TABLE 2.-COMPARISON OF EMPLOYMENT AND PAY-ROLL TOTALS IN IDENTICAL POWER, LIGHT, AND WATER COMPANIES IN DECEMBER, 1930, AND JANUARY, 1931 EMPLOYMENT in the operation and maintenance of electric railroads, exclusive of car shops, decreased 2.1 per cent from December to January, and pay-roll totals decreased 3.4 per cent. The 519 establishments reporting had in January 146,501 employees, whose combined earnings in one week were $4,604,503. Employment in January, 1931, was 10.5 per cent lower than in January, 1930, and pay-roll totals were 12.5 per cent lower. Details for each geographic division are shown in Table 3. TABLE 3.-COMPARISON OF EMPLOYMENT AND PAY-ROLL TOTALS IN THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF IDENTICAL ELECTRIC RAILROADS IN DECEMBER, 1930, AND JANUARY, 1931 7. Employment in Wholesale and Retail Trade in January, 1931 MPLOYMENT in 9,203 establishments-wholesale and retail trade combined-showed a drop of 18.5 per cent in January as compared with December, and a drop of 14.5 per cent in pay-roll totals. These establishments had in January 328,154 employees whose combined earnings in one week were $8,265,736. Wholesale Trade EMPLOYMENT in wholesale trade alone decreased 2.7 per cent in January as compared with December, while pay-roll totals decreased 4.2 per cent. The 1,868 establishments reporting had in January 58,870 employees and pay-roll totals in one week of $1,812,272. Employment in January, 1931, was 10.5 per cent lower than in January, 1930, and pay-roll totals were 12.5 per cent lower. Details for each geographic division are shown in Table 1. TABLE 1.-COMPARISON OF EMPLOYMENT AND PAY-ROLL TOTALS IN IDENTICAL WHOLESALE TRADE ESTABLISHMENTS IN DECEMBER, 1930, AND JANUARY, 1931 EMPLOYMENT in retail trade in January decreased 21.8 per cent owing to the dropping of employees taken on for the December holiday business, while pay-roll totals decreased 17.0 per cent. The 7,335 establishments from which reports were received had in January 269,284 employees whose combined earnings in one week were $6,453,464. Employment in January, 1931, was 9.0 per cent lower than in January, 1930, and pay-roll totals were 10.3 per cent lower. Details by geographic divisions are shown in Table 2. TABLE 2.-COMPARISON OF EMPLOYMENT AND PAY-ROLL TOTALS IN IDENTICAL RETAIL TRADE ESTABLISHMENTS IN DECEMBER, 1930, AND JANUARY, 1931 8. Employment in Hotels in January, 1931 compared with December, and pay-roll totals decreased 1.1 per cent. The 2,055 hotels reporting in January had 148,576 employees, whose earnings in one week were $2,458,210. Gains in employment were reported in the East North Central, West South Central, and Mountain divisions, while the South Atlantic and Pacific divisions had increases in both employment and pay-roll totals, due largely to the opening of winter-resort hotels. Employment in January, 1931, was 6.2 per cent lower than in January, 1930, and pay-roll totals were 9.8 per cent lower. Per capita earnings, obtained by dividing the total number of employees into the total amount of pay roll, should not be interpreted as being the entire earnings of hotel employees. The pay-roll totals here reported are cash payments only, with no regard to the value of room or board furnished employees, and of course no satisfactory estimate can be made of additional recompense in the way of tips. The additions to the money wages granted vary greatly, not only among localities but among hotels in one locality and among employees in one hotel. Some employees are furnished board and room, others are given board only for 1, 2, or 3 meals, while the division of tips is made in many ways. Per capita earnings are further reduced by the considerable amount of part-time employment caused by conventions and banquets or other functions. The details for each geographic division are shown in the table following: COMPARISON OF EMPLOYMENT AND PAY-ROLL TOTALS IN IDENTICAL HOTELS IN DECEMBER, 1930, AND JANUARY, 1931 9. Employment in Canning and Preserving in January, 1931 HE seasonal decrease in canning and preserving was continued in 19.6 per cent in pay-roll totals, as compared with December. Reports from 809 establishments showed 30,010 employees, whose earnings in one week in January were $496,669. Sixty-seven of the 809 establishments were operated in December but not in January, and 4 establishments which had been closed in December were again in operation in January; 287 other plants remained closed during both months. Employment in January, 1931, was 6.1 per cent higher than in January, 1930, but pay-roll totals declined 8.3 per cent over the year interval. Details by geographic divisions are shown in the following table: COMPARISON OF EMPLOYMENT AND PAY-ROLL TOTALS IN IDENTICAL CANNING AND PRESERVING ESTABLISHMENTS IN DECEMBER, 1930, AND JANUARY, 1931 10. Employment in Laundries in January, 1931 MPLOYMENT in laundries increased 0.8 per cent in January and pay-roll totals decreased 0.7 per cent, as shown by reports from 206 establishments which had in January 18,674 employees whose earnings in one week were $368,128. There were increases in employment and pay-roll totals in the South Atlantic, East South Central, Mountain, and Pacific geographic divisions, with a slight increase in employment only in the West South Central division, and decreases in the remaining divisions. As data for January, 1930, are not available no comparison of employment over the 12-month period can be made. Details for each geographic division appear in the table following: COMPARISON OF EMPLOYMENT AND PAY-ROLL TOTALS IN IDENTICAL 11. Employment in Dyeing and Cleaning in January, 1931 E MPLOYMENT in dyeing and cleaning establishments decreased 2.6 per cent in January as compared with December, and payroll totals decreased 2.8 per cent, as shown by reports from 57 establishments, having in January 2,374 employees whose combined earnings in one week were $55,747. As data for January, 1930, are not available no comparison of employment over the 12-month period can be made. Details for each geographic division appear in the table following: COMPARISON OF EMPLOYMENT AND PAY-ROLL TOTALS IN IDENTICAL DYEING AND CLEANING ESTABLISHMENTS IN DECEMBER, 1930, AND JANUARY, 1931 Indexes of Employment and Pay-Rolls Totals-Mining, Quarrying, Crude Petroleum Producing, Public Utilities, Trade, Hotels, and Canning THE HE following table shows the index numbers of employment and pay-roll totals for anthracite, bituminous coal, and metalliferous mining, quarrying, crude petroleum producing, telephone and telegraph, power, light, and water, electric railroads, wholesale and retail trade, hotels, and canning and preserving, by months, from January, 1930, to January, 1931, with the monthly average for 1929 as 100. |