Administrative unit

Worcester LabMkt

Urban Labour Market

Weekly Wages Rates for Selected Occupations (Pence)

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Year Bricklayers Carpenters Lithographers Painters
1851 264 Show data context 276 Show data context 264 Show data context
1860 276 Show data context 264 Show data context 276 Show data context
1861 288 Show data context 288 Show data context 276 Show data context
1862 288 Show data context 288 Show data context 276 Show data context
1863 288 Show data context 288 Show data context 276 Show data context
1864 288 Show data context 288 Show data context 264 Show data context
1865 288 Show data context 288 Show data context
1866 312 Show data context 300 Show data context
1867 312 Show data context 312 Show data context
1871 312 Show data context
1872 312 Show data context
1873 312 Show data context
1874 360 Show data context 336 Show data context
1875 336 Show data context
1876 336 Show data context
1877 336 Show data context
1878 360 Show data context
1879 360 Show data context
1880 360 Show data context
1881 360 Show data context
1882 360 Show data context
1883 360 Show data context
1884 360 Show data context
1885 360 Show data context
1886 360 Show data context
1887 360 Show data context
1888 360 Show data context
1889 360 Show data context
1890 360 Show data context
1891 360 Show data context
1892 360 Show data context
1893 360 Show data context
1894 360 Show data context
1895 360 Show data context
1896 360 Show data context
1897 360 Show data context
1898 360 Show data context
1899 360 Show data context
1900 390 Show data context
1901 420 Show data context
1902 420 Show data context
1903 420 Show data context
1904 420 Show data context
1905 420 Show data context
1906 420 Show data context
Date: Source:
1851 - 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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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Worcester LabMkt through time | Work & Poverty Statistics | Weekly Wages Rates for Selected Occupations (Pence), A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12830350/cube/WEEKLY_WAGES

Date accessed: 17th June 2024