See data considerations for explanation. Includes breakouts for adults and. 14. Thus, many companies hired women who worked at cheaper rates. Occupations wages shown in 1930 US dollars. Source: Covers elementary schools and junior high schools in American cities with populations of 2,500 or more. Wages are shown in Italian lire. Shows salaries at the state, county and city levels. Source: BLS, Shows the hourly and weekly earnings of industrial wages in Romanian leu. Wages are shown in contemporary US dollars. These figures are shown by occupation, sex, and region. 7-8 in: Extensive, 219-page report published in the Bureau of Labor StatisticsBulletin no. Wages are shown in German marks. Source: BLS, Shows the average daily or monthly wages for various occupations in 5 different cities in Brazil. Cardiologist. Anesthesiologist SDI Productions/Getty Images Overall score: 6.4 Median salary: $208,000 Unemployment rate: 0.3% Number of these jobs. General servant - 16 annually. Expressed in pounds, shillings, and pence. Source: BLS, Shows the annual earnings of manual and nonmanual workers in Sweden. 7-22. 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. A full set of false teeth cost 21. From. From the Newcomb-Endicott store, Detroit, Michigan. Source: BLS Bulletin no. ","copyright":null,"url":"https://images.prismic.io/findmypast-titan/6571d0fc-187c-47c5-9c64-ea3911a71cf3_christmas-tree.jpg?auto=compress,format&rect=0,69,968,464&w=1200&h=575","landing_page":{"dimensions":{"width":550,"height":475},"alt":"Where did the Christmas tree come from? 514. Includes both land and buildings. 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","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. Compared to a decade earlier, there were more women working in medicine, engineering and law. Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. Source: Cost of living and family expenditures in Kentucky, Tennessee and Texas. This calculator allows you to compare the buying power of wages earned at different points in history. 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. Describes the labor policy of Great Britain in the 1920's and throughout the rest of the early 20th century. Shows the average monthly wages of multiple occupation in the Alaskan fishing industry. Source: U.S. BLS Bulletin no. A butler - 42 per annum while Post Office clerk - 90 a year. Milk cost an average 33 per half gallon in 1920. Textile industries, laborers - Total employment in 1920: 169,953 Textiles and clothing manufacturing remains a potent industry in America, but jobs related to the industry have spread much farther out. The 1921 Census features the first female police officer andthefirst female racing car driver. Worker unrest and strikes were the order of the day and the economy declined. In 1925, motor vehicles were scrapped at an average age of 6.5 years. This source lists actual salaries paid to administrators in various lines of business. Rose Leadem is a freelance writer for Entrepreneur.com. Children's: Source: BLS, Shows the daily wages of masons, carpenters, stonecutters, painters, shoemakers, and tailors in each of the provincial capitals of Spain. Source: For each college, this table shows tuition for residents and non-residents by course of study. 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Check the, Shows the daily rate of Utah coal mining workers in a variety of jobs and occupations. Prices are shown in either contemporary US dollars or Chinese coppers. Boy's: If you were a seamstress back then, you were likely spending most of your time putting together flashy flapper dresses for female partygoers. Article compares the cost of renting versus buying a home in 1928. See quartile, "Women in Alabama industries: a study of hours, wages and working conditions," Women's Bureau Bulletin #34 (. Prices are shown in Hungarian crowns. Wages shows in 1930 US dollars. 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In 1920 women composed 23.6 percent of the labor force and 8.3 million women older than the age of 15 worked outside the home. You can save thousands of dollars, for a limited time. Link navigates to a record containing multiple years worth of this publication. Source: BLS. Shows mining wages in Alabama, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Utah, Washington, West Virginia, and Wyoming. A mail order catalog for the Fall/Winter season, 1920-1921. Source: BLS, Shows clothes prices paid by working class families in Great Britain. Broken out by men's and women's jobs. Source:Federal Reserve Bank of Saint Louis. View full-size in the Findmypast Photo Collection. National average salary: $70,208 per year. Report published in 1921 tells wages for women working in offices, in meat and poultry packing, restaurants, food manufacturing, clothing manufacturing, laundries, and more. Wages are shown in contemporary U.S. dollars. The car industry is the best example of mass production during the 1920s. Pathologists are . Source: Shows pay for state carpenters, stage electricians, props men, show directors, agents, ushers and more. Jump directly to prices for: meats and eggs, butter, cheese, milk, bread and flour, corn meal, rice, potatoes, granulated sugar, coffee and tea, onions, navy beans, prunes, raisins, canned salmon, evaporated milk, margarine, lard, oats, corn flakes, wheat cereal, macaroni, canned baked beans, canned corn, canned peas, canned tomatoes, bananas, oranges, and more. Miscellaneous: Introduction. The 1921 Census of England and Wales was the first to capture employment details. Manufacturing jobs were popular, especially in the automotive industry. Source: BLS. 664. Unskilled labor hired by cities for construction, repair or cleaning of streets. Shows salaries for sevenoccupations inpolice departments of 25American cities. 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War was over, women were more independent than ever before and there were significant advances in science and technology. ","spans":[{"start":33,"end":47,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=GBOR%2FFPC%2FDI%2F1920S%2FH%2F01218049&parentid=GBOR%2FFPC%2FDI%2F1920S%2FH%2F01218049%2F0"}}]}]}]},{"__typename":"PrismicBlog_articleBodyText","type":"text","label":null,"primary":{"__typename":"PrismicBlog_articleBodyTextPrimary","text":[{"type":"paragraph","text":"Most women worked in the private personal service industry,with over a million listing themselves as suchin the Census. Perhaps one of the most high-paying jobs in the automotive field is that of the automotive . Women's and children's clothing - Newcomb, Endicott, and Co. Retail prices for imported merchandise, 1922, Rates charges for hospital services, 1928, Health care costs and expenditures, 1923-1925, Average charges by type of medical complaint, 1929-1930, Public colleges - Tuition by institution, 1921-1922, Private colleges - Tuition by institution, 1921-1922, Howard University School of Medicine - Tuition & expenses, 1920-21, The Undertaker's Trade - Services and Prices, Average funeral cost by state and city, 1927, Cost to mail a letter or postcard, 1863-present, Vacation to Yellowstone National Park - Prices in 1920, Consumption expenditures per capita, 1901-1956, Cost of living increase in U.S. large cities, 1913-1941, Income needed for "minimum subsistence" in cities, 1929, Minimum income needed to live in Washington DC, 1920, Cost of living among wage earners, Detroit, 1921, Lynchburg, VA - Cost of living and expenditures, 1928-1929, Ability to pay and standard of living among farmers, 1926, Farm family expenditures in selected states, 1922-1924, Average annual costs of keeping work horses, 1921, Virginia - Cost of living and expenditures, 1928-1929, Calculator: Present-day purchasing power of a historic dollar amount, Consumer Price Index Inflation Calculator, Canada - Food and rents by province and city, 1923, Canada - Prices of staple foods, fuel and rent in 1913, 1920-1927, Retail Prices in Czechoslovakia, 1914-1921, Clothing prices - Great Britain, 1914-1921, New Zealand - Food and cigarette retail prices by city, 1921. equal opportunity/access/affirmative action/pro-disabled and veteran employer. Shows average wages alongside a cost of living index for Germany between 1929-1942. 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. Wages of certain women in the District of Columbia. Typewriters, school supplies, office supplies, fountain pens, more fountain pens, books, drawing sets, home office furniture. Occupations included are limited before 1916. Source: Lists results of 22 studies that show the % of family budget spent in various categories (rent, food, health, etc.). Phone (573) 882-0748. National Average Salary . Shows data on the number of nursing school graduates from 1880 to 1929 as well as salary information. They were major employers (7.1 per cent of all . Details the prices of appliances, furniture, and more household items on pp. A century later,we still see remnants of this inequality throughout working life. Source: The tables show pay for employees engaged in the manufacture of automobiles, trucks, car bodies and parts. 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. Montgomery Ward catalog shows prices of radios and radio supplies on 60+ pages. 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The wage data is broken out by sex. ","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. In some places, unemployment rates hit over 70%. Source: BLS, Shows the hourly, daily, and weekly earnings in Milan for various industries. Shows the hourly and weekly wages for 12 principal industries throughout Germany. Infant's: Shows the daily wages of various common and low-skill occupations like building laborers, canners, and rice mill workers throughout the state. Wages are shown in both US and English currency. Women have been in the work force for more than 100 years, but in honor of the 100th Anniversary of the Women's Bureau, find the top 10 occupations women have held in each decade since 1920. Most of them were found in the Isle of Wight, Cornwall and Westmorland whilethereweremuch fewer retirements in Glamorgan, Monmouth and Warwick. Details the price of various building materials on pp. Most women worked in the private personal service industry,with over a million listing themselves as suchin the Census. Survey covered only white families over a certain. Dollars. This is a New Zealand government document. 13. Wages are expressed in both foreign currency and dollars. ","spans":[]}]}},{"__typename":"PrismicBlog_articleBodyText","type":"text","label":null,"primary":{"__typename":"PrismicBlog_articleBodyTextPrimary","text":[{"type":"paragraph","text":"When it comes to working ages, interestingly men tended to work until they were much older in South Wales. Source: U.S. Department of Commerce. Table 41 in this source shows the average salary for all teachers in elementary and secondary schools in New York state, not including NYC. Shows pay for those involved in "1st class New York City productions" including actors of various levels (from chorus to leads) as well as directors, designers, scene painters, stage hands, etc. Table shows average cost to rent houses by the number of rooms in each of 25 New Zealand cities and towns. What industry thrived in your towna century ago? The highest-paying jobs are usually skilled roles that give people great responsibility for other employees, financial outcomes and clients. The three main companies were Ford, Chrysler and General Motors. Wages are shown in Brazilian milreis and contemporary US dollars. Min. With the introduction of theEducation Act, most children entered the workforce when they left school aged 14 but the 1921 Census records anyoneemployedfrom age 12 upwards. Shows the hourly, daily, and biannual earnings of different occupations in the Missouri coal industry between 1890-1922. Rose Leadem Compares wages in common industries such as building, engineering, shipbuilding, textiles, railway, agriculture, printing, and in pottery. Furniture, bookcases, carpets and rugs, curtains, hanging lamps, lightbulbs, table and floor lamps, clocks. The study pays particular attention to women who made less than the average wage. View full-size in the Findmypast Photo Collection. Wages shown in 1931 US dollars. Source: BLS. It may be necessary to read the chapters pertaining to the country, but you can find the actual minimum wages in the discussion. It also summarizes the years from 1907-1922. Jobs arranged from high-paying to low-paying, 1900 Shows average pay for 100 different occupations. A wheat farm labourer, a silent movie actor, a telephone operator -- many jobs in the 1920s are nothing like today's. Tables are broken down by occupation, sex, and state. The prosperity of the 1920s led to new patterns of consumption, or purchasing consumer goods like radios, cars, vacuums, beauty products or clothing. This Founder Started a Wellness Brand in Her Kitchen , Employees Are 45 Minutes More Productive Each Week, Life Advice From 18 of the Wealthiest People in History, Stayed True to His Triple 'Win' Strategy to Build a $1 Billion Business, the 10 Most Difficult Conversations to Have in the Workplace. Compares to national averages. Shows police department salaries for cities over 100,000 population. Provides detailed breakouts by occupation. by RACE Lists ticket prices in NYC, Boston, Philadelphia, Cleveland and eight more cities in NY, PA, OH and MA. ","spans":[]}]}},{"__typename":"PrismicBlog_articleBodyText","type":"text","label":null,"primary":{"__typename":"PrismicBlog_articleBodyTextPrimary","text":[{"type":"heading2","text":"What were the most common jobs in the 1920s? Data is broken out byoccupation, sex and district. Check out OnStride Financial's infographic below to find out what you'd be doing 90 years ago. 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. Manual workers tended to live closer to their jobs, while professionals could afford to live further away. Source: BLS, Shows the average daily wage in both yen and US dollars. Shows the average daily wages paid to masons, electricians, bricklayers, bakers, blacksmiths and more. Shows the average weekly and hourly wages of different occupations in the Missouri shoe industry between 1913-1922. Shows wages for common and semi-skilled workers in manufacturing and construction industries, in baking, agriculture, metal and printing trades. For easier browsing, the information is. 22% of the men recorded in the 1921 Census were retired. Industrial home work was most common in clothing manufacturing and tobacco industries (rolling cigars, etc.) Wages of pattern makers, molders, drill press operators, lathe hands, machinists and more. Source: BLS. Physician, Pathologist: $267,180. This bibliography lists reports that show income, budgets, consumer expenditures, etc. Shows average wages (with and without board) by province. Source: U.S. BLS. Source: BLS, Shows the retail prices of food and commodities in various cities throughout south Manchuria. Prices are shown in Japanese yen. Source: BLS, Shows the cost of foodstuffs, clothing, and other necessities in Hungary. The 1920 Montgomery Ward mail order catalog showed the price of. Also shows rowboat and pack horse rental rates, cost for guided tours, and transportation fares. Read our privacy policy for more information. 467. Women began finding their way into roles traditionally taken by men. The 1921 Census features the first female police officer and the first female racing car driver. Source: Lists minimum and maximum daily wages for male and female workers. Source: BLS, Shows the average daily wages of manual work occupations in Barcelona, Spain. In addition to creating new jobs, the motor industry also changed the way people worked. Source: National Education Association of the United States. Source: BLS, Shows wages of various industrial and agricultural gender, in both Romanian leu and contemporary U.S. dollars. Prices are shown in Latvian rubles. Source: BLS, Shows the cost of foodstuffs and other necessities in Greece. Wages are based on the average weekly full-time positions from large cities. One-page table shows 80 years of average retail prices for bread, milk, eggs and other common food items. 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