That kind of work really changed my attitude. I worked my way through college,

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Jan 19, 2022
2:16:57pm

85fan All-American

That kind of work really changed my attitude. I worked my way through college,

and most of these jobs were physical farming, factory or construction jobs. The first few weeks of my professional job after college I felt like a fraud. I couldn't believe what they were paying me to do an "easy" desk job (pay for thinking and not muscle). It took a couple of months but I got over it . . .

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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

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

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

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.

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

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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