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Title: Wages paid by commercial establishments - wholesale
and retail trade establishments
Column Name: cwage
Span: 1930-1997
Units: 1930: Dollars; 1940-58: Thousands of dollars;
1972-1997: Millions of dollars
Format: 1930-1958: Integer; 1972: Floating point –
three decimal places; 1982-1997: Floating point – one decimal place
Commercial
Wages - 1930
Wages represent salaries and wages paid to all employees (i.e. hired
executives, salesmen, and other employees) during the year 1929. Wages do
not include the income of proprietors and firm members.
Source (where directly obtained):
Haines, Michael R., and the Inter-university Consortium for Political and
Social Research. Historical, Demographic, Economic, and Social Data: The United
States, 1790-2000, Database 2896. Hamilton, NY: Colgate University/Ann Arbor,
MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [producers],
2004. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social
Research [distributor], 2005.
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu
Original Source:
U.S. Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Decennial Census of the United
States: 1930. Distribution, Volume I: Retail Distribution, Part I and
Volume II: Wholesale Distribution. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing
Office, 1933.
Commercial
Wages - 1940
Annual payroll includes all forms of compensation, such as salaries,
wages, commissions, bonuses, vacation allowances, and sick-leave pay paid
during the year 1939 to all employees. Payments in kind, such as free
meals and lodging, are excluded. For corporations, it includes amounts
paid to officers and executives; for unincorporated businesses, it
excludes profit or other compensation of proprietors or partners. Payroll
is reported before deductions for Social Security, income tax, insurance,
union dues, etc.
Source (where directly obtained):
Haines, Michael R., and the Inter-university Consortium for Political and
Social Research. Historical, Demographic, Economic, and Social Data: The United
States, 1790-2000, Database 2896. Hamilton, NY: Colgate University/Ann Arbor,
MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [producers],
2004. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social
Research [distributor], 2005.
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu
Original Source:
U.S. Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Decennial Census of the United
States, 1940. Census of Business, Volume I, Retail Trade: 1939, Part 3.
Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1941. --Census of Business: 1939,
Volume II, Wholesale Trade. Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1942.
Commercial
Wages - 1958,
1972, 1987
Annual payroll includes all forms of compensation, such as salaries,
wages, commissions, bonuses, vacation allowances, sick-leave pay, and the
value of payments in kind (e.g., free meals and lodging) paid during the
year to all employees. For corporations, it includes amounts paid to
officers and executives; for unincorporated businesses, it excludes profit
or other compensation of proprietors or partners. Payroll is reported
before deductions for Social Security, income tax, insurance, union dues,
etc.
Source (where directly obtained):
Haines, Michael R., and the Inter-university Consortium for Political and
Social Research. Historical, Demographic, Economic, and Social Data: The
United States, 1790-2000, Database 2896. Hamilton, NY: Colgate
University/Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and
Social Research [producers], 2004. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university
Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2005.
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu
County and City Data Books from the University of Virginia, Geospatial and
Statistical Data Center, 2003.
http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/ccdb/
Original Source:
U.S. Bureau of the Census. County and City Data Book, 1967 (A Statistical
Abstract Supplement). Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1967.
U.S. Bureau of the Census. County & City Data Book, 1977. Washington D.C.:
Government Printing Office, 1978.
U.S. Bureau of the Census. County & City Data Book, 1988-2000 [CDROM].
Washington D.C.: Bureau of the Census, Data User Services Division,
1989-2001.
Commercial
Wages - 1982, 1997
Payroll includes all forms of compensation, such as salaries, wages,
commissions, bonuses, vacation allowances, sick-leave pay, and the value
of payments in kind (e.g., free meals and lodging) paid during the year to
all employees. Tips and gratuities received by employees from patrons and
reported to employers are also included. For corporations, it includes
amounts paid to officers and executives; for unincorporated businesses, it
excludes profit or other compensation of proprietors or partners. Payroll
is reported before deductions for Social Security, income tax, insurance,
union dues, etc.
Source (where directly obtained):
County and City Data Books from the University of Virginia, Geospatial and
Statistical Data Center, 2003.
http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/ccdb/
Original Source:
U.S. Bureau of the Census. County & City Data Book [CD-ROM], 1988
Technical Documentation. Washington D.C.: Bureau of the Census, Data User
Services Division, 1989.
U.S. Bureau of the Census. County & City Data Book, 1988-2000 [CDROM].
Washington D.C.: Bureau of the Census, Data User Services Division,
1989-2001.
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