There are more images. Overalls and work pants, work shirts, socks, underwear, collars and cuffs, made to order tailored suits, moderately priced suits, gloves, hats, shoes, fur coats, bathing suits. Source: Missouri State Dept of Agriculture. Wages 1. All prices listed in dollars. Pages 13-24 show the wages of the family of workers in coal, iron, and steel industries in the US, the UK, Germany, and Belgium. Shows wages in rupees by location for agricultural laborers, masons, carpenters, blacksmiths, etc. On this page is the United States average individual income by year and median individual income by year between 1962 and 2022. Suits, military and play suits, blanket lined clothes, overalls, pants, long pants, blouses, shirts, sweaters, knickerboxers, coats, more coats, little fellows overcoats, raincoats, shoes Clothes, bonnets, booties, supplies, carriages. See list of the most common occupations for women in 1910 and 1920, outside of agricultural work. Wages are shown in Italian lire. Source: BLS, Average and classified earnings by occupations. Extensive section on guns found in the Thomas J. Conroy Illustrated Catalog and Price List. Massachusetts: Boston and Fall River Discusses the minimum weekly wages for women and girls working in various occupations. Ranges Wages could vary dramatically from employer to employer in the same industry, according to Atack and Bateman's 2000 report. In addition to the statelinks above, see also the links further above for school teachers, clothing manufacture and laundry work, as women workers were heavily concentrated in those jobs. Source: Bulletin of the Women's Bureau No. 16 Labor force participation. This series of tables shows retail prices of staple commodities and rents per month by locality (each table spans multiple pages, scroll forward to see the rest). Shows the retail prices of various food stuffs in 11 North American/European countries. $ 492/year. Wages are shown in Mexican pesos. 560 shows the costs of keeping horses on a farm in 1917. The average US worker made between $200 and $400 per year. Source: Provides retail food prices in Belgium in 1914 and in the years leading up to the war outbreak. Wages are divided by occupation or sex and include cooks, valets, coachmen, chambermaids, and general servants. Shows hourly wages and typical hours per week. Table P-15. TEACHER SALARIES in CALIFORNIA, 1910s 170, published May 1915. Shows the average annual salary of both white and black teachers for each sex in. Maine: Portland Girl's: Musical instruments, including but not limited to: Shows the hourly, daily, and biannual earnings of different occupations in the Missouri coal industry between 1890-1922. Farm laborers in Missouri earned an average $29.50/month in 1910. Source: U.S. BLS Bulletin No. The estimated additional pay is $1,910 per year. Chinese and Japanese in the United States: 1910 [5.4 MB] Color or Race, Nativity, Parentage, and SexAbstract [5.6 MB] Statistics of the Indian PopulationNumber, Tribes, Sex, Age, Fecundity, and Vitality [3.2 MB] Negroes in the United States [25.9 MB] Census statistics date back to 1790 and reflect the growth and change of the United . Men's: The state of California covered tuition to take teacher training, but other expenses ran around $500 per year according to this report from the CA Superintendent of Public Instruction report for 1917-1918. Then, as now, many workers in the United States were earning more than the minimum wage. 170, published May 1915. in FOREIGN COUNTRIES, FOOD Reports wages, hours and earnings by occupation and sex for each year from 1914-1919 in the metal, cotton, wool, silk, boot and shoe, paper, rubber, and chemical manufacturing industries. Selected entries in their list are clickable. Source: Survey of Current Business. 48,000 /year +62% . Clothing, hats, girl's coats, boy's coats, girl's dresses, boy's shirts, boys knickerbocker suits, dolls, toys, toy wagons and tricycles. General merchandise catalog for clothing, household items and farm needs. However, it would have taken Eva eleven years to save up for the vacuum cleaner which was bought for Chatsworth in 1911 for the princely sum of 224! Lists salaries paid in connection with the offices of the governor-general. Note that this source lists wholesale (not retail) prices. There were no paid vacations, holidays or sick leave. Illinois: Chicago, Peoria and Springfield Wisconsin: Milwaukee. The list runs from pp. The average salary for ages 55-64. President Theodore Roosevelt, on May 11, 1909, signed, "An act Making appropriation for the support of the Army for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nine.", and on, May 13, 1908, signed, "An act Making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nine, and for other purposes . The report goes into great detail on the workers'. currency) of commodities, foodstuffs, and rents at Veracruz in 1910. Maryland: Baltimore See, Includes state universities and those which received some state funding, such as Cornell. 170, published May 1915. This is taken from the book. 65 years and over. This 1910 report on the cost of living at Odessa, Russia gives house rents and the prices of provisions. Serge dresses, serge suits, tailored suits, "homestead" wear (house dresses, garden wear, etc), skirts, waists, sweaters, underwear, corsets, socks, coats, shawls and newports, shoes, purses, muffs and collarettes, animal fur sets, gloves and mittens, hats, hair goods, handkerchiefs and ribbons, diamonds, necklaces, rings, earrings, watches, other jewelry For the United Kingdom overall, the adult male average wage was 56 while the average wage for all workers was 42/14/-. To interpolate between these two earnings series for the 103 years 1870-1962 I use the day wages of In 2020 the minimum wage is $740.80 per 38-hour week ($19.49 per hour). Source: Newcomb, Endicott and Co. - 1919, Horses, mules and farm animals - Average prices, 1867-1920, Tuition and living expenses at college - 1915, Canada - Retail prices of staple commodities, Edinburgh - Wholesale and retail prices in 1900 and 1910, https://libraryguides.missouri.edu/pricesandwages, War and postwar prices and wages, 1914-23 and 1939-44, Wages paid to workers placed by employment offices, 1918, Negro and white worker wages compared, 1918-1919, Wages by occupation for Black persons - St. Louis, 1914, Teacher salaries by race - Georgia, 1917 and 1918, Building and construction trades - Union wages, 1913-1930, Carpenter hours and wages by state and city - 1910, Coal mining - Hours and earnings, 1919-1933, Doctor's earnings, 1914 (Harvard grads only), Engineers, civil - Compensation in the early 1910s, Engineering graduates' income by years of experience - 1915, Farm workers - Wages and income, 1909 to 1938, explanation and historical context for this table, New Haven, CT city employee salaries from 1873-1921, Higher education - Salaries for college teachers and administrators, 1913, Iron and steel industry wages and hours, 1907-1931, Iron and steel industry workers, 1907-1924, Judicial branch salaries (federal employees), 1908-1922, Lawyers graduated from Harvard - Average annual earnings, 1914, Lumber, millwork, and furniture industries,1907 to 1913, Lumber, millwork, and furniture industries, wages and hours, 1915, Military pay for enlisted men in the Marines, Navy and Army, 1917-1920, Railroad cars, building and repair - Wages, 1907-1913, Railroad employees rates of pay, 1907-1915, Railway (electric) employees - average compensation, 1912, 1917, 1922, Railway workers' hours and wages by occupation, 1914-1923, Atlantic coast, Gulf coast and Great Lakes, Slaughtering and meat-packing industry, wages and hours - 1917, Street railway employment in the U.S., 1917, description of occupations in street railway industry, Telephone industry - average compensation per employee, 1912, 1917, 1922, Woolen and worsted good occupation earnings, 1914, Manufacturing industries - Wages, hours and earnings, 1914-1919, Factory employee average annual wages - 1914, 1919, Manufacturing industry - Average monthly earnings, 1918-1920, Candy makers - Wages in Philadelphia, 1919, Boot and shoe manufacturing - Wages and hours, 1910 to 1932, Boot, shoe, hosiery and underwear manufacturing wages, 1907-1913, Clothing industry - Wages and hours of labor, 1911 and 1912, Clothing (men's) manufacturing - Wages, 1911 to 1924, Clothing (women's) manufacturing - Piece rates, New York City - 1912 and 1913, Clothing (cloak, suit, and skirt manufacture) - Wages, 1912-1913, Hosiery and underwear manufacturing - Wages and hours, 1907-1932, Cotton goods manufacturing and finishing industry - Wages and hours, 1916, Cotton goods manufacturing and finishing industry - Wages and hours, 1918, Cotton, woolen, and silk industry wages, 1890-1912, Woolen goods manufacturing - Wages and hours of labor, 1910 to 1930, Furniture manufacturing industry - Wages and hours, 1910 to 1929, Cigar industry - Wages and hours of labor, 1911 and 1912, Estimated salaries and cost of living for teachers by state, 1918, Average salaries of college professors, 1908-1914, Elementary school teacher and principalsalaries, High school teacher and principal salaries, Elementary school district superintendent salaries, Average salary per month (male, female and general) by county, Statewide average salary per month by sex, Average annual salary (male, female and general) by type of high school maintained and for schools not in villages, towns or cities, Average annual salary (male, female and general) in town versus country schools, 1868/1869-1936/1937, see the Hathi Trust record, Texas school personnel salaries (white only), 1872-1953, Wages by occupation in Massachusetts, 1910, Average yearly earnings - Massachusetts, 1910, Lawrence, MA - Textile industry wages, 1911, Weekly earnings in woolen and worsted mills, Weekly hours worked in woolen and worsted mills, Missouri - Average weekly wages by occupation, 1914, Wages in Kansas City and St. Louis, 1913-1920, St. Louis city employee salaries and wages, 1913, Wage in the Missouri shoe industry, 1913-1922, Grand Rapids, MI - Furniture manufacturing workers, 1910, Wages and hours for all union occupations in New York state - 1912, Metals, machinery and ship building job wages, Hotel, restaurant and retail trade job wages, African Americans' earnings in New York City, ca. Prices are shown in Romanian lei. Contains average retail price for common foodstuffs and commodity foodstuffs in middle-class shops. Includes meat, bread, butter, sugar, milk, potatoes, grain, flour, lard, tallow, bacon, rents, cotton, wool, leather, boots and shoes, clothing, coal, iron, steel, oil, bricks, cement, and farming implements. Min. Tables show retail prices of meat, various other food items, and average yearly rentals by number of rooms at Munich for 1900 and 1910. Here's What Things Cost 100 Years Ago - Prices in 1920. Find a page number through the index and enter it in the page box. Minnesota: Minneapolis and St. Paul This city directory lists individual city employees, their occupations and pay. $ 699/year. This source documents their actual average earnings before and after the laws took effect. Source: Bulletin of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, No. R-Z Weekly earnings of men, women and children in 1905 Wage-earning women made $6.17/week on average in 1905 Lists average earnings for men, women and children at bottom of page 11. Shows the fee bill setting charges for medical services that was adopted by the Sullivan County Medical Society in 1911; also tells how it changes during and after WWI. Wages reported in UK government documents. Source: U.S. BLS Bulletin No. Source: BLS. See quartile explanation on p. 334. 29-40. Shows average salaries, estimated needed salaries, as well as total and estimated expenditures. Utah: Salt Lake City The average annual 25th percentile is $48,633 and the average annual 75th percentile is $72,749. catalog, 1917, Sporting gear and clothing prices - 1916, Average expenditure for individual articles of clothing, 1918-1919, B. Altman & Co. - Clothing mail order catalog, 1915, Average retail price of fabric in 45 cities - 1917, Ladies' undergarments, nightgowns, etc. on page 1120. tools, agricultural implements, more implements, farm wagons, harness, saddles, buggy and wagon parts. 4. 72,000 /year. Shows wages and hours of workers in the cotton industry over a 23 year period. This one-page table shows wholesale and retail prices of articles at Havre, France in 1900 and 1910. $1 in 1900 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $35.62 today, an increase of $34.62 over 123 years. Provides retail food prices in Spain in 1914 and in the years leading up to the war outbreak. 229. Wages are reported by town/city. The average salary in California is $65,539 and the mean salary is $91,149. 1929. Women in 1940 earned 62 cents for every . Source: U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Bulletin #176. Shows wages and prices in kronen, along with the exchange rate to translate into U.S. dollars. 160, published 1914. Colorado: Denver. According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the mean average salary across the whole of the UK in 2020 was 38,600 for full-time employees and 13,803 for those working part-time. Shows prices in shillings and pence for various food items; articles of clothing for men, women, boys and girls; fuel for heating and cooking; soap, tobacco and cigarettes. 170, published May 1915. California, 1914-1925 District of Columbia, 1919-1922 Kansas, 1916-1924 Shows average value for farm land and buildings from 1850-1982. Buenos Aries - Salaries of teachers and government employees, 1900 and 1910, Wages by occupation and city - Australia, 1913, Minimum wages in Sydney and Melbourne, 1914 and 1921, Salaries of Austrian Civil Service officials, 1910, Canada - Average wages of farm help by province, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia - Weekly wages of various occupations, Denmark - Wages for skilled and unskilled workers, 1914-1920, Roubaix, France - Average labor wages, 1912. COST OF LIVING / EXPENDITURES ANALYSIS 170, published May 1915. Washington: Seattle Includes calico, gingham, muslin, percale, flannel, etc. Includes merchandise of all kinds. The average weekly wage in 1970 was 18.37, in 1979 it was 68.92. Early Spring Flowers Will Combat the Winter Blues. Source: U.S. BLS Bulletin no. California: Los Angeles and San Francisco. Arranged by occupation and then city. In a list that spans pages 448-531, one can see unionized jobs, wages and hours for women listed separately from men. Source: Shows the average weekly cost of living of a workman's family in Milan. Of course, not all of that increase is due to free agency. Shows data by state for 1914 and 1916. Compares wage rates and hours of work for the WWI and WWII eras, focusing specifically on the manufacturing, mining, railroad, printing and maritime industries, as well as farm labor wages. Wages are shown in francs. If you continue with this browser, you may see unexpected results. Quickly find page number for any item using the, This report shows wholesale and retail prices of various commodities as well as. 9d. Source: Shows weekly wages of adult workers in each of the six state capitals. - Prices, 1917, Clothing prices paid by farmers, 1910-1960, Lawrence, MA - Retail prices of clothing, dry goods, shoes, house furnishings, 1912, Prices of sheets and blankets by U.S. city - 1917-1919, Prices paid by farmers for household items, 1910-1960, Medical costs for influenza patients - 1918, Average family expenditure on health in 1918, Cost to have a baby in rural Kansas, 1917, Over-the-counter drug and remedy prices, 1910, Horses and mules - Average prices, 1910-1933, Cost of keeping farm horses and cost of horse labor, 1917, Cost to mail a letter or postcard, 1863-present, Cost to send an international message by cable - 1916, Price of a newspaper subscription, 1869-1920, College tuition, room & board, books and fees by institution, 1912, tuition for various courses of study at each university, Tuition and student remuneration are listed by state, city and individual teaching hospital, Tuition for law, medical and dental schools, 1916-1918, Non-tuition expenses to attend college in California, ca. Chart shows fare charged per mile in 85 different British cities, expressed in pence. Shows the cost of living of the working classes in the principal industrial towns of Belgium. General servant - 16 annually. Shows the daily wages of Chilean miners between 1911 and 1924 in both pesos and the U.S. dollar. Source: U.S. Congressional Serial Set volume 6460. A brief report of prices (wholesale and retail) at Mazatlan in 1910 including beef, clothing, hogs, Shows the average price of foodstuffs and other common goods in the federal district of Mexico. Use the following hyperlinks to see values for. Shows the weekly wages of various occupations in Swiss farming as well as the daily wages of day laborers. Table shows the average retail prices at Marseille in the months of January and February, 1910, and during the year 1900. Data is broken out by income of the renters. This report lists the March 1910 retail prices of mutton, beef, veal, butter, eggs, pork and ham in Buenos Aries and tells what a. Alphabetical list of colleges includes tuition, room & board, etc. Personal items, such as: Wages are shown in contemporary US dollars. Educational AttainmentPeople 25 Years Old and Over by Median Income and Sex. Reports from consular offices show wholesale and retail prices for a variety of foods, clothing, agricultural products such as wool and hides and more in Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, France, Japan, Belgium, Spain and more. Source: U.S. BLS Bulletin no. Expressed in pesos. McMullin had signed for $500 a month (equivalent to $3,000 a year) as a rookie in 1916 and continued making that salary through 1919. For additional California schoolreports dating from, ForadditionalGeorgia school reports datingfrom, For additional Missouri school reports dating from, Vacation package - Chicago to Yellowstone, 1911. The Sears Archive site has digitized some pages from their home plan catalogs. This is the average monthly salary including housing, transport, and other benefits. $59,332. Source: Lists prices of food, rent, board, fuel, and cottons. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Purdue. Tags: average salary, average wage, cost of groceries, cost of living, earnings, food cost, historic prices, historical wages, how much did things cost, how much was rent, minimum wage, pay, price of a house, price of bread, price of eggs, price of food, price of milk, prices, prices in the uk, salary, union wages, value, wages, wages in . Arkansas: Little Rock. 170, published May 1915. Source: BLS. Source: BLS. Some rows specify wages for women (see women listed frequently on this page for, The advantage of this table is that it shows wage rates for all the years from 1907-1921 together, so one can easily see changes over time. Historically, the average salary in the United States goes up every year and goes up by a few thousand or more every 10 years. "The average nominal rate of wages paid to employees in manufacturing industries in the Commonwealth was 2 9s 3d a week for males and 19s 8d for females." . Dresses, house dresses, ready made tailored suits, skirts, blouses (waists), hats, corsets, corset covers, underskirts, nightgowns, aprons, petticoats, hosiery, underwear, shoes, "sensible" shoes, coats, furs, bathing suits. 1911. Shows the value of multiple currencies in US dollars in the years of. Source: BLS. Shows pay data for private firms. Prices are shown in Italian lire. Source: During the 1910s and 1920s, minimum wage laws were adopted by a handful of states and generally applied only to women and children. Search for occupations such as carpenters, machinists, waiters, electricians, brewers, chauffeurs, stablemen, roofers, painters, plumbers, etc. 3. on women's garments. Phone (573) 882-0748. by STATE A table of. Includes items such as roofing shingles, raw products needed for manufacturing, timber, gasoline, illuminating oil, olive oil, coffee, eggs, grains, and more. Covers the years 1909, 1910 and 1914-1916. Note the page number and enter it in the "jump to" box in HathiTrust. Seejob duties and qualifications in the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics'Descriptions of Occupations, published 1918. Source: Shows the average weekly and hourly wages of different occupations in the Missouri shoe industry between 1913-1922. Texas: Dallas and Houston Children's and baby items: Miscellaneous: DATE: March 4, 1914 PART OF: Union Scale of Wages and Hours of Labor This two-page table shows retail prices of articles (in dollars) at Manchester in 1900 and 1910. Some occupations include cashier, saleswoman, laundry worker, baker, shirt maker, seamstress, milliner, typist, waitress, maid, dishwasher, bookkeeper. $ 574/year. 6d. It does not show salary averages. excavators wearing their own "long water boots" 4s. 1910. See. Average Earnings, 1870-1962 We shall see below the description of the wage series for England used for 1209-1869. Source: Shows hours and wages for 12 occupations including brick layers, painters, street sweepers etc. Because women's wages varied a great deal around the country in the 1910s, most wage data is reported by state. Table 26 shows daily wages for laborers, with board for every year from 1780-1937; the, The pay for nurses was $720 annual for the first period of three years' service, $780 for the second period of three years' service, $840 for the third period of three years' service, $900 for the fourth period of three years' service, and $960 after twelve years' service in the Army Nurse Corps. Boy's clothes, boy's fine clothing, boy's pajamas, girl's clothing, children's hats, baby clothes, baby carriages, children's toys, dolls. Shows the average weekly cost of food of a German family of four throughout WWI. Source: U.S. Bureau of Education. The cost of materials for each home is printed in large type at the top of each page. History of wages in the United States from Colonial times to 1928. For more information about adjusting for differences in the cost of living from state to state, see the American Community Survey Comparable Wage Index . Additionally, find an income by year calculator just below so you can compare two years, with or without . Average Salary and Wage in the UK. This report contains summaries by states, but no detailed statistics of individual schools. Details the price of coal and wood on page 23. Kitchen ranges, stoves, furnaces, furniture, farm tools and wagons, harness and more. 2. Entertainment: Time Period (s): 1/1/1880 - 12/31/1919. See quartile explanation on p. 334. Instead, the students took courses and worked in hospitals, most being paid a low (student) wage for performing the work. ", Shows the maximum and minimum wages for 20 different occupations in Vigo, Spain. Covers Great Britain, France, Belgium, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, Italy and Austria. By paging forward in the report, one can find breakouts for many individual industries. Marital StatusPeople (Both Sexes Combined) 18 Years Old and Over by Median and Mean Income. Labour in Surrey in 1780. Depreciation of Labourer's wages 1742-1808. Weekly budget of a labourer with an average family in 1800. Shows wages by occupation grouped by industries, with breakouts for males and females. Details the prices of appliances, furniture, and more household items on pp. Includes data for the countries of Australia, Belgium, Canada, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Norway, New Zealand, Netherlands, Noway, South Africa, Sweden, and Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. The income for public school teachers is taken from a report of the United States Commissioner of Education for 1911. Source: U.S. BLS Bulletin No. 1,910 PLN AVERAGE 7,560 PLN HIGH 33,800 PLN A person working in Poland typically earns around 7,560 PLN per month. You should sign up for our mailing list here. The 90th percentile salary is $83,770, meaning 10 percent earn more. chart showing rates and detail for Arkansas, Arizona, South Dakota, Utah and Puerto Rico. According to a survey by the Workmen's Compensation Committee, roughly 1,463 trammers were injured in the copper mines in 1910. Source: Annual reports of the State Superintendent of Education, South Carolina. Expressed in Danish re. Average coffee-stall keeper, general labourer or female copy clerk in the City salary was - 1 per week. Source: Also breaks out wages by beginner and experienced workers in. The tables on following pages shows the breakdown of prices for items within this weekly expenditure. For example, $1 earned in 2022 had the same buying power as three cents in 1913. Collects 22 government, union, and corporate surveys from between 1903 and 1956 that shows the standard family budget in a variety of American cities. Clocks, living room furniture, chairs, tables, lamps, carpets and rugs, curtains, silverware, glassware, china and cutlery, kitchen pots and pans, beds, bed sheets, towels, refrigerators, cabinets, lawn mowers, garden tools. This report lists the salaries per annum of government employees in Mexico City for 1910. For the most up-to-date information from Indeed, please click on Indeed salaries. $1,141. Shows the average price of foodstuffs and firewood in Bucharest throughout the 1910's. Tools used in building trades, tool kits, sewing machines and cameras. A butler - 42 per annum while Post Office clerk - 90 a year. New Jersey: Newark This source expands upon the 1913 study with a follow-up using data collected in 1914. Data Type (s): event/transaction data. Following "Husbands" comes. Table shows prices for agricultural implements as sold in Manchester in 1900 and 1910. Purchasing power is represented in its equivalence in horses, wheat, the yearly wages of a skilled tradesperson, and others. Source: Investigation relative to wages and prices of commodities, Table shows salaries (in dollars) of officials and civil servants in Havre, France for 1900 and 1910. Includes both land and buildings. Price also rose, but people were still better off in 1979 than they were in 1970. This calculator allows you to compare the buying power of wages earned at different points in history. Source: U.S. BLS Bulletin no. Provides retail food prices in Bulgaria in 1914 and in the years leading up to the war outbreak. Women's: Source: India Dept of Statistics. Source: Less than 3% of all nurse training schools charged tuition. Also discusses the the cost to rent in various countries. Wages increased significantly for most jobs in the 1970s. Deviation from the national average salary; Dentist. Shows the average weekly wages for a variety of occupations and industries in New Zealand. Reaping and mowing. A competent accountant could expect to earn $2,000 per year, A dentist $2,500 per year, a veterinarian between $1,500 and $4,000 per year, and a mechanical engineer about $5,000 per year. Laborers worked long hours. Sporting goods: Men: 50000000000000000 What is the average teacher salary in Germany in 1910? The median income for a man in 1940 was $956. 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