Salih Hayri Efendi

Salih Hayri Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1866/67 (AH 1283). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1884/85 (AH 1302). The official was then about 18 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 100 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1890/91, the official was about 24 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1890/91, shows Mukayyit in Üsküdar, with 100 kuruş a month. In 1891/92 the record shows Mukayyit in Kastamonu, the salary going from 100 to 300 kuruş a month (before: Mukayyit in Üsküdar). In 1893/94 the record shows Başmüdür Kitabeti in Trabzon, the salary going from 300 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Mukayyit in Kastamonu). In 1894/95 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Edirne, the salary going from 400 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Başmüdür Kitabeti in Trabzon). In 1897/98 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul, the salary going from 500 to 220 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Edirne). In 1901/02 the record shows 2. Müdür in Şanlıurfa (Urfa), the salary going from 400 to 900 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul). In 1904/05 the record shows 2. Posta Muduru in Ioannina (Yanya), with 900 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Şanlıurfa). In 1905/06 the record shows 2. Posta Muduru in Edirne, with 900 kuruş a month (before: 2. Posta Muduru in Ioannina).

The highest salary, 900 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1901/02 as 2. Müdür. 85 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 500 kuruş. Over 16 years with a salary the median is 450 kuruş a month, with 6 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 500 kuruş, is seen in 1901/02. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 15.78 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1905/06, when 83 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.