How much was your first paycheque?

[Ben Lesser]

I've been cleaning out my room lately, as I'm moving into an apartment next week, and came across the stub for my very first paycheque: a whopping $5.90 (after uniform deduction).

Anyone else remember theirs?

[bassteban]

IIRC somewhere in the $70-$90 region. I was a busboy at an EXTREMELY busy Sambo's restaurant over Thanksgiving; I promptly quit & almost never worked in food again.

[Jared Lash]

I did kid things like raking leaves and mowing lawns for money but I believe my first real paycheck was when I was 14 and I worked as a busboy. I put in 30 hours that first week and ended up with $115 bucks or so after taxes.

[Doubbler4]

5 BUCKS. thats just plain stupid. Around 70 - 115 maby lower

[MIN]

It was just shy of a grand for working as a substance abuse counselor.

[LSquared]

IIRC it was about $80-$85 net, for a week of working maintenance in a small factory in Pgh. I did everything from unloading trucks to sweepinhg floors to basic welding and electrical wiring. Whatever needed done at $3/hr gross.

Bought a new bass with after my first couple of weeks pay!

It was a rather long time ago ('79).

[J. Crawford]

$400.. 2 weeks of painting a local Country Club for up to 7 hours a day works its way into my wallet.

All went into a new Avatar cab, so it was worth it.

[WookieeForLife]

40 bucks after taxes. It was for 5 hours though.

[Nappa]

Around $40. I had started at the end of the pay period for that cheque. So i got paid for 2 days of work.

[MalcolmAmos]

First job was selling watermelons on the side of the road. Cut and load early morning, make the display, man it all day probably 12 to 13 hours for $1 a day.

Next job was waiting tables while in school. Twenty five cents per meal less breakage, course I got to eat all I wanted. Understand this was in the 40's and early 50's.

First real job I made $265 a month working in the warehouse office for International Harvester Co.

[dave64o]

I was delivering newspapers and doing yard work through junior high and high school and never had a "real job" until I graduated high school. When I started that job I was making $5/hour (1982) so I was probably bringing home about $140-150 a week for my first real paycheck.

Unfortunately that was a pay cut from what I was making from the lawns and newspapers. I was making great money back when I was 13! My friends were jealous, but then again I was the one out there hustling for the jobs while they goofed off.

[Joe Gress]

$56.00

[Stu L.]

Originally Posted by Ben Lesser

paycheque

Paycheque? Never had one.

As for the first job? I was roofing a house at 15. I have no idea what I was paid. Honestly, at the end of the day, I didn't care what I made as long as I got off the roof

[Captain Chaos]

$200 or $250

[Noonan768]

I believe the first taxable job was at Montgomery Ward. Selling paint. My first week netted me about $63.. which seemed a lot better back then.

[Disraeli Gears]

$80-ish, I think. Only had a 12 hour week that week though, they had too many employees at that point and so we wouldn't get very many hours.

[theory028]

My first paycheck was from Walmart. We got paid every two weeks and I started about a week before payday. I had to wait for three weeks to get my check but it was something like $220 after taxes by the time I actually got one. It felt so nice. I also joined just in time for the Christmas discount voucher so I put it all towards an XBOX360. I saved 20% because of the holidays!

My first paycheck at a pizza place I worked at was much more discouraging. It was about $60. After I turned 18 and could deliver pizzas I was given a lot more hours and was making a lot of money. It ended up being about $15 to $20 an hour after tips and wages. I was fortunate enough to make minimum wage and also collect tips. That is quite nice for a high school student working a part time job; the work was actually pretty fun. It provided funding for most of my gear in one way or another.

[Loel]

$24. for 48 hrs,,1968 stock boy auto parts place,yup .50 hr..

[hover]

33 dollars for two weeks picking vegetables at a farm down the street when I was 11.

[stratovani]

$44.80 gross ($1.12 x 40 hrs) back in 1971 for making popcorn and soft drinks at a Major League Baseball stadium. Can't remember what the net was, couldn't have been much less than the gross.