Shows the average daily wages of various occupations in Athens and Piraeus. Source: American Druggist, January 1923 issue. Source: BLS, Shows the hourly, daily, and weekly earnings in Milan for various industries. 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. ","spans":[{"start":27,"end":52,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://www.findmypast.co.uk/page/1921-census-infographic"}}]}]}]},{"__typename":"PrismicBlog_articleBodyText","type":"text","label":null,"primary":{"__typename":"PrismicBlog_articleBodyTextPrimary","text":[{"type":"paragraph","text":"22% of the men recorded in the 1921 Census were retired. Although the world was alsorecovering froma pandemicat the time, unlike today, remote working wasnt an option back in the 1920s. White familiesspent an average $103.71/yearon medical care around 1928-1931. Farmers at work in Borth, Wales, 1925. But what do we already know about jobs in the 1920s? in FOREIGN COUNTRIES, FOOD Source: Shows wages by occupation in Belfast, Cork, Glasgow, Dundee, Cardiff, London, Manchester and more. Published 1921. University of Missouri, Columbia Despite the country recovering from the devastation of war, in many instances, the Roaring Twenties had well and truly arrived. Also shows rowboat and pack horse rental rates, cost for guided tours, and transportation fares. TRANSPORTATION Feb 12, 2017. Table 25 shows additional breakouts for skilled and white collar workers by region (. The manufacturing boom of the 1920s helped to redefine work for the modern era. In the 1920s, men worked in burgeoning industries such as automobile manufacturing. Mainly women were teachers in the 1920's. Teachers had a low social status and made $1,200 annually. It can change how you see your past and maybe even your future. Cabinets and cookware. 285, Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, No. Wage rates by occupation in foreign countries (sometimes just to a certain city in the foreign country), assembled for easy comparison to U.S. wage rates for the same occupations. Source: Report of the Salary survey commission to the Pennsylvania General assembly, 1929. Pilot. Use "search in this text" feature to navigate (or contact us for assistance). Discusses household expenditures for electricity, and estimates the number of homes that had various electrical appliances (radios, refrigerators, irons, etc.) Wages shown in litas, and US dollars in parentheses. 2. Includes many brand names. View full-size in the Findmypast Photo Collection. Wages are shown in both Chervonetz roubles and contemporary U.S. dollars. Workers in Mason & Marson shoe factory, Stafford, 1926. 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Data gathered by the National Industrial Conference Board using foreign government sources. Most of them were found in the Isle of Wight, Cornwall and Westmorland whilethereweremuch fewer retirements in Glamorgan, Monmouth and Warwick. #4) Store Clerks #5) Librarians What. Physician, Pathologist: $267,180. ","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":389},"alt":"Farmers in Wales, 1920s","copyright":null,"url":"https://images.prismic.io/findmypast-titan/675c7436-762e-4ec5-a0ba-12d175c8c94d_farmers-wales-1920s.jpg?auto=compress,format"},"link":{"__typename":"Prismic_ExternalLink","url":"https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=GBOR%2FFF%2FWALES%2FDYFED%2F77772Y&parentid=GBOR%2FFF%2F144052"},"caption":[{"type":"paragraph","text":"Farmers at work in Borth, Wales, 1925. Prices are shown in Hungarian crowns. Tools and hardware: A century later,we still see remnants of this inequality throughout working life. Source: BLS, Shows the retail price of various foodstuffs and other items in Prague following Czechoslovakian independence. Taken from Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, No. Shows wages paid on American, Belgian, British, Danish, Dutch, French, Spanish and Swedish cargo ships, by occupations including seamen, engineers, first mates, second mates, radio operators, boatswains, firemen, coal passers, stewards, cooks, waiters, messmen, mess boys, carpenters, deck engineers, quartermasters, store keepers, donkey men, and more. Source: This calculator can be used to determine the historical purchasing power of currency in the United Kingdom from 1270 to 2017. HOUSING, FARMS and UTILITIES HEALTH CARE For the most up-to-date salary information from Indeed, click on the salary link for each job title below: 1. Or your great uncle one of the last mole-catchers? Many companies hired new workers to help manufacture, sell and distribute the appliances. Survey covered only white families over a certain. Source: BLS, Shows clothes prices paid by working class families in Great Britain. Prices shown in marks. Shows average charge per case for appendicitis, childbirth, heart troubles, cancer, dental problems and more. Average coffee-stall keeper, general labourer or female copy clerk in the City salary was - 1 per week. 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Many of the reports can be found in. Fixtures, chamberpots, bathroom soaps, towels, toilet paper. by SEX Bicycles, binoculars, footballs & basketball supplies, ice skates, athletic gear, boxing, baseball, & tennis supplies, fishing tackle, camping gear, guns. If you were a seamstress back then, you were likely spending most of your time putting together flashy flapper dresses for female partygoers. This meant new jobs for women in the 1920s in the field of medicine. Wages are shown in shillings. ","spans":[]}]}},{"__typename":"PrismicBlog_articleBodyText","type":"text","label":null,"primary":{"__typename":"PrismicBlog_articleBodyTextPrimary","text":[{"type":"paragraph","text":"Over 1.1 million men recorded themselves asworking in thecoal mining industryin the 1921 Census. Manual workers tended to live closer to their jobs, while professionals could afford to live further away. Refrigerators, washing machines, vacuums and telephones also sold in large numbers. Shows average wages (with and without board) by province. This Farmers' Bulletin, Cost of Using Horses on Corn-Belt Farms, goes into great detail about the costs of keeping work horses, including a. About half of the surveyed penal institutions gave prisoners some compensation, based on its use as incentive toward good work and better behavior, and to provide the convict with a small way to provide for his family. View full-size in the Francis Frith Collection. 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Dresses, skirts, blouses, suits, patterns for sewing frocks,, dress gloves, shawls, sweaters, silk undergarments, pajamas, union suits, corsets, gowns, stockings, hats, winter coats, fur coats, winter gloves and mittens, shoes, purses and bags, diamond rings, necklaces and jewelry, brooches, perfume, wigs. 1920, Home plans and costs to build in California, 1920, Retail prices of building materials by city, 1922, Building material prices paid by farmers, 1923-1924, Cost to construct houses, by type of material - 1921, Building material prices paid by farmers, 1910-1960, Farm real estate - Average value by state and county, 1920, Price of farm land by county in selected states, 1912-1924, New England farms and land - Average value by county, 1920-1930, Farm real estate values in Midwestern states, 1912-2019, Land in Missouri - Cost to rent or buy by county, 1922, Rents in working class neighborhoods in Cincinnati, 1920, Household heating fuel costs and expenditures by city, 1927, Electricity - Average monthly bill, 1924-1950, Household electricity costs and expenditures by city, 1927, Changes in retail prices of electricity, 1923-38, Car prices with illustrations, 1900-1920s, Motor supply prices paid by farmers, 1910-1960, Gasoline prices andtaxes, and annual consumption per vehicle, 1920-1939, Horse-drawn carriages, buggies and accessories, 1920, Horse and mule prices by state, 1919-1920, City transit fares in NY, PA, OH and MA - 1927, Streetcar, omnibus and subway rates, 1926, Passenger train fare in the U.S., 1871-1933, RR ticket prices between NYC and Chicago, 1910-1944, accessories (diapers, baby bottles, etc. 2, p. 1047. The percentage of married women who worked in 1920 was 4-5 percent in 1890 . Jobs arranged from high-paying to low-paying, 1900 Shows average pay for 100 different occupations. Pottery makers were most likely living in Stoke-on-Trent, soap makers inLancashire and Cheshireand brewers in Burton. Source: Teachers' salaries and salary trends in 1923. Shows the average weekly hours and hourly wages for workers in the boot and shoe industry. Link navigates to a record containing multiple years worth of this publication. Source: Shows the weekly wages of various occupations in Vienna. Compares average retail prices for "warehoused" name brand grocery items at independent and chain stores in Cincinnati. Dining room furniture, silverware, dish sets. Electrical engineer. Details the price of clothing for men, women, boys and girls on pp. Wages are shown in Mexican pesos. Factory employee average annual wages - 1921, 1923. Wages are expressed in both foreign currency and dollars. 3. Pianos, violins, guitars & banjos, accordions, other musical instruments. Manufacturing wages -- SEE box further below. 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They were major employers (7.1 per cent of all . The nimble start-up, OpenAI, has taken on tech behemoth Google in a fight for the spot as AI's top dog. ","spans":[]}]}},{"__typename":"PrismicBlog_articleBodyText","type":"text","label":null,"primary":{"__typename":"PrismicBlog_articleBodyTextPrimary","text":[{"type":"paragraph","text":"Metalworkers were prevalent in Sheffieldand Birmingham. A full set of false teeth cost 21. Compares average retail prices for drug-store items at independent stores and chain stores in Cincinnati and Washington DC. Provides foreign wage data in native currency alongside the U.S. dollar equivalent to assist in comparing the rates. Was your grandmother one of the first policewomen? of Agriculture report. 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Men commonly worked as farmers, doctors, lawyers and bankers. Source: Includes district-specific information and the average output of coal per person per shift. But what do we already know about jobs in the 1920s? Source: Lists costs of running a farm, including costs of power, labor, insurance, interest on loans, etc. Source: Shows the earnings per hour and week for sawmill workers over a 20 year period. Wages are shown in German marks. Shows the daily wages for 11 different occupations in Parahyba, Brazil. Living room: This newfound sense of independence among British women in the 1920s is reflectedin the jobs they were doingat the time. Source: BLS, Shows the average daily wage in both yen and US dollars. Data gathered by the National Industrial Conference Board (a group of industry associations) which used European government publications for information. Handkerchiefs, slippers, watches, umbrellas, hair brushes and combs, Christmas decorations. This figurehadgrownby16% since the1911 Census. Women's and children's clothing - Newcomb, Endicott, and Co. 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Shows wages for common and semi-skilled workers in manufacturing and construction industries, in baking, agriculture, metal and printing trades. Source: Median wages for butlers, chauffeurs, gardeners, furnace men and "house men" employed to work in private households in Philadelphia in the late 1920s. 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Covers the states of NH, VT, MA, CT, KY, SC, AL, MO, KS, IA and OH. A squad of policewomen lines up for duty, 1921. The wage data is broken out by sex. This mammoth work lists typical earnings as well as job descriptions and working conditions for thousands of occupations just before the Great Depression. 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 Shows firemen salaries for 25 American cities including New York City, Chicago, New Orleans, Indianapolis, Buffalo, Boston, Detroit, Cleveland, St. Louis, Kansas City and more. 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