Source: National Bureau of Economic Research  

Release: NBER Macrohistory Database  

Units:  Index 1925-1927=100, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Monthly

Notes:

Data For June 1914-1920 Were Computed By NBER By Dividing Indexes Of Factory Payrolls By Indexes Of Factory Employment In Water, Light, And Power. Data For 1940-1941 Were Computed By NBER By Using $34.22 As The Average Weekly Earnings In The Base 1925-1927 For The Included Industries. See P. 174 Of Bulletin No. 206 For The Source Of The Dollar Base. This Series Covers Employees In Both Office And Shop. Source: N.Y. State Department Of Labor, For June 1914-1920 Data: Computed By NBER From Data Furnished By The Bureau Of Research And Statistics; For 1921-1930 Data: Special Bulletin No. 171, 1931, Course Of Factory Employment In New York State From 1921 To 1930; For 1931-1939: Special Bulletin No. 206, June 1940, Trend Of Employment In New York State Factories From 1914 To 1939; For 1940-1941: Computed By NBER From Dollar Figures In The Industrial Bulletin.

This NBER data series m08245 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 8 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter08.html.

NBER Indicator: m08245