Looking through my grandpa's old union papers from the 60s and found the hourly rate

It was $4.25 an hour, which sounds like nothing now. But then I did the math and that's like over $40 an hour today (I checked an inflation calculator online). Makes you think about how the value of the work has changed, even if the bricks haven't. Anyone else have old pay stubs or know what the rate was back then in your area?

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luna5192mo ago

My buddy found his dad's old check from a steel mill job. It was for three dollars and change an hour, which bought their whole house payment back then. Really puts things in a different light.

jason1122mo ago

Sounds a bit too simple to be the whole story.

mason_knight8d agoMost Upvoted

Wait, did I miss something or is that actually what people were paid back then? Man, that hits hard when you see it in black and white like that.