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Table Ba4219-4223 - Daily and monthly wages in the Philadelphia and Brandywine regions: 1785-1860

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  Daily wages, Philadelphia region Monthly wages, Brandywine region
  Laborers Artisans Farm labor (including board) Manufacturing workers
Male Female
Row Year Dollars Dollars Dollars Dollars Dollars
1 1785 0.70 1 1.33 ---- ---- ----
2 1786 ---- 1.00 ---- ---- ----
3 1787 0.52 1 1.00 ---- ---- ----
4 1788 ---- 0.97 ---- ---- ----
5 1789 0.52 1.00 ---- ---- ----
6 1790 0.50 1.01 ---- ---- ----
7 1791 0.53 1.05 ---- ---- ----
8 1792 0.66 1.00 ---- ---- ----
9 1793 0.80 1.25 ---- ---- ----
10 1794 1.00 1.39 ---- ---- ----
11 1795 1.00 1.66 ---- ---- ----
12 1796 1.00 1.74 ---- ---- ----
13 1797 1.00 1.83 ---- ---- ----
14 1798 1.00 1.57 ---- ---- ----
15 1799 1.00 1.62 ---- ---- ----
16 1800 1.00 1.64 16.00 ---- ----
17 1801 1.00 1.55 17.25 ---- ----
18 1802 0.75 1.31 17.25 17.00 ----
19 1803 0.75 1.43 16.00 17.00 ----
20 1804 1.00 1.60 16.50 18.00 ----
21 1805 1.00 1.57 17.00 18.50 ----
22 1806 1.00 1.66 17.00 18.00 ----
23 1807 1.00 1.68 17.00 18.00 ----
24 1808 0.75 1.47 16.50 18.00 ----
25 1809 1.00 1.56 17.00 19.00 ----
26 1810 1.00 1.72 17.00 18.50 ----
27 1811 1.00 1.77 17.50 21.50 ----
28 1812 1.00 1.58 18.00 22.25 ----
29 1813 1.00 1.52 19.50 21.50 ----
30 1814 1.00 1.63 18.25 21.50 ----
31 1815 1.00 1.91 ---- 22.25 9.50 1
32 1816 1.00 1.89 19.00 21.00 9.00 1
33 1817 1.00 1.71 19.00 20.50 ----
34 1818 1.00 1.86 18.00 20.75 9.00 1
35 1819 1.00 1.63 18.50 20.13 10.50 1
36 1820 ---- 1.55 18.00 20.33 8.00
37 1821 0.75 1.37 18.25 19.71 8.00
38 1822 0.75 1.65 16.75 18.38 8.00
39 1823 1.00 1.47 16.25 18.63 8.00
40 1824 1.00 1.55 17.75 19.38 ----
41 1825 1.00 1.74 17.50 18.67 ----
42 1826 1.00 1.70 16.75 18.99 ----
43 1827 1.00 1.73 17.00 17.94 ----
44 1828 1.00 1.74 16.00 16.67 ----
45 1829 1.00 1.80 17.25 19.25 ----
46 1830 1.00 1.73 16.50 19.81 ----
47 1831 ---- ---- 16.50 18.93 ----
48 1832 ---- ---- 16.00 17.75 ----
49 1833 ---- ---- 17.25 19.38 ----
50 1834 ---- ---- 17.25 18.46 8.50 1
51 1835 ---- ---- 17.25 19.25 9.00 1
52 1836 ---- ---- 18.75 18.63 ----
53 1837 ---- ---- 19.00 20.84 9.75 1
54 1838 ---- ---- 19.25 20.81 10.50 1
55 1839 ---- ---- 18.75 20.46 10.50 1
56 1840 ---- ---- 17.75 19.42 9.63 1
57 1841 ---- ---- 17.75 20.05 10.50 1
58 1842 ---- ---- 17.75 21.52 9.00 1
59 1843 ---- ---- 16.50 19.70 8.00 1
60 1844 ---- ---- 16.75 19.36 8.00
61 1845 ---- ---- 17.75 19.99 9.50 1
62 1846 ---- ---- 17.00 19.80 9.25 1
63 1847 ---- ---- 16.50 20.51 11.75 1
64 1848 ---- ---- 16.50 21.47 11.25 1
65 1849 ---- ---- 16.00 20.53 11.50 1
66 1850 ---- ---- 16.75 19.78 10.25 1
67 1851 ---- ---- 16.75 19.67 10.00 1
68 1852 ---- ---- 18.25 20.03 12.00 1
69 1853 ---- ---- 18.00 20.16 12.00 1
70 1854 ---- ---- 18.00 19.88 10.50 1
71 1855 ---- ---- 19.50 19.77 10.75 1
72 1856 ---- ---- 19.50 19.60 10.00 1
73 1857 ---- ---- 19.00 19.80 10.00 1
74 1858 ---- ---- 19.75 21.15 12.00 1
75 1859 ---- ---- 19.25 21.49 10.50 1
76 1860 ---- ---- 20.25 22.98 ----



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