Here is the bls publication "Union Wages and Hours: Building Trades" from 1950: https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/files/docs/publications/bls/bls_1011_1951.pdf http

Here is the bls publication "Union Wages and Hours: Building Trades" from 1950: https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/files/docs/publications/bls/bls_1011_1951.pdf https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/files/docs/publications/bls/bl... Compared to the median tradesmen salary it has not kept up to inflation: https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes472061.htm https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes472061.htm But to be quite honest, those are exact comparisons, but it was what I found in like 5 minutes.