Full text of Employment and Payrolls : May - June 1942

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(LS 42-2096)

For release
Friday, July 31. 19Z.2
D E P A K M E U T OF LABOR
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

An increase of 152,000 in total civil nonagricultural employment between mid-May
and mid-June raised the June level to 41,415 ?000, Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins
reported today (Friday). "This was the highest level on record," she said? "exceed­
ing the previous peak (December 1941) by 335,000 and. the June 1941 level by
1 ,9 4 0 ,0 0 0 ,"

"Under the impetus of the war production? factory employment rose to new high
levels in June? the war industries accounting largely for its gain of 100,000 over
the month interval. Employment in the Federal? State? and local government service
also continued to expand sharply and the transportation and public utility and
finance? service? and miscellaneous groups reported further increases in employment.
"Offsetting these gains were contraseasonal employment losses in trade? mining?
and contract construction. The decline of 85?000 in trade employment was accounted
for in part by Government restrictions affecting? directly or indirectly? the sale of
many civilian items such as automobiles? tiros? electrical appliances? gasoline? lum­
ber? and plumbing and heating equipment. The decrease in construction employment was
due to recessions in private construction? employment on government projects having
shown a substantial increase. In the mining group? declines in coal and metal mining
offset small increases in the quarrying and crude petroleum producing industries.
"The increase of nearly 1?000?000 in manufacturing employment since June of last
year constituted more than one half of the gain in nonagricultural employment over
this period. All of the other major groups except trade and mining also showed gains
over the year interval? the largest being in Federal? State? and local government
services (763?000)? transportation and public utilities (178?000)? and contract con­
struction (157?000). In trade there was a decline of 279?000 due to the impact of
the war program and in mining a decline of 25?000 due to reductions in anthracite
mining and crude oil production.
"Despite declines in many manufacturing industries due to curtailed civilian
production? factory wage earner employment as a whole showed a contraseasonal gain
of 0.9 percent (99,000) between May and June and weekly wages an increase of 1.4 per­
cent ($5?050?000). Typical changes for this time of year are decreases of 0.8 per­
cent in employment and 0.7 percent in pay rolls.
"The durable-goods group of manufacturing industries reported an increase of 2.0
percent (119?200) in the number of wage earners and a gain of 2,2 percent (^5,160,000)
in weekly wage disbursements ? reflecting continued expansion in factories manufac**
turing war goods. In contrast? however? the nondurable-goods group showed a small
reduction of 0.4 percent or 20,200 in number of wage earners and 0.1 percent or
$114^000 in weekly wages.
"The automobile industry again showed an employment gain (5.2 percent or 18,100
workers), as plants? converted to the war effort? continued to step up .production.
Many other industries engaged in war manufactures continued to show substantial
emp'jyment gains over the month interval. Among them were shipbuilding? aircraft?
fo'u.viries, engines? electrical machinery? machine tools? ammunition? steel?
explosives, and machine-tool accessories. Industries showing gains of a seasonal
nai'Lae were canning (26,,7 percent) ? butter (8.0 percent) ? ice cream (7.5 percent) ?
and cigars and cigarettes (1.6'percent). The carpet and rug industry showed a gain
of 4.5 percent reflecting conversion of looms and other facilities to production of
materials for the government. The increase of 4*0 percent in the tire industry also
reflected increased production on government orders.




"Employment declines due chiefly to material shortages and the exercise of
priority ratings and freeze orders were reported by such industries as cast-iron pipe,
plumbers' supplies, stoves, tin cans and other tinware, radios and phonographs,
typewriters and parts, electric and steam railroad cars, jewelry, beverages, confec­
tionery, and paints and varnishes. Substantial reductions in number of workers, due
primarily to seasonal factors, were also reported by firms manufacturing women's
clothing; cottonseed— oil, cake, and meal; and fertilizers.
"The June indexes of factory employment and pay rolls were at new, all time
peaks, 133.4 and 194*5 percent, respectively of the 1923-25 averages. The gains
since June of last year were 8.2 percent in employment and 27.8 percent in pay rolls.
The pay-roll increase was nearly three and a half times as large as the employment
gain due mainly to increased working hours, overtime premiums, w a g e - r a t e increases,
and increased employment in industries in which the wage scale is relatively high.
"Wage-rate increases averaging 8.0 percent and affecting 121,000 factory wage
earners were reported by 575 establishments out of a reporting sample of about 30,000
plants and 7,000,000 workers.
"Employment in wholesale trade fell off 1.7 percent, the fifth successive
decline since January and the largest June curtailment in 14 years. While substan­
tial increases were reported by wholesale establishments handling food products,gen­
eral merchandise, and leather and leather goods, most other lines reported declines.
Notable among the latter were the automotive', electrical, lumber and building
material, and plumbing and heating equipment lines reflecting the effect on sales of
government restrictions on the manufacture of civilian goods and the"construction-of
buildings for civilian use, as well as the direct limitation of sales of automobiles,
tires, oil burners, and other products. Assemblers and country buyers reported a
seasonal employment loss of 10.9 percent.
"Retail trade employment, also affected by government restrictions, showed a
contraseasonal employment decline of 1.6 percent. This was the largest June per­
centage decrease of the past 13 years with but one exception, June 1930, when an equal
decline was reported. The reduction since June 1941 was 5.4 percent. Notable
declines among the individual retail lines were reported by electrical appliance
dealers (8.4 percent), automobile dealers (6.2 percent), and tire and battery shops
(4.4 percent). Substantial decreases were also reported by department, apparel, and
furniture and house furnishings stores as well as by lumber dealers. A few of the
less important retail lines reported slight seasonal increases.

b itu ­

"Employment in anthracite Mining declined seasonally by 4#8 percent and in
mining, 0.3 percent. Pay rolls, however, advanced 9.1 and 6.1 percent,
respectively, due in part to vacation pay received by the miners. A substantial de­
crease in gold and silver mining accounted largely for the slight employment decrease
(0.4 percent) in metal mining as a whole. A comparison with a year ago, however,
showed an increase of 3.8 percent coupled with a pay-roll gain of 19.1 percent.
Employment in quarries and nonmetallic mines showed a less-than-seasonal gain of 0.5
percent over the month and in crude petroleum production virtually no change
(+0.1 percent).

minous -coal

"Among the service industries, year-round hotels reported a seasonal employment
decline of 0.9 percent, and laundries and dyeing and cleaning establishments, less
than seasonal gains of 0.5 and 1.7 percent, respectively. Insurance firms reported
employment at about the same level as in May, a decline of 0.2 percent, while broker­
age firms reported a reduction of 3.0 percent in number of workers.




- 3 "Electric light and power companies reported about the same number of workers in
June as in the preceding month, while telephone and telegraph personnel increased by
0.8 percent and street railways and busses expanded their forces by 1.4 percent.
With but two exceptions the latter industry has shown employment gains each month
since February 1941y reflecting the increased demand for public transportation due to
the war program. The gain since June a year ago was 7.0 percent.
"All but 11 States showed increases in nonagricultural employment between May
and June and all but three (Michigan, Rhode Island, and Delaware) showed gains over
the year interval. The largest percentage increases over the year were reported for
Washington (24.6 percent), Arkansas (24.2 percent), Utah (22.7 percent). District of
Columbia (22.0 percent), Oregon (19.8 percent), and Alabama (19.7 percent).
"All Federally-financed construction required 1,621,000 workers during the month
ending June 15, constituting an increase over May of 50,000 persons. Pay rolls,
amounting to $300,623,000, increased 7 percent. Construction workers hired directly
by the Federal Government numbered 244)000 or 15 percent of the total.
"War construction, not including housing, employed 65,600 additional workers
during June, reaching a total of 1,471,000 persons and constituting 91 percent of the
total number employed on Federally-financed construction. Expansion during June took
place mainly on the construction of ships, nonresidential buildings, and public roads.
Decreases were reported on airport construction due to the completion of several
projects.
"Employment in the Federal executive service increased 107,000 persons during
the month of June: 13,000 inside the District of Columbia and 94?000 outside. Over
the past year employment inside the District has increased 46 percent and outside the
District 62 percent. During June total employment in the Federal executive service
was 2,196,000 and pay rolls were $360,174,000.
"Contraction of the work-relief programs during June affected a total of 176,000
persons. WPA personnel was cut 88,200 (11 percent), personnel on the NYA student
work program was cut 76,800 while personnel on the out-of-school work program
increased 3,000. There was a decrease of 14,000 in the CCC. All work-relief pro­
grams have dropped a total of 1 ,308,000 names from the rolls in the past year."




ESTIMATES OF TOTAL NONAGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT
(in thousands)
!
Industry

Total civil nonagricultural employ­
m e n t ...............
Employees in nonagricultural estab­
lishments .................

Contract Construction...........
Transportation & Public Utilities
Finance, Service, & Miscellaneous
Federal, State and Local
Government.......... .

June
!
Hay
1942
1942
(Pre­
liminary)

C ham ge
May
to
June
1942

June
1941

Change
June
1941 to
June
1942

41,415

41,263

+152

39,475

+1,940

35,272

35,120

+15g

33,332

+1,940

13,146
851
2,073
3,417
6,582
4,314

13,046
860
2,077
3,385
6,667
4,309

+100
- 9
- 4
+ 32
- 85
+ 5

12,154
876
1,816
3,239
6,861
4,260

+
+
+
+

992
25
157
178
279
54

4,776

+113

.4,126

+

763

4,889

t
!

The estimates of "Total civil nonagricultural employment", given on the
first line of the above table, represent the total number of persons engaged in
gainful work in the United States in nonagricultural industries, excluding military
and naval personnel, persons employed on W. P. A. or N. Y. A. projects, and
enrollees in C. C. C . camps. The series described as "Employees in nonagricultural
establishments" excludes also proprietors and firm members, self-employed persons,
persons, casual workers and persons in domestic service. The estimates for "Employ­
ees in nonagricultural establishments"are shown separately for each of seven major
industry groups. Data for the manufacturing and trade groups have been revised to
include adjustments to preliminary 1939 Census data.
The figures represent the number of persons working at any time during the
week ending nearest the middle of each month. The totals for the United States
have been adjusted to conform to the figures shown by the 1930 Census of
Occupations or the number of nonagricultural "gainful workers" less the number
shown to have been unemployed for one week or more at the time of the Census.
Separate estimates for "Employees in nonagricultural establishments" are shown in
the following table for each of the 4 8 States and the District of Columbia for M ay
and June 1942 and June 1941. Tables showing the estimates for each State from July
1937 to date are available on request. Because the State figures do not include
employees on merchant vessels, and because of certain adjustments in the United




States estimates which have not been made on a State basis, the total of the State
estimates will not agree exactly with the figures ,for the United States as a whole.
These estimates arc based in large part on industrial censuses and on
regular reports of employees to the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics and to
other Government agencies, such as the Interstate Commerce Commission. Data derived
from employers* quarterly reports in connection with "old age and survivors'
insurance," and employers' monthly reports in connection with unemployment compen­
sation have been used extensively as a check oh estimates derived from other sources,
and in some industries they have provided the most reliable information available.
ESTIMATED NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES IN NONAGRICULTURAL ESTABLISHMENTS, BY STATES
(In thousands)

Region and State
..'

.... -

Chang(3 May
to June 1942

June
-May
19^2 (Prt - =1942
t3rcent
*).iniinary ) Revised* ,Number , P:

Number

Percent

*1
+ .2
+ .8
+ 3.8
.3
.6
- .*4

2,899
210
147
79
1,508
270
385

+ 160
+ 25
+
5
+
3
+ 84
2
45

+ 5.5
+11.7
+ 3.0
+ 2.8
+ 5.6
- .8
+ 6.6

.3
.6
v
.3

8,354
4,112
1,296
2,946

+ 338
+ 126
+ 71
+ 141

;+
+
+
+

4.1
3.1
5.5
4.8

+ 38
+ 21
+ 9
18
+ 20
+ 6

+ .5
+ 1.0
+ 1.0'
.7
+ 1.3
+ .8

7,724
2,016
924
2,503
1,573
708

+ 221
+ 114
+ 32
+ 57
28
+ 46

+
+
+
+
+

'2.9
5.7:
3.5
2.3
1.8
6t6

+ 21
+ 4
+ 4
+ 3
0
+ 2
+ 2
+ 6

+ .8
+ .8
+ 1.0
+ .4
1/
+ 1.4
+ .8
+ 1.7

2,529
564
424
844
78
85
211
323

+ 201
+ 32
+ 14
+ 94
+
1
+
3
+ 16
+ 41

+ 8.0
+ 5.8
+ 3.5
+11.1
+ 2.1
+ 3.0
+ 7.4
+12.8

New England
Maine
New Hampshire
Ve rmont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut

3,059
235
152
82
1,592
268
730

3,083
234
151
79
1,596
270
733

-

Middle Atlantic
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania

8,692
4,238
1,367
3,087

8,712
4,265
1,368
3,079

20 ,
- 27
- 1
+ 8

+

East South Central
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan
Wiscons in

7,945
2,130
956
2,560
1,545
754

7,907
2,109
947
2,578
1,525
748

West North Central
Minnesota
Iowa
Missouri
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas

2,730
596
438
938
79
88
227
364

2,709
592
434
935
79
86
225
358




June
1941

Change
June 1941 to
June 1942

+
+
+
-

4
1
1
3
4
2
3

—

—
-

ESTIMATED NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES IN NONAGRICULTURAL ESTABLISHMENTS, BY STATES
(in thousands)

Region and State

June
May
,1942
1942
(Prelim­
inary) 3evised

South Atlantic
bela'ware
Maryland
D. C.
Virginia
West Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida

4,285
78
677
494
650
413
678
346
560
389

4,277
77
664
485
653
411
679
342
561
405

East South Central
Kentucky
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi

1,674
417
536
516
205

West South Central
Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Texas

Change May
to June 1942
Number

Chan ge
June 19 41 to
June 1942
Number

Percent

Percent

8
1
13
9
3
2
1
4
1
16

+
1
+
9
+ 1 9
+ 1 9
5
+
3
2
+ 1 0
2
- 3 9

3,921
79
598
405
598
401
625
316
531
368

+364
- 1
+ 79
+ 89
+ 52
+ 12
+ 53
+ 30
+ 29
+ 21

+ 9.3
- 1.2
+13.2
+22.0
+ 8.7
+ 3.0
+ 8.4
+ 9.3
+ 5.4
+ 5.7

1,661
419
535
509
198

+ 13
- 2
+ 1
+ 7
+ 7

+
8
5
+
1
+ 1 4
+ 3 6

1,490
385
482
431
192

+184
+ 32
+ 54
+ 85
+ 13

+12.3
+ 8.3
+11.0
+19.7
+ 6.6

2,221
234
444
338
1,205.

2,201
232
439
335
1,195

+ 20
+ 2
+ 5
+ 3
+ 10

+
9
+
8
+ 1 3
+
9
+
8

1,985
188
395
301
1,101

+236
+ 46
+ 49
+ 37
+104

+11.8
+24.2
+12.5
+12.2
+ 9.4

Mountain
Montana
Idaho
Wyoming
Colorado
New Mexico
Arizona
Utah
Nevada

913
119
91
58
267
82
114
143
39

890
117
90
57
257
80
113
138
38

+ 23
+ 2
+ 1
+ 1
+ 10
+ 2
+ 1
+ 5
+ 1

+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+

7
2
4
1
8
3
4
4
5

825
117
89
57
235
77
96
117
37

+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+

88
2
2
1
32
5
18
26
2

+10.9
+ 2.0
+ 2.1
+ 2.5
+13.6
+ 7.1
+11.9
+22.7
+ 5.3

Pacific
Washington
Oregon
California

3,161
591
332
'2,238

3,095
567.
310.
2,218

+
+
+
+

+ 2 1
+ 4 2
+ 7 2
+
9

2,716
474
277
1,965

+445
+117
+ 55
+273

+16.4
+24.6
+19.8
+13.9

l/ Less than l/lO of 1 percent.




+

June
1941

+
+
*
+
-

-

66
24
22
20

2
2
1
2
3
2
1
3
1

Indexes of employment and pay rolls for all manufacturing industries combined. Class I steam
railroads, and for those nonmanufacturing industries for which information is available, are
shown below for June 1942, with percentage changes from May 1942 and June 1941. The 3— year aver­
age 1923-25 is used as a base in computing the indexes f3r nonmanufacturing industries and the
5-year average 1935-39 as a base for Class I steam railroads. For the other nonmanufacturing
industries information for years prior to 1929 is not available from the Bureau's records, and
the 12-month average for 1929 is used as a base in computing the index numbers. These indexes arc
not adjusted for seasonal variation.
The data for manufacturing, mining, building construction, laundries, and dyeing and cleaning
cover wage earners only; those for railroads cover all employees while the data for water trans­
portation cover employees on vessels of 1,000 gross tons or over in deep-sea trades only* The
data for other industries exclude proprietors and firm members, corporation officers, executives,
and others whose work is mainly supervisory.

Index
June
1942
1/

Industry

MAiRlFACTURB?G............. ...............
CIASS 1 STEAM RAILROADS 3/ ........ .
TRADE:

(1923-25=100)
2/ 138.4
(1935-39=100)
126.7
(1929=100)

6/

5/.
67

Metallif erous ............ .
Quarrying and nonmetallic...........
SERVICES:
Laundries .............................
Dye ing and cleaning...................
Brokerage........ ......................
BUILDING CONSTRUCTION.........
2/
2^
3/
5/
6/
7/

+ 1,7
**
+
—
-

4/
4/
92.5
114.2
108.2
91.2
63.2
54.0
71.4

+

Index
June
1942
i/

Pav Roll
1
] Percentage
change fromJune
May
1941
1942

(1923-25=100)
2/ 194.5
(1935-39=100)
+11.8
4/
(1929=100)
+ 8.2

+ 1.4

+27.8

4/

4/

- 1.0
+ 3.1
- .7
- 2.2
+ .3
- .3

+ 2.7
+11.2
+ 2.7
+ 1.1
+10.4
+ 5.9

4.4
5/
2.8
7.8
1.1
3.1

90.8
4/
d/
47
4/
4/

.4
2.4
l.o
.5
- 1,2
- 2.1
5.0
— 5.8
— 2.1

- 4.1
-14.0
- 5.4
+ 5.3
+ 2.9
+ 1.0
-20.3
-42.5
-10.8

4/
4/
6/ 93.4
117.6
6/108.8
92.1
65.8
57.9
82.3

92.4
87.9
74.0

+ .8
— 5/
+ 1.4

+ 7.1
- 5.9
+ 7.0

6/ 126.2
6 / 114.2
6/ 89.6

+ .9
+ .8
+ 3.2

+11.7
+ 2.5
+17.6

45.8
92.3
81.8
52.0
58.1

Petroleum & petroleum products
(includes bulk tank stations)....
Automotive........... .

Furniture and house furnishings....+
Automotive...... ..... ^
. ...... ,,
Lumber and building materials. ....,.
PUBLIC UTILITIES:
Telephone and telegraph..... .
Electric light and power'..............
Street railways and busses 7/ ........
MINING:
Anthracite............................

+ 0.9

89.7
4/
4/
4/
4/
d/

Groceries and food specialties......
Drv goods and apparel..........
Machinery, equipment and supplies...

Food..
.......................
General merchandising. . . . . . . . . . . .

Employment
]
Percentage
change fromJune
May
1941
1942

—
*
—
4
*
+

+
+
+
-

56.2
129.8
101.6
65.5
62.0

+ 9.1
+ 6.1
+ .8
+ 4.0
+ 5/

+ 9.9
+21.1
+10.1
+17.8
+ 3.5

95.7
114.7
117.5
4/
4/
4/
10/

+
+
+
+

+ 9.5
+12.0
+19.4
-12.3
+ 4.4
- 1.0
+45.1

95.2
114.2
129.8
j/
4/
4/
74.3

1.7
1.8
1.2
2.4
.1
4.6

-

4.8
.8
.4
.5
.1

+
+
-

6.8
4.7
3.8
.2
5.5

— .9 + .2
+ .5 + 2.0
+ 1.7 + 5.8
- 3.0 -14.5
—
.2 — .3
— 5.0
-18.7
+ .3 - 7.5

8/

_

+
+
-

.2 - 1.3
1.6 -11.1
.6 - 1.9
1.2 +13.1
.3 + 8.7
.1 + 7.6
5.3 -15.4
4.6 -43.6
.8 + 1.6

.3
.9
3.9
3.4
5/
2.6
4.3

Preliminary
2/ Adjusted to preliminary 1939 Census figures.
Source: Interstate Commerce Commission.
4/ Not available.
Less than one—tenth of-one percent.
Retail-trade indexes adjusted to 1935 Census, public utility indexes to 1937 Census.
Covers street railways and trolley and motor-bus operations of subsidiary, affiliated and
successor companies,
8/ Cash payments only; value of board, room, and tips cannot be computed.
9/ Based on estimates prepared by the United States Maritime Commission.
fo/ Pay-roll index on 1929 base not available* Includes war bonuses and value of subsistence s,nd
lodging.




- 8 ^
Index Numbers of Employment and Pay Rolls of Wage Earners in MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES
Adjusted to 1937 Census of Manufactures, Except as Indicated in Notes 2 and 4
(3**Year Average 1923*25 = 1 0 0 . 0 ) ________________
—
Pay Rolls
Employment
June
June l/ June May
MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES
l/ June
May
1942 1 % 1 ^ .
1942
1942
1942 1941
ALL INDUSTRIES 2/
137.1 127.9 194.5 191.8 152.2
138.4

Durable goods 2/
Nondurable goods 2/
Durable goods
Iron and steel and their products,
not including machinery
Blast furnaces, steel works , and
rolling mills
....
Bolts, nuts, \7ashers, and rivets...
Cast-iron pipe
Cutlery (not including.silver and
plated cutlery), and edge tools . .
.
Forgings, iron and steel
Hardware
Plumbers' supplies--__
Stamped and enameled ware
....
Steam and hot-water heating appa­
ratus and steam fittings
Stoves
'
Structural and ornamental metal work
Tin cans and other tinware ........
Tools (not including edge tools,
machine tools, files and*saws) ___
Wirework
...
Machinery, not including transporta­
tion equipment ...... ....1........
Agricultural implements (including
tractors) ........................
Cash registers, adding machines,
and calculating machines .. ......
.
Electrical machinery, apparatus,
and supplies
Engines, turbines, vmter wheels
and windmills
Foundry and machine-shop products __
Machine tools
Radios and phonographs
Textile machinery and parts
.....
Typewriters and parts ...............
Transportation equipment
Aircraft
Automobiles
Cars, electric-.and steam-railroad...
Locomotives
Shipbuilding
See footnote at end of table.




155.6
121.9

152.5
122.4

135.1
121.1

237.5
146.3

232.3
146.5

173.9
127.9

135.0

134.8

136.1

179.6

183.7

168.6

152.2
176.0
95.0

151.5
173.7
97.5

144.0
165.6
96.9

187.0
291.8
134.6

196.6
292.2
133.0

179.9
248.4
114.6

126.5
131.4
92.4
73.8
204.1

.128.4
129-.2
89.4
77.8204.1

120.4 180.3
105.3 247.4
118.3 141.6
102-.4 - .91.7
220.2 319.0

179.3
241.4
135.2
90.9
310.3

139.2
164.6
150.2
106.3
279.0

119.8
83.9
118.3
102.1

120.3
87.2
115.6
107.9

114.1
115.9
105.5
132.0

172.9
100.2
154.1
136.2

173.9
100.6
149.2
141.3

137.8
124.7
120.1
163.2

154.6
155.6

154.0 .138.7
151.9 216.1

243.4
250.4

241.2
241.2

182.3
284.5

203*5

200.5

167.7

334.1

326.4

229.9

166.7

166.9

171.8

262.9

259.1

233.3

184.0

179.1' 162.6

287.2

292.6

216.2

2/
'2/
16-5.02/
189.0
108.2
101.8
267.9
2/
92.1
2/
2/

2/

2/

2/

2/
3/
2/
162.8 139.1 248.4
2/
2/
2/
196.4 180.7 283.1
109.0 103.8 157.8
114.'9 148.3 157.1
251.7, "177.8 .422.6
2/
2/
2/
87.6 134.8 139.6
2/ 1 ^
2/
2/
2/
2/
2/
2/
2/

2/
3/
242.7
2/
283.3
157.9
160.5
401.8
2/
136.2
2/
2/
2/

2/
2/
177.8
2/
200.4
130.5
207.5
240.0
2/
188.3
2/
2/
2/

w*

Index Numbers of Employment and Pay Rolls of Wage Earners in MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES
Adjusted to 1937 Census of Manufactures, Except as Indicated in Notes 2 and 4
____________________________ (3-Year Average 1923-25 = 100.0)
____________________
Pay Roll
Employment
MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES
June
May
l/june
1/June
May
June
1942
1942
1942
1942
1941
1941
Durable goods— continued
Nonferrous metals and their products
143.8
144.5 141.9 217.1 210.5 174.6
Aluminum manufactures .
2/
2/
2/
2/
2/
2/
Brass, bronze, and copper products
2/
2/
2/
y
2/
Clocks and watches and timerecording devices ................
113.2
114.2 117.0 182.2 177.1 147.9
Jewelry
90.6
95.9 106.8 102.9 108.1 101.4
Lighting equipment ...................
84.7
87.1 113.0 100.2
99.5 116.3
Silverware and plated ware
82.8
81.1
93.8
65.8
83.9
65.3
Smelting and refining— copper, lead,
and zinc
100.8 101.8 135.0 130.2 116.6
99.4
Lumber and allied products
90.7
76.8
83.9
73.5
93.1
73.3
Furniture
96.2 103.8 113.1 116.2 110.0
94.8
Lumber:
Millwork
71.0
67.0
74.0
70.2
70.4
72.5
Sawmills
78.7
71.1
65.6
64.8
67.1
83.3
Stone, clay, and glass products
93.6
97.1 105.1 105.7 100.2
94.3
Brick, tile, and terra cotta .......
71.8
70.6
74.7
72.9
72.4
69.5
Cement
90.1
79.6
99.9
95.1
83.5
82.3
Glass
123.6 125.5 160.3 166.6 153.5
121.3
Marble, granite, slate, and other
products
28.8
36.8
34.8
31.5
33.9
45.5
Pottery
116.3
118.4 II4.4 131.3 134.4 118.2

Nondurable goods
Textiles and their products
Fabrics
Carpets and rugs .
Cotton goods
Cotton small wares ................
Dyeing and finishing textiles
Hats, fur-felt
Hosiery
Knitted outerwear
Knitted underwear
Knit cloth
Silk and rayon goods
Woolen and worsted goods
Wearing apparel .....................
Clothing, men's
Clothing women's .................
Corsets and allied garments
Men's furnishings _
Millinery
Shirts and collars
Leather and its manufactures
Boots and shoes
Leather
See footnote at end of table.




109.0
104.7
70.4
114.5
110.8
131.5
64.8
119.5
79.0
88.7
152.2
63.8
105.9
113.8
117.7
140.0
109.2
111.6
52.0
128.2
97.1
94.2
92.4

111.8
104.8
67.4
114.4
110.7
134.6
58.3
122.1
81.0
88.6
155.0
63.5
105.5
122.7
121.9
160.9
112.6
112.3
65.6
131.1
98.7
95.7
94.0

112.6
106.2
89.9
IO 8.5
103.7
139.3
82.7
142.7
79.4
79.3
160.2
69.3
107.9
121.9
120.0
158.7
118.0
121.8
62.8
132.0
98.1
94.9
93.9

123.4
129.3
81.8
153.2
161.3
147.3
66.1
148.6
82.5
111.5
165.6
71.1
134.0
104.2
111.9
109.7
142.3
139.7
37.7
150.9
112.5
106.8
121.9

128.5
129.0
76.9
153.4
159.8
150.4
59.1
149.2
86.1
110.3
170.7
70.8
132.0
119.5
121.7
140.5
150.7
140.1
44.7
158.2
112.6
106.7
122.9

111.4
111.6
90.2
120.0
116.2
133.2
85.8
158.1
74.9
82.8
153.6
64.I
116.9
104.1
107.3
119.1
138.7
131.1
42.5
135.7
97.2
91.9
106.5

* 10 *
Index Numbers of Employment and Pay Rolls of Wage Earners in MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES
Adjusted to 1937 Census of Manufactures, Except as Indicated in Notes 2 and A
__________________________ (3-Year Average 1923-25 = 100.0)
Pay Rolls
Employment
June
June 1/June May
I/June
May
MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES
1942 1942
1942
1941
" 1942
1941
Nondurable goods— continuedFood and kindred p r o d u c t s .... . .
. ...... .
Baking ......................
Beverages ..............................
Butter .............. ......
Canning and preserving ................
Confectionery- .............. ............
Flour ....... ;..........................
Ice c r e a m ............. ...... ..........
Slaughtering and meat packing
Sugary beet ..... ......................
Sugar refining, cane .
.................
Tobacco manufactures . .................
.
Chewing and smoking tobacco & snuff ..
.
Cigars and cigarettes
Paper and printing ......................
Boxes, paper
Paper and p u l p ... .................. .
Printing and publishing:
Book and job
Newspapers and periodicals ........
Chemical, petroleum, and coal products..
Petroleum refining
Other than petroleum refining ..._ ___
_
Chemicals
Cottonseed*— oil, cake, and meal
Druggists' preparations
Explosives . ,........... ............
.
Fertilizers ...................... .
Paints and varnishes ...............
Rayon and allied products
Soap .................................
Rubber products
Rubber boots and shoes ... ............
Rubber tires and inner tubes .........
Rubber goods, other ....................

l/
2/
2/
^/

141.2
153.4
312.4
128.0
134.1
78.7
79.3
93.5
143.6
53.2
89.5
63.7
51.4
65.2
117.4
122.8
125.9

135.5
150.8
316.7
118.6
105.8
82.8
77.1
86.9
138.2
50.1
93.0
62.7
51.3
64 .1
119.4
126.7
128.4

135.2 169.9 160.3 144.4
152.2 174.1 166.2 154.4
310.0 428.3 444.5 390.7
113.5 129.8 119.2 104.9
135.9 160.1 120.4 133.5
85.5
97.3
80.4
87.6
79.3
77.9
82.8
82.2
92.5
137.8
120.3 182.5 169.9
67.2
57.2
71.7
48.1
92.1
89.5 101.9
103.4
70.2
77.2
73.3
65.5
67.1
52.1
71.3
74.4
67.2
70.4
73.4
77.4
121.6 129.8 132.0 128.6
135.1 163.5 169.2 170.4
124.6 166.2 171.0 157 ..7

96.7
113.2
156.3
133.1
161.9
195.4
56.9
158.0
2/
99.6
131.2
314.5
82.6
96.9
63.3
78.8
159.0

97.9
114.1
157.1
131.9
163.2
193.5
67.5
156.7
2/
125.8
136.2
312.1
86.7
95.5
73.3
75.8
155.9

93.2
101.7
117.4 114.2
137.5 226.8
125.2 181.6
140.5 240.8
172.2 306.4
60.6
66.3
127.3 201.5
2/
2/
92.1 117.3
144.8 169.6
327.0 396.2
93.3 127.1
110.7 136.8
97.0
78.2
86.3 119.1
190.0 214.9

98.0
92.2
92.0

94.8
113.6
173.6
156.7
178.8
232.7
62.4
205.6 149.9
2/
2/
93.0
148.4
177.8
176.5
391.4 362.4
130.4 129.0
136.7 141.1
101.9
98.4
112.6 122.4
229.5 224.6

94.6
114.1
225.7
179.3
24O.O
302.6
69.7

June 1942 indexes preliminary 3 subject to revision.
Adjusted to preliminary 1939 Census figures.
Included in total and group indexes, but not available for publication
separately.
Adjusted on basis of a complete employment survey of the aircraft industry for
August 1940# Not comparable to indexes appearing in press releases dated
earlier than November 1940. Revised figures available in mimeograph form.




- 11 INDEXES OF EMPLOYMENT AND PAY ROLLS IN FIFTY-FIVE ADDITIONAL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES
(Preliminary)
(12-month average 1939 = .100-0)
Pay Rolls
Employment
Industry
June
May
June
May
June
June
1942
1941
1942
1942
1942
1941
Iron and Steel Group
140.6
1/
298.1
139.8

133.9
1/
190.7
136.1

230.5
1/
507.7
197.9

224.1
y
48?. 5
190.8

170.3
1/
264.5
171.0

185.8 . 177.9
Steel barrels, kegs, and drums.... 122.8
131.5
Machinery Group
1/
V
Pumps
271.5
258.9
Refrigerators and refrigerating
87.1
90.0
130.3
135.2
YTashing machines, wringers, and
104.8
96 .0
Transportation Equipment Group
131.9
Motorcycles, bicycles, and parts.. 141.8
Nonferrous Metals Group
148.2
150.3
Smelting and refining of scrap
173.8
170.9
Lumber Group
96.8
96.8
YJood preserving................. .
118.5
117.5
114.2
112.9
Wooden boxes, other than cigar.... 126.5
125.4
Mattresses and bedsprings......... 106.6
113.9
Stone, Clay -& Glass Products Group
210.5
204.5
136.8
136.6
117.1
118.7
108.7
110.0
Glass products made from purchased
115.4
122.2
Yfallboard and plaster, except
127.8
127.6
Textiles
123.9
119.8
Cordage and twine ................. . 139.3
141.0
Curtains, draperies & bedspreads.. 93.8
99.6
129.7
126.9
110.4
109.4
92.6
94.6
Leather Group
Boot and shoe cut stock & findings 98.2
98.1
Leather gloves and mittens..... . 150.4
146.7
178.9
177.4

155.8
130.8

317.1
181.3

288.4
196.0

204.8
174.4

V
182.4

y
534.1

1/
491.1

V
266.2

154.7
127.9

! 126.7
224.2

124.6
229.4

186.0
194.7

139.1

148.7

154.8

180.0

168.4

222.8

202.3

208.8

143.4

220.4

218.0

179.9

142.1

246.9

240.0

167.6

101.0
122.7
110.1
126.9
123.7

126.4
179.5
159.6
188.6
132.1

123.1
174.8
153.5
185.7
142.0

109.5
153.7
129.5
161.4
146.2

179.9
138.4
124.0
120.8

302.6
207.9
166.5
143.0

313.1
203.3
171.2
146.7

225.4
174.0
153.2
146.8

140.8

142.8

150.2

157.0

133.6

169.2

163.5

156.2

110.8
133.0
99.1
148.7
128.3
104.8

151.4
210.9
126.9
166.5
162.3
128.1

143.5
210.7
136.2
163.2
161.8
129.7

123.1
170.5
115.3
168.9
162.1
121.6

105.6
141.3
145.6

127.3
199.3
203.8

129.7
194.7
210.9

124.8
179.0
151.6

140.5
V
307.4
141.8
Yirought pipe not made in rolling




-12INDEXES OF EMPLOYIdENT AND PAY ROLLS IN FIFTY-FIVE ADDITIONAL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES
(Preliminary)
(12-month average 1939 * 100^0)
Industry
Food Group
Cereal preparations............... Condensed and evaporated m i l k .....
F eeds, prepared....... ............. .
Paper and Printing Group
Paper bags........ ............... ..
Envelopes ............ ....... .
Paper goods, not elsewhere
classified............ ........... ..
Bookbinding......... ...............
Lithographing.....................
Chemical, Petroleum, & Coal Products
A mmunition.........................
Compressed and liquefied gases....
Perfumes and cosmetics.........
Coke-oven products.................
Paving materials.......... .
Roofing materials....................
Miscellaneous Group
Chemical fire extinguishers........
Buttons............ ...................
Instruments, professional,
scientific, and commercial........
Optical goods .................. .
Photographic apparatus ............. .
Pianos, organs, and parts..........
Toys, games, and playground
equipment............ .
l/

Not available for publication.




June
1942

Empl oymant
May1942

June
1941 .

June
1942.

Pay Rolls
June
May
1942
1941

109.8
154.1
119.7

111.3
146.0
115.3

109.8
124.8
109.6

145.2
201.3
163.0

144.6
188.2
151.8

125.5
146.7
127.0

118.9
113.3

123.5
117.1

120.8
115.5

152.0
130.6

163.9
133.9

146.7
128.4

120.8
108.8
89.1

123.5
107.1
94.0

121.1
92.3
104.2

142.8
141.6
96.9

147.5
139.1
104.9

137.1
110.7
113.1

V
161.8
9S.6
126.1
87.2
123.0

1/
157.8
100.8
123.2
80.6
124.9

1/
139.5
98.1
122.1
117.6
128.8

1/
227.4
117.2
163.1
127.3
174.3

1/
i/
213.6
179.0
118.9
100.5
160.5 ' 145.7
'
112.9
139.6
172.2
165.4

1/
11814

V
123.0

1/
112.4

1/
174.7

1/
1/
178.2 . 139.3

135.2
90.4

132.6
96.6

120.4
121.5

192.0
120.4

186.1
126.2

154.3
133.2

117.1

121.1

134.7

162.7

161.3

145.8

t!

- 13 -

EMPLOYMENT AND PAY ROLLS ON CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS (INCLUDING SHIP CONSTRUCTION)
FINANCED WHOLLY OR PARTIALLY FROM FEDERAL.FUNDS AND ON STATE ROADS FINANCED
WHOLLY FROM STATE OR LOCAL FUNDS, JUNE 1 % 1 AND MAY AND JUNE 194.2
(In thousands)
Pay rolls

Employment
Program

All Federal programs
Financed by regular Federal
appropriations 2/
War
Other
Public housing
Financed by P.W.A. 4/
War Public Works
Financed by R.F.C.
War............
Other
State Roads 6/
New roads
Maintenance

June
1942
1/

May
'1942

June
1941

June
1942
1/

May
1942

June
1941

1 ,620.6 1,570.5 784.6

$300,623

^281,993

$115,940

1 ,531.8 1,470.9 668.5
1,414.1 1,341.2 516.2
117.7
129.7 152.3

285,604
265,106
20,498

266,355
244,324
22,031

101,507
84,177
17,330

5,258
29
463
9,888
9,530
358

11,854
1,057
5/
1,522
1,233
289

14,44.9
3,907
10,542

14,595
4,231
10,364

30.3
.2
6.6
51.7
49.9
1.8
171.0
56.1
114-.9

33.8
.2
4.4
61.2
59.5
1.7

97.3
9.5
3/
9.3
7.2
2.1

155.7 196.7
47.9 61.8
107.8 134.9

4,950
30
800
9,239
8 ,844.
395
15,391
4,638
10,753

i

l/ Preliminary.
2/ Employment data represent the weekly average; payroll data are for the month
ending the 15th except for Federal-aid roads which are for the calendar month.
Data for Federal-aid roads for June 1942 are estimated.
2/ Includes all Federal housing projects including those formerly under the United
States Housing Authority.
Employment data represent the weekly average, payroll data are for the month
ending on the 15th.
j)/ Program not in operation.
6/ Data are for the calendar month. Employment data represent the average number
working during the month. Data for June 1942 are estimated.




EMPIDYMENT AND PAY ROLLS IN REGULAR FEDERAL SERVICES
JUNE 1941 AND MAY AND JUNE 1942
(in thousands)

Executive

Pay rolls

Employment

Service

June
May
June
1942
1942
1941
1/
2,196.0 2,089.2 1,370.1

2/

Inside District of Columbia
Outside District of Columbia
Legislative

269.2

184.2
256.5
1,926.8 1,832.8 1,185.9
6.5

Judicial

6.1

2.7

6.5
2.6

2.5

May
June
June
1942
1942.
1941
1/
$362,912 $339,294 $205,581
30,602
43,922
45,287
314^887
1,384
690

292,646
1,380

174,979

639

645

1,337

l/ Preliminary.
2/ Data for June 1942 include 244)417 force-account employees also included under
construction projects, and 12,331 supervisory and technical employees also
included under C.C.C. Employment data are for the last pay period of the month,
pa y r o l l data for the calendar month. Employment and pay rolls for the U. S.
Employment Service, assumed by the Federal Government in January 1942, are in­
cluded for the first time in the May and June 1942 figures.
EMPLOYMENT AND PAY ROLLS ON WORK-RELIEF PROGRAMS
JUNE 1941 AND MAY AND JUNE 1942
(In thousands)
Program

W.P.A. projects 2/
...... ........
War
Other .....................
N.Y.A. projects
Student work program
Out-of-school work program
Civilian Conservation Corps 5/

Employment
June
June
May
1942
1942
1941
1/
697.8 786.0
285.1 294.1
412.7 491.9
327.0 400.8
140.0 216.8
187.0 I84.0
69.5

83.6

1,417.1
400.4
1,016.7
750.5
358.0
392.5
235.0

Pay rolls
June
1942
1/

May
1942

June
1941

$47,151
19,711
27,440

$ 51,400
19,450
31,950

$81,546

5,973
985
4,988

6,409
1,566
4,843
4,68-9

3,860

2/
10,715
2,602
8,113
11,278

l/ Preliminary.
2/ Pay roll data represent disbursements made during the calendar month; employment
data represent the weekly average.
3/ Breakdown not available.
Employment data are for the last pay period of the month , pay-roll data for the
calendar month.
j)/ Employment represents for enrolled personnel, an average of counts taken at
10-day intervals, and for other groups, the number employed on the last day
of the month. Pay-roll data are for the calendar month.
(is 42-2096)