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What were your lowest paid jobs as a kid
Posted on 2/17/25 at 8:39 am
Posted on 2/17/25 at 8:39 am
Dad had me dragging a lawnmower and gas can all over the neighborhood from age 11 to 14
I had one account for $3
Mow the whole dang yard, get $3
Later as a high schooler I worked at a lake marina gassing up boats and down in the water shoving Styrofoam float slabs under rail walks making $2.50 an hour - ETA: perks were one free microwave sandwich, bag of chips and Coke for lunch, plus seeing the girls about 3-4 years older than us in the boats laying sprawled out in bikinis while you gassed up the boat, and I think they liked knowing you were looking.
grocery store job in high school - $3.35 an hour - excellent money!
I had one account for $3
Mow the whole dang yard, get $3
Later as a high schooler I worked at a lake marina gassing up boats and down in the water shoving Styrofoam float slabs under rail walks making $2.50 an hour - ETA: perks were one free microwave sandwich, bag of chips and Coke for lunch, plus seeing the girls about 3-4 years older than us in the boats laying sprawled out in bikinis while you gassed up the boat, and I think they liked knowing you were looking.
grocery store job in high school - $3.35 an hour - excellent money!
This post was edited on 2/17/25 at 10:08 am
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Posted on 2/17/25 at 8:40 am to Harry Rex Vonner
$7.00 working at Kenny Shoes in the mall.
Posted on 2/17/25 at 8:40 am to Harry Rex Vonner
Including the year these jobs were worked would probably be a good idea.
Posted on 2/17/25 at 8:40 am to Harry Rex Vonner
Dad use to tell me to cut the neighbors yard for free.
Got paid dick.
Got paid dick.
Posted on 2/17/25 at 8:42 am to Harry Rex Vonner
mowing yards. My brother and I would split $2.50.
Hauling hay. I think two of us got .04 cents a bale. A 12 hour day might get a guy $20.
Hauling hay. I think two of us got .04 cents a bale. A 12 hour day might get a guy $20.
Posted on 2/17/25 at 8:43 am to Harry Rex Vonner
2.12 an hour as a busboy at Bonanza. Left after two weeks.
Posted on 2/17/25 at 8:43 am to Harry Rex Vonner
quote:
Mow the whole dang yard, get $3
That was a lot of money back in the 1940's boomer
Posted on 2/17/25 at 8:44 am to Harry Rex Vonner
Washing airplanes at the old downtown airport. $1.00/hour.
Posted on 2/17/25 at 8:44 am to Harry Rex Vonner
$25 per hour as a junior plant operator. Those were some hard times…
Posted on 2/17/25 at 8:45 am to Harry Rex Vonner
$4/hr squeezing lemonade at Blue Bayou when I was 16. You got a $2/hr bonus if you stayed through the whole summer but I walked out after burning the shite out of myself on the funnel cake machine one shift. Someone also told me they laid off most of the workers with one week left to avoid paying the bonus. Not sure if true or not, seems like they would be setting themselves up for a lawsuit.
Posted on 2/17/25 at 8:45 am to Rize
quote:Those of us who could actually spell got $8.00/hr. there.
Rize $7.00 working at Kenny Shoes in the mall.
Posted on 2/17/25 at 8:47 am to Harry Rex Vonner
$5.15/hr
Fairwood CC cartboy
1996ish
Fairwood CC cartboy
1996ish
Posted on 2/17/25 at 8:49 am to soccerfüt
1962, Marathon gas station, 75 cents a hour.
Posted on 2/17/25 at 8:49 am to Harry Rex Vonner
We had a small lot at our house, took my about 20 min to cut the grass. Old man paid me $5 for it.
He also owned a bunch of low rent multi family housing and I would get paid minimum wage to work around them doing cleanup, helping him remodel stuff.
This was in the mid to late 90s
He also owned a bunch of low rent multi family housing and I would get paid minimum wage to work around them doing cleanup, helping him remodel stuff.
This was in the mid to late 90s
Posted on 2/17/25 at 8:50 am to Harry Rex Vonner
I also had a grocery store job for $3.35. I was balling though. Enough for beer and gas. '89-91
I once raked my neighbor's yard for $25 . He had 2 giant live oaks that hadn't been raked in several years. It took my probably 20 hours to complete. So he got quite the deal. Probably 1986
I once raked my neighbor's yard for $25 . He had 2 giant live oaks that hadn't been raked in several years. It took my probably 20 hours to complete. So he got quite the deal. Probably 1986
This post was edited on 2/17/25 at 8:51 am
Posted on 2/17/25 at 8:51 am to Harry Rex Vonner
Worked at a gas station for $4/hour when I was 14. Wasn’t old enough to legally work so they paid me in cash.
Also mowed yards. Would mow an acre lot with a push mower for $20.
Also mowed yards. Would mow an acre lot with a push mower for $20.
Posted on 2/17/25 at 8:53 am to terriblegreen
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terriblegreen
real estate office friends of ours had their office on one acre
I got $25 for push mowing that entire acre
Posted on 2/17/25 at 8:53 am to Harry Rex Vonner
I helped my dad all summer build the Live Oak Middle School. I was going from 6th to 7th grade and worked 40 hours a week with him and got paid $1.50 an hour. Yep my 40 hour work week check was $60. This was around 1984
This post was edited on 2/17/25 at 8:56 am
Posted on 2/17/25 at 8:55 am to Harry Rex Vonner
$3.35 an hour making pizzas at Milanos pizza. I wish that place was still open bc the pizza was great.
Posted on 2/17/25 at 8:57 am to jizzle6609
quote:
Got paid dick
That must've hurt.
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