here in L.A., you see signs on McDonald’s with “start at $16/HR”.
#11 Adam Corolla - Not Taco Bell Material
https://www.amazon.com/Taco-Bell-Material-Adam-Carolla/dp/0307888886
Video - lots of swearing by that low rent Howard Stern with Adam as a guest. Adam explains it was him being illiterate that he could not get a job at Taco Bell. His writing with his left hand that was a scrawl that lost him the opportunity. However later he was hired at McDonalds...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LJ46FY5nZc
I saw a sign at the local Walmart for night shift, starting at $18.50 oer hour.