All in UK.
1952-56. Paperboy. 15 shillings ($2.10 app.) a week.
Late three mornings (6am start) or fail to turn up, you were sacked.
The waiting list was a mile long.
1956 joined Army aged 16. £1-10 shillings ($4.20 app) a week.
I put more a fill up in my gas tank nowadays, than I earned in a year then.
"The good old days!"