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December 9, 1945
U. S. Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Employment and Occupational Outlook Brano
Division of Employment Statistics
'ENPLCY^iENT AND PAY ROLLS
Detailed Report
October 1945
CONTENTS
Table

Page

1

Estimated number of wage earners in manufacturing
industries .*...............................................

2

Indexes of wage-earner employment and of wage-earner
pay roll in-manufacturing industries.....................

8

Indexes of employment and pay rolls in selected nonmanu­
facturing industries............... .....................

14

Estimated number of wage earners in selected nonmanufac­
turing industries..................................... .

15

Percentage changes in employment and pay rolls in selected
nonmanufact'uring industries................ ..............

15

Estimated number of employees in nonagrioultural estab­
lishments by industry division...... ................... .

16

Estimated number of employees in nonagrioultural-establisliments, by State, September 1945................. .

17

8

Employment and pay rolls on construction projects........

19

9

Employment dnd pay rolls in Federal Government...........

20

2
5
4
5
6
7

(LS i^-1965)




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Table 1. - Estimated Number of Yfage Earners in Manufacturing Industries l/
(In thousands)
Industry Group
or Industry 2/

ALL MANUFACTURING
DURABLE GOODS
NONDURABLE GOODS
Durable Goods
IRON AND STEEL AND tHEIR PRODUCTS
Blast furnaces, steel works and
rolling mills
Gray-iron and semi-steel castings
Malleable-iron castings
Steel castings
Cast-iron pipe and fittings
Tin cans an.d. other, tinware
Wire drawn from purchased rods
Wirework
Cutlery and. edge, t.oo.ls
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 andornamental metalwork
Metal doors, sash, frames,
molding and trim
Bolts, nuts, washers and rivets
Forgings, iron and steel
Wrought pipe, welded and heavy
riveted
Screw-machine products and wood
screws
Steel barrels, kegs and drums
ELECTRICAL MACHINERY




Oct.
1943

Sept.
1943

Aug.
1943

Oct.
1942

13,960
8,385
5,575

13,938
8,324
5,614

13,990
8,321
5,669

13,166
7,464
5,702

1,733

1,721

1,718

1,635

509.9
77.8
25.7
81.0
15.3
33.7
35.5
33.4
22.1

511.7
78.4
25.7
81.6
15.2
34.9
35.4
32.9
21.5

514.5
79.9
26.0
83.7
15.3
37.0
35.6
32.6
21.6

526.3
88.0
26.7
79.8
20.1
31.4
33.8
31.5
20.2

27.5
46.6
23.2

27.0
45.5
23.1

27.4
45.8
23.2

26.5
42.2
20.3

59.1

57.2

56.0

49.3

59.6

59.1

59.5

54.1

95.4

91.5

92.0

75.0

72.4

71.7

71.9

67.3

13.7
29.7
40.1

13.2
29.6
40.0

13.3
29.7
39.8

10.7
25.9
37.4

26.5

26.7

26.7

20.0

49.0
8.6

48.8
8.5

49.4
8.4

48,5
6.9

734

725

717

610

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Table 1. - Estimated Number of Wage Earners in Manufacturing Industries l/-Cont'd
(in thousands)
Industry Group
or Industry 2/
MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL
Machinery and machine-shop
products
Tractors'
Agricultural machinery,
excluding tractors
Machine 'tools
Textile 'machinery
Pumps and pumping equipment
Typewriters
Cash registers, adding and
calculating machines
Washing machines, wringers, and
driers; domestic
Sewing machines, domestic and
industrial
Refrigerators and refrigeration
equipment
TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT, EXCEPT
AUTOMOBILES
Motorcycles, bicycles and parts
AUTOMOBILES
NONFERROUS METALS AND THEIR
PRODUCTS
Smelting and refining, primary,
of nonferrous metals
Clocks and watches
Jewelry (precious metals) and
jewelers' findingsSilverware and plated ware
Lighting equipment
Sheet-metal work, not elsewhere
classified
LUMBER AND TIMBER BASIC PRODUCTS
Sawmills and logging camps
Planing'and plywood-mills




Oct.
1943
1,255

Sept.
1943
1,248

Aug.
1943

Oct.
1942

1,251

1,148

498.6
86.3

495.5
55.3

496.9
54.1

449.1
46.6

41.1
97.4
28.8
79.0
12.2

40.4
100.9
28.2
78.3
11.6

39.4
103.0
28.1
77.9
11.6

32.0
120.0
29.0
68.1
11.9

36.3

36.8

34.8

29.9

14.7

14.5

14,2

10.3

10.7

10.7

10.4

10.6

58.4

56.4

55.9

40.6

2,314
10.3

2,500
9.9

2,304
9.9

1,836
9.0

755

738

714

572

422

417

415

392

46.9
25.1

46.8
25.1

46,5
25.4

39.5
25.8

15.2
11.9
26.6

15.3
11.6
25.5

15.7
11.8
24.6

16.3
11.3
21.3

29.2

28.2

29.1

27.9

463
253.4
78.9

467
256.1
78.7

482
264.2
81.3

535
295.3
88.2

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Table 1. - Estimated Number of Wage. Earners in LManufacturing Industries l/-C ont'd
(In thousands)
Industry Group .?
or Industry 2/

FURNITURE AND FINISHED LUMBER
PRODUCTS
Mattresses and beds.prings
Furniture
Wooden boxes, other than cigar
Caskets and other morticians'
goods
Wood preserving
Wood, turned and shaped
STONE, CLAY AND GLASS PRODUCTS
Glass an,d glassware
Glass products made from purchased
glass
Cement
Brick, %ile and terra cotta
Pottery and related products
Gypsum
Wallboard, plaster (except
gypsum), and mineral wool
.Lime
Marble, .granite, slate and other
products
Abrasives
Asbestos products
Nondurable goods
TEXTILE-MILL PRODUCT3 AND OTHER
FIBER MANUFACTURES
Cotton manufactures, except
small wares
Cotton small wares
Silk and rayon goods
Woolen ^nd worsted manufactures,
except dyeing and finishing
Hosiery
Knitted cloth
Knitted outerwear and knitted
gloves_
Knitted.underwear
Dyeing and finishing textiles,
including woolen and worsted
Carpets and rugs, wool
Hats, fur-felt
Jute goods, except felts
Cordage and twine




Oct.
1943

Sept.
1943

Oct.
1942

Aug.
1943

359
19.4
168.0
29.3

356
19.3
167.0
29.1

362
18.8
169.6
2.9.9

368
15.7
172.5
32.1

11.7
10.0
21.9

11.6
10.0
21.5

11.7
10.5
22.3

11.9
12.0
23.0

350
89.8

352
89.4

358
89.4

368
81.7

10.8
22.4
46.9
42.3
4.5

10.8
22.8
48.0
42.4
4.5

11.1
23.8
50,1
42.6
4.5

11.7
29.5
61.7
45.5
'4.6

10.8
9.0

11.1
3.2

11.0
9.2

10.9
10.1

12.3
24.1
22.0

12.3
23.9
21.6

12.5
24.6
22.0

13.7
18.4
'21.7

1,187

1,185

1,204

.

1,275

472.1
15.7
93.8

471.0
15.7
93.9

478.2
16.2
94,.7

5Q o .&
17.9
99.7

160.7
113.5
11.6

160.3;
113.2
11.5

161.6,.
115.2
11.6

177.2
123.9
11.7

31.6
39.6

31.9
39.4

32.9
40.9

30.2
44.7

64.7
21.3
10.0
3.6
16.7

65.2
21.1
9.9
3.6
16.4

66.1
21.9
9.9
3.7
16.8

70.0
23.2
8.9
3.9
15.9

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Table 1. - Estimated Number of Wage Earners in Manufacturing Industries l/-Cont'd
(In thousands)
Industry Group
or Industry 2/
APPAREL AND OTHER FINISHED TEXTILE
PRODUCTS
Men's clothing, not Elsewhere
classified
Shirts, collars and nightwear
Underwear and neckwear, men's
Work shirts
Women's clothing, not'elsewhere
classified
Corsets aiid allied garments g/
Millinery*
*"*
Handke rchie fs
Curtains, draperies and
bedspreads
House furnishings, other than
curtains; etc.
Textile bargs
LEATHER AND 'LEATHER PRODUCTS
Leather
Boot and shoe cut stock and
findings
Boots and shoes
Leather gloves and mittens
Trunks and"suitcases
FOOD
Slaughtering and meat packing
Butter
Condensed and evaporated milk
Ice cream
Flour
Feeds, prepared
Cereal preparations
Baking
Sugar refining, cane
Sugar, beetConfectionery
Beverages, nonalcoholic
Malt liquors
Canning and preserving




Aug.
1943

Oct.
1942

822

834

904

222.2
56.4
12.6
17.8

221.2
66.5
12.7
17.8

234.5
57.9
13.0
18,1

242.6
.66,1
13.9
18.8

232.2
16.5
18.8
3.5

231.2
16.1
19.3
3.6

234.0
16.1
19.8
3.6

251.3
17.5
20.8
4.2

16.3

15.9

16,0

16.9

13.6
14.4

13.4
13.9

13.9
14.4

17.0
15.4

314
41.6

315
41.9

325
43.4

357.
48.4:

16.3
177.0
13.9
12.2

16.4
178.4
13.7
12.1

16.8
183.2
13.8
13.0

18.2
199.1
14.4
16.9

1,045
159.3
21.6
12.8
14.7
29.8
21.4
10.1
257.6
14.4
17.4
57.5
28.2
48.0
171.8

1,102
159.3
22.4
13.4
15.6
28.9
21.4
10.1
250.5
14.7
7.7
53.5
29.7
48.0
248.2

1,097
162.7
23.7
14.2
17.3
28.6
21.6
10.0
251.4
14.5
5.3
52,9
30.6
48,8
235.2

1,C99
174.2
21,5
13.1
16.0
25.9
20.6
9.8
264.7
11.5
24.9
64.4
24.8
43.3
191.4

Oct.
1943

Sept.
1943

825

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Table 1. - Estimated Number of Yfage Earners in Manufacturing Industries l/-Cont'd
(In thousands)
Industry Group
or Industry 2/
TOBACCO MANUFACTURES
Cigarettes
Cigars
Tobacco (chewing and smoking)
and snuff

Oct.
1943

Sept.
1943

Aug.
1943

Oct.
1942

89
35.1
39.9

88
34.5
40.1

88
*34.4
40.3

99
34.5
49.9

8.4

8.3

8.2

.8.6

PAPER AND ALLIE3 PRODUCTS
Paper and pulp
Paper goods, other
Envelopes
Paper bags
Paper boxes

314
148.5
47.7
10.2
12.5
85.3

311
148.5
47.2
10.2
12.3
83.0

315
150.4
*47.9
10,4
12.7
84.4

300
150.5
45.1
9.5.
11.,7
74 .*3.

PRINTING, PUBLISHING, AND ALLIED
PRODUCTS
Newspapers and periodicals
Printing, book,and job
Lithographing
Bookbinding

335
112.6
132.7
24.6
29.7

330
112.4
128.8
25.0
29.0

337
112.0
134.0
25.4
30.2

331
116,5
12 8,.6
24.4
26.6

739
29.7

736
29.5

741
30.0

673
28.9

CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCT?
Paints, varnishes, and colors
Darugs, medicines, and
insecticides
Perfumes and cosmetics
Soap
Rayon and allied products
Chemicals, not elsewhere
classified
Compressed and liquefied gases
Cottonseed oil
Fertilizers

47.2
11.2
13.3
53.0

46.4
10.6
13.2
52.4

46.5
11.0
13.0
52.7

38.8
10.5
14.0
51.6

120.4
6.3
22.1
20.1

119.0
6.3
20.4
19.8

117.8
6.4
13.2
18.8

110.5
6.4
23.4
19^3

PRODUCTS OF IETRQLEUM AND COAL
Petroleum refining
Coke and by-products
Paving materials
Roofing materials

136
82.4
23^9
1.9
9.7

126
82.3
24.0
1.7
9.7

127
82.6
24.4
1.6
9.8

126
78.9
26.6
2.0
10.2

RUBBER PRODUCTS
Rubber tires an^ inner tubes
Rubber boots and shoes
Rubber goods, other

195
90.1
'21.2
74.3

195
91.3
21.4
72.7

194
89.4
22.2
72.7

169
74.0
20.2
66.7

MISCELLANEOUS INDUSTRIES
Photographic apparatus
Pianos, organs, and parts
Games, toys and dolls
Buttons

406
30.4
10.7
16.4
10.1

404
30.7
10.4
15.7
10.1

407
30.7
10.4
16.1
10.5

369
25.0
7.0
14.1
12.3




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Table 1.-Estimated Number of Wage Earners in Manufacturing Industries jy/-Cont'd
/

Estimates for the major industry groups (titles of which have been capitalized),
have been 'adjusted to final data for 1941 and preliminary data for the second
quarter of 1942 made available by the Bureau of Employment Security of the
Federal Security Agency, and are not comparable with data in mimeographed
releases for months prior to January 1943 and in issues of the Monthly Labor
Review prior to March 1943. Comparable series for earlier months are avail­
able upon request. Estimates for individual industries have been adjusted to
levels indicated by the 1939 Census of Manufactures, but not to Federal
Security Agency data. For this reason, together with the fact that this
Bureau has not prepared estimates for certain industries, and does not publish
wage earners in war industries, the sum of the individual industry estimates
will not agree with totals shown for the major industry groups.

/

Unpublished information concerning the following war industries may be obtained
by authorized agencies upon request: Aircraft engines; aircraft and parts,
excluding engines; alloying; aluminum manufactures; ammunition; cars, electricand steam-railroad; communication equipment; electrical equipment; engines and
turbines; explosives and safety fuses; fire extinguishers; firearms; fireworks;
locomotives; machine-tool accessories; optical instruments and ophthalmic
goods; professional and scientific instruments and fire control equipment;
radios and phonographs; and shipbuilding.

5/

Revisions have been made as follows in the data published for earlier months:
Corsets and allied garments - May 1943 wage earners to 16+7.




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-Table 2 -* Indexe-s of ^Vage-Earner Enplo^/ment and of WageEarner Pay Roll in Manufacturing Industries l/
Industry Group
o,r
Industry 2/

d,L HAJ-:nFACT*URING
DURABLE GOODS
NONDURABLE; GOODS

ELECTRICAL MACHIH5RY




170.4 170.1
232.2. 230.5
.121.7 122.5

17C.8 '160.7 333,4 326.3 ^ 322.2
230.4 ;206.7 470.3 ;: 461.2 448.2
123.8 !124.5 199.6. 198.3 199.0

270.9
366.2
177.7

174.7

1*73.6

173.3

164.9 319.8

312.8

308.1

264.1

131.3

131.7

132.6

135.5 234.1

232.7

229.9

200.7

133.2
142.2
269.1

134.2 . 136.7
142.5 144.0
271.2 278.2

150.7 256.6 250.5. 253.0
148.1. 286.5 275.4 267.0
265.1 *482.8 .475.8 484.1

254.7
243.2
434.7

92. C
106.0

91.7
109.7

92.3
116.5

121.7 167.6 , 165.0' 162.5
98.8 175.4' 178.2 186.9

204.0
139.4

161.6
109.9
143.4

161.3
108.2
139,4

161.8
107.2
140.2

154.0 260.0
103.5 215.7
131.3 292.9

262.8
203.3
281.8

249.0
200.9
277.4

221.3
172.5
242.3'

179.4 ^ 176.4 178.7 173.4 342.5
130.6 127.7 128.4 : 118.5 265.5
82.2 165.9
93.7 : 94.0
94.3

324.6
254.0
156.0

328.8
250.9
160.3

303.4
209.9
126.1

^ 128.0

124.0

121.4

106.9:'231.7

219.2

211.1

16 7.2

196.6

194.9

196.5 ^ 178.6 :363.1

361.6

350.7

307.5

168.2

164.6

165.7

134.9 330.9 i 314.5

306.0

227.2

203.7

201.8

202.4 ^ 189.6 !384.3

372.1

372.6

317.5

177.6

170.7

171.7

138.2 ;327.0 ! 325.2

302.4

215.9

207.7
260.8

206.8
260.0

<3*
<—t
CO
t—t

Durable Goods
RON AND STEEL AND THEIR
PRODUCTS.
Blast furnaces, steel
works and rolling mills
Gray-riron and semi-steel
castings
Malleable-iron castings 3/
Steel castings
***
Cast-iron pipe and
fittings
Tin cans and other tinware
Y^ire drawn from purchased
rods
YTirework
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
Y/rought pipe, welded and
heavy riveted
Screw-machine products and
wood screws
Steel barrels, kegs and
drums

';Vage-earner pay roll
Yfage-ea-rner employment
Sept. Aug.
Oct.
Sept. Aug.
Oct.
Oct-. :Oct.
1943
1943
1943
-1943 ;1942 ^1943 ^ 1943
1942

^396.7
207.9
259.1 ^ 243.6 ^ 514.2

386.2
488.8

385.9
483.2

305.4
431.2

316.6

319.6

319.5

239.5 :564.3

567.7

586.1

431.1

289.4

288.5

292.0

286.6 ;560.7 : 549.0

550.9

491.9

142.2

140.2

139.0

114.1 273.2 ! 263.8

270.3

180.7

283.4

279.8

276.7

235.3 494 .7

487.7

475.3

382.7

9.
Table 2. - Indexes of Wage-Earner Employment and of Wage-Earner
Pay Roll in Manufacturing Industries l/ - Continued
Industry Group
or
Industry 2/
MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL
Machinery and machine-shop
products
Tractors
Agricultural machinery
excluding tractors
Machine tools
Textile machinery
Pumps and pumping equipment
Typewriters
Cash registers, adding and
calculating machines
Washing machines, wringers
and driers, domestic
Sewing machines, domestic
and industrial
Refrigerators and refrig­
eration equipment
TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT
EXCEPT AUTOMOBILES
Motorcycles, bicycles' and
parts
AUTOMOBILES

Wage-earner
Sept.
Oct.
1943
1943
237.6 236.2

Wage -earne r
employment
Sept.
Aug.
Oct. Oct.
1943
1943
1942 1943
236.8 217.3 441.4 435.2

pay roll
Aug.
Oct.
1943
1942
423.9 371.5

246.4
180.2

244.9
176.7

245.6
172.9

222.0 447.4
148.9 279.2

440.5
269.5

429.9
263.0

371.5
212.6

14 7.9
266.0
131.3
325.9
75.5

145.4
275.5
128.7
322.9
71.7

141.7
289.5
128.4
321.3
71.4

115.2
327.6
132.3
281.2
73.3

288.4
455.8
237.8
694.2
151.1

283.8
455.3
227.4
678.2
143.4

267.4
470.2
226.7
657.1
137.3

186.9
532.8'
224.3
531.3
130.9

184.7

181.8

177.0

151.8 377.9

366.1

338.9

260.1

197.5

193.9

190.0

13 7.8 340.5

335.9

320.7

213.3

137.1

136.7

133.3

135.5 294.0

300.2

278.1

259.8

166.1

160.6

159.1

115.4 296.2

288.3

273.5

176.1

1457.6 1449.3 1451.7 1156.5 2944.8 2944.4 2805.5 2116.3
147.7

142.5

142.1

129.1 269.0

252.1

254.4

218.6

187.6

183.4

177.5

142.3 S68.5

338.7

324.2

235.1

184.3

181.8

180.9

171.2 338.2

336,8

325.4

282.7

169.7
123.9

169.2
123.9

168.3
125.0

143.1 300.9
127.4 242.1

304.7
242.3

298.8
236.4

215.0
228.3

NONFERROUS METALS AMD THEIR
PRODUCTS
"Smeltiiig and refining,
primary, of nonferrous
metals
Clocks"and watches
Jewelry (precious metals)
and jewelers' findings
Silverware and plated ware
Lighting equipment
Sheet-metal work, not
elsewhere classified

105.4
97.8
130.0

105.6
95.8
124.7-

108.8
97.7
119.9

113.2 159.1
92.9 169.8
103.8 226.5

i58.7 156-. 9
1.61.1 169.0
223 iO :209.7

160.4
142.8
164.6

155.6

150.2- 155.4

148.8 282.0

273.6

268.0

240.6

LUMBER AMD TIMBER BASIC
PRODUCTS
Sawmills and logging camps
Planing and plywood mills

110.2
88.0
108.6

111.0
88.9
108.3

127.2 200.9
102.8 163.8
121.4 181.8

197.7
162.1
175.7

206.0
169.0
182.9

198.3
163.0
174.8




114.6
91.7
111.9

10.
Table 2. - Indexes of Wage-Earner Employment and of Wage-Earner
Pay Roll in Manufacturing Industries l/ - Continued
Industry Group
or
Industry 2/
FURNITURE AND FTNISHED
LUMBER PRODUCTS
Mattresses and bedsprings
Furniture
Wooden boxes, other than
cigar
Caskets and other
morticians' goods
Wood preserving
Wood, turned and shaped
STONE, CLAY AND GLASS
PRODUCTS
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 wool
Lime
Marble, granite, slate
and other products
Abrasives
Asbestos products
Nondurable Goods
TEXTILE-MILL PRODUCTS AND.
OTHER FIBER MANUFACTURES
Cotton manufactures,
except'small Wares
Cotton small wapes
Silk and rayon'goods
Woolen and worsted
manufactures, except
dyeing and finishing
Hosiery
Knitted cloth
Knitted outerwear and
"knitted' gloves
Knitted underwear
Dyeing and finishing
textiles, including
woolen and worsted
Carpets and rugs, wool
Hats, fur-felt
Jute goods, except felts
C ordage ana twine




Wage-earner employment
Oct.
Oct.
Sept. Aug.
1945
1943
1943
1942

Wage--earner pay roll
Oct.
Oct.
Sept. Aug.
1943
1942
1943
1943

109.4
105.6
105.,5

108.6
105.1
104.9

110.4
102.5
106.5

112.3 191.0 .183.285.4 175.4 168.9
108.3 184.4 176.7

185.5
163 ;0
179.2'

168.2
116.6
164.5

115.6

114.7

117.9

126.5 212.4

205.3

210.8

197.4

94.2
89.1
99.^

93 .'2
88.5
98.0

94.3
93.1
100.8

95.2 150.3
107.1 184.1
104.6 169.4

143.2
182.4
161.1

145.5
180.6
167.0

130.4
171.5
155.5

119.3
128.6

119.8
128.1

121.8
128.1

125.2 194.0
117.0 202.1

188.5
193.3

192.3
193.9

178.9
163.8

107.9
94.1

107.5
95.7

111.3
100.0

116.6 169.4
124.0 141.0

160.5
139.9

166.9
148.2

157.3
167.3

82.5

84.5

88.2

108.7 129.9

128.3

136.7

154.7

127.8
91.2

128.0
90.2

128.6
92.2

137.3 193.6
93.3 159.9

186.6
147.8

190,2
160.6

183.8
144.8

132.5
95.0

136.7
96.8

136.0
97.7

134.3 230.0
107.1 172.2

232.2
172.0

226.9
181.1

201.7
164.0

66.5
311.3
138.3

66.6
308.8
135.9

67.7
317.4
138.4

92.7
73.7 94.9 -89.5238.0 501.0 494.4 498.4
136.5 262.7^ 260.2 257.0

90.8
365.3
227.9

103.8

103.6

105.2

111.5 174.4

172.0

173.2

173.0

119.2
117.7
78.3

118.9. 120.8]
118.0 121.4
79.1
78.3

127.7 '205.1
134.7 203.3
83.2 136.1

204.8
195.6
131.5

203.'6
207.8
13 3.'*6

210.6
227.5
130.8

107.7
71.3
106.0

107.4
71.2
105.0

108.3
72.4
106.7

118.7 197.6
77.9 109.2
107.3 174.2

194.9
105.0
169.0

198.3- 198.2
106.5 103.2
174.2 152.9

112.3* 113.5
102.8 102.3

116.9
106.2

107.5 192.1
116.1 177.2

190.5
171.9

192.4
176.9

158.6
177.0

104.7
90.8
61.3
109,3
131.7

150.6
131.0
116.7
181.6
231.2

151.6
135.0
114.2
187.7
232.7

151.8
137.7
83.0
182.2
202.2

97.4 ^ 98.9
96.8
83.3
82.5
85.5
68.3
68.5
68.0
101.6 :101.3 104.1
138.3 :135.8 138.7

152t4
135.9
120.5
183.2
237.7

11

Table 2. - Indexes of T.-'jagc-harner Employment and of Wa^e-Earner
Pay Roll in Manufacturing Industries 1,/*- Continued
Industry Group
or
Industry 2/
AFPAREL AMD OTHER FINISHED '
TEXTILE PRODUCTS
Men's clothing, not else­
where classified
Shirts, collars and
nightwear
Underwear and neckwear,
men's
Work shirts
Women's clothing, not
elsewhere classified
Corsets and allied
garments 3/
Millinery
Handkerchiefs
Curtains, draperies and
bedspreads
House furnishings, other
than curtains, etc.
Textile bags
LEATHER AND LEATHER PRODUCTS
Leather
Boot and shoe cut stock
and findings
Boots and shoes
Leather gloves and mittens
Trunks and suitcases
FOOD
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




Wage- earner employment
Oct.
Sept. Aug.
.Oct.
1943
1943
1943 !1942

Wage -earner pay roll
Oct.
Sept. :Aug. 'Oct.
1943
1943 :1943 ;1942

104.8

104.1

105.7 '114.5 164.1

163.4 ^164.1 '157.0

101.6

101.1

102.7

111.0 158.2

153.8

153.8 * 148.4

80.1

80.2

82.2

93.8 134.2

129.9

131.3

141.9

78.1
132.4

78.8
132.2

80.7
134.7

85.8 145.0
139.6 229.6

139.7 142.6
223.5 ^ 225.2

125.4
222.2

85.5

85.1

86.1

92.5 132.1

136.1 ^ 137.5 :127.1

87.7
77.2
73.2

85.8
73.5
73.3

85.7
81.5
73.8

93.1 142.9
85.5 105.5
86.8 126.5

139.6
113.7
116.5

131.9
122.3
122.9

128.7
103.3
131.2

S6.3

94.2

94.8

100.1 169.4

163.3

150.1

150.2

128.5 125.8
; 120.0 ! 116.3

130.8
120.1

159.8 233.3
128.3 189.3

228.0
179.2

216.5
180.4

246.2
180.2

143.1 . 14 7.8
135.3 ' 137.9

149.2
145.8

90.5
90.8
: 87.9 : 88.6
8 3.3
' 86.5
81.8
81.2
139.4. 136.8
148.6 145.0

93.6 103.0 143.2
91.8 ^ 102.4 135.1
89.4 . 96.4
91.3
84.0
138.5; 144.6
156.3 203.1

131.7
129.8
228.3
22C.O

129.5
131.1
211.6
215.3

133.6 133.7
135.4
.5
223.8 199.4
232.5 ^ 262.9

122.3

129.0

128.4

128.6 182.2

184.8

187.8

154.4

132.2
; 120.6

132.2
124.9

136.0' 144.6 201.2
132.2' 120.0 175.1

192.4
180.3

202.6
191.7

17C.8
154.1

132.4
93.6
120.3
138.8
' 135.3
111.7
101.6
186.9
115.7
i 132.8
; 133.0
' 127.8

138.0
;: 99.4
:; 116.6:
^ 138.8
135.3 ^
^ 108.6
104.1
: 73.6
107.6
139.5
^ 132.9!
184.5:

146.5 134.7
110.0: 102.1
115.4 104.5
140.3 133.4
133.4 131.7
109.0 114.7
102.3 - '81.4
51.1 239.2
108.3 129.5
143.8 116.6
135.3 120.1
174.9' 142.4

196.2 208.1 222.2 180.3
123.1 129.2 149.3 . 123.6
193.3 179.5 183.7 '149.6
225.8 221.0 222.5 194.7
236.3 227.1 230.3 ^ 183.0
159.0 155.3 . 152.5 143.5
156.4 167.2 154.7
95.1
206.2 100.3 ^ 73.7 293.8
178.1 164.3 ! 154.5 178.0
161.2 ! 172.3 ^ 182.0 133.3
183.7 188.5 : 192.8 143.5
224.7 304.0 ; 316.3 225.9

1?.

Table 2. -.Indexes of Wage-Earner Employment and of Vfage-Earner
Pay Roll in.Manufacturing Industries 1/ - Continued
Industry Group

Industry 2/
TOBACCO RIANUFACTURES
Cigarettes
Cigars
Tobacco (chewing and
smoking) and snuff

Wage !-earnei* pay roll
Wage-earner e;^pl oy?T3 nt.
Oct'. '/Sept . ' "Aug. " ''Oct.''- Oct.
<^ep t . Au'fr. ''Oct.
1942 ' 1943
1945
1943 - 1943
1943 ! 1942
1943
95.5
94.8
94.8 106.4 160.2. 154.1
128.1. 1S5.6. 125.3, 126.0 190.8' 179.8
78.3
79.1
98.0 141.4 136.5
78.8
92.0

90.5

89.6*

93.5 140.0

129.8

178.6 i 181.9 '158.9
168.4 175.2 158.9
177.8 183.3 :156.9
170.1 170.8 138.1
175.0 176.7 151.4
177.4 180.1 146.9

118.2
108.0
126.7
117.7
112.5
123.3

117.2
108.0
125.4
117.7
111.0.
120.0

PRINTING, PUBLISHING, AND
ALLIED INDUSTRIES
Newspapers and periodicals
Printing, book and job
Lithographing
Bookbinding

102.3
94. S
105.0
94.6
115.1

100.7 102.9, 100.9 131.0
98.1 114.4
94.7
54.4
102.0. 106.1. 101.8 138.0
97.8
S3.7 125.5
96.3
117.1
103.2
183.1
112.4,

128.9
114.5
133.1
1,26.5
179.8

128.. 8 ^ 116.3
112.7 : 109.4
134.8 119.2
127.4 104.6
179.4 139.9

CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS 256.4
Paints, varnishes and colors !105.7
Drugs, medicines and
insecticides
^172.2'
Perfumes and cosmetics
;107.6
Soap
i 98.0
Rayon and allied products ; 109.9,
Chemicals, not elsewhere
class ified
:173.1
Compressed and liquefied
gases
159.1
Cottonseed oil
^ 145.2
Fertilizers
;107.2

255.4' 257.0 233.4 438.9
104.8 106.5 ; 102.6 rl50.0

438.4
158.2

435.8
159.7

169.2 169.5 141.5 251.4
102.4 106.3 101.0 151.6
97.4
95.8 :103.1 151.0
108.5* 109.1 106.9 168.5

242.2 236.1 ; 133.7
144.2 ,142.0 :'125.6
156.3 149. l' 134.3
170.3 168.4 : 144.7

171.1

169.3 '158.9 290.4

285.5 ^ 281.0 . 230.6

159.4
134.2
1C5.3

162.2 160.7 272.2 266.3 : 2 74.. 2
87.1 154.0 281.6 : 249.4 150.4
100.3 :102.6 216.3 ; 214.2 198.2

PRODUCTS OF PETROLEUM & COAL ^ 119.3
Petroleum refining
^ 113.2
Coke ahd by-products'
'110.4
Paving materials
79.0
Roofing -mate rials
120.3
RUBBER PRODUCTS
161.3
Rubber tires and inner
tubes
i;166.4
Rubber boots and shoes
^ 143.1
Rubber'goods, other.
143.5
i166.0
MISCELLANEOUS INDUSTRIES
Photographic apparatus
i 176.1
Pianos, organs and parts
141.1
Games, toys and dolls
! 88.0
Buttons
92.2

119.0 : 115.7 ;119.3 197.7
113.0 113.4' 108.4 185.5
110.5 112.4 '122.8 184.3
70.9
67.0* ; 82.3 146.1
120.0 122.3' ^ 127.0 211.3




'131.2 - 160.3

183.0
174.1
185.8
172.3
180.6
185.1

132.1; 131.8

PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS
Paper and pulp
Paper goods, other
Envelopes
Paper bags
Paper boxes

118.8
109.4
127.3
120.1
114.5
122.0

113.1
109.5
119.9
109.6
105.9
107.4

151.1 ^ 15?,. 7..
186.6 ; 171.8
128.5 : 145.2

139.9 278.0

195,0
182.4
187.1
122.8
205.5
273.4

351.4
130.9

231.2
246.4
164.1

197.1 160.8
184.8 145.7
185.4 132.6
116.2 .131.6
212.7 ' 203.0
258.4

201.9

168.6*.!165.2 136.7 :279.3 ' 277.2 253.8 190.0
144.1 '150.0' . 136.1 243.6 246.8 250.0 208.8
140.4 ;140.5* ^ 129.0 247.8 238.7 ^ 232.0 191.3
165.1 166.4 150.7 301.3 297.1 2 94.,5 , 236.3
, 177.6 178.0 144.5 278.2 270.9 268.9 209.4
91.4 266.8 260.9 258.0 151.5.
^ 137.1 136.0
84.1
86.1 : 75.5 158.0 141.7 145.3 119.8
'! 92.2 : 95.4 , 111.9 169.4 ! 164.4 171.2 ; 172.9
!

13.
Table 2. -. Indexes of Wage-Earn^.r- Employment and of Wage-Earner
Pay Roll in Manufacturing Industries l/ - Continued
l/

Indexes for the major industry groups (titles of which have been capitalized),
have been adjusted to final data for 1941 and preliminary data for the second
quarter of 1942 made available by the Bureau of Employment Security of the
Federal Security Agency, and. are" not comparable' with data in mimeographed
releases for months prior' to January 1943 and in issues of the Monthly Labor
Review prior to March 1943. Comparable series for earlier months are available
upon request. Indexes for individual industries have been adjusted to levels
indicated by the 1S39 Census of Manufactures, but not to Federal Security
Agency data,.

2/

Unpublished information concerning the following war industries may be obtained
by authorized agencies upon request: Aircraft' engines; aircraft and parts,
excluding engines; alloying; aluminum manufactures; ammunition; cars, electricand steam-railroad*; communication equipment; e-lectrical equipment; engines and
turbines; explosives and safety fuses; fire extinguishers; firearms; fireworks;
locomotives; machine tool accessories; optical instruments and ophthalmic
goods; professional and scientific instruments and fire control equipment;
radios and -phonographs; and shipbuilding..

3/

Revisions have been made as follows in the data published for earlier months:
Malleable-iron castings - May 1943 employment and pay-roll indexes to
149.1 and 275.8. Corsets and allied garments - May 1943 employment index to 88.8.
and July 1943 pay-roll indexes to 139.5, 137.5, and 130.3.




May, June,

14.
Table 3. - Indexes of Employment and Pay Rolls in
Selected Honmanufacturing Industries
(1939 Average = 100) l/
Employment indexes
Pa y-roll indexes
Industry
Oct.
Sept'.' "Aug." 'O'c'tV
Oct." Sept. '.'Aug.'
1943
1943
1943
1943 ! 1943
1943
1942
Coal mining!
Anthracite
84.0 84.5
84.9
91.8 146.5 144.2 150.6
Bituminous
j 100.6 1 0 1 . 0 101.4 115.3 198.8 203.3 203.8

Oct*.'
1942

Metal mining
Iron
Copper
Lead and zinc
Gold and silver
Miscellaneous

:106.4
:158.0
;130.1
j120.7
25.3
;151.7

108.5
161.3
132.0

123.4
179.0

169.2
263.1
212.7
209.9
33.7
241.7

170.6
260.5
215.6
209.8
34.1
266.5

169.2
*273.0
204.8
201.9
34.5
268.0

163.8
240.3
184.0
184.9
68.8
256.9

26.3
164.3

116.8
25.9
164.2

116.5
163.7
127.7
118.5
57.5
169.9

94.1

95.6

98.1

112.9

169.4

168.0

174.8

179.1

Crude petroleum production 2/ 80.9

81.7

82.4

84.4

122.1

124.4

119.7

105.1

127.5

123.2
92.9

149.0
111.8

117.6
95.3

110.0

158.3

100.9

129.5

149.9
111.4
157.6
127.9

14 9.1 i 134.3
111.9! 110.7
162.1 ; 137.1
129.5 ; 123.6

94.9
102.5
105.4
97.5

104.3
112.0

121.8
112.8

123.3
130.4
138.7
142.0

119.9
128.7
130.5
133.6

119.7
131.2
127.8
122.9

118.3
128.2
135.4
127.8

Quarrying and nonmetallic
mining

121.1

Public utilities:
Telephone and telegraph
126.2 126.9
Electric light and power
; 84.9 85.5
Street railways and busses!118.1 118.0
Wholesale trade
94.2
93.9
Retail trade
Food
General merchandise
Apparel
^
Furniture and house
furnishings
Automotive
Lumber and building
materials
Hotels (year-round)3/ 4/
Power laundries
" *"
Dyeing and cleaning
Class I steam railroads 5/
Water transportation 7/*"
l/

:100.6 97.4
'107.2 104.1
;119.2 110.6
!114.1 108.4

105.5
163.9
121.8

86.1

i 66.4
i 63.2

65.5
62.5

66.4
63.5

76.6
63.7

86.9
88.0

85.3
85.1

87.3
87.8

92.5
78.9

92.5
;108.9
:110.2
:120.0
;138.6
i176.7

92.2
108.0
110.5
118.7
139.3
170.3

92.8
107.8
113.8
119.4
139.7
162.1

97.0
103.9
121.0
123.9
133.8
90.8

128.1
147.2
149.1
173.4
S/
393.6

126.2
143.7
146.2
170.6
6
384.4

125.0
140.8
147.3
164.3

123.1
127.1
143.2
153.5
6/
203.3

/

363.2

Mimeographed report showing revised data (1939 = 100) January 1939-December
1942 for each industry available on request.
2/ Does not include well drilling or rig building.
3/ Cash payments only; additional value of board, room, tips, not included. Data
include salaried personnel.
4 / Revisions have been made as follows in the data published for earlier months:
Hotels (year-round) - July pay roll index to 139.5.
5/ Source: I nt e r st a t e Commerce Commission. Data include salaried personnel.
6/ Not available.
7/ Based on estimates prepared by the U. S. Maritime Commission covering employ­
ment on steam and motor merchant vessels of 1,000 gross tons or over in deepsea trade only.




Table 4 - Estimated Number of Wage Earners
in Selected Nonmanufacturing Industries
(In thousands)
Industry
anthracite mining
-ituminous coal mining
etal mining
Iron
Copper
Lead and zinc
Gold and silver
Miscellaneous metal mining
"otels (year round) l/
ower laundries
Jyeing and cleaning
Class 1 steam railroads 2/
l/
2/

Oct. 1943

Sept. 1943

69.6
373
93.9
31.8
31.0
18.8
6.3
6.0
351
249
81.0
1,368

70.0
374
95.8
32.5
31.5
18.8
6.5
6.5
348
250
80.1
1,374

Data include salaried personnel.
Source: Interstate Commerce Commission.

Aug. 1943

Oct. 1942

70.3
376
93.1
33.0
29.0
18.2
6.4
6.5
348
257
80.6
1,379

76.0
427
102.7
32.8
30.4
18.4
14.3
6.8
335
273
83.6
1,322

Data include salaried personnel.

Table 5 -+ Percentage Changes in Employment and Pay Rolls
in Selected Nonmanufacturing Industries, October 1943

Industry
Wholesale trade
Food products
Groceries and food specialties
Dry goods and apparel
Machinery, equipment and
supplies
Farm products
Petroleum and petroleum
pr.ducts (incl. bulk tank
stations)
Automotive
Brokerage
Insurance
Building construction




Employment

Pay Roll

Percentage change from
Oct.
Sept.
1942
1943

Percentage change from
Sept.
Oct.
1943
1942

6.6
5.3
1.1
8.8

+ 1.3
- .2
+ 2.6
+ .9

+
+
+
+

+ 1.1
+ .1

+ .2
-31.0

+ 2.5
- 1.8

+11.5
-11.8

0
+ .1
- 1.1
- .6
+ .6

- 3.6
+ 4.4
+20.1
- 5.8
-14.9

- .3
+ 1.3
- .9
+ 1.6
+ 2.4

+ 5.2
+17.4
+43.6
+ 2.9
- 5.4

+
+
-

.4
.3
.4.
.6

-

4.8
5.9
6.9
6.5

6.
Table 6. - Estimated Number of Employees in Ncnagricultural Establishments
by .Industry Division

(in thousands)
Industry
Division

Oct.
1943

Sept.
1943

Aug.
1943

Oct.
1942

otal l/

38,276 2/

38,227

38,245

38,478

ianufacturi ng

16,205

16,179

16,245

15,313

819

825

823

902

974

1,066

1,162

2,028

Transportation and public
utilities

3,705

3,708

3,695

3,539

Trade

6,419

6,285

6,218

6,697

Finance, service, and miscellane ous

4,300

4,334

4,331

4,327

Federal, State and local
government, excluding Federal
force account construction

5,85^ 2/

5,830

5,771

5,672

lining
Contract construction and Federal
force account construction

l/

Estimates exclude proprietors 6f unincorporated businesses, self-employed
persons, domestics employed in private homes, public emergency employees,
and personnel in the armed-forces.

2/

Preliminary




17,
Table 7. - Estimated Number of Employees in Nonagricultural Establishments, by State
(in thousands)
Hanufa ctur ing
All industry divisions
Sept.
AUg.
Sc *
Region and State
Sept.
AUg.
Sapt.
1943
1S42
1943
1943
1942
1943
1,646
1,707
New England
1,690
3,216
3,229
3,232
149.7
Maine
140.9
284
277
290
135.5
76.3
70.3
New Hampshire
141
150
141
69.9
Ve rmont
37.2
*35.0
35.8
83.7
87.1
84.2
746
Massachusetts
1,653
806
1,667
799
1,661
161
Rhode Island
287
162
161
292
290
493
476
Connecticut
763
489
761
765
Middle Atlantic
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania

9,511
4,692
1,588
3,231

9,495
4,670
1,586
3,239

9,511
4,647
1,578
3,286

4,348
1,933
938
1,477

4,351
1,929
932
1,490

4,113
1,792
880
1,441

East North Central
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan
Wisconsin

8,862
2,389
1,095
2,749
1,827
802

8,823
2,408
1,071
2,740
1,809
795

8,664
2,336
1,092
2,703
1,738
795

4,566
1,258
620
1,175
1,091
422

4,550
1,279
599
1,170
1,082
420

4,180.
1,177
565
1,086
968
384

West North Central
Minne s ota
1 owa
Missouri
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas

2,917
643
456
989
70.0
82.4
263
414

2,908
640
452
989
68.7
81.8
264
412

2,917
637
465
962
69.6
91.1
265
427

944
202
148.7
381
5.2
9.4
61.2
136.3

947
204
149.3
384
5.2
9.5
61.6
133.1

837
176
14 7.4
335
6.0
10.3
48.8
113.7

South Atlantic
Delaware
Maryland
District of Columbia
Virginia
West Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida

4,735
103.3
751
477
701
429
742
388
661
483

4,733
102.8
752
483
698
426
743
390
659
479

4,802
101.7
737
503
765
442
755
401
651
446

1,723
55.8
360
13.9
208
135.8
379
177
272
121.4

1,726
55.9
361
13.8
209
134,0
384
179
270
11S.1

1,662
51.2
338
14.9
236
123.3
376
184
257
81.8




18i
Table 7. - Estimated Number of Employees in Nonagricultural Establishments, by
State - Continued
(in thousands)
Region and State

All industry divisions
Aug.
Sept.
Sept.
1943
1943
1942

Manufacturing
Sept.
Sept. : Aug.
1942
1943 j 1943

East South Central
Kentucky
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi

1,826
439
569
568
250

1,832
439
569
574
250

1,924
458
595
597
274

715
121.8!
229
!
278
85.9;

719
120.0
229
285
84.9

686
109.7
218
279
79.5

West South Central
Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Texas

2,591
251
493
399
1,448

2,589
252
493
403
1,441

2,521
282
486
373
1,380

727
69.9';
159.5 :
96.9!
401

715
70.8
157.3
95.3
392

592
64.4
140.4
61.5
306

1,061
118
124.0
66.5
318
84.7
113.0
193
'43.9

162
15.2 !
15.8!
3.9!
68.5:
4.3 i
13.2 !
35.8 ^
'5.1!

160
15.2
14.2
3.9
67.0
4.6
13.4
36.9
5.0

160
15.7
18.2
4.8
66.3 '
4.6
10.4
37.9
2.5

Mountain
Montana
Idaho
Wyoming
Colorado
New Mexico
Arizona
Utah
Nevada
Pacific
Washington
Oregon
California




976
115
102.0
62.1
290
80.7
107.6
175
'44.0
3,754
675
362
2,717

972
113
98.4
61.9
287
83.2
108.7
178
41.9
3,802
665
361
2,776

3,607
653
381
2,573

1,528
! 1,571
279
271
161.3 ! 157.9
1,088
1,142

1,373
266
160.5
946

19.
Table 8
Employment and Pay Rolls on Construction and Shipbuilding and Repair Projects
Financed Wholly or Partially from Federal Funds and on State Roads Financed
Wholly from State or Local Funds,
October 1942. September and October 1943
( In thousands)
Employment
October
1943
1/

Program

All Federal programs..........
Financed by regular Federal
appropriations 2 / ..........
W & r . ......................

1943

^
October; S ep , .
October;
tember
1942 ;
^

1 .954.9

October

1943

2 ,152.8 ...2 .210.5 2 ,820^

49.3
Public housing

Sep­
tember

Pay rolls

..^53.8 ^87^.. $369 ,002^

1 ,992.1 2.537.3^ 475.806
1 .937.3 2,446.7! 466,057
90.6)
9.749
54.3

491 .965! 514.978
481,226 498,793
io, 739; 16,185

........

61.9

64.8

79 .5i

13.413

14.058

12,955

War public works ^ / . .......

15.5

15.5

13.1}

2,335

2.334)

1.723

120.5

138.1

190.3!

26,633

3 0 ,519)

39.346

120.3
.2

137.9
.2

188.2! '26,605
2 .1!
28

3 0 ,491}
2&

38.983
363

121.0

123.1

147-5!

1/

3/

}

15.171

27.0
94-0

29.3
95.8

41.8}
105.7!

5/
5/

,5/
3/

i
}

4.397
10.774

Financed by RFC j}/...........

State roads 4/...............

1^

Preliminary.

2/

Includes all Federally financed ship construction and repair. Employment data
represent the weekly average; pay-roll data are for the month ending the
l^th except for Federal-aid roads which are for the calendar month. Data
for Federal--aid roads for October 1943 arc estimated.
Employment data represent the weekly average; pay-roll data are for the month
ending on th^ l$th.

4/

Data s.rc for the calendar month. Employment data represent the average number
working during the month. Data for October 1943 s<rs estimated.
Data not available.




Table ^-Employment and Pay Rolls in Regular Federal Services
and Other Federal Programs,
October 1942, September and October 1943
(in thousands)
pay rolls

Employment
Service or program

October
1943

September
1943

October
1942

October
1943

September
1943

October
1942

$556,954
56,995
29,376
27,619

$ 448,563

499,959
366J699

133,260

393,561
279,531
119,030

1/

1/
Regular Federal services:
Executive 2/ 3/
Inside District of Columbia
War'agcncies 4 / .......
Other a g e n d o ? ..........

2,963.1
266.6
136.4
130.2

Outside District of Columbia
War agencies 4/ .........
Other agencies'..... .

2,699.3

$ 556,423

284.2
14*7.8
136*4

56,336

2,696.5
2,028.1
668.4

2,966.1
269.9
139.1
130.8
2,696.2
2,032.8
663.4

683.3

500,088
366j39i
13*3 ,697

Legislative .................

6.1

6.1

6.3

1,495

1,502

1,379

Judicial ............... .

2.6

2.7

2.7

767

768

678

39.5 6/ 361.3
5/* 123.8
5/
6/ 257.5
1/

1,188

1,077

6 /25,629
9,250

5/

6/ 16,379

'uerto Rico & Virgin Islands
work re lief ^7/

.... ....... .

36.9
5/
5/

2,415.1
1,731.8

28,829
27,507

3/
5/

50,002
26,175
23,827

l/ Preliminary.
2/ Includes employees in United States navy yards and on force-account construction who are
also included under construction projects.
3/ Employment data are for the last pay period of the month; pay-roll data are for the complete
monthly period.
4/ Covers War and Navy Departments, Maritime Commission, National Advisory Committee for
"* Aeronautics, Panama Canal, Office fcr Emergency Management, Office, of Censorship, Office of
Price Administration, Office of Strategic Services, Foreign Economic Administration, and the
Petroleum Administration for War.
5/*Breakdown not available.
6/ Data cover entire Work Projects Administration program which was abolished at the end of
June 1943 except for the work in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
2/ Pay-roll data represent disbursements made during the calendar month; employment data
represent the weekly average.