[jman220]

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Just wondering, because I have never met anyone who makes only min. wage. I live in the midwest, where wages are lower than on the coasts. Here are some jobs that I know pay more than min. wage.

Dishwasher - I made $8/hour in 1999 doing this.
McDonalds - My cousin made between $8 and $9 doing this before he quit a few months ago.
Grocery Store - My brother made $5.25 in 1997 when he was 15 when min. wage was 4.25.

Just wondering who out there is making min. wage. I'm not saying they don't exist. I'd just like to know who.

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My first job when I was 15 was in a Burger King (it lasted all of 2 months before I couldn't take it anymore and quit). They paid me minimum wage, and that was on Long Island, NY, where the cost of living is the highest in the country. Most of my co-workers were not kids, they were older, and were making between minimum wage, and at the highest, $6.50 an hour, and thosee were the ones who had been working there for years and years and years. The raises were ridiculous, something like 10 cents an hour (ooh big money) every year.

My second job, also in High School, after Burger King did pay more than minimum wage, but only like $5.45 an hour, so not by much, that was in a beer and soda store working as a clerk.