United States yearbook - 1982 (1)

3 9 6 Labor Force, Employment, and Earnings
No. 861. N o n a g r i c u l t u r a l I n d u s t r i e s — N u m b e r o f e m p lo y e e s , 1970 t o 1 9 8 1 , a n d N u m b e r
a n d E a r n in g s o f P r o d u c t i o n W o r k e r s , 1 9 7 5 t o 1 9 8 1
[Annual averages of monthly figures. Covers all full- and part-time employees who worked during, or received pay for, any part of
the pay period including tne 12th of the month. For mining and manufacturing, data refer to production and related workers; for
construction, to employees engaged in actual construction work; and for other industries, to nonsupervisory employees and
working supervisors. See also headnote, table 659. See H is to ric a l S ta tis tic s , C o lo n ia l T im e s to 1 970, series D 127-151, D SOS-
Sib, and D 877-892, for related data]
I N D U S T R Y
A L L E M P L O Y E E S , N U M B E R
(1,000)
Number
(1,000)
P R O D U C T I O N W O R K E R S
Average hourly
earnings (dollars)
1 9 7 0 1 9 7 5 1 9 B O 1 9 8 1 1 9 7 5 1 9 8 0 1 9 8 1 1 9 7 5 1 9 8 0 1 1 9 9 1
Total.................................. 7 0 PB 8 0 7 6 , 9 4 6 9 0 , 4 0 6 9 1 , 1 0 5 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
Private sector1.... 5 8 , 3 2 5 6 2 , 2 5 9 7 4 , 1 6 6 7 5 , 0 8 1 50 , 9 9 1 6 0 , 3 3 1 6 0 , 8 8 1 4 . 6 3 6.66 7. 2 5
Mining......................................... 6 2 3 7 5 2 1, 0 2 7 1,132 6 7 1 7 6 2 8 3 2 5. 9 5 9 . 1 7 10.05
Metal mining...... ................................. 9 3 9 4 9 8 1 0 4 7 3 7 4 7 8 6. 1 3 1 0 . 2 6 11.55
Coal mining......................................... U 5 2 1 3 2 4 6 222 1 8 2 2 0 4 1 8 4 * 7 . 2 2 * 1 0 . 8 6 * 1 1 . 8 9
Oil and gas extraction............................ 2 7 0 3 2 9 5 6 0 686 2 2 3 3 8 0 4 7 8 5 . 3 8 8 . 5 9 9.51
Nonmetaflic minerals, except fuels............. 1 1 5 1 1 7 1 2 3 1 1 9 9 2 9 6 91 4 . 9 5 7 . 5 2 8. 2 9
Construction.... ............................ 3, 5 8 8 3,525 4 , 3 4 6 4 , 1 7 6 2, 8 0 S 3,421 3 , 2 5 0 7.31 9 . 9 4 10.80
General building contractors..................... 1, 0 6 6 1,012 1, 1 7 3 j 1,087 7 9 6 9 0 0 8 1 8 6 . 7 8 9 . 2 2 9.84
Heavy construction contractors................. 7 8 4 7 6 0 9 2 7 9 0 3 6 1 5 7 4 6 7 2 5 6.81 9 . 2 0 10 . 2 9
Special trade contractors........................ 1,738 1,753 2 , 2 4 6 2 , 1 8 6 1,394 1, 7 7 6 1, 7 0 8 7 . 8 7 1 0 . 6 5 11 . 5 0
Manufacturing........................... .... 19 , 3 8 7 18 , 3 2 3 2 0 , 2 8 5 2 0 , 1 7 3 1 3 , 0 4 3 1 4 , 2 1 4 1 4 , 0 2 1 4. 8 3 7 . 2 7 7 . 9 9
Durable goods............... ............
Lumber and wood products, except
1 1 , 2 0 8 10,688 1 2 , 1 8 7 1 2 , 1 1 7 7,557 8 , 4 4 2 8,301 5 . 1 5 7 . 7 5 8 . 5 3
furniture3.... ......... ........ ............ 6 4 6 6 1 5 6 9 1 6 6 9 5 1 7 5 7 8 5 5 6 4 . 2 6 6 . 5 5 7 . 0 0
Logging c a m p s and logging contractors.... 7 0 7 4 88 8 2 5 9 71 6 5 5. 2 8 8 . 6 4 9.18
Sawmills and planing mills.................. 2 1 5 202 2 1 5 2 0 6 1 8 0 1 9 0 1 8 2 4 . 3 4 6 . 7 0 7.19
Millwork, plywood, and structural members.. (NA) 1 6 6 200 1 9 2 1 3 7 1 6 4 1 5 8 4. 2 6 6.41 6. 8 9
Wooden containers.............................. (n a ) 3 9 4 3 4 2 3 4 3 7 3 6 3. 3 7 4 . 9 5 5 . 4 0
4 1 7 4 6 6
Household furniture....................... ....... (NA) 2 8 4 3 0 1 2 9 9 2 3 8 2 5 3 2 5 0 3. 5 4 5 . 1 2 5.49
Office furniture.................................. 3 9 37 5 0 5 4 28 4 0 4 2 4 . 1 6 5.91 6 . 3 9
Partitions a n d fixtures.............. ........... 5 2 51 6 3 61 3 8 4 7 4 6 4 . 6 2 6.68 7.11
Stone, clay, and glass products3............... 6 4 4 6 2 9 6 6 2 6 3 8 4 9 9 5 1 3 4 9 1 4. 9 2 7 . 5 0 8. 2 7
Flat glass........................................ 2 4 18 10 1 8 1 4 1 4 1 4 6 . 0 8 9 . 6 5 1 0 . 7 8
Glass and glassware, pressed