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10 TEXAS BUSINESS REVIEW
EMPLOYMENT AND PAY ROLLS IN TEXAS
Estimated Number of
Workers Employed*
Jan., Feb.,
MANUFACTURING
All Manufacturing Industries 2165,790
Food Products
Baking--__--_-_..__--8,517
Carbonated Beverages 3,516
Confectionery---------1,681
Flour Milling---------2,334
Ice Cream-.----------1,263
Meat Packing---------6,425
T extiles
-Cotton Textile Mills---5,528
Men's Work Clothing-----i4,190
Forest Products
Furniture-----------1,799
Planing Mills-------- 1,945
Saw Mills----------15,371
Paper Boxes----------945
Printing and Publishing
Commercial Printing------2,413
Newspaper Publishing------3,932
Chemical Products
Cotton Oil Mills--------3,889
Petroleum Refining 23,243
Stone and Clay Products
Brick and Tile _.__1,773
Cement _ _._ _.__975
Iron and Steel Products
Structural and Ornamental Iron 2,694
NONMANUFACTURING
Crude Petroleum Production 26,425
Quarrying.-.--.--_____ ----(4)
Public Utilities--------_---(4)
Retail Trade--_-_-_..-.._._.214,034
Wholesale Trade--____ ----62,155
Dyeing and Cleaning------2,728
Hotels----..-------__-._-...-19,351
Power Laundries--_---. --14,059
Abilene -
Amarillo. -
Austin-__
Beaumont
Dallas-__
El Paso_
Ft. Worth
January --
February _
March --
April.--
May ._ _
June_-
165,439
8,260
3,484
1,660
2,416 -
1,303
6,195
5,509
4,319
1,603
-1,927
15,994
843
2,472
3,817
3,656
23,729
1,786
942
2,564
February, 1944
Percentage Change
- 0.2. + 1.7
- 3.0
- 0.9
- 1.3
3.5
+ 3.2
- 3.6
Estiated Amount of
$5,364,010 $5,477,508
6.8
+ 15.3
+ 29.5
+ 13.3
+ 12.5
- 0.6
- 0.3 -18.7
+ 3.1 - 10.2
- 10.9
- 0.9
+ 4.0
- 10.8
257,602
100,931
22,713
71,055
34,247
224,622
267,184
102,663
22;548
73,032
35,997
185,291
Percentage Change
+ 2.1 + 19.9
+ 3.7
+ 1.7
- 0.7
2.8
+ 5.1
-17.5
+ 23.3
+23.0
+ 34.3
+ 43.3
+ 25.1
- 0.4
118,676 125,065 + 5.4 -11.9
72,991 -78,969 + 8.2 + 16.9
- 10.9
-- 9.1
- 0.8
+ 8.2
+ 2.5 + 3.2
-- 2.9 '~- 8.7'
- 6.0 + 6.1
+ 2.1 + 5.9
+ 0.8 + 1.1
- 3.4 -20.4
- 4.8 -10.6
26,829 + 1.5 + 3.2
(4) - 2.7 -19.1
(4) + 1.6 + 5.6
201,444 - 5.9 - 1.3
61,978 - 0.3 + 3.2
2,824 + 3.5 + 4.1
19,254 - 0.5 + 6.9 L
14,200 + 1.0 - 05
CHANGES IN EMPLOYMENT AND PAY ROLLS IN
Jan.,e 194 Feb. 1943- Jan., 1944 Feb. 1943
to to to to
Feb., 1944 Feb., 1944 Feb., 1944 Feb., 1944
__- 3.8 + 4.5 - 2.0 + 20.5 Galveston._
_ + 3.3 - 11.8 + 3.0 - 4.3 Houston - _.
__- 1.6 - 3.2 - 3.4 - 1.6 Port Artbur-
_ + 0.5 - 5.2 + 11.2 + 8.9 'San Antonio
_ + 2.3 - + 34.1 +. 6.1 + 68.7 Sherman _-
__+ 1.2 + 0.2 + 4.8 + 22.6 Waco -__
--- 9.4 + 23.4 - 9.5 + 41.3 Wichita Falls
STA TE-.
ESTIMATED NUMBER
AND
1941(1) 1942('
------1,094,000 1,170,000
---_--1,120,000 1,199,000
---_---1,120,000 1,226,000
------1,114,000 1,222,000
_- 1,120,000 1,251,000
._* __1,134,000 1,291,000
OF EMPLOYEES IN NONAGR
44,477
49,207
248,599
21,674
42,070
54,536'
302,654
18,684
- 5.4
+ 10.8
+ 21.7
--13.8
+ 27.6
- 2.9
+19.1
+ 14.1
83,992 *87,794 + 4.5 + +18.2
105,914 108,510 + 2.4 (3)
62,682 60,410 - 3.6 + 35.9
1,315,523 1,367,997 + 4.0 + 30.4
25,722 30,282 + 17.7 + 6.1
35,098 34,808 - 0.8 - 14.5
85,047 81,980 - 3.6> + 7.6
1,399,242 1,408,886 + 0.7 + 28.5
(4) (4) + 2.2 -3.
(4) (4) + 1.3 + 16.9
5,123,289 4,913,578 - 4.1 + 15.1
2,301,647 2,321,886 + 0.9 + 11.7
62,064 63,664 + 2.6 + 22.3
318,487 331,859 + 4.2 + 25.8
239,946 246,629 + 2.8 + 13.0
SELECTED CITIES"a
Percentg Change Percentage Change
Jan., 1944 Feb., 1943 Jan., 1944 Feb., 1943
Feb., 1944 Feb., 1944 Feb., 1944 Feb., 1944
-+ 8.1' + 20.4 + 22.5 + 76.1
-+ 0.8 + 3.0 + 4.0 + 1.3
-+ 3.9 - 0.4 + 6.0 + 26.9
. + 1.3 - 0.1 - 0.6 + 8.0-
-+ 2.6 - 4.6 + 9.2 + 18.9
_+ 1.5 + 4.4 + 7.5 + 11.9
-+ 0.1 - 15.6 - 1.0 + 9.6
.- 0.8 + 10.1 + 3.7 + 24.0
ICULTURAL BUSINESS
LUV7NMENT ESTABLISHMENTS6
1943(2 1941(1)
1,385,000 July--------1,156,000
1,397,000 August-------1,176,000
I 1,415,000 September ---1,203,000
I 1,433,000 October------1,219,000
1,458,000 .November-------1,219,000
I 1.478000 Deeomber. 122299 I~l'
1942(1)
1,317,000
1,352,000
1,373,000
1,384,000
1,389,000
*nD ofess nu iludre prprietors, .firm members, officers of corporations, or other principal executives. Factory employment excludes also office, sales, technical
(uaevised.
W2Subject to revision.
W3No change.
W4Not available.
W5ased on unweighted figures.-
theeaot icudng self-employedS peesons casual workers, or domestic servants, and exclusive of fiilitary and maritime personnel. These figures are furnished by
Prepared from reports from representative Texas establishments to the bureau of nosiness Research cooperating with the lBureau of Labor Statistics
Due to the national emergency, publications of data for certain industries, is being withheld until further notice. s
1943
1,45OOOO0D
1,441,000a
1,448,000*'
1,455,0002
'1,461,000*
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