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Bureau of Labor Statistics
. Employment and Occupational Outlook Branch
Division of Employment Statistics

EMPLOYMENT AND PAY ROLLS

r*ui)itc L ib rary ,
Kansas City, M t

Detailed Report
September 1944

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Table
1

Ease-

Estimated number of wage earners in manufacturing
. i ndustri es,
,
.
2
Indexes of wage-earner employment and of wage-earner
pay roll in manufacturing industries............ .................. o«

8

Indexes of employment and pay rolls in selected nonmanufacturing i n d u s t r i e s . o • • • , « , , • , , •

14

Estimated number of wage earners in selected
nonmanufacturing i n d u s t r i e s ,,........ ................. ..

15

Percentage changes in employment and pay rolls in
selected nonmanufacturing ind u stries,.............. .

15

Estimated number of employees in nonagricultural
establishments, by industry division.......... .

16

Estimated number of employees in nonagricultural
establishments, by State, August 1 9 4 4 , ............ .

17

8

Employment and pay rolls on construction p r o j e c t s , , . , . . ,

19 .

9

Employment and pay rolls in Federal Government,• • • • • • • • ,

2p

10

Employment in U. S. navy yards and private shipbuilding,
by region........ ......................... ................. ..

21

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Table 1. - Estimated Number of Wage Earners in Manufacturing Industries
(in thousands)
I nd us t ry Grcup
or Industry
ALL MANUFACTURING
DURABLE
NONDURABLE GOODS
Durable Goods
IRON AND STEEL AMD THEIR PRODUCTS
Blast furnaces, steel works, and
rolling mills
Gray-iron and semi-steel castings
Malleable-iron castings
Steel castings
Cast-iron pipe and fittings
Tin cans and other tinware
Wire drawn from purchased rods
Wirework
Cutlery and edge tools
Tools (except edge tools.
machine tools, fil e s , and saws)
Hardware
Plumbers’ supplies
Stoves, oil burners, and heating
equipment not elsewhere classified
Steam and hot-water heating
apparatus and steam fittings
Stamped and enameled ware and
galvanizing
Fabricated structural and
ornamental metalwork
Metal doors, sash, 'frames,
molding, and trim
Bolts, nuts, washers, and rivets
Forgings, iron and steel
Wrought pipe, welded and heavy
riveted
Screw-machine products and wood
screws
Ste el bar re Is , kegs, and d rums
Firearms 2 /
ELECTRICAL MACHINERY
Electrical equipment
Radios and phonographs
Communication equipment




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Sept,
1944

Aug.
1944

July
1944

Sept*
1943

12,812
7,530
5,232

12,942
7,690
5,252

12 ,924
7,726
5 ,198

13,935
8,319
5,616

1,647

1,562

1 ,657

1,721

481,0
72,6
24,3
73c 5
15.5
41.2
3 2 ,9
35 c5
22,8

511.7
78,6
25.7
81,6
15.2
35,1
35.4
32 .9
21.6

27<>2
4 6 ,2
23,0

27,1
45o8
22 ,7

27,0
45.5
23.2

63.3

64,0

63.7

57,2

55,1

• 55*5

c .5

59,2

86,3

89.6

89,0

91.5

73,9

74.5

76.1

71,7

12,8
2 5.7
35.0

13.5
26,2
3 5 .1

13.2
26.3
3 5 .0

13.2
29,6
4 0 ,0

25.3

25.8

26.2

26 .7

4 3 ,4
7,3
4 3 ,6

44 .2
7,4
4 3 .7

4 5 .0
6.9
44.5

48,8
8,5
66,4

711
444,4
124.6
110,2

716
4 4 9 ,6
124,5
110,4

720
449.8
127.1
112,3

725
467,2
119,3
113,2

4 7 6,7
72 o6
25,0
72,3
15 . 3
4 1 .S
32,6
35,5
23,0

482.0
73,1
2 4 ,7
73.5
15,5
42*0
32 .5
35.3
22,7

27.0
4 5.6
22.7

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Table 1. - Estimated Number of Wage Earners in Manufacturing Industries l / - Cont*d
(In thousands)
Industry Group
or Industry
MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL
Machinery and machine-shop products
Engines and turbines 2 /
Tractors
Agricultural machinery, excluding
tractors
Machine tools
Machine-tool accessories
Textile machinery
Pumps and pumping equipment
Typewriters
Cash registers, adding and
calculating machines
Washing machines, wringers
and driers, domestic
Sewing machines, domestic and
industrial
Refrigerators and refrigeration
equipment
TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT, EXCEPT
AUTOMOBILES
Locomotives
Cars, elsctric-and steamrailroad
'
Shipbuilding and boatbuilding 2 /
Motorcycles, bicycles, and parts
AUTOMOBILES
NONFERROUS METALS AND THEIR
PRODUCTS
Smelting- and refining, primary,
of nonferrous metals
Alloying and rolling and drawing
of nonferrous metals except
aluminum
Clocks and watches
Jewelry (precious metals) and
jewele r s * findings
Silverware and plated ware
Lighting equipment
Aluminum manufac ture s
Sheet-metal work, not els’ewhere
classified




Sept,
1944

Aug.
1944

J uly
1944

Sept.
1943

1,137
45 4,2
69.3
57,5

1,151
460*3
70.3
5 8 .7

1,161
462.2
70.2
60.0

1,248
495 .5
69.5
55.3

44 ,2
75*6
65,5
2 7.0
75.2
1 1 .7

‘x'i. 5
76.0
66.5
26*6
77eO
1104

45.4
77.0
67.8
26.8
79.0
11.3

4 0 .4
100.9
8504
28,2
78.3
11.6

3 1 .9

3 2 .2

3 2,2

3 5 .8

1 2 .9

13.2

13 . 6

14.5

9 .8

9C5

9.4

1 0 ,7

51 .0

52.2

52.2

56 .4

1,948
3 5,3

1,992
3 5 .8

2,0 2 7
3 5 .6

2,299
3 4 .4

5 7 .7
1 ,0 7 4 .2
8 .9

58,1
1 ,0 9 2 .0
9.3

5 8 .7
1 ,1 1 6 .7
9 .4

58 ,9
l;2 7 0 .2
9 ,9

686

684

678

734

379

417

V

369

378

4 4 .1

47.2

4 8.3

5 8.9

69. 2
26.0

69.5
2 5.9

68.1
25,5

75.7
2 5,1

13.5
10.9
2 7 .1
66.4

13.8
1 0 .7
2 7.1
69. 6

' 1 3 .7
1 0 .6
26.5
72,7

15.3
1 1.6
2 5,5
84.8

32. 8

3 2 .8

32.3

28,2

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Table 1. - Estimated Number of Wage Earners in Manufacturing Industries l/- Cont’ d
(in thousands)

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Industry Group
or Industry

LUMBER AL'TD TIMBER BASIC PRODUCTS
Savmills and logging camps
Planing and plywood mills
FURNITURE AND FINISHED LUMBER
PRODUCTS
Mattresses and bedsprings
Furniture
Wooden boxes, other than cigar
Caskets and other morticians*
goods
Wood preserving
Wood, turned and shaped
STONE, CLAY AND GLASS PRODUCTS
Glass and glassware
Glass products made from
purchased glass
Cement
Brick, t i l e , and terra cotta
Pottery and related products
Gypsum
Wallboard, plaster (except
gypsum), and mineral 'wool
Lime
Marble, granite, slate, and
other products
Asbrasives
Asbestos products
Nondurable Goods
TEXTILE-MILL PRODUCTS AND OTHER
FIBER MANUFACTURES
Cotton manufacturss, except
small ■'wares
Cotton small wares
Silk and rayon goods
Woolen and worsted manufactures,
except dyeing and finishing
Hosiery
Knitted cloth
Knitted outerwear and knitted gloves
Knitte d unde rwe ar
,
Dyeing and finishing te x tile s,
including woolen and v/orsted
Carpets and rugs, wool
Hats, fur-felt
Jute goods, except felts
Cordage and twine



Se pt.
1944

Sept.
1943

July
1944

Aug.
1944

423
233.5
69 .7

434
240.1
71.0

431
237.5
71.3

467
256.1
78.7

333
17.6
153.4
27.4

342
17.4
157.2
28*1

340
16.9
156.5
28.2

356
19.3
167.0
29.1

12.3
9.8
21.2

1 2 .7
10.4
22.0

1 2 .7
10.2
2 le 9

11.6
10.0
21.5

326
88.3

331
90,0

333
91.3

352
89.4

10.1
17.5
4 3 .0
4 1 .1
4 .0

10.3
17 *4
4 2 .8
4 1 .4
4 .1

10.8
22.8
4 8 .0
42.2
4 .5

9. 6
8.0

9 .9
8.3

9 .7
8.2

11.1
9.2

13.4
21.1
19.9

13.5
21 .1
20.5

13.1
21.3
20,6

12.6
23. 9
21.6

10*2 •
17*3
4 1 .9
40*5
■
i. 0

1,077

1,084

1,089

1,185

43 1 .4
• 13.0
8 8 .7

43 4 .2
13.1
88.5

47 1 .0
15 .7
93.9

145.8
102.9
10.1
28.4
3 4.5

144.8
104.4
10.3
2 8.5
35 .2

145.9
10 4.7
10.4
2 8 .8
• 35 .2

160.3
113.2
11.5
3 1 .9
• 39.4

59.4
20 .1
9,2
3 .3
15.1

59r5
20.2
9 .1
3 .3
15 .1

60.1
1 9 .9
9.2
3 .2
15.3

42 7.5 "
13.0
88.3

4":

65.2
2 1 .1
9 .9
3 .6
16.4 -

Table 1* - Estimated Number of Wage Earners in Manufacturing Industries l/-*Cont!d
(in thousands)
Industry Group
or Industry
APPAREL AND OTHER FINISHED TEXTILE
PRODUCTS
Men’ s clothing, not elsewhere
classified
Shirts, collars, and nightwear
Uhderwear and neckwear, men’ s
Work shirts
Women’ s clothing, not elsewhere
classified
Corsets an d'allied garments
Millinery
Handkerchie fs
Curtains, draperies, and
bedspreads
House furnishings, other
than curtains, etc.
Textile bags
LEATHER AIID LEATHER PRODUCTS
Leather
Boct and shoe cut stock and
findings
Boots and shoes
Leather gloves and mittens
Trunks and suitcases
FOOD
Slaughtering and meat packing
Butte r
Condensed and evaporated milk
Ice cream
Flour
Feeds, prepared
Cereal preparations
Baking
Sugar refining, cane
Sugar, beet
Confectionery
Beverages, nonalcoholic
Malt liquors
Canning and preserving
TOBACCO MANUFACTURES
Cigarettes
Cigars
Tobacco (chewing and smoking
and snuff)




Sept,
1944

Sept,
1943

July
1944

Aug.
1S44

763

755

747

822

208.0
51*7
12.2
14 a7

210.5
5 2,1
12,1
15.0

208.2
53.2
11.9
15.1

221.2
56.5
12.8
17.8

216.4
1 4 .4
19,3
2 .8

214.6
14.4
19.0
2.8

205.0
14,4
17,4
2 .9

231.2
16.1
19.3
3 .6

13.1

13,3

13,3

15 .9

1 0 .9
13.6

10,6
14.0

10.4
14.0

13.4
13 .9

303
39e4

307
4 0 .0

307
4 0 .0

315
4 1 .9

15.5
172,0
12.5
12.3

16.0
173,8
12.6
1 2 ,3

16.1
174.0
12.6
12.1

16,4
1 7 8 .4
13,6
12,1

1,097
150.6
22,3
14,2
15.4
27.8
19.8
8 .5
255,6
1 4.9
6 ,7
56,5
2 9,8
5 2 ,9
2 4 2 ,7

1,092
156,3
2 4,0
15,1
17,3
28 ,1
20.3
9 .1
258.5
15,4
4 .6
5 6 .6
31^ 6
53.5
21 9 .7

82
3 4 ,6
3 4 .4

82
3 4 .9
3 4 ,4

8,0

7 ,9

1,102
1,052
159,3
158.7
22.4
24.8
13.4
15.8
1 5 ,6
18.0
2 8 ,9
29.0
21,4
1 9 .9
9.3 ,
10.1
258.4 *
250.5
15.2
1 4 .7
4 .0
7 .7
54.2
53.5
32.2
2 9 ,7
5 3 .3
4 8 .0
177,2
24 7.6
V/ > ™
83
88
3 5 .0
34 .5
3 4 ,7
4 0 .1
7 .8

8,3

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6.
Table 1, - Estimated Number of Wage Earners in Manufacturing Industries l/- Cont’ d
(in thousands)
Industry Group
or Industry

Sept.
1944

Aug.
1944

July
1944

Sept.
1943

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

296
144*5
4 2 ,4
Sc 5
13.1
77. 7

302
146.8
4 4 .8
9.5
13. 6
7c505

304
146.3
4 5 .9
9*5
13.6
79.3

311
148.5
47.3
10o 2
12.3
83.0

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

325
109.3
130.3
24.0
27.1

332
110.2
133.3
24.8
2 7 .9

333
109. 7
135.0
25.1
28.2

330
112.4
128.8
25.3
29.0

595
29.5

590
3 0 .0

584
30 .0

738
29.5

4 9 .0
12.0
13.5
5 2 .7

50 .0
12*2
13.5
53.1

50.5
11.9
13.5
5 2 .7

4 6 .4
11.2
13.2
52 .4

117o0
8 3.8
5 .9
4 9 .8
28.5
1 6 .7
19.1

113.3
81.2
6,1
47 .3
30 .1
12.3
19.1

118.9
76.0
6 .1
4 8 .1
30.5
11.3
18 o6

119.0
86.3
6.3
157.9
29.8
20.3
19.8

1
PRODUCTS OF PETROLEUM AND COAL
Petroleum refining
Coke and by-products
Paving materials
Roofing materials

134
9 0 .7
2 2 .9
1 .7
9.5

135
91.4
23.2
1 .8
9 .6

134
90.5
23.1
1 .3
9 .7

126
82.3
24.0
1 .7
9 .7

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

191
92.3
18.5
70.4

191
91.2
19.5
71.2

190
89,6
19.6
71.9

195
91.3
21,4
72.7

369

3 72

375

404

CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS
Paints, varnishes, and colors
Drugs, medicines, and
insecticides
Perfumes and cosmetics
Soap
Rayon and allied products
Chemicals, not elsewhere
classified
Explosives and safety fuses 2,/
Compressed and liquefied gase’s
Ammunition, small-arras 2 /
Fireworks 2 /
Cottonseed oil
Fe rtilizers

MISCELLANEOUS INDUSTRIES
Instruments (professional and
sc ie n t if ic ), and fire control
equipment 2 /
Photographic" apparatus
Optical instruments and
ophthalmic goods 2 /
Pianos, organs, anT parts
Games, toys, and dolls
Buttons

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Fire extinguishers
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

i
6^.5
2 7 ,9

6 1 .6
2 8 .8

62.2
2 9 .6

71.4
3 0 .7

23 .4
6. 8
13.9
9.0
5 .5 '

2 3 .8
6.3
17 .0
9 .1
5 .6

23 .9
6.1
16.4
9.2
5. 6

27.5
10.4
1 5 .7
10.1
7.3

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

7-'
Table 1, - Estimated Number of Wage Earners in Manufacturing Industries 1/ - ContM

1/

Estimates for the major industry groups have been adjusted to final data for
1941 and preliminary data for the second quarter of 1942 made available by the
Bureau of Employment Security of the Federal Security Agency. Estimates for
individual industries have been adjusted to levels indicated by the 1939 Census
of Manufactures, but not to Federal Security Agency data.
For this reason,
together with the fact that this Bureau has not prepared estimates for certain
industries, the sum of the individual industry estimates w ill not agree with
totals shown for the major industry groups.

Z/

Comparable data for the months from January 1939 through June 1944 are
available upon request.




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Table 2. - Indexes of Wage-Earner Employment and of Wage-Earner
Pay Roll in Manufacturing Industries l /
(193S Average = 100)
Industry Group
or
Industry
ALL MAXIUFAC TURING
DURABLE GOODS
NONDURABLE GOODS

i Wage -earner employment
Sept. Aug. July Sept.
1944
1944 1944 1943
1 5 6 .4
i2C9.9
114, 2

158.0 157,8 170,1
230.4
213.0 214.
122.6
114.6 113,

Wage -earns r pay roll
Sept. Aug. July Se pt.
1944
1944 1944 1943
312.9
428 o3
200.2

314.0 310.7 328.0
4 3 2 .6 428.5 46 0 .7
198.0 195.6 198.3

Durable Goods
IRON AND STEEL AND THEIR PRODUCT S166.1
167.6 167*1 173,6 312.0 309.2 306.2
Blast furnaces, steel
works, and rolling mills
124.1 123.
131.7 226.7 222.7 224.9
1 2 2 .7
Gray-iron and semi-steel
castings
1 2 4 .3
250. 8 244.2 243.6
125.2 124.2 134.6
Malleable-iron castings
27 9.7 273.5
292.5
|13S, C 136=7 134.
142.5
Steel castings
'2 40. 3 244.4 244.4 271.2 452.0 4 5 5 .9 434.4
Cast-iron pipe and fittings
178.4 177.0
93 e 7 93.6
91.7 180.5
1 92.4
Tin cans and other tinware
131. 8 132.1 129.
224.8
221.5 212,1
110.6
Wire drawn from purchased rods 1148.4 143.1 149. £ 161.3
247.5
243.5 240.3
Wirework 2 /
237.5 231.5 23 6.5
'116.9
108.2
116.1 116.
Cutlery and edge tools
1 4 9 .2
147.5 148. C 140.0 3 10 .0 304. 6 304.2
Tools (except edge tools,
machine tools, f i l e s , and
saws)
32 8.6 331.4 327.8
1176.3 177.4 177.2 176.4
Hardware
261.8 257.6
1128.0 1 29 .7 128.4 127.7 261.1
Plumbers* supplies
166. 9 169.9 164.2
92.3
94.0
j 92.0
93.4
Stoves, oil burners, and
heating equipment not
elsewhere classified
1137.2 138.7 138.1 124.0 262.5 256.2 252.3
Steam and hot-water heating
apparatus and steam fittings 1 8 1 .9
341.3
183.2 183.1 195.3
344.9 338.4
Stamped and enameled ware
and galvanizing
1 5 9 .0
161.3 160.2 164 . 6 326.6 324.4 319.8
Fabricated structural and
omame n t a 1 me t a lwo rk
;208.0 209.8 214.1 201.8 4 0 6 .6 411.2 41 7 .6
Metal doors, sash, frames,
molding and trim
1 6 5 .0
173.9 171.0 170.7 30 2 .6 3 19 .6 315.4
Belts, nuts, washers, and
rivets
354.3 340.5
1 7 9 .4
182.8 184.0 206.8 347.3
Forgings, iron and steel
;227.5
228.2 227.7 260.0 4 55 .2 4oo. 5 43 4.2
Wrought pipe, welded and
heavy riveted
604.1 600.6
308.3 313.3 319. 6 586.2
3 0 2 .5
Screw-machine products and
wood screws
512.1 507.7
1256.4 261.1 265.7 288.5 502.8
Steel barrels,
kegs, and drums 1 1 9 .4
121,2 113,8 140.2
234. 6 241.6 214.7
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Firearms 3 /
:871. 5 873,5 889.7 1328.2 2 002.6 1995.6 1998.0
ELECTRICAL MACHINERY
Electrical equipment
Radios and phono grapiis
Communication equipment



•274.2
1245.9
:286.4
:343.2

276.2
248.7
288.2
3 43 .7

277„8
248,8
292.2
34 9 .6

279.8
258.5
274.1
352.3

50 0 .9
4 5 7 .7
5 47,0
5 61 .8

4 9 3 .1
4 5 5 .6
534.1
551.9

494.2
450.6
542.4
558.3

312.8
232.7
249.5
275.4
475.8
165.0
177.9
262.8
203.3
282,0

324, 6
254.0
156.8

219.2
363.6
314.5
372.1
325.2
386.2
48 8.8
567.7
549.0
263.8
2943.3
4 8 7 .7
4 5 7 .6
508.8
531.4

9.
Table 2. - Indexes of Wage-Earner Employment and of Wage-Eamer
Pay Roll in Manufacturing Industries l / - Continued
Industry Group
or *■
'
-Industry
MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL
Machinery and machine-shop
' products
Engines and turbines 3 /
Tractors
Agricultural machinery,
excluding tractors
Machine tools
Machine-tool accessories
Textile machinery
Pumps and pumping equipment
. Typewrite rs
Cash registers, adding and
.calculating.machines
Washing machines, wringers
and driers, domestic
Sewing machines, domestic
.and industrial
Refrigerators and refrig­
eration equipment

Wage-earner employment
Sept,
Aug. July Sept*
1944
1944 1944 1943

Wage-earner pay roll
Sept. Aug. July Sept,
1944 1944 1943
1944

2 1 5 .2 ; 21708:219*8 235.2

403 01

1-06.2 403.

435*2

224.5
371.3
183.o 8

227.5; 228.4 24-i t 9
376,8: 376.3 372.5
187,5: 191.7 17 6,7

41 1.8
772.6
291.0

416.5 408.
786,3 783.
291.0 293.

^40 • 5
773*4
269. 5

159*0
20 % 5
260.4
12303
310.2
72.3

160,1; 163c2
207*4! 210.2
264.2: 269,5
12.1« 3; 122o3
317.9; 326o0
7 0 .5 : 69*4

145.4
275.5
33 9.4
128.7
3 2 2 .9
71.7

3 3 2 .7
386.8
449.6
226.3
665.6
144*4

319.1 334.
369.2 3 70.
449.8 457.
220.6 225.
669.3 676.
140.1 140.

283.
455.
550.1
227.4
678.
143

152.2

163*4 163.6 181.8

317.0

015.6 315.

366.

172.3

177B4 182.1 193.9

306.1

31 0.7 326.

335.

125* 5

120.8 120.2

135*7

261.8

249.4 246.

300.

145 .2 ;

148*3 148*5 160* 6

251.0

267.8 248.'

288

TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT,
EXCEPT AUTOMOBILES
1227.1 1255*3 1277*0
Locomotives
546*0 552.8 55 0.7
Cars, electric- and
..steam-rail road
235,3
236. 9 239.4
Shipbuilding and boatbuilding ^
^1551 4 1577.1 1612.7
Motorcycles, bicycles,
and parts
127.9
133.8 134*5
AUTOMOBILES
NONFERROUS METALS AND THEIR
PRODUCTS
* V
Smelting and refining, *
primary, of nonferrous
metals
Alloying and rolling and
drawing of nonferrous
metals except aluminum
Clocks and watches
Jewelry (precious metals)
and jewelers1- findings
Silverware and




]44S* 6 2569*4 2606*. 1 2602.
531.0 1222.9 1279.0 1183.

2933.

240. 2 454*2 463.3 466*
1834.4 3399.3 3379.1 3586*
142.5

2 4 4 .7 ; 242.7 249.

1 7 0 .6 : 159.9; 168*4 182.5

297.1

308.2 302.

16loi; 164.8: 165.2 181.8

299*1

306.0 304,

1 5 9 . 5 : 170.8; 174 .7 213.1

297.8

31 5.1 324.

178.4 I 179.0; 175*5 194*9
1 2 8 .4 ; 127*7; 125*9 123.9

33 0.1
268.5

3 3 6 .6

>39

Table 2 - Indexes of IVage-Earner Employment and of Wagc-Earner
Pay Roll in Manufacturing Industries l / - Continued
Industry Group
or
Industry

. Wage-earner employment
: Sept, Aug. July Sept,
1944 1944 1943
j 1944
103.2 102.4 111.0
83.4
82.5
88.9
97 .7 98.2 108.3

118,1
154.3
167.2

197.8 185.1 197.7
164.8 151.5 162.1
167.4 165.5 175.7

104.1 103 . 5
94.8
92.0
98,8
98.3
110.9 111.1

108.6
105.1
104. 9
114.7

186.2
167.5
175.0
217.7

191,4 183.8 183.2
161.3 155.2 168,9
181.0 173,9 176.7
222.0 213,7 205.3

102,0 101 * 8
92 o8 90.3

93.2
88.7
98.0

172.4
190.1
174.1

177*8 162.0: 143.2
201.0 193.0' 178.0
180.6 176.21 159.2

:1 1 1 .0
:1 2 6 .5

112.9 113.4 119.8
129.0 130.7 128.1

187.1
200.7

189,0 184.1! 188,5
204.3 197.1; 193.3

! 101.5
i 72.6
! 73.9
!122,4
; 80.6
; ^
:11 8 ,2
[ 84.4

101.3 10 t)• ‘i 107.5
73.4
7c>©2 95.7
75 .7
75.5
84.5
124.1 125.0 127.5
80,0
82.7
90.2

172.6
115.8
119,3
189.1
137.3

169.8
117.8
124.1
193.0
140. 7

121.9 119.1 136.7
8-7.2 86.4
96.8

224,9
164.8

218.8 217.6! 232.2
171.1 167.3; 172.0

i 72.2
:2 7 3 .0
;12 5 .2

72.9
70.7
68.2
273.0 2750 3 308.8
128,7 129.4 135.9

107.2
487.3
252.5.

112.6 105.8; 94.3
45 3.4 452.6! 49 4.4
253.1 253.2: 260.2

95.2 103.6

169.1

168.2 168,5! 172,0

108,9 109.6 118.9
97.3
98.1 118.0
74.1
73.9
78.3

204.4
173 .9
132.8

203.7 206.61 204,8
173.9 174.71 195,6
133.7 130.7! 131.5

97.8 107.4
65.8
71.2
95.2 105.0

185.1
103 06
164.5

181.1 184.3; 194.9
105.5 101 . 6 ! 105,0
160.0 160.9! 169.0

|101»0
j 89,, 0

101.5 102,4 113.5
91,3
91.4 102.3

184.5
162.5

181.9 180.9! 190.5
163.3 159.4; 171.9

| 88.8
: 78*6
! 65T.4
; 92.2

8 8 .9
8 9.9
97.4
78 .9
77.9 82.5
6 2 .9
63.4
68.3
89.3 101.3
9 2.5
124. S 126.1 135.8

148.3
135.4
1 1 9 .2

146.2 14 7 .0 1150.6
134.5 132.1! 131.0
112.6 109.3! 116.7

LUMBER AND TIMBER BASIC PRODUCTS; 100.6
Sawmills and logging camps
81.1
Planing and plywood mills
1 95.9
FURNITURE AND FINISHED LUIvIBER
PRODUCTS
! 101.6
Mattresses and bedsprings
95.9
Furniture
96.3
Wooden boxes, other than cigar- 108.3
Caskets and other morticians 1 :
goods
. 99.2
Wood' preserving
j 87.4
Wood, turned and shaped
96.4
STORE, CLAY AND GLASS PRODUCTS
- Glass and glassv/are
Glass products made from
purchased glass
Cement
Brick, t i l e , and terra cotta
Pottery and related products
Gypsum
Wallboard, plaster (except
gypsum), and mineral wool
Lime
Marble, granite, slate, and
other products
Abrasives
Asbestos products
Nondurable Goods
TEXTILE-MILL PRODUCTS AND
OTHER FIBER MANUFACTURE3
Cotton manufactures, except
small wares
Cotton small wares
Silk and rayon goods
Woolen and worsted
manufactures, except
dyeing and finishing
Hosiery
Knitted cloth
Knitted outerwear and
knitted gloves
Knitted underwear
Dyeing and finishing
te x tile s, including
woolen and v/orsted
Carpets and rugs, wool
Hats, fur-felt
Jute goods, except felts


Cordage and twine


Wa ge -earner pav roll
Sept. Aug. July Sept.
1944 1944 1943
1944
...
/

[ 94.2
; 108.0
j 97.9
■ 7 3 .7
\
: 9 7.7
j 6 4 .7
i 9 2 .7

-124.7

99.8

94.8

97.0
65„7
9 4.1

99*7

179.7
232.7

165.5; 160.5
112 . 8! 139.9
121.5; 128.3
187.0: 185.8
140.9! 147.8

173.7 167.7! 181.6
229.3 231.21 231.2
.-A. /• y

11.

Table 2. - Indexos of Wage-Earner Employment and of Wage-Earner
Pay Roll in Manufacturing Industries ’\ J“ Continued
Industry Group
o r»
Industry

Wage- earner e m ; jI o *.Tivjnt
Se Tvt. Aug. July So nit.
1944 1944 1943
1944

Sept.
1944

APPAREL AND OTHER FINISHED
TEXTILE PRODUCTS •
174.4
9 6 .9 94. 6 104.1
96* 6
Men^s clotting, not elsewhere.
classified
155.9
96.3
95.2 101.1
95.1
Shirts, col.lars, and nightwear
73.4*
80.-2 128.4
74.0
75.5
• Underwear ajid neckwear, men1s .
79.2
151.2
73.7
75.674.6
• Work'shirts.
111.8 112.1 132.2 216.2
109.3
• Women’ s clothing, not
elsewhere classified
79.0
75.5
85.1 148.4
79.6
Corsets and allied 'garments
85.8
131.0
76 .7 76.5
75.5
•M illinery
13 7.1
79.5
76.1
71.5
79.4
' Eandke rchief?
5 9 .4
73.3
104.7
5 8 .0 ■ 5 8 .8
■Curtains, draperies; and
• bedspreads
149.9
94.2
77*5’ . 78 * 5 78.4
•House ’furnishings, other
<than curtains, etc*
1 0 2 .3
100.1
98.2 126.4” 189.7
Textile bags
1 13.1
1 1 7 .Z 116.7 116.3 191.1

earner .nay. .rc>11.....
Aug. July Sept.
1944 1944 1943

157.1 156.6 163.4
160.6
127.5
143.3
208.5

154.6
133.4
142.3
183.2

153.8
129.9
140.5
223.5

139.6
128.7
129.3
103.8

125.6
125.4
103.2
104.1

136.1
139.6
113.7
116.5

142.3 149.4 163.3
183.5 178.3 229.4
192.3 190.1 179.2

90.8
88.6

155.4
146.2

153.4 153.1 143.1
146.2 146.5 135.3

86.8
65.1
85.5
79.7
7S.8
81.8
125.7 126.2 136.6
147.7 145.7 145.0

141. 6
143.1
223.0
224 .7

140.4
140.2
221.8
230.6

141.5
139.8
214.5
228.2

129.5
131.1
215*5
215.3

FOOD'
Slaughtering and meat packing
Butter
Condensed and evaporated milk
Ice cream
Flour
Feeds, prepared *
Cereal preparations
‘
Baking
Sugar refijaing, cane
* Sugar, beet
ConfQctionery
Beverages, nonalcoholic
Malt liquors
Canning and* preserving

128.3
127.8 123.1 129.0
1 2 5 .0 , 129.7 131.7 132.2
12^. ‘i 133.5 13 7. 9 124. 9
146. 6 15 5.7 162.7 138.0
OQ
110.1 114.4
98.2
112.1
113.6 116.9 116.6
128.3
132.0 129.5 138.8
122.0 125.2 135.3
11 4 .6
110.8
112.0 112.0 106. 6
108.9 107.2 104.1
10 5 .6
64.0
4 4 .6 3 8 .7
73.6
113.5
113.8 108.9 107.6
140.1 146. & 151.6 139.5
148.2 147.8 132.9
146.5
180.5
16o . "x 131.8 184.2

199.8
200.3
191.6
240.4
139.3
197.3
225.9
201.4
168.7
171.7
86.2
191.6
188.3
216.1
334. 6

200.1
210.7
205.2
255.3
157.9
190.2
221.5
208.3
167.5
172.5
64.2
188.3
206.4
223.9
306.2

196.5
219.6
215.7
271.0
163.5
195.3
224.3
216.2
168.0
168.4
5 5 .7
178.2
213.0
225. 5
242.8

184.8
192.4
180.3
208.1
129.2
179.5
221.0
227.1
155.3
167.2
100.3
164.3
172.3
186.5
304.4

T OBAC C0 -MANUFACTURES’
Cigarettes
Cigars
Tobacco (chewing and
smoking) and snuff

88.1
126.1
67. 6

88.3
88.6
94.8
127.2 •12 7 .7 125.5
67.6 • 68.2
78.8

163.1
202.3
13 7.6

15 7.6 157.1 154.1
195.9 196.9 179.8
133.4 132.3 139.5

143.8

135-6 132.7 132.1

LEATHER AND LEATHER PRODUCTS
Leather
*
Boot and shoe cut stock and.
findings
Boots and shoes *
Leather .gloves’and mittens .
Trunks and suitcases




8 7 .3
€3.5
8 2 .4
78.9
124. 6
1 4 7 .9

8 7 .4

63.3
84. 6

86.0

88.5
84.6

*84.6

90.5

12.
Table 2. - Indexes of Tfege-Earner Employment and of Wage-Earner
Fay Roll in Manufacturing Industries l/- Continued
industry Group
or
Industry

: Wage -earner employment
1 Sept. : Aug. July Sept.
! -1944 :* 1944 - 1944 1943

Wage--earner pay roll
pt. Aug. July Sept.
1944
1944 1944 1943

PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS •
Paper and p’ulp
Paper goods, other
Envelopes '
Paper bags
Paper boxed

: .11 1 .6 L
i .105.1 i
! .11 2 .7 [
! 109.4
i 118.5
j. 112.4.

117.1
'108.0
125.6
117.7
111.0
120.0

184.6
179.1
181.1
166.3
201.6
180.0

186.0
180.6
187.3
165.4
199.6
178*8

184.9
178.6
194.1
167.2
194.4
175.8

176.7
168.4
183.6
170.1
175.0
177.4

PRINTING, PUBLISHING, ANDALLIED INDUSTRIESNewspapers and periodicals
Printing, book and job .
Lithographing
Bookbinding

j 99.2' 101.1: 101.6: 100.7
92**9! 92.5* 94.7
: 92.1
: 103.2 -105.5) 106.9; 102.0
: 92.2
95.2: 96.6! 97.3
108.4: 109 . 3 ; 112.4
| 105.3

139.0
119.6
151.5
132.8
177.1

13 7.9
118*4
149.4
132.3
182.9

138.0
117.1
151.9
132.4
181.3

128.9
114.5
.133.1
126.1
179.8

1 206.6
j 104.9

204 4 7! 202.7! 256.1
105.4; 106.8: 104.8

36 2 .6
166.0

35 7.7 355.5 438.4
169*1 167.1 156.2

: 178.8
iiG .2
; 99.1
109.2

182.4! 184.4: 169.2
117.5! 115.1: 107.8
99-. 5! 99.5: 97.4
110*0; 109.2; 108.5

265.0
164.9
171.3
176.1

265.2
159.2
165.8
175.7

CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS
Paints, varnishes and colors
Drugs, medicines and
insecticides
Perfumes and cosmetics.
Soap
Rayon and-allied products
Chemicals-, not elsewhere
classified
Explosives and safety fuses3 /
Compressed and liquefied gases
Ammunition, sma-ll-arms 3/
Fireworks 3 /
.
Cottcnseed""oil *
Fertilizers

113.9;
106.8:
119.01
109.5:
122.4!
113.5;

114.4
106.4
122.0
109.6
122.4
114.6

267.2
160.9
162.9
174.0

242.2
150.6
156.3
170.3

168.1
292.8 295.1 297.6 285.5
i7o-.o; 170.-9! 171.1
!1155.4 1 1 1 9 .1:]048.3:U 90.2 1781.6 1725.0 1646.0 1855.2
148.5 153. 8 154.0; 15 9.4 262.9 2 71.7 270.4 266.3
1168.8 1109. 6! 3126.’9!3702. 6 2332.2 2224.8 2271.1 7L34.7
2458.5 2596.5! £32.'8!2574.8 6727.2 6949*5 0957.9 G588.7
1 0 9 .7
8i.o! 74. 6! 133.6 224.3
154.2 143.6 243.5
1 0 1 .7 101 . 5 ; 99.1! 105.3
232.3
226. 6 2 2 4 .7 214.2

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

126.2
124'. 6
1 05 .5 :
69.0:
1 17.9:

127.3!
125.5!
107.0!
74.3!
119. 7;

126.7!
124.3!
106.5!
75.5:
120.6!

119.0
113.0
110.5
70.9
120.3

221.0
213.3
189.9
142.0
219.0

22 0.7
214.0
186.8
152.5
218.0

223.0
215.6
191.7
156.0
218.6

195.0
182.4
187.1
122.8
207.8

RUBBER PRODUCTS *
Rubber tires and inner tubes'
Rubber boots and shoe’s
Rubber goods, other

157. 6
170. 6
125.0!
136.0!

158.1:
168.5!
131*4!
137.5;

157*4!
165*6'
132.1!
138.9!

161.2
168.6
144.1
140.4

288.8
300.8
226.6
248.3

285.4
294.3
233.4
247.1

277.2
280.9
237.0
245.2

273.4
277.2
246.8
238.7

MISCELLANEOUS INDUSTRIES
Instruments (professional and
s c ie n t if ic ), and fire control
equipment 3 /
PhotographicT apparatus
Optical instruments and
ophthalmic goods 3 /
Pianos, organs and~parts
Games, toys, and dolls

150.7! 152.0! 153.5; 165.1

28 9.7

2S6.0 288.9 297.1

Buttons

Fire extinguishers


5 5 6 .6 :
1 6 1 .6 :

557.1: 562.3: 645.4 1038.6 1031.9 ]082.0 E 6 7 .0
270.8 271.9 270.9
166. 6; 171.7! 177.6 268.4

201*7: • 205.2! 205.5: 236.8
8 9 * 1 : 83.4: 79.8! 137.1
9 0 .3 :
91.2! 88.0; 84.1

3 4 4 .0
180.4
181.8

341.3
158.5
181.5
153.8

337.8 379.0
144.3 260.9

169.8 141.7
159.6 164*4
8 2.0: 82*7: 84*2! 92.2 167.7
549.1: 560.0;! 561*3; 732*6 1126.3 1076.2 H26*2[3S18.0

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

1/

Indo xes for the major industry groups have been adjusted to final data for 1941
and preliminary data for the second quarter of 1942 made available by the
Bureau of Employment Security of the Federal Security Agency* Indexes for
individual industries’ have been adjusted to levels indicated by the 1939
Census of Manufactures, but not to Federal Security Agency data.

2/

Revision's have been made as follows in the indexes published for earlier months:
TArire Work - June 1944 pay-roll index to 2 3 0 .7 .

3/

Comparable indexes for the months from January 1939 through June 1944 are
available upon request.




• 14.
Table 3, - Indexes of Employment and Pay Rolls in
Selected Nonmanufacturing Industries
(1939 Average = 100)

Industry

Employment Indexes
July
Sept.
: Sept. Aug.
1943
1944
i 1S44
1944

Coal mining:
' Anthracite
77.9
: 81.5Bituminous
93.995.0
Metal mining
82.4
85.5
Iron
131.3
134.6
' Copper
94.2
100.0
Lead and zinc
96.3
98.9
Gold and silver
2 2 .7
2 2 .7
Miscellaneous
81.1
8 7 .6
Quarrying and nonmetallic
mining
84.3 ; 8 6 .7
Grude petroleum production 3/ 8 3 .0 :
84.1
Public u tilit ie s :
Telephone 2 /
128.2 1 129.6
Telegraph 3 /
120.3 ! 1 20.9
Electric light and poaver
82.4 | 83.1
Street railways and
busses
1 18.7 | 1 18.9
Wholesale trade
95.0 ! 95.5
Retail trade
96.6 i 94.1
Food
106.3 ! 104.6
General merchandise
1 09.6 | 102.8
Apparel 4 /
108.2 ; 9 7 .6
Furniture-and house
furnishings
62.5 j 62.8
Automotive
6 5 .7 j 6 6 .9
Lumber and building
materials
9 0 .0 1 9 2.6
Hotels (year-round) 5 /
109.0 ! 109.4
Power laundries
106.8 ! 109.0
Cleaning and dyeing
118.4 j 118.4
Class 1 steam railroads
144.6 : 1 4 6 .7
Water transportation 8 /
2 5 8 .7 j 255.3

Pay-roll Indexes
Sept,
July
Sept. Aug.
1943 %
1944
1944
1944

77.9
9 4 .7
8 7.6
136.2
105.6
99.8
2 3 .0
88.3

84.5
101.0
108.5
161.3
131.7
121.1
26.3
164.3
1

150.1
207.8
'1 3 0 .8
212.0
153.3
176.7
28 .7
136.7

145.8
215.6
136.6
219.9
161.5
182.8
29.9
148.6

130.6
194.4
135.1
211.9
168.4
177.0
28.2
144. 7

144.2
202.4
171.6
260.5
219.3
212.4
3 3.3
266.5

86.4
84.1

95.6
8 1 .7

158.2
136.4

165.3
132.7

160.7
136.5

168.0
124.4

129.7
122.0
83.2

129.0
129.6
85.5

159.4
174.4
115.4

156.6
174.4
115.3

156.8
175.7
114.6

149.9
166.8
111.4

118.8
95.1
95.5
106.4
104.5
101.8

118.0
93.9
97.4
104.5
110.6
108.4

169.7
136.4
128.1
139.2
139.0
146.6

171.5
136.3
126.8
141.7
132.8
133.3

170.3
135.9
128.3
142.4
136.7
139.2

157.6
127.9
120.2
129.5
130.5
133.6

63.4
66.6

65.5
62.9

86.9
96.8

86.9
98.2

88.4
97.5

85.3
86.1

92 .1
109.2
112.1
122.3
146.1
249.1

92.2
108.0
110.5
118.7
138.9
170.3

131.3
159.0
159.5
185.5

133.9
158.8
159.8
178.6

131.8
157.4
165.1
187.3

126.2
143.7
146.2
170.6

.

7/

7/

7/

602.6

585.2

58 5.6

1/

38 4.4

Does not include -well d rilling or rig building*
Data are available upon request back to January 1937.
Land lines, excluding general and division headquarters personnel and messengers.
Revisions have been made as follows in indexes previously published: Retail
trade-Apparel group: pay-roll index June 1944 to 1 4 5 .4 .
Cash payments only: additional value of board, room, tips, not included.
Source:
Interstate Commerce Commission.
Not available.
Based on estimates prepared by the U .S . Maritime Commission covering employment
on steam and motor merchant vessels of 1 ,0 0 0 gross tons or over in deep sea
trade only.



16.
Tabl© 4. - Estimated Number of Tfege JSfemers
in Selected Nonmanufacturing Industries
(in thousands)
Industry
Coal mining:
Anthracite
Bituminous
Metal mining
Iron
Copper
Lead and zinc
•
Gold and silver
Miscellaneous
Telephone l / 2 /
Electric light and pov/er 3./
Street railways and busses’ 2 /
Hotels (year-round) Z /
~~
?owe r laund rie s
Cleaning and dyeing
1/

Sept. 1944

'

67.5
348
72.7
26.4
2 2.5
15.0
5 .6
3.2
407
201
230
352
241
79.9

Aug. 1944

July 1944

Sept. 1943

64. 5
352
75.4
27.1
2 3.8
15.4
5 .6
3 .5
412
203
230
353
246
79.9

64.5
351
77.3
27.4
25.2
15.5
5 .7
3 .5
412
208
230
352
253
8 2.6

70.0
374
95.7
3 2 .5
31.4
18.8
6.5
6 .5
410
209 •
229
348
250
80.1

-

Data are available upon request back to January 1937.
Data include salaried personnel.
Source: Interstate Commerce CosBniesicn. Data include salaried personnel.

Table 5, -'Percentage Changes in Employment and Pay Rolls
in Selected Nonmanufacturing Industries, September 1944

Industry

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




Employment
Percentage change’ from
Aug.
Sept.
1943
1944

Pay. Roll
Percentage chance from
Sept.
Aug.
1943
1944

- .5
- 1 .6

+ 1.2
- .1

0
- 1.5

+ 6 .6
+ 8 .0

- .3
- 1 .6

+ 2 .9
- 5 .8

+ .1
+ 1.4

+ 9 .1
- .4

- .4
+ 12.1

+ 3 .9
+21.2

+ 1.3
+14.4

+ 12.4
+20.4

- .2
+ .1
- 2 .2
- .7

+ .9
+ 8.3
+ 1. 6
- 1.4

- 1.3
- .1
- 3 .4
- 2 .1

+ 4 .5
+ 14.0
+ 9 .2
+ 4 .6

-

- 2 .7

+ 1 .0

+ 2 .5

.7

16*
Table 6* - Estimated Number of Employees in Nonagricultural Establishments
by Industry Division
(in thousands)

w.

i

Sept.
1943

Aug.
1944

July
1944

3 6 ,6 08

38,741

38,731

I 39,678

15,885

16,020

16,013

; 17,136

Mining

826

834

833

880

Contract construction and Federal
force account construction

679

700

686

Transportation and public utilities
4

3,793

3,818

3,809

| 3,68 8

Trade

6,996

6,918

6,942

j 6,936

4,4 8 0

4,582

4*618

j 4 ,0 7 9

5,9 46

5,869

5,830

| 5,868

Industry
' Division

Sept.
1944

\■

* Total 1 /
mm?
pmk
Manufa ctur ing

1

***

.- Finance, service, and miscellaneous

IM v Federal, State and local government,
excluding Federal force account
k#ri4f;r
construction

lif t

V

1

1,091

Estimates include a ll full- and part-time wage and salary workers in
nonagricultural establishments who are employed during the pay period ending
nearest the 15th of the month* Proprietors, self-employed persons, domestic
servants, and personnel of the armed forces are excluded. •

& i




Table 7. - Estimated Number of Employees in Nonagricultural Establisivments, by State
(in thousands)

Region and State

A ll industry div isions
Aug. .
Aug.
July
■1943
1944
1944 ‘

Manufacturing
:
July
: 1944

Aug.
1944

AUg.
1943

New England
Maine '
• New Hampshire
Ve rmont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut

3,021
261
133
80.4
1,574
274
599

3,040
262
134
50.3
1,581
277
706

3,2 2 9
284
141
84.2
1,667
2S0
763

1,523
120.3
63.4
32.0
728 '
150
429

i 1,544
! 1,707
140.9
j
121. 8 j.
70.3
1
63. 9 ;
j
32. 0 i
3 5 .8
736
\
806
154
161
436
493

Middle Atlantic
-New York *
New Jersey
Pennsylvania

9,194
4,5 4 4
1,512
3,138

9,193
4,5 4 2
1,509
3 ,142

9,495
4,5 70
1,586
3,239

4,114
1,810
873
1,431

I 4,1 0 9
: 1,804
!
872
; 1,433

: 4 ,351
! 1,929.
932
| 1,490

East North Central
* Ohio
Indiana
• Illin o is
Michigan
Wisconsin

8,643
2,347
1,053
2,7 2 7
1,735
781

6 ,6 5 7
2,3 4 9
1,044
2,7 3 9
1,7 3 0
7f>5

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

4,421
1, 2o 7
588
1,154
1,027
'405

j 4 ,433
i.,239
580
j 1,171
j 1,024
419

; 4,55 0
! 1,279
599
1 1,170
: 1,082
... 420

West North Central
Minnesota
Iowa
Missouri
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas

2,824
624
436
• 952
6 8 .7
79.9
257
406

2,818
623
435
947
68.7
80.4
257
407

2,90 8
640
452
989
68 .7
81.8
264
412

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

4,5 6 8
93.4
701
474
680
419
714
3 77
66 8
457

4 ,5 4 9
96.9
689
476
' 679
417
693
*2rjA
o rx

4 ,7 3 3
102.8
752
483
698
425
743
390
659
479




663
461

886
192
132.6
347
4 .9
9 .3
6 4 .G
13 6.6
1,631
.3
313
13.8
197
132.5
362
166
278
115.0

j
j
I
:

881
191
131. 6
341
5. 1
9 .6
64. 2
138. 6

; 1,618
51. 9
301
•
14.1
194
:
131. 7
• 3 64 '
167
279
?' 115. 7

:
;

[
j
i

947
204
149.3
384
5 .2
9 .5
61.6
133.1

; 1,7 26
:
5 5 .9
361
;
13.8
209
;
134.0
•
384
179
270
i
119 .1

.

18

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

A ll industry division
July
Aug.
Aug.
1943
1944
1944

Aug.
1944

Manufa ctu ring
July
1944

Aug.
1943

East South Central
. . Kentucky
Tennessee.
.Alabama
Mississippi

1,787
435
547
554
251

1,772
429
544
553
246

1,832
439
569
574 ,
250

709
126* 8
222
272
83.5

698
122.4
220
272
84.0

719
120.0
229
285
84 .9

West South Central
Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Texas

2,563
248
493
376
1,446

2,562
246
492
376
1,448

2,589
252
493
403
1,441

728
74.2
169.1
86.0
399

730
72.2
168. 6
86.2
403

715
70.8
157.3
95.3
392

138
13.2
14.3
4 .7
4 7 .7
5 .1
16.9
3 3 .0
3 .0

141
13.1
16.0
4 .4
49 .2
5.1
16.4
34.2
3 .0

161
15.2
14.2
3 .9
67.0
4 .6
14.6
3 6 .9
5 .0

1,370
264
141,6
964

1,358
268
137.1
965

1,571
271
157.9
1.142

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




912
110
94.1
62.9
264
79.7
105.9
154
4 1 .5
3,602
643
342
2 ,6 1 7

973
113
98.4
61. c287
83.2
109.9
17G
4 1 .9

916
110
95.1
62.6
265
79.5
107.0
155
4 1 .5

3,802
665
361
2,776

3,580
645
336
2,599

/

Table- 8

Employment and Pay Rolls in Regular Federal Services ana Government Corporations,
September 194-3, August and September 194-4- 1/
.(in thousands} .....................................................

Employment
Service

T o t a l ................................. -

Septembei

August

1944

1944

j

Pay rolls

September; Seotember

1943 I
i

1944
2/

August
1944

Seotember
I 1943

J

3,335.0

3,370.1

3,235.3

2/

3,290.5

3,325.7

3,189o5

7 0 4 ,0 9

712,767

j 683,656

3/

3/

)

Washington metropoli­
tan a r e a .. ..............

264,5

270.5

276*9

61,987

63,416

I 64,920

War agencie s 5/-.......
-Other agencies-...........

135.5
129 e0

140 el
130.4

144^1
132*8

33,286
28,701

34,391
29,025

35,368
29,552

3,026.0'

3,055.2

2,912*6

1618,736

Continental United
States — ..................
............ 2,670.7
2,643.9

642,452
649,351
......

2,572.0

. War agencies 5 / ........

1,941.4
702.5

1,972*4 ' 1,903.9
668.1
1,698.3-

3/

2/

I

3/

3/

1/

Outside continental
United States 6 /

382.0

384.5

340.6

War agencies 5/.„......
Other ag encies... ......

366.1
15 o9

368.7
15.8

323.7
16.9

2.6 I

2.6

2o7

667

784

6„3 !

6*2

6*2

1,540

1,528

1,

35.6 j

36*9

y

3/

3/

Government corporations

35.6 !

2/
3/

y

2/

y

1

/

1 / Employment data are as of the first day of the month; pay-roll data are for the
month ending with the preceding p-v/ period*
2 / Preliminary.
3 / Data not available.
4 / Includes employees in United States navy yards and on force-account cons true
tion who are also included under construction cna shipbuilding and repair
projects. Pay rolls for August and September 1944- were estimated*
5 / Covers War and Navy Departments, Maritime Commission, National
Committee for Aeronautics, The Panama Canal, Office for




20

Table 9
Total Employment and Pay Rolls in United States Navy Yards and Private Shipyards
Within Continental United States, by Shipbuilding Region
September 1943, August and September 1944
(.In thousands)

Employment
Shipbuilding region

All regions
U. S. navy yards 2/
Private shipyards ...

\September

|

1944 1/

j|

August
1944

1

1 , 5 0 2 . 1

1j

1 , 529.5

1

3 2 2 . 0

I|

1, 180.1

North Atlantic

!

540.3

|

5 5 2 . 5

South Atlantic

i

1 3 2 0 . 0

\

1 3 5 . 0

Gulf

I September i1 September
1944 1/
1943

August jSeptember
1944 | 1943

| $ 446, 996 ! $4?9,942

j
3 2 9 . 2
!I
! 1 , 387.9 . . . . !j

90,815
348,066

I

034.3_ II

158,753

j

j

91,410] ?"M 37
1[.... 355>5<j 371.835
L

i
3 7 , 0 1 3 |i

i

1 5 2 . 1

j

3 6 , 2 2 1 ,

|[

Ii

6 1 , 0 6 2

|

1 9 8 . 3

j

2 0 7 . 7

i

5 1 3 . 7

j

5 1 3 . 2

|

582.7

1 1 5 0 ,7 1 0

Great Lakes

5 7 . 1

j

58.9

|

66.4

1 6 , 6 0 6

Inland

6 0 . 7

j

6 2 . 2

j

4 9 . 6

Pacific

|

438,881

1 , 717.1

2 3 2 . 0

i

\

| $

|

I|
324.0
j 1 ,2 0 5 .5

|

Pay rolls

|

15,529

j

2/
2/

I

2/

1 7 , 1 2 4 !l

2/

i

2/

z

6 3 , 9 4 9

i

\

1 5 0 , 6 5 7 1

1 5 , 9 0 2

1 / Preliminary
j
.j /
2j Includes all navy yards within continental tinited States constructing or repairing ships,
including the Curtis Bay, Maryland Coast Guard yard. Data are also included in
table 8 under executive service.
2 / Breakdown not available*




21
Table 10

Estimated Employment and Pay Rolls on Construction Within Continental United States
September 1943, August an' Jjptember 1S44
(In thousands)
Employment
Type of project

September
1944*

New construction, total l / .
At the construction s it e .....
Federal projects 3 /
Airports ...............
Buildings
Residential . ..
Nonresidential 4 / ..............
Electrification .....................
Reclamation ......................... .
River, harbor, and
flood control................ _
Streets and highways
Water and sewer systems ....
Miscellaneous ..... ..............
Non-Federal projects
Buildings ........
Residential ........................
Nonresidential .................
Farm
Public utilities ................
Streets and highways ..........
State .........................
County and municipal
Miscellaneous ........................

September
1943

August
1944

September
1944*

August
1944

!September
1943- -

769.3

789.7

1,176.9

2/

2/

2/

626. I

639.6
232.4

1, 001.1

£/

£/

2/

576.0
65 «4
398.3
64 .8

$44,045
2,994
27,579

$ 4 7,076

.6

98

218.2
15.0
133.7
17.3
116.4

.6

12.6
19.3
17.8
5.9
13.3

407.9
204.4
99.8
104.6
54.4
92 .9

18.8
142.7

20.6
122.1

333.5

23,582

•7
13.9

19.9

2,675

29.2
33.2
8.0
21.4

3,563

21.0

17.0
6.0
12.3
407.2

2 1 .0
18.6
l6 .6

202.3
107.1
9^.2
56.5
95.4
38.1
19.5
18.6
14.9

!
I

143.2

150.1

Maintenance of State roads 6 / j

9 7 .0

95.8

Other 5 /

Pay rolls

39.6

\

4 2 5.1
210.2
147.2
6 9 .0
56.4
94.1
49 .5
26.3

23.2
8 .9

175.8
j

92.4 j

3,997

24,903
98
2,953

66,209

3,987
3,414
958
2,339

5,716

941
2,514

V

10,831
80,327
14,058

29,590
4,627

3,-681

46,808
2/
2/

$111,735

3,737

91
3,928

5,805
1,759
3,278

, 2/
46,529
2/
2/
2/

46,^99
2/
2/
2/
2/
2/

V,
V,
2/

V,
Vi
2/

y1

£/

2/

2/

y,
2/

2/

2/

£/
-

....

.1

2/

1-/ Data are for all construction workers (contract and force account ) engaged on new construc­
tion, additions and alterations, and on repair work of the type usually covered by building
permits. ( Force—account employees are wcrkers hired directly by the owner and utilized as
a separate work force to perform construction work of the type usually chargeable to
capital account.) The construction figure included in the Bureau's nonagricultural employ­
ment series covers only employees of construction contractors and on Federal force—account
and excludes foree-account workers of State and local governments, public utilities, and
private firms .
2 / Data not available.
2 / Includes the following force-account employees hired directly by the Federal Government/^ ...
September 1943, 4 ^ ,2 6 5 ; August 1944, 29,557> September 1944, 28,574 * - These employees
are also included under the Federal executive service; all other workers were employed
by contractors and subcontractors.
4 / Includes the following employees and pay rolls for defense riant Corporation (RFC) projects:
September 1943, 138,100 and $30,5 2 2 ,0 0 0 ; August 1944, 31,700 and $7,5 3 6 ,0 0 0 ; and
September 1944, 25,200 and $ 5 ,9 9 4 ,6 0 0 .
/ Includes central office force of construction contractors, shop employees of special trades
contractors, such as bench sheetmetal workers, e tc., and sheetmetal workers, e tc., =md site
employees engaged on projects which, for security reasons, cannot be shown above.
6 / Data for other types of maintenance not available.
• Preliminary