Pulp-era jobs table?

[hal]

Originally Posted by Pursuivant

More like 15:1 or 20:1. If you want to be really fussy, there are historical to current $ calculators available online.

As for GURPS books, also consider GURPS 3e Atomic Horror. It has job tables for the 1950s with a focus on B-Movie stereotypes. IIRC, it also uses period prices so multiply by a factor of 10-12:1.

If you want the mother lode of period equipment tables, check out period Sears-Roebuck and Montgomery-Ward catalogs at archive.org. For example: 1921 Montgomery-Ward Catalog

And, if you want more period correct prices for land and average wages - the census bureau has that kind of information in PDFs that may be worth your while. Pursivant is right on the money with the fact you can get FREE online resources that are historical. I downloaded the Census information for the 1870's for my face to face old west campaign.

[acrosome]

Originally Posted by Pursuivant

More like 15:1 or 20:1. If you want to be really fussy, there are historical to current $ calculators available online.

Yes. And I used one to get the 10:1 figure.

[TerryW]

Past a generation or two, straight calculations of inflation aren't really useful. Too much changes in terms of lifestyles, wages for specific jobs versus costs of necessities, sources of imports, etc. But here's a list of wages and prices in the US for the 1920s (And other decades as well).

https://libraryguides.missouri.edu/p...ages/1920-1929