OCCUPATION $ PER DAY LOCATION NOTES Domestic Servant $0.05 West End Room and board for single woman Domestic Servant $0.05 West End Room and board for single woman Domestic Servant $0.05 West End Room and board for single woman Domestic Servant $0.05 West End "French family, room and board" Servant Girl $0.05 Roxbury Share attic room with laundry girl Stable boy $0.05 Dorchester Sleep in stable Blacksmith's assistant $0.05 Cambridge Sleep over shop Domestic Servant $0.05 Cambridge "Intelligent young woman, room" Servant Girl $0.05 Cambridge Sleep in attic Servant Girl $0.05 Roxbury "Genteel young woman, room and board" Servant Girl $0.05 West End Gentleman's kitchen help Gardner $0.10 Somerville "Room and board, experience a must" Domestic Servant $0.10 West End Room and board Domestic Servant $0.10 Somerville Good with horses Domestic Servant $0.15 Somerville "No room, board available" Governess $0.15 Dorchester Share attic room with servant girl Governess $0.25 Cambridge "Room and board, good with children" Seamstress $0.25 Work at home Deliver piecework to North End Seamstress $0.25 Work at home Deliver piecework to North End Barmaid $0.25 Fort Hill Require experience Seamstress $0.30 Work at home Deliver piecework to Fort Hill Seamstress $0.30 Work at home Young woman preferred Silverworker $0.30 Cambridge Good start for young man Paper Mill Worker $0.30 Charleston Good job for young woman Seamstress $0.35 Work at home Piecework Seamstress $0.35 Work at home Piecework Seamstress $0.35 Work at home Piecework Seamstress $0.35 Work at home Piecework Seamstress $0.35 North End Experience necessary labourer $0.35 North End Boy's work labourer $0.35 North End Boy's work Seamstress $0.35 Garment District Start for young girl Book Collator $0.38 Downtown Good job for young girl Seamstress $0.40 North End Experience necessary Seamstress $0.40 North End Experience necessary Tailor's Assistant $0.40 North End Intelligent young man labourer $0.40 North End Boy's work labourer $0.40 North End Boy's work Shoemaker's Apprentice $0.40 Charlestown Good start for young man Seamstress $0.40 Garment District Start for young girl labourer $0.45 North End Boy's work Seamstress $0.45 Garment District Start for young girl Live-in Tutor $0.50 Roxbury Knowledge of French or German labourer $0.50 North End Boy's work labourer $0.50 North End Boy's work Glassmaker $0.50 Somerville Intelligent young boy Cabinet Maker $0.50 Cambridge Boy apprentice Day Labourer $0.55 North End Street repair Tailor $0.55 North End Experience in ladies' fashions Tailor $0.55 North End Experienced only need apply Shovel Maker $0.58 North End Apprenticeship for young man Day Labourer $0.60 South Cove Digging Foundryman $0.60 North End No experience required Day Labourer $0.65 South Cove Requires heavy lifting Day Labourer $0.65 South Cove Construction work Day Labourer $0.65 Fort Hill Grave digger's assistant Factory Worker $0.65 Charlestown Will train Factory Worker $0.65 Charlestown Young woman preferred Factory Worker $0.65 Charlestown Young woman preferred Bookbinder $0.65 Downtown Hardworking young girl Day Labourer $0.75 Fort Hill Grave digger Roofer's Assistant $0.85 Charlestown No experience required Day Labourer $0.85 Fort Hill Cleaning stables Day Labourer $0.90 Docks Longshoreman Day Labourer $0.90 Docks Longshoreman Day Labourer $0.90 Docks Longshoreman Farmhand $0.90 Cambridge Experience required Paper Mill Worker $0.90 Charlestown Will train Farmhand $0.95 Cambridge Experience required Day Labourer $0.95 Docks Longshoreman Day Labourer $0.95 Fort Hill Construction work Farmhand $1.00 Lexington Experience required Bricklayer's Assistant $1.00 Roxbury Experience preferred Construction Worker $1.00 Fort Hill Heavy lifting Farmhand $1.00 Cambridge Knowledge of husbandry Butler $1.00 Cambridge "Room and board, knowledge of wines" Foundryman $1.00 North End Experience a help Watchman $1.00 Somerville Work in woolen mill Construction Worker $1.10 Fort Hill Heavy lifting Day Labourer $1.10 Fort Hill Very heavy lifting Blacksmith $1.10 Cambridge Experienced person only Construction Worker $1.15 Fort Hill Heavy lifting Blacksmith $1.15 Roxbury Experience required Store Clerk $1.25 West End "Read and write, good with sums" Clockmaker $1.25 Downtown Experience required Printer $1.30 Cambridge Must have experience Shoemaker $1.30 South Cove Experience required Machinist $1.34 Downtown Good job for experienced man Carpenter's Helper $1.35 Somerville Experience required Blacksmith $1.35 Dorchester Experience required Spinner $1.35 Somerville Hard-working young woman Tailor $1.55 Garment District Must have experience Tailor $1.60 Garment District Must have experience Tailor $1.65 Garment District Must have experience Tailor $1.65 Garment District Must have experience Tailor $1.50 Garment District Experience required Painter $1.50 West End Interior and exteriors Carpenter $1.50 Somerville Must have own tools Cabinet Maker $1.50 Cambridge Experience required Hatmaker $1.50 Downtown Experienced woman desired Hatmaker $0.30 Downtown Apprenticeship for young man Harness Maker $1.30 Cambridge Will train if necessary Shovel Maker $1.50 North End Skilled worker required Carpenter $1.65 Dorchester Experience a must Railroad Construction $1.75 Kentucky One hundred jobs available Carpenter $1.75 Roxbury Must have experience Mason $1.75 Roxbury Experience required Brick Mason $2.00 West End Experienced man only Carpenter $2.00 Charlestown Work in cotton mill Overseer $2.00 Downtown Native-born American only Overseer $2.00 Charlestown Knowledge of woolen mills Overseer $2.10 Charlestown Knowledge of paper mills Law Clerk $2.50 Cambridge Gentleman - Harvard graduate desired School Teacher $3.50 Cambridge Knowledge of English Literature