The workobligations and the form of salary for the workers at Johannishus estate is the main objective of this essay. Knowledge about those subjects was obtained through the use of source material from Johannishus estates private archive. Description of the estate and its owners is included to give a perspective of the place of employment and the employer. A personal description of the lives for the three most prominent working klasses is included through material written by a woman formely employed at Johannishus. The workers was not susceptible for moving which gives an inclination that they were treated well. Between the years that has been a part of this reserch the amount of daylabor that the workers were obliged to do does not differ in any evident way. Only the later year have a smaller distribution because of the workhour laws that changed some of the conditions of the worker. Many of these workers were paid in provisions and other necessities rather than a salary consisting of money.