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Table Ba4361-4366 - Hourly and weekly earnings of production workers in manufacturing: 1909-1995

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  Ba4361 Ba4362 Ba4363 Ba4364 Ba4365 Ba4366
  All manufacturing Durable goods manufacturing Nondurable goods manufacturing
Hourly Weekly Hourly Weekly Hourly Weekly
Row Year Dollars Dollars Dollars Dollars Dollars Dollars
1 1909 0.19 9.74 ---- ---- ---- ----
2 1914 0.22 10.92 ---- ---- ---- ----
3 1915 ---- 11.22 ---- ---- ---- ----
4 1916 ---- 12.63 ---- ---- ---- ----
5 1917 ---- 14.97 ---- ---- ---- ----
6 1918 ---- 19.12 ---- ---- ---- ----
7 1919 0.47 21.84 ---- ---- ---- ----
8 1920 0.55 26.02 ---- ---- ---- ----
9 1921 0.51 21.94 ---- ---- ---- ----
10 1922 0.48 21.28 ---- ---- ---- ----
11 1923 0.52 23.56 ---- 25.42 ---- 21.50
12 1924 0.54 23.67 ---- 25.48 ---- 21.63
13 1925 0.54 24.11 ---- 26.02 ---- 21.99
14 1926 0.54 24.38 ---- 26.23 ---- 22.29
15 1927 0.54 24.47 ---- 26.28 ---- 22.55
16 1928 0.56 24.70 ---- 26.86 ---- 22.42
17 1929 0.56 24.76 ---- 26.84 ---- 22.47
18 1930 0.55 23.00 ---- 24.42 ---- 21.40
19 1931 0.51 20.64 ---- 20.98 ---- 20.09
20 1932 0.44 16.89 0.49 15.99 0.41 17.26
21 1933 0.44 16.65 0.47 16.20 0.42 16.76
22 1934 0.53 18.20 0.55 18.59 0.51 17.73
23 1935 0.54 19.91 0.57 21.24 0.52 18.77
24 1936 0.55 21.56 0.58 23.72 0.52 19.57
25 1937 0.62 23.82 0.67 26.61 0.57 21.17
26 1938 0.62 22.07 0.68 23.70 0.57 20.65
27 1939 0.63 23.64 0.69 26.19 0.57 21.36
28 1940 0.66 24.96 0.72 28.07 0.59 21.83
29 1941 0.73 29.48 0.80 33.56 0.63 24.39
30 1942 0.85 36.68 0.94 42.17 0.71 28.57
31 1943 0.96 43.07 1.05 48.73 0.79 33.45
32 1944 1.01 45.70 1.11 51.38 0.84 36.38
33 1945 1.02 44.20 1.10 48.36 0.89 37.48
34 1946 1.08 43.32 1.14 46.22 1.00 40.30
35 1947 1.22 49.17 1.28 51.76 1.15 46.03
36 1948 1.33 53.12 1.40 56.36 1.25 49.50
37 1949 1.38 53.88 1.45 57.25 1.30 50.38
38 1950 1.44 58.32 1.52 62.43 1.35 53.48
39 1951 1.56 63.34 1.65 68.48 1.44 56.88
40 1952 1.65 67.16 1.75 72.63 1.51 59.95
41 1953 1.74 70.47 1.86 76.63 1.58 62.57
42 1954 1.78 70.49 1.90 76.19 1.62 63.18
43 1955 1.86 75.70 1.99 82.19 1.67 66.63
44 1956 1.95 78.78 2.08 85.28 1.77 70.09
45 1957 2.05 81.59 2.19 88.26 1.85 72.52
46 1958 2.11 82.71 2.26 89.27 1.91 74.11
47 1959 2.19 88.26 2.36 96.05 1.98 78.61
48 1960 2.26 89.72 2.43 97.44 2.05 80.36
49 1961 2.32 92.34 2.49 100.35 2.11 82.92
50 1962 2.39 96.56 2.56 104.70 2.17 85.93
51 1963 2.46 99.63 2.63 108.09 2.22 87.91
52 1964 2.53 102.97 2.71 112.19 2.29 90.91
53 1965 2.61 107.53 2.79 117.18 2.36 94.64
54 1966 2.72 112.34 2.90 122.09 2.45 98.49
55 1967 2.83 114.90 3.00 123.60 2.57 102.03
56 1968 3.01 122.51 3.19 132.07 2.74 109.05
57 1969 3.19 129.51 3.38 139.59 2.91 115.53
58 1970 3.35 133.33 3.55 143.07 3.08 120.43
59 1971 3.57 142.44 3.79 152.74 3.27 128.51
60 1972 3.82 154.71 4.07 167.68 3.48 138.16
61 1973 4.09 166.46 4.35 180.09 3.70 146.52
62 1974 4.42 176.80 4.70 190.82 4.01 156.79
63 1975 4.83 190.79 5.15 205.49 4.37 169.56
64 1976 5.22 209.32 5.57 226.14 4.71 185.57
65 1977 5.68 228.90 6.06 248.46 5.11 201.33
66 1978 6.17 249.27 6.58 270.44 5.54 218.28
67 1979 6.70 269.34 7.12 290.50 6.01 236.19
68 1980 7.27 288.62 7.75 310.78 6.56 255.84
69 1981 7.99 318.00 8.53 342.91 7.19 281.85
70 1982 8.49 330.26 9.03 354.88 7.75 297.60
71 1983 8.83 354.08 9.38 381.77 8.09 318.75
72 1984 9.19 374.03 9.73 402.82 8.39 333.08
73 1985 9.54 386.37 10.09 415.71 8.72 345.31
74 1986 9.73 396.01 10.28 424.56 8.95 357.11
75 1987 9.91 406.31 10.43 432.85 9.19 369.44
76 1988 10.19 418.81 10.71 447.68 9.45 379.89
77 1989 10.48 429.68 11.01 458.02 9.75 391.95
78 1990 10.83 441.86 11.35 468.76 10.12 404.80
79 1991 11.18 455.03 11.75 482.93 10.44 419.69
80 1992 11.46 469.86 12.02 498.83 10.73 433.49
81 1993 11.74 486.04 12.33 519.09 10.98 455.79
82 1994 12.07 506.94 12.68 543.97 11.24 459.72
83 1995 12.37 514.49 12.93 548.23 11.58 468.99



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