Weekly Wages Rates for Selected Occupations (Pence)

Year	Compositors	Fitters	Lithographers	Patternmakers	Planers	Turners
1845	240
1846	300
1847	300
1848	300
1849	300
1850	300
1851	300
1852	300
1853	300
1854	300
1855	300
1856	300
1857	300
1858	300
1859	300
1860	300
1861	300
1862	300
1863	300
1864	300
1865	300
1866	300	288		300		300
1867	300
1868	300
1869	300
1874	330
1875	360
1876	360	348
1877	360
1878	360
1879	360
1880	360
1881	390
1882	390
1883	390
1884	390
1885	390
1886	390	342		360		342
1887	390	342		348		342
1888	390	342				342
1889	390	366		360		366
1890	390	366		405		366
1891	390	378		405		378
1892	408	378		408		378
1893	408	360	360	390		360
1894	408	360	360	399	360	360
1895	408	360	360	396	360	360
1896	408	360	360	402	360	360
1897	408	384	360	446	384	384
1898	408	420	384	446	396	396
1899	408	420	384	459	420	420
1900	408	420	384	459	420	420
1901	408	420	384	459	420	420
1902	408	420	384	459	420	420
1903	408	420	384	459	420	420
1904	408	408	384	446	408	408
1905	408	408	384	446	408	408
1906	408	408	384	459	408	396

Date:	Source:
1845 - 1906	Rates of Wages and Hours of Labour in various industries in the United Kingdom for a series of years

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