v1605@lemmy.world to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoHow Did Anyone Beat This In The Arcade?i.imgur.comimagemessage-square58fedilinkarrow-up1301arrow-down19file-text
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minus-squareglimse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·1 year agoCrazy to think that $10 in 1980 is $40 now
minus-squareAltima NEOlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down2·1 year agoBack when people were making a buck or two an hour though
minus-squarejettrscga@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23arrow-down2·1 year ago$3.10 minimum wage in 1980. Equivalent to ~$11.50 per hour today, higher than today’s minimum wage.
minus-squareTelodzrum@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoThe effective minimum wage in 2019 was $11.80. It’s important to talk about these things in context, so we are better able to address the correct problem.
minus-squareglimse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoYeah I was just commenting on inflation in general
Crazy to think that $10 in 1980 is $40 now
Back when people were making a buck or two an hour though
$3.10 minimum wage in 1980. Equivalent to ~$11.50 per hour today, higher than today’s minimum wage.
The effective minimum wage in 2019 was $11.80. It’s important to talk about these things in context, so we are better able to address the correct problem.
Glad ours is $15.45/hr
Yeah I was just commenting on inflation in general