Full text of Employment and Payrolls : May 1944
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.July 10, 1944
'LS 45-63)
'
U. S. Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Employment and Occupational Outlook Branch
D ivisio n of Employment Statistics
EMPLOYMENT AND Pi-.Y ROLLS
Detailed Report
May 1944
CONTENTS
Table
1
2
Page
Estimated number of wage earners in manufacturing
in d u s t r ie s ................................................................... . ............
2
Indexes of wage-earner employment and of wage-earner
pay roll, in manufacturing in d u s tr ie s ............ ................
8
3
Indexes of employment and pay rolls in selected nonmanu
facturing in d u s tr ie s .......... ............................ . ....................
1-4
4
Estimated number of wage earners in selected
nonmanuf acturing in d u stries.....................
.......... ....
15
Percentage changes in emplojnnent and pay ro lls in
selected nonmanufacturing in d u s tr ie s ........ . . . . ............
15
Estimated number of employees in nonagricultural
establishments by industry d iv is io n .............. ..
16
Estimated number of employees in nonagricultural
establishments, by State, A pril 1944-................ ..
17
8
Employment ijund pay rolls on construction p r o j e c t s ,..
19
9
Employment and pay rolls in Federal Government.. . . . .
20
5
6
7
2.
Table 1 . - Estimated Number of Wage Earners in Manufacturing Industries
(in thousands)
In d u s t r y Group
or In d u s tr y 7J
ALL MANUFACTURING
DURABLE GOODS
NONDURABLE .GOODS
l/
May
Apr.
M ar.
May
1944
1944
1944
1943
13,023
7,8 85
5 ,1 3 8
1 3 ,1 7 2
7,9 7 7
5 ,1 9 5
1 3 ,4 0 6
8 ,1 2 1
5 ,2 8 5
1 3 ,7 0 0
8 ,1 5 9
5 ,5 4 1
1 ,6 5 6
1 ,6 6 4
1 ,6 9 1
1 ,7 1 8
D u rab le Goods
IRON AND STEEL AND THEIR PRODUCTS
B la s t f u r n a c e s , s t e e l w orks, and
r o l l i n g m ills
Gray-iron and sem i- steel castin g s
M alleab le- iro n c a st in g s
S t e e l castin g s
Cast- iron pip e and f i t t i n g s
T in cans and other tinw are
W ire drawn from purchased rods
Wirework
C u tle ry and edge too ls
To o ls (e xce p t edge t o o ls ,
machine t o o l s , f i l e s , and saws)
Hardware
P lu m b ersf su p p lie s
S t o v e s , o i l b u r n e r s , and h ea tin g
equipment not elsew here c l a s s i f i e d
Steam and hot-water h ea tin g
apparatus and steam f i t t i n g s
Stamped and enameled ware and
g a lv a n iz in g
F a b r ic a t e d s t r u c t u r a l and
ornamental m etalwork 3 /
M etal d o o rs, s a s h , fram es,
m olding, a.nd trim
B o l t s , n u t s , w a sh e rs, and r iv e t s
F o r g in g s , iro n and st e e l
Wrought p ip e , w elded and heavy
riv e t e d
Screw-machine products and wood
screws
S t e e l b a r r e l s , k e g s , and drums
ELECTRICAL MACHINERY
E l e c t r i c a l equipment
52 2 .4
8 2 .2
26. 9
8 4 .1
17..3
31.. 1
3 G„ 9
32 „ 3
2 1 ,6
4 8 1 .5
73 .5
2 4 .6
7 5 .6
1 5 .0
3 7 .5
3 3 .5
3 4 .6
2 2 .9
4 8 5 .5
7 4 .6
2 5 .0
7 6 .9
1 5 .0
3 6 ,2
3 3 .7
3 3 .9
2 2 .6
4 9 1 .1
76 .2
2 5 .4
7 8 .6
1 5 .4
3 5 .7
3 4 .2
3 3 .6
2 2 .7
2 7 .7
4 5 .8
2 2 .8
2 8 .1
4 6 .6
2 8 .4
4 7 ,2
2 3 ,1
2 3 ,6
4 4 .3
2 2 .8
6 1 .7
6 1 ,2
6 1 ,7
5 3 .1
5 6 ,7
5 6 ,9
5 7 ,5
5 9 .4
8 8 .5
8 9 ,1
9 0 ,5
8 8 ,9
7 6 .2
7 5 ,4
7 5 ,4
6 9,4
1 3 .2
2 7 .0
1 3 ,0
2 7 ,6
1 3 .4
2 8 .1
1 2 ,2
2 6 ,9
3 7 .4
3 8 ,4
3 9 .5
4 C .3
2 6 ,2
2 6 .3
2 6 .5
26. 6
4 6 ,6
6 .6
4 7 .1
4 8 .0
4 9 .8
7 ,1
7 .4
7. 3
750
4 6 3 .8
695
45
3
731
739
4 5 5 ,1
4 5 9 .1
2 8 .0
Table
lm - Estimated
/
Number of. Wage Earners in Manufacturing Industries 1/- C ontfd
(in thousands)
Industry Group
or Industry 2 /
May
1S44
Apr.
1944
Mar.
1944
MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL
Machinery and machine-shop products
Tractors
Agricultural machinery, excluding
tractors
Machine tools
Machine-tool accessories
Textile machinery
Pumps and pumping equipment
Typewriters
Cash reg isters, adding and
calculating machines
Washing machines, wringers
and d r ie r s , domestic
Sewing machines, domestic and
industrial
Refrigerators and refrigeration
equipment
1,182
4 7 2 .6
5 9 .7
1 ,1 9 5
475*6
5 9 .9
1 ,2 1 9
4 8 4 .0
5 9 .9
1,243
4 9 0 .9
4 9 .5
4 5 .2
7 9 .1
69.5
2 7 .6
8 0 .7
1 1 .2
4 5 .6
8 0 .4
7 1.0
2 7 .8
8 2 .4
11 .5
4 6 .1
8 3 .2
7 3 .8
2 8 .1
8 3 .7
1 2 .0
3 6 .0
1 1 6 .6
91 .5
2 8 .2
76 .2
1 2 .1
3 3 ,1
3 3 .4
3 4 .0
3 4 .6
c•
CO
1—1
1 4 .0
1 2 .5
TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT, EXCEPT
AUTOMOBILES
Locomotives
Cars, electric-and steamrailroad
Motorcycles, b icy cles, and parts
AUTOMOBILES
NONFERROUS METALS AND THEIR
PRODUCTS
Smelting and r e fin in g , primary,
of nonferrous metals
Alloying and rolling and drawing
of nonferrous metals except
aluminum
Clocks and watches
Jewelry (precious metals) and
Je w e le r s 1 findings
Silverware and plated ware
Lighting equipment
Aluminum manufactures
Sheet-metal work, not elsewhere
c la s s ifie d
LUMBER AND TIMBER BASIC PRODUCTS
Sawmills and logging camps
•Planing and plywood mills
1 3 .5
|;
May
1943
9,3
9 .3
9 .4
1 0 .5
5 2 .8
5 2 .9
5 4 .1
5 2 .9
2 ,1 3 7
3 6 .4
2 ,1 7 5
3 6.3
2,213
3 5 .4
5 8 .2
9.3
5 9 .1
9 .1
5 9 .7
9 .5
698
710
2 ,2 4 1
3 2 .6
61.3
9 .9
725
660
404
410
1
388
393
5 1 .0
5 2 .4
5 4 .2
5 5 .2
71 .2
24*8
71.8
24 .8
72 .8
2 5 .2
7 6.0
2 4 .5
14 .2
10 .4
2 5 .3
7 6 .1
14.3
1 0 .5
2 5 .0
78.4
1 4 .4
1 0 .7
2 5.3
8 2 .1
16 .3
11.8
2 3 .5
7 3 .0
3 1 .4
3 1 .8
3 2 .6
2 9 .8
425
2 3 2 .5
7 2 .6
426
23 1 .5
74 .3
432
2 3 4 .0
76.1
479
2 6 2 .5
8 1 .1
4«i
Table 1 *-Estimated Number of Wage Earners in Manufacturing Industries l / C ontTd
(in thousands)
Industry Group
or Industry 2 /
FURNITURE AND FINISHED LiJMBfiR
PRODUCTS
Mattresses and bedsprings
Furniture
Wooden boxes, other than cigar
Caskets and other m ortician s1
goods
Wood/ preserving
Wood, turned and shaped
STONE, C U Y AND GLASS PRODUCTS
Glass and glassware
Glass products made from
purchased glass
Cement
B rick, t i l e , and terra cotta
Pottery and related products
Gyps urn
Yfallboard, plaster (except
gypsum), and mineral wool
Lime
M a r b le , grani t e , s l a t e , and
other products
Abras ives
A sbestos products
May
1944
j
Apr.
1944
Mar.
1S44
May194 3
336
1 6 .4
1 55 ,3
2 8 .1
:
i
;
i
340
1 5 .9
1 5 8 .8
2 8 .1
348
1 5 .8
1 6 4 .2
28 . 2
356
1 7 .9
1 6 6 .9
2 9 .5
1 2 ,4 j
9 .8 :
2 1 .2 ;
1 2 .4
9 .8
2 1 .7
1 2 .5
9 .9
2 1 .6
1 1 .8
1 0 .7
2 1 .7
332
9 1 .6 1
335
9 2 .6
339
9 2 .6
357
86. S
1 0 .4 ;
1 7 .0 ;
4 2 ,3 i
4 1 .2 :
4 .2 !
1 0 .4
1 7 .2
4 3 .2
4 1 .6
4 .3
1 0 .7
1 7 .1
4 4 .1
4 2 .1
4 .5
11.1
24. £
5 1 .2
43. 7
4 .5
9 .2
8 .4
:
;
9 .3
8 .4
9 .7
8 .5
1 1 .3
9 .5
1 2 .4
2 1 .5
2 0 .8
;
;
1 2 .4
2 1 .7
2 1 .2
1 2 .3
2 2 .1
2 1 .7
1 2 .1
2 3 .2
2 1 .8
Nondurable Goods
I'EXTI LE -MI LL'PRODUCTS “AND OTHER.
FIBER MANUFACTURES
Cotton manufactures, except
small wares
Cotton small wares
Silk .a n d rayon goods
Woolen and worsted manufactures s
except dyeing and fin is h in g
Hosiery
Knitted cloth
Knitted outerwear and knitted
gloves
Knitted underwear
Dyeing and finish ing te x tile s *
including woolen and worsted
Carpets and rugs, wool
Hats, fur-felt
Jute goods, except felts
Cordage and twine
111
j1 ,1 2 9
4 3 7 .9
1 3 .5
8 9 .6
;
4 4 5 .3
1 3 .8
S I .4
4 5 5 .3
1 4 .3
9 2 .9
4 89. 9
1 7 .2
9 6 .9
1 5 2 .1
1 0 6 .5
1 0 ,8
;
!
!
1 5 5 .0
1 0 7 .2
1 1 .0
1 5 7 .8
10 9 .4
1 1 .3
1 6 9 .8
1 1 7 .6
1 1 .9
3 0 .0
3G .1
i
j
3 0 .4
3 6 .7
3 0 .7
3 7 .7
3 2 .4
4 2 .6
6 2 .4
2 0 .3
S. 5
3 .3
1 5 .7
:
j
!
i
;
6 3 .0
2 0 .4
9 .5
3 .3
1 6 .1
6 3 .9
2 0 .7
9 .8
3 .4
1 6 .6
6 8 .7
2 3 .4
1 0 .2
4 .0
1 7 .2
1 ,1 5 2
1 ,2 3 9
Table 1 . - Estimated Number of Wage Earners in Manufacturing Industries l/- Cont' d
(In thousands)
May
194-4-
Apr.
1944-
M ar.
1944
May
1943
76 G
784
808
865
2 1 2 .7
5 3 .4
12*4
1 5 ,4
2 1 4 .2
5 4 .1
1 2 ,5
1 5 .5
2 1 6 .9
5 4 .8
1 2 .7
1 6 .7
2 3 3 .7
6 0 .9
1 2 .9
1 8 .8
21 3 ,4
1 5 .3
1 8 .6
3 ,0
2 2 1 ,4
1 5 ,3
1 9 .4
3 .1
2 3 0 .7
1 5 .6
20 .8
3 .3
2 4 0 .9
1 6 .7
1 9 .5
3 .7
1 3 ,0
1 2 .8
1 3 .8
9 ,6
1 4 ,4
9 .6
1 4 .9
1 0 .1
1 5 .5
1 5 .0
14 .8
LEATHER AND LEATHER PRODUCTS
Leather
Boot and shoe cut stock and
findings
Boots and shoes
Leather gloves and mittens
Trunks and suitcases
307
4 0 ,4
310
4 0 .7
313
4 1 .1
337
4 6 .9
1 6 ,2
1 7 3 ,8
1 2 ,9
1 1 ,6
1 6 .4
1 7 5 .2
1 3 .2
1 2 .2
1 6 .7
17 6.2
1 3.4
1 2 .5
1 7 .6
1 8 7 .3
1 4 .6
1 3 .5
FOOD
Slaughtering and meat packing
Butter
Condensed and evaporated milk
Ice Cream
Flour
Feeds, prepared
Cereal preparations
Baking
Sugar r e f in in g , cane
Sugar, beet
Confectionery
Beverages, nonalcoholic
Malt liquors
Canning and preserving
944
154, 6
2 3 .9
1 4 ,8
1 5 ,6
2 7 .6
1 9 .8
9 .3
2 5 3 .9
1 4 ,5
4 ,4
5 6 ,6
2 7 ,9
5 0 ,1
9 8 ,4
941
1 5 6 ,2
2 2 .7
1 3 ,6
1 4 ,6
2 7 ,9
1 9 .9
9 ,4
2 5 5 .0
1 4 .0
4 .1
5 7 .8
2 6 .9
4 8 .3
9 8 .6
941
1 6 1 .5
21.4
1 3 .0
1 3 .8
2 9 .0
2 0 .8
9 .5
2 5 7 .3
14 .2
3. 6
5 9 .0
2 6 .6
4 7 .8
9 0.1
914
1 5 4 .0
2 3 .1
1 3 .5
1 5 .5
2 7 .6
2 2 .3
9 .9
24 7.2
13 .2
4 .4
5 3 .2
2 6 .6
44. 6
9 1 .7
Industry Group
or Industry 2 /
APPAREL AND OTHER FINISHED TEXTILE
PRODUCTS
Men's clothing, not elsewhere
c la s s ifie d
Sh irts, c o llars, and nightwear
Underwear and neckwear, men's
Work shirts
Women's clothing, not elsewhere
c la s s ifie d
Corsets and a llie d garments
M illin e ry
Handkerchiefs
C urta ins, draperies, and
bedspreads
House furn ish in g s, other
than curtains, e tc.
Textile bags
i
1 7 .9
6.
Table 1 . - Estimated Number of Wage Earners in Manufacturing Indu stries l/--Gont'd
(In thousands)
Industry Group
or Industry 2 /
May
1944
Apr.
1944
M ar.
1944
;
May
1943
82
3 3.3
3 6 .2
04
33. S
3 7 .1
84
3 2 .4
3 8 ,0
90
3 2 .3
4 3 .9
7 .7
7 .5
7 .8
8 .0
PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS
Paper and pulp
Paper goods, other
Envelopes
Paper bags
Paper boxes
303
1 44 . S
4 6 .8
9 .7
1 3 ,4
79 .2
306
•145,9
4 7 ,4
9 ,8
1 3 ,6
80. 3
310
1 4 7 .6
4 7 .9
1 0 .0
1 3 .6
8 2 .0
312
1 4 9 .0
4 7 .5
1 0 .4
1 2 .1
8 3 .4
PRINTING, PUBLISHING, AND 'ALLIED
INDUSTRIES
Newspapers and periodicals
P r in t in g , book and job
Lithographing
Bookbinding
329
1 1 0 .0
1 3 0 .9
24 . 6
2C.3
332
1 1 0 .3
1 3 2 .6
2 5 .0
2 8 .9
336.
1 1 0 ,3
1 3 4 .9
2 5 .0
3 0 .2
32S
1 1 3 .5
1 2 7 .1
2 4 .8
2 S .1
593
2 9 .9
602
2 9 ,8
625
2 9 .3
739
2 9 .0
4 4 ,2
1 1 .0
1 3 .0
TOBACCO MANUFACTURES
Cigarettes
Cigars
Tobacco (chewing and smoking)
and snuff
.
CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS
P a in ts , varnishes, and colors
Drugs, medicines, and
insecticides
Perfumes and cosmetics
Soap
Rayon and a llie d products
Chemicals, not elsewhere
c la s s ifie d
Compressed and. liq u e fie d gases
Cottonseed o il
F e r t iliz e r s
5 1 .0
1 1 .2
1 3 .5
5 1 .7
51 . 9
1 1 .0
1 3 .6
5 2 .0
5 2 .0
1 1 .1
1 3 .6
5 2 .3
5 1 .9
1 2 0 .0
6 .1
1 3 .4
2 2 .6
1 2 0 .2
6 .0
1 5 .4
2 6 ,2
1 2 0 .0
6 .0
1 7 .2
2 7 .8
11 3.5
6 .4
1 4 .1
2 4 .9
PRODUCTS OF PETROLEUM AND COAL
Petroleum refin in g
Coke and by-products
Paving materials
Roofing materials
130
8 7 .4
2 2 .9
1 .5
9 .6
128
85. 9
2 2 .9
1 .4
9 ,7
127
8 4 .6
2 3 .0
1 .4
9 .9
124
7 9.9
2 5 .0
1 .6
9. 3
RUBBER PRODUCTS
Rubber tires and inner tubes
Rubber boots and shoes
Rubber goods, other
193
9 0 ,1
2 0 .7
7 2 .9
195
9 1 .6
2 0 .1
7 4 .0
200
9 3 .6
2 1 .3
7 5 .9
186
83. o
2 1 .7
72 .1
MISCELLANEOUS INDUSTRIES
Photographic apparatus
Pianos, organs, and parts
Games, toys and dolls
Buttons
Fire extinguishers
380
2 9 .2
7 .9
1 5 .4
Q 7
384
2 9 ,2
8 .5
1 5 .7
1 0 .1
6 .5
389
2 9 .3
9 .1
1 5 .8
1 0 .2
6 .7
406
28.2
9 .9
15. e;
1 0 .7
8 .0
6 .3
j!
Table 1* - Estimated Number of Wage Earners in Manufacturing Industries l / C ontfd
l / Estimates for the major industry groups have been adjusted to fin al data for
1941 and preliminary data for the second quarter of 1942 made available by
the Bureau of Employment Security of the Federal Security Agency# Estimates
for individual industries have been adjusted to levels indicated by the 1939
Census of M anufactures,*but not to Federal Security Agency data# For this
reason, together with the fact that this Bureau has not prepared estimates
for certain in d u stries, and does not publish wage earners in war in d ustries,
the sum. of the ind ivid ual industry estimates w i l l not agree with totals
shown for the major industry groups#
2 / Unpublished information concerning the following war industries may be obtained
by authorized U# S# Government Agencies upon requests
A ircraft engines; a i r
craft and parts, excluding airc raft engines; ammunition; communication equipment;
engines and turbines; explosives and safety fuses; firearms; fireworks; optical
instruments and ophthalmic goods; professional and sc ie n t ific instruments and
fire control equipment; radios and phonographs; and shipbuilding and boatbuilding#
3/
—
Revisions have been made as follows in the data published for e arlie r months:
Fabricated structural and ornamental metalwork
wage earners to 75#5 and 76#2#
January and February 1944
8*
Table
2
- indexes of Wa^e-Earner Employment and of Wage-Earner
Pay Roll in Manufacturing Industries l /
(193 9 Average - 100)
Industry Group
or
Industry Z /
ALL MANUFACTURING
DURABLE GOODS
NONDURABLE GOODS
Wage-earner employment
May
Apr.
Mar.
May
1944
1944
1943
. . 1 9 4 4
Wage-earner pay roll
May A p r.
May.
May
1S44 1944
1944
1943
1 5 9 .0
2 1 8 .4
1 1 2 .2
I S O ,8
2 2 0 .9
1 1 3 .4
1 6 3 .6
2 2 4 .9
1 1 5 .4
1 6 7 .2 3 1 8 .3 3 1 8 .2 3 2 4 .4 3 1 3 .5
2 2 5 .9 4 4 5 .7 4 4 7 .9 4 5 4 .8 4 3 7 .1
1 2 1 .0 1 9 3 .7 1 9 1 .4 1 9 6 .9 1 9 2 .6
1 5 7 .0
15 7 .8
1 7 0 .6
1 7 3 .2 3 0 8 .6 3 0 8 .0 3 1 4 .1 3 0 3 .5
1 2 4 .0
1 2 5 .0
1 2 6 .4
1 3 4 .5 2 2 1 .1 .221.2 2 2 2 .2 2 2 2 .2
1 2 5 .8
1 3 6 .5
2 5 1 .4
1 2 7 .7
13804
2 5 5 .7
1 3 0 .4
1 4 0 .9
2 6 1 .4
1 4 0 .7 2 4 8 .3 2 4 6 .7 2 5 4 .8 2 6 4 .8
1 4 9 .1 2'76.0 2 7 1 .5 2 8 6 .1 27 5 .8
2 7 9 .4 4 6 1 .4 4 6 3 .1 4 7 8 .1 4 9 5 .1
9 1 .0
1 1 8 .2
9 1.0'
1 1 4 .0
9 3 .1
11 2.3
1 0 4 .9 1 7 6 .0 1 7 3 .6 1 7 3 .9 •180.6
9 7 .8 1 9 5 .5 1 8 8 ,7 1 8 5 .7 1 5 5 .9
1 5 2 .3
1 1 3 .8
1 4 8 .3
1 5 3 .6
1 1 1 .6
14 6.3
1 5 5 ,6
1 1 0 .5
1 4 7 .5
1 6 8 .1 25:2.7 2 4 9 .1 2 5 6 .1 2 5 4 .9
10 6 . 3 2 2 5 .0 2 1 9 .6 2 1 8 .5 19 9 .4
1 4 0 .2 3 0 8 .5 3 0 4 .3 2 9 9 .2 2 7 0 .5
1 8 0 .9
1 2 8 .4
9 2 .5
183,3
1 3 0 .8
9 3 .9
1 8 5 .4
1 3 2 .4
9 5 .9
1 8 2 ,9 3 3 9 .3 3 4 9 .4 3 5 2 .8 3 3 7 .2
1 2 5 .2 2 6 0 .4 2 6 6 .0 2 7 0 .8 2 4 2 .1
9 2 .6 1 6 7 .6 1 6 9 .3 1 7 4 .2 15 6.4
1 3 3 .8
1 3 2 .7
1 3 3 .7
1 1 5 .1 2 5 2 .5 2 4 8 .3 254.3- 1 9 4 .1
Durable Goods
IRON AND STEEL AND THEIR
PRODUCTS
Blast furnaces, steel
works, and rolling m ills
Gray-iron and semi-steel
castings
Malleable-iron castings
Steel castings
Cast-iron pipe and
fittin g s
Tin cans and other tinware
Wire drawn from purchased
rods
Wire work
Cutlery and edge tools
Tools (except edge to o ls,
machine t o o ls , f i l e s ,
and saws)
Ha r d m re
Plum.bers* supplies
Stoves, oil burners, and
heating equipment not
elsewhere c la s s ifie d
Steam and hot-water
heating apparatus and
steam fittin g s
Stamped and enameled ware
and galvanizing
Fabricated structural and
ornamental metalwork 3 /
Metal doors, sash, frames,
molding, and trim.
Bolts, nuts, washers, and
rivets
Forgings, iron and steel
Wrought p ipe, welded and
heavy riveted
Screw-machine products
and wood screws
Steel b a rre ls, kegs, and
drums 3 /
ELECTRICAL MACHINERY
E le c tr ic a l equipment
I
1 8 7 .2
1 8 7 .9
1 8 9 ,8
1 9 6 .0 3 5 3 .7 3 5 1 .8 3 5 7 .0 3 5 8 .9
1 5 9 .3
160 .4
1 6 2 .9
1 6 0 .0 ^ 1 3 . 0
214.4
21 2 .1
2 1 2 .2
1 9 5 ,5 4 3 5 .2 4 1 4 .7 4 2 3 .9 3,56.1
1 7 0 .1
1 6 8 .5
1 7 2 .8
1 5 7 .9 3 1 7 .9 3 2 3 .8 3 1 8 .6 2 7 7 .3
1 8 8 .5
2 4 3 .0
193.2
2 4 9 .5
19 6. 6
2 5 7 .1
2 0 1 .7 3 6 9 .0 3 7 2 .4 3 8 9 .6 3 7 6 .7
2 6 2 ,2 4 7 3 .3 4 8 7 .0 5 1 4 .7 5 01 .1
3 1 3 .3
3 1 4 .5
3 1 7 .0
3 1 7 ,5 1605.6 6 0 2 .0 6 1 5 .0 597.2
2 7 5 .3
2 7 8 .2
28 3.4
2 9 4 ,4 5 3 5 .7 53 7 .6 5 5 0 .0 553. c
1 0 8 .7
11 6.3
1 2 1 .2
1 2 0 .6 2 1 4 .1 2 2 5 .0 2 4 2 .4 2 2 2 .2
2 8 2 .1
2 5 1 .8
2 8 5 .2
254.0
289,42 5 6 .6
2 6 8 ,3 5 0 1 .0 5 02 .0 ''5 1 3 .2 4 5 8 .9
2 5 2 .9 4 5 6 .4 4 5 6 .4 4 6 5 .9 4 4 0 . 9
3 1 2 .7 3 2 5 .6 2 9 9 .0
Table 2, - Indexes of Wage-Earner Employment and of Wage-Earner
Pay Roll in Manufacturing Industries l / ~ Continued
Industry Group
or
Industry 2 /
;
:
;
j
MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL
Machinery and .machine-shop j
products
•
Tractors
Agricultural machinery,
j
excluding tractors
;
Machine tools
I
Machine~-tooi accessories
i
T extile machinery
;
Pumps and pumping equipment
Typewriters
Cash r e g is te r s , adding and
calculating machines
Washing machines, wringers
and d r ie r s , domestic
Sewing machines, domestic
and ind u strial
Refrigerators and r e f r ig
eration equipment
TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT,
EXCEPT AUTOMOBILES
Locomotives
Cars, -electric- and
stean-railroad
Motorcycles, b ic y c le s ,
and parts
AUTOMOBILES
10NFERR0U5 METa LS AND TREIR
PRODUCTS
Smelting and r e fin in g ,
primary, of nonferrous
metals
A lloying and rollin g and
drawing of nonferrous
metals except aluminum
Clocks and watches
Jewelry (precious metals)
and je w e le r s 1' find in gs
Silverware and plated ware
Lighting equipment
Aluminum manufac tures
Sheet-metal work, not
elsewhere c la s s ifie d
LUMBER AND TIMBER Ba SIC
PRODUCTS
Sawmills and logging camps
Planing and plywood mills
Wage-earner employment
Apr.
’Mar.
May
"May
-1944
1943
1944 - .1-944
9*
Wage-earner pay ro ll
May'"'
1944;:;
1944
Mar7. May
I 944 : 19^3
Apr.
2 2 3 .7
22 6 .1
2 3 0 .7
2 3 5 .2
4 2 0 .4 ; 4 2 4 .3
432.8; 4 2 7 .2
233.6
1 9 1 .0
2 3 5 .1
19 1.4
2 3 9 ,2
1 9 1 .5
242.6
15 8 ,2
4 3 1 .5
2 9 8 .0
4 2 9 .2
2 9 7 .9
441.1: 4 3 2 .5
3 0 0 .& 24 4.9
1 6 2 .4
2 1 6 .0
2 7 6 .4
1 2 5 .8
3 3 3 .0
6 9 .0
1 6 4 .0
2 1 9 .4
282.1 '
1 2 7 .0
3c 9. 9
7 0 .7
1 6 5 ,7
22 7 .1
2 9 3 .2
1 2 8 .5
3 4 5 .2
74.2
12,9,4
3 1 8 .5
363.5
12 8 .5
3 1 4 .6
74 .4
3 3 2 .5
3 8 1 .3
4 7 0 .9
22 7 .3
7 0 2 .8
1 4 0 .2
3 3 3 .4
3 8 3 .6
4 8 1 .4
2 2 8 .6
76 8.9
1 4 1 .7
330.8:
400.5;
503.1:
233.3;
732.3!
150.2:
1 6 7 .9
1 6 3 .9
1 7 2 ,6
1 7 5 .6
329. 7
3 3 5 .0
3 4 3 .1 3 3 8 .1
1 3 0 .6
18 3 .8
1 8 7 ,7
1 6 6 .8
3 2 2 .0
3 2 2 .2
330.3: 2 6 9 .1
1 1 9 .1
1 1 8 .4
1 2 0 ,4
1 3 4 .4
2 5 8 .5
2 5 5 .2
261.5: 2 78.1
1 5 0 .1
1 5 0 .6
1 5 3 .8
1 5 0 ,5
2 6 8 .9
2 6 9 .0
275.8': 25 0.3
L346.2 1 3 7 0 .1 1 3 94.3 1 4 1 2 .0
5 6 2 .7 ' 56 1 .2
5 4 6 .6
50 3 ,6
24 3.5
547.2
601e 8
2 25 c2
645.3
1 4 4 .7
2784.3 2 7 9 8 .0 2819.1:;2736.7
1 272.9 1 2 8 0 .1 1280.4: 1028.6
2 3 7 .2 1 2 4 0 .8
2 4 3 .4
2 5 0 ,1
4 8 1 .6
4 7 1 .7
493.4- 4 8 4 .9
133.2 : 1 3 0 .1
1 3 5 .9 ’ 1 4 2 .2
245.3
2 2 6 .7
229.7; 2 5 5 .0
1 7 3 .6 : 1 7 6 .6
18 0 ,1
1 6 4 .0
3 2 2 .6
3 3 0 .0
335.4; 297.1
1 6 9 .1 : 1 7 1 .5
17 6.2
1 7 8 ,8
3 1 4 .8
3 1 8 ,3
328.4; 3 2 2 .0
1 8 4 .7 ' 1 8 9 .5
1 9 6 .1
1 9 9 ,8
3 4 2 .3
3 5 2 .2
3 5 5 .6 345. 7
1 8 3 .5 1 1 8 4 .9
1 2 2 .4 i 1 2 2 .4
1 8 7 .6
124.3
1 9 5 .8
1 2 0 ,7
3 3 8 .6
2 5 3 .2
3 4 0 .4
2 4 9 .6
3 5 1 .6 3 5 4 .0
253.4; 2 3 3 .9
98.3
8 6 .0
1 2 3 .4
3 2 3 .2
; 9 9 .0
: 8 6 .7
; 12.2.0
i 3 3 3 .0
9 9 .8
8 8 ,5
1 2 3 .6
3 4 8 ,5
1 1 3 ,2
9 6 .9
114. 7
3 0 9 .9
160. 6
1 5 5 .8
2 2 2 .4
5 7 0 .1
16 1 .3
1 5 4 .4
2 1 7 .6
5 8 4 .5
161.6: 1 7 0 .6
158.1! 167.1
223.3! 2 0 4 .6
614, 9- 5 5 4 .8
1 6 7 .7 I 1 6 9 .7
173 . 7
1 5 9 .0
3 1 4 .2
3 1 3 .9
333.0: 2 8 8 .4
10 1 .2 ■1 0 1 .4
8 0 .7 ! 8 0 .4
99. 9 : 1 02.2
1 0 2 .8
1 1 4 .0
8 1 ,2
9 1 .2
1 0 4 ,7 :1 1 1 1 .7
1 8 6 .9
1 5 2 .1
1 6 9 .9
18 4 .5
149.1
17 1.3
182.9! 19 6.1
1 4 6 .7 16 0.4
173.5! 17 5.5
«
10.
Table 2 . - Indexes of Vs^re-Earner Employment, ^nd of Wage-Earner
Pay Roll in M&ttufao*uring Inane tries 1 / - Continued
Industry 'Group
or
Industry 2 /
FURNITURE AJ-1D FINISHED LUMBER
PRODUCTS
•Mattresseg and bedsprings
furniture
Wooden boxes, other than cigar
Caskets .unci ether m orticians1
;/ooda
Wood pre serving
Morn,-turned and shaped
STONE, Vhhl ji!E) GLASS PP0;)UG!3
Glass and,.glassware
Glass products raare from
purchased glas^:
Cement
B r ick ,- tile,. anc| terra cctie
Pottery and related .vr-yiucts
Gypsum
V/allboard, plaster (except
gypsum), and jnineral wool
Lime
Mar.ble, g ranite,, a late, and
other products
Abrasives,
Asbestos products
Nondurable Goods
TEXTILF-MILL PRODUCTS AND OTHER
FIBER m iWACTt?KtS
Gotten manufactures, e;.Cr;pt
snail wf.res
Cotton sr»all. v«ar*y
S i l k and rayon goods
Woolen and worsted manufactures,
except dyeing and fin is h in g
Hosiery .
Knitted cloth
Knitted outerwear and
knitted gloves
Knitted underwear
Dyeing and fin is h in g tex tiles,,
including woolen and worsted
Carpets and rugs., 'vocl
Hats, fur- felt
Jute goods, except fe lts
Cordage and twine
Wage--earner employment :
-earner pay roll
May : Apr. ; Mar.
May
May ; Myy
Apr. Mar.
1944 ; 19 a ; 1944. 1943.; 1944 1944
1944 194-5
:
i;
10 2,3 1 0 3 .7 ; 1 0 6 .0 1 0 8 .6
9 7 ,6
. 8 9 .7
83. C; 8 6 .0
97 . 6 9 9 .0 ;1 0 3 ,1 1 0 4 ,9
111,0' 110. 7 i1 1 1 .'4 1 1 6 ,4
•
1 8 3 .6
1 5 4 .6
174*6
2 1 4 .7
1 8 2 .0
1 4 4 .5
1 7 4 .7
'2 0 9 .7
1 8 8 .2
1 4 7 .7
1 8 3 .4
2 0 9 .6
178. S
152, £
17 1 .5
20 4 .9
99. 9 i 2 9 ,5 :' 1 00 .2
9 4 .4
87*1 j 8 7 .4 1
9 5 .1
; S 8 .1
9Cm 4 ! 9 0 .5 ; j 9 8 .1 J 9 8 ,6
:
'
1 6 8 .8 I1S5.5 1 6 6 .6 14 8 .5
1 7 7 .8 :1 7 4 ,9 1 7 4 .1 180. v
1 7 1 .6 \1 7 1 .2 1 6 9 .2 133. 7
1 1 2 .9 ; 114,3 j:1 1 5 .5 1 2 1 .5
1 3 1 .2 ;1 3 2 .6 i;13 2 ,6 1 2 4 .5
1 8 7 .7 I1G7.3 1 8 9 .4 1 8 7 .7
2 0 8 .4 :2 0 8 .7 2 1 1 .0 18 2 .8
1 0 3 .7 ■103* 6 :' 106 ,6 1 1 0 .8
7 1 .2 ; 7 2 .3 i 7 1 .7 1 0 2 .8
90 .3
74.5 ij 7 6 .0 ; 7 7 .7
1
3
1 .9
1
2
5
.7
1127.2
•124. <31
:
9
2
.0
9
0 .6
■86* 1 ; 37,-il
1 7 0 .1
1 0 8 .7
1 1 8 .9
1 9 2 .5
1 4 5 .5
: 1 1 3 .0
!1 1 9 .4 1 3 9 .6
8 9 ,5 100. 2
:* 0 8 .4 ; 8 3 .3
6 5 .5
: n7e2:; 60. 7 6 6 .6
|2 7 8 * 3 i;2 0 0 .7 28 S. 1 3 0 0 .5
:1 3 1 ,0 il33,3 1 3 6 .4 i 1 3 7 .5
9 5 .5
9 2 .1
1 0 1 .5 ; 9 8 .4
4
6
7
.5
4
7
4 .5
>161.2
468.2.
2 5 5 .8 : 2 5 6 .7 2 6 8 .7 2 5 2 .7
J
1 7 0 .6
103. 8
1 2 1 .2
1 9 2 ,9
1 5 3 .9
1.60,5
145.?;
133.1
191 * r154 ,1
■•165.8
;1 0 7 .8
: 117.3
:1 9 3 .2
11 4 8 .3
:
1 9 5 .5 1207. 7
1 7 4 .2 1171.9
2 1 6 .7 231.?
1 6 6 .4 1 80 .2
:
i!’
i
; 9 7 .2 : : 9 8 .7 100, 7 ;1 0 8 ,3
:
:
1 7 1 .2 •17 0 .0 1 7 3 .9 1 0 0 .7
>110*0;; 1 1 2 .5 1 1 5 .0 1 23 . 7
1 0 1 .1 1 0 3 ,9 j1 0 7 .6 1 2 8 .9
8 0 .1
74 .8
73. 3 7 7 .5
2 0 2 .4 =201.3 2 0 2 .2 2 1 6 .0
1 8 0 .2 1177.6 1 8 8 .6 223.3
1 3 6 .1 •1 3 4 .7 1 3 8 .2 1 3 5 .4
;1 0 2 .0 1 0 3 .3 1 0 5 .8 1 1 3 .8
68.8. 7 3 .9
6 7 .4
1! 6 7 ,0
; 9 9 .0 10C. 5 :1 0 3 .4 1 0 8 .8
1 9 2 .9 '1 9 2 .5 1 9 9 .6 2 0 5 .0
1 0 5 .8 1102.9 1 0 8 .8 1 0 8 ,2
1 6 6 .1 !167 .6 1 7 3 .6 1 7 3 .8
!1 0 6 .8 1 0 7 ,9 b.0S.2 1 1 5 ,3
9 5 .1 ; 9 7 .8 110, 6
; 9 3 .0
: ’
1 8 8 .7 i1G*J. 2 1 8 8 .9 19 3.3
1 6 7 .4 :1 6 8 .6 1 7 3 .7 |1 8 4 .1
9 4 .2 ; 9 5 .6 : 102.8
79.2 79. 6 ; 80. i:?-: 91. 3
j1 6 5 .4
05. 6 :i 6 7 . 4 ; 7 0 .3
9 3 .0 : 9 5 .4 ; l l l . S
\
! 9 2 .1
;1 3 0 .1 1 3 3 ,0 : 136*9i 1 4 1 .9
1 5 2 .2 : 1 5 1 .6
1 3 2 ,3 1131.2
1 2 0 .6 i l l 8 .5
1 7 3 .9 ;1 6 9 .3
2 3 6 .8 ;1240.2
; 9 3.3
1 5 4 .9
1 3 4 .8
124 .2
1 8 0 .2
2 4 1 .1
15 6 ,8
1 4 6 .9
1 1 8 .9
1 9 9 .1
2 3 7 ,9
11*
Table 2* - Indexes of YiFage-Earner Employment and of Wage-Earner
Pay Roll in Manufacturin g Industries l / - Continued
Industry Group
cr
Industry 2 /
APPAREL AND OTHER FINISHED
TEXTILE PRODUCTS
Men’ s clothing, not elsewhere
c la s s ifie d
Sh irts, collars., and nightwear
Underwear and neckwear, men’ s
Work shirts
Woman's clothing, not elsewhere
classifie d
Corsets and a llie d garments
iiillineryv
B ar dk e r ch i e f s
C urtains, draperie s , and
bedspreads
House furnishings,, other than
curtains, etc.
Textile bags
:Wage-earner employm.ent
May
1944
Apr.
;1944
Mar,
1944
Kay
1943
97 .3
75,8
77 .0
1 1 4 ,4
78 .6
8 1 .6
76,6
62.4
:
;
:
:
76.6!
81 .5
8 1 .5
7 9 .9
63 .4
8 4 .9
8 3 .0
8 5 .7
67 .5
8 8 ,7 1 2 8 ,1
08.8 13 9 .6
8 0 ,2 10 1 .9
77.4 1 1 4 ,9
7 5 ,6
8 1 .4 10 5,8 144.4
95 .0 141.3
90 ,5 : 30.2
It’0 .4 1 2 4 ,4 128*9 123,3
3 8 .4 ! 89 .4
8 5 .5 : 86,2
S0.1
8 7 .0
11 0.5
12 8.3
1 3 3 .0
1 5 2 .2
99,6
1 1 1 .6
•128.5
•124,8
1 1 0 .1
1 0 2 .7
4 2 .1
1 1 3 .7
1 3 1 .1
1 1 0 .1
1 2 9 .6
1 2 6 .7
1 3 9 .9
9 S .0
1 1 2 .7
12 9 .0
126.1
1 1 0 .5
•98.7
3 9 .6
1 1 6 .1
1 2 6 .5
1 1 0 .1
13 4 .0
11 9,3
1 3 3 .5
8 8 ,0
1 1 7 .0
135 .2
1 2 8 .0
!1 1 1 .5
10 0.3
3 4 .9
: 118*5
i1 2 4 ,9
1 3 2 .0
13 6 ,4
109.3
10 8.4
Mar. : Kay
1944 : 1943
178.5 164.3
167,3
1 3 6 ,6
15 3.6
22 2.3
16 2 .8
136.0
13 7 .9
236.7:
1 5 2 .9 1 3 1 .0
1 41.3 ■139.5
9 6 .7
1 4 1 .2
12 1.4 126,1
13 4 .9 1 4 6 .1 1 6 8 .9
16 1.4 1 5 3 .0 165.2 240 o6
192.3 194.8 20 4.4 1 8 1 .9
97 ,0 1 5 3 .5 152.3 1 5 3 ,1 15 3.0
99 .2 146,8 14 7 .0 1 4 4 .9 150.3
FOOD
Slaughtering and meat packing
Butter
Condensed and evaporated milk
Ice cream
Flour
Feeds, prepp"rod
Cereal preparations
Baking
Sugar r e fin in g , cane
Sugax; ‘beet
Ccnfectione ry
'3evera ge s , nonalc oholi c
Apr,
•1S44
1 9 7 ,9
99 ,2 1 0 6 ,9 166,4 158.2
86,4 13 4.4 130,3
77,8
; 7 6.8
. 7 7,5
7 8,5
7 9,6 149.5 14 6 .4
;1 1 5 .2 12 3 .8 1 3 9 .5 206,8 2 0 3 .0
9 3 ,5
86.2 ‘ 8 7 .0 I Cr.4
7 9 ,7
60 i 3 : 80oC
8 5 ,9
12C.9 131.6: ;1 3 4 .2 1 4 6 ,0
1 3 9 ,0 140*9 1 5 0 .0 1 5 2 ,5
Canning and preserving
:May
■1944
9 7 ,0 | '99.3 : 102* O 1 0 9 .6 :1 6 2 .5 161.3
LEATHER AND LEATHER PRODUCTS
Leather
Boot and shoe cut stock and
findings
Boots ai)d shoes
Leather gloves anrl mittens
Trunks and suitcases
Malt liquors
iWage-earner pay roll
142, 7
1 39 .8
2 1 8 .6
23 3.2
1 4 2 .0
138.3
2 2 1 .0
2 2 9 .1
14 4,3
139.0;
2 2 9, 2:
2 4 2 .3|
1 3 7 .7
137.3
222.4
2 5 6 .1
1 0 6 ,9 1 7 9 .9
1 2 7 ,8 21 6 .9
1 2 8 .8 20 2.1
1 3 9 .1 2 4 5 .9
9 8 .9 137,3
111,3. 1 7 9 .9
144,8::2 2 1 .2
132 .2 I 216.5
10 7,1 1164.3
92,9;:1 6 3 .7
60 .5
4 2 ,1
10 6 ,9 1 8 3 .3
1 2 4 .9 1 7 0 .2
173 .8
20 6.3
1 9 1 .7
2 2 1 .8
1 2 7 .7
180.8
213.4
210.4
160.4
1 5 3 .3
5 9 .5
1 83.4
1 7 4 .4
2 1 2 .3
178.4:
207.1;
1 2 0 ,2
184.4:
2 2 0 .0
2 2 0 .7
1 6 3 .Of
161. 6;
5 1 .8
1 9 1 .2
1 53.5
190.5
174.3
2 0 2 .7
1 2 7 .1
1 64.0
2 3 5 .7
2 1 8 .1
1 4 7 .8
1 2 4 .6
5 9 .8
1 5 8 .0
159.7 15 6. Q 148.9
138.9 133.8 : 132,3 123,6 201.9 192.1 185.8 165.3
73.3 : 67.0
68.2 140.8 139.7 126.8; 117.0
73.1
12.
Table 2. - Indexes of Wage-Earner Employment and of Wage-Earner
Pay Roll in Manufacturing Industries l/«Continued
Industry Group
or
Industry 2 /
Wage-earner 'effipTbyfitent
May
May
A pr,
Mar.
1943
1944
1944
1944
Wage -oarner p a y r o l l ...
May
Apr© Ma r $ May
1943
1944
1944
1944
TOBACCO MANUFACTURES
Cigarettes
Cigars
Tobacco (chewing and smoking)
and snuff
A
88*3
^C
89* 5 89. 5 96. 3 152. 9 142. 8 146, 6 144, ■
121*4 122. 7 118, 2 117. 8 182. 0 164, 2 159, 6 155, 3
72, 9 . 74. 7 86 . 2 137. 9 133. 0 142, 8 141. 0
71 .1
8 4 .5
81. 7
85. 6
PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS
Paper and pulp
Paper goods, other
Envelopes
Paper 'bags
Paper boxes
114.2
105o4
12 4.5
111.3
1 2 0 .9
1 14 .5
115, /\
106. 2
125, 9
113. 2
1 2 2 . 8
116. 1
117. 0
107, 3
127# 2
115. 1
122, 9
118. 6
1 17. 7
108. 4
126. 1
119. 4
109. 3
120, 6
184. 7
177. 2
194,. 6
169. 1
197c.1
177. 2
183. 6
175, 1
194.i9
169,, 2
200.,6
177.,1
186. 4
176, 4
198, 1
176, 3
199, 8
183, 0
178,
170,
183,
16S.
166.
170.
PRINTING, PUBLISHING, AMD
ALLIED INDUSTRIES
Newspapers ' and periodicals
P rin tin g , book and job
Lithographing
Bookbinding
10 0.3 101. 3 10 2 , 5 100, 4
9 2 ,7
92. 9 92, 9 95, 7
1 0 3 .6 104. 9 106o 7 100o 6
9 4 .5
96* 1 96. 2 9 5, 5
1 0 9 .8 112. 3 117. 2 112. 7
135.,0
116.,1
144.,8
132.,9
180.,9
133.,7
113.,8
144,,4
130.,1
182,,8
135, 2
114, 1
1 46, 5
132, 6
189, 3
123* 0
110* 7
126, 1
119. 4
170. 7
2 0 5 ,6 208. 8 216. 8 256, 4 360, .2 359,,1 372. 5
10 6.3 106. 1 105. 7 103. 2 167.,2 163,,9 163. 6
i
186.1 189, 3 18 9 . 7 1 6 1 , AX 270., 7 267.,8 276, 1
o 153.,0 152.,8
1 0 7 .7 106. 5 107* 3 1 05, O
151, 5
9 9 .4 100. 0 10 0 . 5 9 5, 5 163.,6 165,,0 1-65, 0
1 0 7 .1 107. 7 108. 4 107. 5 173.,5 171,,0 172. 0
425. 2
155, 0
87. 4 122. 0 114. 8 120. 1 122, 7
0:
3
3
K
9
5
CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS
P a in ts $ varnished and colors
D r u g s m e d i c i n e s and
insecticides
Perfumes and cosmetics
Soap
Rayon and a llie d products
Chemicals, not elsewhere
c la s s ifie d
Compressed and liq uefied
gases
Cottonseed oil
F e rtilize r s
154. 5
8 8 .3
1 20 ,4
152. 6 151. 9 160, 4 271.,4 266,, 6 263. 1 26 5, 7
101. 5 113. 0
93. 1 170.,3 193.,9 214, 5 151, 2
139. 4 148. 0 132. 8 269.,2 285,.7 305, 4 252, 6
PRODUCTS OF PETROLEUM AND COAL
Petroleum refining
Coke and by-products
Paying materials
Roofing m aterials
1 2 2 ,8
1 2 0 ,0
1 0 5 .6
63 .6
1 1 9 .5
121. 1
117. 9
105. 4
57. 3
119. 9
120. 2
116, 2
1 05. 9
5 6. 5
12 2 , 5
117. 3
109. 7
1 15. 2
66. 2
115. 4
212.,6
205.,2
183.,0
120.,4
212.,2
206,.6
199,. 6
178,,7
100,,3
207,,4
204, 1
195, 7
180, 4
99. 6
211. 6
182, 3
170, 5
179. 7
107. 0
184, .5
RUBBER PRODUCTS
Rubber tires and inner tubes
Rubber boots and shoes
Rubber goods, other
1 5 9 .7
1 6 6 .5
1 3 9 .8
1 4 0 .8
161. 4
169. 3
135. 8
1 43. 0
165.
1 72.
143.
146.
153. 9
1 53. 9
146, 5
1 3 9, 2
280.,8
283,,0
248.,6
248,.3
278.■8
280,,0
24 2,,9
249.,0
294. 3
299. 3
254. 6
257. 6
250,
Zi±3,
24 7,
228.
MISCELLANEOUS INDUSTRIES
Photographic apparatus
Pian o s, organs and parts
Games, toys and dolls
Buttons
Fire extinguishers
1 5 5 .1
1 6 9 .3
1 0 3 .6
8 2 .6
8 8 .8
6 3 3 .2
1 57. 0
169. 1
111. 5
8 4. 0
92. 1
656. 8
158, 8
169. 9
119. 3
84. 8
92. 9
675, 1
166, 0 295,,8
163. 1 273,,5
1 30, 5 196,,8
83, 7 159.,5
97, 6 174.,3
807* 0 1382,,8
296,,7
270,,9
212,,7
160,,1
175,,1
1381.,0
301. 3
280. 0
228. 4
160. 3
177. 1
1422. 7
297. 1
256. 6
261. 8
148. 6
171. 5
1500. 2
227, 0
141. 9
136, 3
162, 7
1 7 2 .5 172. 7 1 72, 5 1 6 3 . 2 296.,5 295,,0 294, 1 265. 4
7
9
5
7
9
9
9
7
Table 2. - Indexes of Wage-Earner Employment and of Wage-Kamer
Pay Roll in Manufacturing Industries 1/ - Continued
Indexes for the major industry groups have been adjusted to fin a l data for
1941 and preliminary data for the second quarter of 1942 made available by
the Bureau of Employment Security of the Federal Security Agency.
Indexes
for individual industries have been adjusted to levels indicated by the
1939 Census of Manufactures, but not .to Federal Security Agency data.
Unpublished information concerning the following war industries may be
obtained by authorized U, S . Government Agencies upon request:
A ircraft engines
airc raft and parts, excluding a ir c ra ft eng ines;' ammunition; communication
equipment; engines and turbines; explosives and safety fuses; firearms;
fireworks; optical instruments and ophthalmic goods; professional and scientific
instruments and fire control equipment; radios and phonographs; and
shipbuilding and boatbuilding.
Revisions have been made as follows in the data published for e arlie r months:
Fabricated structural and ornamental metalwork - January and February 1944
employment indexes to 2 1 2 .6 and 214-.6? February 1944 pay-roll index to 4 1 8 * 6 .
Steel b arrels, kegs, and drums - February 1944 pay-roll index to 2 4 4 .8 *
14.
Table 3# - Indexes of Employment and Pay Rolls
Selected Nonmanufacturing In d u s tr ie s
(1939 Average = 100)
Industry
Employment indexes
Apr.
May
Ha r ,
May
1944
1944
1944
1943
Coal Minings
Anthracite
82# 7 8 2 .6
Bituminous
9 7 .1
96# 0
Metal mining
93# 6 9 6 .2
Iron
1 4 2 .4 1 4 2 .8
C oppe r
115# 1 1 1 8 .8
Lead and zinc
1 0 8 .4 1 1 4 ,2
Gold and silv er
2 3 .5
2 4 .8
Miscellaneous
9 5 .7
9 9 .6
Quarrying and nonmetallie
mining
8 4 .5
8 4 .1
Crude petroleum production 1,/ 8 2 .5
8 2 .0
Public u t i l i t i e s :
,Talephone and telegraph
2/
2/
Electric light and power
8 3 .1
8 2 .8
Street railways and
busses
1 1 9 .2 1 1 9 .2
Y^pjesale trade
9 4 .4
9 5 .1
Retail trade
9 6 .9
9 7 .7
Food
1 0 7 .3 106. 9
General merchandise 3 /
1 0 8 .5 1 1 1 .2
Apparel
3/
1 1 0 .4 1 1 1 .1
Furniture and house
furnishings 3/
6 2 .8
6 3 .2
Automotive
6 5 .3
6 4 .8
Lumber and building
materials
9 0 ,2
8 9 .1
Hotels (year-round) 4 /
1 0 9 .0 1 0 9 .2
Power laundries
1 0 9 .9 1 0 9 .5
Cleaning and dyeing
1 2 4 ,7 1 2 0 .7
Class 1 steam railroads 5/
1 4 4 .3 1 4 3 .1
Water transportation 7 /
2 3 3 .5 2 2 5 .1
8 3 ,5
9 8 ,7
9 8 ,3
1 4 1 .7
1 2 3 ,1
1 1 7 .8
2 5, c<
1 0 6 .7
in
Pay-roll indexes
May
Mar.
Apr.
: May
1944
1943
1 1S44 : 1944
8 7 ,3
: 155,81 1 4 2 .3
! 215.6: 2 1 4 .2
103, 8
1 1 0 .9 ■
!: 148,, lj 1 5 2 .5
; 2 2 9 .4 :2 2 9 .2
1 6 6 ,2
1 1 8 6 ,3 :1 9 1 .4
1 3 1 ,9
1 2 1 .7
196.5= 2 0 9 .2
3 0 ,1 : 3 2 ,7
?0,6:.
157,3; 1 6 3 ,7
1 6 6 ,1
1 5 7 .8
2 2 5 .0
1 5 5 .5
2 2 3 .4
2 0 2 .0
21 5 .4
3 3 .4
1 6 6 .5
1 2 7 .1
17 6.4
1 7 0 .2
2 6 1 .5
2 1 3 .2
2 0 5 .0
3 8 .5
26 3 .3
1 5 8 , 0 !1 5 0 .0
12 7,9: 1 2 9 .5
1 4 4 .9
1 2 5 ,7
16 6.3
111. 9
8 2 .8
8 1 .6
98 ,2
81. 7
2/
8 3 .5
8 6 .4
2/
I 2 / ..
112 .9 ; 1 1 2 .9
2/
1 1 2 .5
2/
1 0 6 .5
1.19.6
9 5 .4
9 6 .9
1 0 7 .8
1 0 8 .6
1 0 6 .4
1 1 7 ,5
9 5 ,1
9 8 .5
1 0 5 .6
1 1 2 .5
11 0.3
168 .9 : 1 6 4 ,9
1 3 3 .4 ;1 3 4 .0
1 2 4 .2 : 1 2 4 .3
1 3 4 .2 :1 3 3 ,6
1 3 2 .4 ;1 3 5 .2
1 4 4 .8 ;1 4 4 .0
1 6 4 ,9
13 3.4
1 2 2 .6
1 3 3 .7
1 3 1 .7
1 3 6 .5
1 5 3 .8
124.3
1 1 7 .1
1 2 5 .8
1 2 9 .7
1 2 8 .9
6-5. 3
6 5 ,‘i
6 7 ,2
6 2 ,5
8 5 .8
9 3 ,9
8 4 .8
9 2 .7
8 5 .6
8 4 .1
8 9 .3
1 0 9 .2
1 1 0 .3
11 7.3
1 4 1 .7
2 1 1 .7
9 1 ,5
1 0 5 ,8
1 1 8 ,4
1 2 6 ,5
1 3 6 ,7
1 3 1 ,8
127,9! 1 2 4 .2
1 5 5 .3 ;1 5 4 .5
1 6 0 .6 : 1 5 5 .7
193.8! 1 7 9 .9
6/
! 6/
5 5 2 .6 : 5 2 4 .6
1 2 4 ,2
1 5 3 .6
1 5 5 .2
1 7 3 .7
1 1 9 .7
1 3 4 .5
1 5 3 .8
1 7 7 ,8
6/
3 0 7 .7
2/
86.3i
.94.41
6/
4 S 0 .5
l / Does not include well d r il l in g or rig building#
2 / Data are not available because of the merger of Western Union and Postal Telegraph#
3 / Revisions have been made as follows in indexes previously published;
Retail tra d e , general merchandise group - Employment index, January 1944 to 1 1 0 .4 ;
Fe brua ry t o 10 6 %b ; pay-roll 1 nde x ; J an ua ry to 132#l f February to 128.3#
Apparel group - Employment index Jan* to 105*7; Feb# to 1 0 2 .6 ; pay-roll index,
Jan. “to" I F e b .
to 1 3 0 .4 .
Furniture group - Employment index, Feb# to G4#0; pay-roll index, Ja n . to 8 4 .9 ,
Feb.~~to "85# 0*
4/ Cash payments only; additional value of board, room, t i p s , not included.
5 / Source: Interstate Commerce Commission.
6 / Not a v a ila b le .
7 / Based on estimates prepared by the U« S# Maritime Commission covering employment
on steam and motor merchant vessels of 1 ,0 0 0 gross tons or over in deep sea
trade only.
15!
Table 4* - Estimated Humber of Wage Earners
in Selected Nonmanufacturing Industries
(in thousands)
May 1944
Industry
1 6 .8
5 ,8
3.C
202
231
352
248
8 4 .2
1,4 25
l / Data include salaried personnel*
Interstate Commerce Commission#
V Source;
1944
Mar, 1944
May 1943
68.4
360
0 4 .9
2 8,8
2 8,4
6 9 .1
363
8 6 .7
2 8.5
28,4
72,
385
97,
33
31
1 7 .7
6 ,1
3 .9
;
203
:
231
i
352
:
247
81 ,5
i 1 ,413
18.3
5.3
4 .2
204
232
352
249
79.2
1 ,4 0 0
18
7,
6
211
228
341
267
85
1 ,3 5 1
:
:
6 0.5
356
8 2 ,6
2 8,8
2 7 .4
Atttfcracite mining
Bituminous coalm ining
Metal mining
Iron
CopperLead and zinc
GoId and s i 1ve r
Miscellaneous
Electric light and power l /
Street railways and busses 1 /
Hotels (year-round) l /
Power laundries
Cleaning and dyeing
Glass 1 steam railroads 2 /
: Apr.
Data include salaried personnel*
Table 5. - Percentage Changes in Employment and Pay Rolls
in Sec lee ted IJonmanufacturing In du strie s, May 1944
-
.8
.3
-
**
-
*5
.2
+ 3• 9
- ,<
* n
- .6
- 3 ,8
+
.3
+ 3*0
+ 20,4
-
.2
+ 12,4
+ 26.8
-
.1
.4
.2
.2
- .9
+ 7# 9
+ 2 .6
- 5 .0
- 1 .8
+ .4
- 2 .7
—
+
+ 5 .3
+ 18.1
+ 3 .6
+ 6 .9
-
+10.4
+
4 .9
.7
.2
.5
+
.5
3 .0
:
■
vH
•
i i
May
1S43
CV>
Wholesale
trade:
Food products
Groceries and food
specialties
Dry goods and apparel
Machinery, equipment and
supplies
Farm products
Petroleum' and petroleum
products (in c l. bulk
tank stations)
Automotive
irokerage
nsuranfce
'rivate building
construction
Apr#
1944
•
0
1—1
1
Industry
Pay Roll
P e r c e n t e g e .j ^ n ^ i ^ m
May
Apr.
1943
1944
:
+ 7.3
+ 10 .5
+ 13.4
- 1 .9
+ 11.4
IS.
Table 6* - Estimated Number of Employees in Nonagricultural Establishments
by Industry D iv isio n l /
(in thousands)
May
1944
Apr.
1944
Mar*
1944
May
1943
Total 2 /
3 8 ,5 9 8
3 8 ,6 9 2
3 8 ,7 4 8
3 9,67 4
Manufactur ing
1 6 ,1 5 9
1 6,31 2
1 6 ,5 8 2
1 6,75 3
Mining
837
844
852
889
Contract construction and Federal
force account construction
688
683
678
1 ,385
Transporation and public u t i l i t ie s
3 ,7 7 1
3 ,7 4 4
3 ,7 2 3
3 ,5 9 7
Trade
6 ,9 6 1
6 ,9 6 8
6 ,9 1 9
6 ,9 5 3
Finance, serv ic e , and miscellaneous
4 ,2 5 0
4 ,2 3 6
4 ,1 2 3
4 ,1 0 2
F ed eral, State and local government,
excluding Federal force account
construction
5 ,9 3 2
5 ,9 0 5
5 ,8 7 1
5 ,9 9 5
Industry
Divisio n
l/
^
The Bureau1s estimates of nonagricultural employment have been revised back to
January 1939.
Complete monthly series and an analysis of these are available
in a mimeographed release (LS 44-4087 replacing LS 44-3862) "Revised Estimates
of Employment in Nonagricultural Establishments in the United State s, 1939~1944fT
which may be had upon request*
2/
Estimates include a l l full-and part-time wage and salary workers in nonagricul
tural establishments who are employed during the pay period ending nearest the
15th of the month*
Proprietors, self-employed persons, domestic servants, and
personnel of the armed forces are excluded*
17.
Table 7 .-Estimated Number of Employees in Nonagricultural Establishm ents,
by State
(in thousands)
Region and State
All industry divisions
April
March
April
1944
1944
1943
Manufacturing
March
April ,
1944
1944
April
1943
New England
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
3,098
264
131
80.3
1,609
286
728
3,115
264
131
*o.5
1,618
286
735
■ 3,252
282
140
84 .2
i 1,663
!
305
778
1,619
128.9
67.3
33.3
771
161
457
1,645
130.1
68.4
33.7
783
163
Middle Atlantic
New York
itew Jersey
Pennsylvania
9,291
4,593
1,532
3,166
9,330
4,611
1,541
3,178
; 9,551
! 4,687
1,581
i 3,283
4,237
1,877
907
1,453
4,302
1,915
918
1,469
4,333
1,927
927
1,479
East North Central
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
8,649
2,330
1,047
2,732
1,770
770
8,660
2,336
1,046
2,734
1,775
769
:
:
j
i
I
4,438
4,489
1,241
589
1,188
1,070
401
4,463
1,271
579
1,149
1,064
400
West North Central
Missesota
Iowa
Missouri
North.Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
2,804
611
438
945
68*9
79.2
255
407
2,805
'605
439
949
68.0
79.8
255
409
! 2,888
625
444
975
■
!
67.3
80.4
258
!
428
4,601
South Atlantic
Delaware
95.6
Maryland
709
District of Columbia
468
Virginia
681
West Virginia
415
North Carolina
701
South Carolina
378
Georgia
659
Florida
494
4,623
96.2
714
466
678
415
704
380
662
508
8,786
2,404
1,061
2,740
1,808
773
1,226
584
1,172
1,058
398
880
185
135.4
344
5.3
9.4
62.5
138.3
1,644
: 4,836
98.2
51.2
752
i 317
i
497
13.7
740
197
130.4
434
739
368
170
!
393
;
676
277
120.0
!
507
i
1,730
142.9
75.4
37.1
809
165
501
467
901
186
139.3
356
5 .2
9.7
63.5
141.7
1,673
51.5
323
14.1
201
131.4
370
173
285
123.9
!
899
186
141.7
366
5.0
10.0
62.5
128.1
1,702
51.6
342
14.5
214
125.9
393
181
269
111.0
IS.
Table
7» -Estimated Htianhor
Region and State
All industry divisions
April
March
April
1944
1944
1943
707
702
548
55 0
248
594
119.7
221
268
85.0
2, £41
244
4R9
373
1,435
2,544
247
489
375
1,433
2,563
258
493
379
1,433
725
69.3
165.9
86.6
403
732
72.9
165.4
98.3
405
665
74.8
144.9
79.6
122
13.4
13.2
4.2
46.4
4.9
16 .4
19.7
3.8
122
13.7
13.0
4.0
4 7 .9
4.8
15.7
18.9,
4.2
147
14.2
12.2
3.7
63.9
4.4
12.6
31.2
4.5
West South Central
Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Texas
April
1943
1,891
438
603
593
257
1,776
430
Pacific
Washington
Oregon
California
Manu fa cturi ng
April
March
1944
1944
l , 7q0
431
£46
554
249
East South Central
Kentucky
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Mountain
Montana
Idaho
Wyoming
Colorado
New Mexico
Arizona
Utah
Nevada
of Employees ■
in Bonagricultural Establishments,
by Stfcte - Continued
(in thousands)
<193
110
94.7
59.9
259
77.5
103.7
143
40.6
3,*77
633
330
2,614
889
109
95.5
59.4
259
76.4
108.2
142
•39.9
3,573
636
332
2,605
967
110
1.04 .3
59.0
282
78.9
114.2
171
47.1
3,6^2
648
349
2,6^5
120.7
223
272
85 .8
1,384
1,367
262
25 8
131.2
134.9
978
9^7
114.0
226
284
83.4
366
1,455
2? 6
1 4 7 .2
1,052
19.
Table 8
Employment and Pay Rolls on Construction and Shipbuilding and Repair Projects
Financed Wholly or Partially from Federal Funds
and on State Roads Financed Wholly from State or. Local Funds,
May 1943# April and May 1944 l /
(in thousands)
Pay rolls
Employment
Program and type of project
May
jipfrii
-1944
l!
1944
1, 610.7
330.2
1. 629.9
May
Msgr
1943
1944
May
April
1944
1943
2/
Federal
Shipbuilding and repair
United States nai/y yardJB^/
Private shipyards
Construction
Finana©d ; from Federal appro
priations 4/ 5 /
Airports
Buildings
Residential
Nonre sidential
Electrification
Reclamation
River, harbor, and flood control
Streets and highways
Water and sewer systems
Miscellaneous
Financed from R#F.C# funds
State
New road construction
Road maintenance
1,280.5
331.0
1.298.9
1. 640.5
313.9
1. 326.6
1 9 8 .2 i
2 4 .1 ;
7 2 9 .5
1 0 4 .4
82,0
80,8 !
29.6
3 0 ,2
•5
1 4 ,4
1 7 .4
1 3 .5 .
4 0 4 ,8
8 6 .0
1 .0
2 6 .3
3 1 .1
3 9 .0
6.5
1 5 .9
195.7
' 21.1'
.5
14.5
19.5
6,1
6,
45.
9.0
85.0
10,8
30,0
8,5
2 3 .1
9 0 .4
84.0
$460,081
... 90,510
370,171
$409,181
$.442,822
' 9 0 ,^
83,930
325,251
352,1^5
.... 3 .5 ,4 0 4 ... ....3 .5 4 0 5 ....
1... 1 3 3 , 625 .
3 ,2 6 4
3 ,^ 2 5
j
1 9 ,7 8 4
1 4 ,7 7 0
5 ,9 9 4
1 4 ,5 1 1
1
6 ,1 2 5
\
7 7 ,3 3 4
1 2 ,8 5 7
114
!
12 1
3 ,0 6 S
3 ,7 4 6
3 ,0 5 7
3 ,3 4 3
2 ,3 1 1
92 7
1 , 208
1 ,9 8 3
994
1 ,9 5 3
y,/
1
6/
y
152
5 ,1 2 3
5 ,4 4 4
;
'
:
:
1
4 ,9 4 5
1
:
y
2,408
l / Data are for continental United States exclusive of Alaska and the panama Canal Zone# Employ
ment data represent the weekly average; pay-roll data for construction projects are for the
calendar month; pay-roll data for shipbuilding and repair are fo r the fis c a l month*
2 / Prel irninary «
3 / Excludes Washington, !/• C« Navy Yard*
4 / Includes the following force-account employees hired directly by the Federal Government:
May. 1944, 28,084; April 1944, 31*280; May 1943* 5^,105# These employees are also included
under the Federal executive service; a ll other workers were employed by contractors or
subcontractors•
5/ Data for May 1944 partially estimated#
T)/ Data
not available.
20.
Table 9
Employment and Pay Rolls in Regular Federal Services
April and May 191+1+ and May 19^4-5 l /
(In thousands)
Pay rolls
Employment
Service
May
19I4JU
A'^ r
2.7
Legislative
I
i
1
j
a
6.1
..
1
191+4 1
May
191+3
I
!
1
2.7 j
2*7 1#
6 .1 j
6 .1 j
;
I
May
19IM
2/
76i
|
|
April
1914+
I May
j 1943
:
758 }#
1#
1,500
763
1,146
1,503
Executive 3/.......... ............ [.2,299,§ ;4 ..3 *.? 2 5 .s ^
Washington metref
politan area............... |
I
264.0 |
26? »4 1
I
{
\
\
28?. 0 j.... 55 >824. j 55j*.§.§5...1... 5® ^ ^ .
War agencies 4 / .........I
Other agencies...........j
135*2 !
128.8 j
133*8 I
129*6 I
lijS.7 1
13l+*3 j
28,591
27,233
I
|
28,297 f 30,931+
27,388 j 27,512
Other areas.............. .....Ij.,3^035.6..................................................... 1:578,227.. [...528,373
a
Continental United
War agencies 4/....... ... 1 l ,9 l p ..5
6 78.9
Other agencielT...... ..|
Outside continental
United States 6 / . .... ... |
War agencies I4/ ...
1 1 ,9 0 1 .5
67 l1.lt
j
:
i
I 1 ,9 7 3 * 3 1
661.8 |
]
1j46.2 \ 1)3 6 .6 1 26^.7
j I421.2 j 250.1
|
;
5/
i
................ 1...
|/
\
5V/
-
1
I
5/'
>
v
5/
5/
1
j
K5/
5/
1
%
1
5/
5/
1/
Employment data are as of the .first day of the month; pay-roll data are for the
month ending with the preceding £ay period.
2/
Preliminary.
3/
Includes employees in United States navy yards and on force-account construction
who are also included under construction and shipbuilding and repair projects.
Pay rolls for April and May 1914+ were estimated.
h/
Covers War and Navy Departments, Maritime Commission, National Advisory
Committee for Aeronautics, The Panama Canal, Office for Emergency Management,
Office of Censorship, Office of Price Administration, Office of Strategic
Services, Selective Service System, and the Petroleum Administration for War.
5/
Data not available.
6/
Includes Alaska and the Panama Canal Zone.
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