Month Thousands Of Production Workers 1939-01-01 261.000 1939-02-01 264.000 1939-03-01 266.000 1939-04-01 266.000 1939-05-01 268.000 1939-06-01 274.000 1939-07-01 278.000 1939-08-01 285.000 1939-09-01 300.000 1939-10-01 325.000 1939-11-01 332.000 1939-12-01 325.000 1940-01-01 313.000 1940-02-01 308.000 1940-03-01 308.000 1940-04-01 308.000 1940-05-01 312.000 1940-06-01 316.000 1940-07-01 319.000 1940-08-01 332.000 1940-09-01 343.000 1940-10-01 358.000 1940-11-01 367.000 1940-12-01 377.000 1941-01-01 384.000 1941-02-01 398.000 1941-03-01 413.000 1941-04-01 432.000 1941-05-01 454.000 1941-06-01 469.000 1941-07-01 486.000 1941-08-01 502.000 1941-09-01 509.000 1941-10-01 511.000 1941-11-01 511.000 1941-12-01 512.000 1942-01-01 510.000 1942-02-01 523.000 1942-03-01 534.000 1942-04-01 544.000 1942-05-01 552.000 1942-06-01 557.000 1942-07-01 575.000 1942-08-01 603.000 1942-09-01 632.000 1942-10-01 661.000 1942-11-01 690.000 1942-12-01 714.000 1943-01-01 730.000 1943-02-01 750.000 1943-03-01 771.000 1943-04-01 776.000 1943-05-01 778.000 1943-06-01 787.000 1943-07-01 798.000 1943-08-01 797.000 1943-09-01 804.000 1943-10-01 819.000 1943-11-01 832.000 1943-12-01 832.000 1944-01-01 833.000 1944-02-01 845.000 1944-03-01 844.000 1944-04-01 839.000 1944-05-01 832.000 1944-06-01 838.000 1944-07-01 832.000 1944-08-01 829.000 1944-09-01 826.000 1944-10-01 815.000 1944-11-01 804.000 1944-12-01 800.000 1945-01-01 801.000 1945-02-01 805.000 1945-03-01 804.000 1945-04-01 796.000 1945-05-01 788.000 1945-06-01 777.000 1945-07-01 742.000 1945-08-01 718.000 1945-09-01 501.000 1945-10-01 533.000 1945-11-01 548.000 1945-12-01 571.000 1946-01-01 570.000 1946-02-01 415.000 1946-03-01 460.000 1946-04-01 568.000 1946-05-01 610.000 1946-06-01 633.000 1946-07-01 645.000 1946-08-01 674.000 1946-09-01 701.000 1946-10-01 719.000 1946-11-01 733.000 1946-12-01 744.000 1947-01-01 741.000 1947-02-01 744.000 1947-03-01 739.000 1947-04-01 703.000 1947-05-01 685.000 1947-06-01 696.000 1947-07-01 675.000 1947-08-01 679.000 1947-09-01 689.000 1947-10-01 702.000 1947-11-01 711.000 1947-12-01 710.000 1948-01-01 701.000 1948-02-01 964.000 1948-03-01 684.000 1948-04-01 665.000 1948-05-01 647.000 1948-06-01 642.000 1948-07-01 631.000 1948-08-01 633.000 1948-09-01 644.000 1948-10-01 649.000 1948-11-01 652.000 1948-12-01 646.000 1949-01-01 626.000 1949-02-01 610.000 1949-03-01 588.000 1949-04-01 563.000 1949-05-01 540.000 1949-06-01 521.000 1949-07-01 508.000 1949-08-01 513.000 1949-09-01 539.000 1949-10-01 557.000 1949-11-01 558.000 1949-12-01 572.000 1950-01-01 578.000 1950-02-01 593.000 1950-03-01 603.000 1950-04-01 621.000 1950-05-01 636.000 1950-06-01 644.000 1950-07-01 652.000 1950-08-01 693.000 1950-09-01 715.000 1950-10-01 761.000 1950-11-01 771.000 1950-12-01 777.000 1951-01-01 769.000 1951-02-01 775.000 1951-03-01 782.000 1951-04-01 775.000 1951-05-01 763.000 1951-06-01 760.000 1951-07-01 736.000 1951-08-01 752.000 1951-09-01 768.000 1951-10-01 772.000 1951-11-01 784.000 1951-12-01 794.000 1952-01-01 793.000 1952-02-01 797.000 1952-03-01 796.000 1952-04-01 788.000 1952-05-01 783.000 1952-06-01 784.000 1952-07-01 765.000 1952-08-01 795.000 1952-09-01 838.000 1952-10-01 867.000 1952-11-01 890.000 1952-12-01 913.000 1953-01-01 920.000 1953-02-01 940.000 1953-03-01 950.000 1953-04-01 951.000 1953-05-01 942.000 1953-06-01 932.000 1953-07-01 912.000 1953-08-01 925.000 1953-09-01 932.000 1953-10-01 923.000 1953-11-01 902.000 1953-12-01 871.000 1954-01-01 842.000 1954-02-01 825.000 1954-03-01 812.000 1954-04-01 795.000 1954-05-01 775.000 1954-06-01 759.000 1954-07-01 748.000 1954-08-01 763.000 1954-09-01 781.000 1954-10-01 795.000 1954-11-01 806.000 1954-12-01 804.000 1955-01-01 794.000 1955-02-01 797.000 1955-03-01 796.000 1955-04-01 798.000 1955-05-01 803.000 1955-06-01 811.000 1955-07-01 798.000 1955-08-01 822.000 1955-09-01 845.000 1955-10-01 880.000 1955-11-01 866.000 1955-12-01 868.000 1956-01-01 854.000 1956-02-01 849.000 1956-03-01 842.000 1956-04-01 874.000 1956-05-01 872.000 1956-06-01 866.000 1956-07-01 854.000 1956-08-01 878.000 1956-09-01 891.000 1956-10-01 914.000 1956-11-01 918.000 1956-12-01 904.000 1957-01-01 891.000