Wages in 1900 Clyde Shipbuilding
Shipyard |
|
Yard Managers |
£400 per annum |
Under Managers |
£182 per annum |
Foremen |
£2 - £5 per week |
Caulkers |
33s 9d |
Labourers |
18s |
Holders-on |
16s 10½d |
Smiths Strikers |
20s 3d - 22s 6d |
Drillers and Hole Cutters |
22s 6d |
Riggers |
23s 7½d - 33s 9d |
Riveters |
33s 9d |
Platers |
33s 9d |
Angle Iron Smiths |
36s |
Shipsmiths |
34s 10½d |
Brass finishers |
34s 10½d |
Sheet Ironworkers |
39s 4½d |
Smiths Finishers |
36s |
Electricians |
36s |
French Polishers (Male) |
34s 10½d |
Tinsmiths |
37s 1½ d |
Shipwrights |
37s 1½ d |
Boatbuilders |
37s 1½ d |
Joiners |
37s 1½ d |
Cabinetmakers |
37s 1½ d |
Patternmakers |
37s 1½ d - 38s 3d |
Painters |
40s 6d |
Plumbers |
40s 6d |
Counting House |
|
Cashiers |
£300 per annum |
Head Clerk |
£250 per annum |
Book-keepers |
£200 per annum |
Clerks |
15s - £2 0s 5d |
Assistant Book-keepers |
42s 6d |
Boys |
6s – 10s |
Typists |
24s |
Time-keepers |
25s – 45s |
Gatehouse |
|
Day Gate Man |
29s |
Night Gate Man |
27s |
Boys |
5s |
Drawing Office |
|
Chief Draughtsman |
£250 per annum |
Leading Draughtsman |
£185 per annum |
Draughtsman |
25s-55s |
|
|
Apprentice draughtsman |
5s-15s |
Tracers |
17s |
Stores |
|
General Storeman |
30s |
Rivet Storeman |
31s |
Paint Storeman |
6d per hour |
Iron Clerk |
40s |
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