Is Fox news unironically the best place to learn about your new favorite social dem?
this post was submitted on 25 Jun 2025
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USD$30 is a pretty good minimum wage. That's almost twice as much as I made at my first full-time job.
what year, and how much exactly per hr. I would love to point out how inflation works to you. the average worker in the 50s at an entry level, no high school diploma required job, was making A LOT MORE than you'd guess after factoring in inflation.
CAD$25, around a decade ago
in 2015 that's $18.73 in US dollars, with inflation $24.92. So there's not much to unwrap there except that the "current value" is never matching our current year, as these things have to be a few years old to have reliable stats to calculate. to inform my previous statement though, the entry level jobs at GM in 1955 required no diploma and were $2/hr with benefits. in 2025 dollars that's $23.99. The average entry level pay in the US right now is $16/hr and typically without benefits. A lot of people who grew up on the $2/hr income think we are getting it FAR TOO GOOD, when that's simply not the case.
Minimum wage here is less than CAD$15, though it'd be tough to live off.