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91. Ah yes, babysitting, 35 cents/hour, up to 6 kids, 1958-1965

Mon Apr 22, 2013, 04:33 PM

Apr 2013

I don't know why my mother thought that I, the oldest child in our family, needed to "undercut the market to get the job" but the rest of the neighborhood surely benefitted from her lack-of-self-esteem lessons.

When a neighbor asked me what my daughter would charge for babysitting (when she looked of sitter-age) I said that I assumed she would charge whatever the rest of the girls did, but that I did not know exactly what that was any more.

Yes, sitters do a whole lot better these days.

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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