Month Thousands Of Production Workers 1939-01-01 342.000 1939-02-01 358.000 1939-03-01 363.000 1939-04-01 350.000 1939-05-01 328.000 1939-06-01 335.000 1939-07-01 355.000 1939-08-01 362.000 1939-09-01 355.000 1939-10-01 349.000 1939-11-01 334.000 1939-12-01 335.000 1940-01-01 345.000 1940-02-01 352.000 1940-03-01 347.000 1940-04-01 333.000 1940-05-01 309.000 1940-06-01 311.000 1940-07-01 332.000 1940-08-01 337.000 1940-09-01 338.000 1940-10-01 340.000 1940-11-01 334.000 1940-12-01 346.000 1941-01-01 355.000 1941-02-01 368.000 1941-03-01 376.000 1941-04-01 374.000 1941-05-01 365.000 1941-06-01 376.000 1941-07-01 387.000 1941-08-01 389.000 1941-09-01 382.000 1941-10-01 382.000 1941-11-01 376.000 1941-12-01 383.000 1942-01-01 380.000 1942-02-01 387.000 1942-03-01 395.000 1942-04-01 389.000 1942-05-01 385.000 1942-06-01 380.000 1942-07-01 377.000 1942-08-01 370.000 1942-09-01 361.000 1942-10-01 362.000 1942-11-01 369.000 1942-12-01 372.000 1943-01-01 372.000 1943-02-01 370.000 1943-03-01 367.000 1943-04-01 351.000 1943-05-01 354.000 1943-06-01 351.000 1943-07-01 349.000 1943-08-01 345.000 1943-09-01 335.000 1943-10-01 334.000 1943-11-01 334.000 1943-12-01 331.000 1944-01-01 329.000 1944-02-01 331.000 1944-03-01 331.000 1944-04-01 329.000 1944-05-01 325.000 1944-06-01 326.000 1944-07-01 325.000 1944-08-01 324.000 1944-09-01 321.000 1944-10-01 321.000 1944-11-01 323.000 1944-12-01 325.000 1945-01-01 325.000 1945-02-01 325.000 1945-03-01 324.000 1945-04-01 320.000 1945-05-01 319.000 1945-06-01 324.000 1945-07-01 320.000 1945-08-01 321.000 1945-09-01 310.000 1945-10-01 320.000 1945-11-01 327.000 1945-12-01 338.000 1946-01-01 347.000 1946-02-01 359.000 1946-03-01 367.000 1946-04-01 370.000 1946-05-01 372.000 1946-06-01 376.000 1946-07-01 375.000 1946-08-01 375.000 1946-09-01 379.000 1946-10-01 372.000 1946-11-01 371.000 1946-12-01 373.000 1947-01-01 368.000 1947-02-01 372.000 1947-03-01 373.000 1947-04-01 368.000 1947-05-01 355.000 1947-06-01 355.000 1947-07-01 359.000 1947-08-01 372.000 1947-09-01 379.000 1947-10-01 384.000 1947-11-01 387.000 1947-12-01 390.000 1948-01-01 387.000 1948-02-01 391.000 1948-03-01 385.000 1948-04-01 360.000 1948-05-01 347.000 1948-06-01 358.000 1948-07-01 361.000 1948-08-01 371.000 1948-09-01 369.000 1948-10-01 368.000 1948-11-01 356.000 1948-12-01 353.000 1949-01-01 354.000 1949-02-01 358.000 1949-03-01 357.000 1949-04-01 347.000 1949-05-01 331.000 1949-06-01 338.000 1949-07-01 341.000 1949-08-01 354.000 1949-09-01 352.000 1949-10-01 347.000 1949-11-01 330.000 1949-12-01 341.000 1950-01-01 347.000 1950-02-01 355.000 1950-03-01 355.000 1950-04-01 339.000 1950-05-01 333.000 1950-06-01 341.000 1950-07-01 349.000 1950-08-01 367.000 1950-09-01 369.000 1950-10-01 364.000 1950-11-01 357.000 1950-12-01 357.000 1951-01-01 362.000 1951-02-01 371.000 1951-03-01 368.000 1951-04-01 349.000 1951-05-01 325.000 1951-06-01 339.000 1951-07-01 333.000 1951-08-01 340.000 1951-09-01 324.000 1951-10-01 318.000 1951-11-01 315.000 1951-12-01 321.000 1952-01-01 328.000 1952-02-01 340.000 1952-03-01 341.000 1952-04-01 333.000 1952-05-01 326.000 1952-06-01 337.000 1952-07-01 337.000 1952-08-01 354.000 1952-09-01 352.000 1952-10-01 351.000 1952-11-01 354.000 1952-12-01 357.000 1953-01-01 358.000 1953-02-01 362.000 1953-03-01 362.000 1953-04-01 353.000 1953-05-01 342.000 1953-06-01 350.000 1953-07-01 343.000 1953-08-01 350.000 1953-09-01 341.000 1953-10-01 335.000 1953-11-01 334.000 1953-12-01 333.000 1954-01-01 332.000 1954-02-01 339.000 1954-03-01 338.000 1954-04-01 325.000 1954-05-01 316.000 1954-06-01 324.000 1954-07-01 328.000 1954-08-01 338.000 1954-09-01 331.000 1954-10-01 329.000 1954-11-01 332.000 1954-12-01 335.000 1955-01-01 337.000 1955-02-01 345.000 1955-03-01 347.000 1955-04-01 337.000 1955-05-01 330.000 1955-06-01 341.000 1955-07-01 340.000 1955-08-01 349.000 1955-09-01 344.000 1955-10-01 342.000 1955-11-01 330.000 1955-12-01 346.000 1956-01-01 345.000 1956-02-01 350.000 1956-03-01 344.000 1956-04-01 332.000 1956-05-01 325.000 1956-06-01 334.000 1956-07-01 330.000 1956-08-01 338.000 1956-09-01 329.000 1956-10-01 329.000 1956-11-01 329.000