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DonViejo

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17. Wow. I was making $1.25 an hour ten years earlier...

Reply to Morning Dew (Reply #5)

Mon Apr 22, 2013, 12:59 PM

Apr 2013

and it was worth $9.51

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When was your first actual job and how much did you make? [View all] Fumesucker Apr 2013 OP

The first job I had paid $2.00/hr. CountAllVotes Apr 2013 #1

4.25 in 76 working as an RN Mojorabbit Apr 2013 #2

Remember Nixon's Whip Inflation Now? Fumesucker Apr 2013 #14

Actually, it was Ford, not Nixon. Jenoch Apr 2013 #23

Oops, got it confused with wage and price controls Fumesucker Apr 2013 #30

mcdonalds 1986 I think maybe 7.00ish Marrah_G Apr 2013 #3

For me it was 1963. I was 15 years old and made $1.25 an hour... DonViejo Apr 2013 #4

That would have been $9.51 today Fumesucker Apr 2013 #10

Yes, I must have edited my comment at the same time you were posting yours... DonViejo Apr 2013 #12

1973 Morning Dew Apr 2013 #5

Wow. I was making $1.25 an hour ten years earlier... DonViejo Apr 2013 #17

Damn! I thought I would have the lowest. $1.55 / 1976. randome Apr 2013 #22

sounds about right shanti Apr 2013 #27

1983, 4.00 per hour bottomofthehill Apr 2013 #6

'71 washing storefront windows. $1.00/hr = $5.75 today n/t CincyDem Apr 2013 #7

I wairessed in high school and was paid $.50 an hour. Lugnut Apr 2013 #8

Late 1963, $1.25 / hour for my first full time job. lpbk2713 Apr 2013 #9

Stock boy at a liquor store, 1978 or 79. Iggo Apr 2013 #11

$5.25/hr in the 90's as a cashier. JaneyVee Apr 2013 #13

bag boy at winn dixie d_r Apr 2013 #15

1968 Picking cherries 10.00 a bin if I remember correctly rustydog Apr 2013 #16

Man, I picked a lot of cherries panader0 Apr 2013 #65

This could be my old age setting in! Now that you mention flats, rustydog Apr 2013 #78

I worked catering at Dorney Park in 1985 Orrex Apr 2013 #18

I sold Cokes at GA Tech football games when I was in HS Fumesucker Apr 2013 #19

In the late 1950s, I earned $1 an hour RebelOne Apr 2013 #20

$8.05 Fumesucker Apr 2013 #28

1970 gas station $1.25 per hour sorefeet Apr 2013 #21

$3.35/hr, McDonald's. TwilightGardener Apr 2013 #24

Wow. Same here. 1985 nt stevenleser Apr 2013 #25

Yep, for me it was '86. TwilightGardener Apr 2013 #26

Same but it was Dairy Queen n/t FreeState Apr 2013 #106

Probably $1.60 an hour LiberalEsto Apr 2013 #29

$1.15 an hour at McDonalds back in 1965. Worth $8.50 now. Ouch! n/t pampango Apr 2013 #31

My first job with a paycheck was Jenoch Apr 2013 #32

I made $2.90 in 1978, plus a dime extra for swing shift differential. trackfan Apr 2013 #33

Hospital orderly in an x-ray department... KansDem Apr 2013 #34

2nd Lt, USAF - $535 per month DrDan Apr 2013 #35

Damn depressing. GoCubsGo Apr 2013 #36

That was kind of my point in posting my OP Fumesucker Apr 2013 #44

Summer of '62 madokie Apr 2013 #37

worked for a day labor company called Man Power 1$ an hour 1966 olddots Apr 2013 #38

I think of gas price too. Morning Dew Apr 2013 #111

I did software consulting in high school, in the late 80's, early 90's. Xithras Apr 2013 #39

I was getting about $45 an hour in that period for electromechanical troubleshooting Fumesucker Apr 2013 #46

I was a bit of a computer geek from elementary school on. Xithras Apr 2013 #56

Only geek in HS with a Porsche no doubt ;) Fumesucker Apr 2013 #62

Lol, no. Xithras Apr 2013 #108

Minimum wage has not kept up with that calculator liberal N proud Apr 2013 #40

Indeed, that was kind of my point.. Fumesucker Apr 2013 #48

Paperboy -- about $12 a week KurtNYC Apr 2013 #41

My first contract as a teacher ChazII Apr 2013 #42

1976 $2.00 an hour, selling flowers on the street. - $8.18 today.... nessa Apr 2013 #43

Picking boysenberries when I was fifteen. Cleita Apr 2013 #45

$4.25 in '91 cashier at a grocery store ceile Apr 2013 #47

I made the same at a Subway shop in 1989 Paulie Apr 2013 #57

Auto repair shop "go-fer" and gas attendant 1979-1980 Populist_Prole Apr 2013 #49

'57, $1 / hour stacking hay bales FarCenter Apr 2013 #50

1989 - $2.40 / hr Capt. Obvious Apr 2013 #51

$3.35 per hour in 1975. n/t FSogol Apr 2013 #52

1985 $3.15/hr forthemiddle Apr 2013 #53

P/T cashier at a fast food burger place in 1973 - probably $1.50/hr. kestrel91316 Apr 2013 #54

Burger King When I Was 16, Making Minimum Wage (Which in 1988 was about $3.50 or so) ChoppinBroccoli Apr 2013 #55

I rode horses for my neighbour who trained them for people around here. polly7 Apr 2013 #58

let's see--$1.65/hr (w evening differential) in 1968, clerk in a hospital librechik Apr 2013 #59

It was in 1964, when I worked part-time in a grocery store. I made $.75 an hour. sinkingfeeling Apr 2013 #60

1967 EC Apr 2013 #61

In 1960 I milked cows for fifty cents an hour. That's $3.93 by today's standards. Scuba Apr 2013 #63

1993....$4.25 as a grocery bagger. dionysus Apr 2013 #64

1985 $3.35\hr loyalsister Apr 2013 #66

Murrelet surveys XemaSab Apr 2013 #67

Dishwasher in a deli. 1960. $1 per hour. 1961. Marine. $79 a month. Tierra_y_Libertad Apr 2013 #68

1997: Catholic high school teacher, $18,600 knitter4democracy Apr 2013 #69

GEEZeeeeee Products. Bennyboy Apr 2013 #70

Summer of '67, I made $1.60 an hour working in a dress plant. nt raccoon Apr 2013 #71

late 60's .. 1.25 per hour picking asparagus. nt littlewolf Apr 2013 #72

$1.40/hr at soda shop, around 1973. nt Ilsa Apr 2013 #73

McDonald's, $3.25/hour. closeupready Apr 2013 #74

I was a caddy AngryAmish Apr 2013 #75

$65 per week as a shipping clerk (summer job) in 1966 badtoworse Apr 2013 #76

My first job paid $1.75/hr. and Skidmore Apr 2013 #77

Teen babysitter, 75 cents an hour, for as many as 3 kids at a time. pnwmom Apr 2013 #79

I forgot about babysitting laundry_queen Apr 2013 #86

When I was getting .75 and then $1 an hour, minimum wage was $2.50. pnwmom Apr 2013 #94

Yeah, I got about half of minimum wage. laundry_queen Apr 2013 #98

Ah yes, babysitting, 35 cents/hour, up to 6 kids, 1958-1965 Hekate Apr 2013 #91

1962. I was a milk route delivery person. MineralMan Apr 2013 #80

First full time job (40 hrs per week) was in 1965 @ $1.44 per hour ($57.50 per week) Fla Dem Apr 2013 #81

Burger King, Summer 1999, $5/hr = $6.99 today .n/t bamacrat Apr 2013 #82

My first job was in 1990 laundry_queen Apr 2013 #83

$3.35 in 1987 Quantess Apr 2013 #84

1973 $2.50 an hour minimum wage marlakay Apr 2013 #85

I had a pretty good paper route in high school. Aristus Apr 2013 #87

$1.00/hour sales clerking 1963; $1.33/hour trimming pineapples in a cannery 1964 Hekate Apr 2013 #88

$11 a day picking tobacco in 1970 sylvi Apr 2013 #89

That would be $65.99 a day Fumesucker Apr 2013 #103

1st real job was for 5.25 flipping burgers at Roy Rogers in northern NJ. aikoaiko Apr 2013 #90

babysitting, and I was probably making 50cents an hour (this was the 1950s). CTyankee Apr 2013 #92

1962..working in my Aunt's dress shop...fifty cents an hour SoCalDem Apr 2013 #93

1964 summer job. $350/mo Blue_In_AK Apr 2013 #95

My first actual job was part-time HeiressofBickworth Apr 2013 #96

My husband was able to retire in 1995 Blue_In_AK Apr 2013 #97

1979 entry level "computer programmer" $17,000 - $54,000 today LeftInTX Apr 2013 #99

$5/hour in 87-88 which would be $10.25 now TheKentuckian Apr 2013 #100

1968, washing dishes at a restuarant onethatcares Apr 2013 #101

Washing Dishes Go Vols Apr 2013 #102

1961, $1.00 per hour, parts runner for a local auto shop. 1-Old-Man Apr 2013 #104

1957.. I was 14.... Bigmack Apr 2013 #105

$3.33 in 1974 warrior1 Apr 2013 #107

1983 - working for extra "high school" money (14 years old) kdmorris Apr 2013 #109

1968.. working at a farmers market.. $15 for the whole day.. 5 am to 5 pm. DCBob Apr 2013 #110

I worked a bunch of crappy, menial jobs to have some cash. Buzz Clik Apr 2013 #112

1975 $2.00 per hour which is $9.44 today. I was an apartment complex lifeguard. Luminous Animal Apr 2013 #113