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by mkhalil 3712 days ago
2nd link displays median weekly income for full time is ~$350.

350/40 hours = 8.75/hr

Edit: Turns out it's 1984 dollars.
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praxulus 3712 days ago
That's $8.75/hr in 1982/1984 CPI adjusted dollars, which comes out to ~$20/hr in 2016 dollars. http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl?cost1=8.75&year1=1984...
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