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Serial No. R. 1300
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Frances Perkins, Secretary
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
Isador Lubin, Commissioner (on leave)
A. F. Hinrichs, Acting Commissioner
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
MARCH 1941
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE • WASHINGTON • 1941
CONTENTS
Page
Summary of employment reports for March 1941 __
Total nonagricultural employment..
Industrial and business employmentPublic employment _ _ . _ _
Detailed tables for March 1941__.
Nonagricultural employment-.
Industrial and business employment
..
Public employment-..
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10
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Tables
SUMMARY
TABLE
1.—All manufacturing industries combined and nonmanufacturing
industries—employment, pay rolls, and weekly earnings,
March 1941 _
..
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TABLE 2.—Federal employment and pay rolls—summary, March 1941___
TABLE 3.—Value of material orders placed on projects financed wholly
or partially from Federal funds and number of man-months
of labor created in final fabrication of materials purchased,
first quarter of 1941, fourth quarter of 1940, and first quarter
of 1940_
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6
7
NONAGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT
TABLE 4.—Estimates of nonagricultural employment, by major groups.
TABLE 5.—Estimated number of emplo}^ees in nonagricultural establishments, by States.
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9
INDUSTRIAL AND BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT
TABLE 6.--Manufacturing and nonmanufacturing industries—employment, pay rolls, hours, and earnings, March 1941_
__
TABLE 7.- -Manufacturing and nonmanufacturing industries—employment, pay rolls, hours, and earnings, January through
March 1941_
TABLE 8.--Aluminum manufactures—revised employment, pay rolls,
hours, and earnings, January 1935 through February 1941.
TABLE 9.—Additional manufacturing industries—indexes of employment
and pay rolls, January, February, and March 1941 _
TABLE 10.- -Manufacturing and nonmanufacturing industries—indexes
of employment and pay rolls, March 1940 through March
1941_
TABLE 11.—Principal metropolitan areas—comparison of employment
and pay rolls in identical establishments in February and
March 1941 _
"
TABLE 12.—Manufacturing and nonmanufacturing industries—wage rate
changes during month ending March 15, 1941 _
(in)
15
20
25
26
28
29
30
IV
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
Page
TABLE 13.—Executive service of the Federal Government—employment
and pay rolls, March 1941
TABLE 14.—Employment and pay rolls in Government corporations and
Government-owned corporations
TABLE 15.—Construction projects financed by Public Works Administration funds—employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked,
March 1941, by type of project
TABLE 16.—Housing projects of the United States Housing Authorityemployment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked, March 1941,
by geographic division
TABLE 17.—Projects financed by the Work Projects Administration—employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked on projects
operated by the Work Projects Administration, March 1941;
employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked on Federal
agency projects, March 1941, by type of project
TABLE 18.—Projects operated by the Work Projects Administration—
employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked, February
1941, by type of project
__.__.
__
TABLE 19.—National Youth Administration student-work program and
out-of-school work program, employment and pay rolls,
March 1941
.__.
__.
...
.__.
TABLE 20.—Civilian Conservation Corps—employment and pay rolls,
March 1941
.
.___
TABLE 21.—Construction projects financed by the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation—employment, pay rolls, and man-hours
worked, March 1941, by type of project.__
TABLE 22.—Construction projects financed from regular Federal appropriations—employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked,
March 1941, by type of project
TABLE 23.—Construction and maintenance of State roads—employment
and pay roll disbursements, March 1941
.
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35
35
36
36
37
37
PURCHASES FROM PUBLIC FUNDS
TABLE 24.—Value of material orders placed on construction projects
financed by Federal funds, first quarter of 1941, by type of
project.._.
Table 25.—Value of material orders placed on construction projects
financed by Federal funds, fourth quarter of 1940, by type
of project
.
.
-TABLE 26.—Rentals and services on projects operated by the Work
Projects Administration, fourth quarter of 1940, third
quarter of 1940, and fourth quarter of 1939_ .
TABLE 27.—Value of public contracts awarded for materials, first quarter
of 1941, fourth quarter of 1940, and first quarter of 1940--.
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41
43
43
Employment and Pay Rolls
SUMMARY OF REPORTS FOR MARCH 1941
Total Nonagricultural Employment
TOTAL nonagricultural employment reached 37,222,000 in March,
the highest level on record for this month. This figure does not include
C. C. C. enrollees, workers on W. P. A. or N. Y. A. projects, nor the
armed forces. There were increases of 294,000 since February,
2,370,000 since March of last year, and 1,545,000 since March 1929,
This was the fifth consecutive month in which employment had exceeded the levels of corresponding months in all previous years on
record.
The largest employment gains over the month were in the manufacturing and trade groups. The gain of 169,000 factory workers was
almost double the normal seasonal increase largely because of expansion in defense industries and the gain of 69,000 in retail and wholesale
trade employment was also larger than seasonal. In the transportation and public-utility group employment increased by 26,000; in the
Federal, State, and local Government service group by 30,000; and in
tbe mining group by 8,000. The construction group showed a decrease of 28,000, due primarily to the completion of several important
Federal defense projects. All major groups showed substantial
employment gains over March 1940, the increases of 1,225,000 in
manufacturing industries and 659,000 in construction accounting for
a large part of the over-all increase of 2,370,000.
Emergency employment increased 19,000 over the month as a
result of the following changes: An increase of 199,000 in the military
service and decreases of 128,000 on projects operated by the Work
Projects Administration, 23,000 on the out-of-school work program
of the National Youth Administration, and 29,000 in the Civilian
Conservation Corps.
Industrial and Business
Employment
Of the 157 manufacturing industries surveyed, 133 reported employment gains and 140 reported pay-roll increases, most of the gains
being larger than seasonal. Of the 16 nonmanufacturing industries
regularly covered 13 reported employment and pay-roll increases.
(1)
The gains from February to March of 169,000 (or 1.8 percent) in
employment and $8,350,000 (or 3.5 percent) in weekly pay rolls
raised the indexes of factory employment and pay rolls to the highest
levels on record. Continued expansion in the war-material industries
and in the durable-goods industries affected by defense orders accounted largely for the more pronounced gains over the month and
year intervals in the durable-goods group of manufacturing industries
than in the nondurable-goods group.
Key defense industries showing substantial employment gains from
February to March were shipbuilding (8,600), aircraft (6,200), engines
(3,300), machine tools (2,800), machine-tool accessories (2,700), instruments (1,500), screw-machine products (1,000), firearms (900),
optical goods (700), ammunition (600), and abrasives (600).
Other manufacturing industries affected by war-material orders
and showing large employment gains were: Foundries and machine
shops (14,300), electrical machinery (11,300), steel (6,900), automobiles (5,200), brass, bronze, and copper products (3,000), and chemicals
(2,400). Among the few industries showing employment declines were
agricultural implements (5,200), canning and preserving (3,900), and
cottonseed oil, cake, and meal (1,800). Labor trouble accounted
chiefly for the reduction in agricultural implements and seasonal
factors for the declines in the other two industries. Employment in
retail stores increased 1.5 percent, slightly more than the average
seasonal gain of 1.3 percent. The employment gains among the
various retail lines were general, the largest being in shoe stores,
women's apparel stores, department stores, and variety stores.
Wholesale trade showed a contraseasonal gain in employment (0.3
percent), due chiefly to slightly larger-than-seasonal increases among
firms dealing in food products, furniture and housefurnishings, and machinery, equipment and supplies, and to a contraseasonal rise among
dealers in metals and minerals. Employment by farm-supply dealers
fell 7.5 percent following a sharp increase in February. Employment
in anthracite mines was reduced 0.8 percent and pay rolls 6 percent,
in contrast to average March declines in this industry for the last 12
years of 6.5 percent and 14.1 percent. In bituminous-coal mines,
contraseasonal employment and pay-roll increases of 0.9 percent and
4.7 percent reflected the stepping-up of production schedules in
anticipation of work stoppages on April 1, the expiration date of
contracts between operators and miners.
Employment in private building construction increased only 0.2
percent, about one-twentieth the average March increase for the 193240 period of 5.2 percent. A comparison with March of last year,
however, showed the current employment level to be 34.3 percent
higher. General building contractors as a group reduced employment
1.1 percent between February and March, but showed a gain of 49.9
percent over March of last year, while the special trades group reported gains of 1.3 percent over the month and 21.7 percent over the
year. Employment increases were shown by 6 of the 15 special
trades groups, namely, painting and decorating (22.3 percent), excavating (9.9 percent), brick and stone masonry (8.2 percent), wood
flooring (10.0 percent), building insulation (1.5 percent), and elevator
installation and repair (0.8 percent). The reports on which these
building construction figures are based do not cover construction projects financed by the Work Projects 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 for
class I steam railroads showed an employment gain of 2.0 percent
between February and March, the total number employed in March
being 1,050,373. Corresponding pay-roll figures for March were not
available when this report was prepared. For February they were
$158,824,012, a decrease of $10,908,624 since January. The decrease
in pay rolls was due to the fact that February had fewer working days
than January.
Hours and earnings.—The average hours worked per week by
manufacturing wage earners were 40.4 in March, an increase of 0.9
percent since February. The corresponding average hourly earnings
were 69.7 cents, a gain of 0.6 percent from the preceding month. The
average weekly earnings of factory wage earners (both full- and parttime combined) were $29.11, an increase of 1.7 percent since February.
Of the 16 nonmanufacturing industries regularly surveyed 11 reported
increases in average weekly earnings. Of the 14 nonmanufacturing
industries for which man-hours are available, 9 showed gains in average
hours worked per week and 10 reported increases in average hourly
earnings.
General wage-rate increases during the month ending March 15
were reported by 296 of the 33,900 manufacturing establishments
which supplied employment information in March. These increases
averaged 6.7 percent and affected 109,041 or nearly 2 percent of the
6,826,322 wage earners covered. Among the industries in which
substantial numbers of workers received pay raises were electrical
machinery (7,477), cotton goods (7,014), glass (6,690), canning (6,483),
automobiles (4,560), steel (4,360), chemicals (4,496), foundries and
machine shops (4,328), and brass, bronze, and copper products
(3,225). The wage-rate changes reported for nonmanufacturing
industries were negligible. As the Bureau's survey does not cover all
establishments in an industry, and furthermore, as some firms may
have failed to report wage changes, these figures should not be
construed as representing the total number of wage changes occurring
in manufacturing and nonmanufacturing industries.
Employment and pay-roll indexes and average weekly earnings for
March 1941 are given in table 1 for all manufacturing industries combined, for selected nonmanufacturing industries, for water transportation, and for class I steam railroads. Percentage changes over the
month and year intervals are also given.
TABLE 1.—Employment, Pay Rolls, and Earnings in All Manufacturing Industries
Combined and in Nonmanufacturing Industries, March 1941
Employment
Percentage
Percentage
change from— Aver- change from—
Index
Index
age in
March
March
Feb- March
1941 Febru- March March
1941 Febru- March
1941 ruary
ary
ary
1940
1940
1941 1940
1941
1941
Percentage
change from—
Industry-
All manufacturing
combined 1
Average weekly
earnings
Pay roll
industries
Class I steam railroads 2_.
Coal mining: 4
Anthracite --.
Bituminous 4 .
Metalliferous mining*. .
Quarrying and nonmetallic mining
Crude-petroleum production.. ._
Public utilities:
Telephone and telegraph 6_. _
Electric light and power 6 6 8
Street railways and busses .
Trade:
Wholesale".
Retail 6
410
Hotels (year-round)
..
Laundries 4
. .
Dyeing and cleaning 4__ .
Brokerage
.
Insurance
Building construction,_.
_
Water transportation n
{1923-25
= 100)
119.9 +1.8
102.9
+2.0
(1929=
100)
50.2
91.4
74.0
-.8
44.1
60.5
81.8
90.4
68.3
91.7
92.1
94.3
102.6
104.4
(33)
(3)
()
79.5
+.9
+.8
+4.2
_(5)
+1.2
+.4
+.6
+.3
+1.5
+.4
+1.5
+3.0
-.4
+.1
+.2
+2.7
+14.8
+6.4
-3.7
+1.9
+11.7
+7.6
-4.2
+7.7
+1.2
+.1
+1.3
+1.1
+2.5
+6.6
+4.9
-11.9
+1.5
+34.3
(3)
(1928-25
= 100)
131.2 +3.4
(3)
(3)
(1929=
100)
42.4 - 6 . 0
95.0 +4.7
72.7 +1.3
40.2
56.8
106.8
106.8
72.8
82.2
86.3
86.2
90.8
76.9
(3)
8
()
+5.3
-1.4
+2.5
+1.3
+2.5
+31. 5 $29.11 +1.6 +14.4
' (3)
(3)
(3)
(3)
27.79 - 5 . 3
27.89 +3.7
30.99 +.5
+14.7
+19.2
+3.2
+17. S 22.87 +1.0
37.82 - 1 . 4
-2.7
+8.9 i 32.04 +1.3
+4.4 7 35.92 +1.0
+4.7 ' 34. 65 +1.9
+9.5
+1.5
+10.4
+21. 4
+15. 3
+5.7 7 31.18
+1.0
+5.2 7 21. 66
+2.0
+5.4 7 15. 78
+.1
+8.0
18.37
+1.3
+5.8
20.22
+3.5
— 1.7 -12.1 7 37. 32
+.3 +2.3 7 37. 34
+44.8
32.61
+.5
(3)
(3)
(3)
+.7
+.4
-.2
—.2
+.4
-1.3
+.2
+.3
(3)
+1.1
+3.1
+4.6
+4.3
+4.1
+2.8
+ 1.3
+.8
-.2
+.8
+7.8
(3)
Revised indexes—Adjusted to preliminary 1939 Census of3 Manufactures. See table 9 in December
1940
issue of this pamphlet for comparable series back to January 1919.
2
Preliminary—Source: Interstate Commerce Commission.
34 Not available.
Indexes adjusted to 1935 census. Comparable series back to January 1929 presented in January 1938
issue of this pamphlet. See also table 7 of October 1940 pamphlet for revised figures for anthracite mining,
February to September 1940, inclusive.
*6 Less than Ho of 1 percent.
Retail-trade indexes adjusted to 1935 census and public utility indexes to 1937 census. Not comparable
with
indexes published in pamphlets prior to January 1940. Revised series available upon request.
7
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.
8
Covers street railways and trolley and motorbus operations of subsidiary, affiliated, and successor companies.
»Indexes adjusted to 1933 census. Comparable series in November 1934 and subsequent issues of pamphlet.
10
Cash payments only; the additional value of board, room, and tips cannot be computed.
11
Based on estimates prepared by the United States Maritime Commission.
* See table 7 of February 1941 pamphlet for revised figures January 1938 to January 1941.
1
Public Employment
Progress toward the completion of Army cantonment camps
during the month ending March 15 was responsible for a decline of
21,000 in the number of workers employed on defense construction
projects financed from appropriations to regular Federal agencies.
An employment decrease of 36,000 on defense building construction
projects was partly offset by sizable gains on the construction of
naval and other vessels and airports. Employment on nondefense
construction remained at about the same level as in February. Approximately 851,000 men were at work on defense and nondefense
construction during the month, a decrease of 20,000 from February.
Total pay-roll disbursements of $109,995,000 were $1,938,000 less
than in the preceding month.
Contractors on low-rent projects of the United States Housing
Authority curtailed employment by approximately 4,000 in the month
ending March 15. Of the 37,000 men employed on these projects,
6,000 were working on defense housing and 31,000 on other housing.
Pay-roll disbursements of $3,485,000 were $515,000 less than in the
preceding month.
Employment on construction projects financed by the Public
Works Administration dropped to 11,000 during the month ending
March 15, a decrease of 3,000 from February. Wage payments of
$1,360,000 were $396,000 less than in the preceding month.
A sharp rise in employment was reported on construction projects
financed by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Approximately
6,000 men were employed on these projects in the month ending March
15, an increase of 2,400 over the preceding month. Of these, 4,000 were
working on national-defense projects and 2,000 on other projects.
Pay-roll disbursements of $772,000 were $359,000 more than in
February.
Employment on work-relief projects financed by the Work Projects
Administration reflected the greater than seasonal gains in nonagricultural employment by showing a decrease of 128,000 in March.
Approximately 456,000 of the 1,709,000 persons employed on work
relief projects were engaged in deferse work and 1,253,000 were employed on nondefense projects. Because exemption from regulations
concerning overtime work was granted on defense projects and because
of the longer month, March pay rolls of $95,910,000 were $3,465,000
more than in February. Employment on Federal agency projects
financed by the Work Projects Administration declined from 65,000
in February to 59,000 in March, a decrease of 6,000. Pay-roll disbursements amounted to $2,647,000.
The National Youth Administration reported an employment increase of 13,000 on the student-work program and a decrease of 23,000
on the out-of-school work program. Pay-roll disbursements to the
473,000 employees on the student-work program totaled $3,300,000
and to the 465,000 on the out-of-school work program the amount
was $9,006,000.
Employment in camps of the Civilian Conservation Corps showed
a loss of 29,000 from February to March. Of the 282,900 persons on
the pay roll, 248,600 were enrollees; 1,500 educational advisers; 150,
319002—41
2
6
nurses; and 32,650 supervisory and technical employees. Pay-roll disbursements of $12,831,000 were $900,000 less than in February.
Increased employment was reported in all of the regular services of
the Federal Government. The armed forces were increased by
199,000 from February to March and the executive service showed a
gain of 29,000. Slight increases were reported in the judicial and
legislative services. Of the 1,202,000 employees in the executive
service, 167,000 were working in the District of Columbia and
1,035,000 outside the District. Force-account employees (employees
on the pay roll of the United States Government who are engaged on
construction projects, and whose period of employment terminates as
the project is completed) were 11 percent of the total number of employees in the executive service.
TABLE 2.—Summary of Employment and Pay Rolls in Regular Federal Services and on
Projects Financed Wholly or Partially from Federal Funds, March 1941
[Preliminary figures]
Employment
Class
March
1941
Federal services:
Executive 1
.- 1,202,348
2,509
Judicial
6,033
Legislative
.1, 343, 316
Military
Construction projects:
Financed by regular Federal
850, 679
appropriationsDefense...
- 709, 226
141,453
Other
U. S. H. A. low-rent housing
5,701
Defense. 31, 288
Other
11, 391
Financed by P. W. A A .
6,011
Financed by R. F. C A .
Defense..
Other
2,043
Federal agency projects financed
by Work Projects Administration
,„.
58,950
22, 229
Defense.
._
36, 721
Other
1,708,
658
Projects operated by W. P. A...
455,524
Defense
_...
Other
1, 253,134
National Youth Administration:
S tudent work program
. 473, 417
465,283
Out-of-school work program
282,896
Civilian Conservation Corps
Februa r y 1941
Pay rolls
Percent-
age
change
1,173,663
2 2,505
5,921
1,144, 674
+2.4
+.2
+1.9
+17.4
870, 697
730,084
140, 613
41,448
6,103
35, 345
14, 683
3,570
1,808
1,762
-2.3
-2.9
-10.8
-6.6
-11.5
-22.4
+68.4
+119. 5
+15.9
65, 323
28, 364
36,959
1, 836,995
463,151
1, 373,844
460, 587
488, 398
312,082
March
1941
February
1941
$184, 244,306 $175, 644, 562
2 638, 641
640,485
1, 312, 368
1, 318, 229
i9,324,619
77,907,387
Percentage
change
+4.9
+.3
+.4
+12.4
109,995,226
95, 253, 528
14, 741,698
3,485,089
524,047
2,961,042
1, 360,442
772,227
550,132
222,095
111. 932,852
97; 105, 709
14,827,143
3,999, 687
592, 354
3,407, 333
1, 756, 205
413,458
202, 672
210,786
-1.7
-1.9
-.6
-12.9
-11.5
-13.1
-22.5
+86.8
+171.4
-9.8
-21.6
-.6
-7.0
-1.6
-8.8
2, 647, 479
1, 202,492
1,444,987
95,910,162
(5)
3, 581,772
1, 700, 239
1, 881, 533
92,445,040
(5)
-26.1
-29.3
-23.2
+2.8
3, 300, 411
9,005,825
12,830, 524
3,175,708
9, 289,872
13, 730, 562
+3.9
+.6
-4.7
-9.4
+5.4
+3.9
-3.1
1 Includes force-account and supervisory and technical employees shown under other classifications to t h e
extent of 166,561 employees and pay-roll disbursements of $25,752,260 for March 1941, and 166,029 employees
and
pay-roll disbursements of $23,385,412 for February 1941.
2
Revised.
3 Data covering P. W. A. projects financed from National Industrial Recovery Act funds, Emergency
Relief Appropriation Acts of 1935,1936,1937 funds, and Public Works Administration Appropriation Act of
1938 funds are included. These data are not shown under projects financed by the Work Projects Administration. Includes 3,039 wage earners and $334,173 pay roll for March 1941; 2,875 wage earners and $326,396
pay roll for February 1941, covering Public Works Administration Projects Financed from Emergency
Relief Appropriation Acts of 1935,1936, and 1937 funds. Includes 8,045 wage earners and $1,001,821 pay roll
March
1941; financed from funds provided by the Public Works Administration Appropriation Act of 1938.
4
Includes 318 employees and pay-roll disbursements of $27,257 for March 1941; 697 employees and pay-roll
disbursements of $94,289 for February 1941 on projects financed by the R F C Mortgage Co.
8 Pay-roll data not available.
Employment on State-financed road projects showed a slight seasonal
gain in March. Of the 125,600 on the pay roll, 24,100 were engaged
in the construction of new roads and 101,500 on maintenance. Pay-
roll disbursements of $10,181,000 were $709,000 more than in February.
A summary of employment and pay-roll data in the regular Federal
services and on proiects financed wholly or partially from Federal
funds is given in table 2.
The value of material orders placed on projects financed from
regular Federal appropriations during the first quarter of 1941
amounted to $576,699,000. Approximately 1,271,000 man-months of
labor were involved in the final fabrication of these materials. On
U. S. H. A. low-rent housing projects orders were placed for
$19,843,000 worth of materials, for which it is estimated 46,000 manmonths 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 quarter of 1941, the fourth
quarter of 1940, and the first quarter of 1940, 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
Program
First
quarter
of 1941
Fourth
quarter
of 1940
First
quarter
of 1940
Man-months of labor created
in final fabrication
First
quarter
of 1941
Fourth
quarter
of 1940
Public Works Administration l.. ._ $6, 662, 758 $13, 374, 552 $63,128, 873
13, 698
U. S. H. A. low-rent housing
_ _ 19,842,884 21, 276,497 14, 901,956
45,722
Reconstruction Finance Corporation 2 _
._ 6,134,407
1,846,261
1,378,821
12, 240
Regular Federal appropriations
576,698, 550 401, 358,476 112,944,887 1, 270,870
Federal agency projects financed
from W. P. A. funds 3
2, 210, 234
1,841, 371
1, 764,666
4,723
Projects operated by W. P . A
86, 675, 556 64, 648,816
(4)
(4)
Rentals and services on projects
4
operated by W. P. A_
_
66,880,484 50, 644,414
()
(4)
First
quarter
of 1940
27, 222
49,437
139,373
34,351
3,395
832, 979
2,848
218,586
3,835
184, 287
3,540
142, 510
(4)
(4)
1 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 projects financed from W. P. A. funds. Includes low-rent housing projects
financed
from funds of N. I. R. A. and E. R. A. A. 1935.
2
Includes R F C Mortgage Co.
3
Includes projects financed by transfer of W. P. A. funds to other Federal agencies under sec. 3, E. R.
A.4 A. 1938, and sec. 11-A, E. R. A. A. 1939.
Data not available.
DETAILED TABLES FOR MARCH 1941
Estimates of Nonagricultural
Employment
The estimates of "Total civil nonagricultural employment/' given
on the first line of table 4, represent the total number of persons
engaged in gainful work in the United States in nonagricultural
industries, excluding military and naval personnel, persons employed
on W. P. A. or N. Y. A. projects, and enrollees in C. C, C. camps.
The series described as "Employees in nonagricultural establishments"
also excludes proprietors and firm members, self-employed persons,
8
casual workers, and persons in domestic service. The estimates for
"Employees in nonagricultural establishments" are shown separately
for each of seven major industry groups. Tables giving figures for
each group, by months, for the period from January 1929 to date are
available on request.
The figures represent the number of persons working at any time
during the week ending nearest the middle of each month. The
totals for the United States have been adjusted to conform to the
figures shown by the 1930 Census of Occupations for the number of
nonagricultural "gainful workers" less the number shown to have been
unemployed for 1 week or more at the time of the census. Separate
estimates for " employees in nonagricultural establishments" are
shown in table 5 for each of the 48 States and the District of Columbia
for February and March 1941 and March 1940. Tables showing
monthly figures for each State from January 1938 to date are available
on request. Because the State figures do not include employees on
merchant vessels, and because of certain adjustments in the United
States estimates which have not been made on a State basis, the
total of the State estimates will not agree exactly with the figure for
the United States as a whole.
These estimates are based in large part on industrial censuses and
on regular reports of employers to the United States Bureau of Labor
Statistics and to other Government agencies, such as the Interstate
Commerce Commission. Data derived from employers' quarterly
reports in connection with "old age and survivors' insurance," and
employers' monthly reports in connection with unemployment compensation have been used extensively as a check on estimates derived
from other sources, and in some industries they have provided the
most reliable information available.
TABLE 4.—Estimates of Total Nonagricultural Employment by Major Groups
[In thousands]
Change
March
February February
1941
to
1941
(prelimMarch
inary)
1941
Industry-
Total civil nonagricultural employment l
March
1940
Change
March
1940 to
March
1941
_
37, 222
36,928
+294
34,852
+2,370
Employees in nonagricultural establishments 2 -. .._
Manufacturing
_
Mining.
Construction
Transportation and public utilities
...
Trade
Finance, service and miscellaneous
Federal, State, and local Government:
Civil employees
Military and naval forces 3
31,079
11,151
862
1,650
3,054
6,242
4,184
30, 785
10, 982
854
1,678
3,028
6,173
4,164
+294
+169
-28
+26
+69
+20
28, 709
9,926
849
991
2,940
6,201
4,100
+2,370
+1, 225
+13
+659
+114
+41
+84
3,936
1,343
3,906
1,145
+30
+198
3,702
457
+234
+886
+8
1
Revised series—Excludes military and naval forces. Also excludes employees on W. P. A. and N. Y. A.
projects as well as enrollees in C. C. C. camps. Includes proprietors, firm members, self-employed persons, casual workers, and domestic servants.
2 Excludes ail of the groups omitted from "total civil nonagricultural employment" as well as proprietors,
firm
members, self-employed persons, casual workers, and domestic servants.
1
Not included in totals shown above. Includes members of the National Guard inducted into the Federal service by act of Congress.
TABLE 5.—Estimated
Number of Employees in Nonagricultural Establishments, by
States
[Excludes proprietors, firm members, self-employed persons, casual workers, domestic workers the armed,
forces of the United States, and employees on merchant vessels]
[In thousands]
March
1941
(preliminary)
February
1941
_
2, 725
187
134
72
1,433
254
645
2,686
187
133
71
1,412
250
633
_
7,980
3, 955
1,224
2,801
7,889
3,914
1,207
2,768
7,216
1,888
839
2,336
1,496
657
7,110
1,857
822
2,306
1,477
648
West North Central . __
MinnesotaIowa
Missouri
North Dakota.._.
South DakotaNebraska.
Kansas...
2,360
514
399
797
72
79
193
306
2,334
508
395
788
South Atlantic
Delaware..
Maryland
District of Columbia..
Virginia _
.
West V i r g i n i a North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia.
Florida
3,849
71
567
374
554
383
637
316
527
420
3,816
70
556
366
550
378
633
315
519
429
East South Central..
Kentucky..
TennesseeAlabama
Mississippi...
1,422
376
469
392
185
1,409
375
463
387
184
West South Central..
x\rkansas__
Louisiana. .
Oklahoma .
Texas...
1,978
186
407
289
1,096
1,972
184
405
291
1,092
756
107
81
50
2] 8
67
93
107
33
748
107
80
49
214
67
94
105
32
2,518
446
241
1,831
2,494
442
236
1,816
New England
.Maine
New Hampshire.
Vermont
Massachusetts..
Rhode Island.
Connecticut
_
Middle Atlantic
New York..
New Jersey
Pennsylvania.
East North Central
Ohio
Indiana..
Illinois
Michigan..
Wisconsin...
Mountain
MontanaIdaho
Wyoming..
Colorado
New Mexico..
Arizona..
Utah—_
Nevada..
Pacific
WashingtonOregon
California.
1
Less than 0.1 percent.
_
Change February
to March 1941
191
301
March
Change March 1940
to March 1941
1940
Number
Percentage
+39
0
+1.4
+.4
+.3
+.4
+1.5
+1.4
+1.8
2,409
178
120
69
1,270
217
555
+316
+9
+14
+3
+163
+37
+90
+13.0
+5.1
+11.1
+3.7
+12.8
+16.8
+16.1
+1.1
+1.0
+1.4
+1.2
+1.5
+1.7
+2.0
+1.3
+1.3
+1.4
+1.2
+1.3
+1.0
+1.1
+1.0
+.2
+1.1
+1.4
7,501
3,801
1,108
2,592
+479
+154
+116
+209
+6.4
+4.1
H 10.4
+8.0
6,563
1,709
739
2,167
1,340
608
+653
+179
+100
+169
+156
+49
+10.0>
+10.5+13. 5>
+7.8
+11.7
+8.0
2,251
493
383
756
71
78
190
280
+109
+21
+16
+41
+4.91
+4.4
+4.0
+5.5
+1.4
+2.2
+1.9'
+9.2:
+13.1
+7.5
+17. 7
+15.3
+1
+1
+21
+4
+12
+91
+41
+17
+33
+106
+31
+17
+30
+ 19
+9
+26
+6
+4
+9
8
+2
+5
+33
+1
+ 11
+8
+4
+5
+4
+1
+8
Number
+1
+1
+3
+26
+446
+5
+85
+49
+77
+21
+65
+41
+58
+45
+0.9
+1.4
+2.0
+2.3
+.8
+1.6
+.7
+.4
+1.4
Q
-2.2
3,403
66
482
325
477
362
572
275
469
375
+13
+1
+6
+5
+1
+6
+2
+2
+1.0
+.3
+1.4
+1.3
+.6
+.3
+.9
+.6
1,313
352
428
355
178
+4
+^3
1,785
175
363
282
965
+8
+1.3
+.6
+1.9
+1.4
+1.7
0)
-.2
+2.4
+2.1
729
105
78
47
211
68
89
101
30
+7
+193
+11
+44
+7
+131
+27
+2
+3
+3
+7
-1
+4
+6
+3
+1.0
+1.0
+2.2
+.8
2,288
397
222
1,669
+230
+49
+19
+162
o
0
+1
+1
+4
0
-1
+2
+1
+24
+4
+5
+15
+109
+24
+41
+37
Percentage
+16. 2t
+5.8
+11. 4
+14. 9'
+12. 3+11.9=
+8.$
+6.8
+9.7
+10.5
+3.9
+10.8
+6.4
+12.3
+2.3
+13.6
+3.8.
+1.7
+4.5
+5.7
+3.4
-1.5
+5.3
+6.1
+7.5
+10.1
+12. 5
+8.7
+9.T
10
Industrial and Business Employment
Monthly reports on employment and pay rolls are available for 157
manufacturing industries; 16 nonmanufacturing industries, including
private building construction; water transportation; and class I steam
railroads. The reports for the first 2 of these groups—manufacturing
and nonmanufacturing—are based on sample surveys by the Bureau
of Labor Statistics. The figures on water transportation are based
on estimates prepared by the Maritime Commission and those on
class I steam railroads are compiled by the Interstate Commerce
Commission. They are presented in the foregoing summary.
The indexes of factory employment and pay rolls relate to wage
earners only. Those shown in tables 6 and 7 are based on the 3-year
average 1923-25 as 100. For all manufacturing industries combined,
the durable-goods group, the nondurable-goods group, and aluminum
manufactures, they have been adjusted to preliminary 1939 Census
figures. The indexes for all other groups and industries have been
adjusted to the 1937 census data except for the aircraft industry and
the transportation equipment group which have been adjusted on the
basis of a complete employment survey of the aircraft industry made
by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in August 1940. The over-all
manufacturing indexes are computed from reports supplied by representative manufacturing establishments in 90 of the 157 industries
surveyed. 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 90 industries covered.
Indexes for 55 of the 67 manufacturing industries recently added to
the monthly survey are shown in table 9. These indexes are based
on 1939 as 100.
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 production they cover
wage earners and clerical field force. The coverage of the reporting
samples for the various nonmanufacturing industries ranges from
approximately 25 percent for wholesale and retail trade, dyeing and
cleaning, and insurance, to approximately 80 percent for quarrying
and nonmetallic mining, anthracite mining, and .public utilities.
The indexes for retail trade have been adjusted to conform in general with the 1935 Census of Retail Distribution and are weighted by
lines of trade. For the public utilities they have been adjusted to the
1937 Census of Electrical Industries, for wholesale trade to the 1933
census, and for coal mining, year-round hotels, laundries, and dyeing
and cleaning to the 1935 censuses
EMPLOYMENT AND PAY ROLLS
ALL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES
INDEX
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TATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
F LABOR STATISTICS
ADJUSTED TO 1939 CENSUS OF MANUFACTURES
12
Data for both manufacturing and nonmanufacturing industries are
based on reports of the number of employees and the amount of payrolls for the pay period ending nearest the 15th of the month.
The average weekly earnings shown in tables 6 and 7 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 vary slightly from month to month.
Therefore, the average hours per week, average hourly earnings, and
average weekly earnings shown may not be strictly comparable from
month to month. The sample, however, is believed to be sufficiently
adequate in virtually all instances to indicate the general movement 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 March 1940 are
computed from chain indexes based on the month-to-month percentage
changes.
EMPLOYMENT AND PAY-ROLL INDEXES, AVERAGE HOURS, AND
AVERAGE 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 March 1941
are shown in table 6. Percentage changes from February 1941 and
March 1940 are also given.
The employment and pay-roll indexes, as well as average hours
worked per week, average hourly earnings, and average weekly
earnings for January, February, and March 1941, where available,
are presented in table 7. The January and February figures, where
given, may differ in some instances from those previously published
because of revisions necessitated primarily by the inclusion of late
reports. Kevised figures for aluminum manufactures are given in
table 8 for the months from January 1935 to February 1941, inclusive.
Indexes of employment and pay rolls are given in table 9 for 55 of the
67 newly added manufacturing industries for the months of January,
February, and March 1941. These indexes are based on 1939 as 100
and are available in mimeographed form for the period from January
1939 to January 1941, inclusive.
In table 10 indexes of employment and pay rolls are given for all
manufacturing industries combined, for the durable- and nondurablegoods groups of manufacturing industries, and for each of 13 nonmanufacturing industries, by months, from March 1940 to March
13
1941, inclusive. The indexes for all manufacturing industries combined, the durable-goods group, and the nondurable-goods group have
been adjusted to preliminary 1939 census figures. Comparable
indexes for all available months and years back to January 1919 are
given in tables 9, 10, and 11 of the December 1940 issue of this pamphlet. The chart on page 12 indicates the trend of factory employment and pay rolls from January 1919 to March 1941.
Use of average hourly earnings in "escalator"
clauses.1—Average
hourly earnings of wage earners, such as those shown in table 6, have
been compiled regularly by the Bureau of Labor Statistics since 1932.
These averages are published for the use of those who wish either to
compare the average earnings of wage earners in different industries
or to study the changes in average earnings over a period of time.
Certain characteristics of the average earnings should be indicated.
The average of the actual earnings of wage earners as a group may
change from one period to another for either of two reasons: (1) By
reason of changes in the wages paid or (2) by reason of changes in the
composition of the group of wage earners actually at work in different
periods. As an example of the latter cause of change, it is evident
that if, from one month to the next, the number of wage earners
employed in a high-wage industry increases proportionally more than
employment generally has increased, the average of actual earnings
for the group as a whole will increase. This increase might take place
even though there were no changes whatsoever in the earnings of any
wage earner in any one of the establishments. It is apparent, therefore, that the Bureau's averages reflect both changes in the actual
hourly rates paid as well as changes in the composition of the wage
earners in the group. The averages contained in table 6 for all manufacturing, for durable goods, for nondurable goods, and for the various
subgroups of industries, such as "iron and steel and their products/'
reflect both types of influence upon hourly earnings; and they measure
the average of the actual earnings of the wage earners actually at work
in each respective period.
To an increasing extent use is being made of these average hourly
earnings figures in so-called " escalator'7 clauses in Government contracts. These are designed to protect contractors from losses that
might arise from general wage increases over which they could exercise
no control. A number of contracts extending over many months have
been written recently with clauses that provide for increased payments
to the contractor in case of increases in the average of the hourly
earnings in the durable-goods industries.
It should be pointed out that the characteristics of the Bureau's
average hourly earnings figures, as described above, make it desirable
1
Reprint from EMPLOYMENT AND PAY ROLLS, August 1940.
319002—41
3
14
to use these averages for other than their designed purpose with a certain degree of caution. The purpose for which they were compiled
limits their usefulness, especially in July and August, as a measure of
change in labor rates. In these months the averages show a seasonal
movement unrelated to rates of pay. For example, the average hourly
earnings figure in the durable-goods industries dropped from 73.2 cents
in June to 72.7 cents in July. This drop was due not to a general
decline in wages in this period but almost entirely to the fact that employment in the automobile industry declined sharply as the result of
model changes. This industry is a high-wage industry in which the
average hourly earnings are about 95 cents an hour. Between June
and July employment in the automobile industry dropped from 104.9
to 82.3. This relative decline, of a purely seasonable character, in the
number of highly paid automobile workers was very largely responsible
for the decline of half a cent noted in the average hourly earnings in
durable-goods industries.
By way of illustration of the problem involved, it would be possible
to construct an index of earnings that was unrelated to changes in
the relative occupational composition of the group workers actually at
work. For example, giving the averages for the several industries the
same weights in July and August that they had in June and considering
only the influence of changes in average earnings in each industry, we
find no change in the rate of earnings from June to July and approximately the same percentage change as is shown by the published figures
from July to August. This means that from June to August, the
currently published figures show a slight decline over this 3-month
interval whereas the series computed with constant weights shows a
small gain.
It is not within the province of the Bureau to indicate the type of
average that was contemplated by the contracting parties in the contracts already drawn; least of all can the method of compiling an
average be changed. It is obvious however that in incorporating any
statistical series in legal documents careful consideration should be
given to the purpose for which the figures were originally compiled and
to their relevance to some new purpose. The officials of the Bureau
are at the disposal of all those who wish to apply any of the Bureau's
series to administrative problems. Carefully interpreted and applied,
*these data have a present usefulness far greater than was imagined in
the past. Their appropriate adaptation to new uses involves on the
one hand a careful consideration by the Bureau of the purposes of the
contracting parties; on the other, consultation with the Bureau to
discover whether the new figures as they stand meet the purposes in
mind.
TABLE 6.—Employment, Pay Rolls, Hours, and Earnings in Manufacturing and Nonmanufacturing Industries, March 1941
MANUFACTURING
[Indexes are based on 3-year average, 1923-25=100. For "all manufacturing," "durable goods," "nondurable goods," and "aluminum manufactures," they have been adjusted to
preliminary 1939 census figures. Except as otherwise noted, the indexes for ail other manufacturing groups and industries have been adjusted to 1937 censusfiguresand are not
comparable to indexes published in pamphlets prior to August 1939. Comparable series available upon request]
Industry
Index
Percentage
change from—
Average weekly
earnings 1
Pay rolls
Employment
Index
Average hours worked
per week 1
Percentage
change from—
Percentage
change from—
Average hourly
earnings *
Percentage
change from—
Percentage
change from—
March
March
March
March
March
1941 Febru- March 1941 Febru- March 1941 Febru- March 1941 Febru- March 1941 Febru- March
ary
ary
ary
ary
ary
1940
1940
1940
1940
1940
1941
1941
1941
1941
1941
All manufacturing 2_
. ._
2
Durable goods __ 2_.
Nondurable goods
+1.8 +14.8
+2.2 +24.8
+1.4 +6.2
131.2
+3.4
+31.5
$29.11
144.5
116.3
+3.7
+3.0
+46.4
+15.1
33.50
23.63
+22.9
+21.1
+34.9
+20.5
141.1
149.0
199.4
99.2
+3.1
+2.5
+3.4
+1.8
+46.2
+46.4
+70.0
+66.0
32.71
34.94
31.87
26.22
117.5
137.6
138.1
99.5
240.0
+5.5
+5.7
+2.4
+3.8
+3.2
+29.6
+77.8
+31.9
+40.6
+46.7
27.33
38.23
28.95
28.57
27.51
107.3
103.9
97.2
107. 3
+9.3
43.1
+42.3
+1.9 +18.6
+1.4 +23.0
+2.4 +28.2
+1.3 +26.2
+4.7 +16.0
41.3 +38.3
+3.1 +14. 5
112.1
103.3
97.1
123.7
+2.0
+9.8
+3.4
+5.5
+49.4
+29.8
+63.2
+24.2
31.49
28.25
32.35
25.91
130.1
209.7
+3.1 +37.6
+.9 +29.1
160.5
256. 4
+4.7
+1.6
+73.2
+42.5
31.36
29.89
119.9
123.7
116.3
+1.6 +14.4
+1.5 +17.3
+1.6 +8.5
40.4
+1.3
+1.2
+.3
+.5
+2.5
+2.5
+.5
+2.3
+.8
+.7
+4.8
+2.1
+2.4
+1.6
+.6
+19.0
+21.0
+26. 0
+37.6
41.0
40.1
44.0
41.5
+18.6
+25.1
+11.2
+14.2
+14.4
41.7
45.9
42.0
39.8
40.5
+18.3
+11.9
+18.0
+8.5
42.6
40.3
42.9
40.0
+26.0
+10.5
46.4
41.7
42.0
38.8
+0.9 +7.7
+.7 +10.0
+1.1 +5.0
Cents
69.7
+0.6
+5.4
76.8
62.4
+.7
+.5
+6.0
+3.0
Durable goods
Iron and steel and their products, not including
machineryBlast 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 3
Tools (not including
edge tools, machine tools,
files, and saws) 3_
Wire work..
See footnotes at end of table.
127.2
135.0
150.5
90.5
112.5
97.4
117.1
100.6
206.1
+1.8
+1.3
+3.1
+1.3
+2.9
+.6
+.4
-.2
+.4
+1.6
+1.7
+.2
+2.6
+.5
+13.2
+ 15.6
+19.1
+31.1
79.5
87.3
72.4
62.8
tl
+.5
+4.7
+4.5
+5.7
+ 5.4
+7.1
+14.9
+9.1
+8.4
+8.1
66.6
83.4
69.0
71.8
67.6
+10.5
+9.0
+1.9
+5.2
+5.8
-.2
+11.6
74.2
69.7
75.6
64.8
-.5
+5.4
+.8
+.8
+.3
-.2
+.7
+.8
+1.7
+.8
+.3
+1.0
+1.1
+3.0 +5.5
+1.4 +15.0
+1.7 +3.2
+.5 +16.2
67.7
72.1
o
+6.2
+5.5
+2.9
+4.8
+8.3
+4.6
TABLE 6.—Employment, Pay Rolls, Hours, and Earnings in Manufacturing and Nonmanufacturing Industries, March 1941—Continued
MANUFACTURING—Continued
Employment
Industry
Percentage
change from—
Pay rolls
Average weekly
earnings
Percentage
change from—
Average hourly
earnings
Percentage
change from—
Percentage
change from—
Percentage
change from—
Index
Index
March
March
March
March
March
1941 Febru1941 Febru1941 Febru1941 Febru- March 1941 Febru- March
March
March
March
ary
ary
ary
ary
ary
1940
1940
1940
1940
1940
1941
1941
1941
1941
1941
Durable goods—Continued
Machinery, not including transportation equipment
147.7
+2.9 +30.6 186.2 +5.3 +53.3 $34.98
Agricultural implements (including tractors) *
162.0
-7.7
-7.0
-3.5
33.54
-8.1
132.6
Cash registers, adding machines, and calcu179.4 +?. 9 +34,0 38.25
+4.3 +14.1
146.3
ing machines
Electrical machinery, apparatus, and supplies- 141.5
+3.7 +39.1 185.9 +5.8 +63.3 34.46
Engines, turbines, water wheels, and wind+4.4 +83.7 376.4
+8.9 +114. 2 40.14
247.1
mills
Foundry and machine-shop products..
123.6
+3.1 +27.2 143.6 +5.5 +50.1 34.39
Machine tools
41.73
307.1
+3.3 +45.6 462.9 +3.2 +64.4
Radios and phonographs
157.2 +7.4 +43.5
25.79
149.1
+3.0 +22.5
Textile machinery and parts110.3
96.2
+4.8 +34.8 31.77
+3.5 +12.1
Typewriters and parts.,
- 133.6 +23.2 +15.9
159.2 +30. 4 +42.8
29.20
161.0
197.0
38.80
Transportation equipment»_
+3.3 +56.5
+2.5 +35.9
Aircraft s
5, 563. 7 +4.1 +133. 8 6, 678.3 +3.7 +184. 9 35.02
Automobiles *
162.8
+32.5
40.64
131.3
+2.4
+1.0 +14.8
Cars, electric- and steam-railroad_65.6
- 2 . 0 +12.5
29.42
70.9
+2.9 +16.2
Locomotives-.
64.0
+146.
7
35.17
55.8
+5.6
+4.9 +96.2
Shipbuilding..
39.58
272.0
+8.0 +115.6
+6.1 +80.5 365.0
BTonferrous metals and their products136.9
155.0
31.49
+2.5 +47.9
+1.6 +27.8
Aluminum manufactures 7
-.9
- 9 . 9 +25.1 28.71
223.1
+23.9 257.0
Brass, bronze, and copper products
236.7
36.45
180.5
+40.2
+5.6
+72.5
+2.6
Clocks and watches and time-recording
+2.5 +23.1 129.2
111.9
devices-.
+3.5 +36.3 25.51
Jewelry
93.9
104.1 +1.9 +12.7
+5.0 +24.7 24.14
Lighting equipment
105.4
111.9
+.6 +42.1 28.83
+.5 +30.1
Silverware and plated ware
82.4
79.8
+7.1 +36.7 29.81
+1.8 +13.7
Smelting and refining—copper, lead, and zinc- 100.6
105.7
29.60
+1.2 +24.6
+.9 +16.0
72.8
lumber and allied products..
72.7
21.69
+8.8
+1.0
+2.2 +19.3
Furniture..
93.9
23.03
06.7
+9.1
+4.3 +20.8
+1.0
Lumber:
69.7
57.7
+14.7
-.5
-.8
+22.4 22.78
MillworkSawmills-..
62.7
20.31
63.8
+7.1
+1.9 +17.6
+1.4
Average hours worked
per week
+2.3
+1.2
+3.4
+2.0
+4.3
+2.4
-.2
+4.2
+1.3
+5.9
+.7
-.4
+1.3
-4.8
+.6
+1.7
+.9
-9.0
+2.9
+.9
+3.1
+5.1
+.3
+1.2
+3.4
—.4
+.2
+17.4
+4.5
+17.4
+17.5
+16.7
+18.0
+12.9
+17.2
+20.3
+23.2
+15.3
+16.2
+15.5
-3.2
+25.7
+19.5
+15.6
+1.0
+22.9
+10.7
+10.7
+9.3
+20.2
+7.4
+9.6
+10.8
+6.6
+9.8
44.9
41.0
44.3
44.3
46.0
44.7
51.9
40.2
45.9
42.3
42.3
45.2
41.4
37.7
43.3
44.2
42.1
38.0
44.4
41.8
40.9
40.5
44.3
39.1
39.6
40.8
40.4
38.8
+1.6
+1.0
+2.2
+1.4
+1.9
+10.6
+2.1
+11.2
+11.5
+7.2
+11.2
+ 1 +8.3
+3! 5 +10.7
+.8 +13.7
+3.3 +15.8
+.4 +11.1
-.9
+7.1
+.5 +10.2
-4.9
-5.6
+.4 +19.2
+2.9 +13.9
+.2
+7.8
-9.2
-4.4
+1.4 +12.2
+1.5
+8.0
+2.6
+8.4
+.1
+5.6
+3.5 +14.3
+.5
+.5
_(6)
+3.4
+2.2
+3.9
-2.1
+1.3
-.7
+3.2
Cents
77.8
82.0
87.3
78.0
87.4
76.9
80.1
64.3
69 3
69.1
92.1
78.3
98.4
78.0
81.2
89.3
74.8
75.6
82.2
61.2
59.3
71.1
68.0
75.8
54.1
56.5
56.2
52.3
+.7
+.3
+1.2
+.6
+2.4
+.7
-.2
+.7
+.4
+2.5
+.2
+. 8
8
+(+.2
)
-1.1
+.8
+.2
+1.5
-.2
+.8
-.1
+1.6
-.2
+1.1
+1.1
+1.8
+1.0
+5.7
+2.2
+6.4
+5.2
+8.6
+6.0
+4.2
+6.0
+5.7
+6.5
+3.2
+6.6
+4.7
+1.9
+5.4
+4.9
+7.8
+5.5
+9.7
+3.2
+3.6
+3.3
+6.3
+6.9
+6.2
+6.5
+5.3
+6.5
Stone, clay, and glass products—.
....
Brick, tile, and terracotta..
Cement...
Glass
Marble, granite, slate, and other products.
Pottery.-
89.8
65.4
69.3
119.7
43.4
111.2
+3.2
+1.9
+5.3
+3.2
+3.8
+3.2
+15.6
+20.2
+16. 5
+12.7
+1.1
+19.5
85.3
56.1
66.2
141.1
31.1
104.4
111.6
102.7
85.5
103.6
98.2
142.0
84.7
143.8
68.2
80.4
145.6
67.2
102.7
+1.4
+1.0
+1.9
+1.1
+3.3
+1.7
+1.1
+.7
+8.5
+13.2
+6.8
+12.6
+21.1
+10.8
-2.1
+2.6
+4.4
+2.3
+8.3
+1.5
+43.8
+.3
+3.7
-1.8
+1.4
107.0
101.1
83.1
104.8
104.5
133.3
88.1
160.5
60.8
81.7
133.0
57.5
100.3
+3.9 +24.9
+2.4 +35. 3
+6.3 +22.5
+3.8 +25.1
+3.8 +5.3
+4.7 +22.4
25.90
22.30
27.13
28.76
25.37
23.95
+.6
+.5
+.9
+.6
0
+1.5
+8.1
+12.6
+5.2
+11.0
+4.2
+2.4
37.2
37.4
38.2
37.1
35.2
37.3
+1.6
+1.5
+2.9
+2.1
+.6
+1.7
-2.2
+2.1
+1.7
+3.9
+1.0
+1.7
+.4
20.74
+1.5
22.06
+1.8
21.87
+.6
18.87
+2.2
15.62
+.8
28.50
+8.4
14.87
+1.6
22.61
+3.2
21.77
+4.0
26.47
+1.0
25.74
+1.3
26.66
+.1
34.63
+2.8
0
23.12
17.90
+4.7
20.30
+1.1
-.8
25.45
30.21
+.5
26.81
+.5
26.91
-2.6
27.32 +17.1
+2.3
17.99
19.10
+5.4
17.78
+2.2
+10.2
+13.8
+15.5
+12.5
+14.2
+10.6
+31. 3
+7.2
+9.7
+11.7
+14.7
+8.4
+22.0
+5.7
+8.7
+6.4
+9.7
37.8
38.6
39.0
38.8
41.1
40.8
37.8
36.2
37.4
38.3
39.6
37.8
39.1
-.1
-.2
+.6
+.1
-1.1
-00
+4.5
+8.3
+4.2
+6.1
+1.4
68.9
59.4
71.0
77.4
72.3
64.4
+.6
+.5
+.3
+.6
+.9
+.8
+3.5
+4.9
+.9
+4.6
+2.8
+3.8
+7.2
+9.9
+11.1
+9.3
+8.8
+8.5
+28.1
+4.8
+5.2
+5.1
+9.3
+6.5
+20.1
+2.1
+5.1
+.5
+6.3
+4.9
-11.9
+.6
+12.2
+13.6
+6.3
+.3
+.6
+.2
+.5
-1.8
+5.9
+.7
+.7
51.6
49.4
68.9
42.3
50.8
55.5
77.1
54.6
49.1
44.2
51.1
46.2
57.6
+.5
+.7
+1.3
+1.0
+.7
+.8
-.3
+.7
+.4
+.4
+1.3
+.3
+.4
+.1
+.3
-.7
+1.1
+.4
+3.5
+.4
+1.6
+1.9
+.9
+.6
+2.5
+3.1
+3.9
+2.9
+4.6
+1.7
+9.5
+1.4
+3.9
+5.6
+4.9
+1.8
+1.2
— 1.3
Nondurable goods
Textiles and their products.
Fabrics
Carpets and rugs..
Cotton goods
Cotton small wares
Dyeing andfinishingtextiles..
Hats, fur-felt..
Hosiery 3*
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 and kindred products...
Baking 3 ._
Beverages __
Butter
,
Canning and preserving..
Confectionery..
Flour
Ice cream 3 *
Slaughtering and meat packing..
Sugar, beet
Sugar refining, cane.
Tobacco manufactures
Chewing and smoking tobacco and snuff..
Cigars and cigarettes
_.
See footnotes at end of table.
-.3
+2.7
+2.6
+1.1
+.1
127.0
+2.3
116.1 +1.4
177.8
+3.0
117.8
+2.9
122.7
+3.4
91.0
+2.6
127.5
+1.7
98.7
+1.9
97.0
+2.0
89.1
+1.1
120.4
+1.1
145.0
+1.5
263.7
+3.3
96.0
+5.0
80.4
-5.5
89.3
+3.7
76.8
+.4
70.8
+3.8
110.7
+.1
46.0 -13.1
95.7
+8.0
63.3
54.2
64.4
-1.3
-6.0
+1.4
+.5
-.8
+6.1
+1.3
+1.3
+.8
+6.6
-8.7
+8.9
-3.3
+1.0
+3.0
+16.2
+(•)
-.8
-.5
-4.1
-10.3
-.4
+.7
112.2
99.6
147.8
133.4
128.9
84.6
121.1
96.1
94.2
94.3
122.5
140.0
312.9
85.3
75.6
93.5
72.6
62.5
114.2
47.9
92.3
62.7
64.2
62.4
+3.0
+2.6
+4.9
+3.1
+3.9
+3.4
-1.0
+2.8
+1.4
+6.7
+3.5
+2.8
+.4
+3.9
+3.2
+3.6
+5.2
+4.3
+11.2
+3.3
+5.0
+6.0
+2.2
+2.4
+1.6
+6.2
+5.0
-1.1
+4.8
-.4
+4.3
+.6
—15.3
+26.5
+1.6
+1.1
+1.8
+19.6
+28.8
+23.3
+26.6
+38.4
+22.6
+28.5
+10.2
+14.7
+14.0
+24.1
+10.1
+75.2
+6.1
+12.8
+4.4
+11.4
+10.6
-18.0
+7.2
+19.7
+20.6
+17.3
+4,6
+4.2
+4.3
+9.8
-.7
+20.8
-.9
+4.3
+2.4
+5.8
+17.1
+7.9
-4.0
+9.7
19.39
18.89
26.86
16.39
20.87
22.91
29.12
19.80
18.34
17.00
20.36
17. 55
22.51
+12.2
-12.7
+5.6
+19.1
+21.6
+10.5
+3.1
+2.9
+3.4
+2.9
+8.8
+10.9
+2.4
+3.3
7
-9^0
#
+17.1
+8.4
+7.5
+9.0
+1.0
+.9
+1.6
+1.1
_(6)
+.8
+.9
+1.5
+2.8
-1.9
+.3
+1.4
+1.4
+1.2
+1.7
+1.0
+.3
+2.4
+.9
39.7
+1.5
39.7
+1.8
39.6
+.2
40.0
+1.0
41.6
-( 6 )
38.9
+2.0
45.4
+.2
34.5
+1.6
39.2
+1.3
41.0
-.7
45.2
+1.4
39.2
+.4
34.5
-9.4
41.5 +16.8
36.1
+1.9
35.3
+4.7
36.1
+1.6
36.3
36.6
36.1
38.5
36.1
34.9
36.2
-1.8
-11.7
+13.4
+5.2
+3.4
+5.2
55.6
60.2
56.0
48.7
42.4
70.0
41.7
57.2
54.9
67.0
65.5
64.1
90.1
50.2
52.5
52.4
61.4
65.2
68.5
81.0
65.8
49.7
54.3
49.2
-.1
+.9
-.3
+3.4
+.1
-.3
-.7
+.2
+7.5
+.3
+.4
+.6
+.5
+2.4
+2.9
+2.6
+4.1
+8.4
-1.2
+4.0
+7.4
+7.9
+4.2
+3.0
+2.2
+3.3
+3.7
+8.0
+4.5
+1.1
+2.0
+1.0
+5.0
+3.2
+3.2
+3.6
+3.5
TABLE 6.—Employment, Pay Rolls, Hours, and Earnings in Manufacturing and Nonmanufacturing Industries, March
1941—Continued
MANUFACTURING—Continued
Average hours worked
per week1
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
change from—
change from—
change from—
change from—
Index
Index
March
March
March
March
March
1941 Febru1941 Febru- March 1941 Febru- March 1941 Febru- March 1941 Febru- March
March
ary
ary
ary
ary
ary
1940
1940
1940
1940
1940
1941
1941
1941
1941
1941
goods—Continued
Paper and printing
Boxes, paper
Paper and pulp
Printing and publishing:
Book and job
Newspapers and periodicals
Average hourly
earnings 1
Percentage
change from—
Industry
Nondurable
Average weekly
earnings *
Pay rolls
Employment
118.2
1,23.0
__
118.5
+.9
+3.5
+1.0
102.1
117.1
+.8
Chemical, petroleum, and coal products..
Petroleum'refining
Other than petroleum refining.
Chemicals
Cottonseed—oil, cake, and meal.
Druggists' preparations..
Explosives
Fertilizers
Paints and varnishes
Rayon and allied products.
Soap..
_
130.7
119.5
133.4
159.3
99.4
120.9
160.7
140.9
132.9
312.2
90.7
Rubber products
Rubber boots and shoes
Rubber tires and inner tubes.
Rubber goods o t h e r . . .
102.9
69.3
80.0
179.2
-.7
+2.3
+.3
+2.7
+2.7
-11.3
+1.3
+1.1
+24.5
+3.3
+.4
+1.0
+2.2
+1.8
+1.8
+2.5
+3.3
+7.7
+5.3
+2.3
+.1
+6.4
120.4
145.0
136.4
94.9
112.3
-7.2
+7.6
+1.0
+9.6
148.2
133.4
152.7
201.7
93.6
137.7
206.6
116.9
147.4
332.9
114.8
+18.0
+23.8
+10.7
+24.2
119.5
80.6
102.7
194.6
-1.4
+8.4
+17.5
+11.1
+1.9
+49.1
+2.8
+6.5
+2.9
+1.9
+2.2
+2.8
+1.0
+3.2
+4.0
-10.8
+1.0
-1.2
+26.0
+4.0
+1.6
+2.0
+3.6
+2.2
+3.0
+5.1
+9.5
+19.3
+18.5
+7.6
+1.3
+11.8
$30.67
23.54
28.19
32.08
39.02
-1.7
+16.1
+26.6
+16.2
+5.0
+60.4
+3.8
+13.0
+5.3
+15.4
30.38
34.68
28.86
33.93
15.15
25.62
35.14
14.88
30.46
27.28
29.84
+35.3
+44.5
+30.0
+41.5
31.80
26.77
37.55
26.31
+2.0
+2.9
+1.9
+2.7
+1.4
+.5
+.7
+.5
+1.3
+.5
-.3
-2.3
+1.1
+.6
+1.3
+1.0
+1.4
+.3
+1.2
+2.6
+5.9
+10.8
+12.6
+5.2
+1.2
+5.1
39.7
40.8
42.5
39.8
36.0
+7.2
+ 7.7
+4.7
+2.9
+7.6
+11.0
+5.0
+4.3
+6.3
39.1
36.0
40.1
41.0
42.5
39.9
40.5
36.5
40.8
38.9
40.5
+14.6
+16.7
+17.5
+13.9
39.7
41.6
37.9
41.0
+14.7
+19.2
+3.2
29.9
32.0
40.8
38.8
37.6
-.2
+1.6
+2.7
+1.4
+1.6
+1.0
+.7
+1.0
+.6
+.8
-1.9
+.2
-1.3
+4.6
+.3
+1.4
+.7
+.9
+.7
+.1
+1.7
+3.9
+6.8
+7.0
+3.1
-.4
+1.7
-.7
+2.2
+2.7
+1.0
-.7
+3.7
+3.4
+1.5
+.1
+3.5
+10.9
+12.0
+13.0
+8.1
Cents
80.5
58.2
66.4
82.3
104.8
76.6
96.7
70.5
82.9
34.6
61.6
86.8
40.8
74.9
70.0
73.6
79.9
64.3
99.4
64.7
+0.3
+.4
+.5
+1.0
+.1
-.4
-.2
-.3
+.5
+1.4
-.3
-1.0
-3.3
+.3
—.2
+.3
+.9
-.3
+1.2
+.9
+2.9
Vd
+1.8
+1.9
+3.6
+.4
+6.1
+5.1
+2.8
+4.6
+3.7
+7.3
+3.6
+4.1
+2.7
+2.8
+4.3
+2.9
+5.0
NONMANUFACTURING
[Indexes are based on 12-month average, 1929= 100]
Coal mining: 8 9
Anthracite 8 ....
Bituminous
..
Metalliferous mining 10 _
Quarrying and nonmetallic mining.
Crude-petroleum production
.
50.2
91.4
74.0
44.1
60.5
-.8
+.9
+.8
+4.2
_(6)
-3.7
+1.9
+11.7
+7.6
-4.2
42.4
95.0
72.7
40.2
56.8
-6.0
+4.7
41.3
+5.3
-1.4
4-10.4
+21.4
+15.3
+17. 8
—2.7
27.79
27.89
30.99
22.87
37.82
-5.3
+3.7
+.5
+1.0
-1.4
49.5
41.5
-4.5
+3.6
-.3
A
4^3
+13.7
+21.8
-1.7
+4.4
-.6
92.7
88.2
76.1
58.9
89.1
+.1
+.2
+1.3
+4.8
+4.5
-.2
+.6
-1.2
-.7
+.8
Public utilities:
12
+.4
+1.2 +7.7 106.8 +2.5 +8.9 32.04 +1.3 +1.1
81.1
81.8
+.7
+.3
39.7
+.5
Telephone and telegraph " 12
__
+4.0
-1.1
90.4
+.6
91.2
39.4
+.4 +1.2 106.8 +1.3 +4.4 35.92 +1.0 +3.1
+.4
Electric light and power n 12
+1.9
34.65
+1.7
+4.6
68.3
+
.
1
72.8
73.2
—
2
46.7
+.6
+2.5 +4.7
+1.9 +3.0
Street railways and busses » w..
Trade:
+5.7
91.7
+.3 +1.3
82.2
+.7 +4.3
+.3 - 1 . 1
76.7
+1.0 +5.7 31.18
40.6
+.1
Wholesale" 1 <—+3.4
+.4 +4.1
92.1
86.3
_ 62
42.6
55.0
+1.5 +1.1
+2.0 +5.2 21.66
+.1
+.2
Retail n 12
+1.9
23.86
+2.6
+.2
.
4
106.3
+
.
7
99.2
+
.
9
43.0
52.8
+2.4
+5.1
+.3
+(
)
Food 12
+1.0
4 3.6
—.7
95.4
88.1
-.4
38.6
46.5
+2.7 - 1 . 0
+ 1.7 +2.6 18. 33 - 1 . 0
+.7
General 12
merchandising " «_..
+3.7
+7.5
82.9
76.3
-1.0
37.8
-1.9
55.4
+6.4 -10.5
+3.7 - 3 . 8 21.25 - 2 . 6
+4.0
Apparel 12
.'...
+2.0
-.3
28.39
-.3
+1.4 +3.2
-.1
73.8
-1.6
-3.4
66.1
43.8
-1.8
68.1
+.3
Furniture 12
+6.0
29.90
+5.1
+2.2
87.6
87.0
+1.7
46.8
1
.
7
63.9
+1.0
+6.2
+3.2
+11.5
+.3
Automotive
_+4.6
+1.1 +3.0
42.5
64.8
72.1
69.3
+1.2 - 1 . 0
+.4
+ .7 +2.4
+1.8 +5.5 26.88
Lumber 12
+3.6
-.4
—.2 +2.8
94.3
86.2
46.0
34.0
+.4 +2.5
+.1 +5.4 15.78
+.7
+.3
Hotels (year-round)
* 11 is_.
6
+.8
18.37
- . 2 +1.3
-.2
102.6
90.8
43.2
42.7
+1.5 +6.6
+1.3 +8.0 20.22
+.6
+(
)
Laundries 8
-.4
+
.8
8
+.4
104.4
76.9
42.4
49.1
43.0 +4.9
+ 3.5 +5.8
+.6 +1.5
+.3
Dyeing and cleaning _.
(16)
(16)
(16)
(16)
(16)
(16)
(16)
(16)
37.32
-.2
-1.3
- . 4 -11.9
-12.1
-1.7
Brokerage1111-..
(16)
(16)
(15)
(16)
(16)
(16)
(16)
37.34
+.8
+.2
+1.5
+ .1
+.3 +2.3
Insurance
(16)
(16)
+.3 +7.8
32.8
+1.9
+ (6) 4-5.8 100.0
+.2 +34.3
+.5 +44.8 32.61
+.3
Building construction
1
Revised series. Mimeographed sheets giving averages by years, 1932 to 1939, inclusive,
weekly hours (comparable October figure 44.5); average hourly earnings (comand by months, January 1938 to August 1940, inclusive, available on request. Average
parable August, September, October, November, December figures 61.9, 63.3,
hours and average hourly earnings are computed from data supplied by a smaller number
65.1, 65.2, 65.2 cents).
of establishments than average weekly earnings, as not all reporting firms furnish man* Revised series—Adjusted on basis of a complete employment survey of the aircraft
hours. The figures are not strictly comparable from month to month because of changes
industry made by the Bureau of Labor Statistics for August 1940. Not comparable
in 2the size and composition of the reporting sample.
with previously published indexes from January 1939 to August 1940, inclusive. ComSee tables 9, 10, and 11 in the December 1940 issue of EMPLOYMENT AND PAY ROLLS
parable figures for this period given in table 9 of the September issue of EMPLOYMENT
for comparable series back to January 1919 for all manufacturing and back to January
AND PAY ROLLS.
1923 for the durable- and nondurable-goods groups.
67 Less than Mo of 1 percent.
3 Revisions in the following industries have been made as indicated:
Not comparable with previously published figures. See table 8 for revised figures
Tin cans.—December 1940 average weekly earnings and average hourly earnings
from
January 1935 to February 1941.
8
to $25.72 and 63.8 cents; pay-roll index to 113.1.
Indexes adjusted to 1935 census. Comparable series back to January 1929 presented
Tools.—-October, November, and December average weekly earnings to $27.15,
in &January 1938 issue of pamphlet.
$28.24, $29.79; October and November average weekly hours to 42.5 and 43.6;
See table 7 of October 1940 EMPLOYMENT AND PAY ROLLS for revised employment
October, November and December average hourly earnings to 64.1, 64.9 and
and pay-roll indexes average hours worked per week, average hourly earnings, and
65.7; October, November and December employment and pay-roll indexes to
average
weekly earnings in anthracite mining, February 1940 to September 1940, inclusive.
10
106.1, 111.8, 116.7; and 113.9, 124.9, 137.1.
See table 7 of February 1941 pamphlet for revised figures for metalliferous mining
Beverages.—December average weekly earnings, average weekly hours, average
from
January
1938 to January 1941, inclusive.
11
hourly earnings to $33.54, 38.1 hours, 88.8 cents; December eniDloyment and
Average weekly earnings, hourly earnings, and hours not comparable with figures
pay-roll indexes to 260.5, and 299.9.
published in pamphlets prior to January 1938 as they now exclude corporation officers,
Hosiery.—December employment index revised to 146.0; July, August, November,
executives,
and other employees whose duties are mainly supervisory.
12
December pay-roll indexes to 129.2, 143.6, 160.2,160.1.
Retail-trade indexes adjusted to 1935 census and public-utility indexes to 1937 census.
Ice cream.—November and December employment indexes revised to 71.0, 69.5; Not comparable to indexes published in pamphlets prior to January 1940 or in MONTHLY
December pay-roll index to 61.0.
LABOR REVIEWS prior to April 1940, with but one exception, retail furniture, which has
< Because of change in the composition of the reporting sample, hours and earnings are been revised since publication of July 1940 pamphlet back to January 1936. Comparable
not comparable with those previously published as indicated.
series for earlier months available upon request.
Agricultural implements.—Average weekly earnings, average weekly hours, average
" Covers street-railways and trolley and motorbus operations of subsidiary, affiliated,
hourly earnings (comparable December figures $32.89, 40.3 hours, 81.8 cents).
and successor companies; formerly ' 'electric-railroad and motorbus operation and
Hosiery.—Average weekly earnings and average weekly hours (comparable
maintenance."
14
July, August, September, October, November, December figures $17.60, $18.86,
Indexes adjusted to 1933 census. Comparable series in November 1934 and subse$18.90, $19.71, $19.71, $19.62; 31.8, 34.0, 34.3, 36.2, 36.1, 35.8 hours); average hourly
quent issues of EMPLOYMENT AND PAY ROLLS.
earnings (comparable July figure 55.6 cents. Published figures for succeeding
is Cash payments only; additional value of board, room, and tips not included.
months not revised.)
« Not available.
Ice cream.—Average weekly earnings (comparable August, September, October,
•The indexes for "automobiles" have been adjusted to 1933 census figures, but not to
November, and December figures $29.05, $29.18, $29.53, $29.23, $29.79); average
later census figures because of problems involving integrated industries.
TABLE 7.—Employment, Pay Rolls, Hours, and Earnings in Manufacturing and Nonmanufacturing Industries
[Indexes are based on 3-year average, 1923-25=100. For "all manufacturing," "durable goods," "nondurable goods," and "aluminum manufactures," they have been adjusted to
preliminary 1939 census figures. Except as otherwise noted, the indexes for all other manufacturing groups and industries have been adjusted to 1937 census figures and are not
comparable to indexes published in pamphlets prior to August 1939. Comparable series available upon request]
Employment index
Industry
All manufacturing 2__
2
Durable goods
Nondurable goods 2_.
Pay-roll index
Average weekly
earnings l
March February
1941
1941
January
1941
119.9
117.8
115.5
131.2
126.9
120.7
$29.11
123.7
116.3
121.0
114.7
118.3
112.7
144.5
116.3
139.3
112.9
132.0
108.1
33.50
23.63
125.0
133.3
146.0
89.3
131.3
138.9
87.6
141.1
149.0
199.4
99.2
136.9
145.4
192.7
97.4
130.8
139.9
197.5
93.3
109.4
94.5
114.9
99.3
201.3
107.7
91.4
112.8
97.9
190.0
117.5
137.6
138.1
99.5
240.0
111.4
130.2
134.8
95.9
232.5
105.9
99.2
95.9
104.1
102.7
94.5
93.5
101.8
112.1
103.3
97.1
123.7
126.2
207.8
121.1
205.5
160.5
256.4
March February
1941
1941
January
1941
March February
1941
1941
January
1941
Average hours worked
per week 1
March February
1941
1941
January
1941
Average hourly earnings i
March February
1941
1941
January
1941
$28. 58 $27.71
40.4
40.0
39.0
Cents
69.7
Cents
69.2
Cents
68.9
32.93
23.22
31.90
22.64
42.0
38.8
41.6
38.3
40.6
37.3
76.8
62.4
76.2
62.1
75.8
62.0
32.71
34.94
31.87
26.22
32.23
34. 51
31.87
26.07
31.46
33.66
29.58
25.42
41.0
40.1
44.0
41.5
40.7
40.0
44.3
41.3
39.8
39.1
41.9
40.5
79.5
87.3
72.4
62.8
79.1
86.6
71.9
62.9
78.6
86.1
70.6
62.6
106.9
124.4
130.4
91.0
214.2
27.33
38.23
28.95
28.57
27.51
26.66
37.29
28.84
27.92
27.36
25.90
36.75
28.30
26.86
26.69
41.7
45.9
42.0
39.8
40.5
41.0
45.2
41.9
38.8
40.5
40.5
45.0
40.8
38.1
39.6
66.6
83.4
69.0
71.8
67.6
66.1
82.7
68.9
72.1
67.0
65.2
81.8
69.5
70.5
67.2
109.8
94.1
93.8
117.2
105.3
87.1
89.4
116.3
31.49
28.25
32.35
25.91
31.28
26.79
31.67
25.31
30.98
26.07
31.01
25.63
42.6
40.3
42.9
40.0
42.6
39.1
42.2
39.4
42.5
38.7
41.8
39.8
74.2
69.7
75.6
64.8
73.6
68.8
75.0
64.7
73.2
67.8
74.3
64.8
153.3
252.5
141.1
237.7
31.36
29.89
30.86
29.71
29.49
28.27
46.4
41.7
46.1
41.7
44.7
39.7
67.7
72.1
67.1
71.3
66.2
71.2
Durable goods
Iron and steel and their products, not including
machinery
127.2
Blast furnaces, steel works, and rolling mills, _ 135.0
Bolts, nuts, washers, and rivets..
150.5
Cast-iron pipe
90.5
Cutlery (not including silver and plated cutlery) and edge tools. __
112.5
Forgings, iron and steel.
97.4
Hardware
117.1
Plumbers' supplies
100.6
206.1
Stamped and enameled ware
Steam and hot-water heating apparatus and
steam fittings.,
107.3
Stoves
103.9
Structural and ornamental metalwork..
97.2
Tin cans and other tinware 3
107.3
Tools (not including
edge
tools,
machine
tools,
files, and saws)3
_...
130.1
Wirework
_
. ._ 209.7
Machinery, not including transportation equipment
Agricultural implements (including tractors)*
Cash registers, adding machines, and calculating machines
Electrical machinery, apparatus, and supplies
147.7
143.5
139.8
186.2
176.8
167.5
34.98
34.28
33.35
44.9
44.2
43.2
77.8
77.1
76.8
132.6
144.2
149.6
162.0
174.2
180.9
33.54
33.13
33.25
41.0
40.6
40.6
82.0
81.8
82.1
146.3
141.5
140.3
136.4
136.1
129.4
179.4
185.9
166.3
175.7
151.6
162.7
38.25
34.46
36.99
33.87
34.78
33.00
44.3
44.3
43.4
43.8
41.4
42.8
87.3
78.0
86.2
77.6
84.6
77.3
tO
O
Engines, turbines, water wheels, and windmills
376.4
223.5
247.1 236.7
345.7
Foundry and machine-shop products _.
123.6
117.4
120.0
143.6
136.1
Machine tools
307.1 297.2 285.8
462.9
448.7
Radios and phonographs
149.1
147.5
144.8
157.2
146.4
Textile machinery and parts _.
96.2
89.3
92.9
110.3
105.2
Typewiiters and parts....
133.6
130.8
108.5
159.2
122.0
152.6
Transportation equipment«
197.0
190.7
161.0
157.0
Aircraft*
5, 563. 7 6,344.0 5,037.7 6,678.3 6,440.6
Automobiles*
131.3
128.3
129.9
162.8
159.1
Cars, electric- and steam-railroad..
70.9
69.3
68.9
65.6
66.9
Locomotives
55.8
49.4
53.1
64.0
60.7
Shipbuilding272.0
256.3 240.0
365.0
338.1
Nonferrous metals and their products..
136.9
151.2
155.0
131.1
134.7
Aluminum manufactures 6
223.1
225.4
225.2
257.0
285.2
Brass, bronze, and copper products
180.5
171.5
175.9
236.7
224.2
Clocks and watches and time-recording devices. .
111.9
106.3
129.2
109.1
124.8
Jewelry
104.1
102.2
96.2
93.9
89.4
Lighting equipment
111.9
111.3
107.9
105.4
104.8
Silverware and plated ware
79.8
78.4
74.7
82.4
77.0
Smelting and refining—copper, lead, and
zinc
100.6
97.9
105.7
104.5
99.8
Lumber and allied products
...
72.8
72.7
71.3
72.0
71.2
Furniture _.
96.7
95.8
93.7
93.9
90.0
Lumber:
Millwork...
70.4
57.7 • 58.2
69.7
70.0
Sawmills
61.6
63.8
62.9
62.5
62.7
Stone, clay, and glass products
85.9
85.3
89.8
82.1
87.0
Brick, tile, and terra cotta_
54.8
65.4
64.1
64.8
56.1
Cement-.
62.3
69.3
65.8
64.8
66.2
Glass
. 119.7 116.0 114.4 141.1 135.9
Marble, granite, slate, and other products.- .
30.0
43.4
41.8
39.0
31.1
Pottery.._.
99.7
111.2
107.8
104.7
104.4
331.7
128.7
414.5
144.9
97.9
141. 0
40.14
34.39
41.73
25.79
31.77
29.20
38.46
33.51
41.80
24.80
31.36
27.58
39.09
32.51
40.15
24.08
30.13
26.40
46.0
44.7
51.9
40.2
45.9
42.3
45.1
44.0
51.9
38.9
45.6
40.9
45.3
42.9
50.4
38.2
44.6
39.1
87.4
76.9
80.1
64.3
69.3
69.1
85.4
76.2
80.2
64.0
69.0
67.4
86.6
75.7
79.7
63.2
67.7
67.5
176.2
5, 919. 7
147.5
64.3
55.0
307.6
38.80
35.02
40.64
29.42
35.17
39.58
38.44
35.14
40.05
30.88
34.95
38.91
36.57
34.13
37.61
29.57
34.13
37.81
42.3
45.2
41.4
37.7
43.3
44.2
42.1
45.5
41.1
39.5
43.1
42.9
40.4
44.7
39.0
38.5
42.5
42.1
92.1
78.3
98.4
78.0
81.2
89.3
91.8
78.4
97.5
78.1
81.1
90.3
91.1
77.6
96.6
76.8
80.3
89.4
146.0
280.6
220.1
31.49
28.71
36.45
31.02
31.73
35.16
30.71
31.16
35.28
42.1
38.0
44.4
41.8
42.0
43.6
41.4
41.4
44.0
74.8
75.6
82.2
74.0
75. .5
80.9
74.0
7.5. 3
80.7
115.0
81.9
98.9
70.8
25.51
24.14
28.83
29.81
25.27
23. 54
28.78
28.35
23.90
22.92
28.19
27.37
41.8
40.9
40.5
44.3
41.2
39.8
40.4
42.7
38.9
38. 5
39.3
41.4
61.2
59. 3
71.1
68.0
61.4
58.8
71.2
67.0
61.4
58.9
71.7
66.6
101.5
29.60
29.51
29.21
39.1
38.9
38.7
75.8
75.9
75.5
68.1
84.2
21.69
23.03
21.41
22.32
20.72
21.42
39.6
40.8
39.7
40.0
38.9
39.0
54.1
56.5
53.6
56.0
57.7
59.2
22.78
20.31
22.81
20.26
22.51
19.59
40.4
38.8
41.3
39.1
40.5
38.4
56.2
52.3
55.0
51.8
55.4
51.0
79.6
54.6
61.1
131.0
26.9
95.5
25.90
22.30
27.13
28.76
25.37
23.95
25.62
22.07
26.93
28.58
25.33
23.38
25.17
21.74
26.82
28.02
24.29
22.92
37.2
37.4
38.2
37.1
35.2
37.3
37.2
37.5
38.0
37.2
35.6
37.0
36.5
36.9
37.9
36.3
34.6
36.4
68.9
59.4
71.0
77.4
72.3
64.4
68.3
58.8
70.9
76.9
71.6
63.6
58.7
70.9
77.2
70.8
63.5
95.1
93.1
74.7
96.9
92.7
120.2
80.0
148.6
19.39
18.89
26.86
16.39
20.87
22.91
29.12
19.80
19.09
18.61
26.10
16.04
20.58
22.38
29.52
19.48
18.13
17.93
25.18
15.60
19.74
21.65
26.93
18.51
37.8
38.6
39.0
38.8
41.1
40.8
37.8
36.2
37.4
38.3
38.4
38.4
41.1
40.6
38.6
35.9
35.7
36.9
37.3
37.2
39.3
39.3
35.9
33.8
51.6
49.4
68.9
42.3
50.8
55.5
77.1
54.6
51.4
49.2
68.1
41.8
50.2
55.0
77.1
54.5
51.2
49.2
67.5
41.9
50.3
55.1
74.9
55.0
Nondurable goods
Textiles and their products
Fabrics
Carpets and rugs
._
Cotton goods
Cotton small wares
Dyeing andfinishingtextiles .
Hats, fur-felt-.
Hosiery s 4
See footnotes at end of table.
111.6
102.7
85.5
103 6
98.2
142.0
84.7
143.8
110.1
101.7
83.9
102.6
95.1
139.7
83.7
142.8
106.4
99.7
82.1
100.7
91.6
134.9
82.3
142.9
107.0
101.1
83.1
104.8
104.5
133.3
88.1
160.5
103.9
98.5
79.2
101.7
100.6
128.8
89.0
156.2
TABLE 7.—Employment, Pay Rolls, Hours, and Earnings in Manufacturing and Nonmanufacturing Industries—Continued
Employment index
Industry
January
1941
March
1941
Nondurable
March February
1941
1941
January
1941
March February
1941
1941
January
1941
Average hours worked
per week *
March February
1941
1941
January
1941
Average hourly earnings i
March Febru- January
ary
1941
1941
1941
goods—Continued
Textiles and their products—Continued.
Fabrics—Continued.
Knitted outerwear _ Knitted underwear.
Knitted cloth
Silk and rayon goods
Woolen and worsted goodsWearing 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 and kindred products.
Baking
Beverages 3_
Butter
Canning and preserving.
ConfectioneryFlour
Ice cream 3 4
Slaughtering and meat packing.
Sugar, beet
Sugar refining, cane_.
Tobacco manufactures
Chewing and smoking tobacco and snuff.
Cigars and cigarettes..
Average weekly earnings i
Pay-roll index
68.2
80.4
145. 6
67.2
102.7
127. 0
116.1
177.8
117.8
122.7
91.0
127. 5
68.4
78.3
141.9
66.5
102. 6
124. 2
114.4
172. 6
114.5
118. 7
88.7
125.4
66.2
76.9
139.7
65.0
99.9
116.8
109. 5
161.5
112.0
107. 5
74.9
118.7
60.8
81.7
133.0
57.5
100.3
112.2
99. 6
147.8
133.4
128.9
84.6
121.1
59.9
76.6
128.5
55.9
99.9
108.0
96. 5
M2. 7
126.8
123.6
76.1
117.2
56.0
73.4
125.0
52.6
93.6
93.2
87.3
119.5
115.8
103.2
55.2
103.9
98.7
97.0
89.1
95.0
88.1
93.4
91.4
85.8
96.1
94.2
94.3
91.5
88.9
92.3
83.3
80.1
22.61
21.77
26.47
21.89
20.92
26.23
120.4
145.0
263.7
96.0
80.4
89.3
76.8
70.8
110.7
46.0
95.7
119.1
142.9
255.3
91.4
85.1
86.1
76.6
68.2
110.6
52.9
121.4
140.5
256.1
91.6
90.8
86.9
76.9
67.7
116.3
103.4
87.6
122.5
140.0
312.9
85.3
75.6
93.5
72.6
62.5
114.2
47.9
92.3
119.6
137.8
294.6
81.3
76.4
89.2
73.0
59.9
113.5
56.6
73.0
120.2
134.5
289.0
80.1
79.2
86.9
72.2
58.8
119.7
96.3
70.3
25.74
26.66
34.63
23.12
17.90
20. 30
25.45
30.21
26.81
26.91
27.32
63.3
54.2
64.4
63.7
56.5
64.6
57.7
61.1
62.7
64.2
62.4
61.7
63.5
61.3
59.3
66.5
58.3
17.99
19.10
17.78
Cents
49.1
44.2
51.1
46.2
57. 6
55. 6
60.2
56.0
48.7
42.4
70.0
41.7
Cents
48.9
44.2
50.5
46.0
57.7
55. 5
59.9
56. 4
48.1
42.3
67.7
41.6
Cents
48.9
44.6
50.3
46.1
57.6
55.2
60.5
55.3
48.2
42.2
64.8
42.1
37.3
37.0
38.3
57.2
54.9
67.0
56.4
54.0
66.4
55.5
53.0
66.2
39.5
41.6
38.0
45.3
33.9
38.8
41.3
44.6
39.0
38.4
35. 5
39.0
41.1
37.2
44.6
33.0
37.6
41.0
44.2
39.3
36.5
35.0
65.5
64.1
90.1
50.2
52.5
52.4
61.4
65.2
68.5
81.0
65.8
65.1
64.4
89.5
50.6
50.7
52.3
61.6
65.4
68.5
75.4
65.6
64.9
64.4
89.5
50.9
51.0
51.9
60.8
65.3
68.1
63.0
65.0
35.4
33.7
35.8
35.7
34.9
35.8
49.7
54.3
49.2
49.5
53.9
49.0
49.8
53.7
49.3
37.4
38.3
39.6
37.8
39.1
36.3
36.6
36.1
38.5
36.1
34.9
36.2
36.6
37.3
39.5
37.3
39.2
35.7
36.0
35. 5
38.1
36.0
34.1
35.6
35.8
36.0
37.9
35.7
37.9
33.3
33. 5
33.2
35.6
33.3
30.5
33.1
20.67
19.58
25.27
39.7
39.7
39.6
39.1
38.9
39.6
25.25
26.73
33.72
23.15
17.02
20.04
25.66
30.00
26.70
27.63
23.33
24.89
26.46
32.96
22.84
16.67
19.19
25.27
29.41
26.84
24.03
22.73
40.0
41.6
38.9
45.4
34.5
39.2
41.0
45.2
39.2
34.5
41.5
17.54
18.12
17. 42
17.76
18.60
17.57
36.1
35.3
36.1
$18. 34 $18.14 $17.65
17.00
16.41
16.06
20.36
20.16
19.90
17. 55 17.22
16.53
22.51
22.57
21.78
20.74 20.39
18.70
22.06
21. 58 20.36
21.87
21.74
19.47
18.87
18. 45 17.24
15. 62 15.54
14.33
28.50 26.08 22.31
14.87
14.63
13.71
Paper and printing.
Boxes, paper
Paper and pulp
Printing and publishing:
Book and job
Newspapers and periodicals.
118.2
123.0
118. 5
117.2
118.8
117. 3
116.7
118.4
115.7
120.4
145.0
136.4
117.1
136.2
132.5
115.4
131.8
127.5
30. 67
23.54
28.19
30.01
22.87
27.66
29.75
22.26
27.02
39.7
40.8
42.5
39.1
39.8
41.9
38.8
38.8
40.8
80.5
58.2
66.4
80.3
57.9
66.1
80.2
57.6
86.2
102. 1
117.1
102.8
116.2
103.6
115. 3
94.9
112.3
93. 1
109.9
94.7
108.1
32.08
39.02
31.42
38.41
31. 76
38.06
39.8
36.0
39.2
35.7
39.6
35.6
82.3
104.8
81.4
104.7
81.3
104.8
Chemical, petroleum, and coal products_
Petroleum refining
Other than petroleum refining_
Chemicals
Cottonseed—oil, cake, and meaL
Druggists' preparations.
Explosives-.
Fertilizers
Paints and varnishes
Rayon and allied products Soap.
130.7
119.5
133.4
159.3
99.4
120.9
160.7
140.9
132.9
312.2
90.7
127.8
119.2
129.9
155.1
112.0
119.3
159. 0
113.2
128.6
311.0
89.8
126.0
119.1
127.7
152.0
114.3
116.1
150.3
103.8
126.3
313.5
85.9
148.2
133.4
152.7
201.7
93.6
137.7
206. 6
116.9
147.4
332.9
114.8
144.2
132.1
148.0
193.9
104.9
136. 4
209.2
92.8
141.7
327.6
112.6
142.1
132.2
145.2
188.2
111.0
130.9
202.5
85.5
137.4
335.9
107.7
30.38
34.68
28.86
33.93
15.15
25.62
35.14
14.88
30.46
27.28
29.84
30.24
34.36
28.71
33.50
15.02
25.72
35.96
14.69
30.22
26.94
29.54
30.31
34.46
28.81
33.10
15.55
25.43
36.83
14.89
29.86
27.40
29.58
39.1
36.0
40.1
41.0
42.5
39.9
40.5
36.5
40.8
38.9
40.5
38.8
35.6
39.8
40.6
43.4
39.9
41.0
34.9
40.6
38.4
40.3
38.9
35.7
39.9
40.3
44.6
39.6
41.4
34.8
40.3
39.2
40.0
76.6
96.7
70.5
82.9
34.6
61.6
86.8
40.8
74.9
70.0
73.6
77.0
97.0
70.7
82.6
34.0
61.9
87.6
42.1
74.6
70.2
73.4
77.0
97.0
70.6
82.2
33.8
61.4
89.0
42.9
74.1
69.9
74.0
Rubber products
Rubber boots and shoes
Rubber tires and inner tubes,Rubber goods other.
102.9
69.3
80.0
179.2
100.7
68.0
78.6
174.9
98.8
68.0
77.9
168.9
119.5
80.6
102.7
194.6
115.3
78.9
99.7
185.2
111.6
79.2
97.9
173.5
31.80
26.77
37.55
26.31
31.20
26.66
37.02
25.72
30.85
26.76
36.67
24.97
39.7
41.6
37.9
41.0
39.3
41.3
37.8
40.3
39.0
41.9
37.7
39.4
79.9
64.3
99.4
64.7
79.2
64.5
98.1
64.3
78.8
63.9
97.5
63.9
to
NONMANUFACTURING
[Indexes are based on 12-month average, 1929=100]
Coal mining:
Anthracite 7 s . .
Bituminous 7
Metalliferous mining 9
Quarrying and nonmetallic minings
Crude-petroleum production.
Public utilities:
Telephone and telegraph 10 »..
Electric light and power 10 n
Street railways and busses 10 n 12.
Trade:
Wholesale 1 0 1 3 Retail io n . . .
Food n
General merchandizing i° 1J_
Apparel 1 1
Furniture11
Automotive u _
Lumber "_.
See f o o t n o t e s a t end of t a b l e .
50.2
91.4
74.0
44.1
60.5
50.6
90.6
73.4
42.4
60.5
50.3
90.2
72.5
41.7
60.5
42.4
95.0
72.7
40.2'
56.8
45.2
90.8
71.8
38.2
57.6
38.5
87.8
70.4
36.9
56.2
$27.79
27.89
30.99
22.87
37.82
$29. 35
26.90
30.83
22.64
38.35
$25.13
26.00
30. 31
22.06
33.27
29.9
32.0
40.8
38.8
37.6
31.4
30.9
41.0
38.9
37.5
27.0
29.7
40.7
38.2
37.8
92.7
88.2
76.1
58.9
89.1
92.6
88.4
75.6
58.2
90.2
92.5
88.5
74.8
57.6
88.3
81.8
90.4
68.3
80.9
90.1
68.0
80.4
90.5
68.3
106.8
106.8
72.8
104.3
105.4
71.0
103.9
105.1
70.7
32.04
35.92
34.65
31.64
35.57
34.00
31.69
35.49
33.63
39.7
39.4
46.7
39.5
39.2
45.8
39.7
39.4
45.3
81.1
91.2
73.2
80.5
90.8
73.4
80.4
90.3
73.1
91.7
92.1
106.3
95.4
82.9
73.8
87.6
72.1
91.4
90.7
105.6
92.9
77.9
75.0
86.7
71.6
91.2
90.5
103.2
94.0
78.5
74.8
86.2
72.7
82.2
86.3
99 2
88! 1
76.3
66.1
87.0
69. 3
81.4
84.6
98.3
86.6
73.6
66.3
84.3
68. 1
80.5
83.7
96.5
86.5
74.5
66.2
80.9
68.5
31.18
21.66
23.86
18. 33
21.25
28.39
29.90
26.88
30.96
21.73
23.76
18.52
21.83
28.12
29.31
26. 59
30.59
21.53
24.51
18.22
21.89
27.96
28.26
26.16
40.6
42.6
43.0
38.6
37.8
43.8
46.8
42.5
40.5
42.7
43.0
38.9
38.5
43.9
46.7
42.0
40.6
42.7
43.3
38.8
39.0
43.7
46.7
41.7
76.7
55.0
52.8
46.5
55.4
68.1
63.9
64.8
76.6
54.9
52.7
46.7
56.0
67.9
62.9
64.5
75.6
54.5
53.1
46.5
55.8
68.3
61.0
64.0
TABLE 7.—Employment, Pay Rolls, Hours, and Earnings in Manufacturing and Nonmanufacturing Industries—Continued
NONMANUFACTURING—Continued
Employment index
Industry-
71014
Hotels (year-round)
Laundries 7
Dyeing and1015
cleaning 7__
Brokerage1015 --.
Insurance
Building construction 15
March February
1941
1941
_.
94.3
102.6
104.4
-0.4
+.1
+.2
93.9
101.1
101.4
-1.6
+.2
-2.0
January
1941
92.9
101.4
101.0
- 217. 0
-H )
-8.5
Pay-roll index
March February
1941
1941
86.2
90.8
76.9
-1.7
+.3
+.5
86.1
89.7
74.4
-2.7
-.3
-.4
Revised series. Mimeographed sheets giving averages by years, 1932 to 1939, inclusive,
and by months, January 1938 to August 1940, inclusive, available on request. Average
hours and average hourly earnings are computed from data supplied by a smaller number
of establishments than average weekly earnings, as not all reporting firms furnish manhours. The figures are not strictly comparable from month to month because of changes in
the2 size and composition of the reporting sample.
See tables 9,10, and 11 in the December 1940 issue of EMPLOYMENT AND PAY ROLLS for
comparable series back to January 1919 for all manufacturing and back to January 1923
for the durable- and nondurable-goods groups.
s Revisions in the following industries have been made as indicated:
Tin cans.-—December 1940 average weekly earnings and average hourly earnings
to $25.72 and 63.8 cents; pay-roll index to 113.1.
Tools.—October, November, and December average weekly earnings to $27.15,
$28.24, $29.79; October and November average weekly hours to 42.5 and 43.6;
October, November, and December average hourly earnings to 64.1, 64.9, and
65.7; October, November, and December employment and pay-roll indexes to
106.1, 111.8, 116.7; and 113.9, 124.9, 137.1.
Beverages.—December average weekly earnings, average weekly hours, average
hourly earnings to $33.54,38.1 hours, 88.8 cents; December employment and payroll indexes to 260.5, and 299.9.
Hosiery.—December employment index revised to 146.0; July, August, November,
December pay-roll indexes to 129.2,143.6,160.2,160.1.
Ice cream.—November and December employment indexes revised to 71.0, 69.5;
December pay-roll index to 61.0.
4
Because of change in the composition of the reporting sample, hours and earnings are
not comparable with those previously published as indicated.
Agricultural implements.—Average weekly earnings, average weekly hours, average hourly earnings (comparable December figures $32.89,40.3 hours, 81.8 cents).
Hosiery.—Average weekly earnings and average weekly hours (comparable July,
August, September, October, November, December figures $17.60, $18.86,
$18.90, $19.71, $19.71, $19.62; 31.8, 34.0, 34.3, 36.2, 36.1, 35.8 hours); average hourly
earnings (comparable July figure 55.6 cents. Published figures for succeeding
months not revised.)
Ice cream.—Average weekly earnings (comparable August, September, October,
November, and December figures $29.05, $29.18, $29.53, $29.23, $29.79); average
weekly hours (comparable October figure 44.5); average hourly earnings (com-
January
1941
84.1
89.8
73.3
-2.6
+1.0
-10.3
Average weekly
earnings 1
March February
1941
1941
$15. 78
18.37
20.22
37.32
37.34
32.61
$15.81
18.41
20.13
37.82
37.26
32.67
Average hours worked
per week i
JanuJanu- March February
ary
1941
ary
1941
1941
$15. 65
18.37
19.92
37.92
37.52
32.10
Average hourly earnings i
March February
1941
1941
Cents
34.0
42.7
49.1
Cents
34.1
42.7
49.0
(16)
(16)
(16)
(16)
(16)
(16)
32.6
100.0
99.7
46.0
43.2
42.4
45.7
43.2
42.1
45.9
42.9
41.9
(16)
(16)
(16)
(16)
32.8
32.8
January
1941
Cents
33.8
42.9
48.8
(16)
(16)
98.6
parable August, September, October, November, December figures 61.9, 63.3,
65.1, 65.2, 65.2 cents).
5 Revised series—Adjusted on basis of a complete employment survey of the aircraft
industry made by the Bureau of Labor Statistics for August 1940. Not comparable with
previously published indexes from January 1939 to August 1940, inclusive. Comparable
figures for this period given in table 9 of the September issue of EMPLOYMENT AND PAY
ROLLS.
• Not comparable with previously published figures. See table 8 for revised figures
from
January 1935 to February 1941.
7
Indexes adjusted to 1935 census. Comparable series back to January 1929 presented in
January
1938 issue of pamphlet.
8
See table 7 of October 1940 EMPLOYMENT AND PAY ROLLS for revised employment and
pay-roll indexes, average hours worked per week, average hourly earnings, and average
weekly
earnings in anthracite mining, February 1940 to September 1940, inclusive.
9
See table 7 of February 1941 pamphlet for revised figures for metalliferous mining from
January
1938 to January 1941, inclusive.
10
Average weekly earnings, hourly earnings, and hours not 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.
11
Retail-trade indexes adjusted to 1935 census and public-utility indexes to 1937 census.
Not comparable to indexes published in pamphlets prior to January 1940 or in the MONTHLY LABOR REVIEW prior to April 1940, with but one exception, retail furniture, which has
been revised since publication of July 1940 pamphlet back to January 1936. Comparable
series
for earlier months available upon request.
12
Covers street railways and trolley and motorbus operations of subsidiary, affiliated,
and successor companies; formerly "electric-railroad and motorbus operation and maintenance."
" Indexes adjusted to 1933 census. Comparable series in November 1934 and subsequent
issues
of EMPLOYMENT AND PAY BOLLS.
14
Cash payments only; additional value of board, room, and tips not included.
« Indexes of employment and pay rolls are not available; percentage changes from preceding month substituted.
"17 Not available.
Less than Mo of 1 percent.
"The indexes for "automobiles" have been adjusted to 1933 census figures, but not to
later census figures because of problems involving integrated industries.
25
TABLE 8.—Revised Employment, Pay Rolls, Hours, and Earnings in Aluminum Manufactures, January 1935 to February 1941, Inclusive 1
Indexes
(1923-25 = 100.
Adjusted
to preliminary 1939 census figures)
Year and month
Employment
Average
weekly
earnings
Average
hours
worked
per week
Pay rolls
Cents
1935
January
February..
March..
April.
MayJune
July....
.
August
September-.
October
November....
December... _.
Average..
_
_
1936
January...
February..
March
April..
May.
_
June..
_
July
August
September...
October
November
December
Average.
¥
__
1937
January
February...
March
April..
May.
June..
July,...
August
September..
October
November....
December
Average.
Average
hourly
earnings
...-..._
_
113.0
120.5
124.6
125.6
125.6
124.4
86.9
98.1
102.4
103.0
102.0
98.4
$19.47
20.81
21.25
21.25
20.91
20.34
36.8
39.0
39.5
39.4
38.8
37.7
54.5
53.8
53.8
53.9
53.9
53.9
123.0
124.5
129.3
134.0
134.1
132.8
125.9
91.7
101.2
106.1
114.1
115.3
114.8
102.8
18.90
21.08
21.35
22.28
22.47
22.58
21.09
34.6
39.1
39.1
41.2
40.7
41.0
39.0
54.6
53.9
54.5
54.1
54.7
54.5
54.2
130.8
131.6
136.3
134.4
134.3
138.5
111.5
114.5
119.1
117.0
116.9
119.8
22.13
22.60
22.74
22.59
23.00
22.79
40.1
40.3
40.6
40.2
40.4
40.3
55.2
56.1
55.9
56.0
56.9
56.5
142.3
142.2
142.4
149.1
151.3
151.0
140.3
121.8
127.0
124.7
139.3
145.1
146.7
125.3
22.53
23.41
23.09
24.59
25.24
25.36
23.52
40.3
41.6
40.4
42.4
43.3
43.3
41.3
56.0
56.2
57.1
58.1
58.4
58.6
57.0
152.4
156.5
157.6
158.2
159.2
159.4
146.8
156.9
166.2
166.0
172.7
168.2
24.99
25.92
27.24
27.05
28.03
27.23
41.5
43.4
43.6
42.6
42.2
40.2
60.2
59.7
62.5
63.5
66.6
67.9
160.4
162.1
162.0
129.5
155.7
145.2
154.8
165.2
174.1
168.4
144.4
162.4
142.9
161.2
26.53
27.68
26.69
28.41
26.57
25.04
26.78
39.0
40.8
39.2
40.3
38.9
36.3
40.7
68.1
67.9
68.2
70.7
68.4
69.0
65.9
131.1
128.2
127.1
122.7
120.8
115.6
124.4
124.7
130.2
119.5
118.2
108.2
23.99
24.55
25.87
24.54
24.55
23.39
34.5
35.5
37.1
35.0
35.2
33.4
69.7
69.2
69.7
70.1
69.8
70.0
115.2
120.5
127.3
132.1
132.9
133.8
125.6
108.9
123.8
135.5
143.5
143.6
143.9
127.0
23.60
25.82
26.92
27.48
27.32
27.29
25.50
33.4
37.0
38.6
39.8
40.1
39.1
36.7
70.8
69.8
69.7
69.1
68.1
69.8
69.6
134 2
141.3
147.9
150.7
148.5
148.4
143.3
153.4
160.2
163 2
159.4
161.2
27.03
27.42
27.36
27.33
27.10
27.41
38.5
39.6
39.6
39.4
39.1
39.0
70.2
69.3
69.1
69.4
69.2
70.1
1938
January
February. .
March
April..
May
June
July....
August
September
October
November
December
Average..
1939
January.. .
.
February
March
April ... ....
May
_
.. .. . .
_
.
June
i Average hours and earnings for months prior to November 1936 have not been revised but are shown for
the convenience of the reader*
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TABLE 8.—Revised Employment, Pay Rolls, Hours, and Earnings in Aluminum Manufactures, January 1935 to February 1941, Inclusive—Continued J
Year and month
Indexes
(1923-25=100.
Adjusted
to preliminary 1939 census figures)
Employment
1939—Continued
July
August
September
October
November
December
Average
January
February
March
ApriL___
May
June
July
August..
September.
October
November
December. __
Average
January
February
1940
__.
___
_.
_
1941
_
Average
hours
worked
per week
Average
weekly
earnings
Average
hourly
earnings
Pay rolls
Cents
149.7
153. 6
153.4
167.5
174.8
176.5
153.9
148.6
164.5
170.8
192.2
197.8
206.0
168.4
$24.95
26.88
27.94
28.80
28.41
29.33
27.55
34.4
38.3
39.6
41.0
40.5
41.0
39.2
176.8
178.4
180.0
178.4
180.2
182.2
200.6
204.0
205.5
207.7
210.3
211.5
28.46
28.69
28.62
29.17
29. 25
29.08
39.6
40.1
39.9
40.3
40.2
40.0
71.6
71.4
71. 7
72.4
72.8
72.7
186.5
195.2
200.6
209.7
217.5
218.0
192.0
200.6
232.9
248.1
259. 6
270.2
276.8
227.3
26.90
29.94
30.97
31.04
31.70
29.64
36.6
40.4
41.4
41.7
41.7
42.3
40.4
73.4
74.2
74.6
74.2
74.5
74. 9
73.3
225.4
225.2
280.6
285.2
31.16
3f.73
41.4
42.0
75. 3
75. 5
72.3
70.1
70.3
69.9
70.1
71.4
70.1
TABLE 9.—Indexes of Employment and Pay Rolls in Fifty-five Additional Manufacturing
Industries
[12-month average 1939=100]
Employment
Industry
Iron and steel group:
Metal doors and shutters.. . _
Firearms
_
Screw-machine products
Wire, not made in rolling mills
Wrought pipe, not made in rolling mills
Steel barrels, kegs, and drums
„.
Machinery group:
Machine-tool accessories.._
_
___
Pumps
Refrigerators and refrigerating apparatus
Sewing machines
Washing machines, wringers, and driers
Transportation equipment group:
Motorcycles, bicycles, and parts.
Nonferrous metals group:
Sheet-metal work
Smelting and refining of scrap metal
Lumber group:
Caskets and morticians' goods
Wood preserving
Wood turned and shaped
Wooden boxes, other than cigar
Mattresses and bedsprings
March February
1941
1941
Pay rolls
January
1941
March February
1941
1941
January
1941
125.5
272.0
173.3
133.3
144.9
108.1
121.1
254.4
167.5
130.9
141.8
111.7
121.0
234.5
156.9
127.1
142.9
113.6
135.5
367.4
221.7
154.8
167.9
126.7
129.9
345.1
213.5
147.8
161.0
127.7
124.2
296.3
186.2
142.2
166.9
130.6
190.7
156.3
147.7
117.4
125.4
180.2
145.9
140.5
113.4
118.0
167.3
138.2
132 1.
111.9
111.8
235.6
199.0
173.8
148.1
145.2
219.4
181.5
160.4
138.2
136.6
194.2
166.4
144.9
127.8
116.2
133.6
123.7
117.2
143.6
130.7
120.5
140.3
135.4
137.8
132.0
131.1
122.6
153.9
162.5
150.2
146.8
143.8
135.4
101.8
116.6
116.3
115.7
114.5
101.9
112.7
114.0
116.0
110.9
100.4
107.0
110.7
114.5
107.7
109.7
135.8
130.7
129.1
125. 7
111.4
126.6
127.1
124.4
119.1
106.3
118.4
117.2
120.5
111.3
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TABLE 9.—Indexes of Employment and Pay Rolls in Fifty-five Additional Manufacturing
Industries—Continued
Employment
Industry
Stone, clay, and glass products group:
Abrasive wheels
Asbestos products..
Lime
Gypsum
Glass products made from purchased glass..
Wallboard and plaster, except gypsum..
Textiles:
Textile bags
Cordage and twine.
House furnishings:
Curtains, draperies, and bedspreads.
Other
Jute goods, except felt..
Handkerchiefs
Leather group:
Boot and shoe cut stock and findings
Leather gloves and mittens...
Trunks and suitcasesFood group:
Cereal preparations
Condensed and evaporated milk.
Feeds, prepared
Paper and printing group:
Paper bags
Envelopes
Paper goods, not elsewhere classified..
Bookbinding. __.
Lithographing
Chemical, petroleum, and coal products group:
Ammunition
Compressed and liquefied gases_.
Perfumes and cosmetics
Coke-oven products,.
Paving materials
Roofing materials. __•_
...
......
Miscellaneous group:
Chemical fire extinguishers..
Buttons
_
Instruments, professional, scientific, and commercial
.
„
Optical goods
Photographic apparatus
Pianos, organs, and parts
Toys, games, and playground equipment
March February
1941
1941
Pay rolls
January
1941
March February
1941
1941
January
1941
164.3
115.8
111.8
109.2
130.2
122.2
156.5
109.8
108.9
108.0
133.8
120.9
151.1
105.5
107.9
107.0
133.6
119.4
182.7
138.2
120.8
112.8
142.4
136.5
171.7
129.6
116.9
114.3
135.7
132.6
157.9
119.1
120.2
112.6
134.2
131.5
104.8
120.4
102.8
117.9
97.0
113.9
115.8
138.3
111.0
130.3
100.7
121.2
104.5
128.8
113.5
100.3
102.7
122.5
106.4
97.4
94.5
116.2
106.4
95.7
125.1
143.0
136.5
117.1
118.9
135.8
121.4
108.4
100.6
126.7
115.5
96.1
104.8
130.1
131.7
103.5
125.3
137.1
99.8
121.9
129.0
117.5
156.6
131.1
114.0
146.4
136.0
108.5
133.6
130.2
100.3
102.6
101.3
94.8
99.9
100.9
94.8
96.6
99.6
107.3
107.9
104.6
98.3
104.5
102.8
99.3
99.0
101.6
105.5
111.0
115.5
105.7
96.6
103.5
107.5
112.9
104.3
96.4
100.5
105.2
110.0
101.9
96.1
117.6
116.7
123.8
121.8
106.1
114.3
113.0
118.2
117.5
98.4
111.0
106.8
113.6
113.5
99.4
293.5
133.1
90.3
118.5
86.4
115.9
278.0
128.0
90.2
119.0
83.8
105.9
245.8
124.1
86.8
120.4
88.8
102.6
322.7
162.9
91.0
123.2
93.7
126.1
288.3
143.9
89.0
122.1
87.8
112.1
218.4
111.5
210.6
111.2
202.1
108.3
279.9
127.8
263.7
125.5
161.0
149.8
110.6
121.5
111.4
152.7
143.9
109.0
122.0
102.6
147.9
138.1
108.4
120.9
83.5
192.9
165.2
120.8
127.0
117.0
180.5
154.8
115.8
125.7
104.2
241.1
136.1
85.8
123.3
93.6
101.3
251.6
118.3
172.2
143.1
111.9
121.7
82.5
28
TABLE 10.—Indexes of Employment
and Pay Rolls in Selected Manufacturing 1 and Non2
manufacturing Industries, March 1940 to March 1941
1941
1940
Industry
Manufacturing
All industries..
Durable goods 3
Nondurable goods4
Nonmanufacturing
Anthracite mining 5
Bituminous-coal mining 5_.
Metalliferous mining«
Quarrying and nonmetallic
mining
Crude-petroleum production
Telephone and telegraph77_
Electric light and power __
S t r e e t 7r a i l w a y s and
busses s
Wholesale trade 7._
Retail trade
Year-round hotels 5._
Laundries 5
Dyeing and cleaning »_.
Av. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec, Jan. Feb. Mar.
Employment
107. 5 104.4 103. 2 102. 5 103.1 103. 2 107. 4 111. 4 113. 8 114.6 116. 2 115. 5 117. 8 119.9
i. 4,102. 4-108. 2 112. 8 115. 5 117. 6J118. 3 121.0 123. 7
104.3 99.1 '8.7' 99.2 99.8
110. 6 109. 5 107. 5 105.6 106.2 107. 8i 112. 2 114.4 114. 8 113. 8J114. 8 112. 7 114. 7 116. 3
50.7 52.2 51.2 51.8 49.7 50.5 49.! 49.8 49.4 50.4 50.8 50.3 50.6 50.2
88.0 89.7 86.2 85.1 83.8 84.9 86.6 87.7 89.2 89.8 90.1 90.2 90.6 91.4
69.9 66.2 67.7 69.2 70.3 71.0
72.5 72.6 72.5 72.2 72.5 73.4 74.0
62.9 63.2 63.1 63.3 63.8 63.7 63.6 63.0 62.4 61.3 60.7 60.5 60.5 60.5
77.9 76.0 76.7 77.3 77.8 78.8 79.0 78.9 79.1 79.2 79.7 80.4 80.9 81.8
91.1 89.3 90.0 90.6 91.2 92.2 93.0 92.7 92.3 91.8 91.3 90.5 90.1 90.4
68.5
90.4
92.3
92.0
99.5
104.7
68.3
68.2 68.3 68.4 68.5 68.4
68.5 68.7 68.7
90.5 89.3 88.9 89.6 89.2 90.1 90.9 91.0 91.8 92.5 91.2
91.1 89.8 91.2 91.9 89.1 88.7 92.8 94.3 96. 3 108.1 90.5
92.0 92.7 93.4 92.0 90.3 90.3 91.
93.4 92.3! 92.6 92.9
96.2 97.2
1.1 102.1 102. 5 102.8 101.9 100. 2
100. 3 101.4
99. 5 104. 5jlO8. 7)112.6^108. 2|106. 7 110.0(109. 4(106. 0 103. 3 101.0
Manufacturing
All industries-
48.8 47.2! 45.4 41.7 42.4 44.1
45.3 41.0 44.5 46.9 47.9 48.1 48.5
68.0 68.3
91.4 91.7
90.7 92.1
94.3
101.1 102.6
101..4 104.4
Pay rolls
105.4 99.8 97.9 97.8 99.5
Durable goods3
107.8
102.7
Nondurable goods4
Nonmanufacturing
38.5
Anthracite mining 8
81.2
Bituminous-coal mining«..
66.7
Metalliferous mining6
Quarrying and nonmetallic
mining
40.5
Crude-petroleum production
58.2
7
Telephone and telegraph7_ 100.2
Electric light and power . 104. 8
Street railways
and
busses78
70.4
Wholesale trade.
_ 79.0
84.2
Retail trade 7
82.4
Year-round5 hotels 5__
Laundries
. 87.7
78.2
Dyeing and cleaning s
i. 2 1,05. 5 111. 6 116. 2 116.4 122. 4|120. 7,126. 9 131.2
98.7 98.4 98. 7 101. 4 97. 4 106. 5 115.1 123. 4 125.1 131. 6 132.0 139.3 144.5
101.0 97.3 96.8 97.4 99. lilO4.4,107.7108.1 106.6 112.11108.1 112.9 116.3
38.4 36.3 40.0 40. ( 36.5 33.1 39.3 32.3 37.6 42.7 38.5 45.2 42.4
78.3 72.2 75.3 73.9 75.2; 82.5 83.2 83.6 84.5 91.4 87.8 90.8 95.0
72.8 70.4 71.8 72.7
63.1 63.4 65.7 65.3 63.6 68.5 69.5 71.3
34.1 38.1 42.7 43.'
43.5 45.2 46.2 46.7 42.3 42.4 36.9 38.2 40.2
55.9 56.2 57.6 56.8
58.4 59.0 58.7 58.8 59.1 59.0 58.2 57J 56.
104. 3 106.8
i.8
98.7 98. 8 100. 0 101. 3 100. 4 101..8 102. 2 103. 2 103. 5 103. 9 .04.
102.3 103. 3 104. 2 104.8 105.8 108. 1 105.8 107.0 106. 9 106.0 105.1 1105. 4 106.i.8
69.5
77.8
82.0
81.8
84.1
72.7
69.2
77.4
82.3
83.2
85.
79.6
69.2
77.4
83.4
83.0
88.5
85.4
70.5
78.4
84.8
82.0
92.4
89.6
70.0
78.3
82J
80..
90.0
80.0
70.4
78.7
81.5
80.7
90.5
78.9
71.5
81.1
85.1
81.8
89.9
85.6
70.7
80.2
85.8
84.2
88.0
82.4
70.3
80.7
87.1
83.6
87.2
77.8
73.1
83.4
97.3
84.1
89.2
75.8
70.7
80.5
83.7
84.1
89.8
73.3
71.0
81.4
84.6
86.1
89.7
74.4
72.8
82.2
86.3
86.2
90.8
76.9
i 3-year average 1923-25=100—adjusted to Preliminary 1939 Census of Manufactures. See tables 9, 10,
and 11 of December 1940 EMPLOYMENT AND PAY ROLLS for comparable figures back to January 1919 for
''all
manufacturing" and January 1923 for "durable goods" and "nondurable goods."
2
12-month average for 1929=100. Comparable indexes for wholesale trade, quarrying, metal mining,
and crude-petroleum production are in November 1934 and subsequent issues of EMPLOYMENT AND PAY
ROLLS, or in February 1935 and subsequent issues of MONTHLY LABOR REVIEW. For other nonmanufacturing
indexes see notes 5 and 6.
3
Includes: Iron and steel, machinery, transportation equipment, 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.
s Indexes have been adjusted to the 1935 census. Comparable series from January 1929 forward are presented in January 1938 and subsequent issues of this pamphlet. See also table 7 of October 1940 pamphlet
for revisedfiguresfor anthracite mining February 1940 to September 1940.
e7 See table 7 of February 1941 pamphlet for revised indexes January 1938 to January 1941.
Retail-trade indexes adjusted to 1935 census and public-utility indexes to 1937 census. Not comparable
with indexes published in EMPLOYMENT AND PAY ROLLS pamphlets prior to January 1940 or in MONTHLY
LABOR REVIEW prior to April 1940. Comparable series January 1929 to December 1939 available in mimeographed form.
s Covers street railways and trolley and motorbus operations of subsidiary, affiliated, and successor
companies.
INDUSTRIAL AND BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT IN PRINCIPAL
METROPOLITAN AREAS
A comparison of employment and pay rolls in February and March
1941 is made in table 11 for 13 metropolitan areas, each of which had
29
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 have been prepared 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 6,
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 11.—Comparison of Employment and Pay Rolls in Identical Establishments in
February and March, 1941 by Principal Metropolitan Areas
Metropolitan area
New York *
Chicago2
Philadelphia 3.
Detroit-.Los Angeles *..
Cleveland...
St. Louis-BaltimoreBoston 5
Pittsburgh-.
San Francisco 6_.
Buffalo
Milwaukee-.
12 Does not include
Does not include
3
Does not include
*5 Does not include
Does not include
e Does not include
±\ LJ.IXI IDfcS-l " 1
establishments
Number
on pay
roll,
March
13,818
4,346
2,485
1, 634
2,856
793, 518
509, 466
273,920
304, 213
221, 544
1,316
1,400
1,112
3,009
1,362
162,799
154, 373
135, 637
208, 418
240, 021
1,760
792
976
102,935
107, 740
118,956
Percentage Amount of Percentage
change
pay roll
change
from
from
(1 week)
February
February
March
+2.1
4.5
-fl.4
+ 1.2
+3.1
+2.9
+2.0
+2.6
+2.2
$24,013,763
15, 232,190
8,174,909
11, 721,379
6,959, 510
+.8
5, 454,492
4,101,981
3,913, 785
5, 866,950
7,944,035
+2.5
+4.0
+2.4
3, 370,835
3,429,414
3,791, 848
+3.4
+1.1
+2.5
+1.5
+3.8
+4.5
+ 3.0
+3.4
+3.5
+2.9
+3.4
+5.3
+3.8
Elizabeth, Jersey City, Newark, or Paterson, N. J., or Yonkers, N. Y.
Gary, Ind.
Camden, N. J.
Long Beach, Calif.
Cambridge, Lynn, or Somerville, Mass.
Oakland, Calif.
WAGE-RATE CHANGES IN AMERICAN INDUSTRIES
The following table gives information concerning wage-rate adjustments occurring during the month ending March 15, 1941, as shown
by reports received from manufacturing and nonmanufacturing
establishments which supply employment data to this Bureau.
As the Bureau's survey does not cover all establishments in an
industry, and furthermore, as some firms may have failed to report
wage-rate changes, these figures should not be construed as representing the total number of wage changes occurring in manufacturing
and nonmanufacturing industries.
30
TABLE 12.—Wage-Rate Increases Reported by Manufacturing and Nonmanufacturing
Establishments During Month Ending Mar. 15, 1941 l 2
Average
percentage
change
in wage
Total NumNum- rates
Total
of emnum- ber re- number
ber
ber re- porting
having ployees
porting increase covered increase having
increase
Establishments
Group and industry
All manufac turing
Iron and steel group.
Blast furnaces
Plumbers' supplies
Stamped and enameled ware..
Steam fittings..
Stoves
Tin cans
Tools
Wirework.
Machinery group
Electrical machinery....
Engines
Foundries
Machine tools.
Radios
Textile machiney....
Transportation group..
Automobiles
Nonferrous group
Brass, bronze, and copper products.Lumber group..
Furniture..
Mill work..
Sawmills..
Stone group..
Brick..._
Glass
Pottery
Textiles and their products:
Fabrics
Cotton goods.__
Silk and rayon
Woolen and worsted goods. Wearing apparel..
Leather group..
Food group
Beverages..
Canning
Slaughtering and meat packing..
Tobacco group
Paper group
Paper boxes.._
Paper and pulp
Printing:
Book and job..
Newspapers..
Chemical group...
Chemicals
Paints and varnishes.
Rubbergroup
Rubber goods, other-
33,900
2, 574
349
104
233
110
240
133
131
156
3,811
578
70
2,236
198
74
126
770
415
1,102
287
2,719
719
579
770
1,621
545
151
132
Employees
6, 826, 322 109,041
989, 717 19,216
47
5
531. 220
4,369
3
27,663
1,391
8
45,141
634
4
39,102
2,562
4
37, 467
1,326
3
27, 806
464
4
19,457
731
3
28, 775
1,286
105 1,040,444 16,869
15
288,942
7,477
4
72,485
1,228
65
335,381
4,328
5
83, 506
262
3
43,845
2,820
3
22, 205
93
13
824, 526
8,374
478, 578
7
4,560
242, 082
24
5,116
13
77, 281
3, 225
355, 622
38
6,399
6
105, 590
2,942
12
39,092
1,887
132,379
6
528
216, 307
26
9,198
4
42, 796
263
7
68,882
6,690
4
33,092
1,093
296
3,545
828
420
416
3,085
1,082
5.417
'640
935
342
231
4,073
678
441
36 1,017,406
8
421, 671
3
59,195
157,054
9
353, 026
9
245, 677
7
424, 232
25
39, 359
4
4
43,020
113, 996
3
70, 088
392,115
26
3
46, 056
4
135,151
18, 594
7,014
1, 626
745
2,358
242
526
256
204
10
6
25
6
12
1,240
6
5
84, 678
65, 083
353, 236
70, 877
24,127
127,129
49, 904
1,256
9
174, 715
406
6.7
6.9
5.6
8.0
4.6
5.3
8.0
5.5
6.8
5.2
6.6
5.8
8.9
7.7
5.4
7.8
10.1
9.4
9.1
6.8
6.3
6.6
5.7
5.5
6.8
3.5
4.9
2.3
7.6
6.7
7.3
6.8
7.6
5.3
4.1
1,662
1,574
3,611
7,996
8.6
115
12.2
6,483
556
2,785
170
1,074
8.6
6.7
5.2
5.1
6.0
1,712
1,699
4.7
3.3
8.0
8.2
6.9
5.4
5.4
1,537
5.8
152
6,060
4,496
818
Miscellaneous group
743 2,918,431
3 94,425
5,705
5.4
All nonmanufacturing (except building construction) _
5.1
3 361
7
3 67, 939
631
Metalliferous mining
3 1,099
3
s 34, 284
435
10.7
Qu-arrying and nonmetallic mining.
3 2,847
18 3 246,213
4.9
2,207
Electric light and power..
3
15,157
12 3 338, 068
229
12.3
Wholesale trade.
3 54,127
15 3 984, 738
130
11.6
Retail trade.
3
1,374
5
3 83,579
188
6.7
Laundries..
3
3
1,314
5
19,
721
18
7.7
Brokerage .
» 2, 684
3 3 124. 160
19
5.0
Insurance
1 Figures are not given for some industries to avoid disclosure of information concerning individual es;. They are, however, included where practicable in "all manufacturing," in "all nonmanufaeturing,"
and
various industry
nrJ in
in the
t.hp various
inrinstrv groups.
prnnns.
2
No-decreases reported.
3
Approximate; based on previous month's sample
31
Public Employment
Employment created by the Federal Government includes employment financed from both regular and emergency appropriations.
EXECUTIVE SERVICE OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
Statistics of employment and pay rolls for the executive service of
the Federal Government in February and March 1941 are given in
table 13.
TABLE 13.—Employment and Pay Rolls for the Executive Service of the United States
Government, March 1941*
[Subject to revision]
Employment
Class
March
1941
February Percent1941 age change
Entire service:
Total
1,202,348
1,173,663
Regular appropriation
Emergency appropriation,.
Force-account.-
1,022,024
48,056
132, 268
993, 216
48,565
131,882
Inside the District of Columbia:
TotaL.
167,081
161,527
Regular appropriation
Emergency appropriation,.
Force-account
150,058
7,394
9,629
144, 763
7,510
9,254
Outside the District of Columbia:
Total..
Begular appropriation
Emergency appropriation.Force-account
1,035, 267 1,012,136
871,966
40, 662
122, 639
Pay rolls
848,453
41,055
122,628
+2.4
+2.9
-1.0
+.3
March
1941
February
1941
$184, 244, 306 $175,644, 562
157, 058, 608
6, 536, 796
20, 648, 902
Percentage change
+4.9
150, 726, 776
6, 616,192
18, 301, 594
+4.2
-1.2
+12.8
+3.4
+3.7
-1.5
+4.1
28, 478,887
27, 201, 377
+4.7
25,356, 347
1,157,920
1, 964, 620
24, 353, 626
1,175, 337
1, 672, 414
+4.1
-1.5
+17.5
+2.3
+2.8
155,765,419
148,443,185
+4.9
131, 702, 261
5, 378,876
18,684,282
126,373,150
5, 440,855
16, 629,180
+4.2
-1.0
(2)
-1.1
+12.4
* Data relate to the last pay period of the month.
Increase less than Ho of 1 percent.
2
INSOLVENT NATIONAL BANK DIVISION OF THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT, FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS, AND GOVERNMENT OR
GOVERNMENT-OWNED CORPORATIONS
Semiannually the Civil Service Commission collectts data for the
Insolvent National Bank Division of the Treasury Department,
Federal Reserve Banks, and Government or Government-owned
corporations. Employees of these agencies are not paid directly by
the Federal Government.
Employment and pay rolls for these agencies are shown in table 14.
32
TABLE 14.—Employment and Pay Rolls in Government Corporations and Government*
Owned Corporations
Number
employees 1
Establishment or corporation
Total.
Decem-
June
ber 1940
1940
.-
26,937
Treasury:
Office of the Comptroller of Currency:
Division of Insolvent National Banks
Legal Division
War: Spruce Production Corporation...
Agriculture:
Farm Credit Administration:
Banks for Cooperatives
Federal intermediate2 credit banks—..
Federal land banks
Genera] agents' offices...
Joint stock land banks
....
Production Credit Corporation
Commerce: Inland Waterways CorporationFederal Deposit Insurance Corporation:
National Receivership Trust Funds
State recei versh ip trust funds..
Federal Reserve banks
*
Panama Canal: Panama Railroad Co.3
Total pay roll
6-month
6-month
period end- period ending Dec. 31, ing June 30>
' 1940
1940
26, 387 $22, 756,307
$21, 576,006.
243
52
4
253
55
4
304, 529
70, 346
8,790
311, 219
75, 351
8, 790
204
430
4,560
419
451
301
2,527
209
427
4,386
419
495
291
3,212
300, 725
535, 655
4, 503, 248
528, 813
557,907
452, 225
2, 095,049
300,878535,155
3,986, 341
515, 885
592, 807
435, 76a
1, 967, 214
28
46
11, 640
6,032
32
70
11, 473
5,061
20, 542
40, 240
10, 398, 674
2,939, 564
28, 027
52, 228
10,172, l i a
2, 594, 235
1 Data on the number of employees refer to employees on the pay roll with pay during the last pay period
of 2the month.
Includes land-bank appraisers and their pay rolls.
3
Includes the Panama Railroad Steamship Line which is owned and operated by the Panama Railroad
Co.
CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS FINANCED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS
ADMINISTRATION
Details concerning employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked
during March on construction projects financed from Public WorksAdministration funds are given in table 15, by type of project.
TABLE 15.—Employment and Pay Rolls on Projects Financed From Public Works
Administration Funds, March 1941 1
[Subject to revision]
Employment
Type of project
All programs—
Maximum 2
Weekly
average
11,391
10,043
Monthly
payrolls
Manhours
worked
during
month
$1,360,442
1,413, 729
Average
earnings
per hour
$0.962
Value of
material
orders
placed
during
month
$1,698,993.
Federal projects financed from National Industrial Recovery Act
funds
All projects
Building construction..
Naval vessels..
Public roads 4 ..
Reclamation
Water and sewerage.. . .
See footnotes at end of table.
_
3 209
191
$19,870
29,972
$0. 663
$21,334
62
0
53
0
60
65
13
7,217
0
4,222
8,034
397
5,806
0
9,871
12, 212
2,083
1.243
0
.428
.658
.191
5, 804
2,718
8,000
1,573
3,239
67
20
33
TABLE 15.—Employment and Pay Rolls on Projects Financed From Public Works;
Administration Funds, March 1941 1—Continued
Employment
Type of project
Maximum 2
Weekly
average
Monthly
pay rolls
Manhours
worked
during
month
Average
earnings
per hour
Value of
material
orders
placed
during
month
Federal projects financed from Public Works Administration
Appropriation Act 1938 funds
All projects
Airport construction (exclusive of buildings)
Building construction
Reclamation.. __
River, harbor, and flood control—
_
Streets and roads..
Miscellaneous
Professional, technical, and clerical..
1,474
1,364
$181, 751
201, 668
$0. 901
$209,124
230
441
775
0
1
12
15
230
406
706
0
1
12
9
25, 530
48,719
104, 465
0
242
905
1,890
33,326
42,998
122,887
0
160
1,155
1,142
.766
1.133
.850
0
1.513
.784
1.655
24,313
109, 590
75,175
46
0
o0
Non-Federal projects financed from National Industrial
Recovery Act funds
All projects •
Build ine construction 8
Railroads
Miscellaneous
..
98
83
$4, 578
6,847
$0. 669
$10,164
19
21
58
13
21
49
451
10
4,117
325
21
6,501
1.388
.476
.633
0;
0
10,164
Non-Federal projects financec from Emergency Relief Appropriation Act 1935, 1936, and 1937 funds
All projects
_
Building construction
Electrification
Heavy engineering __ _
Water and sewerage
Miscellaneous
_
..
3,039
2,795
$334,173
515,161
$0. 649
$370, 230.
84
250
2,659
46
0
67
226
2,457
45
0
7,486
22, 514
296, 347
7,826
0
4,859
26,154
477, 217
6,931
0
1.541
.861
.621
1.129
0
2,007
34,049
290, 307
3,743
40,124
Non-Federal projects financed from Public Works Administration Appropriation Act 1938 funds
All projects
6,571
5,610
$820,070
660,081
$1. 242
$1,088,141
Building construction.
Electrification
Heavy engineering..
Streets and roads
Water and sewerage..
Miscellaneous
1,786
325
2,851
363
1,246
0
1,505
268
2,510
279
1,048
0
237,216
50,038
366,996
26,965
138,855
0
163,698
33,591
314,822
25, 342
122,628
0
1.449
1.490
1.166
1.064
1.132
0
279,083147, 516*
381,194
18, 675
148, 273
113, 402'
. . _..
_
1 Data are for the month ending on the 15th.
2 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 Public Roads Administration.
* Not available; weekly average included in total for all projects.
e Includes data for workers engaged in construction of underground tunnel who, because of the additional5
risk involved, were paid at rates higher than those usually paid for building construction.
UNITED STATES HOUSING AUTHORITY
Table 16 shows data concerning employment, pay rolls, and manhours worked in March 1941 on low-rent projects of the United States,
Housing Authority.
34
TABLE 16.—Employment and Pay Rolls on Low-Rent Housing Projects Operated by the
United States Housing Authority, March 1941
[Subject to revision]
Employment
Geographic division
Maximum Weekly
average
All divisions..
New England
Middle Atlantic
East North Central.....
West North Central
South Atlantic.
East South Central.West South Central..
Mountain..
Pacific
Outside continental United States. .
Monthly
payrolls
$3,485,089
of
Man-hours Average Value
worked eapajngs t . material
jokers
during *
placed durmonth per hour ing
month
36,989
31,801
3,696,167
$0.943
$6,222,615
2,730
4,227
5,382
2,326
3,688
4,679
306, 528
541,436
629,198
290,828
390, 557
542,044
1.054
1.386
1.161
12, 295
10,644
1,005, 785
1, 226,995
.820
629,281
947, 712
928,045
781
1, 589,904
3,233
5,653
553
1,780
1,136
2,674
4,875
482
1,451
982
230,491
480, 598
64,863
190,199
35,991
300,640
583, 332
57,582
160,799
143, 390
.767
.824
1.126
1.183
.251
480,121
1,089.346
156,065
357,419
43,941
WORK PROJECTS ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM
A record of employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked in
March on projects financed by the Work Projects Administration is
shown in table 17, by type of project.
TABLE 17.—Employment and Pay Rolls on Projects Financed by the Work Projects
Administration, March 1941
[Subject to revision]
Employment
Type of project
Weekly
average
Maximum i
Monthly
p a y rolls
Man-hours Average
worked
earnings
during
per hour
month
Value of
material
orders
placed
during
month
Projects operated by Work Projects Administration 2
All projects-
1, 708, 658
..
$95, 910,162
213, 754,441
$0. 449
(3)
Projects operated by other Federal agencies
All projects.
Airport construction
(exclusive of
buildings) 4 .
_ .
Building constructionForestry
Grade-crossing elimination «__
Hvdroelectric power plants 4
._
Plant, crop, and livestock conservation
Professional, technical and clerical
_'__.
Public roads «_.
Reclamation _
-_
River, harbor, and flood control....
Streets and roads
Water and sewerage.
Miscellaneous..
58, 950
56, 589
$2, 647,479
6,317,640
$0. 419
$564,058
8,421
25,081
6,219
116
1, 250
8,414
23,106
6,217
99
1,212
131, 678
1,328, 943
246, 298
11,332
55, 731
690, 794
2,730,321
610, 451
14,103
214, 222
.191
.487
.403
.804
.260
14,484
362,951
31,108
2, 541
55, 511
6,091
6,035
326,448
705,182
.463
27, 975
2,038
59
8,724
35
473
266
177
1,996
45
8,571
34
443
255
162
130, 635
1,843
377,066
2,640
21,072
7,447
6,346
226,175
4,602
1,016, 282
4,189
49,722
30, 256
21, 341
.578
.400
.371
.630
.424
.246
.297
14,146
0
31, 956
0
1,308
2i; 736
342
1 Maximum number employed during any 1 week of the month by each contractor and Government
agency
doing force-account work.
2
Data are for the calendar month; will be published by type of project in April issue of this publication.
3
Data
on a monthly basis are not available.
4
Includes projects under construction in Puerto Rico.
s Projects under the jurisdiction of the Public Roads Administration.
35
Data on employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked in March
on each type of project operated by the Work Projects Administration
were not available when this report was prepared. The figures for
February are presented in table 18.
TABLE 18.-
-Employment and Pay Rolls on Projects Operated by the Work Projects
Administration, by Type of Project, February, 1941
[Subject to revision]
Employment 1
Type of project
All projects-. ,
Pay-roll disbursements
Man-hours
worked
Average
earnings
per hour
1, 836, 995
$92, 445, 040
207,731,931
$0.445
Conservation
Highways, roads, and streets
Professional and 2service, excluding sewing..
Public buildings
Publicly owned or operated
utilitiesRecreational facilities 3 _.
Sanitation
Sewing
_ __
Airports and airways
Not elsewhere classified—Total
51, 444
694, 494
365, 620
152, 495
209, 450
2, 532, 062
30,999, 082
21, 125, 830
8, 301, 879
10, 836, 688
5,806,876
76, 581, 660
43,129, 766
17, 201, 564
23, 484, 412
.436
.405
.490
.483
.461
73, 491
23, 885
130, 447
60, 630
75, 039
4, 116, 712
1,122, 230
6, 021,999
2, 707, 807
4, 680, 751
8, 424, 802
2, 672, 451
15,104, 557
6, 365,121
8, 960, 722
.489
.420
.399
.425
.522
National defense vocational training
Other.
30, 944
44, 095
1, 686,145
2, 994, 606
3, 636, 468
5, 324, 254
.464
.562
1
Data for "All projects" represent the average of the weekly employment counts made as of each
Wednesday during the calendar month. The distribution by type of project is, except for "National
defense
vocational training," estimated on the basis of employment on Feb. 26, 1941.
2
Separate data for housing projects are not available.
3
Exclusive of buildings.
NATIONAL YOUTH ADMINISTRATION
Employment and pay rolls on the National Youth Administration
projects for February and March 1941 are shown in table 19.
TABLE 19.—Employment and Pay Rolls on National Youth Administration Projects,
March and February 1941
[Subject to revision]
Employment
Payrolls
Type of project
March
February
March
February
Total-
938,700
948, 985
$12, 306, 236
$12,465, 580
Student work program
Out-of-school work program.
473,417
465, 283
460, 587
488, 398
3, 300, 411
9,005,825
3,175, 708
9, 289,872
CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS
Employment and pay rolls in the Civilian Conservation Corps in
February and March 1941 are presented in table 20.
36
TABLE 20.—Employment and Pay Rolls in the Civilian Conservation Corps, March 1941 1L
[Subject to revision]
Pay rolls
Employment
Group
March 1941 February 1941 March 1941 February 1941
All groups..
Enrolled personnel 2
Nurses 3
__
....
Educational advisers 3
Supervisory and technical 3 .
_
282,896
312,082
$12,830,524
$13, 730, 562
_
248, 603
136
1, 521
32, 636
277,935
145
1,521
32, 481
7, 727,166
18,836
258, 764
4,825, 758
8, 646, 744
19, 375
269, 469
4, 794, 974
1 Employment figure is monthly average for enrolled personnel, and number employed on last day of
month
for other groups.
2
March data include 3,560 enrollees and pay roll of $76,087 outside continental United States; in February
the corresponding figures were 3,924 enrollees and pay roll of $85,799.
3 Included in executive service, table 13.
CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS FINANCED BY THE
FINANCE CORPORATION
RECONSTRUCTION
Statistics of employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked on construction projects financed by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation
in March are presented in table 21, by type of project.
TABLE 21.—Employment and Pay Rolls on Projects Financed by the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation, by Type of Project, March 1941 1
[Subject to revision]
Employment 2
Type of project
Monthly
pay rolls
Man-hours
worked
during
month
Value of
material
orders
placed during month
Average
earnings
per hour
All projects
6,011
$772, 227
672, 578
$1.148
$2, 765,199-
Building construction 3___
Streets and roads _
Water and sewerage
Heavy engineering.
5,664
11
196
140
727, 728
509
28,057
15,933
628, 949
466
31,339
11,824
1.157
1.092
.995
1.348
2,629,086
_
76, 204
59,909-
1 Data are for the month ending on the 15th.
2 Maximum number employed during any 1 week of the month by each contractor.
Includes 318 employees; pay-roll disbursements of $27,257; 26,031 man-hours worked; and material orders
placed of $76,065 on projects financed by RFC Mortgage Co.
3
CONSTRUCTION
PROJECTS FINANCED FROM REGULAR
APPROPRIATIONS
FEDERAL
Data concerning employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked on
construction projects financed from regular Federal appropriations
during March 1941 are given in table 22, by type of project.
37
TABLE 22.—Employment and Pay Rolls on Construction Projects Financed From Regular
Federal Appropriations, by Type of Project, March 1941 i
[Subject to revision]
Employment
Type of project
Maximum 2
All projects
3 850,679
Airport construction
Building construction-.
Electrification:
Rural Electrification
Administration projects 4_ .
Other than R. E. A. projects.. Forestry _ _ _
Heavy engineering..
Public roads 5_.
Reclamation
_
River, harbor, andfloodcontrol:
Dredging, dikes, revetments,
etc
Locks and dams,.
Ship construction:
Naval vessels
Other than naval vessels..
Streets and roads
Water and sewerageMiscellaneous..
Weekly
average
Value of
material
orders
per hour placed during month
Man-hours
worked
during
month
Monthly
pay rolls
Average
earnings
$0.888 $178, 412, 585
763, 488 $109, 995, 226 123,823,610
37.489
537, 941
35, 850
463, 454
4, 836, 986
68, 241, 024
5, 246, 261
74, 820, 697
.922
.912
7,200,823
88, 924, 508
9,852
1,019
1
69
(6)
24,177
8,113
894
1
69
31,167
23, 718
501, 305
126, 373
145
10, 401
2, 779, 663
3, 445, 951
975, 328
120, 722
176
7,009
4,311,918
3, 680, 277
.514
1.047
.824
1. 484
.645
.936
3, 013,023
522, 271
22, 937
4,780
20, 784
4,365
2,442, 792
560, 767
3,187,674
667, 319
.766
.840
3, 543, 591
1, 512,813
123, 897
35, 611
2,297
1, 594
17,848
119, 903
34, 218
2,159
1,351
17,442
21, 583, 393
4, 379, 920
208,817
114,895
762, 794
23, 009, 628
5,167, 511
293, 650
152, 458
2,182, 982
.938
.848
.711
.754
.349
55,193, 227
5,801,978
318,809
204, 276
2, 527,978
244.491
3, 566, 882
5, 837,915
1
2
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.
s4 Includes weekly average for public-road projects.
Financed by Rural Electrification Administration loans.
£
Under the jurisdiction of the Public Roads Administration.
6
Not available; weekly average included in the total for all projects.
STATE-ROADS PROJECTS
A record of employment and pay-roll disbursements on the construction and maintenance of roadsfinancedwholly from State or local
funds in March 1941, compared with February 1941, and March 1940,
is presented in table 23.
TABLE 23.—Employment and Pay Rolls on Construction and Maintenance of State Roads
March 1941, February 1941 and March 1940 '
[Subject to revision]
Employment2
Item
March
1941
February
1941
Total-
125, 648
121,385
New roads
Maintenance-
24,113
101, 535
21,882
99, 503
1
2
_
Projectsfinancedwholly from State or local funds.
Average number working during month.
Pay rolls
March
1940
March
1941
126,934 $10,181,296
22, 625
104,309
1, 754,134
8,427,162
February
1941
$9,472,531
1,592, 535
7, 879,996
March
1940
$9, 728,964
1,596,484
8,132,480
38
PURCHASES FROM PUBLIC FUNDS *
Table 24 shows the value of material orders placed on construction projects financed by Federal funds in the first quarter of 1941.
Material orders placed on construction projects operated by the Work
Projects Administration, not included in this table because data were
not available, will be included in the complete report for the first
quarter to be published in the June pamphlet.
In the first quarter of 1941 on construction projects financed from
regular Federal appropriations, orders were placed for materials
valued at approximately $576,699,000. Of this amount $155,458,000
was expended for iron and steel products, $243,424,000 for machinery,
$21,619,000 for cement and concrete products, and $67,992,000 for
forest products. Of the $19,843,000 of material orders placed on the
United States Housing Authority program, $6,816,000 was for iron
and steel products, $2,541,000 for machinery, $2,042,000 for cement
and concrete products, and $2,271,000 for forest pioducts.
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
materials in the form in which they are 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 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 Manufacturers, 1937.
1
Unless otherwise specified, data presented in this section are as of the 15th of the month.
39
TABLE 24.—Value of Material Orders Placed on Construction Projects Financed byFederal Funds for the First Quarter of 1941
Projects
Type of material
All materials
Textiles and their products
Awnings, tents, canvas, etc.
Carpets and rugs
Cordage and twine.. .-_
Cotton products..
....
Felt products....
..
Jute products
Linoleum and asphalted-felt-base floor covering
Sacks and bags, other than paper
Upholstering, filling, batting, padding, and
wadding
Waste and related products
_
Textiles and their products, n. e. c._
Public
Works U. S. H. A.
Adminis- low-rent
tration i housing
38,061
760
Regular
Federal
Federal
agency
projects
financed
from
W. P. 3A.
funds
$19,842,884 $6,134,407 $576,698,550 $2,210,234
329
81,051
969,834
1,561
1,894
153,801
151
119
1,435
442
263
76,710
4,971
718
905
30,757
312,022
Forest products
Cork products
.
1,014
Furniture and related products
112, 540
Lumber and timber products, n. e. c_
167,754
Planing-mill products
28,333
Window and door screens and weatherstrip
2,381
Forest products, n. e. c._.
_
._
Chemicals and allied products
62,448
Ammunition and related products
Compressed and liquefied gases..
11, 715
Explosives
34, 666
Paints, pigments, and varnishes
13,635
2,432
Chemicals and allied products, n. e. c . • .
Stone, clay, and glass products
1,530, 399
Asbestos products, n. e. c
2,826
Brick, hollow tile, and other clay products,
n. e. c_.
114,474
Cement
505, 205
Concrete products..
99, 663
Crushed stone..
29,043
Glass...
..
27,812
1,313
Lime
Marble, granite, slate, and other stone, cut and
shaped
93,854
Minerals and earths, ground or otherwise
treated
..
Sand and gravel
„
387, 593
Steam and other packing, pipe and boiler covering, and gaskets
23, 606
Tiling, floor and wall, and terrazzo
207,124
Wall plaster, wallboard, and building insulation
33,821
Stone, clay, and glass products, n. e. c
4,065
Iron and steel and their products, not including
machinery
_
__
1,633,985
Bolts, nuts, washers, and rivets
19, 338
Doors, shutters, window sash and frames,
202, 739
molding and trim, metal.
Firearms
12,609
Forgings, iron and steel
52, 724
Hardware, miscellaneous
Heating and ventilating equipment, except
142,108
pipe
......
8,539
Nails and spikes
52, 606
Pipe and fittings, cast-iron
85, 594
Pipe and fittings, wrought-iron and steel
72,392
Plumbing fixtures and supplies, except p i p e .
Rail fastenings, except spikes
Rails, steel
„.
^
312
Springs, steel
Steel, reinforcing. .,._
_
401,778
334,447
Steel, structural
3,628
Stoves and ranges, other than electric Switches, railway
See f o o t n o t e s a t end of t a b l e .
Reconstruction
Finance
Corporation 2
2,270,983
946
98, 743
1,144,290
982,344
55
478
90
110,692
7,491
190
24,485
5,912
244, 784
91
671
67,991,782
247,347
5, 286,186
47,865, 466
14,498, 618
4,185
89,980
4, 233, 6651
351,571
178
7,334
220,984
123,069
111, 716
754, 700
3, 254, 550
112, 699
50,024. 261
336,870
2,134
2,672
45,591
4,312
349,452
1,915
419, 748
116, 709
195,847
11,323
24, 242
13
3, 686,109
14,875, 335
6, 743,419
5, 719,068
832,424
29,285
12,247
150,484
47,568
67,995
7,555
311
10,581
1,663,028
1,337
371,897
9,537
24, 326
8,294, 654
43,471
87,486
105,333
33
4,259
312, 535
780,435
85
7,462
528, 521
78, 206
16,008
14, 611
6, 597,137
129, 636
8,723
, 039,919 155,457, 642
2,941, 532
11, 222
559,046
6,089
5,892
228,053
1,780
66
221,466
4,741
4,843,985
12,047
1,
495,175
1, 547,011
128,309
92,319
6,816,378
2,890
181,500
33
4,651
166,897
9,903
16
65,813
349,617
5,690
1,549
19, 751
850
3
10
822,911
6,364,440
6
54,70
5,083
601, 575
41,614
244
353, 715
10,958 10,232,932
17, 007 3,256, 254
1,872
47,151
951,079
6,065
533,906
320, 318
995,936
75, 636 18, 018,990
1, 275, 559
3,884
8,437, 611
1,773
168, 367 16,830, 231
21,627 9,434, 769
2,780
7,777
564,843
14, 203
13,601
49, 371
16,403
111, 174
7,077,860
1,071, 650
86,951
473,933 2, 392, 334 29,316,117
720,854
29, 651
"192
47, 756
176,421
40
TABLE 24.—Value of Material Orders Placed on Construction Projects Financed by
Federal Funds for the First Quarter of 1941—Continued
Projects
Type of material
Public
S. H. A.
Works U.
low-rent
Adminisl
housing
tration
Iron and steel and their products, not including
machinery—C ontinued.
$29, 404
Tools, other than machine tools _.
Wire and wireworks products
. .. 44, 279
Iron and steel and their products, n. e. c .
171, 488
75,816
l^onferrous metals and their products
299
Aluminum products-.
21, 425
Copper products-.
371
Lead products
35,670
Sheet-metal products..
Zinc products
Nonferrous metals and their products, n. e. c .
18,051
Machinery, not including transportation equip2,158,412
ment _
Electrical machinery, apparatus, and supplies _ 1, 432, 738
Electrical wiring and
fixtures
..__ _ 282, 909
43,124
Elevators and elevator equipment
Engines, turbines, tractors, and water wheels17, 007
Machine tools
2,691
Meters (gas, water, etc.) and gas generators
695
Pumps and pumping equipment..
157, 744
Radio apparatus and supplies
6,271
Refrigerators and refrigerating and ice-making
apparatus
10, 749
Machinery, n. e. c
- _.. 204, 484
Transporation equipment, air, land, and water
25, 455
Aircraft
....
Aircraft parts
1,381
Boats, steel and wooden
Carriages and wagons
Locomotives, other than steam..
Locomotives, steam
Motorcycles and parts
Motor vehicles, passenger-..
1,198
Motor vehicles, trucks
22,876
Railway cars, freight
Railway cars, mail and express.
Railway cars, passenger
Transportation equipment, n. e. c.
Miscellaneous
___
826,160
Belting, miscellaneous
320
Coal and coke.
25, 790
Creosote
Instruments, professional and scientific..
6,172
Mattresses and bed springs.._
Models and patterns.^
Paper products
1,919
Paving materials: Asphalt, tar, crushed slag,
and mixtures
17, 567
Petroleum products
166, 745
Photographic apparatus and supplies
302
Roofing: Built-up, and roll, asphalt shingles
and roof coatings, except paint
7,899
Rubber products
5,210
3,178
Theatrical scenery and stage equipment W indow shades and fixtures
898
Other materials
590,160
$5,339
73,677
705,197
689, 022
1,098
1,783
4,927
232, 826
Reconstruction
Finance
Corporation 2
Regular
Federal
$17,787
11, 234
168,675
$4,007,685
5,174, 670
32, 487, 810
43, 942
5, 876, 954
563, 379
1, 223, 337
33, 240
170, 320
~ 3,957" 3, 627, 633
6,745
Federal
agency
projects
financed
from
W. P . A.
funds 3
$13,309
10, 344
46, 077
24,630
1, 443
9
23, 049
292, 285
129
2,541,248 1,688,845 243,423, 627
302, 099 51,197, 439
57, 595
49, 403 23, 274,158
1,157, 890
44, 413
4, 219, 772
45, 565
12, 661 74, 622,126
93
11, 990 20, 719, 250
3,339
23
34,063
14, 058
46,924 25, 241,622
45,108
1,146,653
260,624
1,088, 715
128,885 1, 221, 332
2,001
1,578
650,128
42, 318, 416
2, 622,181
21, 938
142, 601
17, 686
2,656
15,964
1
59, 778
37, 576
173, 538
1,578
750
1,251
2,370, 586
335, 209
42, 829
7,460
25, 884
3,285
90,196
212, 622
97
687, 482
211, 358
3,847
30, 673
1, 217, 816
46,098,604
1,993
636, 485
481
677, 001
2,959
571, 06
36
2,181
"231
62, 584
103,498
718
4,764
119, 341
187
11,454
16, 563
7,114,450
6, 958, 404
53, 391
5,199.
56, 436
2,946
310,130
124
45,110
5,124
89, 705
1, 795,998
250, 676
2, 656, 219
683,875
1, " "
6,492
27,142, 633
65,093
2,878
67
435, 280
1 Includes material orders placed on Public Works Administration projects financed by the Emergency
Relief Appropriations 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.
2 Includes projects financed by R F C Mortgage Co.
3 Includes projects financed by transfer of W. P . A. funds to other Federal agencies under sec. 3, E. R. A. A.
1938, and sec. 11-A, E. R. A. A. 1939.
The value of material orders placed on all construction projects
financed by Federal funds during the fourth quarter of 1940, is
presented in table 25, by type of project.
TABLE 25.—Value of Material Orders Placed on Construction Projects Financed by Federal Funds for the Fourth Quarter of 1940
[Subject to revision]
Projects
Type of material
All materials..
Textiles and their products.
Cotton products
Textiles and their products, n. e. c.
Forest products _
Furniture and related products
Lumber and timber products, n. e. c.
Forest products, n. e. e.
Chemical and allied products-.
Explosives
Paints, pigments, and varnishes
Chemicals and allied products, n. e. c._
Stone, clay, and glass products..
Brick, hollow tile, and other clay products,.
Cement
....
C oncrete products..
Crushed stone
Sand and gravel. . . . _ _ ...
Wall plaster, wallboard, and building insulation..
Stone, clay, and glass products, n. e. c_.
Iron and steel and their products, not including machinery.
Hardware, miscellaneous
Pipe and fittings, cast iron.
..
Plumbing, heating, ventilating equipment, except pipe. ._
Structural and reinforcing steel.
Tools other than machine tools
Iron and steel and their products, n. e. c~
See footnotes at end of table.
Total
Public Works
Administration i
U. S. H. A.
low-rent
housing
Reconstruction
Finance Corporation 2
Regular
Federal
Federal agency
projects
financed from
W. P . A. funds3
Operated by
W . P . A.*
$526, 372,713
$13, 374, 552
$21, 276, 497
$1,846, 261
$401,358,476
$1, 841, 371
$86, 675, 556
4,412,428
4,491
99,741
7,467
479, 243
5,660
3, 815, 826
2,886,319
1, 526,109
6
4,485
10
99, 731
0
7,467
409
478, 834
184
5,476
2, 885, 710
930,116
47, 684, 758
823, 765
2, 438,912
70, 079
36, 779,714
261, 560
7, 310, 728
2, 225, 374
45, 398, 428
60, 956
189, 628
608, 955
25,182
69, 521
2, 369, 284
107
13, 524
56, 555
0
1, 692, 391
35, 052, 063
35, 260
3,948
257, 205
407
256, 362
7, 054,366
0
6, 042, 672
199, 332
459, 410
58, 935
2, 973, 604
52, 879
2, 298, 512
1, 663, 224
2, 809,178
1, 570, 270
68,020
112,006
19,306
842
446,300
12, 268
207
6,127
52, 601
985,010
1,077, 478
911,116
4,827
40, 395
7,657
604, 318
1,126,872
567, 322
99, 015, 246
3, 763,124
5, 950, 866
135, 516
57, 448, 426
362, 062
31, 355, 252
044
746
798
039
190
520
787
1, 613, 559
573, 268
2, 260,998
2,604
364, 817
470, 838
664, 782
5,474
57, 480
28, 317
5, 903
9,279
7,782
21,281
2, 242,487
21, 988, 646
6, 544, 938
8, 648, 793
12,864, 052
2, 624, 952
2, 534, 558
14, 945
191, 376
28, 640
18,800
33, 628
22, 214
52,459
2,951,017
8, 389,159
4, 752, 507
6,866, 755
5, 780, 908
608, 776
2,006,130
114, 419,935
4,118, 038
7, 233, 363
376,300
86, 915,152
330,769
15, 446, 313
4, 023, 699
9, 035, 602
16, 836, 377
33, 770, 910
2, 677, 457
48, 075, 890
198, 303
219, 064
506, 235
1, 734, 654
47, 498
1,412,284
415,638
489, 808
2, 489, 473
2,139, 615
10, 227
1,688, 602
9,606
4,340
34, 648
108, 505
2,333
218, 868
2, 028, 294
4, 736, 099
10, 937, 534
26,938,611
2,128,176
40,146, 438
49, 701
38, 091
81, 408
49, 712
15,679
96,178
1, 322,157
3, 548, 200
2, 787, 079
2, 801, 813
473, 544
4, 513, 520
7. 256, 526
32,108, 675
14,159,198
15, 626,894
19, 850,874
3,839, 082
6,173,997
429,
908,
543,
84,
798,
104,
894,
TABLE 25.—Value of Material Orders Placed on Construction Projects Financed by Federal Funds for the Fourth Quarter of 1940.—Continued
Projects
Type of material
Total
Public Works
Administration^
U. S. H. A.
low-rent
housing
Reconstruction
Finance Corporation 2
Regular
Federal
Federal agency
projects
financed from
W. P . A. fundss
Operated by
W. P. A.4
6,462,694
224,675
559,163
216,592
5, 097,442
18,794
346,028
Machinery, not including transportation equipment..
188, 395, 760
2, 742, 939
1, 645, 418
850,447
180, 203,963
179,894
2,773, 099
Electrical machinery, apparatus, and supplies.
Machinery, n. e. c~ ..
54,711,766
133, 683,994
1, 827, 746
915,193
1, 241,923
403, 495
217, 516
632,931
49, 840,966
130,362, 997
79,896
99,998
1,503, 719
1, 269,380
Nonferrous metals and their products.
Transportation equipment, air, land, and water_
Miscellaneous..
Coal and coke _
. _ . . __ _
__.
Paving materials—asphalt, tar, crushed slag, and mixtures. _
Petroleum products
Roofing—built-up and roll, asphalt shingles, and roof coatings, except paint..
Rubber products_.
...
Other materials._
2,995,441
15, 618
1,766
208
2, 401, 801
52,818
523, 230
56,943, 779
1,482, 570
2,887, 858
130, 717
29,059,131
576,935
22,806, 568
573, 911
19, 265. 091
10, 493, 835
30,874
198, 675
335,615
4,424
47,843
104, 214
22
250
10, 273
329, 384
6, 544, 072
7, 212,154
1,009
136,905
50, 073
208,198
12,337,346
2,781,506
2,044,758
610, 745
23, 955, 439
49, 476
9,954
857, 976
246, 003
1,128
2, 484, 246
2,606
2,648
114,918
1, 417, 632
382,987
13,172,902
19,071
5,640
364, 237
309,970
208. 388
6,961,160
1
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.
2
Includes projects financed by RFC Mortgage Co.
s Includes projects financed by transfer of W. P. A. funds to other Federal agencies under
sec. 3, E. R. A. A. 1938, and sec. 11-A, E. R. A. A. 1939.
* Does not include National Youth Administration projects.
to
43
The needs of the Work Projects Administration for motor vehicles,
construction and other equipment, and miscellaneous services for use
on work relief projects are supplied in part through the rental of
equipment and the purchase of services. These rentals and services
on projects operated by the Work Projects Administration for the
fourth quarter of 1940, the third quarter of 1940, and the fourth
quarter of 1939 are shown in table 26, by type of rental and service.
TABLE 26.—Rentals and Services on Projects Operated by Work Projects Administration
[Subject to revision]
Fourth
quarter of
Third
Fourth
quarter of
1939
1940
quarter of
1940
All rentals and services _.
$66,880,484
$61,488, 716
$58, 664, 517
Motor vehicles
Teams and wagons
Construction equipment..
Other equipment.
_ __
Other rentals and services
24, 272,938
261, 319
18, 611, 862
2, 938,207
20, 796,158
24, 931, 270
290, 715
18, 561,066
2, 892, 280
14,813, 385
22,860, 545
430,062
19, 502,086
1,642, 517
14,229, 307
Type of rental and service
In connection with the administration of the Public Contracts Act
the Bureau of Labor Statistics has been collecting data on supply
contracts awarded by Federal agencies of the United States for the
manufacture or furnishing of materials, supplies, articles, and equipment in any amount exceeding $10,000. The first public contracts
were awarded under the act in September 1936.
Table 27 shows the value of public contracts awarded under the
act for supplies during the first quarter of 1941, the fourth quarter of
1940, and the first quarter of 1940.
TABLE 27.—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 revision]
Value of contracts awarded
Type of materials
First
quarter
Fourth
First
quarter
quarter
$604, 748, 426
$1, 425, 335,841
$80,908,089
7,295, 600
12,192, 601
2, 216, 321
822, 029
154, 570
25,384
1,075,164
793, 971
420, 252
518, 956
623, 096
0
579,642
2, 282, 536
2, 450, 304
252, 870
95, 292
876,930
867, 211
764,012
488,993
3,151,180
635, 360
715,872
1,894, 577
241,893
0
10, 564
457,468
302, 846
233, 336
244,835
141,300
0
150, 224
433, 855
1941
All materials.....
Food and kindred products..
Canning and preserving:
Fruits and vegetables..
Seafoods
Cereal preparations _
Coffee and tea
Condensed and evaporated milk
Feeds prepared, for animals and fowl..
Flour and other grain mill products..
Meat-packing products
Shortening and vegetable cooking oil..
Sugar
Miscellaneous food products.
Revised.
19401
1940 i
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TABLE 27.—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
First
quarter
1941
Textiles and their products.
Awnings, tents, sails, and canvas covers.._ .
Clothing (overcoats, suits, trousers, etc.)Clothing, manufacture only 2
„
Cordage and twine, including thread
Cotton goods (drills, prints, sheeting, etc.)..
Furnishing goods, men's, n. e. c
Housefurnishing goods (pillow cases, sheets, etc.).
Knit goods (hosiery, underwear, etc.)Linoleum
Woolen goods (flannels, suiting, etc.)-.
Work clothing
Miscellaneous textile products.
Fourth
quarter
19401
First
quarter
1940 i
$129, 765, 284
$220, 058,470
$5,933,040<
4,068, 380
5, 883, 930
22, 571, 013
805,080
36, 770, 953
3, 835,312
17, 531, 214
21, 211, 536
190, 968
11,977,101
813, 539
4,106, 258
12,955, 352
8, 564, 511
14, 682, 394
1, 343, 885
39,027,987
4, 052, 624
29,195, 914
13, 258, 726
221, 535
81, 650, 984
8, 969,018
6,135, 540
199,2081, 299, 774
12, 920
74,450
994, 099"
613, 903
179, 591
719, 2680^
616,937
83, 2851,139,605
6, 771,984
7,995, 513
1, 289, 659*
264, 216
603, 662
3, 750,154
1,195, 225
197, 228
761,499
39, 315
1,023, 861
2, 665,983
3, 347,901
100,411
818 042
0
53,906*
1,167,643
O
68,110
O
Chemicals and allied products. __
86, 775,877
136, 208,105
4, 393, 295
Ammunition and related products...
Compressed and liquefied gases,.
Drugs and medicines..
Explosives..
_
Linseed oil
Paints and varnishes. .
Soap and soap chips
Miscellaneous chemicals..
Products of asphalt, coal, and petroleum..
77,931,449
13, 530
1,934, 066
2, 557, 621
210, 261
1,074,917
697, 963
2,356,070
125, 046, 797
16, 582
1, 012,078
6, 762, 732
99,138
527,965
171, 209
2, 571, 604
1,486,708
319,698.
617,995
169,042
125,487
300, 808
281,151
1,092, 40&
3, 743, 556
21,907, 263
4,467,055
355, 534
069,075
441,157
345,934
233,842
298,014
593, 532
2,033, 381
8, 530,087
9,493, 589
40,796
1, 215,878
210, 63a
272, 821
839, 251
2, 759, 586
88,844
295,923
Forest products
Cork and cork products
Furniture
Lumber and timber products, n. e. c .
Planing-mill products
Treated lumber and timber
Miscellaneous forest products..
Asphalt, oil, tar, and mixtures..
Coal and coke.^
Fuel oil
Gasoline
Lubricating oils and greases
Miscellaneous coal and petroleum products.
14, 523, 878
21, 690,183
2,181,081
10, 741,134
291, 916
327, 288
3,163, 540
14, 903, 404
298, 637
3, 582,823
2, 905,319
1, 530, 534
98, 681
369,827
182,039
8, 287,922
8, 799, 548
1, 902, 284
•40, 405
3,495, 512
522, 375
437, 351
434, 712
641, 334
113,916
0
1,122, 289
61, 604
32, 740
35, 380
239, 352
2, 930,804
335, 643
548, 633
194, 622
776, 600
0
0
549, 415
47,800
51, 225
494, 291
.
_
38,942
41,911
1, 269,442
10, 094
117,094
2,503,975
56, 059
1, 021, 910
29,180
98, 725
21, 710
76, 438
52, 264
8,520
140, 505
36, 755
35,900
35, 271
(\
\j
0
12,000
277,047
Iron and steel and their products, not including machinery. ..
57, 757, 510
72,774, 290
10,607,310
1, 627,805
940, 757
Bolts, nuts, rivets, washers, etc..
Cast-iron pipe and fittings..
369, 266
460,473
Castings
719, 618
1,093, 742
Fencing materials..
_
64, 384
142, 948
2
Labor only; materials furnished by U. S. Government.
i Revised.
428, 205263, 237
209, 744
0-
Leather and its manufactures.
Boots and shoes
Boot and shoe cut stock
Gloves
Miscellaneous leather goods,.
_.
Stone, clay, and glass products.Brick,...
Cement
Concrete pipe
Concrete, ready mixed-.
Crushed stone.^
Glass
Granite and marble..
Riprap stone
.
Sand and gravel..
Slag
Soil, black earth
Steam and other packing, pipe and boiler coveringTerra cotta
.
Tile, clay, including drain
Vitrified clay and terra cotta pipe
Miscellaneous stone, clay, and glass products..
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TABLE 27.—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
Iron and Steel and their products, not including machineryContinued.
Firearms and artillery.
Forgings, iron and steeL._
Hardware, miscellaneous
Heating and cooking apparatus, except electric—.
Metal doors, window sash and frames and trim..
Metal furniture
Metal shingles and roofing,.
Pipe and fittings, n. e. c
Plumbing fixtures and supplies-.
Bails and fastenings..
Beinforcing steel
Steel pipe and fittings
Steel sheets, plates, shapes, and strips
Structural steel, fabricated, and sheet-steel pilingTools, 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..
Lead products-.
Magnesium..
Nickel
Plated ware
Sheet-metal work.
Tin...
Zinc
Miscellaneous nonferrous metals and alloys-.
Machinery, not including electrical and transportation equipmentAir-conditioning e quipment .....
Business machines
Cranes
Elevators and elevator equipment
Engines, turbines, tractors, and parts..
Filter and purification equipment
Laundry machinery and equipmentMachine tools
Phonographs and accessories..
Power shovels and draglines
Printing and publishing machinery-.
Pumps and pumping equipment
Befrigerators and refrigerating and ice-making machinery.
Boad machinery
Windlasses, hawsers, winches, and capstans..
Miscellaneous machinery and parts
Electrical machinery, apparatus, and supplies,.
Batteries.
_.._
Circuit breakers and switches..
Communication equipment
Electric cable, wire, and other conductors
Generators and spare parts..
Heaters and ranges
Lamps, incandescent, and X-ray tubes..
Motors
Switchboards, relay and control equipment
TransformersWelding equipment
Miscellaneous electrical machinery, apparatus and supplies
a
Kevised ;
First
quarter
1941
Fourth
quarter
1940 i
First
quarter
1940 1
$14,973, 436
3,862, 501
713, 615
2,040, 217
1,119, 745
2,452, 506
0
2, 053, 500
246, 927
96, 784
589, 803
2,162,132
655, 019
6, 373,893
2,028,972
1, 589,837
14, 017, 551
$19,018, 573
4, 748,921
686,466
4,946,936
204, 036
6, 019, 276
16,099
700, 658
1, 904,133
213, 371
1, 522, 635
943,458
2, 982, 474
5, 297, 319
2, 998, 514
1, 055, 379
16,878,122
$587,616
3,182,972
26,411
116,873
77, 846
264,912
62,670
69, 280
81,050
69,164
924, 322
398, 780
670, 400
692, 320
197, 678
264, 933
2, 018,897
14,168,326
12, 354, 346
3,899, 596
1, 320, 504
2, 479, 862
513,953
1, 095, 226
458,968
101,295
286,014
236, 732
293,043
1,079,056
1, 446,929
124, 717
4, 732, 027
2,664, 914
1,662,008
306,140
1,014,639
41, 743
533,166
0
139, 608
705, 618
673, 312
426,176
28,928
4,158,094
281, 260
1, 542, 533
14, 455
301, 902
92, 588
51, 486
10, 571
25, 822
0
0
279, 208
63, 840
1, 235, 931
39, 908, 744
88, 915, 656
9, 542, 316
285, 951
140, 751
4, 526,177
140,171
3, 619, 940
323, 751
2, 651, 778
11, 027, 723
156,011Q
105, 046
5, 237,977
2,137, 221
515,173
1, 357,981
7, 683, 093
191, 593
139, 289
3, 626, 327
2, 787, 428
6, 758, 831
654,142
5, 495, 884
43, 523, 265
105, 533
0
373,608
112, 314
1,169, 696
41, 720
0
2, 312, 079
1,157,162
80, 630
5,010, 586
3, 075,866
185,656
778,626
15,450, 371
424, 571
90, 646
1,402,469
330,085
88, 333
206,842
2,884,420
31,802, 210
90, 774, 216
9, 713,415
367,775
811, 580
3,387, 266
14,059,842
2, 338, 405
4,822,125
0
158, 980
956,431
573,093
2, 745,464
974,042
2, 534,729
56,611,154
9,900, 665
2, 241,346
322,277
366,347
106,986
3, 298,147
2,133,063
761,081
78, 423
879,944
779, 721
1,814,060
1,340,941
48,0C0
10, 542
24, 513
1,864,125
1,634,066
351, 236
5,921, 249
11, 524, 379
887, 844
A
ri
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TABLE 27.—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
First
quarter
1941
Transportation equipment..
$166, 506, 475
Aircraft
_
Aircraft parts and equipmentBoats and boat equipment..
Motor vehicles, passenger.
Motor vehicles, truck-_
Motorcycles and parts..
Naval vessels..
Railway cars,_ _ __ _
Railway locomotives
Miscellaneous transportation equipment_
-
Miscellaneous
Brooms, brushes, bristles, etc.
Dental goods and equipment
Instruments, professional and scientific-.
Office equipment and supplies, n. e. c..
Paper and allied products.
_ _.
Photographic apparatus and materials.
Printing, publishing, and subscriptions..
Rubber products
__
Surgical and orthopedic supplies and appliances.
Tobacco manufactures.
Other materials
Rentals, services, etc..
Fourth
quarter
.1940 1
First
quarter
1948 l
$602,023, 940 $18,855, 760
13,708,228
107, 667, 698
10, 566, 390
1.107,333
17,920,392
1,813, 782
0
164, 856
2,015, 273
11, 542, 523
293,840, 219
60, 006, 671
6, 671,071
34, 211, 999
114,089, 749
968,702
21,435, 200
1, 022, 575
541,370
69, 236,384
58,286
8, 611,919
169,192
48, 561
8, 222,643
857,867
35,980
73, 756
64,018
713,538
37, 441,060
129,641, 710
5,906,957
707,164
691,170
9, 745, 765
581, 251
1,865,173
8,128, 458
296, 927
2,957, 226
1,816, 204
34, 259
8,141,162
2,476,281
510,658
1, 811, 524
76, 947, 453
451,522
13,746,610
2, 267, 928
395, 789
13, 434, 291
2,922, 870
357,398
13, 233, 702
3, 556, 965
72,659
26, 743
2,823, 534
261, 463
391, 418
752,662
85, 368
256, 961
207,163
10, 396
862,163
156, 427
i Revised.
The value of public contracts awarded for supplies by Federal
agencies totaled $604,748,000 during the first quarter of 1941. Of
the contracts awarded in the first quarter of 1941, $166,506,000 was
for transportation equipment; $129,765,000 for textiles and their
products; $86,776,000 for chemicals and allied products; and
$57,758,000 for iron and steel and their products, not including
machinery.
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