![Here's an interesting advertisement from July 1968. [4032x3024 - 2.4MB]](https://pic8.co/sh/RUziRy.jpg){kind=link}
You don't belong here, die
You don't belong here, die
It's from Electronics Illustrated. Radio mechanics for Pan Am Airways. You need your FCC Technician's license and some basic experience. No degrees. Walk in the door it's $28 an hour. I assume you had to demonstrate some basic skill.
Pay, in CPI adjusted dollars is $28.20 - $30.84. That doesn't include increases in housing and energy costs. $30 an hour for just having your radio license and some know-how.
Median house price was $24,700 that year, and that was considered "trying." About 3.1x the top rate.
I've been offered a similar job doing radio repairs on military equipment for about $22 an hour. Median house price in 2021 was $408,000. About 9x the rate for the same job.
The problem isn't that people want $15 for flipping burgers, it's that companies that have non-afterschool jobs aren't paying anything worthwhile these days.
It's from Electronics Illustrated. Radio mechanics for Pan Am Airways. You need your FCC Technician's license and some basic experience. No degrees. Walk in the door it's $28 an hour. I assume you had to demonstrate some basic skill.
Pay, in CPI adjusted dollars is $28.20 - $30.84. That doesn't include increases in housing and energy costs. $30 an hour for just having your radio license and some know-how.
Median house price was $24,700 that year, and that was considered "trying." About 3.1x the top rate.
I've been offered a similar job doing radio repairs on military equipment for about $22 an hour. Median house price in 2021 was $408,000. About 9x the rate for the same job.
The problem isn't that people want $15 for flipping burgers, it's that companies that have non-afterschool jobs aren't paying anything worthwhile these days.
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