Historical Statistics of the United States Millennial Edition Online

		Df754²		Df755³		Df756³
		Employment		Monthly wage rate
		East Coast		West Coast
Row	Year	Thousand		Dollars		Dollars
1	1929	63.8	⁴	----		----
2	1930	62.4	⁴	----		----
3	1931	57.2	⁴	----		----
4	1932	52.6	⁴	----		----
5	1933	54.6	⁴	----		----

6	1934	56.3	⁴	----		----
7	1935	56.2		----		----
8	1936	57.2		----		----
9	1937	59.2		----		----
10	1938	49.8		----		----

11	1939	52.0		----		----
12	1940	49.8		----		----
13	1941	51.3		----		----
14	1942	47.4		----		----
15	1943	75.0	⁵	----		----

16	1944	125.3	⁵	----		----
17	1945	158.9	⁵	----		----
18	1946	120.1	⁵	----		----
19	1947	110.8	⁶	----		----
20	1948	82.1		----		----

21	1949	67.2		----		----
22	1950	56.6		248	⁸	249	⁸
23	1951	69.5		257		249
24	1952	70.7		302		302
25	1953	69.1		314		314

26	1954	55.8		314		302	¹⁰
27	1955	57.5		314		432	¹¹
28	1956	57.2		333		453	¹⁰
29	1957	61.1		353		478	¹⁰
30	1958	51.5		353		478	¹⁰

31	1959	50.2		353		478
32	1960	49.2		369	⁹	512	¹⁰
33	1961	30.9	⁷	384		522	¹⁰
34	1962	47.3		393		522
35	1963	48.0		393		522

36	1964	48.0		393		522
37	1965	39.1	⁷	393		539
38	1966	51.9		393		558
39	1967	54.6		423		578
40	1968	54.2		444		600

41	1969	47.5		444		600
42	1970	37.6		470		652
43	1971	30.4		499		704
44	1972	27.7		528		756
45	1973	25.2		555		806

46	1974	24.8		583		856
47	1975	20.5		612		900
48	1976	21.2		688		1,001
49	1977	20.9		737		1,072
50	1978	19.9		804		1,172

51	1979	19.7		865		1,287
52	1980	19.6		967		1,414
53	1981	18.3		1,120		1,535
54	1982	16.7		1,204		1,686
55	1983	15.3		1,320		1,862

56	1984	13.7		1,419		2,029
57	1985	13.1		1,419		2,069
58	1986	11.5		1,419		2,132
59	1987	10.4		1,419		2,132
60	1988	10.7		1,419		2,175

61	1989	9.9		1,448		2,218
62	1990	11.1		1,505		2,218
63	1991	11.7		1,581		2,329
64	1992	9.2		1,655		2,438
65	1993	9.3		1,721		2,438

66	1994	9.1		1,790		2,536
67	1995	7.9		1,918		2,637
68	1996	7.5		2,014		2,769