My brothers and I had a grass cutting business when we were teens which was actually decent income. We had 9 lawns, my mother drove us to homes not within walking distance, God Bless her. My first real job was restocking the huge shopping bag vending machines in Read's Department store. 25 cents for a huge shopping bag. Lots of people bought them. $2.31 per hour, 1977-78, then it went up to $2.66 per hour.
My first real full-time job out of college was staff accountant for a Big 8 public accounting firm. Now it's the Big 4 due to mergers. 1983, $19,200 per year.
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