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Serial No. R. 1152
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABORFrances Perkins, Secretary
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICSIsador Lubin, Commissioner
EMPLOYMENT
AND PAY ROLLS
Prepared by
DIVISION OF EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS
Lewis E. Talbert, Chief
and
DIVISION OF CONSTRUCTION AND
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
Herman B. Byer, Chief
JUNE 1940
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE •• WASHINGTON • 1940
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CONTENTS
Page
Summary of employment reports for June 1940:Total nonagricultural employment. _ 1Industrial and business employment . . . . . . _ _ iPublic employment . ._. . 6
Detailed tables for June 1940:Nonagricultural employment . _ ._. . 8Industrial and business employment 11Public employment . . . 25
Tables
SUMMARY
TABLE 1.—All manufacturing industries combined and nonmanufactur-ing industries—employment, pay rolls, and weekly earn-ings, June 1940 .. ._. 5
TABLE 2.—Federal employment and pay rolls—summary June 1940 7TABLE 3.—Value of material orders placed on projects financed wholly
or partially from Federal funds and number of man-months of labor created in final fabrication of materialspurchased, second quarter of 1940, first quarter of 1940,and second quarter of 1939 . 8
NONAGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT
TABLE 4.—Estimates of nonagricultural employment, by major groups.. 9TABLE ' 5.—Estimated number of employees in nonagricultural establish-
ments, by States,. . 10
INDUSTRIAL AND BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT
TABLE 6.—Manufacturing and nonmanufacturing industries—employ-ment, pay rolls, hours, and earnings, June 1940 14
TABLE 7.—Manufacturing and nonmanufacturing industries—employ-ment, pay rolls, hours, and earnings, April through June1940 __. 19
TABLE 8.—Manufacturing and nonmanufacturing industries—indexes ofemployment and pay rolls, June 1939 through June 1940_ 24
TABLE 9.—Principal metropolitan areas—comparison of employmentand pay rolls in identical establishments in May and June1940__ . 25
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PUBLIC EMPLOYMENTPage
TABLE 10.—Executive service of the Federal Government—employmentand pay rolls in May and June 1940 26
TABLE 11.—Construction projects financed by Public Works Administra-tion funds—employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked,June 1940, by type of project . 26
TABLE 12.—Housing projects of the United States Housing Authority—employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked, June 1940,by geographic division . . 28
TABLE 13.—Projects financed by the Work Projects Administration—em-ployment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked on Federalagency projects, June 1940, by type of project; employment,pay rolls, and man-hours worked on projects operated bythe Work Projects Administration, June 1940_^. 29
TABLE 14.—Projects operated by the Work Projects Administration—employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked, May 1940,by type of project.. 30
TABLE 15.—National Youth Administration student work program andout-of-school work program, employment and pay rolls,May and June 1940 __. 30
TABLE 16.—Civilian Conservation Corps—employment and pay rolls,May and June 1940__ . .__. 31
TABLE 17.—Construction projects financed by the Reconstruction FinanceCorporation—employment, pay rolls, and man-hourswrorked, June 1940, by type of project __ 31
TABLE 18.—Construction projects financed from regular Federal appro-priations—employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked,June 1940, by type of project __. 32
TABLE 19.—Construction and maintenance of State roads—employmentand pay-roll disbursements, June 1940, May 1940, and June1939_ . 33
PURCHASES FROM PUBLIC FUNDS
TABLE 20.—Value of material orders placed on construction projects fi-nanced by Federal funds, second quarter of 1940, by typeof project. _ _ . - 34
TABLE 21.—Value of material orders placed on construction projectsfinanced by Federal funds, first quarter of 1940, by type ofproject- . . _ . . 37
TABLE 22.—Rentals and services on projects operated by the Work Proj-ects Administration, first quarter of 1940, fourth quarter of1939, and first quarter of 1939._. . . 39
TABLE 23.—Value of public contracts awarded for materials, second quarterof 1940, first quarter of 1940, and second quarter of 1939_. 39
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Employment and Pay Rolls
SUMMARY OF REPORTS FOR JUNE 1940
Total Nonagricultural Employment
THE return of approximately 255,000 workers to jobs in nonagricul-tural industries between May and June raised the June employmentlevel to the highest point reached this year, an increase of more than900,000 workers over June 1939. Gains were reported in all majorgroups of nonagricultural employment except mining.
Factory employment showed a rise of about 30,000 from May toJune, although it usually declines about 60,000 at this season of theyear. Approximately 80,000 more workers were employed on publicand private construction work in June than in the preceding month andabout 35,000 were added by utility and transportation companies.Retail and wholesale trade employment increased by 34,000 and thefinancial, service, and miscellaneous industries absorbed 28,000 addi-tional workers. Employment in the Federal, State, and local govern-ment service, including navy yards and arsenals, and the armed forcesof the United States, was about 57,000 higher than in the precedingmonth. In the group of mining industries there was a net decline ofabout 7,000 workers, due to seasonal recessions in anthracite andbituminous coal mining. Metal mines, quarries, and crude-petroleumproducing firms reported gains over the month interval.
These figures do not include emergency employment which de-creased 317,000, as follows: 255,000 on projects operated by the WorkProjects Administration, 26,000 on the out-of-school work program ofthe National Youth Administration, and 36,000 in the CivilianConservation Corps.
Industrial and Business Employment
Employment gains from May to June were shown b}̂ 51 of the 90manufacturing industries surveyed and by 12 of the 16 nonmanufactur-ing industries covered. Pay rolls were larger in 53 of the manufac-turing and 12 of the nonmanufacturing industries.
The employment gain of 0.4 percent or about 30,000 workers inmanufacturing industries as a whole was accompanied by a gain of1.7 percent or approximately $3,200,000 in weekly pay rolls. War-materials industries continued to expand their operations. Among
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them was aircraft manufacturing with a gain of 5,300 workers overthe month interval and 46,500 workers when compared with theaverage for 1937. The corresponding gains for shipbuilding were2,500 and 26,300, for engine manufacturing 2,900 and 17,500, formachine-tool manufacturing 2,200 and 17,600, for aluminum manu-facturing 500 and 3,300, and for explosives 500 and 2,100. In otherlines of manufacturing activity, employment in June was generallybelow the peak months of 1937.
Among other manufacturing industries affected directly or in-directly by war orders were the steel industry with 21,100 more workersin June than in May, the woolen and worsted goods industry with6,900 more workers, the men's clothing industry with 6,300 moreworkers, and the electrical machinery industry with 3,100 moreworkers. A seasonal gain of 32,800 wage earners was shown by thecanning industry, and smaller but substantial seasonal gains wereshown by the ice cream, beverage, and tin-can industries, as well asby a number of building-material industries. The most pronouncedlosses in manufacturing employment over the month interval wereseasonal in character and were shown by automobile plants (20,200workers), women's clothing firms (18,500 workers), cotton mills(8,400), fertilizer plants (7,500), hardware firms (7,400), and plantsengaged in dyeing and finishing textiles (4,500).
Wage-rate increases affecting nearly 27,000 factory wage earnerswere reported in June by 87 cooperating establishments. These wage-rate increases affected over 6,000 workers in the shipbuilding industry,more than 5,000 workers in the paper and pulp industry, over 4,000in the electrical-machinery industry, over 2,000 in the rayon industry,about 1,500 in the chemical industries, over 1,000 in engine plants, anda like number in beverage establishments. As the Bureau's surveydoes not cover all establishments in an industry and some firms mayhave failed to report wage changes, these figures should not be construedto represent the total number of wage changes occurring in manu-facturing industries.
In retail stores, the employment gain of 0.3 percent was accom-panied by a pay-roll increase of 1.2 percent. Department storesincreased their staffs by 0.9 percent while variety stores reported asmall employment loss (0.4 percent). Employment in groceriesremained virtually unchanged. Men's clothing stores took on 6.6percent more employees; shoe stores, 5.7 percent; fuel and ice dealers,4.7 percent; and dealers in dairy products and milk, 2.5 percent.Stores handling feed and other farm supplies decreased employmentseasonally by 5.8 percent, and women's ready-to-wear clothing by2.4 percent.
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The employment gain of 0.5 percent in wholesale trade reflected theincrease in employees of dealers in various important wholesale linesincluding food, groceries, farm products, and petroleum. In lumberand building materials, the increase of 5.2 percent was materiallyhigher than the average June increase for the past 6 years, and alsohigher than the June 1937 gain of 3.1 percent. Dealers in iron andsteel scrap increased employment contraseasonally by 6.3 percentand firms handling metals and minerals took on 1.5 percent moreemployees.
Employment in anthracite mines decreased seasonally between mid-May and mid-June by 3.9 percent but slightly increased productionraised pay rolls by 1.6 percent. Bituminous coal mines decreased bothemployment and pay rolls by 1.7. percent.
In metal mines, gains in emplojnnent and pay rolls of 1.8 percentand 1.6 percent, respectively, reflected better-than-seasonal activity.Increased wage rates affecting 2,000 workers in lead and zinc mineswere reported by cooperating firms. The employment and pay-rollindexes for metal mining, 70.4 percent and 66.8 percent, respectively,of the 1929 averages, reached the highest points since the latter monthsof 1937, the pay-roll index standing 24 percent above the level ofJune of last year. Quarries reported the usual June increase in num-ber of workers (1.7 percent) and employment in the oil fields registereda slight gain (0.9 percent). In the utilities, the increases of 0.9 percentin telephone and telegraph and 0.8 percent in electric light and powerpersonnel were slightly more pronounced than is usual in June. Payrolls in these two industries have been maintained at a relatively higherlevel than employment, the pay-roll gains of 0.1 percent in the tele-phone and telegraph industry and 0.9 percent in the electric light andpower industry raising the respective indexes to 98.9 percent and 105.1percent of the 1929 average. The current employment levels aresubstantially lower than the pay-roll levels. Small employment andpay-roll gains were reported for street railways and busses.
Early summer losses of 2.3 percent in employment and 1.5 percentin pay rolls occurred in year-round hotels. Better-than-seasonal gainsin employment were reported by laundries (3.5 percent) and dyeingand cleaning plants (3.4 percent). The employment indexes of bothindustries were higher than the 1929 averages. Slight decreases inpersonnel and pay rolls occurred in brokerage firms while insurancecompanies took on 0.6 percent more employees.
Employment in the private building industry showed an increaseof 5.1 percent from May to June, according to reports from 15,307contractors employing 164,725 workers. Weekly pay rolls increased5.0 percent. Compared with June 1939, employment was 9.3 percent
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and pay rolls 13.1 percent higher. Eight of the nine geographic divi-sions showed employment gains over the month interval, and one, theEast South Central, showed an employment decline. The strongestgains were registered in the East North Central, South Atlantic, andMountain States. Employment by general building contractors in-creased 8.9 percent and by special trade contractors 2.3 percent.Firms engaged in plumbing, brick and stone masonry work, tile andterrazzo work, structural steel erection, and glazing, continued toincrease employment in June. Curtailed employment following strongspring activity was registered by carpentering, excavating, and paint-ing and decorating contractors. The reports on which the buildingconstruction figures are based do not cover construction projectsfinanced by the Work Projects Administration, the Public WorksAdministration, and the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, or byregular appropriations of the Federal, State, or local governments.
A preliminary report of the Interstate Commerce Commissionshowed an employment gain by class I railroads of 2.2 percent ornearly 22,300 workers between May and June. The total numberemployed in June was 1,035,079. Corresponding pay-roll figures werenot available when this report was prepared. For May, they were$160,733,166, an increase of 3.4 percent since April.
Hours and earnings.—The average hours worked per week bymanufacturing wage earners were 37.5 in June, a gain of 0.8 percentsince May. The corresponding average hourly earnings were 67.2cents, an increase of 0.4 percent from the preceding month. Theaverage weekly earnings of factory workers were $25.79, an increaseof 1.2 percent since May.
Of the 14 nonmanufacturing industries for which man-hours areavailable, 8 showed gains in average hours worked per week and 11showed gains in average hourly earnings. Eight of the sixteen non-manufacturing industries surveyed reported gains in weekly earnings.
Employment and pay-roll indexes and average weekly earnings forJune 1940 are given in table 1 for all manufacturing industries com-bined, for selected nonmanufacturing industries, and for class I rail-roads. Percentage changes over the month and year intervals arealso given.
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TABLE 1.—Employment, Pay Rolls, and Earnings in All Manufacturing IndustriesCombined and in Nonmanufacturing Industries, June 1940
Industry
All manufacturing industriescombined *__
Class I steam railroads 2_.
Coal mining:Anthracite4 . . .Bituminous 4
Metalliferous mining _ _____Quarrying and nonmetallic min-
ing. _ _Crude-petroleum production.. ._Public utilities:
Telephone and telegraph 6
Electric light and power 6
Street railways and busses 6 sTrade:
WholesaledRetail e
Hotels (year-round) 41°_Laundries 4
Dyeing and cleaning 4__Brokerage.InsuranceBuilding construction^..Water transportation n_
Employment
IndexJune1940
(1923-25= 100)
99.4
57.9
(1929=100)50.283.770.4
47.763.8
77.991.368.6
89.391.591.2
102.5112.5
78.0
Percentagechange from—
May1940
+0.4
+2.2
-3 .9-1 .7+1.8+1.7+.9+.9+.8+.4+.5+.3
-2.3+3.5+3.4- . 3+.6
+5.1- 4 . 5
June1939
+6.44
+4.2
-2.1+ 6.9
+14. 3
+.8-4.8
+2.1+2.4
Q
+1.4+2.3-1.7+3.9+2.1+1.5+1.5+9.3
Pay roll
IndexJune1940
(1028-25= 100)97.9
(1929=100)40.674.066.8
43.358.7
98.9105.170.0
77.984.481.892.389.6
Percentagechange from—
May1940
+1.7
+1.6-1.7+1.6+1.3
+.1+.9
+1.1+.7
+1.2-1 .5+4.3+4.9- .7- . 1
+5.0
June1939
+13.2
(3)
+12.6+11.3+24.1
+3.8-6.0
+3.4+3.8
. +2.7+4.1- . 3
+6.2+6.4+1.8+1.5
+13.1
Average weeklyearnings
Aver-agein
June1940
$25.79
26.6323.8329.56
22.6533.74
7 31.187 35.107 33. 62
7 30. 617 21. 557 15. 49
18.4721.75
7 37. 247 36. 75
31.94
Percentagechangefrom—
May1940
+1.2
+5.7
-.1
-A- . 9
- . 8
+.7+.2+.9+.8+.8
+1.4-'.7- . 2
June1939
+6.4
+15. 0+4.1+8.6
+2.9-1 .3
+1.3+1.3+1.0
+1.3+1.7+1.4+2.2+4.2+.3
-00+3.4(a)
1 Revised indexes—Adjusted to 1937 Census of Manufacturers.2 Preliminary—Source: Interstate Commerce Commission.3 Not available.4 Indexes adjusted to 1935 Census. Comparable series back to January 1929 presented in January 1938
issue of the pamphlet Employment and Pay Rolls.5 Less than Ho of 1 percent.e Retail-trade indexes adjusted to 1935 Census and public utility indexes to 1937 Census. Not comparable
with indexes published in pamphlets prior to January 1940 or in the Monthly Labor Review prior toApril 1940. Revised series available upon request.
7 Average weekly earnings not strictly comparable with figures published in issues of this pamphletdated earlier than January 1938 as they now exclude corporation officers, executives, and other employeeswhose duties are mainly supervisory.
s Covers street railways and trolley and motorbus operations of subsidiary, affiliated, and successor com-panies.
fl Indexes adjusted to 1933 Census. Comparable series in November 1934 and subsequent issues of thispamphlet or February 1935 and subsequent issues of Monthly Labor Review.
io Cash payments only; the additional value of board, room, and tips cannot be computed.u Based on^estimates prepared by the U. S. Maritime Commission.
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Public Employment
In contrast with employment on other construction programs, thenumber of men at work on construction projects financed from PublicWorks Administration funds decreased in the month ending June 15.Approximately 92,000 workers, a decrease of 6,000 from the monthending May 15, found employment on P. W. A. projects during themonth. Pay roll disbursements of $9,305,000 were $638,000 lessthan in May.
As a result of the beginning of work on a number of new projects,contractors on low-rent projects of the United States Housing Author-ity were able to give employment to an additional 6,000 building-trades workers in the month ending June 15. Wage payments of$4,955,000 to the 50,000 workers employed were $337,000 greaterthan in May.
Although almost all types of projects showed employment gainsin the month ending June 15, the seasonal increase on public roadprojects was largely responsible for a gain of 24,000 on constructionprojects financed from regular Federal appropriations. The 300,000men employed on all projects financed from regular funds were paid$31,819,000, or $1,641,000 more than payments in the precedingmonth.
The number of men employed on construction projects financed bythe Reconstruction Finance Corporation rose about 200 in the monthending June 15, bringing the number employed to 2,100. Pay rollsfor the month were $260,000.
Because of budgetary restrictions, employment on work reliefprojects of the Work Projects Administration was curtailed to 1,583,-000 in June, a decrease of 255,000 from May. Wage payments of$96,545,000 to workers on these projects were $13,596,000 less thanin May. The number of persons at work on Federal Agency projectsunder the Work Projects Administration, however, increased 11,000in June.
The out-of-school work program of the National Youth Adminis-tration furnished employment to 26,000 fewer persons in June and,because of the end of the school year in many colleges and universities,the number of students employed on the student work program de-creased 163,000.
With the end of an enlistment period, employment in camps of theCivilian Conservation Corps dropped 36,000 in June. Of the 275,500on the pay roll, 244,600 were enrollees; 1,500, educational advisers;200, nurses; and 29,200, supervisory and technical employees.
In the regular services of the Federal Government increases werereported in the executive, military, and legislative services, while adecrease was reported in the judicial service. Of the 1,011,000
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employees in the executive service, 134,000 were working in theDistrict of Columbia and 877,000 outside the District. Force-accountemployees (employees on the pay roll of the United States Govern-ment who are engaged on construction projects, and whose period ofemployment terminates as the project is completed) were 9 percentof the total number of employees in the executive service.
Employment on State-financed road projects was up 15,000 in June.Of the 190,000 on the pay roll, 56,000 were engaged in the construc-tion of new roads and 134,000 on maintenance. Pay-roll disburse-ments for both types of road work were $13,450,000.
A summary of Federal employment and pay-roll data for June isgiven in table 2.
TABLE 2.—Summary of Federal Employment and Pay Rolls, June and May 19401
[Preliminary figures]
Class
Federal services:Executive 2. ._JudicialLegislative -Military
Construction projects:Financed by P. W. A.*U. S. H. A. low-rent housingsFinanced by R. F. C. 5Financed by regular Federal ap-
propriationsFederal agency projects financed by
W. P. AProjects operated by W. P. A ..National Youth Administration:
Student work program-.Out-of-school program _
Civilian Conservation Corps-.
Employment
June
1,010,9992,4685,886
473,471
91, 60949, 7432,095
299, 760
112, 3281, 583,242
314,539274, 090275, 529
M a y
977,9902,4995,851
464, HI
97, 62144, 390
1,864
27
101,0151, 837,854
477,810300,105312, 094
Percent-age
change
+3.4- 1 . 2+.6
+2.0-6 .2
+12.1+12.4
+8.0
+11.2-13.9
-34.2- 8 . 7
-11.7
Pay rolls
June
$149,065, 551585,419
1,303,16633,645,677
9, 305,0854,954, 520
259,871
31, 818,888
5,142, 50796, 545,418
2,321, 2835, 558, 254
11,980, 550
M a y
$149, 205, 295604,457
1,303,46533,404, 769
9,942, 6074,617, 858
234,089
30,177, 734
4, 787, 293110,140, 815
3,438.0295, 593; 894
14,003,437
Percent-age
change
- 0 . 1- 3 . 1
(3)
+.7-6 .4+7.3
+11.0
+5.4
+7.4-12.4
-32.5- . 6
-14 .4
1 Includes data on projects financed wholly or partially from Federal funds.2 Includes force-account and supervisory and technical employees shown under other classifications to
the extent erf 124,108 employees and pay-roll disbursements of $15,965,975 for June 1940, and 127,176 employeesand pay-roll disbursements of $17,243,929 for May 1940.
3 Less than Mo of 1 percent.* Data covering P. W. A. projects financed from National Industrial Recovery Act funds, Emergency
Relief Appropriation Acts of 1935, 1936, and 1937 funds, and Public Works Administration Appro-priation Act of 1938 funds are included. These data are not shown under projects financed by the WorkProjects Administration. Includes 7,456 wage earners and $716,866 pay roll for June 1940; 7,735wage earners and $767,603 pay roll for May 1940, covering Public Works Administration projects financedfrom Emergency Relief Appropriation Acts of 1935, 1936, and 1937 funds. Includes 81,254 wage earners and$8,299,485 pay roll for June 1940; 86,968 wage earners and $8,848,178 pay roll for May 1940, covering PublicWorks Administration projects financed from funds provided by the Public Works AdministrationAppropriation Act of 1938.
* Includes 1,078 employees and pay-roll disbursements of $162,325 for June 1940; 862 employees and pay-rolldisbursements of $135,048 for May 1940 on projects financed by the RFC Mortgage Co.
The value of material orders placed on projects financed fromregular Federal appropriations during the second quarter of 1940amounted to $128,933,000. Approximately 242,000 man-months oflabor were involved in the final fabrication of these materials. OnP. W. A. projects orders were placed for $42,624,000 worth of materials,for which it is estimated 88,000 man-months of labor were required infinal fabrication processes.
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The value of material orders placed on the various programsfinanced by Federal funds during the second quarter of 1940, the firstquarter of 1940, and the second quarter of 1939, and the man-monthsof employment created in the final fabrication of the materials usedare shown in table 3.
TABLE 3.—Value of Material Orders Placed on Projects Financed Wholly or PartiallyFrom Federal Funds and Number of Man-Months of Labor Created
[Subject to revision]
Program
Public Works Administration LU. S. H. A. low-rent housingReconstruction Finance Corporation 2.Regular Federal AppropriationsFederal Agency Projects financed from
W. P. A. funds 3Projects operated by W. P. ARentals and services on projects oper-
ated by W. P. A. __.. __. ..
Value of material orders placed
Secondquarterof 1940
$42, 624,14622,889, 4841,077,339
128,933,372
2,152,477(4)
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Firstquarterof 1940
$63,128,87314,901,956
1, 378,821112,944, 887
1, 764, 66664, 648, 816
50, 644,414
Secondquarterof 1939
$133,209,8735, 562,1262, 909,351
109,910, 717
3, 374, 80880, 546, 610
63, 716, 331
Man-months of laborcreated in final fabrication
Secondquarterof 1940
88,34953, 4422,094
242, 488
4,130(4)
(4)
Firstquarterof 1940
139,37334, 3512,848
218, 586
3,540142, 510
(4)
Secondquarterof 1939
306,57212,8545,932
206,657
7,056194, 495
0)
1 Data covering projects financed from E. R. A. A. 1935,1936,1937, and P. W. A. A. 1938 funds are included.These data are not shown under projects financed from W. P. A. funds. Includes low-rent housing projectsfinanced from funds of N. I. R. A. and E. R. A. A. 1935.
2 Includes RFC Mortgage Co.3 Includes projects financed by transfer of W. P. A. funds to other federal agencies under sec. 3, E. R. A. A.
1938, and sec. 11-A, E. R. A. A. 1939.* Data not available.
DETAILED TABLES FOR JUNE 1940
Estimates of Nonagricultural Employment
TWO sets of estimates of nonagricultural employment have beenprepared. The first, "Total nonagricultural employment," given onthe first line of table 4, shows the estimated number of persons engagedin gainful work in the United States in nonagricultural industries,including proprietors and firm members, self-employed persons, casualworkers, and domestic workers. The second series, which is describedas "Employees in nonagricultural establishments," does not includeproprietors, self-employed persons, and domestic or casual workers.Neither set of figures includes persons employed on W. P. A. or N. Y. A.projects or enrollees in C. C. C. camps. The estimates for "Employeesin nonagricultural establishments" are shown separately for each ofseven major industry groups. Tables giving figures for each group,by months, for the period from January 1929 to date are available onrequest.
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The figures represent the number of persons working at any timeduring the week ending nearest the middle of each month. The totalsfor the United States have been adjusted to conform to the figuresshown by the 1930 Census of Occupations for the number of non-agricultural "gainful workers" less the number shown to have beenunemployed for 1 week or more at the time of the census. Separateestimates for "Employees in nonagricultural establishments" areshown in table 5 for each of the 48 States and the District of Columbiafor May and June 1940 and June 1939. Tables showing monthlyfigures for each State from January 1938 to date are available onrequest. The State figures do not include the armed forces of theUnited States nor employees on merchant vessels. Certain adjust-ments have been made in the United States estimates which cannotbe made on a State basis, and for this reason the total of the Stateestimates will not agree exactly with the United States figures evenif allowance is made for military, naval, and maritime employment.These estimates are based in large part on industrial censuses and onregular reports of employers to the United States Bureau of LaborStatistics and to other Government agencies such as the InterstateCommerce Commission. Data derived from employers' quarterlyreports in connection with "old age and survivors' insurance," andemployers' monthly reports in connection with unemployment com-pensation have been used extensively as a check on estimates derivedfrom other sources, and in some industries they have provided the mostreliable information available.
TABLE 4.—Estimates of Nonagricultural Employment, by Major Groups[In thousands]
Industry
Total nonagricultural employment 1
Employees in nonagricultural establishments 2_.Manufacturing.Mining__ConstructionTransportation and public utilities-TradeFinance, service, and miscellaneousFederal, State, and local government, including
armed forces..
June 1940(prelim-inary)
35,486
29, 3429,534
8381,3292,9916,1564,222
4,272
May 1940
35, 230
29, 0829, 502
8451, 2482,9566. 1224,194
4,215
ChangeMav to
June'1940
+256
+239+32- 7
+81+35+34+28
+57
June 1939
34, 544
28,4009,023
7931, 3342,9246,0634,167
4,096
ChangeJune 1939to June
1940
+942
+921+511+45- 5
+67+93+55
+176
1 Includes proprietors, firm members, self-employed persons, casual workers, and domestic workers.2 Does not include proprietors, firm members, self-employed persons, casual workers, and domestic
workers.
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TABLE 5.—Estimated Number of Employees in Nonagricultural Establishments, by-
States, in Thousands
[Excludes proprietors, firm members, self-employed persons, casual workers, domestic workers, the armedforces of the United States, and employees on merchant vessels]
[In thousands]
Geographic division and State
New England... . . . . . . - . _ _Maine. . . -New Hampshire..VermontMassachusetts..Rhode Island.Connecticut..
Middle Atlantic . . . .New York. .New Jersey. _.Pennsylvania.
East North Central..OhioIndiana..Illinois....Michigan..Wisconsin..
Wpst North CentralMinnesota..Iowa.-.-. .MissouriNorth Dakota..South Dakota-Nebraska..Kansas..
South Atlantic .Delaware _.MarylandDistrict of Columbia..VirginiaWest Virginia-..North Carolina-South Carolina-.Georgia.Florida—..
East South Central..Kentucky..Tennessee. .AlabamaMississippi-.
West South Central..Arkansas-.Louisiana..Oklahoma..Texas.
Mountain -Montana-IdahoWyoming..ColoradoNew Mexico.Arizona..Utah.._.Nevada
Pacific.Washington..OregonCalifornia..
June1940
(prelim-inary)
2,43018712477
1,257221564
7,6043,8331,1452,626
6,6391,732
7602,1921,336
619
2,3375223987607783
203294
3,34668
497334480368555269456319
1,316356437350173
1,775169359286961
7611128452
2177087
10732
2,359423235
1,701
May1940
2,40718312376
1,249218558
7,5323,8031.1302,599
6,5781,705
7452,1771,340
611
2,3125123947557581
201294
3,34467
494332472365558269459328
1,316354436352174
1,787168365287967
7471098150
2146987
10532
2,328416223
1,689
Change, Mav toJune 1940
Number
+23+4+1+1+8+3+6
+72+30+15+27
+61+27+15+15
- 4+8+25+10+4+5+2+2+2
0
+2+1+3+2+8+3- 3
0- 3- 9
0+2+1- 2- 1
- 1 2+1- 6- 1- 6
+ 14+34-3+2+3+1
0+2
0
+31+7
+12+12
Percent-age
+0.9+2 2+.8
+1 8+.6
+1.6+.9
+ 1.0+.8
+1.3+1.0
+.9+1.6+2.0+.7- . 3
+1.3+1 0+1.8+1.1+.7
+2.7+1.4+.8
0)0)+1.7+.7+.8
+1.8+.8- . 6
0)- . 8
-2.9
0)+.7+.1- . 5- . 4
- . 6+.5
-1 .5- . 3- . 6
+ 1.8+2.9+3.2+4.2+1.2+1.7+ 3
+1.9- . 9
+1.3+1.7+5.4+.7
June1939
2 39719312574
1, 256220529
7 3373, 7601,0872, 490
6, 3391,6?8
7172,1011,250
613
2 319520399751
7681
202290
3,24764
470317464353553267441318
1,289344423342180
1, 785172356293964
7511098253
2176987
10430
2.302'413
2271,662
Change, June 1939to June 1940
Number
+33—6- 1+3+1+ 1
+35
+267+73+58
+136
+300+74+43+91+86+6
+ 18+2
i
+9+1+2+1+4
+99+4
+27+17+16+15+2+2
+15+1
+27+12+14+8- 7
-10- 3+3
7- 3
+10+3+2- 1
0+1
0+3+2
+57+10+8
+39
Percent-age
+1.4—2^6- 1 . 4+4 2
(0+.6
+6.6+3.6+1.9+5.3+5.54-4.8+4.5+6.1+4.4+6.9+1.1
+ 7+.3- . 2
+1.2+1.1+1.5+.5
+1.1+3.0+6.4+5.7+5.4+3.6+4.0+.4+.8
+3.4+.2
+2.0+3.4+3.3+2.4- 4 . 0
- . 5-2 .0+.9
-2 .1- . 3
+1.1+3.0+2.0- 2 . 4
- . 2+.9+.4
+2.2+5.7+2.5+2.4+3.6+2.4
i Less than 0.1 percent.
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Industrial and Business Employment
Monthly reports on employment and pay rolls are available for 90manufacturing industries; 16 nonmanufacturing industries, includingprivate building construction; water transportation; and class I steamrailroads. The reports for the first 2 of these groups—manufacturingand nonmanufacturing—are based on sample surveys by the Bureauof Labor Statistics. The figures on water transportation are basedon estimates prepared by the Maritime Commission and those onclass I steam railroads are compiled by the Interstate CommerceCommission. They are presented in the foregoing summary.
The indexes of factory employment and pay rolls are based on the3~year average 1923-25 as 100 and are adjusted to 1937 census data.They relate to wage earners only and are computed from reportssupplied by representative manufacturing establishments in 90 man-ufacturing industries. These reports cover more than 55 percent ofthe total wage earners in all manufacturing industries of the countryand more than 65 percent of the wage earners in the 90 industriesincluded in the monthly survey of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The indexes for the nonmanufacturing industries are based on the 12-month average for 1929 as 100. Figures for mining, laundries, anddyeing and cleaning cover wage earners only, but the figures for publicutilities, trade, and hotels relate to all employees except corporationofficers, executives, and other employees whose duties are mainlysupervisory. For crude-petroleum production they cover wage earnersand the clerical field force. The coverage of the reporting samplesfor the various nonmanufacturing industries ranges from approxi-mately 25 percent for wholesale and retail trade, dyeing and cleaning,and insurance, to approximately 80 percent for quarrying and non-metallic mining, anthracite mining, and public utilities.
The indexes for retail trade have been adjusted to conform in generalwith the 1935 census of retail distribution and are weighted by linesof trade. For the public utilities they have been adjusted to the 1937census of electrical industries, for wholesale trade to the 1933 census,and for coal mining, year-round hotels, laundries, and dyeing andcleaning to the 1935 censuses.
Data for both manufacturing and nonmanufacturing industries arebased on reports of the number of employees and amount of pay rollsfor the pay period ending nearest the 15th of the month.
The average weekly earnings shown in tables 6 and 7 are computedby dividing the total weekly pay rolls in the reporting establishmentsby the total number of full- and part-time employees reported. Asnot all reporting establishments supply man-hours, average hoursworked per week, and average hourly earnings are necessarily based
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on data furnished by a smaller number of reporting firms. The sizeand composition of the reporting sample vary slightly from monthto month. Therefore, the average hours per week, average hourlyearnings, and average weekly earnings shown may not be strictlycomparable from month to month. The sample, however, is believedto be sufficiently adequate in virtually all instances to indicate thegeneral movements of earnings and hours over the period shown.The changes from the preceding month, expressed as percentages, arebased on identical lists of firms for the 2 months, but the changesfrom June 1939 are computed from chain indexes based on the month-to-month percentage changes.
EMPLOYMENT AND PAY-ROLL INDEXES, AVERAGE HOURS, ANDAVERAGE EARNINGS
The indexes of employment and pay rolls as well as average hoursworked per week, average hourly earnings, and average weekly earn-ings in manufacturing and nonmanufacturing industries in June 1940are shown in table 6. Percentage changes from May 1940 and June1939 are also given.
The employment and pay-roll indexes, as well as average hoursworked per week, average hourly earnings, and average weekly earn-ings for April, May, and June 1940, where available, are presentedin table 7. The April and May figures, where given, may differ insome instances from those previously published because of revisionsnecessitated primarily by the inclusion of late reports.
In table 8, indexes of employment and pay rolls are given for allmanufacturing industries combined, for the durable- and nondurable-goods groups of manufacturing industries, and for each of the 13 non-manufacturing industries, by months, from June 1939 to June 1940,inclusive. The accompanying chart indicates the trend of factoryemplo37ment and pay rolls from January 1919 to June 1940.
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120
100
80
60
4 0
20
EMPLOYMENT AND PAY ROLLSALL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES
1923-25=100
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INDEX140
120
100
80
6 0
40
201919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940
UNITED STATES BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS ADJUSTED TO 1937 CENSUS
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TABLE 6.—Employment, Pay Rolls, Hours, and Earnings in Manufacturing and Nonmanufacturing Industries, June 1940
MANUFACTURING
[Indexes are based on 3-year average, 1923-25=100. New series—adjusted to 1937 Census of Manufa3tures for all industries except automobiles, and not comparable to indexes publishedin the July 1939 and earlier issues of the pamphlet. Comparable series available upon request]
Industry
All manufacturing..
Durable goodsNondurable goods
Durable goods
Iron and steel and their products, not includingmachinery
Blast furnaces, steel works, and rolling mills....Bolts, nuts , washers, and rivets...Ca^t-iron pioeCutlery (not including silver and plated
cutlery) and edsre tools..Forging, iron and steel.Hardware . . __ . . . .P lumbers ' suppliesStamped and enameled ware __ _Steam and hot-water heating apparatus and
steam fittings..S t o v e s . . .Structural and ornamental metalwork..Tin cans and other tinware. - . . .Tools (not including edge tools, machine tools,
files, and saws) "Wirework _
Machinery, not Including transDortation equipmentA gricultural implements (including tractors) -.Cash registers, adding machines, and calculat-
ing machines
Employment
IndexJune1940
99.4
97.0101.7
103.7114.3104.276.8
101.266.081.682.9
152.7
85.192.673.5
102.8
91.6152.1
115.1137.3
130.4
Percentagechange from—
M a y1940
+0.4
+.5+.2
+1.8+4.8— 1.5+ 1.3
-1 .2- 1 . 1
- 1 4 . 9+1.3- 2 . 4
+.1+1.6+3.4+7.5
- . 5- 5 . 6
+1.1- 1 . 6
+1.1
June1939
+6.4
+14.7
.+14.7+19.5+11.8+5.2
+12.0+21.2+13.2+9.3+3.6
+13. 5+5.8+9.4+5.2
+9.4+11.7
+20.4+15.6
+1.7
Pay rolls
IndexJune1940
97.9
100.195.5
102.8113.9110.770.0
91.674.185.873.0
162.6
76.682.764.8
113. 5
88.6161.0
125.1157.8
138.0
Percentagechange from—
M a y1940
+1.7
+2.7+.6
+5.9+10.4+1.3+4.8
- . 4+1.0
-15.8+.5+.3
4-2.9— 1.4+5.1
+12.5
-1.8-5.1
+2.3-3.7
+3.4
June1939
+13.2
+24.0+2.7
+24.5+32.6+22.5+6.5
+11.1+33. 0+16.2+8.3
+11.1
4-21.8+7.6
+ L0.3+10. 0
+11.6+16.4
+31.1+24.0
+10.9
Average weeklyearnings l
June1940
$25. 79
29.4821.81.
29.3031. 5325.7921.80
23. 63»30. 48
25.8525.7025.34
27.4725.4928.5625.04
2-1. 4226.48
30.4130.74
33.32
Percentagechange from—
M a y1940
+1.2
+2.2+.4
+4.0+5.4+2.9+3.5
+.8+2.1— 1.1
- . 8+2.8
4-2.8- 3 . 0+1.7+4.6
-1.3+.4
+1.2- 2 . 1
+2.3
June1939
+3.4
+8.2+2.7
+8.4+ 11.0+8.5+1.2
- . 8+9.6+2.7
- . 9+7.1
+7.3+1.8+.8
+4.6
+2.0+4.2
+8.9+7.3
+9.0
Average hours workedper week l
June1940
37.5
38.736.4
37.637.137.335.9
38.639.138.036.838.3
39.237.338.639.8
38.937.5
40.838.6
40.4
Percentagechange from—
M a y1940
+0.8
+1.3+ . 3
+2.7+4.4+2.4+3.7
- . 2+1.4+.5
+*6
+3.8-2.8+1.7+3.0
- 1 . 6
+.8+.7
- 2 . 0
+1.6
June1939
+0.4
+3.4- 2 . 4
+4.9+9.6+9.4- 3 . 1
- 1 . 4+7.3- 1 . 6- 4 . 5+1.1+6.5- 1 . 0- 2 . 3
+.2-00- . 5
+5.6+4.4
+7.3
Average hourlyearnings l
June1940
Cents67.2
73.261.7
77.484.969.160.5
62.078.168.070.065.7
70.368.474.163.2
62.870.7
74.379.8
83.0
Percentagechange from—
M a y1940
+0.4+.5+.3
+.8+.7+.5+.1+.8+.9
- 1 . 6
- . 7- . 4+.1
+1.8+.2- . 3
+.5- . 2
+.7
June1939
+4.6
+3.7+4.4
+2.6
+4'. 5
+1.0+2.5+4.4+3.7+5.8
+1.1+3.0+3.2+5.0
+2.0+4.8
+2.5+2.5
+1.5
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Electrical machinery, apparatus, and supplies.Engines, turbines, water wheels, and wind-
millsFoundry and machine-shop products..Machine toolsRadios and phonographsTextile machinery and parts-. ' . . . . .Typewriters and parts....
Transportation equipment-_AircraftAutomobilesCars, electric-and steam-railroad..Locomotives..Shipbuilding..
Nonferrous metals and their products..Aluminum manufacturesBrass, bronze, and copper productsClocks and watches and time-recording de-
viees..JewelryLighting equipmentSilverware and plated wareSmelting and refining—copper, lead, and zinc-
Lumber and allied productsFurniture..Lumber:
Millwork.Sawmills..
Stone, clay, and glass products..Brick, tile, and terra eotta..Cement...GlassMarble, granite, slate, and other products..Pot tery. .
Nondurable goods
Textiles and their productsFabrics
Carpets and rugsCotton goodsCotton small waresDyeing and finishing textiles..Hat:-;, fur-felt_HosieryKnitted outerwear..Knitted underwear,.
103.3
158.196.9
229.1141.079.0
111.0
112.22,518.7
104.851.229.1
102.8
106.5176. 5127.1
90.391.283.968.387.2
68.388.1
61.561.9
63.172.4
104. 948.589.5
93.785.770.286.973.8
115.771.2
130.263.172.8
+1-4+6.1+.4
+3.6+3.3-4 .0-1.8
- 2 . 4+8.2- 4 . 5- 8 . 2+3.5+2.9
+1.1+2.0+1.3+.6
+2.9- . 3
- 3 . 1+1.9+.4+•9
+1.3+ .1
+1.1+3.6+2.3+.6
-1 .3-1.2
-2 .4-1 .5-7 .2-2 .1-2 .9- 5 . 6+7.6- 2 . 6+2.4- 1 . 2
+19.3+59.7+17. 4+58. 2+17.6+4.9
-11.2
+23.6+93.0+14.4+45.8+12.0+29.5+16.6+22.2+21.9+13.0+8.0
417.8+.7
+14.0+3.0+5.8+3.1+1.7+3.0+2.9+1.1+6.0-6 .4+4.7
-4 .2-4 .2- 4 . 3+3.3- 4 . 3
- . 9-16.0-12.4-10.5- 2 . 3
118.3
210.795. 8
302.9134.074.1
112.1
119.12,514. 0
112.545.328.5
185. 8
105.9204.3140.7
94.476.370.055. 985.7
63.675.9
48.558.1
73.451.169.9
111.035.675.8
75.472.554.674.766.892.057.5
127.950.663.6
+3.5+8.7+1.3+4.6+5.6- 3 . 8-1 .6
+2.1+13.6+1.3- 9 . 3+6.2+3.0+2.2+1.4+4.8+.4
+5.1- 3 . 3- 8 . 8+1.6+.5
+1.5+1.3
- . 4
- 1 . 6+3.7+1.0
- . 8-8 .3- 9 . 9
-3 .2-1 .9-8 .8-4 .2- 2 . 1- 6 . 0
-\-25. 0—4.2+1.4- 2 . 0
+29.1+84.4+24.6+82.9+28.2
+.9- . 5
+34.0+93. 5+27.04 50.8+16.3+36. 4+26.1+30.2+36. 5+23.5+9.5
+25. 6- 3 . 0
+19.3+5.8
+10.8+2.0+3.9+4.0+1.9+2.2
+10.2-10.5+3.9
-5 .2-4 .1- 4 . 9+5.4- 5 . 0- 4 . 3
-21.7-13.5- 9 . 2-5 .4
30.52
35.0529.4136.6823.6125.7024.75
34.3231.1835. 4727.6830.1234.24
27.2528.2029.93
23. 2023. 35.26. 3823. 5827.57
20.1720.67
22.0219.32
24.2020.7427.4225.8925.9721.52
16.4316. 2421.5513.9217. 5419.6722.0817.5217.1314.68
+2.1+2.5+.9+.9
+2.2+.2+ .2
+4.6+5.0+6.1- 1 . 2+2.6+ . 1
+1.0- . 6
+3.5- . 2
+2.1- 3 . 0-5 .9- . 4
0+.6
0- . 6
- 2 . 7+.1
- 1 . 3-1 .4-7 .0-8 .9
- . 7A
-1.6-2 ,2+.8- . 4
+16.1- 1 . 7-1.0- . 8
+8.2+15.5+6.1
+15. 5+9.0- 3 . 9
+12.0+8.4+.3
+11.1+3.4+3.8+5.3+8.0+6.6
+11.9+9.4+1.3+6.7- 3 . 7+4.7+2.8+4.6- 1 . 2+•6+.9
- 1 . 0+1.2+3.9- 4 . 2- . 8
- . 9+.1- . 6
+2.0- . 9
-3 .4-6 .0- 1 . 3+ 1.4- 3 . 1
40.2
43.840.447.938.539.437.7
38.142.737.236.738.239.2
39.039.739.8
38.638.736.936.538.7
38.538.1
40.238.3
36. 337.438.935.135.635.4
33.534.132.434.036.335.531.632 235.834.4
+1.0+1.7+.9+.7+.8- . 5- . 6
+4.0+3. 5+5.2- 1 . 3+2.1
- . 4
+.4- . 2
+2.4- . 9
+2.6- 3 . 7-5 .5- . 6
- . 5+.1- . 2
- L 0
-2 .2m 2
-i!o-1.5-7 .8-5 .6
- . 7- . 6- . 9
- 1 . 8+1.1
y
+21." 0- 1 . 3
- . 6- . 3
+5.1+12.2+4.1
+13.0+3.2- 2 . 8+9.6+7.9+1.4+8.6+1.3+1.3+2.3+2.6+1.6+3.7+6.1+.6
4-2.9- 4 . 8+1.5- 2 . 7- . 4
- 3 . 2-3 .6
-2 .2-4 .5
o+.7
- 5 . 7-2 .4
-6 .0-5.4-5 .5-5 .8- 3 . 7-6 .2-4 .6-6 .2-2 .5-8 .4
76.4
80.372.876.661.465.465.6
90.574.295.375. 378.986.9
70.271.075.4
60.159.571.564.771.3
52.354.8
54.9• 50.5
66.455.170.474.074.464.0
49.648.466.641.248.754.972.455.347.143.0
+1.1+.7+ (2)+.2
+1.4+.6+.8+.6
+1.5+.8+ (2)+.5+.8+.4- . 5
+1.0+•7
Q
+.*7fr
+.'3+.4+.5+.2+.4
+.1+.3
q
+ (2')+1.4+.7
- . 1
+(2>- . 6
+(»)+.1
- ( 2 )+.7
- . 6- . 3- . 3
+3.1+3.0+1.7+2.3+6.1-1.1+2.2
+1.2+1.4+2.2+2.1+2.5+4.4
+5.4+4.6+8.0
+2.5+.8
+3.8+1.2+3.0
+3.9+4.1+1.8+4.3
+3.1+ 3.2+1.3+3.6+2.8+.8
+4.5+5.7+5.1+8.7+3.7+2.6+1.9+7.4+4.0+6.0
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TABLE 6.—Employment, Pay Rolls, Hours, and Earnings in Manufacturing and Nonmanufacturing Industries, June 1940—Continued
MAN UFACTURIN G—Continued
[Indexes are based on 3-year average, 1923-25=100. New series—adjusted to 1937 Census of Manufactures for all industries except automobiles, and not comparable to indexespublished in the July 1939 and earlier issues of the pamphlet. Comparable series available on request]
Industry
Nondurable, goods—ContinuedTextiles and their products—Continued.
Fabrics—ContinuedKnitted clothSilk and rayon goodsWoolen and worsted goodsWearing apparel..Clothing, men'sClothing, women'sCorsets and allied garments..Men's furnishings. _MillineryShirts and collars
Leather and its manufactures..Boots and shoesLeather
Food and kindred productsBaking __Beverages..Butter -_Canning and preservingConfectioneryFlourIce creamSlaughtering and meat packing.. .Sugar, beetSugar refining, cane..
Tobacco manufactures __Chewing and smoking tobacco and snuff..Cigars and cigarettes
Employment
IndexJune1940
128.059.775.7
107. 898.6
148.1111.9109.765.7
115.1
80.1
129.7147.0301.3105.0140.574.777.691.9
108.252.998.3
64.958.065.7
Percentagechange from—
May1940
+0.5- 3 . 9+5.4- 3 . 8+3.7-8 .9-2 .2-4 .6
-11.9-5 .0
0+.2- . 7
+6.7+1.6+8.2+5.1
+40.5-1.8-1.2+P.7+2.3
+11.7+3.3
+4.3-1.0+4.9
June1939
- 5 . 3-11.7-10.5-4 .3-1 .8-6 .3- . 9
-13.9-3 .6- 2 . 9
-7 .8- 8 . 3-5 .6
+2.0r>
+i."i+1.9
c+3! 7-2.0
_ Q
+8^9- 2 . 3+8.1
- . 5-4 .6
Pay rolls
IndexJune1940
107.245.665.476.671.195.1
109.294.947! 192.0
67.062.775.7
129.0140.8375.490.8
117.272.372.376.9
114.754.288.7
67.466.7
Percentagechange from—
May1940
+3.6- 6 . 2+8.5—5.4
+10.2-15. 3-6.2-1.4
-12.9-9.1
+5.3+8.0-1.4
+6.2+2.2
+13.6+7.0
+31.0-4.1-1.2+9.8+3.9+9.9
+10.9
+10.2+1.4
+11.5
June1939
-3 .0-9 .9-7 .9-6 .9- 3 . 7
-10.2- 6 . 7
-14. G+4.3- 6 . 0
-10.2-10. 9- 8 . 0
+4.2+2.0+5.6+4.0+6.2+4.7-2.8+2.3+7.5-8.5
+14.9
+8.8+3.5
+10.6
Average weeklyearnings
June1940
$18. 7615.7819.8716.9618.6917.2216.1613.4821.0812.73
18.1716.8723. 56
25.5426.5536.5123. 0416.2118.9825.1329.1427.8226.5525.37
18.9818.7719.03
Percentagechange from—
M a y1940
+3.1- 2 . 5+2.8- 1 . 7+6.3- 7 . 0- 4 . 1+3.3- 1 . 1- 4 . 3
+5.3+7.8
- . 7
- . 4+.6
+5.0+1.8- 6 . 7- 2 . 4
+(2)+1.5- 1 . 6+7.3+5.6+2.4+6.3
June1939
+2.5+2.3+3.0- 2 . 7-1.9-4 .2-5 .8- 1 . 0+8.2- 3 . 2
-2 .6- 2 . 9- 2 . 7
+2.3+2.4+4.5+1.9+6.8+.9
4-2." 5- 1 . 3- 6 . 3+6.3+9.3+8.4
+10.4
Average hours workedper week
June1940 .
37.034.235.332.532.332.734.031.931.632.1
33.232.336.9
40.141.741.647.734.336.841.246.840.237.138.9
38.135.438.4
Percentagechange from—
May1940
+1.6- 2 . 4+2.7
a+4'. 5- 3 . 3-4 .4- . 7
-1.6- 3 . 9
+7.0+fl.3
- . 2
- . 1+ (2)+4.2+2.1-1.8-2.7+•2
+1.4+1.0- 2 . 3+4.8
+4.7+2.0+5.0
June1939
-4 .4-3 .9-4 .1-7 .0-5 .1- 9 . 4
-10.9- 8 . 0+8.5
-1.0- . 9
+2.5- . 1
-2 .2- . 7
- 1 . 3- 1 . 4- 1 . 6
-11.6+5.1
+4.4+4.4+4.3
Average hourlyearnings
June1940
Cents49.545.856.351.858.149.646.641.168.540.7
55.353.164.2
64.164.289.347.648.051.661.562.369.174.065. 2
5C.553.550.1
Percentagechange from—
M a y1910
+1.3_ ( 2 )
+.1- . 1
+1.1- 3 . 1
o+3." 2+3.2+.5
- ( 2 )0
+(2)- . 9+.6
+1.1- . 3
- 5 . 84 . 2+.6
- 1 . 2+.5- . 2
+2.5+1.5+1.0+1.6
June1939
+6.4+6.0+7.2+2.4+2.7+2.0+3.6+7.1+6.5+5.4+4.8+5.7+2.1+2.8+3.4+2.4+2.2+3.6+1.9+.8
+3.4+.2
+5.6+1.2+6.2+5.1+6.5
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Paper and printing... -Boxes, paperPaper and pulpPrinting and publishing:
Book and job .__-Newspapers and periodicals
Chemical, petroleum, and coal products._Petroleum refining _.Other than petroleum refining..
ChemicalsCottonseed—oil, cake, and meal..Druggists' preparations-ExplosivesFertilizersPaints and varnishesK.ayon and allied products..
Rubber productsRubber boots and shoesRubber tires and inner tubes-.Rubber goods, other..
114.5115.3116.2
97.1116.2
119.1123.2118.1138.354.7
115.8126.488.8
126.4306.081.5
83.654.968.4
139.1
- . 4+1.2+.9
- 2 . 1- . 8
-1 .4+1.2- 2 . 1+1.6
-19.4-2 .2+7.1
-31.3+.4+.6+.2- . 5
+1.6- . 8- . 9
+4.3+6.6+9.5+.7
+1.9+8.5+2.2
+10.2+18.7
+.8+6.9
+41.0+12.4+1.7+6.9+2.4+4.4-2 .0+3.5+7.6
112.0127.4126.2
85.1110.1
133.3137.1132.1165.248.9
126.1153. 778.9
136.2314.3100.4
88.456.277.5
133.2
-1.0+2.3+1.6- 3 . 7- 1 . 9
- . 2+.2- . 4
+2.0-18.6- 1 . 9+8.9
-33.5- . 1+.9
+2.5- . 9
+4.4- 3 . 0+1.4
+8.2+8.4
+20.7+1.8+4.2
+12.3+2.1
+16.0+25.7+7.8+6.2
+52. 3+21.5+5.7
+15.6+3.2+5.2+1.4+3.6+9.4
29.2721.9926.70
30.5938.21
30.0834.8428.0932.2314.2424.7133.3216.1929.5526.3628.85
28.2723.5033.1823.42
- . 5+1.1+.7
- 1 . 6- 1 . 1
+1.2- . 9
+1.7+.4+.9+.3
+1.6- 2 . 5
- . 5+.3
+2.3- . 5
+2.8- 2 . 3+2.3
+3.7+1.5
+10.1+1.1+2.2+3.5
- . 1+5.3+5.9+7.0
- . 7+8.0+6.3+2.9+8.1+.8+.8
+3.5+.2
+1.6
38.539.041.5
37.935.6
38.535.739.640.039.438.339.936.141.239.140.4
36.438.334.338.2
- . 8+.9— 4
- 1 . 8- 1 . 1
- . 7-1 .5- . 3+.1
- 1 . 1- 1 . 8+ 3
- 5 . 9- . 4+.1
+2.3- . 1
+2.8- 2 . 3+1.4
+1.6- 1 . 1+5.8
- . 3+.2+.5
- 1 . 3+.9+.9
- 8 . 1- 3 . 9+3.9+3.7+.5
+3.3+.6- . 7
+2.7- 1 . 7
- . 4
79.756.764.4
82.0104.4
77.798.370.280.634.261.183.644.871.767.571.5
78.061.496.861.9
+.3+.6
+1.0
+(2)+.4
+2.1+.8
+2.3+•3- . 3
+1.2+1.3+3.7
- . 1+.2
+(2)+.2
+(2)+.7
+2.7+2.7+4.1+1.4+3.0
+3.3+1.2+5.3+5.1
+13. 5+3.1+4.0+4.3+2.3+4.7+.1
+1.9+.9
+2.3+3.0
NONMANUFACTURING
[Indexes are based on 12-month average, 1929=100]
Coal mining:Anthracite3 . . .Bituminous 3
Metalliferous miningQuarrying and nonmetallic mining..Crude-petroleum product ionPublic utilities:
Telephone and telegraph 4 5___Electric light and power 4 5
Street railways and busses4 5 6 . .Trade:
Wholesale47
Retail4 5--.Food5
General merchandising 4 5_.Appare l 5 . . .Furniture5
Automotive 5
Lumber 5
50.283.770.447.763.8
77.991.368.6
89.391.5
104.395.487.777.786.475.4
- 3 . 9- 1 . 7+1.8+1.7+.9+.9+.8+.4+.5+.30
+.3+.70
+.3+1.1
- 2 . 1+6.9
+14.3+.8
- 4 . 8
+2.1+2.4
- . 9
+1.4+2.3+1.5+2.3+1.3+.3
+6.3+2.7
40.674.066.843.358.7
98.9105.170.0
77.984.496.488.680.170.982.671.6
+1.6- 1 . 7+1.6+1.3+(2)+.1+.9
+1.1+.7
+1.2+1.3+2.3+2.2+.10
+1.3
+12.6+11.3+24.1+3.8- 6 . 0
-3 .4+3.8_(2)
+2.7+4.1+3.3+4.1+1.6+3.8+9.4+3.8
26.6323.8329.5622.6533.74
31.1835.1033.62
30.6121.5523.6618.2121.2328.9728.5426.61
+5.7- . 1- . 1- . 4- . 9
- . 8
+ (2)+.7+.2+.9
+1.2+2.0+1.4+.1- . 3+.2
+15.0+4.1+8.6+2.9- 1 . 3
+1.3+1.3+1.0+1.3+1.7+1.8+1.9+.3
+3.5+2.9+1.1
29.327.340.940.037.4
39.039.546.3
41.142.843.339.038.043.347.442.9
+4.9+.8- . 6- . 8
- 2 . 5
- . 7- 1 . 5+.6- . 8+.5+.6
+2.0+.1
- 1 . 7- . 2
~(2)
+16.2+6.4+3.5
-4l 2- 1 . 8- 1 . 6
- . 1
- 2 . 5
8(8)(8)(8)(8)(8)
92.288.572.556.388.6
80.388.771.9
74.754.852.846.855.369.659.963.2
+.6+.4+.5+.4
+1.5- . 1
+1.5+.4+.9+.6+.5
+1.5+1.2+1.1
- . 2+.8
- 1 . 0+.9
+5.2+3.5+2.9
+1.8+2.2+1.5
+3.2(8)
()
88
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TABLE 6.—Employment, Pay Rolls, Hours, and Earnings in Manufacturing and Nonmanufacturing Industries, June 1940—Continued
NONMANUFACTURING—Continued
[Indexes are based on 12-month average, 1929=100]
Industry-
Hotels (year-round)3 4 9_.Laundries 3
Dyeing and cleaning 3_Brokerage4 . .Insurance4
Building construction_
Employment
IndexJune1940
91.2102.5112.5(8)(8)(8)
Percentagechange from—
May1940
- 2 . 3+3.5+3.4- . 3+.6
+5.1
June1939
- 1 . 7+3.9+2.1+1.5+1.5+9.3
]
IndexJune1940
81.892.389.6(8)(8)(8)
' ay rolls
Percentagechange from—
May1940
- 1 . 5+4.3+4.9
-A+5.0
June1939
- 0 . 3+6.2+6.4+1.8+1.5
+13.1
Average weeklyearnings
June1940
$15. 4918.4721.7537.2436.7531.94
Percentagechange from—
May1940
+0.8+.8
+1.4- . 5- . 7- . 2
June1939
+1.4+2.2+4.2+.3
-00+3.4
Average hours workedper week
June1940
46.643.645.4(8)(8)33.8
Percentagechange from—
May1940
+0.7+.3
+1.6(8)(8)+.8
June1939
+1.2- . 3
+3.4(8)(8)
+1.7
Average hourlyearnings
June1940
Cents33.342.448.8(8)(8)94.8
Percentagechange from—
May1940
+0.6+.6
i
(8)'
June1939
+1.3+2.4+1.4(8)(8)+1.5
1 Revised series. Mimeographed sheets giving averages by years, 1932 to 1938, inclu-sive, and by months, January 1938 to September 1939, inclusive, available on request.Average hours and average hourly earnings are computed from data supplied by a smallernumber of establishments than average weekly earnings, as not all reporting firms furnishman-hours. The figures are not strictly comparable from month to month because ofchanges in the size and composition of the reporting sample.
2 Less than 1/10 of 1 percent.3 Indexes adjusted to 1935 census. Comparable series back to January 1929 presented
in January 1938 issue of pamphlet.4 Average weekly earnings, hourly earnings, and hours not comparable with figures
published in pamphlets prior to January 1938 as they now exclude corporation officers,executives, and other employees whose duties are mainly supervisory.
8 Retail-trade indexes adjusted to 1935 census and public-utility indexes to 1937 census.Not comparable to indexes published in pamphlets prior to January 1940 or in MonthlyLabor Reviews prior to April 1940. Comparable series for earlier months available uponrequest.
6 Covers street railways and trolley and motorbus operations of subsidiary, affiliated,and successor companies; formerly "electric-railroad and motorbus operation and main-tenance."
7 Indexes adjusted to 1933 census. Comparable series in November 1934 and subsequentissues of pamphlet.
s Not available.s Cash payments only; value of board, room, and tips not included.
OO
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TABLE 7.—Employment, Pay Rolls, Hours, and Earnings in Manufacturing and Nonmanufacturing Industries
MANUFACTURING
[Indexes are based on 3-year average, 1923-35=100, and are adjusted to 1937 Census of Manufactures for all industries except automobiles. Not comparable to indexes published inpamphlets prior to August 1939. Comparable series available upon request]
Industry
All manufacturing-
Durable goodsNondurable goods,
Durable goods
Iron and steel and their products, not includingmachinery
Blast furnaces, steel works, and rolling mills. _Bolts, nuts, washers, and rivetsCast-iron pipeCutlery (not including silver and plated cut-
lery) and edge toolsForgings, iron and steel..HardwarePlumbers' suppliesStamped and enameled wareSteam and hot-water heating apparatus and
steam fittings.StovesStructural and ornamental metal work.Tin cans and other tinwareTools (not including edge tools, machine tools,
files, and saws)Wirework_.
Employment index
June1940
99.4
97.0101.7
103.7114.3104.276.8
101.266.081.682.9
152.7
85.192.673.5
102.8
91.6152.1
May
9.0
96.5101.5
101.9109.1105.875.8
102.566.795.981.8
156.4
85.091.171.195.6
92.0161.1
April1940
86.0103.0
101.7108.4108.774.5
103.866.898.181.8
159.6
84.690.870.094.8
93.5161.5
Pay-roll index
June1940
97.9
100.195.5
102.8113.9110.770.0
91.674.185.873.0
162.6
76.682.764.8
113.5
161.0
May1940
96.3
97.594.9
97.1103.1109.366.8
92.073.4
101.972.7
162.1
74.584.061.7
100.9
90.2169.7
April1940
16.3
97.295.4
94.998.6
113.962.2
93.575.1
104.072.3
163.5
75.682.361.2
101.0
91.0174.8
Average weeklyearnings l
June1940
$25.79
29.4821.81
29.3031.5325.7921.80
23.6330.4825.8525.7025.34
27.4725.4928.5625.04
24.4226.48
May1940
$25.43
28.8021.72
28.1629.8725.0721.00
23.4029. 9026.1425.9424.67
26.7726.3528.1324.04
24.7526.42
April1940
$25. 33
28.9221.49
27.5028.7325.3119.96
23.4730.6026.1325.7824.37
27.3625.9528.4224.20
24.5727.16
Average hours workedper week J
June1940
37.5
38.736.4
37.637.137.335.9
38.639.138.036.838.3
39.237.338.639.8
38.937.5
May1940
37.2
38.236.3
35.536.534.6
38.738.537.837.138.1
37.838.438.038.6
39.637.2
April1940
37.2
38.2
36.034.437.033.0
38.939.338.136.938.0
38.537.938.638.9
39.338.0
Average hourlyearnings i
June1940
Cents67.2
73.261.7
77.484.969.160.5
62.078.168.070.065.7
70.368.474.163.2
62.870.7
May1940
Cents
73.061.5
76.784.268.760.3
61.477.769.270.064.3
70.968.874.162.4
62.771.1
April1940
Cents66.5
72.9
76.483.868.460.1
61.278.068.570.0
71.268.473.762.4
62.671.7
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TABLE 7.—Employment, Pay Rolls, Hours, and Earnings in Manufacturing and Nonmanufacturing Industries—ContinuedMANUFACTURING—Continued
[Indexes are based on 3-year average, 1923-35=100, and are adjusted to 1937 Census of Manufactures for all industries except automobiles. Not comparable to indexes published inpamphlets prior to August 1939. Comparable series available upon request]
Industry
Durable goods—Continued
Machinery, not including transportation equip-ment- _
Agricultural implements (including tractors)..Cash registers, adding machines, and calcu-
lating machine?Electrical machinery, apparatus, and sup-
plies. _. . . . .Engines, turbines, water wheels, and wind-
mills -. . . . .Foundry and machine-shop products..Machine tools . . - .Radios and phonographsTextile machinery and parts.Typewriters and par t s . . . -
Transportation equipment _ _AircraftAutomobiles . _. _. __Cars, electric- and steam-railroad. _LocomotiveShipbuilding
Nonferrous metals and their productsAluminum manufacturesBrass, bronze, and copper products .Clocks and watches and time-recording de-
vices.. __JewelryLighting equipment ._ .Silverware and plated wareSmelting and refining—copper, lead, and
zinc _ -
Employment index
June1940
115.1137.3
130.4
103.3
158.196.9
229.1141.079.0
111.0
112.22, 518. 7
104.851.229.1
162.8
106.5176.5127.1
90.391.283.968.3
87.2
May1940
113.9139.6
129.0
101.9
148.996.5
221.1136.582.2
113.1
115.02,328.2
109.855.728.2
158.2
105.3172.9125.5
89.788.784.170.4
85.5
April1940
113.6141.4
129.0
101.5
140.297.2
216.3128.384.9
114.4
115.42,166.0
112.057.428.0
152.8
105.6171.5125.8
89.490.085.970.7
85.9
Pay-roll index
June1940
125.1157.8
138.0
118.3
210.795.8
302.9134.074.1
112.1
119.12, 514.0
112.545.328.5
185.8
105.9204.3140.7
94.476.370.055.9
85.7
May1940
122.3164.0
133.5
114.3
193.894.6
289.7126.977.0
114.0
116.62,212.6
111.149.926.9
180.4
103.6201.5134.2
94.072.672.461.3
84.3
April1940
121.6166.1
133.9
112.7
183.195.4
287.1116.080.1
112.2
122.62,062. 7
121.252.026.1
169.4
103.1199.3133.0
91.772.274.262.8
84.4
Average weeklyearnings
June1940
$30.4130.74
33.32
30.52
35.0529.4136.6823.6125.7024. 75
34.3231.1835.4727.6830.1234.24
27.2528.2029.93
23.2023.3526.3823.58
27.57
May1940
$30.1131.42
32.58
30.01
34.2129.2136.3523.0925.7124.73
32.8329.6933.4728.0529.3534.20
27.0228.3829.00
23.2522.8427.2125.06
27.71
April1940
$29.9731.43
32.75
29.70
34.3529.2736.7222.4626.0124.06
34.4029.7535.7828.3628.6133.25
26.7628.3128.74
22.7422.4427.3225.60
27.59
Average hours workedper week
June1940
40.838.6
40.4
40.2
43.840.447.938.539.437.7
38.142.737.236.738.239.2
39.039.739.8
38.638.736.936.5
38.7
May1940
40.539.4
39.7
39.8
43.140.147.538.239.638.1
36.741.235.437.237.439.5
38.839.838.8
38.937.738.338.6
38.9
April1940
40.539.3
39.9
39.4
42.940.347.936.840.137.2
38.341.437.937.436.738.5
38.639.838.6
38.037.038.139.5
39.0
Average hourlyearnings
June1940
Cents
74.379.8
83.0
76.4
80.372.876.661.465.465.6
90.574.295.375.378.986.9
70.271.075.4
60.159.571.564.7
71.3
May1940
Cents
74.179.9
82.4
75.7
79.773.076.660.665.164.9
90.273.294.775.478.586.2
70.171.375.0
59.759.971.065.1
71.2
April1940
Cents
73.980.1
82.4
75.6
80.372.676.761.165.064.7
90.273.394.575.777.985.9
70.071.174.9
59.959.971.765.1
70.8
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lumber and allied products.Furniture.. _Lumber:
MillworkSawmills
Stone, clay, and glass productsBrick, tile, and terra cotta...Cement ... __GlassMarble, granite, slate, and other products..Pottery „
Nondurable goods
Textiles and their productsFabrics
Carpets and rugs.. _Cotton goods _Cotton small waresDyeing and finishing textiles..Hats, fur-felt.HosieryKni; fed outerwearKnitted underwearKnitted cloth .._Silk and rayon goodsWoolen and worsted goods.. __
Wearing apparelClothing, men'sClothing, women'sCorsets and allied garments.Men's furnishings. ... .MillineryShirts and collars __
Leather and its manufactures..Boots and shoes.. _.Leather ___
Food and kindred products.
Beverages.. ...... __ButterCanning and preservingConfectionery.. __„..„Flour-. _Ice creamSlaughtering and meat packing..
See footnotes at end of table.
68.388.1
61.561.9
82.963.172.4
104.948.589.5
93.785.770.286.973.8
115.771.2
130.26 3 172.8
128.059.775.7
107.898.6
148.1111.9109.765.7
115.1
86.884.880.1
129.7147.0301.3105.0140.574.777.691.9
108.2
68.087.3
60.761.9
82.060.970.8
104.449.190.6
96.087.075.788.876.0
122.66f>.2
133.761.673.6
127.462.171.8
112.195.1
162.6114.4115.074.6
121.2
86.884.680.6
121.6144.7278.599.9
100.176.178.583.8
105.7
66.986.4
60.960.3
80.558.067.7
105.345.793.0
98.888.379.590.879.0
125.465.4
140.060.077.2
]30.56 1 466.7
118.6103.5168.1115.4117.887.3
125.2
94.293.182.7
119.7142.5268.493.7
103.477.078.275.0
103.6
63.6 175.9
48.558.1
73.451.169.9
111.035.675.8
75.472.554.674.766.893.057.5
127.950.663.6
107.245.665.4
76.671.195.1
109.294.947.192.0
67.062.775.7
129.0140.8375.490.8
117.272.372.376.9
114.7
63.374.8
47.858.3
74.649.269.2
112.038.884.2
77.973.959.978.168.298.946.0
133.549.964.9
103.548.660.3
81.064.6
112.3116.596.254.1
101.2
63.658.176.7
121.5137.8330.484.889.575.473.170.1
310.4
61.474.2
47.655.4
72.245.263.6
114.234.385.1
81.475.267.880.673.4
104.738.6
144.147.268.5
101.450.353.2
88.772.0
118.7120.2101.073.8
111.2
70.766.678.2
117.7134.3312.080.683.274.071.563.1
109.5
20.1720.67
22.0219.32
24.2020.7427.4225.8925.9721. 52
16.4316.2421.5513.9217. 5419.6722.0817.5217.1314.6818.7615.7819.87
16.9618.6917.2216.1613.4821.0812.73
18.1716.8723.56
25.5426.5536.5123.0416.2118.9825.1329.1427.82
20.2220.59
22.0219.43
24.7920.6527.7826.1827.9323.64
16.5216.3521.9114.2417.3819.7018.9817.8117.3014.8218.2616.1519.38
16.9717.5918.5916.8213.0521.4013.30
17.2615.6523.74
25.8426.5234.7722.6317.3719.4625.1729.1327.43
20.0020.70
21.8418.93
24.4919.9726.6826.4926.4723.28
16.7416.4023.6114.3918.0520.2816.1218. 4116.7914.9317.4616.1618.35
17.6318.0919.0417.2013.3424.9514.14
17.6816.3023.63
25.1726.2234.0022.9215.6418.8324.7929.3027.76
38.538.1
40.238.3
36.337.438.935.135.635.4
33.534.132.434.036.335.531.632.235.834.437.034.235.3
32.532.332.734.031.931.632.1
33.232.336.9
40.141.741.647.734.336.841.246.840.2
38.738.0
40.338.7
37.137.439.335.638.637.5
33.734.332.734.535.935.626.332.536.034.636.335.134.5
32.731.033.835.532.432.333.4
30.929.537.0
40.141.739.946.834.937.941.146.239.9
38.438.3
40.038.1
36.536.138.136.036.937.1
34.234.535.535.037.436.522.233.234.935.534.535.232.5
33.631.634.336.033. 535.035.3
32.531.536.9
39.441.439.046.831.636.840.645.640.3
52.354.8
54.950.5
66.455.170.474.074.464.0
49.648.466.641.248.754.972.455.347.143.049.545.856.3
51.858.149.646.641.168.540.7
55.353.164.2
64.164.289.347.648.051.661.562.369.1
52.154.6
54.850.3
66.455.170.673.973.263.8
49.648.467.041.248.654.971.755.847.543.048.945.756.3
51.857.351.246.639.866.340.5
55.553.364.2
64.763.988.347.951.051.561.163.068.8
51.854.6
54.749.7
66.455.170.073.972.663.9
49.548.266.641.019.055.071.555.847.642.249.045.656.5
51.957.451.846.839.567.240.4
54.352.164.2
64.363.688.048.750.551.160.863.568.9
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TABLE 7.—Employment, Pay Rolls, Hours, and Earnings in Manufacturing and Nonmanufacturing Industries—ContinuedMANUFACTURING—Continued
jlndexes are based on 3-year average, 1923-35=100, and are adjusted to 1937 Census of Manufactures for all industries except automobiles. Not comparable to indexes published inpamphlets prior to August 1939. Comparable series available upon request]
Industry
Nondurable goods—Continued
Food and kindred products—Continued.SugarbeetSugar refining, cane.
Tobacco manufacturesChewing and smoking tobacco and snuff-Cigars and cigarettes._.
Paper and printing....Boxes, paperPaper and pulpPrinting and publishing:
Book and jobNewspapers and periodicals. _
Chemical, petroleum, and coal pro ducts __,_.._Petroleum refiningOther than petroleum refining,.
ChemicalsCottonseed—oil, cake, and meaL.Druggists' preparations,.Explosives.-FertilizersPaints and varnishesRayon and allied products..
Rubber productsRubber boots and shoes .Rubber tires and inner tubesRubber goods, other-
Employment index
June1940
52.998.3
64.958.065.7
114.5115.3116.2
97.1116.2
119.1123.2118.1138.354.7
115.8126.488.8
126.4306.081.5
83.654.968.4
139.1
May1940
47.495.2
62.258.662.6
115.0114.0115.2
99.3117.1
120.8121.8120.6136.267.8
118.4118.0129.1125.9304.381.4
84.054.169.0
140.4
April1940
44.194.0
63.858.564.3
113.8113.0112.0
99.5116.5
123.4121.1123.9135.279.2
118.7114.0174.8124.4305.881.2
84.756.169.7
139.7
Pay-roll index
June1940
54.288.7
66.967.466.7
112.0127.4126.2
85.1110.1
133.3137.1132.1165.248.9
126.1153.778.9
136.2314.3100.4
86.456.277.5 •
133.2
M a y1940
49.380.0
60.766.559.9
113.1124.6124.2
88.4112.3
133.6136.8132.6161.960.1
128.5141.2118.6136.3311.498.0
87.253.879.9
131.5
April1940
48.277.0
58.764.258.0
109.7120.7115.4
87.4110.9
133.4136.9132.3159.668.8
130.5133.1136.2131.9311.198.0
86.555.378.1
132.6
Average weeklyearnings
June1940
$26. 5525.37
18.9818.7719.03
29.2721.9926.70
30.5938.21
30.0834.8428.0932.2314. 2424.7133.3216.1929.5526.3628.85
28.2723.5033.1823.42
M a y1940
$27.0423.64
18.0218.3317.92
29.3821.7226.52
31.1138.56
29.7335.1427.4732.0914.1224.6432.8016.6029.6226.2728.19
28.3922.8533.8822.87
April1940
$28.3823.05
17.0717.7816.91
28.7021.2525.35
30.7338.27
28. 9935.3426.5131.8313.8624.8831.9913.8129.0226.1228.27
27.9822.6632.7723.11
Average hours workedper week
June1940
37.138.9
38.135.438.4
38.539.041.5
37.935.6
38.535.739.640.039.438.339.936.141.239.140.4
36.438.334.338.2
M a y1940
37.937.1
36.434.736.6
38.838.741.6
38.736.2
38.836.239.740.039.939.039.738.441.439.039.5
36.437.335.137.7
April1940
39.436.5
34.733.534.8
38.137.939.9
38.236.2
38.536.539.239.841.439.438.436.440.638.939.4
36.037.134.137.8
Average hourlyearnings
June1940
Cents
74.065.2
50.553.550.1
79.756.764.4
82.0104.4
77.798.370.280.634.261.183.644.871.767.571.5
78.061.496.861.9
M a y1940
Cents
74.263.6
49.753.049.3
79.456.363.8
82.1103.5
76.097.568.680.334.360.582.543.271.667.371.4
77.861.396.861.4
April1940
Cents
74.363.1
49.353.148.8
79.356.263.7
81.6102.9
74.297.466.580.132.860.283.337.971.767.271.7
77.961.196.661.9
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NONMANUFACTURING
[Indexes are based on 12-month average, 1929 = 100]
Coal mining:Anthracite 2___Bituminous2
Metalliferous miningQuarrying and nonmetallic mining-.Crude-petroleum production..Public utilities:
Telephone and telegraph 3 4__Electric light and power 3 4
Street railways and busses 3 4 5_Trade:
Wholesale36
Reta i l 3 4 - . .Food4
General merchandising 3 4.Apparel.4--_Furniture4
Automotive4
Lumber4
Hotels (year-round) 2 3 ?_. .Laundries 2
Dyeing and cleaning 2__Brokerage38..Insurance 3 8
Building construction 8_.
50.283.770.447.763.8
77.991.368.6
89.391.5
104.395.487.777.786.475.491.2
102.5112.5
- . 3+.6
+5.1
52.285.169.246.963.3
77.390.668.4
88.991.2
104.395.187.177.786.174.693.499.1
108.7+.4+.3
+13.6
51.686.267.744.563.1
76.790.068.3
89.389.8
103.192.985.278.184.772.492.797.2
104.5+.2+.3
+11.7
40.674.066.843.358.7
98.9105.170.0
77.984.496.488.680.170.982.671.681.892.389.6- . 7- . 1
+5.0
40.075.365.742.758.7
98.8104.269.2
77.483.495.286.678.470.882.670.783.088.585.4
-1 .0+.7
+19.5
36.372.263.538.159.0
98.7103.369.2
77.482.394.385.077.068.781.868.083.285.679.6
+3.5+ . 1
+13.3
$26. 6323.8329.5622.6533.74
31.1835.1033.62
30.6121.5523. 6618.2121.2328.9728.5426.6115.4918.4721.7537.2436.7531.94
$25. 2023.8529.5922.7434.05
31.4335.0933.39
30.5421.3223.3817.8820.9929.0428.6326.6015.3618.3221.4637. 4237.0131.99
$23.1122.6329.3021.3334.20
31.5834.9833.37
30.3321.4623.4818.0221.2528.5828.6826.3215. 6018.0320.9937.7436.9030.32
29.327.340.940.037.4
39.039.546.3
41.142.843.339.038.043.347.442.946.643.645.4(9)(9)33.8
27.927.141.240.338.3
39.340.146.1
41.442.643.138.238.044.047.542.946.343.544.7(9)(9)33.5
26.225.640.438.438.2
39.339.946.0
41.342.943.238.838.544.247.842.646.643.043.5(9)(9)31.7
92.288.572.556.388.6
80.388.771.9
74.754.852.846.855.369.659.963.233.342.448.8(9)(9)94.8
91.688.272.256.187.3
80.487.471.6
74.154.552.546.154.768.960.162.733.142.148.9(9)(9)95.5
90.688.072.855.687.9
87.871.7
73.754.652.346.354.768.459.963.133.042.049.4
()95.8
1 Revised series. Mimeographed sheets, giving averages by years, 1932 to 1938, inclu-sive, and by months, January 1938 to September 1939, inclusive, available on request.Average hours and average hourly earnings are computed from data supplied by a smallernumber of establishments than average weekly earnings, as not all reporting firms furnishman-hours. The figures are not strictly comparable from month to month because ofchanges in the size and composition of the reporting sample.
2 Indexes adjusted to 1935 census. Comparable series back to January 1929 presentedin January 1938 issue of pamphlet.
3 Average weekly earnings, hourly earnings, and hours not comparable with figurespublished in pamphlets prior to January 1938 as they now exclude corporation officers,executives, and other employees whose duties are mainly supervisory.
4 Retail-trade indexes adjusted to 1935 census and public-utility indexes to 1937 census.
Not comparable to indexes published in pamphlets prior to January 1940 or in MonthlyLabor Reviews prior to April 1940.
s Covers street railways and trolley and motorbus operations of subsidiary, affiliated,and successor companies; formerly "electric-railroad and motorbus operation and main-tenance."
6 Indexes adjusted to 1933 census. Comparable series in November 1934 and sub-sequent issues of pamphlet.
7 Cash payments only; additional value of board, room, and tips not included.8 Indexes of employment and pay rolls are not available; percentage changes from
preceding month substituted.• Not available.
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TABLE 8.—Indexes of Employment and Pay Rolls in Selected Manufacturing ! and Non-manufacturing 2 Industries, June 1939 to June 1940, Inclusive
Industry
Manufacturing
All industries
Durable goods 3Nondurable goods4
Nonmanufacturing
Anthracite mining fi
Bituminous coal mining 8_.Metalliferous miningQuarrying and nonmetallic
miningCrude petroleum produc-
tionTelephone and telegraph 6_Electric light and power 6_ _Street railways and
busses 6 7
Wholesale trade.Retail trade6
Year-round hotels 8__Laundries 8
Dyeing and cleaning 8
Manufacturing
All industries
Durable goods 3
Nondurable goods 4
Nonmanufatturing
Anthracite mining 8
Bituminous coal mining 8_.Metalliferous miningQuarrying and nonmetallic
miningCrude petroleum produc-
tionTelephone and telegraph 6_Electric light and power 6__Street r a i l w a y s and
busses 6 7
Wholesale tradeRetail trade 6 _Year-round hotels 8__ ._.Laundries 5
Dyeing and cleaning 8
105. 5 101.8 103. 5 108.1
Employment
1939
Av. June July
96.8
87.8
50.678.662.7
44.6
65.875.889.0
93.4
84.6
51.278.361.6
47.3
67.076.489.2
69.089.289.892.095.9
101.3 110.1
69.388.189.492.8
93.5
83.0
44.779.460.4
47.5
67.376.590.0
69.187.987.290.3
Aug. Sept.
96.3
83.9
48.581.460.4
48.1
66.776.690.6
69.289.086.389.8
98. 7 100. 0, 99.1
Oct. Nov.
100.2 103.6 103.8
89.8 96.1110.2 110. 8 109.2
49.485.462.9
47.9
65.076.490.6
69.290.590.591.397.8
51.993.065.3
48.0
64.376.590.4
69.592.491.792.996.0
106.51102.7 105.2105.1
98. 2 100. 0
51.394.966.5
47.1
63.876.190.3
69.392.193.391.895.697.8
Dec.
104.1
108.0 105.3 106.1
51.092.667.3
44.0
63.875.890.1
69.092.2
104.290.195.697.4
1940
Jan.
101.4 101.4
97.4
51.591.866.4
37.8
63.276.189.1
90.687.791.396.094.0
Feb. Mar.
96.6
52.091.766.3
38.3
63.075.989.2
68.790.287.092.195.893.7
100.8
96.4105.1
52.689.766.2
41.0
63.276.089.3
68.290.591.192.096.299.
Apr.
99.6
96.0103.0 101.5101.7
51.686.267.7
44.5
63.176.790.0
68.389.389.892.797.2
5 104.5
May June
99.0
96.5
52.285.169.2
46.9
63.377.390.6
68.488.991.293.499.1
99.4
97.0
50.283.770.4
47.7
63.877.991.3
68.689.391.591.2
102.5108! 7 112.5
Pay rolls
90.8
85.297.0
39.569.956.0
38.7
61.095.6
100.4
69.576.680.881.283.173.6
86.5
80.793.0
36.166.553.8
41.7
84.4
76.093.7
25.264.548.5
40.9
62.5 61.995.7! 96.6
101. 2 101.1
70.075.881.182.086.984.2
69.475.879.579.188.077.1
89.7
99. 0 100. 5 103.9 102. 4 102.8
74.653.0
42.9
62.096.3
93. 8 101. 6 101. 6 103. 7
87.8
40.180.255.1
42.7
99. 6 100.9
52.297.663.4
45.6
60.8 58.896.9 97.2 97.4
102.2 102. 2 102. 0 102. 5 102.4
69.8 69.2 71.276.2 78. 0! 80.378.0 80.979. 21 80. 485.9, 84.573.0 78.3
83.282.283.977.3
42.096.363.9
42.9
59.696.4
69.479.083.681.882.970.8
104.6
26.684.365.0
39.2
59.2
69.879.191.881.183.769.9
98.3
98.298.4
52.587.063.6
29.6
58.497.4
101
69.077.179.981.183.465.5
97.8
32.987.064.2
30.8
59.0
71.577.179.182.83.164.4
98.2
97.699.0
38.478.363.2
34.1
58.4
69.577.882.081.884.172.7
96.3
97.2
36.372.263.5
38.1
59.0 58.796.9 98.1 98.7 98.8 98.9
6 102. 2 102. 3 103. 3 104. 2 105.1
69.277.482.383.285.679.6
96.3
97.594.9
40.075.365.7
42.7
58.7
69.277.483.483.088.585.4
97.9
100.095.5
40.674.066.8
43.3
70.077.984.481.892.389.6
1 3-year average 1923-25 = 100—adjusted to 1937 Census of Manufactures.212-month average for 1926=100. Comparable indexes for wholesale trade, quarrying, metal mining, and
crude petroleum production are in November 1934 and subsequent issues of Employment and Pay Rolls,or in February 1935 and subsequent issues of MONTHLY LABOR REVIEW. For other nonmanufacturingindexes see notes 5 and 6.
3 Includes: Iron and steel, machinery, transportation equipment, nonferrous metals, lumber and alliedproducts, and stone, clay, and glass products.
4 Includes: Textiles and their products, leather and its manufactures, food and kindred products, tobaccomanufactures, paper and printing, chemicals and allied products, products of petroleum and coal, rubberproducts, and a number of miscellaneous industries not included in other groups.
8 Indexes have been adjusted to the 1935 census. Comparable series from January 1929 forward are pre-sented in January 1938 and subsequent issues of pamphlet.
6 Retail trade indexes adjusted to 1935 census and public utility indexes to 1937 census. Not comparablewith indexes published in pamphlets prior to January 1940 or in MONTHLY LABOR R E V I E W prior to April1940. Comparable series January 1929 to December 1939 available in mimeographed form.
7 Covers street railways and trolley and motorbus operations of subsidiary, affiliated, and successorcompanies.
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INDUSTRIAL AND BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT IN PRINCIPALMETROPOLITAN AREAS
A comparison of employment and pay rolls in May and June 1940is made in table 9 for 13 metropolitan areas, each of which had apopulation of 500,000 or over in 1930. Cities within these areas, buthaving a population of 100,000 or over, are not included. Footnotesto the table specify which cities are excluded. Data concerning themhave been prepared in a supplementary tabulation which is availableon request. The figures represent reports from cooperating establish-ments and cover both full- and part-time workers in the manufactur-ing and nonmanufacturing industries presented in table 3, with theexception of building construction, and include also miscellaneousindustries.
Revisions made in the figures after they have gone to press, chieflybecause of late reports by cooperating firms, are incorporated in thesupplementary tabulation mentioned above. This supplementarytabulation covers these 13 metropolitan areas as well as other metro-politan areas and cities having a population of 100,000 or more accord-ing to the 1930 Census of Population.
TABLE 9.—Comparison of Employment and Pay Rolls in Identical Establishments inMay and June 1940, by Principal Metropolitan Areas
Metropolitan area
New York i_.Chicago 2Philadelphia3-.DetroitLos Angeles4..
Cleveland. _ _St. Louis.. _...Baltimore..Boston sPittsburgh
San Francisco6 - . -BuffaloMilwaukee
Number ofestablish-
ments June1940
14,5404,3252,3981,6193,075
1 6271,3941,1423,0781,232
1,667788974
N u m b e r onp a y roll
June 1940
684,140454,409213, 303326,877184, 382
125, 547124, 377117,805182,042195, 361
88, 64679,137
100,610
Percentagechange
from May1940
- 0 . 2+.7+.5
-3 .7+.3
+1.6+.6+.4+.2
+3.1+1.3+3.4+.5
A m o u n t ofp a y roll (1
week) J u n e1940
$19, 535, 57713,024, 8466,069,222
11,314,0365,468,827
3, 771,3243,143, 9773,092, 6004, 642, 260£, 816,975
2, 780, 0812, 2m, 7222,967,999
Percentagechange
from MayJ940
+0.5+1.9+3.0+.7+.4
+3.8+2.3+2.0+1.8+4.7
+2.2+6.8+1.4
* Does not include Elizabeth, Jersey City, Newark, or Paterson, N. J., or Yonkers, N. Y.2 Does not include Gary, Ind.3 Does not include Camden, N. J.4 Does not include Long Beach, Calif.5 Does not include Cambridge, Lynn, or Somerville, Mass.« Does not include Oakland, Calif.
Public Employment
Employment created by the Federal Government includes employ-ment financed from both regular and emergency appropriations.
EXECUTIVE SERVICE OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
Statistics of employment and pay rolls for the executive service ofthe Federal Government in June and May 1940 are given in table 10.
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TABLE 10.—Employment and Pay Rolls for the Executive Service of the U, S. GovernmentJune and May 1940 l
[Subject to revision]
Class
Entire service:Total _
Regular appropriation. _...Emergency appropriation..Force-account
Inside the District of Columbia:Total
Regular appropriationEmergency appropriationForce-account..
Outside the District of Columbia:Total. ._
Regular appropriationEmergency appropriation..Force-account-
Employment
June
1,010,999
855,98461,84093,175
133,756
118,1118,7146,931
877, 243
737,87353,12686, 244
M a y
977,990
827, 71961, 30388,968
130, 937
115, 5898,6366,712
847,053
712,13052, 66782, 256
Percent-age
change
+3.4
+3.4+.9
+4.7
+2.2
+2.2+.9
+3.3
+3.6
+3.6+.9
+4.8
Pay rolls
June
$149, 065, 551
129, 688, 2087, 777,168
11, 600,175
23, 234, 561
20, 830, 6491, 349. 0351, 054,877
125, 830, 990
108,857, 5596,428,133
10, 545, 298
May
$149,205, 295
129,615,7797,809, 714
11, 779, 802
23, 298,161
20,857,8011, 345, 7321,094,628
125, 907,134
108, 757, 9786,463,982
10,685,174
Percent-age
change
- 0 . 1
+.1- . 4
- 1 . 5
- . 3
—.1+.2
-3.6
+.1- . 6
- 1 . 3
» Data include number of employees receiving pay during the last pay period of the month.
CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS FINANCED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS
ADMINISTRATION
Details concerning employment, pay rolls, and man-hours workedduring June on construction projects financed by Public WorksAdministration funds are given in table 11, by type of project.
TABLE 11.—Employment and Pay Rolls on Projects Financed From Public WorksAdministration Funds, June 1940 *
[Subject to revision]
Type of project
All programs _
All projects ...
Building construction..Public roads 4_.Reclamation . ..River, harbor, and flood control..W ater and sewerageMiscellaneous-.
Wage earners
Maximumnumber
employed 2
91,609
Weeklyaverage
77,347
Monthlypay-rolldisburse-
ments
$9,305,085
Number ofman-hours
workedduringmonth
9,670,964
Averageearningsper hour
$0.962
Value ofmaterialordersplacedduringmonth
$13,038, 566
Federal projects financed from National Industrial Recovery Actfunds
3 480
237(5)
54443028
374
1708740282128
$35,517
19, 5543,4555,3812,344
9983,785
41, 067
17,1895,6137,2483, 7862,9704, 261
$0. 866
1.138.616.742.619.336.889
$46, 787
34,8616,000
3413,6701,596
319
See footnotes at end of table.
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TABLE 11.—Employment and Pay Rolls on Projects Financed From Public WorksAdministration Funds, June 1940—Continued
[Subject to revision]
Type of project
All projects _
Airport construction (exclusive ofbuildings) .__
Building construction..Electrification..Reclam ationRiver, harbor, and flood control.. ..Streets and roads"Water and sewerage...Miscellaneous "Professional, technical, and^clerical . .
All projects 6
Building construction 6..Streets and roadsRailroad construction.Miscellaneous..
All projects
Building construction.E lectrificationHeavy engineering..Reclamation•Streets and roadsWater and sewerage
All projects
Building construction.. _E lectrificationHeavy engineering-.ReclamationRiver, harbor, and flood control-Streets and roads.Water and sewerage..Miscellaneous..
Wage earners
Maximumnumber
employedWeeklyaverage
Monthlypay-rolldisburse-
ments
Number ofman-hours
workedduringmonth
Averageearningsper hour
Value ofmaterialordersplaceddurinmo
ringnth
Federal projects financed from Public Works AdministrationAppropriation Act 1938 funds
8,160
4714,462593
1,405477167156200229
7,106
4463,840566
1,240391105141191186
$851,015
52, 819472, 270
72, 582152, 68637,0289,6606,479
16, 62130, 870
945,128
80,018447,09381,898
206, 26649,19311,8397,289
23, 43038,102
!0. 900
.6601.056
.886
.740
.753
.816
.889
.709
.810
$1, 092,850
43,086807, 727
54,16899, 24544,11418, 42319,8995,261
927
Non-Federal projects financed from Nat ional Industr ia l RecoveryAct funds
2,419
1,502427169321
2,184
1,345397169273
$253,217 233,423
201, 36430,136
64921,068
159, 51942, 591
1,27830, 035
$1,085
1.262.708.508.701
$354.370
196,97360,812
096, 585
Non-Federal projects financed from Emergency ReliefAppropriation Act 1935, 1936, and 1937 funds
7,456
664749
5,121266150506
6,452
547656
4,438247115449
$716, g
76,10859, 469
483,13532,826
4, 502
14, 071
61, 74775,101
685, 33937,811
6,19267, 881
10. 767
1.233.792.705.868.727.896
$1, 081, 322
210, 227227, 910541,412
18,0029,188
74, 583
Non-Federal projects financed from Public Works Administrat ionAppropriation Act 1938 funds
73, 094
24, 312931
15,17547043
18, 24313,903
17
61, 231
19, 940789
12, 77538233
15, 44511,852
15
$7, 448, 470
2, 308, 70290, 709
1, 858, 53553, 2703,099
1, 653, 6181,478,656
1,881
7, 517, 275
2,119,90089,022
1, 639, 73263,876
4,3742, 030, 6981, 568, 207
1,466
$0.991 $10, 463, 237
1.0891,0191,133
.834
.709
.814
.9431.283
3, 231, 524161, 695
1, 688, 22137, 5404, 461
3,238, 2922, 090, 311
11,193
1 Data are for the month ending on the 15th.2 Maximum number employed during any 1 week of the month by each contractor and Government
agency doing force-account work.3 Includes weekly average for public roads.4 Under the jurisdiction of the Public Roads Administration.5 Not available: weekly average included in total for all projects.6 Includes data for workers engaged in construction of underground tunnel who, because of the additional
irisk involved, were paid at rates higher than those usually paid for building construction.
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UNITED STATES HOUSING AUTHORITY
Table 12 shows data concerning employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked in June 1940 on low-rent projects of the United StatesHousing Authority.
TABLE 12.—Employment and Pay Rolls on Low-Rent Housing Projects Operated bythe U. S. Housing Authority, June 1940
fSubject to revision!
Geographic division
All divisions
New EnglandMiddle AtlanticEast North Central-West North Central.. _South Atlantic
East South Central.. . ..._West South Central..Mountain.. _.._ _PacificOutside continental United States.
Employment
Maximumnumber
employed1
49, 743
4,2139,6684,992
38812, 723
9,2685,470
2201,4591,342
Weeklyaverage
42,542
3,7678,2944,393
25910, 475
8,1434,577
1941, 2741,166
Monthlypay-roll
disburse-ments
$4,954,520
507, 6711,232. 464
639. 67323,631
976,833
853,673476, 20827,888
160, 81855,661
Number ofman-hours
workedduringmonth
5,335,156
447,577976,342549,99631.878
1,316,035
1,061,032586,82624,128
158,021183,321
Averageearningsper hour
$0.929
1.1341. 262L163.741.742
.805
.8111.1561.018.304
Value ofmaterialordersplacedduringmonth
$7, 561,347
797, 7511, 674,116
911,96465,885
1, 574, 596
1, 207,358925,67740, 287
242,752120,961
'Maximum employed during any 1 week of the month.
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WORK PROJECTS ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM
A record of employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked on proj-ects financed by the Work Projects Administration in June is shownin table 13, by type of project.
TABLE 13.—Employment and Pay Rolls on Projects Financed by the Work ProjectsAdministration, June 1940
[Subject to revision]
Wage earners
Type of project
All projects.
Airport construction (exclusive ofbuildings)
Building construction,.Electrification -ForestryGrade-crossing elimination 2-
Hydroelectric power plants 3Plant, crop, and livestock conserva-
tionProfessional, technical, and clerical-.Public roads 4_.Reclamation-.
River, harbor, and flood control.- ..Streets and roadsWater and sewerage.Miscellaneous...
Maximumnumber
employedWeekly javerage !
Monthlypay-rolldisburse-
ments
| Number ofman-hours
wTorkedduringmonth
Average
per hour
Value of
l
duringmonth
i
Federal agency projects
i112,328
7,91942, 260
10115, 906
113
1,178
12, 2124,812
28118,353
1,2412,325
9194,708
107,427 $5,142, 507
7,87538,924 I
15,904
1,173
12,0584,639
21117, 965
1,0482,108
8424,494
139,8492,048, 744
5,049720,633
6,162
48,905
612, 770327,335
14,484857, 812
61,009101,683
24, 963173,109
12, 702,097
579,3044, 742, 752
11,2031,855,313
10,686
201, 730
1,374,162560,810
24,1412,281,655
119,976281,096106, 768552,501
$0.405
.241
.432
.451
.388
.577
.446
.584
.600
.376
.509
.362
.234
.313
$756, g
18,040291, 338
2,02286,1763.000
49, 523
62, 5999,850
75, 33086,109
11,92013, 56310,11137, 307
Projects operated by Work Projects Administrat ion i
All projects- _ « 1 , 5 8 3 , 242 . . . .$96,545,418 213,994,961 $0 ,451! (6)
1 Maximum number employed during any 1 wreek of the month by each contractor and Government,agency doing force-account work.
2 Projects under the jurisdiction of the Public Roads Administration.3 Projects under construction in Puerto Rico.4 Data are for the calendar month. Will be published by type of project in July pamphlet.8 Represents number of names on pay roll as of June 26, 1940.• Data on a monthly basis are not available.
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A record of employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked onprojects operated by the Work Projects Administration in May isshown in table 14, by type of project.
TABLE 14.- -Employment and Pay Rolls on Projects Operated by the Work ProjectsAdministration, by Type of Project, May 1940
[Subject to revision]
Type of project
All projects
Conservation _ . . .Highway, road, and streetProfessional, technical, and clerical..Public buildingsPublicly owned or operated utilities..
Recreational facilities..Sanitation and health ___ . -__ .Sewing, canning, and gardening, etc~.TransportationNot elsewhere classified.
Numberemployed l
1,837, 854
54, 311784, 596319, 742154,234182,977
103,87228,736
144,41221,69943,275
Pay-roll dis-bursements
$110,140,815
3,445, 71643, 261, 69021, 809,1479, 671, 389
11, 520, 602
6, 433,3171, 619, 3537,437,9151,417,6253, 524,061
Number ofman-hours
worked
247, 372, 767
7, 844, 398106,087, 39643,085,03819,655,04524,951, 259
13, 501,4363, 984, 642
18,982,8822, 844, 7956, 435, 876
Averageearningsper hour
$0.445
.439
.408
.506
.492
.462
.476
.406
.392
.498
.548
i As of M a y 29, 1940.
NATIONAL YOUTH ADMINISTRATION
Employment and pay rolls on the National Youth Administrationprojects for June and May 1940 are shown in table 15.
TABLE 15.—Employment and Pay Rolls on National Youth Administration Projects,
June and May 1940
[Subject to revision]
Type of project
Total-
Student work programO ut-of-school work program
Number of employees
June
588, 629
314, 539274,090
M a y
777, 915
477,810300,105
Amount of pay rolls
June
$7,879, 537
2,321, 2835, 558. 254
May
$9, 031, 923
3, 438,0295, 593,894
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CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS
Employment and pay rolls in the Civilian Conservation Corps inJune and May 1940 are presented in table 16.
TABLE 16.—Employment and Pay Rolls in the Civilian Conservation Corps, June andMay 1940 *
[Subject to revision]
Group
All groups-
Enrolled personnel 2_.Nurses3 - _ _ . - _Educational advisers 3. _ __Supervisory and technical3.
Number of employees
June
275, 529
244, 596231
1,54629,156
M a y
312, 094
273,886237
1,56036,411
Amount of pay rolls
June
$11,980,550
7, 614, 75031,163
260, 0484, 074, 589
M a y
$14, 003,437
8, 539, 31032,195
263,7455,168,187
1 Employment figure is monthly average for enrolled personnel, and number employed on last day ofmonth for other groups.
2 June data include 3,678 enrollees and pay roll of $77,774 outside continental United States; in May thecorresponding figures were 3,675 enrollees and pay roll of $74,088.
3 Included in executive service, table 10.
CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS FINANCED BY RECONSTRUCTION FINANCECORPORATION
Statistics of employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked onconstruction projects financed by the Reconstruction Finance Cor-poration in June are presented in table 17, by type of project.
TABLE 17.—Employment and Pay Rolls on Projects Financed by the ReconstructionFinance Corporation, by Type of Project, June 1940 1
[Subject to revision]
Type of project
All projects..
Building construction 3 _Streets and roadsWater and sewerage.
Maximumnumber ofwage earn-
ers 2
2,095
1,90838
149
Monthlypay-rolldisburse-
ments
$259, 871
231,1313,363
25, 377
Number ofman-hours
worked dur-ing month
244, 639
214,6573,882
26,100
Averageearningsper hour
$1.062
1.077.866.972
Value ofmaterialorders
placed dur-ing month
$452,175
368, 4679,815
73 893
1 Data are for the month ending on the 15th.2 Maximum number employed during any 1 week of the month bj each contractor.3 Includes 1,078 employees; pay-roll disbursements of $162,325; 134,218 man-hours worked; and material
orders placed of $205,783 on projects financed by RFC Mortgage Co.
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CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS FINANCED FROM REGULAR FEDERALAPPROPRIATIONS
Data concerning employment, pay rolls, and man-hours worked onconstruction projects financed from regular Federal appropriationsduring June are given in table 18, by type of project.
TABLE 18.—Employment and Pay Rolls on Construction Projects Financed From RegularFederal Appropriations, by Type of Project, June 1940 ]
[Subject to revision]
Type of project
All projects.
Building construction .Electrification:
Rural Electrification Administra-tion projects 4
Other than R. E. A. projects..ForestryHeavy engineering..Public roads«..ReclamationRiver, harbor, and flood control:
Dredging, dikes, revetments, etc_Locks and dams.
Ship construction:Naval vesselsOther than naval vessels..
Streets and roadsWater and sewerage .Miscellaneous.
Number of wageearners
Maximum 2
numberemployed
3 299,760
45515126
(6)23,727
28,7787,506
74, 65423,5642,996275
9,850
Weeklyaverage
282,493
21,673
6,77337815121
93,44022, 618
25,1486,542
72, 68820, 9912,526207
9,373
Monthlypay-roll
disburse-ments
$31, 818, 888
2, 378, C
498, 43223, 7081.099
18, 2508, 225, 6033, 448, 234
2, 884, 0721, 004, 623
10,141,8882, 465,155209,18221,617
498, 957
Number ofman-hours
workedduringmonth
41, 367, 852
2, 579, 778
910, 95534, 6032,361
14, 70012,856,674
3, 774, 842
4, 269,1611,179, 948
11, 506, 9842, 968, 364
321, 93926, 593
920, 950
Averageearningsper hour
$0. 769
.922
.547
.685
.4651.241.640.913
.676
.851
.881
.830
.650
.813
.542
Value ofmaterial
ordersplacedduringmonth
$43,356,307
4,561,317"
2, 339, 216542,140.
11119
12, 398, 725̂3,906, 694
3,309,1111,347,816-.
9, 858,1832, 857, 372'
340, 22858,171
1, 837,194
1 Data are for the month ending on the 15th.2 Maximum number employed during any 1 week of the month by each contractor and Government
agency doing force-account wTork.3 Includes weekly average for public-road projects.4 Financed by Rural Electrification Administration loans.« Under the jurisdiction of the Public Roads Administration.6 Not available, weekly average included in the total for all projects.
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STATE-ROADS PROJECTS
A record of employment and pay-roll disbursements on the con-struction and maintenance of roads financed wholly from State orlocal funds in June 1940, compared with May 1940 and June 1939,is presented in table 19.
TABLE 19.—Employment and Pay Rolls on Construction and Maintenance of State Roads,June 1940, May 1940, and June 1939 1
[Subject to revision]
Item
Total.
INTew roadsMaintenance-
Number of employees 2
June 1940
189,730
55, 679134, 051
May 1940
174, 655
48,463126,192
June 1939
141,750
20,177121, 573
Pay-roll disbursements
June 1940
$13,450,050
3,555,1809, 894,870
May 1940
$12,920,046
3,071,0489, 848,998
June 1939
$10,743,330
1,417, 3009, 326,030
1 Projects financed wholly from State or local funds. June and May 1940 data are for the calendar month;June 1939 for the month ending on the 15th.
•« Average number working during month.
PURCHASES FROM PUBLIC FUNDS
The value of material orders placed on construction projectsfinanced by Federal funds in the second quarter of 1940 is presentedin table 20.
In the second quarter of 1940 on the Public Works Administra-tion program, orders were placed for materials valued at approxi-mately $42,624,000. Of this amount $11,548,000 was expended foriron and steel products, $8,584,000 for machinery, $6,830,000 forcement and concrete products, and $4,469,000 for forest products.
Previous sections of this report have shown the number of workersemployed at the site of construction projects financed from Federalfunds. The direct employment, however, is only a partial picture,as the manufacture of the materials used on the projects also createsa large amount of employment.
Estimates have been made of the man-months of labor created infabricating the materials used on the various programs (see table 3).The estimates include only the labor required in the fabrication ofmaterials in the form in which they are to be used. No estimate ismade of the labor required in producing the raw materials or in trans-porting them to the point of manufacture. In manufacturing struc-tural steel, for example, the only labor included is that occurring inthe fabricating mills; no estimate is made for the labor created inmining, smelting, and transporting the ore, nor for the labor in blastfurnaces, the open-hearth furnaces, and the blooming mills.
1 Unless otherwise specified, data presented in this section are as of the loth of the month.
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The information concerning man-months of labor created in fab-ricating materials is obtained by sending a questionnaire to eaclifirm receiving an award for materials to be financed from Federal orState funds. The manufacturer is requested to make an estimate ofthe number of man-hours created in his plant in manufacturing thematerials specified in the contract. For materials purchased directlyby contractors the Bureau estimates the man-months of labor created..This estimate is based upon the findings of the Census of Manufac-tures, 1937.
TABLE 20.—Value of Material Orders Placed on Construction Projects Financed byFederal Funds for the Second Quarter of 1940
Type of material
All materials
Textiles and their products.
$42,624,140
Awnings, tents, canvas, etcCarpets and rugs... .__Cordage and twineCotton products.Felt productsJute productsLinoleum and asphalted-felt-base floor cov-
ering._Sacks and bags, other than paperUpholstering, filling, batting, padding, and
waddingWaste and related productsTextiles and their products, n. e. c
Forest products
Cork productsFurniture and related productsLumber and timber products, n. e. c.Planing-mill productsWindow and door screens and weatherstrip. _Forest products, n. e. c. __
Chemicals and allied products.
Ammunition and related products...Compressed and liquefied gases..E xplosives.Paints, pigments, and varnishes._Chemicals and allied products, n. e. c
Stone, clay, and glass products
Asbestos products, n. e. cBrick, hollow tile, and other clay products,
n. e. c.CementConcrete products.. ...Crushed stone,. ...Glass.. .... .LimeMarble, granite, slate, and other stone, cut
andshapedMinerals and earths, ground or otherwise
treated.See footnotes at end of table.
Projects
PublicWorks
Adminis-tration i
U.S.H.A.low-renthousing
$22,889,484
270,449
4,09355, 744
7,460141139
7,790
147,1751,898
25576
45,678
4,469,425
48,6272,466,6871,197,660
694,04350,17112,237
528,088
17,840162,932333,109
14,207
13,399,832
33,680
1,011,4904, 455, 9132, 374, 1551, 227, 691
167,168
9,661
744, 007
3,776
$1,077,339 $128,933,372
70,860
1,132. .
71,082
301
67,242
235859
Recon-structionFinanceCorpora-
tion3
RegularFederal-
2,612
371,592
1
62459
299
2, 348,386
204126,545
1, 235,925950,668
34,98064
283,058
2,12117,592
254,5718,774
6, 751,394
1,822,087788, 823
2,146, 578102, 851
73, 402103, 820
123, 326
1,078
20,926
1,67216, 2662,988
1,642
56764
1,011
115,032
39, 02422,191
1101,020
7,871
$2,152,477
111,505
10,255166
23, 6281,1351,646
190
45,4384,983
2,33221, 724
Federalagencyprojectsfinanced
fromW. P. A.funds 3
12,369272,488
3, 512, 205693, 254
6,428517
1,072,387
33, 214660, 438355,601
23,134
28,887,323
63, 587
523,41414, 729, 971
989, 7144, 409, 307
128, 766
4, 765
772, 526
887
;0,870
15,7
1,631784
7499'
10, 702282'
16344
1,169
4,497,252 214,880
29312,290
157,04844,961
19296.
111,834-
2, 20412,076-61, 95135,603
351,06&
810'
21,333175, 265
14, 295.37, 417
2, 592"906-
6, 022
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TABLE 20.—Value of Material Orders Placed on Construction Projects Financed byFederal Funds for the Second Quarter of 1940—Continued
Type of material
Stone, clay, and glass products—Continued.Sand and gravel . . _ _ .Steam and other packing, pipe and boiler
covering, and gaskets..Tiling, floor and wall, and terrazzoWall plaster, wallboard, and building
insulation _.Stone, clay, and glass products, n. e. C-.
Iron and steel and their products, not includingmachinery..
Bolts, nuts, washers, and rivetsDoors, shutters, window sash and frames,
molding and trim, metal..Forgings, iron and steel....Hardware, miscellaneous -Heating and ventilating equipment, except
pipe-Nails and spikes . . . . . .Pipe and fittings, cast-iron . . . _Pipe and fittings, wrought-iron and steelPlumbing fixtures and supplies, except pipe.Rail fastenings, except spikes..Rails, steelSprings, steelSteel, reinforcing..Steel, structural __ _Stoves and ranges, other than electric. _Tools, other than machine tools..Wire and wire works products ..Iron and steel and their products, n. e. c_. ._
Nonferrous metals and their products
Aluminum produets-.Copper products..Lead productsSheet-metal products..Zinc productsNonferrous metals and their products,
n. e. c.
Machinery, not including transportation equip-ment
Electrical machinery, apparatus and sup-plies
Electrical wiring and fixturesElevators and elevator equipment . _ .Engines, turbines, tractors, and water
wheels ..__ ,Machine toolsMeters (gas, water, etc.) and gas generators.....Pumps and pumping equipment-Radio apparatus and supplies -__Refrigerators and refrigerating and ice-mak-
ing apparatus.Machinery, n. e. c .
Transportation equipment—air, land, and water-
Boats, steel and wooden-Carriages and wagonsMotor vehicles, passenger.Motor vehicles, trucks _TransDortation eouioment n e e
Projects
PublicWorks
Adminis-tration
$2,135,115
193,125397, 245
354, 982291,824
11, 547, 678
96, 872
762,125110, 062514, 755
1, 131, 07447, 555
572, 512956, 350793, 058
4,76336, 621
4162, 211,1303,199, 285
8, 733104, 368269,869728,130
709, 955
48, 287155, 839
9,333391,133
1,059
104, 304
8, 584,162
2, 437, 7972, 259, 854
531, 644
573, 548155, 56330,476
629, 59329,783
88, 7531,847,151
31,934
4571,444
20,1229 911
U. S.H.A.low-renthousing
$389,471
121, 971168, 079
751, 83678, 024
8, 000, 465
4,330
1, 333, 767
459, 048
685, 5467,364
447, 735417, 631
1,138, 861
1, 784, 059980, 553467, 287
11, 56745, 317
217, 400
585, 938
63959
2,133316, 458
266, 325
2, 238,011
29, 882782, 75147, 233
614368
14,42241, 986
1,175, 304145,451
448
3444
370
Recon-structionFinanceCorpora-
tion
$6,172
6,9732,100
20, 346345
278, 805
7,395
1,71164, 84523,885
40, 412369
20, 44210,86222, 081
16,15236, 250
2905,0947,691
21, 326
184, 928
182, 689286
1,483
470
442,185
115, 39742, 33428,495
7,261386
"648"
247,664156
"127"29
RegularFederal
$6, 395, 889
150, 315169, 324
510, 36138, 497
27, 281, 987
740,189
1,194,8001, 863, 376
584, 638
1, 442, 21960, 050
670, 4421, 522, 080
590, 68570
1,19010
2, 599, 71611, 071, 935
994197, 062861, 796
3, 880, 735
1, 517, 860
49, 020834, 299
32, 797537, 660
1
64, 083
54,142, 840
12, 270, 3236, 359, 922
970, 914
13, 875, 092461, 067
9,0392,839,120
758,900
82,65216, 515, 811
266,048
55,920201
85, 62979, 91744,381
Federalagencyprojectsfinanced
fromW. P. A.
funds
$70, 205
5399, 459
6,6385, 585
304, 044
4,604
5, 3195, 263
52. 782
9,0847,066
19, 28240, 58031, 312
37,14951, 778
15,71511,58712, 523
20, 916
2,6209
17, 392
895
236, 476
25,60071,157
881
7,0771,576
1446,339
112123,590
101,471
493
2,35624,08074, 542
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TABLE 20.—Value of Material Orders Placed on Construction Projects Financed byFederal Funds for the Second Quarter of 1940—Continued
Type of material
Miscellaneous..Belting, miscellaneous-.Coal and coke .CreosoteInstruments, professional and scientific.Mattresses and bed springs..Models and patterns _Paper productsPaving materials: Asphalt, tar, crushed slag,
and mixturesPetroleum productsPhotographic apparatus and suppliesRoofing: Built-up, and roll, asphalt shingles
and roof coatings, except paint.Rubber products .Theatrical scenery and stage equipment.Window shades and fixtures_. _Other materials..
Projects
PublicWorks
Adminis-tration
$3,082, 623 $2, 610,924
22380,658
43229.36723,152
5116,091
628,376653, 415
7,879
120,389103, 61856,48329, 634
1,142,784
U. S .H.A.low-renthousing
4,982
716
12, 354
13,144130, 831
3,284
341,0985,937
34,4122,064,159
Recon-structionFinanceCorpora-
tion
$31,053 $11,156,170
257
1,186
1207,888
20
1,1351,728
18, 719
RegularFederal
299119,744
14278,378
~4~938~26,700
1, 521, 5314,134, 243
25,007
101, 334106,930
4084, 836,644
Federalagencyprojectsfinanced
fromWr. P . A.
funds
$780, 920
20837
271,111
43,88673,9152,184
11,1915,400
148641, 583
1 Includes material orders placed on Public Works Administration projects financed by the EmergencyRelief Appropriation Acts of 1935, 1936, and 1937, and P . W. A. A. 1938 funds. Data on low-rent housingprojects financed from N. I. R. A. and E. R. A. A. 1935 funds are also included.
2 Includes projects financed by R F C Mortgage Co.s Includes projects financed by transfer of W. P. A. funds to other Federal agencies under sec. 3, E. R. A. A.,
1938, and sec. 11-A, E. R. A. A., 1939.
Table 21 shows the value of material orders placed on constructionprojects financed by Federal funds during the first quarter of 1940, bytype of project.
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TABLE 21.—Value of Material Orders Placed on Construction Projects Financed by Federal Funds for the First Quarter of 1940
[Subject to revision]
Type of material
All materials.
Textiles and their products-
Forest products,
Furniture and related products.Lumber and timber products, n. e. c.Forest products, n. e. c,
Chemicals and allied products.
Paints, pigments, and varnishes-Other chemicals--
Stone, clay and glass products,
Brick, hollow tile, and other clay products-Cement,Concrete productsCrushed stoneSand and gravelOther stone, clay, and glass products,.
Iron and steel and their products, not including machinery. ..
Heating and ventilating equipment _Pipe and fittings, cast-iron,Plumbing supplies, n . e . cStructural and reinforcing steel - -Tools, other than machine tools.Other products of iron and steel _.
Nonferrous metals and their products.
Total
$258, 768,019
5,086, 986
26,093, 299
10,430, 87512, 475,1513,187, 273
4,130,044
1,875,3072, 254, 737
50,883, 540
6,057,03113, 643, 5508, 719, 9086,100, 2298,034, 9558,327,867
71,492,015
5,343, 3635,065, 8233,980, 253
29,213, 5091.527,966
26, 361,101
3,747,316
Projects
Public WorksAdministra-
tion i
$63,128, 873
469, 943
12, 457,826
9, 614, 6281, 387, 3541, 455, 844
787, 300
359,095428, 205
11, 728, 280
1,534,0772,168, 6122, 635, 025
559, 4981, 210, 3643, 620, 704
19, 335, 691
2, 426, 767748, 974
1,161, 0339, 222, 430
253, 5225, 522,965
1,185, 756
U. S. H. A.low-renthousing
$14, 901, 956
81,936
1, 317, 477
46,043661,486609, 948
132, 447
126, 4515,996
4,108, 403
1, 3Q0, 668451,114
1, 310,94855,136
211,833778, 704
5, 812, 353
558, 647390, 745885,199
1, 585, 7378,427
2, 383, 598
659, 671
i
ReconstructionFinance
Corporation 2
$1, 378, 821
1,538
104, 001
24, 81257,19721, 992
13, 433
10, 7562,677
159, 600
27, 48129, 71937,410
67714,14050,173
418,086
48, 04016, 43153, 36072, 7332,735
224, 787
209, 771
RegularFederal
$112, 944, 887
115, 950
5, 068, 597
554, 3213, 445, 0861, 069,190
851, 623
332, 319519, 304
14, 656, 437
300, 7305, 850,3201,071,6272, 468, 2472, 864, 5382,100,975
31, 485, 279
1, 563, 240615, 550612, 276
15, 428, 096349, 954
12, 916,163
1,184,712
Federal agencyprojectsfinanced
from W. P. A.funds 3
$1, 764, 666
7,411
213,052
3,336179, 41730, 299
115, 408
54,45060, 958
300, 430
16,084139,32155, 58425, 63330, 74033,068
354, 661
10, 41438,81727, 698
120, 69216, 237
140, 803
12, 479
Operated byW. P . A.4
$64,648,816
4, 390, 208
6, 932, 346
187, 7356, 744, 611
2, 229, 833
992, 2361, 237, 597
19, 930, 390
2, 877, 9915, 004, 4643, 609, 3142, 991, 0383, 703, 3401, 744, 243
14, 085, 945
736, 2553, 255, 3061, 240, 6872, 783, 821
897, 0915,172,785
494, 927
CO
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TABLE 21.—Value of Material Orders Placed on Construction Projects Financed by Federal Funds for the First Quarter of 1940—Continued
Type of material
Machinery, not including transportation equipment....
Electrical machinery, apparatus, and supplies.Engines, turbines, tractors, and water wheels..Other machinery.
Transportation equipment—air, land, and water-
Motor vehicles, trucks. _. .Other transportation equipment..
Miscellaneous.
Coal and coke. - _ _ _Paving materials and mixtures..Petroleum productsRubbergoodsOther materials
Total
$69, 595, 925
16, 397, 68617, 696, 43635, 501, 803
881, 408
483, 367398, 041
26, 877, 486
741, 3724,963, 6135, 609, 050
555,11315, 008, 338
Projects
Public WorksAdministra-
tion
$12,921,932
3, 551, 923843, 574
8, 526, 430
224, 694
131, 81092, 884
4, 017, 451
166,154372,195743, 517154, 332
2, 581, 253
U. S. H. A.low-renthousing
$1,038,418
15, 598618
1, 022, 202
7,902
7,676226
1, 743, 349
12, 3901, 552
126, 9454,352
1, 598,110
ReconstructionFinance
Corporation
$439, 476
62, 86331, 028
345, 585
1,050
1, 050
31, 860
7212,4286,700
50421, 513
RegularFederal
$51, 588,138
10, 995,17116, 789, 45123, 803, 516
334, 755
49, 338285, 417
7, 659, 396
102, 383663, 695
2, 572, 429145, 680
4,175, 209
Federal agencyprojects
financedfrom W. P. A.
funds
$153, 521
25, 50916, 889
111,123
30, 366
10, 85219, 514
577, 338
3,14018, 83474,1043,902
477, 358
Operated byW. P. ,A.
$3,454, 440
1, 746, 61714, 876
1, 692,947
282, 641
282, 641
12, 848, 086
456, 5843, 904, 9092, 085, 355
246, 3436,154, 895
1 Includes material orders placed on Public Works Administration projects financed by tha Emergency Relief Appropriation Acts of 1935, 1936, and 1937, and P. W. A. A. 1938funds. Data on low-rent housing projects financed from N. I. R. A. and E. R. A. A. 1935 funds are also included.
2 Includes projects financed by RFC Mortgage Co.3 Includes projects financed by transfer of W. P. A. funds to other Federal agencies under sec. 3, E. R. A. A., 1938, and sec. 11-A, E. R. A. A., 1939.4 Does not include National Youth Administration projects.
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Rentals and services on projects operated by the Work ProjectsAdministration for the first quarter of 1940, the fourth quarter of1939, and the first quarter of 1939 are shown in table 22, by type ofrental and service.
TABLE 22.—Rentals and Services on Projects Operated by Work Projects Administration[Subject to revision]
Type of rental and service
All rentals and services.. .
Motor vehiclesTeams and wagons _Paving, road building, and construction equipment-.Other equipment (including office equipment),Other rentals and services.- _
First quarterof 1940 i
$50,644,414
20, 442, 715358, 256
15,066,9082,081,725
12,694, 810
Four th quar-ter of 1939 2
$58,664, 517
22, 860, 545430,062
19, 502,0861, 642,517
14, 229,307
First quarterof 1939 3
$68, 552,691
32,867,160797,794
19,230,7751, 700,368
13,956, 594
1 Quarterly period ending Mar. 31, 1940.2 Quarterly period ending Dec. 31,1939.3 Quarterly period ending Mar. 31,1939. Revised.
In connection with the administration of the Public Contracts Actthe Bureau of Labor Statistics has been collecting data on supplycontracts awarded by Federal agencies of the United States for themanufacture or furnishing of materials, supplies, articles, and equip-ment in any amount exceeding $10,000. The first public contractswere awarded under the act in September 1936.
Table 23 shows the value of public contracts awarded under theact for supplies during the second quarter of 1940, the first quarter of1940, and the second quarter of 1939.
TABLE 23.—Value of Supply Contracts Awarded by the Federal Government, WhichContain Agreements to Comply with the Public Contracts Act, by Type of Material1
[Subject to revision]
Type of materials
All materials _
Food and kindred products _
Canning and preserving: Fruits and vegetables. ..Canning and preserving: Seafoods -Cereal preparationsCoffee and tea _Condensed and evaporated milk .Feeds, prepared, for animals and fowls..Flour and other grain-mill products...Meat-packing products...-SugarMiscellaneous food products.
Value of contracts awarded
Secondquarter
1940
$142, 849, 731
2,422, 362
213,88711, 27010, 000
464, 727186,328169, 922145, 888199, 895413,671606, 774
Firstquarter
1940 2
$77, 487,480
2,073,164
241, 893
10, 564457, 468302, 846117,078229,366141, 300150, 224422,425
Secondquarter
1939 2
$170,766,178
2,347,465
337,29516, 68526,854
535,446365,688103, 341114,368180,708208, 558458, 522
1 The act does not apply to contracts not exceeding $10,000 nor to contracts for such materials, supplies,or equipment as may usually be bought in the open market, nor to perishables, including livestock anddairy and nursery products, etc.
2 Revised.
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TABLE 23.—Value of Supply Contracts Awarded by the Federal Government, WhichContain Agreements to Comply With the Public Contracts Act, by Type of Material—Continued
Type of materials
Textiles and their products.
Awnings, tents, sails, and canvas covers..Clothing (overcoats, suits, trousers, etc.)-Clothing, manufacture only 3Cordage and twine, including threadCotton goods (drills, prints, sheeting, etc.)..Cotton shirtsFurnishing goods, men's, not elsewhere classified..Housefurnishing goods (pillow cases, sheets, etc.).Knit goods (hosiery, underwear, etc.)-.LinoleumWoolen goods (flannels, suiting, e tc ) .Work clothingMiscellaneous textile products.
Forest products..
Cork and cork products..FurnitureLumber and timber products, not elsewhere classified..Planing-mill productsTreated lumber and timberMiscellaneous forest products..
Chemicals and allied products.
Ammunition and related products..Compressed and liquefied gases..Drugs and medicines..Explosives. .Linseed oilPaints and varnishes..Soap and soap chipsMiscellaneous chemicals.
Products of asphalt, coal, and petroleum..
Asphalt, oil, tar, and mixtures..Coal and coke.. - .Fuel oil...GasolineLubricating oils and greasesMiscellaneous coal and petroleum products.
Leather and its manufactures..
Boots and shoesBoot and shoe cut stock..GlovesMiscellaneous leather goods..
Stone, clay, and glass products,.
BrickCementConcrete p ipe . -Concrete, ready mixed..Crushed stone.GlassGranite and marble..Riprap stoneSand and gravel.Soil, black earthTile, clay, including drainVitrified clay and terra-eotta pipeMiscellaneous stone, clay, and glass products..
3 Labor only. Material furnished by United States Government.
Value of contracts awarded
Secondquarter1940
$14, 724, 825
373, 4561, 515, 834
46,488325,673
2, 324,06851, 625
1, 584,1095, 520,601
101, 90594, 492
1,133, 700141,412
1, 511,462
2, 930, 299
24, 584431,979863,035
1,435,716116,42958, 556
3, 909, 824
838, 91877, 840163, 901148,67610,446
442, 52681, 288
2,146, 229
22,224,108
1,020,9175, 782, 5359, 928,6455,011,176
130, 891349, 944
1, 744, 783
1, 507, 40021, 760105, 654109,969
4, 725, 733
205, 7612, 380, 883
102,184607, 231511,90291, 03165, 602
140, 97294,40142, 48088,165395,121
Firstquarter
1940
$5, 933,040
199, 2081, 299, 774
12,92074, 450994,099195,120418, 783179, 591719, 268
616, 93783, 285
1,139,605
1,289, 659
53,9061,167, 643
68,110- • • - -
4, 273,463
1,386,876319, 698617, 995169,042125, 487300,808281,151
1,092, 406
4, 435, 220
210, 630272, 821839, 251
2, 759, 58688, 844
264, 088
2,181, 081
1, 530, 534241,181369, 82739, 539
1,831,738
56, 0591,021,910
29,18098, 72521, 71076, 43852,26410, 000
140. 50535, 900
12, 000277. 047
Secondquarter
1939
$7, 298, 807
17, 22542,106
402, 79199,026
4, 251,96429,018-
297, 520440,369169,13543, 509
751, 000187, 317567, 827
2, 437, 456
49,000249, 261419, 793
1, 719,402
-•
2,727, 269>
607, 987301,053.29, 690
677, 679
269, 402203,186638, 272
22, 671, 779
1, 369, 2541, 625, 36710,037, 7457, 386, 2301, 980, 403272, 780-
169, 300
51,062118, 238
4, 353,063
145, 6651, 552, 230
78, 337463, 638960, 59844, 935
228, 65522, 500-342, 05490, 78863, 90476,158
283, 601
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TABLE 23.— Value of Supply Contracts Awarded by the Federal Government, WhichContain Agreements to Comply With the Public Contracts Act, by Type of Material—Continued
Type of materials
Iron and steel and their products, not including machinery.
Bolts, nuts, rivets, washers, etc..Cast-iron pipe and fittings.Fencing materials._FirearmsForgings, iron and steel. _.Hardware, miscellaneousMetal doors, sash, and frames..Metal furnitureMetal shingles and roofingPipe and fittings, not elsewhere classified.Plumbing fixtures and supplies.Rails and fastenings -Reinforcing steelSteel pipe and fittingsSteel sheets, plates, shapes, and strips._Stoves and ranges, other than electricStructural steel, fabricated, and sheet-steel piling.Tools, other than machine tools. _Wire productsMiscellaneous iron and steel Droducts..
Nonferrous metals and their alloys..
Aluminum manufactures.Brass products...Bronze products..Copper productsFixtures, gas and electric..Lead productsMagnesium..NickelPlated wareSheet-metal work..Tin..ZincMiscellaneous nonferrous metals and alloys.
Machinery, not including transportation equipment and electricalequipment-
Air-conditioning equipmentsBusiness machines..CranesElevators and elevator equipmentEngines, turbines, tractors, and parts..Filter and purification equipmentLaundry machinery and equipment.Machine toolsPower shovels and draglinesPrinting and publishing machinery..Pumps and pumping equipmentRefrigerators and refrigerating and ice-making machinery..Road machineryWindlasses, winches, and capstans..Miscellaneous machinery and parts.
Electrical machinery, apparatus, and supplies.
BatteriesCircuit breakers and switchesElectric cable, wire, and other conductors..Generators and spare parts-Heaters and rangesLamps, incandescent, and X-ray tubes-.MotorsRadio equipment and supplies..Sparkplugs..StartersSwitchboards, relay and control equipment _Telephone and telegraph apparatus..TransformersWelding equipmentMiscellaneous electrical machinery, apparatus, and supplies-
1
Value of contracts awarded
Secondquarter1940,
$9, 645, 792
146, 825228,88215,125
1, 353, 839543, 00324, 055
427, 49057, 81366,15283, 23349, 363
456, 929299, 582833,070427, 624736, 780179, 388325, 276
3, 391, 363
3, 462, 238
244,616I, 378, 571
50, 978156, 57698, 97216, 676
~l92~3l4~
10 76421, 24210, 725
1, 280, 804
11,379,899
39,18258, 350117, 778318,968
3, 846, 81615, 936
192, 9151,927, 415221, 20178,108
1, 271, 32276, 986136, 703192,105
2,886,114
9, 365, 393
104, 949122, 990
3, 087, 5762, 975, 033
76, 278
12, 800508, 37114, 417
165, 009498, 914
~\ 815,267..J 84,902
898, 887
Firstquarter1940
$10, 607, 310
428, 205263, 237
587, 6163,182, 972
26, 41177,846
264, 91262, 67069, 28081,05069,164
924, 322398, 780670, 400116, 873692, 320197, 678264, 933
2, 228, 641
2, 877, 096
258, 7601, 542, 533
14,455301, 90292, 58851, 48610, 57125, 822
279,20863,840
1, 235,931
9, 542, 316
105, 533
373,698112,314
1,169, 69641, 720
2, 312, 079424, 57190, 646
1, 402, 469330,08588,333206, 842
2, 884, 420
7, 619, 046
78, 423148, 921
1, 814, 0601, 340, 941
48, 00010, 54224, 513
307, 573187, 27114, 245
1, 864,125380,180362, 688351, 236686, 328
Secondquarter
1939
$10, 243, 576
12, 460191,15510, £08
365,35710, 625
190, 977345, 664
"II," 88064, 62231,160
309, 922319, 786
2, 316, 820360, 499
2, 200, 25944, 350178, 364
3, 278, 868
1,847, 241
281, 716281, 85338, 750559, 30477, 552
25, 340101, 50010,47057, 560
~45~356367,840
11, 481, 952
146, 81368, 269
1,430, 73448,979
3, 956,14939, 60141, 434
1, 910, 598144, 854164, 401913, 747
120, 206300, 779
2,195, 383
9,574,117
37, 537306, 652
2,055, 455238, 479
155, 5651, 694,116
188.. 641
149, 5251,006, 285422, 82214, 520
3, 304, 520
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TABLE 23.—Value of Supply Contracts Awarded by the Federal Government, WhichContain Agreements to Comply With the Public Contracts Act, by Type of Material—'»Continued
Type of materials
Value of contracts awarded
Secondquarter
194Q
Firstquarter
1940
Secondquarter
1939
Transportation equipment.. $43,003, 594 $18,855, 760 $82, 650,864
Aircraft .-Aircraft parts and equipmentBoats and boat equipment.Motorcycles and partsMotor vehicles, passenger....Motor vehicles, trucks.,.Naval vesselsRailway carsRailway locomotivesMiscellaneous transportation equipment..
Miscellaneous..
187, 703954,602391, 866205,100515, 382
3,223, 48335,160,000
•241,84853,610
2,070,000
13,310, 881
58, 2868, 611, 919
169,192857, 867
48, 5618, 222,643
35,98073, 75664,018
713, 538
5,968,587
34, 875, 3344, 628, 393
54, 387109,094336, 725
6, 504, 22235,915,948
89, 283137, 478
12, 963, 289
Brooms, brushes, bristles, etc..Dental goods and equipmentInstruments, professional and scientificOffice equipment and supplies, not elsewhere classified..Paper and allied productsPhotographic apparatus and materials _ _Printing, publishing, and subscriptions..Rubber products.. .Slag.._.,Steam and other packing, pipe and boiler covering..Surgical and orthopedic supplies and appliances.Tobacco manufactures..Other materialsRentals, services, etc. (equipment rental, repairs, aerial sur-
veys, etc.). -•••-
38,901172,673
4, 720, 9011, 217,1012,741, 712522,985308, 789474,211327, 288307,125350, 715121, 942
1, 616, 710
72, 65926, 743
2, 823, 534261,463391,418752, 66285, 368256, 96136, 75535,271207,163
39,419108,151
2, 318,480
862,163
156, 427
5, 276, 986772, 788176, 319669, 358218,107338,51662, 306103, 444
1,694, 614
1,184,801
The value of public contracts awarded for supplies by Federalagencies totaled $142,850,000 during the second quarter of 1940. Ofthe contracts awarded in the second quarter of 1940, $43,004,000 wasfor transportation equipment; $22,224,000 for asphalt, coal, andpetroleum; $14,725,000 for textiles; and $11,380,000 for machinery.
Although the value of supply contracts awarded for transportationequipment in the second quarter of 1940 was greater than for anyother type of material, it was only slightly more than one-half of thetotal for the second quarter of 1939. The difference is almost entirelyaccounted for by a decrease in contract awards for aircraft, aircraftparts, and equipment. Contracts for these materials under the new^National Defense program wiU not be reflected in this category untilthe third quarter of 1940.
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