A common wage in that time period was under fifty-cents per hour, too.
“A common wage in that time period was under fifty-cents per hour, too.”
Exactly - people tend to look at only one side of the equation. My first job as an engineer just out of college in 1971 paid around $10K/year?
I think you are a little low. I made $1.15 an hour in 1955 and while in college I got a job starting at $2.16 per hour.