Month Thousands Of Production Workers 1947-01-01 293.000 1947-02-01 301.000 1947-03-01 299.000 1947-04-01 294.000 1947-05-01 291.000 1947-06-01 291.000 1947-07-01 283.000 1947-08-01 295.000 1947-09-01 302.000 1947-10-01 310.000 1947-11-01 317.000 1947-12-01 321.000 1948-01-01 324.000 1948-02-01 324.000 1948-03-01 319.000 1948-04-01 309.000 1948-05-01 300.000 1948-06-01 298.000 1948-07-01 294.000 1948-08-01 301.000 1948-09-01 307.000 1948-10-01 310.000 1948-11-01 308.000 1948-12-01 301.000 1949-01-01 288.000 1949-02-01 282.000 1949-03-01 278.000 1949-04-01 272.000 1949-05-01 264.000 1949-06-01 262.000 1949-07-01 258.000 1949-08-01 268.000 1949-09-01 283.000 1949-10-01 291.000 1949-11-01 290.000 1949-12-01 297.000 1950-01-01 298.000 1950-02-01 306.000 1950-03-01 310.000 1950-04-01 312.000 1950-05-01 312.000 1950-06-01 313.000 1950-07-01 313.000 1950-08-01 331.000 1950-09-01 339.000 1950-10-01 342.000 1950-11-01 340.000 1950-12-01 339.000 1951-01-01 334.000 1951-02-01 336.000 1951-03-01 338.000 1951-04-01 328.000 1951-05-01 311.000 1951-06-01 297.000 1951-07-01 292.000 1951-08-01 293.000 1951-09-01 293.000 1951-10-01 297.000 1951-11-01 304.000 1951-12-01 307.000 1952-01-01 306.000 1952-02-01 306.000 1952-03-01 305.000 1952-04-01 300.000 1952-05-01 296.000 1952-06-01 298.000 1952-07-01 296.000 1952-08-01 307.000 1952-09-01 316.000 1952-10-01 322.000 1952-11-01 328.000 1952-12-01 330.000 1953-01-01 329.000 1953-02-01 332.000 1953-03-01 332.000 1953-04-01 328.000 1953-05-01 322.000 1953-06-01 318.000 1953-07-01 315.000 1953-08-01 316.000 1953-09-01 317.000 1953-10-01 314.000 1953-11-01 310.000 1953-12-01 304.000 1954-01-01 295.000 1954-02-01 294.000 1954-03-01 293.000 1954-04-01 286.000 1954-05-01 279.000 1954-06-01 278.000 1954-07-01 275.000 1954-08-01 291.000 1954-09-01 299.000 1954-10-01 302.000 1954-11-01 303.000 1954-12-01 298.000 1955-01-01 294.000 1955-02-01 298.000 1955-03-01 300.000 1955-04-01 299.000 1955-05-01 300.000 1955-06-01 303.000 1955-07-01 300.000 1955-08-01 316.000 1955-09-01 323.000 1955-10-01 326.000 1955-11-01 327.000 1955-12-01 325.000 1956-01-01 322.000 1956-02-01 322.000 1956-03-01 318.000 1956-04-01 315.000 1956-05-01 311.000 1956-06-01 310.000 1956-07-01 304.000 1956-08-01 316.000 1956-09-01 321.000 1956-10-01 322.000 1956-11-01 318.000 1956-12-01 318.000 1957-01-01 311.000