Ada - Yearly Wages in Dollars in 1932-34

[AdaBusyBee]

I like the price of Gas Galon Lol...
[CENTER][Yearly Wages in Dollars.
This is how much you would earn in one year in 1932 -34.

Pilot-----------------------8.000 Stewardess-------------1.500
Coal Miner----------------723 Chauffeur-----------------624
Bussdriver---------------1.273 High School Teacher-3.111
City Clerk---------------1.284 Construction Worker- 907
Dentist-------------------2.391 Model-----------------------936
Doctor-------------------3.382 Taylor----------------------780
Electrician-------------1.559 Engenier----------------2.520
Fire Chief--------------2.075 Farm Boy-----------------216
Housekeeper------------780 Lawyer------------------4.218
Housemaid---------------260 Mayor-------------------2.316
Chief of Police-------2.636 Priest-----------------------831
Scool Teacher-------1.227 Nurse----------------------936
Railway Director---5.064 Railway Conductor--2.729
Secretary------------1.040 Statitician--------------1.840
Steelworker-----------423 Bookkeeper--------------936
Textileworker--------435 Typist----------------------624
Waitress---------------520 Member Congress--8.663
Here is what you would have to pay.

New Dodge--------------595.00 Fur Coat Mink---------585.00
New Packard---------2.150.00 Overcoat---------------------6.95
Chevrolet Pickup------650.00 Woollen Dress-------------1.95
Used Studebaker 30--200.00 Silkstockings---------------0.69
Used Ford 29-------------57.50 Leather Shoes--------------1.79
Tyre---------------------------6.20 Mens Overcoat-----------11.00
Gas Gallon-----------------0.18 Suit Wool-----------------10.50
Toothpaste------------------0.25 Pants--------------------------2.00
Filling Tooth---------------1.00 Shirt---------------------------0.47
Powder-----------------------1.50 Tie-----------------------------0.55
L`Aimant Perfume1/4oz-1.00 Smoking--------------------25.00
10 Razor Blades-----------0.49 Stetson Hat-----------------5.00
Cigarettes-------------------0.15 Steak pound---------------0.29
Foutain Pen-----------------1.00 Bacon pound--------------0.22
Typewriter-----------------19.50 Ham pound----------------0.31
Box Camera----------------2.50 Chicken pound-----------0.22
House 6 rooms------2.800.00 Porkchops------------------0.20
House 12 rooms---17.000.00 Milk pint-------------------0.10
Roundtripp to Europe 60 days---------495.00 Butter pound---------------0.28
Cruise to Bahamas-Havana-Nassau 110.00 Margerine pound---------0.13
Round the World 85 days--------------749.00 Eggs dozen-----------------0.29
San Francisco--Hawaii-round tripp--220.00 Bread pound--------------0.05
New York-California-PanamaCanal-120.00 Coffee pound-------------0.26
Potatoes pound----------0.02
Oranges dozen-----------0.27
Bananas pound----------0.07


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[Butterflyrose]

My, my, my! What history this is for those of us born years later!~Butterflyrose~

[AdaBusyBee]

Butterflyrose, I love old trivias - it tells how times are changing. Hugs! Ada.