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Puerto Rico in the Great Depression

Showing number of workers employed in certain industrial establishments and prevailing wages
Industry	Number of Establishments	Number of inspections	Number of Workers				Three Types of Daily Wages
			Men	Women	Minors between 16 and 18 years	Total	Men			Women
Cotton ginning	1	1	27	2	...	29	$2.00	1.50	1.25	1.25	...	...
Coffee, polishing and selecting	7	20	39	87	...	126	2.00	1.33	0.75	1. 00	0.50	0.20
Coffee, roasting and grinding	24	42	124	6	...	130	2.50	1.00	0.50	0.50	0.41	...
Carpenter shops	77	93	192	...	6	198	3.00	1.50	0.50	...	...	...
Cigarettes, factories of	1	2	69	49	...	118	4.16	2.00	1.00	1.50	1.00	0.50
Cigars, factories of	342	597	1,753	924	...	2,677	5.00	1.50	0.33	4.50	1.25	0.25
Chewing tobacco, factories of	24	46	37	158	...	195	2.00	1.00	0.40	0.60	0.30	0.15

1932 Wages in Sugar Plantations

Showing Types of Wages in Sugar-Cane Plantations Visited
Occupation	Three Types of Daily Wages
	Northern Section			Southern Section			Eastern Section			Western Section			Central Section
Cane hauling	$1.00	0.85	0.65	1.25	1.00	0.75	1.50	1.00	0.80	1.24	0.90	0.60	1.50	0.95	0.70
Cane cutting	1.15	0.80	0.60	1.00	0.80	0.65	1.25	0.90	0.60	1.00	0.72	0.48	1.20	0.85	0.55
Cross plowing (with oxen)	0.85	0.65	0.60	1.10	0.85	0.75	1.00	0.80	0.70	1.00	0.75	0.60	1.00	0.85	0.75
Cross plowing (by machine)	1.50	1.25	1.00	1.75	1.50	1.25	1.75	1.50	1.00	1.75	1.65	1.50	...	...	...
Planting	0.80	0.70	0.60	1.00	0.75	0.50	1.00	0.75	0.50	1.00	0.75	0.50	0.75	0.60	0.40