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YEAH AKI> MONTH<br />

1914, July<br />

1920 monthly average.<br />

1021 monthly average-.<br />

1022 monthly average.<br />

1923 monthly average..<br />

1030<br />

June<br />

July<br />

August<br />

September..<br />

October<br />

November.,<br />

December..<br />

11)21<br />

January...<br />

February..<br />

March<br />

April<br />

<strong>May</strong>....<br />

June<br />

July....<br />

August.<br />

.168<br />

Table 112.—EARNINGS AND HOURS OF LABOR<br />

AVERAGE WEEKLY EARNINGS<br />

Grand<br />

total<br />

100<br />

»235<br />

188<br />

2-10<br />

240<br />

240<br />

239<br />

237<br />

228<br />

222<br />

205<br />

199<br />

197<br />

193<br />

187<br />

184<br />

181<br />

182<br />

September - [ 180<br />

October 183<br />

November.,<br />

181<br />

Decomber..<br />

182<br />

1023<br />

July<br />

August<br />

September..<br />

October<br />

November..<br />

December.,<br />

181<br />

180<br />

192<br />

193<br />

199<br />

200<br />

1023<br />

January.<br />

200<br />

February j 201<br />

March , 20i<br />

April , 212<br />

! <strong>May</strong>....<br />

I June<br />

! July....<br />

August.<br />

September..<br />

October<br />

November..<br />

December..<br />

January..,<br />

February..<br />

March<br />

April<br />

<strong>May</strong>..<br />

June..<br />

217<br />

216<br />

213<br />

212<br />

213<br />

216<br />

215<br />

215<br />

215<br />

217<br />

214<br />

Total<br />

100<br />

»238<br />

188<br />

U92 ij '193<br />

209 il 213<br />

242<br />

242<br />

243<br />

243<br />

211<br />

233<br />

220<br />

210<br />

202<br />

190<br />

191<br />

188<br />

185<br />

183<br />

183<br />

180<br />

182<br />

ISO<br />

181<br />

185<br />

189<br />

191<br />

196<br />

198<br />

200<br />

200<br />

201<br />

207<br />

214<br />

219<br />

218<br />

214<br />

213<br />

216<br />

218<br />

217<br />

215<br />

215<br />

218<br />

215<br />

Male<br />

Skill- Uned<br />

skilled<br />

Women<br />

Relative to July, 1914<br />

INDEX NUMBERS<br />

1OO<br />

"235<br />

188<br />

»194<br />

213<br />

239<br />

239<br />

240<br />

240<br />

237<br />

229<br />

223<br />

208<br />

200<br />

194<br />

189<br />

186<br />

184<br />

183<br />

183<br />

179<br />

182<br />

180<br />

182<br />

185<br />

190<br />

192<br />

197<br />

199<br />

201<br />

201<br />

202<br />

208<br />

215<br />

220<br />

218<br />

214<br />

211<br />

215<br />

218<br />

217<br />

214<br />

215<br />

217<br />

213<br />

100<br />

*253<br />

191<br />

•192<br />

211<br />

256<br />

257<br />

258<br />

2m<br />

257<br />

247<br />

239<br />

220<br />

208<br />

202<br />

196<br />

193<br />

190<br />

181<br />

182<br />

ISO<br />

183<br />

181<br />

179<br />

184<br />

185<br />

190<br />

195<br />

196<br />

199<br />

197<br />

198<br />

201<br />

211<br />

217<br />

216<br />

215<br />

218<br />

216<br />

217<br />

215<br />

213<br />

215<br />

221<br />

221<br />

100<br />

*233<br />

205<br />

*204<br />

223<br />

243<br />

241<br />

235<br />

238<br />

234<br />

223<br />

218<br />

205<br />

209<br />

206<br />

204<br />

208 i<br />

208<br />

202<br />

204<br />

204<br />

205<br />

202<br />

204<br />

19G<br />

195<br />

202<br />

207*<br />

211<br />

213<br />

214<br />

214<br />

218<br />

222<br />

231<br />

229<br />

223<br />

225<br />

225<br />

220<br />

224<br />

222<br />

222<br />

222<br />

222<br />

AVERAGE<br />

WEEKLY<br />

HOUKS<br />

Nominal<br />

1OO<br />

»91<br />

90<br />

«91<br />

91<br />

91<br />

91<br />

91<br />

91<br />

91<br />

91<br />

91<br />

91<br />

91<br />

91<br />

91<br />

91<br />

90<br />

90<br />

90<br />

90<br />

90<br />

90<br />

90<br />

91<br />

91<br />

91<br />

91<br />

91<br />

91<br />

91<br />

91<br />

91<br />

91<br />

91<br />

91<br />

91<br />

91<br />

90<br />

90<br />

90<br />

90<br />

Actual<br />

1OO<br />

3 95<br />

3 96<br />

97<br />

97<br />

97<br />

95<br />

91<br />

90<br />

87<br />

87<br />

87<br />

87<br />

87<br />

89<br />

92<br />

91<br />

93<br />

93<br />

95<br />

95<br />

96<br />

97<br />

97<br />

97<br />

97<br />

97<br />

97<br />

96<br />

96<br />

95<br />

93<br />

94<br />

94<br />

93<br />

Grand<br />

total<br />

S13.54<br />

»29.51<br />

23.57<br />

• 24.06<br />

26.25<br />

30.09<br />

30.10<br />

30.14<br />

30.01<br />

29.75<br />

28.63<br />

27.89<br />

25.75<br />

24.96<br />

24.69<br />

24.18<br />

23.45<br />

23.12<br />

22.75<br />

22.82<br />

22.62<br />

22.99<br />

22.71<br />

22.84<br />

22.75<br />

23.36<br />

24.04<br />

24.16<br />

24.92<br />

25.12<br />

25.08<br />

25.24<br />

25.64<br />

26.64<br />

27.25<br />

27.12<br />

26.66<br />

26.57<br />

26.74<br />

27.14<br />

26.99<br />

26.94<br />

26.94<br />

27.20<br />

26.89<br />

AVERAGE WEEKLY EARNINGS<br />

Total<br />

$13.30<br />

* 31.72<br />

25.05<br />

* 25. 69<br />

28.27<br />

32.23<br />

32.21<br />

32.30<br />

32.30<br />

32.00<br />

30.93<br />

27.96<br />

26.82<br />

26.07<br />

25.38<br />

24.95<br />

24.62<br />

24.32<br />

24.35<br />

23.89<br />

24.18<br />

23.94<br />

24.12<br />

24.59<br />

25.09<br />

25.46<br />

26.09<br />

26.33<br />

26.60<br />

26.58<br />

26.73<br />

27.47<br />

28.44<br />

29.17<br />

28.97<br />

28.52<br />

28.31<br />

28.67<br />

28.99<br />

28.81<br />

28.53<br />

28.64<br />

29.05<br />

28.59<br />

Male<br />

Skilled<br />

Dollars<br />

Unskilled<br />

NUMERICAL DATA<br />

S14.16<br />

J 33.31<br />

26.55<br />

*27.42<br />

30.12<br />

33.86<br />

33.83<br />

33.92<br />

33.94<br />

33.58<br />

32.47<br />

31.57<br />

29.41<br />

28.33<br />

27.54<br />

26.81<br />

26.35<br />

26.01<br />

25.91<br />

25.91<br />

25.38<br />

25.72<br />

25.44<br />

25.77<br />

26.21<br />

26.85<br />

27.15<br />

27.83<br />

28.11<br />

28.40<br />

28.43<br />

28.57<br />

29.48<br />

30.39<br />

31.12<br />

30.90<br />

30.35<br />

29.92<br />

30.41<br />

30.81<br />

30.73<br />

30.29<br />

30.38<br />

30.73<br />

' 30.12<br />

S1O.71<br />

3 27.11<br />

20.48<br />

»20.53<br />

22.61<br />

27.42<br />

27.51<br />

27.68<br />

27.64<br />

27.51<br />

26.44<br />

25.57<br />

23.51<br />

22.24<br />

21.67<br />

21.04<br />

20.65<br />

20.38<br />

19.34<br />

19.45.<br />

19.33<br />

19.58<br />

19.35<br />

19.18<br />

19.72<br />

19.80<br />

20.39<br />

20.89<br />

20.99<br />

21.31<br />

21.06<br />

21.22<br />

21.49<br />

22.57<br />

23.19<br />

23.14<br />

23.04<br />

23.31<br />

23.17<br />

23.25<br />

23.02<br />

22.86<br />

23.04<br />

23.67<br />

23.70<br />

Women<br />

S7.S4<br />

* 18. 27<br />

16.07<br />

315.99<br />

17,46<br />

19.06<br />

18.86<br />

18.44<br />

18.67<br />

18.34<br />

17.45<br />

17.08<br />

16.08<br />

16.38<br />

16.16<br />

15.96<br />

16.34<br />

16.28<br />

15.80<br />

15.99<br />

15.96<br />

16.06<br />

15.82<br />

15.97<br />

15.36<br />

15.32<br />

15.82<br />

16.21<br />

16.52<br />

16.70<br />

16. 8*1<br />

16.76<br />

17.06<br />

17.43<br />

18,14<br />

17.94<br />

17.44<br />

17. G6<br />

17.66<br />

17.69<br />

17.59<br />

17.39<br />

17.38<br />

17.36<br />

17.41<br />

AVERAGE<br />

WEEKLY<br />

HOURS<br />

*S P^te employing 506,315 people in January, 1921, and representing<br />

ar su<br />

average man hours worked each week The ^ ^grandtotalweik ^ t t v e^uira ^ c ^ X ? h" l PP°scd normally to operate, while the actual hours represent the<br />

B the avera<br />

employed as reprted b th C<br />

&° i i h i d t y by th number <strong>of</strong> wage earners<br />

6 TC ? M l^PPOSodnomolly to operate whfle the actual hours; represent.IOJ<br />

employed as reported by the Census <strong>of</strong> ManuftSturS $ Sw S«? « It w^?tSS P M ? y T^ htlng th( > average earnings in each industry by the number <strong>of</strong> wage earners<br />

are unweighted; hence, the index number forS "totalI ioSetoesl^ffow^inHhS 9 i am th ° " ecessar y weighting factors for the classes <strong>of</strong> labor, the latter averages<br />

" • Average <strong>of</strong> last seven months <strong>of</strong> the year<br />

1 sometimes is lower than the index number <strong>of</strong> any class, owing to the different methods <strong>of</strong> computation.<br />

Average <strong>of</strong> last six months <strong>of</strong> the year.<br />

Nominal.<br />

55.0<br />

2 50.0<br />

49.7<br />

3 50.0<br />

49.9<br />

50.0<br />

50.0<br />

50.0<br />

50,0<br />

50.0<br />

49.9<br />

50.0<br />

49.9<br />

50.0<br />

49.8<br />

49.9<br />

49.8<br />

49.5<br />

49.5<br />

49.5<br />

49.6<br />

49.8<br />

49.6<br />

49.7<br />

50.0<br />

50.0<br />

49.9<br />

50.0<br />

50.0<br />

50.1<br />

50.2<br />

50.1<br />

50.2<br />

50.1<br />

50.2<br />

50.2<br />

49.9<br />

49.9<br />

Hours<br />

49.5<br />

49.6<br />

49.5<br />

49.7<br />

49.6<br />

49.9<br />

50.1<br />

Actual<br />

51.5<br />

"48.7<br />

45.5<br />

3 49.2<br />

49.2<br />

49.7<br />

50.0<br />

49.9<br />

49.1<br />

48.7<br />

47.0<br />

46.3<br />

•44.6<br />

44.3<br />

45.0<br />

44.7<br />

44.6<br />

44.4<br />

44.9<br />

45.8<br />

45.9<br />

47.6<br />

46.8<br />

47.8<br />

48.0<br />

48.8<br />

48.9<br />

49.5<br />

49.8<br />

50.0<br />

50.1<br />

49.8<br />

50.1<br />

50.3<br />

49.8<br />

49.5<br />

49.5<br />

48.7<br />

48.0<br />

48.3<br />

48.2<br />

48.1<br />

48.5<br />

48.3<br />

47.8

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