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1845-1849 Mexican Salaries

Minister       Relaciones Exteriores, Gobernacion, Policia            6,000
Clerk                                                                   		 400
Office Boy                                                           				 200

OFICIO DE CONTADURIA Y PROPIOS

Accountant, general                                                   3,000
Scribes                                                                 		 400
Office Boy                                                            			 192

Sources:  Ministerio de Hay Credito Publico, Memoria de 1844; 
Ayuntamiento de Mexico, Memoria de 1845.

SERVANT WAGES (Monthly, living in)

Coachman                                                                  6.88
Coachman                                                                      17.20
Porter                                                                        12.00
Servant, male                                                                  8.00
Cook, female                                                                  23.22
Maid, female                                                                  23.20
Servant, female                                                                3.00
                                                                        

SKILLED WORKERS, MONTHLY RATE

Tailor                                                                 	12.90
Silversmith                                                           		    12.90
Carpenter                                                             		    17.20
Painter                                                                  		  12.90
Pastry Chef                                                           		    22.36
Meat Cutter                                                             	     6.20
Stone Cutter                                                            	     9.46
Glove Maker                                                           	      38.70
Seamstress                                                              	     2.58

SOURCE:   Industrial Census of 1849