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Table 15. — Hourly wages of workers in Prussian State forests, by sex, age groups, 

 and locality class, 1 June 30, 1924 2 



Sex and age 



Class 1 



Class 2 



Class 3 



Class 4 



Class 5- 



Males: 



Under 15 - 



Pfennigs 

 12 

 15 

 19 

 29 

 33 

 34 



12 

 17 

 23 



Pfennigs 

 12 

 14 

 18 

 29 

 32 

 33 



12 

 16 

 22 



Pfennigs 

 12 

 14 

 18 

 28 

 31 

 32 



12 

 16 

 21 



Pfennigs 

 11 

 13 

 17 

 27 

 30 

 31 



11 

 15 

 20 



Pfennigs 

 11 



15 to 16 - ----- -. .- . 



13 



16 to 18 ------------ 



17 



18 to 21 . -- _ - ---- - - - - 



26 



21 to 24 . - 



29 



Over 24 - — - - - 



30 



Females: 



Under 16.. -- - - J - - -- - 



11 



16 to 18 - -- -- -- - - 



15 



Over 18—. - --- - 



19 







i Group classification based on local conditions as to living costs, etc. 

 2 1 pfennig =0.238 cents in 1924. 



Table 16. — Average daily earnings of timber cutters and other workers in State 

 forests of Prussia, 1927-34 l 



Year 



All classes of work 2 



Timber 



cutting, 



men 



Year 



All classes of work * 



Timber 



Men 



Women 



Men 



Women 



cutting, 

 men 



1927 



Marks 

 5. 11 

 5.41 

 6.08 

 6.40 



Marks 

 2.29 

 2,71 

 2.96 

 3.11 



Marks 

 ( 3 ) 

 6.83 

 7.73 

 8.65 



1931 



Marks 

 6.06 

 4.78 

 4.27 

 4.32 



Mark3 

 3.01 

 2.43 

 2.29 

 2.24 



Marks 

 8.16 



1928 



1932 



1933 



1934 



6.17 



1929 



1930 



5.27 

 5.40 







1 Based on official reports (24). 1 mark (gold value) =23.8 cents prior to 1934; about 40 cents in 1934 and 

 subsequent years. 



2 These wages do not include bonuses paid to foremen, or State contributions to social insurance fund. 

 Thev do include vacation pay, allowances for sickness, etc. 



s Data for 1927 not available. 



Wage rates and earnings vary rather widely in different parts of 

 Prussia, depending on local conditions. In 1933, for example, the 

 average earnings of male workers ranged from RM 3.57 in the Trier 

 district to RM 4.98 in the Erfurt district, and for women, from RM 

 2.07 (Schneidemuhl) to RM 2.58 (Allenstein) . For piece work the 

 absolute range is much greater than for hourly wages, owing to local 

 or temporary conditions such as bad weather, difficult topography, 

 especially good or especially poor timber. Table 17 shows the maxi- 

 mum and minimum daily earnings of able-bodied men (over 21 

 years old, for those paid on an hourly basis) for a full 8-hour day. 



Table 17. — Range of daily earnings, at piece work and hourly wage, of able-bodied 

 male workers in Prussian State forests, 1926-34- l 



Year 



Paid on piece 

 basis 



Paid on hourly 

 basis 



Year 



Paid on piece 

 basis 



Paid on hourly 



basis 



Mini- 

 mum 



Maxi- 

 mum 



Mini- 

 mum 



Maxi- 

 mum 



Mini- 

 mum 



Maxi- 

 mum 



Mini- 

 mum 



Maxi- 

 mum 



1926 



Marks 

 1.44 

 1.19 

 1.28 

 1.32 

 1.36 



Marks 

 11.90 

 13.40 

 14.72 

 21.36 

 16.48 



Marks 

 3.12 

 3.28 

 3.84 

 4.56 

 4.56 



Marks 

 3.78 

 3.87 

 4.84 

 5.04 

 5.04 



1931 



1932 



1933 



Marks 

 1.36 

 1.12 

 1.04 

 1.01 



Marks 

 14.64 

 11.76 

 10.72 

 12.32 



Marks 

 4.56 

 4.16 

 3.52 

 3.12 



Marks 

 5.04 



1927 



1928 



4.88 

 4.40 



1929 



1934 



4. 16 



1930 









1 Based on official reports (24) . 1 mark (gold value) =23.8 cents prior to 1934 and about 40 cents thereafter. 



