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EMPLOYMENT
and pay rolls
DETAILED REPORT
OCTOBER

1949

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Maurice J. Tobin - Secretary
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
Ewan Clague - Commissioner

----------- N O T I C E ------------

With this issue of the Employment and Pay Rolls De­
tailed Report, the Bureau resumes publication of information on
the employment of women in manufacturing industries, discon­
tinued in May 1947.

The new series appear in Table 8 on page 17.

This information w i H be published regularly for one
month of each quarter.

Table 8 refers to employment in Septem­

ber 19-49. Similar data for December 1949 will appear in the
March 1950 issue of this Report.
The data currently published are not comparable with
the old series released in the discontinued publication Women
in Factories and in the 1947 edition of the Handbook of Labor
Statistics.

The current series relate to all women wage and

salary employees, while the old data covered production
workers only.

In addition, the recently issued revisions of

all employment series has resulted in a change in the defini­
tions of industries and has made obsolete the levels of em­
ployment previously shown.
port.)

L3 50-2566




(See previous issues of this Re­

December 30, 19^9

U. S. DEPARBIEHT: OF LABOR
Bureau of Labor Statistics

Soltar - Ext. 351

EMPLOYMENT AND PAY ROLLS
Detailed Report
October 1949
table

contents

page

1'

Employees in Nonagricultural Establishments, by Industry
Division and Group .............
...............

2

2

All Employees and Production Workers in Mining and Manu­
facturing Industries .......... .............. .........

4

3

Indexes of Production-Worker Employment and Weekly Pay
Rolls in Manufacturing Industries
• ...................

9

4

Employees in Private and U. S. Navy Shipyards, by Region . ■
.

10

5

Federal Civilian Employment and Pay Rolls in All Areas and
in Continental United States, and Total Civilian Govern­
ment Employment and Pay Rolls in Washington, P. C.

n

6

Personnel and Pay of the Military Branch of the Federal
Government .......... . . . . . .......... . . . . . . .

12

7

Employees in Nonagricultural Establishments, by Industry
Division, by State ................................. .

13

8

Employment of Women in Manufacturing Establishments

17




Explanatory Notes
Glossary

....

• . ; ............................... .

.........

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

1
-----------------------------------Data for the 2 most recent months
shown are subject to revision
■'******■******
jExplanatory notes outlining briefly
jthe concepts, methodology, and sources
used in preparing data presented in
this report appear in the appendix.
See pages i - vii.
Prepared by
Division of Employment Statistics
Samuel Weiss, Chief

i
v

TABLE 1:

Employees in I onagri cultural Establishments, by Industry
f
Division and Group

(In thousands)
1949
Industry division and grout)
|
October jSeptember August
......... .j .......- ...... ,
j
42,607 ^ 43,464
42,994
TOTAL
i.ffNING
Metal raining
Anthracite
Bituminous-coal
Crude petroleum and natural gas
production
Nonmetallic mining and quarrying
CONTRACT CONSTRUCTION ^
MANUFACTURING
DURABLE GOODS

593
64.1

Food and kindred products
Tobacco manufactures
Textile-mill products
Apparel and other finished
textile products
Paper and allied products
Printing, publishing, and allied
industries
Chemicals and allied products
Products of petroleum and coal
Rubber products
Leather and leather products

956

91.8

| 1,000

101.0

75.6
422.0

93.8 |
75.7 i
424.7 !
1

79.4
457.8

461.1

256.1

260.3
98.4

262.9

261,6

264.9
103.7

95.6

99 ^

101.8

99*1

96.3

80.5

2,310

2,341

2,340

2,334

2,369

13,903

14,312

14,114

15,514

15,617

7,006

7,416

7,302

8,393

8,360

22.6

22.7
744
320
482

28.1
830

747
305
48o

1,099

348

526
1,262

1,092

27.9
843
345
523

1,256

i

863
1.237
736

843
1,229

985

1,522
858

712

1,240
233

! 1,224

1,287

230

263

439

417

6,897

6,896

6,812

1,627
99

1,700

1,255

101
1,218

1,718
!
98
i 1,179

! 484
|
I 7,121
j
1 1,654
i 107
! 1,336

. .1,197
455

1,197
448-

! 1,155
i 436

733
666
241
234
390

724

655

247
211
395

:
!
!
!

719
636

247
227
397

984
1,525
853

1,267
262
474
| 7,257
! 1,787

106

| 1,348

1

477

! 1,186
474

1
!
j
;

735

725

243
257

255

! 1,187

714
411

See explanatory notes, sections A-G, and the glossary for definitions.




1,007

76.2

22.6
Ordnance and accessories
Lumber and wood products (except
furniture)
751
Furniture and fixtures
! 327
. 477
Stone, clay, and glass products
Primary metal industries
715
Fabricated metal products (except
ordnance, machinery, and
837
transportation equipment)
1,222
Machinery (except electrical)
755
Electrical machinery
1,206
Transportation equipment
Instruments and related products
•235
Miscellaneous manufacturing
458
industries
NONDURABLE GOODS

948

1948
September
jOctober I
|44,915 j 44,946

707

257
412

3.

TABLE 1: Employees in Nonagricultural Establishments, by Industry
Division and Group (Continued)
(In thousands)

TsfcgT

Industry division and group

October September

TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC UTILITIES . 3*873-.
j

3,959

3,992

4,188

!
i
!
j
!
i

2,739
1,339
1,166
157
555
688

2,760
1,375
1,202
157
539
689

2,963
1,534
1,345
162
580
) 687

Transportation
Interstate railroads
Claes I railroads
Local railways and bus lin,es
•Trucking and warehousing
Other transportation and services

2,665
1,258
1,090
156
568
683

TRADE

2,957
1,539
1,350 :
163
564
691

676
624.7
50.1

685
632.9
51.6

700
640.2
58.9

703
642.7
59-3

544
539 !
513.8!
518.7
24.9
24.7:
i
! 9,503 j 9,409

547
521.4
25.3

525
501..6
23.4

529
505.5
23.7

Communication
Telephone
Telegraph
Other public utilities
Gas and electric utilities
Local utilities

4.A89

669 1
618.5!
49.4
<

9,213

.9,654 .

9,1522

Wholesale trade

2,5^9

I 2,538

2,515

2,601

2,581

.Retail trade
General merchandise stores
Food and liquor stores
Automotive and accessories
dealers
Apparel and accessories stores
Other retail trade

6,954
1,487
1,202

! 6,871
1,428
1,191

6,698
1,337
1,181

7,053
1,523
1,196

6,941
1,432
1,181

692
546
•3,014

688
486
3,006

648
599
3,087

646
568
3,13.4

1,770

1,780

1,720

1,725

i
!
696
1
556
| 3,013

FINANCE

1,767

Laundries
Cleaning and dyeing plants

672

4,792
j
j

417
55.0
626

671

SERVICE
Hotels and lodging places

422 i
55.4 j
628
i
675 :

415
54.9
626

Banks and trust companies
Security dealers and exchanges
Insurance carriers and agents
Other finance agencies and
real estate

1
j
|
i
!

4,832

4,836

450

474

504

350.1
147.2

355.8
146.8

407
57.3
.597

358.0
144.2

•

408
58.2
599

660

4,811

4,849

464

489

354.7
150.2

!
!
j

659

357.7
148.4

Motion pictures
GOVERNMENT

238
5,806

.236
5,893

238
5,763

! 238
| 5,694

238
5,668

Federal
State and local

1,863
4,003

! 1,892
4,001

1,900
3,863

1,848
3,846

1,848
3,820

See explanatory notes, sections A-G, and the glossary for definitions.



n.
TABLE 2t All Employees and production Workers in Mining and Manufacturing Industries
(In thousands)

All employees
1949
October :September August

Industry group and industry

MINING

948

593

METAL MINING

93.8

53 .*

80.9

82.8

5 .*
18.8
14.6

32.2
18.6
15.6

32.6
18.6
16.5

71.6

71.1

7-1.2

78.4

395.9

399.7

35-6

21.1
18.0

36.0
21.1
19.0

75.6

75.7

101.0

422.0

424.7 i

260.3
:
:

262.9

--

95.6

i
i

--

126.2

99.1

128.7

131.6

83.0

--

98.4

j

|

1

i
!
!
1

256 .I

Petroleum and natural gas production

85.6

86.0

p.3.903

1U .312

14,114

j

11,362

11.770

11,561

7.006

7,416

7.302

6,896

6,812

i
j

5,676
5,706

6,062

6.897

5,708

5,9*7
5,614

DURABLE GOODS
NONDURABLE GOODS
ORDNANCE AND ACCESSORIES

22.6

FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS

1.627

Meat products
Dairy products
Canning and preserving
Grain-mill products
Bakery products
Sugar
Confectionery and related products
Beverages
Miscellaneous food products

22.7

1 1,700

22.6 |
|
i

1.718

293.4
142.3

287.0
149.8
3*9.9
124.0

288.0

48.4
113.3
214.0
142.2

30.7
105.2

! 1,268

369.8

288.7

29.9

99

18.1

i
\
1

285.9

256.2
127.0
290.6

j

1

18.2
1.337

18.2
1,350

229.9

228.5

110.4
319.*

116.3
339.1
96.9

92.5

235.9
103.9
229.8
100.9
198.2
43.6
98.8

221.6

232.6

148.7

142.7

140.2

108.5

195.7
26.7
91.1
157.*
107.7

98

92

94

91

24.4
43.8
11.7
11.9 i

24.5
*3.1

11.6

2*.4
42.3
11.7

14.9

12.9

101

156.5
122.5

26.9 ;

27.0

26.9

45.8
13.1

45.2
13.1

13.0 .

16.1

44.3
13.1
14.1

See explanatory notes, sections A-*G, and the glossary for definitions.




—

91.8

7^.2

CRUDE PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
PRODUCTION

Cigarettes
Cigars
Tobacco and snuff
Tohacoo stemming, and redrying

--

8.6

BITUMINOUS-COAL

TOBACCO MANUFACTURES

956

21.2
17.0

ANTHRACITE

MANUFACTURING

Production workers
1949
October September j August

64.1

Iron mining
Copper mining
Lead and zinc mining

NONMETALLIC MINING AND QUARRYING

t

96.2

19*.1
25.7
78.7
164.7

105.8

TABLE 2:

All Employees and Production Workers in Mining and Manufacturing Industries (Continued)
(In thousands}

Production workers

All employees

19»9

Industry group and industry

October I September i

TEXTILE-MILL PRODUCTS
Tarn and thread mills
Broad-woven fabric mills
Knitting mills
Dyeing and finishing textiles
Carpets, rugs, other floor coverings
Other textile-mill products
APPAREL AND OTHER FINISHED TEXTILE
PRODUCTS
Men's and boys* suits and coats
Men's and b o y s 1 furnishings and work
clothing
Women's outerwear
Women's, children's under garments
Millinery
Children's outerwear
Fur goods and miscellaneous apparel
Other fabricated textile products
LUMBER AND WOOD PRODUCTS (EXCEPT
FURNITURE)
Logging camps and contractors
Sawmills and planing mills
Millwork, plywood* and prefabricated
structural wood products
Wooden containers
Miscellaneous wood products
FURNITURE AND FIXTURES
Household furniture
Other furniture and fixtures

1,255

: 1,218

153.2 ;
594,8
244.6
86.9
57.7

s
:
:
i
118.2 ;
1

197

148.3
576.7
236.9
85.1
55.8
115.5

| 1.197

1,092

1.179
141.4
559.8
228.7

144.3
564.5
226.5
77.6
49.9
104.9

82.6
55.3

111.0

1,079

1*155

141.7 !
|

145.?

143.5

268.8 1

264.2
353.4
103.7
24.0
67.9
95.5
142.3

253.1
341.1

343.5 t
106.7

23.8
68.4
98.2
146.3 ,

139.3
546.7
219.2
75.5
48.1
102.5

1.079

133,0
530.J

210.8
73.2
47.5
97*7

1,040

128.6

132.9

130.6

245.9
317.4
93.7

235.4
306.3

21.2

307,1
97.0.

98.2
23.1
67.3
91.1
137.9

1,131

250.8

1

j

j
1
.
|

|
1

88.6

86.4
125.4

121.7

.20.3
61.9
79.3
117.8

691

685

686

59.9
414,7

55.3
416.4

414.5

20.8
>63.O

62*4

83.8

t

744

747

59.1
445.9

444.8

114.4
72.1 ;
56,8 :

110.4

109.4

71.8

72.0

98.8
66.8

95,7
66.4

66.6

56.7

58.1

50,9

51.0

52,1

327

320

305

284

277

263

231.2
96.0

224.4

212.3
92.5

205.8

199.0
77.8

187.0

751

63.6 ’
444.0

95.5

62.3

See- explanatory notes, sections A^G, and the glossary for definitions.




August

1,168

October iSeptember IAugust

78.4

58.6
94.6

75.8

TABLE 2:

All Employees and Production Workers In Mining and Manufacturing Industries (Continued)
(In thousands)

Industry group and industry

?APER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS
Pulp, paper., and paperboard mills
Paperboard containers and boxes
Other paper and allied products
PRINTING, PUBLISHING, AND ALLIED
INDUSTRIES
Newspapers
Periodicals
Books
Commercial printing
Lithographing
Other printing and publishing
CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS
Industrial inorganic chemicals
Industrial organic chemicals
Drugs and medicines
Paints, pigments, and fillers
Fertilizers
Vegetable and animal oils and fats
Other chemicals and allied products
PRODUCTS OF PETROLEUM AND COAL
Petroleum refining
Coke and byproducts
Other petroleum and coal products
RUBBER PRODUCTS
Tires and inner tubes
Rubber footwear
Other rubber products
LEATHER AND LEATHER PRODUCTS
Leather
Footwear (except rubber)
Other leather products

_ 1949
October :September

227.4
124.2

103.8

August
436

• 225.7
;
i 119.4
! 102.-9

391

384

371

219.5
114.9

448

455

Production workers
. . ......_1949 .............
October September
' August

199.4
106.5
85.5 -

197.1
101.9
84.5

190.5
97.4
83.4

101.2

733

724

719

498

493

486

289.6

285.8

285.2

53.2
41.6
199.5
41.4
107.9

53.3
41.5
I 96.O
40.7
107.1

52.7
41.5
193.1
40.2
106.3

144.5
35.7
33.9

166.6

143.8
35.8
33.8
162.9

32.4
84*9

84.4

141.4
35.6
33.9
160.7
31.2
83.5

666

655

636

66.0

'

488

31.8
478

458

50.0

49.8

139.8

135.2

32.3
58.9
153.7

51.6
65.7
| 141.4
180.3
92. o r ; 61.6
44.0
65.8
26.0
30.4
54.6
48.7
153.0
109.1

241

247

247

185

190

190

197.6
13.2
30.4

198.9

200.2

148.4

149.2

149.9

19.3
28 *4

19.5
27.7

10.8

16.8

17.0

25.3

23.5

22.9

234

211

227

103.3
26.4
104.6

82.4
25.9.
102,7

103.5
25.2
98.3

i

390

395

397

! 350

49.4
249.2
91.2

49.2
255.5
90.5

67.5

185.8

j

94.1
67.9

66.1

31.8
65 .O
153.9

184.7
93.1

'

!

187

• 48.3
259.4

89.2

60.7

60.1

42.3
49.2

41.8
24.7
38.5

109.0

108.0

26.6

168

180

81.0

i

See explanatory notes, sections A-G, and the glossary for definitions.




.

j

64.2

80.9

21.5
84.6

21*1

20.3
78.6

44^9224.3
80.4

82.7
354

356

44.6
230.2
79.0

43.8
234.2
77.5

7.
TABLE 2:

All Employees and Production Workers in Mining ana Manufacturing Industries (Continued)
(In thousands)

Production -work-srs
All employees
*
\
1949
1949
August
August 1 Octobei' September
October September
------ "1

Industry group and industry

STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS

477

482

480

Glass and glass products
Cement, hydraulic
Structural clay products
Pottery and related products .
Concrete, gypsum, and plaster products
.Other stone, ^clay, glass products

123.0

122.5

122.2

1 107.4

40.3
73.2
57.1

42.3
79.3
53.7
87.1
94 .6

42.5
79.5
54.9

34.6
71.0
51.5
74.5
70.9

PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES

715

Blast furnaces,' steel works, and
rolling mills
Iron and steel foundries
Primary smelting and refining of
nonferrous xrietals
Rolling, drawing, ai*d alloying of
nonferrous*metals
. Nonferrous foundries
Other primary metal industries

86.6
92.2

|
|
|
j
i
i

199.2
' 198.3
.
47.5

1
|

85.4
76.4

j

108.1

412

106.7
36.5

106.6
36.7
72.1
49.7
73.5
72.9

72.1
50.3
74.9.
72.3

?74

1.092

940

932

497.6
177*3

i
i
j

141.2

200.6

572.0
2C5.5

171.6

499.9
173.7

51.0

50.3

!

39.1

41.8

41.4

79.9 .!
!
i
71.1 j
!
113.1 I

69.8

67.2.

63.8

64.1

62.0

88.1

95.1

59.592.4

574.0

83 .O
74.0
115.9

i

j
I

837

843

^3.9
137.1

49.4
135.2

141.6
181.4
148.7
178.9

MACHINERY (EXCEPT ELECTRICAL)

863

46.2
140.2

Tin cans and other tinware
• Cutlery, hand tools, and hardware
Heating apparatus (except electric)
and plumbers J supplies
Fabricated structural metal products
Metal stamping, coating, and engraving
Other fabricated metal products

134.7
201.9

124.5

152.2
188.5

146.6
|
185.1 !
i

1,222

1.237

201.8

64.5

67.6

66.9

178.9

90.5
197. >
•

199.4

|

88.6

688
43.6
111.4

116.0
136.6

109.3
155.7

127.3
147.8

156.1. :

99.7
155.4
124.9
152.5

923

|

i
|

179.4
91.1
197.4

.

. 70 S
.
43.2
113.6

935

927

46,7
127.9
63.7
147.8

49.3
139.9
149.1

49.0
140.4
64.2
146.9

40,5

1,229

166.1

684

116.2

129.8

62.2

!
i
|

158.9
175.0
88.8

162.0
177.6

161.8

119.4

121.8

122.6

177.9

123 .2.

88.6

86.8

73.6

124,8
73.4

124.5
71.7

j
j

136.7
143.5

130,6
143.3

126.0

108.3

j
141.3 !

112.2

102.0
112.1

109.8

See explanatory notes, sections A-G, and the glossary for definitions.




413

1

FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS (EXCEPT
ORDNANCE, -MACHINERY,- AND
TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT)

Engines and turbines
- Agricultural machinery and tractors
Construction and mining machinery
Metalworking machinery
Special-Industry machinery (except
metalworking machinery)
General industrial machinery
Office and store machines and devices
Service-industry and household
machines
Miscellaneous machinery parts

i ,09'
.
;

85.8
94.9

410

98.3

8,
TABLE 2s

All Employees and Production Workers in Mining and Manufacturing Industries (Continued)
(In thousands)

All employees

Production workers

Industry group and industry

___ ____ -

. ... -

-

19h9

October

______

September

October

August

September-

August

5*9

531

507

200.8
*9.6
182 .*

196.5
*7.0
173.*

98.2

90.1

j
ELECTRICAL MACHINERY
Electrical generating, transmission,'
distribution, and industrial
apparatus
Electrical equipment for vehicles
Communication equipment
Electrical appliances, lamps, andmiscellaneous products

INSTRUMENTS AND RELATED PRODUCTS
Ophthalmic goods
Photographic apparatus
V/atches and clocks
Professional and scientific
instruments
MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES
Jewelry, silverware, and plated ware
Toys and sporting goods
Costume jewelry, buttons, notions
Other miscellaneous manufacturing
industries

712

(
i
i

286.*
65 .*
258.0

288.9
65.9
271.1

128.9

TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT
Automobiles
Aircraft and parts
Aircraft
Aircraft engines and parts
Aircraft propellers and parts
Other aircraft parts and equipment
Ship and boat building and repairing
Ship building and repairing
Railroad equipment
Other transportation equipment

736

755

'

1,206

1
281.9 63.* 1
250.2 |

202.5 I
50.5 !
19*. 7

125.9

116.5

101.3

1 ,2*0

787.1
255.7
169.3
52.3
!

810.1
258.3
171.2

8.2
25.9
83.0

8.2

72.7
68.1
*

12.0
235

25.8

52.*
26.5

88.7
78.0
71.2
11 .*

233

807.0
252.2
171.7
* 6.2
8.0
26.3

9**6 i
83.3
59 .3 .!
10.5 |
1
f
!

230

32.2

*9.5
31.7

26.2
50.1
30.6

127.1

125.8

458

*39

665.1
187.9

125.6
37.8
5.5

19.0
68.6
60.3
53.*
10.5

*17

1,017

686.2
190.6
127.6
37.9
5.5
19.6
7*.0

998

678.®
185.3

128.6
31.9
5.2

19.6

65.4
56.2

79.5
70.4
46.5

9.9

8.8

172

169

20.8
1

21.0

35.8

35.3

27.6

27.1

21.1
36.0
26.0

89.5

88.3

86.3

383

3 66

3*7

46.8
67.9
53.5

**.6

62.9

52.5
70.3
58.1

52.2

42.2
61.3
48.5

2*8.5

236 .*

21*. 7

205.5

19*.5

57.*
77.3
64.2

5*.9
72.3

258.6

See explanatory notes, sections A-G, and the glossary for definitions.




986

174

123.3

*9-7

26.0

1,224

i
!
j
I
'
j
i
!
;

63.3

9.
TABLE 3:

Indexes of Production-Worker Employment and Weekly Pay Rolls in
Manufacturing Industries

(1939 Average = 100)
Period

«
•
♦
*
%
%

Produc tion-worker
employment index

%
*
*
%
•
♦

Produc hion-worker
pay-roll index

Annual average:
1939
1940
1941
1942
19^3

107.5
132.8
156'9
.
183'.3

100.0
113.6
164.9
241.5
331.1

100.0

1944
19^5
1946
19^7
1948

178.3
157.0

3^3.7
293.5

156.2
155.2

326.9
351.^

1948
October
November
December

157.6
155.9
153.5

366.7

148.9
147.4
1^5-3
141.8

345.9
340.4
332.8
319.2
312.8
315.7

19k?
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October

147.8

138.2

138.4
136.9
141.1
1^3. T
138.9

See explanatory notes, section D, and the glossary for definitions.




271.1

362.8
360.7

312.8

323.0

335.0
321.3

10.

TABLE 4: Employees in Private and U. S, Navy Shipyards, by Region 1/

(In thousands)
1949

Region

October 1September August

ALR G N
L E IO S

146.3

PR A E
IV T
NV
AY

1

-

19)

8

Octc’jor September

166.7

205*4-

204.8

72.7

| 78.0

83.3

113*3

113 »0

73.6

I 80,9

83.4

92,1

91,8

73.3

N R H A L N IC
OT T A T

158.9

| 79.5

84.0

98,7

99*7

43,4
| 36.1

47.1
36.9

59.1
39.6

60.4
39.3

26.7

27.7

31.4

31.5
14.0

41.6
31.7

Private
Navy

24.3

S U H A L N IC
OT TA T

|

i

!

10.4
13.9

(
I

10.7
16.0

11.6
16.1

13.8
17.6

17.5

9.4

!

11.4

11.8

17.6

17.5

34.6

| 36.7

38.1

51.0

49.7

6.6
28.0

Private
Navy

i 7.9
j 28.8

30.4

34.9

16.1

14.7
35.0

GL
U F:
Private
PACIFIC
Private
Navy

7.7

G E T L K S:
RA A E
Private
IN A D
LN:

2.5

i

2.3

2.4

2.5

2.3

2.2

|

2.3

2.7

4.2

4.1

i
)

Private
!

1

l / The North Atlantic region includes a ll yards bordering on the Atlantic in the
following states: Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts,
New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
The South Atlantic region includes a ll yards bordering on the Atlantic in the
following states: Georgia, Virginia, North Carolina, ana South Carolina.
The Gulf region includes a ll yards bordering on the Gulf of Mexico in the
following states: Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas.
The Pacific region includes a ll yards in California, Oregon, and Washington.
The Great Lakes region includes a ll yards bordering on the Great Lakes in the
following states: Illin ois, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania,
and Wisconsin.
The Inland region includes a ll other yards.




11.
i'ABLE 5:

F e d e ra l C i v i l i a n Employment and Fay R o lls i n A l l A reas and in C o n tin e n ta l U nited S ta te s,
and T o t a l C i v i l i a n Government Employment and Pay R o lls in W ashington, D* C* 1 /

(In thousands)

Pay r o l l s
( t o t a l f o r menth)

Employment
(a s of f i r s t o f month)
1949
October September August.

Area and branch

October

. 1/?4S..
September

August

A l l A reas
i
TOTAL FEDERAL
E x e cu tiv e
Defense a g en cies
Post O ff ic e Department
Other ag en cies
L e g is la t iv e
J u d ic ia l

2 ,0 4 7 .3
2 ;0 3 3 .8
496,1

513,805
509,421

649.3
7 .9
3 .5

;
;
j
|

244.7
19.7

7 3 ,0 5 7
5,17 0

225.0
216.5

67,887

j

71.2

19,220

|

7 -8
1 3 7 .5
7 .9
.6

2,753

7 .9
3 .6

1 , 882.8

486,453
482,261
179,428
125,041
177,692
2,936
1,556

689.3

7 .9
3 .6

$ 552,251

2 ,0 7 0 ,3
886*9
4 9 4.1

679.4

2 , 094.9 $52,1,864
2 , 083.4
517,533
902.4
204,390
491.4
125,507
689.6
187,636
2,936
7.9
3.6 !
1,395

1 , 912.2
1 , 500.8
760.1
492.2

860.3

547,826
225,280
125,064
197,482

2,968
1,457

$574,046

569,536
239,178
125.794
204,564
3,005
1,505

I
C o n tin e n ta l
U nited S ta te s
TOTAL FEDERAL
E x e c u tiv e
Defense a g en cies
Post O f f ic e Department
Other a g e n cie s
L e g is la t iv e
J u d ic ia l

1 .8 7 1 .4
7 3 8 .2
494.2
639.0
7 .9
3 .5

.

1 , 920.3
1 , 908.9
770.0
489.6

648.5
7 =9
3 .5

197,931
124,5^6
186,844

2,968
1,416

532,977
528,509
209,583
12 5.32 1
193,605
3 ,0 0 5
1,4 6 ;

Washington, D, C.
TOTAL GOVERNMENT
D. C* government
F e d e ra l
E x e c u tiv e
Defense a g en cies
Post O f f ic e Department
Other a g en cies
L e g is la t iv e
J u d ic ia l

240.8
19 .5
2 2 1.3 j
21 2 .8
68,1
7 .7
1 3 7 .0
7 .9
.6 !

2 4 2 .4
1 9 .4

223.0
214.5
69.5
7 ,8
1 3 7 .2

See the g lo s s a r y f o r d e f in it io n s .
1/

Data f o r C e n t ra l In t e llig e n c e Agency a re e x clu d e d ,




7 .9
«6

1
?
:

64,725

42,752
2,936

226

76,744
5.3 79
71-36 5

68,161
20,679
2 ,7 3 7
44,745

2,968
236

80,173
4 , 3.85

75,988
7 2 ,7 3 3

23,851
2,760
46,122
3,0 05

250

12.

TABLE 6: Personnel and Pay of the Military Branch of the Federal Government 1/

(In thousands)
Designation

19k9
October September August

lp43
Octobor i September
1

1

PERSONNEL (as of first of month)
i;

lotal

1 ,6l4

1,629

1,638

1,586

1,549

656
1»18
432
8k
24

656
420
444
86
24

655
423
451
86
24

636
406
438
86
21

609
401
432
87
21

1,595
20

1,610
19

1,620
18

1,573
13

1,536
13

By branch:
Army
Air Force
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
By sex:
Men
Women
PAY (for entire month)
Total

$331,524 $304,426

$298,893 $294,843 $292,040

123,001
89,342
98,239
15,587
5,355

116,312
73,679
88,911
15,221
5,303

2/
0
184,162
112,192 ^183,593 “
78,881
2/
2/
87,722 91,927
•
88,556
15,011 14,667
14,610
5,087
4,713
4,657

305,301
2,302

272,386
2,492
29,547

266,772 259,175
251,398
7,416
3,139
12,527
28,982 28,253 ' 28,115

By branch:
Army
Air Force
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
By type of pay:
Pay rolls
Mustering-out and leave pay
Family allowance
.....

■

‘

'

23,981
i1 ■■, „ — ..................'

See the glossary for definitions.
1/ Because of rounding, the individual figures m y not add to group totals.
2/ Separate figures for Army and Air Force are not available. Combined data are
shovn under Army.




13.
TABLE 7: Employees in Nonagricultural Establishments, by Industry Division, by State
_______________________________________(,Ip thousands)
___ _____________________________________

Total
State

Contract construction
1948

Mining

1948

i2:iSL

.12^8

October .September jOctober October September October |0ct.ober| September October
Alabama 1/
Arizona
Arkansas 1/
California *
Colorado
ConnecticutDelaware *
Dist. of Col.
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Illinois*
Indiana 1/
Iowa 1/
Kansas 1 /
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine 1/
Maryland *
Massachusetts *
Michigan
Minnesota 1/
Mississippi
Missouri JL/
Montana 1/
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey *
New Mexico

149.0

283.0
3,051.3

276.8
3 , 068.2

155.1
297.2
3 ,1 2 9 .1

717.4

708*7

780.1

727.5

72-3 i 9

753.4

3-9

127.0
N.A.
1,112.2

125.8
3 .0 6 9 .9
1 .1 8 7 .9

129.8
3 .2 2 7 .7
1 . 230.8

3.5
‘
N.A.

I
*
j
!
|

J

!
i
I

j

Tennessee
T ejtas * '

12.6
5.6

.32.0
2/

‘
N.A.

f

!
451.4

258.1

451.1

452.5

6.6
2.7
17.1

27.5
12.76.5
33.7

32.0

2

/

2/

5 .4
3 .9

5 .1
4 ..2

3.7
46.2
14.3
2.9
17.5

5.5
48.0

17.6

31.1

.7
3.5

10.2

13.6

!

10.1

10.2

12.8

8.2

!

15.3
178.1

16.7
191.5

16.1
194.9

b / 3 4 .2

2/ 33.2

[ 2 / 3 5 .9

38.5

37.9

36.2

10.4
N.A.
52.4

122.6

122.1

57.3

53.8

30.7

30.3

52.4
55.1

10.4
50.4
57.2

12.7
57.0
67.4

4 1 .6

40.5

42.7

4 4 .4
N.A.

4 2.8
11.4

49.3
10.7

34.1.

15*9
3.6

I

I

8.9

.6

.6
2.7
2. 6

810.0

5*9

17.1

/1 6 .3

1,109*5
153.1

1 ,1 5 3 .0
149.6

?.6
N.A.

9.5
9.4

10.6
10.2

162.3
1 ,5 9 4 .5
131.2

2 .5
N.A.
3 .4
10.3

2. 6
.3
4 .3

3.5

157.5
1 ,5 0 1 .2
135.4

4.2

.2

N.A.
66.4

8 .3
64.3

74.0

10.2

12.2

16.1

16.0

13.0

5 , 5 3 7 . 1 i 5 ,5 5 3 .3

5 . 661.1

10.6

11.3

11-. 8

234.0 ;

234i3

i 233.8

I 472.2

42.7

43.5

44.8

27.1 i

27.2

1 27.9

3 ,4 8 8 ;2 (3 . 704.5
278.3 i 296.0

100.3

194.5

204.9

15&.4

166.6

.2

.2

158.7

.2

11.6

11.6

13.3

2.5

2.5

2.2

9.2

12.3
102.9

15.2
100.7
14.0

263.7
690.1
1,641.9

267.1
719.0
1,7 34.7

770.0

786.2

1.1P9.2
N.A.
!
|
| N.A.
j 1,499.0
\ 135.3

460.6
3 .2 1 4 .1
282.5

716.9

461.2

1

720.6

753.7
1 ,7 6 7 .5
190.0
99.1

102.1
12.0
1.0

2.2

Utah 1/
192.0
12.0
193.0
Vermont
96.O
95.6
1.0 .
1.1
V ir g in ia
N.A,
S.A, ] N.A.
Washington 1/
697.0
659.2
671.8
3 .6
3 .4
3.5
West V ir g in ia
Wisconsin
003.1
2,4 I
J .8
967.4 j 979.9 1,
3 .6
Wyoming 1 /
^ 3^J , 85*0
.&
-9.9
See footnotes at end' of §
table and explanatory notes, sections Q and H.




10.2

1 .3
2 .5

663.0
l f639.5

1

New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania 1/
Rhode Island 1/
South Carolina
South Dakota jj/

7 .2

150.4

85.2

9

10.8

i

8.2

52.2
119.8

13.0

13.0
5 .4

12.0

4 1 .8 |

44.7

53.1

! 4 2 .9 '
7 .8 :

43.0

5 .3

I

8.0

9.8

14.
TABUS 7: Employees in Nonagricultural Establishments, by Industry Division, by State - Cont'd.
_____________ __________________________ (In thousands)____________________________________________
Transportation and
Trade
..pubIir. u t i l i s e s
41948
1948
1949
September October
October September iCc^cl jOctcber rieotember loetober iOctoter
-er
T

Manufacturing

State

Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
California

Colorado

1311.9

206.8

14.7

14.3.
68 .5.

69.6
•737-4

754.9.

56.9

54.8
335.6
45.2
17.3
90.3
260.4

Connecticut
Pelaware
Dist. cf Col,
Florida
Georgia

344.0
42.1
17.4
N.A.
263.4

Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
leva
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland

22.4
N.A;
475.7
145.8
67.4

Massachusetts

Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New. Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dak 6ta
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont.
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming

21.7
1.125.3
534.2
"143.6

''
129.6
N.A.

106.1
192.0
647.3

87.5
128.3
N.A.
111.4
214.6
645.2

977.3 1.009.3
1 85 .0
189.7
‘
82.7
79.6
336.0
331.7
K .A. j . 20.1
46.4
-44.9
3.0
3.1
73.6
N.A.
657.7
652.7
10.6

10.5

226.6
23.9
312.7

21'.-2 ’ 37.2
69.6
32--5 !
'
308.9 : 745.5

3’,3
.
68' 9
.
727.4

78H..9

42.1

41.9

43.7 i 121.2

I 20.9

123.5

N.A,
64.2

62.7
64,4'

N.A.

69.5

164.6

163.2

171.5

1 C-.3
311.8
107.4

33.9
N.A.

32.5
643.2

673.2

230.0

228 . 7 :.

239.2

62.1
63 .2

■
119.u

118.6

116.8

49.0

321.1

49.3
121.3
'321.5

.126.7
337,3

8>.f

90.9 i 210.7

209.0

221.7

112.4

126.1 j 291.8
■ -6 ' N.A.
22 !

287.1
38.5

,296:4
38.3

11.1
26 ;.o

20*6
14.8 j
75 A I JO
:
769 .2. 312;2

113.0
.392.1
7.7

400.6
46.3

16.8
90.7
279.9.

16.1

16*4

N.A.

288.0

97. i

24.3
1.243.3
567.0
153.1

102.2

59.9

i>7-6
88.3
137.5
153.6
18.6
113.3!
67.3
233.4;
; 727.9 [ 135. C

1 ,087.1 j
86.9
19 Q .5 '
91.3
353.4 i 111.5
. 20.1 ! N.A.■
5«.l f
3.4

,

oO.O

57,4.

19.1
72,5.
135.5.

19.5
77.2
137. P

22.5

122.3

8,0

7.9

8.5

11.0

11.4

N.A.
7 47.8- l‘
i 3 4.1
9.5 t 14.4

11.1

12.0

N.A.
250.3
32.3

26.5

81.2

1
:

34.2

1

14^;8

137.1
14.4

14,9

522.9 j 541.9 jl,214.3

48.1

50.3 ■ 115.6 1
I

50.0

250.<9 ,

251.'2

32.8

31.6

1 ,208,1

1,223.8

115.4 i 117.0

339.7
17.9

658.5

657.3

678.8

50.9

50.2

51.7

11.6
!
|
| £58*0 I ' 57.7 1 58.3 | 62.6
! 352.6 ! 2?8.5 ! 231.6 j 227.6

38.3

38.3

38.0

162.4
405.4
43.0
17.8

162.6
404.2
43.0

165.7
•403*1
43.0

17.8

17.0

64.0

157.0

156.3

165.2

79.8
15.4

194.0
18.3

191.6

196.7
la .9

328.3

|

16.8:. j

.
232.6
339*8
- 33.0 ! ‘ 2 .o : 22. 0 \
22 .0 'j
■ ?»
0*
33.0 j -36.9 j ■ ' , 71 i.
5 .7 ;
206.1 | 218.4 |
'
■
173.7 ! 186 .7 1 65,1 j*’ 65.9 j
126.6 j 142.1 j
.
404.1 i 431.8
73.2
74.3
6.6
14.0
14.1
7.21

21.0
1 0 .4

See footnotes at end of'table and explanatory nbtes, sections.Q and H.




' . .3
38
7,
0.5

60.2

T, 794.2 1. 801.4 1 ,896.9 j 516.4
. 15.8 i
4
399.2 i 304.4
6.4
6.5 f ' 6.7 !
993.1 1 ,082.7 jl, 241.0 i
60.2
60.0 j 67.9 | 48.4
153.0
158.6 J 155*0 j
m
1,197.8 1 '340.6 j.*26.s’ 299.5
.
i
}
131.8 !
135 .s
! 16.8
; 206.6 •
195.1
193.5
'11.4
11.4 I 11 .* ! 11.0
237.0 j
338.7 !
33.0 ‘
33.7
N.A.
1^7.9

20.5

I

19.1

TABLE 7:

15.
Employees in Nonagricultural Establishments, by Industry Division, by State • C o n t M
•
(In thousands)

State
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Dist. of Col.
Florida
Georgia

i
Government
Servic'e
Finance
1948
1 9 4 9 ._ 1948
1949
_
19^9 .... ‘1948 |
October September October
October. September October October September October <
----— ’"i
"
j
94.4
96.1
j 95.9
18.3
18.6
32.0
31.4
4.4 j 18.7
32.1
4.6
4.5
* 2 1 34.7
49.2
50.4
34.1
7.2
i7 '
7.3
34.5
50.5
376.6
143.4
142.2 i 378,9
523.6
527.8
51^.3
376,5
143.7
i
t
(
64.9
36.4
65.0
75.4
3 6.6
65.1
35.9 1 74.6 !
75.5
i
i

i
23.7

3.3

151.6

13.5
N.A.

33.6

33.4

90.0

15.7

14.8

109.5

110.1

107,0

23.7
N.A.

24.4
327.9
127.4
93>1

23.4
321.4
123.1

76.8

74.1

40.0
93.1
205.7

39.8
89.5
193.2

109.4

109.3

138.1
27.4

I54 .O
26.3

10.6
19.8

9.6
19.5
157.1

60.2

46.7

46.9

26.3
105.3
197.6

24.4
101.0
193.5

96.0

95-9

127,2

97.1

47.4 |
I

!
\

29.8

6.6
30.2

76.6

76.6

6.7 i 25.1
28.7 | 105.7
76.2
196.9

34.8

35.2

33.5

51.1
N.A.

51.7
3.7

131.9
20.1

131u5
17.8

1,1
N.A.
62.4
3.7

1.1
4.4
62.6
3.7

51*7 | 131.5
N.A. j
3.6 j
I
i
i
11.4 1
1.0
4.2
N.A. !
164.2
63.4
3.6 i 18.5
i
1
!

12.0

10.7
11.0

382.3

381.9

380.5 1 717.1 j
I

722.0

6.6

i
i
1
57.7 •

13.5

163.3
18.4

17.8

17.8

18.0

114.7
10.1

115.1
10.2

112.5
9.6

346.7

9202
204,4
111.1 i
|
i
137*6'I
» .A .

j

10.4
N.A.
160.5
29.4

715.1

57.6

1

57.9

I 343.5
1 27.0
1

14.2 |

4.0

3 .7

13.9

13.8

j

24.1
73.7
6.0
2.8

24.2
73.0
6.0
2.8

25.6
71.9
5.0
2.7

73.9
245.7

i

11.0 j

74.9
243.1
19.0
11.3

23.7

24.0

24.0 !
i
j

75.9 I

78.5

!

1
]

671.4

652.5

91.6

88.4

339.7
'30.3

330.0

30.4

29.5

101.7
270.4
45.0

100.4
257.6
44.0
14,7

1
j
91.1 i
i
;
337.9 !
29.9 I

i
1

4.0

!

161.0
29.5

668.2 |

18.4

I

19.0

90.8

28.2

i

354.3
27.2

27.0

39.9

156,0
i

93.3
7 .7

i

1

Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
i
See footnotes at end of



3.4

158.8

62.0

13.5
13.9
;
358.1 j 356.4
90.2
91.0

59.7

15.4

Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota

25.1 |

3.5
N.A.
33.1

Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts

23.8

74.0
234.0
1 19 .c
| 10,9

|

1
i
30.3 1

101.4
j 269.0
1 44.0
! 14.7
1

j

14.7

30.0

j

77.6 | 124.3 I
i

J
1
j
36.4
36.2
33,3
107 f9 ! 108.1 I 98 *4 ! 1*8,? I
1 ,3 1
1,5 1
.
9 .6 ;
11 .3 j
>.1
14,4j
taole and explanatory notes, sections G and H.

125.5 ] 120.8
118,8 :
14.5 '

,3

14.2

16 .

TABLE 7s

Employees in Nonagricultural Establishments, by Industry Division, by State-- Cont'd.
(In thousands)

See explanatory notes, sections G and H.
* The manufacturing series for these States are based on the 19*12 Social Security Board
Classification (others are cn the 19^5 Standard Industrial Classification).

1/

Revised series; not strictly comparable with previously published data.

2/

The mining series have been combined with the corttract construction division.

N.A. - Not available.




17.
TABLE 8:

Employment of Women In Manufacturing Establish»ents-September 19*9

Industry group and industry

MANUFACTURING

Women
!
Percent of
Number
!
total
___ ____
i
(In thousands) j
(In thousands]
3 ,810.2
i
27
1 4 ,312
All
Employees

1

DURABLE GOODS
NONDURABLE GOODS

7,^16
6,896

ORDNANCE AND ACCESSORIES

1.195.3
2 ,61*.9
4.1

22.7

FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS

*66.2

1,700

Meat products
Dairy products
Canning and preserving
Grain-mill products
Bakery products
Sugar
Confectionery and related products
Beverages
144seel lane ous food products

287.0
1 * 9.8
3* 9.9
12*.O
288.7

58.3
31.2

165.1
21.*

22.1.6
1*2.7

j
!
!
1
1
1
j
|
i

3.1
57.8
21 .3
38.1

101

j

61.4

30.7
105.2

!
I
i
i
!

16
38

!
i
!

27

i
.
j

18

20
21
*7

17

j

24
10
55
10
27

l

61

!

i

TOBACCO MANUFACTURES

1
i
Cigarettes
Cigars
Tebacco and snuff
Tobacco stemming and redrying
TEXTILE-MILL PRODUCTS

27.0
*5.2

j

\

!

523.1

i

1*8.3
576.7

236.9
85.1

1
j
j
!

55*. 8
115.5

1,197
j
|
!
|

j
!

j
!
1
1

44
78

1
;

47
53

!
I

*3

1

1

70.0
225.5

154.5
19.6
13.5

40.0

i
j

1
;

891.8

|
i
[

87.5

264.2
353.*
103.7
24.0

220.3
261.5

!

90.8

!

95.5

1* 2.3

39
65
23
2*
35

i

1*5.9

6 7 '* ?

*?

1
1

I

APPAREL AND OTHER FINISHED TFXTILE
PRODUCTS




1,218

00

13.1
16.1

Yarn and thread mills
Broad-woven fabric mills
Knitting mills
Dyeing and finishing textiles
Carpets., rugs, other floor coverings
Other textile-mill products

Men's and beys' suits and coats
M e n fs and boys* furnishings and work
clothing
W o m e n 1s outerwear
Women's, children's under garments
Millinery
Children's outerwear
Fur goods and miscellaneous apparel
Other fabricated textile products

11.8
35.0
6.1

15.9
56.5
#7.9
91.*

!
!
!

i
!
1

-75-

60
83
74
88
66
83
71
64

18.
TABLE 8:

Employment of Women In Manufacturing Establishments-September 1949 (Continued)
Women
i

LUMBER AND WOOD PRODUCTS (EXCEPT
FURNITURE)
Logging camps and contractors
Sawmills and planing mills
Millwork, plywood, and prefabricated
structural wood products
Wocden containers
Miscellaneous wood products
FURNITURE AND FIXTURES
Household furniture
Other furniture and fixtures
PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS
Pulp, paper, and paperboard mills
Paperboard containers and boxes
Other paper and allied products
PRINTING, PUBLISHING, AND ALLIED
INDUSTRIES

Ail
employees

Number

(In thousands)

Industry group and industry

(In thousands)

744

51*9

■59.1
445,9

1.2

i

19.2

4

110*4
71*8
56.7

8.5
11.7
11.3

8
16
20

320

51.9

16

224.4
95.5

35.2
16.7

16

108.0

24

25.5
39.9
42.6

11
33
*1

192.1

27

448
225.7
11?.*
102.9
!

724
.1

Newspapers
Periodicals
Books
Commercial printing
Lithographing
Other printing and publishing
CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS
Industrial inorganic chemicals
Industrial organic chemicals
Drugs and medicines
Paints, pigments, and fillers
Fertilizers
Vegetable and animal oils and fats
Other chemicals and allied products
PRODUCTS OF PETROLEUM AND COAL
Petroleum refining
Coke and byproducts
Other petroleum and coal products




Percent of
total

285.8
53.3
*1.5

196.0
* 0.7
107.1
655

1
1
1

50.0
18.4
18.2
51.1
11.6

28
19

J
16

*.7

93.1

36.3
9.9
1.*

198.9
19.3
28.4

26

121.*
29.6

2^7

18
35
44

40

66.0

32.3
58.9
153.7

I0

42.8

18* .7
*

66.1

7

36.7

39
15
4
,5
2*

11.5

5

9.0
.3

5

2.8

2.2

1
8

19

TABLE 8:

Employment of Women in Manufacturing Establishments~September 19*+9 (Continued)

Industry group and industry

All
employees
|(In thousands)

RUBBER PRODUCTS
Tires and Inner tubes
Rubber footwear
Other rubber products
LEATHER AND LEATHER PRODUCTS
Leather
Footwear (except rubber)
Other leather products
STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS
Glass and glass products
Cement, hydraulic
Structural clay products
Pottery and related products
Concrete, gypsum, and plaster products
Other stone, clay, glass products
PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES
Blast furnaces, steel works, and
rolling mills
Iron and steel foundries
Primary smelting and refining of
nonferrous metals
Rolling, drawing, and alloying of
nonferrous metals
Nonferrous foundries
Other primary metal industries
FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS (EXCEPT
ORDNANCE, MACHINERY, AND
TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT)
Tin cans and other tinware
Cutlery, hand tools, and hardware
Heating apparatus (except electric)
and plumbers ' supplies
Fabricated structural metal products
Metal stamping, coating, and engraving
Other fabricated metsl products




211
82.4
25.9
102.7

Number
j (In thousands jt
56
...Z

1 4.2
1 2.4

Percent of
__total
27
17
48

30.1

2Q

182.7

46

49.2

5-9

255.5
90.5

131.6

45.2

1?
52
50

482

77.1

16

122.5

31.0

25

42.3

1.1

3

7.6
19.5
4.1
13.8

10

395

7 9 * 3

55.7
87.1

9^.6

1.C99

574.0

35
.5
15

57.1

200 . 6

18.4
9.2

51.0

1.5

83.0
74.0
115.9

863

12

9.5
8.7

13

154.8

18
27
27

48.9

13.0

137.1

37.3

134.7
201.9
152.2
188.5

14,
13.
33,
43,

8

11
7
22

23

.

20

.

TABLE 8:

Employment.of Women In Manufacturing Establishmentr-September 19^9 (Continued)
1

In d u s t ry group and In d u stry

Women

A ll
employees
( I n thousands)

MACHINERY (EXCEPT ELECTRICAL)
E n g in es and tu rb in e s
A g r ic u lt u r a l m achinery and t r a c t o r s
C o n stru c tio n and m ining m achinery
M etalw orking m achinery
S p e c ia l- in d u s t r y m achinery (ex cep t
m etalw orking m achinery)
G en era l i n d u s t r ia l m achinery
O f f ic e and sto re machines and d e v ic e s
S e rv ic e * in d u s t ry and household
machines
M is ce lla n e o u s m achinery p a rts
ELECTRICAL MACHINERY
E l e c t r i c a l g e n e ra tin g , tra n sm iss io n ,
d is t r ib u t io n , and in d u s t r ia l
apparatus
E l e c t r i c a l equipment f o r v e h ic le s
Communication equipment
E l e c t r i c a l a p p lia n c e s , lamps, and
m isc e lla n e o u s pro d u cts
TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT
Autom obiles
A ir c r a f t and p a r t s
Ship and boat b u ild in g and r e p a ir in g
R a ilro a d equipment
Other tra n s p o rta t io n equipment

P ercent o f
to ta l

Number
( I n thousands)

162.8

13

67.6

7 .9

12

178.9

88.6

15.6
8.2

9
9

199.4

2 2 .5

11

162.0

11

88.6

1 7 .5
24,3
2 2 .4

130 .5
143.3

19.2
25.2

15

2 5 1 .4

34

7 5 .6

26

19.4
113 .8

30
44

4 2 .6

34

126.1

10

810.1

86.7

258.3

3 2 .3

1,237

177.6

736

286 .4
65.4
25 B.O

i
!
]

t

125.9
1,240

14
25

18

88.7

3.0

11
13
3

7 1 .2
11.4

4 .2
1.9

17

6

i
INSTRUMENTS AND RELATED PRODUCTS

78 .5

34

I

9.9

|
1
i
i

1 3 .5
16.7

38
27
53

233
j

Ophthalmic goods
Photographic apparatus
Watches and c lo c k s
P r o fe s s io n a l and s c i e n t i f i c
in stru m en ts
MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES
Je w e lry , s ilv e r w a re , and p la te d ware
Toys and s p o rtin g goods
Costume je w e lry , bu tto n s, n o tio n s
Other m isc e lla n e o u s m anufacturing
in d u s t r ie s




26.0
49.5
3 1 .7
1 2 5 .8
439

54.9
7 2 .3

;
\

j
1

62.9

I
I

248.5

I

38 .4

1

17 7 .6

»
41

20.8

38

32.5
35.8

45
57

8 6.5

!

*

EXPLANATORY NOTES

See. A. Scope of the BLS Employment Series - The Bureau of
Labor Statistics publishes each month the number of employees in all
nonagricultural establishments and in the 8 aajor induetrjr divisions:
mining, contract construction, manufacturing, transportation'
and public
utilitiee, trade, finance, service, and government. Both all-employee
and production-worker employment series are also presented for 21 major
manufacturing groups, 108 separate manufacturing industries, and the
durable and nondurable goods subdivisions. Within nonmanufacturing,
total employment information i s published for 3k series. Productionworker employment is also presented for most of the industry components
of the mining division.
Eours and earnings information for manufacturing and selected
nonmanufacturing industries sure published monthly in the Honrs and
Earnings Industry Report and in the Monthly Labor Review.
Sec. B. Definition of Employment - For privately operated
establishments in the nonagricultural industries the BLS employment infor­
mation covers all full- and part-time employees who were on the pay roll,
i.e., who worked during, or received pay for, the pay period ending
nearest the 15th of the month. For Federal establishments the employ­
ment period relates to the pay period ending prior to the first of the
month; in State end local governments, during the pay period ending on or
just before the last of the month. Proprietors, self-employed persons,
domestic servants, unpaid family workers, and members of the armed forces
are excluded from the employment information.
Sec. C. Comparability With Other Employment Data - The Bureau
of Labor Statistics employment series differ from the Monthly Report on
the Labor Force in the following respects: (I) The BLS series ere based
on reports from cooperating establishments, while the MRIF is based on
employment information obtained from household interviews; (2) persons
who worked in more than one establishment during the reporting period
would be counted more than once in the BLS series, but not in the MRLF:
(3) the BLS information covers all full- and part-time wage and salary
workers in private nonagricultural establishments who worked during, or
received pay for, the pay period ending nearest the 15th of the month; in
Federal establishments during T'.e 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, while the MKLF series
relates to the calendar week which contains the 8th day of the month: (k)
proprietors, self-employed persons, domestic servants, and unpaid family
workers are excluded from the BLS but not the MRLF series.
Sec. D. Methodology - Changes in the level of employment are
based on reports from a sample group of establishments, inasmuch as full
coverage is prohibitively costly and time-consumingv In using a sample,
it is essential that a complete count or "bench mark" be established from
which the series may be carried forward. Briefly, the BLS computes em­
ployment data as follows: first, a bench mark or level of employment is
determined; second, a sample of establishments is selected; and third,




changes in employment indicated by this reporting sample are applied to
the bench mark to determine the monthly employment between bench-rnprk
periods. For example, if the latest complete data on employment for an
industry wore hO,200 in September, and if the industry has a reporting
sample of 67 establishments employing 23,200 workers in September and
23,300 in October, the October figure would be prepared as follows:

When a new bench mark becomes available, employment data pre­
pared since the last bench anrk are reviewed to determine if any adjust­
ment of level is required. In general, the month-to-month changes in
employment reflect the fluctuations shorn by establishments reporting to
the Bio, while the level of employment is determined by the bench mark.
The pay-roll index is obtained by dividing the total weekly
pay roll for a given month by the average weekly pay roll in 1939.
Aggregate weekly pay rolls for all manufacturing industries combined are
derived by multiplying gross average weekly earnings by production-worker
employment.
Sec. i . Sources of Sample Data - Approximately 120,000 cooper­
S
ating establishments furnish loathly employment and pay-roll schedules,
by mail, to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In addition, the Bureau
Makes use of data collected by the Interstate Commerce Commission, the
Civil Service Commission and the Bureau of the Census.

APPROXIMATE COVERAGE OF MONTHLY SAMPLE USED IN
BLS EMPLOYMENT AND FAY-E0LL STATISTICS
Division or
industry

•

:
•

Number of
establishments

Mining
2,700
Contract construction
15,000
Manufacturing
35,200
Transportation and public
utilities:
Interstate railroads (ICC)
10,500
East of division (BLS)
Trade
46,300
Finance
6,000
Service:
Hotels
1,200
laundries and cleaning and
dyeing plants
1 ,700.
Government:
.....
Federal (Civil Service Commission)
State and local (Bureau of Census--quarterly)




- ii -

:
Employees
* Humber iu
. Percent
* sample
* of total
*
•
460,000
150,000
*
8,8^5,000

47
23

1,359,000
1 ,056,000
1 ,379,000

kl

115,000

25

86,000

17

1 ,885,000

100

2,400,000

62

281,000

62

93
15

16

Sec. F. Sources of Bench-Mark Data - Reports from Unemployment
Insurance Agencies presenting (1) employment in firms liable for contri­
butions to State unemployment compensation funds, and (2) tabulations
from the Bureau of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance on employment in
firms exempt from State unemployment insurance laws because of their
small size comprise the basic sources of bench-mark data for nonfarm
employment. Most of the employment data in this report have been adjusted
to levels Indicated by these sources for 19*1-7. Special bench marks are
used for industries not covered by the>
Social Security program." Bench
marks for State and local government are based on data compiled by the
Bureau of the Census, while information on Federal Government employment
is m available by the U. S. C.ivil. Service Commission. The Interstate
ade
Comm
erce Commission is the source for railroads.
Bench marks for production-worker employment are not available
on a regular basis. The production-worker series are, therefore, de­
rived by applying to all-employee bench marks the ratio of productionworker employment to total employment., as determined from the Bureau’s
industry samples.
Sec. G. Industrial Classification - In the BLS employment and
hours and earnings series, reporting establishments are classified into
significant economic groups on the basis of laajor postwar product or
activity as determined from annual sales data. The following references
present the industry classification structures currently used in the
employment statistics program.
(1) For manufacturing industries - Standard Industrial
Classification Manual, Vol. I, Manufacturing Indus­
tries, Bureau of the Budget, November 19.^5;
(2) For nonmanufacturing industries - Industrial Classi­
fication Code, Federal Security Agency, Social Se­
curity Board, 194-?..
Sec. H. State Employment - State data are collected and pre­
pared in-cooperation with various State Agencies as indicated below. The
series have been adjusted to recent data made available by State Unemplo3>ment Insurance Agencies and the Bureau of Old-A^e and Survivors Insurance.
Since some States have adjusted to more recent bench marks than others,
and because varying methods of computation are used, the total of the
State series differs from the national total. A number of States also
make available more detailed industry data and information for earlier
periods which m be secured directly upon request to the appropriate
ay
State Agency.
The following publications are available upon request from the
BLS Regional Offices or the Bureau's Washington Office:
Nonagricultural Employment, by State, 19^3 - 19^7 > 19^8.
Employment in Manufacturing Industries, by State, 19^3 - 19^6;
19^7; 19^8 .




- iii -

COOPERATING STATS AGENCIES

Alabama - Dept* of Industrial Relations, Montgomery 5*
Arizona - Unemployment Compensation Div., Employment Security
Commission, Phoenix.
Arkansas - Employment Security Div., Dept, of Labor, Little Rock.
California - Div. of Labor Statistics and Research, Dept, of
Industrial Relations, San Francisco 3.
Colorado - Dept, of Employment Security, Denver 2.
Connecticut - Employment SecurityDiv., Dept, of Labor and Factory
Inspection, Hartford 15.
Delaware - Federal Reserve'Bank of Philadelphia, Philadelphia 1 , Pa.
District of Columbia - U. S. Employment Service for D. C., Washington 25.
Florida - Unemployment Gcrlpensation Div., Industrial Commission.,
Tallahassee.
Georgia - Employment Security Agency, Dept, of Labor, Atlanta 3.
Idaho - Employment Security Agency, Industrial Accident Board, Boise.
Illin ois - Div. of Placement and Unemployment Compensation, Dept, of
Labor, Chicago 5k.
Indiana - Research and Statistics Section, Employment Security Div.,
Indianapolis 12.
Iowa - Employment Security Commission, Des Moines y.
Kansas - Employment Security Div., State Labor Dept., Topeka.
Kentucky - Bureau of Employment Security, Dept, of Economic Security,
Frankfort.
Louisiana - Div. of Employment Sec’irity, Sept. of Labor, Baton Rouge 4.
Maine - Employment Security Commission., Augusta.
Maryland - Employment Security Board, Dept, of Employment Security,
Baltimore 1.
Massachusetts - Div. of Statistics, Dept, of Labor and Industries.,
Boston 10.
Michigan - Unemployment Compensation Commission, Detroit 2.
Minnesota - Div. of Employment and Security. Dept, of Social Security,
St. Paul 1.
Mississippi - Employment Security Commission, Jackson.
Missouri - Div. of Employment Security, Dept, of Labor and Industrial
Relations, Jefferson City.
Montana - Unemployment Compensation Commission, Helena.Nebraska - Div. of Employment Security, Dept, of Labor, Lincoln 1.
Nevada - Employment Security Dept., Carson City.
New Hampshire - Employment Service and Unemployment Compensation Div.,
Bureau of Labor, Concord.
New Jersey - Dept, of Labor and Industry, Trenton 8.
New Mexico - Employment Security Commission, Albuquerque.
New York -Research and Statistics, Div. of Placement end Unemployment
Insurance, Dept, of Labor, New York 17.
North Carolina - Dept, of Labor, Raleigh.
North Dakota - Unemployment Compensation Division, Bismarck.




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Ohio - Bureau of Unemployment Compensation, Columbus 16.
Oklahoma - Employment Security Commission, Oklahoma City 2.
Oregon - Unemployment Compensation Commission, Salem.
Pennsylvania - Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Philadelphia 1
(rafg.); Eureau of Research end Information, Dept, of
Labor and Industry, Harrisburg (ncmafg.).
Rhode Island - Dept., of Labor, Providence 2.
South Carolina - Employment Security Commission, Columbia 10.
South Dakota - Employment Security Dept., Aberdeen.
Tennessee - Dept, of Employment Security, Nashville 3*
Texas - Employment Commission, Austin 19.
Utah - Dept, of Employment Security,.Industrial Commission,
Salt Lake City 13*
Vermont - Unemployment Compensation Commission, Montpelier.
Virginia - Div. of Research and Statistics, Dept, of Labor and Industry)
Richmond 14.
Washington - Employment Security Dept., Olympia,
West Virginia - Dept, of Employment Security, Charleston 5*
Wisconsin ? Industrial Commission, Madison 3*
W
yoming - Employment Security Comjaiseion, Casper.
GLOSSARY

All Employees or W and Salary Workers - In addition to production and
age
related workers as defined.elsswh-axe,... includes., workers engaged in the
following activities: executive, purchasing, finance, accounting, legal,
personnel (including cafeterias, medical, etc.), professional and
technical activities, sales, sale b-delivery, advertising, credit
collection, and in installation and servicing of own products, routine
office functions, factory supervision (above the working foremen le v el).
Also includes employees on the establishment pay roll engaged in new
construction and major additions or alterations to the plant who are
utilized as a separate work force (force-account construction workers).
Continental United States - Covers, only the 48. States and the District
of Columbia.
Contract Construction - 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,
end local' government, public u tilit ie s a n d private establishments, are
excluded from contract construction and includod in the employment for
such establishments.
Defense Agencies - Covers civilian employees of the National Military
Establishment,..Maritime Commission, National Advisory Committee for
Aeronautics, The Panama Canal, Philippine Alien Property Administration,
Philippine W Damage Commission, Selective Service System, W Assets
ar
ar
Administration* Office of. Defense Transportation, National Security
Resources Board, National Security Council.




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Durable Good3 - The durable goods subdivision includes the relieving
major groupsi ordnance and accessories; lumber and weed products
(except furniture); furniture and fixtures; stone, clay, and glass
products; primary metal industries; fabricated metal products (except
ordnance, machinery, and transportation equipment); machinery (except
electrical); electrical machinery; transportation equipment; instruments
ar.d related products; and miscellaneous manufacturing industries.
Federal Government - Executive Branch - Includes Government corporations
(including Federal Beserve Banks and mixed-ownership banks of the Farm
Credit Administration) and other activities performed'by Government
personnel in establishments such as navy yards, arsenals, hospitals, and
on force-account construction. Data, which are based mainly on reports
to the Civil Service Commission, are adjusted to maintain continuity of
coverage and definition with information for former periods.
Finance - Covers establishments operating In the fields of finance,
insurance, and real estate; excludes the Federal Reserve Banks and the
mixed ownership banks of the Farffi. Credit Administration which are
included under Government.
Government - Covers Federal, State, and local governmental establishments
performing legislative, executive, and judicial functions, as well as
a ll government-operated establishments and institutions (arsenal3,
navy yards, hospitals, etc.), government corporations, and government
force-account construction. Fourth-class postmasters are excluded from
table 1 , because they presumably have other major jobs; they are included,
however, in table 5 *
Indexes of Manufacturing Produatjpn-yorker Employment - Humber of
production workers expressed as a peroentage of the average employment
in 1939.
Indexes of Manufacturing Production-Worker Weekly Fay Bolls - Productionworker weekly pay rolls expressed as a percentage of the average weekly
pay roll for 193. .
9
Manufacturing - Covers only privately operated establishments;
governmental manufacturing operations such as arsenals and navy yards
are excluded from manufacturing and included with government.
Military Personnel - Represents persons on active duty as of the fir st of
the month. Beserve personnel are excluded i f on inactive duty or if on
active duty for a brief training or emergency period.
Military Pay Rolls - Pay rolls represent obligations based on personnel
count, plus terminal leave payments to currently discharged personnel.
Leave payments to former or active personnel are included under musteringout and leave payments. Cash payments for clothing-allowance balances
are included under pay rolls in January, April, July, and October for
Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard, and at time of discharge for Arm
y
and Air Force. Family allowances represent Government's contribution.
Mining - Covers establishments engaged in the extraction from the earth
of organic and inorganic minerals which occur in nature as solids,
liquids, or gases; includes various contract services required in
mining operations, such as removal of overburden, tunnelling and
shafting, and the drilling or acidising of o il wells; also includes ore
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nondurable Goods - The nondurable goods subdivision includes the
following major groups: food and kindred products; tobacco manufactures;
textile-m ill products; apparel and other finished textile products;
paper and allied products; printing, publishing, and allied industries;
chemicals and allied products; products of petroleum and coal; rubber
products; and leather and leather products.
Pay Rolls - Private pay rolls represent weekly pay rolls of both fulland part-time production and related workers who worked during, or
received pay for, any part of the pay period ending nearest the 15th of
the month, before deductions for old-age and unemployment insurance,
group insurance, withholding tax, bonds, and union dues; also, includes
pay for sick leave, holidays, and vacations taken. Excludes cash pay­
ments for vacations not taken, retroactive pay "not earned during period
reported, value of payments in kind, and bonuses, unless earned and
paid regularly each pay period. Federal civilian pay rolls cover the
working days in the calendar month.
Production and Belated Workers - Includes working foremen and a ll
nonsupervisory workers (including lead m and trainees) engaged in
en
fabricating, processing, assembling, inspection, receiving, storage,
handling, packing, warehousing, shipping, maintenance, repair,
janitorial, watchman services, product development, auxiliary production
for plant's own use (e.g., power plant), and record-keeping and other
services closely associated with the above production operations.
Service - Covers establishments primarily engaged in rendering services
to individuals and business firms, including automobile repair services.
Excludes a ll government-operated-services such as hospitals, museums,
etc., and a ll domestic service employees.
Trade - Covers establishments engaged in wholesale trade, i.e ., selling
merchandise to retailers, and in retail trade, i.e ., selling merchandise
for personal or household consumption, and rendering services incidental
to the sales of goods.
Transportation and Public U tilities - Covers only privately-owned and
operated enterprises engaged in providing a ll types of transportation
and related services; telephone, telegraph, and other communication
services; or providing electricity, gas, steam, water, or sanitary
service. Government operated establishments are included under
government.
Washington, D. C. - Data for the executive branch of the Federal Govern­
ment also include areas in Maryland and Virginia which are within the
metropolitan area, as defined by the Bureau of the Census.




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