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EMPLOYMENT
and pay rolls
DETAILED REPORT
MARCH
1950
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT
Maurice J. Tobin - Secretary
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
Ewan Clague - Commissioner
OF LABOR
IMPORTANT NOTICE
In response to numerous requests for information on em
ployment trends in important individual industries, monthly data
on produjtion-worker employment for selected industries (•4-digit),
will be published regularly beginning with this issue of the
Detailed Report* These series appear in Table 9, page A:' 20.
The new series are based on benchmark levels indicated
by the 19-47 Census of Manufactures, and are therefore not comparable
in level with BIS data shown for broader industry groupings. The
regularly published BLS data for the latter are adjusted to 194-7
benchmark levels indicated by data obtained from the social insurance
program. Industry data from this source generally differ signifi
cantly from those shown by the Census of Lianufactures. The figures
for individual industries may not,therefore, be subtracted from the
broader industry groups to obtain information for the residual non
published industries* The industry series adjusted to Census of
Manufactures data will be continued only until such time as benchmarks
for individual industries (4-digit) can be obtained from social
insurance sources*
The industries shown in table 9 were selected from those
for Which average hours and earnings are regularly published in the
Hours and Earnings Industry Report* Summary sheets showing productioa-worker employment, by month, beginning with January 19-47 are
available on request for the industries listed in table 9* Such
requests should specify the industries for which these summaries are
desired*
Revised Estimates of Employment by Major Industry Group, 1939-1946
Estimates of employment for durable and nondurable industry
divisions and for 2-digit major industry groups, comparable with
the series currently published, have been prepared for the period
1939-46* This extension will make possible pre-war and current
period comparisons. Separate series for production workers and allemployees are available^. Copies af rwised series may,.be obtained
on request*
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Washington 25, D. C.
May 26, 1950
Executive 24.20
Ext. 351
EI'IPLOIMENT AND PAY ROLLS
Detailed Report
March 1950
CONTENTS
PAGE
Industry studies;
Bituminous Coal ’
lining................ ..........
2
Gray Iron Foundries.... .........................
6
Refrigerators and Air Conditioning..............
10
Employment and Pay Rolls Statistical Data....... .
A: 1
Explanatory Notes................. ................
i
Glossary......................................... .
v
Prepared by
Division of Employment Statistics
Samuel Weiss, Chief
k Problem Industry
The problem of too many mines and too
aany miners in the bituminous coal industry
remains unsolved. Production-worker employ
ment in the industry reached a postwar peak
of 435,000 in September 1948, In the second
half of 19^9, with the exception of the
strilce-affected month of October, employment
averaged 391,000. With the reopening of the
mines in Llarch 1950, employment climbed only
slightly to 396,000.
The magnitude of the reduction in coal
mining operations is more sharply out
lined by the 34 percent drop in manhours
between September 1948 and the last half of
1949. This decline reflects the compounding
of the 1949 business recession, the competi
tion of other fuels, reduced exports, in
creased productivity in the coal fields, and
the three day workweek. Grave problems are
by no means new to the industry. Between
1913 and 1935 alone, 13 commissions under
took studies of mining, and in the 1930’
s the
incus try was subject to regulation under the
IIIRA and the Guffey Coal Act. Today, the
question of how the bituminous coal mining
industry is to readjust to its restricted
market for coal remains unanswered.
Competition Guts Coal Use
A total of 435 mil],ion tons of bituminous coal was mined
in 194-9 — 31 percent less than the record tonnage produced in 194?.
This drastic reduction can not be attributed primarily either to
the business recession or to work stoppages. In 1948, whale the
national economy operated at a postwar peak, the coal milling indus
try had already begun to curtail production. This downturn became
more pronounced during the 1949 recession. It is also significant
that despite the limitation of coal mining to but 59 days in the
last half of the year, average monthly production was within 15
percent of meeting average monthly consumption. This was facili
tated somewhat by the steel industry stoppage and coal conservation
measures*
More significantly, the decline in coal production which
began in 1948 heralded increased supplies of oil and gas and a
return to a more normal level of coal exports. Between 1947 and
1949, coal exports were reduced by 4l million tons as European
mines were rehabilitated* Over the same period, the share of oil
and gas in the Nation’
s supply of energy from fuel and waterpower
rose from 46 to 56 percent. Illustrative of the trend was the
rapid introduction of diesel engines on the railroads which histori
cally have been a major coal consumer; in 1949, only 1 out of every
32 new locomotives delivered to the railroads was steam (coal)
driven.
This contraction of the market for coal is not simply a
post-war phenomenon. Over the r>ast twenty-five years, the competi
tion of other fuels coupled with the lack of development of new
large-scale uses for coal have gradually reduced the latter*s rela
tive contribution as a fuel. In 1926, bituminous coal supplied 62
percent, of the Nation's fuel, compared with 36 uercent currently*
This trend, merely halted by wartime conditions, was accelerated
in the postwar period. Actual average production for the current
four postwar years was little more than 3 percent above the 1926-29
average. In contrast, the population lias risen by 30 percent,
and manufacturing output by 39 percent during this same period
(1929-1949).
Employment Maintained But Weekly Hours Reduced
Average employment in 1949 was not significantly below
the 194? level despite the 31 percent drop in production over the
same period* This apparent contradiction resulted from a reduced
workweek. Initially, weekly hours were reduced one hour by the
adoption of the 8-hour day in the collective bargaining agreement
concluded in July 1947. Working time was cut somewhat more than
this since the miners1 lunch period was lengthened by a quarter of
an hour. In mid-1949, the adoption of a 3-day workweek for members
of the United Mine Workers of America substantially reduced weekly
hours. As a result of reduced hours, workers remained attached to
the industry but were underemployed.
4.
Over the past quarter century, however, the number of
workers has been greatly reduced. In 1923, the peak employment year,
employment averaged 643,000. In the postwar period, it averaged
404,000, more than a 37 percent decline. This reflected not only
lagging coal. demand, but also increased productivity. Mechanization
of mines has proceeded rapidly. For example, the percent of under
ground coal loaded mechanically rose from three-tenths of one per
cent in 1923 to 67 percent in 194-9. At the same time, coal from
easily accessible surface seams (taken by strip mining) which had
comprised but 2 percent of total tonnage in 1923 rose to 23 percent
in 1949. As a result, the output of coal per man-hour rose about
one-third between 1935 and 1948.
Unemployment*
A Chronic Problem
Chronic unemployment and underemployment in some mining
areas have marked the bituminous coal industry for many years.
Today, as the industry returns to a full workweek, the closing of
high cost mines is under way. Though no satisfactory report on
■unemployment of coal miners is available, the Bureau of Employment
Security has provided considerable evidence of its existence and
acuteness. For example, seven areas in 'which bituminous mining is
predominant or singularly important have been designated as critical
areas of high unemployment. These ares Jasper, Ala.; Crab Orchard
and Mount Vernon, 111. 5 Clinton and Terre Haute, Ind.j and Greenstourg and Johnstown, Pa.
Mining towns generally either dot rural hills and valleys
or are close to cities in which the economy is largely dependent
on the raining community. Consequently, little opportunity exists
for alternative employment in case of mine shutdowns. This has
provided an element of instability in such communities as well as
very difficult relief problems at tiiaes of slack coal demand.
Gain in Earnings
There were substantial postwar gains in average hourly
earnings in the industry. The level of $1.94 in 1949 represented
a greater relative increase since 1939 than that obtained for most
durable goods industries. The 70 cents a day increase won by the
miners in March of this year brought gross hourly earnings up to a
record ^2.01 for that month. Gains in hourly earnings since the
war have been accompanied by pay for travel and lunch tine and by
industry-financed welfare and retirement funds.
Weekly earnings reached the peak yearly average of #72.12
during 1948 as the gain in hourly earnings more than compensated
for a workweek somewhat shorter than in 1947. In the first half
of 1949, the continued shortening of the workweek brought average
weekly earnings .down to #70.94. With the adoption of the 3-day
workweek in July 1949 earnings sagged still further, averaging
$ 55^02 a week over the last half of the year.. Wage-rate gains,
Combined with a full workweek while depleted coal stocks were
being renewed, resulted in March 1950 in record weekly earnings
of $79.15.
Bituminous Coal Industry - A Snecial Problem
The combination of circumstances pressing the coal indus
try make the establishment of an early stability highly difficult.
Though increased business activity may raise coal consumption above
the 19^9 level the competition of other fuels, increasing producti
vity, declining exports, and over-expansion of capacity presage
increasing dislocations in the industry. The present workforce,
even if employed only 200 days daring the year (40 weeks on a 5-day
basis), can mine more than 550 million tons of coal. This is almost
25 percent more coal than was consumed in 19-49. This means either
extensive displacement of miners or part-time employment.
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o —
EMPLOYMENT II'! BITOMIHOUS GOAL MINING, 1923 - 1950
Year
*
5
(production workers)
>
Number
!
Year
!!
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
643,000
565,000
537,000
542,000
542,000
476,000
459,000
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
193S
1939
408,000
350,000
366,000
423,000
436,000
450,000
461,000
406,000
372,000
44l,0C0
U. S . Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics
I.Iay 1950
1940
1941
1942
1943
j^q / u4
1945
1946
1947
194s
1949!
January
Anril
June
August
19508
March
•
i
Number
416,000
413,000
454,000
419,000
401,000
367,000
355,000
408,000
419,000
430,000
420,000
4o4,ooo
400,000
396,000
6-
a s l i g h t u p t u r n in 1950
First quarter employment and production figures indicate
a risi»g trend of activity for gray iron foundries during the first
half of 1950. Employment of production workers showed the first
January to March gain since 19-47 - 5,000. This increase reflected
rising demand from the automobile, steel-caking, machine tool, house
hold appliance, and homebuilding industries which consume the major
share of gray iron castings.
Neither employment nor production in 1950 is ex
pected to reach postwar peak levels. The pressing
needs of several industries have been met, and cast
iron has been replaced to a certain extent by cast and
welded steel and aluminum.
Shipments for sale * reached a record tonnage figure of
7.180.000 in 1947. There was less than a 1 percent drop from this
level in 1948. During both these years, overtime operations were
maintained and the industry was able to meet current demand and at
the same time reduce the backlog of unfilled orders. In 1949, when
the latter wa 3 no longer a sustaining factor and current demand had
also dropped, shipments declined by 23 percent to a total of
5.500.000 tens.
Peak employment of 157,000 production workers was also
recorded in 1947. The following year, employment declined by 5,000,
probably reflecting improved efficiency of operations resulting from
an improved flow of raw materials and plant modernisation* In 1949,
employment, following production, fell 16 percent to an average of
127,000. Nevertheless, in March 1950, it was approximately 70 per
cent above the prewar level*
*
Excludes castings produced for o^n use* Shipments for sale
data used because most closely comparable wi th-employment
figures*
7.
Shipments and Unfilled Orders_Below Year Ago
Shipments of fray cast iron in March totaled 500,0G0
tons. This was a 20 percent increase over February end re
presented a continuation of the first quarter rise as production
of durable goods and housing starts picked up. The March ton
nage, however, was still 12 percent bdlow that a year earlier.
Employment Changes Vary by State
Employment in gray iron foundries averaged 127,000 in
March, a 2 percent gain over February and a 7 percent rise over
the greater-than-seasonal low of July 19^9 (see Table, p . 8 ).
Nevertheless, employment was still 9 percent below March a year
ago.
The recovery over the past few months has varied among
the States which account for the major share of gray cast iron
tonnage due to differences in current streams of product demand
as well as types of foundry operations*
In three East Central States - Michigan, Ohio, and
Indiana — foundries have steadily expanded their workforce from
the July 1949 low. Characteristically, this area mass-produces
castings, and is currently busy supplying automotive engine
blocks, machine tool bases, and gas range burner parts to neigh
boring factories. In Illinois, lower production schedules in
the agricultural machinery and tractor industry compared to a
year ago partly explain the lag in foundry recovery.
Foundries in Pennsylvania cast the major supply of
molds for the steel industry. Lower steel operations in the
last half of 19-49 and the current recovery are reflected in the
employment figures for gray iron foundries in that State.
In contrast, foundries on the East coast predominantly
undertake repair or replacement jobs rather than mass production
of set patterns. In this area, therefore, the impetus from ris
ing consumer and durable machinery production has not been felt
markedly. In New Jersey, New York, and Massachusetts, recovery
from the July 19^9 lovr still lags. In the latter State, the
shift of some textile machinery manufacturers to the South has
further reduced local demand for castings.
In California, a minor segment of the industry is busy
supplying a variety of products. The demand for pipe from the
petroleum and homebuilding industries has been particularly press
ing. In Alabama, where the major share of the Nation's soil and
pressure pipe are produced, employment has risen as homebuilding
increased.
8,
Employment Index 3^', Hours and Earnings for Production Workers
in Gray-Iron Foundries
by Major States of Concentration, 1949-1950
I
Employment Index
IAverage Hours and'^Srning's
*___ arch 1949 - 100) t__________ March 1950_______
8
19^9
i
1950 .. 8 Weekly V Weekly > Hourly
_____ ._______ i liar. i Julyi Feb.: Mar.iEarningsi Hours :Earnings
State
Total, U. S.
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
85.0 89.6 91.3 # 59.60
40.3
40.0
4o.9
38.5
$ 1.479
1.474
1.456
1.439
1.405
1.573
1.590
1.582
1.645
Massachusetts
58.96
79.2 75.3 77.9
New York
89.6 94.1 89.0
59.55
New Jersey
85.6 85.7 86.6
55.40
84.1 77.7 80.9
38.8
Pennsylvania
54.51
41.1
Ohio
84.7 94.2 97.3
64.65
86.1 89.9 91.5 63.44
Indiana
39.9
Illinois
4l,4
88.6 87.1 90.5 65.41
Michigan
90.1 95.0 97.8
63.66
38.7
California
59.34
1.510
95.2 107.5 112.0
39.3
\[ Data are based on a sample group of establishments comprising
more than 55 of the industry. For U. S. totals see page 9 •
State totals are not available.
Humber of Foundries Declines
There were 2,917 gray iron foundries of all types in
operation during 1949 - 150 less than in 1947. This reduction re
versed an upward trend in new firm formations which had been evident
from 1941 to 1947. The decline in the number of foundries was pri
marily among jobbers - those contracting for work - but, was spread
geographically among all the major casting producing States except
Alabama. The latter has registered a gain over the past 2 years.
Substitution for Gray Oast Iron
Aluminum and steel casting and weldaents have replaced
gray cast iron to an unknown degree. For example, steel has been
used as a substitute to some extent in heavy machinery bases, rail
road car wheels, and hand tools. Cver the past 10 years, steel has
also substantially replaced gray cast iron in a variety of uses on
naval vessels. On the other hend, the gray iron foundry industry
is optimistic about recapturing and broadening the market for its
products through the increased use of nodular iron.
Record Earnings
Weekly earnings were at an all time high of #59.60 for
the industry in March 1950j the average for 1947 was $55.24. In
creased overtime brought weekly hours in March 1950 up to 40.3*
This was the longest workweek in 15 months, but well below the aver
age of 42.3 hours for 1947. Hourly earnings for March were at a
record #1.48 level compared with the $1.31 average for 1947.
9
Prospects for 1950
A rise in shipments of about 5 percent in 1950 is esti
mated by the Gray Iron Founders' Society, Inc. The gain will vary
by State depending upon the prevailing foundry type and product
sp ecialisation.
Employment changes will, accordingly, vary by State as
well. However, the relative increase of the total workforce is
expected to be less than that for shipments owing to increased
labor productivity. Such an increase has probably resulted from
technological improvements and more efficient utilization of the
workforce over the past 3 years.
- oEmployment of Production-Workers
in Gray Iron Foundries
by Month, 1947-50
jiuonvn
Average
January
Febxmary
March
April
May
June
JulyAugust
September
October
November
December
194-7
N u m b e r
I
1948
i
in
Year
' 1949
s'
157,400
152,400
127,300
157,519
158,779
159,252
158,149
157,519
158,149
156,101
156,731
155,786
156,574
156,889
157,677
157,992
157,677
157,204
152,951
149,958
150,431
144,602
1.46,965
152,478
154,054
153,424
151,061
147,280
142,555
138,932
129,481
120,502
120,975
117,982
121,605
122,707
121,920
120,660
123,022
1950
121,841
124,387
126,651
Labor - D. C
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downward trend reversed
An unprecedented demand for household refrigera
tors has lifted p ro duetion-work er employment in the
refrigeration and air conditioning industry to over
100,000, the highest level in the past 12 months.
The number of domestic refrigerators produced in March
established an all-time high and was fully a fourth
greater than in the previous peak month, April 19-41.
Current production of commercial refrigeration and
air conditioning has dropped somewhat from last year,
but the impetus provided by household refrigerators
raised March 1950 production for the industry as a
whole well above the comparable month of 1949.
The current revival reverses a consistently de
clining trend that began in aid—1948 and depressed
productiorv-worker employment from 119,000 to 70,000
before it ran its course. Despite the 1949 setback,
however, postwar growth of the industry has been
phenomenal. In the prewar year of 1939, employment
averaged only 39,000* In 1943, when the industry achieved a
production record unmatched in its history, employment also
reached an average high of 114,000*
March Production Strong
It is likely that the current rate of refrigeration and
*ir conditioning production will compensate for ouch of the cut
in output between 194o and 1949. March production increased 9
percent over February and was 6 percent greater than in March a
year ago. The present rapid expansion in output vividly con
trasts with conditions in the same month last year, Ihen pro
duction was well into a declining phase which did not end until
Output at its lorest point (November 1949) was only about half
that at the highest point (June 1948).
Greatest strength is evident in the household refri
gerator segment which accounts for about a third of the industry's
volume of shipments. Unit sales reached a record in March, at
tributed largely to the unusual homebuilding boom and continuation
of high consumer incomes. Sales of commercial refrigeration
and air-conditioning, although still very high, were unchanged
between February and March and were actually about 15 percent
below March 1949. Part of the explanation for the 19^9 to
1950 decline is that nonresidential building, for which a very
significant proportion of commercial refrigeration and airconditioning is sold, has declined about 8 percent in this
period.
Employment Passes 100,000
Factory-worker employment in March passed 100,000 for
the first time in 12 months (see Table, page 13 ). Hie number
of workers increased by 5,200, or 5.7 percent, over February;
the cumulative gain for the last 4 months, comprising the entire
upturn, totals almost 31,000.
Despite the very sharp employment increase in recent
months and higher output this March as compared to last, March
employment was still 2,000 less than in the same month a year
ago. The apparent contradiction arises primarily because manage
ment has preferred to increase production by lengthening the
workweek as well as adding additional workers. Thus, the weekly
number of hours worked in March 1950 averaged 41.9 hours as
compared with 3S.7 in March 1949. The current workweek is the
longest scheduled since at least IS)47 when such information was
first compiled. The importance of the increase in the workweek
cannot be over-emphasized. It is estimated that at least 8,000
more workers would have been required to produce the March 1950
volume with the same workweek as in March a year ago.
Weekly Earnings Highest Ever
Average weekly earnings in March totaled >65.95, ap
proximately i|i>2 higher than the previous record earnings established
in September 1949. Almost all of the difference was due to the
lengthened workweek which at 4l.9 hours, was probably the longest
work schedule since the end of the war.
Average hourly earnings for the industry totaled tfl.27,
equal to the postwar high. The hourly rate includes premium pay
ment for an average of about 3 hours of overtime per worker per
week.
Considerable variation in range exists among plants
with respect to hourly earnings. Grouped by States, the highest
hourly pay totaled yi.72, the lowest ^1.44. Geographical loca
tion, i.e. depending upon whether the plant was in an area of
high or low wage scales, was the dominant factor in the earnings
spread.
The Sear Ahead
Household refrigerator production in 1950, according to
estimates of the U. 8 . Department of Commerce, will be closer to
19^S than to 19^9. In 19^2. it will be recalled, output reached
an all-time high followed by a decline of 8 percent in 1949*
Production of household r efrigerators in 1950 nay run 5 to 10 per
cent above tho previous year. The pace of fir3t quarter output,
which was 25 percent greater than in the corresponding period of
the previous year, is, therefore, not expected to be maintained.
Production of commercial refrigeration in 1950, how
ever, is ejected to fall about 5 percent, according to the De
partment of Commerce. Roughly, this would bring the year *s
total to about or §shade below that of 19^7. Urgent demand has
been satisfied and nonresidential building, on which sales of
these products are heavily dependent, is declining, as already
stated.
Ernploynent forecasts indicate that the number of workers
probably will not rise significantly above 100,000 — 110,000 for
the industry as a whole. The tendency to lengthen the workweek
substitutes overtime for additional workers. Moreover, the pros
pective slowdown in domestic refrigerator output as compared to
the record first quarter mitigates against any major employment
increases over 110,000 level. An employment drop, on the other
hand, will be cushioned by the amount of overtine now being
worked. Any curtailment in production probably can be absorbed
by reducing the workweek to a more normal level.
It appears, therefore, that 1950 average employment
will undoubtedly be higher than in 19^9, but that the higher
level had already been substantially achieved by March of this
year. Within the next 4 to 6 months, employment may fluctuate
around the 100,000 - 13£,000 range.
13.
Employment of Product:!on-workers
in the Refrigerator and Air Conditioning Industry,
by Lionth, 1947-50
i
Yea r
Month
5
1945
:
19“
+7
1949 __ t 1950___
Average
January
February
llarch
April
U ay
June
July
Avigust
September
October
Movember
Decenber
108,284
98,559
97,475
103,093
105,360
107,035
112,554
110,189
111,470
111,963
112,949
113,244
115,511
114,115
113,934
113,540
114,230
111,864
115,610
118,862
118,172
115,314
1X4,328
112,456
110,583
no , 485
85,919
106,739
103,487
102,304
94,321
86,436
82,395
75,890
74,511
75,989
79,044
69,583
80,326
86,230
95,077
100,268
Labor - D.. C,
A
s
EMPLOY*®?? AND PAY BOLLS
Detailed Report
March 1950
TABLE
1
2
3
CONTENTS
PAGE
Employees in Nonagricultural■
.Establishments, by Industry Division
........... ..
and Group ♦
A H Employees and. Production Workers in Mining and Manufacturing
Industries •
A j
A ;
2
4
Indexes of Production-Worker Employment and Weekly Pay Rolls In
Manufacturing Industries ....................................... . . . * .
A :
k
Employees in Private and U. S* Navy Shipyards, by Region
A : 10
5
Federal*Civilian Employment and Pay Rolls in Ail Areas and in
Continental United Stases,, and Total Civilian Government Employment
and Pay Rolls in Washington, D. C.
A ; 11
6
Personnel and Pay of the Military Branch of the Federal Government . * ,
A j 12
7
Employees in Nonagricultural Establishments, by Industry Division,
by State
. . ♦
A j 13
Employees in Nonagricultural Establishments by Industry Division, in
Selected Areas
.........
A 5 17
Production Workers i n Selected Manufacturing- Industries
A : 2#
8
9
".Data for the 2 most recent months
shown are subject to revision
*'#'***#«##«
j
j
Explanatox*y notes outlining briefly the j
concepts, methodology, and sources used j
in preparing data presented in this re- j
port appear in the appendix. See pages i
i - vii.___ .__________ !
9
1.
I I 2
TABLE 1:
Employees in Nona^ricuiturai Establishments, by Industry
Division and Group
(In thousands)
Industry division and group
TOTAL
MINING
Metal mining
Anthracite
Bituminous-coal
Crude petroleum and natural gas production
Ncnmetallic mining and quarrying
CONTRACT CONSTRUCTION
MANUFACTURING
DURABLE GOODS
Ordnance and accessories
Lumber and wo-od products (except furniture}*
Furniture and fixtures
Storue, clay, and glass products
Primary metal industries
Fabricated metal products (except ordnance,
machinery, a nd transportation equipment)Machinery (except electrical)
Electrical machinery
Transportation equipment
Instruments and related products
Miscellaneous manufacturing industries
NONDURABLE GOODS
Food and kindred products
Tobacco manufactures
Textile-mill products
Apparel and other finished textile products
Paper and allied products
Printing, publishing, and allied industries
Chemicals and allied products
Products of petroleum and coal
Rubber products
Leather and leather products
JL25£.
March
Pebruai'y
January r j March
42,253
41,667
; 42,125
930
601
861
91.5
76.2
421.:;
91.1
75.2
93.5
251.8
C 8.5
91.4
75.6
354.2
251 .I
68', 9
250.6
89 .5
iFebruary
i 4 2 ,018 i43,061
1i
986
I
931
1
1
;
102.0
101.1
!
7 8 .6]
79 .5
|
4*f8.a
455.0
258.3
t
2 ; 7 r4.
|
94 ,5 :
92.5
1,898
1, SCO
: 1,919
I
1.947
1,926
14,094
i 13,996
; 13,980
| 14,475
:14,649
7,418
7,325
7,342
22.4
■735
346
476
1,144
21.7
710
342
475
1,139
' 21.? i
i
;
333
i
469
1,121
864
1,232
777
1,102
234
436
770
•1,091
431
1,197
233
420
6,676
6,671
6,638
1,419
1,410
88
1,273
1,^2
1,180
1,146
451
• 730
■ 658
j
242
I
234
85
1,2 73
1.174
455
733
666
240
235
396
852
1,261
;
15 2
664
241
234
396
846
92
1,265
388
7.819
28.0
714
316
■492
320
498
1.229
1,245
795
1,248
j
!
|
|
j
|
|
j
j
|
917
1,458
818
:
426
: 1,245
246
;
434
6,636
6,726
l,4o6
1 1,414
95
1,279
1,171
456
PJi'j
s
7,923
27.9
719
890
1,4 3 1
1,238
762
232
453
j
702
See explanatory notes, sections A^-G, and the glossary for definitions.
1Vi'Tv
92
1, 240
1,166
451
723
691
245
243
359
726
693
246
246
400
A : 3
TABLE li *Employees In Nonagricultural Establishment^, by Industry'
Division and Group (Continued)
(In thousands)
Industry division-and group
U
March
--------- 1------- LvL'! February • January 1 March , , .February
TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC UTILITIES
3,873
3,841
; 3,869
3,975
:4,024
.Transportation
Interstate railroads
Class I,railroads
Local railways and; bus line,s„
Trucking and warehousing
Other transportation and services
2,682
1,148
151
550
666
1,123
152
545
664
: 2,676
1,316
1,148
2,745
1,370
1.198
160
538
677
2,795
1,315
2,651
1,290
700
701
643.5
55.3
643.8
56.0
53«
504.9
24.6'
528
504.2
23.4
Communication
Telephone
Telegraph
654
.607.1
45,7
654
606.8
537
511.9
25.1
536
510.6
25.1
153
540
667
657
609.1
47.1
46.2
1,414
1,231
161
544
676
i
Other public utilities
Gas and electric utilities
Local utilities
536
511.5
24.8
9,201
9,154
: 9,246
9,310
9,292
Wholesale trade*
2,481
2,493
: 2,511
2,523
2,541
Retail trade
General merchandise stores
Food and liquor stores
Automotive-and accessories dealers
Apparel and accessories stores
Other retail trade
6,720
6,661
1,384
1.194
-697
519
2,926
1,359
1,188
699
496
2,919
6,735
1,392
1,187
701
513
2,942
6,787
1,411
1.193
648
548
2.987
6,751
1,386
1,184
: -647
534
3,000
1,790
1,777
1.772
1,749
: 1,735
TRADE
FINANCE
B^nks an<J trust companies
Security dealers and exchanges
Insurance carriers and agents
Other finance agencies and real estate -
SERVICE
Hotels and lodging places
Laundries
Cleaning and dyeing plants
Motion pictures
GOVERNMENT
Federal
State and local
.418
57.6
•637
•677
416
57.1
634
670
415
55.9
611
667
413
56.3
606
660
4^708
4,696
4,701
4,720
4,712
431
430
428
445
447
345.1
•141.5
345.1
139.9
346.9
141.1
346.2
143.5'
346.4
142.0
■2 %
236
235
235
234
5,769
5,742
5.777
5,761
5,737
1,802
1,800
3-, 967
3,942
1,804
3,973
1,877
! 5,884
3,860
See explanatory notes, sections A-G, and the glossary for definitions.
415
56.1
630
671
1,877
A * 4
TABLE 2:
All Employees and Production Workers In Mining and Manufacturing Industries
(In thousands)
Industry ,grpup and Industry
A H , employees
1950
i i
.
March
IFebruary ;January '
MIKING
930
METAL MINING
■
601
'■
,Production workers
1950
March; 1 February Januaryj''
-•■
861
91.5
91.1
91.4
81.1
80.8
80.7
3.3*2
22*2
J8.it
32.9
22.2
18.3
33.2
22.1
18,-4
29.8 I
19.7 y
16,1
29.5
19.8 ;
16.0
29.8
19.6
16.0
76,9
75.9
75.6
“
72.3 j
n .4
71 .1
BITUMINOUS * COAL
421.2
93.5
35^.2
395.9
!
68.8
328.3
CRUDE PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
PRODUCTION
250,6
251.8
251 .I
—
-»■
--
...
..
--
I 23.2
123.2
122.9
77.7
76.5
76.7
Iron mining*
Copper mining
Lead and'zinc mining.
ANTHRACITE
Eetroleum and natural gas production
NONMETALLIC MINING AND QUARRYING
MANUFACTURING
DURABLE GOODS
NONDURABLE GOODS
ORDNANCE. ANJ) ACCESSORIES
FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS
M*>at products
Dairy products
Canning and preserving
Grain-all 1 product's*
Bakery' products.
Su^ar
Confectionery and related products
Beverages
Miscellaneous food /products
TOBACCO MANUFACTURES
Cigarette?
Cigars
Tobacco and*snuff
Tobacco, stemming and redrying
j
88.5
89.5
88.9
14,094
13,996
13,980
7.418
6,676
7,325
7,342
6,070
6,671
6,638
5.^79
22.4
21.7
1,410
1>419
287.0
136.3
132.7
120.3
290.3 !
134.2
132.6
1
119.6
21.3
1,432
301.3
132.4
141.0
119.8
277.3
'28.-9
■'5*979'
5,478
17.9 ;
1,060
229.0
231.9
96-9
109 ,1 92.3
187.51
22.7
99.2
108.8
92.4
I89 .O
22.8
2J . 6
279.8
26.9
9^.7
203.7
134.4
96.5
197.3
133.1
. 99o
85
88
92
78
25.4
40.8
12.6
25.5
42.3
2 6 r3
42.4
12. S
10.8
38*8
11.0 ;
5.9
!
12.7 s
7.4
78.5
199.2
139.3
132.3
101.2 ;
;
22.7 i
5.1
17 *4
1.056
282.9
See explanatory notes.:,./sections A-G, and the glossary for definitions.
11,457
3.1,5^9
80.5
13^.4
99.9 .=
11,449
6,000
5,449
;*
16.9
■
1,078
243.7
95.1
-116.5
93.2
186,1
24.9
84.6
135.3
98.1
81
85
22,8 ;
40.3
23.S
40.3
11.3
9,7
llvl ^
6.4 i
A : 5
TABLE 2;
All Employees and Production Workers in Mining and' Manufacturing Industries (Continued)
(In thousands)
All employee;s
1950 _
March
February January
•Industry group.and industry
TEXTILE-MILL PRODUCTS
1,273
tarn and thread mills
feroad-woveh fabric mills
knitting mills
Dyeing and finishing textiles
Carpets, rugs, other floor coverings |
Other textile-mill products
APPAREL AW)' OTHER FINISHED TEXTILE
'p r o d u c t s
Men’
s and * b o y s 1 suits and coats
Men’
s and’
boys' furnishings and work
clothing*
Women’
s outerwear
Women’
s, children’
s under garments
Millinery
Child r e n ’
s outerwear
Fur goods and miscellaneous apparel
0ther fabricated te xt 1 1 e rroducts
LUMBER AND WOOD PRODUCTS (EXCEPT
FURNITURE}
Logging camps and contractors
Sawmills and planing mills
Millwork, plywood, and prefabricated
structural wood products
Wooden containers
Miscellaneous wood* products
FURNITURE AND FIXTURES
Household furniture
Other furniture arid fixtures
1,273
158.0
605.6
239.7
89.3
158.7
60.5
II 9 .9
60.3
121.4
Production workers
1950
February January
; March
1,265
601.5
15 7 .8
557.8
241.0
241.7
90.2
89.3
59.3
119.3
1,184
1,177
149.0
575.4
221*3
79.8
53.1
149.4
571.5
222.5
80.3
148.5
567.9
52.8
10 6.1
107.7
51.8
105.8
222.8
79.9
I
1
■1,180.
1 ,1 7 4
•148.6
j
148.4
262.5
338.3
j
|
i
;
261.5 !
347.8
105-9
106.8
26.6
68.4
1,146
1.058
1,065
1,032
143.5
135,2
135.1
130.3
258.5
244.6
304.5
96.9
243.7
314.4
96.4
2 3.8
26.7
334.9
102.3
24,2
68.6
65.6
23.6
62.8
240.9
302.4
92.5
21.4
59.7
72.3
116.3
115.9
651
642
45.0
384.2
40.9
381.1
101,2
67.7
52.5
101.6
6 7.2
8H.lt
8 3.2
8.0.0
138.4
137.5
137.3
62.7
73.2
116.9
735
710
702
676
57.0
428.4
49.1
413.6
45.0
411,2
117.1
73.2
59.0
116.5
72.9
57.9
116.7
72.6
346
342
333
301
297
289
245.5
238 .I
221.0
79.3 ’
218.3
211.7
77.6
. 248.4
97.5
96.4 |
56.8
95.1
See explanatory notes, sections A-G, and the glossary for definitions*
1,18 5
52.8
399.3
102.0
67.9
53.6
78.5
69.1
51.2
A : 6
TABLE 2*
All Employees and Production Workers in Mining and Manufacturing Industries (Continued)
(In thousands)
All employees
‘ 19r>0March' | F e b r u a r y January
Industry group and industry
Production workers
1Q50
. .March I February January
i
PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS;
Pulp, paper, and paperboard mills
Paperboard containers and boxes
Other' ^aper and allied products
455
453
. 230.0
120.8
101*.6
! 229.1
1 120.1
163.7
733
732
289.5
290.0
52.1
45.2
106.6
52-1
44.8
: 198.2
40.0
i IO 6.9
6C6
: 664
PRINTING, PUBLISHING, .AND ALLIED
INDUSTRIES
Newspapers
Periodicals
BooksCommercial printing
Lithographing
Other printing arjd publishing
199.1
40.1
CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS
Industrial inorganic chemicals
Industrial organic•chemicals
Drugs and medicines
Paints, pigments, and fillers
Fertilizers
Vegetable and animal oils and fats
Other chemicals and allied products
67.8
PRODUCTS OP PETROLEUM AND COAL
Petroleum refining
Coke and byproducts
Other petroleum and coal products
RUBBER PRODUCTS
Tires and inner tubes
Rubber footwear
Other rubber products
Leather
Footwear (except rubber)
Other leather products
188 .2.
9 0.7
69.0
91.3
68.6
40.9
38.6
55.1
389
386
.585
228.4
119.8
102.5
200,1
102,8
86,1
199.3
101.6
85.4
199.2
101,4
730
497
495
493
146.8
35.2
35.2
165.3
145.6
142.0
35.1
3^.9
164,5
34,5
35.0
. ^7,2
’ 30,7
! 83.9
285.7
52.3
45.0
200.4
: 40.1
106.3
31,0
83.6
486
658
65.8
187.9
94.6
84.1
: 484
51.8
! 144.8
51.7
144.0
480
■ 50.2
! 143.7
58.0
58.6
61,7
44.9
152.8
55.9
153.4
32.5
59.2
150.3
34.9
44.9
106'.7
44,7
32.5
45.9
106.8
‘ 43,7
26.5
49.0
1C4.9
240
241
242
.182
183
1'84
193.6
19.7
26.9
194.5
142.7
144.0
lb.8
21.8
145.4
17.4
21.3
235
234
234
106.0
105.4
22.4
105.0
50.0
257.4
8C.6
19.6
26.8
195.4
20.2
j 26.3
106.0
24.9
104.1
396
388
50.1
257.4
88.1
49.4
254.9
83,2
17.0
21.8
187
.187
83.1
17.6
83.5
■ 17.9
86.0
86.0
357
357
45.4
i 234,5
i 77.3
See explanatory notes, sections A-G, and the glossary for definitions.
30.8
84.2
67.6
3.96
!
*
67.5
I 89.6
22.7
IO 6.3
LEATHER AND LEATHER PRODUCTS
'
451
1
45.5
234,5
76.7
, 187
82.6
20.1
84.5
348
’ 45.0
231.4
71.9
A : 7
TABLE 2 :
All Employees and Production Workers in Mining and Manufacturing Industries (Continued)
(In thousands)
All employees
1950
Industry group and industry
Production workers
March.
March
j
STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS
Glass and glass products
Cement hydraulic
Structural clay products
Pottery and related products
Concrete gypsum, and plaster
products
Other stone, clay, and glass products
PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES
Blast furnaces, steel works, and
rolling mills
Iron and steel foundries
Primary smelting and refining of
nonferrous metals
Rolling, drawing, and alloying of
nonferrous metals
Nonjferrous foundries
Other primary metal industries
FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS (EXCEPT
ORDNANCE, MACHINERY, AND
TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT)
Tin cans and other tinware
Cutlery, hand tools, and hardware
Heating apparatus (except electric)
and plumbers1 supplies
Fabricated structural metal products
Metal stamping, coating, and
engraving
Other fabricated metal products
MACHINERY (EXCEPT ELEGTRICAL)
Engines and turbinesAgricultural machinery and tractors
Construction and mining machinery
Metalworking machinery
Special-industry machinery (except
metalworking machinery)
General industrial machinery
Office and store machines and devices
Service-industry and household
machines
Miscellaneous machinery parts
47 6
469
475
40.7
75-6
57.9
124.1
41.0
75.2
57.6
121.7
41.7
75.2
56.1
82.3
82.7
9 M
93.9
81.4
93.2
121.8
144
1,139
1
!
|
|
j
j
}
i1,121
584.8
198.3
408
403
108,9
34.8
108.2
106.2
35.1
35.8
68.7
52.6
68.3
68.6
52.1
50.7
71.1
74.1
71,4
73.2
72.6
69.5
981
977
963
506.5
181.5
512.4
510.5
176.6
172.0
582.9
208.8
588.3
55.0
54.4
51.1
45.8
45.4
42.5
92.3
90.5
83.0
122.1
80.6
89 .0"
79.0
76,5
69.7
75.0
67.7
73,7
'66.0
101.1
100.0
97-9
710
699
693
38.2
127.7
36.4
123.8
121.2
113.9
143.0
112.2
140.8
107.4
141.5
131.4
129.6
155.5
130.3
155.1
980
959
937
51.0
139.3
68.2
152.2
48.8
137-4
66.4
149.3
48.8
133.2
64.4
146.5
118.9
122.4
71.7
117.3
1 2 1 .4
70.5
116.8
138,0
118.1
132.6
115.6
124.0
1 1 2 .5
203.7
121.3
.
|
|
1
119.0
1
1
i!
864
852
846
13.7
152.1
42.1
147.6
41.2
145.2
139.5
138.1
133.0
188.0
185.2
186.2
153.3
152.0
187.3
151.2
188.9
187.4
,282
1,261
69 .I
203.2
66.7
171.0
91.3
196,7
158.5
174.3
157.3
173.6
85.2
155.9
172.8
84.7
I 63.8
146.7
155.2
143.9
86.5 ■
I 69.3
H 9.0
!
:
1,238
66.6
'175.0
93.5
199.6
176.7
95.1
j
1
:
|
See explanatory notes, sections A-G, and the glossary for definitions.
410
35.9
157.0
1 2 0 .4
69.9
A : 8
TABLE 2:
All Employees and Production Workers in Mining and Manufacturing Industries (Continued)
(In. thousands.)
Industry group and industry
March
Electrical generating, transmission,
distribution, and Industrial
apparatus
Electrical equipment for vehicles
C cmmunl ca ti on equ ipnient
Electrical appliances, lamps, and
miscellaneous products
TRANSPORTATION EQUIFMENT
Automobiles
Aircraft and parts
Aircraft
Aircraft engines and parts
Aircrafu propellers and parts
Other .aircraft parts atid equipment
Ship *and boat-building and repairing
Ship building and repairing
Railroad equipment
Other transportation equipment
INSTRUMENTS AND RELATED PRODUCTS
Ophthalmic goods
Photo,graphic apparatus
Watches and clocks
Professional and sclentf'fdc
instruments
‘
MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES
Jewelry, silverware, and plated ware
Toys and sporting goods
Costume jewelry, buttons, notions
Other* miscellaneous manufacturing
industries
777
770
762
579
572
561
298**9
6,5 .3
262*,0
297.8
65.4
212.2
50.9
211.0
211.2
278.9
294.4
<55.1
276.7
50.7
20 6.9
207.8
50.4
202.5
130 .5 .
128.2
126.0
105.1
103.1
■ 100.6
1,102
1,091
701'.0
252.2
689.I
251.8
166,5
166.3
50:4
8.0
27.3
79*8
67^9
58.9
9.6
1
1,197
*
50.1
.
;
234
8.1
27.3
8 0.6
69.7
59.9
9.1
1
|1
j1
!
jj
797.4 '
251.9 i
166.8
50.1
8.1 j
26.9 1
79.4
68.9
60.6 'ii
7 .7 ; ;
1
IV)
ELECTRICAL MACHINERY
Prodact1cn workers
... .
1050.'"'
: February L January
March
All.employee s ■
■1-9-50
February iJanuary
232
872
978
578.3
134.1
122.' 2
'36.1
.5.4
20,4
'66.5.
56.5
44.0
8.0
675.4
5,67.2
184.0 :. 184.3
122.4 ; 12^.9
35.8
35.7
5.4
.5.4
20*2
20.5
66.1
67.3
58.2
57.5
46.1
45.5
6,1
7.5
172-
171
■ 172
j
|
,
j
20.2
34,6
24.4
20.3
34.5',
24.7
20.2
34,7
29.3
25.1
48.3
30.3
131.-5
129.9
129.2
j
93-0 1
91.7
91.4
*36.
431
420
|
25-.-1 J
48.’
3
28.7
■25.1
48.1
362
53.5
54.4
54.2
42.7
67.6
63.9
58.2
56.7
60.0
61.7
56.7
258 ;3
252.4
,:
|
48.0
246.9/ |
212.9
l....... — a
See explanatory notes, sections A-G, and the glossary for definitions.
.881
356
43.7
54.5
5°.5. .
207.4
25.6
345
43.8
52.3
46,9
202,2
A : 9
TABLE 3 :
Indexes of Production-Worker Employment and Weekly Fay Rolls in
Manufacturing Industries
(1939 Average - 100)
Period
*
*
Production-worker
employment index
#
*
Production-worker
pay-roll index
Annual average:
1 0 0 .0
■
10 7.5
113.6
1942
1943
156.9
183.3
164.9
241.5
331.1
19^
173.3
157.0
147.8
343.7
293.5
271.7
1945
1 946
CO
1 0 0 ,0
r-i
1939
191*0
19^1
1947
1948
156.2
326.9
155.2
351.4
1949
141,6
325.3
W 7 . **
340.4
332.8
319.2
312.8
31 5 .7
1949
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
im
145.3
141.8
133.2
138.4
136.9
141.1
143.7
138,8
13 y .8
140.4
.
January
February
March
139.8
139.9
141,0
See explanatory notes, section D, and the glossary for definitions.
312.8
323.0
335.1
320.9
313.9
3'-9.3
329.2
329.9
333.5
A : 10
TABLE
Employees in Private and U. S. Navy Shipyards, by Region 1/
(In thousands)
It.!+9 , ...... ,
.i February
March
1950.
February
A LL REGIONS
135.6
1 38 .1
!. 1 3 8 .1
i! 192.0
194.7
PRIVATE
67.9
69.7
68.9
100.3
102.2
NAVY
67.7
68.4
69.2
9 1 .7
92.5
65 .O
66.6
65.7
88.1
88.0
55.2
29.8
36.9
29.7
36 .3
29.4
48.6
39.5
48.2
39.8
22 .1.
22.4
30.5
30.5
NORTH ATLANTIC
Private
Navy
SOUTH ATLANTIC
Private
Navy
j
1
|
!
i
<
January
!\3
i\>
00
_
Region
March
|
i
j
1
8.7
13.7
9.0
13 .0
13.0
13 .8
17.5
17.5
9 .7
9.7
I O .5
18 .0
18.7
3 1 .2
31.8
32 .0
46.2
48.1
7 .0
-5.8
2|3.0
6.0
26.0
11.5
34.7
12.9
35.2
5.4
8,4
13.7
GULP:
Private
PACIFIC
Private
Navy
24.2
GREAT LAKES:
Private
i
4.1
4.1
3.5
5.1
3.5
3.5
3.6
4.!
INLAND:
Private
,
4.0
1/ The North Atlantic region includes all yards bordering on the Atlantic in the following
states: Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey,
New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont,
The South Atlantic region includes all yards bordering on the Atlantic in the following
states: Georgia, Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina*
The Gulf region includes all yards borderin/r on the Gulf of Mexico in the following states:
Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tr->;r.as*
The Pacific region Includes all yards in California, Oregon, and Washington.
The Great Lakes region includes all yards fcrrdering on bhe Great Lakes in the following
states: Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Chic, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
The Inland region includes-all other, yards.
A i 11
TABLE 5 :
Federal Civilian Employment and Pay Rolls in All Areas and in Continental United States,
and Total Civilian Government Employment and Pay Rolls in Washington, J)\ C. 1/
(In thousands)
Area and branch
Pay rolls
Employment
)
...... (total for month) *
(as df first of month)
.,.1>5.0..
.1950,.., ,
February ;January
March
March ' February :*January
.
All Areas
TOTAL FEDERAL
Executive
Defense agencies
,Post Office Department
Other agencies
Legislative
Judicial
1
1.970.6
1 .958.8
776.3
504.4
678.1
8.0
3.8
1.970.9
1.959.1
782.8
503.8
672.5
;
8.0
3.8
: 1 .976.1 j $ 577 ,3 0 7 : $521,028 $ 553,090
516,512 : 548,372
■1 ,964.2 1 572,460
214,670
791.0
227,343 i 198,064
1
3
1
,0
8
1
;
131,085
503.1
132,177
670.1
214,036 ! 187,363 , 201,525
8.1
3 ,2 2 2 ;
3,148
3,083 ;
3.8 |
1,570
1.625
1,433
i
Continental
United States
TOTAL FEDERAL
Executive
Defense agencies
Post Office Department
Other agencies
Legislative
Judicial
1I
1 ,821.5
1 ,809.8
670.6
502.6
636.6
8.0
1,820.7
1 ,809.0
; 1 ,825.3
1 ,813.5
538,928
534,123
675.3
202,414
130,584
3.7
3*7
683.0
501.3
629.2
8.1
3.7
238.5
238.7
19.7
20.2
218.8
210.1
218.5
209.8
.65.5
7.8
65.5
7.6
136.7
8.0
.7
502.0
631.7
8.0
201,125
3,222
1,583
■
488,127
516,707
483,651
512.032
176,371 ; 189,825
131,669
130,599
176,681
190,538
3.148
3,083
.1,527
1,393
Washington, D, C.
TOTAL GOVERNMENT.
D. C. government
Federal
Executive
Defense agencies
Pos-t Office- Department
Other agencies
Legislative
Judicial
136.8
8.0
.7
See the glossary for definitions*
1/
Data for Central Intelligence Agency are excluded,
82 ,937 -•
238.9
20.1
218.8
210.1
65.7
7 .9
136.5
8 .1
5.525
77,412
73,912
22 ,26.9
2 ,929
48,714
3.222
.6
278
73,027
5,217
67,810
■80,747
5,531
64,472
19,387
2,787
42,298
3,083
255
71,787
22,673
75,216
2,868
46,246
3,148
281
A : 12
TABLE! 6s
teraonnel and Pay of the Military Branch of the Federal Government
(In thousands)
i25SL
I)e sicna tic n
March
February
March
January
19*f9.
; February
PERSONNEL (as of first of month)
TOTAL
j
By b e n c h ;
Men
Wcmen
PAY.(all types-for entire month)
6o^415
613
639
415
402
24
413
416
81
24
1,513
21
1,552
21
$317,939
$327,527
118,530
87,344
120,331
8?,4l4
99,169
14,997
389
78
23
i
!
j
i
r
11
j
i
1,573
1,682
1,688
80
j
j
i
703
417
451
712
4l6
450
88
22
!
j
89
22
;
1,489
21
1
ij
TOTAL
1,534
i
i
I
Army .
Air Force
Navy
Marine Cori.-s
Coast Guard
By sex:
1,510
$314,824
;
1,666
16
1.672
16
$ 289,063 ; $290,042
By branch:
117,266 *;
87,500
Army
Air Force
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
i1
89,426
90,802
15,300
5,332
15.585
5,678
5,616
188,587
1/
81,204
14,525
4,747 :
187,813
1/
8 4 ,201
13,591
4.437
:
See the glossary for definitions.
1/ Separate figures for Army and Air Force are not available,
Army',
Sources
Department of D e f e n s e .
Combined data are shown under
A*13
TABLE 7^ Employees in N onagricultural Establishm ents by Industry D ivision ,
by S ta te
(In thousands)
Contract construction
Mining
T otal
j
1950
’rl_9M '
1950
1 1^49 1
.1 9 5 0
_ I ' 19 *+9
S ta te
( Mar#
Fab.
Mar#
!1
1
-iar
•
1
Feb.
J Mar#
Mar.
1
Mar*
Feb.
-------j
r 1"1
i
1 1f ■
\
1
1
Alabama
24.6
-----------151.2
Arison?.
153.2 12.4
Arkansas
6 .6
27B. 5
2 71 .9 ; 279.9
2 ,9 7 4 .4 2 . 952.2 12.977.4 31.6
C a lifo rn ia *
320.7
Colorado 317.6
325
9 .5
Connecticut
N.A.
71*1.6 709.9
2/
Delaware *
Dist# of Columbia
F lo rid a
6 .1
Georgia
'1 4 .2
745.0
753.3;|
751.3
.1
118.5
116.2
5 .6
115.9
N.A. 3 ,0 8 5 .9 n. a.
N.A. 1 , 163.1 •N.a .
2 .2
430.4
435.4 16.5
433*3
i
24.9
!
238. 7 ! 244.7
237.4
.7
668 ,1
687.4
66-2.2
2.9
l,5 9 6 .9 | l,5 8 9 .3 1 ,6 4 5 .0
Idaho
Illin o is
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland *
Massachusetts
N.A*
N.A.
\J
2J
Michigan
Minnesota
M ississip p i
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire 1
New Jersey
New Mexico
J
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah 1/
Vermont
Virgini'a
Washington 1/
West V irg in ia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
l/
See footnotes
1
1Q.1 29. 7.
12.4 1 4.0
10.2|
9.6
10. 7 !
14*3 i
13.4
12.7!
7.3
6 .3
165. l j 160.2! 173.4
31.9 34.1
15.2
6 .2 11.4
20.6; . 19 .11!
2/ N.A. 2/ 25.412/ 25.8!| N. A•
i
1ii1
1
6 .1
32.8
4 .2
3 3 .4j
32.5
1
Q
6.8
8 .4 ;
5.5
7-3
103.8
N.a.
N.A. 4 6.5
N.A.j
N.a. j1 N.A.
40.2
N.A. 15.0
2 .6
3 .1
20.5
16.4 17.5
21.2 j
22.9
li
c
2 4.5
.7
2 .9
26.0
.5
3*0
2/ 2/
5 .7
4 6 .6 '
43.4
6 .2
45.2
45.2
6 .4
46.9
4 o.4
752.4
14.7
14.5
15., 3
29.7 l1
29.9
28.1
n. a. 1 ,0 8 7 .9 1 ,1 0 4 .0
l4 l.0
139.8
137.7
1
4r;.2 i
4$ * I
49.7
161.’ o 1 157.8
161.3!
1 , 526.9 1,517.711/ 576.5
:
j 140.3 ! 134.7
l
1
5 ,4 4 2 .3 5 .4 1 5 .1 15, 458.4
n. a.
10.3
9»1
9 .8
10,7
9 .9
N.A. i!
6.7! 11
34.9
6 .2
37.3
7 .0
2.3
.2
3 .5
10.3
2 .4
.2
3.6
10.3
4 .2
11.9
to
61.4
6.0
70.0
13.2
9 .9
9 .8
11.0
15 . 5 !i
184.4
175.0
.8
P
21.7
16.7
119.2
24.8
2 0 .0
141.0
1
j
754.7
7 52.3
\
11
1
450*0
446.1
385.0
399.7
3,415.2 3 ,2 9 6 .2
276.1
275.7
695.2
174.3
91.4
3 .6
.si 1
j|
.2
^.3; !
62. 0 !
16.2 :
l87.o|
j
|
22.6
! 460. 5 ' 43.0 42.3 4 5 .l! I
20.3
i 394.2
1.2j 1
!.5 i ! M l
13,555.8 195.4! I 96. 81203. 0!1 120.9
| 274.5
8.7
l
1!
! 1.2!
l.l!|
x*2
i
2*3 1
i 2.5: I 2 .5
1
2J 2/
3/\
683.8 | . 693. 6. I 11.8 j '8 .8 13 . 4l
1100.1 i 100.2 101.1 i
167. 0 ! 177.6 • 12.8 i 8.5 13.9 i
90.5 i 91.9 i 1.0 j l . o
1.1] !
|
t;
615.2 ■ 6 4 6 .8 J, 3.2 1 2.0
635.5
I
1
1
950.0 i 966,8 1 3.2: ! 3.2
95-8.1
,
76.2 ,
71.0 ; 73.1 v 10. 91, 6.4
L_ _ ...L...
1—........ L
..
at e n d of t a b l e a n d e x p l a n a t o r y n o t e s ,
4 .0
9.4
8 .8
j
34.6
31.7
30.7
10.0
9 .0
2 .7
8.5
3.0
2*51
.3.3 i!
38.9 (i
31.2
42.8
3.1 i
9 . 51,
33.6|
7 .1 jr
33.7 i
6.6),
33.4
6.2
#
it
sections
1*
_______ JL . _
G and H.
A-l4
T A B L E 7^ E m p l o y e e s
*"*'
in N o n a g r i c u l t u r a l E s t a b l i s h m e n t s b y I n d u s t r y D i v i s i o n ^
State- - ;
.
(l?^*th6ns/ards)
M anufacturi^I
u t.
Trade
1F
t - ^[fFrans.,
!r - -195 ^& :pub.
^S.t^te.
'.'lg49 ^ * - 1950 _ j ( i949
---!
? -Feb;
' Mar'.- Feb. * r Mar
M......... . . ......... - ^
!
.^^ban^
{- 264^4^- 2p?.5 2 1 6 . d Arizona*'
' j 14.8
2 1 . 1 ! 2 1 .2 2 0 .5
3? .2 )
3 8 .0
14.5,
37.8
Arkansas
j 6 ? .7* ' 65'.*6 61 %^ .83 . 30.8 30,7 30.3. .-6E.4 6 0 . 5 ! . 6-^.9
C alifornia
I 696 .B- : 6;.-;4'. 0 - 9 1 .3 3&4.1 30 5'. 6
7^0.5 7 4 9 . 1 -t 7 3 5 . 7
Colorado
^ , 52.5- ^ 51.9 6'52.5i
*39.0 39.0 : 4o,.6 . - 8 b . 2 8 5 . 0 !.^.^ 8 5 . 3
Connecticut
^ 354,4* / 3^0*. 5 . N.A. ; 4b.i 40.4 , N.A.^ . ,1 2 0 .7 119.5- " N.A.
B^l&.Tara;
^ 44. ^ 4 3^5 .44.4 <.* '
j
.:r
D ist. of Cbluh!biki 17.2 - 1 7 . 0 -1 6 . 7
j'
Florida
95.6 95.9 i 6 7 .8 ! 6 7 .9 63.6
93.5
Georgia
265.; 2 6 4 .0 2 6 7 .0 } 6 6 .2 !! 6 5 .3 6 6 .8 1 6 5 .8 163.7 !! ' i64;4
Id?tho
16. 0 1 6 .1 j 14.8 15^0 1 5 .0
3 2 ,0
l § ;2
I llin o is .
N.A. N^A. 1,171.1 ! N.A. N.A.: 2 9 0 .9
N.A. ! N31.3
. . !i :b43^'0
N.A.' . N^A. 5^2.^ ! N.A. t N 1 0 0 .6
Indiana
N.A. j N# * [ 226.7
I&iva
147.1 1 4 7 .0 147.6 '.57*3 5^-3 57.3
E?^ns:?,s
* 8 6 .0
*8 6 .0 : 5 8 .6 5 ^ .1 59.1 114.4 1 1 2 .8 } 113.5
8 6 .0
Kentucky
1 2 8 . 6 - .1 3 H 0
133.0
Louisiana
-1 2 9 :1 1 1 6 .5 j 77.1 7^2 ' 8 0 .5 135.8 135.1 j.:' 1 3 6 .7
12 S. 7
M?^ine
93.4 .. 9 9 .3 1 0 3 .8 ' 1 8 .3 1 8 .2 1 8 .6
47.2 47.6
46.7
204.1 ' 2 C3 JQ 2 1 5 .6 ' , 7 1 . 2 ' 6 9 .3 \75.3 . 117.8 H 7.3
Ms.ryla.nd
1 2 2 .3
Massachusetts
'. 642.4 [
6 7 5 . 8 j 1 3 3 .2 1 3 2 . 3 135.3 . 3 0 3 .0
3 2 2 .6
305.'l
'
i, ' *'
M'i-chlgan
" N.A. N.A. i,co7.7!'
!
'
1 8 3 .2 -! 181.7
Minnesota
lS5.5i
S
3 .5 8 3 . 1 7 8 . 6 ! 20 2 .8
2 0 3 .5
2 0 7 .5
Mississippi
8 0 .2 I
79.6 8 1 .0 !
Missouri
' N.A. !' 3 3 1 .'5 ' 3^ .6 i N.A. 117.9 1 2 0 . 3 ! N.A. 2 8 1 .6
2 8 2 .3
Montana
1 7 . 1 !. 1 7 . 0
3 6 .6
I 21.1 2 1 . 3 - 2 0 . 8 ,1 36.6
15.9
35.3
Nebraska
' 45.^,r: 4 5 .6 *47.3
Nevada
2 .9
1 0 .0
1 0 .2 {
7.8 1 7.9 ! 7.8! 1 0 .4
3-2 r 2 .9
7 6 .8 !
New Hampshire
2 8 .0
: 2 6 .4
^ 1 0 . 2 ! 1 0 .2 ' io.7i 2 8 .1
7 6 .9
75.1'
New Jersey264.5
6 9 9 .1 i* 6 9 5 .2
73P.5 128 .-7r; 127.5] 135.5! 2 6 0 .0 2 5 7 .9
New Mexico'
1 1 .0
1 1 . 1 jr
3 0 .1
'9.9! ! 14.1!! l4.0j<
3 2 .5
32.5
New York
1,775.0! i, 773.6 i,8o&.8 !4 9 6 .8 4 9 5 . 5 !499.5!! 1 , 2 0 0 .5 1,190.9 1 , 2 2 5 .4
North Carolina
396.4 ! 398.7 3S1..9
!
.!
North Dakota
5.2;i' - 5 . 3 '
5.61} 13.2j!! 13.2} l'S .lj! 3 5 .1
34.9
33*9
Ohio
1,104.6!11 , 0 9 6 .3 1 , 1 6 4 . 3 ;
Oklahoma
6 3 .0 ir
1 1 8 .3
6 2 .1
65.7;^ 4 7 . 1 4 7 . o{ 4 9 .5 1 1 8 .9 1 1 8 .8
Oregon
1 1 0 .6
1 1 6 , 0 ! 42.4 4z*4i }) 0 . 9 3 .1
1 1 7 .7
95.1
Pennsylvania
6 5 1 .5
ij3 3 9 .9 !1,343.8 1,448.2 3 1 8 .6 314.^! 3 2 6 .4 6 5 4 .9
Rhode Island
13^8
16, 9 !
" 135-3!' 2136.7
49.7
5 0 .5
49.9
South Carolina
MO.oj 0 0 .5 20f.7 15*9 ,16 <9!
t
South Dakota
1 0 .8 ^ 1 1 . a
^36.4
1 0 .9 16.8 10.5 i l . i ;
3 6 .7
35.7
Tennessee
2 3 8 .1
54.6 53.3 5 6 .5 1 5 3 .9 ^ 3 .3
2 3 9 . 8'! 2 3 6 .7
1 5 5 .8
Texas
3^1.4 2 2 3 .1 2 2 3 . 3 , 2 1 8 .2 497.5 489.0 488.1
.331.9
3 3 9 .0
Utah*
2 6 .3 : I 9 . I
lb . 9 21.1 41.6 4o.8
41. i
' " 2 5 . 7 i'- 2 5 . 3
Vermont
9.0 9.1„
1 6 .9
1 6 .5
3 3 .0
^ .0
17.0
,33.^:
Yiit^inia
211.b!'212.7 2 2 1 .2
VJa&hington
-1 6 2 . 3 ! * 1 5 5 . r * 1 6 7 .5 6 0 .7 59.9' 6 2 .7 1 5 0 .2 1 4 9 .2
148.1
West V irg in ia
N.A. . 1 2 7 .2 134.5
Wisconsin
4o4.5 397.6* 4i5*.5 72.5 72.4* '7 6 .0 * 2 0 0 .4 2 0 0 .7
199.3
Wyoming
5.6 . 5.7
1 3 . 2 - 1 3 . 2,,, 1 1 .8 .. 15.4
5.5
15.7
15.5
" . J^* '
<_____ '
See footnotes at* eRd -cf 'tuble 'rtnd ^xplc.na.t*cry notes, sections G and H+
!
,
6
^
TABLE
*J: Employees
__________________
S ta te
in
_____
____ ( i n t h o u s a n d s )
____ Finance
f
Service
1950
~ \ 1949
t
1950
*M
I
f Mar. * Feb. | Mar* T M a r > ___ *1 Feb*
Mar®
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
C a lifo rn ia
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
D ist* cf Columbia
F lo rid a
Georgia
Idaho
Illin o is
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
M ississip p i
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Je rsey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvan ia
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
V irg in ia
Washington
West V irg in ia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
S e e f o o t n o t e s a t e n d of t a b l e
i*-15
N onagricultural ^stablisfcnents by I n d u s t r y D i v i s i o n ,
by S ta te
19.8 j
14 .6 !
n
.a . ;
N.A. j
45.4
i
!
63.5!
22 .4 !
106.l j
1
20.0
3^.0
369.2
19.6
34.7 1 34.1
372.3
43.9
7 4 . 2 1. 73.8
78.01
Government
1950
T* Mar . " *[ Feb. V Mar.
' ~T
4 2 .3
N.A.
78.2 1 8o.4j
14.3
N.a .
n
.a .
i
4 5 .6
63.6
105.2
i 94.5
; 3 1 .6
i 48.8
1 595.8
1 DO. 8
j 6 3 .7
1 95.1
j 31.3
5 0 .0
i 521.0
I 6 1 .1
n .a .
111.8 i 110.9
113.6 j 112.3
ll 4 .2
23.6
356.4j N . A .
9 0 .0 j N . ii.
92.4
4 6 .0 1 76.6
63.01
23.0!
105.0!
2 2 .4
95*2
31 o 9
48.. 9
5 0 8 .1 6 1 .3
6 3 .7
3 / 197. 4 1,2/192.4 3/195.0;
95.1!
N.A. I
18.8!
i;
10.6 1
16.2!
N.A.
j 92.0
j 75.9
200.3
|i
10.3!
16.0
19.2 |;
152.8s 164.6 i
21 6 | 31 - 3 ;
160
1 2 .9
1 2.9
49.1
4 8 .7
4^.7
33^.7
1 / 25.6|j/ 25.2
13.8
11
10.i+l
1 0 .4
23.4
317.9
124.6
91.1
75.7
108.2
134.6
26.8
10.2
10.2
19.1
163.7
l63;l
31.0
3 0 .5
634.8
6 3 3 .4
28.2
2 7.9
89.4
90.11
61. o ! 6 0 .7
328.8 '< 327.8
2 6 . 1 l 29 . 3 ! 29.1
58.0i 58.0
1 3 . 5 ! 30.2! 30.0
90.1
.
7 3 2 . 9 ) 642 . 5 j
12.1+j 28.1+I1
y
113.0
90.6
89.4
. 37.7 j 39.5
88.6 I 80.6
197.9 189.5
110.3
I 110.8
1 2 8 . 7 i 130 . 4 ! h «A# 134.5
1 7 . 6 | 26.7; 26.7
18.5 |
749.5| 745.6
13.7
1
95.01
9 k .2
153 .?
2 2 .4
44.7
342.4
j 23.4
|
•A .
QO.l
38.1
8 9 .3
i
\
!I
50.oj
43 .9 !
3U0.61
1 9 .1
6 o. 4
3 3 2 .5
29.7
62.0
29.6
75.4!
224.4i
17.
1 0 3 . 0 ! 1 0 2 .1
265.ll 263.I
42 . 0 j 41 .9
14 .6 ; l 4 .4
264.4
43 .9
,2
14.2
73*4
74 . 6 !
I
121.oj 120.2
i
1 2 4 .4
91.6
91.ij 120.8 ; 119.6
8.5j
l 4 . 3 j 14.2
75.8
75*8
223.0
10.7
1 7 .4
222.5
17.0
10.6
7 4 .7
9 1 .7
7 .8
7 .6
and e x p l a n a t o r y notes,
10.
sections
G 4 H.
101.6
117.7
14.3
A*-l6
TABLE 7 :
Employees in Nonagricultural Establishments, by Industry Division,
by Stats
See explanatory notes, sections G and H*
* The manuf acturi ng series for these States are based on the 19^2 Social
Security Board Classification (others a r e ‘
on the 194-5 Standard Industrial
Classif ic a t i o n )#
Revised .series; not strictly comparable wi t h previously published data,
2/
The mining series, have »been combined wisth the 'contract construction
.division*.
The mining series have been combined with the service division#
N.A*
Not available
ERRATUM.
Table 11 , page A -28 - Annual Averages^
19^*9 appearing in the February D e tailed Report*.
F I or id a*
5*7 employees should" appear^
under the mining division instead of
contract construction* Similar data
for the Cons truetion industry are not
available*
A-17
%ABLE 8s Employees in Nonagricultural Establishments by Industry Division, Selected Areas
■
_________
^ (in thousands)
____ __________________
AHISOm
Phoenix fearicopa County*/
Mining
14inu£acturing
Trans. & Pub, Ut+ 2j
Trade
Finance
Service
Tucson (PicH County)
1,lining
Lknufacturing
Tians* & Pub* Ut* 2j
.. Trade
Finance
Service
Am&$ks
L ittle Bock
Total
Cont* Const*
14uaufacturing
Trails* 8c Pub, Ut*
Trade
finance
Service zf
Government
coi&ecticut
Bridgeport
Cont* Const, zj
Lteufacturing
Trans* & Pub* Ut*
Trade
'finance
Service
Hartford
Cont* Const* zj
Manufactui’ing
Trans* & Pub* Ut#
Trade
Finance
Service
Hew B ritain
Cont* Const* zj
Li^ufacturing
Trans# & Pub* Ut*
Trade
Finance
Service
r dumber of Eniployees
1
1950
] 1949 i
r Ma,r* * Feb#
l&ir* t
f
.1
8.7
7.4
19*4
3*0
9 .7
♦1
8*9
7*4
19*7
3*1
9*8
1*4 j
1*6 j
2.0
8*2
1 .1 j
5*1
!
|
1
|
1 .4
1.6
2.1
8.1
1.0
5.1
i/
i}
V
i}
±1
i!
i/
U
i/
t
i
61*3
60.0 ! 60.7
i
4*5
' 4 .2 ''
4 .2 t
n » i f 10*6 j 10. s |
6*3
6.3 ; 6.8 i
I! 17*1
16* a ! 16.9
j! 3*3
3*3 j 3.1
\ 8*5
8*5
8 .4
j 10*6
10*6 I| 10.9
ii
i
j
ji
3*2 | 3*2
55*0 1 54.2
4*9
4*9
16*8
16*9
2*1
2*1
5.3
5.3
i
i
j
5.7
j
5*8
\ 58*5 j 57.7
7* 0 j
7 ,0
3 6 .8
37*3
23.5
23*5
9*8
9.7
•8
| 24*3
j
1*2
j
4*3
j
•5
!
i .i !
i1
i
.8
23.7
1 .2
4 .2
.5
1.1
3 .3
60.3
5.0
16.8
2.1
- 5.3
!
{
j
j
5*8 j
| 50*6 |
j 6*9 |
j 35*7 |
23.2
9*8 S
?
1 .0
25*9
1 .2
4*4
.5
1 .2
r timber of Enployees
1949
f
1$50
f Jfer. ! Feb* ( Vkr*
OCDTCTICUT (cont’ d.)
New Hlvign
Cont* Const, z f
Ifaufacturing
Trans* & Pub* Ut#
Tmde
Finance
Service
4*8
39*4
12.8
19*6
4.6
8*3
4.8
38*9
12*8
19*4
4*6
8 .2
4*5
40.6
13.3
19.3
4*6
7*9
Waterbury ’
Cent* Const. 3j
J&tnufacturing
Trans. & Pub* Ut#
Trade
Finance
Service
1#5
38*8
2.5
8*4
1.1
2*4
1 .5
38.2
2.5
8*4
1.1
2*3
1 .5
38.7
2.6
8*4
1.1
2.4
GEOim
Atlanta
Ifesarfacturing
60.0
59*6
59*0
icsa
Bes Moines
tfcniaeturing
18*2
18.1
19.0
36.8
36.6
1.6
6.0
6.5
8*1
1.9
4*2
8*4
M
1 .6
5*9
6*5
8*1
1 .9
4 .2
8 .5
37*7
.1
1 .5
6*5
6*8
•8*1
1*9
4*3
8 .7
74*5
1 .3
3*9
23.6
6.6
20.5
3.6
8*5
6.7
73*9
1 .2
3.7
23.4
6*6
20*5
3*5
8*5
6*7
74.5
1*3
3.7
23*8
6*8
20*9
3.3
8*4
6.5
&1HSAS
Topeka
Total
Mining
Cent. Const*
Ifenufacturing
Trans. & Pub* Ut*
Trade
Finance
Service
Government
Wichita
Total
Mining
Cont* Const*
S&nufacturing
Trans* & Pub*# Ut*
Trade
Finance
Service
Government
im m sank
Duluth
Total
Cont* Const*
See footnotes at end of table and explanatory notes, sections G, H, and I.
j!
j
'I
38*9
1 .8
38.7
1 .8
39.0
1.7
JU18
TABLE 8: Employees in KoaagrltjaltmrJ Sstabli shaent s by Industry Division, Selected .Axcas
(la thousands)
1 Rtrbar of Enployoos
f
1950
1949
] Ifer* ; Fob*
ISssXm
MI13EI-SCXE.1 (cont!d»)
Duluth (coni5 !«)
l^ufactaring
T^ans. & Bib* Ut* ,
3tedo
Fiizsnce
Scrvico j3y
Govejcnrxsit'
Mimeapolis
IcM
Cent. Cons.be
l^udhcturing
fens# & Pub# Ut#
Tmdo
Finance
Service J3/.
Governncnt
St# Paul
Total
Cont. Const#
Itoufacturing
Titans# & Pub# Ut,
Tigido
Finance
SerVica .3/Gbvominent.
MISSQUH
,
Kansas City.(including
Kansas City, Eansns )
■
ifcaufktctucdag
St# Louis
I&miihcturi^G
iraj&
Bono,;
ISxunt*
Coat# Const#
Ifegifacturiiig
Trans# & Pub* Ut#
Tiu £q
Firanco
Sorvico
10# 7
5*9
9,9
1*4
4.9
4.1
10.8
6*0
10,0
1#4
4#9
4.1
10# 9
5*9
, 10*2
1*4
5*0
3.9
r
!1
1136*5
j! 6.0
,j 39.1
!| 19.7
| 33.7
j 8.2
]; i4.o
! 15.7
!
j
j
j
• 86.9
!
194.6
B ingbp,ntcr>*Sndicott-Jbhnson
City
Zfcaifacturing
Buffalo
Ifcaafacturing
239*8 245*8
11*5
11*0
61*9
63*1
25.2
25.a
7!j*
74.1
15*9
15.6
■28.3 ‘ 28.5'
25.1
23.4
135*9
5.9
38# 5
19.3
33*9
8# 2
13#3
15.7
135*2
5*1
39.6
19# 6
33*8
8*0
14*1
15*0
74*5
73.6
81.6
35*4
35.3
37.6
171*2 1169.8 • 176.7
13*8
13.0
12.5
Kinf'stor^eWargh-P ou
kee^sie
Ifemfbetoring
34U
34.3
35.1
Hew York City
U&r&xZr,ct^ring
95U5
Bochestor
Mamfacturing
95.0
95.0
101.5
%TUCUSO
IfcsBofficturing Sj
48.9
40.7
50.0
Ut icaURon3-J2brkin-er—
Little Falls
Lfenuih-cturing
i/
993.7 • 989.8
43.9 ■ 44.1
o k l a e d /a
86.4
192*8
80*0
198# 4
Oklahsm City •
Ifcnof'icturiri.g
13.8
13.7
If
2 sI e i'knu^LC'boring
16.2
15*9
1/
\
1
.1
1.3
1.3
1.1
4,2
.3
4*8
( llurSor of Employees
1949
1950
f M lr* ! Feb.
Mir.
Elndra
J&sitfactwiicj
* .1
1*2
1*3
1.1
4*9
*s
4.8
.i
1.2
1.1
1.1
4*3 ;
.7
4.4
messes
Gbattanoorn
Mining
M^mfacturing
Trans# & Pub* Ut#
TxadS.
Fir&nce
Sorvico
Gcrovxn-ont
See footnotes,at end of tablo and explanatory notes, sections G-* H,
•.
f 1 W TOE
Albnry-Scbenectady-Tit>y
Idhjaifacturing
•
240*5
11.1
62.2
25*2
74.1
15# 8
28.5
23*6
’
I#
!
•3 1 .2
•2
37.8
36*0 '
37.3
4.9 * ‘
5.1
5*2'
14,2
13.9 '13*8
2*5
2.3
2.3
9.8
9w2 ‘ 9*3
7.4
6,7
7.3
A-19
TABLE 8: Employees in Momfricultural 5stab 1 ishoszrbs "by Industry Division, Selectod Areas
(in thousarils)
briber of Sr.ployeos_
.ffuriber of Bspl oyoes
1950
1940
Ifar,
Sub*
&br*
OSMISSSoS (cont*d.)
Khosville
lining
l^uaufacturing
3?rons. . & 3?tib, Ut,
Trade
Finance
Service
G-ove rnrent
_____ 1950
1,1
27,3
6 ,5
14*1
1 ,8
8,1
9 ,7
1 .1
26.6
6.1
13.8
1 .9
8 .2
9 .7
lo2
27©0
6.8
14.4
1*8
7.9
10.0
Mu:*dVwvburin£
-TTJIiS* O
CPub* Ut*
•Xas^do
ITL^mco
Service
Governaent
ILshville
2fcu£acturin;;
,4
1/
ISfot available,
2]
Secludes in tersta te lailroods,
j$/
Includes nining end c a rry in g ,
_4/
Less than 100 employees.
#4
#3
Bevised series? not s t r ic t ly ccnparable with previously published data.
& r *
M.r.
58*7
17.2
39*5
.5.4
57.7
17*1
38,9
15*0
22.0
2e/, 0
13.5
12,9.
'L E S S E E (ccn t’ de)
2frophis (cont*d<.)
tenohis
Mining
| 1343
Feb..
40.2
5 *4
33.2 j .32.7
40,7
5,1
22.4
13.1
H.7
’
•20
TABLE 9;
Production Workers in Selected Manufacturing Industries
(In thousands)
Industry
POOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS:
Meat packing, wholesale
Flour and meal
Confectionery products
Malt liquors
Distilled liquors, except brandy
TEXTILE-MILL PRODUCTS:
Y arn mills, wool (except carpet), cotton and silk
systems
Cotton and rayon broad-woven fabrics
Woolen and worsted fabrics
Full-fashioned hosiery mills
Seamless hosiery mills
Knit underwear mills
Wool carpets, rugs, and carpet yarn
Fur-felt hats and hat bodies
APPAREL AND OTKER FINISHED TEXTILE PRODUCTS:
Men*s dress shirts and nightwear
W o r k shirts
FURNITURE AND FIXTURES:
Wood household furniture, except upholstered
Mattresses and bedsprings
CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS:
Plastics materials
Synthetic rubber
Synthetic fibers
Soap and glycerin
STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS:
Glass containers
Pressed and blown glassware,- not elsewhere classified
B rick and hollow tile
PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES:
Gray-iron foundries
Malleable-iron foundries
Steel foundries
Primary copper, lead, and zinc
Primary aluminum
Iron and steel forgings
Wire drawing
See Introductory notice, and explanatory notes, section A.
Average
March
161.5
; 27.5
V . 60.3
; 163.9
: 27.3
58.0
55-5
19.3
18^8
/
60.7
174.0
,1 167.1
30.7
64.9
.64.5
63.7
55.7
18 . y
25.7
i
I
27,6
1
|
IO 6.5
406.2
104.5
106.9
106.4
4°3.2
102.8
j 121.9
66.9
67.0
66.8
433.6
122.5
65.2
55.1
33.2
37.4
57.1
33.0
37.2
9.7
$ 8.2
33.1
3-6.4
9.7
61.3
37.5
35.6
11.5
8.6
404.5
103.7
■
-
i
!
88.2
'■ 11.2
|
!y,,
\
!. 120.7
25.5
83,2
11.5
83.4
11.4
81.5
11.7
118.5
25.6
1*6.2
2^.8
113.1
25.7
19.3
4.9
53.6
19.2
22.2
18.9
19.0
19.3
4.7
53.5
18.7
33.1
34.5
30.9
24.2
3?*8
2 9 .2
41.9
37.5
24.9
27.0
126.7
21.0
37.0
26.6
8.4
26.7
124.4
20.7
35.1
26.3
8.3
; 121.8
20.6
53.3
24.3
8.0
157.4
26.7
55.2
26.1
25.8
38.1
37.7
36.7
31.8
24.4
4.8
53.5
5.7
57.9
19.4
28.2
7.3
32.4
45.6
A* 2 1
TABLE 9:
Production Workers in Selected Manufacturing Industries (Continued)
(In thousands)
11 ..—
lrdustry
-------------- ---- --- ’
- - ■ ... -.. ... -
FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS (EXCEPT ORDNANCE,
MACHINERY, AND TRANSPORTATION E Q UIPMENT)t
Cutlery and edge tools
Hand tools, not. elsewhere classified, files,
hand saws, and saw blades
Hardware, net elsewhere classified
Metal plumbing fixtures and fittings
Oil burners, heating and cooking apparatus,
not elsewhere classified
Structural and ornamental products
Boiler shop products
Metal stampings
!
1950
j- ;;
"— February
j March
• January
11
\
j
i
I
:
|
*
, 13^7_
] Average
22.6
21.6
22.2
3 1 .2
69.9
30.0
68.3
3 0 .7
27.5
27.3
26.3
!:
!
;
6?.5
53.6
43,6
100.1
66.1
53.1
43.0
29.5
64.8
53.3
^3.3
9S*5
|i
96.7
64.2
i1
[
56.0
; 114.0
6^.8
!
25., 2
41,6
64.8
30.1
i
1I
1
64.4
73.3
3 6.6
63.9
71.8
36.4
34.1
57.8
33.6
K\
i
:
130.3
35.2
35.3
35.6
61.4
19.5
25.9
20.0
2 7.0
19.6
28.4
25.4
50.3
17.1
17.1
17.3
18.5
00
1J4.1
i
1 6 .1
95.1
!
;
!
j
62.9
7 6 .7
54.9
138 .0
31.5
TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT:
Locomotives and parts
Railroad and streetcars
68.7
36.0
5 0 .6
55.4
33.7
16 .8
100.5
i
ELECTRICAL MACHINERY:
Radios and related products
Telephone and telegraph equipment and
communication equipment, not elsewher©
classified
62.6
33.4
53.6
3^.1
15.4
86,2
*-9»6
t<\
MACHINERY (EXCEPT ELECTRICAL ) i
Tractors
Farm machinery, except machinery
Machine tools
Metalworking machinery, not elsewhere
classified
Cutting tools, jigs, fixtures, etc.
Computing and related machines
Typewriters
Refrigeration machinery
Machine shops
4 3.6
74.5
40.5
2 3.8
108.3
j
!
!I
j!
|
48.7
142.4
ii
MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES ;
Silverware and plated ware
See Introductory notice
and explanatory notes, section A,
NOTE: These series include production and related workers who worked during, or received pay for,
the pay period ending nearest the 15 th of the month, The s e r i e s are based on the levels of em
ployment indicated by the 15^7 Census of Manufactures and have been carried forward by use of the
employment changes reported b y the BIS monthly sample of cooperating establishments. The series
shown in this table are not comparable with data shown in table 2 of this Rep o r t , since the latter
are adjusted to 19^7 levels indicated by data frpm the social insurance programs, Data from
January 1J4? are available upon request to the Bureau of I^abor Statistics, Such requests should
specify the series for which data are desired.
EXPLANATORY NOTES
Sec. A. Steope of tfee; BLS Employment Series 'The Bureau of Labor Statistics
publishes-each .month the number* of employees in all^nonagrlcultural establishments and in
the 8 major industry divisions* mining, contract- construction, manufacturing, transporta
tion and public utilities,- tr&de, finance, service, and government. Both all-employee and
production-worker employment series are also presented for 21 major manufacturing groups,
108 separate manufacturing industries, and, the, durable and nondurable goods subdivisions.
W ithin nonmanufacturing, total employment information is published for
series.
Production-worker employment is also presented for most of the industry components of the
mining division.
Beginning with the March 1950 issue of this Re p o r t , table 9 shows productionworker data for 55 new industries. These series are based on the levels of employment
indicated by the 19^7 Census of Manufactures and have been carried foi*ward by use of the
aaployment changes reported b y the BLS monthly sample of cooperating establishments*
These series are not comparable with the data shown in table 2 since the latter are ad
justed to 1947 levels indicated by data from the social insurance programs.
Hours and earnings information for manufacturing and selected nonmanufacturing
industries are published monthly in the Hours and Earnings Industry Report and in the
Monthly Labor R e v i e w .
Sec. B. Definition of Emplpimsent For privately operated establishments in the
nonagricultural industries the BLS employment information covers all full- and part-time
employees who were on the pay roll, i.e., who worked during, or received pay for, the pay
period ending nearest the 15th of th®'month, For Federal establishments the employment
period relates to the pay period ending pi*ior to the first of the month; in State and local.*'
governments, during the pay period ending on or just before the last of the month.
Proprietors, self-employed persons, domestic servants, unpaid family'workers*, and members
of the armed forces are excluded from the employiHimf Information.
Sec, C. Comparability Wit h Other Employment Data
'Xhe Bureau of Labor
Statistics employment series differ from the Monthly Report on the Labor Force in the
following respects; (1) .The BLS serles-are based on reports from cooperating*establish
ments, .while.the MRLF-is..bas«d on employment information obtained from household inter
views; (2 ) persons who worked In more than one establishment during the reporting period
would be .counted m o r e .th a n once in-the BLS series, but- not in fche MRLP; (2) the BLS informa
tion covers all full- and part-time wage and salary workers in private nonagrlcultural es
tablishments who worked during, or received pay for, the pay period ending nearest the 15 tfc
of the month; in Fedeiral establishments during the pay jjeriod ending just before the first
of the month; and lrx State and local government during the pay period ending on or just be
fore the last of the month, while the KRIF series relates to the calendar week which con
tains the 8th day of the month; (4) proprietors, self-employed persons, domestic servants,
and# unpa&d family workers are excluded from the BIS but not the MRI-F series.
Sec, D, Methodology
Changes'in the level of employment are based on reports
from a sample group of establishments, inasmuch as full coverage is prohibitively costly
and time-consuming. In using a sample, it i‘
s essential that a complete count or ubench
mar k ” be established from which the series may be carried forward. Briefly, the BLS’com
putes employment data as follows: first, a bench mark or level of employment is determined;
second, a sample of establishments is selected; mid third, changes in employment indicated
by this reporting sample are applied to the bench mark to determine the monthly employment
between bench-mark periods. A n illustration of the estimation procedure used in those~In
dustries for which both all-employee -and .production-worker-employment information is
• i •
jiublished follows:
The latest produ c11 cn~worker employment bench mark for a given
industry was 50*000 ir* January* According to the BI£ reporting sample, 60 establishments
In that industry employed 25,000 workers in January a n d ' 2§,COO in February, an increase of
% percent* The February figure of 52,000 would be derived by. applying the. change for iden
tical establishments reported in the January-February sample to the benchmark:
50,000
*5» ooo
(or 1,04} - 52,000
The estimated all-employee level of 65,000 for February is then determined by using that
m o n t h 1s sample ratio (. 800 ) of production workers to total employment.
{£2*222 {or multiplied by 1.25) » 65,000}.
.800
W h e n a new bench m # k fceeomes available, employment data prepared since the last
bench mark are reviewed to determine if any adjustment of level is required* In general,
the month-to~mcnth changes in employment reflect the fluctuations shown by establishments
reporting to the BLS, while the level of employment is determined by the bench mark*
The pay-roll Index is obtained by dividing the total weekly pay roll for a given
m o n t h by the average weekly pay roll in 1932* Aggregate weekly pay rolls for all manufac
turing industries combined are derived by multiplying gross average weekly earnings by
production-vorker employment*
Sec* £. Sources of S a m f f l e ^ t ^ ~ Approximately 120,000 cooperating establishments
furnish monthly employment and pay~**oll schedules, b y m i l , to the Bureau of labor
Statistics* In addition, the Bureau matees use of data collected by the Interstate Commerce
Commission, the Civil Service Commission and tbe Bureau of the Census*
approximate tm m & m OF MOUTHLY SAMPLE USED IN
bis w e ta tm m m > m - B O i x statistics
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Division or
industry
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*
j
m
Kus&er of
establishments
Mining
Contract construction
Manufacturing
•Transportation and public utilities:
Interstate railroads (ICC)
Beet of division (BIS)
Trade
Finance
Service:
Hotels
Laundries and cleaning and dyeing,plants
Government:
Federal (Civil Service Commission)
State and local (Bureau of Census-*
quarterly)
Employees
Percent
Kumber in
:
of total
sample
:
460,000
2,700
15,000
450,000
35,200
8,845,000
10*>00
46,300
6,000
1,359.000
1 ,056,000
1.379.000
281,000
98
41
15
115,000
86,000
25
17
1,885,000
100
2,400,000
62
1,200
1,700
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23
62
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Sec. F. Sources of Bench-Mark Pats - He ports from Unemployment Insurance Agencies
presenting (1) employment in firms liable for contributions to St&te unemployment compensation funds, and (2 } tabulations from the Bureau of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance on em
ployment in firms exempt from State unemployment insurance laws because of their small size
comprise the basic sources of bench-mark data for nenfana employment. Most of. the employ
ment data' ih:this report have been adjusted to levels indicated by these sources for 1947,
Special bench marks are used for industries not covered by the Social Security program*
Bench m 4rks;’
for State and local government are based on data compiled by the Bureau of the
Census, while information on Federal Government employment is made available by =the U* S.
Civil Service Commission# The Interstate Commerce Commission is the source for railroads.
Bench marks for prcduction-i/prker employment are not available on a regular basis.
The production-vorker series are, therefore, derived by applying to all-employee-bench marks
the ratio of producticn-worker employment to total employment, as determined from the
Bureau*s industry samples*
Sec. G. Industrial Classification -.In the BLS employment and hours and warnings
series, reporting establishments are classified into significant economic groups on the
basis of major postwar product or activity as determined from annual sales data. The ^olr
lowing references present the industry classification structures currently used in the em
ployment statistics program.
u>
For manufacturing industries - Standard Industrial
Classification Manual, Vol. I, Manufacturing
Industries, Bureau of tfreBudget, Ilcvember 19^ 5 ;.
(2 )
For nonmanuf a ctur ing industries ~ Industrial
Classification Code.. Federal Security Agency,
Social Security Board, 1$%2 *
Sec. H. State Employment - State data are collected and prepared- i*i cooperation
with various State Agencies as indicated below. The series have been adjusted torecent
data made available by State Unemployment insurance Agencies and the. Bureau of Old-Age and
Survivors Insurance. Since some States have adjusted to more recent bench marks than
others, and because varying methods of computation are used, the to.£$l of the State series
differs from the national total. A number of States also make available more detailed in
dustry data and information for earlier periods which may be secured directly upon request
to the appropriate State Agency.
The following publications are available upon request from the BISvBe$icnal
Offices or the Bureau’
s Ka£hifcgton Office:
N onagri cultural Employment, by State, 19^5 -15^75 19**8 •
Employment in Manufacturing Industries, by State,
lj&3-lg46; 19^7# 1S#8.
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COOPERATING STATE AGENCIES
Alabama - Department of Industrial Relations, Montgomery 5 .
Arizona - Unemployment Compensation Division, Employment Security Commission, Phoenix.
Arkansas - Employment Security Division, Department of Labor, Little Rock.
California
Division of Labor Statistics and Research, Department of Industrial Relations,
San Francisco 1.
Colorado - Department of Employment Security, Denver 2.
Connecticut - Employment Security Division, Department of Labor and Factory Inspection,
Hartford 5 .
Delaware - Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Philadelphia 1, Pennsylvania.
District of Columbia - U, S. Employment Service for D. C , , Washington 25 ,
Florida - Unemployment Compensation Division, Industrial Commission, Tallahassee.
Georgia - Employment Security Agency, Department of Labor, Atlanta 3 .
Idaho - Employment Security Agency, Boise.
Illinois - Division of Placement and Unemployment Compensation, Department of Labor,
Chicago 54.
Indiana - Employment Security Division, Indianapolis 9 .
Iowa - Employment Security Commission, Des Moines 9 ,
Kansas - Employment Security Division, State Labor Department, Topeka.
Kentucky - Bureau of Employment Security, Department of Economic Security, Frankfort.
Louisiana - Division of Employment Security, Department of Labor, Baton Rouge 4.
Maine - Employment Security Commission, Augusta.
Maryland - Employment Security Board, Department of Employment Security, Baltimore 1.
Massachusetts ~ Division of Statistics,-Department of Labor and Industries, Boston 10.
Michigan - Unemployment Compensation Commission, Detroit 2.
Minnesota - Division of Employment and Security, St. Paul 1.
Mississippi - Employment Security Commission, Jackson.
Missouri - Division of Employment Security, Department of Labor and Industrial Relations,
Jefferson City.
Montana - Unemployment Compensation Commission, Helena.
Nebraska - Division of Employment Security, Department of Labor, Lincoln 1.
Nevada - Employment Security Department, Carson City.
New Hampshire - Employment Service and Unemployment Compensation Division, Bureau of Labor,
Concord.
New Jersey - Department of Labor and Industry, Trenton 8 .
New Mexico - Employment Security Commission, Albuquerque,
New York » Bureau of Research and Statistics, Division of Placement and Unemployment Insurance,
New York Department of Labor, 342 JIadison Avenue, New York 1 7 .
North Carolina - Department of Labor, Raleigh.
North Dakota - Unemployment Compensation Division, Bismarck.
Ohio - Bureau of Unemployment Compensation, Columbus 16 ,
Oklahoma - Employment Security Commission, Oklahoma City 2.
Oregon - Unemployment Compensation Commission, Salem.
Pennsylvania - Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Philadelphia 1 (mfg.); Bureau of
Research and Information, Department of Labor and Industry, Harrisburg
(nonmfg.).
Rhode Island - Department of Labor, Providence 2,
South Carolina
Employment Security Commission, Columbia 10.
South Dakota - Employment Security Department; Aberdeen.
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Tennessee - Department of Employment Security, Nashville 3 .
Texas - Employment Commission, Austin 19.
Utah Department of Employment Security, Industrial Commission, Salt Lake City 13.
Vermont - Unemployment Compensation Commission, Montpelier.
Virginia
Division of Research and Statistics, Department of ,Labor and Industry, Richmond.
Washington
Employment Security Department, Olfmpla.
West Virginia - Department of Employment Security, Charleston.
Wisconsin - Industrial Commission, Madlsoji 3.
Wyoming - Employment Security Commission, Casper.
Sec, I. Area Employment
Figures on area employment are prepared by cooperating
State agencies. The methods of adjusting to bench marks and of making computations used to
prepare State employment are also applied in preparing area information. Hence, the appro
priate qualifications should- also be observed. For a number of areas, data in greater in
dustry detail and for earlier periods can be obtained by writing directly to the appropriate
State agency.
GLOSSARY
All Employees or Wage and Salary Workers
In addition to production and related workers as
defined elsewhere, includes workers engaged in the following activities: executive, pur
chasing, finance, accounting, legal, personnel (including cafeterias, medical, etc.), pro
fessional and technical activities, sales, sales delivery, advertising, credit collection,
and in installation and servicing of own products, routine office functions, factory super
vision (above the working foremen level). Also includes employees on the establishment pay
roll engaged in new construction and major additions or alterations to the plant who are
utilized as a separate work force (force-account construction workers).
Continental United States - Covers only the 48 States and the District of Columbia.
Contract Construction - Covers only firms engaged in the construction business on a contract
basis for others. Force-account construction workers, i.e., hired directly by and on the
pay rolls of Federal, State, and local government, public utilities, and private establish
ments, are excluded from contract construction and included in the employment for such es
tablishments.
Defense Agencies - Covers civilian employees of the Department of Defense (Secretary of
Defense', Army, Air Force, and Navy), Maritime Commission, National Advisory Committee for
Aeronaut!
The Panama Canal, Philippine Alien Property Administration, Philippine War
Damage Commission, Selective Service System, National Security Resources Board, National
Security Council.
Dux^able Goods - The durable goods subdivision includes the following major groups: ordnance
and accessories; lumber and wood products (except furniture); furniture and fixtures;
stone, clay, and glass products; primary metal industries; fabricated metal products (ex
cept ordnance, machinery, and transportation equipment); machinery (except electrical);
electrical machinery; transportation equipment; Instruments and related products; and mis
cellaneous manufacturing Industries *
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Federal Government - Executive Branch - Includes Government corporations (including Federal
Reserve Banks and mixed-ownership banks of the Farm Credit Administration) and other activ
ities performed toy Government personnel in establishments such as navy yards, arsenals,
hospitals, and on force-account construction. Data, which are based mainly on reports to
the Civil Service Commission, .are -adjusted to maintain continuity of coverage and defini
tion with information for former periods.
Finance - Covers establishments operating in the fields of finance, insurance, and real
estate; excludes the Federal Reserve Banks and the mixed-ownership banks of the Ffcrm Credit
Administration which are included under Government.
Government - Covers Federal, State, and local governmental establishments performing
legislative^ executive,:and judicial functions, as well as ail governmeftt-cpera-ted estab
lishments and institutions (arsenals, navy yards, hospitals, etc#}, government corpora
tions j and government force«*account. ponstructlon* Fourth-class postmasters are excluded
from table 1, because they presumably have other major Jobs; they are included, however,
in table 5«
Indexes of Manufacturing Production-Worker Employment - Humber of production workers
expressed as a percentage of the average .employment in 1959 *
Indexes of Manufacturing Production-Worker Weekly Pay Roils - Production-worker weekly pay
rolls expressed as a percentage of the average weekly pay roll for 1939 .
Manufacturing - Covers only privately operated establishments; governmental manufacturing
operations such as arsenals and navy yards are.excluded from manufacturing and included1
with government.
Military Personnel - Represents, persons on active duty as of the first of the month.
Reserve personnel are excluded if on Inactive duty or if on active duty for a briex*
training or eteergency period.
Milltary Pay R o 1 ib - Pay rolls represent obligations based .on personnel count, plus terminal
leave payments to currently discharged personnel. Family allowances which represent
Government's contribution, mustering-out, and leave payments are Included* Cash payments
for clothing-allowance balances are included under pay rolls In January, April; July, and
October for Navy, Marine Corps, and-Coast Guard, and at time of discharge for Army and Air
Force*
Mining * Covers establishments engaged i n the extraction from the earth of organic and
inorganic minerals which occur in natrre as solids, liquids, or gases; Includes various
contract services required in mining operations, such as removal of overburden, tunnelling
and shafting, and the grilling or acidizing of oil wells; also includes ore dressing, b e n e ficiatlng, and concentration*
Nondurable Goods
The nondurable goods subdivision includes the following major
food and kindred products; tobacco manufactures; textile-mill products; apfarel
finished textile products; paper and allied products; printing, publishing, and
dustries; chemicals and allied products; products of pfetroleum and coal; rubber
and leather and leather products*
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groups:
and other
allied in
products;
*Pay Rolls - Private pay rolls represent weekly pay rolls of both full- and part-time
production and related workers who worked during, or received pay for, any part of the pay
period ending nearest the 15th of the month, before deductions for old-age and unemployment
Insurance, group insurance, withholding tax, bonds, and union dues; also, includes pay for
sick leave, holidays, and vacations taken. Excludes cash payments for vacations not taken,
retroactive pay not earned during period reported, value of payments In kind, and bonuses,
unless earned and paid regularly each pay period. Federal civilian pay rolls cover the
working days in the calendar month.
Production and Related Workers - Includes working foremen and all nonsupervisory workers
(including lead men and trainees) engaged in fabricating, processing, assembling, inspec
tion, receiving, sterage, handling, packing, warehousing, shipping, maintenance, repair,
janitorial, watchman services, product development, auxiliary production for plant’
s own
ust (e.g,, power plant), and record-keeping and other services closely associated with tfce
above production opex*ations.
Service - Covers establishments primarily engaged in rendering services to individuals and
business firms, including automobile repair services. Excludes all government-operated
services such as hospitals, museums, etc., and all domestic service employees.
Trade - Covers establishments engaged in wholesale trade, l*e,, selling merchandise to
retailers, and in retail trade, i.e., selling merchandise for personal or household con
sumption, and rendering services Incidental to the sales of goods.
Transportation and Public Utilities * Covers only privately-owned and operated enterprises
engaged in providing all types of transportation and related services; telephone, tele
graph, and other communication services^ or providing electricity, gas, steam, water, or
sanitary service. Government operated establishments are included under governmentf
Washington,, D, C. • Data for the executive branch of the Federal Government also include
areas in Maryland and Virginia which are within the metropolitan area, as defined by the
Bureau of the Census,
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