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  • Dwreck
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    • Nov 2002
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    #1

    How Much was Min Wage at your first job back in the day?

    How much was Minimum Wage at your first *ReAL* job not including new newspaper routes or babysitting?

    For me in Canada is was 5.50 an hour... its double that now...
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  • candyflip
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    • Jul 2002
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    #2
    $4.15 scrubbing dishes at a party house until 3 am on the weekends...when I was 14.

    I don't think that would be legal today...not sure if it was then either.

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    • The Dawg
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      • Apr 2002
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      #3
      $4 an hour at my job.

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      • baddog
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        • Apr 2001
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        #4
        When I started working at the telephone company I got like $2.35 or something like that, and that was a union job. So I guess minimum was even less.

        http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0774473.html Guess min was $1.60

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        • beerptrol
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          • Feb 2003
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          #5
          summer job when I was 14 $3.50/hr baling hay(stacking hay) and other jobs for a farmer
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          • CDSmith
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            • May 2001
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            #6
            It was around $2.90/hr when I got my first job ('78).

            Only a few months later it went all the way up to a whopping $3.10/hr.

            By the time I was on to my 3rd job ('82) it was up to something like $3.50/hr but I was making more than that by then.
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            • _Richard_
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              • Oct 2006
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              #7
              $8.25! i believe that has stayed the same, but with a 'trainee hour' period of 500 hours at $5

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              • Nicky
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                • Mar 2003
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                #8
                Had a offline job during the summer of 98 when I was 15, paid me just about $10 per hour.

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                • BruceM
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                  #9
                  $5.00 CDN I think, back in 1990
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                  • atom
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                    $3.85 at BK when i was 15.
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                    • quiet
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                      • Sep 2001
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                      #11
                      4.50/hr in Alberta Canada, would have been around '89.
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                      • looky_lou
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                        #12
                        $1.25 hr. Makes me feel real old.
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                        • Vendzilla
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                          #13
                          Originally posted by baddog
                          When I started working at the telephone company I got like $2.35 or something like that, and that was a union job. So I guess minimum was even less.

                          http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0774473.html Guess min was $1.60
                          $2.10 for me, but I was making $3 an hour at a gas station
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                          • docputer
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                            #14
                            $1.60 washing cars at the local GM dealership.

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                            • Jdoughs
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                              #15
                              About $4.25 an hour, I was 14. A&W downtown Jasper Ave in Edmonton.
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                              • DamianJ
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                                • Jul 2006
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                                #16
                                Originally posted by baddog
                                When I started working at the telephone company I got like $2.35 or something like that, and that was a union job. So I guess minimum was even less.

                                http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0774473.html Guess min was $1.60
                                Yeah, but to be fair Lloyd, life was in black and white then.

                                ;)

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                                • FlexxAeon
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                                  • May 2003
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                                  #17
                                  $4.25, Target food court

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                                  • LeRoy
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                                    #18
                                    I worked at my friends dad's machine shop.

                                    It was during the summer when I was in the 8th grade.

                                    I made 2.50 an hour
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                                    • Grapesoda
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                                      • Jul 2003
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                                      #19
                                      $1.40 for me

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                                        • fatfoo
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                                          • Mar 2003
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                                          #21
                                          If you are a commission-based salesperson such as a door-to-door seller of newspapers, you could walk around all day and make zero dollars.

                                          Updated: 10/01/10

                                          These minimum wages are the minimum hourly wage rates set by the provinces and territories in Canada for experienced adult workers.

                                          Province General Wage More Employment Standards
                                          Alberta $8.80 Alberta Employment and Immigration
                                          BC $8.00 B.C. Ministry of Labour
                                          Manitoba $9.50 Manitoba Labour
                                          New Brunswick $9.00 New Brunswick Employment Standards
                                          Newfoundland $10.00 Labour Relations Agency
                                          NWT $9.00
                                          Nova Scotia $9.65 Environment and Labour
                                          Nunavut $10.00
                                          Ontario $10.25 Ministry of Labour
                                          PEI $9.00 Community Services, Seniors and Labour
                                          Quebec $9.50 Commission des normes du travail
                                          Saskatchewan $9.25 Saskatchewan Labour
                                          Yukon $8.93
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                                          • Nasty
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                                            • Aug 2002
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                                            #22
                                            2.19 washing dishes at a hotel/casino in lake tahoe, early 70's

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                                            • GTS Mark
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                                              • Jan 2001
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                                              #23
                                              Originally posted by quiet
                                              4.50/hr in Alberta Canada, would have been around '89.
                                              Same here

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                                              • BlackCrayon
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                                                • Jun 2003
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                                                #24
                                                5.50 here too
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                                                • FlexxAeon
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                                                  • May 2003
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                                                  #25
                                                  Originally posted by bm bradley
                                                  $1.40 for me
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                                                  • kane
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                                                    • Aug 2001
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                                                    #26
                                                    I worked at a gas station/convience store pumping gas, stocking shelves and doing whatever needed to be done. When I started I made $3.35/hr about 3-4 months later the state raised the minimum wage so I got a raise to $3.50/hr

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                                                    • Rochard
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                                                      • Dec 2001
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                                                      #27
                                                      I think it was like $3.50 or so.... Man that was a long time ago!
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                                                      • GrouchyAdmin
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                                                        #28
                                                        I have no clue anymore, but I do remember buying frozen premade meals since it was cheaper than the fast food, or even the grocery store nearby.

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                                                        • CYF
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                                                          #29
                                                          it was right around $5.00 an hour if I remember right.
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                                                          • Grapesoda
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                                                            • Jul 2003
                                                            • 46238

                                                            #30
                                                            Originally posted by FlexxAeon
                                                            god damn what were you a matrie D' at the Last Supper??

                                                            started working when I was 12

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                                                            • moeloubani
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                                                              • Dec 2007
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                                                              #31
                                                              5 i think here in canada or something around that i remember when a $10 an hour job was something nice then $20 an hour was like youre going to be rich if you have that job now no one could get me to go back to a regular job for any less than $40 an hour and even then i would have to seriously consider it

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                                                              • thickcash_amo
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                                                                #32
                                                                I think it was somewhere around 4.75 or 5.00....either way it sucked!

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                                                                  • brassmonkey
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                                                                    #34
                                                                    some of these are way too low. i think i got like $4.65
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                                                                    • Spunky
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                                                                      #35
                                                                      I think it was around 5 bucks an hour

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                                                                      • Cyandin
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                                                                        #36
                                                                        $5 per hour working on a ranch when I was 14, doing all sorts of shit ranging from painting fences, stretching fence wire, digging trenches to lay conduit, trimming pepper trees with a pole saw. It was really hard work, but it did sure as hell build character.

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                                                                        • bl4h
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                                                                          • Jul 2006
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                                                                          #37
                                                                          mcdonalds $5.75

                                                                          * not counting all the food i ate and the happy meal toys i tossed in the fry vats

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                                                                          • GAMEFINEST
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                                                                            #38
                                                                            4.75 at mcdonalds
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                                                                            • BSleazy
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                                                                              #39
                                                                              Something like 5.50 at burger king back in high school. The way shits going I might be back there
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                                                                              • Agent 488
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                                                                                #40
                                                                                ten cents.

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                                                                                • Poindexterity
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                                                                                  #41
                                                                                  3.75 at a korean owned dry cleaners
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                                                                                  • Seth Manson
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                                                                                    #42
                                                                                    $3.35

                                                                                    I have no idea what minimum wage is these days

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                                                                                    • garce
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                                                                                      #43
                                                                                      Originally posted by Dwreck
                                                                                      How much was Minimum Wage at your first *ReAL* job not including new newspaper routes or babysitting?

                                                                                      For me in Canada is was 5.50 an hour... its double that now...
                                                                                      Minimum wage isn't $11.00 an hour in Ontario unless you were a hunting or fishing guide. http://www.labour.gov.on.ca/info/minimumwage/

                                                                                      I first worked at Canadian Tire pumping pumping gas in 1979. I have no idea what my pay was. It was a lot back then, though.

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                                                                                      • Amputate Your Head
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                                                                                        #44
                                                                                        $3.35/hour
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                                                                                        • Mutt
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                                                                                          #45
                                                                                          $2.75/hr at a door factory when I was 15 - summer of 78 or 79. and it seemed just as shitty then to me as it does 30 years later. place was filled with immigrants just off the boat and a few white kids like me. i'd have been much better off selling golf balls or with a lemonade stand.
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                                                                                          • EthnicLover
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                                                                                            #46
                                                                                            $4.25/hr delivering pizzas. I made good money with the tips though. Loved that job.


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                                                                                            • oscer
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                                                                                              #47
                                                                                              $4.25 an hour at a cabinet shop
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                                                                                              • Angry Jew Cat - Banned for Life
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                                                                                                • Jul 2006
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                                                                                                #48
                                                                                                Originally posted by quiet
                                                                                                4.50/hr in Alberta Canada, would have been around '89.
                                                                                                I was getting minimum wage of $5.95 in '98 at my first job, living in Alberta. I think alberta is only $7/hr now? Or have they gone up again recently? Either way, for being the richest province by far, they were always the lowest minimum wage in the country.

                                                                                                Whoop, just looked it up, Alberta is at $8.80 now and BC is trailing the back at $8, AB is second lowest now. I'm pretty sure I heard talk a while back about BC pushing for a minimum wage hike again though. Probably due in for one with the new HST and Alberta having given themselves a recent bump.

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                                                                                                • Angry Jew Cat - Banned for Life
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                                                                                                  • Jul 2006
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                                                                                                  #49
                                                                                                  Originally posted by garce
                                                                                                  Minimum wage isn't $11.00 an hour in Ontario unless you were a hunting or fishing guide. http://www.labour.gov.on.ca/info/minimumwage/

                                                                                                  I first worked at Canadian Tire pumping pumping gas in 1979. I have no idea what my pay was. It was a lot back then, though.
                                                                                                  $10.25/hr, close enough. Highest minimum wage in Canada by $.60/hr if you discount Nunavut, I mean, who gives a fuck about Nunavut? I guess that means you can quit mooching money from Alberta now?
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                                                                                                    2.50 / hour at Dell customer service! damn!

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