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March 14 1945
i4j 1S4&

U * S ; Dep& rtmeat ° f
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Employmant and Occupational Outlook Branch
Division of Employmait Statistics
EMPLOYES'! T AM) PAY ROLLS
Detailed Report

January 194*>
Table

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CONTENTS

Page

Estimated number of wage earners in manufacturing
‘ industries.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2

‘Indexes of wage-eor ner employment and of wage-.earner
! pay roll in manufacturing ir.dustrie s . . . . . . . .

8

Indexes of employment and pay rolls in selected nonmanufacturing industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

14

Estimated number'of wage earners in selected
•nonmanufacturing industries* • • • ' . . « . • » « • •
<
Percentage changes in employment and pay rolls in
selected nonmanufacturing industries;
Estimated rivmber
vestablishments,
ti
Estimated, number
establishments,.

1?

1?

of employees in fconagricultural
by industry division# ♦ • • • • • •

l6

of employees in nonsgrictjltural
by State, December 1944.* . . . . . .

17

Employment in regular Federal services’ and

Government Corporations, in selected mciiths • . . «

19

Total employment and pay rolls in United States N a v y
Yards and-Private Shipyards within Continental U . S . ,
by shipbuilding region • , . . . . . . . . . . . . .

20

Estimated employment and pay. rolls on construction
within Continental United States...................................

21

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Table 1.

Estii&te'd Humber of Wage Earners in Manufacturing industries.
(in thousands)

Industry Group
or Industry
ALL MANUFACTURING l /
DURABLE GOODS l/~
UOKDURABLE GOODS l /
Durable Goods
IROH AMD STEEL AND THEIR PRODUCTS l /
Blast furnaces, steel works* and
rolling mills
Gray-iron and semi-ste6l‘ castings
Malleable-iron castings
Steel castings
Cast-iron pipe* and' fittings
Tin cans and other tinware
Wire drawn from purchased rods
Wire work*
Cutlery and edge tools
Tools ( except edge tools, machine
tools/ files’, arid sa'ws*)
Hardware
Plumbers1 supplies
Stoves, ‘oil 'bUrxiers; and heating
equipment not elsewhere classified
Steam and hot-water heating
apparatus and steaifi fittings Stamped and enameled ware and
galvanizing
Fabric&t£drstructural and
ornamental metalwork
Metal doors, sash, frames, molding,
and trim' *
Bolts, nuts, washers, and rivets
Forgings, iron and steel
Wrought* pipe, we Ided and heavy
riveted * * *
Screw-machine products and wood
screws
Steel* b‘arre*ls', kegs*, nrd drums
Firearms
ELECTRICAL MACHINERY l /
Electrical equipment
Radios and phonographs
Communication equipment




Jan*'
1945

Dec."
1944

fiov.'
1944

Jan.
1S44

13,112
7,796
5,316

! 13'±190
■
; 7 ,804
5 ,386

13,161
7,739
5,372

14,338
8,765
5,573

l ,# 7

| 1,551

1,637

" 1,736

47*.8
* * 7r.6

25.9
72.1
.7
39.8
32.8
34 .6.
24.3
28.0
46.2
22.>

:

5
I

474.7

74.6

1
i
;
!

;

!
!
■!

63.1

25.6
71.6
15.7
39.4
32.4
34 .6
24 i3

.473*3
73.2
25.1
71.7
15.4
38*9

.497.8
77.2

32.1

35 *2

25.8
80.3
15.6
33.6

34.7
23.7

34.0
22.7

27,5
46.4

26 :9
45 >9

22.1

21*8

28.7
47 *5
23*5

63.9

62.5

62.8

55.2

|

55.3

54,8

59.7

87.3

j

’ ■ 37.0

86 i 2

91.3

73.2

j

72i8

72*5

75*5

10.7

;
1

10 i8
24 i6
35.0

13.7

|

10.8
24 U
35 *3

40.7

23-8

I

2; '.4

24'*4

26.7

42.7

!
I
1

42.9

42.4
7.7
38.0

48 .4

8.2
34.5

693
429.3
118.1
104.9

:
!
i

431.8

24.1
35.6

8.0
36.8

702
119.2

;

105'. 8 i

707

433.0

121 .4

107.2

29.4

8.2
62.2
765
465.2
131.2
118.8

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Table 1. - Estimated dumber of 7/age -Earners in Manufacturing Industries - Cont'd
(In thousands)
Industry Group
or Industry
MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL l /
Maqhinery and machine-shop products
Engines q.nd turbine^
Tractors
Agric ultura1 mac hiner y , excluding
. tractors
Machine tools
t
Machine-tool accessories
Textile ipachinerv
Pumps and pumping equipment
Typewriters
Cash registers, adding and
calculating machines
Washing machines, wringers and
driers domestic
Sowing machines, domestic and
industrial
Kefrigerators and refrigeration
equipment
THAKSPORTATIOE EQUIPMENT, EXCEPT
AUTOMOBILES l /
Locomotives
Cars, electric- and steamrailroad
Shipbuilding and boatbuilding
Motorcycles, bicycles, and parts

Jan.
1944

Dec.
1944

1,165
451.8
68.1
57.5

1,159
4 4 9.6
67*8
57.3

:1,149
445.5
■
67.5
56.6

1,284
4 98.6
70*7
5 9.1

4 4 .0
74,3
65.0
26»7
73.8
12.8

44.6
74.3
65.0
27.3
73.9
12.6

4 4 .0
74.0
64.5
27.3
73.6
12.3

4 4 .1
■88.9
78.3
28.5
83.6
12.4

o0. 6

30.8

3 1 .1

35*6

12.0

11*7

11.4'

14.8

1 0.7

10.5

10.0

52.6-

51. a-

59.0

11.0
;
‘1

Nov.
1944

Jan.
1945

.

52.6 |

.2,082
;2,096
3 4 .0 ^
35.5

.

2,108'
35.5

2,560
3 6.4
60. 5
; 1 ,2 4 9 .6
10.3

58.0
1 ,0 2 0 .6
9.4

5 7 .6
1 ,0 3 4 .5
9.4

56.5
1 ,0 4 5 .7
9.2

AUTOMOBILES l /

682

677

669

766

HONFERROUS METALS Ai;D THEIR PRODUCTS l /
Smelting and refining,, primary,
of nonferrous metals
Alloying and rolling and drawing
of nonferrous metals exceptaluminum
i
Clocks and -watches
Jewelry (prscious metals) and
jewelers' findings
Silverware and plated v/are
Lighting equipment
Aluminum.manufa ct ure s
Shoet-metal work, not elsewhere
classified

358

397

385'

458




39.5

3 9 ,8

•40.4

5 8 .8

70.6
25. 6

6 9 .6
26.0

69.0
2 5.9

74.6
25.5

13,311.0
26.0
66.8

13.5
11.1
26.5
64.5

13.4
11.1
26.3
64.2

1 4 .7
11.5
26.2
8 6 .0

3 1 .8

32.4

3 2 .7

3 0.4

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‘:Table 1, - Estimated Humber of Yfage Earners in Hanuf&cturing Industries - Cont'd
, (In thousands)

...

Industry Group
or Industry

Jan*
1S45

Doo.
1944

No t ,
! *’1944

Jan.
1944

LUMBER AND TIMBER BASIC PRODUCTS l /
.^Sawmills and logging camps
Planing and. plywood mills

450
:
2 19.1.
70*4 :

452
220.5
70.5

459
2 2 6 .1-.
69.4

487
235, -677.8

FURNITURE JMD FIEISHED LUEBER
PRODUCTS ±f
Liattresses^ and bed springs
Furniture
V/ooden boxes, other than cigar
Caskets and other morticians’ goods
Y/ood preserving
Y/ood, turned and shaped

338
17.7
152.2
27*5
Ho 9
9 .9
21.6

340
17*9
153,3
" 27.5
11.8
9,9
21.6

338
18.0
15.2. 7
2 7.2’
12.0
9*7
21.4

361.
■17.7
167.0
2 8.0
12.2
' 9* 9
22.1

327
87,2

348
91,9

10.6
17.1
4 1.4
3 9.9
4,Q

10,8
18*fl
45*8
40, 9
.4* 6

STONE, CLAY,"AMD GLASS PRODUCTS l /
■Glass ard .glassware #
C-lass products made from
.purchased glass
Cement
Brick, t il e , and terra cotta
Pottery and related products'
Gydsum
«/ *■
1/Vallboard, piaster (except gypsum),
and mineral wool
Lime
Marble, granite, slate, and other
products^
Abrasives^
Asbestos products
Nondurable Goods
TEXTILE -LULL PRODUCTS -iJJD CTIIBR FIBER
LlAliUFACTUBE S l /
Cotton manufactures, except small
ware s
Cotton small vra.ros
Silk and ^rayon goods
Woolen and worsted manufactures,
except dyeing and finishing
Hosiervv *
*
^Knitted cloth
■Knitted outerwear ard knitted gloves
Knitted .underwear
*
m
f
Dyeing and finishing textiles,
including woolen ard worsted
Carpets and rugs, wool
Hats, fur-felt
Jute goods, except felts
Cordage and twine




;

328
88.0 I
1 0 .7
16.5
41.4 I
39.5
4 o0

330
87.8'

!

I
!

10, 7'
17.2
4 1 .8
4 0.0
3.9.

9 .5
7 .7

9 .7
7.6

9 .6
7 .7

10*7
8*8

13.8
21.3
20.3

14.0
21.2
20.4

1 3.9
21.1
1 9.9

1 1 .7
23*3
22*0

.,083

;'1>092

4 3 2.7
13.5
88,8

4 3 3.7
13.6;
89.8

146.6
100.7
10.3
28.5
3 4.4

148.3
102.4
10.4
29.4
3 4 .6

59.9
20.3
9.4
3 ,2
15* 1

60.3
20.4
9.5
3.3
15,4

j1,081

;

1 ,162

428.8
13.5
89.2

■459*3
l:-.7
93*4

146.8
1 0 2.0' :
io .2
29.2
34. 4;

158*2
110,9
11*4
30*7
38*7

5 9 .3 ”
20,3
9 .4
3 ,3
15.1

65*3
20*8
9,8
3 ,5
16*6

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Table 1# Estimated Number of Wage Earners in Manufacturing Industries - C'orJd
(In thousands)
Indus’try Group
or Industry
APPAREL AND OTHER FINISHED TEXTILE
PRODUCTS \ /
Menfs clothing, not .dIsewhere
classified"
Shirts, collars, ar.d 'nightwear
Unclerwear 'and neckwear, men’ s
Work shirts
■Women’ s clothing, not elsewhere
classified
Corsets and*allied garments
Millinery
Kandke rchie fs
Curtains, draperies, and bedspreads
House furnishings, other than
curtains, etc#
Textile bags
LEATHER AND LEATHER PRODUCTS l /
Lea.ther
Boot and shoe cut stock and
findings
Boots and shoes
Leather gloves and mittens
Trunks and suitcases
FOOD V
Slaughtering and meat packing
Butter
Condensed and evaporated milk
Ice cream
Flour
Fec'ds, prepared
Cereal preparations
Baking
Sugar refining, cr.no’
Sugar, beet
Confectionery
Beverages, nonalcoholic
Malt liquors
Canning and''preserving
TOBACCO tLuiUFACTURES l /
Cigarettes
Cigars
Tobacco (chbv/ing and’ smoking)
and snuff




Jan.
1945

Dsci
1944

Novi
1944

Jan,
j 1944

83 7

851

854

906-

201,2
4 9 .6
11.9
14.1

204.5
51.0
12.1
14.3

205.7
51.1 ;
12.2 :
14.5 |

216., 5
54*8
12.3
16.. 9

214.6
14.6
19.4
2 .6
10.9

216.7
15.1
19.0
2.8
12.8

217.5
15.0
18.4
2.8
13.0

; 228.7
.
1 6 .L
19,3.
\
3 .4'
i
'
15..0

11.5
14.0

11.9
14.0

11.8
13.9

1 2 .7
15*4

311
39.5

312
39.6

310
39.2

315
40..8

16.0
173.1
12.3
12.9

16.2
173.4
12.6
12.9

16.2
172.3
12.8
1 3 .0

16*4
175.Q
13.4
11.8

,013
1,054
154.7
155.4
20.7
20.8
13.0
12.8
13.3
13.7
29.5 !
29.3
21.3 :
20.6
8.9
8.6
257.0
264.8
15.3
15.2
5.2
15.6
59.1
62.4
25.8
26.1
4 9 .6
51.1
105.3
113.8

1,074
149.1
21.1
1^. 0
13.9
28.9
20.4
;
8". 4
264.8
15.0
1
2.1.8
-60.7
•26.5
51.3
134.3

1*021
172.3
1 9.6
1 2 .1
13. Q
30.0.
21,8
9 .6
258.6
14.2
5 .4
59.0
2.5.9
4 7 .1
94.8

82
35.2
33.3

85
36.4
34 . 4

84
3 5 .8
6

88
3 5 .7
37 .9

8 .6

8 .6

8.4

8 .7

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Table'1 . ■
* Estimated Number* of Wage Earners in Manufacturing Industries - Cont'd
(in thousands)
Industry Group
or Industry

Jan;
1945

i t)ec*
: 1944

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

309
147.4
4 4 .7
9.5
13.2
77.7

; *312
j 147.2
4 5 .6
!
9 .7
13.3
7S.1

PRINTING, PUBLISHING, M D ALLIED
INDUSTRIES 1 /
Newspapers and periodicals
Printing, book and job
Lithographing
Bookbinding

328
109.6
131.3
24.3
27.9

i 335
: 111.3135.5
24.7
28.3

CHEMICALS ABD ALLIED FRODUCTS l /
Paints, varnishes, and colors
Drugs, medicines, and
insecticides
Perfumes and cosmetics
Soap
Rayon and allied products
Chemicals, not elsewhere
classified
Explosives and safety fuses
Compressed and liquefied gases*
Ammunition, small-$.rms
Fireworks
Cottonseed* oil
Fertilizers

628
29 .7

.
|

I'JOVi
1044
308
145.0
44.8
9 .7
13.2
78.8
:

• . Jan.
1944
321
149.4
4 7 .4
10.2
13.2
8 4 .0 ’

333
110.7
134.5
24.4
27.8

338
110.5
137.0
24.9
3 0 .1

621
3 0.1

607
• 29.8

665
29,6

4 9 .2
12.3
13.6
54.1

4 9 .8
12.7
13.-6
54.2

4 9 .6
12.8
13,5
5 3.7

50,2
11«?
I3»5
53..1.

115.2
95.1
5 .9
61.0
25.9
19 .7
23.1

■
; 115.5
1
93.5
5 .9
55.1
26.9
20.4
21.5

115.2
90.3
5. 6
50,4
26.6
21.1
20.0

122.3:
7 9.8
6*1
‘ 96.3.
2 8*.6
: 20.423.5

PRODUCTS OF PETROLEUM AND COAL l /
Petroleim ‘refining
’
Coke and by-products
Paving materials
Roofing materials

133
91.5
22.2
1 .6
9 .5

;

133
90.8
22.0
1.6
9 .6

132
80.3
22.2
1 .7
9 .6

125
82.8
23.3
1..4
-2.S-

RUBBER PRODUCTS l /
Rubber tires and inner tubes
Rubber boo*bs and shoes
Rubber goocls, other
'■
*■

196
95.3
17.8
71.3

194
93.0
18.3
71.4

: 192
92.8
18.3
70.3

MISCELLANEOUS INDUSTRIES l /
Instruments (professional and
S c ie n tific ), and fire control'
Equipment’
Photographic apparatus
Optical instruments ahd
ophthalmic goods
Pianos, organs, and parts
Games, toys, and dolls
Buttons
Firo extinguishers

396




58.8
28.0
2o.6
7.3
16.5
9 .2
4 .9

;

397

:

397

59.0
2 8.0
23.5
7.1
16.8
8 .8
5 .0

:
1
1

.204
94 ..2
21.3
7S..7
428

59.2
27.9

68. X
30. D

23.4
7.1
16.9
9.4
5 .1

26.,6
i 1 0.0
; 15.9
1 10fl.3
i
7,4.

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Table 1. - Estimated Number of Ytfage Earners in Manufacturing Industries'

ContTa

l / ‘ Estimates for. the major industry grouse have been adjusted tot levels, indicated
by final' 1942 and preliminary 1S43. data made available by the Bureau of
Employment- Security, of -the (Federal Security Agency# These ..data are*-not
\comparable-with cTa'ta published!;in mimeographed releases dated prior to
’February 1945 ..or the :.March i9 4 5 *issue *of the Monthly Labor Review# Comparable
•data from January 1939 are available upon request. Estimates for'individual
industries have been adjusted to levels indicated by the 1939 Census of
Manufactures/ ;but no-t to Federal’ Security Agency data* For this reason,
together with the fact that this Bureau has not prepared estimates for certain
in d u s t r i e s t h e sum'of the- individual industry estimates will not agree’with
totals*shown for the major industry.groups#




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Table 2. - Indexes of Wage-Earner Employment and of Wage Earner
Pay Roll in Manufacturing Industries
(1939 Average = 100)
Industry Group
or Industry

ILL MANUFACTURING l /
DURABLE GOODS l / -'
:H0UDUIiABLE GOODS l /

Yfage -ea rno r empl oyment ;
JS9”.®? I'.1}?. ..P1'*y...J19.1.1.....
Jan. " IDao. -iiov, |Jan» -i Jan. .:Doc, .[Nov,.; Jan.
1945 11944 !1944 =1944 j 1S45 :1944 !l944 !1944

150 , 1 !l 6 l . o ! 160 , 7 ! 17? .0 ! 330.3 3 3 1 . 8 !327.3136.1
2 l ^ ,9 :2 l 6 .i :2 1 ? .7 i 2 4 2 ,7 !. 4 5 4.2 4 ^ ^ .8 1 4 ^0 ,3 ^8 9 .4
1 1 6 .0 ! 1 1 7 . 6 !117*3!121*7
209.2 210,5 j207 .0|2D4 *0

Durable Goods

EP.ON AND STEEL AMD THEIR PRODUCTS l / 167 . 1 !166 *5 j165., 2 |175.1
’Blast furnaces, steel works,
and rolling mills
Grav-iron and semi-steel
castings
Malleable-iron castings
Steel castings
Cast-iron pipe and fittings
Tincans and other tinware
Wire drawn from purchased rods
Wirework
Cutlery and edge tools
Tools (except edge tools,
machine tools, file s , and
saws )
Hardware
Plumbers * supplies
Stoves, oil burners, and
heating equipment not
elsewhere classified
Steam and hot •’■water heating
apparatus and steam fittings
Stamped and enameled ware
and galvanizing
Fabricated structural and
ornamental metalwork
Metal doors, sash, frames,
molding, and trim
Bolts, nuts, xvashers, and
rivets
Forgings, iron and steel
Wrought pipe, welded and
heavy riveted
Screw-machine products and
wood screws
Steel barrels, kegs, and drums
Firearms

ELECTRICAL MACHINERY l /
Electrical equipment
Radios and phonographs
Commimication equipment




122 . 2 ; 122. 2 ! 122 ,

128.2

:

316.3! 316 , 7 )
224,4! 225 .5 I

129 . 3 !127 .6 ! 125..3! 132 .1
143 .6 :142.1! 138,.9! 142,8
239 . 7 ' 239.1: 23 3,,l! 266.7
■
5 . 3 ; 93 .2 : 94.3
S 5 .3 ; ■
125.2: -23.9! 122,.4 !105.8
149.4! 147.6! 145,.9! 160,4
113.9! 113.7l 114 .3; 111.9
157.4] 157.3; 153 *8i 147,3

265.l! 261 . 7 ! 251.7:257.8
305,1 : 305.5: 291 9 291.2
457.3! 454.9!144 8.61488.1
193.5: 192 . 1 ! 187.9:173.4
219.3! 215 .6 ! 205,4j 179 .5
260. 8i257.1! 251.2267 .2
236.4! 235 . 8 ! 229.7226.6
336.5! 333.o; 320 .41301.9

130.5! 177.-2| 175 .41 187.2
129.5! 130.3! 128 .9! 133.2
91.4; 89.8; 88 .4; 95.4

353.7 347.1;
273.6: 275.9173.4; 168 . 0 ;

136 . 8 |138 . 6 !135 .5! 136.1

267 . 2! 269.4!

132,3; 182.6| 180 •s| 197.0

356.1! 353.6 j

.:

. 2: 154,3

336.7! 332,3!

: 206. 1 ;2C5.0: 204 . 2| 212.6

395.1; 401 . 7 !

157.2; 156 . 6 :

138 , 2 !;139 . 2 : 140 .0 176.5 ’ 265.0; 274.5|
168 .?::i68.5: 171 .6 205.6 i 329 . 2^333.4!
231.5!:229 .5 !1227 .7 254 ,6 : 4 77 . 0; 467.3!
2 54.5 j292.1 291 .4 318.8 i 571.7;

583.4:

i 252.2 :253.5;: 250 .8 286.3 . 509.2: 493.7! 488.9553.9
: 135 .5 :1132.5 : 126 ,4 135.3 ; 261 .6; 270 .4! 247.8254.8
-1244 .2 ’ 1509.2! 3659.2;:1758.41289%?
' 689.1 735.2 !75o • O

269.2 271 -.1 : 272 .9 295.2 . 504.8; 504.3: 498.7i521.1
237.5 238.9 !239 .5 257.3 . 4 5 4 ,4; 452 . 0! 443.8^64.8
271.3 274.1 ! 278 .9 301.5 ! 534.4! 537.3! 541.7:559.7
326,5 329.5 =333 .7 370,0 : 541.3! 548.1: 549.5:562.9

9.
Table 2. - Indexes o f.lYage-Earner Employment -and- of Wage-Earner
Pay Roll in Manufacturing Industries --Continued

Industry' Group
or Industry
MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL l /
Machinery and machine-shop
products
Engines and turbines
Tractors
Agricultural‘machinery, excluding
•tractors
Machine tools
Machine-tool accessories
Textile machinery
Pumps and pumping equipment
Typewriters
Cash registers, adding and
calculating machines
VVashing machines, wringers and
driers, domostic
Sewing’ machines, domestic and
industrial
Refrigerators and. refrigeration
equipment '
TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT, EXCEPT
AUTCI50BILES 1./
Locomotives
Cars, electric- and steam‘ railroad
Shipbuilding' and boatbuilding
Motorcycles, bicycles and parts
AUTCHOBILES l /
NOKFERRCUS KETALS AND THEIR
PRODUCTS 3 /
Smelting and refining, primary,
of nonfcrrous metals
Alloying and rolling and
drawing of nonforrous metals
except aluminum
Clocks and watches
Jewelry (precious metals) and
jewelers ’ findings
Silverware and plated ware
Lighting equipment
Aluminum, manufactures
Sheet-netal work, not elsewhere
classified




Wage-earner employment
Jan.
Jan. ‘ Deci Nov
1944
1944
1945...

.Tfege-earner pay roll
: Jan. -Dec;.' -Nov. :Jan.
1945...j.1944...jl?44... i.1934

220*0 219.2 21.7

243 .1-i 421.9) 422 ,oj •/',09 .Oj 455.5

223 .3 222.2 220
365.0 363.2 352
133.7 183.3 180

246.4 N21,3!'419.4:408.4'!454.6
378.9 !. 790 . 2 ; 807 .6 L766 .4 i.8 20.1
183.8 : 295.01294.4i';289.7i 297.7

150.4
2028
258^3
122a0
304.5
79.1

16 Oo^
202.8
253.3
124.8
304.7
77.9

158.5 1' 322,11322.4! 311.21-309.4

\58
702
c-;6
124
303.
75

242 . 8 ! 378 ..6 : 381.0: 363.21419.8
3U .3'! 453,31452.3:441.3:535.1
130 .2 ! 235.1 i240.9: 233 .3= 235.8
345.0 j 648 . 7 :650-.-2: 626.5! 744.4
76.21 162.0:353.8; 154.^1155.9

155.6 156.3 158

130.8: 305 .l| 298.4 ! ?0? .81 371.0

160.9 155.3 153

197 . 8 ; 290. 7 I 298. 0: 268.3| 343.2

134

:
!
!•
127 .7 | 300.31 289.4| 232.31 274.0

149.7 149.6 147

167.9 j -267.2! 287.3: 265.6: 3C6.5

139.8 135..

1311.7 1320.7 1327.81S13.1 i2 Sj 2.5:2393.7^2905.913221.2
5 £ .o 548.7 549 .Oj 562.8 11159.013321.S1256.4:3289.2
:
:
1■
•
:
235.6 234. 230.2 246.5 i 486.li 510.7- 467 .7i 480.2
1473.9 3494.0 3510.2-1304.6 13311.913135.613*97.8:599.4
I S .4 134 .7 131.7= 148.2 j 253.21 254 . 7 : 241.7: 273.3
169.4 168.3 166 .:i 190.4 1 319.31-31^ 307^61353.0
173.6 .173.

172 .:lj 199.5 | 337.7! 336.2! 325 .9; 373.3

I
1
i
:
142; 9 14 3.c 146 .;i 212 . 8 ! 264.2; 263.5! 266.a 377.8
’
i
:
:

181.0 179..
125.4 128‘.
92.1
90 .8
127 *.2
283.9

177.8 192. 1 :
127.!B; 125.5 j
i
:
9
2
.i
S 10i2.0j
93.5
91-.
91.'i 94.5 :
1 2 9 / 13.3! 12 8 .0 ;
2?4.. 272.?-- 365.li

354.5; 347.S 333.71359.1
270.3! 275 .9 272 . a 249.6
i
150.51 168.7: 159 0 : 150.2
163 . 0] 158.9: i.$4. 6 : 169.0
235.9’: 233.6i 229 . 4j 226.3
529.6: 512.41:497.0- 65?*0
1
‘
172*. 8| 174.:1 152.lj- 334 Jol 3 4 1 4 037.8; 308.6
*

l69o

:

:

•

10.
Table 2. - Indexes of TJage-Earner Employment and of "fage-Earner
Pay Roll in Manufacturing Industries - Continued

Industry Group
or Industry

jYs’age-earner employment
|Jan. Dec. |Nov. Jan.
11945 1944 11944 1944

LUMBER AND TIMBER BASIC PRODUCTS 1/107.1 107 ,6 j109.2 115.8
•Sawmills and logging camps
i 76.1 76 .61 79.5 81.8
Planing and plywood mills
■96.9 97.0! 95.6 107.0
FURNITURE AHD. .FINISHED LUMBER
PRODUCTS 1 /
Mattress'os and bedsprings
.Furniture
.Wooden boxes, other than-cigar
•Caskets and other morticians ’
goods
•Wood preserving
.Wood, .turned and shaped

1103.0 103.6 103.1 109.9
: 95.4 97.8 93.0 95.6
95.6 96.3 95.9 i04.9
|103.3 103.4 107.3 lic.3

192.91193.7!199.3! 196.2
137.7!133.3!143. 8 !139.0
167 .4 |167 .9| 167 . 3 !174.0
193 .6 j194.0!190.7; .139.1
178.0! 180.2! I 74 .O! 158.0
179.9!179.8!177.2| 181.3
211.3{219.6 1215.0} 197.6
;

! 9? .6 94.7
! 37.9 . 37.8
1 98.1 98.4

95.0 98.3
•85.9 87.7
97.5 100.5

STONE, CLAY, AND GIASS PRODUCTS l/; 111.5 112.3 111 .4 118.6
Glass 'and glassy/are
1126.1 125.8 124.9 131.6
Glass products made from
purchased glass
U 06.7 106.9 10S .3 103.0
Cement
1 69.1 72.1 7li7 79.2
"Brickj tile, and terra cotta
1 73.0 73.6 72.9 90.7
Pottery and related products
1119.3 120.9 120.5 123.5
Gypsum
; 81.2 80.0 80.6 92.5.
Wallboard, plaster (except
gypsum), and mineral wool
!118.5 119.3 118.5 132 .0
'Lime
j 81.0 80.9 31.4 93.4
'Marble, granite, slate, dnd
other products
1 74.4 75.4 75.1 63.1
‘Abrasives
i27?.2 273.6 272.5 301.5
Asbestos products'
1127.7 128 .4 125.6 139.2
Nondurable Goods
TEXTILE-MILL PRODUCTS AND OTHER
FIBER MANUFACTURES l /
94.7
Cotton manufacture's, except
small wares
109.3
Cotton small wares
101.1
Silk and rayon goods
| 74.1
Woolen and worsted manufactures,;
except dyeing and finishing
98.3
Hosiery
53.3
Knitted cloth
; 94.2
Knitted outerwear and knitted
• gloves
!101.2
89.2
.Knitted underwear
IJyeing and finishing textiles,.
including woolen and worsted
: 39.6
Carpets and rugs., wool
79.4
64.4
•Hats,~fur- felt *
Jute goods, except felts
90.4
Cordage and twine
125.1



Wage—earner pay roll
Jan. i.Dec» :Nov. ; Jan.
1945 ! 1944. 11944 j1944

:

;

172.o|l69.6:l53.l! 162.5
137 0 1135 .61185 . 7! 157.6
178.9!178.21176.4; 171.2
138.6;'192.21139.5! 139.8
201.8!203.3!200.31 207.4
185.3! 186.5 1179.6 j170.2
107.3jH4.lill6.2- il0,2
118-Oj118.9:119.8! 119.7
184.5!193.6|190.9! 175.7
142.6; 140.4; 1-23.0| 16 o.5
213.6; 217 . 3 ; 217 . 2 !1233.0
153.41156.0!157.7;’168.9
:

:

109 . 0 : 114 . 21113 .9!! 3?.l
432.8! 490.6 1473.6: 492.2
26-4.9! 266.0:255.0'1257.7

95

94.5 101.6

173.9j 176 . 6 jl?2.2!l71.7

109
102
75

103.3 116.0
101,4 110.2
74.4 73.0

210 . 3 !212.3! 206.8;199.1
193 .V 190.41180 . 0 !190 .6
133.4j142.3!139.4 I135 .6

99 . 4 :; 93.4 106.0
•64.4 ! 64.1 69.7
95 .0 | 93.6 104.5

193.5 i194 .9 -139.4 ; 197.2
102 . 9 ; 105 .9 ;104.7 !106 .6
169.4!170.6:153.8:174.7

104 «4 !1Q3.7 :109.2
B? .9 ; 39.3! 100.3

184.9!193. 0 !193 . 2 :139.6
154.7; 156.3:165.6:174.3

90 .1
79.7
65 .1
I
92 0
127.4

152.2! 155.5! 15 0 .6 !154.8
133.5! 140.6 136 .6! 135.3
125 . 3 ! 127 .6 ^124.9 ^122.2
179.3!184.2:182.6!182.0
235.3! 244.1;235.2!240.0

; 99.7
79.4
; 64.5
; 92.4
:i24.9

; 97.7
31.3
: 67.2
; 93.5
i135.9

11.
Table 2.. - Indexes of Viag.e-Earner Employment and of Viage—Earner
Pay Roll in Manufacturing Industries.- Continued

Industry Group;
or Industry
APPAREL AND OTEER FINISHED
'TEXTILE PRODUCTS
‘
Men's clothing, not elsewhere
classified
!
Shirts, 00liars, and nightwear
Underwear and neckwear, men's
T/Sork shirts
"Women's clothing, net elsewhere
classified
Corsets and allied garments
Millinery
Handkerchiefs
Curtains, draperies, and
bedspreads
House furnishings, other than
curtains, etc.
Textile bags

Xcv •
194^ =1944 ; 1944

Jan.

103 .1 114.8

Wage-earner pay ro 11
Jan. |Dec, Nov. : Jan.

195.2 191.8!. I92 . 3 ;.187.9

94,.1 99.0 165.3
r>
70.4 i 72.3 72 O 77.7 126.1
73.8: 75.0 75 »6 76.3 147 .6
104.5; 106.3 107 .8 125 .4.. : 204.1

92 .o: 93.?

164.5- 169*2! 156.5
128 . 0 ! 128,7! .129.1
150.6! 152.4! 140.0
204. 4 ! 210.5; 223..I

•54 »5; 5 7.7

30 .1
80 .1
75 .5
53 .2

34.2
35.5
79.5
70.5

149.1 143-.5 i i4i.ij 141.4
135.5 138.9! 141.4! 139.9
131.0 113 .2 !•104 .5 : 113.8
100.6 107 . 0 ;110.6! 115.1

64.51 75.7

76 .7 •88.4

1.29-2 15P.7| .154.3; 16.3 i8

111 .2 119.9
116 .1 123.2

204 .0 215 . 2 ; 212. 8'r219.8
204,2 202.0; 193 .9 ! 202.2

19.0;
I t .O :
'*77.8!

79.3
S o .4

'79 .6 ; 78.0

LEATHER AHD LEATHER PRODUCTS l /
Leather
Boot»and shoe cut stock-and
findings
.Eoots and shoes
Leather gloves and; mittens
Trunks and-suitcases

84.8: © .8 85 .7 87.1 146.8
‘79.4: "79.5 79 .0 80,3. 147.9
123.1:125 »6 127 .7 134.0 208.9
154.8:154.7 156 .1 141.9 .252.5

FOOD l /
Slaughtering and,..meat packing •
Buttgr
Condensed and evaporated milk
Ioe cream
Flour
Feeds, prepared
Cereal preparations
Baking
Sugar refining, cane
Sugar, beet
Confectionery
Beverages, nonalcoholic
Malt liquors
Canning and preserving

118.6: 123.3
123.4;' 129.0
115 .’2: 115.0
134.21 132.1
84.5- '87.1
119.2! 115.3
133.1; 133.7
119 6 115.9
111.4: 114.8
108.1; 107.4
•49.6! 149.5
113.7; 125.5
1.21 . 2 ! 122.7
1 3 7 .4! 141.5
7 3 . 3 ;* 34.6

124.5
'82.8
120.9
141.2
123.9
112.1
100.3
209.3 51.5
122.0 113.7
124.7 122.0
142.2 ,130.5
99.9 70.5

109.3

180.3 181.4; 180.i1 162.9
219.7 213 .li 211.4! 1.88.7
122.0 125 . 8! 126 .5i111.5
206.0 198.8; 195.1! 200.0
231.3 229.4-! 219.3! 230.2
215 .9 210.3^197 .3: 224.5
168.2 176.5 i174.5! 160.6
179.3 184.0! 164.4; 156.4
66.6 189.4!:293.6: 75.9
193.6 210 , 8!205.1:137 .9
157.3 162 . 7 i166 . 2 :151.9
194.0 204.3!204cl!178.2
15.3.9 152 .9 !133.7!131.8

TOBACCO MANUFACTURES l /
Cigarettes
Cigars
Tobacco (chevring and smoking),
and 'snuff

88.ll 90.7 90.1 94.1
123.3 i 132.7 130.5 130.1
55 « 3 5 ? . 5 68.0 74.5

156.4 177.8! 1?2.7! 153.1
211.1 222. 8 ! 215 .6 ; 190.1
134.2 14?.21144 . 0 ;133.1

93.9:-94.1: 91.9! 94.9

159.0 162.71155.91133.4




'39.5; 89.8
•83.7: '83.8

.!

89 .4
32 .9

125 .7
123 *7
117 .6
134 .3
38 .-8
116 .8
132 .3
113.3
114.8
106.2

90.3
85,4

119.5
143.0

162.5 160 . 8! 157 .4I 149.9
147..0 145 .5! 143.31 139.9

146 . 1I141.6! •136.8
145.7: 141,9; 134,0
209. 0 ! 222.5; 222.5
261 . 8 ; 249.7; 221.0

195.8 205. 0 : 203 . 8!191.5
221.9 227 . 6 !211.4! 243.2

12.
Table 2. - Indexes of TJage-Earner Employment and of Vfege-Earner
Fay Roll in Manufacturing Industries - Continued

Industry Group
or Industry
PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS l /
Paper and pulp
Paper goods, other
Envelopes
Paper bags
Paper boxes
PRINTING, PUBLISHING, AND ALLIED
INDUSTRIES \/
Newspapers and periodicals
Printing, book and job
Litho graphing
Bookbinding
CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS 3./
Paints, varnishes, and colorT
Drugs, medicines, and
insecticides
Perfumes and oosmetics
Soap
Rayon and allied products
Chemicals, not elsewhere
classified
Explosives and safety fuses
Compressed and liquefied gases
Ammunition, small-arms
Fireworks
Cottonseed oil
Fertilizers

Vfoge-earner employment life,ge-earner pay ro 11
Jan. Dec. Nov. Jan.
Jan* Dec. ; NoVc Jan.
1944
1944
1944
.
1945 1944 1944 ; 1944
1945

I21.li
111.4
120 .j
114.3

119,
111,
119,
113,

100.1 102 .j
92.3 93.8
104.2 107.2
93.5 95.3i
108.1 10 9 4

101

103.2

93.
105
93.

107

93.1
108.4
95.7
116.7

141.2
118.4
156 .3:
133.5
187.7

217.8 215 J. 210
105.4 106 . 8; 106

230.7
105.3

384 .2 377.8 366.2; 395.7
169.4 170.7 167 .d 159.5

179.6
118.5
99.9
112.1

131A 131
122.2 123
100 .i 99
112 .3; 111

133.0
112.6
99.6
108.0

271.8 272.1 269. ?l 267.6

165.5
1 3 H .3
149.1
1431.4

16 5 .d: 165

118.9
109.7
118.8
112.4

194 .O:
132.0
195. i
171.3
205 .3
183 J

144.1 142.2 134.6
121.5 120.8 112.3
159.6 156.8 147.6
135.2 136.51 130.3
189.0 192.3 190.1

163.8 172.3 182.6 150.3
169.4 172.9 168.2 159.8
132.0 180.1 179 .cj 168.6

220.1
113.6 5 213.4
107.6
: 189.0
r'"' /
131.6
O
121,5 . 211.5

220.4
214 .9
182.0
141.5
217.5

219.^
214.2
179 .d
137.6
217.5

196,7
185.0
185.8
95.0
210.3

120.2 123.3 123
. 137.8 137.9 135

168.6
174.1
143 .6
1-3.1

303.6
316.1
228 .5
256.7

239.9
298.2
219.6i
250.5;

291.0
283.9
248.9
250.1

: 161.8 162. 2 162

175.0 i 322.4 319.7 314.5 325.5

126 »0 125.3
125.6 124,7
102,4 10i.2
63.8 66.8
117.8 119.5

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

161.8 160.3 159
176.1 171.7 171




195.5
184.4
197.6
175.5

175.3 293.2 291.1 239.2 297.7
1100.0 1999.1 1969.5 1355.1 1633.7
153.7 269.6 267.3 254.2 264.1
2257.9 2914.7 2532.5 2370.714509.2
2i68.3 6280.7 5444 .3 6231 . 66771.1
134.4 274.9 289.3 300.3: 251.5
125.1 259 cl 249.8 233.5i 248.3

3233.5: 3244
149.4: 142
3291.^3132
2234.6 2319.0 2294
129.6 134*0 139
122.9 114*4 105

PRODUCTS OF PETROLEUM AND CCAL 1/
Petroleum refining
Coke and by-products
Paving materials
Roofing materials

MISCELLANEOUS INDUSTRIES 1/'
Instruments-(professional and
scientifip), and fire control
equipment.
Photpgraphic apparatus
Optical instruments and
ophthalmic goods
Pianos, organs, and parts
Games, toys, and dolls
Buttons
Fire extinguishers

197.6
135.0
197.8
178.0
211.6
206.3
131.? 135.0

133.6
173.2
193.6
175.1
196.6
184.6

121.2
103.7
126.0
117.7
119.5
121.4

116.5 117 .4 116,
107.2 107.3! 105 ,

531.6

125

118.3

124
102
69
119

535

.

162.1 161.9 161
203.2 202.5 201 .
s ;

9 2 .7

90.1

§3:

84.
79.9 85»
495.8 503.6 516.

i 318.1
. 333.3
; 220.1
! 262.2

616.2 i3057.1 3053.2 3013.9*3138.4
173.6 277.5 253.9 271.2 277.3
229.3 : 353.5 346.0 3 4 6 4 373.3
m-jk m
i m
m
94.3 178.0 153.4 166 .5: 178.0
741.6 13023.5 3045.9 3047.13431.1
'

13.
Table 2. - Indexes- of Wage-Earner Employment and of Wage-Earner
Pay Roll in Manufacturing- Industries - Continued

Indexes for th.e-majo.r industry groups ;have been adjusted to levels indicated
‘by final .1942 and preliminary 1943* data made available by the Bureau of
Employment Security of the Federal Security Agency* These indexes are not
comparable with those published in mimeographed releases dated prior to
^February ;.194p' or the Mardh 194? issue of the Monthly Labor Review. Comparable
tindexe,s from January 1939 'are available upon request. Indexes for individual
industries have bee-n adjusted to levels indicated by the 1939 Census of
Manufactures., but not to Federal Security Agency data.




14.
Table 3. - Indexes of Employment and Pay Rolls in
Selected Nonmanufacturing Industries
(1939 Average = 100)

Industry Group
or Industry
Mining:
Anthracite
Bituminous coal
Metal;
Iron
Copper
Lead and zinc
Gold and silver
Miscellaneous
Quarrying and nonmetallic
Crude petroleum
production l /
Public utilities:
Telephone 2 /
Telegraph 2 /
Electric light and power
Street railways and busses
'Wholesale trade
Retail trade
Pood
General merchandise
Apparel
Furniture and house furnishings
Automotive
Lumber and building material
Hotels (year-round) 3 /
Power laundries
Cleaning and dyeing
Class I steam railroads 4/
Water transportation 6 /
l/
2/
3/
4/
5/
B/

Employment Indexes
Jan. !Deb.t Nov. Jan.
1945 !1944 1944 1944

•79.0; 79 .2 79.9 33.4
51 3 : 91 .3 91.3 99.8
78 . 2; 78 Or* 79.2 101.4
11? .6 ! 118 .3 123.2 143.5
93.4i 93 .2 92.9 123.6
96.6’ 9? .2 94.1 120.3
22.3 22 .4 22.0 26.0
73.2; 73 .? 72.5 121.9
7? . 6 ; 79 .6 82.2 83.7
82.1

82 .1

126.lj 126 .7
120 . 2! 121 • n1
82.0! 82 .0
117.7; 11? .7
9?.?: 97 .1
93.31 111 .9
107 . 2! 110 .2
114.2; 1?2 .2
106.1: 131 .3
62.4: 67 .5
67.7! 68 .9
88.9: 91 .4
110 . 2; 110 .5
106 .3: 107 .8
112 . 0 ; 114 .5
140. 8; 141 .8
272 .6 : 27 .5

82.1

81.1

127.1 127.9
121.7 123.1

82.1 33.8
117.7 118.8
96.8 95.1
103.2 97.5

109.0 106.8

127 .4 110.4
113.4 105.7
64.4 64.6
67.2 6? .9
91.2 89.1
110.3 108.6
107.6 109.9
117.1 111.2
142.5 137.4
267.7 198.9

Pay-roll Indexes
Jan. Dec. :Hov. ;Jan.
1945

1944

:1944

;1944

137.7 148«8; 137*7! 146.0
21*.? 199.8: 197.7: 225.9
12?. 1 12?.?! 12? . 0 ! 111 A
177.1 18 3,4] 192.?: 213.9
1?6 .6 163.8: 1?2.7: 209.9
183.3 179.7: 174.3! 214 A
30.3 29. 9 ; 23.0! 33.8
122.8 .122.1: 119.3! 137.1
13 8 144.3: 153.® 139.6

?.

132.2 I31.7i 130.9; 126.2

1*7.8 158.6
172.3 174.0
11?. 2 114.6
17? .0 173.5
139.1 142.3
130.7 146.8
141.4 14? .0
144.3 190.7
14?.? 173.9
87.4 97.0
100 . 9: 102.8
129.9' 132.4
166.8- 169.?
161.5; 162.3

156.9! 150.2
172 . 1 : 171.9
114.2;
170.1i
140 .0!
iyi .2!

112.9
161.4
131.2
122.2
141.9! 132.7
1?? .9; 132.1
1?9.?! 134.9

90.1! 84.9
99.3: 91.7
130.5; 123.4
164 .6; .148.9
160.7 15? .0
17?.2! 176.6 181.9 163.?
5
5/
5 / : £/
6B? .2 : 67*2.9 651.?: 44 8*7

/

Does not include well drilling or rig building.
Data from January 1937 are available upon request,
Cash payments only; additional value of board, room, tips, not included.
Source: Interstate Commerce Commission.
Not available.
Based on estimates prepared by the I'. S. Maritime Commission covering employment
on active deep-sea Ai&erican-flag stean and motor merchant vessels of 1,000
gross tons and over. Excludes vessels under bareboat charter to, or owned by
the Army or Navy.




1?.
Table 4 . — Estimated Number of Wage Earners
in Selected Konmanufacturing Industries
(in thousands)
Jan. 1945

Industry
Mining:
Anthracite
Bituminous coal
Metals
Iron
Copper
Lead and zinc
Gold and silver
Miscellaneous
Telephone l /
Telegraph ’’I /
Electric light, and power 3/
Street railways and busses’ 3/
Hotels (year-round) 3/
""
Power laundries
—
Cleaning and dyeing
Class I steam railroads 4/
Water transportation 5 /

/
2/
1

3/
V

65.4
3.3‘J
69.0
23.3
22.5
15.0
1
5.5
2.9
1 401
4 5 .2
200
•
228
j
355
1 240
1
7?.0
: 1,391
143
j

' Dec. 1944

j ITov. 1944 ; Jan. 1944

69.1
370
89.4
28.9
3 0.6
18.7
6.4
4 .8
406
46«3
205
230
350
248
75.1
1,357
104

66.1
340
69.9
2 4.7
22.2
14.6
5.5
2 .9
404
4 5 .8
201
228
356
243
79.0
1,408
140

65.6
338
69.2
23.8
22.2
14.8
5 .5
2.9
403
45 .8
200
228
356
243
77.3
' 1,400
144

Data from January 1937
available upon request. Salaried personnel are
included*
Data from January 1937 are available upon request. Excludes messengers, and
approximately 6,0 0 0 employees of general and divisional headquarters, and of
cable companies* Salaried personnel are included.
Data include salaried personnel.
Source:
Interstate Commerce Commission. Data include salaried personnel.
Based on estimates prepared by the U# S . Maritime Commission covering employment
on active deep-sea American-flag steam and motor merchant vessels.of 1,000
gross tons and over. Excludes vessels under bareboat charter to, or owned by,
the Ariny or Navy.
Table
- Percentage Changes in Employment and Pay Rolls
in Selected Nonmanufacturing Industries, January 194£

Industry

liVholesale trade:
Food products
Groceries and food
specialties
Dry goods and apparel
Machinery, equipment and
supplies
Farm products
Petroleum and petroleum
pro duct s (in c l. bulk
tank stations)
Automotive
Brokerage
Insurance



Pay Roll
Percentage change from
Jan.
Dec.
1944
1944

Employment
Percentage change from
Dcc.
Jan.
1944
1944
-1.5
-2.0

/ .6
-1.2

- .2
-1.7

/l .S
-3.8

-1. 6
/i .i

;

/s .4
-1.2

- .6
-1.9

/3 .4
/1 1 .8

- l.i
-3.6

!

/1 3 .9
/ 9 .7

/3 .3
- .3

A -• ‘X
l

/
/
p
-

2 .0
8.3
-x.4
1 .0

1

/6 .0
A . 2

-2.2
—2.5

!

A 7.3
/ 1 5 .5
/1 8 .2
/ 5.1

16;.
Table 6 . - Estimated Number* of Employees in llonagricultural Establishments
by Industry Division
(in thousands)
Industry
Divis ion

:

Jan*

Deo.

Y.O'J,

194^

1944

1944. . 1944

Jan.

Total l /

1 38,104

38,588

38,347 •33,965

Manufacturing

! 15,557

15,630

15 ,607

15,825

Mining

1

804

806

312

853

5^3

594

629

764

Transportation and public utilities

3,73S

3,771

3,771

3,564

Trade

7,038

7,611

7,299

6,919

Finance, service and fciiscellanecus

4,463

4,304

4,315

4,128

?,394

6,172

5,914

5,307

Contract, Construction, and Federal force
account construction

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

1/

;

Estimates include all full- and part-time wage and salary workers in
nonagricultural establishments who are employed during the pay period
ending nearest the lj>th of the month. ’Proprietors, self-employed
persons, domestic servants, and personnel of the armed* forces are
excluded*




17Tc-blo 7.* r. Estimated Number of Employees in Nonagricultural.,Establishments, by -State

(in thousands)
Region and

State

Now England
Maine
N^w Hampshire
Vermont
MassachusettsRhode Island
Connecticut

All industry divisions
Dec.
Eov;• Dec.
1944
. 1944
[ 1943
3,030
2,987
! 3,230
2^2
248
273
i'28
135
131
79.6
82.?
82.3
1,585
1,562
1,581

|

Dec.
1944

lianufr.cturing
Nov.
Doc.
1944
{ 1943

1,506
1,497
1 1,688
114.1
112.2 1 132.5
55.0
6 4 .9 1
59.5
32.4
31.7 1
34.2
721
j
717
800
154
!
153:
i
166.
418
i 485
418

278

276

294

701

593

763

9,234
4,57?
.1,499
3,160

9,149
4,5 3 8
1,4.88
3,123

1 9^623
■4 , 75?
i 1,137
3,281

4 ,0 3 8
1 ,7 7 9
857
1,402

4 ,0 4 9
1,791
858
1,400

.4 ,3 7 7
; 1,959
9.32
1,4.85

East North Central
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Mi chigan
Wisconsin

3,544
2,342
1,041
2,7^0
1,724
777

3,554
2,316

8,940
. 2,412
: 1,033
1 2,30^
1,850
790

: 4,286
1 1,208

4,274

! 4 ,581
1,265

West North Central
Minnesota
Iowa
Missouri
North'Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas

2,852
2,812
2,924
629
517
63?
442
43?
4?6
964
946
;
990
71.2
72.0
73.1
8 1 .0
79 .? •
81.4
266
251
258
407
402
422

Middle Atlantic
New York
N&w Jersey
Pennsylvania

South Atlantic
Delaware
Maryland
District of Columbia
Virginia
Vfc-st Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida




1,033
2,727
1,707
771

1,203

550

562

603

. 1,141
986
391

1,134
:
985

; 1/202
1,102
408

881
186
131.4 ;
345
;
6 .0 !
9 .0
59.4
133.0

390

855
183
127.9
340
5 .9 ;
8.9
6 7 .7
131.9

4,64?
4 ,? 8 8
4 ,7 7 8
. 1/598
1,595
95 .4
5 1 .0
5 0 .3
9 5 .6 ;
9 9 .9
283
679
729
2.85
!
537
454
477
14.6
14.2
:
469
692
701
200
I
59?
199
415
425
130.0
:
419
131.5 j
712 ' 744
:
716
1 355
359
i
384
375
392
!
156
159
574
559
680
27 8 | 279
486
530
505 :
110.6
112.1

941
194
14 6 .0

375
6.1
9 .7
6 5 .2
144.3
1,725
5 2 .4
336
13,4
203
134.7
332
131
23?
130.9

13.
Table 7 • - Estimated Number of Employees in Konagricultural Establishments,
by State - Continued
(in thousands)

Region and State

East South Central
Kentucky
Tennessee
Alabana
Mississippi
West South Central
Arkansas
Louis iana
Oklahoma
Texas
Mountain
Montana
Idaho
Wyoming
Colorado
I-Iew Llexico
Arizona
Utah
Nevada
Pacific
\iiashingtcn
Oregon
California




All industry divisions'
Nov.
Dec.
; Dec.
1944
j 1944
1943

: 1 ,796

I ,773

-*3?
??o
??4
2? 7

430

2 V>Q
2?0
493
3 3i1 ,46?

742
; 'O

?.
244
•' r'l-’
375
1 ,434

924
112
97 .3 ’
63 • 2:
270
~
j•
30 0 ;
110 •4i
1?1
1C •3':
3 ,??9
64?
34*;
2 ,?70

686
119 .9
215
266
34 . 9 :

66?
21?
264
•5? .3

726
122,►1
231
231
rt
91.* ‘

2 ,620
0 '- / A
OH?0^
391
1 ,470

709

70 .3
167 .1
87 .7
384

704
69.7
169*9
84.3
330

74,.3
174,.9
91<*8
414

13?
13 .2
1--.7
'r . 8
43 .3

141
13.3
17.3
? .1
■
/>0 0

9?o
11-4
98. 8:
•
6 1. ’>
279
79. oi
111. 0!
15?
4 1 . 7-

61.6
266'
7 3.3
105 iy
149
=
3 i.7
<;2
2.

339
,?-'7

Manufacturing
Nov. '
Dec.
1944 ;
1943.

1 ,841
441
"7 3
?70
2?v

907
109
97.?

7

Deo.
1944

3 *70"
666
34?
2

4 - 6

;

r*.0
5

j S.1

28 •0
1 • yl
r-»

1*269

r
i\
L)tT
r

138 .1
m

120.9

? .0
17.3
29.7

146
1?'.0
14,.3

.0

■?3;.6
't1.9
16 ,
•23,.2
•

1.,2'vl
261
141.0
839

{

1,4? 2
273
14?,.0
1,034

19

Table 8*~Employment in Regular Federal Services and
Government Corporations, in Selected Ivionths
(in thousands)
January
1945 1 /

Hranch
Total

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

Executive

2/

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

Wa shi ng10n »::et rop01 i tan
area .........................
War agencies 3 / ...............
Other agencies ..................
Other areas ................. ~.......
War agencies

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

Continental United
States .......... .........
Outside continental
United States 4/ .......
Other agencies

—.............

Continental United
States ....................
Outside continental
United States 4 / ......
Judicial

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

Legislative ................... -.........
Government corporations ^>/.....

December
1944

October
1944

November
1944

January
1944

3,401.8

3,670.9. ,.... 3,3.84,3...... ... 3 , 369. 3.... ... 3 .2 6 8 .4

3,358.6

3,6 27.3

3,340.3

3 , 324.7

3 , 223.0

255.2
126.9
128.3

260.9
128.5
132.4

250.1
129.2
123.9

259.1
132.0
127.1

263.9

3 , 103.6
2, 366.3

3 ,3 6 6 .4

3,03 2.2

3 , 065.6

2,959.1

2 , 380.8

2,3o2.7

2,348.7

2 , 270.7

1,903.4

1,917.7

1 , 916.6

1 , 921.0

1 , 076.1

482.J

463.1

4*16.1

427.7

394.6

717.3

955.6

719.5

716.9

6G8.4

701.1

:>6s .7

703.6

701.1

671.7

16.2

16.9

15.9

15.8

l6.7

2.6

2.6

2.6

2.6

2.7

6.2

6.2

6.3

6.3

6.1

34.2

34.8

35.1

;

j

35.7

133.9

130.0

;

36.6

Prepared by Division of Construction and Public Employment*
Jl/ Preliminary
j^/ Includes employees in United States navy yards and on force—account construction
\rho are also included under construction and shipbuilding repair projects* Data for
the executive branch for December 1944 include 272,210 temporary postal employpees, of
■whom approximately 3 , SCO 7R;ro in the Washington, D. C. metropolitan area* Data for IJov*
and Dec. 1?44 incorporate revisions in employment of the War Dept* outside continental U.S*
2 / Covers War and -'-vy Departments, i'-aritime Commission, National Advisory Committee for
Aeronautics, tne Par:ana C;..nal, rr.d the emergency vrar agencies*
4 / Includes Alaska and the Par.ara Crnal Zone*

5/

Data are for employees of the Panama Railroad Company, the Federal Reserve Banks, and
banks of the iarm
Administration trho are paid out of operating revenue and not
out of Federal appropriations* Data for other Government corporations arc included
under the executive service*

Note: Pay-roll data are omitted because they aro in 4;hc process of being revised*
series 7/ i l l be available next month*




The revised

20.

Table

9,— .Total

Ernployir.ent and Pay Rolls in United States Kavy Yards and Private
Shipyards Within Continental Trnited States “by
Shipbuilding Region, January 1945

Erploynent (in thousands)
January *
1-.5 1 /

Shiphuildin.">,re.'tio/

Deoertber i\ v': r\;>uarv
19-14
!

:
;
All regions

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

U* S. navy yards 2 /
Private shipyards
Nbrth Atlantic ............
..
South Atlantic. .............
Gulf ............. *_.....
Pacifio ......... .............. ..
Great Lakes .........................
Inland
...........................

................ . .
1 , 454.4

1 , 445.9
326.5
....i,ii9 r ':
515-.7
125.0
19 2 .-2
506.4
50. b
r)2.’2

.

!

I. . . . v *

,!

319.3
1 , 135.1

1-X6 1/
$429, 2-'-5

326.0

97,390
331,055

J-,357;2

616.O
lc;0.6

129.0
1* 1.6
507.5
5^.7

Januarv

l,6-;3.2

515 .?

52.7

Pay rolls, (in thousands)

223.8
567.7

;
i;

S 3

157,616
36,491
55,929
151,068
14,002
14,139

Prepared "by Division of Construction and Public E~ploy\:ent*
l / Preliminary

2 / Includes all navy yards v/ithiri continental United Status constructing or repairing ships,
~

includirg the Curtis Bay (ivld.) Coast G-ard r/ard.

j}/ Breakdo\m not available#




Table

10 *— Estimated

Employment and Pay Rolls on Construction Yfithin
Continental United Sta tes, January 1945

Pay rolls

Emnloyirent (In thousands J
Type of project

Hew co nstructio n, total

2/

A t tro cn no tract! cr site

January

632.6

826. G

562.3

{■62.4

2/
2/

1 8 1 .1

52-5.8
20.6
222.';

December

1445 1/

1<M4

650.4
.....

Federal projects ............
Airports .............. ....... ......
Buildings ................... .....
R e sid e n tial ................. ;
U o nresidential jj>/ ...... .E le c t r ific a t io n .............
....... ..... {
Reclamation ...... R iv er , harbor, and
|
flood control
.........j
Streets and highways ......|
Water and sevrcr systerrs j
................ ?
M iscellaneous
:

9.0

[

105.6

116.6

9-7
95.9
•3
7*3

10 8

16.6
3

i

14.3
371.7

Non—Federal projects .........B uildings ....... ..................
R e s i d e n t i a l ...... ...........
No nre s id e nti al ..........
Farm .............. .
.....
:
Fu'blic u t i l i t i e s
...... i
Streets and highways ......
State ..... .... ....................
C oun t y and munic ip al ■
....
Miscellaneous
..............

209.0
73.3

136.5
47.0
6 4 .9

16.3

6.8

Othur 6 /
I/sint w .n e e of Stote­
rn ad s
............... ..........

j‘J

Prepared by D iv is io n

J anuary
1944

January

$35,304
I/S-*

1/ 6.5

6.1

15* 7

1,760

17.1

22 .^

3 ,232

9 .0

1 2 .4

3-9
16.1

H
16.6

331.2
200.9
83*5

189.6

3 6 .4

1C *. 3

1 8 .4

1 2 0 .3

78.C

!
j

J ..

1944

i

January

1944

$37,707 ;! *63,511
1,798 :!
4,367
25,056 !; 45,108
2,210 !;
7,520
22,638
37,590
R-J
68
3,352
1,829 1
3,273
1,623

:

3,448

;

622

2Lh !

48,674

122.3
67.3
38.1
7e .5

48.6
50.6

113.6

1,574
574
2,974

535.6

125.4

9.5
13.7

V

•5

•5

December .

2l

23,619
2,017
21,602

.

8.9
9.5
14.7

73.0

1945 1 /

(in thousands

4,326
2,063
1,125
3,C62

2!

40,954
2 !.

1';.3
7.1
9.2

%

13.1

%
2/

1 0 4 .4

2/

70.3

i

2l

2/

-f Construction and P u blic Employment*

l / Prelim i rary
2/ D ata are for a il construction v;orkers (contract and f •; ro e-ac c oun t ) engaged or n ^ r c r n s t n c t i o n , a d d it io n s , and a lt e r a t io n s , and on repair work of the type; u su a lly covered by b u ild ­
ing perm its.
{Force-acno:\^-t erplcyees are -workers hired d ir e c t ly by the owner and u t ilis e d
as a separate Trnrk force to perform construction w~rk of the type usu ally chargeable to
c a p ita l account*
IVo cor struction figure included in the Fvreau’ s nc^.agricultural employ­
ment series covers only crr.ployees of construction contractors a::d on Federal f'-‘rce-account,
ard excludes 10rcc-account workers of State and lo c a l ^vornrr.onts, public u t i l i t i e s , and
priv ate firms*
3 / Data not av a ila b le *
4 / In cludes the follow ing force—account employees, hired d ir e c t ly by the Federal Government^
and th e ir pay r o l l s :
January 1 9 4 4 , 3 7 > 0 4 4 , $7>3G2 , P3 ? 5 December 1*544, 2 1 ,1 5 - , $ 4 ,1 4 4 ,2 0 2 ;
January I 545 , 10 ,81 7> $ 3 > 9 6 4 ,7 9 3 *
These employees are also included under the Federal execu­
tive service (table 8 )
a l l other workers were employed by contractors and subcon­
tracto rs.
In c lu de s the follow ing employees and pay ro lls fo r Defense Plant Corporation (RFC) p r o je c ts :
January 1 9 4 4 , 7 8 ,9 8 6 , $ 1 8 ,2 3 9 ,1 1 2 ; D e c o d e r 1 ^ 4 4 , 1 5 ,3 2 0 , $ '^ ,3 4 0 ,7 7 7 ; January I 945, 1 2 , 368 ,
‘^ 2 ,7 ^ 7 ,1 1 4 *
6 / Inc lu des cen tral o ffic e force of construction contractors, shop employees of sp ecial trades
co ntracto rs, such as bench sheet-netal workers, e t c * , and site employees engaged on projects
w hich, fo r secu rity reaso n s, cannot be shewn above*
Data for other types o f raintenance net a v a ila b le*

j

;

*jJ