Illinois Genealogy Trails Presents... 1850 Social Statistics Census Average Wages (by county)
County	Avg. monthly $ to a farm hand w/board	Avg. $ to a day-laborer w/board	Avg. $ to a day-laborer w/o board	Day wages to a Carpenter w/o board	Weekly wages to a female domestic w/board	Price of board to laboring men per wk
Adams	$10	.50	.75	$1.50	$1.25	$1.50
Alexander	10	.14	.20	1.00	.75	1.25
Bond	10	.50	.62 ½	1.25	1.00	1.50
Boone	12	.75	87 ½	1.25	1.00	1.25
Brown	12	.50	.70	1.25	1.00	1.25
Bureau	12	.75	1.00	1.50	1.00	1.50
Calhoun	16	1.00	1 ¼	1 ¾	1.00	1 ½
Carroll	12	.50	.75	1.20	1.00	1.25
Cass	15	.75	1.00	2.00	1.00	1.50
Champaign	12	.62	.75	$1.00	1.00	.75 to 1.00
Christian	15	.75	1.00	2.00	1.25	1.25
Clark	10	.50	.75	1.25	.75	1.50
Clay	10	.50	.75	1.25	.75	1.25
Clinton	10	.50	.75	1.50	1.00	1 ¾
Clay	10	.50	.75	1.25	.75	1.25
Coles	10	.50	.75	1.50	1.	1.75
Cook (including Chicago)	12	?	1.00	1.37 ½	1.25	1.25
Crawford	10.00	.50	.60	1.25	.75	1.00
Cumberland	10.00	.50	.75	1.50	1.00	1.75
DeKalb	12.00	.63	.75	1.5	1.00	1.50
Dewitt	13	.62½	.87½	1.50	1.50	1.50
Dupage	11	.60	.80	1.50	1.25	1.50
Edgar	10	.50	.75	1.25	.75	1.50
Edwards	10.00	.50	.75	1.50	1.00	1.25
Effingham	10	.50	.75	1.50	.75	1.50
Fayette	10	.50	.75	1.50	1.00	2.00
Franklin	10	.50	.75	1.25	1.00	1.00
Fulton	12.00	.75	1.00	1.50	1.00	1.50
Gallatin	10	.37 ½	.60	1.50	1.00	1.50
Greene	10	.75	1.00	1.50	1.25	2.00
Grundy	18	1.00	1.25	1.20	1.50	2.00
Hamilton	10	.50	.75	1.50	1.00	1.00
Hardin	10	.75	.60	1.50	1.00	2.00
Henderson	14	.62	.75	2.00	1.50	1.25
Henry	12	.50	.75	1.50	1.00	1.50
Iroquois	10	.50	.62	1.00	1.00	.75 to $1
Jackson	10	.50	.75	1.25	1.00	1.25
Jasper	10	.50	.75	1.50	1.00	1.75
Jefferson	10	.75	1.00	1.50	.75	1.00
Jersey	12	.75	1.00	1.75	1.25	1.25
Jo Daviess City of Galena	15 15	.80 .75	.85 1.00	1.50 1.50	1.50 1.50	1.50 2.00
Johnson	10	.50	.75	1.50	1.00	1.50
Kane Hampshire Virgil Geneva St. Charles Aurora Big Rock Kaneville Batavia Sugar Grove Rutland Blackbery Burlington Campton Plato Dundee Elgin	- 12 10 12 12 11 11 10 ?(smudged) 12 11 11 11 11 11 11 12	- .75 .75 .75 .75 .75 .62 .67 .75 .75 .62 .75 .62 .75 .75 .62 .75	- 1.00 .87 1.00 1.00 1.00 .87 .87 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 .87 1.00 1.00 1.00 87½	- 1.25 1.25 1.50 1.50 1.50 1.25 1.25 1.50 1.50 1.37 1.50 1.12 1.50 1.50 1.25 1.50	- 1.00 1.00 1.25 1.25 1.25 1.00 1.00 1.25 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.25 1.37	- 1.25 1.00 1.25 1.50 1.25 1.00 1.00 1.25 1.25 1.00 1.25 1.00 1.25 1.25 1.50 1.25
Kendall	12	.75	1.50	1.50	1.50	2??
Knox	12	.65	.80	1.75	1.00	1.25
Lake	12	.75	1	1.25	1.25	1.50
Lasalle	12	.75	1.00	1.50	1.25	1.50
Lawrence	10	.62½	.75	1.50	.75	1.50
Lee	12	.63	.75	1.50	1.25	1.50
Livingston	15	.75	1.00	1.50	1.50	1.25
McDonough	12	.75	1.00	1.50	1.25	2.00
McHenry	13	.75	1.00	1.50	1.00	1.25
McLean	16	.75	1.00	2.00	2.00	1.25
Macon	12	.625	1.00	2.00	.75	1.50
Macoupin	14	.75	1.00	1.50	1.25	1.75
Madison Alton	10 -	.50 1.00	.75 1.25	1.50 1.75	1.00 1.50	1.50 1.50
Marion	10	.75	1.00	2.00	1.00	1.00
Marshall	12	.75	1.00	1.25	1.75	1.50
Mason	14	.75	1.00	1.50	1.50	1.50
Massac	10	.50	.75	1.50	1.00	1.50
Menard	15	.75	1.00	2.00	1.50	1.50
Mercer	14	.75	1.00	1.50	1.25	1.50
Monroe	10	.50	.75	1.50	1.00	1.50
Montgomery	10	.75	1.00	1.50	1.00	1.50
Morgan	16	.80	1.00	1.50	1.50	1.50
Moultrie	12	.50	.75	1.50	1.00	1.50
Ogle	12	.63	.88	1.50	1.00	1.50
Peoria	13	.75	1.00	1.50	2.00	1.50
Perry	10	.50	.625	1.50	1.00	2.00
Piatt [none listed]
Pike	12	62.5	.875	1.75	.75	1.25
Pope	[blank]	10	.60	.75	1.50	2.50
Pulaski	10	.50	.75	1.50	1.00	2.00
Putnam	12	.62	.75	1.50	1.25	1.25
Randolph	10	.50	.625	1.25	1.25	1.50
Richland	10	.50	.75	1.25	.75	1.25
Rock Island	15	1.00	1.25	1.25	1.00	2.00
St. Clair	9	.50	.625	1.50	1.00	1.25
Saline	8	.37	.60	1.50	.75	1.50
Sangamon	15	.75	1.00	1.75	1.50	1.50
Schuyler Rushville Corporation	12 [blank]	.75 .75	1.00 1.10	1.25 1.25	1.00 1.25	1.50 2.00
Scott	12	.75	1.00	1.75	1.50	1.25
Shelby	10	.50	.65	1.00	1.50	[blank]
Stark	11	.62	.75	1.50	1.00	1.25
Stephenson	10	.75	1.	1.50	1.	1.50
Tazewell	14	.75	1.00	1.50	1.50	1.50
Union	9	.50	.75	1.25	1.00	1.25
Vermilion	12	.50	.75	1.00	1 to 1.25	1.50
Wabash	10	.50	.75	1.50	1.00	1.75
Warren	12	.75	1.00	2.00	1.00	1.50
Washington	10	.50	.75	1.50	1.00	1.50
Wayne	10	.50	.75	1.50	.75	1.50
White	10	.50	.625	1.25	.75	1.25
Whiteside	15	.75	1.00	1.50	1.25	2.00
Will	12	.63	1.	1.50	1.25	1.50
Williamson	10	.50	.65	1.50	1.00	1.25
Winnebago Sewards Lysander Howard Laona Shirland Harrison Burrit Elida New Milford Butler Owen Rockford Guilford Harlem Roscoe Rockton	- 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12	- .75 .75 .75 .62 .62 .62 .75 1.00 .75 .75 .75 .75 .75 .75 .75 .75	- 1.00 .87 .75 .68 .75 .75 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00	- 1.50 1.50 1.25 1.25 1.50 1.50 1.00 1.50 1.50 1.50 1.50 2.00 1.50 1.50 1.50 1.50	- 1.00 1.00 1.13 1.00 1.50 1.50 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.25 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00	- 1.25 1.50 1.25 1.25 1.50 1.50 1.50 1.50 1.50 1.50 1.50 1.50 1.50 1.00 1.50 1.50
Woodford	12	.75	1.00	1.30	1.50	2.00

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