Salamon Efendi

Salamon Efendi was born in Samokov (Samakov) in 1858/59 (AH 1275). The record gives the community as Jewish (Musevi), the nationality as Yahudi and the father's occupation as Esnaf.

Schooling recorded: Millet Mektebi, with 4 years of schooling recorded. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration).

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1895/96 (AH 1313). The official was then about 37 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 600 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1897/98, the official was about 39 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1897/98, shows Seyyar Memur in Yenişehir(Rumeli), with 600 kuruş a month. In 1898/99 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Başmemuru in Jaffa (Yafa), the salary going from 600 to 300 kuruş a month (before: Seyyar Memur in Yenişehir(Rumeli)).

The highest salary, 600 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1897/98 as Seyyar Memur. 73 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 6 years with a salary the median is 300 kuruş a month, with no rises and 1 cut. From the first salary to the last the salary fell by 12.94 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1902/03, when 21 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.