Source: AAUP report. It looks like you're using Internet Explorer 11 or older. Covers more than 1,200 cities. ","spans":[]}]}},{"__typename":"PrismicBlog_articleBodyImage_with_link","type":"image_with_link","label":null,"fields":[{"__typename":"PrismicBlog_articleBodyImage_with_linkFields","image_with_link":{"dimensions":{"width":600,"height":375},"alt":"Factory workers in 1920s Britain","copyright":null,"url":"https://images.prismic.io/findmypast-titan/b9b5486d-ee4a-4a12-aaf7-3c404acc77ec_factory-workers-1920s.jpg?auto=compress,format"},"link":{"__typename":"Prismic_ExternalLink","url":"https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=GBOR%2FFF%2FENGLAND%2FSTAFFORDSHIRE%2FS411503&parentid=GBOR%2FFF%2F274735"},"caption":[{"type":"paragraph","text":"Workers in Mason & Marson shoe factory, Stafford, 1926. Police department personnel salaries and wages. Source: The cost of living among wage-earners, Cincinnati OH, pp. Read our privacy policy for more information. A full set of false teeth cost 21. Source: Shows wages by occupation in Belfast, Cork, Glasgow, Dundee, Cardiff, London, Manchester and more. Compares to national averages. Who Will Win? 7-22. Discussion covers the history of minimum wage legislation in Australia, New Zealand, Great Britain, Canada, South Africa, Mexico, France, Norway, Argentina, Germany, Spain, Switzerland, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Uruguay, Hungary, Poland, Italy, and Rumania (Romania) up to 1928. These figures are shown by occupation, sex, and region. Source: Appendix in. Also shows the averagecost to rent farm landor pastures by the acre, by county. Radio sales went from $60 million in 1922 to $843 million in 1929. Teachers taught only 4-5 months out of the year. Source: U.S. Dept of Labor, Compares affordability of food and consumer goods from one year to the next and provides price. Wages are listed in Mexican currency with exchange rate for calculating amounts in U.S. dollars. Wages shown in 1930 US dollars. Table 26 shows wages for laborers with board for every year from 1780-1937; the, In the 1920s, people could sell their blood to hospitals for$35-50 perquart. Other circumstances also came into play. Source: BLS, Shows prices of dozens of food and grocery items, soap, coal, wood by the cord, matches by the box and, Shows the amount spent by a typical Canadian family on food, laundry, fuel/lighting, and rent over time. Wages for workers engaged in the manufacture of iron and steel goods, machinery, railway rolling stock, boilers, vehicles, aircraft, electrical apparatus, scientific instruments and more. You can save thousands of dollars, for a limited time. Shows police department salaries for cities over 100,000 population. The survey covered 114 different cotton mills in 12 different state, and generally divides tables by occupation, sex, and year or occupation, sex, and state. Wages are shown in both contemporary Yen and US dollars. Source: BLS, Shows the average price of foodstuffs and other common goods in the federal district of Mexico. 613. 22% of the men recorded in the 1921 Census were retired. Shows the average daily wages of various occupations in Athens and Piraeus. Source: BLS, Shows the average retail prices of staple foodstuffs in Madrid, Spain. Manufacturing wages -- SEE box further below. By What suits you? Physician, Pathologist: $267,180. Wages are shown in both US and English currency. 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The Best Benefits of HughesNet for the Home Internet User, How to Maximize Your HughesNet Internet Services, Get the Best AT&T Phone Plan for Your Family, Floor & Decor: How to Choose the Right Flooring for Your Budget, Choose the Perfect Floor & Decor Stone Flooring for Your Home, How to Find Athleta Clothing That Fits You, How to Dress for Maximum Comfort in Athleta Clothing, Update Your Homes Interior Design With Raymour and Flanigan, How to Find Raymour and Flanigan Home Office Furniture. In 1880, saw and planing mill workers and flint and window glass workers earned the most out of nearly 20 manufacturing industries profiled by Long -- at $2.41 and $2.33 each day, respectively. Shows the average weekly wages of NY factory workers every month over a 14 year period. It was an inauspicious year in which to launch a statewide teachers' union. Compares average retail prices for grocery items in independent stores and in chain stores. Shows the average weekly wages of various occupations in 8 different industries in Budapest. Related: Jobs That Pay Well. The 1920 Montgomery Ward mail order catalog showed the price of. Table 41 in this source shows the average salary for all teachers in elementary and secondary schools in New York state, not including NYC. 8836. Shows wage data by manufacturing categories for 1914, 1919, 1921, and 1923. Report published in 1925 mainly covers wages in manufacturing industries. Occupations included are limited before 1916. 467. Wages are shown in Italian lire. Dollars. Table 25 shows additional breakouts for skilled and white collar workers by region (. View full-size in the Findmypast Photo Collection. Describes the labor policy of Canada in the 1920's and throughout the rest of the early 20th century. The average salary for all occupations is $51,168 per year. Source: BLS, Shows the earnings over different times for both government employees and manual workers in Hamburg. Shows breakouts for automobile manufacture, cigar making, boots/shoe making, men's clothing, iron/steel and more. Despite the country recovering from the devastation of war, in many instances, the Roaring Twenties had well and truly arrived. Conversely, a dollar earned in 1928 had the same buying power as abut $15 in the year 2020. Shows prices for articles of clothing sold in 35 retailer shops in twelve cities. Discussion puts wage data in context with price levels which were definitely affected by the wars. See also "C" tab above for carpenters, cement workers, etc. A century later,we still see remnants of this inequality throughout working life. 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Source: Shows the average hourly wages for various occupation both in and outside of Paris. 525. Shows data for Washington DC, Los Angeles, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroitand otheradditional cities on pages5-9. 523. Source: BLS Monthly labor review, Apr 1926, Shows the average retail prices of various foodstuffs throughout Switzerland. Use the following hyperlinks to see values for AL, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN IA, KS, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, MT, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, ND, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VT, VA, WA, WV, WI, WY. Source: BLS. 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). City lifesuitedclerks, charwomen and professionalswhile more rural settings were populated by farmworkers, mass production factory staff and small business owners. Unskilled labor hired by cities for construction, repair or cleaning of streets. This newfound sense of independence among British women in the 1920s is reflected in the jobs they were doing at the time. Data is broken out byoccupation, sex and district. Min. View in more detail here. As the 1920s continued, manufacturing jobs became increasingly common to meet the demand for electrical appliances. Wages are shown in Spanish pesetas. They were major employers (7.1 per cent of all . Boy's:
In some places, unemployment rates hit over 70%. Shows average public employee pay for each state. Source: This source is entirely about compensation of state and local government employees in New York. Source: Source: Canada Department of Labor report. Email: concannonm@missouri.edu More passenger air fares from other sources: Household items:
Report published in 1927 includes extensive wage data for women in Tennessee by race, industry, education, and more, circa 1925. Jazz music, flapper dresses, F. Scott Fitzgerald -- for many, that's what comes to mind when you think of the roaring '20s. Source: AAUP report, p. 162. Bathroom:
Industries and occupations included are toilers, manufacturing, construction, mining, and more. Milliners were found in abundance in Bedfordshire andcoal miners were most numerous in Glamorgan and Durham. But job possibilities within the segregated race market were meager indeed, and the trend in the 1920s was to continue the restriction of black employment by the federal govern-TABLE 3 Percentage of Black Workers in the Total Labor Force by Occupational Classifications, 1920-1930 1920 1930 Agriculture 20.0% 19.0% Forestry and Fishing 11.6 12.7 Chart indicates hourly earnings ranges for piecework at automobile manufacturing companies in Germany. Source: BLS, The explanation states: "real wage rates have been computed by the Statistical Office on the basis of the official German cost-of-living index. In addition to creating new jobs, the motor industry also changed the way people worked. Source: Women's Bureau Bulletin #25. Wages are shown in both Hungarian gold crowns and contemporary U.S. dollars. University of Missouri, Columbia Shows the hourly, daily, and biannual earnings of different occupations in the Missouri coal industry between 1890-1922. Gasoline cost an average21.7 per gallon in 1929. Source: Women's Bureau Bulletin #85. 365-372. Chief Executive Officer - $310,000. Wages are shown in Spanish pesetas. ","spans":[{"start":139,"end":150,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-records/1911-census-for-england-and-wales"}}]}]}},{"__typename":"PrismicBlog_articleBodyImage_with_link","type":"image_with_link","label":null,"fields":[{"__typename":"PrismicBlog_articleBodyImage_with_linkFields","image_with_link":{"dimensions":{"width":444,"height":474},"alt":"British coal miners, 1920s. Source: Missouri State Dept of Agriculture. In 1919 several small teacher union locals founded the California State Federation of Teachers. This meant new jobs for women in the 1920s in the field of medicine. Wages are shown in Spanish pesetas. Shows family expenditures by category. The advancement of the automobile industry spurred growth in other industries, such as steel production, highway building, motels and gas stations. Source: BLS, Shows the average wage rates for 19 different occupations in Hamburg, Germany. Wages of certain women in the District of Columbia. When it comes to the troublemakers in your organization you have two choices: cut them out or rein them in. Source: Lists costs of running a farm, including costs of power, labor, insurance, interest on loans, etc. In 1928, halfof all families had a combined family income of $2000 or less. Shows monthly wages based on the ocean routes traveled: San Francisco to points west, and New York City to points south and east. Miscellaneous:
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