Bradford LabMkt through time | Work & Poverty Statistics | Weekly Wages Rates for Selected Occupations (Pence)

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Weekly Wages Rates for Selected Occupations (Pence)

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Year	Angle-Iron Smiths	Bookbinders	Bricklayers	Bricklayers' Labourers	Cabinetmakers	Carpenters	Compositors	Fitters	Holder-Up	Ironfounders	Masons' Labourers	Painters	Patternmakers	Planers	Plasterers' Labourers	Plumbers	Riveter	Smiths	Turners
1845							252
1846							252
1847							252
1848							264
1849							288
1850							288
1851							288
1852							288
1853							288
1854							288
1855							288
1856							288
1857							288
1858							288
1859							288
1860							288
1861							288
1862							288
1863							288
1864						288	288
1865						300	288					264
1866					252	300	288	288					312	288				312	288
1867					276	300	312
1868					276	300	312
1869					312	300	312
1870				240	312	300	312
1871				240	312		312	300		384	240		324					324	300
1872		336		252	312		336	312		384	252		324					324	312
1873		336		252	336		336	312	288	384	252		324				324	324	312
1874	432	336		276	348		336	312	312	384	276		324				348	324	312
1875	432	360		276	372		360	312	312	384	276		348			384	348	348	312
1876	432	384	396	276	372		360	336	312	384	276		348			384	348	348	336
1877	432	384	420	300	372		360	336	312	384	300		348			384	348	348	336
1878	432	384	420	300	372		360	336	312	384	300		348		276	384	348	348	336
1879	432	384	420	288	372		360	336	312	360	264		348		252	384	348	348	336
1880	408	384			372		360	336	300	360			348				336	348	336
1881	408	384			372		360	336	300	360			348				336	348	336
1882	408	384			372		360	336	300	360			348				336	348	336
1883	408	384			372		360	336	300	360			348				336	348	336
1884	408	384			372		384	348	300	384			360				336	348	348
1885	408	384			372		384	348	300	396			360				336	348	348
1886	408	384			372		384	348	300	384			360				336	360	348
1887	396	384			372		384	336	288	384			348				324	360	336
1888	396	384			372		384	336	288	384			348				324	360	336
1889	420	384			372		384	348	312	384			360				348	360	348
1890	420	384			372		384	348	312	408			396				348	360	348
1891	444	384			372		384	360	336	408			396				372	360	360
1892	444	384			372		384	360	336	408			408				372	360	360
1893	444	384			372		384	360	336	408			408				372	360	360
1894	444	384			372		384	360	336	408			408	336			372	360	360
1895	444	384			372		384	360	336	408			408	336			372	360	360
1896	444	384			372		384	360	336	408			408	336			372	360	360
1897	468	384					384	384	348	432			432	360			384	384	384
1898	480	384					384	384	360	432			432	360			396	384	384
1899	492	384					384	384	372	444			444	360			408	384	384
1900	504	384					384	396	384	456			444	360			420	396	396
1901	504	384					384	408	384	456			456	360			420	408	408
1902	504	384					384	408	384	456			456	360			420	408	408
1903	504	384					384	408	384	456			456	360			420	408	408
1904	504	384					384	408	384	456			456	360			420	408	408
1905	504	396					396	408	384	456			456	360			420	408	408
1906	504	396					396	408	384	456			456	360			420	408	408

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1845 - 1906	Rates of Wages and Hours of Labour in various industries in the United Kingdom for a series of years

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These data were originally gathered by trade unions, mainly in the artisan trades, and record their 'Standard Rates' These were the minimum rates that union members were expected to accept; members offered lower wages were entitled to claim unemployment benefits from the union.

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Weekly Wages Rates for Selected Occupations (Pence)