Minimum wage was $5 during the 90s. It still isn't much higher.
$40K/year was common then too.
My sister's boyfriend who tried to marry her later
was buying psONE games on his salary from a tire place.
He brought home:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yzzDLcLk00He was a redneck crackhead that liked fishing and racing games.
I stayed there on the weekends to spare Mom afternoon daycare expenses.
With only his GED he had a job that let him buy all that nice stuff
when I've got an Associate in Science that people treat as nonexistent.
All I've got is $54K saved after 4 years of working.
My dad's Mom bought a trailer back then for $25K.
I could have two trailers or a house back then with the money I have.
I got my Mom to rent me games from Video Update (later Movie Gallery) to play on the PS1 my sister had
which included:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45ROoyZ7_sghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqL6uqfvtt8https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-i3fLXFKi4oThere's just something about playing games sitting indian style in front of a bedroom Zenith CRTV on a dresser.
She left him in 2002 after their trip to get married in Gatlinburg/Pigeon Forge went poorly.
She wasn't still with him as of 2003 because she married somebody else that year.
