Average salary for a female clerk in London in 1925?

[robert186]

Hi everyone, I'm just doing a bit of research on behalf of my girlfriend - does anyone know any reliable resources that would help me out with the above query? It's not particularly important so I'm not planning on visiting any archives or anything, but if you know any good websites on this topic I'd be grateful if you could share.

The best site I know is http://www.measuringworth.com but it only gives average salaries by year.

[Billyblue]

Would newspaper 'situations vacant' ads of the day have mentioned salaries?

I'd say it wouldn't be more than a few pounds but I'd only be guessing.
Compare with 1960 when I earned about 9 or 10 pounds a week doing clerical work in London.

Dawn M

[LizzieW]

Dawn - As usual, London wages were much more than in the North.  In 1960, I was secretary to the managing director of a large wholesale electrical company in Manchester - I got paid about £5.50 a week!.  When my husband started work at Ferodo, in Derbyshire, the brake lining company, in 1962 as a Statistician and head of department (albeit a very small department), he only earned £7 a week. 

[janan]

Hi
I've looked through the situations vacant in a 1929 Daily Express that I have. Surprisingly few give any salary, but an experienced lady florist was being offered £2 a week in a west-end shop and a training advert states that book-keepers could earn £3-£6 a week, females would no doubt have been at the £3 end.

Jan

[robert186]

Great, thanks everyone for all the suggestions!