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ReyOso
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How much did you make an hour in your first real job?
NacoCoug
1/19/22 11:52am
I made $5.15 /hour making smoothies.
NacoCoug
1/19/22 11:52am
$5.10 at a grocery store in the late 90's
FabLabCougar
1/19/22 11:58am
$3.25 at Lagoon a billion years ago
Turnpike Lane
1/19/22 11:53am
That wooden roller coaster is older than I thought.
RSL
1/19/22 12:02pm
$5.15 at Chuck E Cheeses
RGGeemer
1/19/22 11:53am
5.20$, short order cook at a local diner
LeonMarek
1/19/22 11:53am
$7.25 at a pizza place. Actually loved that job.
Chefcurry
1/19/22 11:54am
$4.80/hour at BYU
Indy Coug
1/19/22 11:54am
$1.65 /hr washing dishes in a restaurant
CopperLix
1/19/22 11:55am
$1.85 bagging groceries.
Eddie
1/19/22 11:55am
Probably $.75 an hour
I'mYourHuckleberry
1/19/22 11:55am
I worked picking crops too — we got paid by the crate. But as soon as you
Tricky
1/19/22 12:06pm
$1.50 as a laborer for an industrial piping company and plumber. 1977
Division Bell
1/19/22 11:56am
I think it was like 2.75 or 3.50 at Classic Waterslides.
djk
1/19/22 11:56am
$3.35 picking pineapples on Maui.
BigD Coug
1/19/22 11:56am
Like $7 something at dollar tree, but it was in Oregon which was like 2nd highest min wage in the country.
supertux
1/19/22 11:56am
$4.85 at Wendy's. 1990 was a different time for sure.
Ode to Hoy
1/19/22 11:57am
Hey, mine was only $4.25 at Wendy's in 1995. I guess you were more qualified.
Phasor
1/19/22 12:06pm
I was in Provo, Utah at the one right of BYU Campus. For some reason they were
Ode to Hoy
1/19/22 12:27pm
$5/hr doing heavy assembly (huge transformers)
bluelands
1/19/22 11:57am
$7 as a sandwich artist.
cougfanblue
1/19/22 11:57am
I mowed a couple of lawns that probably got me about $5/hr, but my first official job was $3.35/hrt, which was
Clark Addison
1/19/22 11:57am
Wasn't per hour, it was per pound picking cherries or per tree thinning
basman
1/19/22 11:58am
I picked potatoes when my dad taught at Ricks. Made $90 for three days of
85fan
1/19/22 2:12pm
Not working on jobsites for my dad? $7.40/hour taking phone orders.
Zooropa
1/19/22 11:58am
Don't even remember but it was washing dishes at Ponderosa at 16 years old, so..
NOCAL_YFAN
1/19/22 11:58am
Depends on definition. Pre-mission $11; Post- mission but before graduation
MormonThug
1/19/22 12:00pm
that grad school ROI
SalmonOfCapistrano
1/19/22 12:04pm
$5.25 cleaning up at a mechanic shop.
RSL
1/19/22 12:01pm
$4.25/hr
Marc Spector
1/19/22 12:01pm
$5.35ish. Janitor at Heritage Halls if that counts.
SalmonOfCapistrano
1/19/22 12:03pm
$3.25 at Supersonic Car Wash. Plus tips.
Texas Hammer
1/19/22 12:04pm
What makes it a "real" job?
Tricky
1/19/22 12:05pm
I think about $1.60 at the corner liquor store. No,
rocker
1/19/22 12:05pm
I serviced candy/toy quarter machines for my neighbor, I made $1 per machine, I
BYUFootballisBack
1/19/22 12:08pm
Second job I made like $40/day I think, I worked as a ranger at a scout camp
BYUFootballisBack
1/19/22 12:14pm
minimum wage which was $3.35/hour
Belboz
1/19/22 12:09pm
$2.75 planting trees for Weyerhaeuser. Long ago.
lightmann
1/19/22 12:09pm
5.15
Squirt
1/19/22 12:10pm
$5.15 - "Tropical Tiki Treats" Shaved Ice shack in a Pizza Hut Parking Lot
The Dark Knight
1/19/22 12:11pm
$4.25 lifeguarding
Soupie
1/19/22 12:11pm
$5.15 making shakes, bringing food to peoples tables, cleaning
D.T. Survivor
1/19/22 12:13pm
Probably around $2 hr. Stupid paper route. I consider it a real job because I
Malathion
1/19/22 12:14pm
And if I got stiffed by someone, it came out of my paycheck.
ReyOso
1/19/22 12:22pm
Yup that was my first real job too. I think I did a little better
BYU Grounds
1/19/22 1:55pm
5.15 Golf course
spugeddy24
1/19/22 12:15pm
$2.10 bagging groceries
SierraCoug
1/19/22 12:17pm
First hourly job was I think about $4.25/hr picking clods during potato harvest. Before that, I moved pipe but it was
IdahoCoug
1/19/22 12:19pm
Re-reading this it came out in my best grapevine voice.
IdahoCoug
1/19/22 12:29pm
My cousin in Ammon used to move pipe. It was very physical work.
85fan
1/19/22 2:13pm
$5.15 per hour reffing 3rd and 4th grade Jr. Jazz games.
jreid191
1/19/22 12:19pm
What is "real job?" Like as an adult, after education? If that. . . like $13/hr.
Madam Pattirini
1/19/22 12:22pm
$5/parachute. I could pack 3/hour. I was 13. I'd make $40-50 on a Saturday.
Shore10
1/19/22 12:23pm
I am not sure I would want to use a parachute packed by a 13-year old.
85fan
1/19/22 2:13pm
The more I have learned about how the world works and the people doing certain
BYUFootballisBack
1/19/22 2:46pm
That very thing is what makes me nervous.
85fan
1/19/22 2:49pm
I grew up on farms too. I knew 10 yr olds driving combines.
Shore10
1/19/22 5:38pm
Carnival rides come to mind.
Shore10
1/19/22 5:24pm
Haha most of them didn't either.
Shore10
1/19/22 5:22pm
$3.35, Sandy DQ, 1988
Peter Venkman
1/19/22 12:25pm
My first job I was paid in computer time/access. There was a little store that
BYUFBDAD
1/19/22 12:30pm
I am old- $1.35 an hour
Repete397
1/19/22 12:33pm
ME too! $1.35 an hour & married! Alpha Beta markets cleaning kitchens 3:30-12:00
grandpacoug
1/19/22 12:45pm
That kind of work really changed my attitude. I worked my way through college,
85fan
1/19/22 2:16pm
~$20/hour. Late 90s. Door-to-door salesman for The Seattle Times.
Chadillac
1/19/22 12:36pm
$0.15 / newspaper + $0.10 / ad insert
justAnotherCoug
1/19/22 12:49pm
How do you people remember this? My first job was only in 2004, but I still
MasterLump
1/19/22 1:01pm
i cant remember how much i made on any other hourly job besides my first
NacoCoug
1/19/22 1:02pm
mine was minimum wage so that's easy to remember
RGGeemer
1/19/22 1:08pm
Easy. Went into R.E. 1st home sold paid amount equal to 3 months previous pay.
grandpacoug
1/19/22 1:20pm
$2.75
BYU Grounds
1/19/22 1:24pm
1.25/hr. busing tables and washing dishes/pots/pans.
Magic8Ball
1/19/22 1:39pm
RE: How much did you make an hour in your first real job?
chrisrenrut
1/19/22 1:49pm
$4.50/hr
KingDave
1/19/22 2:01pm
$3.35 per hour. I worked at a place called Captain Andy's River Town. It was a poor man's
Adrielle
1/19/22 2:57pm
Yikes! "Poor" man's Chuck E. Cheese is probably the worst endorsement of any eating establishment I can imagine.
IdahoCoug
1/19/22 5:35pm
$1.00. I got a raise after a year to $1.10 and was very excited about it.
LiveY'r
1/19/22 5:51pm
33 cents plus room and board
Nat Gas Man
1/19/22 6:58pm
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