Metropolitan Police Pay as of May 1910

The pay scales varied depending upon the seniority and service of the officer.  Compare this with the average miner's wage of 44 shillings (£2.20)

 

	Weekly	Current Value
Sector Inspector	76/-	£3.80
Inspector	67/-	£3.35
	65/-	£3.25
	61/-	£3.05
Sergeant	50/6d	£2.53
	48/6d	£2.43
	41/-	£2.05
	39/-	£1.95
	38/-	£1.90
	37/-	£1.85
Constable	33/6d	£1.68
	31/6d	£1.58
	30/6d	£1.53
	29/6	£1.47
	28/6d	£1.43
	27/6	£1.37
	26/6d	£1.33

For those can't remember pre-decimal British currency:-

      there were 20/- to the £1
      and          12d  to the 1/-
=>  there were 240 pennies to the pound.

Figures obtained from the Metropolitan Police Museum, New Scotland Yard, London