Title: Average Hours of Work Per Week, Class I Railroad Employees, All Wage-Earners for United States Series ID: M08J4BUSM065NNBR 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: 1939-01-01 to 1956-09-01 Last Updated: 2012-08-17 2:29 PM CDT Notes: Series Is Presented Here As Two Variables--(1)--Original Data, 1921-1943 (2)--Original Data, 1939-1956. This Series Is Roughly Comparable To The Nicb Series In Industry Coverage. "All Wage-Earners" Include "Non-Supervisory Employees." Source: Bureau Of Labor Statistics: For 1939-1952, "Employment, Hours, And Earnings, " Transport And Public Utilities Division, Transportation Suddivision, Interstate Railroad Group, Class I Railroads, February 1953 And May 1955 Issues Numbered Ls53-2514; For 1953-1956, June 1956 Release, Monthly Labor Review, And"Employment And Earnings." This NBER data series m08034b appears on the NBER website in Chapter 8 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter08.html. NBER Indicator: m08034b DATE VALUE 1939-01-01 42.6 1939-02-01 43.5 1939-03-01 44.5 1939-04-01 42.6 1939-05-01 43.1 1939-06-01 44.6 1939-07-01 42.5 1939-08-01 44.5 1939-09-01 43.9 1939-10-01 45.0 1939-11-01 44.6 1939-12-01 42.8 1940-01-01 44.3 1940-02-01 43.7 1940-03-01 43.8 1940-04-01 44.7 1940-05-01 44.0 1940-06-01 43.9 1940-07-01 44.3 1940-08-01 45.1 1940-09-01 43.7 1940-10-01 46.0 1940-11-01 44.2 1940-12-01 43.5 1941-01-01 45.0 1941-02-01 45.7 1941-03-01 45.5 1941-04-01 45.5 1941-05-01 45.6 1941-06-01 45.9 1941-07-01 45.8 1941-08-01 45.9 1941-09-01 45.9 1941-10-01 47.3 1941-11-01 45.1 1941-12-01 45.9 1942-01-01 46.5 1942-02-01 46.9 1942-03-01 46.6 1942-04-01 47.1 1942-05-01 45.6 1942-06-01 47.2 1942-07-01 46.7 1942-08-01 46.9 1942-09-01 47.1 1942-10-01 48.3 1942-11-01 46.6 1942-12-01 47.6 1943-01-01 47.1 1943-02-01 48.4 1943-03-01 48.9 1943-04-01 48.7 1943-05-01 47.7 1943-06-01 49.1 1943-07-01 48.9 1943-08-01 49.2 1943-09-01 49.4 1943-10-01 49.3 1943-11-01 49.4 1943-12-01 48.6 1944-01-01 48.3 1944-02-01 49.7 1944-03-01 49.7 1944-04-01 48.2 1944-05-01 48.6 1944-06-01 49.3 1944-07-01 48.1 1944-08-01 49.9 1944-09-01 49.0 1944-10-01 49.4 1944-11-01 49.0 1944-12-01 48.1 1945-01-01 49.6 1945-02-01 49.5 1945-03-01 49.8 1945-04-01 49.1 1945-05-01 49.1 1945-06-01 49.8 1945-07-01 48.6 1945-08-01 48.7 1945-09-01 46.7 1945-10-01 48.1 1945-11-01 47.1 1945-12-01 46.1 1946-01-01 46.4 1946-02-01 46.3 1946-03-01 46.4 1946-04-01 45.9 1946-05-01 43.7 1946-06-01 45.8 1946-07-01 46.5 1946-08-01 47.4 1946-09-01 45.4 1946-10-01 47.4 1946-11-01 46.0 1946-12-01 44.9 1947-01-01 46.7 1947-02-01 47.0 1947-03-01 46.5 1947-04-01 46.7 1947-05-01 45.9 1947-06-01 46.2 1947-07-01 46.0 1947-08-01 46.2 1947-09-01 46.3 1947-10-01 47.5 1947-11-01 45.6 1947-12-01 46.5 1948-01-01 46.7 1948-02-01 46.5 1948-03-01 46.9 1948-04-01 45.4 1948-05-01 45.1 1948-06-01 47.0 1948-07-01 46.3 1948-08-01 46.4 1948-09-01 46.1 1948-10-01 46.3 1948-11-01 45.8 1948-12-01 45.7 1949-01-01 45.3 1949-02-01 46.1 1949-03-01 45.7 1949-04-01 46.2 1949-05-01 44.6 1949-06-01 45.9 1949-07-01 44.3 1949-08-01 46.6 1949-09-01 39.7 1949-10-01 38.5 1949-11-01 40.1 1949-12-01 40.0 1950-01-01 39.9 1950-02-01 39.9 1950-03-01 41.7 1950-04-01 40.0 1950-05-01 40.3 1950-06-01 42.0 1950-07-01 39.4 1950-08-01 42.7 1950-09-01 40.6 1950-10-01 41.8 1950-11-01 41.5 1950-12-01 40.0 1951-01-01 42.2 1951-02-01 41.2 1951-03-01 41.9 1951-04-01 40.7 1951-05-01 41.1 1951-06-01 41.1 1951-07-01 40.2 1951-08-01 42.2 1951-09-01 39.1 1951-10-01 42.1 1951-11-01 41.0 1951-12-01 39.6 1952-01-01 41.7 1952-02-01 41.3 1952-03-01 40.2 1952-04-01 41.4 1952-05-01 39.9 1952-06-01 39.7 1952-07-01 39.9 1952-08-01 40.1 1952-09-01 41.0 1952-10-01 41.9 1952-11-01 39.1 1952-12-01 40.8 1953-01-01 39.9 1953-02-01 40.5 1953-03-01 40.7 1953-04-01 41.3 1953-05-01 39.8 1953-06-01 41.8 1953-07-01 42.1 1953-08-01 40.3 1953-09-01 40.6 1953-10-01 40.9 1953-11-01 39.4 1953-12-01 40.2 1954-01-01 38.7 1954-02-01 40.4 1954-03-01 41.4 1954-04-01 41.1 1954-05-01 39.2 1954-06-01 41.8 1954-07-01 40.2 1954-08-01 41.2 1954-09-01 41.4 1954-10-01 40.4 1954-11-01 41.7 1954-12-01 42.3 1955-01-01 40.4 1955-02-01 42.1 1955-03-01 42.0 1955-04-01 41.2 1955-05-01 41.3 1955-06-01 42.6 1955-07-01 41.4 1955-08-01 43.1 1955-09-01 42.6 1955-10-01 41.2 1955-11-01 42.6 1955-12-01 41.9 1956-01-01 41.3 1956-02-01 42.4 1956-03-01 41.8 1956-04-01 41.0 1956-05-01 42.3 1956-06-01 41.6 1956-07-01 40.6 1956-08-01 42.5 1956-09-01 40.7