Thursday, January 27, 2011

Upstairs, Downstairs Economics: Junior Maid

What do they pay you?
dissolute artist

Mind your business.
Sarah

₤10 a year and a bed in the basement.
dissolute artist

No, its twice that much and and a room in the attic.
Sarah

Upstairs,Downstairs S01E02

The cost of employing a junior maid in 1904 for a year plus room and board in today's values:

£8,550.00
using the average earnings

£10,100.00
using the per capita GDP

£14,800.00
using the share of GDP

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