Great Britain
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Occupation | 1710 | 1737 | 1755 | 1781 | 1797 | 1805 | 1810 | 1815 | 1819 | 1827 | 1835 | 1851 | 1861 | 1871 | 1881 | 1891 | 1901 | 1911 |
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Police, Guards, Watchmen | 13.28 | 26.05 | 25.76 | 48.08 | 47.04 | 51.26 | 67.89 | 69.34 | 69.18 | 62.95 | 63.33 | 53.62 | 53.94 | 55.86 | 76.73 | 72.33 | 68.69 | 70.62 |
Teachers | 15.78 | 15.03 | 15.97 | 16.53 | 43.21 | 43.21 | 51.10 | 51.10 | 69.35 | 69.35 | 81.89 | 81.11 | 93.76 | 97.02 | 120.80 | 133.90 | 147.50 | 176.15 |
Agricultural Labourers | 17.78 | 17.18 | 17.18 | 21.09 | 30.03 | 40.40 | 42.04 | 40.04 | 39.05 | 31.04 | 30.03 | 29.04 | 36.04 | 41.05 | 41.52 | 41.94 | 46.12 | 46.96 |
General Labourers | 19.22 | 20.15 | 20.75 | 23.13 | 25.09 | 36.87 | 43.94 | 43.94 | 41.74 | 43.65 | 39.29 | 44.83 | 44.18 | 51.44 | 55.88 | 62.68 | 68.90 | 74.04 |
Government low-wage | 21.58 | 28.79 | 28.62 | 46.02 | 46.77 | 52.48 | 57.17 | 60.22 | 60.60 | 59.01 | 58.70 | 66.45 | 67.15 | 63.72 | 74.65 | 70.40 | 72.20 | 67.95 |
Miners | 22.46 | 27.72 | 22.94 | 24.37 | 47.79 | 64.99 | 63.22 | 57.82 | 53.37 | 54.61 | 56.41 | 55.44 | 62.89 | 66.20 | 59.58 | 82.75 | 89.37 | 83.63 |
Skilled in Building Trades | 28.50 | 29.08 | 30.51 | 35.57 | 40.64 | 55.30 | 66.35 | 66.35 | 63.02 | 66.35 | 59.72 | 66.35 | 72.90 | 83.33 | 87.18 | 91.52 | 103.35 | 105.14 |
Messengers, Porters (exc. govt.) | 31.15 | 34.75 | 33.99 | 33.54 | 57.66 | 69.43 | 76.01 | 80.69 | 81.35 | 84.39 | 87.20 | 88.88 | 82.21 | 87.34 | 97.05 | 89.51 | 101.97 | 85.91 |
Skilled in Textiles | 33.59 | 34.28 | 35.96 | 41.93 | 47.90 | 65.18 | 78.21 | 67.60 | 67.60 | 58.50 | 64.56 | 58.64 | 63.26 | 82.55 | 85.77 | 93.60 | 101.40 | 108.50 |
Skilled in Shipbuilding | 36.26 | 37.00 | 38.82 | 45.26 | 51.71 | 51.32 | 55.25 | 59.20 | 57.23 | 62.22 | 62.74 | 64.12 | 69.11 | 76.83 | 81.38 | 87.80 | 92.51 | 102.34 |
Skilled in Engineering | 40.73 | 41.56 | 43.60 | 50.83 | 58.08 | 75.88 | 88.23 | 94.91 | 92.71 | 80.69 | 77.26 | 84.05 | 88.77 | 94.38 | 96.68 | 107.06 | 116.50 | 125.21 |
Skilled in Printing Trades | 43.29 | 44.17 | 46.34 | 54.03 | 66.61 | 71.11 | 79.22 | 79.22 | 71.14 | 70.23 | 70.23 | 74.72 | 74.72 | 79.92 | 86.42 | 90.04 | 92.66 | 97.29 |
Clerks (exc. govt.) | 43.64 | 68.29 | 63.62 | 101.57 | 135.26 | 150.44 | 178.11 | 200.79 | 229.64 | 240.29 | 269.11 | 235.81 | 248.47 | 268.63 | 286.65 | 268.06 | 286.86 | 229.89 |
Surgeons, Medical Officers | 51.72 | 56.85 | 62.02 | 88.35 | 174.95 | 217.60 | 217.60 | 217.60 | 217.60 | 175.20 | 200.92 | 200.92 | 343.00 | 645.40 | 520.29 | 475.47 | 265.39 | 272.75 |
Government high-wage | 62.88 | 84.04 | 78.91 | 104.55 | 133.73 | 151.09 | 176.86 | 195.16 | 219.25 | 222.95 | 276.42 | 234.87 | 251.33 | 281.02 | 275.29 | 215.01 | 159.63 | 161.61 |
Clergymen | 99.66 | 96.84 | 91.90 | 182.65 | 238.50 | 266.42 | 283.89 | 272.53 | 266.55 | 254.60 | 258.76 | 267.09 | 272.30 | 293.84 | 315.37 | 336.90 | 238.00 | 206.00 |
Solicitors and Barristers | 113.16 | 178.18 | 231.00 | 242.67 | 165.00 | 340.00 | 447.50 | 447.50 | 447.50 | 522.50 | 1166.67 | 1837.50 | 1600.00 | 1326.67 | 1280.00 | 1342.60 | 1500.00 | 1343.50 |
Engineers, Surveyors | 131.09 | 122.37 | 137.51 | 170.00 | 190.00 | 291.43 | 305.00 | 337.00 | 326.43 | 365.71 | 398.89 | 479.00 | 529.15 | 579.13 | 312.97 | 380.61 | 333.99 | 287.37 |
Data in pound sterling per year
Jeffrey G. Williamson, "The Structure of Pay in Britain, 1710-1911", Research in Economic History, 7 (1982), 1-54.