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Table Ba4314-4319 - Hourly and weekly earnings in selected industries and for lower skilled labor: 1890-1926

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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 ----
33 1922 0.574 0.834 30.30 1.006 0.748 ----
34 1923 0.620 0.864 30.24 1.107 0.762 ----
35 1924 0.636 0.811 30.66 1.188 0.788 ----
36 1925 0.645 0.724 31.80 1.229 0.836 ----
37 1926 0.647 0.719 32.16 1.313 0.867 ----



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