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Playinghardball

(11,665 posts) Wed Feb 20, 2013, 07:51 PM Feb 2013

Minimum wage should be $21.16 today...

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Minimum wage should be $21.16 today... (Original Post) Playinghardball Feb 2013 OP

$9 is a poverty wage. limpyhobbler Feb 2013 #1

Having made $8/hour in 1971 as a secretary HockeyMom Feb 2013 #2

My mom mentioned her secretary has the same nominal salary she did as a secretary 30 years ago Recursion Feb 2013 #3

limpyhobbler

(8,244 posts)

1. $9 is a poverty wage.

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Wed Feb 20, 2013, 08:07 PM

Feb 2013

HockeyMom

(14,337 posts)

2. Having made $8/hour in 1971 as a secretary

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Wed Feb 20, 2013, 08:33 PM

Feb 2013

yeah, $9/hour in 2013 is still poverty wages.

Recursion

(56,582 posts)

3. My mom mentioned her secretary has the same nominal salary she did as a secretary 30 years ago

Reply to HockeyMom (Reply #2)

Wed Feb 20, 2013, 08:37 PM

Feb 2013

Not "the same adjusted for inflation"; the same $9 / hour she was making as a secretary. Computers replaced a lot of what secretaries did since then, so the wage premium kind of died. The titles sound more and more impressive, though, in lieu of payment I suppose...

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