Title: Average Hours of Work Per Week, Production Workers, Manufacturing, Durable Goods for United States Series ID: M08263USM065NNBR Source: National Bureau of Economic Research Release: NBER Macrohistory Database (Not a Press Release) Seasonal Adjustment: Not Seasonally Adjusted Frequency: Monthly Units: Hours Date Range: 1932-01-01 to 1962-02-01 Last Updated: 2012-08-17 2:26 PM CDT Notes: Source: Bureau Of Labor Statistics, For 1932-June 1961 Data: Employment And Earnings Statistics For The United States, 1909-1960, Bls Bulletin No. 1312, 1961; For July, 1961-February, 1962 Data: Employment And Earnings, Monthly. This NBER data series m08263 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 8 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter08.html. NBER Indicator: m08263 DATE VALUE 1932-01-01 34.8 1932-02-01 33.6 1932-03-01 33.5 1932-04-01 32.5 1932-05-01 33.1 1932-06-01 31.6 1932-07-01 30.2 1932-08-01 30.1 1932-09-01 31.0 1932-10-01 33.9 1932-11-01 33.2 1932-12-01 32.5 1933-01-01 31.4 1933-02-01 32.0 1933-03-01 30.3 1933-04-01 32.7 1933-05-01 36.8 1933-06-01 39.5 1933-07-01 40.0 1933-08-01 38.2 1933-09-01 35.0 1933-10-01 34.8 1933-11-01 33.2 1933-12-01 32.9 1934-01-01 32.5 1934-02-01 34.8 1934-03-01 35.9 1934-04-01 36.0 1934-05-01 35.5 1934-06-01 35.0 1934-07-01 31.9 1934-08-01 32.7 1934-09-01 31.3 1934-10-01 32.9 1934-11-01 32.9 1934-12-01 34.5 1935-01-01 34.7 1935-02-01 36.8 1935-03-01 37.0 1935-04-01 37.2 1935-05-01 36.2 1935-06-01 35.7 1935-07-01 35.0 1935-08-01 37.1 1935-09-01 38.2 1935-10-01 39.5 1935-11-01 39.3 1935-12-01 39.9 1936-01-01 38.1 1936-02-01 38.0 1936-03-01 39.9 1936-04-01 41.0 1936-05-01 41.6 1936-06-01 41.5 1936-07-01 40.0 1936-08-01 41.0 1936-09-01 40.7 1936-10-01 42.9 1936-11-01 43.0 1936-12-01 43.1 1937-01-01 40.9 1937-02-01 42.1 1937-03-01 42.7 1937-04-01 42.3 1937-05-01 41.6 1937-06-01 41.0 1937-07-01 38.9 1937-08-01 40.4 1937-09-01 39.0 1937-10-01 39.3 1937-11-01 36.4 1937-12-01 34.3 1938-01-01 32.3 1938-02-01 33.1 1938-03-01 33.7 1938-04-01 33.6 1938-05-01 33.9 1938-06-01 34.0 1938-07-01 33.5 1938-08-01 36.0 1938-09-01 36.6 1938-10-01 37.7 1938-11-01 36.9 1938-12-01 37.3 1939-01-01 36.3 1939-02-01 36.9 1939-03-01 37.1 1939-04-01 36.8 1939-05-01 37.0 1939-06-01 37.5 1939-07-01 36.3 1939-08-01 38.6 1939-09-01 38.4 1939-10-01 40.3 1939-11-01 39.7 1939-12-01 39.7 1940-01-01 38.1 1940-02-01 37.9 1940-03-01 38.2 1940-04-01 38.2 1940-05-01 38.3 1940-06-01 38.7 1940-07-01 38.0 1940-08-01 39.8 1940-09-01 40.2 1940-10-01 41.1 1940-11-01 40.3 1940-12-01 41.3 1941-01-01 40.6 1941-02-01 41.7 1941-03-01 42.0 1941-04-01 41.4 1941-05-01 42.2 1941-06-01 42.9 1941-07-01 41.5 1941-08-01 42.6 1941-09-01 42.3 1941-10-01 42.9 1941-11-01 41.9 1941-12-01 42.4 1942-01-01 43.7 1942-02-01 44.4 1942-03-01 44.9 1942-04-01 44.8 1942-05-01 45.1 1942-06-01 45.1 1942-07-01 44.7 1942-08-01 45.2 1942-09-01 44.5 1942-10-01 45.7 1942-11-01 46.0 1942-12-01 46.0 1943-01-01 45.8 1943-02-01 46.1 1943-03-01 46.3 1943-04-01 46.7 1943-05-01 46.8 1943-06-01 46.7 1943-07-01 45.9 1943-08-01 46.7 1943-09-01 46.4 1943-10-01 47.1 1943-11-01 47.0 1943-12-01 46.1 1944-01-01 46.5 1944-02-01 46.6 1944-03-01 46.6 1944-04-01 46.4 1944-05-01 46.5 1944-06-01 46.7 1944-07-01 45.6 1944-08-01 46.5 1944-09-01 46.0 1944-10-01 47.0 1944-11-01 46.6 1944-12-01 47.0 1945-01-01 46.7 1945-02-01 46.7 1945-03-01 46.6 1945-04-01 46.4 1945-05-01 45.4 1945-06-01 45.7 1945-07-01 44.8 1945-08-01 41.0 1945-09-01 40.9 1945-10-01 41.5 1945-11-01 41.0 1945-12-01 41.3 1946-01-01 40.7 1946-02-01 39.9 1946-03-01 40.5 1946-04-01 40.3 1946-05-01 39.2 1946-06-01 39.7 1946-07-01 39.2 1946-08-01 40.4 1946-09-01 40.2 1946-10-01 40.6 1946-11-01 40.1 1946-12-01 40.8 1947-01-01 40.6 1947-02-01 40.4 1947-03-01 40.6 1947-04-01 40.5 1947-05-01 40.4 1947-06-01 40.6 1947-07-01 39.9 1947-08-01 39.9 1947-09-01 40.5 1947-10-01 40.8 1947-11-01 40.7 1947-12-01 41.5 1948-01-01 40.8 1948-02-01 40.4 1948-03-01 40.7 1948-04-01 40.3 1948-05-01 40.0 1948-06-01 40.4 1948-07-01 39.8 1948-08-01 40.5 1948-09-01 39.9 1948-10-01 40.6 1948-11-01 40.3 1948-12-01 40.6 1949-01-01 40.0 1949-02-01 39.8 1949-03-01 39.4 1949-04-01 38.9 1949-05-01 38.9 1949-06-01 39.1 1949-07-01 38.8 1949-08-01 39.2 1949-09-01 39.6 1949-10-01 39.8 1949-11-01 38.9 1949-12-01 40.1 1950-01-01 40.0 1950-02-01 40.0 1950-03-01 40.1 1950-04-01 40.6 1950-05-01 40.7 1950-06-01 41.2 1950-07-01 41.0 1950-08-01 41.7 1950-09-01 41.6 1950-10-01 42.0 1950-11-01 41.7 1950-12-01 42.1 1951-01-01 41.4 1951-02-01 41.4 1951-03-01 41.8 1951-04-01 41.8 1951-05-01 41.6 1951-06-01 41.6 1951-07-01 40.8 1951-08-01 41.2 1951-09-01 41.5 1951-10-01 41.6 1951-11-01 41.4 1951-12-01 42.1 1952-01-01 41.7 1952-02-01 41.6 1952-03-01 41.6 1952-04-01 40.7 1952-05-01 41.0 1952-06-01 41.2 1952-07-01 40.1 1952-08-01 41.0 1952-09-01 41.8 1952-10-01 42.1 1952-11-01 41.8 1952-12-01 42.5 1953-01-01 41.8 1953-02-01 41.7 1953-03-01 41.9 1953-04-01 41.6 1953-05-01 41.4 1953-06-01 41.4 1953-07-01 40.8 1953-08-01 41.1 1953-09-01 40.5 1953-10-01 40.9 1953-11-01 40.5 1953-12-01 40.7 1954-01-01 40.0 1954-02-01 40.1 1954-03-01 39.9 1954-04-01 39.6 1954-05-01 39.9 1954-06-01 39.9 1954-07-01 39.6 1954-08-01 40.0 1954-09-01 40.0 1954-10-01 40.3 1954-11-01 40.8 1954-12-01 41.1 1955-01-01 40.8 1955-02-01 41.0 1955-03-01 41.3 1955-04-01 41.1 1955-05-01 41.6 1955-06-01 41.2 1955-07-01 40.8 1955-08-01 41.1 1955-09-01 41.4 1955-10-01 41.7 1955-11-01 41.8 1955-12-01 41.9 1956-01-01 41.2 1956-02-01 40.9 1956-03-01 40.9 1956-04-01 41.0 1956-05-01 40.7 1956-06-01 40.8 1956-07-01 40.6 1956-08-01 40.7 1956-09-01 41.3 1956-10-01 41.4 1956-11-01 41.1 1956-12-01 41.8 1957-01-01 40.9 1957-02-01 40.9 1957-03-01 40.8 1957-04-01 40.5 1957-05-01 40.2 1957-06-01 40.5 1957-07-01 40.0 1957-08-01 40.3 1957-09-01 40.2 1957-10-01 39.8 1957-11-01 39.7 1957-12-01 39.7 1958-01-01 38.8 1958-02-01 38.5 1958-03-01 38.9 1958-04-01 38.7 1958-05-01 39.0 1958-06-01 39.5 1958-07-01 39.3 1958-08-01 39.7 1958-09-01 40.1 1958-10-01 40.0 1958-11-01 40.2 1958-12-01 40.6 1959-01-01 40.3 1959-02-01 40.3 1959-03-01 40.7 1959-04-01 40.9 1959-05-01 41.1 1959-06-01 41.4 1959-07-01 40.5 1959-08-01 40.8 1959-09-01 40.7 1959-10-01 40.8 1959-11-01 40.1 1959-12-01 41.0 1960-01-01 40.9 1960-02-01 40.3 1960-03-01 40.2 1960-04-01 40.0 1960-05-01 40.4 1960-06-01 40.4 1960-07-01 40.0 1960-08-01 40.0 1960-09-01 40.0 1960-10-01 40.2 1960-11-01 39.6 1960-12-01 39.1 1961-01-01 39.3 1961-02-01 39.3 1961-03-01 39.5 1961-04-01 39.8 1961-05-01 40.2 1961-06-01 40.6 1961-07-01 40.3 1961-08-01 40.5 1961-09-01 40.0 1961-10-01 40.9 1961-11-01 41.1 1961-12-01 41.3 1962-01-01 40.3 1962-02-01 40.6