https://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl?cost1=4.00&year1=197409&year2=202301 This is an inflation calculator. My mom got her first job at a local ice cream shop in September of 1974. She made $4.00 an hour. $4.00 in September of 1974 is equal to a whopping $23.65 in today's money, meaning my mother's minimum wage was more than DOUBLE what is the minimum wage today, which is $11.00 in the state of Florida, which is where we live. That boggles my fucking mind.
https://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl?cost1=4.00&year1=197409&year2=202301
This is an inflation calculator.
My mom got her first job at a local ice cream shop in September of 1974. She made $4.00 an hour.
$4.00 in September of 1974 is equal to a whopping $23.65 in today's money, meaning my mother's minimum wage was more than DOUBLE what is the minimum wage today, which is $11.00 in the state of Florida, which is where we live.
That boggles my fucking mind.