Month Thousands Of Production Workers 1939-01-01 270.000 1939-02-01 270.000 1939-03-01 280.000 1939-04-01 282.000 1939-05-01 270.000 1939-06-01 258.000 1939-07-01 260.000 1939-08-01 255.000 1939-09-01 286.000 1939-10-01 301.000 1939-11-01 298.000 1939-12-01 295.000 1940-01-01 290.000 1940-02-01 292.000 1940-03-01 297.000 1940-04-01 300.000 1940-05-01 290.000 1940-06-01 284.000 1940-07-01 285.000 1940-08-01 293.000 1940-09-01 309.000 1940-10-01 325.000 1940-11-01 329.000 1940-12-01 329.000 1941-01-01 333.000 1941-02-01 342.000 1941-03-01 352.000 1941-04-01 366.000 1941-05-01 366.000 1941-06-01 371.000 1941-07-01 378.000 1941-08-01 389.000 1941-09-01 409.000 1941-10-01 421.000 1941-11-01 422.000 1941-12-01 417.000 1942-01-01 423.000 1942-02-01 438.000 1942-03-01 455.000 1942-04-01 462.000 1942-05-01 463.000 1942-06-01 464.000 1942-07-01 469.000 1942-08-01 475.000 1942-09-01 501.000 1942-10-01 505.000 1942-11-01 501.000 1942-12-01 498.000 1943-01-01 508.000 1943-02-01 516.000 1943-03-01 520.000 1943-04-01 523.000 1943-05-01 515.000 1943-06-01 515.000 1943-07-01 514.000 1943-08-01 516.000 1943-09-01 522.000 1943-10-01 529.000 1943-11-01 529.000 1943-12-01 527.000 1944-01-01 538.000 1944-02-01 554.000 1944-03-01 549.000 1944-04-01 547.000 1944-05-01 540.000 1944-06-01 535.000 1944-07-01 538.000 1944-08-01 548.000 1944-09-01 554.000 1944-10-01 562.000 1944-11-01 568.000 1944-12-01 578.000 1945-01-01 582.000 1945-02-01 594.000 1945-03-01 596.000 1945-04-01 595.000 1945-05-01 588.000 1945-06-01 584.000 1945-07-01 569.000 1945-08-01 545.000 1945-09-01 503.000 1945-10-01 497.000 1945-11-01 499.000 1945-12-01 506.000 1946-01-01 510.000 1946-02-01 515.000 1946-03-01 519.000 1946-04-01 518.000 1946-05-01 509.000 1946-06-01 505.000 1946-07-01 501.000 1946-08-01 511.000 1946-09-01 523.000 1946-10-01 528.000 1946-11-01 533.000 1946-12-01 533.000 1947-01-01 533.000 1947-02-01 537.000 1947-03-01 537.000 1947-04-01 531.000 1947-05-01 524.000 1947-06-01 505.000 1947-07-01 509.000 1947-08-01 512.000 1947-09-01 520.000 1947-10-01 530.000 1947-11-01 531.000 1947-12-01 534.000 1948-01-01 532.000 1948-02-01 529.000 1948-03-01 527.000 1948-04-01 518.000 1948-05-01 509.000 1948-06-01 509.000 1948-07-01 508.000 1948-08-01 516.000 1948-09-01 528.000 1948-10-01 531.000 1948-11-01 529.000 1948-12-01 525.000 1949-01-01 519.000 1949-02-01 513.000 1949-03-01 511.000 1949-04-01 494.000 1949-05-01 474.000 1949-06-01 462.000 1949-07-01 454.000 1949-08-01 458.000 1949-09-01 477.000 1949-10-01 485.000 1949-11-01 484.000 1949-12-01 482.000 1950-01-01 479.000 1950-02-01 483.000 1950-03-01 485.000 1950-04-01 489.000 1950-05-01 484.000 1950-06-01 481.000 1950-07-01 478.000 1950-08-01 491.000 1950-09-01 505.000 1950-10-01 519.000 1950-11-01 518.000 1950-12-01 521.000 1951-01-01 523.000 1951-02-01 529.000 1951-03-01 536.000 1951-04-01 537.000 1951-05-01 532.000 1951-06-01 531.000 1951-07-01 529.000 1951-08-01 535.000 1951-09-01 546.000 1951-10-01 546.000 1951-11-01 545.000 1951-12-01 542.000 1952-01-01 542.000 1952-02-01 544.000 1952-03-01 546.000 1952-04-01 538.000 1952-05-01 526.000 1952-06-01 523.000 1952-07-01 523.000 1952-08-01 526.000 1952-09-01 537.000 1952-10-01 545.000 1952-11-01 546.000 1952-12-01 548.000 1953-01-01 547.000 1953-02-01 552.000 1953-03-01 561.000 1953-04-01 562.000 1953-05-01 554.000 1953-06-01 551.000 1953-07-01 547.000 1953-08-01 551.000 1953-09-01 556.000 1953-10-01 554.000 1953-11-01 550.000 1953-12-01 543.000 1954-01-01 543.000 1954-02-01 540.000 1954-03-01 542.000 1954-04-01 538.000 1954-05-01 529.000 1954-06-01 521.000 1954-07-01 517.000 1954-08-01 520.000 1954-09-01 529.000 1954-10-01 534.000 1954-11-01 533.000 1954-12-01 534.000 1955-01-01 534.000 1955-02-01 535.000 1955-03-01 547.000 1955-04-01 550.000 1955-05-01 549.000 1955-06-01 543.000 1955-07-01 541.000 1955-08-01 541.000 1955-09-01 551.000 1955-10-01 555.000 1955-11-01 554.000 1955-12-01 556.000 1956-01-01 556.000 1956-02-01 558.000 1956-03-01 566.000 1956-04-01 569.000 1956-05-01 559.000 1956-06-01 552.000 1956-07-01 544.000 1956-08-01 549.000 1956-09-01 552.000 1956-10-01 554.000 1956-11-01 550.000 1956-12-01 552.000 1957-01-01 548.000