what was the cost of liveing in 1937?

Answer 1

Would depend on where you lived.In the UK I remember milk one penny a pint,A loaf of bread(unsliced and unwrapped)one penny.Sugar one and half pence pound.Bacon 3pence 4oz.Cinema 1shilling.Cigarettes 10pence packet(20)Beer 7pence a pint.Rent(council)12shillings a week(2-3bedroom house)

Answer 2

The major rule-of-thumb is that in the mid-1800s an average craftsman or worker earned $10 a week. At the time of Henry Ford he raised salaries from $12.50 a week to $20-25 a week. However, things changed in the great depression and in the 1930s, so that $20-30 a week was pretty standard. Of course, this was also when houses cost $1-2,000 each and gas could be purchased for ten cents a gallon.