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EARNINGS AND
AND EMPLOYMENT..
Table 7. - NUMERICAL DATA .
From Government sources .

[ Base year in bold -facedtype; index numbers on oppositepage.]

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR .

BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS . U. S.

EMPLOY
MENT
Average earnings in selected industries.1 SERVICE .
YEAR AND MONTH.
AUTO- CAR COTTON CIGAR NUMBER
IRON MOBILE BUILD MANU COTTON HOSIERY WOOL MEN'S LEATH BOOTS PAPER
AND MANU- ING AND AND
FINISII UNDER- SILK . CLOTH MAK MANU- ON PAY
AND
FACTUR EN. ER. FACTUR- ROLL OF
STEEL. FACTUR- REPAIR ING. ING. WEAR. ING. SHOES. ING. ING. 1,428 FIRMS.2
ING. ING.

Per Per Per i Per Per Per Per Per 2 Per Per Per Per Per Number of
month. week. month. week. week. week. week. weeks. week. week. week. week. week. employees.

1913monthly average.
1914monthly average.
1915monthly average..
1916monthly average..

1917monthly average..
1918monthly average.. $59. 20 $25.54 $51.77 $15. 13 $18.44 $13.93 $17.96 $29.20 $18.62 $20.07 $17.84 $19.60 $14.66
1919monthly average.... 65.53 29.31 56.43 16.84 20.53 15.88 20.06 36.78 25.59 22.62 17.23
23.12 21.44
1920monthly average.... 75.30 33.23 67.24 20.93 24.23 19.16 24.84 44.89 31.90 26.30 23.66 28.39 21.29

1920 .
January ... $70.81 $33.42 $60.49 $20.71 $ 24.40 $19.05 $25.52 $45.70 $35.71 . $25.62 $24.08 $25.28 $20.73
February . 73.52 32.22 59.66 20.36 22.43 18.54 25.01 48.41 34.06 | 25.93 23.11 25.51 20.01
March ... 77.95 33.72 63.56 20.79 23.15 19.90 25.13 47.23 35.45 25.87 24.66 26.72 21.77
April ..... 73.32 33.45 62.82 21.13 23.60 20.74 25.25 48.53 35.00 26.37 24.70 27.08 20.50

May ..... 74.21 34.66 62.84 21.37 23.67 20.61 26.11 48.22 35.71 26.88 25.07 29.97 22.31
June .... 76.69 34.06 63.53 23.51 27.33 21.71 23.14 44.74 31.39 27.80 24.86 30.38 22.89
July ..... 71.83 33.60 61.94 23.35 26.84 18.99 26.81 39.88 30.91 26.41 24.38 28.88 21.20
August . 74.23 35.58 74.11 23.71 26.13 18.86 26.24 41.41 29.98 27.25 23.76 30.12 20.58

September... 77.54 34.54 73.45 22.82 24.53 18.56 25.19 44.44 29.13 24.78 23.42 30.11 21.61
October.. 80.05 36.69 76.98 17.93 22.66 18.08 22.38 45.50 29.82 26.63 21.47 30.24 21.64
November ... 79.08 28.79 72.81 18.35 21.66 17.22 23.36 41.23 27.55 25.90 22.21 29.44 21.37
December ... 74.41 28.02 74.70 17.07 24.32 17.69 23.99 43.33 28.04 26.15 22.15 26.90 20.91

1921 .
January 75.10 24.05 70.05 16.62 21.03 15.19 22.52 41.70 26.85 22.92 20.92 25.20 19.35 1,628,134
February . 64.75 26.00 67.38 17.09 21.98 16.19 20.89 45.56 29.57 22.67 24.21 24.80 17.75 1,612, 611
March ... 61.11 26.13 66.23 16.99 22.13 16.36 22.45 43.08 33.20 21.41 23.80 24.67 19.89 1,587,786
April ..... 53.11 31.66 66.67 17.26 22.28 16.48 22.64 45.55 32.74 23.18 23.35 24.73 18.67 1,580, 749

May ..... 48.77 33.75 65.01 17.02 22.00 16.51 23.62 45.17 29.47 22.75 22.65 23.61 19.35 1,573,538
June .... 43.90 32.78 66.31 17.56 22.40 16.58 23.40 44.51 30.09 23.05 23.33 24.53 19.47 1,527, 124

1These figures on earnings were obtained by dividing the total pay roll by the total number of employees as reported by the bureau. Inasmuch as the firms re
porting in successivemonths were not always identical>
, some irregularities are introduced .
2Data not available prior to Jan., 1; this month used as base for index numbers.