Alameda Residents Recall Their First Jobs

Law-makers and workers are focusing more and more on the minimum wage.   Patch used information provided by the United States Census Bureau to show how many households in Alameda are earning $25,000 or less.

Fast food workers from across the country are asking for higher wages according to the Christian Science Monitor. 

We asked our Facebook followers about their first jobs and whether those jobs were minimum wage. 

Jo Murray told us she worked at the lunch counter at Woolworth’s for $1.50 an hour plus tips.

Mickey Neill made minimum wage at her first job.  She wrote, “KFC in 1969.  Made $1.25 and hour, but gas was 25 cents a gallon in those days.” 

Read all the responses on the Alameda Patch Facebook page.

Susan Johnson wrote, “LOL, I worked at a tourist spot in northern Wisconsin in 1968 for $1.10 an hour.”

In 1955 the Federal minimum wage was $.75 an hour and has increased over the years to today’s rate of $7.25 an hour.  Some states have a minimum wage different from the federal rate.  The minimum wage for hourly workers in California is $8.00 an hour and workers in San Francisco and San Jose enjoy minimum wages over $10.00 an hour.

What was your first job?  Was it  minimum wage job?  Tell us in comments.