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Average wages in 1957

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Waitress - 50¢ to 75¢ an hour. Receptionist - $1.25 an hour Truck driver 10¢ a mile sometimes as high as 25¢ Men loading trucks worked eight hours a night and got paid $20. The averages were $50 a week. If you made $80 or $100 you were making a very good wage.

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The minimum wage was $1.00 per hour and the average yearly income was $5500.00.

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