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TAB1E XXXVII
.otal Payrolls, Full and Part-time, "by Types of Theatres, 1933
Type of Theatre
Total
PullTime
Part-Time
Amount Per Cent Amount Per Cent Amount Per Cent (000' s) of Total (000' s) of Total (000' s) of Total
Motion Picture
only $71,451 Motion picture and
Vaudeville 10,305
Total Theatres Showing
Motion Pictures 81s, 756
100.0 $67,009 93.8 $4,442 6.2 100.0 10,053 97.5 252 2.5
100.0 77,062 94.2 4,694 5.8
Source: Census of American Business, 1933. "Service, Amusements, and Hotels."
Total Annual Payrolls as a Per Cent of Total Receipts
According to estimates of the Motion picture Almanac for 1933, payrolls in the exhibition division represent about 25 per cent of total theatre receipts. This figure is slightly higher than that derived from receipts and payroll data reported "by the Census of American Business in 1933, which listed receipts as $415,153,000 (see Table XXXVIII, "below) , and a total, full an< part-time payroll of $81,756,000, which represents approximately 20 per cent of total receipts. (See Table XXXVII, above.)
Number of TJage Earners and Total Annual Wages by Principal States
Table XXXVIII shows the distribution of full-time employees and payrolls by ten principal states, as reported by the Census of American Business in 1933. The ten states listed employed almost 67 per cent of all the full-time employees in that year and paid them 73 per cent of the total payroll. The state of Hew York employed 18 per cent of all full-time workers, but reported 26 per cent of the total full-time payroll, which indicates high average wages in that state, California was second with more than 8 per cent of total employees, who received 8 per cent of the total payroll. Hew York also received the largest share of theatre receipts, amounting to 23 per cent of the total.
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