Factory labor rate

[Jeff K.]

I just saw this parker letter that pertains to labor charges for repairs.
$.50 an hour for repairs to a customer's gun.

[Dollar]

I have wondered about that for awhile.I have seen the charges for a number of services but never could find what Parker charged to cut barrels down.If anyone knows please post.

[B. Dudley]

Some people still expect gunsmiths to work for 50 cents and hour.

[J. A. EARLY]

I have seen some work from "gunsmiths" and that was what they should have been paid.

Had an octagon barrel muzzleloader tapped for a scope. Could not get the bullet to seat over the powder. You can guess why.

"All are not hunters that blow the horn."

[Dean Romig]

Fifty cents per hour was their retail labor rate but I wonder what the worker was paid.




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[charlie cleveland]

what time period did the workers get 50 cents and hour...i got paid 50 cents and hour back in 1963 useing a pick and shovel for the summer...charlie

[Gunner]

January 1904, but as Dean said that was the retail rate. Laborer might have made $.20 or $.25/hr. would be my guess.

[wayne goerres]

I remember reading that they made .10centper hour and there wasn't any such thing as overtime.

[Bindlestiff]

I searched the web and it seems that the average wage in 1904 was $.22 per hour. I also learned that 18% of the households had at least one full time servant or domestic. I doubt that at $.22 per hour that they could afford a Parker, BUT I assume that at least 18% of the households could. Business must have been good for Parker.

[Phil Yearout]

I need some trigger work done; I figure it ought to run me about two bucks .