What was your first hourly wage?
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Colt COAT of Justice
ANSWERS: 21
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$0.65 per hour as a carpenter's helper!
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I think it was about $1.50 an hour.
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2.65 at the local drug store :)
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$5.25 an hour, working in a fast food Chinese restaurant at West Edmonton Mall when I was 15.
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$7.49 nzd and that was min wage.. now nz min wage is $12 something
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$20.00 dollars an hour at my first job working at the dealership as a body repair and automobile painter.
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It was $6.65 at Arbys when i was 15. Soo bad.
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$1.65/hr. That was minimum wage in 1970 Average Cost of new house $15,550.00 Average Income per year $8,550.00 Average Monthly Rent $135.00 Average Cost New Car $3,270.00 Toyota Corona $1,950.00 Gas per Gallon 35 cents Alarm Clock from Westclox $9.98
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I think it was about 2.15 or so an hour. Didn't help that it was in my father's store. I think others got more, but can't be sure. AND, I KNOW I got nickle raises. ($2.00 a week - MINUS taxes - IF I worked full-time, and I didn't, usually!)
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$4.90 Kmart at 16
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For what.
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roof over my head and food in my tummy - Farmer
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£2.85/hr at Burger King, 1994. I quit to work for MacDonalds when I discovered they paid £3.15/hr.
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Rs.100 an hour in the 80s which would have been about USD 3 approx in those days.
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I worked at McDonalds for $5.50 in 1996.
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I had a contract. $2.00 per week
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I made 1.25 per hour and was grateful for the job. I took home $21 a week and that was enough to run a car and have sending money. I was in highschool at the time, mid 60's
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Age 7 1965 - 1/4 of a cent to square a strawberry box -all 7 sibs made enough to take Mom out for Mothers day at Sir Georges Schmasborg - we emptied the buffet. 3.25 at jack in the Box in 1974 3.35 as a maid at a hotel in 1975 Babysitter 1.50 an hour 0 as a waitress at Sambos - but kept all my tips. Jump ahead over 40,000 in accounting in 2008
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Age 13, family business, free except for tips. Age 16, 11 dollars plus tip. Age 18, 9 dollars for 38 hours a week. God that was awful with school and all.
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I worked at McDonalds in 1968 for $1.15/hour.
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Three pounds,fifteen shillings and five pence! Not a lot.
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