high paying jobs in the 1920s

Religious organizations -Salaries, 1929in. See table 164 for average annual wage. Compared to a decade earlier, there were more women working in medicine, engineering and law. The average salary for all occupations is $51,168 per year. Source: BLS. Source : Workers of the nation, vol. Source: U.S. Dept of Labor, Compares affordability of food and consumer goods from one year to the next and provides price. Source: BLS, Shows the retail prices of food and commodities in various cities throughout south Manchuria. Women's and children's clothing - Newcomb, Endicott, and Co. 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Wages are shown in Japanese yen. Source: BLS, Shows the minimum hourly wages of various occupations in Brussels. Bathroom: The billionaire talked about his early days in Dallas when he was strapped for cash. Source: BLS, Shows the average daily wage in both yen and US dollars. Here is a look at the top 100 high-paying jobs: 1. Shows the changes in wages of united Illinois coal miners following a labor agreement. Telephones, radios, cameras, kitchen ranges, home electric appliances, record players, music records, sewing machines, fabrics, clothes washers, laundry supplies, vacuum sweepers. Salary. Related: Jobs That Pay Well. More passenger air fares from other sources: Household items: Table shows average 1929 and 1931 weekly wages of full-time store employees, managers, and supervisors by kind and size of chain and location. Living room: "In this region, I presume that a fee of $200 would be a pretty fair estimate of the surgeon's charge for operation and the after-treatment there would be between the operation and the death of the patient." It is not yet available to read online; check your local library for a printed copy. The prosperity of the 1920s led to new patterns of consumption, or purchasing consumer goods like radios, cars, vacuums, beauty products or clothing. Job Outlook: By 2031, the BLS expects the number of orthodontic jobs in the U.S. to reach 6,300, reflecting a 5% increase from 2021. Source: BLS. Wages shows in 1930 US dollars. Source: The cost of living among wage-earners, Cincinnati OH, pp. ","spans":[]}]},"date_posted":"2022-10-11","metaTitle":null,"metaOgTitle":null,"metaDescription":null,"metaOgDescription":null,"metaCanonical":null,"_meta":{"__ref":"PrismicMeta:YWbmQhIAACEAbecE"},"body":[{"__typename":"PrismicBlog_articleBodyText","type":"text","label":null,"primary":{"__typename":"PrismicBlog_articleBodyTextPrimary","text":[{"type":"paragraph","text":"The 1920s was a decade of contrasting halves in the UK. Shows wages and hours for union bricklayers, building laborers, carpenters, cement finishers,hod carriers, inside wiremen, painters, plasterers, plumbers, stonecutters and more. Data available for additional years inMissouri Farm Census by Counties, Missouri State Dept of Agriculture. Table 25 shows additional breakouts for skilled and white collar workers by region (. Prices are shown in Spanish pesetas. So take a minute to imagine what your life would be in the '20s. In the beginning of the 1920s, many people worked as farmers and in the service industry. Teachers taught only 4-5 months out of the year. Girl's: Tip: use the search tool to look for words like cents or rate. ","spans":[{"start":47,"end":61,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=GBOR%2FFPC%2FDI%2F1920S%2FH%2F01216737&parentid=GBOR%2FFPC%2FDI%2F1920S%2FH%2F01216737%2F0"}}]}]}]},{"__typename":"PrismicBlog_articleBodyText","type":"text","label":null,"primary":{"__typename":"PrismicBlog_articleBodyTextPrimary","text":[{"type":"paragraph","text":"Thenewlegislationresulted inthe number of12- and 13-year-oldsrecordedinemploymentdroppingbyover 50% from a decade beforehand. for rural households in the U.S. and selected foreign countries. Wages are shown in Finnish marks. Shows data for unskilled male laborers in each of 13 industries, as well as an overall average. Source: BLS. Source: BLS Bulletins. This is a New Zealand government document. The woman's wage is a measure of the inclusion of women in society, and we gain important insights when we consider wage as a social construction rather than a theoretical outcome of supply and demand (Kessler-Harris 1991). Shows salaries for sevenoccupations inpolice departments of 25American cities. Source: Covers elementary schools and junior high schools in American cities with populations of 2,500 or more. Source: BLS, Shows the daily wages of workers in the glass factories of northern France. White familiesspent an average $103.71/yearon medical care around 1928-1931. Survey covered only white families over a certain. Source: BLS. The early years ushered in a new sense of optimism. Wages are shown in Austrian kronen. Was your grandmother one of the first policewomen? Shows the average weekly hours and hourly wages for workers in the boot and shoe industry. Shows weekly wages for male and female workers in common industries such as textile manufacture and mining, and also more uncommon like ice cream manufacture and hospitality services. Children's: In some places, unemployment rates hit over 70%. Source: BLS, Shows the earnings over different times for both government employees and manual workers in Hamburg. Prices are shown in Latvian rubles. Other circumstances also came into play. Wages are shown in Belgian francs. Includes the states of RI, NJ, OH, DE, OK, MO, GA, TN, AR, KY, SC, AL and MS. National Average Salary . Source: You may download a pdf version of the 1928, Hotel rates are shown in the advertisements in. ","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? TRANSPORTATION The number of people working as waiters and bartenders increased from 323,934 in 1930 to 733,250 in 1940 -- an increase of half a million jobs. Tables are broken down by occupation, sex, and state. Thus, many companies hired women who worked at cheaper rates. From, Earnings forveterinarians with governmentjobs, in scientific labs, in sales, or working as. Each table is for a different New Zealand city. "A good hotel room costs only $4-5 per day while a hospital charges $6 and $7." Before the time of alarm clocks and Siri, people still had to wake up early. Source: BLS, Shows the average retail prices of foodstuffs in Madrid and Barcelona. Shows typical pay in stock companies, dramas, musical comedies, vaudeville and screen, from extras to Hollywood stars. Report published in 1923 tells wages by race and by industry. Even in the 1920s, factories began moving south for cheaper labor. 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Shows the income of each member of a Zurich household and the amount that household spent on various necessities like food, clothing, rent, etc. Surgeon -$216,248. Anesthesiologist. 12 million immigrants had passed through the gates at Ellis Island nestled in the New York Harbor between 1842 and 1954. This meant new jobs for women in the 1920s in the field of medicine. Source: BLS, Shows the average daily wages and hours of a variety of occupations in Madrid. Source: Chicago Commission on Race Relations report. Shows breakouts for automobile manufacture, cigar making, boots/shoe making, men's clothing, iron/steel and more. What. Source: Extensive article provides wage detail by occupation and city. 285, Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, No. In the stationery and paper industry, women made up over 80% of the workforce yet over 75% of the managerial roles were given to men. Source: Appendix in. Senior Software Engineer - $119,126. Shows the weekly wages of various occupations in Swiss farming as well as the daily wages of day laborers. Although the world was alsorecovering froma pandemicat the time, unlike today, remote working wasnt an option back in the 1920s. See list of the most common occupations for women in 1910 and 1920 (source: Census Bureau). Shows dollar amount and % of total budget spent on various categories of goods and services, broken out by urban/rural families. From, Average monthly wages by state,with and without board. Shows wage rates for engineers, conductors, passenger baggage men, coal passers, firemen, switch tenders, hostlers, signalmen, station agents, telegraphers, machinists, car cleaners, and more. Wages of certain women in the District of Columbia. Source: BLS, Shows the retail prices of foodstuffs and other staple goods in the Mexican capital. The Red Cross quickly hired and trained thousands of young women to be nurses, often at the battlefronts. Or your great uncle one of the last mole-catchers? Industries and occupations included are toilers, manufacturing, construction, mining, and more. ","spans":[]}]}},{"__typename":"PrismicBlog_articleBodyText","type":"text","label":null,"primary":{"__typename":"PrismicBlog_articleBodyTextPrimary","text":[{"type":"heading2","text":"Regional employment in the 1920s","spans":[]}]}},{"__typename":"PrismicBlog_articleBodyText","type":"text","label":null,"primary":{"__typename":"PrismicBlog_articleBodyTextPrimary","text":[{"type":"paragraph","text":"Although the world was alsorecovering froma pandemicat the time, unlike today, remote working wasnt an option back in the 1920s. Shows the hourly and weekly wages for 12 principal industries throughout Germany. Radio sales went from $60 million in 1922 to $843 million in 1929. 635. Source: BLS, Shows the average retail prices of food, clothing, and fuel prices in Shanghai. Source: BLS, Shows the wage scale for various occupations for Japanese and Chinese workers in Dairen. Source: BLS, Shows the average pay for a 48 hour week throughout 5 different industries in Milan. For those lucky enough to hold onto a job, what were they working as? 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