Htown Harry
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What was the job that earned your very first contributions to Social Security and Medicare?
We've had a thread on first jobs, which mostly identified neighborhood entrepreneurs working for cash. I found another that asked posters to describe their first "real" (self-supporting) job.
I just reviewed my annual Social Security statement. It's always good to see a reminder that the first leg of the retirement income stool is still ready and waiting.
As instructed, I reviewed my earnings record. It's a bit daunting, even a little depressing, to be reminded that I've been working for The Man for almost 40 years.
My first paycheck job was in 1976, when I earned $2500 frying chicken and selling sodas at an amusement park. It was full time in the summer and weekends in the spring and fall. I started at $1.65 an hour, which was substantially less than the $2.30 minimum wage. (Amusement parks took full advantage of a seasonal worker loophole.)
I remember lots of 10 hour shifts, plus the opportunity to sign up for extra hours at catering events or to "work a double" from 8am to midnight if you wanted to substitute for an absent co-worker. Fortunately, they paid time-and-a-half for overtime. I worked a bunch of it to get to $2500.
We've had a thread on first jobs, which mostly identified neighborhood entrepreneurs working for cash. I found another that asked posters to describe their first "real" (self-supporting) job.
I just reviewed my annual Social Security statement. It's always good to see a reminder that the first leg of the retirement income stool is still ready and waiting.
As instructed, I reviewed my earnings record. It's a bit daunting, even a little depressing, to be reminded that I've been working for The Man for almost 40 years.
My first paycheck job was in 1976, when I earned $2500 frying chicken and selling sodas at an amusement park. It was full time in the summer and weekends in the spring and fall. I started at $1.65 an hour, which was substantially less than the $2.30 minimum wage. (Amusement parks took full advantage of a seasonal worker loophole.)
I remember lots of 10 hour shifts, plus the opportunity to sign up for extra hours at catering events or to "work a double" from 8am to midnight if you wanted to substitute for an absent co-worker. Fortunately, they paid time-and-a-half for overtime. I worked a bunch of it to get to $2500.