Appendix N
AVERAGE WAGES OF WOMEN AND GIRLS
IN NON-MUNITION TRADES IN
THE UNITED KINGDOM.
(Calculated from Monthly Returns made by Employers to the Department of Labour Statistics.)[311]
| LAST WHOLE WEEK IN EACH MONTH. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Industry | Ordinary week in 1906 | May- Aug. 1915 | Sept.- Dec. 1915 | Jan.- April 1916 | May- Aug. 1916 | Sept.- Dec. 1916 | Jan.- April 1917 | May- Aug. 1917 | Sept.- Dec. 1917 | Jan.- April 1918 | May- Aug. 1918 | |||||||||||
| s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | |
| Cotton | 16 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 4 | 18 | 9 | 19 | 7 | 20 | 7 | 21 | 5 | 23 | 3 | 24 | 1 |
| Woolen and worsted | 12 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 15 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 17 | 11 | 19 | 8 | 19 | 9 | 21 | 9 | 22 | 8 | 25 | 3 |
| Linen | 9 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 20 | 4 |
| Jute | 12 | 5 | 18 | 4 | 18 | 10 | 18 | 10 | 19 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 20 | 4 | 22 | 7 | 23 | 9 | 24 | 4 | 24 | 7 |
| Hosiery | 12 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 17 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 22 | 6 | 23 | 10 |
| Lace | 11 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 6 | 19 | 2 |
| Silk | 9 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 20 | 5 |
| Carpet | 11 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 18 | 9 | 20 | 4 | 21 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 24 | 4 |
| Bleaching, etc. | 11 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 18 | 6 | 20 | 10 | 22 | 3 | 23 | 10 | 24 | 9 |
| Boot and shoe | 10 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 16 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 17 | 6 | 19 | 6 | 20 | 6 | 22 | 3 | 22 | 10 |
| Shirt and collar | 11 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 17 | 2 | 18 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 21 | 5 |
| Ready-made tailoring | 10 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 18 | 9 | 21 | 5 | 23 | 2 | 25 | 8 |
| Printing | 9 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 21 | 8 |
| Bookbinding | 10 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 19 | 11 | 21 | 6 |
| Pottery | 10 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 16 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 19 | 1 | 21 | 7 |
| Glass | 8 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 16 | 10 |
| Food preparation | 10 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 14 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 18 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 21 | 7 | 23 | 0 | 24 | 5 |
| Total | 12 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 17 | 8 | 19 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 21 | 10 | 23 | 6 [312] |