Arizona sun., 1948-05-07
Labor Market
Information Report
For Phoenix Area
APRIL, 1948.
BY Hans @. JOhansn, Manager.
EmplOyment Trend

Employment Trend
Slight improvement in Phoenix
Labor Market area employment
was noted during March, thus off
setting somewhat the slight decline
encountered during the previous
month. Slight declines in public
utility, finance, insurance and real
estate and government employment
were more than offset by estimat-
ed increases in manufacturing and
wholesale and retail and service in
dustries employment.
Unemployment
Unemployment increased during
the month as indicated by an in
crease in the number of active ap-
plications on file in the local office:
February, 6,249; March, 6,476. To-
tai office contacts increased from
1889 during February to 16, 148 in
March. Little change is indicated
in the content of the active file as
females comprise 26 per cent of
those seeking employment and vet
Grams 43 per cent Of the total. The
same as the previous month. New
work applications taken during
March numbered 2,471 as compar-
ed to 1882 taken during February.
Migration
Migration Of workers into the
area during March continued at
approximately the same rate as
during February. 80 per cent of to-
tai new applications taken during
each month represented job seek
ers new to Phoenix. Applications
by Immigrant veterans totaled 338
or "A per cent of the total the same
as February; however, immigrant
females seeking employment de-
clined approximately 6 per cent to
1859.
Job Openings and Labor Supply
New job openings received dur
ing March increased considerably
to 1,1O4 compared to the February
total of 80. Approximately 1877 of
the openings received remained un-
filled as of March 31st. Current or
ders list openings for male public
relations man; physician; mechan-
ical, Typographical and architect
ural craftsmen; surveyors; receiv-
ing clerks; price clerks and boiler
makers. Female openings exist for
bookkeepers, bookkeeping machine
operators, registered nurses, inter-
ior decorators and sewing machine
operators. Workers available for
employers are as follows: Scarce:
stenographerS, registered nurses,
bookkeeping machine operators,
craftsmen and qualified house
keepers. Adequate: typists, yard
workers, stock clerks and automo-
bile mechanics. Abundant: General
office clerks, sales-clerks, carpen-
ters, painters and service station
attendants.
Veterans Activities
Veteran service calls for March
increased from a 6.O95 February
total to 6,61O during March. New
veteran job applications decreased
slightly from 948 in February to
899 in March, per cent decline.
Veteran placements during March
totaled 328 of which 40 were ply
sically handicapped.
Housing
Lo wand medium priced rental
demand remains high with little or
no chance of fulfillment in the i'm
mediate future.
Future Employment Trends and
Needs
With the advent of warm wealth
er and a decrease in the number of
winter visitors, service establish
ments are estimating considerable
employment decline which natur-
ally will adversely affect the over
all employment total within the
area. Minor gains are anticipated
in manufacturing, public utility,
wholesale and retail and finance,
insura ance and real estate. However
these gains are not expected to Off
set the service decrease.