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Table Ba4280-4282 - Daily and annual earnings of employees-all and nonfarm: 1860-1929
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All employees, annual
Nonfarm employees
Daily
Annual
Row
Year
Dollars
Dollars
Dollars
1
1860
----
1.09
363
2
1861
----
1.11
370
3
1862
----
1.15
383
4
1863
----
1.38
459
5
1864
----
1.52
506
6
1865
----
1.54
512
7
1866
----
1.47
489
8
1867
----
1.44
479
9
1868
----
1.50
499
10
1869
----
1.49
496
11
1870
----
1.47
489
12
1871
----
1.45
482
13
1872
----
1.46
486
14
1873
----
1.40
466
15
1874
----
1.32
439
16
1875
----
1.27
423
17
1876
----
1.21
403
18
1877
----
1.17
389
19
1878
----
1.14
379
20
1879
----
1.12
373
21
1880
----
1.16
386
22
1881
----
----
409
23
1882
----
----
428
24
1883
----
----
438
25
1884
----
----
441
26
1885
----
----
446
27
1886
----
----
453
28
1887
----
----
462
29
1888
----
----
466
30
1889
----
----
471
31
1890
----
----
475
32
1891
----
----
480
33
1892
----
----
482
34
1893
----
----
458
35
1894
----
----
420
36
1895
----
----
438
37
1896
----
----
439
38
1897
----
----
442
39
1898
----
----
440
40
1899
----
----
470
41
1900
418
----
483
42
1901
438
----
497
43
1902
472
----
528
44
1903
477
----
534
45
1904
482
----
538
46
1905
490
----
550
47
1906
504
----
566
48
1907
529
----
592
49
1908
519
----
577
50
1909
545
----
600
51
1910
575
----
634
52
1911
587
----
644
53
1912
601
----
657
54
1913
633
----
687
55
1914
639
----
696
56
1915
635
----
692
57
1916
705
----
760
58
1917
807
----
866
59
1918
994
----
1,063
60
1919
1,142
----
1,215
61
1920
1,342
----
1,426
62
1921
1,227
----
1,330
63
1922
1,190
----
1,289
64
1923
1,278
----
1,376
65
1924
1,293
----
1,396
66
1925
1,317
----
1,420
67
1926
1,346
----
1,452
68
1927
1,380
----
1,487
69
1928
1,384
----
1,490
70
1929
1,425
----
1,534
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