Looking for historic information on prices and wages

["S. & G. Rohrman" <rohrman@JERSEYCAPE.COM>]

Colleagues,

I am searching for historic data on wages and prices. This is for a project
that
will compare American wages over the past 100 years (or so) and the cost
of standard goods (a loaf of bread, a pair of shoes, a movie ticket, a
pound of chicken,
new home, new car, newspaper, etc.)

The students will use this data to try and determine if people are "better
off"
(economically) *now* than they were 20 years ago, 40 years ago, and so on.
I am in hopes of being able to find wages for unskilled hourly, clerical
hourly,
tradesman, and beginning professional (like a teacher). Hopefully, there
will
be some sort of clear trend between the different levels of wage earners,
too.

Please feel free to cross-post this request to other groups that may
assist.

I will post a compliation of the sites and/or sources after I receive
responses.

I thank you in advance for your assistance.

Susan T. Rohrman
Coordinator of Research and Writing
Middle Township High School
Cape May Court House, NJ
rohrman@jerseycape.com

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