Title: Construction Wage Rates, Skilled Labor for United States Series ID: M08258USM055NNBR Source: National Bureau of Economic Research Release: NBER Macrohistory Database (Not a Press Release) Seasonal Adjustment: Not Seasonally Adjusted Frequency: Monthly Units: Dollars per Hour Date Range: 1922-01-01 to 1950-10-01 Last Updated: 2012-08-17 2:30 PM CDT Notes: Wage Rates Are The Average Of Rates Per Hour In 20 Cities For Bricklayers, Carpenters, And Ironworkers On The First Day Of The Month. Source: Engineering News Record, For 1922-1923 Data: Construction Costs, 1937; For 1924-1925: June 30, 1938 Issue; For 1926-1950: Issues Of May 27, 1948 And March 23, 1950 Of Engineering News Record; And Survey Of Current Business. This NBER data series m08258 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 8 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter08.html. NBER Indicator: m08258 DATE VALUE 1922-01-01 1.00 1922-02-01 0.99 1922-03-01 1.01 1922-04-01 1.00 1922-05-01 1.00 1922-06-01 1.01 1922-07-01 1.01 1922-08-01 1.01 1922-09-01 1.01 1922-10-01 1.01 1922-11-01 1.02 1922-12-01 1.03 1923-01-01 1.03 1923-02-01 1.04 1923-03-01 1.04 1923-04-01 1.06 1923-05-01 1.09 1923-06-01 1.12 1923-07-01 1.13 1923-08-01 1.14 1923-09-01 1.15 1923-10-01 1.15 1923-11-01 1.16 1923-12-01 1.15 1924-01-01 1.16 1924-02-01 1.16 1924-03-01 1.16 1924-04-01 1.17 1924-05-01 1.20 1924-06-01 1.21 1924-07-01 1.20 1924-08-01 1.20 1924-09-01 1.20 1924-10-01 1.21 1924-11-01 1.21 1924-12-01 1.21 1925-01-01 1.21 1925-02-01 1.21 1925-03-01 1.21 1925-04-01 1.22 1925-05-01 1.22 1925-06-01 1.23 1925-07-01 1.22 1925-08-01 1.23 1925-09-01 1.23 1925-10-01 1.23 1925-11-01 1.23 1925-12-01 1.24 1926-01-01 1.24 1926-02-01 1.24 1926-03-01 1.24 1926-04-01 1.25 1926-05-01 1.26 1926-06-01 1.27 1926-07-01 1.27 1926-08-01 1.28 1926-09-01 1.28 1926-10-01 1.29 1926-11-01 1.29 1926-12-01 1.29 1927-01-01 1.28 1927-02-01 1.32 1927-03-01 1.32 1927-04-01 1.30 1927-05-01 1.31 1927-06-01 1.33 1927-07-01 1.33 1927-08-01 1.34 1927-09-01 1.34 1927-10-01 1.33 1927-11-01 1.34 1927-12-01 1.33 1928-01-01 1.34 1928-02-01 1.34 1928-03-01 1.34 1928-04-01 1.35 1928-05-01 1.36 1928-06-01 1.35 1928-07-01 1.35 1928-08-01 1.35 1928-09-01 1.35 1928-10-01 1.35 1928-11-01 1.35 1928-12-01 1.35 1929-01-01 1.35 1929-02-01 1.35 1929-03-01 1.35 1929-04-01 1.35 1929-05-01 1.35 1929-06-01 1.36 1929-07-01 1.36 1929-08-01 1.37 1929-09-01 1.37 1929-10-01 1.37 1929-11-01 1.37 1929-12-01 1.37 1930-01-01 1.37 1930-02-01 1.38 1930-03-01 1.38 1930-04-01 1.38 1930-05-01 1.38 1930-06-01 1.38 1930-07-01 1.38 1930-08-01 1.39 1930-09-01 1.39 1930-10-01 1.39 1930-11-01 1.39 1930-12-01 1.39 1931-01-01 1.37 1931-02-01 1.37 1931-03-01 1.36 1931-04-01 1.36 1931-05-01 1.36 1931-06-01 1.32 1931-07-01 1.23 1931-08-01 1.19 1931-09-01 1.19 1931-10-01 1.17 1931-11-01 1.16 1931-12-01 1.15 1932-01-01 1.15 1932-02-01 1.11 1932-03-01 1.11 1932-04-01 0.95 1932-05-01 0.96 1932-06-01 0.99 1932-07-01 1.00 1932-08-01 0.98 1932-09-01 0.99 1932-10-01 0.98 1932-11-01 0.97 1932-12-01 0.98 1933-01-01 0.99 1933-02-01 1.00 1933-03-01 0.99 1933-04-01 1.00 1933-05-01 1.00 1933-06-01 0.99 1933-07-01 0.98 1933-08-01 0.99 1933-09-01 1.02 1933-10-01 1.03 1933-11-01 1.04 1933-12-01 1.06 1934-01-01 1.05 1934-02-01 1.06 1934-03-01 1.07 1934-04-01 1.08 1934-05-01 1.10 1934-06-01 1.10 1934-07-01 1.10 1934-08-01 1.11 1934-09-01 1.12 1934-10-01 1.12 1934-11-01 1.12 1934-12-01 1.12 1935-01-01 1.11 1935-02-01 1.10 1935-03-01 1.09 1935-04-01 1.09 1935-05-01 1.08 1935-06-01 1.07 1935-07-01 1.08 1935-08-01 1.09 1935-09-01 1.09 1935-10-01 1.10 1935-11-01 1.10 1935-12-01 1.10 1936-01-01 1.12 1936-02-01 1.12 1936-03-01 1.13 1936-04-01 1.13 1936-05-01 1.14 1936-06-01 1.14 1936-07-01 1.16 1936-08-01 1.16 1936-09-01 1.16 1936-10-01 1.18 1936-11-01 1.18 1936-12-01 1.18 1937-01-01 1.22 1937-02-01 1.24 1937-03-01 1.25 1937-04-01 1.26 1937-05-01 1.30 1937-06-01 1.33 1937-07-01 1.35 1937-08-01 1.37 1937-09-01 1.37 1937-10-01 1.38 1937-11-01 1.38 1937-12-01 1.39 1938-01-01 1.39 1938-02-01 1.39 1938-03-01 1.40 1938-04-01 1.40 1938-05-01 1.40 1938-06-01 1.41 1938-07-01 1.43 1938-08-01 1.43 1938-09-01 1.43 1938-10-01 1.43 1938-11-01 1.43 1938-12-01 1.43 1939-01-01 1.43 1939-02-01 1.43 1939-03-01 1.43 1939-04-01 1.44 1939-05-01 1.44 1939-06-01 1.44 1939-07-01 1.44 1939-08-01 1.44 1939-09-01 1.44 1939-10-01 1.44 1939-11-01 1.46 1939-12-01 1.46 1940-01-01 1.47 1940-02-01 1.47 1940-03-01 1.47 1940-04-01 1.47 1940-05-01 1.47 1940-06-01 1.47 1940-07-01 1.48 1940-08-01 1.48 1940-09-01 1.48 1940-10-01 1.48 1940-11-01 1.48 1940-12-01 1.48 1941-01-01 1.47 1941-02-01 1.47 1941-03-01 1.47 1941-04-01 1.48 1941-05-01 1.49 1941-06-01 1.49 1941-07-01 1.50 1941-08-01 1.50 1941-09-01 1.52 1941-10-01 1.52 1941-11-01 1.52 1941-12-01 1.52 1942-01-01 1.53 1942-02-01 1.54 1942-03-01 1.54 1942-04-01 1.54 1942-05-01 1.54 1942-06-01 1.55 1942-07-01 1.56 1942-08-01 1.59 1942-09-01 1.59 1942-10-01 1.59 1942-11-01 1.60 1942-12-01 1.60 1943-01-01 1.61 1943-02-01 1.61 1943-03-01 1.61 1943-04-01 1.61 1943-05-01 1.61 1943-06-01 1.61 1943-07-01 1.62 1943-08-01 1.62 1943-09-01 1.62 1943-10-01 1.62 1943-11-01 1.62 1943-12-01 1.62 1944-01-01 1.62 1944-02-01 1.62 1944-03-01 1.62 1944-04-01 1.63 1944-05-01 1.63 1944-06-01 1.94 1944-07-01 1.64 1944-08-01 1.64 1944-09-01 1.64 1944-10-01 1.64 1944-11-01 1.64 1944-12-01 1.64 1945-01-01 1.64 1945-02-01 1.64 1945-03-01 1.64 1945-04-01 1.65 1945-05-01 1.65 1945-06-01 1.66 1945-07-01 1.66 1945-08-01 1.67 1945-09-01 1.67 1945-10-01 1.67 1945-11-01 1.68 1945-12-01 1.68 1946-01-01 1.70 1946-02-01 1.73 1946-03-01 1.74 1946-04-01 1.76 1946-05-01 1.77 1946-06-01 1.80 1946-07-01 1.82 1946-08-01 1.83 1946-09-01 1.84 1946-10-01 1.85 1946-11-01 1.86 1946-12-01 1.87 1947-01-01 1.90 1947-02-01 1.92 1947-03-01 1.92 1947-04-01 1.93 1947-05-01 1.94 1947-06-01 2.02 1947-07-01 2.07 1947-08-01 2.08 1947-09-01 2.10 1947-10-01 2.13 1947-11-01 2.13 1947-12-01 2.14 1948-01-01 2.14 1948-02-01 2.15 1948-03-01 2.15 1948-04-01 2.17 1948-05-01 2.18 1948-06-01 2.25 1948-07-01 2.29 1948-08-01 2.30 1948-09-01 2.32 1948-10-01 2.33 1948-11-01 2.34 1948-12-01 2.35 1949-01-01 2.35 1949-02-01 2.35 1949-03-01 2.38 1949-04-01 2.38 1949-05-01 2.38 1949-06-01 2.39 1949-07-01 2.41 1949-08-01 2.44 1949-09-01 2.45 1949-10-01 2.46 1949-11-01 2.46 1949-12-01 2.46 1950-01-01 2.46 1950-02-01 2.47 1950-03-01 2.47 1950-04-01 2.48 1950-05-01 2.48 1950-06-01 2.52 1950-07-01 2.52 1950-08-01 2.54 1950-09-01 2.55 1950-10-01 2.56