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