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from U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR W. Willard Wirtz, Secretary USDL - 8472 FOR RELEASE: 2:30 p.m . Wednesday, October 11, 19$7 U. S0 Department of Labor BLS, 961-2634 THE E M P LO Y M E N T SITUATION: SEPTEM B ER 1967 Employment rem ained strong in September, the U0 S» Department of Labor* s Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. However, an unusually large increase in adult women in the labor force raised the total unemploy ment rate to 4. 1 percent, up from 3. 8 percent in August.—^ The job less rates fo r adult men and teenagers w ere unchanged over the month. Nonfarm payroll employment increased by 275, 000 between August and September, even though there was a substantial rise in the number of persons off payrolls because of strikes. About 235, 000 m ore persons w ere on strike in September than in August, m ainly because of the F ord strike and disputes between teachers and school boards in several cities. Although strikers are considered to be employed in the household survey, they are not on active payrolls and are therefore not counted in the payroll em ploy ment statistics. F o r this reason, seasonally adjusted payroll employment declined by about 100, 000; it would have risen m ore than 100, 000 except fo r the increase in strike activity. 1/ A January 1967 change in the unemployment definition may have affected the seasonal pattern of adult fem ale unemployment between August and Septem ber--a time when many women enter the labor fo rce to look fo r work as their children enter schooli The new definitions include persons seeking work in the previous 4 weeks; under the old definitions, only those looking for jobs in the week before the survey w ere counted. The Employment Situation Page 2 October 11, 1967 The number of adult women in the labor force rose by nearly 1.0 million between August and September--500,000 more than the usual increase. The employment of women also moved up strongly, but not enough to equal the sub stantial labor force jump. As a result, the number of unemployed women increased by about 250,000 and their jobless rate rose from 3.9 to 4.9.percent In contrast, the September unemployment rates for all adult men and married men, 2.3 and 1.8 percent respectively, remained near their record lows The teenage rate (13.8 percent) was virtually unchanged from the August level. The unemployment rate for nonwhite men moved down to 3.5 percent, the lowest rate since the series began in 1954 and below the rate for all workers for the first time. Total Employment Over the month, total employment declined by about 100,000 (seasonally adjusted) because of a sharp drop (300,000) in agricultural employment. Cool and wet weather over much of the country this summer delayed fall harvesting and seeding activity. Employment in nonagricultural industries showed a seasonally adjusted increase of about 200,000 in September. (In this -series, persons on strike are counted as* employed.) A substantial increase in nonfarm employment among adult women more than offset a decline for teenagers. At 74.6 million in September, total employment was up 1.4 million from a year earlier. Agricultural employment continued its long-term downtrend-falling by 250,000 over the year. Employment in the nonagricultural sector rose by 1,650,000 from the September 1966 level. Industry Employment Seasonally adjusted, nonfarm payroll employment was 66.1 million in September, down 100,000 from August. The largest declines occurred in manu facturing, transportation and public utilities, and State and local government all of which were affected by strikes. The number of secondary layoffs was relatively small (less than 10,000), since the survey week was the first full week of the Ford strike. Most of the layoffs were in 11feeder” plants which supply metal parts to the automobile industry. After seasonal adjustment, manufacturing employment was down by 180,000 over the month, with 160,000 of the decline occurring in the durable goods industries. Nearly all of this decline is attributable to the automobile strike, not only in the automobile industry itself but also in struck plants in the primary metals, fabricated met,als, and electrical equipment industries. The Employment S it u a t io n Page 3 O ctober 11, 1967 Insured unemployment under State program s declined to 890, 000 in m id-Septem ber. The insured rate w^s 2. 4 percent (seasonally adjusted), compared with 2.7 percent in August and 2, 2 percent in September 1966. Secondary layoffs from the Ford strikes w ere low in m id-Septem ber and have remained moderate thus fa r. The return to work of persons laid off during the automobile m odel change-over m ore than made up fo r any secondary layoffs because of the strike. * * * * * This release presents and analyzes statis tics from two major surveys. Data on labor force, total employment, and unemployment are derived from the sample survey of households conducted and tabulated by the Bureau of the Census for the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Statistics on industry employment, hours, and earnings are collected by State agencies from payroll records of employers and are tabulated by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A description of the two surveys appears in the B L S publication Employment and E a r n i n g s and Monthly Report on the Labor frorce. The Employment S it u a t io n Page 4 O ctober 11, 1967 M ost of the service-producing industries continued to show la rg e rthan-seasonal employment pickups. Trade employment rose by 30,000 over the month, and m iscellaneous services had an increase of 45, 000. State and local government (the m ost rapidly growing sector fo r many y e a rs ) declined in September because of severa l labor disputes involving public school systems. Hours and Earnings In September, the average hourly earnings 6f rank and file em ployees on private nonfarm payrolls w ere $2. 70--up 10 cents, or 3.8 percent, from September 1966. The workweek averaged 38. 3 hours, down 0. 5 hour from the September 1966 le v e l. The average weekly hours of manufacturing production w orkers w ere unchanged from August at 40. 7 hours (seasonally adjusted). O ver the year, the factory workweek was down 0. 7 hour; declines occurred in 17 of the 21 manufacturing industries. U nemployme nt Unemployment, at 2. 9 m illion, did not show the usual August-toSeptember drop this year because of the large increase (250, 000) in the number of unemployed adult women. A fter seasonal adjustment, unemploy ment was up 200, 000 from the previous month. The total unemployment rate, at 4. 1 percent, was up from 3. 8 percent in August and was at its highest point since Novem ber 1965. The over-the-m onth increase in the unemployment of adult women was widespread among the various occupations and industries. A ll of the increase occurred in the sh ort-term job less group (less than 5 w eek s). Unemployment rates moved up fo r persons whose last jobs had been in the c le ric a l, sales, se rvice , and operative occupations--where fem ale employment is substantial. Sim ilarly, the unemployment rates in trade and in finance and services increased over the month. The unemployment rate in agriculture rose sharply in September, while farm employment declined. The nonwhite unemployment rate, which had dropped to about 7, 0 percent in July and August, m oved back up to 7. 9 percent in September. The increase was p rim a rily attributable to a substantial rise in the rate fo r nonwhite women. Table A-l: Employment status of the noninstitutional population by age and sex (In thousands) Seaso n ally adjusted Employment status, age, and sex Sept. Aug. Sept. Sept. Aug. July June May 1967 1967 1966 1967 1967 1967 1967 1967 7 8 ,9 8 2 7 5 ,7 5 3 7 3 ,2 4 8 8 1 ,2 5 9 3 ,1 7 8 8 1 ,1 6 0 7 7 ,7 0 1 7 4 ,7 1 8 3 ,9 9 2 7 0 ,7 2 6 1 ,855 992 863 2 ,9 8 3 8 0 ,9 5 4 7 7 ,5 0 5 7 4 ,4 8 9 3 ,8 5 6 7 0 ,6 3 3 2 ,0 1 1 1,0 5 8 953 3 ,0 1 6 8 0 ,6 8 1 7 7 ,2 3 7 7 4 ,1 4 7 3 ,7 2 7 7 0 ,4 2 0 1 ,9 3 9 1,0 7 2 867 3 ,0 9 0 7 9 ,6 4 5 7 6 ,1 8 9 7 3 ,2 8 9 3 ,6 5 2 69,6 3 7 1,5 3 9 910 629 2 ,9 0 0 Total T o ta l labor f o r c e ....................................................... 8 0 ,9 8 2 C iv ilia n labor fo rc e ................................................... 7 7 ,5 2 6 7 4 ,6 3 1 3 ,9 3 1 7 0 ,7 0 0 1 ,8 8 3 1 ,0 7 3 810 2 ,8 9 5 8 2 ,5 7 1 7 9 ,1 1 2 7 6 ,1 7 0 4 ,3 7 8 7.1,792 2 ,1 7 5 1 ,0 1 2 1 ,1 6 3 2 ,9 4 2 4 ,1 8 6 6 9 ,0 6 3 1 ,5 6 4 841 723 2 ,5 0 5 4 5 ,6 0 0 4 4 ,7 6 1 2 ,9 2 4 4 1 ,8 3 7 839 4 5 ,9 5 5 4 4 ,9 6 9 2 ,9 0 9 4 2 ,0 6 0 986 4 4 ,8 5 1 4 3 ,9 8 0 2 ,9 9 6 4 0 ,9 8 4 871 4 5 ,4 7 6 4 4 ,4 3 5 2 ,8 0 6 4 1 ,6 2 9 1,041 4 5 ,5 5 9 4 4 ,4 7 9 2 ,8 3 5 4 1 ,6 4 4 1 ,0 8 0 4 5 ,4 3 3 4 4 ,3 3 8 2 ,7 9 1 4 1 ,5 4 7 1 ,0 9 5 4 5 ,3 1 4 4 4 ,1 5 6 2 ,7 2 6 4 1 ,4 3 0 1 ,1 5 8 4 5 ,0 2 1 4 3 ,9 2 2 2 ,7 5 3 4 1 ,1 6 9 1 ,0 9 9 2 5 ,9 0 3 2 4 ,6 1 5 638 2 3 ,9 7 8 1,2 8 7 2 4 ,9 4 8 2 3 ,8 9 2 802 2 3 ,0 9 0 1,0 5 5 2 4 ,8 2 9 2 3 ,8 7 3 803 2 3 ,0 6 9 956 2 6 ,0 5 1 2 4 ,7 8 1 512 2 4 ,2 6 9 1 ,2 7 0 2 5 ,5 5 7 2 4 ,5 5 8 705 2 3 ,8 5 3 999 2 5 ,5 1 6 2 4 ,4 2 1 624 2 3 ,7 9 7 1 ,0 9 5 2 5 ,1 7 7 2 4 ,0 9 4 581 2 3 ,5 1 3 1 ,0 8 3 2 4 ,7 3 0 2 3 ,7 7 3 537 2 3 ,2 3 6 957 6 ,0 2 4 5 ,2 5 4 369 4 ,8 8 6 769 8 ,2 0 9 7 ,3 0 9 667 6 ,6 4 1 900 6 ,0 7 2 5 ,3 9 6 386 5 ,0 0 9 676 6 ,2 7 6 5 ,4 0 9 358 5 ,0 5 1 867 6 ,5 8 5 5 ,6 8 1 452 5 ,2 2 9 904 6 ,5 5 6 5 ,7 3 0 441 5 ,2 8 9 826 6 ,7 4 6 5 ,8 9 7 420 5 ,4 7 7 849 6 ,4 3 8 5 ,5 9 4 362 5 ,2 3 2 844 E m p lo y e d .................................... . ......................... A g ric u ltu re ......................................................... Nonagricultural in d u s tr ie s ............................ On part time for econom ic r e a s o n s ........... U su ally work full t im e ............................ U su ally work part tim e ............................ 7 7 ,8 0 3 74,6 2 5 3 ,6 7 6 7 0 ,9 4 9 1,977 1 ,081 896 Men, 20l years and over C iv ilia n labor force ................................................. N onagricultural in d u s trie s .............................. U n em p lo y e d ........................................................... Women, 20 years and over C iv ilia n labor force .......................................... .. E m p lo y e d ................................................................ A griculture ....................................................... N onagricultural in d u stries.............................. U n e m p lo y e d ........................................................... Both sexes, 16*19 years C iv ilia n labor f o r c e ................................................. E m p lo y e d ................................................................ A g ric u ltu re ......................................................... Nonagricultural in d u s trie s .............................. U n e m p lo y e d ........................................................... •Table A-2: Unemployed persons 16 years and over by duration of unemployment (In thousands) Seaso n ally adjusted Duration o f unemployment Sept. 1967 Aug. 1967 Sept. 1966 Sept. 1967 Aug. 1967 July 1967 June 1967 May 1967 L e s s than 5 w e e k s ................................................... 1,810 715 370 226 144 1,537 1,037 367 166 201 1,487 613 405 226 179 1,889 945 437 278 159 1,660 946 441 231 210 1,805 876 435 265 170 1,649 919 444 298 146 1,371 877 414 271 143 5 to 14 w e e k s ............................................................ 15 w eek s and o v e r ................................................... 15 to 26 w e e k s ..................................................... and o v e r................................................. 27 w eek s TabU A-3: Major unomploymont indicators (Persons 16 years and over) Thousands of persons unemployed Selected categories Sept. 1967 Seasonally adjusted rates of unemployment Sept. 1966 Sept. 1967 Aug. 1967 July 1967 June 1967 May 1967 Sept. 1966 Total (a ll civilian workers)............................... 2,895 2,505 4.1 3.8 3.9 4.0 3.8 3.7 Men, 20 years and over.................................. Women, 20 years and o v e r ............................. Both sexes, 16-19 y e a r s ............................... 839 1,287 769 871 956 676 2.3 4.9 13.8 2.4 3.9 13.7 2.4 4.3 12.6 2.6 4.3 12.6 2.4 3.9 13.1 2.4 3.8 12.9 White.............................: ................................ Nonwhite........................................................ 2,269 626 1,954 550 3.6 7.9 3.5 6.9 3.5 7.2 3.5 7.8 3.3 7.8 3.2 7.2 Married m en....................................................... Full-time workers.............................................. Unemployed 15 weeks and over......................... State insured*................................................... Labor force time lost ^ ...................................... 526 2,086 370 891 — 542 1,908 405 756 — 1.8 3.8 .6 2.4 4.6 2.0 3.6 .6 2.7 4.3 1.8 3.6 .6 2.8 4.3 2.0 3.9 .6 2.6 4.5 1.9 3.5 .5 2.7 3.8 1.9 3.4 .6 2.2 4.2 920 239 495 186 1,067 157 673 237 373 795 256 407 132 918 179 513 226 387 2.5 1.3 3.7 4.1 4.6 2.2 5.4 8.1 5.1 2.2 1.1 3.4 3.2 4.4 2.4 4.8 7.8 4.1 2.2 1.2 3.2 3.7 4.7 2.3 5.4 8.0 4.5 2.2 1.2 3.2 3.8 4.7 2.8 5.1 7.8 4.3 1.9 1.3 2.5 2.5 4.6 4.9 8.3 4.1 2.3 1.4 3.2 3.0 4.1 2.5 4.2 7.7 4.4 2,208 122 739 389 350 93 559 583 249 98 1,795 190 576 290 285 74 467 469 247 58 4.2 5.4 4.1 3.7 4.5 2.4 5.1 4.0 2.1 11.1 3.9 7.1 3.8 3.4 4.5 2.6 4.2 3.5 1.5 7.1 4.1 7.6 4.0 4.1 4.0 2.4 4.4 3.5 1.7 7.2 4.0 8.6 3.9 3.6 4.3 2.9 4.1 3.3 2.1 7.8 3.9 7.8 3.9 3.8 4.0 2.7 3.6 3.5 1.7 6.3 3.8 8.5 3.2 2.9 3.7 2.0 4.5 3.4 2.3 6.2 Occupation White-collar workers.......................................... Professional and managerial......................... Clerical workers............................................ Sales w orkers................................................ Blue-collar workers............................................ Craftsmen and foremen ................................... O peratives..................................................... Nonfarm laborers............................................ Service workers.................................................. 2 .8 Industry Private wage and salary workers^............. .. Construction . . .............................................. Manufacturing................................................ Durable g o o d s ........................................... Nondurable g o o d s ...................................... Transportation and public utilities ............. Wholesale and retail tr a d e ............................ Finance and service industries..................... Agricultural wage and salary workers................ ^Insured unemployment under State programs as a percent of average covered employment. ^Man-hours lost by the unemployed and persons on part time for economic reasons as a percent o f potentially ava ilable labor force man-hours. ^Include s mining, not shown separately. Table A-4: Full-and part-time status of the civilian labor force September 1967 Full-.and part-time employment status Total Men, 20 and over Women, 20 and over Both sexes, 16-19 years Full Tima Civilian labor force........................................................................................................................ Employed: Full-time schedules............................................................................................................... Part time /or economic re a s o n s ........................................................................................... Unemployed, looking for full-time w o r k .................................................................................. Unemployment r a t e ........................................................................................................................ 6 7 ,9 5 0 4 3 ,8 4 5 2 0 ,7 9 9 3 ,3 0 6 6 3 ,7 4 7 2 ,1 1 7 2 ,0 8 6 3 .1 4 2 ,1 5 4 932 759 1 .7 1 8 ,9 3 9 913 947 4 .6 2 ,6 5 3 272 381 1 1 .5 9 ,5 7 6 8 ,7 6 7 809 1 ,7 5 5 1 ,6 7 5 80 8 .4 4 .6 5 ,1 0 3 4 ,7 6 3 341 6 .7 2 ,7 1 8 2 ,3 3 0 388 1 4 .3 Port Time Civilian labor fo rce....................................................................................................................... Employed (voluntary part tim e).................................................................................................. Unemployed, looking for part-time w o r k .................................................................................. Unemployment ra te ........................................................................................................................ Table A-5: Employed persons by age and sex (In thousands) Seasonally adjusted Age and sex Aug. 1967 Sept. 1967 . Sept. Sept. 1966 1967 Au g. 1967 July June May __ m i______ 1967 74,1 4 7 7 3 ,2 8 9 Total, 16 years and o v e r .................................... 7 4 ,6 3 1 7 6 ,1 7 0 7 3 ,2 4 8 7 4 ,6 2 5 7 4 ,7 1 8 19.67_______ 7 4 ,4 8 9 16 to 19 y e a r s .................................................. 16 and 17 y e a rs ............................................ 18 and 19 y e a rs ............................................ 20 to 24 y e a r s ................................................ 25 years and o v e r ............................................ 25 to 54 y e a r s .............................................. 55 years and o v e r ........................................ 5 ,2 5 4 2 ,1 1 3 3 ,1 4 1 8 ,4 9 1 6 0 ,8 8 5 4 7 ,0 9 0 13,7 9 5 7 ,3 0 9 3 ,2 1 4 4 ,0 9 5 8,9 6 7 5 9 ,8 9 4 4 6 ,3 8 5 13,509 5 ,3 9 6 2 ,1 0 0 3 ,2 9 6 7 ,8 9 9 5 9 ,9 5 4 4 6 ,4 3 9 1 3 ,5 1 4 5 ,4 0 9 2 ,2 4 6 3 ,1 4 8 8 ,5 2 2 6 0 ,7 2 4 4 6 ,7 6 8 13,6 9 8 5 ,6 8 1 2 ,3 4 1 3 ,3 3 1 8 ,6 1 2 6 0 ,3 9 3 4 6 ,7 0 9 1 3,632 5 ,7 3 0 2 ,3 2 2 3 ,4 0 2 8 ,6 0 4 6 0 ,1 2 8 4 6 ,4 7 1 1 3 ,5 6 3 5 ,8 9 7 2 ,3 6 3 3 ,4 9 1 8 ,5 7 1 5 9 ,6 7 8 4 6 ,0 6 2 1 3,627 5 ,5 9 4 2 ,2 0 1 3 ,3 5 8 8 ,4 2 0 5 9 ,3 0 0 4 6 ,0 4 4 1 3 ,2 4 4 Males, 16 y^ars and o ver..................................... 4 7 ,7 0 5 4 9 ,2 3 3 4 6 ,9 9 1 4 7 ,4 7 9 4 7 ,7 1 2 4 7 ,5 5 5 4 7 ,4 4 8 4 7 ,0 5 0 16 to 19 y e a r s .................................................. 16 and 17 y e a rs ............................................ 18 and 19 y e a rs ............................................ 20 to 24 y e a r s .................................................. 25 years and over.............................................. 25 to 54 y e a r s .............................................. 55 years and o v e r ........................................ 2 ,9 4 4 1 ,2 9 1 1 ,6 5 3 4 ,8 6 1 3 9 ,9 0 0 3 0 ,9 0 5 8 ,9 9 6 4 ,2 6 4 1,9 8 9 2 ,2 7 5 5 ,2 3 8 39,7 3 1 3 0 ,8 1 1 8 ,9 2 0 3 ,0 1 2 1 ,2 3 4 1 ,7 7 8 4 ,5 8 0 3 9 ,4 0 0 3 0 ,5 5 4 8 ,8 4 5 3 ,0 4 4 1 ,409 1 ,6 5 3 4 ,8 4 9 3 9 ,5 8 9 3 0 ,6 4 8 8 ,8 9 8 3 ,2 3 3 1 ,4 3 6 1 ,7 8 6 4 ,8 9 1 3 9 ,5 6 6 3 0 ,6 3 8 8 ,8 8 9 3 ,2 1 7 1 ,3 9 9 1 ,8 1 0 4 ,8 5 6 3 9 ,4 6 8 3 0 ,5 8 4 8 ,8 6 0 3 ,2 9 2 1,4 0 3 1,8 5 6 4 ,8 8 1 3 9 ,2 6 6 3 0 ,4 2 4 8 ,8 7 0 3 ,1 2 8 1 ,3 2 4 1 ,7 6 6 4 ,7 5 0 3 9 ,1 7 7 3 0 ,4 0 2 8 ,7 3 8 Females, 16 years and o v e r ............................... 2 6 ,9 2 5 26,9 3 7 2 6 ,2 5 6 2 7 ,1 4 6 2 7 ,0 0 6 2 6 ,9 3 4 2 6 ,6 6 9 2 6 ,2 3 9 16 to 19 y e a r s .................................................. 16 and 17 y e a r s ............................................ 18 and 19 y e a rs ............................................ 20 to 24 y e a r s .................................................. 25 years and o v e r ............................................ 25 to 54 y e a r s .............................................. 55 years and o v e r ........................................ 2 ,3 1 0 822 1 ,4 8 8 3 ,6 3 0 2 0 ,9 8 5 1 6 ,1 8 6 4 ,8 0 0 3 ,0 4 5 1 ,2 2 5 1 ,8 2 0 3 ,7 3 0 2 0 ,1 6 2 1 5 ,5 7 4 4 ,5 8 8 2 ,3 8 4 866 1 ,5 1 8 3 ,3 1 9 2 0 ,5 5 4 1 5 ,885 4 ,6 6 9 2 ,3 6 5 837 1 ,4 9 5 3 ,6 7 3 2 1 ,1 3 5 1 6 ,1 2 0 4 ,8 0 0 2 ,4 4 8 905 1 ,5 4 5 3 ,7 2 1 2 0 ,8 2 7 1 6 ,0 7 1 4 ,7 4 3 2 ,5 1 3 923 1 ,5 9 2 3 ,7 4 8 2 0 ,6 6 0 15,8 8 7 4 ,7 0 3 2 ,6 0 5 960 1,6 3 5 3 ,6 9 0 2 0 ,4 1 2 15,638 4 ,7 5 7 2 ,4 6 6 877 1 ,592 3 ,6 7 0 2 0 ,1 2 3 1 5 ,642 4 ,5 0 6 NOTE: Due to the independent seasonal adjustment of several of the series, detail will not necessarily add to totals. Table A>6: Unemployed persons by age and sex Thousands Age and sex S e p t. 1967 Au g. 1967 Percent looking for full-time work S e n t . 1967 Seasonally adjusted unemployment rates S e p t. 1967 A u g. 1967 J u ly 1967 June 1967 May 1967 S e p t. 1966 2 ,8 9 5 2 ,9 4 2 7 2 .1 4 .1 3 .8 3 .9 4 .0 3 .8 3 .7 769 345 424 569 1 ,557 1 ,267 290 900 1 3 .8 1 5 .6 1 2 .6 6 .6 2 .7 2 .8 2 .3 13 .7 1 3 .1 1 2 .9 1 5 .3 12 .7 5 .5 2 .5 2 .6 2 .5 1 2 .6 1 4 .4 1 1 .4 6 .2 2 .6 2 .7 2 .3 1 2 .6 408 492 513 1,5 2 9 1,1 9 9 330 4 9 .5 2 4 .3 7 0 .0 7 9 .4 8 0 .5 8 1 .5 7 6 .2 1 4 .0 1 1 .3 5 .8 2 .8 2 .9 2 .3 13 .7 1 2 .8 5 .2 2 .6 2 .7 2 .7 1 4 .8 1 1 .2 5 .2 2 .6 2 .6 2 .5 Males, 16 years and o ver.................................. 1 ,2 1 4 1 ,4 4 1 7 6 .8 3 .0 3 .1 3 .1 3 .3 3 .2 3 .1 16 to 19 y e a r s ................................................ 16 and 17 y ears.......................................... 18 and 19 years.......................................... 20 to 24 y e a r s ................................................ 25 years and o v e r .......................................... 25 to 54 y e a r s ............................................ 55 years and o v e r ...................................... 375 188 187 206 633 481 152 455 243 212 244 742 538 204 4 6 .4 2 7 .7 6 5 .2 7 8 .6 9 4 .3 9 6 .5 8 6 .8 1 2 .4 13 .2 1 1 .4 4 .9 1 .9 1 .9 2 .0 1 2 .4 1 5 .3 1 0 .2 5 .0 2 .0 2 .0 2 .4 1 1 .6 1 4 .5 9 .2 5 .0 2 .1 2 .0 2 .3 1 2 .3 1 4 .2 1 0 .3 5 .1 2 .2 2 .1 2 .5 1 2 .9 1 4 .5 1 1 .8 4 .9 2 .1 2 .0 2 .8 1 2 .3 1 4 .1 1 0 .2 4 .3 2 .2 2 .0 2 .6 Females, 16 years and o v e r ............................. 1 ,681 1 ,501 6 8 .6 5 .9 5 .1 5 .3 5 .2 4 .8 4 .8 16 to 19 y ears................................................ 16 and 17 years ....................................... 18 and 19 years ........................................ 20 to 24 years ............................................ 25 years and o ver........................................... 25 to 54 y e a rs ............................................ 55 years and o v e r ...................................... 394 157 237 363 924 446 166 280 268 787 662 125 5 2 .5 2 0 .4 7 3 .8 7 9 .9 7 1 .1 1 5 .6 1 9 .3 1 3 .8 8 .8 4 .1 1 5 .4 15 .4 1 5 .4 6 .1 3 .5 4 .5 2 .9 3 .7 2 .7 1 3 .0 1 3 .8 1 2 .4 6 .8 3 .9 4 .5 1 .7 1 3 .4 1 2 .4 1 3 .8 5 .5 3 .4 4 .0 2 .6 1 3 .6 1 5 .8 1 2 .2 6 .5 3 .3 7 2 .2 6 5 .7 1 3 .8 1 4 .3 1 3 .8 7 .6 3 .7 4 .1 2 .2 Total, 16 years and o ver................................... 16 to 19 y e a r s ............................................... 16 and 17 years.......................................... 18 and 19 years.......................................... 20 to 24 y e a r s .................................................. 25 years and o v e r .......................................... 25 to 54 y e a r s ............................................ 55 years and o v e r ...................................... 787 137 3 .5 2 .4 Table B-l: Employees on nronagricultural payrolls, by industry (In thousands) S e a s o n a lly adju sted Change Is In d u stry Aug. 1967 m y 1967 S e p t. 1966 A ug. 1967 276 S e p t. 1966 S e p t. 1967 66,100 A u g. 1967 J u ly 66,216 65,939 1967 TOTAL.................................... 66,714 66,438 66,129 65,017 M IN IN G.................... .............................. 606 619 636 634 -1 3 -2 8 598 605 623 CO N TRA CT CO N STRUCTIO M ______ 3,502 3,591* 3,5**8 3,540 -9 2 -3 8 3,228 3,223 3,231 M AN U FA CTU RIN G.............................. Production w orkers.............. 19,^7 2 li* ,3 l8 19,476 14J298 19,156 13,996 19,638 14,657 -4 20 -166 -339 19,174 14,034 D U R A B L E G O O D S ............................... 11,303 ,2*10 11,213 8 ,l4 l 11,502 8,545 23 35 -199 -305 11,205 8 ,148 11,362 8 ,308 297 583 451 621 1 ,2 8 7 1 ,3 3 7 1 ,9 7 9 1 ,8 9 2 1 ,8 8 2 454 422 297 583 450 626 1 ,2 9 1 1 ,3 5 6 1 ,9 7 7 1 ,9 2 5 i,? 7 6 456 425 Production w orkers................. Ordnance and accessories........... Lumber and wood products.......... Furniture and fixtu res............ Stone, clay, and glass products . . Primary metal industries............... Fabricated metal products............ Machinery, except electrical . . . . Electrical equipumat................... Transportation equipment............ Instruments and related products . Miscellaneous manufacturing. . . . N O N D U R A B L E G O O D S ...................... Production w orkers................. Food and kindred products.......... Tobacco manufactures.................. Textile mill products................... Apparel and other textile products Paper and allied products............ Printing and publishing . . . . . . . Cheaucals and allied products. . . Petroleum and coal products. . . . Rubber and plastics product%n e c Leather and leather products. . . . 8 11,280 8,2D5 1,6 9 7 292 5 -181 -191 -15 7 -160 7 ,9 9 3 5 ,9 17 7 ,9 5 1 5 ,8 8 6 -2 4 -3 1 1 ,7 6 6 78 947 1 ,3 7 6 689 1 ,0 6 3 991 191 519 349 1 ,7 7 2 84 945 1 ,3 8 4 689 1 ,0 6 8 1 ,7 9 0 -6 -6 2 —8 0 991 191 521 348 989 191 479 342 -5 0 0 -2 1 - l4 291.0 610 .1 4 4 2 .5 61*3-9 1 ,2 9 7 -0 1,3>*0.9 1 ,9 7 3 .“* 1 ,8 7 1 .5 1 , 8 6 6 . 1* •i*5i*.8 1*21.3 263.6 619.8 4 7 1 .2 6 5 7 .1 1 ,3 6 5 .1 1 ,3 7 0 .1 1 ,9 4 1 .0 1 ,9 5 7 -4 1 ,9 5 8 .5 44-1.2 4 5 6 .8 2 .5 -8 .1 - 7 .9 - 6 .9 1 .7 - 1 0 .3 5 9 .5 - 1 .4 3 .3 32.9 - 1 9 .3 - 1 3 .9 - 1 8 .6 - 7 3 .8 - 2 0 .7 3 1 .6 - 5 0 .7 - 6 7 .1 1 5 .3 -1 4 .1 8 ,1 6 9 6 ,0 7 8 8 ,1 9 6 7,9i*3 5,855 8 ,1 36 6 ,1 1 2 -2 7 -15 33 -34 7 ,9 6 9 5 ,8 8 6 1 ,9 0 5 .4 9 3 .2 953-5 1 ,3 9 7 .4 6 9 5 .6 1 ,0 6 4 .9 9 9 4 .2 1 ,9 0 2 .5 9 0 .3 9 5 3 .7 1 ,4 0 8 .5 6 9 6 .8 1 , 0 6 8 .7 1 , 8 3 0 .8 1 , 9 0 2 .2 1 ,0 0 2 .7 1 9 5 .5 5 2 2 .1 354 .9 7 7 .3 9 3 3 .5 1 ,3 3 8 .9 689.1* 1 , 0 6 6 .0 9 99 .0 19**.5 1*71-7 31*2.3 9 5 ,3 9 7 0 .7 1 ,4 1 7 .2 6 73 .5 1 ,0 3 3 .7 9 7 1 .5 I 89. I 2 .9 2 .9 - .2 -1 1 . 1 -1 .2 -3 .8 - 8 .5 -1 .2 5 1 9 .1 363 .3 - 1 .3 - 5 .0 3 .2 -2 .1 - 1 7 .2 - 1 9 .8 2 2 .1 3 1 .2 2 2 .7 5 .2 1 .7 - 1 3 .4 1 9 4 .3 5 2 0 .8 349 .9 ,8,170 -7 455 430 296.0 610 .1 4 5 4 .8 6 4 6 .6 1 ,2 9 9 .2 1 , 3 5 6 .3 1 ,9 7 0 .9 1 ,9 1 7 .0 1 ,8 3 1 .9 4 5 7 .9 4 3 9 .4 6 ,0 9 3 11,218 -ll6 0 0 1 -5 -4 -1 9 2 -3 3 -9 4 -2 -3 2 96 .5 600.5 4 57 -3 6 3 8 .5 1 ,2 9 1 .3 1 , 31*9 . 1* 1 , 9 7 2 .6 1 ,9 0 6 .7 1 ,8 9 1 .4 4 5 6 .5 4 4 2 .7 .5 -9 .6 l? » lg 14,056 Change from A u g. 1967_____ 585 447 625 1 ,2 8 0 1 ,9 6 9 1 ,8 8 9 1 ,8 9 6 89 940 1 ,3 7 6 689 1 ,0 6 6 TRAN SPORTATION AND P U B LIC U T IL IT IE S ....................... ............... 4 ,3 2 7 4 ,3 3 2 1*,335 4 ,2 3 8 -5 89 4 ,2 7 1 4 ,2 8 5 4 ,2 9 2 W H OLESALE AND R E T A IL TR A D E 1 3 ,6 5 6 13,614 13,629 1 3 ,251 42 405 1 3 ,6 8 6 13 ,6 5 6 1 3 ,6 4 7 30 W H O L E S A L E T R A D E ...................... R E T A I L T R A D E .................................. 3,5 77 1 0 ,0 7 9 3 ,6 0 1 1 0 ,0 1 3 3,5 87 1 0 ,< A 2 3,476 9 ,7 75 -2 4 66 10 1 304 3,5 56 1 0 ,130 3 ,5 6 2 1 0 ,094 3,5 55 1 0 ,0 9 2 -6 36 FIN A N CE, INSURANCE, AND R E A L E S T A T E .................................. 3,275 3,3 08 3,2 89 3,1 27 -3 3 148 3,265 3,2 56 3,2 34 9 S E R V IC E S .................... ...................... 1 0 ,2 2 7 1 0 ,2 6 2 1 0 ,2 6 5 9 ,6 6 7 -35 560 1 0 ,1 7 6 1 0 ,1 3 0 1 0 ,0 7 4 46 - 9 3 .7 .2 •5 1 1 8 .3 1 4 .1 8 .1 2 4 3 .1 9 7 .0 699 1 ,0 2 6 1,059 6 92 1 ,0 2 8 2 ,4 6 9 1 ,0 5 7 692 1 ,0 2 4 2 ,4 5 1 1 ,0 5 3 7 -2 15 2 H otels and other lodging places . . Personal s e r v ic e s ........................... Medical and ocher health services Educational s e r v ic e s ..................... 7 2 3 .3 1 ,0 2 5 .4 2 ,4 8 4 .4 1 ,0 3 3 .0 8 1 7 .O 1 , 0 2 5 .2 2 ,4 8 3 .9 9 1 4 .7 8 1 7 .3 1 , 0 3 0 .5 2 , 4 7 6 .4 9 2 8 .6 7 0 9 .2 1 ,0 1 7 .3 2 ,2 4 1 .3 9 36 .0 a .;*® * GO VERN M EN T..................................... 1 1 ,6 4 9 1 1 ,2 3 3 11,271 1 0 ,9 2 2 4 l6 727 1 1 ,7 0 2 1 1 ,7 0 6 11 ,6 6 9 -4 F E D E R A L .............................................. 2 ,7 5 4 8 ,8 9 5 2 ,7 8 4 8 ,4 4 9 2 ,7 9 8 8 ,4 7 3 2 ,5 89 8 ,3 3 3 -30 446 165 562 2 ,7 6 2 8 ,9 4 0 2 ,7 4 6 8 ,9 6 0 2 ,7 5 9 8 ,9 1 0 16 -2 0 S T A T E A N D L O C A L ......................... NOTE: Data foe die 2 most m e a t aMnchs are preliminary. Table B-2: Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonagricultural payrolls, by industry Seasonally adjusted Change from S ep t. 1966 S ep t. 1967 Aug. 1967 July 1967 T O T A L P R I V A T E ........................ 38.3 38.6 38.5 38.8 MIMING................................................... CO N TRA CT CO N STRUCTIO N .------- * 3 .1 * 3 -3 38.7 1*3.0 M AN U FACTU RIN G............................. 4 2.9 38.9 1*0.8 O varrtm t Am t s . ......................... OURA B L E 6 0 0 OS........................... 3.6 4 1.4 3.!* 1*1.2 1*0.3 2f.2 1*0.8 3.7 Ordnance and accessories............ 1*3.0 Lumber and wood products . . . . . 1 k 0.4 Furniture aad fix tu re*................. 1*0.8 Stone, clay, aad glass products . . 1*2.1 Primacy a n s i industries............ .. 1*0.9 Fabricated octal products........... 1*1.9 Machinery, except e le c tric a l. . . . 1*2.1 Electrical equipment................... 1*0.5 Transportation equipment............ 1*2.1* Instruments and related products . 1*1.3 Miscellaneous manufacturing. . . . 39.6 1*0.0 NONDURABLE 6 0 0 0 S ...................... Overtime doors. .......................... • 3.5 Food aad kindred products.......... 1*1.2 Tobacco manufactures................. 39.2 Textile mill products................... 1*1.1* Apparel and other textile products 35.8 Paper and allied products............ 1*3.1 Printing aad publishing.......... 38.7 Chemicals and allied products. . . 1*1.6 Petroleum and coal products . . . 1*3.0 Rubber and plastics products, n e c. 1*2.1 Leather aad leather products. . . . 38.0 36.6 W HOLESALE AMD R E T A IL TRAD E. 1*0.1* W H O LE S A LE T R A D E ...................... E E T A I L T E A O E .................................. 35.4 FIN A N CE, IN SURANCE, AND R E A L E S T A T E .................................. 36.8 3.5 1*2.2 1*0.5 1*0.9 1*2.0 1*0.9 1*1.5 1*2.0 1*0.2 1*1.9 1*1.1 1*0.7 36.3 1*1.5 1*.2 1*2.3 i*.6 1*2.3 1*0.7 1*1.8 1*2.2 1*2.5 1*2.9 4 3-9 1*1.1* 1*2.6 1*2.2 1*0.0 1*0.3 3.7 1*1.8 1*0.2 1*1.9 35.7 4 3 -7 39.1 1*2.1 1*2.8 1*2.3 37.8 37.0 1*0.7 35.8 37.1 37.1 In d u stry 38.8 1*0.7 3 .3 1*1.5 1*0.1 1*0.0 1*1.7 1*0.8 1*1.1 1*1.9 39.9 1*0.9 1*0.8 38.8 39*5 1*0.0 39.7 3.1 1*1.3 38.1 1*0.3 35.9 1*2.8 38.2 1*1.5 1*3^1* 1*0.2 38.9 37*4 3 .3 1*1.2 39.2 1*1.2 36.3 1*2.9 38.5 1*1.3 1*2.8 1*2.0 38.7 37.4 1*0.1* 36.1* 37.0 38.3 Chang* Aug. 1967 S ep t. 1966 -0 .3 -.2 .1 .1 -0 .5 -.1 .6 .2 .2 .2 .8 -.1 -.1 .1 0 .1* .1 -7 -.6 -.9 -.9 .7 -.3 -1 .0 -.1 -1 .6 -1 .0 -1 .8 .3 .5 .2 .1 0 .2 0 0 .2 -.5 .2 .2 .3 .2 .1 -.7 -.8 -.9 -.2 -.9 -.1* -.3 -.2 -.6 -1 .0 0 -3 -.1* -1 .0 -.2 -.5 .1 -.6 -.1* -.5 .2 -.2 .2 -.1* Aug. 1967 S e p t1967 - - 1*2.7 38.3 1*0.7 3.1* 1*1.1* 1*3.2 37.5 1(0.1* 0 0 .8 0 3 .3 1*1.0 3.5 1*2.1* 1*0.0 1*0.3 1*1.5 1*1.1 1*1.1* 3.5 1*1.8 ' .1 0 0 .6 .2 .1 .1* -.2 •3 .1 -.1 -.2 0 .1 .1 .1 -.2 - 1 .5 .1* .2 .2 .2 .2 -5 -.1 .2 0 39.9 1(0.2 1*1.3 1*0.9 1*1.3 1*2.1 1*0.3 1*1.1* 1*1.0 39.2 39.6 3.0 1*0.6 38.1* 1*0.6 39.1 1*1.1 35.8 1*2.6 1*1.5 36.0 1*2.8 38.3 1*1.1* 1*2.7 1*1.8 3 8.3 36.7 1*0.1* 35.6 35.5 1967_____ - 1*2.3 1*0.1* 1*2.8 1*1.2 39-4 39.7 3 .1 1*0.8 38.5 1*1.6 1*2.2 1*1.7 38.5 36.7 1*0.1* A fig r 1*2.7 37.5 1*0.7 3 .3 1*1.1* 3.5 1*3.0 1*0.2 1*0.1* 1*1.9 1*0.9 1*1.7 1*2.1* 1*0.3 1*2.6 1*1.2 39.5 39.8 3 .2 1*0.6 37.6 -3 July 1967 - - 35.9 1*2.7 38.3 41.5 1*2.8 1*0.6 38.1* 36.7 1*0.5 35-4 0 -.1 - - lrw .. relate to production worker* in mining and manufacturing: to construction workers in contract construction: and to nonsupervisory workers in wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; transportation and public utilities; and services. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonagricultural payrolls. Transportation and public utilities, and services are included in Total Private but are not shown separately in this table. NOTE: Data for the 2 most recent months are preliminary. Table B-3: Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1* on private nonagricultural payrolls, by industry Average weekly earnings Average hourly earnings Sept. 1967 July 1967 $2.70 3.23 4 .17 2.85 $2.67 3.19 1*.10 2.82 $2.68 3.22 1*.08 2.82 $2.60 3.02 3.27 2.1*2 2.35 2.85 3.39 2.99 3.20 2.78 3.45 2.86 2.35 3.00 3.23 2.1*0 2.32 2.81* 3.37 2.97 3.18 2.77 3.^3 2.85 2.3^ 3.00 3.23 2.1*1 2.31 2.83 3-31* 2.96 3.18 2.79 3^3 2.85 2.3^ 2.93 3.21 2.31 2.21* 2.75 3.32 2.92 3 .H 2.67 3.39 2.75 2.23 2.57 2.61 2.25 2.01* 2.05 2.89 3.27 3.12 3.56 2.77 2.07 2. 2l* 2.87 2.01 2.57 2.63 2.1*0 2.02 2.01 2.89 3.27 3.12 3.61 2.63 2.05 2.25 2.89 2.01 2.1*7 2.51 2.08 1.99 1.90 2.79 3.21 3.02 3.^3 2.70 1.96 2.15 2.76 1.93 .01* .02 -.03 .07 .02 .02 .05 .02 W H O LES A LE T E A O E ...................... R E T A I L T R A D E .................................. 2.61 2.63 2.22 2 .1 1 2.07 2.91 3.32 3.11* 3.60 2.79 2.09 2.27 2.91 2.02 FIN A N CE, IN SURANCE, AND R E A L E S T A T E ......... .................... 2.62 2.60 2.62 2.1*8 T O T A L P R I V A T E ................ M INING................................................... CO N TRA CT CO N STRUCTIO N .-----M AN U FACTU RIN G........................ D U R A B L E G O O D S............................... Ordnance aad accessories............ Lumber and wood products.......... Furniture and fix tu re*................. Scooe, cloy, nod glass products . . Primary metal industries............ .. Fabricated metal products............ Machiaosy, except electrical. . . . Electrical equipment................... Transportation equipsarnt............ hacmmrnra and related products . N O N D U R A B LE G O O O S ............. Food and kindred products.......... Tobacco manufactures................. Textile mill products................... Apparel and other .textile products Paper aad allied products............ Printing and publishing.............. Chemicals and allied products. . . Petroleum and coal products . . . Rubber and plastics product* o e c Leather and leather products. . . . W HOLESALE AND R E T A IL TRAD E. * See footnote 1, table B-2. NOTE: Data for the 2 most recent months are preliminary. Sept. 1966 Change from Aug. 1967 Industry 3 .11 3.97 2.75 Aug. 1067 $0.03 .01* .07 .03 .02 Sept. 1967 Aug. 1967 Sept. 1966 $0.10 $103.1*1 $103.06 .12 138.57 137.1*9 159.08 .20 162.21 .10 116.28 H i*.77 July 1967 Sept. 1966 Change Ironf Sept. 1966 $2.53 4.8k 10 .16 2.15 $103.18 $100.88 139-1*3 157.90 113.65 133.73 152.05 114 .13 Aug. 1967 $0.35 1.08 3.13 1 .5 1 1.43 4.30 .57 .99 •71 .82 2.02 1 .1 6 1.2k 2.56 .98 .63 I.09 k.83 3.75 2.25 3.9k -2.k5 .01 -1.8 1 2.05 1.8 7 2.07 3.86 .09 .06 .1 1 .1 1 .10 .07 .07 .09 .1 1 .06 .1 1 .12 125.03 11*0.61 97.77 95.88 119.99 138.65 125.28 131*. 72 112.59 11*6.28 118 .12 93.06 123.60 13 6 .3L 97.20 9**.89 119.28 137.83 123.26 133.56 111.3 5 11*3.72 117.ll* 92.k3 122.1*0 13»*.05 96.61* 92.1*0 118.01 136.27 121.66 133.2k 111.3 2 116.28 90.79 123.9k 135.78 9k.02 93.63 H 6.05 141.10 125.27 136.53 110.54 lk 4 .4 l H6.05 89.20 101*.1*0 IO8.36 87.02 87.35 .02 .02 .03 .01* .01 .11* .12 .11* .12 •17 .12 .1 1 .12 .17 .09 .13 .12 .15 .09 125.1*2 128.1*8 130.62 154.80 H 7.k6 79*1*2 83.08 117.56 71.5 1 102.80 107.53 88.20 81*.05 7l*.1*2 123.98 125.90 128.86 152.37 116.3k 80.11 83.76 H 5.95 73.16 102.03 108.62 91.1*4 81.41 72.16 123.69 124.91 129.48 156.67 105.73 79.75 84.15 117.62 72.96 99.54 104.92 83.62 83.38 67.83 121.92 125.51 127.14 lk6.80 114 .2 1 74.09 79.55 112.33 69.09 1.60 .83 -1 .18 3.30 -3 1 l.k k 2.58 1.76 2.k3 1 .1 2 -.69 -.70 1.6 1 -1.65 4.86 3.k4 3.k0 3.97 6.28 3.50 2.97 3.k8 8.00 3.25 5.33 3.53 5.23 2.42 .02 .11* 96.1*2 96.20 97.20 92.01 .22 4.41 .01* .02 .03 .01 .02 .02 .02 .01 .02 .01 .01 .01* 7i*.n lk o .2 9
