Job	Description	Pay
Actor	G. W. Nutt in Barnum Circus	$30,000
Circus Owner	P. T. Barnum in 1879	$87,850
Golfer	Winner of first U. S. Open	$150 and gold medal worth $50
Teacher	Avg. annual income of black teachers in Alabama in 1890.	$255
Teacher	Avg. annual income of white teachers in Alabama in 1890.	$215

Job Type	1860	1861	1862	1863	1864
Bricklayers	1.53	1.81	1.79	2.05	2.31
Farm labor	.88	.88	1.00	1.13	1.50
Firemen	1.33	1.38	1.41	1.48	1.25
Painters	1.97	1.93	1.98	2.21	2.93
Plumbers	1.88	1.88	1.93	2.50	3.50

Job Type	1865	1866	1867	1868	1869
Bricklayers	2.59	2.95	3.17	3.76	3.44
Farm labor	1.50	1.50	1.50	1.50	1.75
Firemen	1.51	1.58	1.67	1.64	1.67
Painters	2.82	3.35	3.86	3.43	4.29
Plumbers	3.50	3.50	3.85	3.85	3.85

Job Type	1870	1871	1872	1873	1874
Bricklayers	3.97	4.07	3.86	3.88	3.50
Farm labor	1.50	1.50	1.50	1.50	1.25
Firemen	1.73	1.81	1.61	1.67	1.72
Painters	3.15	3.16	3.12	3.13	3.02
Plumbers	3.37	3.36	3.22	3.18	3.11

Job Type	1875	1876	1877	1878	1879
Bricklayers	3.48	3.45	2.96	2.90	2.71
Farm labor	1.25	1.25	1.00	.88	.88
Firemen	1.60	1.57	1.51	1.49	1.39
Painters	3.08	3.02	2.59	2.61	2.84
Plumbers	3.16	3.13	3.16	3.13	3.12

Job Type	1880	1881	1882	1883	1884
Bricklayers	2.68	2.83	3.18	3.23	3.20
Farm labor	1.25	1.25	1.50	1.25	1.25
Firemen	1.37	1.42	1.39	1.50	1.48
Painters	2.94	2.76	2.86	3.25	3.26
Plumbers	3.37	3.43	3.50	3.50	3.50

Job Type	1885	1886	1887	1888	1889
Bricklayers	3.37	3.50	2.94	3.30	3.46
Farm labor	1.38	1.38	1.38	1.40	1.50
Firemen	1.54	1.63	1.53	1.43	*
Painters	2.96	3.18	2.93	2.59	3.40
Plumbers	3.17	3.28	3.52	3.37	3.59

Job Type	1890	1891	1892	1893	1894
Bricklayers	3.55	3.51	3.68	3.75	3.65
Farm labor	1.49	1.37	*	1.17	1.25
Firemen	*	*	*	*	*
Painters	2.16	2.09	3.43	2.93	2.61
Plumbers	2.94	2.87	3.58	3.53	3.72

Job Type	1895	1896	1897	1898	1899
Bricklayers	3.34	3.87	3.45	3.41	3.60
Farm labor	*	*	*	*	*
Firemen	*	*	*	*	*
Painters	2.32	2.96	2.45	2.47	2.57
Plumbers	3.74	3.49	3.73	3.74	3.93
* Information not available. Figures are in dollars paid per day. Most workers average 60 hours a week.

Note: Material adapted from "The Value of a Dollar, 1860-2004." Third Edition, Scott Derks, Grey House Publishing.