NOSTALGIA: What was your first hourly wage?

Question

Mine was $1.35 an hour - minimum wage. LOL.

Answer 1

My first job was at a Pup N Taco fast food joint in Redondo Beach California. It was about 1978 and I just don't remember what I made. Around $2.50 I think.

Answer 2

$1.60 an hour, which was also the minimum wage at that time. My kids always ask, "Why did you even bother?" I have to tell them that then you could live on that amount. That was 1968. Gas was about .25 a gallon and rent was $50 a month for an average place.

Answer 3

You're telling on yourself. That's what min. wage was when I went to work. I remember finally landing a job that paid $450 a month. That paid for an apartment, a car, and fed my wife and myself and our first daughter, with enough left over to go to the movies now and then.

Answer 4

My 1st job was at a pay-lake for fishing, where people paid to fish in the lake, I made a salary of 50 bucks a week plus a bonus for every expensive rod and/or reel I sold. I was also in charge of killing snakes, which I probably would have done for free, I hate snakes.

Answer 5

i made 4.15, but minimum was 3.35 at the time, so i thought i was hot stuff. Washing dishes at the Back Porch Restaurant

Answer 6

$1.30 an hour at Dairy Queen, but all the ice cream I could eat. Good thing I didn't work there long!

Answer 7

$.50

Answer 8

mine was 6.15 a bagger at Meijer
minimum wage was what it is know 5.15. i was so surprised when they told me.

Answer 9

3.35 at The APple Barn.

Answer 10

1.05 an hour..Mickey D's around '71