Rushden Research Group: Marriott's pay rates

Marriott's - pay rates

1940 - 1989

List probably prepared for the Marriott’s exhibition
at Rushden Heritage Centre October - December 2001.

Hourly Pay Rates		Tradesmen	2000	Labourers	2000
Date		Old Money	Equivalent	Old Money	Equivalent
February 1	1940	1s 8½d	8.50p	1s 3¾d	6.56p
June 1	1940	1s 9d	8.75p	1s 4½d	6.88p
December 1	1940	1s 9½d	8.96o	1s 4¾d	6.98p
February 1	1941	1s 10d	9.17p	1s 5¼d	7.19p
June 1	1941	1s 10½d	9.38p	1s 5¾d	7.40p
February 1	1942	1s 11d	9.58p	1s 6¼d	7.60p
April 2	1943	2s	10.00p	1s 7d	7.92p
November 1	1944	2s 1d	10.42p	1s 8d	8.33p
February 1	1945	2s 1d	10.42p	1s 9d	8.75p
July 1	1945	2s 2d	10.83p	1s 9d	8.75p
January	1946	2s 6d	12.5p	2s	10.00p
November 20	1947	2s 9d	12.92p	2s 2½d	11.04p
July 15	1948	2s 9½d	13.13p	2s 3d	11.25p
February?	1949	2s 10d	14.17p	2s 3¼d	11.35p
October	1949	2s 10d	14.17p	2s 3¾d	11.56p
February 6	1950	2s 10½d	14.38p	2s 4¾d	11.98p
July 3	1950	2s 10½d	14.38p	2s 5d	12.08p
February 5	1951	2s 11d	14.58p	2s 5½d	12.29D
March 5	1951	3s 1½d	15.63p	2s 8d	13.33p
February 4	1952	3s 4½d	16.88p	2s 11d	14.58p
February 6	1953	3s 6½d	17.71p	3s 1d	15.42p
February 1	1954	3s 7½d	18.13p	3s 2d	15.83p
March 24	1954	3s 9d	18.75p	3s 3½d	16.46p
February 7	1955	3s 9½d	18.96p	3s 4d	16.67p
April 18	1955	4s	20.00p	3s 5½d	17.29p
February 6	1956	4s 1d	20.42p	3s 6½d	17.71p
April 18	1956	4s 1½d	20.63p	3s 9½d	18.96p
February 4	1957	4s 4½d	21.88p	3s 10d	19.17p
May 27	1957	4s 6d	22.5p	3s 11½d	19.79p
February 6	1958	4s 7d	22.92p	4s 0½d	20.21p
June 23	1958	4s 8d	23.33p	4s 1½d	20.63p
February 2	1959	4s 9d	23.75p	4s 2½d	21.04p
February 18	1960	4s 11d	24.58p[	4s 4d	21.67p
February 6	1961	5s	25.00p	4s 4½d	21.88p
October 2	1961	5s 6d	27.50p	4s 10½d	24.38p
Februarys	1962	5s 7d	27.92p	4s 11½d	24.79p
August 20	1962	5s 8d	28.33p	5s 0½d	25.21p
February 4	1963	5s 9d	28.75p	5s 1½d	25.63p
November 4	1963	6s 1d	30.42p	5s 3½d	26.46p
March 2	1964	6s 1½d	30.63p	5s 4d	26.67p
November 2	1964	6s 4½d	30.71p	5s 6d	27.50p
March 1	1965	6s 5½d	32.29p	5s 7d	27.92p
November 1	1965	6s 8d	33.33p	5s 8d	28.33p
March 7	1966	6s 11½d	34.79p	5s 11½d	29.79p
May 1	1967	7s 2½d	36.04p	6s 2d	30.83p
July 3	1967	7s 4d	36.67p	6s 3½d	31.46p
November 6	1967	7s 7½d	38.13p	6s 6d	32.50p
March 4	1968	7s 8½d	38.54p	6s 7d	32.92p
November 4	1968	8s	40.00p	6s 10d	34.17p
December 30	1968	7s 11d	39.58p	6s 9d	33.75p
February 2	1970	8s 9½d	43.96p	7s 6d	37.50p
November 2	1970	9s 3d	46.25p	7s 10½d	39.38p
Introduction of Decimal Currency to England
June 7	1971	£0.50		£0.43
September 18	1972	£0.65		£0.56
July 1	1973	£0.68		£0.58
July 1	1974	£0.73		£0.62
February 1	1975	£0.85		£0.73
July 7	1975	£0.93		£0.79
NO RISE FOR 3 YEARS!!
July 1	1978	£1.100		£0.940
June 1	1979	£1.290		£1.100
June 1	1980	£1.725		£1.470
June 1	1981	£1.850		£1.580
November 1	1981	£1.900		£1.625
June 1	1982	£2.040		£1.745
June 1	1983	£2.155		£1.840
June 1	1984	£2.065		£1.930
June 1	1985	£2.385		£2.030
June 1	1986	£2.520		£2.150
June 1	1987	£2.650		£2.260
June 1	1988	£2.835		£2.410
June 1	1989	£3.080		£2.625

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