This website does a good job of organizing a complex topic. Source: BLS, Shows the average daily wages of manual work occupations in Barcelona, Spain. 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Starts on p. 44. Source: BLS, Shows the average daily wages for workers in different occupations in French coal mines. Discusses doctor and hospital fees as well as related expenses such as home nursing care. Wages are shown in Latvian rubles. Describes the labor policy of South Africa in the 1920's and throughout the rest of the early 20th century. 2, p. 1047. Factory employee average annual wages - 1921, 1923. Police department personnel salaries and wages. In 1919 several small teacher union locals founded the California State Federation of Teachers. 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Shows salaries for sevenoccupations inpolice departments of 25American cities. Source: The cost of living among wage-earners, Cincinnati OH, pp. Wages are shown in Spanish pesetas. by RACE Lists single-unit prices for barbital, benzoyl peroxide, benzocaine, aspirin, quinoline, and more, showing proprietary and coined drug names. Over 1.1 million men recorded themselves asworking in thecoal mining industryin the 1921 Census. Published by the National Industrial Conference Board. Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. View full-size in the Francis Frith Collection. ","spans":[{"start":39,"end":53,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=GBOR%2FFF%2FWALES%2FDYFED%2F77772Y&parentid=GBOR%2FFF%2F144052"}}]}]}]},{"__typename":"PrismicBlog_articleBodyText","type":"text","label":null,"primary":{"__typename":"PrismicBlog_articleBodyTextPrimary","text":[{"type":"paragraph","text":"Pottery makers were most likely living in Stoke-on-Trent, soap makers inLancashire and Cheshireand brewers in Burton. Includes many brand names. For easier browsing, the information is. Source: AAUP report. Prices are shown in Latvian rubles. Shows annual salaries for all school personnel in Texas without breakouts for occupation, years of training, years of experience, etc. What suits you? Wages are based on the average weekly full-time positions from large cities. Describes the labor policy of Great Britain in the 1920's and throughout the rest of the early 20th century. Study showed how much a family of five would need to live in Washington DC in 1920. Source: BLS, Shows the cost of foodstuffs, clothing, and other necessities in Hungary. Source: Shows wages, hours and earnings for mechanics, pipe fitters, welders, tinsmiths derrick men, drillers, firemen, engineers and more. ","spans":[{"start":48,"end":62,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=GBOR%2FFPC%2FDI%2F1920S%2FH%2F01212650&parentid=GBOR%2FFPC%2FDI%2F1920S%2FH%2F01212650%2F0"}}]}]}]},{"__typename":"PrismicBlog_articleBodyText","type":"text","label":null,"primary":{"__typename":"PrismicBlog_articleBodyTextPrimary","text":[{"type":"paragraph","text":"Women began finding their way into roles traditionally taken by men. National Average Salary . Source: 1930 Census of Agriculture. The following two tables shows the average daily earnings of industrial and building workers by occupation as well as in Moscow, Leningrad, and the Ural mountain region. Issues of Telephone engineer & management detail rates for telephone service in many states. What industry thrived in your towna century ago? In some places, unemployment rates hit over 70%. Source: BLS, Shows the average daily or monthly wages for various occupations in 5 different cities in Brazil. View in more detail here. Wages are shown in German marks. A century later,we still see remnants of this inequality throughout working life. From the Louisiana Department of Labor and Industrial Statistics Biennial Report for 1929-1930. Tells cost of public transportation and railway fares as well. Here are 14 high-paying jobs in several industries to consider. Teacher salaries for. 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. Work in the 1920s wasn't just affected by where our ancestors lived. Source: Shows wages by occupation in Belfast, Cork, Glasgow, Dundee, Cardiff, London, Manchester and more. Source: BLS, Shows wages of various industrial and agricultural gender, in both Romanian leu and contemporary U.S. dollars. Women's: Shows the average daily wages of workers in various industries in Riga as well as other parts of Latvia. What suits. Farmers at work in Borth, Wales, 1925. Earnings and prices are shown in Swiss francs. Links to government documents and primary sources listing retail prices for products and services, as well as wages for common occupations. White familiesspent an average $103.71/yearon medical care around 1928-1931. 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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. Mentions the wages paid to both skilled and unskilled workers in francs. Source: Women's Bureau Bulletin #25. Companies often have fewer qualified job applicants to choose from, which creates competition for the best people. 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. Although the world was alsorecovering froma pandemicat the time, unlike today, remote working wasnt an option back in the 1920s. Includes a table showing. Wages are shown in both Italian lire and contemporary U.S. dollars. Shows wage rates for engineers, conductors, passenger baggage men, coal passers, firemen, switch tenders, hostlers, signalmen, station agents, telegraphers, machinists, car cleaners, and more. This is a New Zealand government document. Shows the daily wages of various common and low-skill occupations like building laborers, canners, and rice mill workers throughout the state. Manufacturing jobs were popular, especially in the automotive industry. Wages are shown in Japanese yen. Shows the average daily wages of Japanese and Chinese workers in various occupations for the South Manchuria Railway Co. Wages are shown in both contemporary yen and US dollars. Most women worked in the private personal service industry,with over a million listing themselves as suchin the Census. Occupations included are limited before 1916. Top 100 high-paying jobs. HOUSING, FARMS and UTILITIES Shows the hourly, daily, and biannual earnings of different occupations in the Missouri coal industry between 1890-1922. 514. View full-size in the Findmypast Photo Collection. For the most up-to-date salary information, please click on the links below: 1. Some occupations covered include telephone operators, waitresses, hotel maids, chambermaids, elevator girls, laundry workers, retail clerks, and factory workers in the wood working industry. ","copyright":null,"url":"https://images.prismic.io/findmypast-titan/1ab8f245-a835-48e8-9934-8854da5cb140_1920s-miners.jpg?auto=compress,format"},"link":{"__typename":"Prismic_ExternalLink","url":"https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=GBOR%2FFPC%2FDI%2F1920S%2FH%2F01218049&parentid=GBOR%2FFPC%2FDI%2F1920S%2FH%2F01218049%2F0"},"caption":[{"type":"paragraph","text":"Wirral Colliery at Neston, 1925. "The fees and cost of books, instruments, board, room, laundry and incidentals will hardly be less than $400 per session of thirty-two weeks." Thus, many companies hired women who worked at cheaper rates. Wages are shown in both Francs and contemporary US dollars. More passenger air fares from other sources: Household items: When it comes to working ages, interestingly men tended to work until they were much older in South Wales. See quartile, "Women in Alabama industries: a study of hours, wages and working conditions," Women's Bureau Bulletin #34 (. Source: BLS Monthly labor review, Apr 1926, Shows the average retail prices of various foodstuffs throughout Switzerland. While female doctors were rare, female nurses were incredibly commonplace. They were published by the Women's Bureau of the US Department of Labor in 1928, summarizing data from the 1920 Census on the number of women, single and married, in particular professions. Unskilled labor hired by cities for construction, repair or cleaning of streets. 162-207. The economy boomed during the Roaring Twenties and rising incomes gave ordinary Americans access to enticing new conveniences, including washing machines, refrigerators, cars and other luxuries. The car industry is the best example of mass production during the 1920s. Shows average value of mortgaged homes, average debt remaining on the mortgages and average interest paid on mortgages annually, for 68 cities of 100,000 or more population. Provides foreign wage data in native currency alongside the U.S. dollar equivalent to assist in comparing the rates. Senior Software Engineer - $119,126. General servant - 16 annually. Wages shown in contemporary US dollars. Entrepreneur and its related marks are registered trademarks of Entrepreneur Media Inc. From crazy artists to legendary parties, the roaring '20s was an interesting time to be alive. The three big car manufacturers were Ford, Chrysler and General Motors. Shows the average daily wages Greek workers were receiving in metal mines, lignite mines, smelting and refining plants, and quarries. 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