| Job | Description | Pay |
| Accountants | Temporary | $12/hour |
| Advertising | Direct response account executives | $30,000-$40,000/year |
| Driver | Pizza; top pay! Part and full-time | $1.75/delivery |
| Media Manager | Media planning pro with strength in broadcasting to oversee agencies ; develop media strategies. | $42,000/year |
| Salesman | Manager trainees; students welcome. | $7/hr part time $360/week full time |
| Job Type | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 |
| Domestic industries | $15,757/yr | $17,197/yr | $18,430/yr | $17,524/yr | $18,356/yr |
| Building Trades | $18,571/yr | $20,355/yr | $21,868/yr | $20,488/yr | $20,478/yr |
| Farm Labor | $7,434/yr | $7,989/yr | $8,781/yr | $6,552/yr | $6,864/yr |
| Medical Workers | $14,728/yr | $16,288/yr | $17,861/yr | $17,108/yr | $17,888/yr |
| Schoolteachers | $15,438/yr | $16,606/yr | $18,061/yr | $19,040/yr | $20,031/yr |
| Government Workers | $15,078/yr | $16,362/yr | $17,762/yr | $17,160/yr | $18,252/yr |
| Job Type | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 |
| Domestic industries | $19,188/yr | $21,915/yr | $22,872/yr | $24,032/yr | $22,568/yr |
| Building Trades | $21,372/yr | $23,590/yr | $24,537/yr | $25,872/yr | $25,220/yr |
| Farm Labor | $7,228/yr | $10,216/yr | $10,156/yr | $10,472/yr | $7,904/yr |
| Medical Workers | $18,668/yr | $21,562/yr | $23,724/yr | $25,665/yr | $23,608/yr |
| Schoolteachers | $20,973/yr | $21,920/yr | $22,940/yr | $23,992/yr | $22,413/yr |
| Government Workers | $18,363/yr | $21,949/yr | $23,075/yr | $24,284/yr | $22,440/yr |
Note: Material adapted from "The Value of a Dollar, 1860-2004." Third Edition, Scott Derks, Grey House Publishing.
