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EMPLOYMENT
and PAY ROLLS
DETAILED REPORT
JANUARY
1948

United States Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics

ESTIMATES OP MANUFACTURING EMPLOYMENT - NEW SERIES
Industries in the Nonferrous Metals and Their Products Group
In this detailed report the Bureau presents a new series of
production-worker estimates for the individual industries comprising
the nonferrous metals and their products group.

The new estimates,

adjusted to bench mark data through 19^5 made available by the Bureau
of Employment Security of the Federal Security Agency, correct the
downward bias which has accumulated since 1939 and are, therefore,
more representative of the true levels of employment.
Despite the lapse of several years without any adjustment
to levels other than the 1939 Census of Manufactures, only four of
the industries (jewelry (precious metals) and jewelers' findings;
silverware and plated ware; lighting equipment; and sheet-metal work,
not elsewhere classified) required adjustment and these from only
19^1 forward.

The changes, moreover, were relatively slight.

However,

minor revisions have been incorporated in the other industries.
This report shows the new production-worker employment esti­
mates and indexes of employment and weekly pay roll for the months
currently presented.

A set of summary sheets presenting comparable

data from January 1939 to date for the industries in the nonferrous
metals and their products group will be provided upon request.

LS 48-2498




Soltar - 351

March 18, 1948

IL S. Department of Labor
Bureau of. labor Statistics
EMPLOYMENT AMD PAV ROLLS
Detailed Iteport
January 19U8
Explanatory notes outlining briefly the
concepts', methodology, and sources used
in preparing data for this report appear
in the appendix. Seo po^es i - vll.___
TABLE
1.

CONTENTS

PAGE

Estimated Number of Wage and Salary Workers in Nonagricultural
Establishmentr,, by Industry Division.......................

2

2.

Estimated Number of Wage and Salary Workers in Manufacturing
Industries, by Major Industry Group....................... * 3

3.

Federal Employment and Pay. Rolls in All Areas and in Continental
United States, and Total Government Employment and Pay Rolls
in Washington, D. C .... ............ .............. .......

^

Personnel and Pay of the Military Branch of the Federal
Government......... ....................................

5

5.

Estimated Number of Wage and Salary Workers in Manufacturing
Industries, by Statt, December lyV/........................

6

5a.

Estimated Number of Wage and Salary Workers in Non^gricultural
Establishments for Selected States, December I9U7 ........... .

7

6.

Estimated Number of Production Workers in Manufacturing
• Industries........... .............. ....................
-

8

7.

Estimated Number of Employees in Selected Nonmanufacturing
Industries..............................................

l*
l

Indexes of Pfroduction-Worker Employment and Weekly Pay Roll in
Manufacturing Industries................. ......... .......

15

U.

8.
9.




Indexoa of Employment and Weekly Pay Roll in Selected Nonmanufac­
turing Industries........................................
21
Explanatory Notes............ ................ ..... .
Glossary....,...... ......... ................... ..... ,...
| Data for the 2 most recent months
1 shorn are subject to revision.

i
v

2.
Table 1. - Estimated Number . ^ Wpge and .Salary Workers in
o.
Nonagricultural Establishments, by Industry Division
(In thousands)
"19%
Jan.

Industry division

Dec.

Nov.

r i
:
43,006 |44,081 | 43,450
|
15,852 :15,9651 15,872

TOTAL
Manufacturing
Mining

m

|

897

899 i

Contract construction

1,692 1 1,788 ' 1,849

Transportation and public utilities: l/

j
3,998 1 4,042 2 4,049
i
2,787 ! 2,829 \ 2,844

1

Transportation 1/

1
1

713
1 719
j
492 j 4 9 4
492
j
*
8 ,831* | 9,455 I 9,075

Communication

719

Other public utilJties
Trade

1,595 * 1,591

Finance
I

.

Jan.

TPF
Dec.

42,928
I
15,372! 15,348

41,803

883 !

874

1,527!; 1,644
j
4,014 ; 4,071
2,863

2,919

692 ]
|

691

459 j

461

8,552 | 9,234

1,588

1,544

1,546

Service

4,723

4,688 | 4,670

4,527

4,573

Government: l/

5,417

5,653 ! 5,450

5,384

5,638

Federal

1,743

1,985 i 1,751
>

1,963

2,236

State and local 1/

3,674

3,668 i 3,699

3,421

3,402

i

See explanatory notes, sections A . h .
3 / An adjustment has been made in these data beginning in October 1947 because
L
of the transfer of some companies from private to municipal operation. The
October figures are: Transportation and public utilities 4,oyOjTransportation
2,8Y2;Goverament
469; State and local government 3 ,T25.




Table 2. - Estimated. Number of Wage and Salary Workers
in Manufacturing Industries, by Major Industry Group

(In thousands)
Major industry group
ALL MANUFACTURING
Durable goods
Iron and steel and their
products
Electrical machinery
Machinery, except
electrical
Transportation equipment,
except automobiles
Automobiles
Nonferrous metals and their
products
Lumber and timber basic products
Furniture and finished lumber
products
Stone, clay, and glass products
Nondurable goods
Textile-mill products and.other,
fiber manufactures
Apparel and other finished textile
‘'products
Leather and leather products
Food
Tobacco;
manufactures
Paper and allied products
Printing, publishing, and allied
Industries
Chemicals and allied products
Products of petroleum and coal
Rubber.-products
Miscellaneous Industries,
See explanatory notes, sections. A - H




T s & m
Tran.

19W
r

Dec.

Jf .
ov

Jan.

I
! 19^6
i tec.

15,652

| 15,965 15,872

15,372

i5,3«*a

8,039

8,057 7,987

7,781

7,731

1,890

1,888 1,875
758

1,823
773

1,787
771

1,538

1,50U

1 ,1*89

751

759 j

1,563

1,557

589
1 ,00*
*

1,006

988

567

603
92k

600
9U3

471
750

U9k

736

47^
7^9

654

19
*3
652

5^5
492

5*
*2
503

538

502

51b
1* 2
9

1*92

7,813

7,908 7,885

7,591

7,$17

1,375

1,372 1*355

1,354

1,353

1,373
1 felt
1 ,5»»8

1,369 1,338
hit
1,611 1,610*
102
10b
470
47^

1 ,21**
1

469

101

1* 1
7

710
755
233
275
558

579

717
761
23U
I
277
I
575
i . ..
.

711
759
235
275
583

*>
K3
1,513
id*

5i
0*

1,229

1 I k03
l,5W
305
V65

1*65
683
71*1
22.1

56a

688
:
1
i
|
i
t

732
221

^96
577

1.
*
Table 3- 7 Federal Employment and Pay-'Roli in All Areas and in Continental
United States'
and Total Government Employment and Pay Roll in
Washington, D. C.
'(In thousands)
- Area and branch

Employment
(as of first of month)
1
191+7
Jan. 1/ . Dec. 1/ Jan.

19MJ
Jan. 1/
*

Pay roll
total for month)
19*+7
<on •
T
Dec. 1/

Total•(including areas
outside United States)
Total Federal
Executive
Defense agencies
Post Office Dept. 2/
Other agencies
~
Legislative
Judicial
Government corps.

2,229.2
l,9*+6.3 2,189.5
89!+.9
890.7
1+33.1 ! 667.9
622.5 • 626.7
7.0
7.0
3.5
3.5
1 ,986.0

29.2

29.2

2.279.1 $1*71,1*61 $531>358 1538,717
1 62,001* 521,900 529,195
*
.
2.237.1
211* 033 250,359
,
205,737
1,129.7
97,186
1 26.8
*
98,1*71 11+3,537
680.6 157,796 l6k, 330 181,650
2,1*61
2,369
2,1+51
6.9
1,222
1,292
1,336
3.1
5,661
32.0
5,931
5,7H+
•

Continental
United States
Total Federal
Executive
Defense agencies
Post Office Dept. 2/
Other agencies
legislative
Judicial
f
Government corps.

,1,763.5
1,731.1
70 k . 2
1-16
43.595.3
, 7.0
31
.+
22.0

2,005.6
1,973.1
708.1

1,982.6
1 ,91+ ;3
8

665.7
559.3
7.0
31
.+
22.1

12.+
*51
65U.1
*
6.9
3.0
2*1
1.*

2 1 .1
2* *

21*6.5

868.5

1*32,988
1 2 * 192
*1,
! ilk, 6 *
16
98,135
151,1*11
2,1*51

1*92,977
1 8 * 126
*1,
211,81*6

5,090

1*91,697
1*82,860
182,090
11*3,057
157,712
2,1*61
1,301
5,075

61,71+6

6 * 122
1,

70,W T

1,255

96,863
175,1+17
2,369
1,183
5,299

Washington, D. C.
Total government
District of Columbia.
government
Federal
Executive
Defense agencies
Pont Office Dept. 2/
Other agencies
Legislative
Judicial

221.8
18.1
*
203.1*
195.8
65.I
7.3
123.1+
7.0
.6

1,*2
*18
17.8
57,261*
228.7
.
221.3 . 5^,600
198.3
16 ,69k.
61*.?75.7
10.1
7.8
2,315
137.8
35,591
123.5
6.8
2,1*51
7.1 !
.6
213
1
*
6
i
1
1
1
18.1*

206.0

1 , 26
*3
66,121
63,538
^1,003
3,102
39,* 3
+3
2,369
218 j
21
1*

1+.571
59,551
56,872
17,230
3,135
36,507
2,1*61

l/ Data for Central Intelligence Agency are excluded.

2/ December figures include estimated additional employment and pay roll for
Christmas season.




Table 4. - Personnel and Pay of the Military Branch of the
Federal Government
(In thousands)
1948

1January

1947
•December

January

1,412

1,452

1,988

8,944 !

345

Army.....

898

911

1,320

6,733

CM
— 1N
«O

Personnel, total as of first
of.month, including those
on active duty, and those on
terminal leave.... .....

Average monthly per­
sonnel and total
annual pay____
1943
S 1939

Wavy....... .

408

433

539

1,744

Marine Corps.
,

86

89

107

311

19

Coast Guard.*,

20

19

22

156

10

Men. .
.

1,395

1,435

1,962

8,833

Women,

17

17

26

124

t

y

111 ;
[

y

1

Pay, total..... ....... .

$284,634
>

$?92,746

$745,843

$11 ,173,186 .$331,523

Army...... ........ .

j171,413

j 176,1103

1 481,281

94,947

j 97,646

215,871

8,143,833 I 155,482
(
2,408,736
143,238

Navy...... j

1

Marine Corps,

13,847

Coast Guard.,

4,427

j 14,495

35,594

392,140

16,877

4,202

13,097

228,477

15,926

368,485

10,140,852

331,523

!
|

1
Pay rolls... ....

235,638

Mustering-out pay.

13,202

ii 28 5
3 ,92
i 13,36
2
1

29,967

Family allowances,

23,428

23,827

Leave payments...,

12,366

16,605

318,340

2,204

2,866

22,958

13,739

295,382

1
1

i
1,032,334 |
j
I1
jt1

29,051

Cash.........
Bonds........
l/ Data not available.




10,162

!
i

‘

1
I
!
1

j-

j

6.

Tablo

5. - Estimated

Number of Wag© and Salary Workers In I-fanufacturing
Industries, by State *

(In thousands)
Region and State
New itagland :
Maine;
JHew Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhodo Island
Connecticut

" ' "
19H7
Dec. . 1 Nov. ! Oct.
!
i
"
H 3 •5
85v 3
40.3
756.9
154.6

419.1

Middle Atlantic;
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania

1928.3

East North Central:
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan
{Wisconsin

12*9.9
529*1
1273.6
1024*2
*37.3

West North Central;
Minnesota
Iowa
Missouri
North Dakota
South Dakota:
Nebraska
Kansas,
South Atlantic!
Delaware
Maryland'
District of Columbia
Virginia
West Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
East South Central:
Kentucky
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
West South Central:
Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Texas




192k. 6
764.0

200.3
151.8
3^7.6
6.7
U.3
46.3

81.9

........ i94o
Dec.
L Nov.

112.5 ; 113.1
,
$ . : -! 82.9
39. 39.8 u 39.7
753.2 741.6.
154.3 152.9
416.0
414.3

117.8
83.O
43.1.
766.9

154.4
420.6

i
►•
I
1918.6 1922.8
1930.3
1 757.4
751 .4* •768.0 '
j1524.1 1519.0
1515.1
i ’ •
i1247.3 1244;7 - •1231;1
544.2
i 558.7 561.0
j1266.3 1257iO 123610f1019.0 1021.8
1032.8
| 434.1
432.7
422.5
j
i
! 199.9 i 199.0- •’ 200.1
149.8 ] 148.6
146.9
j 366.8
362.6
357.9
;
6:8' r 6-.T •
6 .6
11.4
1 11.5
11.5
45.1 •• -44.‘
i 45.9
5
79.8
79.6
79*9
i

44.9 1 45.2 ^
229.6 I 231.1 i
17.5 1 17.4 1
215.3 : 217.3
132.5 1 133.0
378.2
380.3
198.9 ; 197*6
257.4 I 256.7
86.0
82.7

45.6 *‘
229.3
17.5
217.1
133.4
373.6194.8
253; '
9
80.6

45.2
241.3
17; 3
213.3
131.9
371;5188.0

260.2
90.4

130.4
130.7 1 130.3 • 129.1
252.4
253.0 | 253-8
247.7
230.0 j 228.0 •• 222.9
231.9
95-7 ? 95.5 1 94.1
91.5
i
i
i
76.0 » 76.3 ! 76.0
70.0
142.2
141.2 i 143,5 *133.4
57.0
56.5 1 55.7 * 55.2
346.6 * 347.6 ; 339.9
330.0

i

117.1
81.6
41.8

! 762.1
! 152.0
1 416.1
:
•
!
| 1939.6
> 757.7
!
• I5II.7
|
i
f 1238:3
538.4
! 1229.6
1 1041.6
I 420.1
i
1
1 200.2
1 144.0
! 356.0
•
6 <?
10.5
j 44.0
1 T9.3
i

*i

J
; 45*0
l 240.7

17.0

I 212.6
| 133.4
i
1 367.0
186.7
! 263.6
i
| 89.4
I
! 127.4
248.6
221.6
90.5
1
?

j 70.1
1
i 132.5
! 55.8
1
328.9

Table 5 . - Estimated Number of Wa#je and Salary Workers In Manufacturing
Industries " y State* - Continued
b
(la thousands)
Region and State

tec.

Mountain:
Montana
Idaho
Wyoming
Colorado
New Moxico
Arizona
Utah
Nevada

D8. ?
*

19.2

7.0

61.0
10.2
12.9
26.8
3.6

Pacific :
Washington
Oregon
California

1

174.6
?n.4
714.8

194 f
i Nov.
!
j 18.7
j 20.1
7.2
j 60.3
! 10.3
! 13-0
I 27.3
3-7
t
S
j 178.2
; 112.2
: 717.4

Oct.

■

Dec.

19.1 *17.9
20.4 20.1
6.7
7.1

60.6

56.2

1 10.2
[
1 12.6
; 29.4
j 3.7
i

10.2
13.9
24.5
3.5

7.

1946
. Nov.
t
\
1 18.1
| 21.9
1 7.0
| 58.7
1 10.2
j 13.5
! 25.4
! 3-5

I
i
! 183.9 *166.0 I168.8
! 117.2 118.0 1118.4
705.9 :705.4
:
: 736.3
5

--------------- 1
---------------

Table 5a. - Estimated Number of Wage and Salary Workers in Nonagricultural
Establishments for Selected States*
(In thouGands)

See explanatory notes, sections H end I

* Revised data in all except the first three.columns are identified by an aster­
isk for the first month of publication of such data.




8.

Table 6 . - Estimated Number of Production Workers in Manufacturing Industries

(In- thousands}

Industry group and industry
ALL MANUFACTURING
Durable goods
Nondurable goods

194tf1"
;
19^7
Dec.
Jan.
Nv.
o-12,850 L2,96l' 12,882

6,621

IRON AND STEEL AND THEIR PRODUCTS
Blast furnaces, steel works, and
rolling mills'
Gray-iron and semisteel castings
Malleable-iron castings
Steel castings
Cast-iron pipe and fittings
Tin cans and other tinware
Wire drawn from purchaced rods
Wlrework
Cutlery and edge tools
Tools (except edge tools, machine
tools, files, and saws)
Hardware
Plumbers* supplies__
Stoves, oil burners, $nd 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, dashers, and rivets
Forgings, iron and steel
Wrought pipe, welded and heavyriveted
Screw-machine products and"wood
screws
Steel barrels, kegs, and drums
Firearms
ELECTRICAL MACHINERY 1/

1,607

1,605

1 1,592

: 1,552

1,521

191 •
+.+




1+98.0
83.1
+

1+79-7

1+67.0
8+ 1
1. +

1+9.1

86.2
25.1
50.5
19.8
11.6
+

30.7
39.9
21+.1
+

30.5
1+1.9

27.8

1+1.5
29.9
1+0.5
27.7

27.2

21.3

1+6.5
30.8*
127
+.1
2k.3

1+7.0!
31.0 :
1+1.7
2l . |
+6

25.k

25.5;
51.7,
29.5;

25.O

26.8

50.1+
29.3

26.7

52.3
29.5!

50.1

30.1

1+9.6

65.3

67.1+

66.0

62.8

60.8

16.2
+

16.1
+

1+5.6

52.6

.
51.0

85.2

:
86.6 ;

86.2

81+.9

81+*5

59.2

59.7

59.5

57.5

5T.1

10.6
21.2

10.5
21.0
27.2

10.2
21.6
26.9

10.1
21.2

27.7

10.7
21.1 27.6 .

l+6
l.|

1+1
1.+

ll+.O

13.6

13.2

26.5

26.1
+

26.2

29.1
+

5.9

11+.7

6.0.
1 .5
1+ -

6.2
ll+.l

29.3
6.1
11+.2

6.2

577

585

20.9
16.1
+ +

21+.2

51.5

21.0

2
378.1+ 382. *
100.5; 101+.8
j
98.2! 98.2
1
►
i
r
See explanatory notes, sections A, C, and G.
Electrical equipment
Radios and phonographs
Communication equipment

.
Jan.. .j Deo*
12,5U
12,511+
6,393
;6,121

500.1 1+98.1
8U.21 83.9
28.0
27.8
1+9.9l

1946

: 6,1+29
s 6,082
5 '
!

6,320
1

Durable goods

|

6,578
6,301+

6,61+1

6,229'

'

11+.2

19.2

29.8

26.7

51
8+

598

597

380.3
106.3

377.1
110.7
110.3 !
i
1
i

375.!+
111.6

97.5

110.5

9*
Table 6 . - Estimated Number of Production Workers in Manufacturing Industries-Cont'd
(In thousands!)
11 .
.... " • I 1958
~ 1S5S—
1957
Industry group and industry
j.Jan.
Dec.
Jan.
•Dec.’ S: Nov.
1 1 J• ■ '■
1
" •".■ ....
." !■.m ■ * m 1r
v , ■ ■i
i
I,l6l.
1,210 |
1,195
MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL
i 1,216
1,173
1
376.8 376.1
Machinery and machine-shop products
381.9 379.6
;377-3
55.6
55.5
Engines and turbines
52.7
53.9
53.9
55.8
57.8
Tractors
!
60.3
59.3
55.5
Agricultural machinery, excluding
51.5
56,1
55.8
tractors
55.7
53.7
59.5
60*6 .
Machine tools
59.8
5O .5
50.3
52.2
Machine-tool accessories
52.5
52.5
51.3
51.5
;50.0
36.5
.39.2
39-9
.35.3
Textile machinery
55.6
58.8
Pumps and pumping equipment
'55.0
■55.158.9
25.5
25.8
Typewriters
22.7
22.3
25.3
Cash registers, adding, and
1
,55.5
55.5
53.5
calculating machines
j
37.6
37.3
Washing machines, wringers, and
j
;
16.0
16.1
driers,, domestic
|
12.5
12.7
15.5
Sewing machines, domestic and
13.2
industrial.
10.9
10.7
13*1 i 12.8
Refrigerators and refrigeration
equipment
81.1
80.2
78.8
68.2
65.2
TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT, EXCEPT
AUTOMOBILES

AUTOMBILES

26.6

553

575

573

26.6
51.2

27.1

133.2
25.9
125.7
15.7

133.5
25.9
117.6

153.9
29.5
152.5
12.2

155.7
29.O
152.8
12.1

811

813

797

75.
5'

775

5c6

503

528

526

55-9

I
|
!
'
i
|

, ,
135.5

I

25.3
132.9
15.5

26.5
56.9 :

15.5

50.8

39.9

5o.o

39.7

50.2

50.2

53.5

53.5

28.6

52.9
28.5

63.1
28.3

62.8 ’
28.2

2713,

27.2
23.2

28.1

26.8

27.7

28.1

27.1

26.5

33.5

55.3

35.5
55.8

35.3
53.6

37.6 , 36.7
51.2
51.3

37.5

39.5

39.2 |

39-3

27.3

•

See explanatory notes, sections A , C,. ancI G.




555

26.0
56.8

I

NONFERROUS METALS AND THEIR PRODUCTS 1/
Smelting and refining, primary, of
nonferrous metals
Alloying; and rolling and drawing .
of nonferrous metals, except
aluminum
Clocks, and watches
Jewelry (precious metals) and
jewelers' findings
Silverware and plated ware
Lighting equipment
Aluminum manufactures
Sheet-metal work, not elsewhere
classified

j

O
J
O

Locomotives
Cars, electric- and steam-railroad
Aircraft and parts, excluding
aircraft engines
Aircraft engines
Shipbuilding and boatbuilding
Motorcycles, bicycles, and parts

562

23.8

50.1

10 .
Table 6 .- Estimated Number of Production Workers in Manufacturing Industries - Cont‘
d
(In thousands)

Industry group and industry

i
Jan,

LUMBER AKD TIMBER BASIC PRODUCTS l/
Sawmills and logging camps
Planing and plywood mills
FURNITURE AMD FINISHED LUMBER
PRODUCTS 1/
Mattresses and bedeprings
Furniture
Wooden "boxes, other than cigar
Caskets and other morticians' goods
Wood preserving
Wood, turned and shaped
STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS 1/

133.6

i
457

459

422

*63

35.9
243.6

31.2 - 30.6
227.2
230.1

35.3
19.7
17.4
32.5 :

;
: -432

425

35.1
19.9
17.3
32.7 :

• 425

34.3

19.6
16.8

31.9
424

6,5 i

13.2
35.0
70.4
55.3
6.1

12.9
35.2
69.3
55.0
6.2

12.7 :
9.4 i
i

12.7 !
9.3 :
i

11.1
8.9

11.1

18.0 ! 18.3 1
11 .5 ! 16.5 <
y
21.9 j 21.7 '
i

18.5 i

16.9
20.3
21.6

17.3
..01
.2.
21.7

12.5 ) *
! 2-1
36.7
36.3
7<5.3
7f3
5^.0
57.6
6.6
6.6
12.6
9-3 i!

j
:
i
;
!
i
1

12.6 1
36.8 !1
75.8

57.2

16.5
21.3 i

:

8.9

.3
]

:

I1
i

:

1,258

1,256

523.6

j

523.2 i
14.5 ! 14.3 i
107,4
108.2 j
177.4
139.1
11.6

See explanatory notes, sections A, C, and G>




432

122.4

Nondurable goods

Cotton manufactures, except smallwares
Cotton smallwaros
Silk and rayon goods
Woolen and worsted manufactures,
except dyeing and finishing
Hosiery
Knitted cloth
Knitted outerwear and knitted gloves
Knitted underwear
Dyeing and finishing textiles,
including woolen and worsted
Carpets and rugs, wool
Hats, fur-felt
Jute goods, except felts
Cordage and twine'

453

120.1 ! 122.7
;

117.2 | 119.7

1
t
II

TEXTILE-MILL PRODUCTS AND OTHER FIBER
MANUFACTURES l/

|

36.3 j 36.0 ‘
248.6 ! 246.8 !
34.8 i
35.5
j
19.7 i 19.8
16.9 S
16.5
32.8 j
32.2
1

Glass and glassware
Glass products made from
purchased glas3
Cement
Brick, tile, and terra cotta
Pottery and related products
Gypsum
Wallboard, plaster (except gypsum),
and mineral wool
Lime
Marble, granite, slate, and other
products
Abrasives
Asbestos products

| Jan. H Dec.
| 592
592
:
472.8
547.3 1 471.1
132.4 i 120.7
119.3

s Nov.
’
| 6^0
\

544.4 1

530.8
13^.6

1

i

Dec.
Tf8

30.6
49.1
87.4
35.7
13.7
4.2

16.8 i

177.3
138.4
11.5
31.3
48.8
87.0
35.4
13 .8 3.1
16.5

1,238

1,242

518.3
516.9
13.9 , 16.1
106.9

|

107.1

1,242
516.3

16.0

IO6.9

174.2

180.2 ; 181.7
136.8
135.9
11.5 ! 12.C
12.5
36.4
31.4
34.9
47.8
42.0
41.3

136.2

85.9 |
34.4 j
13 >6 1
3.0 1
16.1 i
!

85.7
29.9
13.9
4.2
16,8

84.3
29.5

13.8

-4.1
17.2

11.
Table 6 .- Estimated Number of Production Workers in Manufacturing Industries - Cont’
d
(In thousands)
1948

Industry group and industry

1946
Dec.

1947
D©^. 'L Nov.
j . . "*
..
*'
*”

_

APPAREL AND OTHER FINISHED TEXTILE
pr od uc ts ;!/

1,203

Man's clothing, hot elsewhere
classified
.Shirts^ collars, and nightwear
Underwear;
and neckwear , men* s
Work shirts
Women's dlothingy not elsewhere
classified
Corsets and allied garments
Millinery
Handkerchiefs
Curtains, draperies, and "bedspreads
.
Housefurnishings, other- than
. curtains,'etc.
.Textile, "bags

308.1

81.6

18.1

15.8

476.2
19.6
26.5
4.9

31.6

29.7
28.2

LEATHER AND LEATHER PRODUCTS l/

371

Leather
Boot and shoe cut stock•
and findings
Boots and shoes.
Leather.
gloves and mittens
Trunks and suitcases

46.7
19.7

231.8

12.2
13.2

FOOD 1/

1,102

Slaughtering a i meat packing
td
Butter .
Condensed and evaporated milk
Ice cream
Flour
Feeds, prepared.
Cereal preparations
Baking
Sugar refining, cane
Sugar, beet
Confectionery
Beveragesnonalcoholic
Malt liquors
Canning and preserving

196.7
32.6
18.5

23.6

39-2
29.3
12.1
215.4
18.4

10.3
74.7
33.2
68.0

126.6

j.1,171 11,090

i
!
310.5
82.4
18.4
15.5

*

309.2 ! 284.6
81.1 ! 71.4
■
.
18.11
15.5 j

18.3
16.3

452.1 ! 421.8
h
16.8
19.4
■
21.6 : 24.2
'23.6
5.2 •
5.1
4.7
32.2 i 32.1; 25.7

470.5

19.6

30.6 !
28.6
373
46.9

30.0

•
29.1

28.4

29.3

369

:

46.9 !

19.8
231.3

19,81
227.5!

13.1
14.2

14.8;

1,165
203.7
32.9
18.6
24.9
39.4

29.1

12.1
220.8
20.0
20.9 :
78.7 !
33.3
69.7
148.9 i

1,079

13.21

1,197

362
45.8
20.3
222.6
13.1
13.9

!1,098

191.7' 184.^
33-91
32.8
19.5 f 19.3
26.3 ! 23.9
39-71
36.S
28.5 : 27. €
;
12.8?
!3. c
'224.8; 212.3
20.8:
18. C
26.2
11. C
79.5i 64. C
26.s
34.31
73.‘
3! 62.6
172.0! 158.

282.7
70.5

18.8

15.9
414.4

16.9

22.5
4.6

26.9

29.6
29.8
362
45.4
20.6
221.7
13.7
14.7
1,139
179.7
34.7
.
19.0
24.3
39.0

26.9

13.7

215.I
18.3
19.3
65.9
27.5
64.0
194.8

87

1

See explanatory notes, sections A, C, and G .
.

9°

90

92

34.2
40.2

34.0;
42.2
i

34.2
41.{

34.5
42.9

7.2

Cigarettes
Cigars
Tobacco (chewing and smoking)
and snuff

88

33.3
40.4

TOBACCO MANUFACTURES




.1,199

7.3

7.2;

l.l

7.8

12 .
Table 6 .- Estimated Number of Production Workers in Manufacturing Industries - Cont'fi
(In thousands)

Industry group and industry
PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS l/
Paper and pulp
Paper goods, other
Envelopes
Paper bags
Paper boxes
PRINTING, PUBLISHING, AMD ALLIED
INDUSTRIES 1/
Newspapers and periodicals
Printing; book and job
Lithographing
Bookbinding
CHEMICALS AHD ALLIED PRODUCTS 1/
Paints, varnishes, and colors
Drugs, medicines, and insecticides
Perfumes,
and cosmetics
Soap
Bayon and allied products
Chemicals, not elsewhere
classified
Explosives and safety fuses
Compressed and liquefied gases
Ammunition, small-arms
Fireworks
Cottonseed oil
Fertilizers
PRODUCTS OF PETROLEUM AND COAL l/
Petroleum refining
Coke and byproducts
Paving materials
Roofing materials

See explanatory notes, sections A, C, and G.




1948
Ji.
al

Dec.

1947
Nov.

Jan.

1946
Dec.

387

39°

387

386

387

199.8
57.9
12.4
18.1
97.7

199.6
59.1
12.4
18.2
99.6

197.6

192.4
57.7
11.9
20.0
103.0

191.8

431

436

435

417

420

144.3
180.6
32.1
37.6

146.3
182.8
32.9
38.3

145.1
182.0
33.0
38.7

135.3
178.0
32.5
36.5

136.7
178.0
32.7
36.9

575

579

577

564

555

58.8

12.4

17.9
99.0

58.0

12.0
19.7
104.3

50.7

50.6

65.7
12.1
25.5

66.4
65.9
12.9 , 13.9
25.5 1 25.8
63.1
63.5

69.6

13.9
22.4

14.6
22.1
60.6

197.7
22.0
9-9
6.2
2.4
21.6

198.1
196.4
21.9
21.7
9.7
9.9
7.4
7.2
2.8
2,9.
24.4 . 24* 5
28.0
26.7

193.0
20.3
9.1
6.7
3.0

190.5
19.4
8.8
6.6
3.5
22.3

161

162

163

154

155

109.7
30.5

109.9
30.0

109.7

106.2

107.2

27.5
2.3
17.2

2.3
17.3

63.2

30.4

2.1
18.0

2.7
18.3

50.2

30.0

3.4-

18.5

48.5

61.1

20.5

•
29.6

48.4

68.9

26.5

26.9

x3
•Table 6 ;- Estimated Number of Production Workers in Manufacturing Industries - Cont'cl
(In thousands)

Industry group and industry
RUBBER PRODUCTS 1/
Rubber tires and inner tubes
Rubber boots and shoes
Rubber goods, other
MISCELLANEOUS INDUSTRIES 1/
Instruments (professional and
scientific), and fire-control
equipment
Photographic apparatus
Optical instruments and ophthalmic
goods
Pianos, organs, and parts
Games, toys, and dolls
Buttons
Fire extinguishers

-"'19W Jan.

Dec.

: NOV,

I Jan.

1946
Dec.

223

225

223

240

242

113.5
22.5
86.8

114.8
22.5
87.7

115.1

431

447

454

.. W

127.7
22.0 ! 23.2
86.1
89.6

27.7
40.1 .

28.1 I 27.8
40.3 i 39-9

16.6

27.8

28.0 i 27*6
17.6 ! 17.8

33.5
13.3
2.6

38.5 ; 43.4
13.4
12.7
2.7
2.7

439

28.2

I29.O
23.Q
89.9
448

35.5

28.4
35.4

30.6

30.6

14.6
29.9
14.1
3.0

13.3
33.8
14.6
3.0

See explanatory notes, sections A - E, G and H.
l/ Estimates for the individual industries comprising the major industry group have
been adjusted to levels indicated by data through 195-5 made available by the
Bureau of Employment Security of the Federal Security Agency. Comparable series
from January 1939 are available upon .request. More recently adjusted data for
the individual industries comprising the major industry group indicated below
supersede data shown in publications dated prior to:
Major industry group
Products of petroleum and coal
Electrical machinery
Chemicals and allied products
Nonferrous metals and their products




Mimeographed release

Monthly Labor Review

January 1948
February 1948
February 1948
March 1948

February 1948
March 1948
March 1948
April 1948

1
4*
.Table 7* - Estimated Number of Employees in
Selected Nonmanufacturing Industries 1/ :
(in thousands)
Industry group and industry

1948

j
[

T

... .

....... JSbT- .....
r Tfr_; .
_ )iy
\

1946

.

MINING: 2/

j

Coal:
Anthracite
Bituminous coal •
Metal:
Iron.
Copper
Lead and zinc
Gold and silver
Miscellaneous

66.9
339

78.0
28.2
25.4
14.0

8.1
2.2

6*
1,2

67.0

! 337
| 77.9
! 28.6
! 25.I
! 14.0

333
77v5
29.2
24.6

13.8

8.0

7-7
•2.3

2.3

69a!
68.7
33^ ‘ 326
76.0
76.9;
26.6
26.4
23.3
'23.9
16.1
16.5
7.6
7.7
2.4
2.2

TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC UTILITIES:
Class I steam raiivays 3/
Street railways and busses 4/
Telephone
Telegraph 5/
Electric light and power

1,340
1,332 1,353
1,318
1,331
252
254
249
250
249
586 .
.
588.
6l4
620
620
36.6
40,4
36.6
39.4
36.7
250
268
252
268
269
:
?
j

SERVICE:
378
235 .
88.9

Hotels (year-round) ..
.
Power laundries 2/ 6/
Cleaning and dyeing"j2/ 6/

378 ..
.
.
381
237 ‘ 238
91.0 ! 92.7

378
246
92.2

384.
246
94.0

.

See explanatory notes, section Gn
1/ Includes all employees unless otherwise noted.
2/ Includes production and related workers only.
] I Includes all employees at middle of month. Excludes employees of switching and
|
terminal, companies. Class I steam railways include these with over $1*000,000
annual revenue. Source: Interstate Commerce Commission.
4/ Includes pr.ivate and municipal street railway companies and affiliated,
"
" subsidiary, or successor trolley-bus and motor-bus companies.:
5/rIncludes all land-line employees except those compensated on a commission basis.
Excludes general and divisional headquarters personnel, trainees in school, and
messengers.
6/ The figures presented here differ from those shown previously (in the mimeo­
graphed releases dated prior to February 1948 and the Monthly Labor Review
prior to March 1948) in two respects: The employee definition has been
changed from "wage earners" to "production workers” with the resultant ex­
clusion of driver-salesmen, and the data have been adjusted to levels
indicated by data through 1945 made available by the Bureau of Employment
Security of the Federal Security Agency. Comparable data from January 1939
are available Upon request.




15.
Table 8. -Indexes of Production-Worker Emplojment aadWeekly Pay Roll.
inManufacturinglnduatries
(1939 Average * 100)

Industry group and ipAustry
ALL MANUFACTURING
Durable goods
Nondurable' goods

r_

Employment Indexes”
W
-»T
Jan. IDeo. ;Nov. i
Jan.

156.9 {158.21157.3!152.7

Pay-roll indexes

mr

Jan. SDeo. jNov.

302
5

Jan.

. ]356.7l 345.0!307.3

'

s

'

:

•

.•

•

lQ3.U-l 83.-9 182.21178.0 392, 61399. 5! 384.71340.0
136.0 j
138.0 j .6 ;132.8 308.7i3l4.8{ 306.2; 275.3
137

Durable goods
IRON AND STEEL AND THEIR HKXDOCTS
Blast furnaces, steel works,
and’rolling mills
Gray-iron and semisteel castings
Malleable-iron castings
Steel castings
Cast-iron pipe a il fittings
x
Tin cans and 'oth&r tinware
Wire drawn from purchased rods
Wirework
Cutlery and edge tools .
.
Tools (except edge tools, machine
tools, files, and savs)
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, washers, and rivets
Forgings, iron and steel
Wrought pipe, welded and
heavy-riveted
Screw-machine products and
wood screws
Steel barrels, kegs, and drum*}
Firearms
ELECTRICAL MACHINERY 1/
Electrical equipment
Radios and phonographs'
Communication equipment

162.1 :161.9 ^160.6 !156.5 339.7 l34i.2ji331.31287.9
:
:
j
\ ‘ :
;
128.7 i128. 1128.2 !123.5
2
141.1] 143. :142.8^147.4
6
155.2;154.0!150.7s139.2
165.81164.1 !163.1 s167.7
127.1 1128.7 ‘126.7i120.0
146.4'; 147.9 146.0: X31 .O
140.2!141.3 139. ^138.8
6
140.4 :137 .1 ;131 -21137.7

-

I

I

!

314,3!331.2! 315.91242.8
266.7I275.7! 266.0:247.7
314.7!316,6! 292.9;273#8
380.0! 378.3}-405.1
157.4;159.6 158.5; 1&0.5 375.11
:
:
!
I66.lll66.7 *l63.6:174.1 374.2! 374.71 357.5! 361.3
146.7!145.1 141.3! 140.4 346.2! 340.2i 323*8!291.9
261.5;255.6^237.6
119.71119.8:118.7:122.2 253.1 !
I4l.6j.l46.lj147.3! 136.2 308.9! 33O.9!317.2j 277.9

;
|
I52.3il52.3:i50.6!l73.5 318. 1i 340.oi 330. 2|331.2
)
153.5:155.8 155.lj152,9 357.?! 371.4! 356. )318.3
9
5
1
166.6:168.2 167.6:162.0 338.0!354.2;345.2!287.9

136.81138.6 :136.2:131.3 289.4!308.d 293*6!253.8
1
148.0!147.5 :146.9:150.7 309.6!320. !309a! 277.4
179.9!179.6;177.3:175.0 390.9! 397.5! 380.7] 341.0
174.lj172.6;167.1s161.9 370.7! 372.43^9.9! 292.9

156.8;155.8 :154.5^173.9 349.9S347.9 331.7! 355-0
102.3 ; 99.4 ’ 97.3:102.9 262,51263.1;243.4! 232.4
294.5;290.5 ;284.6;282.8 665.5!657.2 627.0;580.4 j
i
;
i
222.7] 225.8.225.4; 230.8 462.0! 472.1! 463.1; 425.6
207.2!209.2;208.2 206.4 430.61434.31423.9 374.9
228.5 ;238;2 ;241,71251.7 507.51 542.91 539.6 500.4
302.41302.7 :300.3;339.9 586.4?604.6;597.8 626,7

See explanatory notes, sections A, - , F, and G.
C




.

258.7 1253.51251.2!208.9
327.4!330.4! 3l4.0|317.1
378.0 )378.3;362.81302.8
350.0 !347.9! 337.51302.8
315.2 !317.7i 299.6!286.7

j

16 .

Table 8. - Indexes of Production-Worker Employment and Weekly Pay Roll
in Manufacturing Industries - Continued

Industry group., and industry

MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL
Machinery andmachine-shop
products
Engines and turbines
Tractors
Agricultural machinery,
excluding tractors
Machine tools
Machine-tool accessories
Textile machinery
Pumps and pumping equipment
Typewriters
Cash registers, adding, and
calculating machines
Washing machines, wringers,
and driers, domestic
Sewing machines, domestic
and industrial
Refrigerators and refrigeration
equipment
TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT,
EXCEPT AUTOMOBILES.
Locomotives
Cars, electric- and steamrailroad
Aircraft and parts, excluding
aircraft engines
Aircraft engines
Shipbuilding and boatbuilding
Motorcycles, bicycles, and parts
AUTOMOBILES

Pay-roll Indexes
Employment indexes
W
ms
m :
SSL
Jan.
Jan. [Dec. Nov. iJan. Jan. ;jpec.- iNov. I
45
230.01229.0i
225*9 222.0 U69.6 lU7O.2 i O.Ui406.6
I
;

186.5 i .31185.9!188.0 383.6I388.7!37U.3 ! 350.3
186
235. v 235.uj228.9i2U3.5 532.3 [5Ul.6l510.6i U9I.7
7 :
192.9 ii89.6 ii8u.7 i175.2 3U . 9 !3Ul.3 | 33l . 8 j 273.3
:
!
;
I
j
196.9 ii93.iii8U.81165.7
135.0 i137.9 i
137.Ui163.2
168.9 I169.0 I .7120U .0
167
182.5’
I82.2jl79.li166.2
227.Ui226.8i225.3l 2U2.7
156.01156. !153.2!139.8
9

:

?

j

U21.0!U09.l!376.6!29U.9
2U5.31257.912U9.5I282.7
307.91307.8!29U.6! 3U2.7
Ul0.U;U05.Ul390.3i337.3
U8l.UlU86.8|U70.9iU66.5
359.6!363.5!352.8|276.2

226.11225.61220.7 191.2 U83.1IU82.6i456.5?355.7
l

83.7iUU2.9 1326.8
213.91215.2 - .0|169.6 U62.5 iU
208

)
'•
!
!
1
167.8!167.31163.2! 138.6 39U.8 1392.2 j 376. 3; 278.1
i
I
;
230.7 !228.0 I U.2!19U .1 U7 O.6 iU58.2 jU27.8l3U5.7
22
:

291. 2 j 285. 8 ;278. 9! 298.U 596. 7 | 588. 1 ;5UU.l 562.6
i
:
:
Ull.UjU09.UjU02.0jU10.9 863.ll878.6]863.1 797.2

228.0!231;8|231.U 208.6 500.6!522.U|503.5! U ll.2
!
|

j

:

338.71335.8 336.2; 362.8 653.6! 668.7 1653- 8i 668.7
28U.01291.0 291. O 331. u U82.9:503.5J U79.21-535.0
j
191.9;181.5 I69.9I 205.7 U16.7I378.91316.6]395.8
207. 6 ; 210.1 207. O 175 .! UlU.5 1
j
UU8.2j UUl.3|318.5
201. (
6 202.1 198.2! 187.7 399.0 1
U19.8| 388.i f 321.1
3
I
j
175.3!177.2 175.7! 186.9 365.3!371.2| 361.0) 35U.8
;

NONFERROUS METALS AND THEIR
PRODUCTS if
Smelting and refining, primary>
of nonferrous metals
Alloying; and rolling and
drawing of nonferrous
metals, except aluminum
Clocks and watches
Jewelry (precious metals)
and Jewelers* findings
Silverware and plated ware
Lighting equipment
Aluminum manufactures
Sheet-metal work,.
not.
elsewhere
classified

?

i

lUU.5! 1UU.6 1U3.7! 1U5.7 303.1J299.9j 300; 3| .270.1
137. 9 ! 137.5 136. 3! 162.5 270.3;271. 9! 263.7I301.8
138.6; 1U0.8 139.9; 139.5 32U.8; 333.3} 330.51 296.U
189.3^191.6 194.6 188.9 383.UjU15.6l U03.6j360.7
221.0!223.5:2l8.a 195.8 520.5* 535.5^ 507.UI.U25.3
163.8! 167. 8!I67.S 183.7 339. 61339. 6| 333-9! 332.3
192.2L19O. I s185. 4! 217.5! 369.8! 36U.71351.71 382.U
:

:

.t

200.0 :
- 209. ,209. i 209.8 U38.5iU59.9j U38.0I Ul3.£
9
l

See explanatory notes, sections A,.<CyiF, and. G .
.




’
•

17.
Table 8 , - Indexes of Producticn-Worker Employment and Weekly Pay Roll
in Manufacturing Industries - Continued

Pay-roll 'indexes'
_Employment indexes
IfoY
1946 ■
±9%E S
1947
Industry group and industry
Dec. sNov. ;Jan.
Jan. iDec. )Nov. IJan. Jan. ‘
LUMPER AND TIMBER BASIC PRODUCTS l/ 158.3 ! 6I.3 Il6l.7l 140.9 372.71390.2 388.6=292.4
I
Sawmills and logging camps
•Planing and.plywood mills

330.3|333.9
388.3;395.0
333.^334.3
304.21312.1

301.9 |278.5

141.4’
142.2;141.5 142.8
131.1 , .8 :138.8 137.7
134
131.1 : .4 :132.1 133.0
133
143.7j147.6)147.lj144.9
164.31167. s168. ;171.9
8
4

294.9^299.6
330.4 347.2
296.3;
305.3
305.0:320.4
339.4;356.5

287.3r . 8
274
353.0:333.2
290.8j283.0
316.3 !280.0
357.2; 326.2

125.8!131 .7 *271.6 !287.I
151.0{3I3.9 284.71291.3
J
130.6!121.3 296.91301.9
169.0!163.6 336.3!354.4
132.4!123.9 !283.O!290.2

269.4 s667.4
294.0;234.3
296.7 s247.1

125.0:127.1
149.1 s150.5
131 .4:131.4
165:7 170.3
i .7 .134.6
132

323.2:278.8

349.8! 294.6
284.5! 244.0

5
i
j . .156.5 156.4 136.3 374.O 384.6 381. !291.0
154 9
98.2; 99-6 99.9! 94.2" 249.61 258.0 259.5!210.2
!
97.5! 99.0 100.l 91.4 173.5:183.3 175.9! 153.1
0
148.6- 217.6 213. ;262.0 308. s462.1 418.2! 482.9
7
138.0.136.6 134.1;136.2 328.3!322^0 313.6!305.6

00

OJ

110.0;109.8}IO8.2!108.6 295.0:294.1!

254.3

125.2sI25. : 123. & 123.9 378.71376.4 362.1s317.7
j
I
;
103.4:101.7S 98.6;114.8 241.8 =232.9s215.1!249.7
84.9s 85.5| 84.41 84.6 252.6!248.1.; 236.6;213.2
112.5*112.4! 110.5:114.3 292.0 ;294.4!276.6!263.6
I 82.81 82.3i 81.1' 81.4 188.8;193* !186.4! 169.8
5
100.41 99.9; 99.4; 104.1 236.5 ;231. )221.7
6
|215.7
j
102.9 105. ^105.5^ 117.3 234.3s 241.6! 243. o 258.9
5
120.6. 120.0; 117.5; 103.1 306.6s306.91 295.4} 234.1

123.7!123.2!121.6; 121.3
132.21130.9! 127.r 110.5
89.1 89.7! 88.5: 90.5
110.1. 80.6! 79.4; 111.3

303.5!297.$ 279.$ 264.5
316.8!311.61 297.6; 222.9
193.3 !202. l 18I.9I198.0
!
259.3s175.W 170.1! 254.2
.
131.6i 128.8! 125.7; 131.3 330.6 !320.0:300.61 287.8

See explanatory notes, sections A, C*.F, and G.




322.1 ;283.I
372.61308.4

139.a!139.2 |138.21131.8
177 .iU 75 .8 ^174.9 !152.3
139.8 ii38 . ii36. i129.3
7
9
125.35122.7 ;124.6 ;123.8

8

FURNITURE AM) FINISHED LUMBER
PRODUCTS 1/
Matti’
esses and bedspringe
Furniture
Wooden boxes, other than cigar
Caskets and other morticians'
goods
Wood preserving
Wood, turned and shaped
STOKE, CLAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS l/
Glass and glassware
Glass products mado'
from
purchased glass.
Cenent
Brick, tile, and terra cotta
Pottery and related products
Gypsvm
Walljoard, plaster (except
gjpuum), and mineral ,
wool
Lime
Marble, granite, slate, and
other products
Abrasives
Asbestos products
Nondurable goods,
TEXTILE-MILL PRODUCTS AMD OTHER
FIBER MANUFACTURES l/
Cotton manufactures, except
smallwares
Cotton smallwares
Silk and rayon goods‘
Woolen and worsted manufactures,
except dyeing and finishing
Hosiery .
Knitted .cloth
Knitted outerwear and knitted
gloves
Knitted underwear
Dyeing and finishing textiles,
including woolen and worsted
Carpets and rugs, wool
Hats, fur-felt
Jute goods, except felts
Cordage and twine

169,21173.6 !174.*5 150.2 399.01422.0 425.3!309.2
170.2 il68.8 i167.4 152.6 398.7[403.6 385.5;3H.5

18.

Table 8. - Indexes of Pro&uction-Worker Employment and Weekly Pay Roll
.
i i Manufacturing Industries t Continued
r
Employment indexes

Industry. ..g^oup and Industry-

l§ 'B
h
Jan.

APPAREL AI© OTHER FINISHED
TEXTILE PRODUCTS 1/
Men's clothing^’not elsewhere
classified
'
’
Shirts, .collars, and nightwear
Underwear and neckwear> men1
s
Work shirts ■
.
Women*sclothing, not elsewhere
classified
Corsets and allied garments
Millinery
Handkerchiefs
Curtains* draperies,, and
bedspreads
.
Houaefurnishlrigs/ other than
curtains, etc*
Textile bags.
LEATHER AND LEATHER PRODUCTS 1/
Leather
Boot and shoe cut stock and
findings
Boots and shoes
Leather gloves and’mittensTrunks and suitcases

Slaughtering and meat packing •
Butter
Condensed and evaporated milk
Ice cream
Flour'
Feeds, prepared
Cereal preparations
Baking
Sugar refining, pane
Sugar, beet
Confectionery
Beverages,.nonalcoholicMalt- liquors
Canning and preserving
*

Cigarettes
Cigars
Tobacco (ehewing and smoking)
and snuff

152^ 151.9!1^8 .3]138i0 353VJ
fr5^3.3| 319.6 300i6.
134.2:135.2: 134.7
110.4 111.41 I09.7
106,6 ao 8.8;106.5
112.0 : .8:109.4
109

123.9 313.^1309*5 301.5 277.2
:96.5 275*8 !
283.2 266*0 225.9
107.9 292,01304.0 292.9 270.8
115.6 247,51248.2 253.I 273.7

166.4 : .4!158.01147.4
164
10t.7 aoU.4|103.3- 89.7
;
IO3 .7 ; 92.3! 84.7; 95.0
99.7; .l 102.21 91.6
101 i

374.8'355.9 319.3
236.21230,51226.8
206.5 ! ;0 i123.6
159
222.5!251.2! 260.4

322.3
183.5

169.6

201.4

178.0:191.31180. ;144.6 4l4.9i424.7i 422.2 310.7
9

265.9 274.31 268.71260.2 591.61653.li590.ll522.0
223.7 226.81 225.3! 232.7 481.1!492.9;484.8;473.1
106.9 107.41106.4:104.4 240.7 I
241.8]235. 220.8
»
I
•
s
| 93.4 . . ^ 93.7: 91.6 199.8;202.3; 199.8! 179.4
93 6

S
.

j.98.8 99.4; 99.o; 101.8
|100.4 100.2;’98.5; 96.4
8
.22.5 130.8;131 . :130.8
1
i
.
158.5 170.1 ;177.9! 166.5
1145.7- 150. 8; 142.0; 136.5
162.0 163. 6- 168.2;163.0
.
169.6 170 .6;179.7: 177.8
133.7 141.4! 149.1; 135.4
141.3 141.9* l43.ll 140/1
169.4 168.4; 165.3i 161.1
.
145.0 144.3; 1 3 .7 155.5
5. ]
113.1 116.0!118 .1 !111.5
116.0 125.91 131. 1 ! 113.7
88.9 179.7! 225.5 ; 94.7
134.0 141.2! 142.7; 114.9
139U 139.7! 143.8! 112.8
168.2 172.4i I8I.3 !155.3
84.-2 9 . 1 114.4- 105.4
9.;

201.4 202.61 190.3
233.8 : ,9 !
231 223.5
245.6 262.7 !
264.1
319.8 369*31 406.0

192.0
212.8
248.4
$21.3

304.2! 338.9! 317.4| 285.7
330.3! 342.2! 346.0! 309.4
356.4
370.7! 364.0; 377.81
248.o; 258.5 !
269.9!240.4
305.9 ! 319.41 336.9! 305.4
379.0! 381.4; 346.9! 323.4
307.8! 306.3 ;313. 7 ; 295.6
221.5 : .2!227 8 207 i8
229
218.4! 250.6 ! .3 ;184.2
302
0 516.81 170.6
1-8L 3! 392. !
289.5! 326. 6! 325.1'i 227.5
234.3: 236.3 !240.0! 175.1
289.4! 307*7! 326.8! 251.O
213.9; 250.2 !265.7 236.6

.!

93.5! -94,4 96.5! 96a 209.9 f219.8j216.3 209.4
j

24
121.3 ; ;5!124.0! 124.2 255.8!267.9!253.3 ; l .5
124
79.4; 79.0! 82.9! 82a 181.7:190.0 !195,81195.2
78.2 ! 79-.4: 78.9- 82.1 160*91169.8 :164.0 |155.8

See explanatory^notes,. sections A, C, F, and G.




W
T

! •0 136.4 140.1 128.4 273.9!298.9!300.61256.4
109

FOOD 1/

TOBACCO MANUFACTURES

Iw r
Dec. TNov. ;Jan.

"• Pay-roll Indexes
1948.i
T
Jan. ;Dec. :Nov. .
Jan.

19.
Table 8 . - Indexes of Production-Worker Employment and Weekly Pay Roll
in Manufacturing Industries - Continued

Industry group and industry

PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS 1/

itoployment‘indexes
'
I9%P
Jan. iDec. iNov. Jan.

Pay-roll indexes'
1948 j
19frf
Jan. 1Dec. !Nov. IJan.

145.7!146.9|1U?.7| 145.6

321. 51327.5! 319.6)285.1

19W

j

Paper and pulp
Paper goods, other
Envelopes
Paper bags
Paper boxes
PRINTING, PUBLISHING, AND ALLIED
INDUSTRIES 1/
Newspapers and periodicals
Printing; book and job
Lithographing
Bookbinding

:

i

:

l 45. oi l 44. 8 il 43. 4j 139.6 325. 0! 327, 3 ! 319. 9! 274.3
i
153. 61156. 61155. 9:153.0 328. 8! 335.7! 327. U 298.0
142.O 142.6!142-51137*0 279. 9I 282. 7 ! 281.5!255*5
S
162. 61163. 9: 161. 3! 180.0 366. 6' 370. 2! 347. 4! 363.6
140.9!143.71142.7! 148.5 307.7! 321.9! 31U.51290.2
131 . 3 1133. Oj132.$ 127.2
!
I
1
121 . 6 : 123, 2 ! 322 . 21114,0
.

250. 2! 258. 01252. 3 ! 219.6

219, 8! 231. 0! 224. 0: 185.2
141.5}143,2i 142.6! 139.5 283. 2! 286,7! 279*3!249.4
122.1! 125.3; 125.8! 123.7 224.2! 237,11 236. 1! 214.7
145. 9 ' 148.8!150.3; 141,7 315.3! 326. 6j 325. l j 301.0
:

|

CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS l/

199.6!201.0;200.l j 195.6 417.3!414.9! 407.5?362.9

Paints, varnishes, and colors
Drugs, medicines, and
insecticides
Perfumes and cosmetics
Soap
Rayon and allied products
Chemicals, not elsewhere
classified
Explosives and safety fuses
Compressed and liquefied gases
Ammunition, small-arms
Fireworks
Cottonseed oil
Fertilizers

179,3! 178.^; 177, 7; 171.4 332. 6- 329. 8} 327.4! 287.4

|

PRODUCTS OF PETROLEUM AND COAL l/
Petroleum refining
Coke and byproducts
Paving materials
Roofing materials

238.8:239.2:241.31 252.7
115.9! 123.6:133.l j 13U.0
167.0!167.4;168.9:147.1
130.8! 131. 4 1130,5‘ 126.5

497.9! 488.5i 489. 9; 450.6
231.7: 240,5! 265.3i 241.4
379.3i 381-3! 371. 0; 273.7
268. 6! 265. 9! 260. 5; 227,5

282.8! 283.3 :280.9i 276.1 561.3: 555-8; 540.8; 495.5
301,3: 300.7 ; 298. 0! 278.1 580. 2: 565. 0! 566. 2! 481.7

249.2: 248.8 i244. 9! 228.2
144.l! 172.7 168. 7 ! 155.5
209, 6 !243.5 ; 249. 0) 258.5
5
l4 l,6 ; 159.5 1160. !134.5
141.6! 156.9
161.3! 148.7 1

464.3: 459. 6! 458. 0! 382.8
333.7! 411.9! 398. 0! 331.3
583.1: 633.8! 711. 6! 660.5
394.7) 448.4! 448.7! 3U7.5
433.4; 393.01 362.5! 376.1

I52.4il52.9;153.5i1^5.4 312.® 308.2 304.51253,9
i
’
:
149,9!150.1;149,8i145.0 296. 8! 293.U 288.9 244,3
!
140,6!138.3 ! .2!126.9 319.81 294.81292.7 239.6
138
83.61109,9 =
138.11 92,8 165, 7! 221. 5! 268.8 159.7
222.7l226.2;228.0?212.4 508.3!535*7; 526.41431.1

See explanatory notes, sections A, C, F, and G.




1

20.
Table 8 . - Indexes of Producticn-Worker Employment and Weekly Pay Eoll
in Manufacturing Industries - Continued

Industry group and industry

RUBBER PRODUCTS if
Rubber tires and inner tubes
Rubber boots and shoes
Rubber goods, other
MISCELLANEOUS INDUSTRIES l/
Instruments (professional and
scientific), and fire-control
equipment
Photographic apparatus
Optical'
instrument^ and
ophthalmic goods
Pianos, organs, and parts
Games, toys, and dolls
Buttons
Fire extinguishers

Employment indexos
3-947
194oJan. Dec. ;
Hov. jJan.

184.2i186.1

Pay-roll indexes
i9te’:
w
Jan. :
Dec; :Nov. ,Jan.

184. 5 ; 198.8 376.8!396.5 383.3?386.3

209. 2 ; 211.7 212.2 i235.5 1388.4 :4 1 2 .1; 407.5 *^1 6 . 3
151. 5 !151.4 147.9 i156.5!342.8;367.li 322.4 i 322,5
167. 4: 169.1 166.0’172.8j 368.3:379.9; 362.213 5 ^ .5
176. 1 :182.7! 185.6[179.3 377.9 396. 6i 393.7! 356.7
245. 3 '248.1; 246.1:249.2 507. 5 i499. 2: 480.8 451.2
226.7;228. 2; 225.9;200.6 428.01431.0l426;7 348.0
233-6-235. M 232.1|257.3 452.31458.5 :445.3
213. y 226. 3; 228. 61186.9 447.8 513.4 : 500.1
175. 0 ; 201. 3: 226. 9 :156.3 399.71469-5i525.9
118.7'119.l i 113.0.125.6 275. 71280. 8! 262.5
254. 6 : 263. 8} 269.5 294.0 540. 0 ;508.-4i 560.6

472.2
407.7
323.5

278.0
582.9

See explanatory notes, sections A, C, F, and G.
1/ Indexes for the individual industries comprising the major industry group have
been adjusted to levels indicated by data through 1945 made available by the
Bureau or .employment Security of the Federal Security Agency. Comparable series
from January 1939 are available upon request. More recently adjusted data for
the individual industries comprising the major industry group indicated below
supersede data shown in publications dated prior to:
•Major- industry group
Products-6f petroleum and coal
Electrical machinery
Chemicals and allied products
Nonferrous metals’and their products




Mimeographed release

Monthly Labor Review

January 1948
February 1948
February 1948
March 1948

February 1948
March 1948
March 1948
April 1948
x

21.
Table 9* - Indexes of Employment and Weekly Pay Roll in
Selected Nonmanufacturing Industries

(1939 Average = 100)
Industry group and industry

Pay-roll indexea"
Employment indexes
19**7
W 1
Jail..iDec. Nov. ■
jJan. I
Jan. iDec. !Nov. IJan.
4

19^B j

mbbzr>
»

Coal:
Anthracite
Bituminous coal
Metal:
Iron
Copper
Lead and zinc
Gold and silver
Miscellaneous
Quarrying and nonmetallic
Crude petroleum production l/

80. i 81.1 80.9 83.4 227.1 212.2 199.1 1202.0
8
265.4
91.4! 91-0 90.5 90.8 294.2 290.2 275.2 [
179.8 1156.8
88,41 88.3 87.8 87.2 183.5 183.7
i4o.ili4i.9i 345.11131.4 289.4 289.2 298.0 1229.4
106.3 1105.4\
103.31
100.4 235.7 234.3 22^.6 1193.6
88.9 I .U 215.0 218.4 208.0 221.7
106
90.31 90.0
32.9] 32.3 31.11 31.3 55.9 56.0 53.2 I 48.3

56.31 57.4 57.1 54.7 105.3 105.6 105.1 I 85.5
95.6 100.4 103.4 96.9 220.9 241.71250.2 1204.8
94.1 94.0 94.1 92.1 183,4 172.9fl79.6 1153.8

TKANSPCRTATIGH AHD PUBLIC UTILITIES;
Class I steam railways 2/
Street railways and busses
Telephone
Telegraph
Electric light and power

134.8
128.5
195.0
97.6
109.8 n o .3

133.4
129.1
195.0
97.2

135.7
128.7
193.3
97.2
109.7

134.9

3/

I^ J

130.9 230.3 226.91223.6 216.1
I85.2 315.8 314.51321.5 267.5
104.6 209.5 207.8:206.8 H89.1
187.6 IL59.5
102.5 187.9 185.7 j

TRADE: 4/
Wholesale
Retail
Food
General merchandise
Apparel
Furniture and housefumishings
Automotive
Lumber and building materials

116.2 116.9 116.5 ;112.2 214.9 213.7!
114.7
114.4
130.9
111.5
93.6
IO6.5
122.5

130.4
117.4
176.1
136.7
97.4
109.9

119.8! 110.5
116.lj 108.5
143.6! 125.6
124.01 110.0
92.4j 84.3
107.6; 98.3
126.1 126.4! 113.4
j

210.0 237.11
219.4 221.5!
236.0 312.5!
198.8 248.8;
17^.5 192.91
193.9 204.2{
228.0 238.11

=189.7
1187.2
1189.4
1208.4
h.88.2
'44.1
70.4
93.4

SERVICE:
Hotels (year-round) j /
>
Power laundries 6/
Cleaning and dyeing 6/

117.2 118.1 117 . i 117.3 230.4 233.21228.6 1215.1
i
.
120.1 120.9 121.y 125.7 232.9 233.61226.8 1228.6
152.8 156.5 159.41 158.4 285.6 292.81293.7 1286.7

Does not include..well drilling or rig building.
Source: Interstate Commerce Commission.
Not available.
Includes nonsupervisory workers and working supervisors only.
Money payments only; additional value of board, room, uniforms, and tips, not
included.
See footnote 6, table 7 .




EXPLANATORY NOTES
Sec. A. Revisions, of Employment Estimates - The employment estimates
shown in this report for the industry divisions"fe• -> mining, manufacturing, etc.)
C
and industry groups (e.g., iron and steel, electrical machinery, etc.) have "been
adjusted to levels indicated by "benchmark data through 19^5
supersede data
shown in mimeographed releases dated prior to April 19^7 and in the Monthly Labor
Review dated prior to May 19^7.
Sec. B. Sources of Benchmark Data - The chief purpose of recent revisions
published in the February ■ U7 DETAT . C pfrpoRT, was to adjust the levels of employ­
19
TTn
ment estimates to benchmark data through 19^5 * In preparing estimates for private
employment prior to 1939> the various industrial censuses taken by the Bureau of the
Census were used as sources of benchmark data. Data obtained from unemployment
compensation agencies and the Bureau of Old Age and Survivors Insurance are the main
bases for 19^5 benchmarks. Benchmarks for State and local government are based on
data compiled by the Bureau of the Census, vhile most of the data on Federal
Government employment' is made available by the U. S. Civil Service Commission. The
Interstate Commerce Commission is the source for railroads, and the U. S. Maritime
Commission for water '
transportation.
Sec. ’
C. Scope of Employment Revisions - Recent revisions also include a
new type of estimate for employment in construction based upon establishment reports.
This estimate is more consistent with the estimating procedure used for other indus­
try divisions. In addition, federal farce account construction employment has been
transferred from the construction segment to government.
Each of the industry divisions was affected by the recent revisions.
Adjustments have also been made in each of the 20 major, groups comprising the manu­
facturing industry division. To be consistent vith the estimates f x these major
oindustry groups, and more representative of the true level of employment, estimates
for the individual manufacturing industries, formerly based on the 1939 Census of
Manufactures, are now being revised. As these revisions are completed, they are
published in this report and indicated by appropriate footnotes. Since »the revised
employment-estimates shown in this report cover only.the current months a set of
sumrfiary Sheets presenting comparable figures from January 1939 to date, by month,
f l each industry will be provided upon request.
o*
Sec. D. How Employment Estimates Are Made - Estimates of changes in the
level of employment are based on reports from a. sample group pf establishments, in­
asmuch as full coverage is prohibitively costly and time-consuming; In using a
sample; it is essential that an accurate base be eptabliohed from which estimates
may be carried forward. This base or "benchmark" is either a complete count or an
estimate with a satisfactory degree of accuracy. When a new benchmark becomes
available,- estimates prepared since the last benchmark are reviewed to determine if
any adjustment of level is required. .This is the basic principle of employment
estimating used by the BL3. It.yields a satisfactory compromise between a slow but
highly accurate complete Count on the one hand, and a rapid but less accurate sample
count on the other.
Briefly, the Bureau of Labor Statistics computes employment estimates as
follows: first, a benchmark or level of employment is determined; second, a sample
of establishments is selected; and third, changes in employment indicated by this
reporting sample are applied to the benchmark to determine the monthly estimates of




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eraplqgpient between benchmark periods. For example, if the latest complete data on
emplaytnent for an industry were 40,200 in September 1945» and if the industry has a
reporting sample of 13 establishments employing 23,200 workers in September and
23,800 in October, the October estimate would be prepared as follows:
40,200 X 23.800 = 41,240

23,200

In general, data showing month-to-month changes in employment reflect the
fluctuations shown by establishments reporting to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
However, the usual estimating method is inadequate in the finance and service indus­
tries, which have a preponderance of small establishments. A special sampling
procedure has been introduced, involving the scientific selection of a sample of
cities and of a representative list of blocks in these cities. Data obtained from
the establishments in these blocks yield substantially better estimates of month-to
month changes in employment, in the service and finance industries than would be
obtained by the use of the sampling procedure employed for other industries. For
railroads and the Federal Government, complete reports of employment are available.
Why Revisions are Necessary - Because reports are not immediately avail­
able from new firms, they are frequently introduced into the Bureau of Labor Statis­
tics sample after they have been in operation for some time. This lapse of time
produces a rather consistent understatement which becomes larger from year to year.
It is important, therefore, that estimates not be allowed to go uncorrected for too
long a period. During the war period adjustment of many of the ndnmanufacturing
industry divisions was unavoidably postponed for several years. Consequently, the
most recent revision corrects for the downward bias that had accumulated in the nonmanufacturing series since 1941. Bevisions in some industry divisions have been
carried back to 1939 in order to incorporate greater refinements in methodology and
new source materials that have become available. For example, improved data on the
small firm component of the trade and service industries, supplied by the Bureau of
Old Age and Survivors Insurance, made possible refinements in these series back to
1939.
S e * E« Comparability With Other Types of-Employment Data - The Bureau of
tc.
Labor Statistics employment estimates are based upon reports submitted by cooperat­
ing establishments and therefore differ from employment information obtained by
household interviews, such as the Monthly Report of the Labor Force. The Bureau of
Labor Statistics estimates of employment in nonagricultural establishments differ
from the Monthly Report of the Labor Force total nonagricultural employment esti­
mates in several important respects. For example:, (l) The Bureau of Labor
Statistics estimates cover all full- and part-time wage and salary workers in
private nonagricultural establishments who worked or received pay during the pay
period ending nearest the 15th of the month, in Federal establishments during the
pay period ending.
Just before the first of the month, and in State and local govern­
ment during the pay period ending.oh or just before the last of the month. Persons
who worked in.more then, one establishment during the reporting period would be
counted more than once; ( ) Proprietors, self-employed persons, domestic servants,
2
and unpaid family workere are excluded.
Sec. F. Pay-Roll Indexes - Cooperating establishments are instructed to
report pay rolls of production or nonsupervisory workers prior to deduction for old
age and unemployment Insurance, withholding taxes, bonds, and union dues. Pay for
sick leave, holidays, and vacations taken is included. Respondents are instructed
to exclude pay for vacations not teken as well as cash estimates of any payments in
kind. Bonuses, unless earned and paid regularly each pay period, are also excluded.




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The methodology for obtaining pay-roll estimates is similar to that for
employment estimates. Sample changes showing monthly movements are used in project­
ing established benchmarks to secure current pay-roll estimates. These pay-roll
estimates are converted into indexes, using the 1939 average as a base.
Sec. G. Source of Data - Employment and pay-roll estimates are based on
reports from cooperating establishments. Excluding, about 9>000 block-oara.pl© re­
turns, the approximate number of establishments, and workers covered, for each of
the industry divisions are shown below.
Approximate Coverage of BLS Employment
and Pay-Roll Sample
Industry division
Manufacturing
Mining
Contract construction
Public utilities
Trade:
'Wholesale
Retail
Service:
Hotels (year-round)
Power laundries and
cleaning and dyeing

: Employees or production workers
:
Number of
Number
: Percent of total
: establishments :

33,200
2,700
12,500
7,200

7,438,000

877,000

76

11,800
38,600

333,000
1 ,069,000

20

1,200

3.1 ,0
*2 00

37

1,600

71,000

20

396,000
335,000

58

61
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Sec. H. Coverage of Employment Estimates - The employment estimates
shown in Tables 1, 2, and 5 cover all full- and part-time wage and. salary workers
who worked o . received pay during the pey period ending nearest the 15th of the
r
month. Proprietors, self-employed parsons, domestic servants, and personnel of the
armed forces are excluded. The estimates as shown in Tables 6 and 8 refer to pro­
duction and related workers as defined in the Glossary, page vi.
Sec. I. State Estimates - State estimates are prepared in cooperation
with various State Agencies "as indicated below. The estimates for manufacturing
have been adjusted to recent data made available under the Federal Social Security
program. Since some states have adjusted to more recent benchmark data than others,
and because varying methods of computation are, uspd, the total of the state esti­
mates differs from the national total (see Tables 1 and 2). Because of these
recent revisions.
the state estimates for manufacturing are not consistent with the
unrevised data shown prior to June 19^7 for total employment in nonagricultural
establishments, by state. Comparable series of manufacturing estimates for each
state, January 1
9^+3 to date, and also for nonagricultural employment for selected
states, through December 1946, are available upon request to the cooperating
State agency or the 'appropriate Bureau of Labor Statistics regional office.
Estimates of nonagricultural employment, by state, for those States which are now
publishing such estimates are shown in Table 5a. These totals are consistent with
the manufacturing estimates in Table 5 . As estimates for additional States become
available, they will be shown in Table pa.




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Cooperating State Agencies
Arizona - Employment Security Commission, Phoenix.
Arkansas - Employment Security Div., Dept, of Labor, Little Rock.
California - Div. of Labor'Statisticn and Research, San Francisco 2.
Connecticut - Employment Security Division, Hartford 1 5
J.
Delaware - Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Philadelphia - , Pa.
1
Florida - Induotrial Conirt&Ssion, Tallahassee.
Georgia - Employment Security Administration, Atlanta 3*
Illinois - Dept, of Labor, Div. ofUnemploymant Compensation, Chicago 5b,
Indiana - Employment Security Div., Indianapolis 12.
Kansas- - State, Labor Dept;; Tdpeka.
,
Louisiana - Louisiana State University, Bureau of Business Research, Baton Rouge 3*
Maine < Unemployment Commission, Augusta.
•
Maryland - Dept, of Labor a&d’
Industry, Baltimore 2,
Massachusetts - Dept, of Labor and Industries, State House, Boston 33.
Mis'r:jgan - Dept, of Labor and Industry, Lansing 13.
MlSBMfSiJta - Div.-of Employment and Security, St. Paul 1.
•Missouri - Div. of Employment Security, Jefferson City.
Montana - Unemployment Compensation Commission of Montana, Helena.
Nevada - Employment Security1-Dept., Carson City.
New .forsey - Dept, of Labor, •
Trenton 8.
New Mexico - Research and Statistics, Employment Security Commission, AUmrquerque.
New hovk - Dept, of Labor, Div* of Placement and Unemployment Insurance, New York 17.
North Carolina - Dept, of Labor, Raleigh.
Oklahoma - Employment Security Comminsion, Oklahoma City 2,
Pennsylvania - Federal Reserve B * j c of Philadelphia, Philadelphia 1. (Manufacturing)
<nf
Dept, of Labor and Industry, Harriaburg. (Nonmanufacturing)
Rhode Island - Dept, of Labor, Div. of Census and Statiatics, Providence 2.
Tennessee - Dept, of Employment Security, Nashville 3 .
Texas ~ University of Texas, Burear: of Business Research, Austin 12.
Utah - Dept, of Employment Security, Salt Lake City 13.
Vermont - Unemployment Compensation Commission, Montpelier.
Virginia - Dept, of Labor and Industry, Div. of Research and Statistics, Richmond 21.
Washington - Office of Unemployment Compensation and Placement, Olympia.
Wisconsin - Industrial Commission of Wisconsin, Madison 3*
BLS Regional Offices
New England - Regional Director, U. S, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Old South Bldg,,
2 j Washington St., Boston 8, Massachusetts (Connecticut, Maine,
<k
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont)
North Atlantic - Regional Director, U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1000 Parcel
Post Bldg., 3U1 Ninth Avenue, New York 1, New York (Delaware,
Pennnylvania, New Jersey, New York)
North Central • Regional Director, U. S, Bureau of Labor Statistics, 312 National
•
War Agencies Bldg,, 226 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago 6, Illinois
(Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota,
Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin)
Southern - Regional Director, U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics,, 6th Floor-Silvey
Bldg., llU Marietta Street, N. W., Atlanta 3, Georgia (Alabama
Arkansas, Florida, Georgia,- Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolins.,
Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas)
. ,
Pacific-Rocky Mountain - Regional Director, U* Si Bureau of Labor Statistics,.
5U6 Federal Office Bldg., San Francisco 2, California (Arizona,
California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon,- Utah
Washington, Wyoming)
Technical advice and assistance on employment statistics in the states of
Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Columbia will be given by the
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GLOSSARY
Continental. United States - Covers only the 48 States and the District of Columbia.
Contract construction - Covers only firms engaged in the construction business on a
contract basis for others. Force account construction workers, i.e., hired
directly by and on the pay rolls of Federal, State, and local government,
public utilities, and private establishments, are excluded.
Defense Agencies - Covers civilian employees of the National Military Establishment,
Maritime Commission, National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, The Panama
Canal, Philippine Alien Property Administration, Philippine War Damage
Commission, Office of Selective Service Records, War Assets Administration,
Office of Defense Transportation, Office of Scientific Research and Develop­
ment, National Security Resources Board.
Family Allowances - Represents the Government's contribution; the amount contri­
buted by”the personnel is included under pay rolls.
Federal Government-Executive branch - Includes U. S. Navy Yards, Federal arsenals,
and force-account construction. Fourth-class postmasters are included under
the executive branch in table 3> hut are excluded from the government data
shown in table 1. Employment shown here for the executive branch differs
from data published by the U. S. Civil Service Commission in the following
respects: (1) Substitute rural mail carriers are excluded here; (2) seamen
and trainees who are hired and paid by private steamship companies having
contracts with the Maritime Commission are excluded here; (3) the Panama
Railroad Company i . shown here under Government corporations but is in­
s
cluded under the executive branch by the Civil Service Commission; (4) em­
ployment collected and published by the Civil Service Couimission as of the
last day of the month, is here presented as of the first day of the next
month.
Finance* - Covers establishments operating in the fields of finance, insurance, and
real estate; excludes the Fedex-al Reserve District Banks and. the mixed
ownership banks of the Farm Credit Administration.
Government. Covers Federal, State, and local governmental establishments performing
legislative, executive, and judicial functions, as well as all governmentowned and operated establishments and institutions (arsenals; navy yards,
hospitals, Federal Reserve banks, etc.) and government force-account con­
struction. The data shown in table 1 exclude fourth-class postmasters
because they presumably have other major jobs.
Government corporations - Covers only three corporations: The Panqma Railroad
Company, the Federal Reserve banks, and the mixed-ownership banks of the
Farm Credit Administration. All other corporations are included under the
executive branch.
Indexes of prochfotion-worker employment - Estimates of production-worker employment
expressed as a.percentage of the average employment in 1939*
Indexes of production-wprker pay :rolla - Estimates of production-worker pay rolls
expressed as a percentage of the average weekly pay roll for 1939.




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Leave payments - Payments were authorized by P. L. 704 of the 7$th Congress and
P. L. 254 of the 80th Congress to enlisted personnel who were discharged
prior to September 1, 1946 for accrued and unused leave and to officers and
enlisted personnel then on active duty for leave accrued in excess of 60
days. Value of bonds represents fnce value; interest will be paid in
addition to the face value at the time the bonds are cashed. ‘
Tettainal
leave payments to persons discharged after September 1, 1946 are excluded
from leave payments shown but are included in pay rolls.
Manufacturing - Covers only privately owned establishments; governmental manufac­
turing operations such as arsenals and navy yards ore excluded.
Military pay rolls - Covers personnel on active duty or on terminal leave. Coast
Guard pay rolls and Army pay rolls for 1943 represent actual expenditures.
Other data represent estimated obligations based on an average monthly
personnel count. Pay rolls for the Navy proper and Coast Guard include
cash payments for clothing-allovance balances in January, April, July, and
October.- ...Starting. October 1946 pay rolls include lump sum payments for
terminal leave authorized by Public Law 35O of the 80th Congress.
Minings- Covers establishments engaged in the extraction from the earth of organic
and inorganic minerals which occur in nature as solids, liquids, or gases;
includes various contract services required in mining operations, such as
removal of overburden,tunnelling and shafting, and the drilling of acidiz­
ing of oil wells; also includes ore dressing, beneficiatlng, and concentra­
tion.
Nonagricultural establishments - Governmental or private business establishments;
(l) that are physically located within continental United States; and (2)
.whose principal activity can be classified under one of the following
industry divisions— raining, contract construction, manufacturing, trans­
portation and public utilities, wholesale and retail trade, finance,
service, or government.
Pay rolls - Private pay. rolls represent pay rolls of production and related workers
(or nonsupervisory employees and working supervisors) before deductions for
old-age and unemployment insurance, group insurance, withholding tax, bonds,
and union dues, but after deductions for damaged work. Includes pay for
sick leave, holidays, and vacations taken. Excludes cash payments for vaca­
tions not taken, retroactive pay not earned during period reported,value o .
f
payments in kind, and bonuses, unless earned and paid regularly each pay
period. In mining industries further deductions are made for explosives or
other supplies furnished by the company. In coal mining portal-to-portal
pay is included. Federal civilian pay rolls are for all employees before
deductions for income tax, retirement, and bonds.
Production and related workers - Includes working foremen and all nonmipervieory
workers (including lead men and trainees) engaged in fabricating, processing,
assembling, inspection, receiving, storage, handling, packing, warehousing,
shipping, maintenance, repair, Janitorial, watchman services, products
development, auxilliary production for plant’ own use (e.g., power plant)
s
and record-keeping and other services closely associated with the above
production operations. Excludes supervisory employees (above the vorking
foreman l^yel) and their clerical staffs, routemen, salesmen, and other
groups, of nonproduction workers defined below under wage ami aalary workers.




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Service - Covers establishments primarily engaged in rendering services to
Individuals and business firm3. Excludes automobile repair services,
government owned and operated hospitals, museums, etc., and domestic
service.
Trade - Covers establishments engaged in wholesale trade, i.e., selling merchandise
to retailers, and in retail trade, i.e., selling merchandise for personal or
household consumption, and rendering services incidental to the sale of
goods. Includes auto repair services.
Transportation and public utilities - Covers only privately owned and operated
enterprises engaged in providing all types of transportation and related
services; telephone, telegraph and other communication services; or pro­
viding electricity, gas, steam, water, or sanitary services. Government
owned and operated establishments are included under government.
Wage and salary workers - In addition to production and related workers as defined
above, includes workers engaged In the following activities: executive,
purchasing, finance, accounting, legal, personnel (including cafeterias,
medical, etc.), professional and technical activities, sales, salesdelivery, advertising, credit, collection, and In installation and servicing
of own products, routine office functions, factory supervision (above the
working foreman level), and other workers not included as production
workers. Also includes employees on the establishment pay roll engaged in
new construction and major additions or alterations to the plant who are
utilized as a separate work force (force-account construction workers).
Wage earner - See production workers.
Washington, D. C. - Data for the executive branch of the Federal Government also
include areas in Maryland and Virginia which are within the metropolitan
area, as defined by the Bureau of the Census.




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