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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
ElsieD

ElsieD

 

 

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
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