TABLE 3.-Employment, Pay Rolls, Hours, and Earnings in Manufacturing and Nonmanufacturing Industries-Continued

NONMANUFACTURING-Continued

[Indexes are based on 12-month average, 1929=100]

1 Revised series. Mimeographed sheets giving averages by years, 1932 to 1939, inclu-
sive, and by months, January 1938 to August 1940, inclusive, available on request.
Average hours and average hourly earnings are computed from data supplied by a smaller
number of establishments than average weekly earnings, as not all reporting firms furnish
man-hours. The figures are not strictly comparable from month to month because of
changes in the size and composition of the reporting sample.

2 See tables 9, 10, and 11 in the December 1940 issue of Employment and Pay Rolls
for comparable series back to January 1919 for all manufacturing and back to January
1923 for the durable- and nondurable-goods groups.

Because of expansion in the reporting sample, hours and earnings for forgings are not
comparable with those previously published (comparable August, September, October,
and November weekly earnings, $32.19, $32.51, $34.30, and $34.35; weekly hours, 41.2, 41.4,
43.1, and 42.6; hourly earnings 78.1, 78.4, 79.7, and 80.7 cents; November employment
and pay-roll indexes revised to 83.7 and 106.8).

4 Revised series-adjusted on basis of a complete employment survey of the aircraft
industry made by the Bureau of Labor Statistics for August 1940. Not comparable with
previously published indexes from January 1939 to August 1940, inclusive. Comparable
figures for this period given in table 9 of the September 1940 issue of Employment and
Pay Rolls.

Indexes adjusted to 1935 census. Comparable series back to January 1929 presented
in January 1938 issue of the pamphlet.

See table 7 of October 1940 Employment and Pay Rolls for revised employment and
pay-roll indexes, average hours worked per week, average hourly earnings, and average
weekly earnings in anthracite mining, February 1940 to September 1940, inclusive.
7 See table 7 for revised figures from January 1938 to January 1941, inclusive.
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.

Retail-trade indexes adjusted to 1935 census and public-utility indexes to 1937 census.
Not comparable to indexes published in Employment and Pay Rolls pamphlets prior to
January 1940 or in the Monthly Labor Review prior to April 1940, with but one exception,
retail furniture, which has been revised since publication of the July 1940 pamphlet back
to January 1936. Comparable series for earlier months available upon request.

TABLE 4.-Revised Employment, Pay Rolls, Hours, and Earnings in Metalliferous Mining, January 1938 to January 1941, Inclusive 1

1 The employment indexes for all of the months January 1938 to January 1941 are the same as those previously published. The pay-roll indexes for the months of April, June, and October 1939 and January, May, August, September, and November 1940 are the same as those previously published. The average weekly earnings, average weekly hours, and average hourly earnings for the months from October 1938 to January 1941 are the same as those previously published.

TABLE 5.—Indexes of Employment and Pay Rolls in Selected Manufacturing1 and Non manufacturing Industries, February 1940 to February 1941

2

Industry

1940

1941

Manufacturing

All industries.

Durable goods 3.
Nondurable goods 4.

Nonmanufacturing

Anthracite mining '
Bituminous-coal mining
Metalliferous mining.
Quarrying and nonmetallic
mining...

Crude-petroleum produc-
tion.

Telephone and telegraph.
Electric light and power-
Street railways and
busses 7

Wholesale trade.
Retail trade 7.

Year-round hotels

Laundries

Dyeing and cleaning

Manufacturing

All industries.....

Durable goods 3.
Nondurable goods 4.

Nonmanufacturing

Anthracite mining.
Bituminous-coal mining ..
Metalliferous mining".
Quarrying and nonmetallic
mining..

Crude-petroleum produc-
tion.

Av. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb.

Employment

107. 5 105. 0 104. 4 103. 2 102. 5 103. 1 103. 2 107. 4 111. 4113. 8114. 6 116. 2 115, 4117.

104.3 99. 2 99.1 98.7 99.2 99.8 98. 4 102. 4 108. 2112. 8115.5 117.6118 31210 110. 6 110. 5109. 5 107. 5 105. 6 106. 2 107. 8112. 2114. 4 114. 8 113.8 114.8 112 7 114 7

50.7 51.6 52.2 51.2 51.8 49.7 50.5 49.9 49.8 49.4 50.4 50.8 50.3
88.0 91.7 89.7 86.2 85.1 83.8 84.9 86.6 87.7 89.2 89.8 90.1 90.290.8
69.9 66.3 66.2 67.7 69.2 70.3 71.0 71.5 72.5 72.6 72.5 72.2172.5 73.0

45.3 38.3 41.0 44.5 46.9 47.9 48. 1 48.5 48.9 48.8 47.2 45.4 41.7 42.3

62.9 63.0 63.2 63.1 63.3 63.8 63.7 63.6 63.0 62.4 61.3 60.7 60.5 60.0 77.9 75.9 76.0 76.7 77.3 77.8 78.8 79.0 78.9 79.1 79.2 79.7 80.4 80.5 91.1 89.2 89.3 90.0 90.6 91. 2 92.2 93.0 92.7 92.3 91.8 91.3 90.5 89.6

68.5 68.7 68.2 68.3 68.4 68.5 68.4 68.4 68.5 68.7 68.7 68.4 68.3 68.0 90.4 90.2 90.5 89.3 88.9 89.6 89.2 90.1 90.9 91.0 91.8 92.5 91.2 91.3 92.3 87.0 91. 1 89.8 91.2 91.9 89.1 88.7 92.8 94.3 96.3 108.1 90.5 90.6 92.0 92.1 92.0 92.7 93.4 92.0 90.3 90.3 91.6 93.4 92.3) 92 6 92.9 93.7 99.5 95.8 96. 2 97.2 99. 1 102. 1 102. 5 102. 8 101.9 100.2 99.7 100. 3 101. 4 101.0 104.7 93.7 99.5 104. 5 108. 7112. 6108. 2106. 7110. 0 109. 4 106. 0103. 3101. 0101. 2 101. 0101

Pay rolls

105. 4 99.3 99.8 97.9 97.8 99.5 98. 2105. 5 111. 6 116. 2116. 4 122. 4120. 7126.9

107.8 97.8 98.7 98.4 98. 7101.4
102. 7 101. 0101.0 97.3 96.8 97.4

97.4 106. 5115. 1123. 4 125. 1131, 6131, 9139.4 99. 1104. 4 107.7 108. 1106. 6112. 1108. 0112.9

38.5 32.9 38.4 36.3 40.0 40.6 36.5 33.1 39.3 32.3 37.6 42.7 38.5 45.2 81.2 87.0 78.3 72. 2 75.3 73.9 75.2 82.5 83.2 83.6 84.5 91.4 87. 8 91.0 66.7 64.1 63.1 63.4 65.7 65.3 63.6 68.5 69.5 71.3 69.8 72.8 70.4 72.7

40.5 30.8 34.1 38. 1 42.7 43.9 43.5 45. 2 46. 2 46.7 42.3 42.4 36.9 37.9

58.2 59.0 58.4 59.0 58.7 58.8 59. 1 59.0 58. 2 57.6 56.8 55.9 56.2 56.3 Telephone and telegraph 7.100.2 96.9 98. 1 98.7 98. 8 100.0 101. 3 100. 4 101. 8 102. 2103. 2103. 5103.9 102.9 Electric light and power. 104. 8 102. 2 102. 3 103. 3 104. 2 104. 8 105. 8 108. 1 105. 8107. 0 106. 9106. 0 105. 1|104.9 Street railways and

busses 78

Wholesale trade.

Retail trade 7.

Year-round hotels.
Laundries.

Dyeing and cleaning

70.4 71.5 69.5 69.2 69. 2 70.5 70.0 70.4 71.5 70.7 70.3 73.1 70.7 70.6 79.0 77.1 77.8 77.4 77.4 78.4 78.3 78.7 81.1 80.2 80.7 83.4 80.5 80.8 84.2 79.1 82.0 82.3 83.4 84.8 82.6 81.5 85. 1 85.8 87.1 97.3 83.7 84.0 82.4 82.7 81.8 83.2 83.0 82.0 80.5 80.7 81.8 84.2 83.6 84.1 84.1 86.0 87.7 83.1 84.1 85.6 88.5 92.4 90.0 90.5 89.9 88.0 87.2 89.2 89.8 89.6 78.2 64.4 72.7 79.6 85.4 89.6 80.0 78.9 85.6 82.4 77.8 75.8 73.3 74.3

13-year average 1923-25-100-adjusted to preliminary 1939 Census of Manufactures. See tables 9, 10, and 11 of December 1940 Employment and Pay Rolls for comparable figures back to January 1919 for "all manufacturing" and January 1923 for "durable goods" and "nondurable goods."

12-month average for 1929=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 nonmanufaeturing indexes see notes 5 and 6.

3 Includes: Iron and steel, machinery, transportation equipment, nonferrous metals, lumber and allied products, and stone, clay, and glass products.

Includes: Textiles and their products, leather and its manufactures, food and kindred products, tobacco manufactures, paper and printing, chemicals and allied products, products of petroleum and coal, rubber products, and a number of miscellaneous industries not included in other groups.

Indexes have been adjusted to the 1935 census. Comparable series from January 1929 forward are presented in January 1938 and subsequent issues of the pamphlet.

See table 7 for revised indexes January 1938 to January 1941.

7 Retail-trade indexes adjusted to 1935 census and public-utility indexes to 1937 census. Not comparable with indexes published in Employment and Pay Rolls pamphlets prior to January 1940 or in Monthly Labor Review prior to April 1940. Comparable series January 1929 to December 1939 available in mimeographed form.

Covers street railways and trolley and motorbus operations of subsidiary, affiliated, and successor companies.

INDUSTRIAL AND BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT IN PRINCIPAL
METROPOLITAN AREAS

A comparison of employment and pay rolls in January and February 1941 is made in table 6 for 13 metropolitan areas, each of which had a population of 500,000 or over in 1930. Cities within these areas but having a population of 100,000 or over are not included. Footnotes to the table specify which cities are excluded. Data concerning them have been prepared in a supplementary tabulation which is available on request. The figures represent reports from cooperating establishments and cover both full- and part-time workers in the manufacturing and nonmanufacturing industries presented in table 3, with the exception of building construction, and include also miscellaneous industries. Revisions made in the figures after they have gone to press, chiefly because of late reports by cooperating firms, are incorporated in the supplementary tabulation mentioned above. This supplementary tabulation covers these 13 metropolitan areas as well as other metropolitan areas and cities having a population of 100,000 or more according to the 1930 Census of Population.

TABLE 6.-Comparison of Employment and Pay Rolls in Identical Establishments in January and February 1941, by Principal Metropolitan Areas

! Does not include Elizabeth, Jersey City, Newark, or Paterson, N. J., or Yonkers, N. Y.

Does not include Gary, Ind.

Does not include Camden, N. J.

Does not include Long Beach, Calif.

Does not include Oakland, Calif.

Does not include Cambridge, Lynn, or Somerville, Mass.

WAGE-RATE CHANGES IN AMERICAN INDUSTRIES

The following table gives information concerning wage-rate adjustments occurring during the month ending February 15, 1941, as shown. by reports received from manufacturing and nonmanufacturing establishments which supply employment data to this Bureau.

As the Bureau's survey does not cover all establishments in an industry, and furthermore, as some firms may have failed to report wage-rate changes, these figures should not be construed as representing the total number of wage changes occurring in manufacturing and nonmanufacturing industries.

TABLE 7.-Wage-Rate Changes Reported by Manufacturing and Nonmanufacturing Establishments During Month Ending February 15, 1941 1