How Much You Get ?
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From: Marengo, Iowa
Originally Posted by Dungeon_Master
I was like Neb86 grew up on a farm. First real job was self owned operated. Cut, split by hand,stack and sell fire wood. Hard to figure out what hourly rate would be with cost overhead and hours always differed.
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From: Mesquite, Texas
1966, $1.00 an hour working in my neihbors service station. 4 hours after school every day and 12 hours on Saturday Changing tires, oil and lube. Run 15 yards to pump 1 gallon of gas, check the oil, battery, 4 tires and wash all the windows. Also got free oil and 1 tank of gas a week and the boss bought lunch some days. I thought it dosnt get any better than this lol
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From: Chino Valley, Arizona
same as al lot of others, grew up farming barley getting by so no pay but an honorable life. first full time job with regular paycheck $8.25 per hour at Pete Lilly's Firestone Fallon NV. doing brakes and front end repair and alignment
make a little more than that now working on helicopters!
make a little more than that now working on helicopters!
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From: Great State of Texas
Outside of child labor concentration camps laying tile and stone work with my Dad ?
I had 2 first jobs at the age of 14. Throwing papers @ 5:30 A.M. and working at the Dairy Queen 'tll 11:00+ P.M. after school. Back in the day we could get our drivers license at 14...so I had a lot to pay for. Managed to have fun and get passing grades. Go figure.
?I had 2 first jobs at the age of 14. Throwing papers @ 5:30 A.M. and working at the Dairy Queen 'tll 11:00+ P.M. after school. Back in the day we could get our drivers license at 14...so I had a lot to pay for. Managed to have fun and get passing grades. Go figure.
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Working with my dad for his carpentry/construction business.... from as early in life as I can remember. No pay until I was a bit older and realized I could make a little bit of money helping him. 
He'd give me about $30-40 for a days' worth of work. This was probably when I was 12 by the time I was making money doing it.
Plumbing, electrical, remodeling, roofing.... experienced a little bit of everything from an early age.
He'd give me about $30-40 for a days' worth of work. This was probably when I was 12 by the time I was making money doing it.Plumbing, electrical, remodeling, roofing.... experienced a little bit of everything from an early age.
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From: Somewhere in da corn,Iowa
$15 per hour at the body shop...or more depending what I do
$4.25 per hour at the restaurant waiting tables+tips
$8 per hour at the restaurant as a cashier
Got them all at the same time...so they all count as my 1st job technically.
$4.25 per hour at the restaurant waiting tables+tips
$8 per hour at the restaurant as a cashier
Got them all at the same time...so they all count as my 1st job technically.