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Robert A. Margo
Table Ba4314-4319 - Hourly and weekly earnings in selected industries and for lower skilled labor: 1890-1926
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Ba4314
Ba4315
Ba4316
Ba4317
Ba4318
Ba4319
Manufacturing industries, hourly
Bituminous coal mining, hourly
Railroads, weekly
Building trades (union), hourly
Postal employees, hourly
Lower-skilled labor, weekly
Row
Year
Dollars
Dollars
Dollars
Dollars
Dollars
Dollars
1
1890
0.199
0.180
11.38
0.341
0.352
8.71
2
1891
0.202
0.169
11.27
0.341
0.358
9.74
3
1892
0.203
0.179
11.46
0.348
0.360
8.75
4
1893
0.205
0.188
11.37
0.347
0.361
8.73
5
1894
0.200
0.171
11.25
0.339
0.368
8.34
6
1895
0.200
0.158
11.22
0.341
0.375
7.45
7
1896
0.205
0.147
11.22
0.343
0.378
8.46
8
1897
0.203
0.138
11.25
0.346
0.381
8.40
9
1898
0.204
0.170
11.31
0.348
0.376
8.53
10
1899
0.209
0.185
11.37
0.361
0.370
8.70
11
1900
0.216
0.204
11.43
0.374
0.371
8.83
12
1901
0.219
0.231
11.49
0.391
0.375
9.05
13
1902
0.227
0.244
11.73
0.413
0.374
9.25
14
1903
0.236
0.267
12.12
0.436
0.372
9.64
15
1904
0.236
0.271
12.56
0.443
0.373
9.84
16
1905
0.239
0.276
12.45
0.454
0.375
9.91
17
1906
0.248
0.293
12.84
0.481
0.369
10.34
18
1907
0.257
0.288
13.35
0.498
0.378
10.76
19
1908
0.250
0.293
13.47
0.505
0.395
10.22
20
1909
0.252
0.292
13.59
0.510
0.409
10.37
21
1910
0.260
0.299
14.07
0.520
0.420
10.65
22
1911
0.263
0.305
14.49
0.531
0.429
10.13
23
1912
0.274
0.320
14.79
0.544
0.437
10.32
24
1913
0.285
0.316
15.12
0.557
0.450
10.84
25
1914
0.287
0.323
15.36
0.567
0.464
10.78
26
1915
0.287
0.337
15.78
0.569
0.466
10.65
27
1916
0.320
0.379
16.62
0.587
0.471
13.78
28
1917
0.364
0.484
18.84
0.624
0.484
17.18
29
1918
0.448
0.599
26.40
0.684
0.536
21.69
30
1919
0.529
0.699
27.66
0.780
0.648
23.83
31
1920
0.663
0.784
34.14
1.052
0.739
25.98
32
1921
0.607
0.846
31.14
1.076
0.759
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33
1922
0.574
0.834
30.30
1.006
0.748
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34
1923
0.620
0.864
30.24
1.107
0.762
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35
1924
0.636
0.811
30.66
1.188
0.788
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36
1925
0.645
0.724
31.80
1.229
0.836
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37
1926
0.647
0.719
32.16
1.313
0.867
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