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In reply to the discussion: When was your first actual job and how much did you make? [View all]DCBob
(24,689 posts)110. 1968.. working at a farmers market.. $15 for the whole day.. 5 am to 5 pm.
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plus a free lunch and a homemade dill pickle! The best dill pickles I have ever had.
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I was getting about $45 an hour in that period for electromechanical troubleshooting
Fumesucker
Apr 2013
#46
Burger King When I Was 16, Making Minimum Wage (Which in 1988 was about $3.50 or so)
ChoppinBroccoli
Apr 2013
#55
It was in 1964, when I worked part-time in a grocery store. I made $.75 an hour.
sinkingfeeling
Apr 2013
#60
In 1960 I milked cows for fifty cents an hour. That's $3.93 by today's standards.
Scuba
Apr 2013
#63
First full time job (40 hrs per week) was in 1965 @ $1.44 per hour ($57.50 per week)
Fla Dem
Apr 2013
#81
$1.00/hour sales clerking 1963; $1.33/hour trimming pineapples in a cannery 1964
Hekate
Apr 2013
#88
1975 $2.00 per hour which is $9.44 today. I was an apartment complex lifeguard.
Luminous Animal
Apr 2013
#113