Shows pay tables based on years of service,for Army and Navygenerals, admirals, colonels, lieutenants, captains, ensigns, etc. Also shows the averagecost to rent farm landor pastures by the acre, by county. Source: BLS. Source: The tables show pay for employees engaged in the manufacture of automobiles, trucks, car bodies and parts. Report published in 1925 mainly covers wages in manufacturing industries. Source: BLS Monthly Labor Review (June 1931), Shows the average hours and daily wages of various workers in quarries, sawmills, and many other industries throughout Virginia. of Agriculture report. Source: BLS, Shows the average daily wages of manual work occupations in Barcelona, Spain. Source: BLS, Shows the wage scale for various occupations for Japanese and Chinese workers in Dairen. The wage data is broken out by sex. General servant - 16 annually. Unskilled labor hired by cities for construction, repair or cleaning of streets. Source: BLS Source: BLS, See fairly comprehensive coverage of this topic in Appendix 23, "Charges for various kinds of medical services" in, Fee schedules established by the Ohio State Medical Association for. Source: BLS Monthly Labor Review, March 1932, The "Service Industries" chapter in this source breaks out wages paid to workers in hospitals, hotels, bowling alleys, theaters, parks, churches, country clubs, athletic clubs and yacht clubs, advertising agencies, banks, laundries, schools/colleges, and restaurants (making no distinction between waiters, cooks or bus boys). Manual workers tended to live closer to their jobs, while professionals could afford to live further away. 13. Here is a look at the top 100 high-paying jobs: 1. Wages are shown in pounds, shillings, and pence. At the bottom of the wage-earning range were the cotton and wool manufacturers who made $1.29 and $1.32, respectively, in 1880. Source: U.S. Federal Trade Commission report. Article compares the cost of renting versus buying a home in 1928. Prices shown in marks. See p. 193 of this. Milk cost an average 33 per half gallon in 1920. Exploring the 1921 Census reveals allfor the first time. Source: Federal Power Commission. Companies often have fewer qualified job applicants to choose from, which creates competition for the best people. Purchasing power is represented in its equivalence in horses, wheat, the yearly wages of a skilled tradesperson, and others. Wages are expressed in both foreign currency and dollars. 2. Salary. Enterostomal therapist. No. Source: BLS, Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, No. Early level professionals can expect compensation of 698,443. We'll be in your inbox every morning Monday-Saturday with all the days top business news, inspiring stories, best advice and exclusive reporting from Entrepreneur. 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Source: Bulletin #269 of the North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station, "Farm Family Living Among White Owner and Tenant Operators in Wake County," pages 24-28. Table 41 in this source shows the average salary for all teachers in elementary and secondary schools in New York state, not including NYC. ","_meta":{"__ref":"PrismicMeta:YvtYXhIAACAAELcl"}}},{"__typename":"PrismicBlog_articleConnectionEdge","node":{"__typename":"PrismicBlog_article","article_title":[{"type":"heading1","text":"Scour a slew of extensive social history collections with this week's release","spans":[]}],"category":"What's New? So take a minute to imagine what your life would be in the '20s. 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Shows wages for common and semi-skilled workers in manufacturing and construction industries, in baking, agriculture, metal and printing trades. It was an inauspicious year in which to launch a statewide teachers' union. Wages are shown in Spanish pesetas. Shows data for unskilled male laborers in each of 13 industries, as well as an overall average. What industry thrived in your towna century ago? PRICES in FOREIGN COUNTRIES, WAGES -- GENERAL SOURCES (all occupations and worker types), WAGES in AIRPLANE and AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURING, 1920s. Discusses doctor and hospital fees as well as related expenses such as home nursing care. Describes the labor policy of New Zealand in the 1920's and throughout the rest of the early 20th century. Data Scientist - $97,659. Source: This calculator can be used to determine the historical purchasing power of currency in the United Kingdom from 1270 to 2017. Wages of pattern makers, molders, drill press operators, lathe hands, machinists and more. Shows starting salary and increases granted based on marital status and number of children. Wages are shown in Italian lire. Source: BLS. Mainly women were teachers in the 1920's. Teachers had a low social status and made $1,200 annually. Wages are shown in yen. 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. Lengthy article reports how much educators earned in Illinois' high schools in 1920-1921. by STATE 14. In addition, women held jobs as teachers, nurses, librarians and maids. You can save thousands of dollars, for a limited time. 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. From the Newcomb-Endicott store, Detroit, Michigan. 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