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This booklet shows prices for hotels and amenities such astelephone, restaurant meals,haircuts, bath house, etc. Lists annual pay for individuals occupying administrative and supervisory positions in the executive and judicial branches. From, Earnings forveterinarians with governmentjobs, in scientific labs, in sales, or working as. Taken from Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, No. Totals are shown in Canadian dollars. Thenewlegislationresulted inthe number of12- and 13-year-oldsrecordedinemploymentdroppingbyover 50% from a decade beforehand. Butthe number ofwomen inthoseroles had declined by 20% since 1911. Source : Workers of the nation, vol. National average salary: $326,296 per year. Industrial home work was most common in clothing manufacturing and tobacco industries (rolling cigars, etc.) Source: Lists prices of typical food items, housing expenses, clothing, fuel, light and more. Covers more than 1,200 cities. Salary. Who Will Win? 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Source: BLS, Shows the daily wages for various occupations in Tokyo. Discussion puts wage data in context with price levels which were definitely affected by the wars. Men commonly worked as farmers, doctors, lawyers and bankers. Source: BLS, Shows the average retail prices of food, clothing, and fuel prices in Shanghai. Shows the average weekly hours and hourly wages for workers in the boot and shoe industry. Between the 1930s and mid-1970s, women's participation in the economy continued to rise, with the gains primarily owing to an increase in work among married women. Compares to national averages. Shows average value for farm land and buildings from 1850-1982. Source: BLS, Shows wages of various industrial and agricultural gender, in both Romanian leu and contemporary U.S. dollars. Wages are shown in contemporary US dollars. 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The expansion of credit in the 1920s allowed for the sale of more consumer goods and put automobiles within reach of average Americans. . 1920, Wages by occupation - Manchuria, 1920-1921, Daily and monthly wage earnings - Soviet Union, 1926-1927, Average yearly wages in the Soviet Union, 1929-1932, salaries paid school teachers throughout Russia, seldom exceed 12 rubles per month in late 1923, Agricultural wages - Switzerland in 1914, 1921, 1930, Earnings and prices - Switzerland, 1920-1921, Wages in Great Britain, France and Germany (with addendum for Switzerland), Minimum wage legislation in various countries, Comparative wage rates in the U.S. and in foreign countries, 1927, Wages paid on steamships by country and occupation, 1922, wages paid to Chinese and Lascar (Indian or southeast Asian) employees, Farm family incomes in Wake County, North Carolina - 1926, Average retail food prices across 51 cities, 1923-36, Average retail food prices across 39 cities, 1920-1928, 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, Food price averages for each year from 1890-1970, Food and drink prices paid by farmers, 1910-1960, Farm houses in Iowa - Value and size, 1923, Sears homes with costs to build, 1908-1939, Cost of materials to build a Sears home, ca. 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