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Facts & Figures:
Income and Prices
1860 - 1890


1860

Occupation

Income

Bricklayer

$ 1.53/day

Firemen

$ 1.33/day

Farm Labor

$ 0.88/day


Product

Price

Cotton Sheeting (Yard)

$ .082

Sugar (Pounds)

$ .096


1870
Occupation

Income

Bricklayer

$ 3.97/day

Firemen

$ 1.73/day

Farm Labor

$ 1.50/day


Product

Price

Cotton Sheeting (Yard)

$ .140

Sugar (Pound)

$ .135


1880
Occupation

Income

Bricklayer

$ 2.68/day

Firemen

$ 1.37/day

Farm Labor

$ 1.25/day


Product

Price

Cotton Sheeting (Yard)

$ .081

Sugar (Pounds)

$ .099


1890
Occupation

Income

Bricklayer

$ 3.55/day

Farm Labor

$ 1.49/day


Product

Price

Cotton Sheeting (Yard)

$ .053

Sugar (Pounds)

$ .062

Source: Historical Statistics of the United States. Colonial Times to 1970; Value of a Dollar 1860 - 1999
 
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Updated: April 2004