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EMPLOYMENT
and PAY M U S
DETA!LED REPORT
NOVEMBER
!94?
United States Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics
ESTIMATES OF MANUFACTURING EMPLOYMENT - NEW SERIES
Industries in the Products of Petroleum and Coal Group
In this detailed report the Bureau presents a new series
of production-worker estimates for the individual industries comprising
the products of petroleum and coal group. The nev estimates, adjusted
to "benchmark data through 19^5 from the Bureau of Employment Security
of the Social Security Administration, correct the downward bias
which has accumulated since 1939 a d are, therefore, more representative
nof the true levels of employment.
The estimates a d indexes for all industries in the group,
n.
with the exception of the coke and byproducts industry, have been
adjusted.
Despite the lapse of several years without any adjustment
to levels other than the 1939 Census of Manufactures,the changes are
relatively small.
This report shows the new production-worker employment
estimates and indexes of employment and pay rolls for the months
currently presented.
A set of summary sheets presenting comparable
data for the industries in the products of petroleum and coal group
from January 1939 to date will be provided upon request.
Soltar - 351
January 16, 1948
U. S. Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics
EMPLOYMENT AND PAY ROLLS
Detailed Report
November 1947
Explanatory notes outlining briefly the
concepts, methodology, and sources used
in preparing data for this report appear
in the appendix. See pages i - vii.____
TABLE
1 .
2
.
3.
4
.
5.
5a.
6.
CONTENTS
PAGE
Estimated Number of Wage and Salary Workers in Nonagricultural Establishments, by Industry Division......................
2
Estimated Number of Wage end Salary Workers in Manufacturing
Industries, by Major Industry Group.......................
3
Federal Employment and Pay Rolls in All Areas and in Continental
United States, and Total Government Employment and Pay Rolls
in Washington, D. C.... ................. ..............
4
Personnel and Pay of the Military Branch of the Federal
Government.................. ......... ........... .....
5
Estimated Number of Wage and Salary Workers in Manufacturing
Industries, by State...................... ..............
6
Estimated Number of Wage and Salary Workers in Nonagricultural
Establishments for Selected States.......... ...............
7
Estimated Number of Production Workers in Manufacturing
Industries..................... ......... ...........
8
7.
Estimated Employment in Selected Nonmanufacturing Industries...
14
8.
Indexes of Production-Worker Employment and Pay Rolls in
Manufacturing Industries............ .....
....... .....
15
Indexes of Employment and Pay Rolls in Selected Nonmanufacturing
Industries................ . ............ ............
21
Explanatory Notes................. ............. . . . ......
i
Glossary................................ ........... .
v
9.
jData for the 2 most recent months
) shown are subject to revision.
LS43-1390
2
.
Table 1. - Estimated Number of Wage and Salary Workers in
Nonagricultural Establishments, by Industry Division
(In thousands)
- 1^ 6''
Nov.
Oct.
Nov.
1947
Oct.
Sept.
43,444
43,295
43,039
i
42,439 i42,065
15,861
15,831
15,801
j
15,271
897
895
Contract construction
1,854
1,896
' 1,904
1,713 1 1,753
Transportation and public utilities:
4,$71
4,rM
11
j 4, c
4.1C1 j 4,093
^,866
2,894
2,905
2,955 } 2,956
713
707
713
492
491
492
9,076
8,886
8,688
i;338
1,586
,1,583
'*
4,662
4,634
TOTAL
Manufacturing
Mining
Transportation
Communication
. <
.
Other public utilities
Trade
Finance,. . .
. - *
Service
....
687
'
883
j
680
459 j
457
8,898
'
! 8,667
1,543
! 1,540
4,555 } 4,514
5.425
-
- 5,475
} 5,551
1,744. f,:lV76l
2,065
'2,100
3,677
3,703
; 3,664
3,410
3,451
5,438 : 5,447*
Federal.
. .
. ,
See explanatory notes, sections A.- 1 ,
.1-
894
1,751
Government:
State and local
4,669
'
:15,064
0
3
Industry division
Table 2 - Estimated Number/of Wage and Salary Workers
.
in Manufacturing Industries, by Major Industry Group
(In thousands)
Major industry group
A&L MANUFACTURING
Durable goods
Iroa 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
products
Stone, clay, and glass products
Nondurable goods
Textile-mill products and other
fiber manufactures
Apparel and other finished textile
products
Leather and leather products
Food
Tob&cco manufactures
Paper and allied products
Printing; publishing, and allied
industries
Chemicals and allied products
Products of petroleum and coal
Rubber products
Miscellaneous industries
. See explanatory notes, section A - Hi
. . - . . 1946
.
.
Nov.
Oct.
Sept.
Nov.
1947
Oct.
15,861
}15,831
15,801
j
15,271
15,064
7,986 . 7,925
! 7,875
7,721
7,623
1,873 ! 1,864
, 5 } 749
77
!
1,862
738
1,800
763
1,761
751
- 1,539
1,534
1,530
1,479
1,458
570
993
543
991
529
-987
592
954
588
954
466
749
464
750
.461
747
488
659
*483
650
537
502
531
499
524
.497
497
489
489
489
7,875
7,906 , 7,926
-
7.550
.7,441
1,354
1,333
1,307
1,340
1,322
1,338
411
1,638
104
469
1,343
408
1,705
103
467
1,312
4o6
1,829
100
; 462
1,209
398
1,544
104
46i
1,211
395
1,490
102
454
708
759
233
276
585
706
755
233
272
575
-
*
! - 700 "
! 746
! 233
^ 267
i 564
679
728
222 ;
294
571 !
672
714
222
290
569
4i
Table 3.— Federal Employment and Pay Rolls ip All Areas and in Continental
United States and Total Government Employment and Pay Rolls in
Washington, D. C.
(In thousands)
Pay rolis
Employment
(as of first of month)
(total for mo nth)
Nov.
Kv.
o.
1947
1^47
Nov. 1/yOct. 1 *
/
1946
Nov. 1/j Oct. 1/
i
Total (including areas
i
!
outside United States)
i
Total Federal
2;006.5 ^2;002.4 2;400.4 )^8;971 ! " 4 9 559 "-530;854
'9;
Executive
1,966.3] 1,962.0 2;357.8 439;764 i 490;1C1
521,717
Defense agencies
905.2 1 901.2 1,229.7 135;173 ! 214;651
26l;4C4
Post Office Dept.
426.2 101;000 i 99;713
96,174
429.3! 425.0
Other agencies
701.9 153;591! 175;737 164;139
631.3 ! 635.3
Legislative
2;457!
2,127
2;437
7.1
7.1!
6.9
Judical
1,3%
3.4
1;191 i
1,193
3.1
3.5 !
Government corps.
29.6 }
5,317
32.6
5,667
5,559 j
29.9
!
Continental
<
United States
!
!
Total Federal
l;77l.4 !1;764.5 2,034.1 413;728! 457;944 433;250
ExecuL ive
1,7^3.6 :1,731.4 2,049.3 405;131 449;085 479;344
Defense agencies
699.6
706.4
949.1 157;069 130;915, 225,397
Post Office Dept,
428.3
424.8 ICO,639
95,376
99,356
423.5
Other agenc ies
608.1
603.9
675.4 147;423 163;814 153;071
Legislative
7.0
:7.1
2,127
2;457
6.9
2,457
Judicial
1;160
3.0
' '3.4
; 3.4
1,297
1,154
Government corps.
22.6
22.4
5,105
- 5,119
24.9 ' 4,936
Area and branch
*
Washington. D. C.
Total government
District of Columbia
government
Federal
Execub ive
Defense agencies
Post Office Dept.
Other agencies
Legislative
Judic ial
221.4
221.2
249,3
18.3
203.1
195.4
64.5
' 7.3
123.6
7.1
.6
13.3
202.9
195.2
64.5
7.3
123.4
7.1
.6
'17.6
232.2
224.7
79.1
7.5
133.1
6.9
.6
53,357
*
4;214
54,143
51;491
15,616
2,731
33;144
2,457
195
}
^
!
!
!
65,557
4,497
6l;060
53,337
17;495
2;7 4
/4
33;143
2,457
216
1/ Data for Central Intelligency Agency are excluded for security reasons.
64,576
*
4;090
60,436
53,163
20;753
2;261
35;144
2,127
196
5.
Table 4.—
Personnel and ^ay of the Military Branch of the
Federal Government
(In thousands)
.
Personnel and pay
1947
November
November j October
Personnel, total as of first
of month including those on
active duty and those on
terminal leave ...... ......
1946
Average monthly re?
sonnel and total
annual pay
-
JL943-__ L
1332
2,441
6,944
345
941
1,717
6,73?
192
459
491
565
3,744
124
92!
92
11"
3ir
19
19
19
22
156
10
1,473
1,525
2,412
6,633
I/
17
16
29
%>3,763
*346,961
160,971
205,578
456,556
6,143,633.! 155.482
*102,562
119,898
230,902
2,406,736! 143,238
16,046
16,664
41,013
4,164
Marine Corps .... ........
1,543
920
N a v y ................. .
1,490
4,601
.
Pay, total .....
- 246,170 ! 262,040 2/
Mustering-out pay .......
111 )
1/
!
3736,651 311 ,173 ,166}
$331,523
392,140!
16,877
6,376
226,477
15,926
349,749
10,140,652
331,523
9,117
9,954
50,617
23,127 )
25,145
35,316
1,032,334
25,349
49,622
301,169
-
3,962
6,430
19,610
-
-
43,392
261,559
-
-
.
21,367 }
l/ Data not available.
2/ Includes for first timelump-sum payments for tenninal leave authorized by Public
Lav 350 of the 80th Congress. Also includes quarterly cash payments for cloth
ing allowances for Navy and Coast Guard.
—
6.
Industries., by State*
(In thousands)
on and State
New England
Ilie
'an
New Eampshiro
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
- .
.
*
113.1
82.9
39.7
741.6
152.9
414.3
i
;
;
1
i
^
j
.
114.5
80.7
40.2
720.4
143.0
407.8
1,
870.8
735.9
- ,491.7
1
1 ,928.9 - ) 1 ,926.
753.2
74$.
. ,458.1 - 1,482.
1
1.244.0
580.0
1.249.0
1,023.3
444.2
1 ,238.1
552.3
1,237.8
1,004.6
' 442,1
-
1 ,230.5
- 530.3
1,203.4
1,033.3
412.8
1.244.7
562.7
1,257.0
1.091.8
433.7
209.9 ; 201.6
149.4 = 149.1
^56. - *356.6
8
7.0 ; * 7.2
H.3-; --11.5
43.2
43 .1 I
:
79.4-i - 80-.0
South Atlantic
Delaware
Maryland
District of Columbia
-* Virginia -.
.
:
West Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
* r :\ _
.Florida
4*
1.6
229.3
17.5
217.7
133.6
373.6
19^.8
253.9
80.6
48.2 !
232.4
17.5 i
214.5 !
East South Central '
Kentucky
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
:117.7 [
79.0 j
.
42.1 }
- 754.1 ^
150.5 i
410.9 !
114.7
82.1
39.9
732.5
148.1
411.1
139.0
148.6 L.
362.6
:.
7.0
ii.4
45.1
79.8
West South Qentral
Arkansas
-LLouia i a n a . .
.
. ..
.
* Oklahoma: . . r
.
Texas
1946
Oct. ' = Sapt.
.
A(.
U7
900.1
1,922.8 i 1 ,
751.4 ! 749.2
1,519.1
1,505.5
!
Middle Atlantic
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
East North Central
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
.Michigan
Wisconsin
\*
West North Central
Minnesota
Iowa
;
;
Missouri
North D&kota- i,
.
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
1947
Sept.
Oet.
;,r
-r
196.0
132.0
343.7
6.0
- 8,4.
39.6
74 . .
0
45.1
23&.6
16.7
211.4
- 131.4
*363.7
183.3
261.5
79.6
367.7 !
192.3 i
251.9
78.6
48.4
228.2
17.3
211.5
13.5
-2366.1
192.0
248.5
76.8
130.3 j
''253.8^4
220.9 !
*94.1 j
128.2 !
251 . .
6 !
217.5 !
95.0 J
125.8
250.8
219.8
.95.3
122.2
245.0,
215.2
,
87.3
76.0 j
143.5 !
1
339-9 '
74.9 !
142.7 =
5.2 !
5--337.8 !
74,0
142,6
55.2
-341.5
69. 7
128 . .
8
52 ; :
6
316 . .
1
1 3 2 .8 -i-
117.6
79.6
41.6
750.0
147.7
*406.7
1 ,223.
- -545.
1,195.
i,o4o.
417.
200 .
136.
340.
3
.
8.
4o.
7348.
245.
16 .
211 .
132 .
361 .
182,
260.
77.
126 ,
243
212 ,
87
69a
127.1
%.2
312.1
.
(*
Table 3* * Estimated Number of Wage and Salary Workers in Manufacturing
Industries, by State* - Continued
(In thousands)
Oct.
Mountain
Montana
Idaho
Wyoming
Colorado
New Mexico
Arizona
Utah
Nevada
19.1
20.4
7.1
6o.6
10.2
12.6
32.0
3.7
18.1
19.3
6.3
57-9
10.1
12.7
30.1
3.7
Pacific
Washington
Oregon
California
173;6
117.2
734.3
1946
1947
Sept.
Region and State
Aug.
Oct.
Sept.
18.2
19.5
6.8
56.6
10.2
12.5
26.3
3-7
18.0
21.7
6.7
56.9
10.3
12.7
2b.2
3.4
16.9
23.2
5.9
55.5
10.5
12.2
28.8
3.4
191.7 i 183.0
122.4
122.2
744.1 i 759.9
174.1
122,2
725.5
177.8
127.4
738.8
=
:
:
!
;
^
;
Table 5a. - Estimated Number of Wage and Salary Workers in Nonagricultural
Establishments for Selected States*
(In thousands)
State
Illinois
Massachusetts
Montana
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania
Texas
Wisconsin
Oct.
3,166
l .*?22
137
1.576
5,482
3,604
1,675
982
1947
Sept. .
i
! 3.142 i
: 1,707 !
137 ^
! 1,574 i
5.440 i
= 3,574 !
: 1,662 !
998 !
194b
Aug. __ Oct. j Sept.
3,123
1,684
135
1,562
5,385
3,540
1 ,65$
987
3,048
1,723
133
1,561
5,4oi
'3,465
!
!
!
]
)
i
1,613 !
941 !
3,018
1,714
132
1,557
5,363
3,478
1,609
947
See explanatory notes, sections H and I
.
* Revised data in all except the first two columns are identified by an asterisk for
the first month of publication of such data.
8.
Table 6. - Estimated Number of Production Workers in Manufacturing Industries
(In thousands)
Industry group and industry*
L
ALL MANUFACTURING
Durable goods
Nondurable goods
19^
194?
Oct.
Nov.
Sep*j.
Nov.
Oct.
12,876
12,84p
12,932
12,449
!l2,253
6,574
6,518
6,331
6,473
6,359
6,379
6,070
! 6,281
I 5,972
1,583
}1,580
1,535
! 1,500
6,302
Durable- goods
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
Wirework
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 and
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
&teel barrels, kegs, and drums
Firearms
ELECTRICAL MACHINERY
Electrical equipment
Radios and phonographs
Communication equipment
437.9
83.6
27.2
49.1
21.0
46.4
30.7
4o .o
24.3
498.8
83.2
26.4
49.1
20.6
47.8
30.1
40.8
23.5
481 . ! 473.5
5
84.1!
81.9
24.8:
24.4
51.2 ! 48.8
19.4!
19.
42.
41.3 i
29.9!
29.
41.
40.9 i
27.3)
25.
26. :
4
25.0 50.4 <
29.3 '
24.6
49.6
28.6
24.3
-48.7
28.4
4 9 .5 }
29. )
2
26.8
48.3
23.5
'68.0 j
6' 7
7.
67.2
62.0 j
60.3
45.6 j
45.7
45.4
51 . }
4
50.2
86 . )
2
35.5
85.2
83 . )
7
82.1
59.5 j
59.0
59.5
56 . ]
9
55.1
10.6 j
10.4
20.6
'27.1
10.2
21.0
26.9
10 .1 1
21.0 j
26 . }
7
10.0
13.2
13 . )
8
13.1
26.1
6.1
13.7
29.3 !
6.3!
14 .2 !
29.0
6.3
14.2
21.0 i
27.2 !
26.2 !
5.9 !
14.2 :
584
26.1
5.9
14.1
^ 577 .
314.5 !
87.7 r
80.4.!
See explanatory notes, section A, C, and G.
i 498.1
^ 83.7
; 26.7
i 49.0
;
20.8
46.4
!
30.5
40.2
!
24.1
j
r r )*
o o -
IRON AND STEEL AND THEIR PRODUCTS '
312.2
86.3
79.0
567
590
309.8
82.5
77.5
310 . !
9
91.5!
92.2 i
}
20.6
26.5
579
307.6
88.5
90.6
^Table 6. - Estimated Number of Production Workers in Manufacturing Industries - Cont
(in thousands)
Industry group and industry
MACHINERY, EXCEFT ELECTRICAL
Machinery and machine-shop products
Engines and turbines
Tractors
Agricultural machinery, excluding
tractors
Machine tools
Machine-tool accessories
Textile machinery
Pumps and puinping 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
Locomotives
Cars, electric- and steam-railroad
Aircraft and parts, excluding
aircraft engines
Aircraft engines
Shipbuilding and boatbuilding
Motorcycles, bicycles, and parts
194(3
Nov.
1947
Oct.
Sept,
Nov.
1,194
:1,190
i1,185
1,150
376.1 i 377,8 i 378.3
43.0
43 2
42.7
57.8
%.4
i7.2
Oct.
1,131
377.7
45.6
53 7
370.3
44.8
53.7
31.4
50.3
42.2
39.2
54.6 !
24.8
51 .I i
51.4
42,1
38.7
54.7
24.4
51.3
51.7
42.5
36.9
56.1
23.9
43.5
60.3
51.8
34.7
58.3
22.2
42.3
62.0
r1.2
33.9
57.4
21.3
43.4
42.4
41.6
36.4
35.4
15.5 j
13.1
14.8
12.6
12.0
12.8 j
12.4
12,0
10.5
10.3
78.8
73.6
78.1
64.2
63.5
443
; 420
26.0
56.8
406
464
457
25.9
55.2
25.1
55.4
27,1
50.3
27-4
48.5
133.1 ! 133.0
26.2
2^9
118.0 ! 101.1
14.6
14 2
129.7
26.6
93.0
13.9
146.3
29.3
133.8
11.7
143.2
28.6
133.9
11.5
AUTOMOBILES
797
i 795
798
778
774
NONFERROUS METALS AND THEIR FRODUCTS
399
397
394
422
417
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
See explanatory notes,
39.1
39.2
39.3
- 39.3
38.6
52.1
28.0
52.3
27.7
52.5
21.5
62.0
- '28 .5
61.5
- 28.2
18.1
17.2
29.c
43.0
17.8
17.0
29.6
42.5
17.1
16.6
29+9
41.8
17.4 - 17.4
. 15.1 - 14.7
'-31.2
31.2
50.6
50.9
25.9
2% 7
24.9 .
sections A, C) and G*
*
27.2 . 26.7
10.
Table 6. - Estimated Number of Production Workers in Manufacturing Industries - Cont\.
(In thousands)
Industry group and industry
LUMBER AND TIMBER BASIC PRODUCTS 2/
Sawmills and logging camps
Planing and plywood mills
FURNITURE AND FINISHED LUMBER
PRODUCTS 2/ .
Mattresses aad bedsprings
Furniture
Wooden boxes, bther than cigar
Caskets and other morticians' goods
Wood preserving
'Wood, turned add shaped
STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS 2/
Glass and glassware
Glass products made from
purchased glass
. Cement '
Brick, tile, and terra cotta
Pottery and related.products
Gypsum "
Wallboard, plaster (except gypsum),
and mineral woo^
Lime
Marble, granite, slate, and other
products
Abrasives
Asbestos'products .
Nov.
680
1947
; Oct.
681
; 446
438
599
120.0
120.0
! 590
479.5! 473.8
, 119 .1 : 116.6
' .419
i 411
31.5
30.1
223 . ^ 220.0
5
3.'
4 2 ^ 33.6
18.7!
17.3
16.5 * 16.5
- 30 .7 ; 30.3
422 i . 422
' 33.3
35.9 ! 34.9
238.6
243.6
233.1
35.8
33.3 ! 36.0
19.4
. 19*6
19.7
18.2
17.9
17.3
31.6 j
31.4
32.5
429
432
427
116 9
122.9 i 124.2
12.6
3^.9
75.5
57.2
6.3
12.2
36.3
73.6
56,1
6.4*
12 .O .
37.0
75.^
55.9
6.1
12.7
9.5
12.3
9.1
12.1
9.2 .
18.5
16.3
21.3
18.4
16.5
21.3
18.5
1^.9
21.0
Nondurable— — i
----. -— 'Goods
-—
TEXTILE-MILL PRODUCTS AND OTHER FIBER
1,238
MANUFACTURES 2/
1,217 .
508.2
Cotton manufactures, except smallwares 516.9
Cotton smallwares
13.7
13.9
106.9
Silk and rayon goods
105.7
Woolen and worsted manufactures,
174.2
except dyeing and finishing
170.9
136.2
133.4
Hosiery
11.2
Knitted .cloth
il<5
31.4 ' 30.8
Knitted outerwear and knitted gloves
Knitted underwear
46.9
47.9
Dyeing and finishing textiles,
including woolen and worsted
8^.1
8^.9
Carpets and.rugs, wool
34.4
33.6
Hats, fur-f.olt
11.6
13.6
3,0
Jute goods, except-felts 3.0
Cordage and twine
^ 16,1
15.4
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Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
678
547.3 !- 550,2 i 549,6
128,1
132.4 j 129.8
453
1946
Nev. ? Oct.
! Sept.
12.7^
34 .7 ,
j
69.4*
' 6.1:
li.oi
9.0 !
10.8
9.0
' 17. !
2
20.0 ;
21.6 }
17.2
19.8
21.3
j
.1,192 ' '1,230 jl,215
498. .
9
^12 . ! 505.3
3
13.4
15 .8 ! 15.9
103.3 ' 105 .9 ! 104.6
168.7
130.2
11.0
29.6
; 45.6
i
83.0
32.9
11,2
2.9
t 14.7
!
179.2! 177.0
134 .7 : 132.5
12.9i
12.8
36.1j 35.3
4o.8! 4o.3
!
83 .8 ! 82.7 *
28.7; 27.9
17.0!
!
md
notes, sections A, C, e G.
12.4
34.6
70.9
53.7
.5 ^
'Sj
17.2
11.
Table 6. - Estimated Number of Production Workers in Manufacturing Industries - Contti
(In thousands)
Industry group and industry
APPAREL .
AND OTHER FINISHED TEXTILE
PRODUCTS-2/
... *
Men's clothing,, not elsewhere
classified
Shirts, collars, and nightwear '
Underwear and neckwear, men's '
Work shirtsWomen's clothing, not elsewhere
classifiedCbrsets and allied garments
Millinery
Handkerchiefs
Curtains, draperies, and bedspreads
Eousefurnishings, other than
curtains, etc.
Textile bags
LEATHER AND LEATHER PRODUCTS 2/
Leather
Boot and shoe cut stock and findings
Boots and shoes
Leather gloves and mittens
Trunks and suitcases
FOOD 2/
TOBACCO MANUFACTURES
Nov.
1,171
1,181
;
1,149
1,063
1
j
! '
'
309.2
81.1
18.1
16.1
3 0 6 .9
7 9 .3
1 7 .3
432.1
19.3
21.2
5.2
32.1
462.3
18.7
25.2
n 1
30.9
1,065
299.4
77.2
17.1
15.9
452.1
18.1
23.8
5.0
28.7
15.8
279.8
68.9
l8,6
15.4
4o6. 8
16.6
20.2
4.4
29.5
417.9
16.3
24.3
4.4
30.2
30.6
27.3
29.3
28.9
30.1
28.2
270.3
65.2
18.5
15.0
.
30.0
28.3 }
369
46.9
19.8
227.5
13.2
.14.7
191.7
33.8
19.5
26.3
39.7
28.5
13.0
224.8
20.8
26.0
79.5
3.3
473.3
172.0
31.6 i
28.1
1 366
; 364
46.9
19.6
225.8
13.1
14.4
1,259
46.7
19.3
225.1
12.8
13.5
.
1,381
183.0
34.9
20.5
27.8
39.8
28.9
13.0
224.5
20.5
26.3
76.4
3<8
:.
74.7
240.1
182.0
35.8
21.2
31.1
39.0
29.6
14.0
219.8
20.8
11.9
68.3
39.3
76.2
384.3
357
355
43.3
20.7
218.6
13.9
14.8
44.0
20.3
216.3
14.0
15.0
l,l4i
163.2
35.8
19.3
24.7
39.1
27.5
13.9
211.9
15.5
27.1
63.7
27.5
63.0
215.6
1,091
92.9
36.3
19.9
25.7
38.9
27.6
13.8
205.3
14.0
24.1
63.0
27.5
63.4
270.0
90
Cigarettes
Cigars
Tobacco (chewing and smoking)
and snuff
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Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
1947
Oct;." :Sept.
!
1,197
Slaughtering and meat packing
Butter
Condensed and evaporated milk
Ice cream
Flour .
.
Feeds, prepared '
,
Cereal preparations
Baking
Sugar refining, cane
Sugar, beet
Confectionery
Beverages, nonalcoholic
Malt liquors
Canning and preserving
1946
. Oct.
Nov.
89
86
91
89
34.0
42.2
33.4
41.6
32.6
40.3
34.5:
42.3
33.9
4i.4
8.0
7.8
sections A, C, and G.
7.2
7.3 i
7.1
12.
Table 6. - Estimated Number of Production Workers in Manufacturing Industries - Conti
(In (thousands)
. Industry group and industry
PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS 2/
Paper and pulp
Paper goods, other
Envelopes Paper hags
Paper boxes
PRINTING, PUBLISHING, AND ALLIED
INDUSTRIES - /
2
Newspapers and periodicals
Printing; book and job
Lithographing
Bookbinding
CBEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS
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
Fir^vorks
Cottonseed.oil
Fertilizers
PRODUCTS O . PETROLEUM AND COAL 2/
F
Petroleum refining .
Coke and byproducts
Paving materials
Roofing materials
19^7
Oct.
Sept.
387
385
381
197.6 . 196.9
58.6
58.7
12.4 : 12.2
17.9
17.9
98.1
99.1
'
' 435
14$.1
162.0
33.0
36.7
. 575
197.0
57.3
12.0
17.7
96.0
!
-
Nov.
Oct.
383
376
190.0
57.9
11.8
19.2
103.2
187.7
56.8
11.4
18.7
100.4
433
429
415
410
144.6
180.7
32.6
38.5
144.4
177.5
32.4
38.2
135.0
176.5
32.536.4
133.9
174.3
32 . .
0
35.6
572
563
550
539
36.5
51.4
9.8
15.7
58.8
36.0
53.1
12.6
13.7
57.8
36.7
36.9
50.7
51.3
10.4
. 10.7
. 16.4
16.1
59.5 - 59.5
-.
123.9 : 123.3
14.1 : 13.9
6.1
6.2 :
7.0
7.1
2.8
2.8
19.9
19.5
22.8
22.7
123.6
13.8
6.3
6.9
2.4
15.2
22.9
120.5
118.1
12.7
12.9
5.8
5*3
6.8
6.9
3.5 * 3.4
20.5
17.5
22.0
22.1
. 162
163
1^5
155
110.8
29.3
3-4
18.4
106.9
27.6
2.4
17.4
106.8
27.7
2.7
17.2
162
. 109.5
109.7
29.9 ' 29.7
3.4 3.4
18.5
18.4
See explanatory notes, sections A, C, : G.
md
1946
Nov.
35.9
53.5
12.4
13.8
58.9
13.
Table 6. - Estimated Number of Production Workers in Manufacturing Industries - Cent'A
(In thousands).
Industry group and industry
RUBBER PRODUCTS
Rubber tires and inner tubes
Rubber boots and shoes
Rubber goods, other
2/
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
Oct.
Sept.
Nov.
224
2/
MISCELLANEOUS INDUSTRIES
1946
1947
Nov.
220
215
240
236
115.1
22.0
8 ,.0
114.4
21.7
84.0
112.5
21.0
81.9
129.2
22.4
88.8
127.1
21.4
87.1
454
447
436
445
44i
27.5
39.9
28.0
38.7
27.7
38.2
27.6
17.8
43.4
12.7
2.7
27.5
17.4
42.3
12.1
2.8
27.5
16.5
40.9
11.6
2.8
27.0
35.3
Oct.
: 28.5
35.1
*30.0
29.8
13.8 - 13.4
35.0
33.7
14.2
14.6
3.0 - 2.9
See explanatory notes, sections A, C, and G.
l/ Revisions have been made as follows in the data for earlier months:
Wrought pipe, welded and heavy-riveted - July 1947 to 12.8.
2/ Estimates for the individual industries comprising the major industry group have
been adjusted to levels indicated by data through 1945 made available by the
Bureau of Employment Security of the Federal Security Agency. Comparable series
from January 1939 are available upon request. More recently adjusted data for
the individual industries comprising the major industry group indicated below
supersede data shown in publications dated prior to:
Major industry group
Food
Miscellaneous industries
Textile-mill products and other fiber
manufactures
Products of petroleum and coal
Mimeographed release
November
November
1947
1947
December 1947
January 1948
Monthly Labor Review
December
December
1947
1947
January 1948
February 1948
14.
Table 7. - Estimated Employment in
Selected Nonmanufacturing Industries
(In thousands)
Industry group and industry l/
MINING:
Nov.
1947
! Oct.
Nov.
Sept.
1946 ...
Oct.
i
2/
1
Coal:'
'
Anthracite
* r
Bituminous coal
Metal
Iron
Copper
Lead and zinc
Gold and silver
Miscellaneous-
*
#7.0
i 333
77.9 !
'
29.2
!
24.$ !
14.3
7.7
2.3
SERVICE:
66.9
331
77.9
29.7
24.3
13.9
7.8
2.2
..
68.7 ! 68.9
334 - ! 334
74.i
75.2
' 27.8
27.5
21.8
22.5
15.0
15.5
7.2
7.3
2.4
2.3
-
TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC UTILITIES:
Clasb 1 steam railways 3/
Street railways and busses 4/
^ Telephone
Telegraph
Electric light and power
#r.o
333
77-3 !
29.6
3h-3 !
13.8
7.6
.2.2
'
1,341
349
6i4
36.6
268
!
1,357
i 249
i 609
36.9
! 267
1,382
1,376
1,364
252
251
253
613.
583
577
37.6
40.9
41.5
250
268
249
-
Hotels (year-round)
Power laundries 2/
Cleaning and dyeing 2/
380
6/
378
388
379
6/
389
6/
.
!
See explanatory notes, section G.
l/ Includes all employees unless otherwise noted.
2/ Includes production and related workers only.
3 / Includes all-employees at middle of month. Excludes employees of switching and
terminal companies. Claes I steam railways include those with over $1,000,000
annual revenue. Source: Interstate Commerce Commission.
4/ Includes private and municipal street railway companies and affiliated,
subsidiary, or successor trolley-bus and motor-bus companies.
Includes all land line employees except those compensated on a commission basis.
Excludes general and divisional headquarters personnel, trainees in school, and
messengers.
6/ The change in definition from "wage earner" to "production worker" in the power
laundries and cleaning and dyeing industries results in the omission of drivor-*
salesmen This causes a significant difference in the data. New series are
being prepared.
15.
Table 8 - Indoxes of Production-Worker Employment and Pay Rolls
.
in Manufacturing Industries
(1939 Average = 100)
Industry group and industry
Employment indexes
1946
-1947
Nov. Oct. Sept. ^ o .
Nv
Pay-roll indexes
1946
1947
Nov. ;0ct. !
Sept. Nov.
8 156.6 152.0
ALL MANUFACTURING /157.2 156 . ;
..
Durable goods
Nondurable goods
Durable Goods
IRON- AND STEEL AND THEIR PRODUCTS
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
Wirework
Cutlery and edge tools
Tools (except edge tools, machine
tools, files, and saws)
Hardware
Plumbers' supplies
Stoves, oil burnors, and
heating equipment not
elsewhere classified
Steam and-hot-water heating
apparatus and steam fittings
Stamped and enameled ware
and ^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
heavy-riveted l/
Screw-machine products and
wood screws
Steel barrels, kegs, and drums
Firearms
ELECTRICAL MACHINERY
Electrical equipment
Radios and phonographs
Communication equipment
344.8}341.5j
336.9
i
182.1 180.5 179.3 176.7 384. !379 . !
5
3 372.0
137.6 138.2 138.8 132.5 306.1;304.6 302.5
j
!
!
160 . !
6 159.7 159.3:154.9 333-4^327.6 324.5
128.2 128.2 128.4
143 . !143.2;142.3
0
I50.7!l43.2ii46.4
163 . 162 . :
r
8 163.1
126.9 126.1 125.0
146.0 146.0 150.4
139.6 139.0 137.1
131.8 132.3 134.4
157.9 i%.i 152.2
254.6^ 247.5
318.1 324.4
362. !354.8
8
337.5!333.0
302.2 303.9
3 I5 . !327.3
9
266. ;263.9
0
293.3^ 285.4
379.6!368.4
250.4
321.9
337.2
326.4
292.7
344.9
256.2
286.2
355.9
331.1
266.0
280.8
208.7
299.6
294.4
315.5
262.4
232.6
240.7
261.7
389.9
163.6 160.7 158.9 172.4 357.5i 347.7 343.6 348.8
141.3 139.2;136.7 139.0 323.8;316.8 304.6 281.5
6
118.7^116.1:115.4 118.6 255. ;242.4 230.6 216.2
147.3-146.8 145.6 134.4 317.2! 327.9 313.8 265.0
-150 .
61150.6 149.7 169.7
155.D 153.9 153.4 150.7
330 .2]317.7 3H.1
328.4
356.9! 351.2 344.6 303.2
167.6 166.1 167.5 160.3 345 . !342.9 335.2 275.3
2
136.4 134.0 131.1
146.9 143.9-146.6
177.3 176.6 175.1
*
7 157.8
167.1 162 . ^
276.8 250.2
131.0 291.2!286.0 ,
147.1 309.1^ 305.2 292.5 270.3
7:
173.9 380 . !381.8 359.3 323.6
164.8 349.9!337.9 314.1 295.5
154.5 154.5 154.3 173.2
97.3 97.6 100.5 103.8
284. }281.7 274.4 284.0
6
225. ;222.8 218.9 227.6
5
174 . }172 . i
0
7 171.4 172.0
201.5 198.4;189.7 !
210.2
250. ;245. !241.2'287.0
3
8
i
i
!
Soe explanatory notes, sections A, C; F, a d G.
n.
124.0
144.0
137.5
170.3
117.6
129.9
136.3
134.6
177.3
;298.2
33 I.7 !334.2 326.1
257.6
243.4!236.7 *
627 . =615.4 605.7
0
462.8]455.9 442.2
354.2}349.6 344.4
448.7;445.3 419.8
496. :486.4 459.3
8
349.6
237.2
569.9
i416.0
308.3
42T7.3
;521.3
16
Table 8. - Indexes of Production-Workcr Employment atd Pay Rolls
ji
in Manufacturing Industries - Continued' .
Industry group and industry
1ACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL
Machinery a d machine-shop
n.
* 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 machinos, wringers
and driers, domestic
Sewing machinos, domestic
and industrial
Refrigerators and refrigeration
equipment
TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT,
EXCEPT AUTOMOBILES
Locomotives
Cars, electric- and steamrailroad
Aircraft and parts, excluding
aircraft engines
Aircraft engines
Shipbuilding and boatbuilding
Motorcycles, bicycles, and parts
Employment indexes
*1947
!1946
Nov. * c t . Sept*.!N o v .
O
Pay-roll indexes
! 1946
1341
Nov. Oct. S ep t.!Nov,
225.9 225.I!224.3;217.7 450.4 448.9 442.6! 390.1
6
0
7
0
185.9 186 . ^187 . ;186.7 374.3:373 - 372 . !336.8
4
3
,: 231 . ^244.5 515.0 493 .: 507 . :492.4
6
4
228.7' 230
8:328 .5 318.2 269.9
2
184.7 182 .7 180 . ;171.6 331 .
184.8^183 .6:184 . !156.3
5
4
137.4 140 . !141.2:164.6
167 .
7!167 . !168 . !205.9
3
7
9
4
179 . : 176 . !168 . :158.5
l
8
225.3 225 . - 231.4: 240.6
6
153 .2,150 . 147.6 137.2
376.6:394 . 387 . !280.7
4
3
9
2
249.5 253 . :254. !285.5
6
1
294.6:294 . :296. !343.4
4
4
390.3^376 . :361 . !301.1
470.9 474 . ;488.o! 451.1
9
. ;317 . )279.0
5
6
352.8;337
5
220.7: 215 . }211.2 185.2
4
456.
5!449 .5 436. }352.0
.3
208.0 202 .
442.9:424 . ! 395.0! 291.7
6
197 . ;168.2
6
364
9
163.2 157'- ;152.7 133.6 376.3j .3:343.^ 260.5
:
224.2!223.4 222.2- 182.6
427.8^440 . !421. )301.9
4
3
^
6
279 . '264, 8 255. :292.4
1
544.0 533.4 499.9^ 531.1
402. -4oo, 5 -388.ij 419.4 863 .1 ; . l 875.3= 836.8
0
870 i
231.4 225.2-225.7 205.2
6
503.5: 493 . :468.8 4o6.6
335. 3 i 327. 0 ^368.8
294, ^299. ,329.8
8
2
146, 0 ;134.3* 193.2
8
203, 200.0 168.1
650. ; . !623. !680.4
6 662 0
3
479 . !
2 499.9: 501 . !484.3
3
318.1 293.1 262.0 336.8
2
9
442.7* 432 . :404. !318.4
335.5
291.0
170.5
209.0
AUTOMOBILES
198 .2:197 . ;19$. 3 193.3 388.1 378 . '373.5 325.7
7
i
5
NONFERROUS METALS AND- THEIR
PRODUCTS. -
173.9 173.3:171.7} 184.0 357.9*353.2 343.^ 345.3
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
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141.5^ 141.9: 142.2! 142.1 295. :
7 291.9 298.7 256.8
7
4
134 .2!134.7! 135.2! 159.7 259. :257.0 254. .290.0
137 . :136 . .135 . :140.5 325 .5 !315.7 307.8 309.6
8
7
3
125.4
141.8
141.7
182.5
123 .2!118 . ^120.3
6
139 . !136.6 124.5
8
144.4! 146.0; 152.5
180 . :177 . ;216.3
5
7
o
138.3 137.3= 133 . i 145.2
sections A, C, F, and G.
262. :254.9
6
329.0 322.2
282.8 283.4
346.4^ 340.7
233 . !231.0
7
312 . !261.4
5
277.1 271.2
321.5! 373.7
290.2 292. j 278 . 278.0
8
^
Table 8. - Indexes of Production-Worker Emplo^nent rmd Pay Rolls
in Manufacturing Industries - Continued
Industry group and industry
LUMBER AND TIMBER BASIC PRODUCTS 2/
Sawmills and logging camps l/
Planing and plywood mill3
FURNITURE AND FINISHED LUMBER
PRODUCTS 2/
Mattresses and bodsprings
Furniture
Wooden boxes, other than cigar
Caskets rmd other morticians'
goods
'
Wood preserving
Wood, turned and shaped
STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS
Glass and glassware'
Glass products made from
purchased glass
*.Cement
Brick, tile, and terra cotta
Pottery-and related products
Gyp stun
Wallboard, plaster (oxcept
gypsum), and mineral wool
Lime
- -.
Marble, granite, slate, and
other products
Abrasives'
Asbestos products
Employment indexes
1946
194?
Nov. :
Oct.. =
Sept. Nov.
'
Pay-roll indexes
!1^46
1941
N i v . 'O ct.
_:
Sept.; Nov
161 . * . .161.2 142.4 ;386. !387 . =388. ;284.7
7 162 1
6
6
6
167.4 164.1'161 . 150.5
9j
425.3 !425.2'430.5' 305.7
385 . !381 .2 .368. 291.3
5
r
138 . : . }133.5 127.7
2 136 1
174.Q 170 .3 !162.3 153.6
136.9 134.1 131 . .
0 125.6
124.6 127.1 126.3 120.7
322.i 318 . :305.0 268.5
j
5
372 .6;378.7 356 . :305.8
0
323.2! 315.0!297-9! 263.7
3 1 9 ; 308.8!305.0= 266.3
0.-
141.5 139.6' 140 . :
6 134.7
137.9 142.4 145.1 131.6
132 . . . !127 .9124.9
1 128 5
147.1}146.0: 145.5:143.9
287.3 281.4:283.4^ 248.2
355.6 384.2!393.7!314.6
^ . 8 287 . : . :263.1
8 281 2
174.5 175.4^175.^152.9
168 . - ^.2 !166.7 172.2
2 16
316.3 313 . ;306. }274.8
6
0
558.6!351.2:342.8; 319.4
270 . :264. !251 . !252.6
1
5
5
297 . :294. - 298.3-244.4
6
7
'
296.5 !300.2!294. !242.2
1
341.9 342. :326. )286.2
7
5
284. :278 . ;258. !241.5
5
1
3
123.7 121.5 120.1 127.1
151.4 151 . 1 152.1:142.6
130.1 130 . '12Q.8 119.5
2
l6^.ojl66.o! 165 . :
2 160.0
I32.4jl28.7! 124.2!124.1
*!
i
156.4 151.2 149.4 :
135.7
99.9! 95.3! 97.0: 95.2
381 .
51368. !357 . !290.1
4
8
259.5-258. !245. ^221.4
9
5
100.1! 9 . ' 99. = 93.2
92=
9
213 . ' . -217 . ;259.0
7 213 8 ;
9
134.1:134.4!132.0 136.0
175.9 183.5 180 . :151.5
9
418.2 -408.0;418 . !440.8
2
313 . :305.6 : .2=293.4
6
299
108 . : . :104 .2 1 0 7 .6
2 106 4
2 8 0 .8 :2 6 4 .9 :2 5 6 .3 ;2 4 6 . 0
122.5
123 . :
6 121.5 119 .3 !
96.6} 07 . ! 95 . :
2
2 112.0
6
84.4= 83 . ^ 81 . } 83.6
5
:
0
110.5 108.4; 107 . !ll3.6
8l.l! 79.4! 77-5! 80.2
2 111.6
99.4} 97.1: 95. !
362.1 329.1 317.4:305.9
215 .I!213 .6 =210. ^229.9
6
236.6 }227.6 :220.2;202.4
Nondurable Goods
TEXTILE-MILL PRODUCTS AND OTHER
FIBER MANUFACTURES 2/
' Cotton manufactures, except
smallwaros
Cotton smallwares
'Silk and rnycn goods
Woolen and worsted manufactures,
except dyeing and finishing
Hosiery
Knittod cloth
Knitted outerwear and knittod
gloves
Knitted underwear
Dyeing and finishing textiles
including voolen and worsted
Carpets and rugs^ wool
Hat3, fur-felt
Jute goods, except felts
276.6:270.4! 268. !253.7
5
4
186 . 1 7 7 . !166. !167.6
4
2
221.7 214.4: 207. !235.7
8
0
105.5 103.5 99.5 121.4 243.0 237 . !215.3! 273.5
100.2 293.3 282. ;274.3: 225.5
8
117 . !115.3 :111 .9 =
6
121 . I . :117.6 118.6
6 120 5
127.1 124.4 121 . :106.1
7
88 . ! 8 . - 85 . ! 88.3
5 84:
8
79-4i 79.5 76 . :
i
6 107.0
Cordage and twino
125 . : . ;115 .3 :133.1
7 120 4
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279 . !271 .3 !269.5:246.0
8
297.6 288. !276 . '21^6
7
5
181 .9 !185.9: 177.2: 202.8
170.1^ 168. !163.7! 241.7
7
300.6 ;282.0 ! 258. !283.4
6
18.
Table 8. - Indexes of Production-Worker Employment and Pay Rolls
in Manufacturing Industries - Continued
Industry group and industry
APPAREL AND OTHER FINISHED
TEXTILE PRODUCTS 2 '
/'
Men's clothing, not elsewhere
classified
Shirts, collars, and nightwear
Underwear and necl&oar, men's l/
Work shirts
Women's clothing, not elsewhere
classified
Corsets and allied garments l/
Millinery
Handkerchiefs
Curtains, draperies; and
bedspreads
Housefurnishings, other than
curtains, etc.
Textile bags
LEATHER AND LEATHER PRODUCTS 2/
Leather
Boot and shoe cut stock and
findings Boots and shoes
Leather gloves and mittens
Trunks and suitcases
FOOD 2/
Slaughtering and meat packing
Butter
Condensed and evaporated milk
Ice cream
Flour
Feeds, prepared
Cereal preparations
Baking
Sugar refining, cane
Sugar, beet
Confectionery
Beverages, nonalcoholic
Malt liquors
Canning a i preserving
rd
TOBACCO MANUFACTURES
Cigarettes
Cigars
Tobacco (chewing and smoking)
and snuff
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Employment indexes
1947
1945*
Nov. Oct. Sept. Nov,
Pay-roll indexes
:1946
1957
Nov. Oct. :Scpt.jNov.
148.3 149. ^ .6^134.6
6 145
319.6 336.0 318.5!283.2
13^.7:133.6 : .
130 4;121.8
109 . : .2 !104. ! 93.1
7 107
4
106.5 102 . il01.1 109.6
3
113.7:111.7-112.4 108.7
5:284
301.5 303 .
266.0 258.9 243
280
292.9 - .2!261
260 4
269.5 : . :266
9 271.9 i
2:217.7
3 285.7
!
9=262.0
158 . ll6l.5 ; . r
0
158 0 .
142.1
102 . j 99. - 96 5 88.2
8
8
'
83 .2 ! 98.9 ! 93 4 79.2
102 .? 100 . ' 98 3 87.1
9
-
319.3 349.5 334
218 5
225. - . :205
7:
120 .3 :
195.2 173
260. !
4 251.4!239
7 284.9
^
4 182.8
,
1 117.2
4 204.5
'
180 . i 7 3 . ,1 6 1 . * .2 422.2 412.1)371 9 368.1
9 l 7
4 166
268.7 283.
41274.0 262.6 590.1 632.2 !6o4 6 543.1
6
224.8:222.6;220.1 228.9 482.2 472 . !458 8 432.3
106.
4jl05.6:104.8 102.9 235.4 234.
9;231 6 201.6
' 93*f: 93.7j 93.3i 86.6 199.8 199.1 198 5 160.1
6
.
99.0 98.1 - 96.9 :
103.6 190.3 189. :191 4 183.5
.^.5 ! 97 . = 97.5' 94.7 223.5 223.8 221 5 190.8
8
131 . ji3i.5 128 . :
8
1 139.5 264.1 267.5 :253 5 272.2
rrr.i;i72 . }i62.6 178.1 397.3 381 .
5
8:335 9 348.3
8
140.1 147.3'161.7:133.5 300.6 308. ;331 6 252.0
142.0:135 .5=134 .7 120.9 317.4 ,
271.7 !271 0 226.1
0 178.1 341.6 349.5!364 8 318.4
168.0 173 .3ii78 . :
179.7: 88 -9!194 . 177.2 377.8 402.5 ;4i9 e 331.9
i
5
149.4: . 176 .8 140.4 270.1 *
157 8
288.5 *326 2 239.9
143 . :143 .3:140.4 140.7 339.5 338.7 334 7 288.8
1
164.8 167 .1 !7i .2 159.5 345.6 !357^3 :382 9 ^
308.3
155.8: .7 :168 .0 165.8 316.9 ;300.3 : 3 5 !
155
3 7 306.2
118.1 117 .9:115 .5 111.3 227.8 !230.8 ^223 2 ^
205.3
0
131.1 129 . :131 . - 97.8 302.3 ;279.1 278 7 162.3
3
224.1:226 , 102 .9:233.1 517.6 ;464.0 214 3 =
4
470.3
142.7 : 3 ,2 :122 .6 114.3 325.1 ^
17
312.2 : i 3 225.7
27
143.8 150 , 164 .9 115.2 240.0 ;258.7 : 9 6 :
4
2 5 172.7
6^188 .4'155.8 326.8 :344.i 370 3 250.2
181.3 :184 ,
114.4 I 59 ,
8:255 .7 =143.4 265.7 437.9 !683 8 :
311.5
96.5 , '5 . ! 92.3 ; 97.6 216.3 ;2i4.5 205 3 ;212.7
9 1
124.0 3.21.7 118.7 125.7 253.3 :
252.8 .243 7 :
247.1
;
1
82 . !81.7 ! 79.1= 83 .O 195.8 - 90.6 -179 8 :194.3
9
, 78.9 .79.4 77.4 i 8 7 .O 164.0 172.7 171 . ;i66.7
6
:
sections Ay C, F,
G.
Table 8. - Indexes cf Production-Worker Employment and Pay Rolls
in Manufacturing Industries - Continued
Industry group and industry
PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS 2/
Paper and pulp
Paper goods, other
Envelopes
Paper hags
Paper boxes
PRINTING, PUBLISHING, AND ALLIED
INDUSTRIES 2/
Newspapers and periodicals
Printing; hook and'job
Lithographing
Bookbinding
Employment indcx-js
-1946
19W
Nov. ;Oct. 'Sept.iNcv.
P?y-roll indexes
1946
1Q47
Sept. Nov.
Nov. Oct. j
145.7 145.0 :143.5^
144.3
319.6 314.4! 309.6 276.6
143.4:142.9 142.9:137.9 319.9 317.3 317.0 267.0
288.5
155.7 155 .3 !151.9 153.4 326.4 320.4 3H.7 :
142.2:140.6 137.4:135.4
279. '273.7 -248.5
8!
J30.0!!333.9 ^
333.0
161.3 160.7 159.2!172.4
2
143.0 141.5 138.5:148.8 315.7 304. ;291.5 285.4
^
j
!
247 9
132 . !l30.7; 126.6 !252.3 ^ . '245.0 214.0
0
121.8*121.7
^141.6:139.1
!124.2 123.4
!149.3{148.1
CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS
Paints, varnishes, and colors
Drugs, modicincs, 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 2/
Petroleum refining
Coke and byproducts
Paving materials
Roofing materials
224.0i221.6 221.6
279.3 272^8* 266.6
236.1^22b.2 225.9
325.1 355.4 322.9
182.0
241.4
208.3
291.0
190.9 406. -400,5 395.1 345.0
2
!
130.4 129.8
i
!
ii87.3^7.6
100. 94.2
6i
!li8.5iii5.9
; . ;
123 2 121.8
127.7
241.4 235.4 233.2 208:2
195.4
120.0
101.3
121.9
377.5'383.6
201.8 190.6
264.8 255.7
246.4;244.3
373-3
174.3
252.0
246.8
341.9
215.5
170.8
215.$
[ . :
177 2 177.6
:i9l.5 190.5
=154.9;158.7
: . '
164 6 161.3
}245.6 210.8
130.9 '128.1 il00.2
^121.6 j 2 .8
l1
173.3
174,6
146.0
159.3
305-.9
134.7
117.7
340.9 334.7 336,2
368. :
6 354.1 356.6
290.7 283.4 290.2
391. :
0 387.2 37^.3
687.5 734.1 563.7
363.3:358.3 : 263.6
309.5:319.9{335.1
301.3
282.7
242.5
332.3
824.6
341.3
276.6
298.5 [
[153.3 jl54.0 146.6 305.0 ,
302.7 252.6
=
149.8 ^
151.4 :i46.o
[
136.9 135J l 127.2
il37.4 :i4o.o 99.0
:227.7 :
226.8 214.5
See explanatory notes, sections A, C, F, and G.
113.7
138.3
123.6
141.1..
287.7 i279.7 !287.6
299.7 ^
296.5 {
289.9
268. :
8 291.6 !
302.8
526.4 323.1 !5io.5
243.4
232.3
184.2
428.0
20.
Table 8. - Indoxes of Production-Worker Employment a d Pay Rolls
n.
in Manufacturing Industries - Continued. .
Industry group and industry
RUBBER PRODUCTS 2/
Rubber tires and inner tubes =
Rubber boots and shoes
Rubber goods, other
MISCELLANEOUS INDUSTRIES 2/
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
'1946
1947
Nov. ;0Ct. Sept. Nov.
Pay-roll indexes
H 9S6
19S7
Nov. Oct. Sept. Nov.
I85 . i 82.0 178.1 198.8
2 l
383.3 375.6 369.0=377.4
212.2 :
211.0 207.5 238.3 407.5 398.0 397.9 414.7
147.9il46.1 141.6 151.0 322.4 331.7 314.4 295.4
167 . ;
7 162.0 157.8 171.3 362.2 352.3 338.3 340.4
I85 . i 82.9
6 i
;
;
i
t
!
242.8 i .4
.
247
225. 9 218.8
;.
232.1:231.6
228. :
6 223.8
226.9 :
221.4
112.7^107.7
269.5 ^
273.2
178.4 182.0
393 .7 384.4 369.0 354.0
.
245.0 239.0 474.9 478.9 .469.3 422.1
216.1 199.5 426.7 405.1 .394.3 344.2
231.6
211.4
213.9
103.4
277.6
252.3
176.5
183.2
126.3
289.8
445.3
500.1
525.9
262.1
560.6
443.5 ^442.3
475.6 46o.2
518.7 482.3
245.8 =
230.2
555.4 !558.9
4%. 0
367.2
405.3
287.1
586.4
See explanatory notes/sections A, C, F, and G.
l/ Revisions have boen made as follows in the indexes for earlier months:
Wrought pipe, welded and heavy-riveted - July 1947 employment to 153-3; pay roll
to 3081*01
Sawmills and logging camps - August 1947 pay roll to 435 .3 .
Underwear and neckwear, men's - August.1?47 pay roll to 240.7.
Corsets and allied garments - August 1$47 pay roll to 194.7.
2/ Indexes for the individual industries
been adjusted.to levels indicated by
Buroau of Employment Security of the
from January 1939 are available upon
the individual industries comprising
supersede data shown in publications
Major industry group.
Food
Miscellaneous industries
Toxtile-mill products and other fiber
manufactures
Products of petroleum and coal
comprising the major industry group have
data through 1945 made available by the
Federal Security Agency. Comparable scries
request. More recently adjusted data for
the major industry group indicated below
dated prior to:
Mimeographed release Monthly Labor Review
November 1947
November 1947
December 1947
December 1947
December 1947
January 1948
January 1948
February 1948
21.
Table 9- - Indexes of Employment and Pay Rolls in
Selected. Nonmanufacturing Industries
(1939 Average = 100)
Industry group and industry
t
Employment indexes
1947
=1946
! Nov. Oct. :Scpt. iNoV.
Pay-roll indexes
1946
1947
Nov.
Nov. Oct. ;Scpt. i
MINING:
Coal:
Anthracite
Bituminous coal
Metal
Iron
Copper
Lead and zinc
Gold and silver
Miscellaneous
Quarrying and nonmetallic
Crude petroleum production l/
80.9
90.5
88.3
144.9
102.8
91*7
31.3
57.1
103.4
94.3
i
j
80.9 i 8 0 .7 ! 82.9
89.9 89 . ! 90.0
2
87.9 ! 88 . ! 85.2
3
147 . ; 47 . :
0 i 3 136.1
102.0 101.8 94.6
88.9 j 89.6 99.4
30.8 = 31.4- 29.6
55.7 ' 56 . ; 60.9
6
104.5 3.05.4 101.2
94.5 i 95.7; 93.0
199.1:224.11211.1
275 .2 : .2 ^
275 270.2
181 . ^ .
6 179 5!179.0
303 0 298.7
299.3i . :
222. : . !
9 220 8 223.2
0 203.6
217.0! 206. :
6
53.4i 51 . ! 52.0
104.8^
101.9^102.5
261
250.2 : .2258.5
179.0 l69.9jl75.6
182.3
233.1
146.9
238.6
170.0
192.1
2/
3/
2/
223.6 223.2!224.1
321.5 3l4.2j312.3
1 211.8
206.8 208. :
187 .
61182. H 83.1
8
i/
210.9
273.0
194.2
157.6
4 4 .5
99.9
222.4
151.0
TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC UTILITIES :
Class 1 steam railways 2/
Street railways and busses
Telephone
Telegraph
Electric light and power
TRADE:
135.8 137.4:138.1
128 . :
7 128.8 129.6
193.4:191.6 192.9
97.2 98 . i 99.8
1
109. jl09.4 :
7
109.9
139.9
130.6
183.4
108.7
102.5
4/
Wholesale
Retail
Food
General merchandise
Apparel
Furniture and housefurnishings
Automotive
Lumber and building materials
116.5 115.5 113.3 112.7
119.8 115.7 3.12.4:117.4
116.1 115.0 112.6 108.6
143.6 131.3 =122.8 145.2
124.0:119.1:113.5 124.1
92.4 89.5 ! 87.5! 85.5
107.6 105.6 104.8: 98.5
126.4 126.9 124 . :
5 115.1
SERVICE:
213 . :
6 206.9 203.3 189.7
216.5 206.9 202.5 !191.7
220.0 213.8 209.2 !185.7
251.1:224.5^220.4 :
225.0
207.6
222.7 :2i3.i:203.5 !
167.6 159.8 :i48.6
177.3 =
198.6 : 93 . :
i 8 188.5 !i69.3
1238. :
4 231.8 :191.9
233.5
}
)
!
1 222.4 1218.5
228.6 227 . I
5 208.2 ;191.5
199.7 204. :
213.8 221. I
217.0
6 220.7 ^
-- i--—
See footnotes, table 7, and explanatory notes, sections F and G.
Hotels (year -round) j /
?
Power laundries
Cleaning and dyeing
l/
2/
3/
?/
5/
117.1 117.7 117.4 120.2
106.9 108.5 109.6 109.9
116,0 120.0 118.6 123.0
Does not include veil drilling or rig building.
Source: Interstate Commerce Commission.
Not available
Includes nonsupervisory workers and working supervisors only.
Money payments only; additional value of board, room, uniforms, and tips, not
included.
EXPLANATORY NOTES
Sec. A. Revisions of Employment Estimates - The employment estimates shown
in this report for the industry divisions (e.g., mining/ manufacturing, etc.) and
industry groups (e.g., iron and steel, electrical machinery, etc.) have been adjusted
to levels indicated by benchmark data through 19^5 and supersede data shown in mimeo
graphed releases dated prior to April 19^7 and in the Monthly Labor Review dated
prior to May 194?.
Sec.- B. Sources of Benchmark Data - The chief purpose of recent revisions,
published in the February 19^7 DETAILED REPORT, was to adjust the levels of employ
ment estimates to benchmark data through 19^5. 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 benchmark data. Data obtained from unemployment
compensation agencies and the Bureau of Old Age and Survivors Insurance are the main
bases for 19^5 benchmarks. Benchmarks 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 transportation.
Sec. C. Scope of Employment Revisions - Recent revisions also include a
new type of estimate for employment in construction based upon establishment reports.
This estimate is more consistent with the estimating procedure used for other indus
try divisions. In addition, federal force account construction employment has been
transferred from the construction segment to government.
Each of the industry divisions was affected by the recent revisions.
Adjustments have also been made in each of the 20 major groups comprising the manu
facturing industry division^ To be consistent with the estimates for these major
industry groups, and more representative of the true level of employment, 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 from 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 o . employment are based on reports from a sample group of establishments, inas
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much as full coverage is prohibitively costly and time-consuming. In using a sample,
it is essential that an accurate base be established from which estimates may be
carried forward. This base or "benchmark" is either a complete count or an estimate
with a satisfactory degree of accuracy. When a new benchmark becomes available,
estimates prepared since'the last benchmark are reviewed to determine if any adjust
ment of level is required. This is the ba3ic principle of employment estimating used
by the BLS. It yields a satisfactory compromise between a slow but highly accurate
complete count 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 benchmark or level of employment is determined; second, a sample
of establishments is selected; and third, changes in employment indicated by this
reporting sample are applied to the benchmark to determine the monthly estimates of
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employment between benchmark pericds. For example, if the latest complete data on
employment for an industry were 40,200 in September 194% end if the industry has a
reporting sample of 13 establishments employing 23,200 workers in September and
23,800 in October, the October estimate would be prepared as follows:
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40,200 X 23j^02 = 41 240
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23,200
..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 indus
tries, 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 representative list of blocks in these cities. Data obtained from
the establishments in these blocks yield substantially better estimates of month-tomonth .changes in employment in the service end finance 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 immediately 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. During the war period adjustment of many of the nonmanufacturing industry
divisions was unavoidably postponed for several years. Consequently, the most recent
revision'corrects for the downward bias that had accumulated in the nonmanufacturing
series since 1941. Revisions in some industry divisions have been carried back to
1939 in order to incorporate greater refinements in methodology and new source
materials', that have become available. For example, improved data on the small firm
component of the trade and service.industries, supplied by the Bureau of Old Age and
Survivors Insurance, made possible refinements in these series back to 1939*
Sec. E. Comparability With Other Types'of Employment Data - The Bureau of
Labor Statistics employment estimates are based upon reports submitted by cooperat
ing establishments and therefore differ from employment 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: (l) The Bureau of Labor Statistics
estimates cover all full- and part-time wage and salary workers.-in private nonagri
cultural establishments who worked or received pay during the pay period ending
nearest the 15 th of the month, in Federal establishments during*the pay*period ending
just before the first of the month, and in State and local government during the pay
period ending on or just before the la3t 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 for old
age and unemployment insurance, withholding taxes, bonds, and union dues. Pay for
6ick leave, holidays, and vacations taken is included. Respondents aTe 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-roll estimates is similar to that for
employment estimates. Sample changes shoving monthly movements are used in project
ing established benchmarks to secure current pay-roll estimates. These pay-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 below.
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Approximate Coverage of BLS Employment
and Pay-Roll Sample
Industry division
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
: establishments :
: Percent of total
Number
33.000
2,700
12,500
7,000
7 ,500,000
354,000
335,000
832,000
60
40
; 18
75
11,400
45,000
326,000
1 ,300,000
20
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1.300
137,000
35
1,700
74,000
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Sec. H. Coverage oi Employment Estimates - The employment estimates shown
in Tables 1 2 , and 3 cover all full- and part-time wage and salary workers who
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worked or received pay during the pay period ending nearest the 15 th of the month.
Proprietors, self-employed persons, domestic servants, and personnel of the armed
forces are excluded. Production-worker estimates as shown in Tables 6 and 8 are
limited to working foremen and all nonsupervisory workers except administrative,
office, and sales personnel.
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 some states have adjusted to more recent benchmark data than others,
and because varying methods of computation are used, the total of the state estimatef
differs from the national total (see Tables 1 and 2). Because of these recent
revisions the state estimates for manufacturing are not consistent with the unrevisec
data shown prior to June 1947 for total employment in ncnagricultural establishments,
by state. Comparable series of manufacturing estimates for each state, January 1943
to date, and also for nonagricultural employment for selected states, through
December 1946, 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 those States which are now publishing such estimates are
shown in Table 5a. These totals are consistent with the manufacturing estimates in
Table 5 . As estimates for additional States become available, they will be shown in
Table 5a.
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Cooperating State Agencies
Arizona - Employment Security Commission, P. 0. Box 111, Phoenix.
California - Division of Labor Statistics and Reserrch, San Francisco 2.
Connecticut - Employment Security Division, Hartford 1 5 .
Delaware - Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, 92$ Chestnut Street, Philadelphia 1.
Florida - Florida Industrial Commission, Tallahassee.
Georgia - Employment Security Administration, Atlanta 3.
Illinois - Dept, of Labor, Division of Statistics and Research, Chicago 6.
Indiana - Employment Security Division, Indianapolis 12.
Kansas - Kansas State Labor Department, Topeka.
Louisiana - Bureau of Business Research, College of Commerce, Louisiana State
University, Baton Rouge 3.
Maine - Unemployment Compensation Commission, 331 Water Street, Augusta.
Maryland - Dept, of Labor and Industry, Baltimore 2.
Massachusetts - Dept, of Labor and Industries, Sto,te House, Boston 33*
Michigan - Dept, of Labor and Industry, Lansing 13.
Minnesota - Division of Employment and Security, St. Paul 1.
Missouri - Division of Employment Security, 1101 Capitol Avenue, Jefferson City.
Montana - Unemployment Compensation Commission of Montana, Helena.
Nevada - Employment Security Department, Carson City.
Now Jersey - Dept, of Labor, Treybon 8.
N ew York - Div. of Placement and Unemployment Insurance, 342 Madison Avenue,
New York 17* *
North Carolina - North Carolina Dept, of Labor, Raleigh.
Oklahoma - Oklahoma Employment Security Commission, American National Bldg.,
Oklahoma City 2.
Pennsylvania - Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, 9^5 Chestnut Street,
Philadelphia 1.
(Manufacturing)
Dept, of Labor and Industry, Harrisburg. (Nonmanufacturing)
Rhode Island - Dept, of Labor, Division of Census and Statistics, Providence 2.
Tennessee - Dept, of Employment Security, Cotton States Bldg., Nashville 3 .
Texas - Bureau of Business Research, University of Texas, Austin 12.
Utah - Dept, of Employment Security, Salt Lake City 13.
Vermont - Unemployment Compensation Commission, Montpelier.
Virginia - Division of Research and Statistics, State Dept, of Labor and Industry,
Richmond 21.
Washington - Office of Unemployment Compensation and Placement, P. 0. Box 3^7, Olympia.
Wisconsin - Industrial Commission of Wisconsin, Madison 3 .
BLS Regional Offices
New Engl,and - Regional Director, U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Old South Bldg.,
2^4 Washington St., Boston 8, Massachusetts (Connecticut, Maine,
Massachusetts, N e w Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont)
North Atlantic - Regional Director, U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1000 Parcel
Post Bldg., 3^1 Ninth Avenue, New York 1, New York (Delaware,
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York)
North Central - Regional Director, U^ S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 312 National
War Agencies Bldg., 226 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago o, Illinois
(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., 114 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,
$46 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
Washington Office.
Bureau's
GLOSSARY
Continental United States - Covers only the 48 States and the District of Columbia.
Contract construction - Covers only firms engaged in the construction business on a
contract basis for others. Force account construction workers, i.e., hired
directly by and on the pay rolls of Federal, State, and local government,
public utilities, and private establishments, are excluded.
Defense Agencies - Covers the national military establishment, Maritime Commission,
National 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 3, but are excluded from the government data in
tables 1 and 7. Employment shown here for the executive branch differs from
data published by the U. S. Civil Service Commission in the following
respects: (l) Substitute rural mail carriers are excluded here; (2) seamen
and trainees who are hired and paid by private steamship companies having
contracts with the Maritime Commission are excluded here; (3) the Panama
Railroad Company is shown here under Government corporations but is included
under the executive branch 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.
Finance - Covers establishments operating in the fields of finance, insurance, and
real estate; excludes the Federal Reserve District Bank3 and the mixed owner
ship banks of the Farm Credit Administration.
Government - Covers Federal, State, and local governmental establishments performing
legislative, executive, and judicial functions, as well as all governmentowned and operated establishments and institutions (arsenals, navy yards,
hospitals, Federal Reserve banks, etc.) and government force-account
construction. The data in tables 1 end 7 cxclude fourth-class postmasters
because they presumably have other major jobs.
Government corporations - Covers only three corporations: The Panama Railroad
Company, the Federal Reserve banks, and the mixed-ownership banks of the
Farm Credit Administration. All other corporations are included under the
executive branch.
Indexes of production-worker employment - Estimates of production-worker employment
expressed as a percentage of the average employment in 1939 Indexes of production-worker pay rolls - Estimates of production-worker pay rolls
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Leave payments - Payments were authorized by P. L. 704 of the 79th Congress and
P. L. 2^4 of the 80th Congress to enlisted personnel who were discharged
prior to September 1, 1946 for 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 will be paid in
addition to the face value at the time the bonds are cashed. Excludes
payment of present personnel while on terminal leave which is included in
the pay rolls.
Manufacturing - Covers only privately ownad establishments; governmental manufac
turing operations such as arsenals end navy yards are excluded.
Military pay rolls - Covers personnel on active duty or on terminal leave. Coast
Guard pay rolls and Army pjy roll3 for 1943 represent actual expenditures.
Other data represent estimated obligations based on an average monthly
personnel count.- Pay rolls for th3 Navy proper end Coast Guard include cash
payments for clothing-allowance balances in January, April, July, and
October.
Mining - Covers establishments engaged in the extraction from the earth of organic
and inorganic minerals which occur in nature as solids, liquids, or gases;
includes various contract sarvic&s required fn mining operations, such as
removal of overburden, tunnelling r n shafting, and the drilling of
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acidizing of oil wells; also jncluacs o < dressing, beneficiabing, and
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concentration.
Nonagricultural establishments - Governmental, or private business establishments;
(1) that are physically located within continental United States; and
(2) whose principal activity can bo classifi d under one of the following
industry divisions--mining, contract construction, manufacturing, trans
portation and public utilities, wholesale and retail trade, finance,
service, or government.
Pay rolls - Private pay rolls represent pay rolls of nonsupervisory employees and
working supervisors, government pay rolls represent the total pay before
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deductions for old-age and unemployment insurance, group insurance, with
holding tax, bonds, and union dues, but after deductions for damaged work.
Includes pay for sick leave, holidays, and vacations taken. Frivate pay
rolls exclude 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.
Production workers - Includes working foremen,and all nonsupervisory workers
(including lead men and trainees) engaged in fabricating, processing,
assembling, inspection, receiving, storage, handling, packing, warehousing,
shipping, maintenance, repair, janitorial, watchman services, product
development, auxilliaiy 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.
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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 enter
prises engaged in providing all types of transportation and related services
telephone, telegraph and other communication services; or providing
electricity, gas, steam, water, or sanitary services. Government owned end
operated establishments are included under government.
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 supervision (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 (force-account construction workers).
Wage earner - See production workers.
Washington, D. C. - Data for the ^executive branch of the federal Government also
include areas in Maryland and Virginia which are within the metropolitan
area, as defined by the Bureau of the Census.
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