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rgbecker

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2. And this whole time I thought I was doing pretty well....

Reply to phantom power (Original post)

Mon Feb 17, 2014, 03:21 PM

Feb 2014

Started off at $2.70 driving truck in 1970 and jumped to $5.00 with my first college degree job in an office...then $5.00 fixing cars in 1977. Then $15.00 plumbing in 1989 and $35.00 carpentry in 1991-2004 and then $50.00 until now retired.

Turns out I basically only doubled my income over the 40 years of work.

Hey, but it was all fun the whole time.

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Median household income of $51K == $28K in 1990, $17K in 1980, $8K in 1970 [View all] phantom power Feb 2014 OP

$50 K is median household income in the US. El_Johns Feb 2014 #1

And this whole time I thought I was doing pretty well.... rgbecker Feb 2014 #2

I automatcally adjust for inflation Kelvin Mace Feb 2014 #3

50k today does not offer the life of 20k in the 80s. n/t PowerToThePeople Feb 2014 #4

That's about $10,000 raise in ten years...or $1,000 per year. Auntie Bush Feb 2014 #5

Tuition at my university in 1968 frazzled Feb 2014 #6