Source: National Bureau of Economic Research  

Release: NBER Macrohistory Database  

Units:  Index 1957-1959=100, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Monthly

Labor Cost Per Unit Of Output Equals The Total Manufacturing Payroll (The Component Of National Income) Divided By Manufacturing Production. Source: For 1946-1947, Index Of Wholesale Prices Of Manufactured Goods, Total Employee Compensation In Manufacturing (Unpublished Data In Bc Files), Index Of Production Manufacturing (; For 1948-1966, "Business Cycle Developments, " February 1967 And Subsequent Issues.

This NBER data series m09104 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 9 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter09.html.

NBER Indicator: m09104