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In my area, $5.15 is what most people start out at. I made that working at the same job for 4 years. Now, I make $7 an hour, and I feel like I'm rakin' in the dough! Seriously though, minimum wage is not nearly high enough. It's so hard to make ends meet, that people in my area would rather not have a job and get welfare, because you make more that way. I know that's horrible, and my family doesn't do it, but it's true and it happens. It's horrible because that's the only option left to some people.
The only person I've ever known in my area who started at more than $5.15 was working at a bank, and she started at $5.50.
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