Table 1.

Common Occupations Held by Norwegian-Born Men in the United States and Norway

Panel A. Top ten occupations in matched sample, Norwegian-born men living in the United States in 1900
Rank	Occupation	Frequency	Percentage	Earnings
1	Farmers and planters	1,012	35.81	691
2	Laborers (general)	256	9.05	373
3	Carpenters and joiners	174	6.15	630
4	Farm laborers	101	3.57	255
5	Painters, glaziers, and varnishers	66	2.33	624
6	Sailors	60	2.12	467
7	Saw and planing mill workers	42	1.49	572
8	Machinists	39	1.38	736
9	Railroad laborers	36	1.27	460
10	Salesmen	32	1.13	680
Total		1,818	64.33

Panel B. Top ten occupations in matched sample, Norwegian-born men living in Norway in 1900
Rank	Occupation	Frequency	Percentage	Earnings
1	General farmers	4,189	22.26	393
2	Farmer and fisherman	1,522	8.09	321
3	Merchants and dealers	722	3.84	837
4	Fisherman	709	3.77	248
5	Husbandmen or cottars	658	3.50	114
6	Farm workers	597	3.17	175
7	Carpenters	505	2.68	312
8	Shipmasters and captains	459	2.44	298
9	Cottar and fisherman	412	2.19	321
10	Seamen	351	1.87	182
Total		10,124	53.79

Notes: N = 2,826. Occupation data collected by hand from census manuscripts on Ancestry.com. Annual earnings by occupation data from the 1901 Cost of Living Survey reported in Preston and Haines (1991) in year 1900 dollars. Average income of owner-occupier farmers is estimated using data from the US census of agriculture.

Notes: N = 18,820. Historical International Standard Classification of Occupations (HISCO) occupation categories. Annual earnings by occupation data from Statistik Centralbureau (1905) and Grytten (2007). Values reported in year 1900 dollars. Average incomes of owner-occupier farmers and fishermen are estimated using data from the Norwegian census of agriculture.