Posted: 7/30/2005 7:20:57 PM EDT
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Anybody remember your very first paycheck. Mine was $139.84. I think I was like 16 and was making $3.35 an hour. |
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Nope. But it was 1973 and I was all of 13 yrs old. Dad and I were burying telephone cables in the country side that summer. I do remember that mom took me to the bank and had me open a checking account with the money though. And I've had one ever since. I do remember that same summer I was on the staff for the Boy Scout's summer camp. I worked two weeks and got around $60. It wasn't much, as I was there 6 days each week for 24 hrs each day. But I did get discounts and coupons for use at the commissary so that helped ease the pain. 
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Somewhere around $120-130 i'd guess, $4.25 x 40 hours - whatever the tax was in 1984. I was 14 years old working on a survey crew. My dad's friend owns the company. I was so pissed when i found out i was going to be working that summer. Then the checks started coming in, and i could afford all the computer shit i drooled looking at in magazines. Didn't mind so much then 
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Mine was sacking groceries back in 1968 making min. wage at the time $1.65 an hr. I was part time so I do not remember the total. Probably 25 hrs. which ,after taxes ,was about $37.00 a week. It was money back then and I learned from the experience. To this day, I like sacking my own groceries. I tell the help that I used to do this when I was their age! Got a job shortly there after for big money. Went to work for Simmons Mattress Co. and made $3.00 an Hr. Bought a 1970 GTX 440 with that job for $4,780.00 brand new off the show room floor. Wish I still had that car today!!!! 
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No, it was 1977. IIRC, I was making around $3/hour... I remember thinking the same thing that Jennifer Anniston said on the first episode of Friends: "Hey, who's this FICA guy, and why is he getting all of my money?" —Dan |
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Just got it about a month ago. $198 working about 22 hours a week for two weeks. For $5.50 an hour. The job/pay sucks but when you have no expenses it seems like a lot more money. ETA: I am pretty proud of making my own money, even if it's not very much. It'll be sweet when I buy a motorcycle with it, and I'll definitely appreciate it. |
| I still have my first paycheck. My LES for the month of September, 2001. The Marine Corps was my first real job where I actually recieved a paycheck. I would have to dig it out of the filing cabinet, but I think it was around $900 something, if I remember right. |
Back in 2003 I made $120 or so for 2 weeks of 24*6, but with all dining hall food free... |