employment and pay rolls june 1940 - st. louis fed · iv public employment page table...

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


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.


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


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.


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


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


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


$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


88,34953, 4422,094

242, 488

4,130(4)

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Firstquarterof 1940

139,37334, 3512,848

218, 586

3,540142, 510

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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.


11

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


12

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.


I INDEX140

120

100

80

60

4 0

20

EMPLOYMENT AND PAY ROLLSALL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES

1923-25=100

JJ

IK

1L

j

PAY

AVROLI

- -

LS

(V,p

\

>

E

V\]

:MPL

/i f

OYME

f

:NT ^

? 1M

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

00


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


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


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


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


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


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


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

See footnotes at end of table.


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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



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)


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


May1940

- 1 . 5+4.3+4.9

-A+5.0

June1939

- 0 . 3+6.2+6.4+1.8+1.5

+13.1


June1940

$15. 4918.4721.7537.2436.7531.94


May1940

+0.8+.8

+1.4- . 5- . 7- . 2

June1939

+1.4+2.2+4.2+.3

-00+3.4


June1940

46.643.645.4(8)(8)33.8


May1940

+0.7+.3

+1.6(8)(8)+.8

June1939

+1.2- . 3

+3.4(8)(8)

+1.7


June1940

Cents33.342.448.8(8)(8)94.8


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


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



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


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


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


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


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..


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

fcO


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


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


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


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


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


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 *


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



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TABLE 11.—Employment and Pay Rolls on Projects Financed From Public WorksAdministration Funds, June 1940—Continued


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


ments

Number ofman-hours

workedduringmonth


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


$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


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 !


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


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


$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


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 *


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


Type of project

All projects..

Building construction 3 _Streets and roadsWater and sewerage.

Maximumnumber ofwage earn-

ers 2

2,095

1,90838

149


ments

$259, 871

231,1313,363

25, 377

Number ofman-hours

worked dur-ing month

244, 639

214,6573,882

26,100


$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 ]


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


$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


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


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


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


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


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.


TABLE 21.—Value of Material Orders Placed on Construction Projects Financed by Federal Funds for the First Quarter of 1940


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,


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

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See footnotes at end of table,


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


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..


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.


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


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


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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