Average coffee-stall keeper, general labourer or female copy clerk in the City salary was - 1 per week. Milliners were found in abundance in Bedfordshire andcoal miners were most numerous in Glamorgan and Durham. Details the price of various building materials on pp. These roles are available in a range of industries including healthcare, mining and technology. Workers in Mason & Marson shoe factory, Stafford, 1926. Surgeon -$216,248. This post investigates the social construction of the woman's wage over the 20 th century (1920-1990). 45-57. From the Newcomb-Endicott store, Detroit, Michigan. 408, Shows the wages of a variety of occupations in the capital of Argentina. Pianos, violins, guitars & banjos, accordions, other musical instruments. 2-4. See data considerations for explanation. by STATE Shows salaries for officers, managers, clerks, operators, etc. It can change how you see your past and maybe even your future. 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In the beginning of the 1920s, many people worked as farmers and in the service industry. Source: BLS, Shows the daily wages for various occupations in Tokyo. Source: Shows the average hourly wage of a variety of jobs both in and outside of Paris. of Agriculture report. No. This means there is now a high demand for restorers. Separate listings forinspectors, police superintendents, captains, sergeants, privates, etc. The Red Cross quickly hired and trained thousands of young women to be nurses, often at the battlefronts. Shows the average weekly and hourly wages of different occupations in the Missouri shoe industry between 1913-1922. Furniture, bookcases, carpets and rugs, curtains, hanging lamps, lightbulbs, table and floor lamps, clocks. Shows average wages (with and without board) by province. Source: BLS, Shows the average daily wage in both yen and US dollars. 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