In the late 1980s I did computer work for a small business and was paid about $9/hr. It wasn't really programming though, more of an operator job with some hard

In the late 1980s I did computer work for a small business and was paid about $9/hr. It wasn't really programming though, more of an operator job with some hardware maintenance/troubleshooting mixed in as needed. My first job as a programmer, in the early 1990s, paid $32k base plus overtime and a yearly bonus.