2007-03-04 02:12:33 · 3 answers · asked by jase0708 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Personal Finance
It depends so much on the type of purchases you would be making. A VCR cost $1100. They are now way under $100. (HELPFUL INFO http://www.ncpa.org/bg/bg147/bg147b.html )
If you are comparing an average of what average middle income people actually bought however, $30,000 in 1980 would be worth almost exactly $72,764.42 today. I used this chart. http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001519.html
2007-03-04 02:42:14 · answer #1 · answered by chimneygod 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
with regular pay increases, $45,000. this is not taking int account of inflation.
2007-03-04 02:16:19 · answer #2 · answered by robert r 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
$74,816 in todays dollars
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http://minneapolisfed.org/research/data/us/calc/
2007-03-04 02:17:07 · answer #3 · answered by Gman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋