Jan Mıçı Efendi

Jan Mıçı Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1857/58 (AH 1274). The record gives the community as Greek Orthodox Christian (Rum) and the father's occupation as Esnaf.

Schooling recorded: Fransız Mektebi (French school), 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: French, with Kitabet; Greek (Rum), with Kitabet; Italian, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1870/71 (AH 1287). The official was then about 13 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 300 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1871/72, the official was about 14 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1871/72, shows Muhabere Memuru in Beyoğlu, with 300 kuruş a month. In 1892/93 the record shows Tahsilat Kalemi in Beyoğlu, the salary going from 550 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Beyoğlu).

The highest salary, 720 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1903/04 as Tahsilat Kalemi. 77 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 475 kuruş. Over 37 years with a salary the median is 550 kuruş a month, with 9 rises and 2 cuts. The largest rise, 100 kuruş, is seen in 1872/73. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 2.46 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1906/07, when 74 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.