[enjo]

Which is significantly more money than $2k a month;)

[Retric]

I don’t know what their home life was like, but they seemed happy.

PS: Average monthly pay was ~= 7.5$ * (40 + (1.5(overtime) * 40 (hours) * 4 / 12)) * 52 / 12 = 1950$ a month.

Granted this is 10 to 15 years ago so it went further, but he was also paying for school at the time.