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2024-01-21 21:38:18 UTC - HELPFUL
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This chart is incorrect. The median income, not including 0 wage earners, was $1,226 in 1939. Also for context, the minimum wage in 1938 was $0.25/hour, which would be $5.40/hour today adjusted for inflation, which is $11,232/year in today's dollars and standard workweek. https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1940/population-families/41272167ch7.pdf https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2019/business/us-minimum-wage-by-year/index.html
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