| Job | Description | Pay |
| Accountant | Full responsibility for company's books | $2.50 / week |
| Barber | Guaranteed wage for Saturday & Sunday | $4.00 / week |
| Pro baseball player | Average salary in 1910 | $3,000 |
| Cook | Cook for hotel | $50 / month |
| Physician | For lumber company | $125 / month |
| Secretary | Well educated and competent | $90 / month |
| Job Type | 1900 | 1901 | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 |
| Average of all industries | $438/yr | $454/yr | $467/yr | $489/yr | $490/yr |
| Building Trades | $770/yr | $811/yr | $853/yr | $915/yr | $915/yr |
| Farm Labor | $247/yr | $255/yr | $264/yr | $277/yr | $290/yr |
| Ministers | $731/yr | $730/yr | $737/yr | $761/yr | $759/yr |
| Postal Employees | $770/yr | $790/yr | $770/yr | $770/yr | $770/yr |
| Schoolteachers | $328/yr | $337/yr | $346/yr | $358/yr | $377/yr |
| Retail Workers | $508/yr | $510/yr | $521/yr | $537/yr | $551/yr |
| Job Type | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 |
| Average of all industries | $510/yr | $523/yr | $542/yr | $519/yr | $544/yr |
| Building Trades | $998/yr | $1040/yr | $1061/yr | $1061/yr | $936/yr |
| Farm Labor | $302/yr | $315/yr | $319/yr | $324/yr | $328/yr |
| Ministers | $773/yr | $759/yr | $831/yr | $833/yr | $831/yr |
| Postal Employees | $770/yr | $790/yr | $832/yr | $853/yr | $790/yr |
| Schoolteachers | $392/yr | $409/yr | $431/yr | $455/yr | $476/yr |
| Retail Workers | $393/yr | $580/yr | $593/yr | $609/yr | $561/yr |
| Job Type | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 |
| Average of all industries | $574/yr | $575/yr | $592/yr | $621/yr | $627/yr |
| Building Trades | $1082/yr | $1102/yr | $1123/yr | $1165/yr | $1186/yr |
| Farm Labor | $336/yr | $338/yr | $348/yr | $360/yr | $351/yr |
| Ministers | $856/yr | $802/yr | $879/yr | $899/yr | $938/yr |
| Postal Employees | $874/yr | $894/yr | $915/yr | $936/yr | $957/yr |
| Schoolteachers | $492/yr | $509/yr | $529/yr | $547/yr | $564/yr |
| Retail Workers | $630/yr | $666/yr | $666/yr | $685/yr | $706/yr |
| Job Type | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 |
| Average of all industries | $633/yr | $708/yr | $830/yr | $1047/yr | $1201/yr |
| Building Trades | $1227/yr | $1290/yr | $1414/yr | $1622/yr | $1186/yr |
| Farm Labor | $355/yr | $388/yr | $481/yr | $604/yr | $706/yr |
| Ministers | $730/yr | $731/yr | $737/yr | $761/yr | $759/yr |
| Postal Employees | $790/yr | $770/yr | $770/yr | $770/yr | $790/yr |
| Schoolteachers | $328/yr | $337/yr | $346/yr | $358/yr | $377/yr |
| Retail Workers | $510/yr | $521/yr | $537/yr | $551/yr | $508/yr |
Note: Material adapted from "The Value of a Dollar, 1860-2004." Third Edition, Scott Derks, Grey House Publishing.
