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Originally Posted by Barry-xlovecam
The minimum wage in 1971 was 1.60 in 2017 dollars that is 9.84
My first job was in the Retail Clerks Union as a stock boy @$2.35 $13.86/hr (2017 money) in 1972 no medical benefit as I recall.
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My first job was a couple paper routes with full front & back load delivery on my bicycle before dawn and evening edition after school. At the end of the month I'd collect my money. I think I was 11 or 12.
I lived on my own in highschool and worked at 2 KFC's and a Target to afford renting a room from an old lady chain smoker with on titty. I got paid $4.85 an hour and barely survived.