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: Road Freight Service, Straight Time Worked for United States Series ID: M08159USM222NNBR Source: National Bureau of Economic Research Release: NBER Macrohistory Database (Not a Press Release) Seasonal Adjustment: Not Seasonally Adjusted Frequency: Monthly Units: Millions of Hours Date Range: 1921-07-01 to 1940-06-01 Last Updated: 2012-08-17 2:28 PM CDT Notes: NBER Computed Data By Adding Figures For The Respective Groups Of Employees In Road Freight Service, Division Vi-B: "Transportation, Train And Engine." Source: NBER Computed Data From Interstate Commerce Commission, Wage Statistics Of Class I Steam Railroads In The United States, Monthly. This NBER data series m08159 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 8 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter08.html. NBER Indicator: m08159 DATE VALUE 1921-07-01 24.53 1921-08-01 26.01 1921-09-01 26.21 1921-10-01 29.74 1921-11-01 26.83 1921-12-01 24.49 1922-01-01 24.50 1922-02-01 24.12 1922-03-01 27.20 1922-04-01 22.74 1922-05-01 24.76 1922-06-01 25.45 1922-07-01 24.71 1922-08-01 26.88 1922-09-01 29.22 1922-10-01 32.51 1922-11-01 32.45 1922-12-01 32.70 1923-01-01 33.31 1923-02-01 30.16 1923-03-01 33.86 1923-04-01 31.80 1923-05-01 32.92 1923-06-01 31.45 1923-07-01 31.76 1923-08-01 32.81 1923-09-01 32.00 1923-10-01 34.97 1923-11-01 32.24 1923-12-01 29.42 1924-01-01 30.76 1924-02-01 29.92 1924-03-01 30.07 1924-04-01 27.17 1924-05-01 27.86 1924-06-01 26.16 1924-07-01 27.18 1924-08-01 28.12 1924-09-01 29.55 1924-10-01 32.14 1924-11-01 29.30 1924-12-01 29.77 1925-01-01 30.31 1925-02-01 26.88 1925-03-01 27.80 1925-04-01 26.73 1925-05-01 27.77 1925-06-01 27.55 1925-07-01 28.75 1925-08-01 29.80 1925-09-01 30.20 1925-10-01 33.05 1925-11-01 30.76 1925-12-01 30.33 1926-01-01 29.54 1926-02-01 27.61 1926-03-01 30.22 1926-04-01 28.33 1926-05-01 29.07 1926-06-01 28.62 1926-07-01 30.00 1926-08-01 30.50 1926-09-01 31.38 1926-10-01 33.34 1926-11-01 31.60 1926-12-01 31.33 1927-01-01 29.89 1927-02-01 27.21 1927-03-01 29.79 1927-04-01 27.88 1927-05-01 28.65 1927-06-01 27.85 1927-07-01 27.63 1927-08-01 29.34 1927-09-01 29.55 1927-10-01 31.40 1927-11-01 27.70 1927-12-01 26.99 1928-01-01 26.47 1928-02-01 25.44 1928-03-01 27.48 1928-04-01 25.68 1928-05-01 27.41 1928-06-01 26.26 1928-07-01 26.98 1928-08-01 28.58 1928-09-01 28.47 1928-10-01 31.46 1928-11-01 28.29 1928-12-01 26.40 1929-01-01 27.68 1929-02-01 26.39 1929-03-01 27.66 1929-04-01 26.57 1929-05-01 27.97 1929-06-01 26.75 1929-07-01 27.94 1929-08-01 28.88 1929-09-01 28.22 1929-10-01 31.08 1929-11-01 27.05 1929-12-01 25.59 1930-01-01 25.91 1930-02-01 22.89 1930-03-01 24.04 1930-04-01 23.57 1930-05-01 24.23 1930-06-01 22.55 1930-07-01 23.24 1930-08-01 23.27 1930-09-01 22.91 1930-10-01 24.88 1930-11-01 21.40 1930-12-01 20.17 1931-01-01 19.91 1931-02-01 17.78 1931-03-01 19.77 1931-04-01 19.39 1931-05-01 19.72 1931-06-01 19.18 1931-07-01 19.89 1931-08-01 19.09 1931-09-01 18.34 1931-10-01 19.66 1931-11-01 17.04 1931-12-01 16.44 1932-01-01 15.91 1932-02-01 15.12 1932-03-01 16.47 1932-04-01 14.96 1932-05-01 14.42 1932-06-01 13.94 1932-07-01 13.79 1932-08-01 14.13 1932-09-01 14.90 1932-10-01 16.84 1932-11-01 14.87 1932-12-01 14.94 1933-01-01 13.92 1933-02-01 13.32 1933-03-01 13.67 1933-04-01 13.36 1933-05-01 14.48 1933-06-01 14.96 1933-07-01 15.94 1933-08-01 16.25 1933-09-01 16.07 1933-10-01 16.84 1933-11-01 15.58 1933-12-01 14.91 1934-01-01 15.73 1934-02-01 15.08 1934-03-01 17.26 1934-04-01 15.30 1934-05-01 16.10 1934-06-01 15.92 1934-07-01 15.85 1934-08-01 16.36 1934-09-01 16.01 1934-10-01 16.91 1934-11-01 15.21 1934-12-01 15.22 1935-01-01 16.34 1935-02-01 15.04 1935-03-01 16.23 1935-04-01 15.20 1935-05-01 15.49 1935-06-01 15.46 1935-07-01 15.31 1935-08-01 15.95 1935-09-01 16.11 1935-10-01 18.21 1935-11-01 16.48 1935-12-01 16.44 1936-01-01 17.76 1936-02-01 18.90 1936-03-01 17.92 1936-04-01 17.29 1936-05-01 17.53 1936-06-01 17.23 1936-07-01 18.28 1936-08-01 18.26 1936-09-01 18.56 1936-10-01 20.70 1936-11-01 19.23 1936-12-01 20.05 1937-01-01 20.09 1937-02-01 19.02 1937-03-01 20.39 1937-04-01 18.83 1937-05-01 19.10 1937-06-01 18.60 1937-07-01 19.20 1937-08-01 18.85 1937-09-01 18.90 1937-10-01 20.16 1937-11-01 17.41 1937-12-01 16.93 1938-01-01 15.90 1938-02-01 14.12 1938-03-01 15.54 1938-04-01 14.31 1938-05-01 14.30 1938-06-01 14.40 1938-07-01 14.92 1938-08-01 15.54 1938-09-01 15.96 1938-10-01 17.69 1938-11-01 16.20 1938-12-01 16.20 1939-01-01 15.83 1939-02-01 14.76 1939-03-01 16.30 1939-04-01 14.68 1939-05-01 15.34 1939-06-01 15.81 1939-07-01 15.96 1939-08-01 16.68 1939-09-01 17.90 1939-10-01 19.82 1939-11-01 18.10 1939-12-01 17.12 1940-01-01 18.62 1940-02-01 16.60 1940-03-01 16.92 1940-04-01 16.32 1940-05-01 17.04 1940-06-01 16.75