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Serial N o . R . 420
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Frances Perkins, Secretary
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
Isador Lubin, Commissioner
Employment and Pay Rolls
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June 1936
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Prepared by
Division of Employment Statistics
L ewis E. T a lb e r t , Chief
and
Division of Construction and Public Employment
H e r m a n B. Byer , Chief
UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON : 1936
CONTENTS
Summary of employment reports for June 1936:
Industrial and business employment_________________________________
Public employment___________________________________________________
Detailed reports for June 1936:
Industrial and business employment_______________________________ __
Public employment___________________________________________________
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1.— Employment, pay rolls, and weekly earnings in all manufac
turing industries combined and in nonmanufacturing indus
tries, June 1936____________________________________________
2.— Summary of Federal employment and pay rolls, May and
June 1936__________________________________________________
3.— Employment, pay rolls, hours, and earnings in manufacturing
and nonmanufacturing industries, June 1936______________
4.— Indexes of employment and pay rolls in all manufacturing
industries combined and in the durable- and nondurablegoods groups, January 1935 to June 1936_________________
5.— Indexes of employment and pay rolls in selected nonmanu
facturing industries, January 1935 to June 1936__________
6 . — Comparison of employment and pay rolls in identical estab
lishments in May and June 1936, by geographic divisions
and by States______________________________________________
7 . — Comparison of employment and pay rolls in identical estab
lishments in May and June 1936, by principal cities______
8.— Employment in the executive branches of the Federal Gov
ernment, June 1935 and May and June 1936_____________
9.— Monthly record of employment in the executive departments
of the Federal Government from June 1935 to June 1936,
inclusive___________________________________________________
10.— Employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked on construc
tion projects financed by Public Works Administration
funds, June 1936, by type of project______________________
11.— Summary of employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked
on construction projects financed by Public Works Admin
istration funds from July 1933 to June 1936, inclusive____
12.— Employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked on projects
financed by The Works Program, June 1936, by type of
project_____________________________________________________
13.— Employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked on projects
financed by The Works Program from the beginning of
the program in July 1935 to June 1936, inclusive_________
14.— Employment and pay rolls in emergency conservation work,
May and June 1936________________________________________
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15.— Employment and pay rolls on the emergency conservation
program from June 1935 to June 1936, inclusive__________
16.— Employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked on construc
tion projects financed by the Reconstruction Finance Cor
poration, June 1936, by type of project____________________
17.— Summary of employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked
on construction projects financed by the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation from June 1935 to June 1936,
inclusive___________________________________________________
1 8 . — Employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked on construc
tion projects financed from regular governmental appro
priations, June 1936, by type of project___________________
19.— Employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked on construc
tion projects financed from regular governmental appro
priations from June 1935 to June 1936, inclusive__________
2 0 . — Employment and pay-roll disbursements in the construction
and maintenance of State roads from June 1935 to June
1936, inclusive______________________________________________
21.— Value of material orders placed on construction projects
financed by Federal funds for the second quarter of 1936__
2 2 . — Value of material orders placed on Federal professional,
technical, and clerical projects financed by The Works
Program, by t^pe of material, for the year 1935, the first
quarter of 1936, and the second quarter of 1936___________
23.— Value of material orders placed on the various programs
financed by Federal funds for the year 1935, the first
quarter of 1936, and the second quarter of 1936___________
24.— Summary of man-months of employment created in the final
fabrication of materials used on the various programs, for
the year 1935, the first quarter of 1936, and the second
quarter of 1936_____________________________________________
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EMPLOYMENT AND PAY ROLLS
Summary of Reports for June 1936
ONTRASEASONAL gains in industrial and business employ
ment and pay rolls between May and June were indicated by
reports received from more than 135,000 manufacturing and non
manufacturing establishments surveyed by the United States Bureau
of Labor Statistics. These gains in June continue the succession of
increases which have been shown in employment each month since
February, and in pay rolls since January.
The increases over the month interval were widespread, 56 of the 90
manufacturing industries surveyed showing gains in employment and
55, in pay rolls. Eleven of the sixteen nonmanufacturing industries
covered also showed advances in number of workers and 10 showed
gains in pay rolls.
Class I railroads likewise had more workers on their pay rolls in
June than in May according to preliminary reports of the Interstate
Commerce Commission.
Substantial employment gains during June were reported on con
struction projects financed by the Public Works Administration and
on construction projects financed by regular governmental appropria
tions. An increase in the number of wage earners also occurred
on Federal projects financed by The Works Program. Decreases in
employment, on the other hand, were reported on the emergency
conservation program and on construction projects financed by the
Reconstruction Finance Corporation.
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Industrial and Business Employment
Nearly 65,000 workers were returned to jobs between May and June
in the combined manufacturing and nonmanufacturing industries
surveyed, and aggregate weekly wages were nearly $1,300,000 greater
in June than in the preceding month.
In 3 of the 4 preceding years, 1932-35, for which monthly informa
tion is available, net declines were shown in employment between
May and June ranging from approximately 100,000 to 300,000 workers.
The only year in which June showed a gain was 1933, when a sharp
increase was registered following the alleviation of the banking
situation.
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A comparison of June 1936 totals with June 1935 figures shows
gains of approximately 811,000 in number of workers and $37,700,000
in weekly wage payments.
Factory employment showed a contraseasonal gain of 0.4 percent
from May to June, continuing the expansion which has been shown
each month since January, and indicating the return of more than
27,000 workers to jobs. Factory pay rolls rose 0.4 percent over the
month interval.
Fifty-six of the ninety manufacturing industries surveyed reported
more workers in June than in the preceding month, and 55 industries
showed larger pay rolls. The major gains were in the durable-goods
industries. Employment in the durable-goods group increased 0.9
percent over the month interval, the June index (79.9) exceeding the
levels of any month since September 1930. A decline of 0.1 percent
was shown in the group of nondurable-goods industries. The June
employment index for the nondurable-goods group (92.6) indicates
that for every 1,000 workers employed in this group during the indexbase period (1923-25 equals 100) 926 were employed in June 1936,
while a similar comparison of the durable-goods indexes indicates
that for every 1,000 workers employed in that group during the indexbase period 799 were employed in June 1936.
The June 1936 factory employment index (86.0) is 7.9 percent
above the level of June 1935 and marks the highest point reached
since October 1930. The pay-roll index for June 1936 (79.6) is 19.9
percent above the June 1935 level and is also higher than the index
of any month since October 1930.
A number of manufacturing industries registered new “highs” in
employment in June. The blast furnaces, steel works, and rolling
mills industry reported the largest number of workers employed in
any month since August 1930; employment in foundries and machine
shops exceeded the levels of any month since September 1930; the
engine, turbine, and tractor industry reported the highest employment
level since March 1930; and electric- and steam-car-building shops
reported the maximum employment since April 1930. Employment
in the electrical machinery, steam fittings, structural metalwork,
aluminum, millwork, brick, and steam-railroad repair shop indus
tries exceeded the levels of any month since the latter part of 1931.
The most pronounced gains in employment over the month interval
were seasonal in character: The canning and preserving industry
reported a gain of 34.1 percent; radios and phonographs, 12.6 percent;
beet sugar, 10.7 percent; and ice cream, 5.3 percent. A number of
industries manufacturing building-construction materials also reported
employment gains, among which were structural metalwork, 5.0
percent; millwork, 3.9 percent; brick, 5.9 percent; steam acnd hotwater heating apparatus, 1.2 percent; and cement, 0.9 percent. Em
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ployment in the blast furnaces, steel works, and rolling mills industry
rose 1.3 percent over the month interval. The increase in this
industry was somewhat retarded by labor disturbances which caused
decreased plant operation in several localities. Other industries of
major importance in which gains in employment were shown were
men’s clothing, 3.6 percent; electrical machinery, apparatus, and
supplies, 2.6 percent; furniture, 2.0 percent; slaughtering and meat
packing, 1.7 percent; silk and rayon goods, 1.6 percent; chemicals,
1.2 percent; petroleum refining, 1.2 percent; foundries and machine
shops, 1.0 percent; steam-railroad repair shops, 0.8 percent; and
cotton goods, 0.4 percent. Establishments in the machine-tool
industry continued to absorb workers in June. The increase of 1.9
percent in employment in this industry continued the unbroken
succession of gains which have been shown monthly since October 1934.
The June 1936 employment index (109.8) is higher than the level
recorded in any month since September 1930.
The largest percentage declines in employment from May to June
were also seasonal and were in the fertilizer industry (38.5 percent),
cottonseed oil-cake-meal (14.1 percent), millinery (12.5 percent), and
women’s clothing (9.7 percent). The decrease of 26.8 percent in
employment in the typewriter industry was due primarily to labor
disturbances as was the decrease of 6.6 percent in the cash registers,
adding machines, and calculating machines industry. A seasonal
decline of 4.2 percent was reported in the agricultural-implement
industry and declines ranging from 2.1 to 2.9 percent were shown in
the boots and shoes, cotton smallwares, confectionery, wirework,
rubber boots and shoes, dyeing and finishing, pottery, and shipbuilding
industries. Employment in the automobile industry declined 1.2
percent over the month interval.
Eleven of the sixteen nonmanufacturing industries surveyed showed
increases in number of workers and 10 showed gains in pay rolls. The
net gain in employment in the combined nonmanufacturing industries
aggregated more than 37,000 workers.
Retail-trade establishments reported a small increase in number of
workers, the important group of general-merchandising establish
ments, composed of department, variety, and general-merchandising
stores and mail-order houses, showing a slight gain instead of the cus
tomary seasonal recession. The level of employment in retail trade
was higher than in June of any year since 1931. Each of the three
utility industries reported increased employment, the number of
workers in the electric light and power and manufactured gas industry
reaching the highest level since November 1931. Employment in the
private building construction industry showed a further substantial
gain (4.3 percent). Other industries reporting gains in workers were
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quarrying and nonmetallic mining, metal mining, crude-petroleum
producing, laundries, dyeing and cleaning, and insurance.
A seasonal decline of 6.7 percent in employment was shown in
anthracite mining, and a decrease of 1.9 percent in brokerage. The
decreases in the remaining three industries reporting declines (bituminous-coal mining, year-round hotels, and wholesale trade) ranged
from 0.7 percent to 0.1 percent.
According to preliminary reports of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission there were 1,064,848 workers (exclusive of executives and
officials) employed by class I railroads in June as compared with
1,056,454 in May, a gain of 0.8 percent. Pay-roll data for June were
not available at the time this report was prepared. The total com
pensation of all employees except executives and officials was $144,819,909 in May and $143,505,090 in April, a gain of 0.9 percent.
The preliminary indexes of employment, compiled by the Commis
sion and based on the 3-year average 1923-25 as 100, are 60.3 in
June and 59.8 in May. The final April index is 58.8.
Hours and earnings.— Average hours worked per week in the manu
facturing industries surveyed were 39.2 in June, a decrease of 0.1
percent from May. Average hourly earnings, however, rose 0.1
percent over the month interval to 57.5 cents. Average weekly earn
ings, which are based on reports from a larger number of establish
ments than average hours and hourly earnings, stood at $22.92 in
June, a decline of 0.1 percent from May.
Five of the fourteen nonmanufacturing industries for which manhour data are compiled showed gains in average hours worked per
week. These industries were quarrying and nonmetallic mining (1.2
percent), crude-petroleum producing (0.4 percent), electric light and
power (less than 0.1 percent), wholesale trade (0.1 percent) and retail
trade (0.3 percent). Eight industries showed higher average hourly
rates, the increases ranging from 0.2 percent to 1.2 percent. Gains
in average weekly earnings were shown by 8 of the 16 industries
covered.
Table 1 presents a summary of employment and pay-roll indexes
and average weekly earnings in June 1936 for all manufacturing
industries combined, for selected nonmanufacturing industries, and
for class I railroads, with percentage changes over the month and
year intervals except in the few industries for which certain items
cannot be computed. The indexes of employment and pay rolls
for the manufacturing industries are based on the 3-year average
1923-25 as 100 and for the nonmanufacturing industries, on the 12month average for 1929 as 100.
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Table 1.—Employment, Pay Rolls, and Weekly Earnings in All Manufacturing
Industries Combined and in Nonmanufacturing Industries, June 1936
Industry
Index,
June
1936
All manufacturing industries com
bined.......... ......................................
Class I steam railroads 1...................
Coal mining:
Anthracite................................. .
Bituminous...... ...........................
Metalliferous mining______ ______
Quarrying and nonmetallic m in
ing........................... .........................
Crude-petroleum producing............
Public utilities:
Telephone and telegraph_____
Electric light and power and
manufactured gas 3_________
Electric-railroad and motorbus operation and mainte
nance........................................
Trade:
Wholesale....................................
Retail................................ ..........
General merchandising___
Other than general mer
chandising........................
Hotels (year-round) 8
_______ ______
Laundries—_ __________ __________
D yeing and cleaning.........................
Brokerage............. ..............................
Insurance............. ..............................
Building construction......................
Percentage
change from—
M ay
1936
June
1935
(1923-25
= 100)
86.0 + 0 .4
+ 7 .9
60.3
+ 0 .8
+ 6 .2
Average weekly earn
ings
Pay roll
Em ploym ent
Index,
June
1936
Percentage
Percentage
change from— A ver change from—
age in
June
M ay June
M ay
1936
June
1936
1935
1935
1936
(1923-25
= 100)
79.6 + 0 .4
(2
)
(2
)
+19.9 $22.92
(2
)
(2
)
- 0 .1
+10.9
(2
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(2
)
(1929
= 100)
42.0 -2 5 .4
61.5 - 1 .1
48.2 + 1 .1
-3 6 .4
-5 .0
+53.2
23.81 -2 0 .1
-.4
20.47
24.43
-.7
-2 9 .5
-2 .3
+13.7
+ 4 .4
+ 1 .0
+30.2
- 1 .1
20.46
29. 05
+ 1 .6
+ .4
+22.7
+ 3 .9
(1929
= 100)
51.2
75.7
61.9
- 6 .7
-.7
+ 1 .8
- 9 .7
- 2 .7
+34.8
53.5
72.9
+ 2 .7
+ .6
+ 6 .0
- 4 .9
44.0
58.5
72.1
+ .7
+ 2 .7
77.4
- 1 .5
+ 4 .0
28.79
- 2 .1
+ 1 .2
90.4
+ 1 .6
+ 7 .8
88.1
+ 1 .3
+10.4
31. 61
-.3
+ 2 .5
71.7
+ .3
+ (4
)
66.8
+ 1 .0
+ 4 .5
30.15
+ .7
+ 4 .5
84.6
85.3
95.6
-.1
+ .3
+ .1
+ 3 .0
+ 3 .8
+ 4 .8
68.4
66.4
81.3
+ .2
+ .9
+ .5
+ 5 .9
+ 6 .2
+ 5 .9
28. 81
21.14
18.12
+ .3
+ .6
+ .4
+ 2 .8
+ 2 .4
+ 1 .1
+ .4
+ 3 .5
-.2
+ 3 .3
+ 2 .0 + 6 .0
+ .2
+ 4 .7
- 1 .9 +23.0
+ . 4 + 1 .0
+ 4 .3 +21.3
63.3
66.6
75.8
69.2
(2
)
(2
)
(2
)
+ 1 .0
-.5
+ .3
-4 .0
-1 .8
+ 1 .1
+ 5 .5
+ 6 .5
+ 4 .8
+11.1
+ 5 .4
+31.2
+ 4 .4
+38.5
23.43
13. 90
16.13
19.23
37. 59
38.26
27.26
+ .6
-.3
- 1 .7
-4 .2
+ .1
+• 7
+ 1 .2
+ 2 .9
+ 1 .7
+4. 8
+ .8
+ 6 .7
+ 3 .4
+ 14.5
82.6
83.9
87.2
87.5
(2
)
(2
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(2
)
1 Preliminary—Source: Interstate Commerce Commission.
2 N ot available.
3 M a y data revised as follows:
Employment index, 89.0; percentage change from April 1936, +1.1; from M ay 1935, +6.8.
Average weekly earnings, $31.67; percentage change from April 1936, —0.1.
4 Less than Mo of 1 percent.
8 Cash payments only; the additional value of board, room, and tips cannot be computed.
Public Employment
Employment on construction projects financed from Public Works
Administration funds increased substantially in June. During the
month, 350,000 wage earners were working on these projects, a gain
of 11.0 percent compared with the number working in May. Em
ployment gains were registered on Federal and non-Federal projects
financed from funds provided by the National Industrial Recovery
Act. On non-Federal projects financed from funds provided by the
Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935, the number of employees
increased from 144,000 in May to 169,000 in June. Total pay-roll
disbursements of $25,841,000 were 14.0 percent higher than in the
previous month.
Employment on construction projects financed from regular gov
ernmental appropriations also showed almarked gain. The 102,000
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wage earners employed represented ah increase of 28.0 percent com
pared with May. The most substantial gains in employment oc
curred on public-road projects and on naval-vessel construction work.
Monthly pay-roll disbursements advanced from $6,243,000 in May
to slightly over $8,631,000 in Jane.
The number of wage earners employed on construction projects
financed by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation declined sharply.
During June there were 8,500 workers employed, a decrease of 23.0
percent compared with employment in May. Losses in the number
of wage earners occurred on bridge construction projects and on
miscellaneous projects, but the most pronounced decrease was re
ported for water and sewerage work. Total pay-roll disbursements
of $942,000 were $21,000 less than in May.
Employment on projects financed by The Works Program increased
in June. During the month there were 3,014,000 workers engaged on
this program, an increase of 50,000 compared with May. On Fed
eral projects employment totaled 453,000, a gain of 13.0 percent over
the previous month. A small decrease in employment, on the other
hand, occurred on projects operated by the Works Progress Admin
istration. Total pay-roll disbursements increased from $150,696,000
in M ay to $150,880,000 in June.
In the regular agencies of the Federal Government, small increases
in the number of employees were reported for the executive, judicial,
legislative, and military services. The number of employees in the
executive branch increased less than 1 percent in June but was 15.0
percent greater than in June 1935. Of the 824,626 employees in the
executive service in June 1936, 117,470 were working in the district
of Columbia and 707,156 outside the District. The most marked
increase in employment in the executive departments of the Federal
Government in June occurred in the War Department. Pronounced
gains also were reported in the Post Office Department, the Navy
Department, the Department of the Interior, the Department of
Agriculture, and the Tennessee Valley Authority. On the.other hand,
substantial decreases in employment occurred in the Veterans*
Administration and the Home Owners’ Loan Corporation.
The number of workers employed in emergency conservation work
(Civilian Conservation Camps) decreased from 408,000 in May to
383,000 in June. All groups of employees with the exception of those
working in supervisory and technical capacities showed losses in the
number of workers employed. Total pay-roll disbursements amounted
to $17,947,000, a decrease of $663,000 compared with the previous
month.
In June 186,000 workers were employed on the construction and
maintenance of State roads. This is an increase of 3.0 percent com
pared with the 181,000 engaged on this program in May. Although
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employment in maintenance work increased less than 1 percent,
employment on new road construction showed a gain of 25.0 percent.
Of the total number employed on this program in June, 165,000 or
89.0
percent were engaged in maintenance work. Pay-roll dis
bursements totaled $11,488,000, an increase of approximately $927,000
over the previous month.
A summary of Federal employment and pay-roll statistics for June
is given in table 2.
T ab le 2 .— Su m m ary o f Federal E m p lo ym en t and P ay R olls, June 1936
[Preliminary figures]
Employment
Class
June
Federal service:
E xecu tive12- - - ____ ____ _______
Judicial_________________________
Legislative............. ..........................
M ilitary________________________
Construction projects:
Financed b y P. W . A ___________
Financed b y R. F. C ----------Financed b y regular govern
mental appropriations_________
T he W orks Program:™
Federal projects_________________
Projects operated b y W . P. A ___
Relief work: Emergency conserva
tion w ork_________________________
M ay
Pay roll
Per
cent
age
change
3 824, 626
1,947
5,043
297,433
818, 228
1,927
5,032
296,746
+ 0 .8
+ 1 .0
+ .2
+ .2
6 349, 572
8 8, 501
7 315,393
8 10,988
+10.8
-2 2 .6
June
M ay
$129, 487,167 4$126,923,327
492,188
469, 743
1,187,815
1,187, 232
22,041,326
22,751,644
6 25, 840,926
8 941, 680
7 22, 590,878
0 962, 280
Per
cent
age
change
+ 2 .0
-4 .6
(5
)
-3 .2
+14.4
- 2 .1
102, 376
79,789
+28.3
8, 631,104
6, 242,763
+38.3
453,012
2, 561, 307
401,298
2, 563,185
+12.9
- .1
22, 657, 507
128,222,740
19,160, 510
131, 535,493
+18.3
-2 .5
ii 383, 279
i2 407, 621
- 6 .0
ii 17,947, 251
i2 18, 610, 245
-3 .6
1 Data concerning number of wage earners refer to employment on last day of month specified.
2 Includes employees of Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Howard University.
3 N ot including 566 employees transferred but not reported b y department to which they were assigned.
4 Revised.
« Less than Ho of 1 percent.
6 Includes 176,184 wage earners and $11,435,825 pay roll covering P. W . A. projects financed from E. R .
A . A . 1935 funds.
7 Includes 149,334 wage earners and $9,101,702 pay roll covering P. W . A. projects financed from E. R.
A. A. 1935 funds.
8 Includes 157 employees and pay roll of $13,265 on projects financed b y R. F. C. Mortgage Co.
®Includes 85 employees and pay roll of $7,621 on projects financed b y R. F. C. Mortgage Co.
Data covering P. W . A. projects financed from E. R. A. A. 1935 funds are not included in The Works
Program and shown only under P. W . A.
1 42,035 employees and pay roll of $5,877,050 included in executive service.
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1 41,510 employees and pay roll of $5,750,350 included in executive service.
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Detailed Reports for June 1936
Industrial and Business Employment
O N THLY reports on employment and pay rolls in industrial
and business industries are now available for the following
groups: 90 manufacturing industries; 16 nonmanufacturing industries,
including building construction; and class I steam railroads. The
reports for the first two of these groups— manufacturing and non
manufacturing— are based on sample surveys by the Bureau of
Labor Statistics, and in virtually all industries the samples are
sufficiently large to be entirely representative. The figures on class I
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steam railroads are compiled by the Interstate Commerce Commission
and are presented in the foregoing summary.
Employment, Pay Rolls, Hours, and Earnings in June 1936
T h e indexes of employment and pay rolls, average hours worked
per week, average hourly earnings, and average weekly earnings in
manufacturing and nonmanufacturing industries in June 1936 are
shown in table 3. Percentage changes from May 1936 and June
1935 are also given.
Table 3.— Employment, Pay Rolls, Hours, and Earnings in Manufacturing and Nonmanufacturing Industries, June 1936
Industry
Index,
June
1936
Percentage
change from—
M ay
1936
Average weekly
earnings 1
Pay rolls
Employment
June
1935
Index,
June
1936
June
1936
June
1935
June
1935
Percentage
change from—
June
1936
June
1936
M ay
1936
Average hourly
earnings 1
Percentage
change from—
Percentage
change from—
Percentage
change from—
M ay
1936
Average hours worked
per w eek1
M ay
1936
M ay
1936
June
1935
June
1935
Manufacturing (•
indexes are based on 3-year average 19 23-1925= 100)
All m a n u fa c t u r in g in d u s trie s _______________
86.0
+ 0 .4
+ 7.9
79.6
+ 0 .4
+19.9
$22.92
+ 0 .1
+11.2
39.2
- 0 .1
+10.6
Cents
57.5
+ 0 .1
- 0 .2
D u ra b le g o o d s ______________ ______________
N o n d u r a b le g o o d s ________________________
79.9
92.6
+ .9
-.1
+14.6
+2.3
76.5
83.5
+ .5
+ .1
+32.8
+ 7 .6
25.82
19.88
-.4
+2
+15.9
+ 5 .3
41.1
37.2
-.4
+ .3
+14.2
+ 5 .9
61.8
53.1
+ .3
-0
+ .7
- 1 .5
82.4
83.2
87.7
60.2
+ 1 .6
+ 1.3
+. 4
+ 3 .4
+14.8
+ 14.9
+13.5
+ 18.3
78.5
84.0
79.0
41.9
+ 2 .1
+ 1 .8
- 3 .6
+ 2 .9
+40.9
+ 47.8
+37.7
+44.8
26.17
27. 86
23.24
19. 26
+ .5
+ .5
-4 .0
-.5
+22.8
+28. 7
+21.2
+22.3
41.6
41.7
41.0
39.4
+ .1
-.3
-4 .0
1
-.
+21.1
+ 27.6
+ 22.8
+23.4
61.9
66.7
56.6
48.4
+ .5
+ .9
+ .5
+ .3
+ 1 .1
+ 1 .2
-.9
- 1 .6
76.9
69.0
54.6
95.3
+ .4
+ .5
-.3
+ .5
-.7
+19.8
+ 6 .2
+15.8
65.8
54. 7
53.1
65.5
+ 5 .2
-2 .4
-1 .2
+ .9
+ 10.9
+31.8
+23.6
+30. 1
21.23
25. 30
22. 94
22.81
+ 4 .7
-2 .8
-.9
+ .4
+ 11.7
+ 10.0
+16.3
+ 12.3
40.4
41.1
40.5
40.3
+ 4 .1
-2 .4
- 1 .0
+ 1 .5
+ 11.7
+ 10.3
+14.0
+10.6
53.0
61.5
57.2
56.6
+ .1
-.6
+ .4
-1 .2
+ .8
-.2
+ 1 .2
+ 1 .2
62.5
110.7
72.6
102.7
+ 1.2
+ 4 .2
+ 5 .0
+ 4.1
+21.4
+12.4
+29.7
+ 6 .9
48. 1
93.4
65.1
102.1
+ 3 .8
+ 6 .8
+ 7 .3
+ 3. 5
+39.1
+27.2
+ 60.0
+ 8 .8
24.67
24. 03
25. 03
21.90
+ 2 .6
+ 2 .4
+ 2 .1
-.6
+ 14.5
+ 13.0
+23. 5
+ 1.8
42.0
41.9
43.1
40.4
+ 2. 4
+ 1.4
+ 1 .7
+ .9
+14.3
+12.2
+25.3
+ .5
58.6
57.6
58.2
54.1
+ .1
+ .9
+ .6
- 1 .1
-.5
+ .4
- 1 .0
+ (2
)
73.8
144.3
+ 1 .9
- 2 .2
+ 15.4
+17.9
75.5
143.3
+ 2 .1
- 3 .9
+27.0
+34. 3
23. 30
22.73
+ .3
-1 .8
+ 10.2
+ 13.7
43.3
41.2
-.2
-2 .7
+10.9
+ 15.7
53.8
55.1
+ .4
+ .9
-.3
-.9
Durable goods
I r o n a n d steel a n d th eir p r o d u c ts , n o t in
c lu d in g m a c h in e r y .________________________
Blast furnaces, steel works, and rolling mills
Bolts, nuts, washers, and r iv e t s ........
Cast-iron pipe_________________________________
Cutlery (not including silver and plated cut
lery) and edge tools.....
...............................
Forgings, iron and ste e l........
Hardware____________
Plumbers’ supplies___________________________
Steam and hot-water heating apparatus and
steam fittings____
________
Stoves____________________________________ _____
Structural and ornamental metalwork______
Tin cans and other tinware__________________
Tools (not including edge tools, machine
tools, files, and saws)____
______ ____
W irew ork...
........................ .......
See footnotes at end of table.
Table 3.— Employment, Pay Rolls, Hours, and Earnings in Manufacturing and Nonmanufacturing Industries, June 1936— Continued
Employment
Industry
Index,
June
1936
Percentage
change from—
M ay
1936
Average weekly
earnings
Pay rolls
Julie
1935
Index,
June
1936
Percentage
change from—
M ay
1936
June
1935
Index,
June
1936
Average hours worked
per week
Percentage
change from—
Percentage
change from—
June
1936
M ay
1936
Average hourly
earnings
June
1935
Percentage
change from—
June
1936
M ay
1936
June
1935
M ay
1936
June
1935
Manufacturing {indexes are based on 3-year average 1923-1925— 100)— Continued
Durable goods—Continued
M achinery, n o t including transportation
equipm ent_______________________________—
Agricultural implements................... ............ ....
Cash registers, adding machines, and calcu
lating machines___________________________
Electrical machinery, apparatus, and sup
plies. _____________________________________
Engines, turbines, tractors, and water
wheels____________________________________
Foundry and machine-shop products_______
M achine tools-----------------------------------------------Radios and phonographs-------------- ---------------Textile machinery and parts------------------------Typew riters and parts---------------------------------Transportation equipm ent.................................
Aircraft--------------------------------------------------------A utom obiles________________________________
Cars, electric- and steam-railroad____________
Locom otives________________________________
Shipbuilding_______________________________
Railroad repair shops..............................................
Electric railroad-------------------- -----------------------Steam railroad______________________ . . . ------Nonferrous m etals and their products......... .
Alum inum manufactures-------------------------- .. .
Brass, bronze, and copper products_________
Clocks and watches and time-recording de
vices______ _______________________________
Jewelry___________________________ _________
Lighting equipm ent—-----------------------------------
100.3
132.6
+ 1.2
-4 .2
+19.1
+19.8
90.6
156.5
+ 1.1
- 7 .3
+35.4
22.8
$25.55
24. 14
-.1
-3 .2
+
+13.2
+ .8
Cents
60.7
61.0
+0.2
-.7
+ 0 .4
+ 1 .5
+ .6
+ 7 .3
70.7
+ 1 .0
+ 2.2
61.4
-. 1
-.3
-.1
+ .9
+ .5
-.8
+ .5
-.2
+ .5
+ .7
+ .7
-9
+ .5
-.3
+. 1
+ .3
+ .1
+ .2
-.4
+ 3 .6
+ .8
+ 1 .5
- 4 .7
-.3
1.0
+13.6
+ 2 .7
41.7
39.8
—0.4
-2 .6
42.3
6.6
+ 10.6
102.0
- 5 .3
+20.9
29. 56
+ 1 .3
+ 9 .3
79.1
+2.6
+13.6
73.0
+ 2 .7
+30.0
25.34
+ .1
+ 14.2
41.0
-(* )
+15.2
120.4
87.0
109.8
242.5
70.8
78.0
104.5
537.1
114.3
64.6
36.8
95.8
60.6
65.6
60.2
89.7
87.5
87.9
-. 1
1.0
+ 1 .9
+12.6
+. 6
-2 6 .8
-.9
- 1 .3
-1 .2
+ 3 .9
+ 5 .9
-2 .9
+ .8
-.5
+ .8
+ .8
+ 3 .5
+ .3
+17.2
+19.6
+29.0
+46.6
10.8
-1 9 .0
+11.5
+29.1
6.6
+34.1
+29.4
+44.8
+ .3
+ 1 .5
+ 2 .5
+14.2
-3 .5
-2 8 . 2
- 2 .9
+ 1 .3
-3 .6
+ 4 .9
+ 6 .5
- 4 .0
+23.4
+41.5
+ 45.2
+60 .6
+17.5
-1 0 .2
+32.2
+29.1
+28.0
+54.4
+43.6
+65.3
+ 5 .3
+18.3
+12.4
+ 9 .8
6.2
11.0
+18.5
0
+1.1 +22.2
- 1 .3
+ 4 .8
+ 1.2
+ 1.2 +23.5
+21.0
+ 2 .7 +25.3
-.2
+ 22.1
27.80
25.84
28. 45
20.69
23. 70
22. 84
29.79
26. 55
30.58
23. 28
25. 42
27. 65
28.79
28.47
28. 85
22.60
22. 79
24. 04
+ .4
+ .5
+ .6
+ 1 .4
-4 .0
-1 .9
_(2)
+13.8
+9.7
+14.8
+11.5
92.0
79.6
104.2
162.0
61.4
69.8
108.9
439.4
119.6
71.9
18.2
91.8
62.3
61.9
62.4
76.1
80.9
73.2
40.4
43.0
44.7
38.7
39.7
39.9
39.5
42.9
39.7
38.6
39.4
36.7
42.5
44.3
42.4
40.4
40.3
40.9
+ .6
-.6
+. 1
+ 2 .3
-4 .5
-1 .7
-2 .4
+ 1 .9
-3 .2
+ 1 .9
+ .1
+ .5
+ .2
-1 .2
+ .3
+ .2
-.2
-.6
+ 1 .7
+17.5
+10.9
+14.7
+ 6 .4
10.1
+16.8
+ 5 .1
+17.8
+18.9
+13.9
+14.2
+ 7 .4
+ 2 .4
+ 8 .5
+10.5
+ 4 .3
+ 8 .9
69.0
59.8
63.6
53.5
59.7
57.3
75.3
64.5
77.1
60.3
64.5
75.4
67.8
62.5
68.2
55.7
56.5
58.6
+ (2
)
91.7
68.8
82.7
+ .4
+ 1 .6
+ .4
+13.6
+ 5 .0
81.7
54.1
+ 2 .3
+ 2 .5
+ .6
20. 76
21.16
22. 93
+ 4 .0
+ 9 .7
+14.5
51.4
56.1
56.1
-.2
+ .5
+ .5
113.2
-
+
+
+
+ 12.6
+20.0
+ 21.5
+ 9 .4
+35.3
+
+
-
2 .0
-
1.1
+ 13.9
+ 8 .4
+ 4 .9
+ 8 .7
+10.3
+ 9 .0
+ 9 .6
+ 1 .9
+ 6 .9
+ 4 .2
+ 2.6
-2 .5
+20.1
+ 1.0 + 15 .0
+ .5
+11.1
+ .3
-.7
+ .4
+ .4
-.7
-.4
+1.0
+ .2
+ 12.6
40.4
37.0
41.2
+12.1
+ .3
-.2
+
+
+ 1.6
-2 .5
+2.6
-2 .9
-2 .8
+1. 6
+ (2
)
+ .8
-. 1
+ .6
+ 4 .1
+ .3
+2.6
- 1 .4
-1 .9
Silverware and piated w a re .____ ___________
Smelting and refining—copper, lead, and
zinc_______________________________________
Stamped and enameled ware________________
L um ber and allied products.............. . ...............
Furniture___________________________________
Lumber:
M illw ork_______________________________
Sawmills________________________________
Turpentine and rosin_______________________
Stoiu*, clay, and glass products........ ............... .
Black, tile, and terra cotta------- -------------------Cement_____________________________________
M arble, granite, slate, and other products..
P ottery______________________________ ____
64.0
-1 .8
-1 2 .8
- 3 .3
-1 7 .1
20.94
-1 .6
-5 .1
36.0
- 2 .2
-6 .4
57.7
+ .6
+ .8
42.3
40.8
42.1
42.0
+ 1 .7
-.5
+ 1 .0
+ 3 .1
+ 12.6
+15.8
+10.5
+11.4
56.7
51.4
45.7
45.2
-.3
+. 8
+ (2
)
+ (2
)
+ 2 .7
+ .6
+ 3 .7
-.3
89.4
112.3
57.5
74.4
+ 1 .6
+ 1 .3
+ 1 .4
+ 2 .0
+ 9.3
+ 9:5
+17.6
+10.9
+ 3 .0
+ 1.6
+ 2 .7
+ 4 .6
+ 25 .6
+27.3
+ 36.1
+22.3
23. 99
20.92
19.45
19.01
+ 1-4
+ .3
+ 1 .3
+ 2 .5
+15.3
+16. 2
+15.8
+ 10.0
51.7
38.5
99.0
60.7
42.3
58.9
97.3
33.1
68.2
+ 3 .9
+• 2
+ 1 .2
+ 1 .5
+ 5.9
+ .9
(2)
+ 6 .8
- 2 .9
+23.4
+24.5
+. 2
+ 9.0
+31.7
- 1 .9
+ 2 .2
+20.1
+2.1
+ 4 .7
+ .5
+ .9
+ .4
+ 6 .5
+ 3 .3
-1 .2
-2 .5
-5 .4
+ 45.6
+ 50.2
—2 2
+22.2
+62.8
+13.5
+12.0
+39.9
+ 8 .4
20. 49
19.64
13 67
21.21
19.17
22. 47
22.11
24. 73
19. 62
+ .8
+ .4
—.4
- 1 .1
+. 6
+ 2 .4
-1 .2
-8 .7
- 2 .6
+18.1
+ 20.9
—2. 2
+12.1
+23.6
+ 15.4
+ 9 .7
+16.6
+ 6 .0
44.5
41.9
+ 1 .3
1
-.
+ 17.0
+11.4
46.0
47.2
-.6
+ .3
+• 5
+ 8 .9
38.9
42.9
39.4
36.6
38.0
38.5
-.5
-.3
+ 1.1
-.8
-7 .6
+ .8
+13.9
+24.9
+ 14.5
+ 5 .0
+19.7
+13.4
55.7
44.8
57.1
60.6
65.2
54.9
-.4
+. 5
+ 1 .2
-.6
- 1 .5
-.5
+ .8
- 1 .2
+ 1 .2
+ 4 .6
-.9
-.4
93.2
- 1 .1
1
90.6
80.4
+ .6
90.7
+ .4
82.8
- 2 .1
104.1
- 2 .8
84.0
+ (2
)
112.3
-.9
+ 1 .6
61.5
87.0
+. 3
95.2
- 2 .8
+ 3 .6
91.5
119.7
- 9 .7
83.6
- 1 .3
113.4
-.7
55.0 -1 2 .5
105.9
+ .9
82.4
- 1 .8
79.7
- 2 .1
93.5
-.8
+ 4 .3
100.4
115.9
+ .9
184.9
+ 3 .3
+ 6 .3
79.6
91.3 +34.1
67.5
- 2 .3
70.8
+ .5
+ 5 .3
86.4
84.2
+ 1 .7
43.4 +10.7
80.8 1 - 1 .1
+3.1
+ 1.3
- 1 .0
+ 6.6
+ 2.0
- 3 .0
+12.5
+3.9
- 2 .6
-1 0 .1
+ 7.4
+ 5.7
+10.4
- 4 .4
+13.0
-.3
+ 7.6
-.7
- 1 .1
+ .7
+ 1.5
+1. 4
+ 8.8
+ 3.2
+ 2.0
- 6 .8
-4 .1
+2.1
+ 3.5
+• 1
- 3 .0
- 1 .7
+ .1
- .9
+. 8
- 2 .6
-4 .7
+ 7 .0
- 1 .3
+ 3 .1
+ .7
-5 .7
+10.9
-1 9 .1
-3 .8
+ 1 .0
—20. 2
-2 .2
+ 1 .2
+ 2 .4
-1 .4
+ 3 .3
+ 1 .9
+ 3 .0
+6. 6
+17.8
-2 .3
+• 4
+ 3 .3
+ 3 .4
+ 9 .8
-2 .9
+ 6 .8
+ 6 .3
-1 1 .1
+ 18.8
+ 9 .1
+ 5 .9
+23.4
+11.1
- 1 .1
-1 2 .0
+ 7 .7
+10.3
+ 8 .0
+ 5 .3
+16.7
—8. 2
+ 5 .2
-5 .9
-1 0 .0
+ 3 .9
+ 5 .4
+ 6 .5
+ 14.5
+ 6 .8
-2 .3
- 7 .5
+ 4 .1
+ 4 .8
+ 7 .2
+ 6 .3
-2 .4 1
15.95
15.64
18. 77
13.53
16.71
18. 82
23.24
15.98
15.17
17. 84
16. 86
18.27
17.01
15.12
13. 51
19.14
12. 45
17.40
16.11
21.63
21.94
23.09
32. 37
21. 56
13.28
15. 86
23. 57
25.54
23. 70
23.63
22.52
-.6
+ .2
- 1 .5
+ .4
-.5
- 2 .0
+ 7 .0
-.4
+ 1 .5
+ .4
- 3 .1
+ 7 .0
-1 0 .3
- 2 .5
+ 1 .7
—8. 7
-3 .0
+ 3 .1
+ 4 .6
-.6
-.9
+ 1 .0
-.3
+. 2
-1 2 .1
0
-.1
- 1 .9
+ 1 .7
-.9
- 1 .8
+ 3 .6
+ 4 .8
—10. 2
+ 11.5
+ 7 .1
+ 8 .8
+ 9 .7
+ 7 .0
+ 1 .6
-2 .2
+ .3
+ 4 .3
-2 .0
+10.1
+ 3 .1
—8. 2
-2 .4
- 5 .3
- 9 .1
+ 3 .3
+ 3 .8
+ 5 .0
+ 5 .2
+ 3. 5
- 4 .3
-.6
+ 8 .5
+ 2 .5
+ 3 .5
+ 6 .0
1 + .8
35.2
36.0
33.7
36.9
37.3
36.6
34.8
34.8
35.2
35.8
33.2
32.1
33.6
34.3
38.2
+ .1
+ .3
- 1 .3
+ .4
-.6
-.8
+11.8
-.6
+ 1 .3
+ .6
-.3
+ 4 .8
- 3 .3
-.8
+ 5.1
+10.0
+ 9 .2
- 7 .4
+16.0
+ 7 .2
+ 9 .7
+11.3
+11.1
+ 8 .9
- 3 .6
+12.8
+12.9
+14.7
+11.9
+ 29.0
45.3
43.6
55.7
36.7
44.9
51.0
67.2
46.8
43.0
50.0
49.1
56.2
47.8
43.1
34.2
-.4
-.3
-.2
+ (2
)
+ .2
-1 .5
-1 .2
-.3
+ .1
-.2
-.4
+ 1 .6
-3 .6
- 2 .6
-.4
-4 .6
-2 .9
+ ( 2)
-3 .0
-.5
- 1 .1
-1 .0
-3 .4
-6 .4
+ 1 .3
-9 .6
-5 .9
-1 3 .6
-2 .4
-1 8 .3
Nondurable goods
Textiles a n d th eir p r o d u c t s ________ _________
F a b r ic s ...------------------------------------- ----------Carpets and rugs....... ...............................
Cotton goods_______ __________________
Cotton small wares____________________
Dyeing and finishing textiles__________
Hats, fur-felt__________________________
Knit goods________________________ ___
Silk and rayon goods__________________
W oolen and worsted goods____________
Wearing apparel__________________________
Clothing, m en’s_______________________
Clothing, w om en’s______ _____ _______
Corsets and allied garments___________
M en ’s furnishings_____________________
M illinery_____ _______________________
Shirts and collars.____________________
L e a th er a n d its m a n u fa c t u r e s ......................
Boots and shoes___________________________
Leather___________________________________
F o o d a n d k in d re d p r o d u c ts ............................
Baking------------------------------------------------------Beverages-------------------------------------------------B utter____________________________________
Canning and preserving__________________
Confectionery-------------------------------------------Flour_____________________________________
Ice cream ________ ____ ___________________
Slaughtering and meat packing___________
Sugar, beet_______________________________
Sugar refining, cane__________ ____________
S ee fo o t n o t e s a t en d o f ta b le.
34.2
34.3
33.0
38.6
41.1
42.7
41.7
- 2 .3
+ 5 .5
+ 7 .7
-.6
-.6
+• 7
+ (2
)
+10.5
- 5 .6
-7 .7
+ 1 .9
+ 3 .2
+ 5 .5
+ 4 .7
37.1
51.3
50.0
55.6
53.6
54.0
78.2
+ .7
-.1
1
-.3
- 1 .3
+ .4
-.4
33.7
37.1
43.8
48.2
42.4
39.8
38.0 1
-7 .6
1
+ 1 .9
-.6
+ 2 .2
+ .2
- 2 .8
- 3 .1
+ 1 .7
+ 12.4
+ 3.7
+ 5 .0
+10.3
-5 .3
39.5
43.3
53.5
52.5
56.0
60.7
58.7
- 5 .0
+ .8
-.7
- 1 .3
-.6
-1 .9
+ 1 .8 1
-.
-.
-1 1 .9
- 1 .5
-2 .8
+ 1 .0
-.3
1
+ 1 .1
-.
+ .4
-2 .8
-2 .9
-2 .0
-1 .8
-4 .8
+ 4 .8
Table 3.— Employment, Pay Rolls, Hours, and Earnings in Manufacturing and Nonmanufacturing Industries, June 1936— Continued
Industry
Index,
' June
1936
Percentage
change from—
M ay
1936
Average weekly
earnings
Pay rolls
Employment
Index,
June
1936
Percentage
change from—
Percentage
change from—
June
1935
M ay
1936
Average hourly
earnings
Percentage
change from—
June
1936
June
1936
M ay
1936
June
1935
Average hours worked
per week
Percentage
change from—
June
1936
M ay
1936
June
1935
+ 6 .4
+ 5 .6
+ 5 .0
+ 8 .3
36.7
34.2
37.1
38.8
39.5
40.9
+ 1 .8
- 4 .1
+ 2 .7
-1 .2
+ 4 .0
-4 .8
+ 5 .4
+ 4 .3
+ 7 .2
+ 7 .6
June
1935
M ay
1936
June
1935
Manufacturing (;indexes are based on 8-year average 19 23 -192 5= 1 00)
Nondurable goods—Continued
Tobacco m anufactures______________________
Chewing and smoking tobacco and snuff___
Cigars and cigarettes_______________________
Paper and printin g_____ _____________________
Boxes, paper_______________
________
Paper and p u lp _______ , ____________________
Printing and publishing:
B ook and jo b ___________________________
Newspapers and periodicals------------------Chemicals and allied products, and petro
leum refining_______________________________
Other than petroleum refining--------------------Chemicals______________________________
Cottonseed—oil, cake, and m eal________
Druggists’ preparations_________________
E xplosives._________ ___________________
Fertilizers______________________________
Paints and varnishes____________________
R ayon and allied products______________
Soap-------- ----------------------------------------------Petroleum refining________________ _________
Rubber products______________________________
Rubber boots and shoes_____________________
Rubber goods, other than boots, shoes, tires,
and inner tubes___________________________
Rubber tires and inner tubes________________
56.9
64.3
55.9
98.3
84.8
110.3
+ 0 .4
-.4
+ .5
-.7
-.3
-
1.2
-.5
102.5
- 1 .5
- 2 .1
-.3
+ 1 .6
+ 5 .7
38.1
36.9
-1 .4
-.7
+ 1 .3
+ 6 .9
+ 7 .0
+ 7 .5
+ 5 .5
-.7
-.7
-.7
-.5
+ 2 .8
+ 1 .2
-8 .5
-.5
+ .8
+ 1 .0
-.2
+ 7 .3
+18.1
+12.5
+10.7
+ 4 .1
+ 2 .6
+ 6 .3
+17.7
+17.2
39.2
40.3
40.7
43.5
39.0
39.1
39.0
43.3
38.8
39.3
36.2
38.1
39.4
+ 1 .4
+ .3
+13.9
+ 20.7
40.5
35.9
- 1 .0
+ 1 .8
-1 1 .8
- 2 .7
+ 8 .9
-4 1 .0
4-. 6
+ 1 .3
+ 1 .0
2.1
+ 2 .9
+ 4 .4
- 3 .0
+13.4
+ 9 .1
+ .9
+ 6 .3
+21.7
+27.3
24.86
22. 88
26. 56
10.22
21.65
27. 81
15. 25
25. 67
20. 28
23. 81
29. 43
26.86
20. 51
+ (2
)
+ 4 .0
+21.9
+ 20.3
21.24
31.86
+ 1.0
+ .8
- 2.6
+• 1
+ 3 .5
8.6
+
129.1
72.6
- 1 .4
+ 3 .7
+ 7.1
-.4
119.1
70.9
+1.2
28.17
35.16
-3 .2
-1 4 .1
-.3
+ 6 .4
-3 8 .5
+ .7
+ .2
+ .5
2.1
+ 6 .3
+ 9 .8
80.4
98.1
102.6
101.7
108.9
35.2
93.3
87.6
67.1
106.6
262.4
96.7
105.6
79.0
53.2
-
+ 5 .0
+ 8 .5
+ 7 .2
+ 9 .7
+ 4 .3
+ 3 .5
108.3
107.8
111.7
34.4
96.5
88.4
68.1
115.3
342.0
98.0
110.7
83.7
57.4
+ 1.2
+ 4 .9
- 1 .5
-.5
- 1.2
$15.15
15.14
15.15
26.04
19. 21
22.06
+2.8
+2.0
+ 1.1
1.6
+ 1.3
+ 3 .3
-2 0 .6
+. 7
+ 2.2
-1 4 .0
+ 2 .5
+ 4 .9
-
1.6
+ 3 .2
+ 3 .2
48.3
63.1
46.4
90.5
79.8
95.8
-
- 3 .5
- 1 .4
-
6.2
+
-
6.1
+8.0
+ 8 .5
+ 11.1
-1 6 .2
-.4
+20.6
+ 2 .9
- 5 .8
+ 4 .5
+1.1
+• 6
+2.6
- 2 .3
+ 2 .4
- 4 .1
-. 1
+ 1.1
+ .5
+. 9
+2.1
+ 4 .8
-
-
2.8
1.1
-1 .8
+2.6
+ .9
+ 5 .5
+ 5 .0
+ 5 .1
+13.4
+• 2
+13.8
+ 11.0
+ 7 .5
+2. 5
+2.6
+1.0
+ 5 .6
+15.3
+17.8
+ 1 .9
+ 14.2
+16.1
+ 6 .3
Cents
40.9
44.4
40.4
70.0
48.9
53.9
+1.0
+ 1.0
1.6
+ 1.1
74.2
92.3
—. 7
+ .7
- 1 .7
+ 2 .4
63.9
57.3
65.3
23.6
56.1
71.1
39.0
59.3
52.2
60.8
81.8
70.5
52.0
53.2
+0.2
—1. £
+ .5
+ .3
-. 1
+2.5
+ 2 .7
+ 1 .3
+ 4 .2
+1.0
+1.2
+ 5 .7
+ .4
+ .3
-.5
- 0 .1
+ 2 .7
-(* )
-
+ 2 .2
+ 2 .9
+ 2.7
- 7 .7
+ 1 .5
+ 2 .4
+ 1 .4
+ 3 .2
+ 1.8
+1.1
+1.6
-.3
+ 1 .3
+ 1 .5
- .6
+. 7
+ .6
+ 3 .9
+ .9
+ 1.0
Nonmanufacturing {indexes are based on 12-month average 1929=100)
86729— 3
1
Coal mining:
A n th ra cite.............................................................
B itu m in o u s ......................................... ...............
Metalliferous mining..................................... .............
Quarrying and nonmetallic mining.........................
Crude-petroleum producing.......................................
Public utilities:
Telephone and telegraph.____ ______________
Electric light and power and manufactured
gas3____........................................... ...................
Electric-railroad and motor bus operation
and maintenance...................... ........................
Trade:
Wholesale............................................................. .
Retail.................... ........................ ........................
General merchandising_____________ ____
Other than general merchandising----------Hotels (year-round)*______ _____________________
Laundries_____________ _____________ ___________
Dyeing and cleaning..................... ..............................
Brokerage............................•....................................... .
Insurance................... ...................................................
Building construction........................ ........................
51.2
75.7
61.9
53.5
72.9
- 6 .7
-.7
+ 1 .8
+ 2 .7
+ .6
- 9 .7
- 2 .7
+34.8
+ 6.0
- 4 .9
42.0
61.5
48.2
44.0
58.5
-2 5 .4
- 1 .1
+ 1 .1
+ 4 .4
+ 1 .0
-3 6 .4
-5 .0
+ 53.2
+30.2
- 1 .1
$23.81
20.47
24.43
20. 46
29.05
-2 0 .1
-.4
-.7
+ 1 .6
+ .4
-2 9 .5
- 2 .3
+13.7
+22.7
+ 3 .9
29.2
25.5
40.9
43.5
38.6
-1 6 .9
-.2
- 1 .5
+ 1 .2
+ .4
-2 9 .5
-1 2 .5
+16.3
+24.3
+ 6 .8
83.2
80.2
59.2
47.2
75.3
-0 .8
-.1
+ .9
+ .5
-.2
+ 0 .5
+11.0
-.7
- 1 .6
- 4 .0
+ 3 .8
72.1
+ .7
+ 2.7
77.4
- 1 .5
+ 4 .0
28.79
- 2 .1
+ 1 .2
38.3
- 3 .2
-2 .3
77.9
+ 1 .0
90.4
+ 1 .6
+ 7 .8
88.1
+ 1 .3
+10.4
31.61
-.3
+ 2 .5
40.6
+ (2
)
+ 4 .5
77.8
-.2
-1 .2
71.7
+ .3
+(*)
66.8
+ 1 .0
+ 4 .5
30.15
+ .7
+ 4 .5
46.8
-.2
+ 3 .6
63.6
+ 1 .1
+ 1 .8
84.6
85.5
96.4
82.6
83.9
87.2
87.5
(5
)
(5
)
(5
)
-.1
+ .5
+ .9
+ .4
-.2
+ 2 .0
+ .2
- 1 .9
+. 4
+ 4 .3
+ 3 .0
+ 4 .0
+ 5 .6
+ 3.5
+ 3.3
+ 6.0
+ 4 .7
+23.0
+ 1 .0
+21. 3
68.4
66.4
81.3
63.3
66.6
75.8
69.2
(5
)
(5
)
(5
)
+ .2
+ .9
+• 6
+ 1 .0
-.5
+ .3
-4 .0
-1 .8
+ 1 .1
+ 5 .5
+ 5 .9
+ 6 .2
+ 6 .0
+ 6 .5
+ 4 .8
+11.1
+ 5 .4
+31.2
+ 4 .4
+38.5
28.81
20. 71
17. 43
23.43
13.90
16.13
19. 23
37. 59
38.26
27.26
+• 3
+ .4
-.3
+ .6
-.3
-1 .7
-4 .2
+ .1
+• 7
+ 1 .2
+ 2 .8
+ 2 .2
+. 3
+ 2 .9
+ 1 .7
+ 4 .8
+. 8
+ 6 .7
+ 3 .4
+ 14.5
42.9
43.5
40.7
44.4
47.9
42.7
43.9
(6
)
(5
)
33.2
+• 1
+ .3
+ .9
+ .2
-.4
- 1 .2
-2 .4
(5
)
(5
)
-.2
+ 3 .1
+ 3 .9
+ 7 .3
+ 2 .9
+ 1 .1
+ 4 .4
+ 1 .8
(5
)
(5
)
+ 11 .6
67.1
52.1
46.0
53.9
28.8
37.3
44.5
(5
)
(5
)
81.9
+ .4
+ .2
-.5
+ .4
+ .3
-.4
- 1 .9
(5
)
(5
)
+ 1 .2
- 1 .0
- 1 .3
- 5 .3
-.5
+ 1 .4
+ .7
+ .2
(5
)
(5
)
+ 2 .6
i Average weekly earnings are com puted from figures furnished b y all reporting establishments. Average hours and average hourly earnings are computed from data supplied
b y a smaller number of establishments as all reporting firms do not furnish man-hours. Percentage changes over year are com puted from indexes. Percentage changes over month
in average weekly earnings for the manufacturing groups, for all manufacturing industries combined, and for retail trade are also com puted from indexes.
3 Less than Ho of 1 percent.
* M a y data revised as follows:
Em ploym ent index, 89.0; percentage change from April 1936, +1.1; from M a y 1935, + 6 .8 .
Average weekly earnings, $31.67; percentage change from April 1936, —0.1.
< Cash payments only; the additional value of board, room, and tips cannot be com puted.
* N ot available.
14
,
Indexes of Employment and Pay Rolls January 1935 to June 1936
Indexes of employment and pay rolls are given in tables 4 and 5
for all manufacturing industries combined, for the durable- and
nondurable-goods groups of manufacturing industries separately,
and for 13 nonmanufacturing industries including 2 subgroups under
retail trade, by months, January 1935 to June 1936, inclusive. The
accompanying diagram indicates the trend of factory employment
and pay rolls from January 1919 to June 1936.
The indexes of factory employment and pay rolls are computed
from returns supplied by representative establishments in 90 manu
facturing industries. The base used in computing these indexes is
the 3-year average 1923-25 taken as 100. In June 1936 reports
were received from 24,870 establishments employing 4,227,007
workers, whose weekly earnings were $96,877,320. The employment
reports received from these establishments cover more than 55
percent of the total wage earners in all manufacturing industries of
the country and more than 65 percent of the wage earners in the 90
industries included in the monthly survey of the Bureau of Labor
Statistics.
The indexes for nonmanufacturing industries are also computed
from data supplied by reporting establishments, but the base is the
12-month average for 1929 as 100.
Table 4.— Indexes of Employment and Pay Rolls in all Manufacturing Industries
Combined and in the Durable- and Nondurable-Goods Groups, January 1935
to June 1936 1
[3-year average 1923-25=100]
Manufacturing
Total
E m ploy
ment
Nondurable goods
Durable goods
M onth
Pay rolls
E m ploy
ment
P ay rolls
E m ploy
ment
P ay rolls
1935
1936
1935
1936
1935
1936
1935
1936
1935
1936
1935
January................................
February............................
M arch____ ______________
A pril...................... ..............
M a y .....................................
Juhe............................. .......
78.8
81.4
82.5
82.6
81.2
79.7
82.9
83.1
84.1
85.1
85.7
86.0
64.3
69.1
70.8
70.8
68.5
66.4
72.7
72.7
76.3
77.9
79.3
79.5
66.2
69.4
71.0
71.8
71.4
69.7
74.4
74.4
75.7
77.6
79.2
79.9
52.5
58.6
60.5
61.8
60.1
57.6
65.1
64.7
69.7
73.8
76.1
76.5
92.4
94.2
95.0
94.2
91.8
90.6
92.1
92.6
93.2
93.1
92.7
92.6
79.3
82.6
83.9
82.4
79.2
77.6
July .
_
August
September
October........ ...................
N ovem ber
___________
Decem ber............................
79.7
82.0
83.7
85.3 -------85.0
84.6
65.4
69.7
72.2
75.0 -------74.5
76.4 --------
69.4
70. &
71.2
74.9
76.1
75.7 --------
55.6
58.9
60.6
66.3
68.1 -------69.7
90.8
94.3
97.1
96.4 -------94.6
94.2
77.9
83.4
87.1
86.2 ..........
82.7
85.0
82.2
70.3
71.4
60.9 --------
93.8 --------
82.3 ..........
Average............... .
1936
82.4
82.8
84.9
83.3
83.4
83.3
1 Comparable indexes for earlier years will be found in the N ovem ber 1934 and subsequent issues of
this pamphlet, or the February 1935 and subsequent issues of the M on th ly Labor R eview.
15
Table 5.— Indexes of Employment and Pay Rolls in Selected Nonmanufacturing
Industries, January 1935 to June 1936 1
[12-month average 1929=100]
Anthracite mining
M onth
Em p loy
ment
Pay rolls
Bituminous-coal
mining
Em ploy
ment
Pay rolls
Metalliferous mining
Quarrying and nonmetallic mining
Em ploy
ment
Em ploy
ment
Pay rolls
Pay rolls
1935 1936 1935 1936 1935 1936 1935 1936 1935 1936 1935 1936 1935 1936 1935 1936
January.
February_____
M arch________
April__________
M a y __________
June_______ __
62.9
64.4
51.4
52.6
53.5
56.8
J u l y . _______
A u g u st.. _____
September____
October_______
November____
December____
49.4
38.7
46.0
58.8
46.6
57.3
Average.
53.2
59.1
61.2
52.5
49.8
54.9
51.2
54.4
76.7
42.6
28.6
56.3
42.0
79.8
80.2
80.4
77.5
76.2
75.7
59.6
66.1
67.5
45.0
49.1
64.7
37. 5
28.3
38.2
55.9
23.4
55.4
70.0
73.4
77. 1 .. ... .
74.3
76. 1
79.1
35.9
45.8
60.1
69.8
65.5
69.5
45.2
46.3
48.9 . . . . .
51.6
52. 6
53. 5
31.1
33.4
35.4
38.7
39.6
43.2
50.8
51.0
50.0
50.0
46.7 ------43. 1
34.4
36.3
35.4
36.5
32.1
29.7
47.5 . . . . .
76.7
58.2
47.3
33.9 .. ... .
46.0 .......
30.7
57.5
64.3
38.9
49.9
49.5
66.0
C ru de-petroleum
producing
80.0
81. 1
81.6
74.3
75.3
77.9
70.6
78.4
70.2
62.6
62.2
61.5
Telephone and
telegraph
44.3
44.3
45.0
46.0
44.4
46.0
54.2
55.5
55. S
57.5
60.8
61.9
30.1
29.9
30.9
31.8
31. 4
31.5
41.7
42.8
45.1
45.5
47.7
48.2
36.9
37.3
40.5
45. 3
49. 5
50.4
39.4
36.9
42.2
48.4
52. 0
53. 5
20.8
22.2
24.9
28.9
32.8
33.8
25.5
23. 9
30.9
36.1
42.1
44.0
--------
Electric light and
power, and manu
factured gas
Electric-railroad and
motorbus
opera
tion and mainte
nance 2
Em ploy
ment
Em ploy
ment
M onth
Em ploy
ment
Pay rolls
Em ploy
ment
Pay rolls
Pay rolls
Pay rolls
1935 1936 1935 1936 1935 1936 1935 1936 1935 1936 1935 1936 1935 1936 1935 1936
January_______
February_____
M arch________
Ap ril..
M a y ____ ______
June___________
74.9
74.2
74.0
74.9
76.0
76.7
July________
August ______
September___
October_______
Novem ber____
D ecem ber.- _
77.4
76. 3
75. 1
74.7
73. 0
71.6
59. 9
58. 9
60.9
57.9 ____
57.2
59.9
70. 3
70. 5
70.4
70.0 ____
69.8
69.6
75. 7
75. 5
73.8
74.9 ____
74.9
75.6
84.8
86. 8
86.9
87.4 ____
87.6
86.8
81. 5
82.8
84.5
84.4 ____
83.4
86.0
71. 5
71. 2
71.0
71.1 ____
71.1
70.5
63. 4
63. 3
64.0
64. 1
63.8
66.1
Average.
74.9
57.9
70.1 -
74. 5 . . . . . . . 84.8 .......
81.4 . . . . .
71.2
63.7 — -
71.1
70.8
70.7
71.2
72. 5
72.9
55.5
54.9
56.0
56.7
57.8
59.2
55.7
55.7
55.9
56.9
58.0
58.5
70.5
70.0
69.8
69.7
70.0
70.2
70.1
69.9
70.2
70.8
71.6
72. 1
-
73.9
72.9
75.3
73.1
73.7
74.4
75. G
76.2
77.2
76.0
78.5
77.4
82.7
82.2
82.3
82.6
83.3
83.9
86.1
86.1
86.8
88.0
389.0
90.4
78.0
78.3
79.4
79. G
79.8
79.8
84.8
84.7
85.9
86. 2
87.0
88.1
71.2
71.0
71.3
71.4
71.6
71.7
70.7
71.7
71.2
71.3
71.5
71.7
62.9
63. 1
63.4
63. S
63. 6
63.9
65.0
68.3,
67. 8
65.9
66. 1
66. 8-
1 Comparable indexes for earlier years for all of these industries, except year-round hotels, will be found in
the November 1934 and subsequent issues of this pamphlet, or the February 1935 and subsequent issues of
the M onth ly Labor Review. Comparable indexes for year-round hotels will be found in the June 1935
issue of this pamphlet, or the September 1935 issue of the M onth ly Labor Review.
2 N ot including electric-railroad car building and repairing: see transportation equipment and railroad
repair-shop groups, manufacturing industries, table 3.
3 Revised.
16
Table 5.— Indexes of Employment and Pay Rolls in Selected Nonmanufacturing
Industries, January 1935 to June 1936— Continued
[12-month average 1929=100]
Wholesale trade
M on th
E m ploy
ment
Pay rolls
Total retail trade
E m ploy
ment
Pay rolls
Retail trade—gen
eral merchandising
Retail trade—other
than general m er
chandising
E m ploy
ment
E m ploy
ment
Pay rolls
P ay rolls
1935 1936 1935 1936 1935 1936 1935 1936 1935 1936 1935 1936 1935 1936 1935 1936
January______
February..........
M arch________
A pril.................
M a y __________
Juno_
_ „
84 2
84.6
84.0
83.2
82.5
82.1
85 6
85.0
85.6
85.7
84.6
84.6
63 ft
64.6
65.2
64.8
64.6
64.6
July..................
A ugust.............
September.......
O ctober............
N ovem ber.......
Decem ber........
82.1
82.7
83.7 : : : : :
85.7
86.4
86.8
64.6
64.8
67.2
66.8
66.9 ........
68.6
79.3
78.0
81.8
83.8
84.6 ........
92.9
60.5
85.5
72.0
59.3
83.1
69.5
92.2
77.2
62.5
63.2 . . . " 97.1
79.8
63.4
101.6 ........ 82.0 ------69.3
131.7
104.5
Average. 84.0 ........
65.6 ........
82.3 . . . . .
62.1 ........
66 6
66.6
69.0
67.9
68.2
68.4
79
79.2
80.2
83.5
82.2
82.2
80.4
79.7
81.9
85.2
85.0
85.5
59.7
59.3
60.4
62.5
62.0
62.5
62.1
61.6
63.5
65.3
65.8
66.4
87.3
86.2
88.6
94.4
91.3
91.2
94.2 ........
Year-round hotels
M onth
E m ploy
ment
Pay rolls
88.2
85.1
90.9
97.4
95.5
96.4
73.5
72.3
74.1
77.5
76.3
76.7
76.4
73.9
77.3
81.0
80.8
81.3
56.9
56.6
57.6
59.4
59.0
59.5
77.7
76.7
79.1
80.3
80.1 ........
82.7
58.1
57.2
59.4
59.8
59.6
62.0
78.0 ........ | 79.1
Laundries
E m ploy
ment
78.4
78.3
79.5
82.0
82.3
82.6
77.4
77.3
78.0
80.7
79.8
79.8
59.1
59.1
60.7
62.1
62.7
63.3
58.8 ........
D yeing and cleaning
P ay rolls
E m ploy
ment
P ay rolls
1935 1936 1935 1936 1935 1936 1935 1936 1935 1936 1935 1936
January............. ........
.........
_____
F eb ru a ry .........
March
April ____________ - ________________
M a y ________________________________
June________________________________
80.3
81.1
80.8
81.1
81.6
81.3
July __________ __ _________________
August
_
__ ___
____
September __
__________________
October
_____ _____________________
N ovem ber___________________________
Dflftflmhfir
80.3
80.7
81.1
81.6
81.5
80.8
62.1
62.0
63.1
64.3
64.8
64.2
84.4
84.2
83.0
81.9
81.3
81.1
70.9
69.2
67.9
67.1
66.7
67.5
81.7
79.4
82.1
80.4
76.3
73.4
61.5
58.2
63.1
61.1
55.4
52.9
81.0
63.4
81.5
66.9
77.5
57.9
A vfiraffA
81.9
82.8
82.8
83.2
84.1
83.9
62.2
63.5
63.9
63.6
63.7
63.5
64.9
66.5
66.0
66.3
67.0
66.6
79.6
79.6
79.7
80.0
81.1
82.3
81.5
81.2
82.1
83.2
85.5
87.2
63.9
64.1
64.6
65.5
66.6
68.2
68.3
67.8
69.9
70.9
75.6
75.8
70.3
69.6
72.5
79.9
80.9
83.6
71.5
70.3
74.7
81.8
87.3
87.5
50.4
49.8
53.5
61.9
61.7
65.7
51.6
49.0
56.4
64.1
72.2
69.2
Trend o f Industrial and Business Employment b y States
A c o m p a r i s o n of employment and pay rolls, by States and geo
graphic divisions, in May and June 1936 is shown in table 6 for all
groups combined, except building construction and class I railroads,
and for all manufacturing industries combined, based on data sup
plied by reporting establishments. The percentage changes shown,
unless otherwise noted, are unweighted— that is, the industries in
cluded in the manufacturing group and in the grand total have not
been weighted according to their relative importance.
18
Table 6.— Comparison of Employment and Pay Rolls in Identical Establishments
May-June 1936, by Geographic Divisions and by States
[Figures in italics are not compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, but are taken frcir reports issued b y
cooperating State organizations]
Total— All groups
Manufacturing
Per
Per
Per
Per N u m
Num
Number cent
cent
cent
cent
Amount
ber Number
ber
Am ount
on pay
age
age
age
age
of pay roll
on pay
of
of
of pay roll
roll
change
(1 week) change estab roll June change (1 week) change*
estab
from
from
from
from
June
lish
lish
1936
June 1936
June 1936 M a y
M ay
M ay
M ay
1936
ments
ments
Geographic divi
sion and State
1936
1936
Dollars
N ew E n g la n d ___
13,835
782
M aine___________
N ew Hampshire.
625
Verm ont. ........... ..
466
M assachusetts... 2 8, 614
Rhode Island___
1,217
Connecticut____
2,131
824,245 —0.5 17,867,274
53, 565 + 1.1 1,016,953
34, 289 + 3 .0
672, 205
16, 635 + 0)
350, 650
457,509
83, 747
178, 500
M id d le A tla n tic.. 34,160 1,927,094
New York______ 22, 587 874, 799
N ew Jersey_____
3, 263 270, 099
Pennsylvania___
8,310 782,196
E ast N o rth C e n
t r a l__________
+ .3 47,494,500
- . 5 22,492, 633
+ 2.1 6, 628,499
+ .6 18, 373, 368
3,327
266
192
128
549,844
43,047
27, 293
10, 200
-1 .3
1,633
259,174
-.8
5,319,226
-2 .2
65,051
398
710 * 145,079
- 1 .5
- 1 .5
1, 220, 743
3,106.023
-1 .1
—1. 2
-.8
- 1 .2
4,960 1,111,082
-.8
- . 6 3 1,909 404,123
+ 1 .7 < 735 232,44.6
2,316
- 1 .8
474,513
+ . 5 51,374,027
- . 3 14, 333, 586
227, 442
540, 431
+ 3 .1 5,379,791
+ • 9 13,104,166
+ 2 .3
+ 1.9
177,687
+ 1.2 4,158,165
398,063
83, 090
58,051
156, 150
5, 837
7, 590
32, 241
+. 8
+ 2 .3
+ 1 .2
-.3
+ 1.8
+ 2 .4
+ 1.1
55,104
+ 1.0
______
W est N o rth C e n
tr a l
_________
11,659
2,162
1,763
Missouri___ . _.
3,073
North D a k o ta ...
508
South D a k o ta .__
514
Nebraska_______
1,568
Minnesota______
K an sas
1. 677,004
3,970, 779
Dollars
- 1 .2
- 1 .7
+ 1.1
- 1 .4
19,833 2,013,331
563, 637
8,182
0 ’ iio_____________
Indiana________
2,326
Illinois______ __ 5 4,675
Michigan________
3,656
Wisconsin
6 993
_______
S o u t h A tla n tic.
- . 4 10.179, 673
- 1 .3
- 1 .4
8 2,071
.
Delaware________
M a ry la n d ...
District of Co
lumbia________
Virginia_________
W est Virginia . . .
North Carolina..
South Carolina. _
Georgia__________
Florida__________
..
11,075
222
504,134
759,549
13, 730
945
+ .3
+• 7
7,148 1,543,609
2, 307 405,031
+ .1
+. 4
+ 1 .6
+ 2 .4
+ 2 .0
+• 7
+ 2 .8
+ 3 .2
+ 1-7
2,202
366
382
749
42
33
155
190,427
36, 277
30, 942
81,039
693
1,734
11,188
1,245,203
+ 2 .2
475
28, 554
2,649
77
492,863
9,357
- . 4 14,230,176
+ 3 .6
317, 278
2,537,872
+. 7
+ 3 .6
+ 1 .1 4,295,271
+ 3.2
855, 540
+ 1.4
691,139
- . 2 1, 752, 041
+4.1
17,838
+ 5.9
41,342
259,240
+ 1.7
+ 2 .1
+ 2 .5
+ 2 .4
+ 1.4
+ 3 .3
+ 9. 0
+ 3 .9
678,131
+ 1 .8
+ . 2 8,456,179
+ 5.8
206, 702
+ 1 .3
+ 5. 5
+ 1.6
+ 1 .5
535
1,018,377
-.2
1, 852, 497 + 1 .6
3,310,512 + 1 .7
2, 077, 457
+ .9
936, 630
+ .8
1,590, 258 - 0 )
649,295 - 7 .4
41
435
240
579
201
361
180
3,826
+ 3.6
-. 1
64,113
55,479
+ .7
132, 910
+• 1
59, 478
+ .2
76, 956 „ ( i )
16,024
- 2 .9
914
261
334
227
92
Kentucky_______
Tennessee_______
Alabam a...............
M ississippi.........
4,615
1,521
1,296
1,235
563
264,892
81,456
90,039
77,845
15, 552
W est S o u t h C e n tra l
..........
4,389
172,819
+ .3
3,631,330
+ 1 .2
9 531
23, 241
- 1 .5
387,134
-.5
1,013
1,393
42,302
40, 644
- 1 .0
+ .9
- 1 .1
+ 1. 3
211
138
1,452
66,632
+ 1 ,5
+2.8
m
+ .4 40,197,161
- . 8 10, 610.005
9,120,887
1,982,314
1. 274, 874
3, 561, 320
132,333
193,853
730,990
40,922
-.2
97,653
+ .2
146, 605
+ .6
144, 374
-. 1
66, 986 + 0 )
101,012
-.4
34,322 -1 0 .5
See footnotes at end of table.
+ 1 .1
-.4
+ 1 .7
+ 2 .2 '
—.4
2
1,072
2, 213
1,277
1,416
769
1,440
1,097
........
+ .8 26,399,926
- . 9 10,104,372
+ 2.1 5,477,950
+ 1.6 10,817,624
+ 1.6
us,
Arkansas________
Louisiana_______
Oklahoma.............
Texas____________]
- 1 .7
-2 .6 *
+ .9
-3 .8
189,026
+ 3 .6 4,505,216
+ 2 .5
+2. 6
355,152
+ 1 . 6 8,559,952
-3 .6
451,685
- . 8 13,152,062
142, 715 1 + 1 . 4 3,369,926 7 + 1 . 4
1,569
E ast S o u t h C e n
t r a l . . ........ .......
- 0 .8 11,133,845
772.043
+• 4
+ 2 .8
507,983
207,827
- 1 .1
908
2,232
962
739
- . 4 14, 398,319
+ .3
1936
1936
+ 1 .0 4,653,058
+ .8 1,613,331
+ 1.1 1, 555,831
+ 1 .0 1, 254, 012
+ 1 .8
229,884
801,805
933,347
1,509,044
+ .2
- 1 .2
+ 1 .3
+• 5
+ 1 .0
74, 720
7-.3
1, 64I, 751 7 + 1 . 2
126, 278
1,188,941
1, 268, 836
1, 875,879
795, 660
1,085, 264
266,868
+ 2 .6
+ 2 .5
+ .4
+1- 1
+ 1 .0
+ .2
+ .2
159,345
31,600
66, 259
52,258
9, 228
+2.0 2,662,196
+ 2 .9
642, 656
+ 1 .4 1,108, 362
+ 2 .2
795,002
+ 2 .2
116,176
+ 1 .9
+ 2 .8
+ 1 .8
+ 1 .2
+ 2 .3
982
86,820
209
16, 639
20,731
10,977
+ .3 1,729,946
259, 816
-.7
344,144
- 1 .9
+2.2
241,118
38,473
+ 1 .3
884,868
+ .9
+ .s
-2 . 2
+ 2 .3
^ 2 .0
19
Table 6.— Comparison of Employment and Pay Rolls in Identical Establishments,
May-June 1936, by Geographic Divisions and by States— Continued
Total— All groups
Geographic divi
sion and State
Manufacturing
Per
Per
Per
Per
Num
Num
Num ber cent
cent
ber
Amount
ber Number cent- Amount cent
on pay
age
age
age
age
of
of pay roll
of
on pay
of pay roll
roll
change
change
estab
week)
estab roll June change
week) change
from
from
from
June
from
lish
lish
June 1936 M ay
1936
June 1936
1936
M av
M ay
M ay
ments
ments
1936
1936
1936
1936
(1
(1
Dollars
M o u n t a i n _______
4,436
122,049
M ontana________
Idaho___________
W yom ing_______
Colorado________
New Mexico____
Arizona........... .
U tah____________
N evada........... ..
722
457
331
1,243
324
527
619
213
19,551
9, 248
, 365
40,435
6,518
14.792
20,024
3,116
6,466
423,940
+ 2.1 10,795,179
W ashington_____
3, 037
Oregon__________
1,340
California_______ io 2,089
94,582
47.950
280,408
+ 3 .4 2, 342, 755
+ 3 .3 1,144, 839
+ 1 . 4 7,307,585
P a cific___ _______
8
Dollars
+ 1 .6
2,933,750
+ 1 .4
556
35,193
+ 4 .4
856,928
+ 3 .3
+ 1 .0
+ 1 .7
+ 1 .2
+ 2 .8
+ 2 .9
+ 1.2
517, 817
219, 616
219, 292
957,401
133, 608
355.103
447, 703
85, 210
- 1 .6
+ 7 .7
+ 1 .8
+ 1 .3
+ 2 .5
82
52
40
183
29
40
28
4, 924
3,120
1,742
14, 320
651
2, 778
, 791
867
+ 4 .0
+ 6 .8
+ 1 .5
+ 2 .0
+ 2 .7
+ 7 .9
+ 8 .8
+ 3 .3
129,647
+ 4 .6
75,551 + 1 5 .2
50,205
+ 4 .6
353,446
12,382
-.4
64, 055 + 5 .4
146,886 + 3 .9
24, 756 -1-4.2
+ 1.4
1,990
229,215
+ 2 .6
5,873,312
+ 1 .6
+ 2 .9
477
255
1,258
50,879
26, 809
151,527
+ 2 .3
+ 4 .7
+ 2 .3
1, 252, 263
608,861
4,012,188
+ 2 .8
- .7
+ 1 .6
-.8
+.2
+ 2 .7
+ 2 .3
-. 1
+ 1 .1
12
0
6
+ 3 .3
1
1
2
3
Less than Ho of 1 percent.
Includes banks and trust companies, construction, municipal, agricultural, and office employment,
amusement and recreation, professional services, and trucking and handling.
Includes laundering and cleaning, water, light, and power.
* Includes laundries.
s Includes auto: r.obile and miscellaneous services, restaurants, and building and contracting.
Includes construction, but does not include hotels, restaurants, or public works.
Weighted percentage change.
Includes financial institutions, construction, miscellaneous services, and restaurants.
Includes automobile deilers and garages, and sand, gravel, and building stone.
Includes banks, insurance, and office employment.
6
7
8
8
1
0
Industrial and Business Employment and Pay Rolls in Principal Cities
A c o m p a r i s o n of June employment and pay rolls with the May
totals in 13 cities of the United States having a population of 500,000
or over is made in table 7. The changes are computed from reports
received from identical establishments in both months.
In addition to reports included in the several industrial groups
regularly covered in the survey of the Bureau, reports have also been
secured from establishments in other industries for inclusion in these
city totals. As information concerning employment in building
construction is not available for all cities at this time, figures for this
industry have not been included in these city totals.
20
Table 7.— Comparison of Employment and Pay Rolls in Identical Establishments
in May and June 1936, by Principal Cities
Number
of estab
lishments
City-
Num ber
on pay
roll June
1936
Percentage
change
from M ay
1936
Am ount of
pay roll
(1 week)
June 1936
Percentage
change
from M a y
1936
N ew York, N . Y .........................................
Chicago, 111...............................................
Philadelphia, Pa..........................................
Detroit, M ich ..................... ........................
Los Angeles, Calif...... .............. .................
17,777
4, 232
2,606
1,572
2,808
700,541
397,074
214,170
342,308
133,052
-0 .7
+ .6
+ .8
-1 .0
+ 2 .1
$18,426,934
10, 365,861
5,271, 630
10, 243,437
3,358, 511
-1 .2
+ 1 .1
+ .8
- 2 .4
+ 2 .0
Cleveland, O h io .........................................
St. Louis, M o ...............................................
Baltimore, M d .............................................
Boston, Mass______ ______________ _____
1,809
1,596
1,324
4,928
134, 516
126,293
88, 290
170, 237
-.3
+ .4
-0 )
-.2
3,517, 547
2,960,427
2,022,367
4,036,356
+ .8
+ 1 .2
-.2
-.9
Pittsburgh, Pa.............................................
San Francisco, C a lif..................................
Buffalo, N . Y ........... ...................................
Milwaukee, W is.......................................
1,480
1,443
1,112
705
200,355
77,967
79, 529
73,194
+ 2 .4
+ 2 .0
+ .6
+ 1 .4
5, 228,055
2,051, 742
1,954,826
1,826,179
+ 2 .5
+ .9
_ (i)
+ 3 .0
i Less than M of 1 per cent.
o
Public Employment
E m p l o y m e n t created by the Federal Government includes employ
ment in the regular agencies of the Government, employment on the
various construction programs wholly or partially financed by Federal
funds, and employment on relief-work projects.
Construction projects financed by the Public Works Administration
are those projects authorized by Title II of the National Industrial
Recovery Act of June 16, 1933. This program of public works was
extended to June 30, 1937, by the Emergency Relief Appropriation
Act of 1935.
The Works Program was inaugurated by the President in a series
of Executive orders by authority of Public Resolution No. 11,
approved April 8, 1935. Employment created by this program
includes employment on Federal projects and employment on pro
jects operated by the Works Progress Administration. Federal
projects are those conducted by Federal agencies which have received
allotments from The Works Program fund. Projects operated by
the Works Progress Administration are those projects conducted
under the supervision of the W . P. A.
The emergency conservation program (Civilian Conservation
Corps) created in April 1933 has been further extended under author
ity of the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935.
21
Executive Service of the Federal Government
S t a t i s t i c s of employment in the executive branches of the Federal
Government in June 1935, May and June 1936 are given in table 8.
Table 8.— Employees in the Executive Service of the United States Government,
June 1935, May and June 1936 1
[Subject to revision]
District of Columbia 2
Outside District of
Columbia
Entire service2
Item
Perma Tem po Total
rary
nent
Number of employees:
June 1935______________ 92, 727 11,250
M ay 1936........................ 107,812
9,417
9, 557
June 1936_____________ 107,913
Percentage change:
June 1935 to June 1936- +16. 38 -1 5.0 5
M a y to June 1936______
+ . 10 +1.49
Labor turn-over, June 1936:
Additions *____________
1, 639
1,385
1,107
1,561
Separations ® _________
11. 67
Turn-over rate per 100_____
1. 45
Perma Tem po
rary 3 Total
nent
Perma Tem po Total
nent
rary 3
103,977 516,166 98,093 614,259 608,893 109,343 718,236
117, 229 600,274 100, 725 700,999 708,086 110,142 818, 228
117,470 604,503 102, 653 707,156 712,416 112, 210 4824,626
+12.98 +17.11 + 4.65 +15.12 +17.00
+ .8 8
+ . 61
+ . 70 +1.91
+ . 21
3,024
2, 668
2. 27
11,973
8,964
1.49
21, 976
18, 377
18. 07
33,949
27, 341
3. 88
13,612
10,525
1.48
+2. 62 +14.81
+ . 78
+1.88
23,361
19,484
17. 53
36,973
30,009
3. 65
1 This table shows employment on last day of month specified.
2 Includes employees of Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Howard University.
3 N ot including field employees of Post Office Department or 24,178 employees hired under letters of
authorization b y the Department of Agriculture with a pay roll of $1,173,469.
* N ot including 566 employees transferred but not reported b y department to which they were assigned.
5 N ot including employees transferred w ithin the Government service, as such transfers should not be
regarded as labor turn-over.
The monthly record of employment in the executive departments
of the United States Government from June 1935 to June 1936,
inclusive, is shown in table 9.
Table 9.— Employment in the Executive Departments of the United States
Government by Months, June 1935 to June 1936
[Subject to revision]
M onth
1935
June______________
July_______________
A u g u st.....................
September............
O ctober___________
Novem ber_________
D ecem ber_________
Outside
District District
of
of
Columbia Columbia
103,977
104,747
107,037
109,197
110, 585
111, 199
112,091
614,259
631.134
663,086
678, 229
687,115
690, 202
704.135
Total
718, 236
735,881
770,123
787,426
797, 700
801,401
816, 226
M onth
1936
January___________
February_____ ____
M arch.......................
A pril_______ ____
M a y ______________
Outside
District District
of
of
Columbia Columbia
111,800
112,708
112,739
115,422
117,229
117,470
689,499
687,626
693, 665
695, 345
700,999
707,156
Total
801,299
800,334
806,404
810, 767
818, 228
824,626
Construction Projects Financed by the Public Works Administration
D e t a i l s concerning employment, pay rolls, and man-hours
worked during June 1 on construction projects financed by Public
Works Administration funds are given in table 10, by type of project.
1 Data concerning projects financed by Public Works Administration funds are based on month ending
June 15.
22
Table 10.— Employment and Pay Rolls on Projects Financed from Public Works
Funds, Month Ending June 15, 1936
[Subject to revision]
Wage earners
T yp e of project
Maximum 1
W eekly
number
average
em ployed
M onthly
pay-roll
disburse
ments
N um ber of
man-hours
worked
during
m onth
A ver
age
earn
ings
per
hour
Value of
material
orders
placed
during
m onth
Federal projects—Financed from N . I. R . A . funds
All projects 2.........................................
3 108,609
101,927
$9,578,180
12,903,359
$0.742
$9,829,016
Building construction2......................
Forestry__________________________
Naval ves s els .....................................
Public roa d s4.......................................
Reclamation.........................................
19,176
9
26,406
(*)
12,826
16,021
9
25,863
27,789
12, 251
1,550, 227
1,194
3,309,959
1,394,231
1,288,010
1,829,549
1,032
4,042,159
2, 567,010
1,811, 587
.847
1.157
.819
.543
.711
1,875,986
81
2, 509, 281
2,300,000
1,328,195
River, harbor, and flood control___
Streets and roads. ..............................
W ater and sewerage. .........................
Miscellaneous.......................................
19,087
2,125
153
1,038
17, 002
1,875
134
983
1,861,101
95, 310
8, 546
69, 602
2,327,631
216,353
15,671
92,367
.800
.441
.545
.754
1,662, 793
106, 552
18,130
27,998
Non-Federal projects—Financed from N . I. R . A. funds
A ll projects...........................................
63,300
53, 050
$4,883,891
5,495,026
$0.889
$8,285,985
Building construction______ _______
Streets and ro a d s...............................
W ater and sewerage............................
Miscellaneous.......................................
30,306
9,826
20,122
3,046
25,118
7,885
17, 386
2,661
2,445,383
607,445
1,627,015
204, 048
2,506, 730
797,433
1,852,859
338,004
.976
.762
.878
.604
3,748,804
1,186,047
2, 227, 217
1,123,917
Non-Federal “ Transportation Loan” projects—Financed from
N .I . R . A . funds
All projects...........................................
8,559
(•)
Railroad construction........................
Railroad-car and locom otive shopsOperated b y railroads.................
Operated b y commercial firms.
6,307
2,252
1,763
489
5,987
(6)
1, 729
(•)
$513,181
917,810
$0. 559
248,407
264,774
148,857
115,917
546,516
371,294
215,091
156, 203
.455
.713
.692
.742
(6
)
224, 979
(6)
46,458
(«)
Non-Federal projects—Financed from E . R. A. A . 1935 funds t
All p ro je cts .........................................
169,104
15,101,842
$0. 719
$19,978,981
Building construction........................
Electrification......................................
H eavy engineering..............................
Reclamation.........................................
109,789
685
1,043
816
90,481
572
885
693
7,212,071
44,989
90,001
54,723
9, 520,075
61,552
121, 580
94, 727
.758
.731
.740
.578
13,237,814
159,618
447,960
98,448
River, harbor, and flood control___
Streets and roads.................................
Water and sewerage............................
Miscellaneous.......................................
455
16,911
38,133
1,272
402
13,241
32, 265
1,013
32, 679
919,676
2,440,990
70,545
39,438
1,475,253
3,687,969
101,248
.829
.623
.662
.697
109,958
1, 634,408
4,184,348
106,427
139,552 $10,865, 674
1 Maxim um number em ployed during any 1 week of the m onth b y each contractor and Government
agency doing force-account work.
2 Includes a maximum of 7,080 and an average of 5,830 employees working on low-cost housing projects
financed from E. R . A . A . funds, who were paid $570,151 for 741,923 man-hours of labor. Material orders
in the amount of $475,233 were placed for these projects. These data are also included in separate tables
covering projects financed from The W orks Program.
3 Includes weekly average for public roads.
4 Estimated b y the Bureau of Public Roads.
6 N ot available; average included in total.
8 Data not available.
7 These data are also included in separate tables covering projects financed b y The W orks Program.
23
Federal construction projects are financed by allotments made by
the Public Works Administration to the various agencies and depart
ments of the Federal Government from funds provided under the
National Industrial Recovery Act. The major portion of the lowcost housing program now under way, however, is financed by funds
provided under the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935.
The work is performed either by commercial firms, which have been
awarded contracts, or by day labor hired directly by the Federal
agencies.
Non-Federal projects are financed by allotments made by the
Public Works Administration from funds available under either the
National Industrial Recovery Act or the Emergency Relief Appropria
tion Act of 1935. Most of the allotments have been made to the
States and their political subdivisions, but occasionally allotments
have been made to commercial firms. In financing projects for the
States or their political subdivisions from funds appropriated under the
National Industrial Recovery Act, the Public Works Administration
makes a direct grant of not more than 30 percent of the total labor and
material cost. When* funds provided under the Emergency Relief
Appropriation Act of 1935 are used to finance a non-Federal project,
as much as 45 percent of the total labor and material cost may be
furnished in the form of a grant. The remaining 55 percent or more
of the cost is financed by the recipient. When circumstances justify
such action, the Public Works Administration may provide the grantee
with the additional funds by means of a loan. Allotments to com
mercial enterprises are made only as loans. All loans made by the
Public Works Administration carry interest charges and have a
definite date of maturity. Collateral posted with the Public Works
Administration to secure loans may be offered for sale to the public.
In this way a revolving fund is provided which enlarges the scope of
the activities of the Public Works Administration.
Commercial loans have been made, for the most part, to railroads.
Railroad work financed by loans made by the Public Works Adminis
tration falls under three headings: First, construction work in the
form of electrification, the laying of rails and ties, repairs to buildings,
bridges, etc.; second, the building and repairing of locomotive and
passenger and freight cars in shops operated by the railroads; and
third, locomotive and passenger- and freight-car building in com
mercial shops.
Monthly Trend
A summary of employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked on
projects financed from public-works funds from July 1933 to June
1936 is given in table 11.
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Table 11.— Employment and Pay Rolls, July 1933 to June 1936, inclusive, on
Projects Financed from Public Works Funds
[Subject to revision]
M axi
mum
number
of wage
earners 1
Year and month
Num ber of
man-hours
worked dur
ing month
$703, 377,099 1,100,752,000
July 1933 to June 1936, inclusive 2............
Average
earnings
per hour
Value of ma
terial orders
placed during
m onth
$0.639 ^ $1,288,754, 991
32,941, 335
308,311,143
254,176,118
July to December 1933, inclusive_______
January to December 1934, inclusive
January to December 1935, inclusive 2
1936
January 2_______________ __________ ___
F eb ru a ry2__________ ______ ___________
M arch 2_______________________________
A p r il2_________________________________
M a y 2............ ............ ....................................
June 2__________________________________
M on th ly
pay-roll
disburse
ments
61, 718, 911
523, 561, 666
371, 352, 552
.534
.589
.684
3 75,453,114
3 610,051,090
3 417, 321, 441
14,399,381
12, 220,479
13, 981,176
18,915, 663
22, 590, 878
25, 840, 926
19,195, 535
16, 404, 771
18, 519, 649
25, 203,010
30, 377, 869
34,418,037
.750
.745
.755
.751
.744
.751
22, 796,818
23,460,743
29,068,402
32,459,393
< 39, 778, 571
38, 365,419
197,820
176, 764
202, 236
264, 427
315, 393
349, 572
1 Maximum number employed during any 1 week of the month b y each contractor and Government
agency doing force-account work. Includes weekly average for public-road projects.
2 Includes wage earners employed on projects under the jurisdiction of P. W . A. which are financed from
E. R. A. A. funds. These data are also included in tables covering projects financed b y The W orks
Program.
3 Includes orders placed b y railroads for new equipment.
^Revised.
T h e Works Program
A detailed record of employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked
on projects financed by The Works Program in June 1 is shown in
table 12, by type of project.
Table 12.— Employment and Pay Rolls on Projects Financed by The Works
Program, June 1936
[Subject to revision]
Wage earners
T yp e of project
Maximum W eekly
number
em ployed1 average
M onthly
pay-roll
disburse
ments
Number of
man-hours
worked
during
month
A ver
age
earn
ings
per
hour
Value of
material
orders
placed
during
month
Federal projects
All projects___________________ ____
453,012
399,851
$22, 657, 507
50,680, 511
$0.447
$14,431,802
Building construction_____________
Electrification_____________________
Forestry.......... .............. ......................
Grade-crossing elimination________
H eavy engineering------------------------H ydroelectric power plants......... .
Plant, crop, and livestock conser
vation__________________________
Professional, technical, and clerical.
Public roads___________ ____ _____
R eclam ation_______________ _____
River, harbor, and flood control___
Streets and roads__________________
W ater and sewerage........... ................
Miscellaneous______________ ____
38, 772
1,083
20,910
28, 777
225
2, 233
34,037
962
19, 765
23,352
202
2,065
2, 210, 571
66,944
1, 030, 745
1,601, 280
15, 330
51,126
3, 774,926
111, 258
2, 509,136
2,784,909
25, 917
211, 864
.586
.602
.411
.575
.592
.241
1, 759,930
163,990
389,333
2, 338,366
33,933
85,326
51,310
26,620
129,874
89, 017
44, 567
8, 746
683
10,195
44,123
26, 600
106,017
83,934
41, 298
7, 822
544
9,130
1, 568, 204
2,007,896
6, 077,080
3, 627, 713
3, 411, 623
429, 511
39, 782
519, 702
6,179,873
3,320, 787
13,136,805
8, 936, 696
7, 510,979
963,709
81, 636
1,132,016
.254
.605
.463
.406
.454
.446
.487
.459
67,928
107,039
4,082,104
1,347,965
3, 533,594
201,440
2,989
317,865
See footnote at end of table.
i Data concerning projects financed by The Works Program are based on month ending June 15.
25
Table
12 .— Employment
and Pay Rolls on Projects Financed by The Works
Program, June 1936— Continued
[Subject to revision]
W age earners
T yp e of project
Maximum
number
employed
W eekly
M onthly
pay-roll
disburse
ments
Number of
man-hours
worked
during
month
Aver
age
earn
ings
per
hour
Value of
material
orders
placed
during
month
P. W . A. projects financed from E. R . A . A . 1935 funds 2
All projects 3........................................
176,184
145,382
$11,435,825
15,843,765
$0.722
$20,454,214
Building construction 3.................. .
Electrification....... ..............................
H eavy engineering.............................
Reclamati on_________ ____ _______
River, harbor, and flood control___
Streets and roads.................. ..............
Water and sew erage.........................
Miscellaneous_________ •
___________
116,869
685
1,043
816
455
16, 911
38,133
1, 272
96,311
572
885
693
402
13,241
32, 265
1, 013
7,782, 222
44,989
90,001
54, 723
32, 679
919,676
2,440,990
70, 545
10, 261,998
61, 552
121, 580
94, 727
39,438
1,475, 253
3, 687,969
101, 248
.753
.731
.740
.578
.829
.623
.662
.697
13, 713,047
159,618
447,960
98,448
109,958
1, 634,408
4,184,348
106,427
Projects operated b y Works Progress Administration
A ll projects 34....................................
Conservation....... ................................
Highway, road, and street........ .......
Housing 3_________________________
National Youth Administration 6_.
Professional, technical, and clericalpublic building___________________
Publicly owned or operated utilities.
Recreational facilities 7___.................
Sanitation and health_______ _____
Sewing, canning, gardening, etc___
Transportation___________ ________
N ot elsewhere classified................... .
2,561,307
124,475
818, 223
5,902
174, 298
262,885
224, 337
217,063
254, 434
73,695
298,849
51, 755
55,391
$128, 222, 740 281, 504, 372
5, 675, 546
38, 371,224
382, 656
2,807, 543
18,730,836
13, 083,855
11,349,167
15,190, 565
3, 268, 233
13, 756,805
2, 847, 329
2, 758, 981
14, 608, 733
93, 479,938
663, 504
7, 269,943
31,109,190
23, 993, 977
24,444, 708
28, 757, 603
8,674,939
36,194, 314
5,957, 656
6,349,867
1.455 s $22,674, 265
.410
.577
.386
.602
.545
.464
.528
.377
.380
.478
.434
493, 783
7,750,101
5,066
126,105
667,892
4,967,891
3,411, 237
2,429, 685
780,620
569, 825
757, 624
714,436
1 M axim um number employed during any 1 week of the month b y each contractor and Government
agency doing force-account work.
2 These data are also included in separate tables covering projects under the jurisdiction of the Public
Works Administration.
3 Data for a maximum of 44 and an average of 44 employees who were paid $798 for 2,105 man-hours on
demolition work at site of low-cost housing projects are included both under P. W . A . projects financed
from E. R . A. A . 1935 funds and under projects operated b y W . P. A.
4 Includes data for 22,653 transient camp workers who were paid $542,165 and subsistence for 2,696,217
man-hours on conservation work, etc.
5 T he value of material orders placed, excluding those for National Youth Administration projects, is
for the month ended June 30, 1936.
6 These data are for the month ended M a y 31, 1936, and exclude student-aid projects.
7 Exclusive of buildings.
Monthly Trend
Employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked on projects financed
by The Works Program from the beginning of the program in July
1935 to June 1936 are given in table 13.
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Table 13.— Employment and Pay Rolls, July 1935 to June 1936, inclusive, on
Projects Financed by The Works Program
[Subject to revision]
Maximum M on th ly pay N um ber of
man-hours
number
roll disburse
worked dur
employed 1
ments
ing month
M onth and year
Average
earnings
per hour
Value of
material
orders
placed dur
ing month
Federal projects
July 1935 to June 1936, inclusive...............
$126,600,182
288,800,477
$0.438
$98,822,198
July to December, 1935..............................
30,077,743
65,915,609
.456
32,116,942
1936
January..........................................................
248,929
February.......................................................
298,589
M arch........... ................................................
325,505
A pril..............................................................
375,865
M a y _______ ___________________________
401,298
__________ ________________________ June453,012
11,179,541
12,529,207
14,431,789
16,563,885
19,160,510
22,657,507
25,955,820
29,173,914
35,243,886
38,563,300
43, 267,437
50,680,511
.431
.429
.409
.430
.443
.447
8,988,622
9, 684,578
8,028,299
12,903,903
12, 668,052
14,431,802
P. W . A . projects financed from E. R . A . A . 1935 funds 2
September 1935 to June 1936, inclusive...
$33,501,024
47,819,374
$0.701
$80,110,204
September to December, 1935..................
661,283
996,091
.664
2,025,494
1,128, 635
1,794,866
3,032,280
6,346,433
9,101,702
11,435,825
1, 621,349
2,609,270
4,525, 546
9, 211, 679
13,011, 674
15,843,765
.696
.688
.670
.689
.700
.722
3,632,378
8,611,717
10,548,343
14,725,726
20,112,332
20,454,214
1936
January..........................................................
February.......................... ............................
M arch...... .....................................................
A pril.......... ..................................................
M a y __ _______________________________
June _ ______________________________
23,740
39,848
64,223
112,345
149,334
176,184
Projects operated b y Works Progress Administration
August 1935 to June 1936, inclusive.........
$980,320,084 2,225,588,429
$0. 440 $165, 714,142
August to December, 1935.........................
170,911,331
367,589,041
.465
46,042,303
1936
January.............................. ........................
2,755,802
February........................................................ 2,900,645
M arch______________ ___________________ 3,044,685
A p r i l............................................................ . 2,856, 508
M a y ___________________________________
2,563,185
June _______ __ ______________ _____ __ 2,561,307
127,054,184
136,276,680
142,827,306
143,492,350
131, 535,493
128,222,740
310,755,226
331,916,478
338,477,216
330,771,776
294,574,320
281, 504,372
.409
.411
.422
.434
.447
.455
19,860,772
17,896,597
17, 592, 687
19,586, 594
3 22,060,924
22,674,265
1 Maxim um number employed during any 1 week of the month b y each contractor and Government
agency doing force-account work.
2 These data are also included in tables covering projects under the jurisdiction of P. W . A.
3 Revised.
Emergency Conservation W ork
S t a t is t ic s concerning employment and pay rolls in emergency
conservation work in May and June 1936 are presented in table 14.
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Table 14.— Employment and Pay Rolls in Emergency Conservation Work, May
and June 1936
[Subject to revision]
Number of
employees
Am ount of pay rolls
Group
June
M ay
June
M ay
All groups_______________________ _____ ______________
383,279
407,621'
$17,947,251
$18,610,245
Enrolled personnel_____________________________ _____
Reserve officers............................................. - ............ ..........
Educational advisers 1...... ..................................................
Supervisory and technical2........... .....................................
332,041
7, 666
1,974
3 41, 598
357,022
7,762
1,975
« 40,862
10,341,860
1,579, 639
340,037
3 5, 685, 715
11,121,242
1,620,971
340,067
* 5,527,965
1 Included in executive service table.
2 Includes carpenters, electricians, and laborers.
3 40,061 employees and pay roll of $5,537,013 included in executive service table.
4 39,535 employees and pay roll of $5,410,283 included in executive service table.
Employment and pay-roll data for emergency conservation workers
are collected by the Bureau of Labor Statistics from the War Depart
ment, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Commerce,
the Treasury Department, and the Department of the Interior. The
monthly pay of the enrolled personnel is distributed as follows:
5 percent are paid $45; 8 percent, $36; and the remaining 87 percent,
$30. The enrolled men, in addition to their pay, are provided with
board, clothing, and medical services.
Monthly statistics of employment and pay rolls on the emergency
conservation program from June 1935 to June 1936, inclusive, are
given in table 15.
Table 15.— Monthly Totals of Employees and Pay Rolls in Emergency Conserva
tion Work, June 1935 to June 1936
[Subject to revision]
M onth
1935
June____________________
July____________________
August____ _____________
September______________
October_________________
N ovem ber______________
December______ ______
Num ber M onthly pay
of em
roll disburse
ployees
ments
430, 226
483, 329
593, 311
536, 752
554,143
546, 683
509,126
$19,816,204
22,133, 513
26, 293, 526
24, 455, 343
24,886, 623
24,009, 372
21,949,480
M onth
1936
January_________________
February_____ _________
M arch__________________
April____ _______________
M a y ____________________
June____________________
Number M onthly pay
of em
roll disburse
ployees
ments
478, 751
454, 231
356, 273
391,002
407,621
383, 279
$21,427,065
20,484, 379
17, 251, 772
18,058, 235
18, 610, 245
17,947, 251
Construction Projects Financed b y the Reconstruction Finance Corporation
S t a t is t ic s of employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked on
construction projects financed by the Reconstruction Finance Cor
poration in June 1 are presented in table 16, by type of project.
1 Data concerning projects financed by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation refer to the month ending
June 15.
28
Table 16.— Employment and Pay Rolls on Projects Financed by the Reconstruc
tion Finance Corporation, by Type of Project, June 1936
[Subject to revision]
N um ber of
man-hours Average
worked
earnings
during
per hour
month
Value of
material
orders
placed
during
m onth
N um ber
of wage
earners
M onthly
pay-roll
disburse
ments
A ll projects...................
8,501
$941,680
1,252,193
1 . 752
0
$2,527, 262
Bridges______________
Building construction
Reclamation_________
Water and sewerage.Miscellaneous..............
986
805
22
5,754
934
155,021
50,467
1,572
651,037
83,583
133,139
92, 767
3,039
898,469
124,779
1.164
.544
.517
.725
.670
13,162
1,434,803
163
1,050,503
28, 631
T yp e of project
1 Includes 157 employees; pay-roll disbursements of $13,265; 11,991 man-hours worked; and material orders
placed during the month amounting to $5,856 on projects financed by R . F. C. Mortgage Co.
A monthly summary of employment, pay rolls, and man-hours
worked on construction projects financed by the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation from June 1935 to June 1936, inclusive, is given
in table 17.
Table 17.— Employment and Pay Rolls on Projects Financed by the Reconstruc
tion Finance Corporation, June 1935 to June 1936
[Subject to revision]
M onth
Num ber of
Number M onthly pay man-hours
of wage roll disburse worked dur
earners
ments
ing month
Average
earnings
per hour
Value of ma
terial orders
placed dur
ing m onth
1985
June.................... ..........
J u l y . .......... .................
August....................... .
September.....................
October 1.......................
N ovem ber 1 . ...............
.
December 1
_____ _____
11,901
9,581
9,415
9,301
9,204
9,802
7,792
$1,191,336
1,001,653
1,020,208
957,846
953,383
1,002,151
870,129
1,592,744
1,349,064
1,367,071
1,271,475
1,269,897
1,344,959
1,161,473
1748
.742
.746
.753
.751
.745
.749
$3,998,576
1,495,108
965,174
1,016, 202
1,238,053
1,411,729
1,383,330
1986
January. ......................
February.......................
M arch...........................
A pril..............................
M a y ...............................
June................................
7,560
7,961
8,134
10,021
10,988
8,501
850,271
905,455
916,059
1,133,880
962,280
941,680
1,093,350
1,179,431
1,193,145
1,479,182
1,244,097
1,252,193
.778
.768
.768
.767
.773
.752
1,355,520
1,436,119
1, 385,640
1,292,063
1,441,248
2,527,262
» Revised.
Construction Projects Financed from Regular Governm ental Appropriations
W h e n e v e r a construction contract is awarded or force-account
work is started by a department or agency of the Federal Government,
the Bureau of Labor Statistics is immediately notified on forms sup
plied by the Bureau, of the name and address of the contractor, the
amount of the contract, and the type of work to be performed. Blanks
are then mailed by the Bureau to the contractor or Government agency
doing the work. These reports are returned to the Bureau and show
the number of men on pay rolls, the amounts disbursed for pay, the
number of man-hours worked on the project, and the value of the
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different types of materials for which orders were placed during the
month.
The following tables present data concerning construction projects
for which contracts have been awarded since July 1, 1934. The
Bureau does not have statistics covering projects, the contracts of
which were awarded previous to that date.
Data concerning employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked on
construction projects financed from regular governmental appropria
tions during June 1 are given in table 18, by type of project.
Table 18.— Employment on Construction Projects Financed from Regular Gov
ernmental Appropriations, by Type of Project, June 1936
[Subject to revision]
Number of wage
earn ers
T yp e of project
M aximum W eekly
number
em ployed1 average
M onthly
pay-roll
disburse
ments
Number of
man-hours Average
worked
earnings
during
per hour
month
Value of
material
orders
placed dur
ing month
All projects.......................................
2 102,376
98,622
$8,631,104
13, 692,884
$0.630
$12, 347,4.53
Building construction.....................
Electrification..................................
Naval vessels—........................ .......
Public roads 3_.......................... .......
Reclam ation_______ ____________
9,679
3
21,634
(4
)
1,197
8,157
3
21,100
53,693
1,130
734,224
169
2, 774, 504
3, 732, 400
169, 967
1,068,697
216
3, 260,856
6,842,168
227,458
.687
.782
.851
.545
.747
1, 342, 702
14
3, 549, 315
6,157,172
301
River, harbor, and flood con trol._
Streets and roads______ _________
Water and sewerage...... ..................
Miscellaneous-.................................
12, 963
1,875
95
1, 237
11, 701
1, 677
82
1,079
1,086, 820
81, 955
4,315
46, 750
2,011,660
196, 589
7, 252
77,988
.540
.417
.595
.599
967,171
72,636
52,664
205,478
* Maximum number employed during any 1 week of the month b y each contractor and Government
agency doing force-account work.
2 Includes weekly average for public roads.
3 Estimated b y the Bureau of Public Roads.
4 N ot available; average number included in total.
Employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked on construction
projects financed from regular governmental appropriations from
June 1935 to June 1936 are shown, by months, in table 19.
1 Data concerning projects financed b y regular governmental appropriations are based on month ending
June 15.
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Table 19.— Employment on Construction Projects Financed from Regular Gov
ernmental Appropriations, June 1935 to June 1936
[Subject to revision]
Num ber
of wage
earners
M onth
M on th ly
pay-roll
disburse
ments
N um ber of
man-hours
worked dur
ing m onth
Average
earnings
per hour
Value of ma
terial orders
placed dur
ing month
1935
J u n e ..............................
J u l y . .. ............. ...........
A ugust................... ........
Septem ber...................
October_____ _________
N ovem ber.....................
Decem ber.....................
26,191
25, 788
36,491
45,592
59,091
63, 912
56,780
$1,904,454
1,890, 209
2, 694,822
3,199, 785
4,193,129
4, 077, 395
3, 707,963
2,842,470
2, 752,801
4,137, 008
5, 066,873
6, 716, 798
6, 559, 665
5, 980,118
> 670
.
.687
.651
.632
.624
.622
.620
$2,960, 270
3, 079,618
4, 459, 551
5, 801,445
7,181,155
6, 690, 405
6,155, 840
1936
January.........................
February.......................
M arch----------------------A pril.......... ...................
M a y ___________ ______
June________ _________
43,915
47, 538
60,107
79, 789
102, 376
3,990, 725
3, 619, 025
3, 674, 896
5, 205, 353
6, 242, 763
8, 631,104
6, 246, 418
5,545,115
5,814, 569
8, 375,190
10, 262,637
13, 692, 884
.653
.632
.622
.608
.630
5, 584, 611
6, 669, 016
7,185, 019
9,861, 378
12, 559, 367
12, 347, 453
State Road Projects
A r e c o r d of employment and pay-roll disbursements in the con
struction and maintenance of State roads from June 1935 to June 1936,
inclusive, is presented in table 20.
Table 20.— Employment on Construction and Maintenance of State Roads,
June 1935 to June 1936 1
[Subject to revision]
Num ber of employees working on—
M onth
N ew roads
M ainte
nance
'
Total
Total pay
roll
1935
J u l y - ................................... ..................................................
A u gu st............................................... ..................... .............
September.............. ....................- ......................................—
October............ ........................ ........................ ............. .......
N ovem ber—........... .............................. ........... ........... .......
D e ce m b er................................................. ............................
1936
January.................................. ..................... ...................... .
February................................. ................................................
M arch....... ............ ..................... ........................................
A pril_____ ___________________________________________
June.........................................................................................
30,823
35,826
40,130
40, 431
40, 390
32, 487
27,046
138, 253
148, 575
163,960
156,187
147, 324
139,138
121, 690
169, 076
184,401
204, 090
196,618
187, 714
171,625
148, 736
$7, 079, 793
8, 232, 589
9, 063,104
8, 435, 225
8,150, 299
7,156, 025
6,139, 581
14,358
10, 256
8,150
11,339
16, 566
20, 773
105,795
119, 777
133, 386
143,305
164, 356
165, 363
120,153
130, 033
141,536
154, 644
180,922
186,136
7, 481, 502
7,572, 614
7, 689, 770
8, 918, 024
10, 560,866
11,488,253
1 Excluding em ployment furnished b y projects financed from Public W orks Administration funds.
Material Orders Placed
T h e value of material orders placed on construction projects
financed by Federal funds in the second quarter of 1936,1 is presented
in table 21.
t Unless otherwise specified, data presented in this section, are of the 15th of the month.
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Table
21 .— Value of Material
Orders Placed on Construction Projects Financed
by Federal Funds for the Second Quarter of 1936
Projects
Item
Total
Public
Works
Adminis
tration 1
Recon
struction
Finance
Corpora
tion 2
The W orks Program 4
Regular
govern
mental 3
Federal
construc
tion
Operated
by
W . P. A .5
All materials_____________________ $254,538,193 $110,603,383 $5,260,573 $34,768,198 $39,584,256 $64, 321, 783
12, 429
14,124
35, 342
157, 289
95, 394
(6
)
2,903
5, 232
12, 691
4, 556
14, 375
14, 375
761
4,601
17,108
9,423
31,893
35
11, 567
986
4, 555
17,143
192
4,091
5,640
101
10,024
Textiles and their products______
Awnings, tents, canvas, etc_____
Carpets and r u g s _ ._____________
Cordage and t w i n e ._______ _____
Cotton goods____________________
Felt goods________________________
Jute goods..... ................. .......... .........
L inoleum .. _____________________
Sacks and bags.________ ____ _____
Upholstering materials, n. e. c____
W aste___________________________
641
4, 596
2,198
7,027
54,525
3,910
2, 534
3,167
6,386
46,366
791
2,534
768
1,909
490
Forest products__________________ 7 22,705,529
Cork products____ _____________
28, 346
Lum ber and timber products,
n. e. c. . _ ______________ _ __ 11, 668, 692
Planing-mill products. _ _________
2, 554, 638
W indow and door screens and
weatherstrip___________________
28, 697
Chemicals and allied products____
3, 348, 846
Ammunition and related products.
16, 626
Chemicals, miscellaneous-.. ___
260,571
Compressed and liquefied gases_
_
62, 840
E xp losives._ _____________ ______
1,005,444
Paints and varnishes. ______ ______ 2,003, 365
Stone, clay, and glass products___ 7 76,712,532
Asbestos products, n. e. c________
12, 602
B rick, hollow tile, and other clay
products___ ________________
11,074,082
C em en t.. _______________________ 24, 944,055
Concrete p ro d u c ts ______ .
9, 625, 519
Crushed stone___________________
8, 394, 643
Glass______________ _________ ___
308,901
8, 875,893
166, 909
971, 747
19,788
555
4,311
4, 265,824
3,692
6, 780,082
2,061,831
163, 358
2,996
763, 691
190,005
3, 961, 561
299,806
13, 740
765
53, 960
210,021
963,126
1, 255,950
992
3,163
121,075
84, 791
23
226,768
30,963
533,819
171, 553
1, 255,950
L i m e . . . _________ ______________ _
92,377
Marble, granite, slate, and other
stone products______ _______ __ 3,307,778
Minerals and earths, ground or
otherwise treated_______ ________
3, 598
Sand and gravel—. _ ____________ 14,345, 529
Tiling, floor and wall, and terrazzo.
797,984
W all plaster, wall board, insulating
board, and floor com position___
1, 359,490
Iron and steel and their products,
not including m achinery........ .
^ 65,135,028
Bolts, nuts, washers, etc.............. .
642, 515
Cast-iron pipe and fittings______ _ 11,080, 626
Doors, shutters and window sash
and frames, molding and trim
(metal)___ __
_
_ _
2, 511,878
Forgings, iron and steel_ _______
_
1,002, 996
Hardware, m iscellaneous._______
2,219,024
Heating and ventilating equip
m ent______ ________________ . .
Nails and spikes................................
Rail fastenings, excluding spikes. .
Rails, steel_____ ________________
5,252,930
337,961
90,005
433,167
3, 563
921
14,192
865, 789
16, 603
32,811
17,531
315, 592
483, 252
11,183
34, 958
7,819
31,847,870 1, 689,126
11,449
175
7,008,773
28,314
8,361,995 1, 537, 380
55, 714
5,043,147
1,971,421
8,421
232,485
75
7 8,425,156
9, 745, 061 11, 505, 537 721, 924,938
195
783
327, 298
4, 319, 264
272, 791
1, 689, 702
55, 584
395,427
5,410,335
1,082, 758
1, 310, 221
20,757
82, 548
149
3, 621
6,059
2,261,438
2, 221
404,894
639, 225
2,322
5, 268, 642
508,416
53,188
3, 224
1,090
2, 508,149
80, 961
186
2, 251,924
205, 383
1, 095, 234
265
80, 924
183,067
35, 596, 220 1,047, 626
4,039
361,486
5, 689,839
15,871
6,007,011
3, 314,270
5, 315,081
3,171,109
3,414,878
91,028
212,012
4,263, 626
8, 662, 807 7 13,821,364
185, 962
343, 548 ” 4,''8197356
1, 963,171
427,031
1,273, 706
18,441
110
103, 494
435, 664
329, 556
154,951
94,602
246,299
686,873
4,142,447
196, 549
88, 762
404,617
11,117
1,869
119
2, 347
279, 615
15,702
436
5,942
247,287
123,841
688
20, 261
28,478
1,371, 607
1,153,969
828,167
444
2,816,944
609
4,557,726
Springs, steel— .................................
Steel-works and rolling-mill prod
ucts, n. e. c_______ __________ .
Stoves and ranges, other than
electric. Structural and reinforcing steel___
9,135
9,135
7,187, 374
4,633, 320
5,265
26, 650,470
4,212
14,951,000
Switches, railway. _ _____________
Tools, other than machine to o ls ...
Wire products, n. e. c ____ _______
Wrought pipe................... .............
233,154
1,811, 663
1, 346,172
562, 353
232,208
148, 547
607,514
462, 676
572,464
See footnotes at end of table.
47817"
28,757
47,822"
206,127
39,161
946
435,906
503,774
60, 516
3,496,633
1,174,571
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Table 21.— Value of Material Orders Placed on Construction Projects Financed
by Federal Funds for the Second Quarter of 1936— Continued
Projects
Item
Nonferrous metals and their prod
ucts________ ___________________
Aluminum manufactures. ..............
Copper products____ ____________
Lead products___ _______________
Nonferrous-metal alloys and prod
ucts, n. e. c ________ _____ _____
Sheet-metal work________________
Zinc products........ .......... ............. .
Public
W orks
Adm inis
tration
Recon
struction
Finance
Corpora
tion
Regular
govern
mental
$1,685,264
$731,611
$15,602
$255,077
46,980
156,957
53, 554
22, 531
89,041
49, 734
8,003
4, 734
616
16,446
21, 703
1,022
41,479
2,182
312,419
1,114, 211
1,143
134,245
435,113
947
523
1,726
167,343
48,498
65
10,308
628,874
131
Total
M achinery, not including trans
portation equipm ent___________ 735,458, 777
Electrical machinery, apparatus,
and supplies___________________
Elevators and elevator equipment.
Engines, turbines, tractors, and
waterwheels____________________
F oundry and machine-shop prod
ucts, n. e. c ____________________
Machine tools____________________
Meters (gas, water, etc.) and gas
generators___________ __________
Pum ps and pumping equipm ent..
Refrigerators and refrigerating
and ice-making apparatus______
The W orks Program
14, 374, 220 1,877,670 11,450,134
Federal
construc
tion
Operated
by
W . P. A .
(6
)
5, 548,199 7$2,208,554
722, 703
102,843
8,127, 586
869,298
4, 298,666
571,905
85,899
955
1,812, 771
193,595
7,333, 748
2, 220, 618
7,343
3,581,756
1,524,031
5,676, 207 1, 775,329
4,716
361,770
5,067,963
112, 328
2,901,831
84,390
3,420
657,469
1,414
209,498
16, 324, 705
563,204
115,173
1,945, 603
109,138
1,076,409
81,828
3, 254,902
2, 343,100
Boats, steel and wooden (small)
Carriages and wagons____________
M otor vehicles, passenger________
M otor vehicles, trucks....................
R ailway cars, freight............. ..........
34, 247
7,352
19,080
1,001, 723
2,192, 500
848
3, 526
5,056
141,170
2,192, 500
Miscellaneous_____ ______ _______
46,080,026
15,873, 286
Belting, miscellaneous. ..................
Coal_____________________________
Creosote_________________________
Electric wiring and fixtures______
Furniture, including store and
office fixtures........... .....................
Instruments, professional and
scientific______________ _________
Mattresses and bed springs______
M odels and patterns_____________
Paper products__________________
Paving materials and mixtures,
n. e. c ___________________ ____
Petroleum products______________
Photographic apparatus and m a
terials------------------------------------Plum bing supplies, n. e. c ________
Radio apparatus and supplies____
Roofing materials, n. e. c_________
R ubber goods_______________ ____
Steam and other packing, pipe
and boiler covering, and gaskets.
Theatrical scenery and stage
equipm ent............. ............ ..........
W indow shades and fixtures_____
Other materials__________________
4, 594
215,400
12,819
4,787,094
1,404
73,453
788
3,814,634
3,195,859
55,432
814
5,389
14, 314
, 375
20,832
59, 507
Transportation equipment—oir,
land, and water________________
1,201
2, 227
1, 207,547
15,907
13,640
810,972
71,283
15,907
5,056
238
761
7,585
28, 343
3,588
13, 263
765, 778
71,283
6,101,383
7,109,475
16,614,538
3,381
46,152
43,"529
446,649
2,891
92,414
12,031
482, 282
759,987
1,437,972
85,706
36,108
714
4, 391
10,090
67
15,522
78
657
1,541
3,802
22
341
2, 616
7,094, 204
894,543
303
7,986,377
1,991, 770
56,613
651,220
1,664,085
2,841, 207
11,134
4,415,887
5, 272
1, 255,479
194, 593
7,430
2,895,499
1,456
947,864
64,474
236
5,893
18, 251
11
232,337
314
87,479
9,631
3,457
516,404
3,502
215,517
102, 237
164, 729
145,342
846
15,085
3,456
25,148
20, 538
16, 614,950
25,148
18,076
4,180,115
247,606
1,350
1,491,001
1,112
2,054, 535
4,619
685,943
912,194
4,862,195
1,432,702
765,754
8,641,6
1 Includes material orders placed on P. W . A . projects financed b y the Emergency Relief Appropriation
A ct of 1935.
2 Does not include material orders placed on projects for which contracts were awarded before M ar. 15,
1934. Includes projects financed b y R . F. C. Mortgage Company.
3 Does not include material orders placed on projects for which contracts were awarded before July 1, 1934.
* Material orders placed on P. W . A . projects financed b y E. R . A . A . 1935, included under P. W . A .
* For quarterly period ending June 30, 1936. National Y outh Administration projects are for quarterly
period ending M a y 31, 1936.
8 Included in “ Other Materials.”
7Includes material orders placed for projects operated b y W . P. A . which are not classified in detail.
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In the second quarter of 1936 on the Public Works Administration
program, orders have been placed for materials valued at approxi
mately $110,600,000. Of this amount, $35,600,000 has been expended
for iron and steel products, $8,400,000 for cement, $8,900,000 for
forest products, and $14,400,000 for machinery.
On The Works Program, material orders placed in the second quar
ter of 1936 have been in excess of $103,900,000. Previous sections
of this report have shown the number of workers employed at the
site of construction projects financed from Federal funds. The direct
employment, however, is only a partial picture, as the manufacture
of the materials used on the projects also creates a large amount of
employment.
It is estimated that in fabricating the materials listed in table 21,
approximately 900,000 man-months of labor have been or will be
created. This includes only the labor required in the fabrication of
material in the form in which it is to be used. No estimate is made
of the labor required in producing the raw material or in transporting
it to the point of manufacture. In manufacturing structural steel,
for example, the only labor included is that occurring in the fabricat
ing mills. No estimate is made for the labor created in mining,
smelting, and transporting the ore; nor for the labor in the blast
furnaces, the open-hearth furnaces, and the blooming mills.
The information concerning man-months of labor created in fabri
cating materials is obtained by sending a questionnaire to each firm
receiving an award for materials to be financed from Federal or
State funds. The manufacturer is requested to make an estimate of
the number of man-hours created in his plant in manufacturing the
materials specified in the contract. For materials purchased directly
by contractors, the Bureau estimates the man-months of labor created.
This estimate is based upon the findings of the Census of Manufac
tures for 1933.
The value of material orders placed on Federal professional, tech
nical, and clerical projects financed by The Works Program, by type
of material, for the year 1935, the first quarter of 1936, and the
second quarter of 1936, is shown in table 22.
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Table 22.— The Value of Material Orders Placed on Federal Professional, Tech
nical, and Clerical Projects Financed by The Works Program
1936
T yp e of material
1935
First quarter
A ll material................................. ......................................................
$318, 508
$202,211
Computing machines.......... ............................... ............................
Furniture__________________ _________________________ . _____
Office supplies..................... .............................................................
Stationery--------------------- ----------------------- ------------------------ ------Typewriters____________ ___________________________ ________
Other office machines................................... ................... ................
Other m a t e r i a l s .____ _____________________________________
Rental of machinery and equipm ent_______ ________________
23, 413
119,697
62, 476
39,977
28,722
7,789
16,103
20, 331
13, 073
12, 605
40, 602
6, 645
9,354
9, 334
77, 218
33, 380
Second
quarter
$419,501
14, 219
20,035
51, 364
8, 580
6,260
6,090
201,134
111,819
The value of material orders placed on the various programs
financed by Federal funds for the year 1935, the first quarter of 1936,
and the second quarter of 1936, is given in table 23.
Table 23.— Value of Material Orders Placed on Projects Financed by Federal
Funds
1936
Program
1935
First
quarter
A ll programs............... .............. ................................................ ......... $571,282,687
P . W . A ., including E . R . A . A .......................... ...........................
R . F. C . L . . . __________________________ _____ ________ _____
R . G. A .2 .................. .......................................................................
.
The Works Program:
Federal construction_____
___________________________
Professional, technical, and clerical_______________
_ „
Operated b y W . P. A __ ______________________________
Second
quarter
$180,993,443
$254,957, 694
417,321,441
26,371,035
49,430,966
75, 325,963
4,177,279
19,438, 646
110,603,383
5,260, 573
34,768,198
31, 798,434
318, 508
46,042,303
26,499,288
202, 211
55,350,056
39, 584, 256
419, 501
64,321,783
1 Includes R . F. C. Mortgage Co. Does not include material orders placed on projects for which con
tracts were awarded before Mar. 15,1934.
2 Does not include material orders placed on projects for which contracts were awarded before July 1,
1934.
A summary of the man-months of employment created in the final
fabrication of the materials used on the various programs, for the
year 1935, the first quarter of 1936, and the second quarter of 1936,
is presented in table 24.
Table 24.— Number of Man-Months of Labor Created in Final Fabrication of
Materials Purchased from Federal Funds
1936
Program
1935
First
quarter
Second
quarter
_____________________________________________
1,766,542
634,069
911,396
P. W . A ., including E. R . A . A .....................................................
1,264,461
79,913
154,472
259,602
12,034
59,528
394,859
15,872
108,972
100,888
1,347
165, 5 6
11
88,068
795
214,042
146,819
1,727
243,147
A ll programs.
r . g* a >“ : : : — : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :
The W orks Program:
Federal construction.............................................. ...................
Professional, technical, and clerical__ _______ ____ ______
Operated b y W . P. A_
1 Includes R . F. C. Mortgage Co. Does not include projects for which contracts were awarded before
M ar. 15, 1934.
2 Does not include projects for which contracts were awarded before July 1, 1934.
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