Best I could find... apologies for any mistakes below. Purchasing power in the U.S. has stayed roughly the same since 1964. [0] The median annual income for s

Best I could find... apologies for any mistakes below. Purchasing power in the U.S. has stayed roughly the same since 1964. [0] The median annual income for single women with children in the U.S. in 1985 was $16,431 [1]. Couldn't find information on just waiters/waitresses. I believe these are 1985 dollars? If so, that income is nearly $40,000 in 2018 dollars. The median annual income for waiters/waitresses in the U.S. in 2018 was $21,780. [2] [0] https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/08/07/for-most-us-workers-real-wages-have-barely-budged-for-decades/ https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/08/07/for-most-us... [1] https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/income-poverty/p23-196.html https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/income-p... [2] https://www.bls.gov/ooh/food-preparation-and-serving/waiters-and-waitresses.htm https://www.bls.gov/ooh/food-preparation-and-serving/waiters...