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> In 1981, Kara was hired on a $ 38k-a-year salary to maintain and fix the 68 ticket machines of Edmonton’s LRT – light rail transit system. If that was their
by Scoundreller 3y ago
> In 1981, Kara was hired on a $ 38k-a-year salary to maintain and fix the 68 ticket machines of Edmonton’s LRT – light rail transit system.
If that was their 1981 salary, that’s damn impressive.
- paulluuk 3y agoIndeed, that's about $117k (CAD) per year in 2023. (80k euro, 88k usd)
- Scoundreller 3y agoWhile interest rates were sky high then, internets say a detached bungalow in Edmonton cost $82k then, but about the same 10 years later.
- red-iron-pine 3y agothey sure ain't 82k now. $482k for somewhere near the LRT might be a good start
- behnamoh 3y ago[flagged]
- dmix 3y agoIt was a technical job and union. Looking at a similar job in Toronto they make $80-100k today https://career17.sapsf.com/career?career%5fns=job%5flisting&company=TTCPRODUCTION&navBarLevel=JOB%5fSEARCH&rcm%5fsite%5flocale=en%5fUS&career_job_req_id=8753&selected_lang=en_US&jobAlertController_jobAlertId=&jobAlertController_jobAlertName=&browserTimeZone=America/New_York&_s.crb=1Jac9HMQr500Ud9wdRcW8FwcBM2JSdW8y1xli%2fOUApE%3d https://career17.sapsf.com/career?career%5fns=job%5flisting&...
- dennis_jeeves2 3y agoPut another way, the current generation of earners have a raw deal. High inflation, high cost of housing etc. etc. Oh, Canada!