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How old were you when you got your first job and how much did it pay?

                                               

Posted - August 26, 2017

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  • 17592
    Fourteen.  I worked Christmas holidays and Summer at a high-end department store downtown going from department to department collecting the sales and credit slips and taking them upstairs to office.  It was fun.  My aunt worked there and she lived with us so it was no problem with transportation.  The Summer of being 15 I worked in a used record shop owned by my uncle.  Then at 16 I finally got a permanent part-time job at a cinema.  I worked after school and on weekends.  All of it was fun to me.  The only pay I remember is the movie theatre.  They started me at $1.00/hour and after three months I got a nickel raise. This post was edited by Thriftymaid at August 26, 2017 1:24 PM MDT
      August 26, 2017 1:53 AM MDT
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  • 13071
    Wow, you are old. lol
    My first job paid 2.75 an hour, and i thought i was ancient. hahahahaha thanks Thriftymaid, your always a good sport and fun to be with. ;)))))
      August 26, 2017 1:59 AM MDT
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  • 17592
    This was selling popcorn at a theatre.  I thought those paychecks were way way cool!  I was a kid who made all of my own clothes.  This is how I bought fabric.  :)
      August 26, 2017 2:53 AM MDT
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  • 5451
    My first job other than when I worked for my dad was when I was 18 and I made $15.00 / hr.  Before that my dad paid me $7.25 / hr for farm work.
      August 26, 2017 6:33 AM MDT
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  • 19937
    I worked as a part-time cashier in a diner while I was going to junior high and high school.  My first full-time job I was 17 and I made $75.00 a week as a legal secretary. This post was edited by SpunkySenior at August 26, 2017 1:26 PM MDT
      August 26, 2017 10:01 AM MDT
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  • 7939
    I can't remember what my hourly wage was back when I was babysitting. I seem to recall leaving with $20 most nights and I worked for 5-6 hours. My first real job I started when I was 16 or so. I made $5.50 to start,which I thought was pretty sweet because it was above minimum wage at the time. 
      August 26, 2017 1:14 PM MDT
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  • I think I was 14 and I worked in my brother's Hobby Store after school.
    I can't remember the hourly wage, but it was also part of a work experience program for school.
    The money from my first check was stolen out of my back pack anyway.
    Then at 15 I started working weekends shovelling sand in the oilfield.
    I probably got $8.00 an hour to start.
    At 16 I got another job at a honeybee farm.
    I don't remember the wage, but it was a sticky job.
    I've had all kinds of jobs since.
    The most I was making as a teenager back in the 90s was probably $12.00 an hour in the oilfield.
      August 26, 2017 1:36 PM MDT
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  • When I was age 9, I worked some on farms for $5 per hour. At age 12, I sold my first drawing. I asked $20 for it. At age 18, I did door-to-door sales. 
      August 31, 2017 8:31 PM MDT
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