Source: National Bureau of Economic Research  

Release: NBER Macrohistory Database  

Units:  Cents per Hour, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Monthly

Series Is Presentes Here As Two Variables--(1)--Original D 1920-1948 (2)--Original Data, 1932- 1959. Source: For 1932-1952, Bureau Of Labor Statistics, "Employment, Hours, And Earnings, Manufacturing Division, Food And Kindred Products Group, "Meat Packing, Wholesale, " Releases Ls 53-1666 (February, 1953) And (February, 1955); For 1953-1959, Release Of June, 1956 And July, 1958, And Monthly Labor Review, "Employment And Earnings".

This NBER data series m08202b appears on the NBER website in Chapter 8 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter08.html.

NBER Indicator: m08202b