Source: National Bureau of Economic Research  

Release: NBER Macrohistory Database  

Units:  Millions of Manhours, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Monthly

Notes:

Data Refer To Total Time Paid For, Covering Straight Time, Overtime Paid For Pro Rata Rates, Overtime Paid For All Primitive Rates, And Time Paid For But Not Worked. Data Include Switching And Terminal Companies Through 1932; Thereafter Excludes Them. Source: Interstate Commerce Commission, Wage Statistics Of Class I Steam Railroads In The United States.

This NBER data series m08149 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 8 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter08.html.

NBER Indicator: m08149