This will be evident by reference to Table VII and to Table VIII. Two things, however, must be borne in mind: first, that nearly all the men classified as cooks are employed on the Pacific coast, where wages are relatively high; second, that forty per cent of the men in domestic service do not receive board and lodging in addition to wages in money, while only two per cent of women so employed, principally laundresses, do not receive board and lodging. But although these facts modify the discrepancy between the wages of men and women, they do not wholly remove it. Whether the difference is as great as in other occupations cannot be stated. (5) A tendency is found towards an increase in wages paid by employers, as is seen in Table X on the following page. An interesting historical illustration of the same fact is given in a summary of wages and prices in Massachusetts from 1752 to 1860. In 1815, the first time the work of women is mentioned specifically, domestic servants received with board $.50 per week, while at the same time women were able to earn as papermakers $6.50 a week.[208] TABLE X COMPARISON OF WAGES PAID ====================+======================+======================== | NUMBER | PER CENT WAGES PAID +------+-------+-------+-------+--------+------- | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | Total --------------------+------+-------+-------+-------+--------+------- Same as last year | 414 | 1638 | 2052 | 87.72 | 79.02 | 80.63 More than last year | 54 | 368 | 422 | 11.44 | 17.75 | 16.58 Less than last year | 4 | 67 | 71 | .84 | 3.23 | 2.79 ====================+======+=======+=======+=======+========+======= (6) The wages received in domestic service are relatively and sometimes absolutely higher than the average wages received in other wage-earning occupations open to women. A comparison may be made between the wages received by domestic employees and by two other classes—teachers in representative city schools and the wage-earning women included in the investigations made by the Commissioner of Labor. As illustrating the wages received in domestic service, the following tables are given, showing (1) the classified weekly and daily wages received and (2) the average weekly and daily wages with the percentages receiving more or less than the average. These facts are taken from the general schedules. Similar tables are given showing a somewhat higher rate of wages in all domestic occupations in the special city of Boston. TABLE XI CLASSIFIED DAILY AND WEEKLY WAGES BY OCCUPATIONS