Source: National Bureau of Economic Research  

Release: NBER Macrohistory Database  

Units:  Dollars, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Annual

Data For 1890-1905 Covers Letter Carriers Only. Data For 1906-1928 Covers Carriers And Clerks. Data Is For Calendar Years. Source: Paul H. Douglas, Real Wages In The United States, P. 378; Douglas And Jennison, The Movement Of Money And Real Earnings In The United States, 1926-1928, University Of Chicago Studies In Business Administration No.3, P. 23.

This NBER data series a08058 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 8 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter08.html.

NBER Indicator: a08058