A consideration:
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1938 Wages:
Minimum Wage (hourly) - 0.25
Minimum Wage (weekly) - 10.00
Minimum Wage (monthly) - 43.33
Minimum Wage (annually) - 520.00
Average Income (hourly) - 0.83
Average Income (weekly) - 32.29
Average Income (monthly) - 144.25
Average Income (annually) - 1,731.00
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2019 Wages:
Minimum Wage (hourly) - 7.25
Minimum Wage (weekly) - 290.00
Minimum Wage (monthly) - 1,256.66
Minimum Wage (annually) - 15,080.00
Average Income (hourly) - 33.03
Average Income (weekly) - 1,321.21
Average Income (monthly) - 5,725.25
Average Income (annually) - 68,703.00
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1. Numbers calculated with 40 hours/week, 2,080 hours/year
2. 1938 Average Wages calculated using original document number of 1,731.00/year
3. Annual Income for 2019 based off of average household income. Original document does not cite if 1,731.00 is household or single taxpayer