How much was a candy bar in 1970?

Answer 1

I would go to the store and get a candy bar and a coke for .27

Answer 2

It was about 5cents

Answer 3

A nickel.

Answer 4

10 cents

Answer 5

I lived in LA county as a kid, born 1961. In 1970 I could buy a candy bar at 7-11 for .10.

The return deposit on a Coke bottle in Los Angeles was .10.

Today in Sacramento the deposit we pay is .8 cents per bottle or can.

The minimum wage in 1970 was $1.60 per hour, that is 16 candy bars per hour then, even though LA had an expensive deposit fee I still found at least 2 a day just riding through a field. Federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour, in California it is $12.00 per hour, although the TARGET stores recently raised it's beginning wage at $15 per hour! Today a candy bar is $1.89 minimum, that's a bit over 6 candy bars per hour. The minimum wage earner could buy 16 candy bars per hour, today in 2020 in California they can buy 6 per hour with 65 cents remaining. For today's minimum wage earner to be able to buy 16 bars per hour they would be earning $30.24 per hour