NOTE: THIS DATA FILE WILL CHANGE! To improve accessibility of data for all users, we will convert this file from a text format to an html table by the end of June 2024. Title: Average Weekly Earnings, Skilled and Semi-Skilled Shop Employees of First Class Railroads for United States Series ID: M08043USM052NNBR Source: National Bureau of Economic Research Release: NBER Macrohistory Database (Not a Press Release) Seasonal Adjustment: Not Seasonally Adjusted Frequency: Monthly Units: Dollars Date Range: 1921-07-01 to 1943-06-01 Last Updated: 2012-08-17 2:30 PM CDT Notes: For Method Of Computation See Description Of The Series. Data For July 1930-1932 Were Computed By The Same Method By NBER. In February 1932 There Was A 10% Pay Cut. For Other Pay Cuts Before And After See The Source, Pp. 5-26. Source: Computed By National Industrial Conference Board From Data In "Wage Statistics", Interstate Commerce Commission. This NBER data series m08043 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 8 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter08.html. NBER Indicator: m08043 DATE VALUE 1921-07-01 34.71 1921-08-01 36.21 1921-09-01 35.23 1921-10-01 35.80 1921-11-01 34.91 1921-12-01 33.28 1922-01-01 32.91 1922-02-01 34.04 1922-03-01 35.56 1922-04-01 34.11 1922-05-01 34.77 1922-06-01 36.27 1922-07-01 39.38 1922-08-01 46.81 1922-09-01 46.43 1922-10-01 40.20 1922-11-01 37.78 1922-12-01 35.77 1923-01-01 36.30 1923-02-01 35.77 1923-03-01 36.02 1923-04-01 34.99 1923-05-01 35.20 1923-06-01 35.67 1923-07-01 34.17 1923-08-01 35.22 1923-09-01 33.84 1923-10-01 35.71 1923-11-01 33.48 1923-12-01 31.48 1924-01-01 33.63 1924-02-01 34.07 1924-03-01 34.28 1924-04-01 34.51 1924-05-01 33.50 1924-06-01 32.48 1924-07-01 32.64 1924-08-01 32.69 1924-09-01 33.83 1924-10-01 35.29 1924-11-01 33.61 1924-12-01 33.58 1925-01-01 34.35 1925-02-01 34.39 1925-03-01 34.43 1925-04-01 34.60 1925-05-01 33.34 1925-06-01 34.60 1925-07-01 33.79 1925-08-01 33.32 1925-09-01 34.13 1925-10-01 35.12 1925-11-01 33.82 1925-12-01 33.85 1926-01-01 33.57 1926-02-01 34.79 1926-03-01 34.56 1926-04-01 35.48 1926-05-01 34.08 1926-06-01 33.95 1926-07-01 34.33 1926-08-01 34.91 1926-09-01 35.08 1926-10-01 35.42 1926-11-01 35.56 1926-12-01 35.12 1927-01-01 35.24 1927-02-01 35.66 1927-03-01 36.63 1927-04-01 36.45 1927-05-01 35.08 1927-06-01 36.22 1927-07-01 34.02 1927-08-01 35.85 1927-09-01 35.33 1927-10-01 35.62 1927-11-01 35.63 1927-12-01 34.10 1928-01-01 34.71 1928-02-01 35.66 1928-03-01 36.26 1928-04-01 35.13 1928-05-01 35.49 1928-06-01 35.57 1928-07-01 34.29 1928-08-01 36.01 1928-09-01 34.70 1928-10-01 37.00 1928-11-01 35.85 1928-12-01 34.25 1929-01-01 36.16 1929-02-01 36.94 1929-03-01 37.42 1929-04-01 38.49 1929-05-01 37.96 1929-06-01 37.49 1929-07-01 37.64 1929-08-01 38.28 1929-09-01 37.19 1929-10-01 39.21 1929-11-01 37.56 1929-12-01 36.01 1930-01-01 37.65 1930-02-01 37.47 1930-03-01 36.88 1930-04-01 37.37 1930-05-01 35.97 1930-06-01 35.34 1930-07-01 34.27 1930-08-01 34.09 1930-09-01 34.74 1930-10-01 35.13 1930-11-01 33.24 1930-12-01 33.32 1931-01-01 33.54 1931-02-01 33.82 1931-03-01 33.75 1931-04-01 34.26 1931-05-01 32.57 1931-06-01 33.58 1931-07-01 32.44 1931-08-01 31.44 1931-09-01 31.92 1931-10-01 31.56 1931-11-01 30.33 1931-12-01 29.97 1932-01-01 29.87 1932-02-01 28.27 1932-03-01 28.37 1932-04-01 27.90 1932-05-01 26.89 1932-06-01 27.35 1932-07-01 25.40 1932-08-01 26.41 1932-09-01 25.89 1932-10-01 26.10 1932-11-01 26.83 1932-12-01 25.96 1933-01-01 26.40 1933-02-01 26.79 1933-03-01 26.38 1933-04-01 25.88 1933-05-01 27.16 1933-06-01 28.03 1933-07-01 27.74 1933-08-01 29.48 1933-09-01 28.57 1933-10-01 29.44 1933-11-01 28.58 1933-12-01 27.16 1934-01-01 28.58 1934-02-01 29.10 1934-03-01 29.84 1934-04-01 29.69 1934-05-01 29.92 1934-06-01 30.39 1934-07-01 29.47 1934-08-01 30.46 1934-09-01 29.20 1934-10-01 30.74 1934-11-01 29.93 1934-12-01 28.71 1935-01-01 31.52 1935-02-01 31.82 1935-03-01 31.39 1935-04-01 33.58 1935-05-01 33.10 1935-06-01 32.37 1935-07-01 32.44 1935-08-01 32.51 1935-09-01 32.23 1935-10-01 34.61 1935-11-01 33.43 1935-12-01 32.98 1936-01-01 34.87 1936-02-01 36.30 1936-03-01 35.03 1936-04-01 35.39 1936-05-01 33.91 1936-06-01 35.29 1936-07-01 35.33 1936-08-01 34.98 1936-09-01 35.99 1936-10-01 36.70 1936-11-01 36.38 1936-12-01 36.27 1937-01-01 35.14 1937-02-01 36.38 1937-03-01 37.57 1937-04-01 37.22 1937-05-01 35.44 1937-06-01 37.20 1937-07-01 35.76 1937-08-01 37.27 1937-09-01 37.76 1937-10-01 37.53 1937-11-01 37.05 1937-12-01 36.17 1938-01-01 35.27 1938-02-01 36.31 1938-03-01 37.33 1938-04-01 36.44 1938-05-01 35.19 1938-06-01 36.76 1938-07-01 35.45 1938-08-01 37.57 1938-09-01 37.30 1938-10-01 37.65 1938-11-01 37.94 1938-12-01 37.28 1939-01-01 37.76 1939-02-01 38.15 1939-03-01 39.46 1939-04-01 36.92 1939-05-01 38.10 1939-06-01 39.19 1939-07-01 36.83 1939-08-01 38.80 1939-09-01 38.73 1939-10-01 39.88 1939-11-01 39.54 1939-12-01 37.34 1940-01-01 39.17 1940-02-01 38.72 1940-03-01 38.36 1940-04-01 39.46 1940-05-01 38.40 1940-06-01 38.43 1940-07-01 39.11 1940-08-01 39.60 1940-09-01 38.56 1940-10-01 40.54 1940-11-01 39.17 1940-12-01 38.44 1941-01-01 40.25 1941-02-01 40.42 1941-03-01 40.55 1941-04-01 41.80 1941-05-01 41.38 1941-06-01 42.08 1941-07-01 41.90 1941-08-01 42.11 1941-09-01 42.26 1941-10-01 43.23 1941-11-01 41.21 1941-12-01 46.48 1942-01-01 47.18 1942-02-01 47.50 1942-03-01 48.11 1942-04-01 48.85 1942-05-01 47.15 1942-06-01 49.30 1942-07-01 48.65 1942-08-01 48.86 1942-09-01 49.30 1942-10-01 50.80 1942-11-01 49.25 1942-12-01 50.45 1943-01-01 50.31 1943-02-01 52.31 1943-03-01 53.30 1943-04-01 52.87 1943-05-01 52.33 1943-06-01 54.01