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EMPLOYMENT
and pay rolls
DETAILED REPORT
NOVEMBER
1949
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Maurice J. Tobin - Secretary
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
Ewan Clague - Commissioner
U. S. EEPAJSWSNT OF LABOR
Boreau of Labor Statistics
Soltar - Ext. 351
EMPLOYMENT AND PAY ROLLS
Detailed Report
November 19^9
TABLE
CONTENTS
PAGE
1
Employees in Nonagricultural Establishments, by Industry
Division and Group ..........................................................
2
2
All Employees and Production Workers in Mining and Manu
facturing Industries .......................................................
4
3
Indexes of Production-Worker Employment and Weekly Pay
Rolls in Manufacturing Industries
.................................
9
^
Employees in Private and U. S. Navy Shipyards, by Region
10
5
Federal Civilian Siaployjsent. and Pay Rolls in All Areas
and in Continental Welted States, and Total Civilian
Government Employsssaat
Pay Rolls in Washington; D. C.
11
6
Personnel and Pay of the Military Branch of the Federal
Government
................................ ... . . .......................
12
7
Employees in Nonagricultural Establishments, by Industry
Division, by State
................................................ ... .
13
Explanatory N o t e s ................................ .............................
Glossary ...........................................................................
i
v
| Data for the 2 most recent months
:
shown are subject to revision
'
* * * # * * ' « *
[Explanatory notes outlining briefly
the concepts>methodology, and sources
!used in preparing data presented in
•this report appear in the appendix.
iSee pages i - v i i .
____ _
__
Prepared by
Division of Employment Statistics
Samuel Weiss, Chief
LS 50-2978
2.
TABLE 1:
Employees in Nonagricultural Establishments; by Industry
Division and Group
(In thousands)
Tnrhiq-hr»*\r
p-i r>n &r\c\ rrvnnTi
TOTAL
MINING
Metal mining
Anthrac ite
Bituminous-coal
Crude petroleum and natural gas
production
Nonmetallic mining and quarrying
CONTRACT CONSTRUCTION
MANUFACTURING
DURABLE GOODS
1949,
"
1948-------i
November .October September November October
43,466
] 42,743 i 42,590
44, 8?,5 44,915
I
,
948
914 ; 593 :
1,000
999
85.11
76.71
402.1;
64.8
76.2
99.8
91.7
75-6
421.1
97-2
80.0
458.0
99.4
79.4
457.8
254.71
95-5!
256.6
95-8
260.7
98.7
263.O
100.8
261.6
101.8
2,246
2,313
.'13,77$ j 13,888
7,023
| 6,964
Ordnance and accessories
21.8 ;
22.6
Lumber and wood products (except!
furniture)
750 ; 749
Furniture snd fixtures
327 ! 327
Stone, clay, and glass products
479 : 478
Primary metal industries
881 1 706
Fabricated metal 'products (except
j
ordnance, machinery, and
1
transportation equipment)
j1
821
827
Machinery (ex'cept electrical)
1208
1,222
Electrical machinery
750
753
Transportation equipment
1,207
1,095
Instruments' and related products
234
235
Miscellaneous manufacturing
industries
456
457
NONDURABLE GOODS
2,334
14,312 - 15,368
15,514
7,409
. 8,352
22.7 |
28.2
1
i
28.1
830
348
526
1,262
863
1,236
734
1,240
233
980
1,518
860
1,277
259
985
1,522
858
1,287
263
439
479
484
6,904
6,903
7,Ol6
7,121
1.629
99
| 1,257
1,703
101
1,220
1,570
104
1,333
1,654
107
1,336
i 1,199
1 456
1,198
1,174
448 !
477
1
728 |
736
654
713
251
247 1
209 i
259
395 i
399
1,187
477
i
j
!
1
1
I
j
735
664
242
233
390
See explanatory notes, sections A-G, and the glossary for definitions.
8,393
816
743 1i
346
319 i|
482 ^
524
1.265
1,097
6,753
Food and kindred products
1,540
Tobacco manufactures
95
Textile-mill products
1>272
Apparel and other finished
textile products
. 1,144
Paper and allied products
458
Printing, publishing, and allied
industries
733
Chemicals and allied products
661
Froducts of petroleum and coal
245
Rubber products
1 232
Leather and leather products
! 373
2,287
2,341
735
714
243
257
411
TABLE 1:
Employees in Nonagricultural Establishments, by Industry
Division ana Group (Continued)
3.
(In., thousands)
1948
1949
j.
[J6v®mber October September November 'October
4,l66
4,188
3,872 | 3,959
TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC UTILITIES
3,893
Industry division and group
Transportat ion
Interstate railroads
Class I railroads
Local railways and bus 'lines
Trucking and warehousing
Other transportation and services
Communication
Telephone
Telegraph
Other public utilities
Gas and electric utilities
Local utilities
2,690 ! 2,665 j
1,283 ! 1„258 1
1,114 i 1,090
154 1 156
571 1 568
682 ; 683
:
2,739
1,339
1,166
157
555
688
2,937
1,517
1,329
162
579
679
2,963
1,534
1,345
162
580
687
665
-615.5
48.2
669
618.5
49.4
676
624.7
50.1
702
643.0
58.3
700
640. J
58. <
538
513.6
24.8
538
513.6
24.7
544
518.7
24.9
527
503.3
23.4
525
501.*
23.1
9/597
9,496
9,409
9,807
9^654
Wholesale trade
2,538
2,551
2,538
2,612
2,601
Retail trade
General merchandise stores
Food and liquor stores
Automotive and accessories
dealers
Apparel and accessories stores
Other retail trade
7.059
1,589
1,208
6,945
1,490
1,201
6,871
1,432
1,192
7,195
1*647
1,197
7,053,
1,523
1,196
703
552
3,007
696
548
3.010
692
542
3,013
654
608
3,089
648
599
3,087
1,767
! 1,768
1,771 .
1,721
1,720
TRADE
FINANCE
Banks and trust companies
Security dealers and exchanges
Insurance.carriers and agents
Other finance agencies and
real estate
SERVICE
Hotels and lodging places
Laundries
Cleaning and dyeing plants
Motion pictures
GOVERNMENT
Federal
State and local
415
55.1
629
415
55-0
627
417
55.0
627
408
57.-0
600
407
57.:
597
668
671 j
672
656
659
4,767
4,794 j;
4 >833
4,782
4,811
475
456
464
•444
451
347.3
144.6
350.1
147-3
355-8
146.9
350.5
146.8
354."
150.;
238 |
238 i
236
238
238
5,783
j 5,866; |
.5,893
5 .694
1,823
5,960
i 1,863
1 V 003 ■
1,892
4,001
5,685
1.856
3,829
;
See explanatory notes, sections A-G>, and the glossary for definitions.
1,848
3,846
4.
TABLE 2:
All Employees and Production Workers in Mining and Manufacturing Industries
(In thousands)
■
Industry group and industry
MINING
ADI eniDloyees t
1949
November \ October September
914
METAL MINING
Iron mining
Copper mining
Lead and zinc mining
ANTHRACITE
\
593
948
Production workers
1949
November
October September
--
--
--
85.1 j
64.8
91.7
75.0
54.0
80.9
30.0 1
21.2
35.5
21.1
18.0
27*0
18.8
15.0
6.0
18.8
17.3 i
9.2
21.2
17.1
14.7
32.2
18.6
15.6
;
76.2
75.6
72.1
71.6
7 1 .1
7 7 .1
395.0
7 6 .7
BITUMINOUS-COAL
*(■02.1
99.8
4 2 1 .1
3 7 2 .7
CRUDE PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
PRODUCTION
254.7
256.6
260.7
--
rr
—
—
—
124.5
126.2
128.7
82.6
83.1
85.8
Petroleum and natural gas production
NONMETALLIC MINING AND QUARRYING
MANUFACTURING
DURABLE GOODS
NONDURABLE GOODS
ORDNANCE AND ACCESSORIES
POOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS
Meat products
Dairy products
Canning and preserving
Grain-mill products
Bakery products
Sugar
Confectionery and related products
Beverages
Miscellaneous food products
TOBACCO MANUFACTURES
Cigarettes
Cigars
Tobacco and snuff
Tobacco stemming and redrying
9 5.5
9 5.8
98.7
13,776
13,888
14,312
11,256
11,367
11,775
7 .0 2 3
6,984
7 .4 0 9
5.689
6,753
6,903
5*567
5,653
5,714
6,060
6,904
2 1 .8
1,540
300.9
136.3
183.2
123.7
285.8
U 9.6
22.6
1,629
22.7
1.703
293.5
142.3
257.0
287.7
149.9
351.0
126.0
290.7
123.6
48i4
289.7
30.7
109.5
113.6
105.6
211.1
214.6
142.9
222.4
139.9
95
99
142.5
101
26.9
26.9
27.0
45.5
45.7
13.1
12.9
4 5 .2
12.8
10.2
13.1
16.0
ee explanatory notes, sections A- 6, and the glossary for definitions.
--
17.3
1,182
242.8
98.8
157.9
97.4
193.8
44.7
95.3
18.1
1,271
5 ,7 1 5
18.2
1,340
236.3
103.9
2 30.4
1 10 .4
231.0
100.6
198.8
321.5
98.0
196.4
26.7
145.8
105.9
43.7
99.2
148.7
91.5
157.3
108.9
107.8
89
92
24.4
43.6
11.4
9.2
24.4
43.6
11.7
11.9
;94
2 4 .5
43.1
11.6
14.9
5.
TABLE 2:
All Employees and Production Workers in Mining and Manufacturing Industries (Continued)
(In thousands)
All employees
. 19*9
,
Ooik&bsr iSeptember
Industry group and industry
*5
TEXTILE-MILL PRODUCTS
Yarn and thread mills
Broad-woven fabric mills
Knitting mills
Dyeing and finishing textiles
Carpets, rugs, other floor coverings
Other textile-mill products
APPAREL AND OTHER FINISHED TEXTILE
PRODUCTS
Men’
s and b o y s 1.suits and coats
Men's and bo ys 1 furnishings and work
clothing
Women's outerwear
Women's, children's under garments
Millinery
Children's outerwear
Fur goods and miscellaneous apparel
Other fabricated textile products
LUMBER AND WOOD PRODUCTS (EXCEPT
FURNITURE)
Logging camps and contractors
Sawmills and planing mills
Millwork, plywood, and prefabricated
structural wood products.
Wooden containers
Miscellaneous wood products
FURNITURE AND FIXTURES
Household furniture
Other furniture and fixtures
1.257
1.272
156.2
601.5
2* 8.0
89.6
58.1
116.6
57.7 i
118.3 J
1
1, 1**
153.2
i
153.* 1
595.1 |
244.7- f
87.* 1
1.199
ir
1* 2.2 >
I;
2 6 9 . ll
Production workers
1949
November
October iSeptember
1,220
1.185
1* 7.0
572.0
1*8.5
577.0
237.0
85 .*
55.9
229.9
115.8
78.1
5 0 .5
10 5.2
105.1
* 9.9
1,082
,132
1,
139.5
547.0
219.2
76.0
48.1
102.6
1,,082
1*6.5
119 .9
129.0
133.*
250,0
251.1
278.9
98.*
15.6
60.7
308.1
63.0
246.2
318.5
9*.l
21.2
62.3
84.1
121.3
86.4
125.7
122.fr
18.4
66.4
95.6
141.9
1*6.7
264.5
353.1
104.0
24.0
67.9
95.5
1*2.2
750
7*9
7*3
690
689
684
440.1
64.0
**3.1
59.5
**5.*
59.6
411.3
59.8
413.4
55.3
*16.0
116.0
73.0
57.4
113.*
72.0
56.7
110.1
71.7
56.7
100.5
67.4
51.5
98.2
66.8
50.9
95.*
66.4
51.0
327
327
319
283
284
277
232.4
9*.l
231.1
223.9
198.8
95.1
206.6
76.6
205.6
96.0
78.4
77.7
267.7
312.7
108.5
63.8
3*2.7 1
107.3'
23.8
68.5
98.2
i
I
1
See explanatory notes, sections A-G, and the glossary for definitions.
1**.5 I
56*. 8
226.6 .
80.0
1.029
1.198
1,169
97.5
20.8
83.8
6.
TABLE 2:
All Employees and Production Workers In Mining and Manufacturing Industries (Continued)
(In thousands)
Pulp, paper, and paperboard mills
Paperboard containers and boxes
Other paper and allied produ6ts
PRINTING, PUBLISHING, AND ALLIED
.INDUSTRIES
Newspapers
Periodicals
Bocks
Commercial printing
Lithographing
Other printing and publishing
1*58
229.3
125.4
102.8
1
.Production workers
1949
393
392
384
228.1
225.6
124.2
104 iO
119.4
102.9
200.6
107 .61 i
84,8
199.6
106.4
197.0
101.9
84.8
i
•
i
Industrial Inorganic chemicals
Industrial organic chemicals
Drugs and medicines
Paints, pigments, and fillers
Fertilizers
Vegetable and animal oils and fats
Other chemicals and allied products
PRODUCTS OP PETROLEUM AND COAL.
Petroleum refining
Coke and byproducts
Other petroleum and coal productsr
RUfeBER PRODUCTS
Tires and Inner tubes
Rubber footwear
Other rubber products
LEATHER AND LEATHER PRODUCTS
Leather
Footwear (except rubber)
Other leather products
j
728'
*99
500
495
288.3
144.9
34 i9
36.5
164.8
32.5
85.2
144.4
35.7
36.5
166.1
32.* j
107.8
286.4
53 43
*5.1
195.0
40.8
107.3
143.8
35.8
36.3
162.4
31.8
84.5
66l
664
654
485
488'
66.4
187.1
93.2
65.7
184.7
92.7
66.3
32.3
51.2
142.9
30.3
63.7
152.3
67.1
185.8
93.6
67.9
31.8
65 .O
153.1
24.5
287.5
52.9
*5.5
197.8
41.5
108.1
j
|
1
;i
i
|
53.2
45
199.2
41.4
85.1
51.6
'478
49.9
58.8
43*7
24.5
53.2
153.7
108.2
141.4
61.6
44.0
26.0
54.6
109.1
2^2
247
187
185
189
196.7
18.8
2.9-0
197.6
13.9
3.0.4
199.2
19.3
28.4
147.5
15.9
24.0
148;4
11.2 !
25.3 |
149.2
16.7
2 >2
233
209
186
186
167
103.7
?7.0.
101.5
103.5
2.6.4
102.9
82.5
25.9
100.9
373
390
395
332
349
*9.7
232.9
90.2
49.4
249.3
91.1
49.1
255.'5
90.I
45.2
208.4
78.4
44.9
224.3
67.6
[
See explanatory notea, sections A-G, and the glossary for definitions.
85.8
735
733
i
CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS
_______
October :September
November
448
o\
PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS
All employees
_____*9*9
November ! October i1September
VJl
Industry group and Industry
61^5
81.3
22.2
82.0
81.1
21.5
83.3
80.2
139.8
60.7
42.3
26.6
49.1
109.1
23.5
64.3
21.1
81.4
35*
44.6
230.2
78.8
7*
TABtE Zi All Employees and Production Workers In Mining and Manufacturing Industries (Continued)
(In thousands)
A1 1 employees
Industry group and industry
Production workers
1949
1949
November - October
Nov«fc&er f October fSeptember
STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS
Glass and glass products
Cementhydraulic
Structural clay products
Pottery and related products
Concrete, gypsum, and plaster products
Other stone, clay, glass products
PEJMARY METAL INDUSTRIES
FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS (EXCEPT
ORDNANCE, MACHINERY, AND
TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT)
i
j
123.2
40.6
77.0
57.6
j
I
j
;
86*5 j
94.3 |
i
t
881
!
i
|
j
123.2 |
40.5 j
78.2 ‘
57.2 j
86.6 |
9 2 .1 ' j
706
4l4
107,5
34.8
71.0
51.7
74.5
71.1
106,9
36.5
72.1
50.4
731
562
938
314.7
168.8
134.1
171.4
498.7
173.4
39.3
41.8
70.0
64.1
67.2
62.0
95.1
411
122.7
42.4
79.3
55.8
87.1
94.6
107.7
34.8
69.7
52.2
74.1
72.7
»1
i 1.097
572.5
200.5
46.1 ;
47.8 !
■
85.5
76.3
103.4
51.0
83.0
7 4 .0
116.1
62.3
62.4
84.8
76.6
73.9 jI
104.9 !
;
|
74.9
72.8
j
195.0 1
198.1 j
f
,
;
1
1
83.4
i
821
863
666
46.1
140.1
48.9
137.4
38.2
116.2
141.2 i
172.0 ;
148.2 i
179.0
134.6
202.1 :
151.6 !
188.2 j
113.4
132.9
119.7
1,222
64.5
66.4
162.4"
89.2
195.3
156.7
172.8
87.5
827
.
1.236
|
|
166.0
90.6
67.6 j
178.9 |
88.8 j
197.8 '
\
199.1 !
158.8
175'. 2
88.7
161.5
177.6
88.5
676
708
40.4 1
116.3 i
43.2
113.7
145.7
116.2
128.2
126.9
147.9 j
109.6
155.8
129.8
156.1
908
922
935
48.4
124.7
62.3
145.9
127.8
63.8
49.3
139.9
62.3
148.0
149.1
:
i
46.7
.
117.5
121.3
72.2
!
i
139.0
136.2
130.2
109.1
139.0
143.9
143.5
106,8
Sfee explanatory notes, sections A-G, and the glossary for definitions..
411
482
383.8
195.2 1;
Tin cans and other tinware
43.8
Cutlery, hand tools, and hardware
1
139.8
Heating apparatus (except electric) 1
and plumbers1 supplies
!
139.0
Fabricated structural metal products j
178.4
Metal stamping, coating,, and engraving
141*5
Other fabricated metal products
j
178.2
•
MACHINERY (EXCEPT ELECTRICAL)
' 1,208
Engines and turbines
1
Agricultural machinery and tractors i
Construction and mining machinery
j
Metalworking machinery
|
j
Special-industry machinery (except
metalworking machinery)
General industrial machinery
Office and store machines and devices
Servlce-industry and household
machines
Miscellaneous machinery parts
j
478
CM♦
CO
Blast furnaces,-steel works, and
rolling mills
Iron and steel foundries
Primary smelting and refining of
nonferrous metals
Rolling, drawing, and alloying of
nonferrous metals
Nonferrous foundries
Other primary metal industries
479
Septeiaber
1
119.2
121.8
123.2
73.5
124,8
107.9
112.3
101.9
112.1
73.3
3*
TABLE
2:
All Employees and Production Workers in Mining and Manufacturing Industries (Continued)
(In thousands)
.... — ■ - .........—
...... .... 1
All employees
Industry group ,an<J industry
Production workers
1949
November
ELECTRICAL MACHINERY
750
Electrical generating, transmission
distribution, aijd industrial
apparatus
Electrical equipment for vehicles
Communication equipment
Electrical appliances, lamps, and
miscellaneous products■
1949
November ■
; October |September
October 1September
753
734
289.6 •
65.9 •
276.4
.271.1
i
236.8 |
65.^ j;
257.9
125.7
126.8 ;
124.0
268.9
59.0
;
!
547
549
202 .0,
2.02.7 j
50.5 |
194.7 !
43.7
201.5 '
1
,101.0
99.3
531
200.8
49.6
182.4
97.9,
i
TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT
Automobiles
Aircraft and parts
Aircraft
Aircraft engines and parts
Aircraft propellers and parts
Other aircraft parts and equipment
Ship and boat building and repairing
Ship building arid repairing
Railroad equipment
Other transportation equipment
INSTRUMENTS AND RELATED PRODUCTS
Ophthalmic goods
Photographic apparatus
Watches and clocks
Professional and scientific
instruments
1.055
1.207
, 1,240
810*2
i
!
i
I
i
|
!!
663,3 .« 789.0
248.8 ! 255.4
163.1 ; 168.8
52.1 .
51.3 :
8.2
8.1 :
26.3
26.3 !
82.8
85.9
72.5 1
75^
68.0
65.2
12.0
11.7 :
|
234
233
i
:
1
|
25.7
48.9
31.9
235
25.8
49.7
32.2
258.3
171.2
52.4
8.2
26.5
88.6
77.9
71.2
11.4
985
567.8
181.0
119.^
665.I
36.8 ;i
|
■
i
!
!
5.4
19.4
71.8
68.5
60.2
63.3
50.6
10.2
53.0
10.5 1
174
174.
26.0
49.5
31.7 i
187.9
125,4
37.6
5.5
19.4
1,017
686.3
190.7
127.6
37,9
5.5
19.7
74.0
65.4
56.2
9*9
172
27.2
20.8
35.8 ;
27.6
21.0
35.3
27.1
90.1
89.4 ■
88.3
20.9
35.4
i
J
MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES!
127.5
126.8
125.8 |
1^6
457
439
l
Jewelry, silverware, and plated ware :
Tcys and sporting goods
j
Costume jewelry, buttons, notions
1
Other miscellaneous manufacturing
industries
!
i
1
381
j
383
366
1
1
57.176.2
63.5
57.1
76.8
64.5.
54.9 i
72.3 i
62.9 ;
46.7.
67.1;
53.1
46.7.
67.6
53.8..
44.6
63.4
52.2
i
258.7
258.6
248.5 |
!
See explanatory notes, sections A-G, and the glossary for definitions.
881
213,7
214.7
205.5
9.
TABLE 3:
Indexes of Production-Worker Employment and Weekly Pay Iiolls in
Manufacturing Industries
(1939 Average = 100)
Period
j
Production-workeremployment index
•
•
•
•
Produc t ion-worker
p a y-ro ll index
Annual average:
1939
1S'}40
1941
1942
1943
100.0
10T-5
132.8
156.9
183.3
100.0
113.6
164.9
241.5
331.1
1944
1*945
1$46
1947
1948
173.3
157.0
147.8
156.2
155.2
343.7
293.5
271.7
326.9
351.4
155.9
153.5
362.8
360.7
January
February
March
A p ril
May
June
148.9
147.4
145-3
141.8
138.2
138.4
345.9
340.4
332.8
319.2
312.8
315.7
July
August
September
October
November
136.9
141.1
143.7
138.8
137.4
312.8
323.0
335.1
320.8
313.5
1948
November
December
1949
See explanatory notes, section D, and the glossary for definitions.
10 .
TABLE 4:
Employees in Private and U. S. Wavy Shipyards, by Region l/
(In thousands)
Region
1
ALL REGIONS
November ;October September November ;October
146.2
j 146.1
158.8
202.7
PRIVATE
75.4 j 72.5
77.9
110.1 .
113.3
NAVY
70.8
j 73.6
80.9
92.6
92.1
97.1
98.7
57.3
39.8
59.1
39.6
|
j 205.4
j
NORTH ATLANTIC
Private
Navy
SOUTH ATLANTIC
Private
Navy
GULF:
Private
PACIFIC
71.5 [ 73.2
79.4
41.9
41.5
29.6 : 31.7
43.3
36.1
j
•
!
23.5
24.3
26.7
31.5
31.4
!
9.7
13.8
10.4
13.9 .
10.7
16.0
13.8
17.7
13.8
17.6
11.0
9-3 j
11.4
18.0
17.6
36.7
48.9
51.0
7.9
28.8
13.8
35.1
16.1
34.9
1i1
!i
]ji
!
Private
Navy
34.5 j 34.5
■
7.1 1
27.4
>6.5
28.0 ;
GREAT LAKES:,
Private
2.4
2.5
2.3
3.3 j
2.3 I
2.3
|
3.0 j
2.5
4.2 !
4.2
INLAND:
Private
i
l/ The North Atlantic region includes all yards bordering on the Atlantic in the
following states: Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts,
New Hampshire; New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
The South Atlantic region includes all yards bordering on the Atlantic in the
following states: Georgia, Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina.
The Gulf region includes all yards bordering on the Gulf of Mexico in the
following states: Alabama, Florida, Louisiana; Mississippi, and Texas.
The Pacific region includes all yards in California, Oregon, and Washington.
The Great Lakes region includes all yards bordering on the Great Lakes in the
following states; Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania,
and Wisconsin.
The Inland region includes all other yards.
11.
TABLE 5:
Federal Civilian Employment and Pay Rolls in All Areas and in Continental United States,
and Total Civilian Government Employment and Pay Rolls in Washington, D. C. 1/
(In thousands)
Area and branch
Employment
(as of first Of month)
......
1 9 * 9 .... .
November i October ;September
Pay rolls
(total for month)
19*9
November i October ;September
All Areas
TOTAL FEDERAL
Executive
Defense agencies
Post Office Department
Other agencies
Legislative
Judicial
{
2,00**7
1.990.1
817.2
497.8
675.1
8.0
3.6
2 ,081.8
2.047.3
2.035.8
2.070.3
860.3 1
886.9
*9^.1
*96.1 !
689.3
679.* i
7.9
73.6
*? 1
3.6
1
i:
i
$57*.37* !$539,200
569,817 | 53*.9**
236.851 I 222/221
130,861 | 125 ,16*
202,105
187,559
2,936
3.137
j$ 557.*36
! 553,011
j 230,016
I 125 ,06*
1 197.931
2,968
|
1,320 (
l.*57
1,*20
i
j
:i
Continental
United States
TOTAL FEDERAL
Executive
Defense agencies
Post Office Department
Other agencies
Legislative
Judicial
1.843.2
1.831.7
700.4
**95.9
635.*
8.0
3.5
1 ,882.8
1.912.2
1,871.4
1 ,900.8
760.1
j 736.2
494.2 1 492.2
| 630.0
648.5
7.9 I
7.9
3.5
3.5
;j
529,808
208,273
130,376
191.159
3,137
1,378
501,628
518.*93
*97,*11 j 51*,109
i; 195,*46 |I 202,222
12*,700 j 12*.596
187/291
177.265
2.968
2.936
I,*l 6
1 ,28.1
1
Washington, D. C.
TOTAL GOVERNMENT
D. C. government
Federal
Executive
Defense agencies
Post Office A partment
Other agencies
Legislative
Judicial
53*.323
239-7
20.0
219.7
211.1
66.1
7.9
137.1
8.0
.6
240.8
19.5
221.3
242.4
19.*
212.8
68.1 i
7.7 1
214.5
*9.5
137.0 i
7.9 !
.6
223.0
7.8
137.2
7.9
.6
79.*56
5,513
73.9*3
70,55*
21,684
2.777
*6,093
3.137
l 73,813
5,185
| 68/628
65 ,*58
! 20.137
i 2,^85
1 * 2,636
i 77,040
5,379
I 71 ,66.1
! 68,457
I 20,921
1 £.737
i **.799
2,936
2 34
2,968
.236
252
5
See the glossary for definitions.
1/
Data for Central Intelligence Agency are excluded.
12 .
TABLE 6:
Personnel and Pay of the Military Branch of the Federal Government l/
(In thousands)
Designation
PERSONNEL (as of first
of month)
i
f
1948
19V9
: October
i
November
November * October ! September
i
'
l,6l4:
1,629
1,611
1,586
657
417
425
83
23
656;
418;
432!
841
24;
656
420
444
86
24
647
410
446
87
21
636
406
438
86
21
1,585
20
1,595
20;
1,610
19
1,597
14
1,573
13
$304,426
$298,971
$294,843
116,312 2/191,206
78,679 |
2/
88,418
88,911!
15,221
14,555
4,792
5,303
)
j
2/183,593
2/
91,927
14,667
4,657
1
Total
1
1,605 j
By branch:
Army
Air Force
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
By sex:
Men
Women
PAY (for entire month)
Total
By branch:
Army
Air Force
Navy
'Marine Corps
Coast Guard
!
{
$328/611
123,380
88,346
j 96,381
j 15,165
5,338
1331,512!
1
123,0011
89,342^
98,239:
15,575!
5,355
By type of pay:
1
Pay rolls
j 303,682 ; 305,301
Mustering-out and leave pay
1,776
2,290
Family allowance
23,921
23,153 j
272,386 j
2,492 j
29,547 ;
1
264,137
6,300
28,534
259,175
7,416
28,253
See the glossary for definitions.
1/ Because of rounding, the individual figures may. not add to group totals.
2/ Separate figures for Army and Air Force are not available. Combined data are
shown under Army.
13TABtE 7:
E m p l o y e e s
b y
i n
N
o n a g r i c u l t u r a l
I n d u s t r y ,
D
i v i s i o n ,
E s t a b l i s h m
b y
e n t s
S t a t e
.....( in t h o u s a n d s )
T
Nov.
A l a b a m a
A
C
o n n e c t i c u t
D e l a w a r e *
D
i s t .
o f
F
l o r i d a
G
e o r g i a
724 .4
6.7
32.4
12 7.0
750.7
5-6
8.0
32.0
34.5
■
2/
/
1
453.4 i 451.7
454.1
249.1!
262.1
1
e n t u c k y
6.-2
6.2
3.
3*9
^
j
2j
\ Nov.
j
’ 1-0. -3
1 0 .3
^ 1 S .7 : 1 5 ,3
‘1 7 4 .2 I l 7 8 . 3
i 12.2
i 16.4
j195-7“
j 3 2 . 8^ | 3 4 .2 ^ /i
3U .7I /
|
j
38.7
ij.
i
1
i
.6
j
6.8
:■*
| 29.3
i
31.1
3 ^ . 9
jj
17.1
14.1
17.3
! 37,6
i
3.5
NiA.
,2*.8
: I t
1
■
■ 5 .7
!
10.4
9.3
48.6 1117.7 ,123,0
j 15 - 7 ' ' 5 ° - ° | 52.4
4 v2
128.4
1 , 137 . 8 j 1 , 1 1 3 . 5 1 , 224.9
K a n s a s
1! 1 1n8 ’.1^
| 50.9
30.0
o i a n a
M
a i n e
M
a r y l a n d *
M
a s s a c h u s e t t s *
M
7 2 7 .5
N . A . i 3 , O l 7 . 2 3 ,2 2 9 .7
i s *
I n d i a n a
L o u i
7 /2 ' 31.1
12,6.1 13-7
12.6
1
-Oct ^ ‘
...N.pv. j; Nov* ;; Oct.
C o l u m b i a ’
I o w a .
K
5
•17.8
l /
126.3;
o
296.3
N<
.
I d a h o
I l l i n
283.O
155.7
3 ,052.4 3 , 097.1
717,4 778.2
719.9
a l i f o r n i a *
C o l o r a d o
C
I5O .6
285.9
3,014 *2
A r k a n s a s
'■
Ncrv*
*
1S3.1
r i z o n a
*C o n t r a c t cons true ti or.
Mining
T aW
' "1949 ’ j‘ t1948'
19W
o t a l
U S
S t a t e
258.5
.6
2.6
677-7 s 66 1.7
72 3 .5
1 , 639.4 1 , 641.5 1 , 733.7
2J
2J
i c h i g a n
M
i n n e s o t a
M
i s s i s
M
i s s o u r i
8 05.5
15.7
3.9
1 , 1 0 9 .1 ! 1 ,10 9 .2 1 , 143.5
150.4
149.4
150.2
■9 . 4
■9.7
9*5
779.1
77 0 .0
s i . p p i
-M ori t a n a
• N e b r a s k a
' N e w
H a m p s h i r e
* N e i v
J e r s e y *
N e w
M e x i c o
N e w
Y o r k
J
162.2
164.0
1 6 7.3
1,490.2 1 . 499.1 ,1.584.9
130.6
135.4
1 35 .1
5 ,5 0 5 .5 5 . 53 7.1 5,649.2
N o r t h
C
N
D a k o t a
o r t h
\
a r o
l i n
9.6
2. 4
.2
3.5
N e v a d a
1 C .0
5 C .1
57-8
10.6
5 1 .I
57.3
! 11.9
i 5 7 .5
1! - 67.0
•38.8
1i 41.6
1 40.6
' 4 3 .1 ji
i l c - ‘5 ! 10.9
1
i
1
| 46.2
! 10.;3
!
> 8 2
1 66.8
16.3
!
12.3
! 8 .0
6 7 .7
16.1
8 .0
7 3 .7
. 12.8
.228.3
234.0
228.4
44.7 •‘ •’26.8 i 2 7 . 1
26.4
,7
1-3 i 3.4;
2 .5
. .2
3.4
i 2J
1
i
' ; 15.8
i
• 10.6
! 10.4
I
! 3.6
!
*3
i 4:i
■
10.5
1 0 .3
10.6
10.6
jj 11.6
.8
.8
.8
|
■,
!
1
a .
1/
O h i o
459.7
O k l a h o m a
O
P e n n s y l v a n i a
R h o d e
S o u t h
I s l a n d
C
S o u t h
4 72.1 ■42.7
42. 7 '
a r o l i n a
\
3 ,5 5 1 .9 3 , 193.3 3 , 701.9 198.1
281.2
282.5
295.5 ' 3 /
! 99.8
• N.A.
1 2 .5
713.8
N.A.
T e x a s *
■179.0
U t a h
i r g i n i a
i
W
a s h i n g t o n
W
e s t
W
i s c o n s i n
V
/
1.
' , 1
/
1. 0
! 1 .1
645.4
66 4 . 3.
686..6' 3 .6' |.‘ 3.5
956.8:
82.5
967 . 5.
8 3 .0
1 , 0 00. 2
8 2 .0
3 .0
.8
49.8
, N.A .
j 11.0 ! 10.0 : 1 1 .0
186.0 ! 12.0
.97.7 I 1 .1
i
j
1i
3.5
2.4 . 3.6
.6
•9
■
16 1 .3
13.1-
51.4
51.2
N. A.
12 . 0
120.0
12.0
4.9
* . 6
38.3 ! 4i.8
4o.6 ' 1t 2 . 9
7.4 , 7.6
See footnotes at -end of table and explanatory notes, sections G and H,
156.9
11.6
i
15.0
aoo.7
i r g i n i a
W y o m i n g
20^.0 152.1
I1' 11.2
'2.2
716.6 . 749.5 [ 13.5 i • '9.2
n .a . 1 , 778.2 r i o i . 9 1101.9
f
1
a
182.0
95.6
94.5
V e r m o n t
i
J
D a k o t a
T e n n e s s e e
V
46 o .6
r e g o n .
51.0
4 1 .3
8.8
11
TABLE J :
S t at e
Manufacturing
• 1949
Nov,
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Di s t . of C o l u m b i a
Florida
Georgia
Id aho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Lo u i s iana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
N e w Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
O hi o
Oklahoma
jOregon
Pennsylvania
R h o d e I sl a n d
South Carolina
.S o u t h D a k o t a
Tennessee
T e xa s
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
.Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
-
J
Oc V
*
184.9
193.3
15.2
69 .7
7 H .3
55.6
347*5
737.6
17.5
17.4
83 .9
69.6
^6.9
U2.3
88 oO.
263,0
21.6
N .A .
494 . 3,
144 . 7.
86.6
1 2 1 .7
N.A.
1 0 1 .1
26 3.3 :
6470
906.7
185.7
j
i
16 .7
97 .'1
277.6
22.4 i 22.6
1 , 095.9 Ii1 , 242,7
476.8
562.0
145.3
15^.2
87.8
87.7
124 , 3 ? 136 .1
N . A . I 152,6
1 0 8 .1 i
192.0 i
207.5
642.6
No v »
58.5
399.8
45.2
344.0
U1.3
Trade
<£ Pub . U t i l , '
• 1948
• 194« i
1949
• Nov., ! O c t „ 1 N o v. i Nov, f Octo I Nov.
t
~'~
ji
1
1
19.6
46,4
3.0
74,0
21,4
31.4
20.9
30,6
4 i ,8
i
10.4
1 , 763.3
399-5
6 .0
1 ,0 2 3 ,1
60.8
142.2
1 , 248.5
136.3
200.5
N .A .
66.0
2 3 6 .7 !
338.9
334.9
27.0
28,0
33.8
219.4
165.5
33.9
*20.9
I 7 3 .p
12 1 ,4
392.1
121.2
384.5
7 .3
7. 7
308.5
1
42.. 1 ! ^ 3..5
!
6 8 .3
69 ,4
& !
16,2 ;
1 6 .1
60,2 1
57.6
16.2
309.1
106,1
61'. 6
6 3 .4
18,6
i g .3
!‘284.1
96.7 ; 97-1
59.5 i 59-9
3 7 .7 1 37.0 ! 3 8 .7
70.0 ! 69.6
7 1 .0
752.2 ! 745,51 738,9
11
!I
122.6 !1 121,2 jj 125.5
i1
i
I
i
I 6 5 . I j l 6 4 , 4 .j
110.6
233.2
722.8
l 8 05
68,1 j
135.4 !
1
1
•84.8 jI-
34.5 ' 33.9 !
34,6
645,0 ; 688.8
233.9 ; 230,0 j 243,8
1
119.4 '
121,9
!1
358.0
30.0 *
224.9
86.9
8 9 .3
212,2
120,5 i 1 1 1 .5
21,8 1 21.9
1
123.7
294.7 ! 291.8
38.3 I 38.0
298.6
3 9 .C
8 .5
1 1 ,0 i 1 1.0
28.1 ! 27.8
251.2 250.0
32.7
32.3
1 1.0
28.0
22 .3
8 .0
.10.4
3,1-1
133.9
. 14,4
i4 o .9
516.4
539.6 1,232.2 1,214.3
1P 54.2
36.6
37.4
14,7
36.9
31.6
-48,4
50.7
116.0
299,5
16,8
336.7
. 17.8
662.2
' 51.6
657.8
50.9
69O.O
1 1 .0
11.7
N.A*
3 8 .3
38.2
57.8 !• 57.7
232*3 229.9
20.0 . 20,0
. 6 5 .I
■
253.1
!
115.6 j
63.9
140.4
‘ 4 3 0 . 7 ■ 72.7
14,4
6 .9
i
210.7
I 34 l l
9.7
2 3 7.2 !
‘I 8 1 . 7 *
49.0 I 49.8
122.3 1 130.2
3 21.1
345.3
135.4
67 .3
9.6
36.7
48.9
- ^
118,8
123.8
326.1
t
2*2,1 ’
173.7
N .A . !
i
1
228.9
32.7
63.5 !
8,o [
1 0 .3
74.6
79.5
740.9 •133.2 !
657.8
10,6
9 . 3 | 14.5 ij
1;
1 , 794.2 1 , 88 4.7
514.2 j
407.9
399.3
6 ,1
• 6 .4
j
99.7 . 6 1 , 235.7
60,2
67 .4
48 ,4 ■
143,2
i j w .5
i
1 ,1 8 0 ,1 1 ,3 2 5 .7
300 , 0 !
145,7
I6 .5 j
135.8
i
201,8
208.7
N .A , 1
11 , 4 !i 11,6
652.0
2 1 ,5
312.5 : 313.1
N. A ,
986.2 1 , 0 7 5 . 3
1-85*0
197.5
82 .0
90.0
349.6
331.7
19 .7
I1?*?
46.4
50.0
3.0
' 3.4
83.3
324.6
Transp*
1948 * ___ 1949
226.0
1 5 .1
77 .6 i
738.3 :1
14.7
1
73.2
l 4.4
i
52.3
4 o6 .o
409.0
154.4
157.0
165.9
79.6 196.1
14,0 | 18.2
194.0
200.3
1 6 .s
62 .7
;
119.0
6 2 .3 164.8
231.6 4 l l ,6
22,0
43.0
1 0 ,3 . 17.6
i
ii
See footnotes at end of table and explanatory notes, sections G and H.
(Cont'd)
Employees .in Nonagricultural Establishments
by Industry Division, by State
(in thousands.)
162.4 1 170.2
4 5 .c
1 7 .1
43.0
17.6
18.0 j
|
!
1t
TABLE 7 :
finance
lwS I
HE2
State
Nov, T Qcta f Ncvg.
34.8
50.6
5 1 .1
3-7
3.7
1|
l . i !1
4,4| !
6 2 .5 ;!
3.7 1
1 .1
4.4
62,0
3.7
382.9
382.3
3 .4
3.4
i
1 7.8
I!
17.8
114.0
10.2
N.A.
24.0
73.9
6.0
2.7
23.6
36.1
1 .5
!
114.6
10 .1 ;
1I
4 .0
I
24.1 !
73.8 i
6 .0 1
2.8 I
!
2 3 .7 !
36.2 f
1 .5 1
i
i
3 3 .6 !
j
5 1-31
3*6 j
1
1.01
4.41
63.41
3.6;
w
.18.7
19.0
34.0
373.9
94.8 i 95.9!
.31 .?! , 31,9
50.4! 50.-4
511.6; 523.6
94.5
31.1
4q.4
51^.3
64.7 ! 64.9
63 .8
7^.6
7 *+. 9.
60.0
59.8
61.6
90.0
46.7
24-,2
3 J+ .7
23^5!
N.A. J
126 .0 ;
90.5
92.7
46.7 i 1+7.3
76.1
23.4 j
25.1
105*7
iSfe/j
96.0 |
96 .1
1 3 0 .3 j 1 31 .5 i 130.0
1 9 .3 I 1 9 .3 | 1 7 .7
io 08
1 1 .4
10.9
18,8
17.8
17.1
164,2
162.2
155*1
18.5
18.0
18 .3
717.1
57.4
57.7
344.4
346.7
27 . 23 /
26. l i /
!
1
57.2
245.7
18.0
1 1 .1
230.5
18.0
75.0
75.9
77.1
106.3
107.9
9-6
9 7.2
9 .0
3 3 *i
1.6
i
9.2
74.0
10.4
]
76.7
7^.3
39.9
gj .6
92.2
204.4 193*1
160.
29. 5
9.6
19*0
'm
28.4
28 .7
2 7 .3
89.8
9 1 .1
88.8
337.9 329.1
29.9 29*8
30.3
29.4
10 1.3 101.4
265.O 269.0
4 3.0 ! 44.0
99.2
14.4
I
10*4
638.4
14.6
14.4
1 2 1 .3
I 2b .3 1 2 1.1
117.6
118.
i4
14.2
1
See footnotes at end of table and explanatory notes, sections G and H.
i2 7 . 2 122.7
9 3 c3 90.3
668.2
N.A.
13.9
73.9
2 3 .7 23*3
326.7 314.6
659.8
29.3
25.31 73.7
71.7 i 242.8
5 . 0 1 17.0
2 . 7 , 10.7
:
109.5 106.1
19.7
332.6
13.9
23.8
10.4
29,1
7 H .9
N.A.
i
39.1
90.1
201.7
| Novt.
! 111.6 I 111.1 1 0 7 .7
i
1 135.9! 137*6 13 3* 5
27.3 26,k
27.3
3.2
1 7 .9 1
I
1 1 2 .0 !
9 .7 !
!
3.7 i
! 6ct»
107.6
13*7
355.8
355.8
90.1
199 *42 /
95.4 i
e
Nov,
7^.1
13.5
h
NoVfl
378.9
N.A.
w
Oct,
34.6
376.6
714.1
•
0
Tennessee
Texas
U ta h
Vermont
V irginia
W as h i n g t o n
West V i r g i n i a
W isconsin
Wyoming
34,9
00
cn
New York
North C a ro lin a
N o r t h D ak ot a
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode I s l a n d
S ou t h C a r o l i n a
S o u t h Da kot a
!?.5
1
|
Government
Service
Tgii.5
< ’ Nqv& \
Alabama
Arizona
k.5
b »5 i
Arkansas
7 .4
7 »2
7.2 ,
C alifornia
143. 4 i*+3.M-i 143.0
Colorado
!
C onnecticut
] 36.4
36.4)
35.9
D e l a w a re
j
D i s t * of Co lumbiaj
3008 3° « 3 ! 27.5
Florida
Georgia
23.7 2 3 . 7 J 23.2 i
I
!
Idaho
3-3 j
3-5
3-5 !
Illin o is
N.A.
155 . 9 | 1 5 2 .0 j
Indiana
32.9
33.1: 33.3 j
Iowa
K a ns a s
1 5 .3 ' I5 * 4 i
14.7 !
Kentucky
Louisiana
5.8
Maine
6.6 I
6.7
30,0 29.8 | 2 9 . 1 !
M aryland
76.8
M assachusetts
76.6 ! 7 6 . 1 ,
M ic h ig a n
Minnesota
M ississippi
M issouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New H a m ps hir e
New J e r s e y
New Mexico
(Conn'd)
Employees in Nonagricultural Establishments
by Industry Division, by State
(in thousands)
114.3
i 4 .o
(C o n t * d )
T.ABL5 7;
.Employees in N.on a g r i c u l t u r a l .E s t a b l i s h m e n t s #
by Industry. Divis.ion f by State.
See e x p l a n a t o r y - n o t e s ,
*
s e c t i o n s G and H«
The m a n u f a c t u r i n g s e r i e s f o r t h e s e S t a t e s a r e b a s e d on t h e 19^2
S o c i a l S e c u r i t y Board C l a s s i f i c a t i o n ( o t h e r s a r e on t h e 19*+5
S t a n d a r d I n d u s t r i a l C3. as sif i c a t i o f t ) •
l/ R e v i s e d s e r i e s ; n o t s t r i c t l y c o m p ? r a b l e w i t h p r e v i o u s l y p u b l i s h e d
data.
2f The- m i n i n g s e r i e s have been combined w i t h t h e c o n t r a c t c o n s t r u c t
ion d iv is io n *
2 j The m i n i n g s e r i e s have been combined w i t h t h e s e r v i c e d i v i s i o n #
N#A« --
Not a v a i l a b l e #
EXPLANATORY NOTES
Sec. A. Scope of the'BLS Employment Series - The Bureau of
Labor Statistics publishes each month the number cf employees in ail
nonagricultural establishments and in the 8 major industry divisions:
mining, contract construction, manufacturing, transportation and public
utilities, trade, finance, service, find government. Both all-employee
and production-worker employment series are also presented for 21 major
manufacturing groups, 108 separate manufacturing industries, end the
durable and nondurable goods subdivisions. Within nonmanufacturing.
total employment information is published for 3^ series. Productionworker employment is also presented for most of the industry components
of the mining division.
Hours and earnings information for manufacturing and selected
nonmanufacturing industries are published monthly in the Hours and
Earnings Industry Report and in the Monthly Labor Review.
Sec. B. De-finition of Employment - For privately operated
establishments in the nonagricultural industries the BLS employment infor
mation covers all full- and part-time employees who were on the pay roll,
i.e., who worked during, or received pay for, the pay period ending
nearest the 15th.of the month. For Federal establishments the employ
ment period relates to the pay period ending prior to the firct of the
month; in State and local governments, during the pay period ending on or
just before the last of the month. Proprietors, self-employed persons,
domestic servants, unpaid fair&ly workers, and members of the armed forces
are excluded from the erjployment information.
Sec. C. Comparability With Other Employment Data - The Bureau
of Labor Statistics employment series differ from the Monthly Report on
the Labor Force in the following respects: (1) The BLS series are based
on reports from cooperating, establishments, while the MRLF is based on
employment information obtained from household interviews; (2) persons
who worked in more than one establishment during the reporting period
would be counted more than once in the BLS series, but not in the MRLF:
(3) the BLS information covers all full- and part-time wage and salary
workers in private nonagricultural establishments who worked during, or
received pay for, the pay period’
ending nearest the 15th of the month; in
Federal establishments during the pay period ending just before the first
of the month; and in St^te and local government during the pay period
ending on or just before the last of the month, while the MRTF series
relates to the calendar week which contains the 8th day of the uonth; (4 )
proprietors, self-employed persons, domestic servants, and unpaid family
workers are excluded from the BLS but not the MRLF series.
Sec. D. Methodology - Changes in the level of employment are
based on reports from a sample group of establishments, inasmuch as full
coverage ic prohibitively costly and time-consuming. In using a cample,
it is essential that a complete count or "bench mark" be established from
which the series may be carried forward. Briefly, the BLS computes em
ployment data as follows: first, a bench mark or level of employment is
determined; second, a sample of establishments is selected; and third,
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changes in employment indicated by this reporting sample are applied to
the bench mark to determine the monthly employment between bench-mark
periods. For example/ if the latest complete data on employment for an
industry were 40,200 in September, and if the industry has a reporting
sample of 67 establishments employing 23,200 workers in September and
23,800 in October, the October figure would be prepared ae follows:
40,200 x
23,200
e 41.200
When a new bench mark becomes available, employment data pre
pared since the last bench mark are reviewed to determine if any adjust
ment of level is required. In general, the month-to-month changes in
emplQyment reflect the fluctuations shown by establishments reporting to
the BIS, while the level of employment is determined by the bench mark.
The pay-roll index is obtained by dividing the total weekly
pay roll for a given month by the average weekly pay roll in 1939*
Aggregate weekly pay rolls for all manufacturing industries combined are
derived by multiplying gross average weekly earnings by production-worker
employment.
Sec. E. Sources of Sample Data - Approximately 120,000 cooper
ating establishments furnish monthly employment and pay-roll schedules,
by mail; to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In addition, the Bureau
makes use of data collected by the Interstate Commerce Commission, the
Civil Service Commission and the .Bureau of the Census.
APPROXIMATE COVERAGE OF MONTHLY SAMPLE USED'IN.
BLS EMPLOYMENT AND PAY-ROLL STATISTICS
Division or
industry
•
:
:
Employees
Number of
;
Number
in
♦ Percent
establishments
. sample
• of total
Mining.
Contract construction
Manufacturing
Transportation and public
utilities:
Interstate railroads (ICC)
Rest of division (BLS)
Trade
Finance
Service:
Hotels
Laundries and cleaning and
dyeing plants
Government:
Federal (Civil Service Commission):
State and local (Bureau of Census-quarterly)
2,700
460,000
35,200
8,845,000
--
10,500
46,300
S8
41
6,000
1,359,000
1 ,056,000
1,379,000
281.000
1,200
115,000
25
1,700
86,000
17
----
1 ;885,000
100
--
2,400,000
62
15,000
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450.000
47
23
62
15
16
See. F. Sources of Bench-Mark Data - Reports from Unemployment
Insurance Agencies presenting (l) employment in films liable for contri
butions to State unemployment compensation funds, and (2) tabulations
from the Bureau of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance on employment in
firms exempt from State unemployment insurance lavs because of their
small size comprise the basic sources of bench-mark data for nonfarm
employment. Most of the employment data .in this report have been adjusted
to levels indicated by these sources for 19^7 • Special bench marks are
used for industries not covered by the Social Security program. Bench
marks for State and local government are baaed on data compiled by the
Bureau of the Census, irfhile information on Federal Government employment
is made available by the U. S. Civil Service Commission. The Interstate
commerce Commission is the source for railroads.
Bench marks for production-worker employment are not available
on a regular basis. The production-worker series are, therefore, de
rived by applying to all-employee" bench marks the ratio of production
worker employment to total employment, as determined from the Bureau'3
industry samples.
Sec. G. Industrial Classification - In the BLS employment and
hours and earnings series, reporting establishments are classified ijvto
significant economic groups on the basis of major postwar product of
activity as determined from annual sales data. The following references
present the industry classification structures currently used in the
employment statistics program.
(1) For manufacturing industries - Standard Industrial
Claesification M a n u a l Vol. I, Manufacturing Indus
tries, Bureau of the Budget, November 1945 j
(2) For nonmanufacturing industries - Industrial Classi
fication Code, Federal Security Agency, Social Se
curity Board,, 1942.
Sec. H. State Employment - State data are collected and pre
pared in cooperation with various State Agencies as indicated below. The
series have been adjusted to recent data made available by State Unemploy
ment Insurance Agencies and the Bureau of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance.
Since some States have adjusted to more recent bench marks than others,
and because varying methods of computation are used; the total of the
State series differs from the national total. A number of States also
make available more detailed industry data and information for earlier
periods which may be secured directly upon request to the appropriate
State Agency.
The following publications are available upon request from the
BLS Regional Offices or the Bureau's Washington Office:
Nonagricultural Employment, by State, 1943 - 19^7; 1948.
Employment in Manufacturing Industries, by State, 1943 - 1946;
19^7; 1948.
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COOPERATING STATE AGENCIES
Alabama - Dept, of Industrial Relations, Montgomery 5*
Arizona - Unemployment Compensation Div., Employment Security
Commission, Phoenix.
Arkansas - Employment Security Div.,. Dept, of Labor, Little Rock.
California. - Div. of Labor Statistics and Research, Dept', of
Industrial Relations, San Francisco 3*
Colorado - Dept, of Employment Security, Denver 2.
Connecticut - Employment Security Div., Dept, of Labor and Factory
Inspection, Hartford 15.
Delaware - Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Philadelphia 1, Pa.
District of Columbia - U. S. Employment Service for D. C., Washington 25.
Florida - Unemployment Compensation Div., Industrial Commission,
Tallahassee.
Georgia Employment Security Agency, Dept, of Labor, Atlanta 3•
Idaho - Employment Security Agency, Boise*
Illinois - Div. of Placement and Unemployment Compensation, Dept, of
Labor, Chicago 5^.
Indiana - Research and Statistics Section, Employment Security Div.,
Indianapolis 9.
Iowa - Employment Security Commission, Des Moines 9*
Kansas - Employment Security Div., State Labor Dept.; Topeka.
Kentucky - Bureau of Employment Security, Dept, of Economic Security,
Frankfort.
Louisiana - Div. of Employment Security. Dept, of Labor, Baton Rouge I*.
Maine - Employment Security Commission, Augusta.
Maryland - Employment Security Board, Dept, of Employment Security,
Baltimore 1.
Massachusetts - Div. of Statistics, Dept, of Labor and Industries,
Boston 10.
Michigan - Unemployment Compensation, Commission, Detroit 2.
Minnesota r Div. of Employment and Security, Dept, of Social Security,
St. Paul 1.
Mississippi - Employment Secur.itjr. Commission, Jackson.
Missouri - Div. of Employment Security, Dept, of Labor and Industrial
Relations, Jefferson City.
Montana - Unemployment Compensation Commission, Helena.
Nebraska Div. of Employment Security, Dept, of Labor,. Lincoln 1.
Nevada. - Employment Security Dept., Carson City.
New Hampshire Employment Service and Unemployment Compensation Div.
Bureau of Labor, Concord.
New Jersey Dept, of Labor and Industry, Trenton 8.
New Mexico - Employment Security Coiamission, Albuquerque.
New York - Research and Statistics, Div. of Placement and Unemployment
Insurance, Dept, of Labor, New York 17 .
North Carolina - Dept, of Labor, Raleigh.
North Dakota - Unemployment Compensation Division, Bismarck.
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Ohio - Bureau of Unemployment Compensation, Columbus 16.
Oklahoma - Employment Security Commission, Oklahoma City 2.
Oregon - Unemployment Compensation Commission, Salem.
Pennsylvania - Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Philadelphia 1
(mfg.); Bureau of Research and Information, Dept.' 6f
Labor and Industry, Harrisburg (nonmfg.).
Rhode Island - Dept, of Labor, Providence 2.
South Carolina Employment Security Commission, Columbia 10.
South Dakota - Employment Security Dept., Aberdeen.
Tennessee Dept, of Employment Security, Nashville 3*
Texas - Employment Commission, Austifc 19.
Utah - Dept, of Employment Security, Industrial Commission,
Salt Lake City 13.
Vermont - Unemployment Compensation Commission, Montpelier.
Virginia - Div. of Research and Statistics, Dept, of Labor and Industry,
Richmond 14.
Washington - Employment Security Dept., Olympia.
West Virginia Dept, of Employment Security, Charleston 5 .
Wisconsin Industrial Commission, Madison 3*
Wyoming - Employment Security Commission, Casper.
GLOSSARY
All Employees or Wage and Salary Workers - In addition to production and
related workers as defined elsewhere, includes workers engaged in the
following activities: executive, 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 foremen level).
Also includes employees on the establishment pay roll engaged in new
construction and major additions or alterations to the plant who are
utilized as a separate work force (force-account construction workers).
Continental United States - Covers only the 48' States and the District
of Columbia.
Contract Construction - Covert' 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 roll3 of Federal, State,
and local government, public utilities, m d private establishments, are
excluded from contract construction and included in the employment for
such establishments.
Defense Agencies - Covers civilian employees of the National Military
Establishment, Maritime Commission. National Advisory Committee for
Aeronautics, The Panama Canal, Philippine Alien Property Administration,
Philippine War Damage Commission, Selective Service System, War Assets
Administration, Office of Defense Transportation, National Security
Resources Board, National Security Council.
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Durable Goods - The durable goods subdivision includes the following
major groups: ordnance and accessories; lumber and wood products.
(except furniture); furniture and fixtures; stone, clay; and glass
products; primary metal industries; fabricated metal products (except
ordnance, machinery, and transportation equipment); machinery (except
electrical); electrical machinery; transportation equipment; instruments
and related products; and miscellaneous manufacturing industries.
Federal Government - Executive Branch - Includes Government corporations
(including Federsrx serve Banks and mixed-ownership banks of the Fans
Credit Administration) and other activities performed by Government
personnel in establishments such as navy yards, arsenals, hospitals, and
on forcc-account construction. Data, which are based mainly on reports
to the Civil Service Commission, are adjusted to maintain continuity of
coverage and definition with information for former periods.
Finance - Covers establishments operating in the fields of finance,
insurance, and real estate; excludes the Federal Reserve Banks and the
mixed-ownership banks of the Farm Credit Administration which are
included under Government.
Government - Covers Federal, State, and local governmental establishments
X^erforming legislative, executive, and judicial functions, as well as
all government -operated establishments and institutions (arsenals,,
navy yards, hospitals, etc.), government corporations, and government
force-account construction. Fourth-class postmasters are excluded from
table 1 , because they presumably have other major jobs; they nre included,
however, in table 5 Indexes of Manufacturing Production-Worker Employment Number of
production workers expressed as a percentage of the average employment
in 1939.
Indexes of Manufacturing Production-Worker.Weekly Pay Bolls - productionworker weekly pay rolls expressed as a percentage of the average weekly
pay roll for 1939.
Manufacturing - Covers only privately operated establishments;
governmental manufacturing operations such as arsenals and navy yards
are excluded from manufacturing and included with government.
Military Personnel - Represents persons on active duty as of the first of
the month. Reserve personnel are excluded if on inactive duty or if on
active duty for a brief training or emergency period.
Military Pay Rolls - Pay rolls represent obligations, based on personnel
count, plus terminal leave payments to currently discharged personnel.
Leave payments to former or active personnel are included under muster 1213out and leave payments. Cash payments for clothing-allowance balances
are included under pay rolls in January, April, July and October for
Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard, and at time of discharge for Army
and Air Force. Family allowances represent Government's contribution.
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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 services required in
mining operations, such as removal of overburden, tunnelling and
shafting, and the drilling or acidizing of oil well3; also, includes ore
dressing, beneficiating, and concentration.
Nondurable Goods - The nondurable goods subdivision includes the
following major groups; food and kindred products; tobacco manufactures
textile-mill products; apparel and other finished textile products;
paper and allied products; printing, publishing, and allied industries;
chemicals and allied products; products of petroleum and coal; rubber
products; and leather and leather products.
Fay Bolls - Private pay rolls represent weekly pay rolls of both fulland part-time production and related workers who worked during, or
received pay for, any part of the pay period ending nearest the 15th of
the month, before deductions for old-age and unemplojTuent insurance,
group insurance, withholding tax, bonds, and union dues; also, includes
pay for sick leave, holidays, and vacations taken. Excludes cash pay
ments for vacations not taken, retroactive pay not earned during period
reported, value of payments in kind, and bonuses, unless earned and
paid regularly each pay period. Federal civilian pay rolls cover the
working days in the calendar month.
Production and Belated 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, auxiliary production
for plant’
s own use (e.g., power plant), and record-keeping and other
services closely associated with the above'production operations.
Service - Covers establishments primarily engaged in rendering services
to individuals and business firms, including automobile repair services.
Excludes all government-operated services such as hospitals, museums,
etc., and all domestic service employees.
Trade - Covers establishments engaged in wholesale trade, 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 sales of goods.
Transportation and Public Utilities - Covers only privately-owned and
operated enterprises engaged in providing all types of transportation
and related services; telephone, telegraph, and other communication
services; or providing electricity, gas, steam, water, or sanitary
service. Government operated establishments are included under
government.
Washington, D. C . - Data for the executive branch of the Federal Govern
ment 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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