WAGES IN AMERICA.
LARGE AVERAGE INCREASE. STATISTICS FOR TEN YEARS. A. and N.Z. GENEVA. Aug. 18. The International Labour Office has issued statistics showing the wages paid in the United States for the last 10 years. The total wages paid increased by 175 per cent. The average annual wage increased from £ll6 to £253, whereas the cost, of living increased by only 31 per cent.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19720, 20 August 1927, Page 11
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