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EMPLOYMENT
and PAY ROLLS
DETAILED REPORT
MAY
1948

United States Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics




Prepared by
Division of Employment and Occupational Outlook
Branch of Employment Statistics
Samuel

W eiss,

Chief

ESTIMATES OF MANUFACTURING EMFLOYMEOT - NEW SERIES
Industries in the Tobacco Manufactures Group

la this detailed report the Bureau presents a new series of
production-worker estimates for the individual industries comprising tbs
tobacco manufactures group.

The new estimates, adjusted to bench-mark

data through 19^6 made available by the Federal Security Agency, correct
the downward bias which has accumulated since 1939 and are, therefore,
more representative of the true levels of employment.
Despite the lapse of several years without any adjustment
to levels other than the 1939 Census of Manufactures, only two of the
industries (cigars and tobacco (chewing and smoking) and snuff) required
adjustment.

The cigarette industry was not affectedj however, minor

revisions have been incorporated.
This report shows the new production-worker employment
estimates and indexes of employment and weekly pay roll for the months
currently presented.

A set of summary sheets presenting comparable

data frcrn January 1939 to date for the industries in the tobacco
manufactures group will be provided upon request.

LS 49-U3



July 22, 1948

U. S. DEPARTMENT OF LABCE
Bureau of Labor Statistics

Soltar - 351

EMPLOYMENT AID PAY SOUS
Detailed Report
May 19^8
Explanatory notas outlining briefly the
concepts, methodology, and sources used
in preparing data far this report appear \'
in the appendix. See pages i - viii.
^
TABLE

1.
2.
3.

k.
5.

6.
7.,

8.
9.

10.
U.

CONTENTS
Estimated Number of Wage and Salary Workers in Nonagricul­
tural Establishments, by Industry Division...........
Estimated Nuneber of Wage ana Salary Workers in Manufacturing
Industries, by Mat1or Industry Group............... .
Estimated Number of Wage and Salary WorJsers in Selected
Nonmenufecturing Industries, t>y Ma^or Industry Group.....
federal Employment and Bay Bolls in All Areas and in
Continental Unitod States, sad Total Government Bnployroent
and Pay Rolls in Washington, D, C. . * . . » • * • • • .
Personnel and Pay of the Military Branch of the Federal
G o v e r n m e n t . , . . . , . ................................
Estimated Number of Wa&e and Salary Workers in Nonagricul­
tural Establishments fox' Selected States, April 3.948.......
Estimated Number of Wage and Salary Worlsers in Manufacturing
Industries, by State, April 1 9 4 8 . ............. .
Estimated Number of Production Workers in Manufacturing
Industries... .................. .
Estimated Number of Employees in Selected Nonmanufacturing
Industries... .
Indexes of Production-Worker Employment and Weekly Pay Rolls
in Manufacturing Industries.................. .
Indexes of Employment and Weekly Pay Rolls in Selected
Nonmanufacturing Industries..................... .
Explanatory Notes...........................................
Glossary.......... ............ .




Data for tSe 2 most: recent months
shown are subject to revision

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2.
Table 1. - Estimated Number of Wage arid Salary Workers in
Nonagricultural Establishments, by Industry Division l/

(In thousands)
Industry division

May

1948
Apr.__ j

19^7
Mar

May

... _
Apr.

44,609 j 44,298

44,600

43,345

43,221

15,945

16,269

15,569

15,750

820

924

910

881

Contract construction

2,049 ] 1,933

1,805

1,865

1,798

Transportation and public
utilities

4,04l

4,032

. 3,981

3,845

Trade

9,615 ; 9,574

9,598

9,277

9,255

TOTAL
Manufacturing

15,893-

Mining

933

3,977
r

Finance

1,716 I 1,704

1,697

1,643

1,636

Service

4,738 | 4,768

4,729

4,590

4,552

Government

5,624 | 5,577

5,546

5,510

5,504

See explanatory notes, sections A - H.
l/ Estimates have-been' adjusted to levels indicated by data through 1946 made
available by the Federal Security Agency and-are not comparable with data shown in
mimeographed releases dated prior to June!1943 or the Monthly Labor Review dated prior
to July 1948. Ccanparabie data from January 1939 are available upon request to the'
Bureau of Labor Statistics.




Table 2. - Estimated Number of Wage and Salary Workers
in Momufacturing Industries, lay Major Industry Group 1/
(In thousands)
Major industry group
ALL MANUFACTURING
Durable goods
Iron and steel and their products
Electrical machinery
Machinery, except electrical
Transportation equipment, except
automobiles
Automobiles
Nonferrous metals and their products
Lumber and timber basic products
Furniture and finished lumber product*
Stone, clay, and glass products
Nondurable ^oods

May ' |
;• Apr.

| Mar.

May

1. Apr.
|

15,893 !i 15,9*5 j 16,269 15,569

s15,750

8,113

8,159 j; 8,258

7,962

|
j 8,068

1,893
727

1,696
7*2
1,562

|
1 1,929
j
756
j1 1,587

1,861
731
1,561

!I 1,875
7*5

589

598
899

.612

1,57*

563
*67
me

5*9
531

589 1!
r
!
839 1i
561 I1

526

985

*82
827
576
527

1,565

957
*98
750

&86

780

537

509

5*6
520

:

7,607

7,682

1,*25 | 1,*35

1,3*2

| 1,368

1 , 2*7 j 1»268 j! 1,33*
*06 1 *18 i **2
1,609 I 1,562 iI 1,655

1,137
*11

| 1,167
I *2*
! 1,609
1
95
i
*73

7,700

m u

1,786

I
Textile-mill products and other fiber
manufactures
Apparel and other finished textile
products
Leather aid leather products
Food
Tobacco manufactures
Paper and allied products
Printing, publishing, and allied
Industries
Chemicals and allied products
Products of petroleum and coal
Rubber products
Miscellaneous industries

I ,h i*

97
*7# »|

1
i9? j;
*76

100
*6o

720 !
759 S
2h2 1
2*3 i
565 1

7181
767 •!i
238 !1

722
773
238
253

2kC

569

579

1,622
96
*70

ta

232
262
571

1

1
j
|

T&

227
27*
579

Bee explanatory notes, section A - H.

\f Estimates have been adjusted to levels indicated by data through l^h6 made
available by the Federal Security Agency, and air© not comparable with data shown in'
•ipebgraphed releases dated prior to Junal9*8 or the Monthly Labor Review dated prior
to July 191*8 . Comparable data from January 1939 aro available upon request to the
Bureau of Labor Statistics.




Table 3. - Estimated Number of Wage and Salary Workers
In Selected Nonmanufacturing Industrios, by Major IMustry Group
(In thousands)

Major industry group

..... "Y94'S—
May
Apr.

. —
Mar.

933

820

!

81

82

Bituminous coal

420

309

Metal

102

102

Mining 1/
Anthracite

96

Quarrying and nonmetallic

|

1957
May

Apr.

924

910

881

I

82

81

80

1:

*19

407

383

102

102

102

90

97

96

231

223

220

1 4,032

3,981

3,845

! 2,808

2,901

2,880

728

605

495

496

475 .

470

95

:
|

232

|

j

Crude petroleum and natural
gas production 2/

234

j
Transportation and public
utilities l/

4,041

| 3,977

2,808

! 2,747

Communication

731

731

Other public utilities

502

Transportation

499
|

Government

i
t

:
|

5,624

5,577

j 5,546

5,510

5,504

Federal *

1,788

1,771

| 1,758

1,905

1,924

State and local

3,836

3,SC6

j 3,788

3,605

3,580

-— .

—i

See explanatory notes, section A - H.
1/ Estimates have "been adjusted to levels indicated "by data through 1946 made
available by the Federal Security Agency and are not comparable with data published
in mimeographed releases dated prior to June 1948 or the Monthly Labor Review dated
prior to July 1948. Comparable data from January I939 are Available upon request
to tiie Bureau of tabor Statistics.
2/ Includes well drilling and rig building.




5.
Tabic 4. - Federal Civilian Employment and Pay Rolls in All Areas and In Continental
United States, and Total Civilian Government Employment and Fay Rolls In
Washington, D. C. 1/
(In thousands)

Area and branch

■■ .... ---- -- --- ..... .. ...
Employment
j
(as of first pf month)
19*8
19*7______ _
April
Hay
May 1Average

Pay rolls
(total for month)
1047
19*8
t j
Average
May
Hay
: April
f

:
Total (including areas
outside United States)
fotal Federal
Executive
Defense agencies
Post Office Dept.
Other agencies
Legislative
Judicial
Government corporations

»

2 ,020.8 2,193.0 2,1*9.2
1 ,981.0 2,151.2 2 ,108.0
910.0
903.8 1 ,028.6
989,7
*51.0
**9.3
*55.7
*35.*
687.8
667.3
633.5
627.9

2,038.9
1,999.2

7.2
3.5
29.0

7.2
3.5
29.1

7.2
3.1
31.5

i
46*.21* 1*77,580
*5*#930 1*68,100
196,720 !20*,606
101,*73 1100,894
156,737 j162,600

2,*69 1 2,*80
1 ,20? j 1,322
5,608 j 5 i678

7.1
3.2
30,9

51*.057 *97.173
50*,7*7 *87,778
235.U8 220,57*
95.256 W O ,*21
17*.373 166,783
2.*39 ' 2,*23
1,181
1 ,22*
5,7*8
5.690

?

Continental
United States

:
:

Total Federal
Executive
Defense agencies
Post Office Dept.
Other agencies
Legislative
Judicial
Government corporations

1,808.7
1,776.1
717.2
*5*.i
7.2
3.*

1,791.8
1,759.1
711.0
**7.7
600.*
7.2
3.*

22.0

1 »92**5 1 ,889.9
1 ,890.9 1,856.5

*55.302
**6,598

1,175 ]• 1,288
5,006 t
j 5,039

*69.77*
*61,165
198.395
9*.936
167,83*
2,*39
1.1*5
5.025

63,815

*28,027 f*39,652
*19,377 1*30,8*5
168,052 j17*,*09
101,117 1100,5*3
150,208 1155,893

22,1

7.2
3.0
23.*

766.9
**9.5
6*0.1
7.1
3.1
23.2

228.6

227.6

2*1.0

233.6

60,518 ; 62,985

66,83*

18.5

18.6
209.0
201.2

*,392 j *.*95
56,126 | 58,*90

*,250
62,58*

53.*57 ! 55,799
15,6*7 | 16,32*
2,282 | 2,277
35.527 1 37.198

59.9**
19.295
2.019

60*.8

796.1
*3*.o

660.8

2,*69 1 2,*80

186,200
100,078
160,32c
2,*23

1,188
5,093

Washington. D, C«
Total government
District of Colombia
government
Federal
Executive
Defense agencies
Post Office Dept,
Other agencies
legislative
Judicial

18,0

18.1
215.5
207.8

7.2

7.*
127.2
7.2

223.0
215.2
73.3
7.*
13*. 5
7.2

7.6
130.*
7.1

.6

.6

.6

.6

210,1
202.3
67.3
7.*

127.6

1!

66.6

69.8

2,*69
200
i

38.630

2,*80
2.*39
211 j
201

*,121
59,69*
57.067

18,111
2,*63
36,*93
2. *23
20*

I

JJ/ Data for Central Intelligence Agency are excluded starting August 19*7 for employment and
July 19*7 for pay rolls.

S w glossary for definitions.




6.

Table 5 . - Personnel and Pay of the Military Branch of the
Federal Government
(In thousands)
'W

Personnel .and pay

May

Personnel, total...........

l,4o6

Army and Air Force.....

1/ 916

I

390
Marine Corps... .
Coast Guard..........

80

Men....................
Women.... ......... .

1,390

Coast Guard..........

Bonds.............

May

1,404 |

1,409

1,703

1,670

1/ 906 ; 1/ 909

1,082
501

1,059
493
97
20

400

80
20

99 1
21.'.
1,680
23

1,649
21

$285,210 $285,011 $369,947

$445,866

1,393

16

\
176,651
84,136
14,001
4,207

175,697
90,459
14,233
4,622

232,480
113,983
17,540 ’
5,944

288,469
130,158
19,951
7,288

247,452 | 242,969
9,751 ! 13,050

263,701 1
15,022 !
25,814
65,410
6,293
; 59,117

278,078
14,751

172,859
93,351
14,131
k,m

i
1
|

By type of pay:
Mustering-out pay......
Family allowances....
Leave payments....... .

1947
Annual average

Mar.

1,388
16

16

By branch:
Army and Air Force...
Navy......... .

'

399
79 j
20

20

$278,995

8

Apr.

242,292
9,085
25,736
1 ,88a
486
1,396

25-414 ! 24,997
3,995
2,593
639 1
: 905
3.090
1,954

25,685

127,352
104,240

116,928

1/ Air Force personnel, 365,000 in March, 368,000 in April, and 375*000 in Ma& l$kd
See Glossary for definitions.




7.
Table 6. - Estimated Number of Wage and Salary Workers in Nonagricultural
Establishments for Selected States

(In thousands)
State

19W.
liar.

Apr.

,Feb.
j

.. " m i "
Mar.
Apr.

765

768

768

3,1**

3,151

3,09*

j 3,095

1,183

1,189

1,176

1,182

1,176

686

685

676

658

1,701

1,711

1,707

1,695

j 1,702

Minnesota

767

761

763

CO
*-=f

7*7

Montana

135

133

132

131

i

129

56

56

55

5*

*

5*

New Jersey

1,567

1,563

1,553

1 ,5*1

i 1,572

New York

5,371

5,375

5,335

1 5,385

Pennsylvania

3,52*

j[i 5,*00
j[• 3,582

3,5*5

3,506

] 3,506

Rhode Island

288

289

288

286

| *288

1,659

l,6ll

1,610

169

166

98

99

61*9

*65*

972

9*6

Connecticut

772

772

Illinois

3,110

Indiana
Maryland
Massachusetts

Nevada l/

Texas

1,685

Utah

166

!• 1,663
;i 170

it

Vermont 1/

98

1

Washington

659

1

Wisconsin

972

98

|
I

|
:

|
|

653
97*

i

‘

j
s

667

!
1
j

162
99

•652
1

9*6

See explanatory notes, sections1B end' I,
*

Revised*

1/ Data not comparable with those previously published as estimates of employment
for contract construction have new been included.




8.
Table 7. - Estimated Number of Wage and Salary Workers in Manufacturing
Industries,.by State

(In thousands)
Region and state

Apr.

;;;!

~ T 9SB
Mar.

\■

"
•

1

Feb.

1947

’

1

j

New England:
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont 1/2/
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut 1/
Middle Atlantic:
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
East North Central:
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan
Wisconsin 1/

t

105.1
82.6
38.1
729.2
149.9
406.4

539.7
1 ,198.0
1,002.7
426.3

112.2
85.6
38.8
746.0

154.5

:

108.6
81.1
40.6
749.9

150.6

115.3
83.O
*41.5
763.5
153.8
423.9

412.1

419.9

i
i1 ,906.4
I
1j 757.8
!
11,510.9
i

1,893.4
738.5
1,507.8

1,934.5
: 768.6
i 1 ,511.8

1,244.0
; 552.8
1,253.5
! 1 ,010.9
1i
1 432.5
j

1,243.9
’ 553.4
■1 ,267.0
970.7
; 434.2

1,254.6
554.4
1,248.2
*1 ,035.4
427.1

1,255.4
555.8
1,249.4
1,046.7
427.9

197.3

198.3
150.5
363.5
6.4

1 ,902.6

1,850.4
7^4.9
1,495.9
1,230.5

n .i
U1.9
!
84.4 ; ;
38.7 !
!
745.6 ]
153.6
1;
!
412.5 1

Mar.

Apr.

753.7
1 ,512.2

|
|
[

\

West North Central:
Minnesota '
Iowa
Missouri
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
South Atlantic:
Delaware
Maryland
District of Columbia
Virginia
West Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida 1/




: 188.0

1

132.1

355*8
6.4
11.3
34.9
73.3
46.5

|
!
!
1
!
j
[
|
|

148.8
361.4

6.3
11.0

43.0
78.3

42.4
77.6
46.5

228.2

1

228.9

17.4
212.5

I
1
!
l
1
I

17.1
213.7
130.9

131.9
382.6
199.3
252.4
96.5

11.1

385.8
200.5

257-3
99.4

45.9

228.5
16.8

213.5
130.3

380.4
196.9
: 258.5
!

98.9

195.1
146.6: i
355.9
6.5 .
11.5
41.9
79.3

6.5
11.3
42.8
77.8

45.0

44.9

230.7
17.2
209.2
133.0
*372.9
189.7
253.9
94.9

197.8
147.0
355.8

236.2
17.1

210.1
i

131.9
376.0

:
:
j
j

189.8
254.0
99.5

9»
Table 7. - Estimated Number of Wage and Salary Workers In Manufacturing
Industries, by State - Continued

(In thousands)
"l .. ..—■.....
Pnrfiati c
cm
Q wuu6
lXlU. O
1
East South Central:
Kentucky
Tennessee
Alabama 1/
Mississippi
West South Centeral;
Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Texas
Mountain:
Montana
Idaho
Wyoming
Colorado
New Mexico 1/
Arizona 1/ ~
Utah
Nevada 1/
Pacific:
Washington
Oregon
California •

1 Apr.
i
|
I 128.2
j 151.3
i 227.3
88,6

75.1
139.1
56.3
336.7
17.1
17.9
6.3
55.*

8.9

15.9

22.6

3.3

r m —
I $ktr.
1:
i
*
i 129.5

1 252.8
i 231.8
1 90.0

i
s
! 75 .*
! 137.2
| 55.0
j 337.1
1'
*

1 17.2
I 17.8
!
6.2
I
I
I
I
j
s

5?. 5
8.3
15.*
23.9
3.3

19*7
\ Feb.
•i
i
1 129.*
! 252.8
! 231.1
j 90.5
\
»
! 75 .*
i 137.0

1

55.0

j 3*0.2

Am',

Mar.

*130.7
2*9.2

1 129.1
2*9.9
| 226.3
i 92.1

225.2

90.*
72.7
135.2
5**1
325.9

s
I
I
1
I
j

17.3
18.2
6.1
55.1
8.7
15.0
23.9
3.3

16.6
18.*
5.9
5*.l
9.3
1*.5

23.5

Ok

3

175.3

110.2
695.I

1 173.7

1 110.2
! 700.k

1 173.0
; 109.2
i 703.1

*170.*
*115.5
*699,6

|

67.9
133.2
1 5*.3
! 32*.8
:
s
16.*
18.*
5.8
53.6
9.0
l*.l
i 23.O
3.2
s
J

1 169.2
11*.*
692.6
:

See explanatory notes, Motions H ucd I,
*' Revised,
1/ Sew series based on 19*5 Standard Industrial Classification. These series are
not strictly contpara'ble with data for Connecticut, Vermont, and Wisconsin published
prior to the February 191*8 report; for Arizona prior to the March 19*0 report; for
Nevada and New Mexico prior to the April 19*8 report; and for Alabama and Florida,
prior to the current report.
2/ Earlier months in 19*7 have been revised as follows:
Vermont - January and February to *2.3 and *2.2.




IX).

Table 8. - Estimated Number of Production Workers in Manufacturing Industries

(In thousands)
Industry group and industry

■ i m —
; Apr.

May

ALL MANUFACTURING 1/ 12,723
Durable goods 1/
6,630
Nondurable goods 1/
6,093
Durable goods
IRON AND STEEL AND THEIR PRODUCTS 1/ 1,600
Blast furnaces, steel works, and
rolling mills
Gray-iron and semisteel castings.
Malleable-iron castings
Steel castings
Cast-iron pipe and fittings
Tin cans and other tinware
Wire drawn-from purchased rods
Wireworlt
Cutlery and edge tools
Tools (except edge tools, machine
tools, files, and saws)
Hardware
Plumbers' supplies
Stoves, oil burners, and heating
equipment not elsewhere
classified
Steam and hot-water heating
apparatus and steam fittings
Stamped and enameled ware end
galvanizing
Fabricated structural and
ornamental metalwork
Metal doors, sash, frames,
molding, and trim
Bolts, nuts, washers, and rivets
Forgings, iron and steel
Wrought pipe, welded and heavyriveted
Screw-machine products and wood
screws
Steel barrels, kegs, and drums
Firearms

May

1947
; Apr.

112,788

!13,131

12,597

jl2,772

i 6,680
I 6,108
|
| 1,603

I 6,791
j 6,340

6,572
6,025

1 6,669
: 6,103

| 1,634

1,532

1
517.7 i

107.1 1
37.3 I
68.4 !
27.1 !
42.8
29.4 1
41.1 !
23.I |
25.2 1
51.9 i
39.3 !

1s

511.8 1
HO.7
37.2
68.6

|

69.3

27.5

28.3
44.5

42.1
30.1
41.9
23.7

25.5
53.0

39.4

516.1
113.9
37.9

!

!
i 1,595
1
494.5 ! 489.3
116.4
U5.5
34.6
34.3
66.4
66.3
26.6
27.5
42.2
42.1

30.6

26.5

30.8

43.4
24.0

39.5
25.7

27.2

25.7

24.9
50.4
40.3

50.7
41.2

54.3
40.2

41.7

26.8
j

79.5 j

77.8

83.1

84.3

84.0

60.8

59.8

62.7

65.0

67.7

112.2

114.1

112.6

113.8

60.7

59.4

59.3

10.5
28.9

29.0
36.6

110.9

1

60.0

60.6 j
10.1

10.2
28,6
j
I

ELECTRICAL MACHINERY l/

9.9

35.3-1

28.9
36.7

37.5

9.1
28.8
35.9

18.8

18.8

19.2

18.0

18.2

36.4
7.6.
21.2:

36.8

36.8

37.7

7.7
21.0

7.9
20 ..8

39.1
8.5

548

Electrical equipment
Radios and phonographs
Communication equipment

|

357.41

90.O!
90. Oj

i
See explanatory notes, sections A, C, and G.




Mar.

j

8.5
19.0

19.2

563

577

564

577

364.9
93.4 .
93.9

371.7
97.6
96.5

369.7
102.7

374.4
107.0
84.9

81.3

11.
Table 8. - Estimated Number of Production Workers in Manufacturing Industries-Cont’d
(In. thousands

Industry group and industry
MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL 1/
Machinery and machine-shop products
Engines and turbines
Tractors
Agricultural machinery, excluding
tractors
Machine tools
Machine-tool accessories
Textile machinery
Pumps ana pumping equipment
Typewriters
Carh registers; adding, and
calculating machines
Washing machines, wringere, and
driers, domestic
Sewing machines, domestic and
industrial
Refrigerators and refrigeration
equipment

1948
| Apr.

1,207

!1,202

489.6
j
53-5 :
56.3
75.2
47.5
55.4
41.4
69.3 !
23.8 !
:
45.6 !

TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT, EXCEPT
AUTOMOBILES l/

53.9
44.8

54.7

62.2

503.1
54.7
55.9

505.5
55.1
55.3

76.2

75.9

65.9
55.5

64.8
57-5

38.7
77.3
24.0

78. Q
23.5

47.7
55.5
41.2

49.2

62.6
38.0

46.1

41.0

40.7

16.0

16.2

16.3

14.6

14.3

13,9 |
i
82.6 [
:
:

13.8

13.7

10.6

11.6

79.7

81.0.

74.8

73.3

12.9

69.9

26.6

465
26.6

53.9

54.4

55.2

136.1
137.3
24.8 .
24.6
125.8
122.5 ;
14.4 j
: 14.8

138.2
27.0

141.9

140.3

143.9

462

759 * ,
; 772
4c6
398

475

23.8

12.8

486

25.I
55.6
28.1

12.8

784

720

774

413

418

430

41.4 |

41.0

40.8

39.8

41.0

52.6 i
28.2 I

53.7 : 54.6
28.5 ; ,28,3

60.2
27.8

62.0
28.2

26.3
27.2
30.2

j
]i
j
42.7 1

27.1
27,5
31.3
44.2

27,6

25.6

26.3

27.5
33.1
45.2

|

24.2
37.7
46.5

24.2
37.8
49.2

,35.2 i

36.0

36.8 !

38.0

38.8

See explanatory notes, sections A, C, and G.




1,220

46.3

25.1
116.1

;
j
j
1
|

1,216

24.1

125.1

NONFERROUS METALS AND THEIR PRODUCTS 1/

1,232
495.Q
500.1

60.5

26.4
53.9

AUTOMOBILES 1/

1947
May ' Apr.

; Mar.

55.9
41.1
71.3
24.9

438

Locomotives
Cars, electric- and steam-railroad
Aircraft and parts, excluding
aircraft engines
Aircraft engines
Shipbuilding and boatbuilding
Motorcycles, bicycles, and parts

Smelting and refining, primary, of
nonferrous metals
Alloying; and rolling and drawing
of nonferrous metals, except
aluminum
Clocks and watches
Jewelry (precious metals) and
jewelers * findings .
Silverware and plated ware
Lighting equipment
Aluminum manufactures
Sheet-metal work, not elsewhere
classified

'May

12.
Table 8. - Estimated Number of Production Workers in Manufacturing In&uatries-Cont’d

(In thousands)
Industry group and industry
LUMBER AND TIMBER BASIC PRODUCTS 1/
Sawmills and logging comps
Planing and plywood mills(
FURNITURE AND FINISHED LUMBER
•PRODUCTS 1/
Mattresses and bedsprings
Furniture
Wooden boxes, other than cigar
Caskets and other morticians' goods
Wood preserving
Wood, turned and shaped
STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS 1/
Glass and glaaawai'e
Glass products made from
•purchased glass
Cement
Brick, tile, and terra cotta
Pottery and related products
Gypsum
Wallboard, plaster (except gypsum),
and mineral wool
Lime
Marble, granite, slate, and other
.products
Abrasives
Asbestos productsNondurable goods
TEXTILE-MILL PRODUCTS AND OTHER FIBER
MANUFACTURES 1/
Cotton manufactures, except smallwares
Cotton smallwares
Silk and rayon goods
Wpolen and worsted manufactures,
‘Except dyeing and finishing
Hosiery
Knitted cloth
Eaitted outerwear and knitted gloves
Knitted underwear
Dyeing and finishing textiles,
including woolen and worsted
Carpets and rugs, vbol
Hats, fur-felt
Jute goods, except felts
Cordage and twine

19frc?
May.
Apr.
j Mar.
u .J. J*ir,n,
;
j
163
j 751
' 7li9
5fr9.2 ]
! 536.5 ; 536.6
136.2 |
j 135.3 i 135.3
:
fr$8

S fr70
|

1

31.2 jI 32.7
; 239.7
233-3 !
32.5 1| 33.8
18.6 !t 19.0
15.5 j\ 15.1
32.1 j
]1 32.8
i
Ujfr
;
; fr51

j

J+85

\
1 3fr.6
i 2fr6.9
1 3fr.6
! 19.6
1 15.6
J 33.5
\
1 fr52

523.8 jI 502.8
126.1 1i! 12fr.7
11
:
fr50

i
^ fr58

5

29.8

29.7

18.2

18.2

30.5

33.5

225.9 : 229.2
36.3 . 36.5
19.6
19.3

frfr7

fr37

122.1
; 117.9 -f
117.5 ?
5 117.8
]
!
:
12.2
12.8
12.fr i 12.5
37.1 ; 36.6 1 36.fr
29.7
72.1
77.7 , 76.1 j 75.5
56.6 j 57.6
56.0
57.1
6.6 (
6.6
5.7
6.5

122.8
13.3
35.fr
72.3

56.2

5.9

12.5
9.5

12.fr 1
9.6 j

12.fr

11.0

10.8

9.5

9.fr

9.2

18.2

17.9 '
17.5 1
21.9 |

l8.fr
17.5

16.6

17.8

19.fr

19.6

17.5 !

21.8

22.0

20.9

21.0

1

i

1,301 |1,312
1,226
1,253
509.0
516.8
52^.7 | 526,fr | 529.fr
lfr.fr j lfr.6 1
lfr.9
lfr.6
15.0
111.8 \ 111.7 | ^Ui 6
103.1
105.fr
j

1.293

j

173.2

136.6

11.5
31.fr
fr8.6
87.5
36.9 i
12.9
fr.2 j
1
l6 .fr j
1
!

175'.0
139*2
11.8
31.0
50.0

i

178.3 ! I6fr.3
128.8
10.7
1 31.6
29.6
j 50.3 i fr3.2

j lfrl,2
1 U .7

88,3 j
36.6 I

88.5
36.6

12.7 i
.*.3 !
16.7 |

13.7
4.1

i

:

3ee explanatory notes, sections A, G, and G,



'
m i ____
May
Apr.
j
710
]
L
!
_ 682

17.1

8fr,2

169.9
j
| 13fr.8
: 11*3
! 31.6
! fr3.6
i
[

i

31.7 i
12;7 !
S
fr.3 i
15.8-!

85.1
31 .fr
11.9
fr.3

16.2

13.
Table 8. - Estimated Number of Production Workers in Manufacturing Industries-Cont ’d

(In thousands)

APPABEL AND OTHER FINISHED TEXTILE
PRODUCTS 1/
Men's clothing, not elsewhere
classified
Shirts,- collars, and nightwear
Underwuar and neckwear, men's
Work shirts
Women's clothing, not elsewhere
classified
Corsets and allied garments
Millinery
Handkerchiefs
Curtains, draperies, and bedspreads
Housefurnishings, other than
curtains, etc.
Textile bags
LEATHER AND LEATHER PRODUCTS l/
Leather
Boot and shoe cut stock ar.d findings
Boots and shoes
Leather gloves and mittens
Trunks and suitcases
FOOD 1/
Slaughtering and meat packing
Butte*
Consensed and evaporated milk
Ice cream
Flour
Feeds, prepared
Cereal preparations
Baking
Sugar refining, cane
Sugar, beet
Confectionery
Beverages, nonalcoholic
Malt liquors
Canning and preserving
TOBACCO MANUFACTURES l/
Cigarettes
Cigars
Tobacco (chewing and smoking
and snuff)

May

1,082

Mar.

1,103

1,165

81.2
16 J;
18.2

427.6

18.5
20.3
5.0

26.8
27.7

26.8 I

3.7.9

17.5

440.0
19.2
23.4
5.1

481.7
19.9

28.0

30.6

29.0
26.8

30.4
27.3

360
44.1
17.3
204.2 i
12.3
13.1

44.3
17.7

1,086
21.6
29.2

37.2

27.8 1
12.8
219.7

12.2

13.3
99.7
35.3

20.5

27.1
37.4

26.6
12.2

217.5
17.3
5.4
60.7
36.1

17.6
6.5

55.7
38.5

69.8

66.3
136.8

126.7
|
:

33.1 1
43.7
7.6

212.9

1,047

115.7
37-4 1

64

... . 1947 . ..
Apr.
May

310.0 ! 314.5
82.0 ' 82.2
19.0
18.7 '

309.8

See explanatory notes, sections A, C, and G.




1958'
Apr.

-J
ro

Industry group and industry

27.6

5.1

396

990

280.5
73.2
17.4
15.3

1,018
283.5
73.3

18.0

15.7

407.5
309.3
17.7 ' 17.6
22.0
20.3
4.8
4.7
22.2
22.3
29.3
£7.8

368

29.0
28.3
| 381

45.8
18.9

45.9 1 46.3
18.3 f 19.4
212.6 j 220.7
229.5
12.0
12.5
12.3
12.1 ; 13.2
13.9
1,152
11,142
1,149
180.9
172.9 \ 167.8
32.8
37.4 I 35.5
22.4
21.4
19.3
24.4
30.0
27.6
37.8
36.9
38.5
26.3
28.0
27.5
12.1
13.1
11.9
211.4
212.2
219.7
19.6
19.0
19.7
5.6
6.5
5.5
62.0
64.2
65.9
34.2
30.0
28.5
67.6
66.9
64.9
122.1
.135.4
135.7

86

87

83

8a

33.2
45.2

33.2
46.2

32.9
42.4

41.4

7.7

7.4

7.7

7.8 !
;
i

32.8

Ik.
Table 8. - Estimated Number of Production Workers in Manufacturing Industries-Cont’d

(In thousands)

PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS 1/
Paper and ,pulp
Paper goods, other
Envelopes
Paper bags
Paper boxes
PRINTING, PUBLISHING, AND ALLIED
INDUSTRIES 1/
Newspapers and periodicals
Printing; book and job
Lithographing
Bookbinding
CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS l/
Paints, varnishes, and colors
Drugs, medicines,' and insecticides
Perfumes and cosmetics
Soap
Rayon and allied products
Chemicals, not elsewhere
classified
Explosives and safety fuses
Compressed and liquefied gases
Ammunition, small-arms
Fireworks
Cottonseed oil
Fertilizers
PRODUCTS OF PETROLEUM AND COAL 1/
Petroleum refining
Coke and byproducts
Paving materials
Roofing materials

May
389

vM
: Apr.
389'

201.1 200.2
56.9 I 56.8
12.? ; 12.7
17.6 > 18.0
91.2 j 92.7
*33
1*6.6
176.3
30.9
35.1
572

*32
1*5.*
! 175.3
! 31.3
!: 36.0
VI
OO
O

Industry group and industry

50.7 i 50.1
63.7 ! 6*.2
ll.o ! 11.2
21.7 i 21.8
63.* 1 63‘ 5

195.6 1 198.0
22.2 1 22.1
10.0 1 10.0
7.8
7.8
2.*
2.5
13.6 1 15.2
29.* | 33.*
167

| 16*

111.9 1 110.9
31.2 i 29.8
2.2 ! 2.1
17.2 jI
S 17 .*

Mar.

May

393

388

j 391

200,^
57.3
12.7
18.2
95.2

193.2
57.9
12.0
18.7
98.2

*35

*30

1 192.3
i 58.1
! 12.0
19.*
j 101.6
I
:
!
! *29

I**.8
177.5
31.*
37.2

1*1.2 1
175.1 1
32.7 ■;
37.* 1

587

575

24*9

63.7

196.*
1 196.3
i 22A
. 21.2
9.6
9.9
7.0
7.8 :
2.*
3.0
17.6
13.1
3*.7
29.7




139.9
176.3
32.7
37.3

| 579

50.3 1
69.0 i
11.9 !
23.7 i
61.3 j

50.7

65,2
11.6

50.2
69,6
12.*
23.7
60.9

1 195.8

21.2

9.*
!

6.8
2.8

1 15.5
S 31.8

165

161

110.8

108.8 1 105.7
28.* j 27.9
2.6
2.7
17.0
17.*

30.7

1.8

17.*
i

See explanatory notes, sections A, C, and G,

19*7
Apr.

1 157

Table 8. - Estimated Number of Production Workers in Msatifafcturing Industrios-Cont1d

(In thousands)
- Industry group and industry
RUBBER PRODUCTS l/
Rubber tires and inner tubes
Rubber boots.and shoes
Rubber goods, other
MISCELLANEOUS INDUSTRIES l/
Instruments (professional and
scientific), and fire-control
equipment
Photographic apparatus
Optical instruments and. ophthalmic
goods
Pianos, organs, and parts
Games, toys, and dolls
Buttons
Fire extinguishers

May195

1948
{Apr. •i M&t*.

j 198

j
! 104.6

i . 12*7
___
Apr.
May

| 204

108.8
22.6
!
84.0
i
85.7
81.9 i
i
432
447
1 ^36

IO3.3

222

U9.3

123.1
23.5
87.3

22.8
81.0

21.8 1 22.1

441

. 449

i

•i
I
27.5 1 27.6
37.8 t
! 38.H
;
I
27.0
26.7
13.7 1 13.3
40.2 1 40.3
12.8 : 13.1
7
2.7 * 2 *<

211

27,.7

27.6

•-•

38.6

36.7

36.2

!
1
!
1
i
r

27.2
14.8
33.5 !
13.8 i

?9.^
15.1
33.9
12.3
2.9

29.7

2.6

28.3

15.1

33.7

12.9

3.0

See explanatory notes, sections A, C, and G.
l/ Data far the major industry groups have been adjusted to levels indicated by
data through 1946 .made available by the Federal Security Agency and are not
comparable with those shown in mimeographed releases dated prior to June 1948 or the
Monthly Labor Review dated prior to July 1948. In the transportation equipment
except automobiles group, the individual industry data are*adjusted to 1939 Census
of Manufactures levels. In the tobacco manufactures .group, the individual Industry
data are adjusted to levels indicated by data through 1946 made available by the
federal Security Agency and are not comparable with data published in mimeographed
releases dated prior to July 1948 or the Monthly Labor Review dated prior to August
19^8; the remaining industries are'adjusted to data through 1945. Comparable data
far all series from January 1939 are available upon request to the Bureau of Labor
Statistics. Such requests should specify the series desired.




16.
Table 9» - Estimated Number of Employees in
Selected Nomanufaoturing Industries 1/
(In thousands)
Industry group and-Industry
MINING:

May •

2/ 3/

Coal:
Anthracite
Bituminous coal
Metal
.Iron
Copper
Lead and zinc 4/
Gold and silver
Miscellaneous
Quarrying and nonmetallic
Crude petroleum and natural gas
production 5/

194S
j Apr.

402
90.9

32.5
26.1
16.5

8.1

‘
s

76.9
296
91.6
32.3
26.8 ‘
16.4 '1
8.5

77 .h
401

91.4
31.5

26.9
16.3
8.7
7.9

76.4 : 75.6
367
389

90.8

91.1

31.7
25.3 !

31.1

17.8
8.2 !
7.8

25.6
18.1
8.4
7.9

86.0

7.7

7.7
84.9

80.9

87.2

86.3

129.6

128.2

127.1

125.6

124.7

TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC UTILITIES
Class I steam railroads 6/
1,321
249
Street railways and busses 7/
631
Telephone
36.3
Telegraph 8/
27^
Electric light and power

1,260
249
631
36.9
273

5

1,316
249

627
36.9
271

1,365
253

506
38.7

258

I1#404
39.3

1 256
j

SERVICE:
Hotels (year-round)
Power laundries 2/
Cleaning and dyeing 2/

Apr.

May

1!

!

76A

19*7
Mar,

377
233
93^

.377

232

92.5

375

231
90.0

382 1 379
245 I 242
97.4 !
95.4

See explanatory notes, section G.
1/ Includes all employees unless- otherwise noted.
?/ Includes production and related workers only.
3/ Estimates have been adjusted to levels Indicated by data through 1946 made
available by the Federal Security Agency. Only the bituminous coal Industry was
affeoted by this adjustment. Comparable data for all Industries from January 1939
are available upon request to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
4/ February 1948 revised to 16.3.
5/ Does not include well drilling or rig building.
§/ Includes all employees at middle of month. Excludes employees of switching and
terminal companies. Class I steam railroads include those with over $1,000,000
annual revenue. Source: Interstate Commerce Commission.
7/ Includes private and Municipal street-railway companies and affiliated,
subsidiary, or successor trolley-bus and motor-bus companies.
8/ Includes all land-line employees except those compensated on a commission basis.
Excludes general and divisional headquarters personnel, trainees in school, and
messengers.




17Table 10. - Indexes of Production-Worker Employment and Weekly Pay Rolls
in Manufacturing Industries
(1939 Average ® 100)

Employment indexes

1948

Industry group‘and industry
May

Pay-roll indexes
1948
1947
May IApr. Mar. May

1947

;Apr. IMar.

May-

155i3|l56.l|l60.3 153.8 345.91346.7 358.4 319.3

ALL MAI'IOFACTURHIG 1/

183.6 I185.0 !188.1 182.0 389.51392.7 402.0 363.O
133.01133.3il38.4 131.5 303.21301.8 315.7 276.6

Durable goods if
Nondurable goods 1/

•
:
i
j
IRON AND STEEL AUD THEIR PRODUCTS l/l6l.4 [165..7 |l64.8 159.6
;
i
Blast furnaces, steel works,
and rolling mills
1 3 3 . 3 !1 3 1 . 8 1 x 3 2 . 9
127.3
172.2il77.9il83.0 185.6
Gray-iron and semisteel castings
Malleable-iron castings
194.2S193.6 1197.0 180.2
213.6 1214.11216.3 207.2
Steel castings
Cast-iron pipe and fittings
154.0 H 56.II160.8 156.2
134.91132.4il40.0 132.6
Tin cans and other tinware
Wire drawn from purchased rods
134.0 (137.11139-4 120.4
Wirework
135.2 !137♦9 &42.9 129.9
Cutlery and edge tools
149-9 }153.8|155.9 I67 .O
Tools (except edge tools, machine
tools, files, and saws)
162.7
1 6 4 . 7 1 1 6 6 . 7 1x 6 7 - 9
Hardware
145.51148.61152.5 -141.5
Plumbers' supplies
149.81150.3 1153.2 153.5
Stoves, oil burners, and
heating equipment not
.1
| :
elsewhere classified
161.7 [158,2 h.69.1 171.4
Steam and hot-water heating
i
;.
apparatus and steam fittings
188.2 (185.2 1194.2 201.5
Stamped and enameled ware
and galvanizing
187.4 JX89.6 il92.8 190.3
Fabricated structural and
ornamental metalwork
169.6 jl70.7 ;170.9''I67.3
Metal doors, sash, frames,
i
i
molding, and trim
131.41130.6 1135.4 U7.9
Bolts, nuts, washers, and rivets
187.8 1189.8 1190.0 189.1
Forgings, iron and steel
214.2 I223.9 1228.8 219.3
1
;
Wrought pipe, welded and
i
:
211.0 1210.8 ;215.5 201.9
heavy-riveted
Screw-machine products and
wood screws
202.1 j204.4 ;203.9 209.1
Steel barrels, keg3 , and drums
117.7 1119.5 b.21.9 131.1
Firearms
397.9(395.1(390.0 356.3
ELECTRICAL MACHINERY if
211,6 j217.4 1222.9 217.7
Durable
n
.
i1iuii1.it11 1goods
1>1.

Electrical equipment
Radios and phonographs
Communication equipment




3 4 0 .8

265.4 1253 -0 2^0.9
374.3 1394.6
460.3 1453.0
454.21453.2
373.91360.5
286.1 1274.9
249.8 1255-3

310.2
2 3 7 .9

421.7 410.4
469.7 408.5
456.8 399.6
385.2 391.0

289.8 252.2
269.1 220.8

2 9 8 .2 > 3 0 2 iO
316.4 257.3
357.8 1364.6 370.6 3 7 3 . 0

366,6 1372.4 378.4 342.4
325.8 1342.2 355-1 308.4
324.0 (322.2 329.0 289.3
352.5 1345.4 368.6 351.4
406.0 |393.8 416.5 393.9
440.6 (439-8 447.0 414.8
345.7 (340.6 343.4 317.4

288.6 1283.9 292.2 249.7
408.2 !4l6.7 422.4 380.7
443.7 (467.6 487.5 436.1
443.1 [437.7 455.3 380.0

445.4 I452.O 456.5
302.6 I298.I 302.0
915.6 1906.Q 911.3
431,6 |444.3 459.1
,195.7 1199.8 1203.5 202.4 398.1 ^08.1 419.6

436.3

316.1
761.2

414.4

389.6

204.6 1212.2 1221,9 233.6 451.4. ;468.5 488.4 491.1
277.3 I289.3 1297.4 250.4 530,0 (551-2 578.6 415.6

i
5«e explanatory notes, sections

334.4 [329.6

A, C,

•
F, and G.

1

1

18.
Table 10, - Indexes of Production-Worker Employment and Weekly Pay Rolls
in Manufacturing Industries - Continued

Industry group and industry
MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL l/
Machinery and machine-shop
products
Engines and turbines
Tractors
Agricultural machinery,
excluding tractors
Machine tools.
Machine-tool accessories
Textile machinery
Pumps and pumping equipment
Typewriters
Cash registers; adding, and
calculating machines
Washing machines, wringers,
and driers, domestic
Sewing machines, domestic
and industrial
Refrigerators and refrigeration
equipment
TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT
EXCEPT AUTOMOBILES 1/
Locomotives
Cars, electric- and steamrailroad
Aircraft and parts, excluding
aircraft engines
Aircraft engines
Shipbuilding and boatbuilding
Motorcycles, bicycles, and parts

Employment indexes
1948
1947
May jApr. jMar. May
228.5!227A j233.1
:
:
:
t
235.8[238.8[240.9
286.7!289.1i293.3
lSo.i |l43.41198.8
1
•
263.71267.0 j266.1
129.7 il30.4 1134.5
214.4 1214.8 j2l6.6
188.8 il88.3 Sl87.6
278.71280.9 ^286.8
147.0 •
jl48.7 ;153.5
:

Pay-roll indexes
1948
1947
May |Apr. |Mar. May-

230.2 466.4 ;463.8 1475.2 437.7
242.3 491.0 1493-6 1496.4 463.4
293.1 617.6 |6u.7 1632.3 587.1
178.9 285*2 1248.91353.8 304.9
230.9 •571.2
151.5 240.7
234.4 ‘389.9
176.6 439.4
310.9 610.3
147.8 325.0

1571.91576.8
1240.2 1249.2
1392.6 1388.9
1436.01437.8
1610.01617.7
|336.8|34T.5

440.8

265.4
398.1

366.2
627.O
311.3

231.8 |235.R |23l+.2 208.4 489.4 1504.7 ;499.9 420.2
214.6 ]S3L7*0 1218.4 195.3
i
!
177.2:i75.9il74.8 135.4

454.2 1465.3 :454.0 395.4
428.0 :409.9|4l4.5 282.1

235.0:226.7 |230.4 212.9 472.8 1450.41454.7 397.3
■\
566.4
|601.4 600.4 572.1
276.0 1290.91292.7 299-3
407.7 |4l0.5 |4ll.3 367.4 916.4 I928.I 908.6 757.0

219.6 (219.7 [221.8 224.9 478.5 1483.8 490*3 465.2
315.3 1346.01342.9 348.4
303.4
202.7

183.6

634.2 1695.2
493.5 1481.0
345.7 ;373.6
370.5 1418.2

675.9 639.2
473.9 477.0
383.7 395*6
426.6 .363.1

AUTOMOBILES 1/

282.4 1278.4 I276.9
167.6 il76 .8 )l8l .6
185.2 |206.0 |211.7
188.6 {191.9 jl95*0

179.1

357.6 {386.2j396.5 335.0

NONFERROUS METALS AND THEIR
PRODUCTS 1/

173.7 ;176.9 jl80.0 182.5

363.4 (368.31377.1 354.8
•
j;
t

Smelting and refining, primary,
of nonferrous metals
Alloying; and rolling and
drawing of nonferrous
metals, except aluminum
Clocks and watches
Jewelry (precious metals)
and Jewelers' findings
Silverware and plated ware
Lighting equipment
Aluminum manufactures
Sheet-metal work, not elsewhere
classified

149.8 |l48.4
il47.8 144.2 321.6 ;3l4.1 307.2 287.4
t
:
135.6)138.3:140.6 155.0 268.9 {271.7 i283.5 285.4
139.1 ]140.7 1141.9 136.9 i 326.2 536 .81339.1 298.1

182.3 Sl87 .6 |l91.0
224.2 ‘226.8 =226.5
147.7 =152.71161.7
181.5 {187.7 |192.1

! 361.0 1377.7 1391.8
522.4 1529.41543.3
303.5 =308.3; 328.4
347.0 135b.
8 :1362.O
:

330,1
438.7
351.4
350.5

187.8 J192.0 ]l96 .k 202.9 413.2 [417.81433.0 415.8
1

See explanatory notes, sections A, C, F, and G.




177.4
199.9
184.3
197.4

19.

Table 10. - Indexes of Production-Worker Employment and Weekly Pay Bolls
In Manufacturing Industries - Continued
Industry group and industry

Employment indexes
1948
19*7
fey jApr. Mar. May

Pay-roll indexes
— "19^ 8"
19*7
Apr. iMar. May

LUMBER AMD TIMBER BASIC PRODUCTS l/ 182.8 1178.7 178.3 168.8 *52.6 *25.2 1*27.6 383-3
Sawmills and logging camps
175.1|l71.1 171.1 I67 .O *35.5 *05.2 1*12 .* 38*.7
Planing and plywood mills
172.11171.1 171.1 159.* *21.0 *12.9 1*03.8 35ft.5
FURNITURE AND FINISHED LUMBER
PRODUCTS 1/
Mattresses and bedsprings
Furniture
Wooden boxes, other than cigar
Caskets and other morticians'
goods
Wood preserving
Wood, turned and shaped

139.7|l*3.* 1*7.8 137.3
152.0 |l59.* 168.8 1*5.2
131.1!13*.7 138.8 127.0
ll*.8jll9.3 122.2 126.3

133.5ll36.* 1*0.6 138.8
123.11120.5 124.3 1**.7
130.5|133.* 136.2 12U.3
STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS 1/ 15* .7 jl53‘7 153.9 1*8.9
Glass and glassware
16^.71165,2 165.2 171.1
Glass products made from
122.21123.* 12*.8 127.6
purchased glass
Cement 2/
152.2(150.5 1*9.* 1* 1.8
Brick, tile, and terra cotta
133.8!l31.1 130.1 126.3
l68.9 !l67.2 170.2 165.6
Pottery and related products
Gypsum
132.3|132.8 13*. 3 115.2
f
Wallboard, plaster (except
gypsum), and mineral wool
153.6 |153.5 153.1 135.9
100.8 j101.6 100.0 99.3
Lime
Marble, granite, slate, and
98.2 ! 96.6 99.3 89.5
other products
Abrasives
226.01226.3 226.1* 250.4
Asbestos products
137.11137.5 138.2 131.3
Nondurable goods

TECTIU5-MELL PRODUCTS AND OTHER
FIBER MANUFACTURES 1/
Cotton manufactures, exoept
smallwares
Cotton smallwares
Silk and rayon goods
Woolen and worsted manufactures,
except dyeing and finishing
•Hosiery
Knitted cloth
Knitted outerwear and knitted
gloves
Knitted underwear
Dyeing and finishing textiles,
including woolen and worsted
Carpets and rugs, wool
fiats, fur-felt
Jute goods, except felts
Cordage and twine

113.0 113.7 11*.7 107.2

.

125.*!125.8 126.6 121.7
102 31103.6 105.8 103.6
88.3 |
! 88.2 88.1 81.5
109.9 !111.0 113.1 10l*,2
8l.3t 82.8 8*.l 76.7
99.*I101.9 101.* 93.2
i
io5.a!ioi|5A 106.1* 99.7
119.3 !122.7 123.5 106.2
i

123.9l125.0 ;125.2
136.*!135.*!135.5
:.8*.2 l 82.7 ! 89.3
112.0!112.81109.3
128.7!130.9! 13*.1

See explanatory notes, seoticns A, C, F, and G.



325.6 333.0 {3*9.2 302.1

316.2 336.* 1363.2 282.0

.6 !330.9 278.9
* 1300.1 30*.0

28l!5

270.3 281,0 1295.6
333.5 316.1 1310.5
303.9 310.* 1317.*
3*3.* 337.9 336.6
352.5 355.3 358.2

278.0
387.6
27*.9
299.5
333.0

26*.5 &9-9 267.6 259.*
31*.3 1297.2 287.3 202.5
320.8 1305.6 297.1 276.*
351.1 13*8.7 352.9 323.8
36*.8 1298.6 285.* 228.1*
j

393.7 1396.* 390.1 315.6
273.3 |273.3 262.1 239.2

182.7 il76.6 179.3 158.7
*90.611*7*.9 *87.0 **0.6
329.9 1328.9 327.0 299.8

303.8(307.1
I
i
369.7 137*.7
238.3121*3.0
268.6 1267.*

315.6 25*.5
385.1 317.3
21*9.1 222.1
267.8 212.9

307.91308.6 322.1 252.6
183.6 H 89.2 197.6 152.6
223.l|237.1 2*3.3 196.7
i
2*7.6121*2.8 2*9.9 213.I
303.*1320.3 323.7 252.9

119.2 299.0 1305.6 308.8 260.3
U7.3 332.8132*.2 327.9 21*5.7
82.9 18*.61176.1* 197.5 168.7
113.3 272.21275.9 26*.2 271.8
123.7 305.01311.* 330.* 2^1 .3

20.
Table 10. - Indexes of Production-Worker Employment and Weekly Pay Rolls
in Manufacturing Industries - Continued

Industry group and industry
APPAREL AMD OTHER FINISHED
TEXTILE PRODUCTS l/
Men’s clothing, pot elsewhere
classified
Shirts, collars, nightwear
Underwear and neckwear, men's
Work shirts
Women's clothing, not elsewhere
classified
Corsets and allied garments
Millinery 2/
Handkerchiefs
Curtains, draperies, and
"bedspreads
Housefurnishings, other than
curtains, etc.
Textile "bags
LEATHER AND LEATHER PRODUCTS l/
Leather
Boot and shoe cut stock and
findings
Boots and shoes
Leather gloves and mittens
Trunks and suitcases
FCCDl/
Slaughtering and meat packing
Butter
Condensed and evaporated, miiic
Ice cream
Flour
Feeds, prepared
Cereal preparations
Baking
Sugar refining, cane
..Sugar, beet
Confectionery
•Beverages, nonalcoholic
Malt liquors
'Canning and preserving
TOBACCO MANUFACTURES l/
Cigarettes
Cigars
Tobacco (chewing and smoking)
and snuff

Employment indejces
19l*7
_ ... 1948
May “Apr. lifer.- May

Pav-roll indeares
1947
lQl*8
May iApr. ! Mar. May
:

j
137.1 :i39.8 ;iV7.5 I25.I* 297.9 i306.5:51*3.2 259.8
f

r

13^.9^135.0 1137.0 122.2 311.5 317.1 i321*.8
109.8 1110.9 1111.2 98.9 268.11271*.6 1279.7
108.6 jll0.4 1112.0 102.1* 296.6:297.5!313.7
129.2 1126.1* 1123.8 108.2 325.8 1316.1 =305.6

270.5

228.8

249.9
253.6

;

136.0 299.3 I307-1:376.l* 260.3
91*.2 213.0 I229.I 121*1.6 198.0
79-3 126 .8 3.71.1 1212.5 119.2

149.4 P-53.7 13.68.3
98.8 |102.1* 1106.1
79.5 i 91.8 108.3
99.6
99.2 !
\ 99.8

93.1 239.1 -251.5 ;259.4 221.7

150.61157.7 [172.1 121*.7 338.5 !3^8.2 397.0 257.4
i

i
1
t

21*8 .01259.8 272.0 £62.0
212.8 [212.1* ^ 16.9 220.6
103.7 J107.1 ni*.i IO6 .I
88.2 ! 88.5 91.6 91.6

535.3 $84.6 609.2 560.8
1*61*.8 11*1*6.1* 1*1*9.3 427.8

216.5 1227.1 251.7 220.9
186.8 !l84.1 192.1 183.7

t

5

86.5 i 88.7 9^.7 91.7 168.91173.1* 187.9 170.0
88.5 : 92.2 99.^ 92.1 183.7 198.1 225.6 197.0
123.5 1121.9 125.4 120.1* 257.0 21*1.3 252.8 223.4
157.9 il6o.l 166.1* l!*5.8 338.3 1347.2 364.1 281.6
127.1 ji22.6 134,5 134.8 278.1* 1266.5 285.8 270.4
85.7 !73.9 131*.0 128.0 202.2 '178.1* 276*6-249.4
18b.0 1175.3 162.8 185.9 386.9 362.0 330.3 365.6
198.3 1188.3 177.2 205.7 1*77.9 1*38.1 403.0 440.9
166.0 1153.9 138.5 170.6 311.3 286.1* 261.3 295.9
133.9 1134.7 136.0 133.0 296.1* 286.8 275.8 274.8
160.7 1153.9 152.0 159.1 363.8 337.1 329.6 326.7
152.6 111*6 .1* 11*1*.7 11*2.3 333.6 313.0 297.8 277.5
115 .1*;ll4.3 115.1* 1 1 1 . 0 235.1 227.6-227.1 208.4
1 1 1 . 0
1109.2 123.2 123.9 230.9 229.3 248.4 229.4
55.8 1 1*6.9 1*8 .1* 56.0 111*.2 96.7 98.9 99-6
100.0 il09-0 118.3 111.2 210.6 21*1.2 260.1 232.0
161.7 1151.3 11*3.6 125.8 277.0 257.9 241.0 203.9
163.9 1172.1* 167.0 165.1* 299.9 316.0 293.0 287.8
91.0 |81*.3 81.2 90.3 232.7 216.9 204.6 217.8
90.5 ! 92.1* 93.1* 88.1* 201.3 205.7 204.6 182.8
120.7 1121.1 121.1 119.8 253.1 254.3 246.5 220.9
78.3 j 81.0 82.7 76.0 175.1 182.7 186.6 169.1
f
75.9 j 77.0 77.3!! 76.5 161.8 161.6 159.6 129.8

See explanatory notes, sections A, C, F, and G.




..

1

1

21.
Table 10, - Indexes of Froduction-Worker Employment and Weekly Pay Rolls
in Manufacturing Industries - Continued
Industry group and industry

PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS l/
Paper and pulp
Paper goods, other
Envelopes
Paper bags
Paper boxes
PRINTING, PUBLISHING, AND ALLIED
INDUSTRIES 1/
Newspapers .and periodicals
Printing; book and Job
Lithographing
Bookbinding
CHEMICALS AND AT,T,TO PRODUCTS l/

Employment Indexes
19®
May Apr. :Mar. May

Pay-roll indexes
19fr8
May Apr.! Mar. May

w

lfr6,fr lfr6.8 Ifr8.0 lfr6.1 331.9 325.7' 330.8 296.3
lfr6.o lfr5.3 lfr5.5
150.7:150.fr 152.0
lfr5.5-lfr5.6 lfr5.7
158.2 =162.3 l6fr.l
131.6 133.7 137.3

lfr0.3 338.9 327.7 330.0
153.fr 328.2 32fr.fr!327.8
137.6 282.9 282.1 '283.7
168.1 35fr.8 365.3 373.7
lfrl.6 289.9 292.5 305.fr

289.fr
306.8
262.9
338.fr
282.9

132.2 131.8 132.8 131. & 262.6 259.5 258.5 238.6
123.5 122.5 122.0
138.1 137.fr ^139.1
117.5 119.0 1119.5
i36.fr 139.5 lfrfr.5

119.0 236.6 235.0 229.2
137.2 283.9 278.6 280.0
12fr.6 223.9 221.fr 227.2
lfr5.3 302.9 30fr.fr 313.fr

209.3
255.fr

216.1
320.2

I98.fr §01 .fr[203.6 199,5 fr22.5 fr22,l fr25A 389.I
l

Paints, varnishes, and colors
Drugs, medicines, and
insecticides
Perfumes and cosmetics
Soap
Rayon and allied products
Chemicals, not elsewhere
classified
Explosives and safety fuses
Compressed and liquefied gases
Ammunition, small-arms
Fireworks
Cottonseed oil
Fertilizers
PRODUCTS OF PETROLEUM AND COAL l/
Petroleum refining
Coke and byproducts 2/
Paving materials
—
Roofing materials

179.fr 177.1 i79 .fr 178.0 3fr3.9 329.fr 332.9 313.6

231*2
105,2
lfr2.2
131.2
279.8
30fr.7

250.9
181.6
218.9

89.1
156.1

233.2 !236,9 250 *fr fr86.6
107.6 1111*2 llfr.fr 209.7
lfr2.9 1163.1 155.6 322.9
131.fr I131.8 126.8 275.1

321.8 359.0 301.1
27fr.6 271.9 2fr9.6
283.2 280.8 280.9 563.2 56fr.8 558.6 520.9
303.7 306.8 291.0 592.O 561.5 585.0 .506.5
252.fr 250.1 2frl.8 fr91.7 fr83.7 fr73.6 frl9.fr
182.5 182.8 162.6 frofr.l 398.8 396.8 353.5
209.3 *203.9 552.0 588.0 566.0 625.8 691.8
99.5 ;ii5.Q 86.0 2fr5.9 270.2 3l6 .fr 219.6
177.fr l8fr.fr 157.8 fr28.3 fr82.9 fr92.3 fr22.6

157.3 15fr.9 155.fr 151.9 33fr.2 3l6»7 320.0 280.6

152.8 151.5 151.3 lfr8.6 316.1 301.3
lfr3.6 =137.3 .lfrl.fr 131.1 321.9 288.5
91.fr 87 .fr 75-3 110.2 21fr.5 198.2
213.0 21fr.6 1215.3 21fr.3 507.9 fr95.&

See explanatory notes, sections A, C, F, and G.




fr77.fr fr87.6 fr6l.9
215.1 222.0 212.7

299.3 262.5
31fr.6 271.8
l63.fr 209.0
502.7 fr63.6

22.

Table 10,

Indexes of Production-Worke* I&ployment and Weekly Pay Bolls
in Manu£acturing Industries - Continued

Industry group and industry
RUBBER PRODUCTS l/
Rubber tires and inner tubes
Rubber boots and.shoes
Rubber goods, other
MISCELLANEOUS INDUSTRIES l/
Instruments (professional and
scientific), and fire-control
equipment
Photographic apparatus
Optical instruments and
ophthalmic goods
Pianos, organs, and parts
Games, toys, and dolls
Buttons
Fire extinguishers

Employment- indexes
1948
1947
fey iApr. jMax*. May

Pay-roll indexes .
1948
1947
May"1 Apr. Mar. May

160.8 163.8 168.9 174.6 320.9 312.8 320.6 347.5
190.4 192.9 200.7 220.0 345.5 323.6 330.2 399.3
146.8;149.0 152.4 153.6 329.1 333.9 347.0 331.2
158.0 161.9 165.3 156.3 338.7 347.1 356.2 325.5

176.6 178.4 182.6 180.3 384.2 382.6 394,0 364.6

242.8 244.1 244.6 244.4 +92.6 494.2 489.3 441.2
214.1 217.1 219.8 207.6.+31.0 416.2 422,3 383.O
224.1
175.2
210.3
114.2
260.9

1

247.1
193.5
177.3
109.1
266.8 258.6 283.4

226.9 229.1
170.5 189.7
210.7 201.2
116.31122.6

426.7 438.1
367.8 !357.9
^■96.7j487.6
269.4 269.4
563.4 575.5

444.8
B 96.0
1463.7
1284.3
b^i.o

461.0
418.5

386,1
234.7
552.1

See explanatory notes, sections A, C, F, and G.
1/ See footnote 1, table 8.
2/ Kevislons have been made as follows in the indexes for earlier months:
Cement - February 1948 pay roll to 282.8,
Millinery - February 1948 pay roll to 236.0,
Coke'and byproducts - January and February 1948 pay roll to 309.8 and 312.3,




23*
Table 11. - Indexes of Employment and Weekly Pay Rolls in
Seleoted Nonmanufacturing Industries
(1939 Average *» 100)
Employment Indexes
Industry group and industry
May
MINING:

W

i W
jApr. iMar. |May

Pay-roll indexes
19^
May ;Apr. jMar May

1/

Coal:
Anthracite
Bituminous coal
Metal
Iron
Copper
Lead and zinc 2/
Gold and silver
Miscellaneous
Quarrying and nonmetallic
Crude petroleum and natural gaa
production

91.4 91.9 92.61 91.4 246.2
108.2 79.5 108.01104.7 341.4
98.2 98.9 98.7 4 98.1 204.0
154.0 152.8 149.4jl^O.O 332.1
104.7i107.2 107.91101.3 230.0
236.6
101.2 100.8
54.6
31.3 32.5 33.3! 33-6
89
.
11185.6
182.8
182.9
352.5
125.6 j124.0 jll8.21127.4 329.7

203.8

236.9
49.7
319.1
295.5

y

y
v 1! it/
22B .1 227.1 ;232.6 [220.0
330.5 322.5 314.7 [202.9
213.0 11226.9
231.1
188.6
184.4 |l68.2
191.9
CD

114.4 !ll4.8 11x5.3 |109.7
U3.1 1112. 8 1113.8 1111.3
116.3 !116.1 {116.7 H 13.9
123.7 123.6 1124.5 1121.2
115.2 114.3 1116.8 1114.3
91.9 91.7 I 91.9 I 84.6
107.0 107.1 105.8 I 99-4
123.7 121.9 119.4 1117.5

228.7|!218.4 213.2 !
i192.2
j
[

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SERVICE:
Hotels (year-round) 6/
Power laundries
~
Cleaning and dyeing

315.61313.8 296.4

232.6 ;234.8
236.3 232.8
55.2 56.7
343.1 349.2
311.7 287.3
1

U 3 .3 jll2 .0 jlll.l|l09.8
1
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i
TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC UTILITIES
t
Class I steam railroads 3/
to.Tjl27.5a33.3 133.8
Street railways and busses
12®. 5 j128.3*12$. 7 130.7
Telephone
'
198.61198.5119?. fc 159.2
Telegraph
96.31 97.9! 98.2 102.8
Electric light and power
II2.3H I I .7 HIO .9 105.7
TRADE: 5 /
Wholesale
Retail
Food
General merchandise
Apparel
Furniture and housefurnishings
Automotive
Lumber and building materials

195.M 255.9 210.2
166.4 j342.0 290.3
200.9 j201.3 186.3

\

211.6 210.8 210.8 191.4
213.8 211.1 210.4 195.3
227.0 225.5 226.1 “206.0
229.2 =225.5 225.5 212.3
211.8 208.6 208.8 200.9
180.3 ;175-5 ■173.7 151.9
205.3 1204.7 197.5 177.7
242.6 234.9 228.6 209.9

117.0 116 9 lll6.4 jll8.4 234.6 I233.4 229.O 221.1
119.0 118.3 117.7 124.9 232.3 1231.5 227.5 231.0
160.6 159.0 1154.8 jl67.5 312.4 I308.O 291.2 r313.5

See footnotes, table 9> and. explanatory notes, sections F and G.
1/ See footnote 3 , table 9,
2/ February 1948 revised to 99.9 for employment and 235.0 for pay rolls.
3/ Source: interstate Commerce Commission.
¥/ Not available.
5/ Includes all nonsupervisory employees and working supervisors.
0/ Money payments only; additional value of board, room, uniforms, and tips, not
Included.




EXPIAEATORY NOTES
Sec. A. Revisions of Employment Estimates - The employment
estimates shown in this report for t i i e ' ' d i v i s i c m s (e.g., manufac­
turing, mining, etc.) and industry groups (e.g., iron and steel, electri­
cal machinery, etc.) have been adjusted to levels indicated by tench-mark
data through I9U6 and supersede data shown in mimeographed releases dated
prior to June I9W and in the Monthly Labor Review dated prior to July
19^8,
Sec. B. Sources of Benoh-MarkJDgtg-_- The chief purpose of
revisions published in the April 19^8 3JETA.1LED REPORT, was to adjust the
levels of employment estimates to bench-mark data through 19^6. In
preparing estimates for private employment prior to 1939? the various
industrial censuses taken by the Bureau of the Census were used as sources
of bench-mark data. Data obtained from the Federal Security Agency are
the main bases for 19^6 bench marks. Bench marks for State and local
government are based on data compiled by the Bureau of the Census, while
most of the data on Federal Government employment is made available by the
U. S. Civil Service Commission. The Interstate Commerce Commission is the
source for railroads, and the U. S. Maritime Commission for. water trans­
portation.
Sec. C. Scope of Employment Revisions - Each of the industry
divisions except service was affected by the recent revisions. Adjust­
ments have been made in the 20 major groups comprising the manufacturing
industry division. Estimates for the individual manufacturing industries,
formerly based'on the 1939 Census of Manufactures, are now being revised.
As these revisions are completed, they are published in this report and
indicated by appropriate footnotes. Since the revised employment estimates
shown in this report cover only the current months, a set of summary
sheets presenting comparable figures frcaa January 1939 to date, by month,
for each industry will be provided upon request.
Sec. D. How Employment Estimates Are Made - Estimates of
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 is essential that an
accurate base be established frcaa which estimates may be carried forward.
This base or "bench mark" is either a complete count or an estimate with
a satisfactory degree of accuracy. When a new bench mark becomes availa­
ble, estimates prepared since the last bench mark are reviewed to
determine if any adjustment of level is required. This is the basic
principle of employment estimating used by the BLS. It yields a .satis­
factory compromise between a slow but highly accurate complete oourVt on
the one hand, and a rapid but less accurate sample count on the other.
Briefly, the Bureau of Labor Statistics computes employment
estimates as follows: first, a bench mark or level erf* employment is
determined; second, a sample of establishments is selected; and third,
changes in employment indicated by this reporting sample are applied to
the bench mark to determine the monthly estimates of employment between
bench-mark periods. For example, if the latest complete data on employ­
ment for an industry were 1*0,200 in September 19^5> and if the industry
hap a reporting sample of 13 establishments employing 23,200 workers In




1

September and 2 j. •.
as follows:

,*n October, the October estimate would be prepared

40,200 X ||4§§ » 41,240
In general, data showing month-to-month changes in employment
reflect the fluctuations shown by establishments reporting to the Bureau
of Labor Statistics. However, the usual estimating method is inadequate
in the finance and service industries, which have a preponderance of
small establishments. A special sampling procedure has been introduced,
involving the scientific selection of a sample of cities and of a repre­
sentative list of blocks in these cities. Data obtained from the establish­
ments in these blocks yield substantially better estimates of month-tomonth changes in employment in the finance and service industries than
would be obtained by the use of the sampling procedure employed for other
industries. For railroads and the Federal Government, complete reports of
employment are available.
Why Revisions Are Necessary - Because reports are not immedi­
ately available from new firms, they are frequently introduced into the
Bureau of Labor Statistics sample after they have been in operation for
some time. This lapse of time produces a rather consistent understatement
which becomes larger from year to year. It is important, therefore, that
estimates not be allowed to go uncorrected for too long a period. The
most recent revisions correct for the downward bias that had accumulated
in the nonmanufacturing series* beginning January 1945 and ia the manu­
facturing series beginning January 1946. Revisions in seme industry
divisions were made in order to incorporate greater refinements in
methodology and new source materials that have became available.
Sec. E. Comparability With Other ffypes of Employment Data The Bureau of labor Statistics employment estimates are based upon reports
submitted by cooperating establishments and therefore diffek* from employ­
ment information obtained by household interviews, such as the Monthly
Report of the Labor Force. The Bureau of labor Statistics estimates of
employment in nonagricultural establishments differ from the Monthly
Report of the Labor Force total nonagricultural employment estimates in
several important respects. For example: (1) The Bureau of Labor
Statistics estimates cover all full- and part-time wage and salary
workers in private nonagricultural establishments who worked or received
pay during the pay period ending nearest the 15th of the month; in Federal
establishments during the pay period ending 3ust before the first of the
monthj and in State and local government during the pay period ending on
or Just before the last of the month. Persons who worked in more than
one establishment during the reporting period would be counted more than
once; (2) Proprietors, self-employed persons, domestic servants, and
unpaid family workers are excluded.
Sec. F. Pay-Roll Indexes - Cooperating establishments are
instructed to report pay rolls of production or nonsupervisory workers
prior to deduction far old age and unemployment insurance, withholding
taxes, bonds, and union dues. Pay for sick leave, holidays, and
vacations taken is included. Respondents are instructed to exclude pay
for vacations not taken as well as cash estimates of any payments in kind.
Bonuses, unless earned and paid regularly each pay period, are also
excluded.




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The methodology, for obtaining pay-rpll estimates is similar to
that for employment estimates. Sample changes showing monthly movements
are used in projecting established bench marks to secure current pay-roll
estimates. These fcay-roll estimates are converted into indexes, using
the 1939 average as a base.
Sec. G. Source of Data - Employment and pay-roll estimates
are based on reports from cooperating establishments. Excluding about
9,000 block-sample returns, the approximate number of establishments, and
workers covered, for each of the industry divisions are shown belcw*
Approximate Coverage of BIS Employment
and Pay-Roll Sample
Industry division

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Manufacturing
Mining
Contract construction
Public utilities
Trade:
Wholesale
Retail
Service:
Hotels- -(year-round)
Power laundries and
cleaning and dyeing

: Employees or production workers
Number of
: Percent of total
dumber
establishments s

3^,200

7,503,000
492,000

7,200

912,000

59
53
25
77

12,400
35,000

343,000
935,000

19

1,200

133,000

35

1,600

68,000

21

361,000

2,6C0
14,000

22

Sec. H, Coverage of Employment Estimates - The employment
estimates shown in tables 1 , 2,
6 , and 7 cover all full- and part-time
wage and salary workers who worked or received pay 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. The
estimates and indexes shown in tables 8 and 10 refer to production and
related workers as defined In the Glossary, page vi.
Sec. I. State Estimates - State estimates are prepared in
cooperation with various State Agencies as indicated below. The estimates
for manufacturing have been adjusted to recent data made available under
the Federal Social Security program* Since senna states have adjusted to
more recent bench-mark data tiSan others, and because varying methods of
computation are used, the total of th© state estimates differs frcaa the
national total (see tables 1 and 2). Because of these recent revisions
the state estimates for manufacturing are not consistent with the
unrevised data shown prior to June 19^7 for total employment in nonagricultural establishments, by state. Comparable series of manufacturing
estimates for each state, January. 1943 to data, and also fcr ocoagrtcultural
employment for selected states, through December 191+6, are available upon
request to the cooperating State agency or the appropriate Bureau of
Labor Statistics regional office. Estimates of nonagricultural employment,
by state, for these States which are now publishing such estimates are
shown In table 6 . These totals are consistent with the manufacturing
estimates in table 7* As nonagricultural estimates for additional States
become available, they will be shown In table 6.




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Cooperating State Agencies
Alabama - Dept, of Industrial Relations, Montgomery 5«
Arizona - Unemployment Compensation Div,, Employment Security Commission,
Phoenix.
Arkansas - Employment Security Div., Dept, of Labor, Little Bock.
California - Div. of Labor Statistics and Research, Dept, of Industrial
Relations, San Francisco 2.
Connecticut - Employment Security Div., Dept, of Labor and Factory
Inspection, Hartford 15.
Delaware - Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Philadelphia 1, Pa.
Florida - Unemployment Compensation Div,, Industrial Commission,
Tallahassee.
Georgia - Employment Security Agency, Dept, of Labor, Atlanta 3*
Illinois - Dept, of Labor, Chicago 1.
Indiana - Employment Security Div., Indianapolis 9
Iowa - Employment Security Commission, Des Moines 8.
Kansas - State Labor Dept., Topeka.
Louisiana - Bureau of Business Research, Louisiana State University,
Baton Rouge 3 *
Maine - Unemployment Compensation Commission, Augusta.
Maryland - Dept, of Labor and Industry, Baltimore 2.
Massachusetts - Dept, of Labor and Industries, Boston 33*
Michigan - Dept, of Labor and Industry, Lansing 13.
Minnesota - Div. of Employment and Security, Dept, of Social Security,
St. Paul 1.
Missouri - Div. of Employment Security, Dept, of Labor and Industrial
. Relations, Jefferson City.
Montana - Unemployment Compensation Commission, Helena.
Nebraska - Div. of Placement and Unemployment Insurance, Dept, of Labor,
Lincoln 1.
Nevada - Employment Security Dept., Carson City.
New Jersey - Dept, of Labor, Trenton 8.
New Mexico - Employment Security Commission, Albuquerque.
New York - Div. of Placement arid Unemployment Insurance, Dept, of Labor,
New York 17.
North Carolina - Dept, of Labor, Raleigh.
Oklahoma. - Employment Security Commission, Oklahoma City 2.
Pennsylvania - Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Philadelphia 1
(Manufacturing); Bureau of Research and Information
Dept, of Labor and Industry, Harrisburg (Nonmanufacturing).
Rhode Island - Div. of Census and Information, Dept, of Labor, Providence 2.
Tennessee - Dept, of Employment Security, Nashville 3.
Texas - Bureau of Business Research, University of Texas, Austin 12.
Utah - Dept, of Employment Security, Industrial Commission, Salt Lake City 13.
Vermont - Unemployment Compensation Commission, Montpelier,
Virginia - Div, of Research and Statistics, Dept, of Labor and Industry,
Richmond 21.
Washington - Employment Security Dept., Olympia*
Wisconsin - Statistical Dept., Industrial Commission, Madison 3,
Wyoming • Employment Security Commission, Casper.

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BLS REGIONAL OFFICES
New England - Regional Director, U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Old
South Bldg,, 2 9 Washington St.•>'Boston 8, Massachusetts (Connecticut,
Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont).




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North Atlantia - Regional Director, U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1000
Parcel Post Bldg., 3UI Ninth Avenue, New York 1, New York (Delaware,
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New Yorlc).
North Central - Regional Director, U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 3 1 2
National War Agencies Bldg., 226 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago 6, 1 1 1 .
(Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri,
Nebraska, Ohio, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin).
Southern - Regional Director, U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 6th Floor
Silvey Bldg., 1 1 !+ Marietta Street, N. W., Atlanta 3 , Georgia (Alabama,
Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina,
Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas).
Pacific-Rocky Mountain - Regional Director, U. S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics, 5^6 Federal Office Bldg., San Francisco 2, California
(Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico,
Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming).
Technical advice and assistance on employment statistics in the
states of Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Columbia
will be given by the Bureau’s Washington Office.
GLOSSARY
Continental United States - Covers only the bQ 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.
Defense Agencies - Covers civilian employees of tho National Military
Establishment, Maritime Commission, Natacnal Advisory Committee for
Aeronautics, The Panama Canal, Philippine Alien Property Administration,
Philippine War Damage Commission, Office of Selective Service Records,
War Assets Administration, Office of Defense Transportation, Office of
Scientific Research and Development, National Security Resources Board.
Family Allowances - Represents the Government's contribution; the amount
contributed by the personnel is included under pay rolls.
Federal Government-Executive branch - Includes U. S. Navy Yards, Federal
arsenals, and force-account construction. Fourth-class postmasters are
included under the executive branch in table k, but are excluded from
the government data shown in tables 1 and 3 . Employment shown here for the
executive branch differs from data published by the U. S. Civil Service
Commission in the following respects; (1) Employment collected and
published by the Civil Service Commission as of the last day of the
month, is here presented as of the first day of the next month, (2)
substitute rural mail carriers are excluded; (3 ) employment includes
in December of each year the additional postal employees necessitated
by the Christmas season, excluded from published Civil Service
Commission figures starting 19l»-2} (U) seamen and trainees who are
hired and paid by private steamship companies having contracts with
the Maritime Commission are excluded; (5 ) the Panama Railroad Company
is shown here under Government corporations but is included under the
executive branch by the Civil Service Commission.




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Finance - Covers establishments operating in the fields of finance,
insurance, and real estate; excludes the Federal Reserve District
Banks and the mixed ownership hanks of the Farm Credit Administration.
Government - Covers Federal, State, and local governmental establishments
performing legislative, executive, and judicial functions, as well as
all government-owned and operated establishments and institutions
(arsenals, navy yards, hospitals, etc.) government corporations and
government force-account construction. The data shown in table 1
exclude fourth-class postmasters because they presumably have other
major jobs.
Government
Railroad
banks of
included

corporations - Covers only three corporations: The Panama
Company, the Federal Reaerve backs, and the mixed-cwnership
the Farm Credit Administration, All other corporations are
under the executive branch.

Indexes of production-worker employagnt - Estimates of production-worker
employment expressed as a percentage of the average employment in 1939*
Indexes of production-worker weekly pay rolls - Estimates of productionworker weekly pay rolls expressed as a percentage of the average weekly
pay roll far 1939*
Leave payments - Payments were authorized by Public Law 704 of the 79th
Congress and were continued by Public Law 254 of the 80th Congress to
enlisted personnel who were discharged prior to September 1, 1946 fear
accrued and unused leave and to officers and enlisted personnel then
on active duty for leave accrued in excess of 60 days. Value of bonds
represents face value; interest is paid in addition when bonds are
cashed. Lump-sum payments for terminal leave, which were authorized
by Public Law 350 of the 80th Congress, and were started October 1947*
are excluded here and included under pgy rolls.
Manufacturing - Covers only privately owned establishments; governmental
manufacturing operations such as arsenals and navy yards are excluded.
Military personnel and pay rolls - 3?ata are for personnel on active duty.
Reserve personnel are excluded If on inactive duty or if on active duty
for a brief training or emergency period. Personnel is as of the first
of the month and pay roll3 are for the entire month. Through October 1,
1947, discharged officer personnel were included until th© end of their
terminal-leave period; discharged enlisted personnel were included from
October 1, 1946 through October 1, 1947 only. After October 1, 1947,
lump-sum terminal-leave payments at time of discharge (authorized by
Public Law 350 of the fiCth Congress) were made.
Coast Guard pay rolls for all periods and Army pay rolls through April
1947 represent actual expenditures. Other pay rolls represent estimated
obligations based on an average monthly personnel count. Pay rolls for
the Navy and Ccast Guard include cash payments for clothing-allowance
balances in January, April, July, and October.




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Mining - Covers establishments engaged in the extraction frgm the earth
of organic and inorganic minerals which occur in nature as solids,
liquids, or gasesj includes various contract services required in
mining operations, such as removal of overburden, tunnelling and
shafting, and the drilling or acidizing of oil wells; also Includes
ore dressing, beneficiating, and concentration.
Nonagricultural establishments - Govex-nmentSS. osr private business
establishments;. (1 ) that are physically located within continental
United States; and (2) whose principal activity can be classified
under one of the following industry divisions- <HSaz*uf&oturl£g, mining,
contract construction, transportation and public utilities, wholesale
and retail trade, finance, service, or government.
Pay rolls - Private pay rolls represent pay rolls of production and
related workers (or nonsupervisory employees and working supervisors)
before deductions for old-age and unemployment insurance, group
insurance, withholding tax, bonds, and union dues, but after deductions
for damaged work. Includes pay fear 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. In mining
industries further deductions are made jTor explosives or other supplies
furnished by the company. In coal mining portal-to-portal pay is
included. Federal civilian, pay rolls are for all employees before
deductions for income tax, retirement, 4and bonds,
production and related workers - Ihol'UcLes working foremen and all nonsupervisory workers (including lead aaeti and trainees) engaged in
fabricating, processing, assembling, inspection, receiving, storage,
handling, packing, warehousing, shipping, maintenance, repair, janitorial,
watchman services, products development, auxilliary production for
plant's own use (e.g., power plant) and record-keeping and other
services closely associated with the above production operations.
Excludes supervisory employees (above the working foreman level) and
their clerical staffs, routemen, salesmen, and other groups of nonproduction workers defined below under wage and salary workers.
Service - Covers establishments primarily engaged in rendering services
to individuals and business firms. Excludes automobile repair services,
government owned and operated hospitals, museums, -etc., and domestic
service.
Trade - Covers establishments engaged in wholesale trade, i.e., selling
merchandise to retailers, and in retail trade, i.e., selling
merchandise for personal or household consumption, and rendering
services incidental to the sale of goods. Includes auto repair
services.
Transportation and public utilities - Covers only privately owned and
operated enterprises engaged in providing all types of transportation
and related services; telephone, telegraph and other communication
services; or providing electricity, gas, steam, water, or sanitary
service. Government owned and operated establishments are Included
under government.




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Wage and salary workers - In addition to production and related workers
as defined above, includes workers engaged in the following activities:
executive, purchasing, finance, accounting, legal, personnel (including
cafeterias, medical, etc.), professional 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 foreman level) and other workers not included
as production workers. 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 (forco-acccunt
construction workers).
Wage earner - See production workers.
Washington, P.. 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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