>I'm pretty sure a worker could buy a house and support a family in 1950 on a single, average 40 hour a week salary The average family income in 1958 was $3300

>I'm pretty sure a worker could buy a house and support a family in 1950 on a single, average 40 hour a week salary The average family income in 1958 was $3300. Adjusting by CPI, that has the same buying power as $36,000 today. https://census.gov/library/publications/1952/demo/p60-009.html https://census.gov/library/publications/1952/demo/p60-009.ht... https://www.bls.gov/data/inflation_calculator.htm https://www.bls.gov/data/inflation_calculator.htm