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Job title

Reji Memuru

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5 officials held the job title Reji Memuru. Its 27 annual entries run from 1882 to 1901 (AH 1300 to 1318). The median of the 27 recorded monthly salaries is 800 kuruş, against 500 kuruş for the whole collection in the same years. The median entry paid 1.6 times the collection median of its year. On average an official was paid more than 68 per cent of the other officials with a salary in the same year. Half of the officials have an entry in it in no more than 2 different years, and a quarter in 4 or more. It was the first title on record for 80 per cent of the officials and the last for 0 per cent. The entries name 6 places. The place with the largest number of officials is İnegöl, with 1.

Officials
5
Years on recordAH 1300 to 1318, 19 years with an entry
1882 to 1901
Median monthly salary1.6× the collection median of the same years (500 kuruş)
800 kuruş
Places with officials
6
First job title on recordfor 4 of the 5 officials
80%
All years

Monthly salary each year

The median of the 27 recorded monthly salaries is 800 kuruş, the mean 696 kuruş.
02004006008001882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 1318800 kuruş in 1900/01Reji Memuru, fewer than 5 salaries in every year

The same numbers as a table
Monthly salary each year in kuruş, Reji Memuru
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1882/831800800800800500
1883/841800800800800500
1884/851800800800800500
1885/861800800800800500
1886/871800800800800500
1887/881800800800800500
1888/892650650575725500
1889/902650650575725500
1890/913300430245550500
1891/923500566.67450650500
1892/932700700650750500
1893/942700700650750500
1894/951800800800800500
1895/961800800800800500
1896/971800800800800500
1897/981800800800800500
1898/991800800800800500
1899/19001800800800800500
1900/011800800800800500

Salaries are nominal monthly amounts in kuruş, as assigned. The thick line is the median of each year and the thin line the mean. A year with fewer than 5 recorded salaries is drawn as an open mark and is not joined to the line.

Pay against the whole collection

Officials by their median monthly salary in this job
Officials of this jobWhole collection
20%20%40%20%01002003004005007501,0001,5002,500

5 officials with a salary, each counted once in the band of the median of the official's salaries in this job. A bar runs from its number to the next; the last is 2,500 kuruş and more. Most officials (40%) are in the band 500 to 750 kuruş.

The same numbers as a table
Officials of Reji Memuru by median monthly salary
Median monthly salary, kuruşOfficialsShareWhole collection
0 to 10000%3%
100 to 200120%10%
200 to 30000%17%
300 to 40000%18%
400 to 500120%17%
500 to 750240%23%
750 to 1,000120%5%
1,000 to 1,50000%4%
1,500 to 2,50000%2%
2,500 and more00%1%

The median of the 27 recorded monthly salaries of this job is 800 kuruş. In the same years the whole collection paid a median of 500 kuruş. The median entry paid 1.6× the collection median of its year, and the middle half of the entries between 1.2× and 1.6×. On average an official of this job was paid more than 68% of the other paid officials of the same year.

Times the collection median1.6×0.25×0.5×1×2×4×Share of paid officials earning less68%0%25%50%75%100%

The dot is the median, the box the middle half of the entries. Dashed lines: the collection median of the same years (1×) and the middle of the paid officials (50%).

Where the job was held

All years
6 places with officials on record, 6 of them with a position on the map. A larger dot means more officials.
Seat of a province (vilayet) District (kaza) Other place
EdirneİnegölKartalKırkağaçLüleburgazNea Zichni (Zihne)1 official

All 6 places, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Edirne1
İnegöl1
Kartal1
Kırkağaç1
Lüleburgaz1
Nea Zichni (Zihne)1

Career paths: the titles just before and after

The number is the officials who made the move. Under it, the median change of the monthly salary: the first salary of the later title less the last salary of the earlier one, where at least 5 moves have both.

Held just before

The title of the entries just before a run of Reji Memuru. Pay: the change on moving from that title to Reji Memuru.

  1. Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)1

Held just after

The title of the entries just after a run of Reji Memuru. Pay: the change on moving from Reji Memuru to that title. The 5 titles with most officials, of 5 moves in all.

  1. Muayene Memuru1
  2. Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)1
  3. Posta Memurupostal official1
  4. Reji Baskitabeti1
  5. Seyyar Memurtravelling postal official1

Of the 6 moves shown, 5 cross at least one year without an annual entry; nothing is known about those years. Two posts held in the same years are not counted as a move.

Time in the job

Years with an entry in the job
2 yearsmedian over 5 officials
A quarter of the officials
4 years or moreupper quartile
Most years of one official
19 years
  1. First job title on recordthe first year with an entry with a job title has it80%4 officials
  2. Last job title on recordthe last such year has it0%0 officials
  3. No other job titlein the whole record0%0 officials
  4. One place in the jobof 5 officials with a place recorded80%4 officials

Years are years with an annual entry in the job, each counted once for an official. They need not follow one another, and nothing is known about a year without an entry. With two posts in the first or last year, both count.

Who held the job

Officials of this jobWhole collection

Community

5 officials with it recorded.

  1. Muslim (Müslüman)100%5

Age at the first annual entry in the job

5 officials with it recorded.

  1. under 150%0
  2. 15 to 1920%1
  3. 20 to 2440%2
  4. 25 to 2920%1
  5. 30 to 3420%1
  6. 35 to 390%0
  7. 40 and over0%0

Province of birth

5 officials with it recorded.

  1. Istanbul (Dersaadet) province60%3
  2. Aydın province20%1
  3. Ioannina (Yanya) province20%1

Languages

5 officials with it recorded. An official can have several, so the shares add up to more than 100%.

  1. Turkish100%5
  2. French20%1
  3. Greek (Rum)20%1
  4. Italian20%1

Qualification

5 officials with it recorded. A diploma, certificate, training or decoration (nişan) recorded in the schooling or the work.

  1. No100%5

Places

Places of Reji Memuru, the place with most officials first
PlaceProvinceOfficialsAnnual entriesYears
İnegölHüdavendigâr province1191882 to 1901
Nea Zichni (Zihne)Thessaloniki (Selanik) province121888 to 1890
EdirneEdirne province111890/91
KartalIstanbul (Dersaadet) province111891/92
KırkağaçAydın province111890/91
LüleburgazEdirne province111893/94

Ottoman officials recorded

5 officials, the one with most annual entries first.

Officials of Reji Memuru
OfficialYearsAnnual entriesKuruş a monthBirthplace
MAHMUT BEY1882 to 190119800Përmet (Premedi)
Mehmet Bahattin Efendi1890 to 18944300 to 600Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Ali Efendi1888 to 18902500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Abdullah Zühtü Efendi1890/911190Kırkağaç
İbrahim Fehmi Efendi1891/921400Istanbul (Dersaadet)

Years run from the first to the last annual entry. An official without a recorded name is listed after the named officials.

How to read these records: years and calendars, what first recorded means, gaps between annual entries, and salaries.

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