These data are an index of the money wages paid for common or unskilled labor. The data is indexed to a level where 1860 = 100. A revised version for the observations from 1973 to present is in the works. The observations after 2003 will be different in the revision.
Source note for "The Unskilled Wage Series"
Samuel H. Williamson, "The Unskilled Wage in the United States, 1774-2004" MeasuringWorth, 2008.
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