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minus-squareLyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up49·14 hours agoThat generation got paid $45 an hour in today’s value.
minus-squareJohnDClay@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up17·11 hours agoFederal minimum wage in 1965 was $1.25/h, which is $12.69/h today. Looks like Alaska had the highest state minimum at $2.10, $21.32 today. Or were you taking more average rather than minimum wage?
minus-squarebnrnrtbgd@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up16·5 hours agoThey never said anything about minimum wage.
minus-squareJohnDClay@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 hours agoIn 2023 median hourly wage was $19.24/h, vs in 1979 it was $4.44/h or $19.56/h inflation adjusted. (This data doesn’t go back to 1965 unfortunately) https://www.statista.com/statistics/185335/median-hourly-earnings-of-wage-and-salary-workers/
minus-squareBlindFrog@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 hours agoIdk who’s closer, guys. Where the sauce at :u
minus-squareJohnDClay@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 hours agohttps://www.kaggle.com/datasets/lislejoem/us-minimum-wage-by-state-from-1968-to-2017 https://www.infoplease.com/business/labor/annual-federal-minimum-wage-rates-1955-2021
That generation got paid $45 an hour in today’s value.
Federal minimum wage in 1965 was $1.25/h, which is $12.69/h today. Looks like Alaska had the highest state minimum at $2.10, $21.32 today. Or were you taking more average rather than minimum wage?
They never said anything about minimum wage.
In 2023 median hourly wage was $19.24/h, vs in 1979 it was $4.44/h or $19.56/h inflation adjusted. (This data doesn’t go back to 1965 unfortunately)
https://www.statista.com/statistics/185335/median-hourly-earnings-of-wage-and-salary-workers/
Idk who’s closer, guys. Where the sauce at :u
https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/lislejoem/us-minimum-wage-by-state-from-1968-to-2017
https://www.infoplease.com/business/labor/annual-federal-minimum-wage-rates-1955-2021