Title:               Average Hourly Earnings, Silk and Rayon Manufacturing for United States
Series ID:           M0803AUSM265NNBR
Source:              National Bureau of Economic Research
Release:             NBER Macrohistory Database (Not a Press Release)
Seasonal Adjustment: Not Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency:           Monthly
Units:               Cents per Hour
Date Range:          1920-06-01 to 1948-07-01
Last Updated:        2012-08-17 2:25 PM CDT
Notes:               The Series Is Discontinued With The 1948 Figure (See The Conference
                     Board Management Record, October, 1948, P. 504). Series 08203 Is
                     Presented Here As Two Variables--(1)--Original Data, 1920-1948
                     (2)--Original Data, 1947-1959. Source: For June, 1920 To June, 1936,
                     National Industrial Conference Board, "Wages, Hours, And Employment In
                     The United States, 1914-1936", (No. 229, 1936); For July, 1936 To
                     December, 1937, Supplement To The Conference Board Service Letter Of
                     June, 1938; For 1938 To September, 1941, Conference Board Economic
                     Record, March 28, 1940 And Following Issues; For October, 1941 To
                     1948, Conference Board Management Record.
                     
                     This NBER data series m08203a appears on the NBER website in Chapter 8
                     at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter08.html.
                     
                     NBER Indicator: m08203a

DATE        VALUE
1920-06-01   53.3
1920-07-01   53.3
1920-08-01   53.3
1920-09-01   53.9
1920-10-01   53.2
1920-11-01   52.7
1920-12-01   53.3
1921-01-01   50.5
1921-02-01   49.8
1921-03-01   48.3
1921-04-01   48.3
1921-05-01   47.8
1921-06-01   48.2
1921-07-01   47.2
1921-08-01   47.1
1921-09-01   47.8
1921-10-01   47.7
1921-11-01   47.1
1921-12-01   45.7
1922-01-01      .
1922-02-01      .
1922-03-01      .
1922-04-01      .
1922-05-01      .
1922-06-01      .
1922-07-01   44.1
1922-08-01   44.5
1922-09-01   45.1
1922-10-01   45.0
1922-11-01   45.1
1922-12-01   44.7
1923-01-01   44.8
1923-02-01   45.2
1923-03-01   47.1
1923-04-01   47.8
1923-05-01   50.0
1923-06-01   51.4
1923-07-01   50.7
1923-08-01   50.8
1923-09-01   51.9
1923-10-01   51.5
1923-11-01   51.4
1923-12-01   52.0
1924-01-01   49.5
1924-02-01   50.4
1924-03-01   51.5
1924-04-01   50.1
1924-05-01   48.8
1924-06-01   49.9
1924-07-01   49.1
1924-08-01   48.5
1924-09-01   48.2
1924-10-01   50.2
1924-11-01   48.0
1924-12-01   45.5
1925-01-01   47.6
1925-02-01   47.5
1925-03-01   47.5
1925-04-01   47.5
1925-05-01   47.7
1925-06-01   47.1
1925-07-01   47.3
1925-08-01   47.1
1925-09-01   47.6
1925-10-01   47.8
1925-11-01   47.8
1925-12-01   47.6
1926-01-01   48.4
1926-02-01   48.3
1926-03-01   48.9
1926-04-01   49.6
1926-05-01   49.2
1926-06-01   49.7
1926-07-01   49.1
1926-08-01   48.2
1926-09-01   49.0
1926-10-01   49.1
1926-11-01   49.0
1926-12-01   49.2
1927-01-01   50.3
1927-02-01   49.7
1927-03-01   49.6
1927-04-01   49.1
1927-05-01   48.6
1927-06-01   50.4
1927-07-01   50.0
1927-08-01   49.7
1927-09-01   49.4
1927-10-01   49.5
1927-11-01   48.7
1927-12-01   49.0
1928-01-01   48.1
1928-02-01   47.9
1928-03-01   48.0
1928-04-01   50.0
1928-05-01   49.0
1928-06-01   48.7
1928-07-01   49.2
1928-08-01   48.7
1928-09-01   48.5
1928-10-01   48.4
1928-11-01   49.3
1928-12-01   48.7
1929-01-01   49.1
1929-02-01   49.0
1929-03-01   49.0
1929-04-01   49.2
1929-05-01   49.3
1929-06-01   48.7
1929-07-01   49.0
1929-08-01   48.4
1929-09-01   47.9
1929-10-01   48.3
1929-11-01   47.9
1929-12-01   48.0
1930-01-01   49.5
1930-02-01   48.9
1930-03-01   49.8
1930-04-01   49.1
1930-05-01   49.3
1930-06-01   48.8
1930-07-01   49.4
1930-08-01   49.2
1930-09-01   49.4
1930-10-01   48.5
1930-11-01   48.4
1930-12-01   48.4
1931-01-01   49.1
1931-02-01   47.3
1931-03-01   46.9
1931-04-01   46.7
1931-05-01   46.3
1931-06-01   44.9
1931-07-01   46.6
1931-08-01   47.4
1931-09-01   46.6
1931-10-01   46.4
1931-11-01   45.3
1931-12-01   44.4
1932-01-01   42.7
1932-02-01   42.0
1932-03-01   41.7
1932-04-01   40.4
1932-05-01   41.9
1932-06-01   39.6
1932-07-01   36.5
1932-08-01   35.7
1932-09-01   36.1
1932-10-01   35.2
1932-11-01   35.4
1932-12-01   35.0
1933-01-01   34.0
1933-02-01   34.5
1933-03-01   34.3
1933-04-01   32.8
1933-05-01   33.4
1933-06-01   34.4
1933-07-01   35.0
1933-08-01   43.8
1933-09-01   47.3
1933-10-01   49.5
1933-11-01   49.8
1933-12-01   50.5
1934-01-01   50.4
1934-02-01   49.7
1934-03-01   49.5
1934-04-01   50.2
1934-05-01   49.9
1934-06-01   49.7
1934-07-01   50.4
1934-08-01   50.6
1934-09-01   52.4
1934-10-01   50.9
1934-11-01   50.9
1934-12-01   55.0
1935-01-01   55.1
1935-02-01   53.9
1935-03-01   53.4
1935-04-01   54.5
1935-05-01   54.3
1935-06-01   53.4
1935-07-01   52.1
1935-08-01   52.0
1935-09-01   50.8
1935-10-01   50.4
1935-11-01   50.8
1935-12-01   51.2
1936-01-01   52.1
1936-02-01   52.4
1936-03-01   52.7
1936-04-01   52.2
1936-05-01   52.0
1936-06-01   49.4
1936-07-01   49.1
1936-08-01   49.9
1936-09-01   50.1
1936-10-01   49.5
1936-11-01   49.3
1936-12-01   50.2
1937-01-01   50.1
1937-02-01   50.2
1937-03-01   51.0
1937-04-01   51.3
1937-05-01   50.9
1937-06-01   50.9
1937-07-01   50.5
1937-08-01   50.4
1937-09-01   51.8
1937-10-01   53.2
1937-11-01   54.3
1937-12-01   54.3
1938-01-01   54.5
1938-02-01   53.5
1938-03-01   53.4
1938-04-01   53.6
1938-05-01   53.5
1938-06-01   52.6
1938-07-01   52.2
1938-08-01   52.2
1938-09-01   51.8
1938-10-01   51.4
1938-11-01   51.8
1938-12-01   51.0
1939-01-01   51.4
1939-02-01   51.3
1939-03-01   51.1
1939-04-01   52.2
1939-05-01   52.8
1939-06-01   53.7
1939-07-01   51.6
1939-08-01   50.9
1939-09-01   51.0
1939-10-01   51.3
1939-11-01   52.1
1939-12-01   51.7
1940-01-01   52.6
1940-02-01   52.4
1940-03-01   53.2
1940-04-01   53.5
1940-05-01   53.8
1940-06-01   53.3
1940-07-01   53.4
1940-08-01   52.9
1940-09-01   52.9
1940-10-01   52.2
1940-11-01   52.2
1940-12-01   52.7
1941-01-01   52.8
1941-02-01   52.9
1941-03-01   52.8
1941-04-01   53.2
1941-05-01   53.3
1941-06-01   53.1
1941-07-01   54.9
1941-08-01   55.1
1941-09-01   57.7
1941-10-01   58.3
1941-11-01   59.5
1941-12-01   60.7
1942-01-01   61.4
1942-02-01   62.1
1942-03-01   62.5
1942-04-01   62.3
1942-05-01   62.4
1942-06-01   63.0
1942-07-01   63.2
1942-08-01   63.8
1942-09-01   65.9
1942-10-01   66.1
1942-11-01   66.5
1942-12-01   68.0
1943-01-01   67.1
1943-02-01   70.4
1943-03-01   71.8
1943-04-01   73.0
1943-05-01   71.8
1943-06-01   72.8
1943-07-01   73.1
1943-08-01   73.3
1943-09-01   74.5
1943-10-01   75.0
1943-11-01   75.2
1943-12-01   75.6
1944-01-01   76.1
1944-02-01   76.5
1944-03-01   76.5
1944-04-01   77.1
1944-05-01   77.1
1944-06-01   77.5
1944-07-01   77.1
1944-08-01   77.5
1944-09-01   78.4
1944-10-01   79.6
1944-11-01   80.1
1944-12-01   80.5
1945-01-01   80.7
1945-02-01   80.8
1945-03-01   81.9
1945-04-01   81.9
1945-05-01   82.0
1945-06-01   82.7
1945-07-01   83.3
1945-08-01   83.1
1945-09-01   83.6
1945-10-01   87.3
1945-11-01   89.8
1945-12-01   91.9
1946-01-01   89.7
1946-02-01   89.8
1946-03-01   93.6
1946-04-01   94.0
1946-05-01   94.8
1946-06-01   94.6
1946-07-01   94.3
1946-08-01   99.0
1946-09-01   99.3
1946-10-01   99.5
1946-11-01  104.1
1946-12-01  106.0
1947-01-01  109.2
1947-02-01  111.4
1947-03-01  112.8
1947-04-01  116.2
1947-05-01  115.2
1947-06-01  115.3
1947-07-01  114.3
1947-08-01  116.8
1947-09-01  120.9
1947-10-01  122.0
1947-11-01  120.5
1947-12-01  123.1
1948-01-01  126.6
1948-02-01  129.9
1948-03-01  129.2
1948-04-01  128.5
1948-05-01  126.6
1948-06-01  127.0
1948-07-01  126.4