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Mo
EMPLOYMENT
and PAY RHUS
DETAfLED REPORT
OCTOBER
!94?
United States Deportment of Lobor
Bureau of Labor Statistics
ESTIMATES OF MANUFACTURING EMPLOYMENT - NEW SERIES
Industries in the Textile-Mill Products Group
In this detailed report the Bureau presents a new series of
production worker estimates for the individual industries comprising the
textile-mill products group.
The new estimates, adjusted to 19^5 bench
mark data from the Bureau of Employment Security of the Social Security
Administration, correct the downward bias which has accumulated since
1939 ancL are, therefore, more representative of the true levels of em
ployment.
The ostimates end indexes for all industries in the group have
been adjusted.
Despite the lapse of several years without any adjust
ment to level3 other then the 1939 Census of Manufactures, most of the
changes are relatively small, with the largest of these occurring in the
cotton manufactures, except smallwares industry.
This report shows the new production-worker employment est
imates 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 tcxtile-mill products group from January 1939 to date
will he provided upon request.
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December 23, 1947
Soltar * 351
U. S. Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Employment and Occupational Outlook Branch
Employment Statistics Division
R4PL0.YMENT AND PAY ROLLS
Detailed. Report
October 1947
TABLE
1.
3.
3.
4.
5.
5a.
6.
*
Explanatory notes outlining briefly the
concepts, methodology, and sources used
in preparing data for this report appear
in the appendix.
See pa^ e s i - vii.
CONTENTS
PAGE
Estimated Number of Wage and Salary Workers in Nonagricultural
Establishments, by Industry Division.............................
2
Estimated Number of Wage and 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
I n d u s t r i e s . ........... ..... ............
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..................... ..................... . * ...........
31
Estimated Number of Wage and Salary Workers in Nonagricultural
Establishments, by Industry Division, 1939-1946.................
33
Explanatory Notes........... .,.....................................
i
Glossary...................... .......................
v
9.
10.
Data for the 2 most recent months
shown are subject to revision
2.
•'' Table T. - Estimated Number of Wage and. Salary Worker^ in •
Nonagricultural Establishment's,' by Industry Division*
•’ -(In thousands)
Industry division
-
Manufacturing
,......
Mining
:
.
Transportation
Cotiimunication............... .
Other public utilities
Trade
Finance
Service
Oct.
Sept.
42,621*
42,065
41,848
•15,595
15,064
15,035
894
" 896
883
£84
• 1,895
1,904
1,894
1,753
1,747
4,102
4,114
4,144
. 4,093
4,064
2,904
2,956
2,909- ''2,927
J v1
722,. :'.'.'680
.•713 _
2,930
43^2'98 i> 3,036
1
\ ... .] * ‘ *;■ *89V
Transportation.,and public utilities
'J ■
s . - ,
Federal
191*6
Aug.
; .15,832
Contract construction-
"
1947
Sept,
• • Oct.
TOTAL
*
...707 •
.15)798
'
•457
456
8,684
. .'8,586... .8,667
8,523
r,586'.'!■■’ 1,583'
•i-,602 '. •1,540
1,534
4,619
. 4,51.4
4,456
5 288 ' 5,551
5,605
1,796
2,100
2,i79
... 3,492
3,451
3,426
491
. ■• 49a
8,880
...
4,634.
I■
■-5,447 •;•-5,425
4,662.
1,744 l; 1 ,7.
6 1;
State and local
v i:i
•3,703- L,,3.,664
------- «;— •.*i--......------------See explanatory notes, sections A.
. •.•;v; •‘ .«•
*Annual averages 1929-1946 are presented, in -table. 10.
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-
495
Table 2. - Estimated Number of Wage and Salary Workers
in Manufacturing Industries, by Major* Industry Group
. (in thousands)
Major Industry group
- ..
ALL MANUFACTURING
Durable goods
Iron and steel and their
products
Electrical machinery
Machinery, except
.{
electrical
,.f,
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
Tobacco manufactures
i *
Paper and allied products j
Printing, publishing, and allied
industries
-,
Chemicals and allied products
Products of.petroleum and coal
'Rubber products
Miscellaneous, industries
' ' .f
See explanatory notes, section A - H.
1946
Oct.
1947
lept,
Aug.
15,832
jl5,728
15,595
15,064
15,035
7,938
! 7,881
7,795
7,623
7,590
1,874
749
! 1,862
738
1,854
731.'
1,535
! 1,530
1,522
548
984
533:
987
520
--. 953
465
751
461
743)
532
500
Oct.
Sept.
1,776
. 1,761
734
; ;,73i<a.
1,453,
,1,434
58&
954
590
456
748
483
650
477
642
524
497
517
494
489
489
482
486
7,894
7,917
7,800
7,441
7,445
1,333.
1,306
1,287
1,322
1,310
1,344
408
1,698
103
467
1,312
4o6
1,822
100
462
1,281
401
1,791
99
461
1,211
395
1,490
102
".454
1,193
397
1,564
100
450
706
755
233
273
574
700
746
233
267
'697
730
234
268
551
'672
662
704
224
281
560
563
,
.
714
222
290
569
969
t*
4.
.
Table 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.
(In thousands)
Employment
(as of first of month)
1947
! Oct.
Oct. } Sept. i 1946
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!
.
i
}
:
Area and branch
Total (including areas
outside United States)
Total Federal
Executive
Defense agencies
Post Office Department
Other agencies
Legislative
Judicial !
Government corporations
Continental
United States
2,002.4! 2,020.9! 2,434.1
1 ,962.0 ; 1 ,980.1j 2,391.5
901.2 ! 907.0} 1 ,272.0
425.Oj 425.5! 425.1
635.8}
647.6} 694.4
7,lj
7.2*
6.9
3.4;
3.4!
3.1
29.9i
30.2 j 32.6
.j
!
I
i
Pay rolls
(total for month)
1947
i Oct.
Oct. i Sept. ! 1946
;
!
'1
$480,977;$472,184 $571,522
471,487; 462,839 562,198
204,284! 198,793 286,380
96,702 i 96,485
96,363
170,501L 167,561 179,455
2,457' 2,448
2,194
1,190
1,334!
1,284
5,940
5,699!
5,613
"
*
Total Federal
1,764.5} 1,781.7 2,118.8 438,413 429,642
Executive
1,731.4! 1,748.5 2,084.1 ' 429,608 420,958
Defense agencies
992.6 169,693 164,115
699.8) 704.5
Post Office Department
423.7
96,357 96,137
423.5! 424.0
Other agencies
608.11
620.0
667.8 163,558 160,706
Legislative
2,448
7.2
7,1*
6.9
2,457
Judicial
1,248
3.0
3.4 f
1,297
3.3
Government;corporations
4,988
22.6 {
24.8
5,051
22.7
:
!
Washington, D. C.
i
;
Total-government
District of Columbia ; .
government
Federal
.
Executive
...
Defense agencies
Post Office Dept.
Other agencies
Legislative
Judicial
221.1}
18.2 !
202.9 !
195.2!
64.4 ;
7.3 !
123.5 !
7.1;
.6 j
527,303
518,720
249,794
96,065
172,861
2,194
' 1,154
5,235
^ **
221.9
250.8
61,562 ! 59,896 } 69,825
18.1
17.5
233.3
.225.9
81.5
7.5
136.9
6.9
.5
4,381
4,504
4,241
57,058
55,515 j" 65,584
63,180
52,862
54,385
16,708 16,367 - 21,978
2,221 i" 2,239
2,214
35,456 34,256 i 38,988
2,448
2,457
2,194
216
210
205
203.8
196.0
64.6
7.1
124.3
7.2
.6
5.
Table 4. - Personnel and Pay of the Military Branch of the
Federal Government
(In thousands)
)
1947
October
Personnel and Pav
1946 September
j
October
__________________ _________
f
i
Personnel, total as of first
of month,including those on
active duty and those on
terminal leave..........
1.543
2,477
1,557
Average monthly personnel
and total annual pay
1939
1943
8,944
345
Amy.................
941
956
1,738
6,733
192
Navy.............
491
491
596
1,744
124
92
91
121
311
19
19
19
22
156
10
Men.................
1,525
1,539
- 2,444
8,833
1/
Women...............
.
18
18
33
ill
1/
$332,364 $606,717
§11,173.186
$331,523
Marine Corps.........
Pay, tot^Ll.......... .
'
$335,546
205,240
194,535
366,736
8,143,833
155,482
Navy.... ............ 108,821
116,371
195-972
2,408,736
143,238
Marine Corps.........
16 ,684
16,213
33,835
392,140
16,877
Coast Guard..........
4,801
5,240
8,174
228,477
15,926
10 ,140.852
331,523
i
Pay rolls 2/.........
251^850
248,928
377,628
Musterinpr-out pay.....
9,954
9,632
64,343
Family allowances.....
23,920
33,770
35,650
Leave payments.......
49,822
50,034
129.096
—
—
Cash............ ..
6,^30
6,054
10,086
—
—
Bonds.............
43,392
43,980
119,010
—
t
—
—
1,032,334
L.
l/ Data not available.
2/ Includes cash payments for clothing allowance balances for Navy and Coast
Guard in October.
.
6.
Table 5. - Estimated Number of Wage and Salary Workers in Manufacturing
Industries, by State
(in thousands)
1947
Aug.
Sept.
New England
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
114.7
82.1
39.9
732.5
148.1
411.1
Middle Atlantic
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
1 ,900.1
749.2
1 ,505.8
114.5
80.7
40.2
720.4
143.0
) 407.8
i
1 ,870.8
735.9
1,491.7
East North Central
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
1,244.0
580.3
1 ,249.0
1 ,023.3
444.2
1,238.1
552.3
1,237.8
1,004.6
442.1
West North Central
Minnesota
Iowa
Missouri
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
209.9
149.4
'356.8
7.0
11.3
43.1
79.4
201.6
149.1
356.6
7.2
11.5
43.2
80.0
South Atlantic
Delaware
Maryland
District of Columbia
Virginia
West Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
. 48.2
232.4
17.5
214.5
132.8
367.7
192.3
251.9
78.6
48.4
228.2
17.3
211.5
132.5
366.1
192.0
248.5
76.8
128.2
252.2
217.5
95.0
East South Central
Kentucky
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
West South Central
Arkansas
Louisiana
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Region and State
July
Sept.
111.5
' 77.6
.39.2,
707.2
141.4
404.6
117.6
.79,6
41.6
750.0
147.7
406.7
118.7
79.2
41.4
741.2
145.2
396.5
1 ,926.8
748.9
1,482.6
1 ,910.8
742.8
1 ,466.7
1 ,232.0
1 ,223.5
'550.0 ' 545.1
1 ,228.6
1,195.7
: 997.0 - i,o4o.6
. 451.8
417.8
1 ,205.1
530.7
1 ,186.0
1 ,010.4
411.3
1 ,801.'9
719.6
1 ,471.8
Aug. _
200.0 136.4
340.2
* 5.9
8.2
40.3
*73.7
195.1
143.3
341.4
6.2
9.9
43.3
78.1
45.2 '
217.4
17.4
208.2
131.0
364.7
191.5
*238.2
76.0
48.0
245.5
16^7
211.4
132.9
361.9
182.8
260.8
77.1
47.9
249.0
16.4
205.0
132.0
361.2
183.9
257.1
74.3
125.8
122,4
246.2
250.8
219.8 : .221,4. .
95.3 j- 91.4
126.2
243.2
212.0
87.2
i 126.7
! 244.8
L 210.3
87.1
69.1
127.1
52.2
312,1
! *67.9
128.0
*54.6
! 315.7
205.1
' 147.4
352.9
' 7.0
- 11.8
43.4
80.7
!
74.9
142.7
55.2
337.9
74.0
71.0
142.6 ! 140,9
55.2
53.8
1 341.5 ! 335.1
7.
Table 5 / - Estimated Number cf Wage end Salary Workers in Manufacturing
Industries, by State - Continued
(In thousands)
Copt.
Mountain
Montana
Idaho
Wyoming
Colorado
New Mexico
Arizona
TTtah
Nevada
18.1
;
18.2
*
1 9 .5
57.5
10.1
12,7
30.1
3.7
•<
j Aug.
19.3
6.8
Pacific
Washington
Oregon
California
1946
1947
Region and (Itate
191.7
122.2
743.6
6.8
56.6
,; 10.2
* 12.5
i 26.3
3.7
! 185.0
122.4
I 759.9
:
!
July ___
18.4
20.8
6.7
16.9
16.7
2 3 .2
2 3 .0
6.1
5.9
55.5
10.5
12.2
55.9
10.1
12.7
29.1
3.6
28.8
176.5
i 116.6
177.8
127.4
738.8
'
Aug.
Sept.
54.5
10.6
*11.9
24.8
3.4
3.4
,703.6
175.6
126.5
740.8
'
See explanatory notes, section I.
*
Be vised data in all except the flrat tvo columns are identified by
the firct month of publication o£ such data.
an
asterisk
for
Table 5a. - Estimated Number of
and Salary Workers in Nonagricultural
Establishments for Selected States
(in thousands;)
State
Sent.
19V7
Aug.
194b
Aug.
Sept.
July
i
Illinois
Massachusetts
Montana
New Jersey
N e w York
Pennsylvpjii a
Texas
Wisconsin
3.142
1,705
136
1,574
5,440
3,571
1,662
998
1,671
5,385
3,540
1,659
987
5,316
3,510
1,653
1,001
1,562
1,706
132
1,557
5,363
3,478
1,557
5,374
3,444
1,607
1,609
947
,
2,996
1,714
132
136
1,543
. .... ..
See explanatory notes, sections H and I*
3,018
3,113
3,123
1.684
135
932
Table 6. - Estimated Number of Production Workers in Manufacturing Industries
(In thousands)
Industry group and industry
ALL MANUFACTURING
1946
1947 Sept.
Oct.
Aug.
Oct.
Sept.
12,854
jl2,829
12,640
:i2,253
12,244
6,528
6,326
}! 6,477
'i 6,352
6,401
6,23$
6,281
5;972
6,249
5,995
1,589
; 1,580
1,572
1,500
1,514
Durable goods
Nondurable goods
Durable goods
IRON AND STEEL AND THEIR PRODUCTS
ELECTRICAL MACHINERY
Electrical equipment
Radios and phonographs
Communication equipment
See explanatory
!
502.4;
83.7
26.8 !
49.0:
20 . 8 '
500.0
83.2
26.5
49.1
20 .6
!
!
:
=
!
502. 9!
84.1'
26.4 !
48.6;
20.5
473.5
81.9
24.4
48.8
19.1
42.2
29.2
41.3
25.8
480.1
82.1
24.4
50.7
18.7
44.8
29.8
41.3
25.9
46.3!
30.5 !
40.2 i
24.1 [
47.7 !
30.1 ^
40.8 !
23.5 ]
47 . 1 !
30. 5j
3 9. 9!
23 .1 !
24.6 i
49.6!
28.6 }
47.8 j
28.6 !
)
24. 1!
26.8
48.3
23.5
26.4
47.4
28.1
67 .7 ]
24.3 )
48.7 !
28.4 }
i
67.2 i
64. 4!
60.3
59.4
45.7^
45.4 j
45.5
50.2
48.9
85.5 }
85.2 [
83.2
82.1
81.5
59.01
59 .5 !
59.6
55.1
56.1
10.4 =
20.8 !
27.1
10.2 21.0
26.9 ^
10.0 i
21 .1 ;
26.9 !
10.0
20.6
26.5
10.2
20.4
26.2
13.6
13.2 ;
13.1
13.1
13.4
26.1
5.9
14.1
26.1 !
6.1 !
13.7 j
26.2
29.0
6.3
14.2
28.
6
14.
6.2
13.6
.
(.\i CM.
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
Steel barrels, kegs, and drums
Firearms
577
567
559
579
563
312.31
86 .3 !
79.0!
309.8
82.5
77.5
305.7
80.3
77.3
307.6
88.5
90.6
300.1
notes, section A, C, and G.
85.2
89.0
9.
Table 6. - Estimated Number of Production Workers in Manufacturing Industries - Cont'd
(In thousands)
Industry group and industry
MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL
Machinery and machine-shop:products .
Engines and turbines
' *
Tractors
Agricultural machinery, excluding
tractors
Machine tools
Machine-tool accessories
Textile machinery
Pumps and pumping equipment
Typewriters
Cash registers;.adding and
calculating machines
Washing machines, wringers and
driers, domestic
Sewing machines, domestic and
industrial
Refrigerators and refrigeration
equipment
TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT, EXCEPT
AUTOMOBILES
Oct.
1947
Sept.
Aug.
1,190
1,185-
1,175
<
1946
t
Sept.
} Oct.
1
1,112
1,131
376.0
43.3
55-0
370.3
44.8
53.7
363.2
45.4
52 .C
51.1
51.4
41.8
38.9
54.7
24.4
51.3 '' -50.5
51.7
51-9
42.1
'' 42.5
37.0
36.0
56.1
55.7
23.4
23.9
42.3
62.0
51.2
33.9
57.4
'21.3
41.2
62.0
50.6
33.4
57.5
20.5
42.4
41.6 - , 40.5
35.4
34.6
15.1
14.8
14.9
12.0
11.9
12.4
12.0
11.9
10.3
10.1
77.7
78.1
77.8
63.5
60.2
377.8
43.0
57.2
424
378.3
43.2
56.4
409
397
457
455
25.1
55.4
24.4
54.6
27.4
48.5
27.1
47.9
133.9
26.2
103.5
14.2
130.6
26.6
95.2
13.9
130.7
26.7
87.1
13.6
143.2
28.6
133.9
H.5
139.5
27.6
139.0
11.0
AUTOMOBILES
795
798
772
774
788
NONFERROUS METALS AND THEIR PRODUCTS
397
394
390
417
411
Locomotives
Cars, electric- and steam-railroad
Aircraft and parts, excluding
aircraft engines
Aircraft engines
Shipbuilding and boatbuilding
Motorcycles, bicycles, and parts
Smelting and refining, primary, of
nonferrous metals
Alloying and rolling and drawing
of nonferrous metals except
aluminum .
Clocks and. watches
Jewelry (precious metals) and
jewelers', findings
Silverware and plated ware
Lighting equipment
Aluminum manufactures
Sheet-metal work, not elsewhere
classified l/
See explanatory notes,
25.9
95.3 !
39.2
39.3
39.4
38.6
37.5
52.3
27.8
52.5 -\ 52.8
26.9
27.5 '
61.5
28.2
61.7
27.8
17.6
17.0
29.7
42.5
17.1
16.6
30.0
41.8
.
1 6.6
16.2
,30.0
' 40.5
17.4
14.7
31.2
50.6
17.9
14.6
30.6
49.7
25.7
24.9
25.0
26.7
26.1
I.-
sections A, C, and G.
Table 6. - Estimated. Number of Production Workers in Manufacturing Industries - Conti
(In thousands)
Industry group and industry
Oct.
LUMBER AND TIMBER BASIC PRODUCTS 2/
Sawmills and logging camps
Planing and plyvocd mills
FURNITURE AND FINISHED LUMBER
PRODUCTS 2/
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 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 wool
Lime
Marble, granite, slate, and other
products
Abrasives
Asbestos products
19^7
Sepc.
1946
Aug.
Oct.
Sept.
68i
679
679
590
583
550,3
130.9
549.7
.129.1
551.5
127.1
473.8
116.6
468.5
114.3
446
438
433
4n
405
34.9
238.6
36.0
19.4
17.9
31.6
33.3
233.1
35.8
19.6
18.2
31.4
31.5
230.3
35-6
19.4
18.9
31.5
30.1
220.0
33.6
17.3
16.5
30.3
29.9
216.5
33.3
17.4
16.6
30.1
429
427' '
424
422
418
119.7
118.6
124.2
123.0
. 118.2
12.2
36.8
75.5
56.1
6.4
li2.0 *
12.0 37.0 . 36.8
75.3
75.1
55.9.- , 56.1
6.1
6.1
12.3
9.1
12.1
9.2
18.4
16.6
21.3
18.5
16.9
21.0
.12.4 34.6 *
70.9
53.7
5.8
12.0
34.9
70.7
53.5
5.9
11.8
9.2
10.8
9.0
10.8
8.9
18.4
16.2
20.6
17.2
19.8
21.3
17.4
19.3
20.5
Nondurable Goods
TEXTILE.MILL PRODUCTS AND OTHER FIBER
MANUFACTURES 2/
1,217
Cotton manufactures, except smallwar<='S
Cotton smallwares
Silk and rayon goods
-Woolen and worsted manufactures,
except dyeing and finishing
Hosiery
Knitted cloth
Knitted outerwear and knitted gloves
Knitted underwear
.Dyeing and finishing textiles,
including woolen and worsted
Carpets and rugs, wool
Hats, fur-felt
Jute goods, except felts
Digitized Cordage
for FRASER and twine
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Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
1,192
1,172
1,215
.
1,204
508.2
13.7
105.7
498.9
13.4
103.3
494.1
13.1
101.5
505.3
15.9
104.6
500.9
15.7
103.6
170.9
133.4
11.2
30.8
46.9
168.7
130.2
11.0
29.6
45.6
162.9
128.2
10.9
27.9
45.0
177.0
132.5
12.8
35.3
40.3
176.1
130.2
12.7
34.7
39.9
85.1
33.6
13.6
3.0
15.4
G.
83.0
32.9
13.2
2.9
14.7
81.2
32.4
13.3
3.0
14.9
82.7
27.9
13.3
4.3
17.2
82.5
27.4
13.1
4.2
16.9
11.
Table 6. - Estimated Number of Production Workers in Manufacturing Industries - ContR
...
'
'
'
.3"-:j-:, * ;
.... - . .......
(In thousands)
_____________________ _ ___L .1 ...i1946
1947
Industry group and industry---Sept.
Oct,
Aug.
'Sept:--- oct, *
..
'" .'r
APPAREL AND OTHER FINISHED TEXTILE""*
PRODUCTS 2/
1,049
1,065
1,181
1,149 . 1,122
Men's clothing, not elsewhere
classified .
*
Shirts, collars, and nightwear
Underwear and.neckwear, men's
Work-shirts.
Women's clothing, not elsewhere
classified
Corsets 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 g/
299.4
77;2
17.2
15.9
294.7
75.1
16.6
15.6
270.3
65.2
18.5
15 .0:
266.6
65.0
17.8
15.2
462.3
18.6
25.2
- 5.1
31.2
452.1
18.0
23.8
5.0
28 .9 . .
440.4
17.5
23.6
4.6
27.3
417.9
16.3
-24.3
4.4
30.2
415.0
15.9
24.6
4.2
28.2
29.4
27.3
30.1
28.2
29.5
27.1
31.6
28.1
TOBACCO MANUFACTURES
Cigarettes
Cigars
Tobacco (chewing and smoking)
and snuff
30.6
27.8
366
364
360
46.9
19.6
225.8
13.1
14.4
46.7
19.3
225.1
12.8
13.5
46.0
19.2
223.4
12.7
12.7
1,255
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
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Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
-307.0
' 79.3
17.3
15.8
1,376
1,344
1 355 '
44.0
20.3
216.3
14.0
15.0
1,091
358
44.4
20.1
219.313.9
14.6
1,175
' 183.0
34.9
20.5
27.8
: 39.8
28.9
13.0
224.5
20.5
26.0
76.4
35 .7 .
74.7
'237.3;
182.0
35.8
21.2
31.1
39.0
29.6
14.0
219.8
20.8
11.9
68.3
39.1
76.2
379.0
182.9
37.8
22.7
32.8
39.3
29.9
14.2
218.0
20.8
10.5
62.8
39.7
76.0
349.7
88
86
85
89
87
33.4
41.6
32.6
40.3
32.9
39.3
33.9
41.4
33.7
40.0
7.3
7.1
7.0
7.8
7.6
sections A, C, and G.
92.9 * 103.9
36.6
36.3
19.9
20.7
25.7
27.3
37.2
38.9
27.6
26.3
13.8
13.7
205.6
205.3
14.0
14.7
24.1
8.7
63.0
56.8
28.3
27.5
63.4
63.8
270.0
366.4
12.
'...... .... ' '! /-I
^
.
Table 6. - Estimated Number of Production Workers in Manufacturing Industries - tonta
(In thousands)
..
t -.- -
19^7
Sept.
-38$
381
380
196.9
' %.8
12.2
17.9
98.1
197.Or
57.4
12.0 /
17.7
96.0
196.6
56.7
433 ,
429
144.6
180.7
32.8
38.5
572
PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS *2/
Paper and pulp
Paper goods,'other.'
Envelopes
" !
Paper bags
* .
Paper boxes
''
PRINTING, PUBLISHING, AND AT,LIED
INDUSTRIES 2/
- '
Lithographing
Bookbinding
CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS
Ammunition, small-arms
Fireworks
Cottonseed oil
Fertilizers
PRODUCTS OF PETROLEUM AND COA^
Coke and byproducts
Paving materials
Roofing materials
\
376
372
186.8
56.1
11.3
18.3
98.2
426
410
401 .
144.4
177.5
32.5
38.2
143.0
175.7
32.6
38.3
133.9
174.3
32.0
35.6
131.7
170.1
31.6
34.3
563
547
539
530
:il.8
.18.0
95.6
36.7
51.3
10.4
16.1
59.2
36.5
51.4
9-8
15.7
58.8
36.2
50.9
9.4
15.3
53.0
123.4
' 13.9
6.1
. - 7.0
2.8
19.5
, ,. 22.8
123.6
13.8
6.3
6.9
2.4
15.2
22.9
124.6
13.8
6.4
4.4
2.0
10.9
21.5
118.1
12.9
5.3
6.9
3.4
17.5
22.0
155
!
162
162
163
.
101.0
27.5
2.3
13.2
102.0
27.2
2.4
13.2
103.0
27.1
2.3
13.1
-
.
See explanatory notes, sections A, C, and G.
Sept.'
187.7
36.8
. 11.4
18.7
100.4
*<
Petroleum refining
Aug.".. Oct.
.
Newspapers and periodicals
Printing, bock and 30b
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
1946
Oct.
Industry group and industry
36.0
53.1
12;,6 t
13'.7
57.8 ,
99.2
25.8
2.0
12.6
36.0
52.1
12.2
14.2
57.4
116.6
v 12.8,
5.7
- 7.4
3.2
13.0
22.3
157
99.8
25.9
2.3
12.6
- - .
13.
Table 6. - Estimated Number of Production Workers in Manufacturing Industries - ConlR
(In thousands)
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
Oct.
19^7
Sept.
220
1946
Aug.
Oct.
Sept.
215
215
236
229
114.4
21.7
84.0
112.5
21.0
81.9
116.6
18.9
79.6
127.1
21.4
87.1
122.6
21.0
85.2
446
435
425
441
433
28.0
38.7
27.7
38.2
27.5
38.3
28.5
35.1
28.8
35.0
27.5
16.1
42.3
12.1
2.8
27.5
15.2
4i.o
11.6
2.8
27.6
14.6
38.6
11.4
2.8
29.8
13.4
33.7
14.6
2.9
29.2
13.0
32.5
14.6
2.9
See explanatory notes, sections A, C, and G.
l/ Revisions have been made as follows in the data for earlier months:
Sheet-metal work, not elsewhere classified - June 1947 to 25 .7 .
2/ Estimates for the individual industries comprising the major industry group have
been adjusted to levels indicated by final 1945 data 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
Mimeographed release
Monthly Labor Review
November 1947
November 1947
December 1947
December 1947
December 1947
January 1948
14.
Table 7* - Estimated Employment in
Selected Nonmanufacturing Industries
(In thousands)
Industry group and industry l/
MINING:
1946
19^7
Sept.
Oct.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
2/
Coal:
Anthracite
Bituminous coal
Metal
Iron
Copper
Load and zinc
Gold and silver
Miscellaneous
67 .O
333
77.5
29.6
24.3
13.8
7.6
2.2
68.9
67.5
328
334
74.1
79.0
27.8
29.8
24.2 ' 21.8
14.8
15.0
7.2
7.8
2.3
2.3
68.1
335
73.7
27.7
21.5
14.9
7.2
2.4
1,364
1,376
1,381
252
253
251
6i6
577
613
37.6
37.8
41.5
268
269
249
1,363
252
575
42.2
249
66.9
331
77.9
29.7
24.3
13.9
7.8
2.2
TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC UTILITIES:
Class 1 steam railways 3/
Street railways and busses 4/
Telephone
Telegraph 5/
Electric light and power
1,339
249
609
36.9
267
SERVICE:
Hotels (year-round)
Power laundries 2/
Cleaning and dyeing 2/
*
380
-
379
379
389
6/
385
s/
g
2,100
3,451
2,179
3,426
GOVERNMENT:
Federal 7 /
State and local
1,744
3,703
1,761
3,664
1,796
3 ,49s
See explanatory notes, section 0.
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. Class 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.
Jp/ 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 drivej/salesmen. This causes a significant difference in the data. New series are
being
prepared.
7/
Continental
United States only. Excludes fourth-class postmasters.
15.
Table 8.. - Indexes of Production-Worker Employment and Pay Rolls
in Manufacturing Industries '
(1939 Average = 1.00) ........ - —
—
Industry group and industry
Employment indexer
1955*
1947
Oct. Sept. A^. Oct.
Pay-roll indexes
1946
Oct.
Sept;
Aug.
Oct.
ALL MANUFACTURING I56.9 1%.6 1 % 3 149.6 341.6 336.9 323.3 292.8
Durable goods
Nondurable goods
180.8 179.4 177-3 173.9 379.6 372.2 356.9 328.1
138.1 138.7 136.2 130.4 304.5 302.4 290.4 258.3
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
Wircwork
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
heavy-riveted
Screw-machine products and
wood screws
Steel barrels, kegs; and drums
Firearms
160.2 159.3 158.5 151.2 329.Q[325.? 314.4 273.7
129.3 128.7 129.5
143.2 142.3 143.9
148.6 146.8 146.3
162.8 163.1 161.5
126.1 125.0 124.0
145.7 150.1 148.1
139.0! 137.1 138.6
132.31 134.4 131.3
156.1 132 .2 (149.5
121.9
140.2
135.5
162.0
115.7
132.9
132.7
135.9
167.4
249.9
324.4
357.1
333.0
303.9
325.8
263.9
285.4
368.4
250.4
303.3
312.5
313.2
281.5
331.1
251.5
286.2 267.8
355.9 329.6
252.9
321.9
339.4
326.4
292.7
343.3
256.2
203.2
294.0
292.5
291.0
253.5
248.8
231.3
265.1
368.9
160.7 158.9 157.5 174.9 347.7 343.6 325.9 355.8
139.2 136.7 134.1 135.5 316.8 304.6 288.5 278.3
U 6.1 115.4 115.9 95.4 242.4 230.6 220.7 173.2
146.8 145.6 139.6 130.8 327.9 313.8 280.9 258.9
150.6 149.7 150.0 165.7 317.7 311.1 289.2 325.5
153.9 153.4 149.8 147.7 351.2 344.6 327.6 300.7
166.1 167.5 167.8 155.2 342.9 335.2 335.5 273.9
134.0 131.1 129.1 129.2 286.0 276.8 263.4 247.9
145.4 146.6 147.7 143 8 306.5 292.5 291.3 253.9
176.6 175.1 174.9 172.1 381.8 359.3 331.3 318.6
162.7 157.8 156.8 156.3 338.6 314.1 308.2 261.9
154.5 154.3 154.8 171.6 334.2 326.1 317.9 349.0
97.6 100.5 101.5 104.0 236.7 257.6 251.6 223.0
281.7 274.4 271.4 284.3 615.4 605.7 581.1 553.2
ICAL MACHINERY
222.8 218.9 1215.6 223.4 455.9 442.2 420.3 4o8.l
Electrical equipment
Radios and phonographs
Communication equipment
172.7 171.4 I169.1 170.1 349.6 344.4 330.4 303.7
198.4 189.7 ii84.7 203.4 445.3 419.8 385.0 408.5
245.8 241.2 1240.8 282.0 486.4 459.3 438.5 521.5
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sections A, C, F, and G.
16.
*' '* '
.-'=
.* ' "
Table 8. - Indexes of Pr oduction-Workor Employment and Pay Rolls
in Manufacturing Industrie^ - Continued
Industry.group and industry
MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL . .
-'-Employment indexes
Pay-roll indexes
1946 1
1946
'1947
1947
Oct. jSept.
Oct.
Oct. Sept. Aug. }Oct.
I
214.0:
-448.2 442.6 426.1 388.0
225.1 ^224.3 ^222.4;
Machinery and machine-shop
T86.7!:T-87.0;185 .9 j183.0
products ...
230.6 [*231 .'4 232.1 240.1
Engines and turbines
Tractors
182 .7 [180 .2 !176.0 171.8
Agricultural machinery,
i
excluding ,tractors
- 183 .6^ 84.5 I81 .6 !152,1
Machine tools
140.4 [141.2 141.6j169.2
Machine-tool accessories
166.1 3.67.5 169 .0 :203.6
Textile machinery l/
* .:
177.4:168.9 164,3 !154.7
Pumps and pumping equipment '
225.8 f23l.4 229.6 237.0
Typewriters
'./I '
150.6 p.47.6j144.1! 131.6
Cash registers, adding and '
'
-f
i
calculating'machines
'
215 .51211 .^^ 206.0 179.9
Washing machines,' wringers
' 1
' i
and driers,' domestic ' "
202.3 [197.6' 200.0 160.3
Sewing' machines, d'cmestic
.*
and industrial ..'
*
157.9 p-52 .7 ;I52 .O 130.8
Refrigerator's and refrigeration
equipment ,
221.0 {222..2 221.2 130.6
TRANSP(mTATION EQUIPMENT, " .
EXCEPT- AUTOMOBILES.
Locomotives
Cars,, electric- and steamrailroad
Aircraft and parts, excluding
aircraft engines
Aircraft engines
Shipbuilding and boatbuilding
Motorcycles, bicycles, and parts
667.2 }257.4 -25O.O 287.8
400.5 [388.1 377.2 423.6
373^6 372.0 360.2 333.5
493.4 507.3 513.1 481.7
328,5 318.2 303.1- 269.0
394.4 387.3
253.9 254.2
.291 ..9 293.5
372.7 357.6
474,9 488.0
337.5 317.6
37 O.I
250.8
280.3
326.6
475.1
306.2
277.2
291.9.
343.3
298.3
452.8
261.6
.449.5 436.4 400.7 336.0
424.6 395.0 388.9 301.2
364.8 343.9.319.6 255.0_
436.9 421.3 4o4.i 311.4
482.9 542.3
870.1 875-3 811.9 895.6
535.2
5 0 I.5
*
2 25.1 [225.8 *222.8 197.6 -487.8 465.9 436.3 386.2
337.5!329.i
29.4.8 i.299.2
149.41137.5
203.81200.0
329.3
299.9
125. G
195.3
197.7[198.3 192.0
AUTOMOBILES
NONFERROUS METALS AND THEIR
PRODUCTS
.
^
360 .9 ; 663.1
321.8 499.$
193.3 297.8
165.0 432.2
192.3 380.3
1 '
1 73 .3 )l7l.7 170.0 182.0
681.3
530.2
353.7
317.5
373-5 338.7 324.3
624.4
501.3
266.1
404.9
637.6
486.7
241.8
392.8
353.2 343.6 329.7 338.8
Smelting and refining, primary,
of nonferrous metals
Alloying and rolling and
drawing of nonferrous
141.9}l42.2 142.8 139.9 291.9
!
!
158.4
257.0
134 .7 !l35.2 !136.1
!
132.8
138.8
!
316.1
I37.2il35.7
!
f
1 2 2 .1 }li8.6 ill5.l 120 .8 ! 254.2
i4o.o =.136.8 j133.9 121.6 324.5
145 .2 rl46.7 ii46,6 152.3 284.9
18 0 .5 !l77.7 [172.1 214.9 340.7
:
137.0[133.0 {133.5 142.2 293.1
metalB except aluminum
Clocks' and watches
Jewelyy (precious metals)
and jewelers' findings *
Silverware and plated ware
Lighting equipment
Aluminum manufactures
Sheet-metal work, not elsewhere
classified l/
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Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
sections A,
C,
F, and G.
298.7 289.2 250.6
254.4 248.1 286.6
307.5 289.8 301.6
233-7
314.7
278-5
321.5
208.8 235.5
297.6 257.5
271.2 264.6
308.3*362.0
278.1 279.2 280.8
{
17.
Table 8. - Indexes of Production-Worker Employment and Pay Rolls
. - ' in Manufacturing* Industries - Continued
Employment indexes
Industry group and industry
' .
i,
.
.
*}
19'4%
Oct.
! tf\
tA
cmo
STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS 2/
19W
Sept. Aug.
161.6 I6I.5 140.4
385.7 387.3 2Q2.0
175.3 175.8 151.0 420.6 425.8 430.4 315.0
163.2 160.7 147.4 386.6 373.3 365.8 294.8
!
133.5 131.9 125.2 318.5 305.0 293.3 264.2
170.3 162.3 153.5 146.7 378.7 356.0 323.0 297.2
134.1 131.0 129.4 123.7 315.0 297.9 284.7 260.1
127.1 126.3 125.6 118.8 308.8 305.0 304.7 267.8
LUidBER AND TIMBER BASIC PRODUCTS 2/ 162.1
Sawmills and logging.camps .
.
175.5
Planing and plywood mills
165.5
FURNITURE AND FINISHED LUMBER
PRODUCTS 2/
:
136.1
Mattresses and bedsprings
Furniture
*
Wooden boxes, other than cigar
Caskets and other morticians'
goods
'
Wood preserving
Wpod, turned and shaped
Pay-roll indexes
!lQ^'o !
Oct.
Oct. Sept. Aug. Oct.
139.6 140.6 139.2!124.7 281.4 283.4 271.6 228.0
142.4 145.1 150 .4!131.6 384.2 393.7 404.2 313.8
128.5 127.9 128.2 123.1 287.8 281.2 281.4 258.7
311.2 306.0 301.7 271.3
166.3 165 .7 '174.0 342.7 340.7 334.1 316.2
i
i
120,1! 120.2 123.7 264.5 251.5 246.4 239.6
152 .1 !151.1 141.9 294.7 298.3 297.0 242.5
129.7! 129.4 122.1 301.2 295.0 289.1 248.5
165 .2 !165.9 158.6:. 342.7 326.5 330.4 285.7
124.2! 123.5 117.2 278.1 258.3 260.4 233.2
'!
149.4 l**5.3 133.1 368.4 357.8 353.9 281.7
97-0 97.0 94.7 258.9 245.5 243.3 218.3
146.0 145.5 144.6; 143.8
Glass and glassware
; . 167.7
Glass products made from
purchased glass
121.5
Cement
. ,
151.1
Brick, tile, and terra cotta
130.1
Pottery and related products166.0
Gypsum
128.7
Wallboard, plaster (except
gypsum), and mineral wool <*
151.2
Lime
'*
95.8
Marble, granite, slate, and
other products
99.2 99.9 99-4 92.8 183.5 180.9 176.4 155-8
Abrasives
215.2 217.9 208.8 256.2 407.0 418.2 375-6 407.8
Asbestos products
134.4 132.0 129.9 134.1 305.6 299.2 301.? 287.5
Nondurable Goods
TEXTILE-MILL PRODUCTS AND OTHER
FIBER MANUFACTURES 2/
1C6.4 104.2 102.5 106.2
Cotton manufactures, except
smallwaites
121.5 119.3 118.1 120.8
Cotton smallwares
, " 97.2 95.2 93.3 113.3
Silk and rayon goods ' 83.5 81.6 80.2 82.7
Woolen and worsted manufactures,
except dyeing and finishing 108.4 I07.0 103.3 112.3
Hosiery *.
79.4 77.5 76.3 78.9
Knitted clpth
<97.1 95.2 94.2 110.8
Knitted outerwear and knitted
gloves
- *
103.5 99-5 94.0 118.7
Knitted underwear
115.3 111.9 IIO.5 98.9
Dyeing and.finishing textiles
including woolen and worsted
120.5 117.6 114.9 117.1
124.4 121.7 119.7 103.3
Carpets and-rugs, wool Hats, fur-felt
88.4 85.8 86.3 86.5
Jute goods, except felts
79 5 76.6 7&.1 112.3
Cordage
and twine
126! 4 115,3 116.5 134.3
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Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
F, ah d G.
264.9 256.3 240.1 241.1
329.1 317.4 305.7 297.0
213.6 210.6 195.4 238.1
227.6 220.2 208.5 199.9
270.4 268.5 233.6 254.5
177.2 166.4 158.6 162.9
214.4 207.8 204.1 235.0
239.0 217.2 200.6 264.1
282.8 274.3 258.0 220.8
271.3
288.7
185.9
168.7
282.0
269.5
276.5
177.2
163 .?
258.6
248.7
246.3
171.4
162.0
256.0
i
238.4
207.1
199.0
252.7
283*0
18.
- -
' . . ..
Table 8. - Indoxes of Production-Workcr Dnploynent and. Pay Rolls
^ Manufacturing Industries - Continued.
Industry group and. industry
APPAREL AND OTHER FINISHED
TEXTILE PRODUCTS 2/
:
- Employment indexes
1947
Oct. S^pt.'^Aug. Oct.
149.6 145.6 142.2 134.9 336.0 318.5 302.3 283.6
Men's clothing, not-elsewhere .
-.classified.
133.7 130.4' 128.3
Shirts,, collars / and. nightwear * 107.2 104.4 101.6
Underwear and neckv/oar, meh's
102.0 101 .4 -;97-9
Work shirts l/
Ui.7 112.4 110.7
t
Women's clothing, not elsewhere
classified
'
161.5 158.0 153.9
Corsets and allied garments
99.^ 95.6 93.4
Millinery l/
*
'
98.9 9-3.4 .92.6
Handkerchiefs
100.9 98.3 ;90.6
Curtains, draperies, and
bedspreads - . - '
. 175.6 162.6 153.9
Housefurnishings, other than
283.4 274.0 263.5
curtains, etc.
Textile bags
222.6 ;220.1 216.5
302.3
258.9
268.2
260.4
284.9
243.2
256.6
266.9
264.8
225.5
236.3
263.6
246.2
195.6
272.4
236.7
146.0
86.8
95.1
86.6
349.5
218.5
195.2
252.8
*334.7 323.1
203 .1 .192.3
173.1 171.2
239.4 ^ 10.6
311.8
177.1
168.3
193.8
169.8
4n*2 374,0 33^.7 375.1
269.3
223.9
105.6 104.8 103.8 102.2
632.2 6o4.6 573.5 512.6
443.6 419.6
472.6
234.9 231.6 220.4 199.5
Leather ;
.j
93.7 ;93.3 91-9
Boot and shoe cut stock and
. findings
; ''
;*
- * 98.1 96.9 96.3
97.8 97.5 96.7
Boots and shoes ' ' ; '
Leather gloves and mittens
130.6 128.1 126.8
Trunks and suitcases
172.5 162,6 ,153.1
FOOD 2/
146.9 161.1 157.3
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.
135.5 134.7; 135.5
173.3 178.0 188.0
188.9 194.5 208.8
157.8 176.8 185.9
143.3 140.4 141.6
167.1 171.2 173-1
155.7 ;l68.o 169.7
117.9 115,5 114.5
129.0 ^.31.3 131.2
224.4 ;102.9 90.2
137.2 122.6 112.8
149.7 p.64.1 166.4
184.6 {188.4 187.9
157.9 $ 52.1 332.7
TOBACCO MANUFACTURES ,
95.1 92.3
121.7 iil8.7
61.7 ^7P-1
t- .
79-5 77.4
Cigarettes.
Cigars
, . ,
Tobacco (shewing and smoking)
and snuff
Y . .. - .'
See
explanatory notes,
sections A,
C, F,
and. G.
91.6
120.0
77-3
76.8
87.9 199.1
... "
.
101.5 189.6
93.7 223.8
l4o.o 264.8
179.9 381.8
CO
117.7
88.2
109.0
106.4
CO
LEATHER AND LEATHER PRODUCTS 2/
Pay-roll indexes
194^
1947
Oct. Sept. Aug. Oct.
198.5 I89.8 158.4
191.4 I 89.8 182.4
221.5 209.9 188.2
253.5 242.3 280.1
335 .9,309.1 353.2
127.7 308.8 331.6 325.6 232.2
68.8 271.7 271.9 270.0 I08.6
180.6 349.5- 364.8 391.3 334.0
183.3- 4 0 2 . 5 419.8 446.0 345.1
26.^ 346.0 253.8
145.7 288.5 3.
140.3 338.7 334.7 336.1 291.3
139.8 357.3 362.9 364.1 30.4.6
164.9 300.3 337.5 361.2 312.1
107.9 230.8 223.2 218 .4.196.7
88.0 279.1 278.7 284.2 135.5
207 .6 ; 450.8 214.3 286.7 344.1
113 .0 . 312,2 271.3 233.4 214.0
115.5 256.7 293.3 298.0 172.3
156.7 344.1 370.3 365.1 251.4
179.7 434..2 476.8 653.7 452.6
95.8 214.5 204.9 203.0 207.4
123.7 252.8 243.7 ^248.5 238.9
.81.4 190,6 179.8 173.5 191.7
85.6
172.8 167.5 164.2 160.0
19Table 8. - Indexes of Production-Worker Employment and Pay Rolls
in Manufacturing Industries - Continued
Industry, group and industry
J'ATER
ALLD!;D PRODUCTS 2/
Pajper anct pulp
...
Paper .gbod'a,.. other
Envoiopes
.* .j.'
Paper bags
Paper; bpx.es . ,
-
PRINTING, PUBLISHING, AND ALLIED
INDUSTRIES 2/
Newspapers and periodicals*
Printing, book and job LithographingBookbinding
CHEI-IICALS /JTD ALLIED PRODUCTS
Paints, varnishes, and colors *
Drugs, medicines, and
insecticides
Perfumes and cosmetics
Soap
Rayon and alliod 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
Petroleum refining J- ,..
Coke andbyproducts*
..
Paving materials
Roofing materials
Employment indexes
- - 19^7
Oct. iSopt. Aug. )Oct.
Pay-roll indexes
1955"
1947
Oct. iSept, Aug. Oct.
145 .0 !143.5 143.0 141.7
314 .4 )308.5 300.6 268.5
142.9:142.9
155.8 !152.1
140.6:137^4
160 .7 :159.2
-141 .51138.5
136.2 317.3!317.0 312.3 260.4
150.5 319 .1 :309.3 292.7 280.1
131.1 279.8!273.7 258.8 230.2
168.6 350.0,333.9 337.6 327.4
144.9 304.2 :291.5 280.1 274.1
132.0{130.7 129.8 125.0
121.8!121.7
l4i.6!i39.i
124.8=123 .'8
149 .3 !i48.'o
247.9 !245.o 235.5 208.4
120.5 112.8 221 .6 !221.6
137.7 136.6 272.81266.6
124 .oi121.9 227.3!225.5
148.7 138.2 326.3 1322.9
198.4}l95.2 189.7 187.2
214.0
254.8
215.7
311.9
178.9
233.4
202.7
283.0
400.5}395.l 380.4 335.3
130.41129.8 128.6 127.9 235.4]233.2 232.0 204.8
187 .3 [187.6 185.6 193.8
100.6I 94.2 90.3 121.8
118.5 !H5.9 112.8 100.8
122.7 ^121.8 120.1 119.8
177.4
191.5
154.9
164.6
245.6
128.4
121.6
177.6
-90.5
158.7
^61.3
210.8
179.2 169-.8
190.0 178.2
161.8 133.6102.6 160.9
175.2 290.2
100.2 71.9 115.3
121.8 114 .6 .117.1
333.6 =373.3
I90.61174.3
255.7 ^ 52.0
244.6 246.8
362.5
163.6
233.4
239.9
335.5 336.
354.1 356.
283.41290.
387.2 b76.
734.1 $68.
359.1 ^63 .
319.9 335-
336.8 294.0
353.4 292.4
286.2 220.0
204.2 326.2
441.6 778.4
185.4 277.7
304.6 .280.4
331.9
212.7
169.0
209.8
152.8 153.4 154.1 146.8 297.9 p02.4 297.2 252.7
138.7
120.9
95.8
164*5
140.0
125.3
97.7
163.9
See explanatory notes, sections A, C, F, and G.
142.7
150.3
136.0
161.6
137.9
141.5
125.0
93.5
162.7
136.2
II8/9
82.6
157.1
258.7 '266.4
273.3 267.4
210.6 218.9
378.1-369.3
262^2 228.2
263.6 215.8
197.6 150.5
363.7 303.5
20.
.. ..
Table 8. - Indexes of ProductioR-Werkcr Employment and Pay Rolls
in Manufacturing Industries - Continued
Industry group and industry
RUBBER"PRODUCTS 2/ ' * /
"
Pay-roll indexes
1946
1947
Oct.. Sept. Aug. Oct.
' - 182.0 178.1 177.8 194.8 375.6 369.O 357.4 361.3
Rubber tires and inner tubes l/
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 extinguisher's
. -'
211.0 207.5 214.9 234.4 398.0 397.9 396.0 397.6
146.1 141.6 127.2 144.0 331.7 314.4 268.4 249.6
162.0 157.8 153.5 167.9 352.3 338.3 321.5 335.3
368.1 347.5 350.7
182.3 177.8 173.5 180.2
CCOl
MlSCELTV^NEOUS INDUSTRIES
Employment indexes
1946
,
1947-'
A
u
g
.
.
.Oct.
Sept.
Oc^,'
'247.4 245.0 243.4 252.3 478.9 469.3 460.3 448.6
218.8 216.1 216.5 198.6. 405.1 394.3 385.1 333.7
-' ' '
231.6 231.6 231.8 250.9*
442.3 426.5 450.4
206.2 194.7 187.2 171.9 445.8 431.4 y84.8 339.1
221.4 214.4 202.1 176.3 519.0 482.2 431.4 378.8
107.7 103.4 101.9 130.5 245.8 230.2 220.7 285.6
273.2 277.6 277.3 281.8 555.4 558.9 583.? 562.3
See explanatory notes, sections A, C, F, and G.
!
;. -^
l/ Revisions have been made as' follows in the indexes for earlier months:
Textile machinery - July I947 pay roll' to 345-5*
Shect-mctal work, not elsewhere classified - June 1947 employment to 137-2; pay
to 265.5 "
Work shirts - July 1947 pay roll to 247.2.
. ,Millinery - July 1947 pay roll to 145*5.
.
...
- Rubber tiros and inner tubes - July 1947 pay roll to 389.5 *,
J
2/ -Indexes 'for the individual industries
been adjusted to levels indicated by
Bureau'of Employment Security of the
from January 1939 are available upon
;the individual industries comprising
:supersede data shown in publications
comprising the major industry group have
final 1945 data made available by the
Federal Security Agency. Comparable series
request. More recently adjusted data for
the major industry group indicated below
Rated prior to:
'
-
Major industry group
Mimeographed release Monthly Labor Review
Food *'
*
Miscellaneous industries
Textile-mill products and other fiber
manufactures
November 1947
November 1947
December 1947
December 1947
December.1947
January 1948
21.
Table 9 . - Indexes of Employment and Pay Rolls in
Selected Nonmanufacturing Industries
(I93Q Average = 100)
!
Industry group and industry
Employment -indexes
- -1
1946
1947
Oct. Sept. Aug. ;Oct.
Pay-roll indexes
1946
1947
Oct. Sept. Aug. Oct.
MINING:
- -j
Coal:
Anthracite
Bituminous coal
Metal
Iron
Copper
Lead and zinc
Gold and silver
Miscellaneous
Quarrying and nonmetallic
Crude petroleum production l/
80.9
89.9
87.9
147.0
102.0
88.9
30.8
55-7
104.5
94.5
80.7
89.2
88.3
147.3
101.8
89.6
31.4
56.6
105.4
95.7
TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC UTILITIES:
Class 1 steam railways 2/ !
Street railways and busses
Telephone
Telegraph
Electric light and power
224.1
275.2
179.5
303.0
220.8
206.0
51.6
101.9
261.2
169.9
211.1
270.2
179.0
298.7
223.2
203.6
52.0
102.5
258.5
175.6
216.6 199.9
264.4 237.1
178.3 148.0
300.7 252.4
217 .O 167.1
207.8 {188.5
51.7 43.0
104.6 99.9
259.6 227.6
173.4 150 .I
i
137.6
128.8
191.6
98.1
109.4
138.1
129.6
192.9
99-8
109 9
TRADE: 4/
Wholesale
Retail
Food
General merchandise
Apparel
Furniture and housefurnishings
Automotive
Lumber and building materials
81.4 83.2
88.4 90.1
89.5: 83.9
148.3 138.7
101.7 91.2
95 .r 96.3
31.6 28.9
57.9 59.2
106.3 101.7
97.4 93.4
139.81139.3
3/
3/
3/
Jl/
130.7130.3 223.2 224.1 225.2 )212.6
193 .8 :181.6 314.2 312.3 306.2)269.2
100.5 ;110.3 208.1 211.8 213.5)201.7
110 .2 :102.0 182.8 I83 .I 182.9 155.3
<
115.5
115.7
115.0
131.3
119.1
89.5
105.6
126.9
113 3
112 3
112.6
122.6
113.4
87.5
104.8
124.6
112.2!110.7
110.0!112.2
114.7 103.7
115.7 132.4
103.4 120.1
85.9 83.1
105.1 96.6
123.1 113.6
206.9
206.9
213.8
224.5
213.1
167.6
193.8
238.4
203.3
202.5
209.3
219.8
203.4
159.8
188.5
232.5
198.2
197.6
212.2
212.0
182.9
155.1
I88.5
229.0
184.5
182.5
174.6
204.8
201.5
139.8
166.0
190.9
SERVICE:
Hotels (year-round) 5/
Power laundries
Cleaning and dyeing
117.7 117.4 117.6 120.6 227.1 222.4 221.0 214.5
108.5 109.6 110.2 110.1 204.5 208.2 203.9 189.8
120:0 118.6 117.4 126.1 221.6 220.7 208.9 225.7
.. J_
See footnotes, table 7, and explanatory notes, sections F and G.
l/
2/
3/
?/
5/
Docs not include veil drilling or rig building.
Source: Interstate Commerce Commission.
Not available.
Includes nonsuporvisory workers and working supervisors only.
Money payments only; additional value of board, room, uniforms, and tips,, not
included.
" j* *
. f' <
to
Table 10. - Eetlnfetcd Number, of Wage and Salary Workers lnr/r i
Nomrrricultural Establishments ,y by Industry Division, 1929-1946*
to
(in thousands)
Year
Manufacturing
Total
1929.
1930
1931
1932
1933
31,041
29,1^3
26, 383 23,377
23,466
10,534
1934 .
1935 ■
25,699
26,792
8,346
8,907
9,653
1936 :
1937:
1938
28,902
30,287
32,031
35,164
39,697
42,042
41,480
39:977
40/712
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
7,258
28,602
30,718
1939
1940 •
9,401
8,021
6,797
10,606
682
12,974
845
916
947
'963
917
i ■ 15,051
i , 17,361
17,111
15,302
14,365
| Construction
■!
. 1,078 : V •
1, QC0
• '"'864
• '
‘ ’ ,722• • 735 , ' : ' •
874.
688
.
' '937
1 , 006•■
9,253
10,078
10,780
’
Mining
883 •
626
836
Finance
Service
i ' '
Government
6,401.
1 , 4 9 7 '' C.;"r- 3,907
: 1,431
6,Oc4':
" 1,396
1,375'. .
3,675: • 3 >243
1,214.
.5,531 ./• 1,333
yV 4;: 2,8o4 : ■ • •4.Q07" • - 1,270
970 ‘
809
'
1,225
2,659
• ■
" 4,999 ■
862•
2,736 "
1,247
. 5, 552 .
912 5 >692: ■ 1,262
•v
2, 771 . V 6,076 - 1,313
1,145
2,956
1,112- '
3-114
6,543
1,355
r 2.840 ' . • • 6 ;453
' 1,347
1,055
1,382
2,912 •V " 6,705
1,150;,
.,1,419
1,294
• ■ 3 ,0 1 3 ,
,
7,055
M ,462
• 7,567 •
1,790: :■. . . ' 3,248. .
7,481
1,440
2,170
'
3,433 ;
1,401
7,322' ; :.3,6l9
1,567
1,374
3,798
1,094
7,399
7,654
1,082
3,672
1,383
8,448
4,023
1,523
1,493
!3>127'
:3j084:
; 2,913
: 2,682
3,066
3,149
* Annual averages only are available for the years 1929-1939*
and may bo Obtained upon rcguust.
. . Transportation
and
'. Ipublic u t ilit ie s
Trade
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3,264
3,225
3,167.
3,298
3,477
2,614
2,784 :
2,883-:
3,662
3.060
3,749
3,233
3,196
3,876
3,^26
3,362.;
3.554
3,708
3,786
3,795
3,691 .
4,430
•
Monthly data are available beginning with January
3,987
4,192.
4,622
5,431
6,049
6,026
5,967
5,595
1939
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* EXPLANATORY NOTES'
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Sec.s. A.. Revisions.
^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 final 1945 benchmark data and supercede data shown
in,mimeographed releases dated prior to April 1947 and in the Monthly Labor Review
dated prior to May 1947.
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Sec. B.
Sources of Benchmark Data - The chief purpose of recent revisions,
published in the February 1947 DETAILED REPORT, was to adjust the levels of employ
ment estimates to 1945 benchmark data.
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
1945 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 f6r employment in construction bast?d upon establishment reports.
This estimate is more Consistent with the estimating procedure used for other
industry 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
manufacturing 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 Hade - Estimates of changes in the
level of employment are based on reports from a sample group of establishments,
inasmuch as full coverage is prohibitively costly and time-consuming.
In using a
sample, it is essential that an accurate base be established 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. I'fhen a new benchmark becomes '
available, estimates prepared since the last benchmark are reviewed to determine if
any adjustment of level is reouired.
This' is the basic 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 emploannent is determined; -second, a sample
of establishments is selected;-*and third, changes in employment indi-cated by this
reporting sample are applied to the benchmark to determine the monthly estimates of
employment "between "benchmark periods. For example, if the latest complete data on
employment for an industry were 40,200 in September 1945, and 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:
^°-S00
= .41.340'
.
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 ihadequate in the finance and service
industries, ^hich 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 mohthto-month changes in employment in the service and 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 availa
ble from new firms, they are frequently introduced into the Bureau of Labor Sta
tistics 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 non
manufacturing series since 1941.
Revisions in some industry divisions have been
carried back to 1939 in order to incorporate greater refinements in methodology and
new sotrce 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.
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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.
Thp 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 r.onagricultural establishments '"ho worked or received pay during 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 State and local government during
the pay period ending on or just before the last of the month. Persons wh# 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
sick leave, holidays, and vacations taken is included. Respondents are. instructed
to exclude pay for vacations not taken as well as cash estimates of any payments in
kind.
Bonuses, unless earned, and paid regularly each pay period, are also excluded.
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The methodology for obtaining pay roll estimates is similar to that for.
employment estimates.
Sample changes showing 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.
Approximate Coverage of BLS Employment
and Pay Rolls Sample
Industry Division
Manufacturing
Mining
Contract Construction
Public Utilities
Trade:
Wholesale
Retail
Service:
Hotels (year-round)
Power laundries and
cleaning and dyeing
:
Number of
Establishments
]
:
Employees or production workers
Nurter
I Percent of Total
33,COO
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
25
1,300
137,000
35
1,700
74,000
20
Sec. H.
Coverage of Employment Estimates - The employment estimates shown
in Tables 1, 2, and 5 cover all full- and part-time wage and salary workers who
worked or received pay during the pay period ending nearest the 15th of the month.
Proprietors, self-employed persons, domestic servants, and personnel of the armed
forces are excluded. 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 ate used, the total of the state
estimates differs from the national total (see Table l). Because of these recent
revisions the state estimates for manufacturing are not consistent with the unre
vised data shown prior to June 1947 for total employment in nonagricultural estab-'
lishments, by state.
Comparable series of manufacturing estimates for each state,
January 1943 to date, and also for nonagricultural employment by state, through
December 1946, are available upon request to the cooperating state agency or the
appropriate Bureau of Labor Statistics regional office. Estimates of nonagricultur
al 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 Laboi* Statistics and Research, San Francisco 2,
.
Connecticut - Employment. .Security Division# Hartford 15.
*
.
Delaware,- Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, 935 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia 1.
Florida - Florida.Industrial Commission, Tallahassee.
Georgia - Employment Security Administration, Atlanta 3. ?
.
.
Illinois - Dept.-of Labor, Division Of Statistics an& Research, Chicago 6.
Indiana - Emplpym'eht Security Division, Indianapolis 13-.
Kansas - Kansas-State Labor Department, Topeka.
Louisiana - Bureau of Business Research, College of Commerce, Louisiana State
University, Baton Rouge
.
rMaryland - Dept, of Labor and Industry, Baltimore 2.
Massachusetts - Dept, of Labor and Industries, State House, Boston 33*
Michigan - Dept, of Labor and Industry, Lansing 12.
Minnesota - Division of Employment and Security, St. Paul 1. *.
Missouri - Division of Employment Sec^ii'ity, 1101 Capital Avenue, Jefferson City. .
Montana - Unemployment Compensation Commission of Montana, Helena.
Nevada - Employment Security Department, Carson City.
New Jersey - Dept, of Labor, Trenton 8.
New York - Dept, of Placement and Unemployment Insurance, 342 M&dlson Avenue,
New York 17.
North Carolina - North Carolina Dept, of Labor, P a l e i ^ .
Oklahoma - Oklahoma Employment Security Commiesien, Aicrican National Bldg.,
^
Oklahoma City 2;
*
.
.
1
Pennsylvania - Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, 925 Chestnut Street, ,
Philadelphia 1.
(Manufacturing)
.
.
Dept, of Labor and Industry, Harrisburg.
(Nonmanufacturing)
Rhode Island - Dept, of Labor, Division of Census pnd Statistics, Providence 2.
Tennessee - Dept, of Employment Security, Cotton States Bldg., Nashville 3.
Texas - Bureau of Business Research* University of Texas, Austin^13.
Utah - Dept, of Employment Security, Salt Lake City 13.
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Virginia - Division of Research and Statistics, State iSept. of La*6or and Industry,
- - Richmond -21.
* =:
t
- Washington - Office of Unemployment Compensation and Placement, P.O. Box 367,Olympia.
Wisconsin - Industrial Commission of Wisconsin, Madison 3.
M S Regional Offices
*
.
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New Epgland - Regional Director, U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Old South Bldg.,
294 Washington St., Boston 8, Massachusetts.(Connecticut^ Maine,
Massachusetts*,New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont)
North Atlantic - Regional Director, U. S; Bureau of LaboriStatistics, 1000 Parcel
:. '
Post Bldg., 341 Ninth Avenue, New York 1, New York (Dcla'.vare,
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 6, Illinois
(Illinois,.Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota,
Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, North Dakota,-South Dakota, Wisconsin)
Southern - Regional Director.,. U. 5. 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, 546 Federal Office B ldg., San Francisco 2, California (Ar^aona.
**
- Califoinia, Colorado, Idaho. Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon,
' Utah, Washington, Wiyoming)
Technical SLdvice and assistance on employment statistics in the states
of Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Columbia will be given by
the
Bureau's Washington Office.
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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 governments,
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 undei
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; eixcludes the Federal Reserve District Banks and the mixed
ownership 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 and 7 exclude 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 ^n 1939.
Indexes of production worker pay rolls - Estimates of production worker pay rolls
expressed as a percentage of the average pay roll for 1939.
Leave payments - Payments were authorized by P. L. 704 of the 79th Congress and
.P. L. 254 of the 80th Congress to enlisted personnel i&o 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 owned establishments; governmental manufac
turing operations such as arsenals and navy yards are excluded.
Military Day rolls - Covers personnel on active duty or on terminal leave.
Coast
Guard pay rolls and Army pay rolls for 1943 represent actual expenditures.
Other data represent estimated obligations based on an a v e r a g e , monthly
personnel count. Pay rolls for the Navy proper and Coast Guard include
cash payments for cl-othing-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 services required in mining operations, such as
removal of overburden, tunnelling and shafting, and the drilling of
— — ^ -— -- aei44rz&ng-e#--eil wells; alao include s^ ore dres&ing, beneficiati-ng^, -and concentration.
*
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Nonagricultural establishments - Gbvemmental or private business establishments;
(l) that are physically located within continental United States; and
' (3) whose principal activity can be classified udder one of th& following
industry divisions— mining, contract construction, manufacturing, trans. - portation and public utilities, wholesale.and retail trade, finance,
service, or governments' * /
.' . .
Pay rolls - Private pay rolls represent pay rolls of nonsupervisory. employees.and
, !
working!supervi^or's, government pay roll's represent the total ,pay before
.. deductions for old-age aTid unemployment insurance, group insurance, with
holding tax, bonds, ah& union dues, but after deductions for damaged work.
' Includes pay for sick leave, liolidays, and vacations taken. Private 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.
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Production workers - Includes working' foremen and all n^nsupervipory 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,'auxilliary production for piaht^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 Bale of
goods. Includes auto repair services.
Transportation and -public utilities - Covers only privately owned and operated
enterprises engaged in providing all types of transportation and related
services; telephone, telegraph and other communication services; or
providing electricity, gas, steam, water, or sanitary services. Government
owned and 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, salesdelivery, advertising, credit, collection, and in installation and servic
ing 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 aa a separate work force (force-account construction workers).
Wa^e 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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