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Ed Pawlowski[_3_] Ed Pawlowski[_3_] is offline
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Default OT Why $7.50 is enough

On 2/26/2021 1:55 PM, wrote:


When I started working, in 1963, the minimum wage was $1. Adjusted for
inflation that is $8.55 now.

https://www.usinflationcalculator.com/

In 1966 I started at IBM at $2.60 an hour.


In 1963 it was $1.25

https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/min.../history/chart

Would be $10.65 now
https://www.bls.gov/data/inflation_calculator.htm