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TEXAS BUSINESS REVIEW
EMPLOYMENT AND PAY ROLLS IN TEXAS
Estimated Number of
Worker. Employed'
June July
1941(1) 19.41(2)
MANUFACTUR ING
All Manufacturing Industries 145,797 152,227 .
Food Products
Baking---_-___-.__- --~. 6,509 6,575
Carbonated Beverages------___--3,241 3,378
Confectionery - -_ _- -_--- 559 577
Flour Milling __--._-- 1,833 1,894
Ice Cream __ _-._ __ 1,169 1,207
Meat Packing-_-_--_---_-_ 5,163 5,064
Textiles
Cotton Textile Mills -----.-7,322 7,257
Men's Work Clothing _ __- 4,146 4,068
Forest Products
Furniture __ __-- --..2,156 2,170
Planing Mills ____ _____2,217 2,348
Saw Mills ____-- _ 16,567 18,665
Paper Boxes-__-__----_-607 618
Printing and Publishing
Commercial Printing __--.-2,487 2,615
Newspaper Publishing_---_.4,675 4,761
Chemical Products
Cotton Oil Mills ---_---- 1,720 1,994
Petroleum Refining ---------- 20,950 21,164
Stone and Clay Products
Brick and Tile ------- 2,161 2,118
,Cement ---_-___--- 1,046 1,088
Iron and Steel Products
Foundries and Machine Shops- 13,879 15,244
Structural and Ornamental Iron_ 2,462 2,476
NONMANUFACTURING
Crude Petroleum Production -- 30,463 31,156
Quarryang----------------_--(4 "
Public Utilities----------_ * *
Retail Trade -.-------.---_-194,910 188,853
Wholesale Trade --_----_63,388 62,859
Dyeing and Cleaning ---------2,766 2,731
H ot els----------------- 15,510 15,219
Power Laundries-----------12,230 12,710
July, 1941
Percentage Change
from from
June - July
1941 1940
+ 4.4 + 14.9
+ 1.0
+ 4.2
+ 3.2
+ 3.3
+ 3.3
- 1.9
Estimated Amount of
Weekly Pay Roll
June . July
1941 '~ 1941(2)
$3,173,007 $3,239,625
+ 7.2
+ 6.0
+ 26.2
+ 7.4
+ 26.0
+ 17.2
- 0.9 + 18.3
- 1.9 + 21.8
+ 0.6
+ 5.9
+ 12.7
+ 1.9
147,797
79,291
5,401
31,371'
23,796
121,727
145,091
84,590
5,476
33,316
23,493
116,721
Percentage Change
from from
June July
1941 1940
+ 2.1 + 27.2
-+
+
+
1.8
6.7
1.3
6.2
1.3
4.1
+ 7.5
+ 14.6
+ 23.3
+ 6.7
+ 29.4
+ 24.0
101,406 105,265 + 3.3 + 43.9
48,946 47,682 - 2.6 + 68.4
+ 32.5
+ 23.4
+ 18.8
+ 21.6
+ 5.2 - 3.3
+ 1.8 + 1.4
+ 15.8 + 16.8
+ 1.0 + 5.3
- 2.0 < >)
+ 4.0 + 13.6
+ 9.8 + 35.5
+ 0.6 + 30.1
+ 2.3
+ 12.5
+ 1.9
- 3.1
- 0.8
- 1.3
- 1.9
+ 3.9
+ 0.2
+ 29.9
+ 10.2
+ 17.9
+ 6.2
+ 6.5
+ 6.0
+ 26.8
CHANGES IN EMPLOYMENT AND PAYROLLS IN
Employment
Percentage Change
June, 1941 July, 1940
to to
July, 1941 July, 1941
Abilene - --_-- 1.4 + 4.4
Amarillo-----_ + 2.8 + 11.7
Austin---___--_--_-- 2.8 + 6.0
Beaumont--------+ 7.7 + 44.2
Dallas----------_+ * + 21.1
El Paso-__------+ 1.5 + 22.0
Fort Worth ___ - 0.7 + 19.4
Pay Rolls
Percentage Change
June, 1941 July, 1940
to to
July, 1941 July, 1941
- 3.0 -+17.8
- 2.9 + 26.3
- 2.3 + 7.4
+ 9.4 + 70.6
- 2.5 + 40.8
- 0.6 + 35.7
- 1.7 + 26.1
Galveston -
Houston -
Port Arthur -
San Antonio _
Sherman_--
Waco .- ---
Wichita Falls _-
STATE --_
39,070
52,520
227,459
11,436
38,512
53,048
242,445
10,886
-
+
1.4
1.0
6.6
4.8
+61.4
+ 59.9
+ 26.4
+ 27.9
56,039 56,773 + 1.3 + 7.0
114,351 116,428 + 1.8 + 0.2
15,503 17,040 + 9.7 + 9.0
S777,665 754,576 - 3.0 + 16.4
25,896 26,662 + 3.0 + 2.4
32,649 33,729 + 3.3 + 30.8
451,214 502,165 + 11.3 +66.9
49,567 49,453 - 0.2 + 55.5
1,035,166 1,067,314
(4 (4)
(4 (4)
3,626,050 3,452,916
1,946,336 1,892,365
42,176 43,775
185,501 181,246
159,489 164,924
SELECTED CITIES"a
Employment
Percentage Change
June, 1941 July, 1940
to to
July, 1941 July, 1941
*- - -9.4 - 9.6
--_.+ 3.3 +16.9
*--+1.1 + 1.5
-_-+ 1.5 + 8.6
S--+ 6.4 + 29.8
---- 1.1 +18.0
-. _+ 1.4 +20.2
---+ 1.8 +13.9
+
+
+
+
3.1
2.2
1.0
4.8
2.8
3.8
2.3
3.4
+ 8.9
+ 52.8
+ 13.5
+ 16.0
+ 8.1
+ 25.8
+ 7.0
+ 30.6
Pay Rolls
Percentage Change
June, 1941 July, 1940
to to
July, 1941 July, 1941
-21.5 - 1.7
- 1.8 + 25.7
- 1.5 + 11.3
+ 0.6 + 15.5
+ 11.7 + 69.7
+ 3.2 + 36.5
+ 4.2 + 32.8
+ 0.2 + 25.4
ESTIMATED NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES IN NONAGRICULTURAL BUSINESS
AND GOVERNMENT ESTABLISHMENTS7
1940(1) 1941 1940(')
January-_-_------.------ 944,000 1,052,000*" July- ------- --------- 983,000
February __--_--- -____- 943,000 1,092,0004" August_- --_ __- ___ 988,000
March_- ------- --965,000 1,086,0001 September ------ ------1,009,000
April-_ --_ __----_-_.963,OOQ 1,097,0001 October --_---- ------1,022,000
May---_ -- -------- --.---983,000 1,077,000*' November ________-1,048,000
June--_-----_- __-----------982,000 1,084,000* ~ December ---------,8,0
*Does not include proprietors, firm members, officers of corporations, or other principal executives. Factory employment excludes alan office, sales, technical
and professional personnel.-
('Revised.
(2Suhject to revision.
(aNo change.
W4Not available.
(5Baaed on unweighted figures.
(eLeaa than 1/20 of one per cent.
m'Not including aelf-employed persons, casual workers, or domestic servants, and exclusive of military and maritime personnel. These figures are furnished
by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor.
Prepared from reports from representative Texas establishment, to the Bureau of Business Research coilperating with the Bureau of Labor Statistic.
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