Source: National Bureau of Economic Research  

Release: NBER Macrohistory Database  

Units:  Cents per Hour, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Monthly

Series Is Presented Here As Two Variables--(1)--Original Data, 1920-1948 (2)--Original Data, 1947-1960. Source: For June, 1920 To December, 1933, National Industrial Conference Board, "Wages, Hours, And Employment In The United States, 1914-1936", (No. 229, 1936); For 1934-1938, Conference Board Economic Record, March 28, 1940; For 1939-1942, Conference Board Management Record, April, 1943; For 1943- 1948, The Conference Board Management Record, Monthly.

This NBER data series m08206a appears on the NBER website in Chapter 8 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter08.html.

NBER Indicator: m08206a