Entrepreneurs still tend to be the highest paid people today —if they are successful; otherwise, they are among the lowest paid, and most likely to live out of their cars. read more
Exploring the Jobs and Employment that Thrived in the 1930s to 1940s The jobs and occupations in the late 1930s to early 1940s reflect a time when ordinary citizens once again had to do the extraordinary to stabilize America. read more
Service jobs in retail and other sectors such as housekeeping increased during the 1930s, as the wealthy were amongst the first to bounce back economically. For instance, while 1,698,858 people reported that they worked as private housekeepers on the 1930 census, 2,151,002 reported the same occupation on the 1940 census. read more