Who could afford to eat at The Plaza?
Salaries in 1900 in the States
|
Occupation
|
Annual Salary
|
2000 $
|
| 1900 Census Average Salary |
$449.80
|
$8,973
|
| Unskilled Female |
$120
|
$2,394
|
| African-American male laborer |
$150
|
$2,992
|
| African-American Female laundress |
$180
|
$3,591
|
| Nurses after two years |
$193
|
$3,850
|
| Factory women (Boston) |
$295.44
|
$5,885
|
| Retail Women (Boston) |
$303.84
|
$6,045
|
| National average female teachers |
$381.50
|
$7,601
|
| Lynn, MA factory seamstresses |
$384
|
$7,660
|
| Male Stenographer |
$400
|
$7,980
|
| Eden, NY Union Free School female teacher |
$400
|
$7,980
|
| National average male teachers |
$452
|
$9,017
|
| Nurse Supervisors |
$463
|
$9,237
|
| Western U.S. female teachers |
$505
|
$10,074
|
| Buffalo Railway Company trolley conductors |
$533
|
$10,663
|
| NYC Female teachers |
$600
|
$11,970
|
| Buffalo teacher after 4 years |
$600
|
$11,970
|
| Western U.S. male teachers |
$610
|
$12,169
|
| Buffalo NY factory planers |
$624
|
$12,449
|
| Buffalo School "department principal" |
$750
|
$14,902
|
| NYC male teachers |
$900
|
$17,955
|
