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In reply to the discussion: Fast-Food Workers Photograph What Life Is Like When You Make Less Than $15 an Hour [View all]HockeyMom
(14,337 posts)I worked in both NY and Florida, which both required that I have at least an Associates Degree. I believe the starting salary was around $11/hour. With 10 years experience in Florida I was making $14/hour, plus paying around $350/month for health insurance just for myself. Without my husband's salary, I could never have survived on that with the COL in both Naples or LI.
I do feel for these fast food workers, but what happens to those workers in other fields making just a few dollars an hour more, AND which requires college degrees and skills? Would they go up also?
It is all about 2015 COL. I more than survived living alone in the 1970's NYC on $8/hour. My rent was $200 a month. Is there ANYWHERE in the US where you can find a nice apartment, let alone in NYC, for that today?
The bottom line is that wages are stagnant, or even going DOWN, today in comparison to decades ago.