Manhours in Nonfarm Industries, Persons with a Job for the United States

Observations

Aug 1966: 2,938

Updated: Aug 17, 2012 2:17 PM CDT

Units:

Millions of Manhours,

Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:

Monthly

Notes

Title	Release Dates

Manhours in Nonfarm Industries, Persons with a Job for the United States	2005-08-01	2005-08-01

Source

National Bureau of Economic Research	2005-08-01	2005-08-01

Release

NBER Macrohistory Database	2005-08-01	2005-08-01

Units

Millions of Manhours	2005-08-01	2005-08-01

Frequency

Monthly	2005-08-01	2005-08-01

Seasonal Adjustment

Not Seasonally Adjusted	2005-08-01	2005-08-01

Notes

Series Is Presented Here As Two Variables--(1)--Original Data, 1941-1947 (2)--Original Data, 1947-1966. In 1957 Employment Was Redefined To Exclude Persons On Temporary Layoff And Persons To Report To Work In 30 Days. This Revision Was Extended Back To 1947 For This Variable. The Revision Reduced Employment By Somewhat Over 0.4%. Source: Derived By NBER From Series (Average Hours Of Work Per Week, Nonagricultural Employment) And (Nonagricultural Employment, Household Survey). This NBER data series m08305b appears on the NBER website in Chapter 8 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter08.html. NBER Indicator: m08305b	2005-08-01	2005-08-01