea currently exceeds that of alualnua.
About ij£3 plants aake plastics aaterials and soil them to nearly M-,000
firas which manufacture plasties products. The aain centers of esqpleyment
are in the Middle and South Atlantic regions. Three-fourths or the
workers are cagployed in largo pleats baring orer 500 workers each. Tke
average workweek in 1951 was *2 .0 hours.
Current Employment and
Payroll Statistics
Industry Data
T a b le I :
E m p lo y e e s in N o n a g r i c u lt u r a l E s ta b lis h m e n ts
By Industry Division
(In thousands)
Year
and
month
Total
Contract
con
Mining
struction
Manufac
turing
Transporta
tion and
public
utilities
Trade
Finance
Service
Govern
ment
'
Annual
average:
1 9 3 9 ..
1 9 4 0 ..
1941. .
1 9 4 2 ..
1 9 4 3 ..
1 9 4 4 ..
3 0 ,2 8 7
3 2 ,0 3 1
3 6 , 164
3 9 ,6 9 7
4 2 ,0 4 2
4 1 ,4 8 0
845
916
9 47
983
917
883
1, 150
1 ,2 9 4
1 ,7 9 0
2 ,1 7 0
1 ,5 6 7
1 ,0 9 4
1 0 ,0 7 8
1 0 .7 8 0
1 2 ,9 7 4
1 5 ,0 5 1
17, 381
1 7 ,1 1 1
2 ,9 1 2
3 ,0 1 3
3 ,2 4 8
3 ,4 3 3
3 ,6 1 9
3 ,7 9 8
6 ,6 1 2
6 ,9 4 0
7 ,4 1 6
7 ,3 3 3
7 , 189
7 ,2 6 0
1, 382
1, 419
1 ,4 0 2
1 ,4 4 0
1 ,4 0 1
1 ,3 7 4
3 ,3 2 1
3 ,4 7 7
3 ,7 0 5
3 ,8 5 7
3 ,9 1 9
3 ,9 3 4
3 ,9 8 7
4 , 192
4 ,0 2 2
5 ,4 3 1
0 ,0 4 9
0,020
1 9 4 5 ..
1 9 4 6 ..
1 9 4 7 ..
1 9 4 8 ..
1 9 4 9 ..
1 9 5 0 ..
4 0 ,0 6 9
4 1 ,4 1 2
4 3 ,3 7 1
4 4 ,2 0 1
4 3 ,0 0 6
4 4 ,1 2 4
826
852
943
98 1
932
904
1 ,1 3 2
1 ,6 6 1
1 ,9 8 2
2 ,1 6 5
2 ,1 5 6
2 ,3 1 8
1 5 ,3 0 2
1 4 ,4 6 1
1 5 ,2 4 7
1 5 ,2 8 6
1 4 ,1 4 6
1 4 ,8 8 4
3 ,8 7 2
4 ,0 2 3
4 ,1 2 2
4 , 151
3 ,9 7 7
4 ,0 1 0
7 , 522
8 ,6 0 2
9 ,1 9 6
9 ,4 9 1
9 ,4 3 8
9 ,5 2 4
1 ,3 9 4
1 ,5 8 0
1 ,0 4 1
1 ,7 1 0
1 ,7 0 3
1 ,8 1 2
4 ,0 5 5
4 ,0 2 1
4 ,7 8 0
4 ,7 9 9
4 ,7 8 2
4 ,7 0 1
5 ,9 0 7
5 ,0 0 7
5 ,4 5 4
5 ,0 1 3
5 .8 1 1
5 .9 1 0
Oct. .. 45,898
Nov... 45,873
Dec... 46,595
939
938
937
2 ,6 3 1
2 .5 7 1
2,403
1 5 ,8 2 7
1 5 ,7 6 5
1 5 .7 8 9
4 ,1 3 2
4 ,1 2 3
4 ,1 2 5
9,752
9,896
10,443
1 ,8 2 1
1 ,8 2 0
1 ,8 2 8
4.757
4,723
4,694
6 ,0 3 9
6 ,0 3 7
932
930
924
911
915
927
2 ,2 8 1
2 ,2 2 8
15,784
15,978
16 ,0 2 2
15,955
15.853
15,956
4 ,0 7 2
4 ,0 8 2
4 ,1 1 2
4 ,1 3 2
9,592
9,554
9,713
9,627
9,683
9,732
1 ,8 3 1
1 ,8 3 9
1 ,8 5 4
1 .8 6 5
1 .8 7 4
1 .8 9 3
4,666
4,657
4,682
4,745
4.789
4,835
6 ,08 8
6 ,1 2 2
6 ,2 1 7
6 ,2 9 2
906
922
917
917
2,754
2 ,8 0 9
2 ,7 6 8
2,761
2,627
2,519
15.813
1 6 ,0 0 8
4,176
9,667
9,641
9,781
9,893
10,096
10,630
1 .9 0 8
1.914
1 ,8 9 8
1,898
1.905
1.910
4,852
6 ,3 5 6
6,401
6,544
6,532
6.497
6 ,8 3 1
1950
6,376
i25i
Jan...
Feb...
Mar...
Apr...
May...
June..
45,246
45,390
45,850
45,998
46,226
4 6 ,5 6 7
46,432
46,724
46,956
46,902
Nov... 46,843
Dec... 47,569
July..
Aug..*
Sept..
Oct...
920
917
See Explanatory Notes
2,326
2,^71
2,598
2,686
16,039
15,965
1 5 ,9 0 2
1 5 ,9 0 8
4,137
4 ,1 6 1
4 ,1 9 0
4 ,1 7 8
4 ,1 6 6
4 ,1 6 3
4 ,1 5 2
&nd Glossary for definitions.
4,839
4,831
4,770
4,733
4,702
6,377
6 ,3 7 7
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Industry Data
Table 2: Employees in Nonagricultural Establishments
By Industry Division and Group
(In thousands)
1951
Industry division and group
TOTAL...
MINING*
Metal mining..... .•...................••••
Anthracite*............
Bitummous-coal.
Crude petroleum and natural gas production.
Nonmetallic mining and quarrying..........
1950
Dec.
Nov,
Dec.
lov.
Oct.
47,569
46.843
46,902
46,595
45,873
917
920
917
937
938
106.5
67.1
368.3
269.3
105.6
105.8
67.1
369.2
269.6
104.3
67.
367. C
268.7
102.5
7^-3
108.1
104.4
73.0
404.8
256.7
109.3
98.3
404.3
254.8
101.9
CONTRACT CONSTRUCTION.......
2,519
2,627
2,761
2,403
2,571
NONBUILDING CONSTRUCTION.
451
492
544
428
505
180.1
270.6
207.3
285.0
234.5
164.0
309.6
263.8
208.6
296.3
Highway and street.............
Other nonbuilding construction.
BUILDING CONSTRUCTION..........
2,068
2,135
2,217
1,975
2,066
GENERAL CONTRACTORS...............
848
886
944
839
892
SPECIAL-TRADE CONTRACTORS.
1,220
1,249
1,273
1,136
1,174
Plumbing and heating...........
Painting and decorating.........
Electrical work............... .
Other special-trade contractors.
MANUFACTURING.
DURABLE GOODS....
NONDURABLE GOODS.
TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC UTILITIES.
Transportation.......................,
Interstate railroads..... •••••••••.,
Class I railroads.......... .......,
Local railways and bus lines.........
Trucking and warehousing......... ..,
Other transportation and services...,
Air transportation (common carrier),
Communication.
Telephone....
Telegraph.••.
See Explanatory Notes
306.7
168.6
159.7
585.2
312.9
176.3
156.8
602.8
314. c
182.9
155.3
620.7
290.4
132.8
140.0
572.4
294.0
147.4
138.7
593-9
15,908
15,902
15,965
15,789
15,765
8,996
6,912
8,988
6,914
8,942
7,023
8,717
7,072
8,664
7,101
4,152
*,163
4,166
4,125
4,123
1,428
2,910
2,915
1,440
2,908
2,9H
1,465
1,258
1,271
2,897
1,416
1,243
140
651
690
85.6
703
654.3
*7-3
and Glossary for definitions.
140
649
693
84.7
701
652.9
46.8
l4 l
641
693
84.
697
648.5
47.5
1,460
1,277
145
622
681
74.6
670
620.3
48.6
1,292
145
617
684
74.2
664
614.8
48.0
Industry Data
- 31 Table
1-.
Employees in Nonagricuitural Establishments
By Industry Division and Group - Continued
(in
tk o o s& n d g )
195-:
1951
Industry division and group
Dec.
Nov.
Oct.
Dec.
Nov.
TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC UTILITIES
(Continued)
Other public utilities, ,....... • •• • •
Gas and electric utilities.... .
Electric light and power utilities.
Gas utilities*
Electric light and gas utilities
combined,...a,......*,....*,,.....
Local utilities, not elsewhere
classified, ................. ...•*.
TRADE,
Wholesale trade.
Retail trade,....... ............ .
General merchandise stores,........
Food and liquor stores,............
Automotive and accessories dealers.
Apparel and accessories stores,,,,,
Other retail trade,.......... .
552
554
527.^
528.7
547
522.2
234.6
236.2
232.5
118.6
118.4
117.2
233.2
117.6
174.4
174.3
174.1
172.5
172.7
2U.6
24.5
25 .O
24.6
24.7
552
527.0
234.0
118.6
548
523.5
10,630
10,096
9,893
10,443
9,896
2,650
2,650
2,622
2,616
2,618
7,980
2,082
1,311
7,446
7,271
7.827
1,695
1,550
2,052
1,281
1,264
753
642
7,278
1,654
1,242
746
649
1,295
759
577
3,170
3 ,1 2 0
561
3,131
1,910
1,905
1+72
64.1
470
688
686
687
684
682
685
S E R V I C E . . . . . , . , . . , . , ............
4,702
4,733
4,770
4,694
4,723
Hotels and lodging places.
426
430
437
430
433
356.
360.0
FINANCE.
Banks and trust companies,. e ..........
Security dealers and exchanges,.... . * ,
Insurance carriers and agents,.........
Other finance agencies and real estate.
Laundries.... ..,....... .
Cleaning and dyeing plants.
Motion pictures. ,
GOVERNMENT.............
Federal 1/......
State and local. ,
1/
768
64.1
748
3,116
565
3,071
1,898
1.828
1,820
467
439
61.3
655
673
63.7
353.3
146.8
353.1
159-3
241
244
242
243
6,831
6,497
6,532
6,376
6,037
2,677
4,154
2,325
2,322
4,172
4,210
2,333
4,043
4,057
355-9
154.3
156.'
241
Fourth class postmasters are excluded here but are included in Table 7.
436
61.1
651
672
149.2
1,980
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Industry Data
T a b l e 3:
A ll E m p l o y e e s a n d P r o d u c t i o n W o r k e r s in M in in g a n d M a n u f a c t u r i n g I n d u s t r i e s
(in thousands)
A ll
Industry
group
an d
employees
industry
December November
MINING......................................
METAL MINING................................................
I r o n m i n i n g ........... . . . . ; ...........
C o p p e r m i n i n g ...........................
Lead
and
z i n c m i n i n g ..................
ANTHRACITE..........................................
BITUMINOUS-COAL........................... .. . _____
CRUDE PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
PRODUCTION................................................ ..
1951
917
1951
920
October
1951
917
104.3
Production
contract
1950
937
104.4
1951
—
106.5
105.8
37.7
28.7
21.8
67.1
368.3
37.9
28.4
21. 4
38.2
27.9
20.9
29.0
21.0
67.1
67.2
369.2
367.0
73.0
404.8
344.4
269.3
269.6
268.7
256.7
—
35.9
93.8
33.7
25.0
19.1
63.1
Meat
Dairy
127.8
s e r v i c e s ).........
NONMETALLIC MINING AND QUARRYING___
MANUFACTURING................................................
DURABLE GOODS..............................................
NONDURABLE GOODS........................................
ORDNANCE AND ACCESSORIES.....................
FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS...................
p r o d u c t s . . .......................
p r o d u c t s ........................
C a n n i n g a n d p r e s e r v i n g ..............
G r a i n - m i l l p r o d u c t s ..................
B a k e r y p r o d u c t s .......................
S u g a r .................... ...............
C o n f e c t i o n e r y and r e l a t e d products.
B e v e r a g e s ..............................
M i s c e l l a n e o u s f o o d p r o d u c t s .......
TOBACCO MANUFACTURES.....................
C i g a r e t t e s ......................... .
105.6
108.1
15,908 15,902
8,996 8,988
6,912 6,914
62.5
64.8
1,53* 1,553
315.0 310.5
136.1 139.1
147.8 170.1
131.3 130.8
289.6 290.9
41.3
51.7
103.0 105.7
215.1 216.0
134.9 138.1
93
91
26.8
26.8
42.3
41.8
T o b a c c o an d s n u f f .................
11.8
11.9
11.6
T o b a c c o s t e m m i n g a nd r e d r y i n g .....
10.9
TEXTILE-MILL PRODUCTS........................... 1,240 1,228
Y a r n an d t h r e a d m i l l s ..... ............
161.4 160.4
B r o a d - w o v e n f a b r i c m i l l s . .............
579.8 575.3
231.8 229.5
K n i t t i n g m i l l s ...........................
86.7
88.6
D y e i n g a n d f i n i s h i n g t e x t i l e s ..... .
50.1
C a r p e t s , ru g s, o t h e r f l o o r c o v e r i n g s .
49.1
128.6 127.3
O t h e r t e x t i l e - m i 11 p r o d u c t s ..........
C i g a r s ........................ .
See E x p l a n a t o r y Not e s
and G l o s s a r y
f or definit ions.
109.3
15,965
8,942
7,023
59.0
1,644
298.7
144.7
263.4
131.3
291.6
46.1
106.3
221.5
140.3
96
26.6
42.0
11.7
15.8
1,228
161.3
578.0
228.4
84.7
49.5
126.4
October
1951 1951
—
—
91.8
93.1
34.2
33.8
24.8
24.3
18.7
18.2
63.O
63.2
344.5 343.0
December December November
P e t r o l e u m a n d n a t u r a l ga s p r o d u c t i o n
(e x c e p t
workers
98.3
15,789
8,717
7,072
29.7
1,534
315.2
137.1
168.5
124.6
288.1
44.8
106.1
212.1
137.7
90
26.1
42.3
12.0
9.4
1,352
170.7
633.9
254.0
93.3
62.4
137.3
91.9
12,906
7,323
5,583
51.2
1,125
251.7
96.0
121.9
97.3
190.9
36.1
85.7
146.5
98.9
84
24.2
39.7
10.2
10.0
1,142
150.4
547.4
211.6
78.3
42.3
112.4
—
—
128.4 127.7
94.3
95.5
12,907 12,997
7,324 7,296
5,583 5,701
46.9
49.6
1,162
1,254
246.6 236.3
98.4 102.8
144.2 238.1
97.3
97.9
192.5 195.1
45.6
40.2
88.6
89.2
146.9 150.0
102.2 104.8
89
85
24.0
24.3
40.1
39.8
10.2
10.3
10.6
14.8
1,133 1,133
149.5 150.5
5^4.3 546.2
209.3 208.5
76.6
7^.9
41.6
41.4
111.4 110.8
December
1950
—
92.7
32.4
25.5
18.4
68.5
380.6
—
124.7
86.0
13,056
7,254
5,802
23.6
1,155
253.7
96.9
142.7
93.1
190.4
39.9
89.4
146.1
102.6
83
23.5
40.2
10.5
8.3
1,258
159.9
603.5
233.9
83.3
54.9
122.7
- 33 -
Industry Data
Table 3: All Employees and Production Workers in Mining and Manufacturing Industries - Continued
(In thousands)
All employees
Production workers
Industry group and industry
December November October
APPAREL AND OTHER FINISHED TEXTILE
PRODUCTS....................................................
M e n 's and boys
suits and coats....
M e n ’s and boys
furnishings and work
clothing............................
Women's outerwear...................
Women's, children's under garments..
Millinery............................
Children's outerwear................
Pur goods and miscellaneous apparel..
Other fabricated textile procicts...
LUMBER AND WOOD PRODUCTS (EXCEPT
FURNITURE)....................................................
Logging camps and contractor
Sawmills and planing mills..
Millwork, plywood, and prefab
structural wood products....
Wod&en containers............
Miscellaneous wooo products
FURNITURE AND FIXTURES.
Household furniture.... .
,
Other furniture and fixtures.
PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS.....
Pulp, paper, and paperboard mills...
Paperboard containers and bcxei;....
Other paper and allied products....
PRINTING, PUBLISHING, AND ALLIED
INDUSTRIES....................................................
Newspapers.. . ................
Periodi cals....................
Books........ .................
Commercial printing..........
Lithographing..............
Other printing and publishing.
CHEMICALS AND A!Li ED PRODUCTS.
Industrial inorganic chemicals.....
Industrial or£'inic chemicals.......
Drugs and medicines...... ..........
Paints, pigments, and fillers......
Fertilizers..........................
Vegetable and animal oils and fats..
Other chemicals and allied products.
1951
1951
1931
1,1*6
1,122
1,138
135.7
131.8
144.2
254.8
251.0
308.5
256.2
323.7
99.6
20.7
63.8
99.6
1*8.5
99.8
19.0
64.6
101.6
145.9
305.5
99.7
21.1
63.6
102.2
December December November October December
1950
1951
1,184
151.9
269.5
329.9
106.6
21.4
1,029
65.6
92.2
273.9
232.2
237.5
251.2
296.2
90.1
18.7
90.1
18.3
58.2
88.4
125.8
59.3
90.2
123.3
722
*45.4
109.6
111.6
115.2
60.1
128.0
81.5
61.1
77.0
63.9
3*2
342
337
37*
235.2
235.2
229.8
266.‘>
107.0
106.4
483
245.6
128.9
108.8
775
303.0
55.9
51.5
207.8
41.X
115.5
759
84.1
230.5
109.0
7*.7
32.3
61.7
166.5
106.5
486
246.3
130.5
109.1
107.3
488
246.3
131.*
110.4
773
769
301.5 300.7
55.5 5*.5
51.2 50.9
207.2
206.3
41.8 42.1
115.9 114.6
762
84.0
pQO
•’.08.j
7*.6
51.7
63.3
763
83. T
231.3
107.9
75.1
32.7
64.5
x67.4 168.2
*99
24*. >
140.9
113.8
765
298.9
53.1
48.6
207.*
42.0
114.5
724
77.6
213.9
101.3
73.8
32.9
59.2
164.8
1,06*
236.4
289.*
698
76.5
1,019
137.*
817
72.4
471.1
77.7
59.7
,*
1 00
130.6
803
76.4 78.1
461.2 471.4
71.3
1950
118.1
L46.p
786
1991
122.0
145.2
76k
1991
16.6
270.1
89.8
58.1
91.0
123.3
96.1
18.9
59.9
80.3
12*.*
75*
67.9
9*.l
J’3.7
29*
7*0
72.2
7* .2
*28.9 *39.3
96.3 100.0
70.7 71.1
5*.0 5*.9
29*
289
206.3
206.*
238.*
87.1
67.0
»U.6
72.0
87.7
*09
212.2
108.0
88.6
519
15*.8
35.3
36.4
169.9
32.0
90.7
538
61.4
171.0
70.8
*7.9
25.*
48.6
112.4
87.5
*10
211.8
109.6
88.8
518
201.2
87.9
*13
212.3
110.7
90.2
517
153.5 152.8
35.1 35.5
36.*
36.7
169.5 168.9
32.6 32.9
91.3 90.5
5*1
5**
61.*
172.7
70.*
*7.9
2*.8
50.6
113.3
61.2
172.1
69.9
48.1
25.8
52.0
U *.*
**0.0
112.*
75.8
57.*
326
428
212.3
121.3
9*.5
518
152.*
35.0
36.7
171.1
32.9
89.9
52*
57.1
161.9
67.4
48.3
26.5
*7.6
11*.7
- 3U -
Industry Data
Table 3: All Employees and Production Workers in Mining and Manufacturing Industries - Continued
(in thousands)
A ll
Industry
group
and
industry
Dec.
1951
PRODUCTS OF PETROLEUM'AND COAL.
Petroleum
Coke
r e f i n i n g ......................
a nd b y p r o d u c t s ....................
Other petroleum
and
coal
products...
RUBBER PRODUCTS............................................
T i r e s an d i n n e r t u b es .
R u b b e r f o o t w e a r ........
Other rubber products.
Other
(except
leather
products...
STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS.
Glass
and
g l a s s p r o d u c t s ..............
C e m e n t , h y d r a u l i c .......................
S t r u c t u r a l c l a y p r o d u c t s ..............
P o t t e r y an d r e l a t e d p r o d u c t s .........
C o n c r e t e , gy p su m , a n d p l a s t e r p r o d u c t s
O t h e r sto n e, clay, a n d g l a s s p r o d u c t s .
PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES.
I r o n an d s t e e l f o u n d r i e s ...........
P r i m a r y s m e l t i n g a nd r e f i n i n g o f
n o n f e r r o u s m e t a l s ...................
Rolling, drawing, and alloying of
n o n f e r r o u s m e t a l s ...................
N o n f e r r o u s f o u n d r i e s ................
Other primary metal industries....
Tin
cans
and
hand
other
t i n w a r e ..........
too ls,
an d
hardware..
H e a t i n g apparatus (except electric)
an d p l u m b e r s ’ s u p p l i e s ..............
F a bricated structural metal products
M e t a l s t a m p i n g , c o a t i n g , and
e n g r a v i n g ..............................
Other
fabricated metal
p r o d u c t s . ...
Dec.
Nov.
Oct.
Dec.
1950
1951
1951
1951
1950
197
198
197
191
218.3
216.9
215.4
201.6
22.9
22.1
30.7
22.1
21.2
153.6
19 .O
24.8
147.3
18.4
31.2
154.2
19.0
31.1
154.6
19.7
22.6
217
216
215
222
28.8
24.4
272
271
269
272
120.3
119.2
115.0
116.1
29.1
120.2
120.2
31.1
122.9
127.0
362
356
359
398
323
316
^3-5
220.4
42.6
224.0
92.5
51.9
251.7
94.0
39.1
205.3
78.4
38.8
38.1
197.2
201.4
80.1
80.8
559
548
465
472
479
146.7
144.6
42.4
123.1
124.6
37.0
84.4
128.2
36.7
50.6
545
141.7
1+2.8
31.2
91.8
551
143.1
**3.1
93.1
^3.3
94.8
25.5
96.4
56.8
103 .1
87.2
60.8
98.2
49.9
100.0
56.3
101.5
112.6
113.9
115.4
114.3
88.1
91.9
55.6
1,341
659.5
644. 6
281.6
282.2
56.0
56.2
97.3
98.7
110.6
108.6
151.3
150.6
FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS (EXCEPT
ORDNANCE, MACHINERY, AND
TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT)...............
Cutlery,
Dec.
1951
254
1,356
B l a s t f u r n a c e s , s t e e l w o r k s , and
r o l l i n g m i l l s ........................
Oct.
269
227.9
90.1
rubber).
workers
270
43*7
L e a t h e r .....................
Footwear
Nov.
1951
Production
270
31.1
LEATHER AND LEATHER PRODUCTS.
employees
93.2
1,349
655.6
1+6.1
1,165
91.6
1,142
569.7
248.7
556.4
238.0
56.3
56.6
46.8
46.9
47.2
47.0
98.5
104.1
80.1
141.8
90.0
149.7
78.7
91.9
124.5
124.4
87.2
93.9
119.3
807
804
IO6.3
109.6
1,018
234.8
148,
234.
161.2
219.8
168.8
170 .
186.6
23^.6
127.7
36.3
79.4
55.1
83.5
250.6
40.3
171.6
1,160
474
558.7
123.6
148.2
51.1
87.0
91.0
47.3
229. I
62.9
249.5
51.4
1^7.
239-
1,151
37.1
84.7
359
573.3
168.8
150.6
85.4
89.5
320
23.9
105.7
638.1
267.5
48.9
152.7
11*9.6
234.6
83.8
25.5
99.4
280.4
983
’+6.2
1,318
83.2
92.1
94.0
25.6
96.8
25.0
233.
230.3
80.0
90.8
123.4
852
42.9
40.2
124.5
126.6
118.0
185.6
119.9
120.2
144.1
141. c
195.0
142.9
195-4
181.7
194.5
45.4
143.7
133.2
173.2
161.6
194.6
- 35 Table 3:
Industry Data
All Employees and Production Workers in Mining and Manufacturing Industries - Continued
(in thousands)
Al l
Industry
group
and
employees
Production workers
industry
December Novembex October December
1951
MACHINERY (EXCEPT ELECTRICAL)................. 1,640
E n g i n e s a nd t u r b i n e s ....................
98.9
A g r i c u l t u r a l m a c h i n e r y and t r a c t o r s . .
187.5
127.2
C o n s t r u c t i o n and m i n i n g m a c h i n e r y . ...
M e t a l w o r k i n g m a c h i n e r y ........... .
309.1
S p e c i a l - i n d u s t r y m a c h i n e r y ( ex c e p t
m e t a l w o r k i n g m a c h i n e r y ) . . . . . .........
General
industry
m a c h i n e r y .............
O f f i c e and s t o r e m a c h i n e s and d e v i c e s
S e r v i c e - i n d u s t r y an d h o u s e h o l d m a c h i n e s
Miscellaneous
machinery
p a r t s .........
ELECTRICAL MACHINERY...................................
Electrical
generating,
distribution,
app
and
192.8
210.3
964
956
M1SCELLANEOUS MANUFACTUR 1N6 1NDUSTR1ES.
J e w e l r y , s i l v e r w a r e , a nd p l a t e d ware. . .
g o o d s ....... ........
C ostume jewelry, buttons, notions....
Other miscellaneous manufacturing
1951
1,611
1950
1,492
95.1
124.8
81.3
175.4
112.4
259.4
196.7
236.9
107.2
161.0
207.4
944
183.4
212.2
99.2
182.6
187.8
294.3
186.1
936
December November October December
1951
1,270
74.0
146.6
96.1
245.4
146.6
173.3
90.5
128. r>
168.9
724
1951
1,255
73.1
145.9
94.3
240.5
14a . 2
172.4
90.8
122.6
166.7
717
1951
1,242
70.2
145.6
94.3
231.9
148.9
171.3
90.4
123.5
165.7
707
1950
1,163
61.9
135.4
83.8
204.4
140.5
154.5
83.2
147.9
151.1
724
transmission,
industrial
P r o f e s s i o n a l and s c i e n t i f i c
i n s t r u m e n t s ..............................
sporting
98.1
187.3
125.1
303.3
107.8
166.3
374.9
82.6
C o m m u n i c a t i o n e q u i p m e n t , ................
361.3
E l e c t r i c a l a p p l i a n c e s , lamps, and
m i s c e l l a n e o u s p r o d u c t s ..............
145.1
TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT........................... 1,557
A u t o m o b i l e s ................................
789.4
552.6
A i r c r a f t and p a r t s . ......................
372.2
A i r c r a f t ............................. .
A i r c r a f t e n g i n e s a nd p a r t s . ... . .. . ..
110.7
A i r c r a f t p r o p e l l e r s and p a r t s . ......
12.4
O t h e r a i r c r a f t p a r t s an d e q u i p m e n t . , . ,
57.3
S h i p an d b o a t b u i l d i n g a n d r e p a i r i n g ..
125.3
S h i p b u i l d i n g and r e p a i r i n g ..........
111.3
B o a t b u i l d i n g and r e p a i r i n g ..... .
14.0
R a i l r o a d e q u i p m e n t .......................
78.0
O t h e r t r a n s p o r t a t i o n e q u i p m e n t .......
11.8
INSTRUMENTS AND RELATED PRODUCTS.......... 314
O p h t h a l m i c g o o d s .........................
27.9
63.2
Watches and c l o c k s .......................
35.2
and
1,626
195.8
239.4
107.9
160.4
208.9
239.6
ar a t u s .................................
E l e c t r i c a l e q u i p m e n t for v e h i c l e s . . . .
Toys
1951
187.8
46l
46.3
64.8
51.6
298.6
370.7
82.7
357.2
145.1
1,560
803.2
539.6
364.0
107.2
12.1
56.3
126.6
113.1
13.5
78.4
11.8
312
27.8
62.6
35.0
187.0
468
47.0
69.4
52.8
298.4
369.1 349.5
82.3
77.4
346.0 355*9
146.9 153.3
1,511 1,404
807.1 895.7
496.2 339.1
339.8 228.2
90.3 66.6
11.8
9.1
54.3 35.2
118.9 91.9
106.2
77.8
12.7 14.1
77.4 66.1
11.5 13.1
280
310
27.4
62.3
35.0
185.6
471
47.6
72.1
53.4
297.8
26.9
55.5
33.9
164.0
500
57.5
75.8
61.5
305.2
270.7
67.O
266.6
270.2
266.5
115.8
116,1
1,238
67.3
1,242
265.O
67.2
257.5
117.7
1,205
257.2
63.0
278.3
125.4
1,160
767.3
251.9
170.0
48.5
6.1
27.3
78.7
66.3
12.4
51.9
11.2
211
22.0
40.9
28.9
406.3
274.7
78.4
8.8
44.4
109.0
96.6
12.4
62.8
9.8
231
22.6
44.6
662.6
395.4
267.8
74.9
8.5
133.9
380
37.6
55.2
42.9
244.6
133.2
119.2
424
387
38.6
4-, .2
38.1
62.4
66.7
59.7
43.8 1 44.4 ; 52.1
245.3 j 24 V. 6 1 257.6
650.4
29.8
44.2
110.7
98.8
11.9
63.2
9.8
230
22.4
44.3
29.6
667.4
362.1
248.7
62.4
8.3
42.7
103.7
32.5
11.2
62.2
9.7
228
22.3
44.2
29.5
132.3
390
36 -
Industry Data
Table 4: Production Workers in Selected Manufacturing Industries
(In thousands)
Industry
FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS:
Meat packing, w h olesale.......................
Prepared m e a t s .................................
Concentrated m i l k .......................... .. .
Ice cream and ices............................
Flour and m e a l .................................
Cane-sugar refi n i n g ................ ...........
Beet sugar.....................................
Confectionery produ c t s ........................
Malt liquors ....................................
Distilled liquors, except br andy....... .
Dec.
177.1
3^
11.it
17.6
28.1
13.5
lto9
66.1
60.3
22.2
1951
1950
Nov.
Oct.
Dec.
171.3
163.9
178.2
3^-3
3U.0
11.8
18.0
28.0
13.9
21.7
68.1
60.7
21.7
33-9
12.3
19.it
11.6
11.9
17.8
26.9
llt.l
68.it
68.9
59.2
57-5
28.3
20.2
23.8
18.2
2k. 3
TEXT ILE-M!LL PRODUCTS:
Yarn m i l l s , wool (except c a r p e t ), cotton
and silk s y s tems..................... .......
Cotton and rayon broad-woven fabrics .......
Woolen and worsted fabrics................
Full-fashioned hosiery m i l l s ................
Seamless hosiery m i l l s ......... «..........» . . .
Knit underwear mi 1 1 s . ............... ..... . . . ,
Wool carpets, rugs, and carpet y a r n . . . . . . . .
Fur-felt hats and hat b o d i e s . ...............
103.7
39^.1
89.5
56.it
5 2 .b
31.3
28.7
8.3
APPAREL AND OTHER FINISHED TEXTILE PRODUCTS:
Men's dress shirts and nightwear.......
Work shirts................... ................
FURNITURE AND FIXTURES:
Wood household furniture, except upholstered.
Mattresses and b e d springs............ .......
STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS:
Glass containers..............................
Pressed and blown glass, not elsewhere
classified........... . ....................
Brick and hollow tile.........................
Sewer p i p e .................... ................
See E x p la n a to ry N o te s , s e c tio n G.
88.3
56.7
51.6
30.8
27.5
8.1
10 k. 3
397.9
81s-.9
58.0
*49 . 7
31.8
27.7
6.9
112.6
426.5
107.1
68.1
57-7
35.6
39.6
78.8
11. *
79.0
86.0
11.8
12.0
11.6
105.0
26.5
lok.j
27.3
102.lt
128.5
28.5
21.8
22.0
22.1
7-5
51.9
7.5
53-3
18.5
7.5
53.6
18.7
36.9
ItO.l
to. 2
36.9
28.7
8.7
78.7
CHEMICALS ArO ALLIED PRODUCTS:
Plastic ma t e r i a l s ........... ....... .........
Synthetic r u b b e r ......... . . ..............
Synthetic f ibers. ................... ...........
Soap and glycerin........... . „ ....... ...... .
103.5
39£-5
17.8
36.6
3I4-. 6
27.3
9.1
27.7
35.^
35.8
28.2
28.lt
9-0
9-1
21.5
6.9
56.5
20.0
Industry Data
- 37 -
Table4; Production Workers in Selected Manufacturing Industries - Continued
(In thousands)
Industry
PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES:
Gray-iron foundries...........................
Malle able-iron foundries........ .............
Steel foundries...............................
Primary copper, lead, and z i n c ...........
Primary aluminum...............................
Iron and steel forgings.......................
Wire drawi n g ................. ..................
FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS (EXCEPT ORDNANCE,
MACHINERY, AND TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT):
Cutlery and edge t o o l s ........................
Hand tools, not elsewhere classified, files,
hand s aws , and saw b l a d e s...................
Hardware, not elsewhere classified. . ........
Metal plumbing fixtures and fittings........
Oil burners, heating and cooking apparatus,
not elsewhere classified....................
Structural and ornamental prod u c t s ..........
Boiler shop p r o ducts.... ....... ..........
Metal stampings. . . ....... .....................
MACHINERY (EXCEPT ELECTRICAL):
Tractors. ............... .......... .............
Farm machinery, except tractors.............
Machine t o o l s ..................................
Metalworking machinery, not elsewhere
classified......... ....... ...................
Cutting t o o ls, jigs, fixtures, etc ..........
Computing and related m a c h i n e s ........... .
Typewriters....................................
Refrigeration machinery.................. .
Ball and roller b e a r ings.............. .....
Machine sh ops.... ............. ..............
ELECTRICAL MACHINERY:
Radios and related p r o ducts .........
Telephone and telegraph equipment and
communication equipment, not elsewhere
classi fied...........................
TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT:
Locomotives and p a r t s ............. ...........
Railroad and streetcars. . . , . .............. .
MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES:
Silverware and piated w a r e ..................
1950
Dec.
1951
Nov.
Oct.
Dec.
153.4
154.8
153.3
160.5
25.6
28.0
66.3
25.6
2 7 .5
66.8
25.4
10.lt
10.4
36.6
28.0
65.7
26.1
10.3
36.0
54.7
26.4
9.4
32.2
36.9
14-3.6
43.8
43.7
43.4
22.3
22.7
22.9
25.7
37.0
36.7
37.3
62.0
26.3
62.6
27.1
75.8
64.6
75-^
65.3
61.2
104.3
60.7
102.6
72.3
70.2
72 . I
63.6
44.0
95.4
42.5
22.4
43.7
94.5
42.4
70.8
65.9
37.8
63.8
27.8
76.2
31.8
74.8
65. I
59-5
103.4
81.6
61.9
120.8
68.8
65.3
73-4
56.6
54.4
66.9
51.0
50.5
48.0
50.2
47.3
43.4
93.1
42.2
22.4
83.4
49.8
47.2
169.4
166.7
160.2
190.3
45,6
45.4
44.2
36.7
26.8
2 7 .0
37-4
25.7
38.1
23.6
37-1
14.4
14.6
18.2
22.5
88.5
83.4
40.7
79-7
38.9
20.6
104.1
43.6
42.4
29.3
i
14.1
j
Em p loym ent and P a y ro lls
Table 5:
- 38 -
Indexes of Production Worker Employment and Weekly Payrolls
in Manufacturing Industries
(1939 Average = 100)
Period
Production-worker
employment index
*
Production-worker
pay-roll index
Annual average:
1939................ .
1940...................
1941...................
1942...................
1943...................
1944...................
100.0
107.5
132.8
156.9
183. 3
178. 3
100.0
113.6
164.9
241. 5
331. 1
343.7
1945...................
1946...................
1947...................
1948...................
1949...................
1950...................
157.0
147.8
156.2
155. 2
141.6
149.7
293.5
271.7
326.9
351.4
325. 3
371.7
160.3
159.2
159.4
415.8
414.6
426.0
158.9
161.0
161.0
160.0
158.6
159.5
424.0
430.0
435-0
433.2
428.4
434.3
157.3
159.5
159.8
158.7
157.6
157.5
422.8
429.4
437.8
434.2
433.9
444.1
19?0
November........... .
i^i
February....... .......
M a y ....................
September.... ....... .
If Represents number of production and related workers in manufacturing expressed
as a percentage of average monthly production worker employment in the
period.
1939
2/ Represents production worker average weekly payroll expressed as percentage of
average weekly payroll for tiJie 1939 period.
Aggregate weekly payroll for all
manufacturing is derived by muiL iplymg gross average weekly earnings by pro
duction worker employment.
Shipbuilding
- 39 Table 6=
Employees in the Shipbuilding and Repairing Industry
by Region J
(In
J
thousands)
1950
1951
Region
December
November
December
November
October
ALL REGIONS...................
241.2
242.7
234.8
167.1
160.2
PRIVATE............
111.3
113.1
106.2
77.8
75.5
NAVY........ <.....
129.9
129.6
128.6
89.3
84.7
NORTH ATLANTIC...........
112.3
111.8
108.4
77.2
74.4
54.2
58.1
53.6
50.7
57.7
38.9
38.3
38.2
58.2
4-2.7
42.5
41.9
30.1
29.2
IS A
24.3
18.2
24.3
17.6
24.3
11.4
18.7
18.2
Private............
13.5
16.3
13.9
11.5
11.7
PACIFIC.......................
59.2
59.6
58.4
39.4
37.6
Private.........
Navy.. . ............
11.7
V7.5
12.5
47.1
11.8
46.6
7 .1
32.3
7.3
30.3
8.8
7.6
7.3
4.4
2.9
4.7
4.9
4.9
4.5
4.4
Private....... .
SOUTH ATLANTIC...........
Private....... .
36.2
11.0
GULF:
GREAT LAKES:
Private............
INLAND:
Private............
The North Atlantic region includes all yards bordering on the Atlantic in the
following States:
Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New
Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
The South Atlantic region includes all yards bordering on the Atlantic in the
following States:
Georgia, Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina.
The Gulf region includes all yards bordering on the Gulf of Mexico in the fol
lowing States: Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas.
The Pacific region includes all yards in California,
Oregon,
and Washington.
The Great Lakes region includes all yards bordering on the Great Lakes in the
following States: Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania,
and Wisconsin.
The Inland region includes all other yards.
- liO -
Federal Government
Table 7:
Federal C ivilian Employment and Pay Rolls in All Areas and in Continental United States and Total
Government C ivilian Employment and Payrolls in the D istrict of Columbia
(in thousands)
( as o f
Area
a nd
Employment
first o f month
1951
branch
Dec.
ALL AREAS
TOTAL FEDERAL....................................................
Nov.
)
Payrolls
( t o t a l for m o n t h )
1950
1951
Dec.
Oc t .
Dec.
2, 871.2 2, 517.5
2,514.9 2,508.9 $939,479
2, 858.8 2, 505. 1+ 2, 502.8 2,496.9 934,260
1,293.0 1 , 288.5 1,279.4 995.9 405,945
8V7.7
1+96.2
495.7 811.8 267,414
720.7
718.1
727.7 689.2 260,901
8.4
8.2
8.2
8.1
3,529
4.0
3.9
3.9 1,690
3-9
1950
Oct.
No t .
Dec.
$891,129 $ 857,429 $672,724
885,714 851,725 667,988
423,827 402,013 275,681
187,003 169,963 185,732
274,884 279,749 206,575
3,589 3,445 3,207
1,826
2,259
1,529
CONTINENTAL
UNITED STATES 4 /
2, 696.1
TOTAL FEDERAL....................................................
2. 683.8
1.177.8
844.3
661.7
8.4
3.9
Judicial.
DISTRICT OF C JMB 1A
TOTAL GOVERNMENT..............................................
D. C.
TOTAL
G O V E R N M E N T ...........................
F E D E R A L 5 / ...........................
2,31+4.0 2,341.5 2, 352.8
2, 332.0 2,329.4 2,340.9
1,174.0 1,166.1 885.6
1+94.1 493.6 808.9
663.9
669.7
646.4
8.2
8.2
8.1
3-8
3.8
3.9
278.5
20.6
634,578
629,886
250,324
185,044
194,518
3,207
1,485
273.5
274.0
256.2
108,024 111,480
119,319
85,285
20.7
252.8
20.3
253.7
20.3
235.9
6,491
6,238
101,786 104,989
6,264
113,055
5,558
79,727
227.1
109,252
37,085
76,228
4,096
68,071
3,445
358
3,207
257.9
248.8
86.5
13.4
148.9
8.4
21+3.9
86.7
7-9
149.3
8.2
244.8
8.2
74.1
12.7
140.3
8.1
.7
.7
.7
.7
J u d i c i a l .a ................... .
840,879 818,307
885,866 835,515 812,658
374,587 391,089 379,746
266,296 186,221 169,257
244,983 258,205 263,655
3,529
3,589 3,445
1,645 1,775 2,204
891,040
86.6
7.7
150.5
97,945 101,045
36,005 37,729
5,218 3,649
56,722 59,667
3,529 3,589
312
355
24,786
3,835
47,607
292
— ^ I n c l u d e s all e x e c u t i v e a g e n c i e s ( e x c e p t th e C e n t r a l I n t e l l i g e n c e A g e n c y ) , G o v e r n m e n t c o r p o r a t i o n s , F e d e r a l
R e s e r v e B a n k s , a n d m i x e d - o w n e r s h i p b a n k s o f the F a r m C r e d i t A d m i n i s t r a t i o n .
C i v i l i a n e m p l o y m e n t in n a v y
ya r d s ,
— ^ Covers
arsenals,
civilian
National
Resources
hospitals,
employees
Advisory
Board,
o f th e
Committee
Fourth
Class
Includes
th e 4 8
States
force-account
Department
fo r A e r o n a u t i c s ,
a nd N a t i o n a l
— ^ Includes
—
an d o n
Security
Postmasters,
an d the
of Defense
The P a n a m a
is
included
in t o t a l
(Secretary of Defense,
Ca nal ,
Selective
f or e x e c u t i v e
Army,
Service
Navy,
System,
agencies.
an d A i r F o r c e ) ,
National
Securities
Council.
e x c l u d e d from F e d eral
District
— ^ I n c l u d e s all F e d e r a l c i v i l i a n e m p l o y m e n t
j a c e n t M a r y l a n d an d V i r g i n i a c o u n t i e s ) .
construction
total
in T a b l e
2.
of Columbia.
in W a s h i n g t o n
Standard Metropolitan
area
(District
o f C o l u m b i a a d
- Ui -
State Data
Table 8:
Employees in Nonagricultural Establishments by Industry Division,
by State
(In thousands)
State
Dec.
Alabama............. .
Arizona............. .
Arkansas..............
California........... .
Colorado..............
Connecticut . ..........
Delaware..............
District of Columbia J/.
Florida ..............
Georgia..............
Idaho...... .........
Illinois..............
Indiana...............
Iowa.................
Kansas................
Kentucky..............
Louisiana........... .
Maine .... .........
Maryland J J . ..........
Massachusetts..... . . .
Michigan .Si ...........
Minnesota..............
Mississippi .2/,........
Missouri.............
Montana ...............
Nebraska........ .
Nevada................
New Hampshire......... .
New Jersey............
New Mexico.... ......
New York .i/. . . .......
North Carolina .2/......
North Dakota..........
Ohio................
Oklahoma..... ........
Oregon ...............
Pennsylvania ..........
Rhode Island ..........
South Carolina........
South Dakota..........
Tennessee ............
Texas ................
Utah.................
Vermont...............
Virginia ..if...........
Washington ............
West Virginia.........
Wisconsin.............
Wyoming ..............
%
v
1951
Total
Nov.
1
1950
Dec.
654.8 633.9 629.2
187.6 183.6 172.5
315.8 313.2 312.0
3,552.1 3,500.4 3,390.2
394.5 390.3 367.2
835.0
850.5
819.4
53?. 3 525.8 506.7
754.9 726.2 744.6
871.4 863.8 834.0
137.8 139.2 137.2
3,279.3 3,236.2 3,222.5
1,295.7 1,279.6 1,294.9
643.3 637.2 618.4
524.7 518.8 482.9
275.1 272.2 261.4
756.6 756.9 726.2
1,833.7 1,799.7 1,826.7
842.3
1,246.2
149.2
339.5
59.5
170.8
1,705.4
163.5
5,987.8
1,001.7
(5./)
518.7
447.8
3,771.3
295.5
511.6
124.5
759.8
2,164.0
213.0
100.2
886.2
723.9
533.6
1,070.4
80.3
453.8
3,728.8
292.0
500.1
124.9
748.3
2,128.7
211.0
98.8
874.0
726.8
531.4
1,057.8
830.4
1,217.3
149.9
327.1
55.7
171.6
1,689.9
157.4
5,853.4
972.2
115.4
495.4
447.5
3,737.1
310.7
479.1
125.9
756.4
2,041.7
202.0
99.7
827.3
707.5
539.3
1,060.9
81.0
80.8
835*3
1 , 225.8
150.3
335.2
59.0
169.1
1,682.9
161.0
5,887.9
985.7
(5/)
510.7
Mining
1951
Dec* 1 Nov.
Dec*
23.1
12.0
6.4
35.4
10.1
(2/)
25 oC
u .k
7.0
4*5
5.8
42.8
13.4
3.1
17.7
57.7
27.8
.6
2.6
(4/)
4.5
5-6
42.6
13.4
3.3
17.4
58.3
27.8
.6
2.9
(4/)
t s
h»U
5.8
U l-7
lk.0
3 .k
17.8
60 06
23.2
.7
(hJ)
16.8
10.1
11.0
(1/)
3.2
.3
17.3
10.1
16.1;
23ol
12*1
6.1*
35.3
10.1
(i/)
%
4.0
13.4
11.4
3.5
(5/)
43.2
1.2
173.4
(4/)
1.2
2.0
12.4
114.9
13.9
1.2
23.7
3.0
122.1
3.6
9.7
10,4
(k/)
3.2
.4
4.0
13.2
11.8
3,5
(5/)
42.8
1.3
173,6
M)
1.2
2.0
12.5
114.4
13.7
1.2
23.6
2.9
122.1
3.7
9.6
Revised series; not strictly comparable with previously published data.
Mining combined with construction*
1950
34.0
10.3
(2/)
9.U
11.2
(4/)
2.9
*3
3.8
11.2
10.8
3.4
.8
44.5
1.2
185,8
(Jl/)
1.2
2.6
13.0
104.8
13.5
1.1
23.4
3.0
128.8
3.5
9.8
Contract Construction
1950
1951
i Nov. j Dec.
31.7 32.9 27.8
13.9 13.6 14.0
22.2 25.0 19.2
219.5 228.5 227.2
31.2 32.8 26.7
43.1 45.0 41.2
24.6 25.9 26.1
69.2 69.8 73.6
45.5 47.2 42.5
12.5 12.4
11.4
146.8 153.9 134.4
56.0 48.3
52.8
34.3 38.2 31.6
35.0 36.2 31.0
Dec.
13.1
53.5
66.4
14.3
56.2
68.5
10.0
40.5
49.3
8.6
18.6
5.1
6.6
87.6
14.6
230.9
72.5
(5./)
3i .e
44.2
52.9
41.4
49.2
9.8
18.5
4.4
7.3
84.4
24.5
159.7
16.6
46.8
6.4
39.4
166.6
10.3
3.4
63.5
43.3
15.7
50.4
5.0
10.5
21.0
4.9
7.2
88.0
15.0
244.3
71.0
(5/)
31.6
25.6
174.9
16.7
43.9
8.1
41.5
170.0
12.0
3-6
65.9
46.3
18.3
52.2
5.2
52.7
73.5
17.2
231.1
55.1
8.2
31.9
27.3
150.0
16.7
25.2
7.5
42.3
156.0
13.6
4.5
51.0
43.4
17.9
47.2
5.6
- U2 -
State Data
Table 8:
Employees in Nonagricultural Establishments by Industry Division,
by State - Continued
(in thousands)
Manufacturing
1951
State
Dec.
Alabama.............
Arizona .............
Arkansas............
California..........
Connecticut .........
District of Columbia. .
Florida ............
Georgia.......... . .
Idaho...............
Illinois ............
Indiana .............
Iowa...............
Kansas..............
Kentucky............
Louisiana ...........
Maine ..............
Maryland............
Massachusetts .......
Michigan ...........
Minnesota...........
Mississippi.........
Missouri ............
Nebraska ...........
Nevada .............
New Hampshire.......
New Jersey ..........
New Mexico..........
New York ............
North Carolina ......
North Dakota........
Ohio...............
Oklahoma ............
Oregon..............
Pennsylvania........
Rhode Island ........
South Carolina ......
South Dakota........
Tennessee ...........
Texas..............
Utah...............
Vermont.............
Virginia............
Washington ..........
West Virginia........
Wisconsin .... ......
Wyoming.............
k/
5/
223.6
19.6
76.1
887.8
65.8
429 J*
50.5
17.8
109.9
304.2
20.9
1,216.1
587.6
171.4
127.5
153.9
144.1
113.2
255.5
728.3
(s/)
208.6
93.5
378.1
17 J*
59.3
3.7
82.1
761.6
14.1
1,966.9
430.9
(£/>
1,280.5
77,5
135.1
1,479.5
140.5
217.8
11.5
251.5
414.0
31.0
38.5
240.2
184.1
137.2
453.4
6.1
Mining combined with service*
Not available*
Nov.
_ 1950
Dec.
209J* 222.0
22.0
16.7
79.2
77.3
897.7 810.7
67.9
63.3
424.9 410.3
50.6
48.3
17.6
17.4
106.2 107.0
307.1 295.0
22.3
23.3
1 , 213.0 1,210.7
582.3 596.7
170.9 154.1
127.0 101.6
147.8 154.4
145.3 140.8
108.5
114.1
255.4 237.1
?26.7 742.5
1.065.7 1,140.8
209.2
203.3
93.6
93.9
374.6 364.9
18.4
18.4
52.7
58.5
3.6
3.4
81.6
82.3
761.7 767.9
12.8
14.2
1,962.4 1,906.8
439.3
6.5
1,273.8 1,270.7
68.1
77.7
145.4 136.4
1,474.5 1,495.1
140.7 155.1
216.9 217.8
11.8
11.4
250.7 256.1
411.6 376.4
32.6
30.5
38 J*
37.3
249.3 237.5
189.6 178.1
139.0 138.6
453-1 450.5
6.6
6.3
Trans. and Public Util.
1951
Dec. ! Nov.
52.8
20.3
32.0
321.9
44.3
42.6
31.0
54.3
20.1
31.9
321.0
44.7
42.2
72.7
71.2
30.9
71.0
17.2
299.8
298.1
109.6
62.2
64.1
60.6
80.6
18.1
74.9
126.3
91.4
26.8
130.7
22.6
42.7
8.9
10.3
142.3
17.4
512.9
60.6
(5./)
50.3
47.5
355.0
15.1
27.3
10.7
60.6
230.1
22.5
8.6
84.8
66.3
54.0
75.6
15.6
71.3
17.1
110.9
62.9
64.7
60.2
80.2
18.2
75.2
126.5
95.1
26.9
129.3
23.0
43.3
9.0
10.3
141.0
17.5
511.4
M
50.6
47.6
356.5
15.2
27.5
10.9
60.7
228.0
22.5
8.7
85.6
67.7
54.3
75 .4
15.6
1950
Dec.
51.7
20.0
32.3
311.6
42.8
41.7
29.3
68.9
69.9
17.0
299.1
114.6
61.9
62.6
58.8
79-5
18.5
71.4
127.0
88.4
27.1
126.6
22.5
42.0
8.6
10.6
137.4
16.9
513.7
57.2
14.0
49.7
47.9
346.0
15.4
26.9
10.8
59.6
224.0
21.6
8.8
80.1
65.6
52.8
77.1
15.5
Trade
Dec.
1951
132.6
47.7
79.0
852.8
102.9
146.2
99.0
227.6
194.7
37.4
726.0
258.3
177.8
129.7
131.9
155.5
52.2
158.2
393.7
Nov.
126.8
45.2
75.6
811.5
98.9
137.5
96.5
214.2
188.4
36.4
703.7
247.1
172.2
125.6
121.9
148.3
49.2
153.1
372.9
1950
Dec.
129.0
45.5
77.6
848.2
97.5
141.8
98.1
228.7
192.3
35.9
719.3
256.3
174.1
124.5
123.5
159.0
52.9
158.4
390.4
221.2 213.4 222.7
323.7 315.6 325.1
36.6
37.2
37.0
95.6
94.7
97.3
11.6
12.7
12.3
29.8
28.3
29.3
290.2
277.5 289.1
39.6
37.9
37.1
1.335.4 1,279.2 1,328.5
200.7 190.3 191.0
38.1
(£/)
(5/)
132.4 127.4 130.3
108.6 105.3 107.4
730.9 698.1 729.8
52.6
55.6
56.9
93.5
97.5
91.7
36.4
38.9
36.7
181.1 169.8 176.1
590.1 567.5 565.3
47.8
51.4
47.9
18.6
18.2
17.5
197.8 187.3 189.1
171.4 166.9 173.3
94.2
89.4
93.9
230.3 222.3 231.3
16.9
17.1
17.4
- 43 Table 8:
State Data
Employees in Nonagricultural Establishments by Industry Division,
by State - Continued
(in thousands)
Finance
State
Colorado..................
Delaware...................
Louisiana ..... ..........
Maine.....................
Massachusetts .............
Michigan..................
Mississippi.............. .
Missouri..................
Montana............... * , . .
Nebraska............ .
Nevada .............. . ....
Mew Hampshire...... . .....
New Jersey........ .. .....
New Mexico......... ......
New York.............. .
North Carolina ............
North Dakota ..............
Ohio......................
Oklahoma ................
Oregon ..................
Pennsylvania ..............
Rhode Island ..............
South Carolina ...........
South Dakota ............
Tennessee ................
Texas .....................
Utah......................
Vermont ..................
Virginia..................
Washington................
1/ltyoming...................
Service
1951
i 1950
Dec. 1 Nov. 1 Dec.
17.9
6.4
7.9
154.4
14.9
30.0
23.3
31.3
28.0
3.7
145.8
36.0
24.6
17.0
15.7
21.5
6.8
31.5
83.8
37.4
7.6
54.4
4.2
16.2
1.2
4.6
59.1
4.4
403.9
23.0
(5/)
18.4
15.0
120.3
10,6
10.3
iu2
23 08
83.0
6.6
2.8
28.5
26o6
9oh
33.7
1.7
17o3
6.2
7.8
153.6
12;.S
38.1
17.4
5.7
7.9
11+8.0
13.9
37.3
23.5
22.5
27.7
26.3
3.7
H+6.1
35.9
aU.5
17.1
15.7
a.i*
6.6
31.U
83*3
3.7
H+2.3
3U.2
23 oG
16.3
37.5
7.6
5U.5
1+.?
16.2
1*2
1+.6
59.2
36o2
7.8
31.6
h»k
1+01oO
23.1
(5/)
18 M
30.8
15.0
19.3
6*8
29.8
79.5
52.6
3.9
15.9
1.2
1+.5
58.0
1+.9
395.9
21 o7
Deo. ! Nov.
97.3
140.2
18.8
38.2
12.6
16.3
164.3
97.7 96.5
141.2 136.0
18.0 18.7
38.4 38.2
12.9 12.0
16.6 16.3
I 65.6 162.3
2L.9 21.8
782.5 761.3
86.3 83.2
13.6
(5/)
55.0 51.3
47.2 45.6
351.9 348.7
23.0
23.4
37.0 36.5
16.1 14.9
75.9 75.5
237.6 232.8
19.9 I 8.9
11.2 10.9
76.9 74.1
81.0 76.5
41.4 39.4
93.1 92.0
8.6
8.4
21.9
777.0
86.3
18«2
46.7
351.0
22.2
36.8
16.3
75.6
236.8
19.7
11.3
75-7
79.4
40.9
92.5
8.4
15.0
120.6 116.6
10#5
10.5
10*3
9.5
1+.2
3.9
23.9 23 ol
82.7 77.5
6.5
6.3
2.8
2.9
28#i* 25.8
26.5 26*9
9.U
9.7
33.6 32.2
2o0
1.7
Dec.
54.1
27.7
35.9
452.0
47.1
79.9
57.9
103.5
80.1
14.2
344.3
90.1
64.5
47.9
(i/)
15.2
1950
54.0
28.7
35.9
454.5
47.4
79.6
57.6
108.6
80.7
14.3
343.3
89.3
63.7
47.9
60.2
65.9
23.4
75.0
191.7
1+.2
See Explanatory Notes and Glossary for definitions*
1951
54.3
60.7
67.8
23.9
77.9
193.1
50.7
23.2
33.6
438.2
43.8
77.4
57.1
105-9
74.5
14.2
328.9
89.6
65.5
47.0
56.8
67.9
22.8
73.6
189.7
Government
1951
Dec*
119.1
38.9
56.3
625.9
77.9
71.6
11.6
278.5
128.4
142.6
27.1
360.4
148.7
106.3
85.8
91.4
99.9
47.7
105.4
243.5
246.4
129.1
70.8
159.7
29.4
67.1
12.1
21.3
196.3
38.1
749.4
124.5
31.2
337.9
110.8
69.2
401.5
34.9
73.9
36.9
115.4
328.5
57.8
16.2
164.0
149.8
60.1
131.0
16.9
!
1950
1 Not . 1 Dec. _
115.5
36.8
53.3
600.7
74.0
67.4
11.0
273.5
123.2
137.5
26.4
332.8
143.9
100.8
82.9
87.9
96.0
45.3
104.8
228.7
234.9
120.9
67.8
147.6
28.4
63.0
11.9
20.2
185.9
36.9
695.3
119.9
29.8
319.0
107.2
66.2
378.7
33.3
71.6
35.6
113.3
316.1
56.2
15.3
157.0
145.9
57.5
124.it
I 6.3
105.6
36.0
55.2
572.3
68.9
69.7
H .3
256.2
123.2
129.1
25.9
340.1
141.3
104.3
82.1
88.6
95.7
41.2
101.0
224.1
236.1
125.6
68.4
153.5
28.4
64.1
11.6
20.6
186.5
35.5
705.4
121.3
30.1
317.6
100.9
66.7
365.0
32.7
68.5
36.1
110.7
304.9
49.8
15.7
146.3
140.7
58.2
127.1
16.1
-
Area Data
Table 9:
hh -
Employees in Nonagricultural Establishments by Industry Division,
Selected Areas
(in thousands)
Area
ALABAMA
Birmingham
Mining...............
ARIZONA
Phoenix
Total................
Mining...............
Contract Construction..
Manufacturing........
Trans.and Pub .Util, ...
Trade................
Finance..............
Service..............
Government........... .
Tucson
Total........ .......
Mining................
Contract Construction..
Manufacturing.......
Trans.and Pub.Util. ...
Trade.................
Finance............ ..
Service. .
.
.....
Government # ,.
....
ARKANSAS
Little BockN. Little Bock
Total................
Contract Construct! ai..
Manufacturing........
Trans.and Pub.Ut il. ,..
Trade........
... ..
Finance..............
Service l/...........
Government...........
Number of Bnployees
1950
1951
Dec. 1 Nov.
Dec.
Area
San Diego
Manufacturing........
16.5
61.2
87.2
.2
7.8
11.2
16.1+
1+6.0
18.1
57.7
12.2
86.2
.2
7.6
13.5
9.3
21*.2
1+.2
11.6
81.6
.2
8.3
9.2
9.3
21+.8
3.7
11.1
16.3
15.6
15.0
39.6
1.6
2.9
2,7
U.9
8.9
1.2
10.9
6.5
35.5
9.b
b.b
25.7
hi
.3
1.6
3.0
2.8
5.1
9.3
1.2
11.2
7,1
l.k
2.9
2.0 ■
5.0
8.8
1.1
7.7
6.6
Number of Employees
1Q50
1951
Dec- i Nov.
Dec.
lf-2.6
*+2.5
31.0
San Francisco-Oakland
Manufacturing.........
173.8
176.7
171.3
San Jose
Manufacturing........
21.8
23.5
18.7
1.0
62.7
10.3
1.0
19.1+
1+3.3
26.5
59.8
10.3
1.0
18.0
1+0.5
21+.9
58.5
9.6
119.5
5.5
68.2
5.1
20.3
2.2
10.0
8.2
116.9
5.7
67.7
5.1
18.8
2.2
9.9
7.6
112.5
199.6
9.2
195.0
81.6
80.3
7.1+
7.1+
38.1
23.8
23.8
19.7
17.8
19.7
16 .1+
187.7
9.8
71.2
7.2
39.1+
23.3
19.3
17.6
1+2.1
1+0.9
1.0
28.3
COLORADO
Denver
Mining...............
Contract Construction..
Manufacturing.........
Trans.and Pub.Util. ...
Trade................
Finance ..............
16.7
1+3.5
26 .1+
CONNECTICUT
Bridgeport
Contract Construction l/
Manufa ctur ing........
Trans.and Pub.Util. ...
Finance........... .
Service..............
Government......
5.?
63 .5
h.9
19.3
2.2
9.3
8.0
Hartford
68.2
7.1
1 2 .k
6.9
18.5
3.6
8.8
11.1
66.8
6.7
12. b
6.9
17.6
3.6
8.8
10.9
65.6
5.8
11.8
6.8
18.5
3.5
8.8
10.5
Contract Construction l/
Manufacturing........
Trans.and Pub.Util. ...
Finance..............
Service..............
Government...........
bO .l
9.b
New Britain
CALIFORNIA
Los Angeles
Total................
Mining.................
Contract Construction..
Manufacturing.
.
Trans.and Pub.Util, ...
Trade................
Finance..............
Service..............
Government.
.
Sacramento
Manufacturing........
1663.2 1630.9 1580.5
15.fc
1C*. 8
518.0
119.0
393.6
7^.3
232.0
206.1
8.9
15.3
108.3
512.3
117.b
372. b
7b. 3
231.2
1 9 9 .7
8.8
15.0
118.1
*+58.7
112.7
39^.1
73.^
219.2
189.3
8.0
Contract Construction l/
Manufacturing........
Trans.and Pub.Util. ...
Finance.........
Service..............
Government...........
5.*+
.5
2.5
2.7
.5
2.5
2.1+
M.5
.9
28.3
1.3
5.3
.5
2.1+
2.7
117.9
5.8
*+5*5
12.8
115.9
5.9
*+5.3
13.0
111+.9
5.8
1+3.8
13.5
1.0
28.6
l.U
l.b
b .9
New Haven
Contract Construction l/
Manufactur ing........
Trans.and Pub.Util. ...
- 1*5 Table 9:
Area Data
Employees in Nonagricultural Establishments by Industry Division,
Selected Areas - Continued
(in thousands)
Area
Number of Employees
1951
1950
Dec. 1 Nov.
Dec.
Government
22.2
5.0
17.8
8.8
21.6
5.0
17.9
7.3
21.7
*.9
17.*
7.9
115.7
11.7
22.0
10.7
38.2
*.*
15.1
13.8
110.7
11.8
21.0
10.6
35.2
*.*
l*.6
13.2
113.7
11.9
22.3
10.0
37.7
*.*
l*.6
12.9
279.1
16.6
71.2
31.3
78.6
17.3
32.1
32.0
277.3
17.*
71.*
31.3
76.9
17.2
31.9
31.2
268.3
17.2
62.2
29.9
77.6
16.3
32.9
32.2
Finance........ .....
Service l/...........
Government...........
*8.*
3.6
l*.6
7.2
11.5
1.5
5.2
*.8
*7.2
3.*
1*.*
7.*
10.6
1.5
5.2
*.7
*6.3
2.6
13.7
7.*
11.3
1.3
5.0
5.0
ILLINOIS
Davenport-Rock IslandMoline
Manufacturing........
*3.2
*3.0
38.7
*9.9
*8.8
*7.2
38.8
38.8
39.5
61.1
29.9
31.2
58.0
2 7.0
31.1
62.*
30.0
32.*
81.2
*2.9
38.3
80.7
*3.0
37.6
79.9
*2.0
38.0
Contract Construction..
Manufacturing........
Trans.and Pub.Util. ...
Finance........ .....
Stamford
Total...............
Contract Construction l/
Manufactur ing........
Trans.and Pub.Util. ...
Trade...............
Finance.............
Service.............
Government...........
Waterbury
Total...............
Contract Construction l/
Manufacturing........
Trans.and Pub.Util. ...
Trade...............
Finance.............
Government...........
*8.1
3.6
21.8
2.6
9.1
1.*
6.1
3.5
*7.*
3.6
21.8
2.6
8.6
1.*
6.1
3.5
*6.2
3.2
21.2
2.5
8.5
1.3
5.8
3.7
69.5
2 .3
**.8
2.8
9.*
1.1
*.3
*.8
68.8
2 .*
**.9
2.7
9.0
1.1
*.3
*.5
67.5
2.3
*3.9
2.6
9.1
1.1
* .0
*.5
Government...........
GEORGIA
Atlanta
Contract Construct!dll..
Manufacturing.
Trans.and. Pub.Util. ...
Finance..... ........
Service l/...........
Government...........
Savannah
Contract Construction..
Trans.and Pub.Util. ...
DISTRICT OF COLOMBIA
Washington
Total............
Contract Construction..
Manufacturing..... ...
Trans.and Pub.Util. ...
Finance.............
Service l/...........
621.6
38.3
26.*
*1.6
12*.2
30.8
72.1
288.2
615.3
*0 .1
26.0
*1.6
121.2
30.5
72.7
283.2
595.*
*2.2
23.9
39.7
122.9
29.2
71.6
265.9
Peoria
FLORIDA
Jacksonville 2/
Manufacturing........
Trane.and Pub.Util. ...
Trade.............. .
Miami 2/
Manufacturing........
Trans.and Pub.Util. ...
Trade...............
F inance
Service l/...........
Number of Employees
1951
1950
Dae.
Dee. ! Nov.
Tampa-St. Petersburg 2/
CONNECTICUT -Continued
New Haven-Cont inued
Finance....... ......
Area
17.*
15.5
32.3
5.8
11.7
l*.6
16.6
2*.0
55.1
8.6
3*.8
17.3
19.0
1*.*
31.2
5.8
11.7
1*.6
15.8
23.2
50.3
8.6
30.8
16.7
15.2
32.0
5.9
11.5
13.3
15.9
21.6
5*.9
8.6
32.1
17.*
Rockford
Manufacturing........
INDIANA
Evansville
Fort Wayne
Nonmanufacturing.....
- 46 -
A r e a D ata
Table 9:
Employees in Nonagricultural Establishments by Industry Division,
Selected Areas - Continued
(in thousands)
Number of Employees
1951
_ J 1950
Dec. ! Nov.
Dec.
Area
INDIANA -Continued
Indianapolis
Contract Construction..
Manufactur ing........
Trans.and Pub.Util. ...
Finance..............
Other Nonmanufacturing.
276.6
11.0
112.6
26.1
65.6
14.1
47.2
274.8
11.7
113.7
26.0
62.7
14.0
46.6
268.2
12.2
108.7
25.0
63.9
13.3
45.1
20.7
21.0
17.9
IOWA
Des Moines
KANSAS
Topeka
Total...............
Contract Construction..
Manufacturing.........
Tr&ns.and Pub.Ut 1. ...
Trade.......... '....
F inance.............
i
43.6
.2
2.6
5.2
8.2
10.0
2 .0
4.6
11.1
43.2
.2
2.8
5.1
8.2
9.5
2 .0
4.6
10.9
40.5
.2
2.1
6.4
7.2
9.1
1.9
4.4
9.4
Area
MARYLAND
Baltimore
Total...............
Mining..............
Contract Construction..
Manufactur ing........
Trans.and Pub.Util. ...
Number of Employees
1950
1951
Dec.
Nov. 1 Dec.
Finance.............
Service..... ........
Government...........
538.9
.4
38.4
196.1
56.0
111.9
24.5
54.8
56.8
536.8
.6
39.6
195.7
56.3
108.1
24.4
55.5
56.6
512.5
.5
34.4
180.4
53.4
111.2
23.1
53.5
56.0
MASSACHUSETTS
Boston
Manufacturing........
30*i.8
305.5
295.3
Fall River
Manufacturing........
29.2
29.6
31.3
New Bedford
Manufacturing.........
33.0
33o8
35.6
Spr ingfieId-Holyoke
Manufacturing........
76.7
77.2
78.5
Worcester
Manufacturing........
54.9
55 o0
54.8
41.0
1.9
10.5
6.3
41.5
2 .2
11.4
6.2
1.4
5.4
^.5
42.5
2.1
10.7
8.0
10.7
1.4
5.5
4.2
266.5
15.2
72.3
26.2
80.4
17.2
28.8
26.5
261.4
15.7
72.6
26.0
77.2
17.3
29.0
23.6
266.8
15.4
71.2
26.4
82.1
16.5
28.9
26.4
149.0
6.7
41.0
20.7
145.0
7A
41.2
20.6
147.4
7.5
41.9
20.7
Wichita
Contract Construction..
Trans.and Pub.Ut i1. ...
Service•••••••••••..•••
LOUISIANA
New Orleans
Manufac turing........
113.6
1.8
5.7
52.6
7.2
25.1
3.8
10.0
7.6
112.4
1.9
6.1
52.1
7.2
24.0
3.8
9.9
7.6
90.9
1.7
5.3
33.5
6.8
23.4
3.7
9.6
7.1
Finance..... ........
Service 1/...........
Contract Construction..
Manufacturing........
Trans.and Pub.Util, ...
11.0
Finance ............ ..
11.0
1.4
5.1
4.2
Minneapolis
(3/)
51.4
49.3
48.4
3.0
12.5
5.3
13.8
2.5
7.8
3.5
47.6
3.1
12.7
5.3
12.7
2.5
7.9
3.4
46.3
2 .1
11.8
5.5
13.7
2.4
7.4
3.4
MAINE
Portland
Contract Construction..
Manufacturing........
Trans.and Pub.Util. ...
MINNESOTA
Duluth
Contract Construction..
Manufacturing........
Trans.and Pub.Uti1. ...
Finance.............
Service l/...........
St. Paul
Contract Construction..
Manufacturing....... .
Trans.and Pub.Util. ...
- 1*7 -
Table 9:
Area Data
Employees in Nonagricultural Establishments by Industry Division,
Selected Areas - Continued
(in thousands)
Number of Employees
Area
MINNESOTA-Cout inued
St. Paul-Continued
Trade.................
Finance..............
Service 1/...........
Government...........
MISSISSIPPI
Jackson
ManufacturIng........
MISSOURI
Kanf.as Crity
Total................
M *n ing......... .....
C ontra ct Cone true t ion..
Manufa ctur ing........
Trans.and Pub.Ut i1. ...
Trade................
Finance..............
Service..............
Government...........
1951
Dec.
Nov.
19^0
Dec.
38.0
8.6
36.0
8.6
15.2
15.0
18.7
16.3
38.2
8.3
ik. iiia. 0
NEVADA
Reno
Contract Construction..
Manufacturing l/......
Trans.and Pub.Util. ...
Finance..............
1+0.5
1.5
20.1+
2.1+
7.5
1.7
1+.3
2.7
39.9
1.6
20.2
2.3
7.3
1.7
1+.2
2.6
1*0.9
1.6
21.0
2.3
7.6
1.6
NEW JERSEY
Newark-Jersey City 5/
Manufactur jng........
362.8
361+.2
364.2
Paterson 5 /
Manufacturing........
165.5
161+.1
161 .1+
Perth Amboy 5 /
Manufacturing........
75.^
75.5
77.6
Trenton
Manufacturing......
1+2.7
1+2.6
1+5.8
5.1
7.3
^.9
5.2
7.2
6.0
5.7
fc.7
12.1
Contract C on strue t ion..
Manufaeturing........
Trans.and Pub.Util. ...
Finance...............
Service...........
Government........
(3/)
(3/)
(3/)
(3/)
(3/)
(5/)
(5/)
(3/)
(3/)
(3/)
(3/)
(3/)
(3/)
(3/)
(3/)
(I/)
(3/)
(3/)
(3/)
(I/)
330.8
.9
16.2
95.1
1+1.5
271.6
269.5
273.0
2.8
2.U
6.0
3.1
2.8
2.5
5 .7
3.1
(3/)
(1/)
(3/)
(3/)
(3/)
(3/)
(3/)
(3/)
1.6
1.5
3.0
5.6
.6
1+.8
lb2 .6
7.3
31.7
21+.1
37.9
10.6
17.2
ll+.O
1.7
1.6
3.1
5.5
.6
5.0
1+.2
2.7
8.1+
97.2
19.2
39.9
20.9
2.9
2.1+
6.1
3.1
NEBRASKA
Omaha
Contract Construction..
Manufacturing........
Trans.and Pub.Util. ...
Trade................
Finance..............
Service 1/...........
Government...........
Number of Employees
19*51
1950
. Dec. 1 .Nov.
Dec.
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Manchester
St. Louis
MONTANA
Great Falls
Manufacturing*•••••••••
Trans.and Pub.Util.
Trade.......... .....
Area
11+3.0
6.8
32.6
21.9
39.2
10.1
16.8
15.7
1.7
1.5
2.9
5.3
.6
^.5
NEW MEXICO
Albuquerque
Contract Construction..
Manufacturing........
Trane.and Pub.Ut il. ...
h.9
12.3
12.0
Finance..............
Service l/...........
2.5
6.3
2.5
6.2
2.5
NEW YORK
A Ibany **Schene ctady -Troy
Manufacturing........
89.3
89.2
82a
Binghamton
Manufacturing.......
1+0.1
1+0.2
37.5
Buffalo
Manufacturing...... .
198.9
197.1
197.1
Elmira
Manufacturing.........
16.8
17.3
16.8
Nassau and
Suffolk Counties 5/
Manufacturing.........
7^.2
72.6
52.8
New York-Northeastern
New Jersey
Manufacturing........
1772.3
1771.^
1727.^
6.3
- U8 -
Area Data
Table 9:
Employees in Nonagricultural Establishments by Industry Division,
Selected Areas - Continued
(in thousands)
Area
Number of Employees
1950
1951
Dec.
Dec. 1 Nov.
HEW YORK-Cont inued
New York City 2/ 5/
Contract Construction..
Manufacturing.........
Trade...............
X06.9
1038.5
884.7
113.9
1039.6
851.3
122.7
1013.0
885.2
Rochester
Manufacturing........
105.3
105.9
107.0
60.2
59.6
59.2
Syracuse
Area
OREGON
Portland
Contract Construction..
Manufacturing........
Trans.and Pub.Util. ...
Trade...............
Number of Employees
1950
1951
Dec.
Dec. ! Nov.
13.7
60.1
30.8
63.9
14.3
61.5
30.9
61.9
1*.8
58.8
31.7
62.6
102.2
102.8
101.6
*6.8
47.4
50.0
Harrisburg
Manufacturing........
34.9
34.9
33.8
Lancaster
Manufacturing........
41.8
42.6
43.2
Philadelphia
Manufacturing.........
580.6
568.8
586.7
Pittsburgh
Mining..............
Manufacturing........
Trans.and Pub.Util. ...
Finance.............
32.2
371.3
74.9
27.5
32.0
372.7
75.3
27.4
34.0
361.U
75.2
26.3
Reading
Manufacturing........
53.2
52.9
55.9
28.6
29.0
30.3
Wilkes Barre-Hazleton
Manufacturing........
38. 4
38.1
38.3
York
Manufacturing........
44.0
>*3.5
46.9
293.3
14.7
289.0
14.8
303.9
14.7
PENNSYLVANIA
A lientown-BethlehemEaston
Manufac turing........
Erie
Utica-Beane
Manufacturing........
Westchester County 5/
Manufacturing......
NORTH CAROLINA
Charlotte
Contract Construction..
Manufacturing........
Trans.and Pub.Util. ...
Trade................
OKLAHOMA
Oklahoma City
Total...............
Contract Construction..
Manufacturing.... .
Trans.and Pub.Util. ...
Trade...............
Finance.............
Service.............
Government...........
Tulsa
Total...............
Mining..............
Contract Construction..
Manufacturing......
Trans.and Rib.Util. ...
Trade............. .„
Service........... .
Government...........
44.9
**.9
*8.2
45.3
12.9
22.3
11.1
26.2
4.6
135.5
5.4
10.4
15.8
11.4
37.4
6.9
14.8
33.5
102.3
9.3
6.9
23.6
12.2
27.8
*.5
12.1
5.9
*6.6
12.3
22.2
10.9
23.8
*.6
13*.*
5.*
10.0
15.9
11.7
36.*
6.9
1*.8
33.5
100.*
9.*
7.1
23.5
12.2
2 5.8
*.5
12.2
5.7
9.1
22.8
10.1
23.7
*.3
126.2
6.1
11.3
l*.5
10.9
37.0
7.2
l*.l
25.3
95.0
9.7
7.1
19.0
11.3
26.3
*.5
11.*
5.7
Scranton
RH0BB ISLAND
Providence
Total...............
Contract Construct ion..
- U9 -
Table 9:
Area Data
Employees in Nonagricultural Establishments by Industry Division,
Selected Areas - Continued
(In thousands)
Area
RHODE ISLAND-Continued
Providence-Continued
Manufacturing....... .
Trans.and Pub.Util. ...
Trade...............
Finance.............
Government...........
Number of Employees
1951
1950
Dec. 1 Nov.
Dec.
1*9.7
13.6
53.5
10.5
20.6
30.7
1*9.1
13.6
50.5
10.5
21.3
29.2
161.3
1*.0
53.9
10.k
Finance.... ..... .
Service.............
Government.......... .
21.k
Nashville
Manufacturing........
Trans.and Pub.Util. ...
28.2
Finance.............
9.0
3.9
9.0
*.0
9.5
7.6
7.7
7.7
Greenville
Manufacturing........
28.1
27.8
28.3
UTAH
Salt Lake City
Mining..............
Contract Construction..
Manufacturing........
Trans.and Pub.Util. 6/
Finance.............
TENNESSEE
Chattanooga
Mining..............
Manufacturing........
Trans.and Pub.Util. ...
Trade...............
Finance.............
Service •••••••... ....
Government...........
5.1
.2
*1.1
*.9
19.0
2.9
9.5
7.9
5.2
.2
*1.1
*.9
17.7
2.9
9.6
7.8
*.9
51 .0
7.8
22.6
20.6
51.7
7.1
22.6
17.0
33.8
11.8
25.*
6.2
13.9
13.5
3*.2
11.7
2*.*
6.3
1*.0
13.1
3*.*
11.2
26.0
5.9
1*.2
13.0
6.2
5.5
15.1
7.7
32.1
5.0
6.1
6.8
15.3
7.7
29.*
*.9
6.0
8.3
1*.8
6.8
29.7
*.7
5.3
5.3
5.5
.2
*2.8
*.8
18.9
2.8
9.3
7.8
271.*
12.*
70.9
27.*
72.2
1*.7
33.*
*0.*
268.1
13.0
71.5
27.8
69.3
1**7
33.6
38.2
259.6
13.6
66.9
2.7
13.1
10.8
20.0
2.8
9.3
8.2
66.6
3.8
13.5
11.0
18.5
2.8
9.*
7.6
67.5
*.5
70.7
3.6
70.7
3.7
71.9
3.9
VERMONT
Burlington
WASHINGTON
Seattle
Contract Construction..
Manufacturing.........
Trans.and Pub.Util. ...
Finance.............
Service 1/...........
Government......... .
Knoxville
Mining..............
Manufacturing........
Trans.and Pub.Util. ...
Trade............
Finance.............
Service........••••...
Government..........
2.6
*1.1
7.2
23.5
3.5
9.5
13.0
2.6
*1.5
7.0
21.8
3.6
9.5
12.9
2.7
39.9
7.*
2*.7
3.7
9.1
12.5
Spokane
Memphis
Mining..............
Manufactur ing........
Trans.and Pub.Util. ...
.3
*1.5
15 .*
.*
.3
*0.2
15.6
Tacoma
*1.8
15. *
5*.7
7.8
22.6
21.0
k.2
Columbia
Manufacturing........
SOOTH DAKOTA
Sioux Falls
Manufacturing........
Number of Employees
1951
1950
Dec- I Nov.
,Lfi
Memphis -Cont inued
SOOTH CAROLINA
Charleston
Manufactur ing........
Trans.and Pub.Util. ...
Area
Contract Construction..
Manufacturing........
Trans.and Pub.Util. ...
Trade...............
Finance ...•••••... .
Service l/...........
Government...........
Contract Construction..
63*5
26,7
70.8
l*.6
32.5
37.9
13.1
10.6
19.*
3.0
9.*
7.6
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Area Data
Table 9:
Employees in Nonagricultural Establishments by Industry Division,
Selected Areas - Continued
(in thousands)
Area
WASHINGTON-Continued
Tac oma-Cont inued
Manufactur ing........
Trans.and Pub.Util. ...
Trade...............
Finance....... ......
Service l/...........
Government...........
./EST VIRGINIA
Charleston
Total...............
Mining..............
Contract Construction..
Number of Employees
1950
1951 *
Dec.
Dec. 1 Nov.
1^.7
6.5
15.9
2A
7.1
18.5
17.1
6.6
15.2
2 .^
7.5
18.2
18.5
6.7
16.0
2.k
6.8
17.6
Area
Charleston-Continued
Manufacturing........
Trans.and Pub.Util. ...
Trade....... ........
Finance............ .
Service••••••••••••••••
Government....... .
WISCONSIN
Milwaukee
Manufacturing... .
(3/)
(3/)
(3/)
97.8
21.1
3.8
99.2
22.8
5.1
Racine
Manufacturing.... .
See Explanatory Notes and Glossary for definitions.
1/
Includes mining.
2/ Beylead series; not strictly comparable vith previously published data.
3/ Hot available.
Includes mining and finance.
5/ Subarea of Hew York-Northeastern Hew Jersey.
6/ Excludes interstate railroads.
Number of Employees
1951
1950
Dec. t Nov.
Dec.
(3/)
(3/)
28.1
9.2
17.2
2.8
6.9
8.9
26.9
9.0
17.2
2.7
7.1
8.6
196.8
195.8
193.8
24.5
24.3
2k.2
m
m
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Explanatory Notes
Section A.
Purpose and Scope of the BLS Employment Statistics Program -
Employment statistics for nanfarm industries presented in this
monthly Beport are part of the broad program of the Bureau of Labor
Statistics to provide timely, comprehensive, accurate and detailed infor
mation for the use of businessmen, government officials, legislators,
labor unions, research workers and the general public. Current employment
statistics furnish a basic indicator of changes in economic activity in
various sectors of the economy and are widely used in following business
developments and in making decisions in fields of marketing, personnel,
plant location and government policy. The BLS employment statistics pro
gram, providing data used in making official indexes of production,
productivity and national income, forms an important part of the Federal
statistical system.
The BLS publishes monthly the national total of employees in
nonagricultural establishments, giving totals by 8 major industrial
groups: manufacturing, mining, contract construction, transportation and
public utilities, trade, finance, service, and government. Series on "all
employees" and "production and related workers" are presented for the du
rable goods and nondurable goods subdivisions of manufacturing, 21 major
industry groups in manufacturing, over 100 separate manufacturing indus
tries; all employees and production workers are presented also for
selected mining industries. "All employees" only are published for over
it-0 industry groups in contract construction, transportation and public
utilities, trade, finance, service, and government. Statistics on the
number and proportion of women employees in manufacturing industries are
published quarterly. In addition, the Bureau of Labor Statistics pub
lishes monthly employment data by industry division for State and local
areas, compiled by cooperating State agencies.
Current national, state, and area statistics are published
monthly in the Employment and Payrolls Beport. Employment data for
thirteen months are presented in the Current Statistics Section of each
issue of the Monthly Labor Beview. Historical data are also presented in
the BLS Handbook of Labor Statistics (1950 edition). Summary tables
showing national data for prior months and years may be obtained by
writing to the BLS Division of Manpower and Employment Statistics.
Similar information is available for States and areas. A detailed expla
nation of the technique of preparing employment statistics is presented in
the Monthly Labor Beview, January 1950 and in BLS Bulletin No. 993>
Techniques of Preparing Major BLS Statistical Series.
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Section B. Definition of Employment BLS employment statistics represent the number of persons
employed, in establishments in nonagricultural industries in the continen
tal United States during a specified payroll period. Employment data for
nongovernmental establishments refer to persons who worked during, or re
ceived pay for, any part of the pay period ending nearest the 15th of the
month. Current data for Federal government establishments generally refer
to persons who worked during, or received pay for, any part of the last
pay period of the previous month; for state and local government, persons
who received pay for any part of the pay period ending on, or immediately
prior tOf the last day of the current month.
Employed persons include those who are working full- or parttime, on a temporary or permanent basis. Persons on establishment
payrolls who are an paid sick-leave, paid holiday or paid vacation, or who
work during a part of a specified pay period and are unemployed or on
strike during the other part of the period are considered employed.
Persons on the payroll of more than one establishment during the pay
period are counted each time reported. On the other hand, persons who are
laid off or are on leave without pay, who are on strike for the entire pay
period, or who are hired but do not report to work during the pay period
are not considered employed. Slnee proprietors, self-employed persons,
and unpaid family workers do not have the status of "employee", they are
not covered by BLS reports. Persons working as farm workers or as domes
tic workers in households are not within the scope of data for nonagricul
tural establishments. Government employment statistics refer to civilian
employees only and hence exclude members of the Armed Forces.
Section C.
Method of Preparing Employment Series -
The BLS prepares monthly employment figures from statistical
reports voluntarily furnished by & group of establishments and from indus
try benchmark data, i.e. a complete count of employees generally compiled
from establishment reports required In the administration of the unemploy
ment Insurance and old age and survivors insurance programs. Based on
establishment reports, employment statistics are prepared for numerous In
dustry classifications. Monthly employment data for each Industry are
collected and prepared from these sources according to the methods out
lined In the following sections.
Section D.
Collection of Establishment Reports -
The BLS, with the cooperation of State agencies, collects
current employment information for most Industries by means of question
naires (BLS 790 Forms) mailed monthly to Individual establishments. State
agencies mall most of the forms and when returned, examine them for
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Section D. Collection of Establishment Reports (Continued) consistency, accuracy and completeness. States use the information to
prepare State and area series and send the schedules to the BLS Division
of Manpower and Employment Statistics for use in preparing the national
series. Each questionnaire provides space for reporting data for December
of the previous year and each month of the calendar year; the same form is
returned each month to the reporting establishment to be completed.
Definitions of terms are described in detail in the instructions on each
form. This type of "shuttle" schedule is designed to assist firms to re
port consistently, accurately and with a minimum of cost. An
establishment is defined as a single physical location, such as a factory,
mine, or store where business is conducted. In the case of a company with
several plants or establishments, the BLS endeavors to obtain separate re
ports from each business unit which maintains separate payroll records
since each may be classified in a different industry.
Section E.
Coverage of Establish— at Reports -
The Bureau of Labor Statistics obtains monthly reports from
approximately 150,000 establishments, distributed by industry as shown by
the table belov. The table also shorn the approximate proportion of total
employment in each industry division covered by the group of establish
ments furnishing monthly employment data. The coverage for individual
Industries within the divisions may vary from the proportions shown.
APPROXIMATE SIZE AND COVERAGE OF MONTHLY SAMPLE
USED IN BLS EMPLODCBHT AKD PAY-ROLL STATISTICS
Division or industry
Mining
Contract construction
Manufacturing
Transportation and public utilities:
Interstate railroads (ICC)
Other transportation and public
utilities (BLS)
Trade
Finance
Service:
Hotels
Laundries and cleaning and
dyeing plants
Government:
Federal (Civil Service CoaBlssion)
State and local. (Bureau of Census quarterly)
:
Employees
:
Number
:Number in :Percent
:
of
establishments : sample :of total
3,300
19,500
1*2,000
502,000
776,000
10,660,000
55
1,1*06,000
28
66
58,500
9,200
i,3to,ooo
1,765,000
639,000
1,300
139,000
2,200
99,000
96
^9
18
23
29
19
—
2,336,000
100
—
2 , 61*5,000
65
—
13,000
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Section F.
5k -
Classification of Establishments Reports -
To present meaningful tabulations of employment data,
establishments are classified into industries an the basis of the princi
pal product or activity determined from information on 'annual sales volume
for a recent year. In the case of an establishment making more than one
product, the entire employment of the plant is included under the industry
indicated by the most important product. The titles and descriptions of
industries presented in the 19^5 Standard Industrial Classification
Manual, Vol. I: (U. S. Bureau of the Budget, Washington, D. C.) are used
for classifying reports from manufacturing establishments; the 19^2
Industrial Classification Code, (U. S. Social Security Board) for reports
from nonmanufacturing establishments.
Section G. Benchmark Data Basic sources of benchmark information are periodic
tabulations of employment data, by industry, compiled by State agencies
from reports of establishments covered under State unemployment insurance
laws. Supplementary tabulations prepared by the U. S. Bureau of Old Age
and Survivors Insurance are used for the group of establishments exempt
from State unemployment insurance laws because of their small size. For
industries not covered by either of the two programs, benchmarks axe .com
piled from special establishment censuses: for example, for interstate
railroads, from establishment data reported to the ICC; for State and
local government, from data reported to the Bureau of the Census; for the
Federal government, from agency data compiled by the Civil Service
Commission. Establishments are classified into the same industrial
groupings for benchmark purposes as they are for monthly reporting.
Because the industry data from unemployment insurance and OASI
tabulations are not sufficiently detailed, the BLS has prepared for se
lected manufacturing industries special benchmarks based on data from the
19hJ Census of Manufactures. Table 4 shows current data on production
workers in these selected industries, based on Census benchmarks. Since
there are important differences in the methods of preparing the two sets
of benchmark data, monthly statistics derived from them are not strictly
comparable. Hence, totals for industry groups (e.g. broadwoven fabric
mills, iron and steel foundries) derived by adding the figures for the in
dividual component industries shown in Table k, differ from the industry
group totals shown in Table 3, based on benchmarks from social insurance
programs.
Section H.
Estimating Method -
The estimating procedure for industries for which data on both
all employees and production and related workers are published (i.e.
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Section H.
Estimating Method (Continued) -
manufacturing and selected mining industries) is outlined below;
substantially the same method is uBed for industries for which only fig
ures on either all employees or production workers are published.
The first step is to determine total production-worker
employment in the industry in the benchmark period since neither of the
social insurance programs furnishes benchmark data for production workers.
The all employee benchmark figure is multiplied by the ratio of the number
of production workers to all employees. The ratio is computed from estab
lishment reports Which show data for both items for the benchmark period.
Thus, if 75 firms'report in the benchmark period 25,000 production workers
and an all employee total of 31,250, the production worker - all employee
ratio would be .80, (25,000 divided by 31,250). If the all-employee
benchmark is 50,000, the production-worker totel in the benchmark period
would be .80 times 50,000 or 40,000.
The second step is to compute the total producticn-vorker
employment in the month following the benchmark period. The producticnworker total for ihe benchmark period is multiplied by the percent change
over the month in production-worker employment in a group of establish
ments reporting in both months. Thus, if firms in the BLS sample report
employment of 30,000 production workers In March and 31,200 In April, the
percentage increase would be k percent (1,200 divided by 30,000). The
production-worker total in April would be 104 percent of 40,000, the
production-worker total in March, the benchmark month, or 41,600.
The third step is to compute the all-employee total for the
industry in the month following the benchmark period* The productionworker total for the month is divided by the ratio of production workers
to all employees. This ratio is computed from establishment reports for
the month showing data for both items. Thus, If these firms in April re
port 24,000 production workers and a total of 29,600 employees, the ratio
of production workers to all employees would be .81 (24,000 divided by
29,600). The all-employee total in April would be 51,358, (41,600 divided
by .81).
Figures for subsequent months are computed by carrying forward
the totals for the previous month according to the method described above.
When annua] benchmark data become available, the BLS employment figures
for the benchmark period are compared with the total count. If differ
ences are found, the BIS series are adjusted to agree with the benchmark
count.
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section I.
Comparability with, other Employment Estimates -
Data published by other government and private agencies differ
from BI£ employment statistics because of differences in definition,
sources of information, and methods of collection, classification and es
timation. BLS monthly figures are not comparable, for example, with the
estimates of the Bureau of the Census Monthly Report on the Labor Force,
Census data are obtained by personal interviews with individual members of
a sample of households and are designed to provide information on the work
status of the whole population, classified into broad social and economic
groups. The BLS, an the other hand, obtains by mail questionnaire data on
employees, based on payroll records of business units and prepares de
tailed statistics on the industrial and geographic distribution of
employment and on hours of work and earnings.
Employment estimates derived by the Bureau of the Census from
its quinquennial census and annual sample surveys of manufacturing estab
lishments also differ from BLS employment statistics. Among the important
reasons for disagreement are differences in industries covered, in the
business units considered parts of an establishment, and in the industrial
classification of establishments.
Section J. Employment Statistics for States and Areas State and area employment statistics are collected and
prepared by State agencies in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor
Statistics. The names and addresses of these agencies are listed on the
last page of the Report. State agencies use the same basic schedule as
the Bureau of Labor Statistics in collecting employment statistics. State
series are adjusted to benchmark data from State unemployment insurance
agencies and the Bureau of Old Age and Survivors Insurance. Because some
States have more recent benchmarks than others and use slightly varying
methods of computation, the sum of the State figures differs from the of
ficial U. S. totals prepaired by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. State and
area data in greater industry detail and for earlier periods m y be se
cured directly upon request to the appropriate State agency or to the
Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Glossary
A ll Employees -
Includes production and related workers a s defined below and
workers engaged in the following activities:
executive , purchasing, finance,
accounting, legal, personnel (including cafeterias, med icalj etc.j)j professional
and technical activities, sales, sales-delivery, advert ising, credit collection,
and in installation and servicing of own products, rout ine office functions.
factory supervision (above the working foreman level),
Also includes employees
on the establishment payroll engaged in new constructio n and major additions or
alterations to the plant who are utilized as a separate workforce (force-account
construction workers).
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 payrolls of Federal, State, and local government, public
utilities, and private establishments, are excluded from contract construction
and included in the employment for such establishments.
Durable Goods ~
The durable goods subdivision includes the following major indus
try groups:
ordnance and accessories; lumber and wood products (except furni
ture); furniture and fixtures; stone, clay, and glass products; primary metal
industries; fabricated metal products (except ordnance, machinery, and trans
portation equipment); machinery (except electrical); electrical machinery;
transportation equipment; instruments and related products; and miscellaneous
manufacturing industries.
Finance -
Covers establishments operating in the fields of finance, insurance, and
real estate; excludes the Federal Reserve Banks and the mixed— ownership banks of
the Farm Credit Administration which are included under Government.
Government
— Covers Federal, State, and local government establishments performing
legislative, executive, and judicial functions, including Government corpora
tions, Government force-account construction, and such units as arsenals, navy
yards, hospitals.
Fourth-class postmasters are excluded from table 2; they are
included, however, in table 7.
State and local government employment excludes,
as nominal employees, paid volunteer firemen and elected officials of small
local uni t s .
Manufacturing
— Covers only private establishments; Government manufacturing
operations such as arsenals and navy yards are excluded from manufacturing and
included under Government.
Mining
— Covers establishments engaged in the extraction from the earth of organic
and inorganic minerals which occur in nature as solids, liquids, or gases; in
cludes various contract services required in mining operations, such as removal
of overburden, tunneling and shafting, and the drilling or acidizing of oil
wells; also includes ore dressing, beneficiating, and concentration.
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Nondurable Goods
— The nondurable goods subdivision includes the following major
industry groups:
food and kindred products; tobacco manufactures; textile—mill
products; apparel and other finished textile products; paper and allied products;
printing, publishingj and allied industries; chemicals and allied products;
products of petroleum and coal; rubber products; and leather and leather
product s .
P a y ro lls
— Private payrolls represent weekly payrolls of both full- and part-time
production and related workers who worked during,, or received pay for, any part
of the pay period ending nearest the i5th of the month, before deduction for
old-age and unemployment insurance; group insurance, withholding tax, bonds, and
union dues; also, 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.
Federal civilian payrolls are for the calendar month.
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 develop
ment, auxiliary production for plant's own use (e.g., power plant), and record
keeping and other services closely associated with the above production
operat ions.
S ervice
— Covers establishments primarily engaged in rendering services to indi
viduals and business firms, including automobile repair services.
Excludes
domestic service workers.
Nongovernment schools, hospitals, museums, etc., are
included under Service; similar Government establishments are included under
Government.
Trade -
Covers establishments engaged in wholesale trade, i.e., selling merchan
dise to retailers, and in retail trade, i.e., selling merchandise for personal
or household consumption, and rendering services incidental to the sales of
goods.
Similar Government establishments are included under Government.
Transportation and P u b lic U t i l i t i e s
— Covers only private establishments engaged
in providing all types of transportation and related services; telephone, tele
graph, and other communication services; or providing electricity, gas, steam,
water, or sanitary service.
Similar Government establishments are included
under Government.
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List of Cooperating State Agencies
ALABAMA
ARIZONA
ARKANSAS
CALIFORNIA
COLORADO
CONNECTICUT
DELAWARE
DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA
FLORIDA
GEORGIA
IDAHO
ILLINOIS
INDIANA
IOWA
KANSAS
KENTUCKY
LOUISIANA
MAINE
MARYLAND
MASSACHUSETTS
MICHIGAN
MINNESOTA
MISSISSIPPI
MISSOURI
Department o f I n d u s t r i a l R e l a t i o n s , Montgomery 5 .
Unemployment C o m p e n s a t i o n D i v i s i o n , Employment S e c u r i t y C o mmi s s i o n ,
Employment S e c u r i t y D i v i s i o n , Depar tment o f Labor, L i t t l e Rock.
D i v i s i o n o f L a bo r S t a t i s t i c s and R e s e a r c h , Depar tment o f I n d u s t r i a l
San F r a n c i s c o 1 .
- U. S. Bureau o f L a b o r S t a t i s t i c s , Denver 2 .
- Employment S e c u r i t y D i v i s i o n , Department o f Labor, H a r t f o r d 15 .
~~ F e der a l R e s e r v e Bank o f P h i l a d e l p h i a , P h i l a d e l p h i a 1 , P e n n s y l v a n i a .
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—
MONTANA
NEBRASKA
NEVADA
NEW HAMPSHIRE NEW JERSEY
NEW MEXICO
NEW YORK
—
NORTH CAROLINA NORTH DAKOTA OHIO
OKLAHOMA
OREGON
PENNSYLVANIA
RHODE ISLAND
SOUTH CAROLINA SOUTH DAKOTA TENNESSEE
TEXAS
UTAH
VERMONT
VIRGINIA
WASHINGTON
WEST VIRGINIA WISCONSIN
WYOMING
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Phoenix.
Relations,
U. S. Employment S e r v i c e f o r D. C. , W a s h i ng t o n 25.
Unemployment C o m p e n s a t i o n D i v i s i o n , I n d u s t r i a l C o mmi s s i o n , T a l l a h a s s e e .
Employment S e c u r i t y Agency, Department o f L abor, A t l a n t a 3 .
Employment S e c u r i t y Agency, B o i s e .
D i v i s i o n o f Pl a c ement and Unemployment C o m p e n s a t i o n , Department o f La bo r , C h i c a g o 54.
Employment S e c u r i t y D i v i s i o n , I n d i a n a p o l i s 9.
Employment S e c u r i t y C o mmi s s i on , Des M o i n e s 8 .
Employment S e c u r i t y D i v i s i o n , S t a t e La bo r Department , Topeka.
Bureau o f Employment S e c u r i t y , Department o f Economi c S e c u r i t y , F r a n k f o r t .
D i v i s i o n o f Employment S e c u r i t y , Department o f Labor, Bat on Rouge 4.
Employment S e c u r i t y C o mmi s s i o n , A u g u s t a .
Department o f Employment S e c u r i t y , B a l t i m o r e 1 .
D i v i s i o n o f S t a t i s t i c s , Department o f L a bo r and I n d u s t r i e s , B o s t o n 10.
Employment S e c u r i t y C o mmi s s i o n , D e t r o i t 2.
D i v i s i o n o f Employment and S e c u r i t y , S t . Paul 1 .
Employment S e c u r i t y C o mmi s s i o n , J a c k s o n .
D i v i s i o n o f Employment S e c u r i t y , Department o f L a b o r and I n d u s t r i a l R e l a t i o n s ,
Jefferso n City.
Unemployment C o m p e n s a t i o n C o mmi s s i o n , Hel ena.
D i v i s i o n o f Employment S e c u r i t y , Department o f La bo r , L i n c o l n 1 .
Employment S e c u r i t y Depa r t ment , C a r s o n C i t y .
D i v i s i o n o f Employment S e c u r i t y , Department o f La bo r , Conc or d.
Department o f L a b o r and I n d u s t r y , T r e n t o n 8 .
Employment S e c u r i t y C o mmi s s i o n , Al buq ue r que.
Bur eau o f R e s e a r c h and S t a t i s t i c s , D i v i s i o n o f P l a c emen t and Unemployment I n s u r a n c e ,
New York Department o f Labor, 1440 Broadway, New York 18.
Department o f La bo r , R a l e i g h .
Unemployment C o m p e n s a t i o n D i v i s i o n , B i s m a r c k .
B u r e a u ^ o f Unemployment C o m p e n s a t i o n , Col umbus 16.
Employment S e c u r i t y C o mmi s s i o n , Okl ahoma C i t y 2 .
Unemployment C o m p e n s a t i o n C o mmi s s i o n , Salem.
F e d e r a l R e s e r v e Bank o f P h i l a d e l p h i a , P h i l a d e l p h i a 1 ( m f g . ) ; Bureau o f R e s e a r c h and
I n f o r m a t i o n , Department o f L a b o r and I n d u s t r y , H a r r i s b u r g ( n o n m f g . ) .
Department o f Labor, P r o v i d e n c e 3 .
Employment S e c u r i t y C o mmi s s i o n , C o l u m b i a 1 .
Employment S e c u r i t y Depa r t ment , Aberdeen.
Department o f Employment S e c u r i t y , N a s h v i l l e 3 .
Employment C o mmi s s i o n , A u s t i n 19.
Department o f Employment S e c u r i t y , I n d u s t r i a l C o mmi s s i o n , S a l t Lake C i t y 13 .
Unemployment C o m p e n s a t i o n C o mmi s s i o n , M o n t p e l i e r .
D i v i s i o n o f R e s e a r c h and S t a t i s t i c s , Department o f L a bo r and I n d u s t r y , Richmond 19.
Employment s e c u r i t y Depar tment , Ol y mp i a .
Department o f Employment S e c u r i t y , C h a r l e s t o n 5 .
I n d u s t r i a l C o mmi s s i o n , M a d i s o n 3 .
Employment S e c u r i t y C o mmi s s i o n , C a s p e r .
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EM PLO Y M EN T DEVELO PM EN TS
STATE AND AREA DATA— EMPLOYMENT, HOURS, AND EARNINGS Data available for States and areas in varying industry detail
since 1947.
MANPOWER REPORTS - Special studies of manpower problems in activities of importance
to the defense effort.
Reports numbered consecutively as issued.
Those
not listed are either out of date or restricted for security reasons.
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3 - The N a t i o n ’s Scientific and Technical Manpower
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Manpower Requirements of the Machine Tool Industry in the
Current Mobilization Program
N o . 10
Manpower Requirements for the Merchant Marine
N o . 11
Manpower Requirements in Metal Mining
N o . 12
Defense Manpower Requirements in Electronics Production
N o . 13
The Effects of Defense Program on Employment in Automobile
Industry
EMPLOYMENT AND SHIFT OPERATIONS IN METALWORKING INDUSTRIES - Number of workers em
ployed and their distribution by shift in selected metalworking industries.
Prepared quarterly and available beginning with the third quarter of 1951.
OCCUPATIONAL OUTLOOK HANDBOOK, 2d EDITION, Bulletin No. 998 of Bureau of Labor
Statistics issued in cooperation with the Veterans Administration.
575 pp. - Available from the Superintendent of Documents, Government P rint
ing Office, Washington 25, D. C . , at $3.00 a copy.
A comprehensive cover
age of major occupations for use in guidance with reports on each of 433
occupations and industries including industrial, professional, "whitecollar," and farming occupations in which most young people will find jobs.
Trends and outlook are emphasized to depict the changing nature of occupa
tional and industrial life, and to help in long-range educational and ca
reer planning.
Occupation reports describe employment outlook, nature of
work, industries and localities in which workers are employed, training
and qualifications needed, earnings, working conditions, and sources of
further information.
This material is current as of late 1950.
New
editions of the Handbook will be issued from time to time.
FACT BOOK ON MANPOWER, January 1951, 52 pp. - Statistics on the population and la
bor force of the United States, on its industrial and occupational distri
bution, and on potential manpower resources under conditions of national
emergency.
SELECTED FACTS ON THE EMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC STATUS OF OLDER MEN AND WOMEN,
January 1952, 32 pp. - Basic data pertaining to older workers, including
information on population and labor force trends, industrial and occu
pational characteristics, and on income and employment.
TABLES OF WORKING LIFE, LENGTH OF WORKING LIFE FOR MEN, Bulletin No. 1001, August
1950, 74 pp. - Tables comparing a m a n ’s life span with his work span. Also
labor force entry rates, and separation rates due to death and retirement.
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