("RST Engineering" wrote)
San Diego didn't have snow, but I started my first electronics job in the
local TV shop when I was 15 at 35 cents an hour (1958).
1959 New Cessna 150 base price $6,995
(Add $2,000 for average delivery price after options, etc)
1978 New Cessna 152 base price ...$14,950
1983 New Cessna 152 base price ....$34,000
(Add $5,000 for average delivery price after options, etc)
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Cesana 150-152 prices (1959-1985)
HS Jobs:
1974 (14) baby sitting ...........................$0.50
1975 (15) lifeguard/swim teacher ........$1.85
1978 (18) lifeguard/swim teacher ........$2.85
1978 (18) Arby's (sandwich maker) .....$3.85
($2.85 for front counter order takers)
Post graduation (1 year "off" before college)
1978 (18) Pop factory (teamster union) ....$4.25
(7 days/week/10 hours/day summer "temp" job)
1979 (19) Paper plant in St Paul (union) ....$7.00
(7 days/week/10 hours/day ...1.5 and 2x overtime pay g)
My union brewery jobs in 1980's started at about $10.00 and went up to
$14.00 by 1989.
(1978 -1983) When I'd get laid off from a factory job in the winter, due to
low seniority, I'd drive school bus. Also drove bus at college. Average pay
.....$6.00
Montblack