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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nergal Pendragon" data-source="post: 6495491" data-attributes="member: 6777649">I apologize for my reaction.Now, on to the rest of your post.It makes a lot more sense if you consider the idea that the artisans are likely massively more rare for the era in question than they are for the modern era.It also makes sense if you consider that the cost of living is massively lower. They don't have utilities bills, taxes are probably a lot more simplified, and a lot more people working in the entertainment industry probably means entertainment is likely cheaper on the average.Overall, if you adjust for the idea they don't need as much money and then factor in that the classes below merchants can survive entirely off of barter, it works out.So, it may be easier to assume the artisans are middle class and work a comparison between artisans and middle class wages. But even then, we're going to be dealing with massive differences between them and us as far as cost of living, cost of supplies, and technology level.I still say a comparison of how the currency is actually used may be best. A straight translation based on what currency can buy and what wages people make seems to be an area with a massive amount of problems, especially given entirely different lists of requirements for simple cost of living.</blockquote>