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Serial No. R. 972
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Frances Perkins, Secretary
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
Isador Lubin, Commissioner
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EMPLOYMENT
AND PAY ROLLS
Prepared by
DIVISION OF EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS
Lewis E. Talbert, Chief
and
DIVISION OF CONSTRUCTION AND
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
Herman B. Byer, Chief
JUNE 1939
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE • WASHINGTON * 1939
CONTENTS
Put
Summary of employment reports for June 1939:
Total nonagricultural employment
Industrial and business employment
Public employment
Detailed tables for June 1939:
Industrial and business employment
Public employment
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8
23
Tables
SUMMARY
TABLE
1.—All manufacturing industries combined and nonmanufacturing
industries—employment, pay rolls, and weekly earnings,
June 1939
TABLE 2.—Federal employment and pay rolls—summary, June 1939
TABLE 3.—Value of material orders placed on projects financed wholty or
partially from Federal funds and number of man-months of
labor created in final fabrication of materials purchased,
second quarter of 1939, first quarter of 1939, and second
quarter of 1938
4
6
7
INDUSTRIAL AND BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT
TABLE 4.—Manufacturing and nonmanufacturing industries—employment, pay rolls, hours, and earnings, June 1939
TABLE 5.—Manufacturing and nonmanufacturing industries—employment, pay rolls, hours, and earnings, April through June
1939
.
TABLE 6.—Manufacturing and nonmanufacturing industries—indexes of
emploj-ment and pay rolls, June 1938 through June 1939-_
TABLE 7.—Geographic divisions and States—comparison of employment
and pay rolls in identical establishments in May and June
1939
TABLE 8.—Principal metropolitan areas—comparison of employment and
pay rolls in identical establishments in May and June 1939- .
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14
19
21
23
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
TABLE 9.—Executive service of the Federal Government—employment
and pay rolls in May and June 1939
TABLE 10.—Construction projects financed by Public Works Administration funds—employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked,
June 1939, by type of project
(ill)
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Page
TABLE 11.—Housing projects of the U. S. Housing Authority—employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked, June 1939, by
geographic division
TABLE 12.—Projects financed by The Works Program—employment, pay
rolls, and man-hours worked, June 1939, by type of project. _
TABLE 13.—National Youth Administration work projects and Student
Aid financed by The Works Program—employment, pay
rolls, and man-hours worked from the beginning of the
program
TABLE 14.—Civilian Conservation Corps—employment and pay rolls, May
and June 1939
TABLE 15.—Construction projects financed by the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation—employment, pay rolls, and man-hours
worked, June 1939, by type of project
TABLE 16.—Construction projects financed from regular Federal appropriations—employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked, June
1939, by type of project
TABLE 17.—Construction and maintenance of State roads—employment
and pay-roll disbursements, June 1939, May 1939, and June
1938
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31
31
32
33
PURCHASES FROM PUBLIC FUNDS
TABLE 18.—Value of material orders placed on construction projects financed by Federal funds, second quarter of 1939, by type of
project
TABLE 19.—Value of material orders placed on construction projects financed by Federal funds, first quarter of 1939, by type of
project
TABLE 20.—Value of material orders placed on Federal professional, technical, and clerical projects financed by The Works Program,
second quarter of 1939, first quarter of 1939, and second
quarter of 1938
TABLE 21.—Rentals and services on projects operated by the Works Progress Administration, first quarter of 1939, and fourth quarter
of 1938, and first quarter of 1938
TABLE 22.—Rentals and services on work projects of the National Youth
Administration, first quarter of 1939, fourth quarter of 1938,
and first quarter of 1938
TABLE 23.—Value of public contracts awarded for materials, second quarter of 1939, first quarter of 1939, and second quarter of 1938_
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Employment and Pay Rolls
SUMMARY OF REPORTS FOR JUNE 1939
Total Nonagricultural Employment
EMPLOYMENT in nonagricultural industries showed a further gain
of nearly 400,000 in June. Approximately 143,000 of this increase was
accounted for by the resumption of operations in the bituminous-coal
mining industry following the signing of new wage agreements.
Even with this increase eliminated, the current gain was larger than
any rise reported for the month of June during the past 9 years with
the exception of 1936. Over 1,200,000 more workers were employed
in private nonagricultural activities this June than a year ago.
These figures do not include emergency employment which decreased
approximately 75,000 in June as follows: 30,000 on projects operated
by the Works Progress Administration, 11,000 on work projects of the
National Youth Administration, and 34,000 in the Civilian Conservation Corps.
Industrial and Business Employment
Employment and pay-roll gains from May to June were quite
general. Of the 87 manufacturing industries surveyed monthly by the
Bureau of Labor Statistics, 46 reported more workers employed and
57 reported larger pay rolls. Of the 16 nonmanufacturing industries
covered, 12 had more workers in June than in May and 10 had larger
pay rolls.
The gains of 0.6 percent or 37,000 wage earners in factory employment and 1.8 percent or $2,900,000 in weekly wage disbursements of
manufacturing industries were contraseasonal. The usual changes
from May to June are declines of 0.6 percent in employment and 0.8
percent in pay rolls. The increases from June 1938 to June 1939 were
11.0 percent for factory employment and 21.3 percent for factory pay
rolls.
The durable-goods group of manufacturing industries employed 0.7
percent more workers than in May of this year and 15.9 percent more
than in June of last year. In the nondurable-goods group there were
corresponding increases of 0.3 percent and 7.4 percent. Pay rolls in
the durable-goods group were 2.4 percent higher than in May 1939
(1)
and 31.9 percent above June 1938, while in the nondurable-goods group
the gains were 1.2 percent and 12.5 percent.
Many of the employment gains in the separate manufacturing industries were greater than .seasonal and in some instances they were
contrary to the usual seasonal pattern. Among the industries
showing such increases were locomotives, aircraft, brick, millwork,
shipbuilding, machine tools, glass, furniture, steel, foundries and
machine shops, woolen and worsted goods, meat packing, petroleum
refining, cigars and cigarettes, shoes, men's clothing, and baking.
Among the industries reporting employment losses that were larger
than seasonal were cottonseed—oil, cake, and meal; millinery; hardware; lighting equipment; dyeing and finishing textiles; wirework;
shirts and collars; and carpets and rugs. Cotton-goods mills and
women's clothing firms reported less-than-seasonal employment declines and silk and rayon goods mills showed a contraseasonal decrease.
The unbroken series of monthly employment gains in aircraft factories, which began in October of last year, continued in June when
employment for that industry was nearly 13 times the 1923-25 average and was nearly 2% times the 1929 figure. The June employment
index for shipbuilding was 121.3 percent of the 1923-25 average, gains
having been reported each month since last August. The June index
is above the level of any month since April 1923. Employment in
machine-tool factories has also risen each month since August 1938,
the June 1939 index being 137.0 percent of the 1923-25 average, the
highest level since February 1938.
The employment gain in June in retail trade, although slight, was
significant as increases from May to June have been shown in only 4
of the preceding 10 years. The employment and pay-roll levels for
this industry were considerably higher than in June of last year. The
general merchandising group, consisting of mail-order houses and department, variety, and general merchandising stores, showed a slight
employment gain. Dealers in lumber and building materials and in
coal, wood, and ice increased their personnel seasonally, while firms
dealing in farmers' supplies and furniture cut their forces seasonally.
The remaining lines of retail trade showed employment gains, those
of a seasonal nature being food, automotive, drugs, and hardware.
The employment increase of 1.1 percent in wholesale establishments
was contraseasonal, with most lines of trade sharing in the gain.
Among these lines were food products; groceries; dry goods and apparel; machinery, equipment, and supplies; petroleum and its products; automobiles; chemicals, drugs, and allied products; and lumber
and building materials. Among the few lines reporting reduced employment were farm products and farm supplies, hardware, jewelry
and optical goods, and leather and leather goods.
The gains in bituminous-coal mining of 64.9 percent in employment
und 245.8 percent in pay rolls were contraseasonal and indicated the
return to work of 143,000 wage earners between mid-May and midJune and an increase of more than $5,500,000 in weekly wages. Many
firms had only partially resumed operations or were still idle during the
May 15 period following the signing of wage contracts. Therefore
the June gains reflected the general resumption of operations in bituminous-coal mines.
The decrease of 2.6 percent in the number of anthracite mine workers was less than seasonal, while the large pay-roll decline (36.7
percent) indicated a slackening of activity following the unusual payroll gains of April and May. The employment loss of 1.0 percent in
metal mining was contraseasonal, while the pick-up of 3.9 percent in
quarries was greater than the average June increase (1.5 percent) for
the last 10 years. The employment gains in the public utilities, in
laundries, and in dyeing and cleaning establishments were also betterthan-average for tins month according to available records, while the
decline of 0.8 percent in year-round hotels was seasonal.
Employment in private building construction showed an increase
of 1.4 percent from May to June, according to reports from 14,299
contractors employing 133,687 workers in June. Pay rolls decreased
0.7 percent. The June expansion in employment was retarded to
some extent by the recession reported in New York State, which
showed a further decrease of 8.3 percent. The combined report for
the Middle Atlantic area showed a decrease of 5.7 percent. The
substantial gains reported in the East and West North Central States
and New England in the past two months were continued with more
moderate increases of 7.1 percent, 5.0 percent, and 4.4 percent,
respectively. Increases of 4.6 percent and 8.7 percent were reported
from the West South Central States and the Mountain States while
employment in the East South Central States dropped 4.9 percent,
and in the Pacific States, 1.4 percent. Employment in the South
Atlantic region rose 2.1 percent, all of the South Atlantic States
reporting increases except Delaware, Maryland, and the District of
Columbia. The decrease of 11.7 percent in the District of Columbia
was due primarily to labor difficulties. The reports on which these
figures are based do not cover construction projects financed by the
Works Progress Administration, the Public Works Administration,
and the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, or by regular appropriations of the Federal, State, or local governments.
A preliminary report of the Interstate Commerce Commission
showed a gain since May of 3.6 percent or 34,138 persons in the
number employed by class I railroads. The total number working in
June was 991,900. Corresponding pay-roll figures were not available
when this report was prepared. For May they were $150,858,242 as
against $144,962,740 in April, an increase of 4.1 percent.
Hours and earnings.—The average hours worked per week by wage
earners in manufacturing industries were 37.2 in June, an increase of
1.4 percent since May and the average hourly earnings of these workers were 65.0 cents, an increase of 0.1 percent as compared with the
preceding month. Average weekly earnings of factory workers
climbed 1.5 percent to $24.25.
Of the 14 nonmanufacturing industries for which man-hour data
are available, 8 showed increases in average hours worked per week,
and 8 showed gains in average hourly earnings. Eleven of the sixteen
nonmanufacturing industries surveyed reported higher average weekly
earnings.
Employment and pay-roll indexes, and average weekly earnings
in June 1939 for all manufacturing industries combined, for selected
nonmanufacturing industries, and for class I railroads, with percentage changes over the month and year intervals are presented
in table 1.
T A B L E 1.—Employment,
Pay
Rolls, and Earnings
Combined and in Nonmanufacturing
Index
June
1939
All manufacturing
industries
combined l
Class I steam railroads
2
Coal mining:
Anthracite *
Bituminous*
Metalliferous mining
Quarrying and nonmetallic
mining
Crude-petroleum producing
Public utilities:
Telephone and telegraph...
Electric light and power
and manufactured gas__
Electric-railroad and motor-bus operation and
maintenance
Trade:
Wholesale
Retail
General merchandising
Other than > general
merchandising
i6
Hotels (year-round)
Laundries i
__
Dyeing and cleaning i
Brokerage
Insurance
Buildingconstruction..
_
1
2
3
4
1928-25
= 100)
90.6
Percentage
change from—
May
1939
+0.6
June
1938
69.9
88.1
86.4
97.4
93.2
98.
109.9
)
+.5
+1.1
+.8
+.6
+.9
-.8
+3.3
+2.
-1.
+.4
+1.4
June
1938
-8.0
+.1
Average in
June
1939
Percentage
change from—
May
1939
+9.6-
+23.9
+17.0
23.30 - 3 5 . 0
23.12+109.1.6
27. 56
-20.7
+25.6
+6.9
22.13
33.74
+1.4
+.6
+3.0
-27.4
$24. 25
41.8
62.4
+5.4
+2.0
+ 12. C
93.6
—.1
+3.0
5 30. 44
100.2
+1.4
+1.6
5 33.99
+.1
+1.0
+.1
+.7
+1.0
7(
71.
+1.5
+2.2
s 33. 24
+1.0
+3.3
+5.9
75.7
72.5
88.1
+1.2
+1.5
+1.6
+2.
+4.3
+4.C
5 29.97
5 21.36
s 18.05
+2.6
+1.1
+2J
69.3
82.1
86.9
84.1
+1.4
-.3
+3. 5
+1.3
+4.3
+3.3
+6.
+1.0
-1
+2.3
+1.1.3
5 24.00
5 15.06
17.98!
20. 98
5 35.7l|
5 36.48
30.87
-3*. 4
-2. "
+1.0
+5.5
-.7
+.5
June
1938
+1.5
(1929=
100)
36.1 - 3 6 .
70. 6 +245.8
-1.4
53.9
+9.4
-.3
+8.7
92.2
May
1939
+21.3
+3.9
+1.4
+.8
+1.3
76.1
Percentage
change from—
+1.8
+8.4
47.4
67.0
Index
June
1939
1923-25
=100)
85.9
+11.0
55.5 +3.6
(1929-100)
51.2 - 2 . 6
79.1 +64.
61.2 - 1 . 0
Industries
Average weekly
earnings
Pay rolls
Employment
Industry
in AH Manufacturing
Industries, June 1939
+.5
-1.1
—.5
+.1
-2.0
+.5
+1.1
+1.5
+2.9
+
+1.1
-1.2
+1.7
+2.2
+4.0
+1.8
+2.1
+1.3
+5. Q
Revised indexes—Adjusted to 1935 Census of Manufacturers.
Preliminary—Source: Interstate Commerce Commission.
Not available.
Indexes adjusted to 1935 census. Comparable series back to January 1929 presented in January 1938
issue
of this pamphlet.
5
Average weekly earnings not strictly comparable with figures published in issues of this pamphlet dated
earlier than January 1938, as they now exclude corporation officers, executives, and other employees whose
duties
are mainly supervisory.
fl
Cash payments only; the additional value of board, room, and tips cannot be computed.
Public Employment
With the gain in the number of projects under construction, employment on projects financed from Public Works Administration
funds increased to 293,100 during the month ending June 15. This
represents an increase of 19,500 over the preceding month and 172,200
over June 1938. Pay rolls of [$25,956,000 for the month were
$3,201,000 greater than in May.
There were 8,700 men at work on projects of the United States
Housing Authority during the month ending June 15, an increase of
2,200 as compared with May. Pay-roll disbursements increased
from $783,000 in May to $1,118,000 in June. These figures cover
new construction and demolition and pertain only to those projects
started under the United States Housing Authority; those formerly
under the Public Works Administration are shown under the Public
Works Administration building construction projects in this report.
The seasonal increase in employment on projects financed from
regular Federal appropriations continued through June with a gain
of 31,800 over May, bringing the number at work to 248,500. Increases in employment were reported on all types of projects except
forestry and heavy engineering. The increases on public road,
rural electrification, ship construction, and dredging, dike, and revetment projects were relatively large. Pay-roll disbursements increased
from $21,812,000 in May to $26,438,000 for the month ending June 15.
There were approximately 2,500 men working on projects financed
by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, an increase of 200 as
compared with the preceding month. Pay rolls for the month ending
June 15 were $291,000.
The decline, beginning in March, in work-relief employment on
projects operated by the Works Progress Administration continued
through June with a decrease of 30,000 in the number employed.
The number at work during June was 2,438,000 as compared with
2,468,000 in May and 2,767,000 in June 1938. Pay rolls of $134,377,000 for June were $5,711,000 less than in May and $11,699,000 less
than in June 1938. There was a substantial increase in employment
on Federal projects under The Works Program and a decrease on
work projects of the National Youth Administration. Data on
employment and pay rolls for Student Aid in June will not be available
until next month.
During June there were 302,000 workers in camps of the Civilian
Conservation Corps, 34,000 less than in May and 8,000 more than
in June a year ago. Of the total number in camps during the month
264,300 were enrollees, 4,800 reserve officers, 300 nurses, 1,600 educational advisers, and 31,000 supervisory and technical employees.
170214—39
2
Increases in the number of people employed in the regular services
of the Federal Government were reported in the executive, legislative,
and military services, and a decrease in the judicial service. Of the
925,000 employees in the executive service, 123,000 were working
in the District of Columbia and 802,000 outside the District. Forceaccount employees (employees who are on the Federal pay roll and
are engaged on construction projects) were 9.3 percent of the total
number of employees in the executive service. Increases in employment were reported in the Department of Agriculture, Department
of the Interior, Post Office, War, and Navy Departments, and in the
Railroad Retirement Board. Decreases were reported in the Treasury Department and administrative offices of the Works Progress
Administration.
The number of men employed on roads financed wholly from State
or local funds increased 9,900 in June. Of the 142,000 at work,
approximately 20,000 were engaged in the construction of new roads
and 122,000 on maintenance work. Pay rolls for both types of road
work were $10,743,000.
A summary of Federal employment and pay-roll data for June 1939
is given in table 2.
TABLE 2.—Summary of Federal Employment and Pay Rolls, May and June
1939l
[Preliminary figures]
Employment
Class
June
May
Federal Services:
Executive 3
_ 925, 2fiO 3 903,112
2,292
Judicial..
2,322
5, 353
Legislative
5, 336
363, 734
Military
354, 612
Construction projects:
293.103
273, 614
Financed by P. W. A.*
S, 679
U. S. H. A. low-rent housing
6, 473
2, 503
Financed by II. F. C.»
2, 336
Financed by regular Federal appropriations
248, 525
216, 716
Federal projects under The Works
Program
183. 749
147,925
Projects operated by W. P. A
2, 438; 254 2,408,158
National Youth Administration:
Work projects
212, 607
223,892
Student Aid
(fl)
372,885
302,339
Civilian Conservation Corps
335,902
Percentage
change
+2.5
-1.3
+.3
+2.6
+7.1
+31 1
+7.1
+14.7
+24.2
-1.2
-5.0
—16.6
Pay rolls
Juno
May
Percentage
change
$140,140. 533 3 $136,408,999
561,879
607, 732
1,218,290
1,219,849
28,48S, 256
26,438. 718
+2.7
25, 956, 205
1,118,077
290, 517
22, 754,996
7S2. 965
275, 512
+14.1
+42.8
+5.4
26,437,806
21, 811, 566
+21.2
8, 590,116
134, 376,895
7,159,718
140, 088,103
+20. 0-4.1
3,962, 5S2
(6)
14,132, 205
4, 271, 347
2, 499,574
15,022,973
-7.2
-7.5
-.1
+7.8
-5.9
1
Includes data on projects financed wholly or partially from Federal funds.
2
Includes force-account and supervisory and technical employees shown under other classifications to the
extent of 119,314 employees and pay-roll "disbursements of $15,034,335 for June 1939, and 113.161 employees
and pay-roll disbursements of $14,240,341 for May 1939.
34 Revised.
Data covering P. W. A. projects financed from National Industrial Recovery Act funds. Emergency
Relief Appropriation Acts of 1935, 1936, and 1937 funds, and Public Works Administration Appropriation
Act of 1938 funds are included. These data are not shown under The Works Program. Includes 19,146
wage earners and $1,936,132 pay roll for June 1939; 21,200 wage earners and $1,979,241 pay roll for May 1939,
covering Public Works Administration projects financed from Emergency Relief Appropriation Acts of
1935, 1936, and 1937 funds. Includes 267,626 wage earners and $23,272,006 pay roll for June 1939; 245,167
wage earners and $19,970,789 pay roll for May 1939, covering Public Works Administration projects financed
from
funds provided by the Public Works Administration Appropriation Act of 1938.
6
Includes 689 employees and pay-roll disbursements of $64,414 for June 1939; 713 employees and payroll
disbursements of $66,632 for May 1939 on projects financed by the R F C Mortgage Co.
6
June data not available.
The value of material orders placed on projects financed from
regular Federal appropriations during the second quarter of 1939
amounted to $109,911,000. Approximately 207,000 man-months of
labor were involved in the final fabrication of these materials. On
P. W. A. projects orders were placed for $117,544,000 worth of materials, for which it is estimated 271,000 man-months of labor were
required in final fabrication processes.
The value of material orders placed on the various programs financed
by Federal funds during the first and second quarters of 1939, and
the second quarter of 1938, and the man-months of employment
created in the final fabrication of the materials used are shown in
table 3.
TABLE 3.—Value of Material Orders Placed on Projects Financed Wholly or Partially
From Federal Funds and Number of Man-Months of Labor Created
[Subject to revision]
Value of material orders placed
Man-months of labor
created in final fabrication
Program
Second
quarter
of 1939
First
quarter
of 1939
Second
quarter
of 1938
Second First Second
quarter quarter quarter
of 1939 of 1939 of 1938
Public Works Administration 1
$117, 543, 696 $102,018, 564 $55, 569,059 270, 518 234,998 126,046
U. S. H. A. low-rent housing
4,947,175
3,090,065
11, 433
7, 116
Reconstruction Finance Corporation 2_.
2,909, 351
1,857,299 ~~2,~325,~765
5.932
3, 778 '"4,-358
Regular Federal appropriations
109,910, 717 91, 210, 597
85, 308,721 206, 657 171,628 164, 364
Federal projects under The Works
Program:
Construction
3, 374,808
3, 320,704
14, 233, 067
7,056
6,969
30,823
Professional, technical, and clerical.
115,360
235
56,056
117
59, 298
109
224,
742
94,914,
514
Projects operated by W. P. A...
202,437
82,778,
507
()
)
Rentals and services on projects operated by W. P. A
_
66, 553, 240
48,342,335
National Youth Administration:
"Work projects
_
_
2,024, 229
1,096,657
2,596
4,957
Rentals and services on work proj604,725
ects
752, 526
i Data covering projects financed from E. R. A. A. 1935,1936,1937, and P. W. A. A. 1938 funds are included.
These data are not shown under The Works Program. Includes low-rent housing projects financed from
funds of N. I. R. A. and E. R. A. A., 1935.
»Includes RFC Mortgage Co.
8
Data not available.
8
DETAILED TABLES FOR JUNE 1939
Industrial and Business Employment
MONTHLY reports on employment and pay rolls are available for the
following groups: 87 manufacturing industries; 16 nonmanufacturing
industries, including private building construction; and class I steam
railroads. The reports for the first two of these groups—manufacturing and nonmanufacturing—are based on sample surveys by the
Bureau of Labor Statistics. The figures on class I steam railroads are
compiled by the Interstate Commerce Commission and are presented
in the foregoing summary.
EMPLOYMENT, PAY ROLLS, HOURS, AND EARNINGS
The indexes of employment and pay rolls as well as average hours
worked per week, average hourly earnings, and average weekly earnings in manufacturing and nonmanufacturing industries in June 1939
are shown in table 4. Percentage changes from May 1939 and June
1938 are also given.
Employment and pay-roll indexes, as well as average hours worked
per week, average hourly earnings, and average weekly earnings for
April, May, and June 1939, where available, are presented in table 5.
The April and May figures, where given, may differ in some instances
from those previously published, because of revisions necessitated
primarily by the inclusion of late reports.
The average weekly earnings shown in tables 4 and o are computed
by dividing the total weekly pay rolls in the reporting establishments
by the total number of full- and part-time employees reported. As
not all reporting establishments supply man-hours, average hours
worked per week and average hourly earnings are necessarily based on
data furnished by a smaller number of reporting firms. The size and
composition of the reporting sample varies slightly from month to
month. Therefore the average hours per week, average hourly earnings, and average weekly earnings shown are not strictly comparable
from month to month. The sample, however, is believed to be sufficiently adequate in virtually all instances to indicate the general movements of earnings and hours over the period shown. The changes from
the preceding month, expressed as percentages, are based on identical
lists of firms for the 2 months, but the changes from June 1938 are
computed from chain indexes based on the month-to-month percentage
changes.
TABLE 4.—Employment, Pay Bolls, Hours, and Earnings in Manufacturing and Nonmanufacturing
Industries
MANUFACTURING
[Indexes are based on 3-year average, 1923-25= 100, and are adjusted to 1935 Census of Manufactures. Not comparable to indexes published in pamphlets prior to Aug. 1938.
Comparable series available upon request]
Industry
Index
June
1939
All manufacturing
90.6
Durable goods
Nondurable goods
_.
_
83.9
97.0
Average weekly
earnings *
Pay rolls
Employment
Percentage
change from—
Index
June
1939
May
1939
June
1938
+0.6
+.7
+.3
+11.0
85.9
15.9
+7.4
81.4
91.0
+.2
+12.5
+12.1
+14.1
+6.8
+10.5
+19.6
+11.8
+3.2
+19.7
Percentage
change from—
Mav
1939
June
June
1939
Percentage
change from—
May
1938
1939
+ 1.8 +21.3 $24. 25
+2.4 +31 9 27.43
+ 1.2 + 12.5 21.31
+1.5
+2.3
+ 1.0
80.7
83.4
81.9
62.0
+2,9
+4.3
+.1
+36.5
+43.6
+33.9
+21. 5
77.7
45.7
71.4
67. 7
131.4
+7.9
+26.3
+50. 0
+36.4
+ 17.6
+31.8
June
1938
Average hours worked
per week l
June
1939
Percentage
change from—
Average hourly
earnings *
June
1939
May
June
1939
1938
+1.6
+2.1
+1.2
(a)
Cents
64.8
(a)
(3)
72.4
58.2
Percentage
change from—
May
1939
June
1938
+9.6
37.2
+14.6
+4.8
37.4
37. 1
26.89
28.30
23. 59
21.58
+2.7 +21.3
+3.1 +28.0
+.9 +17.2
+13. 8
+2.2
(2)
+2.5 +27.3
+1.2 +20.1
75.7
84.2
69.5
58.2
+.5
+.5
-2.3
35.6
33.6
34.0
36.9
-.2
-.2
-2.2
23. 56
27.95
25. 21
25. 56
23.44
+3.7
+14.4
+30. 5
+22.1
+14.1
+10.1
38.8
36.5
38.5
38.1
37.3
+1.7 +14.9
+1.3
-1.8
+26.4
+21.7
+12.0
+11.9
61.4
76.6
65. 5
67.1
62.5
-.4
+3.2
+.3
+1.8
+8.2
+9.2
+11. 5
+4.7
36.9
37.9
39.1
39.4
+8.4
+8.4
+11.9
+3.7
69.6
60. 2
72.1
60.9
+.1
+.1
+16.4
+22.2
39.0
37.6
+15. 9
+20.1
61.8
67.3
+.6
+1.1
+0.1
+.1
+(»)
(")
(3)
(a)
Durable goods
Iron and steel and their products, not including
machinery
Blast furnaces, steel works, and rolling mills_.
Bolts, nuts, washers and rivets
Cast-iron pipe
Cutlery (not including silver and plated cutlery) and edge tools..
Forgings, iron and steel
Hardware
_
Plumbers' supplies
_
_.
Stamped and enameled ware
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)
_
Wirework
_._
For footnotes see end of table.
87.5
92.3
88.2
67.8
83.4
48.0
68.5
74.8
134.7
69.1
82.7
67.8
93.0
84.0
144.2
+1.1
-.9
-.2
+4.0
-.8
-9.9
+1.2
+1.4
+.8
+.3 +15. 7
+.8 +10. 3
+4.4 +4.5
58.9
70.0
60.6
102.4
+15. 0
+24.9
81.4
152.2
-.1
-6.8
-2.4
-1.8
-4.8
+.8
+2.5
+3.8 +15.4
+1.6 +20. 5
+2.5 +29. 8
+5.8 +10.6
+.6 +33.6
- . 7 +52.6
-1.1
+5.7
-.4
25. 60
25. 04
28.13
24.00
+1-1
+3.0
+1.3
+1.6
+1.4
24. 05
25.26
+.8
+6.0
-2.1
-.9
+5.0
+.2
+1.2
+3.2
+ 1.0
+2.3
+1.3
+.2
+5.5
+14.7
+.6
-.6
-.3
-.7
-.1
(»)
+.2
+.1
-1.3
-.3
+.6
-.5
+2.0
+.3
+2.0
TABLE 4.—Employment, Pay Rolls, Hours, and Earnings in Manufacturing and Nonmanufacturing Industries—Continued
MANUFACTURING—Continued
[Indexes are based on 3-year average, 1923-25=100, and are adjusted to 1935 Census of Manufactures. Not comparable to indexes published in pamphlets prior to Aug. 1938.
Comparable series available upon request]
Employment
Industry
Durable
Index
June
1939
Percentage
Index • change from—
June
1939
May
June
1939
1938
June
1939
99.4
118.9
+1.6
-5.6
+26.2
-4.1
$27. 97
28.85
+0.8
-2.3
-5.0
123.5
88.0
+14.0
+16.5 117.5
82.4
+10.0
153.2
+18.3
95.2
+33.1
75.5
+34.8
114.3
+7.8
89.2
+44.1
+57.7 1, 310. 6
88.6
+48.9
31.8
+27.8
24.4
+7.5
+23.7 132.4
86.7
+14.8
+27.3 161.2
99.0
+15.1
79.8
+6.2
73.0
+13.0
67.0
+19.6
58.6
+12.1
66.4
+10.2
+1.7
+1.1
+.3
+2.5
+2.7
+13.2
+5.1
-11.1
+1.8
+12.5
+.6
-4.8
+24.0
+3.8
+1.8
+32.0
+31.5
+25.4
+54.8
+32.9
+59. 8
+22.0
+55.4
+71.5
+62.7
+32.7
+24.5
+26.4
4-30. 8
+47.4
+36.5
+33.8
+20.8
+32.4
+31.4
+10.0
30.62
28.42
+1.1
+1.2-
30.57
27.71
31.78
21.63
26.70
22.13
32.31
31.17
32.75
26.94
29.01
32.53
25.52
26. 65
27.32
21.30
23.12
24.79
24.53
26.34
-1.3
+1.8
+.1
+.6
+4.5
-9.6
+5.6
+3.8
+7.0
-1.0
Percentage
change from—
May
1939
June
1938
+0.7
-3.3
+11.0
-9.3
Percentage
change from—
May
1939
June
1938
Average hours worked
per week
June
1939
Percentage
change from—
1939
June
1938
33.6
37.1
+0.9
-1.5
+5.5
37.6
38.3
+.8
May
goods—Continued
95.6
Machinery, notincludin^fcransportation equipment
Agricultural implements (including tractors)-_ 113.6
Cash registers, adding machines, and calculating machines..— 130.4
Electrical machinery, apparatus, and supplies
85.8
Engines, turbines, water wheels, and wind99.6
mills
Foundry and machine-shop products
85.1
Machine tools
137.0
Radios and phonographs
108.5
Textile machinery and parts
_..
73.1
Typewriters and parts
124.0
Transportation equipment
89.9
Aircraft
_...
1,283.4
Automobiles
91.6
Cars, electric- and steam-railroad
32.3
Locomotives
27.0
Shipbuilding
121.5
Nonferrous metals and their products
91.6
Aluminum manufactures
154.7
Brass, bronze, and copper products
98.7
Clocks and watches and time-recording devices.
79.9
Jewelry
87.7
Lighting equipment
76.2
Silverware and plated ware
65.5
Smelting and refining—copper, lead, and z i n c .
71.0
Average weekly
earnings
P i y rolls
+.c
-.1
+1.6
+.6
+2.5
+12. 6
+.5
—1.6
-.4
+8.4
— 1.8
-3.9
+20.4
+3.0
-.9
+1.6
-.4
-2.8
+1.9
-6.2
— 1.1
-.4
-.1
+2.8
-.4
-2.4
+5.4
-5.6
-2.1
-.3
+3.1
+.7
+.9
+
\'2
"V.4
+3.4
+.6
-1.0
+.2
+13.6
+5.8
+7.5
+15.7
+12.8
+13.8
+30.8
-.2
+18.6
+13.2
+11.3
+8.7
+14.1
+3.8
+15.7
+3.6
+ 14.0
+15.9
+18.6
+25.1
+6.9
+11.5
+17.2
-.1
39.2
38.7
42.5
37.2
40.5
34.5
36.3
42.0
35.3
36.5
37.7
38.5
33.2
39.1
38.8
36.4
38.8
35.6
38.5
38.1
+1.3
-.8
+1.4
+.2
+.8
+5.1
-6.8
+4.9
+2.0
+6.6
-.6
+3.1
-1.0
+1.0
+1.2
+.8
+.2
+3.8
+1.4
-2.1
+•3
+6.8
+16.6
+12.8
+14.3
+27.3
+1.2
+21.5
+15.0
+6.8
+13.3
+4.7
+15.4
+2.9
(3)
+16.7
+19.1
+27.9
+10.6
+10.6
+17.2
-1.6
Average hourly
earnings
June
1939
Percentage
change from—
May
1939
June
1938
Cents
72.5
78.0
-0.1
' 82.1
74.4
+.2
-.1
-.3
78.2
71.6
74.8
58.3
66.1
64.0
89.3
73.6
93.0
73.8
77.0
83.2
67.0
68.0
70.7
58.5
59.1
69.7
64.0
69.1
-.7
-.1
+.5
+.2
+2.9
-1.4
-2.8
-1.6
-.8
3
— 5
-Z.0
+.4
+( 3 )
+.4
+.5
+2.^3
+.8
-f"(*)
+1.4
+.3
-.4
-.1
—.6
+.2
-.9
-.6
+.6
-.8
-.6
(2)
-.8
-.4
-1.3
-2.6
+•2
+.7
+1.6
66.8
78.7
l u m b e r and allied products
Furniture
Lumber:
Millwork
Sawmills
Stone, clay, and ginss products
Brick, tile, and terra cotta
Cement
Glass
^
Marble, granite, slate, and other products
Pottery
57.2
54.4
74.4
57.1
70.5
93.0
45.9
79.6
+2.3
+2.3
+6.2
+ 1.4
+2.6
+6.6
+5.7
+ 1.7
+10. 0
+11.1
+15.2
+8.6
+13.1
+18.3
+3.5
+ 17.3
+5.0
+9.0
60.4
64.9
-1.2
-.6
-1.3
-1.3
-3.9
-5.5
4-12.2
77.6
74.6
64.3
70.8
73.0
88.6
74.7
109. 5
144.0
68.6
68.1
123.8
45.5
66.7
80.9
71.7
103.1
109.1
113.4
40.6
100. 9
69. 3
63.2
84.6
125. 6
145.1
330.8
92.7
102.0
68.4
77.2
80.0
109.8
55.0
74.5
-3.3
-1.4
48.6
51.9
66.9
46.2
69.3
96.0
36.5
69.2
4-3.8 +18.0
+2.9 +23.8
+8.1 +20.8
+3.1 +14.3
4-4.4 4-1S.6
+ 14.5 +28. 4.
+9.0 +6.4
+4.7 +23. 7
-9.7
+8.0
-5.4
+13.3
20.96
19.91
22.45
21. 26
23.94
21.25
27.31
24.86
26. 76
21. 59
+1.5 +7.2
+.7 +10.8
+1.8 +5.2
+1.7 +5.2
+ 1.7 +4.9
+7.4 +8.6
+3.2 +2.8
+2.9 +6.3
-6.6
+3.0
-4.0
+3.9
39.1
38.0
+ 10.8
+7.2
+6.9
+9.7
+5.3
+6.0
+18.5
+.7
-3.0
+7.4
+13.3
+ 10.2
+5.6
+7.9
+17.8
+32.7
+12.3
+15.7
+10.4
35.4
35.9
34.0
35.8
37.9
37.4
33.4
35.3
34.3
36.7
37.5
38.2
35.4
36.7
34.6
33.8
35.6
38.0
35.7
28.8
34.2
35.1
34.2
38.7
40.5
42.2
40.8
47.7
34.2
36.6
42.0
47.1
40.9
41.1
37.2
41.4
39.2
37.2
39.5
39.0
35.0
37.5
36.2
+1.3
+1.6
+1.5
+1.1
+2.1
+5.5
+2.9
+2.2
54.3
52.7
+.1
54.3
55.2
64.7
53.8
70.0
71.1
71.8
63.1
+.1
-4.7
—1.1
(J)
+8.2
+5.4
+.9
(*)
+4.0
+.8
+2.8
+1.3
+8.3
4-1.5
C3)
47.2
45.8
63.2
38.3
47.4
53.7
70.9
49.1
52.0
46.1
40.5
45.3
43.0
52.6
49.8
56.8
47.8
45.1
37.7
63.0
39.4
52.7
50.2
63.0
62.2
61.8
85.5
47.3
46.4
50.5
60.3
59.9
69.1
70.0
64.2
—.8
t"J
+.4
+ 1.4
+.3
+.7
-].6
+1.3
-.1
+5.3
00
+4.3
+2.0
+2.4
+3.2
-.2
Nondurable goods
Textiles and their products
Fabrics
Carpets and rugs
Cotton goods
Cotton small wares
Dyeing and finishing textiles
Hats, fur-felt
Knit goods.._
Hosiery
Knitted outerwear
Knitted underwear
Knitted cloth
Silk and rayon goods
Woolen and worsted goods
Wearing apparel
Clothing, men's
Clothing, women's
Corsets and allied garments
Men's furnishings
Millinery
Shirts and collars
leather and its manufactures
Boots and shoes
Leather
Food find kindred products
Baking
Beverages—.
Butter
Canning and preserving
Confectionery
Flour
Ice cream..
Slaughtering and meat packing
Sugar, beet
Sugar refining, cane
For footnotes see end of table.
_._
_
__
_
94.9
87.8
78.8
84.1
79.0
100.4
79.8
113.0
141.7
75.5
74.8
152.6
50.4
79.8
109.3
97.9
151.9
106.6
128.1
58.2
115.6
88.1
87.4
83.5
122.8
146. 7
265.1
107.2
121.1
68.8
78.4
94.4
97.8
50.8
84.2
+13.7
+64.3
+10.6
+15.8
+8.6
+4.2 +30.0
-1.0
+8.8
-2.6
+6.9
+3.5 +10.1
+.6 +13.9
+5.9 +13.3
-4.0
+5.4
+6.3 +30.7
-2.6
+9.6
+1.3 +25.2
-4/9
+2.6
-.2
+9.8
+.7 +3.5
-17.1
-2.0
-3.0
+2.0
+1.3 +7.7
+1.2 +5.9
+1.9 +15.8
+5.1 +2.8
+.9 +1.8
+7.6 +5.2
+5.7 - 2 . 6
+30.3 +6.3
-2.6 - 1 . 4
+].9 +4.1
+8.4 +3.0
+2.5 +4.5
+5.0 +7.1
+3.9 - 7 . 0
-.3
+.5
-I!Q
-2.4
-6.0
+16.1
+.2
-1.8
+2.7
+3.8
+11.7
-2.1
+9.5
-1.5
+7.6
-6.6
-2.5
+8.1
-22.6
-1.2
+7.9
+9.1
+4.4
4-3.9
+1.2
+9.8
+6.5
+19.1
-1.7
+2.8
+6.4
+2.0
+5.5
+6.2
+24.4
+21.9
+81.0
+21.0
+21.9
+15.3
+54.1
+9.6
+3.8
+18.4
+29.1
+24.4
+11.4
+40. 8
+29.2
+66.1
+15.3
+27.1
+12.5
-8.7
+21.4
+20. 5
+19.7
+22.2
+3.2
+2.3
+8.2
-1.9
+1.3
+.8
+2.1
+3.2
+4.9
+6.9
-8.4
16.49
16.18
21.49
13. 69
17.75
20.29
23.24
17.16
17.95
16.96
15.13
17. 66
15. 38
19. 32
17.46
19.04
18. 06
17.09
13.83
18.43
13.33
18.85
17.44
24.30
25.13
25.96
34.78
22.63
15.54
18.52
25. 40
28.42
28.25
27.89
23.87
+1.0
+1.2
+.8
-.7
+1.6
-.5
+11.5
+ 1.1
+.9
-.8
+3.1
+5.6
+2.0
+3.0
+1.1
+6.3
-1.8
-2.2
+7.5
-6.7
+.8
+6.6
+7.8
+2.4
-1.2
+.3
+2.0
+.8
-8.5
+.9
+1.0
-1.9
-.5
+.4
+2.2
-5.9
+19.1
+11.9
+13.0
+5.6
+.4
+.6
+2.9
+.6
-4.7
+2.1
-2.0
+•1
+.4
+.8
-1.5
2
+1.1 ( )
+1.3 +11.5
+.2
+.6
-.4
+10.2
+1.5
+•8
-.7
+4.2
+4.9
+1.2
+3.0
+2.3
+4.7
+2.0
-2.7
+4.5
+13.8
+6.5
+7.6
+15.1
+7.0
+3.7
+7.8
+18.1
+15.7
+5.2
+9.3
2
()
+25.9
+17.8
+19.3
+3.7
-7.4
+1.1
+.1 +11.0
(J)
+6.2
+7.3 +10.7
+2.0 +5.3
3
-.6
-.1
<)
+2.1
+2.2
+.7
+1.6
-4.5
+.7
-2.1
-.1
+.2
-1.0
-.8
+1.5
+1.6
-.5
-6.0
-2.0
+.4
+.9
-6.5
-.2
-.3
-.4
-.9
+.6
-.1
+1.6
-.9
-.8
-.7
-.2
-.4
+.5
+.1
-.1
+1,2
-1.6
+.4
+1.3
-1.1
+.8
+.5
+.4
+.8
- 1.0
+.4
3
+(
- 1 .)4
-7.2
+.7
+1.1
-.6
+.4
-1.4
+.6
8
-li.3
-4.4
-1.0
-1.5
-1.6
-4.6
-5.4
+.7
-2.4
-4.4
+.2
-1.6
%
-2.0
-1.6
+5.4
+4! 6
(2)
+2.5
+.7
<•)
+1.5
+2.0
-.4
+.7
+.3
+4.6
+2.0
+.4
-1.4
+5.4
TABLE 4.—Employment, Pay Rolls, Hours, and Earnings in Manufacturing and Nonrnanufacturing
Industries—Continued
MANUFACTURING—Continued
[Indexes are based on 3-year average, 1923-25 = 100, and are adjusted to 1935 Census of Manufactures. Not comparable to indexes published in pamphlets prior to Aug. 1938.
Comparable series available upon request]
Employment
Industry
Index
Jfine
1939
Average weekly
earnings
Pay rolls
Percentage
change from—
Index
June
1939
Percentage
change from—
May
1939
June
1938
33.6
33.8
36.9
33.1
39.8
39.0
+3.7
+.2
+4.0
-.5
+2.1
-1.0
+4.6
+1.7
38.1
36.2
-.8
()
-6.3
-1.0
(2)
+9.6
+6.8
+4.5
+2.3
-1.1
+4.3
+4.8
+4.6
+5. 5
+4.0
-2. 5
+3. 6
+9.1
+3.5
+16.9
+18.4
+21.0
+11.1
38.5
36.1
39.5
40.0
42.2
39.8
38.4
35.4
41.1
38.4
40.0
36.5
37.3
34.9
38.1
June
1938
+0. 7
-4.6
+1.3
+3.5
+7.5
+5.6
30. 28
37.18
+3.8
+.5
+4.5
-.5
+1.8
-.6
2
-.9
29.48
34.87
26.97
31.07
13. 37
24. 95
30. 92
16. 79
28. 62
24. 61
29.74
27.88
22. 69
33.06
22.77
+1.6
-.3
+1.9
+.2
+8.1
+.3
+.8
-3.7
-1.4
+2.8
+1.6
+4.2
+6.3
+5.2
+1.1
63.8
59.2
64.4
104.8
99.5
10G. 1
+1.6
-.4
+1.9
-1.1
-.6
-.5
-1.5
-2.2
-1.3
+2.8
+7.9
+4.1
65.7
58.0
102.2
105. 5
101.4
+5.6
+.1
+6.5
-1.6
+ 1.2
-1.1
-6.7
-.1
+6.5
+ 16.0
+10.0
817.19
17.25
17.17
23.04
21. 75
24.13
97.5
105.7
-2.2
-1.1
+.9
+1.0
88.7
107.0
-2.4
-2.0
+5.6
+2.7
109.2
119.4
106. 7
114.5
47.2
107.0
85. 9
70. 4
119.3
303. 6
89.4
80.2
58.0
66. 7
127.5
-2.1
+2.1
-3.1
+3.8
-1.3
+5. 2
+4.4
-18. 4
—.6
+7.2
+2,1
+5.6
+14.4
+5.2
+13. 6
+7.5
+10.4
+20.0
119.8
134. 4
115.3
129. I
40.9
119.0
96. 3
64. 7
126.4
301. 8
93. 5
84.3
57.5
76.8
124.5
-.5
+1-7
-1.3
+.2
-21.4
+.4
+5. 6
-38. 5
-.7
+1.1
+3.6
+2.7
+1.1
+4.5
+.1
-2.4
+9.7
+9.4
-14.8
+4.0
+ 11.5
-.6
+9.3
+24. 7
+8.9
+32.8
+27. 2
+33. 6
+33.3
June
1939
May
1939
May
1939
June
1938
Nondurable goods—-Continued
Tobacco manufactures
Chewing and smoking tobacco and snuff
Cigars and cigarettes
Paper and printing
Hoxes, paper
Paper and pulp
Printing and publishing:
Book and job
Newspapers and periodicals.
Chemicals and allied products, and petroleum refining
Petroleum refining
Other than petroleum refining
Chemicals
Cottonseed—oil, cake, and meal
Druggists' preparations
Expl >sives
Fertilisers....
Paints and varnishes..
Rayon and allied products
Soap
Rubber products
Rubber boots and shoes
Rubber tires and inner tubes
Rubber goods, other..
-27. 3
+.1
+4.8
-36. 2
+.-S
-.1.6
+1.9
-1.5
-4.8
-.7
-.9
-0.R
I
Average hourly
earnings
Percentage
change from—
Percentage
changefrom—
Percentage
change from—
June
1939
May
1939
June
1938
Average hours worked
per week
-.3
+.2
+^7
+.1
+4.5
+1.3
+ 00
-7.1
— 1.1
+3.4
+2.1
4-2.8
+4.3
+5.0
+.1
I
()
-.6
(2)
+5.7
-10.5
+5. 2
+5.4
-6.1
+3.4
+9.7
+3.0
(*)
+ 16.3
+21.3
+11.1
June
1939
May
1939
June
1938
Cents
47.4
51.0
47.0
77.0
55.1
61.8
+0.4
+.3
+.5
+.2
-.1
-1.6
80.9
98.8
-.2
+.6
+2.1
76.2
96.9
68.0
77.7
30.5
59.2
80.6
47.5
69.7
64.0
74.6
76.5
60.8
94.7
60.3
+.4
+6
+1.9
+.3
+1.9
+.1
+1.8
-1.1
+.8
+3.7
-.3
—.7
-.4
+.8
+1.9
+.3
+.8
+1.6
+2.6
+15.7
+ 2
-1.3
+3.4
+.1
-.6
+.5
?
NONMANUFACTURING
[Indexes are based on 12-month average, 1929=100]
I
Coal mining: 4
Anthracite 4
_
_
Bituminous ..._
Metalliferous mining
Quarrying and nonmetallic mining
_
Crude-petroleum producing.__
_
Public utilities:
Telephone and telegraph 5
Electric light and power and manufactured
gas*
__
Electric-railroad5 and motorbus operation and
maintenance
Trade:
Wholesale 5._Retail*
_
General merchandising 5
6
Other than general
merchandising
4
Hotels (year-round)
* fl.__
4
Laundries
_._
_
Dyeing and5 cleaning 4
_
Brokerage5
_
Insurance
_
_
___
Building construction
51.2
79.1
61.2
47.4
67.0
76.1
92.2
69.9
88.1
86.4
97.4
83.5
93.2
98.7
109.9
7
()
(7)
(7)
-2.6
+64.9
-1.0
+3.9
+1.4
+.8
+1.3
+.5
+1.1
+.8
+.6
+.9
-.8
+3.3
+2.7
-1.9
+.4
+1.4
-8.0
36.1 -36.7
70.6 +245. 8
-.3
53.9
41.8
+5.4
62.4
+2.0
+1.8
93.6
-8.5
-1.4
+9.4
+8.7
100.2
+1.4
—.7
71.2
+1.0
+3.3
+5.9
+2.6
+1.1
+2.1
75.7
72.5
88.1
69.3
82.1
86.9
84.1
7
+1.5
+1.2
+1.5
+.1.6
+1.4
-.3
+3.5
+1.3
-2.5
+.5
-.8
+1.0
+5.5
()
(7)
(7)
1
Average weekly earnings are computed from figures furnished by all reporting establishments. Average hours and average hourly earnings are computed from data supplied
by a smaller number of establishments, as not all reporting firms furnish man-hours.
The figures are not strictly comparable from month to month because of changes in the
size and composition of the reporting sample. Hours and earnings for manufacturing
industries now relate to 87 industries instead of 89 which were covered in the July and
prior issues of the pamphlet. The two industries excluded are electric- and steam-railroad repair shops. The averages for the durable-goods group have also been affected by
this
exclusion.
2
Not yet computed.
+3.0
-.1
+.1
-3.4
-27.4 $23.30 - 3 5 . 0
+23. 9 23.1.2 +109. 6
27.56
+17.0
+.7
22.13
+12.0
+1.4
33.74
-7.6
+.6
+1.6
+2.2
33.99
+2.7
+4.3
29.97
21.30
18.05
24.00
15.06
17.98
20.98
35. 71
36. 48
30.87
+ 4 . (>
+4.3
+3.3
+6.2
+1.0
-1.4
+2.3
+11.3
-.7
3
4
30.44
33.24
-.9
+.1
+1.0
+.1
+.7
+1.0
+.5
+.4
+.3
-1.4
-.5
+.1
2.0
-20.7
+25. 6
+6.9
+3.0
+.5
25.4
25.4
39.3
40.1
38.8
+1.1
+1.5
+2.9
39.1
+1,6
+1.1
42.1
42.7
39.2
43.8
46.9
43.3
43. 5
(7)
(7)
33.4
-1.2
+1.7
+ 2.2
+4.0
+1.8
+2.1
+1.3
+5.0
40.1
46.3
+1.1
+3.0
+.7
+.1
+.4
+3.3
+4.2
+3.3
80.9
-.7
-.2
+1.8
+.4
+2.6
+2.1
+86.2 +25.3
+.2 +3.7
+1.3 - 1 . 3
__ o
-3.2
92.8
89.7
70.6
54.9
86.9
-.4
+.4
-34.5
+.1
+1.5
0
+.6
+.6
+.6
+.3
+.5
-1.2
(7)
o- . 4
-18.7
-.3
84.9
_(3)
+2.8
71.0
-.1
-.3
-1.0
—7
-L0
—. 5
71.4
55.1
48.7
57.1
32.4
41.9
48.8
(7)
(7)
92.8
+.2
+.3
+.1
+.3
+.6
+1.3
+.1
(7)
o+.9
-.1
-.8
(7)
(7)
1.8
-0.3
-.5
o
+2! 9
+2.4
+2.3
(3)
()
5,4
Less than Mo of 1 percent.
Indexes adjusted to 1935 census. Comparable series back to January 1929 presented
in January 1938 issue of this pamphlet.
s Average weekly earnings, hourly earnings, and hours not strictly comparable with
figures published in pamphlets prior to January 1938 as they now exclude corporation
officers,
executives, and other employees whose duties are mainly supervisory.
8
Cash payments only; the additional value of board, room, and tips cannot be computed.
7
Not available.
TABLE 5.—Employment, Pay Rolls, Hours, and Earnings in Manufacturing and Nonmanufacturing Industries
MANUFACTURING
[Indexes are bqsed on 3-year average, 1923-25=100, and are adjusted to 1935 Census of Manufactures. Not comparable to indexes published in pamphlets prior to Aug. 1038.
Comparable series available upon request]
Employment index
Average weekly
earnings *
Pay-roll index
Average hours worked
per week l
Average hourly
earnings 1
Industry
June
1930
All manufacturing.._
Durable goods
Nondurable goods. __
_
_
May
1939
April
1939
June
1939
May
1939
April
1939
June
1939
May
1939
June
1939
May
1939
April
1939
$23. 90 $23. 85
37.2
36.7
April
1939
June
1939
May
1939
April
1939
36.4
Cents
64.8
Cents
64.9
Cents
64.8
_
90.6
90.1
91.1
85.9
84.4
84.9
$24.25
_.
83.9
97.0
83.3
96.7
84.1
97.8
81.4
91.0
79.5
89.9
80.2
90.2
27.43
21.31
26.93
21.11
27.00
20.92
37.4
37.1
36.7
36.7
36.5
36.4
72.4
58.2
72.4
58.4
72.6
58.2
87.5
92.3
88.2
67.8
87.3
91.3
89.0
67.9
88.3
92.3
90.0
67.4
80.7
83.4
81.9
62.0
78.4
79.9
81.8
63.6
80.1
82.8
82.0
58.5
26 89
28.30
23. 59
21.58
26.17
27.40
23.46
22.32
26.46
28.07
23. 26
20.71
35.8
33.6
34.0
36.9
34.9
32.8
33.7
38.2
35.1
33.0
33.5
35.4
75.7
84.2
60. 5
58.2
75 3
83. 5
60 0
58.1
75.3
83.5
60. 4
58.2
83.4
48.0
68.5
74.8
134.7
80.2
48.4
7(5.1
73. 9
132.8
84.7
48.7
80.7
73.4
135. 3
77.7
45.7
71.4
67.7
131.4
72.0
40.5
75.1
07.2
128.2
74.2
40. 5
70.7
64.6
131.8
23. 50
27. 05
25. 21
25. 50
23.44
22.65
28.17
23.87
25.81
23.19
22.17
28.05
23.05
24. 08
23. 34
38.8
30. 5
38.5
38.1
37.3
38.1
30.7
30. 7
38. 2
37.1
37.6
30.8
35. 2
37.0
30.0
61.4
70.6
67.1
62. 5
00.4
77.0
65 1
67.6
62.4
50. 8
70.0
65. 5
07. 0
63.0
69.1
82 7
67.8
93.0
68.6
8*> 4
67.2
89.1
68.8
81.1
60.9
88.2
58.9
70.0
60.6
102.4
56.7
68.9
59.1
96.8
50.0
60.0
50. 5
94.0
25.00
25.04
28.13
24.00
24.02
24.77
27.71
23. 66
24. 52
25.10
28.00
23.10
36.9
37.9
30.1
30.4
35. 7
37. 3
38.2
38.9
35. 2
38.1
38.4
38.1
60. 6
60. 2
72.1
60.0
60. 6
00. 5
72.7
60.0
00. 7
00. 7
73.1
61.1
84 0
144.2
95.6
113.6
84 1
154. 7
94.9
117.5
84.5
159.4
95.1
123.8
81.4
152.2
96.4
118.9
80.9
153. 3
94.9
126.0
81.0
102.9
93.7
134.9
23.83
23.01
27.86
29.56
23. 95
24. 08
27.45
30.00
30.0
37.0
38.6
37.1
38.8
35.0
33.3
37.7
30 1
30.7
37.7
37.9
01 8
67. 3
72.5
78.0
61 5
60. 8
72.5
78.7
01.4
07.5
72.7
70.5
130.4
85.8
129.5
85.9
129.9
86.1
123.5
88.0
121.4
87.0
119.8
85.7
24.05
25.26
27.97
28.85
30.62
28.42
30.29
28.11
29.81
27.57
37.6
38.3
37.3
37.8
36.7
37.2
82.1
74.4
82.0
74.4
81.8
74.2
99.6
85.1
137.0
108.5
98.0
84.6
133.6
96.4
96.3
84.5
131.2
117.5
82.4
153.2
95.2
117.2
80.4
149.3
115.1
78.8
140.8
80.8
30.57
27.71
31.78
21.63
30.95
27.23
31.70
21.73
30.94
26.70
30.46
21.19
39.2
38.7
42.5
37.2
39.5
38.3
42.4
36.9
39.3
37.4
40.9
36.2
78.2
71.6
74.8
58.3
78.7
71.0
74.9
58.9
79.2
71.4
74.6
58.6
Durable goods
Iron and steel and their products, not including
machinery
Blast furnaces, steel works, and rolling mills
Bolts, nuts, washers and rivets
Cast-iron pipe
Cutlery (not ineluding silver and plated cutlerv) and edge tools
Forgings, iron and steel
Hardware
_ __ _
Plumbers'supplies
_..
Stamped and enameled ware
Steam and hot-water heating apparatus and
steam fittings
_
Stoves
Structural and ornamental metal work
Tin cans and other tinware
Tools (not including edgo tools, machine tools,
files, and saws)
Wire work _
_
_- » ___.
Machinery, not including transportation equipment.
Agricultural implements (including tractors).._
Cash registers, adding machines, and calculating machines
Electrical machinery, apparatus, and supplies.
Engines, turbines, water wheels, and windmills
"Foundry w\c\ m^hinn-shop products
Machine tools
_
_ _ __
Radios and phonographs
94.6
84.1
Textile machinery and parts
_
Typewriters and parts
Transportation equipment
Aircraft
Automobiles
..
Cars, electric- and steam-railroad
Locomotives
Shipbuilding
Nonferrous metals and their products
Aluminum manufactures
Brass, bronze, and copper products.
Clocks and watches and time-recording devices
Jewelry
_
_
Lighting equipment
.
Silverware and plated ware
Smelting and refining—copper, lead, and zinc_.
lumber and allied products
Furniture
_
___
Lumber:
Millwork
.__
_...
Sawmills.
Stone, clay, and glass products
Brick, tile, and terra cotta
Cement
Glass
Marble, granite, slate, and other products ___
Pottery
_..
73.1
124.0
89.9
283.4
91.6
32.3
27.0
121.5
91.6
154. 7
98.7
79.9
87.7
76.2
65.5
71.0
66.8
78.7
72.0
75.5
71.8
71.4
72.7
126.0
128.2
114.3
128.5
134.2
90.3
95.2
89.2
87.6
94.4
, 183. 9 1,078. 4 1,310. 6 1,165. 2 1,063. 7
93.3
101.8
88.6
88.0
99.5
33.7
33.1
31.8
33.5
31.5
22.4
19.1
24.4
19.6
16.2
118.0
112.3
132.4
127.6
117.3
92.4
93.5
86.7
86.8
86.0
152.2
154. 6 161.2
156. 8 160. 6
99.1
98.4
99.0
99.4
95.9
82.2
83.7
79.8
81.8
84.1
86.1
90.4
73.0
69.3
71.1
81.2
83.5
67.0
70.9
68.9
66.2
66.3
58.6
59.8
59.4
71.3
72.0
66.4
66.6
66. 2
65.3
64.3
60.4
58.2
55.7
77.0
77.9
64.9
63.1
63.5
26. 70
22.13
32.31
31.17
32.75
26.94
29.01
32.53
25.52
26. 65
27.32
21.30
23.12
24.79
24. 53
26. 34
20.96
19.91
25. 65
24.49
31.04
30. 04
31.18
27.21
28.15
32.29
25.38
26.34
27.18
21.03
22. 46
24. 63
24.80
26.29
20.73
19.86
25.79
25.13
31.80
30.09
32.33
26.06
27.14
31. 22
24.90
26. 56
26.43
21.24
21.90
23.27
24. 61
25.90
20.08
19.74
40.5
34.5
36.3
42.0
35.3
36.5
37.7
38.5
38.2
39.1
38.8
36.4
38.8
35.6
38.5
38.1
39.1
38.0
38.7
37.1
34.9
41.2
33.5
36.7
36.6
38.9
37.7
38.7
38.5
35.6
37.3
35.1
39.3
38.0
33.6
37.5
38.8
38.5
35.5
40.8
34.9
34.6
35.2
37.6
37.1
38.8
37.6
36.2
36. 7
33.2
39.0
37.5
37.7
37.3
66.1
64.0
89.3
73.6
93.0
73. 8
77.0
83.2
67.0
68.0
70.7
58.5
59.1
69.7
64.0
69.1
54.3
52.7
66.4
66.0
89.5
73.7
93.1
74.0
77.0
82.1
67.2
68.1
70.8
59.1
59.9
70.1
63.7
69.2
54.3
53.0
66. 6
65. 3
89.8
74.6
92.8
75.3
77.1
83.1
66.9
68.4
70.4
58.7
59.1
69.9
63.4
69.1
53.9
53.2
21.99
21.00
23.48
19.91
26. 63
24.15
28. 63
22.46
21.40
19.94
22.96
19.46
25.91
23. 37
27. 55
22.82
41.4
39.2
37.2
39.5
39.0
35.0
37.5
36.2
41.0
38.6
38.4
37.4
38.1
34.2
39. 5
36.6
39.7
37.5
35.5
36.4
37.6
33.1
37.0
36.5
54.3
55.2
64.7
53.8
70.0
71.1
71.8
63.1
53.8
55.2
64.6
53.4
70.0
70.6
72.7
62.3
54.0
54.2
64.8
53.5
68.9
70.7
74.9
63.1
16.35
16.01
21.32
13.78
17.34
20.29
21.33
16.93
17.75
16.98
14.74
17.07
15.19
18.77
17.43
18.04
19.03
17. 57
12.88
19.99
13.40
16.36
15.86
22.39
13.72
17.34
20.64
17.48
17.27
18.40
16.32
14.77
16.68
15.02
17. 54
17.84
18.85
18. 86
17.58
12.96
21.70
13.44
35.4
35.9
34.0
35.8
37.9
37.4
33.4
35.3
34.3
36.7
37.5
38.2
35.4
36.7
34.6
33.8
35. 6
38.0
35.7
28.8
34.2
34.8
35.5
33.6
35.7
37.6
37.6
30.9
34.9
34.1
37.0
36.2
36.6
35.1
35.7
33.6
31.9
34.7
38.9
33.8
31.1
34.3
34.7
35.4
35.6
35. 6
38.8
38.1
25.0
35. 6
35.5
35. 5
36.2
35.9
35. 2
33.3
33.7
32.6
33.8
38.7
34.3
32.3
34.7
47.2
45.8
63.2
38.3
47.4
53.7
70.9
49.1
52.0
46.1
40.5
45.3
43.0
52.6
49.8
56. 8
47.8
45.1
37.7
63.0
39.4
47.7
45.9
63. 5
38.6
46.7
53. 5
70.0
49.4
52.4
46.1
40.7
46.1
42.9
52.6
51.0
57.4
50.1
45.3
36.7
64.0
39.5
47.9
45.7
63.0
38.4
45.5
53.9
69.5
49.4
52.2
46.1
41.0
45.9
42.3
52.7
51.7
57. 7
51.6
45.4
36.5
62.9
39.1
57.2
54.4
74.4
57.1
70.5
93.0
45.9
79.6
53.9
53.7
72.5
53.6
66.8
91.5
47.5
80.7
54.2
51.8
72.7
53.6
66.5
91.9
47.2
81.6
48.6
51.9
66.9
46.2
69.3
96.0
36.5
69.2
45.0
50. 3
64.1
40.4
63.6
91.7
40.4
73.1
43.9
46.3
39.6
61.9
89.4
38.8
74.9
22.45
21. 26
23.94
21. 25
27. 31
24.86
26.76
21.59
94.9
87.8
78.8
84.1
79.0
106.4
79.8
113. 0
141.7
75. 5
74.8
152. 6
56.4
79.8
109.3
97.9
151.9
106. 6
128.1
58.2
115.6
98.1
88.3
79.8
85.2
82.3
112.7
76.6
114.1
145. 4
73.0
74.3
144.1
58.7
75.0
112.2
96.7
159. 7
106.8
127.3
70.2
118.0
98.6
88.8
83.7
86.7
83.7
114.4
80.8
114.9
147.2
72.1
73.5
150. 2
62. 0
69. 0
119.0
103.8
171.1
106.1
132.3
77.7
119.3
77.6
74.6
64.3
70.8
73.0
88.6
74.7
109. 5
144.0
68.6
68.1
123.8
45.5
66.7
80.9
71.7
103.1
109.1
113. 4
40.6
100.9
77.8
74.2
64.6
72.2
74.8
94.3
64.3
109.3
146. 6
66. 7
65.6
110.8
46.5
60.9
82.1
66. 6
110.4
111.8
104.9
52.5
102.2
79.8
73.9
70.6
73.2
76.1
97.0
55. 7
112.4
154.3
63.6
64.7
112.4
48.7
52.3
88.8
74.3
118.0
111.2
109.9
63.9
102.6
16.49
16.18
21.49
13. 69
17.75
20.29
23.24
17.16
17.95
16.96
15.13
17. 66
15.38
19.32
17.46
19.04
18.06
17.09
13.83
18.43
13.33
es.o
Nondurable goods
Textiles and their products
Fabrics
Carpets and rugs
Cotton goods
Cotton small wares
Dyeing and finishing textiles..
Hats, fur-felt
Knit goods..
Hosiery
Knitted outerwear
Knitted underwear
__
Knitted cloth
_._.
Silk and rayon goods
Woolen and worsted goods...
Wearing apparel
Clothing, men's
Clothing, women's
Corsets and allied garments. _
Men's furnishings
Millinery
Shirts and collars—
_
For footnotes see end of table.
TABLE 5.—Employment, Pay Rolls, Hours, and Earnings in Manufacturing and Nonmanufacturing Industries—Continued
MANUFACTURING—Continued
[Indexes are based on 3-year average, 1923-25=100, and are adjusted to 1935 Census of Manufactures. Not comparable to indexes published in pamphlets prior to Aug. 1938.
Comparable series available upon request]
Employment index
Average weekly
earnings
Pay-roll index
Average hours worked
per week
Average hourly
earnings
Industry
June
1939
May
1939
April
1939
June
1939
May
1939
April
1939
June
1939
May
1939
April
1939
June
1939
May
1939
April
1939
Nondurable goods—Continued
Leather and its manufactures
Boots and shoos
Leather
Food and kindred products
- .
Baking _
. .__
Beverages
Butter
Canning and preserving
. .
. . ,..
Confectionery
Flour
. . .
Ice cream
Slaughtering and meat packing
Sugar beet
Sugar refining, cane
Tobacco manufactures
.
Chewing and smoking tobacco and snuff
Cigars and cigarettes
Paper and printing
..
. ...
Boxes, paper
Paper and pulp
Printing and publishing:
Book and job
Newspapers and periodicals
_
Chemicals and allied products, and petroleum
refining
Petroleum refining.
Other than petroleum refining
Chemicals
Cottonseed—oil, cake, and meal
Druggists' preparations
.
Explosives _
Fertilizers
35.1
34.2
38.7
40.5
42.2
40.8
47.7
34.2
36.6
42.0
47.1
40.9
41.1
37.2
36.6
33.8
36.9
38.1
39.8
39.0
32.8
31.8
37.9
40.7
42.2
40.0
46.7
34.9
36. 7
42.0
47.1
41.2
40.5
36.6
35.3
33.8
35.5
38.2
39.1
39.4
35.8
35.3
37.8
39.4
41.1
38.8
46.2
34.0
35.3
41.5
46.5
39.3
37.0
38.7
34.0
33.2
34.1
38.1
39.2
39.4
30.01
37.66
38.1
36.2
38.5
36.3
38.0
36.3
27.90
34.39
25.26
30.66
12.75
25.05
30.57
15.84
38.5
36.1
39.5
40.0
42.2
39.8
38.4
35.4
33.4
36.3
39.1
39.9
40.5
39.3
38.3
38.5
38.2
35.6
39.1
39.5
42.2
39.1
37.7
40.2
88.1
87.4
83.5
122.8
146.7
265.1
107.2
121.1
68.8
78.4
94 4
97.8
50.8
84.2
63.8
59.2
64.4
104.8
99.5
106.1
87.0
86.4
82.0
116.8
145.4
246.4
101.4
92.9
70.6
77.0
87 1
95.4
48.3
81.0
62.8
59.5
63.2
106.0
100.1
106.7
94 0
94.5
84.5
114.0
142.0
235.7
95.6
92.8
72.3
75.3
75 8
91.8
43.5
93.9
61.7
60.6
61.9
105.9
100.4
106.3
69.3
63.2
84.6
125.6
145.1
330.8
92.7
102.0
68.4
77.2
80 0
109.8
55.0
74.5
58.9
65. 7
58.0
102.2
105.5
104.4
64 2
57.9
81.0
120.9
143.4
301.3
87.0
85.6
69.6
75.0
75 2
107.7
52.2
70.2
55.8
65.6
54.5
103. 9
104.2
105.5
74 5 $18.85 $17.43 $18. 73
17.44
17.58
15.93
70.1
83.7
23.78 23.83
21.30
24.57
113.9
25. 13 25.48
135. 7 25.96
25. 91 25.11
33. 92 33.15
282. 2 34.78
22.63 22. 53 22.33
82.1
16.13
81.0
15. 54 17.01
67.2
18.52
IS. 33 17.27
72.6
25.40
25. 29 24.96
29.22
29 02
65 7 28 42
28.25 28.39
99.5
27.23
27.89
45.6
27.71
26.94
23. 87 23.36
8f>. 1
24.42
17.19
53.2
16.80
16.08
64.3
17.25
17. 26 16. 59
17.17
10.45
15.96
51.7
28.04
28.08
28.22
10?.. 3
21.75
103.8
21.28 21.13
24.13 24.25 24.11
104.6
97.5
105.7
99.8
106.8
99.9
106.5
88.7
107.0
90.9
109.2
90.2
108.9
30.28
37.18
30.31
37.62
109.2
119.4
106.7
114.5
47.2
107.0
85.9
70.4
111.5
117.0
110.1
114.5
64.9
106.8
82.0
114.8
116.1
114.4
115.0
73.5
107.6
80.8
157.5
119.8
134.4
115.3
129.1
40.9
119.0
96.3
64.7
120.4
132.1
116.8
128.9
52.0
118.5
91.2
105.2
120.4
128.5
117.9
127.9
60.3
119.4
89.5
135.2
29.48
34.87
26.97
31.07
13.37
24.95
30.92
16.79
28.81
35.10
26.11
31.00
12.39
24.85
30.68
17.61
HO. 4
June
1939
May
1939
April
1939
Cents Cents
52.0
52.7
50.4
50.2
62.9
63.0
63.2
62.2
61.7
61.8
85.8
85.5
48.3
47.3
46.4
50.0
50.0
50. 5
60.0
60. 3
61.5
59 9
68.9
69.1
70.9
70.0
63.8
64.2
47.2
47.4
51.0
51.1
46.7
47.0
77.2
77.0
55.0
55.1
61.6
61.8
Cents
52.5
50.1
62.9
62.7
61.3
86.2
48.3
48.9
48.4
59.8
62.5
69.4
76. 5
63.0
47.4
50.2
47.0
77.0
54.6
61.2
80 9
98.8
80.2
100.1
80 5
99.8
76 2
96.9
68.0
77.7
30 5
59.2
80.6
47.5
74.9
97.0
66.8
77.6
30.0
59.7
80.0
45.8
73.2
97.3
65.0
77.7
29.9
60.7
81.1
39.4
Paints and varnishes
.
Rayon and allied products
Soap
Kubber products
Rubber boots and shoes
Rubber tires and inner tubes..
Rubber goods, other_
119.3
303.6
89.4
80.2
58.0
66.7
127.5
118.4
308.5
87.7
81.4
61.0
67.2
128.7
117.6
315.4
88.4
82.2
60.7
67.2
132.3
126.4
301.8
93.5
84.3
57.5
76.8
124.5
127.3
298.3
90.3
82.1
56.8
73.5
124.4
123.2
304.4
91.2
83.1
59.0
73.6
126.9
28.62
24.61
29.74
27.88
22.69
33.06
22.77
29.12
23.70
29.23
26.81
21.35
31.46
22.69
28.24
23.64
29.28
27.00
22.23
31.48
22.62
41.1
38.4
40.0
36.5
37.3
34.9
38.1
41.5
36.6
39.0
36. 7
35.8
33.2
38.2
40.7
36.5
39.2
35.7
37.1
33.3
38.0
69.7
64.0
74.6
76.5
60.8
94.7
60.3
70.1
64.7
75.1
74.2
59.7
94.4
60.1
69.7
64.7
74.9
76.1
59.9
94.7
60.2
25.4
25.4
39.3
40.1
38.8
14.1
40.0
40.0
38.8
29.2
21.4
39.1
37.9
38.1
92.8
89.7
70.6
54.9
86.9
91.8
86.0
69.1
54.5
86.1
92.3
18.10
27.03
21.11
33.90
39.0
39.1
84.9
81.8
84.6
81.7
85.5
NONMANUFACTURING
[Indexes are based on 12-month average, 1929=100]
Coal mining:
Anthracite »2
__
_
Bituminous
Metalliferous mining
Quarrying and nonmctallic mining
Crude-petroleum producing
_..
Public utilities:
Telephone and telegraph 3
Electric light, and power and manufactured gas 3
Electric-railroad3 and motorbus operation and
maintenance
Trade:
Wholesale*
Retail 3
General merchandising 3
Other than 2general
merchandising 3
34
Hotels (year-round)
2
Laundries
Dyeing and3 ficleaning *
Brokerage
Insurance 3 8
Building construction 8
_
51.2
79.1
61.2
47.4
67.0
52.6
47.9
61.9
45.6
66.1
53.0
25. 9
61.5
43.0
65.8
36.1
70.6
53.9
41.8
62.4
57.0
20.4
54.1
39.7
61.2
43.4
17.6
52.6
35.9
60.8
76.1
92.2
75.5
91.0
74.1
90.3
93.6
100.2
93.7
98.8
92.1
96.9
30. 44
33.99
30.72
33.82
30.81
33.47
39.1
40.1
40.1
69.6
69.1
71.2
70.1
69.6
33.24
32.89
32.83
46.3
45.6
45.6
71.0
71.2
71.2
88.1
86.4
97.4
83.5
93.2
98.7
109.9
-1.9
87.2
85.7
96.8
82.8
93.9
95.5
107.0
—1.4
87.3
85.5
96.9
82.5
93.2
93.5
102.2
-.3
75.7
72.5
88.1
69.3
82.1
86.9
84.1
-2.5
74.9
71.5
86.7
68.3
82.4
83.9
83.0
— 1.1
74.8
71.3
86.6
68.1
81.9
79.9
73.3
-1.3
29.97
21.36
18.05
24.00
15.06
17.98
20.98
35. 71
36.48
30.87
29.72
21.19
17.90
23.86
15.22
18.07
21.12
36.08
36.82
31.40
29.75
21.29
17.86
24.25
15.01
17.57
19.71
36. 26
36. 71
29.92
42.1
42.7
39.2
43.8
46.9
43.3
43.5
42.1
42.4
38.9
43.5
46.6
43.0
43.9
41.6
42.4
39.0
43.5
46.6
42.2
41.0
71.1
55.0
48.8
56.9
32.4
42.4
49.1
()
33.4
()
33.5
8
71.4
55.1
48.7
57.1
32.4
41.9
48.8
(
(
92.8
71.9
54.8
48.4
56.7
31.7
42.1
49.2
()
()
+.4
+1.4
+.3
+6.7
+.1
+10.8
+.5
+.6
+14.9
+.6
+11.9
$23.30 $35.84
11.32
23.12
27. 56 27.50
21. 74
22.13
33.74 34.04
()
94.1
88.4
69.5
55.4
87.2
96.2
31.2
1
Average weekly earnings are computed from figures furnished by all reporting establishments. Average hours and average hourly earnings are computed from data supplied
by a smaller number of establishments, as not all reporting firms furnish man-hours.
The figures are not strictly comparable from month to month because of changes in the
size and composition of the reporting sample. Hours and earnings for all manufacturing
industries now relate to 87 industries instead of 89 which were covered in the July and
prior issues of the pamphlet. The 2 industries excluded are electric- and steam-railroad
repair shops. The averages for the durable-goods group have also been affected by this
exclusion.
3
Indexes adjusted to 1935 census. Comparable series back to January 1929 presented
in 3January 1938 issue of this publication.
Average weekly earnings, hourly earnings, and hours not strictly comparable with
figures published in pamphlets prior to January 1938 as they now exclude corporation
officers,
executives, and other employees whose duties are mainly supervisory.
4
Cash payments only; the additional value of board, room, and tips cannot be computed.
8
Indexes of employment and pay rolls are not available, percentage changes from preceding month substituted.
• Not available.
18
INDEXES OF EMPLOYMENT AND PAY ROLLS, JUNE 1938 THROUGH
JUNE 1939
Indexes of employment and pay rolls are given in table 6 for all
manufacturing industries combined, for the durable- and nondurablegoods groups of manufacturing industries, and for each of 13 nonmanufacturing industries, including 2 subgroups under retail trade,
by months, from June 1938 to June 1939, inclusive. The accompanying chart indicates the trend of factory employment and pay rolls
from January 1919 to June 1939.
The indexes of factory employment and pay rolls are based on the
3-year average 1923-25 as 100. They relate to wage earners only
and are computed from reports supplied by representative manufacturing establishments in 87 manufacturing industries. These reports
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 87 industries included in the monthly survey of the
Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The indexes for the nonmanufacturing industries are based on the
12-month average for 1929 as 100. Figures for mining, laundries,
and dyeing and cleaning cover wage earners only, but the figures for
public utilities, trade, and hotels relate to all employees except corporation officers, executives, and other employees whose duties are
mainly supervisory. For crude-petroleum producing they cover wage
earners and the cler'cal field force. The coverage of the reporting
samples for the various nonmanufacturing industries ranges from 25
percent for wholesale trade to 80 percent for quarrying and nonmetallic mining and public utilities.
Data for both manufacturing and nonmanufacturing industries are
based on reports of the number of employees and amount of pay rolls
for the pay period ending nearest the 15th of the month.
19
TABLE 6.—Indexes of Employment and Pay Rolls in Selected Manufacturing
manufacturing
2
l
and Non-
Industries, June 1938 to June 1939, Inclusive
Employment
Industry
1938
1939
AY.
1938
June July Aug. Sept. Oct.jNov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June
Manufacturing
All industries
Durable goods 3
Nondurable goods 4
80.8
81.9
88.8 89. 5 90. 5 91.2 89.5 90.7 91.4 91.1 90.1
77.3 72.4 70. 3
75.3 79.0 82.1 83.1 81.6 82.0 83.5 84.1 83.3
90.0 90.3 92.9 99.0 101.7 99.4 98.4 98. ¥ 97.1 98. 4 98.9 97.8 96.7
Nonmanufacturing
Anthracite mining..
Bituminous-coal mining._.
Metalliferous mining
Quarrying and nonmetallic
mining
...
Crude-petroleum producing.
Telephone and telegraph..
Electric light and power,
and manufactured gas.-.
Electric-railroad and motorbus operation and
maintenance
.
Wholesale trade
Retail trade
General merchandising
.
..
Other than general
merchand ising
Year-round hotels _ _
Laundries...
Dyeing and cleaning.
52. 3 50. 0 44.0 37. 0 40.4 52.4 51.0 51.3 50.0 52.2 51.7 53.0 52.6 51.2
SO. 7 80.2 78.5 80.1 83.4 87.2 88.0 89.3 88.' 88.6 87.4 25.9 47.9 79.1
59.0 50.0 49.7 51.4 55.2 57.9 01.9 02.3 62.0 60.9 61.0 61.5 61.9 61.2
44.4 44.4 41.4 38.3 37.9 40.1 43.0 45.6 47.4
42.3 43.0 44.1 44.0
72.1 72.8 72.3 72.4 71.5 09. 5 08.3 6
07.0 00. 4 60.2 65.8 66.1 67.0
74.4 74.3 74.1 73.3 73.4 74.1 75.5 76.1
75.1 74.8 74.9 74.8 74.9
92.3 92.2 92.3 92.7 92.5 92.5 91.9 91.4 90.0 89.0 89.5 90.3 91.0 92.2
70.3 70.4 70.1 09.
09. 3 09.9
88.8 87.2 80.8 87.0 88.5 89.1
85.2 83.0 81.1 80.0 84.' 85.9
98.0 91.!
81.8
92.'
95. 7
101. 3
81.4
92.2
90. 0
110. 8
96.8 97.2
87.9 80.4 97.0 99.4 104.5 144.1 90.7 88.8 93.2
79.3 78.3
90.
90.4
97.8 97.5
108. 0105.0
81.5 82.3 82.3
91.8 92. 9 92.5
90. 5
107.8 100.8 102.5
80.0
92. 0
93.4
97.9
80.0
91.8
93.3
94. 2
79. 6
92. 6.
92.8
92.11
81.3 82.5 82.8 83.3
92.7 93.2 93.9 93.2
5 98.7
92.9 93.5
95.4 102. 2 107.0 109.9
Pay rolls
Manufacturing
All industries
.._.
Durable goods 3
4
Nondurable goods
69.6
09.4 09.2 69. 3 69.5
.9.8 90.0 88.3 87.9 87.4 87.3 87.2 88.1
98.1 82.2 81.5 83.8 85.5 85.7 86.2
77. 5 70.8
08.2 01.7
88. 0 80. 9
70.9 81.0 83.8 84.1 86.5 83.4 85.5 80.9 84.9 84.4 85.9
75.2 78.3 80.4 76.6 78. 80.1 80.2 79.5 81.4
03. 7 08.
91.7 94. 9 93.4 90. 6 93.4 91.0 93.3 94.0 90.2 89.9 91.0
38.2 49.7
07. 9 57. 0
50. 4 46.1
20.0 29.4 43.4 30.2 42. f 38.0 45.2 34.2 43.4 57.0 30.1
04.2 71.9 78.3 81.4 80.9 78.2 81.2 77.8 17.6 20.4 70.6
43.7 40.1 49.2 52.3 54.1 55.3 53. 4 53. 6 52.6 54.1 53.9
Nonmanufacturing
Anthracite mining . .
Bituminous-coal m i n i n g . . .
Metalliferous m i n i n g . .
Quarrying and nonmetallic m i n i n g . . .
.
Crude-petroleum producing
Telephone and telegraph...
Electric light and power,
and manufactured g a s . .
Electric-railroad and motorbus operation and
maintenance
Wholesale trade
Retail trade
.
General merchandising
Other than general
merchandising
.
Year-round hotels
.
Laundries
Dyeing and cleaning
35.1 37.3 37.0 39.2 38.4 39.2 37.2 33.7 30.2 29.7 33.1 35.9 39.7 41.8
00. 5 07. 0 00. 7 00. 8 60. 5 63.
03.2
00.9 62.7 01.3 60.8 61.2 62.4
92.1 90.9 90.9 91.3 92.0 95.3 93.0 92. 5 92.0 91.7 91.9 92.1 93.7 93.6
95.9 96.4 90.7 96.9 98.8 100.2
98.5 98.0 98.3 98.9 98.4 99.9
09.7 09.7 09.0 69. 5 08.4 68. 9 68.8 09.7 71.1 69.9 70.5 69. 6 70.1 71.2
74.7 73.8 73. 0 73.
74.3 75.1 75.4 75.' 75. 5 74.6 74.7 74.8 74.9 75.7
70.4 69. 5 08.1 66.
09.4 70.8 71.5 79.: 09.7 68.4 09.6 71.3 71.5 72.5
87.8 84.3 80.4 78.8 85.3 88.3 91.8 122.9 84.0 81.0 83.4 86.6
66. 8
80. 3
80.0
75.3
66.4
79.0
81.8
83.3
65. 0
77.4
83.0
77.5
04.3
77.4
83.1
74.3
06.1
78.9
81.4
81.7
67.2
80.8
79. 5
78.0
67.3
81.3
79.3
73.9
70.1
81.1
80.0
68.3
66.7
80.2
79.6
65.8
65.8
82.8
78.6
63.2
66.8
81.1
79.3
67.7
68.1
81.9
79.9
73.3
88.1
68.3
82.4 82.1
83.9 86.9
83.0 84.1
1
3-ycar average, 1923-25=100—adjusted to 1935 Census of Manufactures. Comparable indexes for earlier
months are in August 1938 issue of pamphlet and November 1938 issue of Monthly Labor Review.
a 12-month average for 1929=100. Comparable indexes are in November 1934 and subsequent issues of
Employment and Pay Rolls, or in February 1935 and subsequent issues of Monthly Labor Review, except
for anthracite and bituminous-coal mining, year-round hotels, laundries, and dyeing and cleaning. Indexes
for these industries from January 1929 forward have been adjusted to the 1935 census and are presented in
the January 1938 and subsequent issues of Employment and Pay Rolls.
• Includes: Iron and steel, machinery, transportation equipment, railroad repair shops, nonferrous metals,
lumber
and allied products, and stone, clay, and glass products.
4
Includes: Textiles and their products, leather and its manufactures, food and kindred products, tobacco
manufactures, paper and printing, chemicals and allied products, products of petroleum and coal, rubber
products, and a number of miscellaneous industries not included in other groups.
EMPLOYMENT AND PAY ROLLS
ALL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES
INDEX
120
100
1923-25=100
120
J1
80
to
1
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A-
to
V
pr
A
E MPL(DYME NT
100
ft
1
N
ft
V /v
\
PAY ROL LS
60
V
40
O
,N0EX
1919
1920 1921
1922 1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
/
1934
to
80
60
40
f\
20
f
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
on
20
o
21
TREND OF INDUSTRIAL AND BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT, BY STATES
A comparison of employment and pay rolls, by States and
geographic divisions, in May and June 1939 is shown in table 7 for all
groups combined and for all manufacturing industries combined
based on data supplied by reporting establishments. The percentage
changes shown, unless otherwise noted, are unweighted—that is, the
industries included in the manufacturing group and in the grand total
have not been weighted according to their relative importance.
The totals for all manufacturing industries combined include figures
for miscellaneous manufacturing industries in addition to the 87
manufacturing industries presented in table 4. The totals for all
groups combined include all manufacturing industries, each of the
nonmanufacturing industries presented in table 4 (except building
construction), and seasonal hotels.
Similar comparisons showing only percentage changes are available
in mimeographed form for "All groups combined/' for "All manufacturing, " for anthracite mining, bituminous-coal mining, metalliferous mining, quarrying and nonmetallic mining, crude-petroleum
producing, public utilities, wholesale trade, retail trade, hotels,
laundries, dyeing and cleaning, and brokerage and insurance.
TABLE 7.—Comparison of Employment
and Pay Rolls in Identical Establishments
in
June 1939, by Geographic Divisions and by States
[Figures in italics are not compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, but are taken from reports issued by
cooperating State organizations]
Total—all groups
Geographic division and State
Manufacturing
PerPerPerPercentNum- Number cent- Amount
cent- Num- Number cent- Amount
of pay
of pay
age
ber of on pay
age
age
age
ber
of
on
pay
roll
change
estabestabchange (1 week)
change (L roll
roll
roll
week) change
from
lishlishfrom
from
from
June
June
June
June
May
ments
May
May
M a y ments
1939
1939
1939
1939
1939
1939
1939
1939
Dollars
Dollars
+1.4 3,641 589,019 + 0) 12, 898, 336 +1.8
883,327 +6.1
283
+5.6
47,097 +3.7
858,733
55,473
+0. 3 19,1,834,004
+3.4 1,075,508
39,510
16,976
460, 655
90, 847
195,272
Middle Atlantic
31, 274 2, 037,928
New York
19,830 "•912,454
New Jersey
3,890 354,877
Pennsylvania. . 7,554 770, 597
670,725
217
33,775
+.9
242, 209
152
10,957
+1.9
+1.0 1,813 260,317 - . 7 5,756,865
+.2 1, 532, 465
439
74,529
+2.6
+.3 3,813,245
737 162,344
+1.0
+2.5 6, 642 1,198, 583 + . 8 30,893,416
+.6 11,662,875
25, 333, 209 +1.4 ^2,649 427,886
9, 267, 541 +1.9 1,629 287, 396 + . 9 7,378,819
+1*1 19,178,
*+.8 11,952,222
+4.4
735 +4.2 2,364
East North Central.. 24, 552 2,028,!,695
Ohio..
_. 6, 763 514,153
" '
Indiana
2,824 247,415
Illinois
5 6, 869 593,730
Michigan
3,689 432,013
« 4, 407 241,384
Wisconsin
3 55, 326, 775
4 13,887,189
6, 326,783
\ 717,852
2 15,\
-1.7 13,197,011
+1.3 6,198, 490
New England
12,658
Maine
773
N e w Hampshire
605
Vermont
443
Massachusetts. »7,816
Rhode Island.. 1,150
Connecticut.— 1,871
For footnotes see end of table.
+.1 799,267
+.6 377,915
10,896,949
+!3 1,920, 632
+.4 4,763,733
+2.1 53, 779, 485
+.6
+1.8
+.*
+2.6
+.7
+3.0
+1.9
+19
+2.8 8,461 1, 524, 818 + . 4 43.415,845 +5.6
+4.4 2,417 391,434 + . 2 10,741,218 +3.6
+2.7 1,050 195, 998 i + i . 7 6,178,863 4+s.i
+ . 7 10, 368,133 +1.S
2,444 391,217
-.4\l2,850,856
+14.S
+3! 5 1,070 379,971
+2.5 ' 1, 480 166,198 \+l.V 4,277,275 *+5i
22
TABLE 7.—Comparison of Employment and Pay Rolls in Identical Establishments in
June 1939, by Geographic Divisions and by States—Continued
Manufacturing
Total—all groups
Geographic division and State
PerPerPerPercent- Num- Number cent- Amount
centNum- Number cent' Amount
of pay
of pay
ber
of
age
age
age
ber of on pay
on
pay
age
roll
estabchange
estabchange (1 roll
roll
change (1 week)
roll
week) change
from
lishlishfrom
from
June
June
from
June
JUHC
May
ments
May
May
1939
1939
May ments
1939
1939
1939
1939
1939
1939
Dollars
West North Central. 11,611
Minnesota
s 2,856
Iowa
1,836
Missouri
2, 638
North Dakota..
471
South Dakota..
440
Nebraska
1,053
Kansas
__. »2,317
430,400
ISO, 905
60,698
145,046
4,619
8,399
25,815
64,918\
+1. 5 10,1,667, 725
+2.7 3,538,198
+1.8 1,460,718
+.9 3, 464, 482
113,084
+1.7
216, 426
+4.2
9
598,986
1,275,831
+1.9 2,478
641
+2.8
376
+ .2
796
+2.5
-.3
+.2
+0)
*+
29
31
139
Dollars
212,111
62,406
36, 591
86,050
550
2,442
9,106
24,966
+2.7 5. 230, 294
+3.0
+3.0
+2.1
+8.7
+8.3
+1.6
+3.0
1,386,243
904, 781
1,994,271
13,956
66, 436
631,771
South Atlantic _
10,469 847, 072 +3. 3 16,379, 858
Delaware
370,191
224 15,078 - 2 . 2'
Maryland
1,587 186,243 +1.6 S, 400,772
District of Columbia.
37, 306 +.4 1,021,259
1,027
Virginia
1,906 108, 678 +2.9 2,030,926
West Virginia- 1,099 125,620 +28.1 3,116, 876
North Carolina- 1,663 179, 694 - 1 . 3 2, 631,990
South Carolina.
754 87,877
- . 3 1,246,024
Georgia
_. 1,373 113, 851 - 1 . 3 1,793,862
767,958
Florida
936 42, 725 - 3 . 7
+10.3 2,974
80
+.]
+4-8
591, 653
10,865
96, 403
+.6
+4.8
+76.5
3, 446
77, 093
45, 337
166, 357
81,018
89, 435
21, 699
+.1
+.5
+2.0
—.1
-3.3
44
466
212
699
249
388
198
119,493
1, 382, 357
1,102,151
2, 397, 450
1,117,432
1, 278, 870
343, 462
East South Central..
Kentucky
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
4,032 269,883 +7.4 4,933, 433
1, 256 74, 532 +25.0 1, 634,117
98, 668 +.7 1,745,813
1,181
78,643 +3.9 1, 274,145
1,048
279,358
547 18, 040 +.7
+11.3
+37.1
+1.1
+2.7
+1.4
1,021
279
365
284
93
174, 334
32,949
73,088
56,750
11, 547
+.1
+1.7
+.3
2, 963, 324
692, 689
1,261,340
852, 094
157, 201
West South CentralArkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Texas
_.
5,378
"834
989
1, 345
2,210
212,466
25,398
53,104
38, 976
94,988
4, 706, 793
. 401,711 +.4
1,051,307 +1.8
972, 319 +.4
2,281,456 +.5
1,24.3
248
239
141
615
103.898
16.716
29,316
11,031
46, 835
+.5
+.S
Mountain
Montana
Idaho...
"Wyoming
Colorado
New Mexico
Arizona
Utah..
Nevada
3,745
591
450
293
1,113
285
364
493
156
103. 780
16,733
8,981
7,950
35,985
5, 865
10,174
15,831
2,261
2, 628, 894 +3.0
472,104 - 1 . 0
228, 553 +2.8
221, 647 +35. 7
906, 099 +.9
114,540 -13.8
255, 537 - . 6
364, 243 +8.9
66,171
-.3
556
73
61
37
196
30
40
105
H
33, 543
4, 692
3, 001
1, 425
14,344
742
2,858
6,222
259
+1.9
+4.0
+4.0
+1.1
2,697
550
296
1,851
250, 477
52,909
29, 388
168,180
Pacific.
Washington
Oregon
California
10,419 477, 247
2,484
89,800
1,179
47, 364
» 6, 766 340,083
+.4
+.1
+0)
+.7
+.6
-2.6
+2.3
+3.5
-1.7
-6.9
+.5
+4.8
+2.1
+2.1 13,783,f80
+4.1 2,483,688
+6.5 1,246,461
+1.1 10,053,431
-1.1
-1.4
- . 4 10,407,913
"
263,990
2,402,711
-1.3
-.2
-1.6
-4.1
2.219.847
255,986
546,934
-1.0
264, 574
+3.2
1,152,353
*+
+3.3 869, 627
+2.7 124,171
79, 753
+7.3
45, 621
+10. 5
+.7 385, 601
14,128
-.3
67, 759
+2.9
+7. 5 144, 661
7,933
+.8
+2.6 7,106.1S?5
+4.0 1,473,610
744, 483
+10.7
+.8 4,888,032
+2.5
+i.r
+.2
+4.4
+8.5
+7.0
+1.1
+1.8
+1.1
+2.2
+S£
+.9
+1.3
+4.1
-1.2
-1.6
-.3
-3.5
-0)
+1.7
+.5
-2.3
+.4
+.9
+.6
+2.2
+.9
*+1.0
+1.4
+2.6
+9.0
+6.5
-1.3
+1.6
-3.1
+4.7
+3.5
+2 9
+3.7
+6.1
+2.t
i Less than Mo 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; and water, light, and power.
* Weighted percentage change.
*8 Includes automobile and miscellaneous services; restaurants; and building and contracting.
Includes construction but not public works.
i Does not include logging.
•Includes banks; real estate; pipe-line transportation; motor transportation (other than operation and
maintenance); water transportation; hospitals and clinics; and personal, business, mechanical repair, and
miscellaneous services.
* Includes financial institutions, miscellaneous services, and restaurants.
'° Weighted percentage change, including hired farm labor.
» Includes automobile dealers and garages; and sand, gravel, and building stone.
«Includes banks, insurance, and office employment.
23
INDUSTRIAL AND BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT IN PRINCIPAL
METROPOLITAN AREAS
A comparison of employment and pay rolls in May and June 1939
is made in table 8 for 13 metropolitan areas each of which had a population of 500,000 or over in 1930. Cities within these areas, but having a population of 100,000 or over, are not included. Footnotes to
the table specify which cities are excluded. Data concerning them
are presented in a, supplementary tabulation which is available on
request. The figures represent reports from cooperating establishments and cover both full- and part-time workers in the manufacturing and nonmanufacturing industries presented in table 4, with the
exception of building construction, and include also miscellaneous industries.
Revisions made in the figures after they have gone to press, chiefly
because of late reports by cooperating firms, are incorporated in the
supplementary tabulation mentioned above. This supplementary
tabulation covers these 13 metropolitan areas as well as other metropolitan areas and cities having a population of 100,000 or more, according to the 1930 Census of Population.
TABLE 8.—Comparison of Employment and Pay Rolls in Identical Establishments in
May and June, by Principal Metropolitan Areas
Metropolitan area
Number
Number Percentage
of estabchange
pay roll,
lishments, on
from
June 1939 June 1939 May 1939
New York *
Chicago 2
Philadelphia 3..
Detroit
Los Angeles 4..
ClevelancL.
St. Louis.,.
Baltimore..
Boston 5
Pittsburgh.
14, 293
4,434
2,085
1, 565
2,815
616,380
417, 263
198, 111
272, 582
150, 553
1,602
1, 385
1,153
3,007
1,0(54
110,148
112,214
103,583
168, 444
161,959
San Francisco 6 ..
Buffalo
Milwaukee
1, 564
779
1,014
77,183
63,902
97, 241
-0.3
+1.0
+.6
-1.2
+2.6
+.7
+.9
+1.1
-.5
+3.6
+3.1
+.8
-.6
Amount of
pay roll
(1 week),
June 1939
$10,898,114
11,654,996
5, 326, 569
9, 000, 848
4,406, 788
3,072,572
2,805, 571
2,612,489
4, 222,158
4, 524,427
2,312,268
1, 725, 297
2,712,892
Percentage
change
from
May 1939
+0.3
+1.5
+2.5
+4.6
+2.8
+1.9
+2.0
+4.3
+1.5
+9.7
+3.0
+3.2
+•9
1 Does not include Elizabeth, Jersey City, Newark, or Paterson, N. J., nor Yonkers, N. Y.
2 Does not include Gary, Ind.
3 Does not include Camden, N. J.
*5 Does not include Long Beach, Calif.
Does not include Cambridge, Lynn, and Somerville.
6
Does not include Oakland, Calif.
Public Employment
Employment created by the Federal Government includes employment 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.
24
EXECUTIVE SERVICE OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
Statistics of employment and pay rolls for the executive service of
the Federal Government in May and June 1939 are given in table 9.
TABLE 9.—Employment and Pay Rolls for the Executive Service of the United States
Government, June and May 1939 *
[Subject to revision]
Employment
Class
June
Entire service:
Total
925,260
Regular appropriation
772,598
Emergency appropriation
66,376
Force-account (regular and emergency)
86,286
Maya
903,112
756,101
67,310
79,701
Percentage
change
May*
June
+2.5 $140,140,533 $136,408,999
+2.2 120, 582,742 117,875, 565
-1.4
8,663,841
8,711,632
+8.3
10,893,950
9,821,802
+.6
22,178,128
21,951,284
+.6
+.8
+.6
19,609,296
1,598, 296
19,462,739
1,581,338
970,536
907,207
Inside the District of Columbia:
Total
123,505
122,792
Regular appropriation
107,700 107,103
Emergency appropriation
10,131
10,050
Force-account (regular and emergency)
_ _ _ ..
5,674
5,639
Outside the District of Columbia:
Total
_
801,755 780,320
Regular appropriation
664,898 648,998
Emergency appropriation
56, 245 57,260
Force-account (regular and emergency)
80,612
74,062
Percentage
change
Pay rolls
+2.7
+2.4
-1.8
+8.8
117,962,405
114,457, 715
100,973,446
7,065,545
98,412,826
7,130,294
9,923,414
8,914,595
+2.7
+2.3
-.5
+10.9
+1.0
+.8
+1.1
+7.0
+3.1
+2.6
-.9
+11.3
1 Data include number of employees receiving pay during the last pay period of the month.
2 Revised.
CONSTRUCTION
PROJECTS FINANCED BY
ADMINISTRATION
THE
PUBLIC
WORKS
Details concerning employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked
during June on construction projects financed by Public Works
Administration funds are given in table 10, by type of project.
TABLE 10.—Employment and Pay Rolls on Projects Financed From Public W^orks
Administration Funds, June 1939 *
[Subject to revision]
Wage earners
Type of project
Maximum
number em- Weekly
average
ployed 2
Monthly Number of Average Value of mapay-roll man-hours
terial orders
disburse- worked dur- earnings
placed durments
ing month per hour ing month
Federal projects financed from National Industrial Recovery Act funds
All projects..
Building construction
Naval vessels4
_
Public roads
_
Reclamation
River, harbor, and flood control...
Water and sewerage
_.
Miscellaneous
_
For footnotes see end of table.
669
1,536
$126, 449
210, 522
$0. 601
$223, 268
85
38
72
38
664
297
246
214
5
11,216
6,438
42, 559
40, 290
20, 718
4,871
8, 549
6,768
78, 035
51,511
35, 696
29, 321
1.312
.951
.545
.782
.580
.166
.556
1,109
43, 742
57,000
10, 592
86, 730
24, 095
0
317
328
231
6
357
642
25
TABLE 10.—Employment and Pay Rolls on Projects Financed From Public Works
Administration Funds, June 1939—Continued
Wage earners
Type of project
Maximum
number em- Weekly
average
ployed
Monthly Number of Average Value of mapay-roll
man-hours
terial orders
disburse- worked dur- earnings
placed durments
ing month per hour ing imontta
Federal projects financed from Public Works Administration Appropriation Act 1938 funds
All projects
39, 069
34, 237
$4,109, 042
4, 470,172
$0.919
$4, 551, 797
Airport construction (exclusive of
buildings)
Building construction
Electrification
Reclamation
River, harbor, and flood control..
Ship construction
Streets and roads.
Water and sewerage
Miscellaneous
1 _. _
_
Professional, technical, and clerical.
482
24,612
545
9,104
628
1,158
398
507
790
452
20, 950
522
8, 557
567
993
340
441
677
50,719
2,427, 466
41, 845
1,193, 147
77, 033
90,478
34, 288
26, 346
64, 059
87, 938
2, 585, 798
54, 727
1, 235, 872
85, 296
110,857
41, 756
37, 278
87, 259
.577
.939
.765
. 965
.903
.816
.821
.707
.734
136,693
3, 584, 661
96, 284
383, 651
121, 202
57, 323
51,563
50, 314
61,191
845
738
103,661
143, 391
.723
8,915
Non-Federal projects financed from National Industrial Recovery
Act funds
All projects 6
4, 662
3,959
$621,618
453, 892
$1. 370
$587, 933
Building construction 6.
Railroad construction..
Streets and roads
Water and sewerage...
Miscellaneous
2,981
9
504
634
534
2, 646
9
375
446
483
514, 037
66
14,636
60, 034
32,845
320, 021
88
24, 785
43, 280
05, 718
1. 606
. 750
.591
1.387
.500
303, 676
0
72.901
77,659
133, 697
Projects financed from Emergency Relief Appropriation Act 1935,
1936, a n d 1937 funds 7
All projects
Building construction.
Electrification
Heavy engineering
Reclamation
Streets and roads
Water and sewerage...
Miscellaneous.
19,146
15,999
$1,936,132
2,138, 423
$0.905
$3, 510, 292
8,522
628
4,495
1,198
642
3,661
7,076
513
3,800
1,012
526
3,072
821, 791
47,148
474, 930
114,284
33,511
444, 468
837, 483
65, 669
554,105
170,542
48, 891
461, 733
.981
.718
.857
.670
.685
.963
1, 224, 287
106. 346
1,014,914
82,867
95. 654
473, 696
512, 528
Non-Federal projects financed from Public W o r k s Administration
Appropriation Act 1938 funds
All projects
228,557
187,397 $19,162,964
22, 343,400
Building construction
Electrification
Heavy engineering
Reclamation
_
River, harbor, and flood c o n t r o l Streets and roads
Water and sewerage
Miscellaneous
139,868
2,462
12, 094
463
702
41, 592
30,645
731
114,433
1,910
10, 269
352
609
33, 387
25,830
607
11, 813,179
174, 921
1, 668, 568
31,145
62, 609
2, 768, 080
2, 592, 988
51,474
12, 856,433
223,422
1,501,895
47, 776
74,435
4,056, 667
3,518,384
64, 388
1
Data
2
$0. 858 $37, 661.151
.919
.783
1.111
.652
.841
.682
.737
.799
20,807,993
583, 995
2, 293,809
34, 056
230,331
5,024,457
5, 000,845
3,685,665
are for the month ending on the 15th.
Maximum number employed during any 1 week of the month by each contractor and Government
agency
doing
force-account work.
3
Includes weekly average for public roads.
<
Under
the
jurisdiction of the Bureau of Public Roads.
8
Not available; weekly average included in total for all projects.
•Includes data for workers engaged in construction of underground tunnel who, because of the additional
risk involved, were paid at rates higher than those usually paid for building construction.
'These data are also included in separate tables covering projects financed by The Works Program.
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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 and title II of the First Deficiency Appropriation Act of
1936. The First Deficiency Appropriation Act of 1936, cited as the
Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1936, reappropriated unobligated funds originally made available under the Emergency Relief
Appropriation Act of 1935 and authorized the use of $300,000,000 from
funds on hand or received from the sale of securities. The Public
Works Administration was continued until July 1, 1939, by the Public
Works Administration Extension Act of 1937 and the Public Works
Administration Appropriation Act of 1938 further continued the
program to June 30, 1941.
Federal construction projects for which data are included in table 10
are financed by allotments made by the Public Works Administration
to the various agencies and departments of the Federal Government
from funds provided under the National Industrial Recovery Act.
The major portion of the low-rent housing program of the Public
Works Administration, however, was financed by funds provided
under the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935. Federal
construction projects are also financed by allotments from funds
provided under the Public Works Administration Appropriation Act
of 1938. 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, the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935, the First Deficiency Appropriation Act of 1936,
the Public Works Administration Extension Act of 1937, or the Public
Works Administration Appropriation Act of 1938. 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, the First
Deficiency Appropriation Act of 1936, the Public Works Administration Extension Act of 1937, or the Public Works Administration Appropriation Act of 1938 are used to finance a non-Federal project, as
much as 45 percent of the total cost may be furnished in the form of a
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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 commercial 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 Administration 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 locomotives and
passenger and freight cars in shops operated by the railroads; and
third, locomotive and passenger- and freight-car building in commercial shops.
UNITED STATES HOUSING AUTHORITY
The U. S. Housing Authority was created by Public No. 412, Seventy-fifth Congress, approved September 1, 1937, as a corporate body
of the Department of the Interior for the purpose of assisting the
States and their political subdivisions in remedying the unsafe and
insanitary housing conditions and the acute shortage of decent, safe,
and sanitary dwellings for families of low income, and in alleviating
present and recurring unemployment.
Executive Order No. 7732, dated October 27, 1937, transferred to
the Authority all the housing and slum-clearance projects of the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works and all assets, contracts, records, applications, libraries, research materials, and other
property held in connection with such projects or with the housing or
slum-clearance activities of the Public Works Administration, together
with the unexpended balance of funds allocated to the Public Works
Administration for the construction of any housing or slum-clearance
projects. This executive order was modified by Executive Order No.
7839, dated March 12, 1938, under which the two Puerto Kico projects
were transferred to the Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration.
Table 11 shows data for June 1939 on projects of the U. S. Housing
Authority. These figures pertain only to new projects under the U. S.
Housing Authority and not to those formerly under the Public Works
Administration.
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TABLE 11.—Employment and Pay Rolls on Low-Rent Housing Projects Operated by the
United States Housing Authority, June 1939
[Subject to revision]
Employment
Geographic division
Maximum
number
employed l
Weekly
average
Monthly
pay-roll
disbursements
Number of
man-hours
worked
during
month
Average
earnings
per hour
Value of
material
orders
placed
during
month
Six divisions
8,679
7,415
$1,118,077
969? 644
$1.153
$2,264,680
Middle Atlantic.
East North Central
West North Central.
South Atlantic
East South Central
West South Central
5,815
841
51
971
775
226
5,012
715
43
820
640
185
889,179
92, 591
3,579
65, 283
52, 631
14,811
676, 286
96,410
6,803
95,907
68,686
25, 552
1.315
.960
.526
.681
.766
.580
1,370,804
148,510
0
271,939
455, 540
17, 887
_
_
i Maximum employed during any 1 week of the month.
THE WORKS PROGRAM
By authority of Public Resolution No. 11, Seventy-fourth Congress,
approved April 8, 1935, the President, in a series of Executive orders,
inaugurated a broad program of work to be carried out by Gl units of
the Federal Government. The Works Program was continued by
title II of the First Deficiency Appropriation Act of 1936, cited as the
Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1936, and was further continued by the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1937. The Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1938 extended this program to June
30,1939. Employment created by this program includes employment
on Federal projects and employment on projects 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 Works
Progress Administration with the cooperation of States, cities, or
counties.
A record of employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked on projects financed by The Works Program in June is shown in table 12, by
type of project.
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TABLE 12.—Employment and Pay Rolls on Projects Financed by The Works Program,
June 1939 l
[Subject to revision]
Wage earners
Type of project
Maximum Weekly
number
employed average
Monthly
pay-roll
disbursements
Number of
man-hours
worked
during
month
Averearnings
per
hour
Value of
material
orders
placed
during
month
age
Federal projects
All projects
-
Airport construction (exclusive of
buildings)
Building construction
Electrification
_
..
Forestry 3
Grade-crossing elimination 4s
Hydroelectric power plants
Plant, 3 crop, and livestock conservation
e
Professional, 4technical, and clerical
Public roads
Reclamation
River, harbor, and flood control
Streets and roads
Water and sewerage
Miscellaneous
83, 749
167,976
$8,590,116
20,017,961
$0,429
$1,181,312
205
73,457
95
17,80S
1, 323
1,040
204
65,935
92
15,872
1,090
583
12. 230
3, 786, 275
5,519
727, 684
68,965
19, 263
22, 587
7,290,471
12,588
1,913,464
118,328
72,496
.541
.519
.438
.380
.583
.266
353
507, 535
330
91,050
49,061
28, 377
16, 942
6, 826
880
36,324
2,841
15, 299
1,072
9,637
14, 940
6, 557
669
35,064
2. 305
14,739
1,014
8,912
827, 980
500,103
50, 565
1, 693,0S5
146,711
338,561
45,059
308,116
2,105,007
770,156
78, 707
4,279,647
265, 506
1,858,098
112,758
1,118,148
.393
.649
.642
.396
. 553
.182
.400
. 329
55, 730
23,961
66,030
203, 526
72,031
21,660
1,203
60,465
Public Works Administration projects financed from Emergency
Relief Appropriation Act funds of 1935, 1936, and 1937 6
All projects..
Building construction..
Electrification
Ilcavy engineering
Reclamation...
Streets and roads
Water and sewerage. _.
Miscellaneous
2 19,146
15,999
$1,936,132
2,138,423
8, 522
628
4,495
1,198
642
3,661
7,070
513
821,791
47.148
474,930
114,284
33, 511
444,468
837,483
65, 669
554,105
170,542
48,891
461,733
3,800
1,012
526
3,072
$0,905 ! $3,510,292
.981
.718
. 857
.670
. 685
. 963
1, 224, 287
106,346
1,014.914
82,867
95, 654
473, 696
512, 528
Projects operated by Works Progress Administration "
All projects
-
1
2
— - s 2,438,254
$134,376,895 1264,748,834
$0.508
Unless otherwise noted data arc for the month ending on the 15th.
Maximum number employed during any 1 week of the month by each contractor and Government
agency
doing force-account work.
3
The data for the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine, under plant, crop, and livestock conservation, and the Bureau of Forest Service, under forestry, are for the calendar month.
• These data are for projects under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Public Roads.
» These data arc for projects under construction in Puerto Rico.
«These data are included in separate tables covering projects under the jurisdiction of the Public Works
Administration.
»Data are for the calendar month. Not available by type of project.
• Represents number of names on pay roll for week ending June 24, 1939.
• Data on a monthly basis are not available.
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Employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked on work projects
of the National Youth Administration from the beginning of the
program in January 1936 to June 1939, inclusive, are shown in table 13.
Similar data for Student Aid are shown from September 1935, the
starting date, to May 1939, inclusive.
TABLE 13.—Employment and Pay Rolls on National Youth Administration Projects,
Financed by The Works Program, From the Beginning of Program Through June
1939 l
[Subject to revision]
Year and month
Number
of persons employed
Pay-roll
disbursements
Number of
man-hours
worked
Average
earnings
per hour
Value of
material
orders
placed
Work projects
January
January
January
January
1936 to June 1939, inclusive.
to December 1936..
to December 1937..
to December 1938..
$128,912,526
355,544,715
75,827, 799
87,242,108
117, 910,943
12, 637,013
.381
.374
.352
.344
13,061,419
12,918,481
12,455,047
12, 267,080
11,224,825
.341
.343
.348
.348
.353
January 1939
237,468
28,883,589
32, 663.342
41,558.174
4,346,711
February 1939.
March 1939
April 1939
May 1939
June 1939
241,623
234,918
227,113
223,892
212,607
4,456, 772
4,437,479
4, 332, 530
4, 271,347
3,962, 582
$0,363 * $16,636,992
Student Aid
September 1935 to May 1939, inclusiveSeptember to December 1935.
January to December 1936
January to December 1937
January to December 1938
January 1939
February 1939
March 1939.
April 1939
May 1939.__
370,183
376, 209
378.692
383 344
372,885
$88,443,128
300.461, 072
$0. 294
6, 3C3, 503
25,914.836
24, 368, 503
19,681,126
2, 252. 755
2, 424, 409
2, 443,022
2,495,400
2,499, 574
19, 612,976
85. 517, 290
83,874, 409
68,750.836
7, 952, 452
8, 577, 299
8, 624, 637
8,813. 497
8, 737,676
.324
.303
.291
.286
.283
.283
.286
12 Data are for a calendar month.
Data on a monthly basis are not available. This total represents expenditures through Mar. 31, 1939,
and includes rentals and services and some sponsors' contributions.
• No expenditures for materials on this type of project.
CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS
The Civilian Conservation Corps was created by an act of Congress
approved June 28, 1937, and succeeded the Emergency Conservation
Work which had been set up in April 1933.
Employment and pay-roll data for the Civilian Conservation Corps
are collected by the Bureau of Labor Statistics from the War Department, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Commerce,
and the Department of the Interior. The monthly pay of the enrolled
personnel is $30 per month. Assistant leaders, not to exceed 10 percent of the total number of enrollees, may receive up to $36 per
month, and leaders, not to exceed 6 percent, may receive up to $45
per month.
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Employment and pay rolls in the Civilian Conservation Corps in
May and June 1939 are presented in table 14.
TABLE 14.—Employment and Pay Rolls in the Civilian Conservation Corps, May and
June 1939 *
[Subject to revision
Number of employees
Amount of pay rolls
Group
May
June
June
May
All groups
302,339
335,902
$14,132, 205
$15,022,973
Enrolled personnel *
Reserve officers
Nurses 3 Educational advisers 3
Supervisory and technical 3
264,532
4,779
312
1,576
31,140
297,402
4,980
308
1,589
31,503
8, 276,996
1,114, 824
32,602
267 694
4,440,029
9,317,489
1,280,945
33,032
270 398
4,121,109
_
1
Data on number of employees refer to employment on last day of month. Amount of pay rolls are for
the3 entire month.
June data include 3,898 enrollees and pay roll of $88,189 outside continental United States; in May the
corresponding figures were 3,918 enrollees and pay roll of $86,262.
»Included in executive service, table 2.
CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS FINANCED BY RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE
CORPORATION
Statistics of employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked on
construction projects financed by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation in June are presented in table 15, by type of project.
TABLE 15.—Employment and Pay Rolls on Projects" Financed by the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation, by Type of Project, June 1939 1
[Subject to revision]
Type of project
All projects.
Building construction 3_.
Water and sewerage
Maximum
number of
wage earners 2
2,503
. .- - =
1,771
732
Monthly
pay-roll
disbursements
Number of
man-hours
worked during month
Average
earnings
per hour
Value of
material
orders
placed during month
$290,517
357,017
$0.814
$371,068
166,841
123,676
220, 646
136, 371
.756
.907
232,605
138,463
1
3
Data are for the month ending on the 15th.
Maximum number employed during any 1 week of the month by each contractor.
3 Includes 689 employees; pay-roll disbursements of $64,414; 79,335 man-hours worked, and material orders
placed on $64,177 on projects financed by the R F C Mortgage Co.
CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS FINANCED FROM REGULAR FEDERAL
APPROPRIATIONS
When 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 supplied
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
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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
different types of materials for which orders were placed during
the month.
Data concerning employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked on
construction projects financed from regular Federal appropriations
during June are given in table 16, by type of project.
TABLE 16.—Employment and Pay Rolls on Construction Projects Financed From Regular
Federal Appropriations, by Type of Project, June 1939 *
[Subject to revision]
Number of wage
earners
Type of project
All projects
__
Building construction
_
_
Electrification:
Rural Electrification
Administration projects 4
Other than R. E. A. projectsForestry
-..
Hen vy engineering
5
Public roads
2
Reclamation
River, harbor, and flood control:
Dredging, dikes, revetments,
etc
Locks and dams
_
Ship construction:
Naval vessels...
Other than naval vessels
Streets and roads
Water pnd sewerage
Miscellaneous
2
Maximum Weekly
number
employed average
3 248, 525
Monthly
pay-roll
disbursements
234, 938 $26, 437, 806
Number of
Value of
man-hours Average material
worked
earnings
orders
during
per hour placed durmonth
ing month
6.953,112
0. 715
$43, 545, 500
16, 527
13, 501
1,490, 256
1,626,248
.916
2, 877,816
12, 536
84
38
287
(6)
13, 883
10,472
61
38
276
89, 803
13, 389
666,790
5, 374
2,375
49,516
8, 812, 810
1, 776,456
1,377,873
6,768
5,658
34,940
14,616,939
2,158, 885
.484
.794
.420
1.417
. 603
.823
10,876
598
497, 589
14,668,917
2, 264,891
32, 498
8,997
28,196
8,490
2, 95S, 722
1,109, 367
4, 579, 737
1, 505, 658
.646
.737
3,123,354
992,350
54,802
14, 540
3,163
295
1,072
53,083
13,543
2,921
230
935
7, 863, 304
1,411,627
196,352
27, 628
67, 229
8,836,273
1, 709,631
365,946
30, 959
97, 597
.890
.826
.537
.892
.689
9, 354,987
5, 497, 287
308,899
39, 636
1,101,314
i Data are for the month ending on the 15th.
> Maximum number employed during any 1 week of the month by each contractor, and Government
agency doing force-account work.
• Includes weekly average for public-road projects.
< Financed by Rural Electrification Administration loans.
» Under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Public Roads.
* Not available, weekly average included in the total for all projects.
STATE-ROAD PROJECTS
A record of employment and pay-roll disbursements in the construction and maintenance of roads financed wholly from State or
local funds in June 1939, compared with May 1939, and June 1938, is
presented in table 17.
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TABLE 17.—Employment and Pay Rolls on Construction and Maintenance of State
Roads, June 1939, May 1939, and June 1938 1
[Subject to revision]
Number of employees 2
Pay-roll disbursements
Type of construction
June 1939 May 1939 June 1938
Total
New roads
Maintenance
1
3
.._
___
June 1939
141,750
131,815
179,867 $10,743,330
20,177
121, 573
15,696
116,119
19,875
159,992
1,417,300
9, 326,030
May 1939
June 193S
$9, 765, 600 $12,059,910
1,093, 200
8, 672, 400
1, 445,870
10, 614,040
Data are for the month ending on the 15th and arc for projects financed wholly from State or local funds.
Average number working during month.
PURCHASES FROM PUBLIC FUNDS 1
The value of material orders placed on construction projects
financed by Federal funds in the second quarter of 1939 is presented
in table 18.
In the second quarter of 1939 on the Public Works Administration
program, orders were placed for materials valued at approximately
$117,544,000. Of this amount $38,836,000 was expended for iron and
steel products, $16,513,000 for machinery, $14,894,000 for cement and
concrete products, and $13,377,000 for forest products.
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.
Estimates have been made of the man-months of labor created in
fabricating the materials used on the various programs (see table 3).
The estimates include 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 materials or in transporting
them to the point of manufacture. In manufacturing structural steel,
for example, the only labor included is that occurring in the fabricating
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 fabricating 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 Manufactures, 1935.
J Unless otherwise specified, data presented in this section are as of the 15th of the month.
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TABLE 18.—Value of Material Orders Placed on Construction Projects Financed by Federal
Funds for the Second Quarter of 1939
[Subject to revision]
Projects
ReconPublic
struction Regular
Works U.S.H.A.
Federal
Finance
low-rent
Adminis- housing Corpora- appropriatration i
tions
tion 1
Type of material
$117,543,696 $4,947,175 $2,909,351 $109,910,717 $3,374,808
All materials
Textiles and their products.
241,857
Awnines, tents, canvas, etc
Carpots and rugs.._
_
Cordage and twine
_
Cotton products
_
Felt products
Jute products
Linoleum and asphalted-felt-base floor covering
Sacks and bags, other than pnper
Upholstering, filling, batting, padding, and
wadding
Waste and related products
Textiles and their products, n. o. c
Forest products.
Cork products.._
Furniture and related products
Lumber and timber products, n. e c
Planing-mill products
Window and door screens and weatherstrip..
Forest products, n. e. c
_
Chemicals and allied products
Ammunition and related products
Compressed and liquefied gases.
Explosives
_.
Paints, pigments, and varnishes
Chemicals and allied products, n. e. c .
Stone, clay, and glass products
_
Asbestos products, n. c. c.
Brick, hollow tile, and other clay products,
n. e. c
_
Cement
_
Concrete products
_
Crushed stone
_.
Glass..
_.
Lime
Marble, grRnite, slate, and other stone, cut
and shaped
Minerals and earths, ground or otherwise
treated
Sand and cravcl
Steam and other packing, pipe and boiler
covering, and raskcts
Tiling,floorand wall, and tcrrazzo
Wall plaster, wallboard, and building insulation
Stone, clay, and glass products, n. e. c
Iron and steel and their products, not including
machinery..
Bolts, nuts, washers, and rivets..Doors, shutters, window sash and frames,
molding and trim, metal
Forgings, iron and s t e e l . . . .
Hardware, miscellaneous
Heating and ventilating equipment, except
Pipe
1
Federal
construction under The
Works
Program
3, 530
18, 731
22, 838
2,589
4,077
11,416
142,428
727
136, 307
27,992
329
405
9. 504
16, 063
24, 625
244
204
965
2,822
97
39
194
5,864
39, 244
17,980
87
600
21, 225
8, 052
9. 253
453
5,415
6,689
1,774
91
480
4,100
31,421
905
13, 376,888
434,894
116,901
4, 374, 531
402,059
48, 468
3. 324, 345
6,544,631
3, 398, 713
20, 429
40. 302
7
78,400
194,472
159, 083
2,932
846
85, 044
31, 071
18,108
255, 854
3, 570, 512
522, 262
7,483
312
359
6, 567
348, 263
46, 284
333
25a
1, 066,852
10,647
29,146
709, 225
125,256
31,860
390, 513
619,349
25,101
52
21
292
8, 331
1,951
3,438
149
25, 559
18, 590
447, 255
211,803
31, 577
4, 363
16, 642
96, 291
7,960
36, 457, 639 1,340, 253
604, 713
25, 049, 621
869, 420
12, 364
127
1,079
22, 918
127,234
316, 762
15, 533
972
11,633
377
424, 848
11,565,571
874, 368
4, 277,890
59, 049
6,577
80, 032
422, 446
65, 763
70, 579
4,779
1,272
11, 728
21,150
621, 668
45,568
136,409-
227,914
5,202
8,030, 910
6,862, 969
8, 719, 537
1, 427, 371
503, 604
75, 791
515. 968
209, 677
319.311
3, 846,821
2, 893
3,816,855
94, 751
97,919
424
6,644, 986
202,939
1, 030, 671
3,530
68,187
236
8,456
50, 974
147,128
3,811
23,986-
1,458, 753
250,611
25, 793
2.109
4,183
25S
346, 738
17,027
11,382
3, 266
38,836,411 1, 654, 588
597, 424
22,179, 972
662, 020
270, 522
119
2,209
2,273, 026
573,853
1,828,824
211,824
5,477,174
380, 092
10,998
84,879
122,470
185
42,811
958, 998
1, 598, 380
549, 314
18,131
12,620
99,051
128,708
12,270
749,346
17,881
Includes material orders placed on Public Works Administration projects financed by the Emergency
Relief Appropriation Ants of 1935, 1936, and 1937, and P. W. A. A. 1W8 funds. Data on low-rent bousing
projects
financedfrom N. I. R. A. and E. R. A. A. 1935 funds are also included.
1
Includes projectsfinancedby RFC Mortgage Co.
35
TABLE 18.—Value of Material Orders Placed on Construction Projects Financed by Federal
Funds for the Second Quarter of 1939—Continued
Projects
Type of material
Iron and steel and their products, not including
machinery—Continued.
Nails and spikes
Pipe and fittings, cast-iron _ .
_ ._
Pipe and fittings', wrought-iron and oteel
Plumbingfixturesand supplies, except pipe.
Rail fastenings, except spikes
__
Rails, steel _
Springs, steel
. .
Steel, reinforcing
Steel, structural..
Stoves and ranees, other than electric
Switches, railway
Tool?, other than machine tools
"Wire and wireworks products
Iron and steel and their products, n. o. o
Nonferrous metals and their products
Aluminum products
Copper products. .. __
Lead products
Sheet-metal products
Zinc products
Nonferrous metals and their products, n. p. c.
Machinery, not including transportation equipment
_
Electrical machinery, apparatus and supplies.
Electrical wiring and fixtures
Elevators and elevator equipment
Engines, turbines, tractors, and water wheels
Machine tools
Meters (gas, water, etc.) and gas generators..
Pumps and pumping equipment
Radio apparatus and supplies
... . _
Refrigerators and refrigerating and ice-making apparatus
Machinery, n. c. c .
Transportation equipment, air, land, and waterAircraft parts . .
Boats, steel and wooden
Carriages and other
wagons
_. steam
Locomotives,
than
_
Locomotives, steam
Motor vehicles, passenger
Motor vehicles, trucks.
Transportation eouipment, n. e. c _
Miscellaneous
_
Belting, miscellaneous.- .
_
Coal and coke
_
CreosoteInstruments, professional and scientific
Mattresses and bod springs.
Models and patterns
Paper products
Paving materials—asphalt, tar, crushed slag,
and mixtures. ... ..
Petroleum products
Photographic apparatus and supplies
Roofing—built-up and roll, asphalt shingles
and roof coatings, except paint_
Rubber products.-.
Theatrical scenery and stage equipment
Window shades and fixtures
Other materials
Public
Works
Administration
$260.647
4,685, 644
2, 563, 443
2, 825, 422
16, 546
7 197
48
4, 704, 929
9, 309,648
28, 469
41
398, 952
573, 430
3? 038. 596
2, 082, 978
69 952
496, 574
71,882
1, 344,191
580
99, 799
ReconFederal
struction Regular construcFinance Federal tion unlow-rent Corporaappropria- der The
housing
tion
tions
Works
Program
U.S.H.A.
$356
136,121
194, 389
118,026
$1,076
8,614
26, 751
27,2!8
80
915
$54,186
639, 971
1, 685, 584
330, 401
392, 758
99, 344
179, 784
72,015
135, C16
3, 899, 636
6, 926, 692
6
120, 287
83. 438
903
6,280
4, 706
97,294
300
9, 095
6, 934
129,405
199,257
842, 090
3, 364, 874
29, 329
47, 258
22, 099
192,424
13,913
650, 224
19, 008
4
266
10, 885
83
6,365
$16. 029
56,825
66.615
60. 556
1.145
6
24, 575
13,607
167,843
36
76, 325
290, 91.8
986
190, 580
100
91,315
1,675
717,535 1, 454, 778
44, 812, 330
386, 932
3, 442, 027
4,641,555
842, 80S
1,199,436
181,117
104,770
1, 222, 390
18, 742
62, 731
136,180
64, 395
44?, 991
39,017
7, 970
15,589
1, 020
8, P-55
36, 739
11,493,634
5, (M 5, 785
487,117
10, 524, 873
388, 757
95
1, 686, 431
1,821
95, 723
78, 745
1,216
29, 521
11,170
218
17, 487
121, 291
4, 739, 021
404, 046
34, 944
902, 788
43, 622
15,170,195
749
152,103
306, 641
68
292,462
116,352
38. 382
640
355
875
48, 462
100, 260
44,718
1,893
64, 638
48, 591
16, 513,157
123
1, 624
271
21,102
13, 886
3 517
232, 771
33,347
33
134,516
318
87, 097
28. 712
684
20, 020
1, 558, 918
1, 752, 286
41,194
943, 382
152,643
76,131
35, 661
3,829,678
~98~
Is'Iii"
I
68"
590, 077
90, 642
11,706,045
765,769
2,051
875
869
7
158, 087
613
10,212
405
1,372
115
174,806
26
21
12, 213
470
1,517
10,808
1,416,803
3,932,489
20,935
36, 207
181, 561
2,811
21,614
344
23,230
3,550
41, 230
IP, 256
37, 040
510, 798
49, 772
89, 785
106, 726
128,558
647
5,664,989
3,707
14,287
210
2,478
469,039-
36
Table 19 shows the value of material orders placed on construction
projects financed by Federal funds during the first quarter of 1939,
by type of project.
TABLE 19.—Value of Material Orders Placed on Construction Projects Financed by Federal
Funds for the First Quarter of 1939
[Subject to revision]
Projects
Total
Type of material
u.s.n.A.
low-rent
housing
Reconstruction
Finance
Corporation»
Rerular
Federal
Dollars
Dollars
Dollars
Dollars
Dollars
288,299,965 102,018,564 3,090,065 1,857,299 91? 210, 597
All materials
Textiles and their products.
Forest products
Public
Works
Administration^
Federal
construction
Operated
under
The
W. / . A.
Works
Program
Dollars
Dollars
,320,704 84, 802, 738
162,374
1,006
292
100,445
9,372
5, 6767395
__ 25, 256, 738 11,897,500
307,190
131,682
3,041,441
310,169
9, 568, 756
\ 949, 884
Furniture and related products
1,508,886
Lumber and timber products, n. e. c
19,174,334
Forest products, n. e. c
4,573,518
Chemicals and allied products
4,477,414
1,199,881
6,140
9,355
93,016
4,606
196,888
6,684,100
4,013,519
156,473
145, 577
103,914
18,413
2,608,036
310,389
249,943
55, 620
9,371,868
872,613
8,335
128,650
612,017
131,387
2, 724,412
Paints, pigments, and varnishes
505,206
1,998
2,198,597
Other chemicals..
2,278,817
367,407
6,337
Stone, clay, and glass prod72,115, 262 27, 301, 556 1,239, 783
ucts
92,895
35,755
184,839
427,178
36, 781
94,606
1,376,878
1,347,534
Brick, hollow tile, and other
clay products.Cement
Concrete products
Crushed stone
Sand and gravel..
Other stone, clay, and glass
products
Iron and steel and their
products not including
machinery
Heating and ventilating
equipment.
Pipe and fittings, cast-iron..
Plumbing supplies, n. c. C—
Structural and reinforcing
steel....
Tools, other than machine
tools
Other products of iron and
steel
ITonfsrrous metals and their
products
_
11,573,521
19,957,033
10, 295,363
7,096,474
12,937,460
6,856, 690
5, 439, 820
4, 739, 835
1,424, 636
3,271,214
286,975
750,785
148, 416
10, 255, 411
5, 569,361
227,437 15,478,689
949, 000 26, 918, 797
24,173
11,945
119,939
18,262
565
54,496
324, 524
7,043,992
571,472
1,518,607
4,164,484
33.152
663,015
57, 604
48, 218
91.153
4,060,235
5,939,482
4, 759, 774
4,104,448
5, 331,940
29, 434
22, 230
1,855, 610
55, 858
2, 722,918
77,404, 785 40, 236,600
374,170 17, 447, 392.
760, 093 17, 662, 922
4,564,793
4,279,333
2, 720,992
80, 557
79,943
69,862
32, 015
10,903
19, 867
719,565
438,389
417,240
16,187
37, 254
49,085
781,342
3,866, 485
1,294,32g
29,252,159 16,223,417
3,807, 549
6,194, 459
8,712,307
4, 571,375
310, 627
98,389
8,490,060
322,117
284,186
2,994
12,138
203,076
77,174
1, 554,421
26,540,496 12,163,879
379,625
200,858
7,179,062
258,276
6,358,798
1.449, 517
101, 757
10,258
2,498, 757
22, 883
529, 602
Machinery, not including
transportation equipment. 62,609, 585 14,425,103
172, 725
800,933 42,348,612
362, 879
2,133,989
4, 612, 774
4,499,333
* Includes material orders placed on Public Works Administration projects financed by the Emergency
Relief Appropriation Acts of 1935, 1936, and 1937, and P. W. A. A. 1938 funds. Data on low-rent housing
projects financed from N. I. R. A. and E. R. A. A. 1935 funds are also included.
aIncludes projects financed by RFC Mortgage Co.
37
TABLE 19.—Value of Material Orders Placed on Construction Projects Financed by
Federal Funds for the First Quarter of 1939—Continued
Projects
Reconstruction
Finance
Corporation
Federal
construction
Operated
under
by
The
W . P . A.
Works
Program
Type of material
Total
Public
Works
Administration
U.S.H.A.
low-rent
housing
Electrical machinery,"apparatus, and supplies.
Engines, turbines, tractors,
and water wheels
Other machinery
Transportation equipment—
air, land, and water..
Dollars
16,504,184
Dollars
3,105,691
Dollars
45,350
Dollars
Dollars
323,793 10,746,166
Dollars
75, 317
Dollars
2,207,867
12,649,289
913,628
33,456,112 10, 405, 784
127, 375
59,125 11,564,375
418,015 20,038,071
67,019
220,543
45,142
2,246, 324
Regular
Federal
1, 968,888
718,143
1,835
222, 709
168,300
857, 701
1,235,869
235,984
1,835
68,958
71,391
857,701
Miscellaneous
732,819
31, 904, 835
482,159
4, 955,158
335, 661
182,042
153, 751
9,460, 535
Coal
Paving materials and mixtures
Petroleum products
Rubber goods._
Other materials
805,775
190,426
3,821
563
122,864
8,566
479, 535
6,907, 252
6, 594,072
480,802
17,116,934
691,627
1,263,910
74,158
2,735,037
11, 634
185
320,021
8,783
17,888
6,474
148, 334
909,855
2, 865, 723
52,151
5, 509,942
20,909
191,718
8,823
376, 605
5, 276,078
2, 243,199
339,011
8,026,995
Motor vehicles, trucks
Other transportation equipment
_
96,909
606, 621 16,364,818
The value of material orders placed on Federal professional, technical, and clerical projects financed by The Works Program, by type
of material, for the second quarter of 1939, the first quarter of 1939,
and the second quarter of 1938 is shown in table 20.
TABLE 20.—Value of Material Orders Placed on Federal Professional, Technical, and
Clerical Projects Financed by The Works Program
[Subject to revision]
Type of material
All materials. _.
Computing machines
Furniture
Office supplies
Stationery
Typewriters
Other office machines.
Other materials
Rental of machinery and equipment..
Second quarter of 1939
First quarter of 1939
Second quarter of 1938
$59,298
$56,056
$115,360
1,610
12,742
2,232
500
431
32, 518
9,235
3, 581
8,949
15,020
181
2,004
1,649
21,600
3,072
2,382
14,404
21,663
1,063
4,368
34, 224
34,770
Rentals and services on projects operated by the Works Progress
Administration for the first quarter of 1939, the fourth quarter of
1938, and the first quarter of 1938 are shown in table 21, by type of
rental and service.
38
TABLE 21.—Rentals and Services on Projects Operated by Works Progress Administration
[Subject to revision]
Type of rental and service
All rentals and services
Motor vehicles
Teams and wagons.
Paving, road building, and construction equipment.
Other equipment (including office equipment)
Space rentals and services
Other services (including utilities)
First
quarter of
1939
Fourth
quarter of
1938
$06, 553, 240
$65,318, 550
$53,147,699
31, 795, 286
777,848
19, 078. 362
1, 687, 746
5, 850, 352
7,363,646
30, 733, 71)5
916,090
21, 503, 792
1, 566, 397
4, 916, 736
5, 681, 740
22,831,410
935,965
18, 650, 797
1,819,063
3,043, 525
5,866,939
First
quarter of
1938
Table 22 shows rentals and services on work projects of the National
Youth Administration for the first quarter of 1939, the fourth quarter
of 1938, and the first quarter of 1938.
TABLE 22.—Rentals and Services on Work Projects of National Youth Administration
[Subject to revision]
Type of rental and service
All rentals and services
_
Motor vehicles
_
Teams and wagons.
_
Paving, road building, and construction equipment.
Other equipment (including office equipment)
Space rentals and services—I
Other services (including utilities)
._
First
quarter of
1939
Fourth
quarter of
1938
First
quarter of
1938
$752,526
$607,598
$730,346
207,162
0,735
39,001
96,879
197,637
205,112
153,424
5,890
45,131
97, 308
180,946
124,899
140,502
9,769
47,509
104, 607
315,476
112,483
In connection with the administration of the Public Contracts Act
the Bureau of Labor Statistics has been collecting data on supplycontracts awarded by Federal agencies of the United States for the
manufacture or furnishing of materials, supplies, articles, and equipment in any amount exceeding 810,000. The first public contracts
were awarded under the act in September 1936.
Table 23 shows the value of public contracts awarded under the
act for supplies during the second quarter of 1939, the first quarter
of 1939, and the second quarter of 1938.
39
TABLE 23.—Value of Supply Contracts Awarded by the Federal Government, Which
Contain Agreements to Comply With the Public Contracts Act, by Type of Material
[Subject to rcTision]
Value of contracts awarded
Type of materials
S°cond quar- First quarter Second quarter 1938
ter 1939 i
1939
$100, SCO, 077 $131, 443, 375
All materials
Food and kindred products..
1, 940,129
Canned fruits and vegetables
_
_
Canned sea foods.
_
_._
Cereal preparations.
Coil'ee and tea
Condensed and evaporated milk
Feeds, prepared, for animals and fowls
Flour and other grain mill products
Meat-packing products
Sugar .
Miscellaneous subsistence stores and supplies.-.
208,
10,
14,
535,
279,
103,
].U,
180,
194,
239,
Textiles and their products.
Canvas bags and covers
_
Clothing (overcoats, suits, trousers, etc.)
Clothing, manufacture only 1
Cordage and twine, including thread
Cotton gloves
Cotton goods (drills, prints, sheeting, etc.)
Cotton shirts
Furnishing goods, men's, n. e. c
Ilouscfurnishing goods (pillowcases, sheets, etc.)
Knit goods (hosiery, underwear, etc.)..
Linoleum
_
"Woolen goods (flannels, suiting, etc.)
Work clothing
Miscellaneous textile products
Forest products..
Cork and cork products
Furniture
Lumber and timber products, n. e. c_
Planing-mill products
Treated lumber and timber
Miscellaneous forest products
Ammunition and related products.
Compressed and liquefied gases
Explosives...
Linseed oil
Paints and varnishes
Soap and soap chips...
Miscellaneous chemicals
Products of asphalt, coal, and petroleum-
_
Miscellaneous coal and petroleum productsLeather and its manufactures
Boots and shoes
Boots and shoe cut stock
Gloves
Shoe upper-leather
Miscellaneous leather goods.
See footnotes at end of table.
_
___
_.
3,012,572
00, 0] 6
348,864
14,452
319,472
104, 525
15:?, 358
111,459
1 63, 651
207, 681
352. 290
15, 356
533. 240
708, 005
151, 629
118, 508
308, 235
185,026
073, 709
15,304,150
3, 036, 034
.0,721,580
17, 225
42,667
376, 991
99,026
77,030
16, 604
970,830
29,048
250,430
440, 309
109,135
43, 509
6S3, 197
1S7, 317
302, 951
3, 790, 594
40, 500
027, 331
249,837
402, 929
""470," 928"
178, 491
704,009
1,071,864
253,434
1,810,202
62, 765
470,987
676, 204
007, 448
1,407,012
523, 99]
1, 249, 244
25, 075
395, 080
82, 420
11,118
10, 289
108,056
201. 103
Or-":. 956
VJ. 114
87.055
2, 027,802
3,015, 088
3,318,780
543,890
205, 0<v3
077, G79
209, 402
203, 180
007, 902
170, 018
3fi, 280
180, 205
107,508
500, 209
103,331
1,851, 477
457, 351
192, 071
247, 448
11,453
94, 016
155,375
2,161,066
14,855. 337
4,478,691
21,940,483
1,873, £93
059,031
8, 223, 221
1,979,197
1,949,881
170,414
427,887
107,007
907, 710
2,741,003
43, 884
191,140
2, 751, 356
1, 909,100
9, 009, 413
5, 214, 353
2,118, 668
877, 593
169, 300
14,310
2,464,195
49, 000
150. 004
170,430
1, 031, 518
Chemicals and allied products.
Asphalt, oil, tar, and mixtures
Coal and coke
Fuel oil.
_
Gasoline
Lubricating oils and greases
_
$108,127, 846
1,486,504
51,062
118, 238
14,310
187, 703
1, 505, 399
227, 833
430, 058
155,800
7, §44, 393
1,872, 982
128, 975
54,897
259,050
148, 291
40
TABLE 23.—Value of Supply Contracts Awarded by the Federal Government, Which
Contain Agreements to Comply With the Public Contracts Act, by Type of Material—
Continued
Value of contracts awarded
Type of materials
Stone, clay and glass products.
Brick
Cement
_
Concrete pipe
Concrete, ready-mixed
Crushed stone
Glass
Granite and marble
Riprap stono
-Sand and gravel
Soil, black earth
Terra cotta
_.
Tile, clay, including drain
Vitrified clay and terra cotta pipe
Miscellaneous stone,.clay, and glass products.
iron and steel and their products, not including machinery
Bolts, nuts, rivets, washers, etc.
Cast-iron pipe arid fittings
Fencing in aleriais '.
Forcings, iron and steel. _
Hardware, miscellaneous.
Metal doors, sash, and frames. -.
Metal furniture
Metal shingles and roofing
Pipe and fittings, n. e. c
Plumbing fixtures and supplies.
Rails, steel.
Reinforcing steel...
Steel pipe and fittings
Steel sheets, plates, shapes, and strips.__.
Stoves and ranges, other than electric
Structural steel, fabricated, and sheet-steel piling.
Tools, other than machine tools
Wire products
....
Miscellaneous iron and steel products
Nonferrous metals and their alloys..
Aluminum manufactures
Brass products
Bronze products
_
Copper products
_
Fixtures, gas and electric
Magnesium
__
Nickel
Plated ware
_
Sheet-metal work
_
Tin.
Zinc
Miscellaneous nonferrous metals and alloys.
Machinery, not including transportation equipment and electrical equipment
Air-conditioning equipment
Elevators and elevator equipment.
_
Engines, turbines, tractors, and parts
Filter and purification equipment..
_
Laundry machinery and equipment
Machine tools. _
Office machines
_
_
Powershovels and draglines
_
Printing and publishing machinery
_
Pumps and pumping equipment
Refrigerators and refrigerating and ice-making machinery.
Road machinery
Windlasses, winches and capstans
Miscellaneous machinery and parts
_
See footnotes at end of table.
Second quar- First quarter Second quarter 1939 i
1939
1938
$3,807,687
$4,160,913
$14,330,059
145, 665
1,471, 772
78, 337
424,263
937,598
44, 935
25, 732
22, 500
319, 554
51, 276
63, 904
76,158
145, 993
65,350
1, 975,107
562, 222
304, 594
82,042
32,037
153,138
261, 570
385, 723
64, 230
37. 370
14,100
94, 934
128,496
103, 915
6, 018,173
210.887
969,054
3,017,041
38,106
594, 376
51, 770
2,967, 520
26,400
33, 406
8,390,450
5, 687, 451
9, 345, 922
191,155
10,808
365, 357
10, 625
161,227
331,514
43, 234
187, 772
26,447
665, 879
13, 726
53, 622
208,163
13, 460
23,899
165,171
29, 556
209,855
626. 327
25, 200
121,303
25,145
31,160
271, 320
294.641
2, 242, 423
135, 320
1,179, 398
44,350
55, 252
3,040. 755
224,
482,
193,
1, 298,
38,
838,
13,
146,
1, 237,
571
7S0
331
703
554
650
850
842
861
85,415
17, 901
505, 220
830,008
339, 674
196, 377
216, 869
2, 278, 551
272, 846
183, 915
3, 457, 246
1,821,201
2, 628,851
1,983, 275
225,805
281,853
38, 750
559,304
77, 552
25,340
101,500
10,470
46, 510
622, 723
82,189
27, 524
116,025
50,953
254,469
128,169
122,440
38, 612
28,183
14,299
12,089
22,477
80, 640
40, 533
1,463, 347
871,957
38,600
45,356
408,761
9,248, 544
6,442, 688
5,172,699
146,813
48, 979
3,274,285
26, 514
28,275
1, 639, 673
10,000
30,085
133,634
782,000
73, 891
313,023
2,741,372
596,897
34,088
20, 850
856, 367
10,
2, 264,
51,
177,
756
848
000
606
1,024, 304
67,884
78,133
96,167
1,794,773
984,777
13,382
36,081
615,051
59,239
331,619
240.297
155,057
92,918
91,486
313,351
2,205,353
41
TABLE 23.—Value of Supply Contracts Awarded by the Federal Government, Which
Contain Agreements to Comply With the Public Contracts Act, by Type of Material—
Continued
Value of contracts awarded
Type of materials
Second quar- First quarter Second quarter 1939 i
Electrical machinery, apparatus, and supplies.
Batteries
_
Circuit breakers and switches
Electric cable, wire, and other conductors
Generators and spare parts.
Heaters and ranges
Motors
Radio equipment and supplies.._
Spark plugs
Switchboards, relay and control equipment
Telephone and telegraph apparatus. _
Transformers
.
—
Welding equipment
Miscellaneous electrical machinery, apparatus and supplies.
Transportation equipment..
Aircraft
_
Aircraft parts and equipment. __
Boats and boat equipment
Motor vehicles, passenger
__
Motor vehicles, trucks
Naval vessels
Miscellaneous transportation equipment..
Miscellaneous..
Brooms, brushes, bristles, e t c . .
Dental goods and equipment
Instruments, professional and scientific
Paper and allied products
Photographic apparatus and materials
Printing, publishing, and subscriptions
Kubber products.
Slag
Steam and other packing, pipe and boiler covering..
Surgical and orthopedic supplies and appliances
Tobacco manufactures
Other materials
Rentals, services, etc.2
$5,495,044
37,537
245, 924
1, 738, 435
194, 413
155, 565
1, 678, 264
188, 641
149, 525
432, 508
244,032
14, 520
415, 680
1939
$4,802,185
ter 1938
$4,129,420
370,868
186, 707
742, 514
86, 737
657,338
75,832
623,897
994,404
572,157
28,057
18,179
534,047
81, 767
200,138
228,490
395, 290
71,314
305,848
811,678
482, 668
303, 763
40,153
131,931
987,828
42, 976,168
89,635, 635
13,128,035
34,346, 234
3, 594, 959
54,387
314,002
2, 634,184
1,818, 622
213, 780
5,111,978
1, 231, 946
52, 430
212,589
3, 262, 171
79, 642,000
122,521
6,890,371
3,163,114
243,419
228,103
2, 202, 511
10,487,769
1,845,488
12,719,012
34, 714
90,549
34,117
607,072
4, 791, 574
614,887
202, 721
232, 259
810,836
429,012
140,139
94, 096
2, 798,649
1,873,101
39,419
108,151
2, 242, 560
4,561,241
607, 443
176,319
619, 844
176, 961
338,516
62, 306
12, 5C3
533, 549
1,008, 897
390, 361
256. 604
57, 041
35,911
128,711
200,806
75,129
354, 501
311,710
400,517
1
Labor only. Materials furnished by the U. S. Government.
' Includes equipment rental, repairs, aerial surveys, etc.
The value of public contracts awarded for supplies by Federal
agencies totaled $106,869,000 during the second quarter of 1939. Of
the contracts awarded in the second quarter of 1939, $42,976,000 was
for transportation equipment; $14,855,000, for products of asphalt,
coal, and petroleum; $9,249,000, for machinery, not including electrical
machinery and transportation equipment; and $8,390,000, for iron
and steel and their products.
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