THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1978
EMPLOYMENT CHANGES IN DECEMBER 1977 ·
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A TOTAL OF 755,100 PEOPLE WERE EMPLOYED IN MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS IN DECEMBER LAST YEAR A DECLINE OF 3,200 OR 0.4 PER CENT COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER, ACCORDING TO THE FOURTH QUARTER SURVEY OF 1977 BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
COMPARED WITH_DECEMBER 1976, THE FIGURE SHOWS A DECREASE OF 18,600 OR 2.4 PER CENT.
THE NUMBER OF MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS IN DECEMBER 1977, HOWEVER, INCREASED BY 433 WHEN COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER, AND AN INCREASE OF 1,265 COMPARED WITH THE CORRESPONDING MONTH IN 1976.
IN TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT, THE FIVE LARGEST INDUSTRY GROUPS REMAINED WEARING APPAREL, TEXTILES, ELECTRICAL MACHINERY APPLIANCES AND SUPPLIES, PLASTICS PRODUCTS AND FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS.
A COMPARISON OF THEIR EMPLOYMENT BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 1977 AND DECEMBER 1977 ARE GIVEN BELOW:
CHANGE OF DEC. 1977 OVER SEPT. 1977
PERSONS ENGAGED IN
PERSONS
ENGAGED IN
PERSONS ENGAGED IN
PERSONS
%
INDUSTRY GROUPS DEC. 1976
SEPT. 1977
DEC. 1977
ENGAGED
CHANGE
WEARING APPAREL 265,913
248,737
251,273 +2,536 +1.0
TEXTILES
115,912
104,500
102,461 -2,039
-2.0
ELECTRICAL
MACHINERY,
APPLIANCES AND
SUPPLIES
88,057
91,776
89,525 -2,251
-2.5
PLASTICS
PRODUCTS
*76,994
81,476
78,449 -3,027 -3.7
FABRICATED
METAL PRODUCTS
69,781
71,027
70,931
-96
-0.1
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