'ENPLCY^iENT AND PAY ROLLS. Detailed Report. October 1945 CONTENTS. 1 Estimated number of wage earners in manufacturing. industries...

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1 December 9, 1945 U. S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment and Occupational Outlook Brano Division of Employment Statistics 'ENPLCY^iENT AND PAY ROLLS Detailed Report October 1945 CONTENTS Table Page 1 Estimated number of wage earners in manufacturing industries.* Indexes of wage-earner employment and of wage-earner pay roll in-manufacturing industries Indexes of employment and pay rolls in selected nonmanufacturing industries Estimated number of wage earners in selected nonmanufacturing industries Percentage changes in employment and pay rolls in selected nonmanufact'uring industries Estimated number of employees in nonagrioultural establishments by industry division Estimated number of employees in nonagrioultural-establisliments, by State, September Employment and pay rolls on construction projects Employment dnd pay rolls in Federal Government (LS i^-1965)

2 a. Table 1. - Estimated Number of Yfage Earners in Manufacturing Industries l/ (In thousands) Industry Group or Industry 2/ Sept. Aug. ALL MANUFACTURING 13,960 13,938 13,990 13,166 DURABLE GOODS 8,385 8,324 8,321 7,464 NONDURABLE GOODS 5,575 5,614 5,669 5,702 Durable Goods IRON AND STEEL AND their PRODUCTS 1,733 1,721 1,718 1,635 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 an.d. other, tinware Wire drawn from purchased rods Wirework Cutlery and. edge, t.oo.ls Tools (except edge tools, machine tools, files and saws) Hardware Plumbers' supplies Stoves, oil burners and heating equipment, not elsewhere classified Steam and.hot-water heating apparatus *and steam fittings Stamped and enameled ware and galvanizing Fabricated structural andornamental 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 ,5 Steel barrels, kegs and drums ELECTRICAL MACHINERY

3 3. Table 1. - Estimated Number of Wage Earners in Manufacturing Industries l/-cont'd (in thousands) Industry Group or Industry 2/ Sept. Aug. MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL 1,255 1,248 1,251 1,148 Machinery and machine-shop products Tractors' Agricultural machinery, excluding tractors Machine 'tools 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 2,314 2,500 2,304 1,836 Motorcycles, bicycles and parts AUTOMOBILES NONFERROUS METALS AND THEIR PRODUCTS 422 Smelting and refining, primary, of nonferrous metals , Clocks and watches Jewelry (precious metals) and jewelers' findings Silverware and plated ware Lighting equipment Sheet-metal work, not elsewhere classified LUMBER AND TIMBER BASIC PRODUCTS Sawmills and logging camps Planing'and plywood-mills

4 4. Table 1. - Estimated Number of Wage. Earners in L Manufacturing Industries l/-c ont'd (In thousands) Industry Group.? Sept. Aug. or Industry 2/ FURNITURE AND FINISHED LUMBER PRODUCTS Mattresses and beds.prings Furniture Wooden boxes, other than cigar Caskets and other morticians' goods Wood preserving Wood, turned and shaped STONE, CLAY AND GLASS PRODUCTS Glass an,d glassware Glass products made from purchased glass Cement Brick, %ile and terra cotta , Pottery and related products Gypsum '4.6 Wallboard, plaster (except gypsum), and mineral wool Lime Marble,.granite, slate and other products Abrasives Asbestos products '21.7 Nondurable goods TEXTILE-MILL PRODUCT3 AND OTHER FIBER MANUFACTURES 1,187 1,185 1,204 1,275 Cotton manufactures, except small wares Q o.& Cotton small wares Silk and rayon goods , Woolen ^nd worsted manufactures, except dyeing and finishing ; 161.6, Hosiery Knitted cloth Knitted outerwear and knitted gloves_ Knitted.underwear Dyeing and finishing textiles, including woolen and worsted Carpets and rugs, wool Hats, fur-felt Jute goods, except felts Cordage and twine

5 Table 1. - Estimated Number of Wage Earners in Manufacturing Industries l/-cont'd 5. (In thousands) Industry Group or Industry 2/ Sept. Aug. APPAREL AND OTHER FINISHED TEXTILE PRODUCTS Men's clothing, not Elsewhere classified Shirts, collars and nightwear ,1 Underwear and neckwear, men's Work shirts , Women's clothing, not'elsewhere classified Corsets aiid allied garments g/ Millinery* *"* Handke rchie fs Curtains, draperies and bedspreads House furnishings, other than , curtains; etc Textile bargs LEATHER AND 'LEATHER PRODUCTS Leather : Boot and shoe cut stock and findings Boots and shoes Leather gloves and mittens Trunks and"suitcases FOOD 1,045 1,102 1,097 1,C99 Slaughtering and meat packing Butter ,5 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

6 6. Table 1. - Estimated Number of Yfage Earners in Manufacturing Industries l/-cont'd (In thousands) Industry Group or Industry 2/ Sept. Aug. TOBACCO MANUFACTURES Cigarettes * Cigars Tobacco (chewing and smoking) and snuff PAPER AND ALLIE3 PRODUCTS Paper and pulp Paper goods, other * Envelopes , Paper bags ,7 Paper boxes *3. PRINTING, PUBLISHING, AND ALLIED PRODUCTS Newspapers and periodicals ,5 Printing, book,and job ,.6 Lithographing Bookbinding CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCT? Paints, varnishes, and colors Darugs, medicines, and insecticides Perfumes and cosmetics Soap Rayon and allied products Chemicals, not elsewhere classified Compressed and liquefied gases Cottonseed oil Fertilizers ^3 PRODUCTS OF IETRQLEUM AND COAL Petroleum refining Coke and by-products 23^ Paving materials Roofing materials RUBBER PRODUCTS Rubber tires an^ inner tubes Rubber boots and shoes ' Rubber goods, other MISCELLANEOUS INDUSTRIES Photographic apparatus Pianos, organs, and parts Games, toys and dolls Buttons

7 Table 1.-Estimated Number of Wage Earners in Manufacturing Industries jy/-cont'd 7* / Estimates for the major industry groups (titles of which have been capitalized), have been 'adjusted to final data for 1941 and preliminary data for the second quarter of made available by the Bureau of Employment Security of the Federal Security Agency, and are not comparable with data in mimeographed releases for months prior to January and in issues of the Monthly Labor Review prior to March. Comparable series for earlier months are available upon request. 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, and does not publish wage earners in war industries, the sum of the individual industry estimates will not agree with totals shown for the major industry groups. / Unpublished information concerning the following war industries may be obtained by authorized agencies upon request: Aircraft engines; aircraft and parts, excluding engines; alloying; aluminum manufactures; ammunition; cars, electricand steam-railroad; communication equipment; electrical equipment; engines and turbines; explosives and safety fuses; fire extinguishers; firearms; fireworks; locomotives; machine-tool accessories; optical instruments and ophthalmic goods; professional and scientific instruments and fire control equipment; radios and phonographs; and shipbuilding. 5/ Revisions have been made as follows in the data published for earlier months: Corsets and allied garments - May wage earners to 16+7.

8 a. -Table 2 -* Indexe-s of ^Vage-Earner Enplo^/ment and of Wage- Earner Pay Roll in Manufacturing Industries l/ Industry Group Yfage-ea-rner employment ';Vage-earner pay roll o,r Sept. Aug. Oct-. : Sept. Aug. Industry 2/ - ; ^ ^ d,l HAJ-:nFACT*URING C.8 ' , ^ DURABLE GOODS ; ;: NONDURABLE; GOODS ! Durable Goods RON AND STEEL AND THEIR PRODUCTS * Blast furnaces, steel works and rolling mills Gray-riron and semi-steel castings Malleable-iron castings 3/ Steel castings *** * Cast-iron pipe and fittings 92. C , 165.0' Tin cans and other tinware ' Y^ire drawn from purchased rods YTirework Cutlery and edge tools , ' Tools (except edge.tools, machine tools, files and saws) ^ Hardware : Plumbers' supplies : Stoves, oil burners and heating equipment not elsewhere classified ^ :' Steam and hot-water heating apparatus and steam fittings ^ : Stamped and enameled ware and galvanizing i Fabricated structural and ornamental metalwork ^ 189.6! Metal doors, sash, frames, molding and trim ;327.0! Bolts, nuts, washers and rivets ^ Forgings, iron and steel ^ ^ Y/rought pipe, welded and heavy riveted : Screw-machine products and wood screws ;560.7 : Steel barrels, kegs and drums ! <3* < t CO t t ELECTRICAL MACHIH5RY

9 Table 2. - Indexes of Wage-Earner Employment and of Wage-Earner Pay Roll in Manufacturing Industries l/ - Continued Industry Group Wage-earner employment Wage -earne r pay roll or Industry 2/ Sept. Aug. Sept. Aug. MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL Machinery and machine-shop products Tractors Agricultural machinery excluding tractors Machine tools ' 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 Motorcycles, bicycles' and parts AUTOMOBILES S NONFERROUS METALS AMD THEIR PRODUCTS , "Smeltiiig and refining, primary, of nonferrous metals Clocks"and watches Jewelry (precious metals) and jewelers' findings i Silverware and plated ware Lighting equipment io : Sheet-metal work, not elsewhere classified LUMBER AMD TIMBER BASIC PRODUCTS Sawmills and logging camps Planing and plywood mills

10 10. Table 2. - Indexes of Wage-Earner Employment and of Wage-Earner Pay Roll in Manufacturing Industries l/ - Continued Industry Group Wage-earner employment Wage--earner pay roll or Industry 2/ 1945 Sept. Aug. Sept. Aug. FURNITURE AND FTNISHED LUMBER PRODUCTS Mattresses and bedsprings ; Furniture 105., ' Wooden boxes, other than cigar Caskets and other morticians' goods ' Wood preserving Wood, turned and shaped 99.^ STONE, CLAY AND GLASS PRODUCTS Glass and glassware Glass products made from purchased glass Cement Brick, tile and terra cotta Pottery and related products , Gypsum Wallboard, plaster (except gypsum), and mineral wool Lime Marble, granite, slate and other products Abrasives Asbestos products ^ Nondurable Goods TEXTILE-MILL PRODUCTS AND. OTHER FIBER MANUFACTURES Cotton manufactures, except'small Wares ] ' ' Cotton small wapes Silk and rayon'goods '* Woolen and worsted manufactures, except dyeing and finishing Hosiery Knitted cloth Knitted outerwear and "knitted' gloves 112.3* Knitted underwear Dyeing and finishing textiles, including woolen and worsted ^ t Carpets and rugs, wool Hats, fur-felt Jute goods, except felts C ordage ana twine : , :

11 Table 2. - Indexes of T.-'jagc-harner Employment and of Wa^e-Earner Pay Roll in Manufacturing Industries 1,/*- Continued Industry Group Wage- earner employment Wage -earner pay roll or Sept. Aug.. Sept. :Aug. ' Industry 2/! : ; AFPAREL AMD OTHER FINISHED ' TEXTILE PRODUCTS ' ^164.1 '157.0 Men's clothing, not elsewhere classified * Shirts, collars and nightwear Underwear and neckwear, men's Work shirts ^ Women's clothing, not elsewhere classified ^137.5 :127.1 Corsets and allied garments 3/ Millinery Handkerchiefs Curtains, draperies and bedspreads S House furnishings, other than curtains, etc Textile bags ; 120.0! LEATHER AND LEATHER PRODUCTS Leather : 87.9 : ^ ' Boot and shoe cut stock and findings ' Boots and shoes Leather gloves and mittens ; Trunks and suitcases C.O ^ FOOD Slaughtering and meat packing ' C.8 Butter ; ' Condensed and evaporated milk Ice cream 93.6 ;: : Flour :; 116.6: '149.6 Feeds, prepared ^ Cereal preparations ' ^ ^ Baking ^ Sugar refining, cane ' Sugar, beet : ^ Confectionery ! Beverages, nonalcoholic i ! ^ Malt liquors ; ^ 132.9! : Canning and preserving ' : 174.9' ;

12 1?. Table 2. -.Indexes of Wage-Earner Employment and of Vfage-Earner Pay Roll in.manufacturing Industries 1/ - Continued Industry Group Wage-earner e; ^pl oy?t3 nt. Wage!-earnei * pay roll Oct'. '/Sept. '"Aug. "''''- <^e pt. Au'fr. '' Industry 2/ - ' 1945! TOBACCO RIANUFACTURES ^ 15?,. 7. Cigarettes S , ' ; Cigars : Tobacco (chewing and smoking) and snuff * ; PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS i '158.9 Paper and pulp Paper goods, other :156.9 Envelopes Paper bags Paper boxes PRINTING, PUBLISHING, AND ALLIED INDUSTRIES , ^116.3 Newspapers and periodicals 94. S :109.4 Printing, book and job Lithographing S , Bookbinding , CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS ' Paints, varnishes and colors! ; rl Drugs, medicines and insecticides ^172.2' ; Perfumes and cosmetics ; ,142.0 :'125.6 Soap i : l' Rayon and allied products ;109.9, 108.5* :144.7 Chemicals, not elsewhere class ified : ' ^ Compressed and liquefied gases : Cottonseed oil ^ : Fertilizers ; C : ; PRODUCTS OF PETROLEUM & COAL ^ :115.7 ; , Petroleum refining ^ ' Coke ahd by-products' ' ' Paving materials * ; Roofing -mate rials ' ^ ' RUBBER PRODUCTS ' Rubber tires and inner tubes i; *.! :279.3 ' Rubber boots and shoes ^ '150.0' Rubber'goods, other ;140.5* ^ ^ MISCELLANEOUS INDUSTRIES i ,5, Photographic apparatus i176.1, Pianos, organs and parts ^ Games, toys and dolls! : Buttons 92.2 '! 92.2 : 95.4, ! ; 172.9!

13 13. Table Indexes of Wage-Earn^.r- Employment and of Wage-Earner Pay Roll in Manufacturing Industries l/ - Continued l/ Indexes for the major industry groups (titles of which have been capitalized), have been adjusted to final data for 1941 and preliminary data for the second quarter of made available by the Bureau of Employment Security of the Federal Security Agency, and. are" not comparable' with data in mimeographed releases for months prior' to January and in issues of the Monthly Labor Review prior to March. Comparable series for earlier months are available upon request. Indexes for individual industries have been adjusted to levels indicated by the 1S39 Census of Manufactures, but not to Federal Security Agency data,. 2/ Unpublished information concerning the following war industries may be obtained by authorized agencies upon request: Aircraft' engines; aircraft and parts, excluding engines; alloying; aluminum manufactures; ammunition; cars, electricand steam-railroad*; communication equipment; e-lectrical equipment; engines and turbines; explosives and safety fuses; fire extinguishers; firearms; fireworks; locomotives; machine tool accessories; optical instruments and ophthalmic goods; professional and scientific instruments and fire control equipment; radios and -phonographs; and shipbuilding.. 3/ Revisions have been made as follows in the data published for earlier months: Malleable-iron castings - May employment and pay-roll indexes to and Corsets and allied garments - May employment index to May, June, and July pay-roll indexes to 139.5, 137.5, and

14 14. Industry Coal mining! Anthracite 84.0 Bituminous j100.6 Table 3. - Indexes of Employment and Pay Rolls in Selected Honmanufacturing Industries (1939 Average = 100) l/ Employment indexes Sept'.' "Aug." 'O'c'tV Pay-roll indexes " Sept. '.'Aug.'! Oct*.' Metal mining :106.4 Iron :158.0 Copper ;130.1 Lead and zinc j120.7 Gold and silver 25.3 Miscellaneous ;151.7 Quarrying and nonmetallic mining 94.1 Crude petroleum production 2/ 80.9 Public utilities: Telephone and telegraph Electric light and power ; 84.9 Street railways and busses!118.1 Wholesale trade 94.2 Retail trade :100.6 Food '107.2 General merchandise ;119.2 Apparel ^!114.1 Furniture and house furnishings i 66.4 Automotive i 63.2 Lumber and building materials 92.5 Hotels (year-round)3/ 4/ ;108.9 Power laundries " *" :110.2 Dyeing and cleaning :120.0 Class I steam railroads 5/ ;138.6 Water transportation 7/*" i S/ / * i ! ; ; / l/ Mimeographed report showing revised data (1939 = 100) January 1939-December for each industry available on request. 2/ Does not include well drilling or rig building. 3/ Cash payments only; additional value of board, room, tips, not included. Data include salaried personnel. 4/ Revisions have been made as follows in the data published for earlier months: Hotels (year-round) - July pay roll index to / Source: I nt e r s t a t e Commerce Commission. Data include salaried personnel. 6/ Not available. 7/ Based on estimates prepared by the U. S. Maritime Commission covering employment on steam and motor merchant vessels of 1,000 gross tons or over in deepsea trade only.

15 Table 4 - Estimated Number of Wage Earners in Selected Nonmanufacturing Industries (In thousands) Industry Sept. Aug. anthracite mining ituminous coal mining etal mining Iron Copper Lead and zinc Gold and silver Miscellaneous metal mining "otels (year round) l/ ower laundries Jyeing and cleaning Class 1 steam railroads 2/ 1,368 1,374 1,379 1,322 l/ Data include salaried personnel. 2/ Source: Interstate Commerce Commission. Data include salaried personnel. Table 5 -+ Percentage Changes in Employment and Pay Rolls in Selected Nonmanufacturing Industries, October Industry Employment Pay Roll Percentage change from Percentage change from Sept. Sept. Wholesale trade Food products Groceries and food specialties Dry goods and apparel Machinery, equipment and supplies Farm products Petroleum and petroleum pr.ducts (incl. bulk tank stations) Automotive Brokerage Insurance Building construction

16 6. Table 6. - Estimated Number of Employees in Ncnagricultural Establishments by.industry Division (in thousands) Industry Division Sept. Aug. otal l/ 38,276 2/ 38,227 38,245 38,478 ianufacturi ng 16,205 16,179 16,245 15,313 lining Contract construction and Federal force account construction 974 1,066 1,162 2,028 Transportation and public utilities 3,705 3,708 3,695 3,539 Trade 6,419 6,285 6,218 6,697 Finance, service, and miscellane ous 4,300 4,334 4,331 4,327 Federal, State and local government, excluding Federal force account construction 5,85^ 2/ 5,830 5,771 5,672 l/ Estimates exclude proprietors 6f unincorporated businesses, self-employed persons, domestics employed in private homes, public emergency employees, and personnel in the armed-forces. 2/ Preliminary

17 17, Table 7. - Estimated Number of Employees in Nonagricultural Establishments, by State (in thousands) All industry divisions Hanufa ctur ing Region and State Sept. AUg. Sc * Sapt. AUg. Sept. 1S42 New England 3,216 3,229 3,232 1,690 1,707 1,646 Maine New Hampshire Ve rmont * Massachusetts 1,661 1,667 1, Rhode Island Connecticut Middle Atlantic 9,511 9,495 9,511 4,348 4,351 4,113 New York 4,692 4,670 4,647 1,933 1,929 1,792 New Jersey 1,588 1,586 1, Pennsylvania 3,231 3,239 3,286 1,477 1,490 1,441 East North Central 8,862 8,823 8,664 4,566 4,550 4,180. Ohio 2,389 2,408 2,336 1,258 1,279 1,177 Indiana 1,095 1,071 1, Illinois 2,749 2,740 2,703 1,175 1,170 1,086 Michigan 1,827 1,809 1,738 1,091 1, Wisconsin West North Central 2,917 2,908 2, Minne s ota owa Missouri North Dakota South Dakota Nebraska Kansas South Atlantic 4,735 4,733 4,802 1,723 1,726 1,662 Delaware Maryland District of Columbia Virginia West Virginia , North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Florida S

18 18i Table 7. - Estimated Number of Employees in Nonagricultural Establishments, by State - Continued (in thousands) Region and State All industry divisions Sept. Aug. Sept. Manufacturing Sept. : Aug. j Sept. East South Central 1,826 1,832 1, Kentucky ! Tennessee ! Alabama Mississippi ; West South Central 2,591 2,589 2, Arkansas '; Louisiana : Oklahoma ! Texas 1,448 1,441 1, Mountain , Montana ! Idaho ! Wyoming ! Colorado : ' New Mexico i Arizona ! Utah ^ Nevada ' '43.9 '5.1! Pacific 3,754 3,802 3,607 1,528! 1,571 1,373 Washington Oregon ! California 2,717 2,776 2,573 1,088 1,

19 19. Table 8 Employment and Pay Rolls on Construction and Shipbuilding and Repair Projects Financed Wholly or Partially from Federal Funds and on State Roads Financed Wholly from State or Local Funds, October. September and October ( In thousands) Employment Pay rolls Program October 1/ September ^ October; October; ; ^ S e p -,. October tember All Federal programs... 2, ,820^..^53.8^87^.. $369,002^ Financed by regular Federal appropriations 2/ , ^ ! W&r ,446.7! 466, , , ) io,739; 16,185 Public housing i ,955 War public works ^ / } 2, ) Financed by RFC j}/ ! 26, ,519) ! '26, ,491} ! 28 2& 363 State roads 4/ ! 1/ 3/ } } 5 /,5/ i ! 5/ 3/ } ^ Preliminary. 2/ Includes all Federally financed ship construction and repair. Employment data represent the weekly average; pay-roll data are for the month ending the l^th except for Federal-aid roads which are for the calendar month. Data for Federal--aid roads for October arc estimated. Employment data represent the weekly average; pay-roll data are for the month ending on th^ l$th. 4/ Data s.rc for the calendar month. Employment data represent the average number working during the month. Data for October s<rs estimated. Data not available.

20 Table ^-Employment and Pay Rolls in Regular Federal Services and Other Federal Programs, October, September and October (in thousands) Employment pay rolls Service or program October 1/ September October October 1/ September October Regular Federal services: Executive 2/ 3/ Inside District of Columbia War'agcncies 4 /... Other a g e n d o?... 2, , , * *4 $556,423 56,336 28,829 27,507 $556,954 56,995 29,376 27,619 $448,563 50,002 26,175 23,827 Outside District of Columbia War agencies 4/... Other agencies'.... 2, , , , , , , j39i 13*3, , J , , , ,030 Legislative ,495 1,502 1,379 Judicial 'uerto Rico & Virgin Islands work re lief ^7/ / / 6/ /* ,188 3/ 1,077 6/25,629 9,250 5/ 1/ 6/ / 5/ 6/16,379 l/ Preliminary. 2/ Includes employees in United States navy yards and on force-account construction who are also included under construction projects. 3/ Employment data are for the last pay period of the month; pay-roll data are for the complete monthly period. 4/ Covers War and Navy Departments, Maritime Commission, National Advisory Committee for "* Aeronautics, Panama Canal, Office fcr Emergency Management, Office, of Censorship, Office of Price Administration, Office of Strategic Services, Foreign Economic Administration, and the Petroleum Administration for War. 5/*Breakdown not available. 6/ Data cover entire Work Projects Administration program which was abolished at the end of June except for the work in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. 2/ Pay-roll data represent disbursements made during the calendar month; employment data represent the weekly average.