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EMPLOYMENT
and pay rolls
DETAILED REPORT
OCTOBER
1950
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Maurice J. Tobin - Secretary
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
Ewan Clague • Commi«*ioner
December
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Washington 25, D. C.
22, 1 9 5 0
Executive 2420
Ext. 351
EMPLOYMENT AND PAY ROLLS
Detailed Report
Octobor 1950
CONTENTS
PAGE
Chart: Employment in Manufacturing, Durable and
Nondurable Goods Industries, 1939 to dato....
1
Employment Trends in Selected Industries
Woolen and Worsted.............................. .
Statistical Data.... .............................. .
2
A:1
Explanatory Notes......... ... *...................
i
Glossary................. ........................ ..
v
Prepared by
Division of Manpower and Enploynont Statistics
Soynour L. Wolfboin, Chiof
EMPLOYMENT IN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES
ALL EMPLOYEES
MILLIONS
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
MILLIONS
r
>)
WOOLEN
AND
WORSTEDS
Tho woolen and worsted fabrics nanufacturing industry
reduced operations in October 1950 as deroand for Spring fabrics
fell. Weekly hours were cut to 39.1, or by an h o w and a half
fron the September level; enployraont was reduced slightly .to
114,200 over the sane period. This decline reversed the upward
trend which had prevailed for several nonths in response to a
strong and early Spring order volume. Defense orders did not
contribute any appreciable volune to this upturn.
The early appearance of Spring orders fron apparel
manufacturers was partly explained by their anticipation of
a continuing world-wide shortage of wool and an acconpanying
price rise, Dependence of tho donostic industry on foreign
sources for tho najor share of i t 3 raw wool nay hindor future
operations of the industry, in view ©f growing shortage. It
i3 very probable that manufacturers nay resort to increased
blending of wool with other fibers to spread the available
supply of wool, as they did in World War II,
Trade circles expect an early rise in new orders,
Factors enumerated to support this view are: a probable early
increase in defense orders; tho continuation of the prosont
high level of consunor incomej and a diversion of consuner
spending to soft goods because of the noro stringent credit
restrictions placed on durable-goods purchasest
3
Postwar Enploraont Trends
Production worker onployvaont in the woolen and
worsted industry j/ was ;.mintaincd around a relatively high
average of 123,000 during 1947 and 1948 (table I), Not only
was National incono rising during those years but heavy
demand also continued for wool clothing fro:.: fornor soldiors
rebuilding thoir wardrobes, However, the contrascasonal
onployiacnt decline in this industry which began in Septcriber
1948 foreshadowed the genoral decline in business which
occurred in 1949,
Tabic I
Production Worker Enploynont in the
Woolen and Worsted Industry,
by month, 1947-1950
(.in thousands)
Period
:
s
ft
1947
:
•
1948
i
1949
9
:
1950
•
«
*
Average
122.5
123,5
100,9
January
February
March
April
May
Juno
130,2
129,3
127,5
128,9
127,9
125,9
124,6
125,0
111,1
108.0
95,3
81.3
88,8
94,0
102.8
102,8
103,2
102,9
103.5
108,8
119,8
124,1
122,0
119,2
119,2
117,9
97,4
100,6
104,1
110,8
110,7
108.5
106.4
110.8
114,3
114,2
July
August
Scptonbor
October
November
Decorober
125,8
121,5
117,5
117,2
114,4
116,1
121,7
123,0
125,2
127,5
1/ Includes all o31ablishnonts engaged in weaving woolen and
worsted fabrics over 12 inches in width.
Woolen and worsted employment was more affected
by the general deoline and the succeeding recovery than was
employment in other textile industries* During the 1949
downturn, for example, employment in the woolen and worsted
manufacturing industry fell 34 percent as against 17 percent
in the cotton and rayon weaving industries. Similarily,
during the recovery from the 1949 dip, woolen and worsted
employment rose by 40 percent and cotton and rayon by 15
percent. This greater sensitivity to ohanged business con
ditions is partly explained by the high cost of wool products
relative to cotton and rayon products and by -the greater
durability, and thus purohase postponability, of wool apparel.
The high point in the recovery from the 1949
recession was reached in September of 1950, when the woolen
and worsted industry reported a production worker total of
114,300. A sharp upturn in employment between Lky and
September added more than 11,000 workers to its payrolls,
an 11 percent increase. The workweek was also expanded
sharply. Luring the third quarter of 1950, weekly hours
averaged the highest for any comparable period since 1946.
This rise in weaving activity soon resulted in a reduction
of the pockets of unemployment which, since early 1949 had
been present in major centers of wool weaving such as Lawrence,
Mass. and Providenoe, R. I.
The bulk of the employment gain occurred in New
England where the major part of the woolen and worsted manu
facturing industry is looated. In 1947, that region accounted
for 60 percent of those employed in the industry with most of
it concentrated in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. The Middle
Atlantic States - New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey accounted for another 20 percent of the industry’
s employment.
Despite the current upturn, however, employment in
the woolen and worsted industry is still relatively low.
October employment of 114,200 was 2 percent below the 1939
level. In sharp contrast, employment in all nondurable marufacbiring industries inoreased 33 peroent between 1939 and
October 1950.
The failure of woolen and worsted employment to
expand can be explained mainly by two factors* competition
from rayon apparel, especially in summer suitings, and the
continuation of the long-term decline in demand for heavy
clothing. This latter factor, accompanying the development
of better heated homes and cars, has been particularly de
pressing on the woolen segment of the industry. As a con
sequence of this lack of growth in the industry, few new woolen
and worsted mills have been erected over tho past 10 years.
Those that have been, are, for the most part, looated in the
South.
5
A rise .in tho industry's level of activity is
expected, however, in tho immediate future, fron military
orders* Congressional action on tho 18 billion dollar
emergency dofonso budget requested by the President is ox
poctod to provide defense agencies with 900 million dollars
for the purchase of clothing and equipage. Somo idoa of
tho possible magnitude of dofonso purchases nay bo gleaned
fron World War II figuros. The U, S. Tariff Cennissicn
estimates that during the last war tho minimum quantity of
wool (clean basis) required for each combat soldier per
year was about 100 pounds.
Djronds in Production
Apparel fabric production during the first 9 months
of 1950 totaled 280 million yards (table II). This was 13
pcreent above the total for tho comparable poriod of 1949«
Tablo II
Production of Woolen and Worsted
Woven Goods for Apparel 3*/
(in thousands of finished linear yards)
Poriod
: 1946
•
Total
: 1947
; 1948
1949
S 1950
..
524,000
437,000
436,000
351.000
1st quarter 126,000
125>000
116,000
.85,000
91,000
2nd quarter 134,000
98.000
115,000
74,000
93,000
3rd quarter 127,000
99,000
105,000
90,000
97,000
4th quarter 137,000
114,000
100,000
102,000
X/ Includes all woven goods,containing by woight 25 or noro
porccnt of wool fiber. A small part of thl3 production was
manufactured by cotton and rayon weavers - in 194-9 this
-amounted to 7 percent of the total.
Fifcal production figures for wool fabrics in 1950
will probably total loss than that for any other postwar year
cxeopt 1949, despite tho fact that tho 1950 National income
aggregate Will turn out to bo near or above record levels.
Undoubtedly, tho high price of wool rqlativo to other fibers,
as well as the other depressing factors already mentioned, havo
continued to bo major factors in limiting tho market for woolen
and worsted apparel.
Increased consunption of wool by the entire industry
to rr,oct both Civilian and greatly expanded defense noeds in
the future will bo hindorod by the world-wide raw-wool shortage,
Tho llrjitcd supply of wool nay bo noro offoctively utilized
by blending it with othor fibors as was done during World
War II, At prosont, there is only a ninor volunp of blonding
being donp in woolen and worstod mills.
Despite the high prices offcrc.d for raw wool* supply
is not easily tsxpandod. The nunbor of domestic stock sheep
ie at an cxtroncly low level* Both land and farn labor havo
found noro profitable alternative uses during tho postwar
period*
.f e S B & a J k r U t f i S & y ,ffld. .{foully,
The record gross average hourly earnings figure
of $1.44 tecoiVcid by pr©d\*ation workers in October 1950
reflected the 12 conts »n how? Wage rate increase that was
grsmtod very widely in the voolon and worstod industry* This
was tho first general tftgo vato increase in tho industry ainco
early 1948, Woekly oarainga <af $$ 6*46 in Ootobor 1950 wore
also at a "record level
(tabic III),
7.
Table III
Hours and Earnings of Production Workers
in the Woolen and Worsted Industry
1947-1950
Period
1947
1948
1949
1950 January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
Soptonbor
October
Average Hours and Earnings
s Hourly
5 Weekly
Weekly
: Earninc3
Earninrrs
s Hours
$46.28
52.45
51.19
40.0
40.1
38.9
$1,157
1.308
1.316
52.92
52.51
51.00
50.94
51.94
53.36
39.7
39.6
38.9
38.3
39.5
40.3
1.333
1.326
1.311
1.313
1.315
1.324
53.51
54.60
54,53
40.2
40.9
40.6
39.1
1.335
1.335
1.343
1.444
56,46
Tho Southern segment of tho woolen and worsted in
dustry, as represented by Virginia and North Carolina, showed
a lower level of wage rates conparod with those in the rest of
the industry, according to a survey i.iado in Mny 1950 by tho
Division of Wage Statistics of tho Bureau of Labor Statistics.
This differential is also revealed in the State data provided
in table IV.
Woncn Workers
Woncn workers conprisc a substantial portion of tho
workforco in this industry, anounting to approximately 39
porcont of tho total in June 1950. This was a considerable
declino fron the 4-8 percent roportod during tho war yoar of
1944, but was close to the rxcwar figure of 41 porcont recorded
ir. 1939.
B.
Table IV
H o w s and Earrrings of Production Workers in tho
Woolon and Worsted Industry, by Stato
Soptcnbor 1950
Stato
U* S, total
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Now York
Now Jersey
Pennsylvania
Ohio
North Carolina
:
Average Hours and Earnings
: Hourly
; Weekly
: Weekly
tEarninps
t Hours
sEarnine^
11,343
40,6
§54,53
1,369
1,385
1,35^
1.431
1.339
40.1
39.7
4 2,3
41.1
54,90
54.98
57.44
1.290
1,140
40,6
43.2
44,5
58,81
54.36
55.73
50*73
A:1
EMPLOYMENT AND PAY ROLLS
Detailed Report
October 1950
TABLE
CONTENTS
PAGE
1
Employees in Nonagricultural Establishments, by Industry Division ....... A:2
2
Employees in Nonagricultural Establishments, by Industry Division
and Group ............. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....... ..............
A:3
A ll Employees and Production Workers in Mining and Manufacturing
Industries ............... ..................... .......................... .
A;5
Indexes of Production-Worker Employment and Weekly Pay Rolls in
Manufacturing Industries
.......... .
A: 10
3
k
5
Employees in the Shipbuilding and Repairing Industry, by Region . * . . . . . A:11
6
Federal C ivilian Employment and Pay Rolls in A ll Areas and in
Continental United States, and Total C ivilian Government Employment
and Pay Rolls in Washington, D. C. ...................... ........ f . . . ......... .
A: 12
7
Employees in Nonagricultural Establishments, by Industry Division,
by State
.......A:13
8
Employees in Nonagricultural Establishments, by Industry Division, in
Selected Areas ..♦*•................................................................
9
Production Workers in Selected Manufacturing Industries
Data for the 2 most recent months
shown are subject to revision
a******************
Explanatory notes outlining briefly the
concepts, methodology, and sources used
in preparing data presented in this re
port appear in the appendix. See pages
i - vii.__________________________ _________
A: 17
....... A:21
TABLE Is
Year
and
month
A:2
Employees tn Nonagricultural Establishments, by Industry Division
(In thousands)
s
:
J
••
*Transporta •
Contract • Manufac•
:
$ Govern*
* tion and
. Trade j Finance | Service • ment
con
s turing S Public
*•* Total j’ Mining »*
struction •*
•
- t u t ilit ie s •
; ...
*
JS
1*
s
t
(
:
Annual
average*
30.287
32,031
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
36,164
39.697
42,042
1944
19*»5
1946
1947
1948
41,480
40,069
41,412
43,371
44,201
1949
845
916
947
983
917
1,150
1.294
1.790
a. 170
1.567
6,612
1,382
12,974
15.051
17.3ei
2,912
3,013
3,248
3.433
3,619
6,940
7.416
7,333
7,189
1,419
1,462
1,440
1,401
3,321
3.477
3.705
3.857
3.919
,3.987
4,192
4 >622
5.4J1
6,049
3,798
3,872
4,023
4,122
4,151
7,260
7.522
8,602
9,196
9.491
1,374
1.394
3.934
4.055
1.641
1,716
4,621
4,786
4,799
6,026
5.967
5,607
5.454
5,613
10,078
10,780
852
1,094
1.132
1,661
943
1.982
981
2,165
17.111
15.302
14,461
15.247
15,286
43,006
932
2,156
14,146
3,977
9,438
1,763
4,782
5,811
42,994
43,466
42,601
42*784
43.694
956
948
593
917
940
2,340
2,341
2,313
2,244
14,114
14,312
13,892
13,807
14,031
3,992
3,959
3,871
3,892
3,930
9,213
9,409
9,505
9,607
1,780
1,771
1,767
1,766
1,770
4.836
4,833
4,794
4,768
4,738
5.763
5,893
5,866
5,783
6.041
42,125
41,661
42,295
42,926
43.3U
43.945
861
1.919
595
938
939
940
946
1,861
1,772
1,777
1,791
1,803
1.827
4,701
4,696
4,708
4,757
4,790
4,826
5.777
5,742
5.769
5,915
5,900
5.832
1.831
1,837
1,827
1,822
4,841
4,827
4,817
4,757
5.741
5,793
6,004
6,039
883
826
1,586
1949
Aug..
Sept,
Oct..
Nov..
Dec..
1950
Jan..
Feb..
Mar..
Apr..
May..
June.
July.
Aug..
Sept.
Oot # 1
Nov..
44,096
45,080
45.689
45,899
2,088
1.907
2,076
2,245
2,414
922
2,532
950
946
941
2,629
2,615
2,620
3,869
13.9®0
13,997
14,103
14,162
14,413
14,666
4,023
14,777
15,450
15,682
15,819
4,062
4,120
4,138
4.135
3.841
3,873
3,928
3,885
10,156
9.246
9,152
9,206
9,346
9.326
9,411
9,390
9.474
9,660
9.766
Deo..
See explanatory notes, sections A-G, and the glossary for definitions.
1,812
TABLE 2:
Employees In Nonagricultural Establishments, by Industry
Division and Group
(In thousands)
I
; October
Industry division and group
I _ . ''.
TOTAL
MINING
Metal mining
Anthracite
Bltuj&lnousrcoal
Crude petroleum and natural gas production
Nonmetallic mining and quarrying
946
950 j
59$
948
1
101.9
74.3
407.2
255.0 j
102.3
1
103.0
75.0
406.9
258.1
103.1
102.5!
75.3|
407.8!
261.21
103.4;
70 . 2
76.2:
94.3 ‘
256.2
95.9:
98.1
75.6
414.7
260.7
98.7
1
Transportation
Interstate railroads
Class I railrpads
Local railways and bus lines
Trucking and warehousing
Other transportation and services
Air transportation (common" carrier)
Communication
Telephone
Telegraph
I
2,6*0
2,615
2,629
2,313
2,341
529
536
548
‘ 478
50.1
226.0 1
301.3
232.4303.7
240.,O'
307.5|
‘ 2 091
901
j
i
i
i
MANUFACTURING
TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC UTILITIES
*
l,**
i
296.O i
157.7
136.8
599.0
2.079
2,081
903
905
1.176
1.176
292.9
157.1
135.1
591.1
!
j 1,040
1.039
260.9
.135.2
126.2
518.1
258.8
139.1
125.8
515.7
621
687
76.9
2.912
1.457
1,284
146
620
689
75.2
2,664
2.891
1,441
1,257
1,272
1.090
146
156
614
568
690 i 683
74.5j
75.9
2.739
1.339
1,166
157
555
688
76.8
670
620.7
47.9
671
621.6
48.0
669
618.5
49.4
676
624.7
50.1
1 2,915
j 1,462
I 1,291
j
145
i
801
4.138
4,135
|
795
.
1
7.409
6,903
; 8,^25
J 7.257
;
1.840
8.294 j 6.986
7.156 j 6,906
1
4,120
3,871
8,612
1 7,207
i
1,835
285.7{
158.3’
133.7!
597.9i
15.450
222.4
278.3
14,312
15,682
|
209.6
268.3
|13.892
15,819
See explanatory notes, sections A-G, and the glossary for definitions.
43,466
941
GENERAL CONTRACTORS
DURABLE GOODS
NONDURABLE GOODS
42,601
j
Highway and street
Other nonbuilding construction
Plumbing and heating
Painting and decorating
Electrical Work
Other special-trade contractors
45.,080
45,689
NONBUIIDING CONSTRUCTION
SPECIAL-TRADE CONTRACTORS
I
191*9
jOctober September
45,899
CONTRACT CONSTRUCTION
BUlLLdNG CONSTRUCTION
1950
T"" ■
.September
August
.•
671
622,91
47.2!
3,959
TABLE 2s
Employees In Nonagricultural Establishments, by industry
Division and Group (Continued)
(In thousands)
Industry division and group
1950
TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC UTILITIES (Continued)
Other publie utilities
Gas and eleetrle utilities
Electric light and power utilities
Local utilities
TRADE
1949
September j1 August
i
|
11
555
i 558
; October
5 50.
525a
253*9
2 4 .8 j;
5 2 9 .4
2 3 6 .6
2 5 .4
1
October |:September
|
531.7 !!
|
2 3 8 ,6 1
2 5 .9
|
i
538.
5 1 3 ,7
2 3 3 .5
2 4 .7
.
1
|1!
544
5 1 8 ,7
2 3 6 ,0
2 4 .9
t
j! 9 ,4 0 9
9 .7 66
9,660
j 9 ,4 7 4
|
9 ,5 0 5
Wholesale trade
2,621
2 ,6 1 3
i! 2 .5 8 2
2 .5 5 4
| 2 .5 3 8
Retail trade
General merchandise stores
Food and liquor stores
Automotive and accessories dealer*
Apparel and accessories stores
Other retail trade
7 ,1 4 5
1 ,5 4 0
1 ,2 1 9
743
557
3 ,0 8 6
7 ,0 4 7
1 ,4 7 7
1 ,2 1 0
744
540
3 .0 7 6
6 ,8 9 2
6 ,9 5 1
1 ,4 8 9
1 ,2 0 0
j[ 1 .4 3 2
1 1 ,1 9 2
FINANCE
Banks and trust companies
Security dealers and exchanges
Insurance carriers and agents
Other finance agencies and real estate
8ERVIC8
1.822
i
j1 1 ,3 8 7
|i 1 ,2 0 0
557
3 ,0 0 9
542
3 ,0 1 3
1.837
1 ,7 6 7
1 ,7 7 1
1 ,8 2 7
433
6 0 .9
654
679
676
4 .8 1 7
4 ,7 5 7
!1 6,871
ji 749
.ji 491
|
; 3,065
,
433
6 0 .7 |
652
i
!.
j
435
61.4
|I 658
683
i
!
1
696
692
415
1!
5 5 .0
626
i!
671
417
5 5 .0
627
672
1 4 ,8 2 7
4 ,7 9 4
!I4 ,8 3 3
512
451
475
i
Hotels and lodging places
Laundries
Cleaning and dyeing plants
Motion pictures
GOVERNMENT
federal
State and local
; 476
:i
3 5 5 .6 S 3 5 7 .4
441
1 5 0 .8 |
1 4 9 .6
3 5 8 .6
1 4 7 .1
3 5 0 .6
1 * 7 ,4
3 5 5 .8
1 4 6 .9
244
246
244
238
236
6 ,0 3 9
1 ,9 4 8
4 ,0 9 1
!
:
|11
j 5 ,7 9 3
5,866
j 5 ,8 9 3
11.916
i 1 ,8 4 1
1 3 .9 5 2
.1 .8 6 3
4 .0 0 3
j4.001
1 6 .0 0 4
!4 .0 8 8
I
See explanatory notes, sections A-G, and the glossary for definitions.
!;[!
|
;
i
|1 ,8 9 2
A:5
TABLE 3:
All Employees and Production Workers In Mining and Manufacturing Industries
(In thousands)
All employees
1950
October September! August
Industry group and industry
MINING
METAL MINING
941
946
101.9 :
103.0
36 .8 !
28,2j
19.8 '
i
Iron mining
Copper mining
Lead and zinc mining
ANTHRACITE
74.3
407,2 |
CRUDE PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
PRODUCTION
255,0 i5
MANUFACTURING
DURABLE GOODS
NONDURABLE GOODS
ORDNANCE AND ACCESSORIES
FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS
Meat products
Dairy, products
Canning and preserving
Grainfmill products
Bakery products
Sugar
Confectionery and related preduots
Beverages
Miscellaneous food products
TOBACCO MANUFACTURES
Cigarettes
Cigars
Tobacco and snuff
Tobacco stemming and redrying
102.5
90.2
91.3
90.8
33.2
\!
37.0 1
28.2 !
|
2 0 -°|I
24.6
17.3
33.4
24.9
17.9
33.4
24,8
17.5
75.* |i
75.3 1
69.9
70.5
70.8
381.7
383,0
37.0 j
28.3 j
20.4
I
1f
406.9
407.8
381.1
258.1 1
261.2
--
j,
mm
t
]
i
i
102.3*
f
103.4
103.1
128.4
126.1
8 9 .6 !;
90.3
15,819
i 5»682
15,450
13,133
j!3.3,016
8,612
j8,425
7,257
8,294
7,156
7,181
5,952
i 7.016
j| 6,000
7,207
27.2!
1,648
25.0
26.7
,1,738
301.8;
142.2[
261 .2!
128,0:
291.6!
48,5.i
1,718
296.6
296.9
149.6
352.7
156.4
329.1
128,7
128.6
289.4 !
34.4
287.7
33.5
102,1
240.1
144.3
113.3'i 1 1 0 . 2
2l8.o|
143.4;
94
j•
26 .0|
43 . 1 !
12.4!
12.4|
229,9 !
145.8 1
95
22.1
89
87
27.1
25.6
I
12.5 :
13.5 i
40.7
12.1
10.8
23.6'
41.0
11.0
11.2
4;.7
j
See explanatory notes, sections A-G, and the glossary for definitions.
130.3
:
1,351
235.2
106,8
j!
,
i|
324.9
99.3
194,2
29.9
93,0
159,8
107.9
6,900
5,902
20.1
1,331
! 235.8
113.7
|j 302,1
; 97.7
; 192,2
28,8
85,4
169.3
106.1
88
]
j
j
j
24.6
39,6
11.1
12,3
90.6
12,802
21,5
1,266
239.6
101.2
234.8
97.8
196.5
43.7
96.2
150.2
106.4
mm
—
ji
mm
~
Petroleum and natural gas production
NONMETALLIC MININS AND QUARRYING
r
950
T
BITUMINOUS COAL
j
Production workers
1950
October ] September August
82
23,1
38.6
!
10.7
9.8
A:6
TABLE 3;
All Employees and Production Workers in Mining and Manufacturing Industries (Continued)
(In thousands)
October
TEXTILE-MILL PRODUCTS
6l.6s
135.5|
1,222
October ^September,I August
1.263
!
i
!;
169.6 i
637.7 \
253,0
92.3
61.3
133.0
1,218
1
FURNITURE AND FIXTURES
i
!
!
236.1 1
54.3
159.1
606.5
233.3
82.5
54.0
129.2 jI
121.2
U9.3
! 1,208
:
83.1
! 1,101
1
!
}
i
:
I
1,098
154.4
594.6
227.1
79.6
55,3
115,4
1,089
151.5
j
152.4
138.8
137.3
138.2
273.9
273.3
340.4
110.5
25.3
1
270.4
5?1.8
113.1
22,7
256.1
297.3
I
1
340.3 i
105.9 '
23.7
252.0
306.6
95.9
20.9
68.7
102.0
20.1
62.7 ,
89.0 j
134.5 ;
255,0
305.5
99.7
20.6
6 2.6
87.4
130.1
781
786
783
68.5
101.6
156.5
68.5
99.0
151.6
96,2
150.1
845
850
76.1
492.3
130.1
i
845
76.5
497.7
;
i:
1
78.8
494.5 j!'
130.2
81.4
63.9
j
|
129,5 j
79.7 ]
]
82,8
64.0
378
375
270,6
107.5
268,3
107.0
j
j1
j:
7 1 .7 !
460.3
I
62,0
262.1
104.9 |
!
•
:
:
I
11f
1I
See explanatory notes, sections A-G, and the glossary for definitions.
160,6
607.6 1
1,224
153.2
j
j!
|
i
|
1
j
j 1.255
164.4
625,9
246.9
89.2 |
60.5 1!
Vrf
ON
-a
i
i
!
LUMBER AND WOOD PRODUCTS (EXCEPT
FURNITURE)
Household furniture
Other furniture and fixtures
September jAugust
171,01
638.31
256 .6;
93 .2!
APPAREL AND OTHER FINISHED TEXTILE
PRODUCTS
Logging camps and contractors
Sawmills and planing mills
Millwork, plywood, and prefabricated
structural wood products
Wooden containers
Miscellaneous wood products
1950
m
1.556
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 boys* suits and coats
Men's and boys* furnishings and work
clothing
Women* s outerwear
W o m e n s , children*s under garments
Millinery
Children*s outerwear
Fur goods and miscellaneous apparel
Other fabricated textile products
Production workers
.M-i-gai&ggfiqg..
Industry group and industry
j
72.0
466.4
62.6
85.1
128.1
,
74.4
464.6
114.1
77.2 !
57.6
114.2
76.1
57,6
113.7
74.1
55.8
329
327
319
241.6 1
239.8
86.9
86.9
;
234.2
85.2
AiT
TABLE 3:
All Employees and Production Workers in Mining and Manufacturing Industries (Continued)
(In thousands)
Industry group $nd industry
,
All employees
____________ W 5 0
October ;8^ fcembar r August
PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS
Production workers
1950
r October {September! August
i*90
489
479
420
241.4
241.3
137.1
109.1
238.6
210,2
120,1
j 418
410
1
j
Pulp, paper, and paperboard mills
Paperboard containers and boxes
Other paper ahd allied products
139.2
108.9
PRINTING, PUBLISHING, AND ALLIED
INDUSTRIES
Newspapers
Periodicals
Books
Commercial printing
Lithographing
Other printing and publishing
RUBBER PRODUCTS
Tires and inner tubes
Rubber footwear
Other rubber products
LEATHER AND LEATHER PRODUCTS
Leather
Footwear (except rubber)
Other leather produets
684
524
!
198.8
110.2
700
69.2
206,7
98.0
73.5
33.0
54.2
lfi5.2
165.8
251
198.4
! 21.5
j1 31.2
269
i 115.1
51.8
47.8
41,1
99.2
73.2
33.2
62.4
j
!
200.0
76.1
I
|
40,5
108,9
149.0
35.2
36,5
170.3
33.2
89.3
1
i
Petroleum refining
Coke and byproducts
Other petroleum and coal products
292.7
293.2
51.5
48.5
208.6
PRODUCTS OF PETROLEUM AND COAL
514
289.9
719
Industrial inorganic chemicals
Industrial organic chemicals
Drugs and medicines
Paints, pigments, and fillers
Fertilisers
Vegetable and animal oils and fats
Other chemicals and allied products
741
745
48.3
204,7
42.3
112.9
203.6
55.8
159.0
96.7
73.5
48.8
68.3
29.6
48.7
. 164,0
65.6
|
!I
51.7
115.8
! 165.0
31.8
87.0
86.2
506
491
157.7
i 64.8
48.8
! 26,6
;: 43.7
48.9
154*8
'
63.4
48,6
23.3
38,2
1 113.3
i
!
! ll 5 *°
197.4
21.4
31.2
200.5
21.4
32.5
i 147.0
'! 18.6
i 25.1
145,1
i 8.8
* 258
112,8
25.2
215
i
193
! 147,4
18.7
26,4
1 208
91,9
89.6
20.7
104,2
21.8
101.2
: 409
367
371
370
51.1
i 260,4
97.5
46,7
230.8
47.1
236,5
87.8
46.6
237.3
125.5
407
411
51.4
253.7
259.3
102,2
100,0
51.8
219
14 9.6
34.5
36.4
35.2
37.2
166.4
32,5
189
91.7
22.8
89.6
!
See explanatory notes, sections A-Q, and the glossary for definitions.
26,9
504
151,0
!
| 191
j
265
207.4
i 113.1
89.9
j 509
254
25.7
; H9.1
\
118,0
j 90.2
250
115.2
26,9
122,9
28,0
89.9
209,9
:
751
52.8
CHEMICALS AND ‘
ALLIED PRODUCTS
j
!
|
131.7
109.1
98,0
| 85.8
i
Aj8
TABLE 3:
All Employees and Production Workers in {fining and Manufacturing Industries (Continued)
(In thousands)
All employees
Production workers
Industry group and. industry
October jSeptember; August
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, and glass products
PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES
Blast furnaces, steel w o r k s , 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
i October I September: August
546
533
532
473
460
143.6
43.0
134.4
42.3
87.7
58.9
137.9
43.3
87.2
57.4
128.3
37.0
79.6
52.4
118.1
36.5
79v5
53.1
^
98,2
98,3
107.4
84.7
91.2
84.2
88,7
!
;
87.8
58.2
99.4 j;
113.7 :, 111.2
293
1.277
1.256
635.5 i 632 .I
256.8 ■ 251.3
56,0
55.1
'
|
102,4
101,9
104.9 : 100,7
136,2
137.3
1.U6
1,104
j
459
121.7
37.1
78.9
51.8
84,3
84.9
1,086
630.5
241.2
551.6
226.8
551.8
221.9
550.4
213.3
55.1
46.7
45.9
45.8
99.5
85.9
89.5
133.9
115.2
85.4
85.4
114.0
83.1
96.0
81.7
111.7
972
850
837
814
45.7
141.7
49.8
138.3
1 132.4
137.3
171.5
137.3
131.9
165.8
165.1
161.0
193.1
159.1
186.4
, 155.8
i 178.1
i
FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS (EXCEPT
ORDNANCE,. MACHINERY, AND
TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT)
T i n cans and other tinware
Cutlery, hand tools, and hardware
Heating apparatus (except electric)
and plumbers*1 supplies
Fabricated structural metal products
Metal stamping, coating, and
engraving
Other fabricated metal products
MACHINERY (EXCEPT ELECTRICAL)
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
012
994
51.4
55.3
166.4 : 163.0
55.8
156.7
164.0 : 164.3
217.0 i 209.8
210.3
185.0 i 182.9
227.9 ; 218,8
179.3
211.5
,433
73.1
11.373
70.2
166.0 : 145.3
109.7 i 106,0
1
158.8
il.374
74.8
179.5
i
j
!
|1,111
i
;
;
jl,060
55.2
129.1
81.0
190.1
52.2
107.1
78.1
181,7
; 140.0
! 73.7
127.4
136.9
75.6
145.3
133.4
243.4 ! 234.8
101.6
222.1
178.6
202.7
96.0
173.9
197.4
94.7
168.6
191.7
90.8
136.1
80.4
132.3
141.8
79.2
182.8
178.3
179.5
171.3
178.6
166.3
148.7
144.1
146.0
137.8
See explanatory notes, sections A-G, and the glossary for definitions
;i.o56
50.2
146.6
56.6
170.6
A:9
TABUS 3:
All Employees and Production Workers in Mining and Manufacturing Industries (Continued)
(in thousands)
All employees
Industry group and industry
jm
Production workers
1950
.
October jSeptemberj August
October
i Septemberj
August
1
ELECTRICAL MACHINERY
Electrical generating* transmission,
distribution, and Industrial
apparatus
Electrical equipment for vehicles
Communication equipment
Electrical appliances, lamps, and
miscellaneous products
TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT
Automobiles
Aircraft and parts
Aircraft
Aircraft engines and parts
Aircraft propellers and parts
Other aircraft parts and equipment
Ship and beat building and repairing
Ship building and repairing
Boat building and repairing
Railroad equipment
Other transportation equipment
INSTRUMENTS AND RELATED PRODUCTS
Ophthalmic goods
photographic apparatus
Watches and clocks
Professional and scientific
Instruments
MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES
Jewelry, silverware, and plated ware
Toys and sporting goods
Costume Jewelry, button?, notions
Other miscellaneous manufacturing
industries
878
911
853
| 677
| 655
1
{
334.3 |
75.2 I
348.5 ]
325.4
73.4
329.6
323.9
70.9
318.1
153.4 1
149.6
139.6
i
1.387
923.6
299.2
204.1
54.5
8.5 j
32.1 i
36.7 ;!
74.3 i
12.4 i
64.0
13.5
270
1.363
912.0
285.1
194.7
52.4
8.2
\\
I
I
|
29.8
89.2 1
76.3 1
12.9
!
63.0
13.2
264
!
!
1
i(
1.347
907.9
272.8
183.7
54.1
7.5
27.5
91.7
78.4
13.3
61.8
12.9
252
26,2
54.4
25.6
32.8
31.6
25.1
52.8
28.0
156.6 ^ .152.8
146.0
510
53.7
491
*
i
1
j
58.1
84.4
57.1 :
81.0
66.3
64.1
301.1
.289.*
i
j
471
246.7 i 238.0
61.0 1 59.5
274.9 j 257.5
i
125.5 I 122.2
1,151
795.3
219.4
150.6
38.9
5.7
24.2
74.3
63.5
10.8
50.1
11.7
204
21.2
40.2
1
247.8
113.1
1.118
780.9
199.0
134.8
38.9
4.9
20.4
79.0
67.5
11*5
48.2
11.0
187
198
20.7
5
28.1 |!
1
:!
|
39.5
27.0
j
114.5 J ill.l
!
436
236.5
57.2
{1.132
j
». 786.5
i 208.8
143.7
! 37.3
5.5
22.3
! 76.3
65.1
11.2
I
49.3
U.5
j 417
j
55.4
78.9
61.1
48.1 !
75.2
57.1 I
47.1
72.0
276.0
255.3 j
243.0
See explanatory notes, sections A-G, and th* glossary for definitions.
708
54.8
20.2
38.5
23.4
105.3
j
;
! 399
i
!
45.5
j
|
j
69.8
52.0
232.0
A: 10
TABLE 4:
Indexes of Production-Worker Employment and Weekly Payrolls In
Manufacturing industries
(1959 Average ■ 100)
feriod
Annual average:
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
:
:
Production-worker
employment index
«
♦
Product1on-worker
payroll index
100.0
107.5
132.8
156.9
183.3
113.6
164.9
241.5
331.1
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
178.3
157.0
147.8
156.2
155.2
343.7
293.5
271.7
326.9
351.4
1949
1950
141.6
325.3
1242
August
September
October
November
December
m a
143.7
138.8
137.8
140.4
323.0
335.1
320.9
313.9
329.3
1950
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
139.8
139.9
141.0
141.6
144.5
147.3
148.3
329.2
330.0
333.5
337.2
348.0
362.7
367.5
156.3
158.9
160.3
394.4
403.4
415.8
August
September
October
November
December
See explanatory notes, section D, and the glossary for definitions.
10 * , o
A: 11
TABLE 5t
Employees in the Shipbuilding and Repairing Industry, by Region 1/
(In thousands)
Region
1950 .„ ---------- !........ 1949
ALL REGIONS
155,3
PRIVATE
74.3
NAVY
81.0 ]
NORTH ATLANTIC
Private
Navy
SOOTH ATLANTIC
Private
Navy
....
October ]September
i „
August
(■
— T,
W . rr jI:
. October
--- -.jj^September
j 153.0
145.0
78.4
[
76.9 | 74.6
1
72.4
11
77.9
73.6
]
80.9
153.2
i
76.3
i
71.2
72.3
71.6
73.1
36.0
35.2
38.*
38.7
33.9 i 32.9
41.4
31.7
28.3
|
26.1 ! 25.2
158,8
79.4
;
26.7
24.3
1
43.3
36.1
1
10.7
17.6
>
9.6 ; 9.5
16.5 |!i 15.7
13.0
12.9 | 14.4
9.3
35.9
35.2 1 35.5
34.4
36.7
10.4
13.9
10.7
|
16.0
II
11.4
GULF:
Private
PACIFIC
Private
Navy
8.7
26.5
9.5
6.4
28.2
26.0
28.0
7.9
28.8
2.6
2.4
2.1
2.6
2.3
4.2
2.3
2.3
7.7
GREAT LAKES:
Private
:
INLAND:
Private
*.3
4.3
1/ The North Atlantic region includes all yards bordering on the
Atlantic in the following states: Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland,
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island,
and Vermont,
The South Atlantic region Includes all yards bordering on the Atlantic in
the following states: Georgia, Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina,
The Gulf region includes all yards bordering on the Gulf of Mexico in
the following statest Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas.
The Pacific region Includes all yards in California, Oregon, and
Washington,
The Great Lakes region lneludes all yards bordering on the Great Lakes in
the following statest Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Penn
sylvania, and Wisconsin.
The Inland region Includes aj.1 other yards.
Asia:
TABLE
6:
Federal Civilian Employment and Pay Rolls in All Areas and in Continental United States,
and Total Civilian Government Employment and Pay Rolls in Washington, D* C. 1/
(In thousands)
Employment
(as of first of month)
Area and branch
Pay rolls
(total for month)
js s s l
October tSeptember; August
October ;September; August
All Areas
TOTAL FEDERAL
Executive
Defense agencies
Post Office Department
Other agencies
Legislative
Judicial
2,117.4
2,105.3
932.3
483.8
689.2
2,083.2
2,071.4
887.3
485,0
i
: 2 ,005.4
1 1 ,993.4
1
806.0
'
487.1
700.3
699.1
8.0
8.2
3.8
3.8
,968.3
,956.3
! 1.935.9
: 1,924.1
828.3
482.0
!
1,861.0
1,849.1
707.1
485.2
8*2
3.9
|
,$618,049
j 613,138
1 259.451
U30;36l
I 223,326
i$635.527
' 630,679
1 285,134
' 128,358
217,187
3,250
! 1.598
$601,454
596,537
; 593,894
| 589,096
I 258,992
i 127,877
I 202,227
' 3,250
j 1,548
563,900
559,029
237,332
580,732
575,867
128,278
193,419
129,870
210,562
3,200
3,277
1,671
1,588
82,280
85.472
4,514
80,958
77.372
! 24.459
261,527
128,764
206,246
3,200
1,717
3 .2 7 7
1,634
Continental
United States
TOTAL FEDERAL
Executive
Defense agencies
Post Office Department
Other agencies
Legislative
Judicial
785.3
483.1
655.7
646.0
8.2
3.8
|
8 .0
656.8
8 .2
3.8
3.7
;
235,435
j
Washington, D« C,
TOTAL GOVERNMENT
D* C* government
Federal
Executive
Defense agencies
Post Office Department
Other agencies
Legislative
Judicial
244.8
243.7
240.7
20.1
20.0
19.8
224.7
2 15 .8 '
223.7
220.9
215.0
69.3
7.6
138.1
8.0
212.0 1! 78,001
66.1
26,990
2.885
7.7 I
138.2 !| 48,126
8.2 ! 3,250
70.8
7.5
137.5
1
8.2
!
.7 ;
87.193
5,639
81,554
303
.7
i
See the glossary for definitions*
1/
Data for Central Intelligence Agency are excluded*
5,347
76,933
73,415
24.951
2,856
2,918
45,608
| 49,995
3,277
309
3,200
318
k:
TABLE 7 5
Employees
1 5 8 .8
304.5
H
12.6
3 2 ,9
6.$
1
3 146*1
775.6 3 / & . I
8 1 7 .1
806.2
764.4
137.2
139.8
126.9
3*017.2
N.A.
1,255.5
601.0
475*8
XJ
U
264.6
'N.A.
1,273.3 1,113.3
5*7
*9
6.3
33.2
9.9.
2/
33.8
9.9,
1/
81 $. 7
257.0
825.1
770.0
1,160.4 1.157.9 1.109.2
150.4
159*9
157.9
N.A.
316.8
313.2
56.0
51.2
57.5
4.2
i i
5.3
3.6
1.1
N,A.
14.0
3.7
17.1
64.8
3.5
17.1
4°.7
9.5
483.6
$
:?
120.7
728.8
197.2
90.2
712.6
M
731.6
703.6
199.5
98.2
708.4
531.9
5 33*3
1,040.3 1,048.2
82.8
84.1
95.7
6 0.4
34.2
33.6
3 4.3
36.1
52.4
33.3
31.1
55.3
14.2
55 .0
46.6
15.4
18.7
10.9
20.7
9.6
3.3
.9
1.6
99.8
11.1
5*3
4.6
8.0
86.6
16.5
8S’, 13
8,0
83.3
17.3
74.7
250,6
250.7
226.3
10.9
10.8
9.8
34*2'
35.1
33.3
24.6
156.9
29.1
33.1
173.7
14.2
16.6
y 1.0y 1.1y
170.3
2.5
8.9
9.8
8 .7
41.8
42.6
40.0
15.0
15.0
12.5
1.0
2.3
2.4
12.0
11.8
•13.1
1.0
23.1
13.0
1.0
23.6
.0
666.3
3-2
403.7. 12^.2 127.8
80.8
10.1
123.9
9.5
1 0 2 .1 1 0 3 .6
1 8 3 .9
58.6
15.3
N .A .
9.5
10.7
41.2
120.8
12 .5
N .A .
38.7
41.6
464.4 43.9 43.9
1.4
424.3
1.5
3,189.6 1 8 8 .5 1 9 0 .5
121.7
49.2
47.3
10.5
2.9
435.0
66.4
49.5
4 7.4
11.4
3.7
.9
282.5
66.9
23.0
,2/36.6
3 .9
11.2
.484,6
448.0
3,677.9
38.9
28,2
18.1
3.3
1.0
17.3
199.0
247.0
64 .0
5,726.0 5.553.3
n4.o
10.3
19.9
240.6
27.3
39.0
y
5,774.1
117.1
12.2
11.9
10.2
51.1
57.3
1,668.2
15 0.3
116.9
M i l
Oct#
10.9
5?.2
164.4
173.4
1.666.9 1,564.7
151.4
143.4
3.6
1950
Sept#.
60.7
62.0
.6
y
1 0 .5
Qct^
1.3
l.
17.5
Contract Construction
25.8
y 3.2y 2.5y
.2
3*l n il 10.5
11.8
171.1
l/
6.2
26.6
269.9
722.2
661.7
723.5
1,709.6 1,684.7 1,641.5
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada l/
New* Hampshire
New Je rse y
New Mexico
302.2
3,360.2
y
Idaho
Illinois*
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisian#
Maine
Maryland *
Massachusetts
See footnotes
Oct.
157.0
3^3.0
7 8 5 .3
l/
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virgin ia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Mining
1950
ii'q^
Octj
26.0
Alabama
Arizona
Arkan sas
Califor nia
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware*
Dist* of Col#
Florid a
Georgia
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma 1 /
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Caroling
South Dakota
in N o n a g r i c u l t u r a l E s t a b l i s h m e n t s b y I n d u s t r y D i v i s i o n ,
, by State
(in t h o u s a n d s )
Total
1950
Qct«
Sept#
State
13
3.6
9.1
3 .7
9.1
99.1
12.1
1.0
7 .6
3.4
4.8
4.6
11.6
21.0
9.3
4.9
49.3
51.6
41.2
45.8
46.3
6.4
8 .3
31.6
21.9
9.2
6.2
2 .6
26.1
8:!
a t e n d o f t a b l e a n d e x p l a n a t o r y n o t e s , s e c t i o n s <3 and
21.9
H*
18.3
43.2
A: l1*
T a B L E 7:
Employees
in N o n a g r i c u l t u r a l E s t a b l i s h m e n t s b y I n d u s t r y D i v i s i o n ,
by State
(in t h o u s a n d s )
Manufacturing
State
Oct»
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
Califo rn ia
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Di«t # of Col*
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
ICan sas
Kent ucky
Louisiana
Mai n e
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rnode Islan d
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wis cons' in
Wyoming
See footnotes
m
222.3
1 6 .9
l
Sept»
223.3
16.0
o?8 *?
843.3
sm
62.1
if .8
<A.l
291+.5
387.3
51.1
15.7
91.7
291.2
M
Oct«
Trans# & pub« ut»
m
M
Oct* Sept
186.0
N.A.
51.7 51.5
20*9
14.7 21.6 21.1
25.2
69.3 32.9 32.2
730.1 313.9 313.6 304.4
40.4
53.0 1 3 . 2
43.9
41.6 41.5 3 / 4 2 . 0
3/349.9
42.8
29.8
29.4
16.3
63.8
64.4
87.8
267.6
8:2
70.1
24.4
25.4
N.A,
N.A. 1 ,095.9
N.A.
150.2
63.8
63.3
58.2
574.8
i4g.4
0 8 ,2
1 * 3 .8
143.0
113.7
226.4
709.9
593.7
1U
139.0
i4i.g
116.8
227.5
680.6
.6 1 ,150.7
7
90 .0
357 ♦6
20 .8
1 J2»
R. A*
7i12
213.2
89.9
355.7
20.1
«0.4
3
.7
/
80.2
761.1
.2
12 , 2
i,?>+7.9
432.2
1.905.6
6.3
1 >2S : S
1*4-2,0
21.5
17.4
476.7 111.7
87.9
69.4
65.5
17.7
15.9
284.1
97.1
59.8
57.6
54.2
75.7
y.A.
112.0
64.2
63.4
127.0
57.3
136.7
78.4
106.3 18.6 19.2
192.0 75 . 3. 74.9
647 i 3 137.1 138.6
9§ 6.9
185.0 92.7 93.5
78.0
330.1 125.3 12,4*8
19.8 23.5 2.3.8
4 9 .6
.N.A.
8.7
10.5
42.6
.8.8
10.6
700.2 137.6 137.7
11.5 16.3 16.1
1 ,801.3 507.0 506.4
399.9 52.4 <72*8
6.2
6.1 14.3 14.4
1 , 027.0
62.8 ? g *3 50.2
146.4
49.4
129.8 48.5
432.3
216.0
11 .4
256.2
363.2
32.1
37.1
149.3
2 1 5 .5
11.4
257.2
35r
3
3<
24o. 7
.8
190.7
139.1
446.4
7.3
at e n d of
1 3 6 .1
4:53.3
6 .7
table
Oct.
120.4
37.8
8? 1 :1
1 1 9 .9
37.5
I°49
Oct.
a'I •A f
37.0
71.0
70.3
8 1 2 .5
783.1
95.3
92.2
91.3
89.8
93.5
175.1
1 7 0 .8
169.5
34.3
34.4
645.0
m
35.5
N.A.
239.3
I 6 5 .7
118.5
113.4
138.0
1 2 6 .4 3 / 1 2 *5.9
H.A.
237.7
164.7
120.2
112 .1
230.0
166.4
117.1
108.8
67.3
135.4
126.3
314.5
137.4
50.7
124.3
315.2
86.9
213.2
211.0
2 1 0 .7
112.3
295.3
37.4
294.0
294.1
38.3
N.A.
10.4
11.3
29.7
90.2
18.6
2.1.8
B .i
50.3
37.7
11.9
139.9
49.9
122.3
321.1
38.0
91.0
10.8
277.1
34.6
28.8
270.4
32.5
4 9 7 . 3 1,238.4 1,224.5
51.4
164.0
161.5
37.3
13.9
37.5
1 ,227.9
163.7
129.9
14.8
48.7
45.7
276.0
34.4
122
103
29.8
123.0
37.9
118.7
100.6
657.8
68 o #6
25.6
16.3
25 .O
11.7
299.5
16.8
25.2
11.0
104.3
674.3
05.0
36.8
84.7
37.0
81.7
240.8 57.3
333.9 229.0
27.7 22.4
9.4
35.0
56.8
230.7
22.6
221.3
20.8
54.9
1^6 .0
155.5
523.4
44.6
17.9
157.4
167.4
1 6 5 .9
1 , 4 8 3 . 4 1.459.7 1,176.5 344.8 345.7
152.8
Oct i
Trade
1950
4 e.p.i i
135.8
201.6
11.5
223.8
172.6
121.0
398.2
7.2
.1 6,3
11.4
81.4
65.5
52.9
77.2
16.1
and e x p l a n a t o r y
9 .4
80.0
65.6
52.7
77.5
16.3
notes,
9.2
7 3.4
63.0
45.6
75.0
14.3
sections
524.6
43.9
17.8
l/'2.4
8:1
*
210.2
17.3
G and H #
51.2
1 5 8 .3
86 .0
209.6
17.8
5 0 .?
35.4
503.5
43.1
17.9
160.5
82.9
209.8
16.9
A:15
TABLE 7 :
Employees
finance
1950
Oct* Sept#
State
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
Calif ornia
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
in N o n a g r i c u l t u r a l E s t a b l i s h m e n t s
by State
( In t h o u s a n d s )
18.1
4.7
7.9
145.3
1 3 .6
37.1
22.6
30.7
Dist* of Col#
Florida
Georgia
144*7
i4.8
16.4
4
140.6
12,7
37.2 3 / 3 6 . 7
23.1
30.7
24.6
24.5
3*8
J .6
IM •A •
Idaho
21.3
26.1
23.9
oervice
1950
Sept.
Oct.
51.2
35.3
439.7
45.5
77.9
58.3
58.6
58.9
77.8
77.8
78.8
14.8
N.A.
14.6
i-i•A*
90.0
90.6
17.6
17.4
6‘ 2
29.6
76.6
107.0
78.9
31.0
78.6
36.1
36.2
34*8
51.2
51.2
•iO.8
3.7
23.1
16.1
14.6
17.5
6.8
31.1
34.6
2-3.3
16.3
6 .8
Oct.
5 1* 1
18.7
34.4
432.1
45,1
3 / 76.9
l4.S
34.2
52.2
19.1
1949
19.5
35.2
438.3
43.7
77.5
3.5
155.9
33-1
2.2.9
14.4
14.3
N.a .
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louis i a n a
Maine .
Maryland
Massachusetts
18.0
4*7
8,0
1949
Oct*
by Industry Division,
0 6 .0
eh a
47.4
55.8
62.9
48.o
54.8
63.4
25.6
24.4
Missi s sippi
Missouri
Mont ana
3.9
N.A.
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
N e w Mexico
New York
No r t h Carolina
North Dakota
1.2
■**.5
57.9
4.5
383.2
19.5
4.2
3.9
16.2
1.2
4*5
58.7i
4.7
17.8
14.4
116.5
10.8
8 .5
47.0
55.5
6 2 .q
24.8
105.7
4.0
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Vir ginia
Washington
West Virginia
128.2
Wisconsin
Wyoming
1
oee f o o t n o t e s
19.7
n
.a .
21.9
755.5
2.9
2.8
17.9
10.4
9.7
31.5
1.7
24.7
24.7
9.2
30.6
1.7
77.6
236.3
19.1
10.6 ,
76.7
80.0
77.5
39.6
40.2
101.5
100.4
10.4
11.4
60.3
10.9
19.9
95.9
31 .?
50.4
523.6
62.4
64.9
9.8
240.8
114.0
116.0
23.7
, 326.7
127.2
93.3
76.7
78.0
93.0
39.9
92.2
204.4
215.8
111.1
62.8
137.6
27.3
59.3
10.4
175.3
33.0
166.8
31.4
662.4
104.8
670.6
13.1 . 29.1
. 297.8
96.0
52.4
46.1
62.8
29.4
296.5
652.8
103.9
28.7
286.7
91.1
62.1
76.0
232.2
17.9
io.4
76.8
38.5
94.2
8.8
__ i
of t a b l e a n d e x p l a n a t o r y
63.7
i4i.7
27.9
11.1
51.4 .
47.0
346.7 342.6
357.9
30.7
27.2
25*3
36.1
34.7
63.3
14.2
13.9 . 31.7
35.1
14.3
2.9
N.A.
19.7
175.3
33.0
169.9
25,0
234.4
!9.3
38.9.
139.9
27.9
10.9
18.2
162.1
22.3
114.6
66.2
at e n d
38.3
12.8
20.2
116.8
i O .7
8 .7
70.4
31.5
1.7
20.4
.
51.3
46.4
351.2
25.7
26.6
38.8
126.0
22.6
70.8
6.2
25.8
26.0
$. 6
92.4
39.2
92.5
126.3
•1 6.2
5.8
82.5
223.3
109.2
17.8
6.2
78.9
80.5
223.0
111.1
62.7
13.8
21.7
130.4
95.°
95*1
79.1
96.0
•13.8
22.6
132.8
96.6
4.1
7.6
3.9
N.A.
96.9
772.5
4.1
23.6
23.5 .
N .A.
96.2
210.9
773.5
10.1
115.2
121.3
66,3
10.1
243.5
116.3
119.1
208.8
l.l l
4.4
18.7
57.3 166.3
21.9
3.9
13.8
10.4
244.6
50.2
531.8
64.4
199.4
381.8
19.6
3.6
14.5
65*6
66.2
100.1
33.5
107.3
198.4 .. 196.8
19.8
384.3
Ohio
Okla homa
Orfegon
Penns y 1 van i a
Rhode Isla'nd
South Caro'lina
South Dakota
15.4
101.3
33.5
.51.7
540.1
14.2
355.8
9 9 *1
66.5
Michigan
Minneso ta
Governmen t
1950
1949
Oct. S e p t .
Oct,
notes, sections
106.2
277.7
46.6
15.0
139.8
136.2
56.3
125.2
—
14.7
___ 1
104.8
94.4
63.5
345,8
31.0
61.5
337.9
29.9
62.1
31.3
30.3
107.5
103.5
269.0
276.4
45.2
15.0
138.2
133.7
57.6
124.7
14.7
G and H*
44.1
14.6
135.3
124.3
56.0
121.5
14.4
A:l6
T a .BLjS
Employees
in N o n a g r i c u l t u r a l E s t a b l i s h m e n t s ,
by S t a t e
by Industry Division,
See explanatory notes, sections G and H#
* The manufacturing series for these States are based on the 19^2 Social
S ecurity Board Classification (others ar& on the 19^5 Standard Industrial
Cl ass if icati on) #
1/ Kevised series; not .strictly comparable with previously published data#.
2/ Wining.combined with contract construction#
J j Not comparable with c u rrent d&ta#
y
Mi n i n g combined with service#
N.A* - Not available#
1:17
TABLE
81
Employees
Homrgrlcultural Establishment* by Industry Division, Selected Areas
(In thousands)
:
ii 5 0
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L i t t l e
T o t a l
C o n t *
M a n u f
! B r a n s
T r a d e
F i n a n
S e r v i
G o v e r
C O N N E C T I C U T
x
g
a c t u r i n g
# & P u b *
9 . 6
6 . 9
1 9 . 7
3 . 1
9 . 0
7 . o ,
1/
c e
c e
3 . 2 ’
9 . 5
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c e
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F i n a n c e
S e r v i o e
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#
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N * A *
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N . A ,
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4 , 6
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R o c k
C o n s t *
a c t u r i n g
* & P u b .
Employees
__
O c t *
6 5 . 2
6 5 * 1
6 * 3
6,8
11,6
6.8
18,0
U t *
c e
c e 2 /
n m e n t
6.8
17.8
C A L I F O R N I A
L o s A n g e l e s
M a n u f a c t u r i n g
S a n D i e g o
M a n u f a c t u r i n g
8,1
10,7
3 9 0 , 8
4 4 3 , 1
: 4 5 5 * 8
2 7 . 9
2 7 . 5
2 2 , 9
182.8
i 7 7 * o
S a n J o s e
M a n u f a c t u r i n g
26.0
t e
o n
a n
r a
r a
i n
e r
M i
M
T
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F
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G
San Francis co^Oakland
M a n u f a c t u r i n g
W a
$
M
3
T
F
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F L O
J a
M
T
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F
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6 . 5
1 6 , 9
3 . 2
2 * ?
8 , 4
1 0 , 5
8.5
16.6
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t u r i n g
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5
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4
3
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7
8*5
u r y
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a c t u r i n g
, & P u b . U t *
!
2,0
2,5
4 1 , 5
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1*0
2,6
2 . 5
8 * 5
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c e
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n m e n t
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a c t u r i n g
& P u b *
1 5 * 9
1 4 , 2
1 3 .
1 3 .
2 9 .
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13.0
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1 4 , 0
3 0 . 2
5 . 9
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1 3 . 8
20,2
20,0
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n m e n t
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11.2
12,6
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7
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7
9
9
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8,6
2 4 , 5
1 6 , 5
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4
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17.2
GEORGIA
2 4 , 1
3 3 . 2
R I D A
c k s o
a n u f
r a n s
r a d e
i n a n
e r v i
o v e r
1
1*2 I
. 5 * 4
11.1
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2 » 5
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M
T
T
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S
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N . A *
N . A *
1 . 5
1 . 7
1 . 7
1.8
1.8
8.1
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N
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20.1
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a c t u r i n g
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N u a b e ' o f
s o
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( C o n t * d * )
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O c t *
S e p t ,
O c t *
A R I
P h
M
M
T
T
F
S
L
A t l a n t a
M a n u f a c t u r i n g
63,2
6 2 , 9
5 9 . 3
S a v a n n a h
M a n u f a c t u r i n g
1 3 f 7
1 3 . 5
12.0
2 5 9 . 0
1 4 , 3
258.9
238,1
CONNECTICUT
B r i d g e p o r t
C o n t * C o n s t # 2 /
M a n u f a c t u r i n g
Trurji* & P u b * U t *
4
6 1
5
1 7
Trade
Finance
Service
H artford
Cont* Const* 2f
Manuf aoturi ng
Trans* & Pub* Ut*
Trade
Finance
S ervice
New B rita in
Cont* Const* ^
Manufacturing
Trans* & Pubf tftf
Trade
,
.
.
.
4
4
0
0
2»1
j
9
1
2
5
1.0
2 7 . 2
1.2
4 . 6
N.A.
N.A.
N,A.
N.A.
5 . 6
8.1
8,0
66,8
.
,
.
,
N . A .
2,1
5 . 7
6
3 6
2 3
1 0
8. A .
4 . 3
5 9 . 7
5 . 1
1 7 . 0
i
6 4
6
3 5
2 3
1 0
.
.
.
.
,
N.A,
N.A,
N.A.
N*A.
N.A*
N.A*
8
9
9
3
4
1.0
26* ?
1.2
j
!
:
N.A.
N.A.
N . a *
N.A.
!
INDIANA
In d ia n a p o lis
•total
Cont* Const*
Manufacturing
Trans* & P u b * Ut*
T'rcide
Finance
Other NQnmfg*
1
101.8 1 0
25,0
2
5 9 . 8
5
1
1 3 . 2 :
4 4 , 8 1 4
IOWA
Des Moines
Manufacturing
1
KANSAS
Tope lea
Total
Mining
6
3
9
5
4
2
1 1 . 9
66.5
22.6
1 58.6
j 12,8
j
!
4 5 ; 8
j1
|
1 7 . 9
1 7 * 6
3 8 . 3
38*4
•l
— -----
.1
i—
See fo«tnotas at end of table and explanatory nytes, section* G, H, on# I*
4 ,
1 ,
4 ,
9 .
3 .
5 .
! 1 8 , 9
3 8 , 4
a
A;l8
TABLE! 8: Employees in Nonagri.cultural Establishments by Industry Division* Selected Areas
(In thousands)
V
(Cont ^d* J
Topele (Cont*d.)
Cont* Const*
I&muf acturi ng
Trans, & Pub* Ut*
Trade
Finanfce
Service
Government
Wichita
Total
Mining
Cont* Const*
foianufacturi ng
Trans* & Pub* Ut*
Trade
Finance
Service
Government
2.0
6.1
6.9
6.5
2.0
4.2
8.7
1.8
6.1
7.0
8.5
2.0
4.3
8.7
1.9
6.3
7.0
e.4
1.9
4.3
8.7
85.0
1.3
5.2
83.7
1.3
5.1
28.3
6.?
22.6
3.7
8.8
7.1
75.7
1.3
5.0
23.3
6.7
20.9
3.5
8.6
<5.6
29.6
6,?
22.7
3.7
6.8
7.1
LOUISIAN
New Orl^ ans
Manufacture ng
51.3
51.7
■+7.5
2.5
12.7
5.6
13.3
2.4
7.7
3.3
48,0
48.1
MAINE
Portland
Total
Cont* Constf
Mrmufacturing
Trans* & Pub* Ut*
Trade
Finance
Service 2 /
Gove mment
45.8
2,5
2.3
12.2
13.1
5.7 | 5.5
12.5
13.2
2.4
2.3
7.8
7.7
3.3
3.3
Minneapolis
Total
Cont* Const*
Manufacturing
Trans* & Kib* Ut*
Trade
Fimnce
Service 2/
Government
St* Paul
Total
Cont* Const*
Manufacturi ng
Trans* & Pub* Ut*
Trade
Finance
M i n n e s o t a (cont«d*)
3t* Paul (Contfd*)
Survice 2 /
Government
l M
15# 6
!3t?
1%0
325.7
.9
10.0
93.5
39.7
93.3
18.2
312*1
#8
41,3
20,8
•to.3
20,4
206.7
193.3
N.A*
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
.3
2.2
1.5
1,1
5.5
.8
5.5
.2
1.5
1.4
1.1
5.2
.6
5.3
l?*7
20.S
18.7
Newark
Manufacturing
3^2*8
358.9
328.4
Trenton
khnufacturing
*+4*?
42.8
41.1
6.3
5.5
4.7
j 11.5
j 2.4
5.9
6.6
5.3
4.7
11,5
6.4
4.2
4.3
6.0
2.0
6,2
Albany^S che ne ctadyVT roy
Manuf acturi ng.
81.1
79.9
77.1
Binghamton-EndicottJohnson City
ivhnufacturing
36.6
36.4
35.8
194.5
130.9
149,6
15«?
15.6
14.1
KIoSOUHI
Kansas City (including
Kansas City. Kansas)
Total
Mining
Cont* Const*
&unuf acturi ng
Trans* & Pub* Ut*
Trade
Finanoe
Service
Gpverwracnt
St* Louis
fcWufWfcuring
NEVADA
Reno
Mining
Cont* Const*
Manufacturing
Trans* & Pub* Ut* 1 /
Trade
~
Fimnce
Sorvlce
16.0
!
i
i
1 327.1
i
18.3
! 94.5
1 39.7
93.9
1^.3
40.8
20.7
{
| 207.9
1
1
I1
!j N.A*
! N.A.
S N.A.
15.6
85.7
39.5
91.7
18.1
new
Jiinche stsr
ifenufacturi ng
42.?
2.6
11.7
7.2
10.6
1.4
5.1
4.2
43.0
2.6
11.7
7.2
10.7
1.4
5.1
4.2
37.0
2.1
7.8
6.1
10.4
1.4
5.1
4.1
]i
260.0
257.4
16.4
248.0
13.7
63.3
17.0
71.6
25to
77.6
16.5
28.3
22.8
146.6
8.4
43.1
20*1
70.8
25.3
77.0
16.4
28.6
22.3
26.1
76.6
15*7
28.3
23.7
NEW MSXICO
Albuquerque
Contt Const#
Ivhnufacturing
Trans* & *\ib* Ut*
Tmde
Finan co
i>^rvice 2 /
2.6
10.5
NEW YORK
137.«
145.5
8.5
7.5
Buffalo
38.3
43.3
Manufacturi ng
20.1
19.6
26.2
35*4
34.5
Elmira
8.2 ;
8.3
8.5
Manuf acturi ng
........ - - - ........ -........-.................. -.....................- ................................ «
.
- T ....... - - ,
,.......................
..| . ....... -.it - T f ■ , - I . See footnotes a t end of table and explanatory notes, sections G, H, rind I*
14,4
NEW JERSEY
MINNESOTA
'Dululh
Total
Cont* Const*
A&nuf acturi ng
Traiis# & Pub* Ut*
Trade
Finance
Service 2/
Government
Number of Employees
1949
l?50 ...
Oct*
Odpt*
Oct.
Number of fcmployoes
' i$55“
19*49
Supt.
Oct. r
Oet.
Atl?
faBLE 8: Employees In Nom griculture B&t&blislwnts by Industry Division, Scleetati Aro&s
(in thMUS'i.ids)
•— IJurabor
1 of’
Employees
itoiber of Etaployees
Y)
50 ___
1; y
1M
1.j>50
Oct#
Oct.
Oct,
ffiCJ Y ORK (Con t *d« )
K1ngs to n^Howbur gi «•
fou/tikeepsie. •
Jfchnufucturi »ig
Nevr York City
&mufacturisg
Trade
Rochester
lkm & (.cturltig
$ti ca-Rome -Herkimo rLittlb Falls
Bmu^vctuvinJ
CAH)LINA
CteL rlotto
M^nufncturirjg
35.6
34.9
1070,2 1053.5
641.2
105.3
CO
VO
*»f\
Syru ous e
tamf^e turi ng
35.8
46.8
' TMiEvsiSE (Corit*d.)
Knoxville (Cor.t'd.)
Tiv.ns* & Pub*, Ut*
Trade
Ft nance
Service
Govv.rnnv.nt
1026.9
625.5
839.7
104,1
Memphis
kilning
Manufacturing
Tr&ns# & Pub, Ut*
Trade
FI nan 06
Service
Govtiraiment
95.2
46.3
47.1
44.1 i % . >
Jlashvillo
taring
& Pube Ut#
m m
OKUHGKA
OklahOma City 4/
Manuf ac'turi ng
Tulsa U/
Emufacturiig
m O D E loL^i)
Provi^encci
ildnufacturl ng
22.2
a.9
» a
H.A,
13.6
13.5
17.8
17.9 : K*A * |
161.5
143.0
157.4
SOUTH CAROLINA
Charleston
Muiuf actur lng
8.7
0.6‘
8.4
Columbia
Mdnuf vcturi ng
7.9
7.6
7.1
Da k o t a
Sioux Falls
Maiiuf &ctufcng
j
Kno*;.vi lie
Joining
Manu£acturl r%-
UTAH
Salt Lake City
16.6
3.5
8e5
12.4
!
,»5
3^.6
17.1
41.6
5.8
21.7
15.7
I 34,2
j 10.5
21.7
| 5.7
| 13.9
] 13.0
1
ji
]ii
,
|I
j!
j!
!j
4.9
.2
43.8
5.3
15.6
2.4
9.3
7.6
2.3
39.7
M.A.
5.0
.1
.2
43.3
5.3
15.3
2.4
9.3
7.8 j
I
1
2*3 ]
39.4 j
36.6
M
14.1
2.3
9.3
7.3
1.6
35.7 ;
Burlington
ManufaeturVM?
WASHINGTON
Seattlo
Total
Cont. Const#
Ifcmuf■
acturi
Trans# & Pub# Ut#
Tr'do
Finance
Service £ /
Government
Spokane
Total"
Cont, Const#
&:raifacturin?r
Trpisr# & Pub* Ut#
Tr^de
Finance
Service 2/
Govorxitownt
1
See f ootnotes at end of tably and explanatory notes, Wotions G, H, and f#
7.e
17.9
3.5
7el
18,1
M ining
Conte Const#
Mmufacturing
T^JSjSI# * Pub, Ut, 1/
tyrWb
BMn-rice
Oct#
8.6
12.1
6.3
3.3
6,8
12,3
38.1
.4
39.6
15*6
42.5
5.3
22.3
12.9
.5
17.0
40.3
5,6
21.9
16.7
34.4
10.5
21.7
5.7
13.9
21.7
5.4
13.5
13.0
13.1
32.5
10.7
5.6 1 5.7 1 5.9
7.9
7.9
7.5
14.5
13.7
14.7
-7,o
o.9
7.1
26.4
27.0
26.9
u *?
4,4
4.7
m m o ffl
south
ram^'KB
Chattanooga
Ivlnlng
l&onufti.oturi ng.
Trarjs# & Pub# Ut#
Trade
Fina nee
Service
Oovernmci*
Fiance
Survioe
Government
.Sapti^ _
5.4
9.3
5.4
252.6
252.9
15*5
63.4
26.0
25.9
64.9
l4.6
33.9
34.7
241.0
13.1
59.2
25.5
64.3
13.5
1
14.8
64.1
65.2
14.3
32.9
1 35.5 ;
1
|
1
j
|
i
|
1
|
i
66. 2
4.9
12.8
11.1
17.6
2.9
9.6
7.0
32.6
32.8
65.8
4.5
13.0
62.7
4.3
11.4
11.2
17.7
10.3
3.0
9.6
6.9
17.4
2.8
9.3
7.2
A:20
TABLE 8: Employees in NonagrioultuBl Establishments by Industry Division, Selected Areajs
(in thousands)
WASHINGTON (Cont'd.)
Tkcona
Total
Contt Const,
Manuf acturing
Trans* & Rib* Ut*
Trade
Fironee
Service 2/
Government
Humber 6x* Employees1250
1949
Oct*
Sept. Oct«
73.2
5.1
33.5
6.8
14.3
2.4
6;9
17.2
75.1
5.6
20,9
6.9
14.6
2.4
7.717.0
63.7
4,2
17.5
6.1
13.8
2.2
6.8
13.1
WEST. VIRGINIA
Charleston
Total
Mining
Cont* Const*
Manufacturing
Trans* & *ub* Ut#
Trade
Finance
Service
Government
See explanatory no4e», sections G, H# and I .
1/
fixcludes in te rsta te irailroads*
2/
Includes mining and quarrying*
Includes mining and quarrying, service,, and government*
kf
Revised s e r ie s ; not s t r i c t l y ooraparable with p re v io u sly published data#
Number of Eaplcyces
« 5 0 .....
1949
Oct.
O
ot,
Sept.
37*9
22*1
6*0
26.3.
8.9
16.7
2.8
•6.9
8.4
97.0
21.3
5.?
26.1
9.1
16.9
2.7.
7.0
8.2
8U .5
12.0
6.1
23.5
8.2
16.6
2.6
7.3
3.5
At 2a
TABLE 9i
Production Workers in Selected Manufacturing Industries
(In thousands)
Industry
POOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS:
Meat packing, wholesale.
Prepared meats
Concentrated milk
Ice cream and ices
Flour and meal
Cane-sugar refining
B eet sugar
Confectionery products
Malt liquors
Distilled liquors, except brandy
TEXTILE-MILL PRODUCTS:
Ya r n mills, wool (except carpetsKcotton
and silk systems
Cotton and rayon broad-woven fabrics
Woo l e n and worsted fabrics
Full-fashioned hosiery mills
Seamless hosiery mills
Knit underwear mills
Wool carpets, rugs and carpet yarn
Fur felt hats and hat bodies
1550
{ October iSeptemberi August
1
167.0
34.6
12 .5
18.7
26.6
j
CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS;
Plastics materials
Synthetic rubber
Synthetic fibers
Soap and glycerin
STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS:
Glass containers
Pressed and blown glass, not elsewhere
classified
B r i c k and hollow tile
Sewer pipe
See explanatory notes, section A.
35 .1
13 .1
20 .7
26.9
15.4
9.2
7 1 .2
65.0
15.3
20.7
73.8
59.6
23.4
! 164.2
35.1
13.6
23.0
27.4
14.8
8.9
64.7
68.4
24.1
27.0
; 113.6
422.2
114.3
110,4
415.5
110.4
67.6
67.2
1
1
!
!
114.5
423.2
114.2
67.9
58.2
36.4
38.7
57.2
36.1
38.7
9.0
1
85.1
84.0
12,2
12.2
129.1
jI 128.1
125.0
30.Q
30.1
29.6
21.3
6.4
21.4
86.6
12,0
»
»
55.4
34.4
j
|
i
1
8.6
APPAREL AND OTHER FINISHED TEXTILE PRQDUOTS:
Men’
s dress shirts and nightwear
W o r k shirts
FURNITURE AND FIXTURES:
Woo d household furniture, except upholstered
Mattresses and bedsprlngs
. 163.5
:
38.0
9.4
j
6.2
55 .4
j
;
21.1
6,0
56.0 I
20.4 i(
20.5
55.0
19.8
40,6
|
40.0
40.0
39.3
29.5
8.9
;
1
29.5
33.3
29.8
30.0
8.9
8.9
AI2fc
TABLE 9>
Production Workers in Selected Hunulacturlnt' Industries (Continued)
(In thousands)
Industry
1950....
I__________
. October iSeptember* August
PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES;
Gray-iron foundries
Malleable' iron foundries
Steel foundries
primary copper, iead, and sine
Primary aluminum
Iron and steel forgings
Wire drawing
FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS (EXCEPT ORDNANCE,
MACHINERY* AND TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT):
Cutlery and edge tools
Hand tools, not elsewhere classified, files,
hand saws, and saw blades
Hardware, not elsewhere classified
Metal plumbing fixtures and fittings
Oil burners, haatlng and cooking apparatus,
not elsewhere classified
Structural and ornamental products
Boiler shop products
Metal stampings
153*7
2*K7
5 1 .1
26,6
I
1
|
i
!
!
j
9,2
30*3
42.4
* 150.3
j
2*.7
( 49.*
26.4
8.8
29.5
42.1
1
!
:
1
|
I
j
144.7
24.5
46.4
25.8
9,3
29.0
41.6
j
t
25.3
2*1.8
36.3
76.1
31.5
7 4 .7
23.4
1
|
!
!
>
| 8 6.4
! 6l.4
; 52.9
j 121,7
3*.9
j
!
31.3
j
86.8
61.5
48,4
121.2
!
32.1
72.7
30.1
83.4
60.7
50.0
119,3
f
MACHINERY (EXCEPT ELECTRICAL)?
Tractors
Faro machinery, except tractors
Machine tools
Metalworking machinery, not elsewhere
classified
Cutting tools, jigs, fixtures, etc*
Computing and related machines
Typewriters
Refrigeration machinery
Machine shops
ELECTRICAL MACHINERY;
Radios and related products
Telephone and telegraph equipment and
communication equipment, not elsewhere
classified
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47.3
57.7
44.7
66.0
71.9
41,6
38.5
40.1
36.4
19.8
1 105.3
38.4
36.9
64.7
34.;
18.9
109.1
37.3
186.9
172.3
169.6
35.9
35.3
62.3
61*.0
*7.3
39.2"
72.3
36.9
20.3
106.6
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69.1
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34.5
TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT:
Locomotives and parts
Railroad and streetcars
22.5
21.7
20.7
28.6
28.8
2 3 .2
MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES|
Silverware and plated ware
18,5
18.1
17.7
See explanatory notes, section A,
EXPLANATORY NOTES
Section A. Scope oft the BLS Employment Series - The Bureau of Labor Statistics
publishes each month the number of employees In all nonagricultural establishments and In
the 8 major Industry divisional mining, contract construction, manufacturing, transporta
tion and public utilities, tra^e, finance, service, and government* B o t h all-employee
and production-worker employment series are also presented for 21 major manufacturing
groups, over 100 separate manufacturing Industries, and the durable and nondurable goods
subdivisions* Within nonmanufacturing, total employment information Is published for
nearly 50 series. Production worker employment is also presented for most of the
industry components of the mining division.
Table 9 shows production-worker data for over 50 new industries, Thesje series
are based on the levels of employment indicated by the 19^7 Census of Manufactures and
have been carried forward*by use of the employment changes reported by the BLS monthly
sample of cooperating establishments• These series are not comparable with the data
shown in table 3 since the latter are adjusted to 19^7 levels indicated by data from
the social insurance programs.
Hours and earnings Information for manufacturing and selected nonmanufacturing
industries are published monthly in the Hours and Earnings Industry Report and in the
Monthly Labor R e v i e w ,
Section B, Definition of Employment - For privately operated establishments
in the nonagricultural Industries the BLS employment information 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 15 th of the month. For Federal establishments
the employment period relates to the pay period ending prior to the first of the
month; in State and local governments, during the pay period ending cn 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.
Section C* Comparability With Other Employment Data «• The Bureau of Labor
Statistics employment series differ from the Monthly Report on the Labor Force in the
following respects: (1} The BLS series are based on reports from cooperating establish
ments, while the MRLF is based on employment information obtained from household inter
views; (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 tfeaelved pay for, the pay period
ending nearest the 15 th of the month; In Federal establishments during the p a y 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 MRLF series
relates to the calendar week which contains the
day of the month; (4) proprietors,
self-employed, domestic servants, and unpaid family workers are excluded from the
B LS but not the MRLF series.
Section D, Methodology - Changes In the level of employment are based an
reports from a sample group of establishments. Inasmuch as full coverage is
prohibitively costly and time-consigning, In using a sample, it is essential that a
complete count or “
bench m ark 11 be established from which the series may be carried
forward. Briefly, the BLS computes employment data as follows* first, a bench mark
of level of employment is determined; second a sample of establishments is selected!
and third, changes in employment indicated by this reporting sample are applied t o
thfc bench mark to determine the monthly employment between bench-mark periods. An
illustration of the estimation procedure used in those industries for which both all-
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employee and production-worker employment Information is published follows: The latest
pro&uctioti-worker employment bench mark for a given industry was 50,000 in January*
According to the BLS reporting sample, 60 establishments in that industry employed
25,000 workers in January and 26,000 in February, an increase of.4 percent, The February
figure of 52,000 would be derived by applying the change for identical establishments
reported in the Jaxiuary-February sample to the bench mark:
50,000 x 26.000
25,000
i*oU) = 52,000
The estimated all-employee level of 65,000 for February is then determined b y using
that month^s sample ratio (. 800 ) of production workers to total employment
52,000
800
^or
1* 2 5) * 65 ,000 .
Wh e n a new bench laark becomes available, employment data prepared since the
last bench mar k are reviewed to determine if any adjustment of level is required. In
general, the month-to-month changes in employment reflect the fluctuations shown by
establishments reporting to the BLS, while the level of employment is determined by
the ben^eh mark.
The pay-roll index is obtained b y 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 b y “
multiplying gross average weekly
earnings by productlon-worker employment*
Section E. Sources of Sample Data - Approximately 1^3,000 cooperating
establishments furnish monthly employment and pay-roll schedules, by mail, to the
Bureau of Labor Statistics. In addition, the Bureau makes use of data collected by
the Interstate Commerce Commission, the Civil Service Commission, and the Bureau of
the Census*
APPROXIMATE COVERAGE OF MONTHLY SAMPLE USED IN
BLS EMPLOYMENT AND PAY-ROLL STATISTICS
*
Mining
Contract construction
Manufacturing
Transportation and public utilities:
Interstate railroads (ICC)
Rest of division (BLS)
Trade
Finance
Service;
Hotels
Laundries and cleaning and dyeing plants
Government:
Federal (Civil Service Commission)
State and local (Bureau of Census-quarterly)
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Employees.
: Number in t Percent
: sample
: of total
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Number of
J establishments
Division or industry
3,000
19,300
39.000
--
12,500
58,100
7.900
1,300
1,800
467,000
539.000
9 ,092,000
50
26
1 ,329,000
1 .309,000
1 ,676,000
367,000
98
51
144,000
33
97.000
20
1.939.000
100
2 ,450,000
62
64
18
20
Section F« Sources of Bench-Mark Data - Reports from Unemployment Insurance
Agencies presenting (1) employment in firms liable for contributions to State unemploy
ment compensation funds, ana (2) tabulations from the Bureau of $ld~Age and Survivors
Insurance on Employment in firms e*empt from State unemployment insurance laws because
of their small size comprise the basic sources of fcench-mark data for nonfarm employment*
Most of the employment data in this report have been adjusted to levels indicated by
these sources for 1947* Special bench marks are used for industries not covered by the
Social Security program. Bench marks for State and local government are based on data
compiled b y the Bureau of the Census, while information on Federal g o v e r n m e n t employment
is made available by the U* S. Civil Service Commission* The Interstate Commerce
Commission is the source for railroads*
Bench marks for productlon-vorker employment are not available on a regular
basis. The production-worker series are, therefore, derived by applying to all-employee
bench marks the ratio of production-worker employment to total employment, as determined
from the Bureau's Industry samples.
Section 6 ♦indict rial Classification - In the BLS employment and hours and
earnings series, reporting establishments are classified into significant economic
groups on the basis of major postwar product or activity as determined from annual
sales data* The following references present the industry classification structure
currently used in the employment statistics program.
(1)
F o r manufacturing industries - Standard Industrial
Classification M a n u a l , Vol. I, Manufacturing
Industries, Bureau of the Budget, November 1945$
(2)
For nonmanufacturing industries - Industrial
Classification C o d e , Federal Security Agency
Social Security Board, 1942.
Section H* State Employment - State data are collected and prepared in
cooperation with various State Agencies as indicated below. The series have been
adjusted to recent data made available by State Unemployment Insurance Agencies and
the Bureau of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance. Since some States have adjusted to
more recent bench-marks than others, and because varying methods of computation are
used, the total of the State series differs from the national total. A number of
States also make available more detailed industry data and information for earlier
periods which may be secured directly upon request to the appropriate State Agency.
The following publications are available upon request from the BLS Regional
Offices or the Bureau*s Washington Office:
Nonagricultural Employment, by State, 1947*48-49;
Employment in Manufacturing Industries, by State,
1947-48-49.
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COOPERATING STATE AGENCIES
Alabama - Department of. In d u strie.! R e latio n s, Montgomery 5 .
Arizona - Unemployment .'Compensation Division,-Employment' S e cu rity Commission, Phoenix.
Arkansas - Employment S e cu rity D ivision , Department of Labor, L i t t l e Rock.
C a lifo rn ia - D iyision of Labor S t a t i s t i c s and R esearch, Department of In d u s tria l
R e la tio n s, San F ra n cisco 1 .
Colorado - Department of Employment S e c u rity , Denver 2 .
C onnecticut *■ Employment S e cu rity D ivision , Department of Labor and F a c to ry In sp ectio n ,
H artford 5 .
Delaware - F ed eral.R eserv e Bank of P h ilad elp h ia, Philadelphia 1, Pennsylvania.
D i s t r i c t of Columbia t U; S. Employment S ervice fo r'D , C ,f Washington 25,
F lo rid a - Unemployment Compensation D ivision , In d u s tria l Commission, T a lla h a s se e .
Georgia - Employment S e cu rity Agency, Department of Labor, A tlan ta 3*
Idaho - Employment S e cu rity Agency, B o ise .
I l l i n o i s - D ivision, of Flacement and Unemployment Compensation, Department of Labor,
Chicago 5 4 .
Indiana - Employment S e cu rity D iv isio n , Indianapolis 9.
Iowa - Employment S ecu rity Commission, Des Moines 8 ,
Kansas - Employment S e cu rity -D iv isio n , S ta te Labor Department, Topeka.
Kentucky *• Bureau of Employment- S e c u rity , Department of Economic S e c u rity , F ra n k fo rt.
Louisiana - D ivision of Employment S e cu rity , Department of Labor, Baton Rouge %.
Maine - Employment S e cu rity Commission, Augusta.
Maryland - Department of Employment S e c u rity , Baltim ore 1,
M assachusetts - D ivision of S t a t i s t i c s , Department of Labor and In d u s trie s , Boston 10.
Michigan - Unemployment Compensation Commission, D e tro it 2 .
Minnesota * D ivision of Employment and S e c u rity , S t. Paul 1 .
M ississip p i - Employment S e cu rity Commission, Jackson.
Missouri - D ivision of Employment S e c u rity , Department of Labor and In d u s tria l R e la tio n s,
Je ffe rs o n C ity .
Montana - Unemployment Compensation Commission, H elena,
Nebraska - D iv isio n of Employment S e c u rity , Department of Labor, Lincoln 1 ,
Nevada - Employment S e cu rity Department, Carson C ity ,
New Hampshire - D ivision of Employment S e c u rity , Department of Labor, Concord,
New Je rs e y - Department: of Labor and Industry, Trenton 8 .
New Mexico •• Employment S e cu rity Commission, Albuquerque.
New York - Bureau of Research and S t a t i s t i c s , D ivision of Placement and Unemployment
Insurance, New York Department of Labor, 342 Madison Avenue, New York 1 7 ,
North .Carolina - Department of Labor, R aleigh.
North Dakota - Unemployment Compensation D ivision , Bismarck.
Ohio - Bureau of Unemployment Compensation, Columbus 16.
Oklahoma - Employment S e cu rity Commission, Oklahoma C ity 2.,
Oregon - Unemployment Compensation Commission, Salem.
Pennsylvania - Fed eral Reserve Bank of P h ilad elp h ia, Philadelphia 1 (m f g .); Bureau of
Research and Inform ation, Department of Labor and In d u stry, H arrisburg
(nonmfg.) ,
Rhode Islan d
Department of Labor, Providence 2.
South C arolina - Employment S e cu rity Commission, Columbia 10,
South Dakota - Employment S e cu rity Department, Aberdeen.
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Tennessee - Department of Employment Security. Nashville 3*
Texas - Employment Ccnanission, Austin 19.
Utah - Department of Employment Security, Industrial Commission, Salt Lake City 13*
Vermont - Unemployment Compensation Commission, Montpelier.
Virginia - Division of Research and Statistics, Department of Labor and Industry,
Richmond 19 .
Washington - Employment Security Department, Olympia.
West Virginia - Department of Employment Security, Charleston.
Wisconlsn * Industrial Commission, Madison 3.
Wyoming - Employment Security Commission, Casper*
Section I, Area Employment * Figures on area employment are prepared by
cooperating State agencies. The methods of adjusting to bench marks and of making
computations used to prepare State employment are also applied in preparing area informmation. Hence, the appropriate qualifications should also be observed. For a number of
areas, data in greater industry detail and for earlier periods can be obtained by
writing directly to the appropriate State agency*
All Employees or Wage and Salary Workers * In addition to production and related workers
as defined elsewhere, includes workers engaged In the following activities: executive,
purchasing, finance, accounting, legal, personnel (including cafeterias, medical, etc,),
professional and technical activities, sales, sales-delivery, advertising, credit
collection, and in installation and servicing of own products, routine office functions,
factory supervision (above the working foremen level). Also includes employees on the
establishment pay roll engaged in new construction and major additions or alterations
to the plant who are utilized as a separate work force (force-account construction
workers).
Continental United States *» Covers only the 48 States and the District of Columbia,
Contract Construction
Covers only firms engaged in the construction business on a
contract basis for others* Force-account construction workers, i.e*, hired directly
b y and on the pay rolls of Federal, State, and local government, public utilities, and
private establishments, are excluded from contract construction and included in the
employment for such establishments.
Defense Agencies - Covers civilian em$l$yee# of the Department of Defense (Secretary of
Defense: Army, Air Force, and Navy), National Advisory Committee t o r Aeronautic®, The
Pan&j&a CcbaI, Philippine Alien Property Administration, Philippine War Damage Commission,
Selective Service System, National Security Resources Board, National Security Council.
Durable Goods - The durable goods subdivision includes the following major groups;
ordnance and accessories; lumber and wood products (except furniture); furniture and
fixtures; stone, clay, and glass products; primary metal industries; fabricated metal
products (except ordnance, machinery, and transportation equipment); machinery (except
electrical); electrical machinery; transportation equipment; instruments and related
products; and miscellaneous manufacturing industries.
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F ed eral Government - Executuve Branch - Includes Government corp oration s (in clu d ing
F ed eral Reserve Banks and mixed-ownership banks of the Farm C redit A dm inistration) and
oth er a c t i v i t i e s performed by Government personnel in establishm ents such as navy yard s,
a rs e n a ls , h o s p ita ls , and on fo rce -a cco u n t c o n s tru ctio n . D ata, which are based mainly
on re p o rts to the C iv il S ervice Commission’, are adjusted to m aintain co n tin u ity of
coverage and d e fin itio n with inform ation fo r former p erio d s.
Finance - Covers establishm ents operating in the f i e ld s of fin an ce, in su ran ce, and r e a l
e s t a t e ; excludes the F ed eral Reserve Banks and the mixed-ownership banks of the Farm
C red it A dm inistration which are included under Government.
Government - Covers F e d e ra l, S ta te , and lo c a l governmental estab lishm ents performing
l e g i s l a t i v e , e x e cu tiv e , and ju d ic ia l fu n ctio n s, as w ell as a l l government-operated
establishm ents and in s titu tio n s (a rs e n a ls , navy yard s, h o s p ita ls , e t c . ) , government
co rp o ra tio n s, and government fo rce -a cco u n t co n s tru ctio n . F o u rth -c la s s postm asters
are excluded from ta b le 1, because they presumably have other major jo b s ; they are
Included, however, in ta b le 5*
Indexes of Manufacturing Productlon-Worker Employment - Number of production workers
expressed as a percentage of the average employment in 1939 .
Indexes of Manufacturing Productlon-Worker Weekly Pay R o lls - Production-w orker weekly
pay r o l l s expressed as a percentage of the average weekly pay r o l l fo r 1939 .
M anufacturing - Covers only p riv a te ly -o p e ra te d estab lish m en ts; governmental manufacturing
op eration s suoii as a rse n a ls and navy yards are excluded from manufacturing and included
w ith government.
Mining - Covers establishm ents engaged in the e x tra c tio n from the e arth of organic and
in organ ic m inerals which occur in nature as s o lid s , liq u id s , or g a s e s ; includes various
c o n tra c t s e rv ic e s required in mining o p eration s, such as removal of overburden,
tu n n ellin g and sh a ftin g , and the d r il lin g or a cid iz in g of o i l w e lls ; a lso includes ore
d re ssin g , b e n e fic ia tin g , and co n ce n tratio n .
Nondurable Goods - The nondurable goods subdivision Includes* the follow ing major groups:
food and kindred p ro d u cts; tobacco m anufactures; t e x t i l e - m i l l p ro d u cts; apparel and
other fin ish ed t e x t i l e p ro d u cts; paper and a llie d p rod u cts; p rin tin g , publishing, and
a l l i e d in d u s tr ie s ; chem icals and a l l ie d p rod u cts; products of petroleum and c o a l;
rubber p rod u cts; and le a th e r and le a th e r p ro d u cts.
Pay R o lls - P riv a te pay r o l l s rep resen t weekly pay r o l l s of both f u l l - and p art-tim e
production and re la te d workers who worked during, or received pay f o r , any p art of the
pay period ending n e a re st the 15 th of the month, before deductions fo r old-age and
unemployment insurance, group in su rance, withholding ta x , bonds, and union dues; a ls o ,
includes pay fo r sick le a v e , h o lid ays, and v acatio n s taken. Excludes cash payments
fo r v a ca tio n s not taken, r e tr o a c tiv e pay not earned during period rep o rted , value of
payments in kind, and bonuses, unless earned and paid re g u la rly each pay period* Fed eral
c i v i l i a n pay r o l l s cover the working days in the calendar month,
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Production and R elated Workers - Includes working foremen and a l l nonsupervisory workers
(in clu d in g lead men and tra in e e s ) engaged in fa b rica tin g * p rocessing, assembling, in sp ec
tio n , re c e iv in g , sto ra g e , handling, packing, warehousing, shipping, maintenance, re p a ir,
j a n i t o r i a l , watchman s e r v ic e s , product development, a u x ilia ry production fo r p la n t1s own
use ( e . g . , power p la n t), and record-keeping and oth er se rv ic e s c lo s e ly a sso cia te d with
the above production o p eratio n s.
S erv ice - Covers establishm ents p rim arily engaged in rendering se rv ic e s to individuals
and business firm s, including automobile re p a ir s e r v ic e s . Excludes a l l governmentoperated s e rv ice s such as h o s p ita ls , museums, e t c . , and a l l domestic s e rv ic e employees.
Trade - Covers establishm ents engaged in wholesale tra d e , i . e . , s e llin g merchandise to
r e t a i l e r s , and in r e t a i l tra d e , i . e . , s e llin g merchandise fo r personal or household
comsumption, and rendering s e rv ic e s in c id e n ta l to the sa le s of goods.
T ran sp ortatio n and Public U t i l i t i e s - Covers only privately-ow ned and operated e n te r
p ris e s engaged In providing a l l types of tra n sp o rta tio n and re la te d s e r v ic e s ; telephone,
te le g ra p h , and other communication s e r v ic e s ; or providing e l e c t r i c i t y , g as, steam, w ater,
or sa n ita ry s e r v ic e . Government operated establishm ents are Included under government.
Washington, D. C. - Data fo r the execu tive branch of the Fed eral Government a lso include
areas in Maryland and V irg in ia which are w ithin the m etropolitan a re a , as defined by
the Bureau of the Census.
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