I was 30 years old before I crossed 10K annual income

[Jack Sprat]

And I'm not bragging a bit.

[economicgeography]

1. re:

Now give me that to me in real dollars and then we can talk.

[Xipe Totec]

2. 1977 - 11K = 40K in 2008

That was my starting salary.

And I nealry starved to death.

[Terran]

4. Uh, your source?

I was making 13.5K in 1984 at my first real job, and that wasn't enough to live alone on, I had to have a roommate. Assuming one didn't have a lot of debt and didn't insist on living in Manhattan or San Francisco, one could be quite comfortable on 40K now.

[Xipe Totec]

5. here

http://www.dollartimes.com/calculators/inflation.htm

[Jack Sprat]

6. Huh?

I made 9K a year in 1979, the year I turned 30. I was actually 31 when I crossed 10K a yr.

[slackmaster]

3. I made $29.132 the year I turned 30

That was 1988.