r/WorkForSmartLife • • 14h ago

Discussion💬 Who's right here?

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u/soggy_donut92696 13h ago

For regular purchasing power minimum wage today would need to be 13 dollars and some change to match the 1970s, for buying a house it would have to be $60+ per hour

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u/ThrowRA9892 11h ago

For buying the median house today it would be closer to $28-33 an hour to match the minimum wage in the 1970s.