| Job | Description | Pay |
| Baseball player | Yankee outfielder Joe DiMaggio (1947) | $90,000 |
| Factory/warehouse | Choice of shift, no experience needed | $1.21/hour |
| Cook | Cooks, maids (resorts) | $125/month |
| Secretary | For three salesmen | $216/month |
| Shoemaker | Good work conditions, in Florida. | $60-70/week |
| Job Type | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 |
| Average of all industries | $1,315/yr | $1,492/yr | $1,778/yr | $2,107/yr | $2,292/yr |
| Building Trades | $1,330/yr | $1,635/yr | $2,191/yr | $2,503/yr | $2,602/yr |
| Farm Labor | $463/yr | $567/yr | $769/yr | $1,002/yr | $1,189/yr |
| Medical Workers | $927/yr | $955/yr | $1,036/yr | $1,127/yr | $1,262/yr |
| Schoolteachers | $1,435/yr | $1,462/yr | $1,512/yr | $1,608/yr | $1,730/yr |
| Government Workers | $1,497/yr | $1,522/yr | $1,574/yr | $1,687/yr | $1,797/yr |
| Job Type | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 |
| Average of all industries | $2,364/yr | $2,473/yr | $2,602/yr | $2,933/yr | $3,000/yr |
| Building Trades | $2,600/yr | $2,537/yr | $2,829/yr | $3,125/yr | $3,229/yr |
| Farm Labor | $1,307/yr | $1,394/yr | $1,479/yr | $1,541/yr | $1,501/yr |
| Medical Workers | $1,401/yr | $1,605/yr | $1,820/yr | $1,918/yr | $1,995/yr |
| Schoolteachers | $1,822/yr | $2,025/yr | $2,261/yr | $2,538/yr | $2,671/yr |
| Government Workers | $1,938/yr | $2,093/yr | $2,300/yr | $2,593/yr | $2,670/yr |
Note: Material adapted from "The Value of a Dollar, 1860-2004." Third Edition, Scott Derks, Grey House Publishing.
