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In 2001, minimum wage was $5.15/hr. 5.15 * 40 * 52 = 10712 for a full-time minimum wage job if you work every week. In 1990, with $3.80 minimum wage, that woul
by Camillo 14y ago
In 2001, minimum wage was $5.15/hr. 5.15 * 40 * 52 = 10712 for a full-time minimum wage job if you work every week.
In 1990, with $3.80 minimum wage, that would have been 7904. I think your calculations are wrong.
- maxerickson 14y agoI don't think so. Maybe you misread what I said? "'only' 3700 hours" probably wasn't the best way to phrase it, but I was trying to establish that it would have been possible to earn $14,000 at low wage jobs in 1990, and it seems like it would have been.
- Camillo 14y agoI did misread, sorry.