One of my first jobs was picking grapes in a huge vineyard in South Jersey For $1.20 an hour. That was minimum wage at the time. This was around 1971 I think. Lots of work in the sun and lots of bees!
OOOPPPS! Make that a $1.60 an hour.
Eeek, bees! My 1st part time job was 1982, I was 12. Here in the Long Island burbs, it used to be the teens on the block babysat for us younger ones.
Once everyone “grew up”, it was our turn to babysit the younger ones. 2 bucks an hour. Did that until I was 15 and could get my working papers.
Then I worked at our local super market, on the books. Can’t remember what my wages were.
Every time I get my “social security” report I laugh. They tell me how much I will be getting when I retire.
I know I will never see a dime of the money they stole from me.