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Long Grove Iowa or Illinois?$1.60/hr in 1969 shoveling corn, delivering feed, unloading semis of fertilizer etc at a small farm store in Long Grove. It was enough to cover tuition, books, rent, gas, beer and condoms.
Got it. I'm from the NW suburbs of Chicago and there's a Long Grove in Lake County. Nice little community.IA. In Scott County.
Construction. Plumbing in new houses. Even dropped out of school for year to work at it full time. If you have a house in Iowa City built in 1973 to 1978 there is a good chance I may have done some of the plumbing.I was moving the oldest daughter out of her dorm today and there were signs up offering $13.90 an hour for housecleaning services. I asked the kid if she'd inquired about such employment, and she said she wasn't interested. It's five days a week, eight hours a day, and she wants to have some fun with her friends this Summer.
Before I could say anything Mrs. Lucas pounced and told her that was one of her many jobs while a student at UIHC.
I think I topped out at $6.75 an hour throwing boxes in a warehouse over the Summer during college.
How much money were you making, and what were you doing?
The Airliner, briefly at Hardee's, and Midwest Janitorial. I liked the last one best, although I never got the hang of the floor buffer.$3.35 plus tips at Dominos on Riverside.
$4150 for three weeks of detasseling.
And, she was how old?Summers 1981-1984 made ~$120-150/ week working at a summer camp. Not much per hour but I didn’t pay a dime for rent, utilities etc. and all the food I could eat so not a bad deal for those days. Working as a camp counselor is hardly working anyway and I met tBW there which was just a bonus.
McDonald’s. 4.35 an hour. Late 80’s
crazy a high school kid can now get $12-$15 an hour without trying.
I worked as a janitor from 16-21. It makes one a great roommate when cleaning and carried over well to marriage. Nothing quite like a well-polished floor.The one kid would up with a job at UI making $13.90 doing janitorial work. The other kid is making $10.25 at UMinnesota. He received no comfort from me when he texted me yesterday about being on his feet for four whole hours and having to walk a mile across campus to and from work.
Not sure inflation matters as much to somebody when they live at home with zero expenses. Only spend money on wants and not needs.That $4.35 in 1989 is equivalent to $9.37 in 2021 with inflation. If 1986, it’s $10.60.
Minimum wage is currently $7.25.
Crazy.
I was moving the oldest daughter out of her dorm today and there were signs up offering $13.90 an hour for housecleaning services. I asked the kid if she'd inquired about such employment, and she said she wasn't interested. It's five days a week, eight hours a day, and she wants to have some fun with her friends this Summer.
Before I could say anything Mrs. Lucas pounced and told her that was one of her many jobs while a student at UIHC.
I think I topped out at $6.75 an hour throwing boxes in a warehouse over the Summer during college.
How much money were you making, and what were you doing?
Sorry, totally missed this question when originally posted.And, she was how old?