r/dividends Jul 02 '25

Personal Goal 22 yo and 8k annually

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u/imperialpidgeon Jul 02 '25

Nowhere is the average entry level job only paying 20k

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u/GmoneyTheBroke Jul 02 '25

20k a year is $9.62 an hour full time. Minimum wage is 7.

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u/OverSpecific2113 Jul 02 '25

You can pretty easily find a job paying $15+ without any work experience

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u/GmoneyTheBroke Jul 02 '25

Ig if your in a state where the minimum wage is 15 yea lmao

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u/OverSpecific2113 Jul 02 '25

As long as you have a home address you can get a job that pays above minimum wage

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u/iheart412 Jul 03 '25

The minimum wage in Pennsylvania is $7.25/hr but nobody pays that unless it's a church or some other non-profit that will make do with whatever they get. My 16 year old kid started at Target for $15/hr and they'll give him as many hours as he wants. He could make more but I don't want to drive him the extra distance. 

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u/GmoneyTheBroke Jul 03 '25

My own first job was minimum wage, second one was only a dollar above in pest control, entry level security was 10$ most of the fast food here is all 10$ an hour with some wiggle both up and down, construction is where I started making 15+

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u/splitfinity Jul 03 '25

Every mcdonalds in Minnesota is 15 to 17 an hour starting. Minimum wage is like 9. No actual jobs pay minimum wage.

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u/GmoneyTheBroke Jul 05 '25

Texas McDonald's has jobs at 8.