Full text: Cost of living in German towns

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BERLIN. 
The following Table summarises the information obtained in this enquiry 
as to the wages and hours of labour in Berlin :— 
Wages and Hours of Labour in the Principal Occupations, October, 1905. 
Building Trades (regulated by agreement)* 
Foremen... 
Bricklayers 
Stone-cutters 
Carpenters 
Joiners and Cabinetmakers ... 
Plumbers and Fitters ... 
Sculptors and Modellers (in plaster) 
Glaziers ... ... ... ... ... 
Roofers ... ... ... ... ... 
Stucco-workers... 
Painters, skilled men . . 
„ unskilled men 
Hod carriers 
Lime slackers and Water carriers 
Bricklayers’ labourers... 
Engineering Trades :— 
Moulders 
Fitters ... 
Turners 
Smiths ... 
Smiths’ strikers 
Pattern-makers... 
Core-makers 
Planers ... 
Borers 
Angle-iron smiths 
Boilersmiths 
Ri vetters 
Coppersmiths ... 
Labourers 
Electrical Industry :— 
Moulders 
Fitters ... ... ... ... 
Turners ... 
Smiths ... ... ... ... 
Pattern-makers... 
Tool-makers 
Electrical instrument makers 
Electro-mounters 
Labourers 
Copper and Brass-founding Works :— 
Moulders 
Fitters ... 
Turners 
Smiths ... 
Pattern-makers... 
Braziers ... 
Polishers, Drillers, Filers 
Wire drawers ... 
Labourers 
Lamp Manufactories :— 
Fitters ... 
Braziers 
Labourers 
Textile, Clothing, and Allied Trades :— 
Dyeing and Chemical cleaning Works 
D y ers ... ... ... ... . 
Washers 
Labourers 
Carpet weavers 
50s. to 54s. 
39s. Id. 
35s. 8d. 
39s. le?. 
31s. lid.] 
32s. Id. 
36s. 
34s. 9c?. 
39s. lc?. 
42s. 
29s. 5d. 
26s. 9c?. 
36s. 5d. 
28s. 4c?. 
25s. 8c?. 
34s. to 38s. 10c?. 
30s. to 33s. 
37s. 3c?. to 38s. 10c?. 
30s. to 31s. 2c?. 
27s. 
36s. to 37s. 
36s. 
27s. 
23s. 8c?. 
30s. 11c?. 
31s. lc?. 
31s. 4c?. 
30s. 
20s. to 23s. Id. 
38s. to 40s. 6c?. 
32s. 5c?. to 36s. 
35s. 8c?. „ 42s. 
31s. 4c?. to 42s. 6c?. 
37 s. 10c?. to 45s. 10c?. 
33s. 6c?. to 42s. 
33s. 6c?. „ 42s. 
28s. to 30s. 
22s. 9c?. to 24s. 
36s. to 40s. 
39s. 
37s. 
30s. 
42s. 
36s. 
36s. 
36s. to 38s. 
22s. » 26s. 
27s. to 36s. 
27s. » 32s. 
21s. 
23s. and 24s. 
20s. to 23s. 
18s. and 19s. 
24s. „ 25s. 
Weekly Hours 
of Labour. 
53% 
50 
57 to 60 
57 „ 60 
57 „ 60 
57 „ 60 
57 „ 60 
57 „ 60 
57 „ 60 
57 „ 60 
57 „ 60 
57 „ 60 
57 „ 60 
54 to 60 
54 „ 60 
54 „ 60 
54 „ 60 
54 „ 60 
54 „ 60 
54 „ 60 
54 „ 60 
54 „ 60 
57 to 60 
57 „ 60 
57 „ 60 
57 „ 60 
57 „ 60 
57 „ 60 
57 „ 60 
57 „ 60 
57 „ 60 
* r f he wa & es an . d llom ' s of labour stated for the building trades are for a full week in summer 
t Average earnings in 190o.
	        
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