Title:               Average Hourly Money Earnings in Payroll Manufacturing Industries for United States
Series ID:           A0850BUSA052NNBR
Source:              National Bureau of Economic Research
Release:             NBER Macrohistory Database (Not a Press Release)
Seasonal Adjustment: Not Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency:           Annual
Units:               Dollars
Date Range:          1920-01-01 to 1933-01-01
Last Updated:        2012-08-17 2:22 PM CDT
Notes:               Series Is Presented Here As Two Variables--(1)--Original Data,
                     1890-1926 (2)--Original Data, 1920-1933. The Presidents Reemployment
                     Agreement Act Became Effective On August 1, 1933 And Established A 40
                     Hour Week. The Men'S Clothing Code, Effective September, 1933 Carried
                     Provisions For A 36 Hour Week. The Actual Weighted Average Hourly
                     Earnings For 10 Of The 12 Industries In 1933 Were .457. Hourly
                     Earnings Were Only Published By The Bureau Of Labor Statistics Since
                     1932. Source: Leo Wolman Series: Per Capita Maximum Weekly Earnings.
                     
                     This NBER data series a08050b appears on the NBER website in Chapter 8
                     at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter08.html.
                     
                     NBER Indicator: a08050b

DATE        VALUE
1920-01-01  0.615
1921-01-01  0.521
1922-01-01  0.473
1923-01-01  0.541
1924-01-01  0.540
1925-01-01  0.540
1926-01-01  0.530
1927-01-01  0.531
1928-01-01  0.536
1929-01-01  0.562
1930-01-01  0.524
1931-01-01  0.475
1932-01-01  0.369
1933-01-01  0.413