Wages are in contemporary US dollars. Chart shows median wages of women employed in Philadelphia households as chambermaids, cleaners, cooks, waitresses, laundress, seamstress, and children's nurses (nannies.) Arranged by occupation and then by city and year. "A good hotel room costs only $4-5 per day while a hospital charges $6 and $7." Source: BLS, Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, No. A squad of policewomen lines up for duty, 1921. Prices are shown in Mexican pesos. Montgomery Ward catalog shows prices of radios and radio supplies on 60+ pages. Prices are shown in Japanese yen. Take a look at the 25 highest-paying jobs of 2023: 1. Most of them were found in the Isle of Wight, Cornwall and Westmorland whilethereweremuch fewer retirements in Glamorgan, Monmouth and Warwick. In 1927, "$30 per month was taken as the average minimum expenditure for rent in Boston for the [working class] family of four living on the American standard.". 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I understand that the data I am submitting will be used to provide me with the above-described products and/or services and communications in connection therewith. Top 100 high-paying jobs. Source: The cost of living among wage-earners, Cincinnati OH, pp. Women's and children's clothing - Newcomb, Endicott, and Co. 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It looks like you're using Internet Explorer 11 or older. Knickerbockers, shirts, high school boy's suits, boy's fine suits, overcoats, winter coats, jackets, pajamas, rain coats, caps and hats, shoes. But what do we already know about jobs in the 1920s? Shows the hourly and weekly wages for 12 principal industries throughout Germany. This Farmers' Bulletin, Cost of Using Horses on Corn-Belt Farms, goes into great detail about the costs of keeping work horses, including a. Boy's: The 1920s were an era of prosperity and economic boom. Report published in 1921 tells wages for women working in offices, in meat and poultry packing, restaurants, food manufacturing, clothing manufacturing, laundries, and more. Source: BLS. For the first time in history, women were being hired in large numbers to do jobs that were traditionally male jobs. In the 1920s, men worked in burgeoning industries such as automobile manufacturing. Provides foreign wage data in native currency alongside the U.S. dollar equivalent to assist in comparing the rates. Or your great uncle one of the last mole-catchers? Discussion puts wage data in context with price levels which were definitely affected by the wars. Shows wage rates for engineers, conductors, passenger baggage men, coal passers, firemen, switch tenders, hostlers, signalmen, station agents, telegraphers, machinists, car cleaners, and more. TRANSPORTATION Priced by the single unit. Wages are shown in 1930 US dollars. Source: BLS, Shows the hourly and weekly earnings of industrial wages in Romanian leu. 467. While the number of men working in the 20-44 age range decreased when compared to the 1911 Census. A butler - 42 per annum while Post Office clerk - 90 a year. For the most up-to-date salary information from Indeed, click on the salary link for each job title below: 1. Source: American Druggist, January 1923 issue. Wages are shown in Dutch guilder. Fixtures, chamberpots, bathroom soaps, towels, toilet paper. 2. But change didnt come overnight. Jump directly to prices for: meats and eggs, butter, cheese, milk, bread and flour, corn meal, rice, potatoes, granulated sugar, coffee and tea, onions, navy beans, prunes, raisins, canned salmon, evaporated milk, margarine, lard, oats, corn flakes, wheat cereal, macaroni, canned baked beans, canned corn, canned peas, canned tomatoes, bananas, oranges, and more. Expressed in dollars and also as a percentage of the property value. From the Louisiana Department of Labor and Industrial Statistics Biennial Report for 1929-1930. Source: Shows lawyers' incomes instates and regions, by size of community served, by the age of the lawyer, number of years in practice, etc. Wages are shown in Brazilian milreis. As the 1920s continued, manufacturing jobs became increasingly common to meet the demand for electrical appliances. Anesthesiologist. Most of them were found in the Isle of Wight, Cornwall and Westmorland whilethereweremuch fewer retirements in Glamorgan, Monmouth and Warwick. 25-38. Source: BLS, Shows the daily wages of masons, carpenters, stonecutters, painters, shoemakers, and tailors in each of the provincial capitals of Spain. Wages are shown in Brazilian milreis. 19. National Average Salary . Click for more info about the kind of home a family earning less than $2,500 annually could buy in 1928. Tables are broken down by type of job, gender of employee, and geography. Early level professionals can expect compensation of 698,443. Tells cost of public transportation and railway fares as well. Source: BLS Bulletin no. With the introduction of theEducation Act, most children entered the workforce when they left school aged 14 but the 1921 Census records anyoneemployedfrom age 12 upwards. Wages are shown in Finnish marks. The nimble start-up, OpenAI, has taken on tech behemoth Google in a fight for the spot as AI's top dog. One-page table shows 80 years of average retail prices for bread, milk, eggs and other common food items. The three big car manufacturers were Ford, Chrysler and General Motors. Tables 6-13 show farm land prices by county in IA, MN, ND, ID, OH, KY, NC and TX. Girl's: Source: Includes district-specific information and the average output of coal per person per shift. Work clothes, work shirts, dress shirts, dress pants, trousers, vests, suits, dress gloves, overcoats, winter coats, fur caps and collars, neck ties, belts and suspenders, caps and hats, nightwear, socks, shoes, boots, pocket knives, pocket watches, toupes, razors, smoking pipes. Use "search in this text" feature to navigate (or contact us for assistance). Covers New York City, New Jersey towns, Fall River MA, Cleveland, Chicago, Dallas, San Francisco and Portland OR. 2-4. This article reprinted from a January 1923 edition of, This source quotes medians (the mid-point, with 50% falling below the line), first quartiles (25% falling below) and third quartiles (75% falling below). Bicycles, binoculars, footballs & basketball supplies, ice skates, athletic gear, boxing, baseball, & tennis supplies, fishing tackle, camping gear, guns. Source: BLS, Shows the cost of foodstuffs and other necessities in Greece. Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. Pottery makers were most likely living in Stoke-on-Trent, soap makers inLancashire and Cheshireand brewers in Burton. 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Includes breakouts by state, source of income, and more. 635. Shows the weekly earnings for 9 occupations in Amsterdam, Haarlem, the Hague, and Rotterdam. Lists ticket prices in NYC, Boston, Philadelphia, Cleveland and eight more cities in NY, PA, OH and MA. In addition, women held jobs as teachers, nurses, librarians and maids. 22% of the men recorded in the 1921 Census were retired. Wages on pages34-40. Includes many brand names. The early years ushered in a new sense of optimism. Shows the hourly, daily, and biannual earnings of different occupations in the Missouri coal industry between 1890-1922. Many companies hired new workers to help manufacture, sell and distribute the appliances. What industry thrived in your towna century ago? Wages are shown in French francs. Pilot. Source: This calculator can be used to determine the historical purchasing power of currency in the United Kingdom from 1270 to 2017. Thus, many companies hired women who worked at cheaper rates. . Tools and hardware: Source: BLS, Shows wages of various industrial and agricultural gender, in both Romanian leu and contemporary U.S. dollars. View full-size in the Findmypast Photo Collection. PRICES in FOREIGN COUNTRIES, WAGES -- GENERAL SOURCES (all occupations and worker types), WAGES in AIRPLANE and AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURING, 1920s. Shows prices by month and annually. Prices are shown in contemporary US dollars. No doubt,a direct impact of theFirst World War. 365-372. Over 1.1 million men recorded themselves asworking in thecoal mining industryin the 1921 Census. of Agriculture report. Before the time of alarm clocks and Siri, people still had to wake up early. Shows the retail prices for specific foods averaged across 51 U.S. cities. Paragraph below the table describes the weekly earnings of blast furnace workers, smelters, rolling mill operators, and foundry workers in both Pounds Sterling and U.S. Source: BLS, Shows the retail prices of food and commodities in various cities throughout south Manchuria. Survey covered only white families over a certain. Compensation manager. Shows mining wages in Alabama, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Utah, Washington, West Virginia, and Wyoming. Teacher salaries for. A mail order catalog for the Fall/Winter season, 1920-1921. Shows starting salary and increases granted based on marital status and number of children. Manual workers tended to live closer to their jobs, while professionals could afford to live further away. It can change how you see your past and maybe even your future. Source: BLS, Shows the average daily wages of day laborers, farm hands, clerks, bookkeepers, government employees, and army members in Lithuania. Workers in the retail industry originally suffered unemployment as jobs disappeared in the first few years of the decade, then regained their jobs as the economy recovered. Miscellaneous: Source: BLS Monthly Labor Review (July 1930). Butthe number ofwomen inthoseroles had declined by 20% since 1911. Section 213 of the 1932 Federal Economy Act prohibited . Shows wages and hours of workers in the cotton industry over a 23 year period. NOTE: Forhouseholdincome data for 1929, we recommend a1934 Brookings Institution report titled America's Capacity to Consume. ), carriages, cribs, high chairs, etc. Shows wages and hours for union bricklayers, building laborers, carpenters, cement finishers,hod carriers, inside wiremen, painters, plasterers, plumbers, stonecutters and more. HOUSING, FARMS and UTILITIES Wages shown in contemporary US dollars. 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