| The Table below shows for Employment Exchanges in the Liverpool area (including Bootle) the numbers of insured persons, aged 14–64, recorded as unemployed at 16th May, 1938, and 15th May, 1939, for those industries in which appreciable changes occurred between these two dates: | |||
| Industry. | 16th May, 1938. | 15th May, 1939. | Increase (+) or Decrease (-) in May, 1939, compared with May, 1938. |
| Port Transport (Docks, Wharves, etc.) | 10,271 | 9,073 | -1,198 |
| Distributive Trades | 12,600 | 11,544 | -1,056 |
| Laundry Service | 664 | 425 | -239 |
| Goods Transport by Road | 1,730 | 1,514 | -216 |
| Local Government Service | 1,585 | 1,378 | -207 |
| Building | 5,232 | 5,041 | -191 |
| Miscellaneous Transport, Communication, etc., Services. | 943 | 756 | - 187 |
| Miscellaneous Metal Industries | 954 | 794 | - 160 |
| Bread, Biscuit, Cake, etc., Making | 1,125 | 994 | -131 |
| Shipbuilding and Ship-repairing | 3,196 | 3,076 | -120 |
| Public Works Contracting | 1,727 | 1,615 | -112 |
| Tailoring | 798 | 689 | -109 |
| Stationery and Typewriting Requisites (not paper). | 207 | 99 | -108 |
| General Engineering, etc. | 845 | 739 | -106 |
| Hotel, Boarding House, etc., Service | 3,428 | 3,742 | + 314 |
| Hosiery | 89 | 331 | + 242 |
| Shipping Service | 9,117 | 9,297 | + 180 |
| Other industries and services | 17,987 | 17,284 | - 703 |
| All industries and services | 72,498 | 68,391 | - 4,107 |