Unnamed official (0087_0145, sayfa no:287.)

This official, whose name is not recorded, was born in Istanbul in 1873/74 (AH 1290). The record gives the community as Greek Orthodox Christian (Rum).

Schooling recorded: Mekteb-i Sultani, with 14 years of schooling recorded. The record marks a qualification: a diploma, certificate, training or decoration (nişan).

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1889/90 (AH 1307). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 750 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1893/94, the official was about 20 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1893/94, shows Muhendis Kalemi in Istanbul, with 750 kuruş a month.

The highest salary, 900 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1907/08 as Muhendis Kalemi. 82 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 300 kuruş. Over 15 years with a salary the median is 750 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 150 kuruş, is seen in 1907/08. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 1.31 per cent a year on average.