Full text : Cost of living in German towns

HAMBURG.

257

Weekly  Wages.

Weekly  Hours
of  Labour.

Glass  Bottle

Chemical,  Glass,  Oil,  Rubber,  &c.,  Industries
Chemical  works  ...  {
I  Blowers
(  Labourers
O"  lift,
India-rubber  works  j

Miscellaneous  Trades  :—

Leather-workers
Saddlers
Rope-makers

Skilled
Unskilled

Transport  Trades  :—
Furniture  Removers  (agreement)
Carters  (agreement)

21*.
24s.
28s.  to  30s.
21s.
21s.
27s.
27s.  to  30s.
21s.  „  24s.

20s.  to  27s.
18s.  „  24s.
24s.  2¿.
21s.

28s.  6(7.  to  30s.
26s.  to  28s.

60
60
60
60
60
60
56&-60
564-60

60
60
60
60

60
60-66

It  will  be  seen  that  the  wages  shown  above  for  the  building,  engineering,
and  printing  trades  are  exceptionally  high  as  compared  with  those  in  other
German  towns.  Representing  the  level  of  wages  in  Berlin  by  100,  the  index
numbers  for  Hamburg  are  :—As  regards  the  building  trades,  102  for  skilled
men  and  125  for  labourers;  the  engineering  trades,  £7  for  skilled  men  and
96  for  unskilled  ;  and  the  printing  trades  100  for  skilled  men.
The  predominant  rates  of  wages  and  hours  of  municipal  and  tramway
employees  in  the  two  towns  were  as  follows  in  October,  1905  :—

Hamburg.

Weekly  Wages.

Weekly
Hours.

Altona.

Weekly  Wages.

Weekly
Hours.

Roadmaking  and  Cleaning
Department.
Paviors  ...  ...  ...  ...
Paviors’  Labourers
Roadmakers
Road  Sweepers
Drivers  ...

Waterworks.
Labourers

Electricity  Works  and
Electric  Lighting.
Engine  Drivers
Stokers  ...
Erectors  and  Installers
Fitters  ...  ...  ...  ..

Gasworks.

Firemen
Gas  Stokers
Yardmen

Tramways  (Private).

Drivers  ...
Conductors

31s.  10  d.
28s.  10(7.
21s.
22s.10(7.
23s.  5(7.  to  24s.

21s.  to  22s.  10(7.

28s.  to  37s.
24s.  6(7.  „  29s.  5(7.
24s.  „  27s.
24s.  6(7.  ,,  33s.  7(7.

29s.  5(7.  to  31s.  2(7.
31s.  2(7.  to  35s.
21s.  7(7.

24s.  3(7.  to  26s.  6(7.
21s.  11(7.  to  23s.  1(7.

60
60
60
60
60

63

70
70
60
70

72|
72f
72|

57
64&

21s.  7(7.

22s.  10(7.  to  24s.

28s.  to  31s.  6(7.
24s.  6(7.  to  28s.
28s.  to  31s.  (  (7.
27s.  to  3Cs.

37s.  1(7.  to  40s.  7(7.
31s.  6(7.  to  35s.
22s.  10(7.  to  24s.

60

60

70
70
70
60

70
70
60

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Work  done  by  contract,

t  Less  intervals  for  meals.

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